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Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Part 1 From beginning to Forest Temple
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Welcome to my Legend of Zelda Walkthrough/Strategy Guide! This is for those of you who are stuck, or who want to get through the game as soon as possible. I'm going to share with you how I got through the game, so you can have as much fun as I did. My plan is to go through this game one dungeon at a time, so there will be about ten chapters total, including one detailing the many mini-quests within the game.
Okay, I'm not going to lie to you. This game is not only complex to play, but it has a background mythology that is even more complicated, and I'm not going to really go into detail about that. Most of what you'll hear is what you need to do in order to beat the game. This is a "get 'er done" type walkthrough, but please do not leave out the element of fun on your journey, not your destination.
Town Errands
Before you get into the game, your character, who you name whatever the heck you want, has some errands to run. Get used to that little map in the lower left corner of the screen, because your success in the game depends about it. For example, if you head northeast, and towards the big blue to the east, you'll be at Ordon Spring, where you will see Ilia and your horse, who you have also named whatever the heck you want.
Ilsa will be there saying she washed your horse, and there's some serious flirty undertones going on. But that's not important. See that horseshoe shaped grass? It comes in handy anytime you want to call your horse. Hit A to pick it, then hit A again to blow on it. You can mount your horse by getting on the side, and hit A.
Learn to ride your horse here. Head in a southern direction toward Ordon Village, and then go straight into town toward the stables. Note the A button that increases your speed, which you'll need later.
Talk to the stable guy, Fado, who will want you to herd the goats. All you need to do is gallop toward the goats and hit A to "whoop". Chase them around the edge an corral them into the barn. Occasionally, you'll get a goat who won't be herded, and will knock you off your high horse. Might want to chase him for a while, but he'll eventually submit.
After you've herded all 10, you should practice with the jumping with your horse. Notice the spur levels, and you need to be going at least two spurs in order to jump something, like the front gate. Jump it and get out of there.
From there, it's somehow the next morning. Don't ask me what you're doing up so high in your house, but climb down and leave. There's not much to do in your place, so leave through the front door. The kids, Beth, Talo, and Malo are talking about a slingshot. Want it? Go get it! You don't really need your horse for the next part, so head South to Ordon village again.
There is a few errands for you to run in Ordon Village. An old man talks to you about how he wants to get to a beehive because it contains some precious bee larva. He'll show you where he hive is, and he'll also show you where Sera's cat is, which should be noted for later.
You will also discover a pregnant woman who talks about a missing cradle. If you swim down the river, you'll see where the cradle went. A monkey is holding it. Get it back for her by climbing up the thing where an old guy is there. He shows you some grass that, like the horseshoe shaped stuff, causes stuff to happen. In this case, it summons a hawk who you can target using your Wiimote. Target the beehive first, and knock it down.
Then jump to the nearest rooftop and to the farthest rock down and use the grass to summon the hawk again. Target the monkey holding the cradle. Once the hawk retrieves the cradle, bring that cradle back to the pregnant woman, and follow her to her home until she gives you a fishing rod.
Go to the creek where Sera's cat is. Fish there using B and flick to cast. The best catches are done by watching that bobber thing go down and move, and then pulling up along with a winding motion on the numchuk controller, like how you would really use a reel. Your first catch won't do anything, but Sera's cat is nearby on the second catch. When you will drop it, the cat will go back to Sera, who owns a shop.
Enter Sera's shop, and she'll give you some milk. Select it as instructed, and drink it. The more empty bottles you can collect in this game, the better. You can then buy stuff from her like the slingshot, which costs about 30 rupees. You can collect Rupees in Ordon village easily by smashing pumpkins and running through the high grass. Just don't ask me what the heck money is doing there, because I wish money were that easy to obtain. If you climb the ladder near that creek, keep climbing up until you reach the top of the mayor's house. There's a yellow (10 Rupee) there. You can also climb the bee tree via the hanging vine for a 10 and a 5 Rupees.
When you get to the shop, the owner will give you milk. You use them for all sorts of things, trust me. Buy a slingshot, then go up to where the fallen beehive is and collect some bee larvae by selecting the empty bottle and scooping when prompted.
Run north towards home, and the kids will show you how to use the slingshot. Hit all the targets, and then learn that Z-target thing fast. That will help you out a lot. Like that spider that is on the ladder leading to your home, for instance. Go home, open the large chest in your living room, which contains a wooden sword. Everything good in this game comes in large chests. Go back out to the kids, and they'll instruct you on how to use it.
The Quest for the Kids and Monkeys
At that point in the game, a monkey comes out, and a kid chases after it. Get on your horse and go after him, going across the rope bridge and leaping the gate. At one point, the trail will fork, so take the northwestern trail and you'll see Coro, a kid with a head like an acorn. Take the lantern from him, and set it to B, for you will need it. Go back to the fork and head to the cave. Your horse will refuse to go with you, and you'll have to go on foot.
Kill monsters in your way by Z-targeting and attacking. You'll see pillars that you can light. Use the lamp sparingly, as the oil has a tendency to run out quickly. You need the lantern to burn through spider webs you will come in contact with. Once you leave the cave, you'll be in an open field. Take the path to the left (it will be marked with red bullseye) until you reach another cavern. At the end of this cavern is a chest with a key. Take the key, and then light the two torch pillars. Another chest will appear, opening it will reveal a Piece of Heart.
Just to let you know, whenever you see torch pillars, you should always light them. It usually makes something good happen.
From there, go to the southwestern part of the map and open the door with the key. You will see a shop there ran by a parrot named Trill. If you have an empty bottle, (which you probably don't at this stage unless you eat the bee larva) you can refill it with oil or red potion. The catch is you have to pay him either before you take or before you leave. Don't forget to do that, or he will treat you like a thief every time you come back. He will peck at you and do damage. You could steal from him, and take the damage, but there is money everywhere in this game and you might as well make an honest living. Unless you want to take more risks and live dangerously.
Go to the second bullseye and take out the guards. Slice the cage open and free Talo and his new monkey friend. From there, the warrior Rusl will tell you that you will go to Hyrule to make some sort of delivery.
Morning Before the Delivery
For some reason, you'll be back at the stables again, herding goats. Get on your horse, who will be nearby to get started. This time there are twenty goats to herd. After that superfluous errand is done, Head to the Hyrule mayor's, and Ilia, the mayor's daughter will take your horse from you.
Your horse is back to Ordon Spring. You have to give one of the kids your wooden sword, to go down that path. Since Ilia closed the gates to Ordon Spring, another child will show you a secret path to get in there. It's a hole that you need to crawl through, which is no problem.
Before you can get Ilia to give your horse back, all heck breaks loose! Guys on a big boars break down the gates, knock you out, and take away the children! All part of the game, along with the weird portal. You then run to the woods, only to find it twilight. An arm reaches in and grabs you, and this weird thing grabs you and hurls you away.
I Was a Zelda Werewolf
For some odd reason that is explained later in the game, you turn into a wolf! You wake up in jail, and you will meet Midna after you pull your chain for a while! This is very appropriate because this little annoying Goth imp likes to pull your chain.
Midna is a creepy chick, but she helps you along. She wants to see if you can free yourself. To get out of the cell, go into the corner where there is this box thing. Attack it by shaking your controller, like you're striking a sword. From there, dig using the D-pad key. Once you're out, go to the adjoining cell.
That Midna giggle you hear means she found something, so you always hit up on the D-pad to find out. Anytime Midna's hair becomes a beckoning arm, it usually means it's a Z-target plus A thing.
In this case, it is a pull switch above you. You will then open a door to find yourself in sewer-like area. This is where you first learn how to use your senses. As a wolf, you can see a lot more, like those spirits. In the sewers, you'll see a lot of pull-switches. Some of them will open doors. Watch out for those black spider creatures. They go down with one hit, but you can't attack them while you swim.
One of the pull switches is located near a dam that, when opened, lets water in. There is a spiked floor that cannot be passed unless this switch is pulled. From there, you can swim to the other side. Find another lever by a dam that lets the water out, and go through a hole in the corner.
From there, it's up a flight of stairs. You'll fall when you try to jump, and Midna giggle will tell you when to use Z + A. You will have to cross some tightropes, but the wolf form seems to do them effortlessly. When you get to the top, climb to the highest point on some stones, and then continue to jump until you hit the top door.
You're at the castle top now! Continue north, and listen to a spirit, who tells you that you are at Hyrule castle. Push a box to a log stage thing (there isn't a good way to describe this, you'll see) and then proceed. You'll be attack by three bird things, and my advice is run to as wide a space as you can and take them out. It's easy with jump attacks to stumble over the edge, so reduce your chances. You'll have to do a few Midna jumps before you reach your goal: the rooftop. Once you're there, run until you see a window and enter in. Then go until you get to the hall where you run up the stairs to first meet Zelda. Midna eventually sends you back to the Ordon Spring where she will instruct you to get a sword and shield.
Back to Ordon for Weapons
To find the location of sword and shield, go to the village and find where two people, the mayor and Rusl are talking. Get as close as you can without being seen and Listen (A button). The two of them will give the exact location away. Then you'll scare them, the old guy on the vantage point will then try and attack you with a hawk. By the way, you can't hurt the hawk, so don't even try. Don't try jumping to the waterwheel, either, I wasted at least two hours of game-time in this frustration.
