Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae (or Gramineae) family, as well as the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae). The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Sedges include many wild marsh and grassland plants, and some cultivated ones such as water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus). Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky, vodka), pasture for livestock, thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others.
Graminoids are among the most versatile life forms. They became widespread toward the end of the Cretaceous period, and fossilized dinosaur dung (coprolites) have been found containing phytoliths of a variety of grasses that include grasses that are related to modern rice and bamboo. Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are now the most widespread plant type; grass is a valuable source of food and energy for all sorts of wildlife and organics.
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Berlin. Night. An old, homeless drunk stumbles down the street. Ignored by everyone - almost everyone. A woman suddenly appears in front of him - mid-thirties, thin, a drug addict. She stands face-to-face for the first time in years with the man she despises. Father and daughter, Volker and Anna. Anna is desperate and on the run from the police. She needs money urgently and demands the key to grandpa's safety deposit box, a key which she knows her father still has. But Volker claims to have hidden it on the other side of the city. They set out on foot through the Berlin night, heading west. On the way, with Anna in pain, Volker discovers she is bleeding from her stomach - but not all the blood is hers. And then he finds the bloodied knife she is carrying... As time runs out and the police close in, father and daughter hurry through the night. Under cover of darkness the secrets of their East German past explode in a final confrontation - and the consequences of times past come to light.
Keywords: berlin-germany, berlin-wall, ddr, east-germany, gdr, germany, inheritance, nazi, one-word-title, past
One night. Two truths.
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Haunted by his abandonment in childhood by his sailor father, Eric Elliott builds a boat to recapture his father's memory. A cowboy in his youth, sustained in his abandonment by a rare vision quest, a sailor, wounded in Vietnam, the building of the boat brings together the scattered pieces of Elliott's life, and in the end he launches the boat on the lake where his father taught him to sail, and finds treasure.
Keywords: autobiography, boat, cowboy
The autobiography of Eric Elliott, based on a true story
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(In Swedish with English Subtitles)Episode 2: Münster's Case- When the body of a wealthy wine merchant washes up on a beach with multiple stab wounds, police fear a media frenzy. But the quick arrest of the man's former partner in the face of damning evidence promises a quick resolution to the case.
Keywords: based-on-novel, fictional-country
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Sicily 18th century, Marianna Ucria is a 12-year-old deaf-mute from an aristocratic family of Palermo. Aged 13, she is married to a middle-aged uncle, Duca Pietro. She is repulsed by him, but at 16 years she already gives him three daughters. During her 20s she is instructed by a French tutor, which teaches her philosophy and all the new ideas that tour around Europe. She also has to manage, after Pietro's death, a relationship with her servant's brother (and following scandal). In her mature age she finally discovers and understands the terrible secret behind his handicap.
Keywords: 1740s, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, childhood-trauma, country-estate, deaf-mute, death-of-loved-one, italy, loveless-marriage, mute
Bullets are a girl's best friend
It's Harder to Win When you Play by the Rules!
A Mighty Force [Video Australia]
The most sensational kidnapping case of our time!
I was born into a scene
of angriness and greed,
and dominance and persecution.
My mother was a queen,
my dad I've never seen,
I was never meant to be.
And now I spend my time
looking all around,
For a man
that's nowhere to be found.
Until I find him
I'm never gonna stop searching,
I'm gonna find my man,
gonna travel around.
Chorus:
'Cos I'm a wrathchild,
well I'm a wrathchild.
Yeah I'm a wrathchild.
I'm coming to get you, oooh yeah.
Say it doesn't matter
ain't nothin' gonna alter
the course of my destination.
I know I've got to find
some serious piece of mind,
or I know I'll go crazy.
But now I spend my time
looking all around,
For a man
thats nowhere to be found.
Until I find him
I'm never gonna stop searching,
I'm gonna find my man,
gonna travel around.
Every time you kiss my lips,
I feel them quiver (quiver)
Ooh, and every time you hold me in your arms,
I seem to shiver (shiver)
There's nothing to be afraid of
It's flesh and blood that we're made of
Trust in me, baby
Baby, won't you trust in me?
And the grass will sing for you
The sky will turn a brand new shade of blue for you
And in your heart, you feel a glow
That's when you'll know
My love for you
(The grass will sing for you, my love)
Every time you whisper words of love,
I start crying
Well, are those tears of joy?
Should I really think that you're lying?
I'll give you love without sorrow
Together, together we'll find tomorrow
Trust in me, oh baby
Baby, won't you trust in me?
And the grass will sing for you
The sky will turn a brand new shade of blue just for you
And in your heart, you feel a glow
That's when you'll know
My love for you
Laying on the grass my heart it flares like fire
The way you slap my face just fills me with desire
You play hard to get
'Cause you're teacher's pet
But when the boats have gone
We'll take a tumble excuse for a fumble
Shocked me too the things we used to do on grass
If you fancy we can buy an ice-cream cone
Your mate has gone She didn't want to be alone
I will pounce on you
Just us and the Cuckoos
You are helpless now
Over and over we flatten the clover
Shocked me too the things we used to do on grass
It would shock you too the things we used to do on grass
Grass, grass.
