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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Pet Appreciation Week 2025: 30 quotes and messages to honor your furry friend
Pet Appreciation Week is upon us, and it's time to extend a special round of warmth for our furry friends. Started in 1981, this week typically begins on the first Sunday of June and lasts up until the next Saturday, which means that this year the week will last from June 1 to June 7. Given hectic schedules and busy lifestyles, pet owners often tend to filter through the love that is due to their pets. Hence, this week is a time for pet owners to let all barriers loose and go the extra mile in appreciating and treating those closest to their hearts. Here are some words of wisdom to help you realize the true value of pets in life. 1) 'Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.' – Franklin P. Jones 2) 'Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.' – Moby 3) 'My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.' – Elayne Boosler 4) 'What do dogs do on their day off? Can't lie around – that's their job.' – George Carlin 5) 'The dog is the god of frolic.' – Henry Ward Beecher 6) 'I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross, and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.' – Mark Haddon 7) 'I don't understand people who don't touch their pets. Their cat or dog is called a pet for a reason.' – Jarod Kintz 8) 'Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.' – Franklin P. Jones 9) 'Dog is God spelled backward.' – Duane Chapman 10) 'All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.' – Charles M Schulz 11) 'There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.' – Dick Dale 12) 'A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.' – Josh Billings 13) 'Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.' – H. G. Bissinger 14) 'No matter how you're feeling, a little dog gonna love you.' – Waka Flocka Flame 15) 'Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.' – John Grogan 16) 'You cannot share your life with a dog … or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.' – Jane Goodall 17) 'Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.' – Anatole France 18) 'The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.' – Robert Brault 19) 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' – Mahatma Gandhi 20) 'You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.' – Jane Pauley 21) 'People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.' – Jonathan Foer 22) 'The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.' – Linda Blair 23) 'Happiness is a warm puppy.' – Charles Schultz 24) 'Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.' – George Eliot 25) 'Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.' – Robert Wagner 26) 'Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal: Difficult standards for people to live up to.' – Alfred A. Montapert 27) 'Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what – it's harder to feel bad or down.' – Aaron Carter 28) 'Our task must be to free ourselves … by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.' – Albert Einstein 29) 'The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.' – Lord Byron 30) 'The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.' – Mark Twain Wishing you and your furry companions a happy Pet Appreciation Week!
Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sunday Conversation: The National's Matt Berninger On His New Solo Album
How to describe an interview with The National frontman Matt Berninger? Like talking to Moby or Liz Phair (who along with Robert Plant might be the smartest interview in music) it is a fascinating labyrinth of cerebral twists and turns where you just hold on and do your best to keep up. It is as compelling and enlightening as his music. Which is saying a lot because along with Nick Cave and the timeless Bruce Springsteen, Berninger, with The National and on his own, has been, to me, the most consistent rock act in the first quarter of this century. Once again, Berninger stuns with his second solo album, Get Sunk. A gorgeous slice of life that, like the writing of Raymond Carver, is deceptively complex and profound, Get Sunk is, as Berninger describes it, a romance with ghosts. As we discussed, it is a record of memories, of life, of hope. Steve Baltin: I'm a big believer in environment affecting writing. So, was it Connecticut that lit the spark for this album? Matt Berninger: The Connecticut part of it maybe colored the process. This record has a lot of Midwestern atmosphere with creeks and trees and animals and bike rides along rivers and stuff. I've always been writing about that stuff. But yeah, getting to Connecticut, back in an area that is like what it was like in my youth and particularly on my uncle's farm. The place I live now, I have a barn, and I have a little bit of land. But I have all this stuff and there are trails in the woods and creeks all around where I live now. And that's where I spent all my most memorable stuff of my childhood, it all happened at that farm in Indiana. So, Connecticut really inspired that part of it. But I think anytime you uproot and go to a new place, or take a vacation, you're riding a train through Italy, like suddenly, you're going to write differently and be inspired to write different kinds of stories. So, I do think, I think changing the soil you're in every 10 years is really smart. Baltin: So that's something that you've done regularly, move every decade or so? Berninger: Yeah, I've moved from Cincinnati, moving out of your house or your parents' house, and then going to college in an apartment, that feels like two different types of living. Then I moved to New York City in '96, and I was there for maybe 15 years, and that's where I met my wife, that's where my daughter was born. We'd been in Brooklyn for close to 15 years or something. Then we just felt we had squeezed New York for every drop of inspiration and so we moved to Venice, California. We lived out there for 10 years and then I wrote five or six, seven records, did so much stuff out there and met Mike Mills and became a collaborator with all these amazing filmmakers and stuff. So that was an amazing decade of creativity and then my daughter was about to go to high school, and we all wanted something new, and we had family in Connecticut and it's so close to New York. I didn't want to move back to Brooklyn, but I really want to be close to New York again. I go to New York every week and ride the train. So yeah, it's really new and