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Fri, 22 December 2017
In this ,the final, podcast of 2017 we return to some old favourite topics and hae a wee keek at what we're looking forward to in 2018.
Lesley kicks off with the latest reports from Business for Scotland on how Scottish industry and commerce is reacting to the Brexit shambles. Is this, almost, solid unionist block coming round to independence? And is the UK government willing to sell out Scotland"The Brand" in pursuit of trade deals?
The Brexiteers claim that leaving Europe will mean that we're free of so called red tape. I examine the possibility( probability) that the European Working Time Directive may be the first casualty of this policy and what it might mean for workers' rights.
The saga of the empty Inchgreen dry dock in Greenock and the importance of the Scottish government getting the much needed Compulsory Sale Order legislation drafted and passed is subjected to the Riddoch gimlet gaze.
It's numbers all the way for me with questions being raised about Tom Gordon of the Herald's maths when it comes to Baby Boxes and why Murdo Fraser should tak tent on where Scottish tax payers' cash is actually being wasted.
As usual we frame everything within the framework of the drive towards Scottish independence and we also meander down some unexpected by ways.
Direct download: Dont_look_back_in_anger.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 11:58am UTC
Fri, 15 December 2017
Brexit,Budget,BBC, and Bolton are the bees on oor bunnits this week.
However we buck the trend and begin,not with yesterday's Draft Scottish Budget, but the annulment and rerun of the election for Aberdeen University's rector.Trust me folks it's of more importance than we might think at first glance.
However the budget can't be ignored and Lesley examines not only the facts and figures but what the reaction to, and coverage of, it says about Scotland. Plus we examine the performance of the key players during after the Parliamentary debate.
This leads us neatly into our thoughts about BBC Scotland and does it live up to its pledge of not only entertaining but informing and educating?
No week is complete without our two go to topics of Brexit and Trump( I could have slipped another B in there but fill in the blank yirsels).
Adam Bolton's "You Irish" comments and flag issues frame our chat on Brexit and we heave a sigh of relief at Trump's pal Roy Moore's loss in the Alabama Senate election.
Just when they thought it was all over we enter extra time as Lesley cuts loose on the barriers to community buy outs, focusing in particular on recent attempts by local folk to purchase redundant Church of Scotland kirks.
No mentions of Dundee United this week( still top of the Championship btw) , but we digress on BBC NI's The Blame Game and cinema travelogues.
Direct download: Bees_in_oor_bunnits.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 6:08pm UTC
Fri, 8 December 2017
We return to podcasting as Lesley recuperates from her recent hip replacement and I venture down the Tay coast to record this week's episode.
Stuck at home Lesley tuned into "Call Kaye",normally a cue to hurl the wireless oot the windae, but the discussion on the use of medicinal cannabis meant a stay of execution for the radio and food for thought for us.
You'd think at my age and with my experience nothing would shock me about the behaviour of politicians but David Davis's brass neck on the 50 odd Brexit impact assessments leaves me stunned.
As Finland's celebrates 100 years of its independence Lesley reflects on Finland's journey to become a world leader in health, education, technology and happiness and what Scotland can learn from our northern neighbours.
All of the above plus much more including , a radical Aberdonian bus driver, bats, sea eagles,eccentric Fifers and my mentioning the baby box- as Lesley reminds me gently- yet again.
Direct download: DUPed.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 11:24am UTC
Thu, 23 November 2017
We return after a two week break due to my "man flu" to a joint reaction to the last two week's events of "Ye whit!".
The overthrow of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe kicks us off and Lesley focuses on the diaspora of Zimbabwe's talented women.Will they return and what will their country be like post Mugabe?
I prove I'm no George Kerevan, as if that needed doing, as I get to grips with Hammond's Budget and its impact not just on the UK but Scotland.
Lesley picks up on the Chancellor's "new technology" mantra and reflects on last week's Arctic Circle Forum in Edinburgh.
We cannot resist the siren call of the jungle and we get stuck into Kezia Dugdale's I'm a Celebrity adventures.
All of this plus, politicians "jokes", Harris Academy alumni,the glories of Dundee by night and the great Rodney Bewes.
Direct download: Youll_have_had_your_VAT_then.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 3:37pm UTC
Thu, 9 November 2017
In this week's extended podcast we kick off with the resignation of Priti Patel as Secretary of State for International Development.
Lesley speculates on the potential implications for beleaguered Theresa May and asks has she actually been lucky despite all her recent setbacks ?
We discuss the shadowy role of Lord Polack of the Conservative Friends of Israel in Patel's fall from grace and could this be the moment for Penny Mordaunt to stake her claim for the Tory leadership?
Boris Johnson is next in Lesley's gimlet gaze as the full impact of his ill thought and poorly prepared statements give spurious legitimacy to the imprisonment of UK journalist Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by the Iranian government.
We go into extra time for Lesley's reflections on last Saturday's Build Conference.
All this plus The Gruffalo in Scots , baby boxes,and feral cats.
Direct download: Priti_Vacant.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 7:08pm UTC
Tue, 31 October 2017
We unashamedly spend the vast majority of this week's podcast on the continuing crisis in Catalunya.
Lesley was a first hand witness to last week's momentous events and gives a fantastic insight into what it was like on the streets of Barcelona as the drama unfolded.
She also, tells tall Castilian tales, recounts her experiences with anarcho-syndicalists and , most importantly, lets the world into the dark secrets of Brian Taylor's dancing.
I pitch in here and there but inevitably finish up talking about the fitba. Dinnae let on tae the Wee Ginger Dug!
There's also a plug for the Build:Bridges to Indy event this weekend in Edinburgh.
Direct download: Visca_Catalunya.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm UTC
Thu, 19 October 2017
Lesley returns after her bout of the lurgi and it's Riddoch in full righteous wrath mode as the injustices and human costs of Universal Credit are dissected mercilessly,and it's shown for the cruel shambles that it is.
I lurk on the wing and chip in on yesterday's debate in the House of Commons on Universal Credit and the lack of understanding of the plight of ordinary folk on the government benches.
Lesley reflects on last week's Arctic Circle Assembly ,Nicola Sturgeon's starring role, and exciting prospects for joint Icelandic Scottish cooperation on post fossil fuels energy supply.
Finally it's back to the SNP Conference, the mood of delegates , the fringe events, and are there signs that the party is slowly coming around to a more collegiate approach to its leadership allowing Nicola to "get on with the day job"?
Direct download: Credit_Crunch.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 5:53pm UTC
Fri, 6 October 2017
In this week's extended podcast we delve into the ongoing crisis of democracy in Catalonia and the Tory Party conference in Manchester.
Lesley strips away the "playing for sympathy" card of the Conservative apologists and focuses on May's policies and the reaction to them amongst delegates.
I fling in my midgie magnet analogy and we both speculate on Boris and Ruth's ambitions.
By way of Nick Robinson's moan on the role of new media outlets undermining trust in the BBC we try and make sense of what's happening in Catalonia.
Lesley previews her upcoming trip to Iceland for the Arctic Circles conference.
I shamelessly plug Dundee Wanderers Hockey club.
And we both take credit for Scotland's last gasp win v Slovakia.
Direct download: Catalonia_and_Conference_Special.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 1:35pm UTC
Thu, 28 September 2017
We kick off this week by going back to one of last week's topics as Lesley follows her journalist's nose to investigate the issues surrounding standing at work.
This leads to our considering the pros, and some wee cons, of trades unions.
The ongoing saga of the twelve year equal pay fight by women workers and the hypocritical attack on the new SNP Glasgow City Council by Joanna Baxter speeds us neatly into the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
While Corbyn inspired his audience is he a hollow man when it comes to Scotland?
And if unity broke out on the conference floor, even Tom Watson chanted "Oh Jeremy Corbyn", it was gloves off in the fight for the leadership of Scottish Labour.
In addition to all this there's a flag inspired rant from me, Lesley wonders if Ruth Davidson has been found out, and I quote Cicero.
All this and a Riddoch bonus at the end,You lucky people( a prize for knowing the source of that catchphrase- no peeking at Google).
Direct download: A_Corbyn_fir_me.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 6:17pm UTC
Thu, 21 September 2017
It's our first anniversary and we hit the ground running with dramatic scenes at today's FMQs as Alex Rowley comments that when it comes to tax the SNP always sides with the millionaires against the millions. An Alex own goal ,as Nicola pounces, or something far more interesting in the struggle between Sarwar and Leonard for leadership of Scottish Labour?
