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Happy Birthday to Art Garfunkel, who turns 72 today (November 5th). Garfunkel, who is best known for his string of hits as part of Simon & Garfunkel, has gone on to enjoy a long and varied career since his 1970 split with Paul Simon. Before the pair split in 1970, Garfunkel began his acting career, debuting in 1969's Catch .22, followed by 1971's Carnal Knowledge, and the 1980 drama Bad Timing. Since 2010, Garfunkel has been battling to regain his voice after suffering from a paralysis of his vocal cords. In 2012, he once again was forced to scrap a handful of European and North American comeback dates until his voice returned.
In 1973 he released his first solo album, Angel Clare, which went to Number Five on the charts. His 1975 album Breakaway featured the Simon & Garfunkel reunion track "My Little Town," which became a Top Ten hit. In 1978, Garfunkel again teamed up with Simon and good friend James Taylor for a remake of Sam Cooke's "(What A) Wonderful World." That same year, Garfunkel embarked on his first-ever solo tour.
After the success of Simon & Garfunkel's 1981 reunion in New York's Central Park, the duo spent the better part of 1982 and 1983 touring Europe and the U.S. Although plans for a reunion album fell through in 1983, the pair reunited on stage in 1993 and again for their Old Friends tour in 2003-2004.
In 2006, Garfunkel released his first album of standards called Some Enchanted Evening. The set featured such evergreens as "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Life Is But A Dream," "What'll I Do," and the title track "Some Enchanted Evening."
Garfunkel says that he's never felt the need to chase fads or adapt to new industry trends: "Well, I'm true to my sense of Simon & Garfunkel, and everything since. A great medium-paced record, if the groove is there, is a wonderful thing. And I sing 'em gluey. I hold my notes and I feel the rock n' roll of my era in my style."
Despite being born and raised in New York, Garfunkel admits that he's always been a Philadelphia Phillies fan: "It occurred to me when I was a kid that if you're a New Yorker you don't have to be a Brooklyn Dodger fan or a New York Yankee fan, and those few New York Giant fans. . . not for me. And then one day I saw the Dodgers at Ebbetts Field play the Phillies and I just loved those red uniforms, they were pinstripe and there was Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts. I thought, 'There's my team.'"
Out now is the new Art Garfunkel solo compilation, The Singer. The set, which debuted at Number Seven on Billboard's Folk Albums chart, was compiled with Garfunkel's assistance, spans his entire career -- from Simon & Garfunkel through such solo classics as Angel Claire, Breakaway, Watermark, Scissors Cut -- up through his most recent collection, 2007's Some Enchanted Evening.
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WMBD/WYZZ-TV - Bruce Saurs is frustrated his hockey team didn't make the American Hockey League playoffs. But he's even more frustrated by the possibility his hockey team could be leaving Peoria.
Saurs, 81, is entertaining offers to sell the Rivermen because he thinks its time for some "new blood" to come to the franchise. But he wants to keep hockey in Peoria and atleast two of the would-be buyers have told him they'd move the team from central Illinois if they paid out the estimated $3.5 million asking price.
"We would like to keep it here," said Saurs, who co-owns the team with Anne Griffith. "We still think that Peoria is the place to keep it. So the (St. Louis) Blues."
The Rivermen are the AAA affiliate of the NHL's Blues, who are also reportedly interested in buying the team. And Saurs says the Blues would keep the franchise in Peoria, where the minor league team is a roughly a 3-hour drive from the parent club.
"The Blues (ownership) has to help. It would help us get better players, better everything," said Saurs.
But will they do it in Peoria or in another city?
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And here is the mixology lesson behind the Fort Washington Flip: It is one of the few successful flips Sean and I have encountered over our years. Flips can be very tricky to figure out, calibrate and recipe-ize, you see, because when you add that whole egg, it tends to lay a thick, dense, creamy Army blanket of flavor-annihilation over whatever your other ingredients are. Flips we've experimented with have, more often than not, wound up tasting annulled. So I'm starting to suspect that it's not a coincidence that this flip and the other one I've blogged about most memorably, the Cynar Flip, have one key thing in common: No base liquor, only liqueur(s) included.
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LIBERAL -- He has no name, yet has many, and according to Hays High School football coach Ryan Cornelsen he was the difference in Friday's game at Liberal.
"In my opinion probably the player of the game is our kickoff return team, not giving up any onsides," Cornelsen said. "(Liberal) won their first game based on getting three onsides. I thought that group did an amazing job."
Hays High defeated Liberal 52-38 in a game that saw 856 yards of total offense, 43 first downs and 156 plays from scrimmage. Liberal, led by quarterback Britton Abbott and wide receiver Trenton Hammond, amassed 463 yards of total offense against the Indian defense.
The numbers didn't necessarily surprise Cornelsen, who knew Liberal (2-1, 0-1 Western Athletic Conference) had a potent offense. The goal wasn't always to stop the Redskins, but to keep their offense on the sideline. Liberal attempted onside kicks after each score and always went for the 2-point conversion.
That put a lot of pressure on the Indian offense to keep pace, something it had no issue doing behind its 351 rushing yards.
"That was as basic an offense as we can run," Cornelsen said. "Nothing tricky about it. Nothing special. We just executed and moved the ball on the ground. We had to keep it on the ground and try to run some clock to keep their offense off the field."
