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Advice/hard truths for writers?

The best piece of practical advice I know is a classic from Hemingway (qtd. here):

The most important thing I’ve learned about writing is never write too much at a time… Never pump yourself dry. Leave a little for the next day. The main thing is to know when to stop. Don’t wait till you’ve written yourself out. When you’re still going good and you come to an interesting place and you know what’s going to happen next, that’s the time to stop. Then leave it alone and don’t think about it; let your subconscious mind do the work.

Also, especially if you're young, you should read more than you write. If you're serious about writing, you'll want to write more than you read when you get old; you need, then, to lay the important books as your foundation early. I like this passage from Samuel R. Delany's "Some Advice for the Intermediate and Advanced Creative Writing Student" (collected in both Shorter Views and About Writing):

You need to read Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, and Zola; you need to read Austen, Thackeray, the Brontes, Dickens, George Eliot, and Hardy; you need to read Hawthorne, Melville, James, Woolf, Joyce, and Faulkner; you need to read Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Goncherov, Gogol, Bely, Khlebnikov, and Flaubert; you need to read Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, Edward Dahlberg, John Steinbeck, Jean Rhys, Glenway Wescott, John O'Hara, James Gould Cozzens, Angus Wilson, Patrick White, Alexander Trocchi, Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Vladimir Nabokov; you need to read Nella Larsen, Knut Hamsun, Edwin Demby, Saul Bellow, Lawrence Durrell, John Updike, John Barth, Philip Roth, Coleman Dowell, William Gaddis, William Gass, Marguerite Young, Thomas Pynchon, Paul West, Bertha Harris, Melvin Dixon, Daryll Pinckney, Darryl Ponicsan, and John Keene, Jr.; you need to read Thomas M. Disch, Joanna Russ, Richard Powers, Carroll Maso, Edmund White, Jayne Ann Phillips, Robert Gluck, and Julian Barnes—you need to read them and a whole lot more; you need to read them not so that you will know what they have written about, but so that you can begin to absorb some of the more ambitious models for what the novel can be.

Note: I haven't read every single writer on that list; there are even three I've literally never heard of; I can think of others I'd recommend in place of some he's cited; but still, his general point—that you need to read the major and minor classics—is correct.

The best piece of general advice I know, and not only about writing, comes from Dr. Johnson, The Rambler #63:

The traveller that resolutely follows a rough and winding path, will sooner reach the end of his journey, than he that is always changing his direction, and wastes the hours of day-light in looking for smoother ground and shorter passages.

I've known too many young writers over the years who sabotaged themselves by overthinking and therefore never finishing or sharing their projects; this stems, I assume, from a lack of self-trust or, more grandly, trust in the universe (the Muses, God, etc.). But what professors always tell Ph.D. students about dissertations is also true of novels, stories, poems, plays, comic books, screenplays, etc: There are only two kinds of dissertations—finished and unfinished. Relatedly, this is the age of online—an age when 20th-century institutions are collapsing, and 21st-century ones have not yet been invented. Unless you have serious connections in New York or Iowa, publish your work yourself and don't bother with the gatekeepers.

Other than the above, I find most writing advice useless because over-generalized or else stemming from arbitrary culture-specific or field-specific biases, e.g., Orwell's extremely English and extremely journalistic strictures, not necessarily germane to the non-English or non-journalistic writer. "Don't use adverbs," they always say. Why the hell shouldn't I? It's absurd. "Show, don't tell," they insist. Fine for the aforementioned Orwell and Hemingway, but irrelevant to Edith Wharton and Thomas Mann. Freytag's Pyramid? Spare me. Every new book is a leap in the dark. Your project may be singular; you may need to make your own map as your traverse the unexplored territory.

Hard truths? There's one. I know it's a hard truth because I hesitate even to type it. It will insult our faith in egalitarianism and the rewards of earnest labor. And yet, I suspect the hard truth is this: ineffables like inspiration and genius count for a lot. If they didn't, if application were all it took, then everybody would write works of genius all day long. But even the greatest geniuses usually only got the gift of one or two all-time great work. This doesn't have to be a counsel of despair, though: you can always try to place yourself wherever you think lightning is likeliest to strike. That's what I do, anyway. Good luck!

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Francesco Antonio Baldassare Uttini (1723-1795) - Thetis och Pelee, Act V: Duo. Din ära Jofur! Dina lagar (Thetis, Pelee) ·

Hillevi Martinpelto · Stefan Dahlberg ·

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble · Thomas Schuback, conductor

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Quotes about travelling

Quotes about travelling Quotes about travelling, aphorisms, ideas, opinions and quotations about travels, travellers, holidays, tourisms and amazing places to visit around the world. The American arrives in Paris with a few French phrases he has culled from a conversational guide or picked up from a friend who owns a beret. Fred A. Allen Space travel! Come on, I don't even want to go to Rimini. Carl William Brown We are all pilgrims who seek Italy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Memories are nothing more than a journey through time, almost always melancholic, nostalgic and painful. Carl William Brown My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone. Diane Arbus The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. Richard Bach I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists. Brigitte Bardot I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it. Sir Thomas Beecham Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today? Is it right to be watching strangers in a play in this strangest of theatres? Elizabeth Bishop The poor live their adventures, their journeys, their dreams thanks to cinema, theatre, social media, television and literature; the rich thanks to their money. Carl William Brown What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around? Elizabeth Bishop

Quotes on travels  Italy Life is nothing more than a journey through the valleys of the absurd, through the seas of stupidity, when we reach the port of madness there is no one waiting for us, we only then realize that we have traveled in vain. Carl William Brown There is no looking at a building here after seeing Italy. Fanny Burney Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. John Burroughs I don't like traveling very much, also because having to go to hell often isn't a very pleasant thing. Carl William Brown Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race. Sir Richard Burton I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an Islander, that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us. Lord Byron To understand what morality is, I recommend you read Beyond Good and Evil and then set off towards the boundless confines of stupidity. Have a good trip. Carl William Brown I swims in the Tagus all across at once, and I rides on an ass or a mule, and swears Portuguese, and have got a diarrhea and bites from the mosquitoes. But what of that? Comfort must not be expected by folks that go a pleasuring. Lord Byron The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds. Charles Horton Cooley Many times politicians' trips abroad are nothing more than excellent opportunities to do their business with our money. Carl William Brown Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. Italo Calvino The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see. Gilbert K. Chesterton The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination. Alexander Cockburn By travelling at the speed of light we would stop time and become eternal. For us it is impossible, for stupidity it is not. Carl William Brown The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life. Mason Cooley

