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Radio Show 214 Thursday June 29, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
Radio Show 213 Thursday June 22, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
Tonight's local music radio show on WBKM 107.1FM Thursday June 22nd will run from 9-11pm US Eastern time and will go as follows:
Song before: You've Got Time – Regina Spektor
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. Phish became so huge that a lot of people think of Burlington as a host to many jam bands, which we certainly have plenty, but we also have lots of diverse artists and some even think your song is too long.
1.) Your Song's Too Long – Mr. Ray Fork
2.) Tell Me No – Clever Girls
3.) Fast – Chin Ho
4.) Terrarium – Vedora
I miss Vedora. What a beautiful song. Chin put a ton of music into our community in the 90's. Nice rocker from the Girls. Ray Fork, you've just got to love him. OK, here is the next song on Camera.
5.) Dead End Street – 1881
6.) Small Town Movie – The Cush
7.) Bloodboy – Barbacoa
8.) Off To Be On – Near North
Cool song by the Vermont band. I should really try and catch up with them soon. Classic cover of the Envy song by Barbacoa. Bill Mullins and Kirk Flanagan from the band will play at Foam Brewers tomorrow as the Idles. Classic song from the Cush. Great song from 1881. This next set of music has a universal theme. It begins with not being able to get by, even though you are in the show.
9.) Soul Piggy Bank – SWALE
10.) I Got A Job – Maryse Smith
11.) Paycheck – Slingshot Dakota
12.) I Need A Raise – Cave Bees
13.) Rejected – Black Rabbit
14.) I Quit – Blotto
With the setup from the first song, I think you can see the flow of the theme from the song titles. Great songs, each and every one of them. OK, let's keep rocking.
15.) Lion Tamer – Carraway
16.) Parking Lot – Villanelles
17.) Silence Kills – Secret Heliotropes
18.) Just Another Day – The Nancy Druids
I had to play that one because of the lion tamer reference. Cool songs from Heliotropes, Villanelles and Carraway. This next song is just great.
19.) Haze – gneiss
20.) Bury Me – Forest Gray
21.) Harvest Moon – Silver Bridget
22.) Easy Come – Split Tongue Crow
Great song from the Rutland band. Bridget are so wonderful. I caught up with Forest Gray at Radio Bean last Sunday and he put on a delightful show as always. Gneiss are at Martell's in Jefforsonville tomorrow. OK, time to keep rocking.
23.) Spit N Fire Blues – Joe Adler & The Rangers Of Danger
24.) Showdown At The Blue Moon Hotel – Jerichovox
25.) Sequoia 3 – Binger
Great rocker by the very thoughtful band that Facebook won't let me tag. Jerichovox are from Jericho VT and play cool songs. That song by Joe Adler and the band was recorded live at Nectar's. OK, let's keep rocking.
26.) Flypaper – Persian Claws
27.) Light's Of Montreal – Lobot
28.) Strawberry Blonde – Dino Bravo VT
29.) Nowhere Feels Like Home – Fire the Cannons
Cannons only existed for a couple of years but left us with some great songs. Dino will be at The Monkey House on Sunday with some other musicians to raise money for a good cause, so you should Show Up. Lobot were so much fun, and so were the Claws. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we?
Songs after:
Poet's Moon – Fish
Dogs At The Door – Milton Busker
Bird In A Gale – Roger Waters
Bird On The Sea – The New Siberians
Ocean's Apart – Roger Waters
Song About The Ocean – Dino Bravo
I Didn't know That You Were A Wizard – Colin Nicholas Clary
Be My Hero – October Project
Joan Crawford (live) – Blue Oyster Cult
Megaphone – Joshua Glass Music
Radio Show 212 Thursday June 15, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
Tonight's local music radio show will run from 9-11pm June 15th and can be heard on 107.1FM or from the Facebook page of WBKM and will go as follows,
Song before: I Don't Remember – Peter Gabriel
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. It's been a beautiful week of warm and hot sunny days so let's head to the beach.
1.) Beach Song – Mr. Ray Fork
2.) A Walk On Ballard Beach – The High Breaks
3.) I Wanna Be A Lifeguard – Blotto
4.) Blue Sky – Black Rabbit
5.) Lovely Day – gneiss
It's been so nice to have so many lovely days lately. Gneiss are at Red Square tonight. There has been lots of blue sky lately and Rabbit sing such a cool song about it. They played a great show last Friday at The Monkey House. I remember seeing Blotto a couple of times at Hunts a long time ago. Great song from the Breaks. Now that Phil has taken the Affiliates joke to Chicago, it's time for us to embrace the Ray Fork joke. OK, let's play the next song on Camera.
6.) Shortcuts – 1881
7.) Miranda – Ninja Custodian
8.) Voodoo Camaro – Wide Wail
9.) Windows down – Lendway
It's the perfect time to drive around with the windows down, perhaps in a magical camero. Classic song from Ninja. I'm working my way through the set of EP's from 1881 called Lights, Camera, and Action song by song, week by week. OK, last Saturday I joined the Friends of Jim's Basement and saw these next four bands.
10.) Winnebago – Ellen Degenerates
11.) Goner – REDadmiral
12.) Shark – Greaseface
13.) Fruity Pebbles (Legend Of The Samurai) – Shred Flintstone
14.) Cross Country – Steven Wright
I want to thank Higher Ground for sponsoring us at WBKM and for bringing Mr Wright to the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts tomorrow, and for all of the other great music they bring to our community all the time. Great song from the New Jersey band with such a great name. Flintstone rocked hard in Jim's basement last week. Greaseface also put on a brilliant show that night. Admiral have stripped down to more of a acoustic band and were cool last Saturday too. Ellen closed that show nicely. OK, let's play another Burlington classic.
15.) Wally Rides The Ferry – Zoot Wilson
16.) Fly On The Wall – Zola Turn
17.) Heartbreak Baby – Villanelles
18.) Can't Feel It – Vetica
Great song from Vetica. Heartbreak rocks hard. Same for Zola. Such a fun song from Zoot. OK, let's go out for a ride.
19.) Freeway – Totally Submerged
20.) The Mime – Joe Adler
21.) I Am A Hatchet – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
22.) Freeway – David Rosane & The Zookeepers
Such a great song from David. It's sad to see Phil Yates move to Chicago but at least he and the band played a blistering show at the Monkey House last Friday. I'm sure we will see him again. Joe's been playing around lately in his new band a.m. rejoice which I seem to keep missing. It's hard to miss Submerged since they play all around Vermont all the time. OK, let's keep up the theme with a song about the ocean.
23.) Song About The Ocean – Dino Bravo VT
24.) Sober – Vedora
25.) In The Rain – Plan B
Plan are a classic Burlington band from the '80's. I love how huge that song is. I always loved it when Vedora played Sober and Matt went way off on guitar. Hmmm, song about the ocean. Hmmmm. OK, there's not much time left so let's keep rocking.
26.) Jackbooted Thugs (Have All The Best Drugs) – Anders Parker
27.) Something I Drew – farm
28.) Mr Reed – Seth Yacovone Band
Great rocker from Seth Yacovone and the guys. Classic song from Farm who played in the 2000's. Great rocker from Anders. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we?
Songs after:
Sunsets On Empire – Fish
Who Are These Gods? – Dam Kat
La Villa Strangiato (live) – RUSH
Oh You! – You're You! – Ruckzuck
Above My Ground – Landlady
Detroit Rock City – Kiss
On And On – Michael Schenker
It'll Be OK – Let's Whisper
Sign Of The Gypsy Queen (live) – April Wine
Waiting For The World To End – The Depth and the Whisper
Revenge Of Vera Gemini – The Contrarian
Happy X-mas (War Is Over) – Joshua Glass Music
regular programming.
Radio Show 211 Thursday June 8, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
Tonight's local music radio show on 107.1FM WBKM will run from 9-11pm US Eastern time June 8, 2017 and will go as follows:
Song before: I Will Dare – The Replacements
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. It was a rainy week but the last couple of days have been beautiful and sunny and this town is filled to the brim with jazz. Tonight's show will be a jazz free zone. Let's begin with a new wispy piece of music from one of the classic bands in town.
1.) Here's Where You Were – SWALE
2.) She Has Your Name – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
3.) Bulldozer – The Zero Likes
4.) Nightingale – 1881
That is the next song from Lights, Camera, Action and is the first song on the Camera EP. Great song. Zero Likes feature Doug McAllister from Ninja Custodian and Doug just sent me that a couple of days ago. Thanks!! Great song by Phil Yates and the band. Phil is moving on to Chicago soon and will play one more show tomorrow at The Monkey House. I will be thee. Hmmm, Swale. OK, last night I went over to Robot Dog Studio and recorded an interview with live songs from Dino Bravo. I want to thank Ryan Cohen for doing the sound, Jeff Arbor for helping to set up and Tom Wolf for doing video. Here we go.