Liberal wasted little time in its first drive, going 80 yards in 10 plays and ended it with a 3-yard Abbott touchdown run. A successful 2-point conversion put Hays in an 8-0 hole.
A recovered onside kick attempt by Liberal gave Hays High the ball around midfield, and it took five plays for the Indians to cover the distance, most coming on quarterback Alex Delton's 21-yard touchdown run. Running back Preston Weigel took the 2-point conversion in to tie the game.
Hays High (3-0, 1-0 WAC) didn't enter the game with the idea of running it as much as it did, but when Liberal showed an inability to stop the Indians on the ground, there was no reason to try and throw the football.
"Early on they weren't stopping it," said Delton, who finished with 127 yards rushing on 20 carries. He was only 3 of 9 passing. "If they are going to give us some, we are going to take it. At times we had our ups and downs, but basically we got in there and took care of business."
Hays extended its lead to 15-8 on its next offensive possession with another Delton touchdown run, this time from 6 yards. The lead reached 22-8 midway through the second quarter when Delton found the end zone for a third time with a 10-yard run.
Liberal got a score back before halftime on a drive that saw the Redskins complete two fourth-down attempts. Poor tackling allowed Abbott to scramble in for a 15-yard touchdown.
Hays High led 22-14 at halftime.
The Indians got right back at it in the third quarter, opening the half with short field thanks to another recovered onside kick attempt by Liberal. Weigel finished the drive with a 9-yard touchdown run to make it 29-14 Hays High.
Unfortunately for the Indians, the lead never got any higher as Liberal's offense couldn't be stopped. The Redskins went 4 for 4 on third down conversions in their opening drive of the second half and scored on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Abbott to Hammond.
"I thought on defense we slacked a little bit. I made a lot of mistakes myself," Indian lineman Ethan Deterding said. "They pass a lot more than we are used to, so we had a completely new defense out there. It just got confusing because we have a lot of young guys."
With the defense getting gashed, Hays High's offense needed to answer. Delton did with a 44-yard touchdown run, the fourth of his five total touchdowns.
Liberal walked right back down the field, getting a 15-yard touchdown pass from Abbott to Hammond. Another successful 2-point conversion made it 36-30 in favor of Hays High late in the third quarter.
"We knew there were some areas we would hurt defensively," Cornelsen said. "(Hammond) is such a good player that he puts you in a bind. We knew that part of it was going to come. I was proud of our kids. We kept our composure. We just kept playing."
Delton found Hayden Kreutzer for a 12-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter, and Weigel's conversion extended the Indian lead to 14 points.
That's when the Indian defense made its biggest statement. Liberal had little trouble moving the ball back down the field and had a first down at the Hays High 12-yard line. But back-to-back incompletions by Abbott were followed with a sack by Deterding to put the Redskins in a fourth and long situation.
A pass toward the end zone was batted down by Indian cornerback Clayton Riedel, who was tasked with covering Hammond most of the game. Hays High took over on downs.
"That was big because we weren't stopping them at all," Deterding said. "Stopping them right there felt pretty good."
Liberal would get the ball back and made the most of it when Abbott found tight end Nolan Larkin for an 11-yard touchdown pass on fourth down. The two connected on the 2-point conversion to cut the Indian lead to 44-38 with 2:33 to play.
Hays High recovered the following onside kick attempt at midfield and Weigel went all 50 yards on four carries, including a 37-yard burst. His 3-yard touchdown run and successful 2-point conversion sealed the game with 1:40 to play.
Weigel led the Indians with 180 yards on 25 carries.
"We are very competitive on the field and it shows. We don't care -- as long as at the end of the day our score is higher than the other team, that's all that matters," Delton said. "It shows the character of our players."
The win moves Hays High to 3-0, and 1-0 in WAC play. The Indians will return home at 7 p.m. Friday to play Garden City (1-2, 0-1 WAC), which is coming off a 28-25 loss to Great Bend.


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Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
This is another question I get asked a lot...
I was about 5 years old when I started cooking in a professional kitchen. But don't be put off by my head start - it means nothing. I,ve seen 30 year olds become true chefs in 5 years.
1. If you are a kid or a student - get a weekend job in a restaurant, pub, fishmongers, butchers etc. All of these are really valid and, as the years go by, try and move on to something different or a more challenging restaurant.
2. Use the summer holidays as time to get a work placement or a "stage" in a really exciting hotel or restaurant. Whether it's for a week or a month, you will get a real feel for the kitchen and the way a team works together. After this you will know if you can handle the job, the hours, the money and the ups and downs that happen in a high-level pressured kitchen. I've never heard of any head chef who's refused an enthusiastic stranger on the end of a phone the chance to come and do a stage for free. It's quite common and charming for it to happen to any chef and you may find yourself with a good job offer at the end of it.
Having done those two things, you then have three options to consider:
(a) go straight into a professional job; jump in at the deep end - you may not have enough skills but being bold might be enough to carry it off
(b) go to the best local college for catering and do a two or three year course that focuses mainly on cooking, but also one that gives you an insight into the science of cooking, French culinary language, as well as the front of house, management and accounting sides of the business. This is what I did and I enjoyed it but found that it lacked the real feel and vibe of the kitchen. So I made up for this by working during holidays and weekends in restaurants, which gave it a balance.
