Sunday, 8 May 2016
no visit to draculas grave .
a churchyard based in whitby,north yorkshire may have to shut to stop goths looking at dracula,s grave.
air rifle pellet.
i have experienced a unhappy event with one of these .i was going around the pannier market that was held at bideford football club looking at a stall when i felt a very sharp pain in my back when i turned around i swa two teens with an airgun in hand ,i afraid i did swear and threaten them .but this is noting compared to story in a newspaper about 2 teens being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter a 14 year old in the neck with pellet from rifle ,i think all air rifles should be banned.
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
New sun
Mark,
thank you for your interest and willingness to ask about New Sun
What inspired your band and music?
When Doug Erickson and I founded what was to become New Sun in 1991, we both came from the school of odd metered Prog music. Such as King Crimson, Yes, and Rush. Doug was also into the improvisational aspect of people like Michael Brook and Robert Fripp. Chris came from a more accessible aspect with influences such as Blue Oyster Cult and Jethro Tull.
We founded our song writing upon the notion that is should challenge the players and the listeners and make them think a bit.
Chris 'Tru' Trujillo and Alex Kley brought in other elements based around odd metered rhythmical grooves and that changed our focus a bit. To groove and not play in 4/4 meter became a big part of our process.
We all believed in the notion of telling stories both musically and lyrically that were both complex and yet accessible by any listener. And we are not tied to anyone style to achieve that goal.
When Doug Erickson and I founded what was to become New Sun in 1991, we both came from the school of odd metered Prog music. Such as King Crimson, Yes, and Rush. Doug was also into the improvisational aspect of people like Michael Brook and Robert Fripp. Chris came from a more accessible aspect with influences such as Blue Oyster Cult and Jethro Tull.
We founded our song writing upon the notion that is should challenge the players and the listeners and make them think a bit.
Chris 'Tru' Trujillo and Alex Kley brought in other elements based around odd metered rhythmical grooves and that changed our focus a bit. To groove and not play in 4/4 meter became a big part of our process.
We all believed in the notion of telling stories both musically and lyrically that were both complex and yet accessible by any listener. And we are not tied to anyone style to achieve that goal.
What are your aims?
To put out what we write, play live when we can and just create. It is something I personally cannot stop or live without. Whether it inspires or reaches listeners is not something we can control. We write music to challenge ourselves as writers and players first. And deliver a story as best we can with lyrics and music all as one touching an emotional nerve. Something we would enjoy listening to.
To put out what we write, play live when we can and just create. It is something I personally cannot stop or live without. Whether it inspires or reaches listeners is not something we can control. We write music to challenge ourselves as writers and players first. And deliver a story as best we can with lyrics and music all as one touching an emotional nerve. Something we would enjoy listening to.
What plans do you have for the future?
Our 5th album “Transitory” will be released this summer and we plan on getting out and doing some shows on the West Coast of US. If it grows and connects, we’ll look to tour Europe in 2017.
CSC has been writing music for TV/Film for 15 years and would like to expand that as well.
You can find the first singles from that album Slipstream Day and Down By Sea averrable on our website www.new-sun.com
Our 5th album “Transitory” will be released this summer and we plan on getting out and doing some shows on the West Coast of US. If it grows and connects, we’ll look to tour Europe in 2017.
CSC has been writing music for TV/Film for 15 years and would like to expand that as well.
You can find the first singles from that album Slipstream Day and Down By Sea averrable on our website www.new-sun.com
Cheers,
Christopher Scott Cooper
Christopher Scott Cooper
www.new-sun.com | www.facebook.com/newsunband | www.soundcloud.com/new_sun | csc@new-sun.com
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Stop North Devon District Hospital possible closures of essential services.