inspiring and I think that is really good and it does jolt me, although some of this record I started five years ago in Venice. Even some of the songs that are talking about Indiana, and the Midwestern pastoral scenes were written when I still lived in Venice during the lockdown. So maybe I was just dreaming of wandering the woods or going back to a time. But I always write about that stuff. But moving and changing your environment does change your brain. Baltin: Would this album have been made anywhere now at this time? Berninger: Yeah, I feel like this would have been made anywhere at this point in time. I do, and I have been saying this recently because I've been trying to answer that question. Because yeah, a lot of this record does go back and it's a really conscious effort to try to reshape, not in the details and truth, but in the emotional memories of things and write a great story, and of a great 45-minute immersive connected experience. And it was really important for me on this record more than anything I've ever done, I think. But you're right, what is our past? What is it? And often, I've been saying this, that our past is a story we tell ourselves. and we remember it differently. Our memories of it change and our memories are memories of memories. So, it's our own version of (the game) telephone constantly going as we go and try to retell the stories of what happened and why am I like this and what was my childhood like and what were my relationships with my parents like and what was it? It's all fantasy and it's just the same way your future is a story you're telling yourself. What you want, why you're doing what you're doing and where you're trying to go and how long you want to live and what you want in your life and what experiences you want to have going forward is also just a story. And what experiences you had in the past so you're just telling your story of those experiences. All those things, traumas, good things, can totally shape you, yes, but sometimes we can be confined by our own definitions of ourselves and that we create a little bit of a prison or a trap around ourselves and we say, 'I'm this way because of this and that's why and I'm going to stay this way.' And right now you're seeing in the world, everybody, it's an identity crisis. People don't know. I'm a Catholic, but there are so many Catholics identifying with something else that is so un -Catholic. And that kind of thing, but there's so much, 'But this is me now, I'm this and I identify with this.' I think we really trap ourselves into our ideas of who exactly we are and I think it's a dangerous thing. I was trapped in an idea of what I was. Like I was this type of guy. I'd written all these stories. I had manifested becoming this melodramatic, unhinged character. And then I was leaking into that facade or that story I had told had started to become a little real. And it wasn't real. And so, yeah, I think that this record is trying to maybe go back and kind of recontextualize some of the beauty and I think the good things mostly. There's a lot of darkness in this record, but I'm a happy person. I've had very unhappy times. I've had very dark, long depressions. Everyone has, but my core is optimistic, hopeful, kind, brave, and happy mostly, and I remember that. And I learned that from my parents. I learned that from my cousins. I learned that from my uncle. I learned that from nature. I learned that from the farm. I learned that early, and that hasn't changed. I identify as those things, but sometimes you get lost in these other prisons of other things that you think you are, but you're not. Baltin: That's so interesting on so many levels. As The National started getting bigger, do you feel like personally you became a character people wanted you to be? Berninger: I was actually in my early 30s before we got successful. But when you get your first taste of success and people are really reacting to your work that is some of the most extreme, darkest parts of your personality, or the saddest parts, and those become the best songs because I'm being honest about something. But when you're writing those songs in your 30s, and then you get successful, I'm sure subconsciously I've elevated that idea of that guy in my head. There's more currency to that character, I realize. And so maybe you start to manifest it, and you keep building this weird sculpture of these little Legos of melodrama and anger or rock and roll songs and all these things. Then they become this really weird cool sculpture that everybody buys tickets to see. And then the next thing you know, you're stuck as this thing that wasn't what you intended. Baltin: You and I have talked over the years too about literature being inspiring and I feel like there were very literary and cinematic points of this album. Right when we got on the Zoom, I was listening to the record again. I love 'Silver Jeep.' That one has almost like a Raymond Carver feeling to me. Berninger: Yeah, there's a few of them. Some of them are more kind of blurry, abstract, impressionistic, emotional descriptions of emotional things or descriptions of process, like 'Nowhere Special' is a totally different song from a lot of the other songs and so is "End of the Notion.' I don't think about it when I go in but I see that I'm often trying to write a type of song I've never written but I've written hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of songs. But "Silver Jeep" and "Bonnet of Pins" and "Frozen Oranges," those are three examples of songs that are like scenes. Or "Bonnet of Pins" is maybe just an hour or a couple of hours of reconnection between two people. Then "Frozen Oranges" is a whole day, a long bike ride filled with medicines and joys and fruit and sunshine and bugs and juice and it's a really healthy song. Then 'Silver Jeep' is a is an echo of the same character from 'Bonnet of Pins.' That character is not really present much in 'Frozen Oranges.' But then at the end of the record, I think 'Silver Jeep' and 'Bonnet of Pins' are a little bit of a return to that relationship or that dynamic. What is it? Well, they're always chasing each other. They're always seeking each other, but they're always there. The line in 'Silver Jeep' that I like is, 'I see you out there somewhere in a silver jeep.' Maybe only in my mind but you'll always be there whether I ever see you in person again, you're never leaving. This person might already be dead. The whole record is about a ghost but it's not a singular ghost, it's not one person, it's a ghost of something. It's a really romantic record. It's a romance with a ghost, I guess.