(c) find your best local college and arrange to do day release over two or three years. I've always thought that this is a really good idea - you can get a full time job which challenges, inspires and pays you with their full support and often helps financially to go through college one day a week.
Just to finish off - it really is down to you. There is nothing that you can't achieve with hard work, passion and a real commitment for cooking. Read as many books as you can get your hands on. I used to save up and go out for a posh meal with my fellow chefs every five weeks for a bit of education. Try and work in other countries for authenticity. Do this and you will be laugh I'm by no means a don of cooking but I love what I do and I do it properly with passion - and that will always shine through. So get stuck in, get cooking and good luck!
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
hey, i set up another fourm on this subject...all us younge ppl who have come on the site ave a gud gossip about catering jobs, food and the latest cookin stuff!
we would all love ya 2 come n say a hello to us all!
keep up the good work mate and see ya at the bbc food show later on this year
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#3 Sat 25 Jun 05 12:21pm
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Thanks for your advice. I'm a student and was very confused as to how to start becomming a chef. But thanks to your post, I see a clear path. Like Adele, I also look forward to hearing form you.
All the Best!
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Hey yeh thanx J wicked advise but i do have one question. Did you ever do school competitions against others or anything like that when you were young coz ive dun loads and won most of em but i cant seem to get off the chilish level. coz im 14 and everyone seems to think that i can only cook simple things but i have done and can cook anything you chuck at me.Does anyone have any advise on how to get notised when only cooking for your school. either they think im a total idiot or their right. does anyone do school competitions.
By the way this is my first post so bare with me.
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Hi Future Chef
Welcome to the forums!
I'm only 14 as well. I'm probably in the same situation, except that I don't go into any competitions.
For your situation, what I reckon is that in your spare time, or in holidays, apply for a temporary job in a cafe/ restraunt or something and work for free. What you do in that time is to show those people that you're serious and see if you can knock up with a job in the kitchen then eventually approach for a pay. I mean, you have to start somewhere... Ask Adele, she has a great story! (By the way, read Jamie's post up the top. It seriously helps)
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Jamie will you give us a job at Fifteen?
P.s i`m only 15! And i want to become a chef!But i can`t cook like Jamie does! :cry:
#7 Thu 14 Jul 05 6:44am
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Hey there,
It's really exciting to see some one with a lot of experience and success as Jamie saying even some one older (and trying to switch careers) can get into the industry.
I've decided to really go for it myself, I'm enrolled for culinary school in january '06 and I'm looking for a starting job in the industry. I'm hoping that getting some experience before going to school to get things moving for me faster.
One thing I really recommend to anyone looking to get into the field is learning as much as you can (from books, TV, other people...etc) and cooking as much as you can. I know it seems obvious, but it really helps me keep my focus on my goals.
#8 Thu 14 Jul 05 6:03pm
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Just an update.
I just talked to a manager at a local resteraunt thats hiring, and i think i'm going to get an interview for a kitchen position.
This would be a great boost to my fledgeling cooking career!
#9 Wed 27 Jul 05 3:12pm
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Im female, only 17 and completing year 12, in the past two years i have completed Cert 1 Hospitality (Kitchen Operations) and City & Guilds Food Preparation and Cooking and also have worked as a kitchen hand. I want to become a chef and want to get as much experience in the field before starting an apprientiship. what can i could i do after year 12?
Thanks heaps
#10 Mon 15 Aug 05 12:57pm
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
i went to my local pub and offered to work for free at the weekends but to no avail,
the guy could see, and mentioned my passion for food but he still said no because they are fully staffed ???? :cry:
they had full time and offered me that, but i already have a full time job and the last thing i need to do is to quit and then find that i am no good in a working kitchen, i have rent to pay.... :cry:
p.s this was the only place in my local area that i think serves real food, i do not want to go into a kitchen and just microwave... :twisted:
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top gear tony 666 wrote:Joker-Undead wrote:top gear tony 666 wrote:Fucking Ben 10.What an unlikable protagonist.
What makes you say that if you don't mind my asking?
The main character, Ben, is a rather mean spirited, unintelligent child. A strange part of me cannot watch a television program when there is a lack of someone to 'root' for, so to speak.
What I also mean is at the end of each episode when he "supposedly" learns a valuable life lesson, by the next he's an arrogant twat again, and the joke are about as funny as a bag of dead cats.
I know other may like that show, and hey if you do nothing against them, I just fell that way.
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London. Travel day.
Despite having to pack and fly to the southern hemisphere, I managed to cram in a string of meetings this morning. Some were with my video team who will be putting into action any new ideas that come up this week, and I also met with Frederic, our Belgian LED guru about some longer-term ideas.
This was followed by a modicum of packing and I even managed a quick haircut before heading to Heathrow. The reunions began even before getting to the departure lounge, as I met Dec in the line for the X-ray machines. They move pretty quickly at the new Terminal 5 and generally speaking the staff have a pretty good, non-hysterical attitude. (There was one incident I saw here one time that still makes me chuckle every time I come through: I was in the queue behind a large American woman with an even larger bag. She came to the X-ray counter and asked the security officer for help lifting the bag onto the belt. Said officer, an older-middle-aged white English woman, with a voice like a BBC newsreader and aspirations to match, explained that each passenger was responsible for dealing with their own baggage. "But it's too heavy for me to lift," complained the disgruntled traveller. "Madam," says Mrs BBC, "may I ask, did you pack this bag yourself?", "yes...", "Well then, you€™ve only got yourself to blame....")
