Podcasts about Thomas Hood

In this RERELEASED episode for HALLOWEEN 2023, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis try to breathe new life into the unexpected history of CORPSES! Which is all about the eccentric Cornish landowner Sir James Tillie (1645-1713), who demanded that upon his death his body should be tied to a chair facing the River Tamar in a purpose-built mausoleum at Pentillie Castle (and he was to be fed every day!); Viking corpse doors and mortuary practices related to doors; and superstitions to do with bleeding corpses. It's also all about sixteenth- and seventeenth-century burial practices; exhumation, posthumous execution and corpses on the move (via Oliver Cromwell); Thomas Hood's poem, The Death Bed; body farms and swamp men! Who knew! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we have an impressive playlist of poems. We being with a reading of a poem by Billy Collins, an American poet. We also have Thomas Hood from the romantic period, and we close the episode with a poem by Meera. Needless to remind you, we are surrounded by words from the past and the present from east and west, north and south, we get giddy with emotions and thoughts, moods and feelings, entertaining, enlightening, inspiring, always engaging us in a conversation. Listening to them is more than communication. It's an awesome experience. Well, then let's go time to visit the poets. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit profrn.substack.com

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Producer/Host: R.W. Estela The post A Word in Edgewise 11/28/22: John Bunyan, William Blake, and Thomas Hood . . . first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela The post A Word in Edgewise 11/28/22: John Bunyan, William Blake, and Thomas Hood . . . first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

In this RERELEASED episode for HALLOWEEN 2022, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis try to breathe new life into the unexpected history of CORPSES! Which is all about the eccentric Cornish landowner Sir James Tillie (1645-1713), who demanded that upon his death his body should be tied to a chair facing the River Tamar in a purpose-built mausoleum at Pentillie Castle (and he was to be fed every day!); Viking corpse doors and mortuary practices related to doors; and superstitions to do with bleeding corpses. It's also all about sixteenth- and seventeenth-century burial practices; exhumation, posthumous execution and corpses on the move (via Oliver Cromwell); Thomas Hood's poem, The Death Bed; body farms and swamp men! Who knew! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Hood, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Executive Officer of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1990-2009), received his university education at Michigan State and Duke Universities. The Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors was awarded at M.S.U. in June 1960, Duke University awarded the A.M. degree in Sociology in 1964 and the Ph.D. degree in 1969. Professor Hood is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Eta Sigma, and Alpha Kappa Delta and Alpha Zeta honor societies. An active researcher, Dr. Hood's funded research projects and activities in the areas of transportation and the environment have brought over $3 million dollars in external funding to the University since 1974. Currently his research and writing interests include social suffering and collective distress, the social psychology of appearance and the attribution of character, the work of Erving Goffman, environmental movements in America. His published research on the Billy Graham crusade in Knoxville and his work on the social psychology of experiments has been reprinted and widely cited. Professor Hood has taught courses primarily in collective behavior and social movements, research methods, social psychology and environmental sociology. In addition to teaching at all undergraduate levels and graduate levels he has directed or served on more than 100 masters and doctoral committees. A committed Christian, Hood is a life-long member of the United Methodist Church having served on local, district and conference committees. He has been an active 4-H Leader for over 30 years in Knox County and has received the College of Arts and Sciences and National Alumni Association Awards for Public Service. Hood enjoys writing poetry as T.C. Hood and amateur photography.

Season 1, Eposide 17 includes: The Little Land by Robert Louis Stevenson; Monday, Tuesday lyrics by Frances Jenkins Olcott, music by Jessie McKeon; The King's Breakfast by A.A. Milne, underscored with Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by W.A. Mozart, undocumented recording; La Vaca Lola, traditional Colombian song arr. by SongBell; A Was An Ant by Edward Lear; Precocious Piggy, lyrics from a poem by Thomas Hood, music by Jessie McKeon; My Kingdom by Robert Louis Stevenson, underscored with Wind Quintet: Theme and Variations by Carl Nielsen, recorded by Scandanavian Symphony Orchestra, used with permission; lyrics by Jane Taylor, melody by Mozart, arr. Jessie McKeon. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1707 Birth of Carl Linnaeus (books about this person), Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician. Carl was a fan of flowers early on in his life. As a young child, his mother gave him flowers to soothe him whenever he was upset. On May 1st, 1753, the publication of his masterpiece Species Plantarum changed plant taxonomy forever. The work gave Linnaeus the moniker Father of Taxonomy; his naming system is called binomial nomenclature. Binomial means "two names," which in the naming game includes the plant's genus (which is capitalized or could be abbreviated by its first letter) and species or specific epithet (which is all lowercase and can be shortened sp.) If you have trouble remembering taxonomy, I like to think of it as a person's given name and surname, but in reverse order. Linnaeus's names live on unchanged and are distinguished by an "L." after their name. And it was Linnaeus himself who said: God created, Linnaeus ordered.   There are many stories about Linnaeus, but I thought I'd share a few more-obscure stories about him and his work. First, Linnaeus' friend Anders Celsius created the Centigrade thermometer in 1742, with water boiling at 0 degrees and freezing at 100. Three years later, Linnaeus reversed the scale - sharing it in an article with the Botanical Garden at Uppsala University. Second, there is a memorable story about Linnaeus and the genus Commelina, the genus of the Asiatic Dayflower. Linnaeus named the genus after the three Commelin brothers, two of whom achieved much in botany and one who died young before amounting to anything. Linnaeus wrote: Commelina has three petals, two of which are showy — where the third is not conspicuous. Next time you see the Commelina communis or Asiatic Dayflower (with two large blue petals and one tiny white petal), you can remember the Commelins and Linnaeus' kind commemoration of the three brothers. Another fun story about Linnaeus involved a trip he took to Lapland when Linnaeus was 25 years old.  Carl spent nearly six months there, and he came back with stories of an obscure part of Scandinavia few people knew existed. The expedition was trying, and Linneaus suffered from hunger, mosquitoes, freezing temperatures, near death from a rockslide and a gunshot wound. Through it all, Linnaeus fell in love with the Lapland. He even brought home a traditional costume complete with a magical drum as a souvenir from his adventure. Five years later, an obscure German painter named Martin Hoffman painted Linnaeus' portrait. And, guess what did Linnaeus choose to wear for the sitting? His Lapland costume (Of course!). In Hoffman's Linnaeus, a 30-year-old Linnaeus is seen wearing boots made of reindeer skin. He's also wearing an early version of a toolbelt. Suspended from the belt is a magical drum from a shaman, a needle to make nets, a snuffbox, a cartridge box, and a knife. Linnaeus is also wearing traditional Laplander gloves, and in his right hand, he holds his favorite plant: the Twinflower, Linnaea borealis.   1799 Birth of Thomas Hood was an English poet, author, and humorist. Thomas is remembered for his poems "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt." Here's an excerpt from his poem Song. 'Tis like the birthday of the world, When earth was born in bloom; The light is made of many dyes, The air is all perfume: There's crimson buds, and white and blue, The very rainbow showers Have turned to blossoms where they fell, And sown the earth with flowers.   And here's my all-time favorite Thomas Hood poem, and it's called No. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!   1843 Birth of Georgiana Molloy (books about this person), English-Australian pioneer and one of the first botanical collectors in Western Australia. Georgiana's life in the 1830s in Western Australia was one of extreme hardship. Her first child died shortly after it was born, and her only son ended up drowning in a well. After these events, Georgiana naturally struggled to find joy in her life. But in 1836, at the end of the year, Georgiana received a letter from a man named James Mangles. James was an officer in the Royal Navy and a naturalist, horticulturist, and writer. He wrote to ask Georgiana for help, and his request for botanical specimens gave her life new meaning. James had made arrangements for several people to collect for him in Australia. He was very strategic in that regard. But it also meant that James was uniquely qualified to review the work done by collectors in Western Australia before 1850. The result was that James was a huge fan of Georgiana's work. He once wrote. [Georgiana's collections] were full of pressed plants that were mounted and set out with delicacy and precision and carefully numbered showing great evidence of care and cleanliness in the sorting.   Georgiana would have been delighted to know that many of the seeds she collected were sent to botanists and horticulturists worldwide, and they were found to be especially viable. Sadly Georgiana's life was cut short at the age of 37. After giving birth to her seventh child, she suffered for four months from December 1842 until her death on April 8th, the following spring. And when the English naturalist George Wailes learned of the death of Georgiana Malloy, he reached out to the man who inspired her love for botany, James Mangles.  George wrote. Not one in 10,000 who go out to distant lands has done what she did for the gardens of her native country.     1905 On this day, Louisa Yeomans King (books about this person) recorded an entry in her garden diary, which became her book, The Flower Garden Day By Day. MAY 23. Sow seed now of the beautiful pale yellow oenothera ("ee-nah-THAIR-ah”) (Evening-primrose), Afterglow, at the back of the border near Physostegia ("fy-sah-STEE-jee-ah ver-jin-ee-AYE-nah")(Obedient plant). A group of these two with Artemesia lactiflora (White Mugwort) and the little annual sunflower known as Primrose Stella, will make August well worth waiting for.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Less is More Garden by Susan Morrison This book came out in 2018, and the subtitle is Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard. You should definitely check out Susan's book if you have a small garden. Right off the bat, when I saw the cover, I knew that I would love Susan's book, and you know, most people are small-space gardeners. Susan writes. In my practice as a landscape designer, most of the backyards that I design measure less than 2,500 square feet and layouts are rarely more than 40 by 60 feet. I no longer think of that as small, it has become standard. Interestingly while active gardeners are often concerned with fitting in everything, into a space that's generally smaller than the backyards that they grew up in. I am just as likely to hear from homeowners, more interested in creating a space that will be as simple as possible to maintain... no one wants another to-do list item, but most of us want backyard that's a refuge... [and] the shift in how we live, work, and play is what led me to develop the less is more approach to garden design and outdoor living.   And here's how Susan defines as her less is more garden approach. She writes: At its heart, this approach to garden design means: Less space, more enjoyment Less effort, more beauty Less maintenance, more relaxation, and finally Less gardening-by-the-numbers, more YOU.   This book is 225 pages of small-garden design with the less is more approach. You'll find practical and helpful advice, inspirational photography, and many creative and unexpected tricks to help you get the small space garden of your dreams. You can get a copy of The Less is More Garden by Susan Morrison and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $18.   Botanic Spark 2021 Death of Eric Carle (books by this person), American illustrator and writer. Eric had a wide-ranging knowledge and love of nature. His early books include Nature Thoughts, Flower Thoughts, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and The Tiny Seed. Here's a quote from Eric's most memorable work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar:  On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon. That night he had a stomach ache.   And it was Eric Carle who said, Whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful.   In 2007, Eric Carle gave a commencement address at Bates College in 2007. He concluded with these words:  Love your partner and tend your garden.  Simplify, slow down, be kind.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

