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WELCOME TO JUST A MINUTE! starring PAUL MERTON, DEREK NIMMO, CLEMENT FREUD and PETER JONES, chaired by NICHOLAS PARSONS (Radio, 14 February 1998)
NOTE: Derek Nimmo's 300th appearance. NICHOLAS PARSONS: Welcome to Just A Minute! THEME MUSIC NP: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, hello, my name is Nicholas Parsons. And as the Minute Waltz fades away it is my pleasure, not only to welcome our listeners but to introduce the four exciting, intrepid and experienced players of the game who this week are going to partake in Just A Minute. We welcome back three of our veteran players of the game. Theyĺve been playing it almost as long as I have had, exactly as long as I have, and that is Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo and Clement Freud. And we have one of the young show biz veterans in the sense that he has established himself now with such security in the wider entertainment industry and on Just A Minute we canĺt let him go and that is Paul Merton. So will you please welcome all four of them! Beside me sits Elaine Wigley, looking extremely lovely. She has a stopwatch which she will help keep the time. She will score for me and also she will blow her whistle when 60 seconds are up. And we are playing this particular show before a Fringe audience at the Pleasance Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival as I ask our four players of the game to speak without hesitation, repetition or deviation on the subject I give them. And we will begin the show this week with Paul Merton. Paul the subject is Scottish widows. Tell us... theyĺre laughing already, isnĺt that nice! You have 60 seconds starting now. PAUL MERTON: You occasionally see on television an advert for this company called Scottish Widows. with this woman dressed in black is walking around a maze with a smile on her face. And I always think to myself, I wonder what her husband died of! Why is she looking so pleased with herself? Perhaps they over-indulged in love making and it took them three weeks to screw the coffee lid down! I donĺt really know what the problem is! Why should she be so happy because her dear departed... BUZZ PM: Whoĺs buzzed? NP: Clement Freud buzzed. CLEMENT FREUD: Too many whys. Three whys. NP: Three whys? CF: He said why this, why... NP: Oh! Oh yes, he was in full flood there! DEREK NIMMO: Well listened Clay! NP: Well listened! Well interrupted. And the audience didnĺt enjoy it but there are... So you have a correct challenge so Iĺve got to be fair within the rules. So Clement, 35 seconds on Scottish widows starting now. CF: Thereĺs a new bycompany of Scottish Widows called Widows 97 which is actually a geriatric dating agency which is open to a minimal number of people because that is an age hard to achieve, at which few people look for husbands. Scottish Widows is also an insurance company which advertises via a woman whom I find desperately attractive. And why she should be called a Scottish widow when she must have been on the marriage market for... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton challenged. PM: Two shes. CF: Good! Good challenge! Good challenge! Good challenge! NP: Hoisted on your own petard Freud. Tit for tat, there we are! And you got in with two seconds to go on Scottish widows Paul starting now. PM: Mashed potato and gravy... WHISTLE NP: Paul Merton speaking as the whistle went, gained that extra point. And he has now taken a lead ahead of Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo and Peter Jones. And Peter your turn to begin, the subject Braveheart. Tell us something about that in this Scottish edition of Just A Minute starting now. PETER JONES: Well it was a motion picture, I believe, based on Wallace. Was it William, the first name? I canĺt remember. I know that... BUZZ NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: Just trying to be helpful, yes. NP: Yes! PJ: I know. Start again? NP: No, no, no, donĺt start again, no, no, you were interrupted, so you get a point for that. But Derek gets a point because they enjoyed the challenge. And you have 51 seconds on Braveheart starting now. PJ: There is an inscription outside St Bartholomewĺs Hospital in Smithfield in London, all about some of his exploits. And I donĺt know whether they based the film on that piece of script. But I er havenĺt seen it. Er so I donĺt really know... BUZZ PJ: ... Iĺm not really interested. What? NP: Paul challenged. PM: Slight hesitation! PJ: No, no, no! Give me a slight extra point for being interrupted! NP: No, no, it was a definite hesitation Peter. PJ: It was? NP: Right, 33 seconds on Braveheart with you Paul starting now. PM: Doctor Christian Barnard was a pioneer in the field of open heart surgery and indeed heart transplanting. The first... BUZZ NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: Heart. Repetition of heart. PM: Itĺs on... Brave heart. DN: No it isnĺt... NP: Braveheart is one word. PM: Is it? NP: Yes. And heart... PM: It may be two. Who can say whether itĺs one word or not? NP: I know, but you were talking about heart and heart surgery, so you used that word twice. And Braveheart is a word. So Iĺm sorry... PM: But it might be two words, it might be brave heart. Like courageous liver! Pumping away all day, some of them are very brave. NP: Iĺm tempted to give you a bonus point for the way you struggled out of it. But I cannot give you the point, I must give it to Derek Nimmo, because you did not establish... PM: Iĺm establishing it now! NP: This is outside the actual talking on Just A Minute. So you didnĺt establish when you were talking that Braveheart is two words. So Derek you have a correct challenge but Paul does get that bonus point. Twenty-two seconds for Braveheart starting now. DN: When I had my heart operation, the quadruple bypass 10 years ago, my heart was particularly brave. And I... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton challenged. PM: Repetition of heart. NP: Yes! You see how you can win it back so easily! Thirteen seconds, Braveheart is back with you Paul starting now. PM: It was a very successful film starring Mel Gibson, who is an Australian actor. And I think a lot of people wondered how well he would cope with the accent. You hear Scottish voices on programmes like Star... WHISTLE NP: Paul Merton surged in that round. He gained the extra point for speaking as the whistle went, but other points in that round has put him in a strong lead ahead of Derek Nimmo and Clement Freud and Peter Jones in that order. Clement itĺs your turn to begin, the subject, riding the laughs. Tell us something about that, something weĺve discussed in Just A Minute many times. Sixty seconds as usual starting now. CF: The very easiest way of riding the laughs is not to say anything risible. And in respect of this I would like to give you excerpts of Chaucerĺs prologue to the Canterbury Tales. One nutter preli with his suren suity, the drafts of March had pierced to the rooty. And pray that every vein in switch de carr, of which virtue engendered is the... When Zeferus eat with his sweety breath, inspired that... BUZZ NP: Peter Jones has challenged. PJ: Thatĺs just killing the laughs! NP: I think thatĺs a very shrewd challenge and I give you the benefit of the doubt there Peter. So you take over the subject of riding the laughs, 28 seconds, starting now. PJ: Itĺs a kind of technique that involves making the audience laugh and then while they are laughing, you prepare the next thing to say just as the laugh is fading away. Itĺs faded in this case altogether! Nevertheless. you know, and then you start again with some new little joke like er... BUZZ NP: Yes Clement? CF: Hesitation? NP: Yes I must give that one. PJ: Yes I think you must. NP: Yes! Right. Oh Clement you got in with a third of a second to go. But this is Just A Minute, I have to be fair within the rules, so a third of a second Clement riding the laughs starting now. CF: Ah... WHISTLE NP: Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo are equal behind Clement Freud who is a little way behind our leader Paul Merton. Paul your turn to begin, the subject, my hare-brained scheme. Will you tell us something about that in Just A Minute starting now. PM: A lot of inventions we take for granted now started off as somebodyĺs hare-brained scheme. Where would we be without the aeroplane? We would be sitting here probably! But the Wright Brothers when they devised this machine, lots of people said it wonĺt take off, it will never fly, you are a couple of hare-brained brothers. So