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Bridge over Troubled Water | ||||
Studio album by Simon & Garfunkel | ||||
Released | January 26, 1970 | |||
Recorded | November 1968 – November 1969 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 36:29 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee | |||
Simon & Garfunkel chronology | ||||
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Singles from Bridge over Troubled Water | ||||
Bridge over Troubled Water | ||||
Studio album by Simon & Garfunkel | ||||
Released | January 26, 1970 | |||
Recorded | November 1968 – November 1969 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 36:29 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee | |||
Simon & Garfunkel chronology | ||||
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Singles from Bridge over Troubled Water | ||||
Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit for the Everly Brothers).
With the help of producer Roy Halee, the album followed a similar musical pattern as their Bookends, partly abandoning their traditional style in favor of a more creative sound, combining rock, R&B, gospel, jazz, World music, pop and other genres. After filming Catch-22, Garfunkel returned and the duo recorded around 14 tracks, three of which were not featured in the album. The inclusion of a 12th track was long discussed but they eventually decided upon 11 songs. It was described as both their "most effortless record and their most ambitious."[1]
Bridge over Troubled Water was released on January 26, 1970 and several re-releases followed. The album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. Columbia Records released a 40th Anniversary Edition on March 8, 2011, which includes two DVDs, including the politically themed TV special Songs of America (1969), the documentary The Harmony Game, additional liner notes and a booklet. Other reissues contain bonus tracks, such as the 2001 version, which covers the demo tapes of "Feuilles-O" and "Bridge over Troubled Water".
Despite numerous accolades, the duo decided to split up, and parted company later in 1970; Garfunkel continued his film career, while Simon worked intensely with music. Both released solo albums in the following years. Bridge includes two of the duo's most critically and commercially acclaimed songs, "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer", which were listed on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Both critically and commercially successful, the album topped the charts in over ten countries and received two Grammy Awards, plus four more for the title song. It sold around 25 million records and was ranked on several lists, including at number 51 on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The story of the making of the album is told in the 72 minute documentary "The Harmony Game (2011)", featuring interviews with both Simon & Garfunkel and various collaborators.
Simon & Garfunkel, initially "Tom & Jerry", were already successful in the music industry. Their Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, the soundtrack album for Mike Nichols' film The Graduate and Bookends peaked at number three, two and one in the US Billboard 200, respectively,[2] with the first and latter selling 3 million copies and 2 million copies in the United States alone.[3] Art Garfunkel took the role of Captain Nately in another Nichols film, Catch-22, based on the novel of the same name. Initially Paul Simon was to play the character of Dunbar, but screenwriter Buck Henry felt the film was already crowded with characters and subsequently wrote Simon's part out.[4][5] The unexpectedly long film production endangered the relationship between the duo;[5] Garfunkel later stated in a 1990 interview with Paul Zollo on "Song Talk": "our way of working was for Paul to write while we recorded. So we'd be in the studio for the better part of two months working on the three or four songs that Paul had written, recording them, and when they were done, we'd knock off for a couple of months while Paul was working on the next group of three or four songs. Then we'd book time and be in the studio again for three or four months, recording those ... rather than wait for Paul to write the next bunch of songs, I went off and did this movie."[6]
The filming of Catch-22 began in January 1969 and lasted about eight months.[7][8] Simon had not completed any new songs at this point, and the duo planned to collaborate when the filming would be finished. Roy Halee would produce the album, and as was the case with their most recent studio album, Bookends, they created an experimental sound, moving away from the typical folk rock and instead exploring new genres.[5]
As Simon and Garfunkel were working busily on recording, they had to decline invitations to perform, including at the Woodstock Festival.[9][10] Simon wrote "Bridge over Troubled Water".[11] Simon wanted a gospel piano sound, and so he hired session musician Larry Knechtel. The song was initially two verses long, but Garfunkel felt the song was too short, and asked Knechtel to play a third verse, to which Simon would write more lyrics. Joe Osborn played the two bass guitars, one high and the other low. A horn section rounded off the song. The drums were played in an echo chamber to achieve a hall effect. Due to a series of factors, the duo had to work on a new tape; an arranger falsely labeled the song as "Like a Pitcher of Water", wrote Garfunkel's name incorrectly and the string part was unsatisfactory.[12]
Simon and Garfunkel then returned to New York to record the vocals.[13][14][15] The vocal style in "Bridge over Troubled Water" was inspired by Phil Spector's technique in "Old Man River" by The Righteous Brothers.[16] After two months the song was finalized. Simon himself admitted that it sounded like the Beatles' "Let It Be", stating in an Rolling Stone interview: "They are very similar songs, certainly in instrumentation ..."[17] The song has been covered by over 50 artists since then,[18] including Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.[19]
"Bridge over Troubled Water" was influenced by the gospel music to which Simon was listening at that time, especially the Swan Silvertones and their song "Mary Don't You Weep".[20] The name of the title track was inspired by the latter's line "I'll be your bridge over deep water, if you trust in my name". According to gospel producer and historian Anthony Heilbut, Simon later acknowledged his musical debt to Jeter in person, and additionally handed Jeter a check as compensation.[21] "Bridge over Troubled Water" was addressed to Simon's wife Peggy, whom he met that year. The "silver girl" in the song refers to her, and her first gray hairs, and not to a drugged hypodermic needle, as was believed by some in the United States.[22] Simon asked Garfunkel to sing lead on the song, and although Garfunkel initially refused this proposal and suggested that Simon should sing falsetto, later agreed to sing. Simon initially composed the song in G major, but arranger and composer Jimmie Haskell transposed the song to E flat major to suit Garfunkel's voice.[11]
"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" is a Peruvian song based on traditional Andean music. Simon thought it to be a traditional song, and thus not restricted by copyright, but in reality it was written by Peruvian Daniel Alomía Robles. His son Armando Robles Godoy filed an unsuccessful lawsuit, complaining that he held the song's copyright in the United States.[23] Simon wrote lyrics to the instrumental recording,[24][18] and the song later became a forerunner of Simon's World music era as a solo artist.[25]
In the summer of 1969, Simon, his wife Peggy and Garfunkel rented a house on Blue Jay Way in Los Angeles, as Garfunkel did not want to withdraw from Catch-22, which was being filmed on the West Coast. In this session, the duo experimented with numerous objects to create unusual sounds, such as a falling bundle of drum sticks. Garfunkel had a cassette recorder with a reverberation effect, so that each sound received an echo. When finished, Simon gave the tape to Halee, who then worked on the song, condensing sounds and copying them. The song features Simon as percussionist on the xylophone, an instrument he had never played before, and as acoustic guitarist. He began with a random line: "You're breaking my heart. I'm down on my knees" and when finished it was what later became "Cecilia". The drummer was again Blaine,[26][27] and Simon's brother Eddie played on guitar.[18] The song is about an unfaithful girl who invites another lover to her bed, while the singer (the first) is in the bathroom. David Browne suggested that the name may be derived from the patron of music, Saint Cecilia.[28] It has an unusual high tempo as opposed to their prior songs.[26]
Featuring the rockabilly style of The Everly Brothers,[29] "Keep the Customer Satisfied" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song, "Homeward Bound".