From the river her body was tenderly lifted --- the girl who could find no place in the vast city. Thomas Hood pleads for her --- eloquently and justly. Read this gem of pathos. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics) Thomas Hood born May 23, 1799.  

Introductory note on Thomas Hood (Wikipedia)  

In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis try to breathe new life into the unexpected history of CORPSES! Which is all about the eccentric Cornish landowner Sir James Tillie (1645-1713), who demanded that upon his death his body should be tied to a chair facing the River Tamar in a purpose-built mausoleum at Pentillie Castle (and he was to be fed every day!); Viking corpse doors and mortuary practices related to doors; and superstitions to do with bleeding corpses. It's also all about sixteenth- and seventeenth-century burial practices; exhumation, posthumous execution and corpses on the move (via Oliver Cromwell); Thomas Hood's poem, The Death Bed; body farms and swamp men! Who knew! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listen now | Choosing a path of purpose and autonomy. My guest for this episode is Chris A. Cornett MD, MPT. He’s an associate professor of orthopedics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He also works as a spine surgeon in the affiliated hospital Nebraska Medicine. He’s the L. Thomas Hood, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. He is vice-chair of clinical services in the department of orthopedics, medical director of outpatient physical/occupational therapy at Nebraska Medicine, and co-medical director of the comprehensive spine program at Nebraska Medicine.  This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at newsletter.invinciblecareer.com/subscribe

In today's episode, we visit the world famous mystery known as Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England! Who was it built by, and why? The world may never know, truly! Also we read a little spooky poem written by Thomas Hood entitled "Mary's Ghost"! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 1, Episode 3 includes: How the Whale Got His Throat from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling; My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson; Precocious Piggy, lyrics from a poem by Thomas Hood, music by Jessie McKeon; The Sleeping Beauty's Dream by Mrs. M. H. Spielman; Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon. "Organ Ambience, Calm, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) patreon.com/raggedyauntie

Dickens has been called 'The Man Who Invented Christmas' as this story's huge popularity played a significant role in redefining the spirit of the holiday during a time when old traditions were declining. "If Christmas, with its ancient and hospitable customs, its social and charitable observances, were in danger of decay, this is the book that would give them a new lease," said the poet Thomas Hood.Dickens' own abridgement, made for his public readings.

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember, The roses, red and white, The vi'lets, and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light! The lilacs where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on his birthday,— The tree is living yet! I remember, I remember, Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then, That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow! I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heav'n Than when I was a boy. Twitter：@camelliayang Website: https://www.camelliayang.com/ Join 1,000+ lifelong learner to receive a monthly newsletter from the Chiwi Journal.

"On a un conflit potentiel entre l'environnement et les droits humains, […] c'est en général assez difficile de bien concilier  les deux et d'assurer les droits des femmes et des hommes qui travaillent, ainsi que ceux de la planète." Marie Watier, présidente Amérique du Nord de Justice In Fashion Pour ces deux derniers épisodes de la saison 3, je retrouve trois invitées que vous avez entendu indivuduellement sur Qu'est-ce que la mode :  Catherine Dauriac, présidente de Fashion Revolution France  Audrey Millet, chercheure  à l'université d'Oslo et auteure du Livre noir de la mode  Marie Watier, présidente Amérique du Nord de Justice in Fashion  Pour aller plus loin :  Première émeute ouvrière en châle 1831  The song of the shirt par Thomas Hood en 1843  Melancholia, Victor Hugo  Le droit de vigilance  ⭐ MERCI à Rémon Jr. pour le  montage de cet épisode !

23rd June is the anniversary of the baptism of Thomas Hood, a Tudor doctor and mathematician, on 23rd June 1556, in the reign of Mary I. Find out about this talented Tudor man in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/FI9WONCbHak Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/   Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:   On This Day in Tudor History - https://amzn.to/3oceahH The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown - https://amzn.to/3m8KaSi George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat - https://amzn.to/2TdwyZr The Anne Boleyn Collection - https://amzn.to/3kiQc1T The Anne Boleyn Collection II - https://amzn.to/3o9LUwi The Anne Boleyn Collection III - https://amzn.to/3kiQc1T The Life of Anne Boleyn Colouring Books - https://amzn.to/3jkJ5Vz   Claire has also done an online history course, The Life of Anne Boleyn, for MedievalCourses.com - https://medievalcourses.com/overview/life-anne-boleyn-mc06/   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

From the river her body was tenderly lifted --- the girl who could find no place in the vast city. Thomas Hood pleads for her --- eloquently and justly. Read this gem of pathos. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics) Thomas Hood born May 23, 1799.