they proved their critics wrong by booking a 747 flight to New York! And sat in the first class section eating caviar all the way. My greatest hare-brained scheme, I think, was to try and cross an elephant with a Pekinese dog. Itĺs an unusual creature which I call a pelephant. I could of called it equally an Ekinese. But I think thatĺs rather more difficult to pronounce. Itĺs a lovely creature, you can take it for a walk... BUZZ PM: Whatĺs the matter? NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: Repetition of creature. NP: Yes there was more than one creature there... PM: Oh really? NP: My hare-brained scheme Derek, 10 seconds, starting now. DN: My hare-brained scheme was to get a lot of blue plastic and push it into the shape of a pyramid. And ask pretty ladies to sit inside it and tell them theyĺre going to marry the future President of the United States, and charge them an awful lot of money for doing this... WHISTLE NP: Paul Merton is still in the lead. And Derek Nimmo itĺs your turn to begin. The subject is round. Tell us something about that subject in Just A Minute starting now. DN: I remember when I was in a play called The Little Hut, I used to get a tremendous round of applause every night because I tied on stage a bow tie. And this amazed the gentlemen in the audience that some complicated knot like that could be done in the course of one tiny speech. I joined the Roundtable people, theyĺre awfully nice. Itĺs where selfmade men go to meet their creator! And I always found it terribly nice and full of good works, like the Lions too. I remember a doctor friend of mine, every night... BUZZ NP: Clement Freud challenged. CF: Ah repetition of remember. NP: You remembered too much Iĺm afraid there. DN: Oh! NP: So the subject is round, itĺs with you Clement, there are 30 seconds starting now. CF: I never appeared in Little Hut, so I never tied a bowtie or got a round of applause. Iĺm really sorry about that, because having the subject round, you ought to have something thatĺs happened in your life which enables you or facilitates theeeeeeeeeeeeee... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton challenged and I think we know what it was. PM: Too many es in the word the! NP: Thirteen seconds, round Paul, starting now. PM: One of then most generous people I know is Nicholas Parsons. He always buys a round! Anybody here in the audience, if you come out of this venue afterwards, you come up to our chairman and say "buy us a drink," he will purchase a beverage... BUZZ NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: Buy, buys a drink, buys a round. PM: Oh! NP: Yes thatĺs right, yes, bit boring wasnĺt it! Yes! Derek, two seconds on round starting now. DN: My wife was sitting next to me, she said donĺt turn round... WHISTLE NP: Right! Derek Nimmo was then speaking as the whistle went, gained that extra point. Heĺs moving up on our leader Paul Merton, heĺs only one point behind him. Clement Freud and Peter Jones follow in that order. Peter itĺs your turn to begin, the subject, ivy. Can you tell us something about her, or it, or them in this game starting now. PJ: Well Iĺve known quite a few Ivys. But the Ivy I remember best was a very fat waitress, a very jolly one, in a little teashop in Soho during the war. Where they were able to obtain rationed things and so they made Christmas cakes and all kinds of things out of the er food that they got on the black market. And er they were able to concoct Vienna slices and er Battenburg cakes, all kinds of things like that. And she always laughed a great deal at her own jokes. She certainly knew how to ride the audience which was of course, er, it was herself in fact, you see, the audience, she was both the former and... BUZZ NP: Clement Freud has challenged, yes? CF: The audience. NP: The audience. PJ: Yes. NP: The audience, yes, you said audience more than once. PJ: I did. NP: Sixteen seconds for you Clement on ivy starting now. CF: I find it very sad how few women are now called Ivy. Babies born and whose names are announced in The Times no longer show Ethels and Gladysĺs, Fredas and Queenies. Nor Ivy, I used to like the name Ivy... WHISTLE NP: Clement Freud is now equal with Derek Nimmo, just one point behind our leader Paul Merton. Clement, your turn to begin, Clansmen. Tell us something about that subject in this game starting now. CF: Clansman was a colt on which I won considerable money over the years. Iĺm not sure of his breeding, he was probably by Clantine who was a useful sire. And I watched Clansman first of all at Pontefract, then Thirsk, Weatherby, Hamilton Park, and later at Perth, at Cheltenham, Wincampton, Newton Abbot, Devon and Exeter, and later Brighton, Kempton Park, Sandown, Epsom... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton challenged. PM: After that many races the horse would have just died! NP: So I... PM: Itĺs gone all over the place, itĺs traveled more than Derek! CF: May I go on? NP: Yeah I... itĺs justified if you like, because I think itĺs deviation because I donĺt think the horse did run at all those particular venues. And er... BOOS FROM THE AUDIENCE NP: All right, Iĺll put it to the audience then! If you agree with Clement Freud you cheer for him, and if you disagree you boo, and you all do it together now. CHEERS AND BOOS FROM THE AUDIENCE NP: Well Clement, they think that horse ran... I donĺt know how they know! Theyĺre obviously all racing enthusiasts, they have attended all those meetings and saw your horse Clansman run! So Clement youĺre still with it, youĺve got another point, 29 seconds, Clansman, starting now. CF: Perhaps his biggest successes were at Chepstowe, Grafton... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton challenged. PM: Hesitation. NP: Yes! Clansman, letĺs take it on a Scottish theme because weĺre up here in Edinburgh at the moment, 21 seconds, Clansman, starting now. PM: A film was made in 1913 called The Birth of the Nation, directed by DW Griffith. It was based on a book called The Clansmen. It was considered a masterpiece of early silent cinema. But now if you see a print of this particular movie, you realise itĺs actually got quite strong racist undertones. The Ku Klux Klan are featured in this entertainment... WHISTLE NP: Paul Merton speaking as the whistle went, gained that extra point and has moved forward in the lead and he takes the next round. Paul the subject, my funny bone. Tell us something about it in Just A Minute if you can starting now. PM: Well itĺs 10 years ago to the week that I was up here at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival playing football with some other comedians when I broke my leg... BUZZ NP: Clement Freud challenged. CF: Deviation. NP: Why? CF: Other comedians! NP: Give Clement a bonus point but leave the subject with Paul Merton who has a point for being interrupted and he has 50 seconds on my funny bone starting now. PM: I donĺt want it! Iĺm in a mood now! BUZZ NP: Clement Freud challenged. CF: Hesitation. NP: Yes Iĺm afraid you lost it there, 47 seconds, my funny bone Clement starting now. CF: As... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton got it back. PM: Hesitation! NP: Yes there were Paul. Forty-six seconds, my funny bone, starting now. PM: I was laid up in hospital for about three or four days, and I was performing up here. And I then went back into this medical institution because I developed a thing thatĺs called a pulmonary embolism, which is a very nasty particular illness to get. While I was still under the charge of these nurses and doctors, I also developed Hepatitis A which the surgeon who was looking after me coolly informed me that Iĺd probably just caught it off the food Iĺd been served, morning, noon and night in this establishment. So it was a terrible time for me up here. But the great thing about it was it gave me the opportunity some decade later to be speaking on this subject... BUZZ NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: Two decades. NP: Yes! PM: When? DN: A decade ago. PM: I said ten years ago the first time, thatĺs why I said decade that time. DN: Did you? PM: Iĺm not a fool, you know! NP: Eight seconds Paul, my funny bone starting now. PM: But now I look back on it as an immensely amusing incident. Thereĺs something about a brush with death which just gets the old chuckle muscles... BUZZ NP: Peter Jones has challenged. PJ: Well the diseases that he contracted er both before he went into hospital and afterwards have nothing to do with bones of any kind. NP: I agree with you Peter that he said it was a result... PM: Are you going against the advice of the doctor? Youĺre giving medical opinions now, are you Nicholas? NP: I think youĺve got sufficiently far away from my funny bone, getting on to all your other medical conditions that you encountered and suffered and your experiences in Scotland in this establishment, in this hospital and so forth, which did not relate sufficiently strongly to my funny bone. So I give the benefit of the doubt to Peter Jones and say youĺve got two seconds on my funny bone Peter starting now. PJ: Not everyone has one! WHISTLE NP: Now then Derek, itĺs your turn to begin, what tickles my fancy. Thatĺs the subject, what tickles my fancy, so you donĺt have to take the subject of what tickles my Parsonsĺ fancy, you understand. So the subject is what tickles my fancy starting now. DN: One of the sadnesses of getting older is that increasingly one doesnĺt get oneĺs fancy tickled very much. I remember when I was a child what used to tickle my fancy a great deal, curiously enough, was bread and dripping. Now I used to go to a place in Derbyshire called Ilkeston, and I had a maid there who used to put this substance on top of bread with a little salt and pepper, and gosh, that used to tickle my fancy! What tickles Nicholasĺs fancy, we donĺt really know. But he wants me to talk about it, did you say? Did you say anything? Oh... BUZZ NP: Clement Freud has challenged. CF: Repetition of say. NP: Say, yes. And Clement had a correct challenge, 31 seconds, Clement, what tickles my fancy starting now. CF: What hugely tickles my fancy is to go racing! I like Carlisle and Musselborough, have a good word to say for Haydock. And the London tracks, especially Epsom, Towcester, Sandown... BUZZ NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: He said London tracks, Towcesterĺs not in London. CF: No, no, I said the London tracks and Towcester. The London tracks are Sandown and Clempthiston... NP: Ah I think Derekĺs right! Derek, what tickles my fancy, 15 seconds starting now. DN: What tickles my fancy is to sit next to Mrs Parsons on a railway train, going preferably to Yugoslavia. Sheĺs a lady of enormous beauty and if I can persuade her by a gentle word and the occasional caress to come towards my arm... WHISTLE NP: That was, I think, good timing. You were only 15 seconds, you couldnĺt go beyond that without being very indiscreet. So Derek you got a point for speaking as the whistle went, you are still in third place, Clement Freudĺs in second, Paul Mertonĺs in the lead, Peter Jones is trailing a little. And Peter, itĺs your turn to begin, the subject, tomorrow. Tell us something about tomorrow starting now. PJ: My tomorrow will be much the same as any other day. I shall get up and spend most of the time helping those less fortunate than myself. Including answering all the correspondence I get which consists of begging letters. And I shall give everybody the same reply, as I do. I say to the author of the letter, please accept my apologies but I have no money to send to you or your cause. But I do suggest that you write to a friend of mine who is both wealthy and philanthropically minded. His name is Nicholas Parsons. And I give his address, and a stamp just to help it on its way. Because I wouldnĺt like them not to actually respond to this wonderful offer that Iĺd made them... WHISTLE NP: Now I know why I get all those begging letters! Peter really! But that is the first time for quite a while that somebody started a subject and has kept going right through the 60 seconds without being interrupted, because, presumably, he didnĺt commit any of the sins of the game. And so Peter Jones, you not only get a point for speaking as the whistle went but also a bonus point for your achievement! And itĺs sad to have to say that in spite of your great achievement youĺre still in fourth place! And so we move into the last round and Clement Freud your turn to begin. Weĺve got a lovely subject for you Clement, horsing about! Sixty seconds as usual... where did I conjure up that subject from, I wonder? Horsing about, Clement, 60 seconds, starting now. CF: Horsing about is particularly easy if you have a horse. Which I have! And starting... BUZZ NP: Paul Merton has challenged. PM: Deviation, he didnĺt go through a list of racecourses! NP: A bonus point for Paul because we enjoyed the challenge, but Clement was interrupted so he gets a point and continues on horsing about, 53 seconds starting now. CF: And depending of course on whether it is a flat, a national hunt or a point to point horse, you would take such... BUZZ NP: Derek Nimmo challenged. DN: Repetition of horse. NP: Yes you said horse before... PM: Can you get a flat horse? How does a jockey ride it? Do you have to scoop it off the ground with a spatula? NP: This is where a colloquialism plays havoc in Just A Minute! PM: Genetic breedingĺs gone too far I think! NP: Ah 46 seconds with you Derek on horsing about starting now. DN: I think one of the most satisfactory ways of horsing about is to have an animal called We Are A Grandmother. And enter it at Haydock and Toaster, in the Derby, all kinds of other race meetings which Sir Clement Freud would know well about, because he actually owns this particular nag. Perhaps another way of course most would be to have a lot of fun and sort of much around with the chaps. You know, get out on the beach with bucket and spade, and dive into the waves, the brine, onto a boat and then you can really horse about. Playing leapfrog, thatĺs frightfully good fun, have you ever done it? BUZZ NP: Paul Merton has challenged you. PM: This is senile dementia! Going down to the beach with bucket and spade! NP: Yes! Havenĺt you seen him? PM: No I havenĺt, have you? DN: We Are A Grandfather.... NP: Regularly yes, I mean he does it all the time. He did it just before Just A Minute, down to Musselborough somewhere! No, whereĺs the coast near here in Edinburgh? Polybell! (in Scottish accent) Right Iĺll spot that, so itĺs Polybell he went to, Iĺve just been told that in the audience, right! So I saw him out there, he was leaping all over the place! They were all saying "oh Derek get your wee spade down here, your wee games, letĺs have a wee horse" and they were jumping over each other and doing the leapfrog, between the sand pies. They were saying oh that great wee Derek Nimmo, you know what Iĺm saying, heĺs a lovely wee fellow! Derek Nimmo! All right! Heĺs a good lad! (Normal voice) Right, thereĺs only 11 seconds left in this round, Paul Merton I think Iĺm going to give you the subject with 11 seconds to go on horsing around starting now. PM: Ah youĺre giving the subject to me because I am the worldĺs greatest authority on horsing around. What you have to do is first of all make... BUZZ NP: Clement Freud challenged. CF: The subject is horsing about. NP: Yes but he can talk about horsing around if he likes. CF: In that case, itĺs deviation! NP: Oh! PM: What is the exact difference between horsing around and horsing about? CF: Whatever the chairman says! NP: The thing is that if you donĺt establish that horsing around is exactly the same as horsing about and then go on talking about it, within the rules of Just A Minute you probably could be accused of deviation. Itĺs a subtle point but... PM: Itĺs a subtle point I fail to see! NP: Well... CF: Fair point! NP: I have to make these decisions and I think... PM: I know you have to make them, so make one! NP: Well Iĺm making it! And Iĺm going to say... PM: Iĺm going to being penalised for saying horsing around instead of horsing about? NP: No Iĺm going to say that youĺre not penalised, Iĺm going to say that you were deviating, you were talking about horsing about, you talked about horsing around, you didnĺt establish that they were one and the same thing, and you talked about horse riding... PM: Does it not sound like the same thing to you? NP: Iĺm going to give you both a point! You both have a point! You can both finish together! You have two seconds to go, both talk together, starting now! PM: Horsing about... CF: Iĺll get another point... WHISTLE NP: Right! Paul Merton and Clement Freud together brought that particular round to an end and they brought that show to an end. It doesnĺt make any difference to the score, that blasted argument we had over there! My God, how keen they are to get the points! Drives you mad! There we are! Let me give you the final situation. Peter Jones who came back with his usual great contribution but finished in fourth place, alas, but the audience loved him here. Derek Nimmo who came off the beach just in time to get up, 11 points, he only finished in second place. If he hadnĺt done so much horsing around at the beach, he might have been further up the tree. And Clement Freud as usual came off the race course and gave great value, with 15 points. But out in the lead, just ahead was Paul Merton, so we say heĺs the winner this week, Paul Merton! It only remains for me to say thank you to our four experienced and talented players of the game, which is Paul Merton, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones and Clement Freud. I must also thank Elaine Wigley for so elegantly keeping the score and the stopwatch and blowing her whistle. And of course Chris Neill our producer, Ian Messiter who created the whole idea and we all stay in work of course. This audience here at the Pleasance of the Edinburgh Fringe for their warmth and generosity as we play the game. And also to all our listeners for tuning in, to them, from all of us here including me, Nicholas Parsons, thank you very much. Be with us the next time we take to the air and play Just A Minute. Till then from all of us here, bye, goodbye! THEME MUSIC |