To get the old guy, do this: Go to the shopkeepers, and Midna will help you leap on the roof. Then leap to the old guy's rock and scare him. From there, Midna will help you get in the house. When you're in the house, get on the table, and Midna help you jump up to the room with the shield on the wall. Slam into the wall hard twice (run and hit A) and the shield will be yours. There's a window nearby, so just get up, and you're out of it!
Now for the sword, remember that pregnant woman? Her house is guarded by Rusl, and you must find a back door to that house. Go to the side of it, and use your senses. You'll soon spot a place to dig, and you can dig your way in from there. Get the sword, and dig out the same way you dug in, and then head back to Ordon Spring!
At Ordon Spring, you'll face one of those black hairy guys, otherwise known as a shadow being. Then you get to meet one of the four light spirits. The spirt asks you to find the light, so you should head north.
Then you will meet three shadow beings at once. Just so you know, shadow beings can be killed individually, but if you leave one standing, it will roar and literally wake the dead. The best way to kill them is to use the B key to spread out an energy field. This field will "highlight" the attacker in question, and releaseing the B key quickly will attack and kill anything highlighted.
You will encounter the shadow beings many times in the course of the game. Always kill the last two at the same time, using the B energy attack as a wolf or spin attack as human.
The First Bug Hunt
Once the shadow beings are taken care of, keep going north until you see a swirling light, and it will give you a vessel of light to capture the tears of darkness. From here, your map will show you the location of these dark insects, which can be pursued in any order.
You need your senses to see and therefore attack these insects of darkness.
I usually Z and An attack these electric bugs, and they go down with one hit. They leave a blue light behind that you have to walk through to collect, or else it doesn't count. There are only a few insects who will give you trouble at this point.
For example, you'll need to find one in Coro's house. There is a ramp in the corner, and Midna will allow you to jump into his house. There are two dark bugs there. While I'm talking about your senses, don't forget to dig in the shiny places every once in a while, especially when you need the hearts. It's also helpful to get under locked gates, like the locked one you'll have to go through to get to the next few bugs.
When you get to the swamp, you'll need to do a lot of Z + A jumping. Careful of the swinging log, jump while it's not going to hit you. You will also encounter a few bugs that travel underground, but their shadow is visible. What you need to do is get on top of their shadow and dig. That will drive them out so you can kill them.
Toward the First Dungeon
Eventually, you will get all the bugs and fill the Vessel of Light, and you'll automatically be returned to the spring where you were given the quest. The spirit Faron restores you to human form, along with the green outfit. You will need to go to the purple dot, site of the first dungeon. You will need a key to get on a path, so go to the acorn head guy, and he'll give it to you. Go to the purple swamp, and turn your lantern on. Follow the monkey as he parts the poisonous fog. Your lantern will be out of oil by the time you reach the end, so fill it at the Trill's shop. Don't forget about the little tip I gave earlier.
The First Special Move
Before you get to the temple entrance, you'll see a glowing wolf. Go toward it, and it will take you away to learn a special move. This is one of seven special moves, and I'll give you all of them during this instruction. The first is the Ending Blow.
Forest Temple Dungeon
At the dungeon entrance, burn the web to enter. After a dark hall, enter the first room. You can climb some vines to your immediate left to get a 10 Rupee, but you'll need to take out two small spiders with your slingshot. Kill the guards and spiders, then free the monkey at the end of the room. Climb the brush for the doorway out. There are also totem poles in this room with treasure on them, slamming into them (running with A button) will knock the treasure chests down.
In the next room, there are exits at all sides. Kill the spider in the center of the room with a few jump-attacks, and then use your lantern to light all the torches on that dais. A platform will rise up, and cross it to the next door. There are some treasures in this room. If you kill one plant, he'll become a bomb. There is a rock nearby which you can blow up, and you'll see a chest with some Rupees. Opening the most prominent chest will get you the Dungeon Map
The Dungeon Map will show you what rooms you have been in green, and is useful for showing you where you need to go, even displaying the location of the Boss.
Go through the door, and you'll see a white ape with a boomerang who takes out the bridge. He also moons you too, the little...anyway, you're not going that way anytime soon. Go back out the door you came in.
In returning to this room, the monkey will want to go west. He'll swing you along, and open that door. Immediately turn right, and take out the Venus Flytrap plant. He will become a bomb, and if he explodes near that area, he'll take out a wall. In that room are many vases, and one holds Ooccoo.
Ooccoo comes in handy by taking you out of the dungeon whenever you need more supplies. You can then go back to the dungeon exactly where you started. In some dungeons, you can leave with Ooccoo, save them game, and when you come back, select Ooccoo to be taken back exactly where you were before.
Follow the monkey and kill the big spider who blocks another giant door. The monkey will want you to go to the big door that's locked, but you'll need the key. Exit through the other door (the one that the big spider was blocking) and go across the bridge that moves with the wind. You can time it right, and enter the room there.
There's nothing much you can do in that room now, but you can get the small key on the right.
Go back to room with the locked door and open it up. This next room will have a monkey in a cage on top of a totem pole. As you go toward the totem pole, you will notice that the bridge collapses, but don't worry. Roll into the totem pole by hitting A as you run toward it, and it will shake. Roll into it enough times, and the monkey cage will fall off and be free. Two guards will come out, but they are easy pickins. The monkeys will help you out of the room by becoming human swingers.
Go back to the room with the three platforms. This time go east, via the swinging monkeys. There is a lot of creepy stuff in this room. The bigger man eater plants can only be destroyed with a bomb. For example, if you take out the bomb plant on the stairs and quickly run with the bomb until you release it over the big man eater plant, which will kill it. Now, kill the bomb plant again, take the bomb, jump over where the big mushroom thing was, and throw the bomb at the big rock ahead of you. It will unblock a door.
Enter that door, and the room will have a monkey locked away across a small body of water. There are two totem poles, shake one, and a chest will come down with the key in it. Walk across the bridge, but carefully, because these centipede-like things live under some of the tiles. As long as you don't walk on the centipede tiles, they won't be a problem. Light the pillars on that side, and some steps will be revealed. Kill the spider guarding the jail and unlock the door to free the monkey.
When you leave the room, take an immediate left. (South on the map) There will be some vines with two spiders. Slingshot those spiders, and jump to climb the vines. Open the door to the next room. There is a huge plant monster in this room. The head can be destroyed with a few sword swings. The body is one of those giant man eater plant things. You need to kill a bomb plant, and throw the bomb directly (and I do mean directly) into its mouth. The plant will die, and you can now grab its key to free the next monkey.
As you leave the room, notice the bomb plant to your left. Kill it, then drop it off the nearest edge. This will blow up a big mushroom, and you can get into a room with a chest with a Piece of Heart.
The Baboon Mini-Boss
Go back to the main dais room, and head north. The monkeys will now line up for you, and carry you along to the next room. The mini-boss is that big baboon with the boomerang. I realize that sounds like something off of Sesame Street, and he's child's play to defeat. He moves from top of one totem pole to the other, but always stops to use his boomerang to release some carnivorous plants on you. You'll need to kill the plants before they kill you. When the baboon stops, roll into the totem pole once or twice, and he'll fall off. Smack him in the butt a few times with your sword. Keep doing this until he gives up. Actually, a bug will fly off his brain, and I'm assuming he was possessed. He'll leave, but his boomerang will be left behind. Take the boomerang and leave by aiming it at the windmill thing above the door. That will raise up the bars after a few tries.
Fun with the Boomerang
When you leave the mini-boss room, take an immediate Left (east). Use the boomerang to alter the winds on the bridges, so you can cross. Defeat the guard near the monkey cage and use the boomerang on the rope holding the monkey cage up. You will have freed another monkey.
Follow the map and head back to the dais room. In the center are some vases and a chest hanging on webs. Using the boomerang, target the webs and get into the chest. Take out the Dungeon Compass.
The Dungeon Compass lets you know where all the secret chests are. Some of the chests you will need to open to get keys or something, but others just contain Rupees.
Get the Boss Key
Go west and back into the room with the water. Climb the vine or go over to the section with the four windmills. Follow the ZigZag pattern on the floor and boomerang-target the windmills in that order. The gates will open, and you can open the chest and get the boss key.
Head north out of that room. Follow the monkey to the one room with the rotating bridge in the middle. Target the windmill on the bridge with Z and walk straight across. Enter into the next room north of there.
There is a windmill bridge to your immediate right. Get on it and spin it using the boomerang on the windmill. There is another windmill bridge nearby. Spin that so it aligns with yours and cross over to it. Then spin the bridge you are on, and take out the guard. The spiders on the vine can all be taken out with the boomerang, in one throw. Keep climbing the vines until you get to the door, and enter in.
This next room has a big maneater plant in the water which you must take out. First boomerang the bomb plant on the other side of this room, which will bring you a bomb to throw. Throw the bomb at the man eater. It might take a few tries, but you'll get it in its mouth. Cross over to the chest and get the small key. Then target the bomb plant and the big rock on the east side of the room. The bomb will take out the rock, and you can climb the vine. Using both boomerang and sword, take out the carnivorous plants hanging off the ceiling. Get over to the edge of the area you're at and target the bomb plant. Take the bomb and blow up the rock in front of the entrance, and you'll free a monkey.
Go back to the room with the one windmill bridge and spin it so it faces you. Get on, spin it again until it's east-west facing, and head east.