Aphorisms on travelling When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. Edward Dahlberg The personal appropriation of cliches is a condition for the spread of cultural tourism. Serge Daney Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption, is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal. Guy Debord Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli Death is nothing more than a journey without suitcases and without return; perhaps for this reason, it will be less boring than the others. Carl William Brown Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will - whatever we may think. Lawrence Durrell Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola! Bob Dylan Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away early to the tropics, and is at home with palms and banyans, is nourished on books of travel, and stretches the theatre of its imagination to the Zambesi. George Eliot No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous. Ralph Waldo Emerson Travel is a fool's paradise. Ralph Waldo Emerson Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. Ralph Waldo Emerson The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists. Sam Ewing It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going and where you would live at the end or do we ever know, do we ever live where we live, we're always in other places, lost, like sheep. Janet Frame Death is nothing other than the final destination of our stupid earthly journey. Carl William Brown The fool wanders, a wise man travels. Thomas Fuller Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. Thomas Fuller Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A wise traveler never depreciates their own country. Carlo Goldoni If time travel existed, we would be inundated with tourists from the future. Carl William Brown A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. Oliver Goldsmith I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home. William Hazlitt Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up. Ernest Hemingway They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea. Horace To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. Aldous Huxley Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty -- his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure. Aldous Huxley Being on tour sends me crazy, I drink too much and out comes the John Mcenroe in me. Chrissie Hynde Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. Henry James Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy. Thomas Jefferson As the Spanish proverb says, ''He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.'' So it is in traveling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge. Samuel Johnson In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge. Samuel Johnson He who does not travel slowly dies; However, those who travel often die more quickly! Carl William Brown The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. Samuel Johnson Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see. Samuel Johnson Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen. John Keats People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something. Soren Kierkegaard If you look like your passport picture you're too ill to travel. Will Kommen The map is not the territory. Alfred Korzybski Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt Without stirring abroad, one can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window one can see the way of heaven. The further one goes the less one knows. Lao-Tzu After the end of humanity, some survivors travel the universe on a spaceship in search of a new planet on which to continue the development of stupidity. For eternity. Carl William Brown Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction. A double necessity then: to get on the move, and to know whither. D. H. Lawrence We travelers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence. Max Lerner Does this boat go to Europe, France? Anita Loos Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. Alice Meynell If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. Henry Miller Our organism is a perfect machine that travels for a certain period on the highway of the absurd, so nothing is more noble and heroic than that someone doesn't really like making this stupid journey and therefore tries to damage the vehicle. Carl William Brown A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Traveling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors; also closing them behind you, never to return. But the place you have left forever is always there for you to see whenever you shut your eyes. Jan Myrdal Life, as the most ancient of all metaphors insists, is a journey; and the travel book, in its deceptive simulation of the journey's fits and starts, rehearses life's own fragmentation. More even than the novel, it embraces the contingency of things. Jonathan Raban As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke. Margaret Oliphant If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends. John Enoch Powell He who has not traveled widely thinks that his mother is the best cook. African Proverb In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion. Robert Runcie Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong. Vita Sackville-West Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs. J. D. Salinger Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air. It is a guzzling, lounging, gambling, dog's life. The only alternative to excitement is irritability. George Bernard Shaw Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures. Susan Sontag Journeys end in lovers meeting. William Shakespeare An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys. Iain Sinclair A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck He travels best that knows when to return. Middleton for my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Robert Louis Stevenson To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. Robert Louis Stevenson Travel is ninety percent anticipation and ten percent recollection. Edward Streeter A solitary traveler can sleep from state to state, from day to night, from day to day, in the long womb of its controlled interior. It is the cradle that never stops rocking after the lullaby is over. It is the biggest sleeping tablet in the world, and no one need ever swallow the pill, for it swallows them. Lisa St. Aubin De Teran Travelling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, "I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station." Lisa St. Aubin De Teran I have been a stranger in a strange land. The Holy Bible Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind. Paul Theroux Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Mark Twain Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. Paul Theroux I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.  I travel for travel's sake.  The great affair is to move.  Robert Louis Stevenson Inter-railers are the ambulatory equivalent of Macdonald's, walking testimony to the erosion of French culture. Alice Thompson Only the traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better. Henry David Thoreau Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision. James Thurber You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom. Mark Twain Every year it takes less time to fly across the Atlantic and more time to drive to the office. Author Unknown If it's tourist season, why can't we kill them? Author Unknown Old men and far travelers may lie with authority. Author Unknown The alternative to a vacation is to stay home and tip every third person you see. Author Unknown The bigger the summer vacation the harder the fall. Author Unknown Those that say you can't take it with you never saw a car packed for a vacation trip. Author Unknown I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train. Oscar Wilde I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life. Oscar Wilde I think that wherever your journey takes you, there are new gods waiting there, with divine patience -- and laughter. Susan M. Watkins O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself. Walt Whitman I traveled among unknown men, in lands beyond the sea; nor England! did I know till then what love I bore to thee. William Wordsworth Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.  Elizabeth Drew The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. St. Augustine When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money.  Then take half the clothes and twice the money.  Susan Heller I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.  Lord Dunsany A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.  Anatole France No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.  Seneca The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience.  The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him.  He goes "sight-seeing."  Daniel J. Boorstin It is not down in any map; true places never are.  Herman Melville What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds.  When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then.  People don't have your past to hold against you.  No yesterdays on the road.  William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.  G.K. Chesterton To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.  Charles Horton Cooley And that's the wonderful thing about family travel:  it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.  Dave Barry Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.  Read the full article

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Bedknob Cucumberpatch

Vertigo Advil Sandcastle

Math Fishnet

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Amen Dollhouse

Tomcat Senders

Pancake Mormon Sandal

Rowboat Crayon Siblings

Lowe's Locket Sundress

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WELCOME TO BARTON POINT, HOLLY! Your applications for River McGrath, Chelsea Dahlberg and Talya Pond have been accepted. We are very happy to have you here and we hope you enjoy our charming little town! Please make sure to read over our checklist and send in your accounts as soon as you can.

OOC information.

NAME / ALIAS: Holly / H

AGE: 22

PRONOUNS: she/her

TIMEZONE: GMT+1

ACTIVITY LEVEL: A strong 7-8 for the next couple of months but when I start back at university in October, it might drop down a bit.

TRIGGERS: self-harm is the only one that really triggers me.

APP ONE.

IC information.

NAME: River McGrath

AGE: 22

BIRTH DATE: November 3rd, 1998

ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

GENDER: Cis Man

PRONOUNS: He/Him

OCCUPATION: Full-Time Film and Music Student at Hearst University and Part-Time Care Assistant at Helping Hands Elderly Home.

FACECLAIM: Tom Holland

Other details.

HOW LONG HAS YOUR CHARACTER LIVED IN BARTON POINT?: River has spent his entire life in Barton Point, growing up in his family home before moving out into an apartment with his cousin, Hailey.

PERSONALITY TRAITS: outgoing, kind and funny | big-headed, jealous and impulsive

3 CHARACTERS YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO (optional): Chandler from FRIENDS, Thomas Shelby from Peaky Blinders, and Tony Stark from Marvel

WANTED CONNECTIONS (optional): I would love to have another childhood best friend for River (whether they're still close now or grew distant, I'm up for either). I'd also love for him to have a friendly co-worker from Helping Hands or someone he didn't get along with during high school and that distaste continues today.

ANYTHING ELSE?: Nope!

APP TWO.

IC information.