I was smokin' on weed
Just like my father's
My knees are trying to reach you
At your mother's
My nose was screaming that you smelled
Like a lover
But my hands had to treat you
Like a brother
We do the dance upon the plain
And I shake your little shoulders
Push you down into the grain
And rub our noses in the night,
We do, we do.
Well I've been into the plants and simple treasures
And I sew patches on pants and I get pleasure
I don't make particular plans
'Cause they don't matter
When you keep on foolin' in bed
With my sleepin' patterns
And we dance upon the plains
And I shake your little shoulders
Push you down into the grain
And rub our noses in the night,
We do, we do.
What's with all the changin' since the time I was aware?
It's like the apple-eatin' people that we once were aren't there.
Did they empty out their pockets and debase their younger faces?
And you must be sure you're happy when you leave your summer places
Pretty little femur sittin' in my cherry dreamboat
I'd be sad if you're rejected from my hipbone or my knee
If I sailed away from continents and touched my lover's hair then
You'd be very happy if I touched her there
Pretty little femur sittin' in my cherry dreamboat
I'd be sad if you're rejected from my hipbone or my knee
If I sailed away from continents and touched my lover's hair then
You'd be very happy if I touched her there
I was very nervous how I felt in there
I was very cautious when you said "hey there"
Would you like to see me? Often
Though you don't need to see me Often
Because I'd like to see you, often!
Though I don't need to see you, often!
We do the dance upon the plain
And I shake your little shoulders
Push you down into the grain
And rub our noses in the night,
As silver tears they weave and lace,
Sad patterns upon her face,
She waits for you.
So low below a laser sun,
Through velvet fields she runs,
Reaching for you.
And so you bleed now,
Your hand holds the knife
That is tearing your life apart.
Why don't you leave now,
The city's too heavy
And your dreams they melt in the sun.
On mellow blue, birds curve and glide.
Through shadows of grief she slides,
She waits for you.
There on a hill before the dawn,
In silence a promise torn,
She turns from you.
And so you bleed now ...
As silver tears, they weave and lace,
She waits for you.
So low below a laser sun,
Reaching for you.
On mellow blue birds curve and glide.
She waits for you.
There on a hill before the dawn,
I was born into a scene
of angriness and greed,
and dominance and persecution.
My mother was a queen,
my dad I've never seen,
I was never meant to be.
And now I spend my time
looking all around,
For a man
that's nowhere to be found.
Until I find him
I'm never gonna stop searching,
I'm gonna find my man,
gonna travel around.
Chorus:
'Cos I'm a wrathchild,
well I'm a wrathchild.
Yeah I'm a wrathchild.
I'm coming to get you, oooh yeah.
Say it doesn't matter
ain't nothin' gonna alter
the course of my destination.
I know I've got to find
some serious piece of mind,
or I know I'll go crazy.
But now I spend my time
looking all around,
For a man
thats nowhere to be found.
Until I find him
I'm never gonna stop searching,
I'm gonna find my man,
gonna travel around.
Chorus
Blue eyes when the wind was done
You were lying like a soldier
In the grass, in the grass,
Like the war was over
Blue eyes when you took a breath
It was heavy on my shoulder
Clap your hands, clap your hands
It looks like the worst is over
Blue eyes when the wind was here
You were blown just like a feather
In the trees, in the trees
You were caught inside forever
Blue eyes when you hold your breath
I can breath in deeper
Clap your hands, clap your hands
The grass doesn't get no greener
Blue eyes when the wind was done,
You were carried on my shoulder
Praise the land, praise the land
And all of its placeholders
Cutting class, run the streets
Puff and pass, smoking weed
All my teachers, looking for me
Don't think I'm where, I'm supposed to be
Breaking these chains of less education
More Mary Jane in my pot rotation
No one to blame for this devastation
Taking away my rehab salvation
We're throwing it all in the trash
The best time that I've ever had
Digging deeper into my stash
To keep me high off the grass
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Gonna stay, smoking pot
Mary Jane, always hits the spot
Choking again, I just can't get enough
Sticky grass in my hand, burning down in my lung
Breaking these chains of less education
More Mary Jane in my pot rotation
No one to blame for this devastation
Taking away my rehab salvation
We're throwing it all in the trash
The best time that I've ever had
Digging deeper into my stash
To keep me high off the grass
(Spark that shit up man!)
Breaking these chains of less education
More Mary Jane in my pot rotation
No one to blame for this devastation
Taking away my rehab salvation
We're throwing it all in the trash
The best time that I've ever had
Digging deeper into my stash
To keep me high off the grass
Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.