To the lounge, passing a flock of circling Belgians en route, and eventually to the aircraft. I had scored my customary seat, a window in the small, upstairs cabin. I love this because you really are in your own little world, tucked away in your own seat enclosure. I was just settling in when I experienced the ultimate horror - the most terrifying thing an air traveller can see at close quarters on board. Forget terrorism, up over the front of the enclosure comes the gurgling head of an infant, already settling into some hearty squealing. Worse yet, she was in possession of a pair of the very worst sort of high-stress parents imaginable, already lining up an immense row of bottles, feeders, capsules, toys and garments. ("Do you have the pyjamas? Where are the pyjamas? Feeder? Where's blankie?") My heart sank at the thought of being seated right next to a twelve-hour overnight stress-fest, so I went to make some enquiries of the cabin crew as to space downstairs. The crew were more than understanding (with comments being made about sedatives, pet-carriers, etc.,) but said they thought that there was only one seat open downstairs, but I was welcome to go for a look. I was shown to the vacant spot where, much to my surprise, in the adjacent seat I found Smasher, the 360 video director, just getting himself tucked in. Result!
It was a long old flight but I can sleep on planes, which is something of a blessing. (Actually I can sleep pretty much anywhere, these days - it's staying awake that's the hard part.) I tried some movies but just couldn't settle into anything. I'm normally capable of sticking with even the most banal tripe on a long flight but Morning Glory, Due Date and Harry Potter 5 each all defeated me within 20 minutes or less. In the end I settled for an episode of the ever-reliable Simpsons and passed out.
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15 February, 2011
The Joys of Travelling!
I laughed when I read this one Willie! I can so relate to fearing the infants! Not that I dislike children at all, but its not nice to have to sit near other people's on long flights - 2 years ago, while flying from NZ to LA a young boy was seated next to my mother and myself - an hour into the 12 hour flight he threw up - making sure he missed himself, his sick bag and his father on his other side - and got my poor mother!! Not pleasant. Learnt that day that Air NZ are not equiped for cleaning up such messes and do not have towels or air deoderisers available. (Well not in Zoo Class anyway). Now I always travel with a change of clothes and a hand towel in my carry on luggage! Good luck for the rest of the tour - keep entertaining us.
14 February, 2011
Super-duper Size
I love the story of the supersized woman from the land where supersized everything seemed to be born. Hapless and helpless by her own hand. And I love, even more, the security woman's quick wit which does not surprise me coming from the land where witty repartee was probably born. Ah but being a Canuck, I already feel the need to apologize for perhaps not being very nice about the supersized gal. sorry. (from the birth land of passive-aggressiveness) :)
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I was planning on resurrecting the tour diary today, being the day we were scheduled to fly to Auckland for the load-in tomorrow. However, its now old news that the remainder of the tour dates have been postponed, so Im not going anywhere further than the corner cafe. Its been a very weird week indeed - much akin to driving into a wall.
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CodeBlack wrote:Religion is all out of whack on this planet. Persecuting Christians is what brought down Rome. The US and Israel would do well to remember that.
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Wing-Zero wrote:Aquarian wrote:It was pretty enjoyable to say the least. The female leads (Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johanson) were forgettable though.
Scarlett Johanson turns everything she touches into gold. So I disagree.Not to mention, the film slyly promoted privatization as the savior for the world's problems, furthering entrenched the cultural ideological apparatus so tied to American jingoism and corporate imperialism.
... That's kinda who Tony Stark is.
I guess Scarlet Johansson has an awe-effect on the average heterosexual male
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Nice. Day off.
A band meeting had been arranged for this afternoon and Dec had to be there an hour before us, so three of us crammed into Smasher's flying saucer and we went early so we could have lunch en route. This we did, at an excellent, extremely lo-fi roadside place, then dropped Dec off at the house leaving ourselves with an hour or so to kill. I'd never been to have a look at Cap Ferrat (the extremely exclusive peninsular on the Cote d'Azur, affectionately know to our Irish chums as 'Cape Ferret'), so we headed there.
It wasn't too long a drive and we were soon cruising round the streets of what has to be the ultimate gated community. In this community, however, everyone has their own gate and every house is a mansion fortress. We parked up by the lighthouse and went to go for a walk down to the water. It turns out that (unsurprisingly, perhaps) the place really isn't designed to encourage casual visitors, the coastal walk being little more than a narrow strip of concrete running over expanses of sharp rocks. There are no seats and nowhere to stop and hang out, but we did find a little stone ledge, the remains of a mooring perhaps, where we sat for a while in the blazing sun.
After ten minutes or so, I realised that a small stream had spontaneously sprung from sources unknown and I was effectively sitting in a puddle of warm water. I was wearing these three-quarter length cargo shorts that now had a sopping wet behind from waist to knees. My underpants were in similar condition and I was due to go and sit on Bono€™s sofa in half an hour. Bugger bugger bugger. As a moment's disbelief turned to borderline panic, I remembered that clothes I'd hung out on the balcony at the Hotel IKEA had dried extremely quickly under the intense heat of the sun, so I realised that I did have a potential rescue option, albeit a somewhat humiliating one. Smasher diplomatically wandered off to make a phone call as I took my shorts and pants off, wrung them out and hung them on a rock before returning discretely to the stone step. I was now wearing only a short-sleeved shirt (and a wry smile) but somehow managed to arrange myself in a way that (more or less) preserved my dignity as I nodded nonchalantly at the holiday makers and passers-by. Thank god it only took about 15 minutes in the baking sun for my shorts to dry out enough to be wearable. I slipped them back on, arranged my wet underpants jauntily on my head like a damp tam-o-shanter and we headed back to the flying saucer.