NAME: Chelsea Dahlberg

AGE: 26

BIRTH DATE: October 25th, 1995

ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

GENDER: Cis Woman

PRONOUNS: She/Her

OCCUPATION: Exotic Dancer at The Bunker Club

FACECLAIM: Elizabeth Olsen

Other details.

HOW LONG HAS YOUR CHARACTER LIVED IN BARTON POINT?: Chelsea has only lived in Barton Point over this past year. Originally from New York, she moved to Barton Point (with a suspicious amount of endless cash) to settle down and live semi-quietly from the city life.

PERSONALITY TRAITS: Charming, Motivated, and Smart | Materialistic, Short-tempered, and Loud-Mouthed

3 CHARACTERS YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO (optional): Samantha from Sex and the City, Daphne from Scooby-Do!, Elle Woods from Legally Blonde

WANTED CONNECTIONS (optional): As a tight circle kind of gal, I'd love Chelsea to have a couple of friend connections with different characters. Or have someone she works with / under.

ANYTHING ELSE?: Nope!

APP THREE.

IC information.

NAME: Talya Pond

AGE: 21

BIRTH DATE: December 27th, 1999

ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

GENDER: Cis Woman

PRONOUNS: She/Her

OCCUPATION: Part-Time Team Member at Level Up, Self-Employed Twitch Streamer, Full-Time Student at Hearst University for Game Design and Technology

FACECLAIM: China Anne McClain

Other details.

HOW LONG HAS YOUR CHARACTER LIVED IN BARTON POINT?: Talya moved to Barton Point with her family when she was around six from Massachusetts. She's remained there ever since, moving out into an apartment with two roommates since becoming estranged from her family.

PERSONALITY TRAITS: Bubbly, Loyal, and Helpful | Erratic, Clumsy, and Blunt

3 CHARACTERS YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO (optional): Samantha White from Dear White People, Darcy Lewis from the MCU, and Marty McFly from the Back to the Future Franchise!

WANTED CONNECTIONS (Optional): I'd love either two friendship connections for Talya and / or a roommate connection!

ANYTHING ELSE?: Nope!

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[ Box Set | Full Movie 2018 ]

Directed and Edited by - Alex Havey

Filmed by - Alex Havey, Seth Leinbach, Zach Lastrilla, Calen Albert, Owen Dahlberg, Ben Albert, Jack Harris, Tye Kowalski, Brad Cisewski, Patrick Ring, Mikey Perkins, Heidi Esser, Sam Klein, Garrett Mackenzie, and Erik Karl

Riders - Sam Anderson, Sam Klein, Paul Marik, Seth Leinbach, Chris Johnson, Ethan Swadburg, Andreya Zvonar, Corey Jackson, Tucker Addison, Sam Gnoza, Owen Dahlberg, Seth Shuster, Adam Homi, Adam Rottschafer, Tye Kowalski, Patrick Ring, Blake Lamb, Drew Patton, Ryan Rasmussen, Tristin Highner, Danny Sokol, Ben Monson, Alec Nelson, Louie Arrigoni, and Conner Ross

Songs - "Coma (1984)" cEvin Key "Contact" by Froth "O.R.B." by ORB "Take My Time" by Skinshape "Atlantic Postcard" by The Holydrug Couple "The Otha Side" by Terror Reid "I Hope You Weren't Waiting Long" by Richard In Your Mind "All I Can Do" by Richard In Your Mind "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" by Irma Thomas "Hurry and Enjoy" by Skinshape "Celia" by Cults "Old Faithful" by Spasibo Records

Thank you - Josh Faber, Jared Hochmuth, Collin Switzky, Matt Miley, Andrew Amacher, Oliver Larson, Nathan McGree, Tyrol Basin, Windells, Tye Kowalski & Family, Zach Peper & Family, Everett Lund, Seth Shuster, Jon Fox, NorthPull Winches, Seth Leinbach, Zach Lastrilla, Timberline Staff, Mama Hood, Erik Anderson, Owen Dahlberg, Christian Raguse, Conner Ross & Family, Alex Stoick, Devils Head, Calen Albert, Ben Albert, Ryan Ruffing, Jack Harris, Simon Berghoef, Marquette Hospital, Wynn Berns, random family in MN who let us ride the rail in their backyard, Patrick Ring, Chris Johnson, Diane Highsmith, Dan Brown, Andrew Von Haden, Tristin Highner, Chris Havey, Hunter Higgins, Cooper Hoffmeister, and everyone else that helped make this happen!

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Bohus Fortress, Sweden (No. 23)

Under the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, Denmark-Norway ceded to Sweden Danish provinces of Skåne, Blekinge and Halland and Trondhjem Norwegian provinces and Bohuslän (including Bohus Fortress). During the Danish-Swedish war of 1675-1679 the fortress was again besieged Norwegian ten-thousandth army under the command of Gyullenleve. The castle would be forced to capitulate, if the forces G.O. Stenbock did not come to the rescue. The fortress was destroyed almost totally rebuilt according to the plan of engineer Eric Dahlberg and until 1700, was the residence of the governor of Bohuslän. After Denmark-Norway ceded the territory that included Bohus Fortress, Fredriksten fortress was built in Fredrikshald on the Norwegian-Swedish border of the new constitution. Bohus Fortress was no longer on the border and has been used by Sweden minimally. Under King Charles XII, the guns of the fortress were transported Sundsborg that, according to the plan of the king, was to strengthen the border to Danish Norway. After the death of the king, the guns were returned to the castle. In the 18th century Bohus Castle served mainly as a prison. The most famous prisoner was the radical Pietist Thomas Leopold, who during his life has spent 42 years behind bars (32 years in Bohus Castle prison) for his alleged heresies. Its stone cell can be visited at the castle today.

