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PseudoPod 561: Better to Curse the Darkness than Light a Candle
Show Notes Check out PAPERBACKS FROM HELL by Grady Hendrix. Listen to the interview on the Know Fear Podcast with Grady and Will Erikson about the book and the paperback boom of the 70’s and 80’s.
Escape Pod 575: Red Kelly Owns the Moon
Escape Pod 575: Red Kelly Owns the Moon May 11, 2017 [ 3131 words ] Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Cheyenne Wright Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 575: Red Kelly Owns the Moon is an Escape Pod original.
Cast of Wonders 300: The Death Knight, the Dragon and the Damsel
Show Notes This week’s episode art is from Le livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre. It details Alexander the Great battling against two-headed, eight-legged, crowned dragons with multiple eyes along their torsos (Royal MS 20 B XX, f. 78v). It dates to between 1420 and 1425 CE. Music attribution: Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.
PodCastle 411: Hands of Burnished Bronze
Night after night, I lie awake staring into the darkness, listening for the sound of scrabbling fingers on the flagstones outside my door. Sleep, like a young lover who sees how old and frightened I have become, has left me—I fear for good. I hear only the boy’s regular breaths. A new slave brought back from a recent campaign, he sleeps curled at the foot of my bed.
PodCastle 463: A Dozen by Dunsany
PodCastle 463: A Dozen by Dunsany April 2, 2017 Author : Lord Dunsany Narrators : Wilson Fowlie, Setsu Uzume, Graeme Dunlop, Matt Dovey, Aidan Doyle, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Cheyenne Wright, Tina Connolly, Steve Anderson, Jen R. Albert, Eric Luke and Amal El-Mohtar Hosts : Peter Wood, M.K. Hobson and Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Fifty-One Tales in April, 1915.
Violet Winter still committed to vending after 40 years
If you should pass through the community of Portland Cottage in Clarendon, then you would be sure to see the face of Violet Winter. She has a stall along the main road and has been selling in that location for 40 years. Bananas, both green and ripe, breadfruit and yam are just a few of the types of produce she sells along that route. Winter, 59, is a native of Clarendon. She grew up in the community of Mount Providence.
'Di road terrible' - Residents lament state of Bossue Lane
Several individuals who travel along Bossue Lane in south Manchester are quite displeased with the condition that the road is currently in. This road is mainly traversed by vendors and persons in and around the area, as it is seen as a shorter route to travel to May Pen and Kingston. Drivers and passengers, however, have to contend with miles of potholes and a road that needs resurfacing in some areas. The condition has worsened due to the heavy rains experienced recently.
CENTRAL STAR: Di road terrible ... Residents lament state of Bossue Lane
Residents lament state of Bossue Lane Several individuals who travel along Bossue Lane in south Manchester are quite displeased with the condition that the road is currently in. This road is mainly traversed by vendors and persons in and around the area, as it is seen as a shorter route to travel to May Pen and Kingston. Drivers and passengers, however, have to contend with miles of potholes and a road that needs resurfacing in some areas.
Let there be light - Brighter streets for Manchester communities
A number of communities across central Manchester recently benefited from the installation of new street lights. The lights, numbering 40, were installed in communities such as Williamsfield, Bellefield, Banana Ground, Top Coffee Grove and Blue Mountain. Mario Mitchell, councillor for the Bellefield division, said that about 15 street lights were installed in his division. "I put more than one in some areas. Across the constituency it would have been about 40 communities," he said.
Retinella Edwards loves working the land
Retinella Edwards, 42, is one of the few female farmers making headway in what is considered to be a male-dominated sector. The back-breaking work and long hours have only motivated her to continue. Edwards grew up in rural Manchester in the community of Resource. She is one of 10 children to her parents. "Our parents were very poor so it was so rough. That's the reason why we were not so well educated. Many of the other ones didn't finish school," she said.
40 years as a vendor - The Lola Johnson story
It appears Shaggy may have been reflecting on Lola Johnson's journey when he penned his hit, 'Strength of a Woman'. This small business operator have been working since she was 15 years old. "Over 40 years non-stop, apart from when mi guh have mi children them," said the mother of two. Johnson, who sells ground provisions in Mandeville, said she has been on the job every single day from as early as 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and up to 8 p.m. on weekends.
Mom arranges benefit concert to help her sick son
The Albert Town High School's auditorium was transformed into a "sea of praise" last Saturday. The Acts 20 Ministries (A2M) hosted their very first benefit concert, Shabach Praise 2018. Friends, families and wellwishers came out to give their support, which saw a number of performances, including Crystal Chambers, a 2018 JCDC Gospel Festival finalist. With the aim to assist children with various illnesses, two-year-old Ta'Juan Powell was the first beneficiary.
Career educator still in love with teaching
"In spite of age, you can do anything once you have the will power." This is the mantra by which 93-year-old Vernal Norman lives. At 90, Norman was among 15 graduates who were awarded a certificate of completion for participating in a 12-week computer course at the Manchester Parish Library. "I learned from a friend that they were having computer classes and I just attended," he said. Norman was born in Fruitful Vale, Portland, but he later fell in love with Manchester.
Manchester reading clinic breaks barriers
More than 120 students benefit from the Manchester leg of the recently concluded Jamaica Intensive Reading Clinic summer camp. The programme ran from July 24-28 at Manchester High School and catered to students ages 6-17. Held under the theme, 'Breaking barriers: Building Literate Communities Through Partnership in the 21st Century', the summer camp saw supervisors Marion Mills, Maureen Simpson and Sheryl Nembhard, as well as more than 20 volunteers, uniting for one common cause.
PodCastle 88: Another End of the Empire
PodCastle 88: Another End of the Empire January 26, 2010 Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Cheyenne Wright Host : M.K. Hobson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally Published in Strange Horizons. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:59 — 24.0MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | RSS Show Notes Rated PG for superseded oracles, despots past their expiration dates and probability witches.
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