We spent a couple of hours with the band going over the show and brainstorming a few new ideas. As much as anything, this is to keep us all interested and engaged with the process as we still have the best part of a year to go. When a show settles down it starts to die, so it's great to be working with people who are aware of this and are keen to keep things moving. Not everything we try will work first time and sometimes it means taking chances, but in the bigger picture we have to trust that the audience will understand what we're up to, and not feel too hard done by if a particular favourite is missing on any given night.
By the time the meeting was done it was dinner-time and we accepted an invitation to dine with some of our touring party who are staying in a villa not too far away. They'd cooked, we brought wine and a very pleasant evening was had by all. Very pleasant indeed. So pleasant in fact, that when it got to 3am and no-one was remotely capable of driving it became abundantly clear that dinner was turning into a sleep over.
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06 September, 2010
Too funny
Willie, you are too funny! I can't imagine your life, but your journal entries give a nice glimpse. Thanks.
05 September, 2010
Really funny stuff! There's a good book within these diaries Willie.
05 September, 2010
"Bugger bugger bugger"
You can't make a story like that up, nice recovery with the wet undies maybe a new fashion trend. Thx for the awesome Diaries.
03 September, 2010
Thanks for sharing that story Willie, funniest story I've heard in ages. Did you tell the band? Love your diary, keep up the great work.
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Led by our resident biologist, Wilson Fernandes, this unique tour lasts about 90 minutes.
Itinerary: Romance in Iguassu
Explore the jungle's natural wonders and the breathtaking Falls by day before allowing Iguassu's distant roar to lull you to sleep by night.
This sample four-night itinerary helps you get the most of your romantic stay at Belmond Hotel das Cataratas.
Macuco Safari
One of the best ways to experience the Lower Falls is by speedboat as part of a Macuco Safari.
Starting with a journey by jeep through the rainforest, the highlight is the view The Three Musketeers and Devil's Throat.
Helicopter Ride
The most spectacular way to view the magic of Iguassu Falls, enjoy a 10-minute flyover across the falls.
You could also choose a 35-minute tours to the Three Borders Landmark (Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay).
Morning Walks
As the only hotel located within the National Park, guests are invited to join in a number of guided walking excursions, including our Iguassu Falls Tour.
The walks, unique to Belmond Hotel das Cataratas, take in the surrounding primary rainforest as well as the viewing platforms over the falls.
Poco Preto
For those looking for a more insightful rainforest excursion, Iguassu Explorer offers a genuine rainforest experience, both on land and water.
Beginning with a thrilling jeep excursion through the rainforest to Iguassu River, your journey continues by motorboat.
Bird Park
Visit the fascinating Bird Park, just moments from the Iguassu National Park entrance.
Admire more than 160 bird species in their natural habitat within 12 acres of subtropical forest. With many unique photo opportunities, it is an experience not to be missed.
Travel down the Iguassu River on an inflatable raft, with only your oars to guide you. Under the instruction of an expert, you will navigate 3km of calm waters and 1km of Class 3+ rapids. Children aged 14 or above may also participate, and full safety equipment is provided.


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1. "Lots of celebrity break up announcements this holiday season, but one more is supposed to be coming in the next few weeks. This couple has actually been split up for months now, but you may not have even noticed since—like Scarlett and Ryan—they are usually photographed separately from each other. They were going to announce a couple of weeks ago, but got cold feet once they saw the flurry of attention that other celebrities were getting for the same action. The more famous of the two wants the publicists to release the announcement between Christmas and New Year's in the hopes that the public will be too busy celebrating the holidays to notice. Before you start feeling sorry for either of them, though, you should probably know that both have already moved on to new relationships."
2. "Is this the biggest kindness in the history of the world? Nope. Not by a long shot, but it is pretty big to show you what happens when people take time to do the little things. This initialed A++ list producer/writer/director and creator was filming in a local Los Angeles neighborhood recently. It is not a street that usually sees a lot of filming and took place on a quiet street. It was just some pick up shots for a movie, but our producer/director was there to supervise. When the residents discovered who was shooting and for what movie, they of course came out to gawk. Not a problem for our producer who took pictures, signed autographs and even let all the kids come out and listen on headsets and explained each shot in advance. Many of the residents baked cookies or brought out food for the crew and the producer got all their names and addresses and sent a personalized, signed note mentioning each item of food to each person. Definitely a nice touch and left everyone with some great holiday spirit and lots of love for our producer."


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Bruno Mars has been holding onto his No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart for nearly a month now. But on Thursday, Mars was "locked out" of the lead position. Mars' single "Locked Out of Heaven" got bumped down by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' ridiculously catchy rap "Thrift Shop," featuring Wanz.
"Thrift Shop" has been on the chart for 16 weeks, and is quickly moving up in the rankings. Last week, it moved from No. 5 to No. 2.
