Power hungry self-aware Robots led by Dr. Jacksu and Major X have invaded the Pancake's beautiful Kingdom of Sweethaven. It's artificial intelligence, suspense, comedy, and romance as Levi and his four tribes of Pancakes defend their enchanted homeland from the self aware Bots in a post apocalyptic future in the Draco Orion Galaxy.
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I discuss technical turfgrass topics with turfgrass managers, scientists, greenkeepers, and whoever drops by the ATC office hours. There's a lot of talk about the work done to create playing surfaces for golf, and also about growing grass for sporting surfaces of all sort, and also some talk of lawns.
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S1-E5: The Invasion of Sweethaven - Return to Colnago
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Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... EPISODE 5 SCENE 21: RETURN TO COLNAGO Major X returns to headquarters in Colnago to debrief on the failed Mission with Dr. Jacksu, with a little surprise. SCENE 22: EPILOGUE AND INTERVIEWS Tom the Narrator nightcaps the show and conducts an interesting interview with some of the cast includ…
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S1-E4: The Invasion of Sweethaven - The Battle, Wedding, and Guitarmageddon
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Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... EPISODE 4 SCENE 16: BATTLE FOR SWEETHAVEN The Pancakes and Robots battle in the Sleepy Chestnut Forest, with a showdown between Levi and Major X. SCENE 17: I’M AFRAID I’M FALLING FOR YOU A new and unconventional love is brewing in Sweethaven. SCENE 18: JOHN-JOHN’S COMMENTARY ON LOVE John-Jo…
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S1-E3: Invasion of Sweethaven – Free Will
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Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... EPISODE 3 SCENE 11: MEETING IN SPOOKY PUDDIN’ Lord Stratmore visits Cannoli the Riffmaker in Spooky Puddin’ and makes a plea for the Raggmunks help. Bad news on a Buttermilk arrives. SCENE 12: FREE WILL From his advanced emotions and self-learning, Malthor examines his own emerging judgemen…
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S1-E2: Invasion of Sweethaven – Scarcium Extraction
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Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... EPISODE 2 SCENE 6: TOOTLE POPS AND A WIDOW’S TRUTH Home with Mascarpone and her family. Tootle Pops learns the truth about her Father, Nutella. SCENE 7: BLACK VEIL Mascarpone mourns the loss of her beloved husband, Nutella. SCENE 8: SCARCIUM EXTRACTION Cassandra and Malthor lead the Scarciu…
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S1-E1: Invasion of Sweethaven – The Invasion
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Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... EPISODE 1 SCENE 1: THE INVASION OF SWEETHAVEN The Robots invade the Kingdom of Sweethaven. An initial attempt to capture the Duchess of Butter and obtain Scarcium-23 fails. Major X gets pushback from what Lieutenant ZeQuel. SCENE 2: BUCKWHEATS AT THE MAPLE CREEK TAVERN We meet Levi, Magica,…
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Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... An introduction to wet the appetite for some Pancake Eating Robots, with Narrator Tom Hansley. ABOUT INVASION OF SWEETHAVEN Concepted, Written, and Produced by Mark Searcy Middleton, 2024 BuzzSprout Podcast Link Complete list of Program Credits SOCIAL LINKS pancakeeatingrobots.com marksearc…
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ATC Office Hours: growth ratio, measurement units, & turf math with Jason Haines & Bjarni Hannesson
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Jason and Bjarni joined me to talk about some useful turfgrass math, especially the turfgrass growth ratio, which you can read more about at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/growth-ratio/ Find more infomation at PACE Turf: https://www.paceturf.org/ And at the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/…
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Autumn #OM246 review with "the guy who doesn't do maintenance Mondays"
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For the third consecutive autumn, Chris Tritabaugh joined me to review the OM246 (total organic material by depth) test results from the greens at Hazeltine National Golf Club. We discussed playing conditions, maintenance work, and testing. Here are some links. Chris's Substack: https://ctunderscoreturf.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web…
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Firm bentgrass greens and OM management with Richard Forsyth
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Richard Forsyth is the director of courses at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. We discussed playing conditions, maintenance work, and grass types in relation to production of firm putting surfaces. Chris Tritabaugh and Doug Soldat also spoke about putting green firmness in this podcast: https://open.substack.com/pub/ctunderscoreturf/p/doug-soldat A note …
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Championship conditions discussion with Eric Johnson and MLSN, ClipVol, & OM246
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Eric Johnson joined from his office at Chambers Bay to discuss everyday golfing conditions, championship playing surfaces, and workflow using techniques such as clipping volume (#ClipVol), total organic material testing by depth (#OM246), and nutrient supply using #MLSN. You can find Eric on Twitter at https://twitter.com/altshot2 Read more about a…