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Lincoln mini-golf course looks to add alcohol The Salvation Army of Lincoln held its First Annual Miniature Golf Tournament on Aug. 27, 2011, at Adventure Golf.  For the Lincoln Journal Star Adventure Golf plans to pair beer, wine and liquor with putt-putt in southeast Lincoln. The Lincoln City Council on Monday unanimously approved Adventure Golf’s request for a liquor license allowing on-site consumption at the mini-golf course, 5901 S. 56th St. “Our desire for that is not to be a destination for purchasing alcohol,” co-owner Erik Gustafson told the City Council at a public hearing Monday. Lincoln, school officials hope new high school will be boost for Air Park The 36-hole mini-golf course wants to add alcohol to appeal to traditional golfers, but Gustafson said Adventure Golf plans to restrict alcohol consumption to one of its courses to maintain a family-friendly environment.  Adventure Golf may implement a drink limit, plans to put wristbands on eligible drinkers and likely will only serve alcohol during weekend evening hours, he said.  The City Council’s approval is not the final say but likely will lead to the license’s approval by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. Crowded, diverse field of candidates vie for Lincoln City Council seats Ricketts looks ahead to ‘a more normal life’ after a dark year Top Journal Star photos for February With a morsel of food perched in its mouth, a chickadee makes a winged retreat from a bird feeder on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, at Holmes Lake Park. High temps are forecast to be in the mid-40s to 50s for the next week. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February David City’s Dylan Vodicka (right) collapses into the arms of wrestling coach Tahner Thiem after defeating Ord’s Kelen Meyer in the Class C 182 pound state championship match on February 20, 2021, at CHI Health Center. It was an emotional day for Vodicka, who won his state title without his father, Jim, who passed away in December. “I know he’s watching,” Vodicka said. “He’d be so proud.” Vodicka capped off an undefeated 54-0 campaign that included breaking the school career wins record with 184. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Scottsbluff’s Paul Garcia celebrates after defeating  Gering’s Paul Ruff in the Class B 126 pound state championship match on February 20, 2021, at CHI Health Center. Garcia became entered into the history books as one of Nebraska’s few 4-time state championship holders. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Crete celebrates after defeating Waverly 40-31, to win the B-3 district final on Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Crete High School. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Nebraska takes the court to celebrate their three set sweep over Minnesota on Sunday, February 21, 2021, at the Devany Sports Center. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Bill Eickmeier clears snow from his driveway early in the morning on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The city received another helping of snow -2 inches, to be exact, according to the National Weather Service. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Corn Coast Brewing co-owners Dan Walkermeyer (left) and Will Walter stand inside the future site of their first taproom and brewing location in Southwest Lincoln at 1433 Dahlberg Drive on Friday, February 19, 2021. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Lincoln East state wrestling qualifiers Brandon Bausert (top) and Keith Smith spar as part of a warmup during wrestling practice at Lincoln East High School on Monday, February 15, 2021. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Jutta Graham (left) and Tom Wagoner practice the basics of dancing the Rumba during a day of dance lessons on Sunday, February 14, 2021, at The DelRay Ballroom. The Rumba is regarded as not just a mere dance with steps to follow. Many regard the rumba as the dance of love and passion. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Florist Kurtis Bomar picks out roses for a Valentines Day bouquet on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Stem Gallery. Not even sub-zero temperatures and a pandemic can stem the curve of flower sales for Valentines day. As the orders continued to roll in, delivery drivers and florist have taken precautions to fight against the cold. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February A frigid squirrel braves the unwelcoming icy cold to forage for food at Holmes Lake Park on Friday, February 12, 2021. With the days high just barely reaching 1 degree Fahrenheit without wind chill. It was rare to see signs of life that were not bolting for warmth. Anyone spotted outside faced bone chilling winds and snow flurries. Forecast for western Nebraska predicted similar weather continuing into the following days. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Pius X’s Dontae Thomas celebrates with teammates after pinning Elkhorn South’s Henry Thomsen in the 182lb championship match during the A-4 district wrestling meet on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Omaha Central High School. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Nebraska vs. Minnesota, 2.19 Nebraska’s Lexi Sun celebrates a kill by teammate Lauren Stivrins (not shown) to tie the score against Minnesota at 21-21 in the fourth set Friday at the Devaney Sports Center. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Nebraska vs. Minnesota, 2.19 Nebraska’s Madi Kubik (10) dives for an ace serve by Minnesota’s Adanna Rollins in the fourth set as teammate Kayla Caffey (top) looks on at the Devaney Sports Center on Friday. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Nebraska vs. Minnesota, 2.19 Nebraska’s Riley Zuhn (16) attempts a kill against Minnesota in the third set on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at the Devaney Sports Center. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February BIRDS OF A FEATHER A bluejay watches as a competitor for food comes in for a landing on a hanging peanut wreath bird feeder Wednesday at Holmes Lake Park. After 10 days of frigid weather — including a period of below-zero high temperatures — the weather is forecast to be milder through the end of the month. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February John Matczyszyn (center) scores a goal between brothers Alex (left) and Thomas on Wednesday on the north shore of Holmes Lake. The brothers were joined by their father Alexander (not shown). After 10 days of frigid weather — including a period of below-zero high temperatures — the area is forecasted to receive a more reasonable climate heading into the next week. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February A squirrel raids a hanging peanut wreath bird feeder for a peanut on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, on the south shore on Holmes Lake Park. After 10 days of frigid weather – including a period of below-zero high temperatures – the area is forecasted to receive a more reasonable climate heading into the next week and a half. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February A pair of ice fishermen pull a sled with their gear out on the snow and ice-covered surface of Holmes Lake Park on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. After 10 days of frigid weather – including a period of below-zero high temperatures – the area is forecasted to receive a more reasonable climate heading into the next week and a half. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Lincoln Pius X’s Charlie Hoiberg (12) blocks Lincoln Southeast’s Sam Haire’s layup as teammate Sam Hoiberg (2) and Derek Branch (3) look on in the first half Wednesday at Southeast High School. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Lincoln Northeast’s Connor Renard (center) lands on the back of Millard South’s Brock Murtaugh as they battled for a rebound in the first half Saturday at Lincoln Northeast. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Lincoln Northeast’s Porter Bazil (33) blocks a shot from Millard South’s Lance Rucker in the first half Saturday at Lincoln Northeast. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February With below-zero wind chills in the air, a squirrel leaps from one snow bank to another on Tuesday at Holmes Lake Park. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February American Bison forage for food in the bitter cold after on Sunday, February 07, 2021, at the Pioneers Park Nature Center. Bone chilling winds whipped snow through the Lincoln area, causing temperatures to drop to single digit temperatures. Weekly outlooks expect the trend to continue for at least into the next week. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February A dog walker walks past tree branches covered in hoar frost near Holmes Lake Park on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Fremont bowling head coach Keith Cunnings celebrates after the team won the team title during state bowling championships, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at Sun Valley Lanes. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Alec Manzano (right) loads an order of groceries into a car at the Hyvee online order pickup site on Sunday, February 07, 2021, at the Hyvee on 51st and O street. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Venturing out in the below-zero wind chill on snowshoes he received in Christmas 2019, Walt Stroup of Lincoln blazes a trail on the pristine powdery remnants of the 25.3 inches of snow the city received during a 14-day period from Jan. 25 to Feb. 7 on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at Holmes Lake Park. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star FRANCIS GARDLER Top Journal Star photos for February Fremont’s Cole Macaluso bowls in the boys state bowling, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at Sun Valley Lanes. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Snow and single-digit temperatures don’t stop people from walking around Holmes Lake on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Nebraska’s Kaitlyn Higgins springs from the vault during a duel against Rutgers on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at the Devaney Sports Center. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Shadows of the Lincoln East show choir are silhouetted on the wall as they rehearse on Monday, February 01, 2021 at Lincoln East High School. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. Kenneth Ferriera Top Journal Star photos for February Nebraska head coach John Cook (bottom center) talks to the team before they take on Maryland on Feb. 6 at the Devaney Sports Center. FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Top Journal Star photos for February A biker braves heavy snowfall on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, along the Rock Island trail. Adverse weather was of no concern to the cold blooded bikers who took part in the Frosty Bike Ride on Saturday. Despite temperatures in the low teens and a snow forecast of 4 inches, bike enthusiasts braved the weather for the annual ride. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Lincoln Southwest’s Tommy Palmer launches himself into the backstroke at the start of the Boys 200-Yard Medley Relay against Lincoln Southeast on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, during a swimming dual at Lincoln Southwest High School. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star FRANCIS GARDLER Top Journal Star photos for February Proponents of LB643 wait in the rotunda to testify in favor of the new bill on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, at the Nebraska State Capitol. If passed LB643 would allow them to be exempted from any vaccine program, though at this time one does not exist. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February By-product of ethanol is seen at AltEn, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Mead, Neb. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Hoar frost coats tree branches on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Top Journal Star photos for February Crew members work around an OC-135B after it landed as the first U.S. Air Force plane from Offutt’s temporary relocation to the Lincoln Airport on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. The Air Force’s 55th Wing is relocating to Lincoln while Offutt’s runway is reconstructed. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Reach the writer at 402-473-2657 or rjohnson@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSRileyJohnson. With a weekly newsletter looking back at local history. 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Norwegian / old norse names and places