Lesley returns to the state of Scottish local government and examines how the sparkle of fantastic community projects could be harnessed to radical reform to achieve the best of both worlds.
I focus on the case of asylum seeker Samim Bigzad and the complete disregard for the law displayed by Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Is this yet another example of creeping Conservative authoritarianism?
A less than happy flight experience at Stansted airport leads Lesley to thoughts on ,not only ,modern travel but also the nature of the modern workplace.
We finish on the tale of L'Oreal v The Naked Soap Co. Why? Because they're worth it.
Direct download: Millionaires_and_the_millions.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 12:41pm UTC
Thu, 14 September 2017
After Lesley and I ruminate on our low tech methodologies of checking whether we're recording an interference free podcast- my nipping ben the hoose at its heart- Lesley examines the Arctic Circle's October Assembly in Iceland and the Scotland and the New North Conference taking place in Edinburgh in November.
I chip in on Radio 4's short series,"The English Fix".In particular the final episode featuring Sir Roger Scruton.
Lesley goes back to the future and reflects on Tony Blair's latest Brexit intervention and I chip in on the Common's debates on the EU Repeal Bill.
The alert among you, and that means all of you, will note the rustling of paper and my confusion during some of Lesley's contribution. This is accounted for by my accidentally flicking back to notes covering Brexit from some months ago resulting in an almost out of body state of confusion as I went back to the future.
Lesley masterfully covers my blushes.
All this and the Scottish Independence Convention Build 2 Conference.
Direct download: The_New_North.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 2:46pm UTC
Thu, 7 September 2017
This week we return to our peripatetic ways and record in the , well appointed, basement of Gillis Mclean.
My waxing lyrical about Galway's victory in the All Ireland hurling final leads us to explore the nature of place, culture and community. Honestly it's not as worthy as it sounds.
Returning to home ground Lesley explores and dissects Ruth Davidson's plans for New Towns.
We move on to the Scottish Government's ambitious new programme and will the action live up to the idea.
I can't escape my political past when I look at the state of the Labour Party leadership contest.
And , by the way, you can play spot the Pat and Lesley getting names wrong game.
Direct download: The_Basement_Tape.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 4:57pm UTC
Thu, 31 August 2017
This week we spend most of our time on the sudden resignation of Kezia Dugdale as leader of Scottish Labour.
Lesley considers the remaining runners and riders for the poison chalice of Scottish politics and which of them, if any, can restore Labour's fortunes.
I chip in on the sad lack , not just in the Labour Party, of outstanding political personalities.
The recent special on the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival presented by Jack Whitehall leads us into the metropolitan mindset of not only the chattering but political classes.
All this plus meanderings on walking to school as kids, dancing for independence, and holidays in Ireland.
Direct download: Labour_Pains.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 6:24pm UTC
Thu, 24 August 2017
The latest in our continuing series of podcasts from exotic locations features Lesley's thoughts on the "National" in Scottish National Party and BBC Scotland's reply to her critique of its management structure.
I weigh in on elites , diversity and the demise of local newspapers.
However the biggy is the continuing Brexit shambles. Just what does it tell us about whose voices are listened to and whose are ignored?
There will be no surprises in what Lesley's answers are.
This plus, fleeting references to Daily Telegraph headlines and the suddenly reappearing Ruth Davidson all to the accompaniment of rattling coffee cups and thirties jazz.
Direct download: Whats_in_a_name.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 2:25pm UTC
Thu, 17 August 2017
Andrew O'Hagan's powerful statement on his journey from No to Yes kicks off the first part of this week's podcast.
This allows Lesley and I to consider the siren song of a return to a mythical ,unified Britain of the past, if we leave the EU.
The recent resignation of BBC Scotland commissioning and scheduling supremo Ewan Angus raises the question of the potential for radical change at the national broadcaster.Will it be taken?
We also reflect on the tragic events of Charlottesville ,the courage of the Heyer family and the moral vacuum in the face of fascism of Donald Trump.
Direct download: The_Lure_of_Greatness.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 12:51pm UTC
Thu, 10 August 2017
This week sees the return , by "popular" demand , of our theme music.
We begin by saying that we won't talk about Trump and North Korea but then go on to talk about....you can fill the rest in in yirsels!
The rest of the podcast is taken up with the two major issues Lesley addressed in her columns.
We ask is the one size fits all, top down command structure of Police Scotland working and what , if anything, will be done to resolve its all too apparent problems?
Our attention then turns to the meeting between Mike Russell, Damian Green and you know, that other guy, him, the Secretary of State for Scotland, to discuss what new powers may be granted to Scotland post Brexit.
Although Lesley focuses on fishing, particularly after Michael Gove's recent conversations with Denmark, the implications for the continuing role and importance of the devolution settlement are profound.
In the process we manage to name drop some gie interesting fowk and I slip in gratuitous references to Peanuts and Lawside Academy.
Direct download: Wha_kens_kens.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 3:59pm UTC
Thu, 3 August 2017
In a week which saw fractious infighting and criticisms within the independence camp Lesley stresses the need for inclusion and tolerance and highlights the pitfalls of our tendency towards tribalism.
I question whether anyone outside of the online bubble either knows or cares about these disputes.
Lesley uses the very different approaches between the Scottish and English prison systems to highlight the progressive nature, across party political divides, of Scottish society.
And in the midst of these pleas for peace,love and understanding I, once again, deny being a hippy. Doth I protest too much?
Direct download: Hurlin_stanes.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 1:28pm UTC
Thu, 27 July 2017
Lesley returns refreshed from her holiday on Uist and is (almost) unbearably smug about how sunny it was.
We kick off with her reflections on the break and then slide into that complex set of relations between the SNP , the broader Yes movement, and the SIC .However, dinnae fash yirsels chums we tap into that 1967 summer of love vibe and explore the importance of fun ,community, culture and disco in rediscovering and reinventing not only ourselves but Scotland.
All that plus inflated hedgehogs, bear attacks in the Italian Alps,Bjork's dad, and, wait for it, a wee mention of cricket.
Direct download: A_Long_Chain_of_Goodwill.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 3:51pm UTC
Thu, 13 July 2017
This week we focus entirely on the BBC's plans to restructure Radio Scotland creating two new stations.One dedicated to speech and the other, on DAB, to music.
However us being us we manage to introduce thoughts on the male and female brain; why young women give up sport; a Ray McKinnon impression( by Lesley); revelations on Lesley's football career and the extremely healthy state of the Scottish traditional music scene.
All this at the second time of asking.I did press that record button.....Honest guv!
Direct download: Broadcast_News.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 6:06pm UTC
Wed, 5 July 2017
In this week's extravaganza I set in motion a series of appalling puns before we settle down to discuss rail nationalisation and how the Scottish government could be genuinely transformative even within the union.
Lesley looks at two pieces of "SNP good" news on the economy and the NHS and how they might just have caught out the commentariat.
Almost inevitably we return to Grenfell Tower and the amazing fortitude of that local community in not giving up or in to establishment pressure.
All this with some wee references to the DUP's financial deal, the Catalonian independence referendum and the Scot's language.And not forgetting a bout of coughing , or two, frae the bold Riddoch!
Direct download: To_boldly_go.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 7:52pm UTC
Wed, 28 June 2017
Having regaled you with a lang ane last week yir back on rations wi this half hour podcast .
After discovering my shady past we focus on Nicola Sturgeon's " reset" speech on indyref2 on Tuesday.
There's questions on just what might be the "Al Capone"tipping moment to get folk on board with voting Yes next time around; what the SNP's bold and radical policies might be and could they just stand back and let the hash of a Tory Brexit play out?
We finish with startling revelations on our dubious eating habits!
Direct download: A_movement_and_a_party.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 3:10pm UTC
Thu, 22 June 2017
Lesley returns from Denmark rejuvenated, revitalised and any other "r" words you can think of after her stay on Bornholm - a Danish island which has just hosted the biggest act of political engagement in Europe and maybe the world.
Not following Norman Tebbit she also got on her bike in Copenhagen, you pronounce it any way you fancy.
