Period R&B. Vintage style songs from the late 50's.
One wintry afternoon in NYC in 2005, I received an email from Jean Banks at BMI. Matt Lucas was trying to get in touch with me. It being the practice at BMI not to give out addresses and phone numbers of it's members, she enclosed his address and phone number for me to call him.
Oh, yeah. That Matt Lucas! I got in touch with him. I called him and we exchanged the how-ya-beens and how-ya-feeling chat and got down to the reason he sought me out. Matt told me he was doing cruise ship work as a single out of Miami and wanted to know if I would like to join him on a couple of gigs. I told him I couldn't due to prior commitments and left it at that.
We kept in touch by email for about a year when I called him from Orlando, Fl. Where my wife had gone for a little r&r. He invited us to his home in McAlpin and we accepted and went the next morning to his house there.
Once we arrived, things just started to roll on from that point. Matt led me into his 'work room' and we tossed around some song ideas when, out of nowhere, he told me of his hit record back in 1962 which I had beard of but had never actually heard. .The record was " I'm Movin'" On and the gimmick was him imitating a train coming to a chugging halt at the end of the record. He followed that a another hit, Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby".
In the course of our visit, we bounced song ideas around and one really stood out from the rest. The title " Fat Man From New Orleans" struck me as having real possibilities. We later went on to write the song and I recorded him on it a few weeks later. The original lines were somewhat dated and cliché and so, at his request, I helped improve some lyrics and I think we came up with a solid song. I am particularly proud of coming up with the Fats Domino's record titles in the bridge.
The only difference Matt and I had on the song and what it should say was the context approach. Should it be a literal tribute to Fats Domino or would it be better as a love story using Fats as the background figure who played a part in this couples dating, marrying and suffering the ultimate tragic part of life - the untimely loss of one's soul mate? We compromised and put the two ideas together which is the finished version you hear on this EP.
"Ode To Effie Blues" is the story of the inevitable death of our parents. Matt, in telling his own personal experience with the death of his Mother, delivers an emotionally felt performance. He brings it to your door just that way. Many who have heard advance copies of this cut asked me if he got truly emotional with the sobs and tears in the last verse. I can tell you that his performance was for real. I sat 3 feet away from him recording his performance and saw the tears and felt the sobs he was emoting.
This collection starts off with Matt's song, "( You Ain't Getting') No Love Tonight".
It is a hothouse blues stomper that will have you dancing for sure.
As the arranger and producer of this EP, I really enjoyed getting to "stretch" musically on this brief, but poignant album. We hope when you hear it, you will realize that Matt's blues is a labor of love.


Canterbury's City and Youth teams were involved in an entertaining game with a draw being a fair result with their rivals.
Within minutes of the start Jude King rattled the away crossbar with a thumping 25 yarder, and the early pressure told.
It was City who opened the scoring early, when a great solo run from Bailey Whitely, took him to the touchline and a superb cross, found Archie Tennant stealing in at the far post to thunder home a header. City increased their lead in similar fashion.
This time it was Ben Wiebe-Williams who's mazy run, set up Jack Nickolson who poked the ball home at the far post.
Joe Danton was then called in to make an excellent save, while the defence of Patrick Higbee, Skipper Ben Malone, Josh Naylor and Jack Cracknell, were coming under increasing away pressure. Canterbury Youth deservedly pulled one back, then the equaliser was quite a bizarre goal. A clearance hit Tennant on the back and the ball looped up for a Youth forward to head home.
The second half was a battle against the elements, with the defences taking control, however, Josh Payne picked up the ball in midfield, he found Alfie Ashdown. Ashdown shrugged off two challenges, fed Tom Franks, who raced in to score.
With time running out City were looking to hold on to what they had, but a superb last minute lob, robbed then off the win, but in fairness gave Youth a point.
It was great though to see football played in excellent spirit by two Canterbury sides in a City who's First team will be playing their biggest ever game in the FA Vase in two weeks time, representing Kent.


When you're leading a team, it can be tempting to try to get everything done just your way. But when leadership turns into micromanagement, employees can find it hard to carve their own path and develop independent ideas and solutions. At the end of the day, while micromanagers may get results, the costs to professional relationships can be significant. Here are five ways to tell you may be keeping too firm of a grip on your team.
One sign that you may be micromanaging your team can be discovered by assessing your expectations. Have you charted a course for your project? A specific way you want things done? Micromanagers are often perfectionists with poor communication skills.
If you constantly find yourself frustrated by how things are being done, consider what you've told your team. Did you tell them what you wanted? Talented as they may be, your employees aren't mind readers. If they've failed to do something you never told them to do, then you need to take responsibility for that lapse.
You might think that saying less is a way to avoid micromanagement, but in fact, stating what you want and expect at the outset will seem less controlling than constant criticism after a task is completed. To avoid micromanaging, try saying more. You'll be surprised how your team steps up to the plate when there are clear expectations.
When your team sends an email about a project, do you insist on being cc'd? Are you constantly wondering--and asking--where your team members are, what they're doing, and what the status of the project is? According to the Harvard Business Review, these are sure signs of a micromanager. A micromanager just can't seem to trust their team and makes up for this by being over-demanding when it comes to questions of accountability.
Instead of constantly demanding answers from your team--this cuts into their productivity anyway--try holding them accountable to each other. This can take a big step of trust if you're used to keeping a close hold on your employees, but if you've hired the right people then they can handle this level of responsibility.
Good employees (and cooperative team members) will email each other, talk about the project, and keep each other on track. After all, your employees don't want a work imbalance and they expect their colleagues to do their jobs. Loosen your grip and let them cooperatively manage each other. You'll be surprised with the results.
How does micromanaging prevent things from getting done when its entire purpose is to keep such a close hold on the details that nothing is forgotten? The answer: all of your employees' work gets completed, but you end up so busy monitoring them that your work doesn't. This is the irony of micromanagement. When you micromanage others, the work that suffers most of all is your own.
If this is a problem you seem to suffer from, then your micromanaging may be out of control. Now is the time to examine what tasks need to be reprioritized and whose job they are. Is much of your time occupied doing work that doesn't belong to you? Get yourself back on task and get your own work done instead of focusing on what others are doing.
When you think about your management style, you probably understand your role as facilitating efficiency, timeliness, and precision. So when did all of this work start to get delivered late?
As it turns out, these late assignments are likely more your fault than your employees. When you spend the end stages of a project nitpicking details that ultimately don't matter, you hold up the finalization of work that could be passed along to your clients.
One way to break your micromanaging habits is to recommit yourself to timeliness in your work. Resolve that work is to be delivered on time from this point forward. This will force your hand when it comes to those final details. It may make you anxious at first, but know that this is for the good of your business, your team, and your clients. Send it along and keep everyone moving.
In most cases, micromanaging demands a looser grip, but as David and Lorrie Goldsmith point out, there are times and ways in which micromanaging is reasonable. The two offer the metaphor of driving as an example. Driving is highly systematized in that there is a lot of oversight and little significant choice in the whole process. You can't just go driving through someone's backyard because it will get you to your destination faster – the systems exist for a reason.
If you have good systems, you don't have to automatically do away with them because they are associated with micromanaging. Instead, assess your systems and see if they're helpful. A beneficial system need not be replaced. Micromanaging may be a dirty word, but tempered with trust and good communication, you'll find you can loosen your grip without letting go entirely.