5.) Sugar Coated Candy Stix – Dino Bravo VT
6.) Strawberry Blonde – Dino Bravo
7.) Crime Scene – Dino Bravo
8.) A Song About The Ocean – Dino Bravo
Thanks for rocking us nice and hard Dino! They mentioned they have an upcoming show with The Dirty Blondes so let's play one of their songs.
9.) Yayo – Dirty Blondes
10.) Whiskey High – Swillbillie
11.) Too Good – Black Rabbit
12.) Ninjas Vs Zombies (Let's Keep Our Heads) – Phil Yates
I'm happy for Phil but sad that he won't be playing around all the time anymore. I've enjoyed many shows over the years and have played his music on my radio show since the second one I did in March of 2013. Black Rabbit will play the show with them tomorrow over at the Monkey House. I think Swillbillie will play the upcoming Nectar's show with Dino and the Blondes. OK, this next band are in town tomorrow night for a show at Jim's basement.
13.) Two Weeks ('Til The End Of The World) – Grand
14.) On A Sunday – Screaming Broccoli
15.) Paint It Black – Silver Bridget
16.) Could You Be The One? – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
Another classic from Phil and the band. Great cover of the Stones song by Bridget. Broccoli played back in the late '80's in Burlington and were lots of fun. Grand are so much fun. I really like a lot of Phil's songs but he and the band have played many shows with some really fun bands and I got to know them because of Phil. Here are a couple.
17.) Sparks – The Color Exchange
18.) Jessie – Danny LeFrancois and The Parts
19.) Tropa – YURT
20.) Flicker (Song For Clara) – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
Another great Phil song. Phil and the band played with Yurt at the Monkey House in July of 2016. They played with The Parts at Manhattan Pizza and Pub in January of this year. They played with Color Exchange at Nectar's in 2015. This next band also played that show.
21.) This Machine – Invisible Homes
22.) Place ov Dead Roads – Casey Merlin Rae
23.) The Light – Kat Wright
24.) Grass is Always Greener – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
That one features Raph Worrick on the keys. Great rocking song from Kat and the band. Their guitar player, Bob Wagner, is joining Seth Yacovone Band tonight at Nectar's for a band they are calling Water For Gasoline. That's a brand new song from Casey Merlin Rae, who is living in Washington DC but comes back to play now and then. Great song from Homes. OK, there is not much time left so let's play a few more songs as we say goodbye to the mighty and wonderful Phil Yates.
25.) Burn Burn Burn – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
26.) Burn It Down, Bernadette – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
27.) Might As Well Settle – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
28.) Little French Earthquakes – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
Thanks again Phil!! I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we?
29.) Sayonara – Black Rabbit
Songs after:
Clock Moves Sideways (live) – Fish
Waiting For the World To End – The Depth and the Whisper
It'll Be OK – Let's Whisper
Orange Like Water – The Cush
Afraid Of Sunlight – Marillion
Fractured Mirror – Ace Frehley
The Revenge Of Vera Gemini – The Contrarian
Aura – The Church Band
Sign Of The Gypsy Queen (live) – April Wine
Margaret (live) – Marillion
Black 17 – The New Siberians
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (live) – Leonard Cohen
What's In California? – Joshua Glass Music
regular programming
Radio Show 210 Thursday June 1, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
Tonight's local music radio show will stream at WBKM and can be heard over the air at 107.1FM. It will run from 9-11pm US Eastern time and will go as follows:
Song before (Then Came The) Last Of May – Blue Oyster Cult
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. Let's begin tonight with a woman who has come to town for years to share her music with us. Here is the brand new song she just released.
1.) Walkabout – Sarah Blacker & New England Groove Association
2.) Mama – Ivamae
3.) Powder – The New Siberians
4.) Lovely Day – gneiss
That song makes me so happy. I hope it does the same for you. Great song from the Siberians debut album from a few years ago. Ivamae are so wonderfully talented. Great new song from Sarah. OK, here is the next song from Lights Camera Action and is the last song on the Lights EP.
5.) Sleepwalker – 1881
6.) Just Another Day – The Nancy Druids
7.) Alan's Garden – Ruckzuck
8.) Last Day Of May – The Red Telephone
Today is the first of June so I thought that would be appropriate to play. After seeing Ruckzuck so much last week, I'm still pretty enthralled with them and wanted to play Garden again. Great rocker from Nancy and wonderful song about insomnia from 1881. That's a lot of sheep to count. OK, I almost saw this band last Tuesday at Light Club Lamp Shop but I worked just late enough to miss them
9.) Sri Lanka – Ellen Degenerates
10.) I Will – Camp Howard
11.) The Field – The Dead Shakers
12.) Look At The Lilacs – Binger
The lilacs around town have begun to fade but what a show they have put on for the last couple of weeks. I missed Ellen at the show last week, but did catch Howard and Shakers and really enjoyed both. OK, here is a song that really speaks about Burlington Vermont.
13.) Feel The Bern – Violint Wednesday
14.) There's A Problem – Mr. Doubtfire
15.) Ornan – Dirty Blondes
16.) TFAY – Elephants of Scotland
I heard that John M Whyte has joined Ornan McLean in the Blondes and both play in Elephants so i had to play those two. Can't wait to see him play a show with them. Great songs from Doubtfire and Violint. There's a guy around town named Joe who makes and brings us lots of music. Here is one of his songs.
17.) Stratosphere – Joe Adler
18.) Forsythia – Cricket Blue
19.) Day Of The Dead – Hana Zara
20.) 45 (live) – Clever Girls
Such a complex and beautiful song from the Girls. Great song from the enchanting Hana Zara. Cricket are so wonderful and so is Joe. OK, here is a Burlington classic.
21.) My Old Boyfriend – Wide Wail
22.) Ladybug – Ninja Custodian
23.) Always Monica/Down At The Duck – Chin Ho
24.) My Fear Of Losing You – Milton Busker
Great newish song from Milton. Classics from Chin, Ninja, and Wail. OK, here's a brand new song from Swale. They are just about to drop the new album There's No One Here and this is a breezy instrumental.
25.) Here's Where You Are – SWALE
26.) Every Last One Of Us – Swale
27.) Last Love – Myra Flynn Music
28.) Once Upon – Vedora
Classic song from Caroline Marie. Her band Steady Betty is playing around town for Jazzfest. Myra is playing at least one show and doing a songwriting workshop, which sounds cool, as part of the huge festival. Hmmm, Swale. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we?
Songs after:
The Field (live) – Fish
Waiting For The World To End – The Depth and the Whisper
Ball Of Confusion – Love And Rockets
The Old And The Young – MIDLAKE BAND
First Date – gneiss
Hymnalayas – Gong
Your Eyes – Forest Gray
Afterglow – Genesis
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Skateaway – Dire Straits
Kaleidoscope – Arc Iris
New York My Lovely – Joshua Glass Music
regular programming
Radio Show 209 Thursday May 25, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
gneiss at Robot Dog Studio pic by Jeff Arbor
Tonight's local music radio show will run from 9-11pm US Eastern time Thursday May 25th and can be heard on both sides of the Champlain Valley on 107.1FM or streamed here: WBKM It will go as follows:
Song before: Memories In Future Tense – The Church Band
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. I want to thank Higher Ground for sponsoring our station. Let's begin with an artist who played a delicate and beautiful show to a pin drop quiet audience at ArtsRiot last Saturday.
1.) True Hue – Ivamae
2.) Let me Be – Peter Burton
3.) Faded Movie Reel – Jeremy Gilchrist – Singer-Songwriter
4.) Agree To Disagree – 1881
That's the next song from Lights, Camera, Action, the album I'm playing all the way through, song after song, week after week. Great songs from Jeremy Gilchrist and Peter. Both were recorded live at Robot Dog Studio. Last night I brought the band Gneiss into Robot Dog for an interview and some songs. Let's listen to it now.
5.) Three Feels Right – gneiss
6.) Endless Sunkissed Lover – gneiss
7.) Lovely Day – gneiss
8.) Haze – gneiss
Thanks gneiss for playing such lovely music. Thanks to Ryan Cohen for making us sound great and Jeff Arbor for helping us out. OK there is a new group of people promoting music in our town called Noise Ordinance. They will bring a couple of cool artists to Foam Brewers including this one.
9.) Barstools (live) – Hammydown (Abbie Morin)
10.) The Coast – The High Breaks
11.) Just Another Day – The Nancy Druids
12.) Loose Tooth – Clever Girls
The Girls and Druids songs were recorded at Robot Dog also. The Breaks will be at Nectar's on Friday to help Josh Panda release his new album. It does not appear to be out yet, so hopefully I will have Josh's album for next week. Great song from Abbie. Last Saturday Ivamae opened the show at ArtsRiot and this next band recreated Joni Mitchell's Blue album. Here is one of their songs.