"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" is a tribute to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright but also to Garfunkel, the latter of whom wanted to train as an architect. It chronicles the early career of the duo and prophesizes their future split up. At the end Halee shouts "So long already, Artie", a portentous message.[30] Simon plays here a guitar style that has been described as Latin jazz[31] and bossa nova. Congas additionally contribute to the South American sound.[32]
The recordings for the folk ballad "The Boxer", which was already partly written by Simon in 1968 and released in April 1969,[33] became one of the longest and toughest in the duo's career. The session lasted over 100 hours and took place at several locations. The second, main part was recorded in Nashville, the third, final part and the horns inside a chapel at Columbia University and the strings in the Columbia Studios. The song features Simon and Fred Carter, Jr. playing Martin guitars.[4] The loud drums were played by "Wrecking Crew" member Hal Blaine in a corridor.[27][34] Other instruments include tuba, harmonica, pedal steel guitar, Dobro[35] and a piccolo flute.[36] Bill Janovitz from Allmusic described the song as "country, folk, orchestrated pop, and Ennio Morricone Spaghetti Western soundtrack material".[35] Simon & Garfunkel became the first musicians to use 16-track recording, but as only two 8-track recorders were available, both had to be carefully manually synchronized to produce a clear sound.[37]
"Baby Driver", an uptempo and happy rock and roll song,[38] already released as a B-side of "The Boxer", tells about a boy who lives a comfortable life in a protected home, but who searches for adventures and one day decides to have his first sexual experience.[39][40] The recording features car noises, Beach Boys-like singing parts and absurd syllables.[41]
"The Only Living Boy in New York", "with its mix of strumming acoustic guitars, start-and-stop drums, and a far-off wall of harmonies", has, according to Bill Janovitz of Allmusic, similarities with some of Elton John's songs, especially "Rocket Man". In an interview with Song Talk, Simon guessed that 12 to 15 voices were used to record the "aaah"s, while Garfunkel said that he proposed those lines, stating "It's us around eight times screaming, and we mixed it down very softly ... I started getting into open-mouth harmony, in a very loud, strident way. We were screaming at the top of our lungs and inside an echo chamber. I remember that day that Dylan dropped by to visit. We came out of the booth after all this screaming, and there he was."[42] Simon wrote "The Only Living Boy in New York" while Garfunkel was filming in Mexico, and is about the resulting isolation he felt in New York.[43]
"Why Don't You Write Me", deals with separation from Simon's wife in a jungle.[43] In this song Simon experimented with reggae for the first time,[28] a genre he later explored in his solo career, most notably in "Mother and Child Reunion".[40]
Following the end of filming of Catch-22 in October, the first performance of what was, for a time, their last tour, took place in Ames, Iowa. The concert included The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love", backed by the audience's hand clapping. Simon & Garfunkel were fascinated with its sound, so they repeated it a second time for a recording; while the first try failed, they liked the second attempt and included the latter on Bridge over Trouble Water.[44] The US leg of the tour ended in the sold-out Carnegie Hall on November 27.[45] Three days later, their show Songs of America was broadcast on CBS, only one time on November 30, 1969,[46] then it was banned. After numerous fan letters to the duo, with suggestions to not intervene in politics, but rather continue doing music, the duo did not release any similar TV specials.[47] "Bye Bye Love" became a farewell song and a sign of a new career.[48]
In 1969, the duo was invited to perform on The Bell Telephone Hour, but could not due to scheduling issues. Sponsor American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) proposed an one-hour US$600,000 show, and Life commentator and documentary producer Robert Drew developed the concept. One week before their appearance, the duo produced, with the help of actor Charles Grodin, the TV special Songs of America, which was intended to be played during their performance on November 30, 1969.[49] Songs of America is a mixture of scenes featuring notable political events and leaders concerning the USA, such as the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy's funeral procession, Cesar Chavez and the Poor People's March. In addition, the film shows American heroic figures such as the Lone Ranger, Dick Clark, baseball player Mickey Mantle, comedian Lenny Bruce and politician Eugene McCarthy. After many disputes due to controversial scenes between the various parties involved, the film was disowned by the sponsor. Simon and Garfunkel were furious about this decision and they both returned to CBS studios to talk with the censors. One of the censors was of the opinion that the director had used the sponsor's money to promote his humanistic ideology. After Grodin asked "You mean there are people who are against the humanistic approach in America?", the representative answered "You're goddam right there are – the southern affiliates of AT&T are not going to appreciate seeing black and white kids going to school together". While the new backer, shampoo manufacturer Alberto Culver, agreed to fund the broadcast for $55,000,[49] AT&T replaced the duo with the rock bands The Yellow Payges, Jefferson Airplane and the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.[50][34][51]
After breaking for Christmas, the duo continued working on the album in early 1970 and finished it in late January. Eleven tracks were featured on this album; one finished song, "Cuba Si, Nixon No", as well as other additional tracks were excluded. Garfunkel did not like this song and proposed instead a chorale, entitled "Feuilles-O", with which Simon disagreed. After a discussion, they decided to not include more tracks.[52]
Bridge over Troubled Water charted in over 11 countries, topping the charts in 10 countries, including the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart.[53][54] It was the best-selling album in 1970, 1971 and 1972 and was at that time the best-selling album of all time, a position it kept until outsold by Michael Jackson's Thriller.[55][33] The album topped the Billboard 200 charts for 10 weeks and stayed in the charts for 85 weeks.[33] According to Columbia Records, 1.7 million copies were sold in the first three weeks in the United States.[32] In the United Kingdom, the album topped the charts for 35 weeks, and spent 285 weeks in the top 100, from 1970 to 1975.[33] Furthermore it received 8× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and 4× Platinum in Canada.[33] Bridge over Troubled Water has since sold 3,047,242 times in the UK, and over 25 million copies worldwide.[56][57]
The songs "Cuba Si, Nixon No", "Groundhog", and the demo "Feuilles-O" were recorded during sessions but not released on the album.[58][59] "Cuba Si, Nixon No" was later released on a bootleg recording of a November 11, 1969 concert by Simon and Garfunkel at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio,[60] while the demo recording of "Feuilles-O" was later released on the Old Friends and The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) box sets.[59] A remastered and expanded version of the album was released on compact disc in 2001, containing the demo versions of "Feuilles-O" and "Bridge over Troubled Water." It was remastered by Vic Anesini.[59] Garfunkel later recorded "Feuilles-Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon?" on his debut solo album Angel Clare, and as the flip-side to his single "I Shall Sing" from the same album.[61]
Columbia Records released a 40th Anniversary Edition on March 8, 2011, comprising three discs. The first disc features the original album and the second disc contains the entirety of Live 1969, which had been released three years earlier as an exclusive at Starbucks. The third disc, a DVD, consisted of the television special Songs of America, which originally aired in 1969 on CBS and unavailable since its original broadcast, and a new documentary The Harmony Game about the making of the album. Songs of America comprised footage of the 1969 tour, intimate backstage conversations, and historic news clips; it had elicited controversy owing to the duo's political comments regarding the Vietnam War and the direction of American society at the time. The Harmony Game featured new 2010 interviews with Simon, Garfunkel, producer Roy Halee, and more principals involved with the making of the album. The 1969 special runs for approximately 52 minutes 37 seconds, while the 2010 documentary runs for approximately 70 minutes 54 seconds. A booklet of liner notes, photos, and essays by critics Michael Hill and Anthony DeCurtis was also included.[62][59]
The album is also included in its entirety as part of the Simon & Garfunkel box sets Collected Works and The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970).