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Thu, 31 July 2014
On today's show the guys dive into the latest earnings reports from the little-known but increasingly important Invensense, as well as SodaStream. Plus they take a look into the world of social media and how Twitter and Yelp fit into the picture. |
Wed, 30 July 2014
We dip into the Fool Mailbag to answer your questions about American Express, Discover, and other financial stocks. |
Tue, 29 July 2014
UPS and Tile Shop Holdings struggle with their quarterly earnings. Plus we dip into the Fool Mailbag. |
Mon, 28 July 2014
Two mergers, two very different reactions on Wall Street. Zillow buys Trulia for $3.5 billion, but are they overpaying? On the other hand, Wall Street appears to love Dollar Tree buying fellow discount retailer Family Dollar for $8.5 billion. We analyze the deals and discuss Virgin America's impending IPO. |
Thu, 24 July 2014
Facebook and Under Armour rise on strong quarterly results. Plus, Motley Fool Funds analyst Tim Hanson discusses hedge fund manager Bill Ackman's bet against Herbalife. |
Wed, 23 July 2014
We analyze the latest results from Apple, Pepsi and Comcast. And if you think we're not going to talk about National Hot Dog Day, then it's probably your first time listening to this podcast. |
Tue, 22 July 2014
We analyze the latest earnings from Chipotle, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Netflix. |
Mon, 21 July 2014
Analyst Matt Koppenheffer discusses the launch of Motley Fool Germany, his upcoming visit to Markel and BB&T's latest quarterly results. |
Thu, 17 July 2014
Microsoft lays off 18% of its workforce, while Morgan Stanley and Mattel report earnings that look nothing like one another. |
Wed, 16 July 2014
Yahoo's 2nd-quarter profits drop on lower ad revenue. Google adds a high-profile executive to the board of directors. Plus we analyze Rupert Murdoch's bid for Time Warner and a key downgrade in the retail industry. |

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"Who killed Comet Ison?" — an upcoming documentary by Michael Moore.
First, of course was Shoemaker-Levy 9.
And we're not counting people who don tracksuits, Nikes and scarf deadly pudding whenever they see a big comet scooting by.
This seems to be a standard practice. Detect a new comet, predict that it will be the most spectacular viewing during our lifetimes, then whistle innocently when no one actually sees it.
Big ball of ice surprisingly vanished behind big ball of fire, analysis to follow.
Yup, we've come a long way in our understanding of the universe.
I think Icarus had the same problem.
http://memes.onlinememegenerat... [onlinememegenerator.com]
Yea, I think you really cleaned up on that.....
Just remember Jo, "Nothing can hold a can to Comet!"
All the coverage I saw (from astronomy writers, NASA, etc.) said there was definitely a chance of it burning up.
If the non-science media hyped it up somewhat, well they do that for everything. Yes, I a (and many others watched for ISON). Yes, we were disappointed, but no one should have been surprised.
I think witnessing a comet burn off its remaining supply of water and go dark could hardly be called disappointing.
MSDOS is not dead, it just smells that way. -- Henry Spencer


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Leading 3D Modeling Software Helps Building Professionals Leverage the Latest in BIM Innovation to Increase Accuracy, Productivity and Collaboration
ATLANTA, March 14, 2013 — (PRNewswire) — Tekla, a leader in bringing building information modeling (BIM) software and online tools to the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) markets, today announced a new version of its 3D modeling software, Tekla Structures 19. Available immediately, Tekla Structures 19 delivers powerful, new features designed to further enable structural engineers, fabricators, detailers and concrete contractors to be more successful, productive and collaborative.
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Monday, February 6, 2017
More Valentines
I was finally able to finish my Valentines today. I thought I had the grand kids all done and realized that I hadn't put sentiments on the inside. It's amazing how long it takes to find the right one and get it stamped, or I'm just slow. lol Anyway, the first one here is for my husband. The second one I actually made two of for my daughter, son and their spouses.
I knew I wanted to use the Enclosed Heart die for this one, and I used a technique I saw at PTI by masking and adding a flowered wreath around the heart. I love the way it came out.
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PTI Enclosed Heart, Embellished Elegance, Super Gingham
RC Arrow
For this one I used the PTI Heart Cover Plate. I cut it out using Kraft card stock and then used the same die to cut out six different pieces of patterned paper. The ones I used here were a gift from my friend, Nancy. I added the hearts to the Kraft card stock for an in-lay effect.
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PTI Enclosed Heart Sentiment
We R Memory Keepers twine
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NVIDIA 304.60 Driver Fixes Bugs
Originally posted by asdxWhat facts? What contributions to Linux? A blob that actually hiders development and only causes grief in the community? Wow what a huge contribution.
Fucking moron, I don't give a shit if morons like you block me. I will block you too, asshole.
Oh for the love of...
asdx, do you remember posting this?
Anyway, sorry, from my part it won't happen again.
Sure I agree, and no problem, it won't happen again (I know I've said this more than once, sorry), but this time it won't happen again. I'm truly sorry.
Out of all the things in the world you wish death upon, it's people who don't have a problem with NVIDIA? And you can't seem to stick to being sensible after "apologising" so many times?
You should be ashamed at your lack of social skills. Improve them quickly. Life is not worth raising your blood pressure over such things that will be an insignificant drop in the ocean of problems once you die.
Come on folks, why all the bickering today? Seems like someone got pissed on pretty hard. At least nVidia has been fixing bugs found in their driver much quicker than say AMD has been with their fglrx driver, so lets not bash them too hard. While nouveau has been coming along its still quite rough, but it is quite usable for most cards
asdx, Linus Torvalds didn't send his F Bomb towards the binary driver. He sent it for the lack of co-operation with the kernel devs.
Anyway, we will have to settle with nvidia blobs for a while since they will be the only ones capable of properly running source engine games.
Also, asdx, you might want to review how you discuss things on the internet. Being rude and righteous rarely leads anywhere, unless you are almost always right and famous like Linus Torvalds...
Originally posted by asdxPlease just go away Nvidia, you're a cancer to Linux.
On topic, are these bugs fixes included in 310.x? Anybody know how these branches will relate further on? Just thinking which will be the best for my media centre.


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I recently finished a post looking at the Tiger situation from the perspective of building a brand or business in today's marketing landscape. If you are into business or would like to read it, here you go: A lesson in authenticity from Tiger Woods and John Daly.
