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Salman decided to skip Gudi Padwa celebrations at home to work on his upcoming film.
Salman Khan and his family are known to celebrate most of the Indian festivals. In fact some of his festive celebrations are attended by several Bollywood biggies. However at Gudi Padwa this time, Sallu decided to skip thecelebrations and instead preferred to spend the day working on his next film.
A source says, "This Gudi Padwa, Sallu's mom Salma had asked the actor to be home to spend the day with his family. However due to his recent ill health, work on brother Sohail Khan's film is already running late. He decided to stay back at Lavasa to continue shooting."
Apparently, Salman requested Salma to let him go this time. Well, there is always a next time.


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Obama Administration – Conflict of Interest Alert – Larry Summers
Once again, it is revealed that President Obama's administration has proved less than stellar compared to his campaign promises of changing Washington DC. Since swearing into office and to uphold the duties for which he was elected for, President Obama has made dubious decisions in choosing the appropriate people to fill the top posts in his administration. Many were marred with tax scandals as they appeared before Congress and some had to withdraw their nominations due to allegations of unpaid taxes or great conflict of interests. Even within 24 hours of declaring a new policy to stem conflict of interest, he had to make an executive exception to the nominated Deputy Director of Defense William Lynn, a former Raytheon executive.
The latest scandal to hit the Obama administration is Larry Summers, who has now reported receiving millions of dollars from the very same industry and corporate entities which he is assisting with his policy and regulatory advice to President Obama and Congressional leaders. It was already with great controversy that Treasury Secretary was nominated given criticism that he failed as the President of the NY branch of the Federal Reserve system to watch over the financial system and avoiding collapse. In addition, Geithner faced also back tax scandals.
Many critics believe that between Summers and Geithner, the two are a power couple that are too close to the industry to be impartial and to do what is right for the country and all Americans. Meanwhile, the US Government is spending trillions in an unprecendeted effort to save the financial system. But really, have other simpler, less costly to the American taxpayers and more effective been really explored or even contemplated?
Write to President Obama and demand for change and transparency.
Summers Earned Millions in D.E. Shaw Salary, Bank Speech Fees
April 4 (Bloomberg) — Lawrence Summers, director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, earned millions working at a hedge fund and speaking to banks such as Citigroup Inc. that later received taxpayer bailout money.
Hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. paid Summers more than $5 million in salary and other compensation in the past 16 months, according to a financial disclosure form released by the White House yesterday. Summers served as a managing director at the New York-based firm. Summers, a former Treasury secretary, also earned more than $2.7 million in speaking fees. [Read Full Article]

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Regulations are being drafted by the North Dakota Department of Health to track the generation, storage, transportation and disposal of Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM), which will be proposed to the public in June.
According to Scott Radig, director of the North Dakota Division of Waste Management, there have been numerous incidents where oilfield waste is not being handled properly - much like the recent case in McKenzie County where hundreds of oil filter socks were discovered on two trailers, leaking oil and chemicals into the soil.
"This seems to be a growing problem in the oil-producing regions," Radig said. "These are illegal attempts to dump waste into ditches or dumpsters."
McKenzie County Landfill Solid Waste Director Rick Schreiber said, 985 oil filter socks were presented at the landfill in 2013. He said for each case, paperwork was filed and sent to the state for further action.
"When we receive the paperwork, we follow up with the company responsible," Radig said. "The current state law and administrative rules require that all TENORM waste be disposed of appropriately, and violations can result in fines. However, we are finding that there is a need to enhance our ability to track this type of waste."
As of right now, the state relies on the individual companies to dispose of contaminated and radioactive waste properly on their own, according to Radig.
While there are many companies following procedures correctly, there are a handful of companies illegally dumping harmful waste into local dumpsters, creeks, ponds, and wherever else they can hide the waste away without paying the fees to have it transported out of state or disposed of properly, Schreiber said.
"What's the point in doing all of the mandated paperwork that is required from the state and federal levels, if there is no urgency at the state level," Schreiber said. "We can continue to bury our heads in the sand and hope that this problem goes away, but it's not."
Schreiber was glad to hear the state is making the motion to draft regulations for radioactive waste material.
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The Environmental Audit Committee has called for a clampdown on advertising of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children as part of a strategy to combat soaring levels of obesity across Britain and encourage healthier eating choices.
They warn that many junk food manufacturers have turned to the internet and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to directly target children.
A recent tightening of regulations has banned junk food advertising during children's television programming, but it does not extend to the internet or other forms of media.
The report, which calls for wide ranging changes to the country's approach towards food, says gardening and cooking should become a formal part of the education curriculum in schools to help children understand where food comes from.
It also calls for new policies to cut food waste and urges ministers to make long-term plans to ensure reliable food supplies can be maintained in the future.
The Sustainable Food report follows an inquiry by House of Common's Environmental Audit Committee into the country's food supply system.
It highlighted research that found 75% of websites featuring products high in fat, salt or sugar had links to social networking sites that were designed to "appeal to children through the use of language intended for, spoken by or directed to children".
Joan Walley, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North and chairman of the committee, said: "In the early years, it is really important that people develop good attitudes to food.
"There is now constant advertising on social networking sites and online that is promoting all the wrong messages.
"It completely undermines other advances that are being made to make people look at the true price of food, not just in terms of cost, but also the health aspects.
"We believe there is scope for the Advertising Standards Authority to use its non-broadcast code to look at healthy and non-healthy food."
A study by the British Heart Foundation and the Children's Food Campaign warned that children are being "swamped" with unhealthy food messages online from companies including Kellogg's, Nestle, Rowntree and Cadbury which have set up websites with games, cartoon characters and videos aimed at children.
Major firms such as Pepsi and Coke have also shifted their marketing strategies to focus on social media campaigns. This month Pepsi launched it's own pop-culture social media site called Pepsi Pulse as part of a global marketing campaign featuring a member of the US pop band the Jonas Brothers, whose fans are predominantly young teenage girls.
The Environmental Audit Committee's report also calls for improved labelling of food to help consumers make better choices about where their food has come from, how far it has travelled and how sustainable it is.
The report also warned that there was still insufficient evidence to determine whether genetically modified food produce can play a role in improving the supply of food and that tackling issues like food waste may have a more appreciable effect.
Mrs Walley added: "We want our report to trigger a well informed long term debate about how we can ensure the security of our food supply, ensure that people get the food they enjoy eating but also food that is not going to run up huge health costs.
"At the same time labelling can be improved to be simple and consistent to allow people to make informed choices. That is not available at the moment."
Mark Driscoll, head of the one planet food programme at WWF-UK, said: "The UK Government needs to demonstrate international leadership on this and put the issue at the heart of its agenda.
"A food system in which globally 1.5 billion are overweight or obese while another billion people suffer from malnutrition and hunger and at least 30% of all food grown across the globe is wasted, is clearly broken."


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I have a problem.
I don't celebrate my accomplishments and I definitely don't live in the present. My mind is constantly thinking of the next big moment.
This is something I was becoming aware of in college. For example, as I worked on my senior paper, I was focused on graduating. Then as I geared up for graduation I was constantly thinking of the future jobs, relationships, money, etc. Now in Japan, I'm thinking about my move back to the states.
