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A chicken's appetite is incredible. Can easily eat almost everything, even their own kind! You can do now say bye-bye to those unwanted leftovers being left to rot in your fridge. Destroy all the throwing leftovers into the garbage should certainly. Plus, you can reduce chicken it's essential to feed. But be very careful with utilising give your chickens for may be their last supper. Unfortunately backyard chickens can't eat everything. As an example tone regarding the onions and garlic.

It is a straightforward thing to try to do. They have a regarding nutrients which were found the actual world vegetables of yesteryears. They taste compared to those that are found shopping around. You can grow them with Organic Food rather than chemical ones which harm your body in the form of pesticides.

The a part of us is actually not capable of managing painful feelings in healthy ways and making healthy choices is the loving Parent. The loving Adult is the a part of us that only has a deep need to learn about and take loving action in our behalf. Developing a loving Adult is a critical aspect in creating health and wellbeing, as well as in losing weight and maintaining a healthy weight.

It is wonderful to have organic, but what around the distance travelled by fresh produce in the wintertime? Yes, we are created in Canada - it is not easy to grow food with snow. I hear your. However, our ancestors canned their services learned ways to store some root vegetables and apples for long periods of time in cellars. This tradition is nearly as lost and forgotten as Latin might be to Italy. Each and every need to import. Possess everything people who here and are able to go to be able to putting our food in jars. Why am I not encouraging freezing? Because of the excessive amount of energy that are needed hold enough food frozen for such longer period of time, and anyhow, frozen food doesn't keep while preserves get.

Where I deviate with all the "organic" party line is using soil changes. The local desert dirt (it doesn't should be called soil) is alkaline, lacking in available iron, and high in clay and even the water is mineral-laden and alkaline. Vegetables don't grow well in it, even with plenty compost. I'm not going to waste time making compost tea, and Now i am not going to waste money on various organic supposed remedies like bacterial infusions, Mycorrhyza inoculants, volcanic sands, and such. The dirt needs a higher pH along with the most economical way to obtain it end up being to mix liberal quantities of soil sulfur into the device. I also put in a small quantity of ammonium sulfate to the beds about mid-summer to give them a nitrogen boost.

The most certain mistake people do is consume processed foods believing not wearing running shoes will help losing that weight. You should concentrate on eating natural food. The great part is because even the fats in What is Organic Farming could be eaten. Crucial problem with processed foods is in which it is toxic for the liver as it cannot be broken together. You cannot forget that quality of meals is the most essential thing towards losing weight.

Farm fish versus untamed. Salmon as well to supplement fatty fish are terrific additions to have a diet, but the majority on the fish usually are not caught in the wild. When you can, opt for wild caught fish. That can PCB contamination in lots of the fish that's farm-fed. While whole lot of the time usually lowered by not consuming the skin and fat which is cooked out, you can't ever be allowed to remove everything.

Sticking to a diet of foods with low GI can have lots of benefits. One, you feel and more energized, given that the glucose is slowly released into shape. You won't get hungry easily, rendering it it easier to lose weight. Low GI foods can also lower the events of heart related health conditions. Finally, foods with low index list can help you avoid help the effects of diabetes. The time those meals with high glycemic index can be recommended is during cases of hypoglycemia, and the high dose of sugar can re-energize the person and bring their stages up in order to normal level.

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OTR TimesPast Podcast 3

The third podcast, the unaired Conan episode, is up. Calfkiller has given me some software to aid in resizing images. Unfortunately, I've been so busy with work the past week, I haven't had a chance to do anything about it. When I have a little more spare time, I'll make the necessary adjustments to the earlier podcasts.http://otrtimespast.blip.tv/file/1199990/
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34th Annual Friends of Old Time Radio Convention