I chip in around the edges on the state of Scottish FE colleges ( the unincorporated colleges are Argyll College, Newbattle Abbey College, Orkney College, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Shetland College and West Highland College by the way)and essay a Portadown accent for no good reason.
We finish with thoughts on the health not of the body politic but that of the nation.
Direct download: Danish_Visions.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 3:36pm UTC
Fri, 16 June 2017
As the full horror of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower reveals itself we ask if this was not an accident but the inevitable outcome of the state of UK society.
A society which promotes civic neglect, has contempt for the poor, places profit above people , and silences dissent.
Lesley reflects on the continuing aftermath of last Thursday, Tommy Shepphard's abortive bid to become Leader of the SNP in the House of Commons ,Common Weal's six ideas to revitalise the Scottish Government and if any kind of "soft" Brexit can be achieved.
We also have a wee bit of chat on the Corbyn Effect.
Direct download: No_words.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 9:01am UTC
Fri, 9 June 2017
It's the morning after the night before and Lesley, fortified by at least six coffees and lashings of chocolate, unleashes herself on the election results.
That "bloody difficult woman"; the SNP campaign; the Tory deal with their " friends" the DUP; the Corbyn effect ; the significance of the votes in Scotland for indyref2 are all subjected to our , hopefully informed, if slightly manic, analysis.
On the way we also manage to cover the Giant's Causeway museum, the perils of postal voting, and banning Ouija boards.Trust me, if you listen, it all makes sense.
Lesley also pays tribute to Angus Robertson and ,in particular,Alex Salmond as they both leave Westminster.
Direct download: Ye_Whit__General_Election_Special.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 5:46pm UTC
Thu, 1 June 2017
After a two week break where Lesley journeyed round Orkney and Shetland and I grappled with internet technology ,we're back.
For my sins I've been watching the leaders' debates and interviews trying to make sense of this strangest of General Elections.
Meanwhile Lesley has not only been sampling the musical delights and high kicking dancing of the Orkney folk festival but also following the local battle to be elected MP next week.
In the midst of this I'm reminded of the failure of my beloved Dundee United( cheers chum!) and Lesley extols the virtues of the Hardanger fiddle.
Direct download: Debatable_Lands_and_Johnny_AThings.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 3:15pm UTC
Fri, 19 May 2017
Lesley returns refreshed and invigorated from Croatia. I on the other hand am hot foot frae Kirkcaldy. Oh the glamour of it all!
The launch of the Conservative Party manifesto, north and south of the border;that ITV leaders debate, minus May and Corbyn and the post Brexit position of the Scottish fishing industry give us plenty to chew over. By the way yon EU spokesperson neither of us could remember is Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.You , of course, good listeners knew that!
Ruth Davidson's Orwell lecture on nationalism and patriotism also turns up some surprising stuff on the sainted George.
All that and more plus tales of Balkan sea swimming.
Direct download: Manifesto_Destiny.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 8:09pm UTC
Fri, 12 May 2017
This week's podcast was recorded live at the Butterfly Cafe in Dundee.
Lesley was just about to jet off to sunny Croatia and we took advantage of the cafe's good auspices to podcast from the children's play area( highly appropriate I hear you cry!).
So, not only will you hear herself and me but ,to the background of happy coffee drinkers ,you'll meet the bold wee Felix and his mum enjoying themselves with the Lego( other plastic building bricks are available).
In the midst of all this Lesley manages to chat about the leak of the Labour manifest, and the exclusion of the Greens from much of the General Election coverage both north and south of the border.
I cover the ongoing Tory election expenses scandal.
And we both try and get our heads round the "You're fired" moment featuring Donald Trump and the erstwhile head of the FBI.
Direct download: Leaks_and_Lego.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 2:14pm UTC
Fri, 5 May 2017
This week we rush headlong into the stramash of the local elections.
Are rumours of the Tory Scottish tidal wave over exaggerated?
Just what is going on when swathes of solid Labour areas suddenly turn blue?
Have we reached peak SNP?
Is it the constitution stupid?
Lesley dashes hot foot from PM and I try and decipher my hastily scribbled notes as we bring our caffeine fueled brains to bear on these questions.
I also chuck in a gratuitous Duke of Edinburgh anecdote. Friend to the famous me!
Direct download: Its_the_locals.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 9:20pm UTC
Fri, 28 April 2017
After the excitement of last week we return to "normality".
Lesley has been haring round the country and we chat about the Yes walk across the Tay Bridge for the rally last Saturday and the perils of speaking after the Wee Ginger Dug and his pal Paul.
I'm given 30 seconds to explain the STV voting system for the local elections.Judge for yourselves my success!
Lesley reflects on defensive and aspirational nationalism and Tory local election strategy.
This and opinion polls lead us to discuss whether the constitutional question now permeates and frames all Scottish elections.
I give my personal perspective on the FE college strikes and the answer to the burning question," Who are the two most popular westerners in Vietnam?".
Direct download: The_road_and_the_miles.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 2:33pm UTC
Wed, 19 April 2017
This week we concentrate entirely on May's decision to call a snap General Election on June 8th.
Lesley reflects on her appearance on BBC Newsnight and what this may say about future coverage.
I chip in here and there .
Direct download: Now_is_the_time.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 11:28am UTC
Thu, 30 March 2017
On the day that Theresa May finally triggered article 50 we , inevitably, focus on this.
What is Nicola Sturgeon's "cunning plan"? Is Scotland merely Maidenhead, no offence to Maidenhead, in May's Brexit strategy?
Lesley recovers from her appearance on "Call Kaye" and reflects on what, if anything, the BBC has learned from its coverage of Indyref1.
As the Scottish Labour Party takes a leaf out of my favourite time traveller's book, Sam Beckett if you're interested but others are available, and returns to 1979, I crack the myth of the SNP ushering in Thatcherism.
The almost under the radar Scottish local elections round up this episode but not before I display my linguistic, or otherwise skills.
I should have said Tam Biet by the way. You're going to have to listen now if only to figure out what the ruddy heck I'm on about.
Direct download: The_Brexit_Club.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 7:51am UTC
Fri, 24 March 2017
We return to home base this week and for Lesley it's all the B's.
Belfast, Brexit, borders, boring , and baltic as she runs through her recent travels.
There are reflections on the life and legacy of Martin McGuinness. The futures post Brexit of Ireland, north and south, and the implications for Scotland. That Section 30 debate in Holyrood and the indyref2 campaign.
I kick in with GERS and possibly the Gers lowering the tone with my well crafted "jokes".
Direct download: A_whisper_of_wind.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 1:19pm UTC
Tue, 14 March 2017
Well chums, guess what this week's podcast is all( well nearly all) about.
Lesley takes a wee break from her round of national and international media appearances to go over yesterday's events.
It's a mad dash through Nicola Sturgeon's announcement of Indyref2( any ideas on names other Scoxit are most welcome) and much,much more referendum speculation.
Is the postponement of activation of Article 50 a sign that May has been outflanked?
What can we expect from the press and broadcasters this time?
We reflect on the reactions to the First Minister's statement from independence supporters.
There's also a passing reference to the Donald and disappearing climate change data; the decency of Stephen Daisley and a not half bad attempt at an Aussie accent by someone.
Direct download: It_wisnae_a_bluff.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 7:50pm UTC
Thu, 9 March 2017
Thanks to the "kindness of strangers" and their driving skills we bring you this week's podcast.
Theresa May's appearance at the Tory Party conference in Perth kicks us off and Lesley's predictions about the reining in of the powers of the Scottish Parliament post Brexit seem to be coming true.
We touch briefly on the , now infamous, Melanie Phillips Times article, before moving on to consider the recent election in Northern Ireland.
It was both Budget and International Women's day and I examine the impact of Hammond's changes to National Insurance and taxation for the self employed and their particular impact on women.
Finally, do Lesley and I actually disagree? St Patrick's or Paddy's day? The public wait with bated breath!
Direct download: Devolution_9.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 8:57am UTC
Thu, 2 March 2017
This week sees the return of the Fife twa after Lesley's op.
Lesley pays tribute to the larger than life, late Paddy Bort ,doyen of the Edinburgh folk scene and powerful advocate for local democracy.
You know when you ask someone a question and they actually give you the answer!
Well, stand by for Lesley's forensic dissection of the BBC's proposals for a new Scottish channel, in particular the news at nine.