I think the issue lies in how much I realize how quickly time passes by. I don't want to miss out on opportunities or things because I'm diddly daddlying, however, I do realize I'm not taking the time to enjoy what's happening right now.
So I've listed a few short bits below on things I'm working on to help me appreciate the now!
+ Meditation
I have such a problem stopping the noise in my brain. I do find that meditation helps me immensely. By taking deep slow breathes and repeating a simple mantra, I find that my mind truly clears and keeps me from stress so that I'm able to appreciate what's around me.
+ Going for a walk
It wasn't until recently that I discovered a thrift shop, a running trial and more was in my neighborhood until I went for a walk. Pathetic, right?! I was completely surprised and thrilled to discover something new about my community. All it takes is getting out of the house letting your feet take you somewhere.
+ Journaling
Since I've been in Japan I've been journaling consistently in addition to blogging
when I'm not taking unexplained breaks. It has really helped me to connect with myself and my voice. Plus, it's great to re-read and compare entries and/or see what cool things I've done. It definitely helps to keep me grounded.
+ Initiating Contact with people
I'm a part of a few groups here in Japan and even though I enjoy doing things by myself and get drained when hanging out, I still think it's a good idea to reach out to people ad go out and do things. It's nice to not be inside of your head all the time and actually communicate with people.
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Review contributed by Cassandra Hale
As the lights went down at Rod Laver Arena for the first time on this Halloween night, you could almost mistakenly think you were at the wrong venue. The theme from Wide World of Sports rang through the air, followed by 5 clean-cut young men wearing cricket whites taking the stage. After delivering a few balls into the crowd and taking a few catches they then smashed out a short show that set the tone for the nights events to follow. This terrific young Australian band, In Hearts Wake, formed in Bryon Bay in 2006 were very well received by the ever growing crowd. As Earthwalker rang out they had a captivated audience that were jumping and fist pumping with fury. The bass player Kyle used his clean vocals well against the dirty sounds of Jake, it kept the boys well balanced throughout the set. I look forward to seeing big things from In Hearts Wake, and getting a support gig with Lamb of God and Slipknot is a feather in their cap, or as tonights show would have it, in their Baggy Green.
Now for the assault on my senses, at the hands of Lamb of God! The onslaught of brutal double bassing from Chris Adler had to be seen to be believed, but you could feel it in every part of your body, the relentless thrashing of these polished performers came with the chance of bursting an ear drum of two. Thankfully I had my ear plugs on board and whilst I have been labelled as 'weak' for using them I do value being able to hear the next day. They performed a set of eight songs and the crowd was glued to them for its entirety. It only took the first song for a circle pit to form and the moshing to begin. I think it's safe to say when the effect of the alcohol wears off there will be a few people booking appointments with the chiropractor! Randy Blythe was sporting a knee support, but this did not stop him from taking huge jumps off his riser and not missing a beat in the process. As the first notes of Laid to Rest broke out the mass of fans in the circle were running so fast that I genuinely felt for their safety. I have been at many heavy metal gigs over the years but have never seen such a brutal force as I did last night. All hell broke loose as Redneck rang out. The bass player John Campbell who looks remarkably like Saruman from Lord of the Rings, showed that the bass guitar is not an instrument to be stuck up the back. It was safe to say that by the time Lamb of God finished everyone was in need of a good rest and a little recovery time.
The feeling was one of anticipation and electricity all wrapped into one, and as the lights dimmed for the third and final time of the night, the hairs on my arms started to raise and I felt a strange sensation spread across my back. It was then that I realised that the 'wonderful' woman behind me had spilt her drink all over me, not the greatest start to a show but we mopped it up and moved on, sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. So for the rest of the night my leather jacket stuck to my chair every time I moved, but such is life, on with the show, and what a show it was!
The floor was packed like sardines and you could not have got another body in there even with the aid of a shoe horn. David Bowie's unmistakable voice singing Fashion filtered across the arena, a very fitting tribute to the great man. The Negative One set the tone for the night and the madness took over from then on. While being known as a highly opinionated and outspoken person, this was a side of Corey Taylor that did not surface tonight. He was purely there to entertain and engage with the Slipknot fans and that was exactly what he did. Slipknots Halloween show in Melbourne was purely about giving its legion of loyal fans the show of their life. Taylor was what I would class as the master puppeteer and the army of fans his puppets; they jumped, sang and sat down on his command. He was totally mesmerising and the fans lapped up every minute, his love of his fans was heartfelt and he made it known on several occasions during the show how important they all are. This is Slipknots first time out of America for Halloween, another notch in Melbourne's belt, but then again we really are the home of heavy metal in Australia.
While Shawn Crahan aka 'Clown' had to make a swift retreat to America due to a family emergency, the show must go on. Chris Fehn filled in all the gaps, swapping from drum riser to drum riser with ease, keeping everybody enthralled with his antics. You would never have known that Corey Taylor performed with his neck brace under his costume. This did not slow him down or hinder his performance as he still gave it everything and more, although I think he will be going in search of some Soothers after the work out he gave his voice!
The band performed all their hits such as Eyeless, Before I Forget, Psychosocial and The Devil in I keeping the masses screaming for more. While I don't believe the mosh to be as crazy as it was for Lamb of God it was almost as if the crowd became one and moved together like a silent agreement has been made. It was definitely one of the most intense gigs I have ever been to and it was amazing to be part of the absolute devotion these fans have for their idols. After a thunderous applause and screams for more the band returned for a final three songs, Surfacing, my favourite Duality and Spit it Out, it was then that I saw one of the most amazing things I have ever seen at a gig. The whole floor over the space of 30 seconds sat down, I felt like I was back at school and sitting on the mat in front of the teacher, but this time the teacher was Corey Taylor and Rod Laver Arena was our classroom. The fans knew the drill and on Taylor's command to JUMP THE FUCK UP, they did indeed jump up to thunderous fist pumping and bouncing that could be felt throughout the arena. Truly a spectacle to behold. With a last shout out to In Hearts Wake and Lamb of God, the Slipknot boys said their goodbyes amongst promises to return.
As the flock of black t-shirts and battle jackets filed out of the arena the consensus was clear, an amazing brutal night was had by all. Everyone was spent and in need of sleep, but they would do it all again of they had the chance.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
How to Reduce Healthcare Transmitted HIV in African Countries?
"One consequence of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic has been the emergence of a broad awareness of the potential role of syringes in the transmission of infectious diseases", write Nicola Bulled and Merrill Singer in Aids and Behavior. Indeed, several countries experienced sudden drops in HIV incidence, the annual rate of new infections, relatively soon after the virus arrived. These drops occurred long before HIV prevention interventions became widespread, and they are likely to have resulted from the very phenomenon Bulled and Singer note. But more still needs to be done as there is a lot of evidence that bloodborne diseases may still be transmitted through unsafe healthcare.
Of course, HIV industry cant about changes in sexual behavior is legendary. But those changes, if they ever occurred, must have done so much later, particularly if they had any causal connection with the interventions claimed to have turned around some epidemics and stopped others in their tracks. While some sexual behavior change may have occurred, perhaps even as a result of these interventions, the most significant changes probably took place in hospitals and other health facilities, and would have had little to do with sex.
