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Would you receive a ‘char and a wad’ with a grateful smile? If asked to take a ‘dekko’, would you be offended? And if spotted reading the ‘yellow press’, would you be embarrassed?The meaning of these and many other intriguing phrases are defined, and their loss lamented, in this wonderfully nostalgic look at how language has changed over the past few decades.

Sherlock Holmes —the name immediately brings to mind an image of the great detective sitting in his rooms in 221B Baker street, his fingers steepled before his hawkish nose, his sharp grey eyes focused on the client who has brought a little puzzle for him to solve. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when one reads the names of the other literary detectives of the time period, sometimes referred to as the rivals of Sherlock Holmes.

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine Competition. They brought back a battlecruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they ultimately founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

The apocalypse is coming! Scientists and science fiction novelists have long predicted various forms of the apocalypse, from plagues to wars to aliens. If there’s a way to end civilization, someone has probably prophesized it. Civilizations rise and civilizations fall…but are you ready for it to happen to you? How will you survive and thrive in the event of an apocalypse?

Logical Monkey is an actual play dungeons and dragons podcast. We use a mix of Dungeons & Dragons 5e, D20 Modern, and homebrew game mechanics. Our first campaign is set in modern day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our cast of adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft's Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern environment, Wendigo seeks to combine horror and humour for a unique Dungeons & Dragons experience.

Before the Karma Sutra, there was The Nookienomicon, a book so insidious that it brought more than mere titillation.... It brought terror! Follow the path of madness wrought by this dreadful tome from the Hyborian Age to the present day as it spreads its influence, and its tentacles, throughout history. Join Kolon the Barbarian, Annie Mater, the insufferable Professor Feeley, and a host of other bungling characters as they strive to halt the influence of the book and the abominations it summons.

What does it take to finally achieve financial freedom and get out of your tedious daily grind? Find out here on Charging FORWARD, a podcast that guides you towards the life you want to live.If you are an aspiring business owner or entrepreneur, success won't appear magically or instantly. Instead, it entails hard work, dedication, and motivation. It's time to break down the obstacles stunting your growth. This podcast helps you get unstuck and feel less overwhelmed.In each episode, discover essential tips that help you clarify your business vision and gear up for challenges along the way. ...

Salvage System is a beacon of hope, and a number of other races continue looking toward it as an inspiration for how to live and govern themselves, and - in some cases - for assistance in defending themselves and throwing off oppressive regimes. But the galaxy is a big place, and many of the races in it aren’t friendly. Would these forces like to take over Salvage System and acquire its resources? Absolutely.

Beyond the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a special three-volume collection of sequels to the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Each original tale is paired with an all-new adventure, spinning our hero off into plots and directions that Sir Arthur may never have considered. In many cases, years have passed by since the events of the canon. Holmes and Watson find that people change. New facts are uncovered. Some characters aren't as dead as one might have assumed! Intriguingly, many stories have multiple sequels! Holmes, to his credit, rises to the challenge every time!

The award-winning audiobook for The Lost Words and its sister, The Lost Spells, showcased the immersive power of a natural soundscape. Compiled by renowned wildlife recordist, Chris Watson, these soundscapes acted as the backdrop and setting for beautiful spells, whilst possessing an energy and life of their own. Now, these aural glimpses into the natural world, be it an adder in grass or an egret submerging into the swell of the ocean, are brought together to star in their own right.

There is a persistent and incorrect idea, reinforced by countless film misrepresentations, that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were always staid and dull British chaps of middle years (or older), with Holmes a spry, cranky, and impatient eccentric, and Watson a white-haired and portly Boobus Brittanicus, a la Nigel Bruce. Students of the true and Canonical Sherlock Holmes know this to be a falsehood.

A collective for spiritual growth and wellness.We are a community- seeking to learn and grow in contemplative practices- asking compelling questions about our evolving faith- engaging in ecumenical and interspiritual relationships

The Benefits Advisor Podcast is designed to share the best ideas, strategies and concepts being implemented by leading individuals, firms and companies in the employee benefits industry. The benefits business is SO much different than in days gone by. ”Back In The Day,” agents who sold group medical insurance and other group benefits were typically those who started as life insurance agents, were not stellar at prospecting, so they decided to get into the group business. And since no self respecting life insurance agent would mess with group products, agents who DID specialize in group ...

Chris and Robert deconstruct world-class Application Security experts, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, projects, and tricks that make them successful. Each episode begins with the guest's security origin story or how they got started in Application Security. Topics range from DevOps+security, secure coding, OWASP, threat modeling, security culture, and anything else they can think of regarding application security. Chris Romeo (@edgeroute) is the CEO of Security Journey, and Robert Hurlbut (@roberthurlbut) is a Threat Modeling Architect.

I Saw It On Linden Street is dedicated to the joy of finding appreciation in cult films, exploitation oddities, beloved classics and all points in-between. Host Chris Roberts invites listeners to join in as they screen movie magic in the Linden Street Cinema Experience Theatre. Check us out: www.LSCEP.com

Join Aaron, Chris, Jeff, and Britt as we talk about the world of nerdy visual media. We’ll handle topics from comic books, video games, novels and cinema. We welcome you to join us as we cover topics as thought provoking as dr. Manhattans powers in the real world, while also listening to us devolve into dick jokes.

This podcast explores the wide variety of contemplative practices for our modern world.

Ten mind-altering tales from some of the best new drama writers. There's a crack in reality. Our world has brushed up against another, and something is breaking through. Ordinary people are experiencing strange disruptions, as inexplicable events and bizarre elements from the other side start to interfere with their lives....

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing 16 tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine competition. They brought back a battle cruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they, ultimately, founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.