We try and get to grips with the Sadiq Khan speech at the recent Scottish Labour Party conference in Perth and I , in particular, just don't understand Labour's strategy.
Back in Westminster the Tories seem to be prevaricating over the details of the transfer of powers back from Europe to Holyrood. Can Mundell's "guarantees" be trusted?
In addition to all this there's more than a passing mention of Antonio Gramsci and I make another startling confession this time involving a Hillman Imp and a dry stane dyke.
Direct download: Six_appeal.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 10:33am UTC
Thu, 16 February 2017
First a shameless plug. Lesley's terrific series on the links between Ulster and Scotland ends this Sunday and if you want to see the final episode or catch up on previous ones, follow this link
We return to the podcast after a week on the sick and Lesley reflects on her off again , now on again upcoming op and the state of the NHS.
I continue the medical theme , with a sporting twist. The recent revelations over dementia and heading footballs lead me to the Frank's Law campaign.
We wonder what the Scottish Government could/should do in the light of the UK's seeming roll back from the Dubs plan to rescue refugee children.
No week is complete these days without mentioning the Donald and we don't disappoint as 45 meets Netanyahu and complains about leaks.
Closer to home Lesley looks at the report on reform of the 1989 Official Secrets Act and what the resounding silence in most of the media over this says about the state of our surveillance society.
Lesley rants, justifiably, about the £21million pound nuclear industry archive to be created in Wick.
All this in addition to radio ventriloquism,"T2",spoiler alerts for "Lion" and my mum phoning mid podcast.
Direct download: Secrets_and_lies.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 11:28am UTC
Thu, 2 February 2017
The meat in this week's podcast is the plan to pilot the Universal Basic Income in Glasgow and Fife and Lesley's appearance on BBC's The Big Questions .
We also partake in the full English, Brexit that is, sink our teeth into the planned Trump state visit and ruminate on the dog's dinner that's Labour response to them both.
There are also startling revelations on both our parts which lead to recollections of school ,university, wide boys and Hooray Henries.
Direct download: Its_just_not_cricket.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 10:13am UTC
Thu, 26 January 2017
Following my startling revelations over Burns' suppers Lesley reflects on this most Scottish of institutions.
I, moving swiftly on, consider just how important the Scot's language is to our national culture.
However it wouldn't be a podcast without Brexit and this week's no exception as we pull apart the Supreme Court's decision concerning the Sewel convention. Lesley wonders if this nit picking parliamentary approach is the right path to take to securing independence and shouldn't we be mapping out the kind of country we want to be rather than engaging in navel gazing.
Finally, there's no show without Punch, or Trump, and the prospect of our so called independent nuclear deterrent being under the effective control of the Donald is less than pleasant to consider for this pair of lefty peacenicks.
Direct download: Aye_Right.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 12:59pm UTC
Thu, 19 January 2017
Welcome back to the first( or is it the second?) podcast of 2017.
This week Lesley is in fine form as she dashes through a packed past seven days.
There's her wee stushy wi' the man frae Brexit Central on Scotland tonight.
Theresa May's 12 point plan for( you guessed it) Brexit.
And the Scottish Independence Convention's conference in Glasgow.
I do a lot more listening and asking questions than normal( sighs of relief all round) as we wonder if the Scottish conversation has moved beyond the single market and free trade areas.
However I do manage to slip in some references to my football team.
Direct download: A_Whole_Lotta_Lesley.mp3
Category:The Lesley Riddoch Podcast -- posted at: 11:52am UTC


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Democracy is an illusion! It's become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Saturday, 26 August 2017
The Collapse Is Coming! Prepare For The Imminent Economic Collapse 2017 | Stock Market Crash!
Friday, 25 August 2017
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Richard Wolff: Has the Economy Hit a New Crisis Milestone?
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Trump's Plan to Cut His Own Taxes
Labels: Donald Trump, taxation
Monday, 21 August 2017
Greece Is Battling Tax Evasion | DW Documentary
Tax evasion cheats the Greek state of an estimated 11 to 16 billion euros each year – one-third of the amount of taxes that ARE collected. Two years ago, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised to stop large-scale tax flight and tax fraud. Such declarations were nothing new, but now something is actually happening. Tax inspectors audit businesses, shops, and restaurants. The owners are seldom cooperative. We accompany two inspectors on their rounds.
Labels: documentary, DW English, Greece, tax evasion
GOP Is Walking Away from Trump: Stuart Varney
Sunday, 20 August 2017
The Stock Market - Siphoning To The Rich - Peter Joseph & Abby Martin
Joseph began his professional career working in advertising and as a private equity trader on Wall Street. In 2007, he produced a live performance art piece in New York City that he entitled "Zeitgeist." A film version was created and released by Joseph online and went viral with millions of views.
Peter Joseph is the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a grassroots, worldwide organization that advocates an alternative economic system based on sustainability, cooperation and human need. His most recent book, 'The New Human Rights Movement,' delivers a startling exposé about the violent oppression that defines our economic order, while issuing an urgent call for global activism to unite to replace it.
Abby Martin is an American journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, an investigative news program on the socialist state-funded satellite network teleSUR English[2][3] and YouTube.[4] She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau.[5] Before hosting her own show, she had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America.
Martin is also an artist and activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored.
Labels: stock market, the rich
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Obama's Legacy - Rewarding the Rich - Richard Wolff
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Economic Update: Faith & Labor Fight Inequality
Sunday, 13 August 2017
The Crash Is Coming! Prepare For The Imminent Economic Collapse 2017 | Stock Market Crash!
How the Rich Get Richer – Money in the World Economy | DW Documentary
For years, the world's central banks have been pursuing a policy of cheap money. The first and foremost is the ECB (European Central Bank), which buys bad stocks and bonds to save banks, tries to fuel economic growth and props up states that are in debt. But what relieves state budgets to the tune of hundreds of billions annoys savers: interest rates are close to zero.
The fiscal policies of the central banks are causing an uncontrolled global deluge of money. Experts are warning of new bubbles. In real estate, for example: it's not just in German cities that prices are shooting up. In London, a one-bed apartment can easily cost more than a million Euro. More and more money is moving away from the real economy and into the speculative field. Highly complex financial bets are taking place in the global casino - gambling without checks and balances. The winners are set from the start: in Germany and around the world, the rich just get richer. Professor Max Otte says: "This flood of money has caused a dangerous redistribution. Those who have, get more." But with low interest rates, any money in savings accounts just melts away. Those with debts can be happy. But big companies that want to swallow up others are also happy: they can borrow cheap money for their acquisitions. Coupled with the liberalization of the financial markets, money deals have become detached from the real economy. But it's not just the banks that need a constant source of new, cheap money today. So do states. They need it to keep a grip on their mountains of debt. It's a kind of snowball system. What happens to our money? Is a new crisis looming? The film 'The Money Deluge' casts a new and surprising light on our money in these times of zero interest rates.
Labels: money, the rich, world economy
Friday, 11 August 2017
The Highs and Lows of British Airways - BBC Newsnight
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Karl Marx - Vital to Understanding Capitalism - Richard Wolff
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Wolff has also taught economics at Yale University, City University of New York, and the University of Paris I (Sorbonne).
Australia Hosts Commodity Conference as Prices Fall
The summit is taking place against a backdrop of falling commodity prices, which has led to concerns over the economy.
Australia, however, has managed to weather the storm.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Kalgoorlie, Australia.
Labels: Australia, commodities, gold, gold mining, Kalgoorlie
Monday, 7 August 2017
Swamp Watch: The Decriminalization of White Collar Crime
Sunday, 6 August 2017
Vince Cable Hits Out at Hardline Brexit 'Martyrs'
Sir Vince Cable has criticised older voters who see economic pain as a price worth paying for leaving the EU, saying those who think of themselves as "Brexit martyrs" are shafting young people.
The Liberal Democrat leader said it was dangerous to see those people as martyrs because they would not be the ones to suffer most from the effects of Brexit.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he claimed older Brexit voters with views "coloured by nostalgia for an imperial past" had imposed their will on younger generations more comfortable with the EU.