Every now and then I come across a book, movie, TV-series, fanfic, game or whatever, that mention a fictional "Norwegian" or "norse" place or person, and it just sounds so wrong it makes me either cringe or ROFL. Really. I still haven't recovered from the 1995 X-files episode, "Død Kalm", which took us to the port of "Tildeskan" where we met "Henry Trondheim", "Halverson" and "Olafsson".  Hopefully this list will keep others from being that “creative” with names. :)

Common names for places, towns and villages in Norway

These names are very generic and suitable for a place, village or town anywhere (and pretty much any time) in Norway. Mix and match prefixes with suffixes for diversity.  Bonus: All of these can also be used as surnames. Name (meaning) - usage

Nes (headland, cape, ness) - Standalone ​ Bø (fenced-in field on a farm) - Standalone Fjell (mountain) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Fjell- / -fjell Haug (small hill / large mound)  -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Haug- / -haug Vik, Viken, Vika (inlet, the inlet, the inlet) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Vik- / -viken / -vika Ås, Åsen (hill, the hill (larger than "Bakken")) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: ​ Dal, Dalen (valley, the valley) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: ​ Berg (small mountain) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: Berg(s)- / -berg Sand (sand) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: Sand- / -sand Strand (beach) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Strand- / -strand Li (hill) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Li- / -li Gran (spruce) -  Standalone or prefix: Gran- Bratt (steep) - prefix only: Bratt- Myr (bog, mire) - prefix only: Myr- Neset, Nesset (the headland, the cape, the ness) - Standalone or suffix: ​-neset / -nesset Odden (foreland, headland) - Standalone or suffix: ​ -odden Våg (cove, bay) - Standalone or suffix: -våg Lund (grove) - Standalone or suffix: -lund Sund (sound, strait) -  Standalone or suffix:  -sund Skog (forest) prefix/suffix: Skog- / -skog Øy (island) prefix/suffix: Øy- / -øy øya (the island) - suffix only: ​ -øya bakken  (the hill) - suffix only: -bakken  gard / gård / gården (farm / farm / the farm) - suffix only: -gard / -gård / -gården elv, -elva (river, the river) suffix only: -elv / -elva stad (old word for town/place) suffix only: -stad vannet (the lake) - suffix only: -vannet

Common words that can be used as prefix to any of the suffixes above Svart- (black)  Lille- (little/small)  Sol- (sun)  Brei-/Bred- (wide)  Stor- (big) Lang- (long)

Common Norwegian surnames (contemporary)

Heredatory surnames didn't become mandatory in Norway until 1923. Many took the name from the farm or place they lived, or just changed their primary patronyms into hereditary patronyms. Example: Helgessønn/Helgesdatter (son of Helge / daughter of Helge) became Helgesen.

Alm Andersen Anderssen Antonsen Aspelund Bakke Bakken Bang Berg Bjerkan Bråthen Christensen Corneliussen Dahl Dahlberg Danielsen Dyrnes Dørum Eide Ellingsen Erdal Eriksen Falch Fredriksen Foss Fure Fylling Gabrielsen Gran Grønning Halvorsen Hansen Hanssen Hay Hoff Holm Holt Husby Isaksen Iversen Jacobsen Jensen Jenssen Johansen Karlsen Klausen Konradsen Kristensen Kristiansen Larsen Larssen Lie Lien Lund Løvold Magnussen Meyer Mikalsen Mo Moen Myhre Myklebust Mørk Ness Nilsen Olavsen Olsen Paulsen Pettersen Prestegård Rasmussen Riise Rogstad Ruud Simonsen Solbakken Solli Stokke Strøm Sund Svendsen Thorvaldsen Torp Thune Tønnesen Ueland Ulven Urdal Vik Vinje Wahl Wik Wilhelmsen Zakariassen Ødegård Årseth Årvik Ås, Aas Åsen, Aasen

Common Norwegian names -- 1980 - present

Men

Anders André Andreas Are Arne Atle Bjørn Cato Chris Christian, Kristian Christoffer, Kristoffer Daniel David Dennis Elias Emil Espen Erik, Eric Eirik Fredrik Filip Geir Harald Helge Hans Henning Håkon, Haakon Håvard Isak Jan Joachim Johan Johannes John, Jon Johnny Jonas Jonathan Kim Kristian, Christian Kristoffer, Christoffer Lars Lucas, Lukas Mads, Mats Magnus Martin Michael, Mikael Morten Niklas Nils Odin Ole Ove Paul Per Peter, Petter Preben Pål Richard, Rikard Roger Sebastian Simen Simon Sindre Sondre Stian Terje Thomas Thor, Tor Thore, Tore Vegard Werner William Øystein Åge Åsmund

Women

Andrea Ane, Anne Anette, Annette Annika, Anniken Astrid Bente Camilla Carina Cathrine Celine Charlotte Christin, Kristin Christina, Kristina Christine, Kristine Elin, Eline Elise Elisabeth Emilie Eva Frida Grete, Grethe Hanne Hege Heidi Helene Hilde Ida Ine Ingrid Ingvill, Ingvild Isabel, Isabell, Isabelle Iselin Jannicke Janine Jeanette Jennie, Jenny Julia, Julie Karoline (Kine) Katrin, Katrine Kristin, Christin Lea, Leah Lena, Lene Linda Line Linn Linnea Lise, Lisa Liv, Live Mai, May Maja Malin Margrete, Margrethe Mari, Maria, Marie Mariann, Marianne Marte, Marthe Mette Monica Nina Nora Oda Pia Ragnhild Randi Rikke Sara, Sarah Silje Siv Stina, Stine Susann, Susanne Tanja Tina, Tine Tiril Tone Trine Vilde Vera Veronica Wenche Åse Åshild