13.) Saturation Brain – Arc Iris
14.) There Are Bigger Men Than Me – Plastique Mammals
15.) They Try To Compose Themselves – serene – Floral Amoral
16.) Oh You! – You're You! – Ruckzuck
I got to see Ruckzuck play Monday at Nectar's then later at Radio Bean and I saw them Tuesday at The Monkey House. Mammals opened the Nectar's show and Amoral finished it. Amoral opened the Monkey House show. Thanks for visiting. See you next time? OK, this next band are back in town on Saturday at ArtsRiot.
17.) Dreaming Too Much – Alpenglow
18.) Sunflower Street – David L Jarvis
19.) The Naked Garden – Peg Tassey MUSIC
20.) Ex-Files – Better Things
Due to a technical glitch the gniess interview and songs played after Ex-Files but the show played in order on 107.1FM – TL
Better are playing a show on Sunday at Jim's Basement. With all the new music I'm playing tonight I thought I should throw in a couple of Burlington classics. Peg and Dave well qualify. Great songs. Hmmm, I love Alpenglow. OK, this next guy is playing his last show tomorrow at ArtsRiot.
21.) Old North Ender – James Kochalka
22.) The Road – Anders Parker
23.) Silver And Gold – Waylon Speed!
24.) Coming Up – Ruckzuck
25.) Future Shock – Ruckzuck
I thought I should play three of their songs since I saw them three times this week. Classic rocker from Waylon. Anders is just amazing. Thanks for all the music James! Reunion tour 2018??? OK, let's play a few more.
26.) So They Say – The New Siberians
27.) Every Last One Of Us – SWALE
28.) Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? – Bob Wagner and the Book 'Em Blues Band
Three great songs from three great bands. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we? Farewell.
29.) Sayonara – Black Rabbit
Songs after:
Raingods Dancing – Fish
Wake Up Call (Make It Happen) – Fish
Planet Caravan – Black Sabbath
Empire Of The Clouds – Iron Maiden
Heart Of The Sunrise – Yes
Higher And Higher – The Moody Blues
From Now On – Supertramp
River – Joni Mitchell
Love And Affection – Joan Armatrading
Not I – Andriana Chobot
In The Blue Light – jane siberry
Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
Megaphone – Joshua Glass Music
Radio Show 208 Thursday May 18, 2017 9-11pm Eastern US Time 107.1 FM and WBKM.ORG Leave a comment
Tonight's local music radio show will air on 107.1FM, can be streamed at WBKM and will run from 9-11pm US Eastern time Thursday May 18th. It will go as follows:
Song before: Oliver's Army – Elvis Costello
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds Of Burlington. I've got a bunch of new music to play for you tonight so let's dive in.
1.) Via Champlain – Some Hollow
2.) High Flying Bird – Anders Parker
3.) Dance Of The World – Satori Bob
4.) Science Fiction – Hana Zara
Great classic from Hana who enraptures crowds with that song. That's a brand new song from Satori. Their singer, John Baumann used to play around Burlington all the time so many years ago. Great new song from Anders. Hollow just put out the Green EP and it's really good. OK, here is the next song from Lights Camera Action.
5.) Sometime Next Week – 1881
6.) It'll Be OK – Let's Whisper
7.) Children Of The Stars – Madaila
8.) Great Escape – Jeremy Gilchrist – Singer-Songwriter
Jeremy just played a cool show at Light Club Lamp Shop from 7:15-8. It's such a pleasure to hear him. Great songs from Madaila and Whisper. 1881 are so much fun. OK, let's get a bit moody and spacey.
9.) Rainy Alley – Totally Submerged
10.) Jungle Rot – The Edd
11.) Alan's Garden – Ruckzuck
12.) Survey Says – Senders
Senders are so much fun. You should be their friend if you are not already. Ruckzuck will play some psychedelic rock on Monday at Nectar's and Radio Bean so that should be fun. That's a new song from The Edd. Submerged are playing acoustic on Saturday at Farnham Ale & Lager VT starting around 6. This next band just put out the What?!?!? album.
13.) Sin Is Funner – Swillbillie
14.) Tell Me No – Clever Girls
15.) Wing To Me – Alice Austin
16.) Say It – Anachronist
Great songs from Anachronist and the legendary Alice Austin. The Clever song was recorded live at Robot Dog Studio. Great fun song from Billie. This next band will be at ArtsRiot on Saturday.
17.) Paint With The Sun – Arc Iris
18.) The Feeling Is Strange Binger
19.) Complex Vermont – Self Portrait
20.) 2,000 – The Pants
That was a classic from Burlington's '90's. Nice song about VT from Portrait. Binger are so wonderful, even if Facebook will not let me tag them. Great song from Arc though they will be playing Joni Mitchell's Blue album so who knows if they will play any of their own songs. This next band play next Wednesday at The Monkey House.
21.) Bridge To Panda Chaos – Zeus Springsteen
22.) Sky – The Nancy Druids
23.) The Great Forgetter – The New Siberians
24.) Highway Brain – The Cush
They played a great version of that one at Waking Windows. Great song from the Siberians. The Druids song was recorded at Robot Dog by Ryan Cohen. Zeus should have a lot of music coming soon. It's been warm and hot and I've been driving with the windows down.
25.) Windows Down – Lendway
26.) Every Last One Of Us – SWALE
27.) ETI – The Contrarian
Great cover of the BOC song by Casey Merlin Rae. Swale are so amazing. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we?
Songs after:
Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors (live) – Fish
Lost In America – Alice Cooper
Jackbooted Thugs (Have All The Best Drugs) – Anders Parker
Ninjas Vs Zombies – Phil Yates
Tonite It Shows – Mercury Rev
All In My Mind – Love And Rockets
Carbon – Tori Amos
Cascade – Andriana Chobot
Strange Phenomena – Kate Bush
Gift Shop – The Tragically Hip
Grind – The Church Band
Dying Stars – Slingshot Dakota
It's Just A Ride – Bill Hicks
Man On The Side – Joshua Glass Music
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'All of us lost our jobs:' Food lines, tears and despair as layoffs mount
Josh Souder has slept only three or four hours a night since California issued a statewide stay-home order. Those hours are his only exhausted respite in the daily panic of losing thousands of dollars a day at his restaurants.
"It's just been a completely life altering experience from start to finish — and within a week," said Souder, speaking to CNN Business from The Drunken Crab restaurant in North Hollywood, California. "I mean, this is unbelievable. I'm worried about having a heart attack to be perfectly honest with you."
Souder estimates at the rate of loss at his restaurant, it will lose $250,000 a quarter, which forced him to lay off 75 employees in one day.
Souder's restaurant is a microcosm of the coronavirus' ravaging of an industry and a sign of what awaits other sectors of the U.S. economy.
In an open letter to President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the National Restaurant Agency estimated a drop in sales by "$225 billion during the next three months, which will prompt the loss of between five and seven million jobs."
Souder, director of operations at IE Entertainment Group — which owns The Drunken Crabs in North Hollywood, California, and Santa Barbara, California — is now one of a handful of workers at the main restaurant, mopping floors, taking calls and fulfilling take-out orders. He doesn't mind the work — he just wants to pay the 75 employees to do their jobs again.
"At first you're thinking about them. I feel horrible for them," said Souder, explaining the heartache of firing beloved staff. "And then they have to go and tell their family, 'I just got laid off.'"
One of the staffers Souder was forced to let go was Jay Bocken, the general manager at the North Hollywood restaurant.
"I called my wife over the phone and said, 'Honey, I'm on my way home.' And she just pretty much immediately knew," said Bocken.
Bocken, who is married and the father of two young boys, filed for unemployment the same day and has yet to hear back. Since his entire industry has ground to a halt, Bocken fears for his future and the United States' millions of service workers.
"People are not going to be able to support their families for more than two months," said Bocken. "It's going to hit every aspect of life and the government needs to react and help us get through this. That's the only way it's going to work, by putting money back in people's hands."
Both Bocken and Souder say without immediate intervention, the small businesses that fuel the U.S. economy will be wiped off the map.
"I understand that there are certain industries that may be more vital than others, but it needs to be fair and it needs to go out to everybody, as fast as possible. It needs to be done the right way and not through loans," said Souder, saying low interest loans only buries independent restaurants and stores under mountains of debt. "These businesses, if they do not receive help now, they will fail."
Financial ruin is the new nightmare that hovers for Tom Sopit, the owner and general manager of Employees Only, whose rent is $1,000 per day.