His strongly worded attack came after a YouGov poll suggested 61% of leave voters would consider significant damage to the British economy to be a price worth paying for leaving the EU. » | Rowena Mason, Deputy Political Editor | Sunday, August 6, 2017
Labels: Brexit, Vince Cable
The Basic Economics of National Health Insurance - Richard D. Wolff
Economist Richard Wolff Destroys Bill O'Reilly
Saturday, 5 August 2017
The Obscene Distribution of Wealth in the U. S. – Richard Wolff
This clip is from Professor Wolff's Economic Update for February 2017.
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Wolff has also taught economics at Yale University, City University of New York, and the University of Paris I (Sorbonne).
How the Upper Middle Class Keeps Everyone Else Out
Labels: social class, the one per cent, USA
Moscow Strikes Back: US Sanctions Push Russia Closer to Dumping the Dollar
Labels: Moscow, Russia, US dollar, US sanctions
Trump Is Turning Against the White Working Class that Elected Him
Friday, 4 August 2017
Greek Economy Struggles to Rebound
Labels: Greece, Greek economy, taxes
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Dr. Richard Wolff - Is the Global Financial Crisis Close?
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Marxist Economist Debates with Fox's Stuart Varney about Socialism
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Honda has recently published the special variant of the new Honda crossover, 2019 Honda Pilot EXL. The plan of the latest large SUV from Honda has various options and power sources to make it comfortable. Honda has adopted the basic design of Honda Acura MDX to produce this excellent car. This 8 passenger SUV has extraordinarily attractive looks even whether its design wasn't originally meant for this type of vehicles.
The platform of Honda Acura MDX continues to be redesigned by Honda with some improvements in its exterior in addition to the interior to make its latest SUV in Pilot EXL line up to do in accordance with your expectations. Not just the front and side wings but in addition, its boxy body of the aged platform has been redesigned to produce this exceptional vehicle for you. Rear bumpers, headlamps, exhaust pipe along with aluminum frame are a number of the other changes made while redesigning its external features.
Honda has introduced its latest Pilot EXL SUV since the best vehicle for your family by adding little space to its interior. Eight people at a time might be adjusted in the three rows of its large cabin. The 3rd row of this SUV has been made comfortable by increasing space between 2nd and 3rd row. There are plenty of new capabilities that are available even with the bottom trim point. All models are equipped with triple-zone Climate-control, Screen with a rearview camera with tips, cruise control, blue tooth hands-free link, power outlets, ambient console lighting, 60/40 split folding seats, speed-sensitive volume-control. With higher trim levels you will find a lot more features that will make driving more comfortable. The complete list you may find here.
Specs and MPG
New 2019 Honda Pilot EXL is using a new type of engine, available only in this model. Beneath the hood can be just a V6 engine with 3.5-liter of displacement. All the versions of this Honda Pilot EXL vehicle are accessible in two drive systems instead of using a new type of engine in all them. All trim models are built with the just 5-speed automatic transmission. All-wheel drive system is specifically meant for going off-road.
EXL Price and Availability
The conventional model, Pilot EXL Lx, is going to soon be available at $31000 whereas $32500 will be the cost of its subsequent model Pilot EXL Ex. Its third model Pilot EX-L EX-L can be purchased at $35000 and $41500 will be the price of its expensive model, " said EXL Touring. Main competitors to the Pilot EXL are Toyota 4Runner, Ford Explorer, Chevy Traverse and Nissan Pathfinder. 2019 Honda Pilot EXL is now on sale at the US market.
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You may have noticed that I have been dong very little original posting on here lately – I have mostly been reposting old poems.
This is because I have been trying (with limited success) to concentrate on getting together a collection of short stories to publish. This is still ongoing.
Of course part of this is trying to get together a cover. I thought about getting it designed professionally this time but can't afford it. My last two attempts were so-so.
Anyway, I have little choice but to try again myself this time. So this is my fist attempt.
I would appreciate any thoughts – feedback. Mainly – does it grab your attention?


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Hail Mary Mallon, a group formed by Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, will be releasing its debut album Are You Gonna Eat That? on Rhymesayers Entertainment soon. The trio has the 12-track digital release dropping on May 3 with a physical copy following on June 7.
The group got its name from Mary Mallon, the name of the first person associated with the pathogen associated with the typhoid fever.
In preparation for this, Hail Mary Mallon will be touring with Kimya Dawson through April and May. Their first single is "Smock" and the video for the track is below.


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Now if only the rest of the music industry would come to this obvious conclusion
Here I was, thinking the customer was always right. And the music industry has been trying to deny this for far too long now.
Congratulations to Edgar Bronfman from Warner Music for seeing the error of their ways.


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Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli was born in Tbilisi on the 4th January 1934. He is President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO, Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor (France). Monumentality is the word that best describes Zurab Tsereteli's art: all of it is monumental – his sculptures, paintings and drawings. Monumentality in this context means grandeur, pomp in the best sense of the word, significant or even sacredness in its human dimensionthat imparts a mythical feeling to his works of art.
Zurab Tsereteli, Avtandil Goes on a Date,
2012, Oil on canvas
Zurab Tsereteli, Ethno,
2018, Oil on canvas
Zurab Tsereteli, Inessa Staring into the
Distance, 1981, Oil on canvas
Zurab Tsereteli, From the Jerusalem series,
1995, Oil on canvas
Zurab Tsereteli, Biba. From the Circus series,
2015, Tridimensional enamel
Zurab Tsereteli, Still Life "He and She",
1990, Oil on canvas


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Let's talk about sleep and insomnia…
Firstly, take this quiz and state if you agree or disagree to these statements. Keep a count of how many you agree with and then read on the end of the post.
1. I need 8 hours of sleep to feel refreshed and function well during the day.
2. When I don't get the proper amount of sleep on a given night, I need to catch up on the next day by napping or on the next night by sleeping longer.
3. I am concerned that chronic insomnia may have serious consequences on my physical health.
4. I am worried that I may lose control over my abilities to sleep.
5. After a poor night's sleep, I know that it will interfere with my daily activities on the next day.
6. In order to be alert and function well during the day, I believe I would be better off taking a sleeping pill rather than having a poor night's sleep.
7. When I feel irritable, depressed, or anxious during the day, it is mostly because I did not sleep well the night before.
8. When I sleep poorly on one night, I know it will disturb my sleep schedule for the whole week.
9. Without an adequate night's sleep, I can hardly function the next day.
10. I can't ever predict whether I'll have a good or poor night's sleep.
11. I have little ability to manage the negative consequences of disturbed sleep.
12. When I feel tired, have no energy, or just seem not to function well during the day, it is generally because I did not sleep well the night before.
13. I believe insomnia is essentially the result of a chemical imbalance.
14. I feel insomnia is ruining my ability to enjoy life and prevents me from doing what I want.
15. Medication is probably the only solution to sleeplessness.
16. I avoid or cancel obligations (social, family) after a poor night's sleep.
If you agreed with more than a few of these statements get in touch and lets arrange a time to chat because we can improve your insomnia is just a few sessions.
Did you know…
Pregnancy Insomnia affects 79% of expectant Mums and can affect them throughout all three trimesters. Sleep disorders are among the most widespread major problems experienced in pregnancy. Pregnancy Insomnia is when you have difficulty sleeping or you're not getting enough sleep when you have the opportunity to do so. Pregnancy Insomnia can be experienced in different ways.
You could be suffering from Pregnancy Insomnia if your symptoms include:
- Difficulty getting to sleep; finding it hard to nod off at night time
- Difficulty getting to sleep; finding it hard to nod off at night time
- Interrupted sleep or disturbed sleep. Awaking from sleep in the middle of the night; and sometimes finding it hard to get back to sleep.
- Awaking from sleep too early, and being unable to get back to sleep
- Not feeling refreshed by sleep – this is usually due to a disturbed sleeping pattern.
- Not being able to concentrate the next day due to a lack of sleep
- Feeling fatigued due to disturbed sleep
- Feeling irritable due to a lack of sleep
What are the causes of insomnia?
The main causes of insomnia are stress, anxiety, depression and excessive worry. Sometimes the insomnia only lasts for a short spell perhaps a few weeks ( this is called transient insomnia); in other more severe cases the insomnia or sleep difficulty can last for an extended period of time, perhaps months or even years (this is often referred to as chronic insomnia).
In many cases Insomnia can be maintained even after the initial cause of the stress and anxiety has passed. Once our sleep pattern is interrupted the insomnia or difficulty sleeping can become a focal point for anxiety, and the harder a person tried to get off to sleep, the less they are able to do so.