It has come to light that there may be possible closures of essential
services at North Devon District Hospital - A&E, Baby care unit,
Maternity and Stroke unit. This needs to be halted as this will without
doubt lead to deaths.please follow link and sign
yellow or white to keep bedbugs at bay.
these apple pip sized bloodsuckers come out at night to feed as attracted by body heat and carbon dioxide.research advises using white or yellow sheets as bedbugs dislike being attracted to these colours as prefer red as it helps camouflage their scarlet colouring and can also hide in black.
stand up is good for mental health?
academics are hosting stand up by comedians at Nottingham university in may.they believe that laughing assists people with stress and helps others to understand issues.
hugs stress dogs ?
in an article a canine expert Dr Stanley coren is clamming that dogs get stressed due to being immobilised during a hug when instinct is to (runaway)Dr coren analyzed 250 pictures of dogs hugged by adults and kids and he says that 81 per cent showed signs of discomfort or anxiety .myself i disagree strongly as all dogs i have had to my present two -robbie the peke and mitzi the jack Russel enjoy being hugged .
invasion of the mini yellow lines holsworthy,devon
Has holsworthy been invaded by yellow mini lines as all around the square
Michael Curtis No loading or unloading at the times shown
Martin Heslip Will that cause problems with the shops in the square......?????
Philip Neve No Martin, the shops are allowed to park there.
Tod Oliver Davies 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Martin Heslip Ha ha you makes me laugh Phil.....what about loading & unloading for the shops.....
Philip Neve 'Loading only' designated areas are provided you silly billy. Lol
Martin Heslip Must go and have a closer look then....!!!!!!!
Philip Neve I think your inspection should begin in the White Hart. I'm sure there is information to be gleaned in there.
Martin Heslip That sounds a brilliant plan.....
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Michael Curtis Think perhaps Holsworthy Town Square Going for the Guiness book of Records for road traffic parking signs! Even the tree had one last week until it was kindly removed 😜
James M Rowland 27 traffic signs in The Square yesterday !
Michael Curtis Surely a record then !
Philip Neve Shit !!! Don't encourage them to put more signs up.
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Martin Heslip Is there that many vehicles able to park in the Square......
Mark Mark It the Council gremlins way of not having a clue
Philip Neve I think the maximum is eleventeen.
Gary Stephens I'm a Holsworthy born and bred boy and I'd love to ram each one of those parking signs up each of the retarded councillors backsides who thought it would be a brilliant idea to scare shoppers out of the square with the thought of a possible parking tic...See more
Nigel Johnson No mini yellow lines are a cut back! They are saving money by using less paint! lol
Karen Osborne Looks like they don't want any people parking in the square. Which is so unfair to the shop owners who are struggling to keep there business .going .Looks like TDC or HTC are trying to get the Square pedestrians only. Launceston done this & there Square was deserted the other day when i was over there.
Lucie Cullen Looking at the lines and signs I reached the conclusion that it would increase the revenue to the traffic enforcement department, whilst stopping people from the advantage of free parking to use the local shops. In an already struggling economy not the brightest of moves...
hi -de -hi and my little part in its history.
my part is very small and does not involve any acting but helping to put the small train that is in the credits in series at milky way in Devon with fellow volunteers and local rail volunteers back in late 1980s-
Hi-de-Hi! was a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988.
The location is Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 through to the early 1960s. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. The title was the greeting the campers heard and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens.wiki link
Hi-de-Hi! was a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988.
The location is Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 through to the early 1960s. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. The title was the greeting the campers heard and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens.wiki link
Saturday, 30 April 2016
cb radio slang so no talking to Gay Charlee"
who else remembers the days of cb radio and the fun we had -B slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot or cant which developed amongst users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the USA during the 1970s early-1980s.[1]
The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change. For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term "Good Buddy" was widely used. However, at some point, it became associated only with a subset of male prostitutes (lot lizards) who would advertise via the CB radio (usually at truck stops) and using the term became an insult to other drivers, or radio operators.[2]
Nicknames given or adopted by CB radio users are known as 'Handles'.[2][3] Although this practice is all but dead, many truck drivers will call each other 'Hand',[4] or by the name of the company they are driving for.[citation needed]
CB and its distinctive language started in the USA but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany and Canada. In the French-speaking region of Canada, the cultural chauvinism associated with the French language generated conflict and adaptation of the new loan words.[5]
The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change. For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term "Good Buddy" was widely used. However, at some point, it became associated only with a subset of male prostitutes (lot lizards) who would advertise via the CB radio (usually at truck stops) and using the term became an insult to other drivers, or radio operators.[2]
Nicknames given or adopted by CB radio users are known as 'Handles'.[2][3] Although this practice is all but dead, many truck drivers will call each other 'Hand',[4] or by the name of the company they are driving for.[citation needed]
CB and its distinctive language started in the USA but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany and Canada. In the French-speaking region of Canada, the cultural chauvinism associated with the French language generated conflict and adaptation of the new loan words.[5]
Contents
Popular terms
Law enforcement officers and their equipment
- "Checkpoint Charlie"
- a police checkpoint placed to look for drunk drivers, etc. (alludes to the former border crossing between East and West Berlin)
- "Evel Knievel"
- a police officer on a motorcycle (refers to the popular motorcycle stuntman)
- "Gum ball machine" / "bubble gum machine"
- a state police patrol car or other police cruiser (refers to the older-style, dome-shaped red rotating/strobe light commonly mounted on the roof of state police cars, which resembles a traditional "penny" gumball machine)
- "Miss Piggy"
- a female law enforcement officer (refers to the muppet character, derived from the pejorative term "pig" for police officers)
- "Mama Bear"
- a less derogatory term for a female law enforcement officer.