The question now is whether "Thrift Shop" can hold onto No. 1 for longer than a week? Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie," featuring Jay-Z, looks like it may soon pose a big threat. Last week, the song made it's debut on the chart at No. 84 — and this week, it has jumped 80 spots and landed at No. 4!
Check out the other songs that made it to the top 10 this week.
The Top 10 Songs of Billboard.com's Hot 100 Chart:
1. "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Featuring Wanz
Last Week's Position: 2
Weeks on the Chart: 16
Peak: 1
2. "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars
Last Week's Position: 1
Weeks on the Chart: 16
Peak: 1
3. "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers
Last Week's Position: 3
Weeks on the Chart: 33
Peak: 3
4. "Suit & Tie" by Justin Timberlake, Featuring Jay-Z
Last Week's Position: 84
Weeks on the Chart: 2
Peak: 4
5. "I Knew You Were Trouble." by Taylor Swift
Last Week's Position: 4
Weeks on the Chart: 14
Peak: 2
6. "Scream & Shout" by will.i.am & Britney Spears
Last Week's Position: 6
Weeks on the Chart: 8
Peak: 6
7. "Don't You Worry Child" by Swedish House Mafia, Featuring John Martin
Last Week's Position: 7
Weeks on the Chart: 18
Peak: 7
8. "Diamonds" by Rihanna
Last Week's Position: 5
Weeks on the Chart: 17
Peak: 1
9. "Beauty And A Beat" by Justin Bieber, Featuring Nicki Minaj
Last Week's Position: 8
Weeks on the Chart: 15
Peak: 5
10. "Home" by Phillip Phillips
Last Week's Position: 9
Weeks on the Chart: 30
Peak: 6
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Osteoporosis and aging; Muscle weakness associated with aging
Changes in posture and gait (walking pattern) are common with aging as changes in the skin and hair.
The skeleton provides support and structure to the body. Joints are the areas where bones come together. They allow the skeleton to be flexible for movement. In a joint, bones do not directly contact each other. Instead, they are cushioned by cartilage in the joint, synovial membranes around the joint, and fluid.
Muscles provide the force and strength to move the body. Coordination is directed by the brain but is affected by changes in the muscles and joints. Changes in the muscles, joints, and bones affect the posture and gait, and lead to weakness and slowed movement.
Bone mass or density is lost as people age, especially in women after menopause . The bones lose calcium and other minerals.
The spine is made up of bones called vertebrae. Between each bone is a gel-like cushion (called a disk). The middle of the body (trunk) becomes shorter as the disks gradually lose fluid and become thinner.
In addition, vertebrae lose some of their mineral content, making each bone thinner. The spinal column becomes curved and compressed (packed together). Bone spurs, caused by aging and overall use of the spine, may also form on the vertebrae.
The foot arches become less pronounced, contributing to a slight loss of height.
The long bones of the arms and legs, although more brittle because of mineral loss, do not change length. This makes the arms and legs look longer when compared with the shortened trunk.
The joints become stiffer and less flexible. Fluid in the joints may decrease, and the cartilage may begin to rub together and erode. Minerals may deposit in and around some joints (calcification). This is common in the shoulder.
Hip and knee joints may begin to lose joint cartilage (degenerative changes). The finger joints lose cartilage and the bones thicken slightly. Finger joint changes are more common in women and may be hereditary.
Some joints, such as the ankle, typically change very little with aging.
Lean body mass decreases, caused in part by loss of muscle tissue (atrophy ). The rate and extent of muscle changes seem to be genetically determined. Muscle changes often begin in the 20s in men and the 40s in women.
Lipofuscin (an age-related pigment) and fat are deposited in muscle tissue. The muscle fibers shrink. Muscle tissue is replaced more slowly, and lost muscle tissue may be replaced with a tough fibrous tissue. This is most noticeable in the hands, which may appear thin and bony.
Changes in the muscle tissue, combined with normal aging changes in the nervous system , cause muscles to have less tone and ability to contract. Muscles may become rigid with age and may lose tone, even with regular exercise.
Bones become more brittle and may break more easily. Overall height decreases, mainly because of shortening of the trunk and spine.
Inflammation, pain, stiffness, and deformity may result from breakdown of the joint structures. Almost all elderly people are affected by joint changes, ranging from minor stiffness to severe arthritis .
The posture may become more stooped (bent) and the knees and hips more flexed. The neck may become tilted, and the shoulders may narrow while the pelvis becomes wider.
Movement slows and may become limited. The walking pattern (gait) becomes slower and shorter. Walking may become unsteady, and there is less arm swinging. Older people become tired more easily, and have less energy.
Strength and endurance change. Loss of muscle mass reduces strength. However, endurance may be enhanced somewhat by changes in the muscle fibers. Aging athletes with healthy hearts and lungs may find that performance improves in events that require endurance, and decreases in events that require short bursts of high-speed performance.
Osteoporosis is a common problem, especially for older women. Bones break more easily, and compression fractures of the vertebrae can cause pain and reduce mobility.
Muscle weakness contributes to fatigue, weakness, and reduced activity tolerance. Joint problems are extremely common. This may be anything from mild stiffness to debilitating arthritis (see osteoarthritis ).
The risk of injury increases because gait changes , instability, and loss of balance may lead to falls.