Pregnancy is one of the most important periods in your life. Despite pregnancy being a natural phenomenon, it is accompanied by many major changes, physically, emotionally, mentally and socially. These unknown and at times, uncontrollable changes, can create fears, worries and anxious thoughts in our minds. These thoughts set off the stress response in our bodies and that stress response further aggravates those anxious thoughts. Before you know it you are caught up in cycle that seems impossible to break.
High stress levels in pregnancy can:
- Shorten your sleep duration
- Produce poor sleep
- Increase the time spent awake at night
Poor sleep can be common in pregnant women throughout all three of the trimesters. Each trimester can bring about a new set of concerns or magnify those that are already there. The knock on effect of poor sleep feeds in to your day-to-day stress levels and you can easily find yourself in habitual cycle, feeling helpless to break it.
Evidence indicates that serve loss of sleep in pregnancy can be associated with adverse pregnancy outcome such as:
- Prenatal depression
- Gestational diabetes
- Pre-eclampsia
- Abnormal length of labor
- Cesarean delivery
- Alteration in fetal growth
- Preterm birth
Lack of ability to sleep throughout pregnancy can be avoid by reducing your fears, worries and anxious thoughts. You can reduce your symptoms by using purposeful hypnosis. Hypnosis like many other products and services out their provides a 'sticky plaster' and reduces the symptoms but does not deal with the cause.
Our Complete Guide to Hypnobirthing contains MP3's that will assist you with you sleep. Our hypnobirthing MP3's focus on relaxation and re-framing your thoughts for a more relaxed and comfortable nights sleep. .
Alternatively, you can deal with the root cause of you anxiety and eliminate anxious thoughts from your mind for good with The Anxiety Breakthrough Formula which incorporates a framework from CBTi.
We do this by learning how you unwittingly maintain and create your anxiety. This self insight is invaluable not just for your sleep during pregnancy, but also managing your baby's birth and the many new challenges being a new Mum will bring. Gaining self insight now will help you to view any new situations with perspective and reduce the amount of stress you carry in your body. The Anxiety Breakthrough Formula is a unique programme that sets you up for a positive birth and positive truly empowering start to motherhood.
CBTI for Pregnancy Insomnia & Sleep Problems in Pregnancy
If you are having trouble sleeping get in touch with me today by booking a completely complimentary call, during the call we can find out what's going on and plan the best way forward for you.
Book a time to chat here: https://sarahbrent.as.me/letschat
Read what Kath says here…
"I was so down [with my insomnia] when i started with Sarah but I was put completely at ease. Only a few weeks later i feel a different person! Definitely worth it. – Kath, Essex.
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Hunter LP, Rychnovsky JD, Yount SM. A selective review of maternal sleep characteristics in the postpartum period. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2009;38:60–8.
Kempler L, Sharpe L, Bartlett D. Sleep education during pregnancy for new mothers. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2012;12:155.
Palagini, L et al. Chronic sleep loss during pregnancy as a determinant of stress: impact on pregnancy outcome. Sleep Med (2014),http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2014.02.013


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Khevsurians (Georgian: ხევსურები) are an ethnographical group of Georgians, mainly living in Khevsureti, on both sides of the Caucasus Mountain Chain in the watersheds of the rivers Aragvi and Argun. There are some villages in Khevi, Ertso-Tianeti, Kakheti (Shiraki), Kvemo Kartli (Gardabani) also where Khevsurians reside. Khevsurians speak the Georgian language in Khevsurian dialect. For a long time, Khevsurians have maintained their traditional culture: clothing, weapons, and polyphonic music.[1]
Khevsurians first are mentioned in the 10th-century manuscripts. In 1745 they were described by Vakhushti Bagrationi in his work Description of the Kingdom of Georgia.
Anthropologically Khevsurians have a slim, east Georgian type of face; due to harsh living conditions in mountain areas, many of them are thin. Khevsurians generally have light colored eyes and hair color ranging from blonde to brown.[citation needed]
- ^ Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский, 2-е изд. Т. 46. Фусе — Цуруга. 1957. 672 стр., илл. и карты; 48 л. илл. и карт.
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.. Could I get a clarification. ?
... With the brief note that we're seeing, posted attached to all pages, regarding "Work" being done to improve performance here where considering the over-all "System", ...
Will the various threads and posts previously contained within the different main sub-forums such as this one, currently showing ....
" .. No posts to view" ... "0 topics / 0 relies" ....
And then within each .. "No topics found. This is either because there are no topics in this [sub-] forum, or [because whatever] topics are older than the current age cut-off."
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"Texas and the Gulf Coast"
"Australia and New Zealand"
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"Arctic and Antarctic"
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Juninho leaving Galaxy, David Beckham appears ready to follow
Turns out David Beckham isn't the only Galaxy player leaving L.A. after the team's recent MLS Cup victory.
Juninho, who had a successful two-year run playing beside Beckham in the central midfield, has signed a three-year deal to return to Sao Paulo in his native Brazil.
An MLS All-Star last summer, the 22-year-old Juninho started 30 MLS games and scored four times -- with three of those goals winning games.
Meanwhile, the Paris daily Le Parisien says it has confirmed what has long been rumored, namely that Beckham will sign with French club Paris Saint-Germain after his five-year contract with the Galaxy officially expires on New Year's Eve.
The paper said the former English team captain, who turns 37 in May, has agreed in principle to an 18-month deal worth slightly more than $1 million a month. The contract also contains a potentially lucrative merchandising agreement.
However, a spokesman at Simon Fuller's company XIX Entertainment, which represents Beckham, says the reports are premature. "No agreement has been reached with any club yet; talks of a deal are premature. David has yet to make a final decision on his future," the spokesman said.
Beckham's contract with the Galaxy paid him $32.5 million over five seasons although, owing to injuries and time spent playing in Europe,he missed more than half the Major League Soccer team's games over than span. This season was his best in MLS, ending not only with a league championship but with inclusion on the league's postseason all-star team.
Ditching practice doesn't sit well with everyone at UCLA
NCAA gives Ohio State a one-year bowl ban
It's New York-New York, and they want to be a part of it
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Photo: Galaxy midfielder Juninho celebrates after scoring a goal against FC Dallas in August. Credit: Bret Hartman / Associated Press


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In July, we've fact-checked statements about immigration, poverty -- even pizza. And our faithful readers and social media followers have added a running color commentary of their own.
Here's a roundup of recent comments by Facebook users, edited for style and length. To read all previous comments, and to post comments yourself, check out our Facebook page. (Be sure to "Like" us, too.)
DNC Chair says Fourth Circuit court used pizza analogy to uphold health care law
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz appeared on a Nevada news program this week to talk about two divergent court decisions about the Affordable Care Act. Wasserman Schultz said the decision from the Fourth Circuit Court used a pizza analogy. We rated the claim Mostly True.
• "Fact: Pizza is also a vegetable and a great place to get health care advice. Pizza. America's solution for every problem."
• "I support more legal decisions being explained via pizza analogies."
• "But Papa John's gives you those little peppers and garlic butter to dip the crust in."
Pat Buchanan says one third of all illegal immigrants are headed to California
With immigration in the news, Pat Buchanan told Fox News host Sean Hannity that one-third of all "illegal aliens" go to California. His number was slightly off -- between 21 percent and 25 percent of illegal immigrants end up in California. So we rated the claim Half True.
• "Sadly we all would like to believe what our politicians and their minions tell us, also sadly, probably 95 percent of what we read and hear politically is false, and it seems the conservatives and their minions promulgate untruths so much more than the opposition they seem to have agreed to try and destroy through their lies."
• "Like most politicians, the facts aren't correct, but the gist of the remark is that the influx has contributed to the state's change."
Hillary Clinton says key economic statistics were 100 times better under Bill Clinton than Ronald Reagan
During a recent interview with Charlie Rose, potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made seemingly far-fetched statement about the nation's economic record during the presidential tenure of her husband. While Bill Clinton's record outpaces Ronald Reagan's, the differences were not like night and day, as her phrasing suggests. We rated her claim False.
• "To be fair to Clinton, she was obviously exaggerating. To be fair to PolitiFact, economic stats are probably something you shouldn't exaggerate."