Professional ratings | |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [63] |
American Songwriter | [64] |
Pitchfork Media | (9.4/10)[1] |
PopMatters | [62] |
Robert Christgau | B[65] |
Rolling Stone | [66] |
Sputnikmusic | [67] |
Bridge over Troubled Water received positive critical reception. The record was both criticized and lauded for its individual sound, incorporating genres ranging from rock, R&B, gospel, jazz, World music and pop. Bruce Eder of Allmusic said that the album was "perhaps the most delicately textured album to close out the 1960s from any major rock act", especially in a time of troubles in the United States.[63] Author David Browne noted the album's "sonic warmth and richness."[28] Although Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork also praised the unique sound, he said that "Bridge sounds like a unified statement enlivened by styles and rhythms not often heard on pop radio at the juncture of those two decades."[1] Steve Horowitz of PopMatters criticized the uncommon sound and the stand-alone recording, which for him resembled The Beatles' The White Album.[62] On the other hand, Joe Nolan of American Songwriter noted that "the pair were never more popular or commercially successful than they were with the release of Bridge over Troubled Water".[64]
The album won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as well as for Best Engineered Recording, while its title track won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Contemporary Song of the Year and the Instrumental Arrangement of the Year in 1971. Bridge over Troubled Water was nominated at the first Brit Awards for Best International Album and its title track for Best International Single in 1977.[68] In 2003, it was ranked at #51 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[69] In December 1993, The Times ranked the album at number 20 on its "The Vultures 100 Best Albums of all Time".[70]
Chris Charlesworth, author of The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel, gave a mixed reception, noting that seven songs ("Bridge over Troubled Water", "El Condor Pasa", "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright", "The Boxer", "Only Living Boy in New York", "Bye Bye Love" and "Song for the Asking") were outstanding or good, while the rest, mainly uptempo ones, were for him "throwaway" recordings. He was surprised at its success.[71]
As was the case during the recordings of Bridge over Troubled Water, both musicians became rather independent. Garfunkel took a role in another Mike Nichols film, Carnal Knowledge, in the role of Sandy, for which he later earned a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor nomination.[72] Filming started in May 1970. Meanwhile, Simon attended a one-week songwriting course at New York University, studied music theory and listened to numerous types of music. The duo's last performance at that time was in the Forest Hills Stadium in the summer of 1970. Simon worked on his second studio (and first post-Simon & Garfunkel) solo album between January and March 1971, which was later released as Paul Simon, while Garfunkel revived his music career with Angel Clare, released in September 1973.[73][74][75]
All songs written and composed by Paul Simon except where noted.
Side one | ||||||||||
No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
1. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | 4:52 | ||||||||
2. | "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles, English lyrics by Paul Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) | 3:06 | ||||||||
3. | "Cecilia" | 2:55 | ||||||||
4. | "Keep the Customer Satisfied" | 2:33 | ||||||||
5. | "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" | 3:41 |
Side two | ||||||||||
No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
6. | "The Boxer" | 5:08 | ||||||||
7. | "Baby Driver" | 3:14 | ||||||||
8. | "The Only Living Boy in New York" | 3:58 | ||||||||
9. | "Why Don't You Write Me" | 2:45 | ||||||||
10. | "Bye Bye Love" (live recording from Ames, Iowa) (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) | 2:55 | ||||||||
11. | "Song for the Asking" | 1:49 |
Bonus tracks (2001 CD reissue) | ||||||||||
No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
1. | "Feuilles-O" (Demo, Traditional) | 1:45 | ||||||||
2. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Demo Take 6) | 4:46 |
Peak positions[edit]
| Chart positions (40th Anniversary Edition)[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
| Decade-end charts[edit]
Single | Chart | Position |
"Bridge over Troubled Water" | Australian Kent Music Report Chart[76] | 2 |
Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Chart[100] | 4 | |
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[101] | 5 | |
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[82] | 7 | |
UK Albums Chart[102] | 1 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[53] | 1 | |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[53] | 1 | |
West German Media Control Albums Chart[103] | 3 | |
"Cecilia" | Australian Kent Music Report Chart[76] | 6 |
Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Chart[100] | 6 | |
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[101] | 1 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[53] | 4 | |
West German Media Control Albums Chart[103] | 2 | |
"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" | Australian Kent Music Report Chart[76] | 1 |
Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Chart[100] | 1 | |
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[101] | 1 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[53] | 18 | |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[53] | 6 | |
West German Media Control Albums Chart[103] | 1 |
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[104] | Platinum | 50,000x |
Canada (Music Canada)[105] | 4× Platinum | 400,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[106] | Gold | 25,000[106] |
France (SNEP)[107] | Platinum | 573,500[108] |
Germany (BVMI)[109] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Japan (Oricon) | 441,000[110] | |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[111] | Gold | 25,000x |
United Kingdom (BPI)[112] | 10× Platinum | 3,047,242[56] |
United States (RIAA)[113] | 8× Platinum | 8,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |


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Honey Orange BBQ Chicken
- Total Time:
- 1 hr 55 min
- Prep:
- 20 min
- Inactive:
- 1 hr
- Cook:
- 35 min
- Yield:
- 4 servings
- Level:
- Easy
- Marinade:
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup hot sauce
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 1 (4 pound chicken) cut into 10 pieces, patted dry with paper towels
- Glaze:
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange Juice
- 1/4 cup Neely's BBQ sauce
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
Mix the orange juice, olive oil, hot sauce, mustard, and orange zest together in a large bowl. Add the chicken and toss to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and let marinate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight in the refrigerator.
Prepare the grill to medium direct heat. Let chicken come to room temperature before grilling.
Drain the chicken from the marinade and pat dry. Grill on each side for 5 minutes, then turn the heat to medium-low and cover the lid of the grill. Continue cooking the chicken until it's cooked through, about 25 minutes more.
While the chicken is grilling, melt the butter in a small saucepan on the grill. Whisk in the honey, orange juice, BBQ sauce, zest, mustard and allspice. Reserve some of the glaze in a small ramekin for serving.
Brush the chicken pieces with glaze, then flip the chicken, glaze side down, and cook for 2 minutes. Brush second side of the chicken with glaze and flip again. Continue cooking for 3 more minutes. Remove the chicken from grill to a platter and serve with reserved glaze.
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Go for a drive along Anaheim Street between Alamitos Avenue and Junipero Avenue in Long Beach and you'll see them. Bright pink banners with yellow and white lettering flying high on the tall light poles along both sides of Anaheim Street, bringing new color and life to the streets below. These banners are evidence of the ever-growing Cambodian-American population in Long Beach. In a historic step towards understanding, the city of Long Beach is finally recognizing the Khmer community as an integral part of the city.