Introductory note on Thomas Hood (Wikipedia)

In my last program I read poems about El Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, which takes place in early November. Today I read poems about November more generally, by Thomas Hood, Thomas Hardy, Adelaide Crapsey, Robert Frost, Tomas Transtromer, and Rita Dove.  I end the program with one of my own poems.

Facebook Follow me on twitter @Seth4Nerds Check out my Patreon to support my show https://www.patreon.com/UncensoredLiving I'm sick of gruel, and the dietetics, I'm sick of pills, and sicker of emetics, I'm sick of pulses, tardiness or quickness, I'm sick of blood, its thinness or its thickness, - In short, within a word, I'm sick of sickness! THOMAS HOOD, 'Fragment', c. 1844 They are shallow animals, having always employed their minds about Body and Gut, they imagine that in the entire system of things there is nothing but Gut and Body. In this episode, I talk about trepanning, malaria therapy and eating the flesh of dead people! In short, I know how to keep it real, I hope you enjoy this episode of History Uncensored as I procrastinate yet again in releasing my episode on exposure! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seth-michels66/support

It is November. “No! (November)” Thomas Hood

Gracias nuevamente a: elespejogoticoblogspot.com y a su realizador por la amabilidad.Música: Extraída de Epidemic Sound.

Gracias nuevamente a: elespejogoticoblogspot.com y a su realizador por la amabilidad.Música: Extraída de Epidemic Sound.

Classic poetry ...the bridge of sighs....I remember ...by Thomas Hood..

El puente de los suspiros (The Bridge of Sighs) es un poema romántico del escritor inglés Thomas Hood, publicado en 1844.Este poema fue extraído de: http://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/ con el respectivo permiso de su administrador.Espero lo disfruten!!! Música: "The Rain Against my window" by Johannes Bornlof y "A Cadena Perpetua" by Criz Etxepare.NOS ESCUCHAMOS EN EL PROXIMO PROGRAMA!!

El puente de los suspiros (The Bridge of Sighs) es un poema romántico del escritor inglés Thomas Hood, publicado en 1844.Este poema fue extraído de: http://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/ con el respectivo permiso de su administrador.Espero lo disfruten!!! Música: "The Rain Against my window" by Johannes Bornlof y "A Cadena Perpetua" by Criz Etxepare.NOS ESCUCHAMOS EN EL PROXIMO PROGRAMA!!

This episode centers around the fear of the number 13, "triskaidekaphobia."  Host Lynn Hickernell discusses this phenomenon, and other superstitions and phobias, with an excerpt from the Kids Listen podcast, "Unspookable," a "Say What?!?" segment about the expression, "Break a leg," a "Do Over" with family therapist Emily King about "The Dress Shoes," and regular segment, "GET IT?!?!?"  The episode concludes with the poem, "The Supper Superstition" by Thomas Hood, read by "Just Us Weirdos" creator and host, Charlie White.

As part of my home schooling projects, I decided to let our 10 year old son Thomas have a go at being a presenter on Lake District Radio. Here's his second broadcast....

As part of my home schooling projects, I decided to let our 10 year old son Thomas have a go at being a presenter on Lake District Radio. Here's his first ever broadcast....