67021 passes Aberdour on 23rd August with Fife Circle ECS from Cardenden to Millerhill. These trains are expected to finish in December.
67030 with the evening Fife Circle loco-hauled passenger train, Aberdour, 26th August.
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47580 passes St Denys on 19th August. Image by Ian Knight.
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30777 Sir Lamiel passes Redbridge with the return 1Z97 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo. Image by Ian Knight.
60163 with 5Z62 10:25 Wembley - Eastleigh passing Shawford, 9th August. Image by Ian Knight.
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Volkswagen hits record sales in bid to top auto industry
FRANKFURT — Volkswagen has announced record annual sales that could determine whether it keeps its crown as the world's largest automaker. The company based in Wolfsburg, Germany, said Tuesday that it delivered 10.97 million vehicles in 2019.
Jan 14, 2020 3:53 AM By: Canadian Press
FRANKFURT — Volkswagen has announced record annual sales that could determine whether it keeps its crown as the world's largest automaker.
The company based in Wolfsburg, Germany, said Tuesday that it delivered 10.97 million vehicles in 2019. That compares with 10.83 million in 2018, when Volkswagen edged out the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance and Toyota, although the alliance was slightly ahead when trucks are removed from the totals.
The alliance and Toyota will report their figures in coming weeks. Toyota in December estimated its 2019 total would be 10.72 million, which would leave it behind Volkswagen.
General Motors held the title for more than seven decades before losing it to Toyota in 2008 and no longer has a shot at the top spot after selling its European business and closing other money-losing operations.
Volkswagen underlines that it does not set being the sales leader as a business goal but focuses instead on its financial results. The company's diesel scandal, in which it rigged cars to cheat on pollution emissions tests, came amid a push under former CEO Martin Winterkorn to dethrone Toyota as No. 1 in sales. The company has since pivoted in the wake of the 2015 scandal toward electric cars as the industry seeks to meet tougher limits on greenhouse gases.
Volkswagen was able to increase sales despite shrinking global auto markets. That means its market share increased against the competition. Sales were boosted by strong results in its home market in Germany, the U.S. and in Brazil, while sales slipped in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tonight the Red Wings faced the Phoenix Coyotes at Joe Louis Arena. Bryzgalov was in net for the Coyotes and for the Red Wings it was Jimmy Howard. In what can only be described as extremely fantastic news, Kronwall returned to the lineup tonight. That should really help things for the Red Wings. I've also heard rumors that Lilja may be close to returning from his concussion problem which started last season. This was another huge game for the Wings as the Coyotes were five points ahead in the standings.
Kronwall made his presence felt right off the bat. He was very active, hitting people and making plays. He looked pretty good for somebody who hasn't played in so long.
Detroit got on the board first when Rafalski activated offensively to pick up a loose puck and pass it across to Zetterberg who then hit Datsyuk in the slot. Datsyuk buried it for the first goal of the game.
About halfway through the second period, the Coyotes were on the power play. The Red Wings had just about killed it off when Lombardi shot the puck. Howard stopped the initial shot but he was sprawled on the ice and Upshall found the rebound and poked it into the corner of the net to tie the game at one.
A few minutes later Vrbata got the puck down low and both defensemen went over to his side of the ice. He spotted Yandle all alone as he had separated from Filppula. Vrbata passed it to Yandle who one-timed it perfectly into the net giving the Coyotes the two to one lead. It was a beautifully set up goal.
Just 11 seconds later the grinders came out and tied it up. It was kind of a sloppy looking play but it worked! Helm passed ahead to Draper who had trouble handling it. He chipped it toward the net and it went up high on Bryzgalov. He knocked it down with his glove and Eaves came flying in to bang it home and re-tie the game.
In the third period the Coyotes went on the power play and the Wings had trouble clearing for an extended period. Jimmy Howard made one incredible save after another, even without his goal stick for while. He looked like a real superstar.
Then Lidstrom got the puck at the point and dished it ahead to Zetterberg. Zetterberg gave it back to him and he walked it towards the slot and fired a backhander with Cleary in front of the net causing trouble. The puck found its way through and into the net. That gave the Red Wings the three to two lead.
A few minutes later there was a big pile up in front of the Red Wings' net and a bit of a scrum ensued after the whistle. Upshall was roughing it up with Datsyuk of all people. When it was all sorted out the Red Wings had a power play thanks to a roughing call on Shane Doan.
During the power play Filppula passed to Bertuzzi down low. He tried to pass it back but the puck hit a skate and bounced out to where Lidstrom was waiting all by himself. He popped it into the empty side of the net and gave Detroit a two goal cushion.
Later in the third Phoenix was on the power play and Yandle shot from the blue line. It looked like the puck hit Stuart or Maltby and deflected into the net. That made it a one goal game with about a minute and a half to go.
Soon after that the Coyotes pulled their goalie and turned up the pressure.
With 21.6 second left Stuart tried to clear and couldn't. The Coyotes got the puck low and then it came to the front of the net where it hit Jovanovski in the skates. He swept it between Howard's legs and tied the game sending it to overtime.
In the overtime Shane Doan took the puck to the net. Howard stretched out and Doan patiently held it until Howard was down. Then he chipped it up and over Howard's glove for the win.
This was another example of the Red Wings playing a really good game and then collapsing at the end. It's getting old. I just don't understand it. They looked great through almost the entire game and then all of the sudden everything just evaporates.
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THE IJAW PEOPLE ASSEMBLY (IPA) CONDEMNS IN STRONG TERMS MILITARY INVASION OF PEACEFUL AZAGBENE COMMUNITY
July 25, 2019 July 25, 2019 by Asu Beks
THE IJAW PEOPLE ASSEMBLY (IPA) CONDEMNS IN STRONG TERMS MILITARY INVASION OF THE PEACEFUL COMMUNITY OF AZAGBENE IN EKEREMOR LGA OF BAYELSA STATE
The IPA condemns in strong terms the invasion and razing of Azagbene Federated community by officers of the 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army under any guise. The dastardly, cruel and dehumanizing attack carried out on July 23,2019 has pulverized the entire community and internally displaced the whole population including pregnant women and children, leaving no single private or public building standing. This gruesome attack by Nigerian soldiers, on an otherwise peaceful community currently renders every resident of the Azagbene community homeless. It has inflicted avoidable human sufferings upon a civil population who have been deprived, marginalised, excluded from development even though "oil flow" from that land lubricates the economic wheels of Nigeria.
This is one case too many in Ijaw nation as it is unacceptable for a military that is supposed to protect their people to continue to invade and destroy them. The Ijaw nation has suffered too many community invasions/razing in the hands of the Nigerian military forces from 1999 to date.
We read with dismay, statements credited to Maj. Danjuma Jonah denying military involvement in the burning down of the entire community. While we condemn the act of persons taking laws into their hands by killing soldiers, the destruction of an entire community as was the case of
Azagbene remains unjustifiable. It is unfortunate that a military spokesman in the calibre of Maj. Danjuma Jonah would say, "Our men did not burn down houses in Azagbene community. We are only combing the community and neighbouring towns in search of one soldier that is missing as a result of the attack that led to the death of two soldiers". This is unacceptable as the crude tactic is not known to modern civilization. Crime prevention, investigation and prosecution in modern times have standard procedures and processes acceptable locally and internationally. No known standard rule of engagement in fight against crime prescribed raid on communities; it is a tactic adopted only by the Nigerian military. What an umpteenth hapless vengeance recorded in the annals of our nation!