Irish Independent
20-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
100 e-bikes to hit streets of Greystones with Arklow, Wicklow town and Blessington next
The scheme is designed to provide residents and visitors with a convenient, affordable, and sustainable transportation alternative and has been widely welcomed by the district's councillors. To celebrate the launch, Wicklow County Council and Moby will offer free ride passes throughout June, encouraging the public to try the service. There are also plans to expand a similar scheme to Arklow, Wicklow town, and Blessington in the near future. Green Party Councillor Lourda Scott praised the initiative, which is in partnership with Wicklow County Council, as 'a positive step forward in offering more sustainable and active transport options for the local community'. The launch marks the culmination of over two years of work following a motion tabled by Cllr Scott, which received full support from the council. 'This is a really positive development for Greystones and I'm proud to see it become a reality after two years of sustained dialogue with the council. When I first brought this motion to council, I made the case that Greystones residents need more transport options, particularly given the hilly nature of the area and the pressure on car parking and traffic. "These e-bikes are easy to use, environmentally friendly, and a great alternative for short local journeys. They also offer visitors a new and enjoyable way to explore our town and surrounding areas.' The Moby e-bikes replaced the Bolt bikes in Bray in March, and will soon be rolled out in Wicklow town and Arklow. The e-bikes will be available through an app-based booking system, and all the docking points are currently being finalised in consultation with the council. 'I've been contacted many times by residents asking when the bikes would arrive, so I know there is real interest and demand. This is a very welcome option for people who may not be regular cyclists or who find the hills challenging. I will continue to monitor the scheme closely and work with the provider and council officials to ensure it operates smoothly and is well-used.' Meanwhile, Councillor Stephen Stokes, who chairs the Transport, Infrastructure Delivery and Emergency Services, Strategic Policy Committee of Wicklow County Council, said the e-bikes are 'a fantastic development for Greystones'. "The introduction of Moby's electric bike rental scheme gives our community a practical and environmentally friendly alternative to car travel,' he said. "Whether you're commuting, heading to the beach, or exploring our beautiful town, these bikes make it easier and more enjoyable to get around. Sustainable transport is a priority across County Wicklow. This launch in Greystones is just one part of our efforts to build a greener, healthier future for all.' ADVERTISEMENT Wicklow County Council will officially launch the e-bike sharing scheme in the Greystones Municipal District on Monday, May 26, 2025. The scheme integrates with the existing network in Bray, allowing seamless travel between the two towns and encouraging more people to choose active low-carbon transportation. Moby's e-bikes are equipped with automatic gearing, anti-theft GPS tracking, and a long-lasting battery with a range of up to 70 km, making them suitable for both commuting and leisure activities. The service will operate 24/7 with flexible pricing options, including pay-per-use.
Times
17-05-2025
- General
- Times
‘I spent £100,000 building my whale boat — but no one wants it'
Nine months ago an 82-year-old former soldier put his novelty boat on the market. Nobody is biting. Tom McClean built his 60-tonne steel whale with the dream of sailing across the Atlantic. Now all he wants to do is sell it. 'It is up for sale and we are assessing options. I want to keep some involvement as it has been a huge part of my life,' he said. 'I think it could be a symbol as iconic as the Angel of the North — a sort of Whale of the West.' • A salty swansong for the SAS veteran and Moby, his iron whale McClean joined the army at 17 and first sailed the Atlantic in 1969, aged 26. He made four subsequent solo
San Francisco Chronicle
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Portola Music Festival 2025: LCD Sound System, Christina Aguilera and Prodigy among headliners
LCD Sound System, Christina Aguilera, Moby and the Prodigy are among the artists set to perform at the fourth edition of Portola Music Festival in San Francisco. They will be joined at the two-day electronic dance music event, set for Sept. 20-21 on Pier 80, by more than 50 acts including the Chemical Brothers, Rico Nasty, Zack Fox, Blood Orange, Ravyn Lenae, Caribou, Dom Dolla, Neil Frances and Magdalena Bay, among many others. Produced by Goldenvoice, the promoter behind Southern California's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the waterfront event boasts a range of genres such as house, techno, pop and hip-hop. Others on the bill include Charli XCX collaborator the Dare, Peggu Gou, Mau P, Anti Up, Duke Dumont, Kelly Lee Owens, Arca, Brutalismus 3000 and Boy Harsher. Despacio, the state-of-the-art immersive sound system created by LCD Sound System frontman James Murphy and Belgian electronic band Soulwax, is expected to deliver tunes during its pop-up dance party on both days of the festival. Ticket presales start at noon Wednesday, May 14, with General sales beginning at noon Thursday, May 15. Single-day tickets start at $279.95, while two-day passes are priced at $399.95. Last year's festival drew more than 42,000 attendees per day, and included performances by controversial rapper and producer M.I.A., 'Unwritten' singer Natasha Bedingfield and Rebecca Black, who rose to fame as a teen for the viral hit 'Friday.' Hosted outdoors along the San Francisco Bay, the event has had a history of noise complaints from residents in Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley since its inception in 2022. In 2024, it received 224 complaints over the festival weekend, despite enhanced efforts to reduce noise during performances, such as reorienting its two outdoor stages, hiring someone to monitor noise levels and enlisting additional call-center staff. Its venue, Pier 80, serves as San Francisco's primary cargo terminal and spans more than 60 acres. Performances will be hosted both indoors and outdoors.