NO! By Thomas Hood

Today we celebrate the man who discovered that plants have circadian rhythms. We'll learn about the 20-acre estate that had the very first lawn mowed by a lawnmower in the United States. We'll hear some truly lovely and a little melancholy poetry about November.  We Grow That Garden Library with a book about the official national tree of America - the mighty oak. I'll talk about making Thanksgiving Time Capsules, and then we'll wrap things up with a sweet story about an Olive tree on the movie set for Samson and Delilah back in 1949. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.     How To Make A DIY Herbal-Infused Broth | Herbal Academy @herbalacademyne @HeatherSaba  It's just so easy to incorporate herbs into your everyday cooking. “An herbal-infused broth is a tasty way to enjoy herbs & add a nutritious boost to your meals all year long. Herbal-infused broths can be used into soups & other dishes or enjoyed on their own as a savory sipping broth on a crisp, cool day. This blog offers a great how-to and gives a list of herbs to consider. ”     Leave your leaves, garden experts say | CTV News Atlantic @AmystoodleyCTV If you haven't gotten around to raking - "There's a new campaign called 'Leave the Leaves,' and it encourages homeowners to leave the leaves on their lawn," said gardening expert @NikiJabbour "Leaves are just garden gold for the gardener."     Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck- because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There’s no need to take notes or track articles down - the next time you're on Facebook, just search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.       Brevities #OTD   Today is the birthday of Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, who was born on this day in 1678.  Mairan was a French chronobiologist - a job one rarely hears about these days. In 1729, da Mairan put together an experiment showing the existence of a circadian rhythm in plants. Essentially, he took a mimosa pudica plant - the heliotrope - and he put it in constant darkness in a cupboard. All the while, he recorded the plant's behavior. And what do you know? The plant had a natural rhythm of opening and closing its leaves - even if it couldn't absorb sunlight. Now, de Mairan didn't think that the plant had an internal clock, but he DID think that it could attune itself to the sun - even if it was blocked from it. No matter the accuracy of Mairan's conclusions, his work was on to something, and it established the foundation for chronobiology or the internal circadian clock.    #OTD   Today is the birthday of Henry Winthrop Sargent, who was born on this day in 1810. Henry Winthrop was born into American royalty. The Sargent family was fabulously wealthy, and Henry's dad was the Boston artist Henry Sargent. Like most of the men in his family, Henry Winthrop went to Harvard, where he studied law. Before he turned 30, he married Caroline Olmsted of New York, and shortly after that, Henry Winthrop retired to pursue his true calling: a country life.  A little over a year after marrying Caroline, Henry Winthrop bought a twenty-acre estate that overlooked the Hudson River. He christened it Wodenethe - a marriage of two old Saxon terms Woden (pronounced Woe-den) and ethe, which stands for woody promontory ( promontory is a point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.) Almost two decades later, the unusual name caused one newspaper reporter to write that it was a beautiful property with a wretched bad name. Wodenethe was a massive undertaking for Henry. He had unsightly buildings neighboring his property that he needed to hide, and he needed to learn what would grow in the extremes of the Northeast. Although Henry traveled to many different European gardens, his most considerable influence was much closer to home: Andrew Jackson Downing. In fact, one history of the area said, "Had there been no Downing there would have been no Wodeneth." Downing was a renowned landscape designer, horticulturist, and writer, and his botanic garden was just across the river from Wodenethe. Downing and Henry Winthrop formed an immediate friendship.  And, even though Downing's work and writings played a significant role in his approach, Henry Winthrop ultimately took matters into his own hands as he designed the Landscape at Wodenethe. Henry Winthrop clearly had vision and courage - two characteristics that are often found in master Landscape Designers. One of his first acts at Wodenethe was to remove trees and foliage that obstructed scenic vistas. As a lover of trees, Henry Winthrop was strategic and exacting when it came to framing a vista. This skill in framing a scene was Henry Winthrop's superpower, and he even created windows for his home that were shaped to maximize the view to the outside. One story about Henry Winthrop's exceptional ability to create a view involves his son, Winthrop. One time a woman visited the Sargents, and when she looked out the window, she noticed little Winthrop out on the lawn. Henry Winthrop had created the view to look like the lawn extended out to the Hudson, creating a sense that there was a sharp dropoff - almost like the lawn ran out to the edge of a cliff. Concerned for Winthrop, the lady visitor commented something to the effect of how SHE wouldn't let her own children play so close to that dropoff. Well, after that visit, Henry Winthrop would often have little Winthrop go out to the lawn with a fishing pole and pretend to fish off the edge. In reality, he was sitting a good mile away from the water's edge - quite safe on the flat earth. But, Henry Winthrop's masterful vista created an artful and beautiful illusion.  Henry Winthrop's major life accomplishment, aside from Wodenethe, was taking Downing's book simply called Landscape Gardening and revising it for the fourth edition. This extensive re-write included details on the creation of Wodenethe in detail in addition to the Italien garden of Horatio Hollis Hunnewell in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Hunnewell had married Henry Winthrop's cousin, Isabelle. And, keep  in mind that Henry Winthrop's father was a painter when you listen to his words  on Landscape Gardening: “Landscape Gardening is just as much a picture, though a living one, made by trees, as a painted landscape is made by the pencil or brush; both require long years of study, artistic perceptions, and a knowledge of how to handle the tools.” One of the most charming quotes I found about Henry Winthrop is regarding his early days at Wodenethe. After forty years of work, he reflected: "For the ten years [I] did everything wrong, and for the next five,[my] time was occupied in correcting [my] mistake[s]." The epilogue for Wodenethe is unfortunate. Henry Winthrop died there. He and Caroline were buried there. Wodenethe was serially passed along to children and surviving spouses until in 1921 when a Dr. Clarence Slocum opened a sanatorium at Wodenethe making it America’s first privately licensed psychiatric hospital. In fact, some of the Wodenethe patients ended up living in Henry Winthrop's Wodenethe mansion. After Dr. Slocum died, his son sold the property to a developer, and the first thing they did was to carry out a controlled burn that destroyed the mansion and the entire garden. The place once called “The most artistic twenty-acre place in America” was gone.  A year later, in 1955, the land turned into a housing development mainly for employees of Texaco. And there is yet one more little known and sad footnote to the Wodenethe story. The sanatorium gatehouse at Wodenethe was turned into a one-bedroom, one-bath cottage for a particular patient who occupied it pretty much in solitary confinement all through the 1940s: Rosemary Kennedy, JFK's disabled sister. Their father, Joseph Kennedy, made the arrangments for Rosemary to live at Wodenethe without every sharing the location with the rest of the family. Consequently, she never had any visitors.   Today, Wodenethe is memorialized by the street name Wodenethe Drive which intersects with Sargent Avenue in Beacon, New York.       Unearthed Words   On this bleary white afternoon, are there fires lit up in heaven against such faking of quickness and light, such windy discoursing? While November numbly collapses, this beech tree, heavy as death on the lawn, braces for throat- cutting ice, bandaging snow. - Edwin Honig, November Through a Giant Copper Beech   No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November! - Thomas Hood, No!     Today's book recommendation: Oak by William Bryant Logan As a professional arborist and award-winning nature writer, Logan captures the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees for centuries. Oak is a fascinating book, and Logan's prose sometimes reads almost like poetry. In the book, Logan even writes about the mighty acorn and its little known use as an edible. Logan tries to make acorn jelly and acorn flour, and he writes that the acorn has a unique characteristic as an edible; it makes you feel full for hours after eating it. Logan says, "There is some basic sympathy between oaks and humans. We invented a whole way of living out of their fruit and their wood, and by that token, they too invented us." Logan is the author of the simply-titled books Dirt, Oak, Air, and Sprout Lands.  This book was written in 2006. You can get a used copy and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $6.     Today's Garden Chore Create a Thanksgiving Time Capsule. Gather leaves and specimens from your garden. Put it all together in a mason jar. Then, create a journal entry about this year's Thanksgiving: who was gathered together, who did you miss, record the weather, maybe jot down a poem or prayer, record some thoughts on your November garden. Then tear out the entry and roll it up and tie it with a piece of twin and tuck it in your mason jar. You'll have a lovely way to store your memories as well as a beautiful display from your 2019 November garden.     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 1948, the Ponca City News out of Ponca, Oklahoma, shared a story about the famous director Cecil B. DeMille.  I'll paraphrase it for you:   During the filming of Samson and Delilah, Demille wanted to film a scene under an olive tree. He quickly called for the film's nurseryman and instructed him: Hang another olive branch from that limb. It's pretty bare there.” In short order, the nurseryman appeared with a leafy branch and set about attaching it. DeMille shouted, “Just a minute. THAT’s not an olive branch!”   The nurseryman was a little taken aback, but managed to reply, “I’m sure it is, sir.”   DeMille snapped back, “I’m sure it's NOT. Why, a four-year-old kid could tell you that's not from an olive tree. Where did you get it?”   To which, the nurseryman humbly replied, “I just clipped it from the [backside] of this olive tree.”   Suddenly there was complete silence from DeMille. After a few seconds, he said, “I don’t suppose I am in a position to say this is not an olive tree.”   “No sir,” said the nurseryman...  and the scene went on.         Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."  

This episode centers around the fear of the number 13, "triskaidekaphobia."  Host Lynn Hickernell discusses this phenomenon, and other superstitions and phobias, with an excerpt from the Kids Listen podcast, "Unspookable," a "Say What?!?" segment about the expression, "Break a leg," a "Do Over" with family therapist Emily King about "The Dress Shoes," and regular segment, "GET IT?!?!?"  The episode concludes with the poem, "The Supper Superstition" by Thomas Hood, read by "Just Us Weirdos" creator and host, Charlie White.   Full show notes for this episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/28996825  

Palvelut, puhutaan sitten asiantuntijatyöstä tai vaikkapa pilvipalveluista, ovat tänä päivänä osa lähes jokaista B2B-liiketoimintaa. Toiset ovat palvelubisneksessä kokonaan, toisille se taas on tärkeä lisäbisnes. Kuinka palvelubisneksestä sitten tehdään parempaa bisnestä, ja miten sitä kannattaa johtaa? Kuka tuntisikaan aiheen paremmin kuin PlanMill Oy:n perustaja ja toimitusjohtaja Thomas Hood, joka vierailee Loyalisticin podcast-studiolla ja keskustelee aiheesta podcast-isäntä Antti Pietilän kanssa. PlanMill on edelläkävijöitä palveluliiketoiminnan ohjelmistoratkaisuissa (mm. ERP ja CRM), ja kun tuotetta, asiakkaita ja omaakin bisnestä on ollut kehittämässä pari vuosikymmentä, on kokemusta ja näkemystä aiheesta karttunut, ja siitä riittää jaettavaksi myös tässä episodissa. Käsittelemme podcastissa erilaisia tuotteistuksia, hinnoittelumalleja, hintojen muuttamista, myynnin dynamiikkaa, kannattavuutta ja monia muita jokaiselle palvelubisneksestä vastaavalle tärkeitä asioita. Jos olet kiinnostunut siitä, miten saat parannettua palvelubisnestäsi erityisesti asiantuntijapalveluiden osalta, kannattaa tämä episodi kuunnella! Muista tilata myös Loyalisticin podcast-kanava "Loyalistic Suomi", löydät sen omasta podcast-sovelluksestasi! Tykkää Loyalisticista myös Facebookissa: https://www.facebook.com/Loyalistic/ Lue lisää markkinoinnin automaatiojärjestelmä Loyalisticista: https://loyalistic.com/fi/ Tutustu Antti Pietilään LinkedInissä: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anttipietila/ Tutustu Antti Pietilään Twitterissä: https://www.twitter.com/anttipietila/ Lue lisää PlanMillistä: http://www.planmill.com/fi/ Tutustu Thomas Hoodiin LinkedInissä: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoodthomas/ Tutustu Thomas Hoodiin Twitterissä: https://twitter.com/thomashood