Wendy Thomas Russell of the Long Beach Press-Telegram believes that the banners will "serve as a message to Long Beach from the city's large Cambodian-American population: Little Phnom Penh is alive, well and committed to making Long Beach a better place for the next generation."
On Monday June 25th, 2001, banners were hung high on fifty-four light poles between Alamitos and Junipero Avenues. The official recognition ceremony was held the same day at the United Cambodian Community building, which is also located on Anaheim Street. The estimated cost of the banners was $6,000, which was paid for by the United Cambodian Community (UCC), the City of Long Beach Neighborhood Partnership Program, and Long Beach Strategic Marketing Incorporated.
Mardi Sim, a five-year-old student at the United Cambodian Community, designed the banners. Each banner illustrates the outline of an Apsara dancer in bold letters reading, "Little Phnom Penh \ Our Kids \ Are \ Our Future". Inside the Apsara dancer are images of colorful hearts and a silver star.
The banners mark an area that contains the highest concentration of Cambodian businesses and residents in the city. It is estimated that approximately 50,000 Cambodians now live in Long Beach.
"This is very significant for the city of Long Beach. It is our attempt to beautify Anaheim Street, and most importantly, we want to promote community pride," comments Andrew Danni, the current Director of UCC.
The flags will fly until August 16th. Sineth Sorn, a local Cambodian resident, added, "I think it was time that we [Cambodians] got recognized by the city. Something like this doesn't happen everyday so we should all be really proud."


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NBC NATIONAL NEWS — Dolphins are among the most intelligent mammals, but at the end of the day, they're still animals. At SeaWorld, where visitors can get up close and personal, feeding the dolphins, one 8-year old little girl learned a painful lesson about their unpredictable behaviors.
For Jillian Thomas of Alpharetta, Georgia, her dolphin close encounter turned out to be too close, when one of the dolphins literally bit the hand that was feeding him, with the whole scary incident captured on camera.
Jillian suffered three puncture wounds and swelling on her left hand.
Her mother, Amy Thomas tells NBC affiliate WXIA in Atlanta, Jillian was nearly pulled into the water, and she says she was upset because park employees didn't seem to treat the incident with a sense of urgency.
In a statement, SeaWorld says, "Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our guests, employees and animals." And they, "certainly take the situation seriously."
Food for the dolphins comes on small trays and in this earlier video from the same exhibit, a SeaWorld announcer warns visitors not to pick them up.
In the video Jillian can clearly be seen picking up the tray, but Jillian's mother claims she never heard a warning.
In a statement from SeaWorld, they went on to say that, "Our guests are given clear instructions on how to feed the dolphins. The instructions include specific directions not to pick up those paper trays." SeaWorld says it monitored and immediately responded to this situation.


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We saw a Hexacopter Delivery Platform yesterday. If your RC vehicle is flying in an environment that is a bit more hostile why not implement a few of these Machine Gun Quadrotors. With a few of these able to step in when enforcement was needed I don't think anyone would be messing with the delivery of books. |
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After he destroyed the quad-copter I started to pay more attention to the details. Have you considered that these are visual effects you are seeing?
I didn't see any mag on the gun looked like it was just shooting pellets at best.
This one has been around. It is fake. Well done tho, and fun. Great pyrotechnics, however, not real.
It's pure CGI guys!!!
Nice fake
faked, guy has too much money for blowing on youtube
Old CGI is old.
Notice how it's got a serious lean on while it's hovering, that and nobody bothers with tiltrotor quads.
It's fake, it's nothing but visual effects…
This was a cgi promo for a video game. Like his russian accent, its not real.
I was really disappointed when I saw this on the front page today. Cmon guys lol.
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Bigga Fish, Serious and the BBC are all working together to produce a fantastic show on the 10th August.
The artists including Fazer, Wretch 32, Laura Mvula, Maverick Sabre, Lady Leshurr and Jacob Banks have all been working extremely hard in order to work with the orchestra in the best possible way.
This is the biggest Urban Classic to date, following the previous two.
We are very proud to be part of the BBC Proms and cannot wait until the event day!
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Contrary to what this post's title implies, I actually like Jayson Stark. He's an entertaining writer, and I dig the whole Useless Information department. But it seems like Jayson now wants to enter the kind of IAMTHETRUTH sports douchery that sells now.
Have you seen his new book? The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History. Except he keeps mentioning in the promo material that this is all subjective. Which would in fact mean the title should be The Stark Opinion. Hey, can we maybe ban sportswriters from using the word "truth" until they quit acting like bellicose teenagers or even worse, Skip Bayless? The punishment will be death by catapault, just like Rex Banner would have liked it.
But anyway, back to Jayson. I guess to get some publicity going for the book, he presents his top 10 overrated players in the game today. Not all of it moves me to anger, some of it (Barry Zito, Alfonso Soriano) makes sense to me. But two picks stick out like a white man in Harlem (hey, that's me!).
First, Richie Sexson, of whom Stark says:
"Sexson and Adam Dunn fit into a category of overratedness I figured I'd better get to in this column someplace: Guys We Love Because They Can Pulverize A Baseball About 900 Feet."Damn it Jayson, Adam Dunn and Richie Sexson shouldn't even be in the same sentence together. Unless perhaps you were to say "Adam Dunn beat Jayson Stark senseless with a bat for saying his skill level is comparable to Richie Sexson." To the untrained eye, I guess you could make the case that Dunn and Sexson are comparable. You know what, strike that. Change untrained to idiotic. If your eyes are stupid, maybe you agree with Stark.
Richie Sexson is 32 and has 278 career home runs, a career .348 OBP and has never walked 100 times in a season. He also appears to be on a precipitous decline.
Adam Dunn is 27 and has 209 career home runs, a career .379 OBP, has walked over 100 times in a season 4 times (including the past three). He is on pace to have his 4th straight 40 home run season.
Both of these players strike out a ton. Dunn is absolutely ridiculous with his strikeout rate. But unlike a Dave Kingman or a Richie Sexson, Dunn complements his absurd number of strikeouts with a terrific eye. If Scott Hatteberg is the poor man's Jason Giambi, as was argued in Moneyball, consider Adam Dunn a middle class Jason Giambi. Who coincidentally is mobile enough to play the outfield. Left field anyway. Adam Dunn is by no means a perfect player, but let's act like reasonable people and not lump him in with Richie Sexson. Or I'll hit you in the face with a pie.
Somehow though, Jayson wants to sink lower into the vat of stupidity he's cooking up. Number 5 on his overrated list is none other than Venezuela's own Bobby Abreu, of whom he says:
When people battle me on this guy, I always sum it up this way: As great as Bobby Abreu can be, he lacks that all-important Derek Jeter gene. There is no voice in his head, screaming: "This ball has to be caught." Or: "That runner on third has to be driven in."AGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! Deep breaths...deep breaths...OK, think I'm ready again.
First of all, Bobby Abreu was walking before it was cool to walk. He was also hitting home runs while he walked before that was cool. I once heard Mike and the Mad Dog say that Bobby Abreu was better than Carlos Beltran. And before 2006, that was true. I wanted the Mets to trade for him, which obviously looks silly now because something is wrong with him. But his numbers prior to 2006 were astounding. I'm not listing them here because if you don't know Bobby Abreu was awesome already, you probably don't know much about baseball.