• "Overdone by Hillary. She has to watch what she says and not get caught up on word fights like this. No one can say that anymore."
• "Y'all need to have a 'stretched truth' category. That, and 'technically true, but.' "
• "Call it hyperbole, exaggeration, figure of speech - whatever. Hillary KNOWS that pundits and everyone else is hanging on her every word - and therefore should know better than to stray so far from fact."
• "PolitiFact: liberal if you're a conservative, conservative if you're a liberal. They must be doing something right. LOL."
Lou Dobbs says that Obama's 2012 policy on younger immigrants "created" the situation of "these children coming across" the border.
A consistent talking point among conservatives is that President Barack Obama's 2012 immigration policy is responsible for the current crisis of unaccompanied minors coming to the United States-Mexico border. Lou Dobbs floated this idea on Lou Dobbs Tonight, his Fox News program. But we found the surge in children occurred before Obama announced his immigration policy, then plateaued after. We rated the claim Mostly False.
• "This is the problem with the full story not being reported by U.S. media, if our media outlets reported how many kids are also showing up at Costa Rica, Panama and other borders and how long this situation has been ramping up, it would harder to politicize & turn it into something its not."
• "Instead of saying it over and over, how about proving it?"
• "I love when people attack PolitiFact as biased and inaccurate but have zero evidence to support their claims. Spurious reasoning. What a joke."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz says there were 36 states "where Republicans who were in charge" blocked state insurance markets.
We looked at another claim made by Wasserman Schultz -- that in 36 states, Republicans refused to implement state insurance markets. But we found that her numbers were off. While there are 36 states that use the federal marketplace or a state-federal partnerships, only 29 of them are run by Republicans. And in some of these states, like New Mexico, a GOP governor tried to institute a state insurance market, but had to delay because of infrastructure and technology setbacks. We rated the claim Mostly False.
• "I can't stand either party -- they get patronized by partisan news outlets, they are almost never challenged on facts, they scream like children who always blame the teacher for their poor grades. Her glib, 'I'm not from Nevada' reaction demonstrates the problem, our politicians get annoyed, frustrated and even hostile when simply corrected on important facts. They have this, 'shut up, I'm talking' reaction, as if all information must flow downhill from their talking points. ...
• "Politifact is no longer a reliable source."
• "We are in the most shameful, deceitful and corrupt era of politics in modern history, and crap like FOX News and MSNBC are more than happy to play the game to sell more Pepto Bismol commercials. Don't think this is false equivalency either. The downright hostility (MSNBC's Rachel) Maddow displays whenever PolitiFact calls out her BS, demonstrates the Left isn't always so comfortable with the truth when it conflicts with their dogma either.
• "The fact these threads seem to have Democrats who insist PolitiFact is biased and Republicans who insist PolitiFact is biased means that they are probably doing a great job, because both parties are criminal, money-making operations who lie to their constituents for maximum profit."
• "I love PolitiFact, even when it points out the clay toes of my heroes."
Whoopi Goldberg says "For the first time in history, (Thor's) hammer is being held by a woman."
We don't usually fact-check claims about comic books, but with all of the excitement about the female Thor, PunditFact couldn't resist hammering out the facts. It turns out Goldberg misspoke: While there has never been a female Thor, women superheroes have held the infamous hammer before. We rated the claim Mostly False.
• "I think the fact that Whoopi doesn't know every detail about some comic book character makes me respect her even more."
• "Wow, good catch PolitiFact!!!!"
• "Does this make Thor a Disney Princess?"
• "Don't forget, there is also a character called Thor Girl."
An image shared on social media of nine white, blond women shows "the amazing diversity of Fox News anchors."
Are all of Fox's female anchors actually blond and white? Our partners over at PunditFact took a look. Our findings? Not all women in the Fox anchor chair sport the golden glossy locks. We rated the meme Mostly False.
• "Perhaps there is a point. However, the sad and outdated assumption/stereotype is that a young female with blonde hair and presumably good (or at least above average) looks could not possibly know anything. That's unfortunate; consider Diane Sawyer. I don't watch FOX (or not much) so I can't comment further."
• "Wouldn't mind seeing a similar analysis of the other news channels."
• "I doubt if they are all true blondes."
• "I just realized they are not the same person."
Carly Fiorina says that "70 percent of the people living in abject poverty are women."
We also looked at a statistic about women and poverty that has been around for years. This statistic seemingly speaks to a fundamental injustice in this world -- but it's not true. We talked to experts from around the globe, and none of them could confirm it. And Fiorina couldn't provide any evidence either. We rated it False.
• "Thanks for doing the homework. Accuracy is good. Still, I wish there weren't so many poor women."
• "This is one of those examples of tell it often enough and it becomes fact. Like we only use 10 percent of our brain."
• "Zombies are like that. Hard to kill!"
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Yesterday, my insurance company hosted a free entry day to a local hands on science museum. I've been wanting to take Gilly, so we called up one of Nick's co-workers, and met her and her daughters at the museum. I was surprised at how few people were there.
While we were there, there were two parties. One was a birthday party with probably 20 kids. The other was some sort of after school group. When both groups were called to their party rooms, the museum basically emptied out, leaving just the 5 of us, and a few other people.
It was a fun little trip, and frugal as well, but it wasn't all that interesting. I love museums, especially hands on ones, and I was bored out of my mind. Gillian kept asking to leave, too, so I know she was also bored. I'm glad we didn't pay to go in. It was boring, but still fun to have gone, if that makes sense.
I had woken up yesterday with a horrid head cold, so that didn't help matters for me. I had a wretched sinus headache, and bright light hurt my eyes. The drive home was painful. While I was in Lansing, I stopped by Michael's Crafts to look for some new ideas. When we walked in, there were two booths set up, doing sort of a "How-To" booth. The first was "How-To" decorate cookies.
Here's this woman sitting, with probably 4 dozen undecorated cookies next to her, and probably 2 dozen decorated ones in front of her. Gilly, of course, was intrigued, and asked if she could have a cookie. No, the woman replied, she was not allowed to give them out.
I can understand why she isn't allowed to give them out- but then, why have so many? And why sit there, on a Saturday, in a store packed with mom's & kids, decorating cookies she can't give out? Why not decorate cardboard cutout's to show how to decorate cookies? Why use real cookies?
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Bay Area blues legend had 65-year career
Jimmy McCracklin, one of the most prolific blues singers and songwriters of all time, with a recording career that spanned 1945 to 2010, died Thursday at Creekside Healthcare Center in San Pablo after a long convalescence. The Richmond resident was 91 and had diabetes, hypertension and other health problems.
"He was the face of Oakland blues," said promoter Tom Mazzolini, who presented Mr. McCracklin several times at his long-running San Francisco Blues Festival and took him on a tour of Japan in 1984. "He was probably the most important musician to come out of the Bay Area in the post-World War II years."
Mr. McCracklin had been making records for more than a decade when he finally scored a national hit, "The Walk," for Checker Records in 1958. Recorded in Chicago, where he and his band, the Blues Blasters, had been stranded, the self-penned dance-inspired tune reached No. 5 on Billboard's pop singles chart and led to an appearance on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand."
It was the first record by a Bay Area artist to place in the pop top 10 during the rock 'n' roll era. The Beatles later recorded a brief, impromptu version of the song during their "Get Back" sessions, but it was never released, except on bootleg albums.
"His song 'The Walk' has been incorporated into many rock songs," said Bay Area blues singer-songwriter E.C. Scott. "Some of those people that used that riff don't even know it came from Jimmy McCracklin."
Distinctive riff
One tune that utilizes the song's distinctive rhythm guitar riff, originally played by Mr. McCracklin's sideman Lafayette "Thing" Thomas, is the now-standard Freddy King guitar instrumental "Hide Away."
"He disguised those sexual overtones," Scott added. "In 'The Walk,' he makes you think it's physical ed."
Other McCracklin hits placed high on the R&B charts between 1961 and 1966, including "Just Got to Know," "Shame, Shame, Shame," "Every Night, Every Day," "Think" and "My Answer," all of which Mr. McCracklin wrote. His most lucrative composition was "Tramp," written for his friend Lowell Fulson. It was a hit three times - for Fulson in 1967, Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, also in 1967, and for the hip-hop trio Salt-N-Pepa in 1987 - and has been widely sampled, by Prince and numerous hip-hop artists.