While we join other well- meaning Nigerians to condemn the spate of killing and attack on uniform personnel across the country including officers recently killed in Bornu, Kaduna Abuja an so on, none of these incidents in other lands has warranted the burning down of communities except in the Ijaw oil- bearing communities. It stands to logic that army in the Niger Delta by extension in Ijaw land are there only to protect oil interests and not the people. This explains why communities will be destroyed anytime there is a perceived threat to the flow of oil.
As at press time, we cannot ascertain how many people have died or sustained severe injuries as the community was in disarray in a bid to escape as people ran helter-skelter for their dear lives. Some including the sick, children and pregnant mothers were alleged to have jumped into rivers against their will as part of their fleeing efforts.
We hereby make the following demands:
Federal government as a matter of urgency, deploy the National Emergency management agency (NEMA), working with local community leadership to deploy relief materials including medical services to Azagbene and other affected communities.
The Nigerian military with immediate effect should resettle pro tempore all internally displaced persons
The Nigerian government to set up a high-level commission of inquiry to unravel the circumstances leading to the invasion and bring perpetrators to book. The report of such investigation should be made available to the public
The Nigeria military to rebuild the community, pay adequate compensation to the local population affected by the wanton destruction.
President Mohammadu Buhari to withdraw all military personnel from the Ijaw nation as there is no war situation in our land that warrants occupation of the army.
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This Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Fallon, and Kevin Bacon ZZ Top Bit is Comedy Gold
Buddy Logan Published: May 9, 2017
Chris Stapleton's new record, From A Room: Volume 1, was released this past Friday (May 5th). If you hadn't heard, the world will be blessed with two new Stapleton albums this year. The man who had the biggest selling country album in 2016 with Traveller, is set to release Volume 2 later this year.
Chris Stapleton joined Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Bacon for a "First Drafts Of Rock" bit on the "The Tonight Show," and they created the best late night show bit we've seen all year. The subject? ZZ Top's hit "Legs," which was actually originally titled "Neck." Didn't know that before this.
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It is hard -- if not impossible -- to imagine a life without smartphones. You probably use your phone for far more than just making and receiving phone calls, such as accessing social media, tracking your daily calories or recording your exercise. Since you are a safe driver, you never do these types of activities behind the wheel, but what about everyone else in Pennsylvania? As it turns out, distracted driving is on the rise.
Doing anything that takes a driver's attention away from the road is considered distracted driving. This includes things like fiddling with the radio, speaking with passengers and, yes, manipulating cell phones.
In 2017, cell phone use behind the wheel caused over 800 deaths in the United States. That same year, there were 3,166 distraction-related fatalities. Although it might appear as if drivers using cell phones accounted for only a small portion of accidents, you should still be concerned. The risk of drivers causing fatal accidents while using cell phones is 66 percent higher than if they were simply paying attention to the task at hand.
It is also possible that these numbers vastly underrepresent the actual percentage of distracted accidents. This is largely due to the difficult nature of determining a person's cell phone use just before a wreck. Many negligent drivers withhold this type of information from law enforcement officials, so there is a fair chance that the cell phones play a much larger role in accidents than current data shows.
At this point in time, it is hard to imagine that there could still be drivers who do not understand the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. Despite this, drivers appear to be using phones much more frequently than in the past. How they are using these phones behind the wheel is also changing.
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Randy & Laurie Benson
When Laurie Benson joined the Watertown Area Community Foundation Board in 2006, she was following in the footsteps of her late father, Earle Kinsman, who also served on the foundation board from 1989 – 1993.
"You live what you learn," Benson said. "Giving back has always been an important part of my life because of the example set by my parents. They valued generosity and serving others, and they lived it."
Recently, Benson was honored by the Watertown Area Community Foundation for her 13 years of service. She returned the honor by announcing her plan to establish the Randy and Laurie Benson Family Fund with a $40,000 donation. Specifically, an unrestricted fund that gives the board flexibility to allocate dollars based on the needs of the community.
"Randy was very proud of my involvement on the foundation board and he knew how passionate I was about it," Benson said of her late husband. "We had discussions about making a contribution, and with my term ending during the foundation's 40th year, it seemed like the perfect time to formalize it."
Natives of Watertown, both Randy and Laurie hold the community and what it has to offer in high regard. "Randy always said that Watertown was the best place in the world to live and raise a family," Benson said. A sentiment that seems to have been passed down, as five generations in the Benson-Kinsman family have called Watertown home, each generation leaving its own legacy of generosity and service.
"Our children get it too," Benson said of her son Matt and wife, Jen, currently residing in Woodbury, MN, and her daughter Sarah, who works as a missionary with Convoy of Hope in Brussels, Belgium. They give in time, talent and financial support.
"Generosity in all its forms inspires me," Benson said. "I just want to do my part and see people in our community thrive".
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says All Americans Should Have the Affordable Healthcare she now gets as a Congresswoman
By Daniel Moritz-Rabson On 12/2/18 at 10:35 AM EST
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Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the disparities in healthcare offered to regular citizens and lawmakers and advocated reforming the healthcare system.
"In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan," the incoming New York legislator tweeted on Saturday evening.
"As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I'd pay as a member of Congress. It's frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy. Time for #MedicareForAll."
In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan.
As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I'd pay as a member of Congress.
It's frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy. Time for #MedicareForAll.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 1, 2018
Her endorsement of Medicare-for-All, which would provide government Medicare coverage to every American, is supported by 70 percent of the country, according to a poll from Hill.Tv and Harris Polling Company.
Ocasio-Cortez, who worked as a waitress and bartender to supplement her mother's income after graduating from Boston University, has repeatedly dominated headlines for speaking out against political norms and established practices.
She is leading a plan to create a special congressional committee on climate change and, along with other legislators, is also promoting drastic shifts in the country's approach to climate change.
The "Green New Deal," a play on the extensive government programs, public work projects and financial reforms that President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented to boost the economy during The Great Depression, suggests shifts to clean energy within 10 years. The plan, although currently in its incipient phase, "intends to push climate change, clean air and water, pollution and unhealthy environmental conditions in poor and minority communities to the forefront of the agenda of the new Congress that will convene in January. They also are pressing lawmakers to stop accepting political contributions from fossil fuel companies," NBC News reported.
Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws a lottery number for her new office on Capitol Hill November 30. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
At the end of last month, Ocasio-Cortez railed against the use of tear gas against migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, comparing those seeking refuge in the U.S. to Jews during the Holocaust.
"Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn't a crime. It wasn't for Jewish families fleeing Germany. It wasn't for targeted families fleeing Rwanda. It wasn't for communities fleeing war-torn Syria. And it isn't for those fleeing violence in Central America," she wrote.
Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn't a crime.
It wasn't for Jewish families fleeing Germany.
It wasn't for targeted families fleeing Rwanda.