A hotspot in West Hollywood, Sopit's restaurant and bar opened for carry out, advertising on Instagram. Service workers wouldn't pay Sopit — they showed their pay stubs and walked away with a free, hot meal.
Sopit is calling it "family dinner."
"All of us lost our jobs," said Geri Courtney-Austein, standing in line waiting for her free dinner. "I didn't even think this kind of generosity existed."
What Sopit, who employs dozens of workers himself, didn't want Courtney-Austein to see is that he doesn't know how long any of this can last. He has a GoFundMe campaign to support the free staff dinners.
"The moment this happened we were going to dig ourselves in a hole regardless," said Sopit. Tears falling as he contemplated what the next hours will reveal, Sopit shared, "I'm concerned. All we can do is help each other."

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Increase Sexual DriveIts power to help raise available testosterone levels also makes it an invaluable option for men of all ages to increase sexual vitality.
About TestosteroneSome people don't consider taking Tongkat Ali in the mistaken belief that it actually contains testosterone. Tongkat Ali does not contain any testosterone. Instead it helps enable the body to naturally release existing but unusable "bound testosterone" so that the body can then make more immediate and beneficial use of it.
Recommended IntakeOne or two capsules per day.
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Tonvara Tongkat Ali is very good value and quality, I find it very effective. I would recommend this supplement.
Min handel med Tonvara gik fint og glat ingen problemer er fuld tilfreds. Leif
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Translation:I am fully satisfied with TonvaraMy trade with Tonvara went well and smooth with no problems.Leif
Lots of people sell this but only a few are any good , this brand is one of them
I have been starting it for one week and half without thinking it would work. I decided to take it with ajuga, a good diet and a good training. After one week I can see the difference. My muscles are more straight and I've started loosing fat. But I have 2 questions :- is it necessary to stop do the cycle ? (5 days to take and 2 days to stop)During how many times is it recommended to take the product without any risks ?
Thank you for your review Grégory,It is recommended to cycle Tongkat Ali as per the instructions on the pack label: Example: 5 days taking the product followed by 2 days not taking it. This avoids your body building a resistance to the ingredients that may lead to lower testosterone levels.Like all our supplements, this is an addition to your diet and as such, there are no known risks from long term use.
It has only been about a week and a half since I started using this product and I have only seen minimal increase in strength; however, I play soccer twice a week and did notice better stamina during the games. This item I am pairing with the AjugaTurk for maximum effects. I hope that when fully in effect I am able to give the product 5 stars.
As we have always said, genuine natural supplements can take time to produce their best benefits and combining Tongkat Ali with our exclusive AjugaTurk will definitely give you five star results :-)
It looked to me to be the same as SD-200 Genuine Tongkat Ali Extract 200:1 but without the exorbitant price. Thank You.J Steve
Our TA also has 50% more extract per capsule than SD-200 , so ours will probably work better as well as being a lot more affordable :-)
Before writing a review I wanted to really have a good try out period with this Tongkat, the effects that I get from this Tongkat is familliar to other adaptogenic herbs I have tried and you really notice the high potency with this one. I feel more grounded as I go about my day and feel like I can do physically more with slightly less effort. Takes a little while to build up if you dose normally with slightly dry mouth as side effect. I personally like to megadose this Tongkat too as that really brings out the interesting after effects that last days after (only much worse dry mouth which unfortunately last for days as well) 5/5 Top notch stuff, will only use periodically for my own personal needs.
Thanks for the positive review Robin - the dry mouth experience is not one we have come across before from any other users but I guess everyone's different :-)
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This is a very good product, it's work very well!!
First I really thank you very much David for his professional quality service. He always answer to my questions and mails with full details and informations about Tongkat Ali and Tonvara products! Great customer support!About the Tongkat Ali extract I can say it really works from day 1 of use from my own experience..I can feel a rise on motivation, energy, stamina, mood, with pump muscles while training and more blood flow on all the body! Recovery is better and the lean effect on body seems to be due to a high % Eurycomanone in this Tongkat Ali extract because it can act like an Aromatase Inhibitor.Definitely a wonderful Tongkat Ali extract product!Henri
Always happy to help Henri :-)
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text: People gather near burning tyres during a demonstration against forces loyal to Assad and calling for aid to reach Aleppo [REUTERS] When it comes to Syria it is easy to despair and hard to find solutions. The failure of the second US-Russian attempt at a ceasefire came a lot quicker than the first and was perhaps best symbolised by the images of the remains of 18 aid trucks burning just north of Aleppo. As all the main powers in the conflict blamed each other, the United Nations announced that it would be suspending its supply of aid to the country. As ever, civilians continue to carry the burden of the failure of political actors in what Samer Abboud calls in his new book "Syria" the "civilianisation of violence" in the conflict. Syria war key concern at UN General Assembly While the loss of face to Washington and Moscow may result in a fudge to save a semblance of respect over the failure of the ceasefire, the reality is that more radical ideas over what needs to happen in Syria should be put into play. Safe zones The long debate about "safe zones" in Syria has been made somewhat defunct by Turkey's Operation: Euphrates Shield. While this was ostentatiously concerned with going after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, Anakara's fears over the advance of Syria's Kurds saw them take large amounts of territory in the north of the country. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week that they have already secured 900 sq km and "may extend this area to 5,000 sq km as part of a safe zone". OPINION: Inside Bashar al-Assad's mind Whatever the rights, wrongs and interesting legal questions that surround Turkey's manoeuvres, could it be adopted by other actors to finally create an area in which fleeing Syrian civilians would be safe from harm? Whatever the rights, wrongs and interesting legal questions that surround Turkey's manoeuvres could it be adopted by other actors to finally create an area in which fleeing Syrian civilians would be safe from harm? The need to prioritise civilian protection in Syria could form the basis of a serious discussion about the UN's role in the country. Before the failure of the ceasefire and its suspension of aid, the UN had been under increasing pressure to explain the imbalance of where its agencies were delivering aid. In June, the Syria Campaign accused the UN of delivering 99 percent of its aid to government-controlled territories, and called on it to "restore its impartiality". A wider audit of the UN's approach to the politics of aid in a conflict dominated by the civilianisation of violence is long overdue. This should recognise that aid is being used as a weapon and a source of income. As a recent European Council on Foreign Relations report explained, the "supply of humanitarian aid to besieged areas is a particularly important source of revenue for militias and their business cronies, who use their presence on the ground to oversee or block the distribution of goods". Also as a largely symbolic, but nevertheless important, part of this audit, the UN should make good on promises to deliver aid from the air to besieged communities. Justice whatever price Following the attacks on the aid convoy in Aleppo, Stephen O'Brien, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, said: "Let me be clear: if this callous attack is found to be a deliberate targeting of humanitarians, it would amount to a war crime." 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As San Francisco's Board of Supervisors continues to hash out just what adult-use cannabis sales will look like for the city, the concept of an equity program is central to the discussion. Partially cribbed from Oakland's, the San Francisco model consists, at present, of a thousand ideas with few solutions. Conceived as a way to allow those unfairly targeted by past drug policy to enter into the cannabis industry, the idea is compelling in abstract but endlessly complicated in practice.
Dominic Corva, founder of Seattle's Center for Study of Cannabis and Social Policy, believes the intent of using cannabis reform as a means of providing social justice has been lost, as the power of shaping policy transitioned from a grassroots movement to a larger bureaucratic undertaking.
"The idea was that cannabis legalization was going to help with racial equity," he says. "That's how it was sold to the public, but now it's being implemented by jurisdictions and policymakers that may or may not have an interest in that."
While racial equality was certainly one of many factors that led to Proposition 64's inclusion on the ballot last November, its true intentions were complicated as major financial contributions from folks like Sean Parker and George Soros poured in. Parker, of Facebook and Napster fame, donated $7.2 million on the bill's behalf, while Drug Policy Alliance board member Soros chipped in close to $4 million. Their contributions and public support for Prop. 64 speak to the idea that California's choice to legalize was inspired less by a desire to protect patients and promote equality, and more because it presented a lucrative opportunity to those with the means to capitalize on it.
It's not that Parker or Soros specifically weren't in favor of social justice through cannabis reform — it's that the notion has quickly become an afterthought as on-demand delivery, corporate farming, and taxes occupy center stage.
Now that San Francisco is finally ready to explore how an equity component can be incorporated into the city's permitting process, Corva says the biggest obstacle is deciding how to level a playing field that has been historically stacked against low-income and minority individuals.
"They're running into a problem that is creating the biggest barrier to racial equity," he explains, "which is that the regulations are so onerous that only people with tons of capital get to really be in business as owners. That has a structural relationship to race, because obviously there's a huge amount of racial inequity as far as who has financial capital and who has the cultural and political capital. We're watching the intersection of a class and race issue here."
