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August 30, 2013
The Phil Naessens Show 8-30-2013 The Run and Gun Memphis Grizzlies?
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Today’s Phil Naessens Show includes True Blue LA Managing Editor Eric Stephen stops by to talk Yasiel Puig and the September LA Dodgers schedule, Grizzly Bear Blues Managing Editor Kevin Lipe shares his thoughts about the Memphis Grizzlies desire to play a more uptempo offense and Athletics Nation Lead Writer Alex Hall discusses the recent Oakland Athletics road trip and the September schedule plus much more!
Today’s Phil Naessens Show includes True Blue LA Managing Editor Eric Stephen stops by to talk Yasiel Puig and the September LA Dodgers schedule, Grizzly Bear Blues Managing Editor Kevin Lipe shares his thoughts about the Memphis Grizzlies desire to play a more uptempo offense and Athletics Nation Lead Writer Alex Hall discusses the recent Oakland Athletics road trip and the September schedule plus much more!
History Trivia - England's Henry VIII gives up territorial claims on France
August 30
1181 Pope Alexander III died. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.
1525 Treaty of the More signed between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. England agreed to give up some territorial claims on France. In return, France was to pay a pension and was to prevent the Duke of Albany from returning to Scotland.
1181 Pope Alexander III died. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.
1525 Treaty of the More signed between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. England agreed to give up some territorial claims on France. In return, France was to pay a pension and was to prevent the Duke of Albany from returning to Scotland.
August 29, 2013
Scary Stuff - The Ritual by Mark Barry - nightmares abound!
WARNING - NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART An excerpt from The Ritual - read if you dare!
As he ran past the access gate near the Haven Road, he heard something in a bush skirting the entrance. The bush itself was only halfway as tall as the three bar gate next to it, one of those gates showjumpers vault over at Hickstead. Against his better judgement, he stopped running. There was something in the bush. The rustling of the leaves and the branches was too frenetic for the occupant to be a vole or a rat. His best guess was that a dog had found himself enclosed, or snagged. A medium-sized dog. A Collie, or an Airedale. The plant shuddered incessantly . Clement took a step closer. Then heard it. A growl. A harsh snarl. Coming from inside the plant. There was an entrance underneath the bush, at ground level, a two foot arch, which could have been man made. That was how the thing inside got caught. Clement crouched. The whole was dark though, as black as coal, and Clement couldn't see clearly. He pondered, and then, he felt a shiver up his spine that was nothing to do with the falling temperature or the depressurised chill of the perspiration between his lycra top and his skin. He knew, as a runner, that this was fatal. You keep running, keep the internal temperature high. But it didn't bother him. Because Clement St Anger did not like the way that guttural snarl sounded at all. A keen naturalist – near famous, certainly in the area, a published expert on the wildlife of Wheatley Fields. A passionate environmentalist who contributed to the Woodlands Trust, and a keen animal lover, if a dog was trapped in there, an injured dog or a young pup, he would automatically help. It was in him. Clement aided. He assisted. He could never walk away from someone (or something) in pain. Half of him wanted to bend down and look underneath the trembling shrub. He could crouch down into the maw, get his head inside, and scan about. Whatever was buried underneath, to free it, he realised that he would probably have to crawl about inside. The ground was dry - the legacy of an everlasting English drought - and he was wearing thin black running leggings: He’d be okay as long as it wasn't necessary to ease his whole body in, in the face of those harsh and penetrating thorns. It was something that half of him would be prepared to do. The other half of him, simply wanted to run away. Get as far away from that bush as possible. And this side was winning. The growling continued and it seemed to him as if it was about to emerge. It was getting louder. Clement St Anger, if you asked him, could tell you what genus the bush was, and he could identify the type of trees that surrounded it but he couldn’t tell you which local animal growled like that. As far as he knew, it didn't exist round here. He couldn’t even make a guess. One thing was for sure. It wasn’t a dog. He stood there fixed to the spot, in the developing gloom, the darkening fog, the teeth of the chill wind, which seemed to have got worse since the incident at the half way house. Watching the bush. Deciding.Shall I Shan't I When he saw the bush begin to shake even more, the thing within it, frantic and maddened, the scaredy-cat half of him won hands down. Clement ran. As he ran down the trail, as fast as he ever had done, he could sense something following him. He turned round, but couldn’t see anything and he ran and turned, ran and turned, but still, the evidence of his eyes was contrary to the evidence of his senses. He visualised the animal from inside the bush, bounding behind him, panting. He could feel its hunger. He could sense its urgency. He could feel it. He turned one more time. He thought he could see the bushes all along the right hand side begin to bend, as if in a storm, a cyclone. The branches bent and the evergreen leaves shook frenetically, madly. That sight made him run faster, as fast as he’d run for a decade or so, and he had to suppress the urge to scream for help…