Common Norwegian names - 1800 - 1980

Men Aksel Albert Anders Andreas Anker Ansgar Arne Arnt Arve Asle Atle Birger Bård Charles Edmund Edvard Egon Erling Even Fred Fredrik Frode Geir Georg Gunnar Gunvald Gustav Harald Helge Hilmar Håkon, Haakon Ivar Ingvar Jens Jesper Jørgen Joakim Karl Karsten, Karstein Kjell Klaus Kolbein Kolbjørn Kristian Kåre Lars Lavrans Leif Lossius Ludvig Magne Magnus Nikolai Nils Odd Oddvar Odin Ola Olai Olaf Olav Ole Omar Oscar, Oskar Peder Per Petter Philip, Phillip Pål Ragnar Rikard Roald Roar (also Hroar) Rolf Rune Sigurd Sigvard, Sigvart Simon Svein Sverre Tarjei Terje Toralf, Thoralf Torbjørn, Thorbjørn Torleif, Thorleif Torstein, Thorstein Torvald, Thorvald Trond Ulf Ulrik Valdemar Wilhelm Willy Åge

Women

Albertine Alice, Alise Alma Anita Anna Annbjørg Asbjørg Astrid Aud Bente Berit Birgit Birgitte Bjørg Bjørgun Bodil Borghild Dagny Dagrun Edel Ella Ellen Elsa Fredrikke Frida Gerd Gjertrud Gunhild Gyda Hanna, Hannah Helga Henny Herdis Hilda Hilde Hjørdis Ingeborg Inger Irene Johanna, Johanne Jorun, Jorunn Josefine Judith Kari Karin Kirsten Kitty Kjersti Laila Lilli, Lilly Lisa, Lise Liv Lovise Mathilde Margaret Marit Martha Molly Nanna Oddrun Oddveig Olga Ragna Ragnhild Rigmor Sara Signe Sissel Solbjørg Solveig Solvår Svanhild Sylvi Sølvi Tora Torhild, Toril, Torill Torun, Torunn Tove Valborg Ylva Åse Åshild

Names usage Double names, like Ragnhild Johanne or Ole Martin are common in Norway. Just keep them as two names and don't use "-", and you'll be safe, even if it ends up a tongue twister. Using only one of two given names is also common practice.

In Norway everyone is on a first name basis. Students call teachers and other kids' parents by their first name, workers call their boss by their first name, we call our Prime Minister by her first name (journalists will use her title when speaking to her though). Some senior citizens still use surnames and titles when speaking of or to  people their own age.

There are some exceptions. For example, a doctor may be referred to as Dr. Lastname when we speak of them, but first name is used when speaking to them. A priest is "the priest" when speaking of him/her and their first name is used when spaking to them. In the millitary only surnames (and ranks) are used. If you meet Harald, the King of Norway, in an official setting you will refer to him as "Kongen" (the king). If you run into him at the gas station, or while hiking, he is "Harald".

If you don't know someone's name it is okay to use their title, or just say "you".

Names for pets (contemporary)

Dogs Laika (f) Bamse (m) (bear) Tinka (f) Loke/Loki (m) + characters from TV/film/books...

Cats Melis (m/f) (powdered sugar) Mango (m/f) (mango) Pus (f) (kitty) Mons (m) (tomcat) Nala (f) Pusur (m) (Garfield) Felix (m)  Simba (m) + characters from TV/film/books...

Horses Pajazz (m) Mulan (f) Balder (m) - cold blood Kompis (m) (pal) Freya (f) - cold blood + characters from TV/film/books...

Rabbits Trampe (m) (Thumper) Trulte (f) + characters from TV/film/books...

Cows (yes, I am serious) Dagros Rosa Mira Luna Sara + characters from TV/film - Disney is popular, as are the Kardashians :)

Road and street names

Storgata (usually the main street) Kongens gate (the king's street) Dronningens gate (the queen's street) Jernbanegata (railroad street) Jernbaneveien (railroad road) Sjøgata (ocean street) Sjøveien, Sjøvegen (ocean road) Skolegata (school street) Torvgata (plaza street) Industrigata (industrial street) Industriveien (industrial road)

Prefixes Blåbær- (blueberry) Bringebær- (raspberry) Bjørke- (birch) Aspe- (asp) Kastanje- (chestnut) Solsikke- (sun flower) Blåklokke- (blue bell) Nype- (rosehip) Kirke- (church) Park- (park)

Suffixes -veien, -vegen (the road)  -stien (the path)

Other Torvet (the plaza) - standalone or suffix: -torvet Havna (the port) - standalone or suffix: -havna Kaia (the port) - standalone or suffix: -kaia

Safe solution: use a first name or surname as prefix.

Old norse

Men’s names Agnarr (Agnar) Alfr (Alf) Ámundi (Amund) Ánarr Árngrimr (Arngrim) Askr (Ask) Auðun (Audun) Baldr (Balder) Beinir ​Bjørn Burr Borkr Dagfinnr (Dagfinn) Davið (David) Drengr Durinn Einarr (Einar) Eirikr (Eirik) Eivindr (Eivind) Erlingr (Erling) Fafnir Flóki Freyr (Frey) Fuldarr Galinn Gautarr (Gaute) Gegnir Geirr (Geir) Glóinn Grímarr (Grimar) Hafli Hakon Hallsteinn (Hallstein) Haraldr (Harald) Haukr (Hauk) Heðinn (Hedin, Hedinn) Helgi (Helge) Hrafn, Hrafni (Ravn) Hrafnkell (Ravnkjell) Iarl (Jarl) Ingolfr (Ingolf) Iuar (Ivar) Jafnhárr Jón Jóngeirr Kál Kiaran Klaus Knútr (Knut) Kolgrimr (Kolgrim) Kolr (Kol) Leifr (Leif) Loki Lyngvi Magnus Mikjáll (Mikal, Mikkel) Mór Morði Nesbjørn Nokkvi Oddr (Odd) Oddbjørn Oðin (Odin) Olafr (Olaf) Ormr (Orm) Otr Ouden Pálni Pedr Ragnarr (Ragnar) Ragnvaldr (Ragnvald) Randr (Rand) Róaldr (Roald) Rólfr (Rolf) Salvi Sigarr (Sigar) Sigbjørn Sigurðr (Sigurd) Skarpe Snorri (Snorre) Steinn (Stein) Sveinn (Svein) Teitr Þor (Thor/Tor) Þórbjørn (Thorbjørn/Torbjørn) Þorsteinn (Thorstein/Torstein) Tryggr (Trygg) Týr Ulfár Ulfheðinn (Ulvhedin) Ulfr (Ulf) Vakr Vani Veigr Viðarr (Vidar) Yngvarr (Yngvar) Æsi