A few days ago, Robert Bruce, a blogging acquaintance of mine, posted a great response to the drama on his site, Game Under Repair. I would encourage you to check it out. Robert's site is one of my favorite golf related blogs to tune into.
To echo Robert a bit, I haven't followed the ordeal in detail. What I have seen has been the unavoidable snippets, due to the story getting the lion's share of coverage (on every channel). I would like to also second that I am saddened for his family. I am also sad for the parents around the world that have had to answer many questions from their children on why Tiger is on tv when it's not golf season.
My hope is that he does repent and rebuild. He is one the most passionate and driven people on the planet. I hope he can get radically driven and passionate about saving his family and his marriage. I believe with a lot of humility, immense grace, and forgiveness, he can overcome this storm. Love is the undisputed champion of the world. It has never been defeated. I hope he and Elin will learn that and overcome.


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Ah, the art of flirting, all respectable Southern woman use this secret weapon every once in a while. It is one of the basic tools in our psyche, allowing us to obtain wants and needs in a fun, game-like manner. Flirting allows us to meet new people, charm the curmudgeons, and climb the business ladder. We know exactly when to use it and when to turn it off.
Margaret Mitchell got it right in Gone with the Wind, when Bonnie Blue hugs and kisses a delighted Daddy Rhett, and then asks for a pony. We, as Southern girls, are always Daddy's little girl and carry this special gene for the flirting ability.
Our fathers activate this gene without consciously being aware. From the beginning, they melt when asked for something, if given the proper XXOOs lead-in. When they realize they may be spoiling us, they slow down rewards. We still get what we want, but we may wait a couple of months or years for satisfaction. This slow down is an opportunity to hone our skills for the hard sell, we know her as mother.
Ronda Rich fills her book, What Southern Women Know about Flirting, with wonderful Southern stories to demonstrate our God-given ability. One of my favorites involves the marital argument, which always occurs if one spouse thinks the other is "laying it on too thick" at a social event.
"…an Alabama-trained diva, and her husband left a Christmas party and immediately entered into an argument over her allure and charm, which had held most of the men at the party captivated. He thought she had taken too far her vow to always uphold social flirting as a critical attribute of Southern womanhood. As they argued, he swerved the car and looked up moments later to see a blue light flashing behind him.
He pulled over and a trooper approached the car. Since [the] husband, an attorney, had partaken of a couple of glasses of wine over the course of the evening, he was a bit nervous. After checking his license, the trooper said, 'Sir, can you recite the alphabet for me?'
[The wife] leaned across her husband and said sweetly with a flutter of her eyelashes, 'Now, officer, he couldn't recite the alphabet when he was a senior at Ole Miss. Why would you expect that of him now?' She finished the question with a delicious, flirtatious smile, and the officer laughed so hard that he dropped the whole matter.
As her chastised husband pulled the car back onto the road, she asked mischievously, 'Now, what do you think of my charm?'"
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- CarleeMarch 6, 2013 at 9:15 PM
I am loving the pattern on that blouse especially with those mustard tights so pretty.
Almost Endearing I just wrote "Be a Force for Good" on my whiteboard in my office. Thanks for inspiring!
The Occasional IndulgenceI used to use Disqus - but I had tons of issues with it not posting people's comments and then eventually, realizing it was giving people captchas half the time. I loved it though and miss it, I just wish the kinks I had could be worked out.
And I LOVE this dress. Acorn print?!?! Yes! And The cardigan - how you buttoned and belted it? I'm loving that too.
<3 katherineThis outfit is adorable! I especially love that the mustard tights and the fact that they are ribbed! I'm going to have to go back and read your last entry to catch up! I think the donating sponsorship money is a wonderful idea. It's inspiring to think about making one's blog making a positive impact on others, rather than it being a hub for self-indulgence (which is what I'm afraid of mine turning into). Being a force for good is a great thought that will stick with me!
www.thesoubrettebrunette.blogspot.com- Elizabeth MooreMarch 7, 2013 at 8:17 AM
I think accepting sponsorships is a great start! Not only will it give your readers the opportunity to be introduced to new products (or services?) but you deserve a little reward for all your hard work in addition to helping a charity. This is a really wonderful idea.
Also, your hair in incredible and I can't imagine being able to pull that off myself ha. I installed Disqus for the same reason! I like being able to reply to people's comments in an efficient way. And dude that's really cool that you're thinking of accepting sponsors and donating to charity. Very admirable. Also YOU LOOK SUPER CUTE OKAY I hate you for being the cutest, now stop.


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A sharing business model based on "collaborative consumption" where the access of goods or services is preferred over ownership; businesses that uphold this business model include Airbnb, ZipCar, Netflix.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
A set of procedures, laws and regulations designed to prevent the generation of income through illegal practices, specifically in regards to money laundering, profiteering and illegal gambling.
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
A U.S. electronic based clearing and settlement facility built for the batch-processing of transactions between participating depository institutions.
B2B Payment
The disbursement of funds between business entities, typically in exchange for services, goods or shared assets.
B2P Payment
The disbursement of funds from a business entity to individual persons, typically in exchange for services or goods.
Balance Reporting
Real-time banking reports commonly used by corporations to track and monitor their overall transactional activity; reports often include transaction-specific details on all forms of payment activity, including deposits, checks, wire transfers in and out, ACH debits and credits, and investment activity.
Bank Regulatory Compliance Services
The department or unit within a brokerage firm, bank or financial institution that ensures compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Bank Validation
The process used by a financial institution to verify a bank account; banks have various validation methods across different regions and national borders.
The first decentralized digital currency that enables P2P payments to be sent without an intermediary; transactions are verified by network nodes through a public distributed ledger called the block chain.
Blockchain Technology
A distributed database based on the bitcoin protocol that maintains a continuously growing list of records through timestamp servers that batch incoming transactions into "blocks."
Cash Transfer
The disbursement of cash funds through a money transfer or remittance service that enables beneficiaries to retrieve funds from a local cash pickup location. Commonly used for paying out to emerging markets.
Clearing System
A set of procedures whereby financial institutions present and exchange data and/or documents relating to funds or securities transfers to other financial institutions at a single location (clearing house). The procedures often also include a mechanism for the calculation of participants' bilateral and/or multilateral net positions with a view to facilitating the settlement of their obligations on a net or net net basis
Confirmation Process
The process of obtaining and evaluating a direct communication from a third party in response to a request for information about a particular item affecting financial statement assertions.
Correspondent Bank
A financial institution that provides services on behalf of another, equal or unequal, financial institution. A correspondent bank can conduct business transactions, accept deposits and gather documents on behalf of the other financial institution.
Cross-Border Payment
A financial transaction between that crosses national borders; common transfer methods include bank wires, international ACH, eWallets, and global money transfers.
Crowd Payments
Funds carried through in exchange for services or goods purchased from a crowdsourcing service.
A medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of new units; most commonly used with bitcoins.
Currency Pair
The quotation of the relative value of one currency unit against another in the foreign exchange market. The first currency is referred to as the "base currency" and the second currency is referred to as the "quote currency."
Data Encryption
The process of transforming processing information to make it unusable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key.
Debit Transfer System
A funds transfer system in which debit collection orders made or authorised by the payer move from (the bank of) the payee to (the bank of) the payer and result in a charge (debit) to the account of the payer; for example, cheque-based systems are typical debit transfer systems. Also called debit collection system.
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An institution which distributes (as an agent) or sells (as the issuer or an underwriter) the electronic money to the customer.
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A theory that embraces the philosophy that eliminating as many middle layers or steps as possible will optimize performance and efficiency in any process.