On to more irritating manners.
Derek Jeter is an excellent baseball player. One day, he'll be in the Hall of Fame. But Derek Jeter does not define hustle or grit or intangibles or any of the other bullshit. And come on, the Derek Jeter gene? If someone ever said that Jose Reyes lacked (or even had) the Derek Jeter gene, I would punch them in their smug face. You can call home run hitters Ruthian or lefty's with nasty stuff Kofax-esque, you can call compare great fielders to Ozzie Smith. But you can't proclaim that a player trying hard and winning is "like" another player. All of those guys on the field want to win. And anyway, if we're going to make up this Derek Jeter gene because he's a winner, shouldn't it be Yogi Berra? He's the only man in baseball history with 10 World Series rings.
There is only one person on this planet with the Derek Jeter gene. And that person's name is Derek Jeter. His parents have pieces of the Derek Jeter gene, but not the whole thing. There are also some other people who have had the Derek Jeter gene in/on them: Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johnason, Jessica Biel, that Ms. Universe chick and I guess Jayson Stark has swallowed some at some point in his life. So please Jayson, when telling us that you're tearing down myths and all that other bullshit, don't quantify it by dragging a tired old one out.


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when we lived in georgia, and just after i'd gotten my first really nice camera, it snowed. i was so completely overjoyed, and couldn't wait to go outside and take beautiful snow pictures! but, david was trying to be rational, and wouldn't let me take the camera outside – he argued that it wasn't insured. well, david and i almost never fight, but this was definitely an exception. sadly, david won, and all i got to photograph were some red berries, as david stood over me with an umbrella! on that same day, my best friend jenny went out and took some of the most amazing photos i've ever seen…
so when we got a fantastic snow here in denver, i couldn't help but make sure to take my own snow photos! katie has been such a sweet friend since we've moved out here, and i couldn't wait to get her in front of my camera{s}!
in the week that i've been gone, spring has sprung! i'm so excited for flip flops and skirts, but that also means i've gotten behind with my blogging!
a few weeks ago david and i went to the ice castles at silverthorne with our friends ben and meredith. my goodness, they were so beautiful, and it was incredible how differently they looked from day to night. it's been such a warm winter/early spring, so i'm glad we were able to see the castles before they melted!
it's been quite a while since i last posted, but i have a decent excuse. about a year ago i was diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. the details are still a bit complicated, but the gist is that my body is destroying my red blood cells way before their time. theory is that my spleen is the main culprit, and although i had things under control with medication, i didn't want to stay on those forever. so, last tuesday my spleen had to go. it wasn't an easy decision, and i'm pretty sure my dr. thought i was a flight risk for the surgery. as soon as i sent him the first email that i'd finally made the choice, he had a surgeon contact me within 20 minutes! knowing that my brother and his girlfriend are visiting early April, and wedding season is quickly approaching, i asked for surgery to take place before march 22nd. then when the surgeon had an opening, i was on his schedule a few weeks early.
supposedly laparoscopic surgeries are the way to go… well, i certainly don't want to know what normal surgeries are like! thankfully, i'm almost a week out, and i have something to look forward to this saturday! we're going to see the hunger games at an imax theater, and no stinkin' splenectomy is keeping me from it!
thanks so much to my friends and family who've been so kind and supportive. david and my mom have definitely been reaping my spoils, including candy, junk food, chicken casserole, brownies, roast, lasagna, ect! {thankfully, i've managed to get a few bites in edgewise!} it won't be long before i'm back to myself and getting out of the luxury suite!
i found a fun surprise in my inbox yesterday, and i'm excited to announce that i was selected as a recipient of two bright lights' 2012 editor's choice award! {two bright lights is a great way for photographers and other event vendors to submit their work for publication.} here's an excerpt describing how winners were chosen:
"The 2012 Two Bright Lights Editors' Choice Awards is a signature program that recognizes photographers and vendors within the Two Bright Lights community whose number of published features in 2011 placed {me} among the top 5% of all two bright lights members.The 2012 honorees reflect those that have demonstrated a superior quality of work for their customers, and those that have used two bright lights' online platform to quickly and easily get published by submitting their authentic, stunning imagery and services directly to the top industry publications and editors.
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Use of metabolic inhibitors to elucidate mechanisms of recovery from desiccation stress in the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis
- H. Dace,
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Xerophyta humilis (Bak.) Dur. and Schinz is a poikilochlorophyllous resurrection plant in that it is tolerant of considerable water loss (< 5% relative water content [RWC]) and thylakoid membranes are dismantled and chlorophyll is lost during dehydration. In this paper we examined the processes associated with recovery from desiccation upon rehydration. Dried leaf explants were rehydrated in water (control) or in solutions of actinomycin-D or cyclohexamide in order to determine to what extent initial recovery was dependant on de novo transcription and translation respectively. Our results suggest that considerable protection of subcellular organisation and components of metabolism occurs during drying such that the initial recovery of metabolism on rehydration is virtually independent of de novo transcription of nuclear genes. However recovery does require the synthesis of new proteins. The plasmalemma remains intact and macromolecular synthesis is not required for maintenance of its integrity. Messenger RNA's for chlorophyll biosynthesis appear to be stored in a stable form in the dried leaves and are translated on rehydration. Similarly most of the mRNA's necessary for recovery of electron transport in the chloroplast (as determined by measuring the quantum efficiency of photosystem II [FV/FM] using chlorophyll fluorescence) appear to be stabily present in the dried leaves. However, for total recovery of FV/FM new genomic transcription is necessary.
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- Use of metabolic inhibitors to elucidate mechanisms of recovery from desiccation stress in the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis
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Plant Growth Regulation
Volume 24, Issue 3 , pp 171-177
- Cover Date
- 1998-03-01
- Print ISSN
- 0167-6903
- Online ISSN
- 1573-5087
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- actinomycin-D
- cyclohexamide
- desiccation-tolerance
- poikilochlorophyllous
- rehydration
- Xerophyta humilis
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- Authors
- H. Dace (1) (2)
- Heather W. Sherwin (1)
- N. Illing (2)
- Jill M. Farrant (1) (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa
- 2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa


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Consumers in England have been alerted to be on the lookout for fake washing suds. Rogue boxes of 'Bold 2in1' are masquerading as the real thing. A government official is quoted as saying: "Consumers are aware of counterfeit DVDs and computer games but fake washing powder is unusual and goes to show the length that counterfeiters will go to deceive the public." I certainly wasn't aware of this problem. I think I could use washing powder for years without ever noticing that it was fake, because I tend to just dump the stuff in the machine and walk away. I never hang around to check out if it's sudsing up.
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Counterfiet "name-brand" products are very common and have been so for decades. Everything from toothpaste to tampons. It's not that the product dosent work (though it's usually of an inferior quality), it's a way for a manufacturer to take advantage of the advertising paid for by the real producer.