Women's names

Anna Arnfriðr (Arnfrid) Ása Bera Bergdís (Bergdis) Biørg (Bjørg) Cecilia Cecilie Christina Dagný (Dagny) Dagrún (Dagrun) Dís Dísa Edda Elin Ellisif (Ellisiv) Freyja (Freya) Friða (Frida) Frigg Gerðr (Gerd) Gertrud Grima Gyða (Gyda) Hadda Hallbéra Hallkatla Herdís (Herdis) Hildigunnr (Hildegunn) Huld Hvít Ida Iðunn (Idun, Idunn) Ingríðr (Ingrid) Johanna Jórunn (Jorun, Jorunn) Juliana Katla Katrine Kristín (Kristin) Leikný (Leikny) Lif (Liv) Magnhildr (Magnhild) Mjøll Myrgiol Nál Nanna Nótt Oda Oddný (Oddny) Ólaug (Olaug) Rafnhildr (Ragnhild) Rán Rannveíg Ríkví (Rikvi, Rikke) Rúna (Runa) Roskva Sága (Saga) Sif (Siv) Sigriðr (Sigrid) Skaði (Skadi) Skuld Svana Sýn Solveig Tekla Tóra (Tora) Trana Ulfhildr (Ulfhild) Una Urðr (Urd) Valborg Vigdís (Viigdis) Vírún Yngvildr (Ingvill, Ingvild) Yrsa

Bynames Bynames, or nicknames, could be neutral, praising or condescending. Usually bynames described a person's

body, bodyparts, bodily features

age

kinship and descent

territorial origin

knowledge, belief, spirituality

clothing, armour

occupation, social position

nature

Examples: Eirik Blodøks (Eirik Blood-Axe), Gammel-Anna (old Anna), Halte-Ása (limping Ása). I suggest that you stick with English for bynames, or use (relatively) modern language if you are writing in Norwegian. 

Surnames

Surnames weren't really a thing until 1923 when they became mandatory. Before 1923 patronyms (son/daughter of) were used, and the name of the farm you lived on was often added as an address. 

For instance: Helgi Eiriksøn (Helgi, son of Eirik), who lived at the farm called Vollr (grass field), would be called Helgi Eiriksøn Vollr. If he moved to the farm called Haugr his name would change to Helgi Eiriksøn Haugr.

Patronyms

Men: Use father's first name and add -sen /-son /-sønn Women: Use father's first name and add -dotter / -dottir / -datter

Farm names

Farm names were usually relevant and derived from either the location, a nearby landmark, nature or from occupation.  I suggest you stick with the modern forms for farm names.

Old Norse (meaning) - modern Bekkr (stream) - Bekk, Bekken Dalr (valley) - Dal, Dahl Horn (horn) - Horn Vollr (field) - Vold, Volden Lundr (grove) - Lund

The list of common names for places/villages/towns is still valid, although the spelling is modern. Just keep it simple and make "clever" combos based on meaning. 

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Young by Sun June

[lesser-known-composers]

Francesco Antonio Baldassare Uttini (1723-1795) - Thetis och Pelee: Act IV Scene 1: Aria: Jag klagar…Echo! (Thetis)

Artist: Hillevi Martinpelto

Artist: Gertrud Hoffstedt

Artist: Stefan Dahlberg

Artist: Per-Arne Wahlgren

Conductor: Thomas Schuback Ensemble: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

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2020-21 Frisk Asker Ishockey Roster

Wingers

#16 Erik Beier-Jensen (Asker, Norway)

#17 Mikkel Christiansen (Oslo, Norway)

#21 Mats Josten-Fröshaug (Oslo, Norway)

#24 Hampus Gustafsson (Malmö, Sweden) A

#28 Magnus Geheb (Asker, Norway)

#29 Bobby MacIntyre (Scarborough, Ontario)

#55 Endre Medby (Gjøvik, Norway)

#59 Viktor Granholm (Bærum, Norway)

#93 Thomas Valkvæ-Olsen (Asker, Norway)

Centers

#15 Mikael Dokken (Oslo, Norway)

#20 Anders Bastiansen (Asker, Norway) C

#40 Fredrik Lystad-Jacobsen (Asker, Norway)

Defensemen

#3 Joakim Opsahl (Bærum, Norway)

#5 Kristoffer Thomassen (Asker, Norway)

#6 Sondre Bolling-Vaaler (Kløfta, Norway)

#13 Nicolay Andresen (Asker, Norway) A

#23 Linus Rosdahl (Holmen, Norway)

#43 Max Krogdahl (Asker, Norway)

#65 Jimi Kuronen (Helsinki, Finland)

#71 Patrick Bovim (Oslo, Norway)

#91 Victor Björkung (Stockholm, Sweden)

Goalies

#1 Nicklas Dahlberg (Danderyd, Sweden)

#25 Henrik Fayen-Vestavik (Asker, Norway)

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A young woman in search of a better life utilizes a Norwegian market ready to sell her goods. Taxfree is a portrayal of the hidden human trafficking which is current in the outskirts of the big cities, showing how a woman entering prostitution is being transformed from a human being into a commodity. CAST Selome Emnetu Anders Dahlberg Terje Hartviksen Turid Rivertz Vatne CREW Director: Henry K. Norvalls Screenwriters: Line Dalheim & Henry K. Norvalls Producer: Petter Onstad Løkke Director of Photography: Åsmund Hasli Editor: Thomas Grotmol Decoration, costume and makeup: Sandra Krogh Rodum Sound editors: Inger Elise Holm & Linda Torp Colorist: Raymond Gangstad FOLKEFIENDER (production company): Facebook: facebook.com/folkefienderfilm

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Fleet racing accomplishes in five classes at Tokyo Olympics 2020 Sailing test event

Fleet racing concluded in five classes at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 sailing test event today to set-up intriguing medal races at Enoshima Yacht Harbor. The men's and women's RS: X the 49er, the 49erFX and the Nacra 17 will all be decided tomorrow when action resumes on the Olympic course. Fans who want to watch the live competition of Olympics Sailing can get Olympics Sailing Tickets online.

YunXiu Lu of China has a seven-point lead over Israel's Katy Spychakov in the women's RS: X with reining Olympics champion Charline Picon of France a further three points back. China also leads the men's RS: X with Mengfan Gao 16 points in front of Frenchman Thomas Goyard and looking well-placed for victory.

In the 49er, New Zealand's reigning Olympic champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are 13 points in front at the top ahead of Lukasz Przybytek and Pawel Kolodzinski of Poland. Britain's Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey enjoy the advantage in the 49erFX with a seven-point lead over Brazil's Rio 2016 winners Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze.

In the Nacra 17, just 10 points separate first from fifth with Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti of Italy the leaders. They have a two-point gap over John Gimson and Anna Burney of Britain in the mixed-gender class. Fleet racing will continue tomorrow in the men's and women's 470, laser radial and Finn classes.

Zsombor Berecz of Hungary now leads current Olympics gold medallist Giles Scott of Britain by 16 points in the final, with Australian duo Mat Belcher and Will Ryan topping the men's 470 charts with a gap of eight points over Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström of Sweden.

Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz took over on top in the women's 470 after Japan's Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka suffered a disqualification on home water and slipped to third. The French sailors lead Britain's Olympics champion Hannah Mills and new partner Eilidh McIntyre by six points.

Sweden's Jesper Stalheim leads the men's laser by seven points over New Zealand's Sam Meech with Belgium's Emma Plasschaert the laser radial leader by 13 points in front of Sarah Douglas from Canada.