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! What better way could you think of to celebrate other than an epic, 2 part / 6+ hour long podcast episode featuring 100% original heat from North American producers?IMPORTANT NOTE: We dont usually suggest Soundcloud for downloads, but due to the file size restriction for podcast partners, we reccomend downloading this weeks episode from Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/abductedI want to take a second to thank all the producers who participated this year. I wasn't quite sure what to expect as far as a turnout, but boy did everyone show up in full force! It was next to impossible to decide who got in and who didn't, and there are some AMAZING mixes that we just couldn't fit in due to the podcast file size limitations, so PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE LINKS BELOW to hear everyone's individual mix of all original tunes.You can check out each artists individual mix on their own Soundclouds linked belowarQer and Realtime - https://soundcloud.com/arqerandrealtime Bad Martian - https://soundcloud.com/badmartian Bad Syntax - https://soundcloud.com/bad-syntax Binsky - https://soundcloud.com/binsky Blacklab - https://soundcloud.com/blacklabmusic Breaks of Arcadia - https://soundcloud.com/breaksofarcadia Da Zukeepa - https://soundcloud.com/zukeepaDARK-KO-MIN - https://soundcloud.com/dar-ko-min Decontrol - https://soundcloud.com/genocide666 DJ Odi - https://soundcloud.com/djodi-1 E-Sassin - https://soundcloud.com/e-sassin Flite - https://soundcloud.com/flite Hajimari - https://soundcloud.com/iamhajimari HammerZz - https://soundcloud.com/mr-hammerzz Horge - https://soundcloud.com/horgeaudio Jah Bliddle - https://soundcloud.com/bassfreqmuzik Knoxz - www.soundcloud.com/knoxz Logam - https://soundcloud.com/logam Mastin - https://www.soundcloud.com/mastinmusic Neo-Geo - https://soundcloud.com/geolimited Northern Barrier - https://soundcloud.com/northern-barrier Polaris - https://soundcloud.com/polarisdnb Rawtee - https://soundcloud.com/rawtee Ric Dolore - https://soundcloud.com/ric_dolore SB1 - https://soundcloud.com/speedballaone Shady J - https://soundcloud.com/shady-jmf Shibumi - https://soundcloud.com/1shibumi Spiralus - https://soundcloud.com/spiralus The Darkitect - https://soundcloud.com/p-dark Theatrix - https://soundcloud.com/theatrixdnb Thomas Hood - https://soundcloud.com/thomashoodmusic Todd Buchler - https://soundcloud.com/toddbuchler Velos & NLIC - https://hearthis.at/nlic/Will Miles - https://soundcloud.com/will-miles Winslow - https://soundcloud.com/winslowxyz Zaiaku - https://soundcloud.com/thezaiaku Seriously there was so much insane heat sent through for this project, I really hope you do take the time to visit all of the above links and check them out for yourself!For the mixes that made it through to the podcast, if you enjoyed what you heard the official tracklist for part 1 & 2 is below. We hope everyone out there has an awesome holiday, and that you enjoy some of these amazing home grown producer mixes! BOH!Part 1:Bad SyntaxEsym & Bad Syntax - ??? [Dub]Dose - Cultivate (Bad Syntax & Hanm RMX) [Abducted LTD]Bad Syntax ft MC Tell - I Am The Viper [Close 2 Death]TC - GTFU (Bad Syntax RMX) [FREE DL]Bad Syntax & Tobax - Switch [Mayan]Bad Syntax - ??? [WIP]Bad Syntax & Pish Posh - Dark Planet [Abducted LTD]Concord Dawn - Morning Light (Bad Syntax Unofficial Bootleg) [FREE DL]Logam??????????????Mean Teeth & Logam - Vampire Hunter [FREE DL]Mayhem & Logam - Infinity [Santoku]Bensley - Fandango (Legion & Logam Remix) [RAM DUB]Mayhem & Logam - We Will feat. Armanni Reign (Logam 6AM Mix) [DUB]???????Gerra & Stone - Lies (Legion & Logam Remix) [Program DUB]Mayhem & Logam - Ouroboros [Santoku]Grum - Straight To Your Heart (Legion & Logam Remix) [Zero Three]???????Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Logam Bootleg Remix) [FREE DL]Flite DJ Fresh - Shots ft. Jakes (Flite Remix) [Breakbeat Kaos]Muzzy & Flite - Elevate ft. Miss Trouble [Monstercat]Random Movement - Lake Escape (Flite Remix) [Driven AM]Flite - Kairos [Liquicity Records]Flite - Decisions [Liquicity Records]Flite - We Are One [Monstercat]Skrillex & Habstrakt - Chicken Soup (Flite Bootleg)Reid Speed & Frank Royal - IN 2 U (Flite Remix) [Play Me Records]RL Grime - Core (Flite Bootleg)Flite - Break The Loop [Liquicity Records]Flite - Titan [Viper Recordings]Flite - Awakening [Hospital Records]E-SassinE-Sassin - Faith [Sound Sphere]E-Sassin 0 N.E.T. [Abducted]E-Sassin - The Signal [Section8]Triple Sickz - The Devils Bitch (E-Sassin Remix) [unreleased]Sinister Souls - Crystal Math (E-Sassin Remix) [unreleased]E-Sassin Asylum [Section8]Bad Syntax - Darkness (E-Sassin Remix) [Abducted]ZaiakuThe DefectMercyContagiousThe FallBrother Grim – Decay (Zaiaku Remix)RazaBad Syntax – I am the Viper (Zaiaku Remix)TempleShrinePleasure and PainRawteeRawtee - Close to Me [Animated] 2013Rawtee - Two Suns [Unreleased] 2014Rawtee - Deep [Unreleased] 2015Rawtee - And Eye [Unreleased] 2014Rawtee - Shadow Lion [Digital Terror Records] 2013Rawtee - Higher Ground VIP [Hocus Pocus Recordings] 2015Rawtee - Too Much Wine [Reformed Recordings] 2004Rawtee - Plata O Plomo [Switch! Recordings] 2015Rawtee - Silver Currents 2018 VIP [U.S. Jump Up Movement] 2018Rawtee - Searchin' [Diamond Audio] 2018Rawtee - Soundbwoy Mission [Grid Recordings]2010Rawtee - Welcome to the Future [Unreleased]2010Rawtee - Type Unknown [Down 2 Earth]2015Rawtee - Inmate [Grid Recorings]2010Rawtee - Deadlift [Unreleased]2014Rawtee - Drop the Beat [Holographic Audio]2018Rawtee - Fallin' [Switch Recordings]2015Rawtee - Can't Get Enough [Grid Recordings]2010Will MilesWill Miles - With You (Dub)Will Miles - Ring Of Fire (Rubik)Will Miles - The Heavies Remix (Dub)Will Miles - Basic (Dub)Will Miles - The Shadows (Elm Imprint)Will Miles - Moon Rising (Phuzion)Will Miles - Mental Militia (Dub)Knoxz KNOXZ - Get Raw [Dub]KNOXZ - Woke [Dub]KNOXZ ft. Sopheye - ID [Dub]KNOXZ - Awakening [Dub]KNOXZ - Uknowns [Dub]KNOXZ - Cold Night [Dub]KNOXZ - Intensify [Dub]KNOXZ x The Voss / Vicissitude [Dub]KNOXZ x Glitch - Mental State [Dub]KNOXZ - Shutdown [Dub]KNOXZ - Internal Fixation [Dub]KNOXZ - Corruption [Dub]BlacklabBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - Aria - Soulvent RecordsBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - ID - DUBBlacklab - Do You - Soulvent RecordsBlacklab - ID - DUBHajimari Hajimari - Decompress [Free DL]Hajimari - Sonne [Free DL]Hajimari - Omen [Free DL]ID - ID (Hajimari Remix) [Forthcoming]Truth - Inside Your Thoughts (Hajimari Bootleg) [Free DL]Hajimari - Diffuse [Delta9 Recordings]Hajimari & Amaryllis - Slide [Free DL]Hajimari - Sharpened [Santoku Records]Hajimari - Get Lost ft. cluda [Santoku Records]Hajimari & Amaryllis - Divide [Free DL]Hajimari - ID [Forthcoming]Part 2Velos & NLIC VoidStalker - Heartbreaker (Velos & NLIC rmx) - SonicTerror RecordingsVelos & NLIC - Rocket Powered Sharks - unsignedVelos & NLIC - Incenerate - Ohm ResistanceVelos & NLIC - Mezmer - unsignedVelos & NLIC - Stonewall - Ohm ResistanceVelos & NLIC - Frostbite - SonicTerror RecordingsVelos & NLIC - Mutator - Ohm ResistanceVelos & NLIC - Nam Vera - unsignedVelos & NLIC - Gyre - Ohm ResistanceShibumi Shibumi - Intent [Dub]Demigroove - Exile (Shibumi Remix) [Deception]Shibumi - Deviant [Deception]Shibumi - System [OGX]Shibumi - Tō [OGX]Shibumi - Monitor [Deception]Shibumi - ??? [???]Shibumi - Zone 3 [Dub]PolarisPolaris & Schematic - Conduit {Hospital}Polaris - The Light In Your Eyes {Hospital}Polaris & Schematic - City Life {Inner City Dance}Polaris - Kessel Run {Med School}Polaris, Stranjah & Tyr Kohout - Way Back Home {Hospital}Polaris - Relic {Med School}Polaris & Schematic - Sculpture {Hospital}Polaris - Prismatic Gate {Med School}Polaris & Schematic - Please Don't {Technique Recordings}Polaris - Alignment {Hospital}Polaris - Lessons Learned {Hosptial}Polaris - Receiver {Med School}Polaris - Found You {Med School}SpiralusSpiralus- Sax Me UpSpiralus & Zentinal - Mimosa MusiqueSpiralus & Zentinal - Casimir FunkSpiralus - Travelers DestinySpiralus - Sunday Night Jazz ShitSpiralus - DisplacedSpiralus - Combination of the Elements (wip)Spiralus - Stick em UpDJ OdiDj Odi - Meet Me Halfway - UnsignedDj Odi - Feel It - UptempoDj Odi - Last Forever -UnsignedDj Odi - Ludlow - UptempoDj Odi - Look Sharp - UptempoDj Odi Feat. T.R.A.C. - This is For - UptempoDj Odi - Ambar - UptempoBad MartianUFO! & Silent Killer – Downfall (Bad Martian & BABYLON SOUND remix) (Herd Killing)Bad Martian feat. MagMag – Martian Sunset (Patrol the Skies)Reid Speed & Rezi - Unfound (Bad Martian unofficial remix)Bad Martian & General Jah Mikey – Space Race (unsigned)TC – GTFU (Bad Martian unofficial remix)BABYLON SOUND & Bad Martian feat. MagMag – Invaders (Scapegot Records)Bad Martian feat. MagMag- Martian Sunset (BABYLON SOUND remix) (Patrol the Skies)MastinMastin - Kaiju [not signed]Mastin - 4097 [not signed]Mastin - The Monolith [Self Release/Soundcloud Free DL]Mastin - Desert Shrine [not signed]Mastin - Witch Doctor [Mason Noise]Flamzy - The Official Podcast Theme (Mastin Remix) [Self Release]Mastin - Race to the End of Time [not signed]Fox Stevenson - On My Own (Mastin Remix) [not official or released]arQer and RealtimeMOTF - Phosphenes {Schedule One Recordings}MOTF - Street Science {Unreleased}arQer and Realtime - Exhaust {DSCI4}MOTF - Robotic Hypnotic Featuring Filthy Groosum {Schedule One Recordings}arQer and Realtime - Believe {Nerve}arQer and Realtime - Unlocked {Outbreak Ltd.