In the room, there are webs on the floor. Burn the proper one by swinging your lantern until you fall down and can slice the monkey out of his cage. Climb a nearby vine to get back up again.
Leave the room and head immediately west. The monkey in this room is pretty easy to rescue, all you have to do is kill the monsters and use the boomerang on the windmill sections. You should know how to do all those things by now.
That is the last monkey, so go back the room with the one rotating bridge. Head immediately north, and go into the room where the monkeys have gathered. They will form a huge chain to get you to the other side, where you can face the boss. You should have the boss key to get into the room.
Slaying the Boss
From there you face Dungeon boss Twilit Parasite Diabala. Defeating him is quite easy, and if you run to the door, you have an easy vantage point where you can beat him but he can't touch you. You will notice bomb plants nearby. Target the bomb plant then one of the chomping heads, and you will take out the heads easily.
Unfortunately, it's only just begun. Three heads then come up, so you should probably wait a safe distance away until that white baboon guy shows up with a bomb in its feet. Target the bomb, then target a head. This maneuver will take out the side heads, then the main head. The head will collapse, revealing a vulnerable eye. Take out the eye with a few sword strikes, and eventually you will kill it. The head may rise again, so strike it down with the baboon's bomb and kill it using the Z+A Ending Blow.
Once the boss is defeated, go to take the heart and leave. Midna will take the Fused Shadow.
this has nothing to do with this part because i already passed it, but when you go back to the west like it says, how do you get passed the set of rocks?
When does the white baboon guy come up with the boss?
Why wont the 3 monkeys line up? am I supposed to have 4
Thanks so much I didn't know to blow up the boulder I was just running around like a chicken with its head cut off seriously.
thanks soooo much i needed this simple hepl thanks
when your in Faron woods and the three shadow monster things appear everybody says just hold down b and then when they all come into your circle you let go you kill them. That's not happing for me. will someone tell me what im doing wrong or what i should be doing that im not? HELP
Thanxs I was so lost in this game
when i try to jump with the bomb, the bomb gets left behind:// it wont let me take it with me and the bomb explodes too fast xP
Thank you very, very much on this one! I really appriciate it! It helped me so much, because I couldn't figure out how to blow up the rocks. (The rest kinda fell into place) But anyway, thanks bunches!
What should i do after i have beaten the Goron Mines part? I am really confused about it because it said go west and i did but it says i cant go any further
Dearest Mike, I've come to a complete hault in the game. I was in the water room getting the big key, when I had accidentally cut the bridge connecting the small chunk of land that contains the key to the opposite side! I'm really lost, and no other guides or forums have helped me; perhaps you can help me?
What I'm really trying to ask is, if you've broken the bridge accidentally that allows you to get the big key, how do you get it back? Must I start over?
where do you go to find the forth monkey cause im lost?? iv checked everywhere!!!!!!
After I finished the forest temple, i had to go back and get a heart piece but i can't really go anywhere in the temple because the monkeys aren't there to help me jump across the platforms
i need to get past the gate to the exit in the dungeon but i cant. anybody got any ideas??
thanks u got methru the faron castle . iwas stuck at the first spider spot for days
i beat the whole game
I got to the part where the monkey steals the lantern and leads me through the fog. Then I had to save and turn the game off. When I started it back up it pushed me back to the beginning of Faron Woods and now when I try to cross through the fog the monkey won't show up and steal my lantern. What do I do???
thank you..... lol i was screaming at the game, and then i foun this. yay, no more extreme confusion or frustration :P
I had similar trouble Dei,
I didn't know you could hit them all at once, By pressing Z with the boomerang, you can lock on to more than one, Maximum 5
Where do you go after you do the forest temple and where is it on the map
lock on each windmill with "Z" in order
I have tried again and again to open the gate with the windmills. I did it in order as well. Do you have to keep the windmills all spinning at once?
i have tried about 20 times to throw the bomb into the maneaters mouth but i cant get it into the mouth it just blows up behind it. i have tried several different places to stand and tried z targeting but still wont go into his mouth. is there something in particular im suppose to do to make it go into the mouth
Er...It's impossible to get the bomb iver to the boulder. I tried fifteen times and I still get BLOWN UP!!!! DAMMIT!!!
thanks for help.
That was AMAZINGLY helpful!Sometimes it was specific enough, but I got it! As u said, the boss Diaba or something was so easy thanx 2 u!!!!!!!!!
dudes thanks i was stuck on the forest temple for a while and my monkeys wouldn't swing me because i had three. due this is the best thank you so much dude you are the bom. Just thank you with out this help i would have been stuck on the forest temple and wouldn't have found the foruth monkey so thank you so much dude again thank you.
Update: I retried the forest temple with a "new" Link. This time, the monkeys did as planned, and I defeated Diababa. Not sure exactly why the other "quest" didn't work. I do remember that after releasing all the monkeys somehow I exited the game without saving. I was of course mortified after all that work, and I went back in immediately. I saw some monkeys following me, but something seemed different. Anyway, exiting without saving (was a complete accident) is the probable culprit. I wonder if that found a glitch in the software. Because thereafter, the game didn't seem to acknowledge that i had freed the monkeys, even though it showed all 8 released. On the dungeon map with the compass, it showed I needed to free 3 monkeys, but upon arrival in the various rooms, there was no monkey there, only empty cages. It was weird. Nevertheless, with a new try (and proper saving!) I got past that eternal loop.
Hi, I appear to have no way to get to the dungeon boss (forest temple). I have rescued 8 monkeys, and they are all on their platforms. But They do not form any kind of chain. Also, the map shows (I have the compass) that I have yet to get three monkeys, but every time I go where they are located, no monkeys are there. For instance, in the one "room" where a cage is on top of the pillar, the cage is there, with no monkey inside (although two are "helping me" across the bridge. Actually, the bridge stays intact, so I never use them. I can not figure out how to cross the chasm to get to Diababa (or whatever his name is.). Again, you can see all eight monkeys on those platforms.
Ok in the room where u light the torches to lift the steps to get to the money, the room with the worm things under the tiles. theres a chest on the wall under the back step. how do i lower all the steps to get to it or something ?
Thanks for this help!
I was stuck at the huge man eater plants guarding the room and now i know exactly what to do.
it was fast pace, simple and to the point.
good job you=]
Mark - you have no idea what a huge service to society this is!! many thanks..
there are a lot of instructions but over all it helped me a lot
how does this help????
nice job!!! i already beat the game but im looking for a guide for my friend this is PERFECT!
you relly help all thouse people but i thought this was only for the forest temple not how to get to it write back p.s i like to eat cake lol
How and when do you get your horse back? I realy wanna know. Please?
Thanx u r soooooo helpful.....could not of done it without u!!!
what do you do after the forest tmple
hi i joined
did u beat the game?
i like playing but im stuck on getting zora armor.plz write back as soon as possible.p.s.im also "random"
im i getting annoying?
plz tell me if i am
how can i turn back to human.no afence but u didn't help that muhc but thx any way
how do u get past the third vessel to get the zora armor i cant get alll the tears
i already beat the game but if they make one more that's like 7 right.........i dont know but it would be funny
just go to youtube.com and type in Zelda Twilight Princess - Forest Temple - Part 1 and it gives you a complete visual walkthrough
thanx bro
without u it wud nt have been possible for me to play the game.
keep it up!!!
my dad was having trouble w/ the g ame, and this was the best guide there is/was. u rock. thanx 4 taking the time to do all of that work. it looks like it took some time, too!
the goron mines are better because u finally get your horse back
i need ur help how can I get the first bomb because when i went in barnes bom shop
and talk to buy a bomb he said I cant help u
i was stuck on this part so much.thanks
wow that really helped i was stuck for days on the temple
thanks, you rock (:
thanks it made it alot easyer;]
Good man urself. Graet help. Thanx. L8rs
Hey u said that the monkeys attack you.. But when you get into the forest ther is a cut seanwhen it shows you were the kid is... how do u get to the kid.. So FYI you hardly helped me i had to figure it out all by myself so u suck
thank you ssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooo much .i cuold not have done it without you
Will I ever get to ride on my horse again? After I fill the tear vessel. You should include this information like "you lost your horse" or "prepare to walk cause you never get your horse again" Overall this helped me a lot but try to be more specific and don't say go to the guy near that place to your left or whatever. But I'll give it a 8 out of 10 score.
You are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how do you make the windmill puzzle?
Ya but where do you go after the forest temple I'm stuck!
how do you get past the moving briges. my 3 moneys wont swing me
Thank you so much i could of never done it without your help
wow ok this explains like the first 10 min of the game what about the rest???????
i cant get past the bridge they wouldn't get on the rope
We couldn't have done it without you. Thank you soooooooooo much!


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Date: May 31, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
Event Description:
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Dear Benny, part four21:09
Hey Benners,
how are you doing? I hope you've settled into your daily routine there in Thailand, I know you're like me and love your routine that you've settled into. Pipe and slippers etc.....:)
So the weekend was busy, we did go to Luton on Saturday to see my nan. She was asleep mostly but she opened her eyes and squeezed our hands long enough for us to know that she realised who we were and that we were there. We gave her a kiss goodbye each and whispered in her ear. I told her that I thought she was just as beautiful as she always was and that God is with her inside even if she hasn't got the energy to speak.