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A portmanteau of the words "finance" and "technology" referring to financial services focused on digital solutions.
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The risk that one party to a foreign exchange transaction will pay the currency it sold but not receive the currency it bought. This is also called cross-currency settlement risk or principal risk; it is also referred to as Herstatt risk, although this is an inappropriate term given the differing circumstances in which this risk has materialized.
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The rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another as dictated by the mid-market rate.
FX Spread
FX rates offered by financial institutions that are calculated as the mid-market rate plus a spread/markup. The exact value of the spread/marketup depends on the currency pairs and size of the transaction.
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Global Proprietary Network
The total value of a financial institution's direct relationships and partnerships with banks, payment processors, and other financial institutions; does not include third party relationships or correspondent bank networks.
International ACH Transaction (IAT)
"A debit or credit entry that is part of a payment transaction involving a financial agency located outside of the U.S. "
International Prepaid Cards
With sponsorship from Visa or MasterCard, these prepaid debit cards are connected to a US or EU- based bank account and delivered in USD or EUR.
"Know Your Customer" (KYC) is an anti-corruption policy of collecting information from clients to ensure that their activity with a service provider is compliant with bank regulations; a due- diligence practice used by banks, financial institutions and business entities.
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A beneficiary deduction charged by a bank or financial institution for accepting funds. This fee is typically charged on top of any transaction fees or FX markups that either the sending or receiving financial institution charges.
Local Currency
The national currency of a region or country that functions as a medium of exchange, measure of value, standard of deferred payment, and store of value.
Local Funds Transfer (LFT)
The process of directly depositing cross-border payments into a local bank account using local currency. Beneficiaries typically receive payments faster for a lower flat fee.
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The process of sending multiple payouts (typically 100+) in a single session
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API Platforms that enable businesses to use their own front-end to facilitate pay-ins or payouts through direct Application Programming Interface (API) integration.
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The benchmark for a currency's FX rate that is derived from average "buy" and "sell" rates from global currency markets.
Multi-Currency Processing
A financial service which allows businesses to price goods and services in a variety of foreign currencies, while continuing to receive settlement and reporting in their home currency; also called Multi-Currency Pricing.
NACHA, also known as the Electronic Payments Association, manages the development, administration, and governance of the ACH Network.
The Office of Foreign Affairs Control (OFAC) is the division of the US Department of the Treasury that enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States.
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments represent electronic fund transfers between two persons (non-business entities).
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Transpay's specialized API that enables cross-border mass payouts to be sent using recipients' email and mobile phone number.
The transfer of funds from a person to a business, organization, or another person in exchange for services, goods, or other specified purposes; pay-ins typically originate from a non-business entitity (see P2P Payments).
Payment Card
A device, usually an embossed plastic card, that allows its owner (the cardholder) to make an electronic payment.
Payment Lag
The time lag between the initiation of a payment order and its final settlement.
Payment Order
A message delivered requesting the transfer of funds (in the form of a monetary claim on a party)
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A regulated financial place or location where funds can be retrieved; most common types of payment points are banks, ATMs, and cash transfer stores.
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The process where funds are delivered from a business to an individual freelancer, contractor, or business entity in exchange for services or goods; unlike pay-ins, payouts typically originate from a business account.
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The transfer of money across international borders.
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An economic model based on the sharing, swapping, trading, or renting of products and services, enabling access over ownership.
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Areas, regions or markets where the majority of the adult population do not have bank accounts; unbanked regions are most commonly represented in undeveloped or emerging markets.
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Posted by jiujitsufreak74i wouldn't want my most dominant champion getting beat in another sport tarnishing his "invincibility" status that he has piled up in recent years. it would make no sense for Dana to let this happen unless he genuinely believed that Silva would win. i am against this and think it is in fact a bad decision for Silva. for him to box RJJ would be the equivalent of the New England Patriots playing the South African rugby team in rugby...just two different sports. MMA and boxing are not really similar at all in terms of dynamics and skill and i believe that it is unwise to fight a man who has been a pro boxer for years and has at one time been the best boxer in the world when you haven't ever participated in boxing. IMO there should be a middle ground and make this a K-1 match that way it takes the best of both worlds so to say so there isn't such a lopsided advantage for RJJ.
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Posted by TWITAThere is major debate on which fighters are better/tougher - boxers or mixed martial artists. Once Roy hands Silva his azz (and he will in a boxing ring), I personally believe that MMA will lose some credibility. Probably not in the eyes of MMA fans but boxing fans will say that MMA is nothing more than a bunch of chumps who can't stand toe-to-toe with the premiere boxers. Put a boxer in an octagon and it would be an entirely different story. This fight is a no-win situation for MMA - unless Silva got lucky and KTFO Jones (again, this won't happen). I seriously doubt that Dana wants to risk everything he has done to build MMA into a legit sport with a Silva/Jones boxing match.
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Matthew 5:17 [ The Fulfillment of the Law ] "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
ANAH » Father-in-law or mother-in-law of Esau. An error of copyist, probably, calls him daughter, instead of son, of Zibeon, the Hivite (Genesis 36:2,14,24)
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Students simulate the process of remote sensing by using common materials to represent Earth's different ground coverings and a light meter to represent satellite instruments. The concept of albedo and its importance in Earth's radiation budget... (View More) are introduced. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the book, "Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum." (View Less)
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NuSTAR has a 10-meter rigid mast that separates the optics from the detector. Inspired by this, students will design, test, and build a lightweight mast 1 meter tall that can fully support the weight of a typical hardcover textbook (~2 kg). The... (View More) footprint of the mast must be no larger than 11" x 14". This activity is from the NuSTAR Educators Guide: X-Rays on Earth and from Space, which focuses on the science and engineering design of NASA's NuSTAR mission. The guide includes a standards matrix, assessment rubrics, instructor background materials, and student handouts. (View Less)
This is a poster about the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), an instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Learners can find out what it does and how it works. Then you can go online and start exploring the Red... (View More) Planet with real Mars data in your own classroom. (View Less)
In this activity, learners replicate the scientific processes of observing, forming an explanation, revising and communicating about a model of a comet. Learners construct a model of features of a comet using an assortment of common craft supplies.... (View More) This activity relates to several NASA comet missions such as Deep Impact, Stardust, Stardust-NExT, and EPOXI and can be used to emulate a process that scientists and engineers follow on all missions. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
In this lesson, learners will discover how certain snakes (pit-vipers) can find prey using a natural infrared sensor and will extend their understandings by exploring infrared technology applications. The lesson features background information for... (View More) the teacher, pre-requisite skills and knowledge for the student, a mini-exploration of infrared image technology, multiple image sets, assessment information, student worksheets, extension and transfer activities, and additional resources. This is lesson 2 on the Infrared Zoo website. (View Less)
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In this introductory activity, learners investigate and discuss infrared images of various everyday objects, such as toasters, hairdryers, and running water, to learn about infrared imaging. Student questions about the false-color images help guide... (View More) a discussion about what they are, how they are different from visible light images, and the information that such images contain. Observation, comparing and contrasting, and reasoning skills are emphasized. The accompanying website features background information for the teacher, pre-requisite skills and knowledge for the student, multiple image sets, assessment information, student worksheets, extension and transfer activities, and additional resources. This is an introductory activity for both the Infrared Zoo and Infrared Yellowstone lessons available on the Cool Cosmos website. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
This is a lesson about using gravity to assist in spacecraft navigation. Learners will relate an elastic collision to the change in a satellite's or spacecraft's speed and direction resulting from a planetary fly-by, often called a "gravity assist"... (View More) maneuver. Both hands-on and online interactive methods are used to explore these topics. (View Less)
This activity models grazing incidence reflection by using students as the "sea of electrons" provided generally by metallic bonding on the surface of a metal. A tossed ball is used to represent a photon of light and the ball tosser represents... (View More) the object giving off the photon. This activity is designed to illustrate that different photons may be absorbed or reflected, depending upon their energy to illustrate how the telescope utilizes grazing optics to focus X-rays.The activity requires balls of various sizes (ping pong ball, golf ball, tennis ball, basketball or bowling ball). The activity guide includes discussion questions and instructions for using the video "Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite: Astro-E2" in the classroom. (View Less)
In this learning activity, students create a 3D model of part of their local landscape, then make a series of observations from different directions. Using the bird's eye view, they translate the 3D model into a 2D map with a scale and key, and... (View More) explore concepts related to remote sensing, including scale, resolution, and perspective. This is one of three Odyssey of the Eyes activities, part of the Land Cover Biology chapter of the GLOBE Teacher's Guide. Resource includes a student worksheet. (View Less)
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In this activity, learners will build a structure using a shoebox, aluminum foil, paper, rubber bands, glue, tape, and other common materials that will meet the following criteria when tested: 1) protect an ice cube from melting under a hot lamp or... (View More) direct sunlight; 2) protect an egg from fracture when dropped from a height of ten feet; and 3) cost as little as possible. These tasks relate to the overarching concepts of space as a hostile environment, engineering that is needed to build and launch astronomical instruments, and testing of spacecraft and instrument models. This activity is from the Touch the Sun educator guide. (View Less)
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One summer's day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for 'asylum'. Decades will pass before Holly understands what sort of asylum the woman was seeking....