Some elderly people have reduced reflexes. This is most often caused by changes in the muscles and tendons, rather than changes in the nerves. Decreased knee jerk or ankle jerk can occur. Some changes, such as a positive Babinski's reflex , are not a normal part of aging.
Involuntary movements (muscle tremors and fine movements called fasciculations ) are more common in the elderly. Inactive or immobile elderly people may experience weakness or abnormal sensations (paresthesias ).
Muscle contractures may occur in people who are unable to move on their own or have their muscles stretched through exercise.
Exercise is one of the best ways to slow or prevent problems with the muscles, joints, and bones. A moderate exercise program can help you maintain strength, balance, and flexibility. Exercise helps the bones stay strong.
Consult with your health care provider before beginning a new exercise program.
A well-balanced diet with adequate amounts of calcium is important. Women need to be especially careful to get enough calcium and vitamin D as they age. Postmenopausal women and men over age 65 should take 1,200mg of calcium and 400 - 800 international units of vitamin D per day. If you have osteoporosis, talk to your doctor about prescription treatments.
Minaker KL. Common clinical sequelae of aging. In: Goldman L,Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 24.
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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Continuing the series of posts related to the most efficient way to formulate an RFQ or tool evaluation process for electrical interconnect/systems integration cabling and harness tools, here we're going to look at the third of four roughly equal "must have" categories of requirement.
CAD artifacts – schematics, blueprints, drawings, whatever you habitually call them are absolutely central to the way electrical and wiring engineers do business. They encapsulate the design in a digestible way, so that peer reviews, team validation, hand-off can be done on the basis of common understanding, using fixed graphical representation standards. Without these electrical engineers and their colleagues do not have a convention in which they can understand the product. ECAD works on the basis of diagrams as the promary source of reference and communication.
CHS is a system which has an technology architecture which yields a business benefit (data re-use is facilitated for example) by holding the information in data tables in a relational database. That goes on "under the hood" and is largely hidden from the end user. The effect of this technology can be startling on your enterprise in terms of efficiency and open up possibilities for refreshing, renewing or revolutionizing the business processes. Whether you want to aim on this progression for incremental improvements or go for radical overhaul of the way you work is dependent on your organizational needs your plans for modifying your processes, not the , however the visible outputs which people rely on day to day to understand and express the reality of their working life is immersed in these outputs. It follows engineers love their drawings.
And in Requests for Quotation (RFQ) documents that I see, customers, if they are going to emphasize one aspect of their requirements, tend to lay stress on this category by going into a fine detail. An example requirement I have often seen is that the Graphical User Interface (GUI) should be capable of zooming in and out a) to defined portions of the drawing b) to specific devices c) to the extents of conductors d) to the extent of the drafting template/frame …. and so on. In the large sample I studied, this category edged out the others in terms of numbers – netting 29% of the total (all 4 categories being roughly a quarter we recall). Satisifaction in this area is usually the first priority for end users, and failing to meet requirements for drawing appearance is often the cause for kick-back from end users comfortable with years of working a certain way.
Understandably so. Product knowledge, the management of change in highly complex systems interconnect can be thrown into chaos if new CAD features are introduced which are inadequate. This has to be sensitively handled. Let's have a look at some other representative examples of requirement which can be stated:
Format of file must be either .pdf .dwg or .svg
Off-page references shall be as per fig. 14A
Application will automate the placement of title block information on the drawing
Standards according to appendix D shall be achieved in the software without customization, i.e. as installed
Incidentally, these are ones I have invented as examples. RFQ submissions generally fall under a non-disclosure agreement and are of course kept private. My illustrations here look innocuous – but they can split out into clusters of sub-requirements. Take the first one. What type of PDF, what version of the .dwg format? Take the last one, does "without customization" mean without the user ever having to configure their own client installation of the ECAD software because there are security and configuration control concerns. Or it may mean that you are concerned about the divergences from common processes as a result of having to trawl across drawings with utilities to "clean" them and have been disappointed in the past with the support overhead your internal IT group has to devote to making and maintaining custom code to localize drawing appearances.
What I have found is that this aspect of evaluating a new tool needs to be planned carefully. A list of 2-300 molecular level "the drawing tool must do …." takes time to compile, takes time to ratify amongst the often many stakeholders who are custodians of the drafting standards. My advice is to isolate some top level requirements, and plan to examine the vendor's capability in detail through a fast-tracked evaluation stage of your selection.
Bear in mind also that the transition from one system to another is the a golden opportunity to review your drafting needs. In parallel with the tool selection I recommend you initiate a review of the CAD standards and output requirement and see whether there exists a strong case for retention or a good case for relaxing some of the requirements. What opportunities exist for harmonizing standards across your enterprise, take a critical look at what do your competitors do – possibly for the first time in several years. Can you eliminate paper copies of schematics in part of your design review process? Does it save money and time to adjust the way you do things? That's a good exploration to undertake.
The nitty gritty of acheiving the desired results to conform to specific drawing formats and styles – keep that legwork to an evaluation phase.