It was sad to see her so withdrawn but I came away with a peace that she knows we love her and that God is looking after her whether we can see it tangibly or not.
We drove 4.5 hours in the morning, got to the hospital around 3pm ish, stayed an hour with my nan in the hospital then went to my mother's house to surprise her for an hour. We didn't tell her we were on our way or in Luton, just knocked on the door. She was super shocked! Unfortunately she thought we were there cos nan had passed away....oops! The fact that all three of us girls were doubled over giggling should have given it away that all was ok. After an hour with mum we drove home another 4.5 hours, stopped for a pizza to stick in the oven and then made it home just after 10pm.
We slept in late Sunday morning and didn't get up til 8.30am just in time to get ready and get to church.
After church we had a community BBQ up at the playing fields. This is the second year in a row that we've had one and I hope we continue the tradition, this is one that really was worth doing!
We took our trusty gazebo (I almost took off with it at one point!), we had three barbecues, four big tables, a bouncy castle and as many camping chairs as you could imagine!
It was dry and sunny mostly but the playing fields are like a wind tunnel with the mountains on either side so it was pretty chilly! Wind chill factor million.
Doreen was so cold I got the blanket from the car and wrapped her up tight in it!
Today I took the morning off from work (pre-arranged, I didn't just not work!) and did some laundry, cleaning and tried to 'de-stash' a bit from my craft cupboard. Blatantly that didn't work, the doors still won't close!!
Yesterday at the BBQ I spent a little while talking with a new friend and explained about my lightbulb moment about life being full of choices and once again I came home and reflected on your comment about my being so busy being my choice. So I decided to resign.
So this morning I handed in my notice so that I can get back to what I should be doing, namely doing God's work. It almost seems as though there's this bitter resentment type competition of who's the busiest and who is the worst off. I declare myself out of that. As long as we have enough money to live on, Dus' customers are happy and I'm doing what I can to further the kingdom, who cares what other people think?
Four weeks from now, I'll be young (ha!), free (or pricey however you look at it) and single (minded lol).
It was such a relief when I handed in my notice, I can't wait to stop having to fit in everything else around working, doing a load of laundry and hanging it out on the line then quickly running to the post office AND having something to eat in a half hour lunch.
I'm looking forwards to you coming home, almost halfway there!
See you soon,


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The ultimate goal of our training program is to transform motivated fellows into leaders in Critical Care Medicine (CCM) and champions of critical care research, critical care education, and the delivery of high quality care for critically ill patients. The program is available to individuals who have completed a 3-year residency in an ACGME accredited Internal Medicine program and to individuals with additional medical subspecialty training. Most positions in the program are 2-year positions for candidates coming directly from residency; however there are a limited number of 1-year positions for candidates that have already completed a fellowship in another medical subspecialty. Developing critical care leadership skills during 1 or 2 years of fellowship training is challenging. Candidates are therefore encouraged to pursue additional, advanced training in their area of interest, whether it's research, education, or clinical-administration. Certificate and degree programs are available in these areas.
The single year fellowship or the first year of the 2-year fellowship is designed to give broad experience with the full range of critically ill patients and to impart the clinical knowledge to manage these patients skillfully. There is a predominance of ICU time during this year but sufficient elective time to pursue other interests related to Critical Care. Fellows rotate through general medical and surgical ICUs as well as our specialty ICUs that treat both medical and surgical issues within specific patient populations. The year also includes a rotation with our Critical Care Outreach Service, which is dedicated to developing rapid response team leadership and critical care consultation skills. First year fellows take in-house call every 5 to 6 nights. The didactic curriculum covers an extensive range of topics encountered during the management of critically ill patients, with over 130 lectures and case conferences and over 10 formal workshops that use simulation to teach skills such as Difficult Airway Management, Critical Care Communication, and Bedside Ultrasound. The curriculum also includes Journal Club, Quality Improvement and Morbidity/Mortality Conferences, and CCM Grand Rounds.
The second year of fellowship is designed to allow the trainee to refine clinical skills, achieve mastery of their critical care knowledge base, and begin more formal training to develop leadership skills in critical care research, critical care education, or critical care clinical-administration. Fellows enter into the research, education, or clinical-administration "track" depending on their interests and choose a mentor that exemplifies their own professional goals. Along with a broad range of practical experiences, fellows are strongly encouraged to pursue advance training through masters and certificate programs pertaining to their track. Partial funding for degree programs can be obtained through the department. This year includes plenty of clinical and non-clinical elective time to pursue these experiences. While second year fellows are always invited to attend the first year lecture series, the second year has its own didactic curriculum including the CCM Leadership and Professionalism Course. This purpose of this course is to familiarize trainees with basic non-clinical knowledge and skills that are vital to success during the first years as an attending intensivist.
For fellowship inquiries, please contact the CCM Education Office.


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SAN DIEGO -- Adding one additional dose of insulin to the basal dosage may be as effective in controlling blood glucose levels as adding two or three doses at mealtimes in patients with type 2 diabetes, researchers suggested here.
However, Matthew Riddle, MD, professor of medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, found that both add-on regimens of insulin appear more effective in reducing glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) than using premixed insulin twice a day.
Over a 60-week period, HbA1c was reduced 2.2 percentage points among patients taking three additional insulin doses a day compared with a 1.8-percentage-point reduction for those taking the premixed insulin regimen (P<0.01), he told MedPage Today at his poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association.
Patients who were on one additional dose of insulin a day were able to achieve a reduction in HbA1c of 2.1 percentage points, which trended towards significance (P=0.06), Riddle reported at his presentation.
In the open-label study, 194 patients were assigned to receive premixed 70/30 protamine aspart/aspart insulin twice a day; 194 patients were assigned to a regimen of insulin glargine plus up to one prandial insulin glulisine dose with their main meal; and 194 patients were assigned to a regimen of insulin glargine plus up to three prandial insulin glulisine doses.
Riddle also found that when compared with premixed insulin dosing, the glargine plus added doses allowed more patients to achieve a target HbA1c dose without experiencing hypoglycemic events. About 14% of those on the premixed insulin were able to get to the 7% HbA1c target, compared with 24% of those adding one dose of insulin (P<0.05) and 24% of those adding up to three doses (P<0.01).
"What we observed is that while both groups of patients adding insulin at mealtime did better than those on premixed insulin, there wasn't much difference between adding one dose and adding up to three doses," Riddle explained.
He said that the study showed that the addition of the rapid-acting insulin at mealtimes when added to insulin glargine was noninferior to treatment with premixed insulin twice daily – the primary endpoint of the study.
"We also observed that insulin glargine plus up to one prandial injection may be no less effective than insulin glargine with the option to add up to three prandial injections," he said.
"Considering the simplicity, effectiveness, and limited side effects, the glargine plus one prandial injection regimen deserves consideration as a useful alternative to twice daily premix or full basal bolus regimens," Riddle said.
The study appears to confirm other research with various insulin regimens in patients living with type 2 diabetes, said David Kendall, MD, chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetes Association. "We have observed in other studies that the addition of more than one dose of insulin at mealtimes has little or only modest effects in controlling HbA1c," he told MedPage Today.
"There are individuals that do respond to multiple doses of insulin at mealtime, but we see that more injections work to lower blood glucose levels about as often as just one injection," he said.
In the study, the mean age of the patients was 54.1 years; about one-third of the participants were men; about 77% of the participants were white; and the mean duration of diabetes in the cohort was 9.3 years. All of the patients in the study were also taking oral anti-diabetes medications.
The study was sponsored by sanofi-aventis.
Riddle has disclosed financial support from Amylin, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, sanofi-aventis and Pfizer. Kendall had no relevant disclosures.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
- This activity is part of our Clinical Context curriculum in Type 2 Diabetes
Primary Source
American Diabetes AssociationSource Reference: Riddle MC, et al "Comparison of 3 intensified insulin regimens added to oral therapy for type 2 diabetes: Twice-daily aspart premixed vs glargine plus 1 prandial glulisine or stepwise addition of glulisine to glargine" ADA 2011; Abstract 0409-PP.


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Family Care Network, Inc. (FCNI) was founded in 1987 by current CEO, Jim Roberts, with the purpose of creating family-based treatment programs as an alternative to group home or institutional care of children and youth. FCNI's guiding mission is "to enhance the wellbeing of children and families in partnership with our community." The organization currently provides 17 distinct programs in five service divisions, including: Resource Family Services; Family Support Services; Early Intervention and Prevention Services; Transitional Age Youth Services; and Community-Linked Services. FCNI leads the industry with a successful placement rate for all programs of over 90% as compared to the industry standard of approximately 60-70%. Because of the success and efficacy of FCNI's Intensive Therapeutic Foster Care programs, the agency has been sought out for its consultation services by six counties and forty private providers in California. In 2014, FCNI became the first agency of its kind on the Central Coast to receive accreditation from The Joint Commission, a national accreditation agency with the highest standards for providers serving in the behavioral health field.
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I'll be moving to the city SOON because I will be starting my first real job as a graduate next month. So many things to pack and buy. This is going to mark another milestone in my life. But I'll miss my family for sure :(
Was sick for 2 days but I'm feeling much better today. I have approximately 2 days to buy the rest of the stuff on my list.
Because I'll be living on a budget at least for the first few months, I've been cracking my head over what to buy in terms of food items.