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Tax on paper earnings
PUBLISHED: 10 Apr 2013 00:34:21 | UPDATED: 10 Apr 2013 00:34:21PUBLISHED: 10 Apr 2013 PRINT EDITION: 10 Apr 2013Minister Bill Shorten tells us in his press release: "From 1 July 2014, future earnings (such as dividends and interest) on assets supporting income streams will be tax free up to $100,000 a year."Superannuation and pension funds managed by the institutions may be invested in conservative asset allocations which earn only a modest return from investment income which is physically received. Actual earnings are supplemented by capital growth of the assets. If the total "earnings" are to be taxed, and the share market dips, retirees may be paying tax on paper earnings never received.Does the government intend taxing unrealised capital gains credited in the books of the fund and allocated to members?
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Data falling with the snow
At the end of last year, virtually all economic reports in the United States were accelerating. Nonfarm payrolls were consistently better, manufacturing activity was picking up and consumers were poised to spend again. Since then, we've seen softness in home sales and car sales — the two linchpins for my case that the economy has continued to move forward. Factory orders and retail sales have also been disappointing relative to expectations.
Can we say that the steady storm of harsh winter weather has been the culprit? Certainly that could be the case with autos and perhaps housing in the affected regions, but not with factory orders. I doubt that weather is the whole story. There must be something else.
Seeing some inconsistencies
So far in February, various conflicting signals haven't been much help to investors who are trying to make decisions about this market. For example, US manufacturing new orders in the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) January survey posted the fifth largest drop since 1948, while the decline in the Markit PMI (purchasing managers' index) was much more modest.
All eyes were on last Friday's release of the January employment situation, looking for confirmation that the economy is either slowing down or continuing to expand. What we got was another disappointing report, with more ambiguous data for a month that was again marked by weather concerns. According to the establishment survey, private sector and government payroll gains were weaker than expected, though weather-sensitive construction jobs increased. According to the household survey, on the other hand, the number employed and in the labor force both posted sizable gains, and fewer respondents than usual were "not at work because of weather" in January.
Taking the economy's temperature
There may be a midcycle slowdown — we see these frequently in expansions, including as recently as 2012. But I suspect that this is more of a wobble along the trajectory of continued moderate growth. In other words, I think these symptoms suggest that the US economy has a cold, not the flu. To back up my diagnosis, let me point out what else is happening — the durable facts we know about this cycle:
- US GDP is averaging 2.4% real growth during this expansion, with private sector growth at 3.4%, and we're still seeing subdued inflation but not deflation.
- Energy prices are low, and if the turmoil in emerging markets further depresses the cost of energy, that could be a huge plus for US consumer spending.
- Pent-up demand from population growth, rising personal income and the aging of the car fleet all have the potential to promote better housing and car sales.
- Indications from S&P 500 companies reporting earnings for the final quarter of 2013 suggest a rising tide of revenues and profits along with very healthy net margins.
Staying on course
Let's consider the overall arc of this expansion, which is going to be five years old in July. We've talked a lot about what's been behind it, not as much about what could end it. Typically expansions end with policy errors — massive changes in fiscal policy, say, or sudden rises in interest rates. But there are no tax increases due this year, and the passage of the so-called clean debt ceiling bill suspends the US borrowing limit until March 2015 at the earliest, providing a more certain and stable backdrop for businesses and financial markets.
With US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen giving her first congressional testimony this week — although her appearance before the Senate Banking Committee was postponed because of adverse weather — we have more evidence that the Fed is continuing her predecessor Ben Bernanke's policies. We see the gradual tapering of quantitative easing as meaning less monetary accommodation — but not the tightening of interest rates — as we go through 2014.
Putting the pieces of the puzzle together, I can say that the durable, sustainable cycle we've been witnessing is undergoing pressure, not termination. There may be reasons to remain cautious, but I don't see a recession here. I believe the US economy is staying on course.
No forecasts can be guaranteed.
The views expressed are those of James Swanson and are subject to change at any time. These views are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a recommendation or solicitation or as investment advice from the Advisor.


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Fancy Rubber Gloves
Make dish-washing glamorous with this fun and easy sewing project, perfect for a homemade Mother's Day gift. Add an oilcloth ruffle and ribbon or ric-rac border to boring rubber gloves for fashionable housework. Project designed by Little Birdie Secrets. Find this craft project and 18 other Mother's Day crafts in the Mother's Day Crafts: Blogger Edition 2010 eBook.
- Household rubber gloves (Walmart has white ones, Target has blue--check dollar stores, too)
- Oil Cloth (¼ yd. cut is enough)
- Ribbon or trim
- Sewing machine
- Hot glue gun
- Put the gloves on and measure around the end (largest part of the glove that is on your arm). You want your finished, pleated oilcloth to be ½ an inch larger than this measurement. My gloves were 10 inches around so I wanted my pleated oilcloth to be 10 ½ inches long.
- Cut your oilcloth. I cut my oil cloth to be 4 inches wide and approximately 37 inches long. Pleat the oilcloth by making small folds (about 1/4" to 1/2" long) and sewing over the fold across entire piece.
- Take the short edges of the oil cloth, put them right sides together, and sew them using a ¼" seam. You should now have a ring of pleated oilcloth.
- Slide the glove onto your sewing machine. Place the oilcloth wrong-side out on the machine over the glove, leaving a 1/2" of glove at the top, and stitch together.
- This step is optional, but very cute. Use pinking shears to cut the unsewn, bottom edge of the oilcloth.
- Hot glue coordinating ribbon around the glove, leaving two long tails on the top of the glove (if you want a bow). Tie the tails in a bow. Tip: It's easier to tie the bow if you can have someone else wear the gloves while you do it.
- Go do those dishes like the hot mama that you are!
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Hackengasse 20 1150 Wien View on mapMy review of Boutiquehotel Stadthalle:
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A stay at the city hotel Vienna can only be recommended.
Friendly & helpful employee, beautiful atmosphere in the outdoor area,
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By: jimmcbee on January 3, 2006 - 2:20pm - Add new comment
If I had a garden, you can bet it'd be pretty dang contrary.
Anyways, I'm interested in your gardening, back-breakin' yard work, orchid breeding, pretty much anything to do with you making green things grow. We're upgrading our garden page, you see.
I recently had lunch with Teri Hale (well, now it's Teri King -- she got married), our Clemson Extension agent, and she's agreed to have master gardeners answer your yard 'n' garden questions.
By: jimmcbee on December 31, 2005 - 8:43pm - Add new comment
With the New Year comes a new solicitor to the 14th Judicial Circuit, ending an 85-year dynasty held by the Murdaugh family.
On Saturday Gov. Mark Sanford appointed Isaac McDuffie Stone III as new solicitor. "Duffie" Stone will oversee South Carolina's only five-county district which includes Beaufort, Jasper, Allendale, Colleton and Hampton counties.
Stone, 42, will be sworn into office 3 p.m.
By: jimmcbee on December 31, 2005 - 8:42pm - Add new comment
Bluffton Today
BEAUFORT – A 25-year-old Burton man was shot and killed and another man was injured after an argument during the early hours of New Year's Eve, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office. Investigators are searching for Charles Green Jr., 26, of Burton, in connection with the murder of Derrick Andre Boykin. Investigators say around 12:30 a.m., three men and Green got into an argument in the parking lot of The Oaks at Broad River Apartments, at 75 River Chase Blvd. Green allegedly shot at Boykin, Devon Jamel Ward, 21, of Beaufort, and Bennie Pusha, 21, of Burton. B
By: jimmcbee on December 30, 2005 - 12:09pm - Add new comment
We had a heckuva nice visit from three editors of the Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper at the Univeristy of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Ryan Tuck, editor-in-chief: Jennifer Alliet, design editor; and Chris Johnson, online editor. They picked our brains and we pontificated about what we're doing at Bluffton Today -- which we will do at the drop of a hat, if you let us.