The Bone Clocks follows Holly's life: not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air, and brief lapses in the laws of reality.
©2014 David Mitchell (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd
"No other British novelist, to my mind, combines such a darkly futuristic intelligence with such polyphonic ease." (Sunday Times)
"Open up Mitchell's head and a whole magical, ecstatic symphony of inventiveness and ideas will fly out as if from a benign and felicitous Pandora's box. Read him." (The Times)
I like a wide range of books especially when I discover something new and great. I like to mix some classics in with the crime and sci fi .
"Sodding marvellous"
It is the best four or five things I have ever heard. Six novellas with at least two over arching narratives. Another tour de force in form and execution, rather like the wonderful Cloud Atlas starting in the past and moving through time into the near then distant future.
Each of the episodes was compelling with vivid characters and a gripping story, I was so reluctant to turn it off every day as I got to work and on my return journey home.
Holly is a wonderful character and appears centrally in the first and last episodes. Her journey through a life that could only have been created in David Mitchell's kaleidoscopic imagination, turns her from nieve teenager to wise old woman by utterly believable yet fantastic degrees.
If. I have any criticism it is the problem that arises from Holly's voice, it is so different from reader to reader that it jars. Given the versatility of the readers I suspect that they could have made it a little more consistent had the producers worked at it a little more. That said the first and last episodes are in her voice and the readers do acheive believable continuity we could have done with throughout.
The themes are too numerous to count but I loved the exploration of ageing and the old living in and on and through the young. These themes and others are explored at many levels and through the book's endless layers, and you can enjoy it as just a series of witty gripping stories at the same time.
Don't hesitate it will be some of the best 24 hours of your life! I might be overselling it a bit but as you may have noticed I loved it!
Over 1000 titles since July 2005. Fairly eclectic tastes: award-winning literature, page-turning pulp plus non-fiction. I don't sight-read.
"Rich in invention and wit, another tour de force"
David Mitchell's writing is amongst the very best of his generation and I love it. Those who are already fans should, like me, be delighted. New readers should find Bone Clocks easier to get into than the recently filmed Cloud Atlas. There are nods in this book to Black Swan Green and Thousand Autumns, also warmly recommended, as indeed are all his books in their unabridged forms. The 24+ hours of this audiobook have flown by for me and I have enjoyed all of it. very much
This epic starts in 1984 Kent and some sections/narratives follow the central character of Holly through to a dystopian 2140 Ireland. But Holly is not the only character to be given great depth of personality by the unfolding story. My favourite is perhaps Crispin, whose contribution to this literary roller-coaster ride is so rich in humour that I know I was missing some of it. We learn much about Crispin from his curmudgeonly ways, so the humour has purpose and there are wry observations to enjoy throughout the book.
Each section of the book has a different narrator, which overall works well in differentiating viewpoints as well as the passage of time and place. Quality of the narration is generally very good, though not without some typical errors of emphasis in sight-reading and a couple of excruciating mispronunciations . Frequent audiobook listeners will have learned to deal with such occasional irritations and should not be put off from a thoroughly enjoyable book from a master of his craft.
"Beautifully Written."
I definitely would, though nothing would be as good as the first time listening. When newly read, you're constantly thinking about what's going to happen next and you'll get lost in all the knooks and crannies.
I can't quite put my finger on it. It was just so immersing. I loved how it was written, this book is so complicated but not once (rare for me) did I get confused.
I really liked that each character had their own narrator, I felt a lot more empathy for each character because of it.
There were so many! The ending was very moving for me but I don't want to give the story away.
If you want a book that's going to pull you in and keep you there then I'd definitely give this a go.
Always looking for a great audible read...........
"Loved it"
I loved this book. I am not a particular fan of science fiction type books, and some parts of the book remain a mystery to me, but the characters were so engaging that i could not stop listening. Very well written. Several weeks since I finished the book I am still missing Holly Sykes. As for the 'meaning of 'Bone Clock' - such a clever description, I think that will always stay with me.
"A fascinating blend of styles."
Modern fiction, science fiction and futuristic dystopia. David Mitchell weaves a vast and complex tale held together by strongly drawn individual characters. Each section is told by a different narrator.
The unfolding plot held my attention all the way through, complex but never confusing. I loved the science fiction concept of a hidden war being carried out under our noses.
The narration was mostly excellent, my only criticism was that the narrators didn't keep continuity in the way some characters spoke. Holly Sykes, one of the key characters, is an Essex girl of high intelligence and one of the male narrators makes her sound like an hysterical fishwife, her accent is different with each narrator and her character gets lost in some of the sections because of this.
I didn't manage one sitting but when I found myself at home with a cold I listened to the second half without stopping.
Say something about yourself!
"Thank Heavens for the fast forward button."
This novel really made me wish David Mitchell had a middle name initial so that he could keep separate the different types of genres he writes, in the way Iain (M) Banks did, using his name with middle initial for his science fiction work, and without for his more straightforward narrative works. For me the novel started very promisingly, and I was looking forward to following the teenage Holly's and other characters' journeys through life, hopefully a roman d'apprentisage with a Mitchell twist, especially with his gift for evoking a sense of time and place, but he lost my interest from the point roughly half way through where it morphed into some really rather badly-written, clichéd good versus evil science fantasy drivel, complete with Darth Vader-ish baddie, and finally into the post-technological, Sino-dominated, dystopian world vision, which has also been done before ad nauseum, and more convincingly and skilfully, by other writers.
It's almost as if he is trying to be a British Haruki Murakami here, with it's colliding real and 'dreamed' worlds, but it doesn't work in my view, and it doesn't always work for Murakami. In an odd way it reminded me of Murakami's 'IQ84' - his flabby, overblown opus.