My place is very convenient IF I have a car. But the reality is I don't yet. Not for the next few months. There are no cheap food stalls within walking distance (actually yes if you consider 1-2km walking distance). So I really have to plan my meals carefully.
I'm thinking that I will most probably cook my meals (at least for dinner on the weekdays) in my rented place. Just hoping that the kitchen has most of the appliances I need.
I am so going to prepare myself this time.
The last time I did my internship in the city, everything was just very inconvenient and I was always deadbeat tired after work. BUT NO, NOT THIS TIME.


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Listen to WTH (What The Hell) (Prod. By Mike Will Made It), the latest track from Prime Time Click. The cut dropped on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012. Prime Time Click's future brightens with every new release, and WTH (What The Hell) (Prod. By Mike Will Made It) certainly isn't an exception. It's a fitting addition to a solid catalogue that Prime Time Click has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're excited to hear more.
If you're down, make sure to visit Prime Time Click's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Have you checked out Prime Time Click's Twitter pages?
Can you appreciate the bars here?


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Clue: Force on Earth: Abbr.
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Unless you live on a secret island that moves its location in space and time frequently, you've probably heard of the Apple iPad. Big screen, small price, going to save the world etc etc. It will even, supposedly, save the publishing world from extinction. Magazines and books will have a new lease on life, now that they can be all digital and stuff. No more small screens, only wide vistas to view beautiful…
…low-resolution images. Uh oh, we're not there yet.
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While this might seem counter-intuitive at first, magazines actually have a technical edge over computer monitors, iPads and all those other devices when it comes to viewing images. (And since I'm in the business of making images, that's important to me!)
Think about the benefits of the 'lowly' printed magazine for a minute:
• Very large, high resolution images are possible. The Italian issue of Vogue is sized at 8.25″ x 11″. With a print resolution equivalent of 300 dpi, that's roughly 2400 x 3300 pixels. Compare that to the iPad at 768 x 1024. And when you go for the larger format magazines, it's even greater. Your computer monitor might have a little more…the one I'm typing on right now is 1024 x 1280. Still nowhere near the detail. If you want big, gorgeous, extremely detailed images, magazines will be your best bet for a long time to come.
• They're cheap! National Geographic's cover price is $4.95. The iPad starts at $600. And then you still have to buy the magazines to put in it.
• They're disposable. If you leave your copy of Maxim on the train, you won't cry. If you leave your digital copy of Maxim (and the rest of your music, movie and reading library) on the train, you will certainly cry.
• They're portable and flexible. Oh sure, an iPad is portable to a degree, and a laptop less so. But a magazine you can tuck under your arm. You can swat bugs with it. You can rip pages out and put them on your wall. You can put it over your face to shade the sun, when you'd rather just take a nap than keep reading.
• They're recyclable. And you can just throw them in an ordinary recycling bin, rather than having to take it to a special HazMat center.
The magazine industry is in the dumps right now, and I think that's partly because they haven't figured out how to work the advertising revenue stream properly, in the internet age. But from a consumer point of view, magazines have a lot going for them. And I think the magazine titles that rely on beautiful images, and/or stories with longevity have a real chance of surviving. Let's hope so, because I don't want to take out a loan to feed my reading habit.
[I love blog comments! If you leave a comment, and I'll donate a canned good to the local food bank, FoodShare.]


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BofA Halts Stock Buyback and Dividend, and More
What's News: After a math error, Bank of America suspends its plans for a $4 billion buyback and dividend boost. Researchers say they have created an embryonic clone of a woman with diabetes. Rep. Michael Grimm is charged with tax violations and more. Joanne Po reports.
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Unfortunately, bullying does take place both in and out of school, and parents, carers, teachers and other professionals have a duty to take action if they suspect or discover that a child is being bullied.
Bullying can seriously affect your child. It doesn't just involve physical abuse – it can include emotional and verbal abuse, racist remarks and cyberbullying. The impact of bullying can often be underestimated, it is important that as a parent or carer you can recognise the impact of bullying and recognise the signs.
Bullying includes:
- Name calling
- Making things up to get others into trouble
- Hitting, pinching, biting, pushing and shoving
- Stealing others belongings/money
- Damaging others belongings
- Taking friends away to make someone feel excluded
- Cyberbullying
- Spreading rumours
- Threats and intimidation
- Making silent or abusive phone calls
- Bullies can also frighten others to the extent that they don't want to go to school, and pretend to be ill to avoid them
Recognising the signs:
- Coming home with cuts and bruises
- Torn clothes
- Asking for stolen possessions to be replaced
- 'Losing' dinner money
- Falling out with previously good friends and being rejected by peers
- Being moody and bad tempered
- Wanting to avoid leaving the house
- Aggression with brothers and sisters
- Academic progress may suffer
- Insomnia
- Anxiety and insecurity
- Being quite and withdrawn
- Presenting as unhappy and with low self-esteem
- Poor attendance at school
Finding out that your child is being bullied can be a very stressful and distressing experience.
If you suspect or discover your own child or a child you know is being bullied talk to his/her Teacher or the Head Teacher. The school should have a bullying policy that you might be able to find on their website.
If you are concerned about someone else's child, talk to the parents or carers.
You can access more help and advice from The Anti Bullying Network or Bullying UK


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Natalie Queally could be recognizable on television Tuesday.
While the rest of her friends begin their semester at Glendale High School, the 16-year-old junior will take the term off to live and work as a congressional page in Washington, D.C.
"It's weird that I'm just sitting at home," Natalie said before her flight. "I don't know if anybody notices that I won't go to school with them, but they'll notice eventually when I'm on C-SPAN."


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Madhurima, is one of the most famous actress in the film industry now a days. Madhurima is seen in many movies.
Madhurima acting mainly in Telugu movies. Madhurma is one of the most promising upcoming actress. Madhurima has been seen in the films with most hot and glamorous roles. Madhurima had a very hot and sexy figure, which is very attractive. Her first film is 'Aa okkadu' it is the first movie of the sexy Madhurima. She appeared in the big screen with most hot and sexy roles. Aa okkadu dressing code in the most of her movies were too sexy. Aa okkadu is one of the most talented Telugu actress.


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The chronicles of my Watson year abroad in Asia and Europe and my attempts to understand Chinese music in its various manifestations outside the Mainland.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Watson Begins: The First Fortnight
Day 1: The Arrival
I landed at Chiang Kai-Shek Airport in the International Terminal, though I left Beijing from the Domestic Flights Terminal. Once I got my luggage and made it through customs, I headed over to the ATM to get some Taiwanese Dollars. Once I had stood in line for 10 minutes and it was finally my turn I realized I had no idea what the exchange rate was. So when the machine asked me if I wanted to take out 1000 or 100,000 NT, I had no idea. Unwilling to stand in line again, I leaned over and spotted the price of a Big Mac at a nearby McDonalds and deduced that it must be around 30 NT to 1 USD. Whew, crisis averted. But this was really pretty indicative of my preparation for Taiwan!
I hopped a bus to 忠孝復興 which I was told was close to where I actually wanted to go, 忠孝新生. I de-bussed and looked around without a clue as to where I was. I was in the middle of a giant shopping area. Signs like Gucci and Prada were everywhere and I was nailed by several Louis Vuitton bags as I stood awkwardly in the middle of the sidewalk, carrying my backpack and 2 giant instruments, and sweating profusely. The sweat was both heat and panic induced. I suddenly felt very alone.
My instructions to my apartment were from the subway stop so I knew I had to find that. I asked someone, "请问,地铁站在哪儿?" I was greeted with a blank stare. I tried English, "Excuse me, where is the subway?" This time the eyes concentrated hard on me and there was some nodding. "MRT?" the young lady asked me. This time I stared back. MRT, MRT, I'd heard that befire. "YES!" I suddenly responded, remembering Shao Min and Ava talk about the MRT, Mass Rapid Transit, in Singapore.
Once in the MRT I learned that here it's called, 捷運, jieyun and not ditie. One subway stop over and I was on the map that the language associate at Carleton had provided for me. She is from Taiwan and lived in Taipei for one month after she was done teaching at Carleton. She is now in Australia getting a master's in education. But she was kind enough to arrange for me to take over renting her apartment when she left.
I followed the map to a 7/11 across the street from my apartment. There I used the payphones to call my landlord, Shiny, and told her to go downstairs and let me in. I was a sweaty mess, huffing and puffing from carrying my instruments in the 100-plus-degree weather. While I waited, I made my first friend in Taiwan, Chen Ying, who worked at the 7/11. She came up and asked if I needed help. I told her my problems were psychological and we've been friends ever since. Whenever I go into that 7/11, which is often, we have a long chat.
But I digress. Shiny, who literally translated her Chinese name to get her English name, gave me the four keys needed to access my apartment and led me upstairs. I followed her up five flights to the very top of my building. That's where I use the second key to open the balcony. On the balcony, I have a neighbor on either side of me, a laundry machine, a sink for washing dishes, and a spectacular view of the city. Shiny's brother is one of these neighbors. The other is Sandy, a mortgage broker who works 12-hour days and is only home when she is asleep.
I used the third key to open a giant metal door that looked like it belonged on a refrigerator. I saw from the hole in the wall that I should not let this door swing open. After carefully opening the metal door, I was left with one more key and one much more normal looking door. Inside my apartment I have a queen sized bed, two desks, a tv, a wardrobe, INTERNET! my own toilet, shower, sink and most importantly of all: AIR CONDITIONING. Wahoo!