Action at the test event being held under the Ready Steady Tokyo banner will run until Thursday, August 22. Thirteen sets of medalists at the Rio 2016 test event went on to claim glory at the Olympics while 18 podium positions were replicated from the 2011 test event at London 2012.

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Vidéo. Avant sa venue à l’Arena de Bordeaux, découvrez Indochine sur scène

A bientôt 40 ans de carrière, le groupe de Nicola Sirkis sera à l’Arena de Bordeaux le 13 mars. Il propose un spectacle son et lumière renversant sur une tournée à guichets fermés.

350 000 places vendues en quelques semaines cet automne, alors que le nouvel album n’était encore même pas sorti, une tournée quasi sold out, après treize disques, 40 ans de carrière et trois Stades de France : Nicola Sirkis et sa bande n’ont plus rien à prouver. Et pourtant, ils continuent d’innover et de surprendre leur public avec brio. Fin février, devant un Bercy comble, où le groupe a donné une série de trois concerts pour lancer le “13 Tour”, le spectacle a atteint les étoiles…

Les musiciens avaient annoncé la couleur : après avoir encerclé le public d’un écran mobile à 360 degrés sur leur dernier "Black City Tour", ils voulaient cette fois "ouvrir le toit" des salles. Parole tenue : dès l’entrée les regards s’accrochent au plafond, où une impressionnante coupole géante faite d’écrans lumineux promet une expérience inédite.

Nicola Sirkis, qui avoue avoir été inspiré par les aventures sur orbite de Thomas Pesquet lors de l’écriture de l’album, ouvre le bal par sa volonté d’aller explorer les ailleurs intergalactiques. Un morceau qui sonne également comme un hommage au "Space Oddity" de Bowie. Pour l’occasion (?) le leader s’est même teint les cheveux en blond. Clin d’oeil à l’idole disparue, partie rejoindre sa "Blackstar" ?

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Réveillant la foule, avec une aisance plus chaleureuse que sur la date de rodage, le groupe enchaîne avec les petites bombes “2033” et “Station 13”, teintées de synthés métalliques rétro-futuristes. Et c’est Bowie, encore, qui fait son apparition (avec Marguerite Duras et J.D. Salinger), portraits géants projetés au dessus d’un chanteur mélancolique : “Je me raccroche à qui ? Tous mes héros sont morts…”. Les allers/retours hypnotiques entre passé et futur donnent le ton : Indochine transcende l’ancien pour sortir du neuf et inscrit son nouvel album dans la digne lignée des précédents

Car la “patte” glam goth, cette ambiance enfantine délicieusement sombre et surannée qui a fait renouer le groupe avec le succès au début des années 2000, n’est jamais bien loin. Sur la chanson "Henry Darger", hommage à l’artiste outsider, les portraits sévères des fillettes qui habillent la pochette de l’album (réalisés par le photographe Erwin Olaf) s’affichent du sol au plafond. Un enchaînement idéal pour les puissants tubes rock "Adora" et "Alice et June". Irradié de lumière rouge sang, Nicola hurle : "Vous voulez sauter ?". Le public exulte. Bercy les a déjà vu frémir tant de fois. Le 3 juin 2003, Indochine avait été le premier groupe de rock français à s’y produire.

Decrescendo, le dernier single “La vie est belle” et le mythique “Tes yeux noirs” permettent de reprendre ses esprits. Une balade au propre comme au figuré, tandis que le chanteur déambule entre fosse et gradins, au milieu des embrassades. Son charisme adolescent captive l’attention, au détriment parfois des autres musiciens, pourtant garants de la maturité du son.

Mais l’un des moments de grâce du concert aura sans nul doute été la chanson "Gloria". Le duo virtuel intronise la charismatique actrice et réalisatrice italienne Asia Argento. Drapée de noir, elle apparaît au plafond comme dans une cage de verre, pour un jeu sensuel porté par une puissance mélodique qui en fait un titre clé, comme a pu l’être "Le grand secret" il y a (déjà) 15 ans.

"Kimono dans l’Ambulance" et "Song for a dream" – probablement la chanson la plus rock du dernier album – servent ensuite de rampes de lancement au très politique "Un été français". Ecrit en pleine année électorale, le nouveau single du groupe prend de la hauteur en live,amplifié par 17 000 voix. "Pardonne-moi si ici tout devient froid national, un pays infernal…" Les concernés se reconnaîtront.

Autre chanson, autre engagement. Avec "Tomboy", en duo avec le rappeur Kiddy Smile, figure du mouvement LGBT, Nicola Sirkis rappelle la liberté sexuelle prônée par le groupe depuis bientôt 40 ans. Sur les écrans, les portraits de jeunes transgenres, dont Avery Jackson, 9 ans, qui a fait la Une de National Geographic l’an dernier. "Oui je suis libre" crie la salle, illuminée par une multitudes de lasers aux couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel. En ces temps encore troubles en France et dans le monde, le message est fort.

Après plus de deux heures de concert, le pari de défendre le nouvel album sur scène est réussi : loin de se reposer sur ses tubes historiques, Indochine électrise la foule avec des chansons à peine sorties des studios. Presque tous les titres de “13”, définitivement taillé pour le live, ont été joués (on regrettera tout de même l’absence de “Sufragettes BB”, ode féministe écrite par Chloé Delaume, à la rythmique diablement efficace).

Les premiers succès viennent soutenir l’ensemble, dans des versions rock remises au goût du jour. Après la surprise “A l’assaut”, le groupe poursuit par un medley qui survole toutes les époques et transforme la salle en karaoké géant, des “ouh ouh” de "Canary Bay" aux “lalala” de "Kill Nico"… Le batteur Ludwig Dahlberg, monté dans le wagon Indochine il y a 3 ans, s’en donne à coeur joie sur ses fûts.

Puis c’est le silence. Nicola revient seul sur l’avancée, guitare à la main, pour un “Electrastar” intimiste en acoustique. Une désormais presque-tradition. “Tu vis ce que je vis” murmure celui qui continue de concentrer les regards et l’admiration de 3 générations de fans. Boris Jardel et Oli de Sat se joignent à cette communion, proximité partagée le temps du désormais incontournable “J’ai demandé à la Lune”. L’effet est toujours saisissant, chanté à l’unisson dans un Bercy ému.

L’heure est désormais venue de faire vibrer jusqu’au dernier gradin. Les riffs de “Trois nuits par semaine” retentissent et c’est un Bercy en transe qui en prend une dernière fois plein les yeux avec les somptueux effets vidéo de “l’Aventurier” et les notes orientales de “Karma Girls”. Le groupe donne tout jusqu’à la dernière seconde, porté par la foule qui jubile à ses pieds.

“Je ne sais pas comment je vais arriver au bout de cette tournée, moi !” ironise le chanteur, “jeune” Peter Pan de 58 ans. 50 dates et une générosité toujours imparable sur scène, c’est sûr qu’il va en falloir, de l’énergie…

Vidéo. Avant sa venue à l’Arena de Bordeaux, découvrez Indochine sur scène