It wasn't for communities fleeing war-torn Syria.
And it isn't for those fleeing violence in Central America. https://t.co/qhv7Rr1itn
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 25, 2018
The progressive lawmaker, who has experienced a range of criticism, including sexist attacks, has used Twitter to call out political opponents.
She broadly rebuked the GOP legislators last month.
Maybe instead of Republicans drooling over every minute of footage of me in slow-mo, waiting to chop up word slips that I correct in real-tomd, they actually step up enough to make the argument they want to make:
that they don't believe people deserve a right to healthcare. https://t.co/fMOijEa7tF
"Maybe instead of Republicans drooling over every minute of footage of me in slow-mo, waiting to chop up word slips that I correct in real-tomd, they actually step up enough to make the argument they want to make: that they don't believe people deserve a right to healthcare," she tweeted after being ridiculed for mistakenly referring to "the presidency, the Senate and the House" as the three chambers of government.
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Flatpack Film Festival No. 12
Published by admin On February 14, 2018
The feast of film returns for a twelfth year and it's going to be the biggest festival programme yet…
The ten-day film extravaganza will take place this April between Friday 13th and Sunday 22nd across multiple venues and locations in Birmingham. The full festival programme will be announced early in March but details of some of this year's highlights have been revealed:
– a rare screening of 1922's Swedish silent oddity Häxan, with narration performed by League of Gentlemen star Reece Shearsmith
– a series of 'liveanimation' performances from Paper Cinema, who after an acclaimed run in Edinburgh will be using their unique blend of cardboard cut-outs and live music to present a vivid take on Macbeth
– Optical Sound will highlight the very best in audio-visual experimentation in a packed weekend of live events and screenings
The Flatpack Film Festival brings an annual jamboree of movie-making delights:- animation, music, artists' film, archive discoveries, offbeat shorts for kids and live cinema. The dedicated and passionate team are firm believers in creating a sense of occasion, exploring the fertile territory where film bumps up against other artforms, and showing people things they might not otherwise have seen.
Further details of the Festival programme and tickets will be announced in the coming weeks. Keep up to date on the Flatpack website or by following the festival on Twitter.
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Perhaps no idea is more widely accepted among urban core theorists than the notion that higher population densities lead to more productivity and sustainable economic growth. Yet upon examination, there are less than compelling moorings for the beliefs of what Pittsburgh blogger Jim Russell calls "the density cult," whose adherents include many planners and urban land speculators.
Let's start at the top of the urban food chain, the world's 28 megacities of over 10 million people (which we are defining as areas of continuous urban development, incorporating suburbs and satellite communities). Is greater density the key to great prosperity? For the most part, the world's densest megacities are the poorest. Take the densest, the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. Its 14 million residents are squeezed into an area of 125 square miles, making for a population density of 115,000 per square mile, as reported in the latest edition of Demographia World Urban Areas (which includes estimates for all known urban areas in the world with at least 500,000 residents). Dhaka's per capita gross domestic product, $3,100, is the lowest of all the world's megacities.
Three other megacities — Mumbai, Karachi, Delhi — have population densities that are between three to seven times as high as the biggest megacity, Tokyo-Yokohama, which has a density of 11,000 per square mile. Tokyo is also much richer; the region's per capita GDP tops $41,100, while the three ultra-crowded metropolises on the subcontinent have GDPs under $10,000 per capita. In contrast the two most spread out megacities, Los Angeles and New York, have population densities about half or less of Tokyo's, but their per capita GDPs rank number rank first and third ($63,100 in New York and $54,400 in Los Angeles).
Do any dense metropolitan areas boast higher GDPs? Seoul-Incheon, South Korea, packs more than 20 million people into an area roughly a quarter of Tokyo's and at a density four times that of Los Angeles. Its per capita GDP, at $32,200, is the highest among the 10 most dense megacities. Paris, which is twice as dense as New York and 50% more dense than Los Angeles, stands at $53,900. (Yes, Los Angeles is denser than New York — despite its small central core, L.A. lacks the wide stretches of bucolic suburbia common in eastern cities).
This imperfect, if not inverse, relationship between density and wealth is widely ignored by most urban core boosters, many of whom argue that packing people together is the true key to economic growth. But more often than not, notes Russell, the objective is aggrandizing the "creative class" — those who tend to settle in dense urban cores and also work in industries that do best there, but with little positive for everyone else.
Many retro-urban theorists maintain that high density is the key to urban prosperity. These theorists often point for justification to Santa Fe Institute research that, they claim, links productivity with density. Yet in reality it does nothing of the kind. Instead the study emphasizes that population size, not compactness, is the decisive factor.
Size does matter. A region is helped by the infrastructure that generally comes only with a large population, for example airports. But being big does not mean being dense. In fact the U.S. cities that made the largest gains in GDP in 2011 — Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and greater Detroit — are not dense cities at all.
Some of the metropolitan regions that have the highest per capita GDPs in the world based on purchasing power are not particularly dense. The two regions at the top — Hartford, Conn. and San Jose, Calif., — are if anything largely suburban in character. Neither has a strong central core, and most of the jobs in the areas are on the periphery.
These areas are marked by everything that density advocates detest: They have very low levels of transit ridership and are largely dominated by single-family homes. The most affluent, Hartford, has among the lowest urban population densities in the world. It turns out that our low-density, "sprawling" metropolitan areas do very well in terms of wealth creation. Of the top 10 urban regions in the world in terms of GDP per capita all but one — Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates — are located inside the United States.
There are many thriving American urban areas with densities below the U.S. average for large urban areas.This includes not only Hartford, but also Boston, Durham, Seattle and Houston. Indeed, smaller, low-density Des Moines nearly broke into the top 10 (13th), reflective of the economic gains being made in the Great Plains.
We may think, for example, of Boston, which ranks fifth in the world in per capita GDP, as a tightly packed urban area. But once one gets behind the relatively small urban core, the overall density is barely 2,200 per square mile, less than half San Jose or Los Angeles, hardly a fifth that of Tokyo and not much more than Atlanta, the least dense major city in the world with more than 2.5 million residents.
Why is this the case? One key reason is that cities, as they evolve, naturally spread out. As New York University's Shlomo Angel has pointed out, virtually all major cities in the world are growing more outward than inward, and becoming less dense in the process. This is not only true in the United States, but also in Europe and, even more surprisingly developing countries as well. For example, over the past four decades, everyone's favorite dense core city, Paris, has seen its urban land area expand 55%, while its population has risen only 21%. Today, the geographical extent of urban Paris is more than 25 times that of the ville de Paris, home to most of the familiar tourist attractions.
In some ascendant countries, notably China, American-style suburbs are being duplicated; and when Chinese and other Asians immigrate, they tend to move to lower-density suburban areas. The only exceptions have been cities where development has been distorted by ideology, such as Moscow before the fall of the Soviet Union, notes Alain Bertaud, a former principal planner World Bank.
The reason for moving outward may be lost on theorists and their real estate backers, but they remain compelling for many people, particularly families. A national association of realtors survey in 2011 found that roughly 8o% of adults prefer to live in detached single-family houses while only 8% preferred an apartment. It is thus not surprising that the suburbs, which abound in detached housing, contain nearly three-quarters of America's major metropolitan population or that areas outside the urban core accounted for 99% of growth between 2000 and 2010.