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quote:If we hadn't played like crap against UF and managed to win, the strong schedule helps us.
quote:would rather lose to UF than UK.
quote:It's not just the four team stranglehold. Do you think Ole Miss wants to give up Vandy as their permanent? Moo State wants to give up UK???
quote:Tennessee was a strong team at the time the permanent opponents were set up. Even if "permanents" were taken away, relative rankings in the east and west would still be subject to the randomness in quality of out-of-division opponents.
quote:Your point? The random selection is still exceedingly more equitable and fair than the current system.
quote:LSU - Florida, Georgia Alabama - Tennessee, Kentucky
quote:If you are trying to make a case that your team is the best in the country, it should be able to handle all opponents anyway. If they happen to line up as a tougher slate of opponents, then that only helps your case among others with similar records. Better schedule strength is also a win for the fans.
quote:Being afraid that your team will not be able to claim the title as nation's best because the opponents are "unfairly difficult" doesn't have much merit.
quote:SEC office is still in Alabama? Yeah, Thats what I thought
quote:Bayoutiger - if you trade lsu's schedule for Alabama who do you think is going to the bcsnc? That is the point. It is very simple.
quote:If LSU executes against either Florida or Alabama, then the schedule is more a help than a hindrance (against other one-loss teams).
quote:If we hadn't played like crap against UF and managed to win, the strong schedule helps us. I like the stronger schedule. We just need to be better prepared than we were for the first half of the season. It's hard to go undefeated regardless of the schedule when you don't play well. I would rather lose to UF than UK.


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Artist Update: Tony Hajjar (Sparta/At The Drive In)
After 11 years of continuous touring with At the Drive-In and Sparta what does a musician do for his sanity when he decides to take a break from the road? Well, that is up for some discussion.
Tony Hajjar decided to breathe for a second and start meeting with friends and feel out his options. Hisdream was always to compose for the movies in some kind of fashion. After a few months he got his chance and started composing with an acquaintance that had started a company called Sencit Music that worked on music for movie advertisement.
"Writing music for movie trailers is an interesting monster. Said Tony. Arrangements are set and where you can find your vision is within that arrangement."
"When you are working on music with a band you have carte blanche with anything within that idea. Adjusting to the world of movies took me some time, but i found my way of fulfilling all my passions within trailers."
"The only thing I really missed was working along side somebody because that is what I loved about bands. I was lucky enough to work with a person (Mike Zarin) that knew the business and how to write a cue. So I got a crash course and it has been really exciting to become better at this type of expression."
Tony Hajjar still finds time to play drums with projects and is starting to miss the road, but is really deep rooted in the studio and pushing himself to play other instruments and become a better composer.
"When I told Vater that I was taking a break from the band life and trying something else they were immediately supportive and sent me so many types of sticks and mallets that allowed me to come up with different ideas that helped shape many of the cues. I thank them so much for that support."
You can hear Tony Hajjar's music in movie trailers such as Iron Man, Robin Hood, The Town, The Expendables, Salt, Machete, and Inception to name a few.
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Colonel_Klink,Thanks for telling me that downgrading your Vista computers back to XP was the best move you have ever made. How did you do that? I hardly know anything about computers. Norma
Unfortunately Norma, there is no simple way to do it and keep all of the data on your hard drive. I downgraded two computers. On one of them, the hard drive crashed so I replaced it and installed XP instead of Vista on the new drive. For the other computer I wiped out the hard drive and started over.On both computers I subscribe to an online backup service so all of my important documents were already backed up.They are both Dell computers. It's easy to find Dell OEM versions of XP on Ebay for cheap. You just have to verify with the seller that it is new and has a clean license.
Like Don said, step one is to back up your files. Changing your OS to XP from Vista will involve either wiping your HD or manually partitioning it and installing a new windows boot sector. That's pretty advanced. There's a high chance that anything on your HD will be lost. Linux can be installed alongside your current OS. You will then have the option at each startup to boot into either Vista or Linux. Or you can choose to have the installer clean the HD and install Linux as the sole OS. It's a very simple installation process. Either way, when you put the Linux disc in the computer and boot from it, you will be able to try it out before installing it. That way, you get to verify everything works correctly before making any changes. It runs a lot slower when running from DVD; that's because the DVD drive just doesn't read data as fast as a HD. Once it's installed Linux is about 4x faster than Windows.
fwiw I've been running XP- home version for 5 yrs. an never had a problem, unless it was something stupid that I did.And I use a 30 dollar "SpeedyPC" download to keep everything running smoothly.I think Brian's suggestion of having the backup, portable storage drive is a good thing to have for any computer. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Toshiba-500GB-Automatic-Backup-Portable-Hard-Drive/21094667
XP is very solid IMO. Vista is such a resource hog. Ever since I had a laptop computer stolen, I have been very diligent about external backup. It wasn't so much losing the hardware that bothered me, but some of the data that was lost was irreplaceable. I am somewhat paranoid about it now. We have 13 years worth of family pictures that would be something terrible to lose.I use an "all of the above" approach to backup. I backup to external hard drives, burn to DVD-R's, and use an online backup service (Carbonite). I store some of my backups at my father's house. Carbonite already saved us once when my daughter accidentally wiped out about 500MB of our digital pictures.
Your all of the above approach makes sense, but I dont know if I am willing to go though all of that. I have a bunch of DVD-Rs so I guess sometime I should store the important pictures on them.
Online backup like Carbonite or Mozy is a good option too. I have used both and I like Carbonite better. It is incredibly simple to use. You just select folders that you want to back up and it works automatically in the background. As you add files it automatically keeps your backup current. You can't even tell that it's there because it tries to do most of its work when your computer is idle.Please let me know if you would be interested in Carbonite because if I refer someone I can get a discount.