Therefore, the massive increase in 'unsafe' sexual behavior that is said to have given rise to the worst HIV epidemics in the world probably never occurred. which means that the equally massive decreases in sexual behavior needn't have occurred either. But while Bulled and Merrill are right in their statement, the HIV pandemic is still blamed on sexual behavior, and in countries where prevalence is highest, it's blamed on heterosexual behavior. In contrast, where HIV prevalence is not so high, it is known to be more closely related to anal sex and intravenous drug use.
Interestingly for those who believe that HIV is just one disease out of many, and nowhere near the biggest health threat that people in high prevalence countries face, is that use of unsterile injecting equipment is also linked with transmission of hepatitis B and C, Leishmaniasis, malaria and other diseases. In other words, countries where unsafe healthcare is the norm have many reasons to identify dangerous practices and improve infection control, rather than passively accepting UNAIDS' assurance that a very small percentage, perhaps one or two percent of HIV transmission, is a result of unsafe healthcare.
Far from a build-up of unsafe sexual behavior, the authors don't even mention sex, which is unusual in the literature. Instead, they describe a climate of increasing use of injecting equipment throughout the 20th century, in and out of health facilities, by professionals and non-professionals. Through unsafe injecting practices, many diseases can spread to many countries, even many continents.
The authors even mention a myth that has been propagated by numerous parties, including the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC, though they have partially retracted the myth); that HIV dies in seconds outside the human body: it doesn't. HIV and hepetitis B and C can, "given ideal conditions, survive outside the human body for several weeks". They say "HIV has been found to survive in syringes at ambient temperatures for up to 6-weeks". But unsafe healthcare practices are unlikely to require anything like six weeks: instruments could be reused straight away, and many times each.
None of the above denies that HIV can be sexually transmitted but it does put a question mark over UNAIDS' claims about epidemics being almost entirely sexually transmitted in African countries, where some of the most appalling health facility conditions can be found. And UNAIDS don't even believe their own propaganda anyway, because they give the following warning to UN employees:
"The most efficient means of HIV transmission is the introduction of HIV-infected blood into the bloodstream, particularly through transfusion of infected blood. Most blood-to-blood transmission now occurs as a result of the use of contaminated injection equipment during injecting drug use. Use of improperly sterilized syringes and other medical equipment in health-care settings can also result in HIV transmission. We in the UN system are unlikely to become infected this way since the UN-system medical services take all the necessary precautions and use only new or sterilized equipment. Extra precautions should be taken, however, when on travel away from UN approved medical facilities, as the UN cannot ensure the safety of blood supplies or injection equipment obtained elsewhere. It is always a good idea to avoid direct exposure to another person's blood—to avoid not only HIV but also hepatitis and other bloodborne infections."
If HIV and other bloodborne pathogens are a danger to UN employees in health facilities, this is also a danger to Africans. They need to be warned, just as they are about sexual risks. Otherwise they will be unable to identify risky practices and unable to take steps to avoid them. The authors conclude that "From a public health standpoint, identifying syringe use patterns and their role in specific syndemic events, however, is critical because syringe use presents a discrete point of potential intervention as well as a pathway for the spread of diseases outside of their historic range."
A number of harm reduction measures are recommended, along with improved supplies, education, support to clinical facilities and other steps, which the authors point out are already known. But being known to UNAIDS, WHO and others who wield a lot of power in global public health has not readily translated into action. After three decades of getting to understand HIV better, the extent of non-sexual HIV transmission, particularly in health facilities, is in serious need of investigation. There is a lot that can be done; if various international players feel unable or unwilling to do anything, perhaps African countries need to go it alone.
[For more about non-sexual HIV risks, such as through unsafe healthcare practices, see the Don't Get Stuck With HIV site.]
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It is not just in Africa and with HIV. Someone I know in their 70s was recently diagnosed with cirrhosis from hepatitis C. The first question the hepatologist asked was whether he served in the military overseas. Recruits were given a large number of vaccinations before being shipped overseas. Back then they changed the needles but may have used the same syringes and multiple dose vials. Consequently, there is a higher rate of hepatitis C in Korean war veterans.
- February 5, 2012 at 5:13 AM
- Simon said...
I'm just rereading Jacques Pepin's 'The Origins of Aids' and he lists many such occurrences. But then he flakes out and says healthcare transmission of HIV hardly ever occurs in high prevalence countries any more. He appears to have convinced himself more with his speculation about African sexual behavior than he did with his careful research into healthcare transmission.
- February 5, 2012 at 9:37 AM


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Fri, 26 June 2015
Yes, it's me. Your host and cat wrangler for Epi111 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. This is another Succotash Clips episode – that's two in a row – and I've got a bucketful for comedy podcast clips for you this time around.
Our Associate Producer Tyson Saner grabbed some of 'em, I clipped some, and we also had some podcasters upload them directly to us, using our Succotash upload link: http://Hightail.com/u/succotash.
In addition to the clips, we've got a double dose of our Burst O' Durst segment, with political comedian and social commentator Will Durst. We've got a Henderson's Pants ad. We dig into the Tweetsack. And that's about it.
Where Are We?
Besides the Clutch And Wiggle Experience, clipwise, we have samples from A Twilight World of Ultimate Smoothness, Date Speeding, Deviants Church, Don't Worry – It's Only The End of The World, Four Listeners, Pistol Shrimps Radio, Strong Opinions, The World of Mindshaft, and WTF.
Where Will We Be?
The 4th Annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival is coming up in September. I've been to the first three and they're always a lot of fun. I already snagged a 3-day ticket for this year's PodFest and I plan to hunker down in the SquareSpace Podcast Lab like some kind of great podcasting Jabba the Hutt. It's September 18-20th at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills, and you can get tickets and more details at Eventbrite. I'll be interviewing podcasters and ne'er-do-wells, so I hope you get a chance to stop by and say hello.
BTW, if you're curious about what I do when I'm NOT on the Succotash microphone, crammed into Studio F and chatting at you, there's a fun little article that came out this week over at http://SmartUp.life, entitled, The Man Who Named The BlackBerry. That'd be me. And the piece talks about some of the other brand names I've helped bring into the world from out of my brain.
Special Offer (Sort Of)
Maybe you've noticed that Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, doesn't drop every week. Hell, or every two weeks, for that matter. I'd like to do it more often. Really I would. But work is tough and pays pretty well, too. So that's where I have to put the majority of my focus. But it doesn't always have to be that way. And you can help. If you click on the Donate button on the homesite, then kick us whatever you can afford to give in order to help us pay for the stuff that podcasters pay for to keep all of this going, I'll start pushing myself harder to get these shows cranked out more often. Here's the deal: For every month that the Donate button brings in enough to cover our Succotash nut – that's about 60 bucks — I will push out 4 consecutive weeks of this show, by hook or by crook. So get clicking!