The issue Corva lays out is the obstacle that equity programs were ostensibly established to overcome: How do we give someone who has suffered systematic harassment from law enforcement or been incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses a chance to be in business in the cannabis space? Beyond the requisite permits and access to no-interest loans, there will also need to be an infrastructure of education available — business classes, explanations of marijuana-specific regulations like track-and-trace programs, and access to insurance and legal counsel — if San Francisco and other municipalities hope to provide a viable path for success.
Corva notes that Oakland's solution of an incubator system — where equity candidates are paired with more established cannabis businesses, which, in turn, receive their own permits in expedited fashion — as one way forward.
"It allows for a public-private partnership to happen," he says, "which may be the only viable way in our current economy for us to do social policy."
Corva also believes our best chance for viable equity programs and the assimilation of cannabis into the mainstream is to strongly tether the movement to other social justice efforts. While noting the corollary is far from perfect, he points to the efforts of coca growers in Bolivia, who elected one of their own, Evo Morales, in 2006.
"When a coca grower was actually elected president of Bolivia, it was because he was a part of a broader coalition of social movements," Corva says. "The cannabis business is not. It barely connects with anything else, and that's why nobody else cares about it. People simply don't see cannabis culture in its current industry and commercial form as being related to these broader struggles going on against economic and racial inequality."
Corva sees the building of bridges between cannabis and other socioeconomic issues — like military veterans returning home with PTSD and the ongoing opioid epidemic ravaging parts of the U.S. — as a pivotal step forward in making the public care. By doing so, the infrastructure necessary for equity programs to thrive may be possible.
"The more that this industry is able to connect with solving a lot of these problems by giving back in a way that's different from simply paying taxes," he says. "To connect their struggles with others would be helpful. It would be a model that has had prior success."


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Hizbollah Fears 'Qaeda' Type Attacks from Lebanese Sunnis
A day after the radical "Salafist" Sunni preacher Sheikh Omar Bakri was arrested last month, having been sentenced in absentia by a Lebanese court to life imprisonment on terrorism charges, he received an unexpected visitor in his holding cell at Beirut's police headquarters. Nawar Sahili, an MP from Lebanon's militant Shi'ite Hizballah movement — the Salafists' most powerful local enemy — and a lawyer by training, offered Bakri his legal services. See photographs from inside Hizballah "I have been delegated by [Hizballah leader Sheikh Hassan] Nasrallah to represent you. He has heard your voice," Bakri recalls Sahili telling him. Hizballah's decision to help Bakri may seem odd given that the Salafist cleric has in the past criticized the Shi'ite organization. In 2007, he told a Lebanese newspaper that he rejected Hizballah's "armed cantons" in Lebanon, and questioned why the "resistance" against Israel should be monopolized by the Shi'ite sect. (Watch video of Hizballah's war theme park.) Still, with a bleak future ahead of him, Bakri accepted Hizballah's offer and has since been released on bail pending a retrial scheduled for March. "Now I'm working to bring Sunnis and Shi'ites together on certain issues, such as confronting Israel," Bakri said in his home in Tripoli, Lebanon's religiously conservative second largest city. (Watch video of Lebanon's land-mine soccer team.) With Sunni-Shi'ite tensions on the rise in Lebanon, Hizballah has been seeking allies within the small but potentially dangerous Salafist community — a sect that generally does not even recognize the Shi'ite branch of Islam. Salafists practice an austere version of Sunni Islam that emulates the seventh century ideals of the Prophet Mohammed and his followers. While a majority of Salafist scholars reject terrorism, many al-Qaeda leaders claim to be inspired by the sect.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Today is the release day of Scribblenauts - the latest game from my pals at 5th Cell. (Who also did "Drawn to Life")
Scribblenauts is a very clever puzzle game for the Nintendo DS where anything you type comes to life. Write a Tyrannosaurus? Get a Tyrannosaurus. Type Rickroll, get Rick Astley. Then the two of them fight! Who will win??!! And that's not even the game!
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Each birthday when I was growing up, my parents would stock the dinner table with treats and toys, which – as a kid – I thought descended from the heavens above. At the time, I thought I was the Chosen One, but these days, the most I can expect on my birthday is a direct message on Instagram. If you're in the same boat, don't worry.
The restaurants listed below go out of their way to make you feel special on your birthday by providing tasty freebies!Click To Tweet
There's one small catch: you usually have to join a membership program. But apart from annoying emails, they're not that bad, especially if you visit the establishment often. Having a rewards account can allow you to accumulate points for a freebie later. So I made a list of (in my opinion) the most useful places to get awesome birthday deals from.
1. Moe's Southwest Grill
Moe's is known as "that other Chipotle place." They have great burritos, and can be a free and convenient meal on your birthday. They offer free burritos for the birthday boy/girl/person, though you have to sign up for Moe's eWorld (thankfully it's free).
You can also earn rewards through the membership, so it's a win-win situation.Click To Tweet
2. Starbucks
Otherwise known as my second home, Starbucks offers a free drink or treat, plus a 15 percent off coupon for their online store. The catch? You have to sign up for the Starbucks rewards program. Everyone needs that coffee buzz in the morning, and if you work on your birthday, it's a double win. (Sorry you have to work, though.)
3. Red Robin
I've never been here, but I've heard that it has burgers, so it must be good. To get your free burger on your special day, just join their eClub.
4. Denny's
The place we all gravitate to in the wee hours of the morning. You get a free Grand Slam breakfast, which – if you've never had it before after a long night – is revolutionary. Bacon, eggs, pancakes, and no questions asked.
No catch for this one – just tell your server that it is your birthday and show your ID to enjoy the godliness.Click To Tweet
5. Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel is an American diner that has all the heart-attack-inducing calories that you need to feel special. You get free dessert if you tell your server that it's your birthday. Fair warning: you might have to endure a birthday song to go with that slice of cake.
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Enjoy these freebies when you go out for your birthday. And even if your birthday has already passed, there are so many other ways to get freebies and be frugal every day of the year. The savings don't stop!


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He leads a minority government in an economically depressed country. In the space of three years Portugal has overthrown an entrenched dictatorship, absorbed a military-inspired revolution and narrowly escaped a Communist takeover. But affable, astute Mario Scares, 52, remains the champion player of his country's seesaw political game. Since his election as Premier a year ago last month, the Socialist leader has cleverly played off Communists against centrists, centrists against conservatives, confident that all sides have an interest in seeing his democratically elected government succeed. Otherwise, he explains, "there would be...
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One of the most frequently asked questions probably is: "What online marketing tools to use?" Below you'll find a list of present day tools. Some of these tools are mainly for SEO use, but they all come in handy for every website owner. Use them to check on your site's health, improve communications and keep track of your traffic. And these are, of course, all important aspects of online marketing.
Google Analytics
The heart of many a search engine optimization/search engine marketing campaign is Google Analytics. You can use it to track the clicks on your website and the impact of the things you change over time. It is, for example, effective to track how successful your advertisements, email blasts, and SEO campaigns are.
Page Analytics by Google
This handy little Chrome extension is an online marketing tool that will help you read your Google Analytics data on a per page basis. There are more extensions like it, but this one is from Google. You can use it for any site that you have Google Analytics access to.
Google Analytics Tracking Code Debugger
If you want to take your Google Analytics tracking to a more advanced level, the tracking code debugger extension for Chrome is very helpful. It allows you to see what Google Analytics tracks for the current page.
Get Clicky is another great online marketing tool for analyzing the traffic on your site. Especially if you're one of those people that don't want to use Google Analytics. It has one nifty feature that GA doesn't have: you can watch users navigate your site in real time. This means you can see what pages they land on, what they click on, what they download and where they leave. Using the Spy tool you can even track a given IP address on your site in real time. This will help you check what content on your site is attractive to people, and what content they ignore.
Tip: There's a free WordPress plugin for Clicky (by Yoast) that makes it easy to install on every page.
Google Search Console
Google Search Console has many useful options for analyzing and evaluating your site's performance. It's still underused by people all over the web. A nice section to check is the Structured Data section, under 'Search Appearance'. See if your shop is well-configured in terms of structured data. This helps search engines understand your site.
Fetch as Googlebot is one of our favourite features, because it allows you to fetch a page exactly the way Googlebot would. It then shows if there are any issues that prevent Googlebot from accessing your content.
Google Trends
Some search terms are just better than others, and search term value changes over time. Google Trends lets you rank keywords against each other, allows you to see their performance over time, by geographic location if desired.
From a marketing perspective, the best thing is to have a website that focuses on a keyword that is starting a meteoric rise. For example, if you are the only cell phone accessory store with content about the iPhone, the week the new iPhone is announced, and your site is equipped to close sales, you'll likely draw a lot of traffic and sell loads of products.