}arQer and Realtime - Get a Little Closer {Nerve}arQer and Realtime - China Bee {Patrol the Skies Music}MOTF - Fruity Pebbles {Rockers 175}MOTF - This Nightmare {Rockers 175}arQer and Realtime - Salami Tactics {Patrol the Skies Music}arQer and Realtime - Whipped Cream {Unreleased}arQer, Realtime and UFO! - Besame {bootleg}arQer and Realtime - Run Away {Unreleased}arQer and Realtime - Warehouse Daze {Hard:Edged}arQer and Realtime - Parallel Universes {Monkey Bizness}arQer and Realtime - Crystal Beach {Monkey Bizness}arQer and Realtime - Divine Frequency {Monkey Bizness}MOTF - I Need a New Cage {Dubkraft}arQer and Realtime - Slow Makes Fast {Monkey Bizness}arQer and Realtime - Gummy Rings {Patrol the Skies Music}TheatrixTheatrix - Mesmerism [Forthcoming Divination]Theatrix - With Me ft Franny B [Divination]Theatrix - Sorcery [Viper Recordings]Theatrix - LA Noir ft Dip Vertigo [DUB]Theatrix + Dropset - Boiling Point [DUB]Theatrix - Trojan ft Seige MC [Viper Recordings]Theatrix - Invocation [Forthcoming Divination]Theatrix - Tundra ft Composure & Chemistry MC [Forthcoming Divination]Theatrix - Dusk [DUB]Theatrix - Golden Dawn [Forthcoming Divination]WinslowWinslow - Orange You GladWinslow - Switchback FunkWinslow - Home AloneWinslow - Stay In Your LaneWinslow - Spector DetectorWinslow - Hex BreakerWinslow - Errors Within IntrospectionWinslow - Ants In My PantsWinslow - Can I Get A WitnessHammerzzHammerZz & Pish Posh - The Forgotten (Unsigned)Six Realms & HammerZz -Korriban (unsigned)Todd Buchler & HammerZz - Flashback (Nervosa)Six Realms & HammerZz - Druids (Unsigned)HammerZz - Soundwaves (Unsigned)DSurr & HammerZz - Trailblazer (Unsigned)Markum & HammerZz - Revelation (Unsigned)HammerZz - Catacombs (Unsigned)HammerZz - Kabar (Unsigned)HammerZz feat Heavix- Long Day (Unsigned)Podcast available on these platforms: iTunes - http://bit.ly/bestdnbSpotify - http://bit.ly/spotify-bdnbGoogle Play - http://bit.ly/bdnb-gplay iHeartRadio - http://bit.ly/bdnb-ihrTunein - http://bit.ly/bdnb-tunein Stitcher - http://bit.ly/bdnb-stitcher See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! What better way could you think of to celebrate other than an epic, 2 part / 6+ hour long podcast episode featuring 100% original heat from North American producers?IMPORTANT NOTE: We dont usually suggest Soundcloud for downloads, but due to the file size restriction for podcast partners, we reccomend downloading this weeks episode from Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/abductedI want to take a second to thank all the producers who participated this year. I wasn't quite sure what to expect as far as a turnout, but boy did everyone show up in full force! It was next to impossible to decide who got in and who didn't, and there are some AMAZING mixes that we just couldn't fit in due to the podcast file size limitations, so PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE LINKS BELOW to hear everyone's individual mix of all original tunes.You can check out each artists individual mix on their own Soundclouds linked belowarQer and Realtime - https://soundcloud.com/arqerandrealtime Bad Martian - https://soundcloud.com/badmartian Bad Syntax - https://soundcloud.com/bad-syntax Binsky - https://soundcloud.com/binsky Blacklab - https://soundcloud.com/blacklabmusic Breaks of Arcadia - https://soundcloud.com/breaksofarcadia Da Zukeepa - https://soundcloud.com/zukeepaDARK-KO-MIN - https://soundcloud.com/dar-ko-min Decontrol - https://soundcloud.com/genocide666 DJ Odi - https://soundcloud.com/djodi-1 E-Sassin - https://soundcloud.com/e-sassin Flite - https://soundcloud.com/flite Hajimari - https://soundcloud.com/iamhajimari HammerZz - https://soundcloud.com/mr-hammerzz Horge - https://soundcloud.com/horgeaudio Jah Bliddle - https://soundcloud.com/bassfreqmuzik Knoxz - www.soundcloud.com/knoxz Logam - https://soundcloud.com/logam Mastin - https://www.soundcloud.com/mastinmusic Neo-Geo - https://soundcloud.com/geolimited Northern Barrier - https://soundcloud.com/northern-barrier Polaris - https://soundcloud.com/polarisdnb Rawtee - https://soundcloud.com/rawtee Ric Dolore - https://soundcloud.com/ric_dolore SB1 - https://soundcloud.com/speedballaone Shady J - https://soundcloud.com/shady-jmf Shibumi - https://soundcloud.com/1shibumi Spiralus - https://soundcloud.com/spiralus The Darkitect - https://soundcloud.com/p-dark Theatrix - https://soundcloud.com/theatrixdnb Thomas Hood - https://soundcloud.com/thomashoodmusic Todd Buchler - https://soundcloud.com/toddbuchler Velos & NLIC - https://hearthis.at/nlic/Will Miles - https://soundcloud.com/will-miles Winslow - https://soundcloud.com/winslowxyz Zaiaku - https://soundcloud.com/thezaiaku Seriously there was so much insane heat sent through for this project, I really hope you do take the time to visit all of the above links and check them out for yourself!For the mixes that made it through to the podcast, if you enjoyed what you heard the official tracklist for part 1 & 2 is below. We hope everyone out there has an awesome holiday, and that you enjoy some of these amazing home grown producer mixes! BOH!Part 1:Bad SyntaxEsym & Bad Syntax - ??? [Dub]Dose - Cultivate (Bad Syntax & Hanm RMX) [Abducted LTD]Bad Syntax ft MC Tell - I Am The Viper [Close 2 Death]TC - GTFU (Bad Syntax RMX) [FREE DL]Bad Syntax & Tobax - Switch [Mayan]Bad Syntax - ??? [WIP]Bad Syntax & Pish Posh - Dark Planet [Abducted LTD]Concord Dawn - Morning Light (Bad Syntax Unofficial Bootleg) [FREE DL]Logam??????????????Mean Teeth & Logam - Vampire Hunter [FREE DL]Mayhem & Logam - Infinity [Santoku]Bensley - Fandango (Legion & Logam Remix) [RAM DUB]Mayhem & Logam - We Will feat. Armanni Reign (Logam 6AM Mix) [DUB]???????Gerra & Stone - Lies (Legion & Logam Remix) [Program DUB]Mayhem & Logam - Ouroboros [Santoku]Grum - Straight To Your Heart (Legion & Logam Remix) [Zero Three]???????Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Logam Bootleg Remix) [FREE DL]Flite DJ Fresh - Shots ft. Jakes (Flite Remix) [Breakbeat Kaos]Muzzy & Flite - Elevate ft. Miss Trouble [Monstercat]Random Movement - Lake Escape (Flite Remix) [Driven AM]Flite - Kairos [Liquicity Records]Flite - Decisions [Liquicity Records]Flite - We Are One [Monstercat]Skrillex & Habstrakt - Chicken Soup (Flite Bootleg)Reid Speed & Frank Royal - IN 2 U (Flite Remix) [Play Me Records]RL Grime - Core (Flite Bootleg)Flite - Break The Loop [Liquicity Records]Flite - Titan [Viper Recordings]Flite - Awakening [Hospital Records]E-SassinE-Sassin - Faith [Sound Sphere]E-Sassin 0 N.E.T. [Abducted]E-Sassin - The Signal [Section8]Triple Sickz - The Devils Bitch (E-Sassin Remix) [unreleased]Sinister Souls - Crystal Math (E-Sassin Remix) [unreleased]E-Sassin Asylum [Section8]Bad Syntax - Darkness (E-Sassin Remix) [Abducted]ZaiakuThe DefectMercyContagiousThe FallBrother Grim – Decay (Zaiaku Remix)RazaBad Syntax – I am the Viper (Zaiaku Remix)TempleShrinePleasure and PainRawteeRawtee - Close to Me [Animated] 2013Rawtee - Two Suns [Unreleased] 2014Rawtee - Deep [Unreleased] 2015Rawtee - And Eye [Unreleased] 2014Rawtee - Shadow Lion [Digital Terror Records] 2013Rawtee - Higher Ground VIP [Hocus Pocus Recordings] 2015Rawtee - Too Much Wine [Reformed Recordings] 2004Rawtee - Plata O Plomo [Switch! Recordings] 2015Rawtee - Silver Currents 2018 VIP [U.S. Jump Up Movement] 2018Rawtee - Searchin' [Diamond Audio] 2018Rawtee - Soundbwoy Mission [Grid Recordings]2010Rawtee - Welcome to the Future [Unreleased]2010Rawtee - Type Unknown [Down 2 Earth]2015Rawtee - Inmate [Grid Recorings]2010Rawtee - Deadlift [Unreleased]2014Rawtee - Drop the Beat [Holographic Audio]2018Rawtee - Fallin' [Switch Recordings]2015Rawtee - Can't Get Enough [Grid Recordings]2010Will MilesWill Miles - With You (Dub)Will Miles - Ring Of Fire (Rubik)Will Miles - The Heavies Remix (Dub)Will Miles - Basic (Dub)Will Miles - The Shadows (Elm Imprint)Will Miles - Moon Rising (Phuzion)Will Miles - Mental Militia (Dub)Knoxz KNOXZ - Get Raw [Dub]KNOXZ - Woke [Dub]KNOXZ ft. 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Dr. Wager and I continue our conversation about Victorian Art / Art Adaptations. Things we mentioned: Poison Wallpaper William Morris Archive William Morris’s News From Nowhere  Thomas Hood’s “The Song of the Shirt”  Elizabeth Carolyn Miller’s Slow Print Jennifer Green-Lewis’s Framing the Victorians Daniel Novak’s Realism, Photography, and Nineteenth-Century…