WTF w/guest President Obama
Pistol Shrimps Radio
A Twilight World of Ultimate Smoothness
Deviants Church
Rob and Craig over at The Clutch & Wiggle Experience have been friends and fans of Succotash pretty much since the time we started over three years ago. They regularly replay the show on CWERadio.com and so isn't it high time we got back to seeing what THEY'RE up to? Even if they had to send in the a clip themselves? Recently on The Clutch and Wiggle Experience, Rob and Craig discussed the recent passing of legendary BB King – and that his family has the feeling he was poisoned to death.
The World of Mindshaft
Date Speeding
Four Listeners
Don't Worry: It's Only The End of The World
Another episode of Succotash Clips is now history. In the can. Kaput. I'll have another one coming up pretty quick. Even quicker if you guys hit that old devil Donate button on our http://SuccotashShow.com homesite. Remember, if we clear 60 bucks, I'll crank out an episode a week for 4 consecutive weeks. See how that tastes, right?
Until next time, thanks for passing the Succotash!
— Marc Hershon
Direct download: Succo_Epi111_062615.mp3
Category:Comedy -- posted at: 3:36pm PDT
Mon, 1 June 2015
Yes, it's me. Marc Hershon. Your host and rack jobber for Epi110 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. This is a Succotash Clips episode — finally back after two Succotash Chats epis — which means we're featuring clip after clip after clip from comedy podcasts scattered all over the webiverse.
A lot of them were harvested by our intrepid Associate Producer Tyson Saner. I scraped up a few. Some were sent in by comedy podcasters themselves, or uploaded to us directly via our upload site, at http://hightail.com/u/succotash.
One of them isn't even a comedy podcast, but the host asked if I'd feature a clip and I figured "Screw the network fatcats and bigwigs! This is MY show, dammit, and I'll do what I please!" That's right. This one non-comedy podcast clip is going to be played come Hell or high water! But just a little bit later in the show.
What shows will we be clipping in this epi, mighten you ask? Here's what in store: The Comatose Podcast, Eric And Stacey, Excuse My Adlib, The Blank Planet, We're From The Internet, and The Wrong Foot Podcast.
Burst O' Durst
In addition to the clips we have a double dose of our Burst O' Durst with comedian and social commentator Will Durst. He talks about who the hell would want to be President of the United States, and also a quick lesson on several advantages and disadvantages of being a Baby Boomer. Also, if you're going to be in or around San Francisco at the end of June, you can catch Durst giving a workshop as part of the Beatnick Shindig going on at Fort Mason. It's on Saturday, June 27th, just one hour from 10:30 to 11:30 AM and the cost is just 20 bucks. Hop over to http://BeatnickShindig.com and grab yourself some tickets.
Bill The Podcaster
Our announcer, Bill Heywatt, has come out of the booth and has embarked on his own podcast adventure. He's still with the show, but you can now catch some mini-episodes of The Bill Heywatt Show as part of The Strange Times Podcast, with Davian Dent and Kat Sorens. We feature his very first episode in it's entirety on this show.
The Blank Planet
The Wrong Foot Comedy Podcast
Excuse My Adlib
Comatose Podcast
We're From The Internet
The Eric & Stacey "Talking Rubbish" Podcast
Podcast Graveyard
That's it for this edition of Succotash Clips, friends. I know it was a long drought between shows this time – longer than usual – but I'm trying to get back on the beam and I already have a full rack of clips locked and loaded for another episode real soon.
In the meantime, enjoy, tell your friends, and thanks for passing the Succotash!
— Marc Hershon
Direct download: Succo_Epi110_060115.mp3
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Chiquito's – My Favorite Gluten Free Restautant!
My daughter and I have been eyeing up the new Chiquito's Restaurant in Northampton for a number of weeks whilst it's was being built. In preparation for opening I looked online to see if there was a gluten free (or gluten intolerant) menu. Expecting to find 3 items on the menu I was plesentantly surprised to find … More Chiquito's – My Favorite Gluten Free Restautant!


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Today I found this comment on my blog from one of my former students. It came just in time for Persian New Year. I was so touched that I have decided to give it a proper post of its own.
Dear Dr. Pohl,
If you do not mind, I took my Sunday to read your Blog from the year of its creation until the semester we have met. I remain to be your reader from 2007 and on. You struggled for couple years. I am sorry you have been denied to realize your goals for such a long time. I just wanted to tell you, as your student, that You did prove them wrong concerning your teaching ability. You have set up an example of an academic who KNOWS his field. I am thankful to you that you have shared your expertise with me and my fellow students in class of Political Culture, and Borders & Migrations. I am also thankful that you have become more than an instructor to many of your students and have facilitated us to grow to our potential. You have added invaluable academic reputation to the International and Comparative Politics department of AUCA by pushing ICP students to think broader and deeper through a unique perspective.Thank You!!!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My very cool Nooruz gift
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- Kristina said...
Students have NO idea how their comments can affect our wellbeing as teachers. I say that I get paid in positive student feedback and I am NOT teaching in Central Asia for the money, that is for sure! Make sure you keep all such "gifts" that you get like this example in a place where you can go to regularly to rejuvenate and refresh your spirit as to why YOU are teaching this young, bright minds! Kudos to you!
- Chris O'Byrne said...
This was VERY touching!
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Slow, heavy, majestic, daunting, foggy, crushing, heretic... The doom practised by T.B.D.L.B is so rich and original, that each of its listener could add many adjectives/superlatives for sure. This is definitely not your usual copy of Candlemass, Electric Wizard or Cathedral, but the natural leader of the french rising doom metal scene, who in tune with this music (slowly but with caracter) is just waiting to reveal its talent to all the world doomters . Just like musically, the guys also have a strong personnality, no consensual... Yesterday I interviewed ToS (guit) to get some fresh news, but shit I'm sorry to confirm that we'll have to wait about one year more for the 3rd album... Fortunaltely "blood for the bloodking" doesn't suffer from time passing, so we'll still survive until 2012 with this unholy masterpiece of true fuckin' DOOOOMMM !!!
* "The triumvirate of doom" (for the 2nd time a tour organised by three bands with dates in France and border countries) will be on the road again next week for 4 new dates, you must be pretty excited and impatient I suppose? Is this an opportunity to test new songs live? How did this collaboration was born ? Can you imagine it lasts much longer?
Hello Stephane, yes we're downright impatient to hit the road with our great friends from Children of Doom and Calliophis. This tour is really a story of friendship between us all, and it is really fun to tour together. It happened in quick exchanges of emails and beers to put this in place, and we all hope there will be other editions. We already have talks about a short week also in 2012 in Germany and other neighboring countries, we'll see in due course. For the moment we're gonna enjoy the coming week. Talking about playing new songs, we'll have at least one included in the set. After, maybe we'll test 2 or 3 more new things, depending on the inspiration of the moment...
* Question that you'll answer for the 343rd time but I ask it to you anyway, why so much delay between "blood for..." and the future new album, it's not the whole fault of the arrival of babies in "The Bottle family" ?!