Google AdWords Keyword Planner
Another important tool for evaluating the usefulness of keywords is to examine them with Google Adwords Keyword Planner. You input a series of search terms and Google shows you how many people searched for those terms, and related terms, both globally and locally. Click on the headings at the top of the table to sort by keyword, by the number of searches or by competition. Competition is a measurement of how many people are actively marketing that term through Google Adwords. This gives you an idea of how hard it may be to rank for the term.
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If Your 'Friend' Does These Things, It's Time To End The Friendship
Because this is not true friendship.
I've always loved the quote "friends are the family you choose."
It's so true, friends can feel just as important – or in some cases, even more important, than family. I often talk to my gal pals about things I don't want to tell my parents, because there are some things only best friends understand.
True friendships are crucial to a happy life, but sometimes, friendships change. I'm lucky to still be very close to some of my childhood friends, but there are also those who were once my BFFs, but then things changed and it was time to let go.
Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes, and in most cases you fight and make up, but I've learned there are certain things in friendships that are unacceptable. As sad as it may be to break off a friendship, there's no point clinging onto it if it's one-sided.
Friendship psychologist Irene S. Levine says "a toxic friendship is often one in which a woman's own personal growth and individuation is sacrificed at the expense of the demands of the other person," and I couldn't agree more. Friendships shouldn't be hard, they should be your safe haven, your comfort zone. When friendships constantly feel like work, your friend might have turned into a fiend. Here are three telltale signs it's time to end a friendship…
1. They begrudge your success.
When I was a teenager, I had a best friend who was never happy for me. It didn't matter whether it was something as simple as a good exam result or bigger things like having a boyfriend. Whenever I had something to be happy about, she would play it down and find all the negative aspects about it, or even worse, she'd simply ignore it and instead turn everybody's attention to something she'd achieved.
For years, I tolerated it, right up to the point where I wouldn't even tell her about exciting things in my life anymore, scared she would ruin them for me. But when she picked a fight with me because I couldn't hang out with her as often after scoring a really important internship, I finally saw the friendship for what it was: toxic, and dragging me down. A real friend would have been happy for me, and a real friend will always be happy for your successes in life, too.
2. They're only there when they need you.
Friendships are about giving and taking. If you listen to your bestie complain about her boyfriend in the middle of the night, boost her confidence when she feels she's failing at everything, and hold her hand when she needs you, it's reasonable for you to expect the same support in return. But when all the two of you ever talk about is her problems and yours are downplayed, it's usually a pretty clear sign she's just using you as a therapist/cheerleader/shoulder to cry on.
So if you have a friend who never asks you what's going on in your life, or even inquires "how are you?", take it as a sign she's clearly putting her wellbeing above yours, in which case, you deserve better.
3. They're full of excuses.
We all know people who say one thing, but do another. If you constantly have to remind your friend of something she promised to do with you, or are always following up on plans only to hear an excuse of why she can't catch up after all, it's a clear sign she doesn't value your friendship.
We've all bailed on plans before, but if it becomes a pattern, it's not good enough. Case in point: a former friend of mine was perpetually late or ditching our catch-ups last minute, then finding the wildest excuses to convince me it wasn't her fault, instead of just saying sorry.
So-called 'friends' like this usually never take responsibility for their own actions, making it impossible for you to work on your relationship and have an actual honest conversation. Not to mention, unreliable people are a pain in the ass to deal with. It again comes down to the fact that friendship takes effort on the part of both parties in order to work, but it definitely shouldn't always feel like work. If it does, it's probably time to bite the bullet and ditch the people who are holding you back in life.
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Comment: Do you have any friends who are guilty of these friendship deal-breakers?


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Robert García, The City Project
National Park Service, Healthy Parks, Healthy People Community Engagement eGuide
Robert Garcia, a national leader in the movement to bring healthy spaces to everybody—especially communities of color in urban settings—shares here the values at stake in creating healthy parks and healthy people. These values can be tapped to foster effective partnerships and community engagement to bring more healthy experiences to everyone and grow the next generation of park stewards in the process
It is important to carefully articulate the values of what parks offer people in order to build common ground. Consider the needs and values of those you want to partner with—what they are excited or concerned about. In Robert's work to bring more equitable recreational space to communities in Southern California and beyond, the following values have helped bring communities together. These values can be used like a toolkit–taking into consideration the approaches and angles that resonate best with the target audience being engaged.
1. The Value of Fun and Human Development. "Nobody takes fun seriously," says Robert. His colleague said, "I can't advocate for having fun. People will laugh at me." Yet, the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child says children have the right to play and recreation, and to be happy. In the United States, it wasn't until advocates started articulating parks as a health issue that parks became a priority issue. To make the case for fun, it is about positioning your goals in a way that lines up with the goals of those you are trying to engage. For example: talking about recreation for kids in terms of "health and human development" means making the case that children who participate in physical education do better academically and graduate more frequently. In another example, people will join together to support a park if it creates community or drives out vandalism and crime.
2. Conservation Values. We can rally around the overwhelming data that show the need to conserve our natural resources, including clean air, water, and land, complete green streets with transit, biking, hiking, and safe routes to schools, saving habitat, and climate justice
3. Economic Values. The case can be made for careers in green jobs, in the parks, and in recreation. There is an opportunity to reinvent the idea of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the New Deal Era with Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's efforts to actualize a 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. Various factors play into the economic argument for parks and public lands—some positive, some negative—all are important to talk about with potential partners. Issues include: jobs and apprenticeships for youth, diversification of government contracts to involve local workforce, the ramifications of gentrification and potential displacement of lower income residents as greening improves their communities, and increasing home ownership and support for small business, among others. There are opportunities to realize the positive economic values and mitigate the negative ones in the park and public space planning process by working together with a wide range of stakeholders. Healthy and vital communities can be the outcome.
4. Art, Culture and Spiritual Values. Touting the role of art and parks in the life of a community can be a powerful convening idea. Parks can help people connect with or even create art. At monuments like those to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez, and in commemorations and celebrations of communities of color like Manzanar, and Mesa Verde, people are apt to connect to these places on a cultural level and the health and well-being message can be included.
5. Values of Equal Justice, Democracy and Healthy Living for All. Ultimately, we can appeal to the values that we strive to achieve as a community and democracy and emphasize the inherent democratic nature of public spaces.
This is just one of a few stories to inspire park staff and partners. Share them with colleagues . . .
Click here for the Values at Stake, from the Community Engagement eGuide
Click here for the complete National Park Service, Healthy Parks, Healthy People Community Engagement eGuide


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3rd BATTALION AIF
Lieutenant: 1366 Lachlan MacLachlan. M.M.
Born: 1886. Argyll, Scotland.
Died: 12th October 1919. Byrock, New South Wales, Australia.
Father: Dugald Cameron MacLachlan. (1854-19..)
Mother: Jessie MacLachlan. (1855-19..)
Lachlan Maclachlan enlisted with the AIF at Kensington via Sydney, N.S.W. on the 28th August 1914 and was allocated to G Company 3rd Battalion AIF and served on the Gallipolli Peninsula at ANZAC Cove where he was wounded in Action on the 24th July 1915 and treated at the 1st Casualty Clearing Station for a Shrapnel Wound to his Right Shoulder.
12th October 1917
At 1:30 am rain showers began. By 2:30 am it was raining lightly but steadily, by 3:30 fairly heavily. the infantry moved through the pitch dark in single file. In some battalions each man held on to the equipment of the man ahead of him; if touch was broken, those in front had to come back. The news that the line as reported by the 66th division was not held only just reached the incoming troops. Accordingly, in the right brigade (9th) the leading Company Commanders Captain: Clarence Smith JEFFRIES. V.C. and Captain: Telford Graham GILDER M.C. both of the 34th Battalion stopped their men at the entrance to Broodseinde railway cutting, and themselves went to make sure that their column might not run into the enemy.
At Keerselaarhoek Cemetery they found the tape duly laid, and met the officer of the 36th Battalion who had laid it, and by 3:00 am the time set, the 34th battalion was extended on its jumping-off position. But during the previous halt and afterwards, as it lay on the tape, the battalion was persistently shelled and suffered many casualties.
The first shell killed three signallers. Lieutenant: Albert Leslie WATSON. a signal officer of the 34th Battalion, a brave and enterprising leader who also was at the head of the column was severely wounded and all his staff hit. After establishing a forward command post Lieutenant: Thomas Fraser BRUCE 36th Battalion was also killed. Lieutenant Colonel: John Alexander MILNE. 36th Battalion supervising the assembly was knocked down by a shell but continued to command. Captain, Chaplain: Charles MURPHY was also wounded.