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As he ran past the access gate near the Haven Road, he heard something in a bush skirting the entrance. The bush itself was only halfway as tall as the three bar gate next to it, one of those gates showjumpers vault over at Hickstead. Against his better judgement, he stopped running. There was something in the bush. The rustling of the leaves and the branches was too frenetic for the occupant to be a vole or a rat. His best guess was that a dog had found himself enclosed, or snagged. A medium-sized dog. A Collie, or an Airedale. The plant shuddered incessantly . Clement took a step closer. Then heard it. A growl. A harsh snarl. Coming from inside the plant. There was an entrance underneath the bush, at ground level, a two foot arch, which could have been man made. That was how the thing inside got caught. Clement crouched. The whole was dark though, as black as coal, and Clement couldn't see clearly. He pondered, and then, he felt a shiver up his spine that was nothing to do with the falling temperature or the depressurised chill of the perspiration between his lycra top and his skin. He knew, as a runner, that this was fatal. You keep running, keep the internal temperature high. But it didn't bother him. Because Clement St Anger did not like the way that guttural snarl sounded at all. A keen naturalist – near famous, certainly in the area, a published expert on the wildlife of Wheatley Fields. A passionate environmentalist who contributed to the Woodlands Trust, and a keen animal lover, if a dog was trapped in there, an injured dog or a young pup, he would automatically help. It was in him. Clement aided. He assisted. He could never walk away from someone (or something) in pain. Half of him wanted to bend down and look underneath the trembling shrub. He could crouch down into the maw, get his head inside, and scan about. Whatever was buried underneath, to free it, he realised that he would probably have to crawl about inside. The ground was dry - the legacy of an everlasting English drought - and he was wearing thin black running leggings: He’d be okay as long as it wasn't necessary to ease his whole body in, in the face of those harsh and penetrating thorns. It was something that half of him would be prepared to do. The other half of him, simply wanted to run away. Get as far away from that bush as possible. And this side was winning. The growling continued and it seemed to him as if it was about to emerge. It was getting louder. Clement St Anger, if you asked him, could tell you what genus the bush was, and he could identify the type of trees that surrounded it but he couldn’t tell you which local animal growled like that. As far as he knew, it didn't exist round here. He couldn’t even make a guess. One thing was for sure. It wasn’t a dog. He stood there fixed to the spot, in the developing gloom, the darkening fog, the teeth of the chill wind, which seemed to have got worse since the incident at the half way house. Watching the bush. Deciding.Shall I Shan't I When he saw the bush begin to shake even more, the thing within it, frantic and maddened, the scaredy-cat half of him won hands down. Clement ran. As he ran down the trail, as fast as he ever had done, he could sense something following him. He turned round, but couldn’t see anything and he ran and turned, ran and turned, but still, the evidence of his eyes was contrary to the evidence of his senses. He visualised the animal from inside the bush, bounding behind him, panting. He could feel its hunger. He could sense its urgency. He could feel it. He turned one more time. He thought he could see the bushes all along the right hand side begin to bend, as if in a storm, a cyclone. The branches bent and the evergreen leaves shook frenetically, madly. That sight made him run faster, as fast as he’d run for a decade or so, and he had to suppress the urge to scream for help…Pick up your copy today at: Amazon UKhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Barry/e/... Amazon US http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Barry/e/B008479RWI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
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The Phil Naessens Show 8-29-2013 What’s Going on with Lamar Odom
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On today’s Phil Naessens Show Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins us to discuss Josh Childress and James Johnson in town for tryouts and how exactly FA signing Marco Belinelli will fit in with the Spurs, Clips Nation Managing Editor Steve Perrin calls in to discuss the Antwan Jamison signing and what’s going on with former Clipper Lamar Odom and Welcome to Loud City Managing Editor J.A. Sherman joins us to answer listeners questions about Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Coach Scott Brooks and much more!