The 34th Annual Friends of Old Time Radio Convention (www.fotr.net) will take place October 22-25 2009 at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, NJ. the four day event features live recreations of classic old time radio programs with all-star casts as well as memorabilia, music, panel discussions, autographs and historical presentations. The convention is a great way to meet and show appreciation for the veterans who made old time radio great as well as get to know some of the younger actors who are working to keep the tradition alive.
The invited guest list looks great so far. I know everyone will enjoy seeing the great Simon Jones ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") again. He will be fresh off a Broadway production of "Blithe Spirit" with Angela Lansbury. U.S. OTR veteran Herb Ellis rejoins us for the first time since 1992! Herb was a major presence on Dragnet as well as countless other great West Coast OTR shows. Shirley Mitchell (Lelia Ransom on Gildersleeve), Rosemary Rice (Betty on "Archie"), comedian and New York area television host Chuck McCann, WXYZ veteran Elaine Hyman ("The Lone Ranger"), Laugh-in announcer Bill Owen and Glorida McMillan (Harriet Conklin on Our Miss Brooks) are also back for more. Another great returning guest is Richard Herd of Theater Five and who gained fame later with numerous television roles such as Admiral Paris on Star Trek, and Willhelm on Seinfeld. When he was last at FOTR in 1999, he not only acted and spoke on panels, he also volunteered on sound effects. The guest list changes frequently, so keep checking the website for updates.
Thursday - Sunday programs include an afternoon program that consists of a recreation, panel discussions and delaer rooms. The evening program features a buffet dinner in which there is at least one special guest at each table and all-star recreations. It's a great way to socialize with the stars as well as see them perform. On Sunday, there is a buffet breakfast and panel with remaining guests.
Shows scheduled for recreation this year include The Life of Riley, The Great Gildersleeve, The Saint, It Pays to be Ignorant, Easy Aces and Quiet Please.
Full information on the convention including room rates (historically low right now at $65/AAA) and the cost of the convention itself will publish on www.fotr.net shortly.
Please contact Sean Dougherty, publicity coordinator, at 201-739-2541 or SeanDD@optonline.net or @doughertysean on Twitter for more information.
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Love in a Cold Climate - by Nancy Mitford

loveinacoldclimate.jpgLove in a Cold Climate is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1949. The title is a direct quotation from George Orwell's novel "Keep The Aspidistra Flying" (1936).

Dramatised by Claire Luckham in 1999 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the novel's publication.

An invitation to a grand party at Hampton, home of the fabulously wealthy Montdores and their beautiful daughter Polly, brings Fanny straight into the world of the aristocracy, and in and out of love when the temperature drops...

One episode of approximately 90 minutes.

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Amanda Root (Fanny)
Barbara Jefford (Lady Montdore)
Teresa Gallagher (Polly)
Tessa Worsley (Aunt Sadie)
William Hope (Cedric)
Jenny Howe (Veronica Chaddesley-Corbett)
Ifan Meredith (Uncle Matthew)
Sara-Jane Holm (Jassy)
Patience Tomlinson (Aunt Emily)
John Strickland (Uncle Davie)
Tilly Gaunt (Victoria)
Stephen Crichlow (Boy Dougdale)
Tom Beard (Alfred)

Directed by Marion Nancarrow.

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George Jones

1024px-George_JonesCFF.JPG?profile=RESIZE_710xGeorge Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".

Eddie Stubbs Tribute

George Jones Memorial.

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Omni Audio Experience 1 Remastered

SOFTWARE USED-MIXCRAFT PRO STUDIO 6
-Reduced tape noise 40%-
-Most Cross-talk was eliminated using automated faders, however some cross-talk could not be reduced on track 6 "Subliminal Messages"-
-Widened stereo image using iZotope Mastering Essentials-
-Rebrightened using FSQ 1964 Vacuum tube high frequency/transient vitalizer-

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SALT IS LEAVING by JB Priestley

Dr Salt is determined to leave Birkden, but when a patient of his suffering from chronic nephritis suddenly disappears and the police seem unconcerned, he becomes equally determined to find her. His persistence soon makes him some very powerful enemies. Dramatised for radio by Elizabeth Bradbury Produced by Roger Pine

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Candid Microphone to Candid Camera

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Candid Camera, the first and longest running reality-based comedy program, premiered on ABC 10 August 1948 under its original radio title Candid Microphone. The format of the program featured footage taken by a hidden camera of everyday people caught in hoaxes devised by the show's host Allen Funt. In the world of Candid Camera mailboxes talked to passers by, cars rolled along effortlessly without engines, little boys used x-ray glasses, and secretaries were chained to their desks--all to provoke a reaction from unsuspecting mechanics, clerks, customers and passers by. In a 1985 Psychology Today article, Funt explained his move to television by saying that he "wanted to go beyond what people merely said, to record what they did--their gestures, facial expressions, confusions and delights.