For the most part, this suggest the population, for the most part, will continue to seek out the periphery. This is not only true, as NYU's Angel points out, in the United States or in similar countries such as Australia or Canada. As people seek out more affordable and larger housing, they tend to spread out from their historic cores. It happens most decisively in wealthy areas that are also land-rich.
This is not to say that the higher-density enclaves of urban areas do not have an important place. In terms of culture, finance, media and certain other transaction-based industries, a number of dense urban cores remain unassailable in their efficiency and appeal. But in the United States, and much of the rest of the high-income world, this is accomplished by bringing residents from the periphery to the core — by car, train, bus and increasingly through telecommunications, even as most jobs are located elsewhere in the urban area.
The future shape of the city is likely to continue expanding, even as some urban cores grow. Visit any burgeoning city in the developing world from Shanghai to Mexico City and the same reality emerges: as cities get larger, they spread out, as people begin to aspire, as best they can, for the quality of life that most North Americans and Europeans already take for granted.
Dhaka photo by wiki commons user BL2593.
Submitted by Scott Le Vine on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 07:30.
Hmmm...what do Hartford CT & San Jose CA have in common?
They're within striking distance of NYC & SF, that's what. They're not really stand-alone regions, this point's probably a statistical artefact.
Submitted by PhilBest on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 03:37.
I don't know about Hartford. Can someone tell us more about why it is high-income?
It would seem crucial to the formation of this famous cluster, that at the time it formed, land use restrictions were minimal and land cost low.
Studies into why the UK has no equivalent phenomenons, conclude that strict anti-growth urban planning and high land costs prevent it.
Submitted by MarketAndChurch on Wed, 04/17/2013 - 01:12.
"Where there is no vision, the people parish" is from the book of Proverbs, and the message is even more true today then ever.
Bringing low-income people into a dense area who 1.) have no access to upward mobility, in terms of jobs, 2.) have settled for a mediocre existence, and are happy just to get by, and 3.) have so much of their lives already subsidized, from food stamps to rent control to government-backed student loans, means you are just collecting and centralizing the Democratic voter-base into one area, with no serious effort made to elevate their ability and desire to move up the economic ladder.
Number 2 is okay, when you are in the middle class, but even then, a society who has lost its dynamism and purpose will not last many generations. An accepting of a mediocre existence is never simply "not doing anything." The "not-doing-anything" part is actually doing something, because we don't live on self-sustaining islands, but rather, are a part of a greater ecosystem, one that feeds us and we feed it. Therefore, what the "not-doing-anything" actually is... is sending a message to new blood, new ideas, and new businesses to stay away, and forgo our enclave or area, for a more dynamic, diverse, richer ecosystem. It doesn't work in middle-of-nowhere America, and it doesn't work in the poverty-entrapment that much of Urban America has become. And most importantly, number 2 will not work if it is accompanied by a culture of dependency, and a poor jobs environment, which is what LA mostly is.
Densification only exasperates the issue. The wealthy and the poor do not coincide the same realities, as new condo's and increased rents force the poor to poorer parts of the city/metropolitan and never do these new condo developments actually make enough units for the lower-middle class to afford residency. These taxpayer subsidized densified projects, who actually offer the poor a meaningful allotment of units, only pool together all the people who have problems, and all their problems.
The correct way forward is to focus 100% on what will allow the poor upward mobility: Jobs. Decent-paying Jobs. Not just looking to attract the next Google which is great for tax revenue for city hall, but does not meaningfully employ a large number of people. But rather, low-to-middle skill jobs, and invest in training programs at the community college level, that can build the worker base that high-skill companies are looking for. The poor can then choose where they want to live, be it urban areas, or the suburbs if they so choose. But the current reality cannot stay the same, wherein we pool them into one area that will only end up emulating projects-like conditions, or force them into the most undesirable part of town.
Submitted by PhilBest on Wed, 04/17/2013 - 23:12.
High density is the first state of the urban economy in the "developing world" city (including the 1st world 150 years ago). As time goes on and incomes rise and mobility rises, people "buy their way out of density". There are those who do not, and for them, density correlates with poverty.
SOME urban economies end up developing in the direction of heavy reliance on sectors that generate high incomes with little space per worker; eg finance, media, advertising, law, accounting. These sectors tend to cluster at high density, and some proportion of their workforces will tend to locate their residences nearby. This usually involves "renewal" and "gentrification" and high rents.
The dilemma is that the higher that city-centre economic rent goes, due to the presence of these high income sectors and their workforces, the more difficult it is to provide any acceptable housing at all for lower income workers. A feature of London and NYC and other such cities, is large numbers of recent migrants from 3rd world countries, living in grossly overcrowded conditions.
The provision of heavily subsidised mass transit services, along with relaxed immigration policies, is a way that the high income urban sectors extract further "rent" from the economy as a whole. High income people and businesses at these high-income locations simply should be having to pay more to get cleaners and shelf re-stockers and dish-washers. They get away with not paying more, by the fact that immigrants are prepared to tolerate overcrowding, and workers get to catch subsidised trains from afar.
"Blighted" inner city conditions usually persist the longest when there is a lack of renewal and gentrification, due to the fact that not every city is lucky enough to get a Wall Street, and also a lack of opportunities for local unskilled employment and a lack of opportunities for re-location to the suburbs where there is more employment opportunities. Gradually the blighted locations empty out of the people with sufficient social mobility, leaving a higher and higher proportion among those left, of "hopeless".
So your last para is a very accurate statement of the necessary package of solutions.
Submitted by MarketAndChurch on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 02:33.
I understand why these dense places are dense and should remain dense. Tech, Finance, Marketing, and many of these types of businesses need this type of environment, to have a consolidated and centralized supply chain, within immediate access.
I, by the way, have nothing against Gentrification, per se... so much as I cannot quite make out why the poorer, and less-abled people who live here in Portland have flocked south of Division on down to Clackamas/OregonCity, and/or east of 82nd, on out to Gresham. I know the price of rent rises when an area is in demand, and landlords are willing to raise prices to the new levels that newer occupants can afford, pricing current residents out of the market. And rent control only seems to distort the housing picture.
But there's got to be some way we can gentrify, while allowing the poor residency in the same neighborhood, without resorting to rent control.
What immigration model would resolve the issue of "rent" being extracted from the local economy? And wouldn't the absence of the alleviation that immigrant and low-wage workers provide, result in a hallowing out of start-up entrepreneurial ventures, that don't have the backing or buying prowess of Walmart, McDonalds, and Macy's? There are businesses who can afford to pay extra to their workers, but forcing a startup restaurant or startup businesses, who likely won't make a profit, let alone pay back their debt in those first crucial years, to pay employees what the market environment says they should.
Should it be based on a company's profit? And how can we determine the apprfopriate median payrate for a dish washer in NYC? I am asking this out of curiosity, because I support a liberal immigration policy in the sense that I want those who want to come here, and share in the American dream, to be able to. But I fully acknowledge the problems that come with immigration.


