Swan
Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. The swans' close relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six or seven species of swan in the genus Cygnus; in addition there is another species known as the coscoroba swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, though "divorce" does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight.
Etymology and terminology
The English word 'swan', akin to the German Schwan, Dutch zwaan and Swedish svan, is derived from Indo-European root *swen (to sound, to sing). Young swans are known as swanlings or as cygnets, from Greek κύκνος, kýknos and from the Latin word cygnus ("swan") and the Old French suffix -et ("little"). An adult male is a cob, from Middle English cobbe (leader of a group); an adult female is a pen.
Swan (manga)
Swan (スワン) is a shōjo manga by Kyoko Ariyoshi. The shōjo magazine Margaret serialized the story in Japan during the seventies. 21 volumes were released. In North America the story was published by CMX, but the series was abandoned after 15 volumes due to the closure of the imprint. The plot mostly follows a young girl, Masumi, as she struggles to become a ballerina.
Plot
The first volume begins with Masumi sneaking backstage after a Tokyo ballet performance in order to express her admiration for the lead dancers, Alexei Sergeiev and Maria Prisetskaya . However, when she meets the stars, Masumi becomes tongue-tied and clumsily begins to dance the Odile Variation from Swan Lake. Sergeiev and Prisetskaya graciously excuse her, saying that nothing could give them more happiness than her physical expression of appreciation, and Masumi returns home slightly embarrassed. Later, Masumi receives an invitation to enter a nationwide ballet competition. The competition is being held to discover the best ballet students in Japan, in order to invite them to an exclusive ballet school designed to improve the quality of Japanese ballet. Her impromptu dance for Sergeiev and Prisetskaya captured the attention of Sergeiev, and so Masumi goes to Tokyo in order to compete.
Index of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters
This is the Index of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition manuals.
TSR 2009 - Monster Manual (1977)
This was the initial monster book for the first edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, published in 1977. Gary Gygax wrote much of the work himself, having included and expanded most of the monsters from the previous D&D supplements. Also included are monsters originally printed in The Strategic Review, as well as some originally found in early issues of The Dragon (such as the anhkheg and remorhaz), and other early game materials. This book also expanded on the original monster format, such as including the stat lines on the same page as the monsters' descriptions and introducing more stats, expanding the length of most monster descriptions, and featuring illustrations for most of the monsters. The book features an alphabetical table of contents of all the monsters on pages 3–4, explanatory notes for the statistics lines on pages 5–6, descriptions of the monsters on pages 6–103, a treasure chart on page 105, and an index of major listings on pages 106-109.
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- I Love ZYX Italo Disco Collection 14 released: 2012
- Disco Discharge: Europa released: 2012
- The Best Of Italo Disco - Unreleased Tracks released: 2008
- Arabesque Tlata 3 released: 2003
- I Love Disco Diamonds Collection, Volume 13 released: 2002
- Italo 2000 Rarities, Volume 2 released: 1998
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I Love ZYX Italo Disco Collection 14
Released 2012- Pancho Villa (Star de Cantina) (12" version)
- Volerei (vocal-maxi-single)
- More Than a Kiss (Peking-Duck-mix)
- Song for Denise (Audiophile maxi dance mix)
- Again (extended version)
- Nuit de folie (version Longue)
- Don't Cry Tonight (Special remix)
- L'amour (Flashback remix)
- Stay With Me Tonight (extended version)
- Stay (extended version)
- You & Me (remix)
Disco Discharge: Europa
Released 2012- Puttin' on the Ritz (original 12" mix)
- Hey Hey (original 12" mix)
- Say You'll Never (original 12" mix)
- Hey Mr DJ (original 12" mix)
- Africa (Voodoo Master) (original 12" mix)
- Around My Dream (original 12" mix)
- Tarzan Boy (original 12" mix)
- Waiting for Heaven (original 12" mix)
- To Be or Not to Be (original 12" mix)
- Fly to Me (remix)
- Go Go Yellow Screen (original 12" mix)
The Best Of Italo Disco - Unreleased Tracks
Released 2008- Forever Mine (Versione mix)
- Valentino Mon Amour (Vox mix)
- Dr. Faustus (Razzamatazz version)
- My Little Japanese Boy
- Summer Time (extended version)
- Tonight My Love Is Alive (dance mix)
- Let Me Fall in Love (extended version)
- Cherry Chery (vocal mix)
- Wheel of Love (extended version)
- Keep Me Satisfied (extended version)
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- Booming SWAN! released: 2007
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- Club Beats Series 2, Volume 12 released: 1999
- Tranceformer released: 1999
- The Wax Collection No. 1 released: 1999
- Reactivate 15 released: 1999
Tranceformer
Released 1999- Everything's Not You (Quivver's Space mix)
- Flussig
- Pearl River (vocal mix)
- Expand the Room (original dub)
- Invisible (Lost Tribe vocal mix)
- Lizard (Megavoices mix)
- Sometimes (Matt Darey mix)
- 1998 (Matt Darey mix)
- Learning to Fly
- Spiritulised (Astral mix)
- La Musica (Mike Koglin mix)
- Storm
- Cream
- Carte Blanche
- Madagascar (Ferry Corsten mix)
- Transcend (Moonmans's Transcentral remix)
- Nomansland (David's Song) (Polaris mix)
- Don't Be Afraid (Pink Bomb mix)
- Wide Open Space (Trouser Enthusiasts Hermaphrodite Circus mix)
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- Delabel Hostile Rap released: 1999
- Première Classe, Volume 1 : Les Sessions released: 1999
- Destruction Derby released:
Première Classe, Volume 1 : Les Sessions
Released 1999- Embarquement (intro)
- On fait les choses
- Atmosphère suspecte
- La Vie
- Nos cœurs saignent
- Animalement vôtre
- J'ai déjà mal
- Première trace
- C'est quoi le dièse ?
- L'Art de la guerre
- Paraît qu't'es hardcore
- 24 heures
- Compte avec moi
- Même pas 20 piges
- Le métier rentre
- La vérité blesse
- Nautilus : Black December
- Débarquement (outro)
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Creating Illusions
by: SwanYou create a hell for the ones to buy your illusion
You design a spell that you cast upon the forsaken
Hortative
You engender temptation
Re-create
Invent the latest sensation
Procreate
Produce the perfect delusion
Your god is digital
You erase the deviations
Adding beauty to the frail
Dreams contrived upon a drawing-table set the pace of the vain
Trust the vagaries of fashion
Do what all the others do
Total loss of independence
You've always wished you someone else
You behold your victims insane
Opinions cast aside
And when they try to change
And try to find their native demeanor
They are frozen out, precluded from the coven from the mass of fools
There's a message and receivers who will see it as a rule
There's an image made to covet
Global mass-manipulation complete
High-technology will cover all the errors in the way
Can't you see that you deflower and deform the generations to come
I will have to confess
The music you listen to now is pretty damn far from the truth
In league with machines
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