On today’s Phil Naessens Show Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins us to discuss Josh Childress and James Johnson in town for tryouts and how exactly FA signing Marco Belinelli will fit in with the Spurs, Clips Nation Managing Editor Steve Perrin calls in to discuss the Antwan Jamison signing and what’s going on with former Clipper Lamar Odom and Welcome to Loud City Managing Editor J.A. Sherman joins us to answer listeners questions about Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Coach Scott Brooks and much more!
History Trivia - The Treaty of Picquigny ends war between France and England
August 29
28 John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod at the request of his stepdaughter Salome.
70 The Temple of Jerusalem burned after a nine-month Roman siege.
284 General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius became Emperor of Rome.
1350 Battle of Winchelsea (Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeated a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. Between 14 and 26 Castilian ships were captured, and some were sunk, while 2 English vessels were sunk and many suffered heavy losses.
1387 King Henry V of England was born.
1475 The Treaty of Picquigny ended a brief war between France and England. Louis XI of France paid Edward IV of England to return to England and not take up arms to pursue his claim to the French throne. Edward's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III), opposed the treaty and refused the pension Louis offered.
28 John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod at the request of his stepdaughter Salome.
70 The Temple of Jerusalem burned after a nine-month Roman siege.
284 General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius became Emperor of Rome.
1350 Battle of Winchelsea (Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeated a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. Between 14 and 26 Castilian ships were captured, and some were sunk, while 2 English vessels were sunk and many suffered heavy losses.
1387 King Henry V of England was born.
1475 The Treaty of Picquigny ended a brief war between France and England. Louis XI of France paid Edward IV of England to return to England and not take up arms to pursue his claim to the French throne. Edward's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III), opposed the treaty and refused the pension Louis offered.
M. C. Arvanitis, writer / WORDS TOGETHER MAKE TALES: Mid-grade and teen books about Elves, Pandas, Merm...
M. C. Arvanitis, writer / WORDS TOGETHER MAKE TALES: Mid-grade and teen books about Elves, Pandas, Merm...: Forbidden Wings, A Mermaid's Story and The Legend of ELPanda Paws are Fables for Mid Grade readers. They are available not o...
August 28, 2013
The Wizard of Notts Recommends: Robin Hood was from Nottingham NOT Sheffield! And Friar Tuck was NOT fat!
Ten facts about Robin Hood you might never get to know without The Wizard's help.
1) Robin Hood was real and he lived with his mob of communist outlaws in a big tree called The Major Oak. It still exists. I enclose a photo. Like Stonehenge, it is fenced off from the public and it is approximately 1500 years old.
Major Oak, Sherwood Forest
2) Burghers from Sheffield continually try to claim Robin Hood as their own, but Robin Hood is from Nottingham. Proof? The Major Oak - his house - is in Sherwood Forest, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, not Yorkshire. Decuctive reasoning at its finest.
3) Friar Tuck, as befitting a monk, was skinnier than Kate Moss after a month on the Ryvita. Maid Marian could make an acorn, two dot leaves and a bag of grasshoppers into a feast for ten outlaws. Little John played the lute.
4) Other countries have Robin Hood legends, including Spain, Norway, Germany, Chile, Vietnam and New Zealand. There is a Welsh Robin Hood called Owen Hood, from just outside Llandudno, but really, there was only one Robin Hood and he was real and from Nottinghamshire.
5) Carl Jung once described Robin Hood as an emergent symbol of the cllective unconscious. Freud disagreed with him, as he did about most things.
6) Nottingham was once known as Snotingham after a Dane called Snot. It was changed some years ago because the name is a bit like bogeys.