By: jimmcbee on December 16, 2005 - 4:57pm - Add new comment
Erinn McGuire and Kim Rowland are working on a story about fox squirrels and I tagged along as they went to Spring Island. What a place.
Spring Island is a gated community north of the Colleton River. You have to go up S.C. 170 and turn right into Callawassie. They've done a really nice job of blending in the development with preserved areas. Though the land there is 'managed,' it's not manicured.
By: jimmcbee on December 5, 2005 - 7:02pm - Add new comment
Richard Brooks' cover story Tuesday is on the town of Bluffton's effort to control how developments make S.C. 170 look. He writes:
Development is coming fast and furious to the western end of S.C. 170. And Bluffton officials don't want to see a junior U.S. 278 corridor replacing the serene canopy of trees. Members of the Town Council and Planning Commission tried to define a look for the S.C. 170 corridor last week to get ahead of the developers before it's too late.
Do you drive on S.C. 170?
By: jimmcbee on December 4, 2005 - 3:03pm - Add new comment
Monday's cover story is about the season's hot toys. What's on your wish list this year?
I really need nothing; materially speaking, life is good. But I'll admit I have a yen for a Nikon D200. That's a mere $1,700. Santa could swing that, right? Heh.
OK, your turn.
By: jimmcbee on November 30, 2005 - 4:29pm - Add new comment
Hey, I'm doing another entry for our Bunch O' Passions page. Here's what'll be in print, more or less:
With the mellowness of age, I realize there's not much endearing about musicians with egos as bloated as their 17-minute guitar (or drum or organ or bass) solos, but – I dig the progressive rock.
There was a time -- mainly in the late '60s and early '70s – when some musicians got tired of the 2-minute pop song. Prog borrows complexity and virtuosity from jazz and classical and blasts that through the smoking amps of rock.
By: jimmcbee on November 21, 2005 - 1:18pm - Add new comment
Whadda y'all think? Newspapers really are taking a beating these days, especially in big cities. Readership is down, shareholders are short-tempered, layoffs have started.
This guy's commentary puts me in mind of some of the things we're doing here: building community, trying to be responsive to readers (psst! that's you) -- not things newspaperfolk are usually comfortable with.
By: jimmcbee on November 15, 2005 - 5:36pm - Add new comment
I think my dad was 4 when he realized he wanted to be a country doctor. By the time he entered medical school, the days of the house call were over, but he persevered, because being a doctor was what he really wanted. It takes that kind of focus to get through 8 years of college, to master that much knowledge.
For whatever reason, I never had that epiphany. Learning to be a newspaper designer has been a long, strange trip. And I still don't know how to answer that "where do you want to be in five years" interview question.


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10 Things You Can Make With A Cadbury Creme Egg
You already know that the Easter-seasonal Cadbury Creme Egg is addictive, mouth-watering, one-of-a-kind and coveted the world over. But did you also know just how versatile an ingredient the Creme Egg can be when put to use in some of the most outlandish, Willy-Wonka-on-acid dessert delicacies?
Michelle Obama and 'First Dog' Bo Give Military Families an Easter Surprise
What Time is Saturday's Easter Treat Hunt?
10 Things You Didn't Know About Easter
As far as holidays go, Easter might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but it still has traditions and treats that can raise anyone's spirit, mood or blood sugar level.
The most interesting part of this annual celebration of Spring and rebirth is the supposed difference in the ways they are celebrated.
Building a Healthier Easter Basket
10 Adorable Real Life Easter Bunnies
The Easter Bunny is once again hippity-hopping his way toward our brightly-colored baskets. And while we may never be able to find the logic in a rabbit that lays eggs, (?!?!) we CAN say with certainty that the adorable cotton tails in these videos are sweeter than a Cadbury Creme Egg…and far less likely to melt in your purse.
11 Fun White House Easter Egg Roll Moments
The White House Easter Egg Roll is a tradition that goes back to 1878. In the beginning, the event was mostly just the roll itself, with children pushing painted eggs through the White House Lawn with a long-handled spoon.
But these days, it is much more than that. Now it's a 11 hour event that about 35,000 kids and their parents attend.
Here in Missoula, we're inviting families to our 2nd Annual Easter Treat Hunt at the Missoula County Fairgrounds!


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Set of folded stationery cards printed on bright white, smooth card stock to bring your personal artistic style to everyday correspondence. Each card is blank on the inside and includes a soft white, European fold envelope for mailing.
I'm glad you uploaded here! Looks great on everything! It kind of looks like abstract waves and a blue sky :)
Yeah, I know my DENY Fam already knows this :D
I thought of almost the same thing when I looked at this ;)
I thought of almost the same thing when I looked at this ;)
This is really cool Bianca! It's making my eyes go funny but it's really nice! Simple and effective!
Hi Bianca, just saw this iPhone case on Glamour magazine January 2013...just wanted to let you know :-)
Oh, that is so cool! Do you happen to have the magazine and could scan the page in for me? That would be so fab! Or just let me know in what country this was released and I will try to get a glimpse ;) Thx so much for letting me know Yasmina!
Hi Bianca, sorry, I missed your answer, of course I can scan this for you. I will do that today and send it to this email address. contact: firstname.lastname@example.com this the correct email address?
Have a great day:-)
Have a great day:-)
no worries! Yes, that's my email, that would be sooo great! Thx so much Yasmina! You have a great day too ;)
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The new generation of the Ford Mustang has received a lot of marketing in these couple of months since it was originally unveiled and the muscle car's enthusiasts had the chance of owning the first ever production 2014 Mustang, which was put off for auction, at Barrett-Jackson. The model in question has been sold for a whopping 300,000 USD and all proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
The 2014 Ford Mustang, which was sold at Barrett-Jackson, took its power from the 5.0 liter V8 engine, which is generating a total output of 420 HP (313 kW) and 528 Nm (390 lb-ft) of torque. This means that the muscle car in question is the top of the line version. Besides this variant, Ford is also offering a mid-range four-cylinder 2.3 liter EcoBoost unit, with 305 HP (227 kW) and 406 Nm (300 lb-ft) of torque. The entry-level unit is coming as a 3.7 liter V6, with 300 HP (223 kW) and 365 Nm (270 lb-ft) of torque.


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How many of us have written a Facebook status, clicked on 'post' and just as you started waiting for the comments, likes and shares to roll in, you realize you made a big typo or left something out, so your post makes almost no sense at all and you have to delete it and start all over again?
Well if you've been hoping Facebook adds a way to edit your statuses, your prayers have been answered. An Edit Post feature has been added, so you can simply edit your post without having to delete it.