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Inspiring Construction: how to win over young workers
By Mark Castle2017-10-18T05:00:00+01:00
The chair of Build UK explains how its Inspiring Construction campaign aims to get those already in the industry to help attract recruits from the next generation
We've long talked about the image of construction as a key reason why more young people do not choose to join our industry. At Build UK, we believe that it isn't our image, but more a problem with how the industry presents itself. If we spend our time talking about dirty and muddy projects, then all we will do is reinforce the stereotypes that exist.
Yet we have such an amazing story to tell. We build everything around us, from the schools we learn in to the hospitals we were born in and the homes we live in. How many other industries leave such a legacy, and how many other industries have such a diverse set of roles and working environments?
As the new chairman of Build UK, I've made better and more effective engagement with schools a core part of my agenda for the next two years. I want to see a real step change in how we work with teachers, parents and pupils.
Engagement must begin at a young age. Children start to rule career options in or out at an early age, and evidence shows that girls and boys hold stereotypical views about male and female careers by the age of seven. Certainly we need to be engaging with students before they choose their GCSE subjects, so that they understand about the benefits of choosing a career in construction.
And the impact of such engagement is huge.
We are calling on all of you in the industry to step up and share your pride at saying 'I built that, I love what I do, and this industry is open to everybody'
Research by the Education and Employers Taskforce shows that students who have four or more contacts with employers while they are at school are 25% less likely to become NEET (not in education, employment and training) and can expect, when in full-time employment, to earn more than peers who had no such exposure. This demonstrates the direct impact that we can have on the lives of young people.
The government's Construction 2025 strategy set the challenge for the industry to "inspire young people through a co-ordinated approach", and this was reinforced in the Farmer review, which called for "an outreach programme to schools drawing on existing industry exemplars and the vision for the industry's future".
With members' support, Build UK – in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board – has launched the Inspiring Construction campaign to give everybody across the industry the information, tools and advice to help students take their first step into the industry. Whether through graduate programmes or apprenticeships, there are opportunities for all.
Technological and workplace change means young people face much more choice when deciding on their future career. If we are to achieve our aim of getting a more diverse set of talented people enthusiastic about the prospect of a career in construction, then we must be bold and ambitious. Instead of talking about an image problem, let's do something to show people how they can get involved and the variety of opportunities construction has to offer.
This industry is full of people who are passionate about construction, who enjoy thriving careers in a whole range of roles, utilising a broad variety of different skills. There are a myriad success stories throughout our sector at every level.
Research and experience suggests that the impact of careers events is amplified when the person providing information to pupils about jobs and careers can draw on personal, first-hand experience of those professions.
We need to draw from everybody in the sector – from tier-one contractors to clients and all the way through the supply chain – to tell a powerful story to students about our sector
I had the privilege of launching Inspiring Construction last month at Ditton Park Academy in Slough. A new, state-of-the-art building – project managed by Mace – for a secondary school with big ambitions to show its students that their dreams can be achieved.
I recited my own story to those students.
I started my career as a 16-year-old apprentice, and some 36 years later I am a group board director for a multibillion-pound, international company, Mace. I showed the students photographs of the buildings I am so proud to have been part of constructing. I was so impressed at the level of knowledge in the room – the students identified Birmingham New Street station and the Tate Modern and were very excited to see the new Spurs stadium taking shape in Tottenham.
Seeing their eyes light up at the range of careers our industry has to offer and their surprise at the earning potential at different career stages made me resolve to dedicate more of my time to inspiring the next generation. I hope you will join me.
Wouldn't it be great also if – instead of retiring off into the sunset – our experienced project, commercial and technical staff were retained part-time, in the twilight of their career, to teach our youngsters how things should be done, passing down their knowledge to the next generation?
If you want to be part of helping bring young people into the industry, Inspiring Construction will give you the tools you need and connect you to a school, college or university. In return, we need you to volunteer your time to share your story and engage people by being inspiring and passionate.
We need to inspire the next generation with something we all know: that construction is a career like no other. We need to draw from everybody in the sector – from tier-one contractors to clients and all the way through the supply chain – to tell a powerful story to students about our sector.
So we are calling on all of you in the industry to step up and share your pride at saying: "I built that, I love what I do, and this industry is open to everyone who wants to build the world we live in."
Mark Castle is the chair of Build UK and deputy chief operating officer at Mace
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Support local families in West Hill
Who Helps
After 10 years of serving the community, West Hill Harvest is closing down operations.
We are incredibly grateful to the committed donors and volunteers who have made this initiative possible for the last decade. Together we have served over 180 families. The impact we have made together has been transformational for many single parents, seniors, newcomers and the over 500 children who received access to food, gifts and community over Christmas.
Our partners at the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities will continue their Wishes for the Holidays program. If you'd like to support families in need at Christmas, then I encourage you to touch base with their amazing Fund and Volunteer Development Manager, Debra McGonegal. She can be reached at dmcgonegal@schcontario.ca.
Special thanks to our Board of Directors, Executive Committee and long-time donors and volunteers. This has truly been a labour of love, and I hope that you have all experienced as much fulfillment, connection and community spirit from this project as I have. Sincerely, thank you.
I look forward to working with you on the next big thing.
Jenny, Nisse and the WHH team