No, indeed it's an explanation but not the only one. We have also changed our bassist after the release of "Blood ... ", our drummer went several times on tour with Pulmonary Fibrosis, a group of grind, our other guitarist has a schedule that changes often and it eats a lot of evenings, so that blew some rehearsal times. Then we've also had periods without much inspiration, or we stayed to drink beer rather than plugging in the instruments. Then with Bottle if you start going in circles on a component, it is not worth it, surely it will end in a bad or just average song; so it's better to have good time with friends, instead of killing our nerves while trying to find the riff after, that we can not find ... where maybe we'll find it the most naturally possible the following week.
* "Night of the Living Dead" , your song on the split ep, shows a certain change in continuity, the contrasts in your music seem more pronounced, can we expect this tendency for the next album? Can you tell us about some titles please? When is the recording planed and an approximative release date ?
"Night ..." may be a good introduction to what will be the next album. At that time (3 years ago) we wanted a "Blood ..." to really sound like a massive block. I think we've done our job pretty well, so for the next, we wanted something with more varied tempos, the slow parts even more overwhelming and more groovy parts as you can hear on the split EP. Well I say that ... but we compose naturally, and that the overall spirit of the whole. We should record by the end of this year again at Echoes Studios with a release planned for April.
* For how many more albums with Emanes does your contract last? Does your collaboration has evolved over time and if there was something you could improve in it, what would it be?
It's always been only a moral contract, there is nothing signed, no specific commitment, so we could not expect anything better. We record, emanate put out the stuff, we file a certain percentage of revenue, and that's it. I do not want to sign something where you see numbers in all lines, with royalties, cost per sale, the whole industry pisses me off to the highest point. There's just a mutual trust between Emanes and us, and it works fine. We're also in contact with an american label for a re-release of "Blood ... " and the next album; but it is still too early for me to tell anything more.
* Your participation at the DDF in Holland was certainly quite memorable ? The name of T.B.D.L.B. is known and respected in the doom scene, but the feedback in terms of concerts and festivals abroad are not really tangible, I suppose you can count on the next album to turn things on that side?
Yeah it was pretty cool. We had good fun as usual, our set was quite good and there was super performances from Hooded Priest, Place of Skulls and Eternal Elysium. According to what is our reputation, I know nothing at all, and all this does not really interest me, even if having to read that we've got our place in the French scene, or that we can influence this or such a group, is fun. Everything remains as it was originally, a band of five friends who have fun with the music they play, with no intention other than to spend good time together. Thereafter if there are opportunities to us, we'll see how it happens, but we do not run after anything in particular.
* For the next album should we still expect an artwork with mammary subjects ?!
I've got absolutely no idea about that at the moment, we'll see, keeping continuity in visual themes could be fun, but the fact to radically change could be cool too. We'll see ...
* You said in an interview for Doommantia that you prefered to do concerts and parties with cool people instead of people who are exclusively doom ... Does this mean that they are or at least a portion of them uninteresting, little open-minded, desperate or even despairing ?
Yeah ... our attitude is certainly too punk for much of the doom scene in general. You often see groups who take themselves seriously, who are well on their own with stage performances that stick in this picture, it bores me personally. I'm not saying these people are assholes of course, it's just we don't have fun in the same way.
* You're a pretty opened and fun-loving group, what do you think of some bands attitude on stage who banish any exchange with the public, do not any "encore" ...?
Bah this is what I said above. We played recently with Electric Wizard, which were housed separately, only the drummer spoke a bit to us, I found it rather disappointing. Then about their attitude on stage, not a look or a sign at the public, no word, no encore ... for people who have paid € 15/20 to see them, I find it very limited. But after this is not a matter of style. For example you take the doom / death metal, a style extremely cold, which I tend to get bored with, but when you see Ataraxie live by example, you understand that you do not need to draw the face to be super good live.
* You also wrote that you hate MDB, sad bands with sad lyrics ... Isn"t the word hate a little exaggerated, do not care would have been maybe more fair ? Instead, would you imagine Aaron S. write texts such as "sea, sex and sun"?
Again, I was talking about the live attitude. I travel to a concert for a good time, not to see the guys pull the mug. If they are not happy being on stage, then they can their place to people who really want and show envy to play and swing energy to the public. You see St. Vitus and MDB live ... this is not comparable. Yet the themes of Vitus songs are not necessarily happy, either.
* You're a big football fan, from OM (Olympique de Marseille) in particular, not too disappointed with the loss of the title? Should Lucho stay or should he be dropped like other not enough productive big salaries like Gignac, or Heinze?
Big fan, this is exaggerated. I was a big fan when I was a teenager, at that time OM was at the summit of Europe and they gave pleasure to the people. Now, I watch some games when it's interesting,but if nothing happens, OM or not OM on the field, I zap. Obviously, with nostalgia, it makes me happy to know that OM wins, but I'm happy for Lille, they deserved to win the title. Regarding players' salaries, it's so exaggerated ... I prefer not to ask myself the question ... while I galley by the end of the month after spending 50 hours a week on my PC to make 2 or 3 craps ... short !
* You're also a big fan of Tarantino, I love everything he did, but for me his masterpiece is the ultimate risk and to stay forever "Jackie Brown", what is your favorite?
Wow, hard question with having to choose one film in all his work. The narration of "Reservoir Dogs" is magical, the action of "Pulp Fiction", the approach to the theme of the 2nd World War in "Inglorious Basterds"and the awesome character of Hans Landa... I hope that his ultimate masterpiece will be his next film! hehe
* Hangman's Chair will soon play at the Hellfest, with the future new album hopefully it will be your turn next year, right? will you be there in 15 days?
Frankly, I do not know if that's such a great opportunity to play under a tent at 10:30 am ... After, it's sure that for the reputation of a band, being on the bill of Hellfest must be a plus. And I won't do it this year, I've been there the last 5 years, so if I have to make a fest this year, I would rather make one in a new environment, a new atmosphere.
* Who is the doom band that impressed you the most on stage? and all categories confunded ?
Without any doubt Saint Vitus for doom. After that I will just mention legends, with frontman knowing and doing what they want when they want with their audience: Motorhead, Metallica, Megadeth, Dark Tranquillity, Morbid Angel (well I'm waiting to hear the last album, because when I see the reactions ...) Kreator, Kiss, Alice Cooper ...
* Thanx a lot to you, you can end as you wish (merchandising, etc ...)
Thank you for the interest; for merchandising, it matters little you know, but you should just rather drink a beer with us when we pass on to you ! DOOM !


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* Eyes gas storage as future product to trade
* Limited supply, lack of open access to pipeline may curb prospects
* Storage shortage remains a hurdle - analyst
By Chen Aizhu
CHONGQING, China, March 22 (Reuters) - China's Chongqing gas exchange is tapping state producers to allocate supplies to boost liquidity ahead of a planned launch by mid-year, while setting its sights on the country's underground gas storage as a future trading product.
The exchange, China's latest attempt to develop a traded gas market, is aiming to launch its first contract of pipeline gas by the middle of the year, a timeline slightly behind expectations, exchange officials told Reuters this week.
The request for providing liquidity to the exchange was made at a meeting in early March hosted by the National Development & Reform Commission, the main government umbrella for establishing the Chongqing exchange, executives said.
"All is set ready (for the launch)...we've completed the contract design, the trading rules and cleared regulatory approval," said Song Dacai, chairman of the exchange's supervisory committee. He said over 500 participants have been approved for trading.