(BEAN; History of World war 1 Vol IV p911) Charles Edwin Woodrow BEAN
Only one Australian Division, the 3rd, was wholly employed in the days offensive. but the division was to capture Passchendaele an in spite of the depressing conditions, it was eager to achieve the distinction of doing so. One unit carried the Australian flag,to be planted in Passchendaele, and although officers and men in general were not enthusiastic concerning such "stunts" the Commander-in-Chief had been informed, and had told General: MONASH that, when this flag was planted, the news would be immediately cabled to Australia.
Some keen spirits looked on the operation simply as a dash for Passchendaele. One young company commander of Monash's reserve battalion, the 33rd, in face of a strict prohibition, led on his company as soon as the barrage fell. Starting from a line 350 yards in rear of the general alignment, the 3rd Division was out of touch with its neighbours from the outset. The heavy shelling on the tapes had made orderly disposition there almost impossible, as German Machine-Guns, undisturbed by the barrage now opened immediately, no opportunity offered of restoring proper formation.
The 9th Brigade went forward in the utmost confusion and a terrible mix up as reported by Captain: Robert Derwent DIXON D.S.O 35th Battalion at 6:40 am and "Great Confusion" was the description given by Captain: Henry Vince CARR 35th Battalion. Even on the ridge, the mud was difficult, the hope, if there ever was one, of catching up before the quick barrage finished.
The 9th Infantry Brigade's intendered direction lay not along the ridge and the Passchendeale road, but diagonally across them, and parallel to the railway, which most of the brigade could not see. As the jumping-off line was practically at right angles to the ridge, the brigade tendered to advance alone the heights. The Machine-Gun fire at the start came, on the 9th Brigade's right, from the ruined house near Defy Crossing; on its centre from, "Hillside Farm"; and on its left from Augustus Wood.
The pillbox opposite the centre was supported from the rear by a trench in which were Germans with Machine-Guns, and here occurred a delay which threatened to wreck to whole attack. it was not until an hour after the programme time that these places were rushed by the neighbouring portion of the line under Captain: Henry Vince CARR and Captain: Robert Derwent DIXON. D.S.O of the 35th Battalion. The trench contained 35 Germans and 4 Machine-Guns. Part of the line was also held up by a pillbox close to Passchendaele road near the highest point of the ridge.
Here there was practically no shelter from attack, but Captain Clarence Smith JEFFRIES. V.C. of the 34th Battalion managed to organise a party, with Sergeant: 21 James BRUCE and another N.C.O Corporal: 2036 Vere Cummings STEVENSON and a dozen men, and outflanking it, charged the place from the rear, capturing 25 Germans and 2 Machine-Guns. These actions set free the advance. The pillbox captured by Captain Clarence Smith JEFFRIES. V.C. being not far short of the first objective, the 34th Battalion dug in there.
Great loss had been uncured; the 34th Battalion had only three officers left and there were wide gaps in the line. The right flank had swung far away from the railway, along which the 4th Division was attacking, but on the left Captain: Telford Graham GILDER M.C. of the 34th Battalion who had been wounded by a Machine-Gun bullet, but was carrying on found the 10th Brigade digging in slightly to his left under Captain: LATCHFORD, 38th Battalion, and fell back seventy yards to join it.
The Advance to the second objective was to begin at 8:25, the low clouds had opened, and fleecy cirrus with patches of blue were widening overhead and the sun had come out. The 9th Brigade had been so late in reaching the first objective that, while most of the 34th Battalion dug in, the 35th Battalion, allotted for the second phase, moved straight on. Standing on the Passchendaele road, Captain: Henry Vince CARR and Captain: Robert Derwent DIXON. D.S.O of the 35th Battalion endevoured to decide where the barrage then was; at first Carr thought it may be behind them, but finally decided that it was ahead.
The confusion at the start had split the brigade into mixed parties of all battalions and many of the 34th went on with the 35th, the main body of which, about 100 in all, now advanced along the south-eastern side of the ridge in order to catch the barrage. The hour was probably a little before that for the second advance. A German Machine-Gun in the gap between the brigade's right and the railway immediately opened with deadly effect.
Major: John Bruce BUCHANAN 36th Battalion, the senior forward officer was killed. At this critical juncture Captain: Clarence Smith JEFFRIES. V.C. of the 34th Battalion, again accompanied by Sergeant: 21 James BRUCE, led out a few men from the first objective and made for the gun. it was shooting in short bursts, and he was able to work up fairly close. Seizing a moment when it was firing to the north, he and his men rushed at it from the west. It was switched round, killing him, and sending his men to the ground.
But when its fire eased they worked round it, rushed the position, seized 25 Germans and 2 Machine-Guns. This gallant and effective action Captain: Clarence Smith JEFFRIES. V.C. was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for removing the chief danger to the advance along the crest, but as soon as the 35th Battalion crossed to the eastern side of the hill it became the target of a number of field and heavy guns which, from the hedges and other cover in various parts of the landscape, fired over open sights.
After passing a corpse on its right, the 35th Battalion settled down on what its officers took to be the second objective, although on the extreme right they were actually short of the first. Captain: Henry Vince CARR, now the senior officer on the spot, reported; 8:35. On objective, with about 100 Captain: Robert Derwent DIXON. DSO and three officers. Casualties 25 or 30 per cent. Captain: Henry Charles Dight CADELL M.C Lieutenant: Charles Teesdale MAIN Lieutenant: Keith Maitland DAY reported killed and Lieutenant: Frank HORNE Lieutenant: Christopher Kyffin MEARS Lieutenant: Charles John HENRY were wounded. Prisoners sent back 400-500. Contact on flanks uncertain, being heavily shelled.
Three posts were established under surviving officers, right Lieutenant: Norman Beade D'ARCY M.C centre Lieutenant: Joseph Francis ADAMS left Lieutenant: Harold Sydney WYNDHAM. In this brigade the battalion for the final objective was the 36th, and a report came along that it had gone through. Actually, it had advanced with the 35th, but, on the left, penetrated to the second objective, which bad been reconnoitered during the previous halt by the commander of the company Captain Robert Austin GOLDRICK. M.C.
He went up the road towards Passchendaele. The barrage, he said afterwards was no hindrance to him, although he left the line lying as close to it as possible "or where he thought it was." He was unable to detect the intensification of the barrage for the second phase, but led his men forward at the proper hour.
As no other battalion was there, he now established the line with its left on the road 600 yards from the church, about the point reached by the 66th Division's troops on October 9th. In front of the position Captain: Robert Austin GOLDRICK. M.C. and Lieutenant E.H FLEITER (39th Battalion) found hidden in a shell hole men of the 66th Division. One had a broken arm, the other trench-feet. They took the Australians at first for Germans. When reassured,"we knew the Australians would come," they said, 'We prayed hard."
From the direction of the church, which lay straight down the highway, no fire came. two Germans ran up the road and surrendered. South-east of the village, along the Moorslede road, were the Germans who seemed "very windy," and near the road two 5.9-inch howitzers began to blaze at the troops digging in.
The 9th Brigade had taken its second objective and the 10th its first, but the position of the officers in charge of these advanced lines was full of anxiety. On the eastern slope Captain: Henry Vince CARR 35th Battalion, the senior officer in this part of the 9th Brigade's front, could see the 4th Division somewhat ahead of its right, and by 10:55 he had discovered that the 36th was on the left, but farther left than the 10th Brigade was far behind on its first objective . The German Guns ahead were sniping with dreadful accuracy. Carr on the western slope, sent back for instructions: "what am I to do?"
Word of the true situation reached headquarters slowly. As on the 9th, the first news was all encouraging. General: MONASH in the Ypres ramparts heard shortly after 7 that both brigades were "well away"; but by 8:26 he had ample evidence that the first objective was taken. At 9:25 the intelligence officer examining prisoners (Lieutenant: Frederick Morley CUTLACK Official War Correspondent) reported having heard from the wounded men that the second objective had been reached.
At 10:28 headquarters was informed of a statement of a wounded man, that the 38th Battalion had gone through. A further report that Australians had been seen at Crest Farm although quickly contradicting but probably true nevertheless. Which confirmed Monash's impression that his division was succeeding. Concerning the New Zealand brigade on his left, however, there was no word until, at 10:50, there arrived the tragic information that the New Zealand Division was stopped by the enemy alone the entire front.
Monash has already heard at 9:55 that the 10th Brigade was held up by fire from Bellevue Spur. Believing that his division was still advancing, he asked that every gun that the New Zealand Division could spare should be turned upon that ridge to suppress the fire. Meanwhile, he would order the reserve (39th) battalion of the 10th Brigade to be ready to assist in holding the ground already won. The reserve battalion the (33rd) of the 9th Brigade he was still keeping back to assist in the capture of Passchendaele.