- "Bear in the Air"
- A police aircraft in flight.
- "Smokey" or "Bear"
- a police officer (refers to Smokey Bear, known for wearing a campaign hat very similar to that included in many highway patrol uniforms in the United States)
- "Bear Trap"
- a police checkpoint, similar to the "Checkpoint Charlie", but concealed.wiki link
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Last PG Tips chimp Choppers dies aged 48 after developing heart and liver failure
The last surviving chimpanzee from the famous PG Tips adverts has died aged 48.
Choppers, the final original 'tea chimp', was put to sleep at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire on Wednesday, the tourist attraction said.
She had been displaying signs of heart and liver failure.
The 'much-loved' chimpanzee's death came two years after she lost her partner, and fellow PG Tips star, Louis.
Popular with zoo visitors, Choppers was known for her starring role as Ada in the tea adverts, which ran from the 1960s through until 1980.read more
Rare albino blackbird spotted in Devon
A rare albino blackbird has been spotted by a member of the Devon Wildlife Trust.
The "white blackbird" was discovered by Jo Pullin in Hatherleigh, who has worked for the trust for 14-years.She said her children spotted something unusual in the undergrowth at the edge of her garden that turned out to be the bird.
The British Trust for Ornithology said it gets reports of only one or two pure albino blackbirds per year.
A spokesman said this one, with bright pink eyes is much rarer than ones with darker eyes, of which they see about 10 annually.
Mrs Pullin said: "I have never seen a completely white blackbird. It looked very vulnerable. It looked like it had only just recently left the nest."
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said: "Albino birds are quite rare: albinism is caused by a genetic mutation resulting in a completely white bird with pink eyes.
Survival strategy
Steve Hussey from Devon Wildlife Trust said it was unlikely the bird was still alive: "Being pure white isn't a great survival strategy for a blackbird, particularly as a fledgling. When you've just left the nest you want to be as inconspicuous as possible to avoid the predatory eyes of cats and sparrowhawks."Added to this, part of the condition of albinos often means they have poor or little eyesight. I fear that this little chap's life was probably a very brief one. "
ET will 'conquer and colonise' humanity, warns Stephen Hawking:
Professor Stephen Hawking has previously said artificial intelligence could control humans in 100 years.
Now,
in his latest dire warning, the physicist claims that if AI doesn't
conquer humanity, an advanced alien civilisation may do so instead.
'If
aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in
America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,'
Professor Hawking said in a recent interview.read more
sad end for nala
nala was an ostrich which was released by animal rights which was released by animal rights activisits in germany.zala had 10 minutes of freedom before being run over .
semma looks unhappy
titanic final lifeboat
we want boaty mcboatface?
this is a name -124,109 votes,that was going to be given to a 200 milllion polar exploration ship but the killjoy government have dismissed it and reqiure a more sensible name.
pitrm1- possile cure for alzheimers?
this is a protein found in the cell organism mitochondria .low levels of pitrim1 increase deposits of protein amgloid in the brain ,this clumps together and wrecks memory .metochondria can be passed down generationms.
pee could be used to generate electricity?
scientists have devolped mircobial fuel cells that use the natural biological processes of bacteria .they react as the urine passes through the inch square devive-cost 1 to 2 pounds ,created by university of london and bristol bioenergy centre.
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