"We're communicating with national oil companies over supply allocations they are able to put on the exchange," said Song.
The planned launch comes after the world's No.3 gas consumer experienced a serious supply crunch over the past winter. Suppliers struggled to keep homes warm and factories running amid a massive government-led gasification push.
State-run producers, namely PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC, are expected to make nominations, including annual, monthly and weekly volumes. The companies did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
However, the allocations could be a challenge in a tight market, as companies will need to first meet existing demand before they can allocate excess supplies to the new exchange, analysts said.
"Beijing will need to allow open access to the state- controlled pipelines and storage facilities to generate active trade on the exchange," said Chen Zhu, managing director with consultancy SIA Energy.
The Shanghai Oil and Gas Exchange, a competitor launched in 2015, failed to attract much liquidity during most of its first few years of trade because of a lack of mechanism for producers to provide volumes to trade.
Also, more storage is needed. China's current gas storage working capacity is barely able to supply 4 percent of its total consumption, way below the international average of 10-12 percent. (Reporting by Chen Aizhu Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)


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Good food or quick delivery is no longer sufficient for QSRs to survive in today's highly competitive environment. Building customer loyalty and generating brand engagement by creating positive customer experience is now a requirement, not a luxury. Here's why.Beyond taste buds: changing consumer behaviours
The world of fast food was rocked this October, when a report from the Wall Street Journal revealed that only one in five millennials has ever eaten a Big Mac. This news should make both established and emerging QSRs tremble in their boots. Their most loyal consumers—the ones which evidence suggests comprise the bulk of all corporate revenue— are abandoning ship. What are the reasons for that, and how can the industry stem the tide?
When it comes to fast casual and quick service restaurants, the number of choices has never been greater. When choosing a place to eat, picky consumers now take into account factors as diverse as corporate social responsibility, locally sourced ingredients, overall in-store experience, healthy items and special diets. Good food and quick service alone are no longer enough to make the cut.
According to no less a source than Gartner, "customer experience is the last source of sustainable differentiation." In other words, the food you serve people matters less than the way you serve them. Of course, the QSR industry no stranger to this idea, but in an age where many customer loyalty strategies have already been tried, food vendors should think differently in order to win big.
It costs 500% more to attract new consumers than it does to keep the ones who are already engaged with your brand. At the same time, repeat customers spend 67% more. There is no wonder that restaurants strive to create long-term relationships with consumers by building sophisticated loyalty programs.
Loyalty programs have gone a long way since the invention of the punch card ("visit eight times and your ninth meal is free!"), but they still have the same basic problems. Consumers end up loyal to the program, not the restaurant. A recent study shows that while over 80 percent of consumers in a loyalty program participate because of the value of the reward, only 16 percent end up becoming loyal to the brand itself. Clearly, a new approach is needed.
The importance of positive emotions for customer loyalty cannot be underestimated. The Bond Brand Loyalty report 2016 discloses the extent to which participants deem the experience in and of itself, enjoyable is one of the key drivers of customer loyalty.
If consumers associate positive experiences with waiting in line, does it really matter how long they have to wait? If you engage consumers on-location through their mobile devices, while they wait to be served, the length of their perceived wait time suddenly becomes much shorter. With gamified experiences you not only reduce perceived wait times, but make consumers enjoy the time spent in your restaurant.
Encouraging consumers to play a game that involves your brand helps them associate the brand with fun and positive experiences. These games can also integrate with a rewards program—allowing consumers to earn rewards while they wait, instead of just when they purchase food. This strategy will create more loyalty than simple transaction-based rewards.
Gamified experiences are going to be one of the most positive ways for QSRs to differentiate themselves as the industry continues to diversify. QSRs will be able to build customer loyalty quickly, without the expense of a fresh food pipeline, or the quality concerns of a short wait time. For more information on how gamification is shaking up the QSR industry, click here to sign up to SCREEMO blog
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Queensland boating identity and Maritimo production loses battle to cancer.
The Queensland boating industry is mourning the loss of boating identity Phil Frazer, who last week lost his battle with cancer.
The Maritimo production manager had recently been named Maritimo employee of the decade at a special company event hosted by founder Bill Barry-Cotter at Sanctuary Cove early in September. Frazer had worked with Barry-Cotter since Maritimo began 10 years ago, and had previously worked beside him at Riviera.
Maritimo sales and marketing manager Greg Haines said the "hands-on boating fanatic" would be sadly missed at Maritimo and by all those who knew or worked with him.
"Phil and Bill had a unique relationship and he had a special ability to get down on paper and formalize a lot of the conceptualization that Bill would talk about," he said.
"Phil came to Maritimo at the start and worked on the design and production of the M60 cruising motoryacht which was born from some sketches on a paper napkin at a lunch. "That napkin was later framed and given to Bill as a memento."
Haines said Frazer was an extremely efficient production manager and was renowned for his rapid prototype development and the speed at which he could progress things through the factory. He is survived by his partner Deb, four children and four grandchildren.
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Well, hello there! I'm Sam Lansky — writer, pop music enthusiast, and professional plastic bag drifting through the wind. It's Thursday, and you know what that means: It's time for another round of Pop Think!
This week, I'll be discussing the legacy of Katy Perry's record-smashing, wig-snatching album, Teenage Dream, which might just amass its sixth (!) No. 1 single if "The One That Got Away" tops the charts as her last five singles have.
Is your heart racing in your skintight jeans yet? Good! Now clean up that melted Popsicle and let your colors burst, because after more than a year, this teenage dream is still going strong.
Has one album been more dominant on radio in the last year than Katy Perry's Teenage Dream? Since its release in August 2010, Katy's sophomore album has spawned a spectacular five consecutive No. 1 singles -- "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework," "E.T.," and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." It comes as no surprise, given that the album is an undeniable monster, crafted with the industry's top producers -- Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Stargate, Tricky Stewart. It's also devastatingly infectious, with a solid-gold collection of pop smashes.
Katy was already well-established as a radio-slaying act after her 2008 debut One of the Boys went platinum and ushered in megahits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot N Cold." But there must be some special magic in an album like Teenage Dream, which, if new single "The One That Got Away" tops the Hot 100, would break the record she currently shares with Michael Jackson for the artist with the most consecutive No. 1 hits from one album. Even if über-producer Dr. Luke is the closest thing to a surefire hit machine that exists in today's music industry -- even he isn't entirely immune to the fickle conditions of the pop market -- an album needs more than just catchy hooks to achieve the kind of success that Katy has with Teenage Dream. Something has to strike a singular chord with the listening public to reach that pinnacle of unparalleled achievement.
And clearly it has, even though Teenage Dream is a curious record, thematically. Sonically, it's consistent -- furiously hook-driven pop-rock with a thunderous dance influence -- but lyrically, these singles cover a lot of ground. There's the wistful jubilance of the title track, the heartrending nostalgia of "The One That Got Away," the frivolous fun of "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and "California Gurls," the uncanny lust of "E.T.," and the "it gets better" self-empowerment message of "Firework" -- a more diverse collection of ideas than is represented in many pop albums, to be sure. One thing is certain, though -- if there's a unifying theme represented on Teenage Dream, it's right there in the title. This is an album about youth: its joys, its miseries and its tragic brevity.