I found a couple of notes around the room from Zoe, the language associate who previously inhabited the room. These are my favorite: "Here is my shampoo. You can use it, but you will smell like girl." "Can you take this stamp back to my friend at the Taipei University of Technology? If not, just throw it away." "Taiwan people don't drink water from faucet, we'll boil water then drink but it's up to you. It is not expensive to go to see the doctor."
It was Sunday, the one day that Sandy doesn't work, so she offered to take me to IKEA to buy some sheets for my bed and then show me the neighborhood a bit. I found out that you can do everything at 7/11. You can reload your SIM card, buy a bus/subway card, and my favorite: pretend to be considering buying a drink when you have no intention of doing so and are actually just absconding from the heat and enjoying free air conditioning.
The neighborhood is really great. The richest man in Taiwan lives the block over in a complex called The Palace. Just a few blocks away, where I got off the bus from the airport, is the shopping center of the entire island. Closer to me, there are lots of coffee shops, food stands, parks, daycare centers, and churches. This is really strange, but seeing the daycare across the street from my apartment gave me a rush, a residual effect from hunting kindergartens in the Mainland last December.
After a dumpling dinner with Sandy, I was ready to hit the hay. Unfortunately, unbearable stomach cramps made this impossible. I laid on my bed moaning in agony for hours. Next came the diarrhea and finally, the vomiting.
A Trip to the Hospital
My second day in Taiwan, I didn't leave my room. I couldn't get off the toilet. By day three in Taiwan I had run out of things to expel from myself so I headed out to walk around a little. After wandering for a bit I went into a 7/11 (there is literally one on every corner in my neighborhood) to buy some juice and instant noodles. I asked the clerk where the "Fangbian mian" was. Blank stare. I tried again in English/Japanese, "Ramen?" Realization dawned on his face. Here it is called "pao mian" or boiled noodle rather than convenient noodle. While browsing the drinks, with intent to purchase, I suddenly, and I imagine, quite dramatically, lost consciousness.
The next thing I remember is being in the hospital with an IV in me that said in English, "BANANA." Why my IV said banana, I still don't understand. I asked while I was still kind of loopy, but it apparently had to do with them thinking that I was drunk. That's all that I could understand of their responses anyway. I'm also not sure how I got to the hospital. I have been too embarrassed to go back to that particular 7/11.
I told the doctor that I had been sick and every time I ate anything, that food would would have a strong desire to leave me very quickly. I was shortly diagnosed with typhoid. Which I got in Beijing from eating something contaminated with feces. But the cure is just 2 shots, so that was simple. I checked out of the hospital after 12 more hours of rest and rehydration via BANANA IV. And when I got the bill and saw that my visit cost only about 30 USD, I realized that Zoe was right, it's not expensive to go see the doctor in Taiwan!
Swedish Chocolates and Cockroach Noodles
Once my tri-hourly need for a toilet had passed, I was free to explore my environs. For three days I just wandered around the city. I enjoyed a novel, GRE math prep, and iced coffees in quirky little coffee shops. I never left a cafe without having a really cool conversation with someone. This was great because I got to work on my Chinese, which has improved both quickly and drastically. I've had language pledges before but never have I been surrounded by native speakers for so long. People are soooo friendly here. I have more amazing conversations than I could ever hope to type up on here or you could ever be expected to endure reading. But just talking to average people and occasionally musicians has been really informative on the music scene.
In the mornings I typically jogged to 大安森林公園 and through the park, scoping out the old people exercising to see if any of them were packing musical instruments. By noon I would be back at my apartment practicing zhongruan and trying to get the single-picked Taiwanese style of strumming down. In the late afternoon I walked around and found a new cafe to enjoy some iced coffee and chill. At night I send out tons of emails to everyone I can find online to see if I can meet with them.
In my recovery time, I did tons of observing in order to adapt to the differences between Taiwan. Lots of words are different here. So when I ask for tomatoes on my sandwich, "Xihongshi" means nothing. Here they say, "Fanqie." The word for potato in the Mainland will bring you peanuts in a Taiwanese restaurant. Lots of people don't really distinguish between s and sh here either. This has resulted in me numerous times mistaking the number 10 for 4. And I have to work hard to get rid of the "rrr" that I relished so much in the Beijing dialect. So now when I say door in Chinese, it sounds like the first syllable of money as opposed to a Midwesterner saying something that begins with m and rhymes with bar (as in what you bring to a potluck).
One day in a cafe, I overheard three students talking to each other. One had a GRE book propped open on the table. They were talking about going to grad schools. Then the one with the GRE book said he wanted to go to Sweden because of their famous chocolates. Mixing up Swiss and Swedish is my pet peeve, so I jumped in with, "你的意思是瑞士的巧克力.瑞典的巧克力不是有名的" You mean Swiss chocolates. Sweden's chocolate ain't famous. They looked at me very shocked and then one of them said, "Which one is next to Germany?" "Switzerland," I replied. And that's how I met my GRE study group.
Later I was having dinner in a noodle shop. I had a mouth full of grey noodles when a cockroach the size of a chicken egg scuttled in. The waitress, who proudly told me, "Today is my first day!" screamed and looked at the chef, an older-than-the-hills woman who looked like she was hiding prison tattoos under her long sleeves. The chef stepped on the monster-bug and its green and yellow guts sprayed a 6 inches across the floor. Then the chef picked up the bug with her bare hands and threw its smitten remains into the garbage. She then turned back to making noodles with those same hands. It took a massive effort to swallow the noodles that were still in my mouth. I looked around. The walls and ceiling were covered with spatter patterns matching the one on the floor. I haven't been back to that particular noodle shop yet.
Seeing Fireworks
After my first week, I realized that I LOVE living in Taipei. It feels much more like Japan than China. Everyone is polite and says, "不好意思" Sorry for the inconvenience before talking. Little things make me smile to myself all the time. I bought some really good coffee bread from a stand and the wrapper told me, "Thank for Patronize!" The subway warns me in pleasant English, "When you alight, please mind the gap." This always causes me to burst out laughing on the subway and I'm pretty sure it freaks out my fellow commuters. One day on my walk home, I stopped to admire fireworks in the distance.
It must have been some holiday because earlier that day, I had seen food products set out on tables as offerings and people were burning yellow ghost money in trash cans all over town. Not knowing why the fireworks were being shot off for some reason made me enjoy them more. While I was watching them an old man came up to me and said, "Hello. Go to sleep earlier. Healthier!" I checked my watch. It was 10:15. Little things like this have been making me so happy.
If you ask anyone in Taipei if they can speak English, they will invariably respond with, "A little." This is completely uninformative. Sometimes it is a true statement. Often it is a blatant lie and they are totally fluent in English or, conversely, they don't actually speak any English at all, except the words, "a little."
One day, I walked in to a 7/11 and was greeted in English, "Gewd Eebuhneeng!" I smiled back. Then when I had made my purchase, the clerk asked me, "Do you want a bag?" Usually I would have complemented her English, but for some reason I was sick of this racism. You assume all white people can speak English!? I was mock-offended. And I was especially offended because she was right. I replied in Chinese with, "How embarrassing. I am German and do not speak English." Then I wondered if I too was being racist, assuming that this Asian woman could understand me, so I asked, "Can you speak Chinese?"
Contacting the Professionals
On my second Monday I joined a gym and found the 國家音樂廳, National Concert Hall, right across from it (shown in the photo below). I went in to the ticket office and bought a dozen tickets for about 100 USD. They are all to traditional music except for an intriguing concert called, "Let's Go Traveling With Mandolin" by the Taipei Mandolin Ensemble. I found them on Facebook and messaged them explaining who I was and that I had a mandocello. I thought maybe they would be curious enough to let me meet with them if I offered up a chance to play such a rare instrument. They messaged me back within minutes and told me to be at their rehearsal on Saturday at 7PM. Wahooo!
I also got an email back from the lead erhu player in the Taipei Chinese Orchestra. She told me her English is very lazy, but if I can type her a message in Chinese, then we can probably communicate fine. So meeting number two on my schedule!
The Keymaker
On Tuesday as I was leaving, I realized that had I locked myself out of my room, so I went downstairs to find my landlady, Shiny. She told me that she didn't have a spare to my outer door (the metal one) and that I should just try climbing through the window. I explained that actually I realized I didn't have the key before I closed that one. She told me I was very lucky because she had the key to only the inner door. She emphasized that I was in fact extremely (非常非常的)lucky because she is not usually home in the afternoon but her child was sick. I thanked her for the key but she wouldn't release it from her hand. I tugged it a couple of times chuckling. She said that first I had to promise to go to the Keymaker with my key that she doesn't have a copy of and copy it and take the new copy to her. I promised, slightly troubled by the shadow that had passed over her face when she wouldn't let go of the key.
I walked around until I saw a big picture of a key on a shop. Inside, there was a grandmother and five three-year-olds. They were all eating grapes and watching cartoons. When the old lady saw me she jumped up, wiping purple juice on her oil-stained skirt. I asked her for a copy of my key. I watched impressed as her old hands moved deftly, cutting the new key. She made it in 20 seconds while balancing an attention-seeking toddler on one knee, her thousand-lined face furrowing with concentration.