7) There is still a Sheriff of Nottingham. Her name is Merlita Jones.
Sheriff of Nottingham, Merlita Jones
8).Boadicea defeated the Roman sixth legion just outside Sherwood Forest in AD6. At that time, the whole of the centre of the country was covered in trees. Henry VIII chopped most of them down for his navy some three hundred years after the death of Robin Hood.
9) Here is a photograph of Robin Hood just outside the walls of Nottingham Castle. Further proof he was a real bloke and not just a myth, like.
10) Robin Hood was a Notts County supporter, as was Little John, the good Friar, Maid Marian and some of the other lesser known outlaws. Will Scarlett was a Forest fan, as the name - an ironic nickname - suggests.
More information can be found at robinhoodthemanthemyththelegend.com
1) Robin Hood was real and he lived with his mob of communist outlaws in a big tree called The Major Oak. It still exists. I enclose a photo. Like Stonehenge, it is fenced off from the public and it is approximately 1500 years old.
Major Oak, Sherwood Forest
2) Burghers from Sheffield continually try to claim Robin Hood as their own, but Robin Hood is from Nottingham. Proof? The Major Oak - his house - is in Sherwood Forest, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, not Yorkshire. Decuctive reasoning at its finest.
3) Friar Tuck, as befitting a monk, was skinnier than Kate Moss after a month on the Ryvita. Maid Marian could make an acorn, two dot leaves and a bag of grasshoppers into a feast for ten outlaws. Little John played the lute.
4) Other countries have Robin Hood legends, including Spain, Norway, Germany, Chile, Vietnam and New Zealand. There is a Welsh Robin Hood called Owen Hood, from just outside Llandudno, but really, there was only one Robin Hood and he was real and from Nottinghamshire.
5) Carl Jung once described Robin Hood as an emergent symbol of the cllective unconscious. Freud disagreed with him, as he did about most things.
6) Nottingham was once known as Snotingham after a Dane called Snot. It was changed some years ago because the name is a bit like bogeys.
7) There is still a Sheriff of Nottingham. Her name is Merlita Jones.
Sheriff of Nottingham, Merlita Jones8).Boadicea defeated the Roman sixth legion just outside Sherwood Forest in AD6. At that time, the whole of the centre of the country was covered in trees. Henry VIII chopped most of them down for his navy some three hundred years after the death of Robin Hood.
9) Here is a photograph of Robin Hood just outside the walls of Nottingham Castle. Further proof he was a real bloke and not just a myth, like.
10) Robin Hood was a Notts County supporter, as was Little John, the good Friar, Maid Marian and some of the other lesser known outlaws. Will Scarlett was a Forest fan, as the name - an ironic nickname - suggests.More information can be found at robinhoodthemanthemyththelegend.com
Amazon Review: The Adventures of Cecilia Spark - the Brimstone Forest by Ngaire Elder
Amazon Review: Cecilia Spark is a young girl who wakes up in the morning, has breakfast and then goes out bug hunting in the garden with unexpected results! She's captured by a witch, finds a new friend in Soldier the mouse, ends up in Dragon's Den and meets a Thingmabob and many other amazing characters. This story is entertaining from start to finish and I and my young nephew (7) loved every bit of it. The book is well written and beautifully illustrated and I'd certainly recommend it to mothers and children - I know I'll certainly be buying the second book so I can keep up to date with Cecilia's adventures.
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The Phil Naessens Show 8-28-2013 The Matt Harvey Era has Ended…..For Now!
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Matt Harvey is out for the season and possibly will miss the 2014 season as well and Marlon Byrd and John Buck have been traded to the Pirates plus Phil sends a shout out to a Mets fan he met in Corfu. Phil is joined for all this and more by Blogging Mets Mark Berman on today’s Phil Naessens Show!
Matt Harvey is out for the season and possibly will miss the 2014 season as well and Marlon Byrd and John Buck have been traded to the Pirates plus Phil sends a shout out to a Mets fan he met in Corfu. Phil is joined for all this and more by Blogging Mets Mark Berman on today’s Phil Naessens Show!