The new feature was rolled out to web users yesterday and although it was initially meant to also be rolled out to the Android app, I couldn't find it on my Android smartphone, so it'll probably appear over the next few days. iOS users can expect it to appear in the next iOS update.


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Seat 1A | Ita Buttrose
PUBLISHED: 01 Nov 2013 08:51:00 | UPDATED: 17 Jan 2014 16:06:54PUBLISHED: 01 Nov 2013 PRINT EDITION: 01 Nov 2013Ita Buttrose talks travel and her favourite Sydney rituals at China Doll in Sydney's Woolloomooloo. Photo: Louise Douvis
Fiona Carruthers
You're Australian of the Year 2013. How has this year been different?
It's a year I shall never forget. I've travelled Australia and met people from all walks of life. I've particularly enjoyed visiting schools to talk about leadership and making the most of opportunities. The school playground has brought home to me how remarkably culturally diverse we are, and how much richer our country is because of this – and how well the children appear to get on with one another.
You've been Tauck ambassador for the past two years. Where have you travelled this year?
My first Tauck trip was to South Africa in January this year and was one of the best holidays I've ever had. Everything was superbly organised – fabulous accommodation and food; sociable, like-minded travellers and an outstanding tour guide, Peter, who knew his stuff. My stay in Kruger National Park was the highlight. To see lions, elephants, hippos, rhinos, buffalos and a sleek, elegant leopard lounging on the branch of a tree, is a memorable experience. I've also been to Singapore and Bali this year to speak at business conferences. In June, I visited my son Ben and his family in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps, where Ben has been working. It's a beautiful part of Germany with high, snow-sprinkled mountains, clean lakes with water you can drink, plus the freshest air.
A perfect day in Sydney...
...is one when I don't have to keep to a timetable. It starts with a long walk in Centennial Park with my dog Cleo, followed by scrambled eggs and English breakfast tea at my favourite, Candy Café, in Bourke Street, while reading the papers. I often like to take in an early afternoon movie with a friend and have a coffee before taking another walk with Cleo at Rushcutters Bay Park. Sometimes I need to smell the sea.
Favourite place in Australia to unwind?
Gwinganna in the Gold Coast hinterland gets my vote when it comes to relaxing.
For a quick fix I head to Vaucluse House near Parsley Bay in the eastern suburbs. When I was a kid there were sheep in the back park. They would follow you anywhere if you fed them musk lollies. These days the sheep have gone but the back park is just as it was – peaceful and leafy. I put down a rug and read my book, and more often than not, have a little nap.
On your bucket list?
I'll do a Tauck France trip that includes a seven-night Rhone River cruise in May. Burma and South America are also on my wish list.
Most memorable seat 1A experience?
Travelling first class with my younger brother Charles, with Qantas. A flight attendant offered us some wine – my brother asked if I'd like some. The flight attendant quipped: "Lovely to see your husband offers it to you first." We both replied in unison: "We're brother and sister." Later I delightedly told my brother that he definitely looked older than me!
Ita Buttrose spoke to Fiona Carruthers For more on Tauck, see traveltheworld.com.au
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Sandra Lees Met Ball Gown Will Make You Want Toasted Marshmallows
New York City's annual celeb-studded, fashion-forward Met Gala took place last night and best and worst dressed lists are already swirling around the web. One outfit that surely caused some serious head turns was Sandra Lee's billowing silver dress. The celeb chef (of Food Network's Semi-Homemade fame) was certainly channeling her inner foodie last night as her gown was quite reminiscent of marshmallows the ooey-gooey, just toasted, still squishy kind, to be exact. In fact, the two poofs on her dress reminded us so much of the airy treats that we found ourselves craving some s'mores-inspired desserts. Here are five toasted marshmallow recipes in honor of Sandra Lee's 2014 Met Gala fashion faux pas.
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Everything about this blush is great. Awesome pigmentation, looks great on most skin tones, has nice sparkle to it, great color to wear when you want that extra pop!
This is one of my fav new blushes. It's a cotton candy pink with alot of silver shimmer. The pigmentation is great and I never have to re-apply. I personally love a shimmery blush and this gives the perfect pink cheek. The shimmery does not really show up on my skin at all tho. Just like other NARS products it's a tad pricey but I would def re-purchase.
While I agree Nars blushes have the best pigmentation and longest lasting power (which are the 3 lippies), this colour is just off. It looks gorgeous in the pan, a blue-based cold pink. For years I have tried to find a pink to balance off the little bit of warm red flush on my cheeks, but obviously, everything turns peach on me. Then I thought that blue based pinks are probably my best opt. Wrong. This blush turns purple-red on me. Blu-ish red, so I literally look like I either have a fever, overdosed on purple blush, or just got slapped in the face, BOTH SIDES. I think this will either work for extremely pale skin (like literally white, with a pink undertone, and use a light hand), or it will work on darker skintones. For me, I am very pale but still not pale enough for this. I hate peach pinks because everything turn peach on me anyway. But peachy pinks are the only thing that works for me. So naturally, Orgasm gives me a GORGEOUS sunny glow, YEAR round. But you know how it is ladies, if you find that something won't work for you, you keep trying to make it work. Looks like my hunt for the perfect cotton-candy pink (on my cheeks, not in the pan) blush is still a long way from its end.
Great shade of pink, very pigmented and perfect for my skintone. I have different pink blushes and this one is my favorite. I had tried both desire and angelika and picked this one because it somehow looks better on me despite of their similarities.
love this blush. this was actually the first nars blush i purchased. i love it. its very pigmented and even though i am an NC40, it doesn't look bad on my skin. i guess it just depends on how much you apply.. but overall, i would re-purchase... if i ever run out!
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I am obviously in the minority here, but i didnt like this blush. Im nc30- 32 and i like subtle rose pink blushes. This was too cool, and came up a bit 'brick-reddish' on me. I actually liked the glitter it gives a pretty glow but doesnt look like you have glitter on your cheeks. So far my fave blushes are mac dainty, and illamasqua tremble, the latter one is very pigmented but i still achieve a beautiful rose pink shade, however with the nars it just makes me look clown-ish. If you like bright, cool shades of a medium-deeper pink this may be for u
Hunting for an everyday blush. Found it in angelika. A beautiful pinkish matteness, pigments spread into a healthy glow. And it doesn't break me out. (B.Brown blushers cause me small breakouts on the cheeks...it took me some time to detect it & i cldnt believe the culprit) This NARS is l-o-v-e. So natural, so happy, so wearable (im NC25) It is ur answer to an everyday pretty blush.
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Beautiful pink pink blush with blue undertones! Gives my cheeks a great flushed look without being too feverish. Works wonderfully with my NC15 skin. I can wear this with pinks and reds for lipsticks and it looks great, as long as they are blue-based. There is no "muddiness" to this color. It is very highly pigmented, so you want to tread lightly with application. It will last me forever, but I will be repurchasing should the need ever arise.
I bought this blush about 2 years ago and I still have a whole bunch of it. I like the color because it has great color payoff. I read that Lara Flynn Boyle likes really bright blushes and I always loved her glow. I was going to buy Orgasm but I didn't like the color.
This is a true pink color and I feel it gives me a great brightening flush. I don't think I would need to repurchase because there is a lot in the package.