When she was done, she looked at me. Like really stared at me hard and asked if I was superstitious. I told her I was. She nodded as if this all made a lot of sense. She gave me another key; it was small and brass. She told me to keep it on me and it'll protect me. I asked her how much it was. She looked exasperated. "送給你!" I'm gifting it to you! All in all, it was the strangest afternoon I'd had yet in Taipei. Very spooky actually.
The Methodist
On Wednesday I met Irene at MOS Burger. I had just gotten my food but there was nowhere to sit. Irene, a 50-something woman dressed up too nicely for MOS Burger, said I could sit with her. We struck up a conversation and she invited me to her church to listen to the music there and meet people my own age. I asked what kind it was. The answer: Methodist. Now most people think Christ is Christ, but probably in Lancaster, Wisconsin alone, there is a weird rift between the Congregational Church and the Methodist Church. I remember my mom distinctly saying, "Andrew, you can become a Catholic or even a Muslim, just promise me you won't become a Methodist."
Nonetheless, I triumphed over the prejudices of my childhood and braved the Methodist Church. It turned out to be right next to my apartment. I met Timothy who just had finished the GRE and promised to bring me his study books on Sunday. I also found out that anyone could come in and play the piano which made me EXTREMELY happy because I had been missing the piano a lot. I told Irene I'd see her on Sunday.
Rain + Musicians = Easy Target
On Friday I met some Taiwanese Tennesseans in Starbucks. They were missionary kids and had spent half of their lives in Taiwan and half in America. We chatted a lot about the differences in culture between their two native lands. Just then I noticed someone carrying a zhongruan case walk by. Then erhu, then pipa! What was happening?
I ran outside and discovered a Chinese ensemble setting up in the park right outside the Starbucks. I ran home to get my camera. When I returned it was pouring rain and all of the musicians had retreated under a tarp. Was this a bad thing? NO! They were trapped and easy targets. I interviewed them and found out that they were part of a community group that brought "Music to the Neighborhood." They said that they had a competition on the 28th in the park where I go jogging and that they'd be happy to talk me then, but right now, they were getting wet! I thanked them for their time and marked the concert on my calendar.
I Go Traveling With Mandocello
Finally, on Saturday I got to go meet the Taipei Mandolin Ensemble. I dragged my mandocello all the way across town and followed the sound of mandolins to the third floor of a residential building. Afterward, I recounted my experience to my friend from Middlebury, Becky who is currently teaching English in Taiwan. When she saw me approach the cafe with a stupid grin plastered across my face, she decided to record the conversation, guessing correctly that it would be hilarious and very embarrassing for me. I have transcribed it for you below:
Becky: Wow! What happened? Sit down, order something.
Andrew: Oh. My. God."
Becky: Stop with the dazed look and explain!
Andrew: Okay, so I went in and there were like 10 mandolins. . . oooh! and they are Italian style and look more like they're from the Renaissance than like, you know, like, the ukulele clones we use in America. They have these giant rounded backs.
Waitress: 不好意思。[Inaudible]
Becky: Yeah, oh you have to order something here that costs at least 80 dollars.
Waitress: 你想要甚麼?
Andrew: 火雞三明治,一杯冰咖啡。
Waitress: 加糖,牛奶呢?
Andrew: 只要糖。
Waitress: 好。
Andrew: Right, so I go in and they are finishing up a mini traditional music recital. The head of the ensemble also teaches Chinese instruments and plays the liuqin!
Becky: What's the liuqin?
Andrew: It's basically the Chinese mandolin. And this 10 year-old boy plays Yunnan Huiyi, Reminiscences of Yunnan, and that's my absolute favorite zhongruan piece.
[I then showed Becky this clip that I secretly filmed.]
So afterwards I flip and tell him that that was the best version of Yunnan Huiyi I'd ever heard in person. And then they all flip cuz I knew the name of the piece. By the way, none of them could or I guess I should say were willing to speak any English. It's so weird. It seems like musicians here are the only people that won't speak English with me. But anyway, it turns out that the girl playing the mandola next to me is majoring in zhongruan at a conservatory.
Becky: What's a mandola?
Andrew: Huh, oh, it's the viola version of a mandolin, except here instead of being tuned CGDA, an octave higher than a cello and the same tuning as a viola, they're tuned GDAE, an octave lower than a violin, so I guess these are really octave mandolins. Anywho, the girl and I have the exact same b-day, same year too. I told her I play zhongruan so they made me play a solo for them. Then they said I had to do a solo with my mando and I was like SHIT! I usually just play chords so I just played Country Roads and sang along and then this one lady sang along in Japanese and it turns out that she is from Japan, so then I said like a really basic greeting and told her in Japanese that I studied Japanese for one year. Then everyone is just basically in love with me. They're like who are you? You speak Chinese and Japanese, play zhongruan and mandocello and sing. And I was just like, ha, don't ask me to play anything else cuz I just did everything I can. That was the full extent of my talents. Then she told me that if I give her English lessons, she could teach me to play Yunnan Huiyi!
Becky: Wait, the Japanese lady?
Andrew: Sorry, no. The same-b-day girl.
Becky: Oh, gotchya.
Andrew: Oh and then b-day girl helped me majorly with that damn Taiwanese picking style and I think I've almost got it. So the first half hour was all traditional stuff and making me perform, then the ensemble began rehearsing and they had sheet music for me! Some of it even had mandocello written on it. Like, how is that even possible? I doubt there is another mandocello on this island. Well, they say I can play along with them and after the rehearsal, which was awesome, they asked if I wanted to join them on stage for the concert!
Becky: (squeal)
Andrew: And I was like, WHAT?! REALLY?! YES! So now I'm gonna play with them at the National Concert Hall! Ahhh! I'm soooo excited.
Becky: Omg, that is fabulous. Do you have lots of rehearsals? What are you playing?
Andrew: We're playing some Italian stuff, Danny Boy, a song from a Japanese cartoon, and a Taiwanese folk song. Umm. . . yeah, there is another rehearsal tomorrow and then about 2 a week until the concert on September 25th.
Becky: How did you do this? How is this possible? You are a ridiculous person!
Andrew: (giggles) Yeah, I know. I think I'm in shock right now. And like, the girl said that on Monday I can go join the Chinese Orchestra that she plays with cuz it's informal and has old people in it. So this morning, I wasn't in any group and hadn't really met any musicians and now I am in two ensembles and getting free lessons.
Becky: Will you buy me a lottery ticket?
Andrew: No but I guess you can have my ticket to the mandolin concert, cuz I don't need it anymore.
My calendar is now full of meetings and rehearsals. People are so shocked that I'm interested in Chinese music and happy to tell me about their experiences with music. The blog entries for weeks 3 and 4 are coming up! Lack of updates just means I'm busy which is way better than being bored! Every week becomes busier than the last as I establish more connections and become more and more familiar with Taipei.
Also, I started a youtube account to post videos from the Freeman trip and the Watson which I will be updating as my internet connection permits. It takes about a day to upload a video! http://www.youtube.com/user/chinesetroubadour
5 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 9:20 AM
How interesting to read about your adventures in Taipei. Your willingness to meet and greet and your keen observations with people have reaped great benefits. I can't wait to hear how the concerts turn out.ReplyDelete
Your positive attitude even when you were deathly ill is amazing. The doctor is cheap is a great line and don't use my shampoo, you will smell like a girl. All of these details make this so warm and personal.
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Thank you for making your blog so interesting!ReplyDelete
The photos add great credibility to your stories.
This reads like an adventure novel :)
This is such a fucking great blog man. Love the humility and sense of humour. Will definitely keep reading.ReplyDelete
Hey! This is Nathan from FB. I mean, I know Nathaniel essentially is Nathan, but yeah.ReplyDelete
That part about the cockroach... eeek. sanitation standards are something else over there!
I'll definitely subscribe to your youtube account.
It sounds like you're having a blast in Taiwan! It's weird how so many terms are different (potatoes = peanuts?) over there. Don't sweat the loss of the Beijing 'er'; I'm sure you'll end up with a Taiwanese accent (which I hope I get to hear sometime because I find it highly amusing). :)ReplyDelete


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TONS of dodgy horse meat has been smuggled into Britain from eastern Europe.
UK Border Agency customs officers have seized 48 tons of illegal meat including horse and donkey in the last seven years.
Sniffer dogs found it in shipping containers, the back of vans and passengers' luggage at airports.
There were seizures at London's Heathrow and Manchester airports, Tilbury docks in Essex and Liverpool docks.
The illegal meat was not passed for human consumption and there were fears it could contain diseases. It was later destroyed.
Customs officers have been on alert since a foot and mouth outbreak in Bulgaria two years ago.
A Government source said: "It's mainly horse and donkey meat from eastern Europe as it's so cheap for the gangs to get.
"We find a lot of small quantities of meat in passengers' luggage as they want a taste of home.
"But we know the criminal gangs smuggle in big quantities. We just don't have the resources to check everything."
Horse meat found in supermarket foods in the UK has been traced to a Romanian slaughterhouse. Gangs buy wild horses from peasants for as little as £10 then flog them on for huge profits.
The horse meat is transported to processing plants and passed off as beef for use in burgers and ready meals.
Donkey meat is now feared to have got into the food chain via Romania. And gangsters are using abattoirs in Poland before smuggling dodgy meat into the UK.