In this interview, Thomas Hood talks about his transition out of the Army to include the challenges as well the immense amount of opportunities that are available to him. Thomas is a testament to the fact that persistence and discipline pays off. Listen to his thoughts about his experience interning with Uber during his last days of active duty, the veteran-centric organizations that help with employment, and his advice to people separating. Sponsored by: Banneret - The recruiting company focused on military veterans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scratch and Bite Outcast.9.The Walkabout Yoweeee PodCastOffs. Welcome to OutCast the Podcast on walkabout in outback Australia. The Stiffies opened our journey tonight as a warning to all those who trek the wilds of the planet … you to could end up in “Swampland” After that “Crash and Burn” we discover the North Coasts “Hammerfish” was home to both “The Stiffies” Ryan and Greg from “The Outcome”.and foreshadows Greg’s path through various noise machines until “The Crimson Project“, remodelled as “ The Violation of Silence” and now in its final form “The Outcome” definitely will “Keep Running”. The Outcome, a powerful machine indeed. If you cruised round this great land of ocean and desert, You would have no doubt met “Gypsy Dave” sitting at his campfire near some lonely Billabong reminiscing about the “Bye and Bye”. Unfortunately “Gypsy Dave” passed away late this year, living the Rock and Roll lifestyle to the end and teaching a new generation of noisemakers his art. Gypsy Dave (Ian Thomas) was an interesting character, a survivor of the Seminal sixties garage bands “The Missing Links” precursors to the Punk outbreak 10 years later, “The Showmen”, “Thomas Hood” and several other reincarnations through a chequered career in the Australian music scene. The Missing Link exposé of “Nervous Breakdown” featured a scathing Ian Thomas shattering every Elvis fans heart. In true links fashion the “Missing Links” always let you know “You’re Driving Me Insane”. A listen to some of Australia’s bands of sixties would loosen anyone’s brain cells. Found on several tracks of the “Gypsy Dave” CD is Ray Arnott another stalwart of the Australian music scene. Ray has credits on so many tracks you would think he was the only drummer in Australia; I will delve into Ray in the future. Ray also was a leg in the trio “Digital Soul” with the incandescent “I’m on Fire” featuring “Laura Gillespie” who we will catch up with on another episode. Down in the South of the country Melbourne’s young bloods “NeonPres” are starting their own climb into the Australian musical hierarchy, with a slight departure from their frantic funk the pulsing “Down”. Peeled off caves walls around my slice of heaven and hung for your pleasure are images by the incredulous Danielle Burford. http://www.danielleburford.com.au Remember I want you to contribute to my noise ravaged world, so send your noise, images, and words to me and the planet can see you for who you are. Send stuff here scratchandbite@podomatic.com muzz@scratchandbite.com Or visit www.myspace.com/outcastpodcast If that is too scary, email me and I will sedate you so it will all seem like a dream. If you are brave enough for another episode so am I, of course it will consist of Noise, more noise and images related to NOISE! Disappearing into the dust this episode closes with the raw energy of “Sunday Faynes with Loco Parentus” the fresh blood that will keep Australian music driving the planet. Sunday says “Get Stuffed”. Don’t forget! I want to get Stuffed….I want to get Stuff! Send stuff, if you don’t have noise or images, send money. Appearing were: www.myspace.com/thestiffies www.myspace.com/theoutcome04 www.myspace.com/lauragillespie2006 www.myspace.com/neonpres http://www.myspace.com/sundaymusics http://www.danielleburford.com.au

T Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud: Giving voice to the poetry of the past. www.classicpoetryaloud.com -------------------------------------------- The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood (1799 – 1845) With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the “Song of the Shirt!” “Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work—work—work, Till the stars shine through the roof! It ’s Oh! to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work! “Work—work—work Till the brain begins to swim; Work—work—work Till the eyes are heavy and dim. Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! “Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you ’re wearing out, But human creatures’ lives! Stitch—stitch—stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. “But why do I talk of Death? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! “Work—work—work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread—and rags. That shatter’d roof—and this naked floor— A table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. “Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime, Work—work—work, As prisoners work for crime! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb’d, As well as the weary hand. “Work—work—work, In the dull December light, And work—work—work, When the weather is warm and bright, While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. “Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal, “Oh, but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!” With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Rich! She sang this “ Song of the Shirt!" First aired: 1 November 2007 For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index. Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2009

Poets2 special Thanksgiving show reviews songs, poetry, and prose giving thanks, including an old Iroquois song and the Lord's Prayer in olde English.

T Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/ Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------------------- Past and Present by Thomas Hood (1799 – 1845) I remember, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day: But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups— Those flowers made of light! The lilacs where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on his birthday,— The tree is living yet! I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance; But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. First aired: 15 October 2007 For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index. Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2008

T Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/ Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------------- Silence by Thomas Hood (1798 – 1845) There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be, In the cold grave—under the deep, deep sea, Or in wide desert where no life is found, Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound; No voice is hush'd—no life treads silently, But clouds and cloudy shadows wander free, That never spoke, over the idle ground: But in green ruins, in the desolate walls Of antique palaces, where Man hath been, Though the dun fox or wild hyaena calls, And owls, that flit continually between, Shriek to the echo, and the low winds moan— There the true Silence is, self-conscious and alone. First aired: 8 August 2008 For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index. Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2008

T Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/ Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------------- Time of Roses by Thomas Hood (1798 – 1845) It was not in the Winter Our loving lot was cast; It was the time of roses— We pluck'd them as we pass'd! That churlish season never frown'd On early lovers yet: O no—the world was newly crown'd With flowers when first we met! 'Twas twilight, and I bade you go, But still you held me fast; It was the time of roses— We pluck'd them as we pass'd! For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index. Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2008

Thomas Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/ Giving voice to the poetry of the past. --------------------------------------------------- The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood (1799 – 1845) With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the “Song of the Shirt!” “Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work—work—work, Till the stars shine through the roof! It ’s Oh! to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work! “Work—work—work Till the brain begins to swim; Work—work—work Till the eyes are heavy and dim. Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! “Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you ’re wearing out, But human creatures’ lives! Stitch—stitch—stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. “But why do I talk of Death? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! “Work—work—work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread—and rags. That shatter’d roof—and this naked floor— A table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. “Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime, Work—work—work, As prisoners work for crime! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb’d, As well as the weary hand. “Work—work—work, In the dull December light, And work—work—work, When the weather is warm and bright, While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. “Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal, “Oh, but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!” With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Rich! She sang this “ Song of the Shirt!”

Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud: http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/ Giving voice to classic poetry. --------------------------------------------------- Past and Present by Thomas Hood (1799 – 1845) I remember, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day: But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups— Those flowers made of light! The lilacs where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on his birthday,— The tree is living yet! I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance; But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy.

A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is Charles Dickens' "little Christmas Book" first published on December 19,] 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. The story met with instant success, selling six thousand copies within a week. Originally written as a potboiler to enable Dickens to pay off a debt, the tale has become one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all time. In fact, contemporaries of the time noted that the popularity of the story played a critical role in redefining the importance of Christmas and the major sentiments associated with the holiday. Few modern readers realize that A Christmas Carol was written during a time of decline in the old Christmas traditions. "If Christmas, with its ancient and hospitable customs, its social and charitable observances, were in danger of decay, this is the book that would give them a new lease," said English poet Thomas Hood in his review in Hood's Magazine and Comic Review (January 1844, page 68).

Sun, Oct 16 2005 Mister Ron's Basement #160 Spooky (but funny) stories have been dragged kicking and screaming out of the Basement this week! Today's is actually a short poem by Thomas Hood from 1883, 'Mary's Ghost -- A Pathetic Ballad,' which should leave you laughing so hard you'll split at the seams. Well, somebody will be split at the seams... Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html