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Why are we cultivating so much? Soil organic matter with Dr. Roch Gaussoin
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Dr. Roch Gaussoin and I discussed soil organic matter, soil organic material, and a lot of things related that that topic. Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/ See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/use…
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Autumn 2022 OM246 review with Chris Tritabaugh
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Find out more about #OM246 testing at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/om246/ Read Chris's blog with more about this topic at https://ct-turf.medium.com/ Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/ See the PACE Turf YouTube chann…
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MLSN and soil test interpretation on bentgrass and Poa annua with Jackie Guevara
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Jackie's thesis at Michigan State University was titled "Effects of Different Soil Testing Philosophies on Creeping Bentgrass and Annual Bluegrass Putting Greens." She looked at how much P and K were applied by different interpretation philosophies, how the grass stood up to traffic, and what happened to the elements that were applied. All about #M…
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Golf turf playability with Carl Schimenti: green speed, firmness, smoothness and trueness of roll
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Ball bounce clip from Dan Dinelli: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxbIlZVkgZyANVSbtpaKnYkPk4xEeDGCyi Playability-tagged posts on the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/playability/ Chris Tritabaugh's blog: https://ct-turf.medium.com/the-data-says-cc7defa451f0 Office Hours with Andrew McDaniel sharing no change in OM despite only 1 sand top…
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No change in soil OM after sand topdressing just once in a year, with Andrew McDaniel
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We discussed the ball reaction video from the 2021 KBC Augusta tournament: https://youtu.be/bbcJhA1zqNo Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QxNAOcxzsYM Follow Andrew McDaniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drumcturf OM246 project page: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/om246/ Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https:…
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Leaf nutrient analyses (tissue tests) with Doug Soldat
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Doug Soldat joined me to discuss tissue tests for turfgrass, and how we might make use of them (or not) to make decisions about fertilizer. Frankly Speaking episode with some discussion of tissue testing: https://www.turfnet.com/podcasts/rossi/organic_matters_soldat/ ATC website posts tagged "tissue test": https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/tissue-…
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Chris Tritabaugh's blog, disruption, and playability
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Read Chris's blog at https://ct-turf.medium.com/ The posts we discussed were titled Is that disruption Are they right? and The data says ... See more about the bobble test at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/bobbletest/ Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/nOnfqjdXc7wBy Asian Turfgrass Center
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Turfgrass growth potential (GP) with Larry Stowell from PACE Turf
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Get climate appraisal forms from PACE Turf at https://www.paceturf.org/index.php/journal/climate Read about growth potential on the ATC website at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/growth-potential/ Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/oZgXv3ZaHkQBy Asian Turfgrass Center
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Nutrient requirements of Poa annua and MLSN with Ben Brace
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Ben Brace and I discussed how we expect MLSN to work for Poa annua, and if there might be some differences compared with creeping bentgrass. We discussed biostimulants, soil sampling, potassium and stress, phosphorus and bentgrass vs. Poa competition, and much more. Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/8653TLD7SfA…
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Tom Cook on lawn ecology, bentgrass, and climax species in the Pacific Northwest
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Watch the video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/Xga9_uA8MBg Read more about Tom Cook in this article: https://www.turfnet.com/blogs/entry/1452-tom-cook-pioneered-the-turf-program-at-oregon-state-university/By Asian Turfgrass Center
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OM246 report review with Chris Tritabaugh
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Chris Tritabaugh, the golf course superintendent at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, discuss an OM246 report for samples collected in October 2021. This is total organic material by depth, and knowing the results of this test provide valuable information to optimize golf course playability while ensuring one is applying just the right amo…
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