Environmental health consultant Dr Yunes Teinaz, who has investigated food fraud for 20 years, said: "These gangs then smuggle the meat to Britain in the back of vans. This meat – usually horse or donkey from eastern Europe – is then sold on the black market.
"The illegal meat trade has been unchecked without any control for many years.
"Enforcement is difficult and expensive but offenders are making big profits on the health of the nation's expense.
"It's outrageous. I've heard terrible rumours of what's in the food chain.
"There was even rumours of human body parts brought into Britain in food from Asia but we never found any proof."
The seized meat included burnt lamb and goat meat known as smokies, an African delicacy.
Details of the seized meat from eastern Europe were contained in the Review of controls on Products of Animal Origins (POAO), a report on illegal food imports from the Department for Food and Rural Affairs.
There are 11 sniffer dogs with the UKBA trained to detected animal products.
However, there have been just 13 people prosecuted for illegal meat imports since 2003. Most got just fines with penalties between £100 and £1000 but one was jailed for 28 days.
Britain's horse meat crisis deepened last week as two UK meat plants were raided by the Food Standards Agency and police.
It later emerged that horse DNA has now been found in dinners supplied to 47 Lancashire schools and in grub at pubs run by Whitbread.
The horse meat scandal first broke when Irish testers found traces of it in burgers stocked by major supermarkets.
Three men arrested in the horse meat probe were released on bail at the weekend.


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My dad walking me down the aisle. The pictures I have on my computer aren't the best, but you can see the dress.
My hubby and I!
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As the title says, nothing much has been going on for me. I just finished my first summer class yesterday and I have a week off until the second summer starts. I also have five days off of work next week as well. I don't have anything planned but doing stuff around the house. Tomorrow is my niece, Ava's 2nd birthday! It is so hard to believe that she is already 2, seems like just yesterday I was watching her come into this world! I am sure I will have some pictures from her birthday party tomorrow night, but I will leave you with a couple today.
Here she is when she was a few weeks (or months) old!
Ava reading a card from her 1st birthday party!
And her at her 1st birthday photo shoot!She is too cute and I love her more than I could ever say!
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Nothing special happened this weekend. Did some house cleaning, studying and relaxing. These are some pictures from Ben's cousin's graduation party from the weekend before last.
The hubby, me, his brother and the graduate herself being silly!It was a great day, hot, but fun.Remember my shower that my mom and I regrouted? Well it was a tough job but well worth it. I think it turned out great! I actually haven't wanted to use it because I didn't want to get it dirty, ha!
I made more purchases on Etsy. This is a cute button collection from bluepearls. It is so cute, I just have to find the perfect place to hang it. I LOVE the distressed frame!
And this letter J (for our last name) was too cute to pass up as well. I LOVE initals, monograms, whatever you want to call them. I got this custom wood letter from JCBloomingBoutique.
Well that's all I have for now, hope everyone had a great weekend!
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So I LOVE this season of The Bachelorette! I think Jillian is absolutely beautiful and so fun. I have picked my favorite guys for her.
Jake is my number one favorite since the first episode. He is really cute and seems like a lot of fun.
Ed is my second choice. I didn't have Ed picked at first, but when he had his single date with Jillian I couldn't help but like him. He seems so together, but yet ready for a fun, spur of the moment time. My third choice is Kiptyn (I think that's the correct spelling). I liked him too from the beginning. Plus Jillian loves to make out with him, ha! They have a lot of chemistry.
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Today is Show us where you live Friday - Office Edition over at Kelly's Korner! I LOVE the color of my office, it is bright green, not sure what the exact name is, but it is so bright and cheerie! This is looking in from the hallway. I searched high and low for the perfect mirror and I absolutely love this one! I also need something to put on that wall under the mirror, it's pretty bare. Any suggestions?
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So this is what I wish my backyard looked like and that I was there right now instead of work, ha!
Isn't it sooo beautiful and peaceful looking?
We do not have an actual screened in patio, just a concrete slab at the time being, but we want to do something similar to this. Just have to find the time to do it. At least it is Thursday, only one more day till the weekend!
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I had a pretty relaxing weekend.
On Saturday I helped my sister paint her guest bedroom and then finished my shower, which I forgot to take pictures, I will have to post them later. Then Saturday night my hubby and I went out to eat with a group of friends. It was tons of fun and I took my camera so I could take pictures, but I didn't take the first one, sorry! We set one of my good friends up with my brother-in-law and this was there first real meeting and I think it went excellent. I LOVE playing match maker, ha!
On Sunday we went to my husband's cousin's high school graduation party. It was nice to see all the family and enjoy great food. I did not take any pictures again, but my mother-in-law did so when she emails the pictures to me I will post them. I was not very good with the camera at all this weekend! Hopefully I will do better, ha! Hope everyone is having a great week.
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I had a great 3 day weekend! I just did not want to come back to work today, ha! I was pretty busy too. My mom and I re-grouted the shower in my master bath. It was a pretty big job that took 8 hours on Saturday and 2 hours on Sunday, but well worth it. This is a "in the middle" picture. We just have to wait 5 days to make sure it is good and dry then we will seal it. I will post a picture of the finished product next week. That's my mom working. She is so great!
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It's Show us where you live Friday again and today is dining rooms! My dining room is not anything special at all, but once again it serves it's purpose. This is the view from the living room. I love dark furniture so we painted the living area lighter colors. The kitchen and dining room are blue and the living room is yellow. Then I have those brown valances above all the windows and it ties everything nicely together, or so I think so.
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On Saturday we went to my grandma and grandpa's house to visit. My sister was not feeling well so we took my niece with us so she could get some rest. My best friend since 2nd grade, Amanda also went with us and her little boy, Andrew. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of the day.
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There is a tremendous amount of "wailing and gnashing of teeth" when it comes to selling wheat. Many producers feel that they can produce wheat; however when it comes to selling wheat, they feel incompetent.
Some market analysts add to producers' insecurity by making statements like, "most producers sell in the bottom third of the market." Recent research conducted by Oklahoma State University provides a different view of marketing (http://agecon.okstate.edu/anderson/risk.asp). Fact is that most producers are doing a good job of marketing and producers should be more concerned with cost of production, yields and use of technology and less concerned with marketing.
Wheat purchase records were obtained from three Oklahoma elevators. One elevator was in southern Oklahoma (South), one in west-central Oklahome (Central) and the other in north-central Oklahoma (North). The elevators provided data on every wheat purchase for the nine-year period June 1992 through May 2001. Date, price, bushels and storage costs were included in the data.
We also obtained the daily price at each location. All prices were adjusted for storage and interest costs. Interest was the prime rate plus 2 percent that is often charged for production loans by major lenders.
The average price actually received by producers was compared to two marketing strategies. First was selling all the wheat at harvest and the second was to sell an equal amount of wheat each business day of the marketing year (See Table 1).
It is important to compare prices within the same elevator and not to compare one elevator's price to the others' price. For example, compare elevator South's daily average price ($3.04) to the harvest price ($3.24) and the actual average price ($3.22) received by producers.
Study findings
Over the nine-year period, producers selling to elevator South received $3.22 per bushel compared to $3.04 if they had sold an equal amount each business day and $3.24 if they had sold at harvest each year. Thus South producers beat the market average by 20 cents per bushel and could have increased the average price received by two cents if they had sold all wheat at harvest.
The average price received by producers selling to elevator Central was $3.05 compared to the $2.96 daily (market) average and the harvest price of $3.09. Central producers beat the market average by nine cents and could have increased the net price four cents per bushel by selling at harvest.
Producers selling wheat to North received an average price of $3.11 per bushel compared to the daily average price of $3.03 and an average harvest price of $3.20. The average price received was eight cents per bushel above the market average and nine cents below selling all the wheat at harvest.
Research indicates that Oklahoma wheat producers are doing a relatively good job of marketing their wheat. Selling all wheat at harvest could increase the average price but selling all wheat at harvest also increases income variability. Most producers only need to make minor adjustments in their marketing strategy. I suspect that all producers are doing a better job of selling than they expect.


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I simply love this place, where do I begin? The name, roughly translated, means "Your Money or Your Life." My French colleagues explained that the word "bourse" can mean stock market, purse and balls (yes, the sensitive type.) So, the name is a play on its location (it's a block away from the stock market here in Paris) and perhaps the owner's change of vocation from architect to restaurateur. He changed careers to focus on one thing: making steak-frites the way they're supposed to be made.
It's a cozy place - it seats maybe 20-24 people tops - and is decorated in a relaxed, low-key, bric-a-brac way. I felt so comfortable, as if I were sitting in someone's house. This is the type of place you would find in Brooklyn, which is high praise, in case you don't know.
I ordered the classic pavé au poivre (pepper steak) and frites. I don't know about the buildings designed in the previous career, but if they're half as good as the steaks then they must be spectacular. The steak was tender and correctly portioned - not like the gigantic slabs you get in NY that you can never finish. The pepper sauce was smooth and had a nice bite.
Not to be outdone, the fries were delicious in a way that has become unfamiliar to an American palate - they are fried in suet. Not peanut oil, not vegetable oil. Suet is the fattiest of the beef fats out there. My mother sometimes buys it in the winter to feed the squirrels in her back yard. After a plate of these fries, I say screw the squirrels - let them go hunt for nuts.
12, Rue Vivienne
2nd Arondissement


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Chandler Arizona West Family History Center
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