The program ultimately changed its name to Candid Camera when it moved to NBC in 1949 but did not gain a permanent time slot until it finally moved to CBS in 1960. For the next seven years it was consistently rated as one of television's top ten shows before it was abruptly canceled. Funt was frequently joined by guest hosts such as Arthur Godfrey, Durward Kirby and Bess Meyerson. A syndicated version of the program containing old and new material aired from 1974-78. Aided by his son Peter, Funt continued to create special theme episodes (e.g.: "Smile, You're on Vacation," "Candid Camera goes to the Doctor," etc.) for CBS until 1990 when The New Candid Camera, advised by Funt and hosted by Dom DeLuise went into syndication. Low ratings finally prevented King Productions from renewing the show for the 1992-93 season.


On the Radio: Candid Microphone

The scenarios designed and recorded by Funt and his crew were unique glimpses into the quirks and foibles of human nature never before deliberately captured on film. The average scenario lasted approximately five minutes and was based on one of five strategies. These "ideas" included reversing normal or anticipated procedures, exposing basic human weaknesses such as ignorance or vanity, fulfilling fantasies, using the element of surprise or placing something in a bizarre or inappropriate setting. As Funt noted: "You have to make lots of adjustments to create viewer believability and really involve the subject. You need the right setting, one in which the whole scenario will fit and make sense to the audience even when it doesn't to the actor." Finding the right setting, and the right people for Candid Camera
stunts was not always an easy task.

Early attempts to film Candid Camera were hampered by technical, logistical and censorship difficulties. While they appeared simple, the staged scenes took many hours to prepare and success was far from guaranteed. Approximately fifty recorded sequences were filmed for every four to five aired on the program. Funt and his crew had to contend with burdensome equipment that was difficult to conceal. The cameras were often hidden behind a screen, but the lights needed for them had to be left out in the open. Would-be victims were told that the lights were part of "renovations." Microphones were concealed in boxes, under tables and, in a number of episodes, in a cast worn by Funt himself. In his book Eavesdropping at Large (1952), Funt also described his battles with network censors and sponsors who had never before confronted this type of programming and were often fickle in their decisions about what was and was not acceptable material for television at the time. Funt himself destroyed any material that was off color, or reached too deeply into people's private lives. A hotel gag designed to fool guests placed a "men's room" sign on a closet door. The funniest, but ultimately unaired reaction, came from a gentleman who ignored the obvious lack of accommodations and "used" the closet anyway.





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New Podcast

It's been a while since we had a mystery on the podcast, so this week's show is an episode of Ellery Queen, taken from the Whodunnit Group. Hear it at:http://blip.tv/file/1608667
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S.A. Holmes Podcast

The latest podcast is the S.A. version of Conan Doyle's The Three Students (re-titled, for some reason, A Hollow Victory). If you're not a member of our Definitive Sherlock Holmes group, you can hear it at: http://blip.tv/file/2260702
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Loretta_Lynn_1.jpgScott and Paul from Songcraft Podcast talk with the living legend about why we'll never hear all the verses she wrote for "Coal Miner's Daughter;" what she told Jack White about songwriting that he didn't "get;" how thinking nobody would ever hear her songs shaped her writing style; what she really thinks about Willie Nelson; how she reacted when her songs stirred up controversy; and why she doesn't give career advice.

Loretta Lynn: From Coal Miner's Daughter to Honky Tonk Girl

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Arcadia - 1993 play by Tom Stoppard

180px-Arcadia_book.jpgArcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. It has been cited by many critics as the finest play from one of the most significant contemporary playwrights in the English language. wikipedia

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OTRR-certified Soldiers of the Press v1.2

OTRR_Certified_Soldiers_Of_The_Press.jpgOTRR-certified Soldiers of the Press v1.2 (1 CD) is available for download from Dropbox or OneDrive. Thanks to all those who made this collection possible.

These links will be available for 30 days.

OneDrive: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Al5Sbh6lIkj5jO4uCgxBJ9b8IUtBcg
Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8cbq2ssqki9dzpv/AAAQyR6ZXp1nsNad2x_rdx7ia?dl=0

Synopsis:

Soldiers of the Press is a war drama that was created in New York and syndicated by World Broadcasting System. Little is known about the series or the total number of episodes. Each episode is 15 minutes long and retold a recent news story from action during World War II. The series was narrated by actors portraying United Press correspondents including Walter Cronkite, Harrison Salisbury and many lesser knowns such as Ralph Teatsorth and Ann Stringer. The show was broadcast in syndication from 1942 to 1945. There are at least 40 episodes in circulation out of the 148 known to exist.

For an insider’s view of the show from Walter Cronkite click on July 21, 2003: 'Soldiers of the Press' at http://www.npr.org/news/specials/cronkite/

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