Companies transfer massive amounts of sensitive information throughout their organizations each day. So why, then, do so few of us make data security a priority?
The past ten years has seen over 300 data breaches that resulted in 100,000 or more records being stolen. This is not including the many other data breaches throughout the decade that were not made public or had under 100,000.
Yes, unfortunately, thieves in the digital age have realized that the contents of your emails are more valuable than the contents of your wallet. And when business emails are the targets of these attacks, their respective companies stand to lose everything, from their revenue to their credibility to their customers' trust.
Keep these strategies in mind to protect your business from the bottom feeders who rely on phishing scams and security exploits.
While strong passwords are a good deterrent, hackers who target small businesses are sophisticated enough to subvert these rudimentary security measures.
To kick a business's email security up a notch, look into Two-Factor Authentication. The 2FA protocol requires that users have a third piece of information on top of the basic username/password—usually a PIN or a code sent via mobile. These systems are common in cloud-based email servers like Gmail and are an effective way for businesses to tighten up their access points from end-to-end, email included.
Phishing is one of the most common ways people fall victim to email exploits. Instead of actually hacking the server, criminals target business owners by posing as fake entities, such as financial institutions or business associates. They trick victims into handing over sensitive data by using mined information or linking them to fraudulent sites.
To reduce the odds of falling prey to these fraudsters, make personal email security a regular part of your team's IT training. Educate them on the risks they're exposing themselves—and the company—to when they carelessly handle their emails. Most of this information is rudimentary and can be explained without resorting to dedicated threat management consultants or extensive IT training protocols.
As much of a hassle as updates can be, they exist for a reason. When your software is patched, it's usually to correct a vulnerability or inefficiency detected in the software. For example, the WannaCry Ransom Attack that affected more than 200,000 computer systems was due to a vulnerability that was later corrected – and people who didn't update were still at risk of being hacked.
Stay on top of your IT teams and keep every operating system up to date. Email data breaches often go unnoticed for weeks or months after they occur and can be devastating to a company's public image and profitability from quarter to quarter.
Email encryption is necessary to prevent third-party snooping. Without it, personal details, banking information, user credentials, and other sensitive info is at risk of being intercepted by hackers.
If you haven't explored email encryption options with your CTO, look into solutions that offer end-to-end protection from desktop to mobile to the cloud. Do your research beforehand; many encryption suites may be more advanced (and costly) than your organization requires. Find the sweet spot between affordability and security.
Did you get an attachment? Don't open it! Obviously, in your day to day life you'll get attachments you will need to open. But always be wary about the attachments you receive. Malware is often sent through email attachments, so unless the attachment is from a coworker or from a trusted source, do not open the attachment.
If you are unsure whether or not an attachment is safe always double check. It can mean the difference between a functioning computer or a vector for a breach in cyber security.
This is less being worried about employees goofing off or wasting company time more than it is about protecting their information. Should a breach occur, the less hackers know about your personal information the better. Sending personal information or having personal communication through work emails can compromise secure personal data of each individual. Avoid this by avoiding using work email for anything other than official business.
This one seems like a no brainer but you would be surprised just how many people have this function turned off. For whatever reason, people turn off their spam filter most likely to receive emails from a person not in their contact list or to make sure that a purchase confirmation is not sent to the wrong inbox. However, instead of turning on their filter they forget and leave it off.
Having a strong spam filter protecting your inbox will safeguard you against many potential threats. Always have it on and you will have a great first line of defense against potential threats and make your email safe.
Don't let something as basic as email security disrupt your organization's long-term goals. Keep your systems up to date, look into security protocols (like encryption and 2FA) and hammer out the weak links in your team through regular security education. Doing so will go a long way toward mitigating the inherent risk posed by the human component of an IT network, arguably the weakest touchpoint in any system. It may require an upfront investment, but it'll save much more capital in the long run, and it'll keep investors happy as you continue innovating and leading the company forward, rather than risking a company-wide shutdown due to preventable threats.