+ Read more about Katy Perry's teenage dreams after the jump.
This is a sentiment to which Katy herself has alluded in promoting the album, but to unpack that theme a little further, I went straight to the source: The songwriter Bonnie McKee, who co-wrote the title track on Teenage Dream, as well as "California Gurls" and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." Bonnie, it should be noted, is a supremely gifted vocalist in her own right, as well as the brilliant popsmith behind singles such as Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" and Taio Cruz's "Dynamite." Bonnie's 2004 album, Trouble, penned entirely by Bonnie herself when she was in her early teens, is an astonishingly precocious (and criminally underrated) set of soulful pop-rock gems that remains on heavy rotation for me even now, seven years after its initial release. But in recent years, Bonnie has enjoyed a career as one of mainstream pop's most reliable songwriters, and her work on Teenage Dream is some of her finest to date.
"It was inspired by the teenage condition," Bonnie told me of Katy's album. "[Katy and I] both had an obsession with that time in our lives. We have a mutual fascination with the bleachers and the prom and all of the things that we never got to have." The fact that Bonnie referenced the bleachers and the prom struck me -- those are such concrete, specific images, as are so many of the most memorable lyrics on Teenage Dream, whether it's the tender stuff, like building a fort out of sheets in "Teenage Dream" and making out in a guy's Mustang to Radiohead in "The One That Got Away," or sunkissed skin and bikinis on top in "California Gurls" and pink flamingos in the pool in "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." Whereas many lyricists rely upon abstractions, on Teenage Dream, Katy uses the highly personal and specific to access a universal narrative about being young and -- pick one! -- happy, heartbroken, drunk, angry or in love.
But I think it's those contradictions that makes Katy's music so relatable. "'California Gurls' and 'Last Friday Night' are naughtier and more rebellious, and then 'Teenage Dream' and 'The One That Got Away' are more vulnerable," Bonnie said. "But that's why Katy Perry is such a huge star. She can be a vixen and put on little costumes with a wink and a smile, but she can also be so honest and vulnerable." It's true that there's an honesty in a song like "Teenage Dream" that's emotionally riveting -- the first month of its release, I would tear up almost every time I heard it (although, as my fellow Buzzworthy contributor Bradley Stern has noted before, 90 percent of my musical memories revolve around crying while listening to a particular song). But it's also just that youth is one of those themes, like love or loss, that never goes out of style -- and so a concept album about the glorious fleetingness of youth, in all its rowdy drama and emotional complexity, is an album that's sure to succeed.
Because between drinking to blackout and sporting Daisy Dukes with bikinis on top, there's something complicated and substantial in these lyrics. "It's so easy, with pop music, to be shallow," Bonnie told me. "But Katy keeps her heart in her music." Teenage Dream, like youth itself, is messy, outrageous, silly and occasionally very profound -- and that's a damn good reason to keep playing it.
Sam Lansky is a writer and editor from New York City. He goes hard for Swedish pop music, "Real Housewives" GIFs and juice. Follow him on Twitter or Tumblr.


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I do not quite know when it happened, but I know that it has, and sadly it means everything I had on my previous website is gone :/ apparently I hadn't paid for my hosting services, so there! I am back to square one.
I had quite a few promos for books, interviews with authors, and a character as well… I will look into getting those back except for the release blitzes because they would be pointless now.
If any of my author friends have on their website, a review that was done by me, could you please let me know I will put those up on my blog ASAP! 🙂
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May 19, 2017
Bermuda LV America's Cup 35 Qualifiers Schedule: 7 Days to Go
On Friday May 26th Oracle will face Groupama Team France.
Is key to remark that the defender will be participating in these LV series, fact which will bring them even more advantage to fine tuning their defense, nothing to lose for them on the LV series, just huge gains.
Many are asking where to to watch, check americascup.com/en/where-to-watch.html and select your country. The app is rather useless and not working in zones where rights are taken (but sometimes not used by TV broadcasters).
From what we've seen, thanks only to MyislandhomeBDA efforts, its going to be a blast, boats looks super responsive and fast, AC72s look old panzer tanks compared to the AC50s. Hope for Ainslie to get some speed going, if not I go for Artemis & New Zealand for the LV finals, but Team Japan joint development with Oracle and great sailors onboard , like Barker & Draper (Waterhouse also part of the team) could surprise.
- Watch Barker's short interview by Americas Cup press: Barker weights on past Cup and preview of Bermuda
- Coutts 'vlog' : Practice Races are over
LV Qualys , full schedule click pic above or go to americascup.com/en/ac35-schedule.html
Friday May 26th
Race 1: USA vs France
Race 2: Sweden vs Japan
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Race 13: GBR vs France
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Hi, I'm Ed. I've been a big TMBG fan since the early 2000s, though I suspect I had tendencies to like them even as a young kid. Like so many others, I remember the Tiny Toons videos, but I honestly don't think I can claim solid fandom until signing up for the old Yahoo! music service called LAUNCHcast. Curiously, one of the first TMBG songs it played was "They Might Be Giants," and I remember thinking something like, "How cool must these guys be to name a song after themselves?" It didn't take long for me to realize that I "got" TMBG, and it's been gold from there.
I bought Flood and then Mink Car soon after that, as it was the most recent accessible release at the time. And the rest, as they say, is history. It also bears mentioning that I watched Clarissa Explains It All back in the day, and she had posters of the Johns and of Flood that I didn't notice or know about...until someone posted them on the tumblr. SO SUBLIMINAL!!!
In February 2015, I gave a presentation on TMBG as part of Nerd Nite Orlando. It got a very nice reception! You can see photo highlights and all of my PowerPoint slides here. The band has also acknowledged my talk on their tumblr page.
Since I'm a Florida fan, TMBG don't come around all that often. I've made it to three shows:
- February 2012, where I took this cruddy photo (against the rules, natch)
- April 2016, by which time I'd upgraded to a smartphone and got this amazing photo that was totally legit
- January 2018, with no dip in quality whatsoever
Among these three shows, there were only 7 songs in common to all three (the big ones you'd expect). Some others were repeated but overall that means I've heard 69 unique songs! That is so cool.
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I have my own tumblr as "MisterMe83", which is the name I wish I had chosen when I started on this wiki. I don't post all that much but you can check it out here. Quite a few of my submissions to TMBG's tumblr page have been accepted by the moderator, even before I started my own tumblr. You can see all the things I sent in here. I'm particularly proud of my Ode to Dial-A-Song 2015.
If you feel like it, check out the following pages:
- My brainpower-laden TMBW taglines attempts can be found here.
- Onomatopoeia & Pointing - some song themes I created!
- "Dizzy TMBG" - an amazing poem by another fan
- John Linnell's Human Hair (and the rather humorous Music For Dead People fake album page, which may or may not exist at any given point in time)
- This completely awesome photo, which you can find in a clearer form here. (It has to be a coincidence that "TMBG" and "TMNT" are both four-letter acronyms that begin with TM, right?!?!)