Shortly after noon news of the true situation arrived. Lieutenant Jackson of the 40th Battalion had established at Waterfields pillbox near the Ravebeek a forward report-centre from which a series of messages, admirably accurate, was flashed by lamp to the headquarters of Lieutenant Colonel Lord of the 40th Battalion. Thus Brigadier General McNicoll of the 10th Brigade was able to inform Monash of the precise position of Giblin's Line. He added that the situation was very serious and the casualties very heave. At the same time from the front line of the 9th Brigade arrived a pigeon message, sent by Captain: Richard GADD of the 36th Battalion.
We are on the Blue Line (second objective) with composite force all three battalions, both flanks in the air.
The New Zealand Division was to make a second attempt at 3:00 pm, and Monash was of the opinion that from the 9th Brigade, well forward on the ridge, patrols might still work northward around Crest Farm. His reserve, the 33rd Battalion (9th Brigade), was accordingly ordered to attempt this at 4:30 pm and the 10th Brigade's forward line being meanwhile reinforced by its own reserve, the 39th Battalion.
These orders went out, but none of them were fulfilled. The New Zealand Division had been defeated by obstacles which no hastily renewed bombardment could have overcome. no infantry in the world could have crossed the Ravebeek mud, penetrated the dense wire, and attacked the crowded pillboxes of Bellview with the assistance of a barrage which did not even screen the advance. No blame can attach to the artillery. Its commander, according to the New Zealand official history, had reported on the previous day that his guns might be unable to give efficient support.
This magnificent division, which lost nearly 3,000 men, had been held up in almost exactly the same position as the 49th three days before-the left brigade penetrating half-way to the first objective, the right stopped almost at the start.The Germans were reinforcing. The New Zealand battalion commanders knew that their men had no chance of succeeding by renewed attack, and the order was eventually cancelled.
As for the Australians, of the two battalions that MONASH had now ordered to participate, the 39th had already to a large extent been involved in the fighting, and the 33rd, endevouring to reach its position of readiness for outflanking Passchendaele,had suffered great loss. No less than 6 of its Officers were killed or mortally wounded. Captain: Wilfred Frank HINTON in command of the forward company, Lieutenant Leonard Rockley BROWNLOW Lieutenant: Thomas Acheson ARMSTRONG Lieutenant: Albert George KILPATRICK Lieutenant William REES-REYNOLDS and Lieutenant: Norman Francis GOBLE.
By the time Lieutenant Colonels Henderson DSO 39th Battalion and MORSHEAD attempted to carry Monash's orders, they found that the attacking force of both brigades was back almost at its starting point. What had happened was as follows.
Neither Major: GIBLIN near the Ravenbeek nor Captain: Henry Vince CARR on the ridge had received their messages sent several hours earlier. The 9th Brigade's line was still being battered by the German Guns. Captain: Richard GADD 36th Battalion, whose troops were being wiped out, informed Captain: Henry Vince CARR 35th Battalion that Lieutenant Colonel: John Alexander MILNE D.S.O 36th Battalion had now come forward to Hillside Farm. CARR accordingly sent Captain: Robert Derwent DIXON. D.S.O with GADD to explain to Milne the desperate nature of their situation. Milne said that he would try to get their troops relieved after dark, but till relieved they must hold on.
(BEAN; History of Word War 1 Vol IV page 921) Charles Edwin Woodrow BEAN
Meanwhile, however, the German artillery was annihilating some parts of their line. All leaders of Carr's three posts were out of action. Lieutenant: Joseph Francis ADAMS was Killed in Action and Lieutenant: Norman Beade D'ARCY M.C and Lieutenant: Harold Sydney WYNDHAM were wounded. Of the remaining officers of the 36th Battalion, Major: John Bruce BUCHANAN and Lieutenant: Fredrick William PUTNEY had been Killed in Action and Captain: Robert Austin GOLDRICK M.C wounded. Farther back Lieutenant: Sydney COOK had been Killed in Action and Lieutenant: William WAND and Lieutenant: Herbert Reginald MAILER were wounded.
At 3 o'clock rain began to fall steadily. at 3:15 pm Captain: Richard GADD 36th Battalion, thought agreeing with Captain: Henry Vince CARR 35th Battalion that to hold on meant annihilation, refused, in view of his Colonel's orders, to retire. Carr consented to wait while Gadd again sent word to Lieutenant Colonel: John Alexander MILNE D.S.O. Carr himself at 12: 30 had sent Captain Robert Derwent DIXON. D.S.O to the headquarters of the 35th Battalion at " Seine", from which no word had been received all day.
At 3:45 pm, no reply having come from Milne, and Dixon not having returned as he had been kept at 35th Battalion headquarters awaiting the arrival of an order from brigade headquarters concerning the projected operation by the reserve battalion, Gadd agreed to withdraw and Carr sent along the line a note: The 35th Battalion will retire.
When visiting Gadd, Carr had warned the troops of the probable order to withdraw, and he now saw that the left had already begun to retire. He told men whom he passed to get back as fast as they could to the 34th Battalion (which he believed to be on the first objective). Captain: William James GORDON M.C 36th Battalion, strongly dissatisfied with the order, went straight to Lieutenant Colonel: John Alexander MILNE D.S.O urged that the forward position was tenable, and with Milne and Major: John Martin HAWKEY M.C rushed out to stop the withdrawal. But it was too late.
The 34th was not, as Captain: Henry Vince Carr 35th Battalion, believed, on the first objective. The Commander of the line, Captain: John William RICHARDSON 34th Battalion, on hearing of the extreme weakness of the force at the second objective, had reinforced it. He and his only remaining officer's Lieutenant: James Clement BURGES Lieutenant: Bruce Gray McKENZIE Lieutenant: John Abbott LONGWORTH had all been Killed in Action while organising on the first objective, and the first objective now lay empty. The retiring troops, being without orders as to the position to be taken up, streamed back past Milne's headquarters.
All that Hawkey, Gordon, Gadd, and others could then do was to lead a fraction of them forward again to the first objective, where they remained during the night. Captain: Robert Derwent DIXON. D.S.O. with Captain: John Grieve PATERSON adjutant of the 35th, went up to organise the 35th there, but could find none of it's men. When eventually re-formed the remnant of the 35th was temporarily attached as a Company to the 33rd Battalion.
9th-12th October 1917 saw the 3rd Division, 9th and 10th Infantry Brigade in action during the Battle of Passchendaele, which saw massive losses and suffering in the Australian ranks. The casualties numbered 3,199 men in 24 hours during the height battle. The 34th Battalion lost every officer that day, either killed or wounded including their Medical Officer, Major: Gother Robert Carlisle CLARKE and some of his staff were killed while dressing the wounded. The spirit of some of the wounded is illustrated by the case of Corporal: 3170 Winsleigh Alexander MURRAY 35th Battalion, (formerly a Methodist Minister from Newcastle) gave up his place in a queue waiting for stretcher bearers and was never heard of again.
The Battle of Passchendaele saw 60 Officers and 1,322 other ranks loose their lives.
9th Infantry Brigade Casualties.
|33rd Battalion. AIF
|11 Officers
|273 Other ranks
|34th Battalion. AIF
|15 Officers
|323 Other ranks
|35th Battalion. AIF
|18 Officers
|296 Other ranks
|36th Battalion. AIF
|15 Officers
|383 Other ranks
|9th Machine Gun Company. AIF
|1 Officer
|36 Other ranks
|9th Light Trench Mortar Battery.
|- Officer
|11 Other ranks
Lachlan was Wounded in Action on the 12th October receiving a Gun Shot Wound to his Abdomen when he was the first bayonet man of his squad.
26th October 1917
Corporal: 1366 Lachlan MacLACHLAN 3rd Infantry Battalion. "At YPRES on night 12th/13th October 1917, Corporal MACLACHLAN was first bayonet man of his squad. He was first man in the enemy trenches, and once bayoneting a German who was bombing the party. He accounted for 6 in all. His example and determination inspired the whole squad".
|Service number
|3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
|Australian Imperial Force
|First World War, 1914-1918
|Military Medal
|Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
|29 June 1917 on page 1394 at position 113
|London Gazette
|6 January 1917 on page 349 at position 13
20th January 1917.
2nd Lieutenant: 1366 Lachlan MacLACHLAN 3rd Infantry Battalion. Recommended for Bar to his Military Medal.
Byrock Cemetery, Western New South Wales.
(David Harrower; 2009)
Byrock War Memorial
Lance Corporal: 565 Peter SLOEY 35th Battalion AIF of Byrock, N.S.W.
Military Records
© Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia)
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