Arkansas beginnings
Mr. McCracklin was born James Walker on Aug. 13, 1921, in Helena, Ark. He moved to St. Louis at age 9 and as a teenager fell under the musical spell of Walter Davis, a friend of his father's and one of the most popular blues singers, pianists and songwriters of the 1930s.
"I remember," Mr. McCracklin said in 2003, "my dad asking Walter, 'How do you put all these truthful and lovely songs and good feelings about a human being together?' The words he spoke to him I will always remember. He said, 'I don't put 'em together because of something that happened to me. I look at life in general. I notice other folks. What I write, I put the truth in there because I want to tell about what happened to me could happen to you or what happened to you could happen to me. This is the way I put my lyrics together. It's real life.' "
After graduating from high school, Mr. McCracklin joined the U.S. Navy, probably around 1938 before he was 18. "My mother had to sign for me to get in Navy," he said. She had taught him to cook, and he worked in that capacity while in the service.
After World War II, he divided his time between singing and boxing in Southern California before moving north to Richmond in 1947 . "I saw what was going on up there, and clubs was better to get jobs in," he said.
In 1992, Mr. McCracklin showed a Chronicle reporter his scrapbook, which included a letter from friend and former world light heavyweight boxing champion Archie Moore. In the letter, Moore offered his praise of McCracklin's musical career, "You wear your success with great dignity."
American blues artist Elvin Bishop mentioned the influence that Mr. McCracklin and his contemporaries had on his work in a 2005 Chronicle story.
"I followed my old blues guys' example - Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, Percy Mayfield - to write about what's happening in your life, " Bishop said at the time. "They just put it out there."
Mr. McCracklin made one of his last appearances in 2010 at a 90th birthday celebration at Biscuits & Blues, where he was saluted musically by Bishop, Craig Horton, Scott and Bobbie Webb, among others.
He was preceded in death in 2008 by his wife of 52 years, Beulah McCracklin, and is survived by his daughter Linette Susan McCracklin and her children, Jimmy and Sarah Busby. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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It's rare to find a company that does things the "old-fashioned" way — hand-manufacturing its products and sending the founder out to make personal appearances to promote business. But David Lee did just that when he started his company 30 years ago, and today he is proud to say that his product line is still made right here in the USA.
Lee's company, KD dance (corporate name: KD dids, Inc.), manufactures a full line of comfortable, light dance apparel made from its signature knit fabrics — each made to order. When Lee started in 1980, he and his then-partner Tricia Kaye were dancers in the San Francisco Bay Area making custom legwarmers and tights for their fellow dancers on hand-operated sewing machines.
"It just grew from there," said Lee.
Coloring their world
At the time that Lee launched his company, the only dancewear available was from big-name companies like Capezio, and those brands only produced one basic type of bodysuit, legwarmers, tights and sweater wraps, Lee said. Lee was looking to do something different and offer more options for dancers.
"It was brand new. Nobody was doing what we were doing at the time," Lee told BusinessNewsDaily. "Nobody had a full collection in a full range of colors. We were the first ones to do that, and that's how we got started."
It is always difficult for a new small business to build up a good reputation and customer base, but Lee met this challenge head on.
"We kept our focus and point of view. That eventually became our brand signature," he said. "It took and is still taking time."
Going national
Once KD dance had an established presence in the Bay Area, it was time to go national. Lee traveled coast to coast, visiting all the major dance companies, studios, and theaters across the country with free samples and tiny one-to-two page catalogs of his products. By selling directly to dancers, he helped KD dance gain recognition as a https://www.businessnewsdaily.com worthy of competing with bigger companies. In 1995, KD dance chose a more permanent spot to do business and opened a retail store in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood.
While the company does take advantage of modern marketing strategies like e-commerce, Web distribution, and social media, its advertising methods haven't changed much over the years.
"The biggest marketing advantage is word-of-mouth and repeat customers," Lee said.
Made in America
Lee's company is unique in that it manufactures its products in America. It is much more expensive to produce things domestically, so companies that choose this path are often forced to charge more for their products. While pricing does present a distinct disadvantage for KD dance, Lee, who serves as the company's CEO, has found several advantages that make it worthwhile.
By not outsourcing the manufacturing process, the company is able to offer quicker turnaround time, closer proximity to its consumer base, and a much greater creative range for their line. Most importantly, KD dance is able to take full responsibility for product quality, in which the company takes a lot of pride.
At the KD dance factory in the Bronx, which the company has owned and operated since 1983, you won't find any of the small sewing machines Lee used when he first started. Computerized knitting machines manufacture the company's products quickly and on a large scale for their expanding base of customers. Each garment is made to order leaving the company with little on-hand inventory, the cost of which can sink a company.
"It requires staying on top of technology and managing people)), and always looking to be as efficient and streamlined as possible," said Lee. "You have to be proactive and vigilant about incorporating CONLINK|60|technology and using whatever is current."
Lee's decision to manufacture his own products was partially a practical decision based on KD dance's level of business, but it's also just part of who Lee is.
"We always came down on the side of making things," he said. "That's what we liked doing, and as long as we could do it profitably and work it out logistically, that's what made the most sense to us."
And thanks to efficient management, multitasking, and having different pricing levels and distribution channels, KD dance has certainly been able to do it profitably.
"Cut when you have to, expand when you can. Be present, be mindful, [and] avoid waste," Lee suggested.
While the company mainly markets to dancers, its products are not just for dance class. Garvey Rich, VP of Product Development and Marketing at KD dance, noted that the dual usage of certain products attracts many non-dancer consumers.


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Newswise — CHICAGO, June 2, 2014 – In the past decade, the incidence and severity of hospital acquired Clostridium difficile (CDI) infections has increased dramatically in the United States. Research reported in the Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ), however, demonstrates that a collaborative multi-hospital model using standardized clinical infection and environmental cleaning programs can be effective in controlling the spread of this pathogen.
JHQ is the peer-reviewed publication of the National Association for Health Care Quality (NAHQ, www.nahq.org).
Treating CDI and its complications costs the U.S. healthcare system more than $3.2 billion annually, and mortality is now estimated at 23.7 deaths per million. Therefore, interventions that interrupt CDI transmission are a critical component of CDI prevention programs.
The study reported the outcome of a collaborative program in which 35 acute care hospitals in the New York metropolitan area participated in a comprehensive CDI reduction intervention and formed multidisciplinary teams to implement the program. New York has the highest CDI infection rate in the United States. Participating institutions were almost exclusively teaching hospitals with more than 100 beds. Standardized clinical infection prevention and environmental cleaning protocols were adopted and monitored using checklists.
Outcomes for the program showed that it achieved a significant reduction in the incidence of hospital-onset CDI. Participating hospitals had 1,084 fewer cases of hospital-onset CDI than expected, with a total estimated cost savings of $2.7 million to $6.8 million. This reduction occurred without any interventions intended to alter antimicrobial prescribing practices and without adding extensive new resources.
"Interventions to interrupt and prevent C. diff transmission maybe more successful when implemented on a regional basis, which suggests that community and regional factors, including transferring patients between healthcare facilities, contributes to the epidemiology of C. diff and other healthcare-associated pathogens," said lead author Brian S. Koll, M.D., chief, infection prevention, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York.
About the Journal of Healthcare QualityThe Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ) is the first choice for creative and scientific solutions in the pursuit of healthcare quality. JHQ is peer reviewed and published six times a year. JHQ publishes scholarly articles targeted to leaders of all healthcare settings, leveraging applied research and producing practical, timely, and impactful evidence in healthcare system transformation covering topics in: quality improvement, patient safety, performance measurement, best practices in clinical and operational processes, innovation, leadership, information technology, spreading improvement, sustaining improvement, cost reduction, and payment reform.
About NAHQFounded in 1976 and covering a full spectrum of healthcare specialties, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) is an essential and interactive resource for quality and patient safety professionals worldwide. NAHQ's vision is to realize the promise of healthcare improvement through innovative practices in quality and patient safety.
NAHQ's 12,000-plus members and certificants benefit from cutting edge education and NAHQ's unique collective body of knowledge, as well as opportunities to learn from a diverse group of professionals. These resources help assure success for implementing improvements in quality outcomes and patient safety, navigating the changing healthcare landscape, and serving as the voice of quality.
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