Mitchell's work does seem to divide opinion quite sharply I notice. I enjoyed 'Number 9 Dream' Immensely: lots of his admirers felt let down by it. I have listened to 'The Thousand Autumns...' three times, yet it too divided opinion. A straightforward historical novel by David Mitchell? How dare he! I wish he would write more of them, frankly.
So, it's a sorry but this one's a dud set of ratings from me on this one, Mr Michell, and for this novel I am very glad of Audible's 'return it and get your credit back' policy.
"Good start, poor middle, iffy end"
hours spent in the early section fleshing out characters that barely appeared again
It felt like two or 3 ideas glued together in one book maybe it should have been three and the last one never written
Mitchell cannot write battle scenes that are the least bit gripping/engaging/entertaining
I liked the different narrators
The first part was engaging and I wanted to read on
the middle part was confused, but readable
the latter part of a post apocalyptic world... was tedious claptrap barely relevant to the story and clearly forced by reference to locations of minor events dropped in earlier in the story
Keep the first 1/3 rewrite the middle part , think of an ending that had any connection with the 1st two parts , starting with a blank sheet of paper
I was wary about listening to this after seeing the cloud atlas film ( although I have not read the book). Now I am convinced Mitchell cannot carry a narrative through a book. He needs a strong editor!
Love the way David Mitchell writes. the way the stories are weaved is great, sometimes takes a while to get your head round changes of direction.
"Compulsive listening , extrordinary."
I listen to audio books in the workshop, never outside... Except this one which I carried around with me, literally unable to put down.
Author, Strictly Walk Slimmer
"I lost the will to live... Maybe I'm simply not a"
I bought into the hype, but I realise that dystopian novels are not for me.
I guess it should have been packaged as a collection of short stories.
"bloody brilliant"
narration superb...story sublime...haunting images of apocalyptic earth sent my imagination wild...Mitchell is a master of literal teleporting
"loved it"
loved every second of this book. and i really like how there are different narrators for each "part" of the book.
"Great listen!"
From the first to the last sentence - it was a joy to listen, and i wished it could go on for much longer.
"Disappointing final 20%"
The last ten chapters lets it down. So boring. So long. The earlier chapters covering various Earthlings were wonderful. I looked forward to my daily walk so I could listen to the next part of the book. It held together, was interesting and well written. The last portion of the book had no pace. Impossible to get into. It's rare for the end of the book not to hold the reader engaged. This was it for me.


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Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in private drinking water wells near natural gas wells in North Texas' Barnett Shale. The scientists analyzed samples from 100 wells, both inside and outside of the Barnett Shale. Their results were published online today in Environmental Science & Technology.
Some wells were near to natural gas production sites; some were not. Although arsenic was found in 99 of the 100 wells, levels were "significantly higher in active [gas] extraction areas." Twenty-nine of the wells registered arsenic concentrations above levels that the EPA considers safe. One sample, near a natural gas site, was "almost 18 times higher" than levels found in the Barnett Shale prior to the fracking boom as well as the maximum arsenic concentration found in a well outside the active drilling zone.
The findings are likely to fuel continued debate over whether fracking is polluting drinking water. As the oldest major shale play, the Barnett Shale is of particular importance as scientists, regulators and citizens grapple with fracking's impacts.


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MUCH BETTER. I would have thought last night didn't happen. Hit the ground feeling bouncy and light. Four miles at roughly a steady state pace, flirting with tempo pace at the end. Not a hint of fatigue in the legs. I finished feeling like "that's it?" I'm going to try to run a few more tonight. And I may, as Tim M. suggested, try my track workout later in the week. Obviously the heat was the main problem last night. 7:40, 7:14, 7:12, 7:05
We'll see. Today's run is just barely touching tempo pace (if that), and fairly short so I should have lots of juice left if I want to try something on maybe Thursday. I'm still really early in the cycle so a few botched hard workouts are not a big problem, I think.
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Very well said.
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Yes, Lynn. The only explanation that I have is that the heat caused me to run at far below my actual ability and thus I didn't actually get a real workout last night. Which I think is pretty likely. I've still got a ton of energy today but I've unfortunately missed my window for a double.
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Nice work Aric! Glad you got a good one in.
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A major international debut novel from a storyteller who couples a timelessly beguiling style to an energetically modern worldscape.
Thirteen passengers are stranded at an airport. Tokyo, their destination, is covered in snow and all flights are cancelled. To pass the night they form a huddle by the silent baggage carousels and tell each other stories.
Robert De Niro's child, conceived in a Laundromat, masters the transubstantiation of matter and turns it against his enemies; a Ukrainian merchant is led by a wingless bird back to a lost lover; a man who edits other people's memories has to confront his own past; a Chinese youth with amazing luck cuts men's hair and cleans their ears; an entrepreneur risks losing everything in his obsession with a doll; a mute Turkish girl is left all alone in the house of German cartographer.
Told by people on a journey, these are stories about lives in transit. Stories from the great cities – New York, Istanbul, Delhi, Lagos, Paris, Buenos Aires – that grow in to a novel about the hopes and dreams and disappointments that connect people everywhere.
Dasgupta's writing is utterly distinctive and fresh, so striking that it seems to come from the future and the past all at once, but in marrying a timeless mystery to an alert modernity, his cautionary tales manage to be reminiscent of both Ballard and Borges, depicting ordinary extraordinary individuals (some lost, some confused, some happy) in a world that remains ineffable, inexplicable, wonderful.
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'Beautifully crafted, the stories in Tokyo Cancelled insist on the uniqueness and universality, of the imagination.' -- Metro
'The stories outdo the Arabian Nights for inventiveness.' -- Guardian
Rana Dasgupta's debut novel, Tokyo Cancelled, stands out from the crowd. -- Guardian Unlimited
Thirteen stories ... marvels of fabulation, visions and voices, rich in startling insights. -- TLS
This is a very bold, very striking book ... an unforgettable book, with its own peculiar charms. -- Scotsman
rana dasgupta grew up in Cambridge, England. He worked for a marketing consultancy in London and New York for a few years before moving to Delhi to write. He lives there still.
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Friday, February 13, 1998 Published at 08:27 GMT World: Africa Sudan buries plane crash victims President Omar al-Bashir attended the funeral ceremonies
President Omar al-Bashir and the
National Assembly speaker, Hassan al-Turabi, were among those who accompanied
the bodies of the victims to a cemetery.
The rebel Sudan
People's Liberation Army, SPLA, which is fighting the government in the south of the
country has withdrawn a claim that it shot down the plane.
Officials were visiting southern front
The officials were on a visit to the
war front in southern Sudan, where government forces are fighting rebels
seeking autonomy for the region.
Sudanese television said the plane crashed
into a river as it tried to land in bad weather near Malakal, 800 kilometres south of Khartoum.
Two government Ministers, including the Information
Minister, Brigadier Mohamad Kheir, were among the survivors.
Sudanese radio broadcast a statement by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announcing the news.
"The nation lost some of its devoted sons and leaders," the statement said.
"One of those martyred is the honourable person, the dear brother Lt Gen al-Zubair Muhammad Salih, First Vice President."
Death may affect peace accord
A correspondent for the BBC in Khartoum says the Vice President was the driving
force in persuading six southern rebel factions to defect to the government
side last April, and signed the peace accord on the government's behalf.
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the rebel signatories, Arok thon Arok, died with him in the crash, as did
another leading government official involved in the peace process.
correspondent says the death of these people, coming just a week after one of
the rebel leaders, Cherubino Kwanyin Bol, re-defected to the rebel cause,
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