The Grateful Dead - sing along

'Til the morning comes, it'll do you fine.
'Til the morning comes, like a highway sign,
Showing you the way, leaving no doubt,
Of the way on in or the way back out.

 

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The Wives of Henry VIII (episode 1, part 5/5)

Divorce, beheading, death in childbirth, exile..The women who married Henry VIII are best known for the way their lives ended. Yet these 6 queens also possessed seductive guile & amp; extraordinary political skill in the face of dangerous court intrigues.

Innocence Burned - an audio book

It was raining again. It always seemed to be raining in Sephul County. The people rarely enjoyed a blue sky. The sky was usually gray, like ash. And it was a big sky that hung like a huge ash-colored dome over the open prairie land.

Read and/or listen to the story here

The Wives of Henry VIII (episode 1, part 4/5)

Divorce, beheading, death in childbirth, exile..The women who married Henry VIII are best known for the way their lives ended. Yet these 6 queens also possessed seductive guile & extraordinary political skill in the face of dangerous court intrigues.

The Wives of Henry VIII (episode 1, part 3/5)

Divorce, beheading, death in childbirth, exile..The women who married Henry VIII are best known for the way their lives ended. Yet these 6 queens also possessed seductive guile & extraordinary political skill in the face of dangerous court intrigues.
   

                                                                      

TED- Ideas worth sharing

What is this thing you've stumbled upon? "TED"?

Talks on riveting ideas: Technology, Entertainment, Design and so much more.

 

Here's a TED primer, German subtitles, featuring 11 classic talks on the full range of topics presented on the site.

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Sing along with Jimmy Buffett

Margaritaville

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'Abyss' - listening and reading

After crashing into the Canadian 'Abyss' four men fight to survive. 
Read and listen.

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The Wives of Henry VIII (episode 1, part 2/5)

Divorce, beheading, death in childbirth, exile..The women who married Henry VIII are best known for the way their lives ended. Yet these 6 queens also possessed seductive guile & extraordinary political skill in the face of dangerous court intrigues.
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Confusing Verbs: USED TO and WOULD

When we talk about things that happened in the past but don’t happen anymore we can do it in different ways.

Used to

• We used to live in New York when I was a kid.
• There didn’t use to be a petrol station there. When was it built?

We can use ‘used to’ to talk about past states ….

• I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school.
• I used to smoke but I gave up a few years ago.

… or we can use ‘used to’ to talk about repeated past actions

Remember that ‘used to’ is only for past states/actions that don’t happen now – we can’t use it for things that still happen now. Also, ‘used to + infinitive’ should not be confused with ‘be/get used to + ‘ing’ form’ – this is covered in a separate section.

Would

• Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.
• My teachers would always say “Sit down and shut up!”

We can use ‘would’ to talk about repeated past actions.

Often either ‘would’ or ‘used to’ is possible. Both of these sentences are possible.

• Every Saturday, I would go on a long bike ride.
• Every Saturday I used to go on a long bike ride.

However, only ‘used to’ is possible when we talk about past states.

• We used to live in New York when I was a kid.
• We would live in New York when I was a kid.

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