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The second season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 21, 1996, and May 17, 1997. The season had 22 episodes, and featured many of the same cast members as Season 1 had.

Season summary
The second season of Mad TV was not a radical departure from season one (largely the same cast, the same humor, and the same format), though there were some minor cast changes. Tim Conlon and Pablo Francisco joined as featured players while Artie Lange was fired midway through the season for his erratic behind-the-scenes behavior due to cocaine abuse.

The addition of a weekly guest host was the most notable difference of season two, the only season of Mad TV to feature one. Although every season has had several guest stars, season two's guest stars were referred to as "hosts" and appeared in nearly every sketch. Every episode had a new host, where as in other seasons, not every episode had a guest star and the guest star usually only appeared in a few sketches. The guest host format was similar to their main rival Saturday Night Live'''s, but Mad TV ended this format after season two (though later seasons would have special guest stars who appeared in sketches or did monologues).

This is the second and last season to air new Spy vs Spy and Don Martin animation before they added reruns to make up for not creating any new episodes.

Opening montage
The title sequence for season two is exactly the same as the previous season, except the theme song features more bass.  The sequence starts with several fingers pointing at a bomb. The bomb explodes and several different pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear, followed by the Mad TV logo. The theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically with their names appearing in caption over live-action clips of them. More pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear between the introduction of each cast member. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."

Cast

Repertory cast members
 Bryan Callen  (22/22 episodes)
 David Herman  (22/22 episodes)
 Orlando Jones  (22/22 episodes)
 Phil LaMarr  (22/22 episodes)
 Artie Lange  (10/22 episodes; last episode: January 4, 1997)
 Mary Scheer  (22/22 episodes)
 Nicole Sullivan  (22/22 episodes)
 Debra Wilson  (21/22 episodes)

Featured cast members
 Craig Anton (1/19 episodes)
 Tim Conlon (3/19 episodes)
 Pablo Francisco (4/19 episodes)

Writers

Fax Bahr (eps. 1-22)
Stuart Blumberg (eps. 1-14)
Garry Campbell (eps. 1-22)
Blaine Capatch (eps. 1-22)
Leonard Dick (eps. 3, 6)
Lauren Dombrowski (eps. 1-22)
Chris Finn (eps. 1-22)
Spencer Green (eps. 1-22)
Brian Hartt (writing supervisor) (eps. 1-22)
Steve Hibbert (ep. 15)
Tim Hightower (eps. 1-22)
Brad Kaaya (eps. 1-22)
Patton Oswalt (eps. 1-22)
Mary Scheer (ep. 5)
Michael Short (creative consultant) (eps. 1-22)
Adam Small (eps. 1-22)
Mary Elizabeth Williams (eps. 1-22)

Episodes

Home releases
Despite a preview on the special features disc of the Mad TV: the Complete First Season DVD box set, season two of Mad TV'' was not initially released on DVD due to poor sales of season one. Shout Factory finally released the complete second season on March 26, 2013.

On the HBO Max release, episodes 2, 3, 9, 14, 21 and 22 are missing. Episodes 21 and 22 show up as best of episodes.

External links
 Mad TV - Official Website

 Jump The Shark - Mad TV

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