- Other Bands You Might Like If You Like TMBG
- This, uh, fancy graphic I made to show how song ratings here on the wiki seem to be slanted towards Mr. Linnell...


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I self-care for my horses on a property owned by someone else. He provides shelter, storage and a water pump but I have to do all the rest. Anyway, once a day I go out, rain or shine, snow or tornado, to feed and water my three horses – the retired Thoroughbred and the two mini-ponies (the young horse is still at the trainers and hopefully will be sold by June).
I have several options on how to get to the barn. I've been trying to listen to my intuition and let my impulse-of-the-moment guide me on which direction. About 50% of the time I am rewarded with an animal sighting.
Coming back last Friday, a pair of mated hawks (I think the pair who were scanning for prey low to the field), crossed my path – three times – before veering off. My impression was a message was on its way to me (not anything horrible or bad, just something).
When I was laid up Saturday in bed, Grenwinae came in to tell me that Coopers Hawk was sitting on the peak of the structure built over the back gate.
After a very long dry spell we made 6 sales in 24 hours. I'm not sure Hawk would concern himself with letting me know that all would be okay or if something else is on the horizon.
As it is the horse situation continues to be unsettled and thus irritating to me who likes to make decisions and move onwards.
My Appaloosa is at the trainers. I have confidence he will do a fine job with her but I had the unpleasant shock that, after having a horse dentist examine and work on her, that her mouth was pretty fucked up – this means my long trusted vet was wrong when she told me all was fine with my horses' mouth.
This means I will need to switch vets. It means the person who has known me for 10 years has proved to be unreliable and not to be trusted. And it has proved to me once again that horse people are so full of shit.
Where I keep my horses, the resident (who rents the house and who is supposed to do nominal work around the place) is supposedly feeding the other horse who is out there. This horse is another geriatric like my Thoroughbred gelding and I have already complained twice to the landowner that the horse is getting thin.
Now let's get you up to speed. This resident was the one who told me last summer that he "hates people who don't take care of their horses." This is the guy (and his wife) who left a Bible tract on my car once we put on the Coexistence sticker. It's the jackass who told me not to "park on the lawn" and whose wife came out and yelled at me because "she and her husband are taking care of this place!!" (Later the landowner called me and apologized – of course I'm going to park on the grass when I unload feed, such as six bags at 50# a bag, dumbass).
This is the guy who fed my horses for a long weekend (when we were gone) and who I thought lied about how much he had done. Call me suspicious but I have been at many barns so I keep a very close eye on all the lying shenanigans that is done when it comes to my horses.
This horse is getting thinner and thinner. He had one round bale put out all winter – that has been gone for a month. I am feeding him a scoop of high fat food over the fence (and sneaking to do that because I'm sure the resident asshole would report me to the landowner) and the horse is looking pretty thin.
I can't afford to feed him any more and I've been hoping that his owner or the owners' farrier would come out – or if the owner is no longer feeding the horse at all – that the landowner would call and complain to the horse owner. But nope.
So once my young horse sells, I'll be moving the Old horse off to some other full-care retirement home until we get our own land. The ponies are pretty much once a week visit to check in as they are pretty self-care already so could remain where they are.
So now with ice on the streets I have to go over 10 miles of back country road to feed one horse because the guy who lives on the property is a total dumbass.
The whole situation is a ticking time-bomb and in my experience, if I complain any further I'm likely to be told to leave. Complaining twice was already taking a risk of being told to STFU and get off the property. I can't afford to move the Old Guy into full care until the Young Gal sells so I'm circling the airport…waiting.


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In Memoriam Murphy
Whoever Loveth Me, Loveth My Hound
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
One sunny Saturday afternoon I was walking with my two Kerry Blue Terriers, Murphy and Maggie, off their leashes in the park when a wedding party appeared on the scene and set up for photo shoots. The long flowing ash blond hair of the bride and her white silk and lace embroidered wedding dress lent an air of serene beauty to the milieu. Admiring the scene while the cameramen set up their equipment, Murphy, in his usual friendly manner walked over to the bride and began to sniff around the base of the cathedral train with dogged determination. After a few seconds of watching my curly black terrier do his thing I started to feel ill at ease, when suddenly he lifted his leg up high and piddled down the side of her silk dress. Stunned silence followed. The men in the party started shouting at me. I thought to myself: "Did this just happen?" Indeed it did. Reacting quickly, I hooked both leashes onto the dogs' collars and headed out of the park at lightening speed, and not in the direction of my house. With terriers always expect the unexpected. Murphy was no exception.
Murphy was my man, my companion and my soul mate. He was without a doubt the most affectionate dog I have ever known. When he was in a kissy mood which was often he would wrap his legs around your neck and proceed to kiss you all over your face. He learned quickly whose faces he could slobber kisses over and whose were forbidden! Whether on the sofa or on the bed Murphy was the one to thump down beside you and push you over towards the end. Many a morning I would wake up with a leg dangling over the bedside.
Over the years we spent many hours hiking together from the Bruce Trail north of Toronto to the trails in Stowe, Vermont and more recently to the northern
tip of Newfoundland where we walked the breathtaking coastal hiking trails around St. Anthony, one of my favourite places on earth. Murphy loved
new cities. A resident of Montreal he was my travelling buddy visiting such cities as Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, St. John`s, Cornerbrook and Quebec
City. The Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal and The Eastern townships south were second homes to us for many seasons.
Murphy was a lesson to us all as he maintained his physical fitness state and his agility in catching and keeping tennis balls in his mouth. Many puppy antics remain embedded in my mind from dragging toilet paper around the house to the emptying of baskets and distributing their contents on the floor. Ugh! His curiosity in the basket area never faded as I recall him sticking his head in the recycling box a short time ago and throwing the papers all over the porch.
Aging is an inevitable process for humans and canines. I have always told myself that my dogs would not suffer needlessly because I believe it is not about us but about them. Murphy turned thirteen then fourteen this past April 21st. He was well, slower for sure but still enjoying all his favourite pursuits and people. In the beginning of August he started to become disinterested in life`s activities and his mobility declined. One day he was lying on his bed and did not want to get up. He looked up at me with those huge brown eyes and I knew. He never had to get up because my veterinarian and friend put him to sleep peacefully at home while he lay in my lap with my two other Kerries snuggled in close beside us.
I do not need to tell you dog lovers how much I will miss my Murphy. You know. I am left with a lifetime of wonderful memories. My last words to this great dog were simply; ``Thank you Murphy``.


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- There were a lot of emotional moments at Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert.
- One of them was a school choir singing Grande's "My Everything."
- One choir member shared a duet with Grande that pulled everyone's heart strings.
It was already an emotional night at Ariana Grande's Manchester benefit show, with empowering speeches and performances from several of her famous peers and the singer herself throughout. But it was one of her smallest, little-known guests who stole the show, and everyone's hearts: Grande invited Manchester's Parrs Wood High School choir to the stage to sing "My Everything," re-creating their viral performance of the song at a tribute following the Manchester attack.
This time, one of their youngest members got to duet with Grande in a moment that left not a dry eye in the house. Watch the touching performance above.