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I am a technician working with the team from Lockheed. When I started,
I was hired in as a temporary technician cutting food bars for the animals.
We have to cut them in sections so they break off for the animals to eat.
I started off doing that for a couple of months. Then I got laid off and
when there was another job to do they called me back.
That's when I started out being a Tech, putting together the kits of
equipment that go on the shuttle flights. I do a little bit of everything.
Whatever they ask me to do, normally I do it. I just rotate around. I've
been working at NASA for about two years. When I started out, I was going
to be here for two months and it turned into two years. I'm a permanent
tech now. I think I kind of surprised them; they asked me to sweep the
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My job at NASA just happened because it was there at the right time.
I went to high school, but didn't go to college. I finished high school
back in Evansville, Indiana. I came to California because I wanted a change.
Back where I was from there wasn't a lot of jobs and I wasn't going anywhere.
I wasn't working and was starting to go down the wrong path.
I had a buddy out here who said, "Come on out and change it up - a new
environment and everything." So I did, and I'm glad I did it.Then my wife
came out here. I love it! I've been here going on nine years.
I started out at Target when I first moved to California working from
4:00 - 12:00. Then I'd go home and I had to be at work at Liquor Barn
at 2:00. So I was working all the time to survive. We weren't used to
the cost of living out here! It was a big change! When we started out
we had nothing, and it just grew from there; saving, working and getting
used to being careful how we spent our money. It came out real well. It
just takes a lot of hard work, and you've got to grow up a little faster.
Before, I was living the fast life, not working, but it wasn't that expensive
to live back there. Out here I've had to grow up fast! All the partying
gets cut out really quick. You have to get serious, especially when you
have a kid.
Once we got our own place, I applied to work at Price Club getting a
little bit more money. I worked there for 7 1/2 years until I got laid
off because of the merger with CostCo. My sister-in-law worked for a contracting
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I'm a permanent technician and that's good too!
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really stressful. I like my manager. I like my supervisor. I get along
well with the people I work with. It's all good, because I'm working!
I do have a job! I come to work every day. I come in early by choice,
because I live in Fremont. With early-start/early-leave, I don't have
to fight the heavy traffic. During the flight [STS-90] it was a little
rough because I was getting off work at 7:00, after coming in at 5:00.
That's a long day! But all in all, this place has been real good to me
It's always good to work with people who are nice, who are willing to
teach you a little bit. When I come in they greet me. When I wake up in
the morning, it's like, "I'm going to work! It's okay!"
The thing I like least about my job is that the temps are being let
go and it becomes a little like a competition. I was the last one to get
hired so I'd be the first to go. I don't let it get me down though.
Sometimes I have to do more work than others. It's okay, as long as
you're in there with me doing it. I hate being asked to help do something
and then the person leaves me doing it alone. Other than that, I don't
have anything bad to say about this job.
Go for your goal. Work hard at it. Just keep going. You'll get there
It's very important to be happy and get along with the people you work
with. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Try to get along
and speak to everybody. It seems to have worked out for me!
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When I have spare time I either go to the gym or work in my yard. That's
about it since I have to go to bed at about 8:00 p.m. to get to work by
5:00 p.m. So I go home and play with my little girl who's six. She's going
to swimming school this summer. She's a little tomboy. My wife wants to
put her in ballet, but I'm not sure she's going to like that.
My wife works in health care. She's a supervisor for a firm that provides
oxygen, wheelchairs and that kind of stuff for the elderly. She's been
there about four years. She takes our little girl to day care at 6:00
a.m. so she can get to work at 7:00 a.m. I want to have another kid, but
daycare is so expensive out here. I don't have any family out here to
help out and I don't want to get in over my head. I want my children to
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The ACC Coastal Division is a mess, but it won the entertainment award for today's games. The Atlantic Division didn't quite deliver any must-see TV today. Here's a quick recap of the lopsided wins this afternoon:
NC State finally became bowl eligible -- the only ACC team to join that club this week -- with its win over Wake Forest. The Wolfpack looked like a different team from the one that showed up (or rather, didn't) last week against Virginia. The Pack came to play, and the defense gave Wake Forest quarterback Tanner Price fits all game. He was sacked five times, and was constantly throwing under pressure. It was a much better effort in all three phases of the game from NC State. Wake Forest was held to just 16 yards rushing, and was 2-of-17 on third downs. It was an important bounce-back win for NC State, which can still finish the season on a positive note. With a win over the Deacs, Tom O'Brien took another important step in solidifying his job security. An upset at Clemson next week would likely leave no doubt he'd return, but NC State should still have some momentum heading into the postseason as the Pack closes out with BC. Wake Forest is still one win away from bowl eligibility, but with No. 4 Notre Dame up next, odds are the Deacs will be staring down a must-win situation in the regular-season finale against Vanderbilt.
The Terps were overmatched long before this game even started. They were playing without their leading rusher (Wild Crab Wes Brown), their leading receiver (Stefon Diggs), their leading tackler (LB Demetrius Hartsfield), and they were playing with their fifth-string quarterback, Shawn Petty. Not a good start against a Clemson team ranked No. 7 in the country in scoring offense. Clemson set a school record with 12 straight home wins. The Terps have now lost four straight and need to win their final two regular-season games against No. 10 Florida State and at North Carolina. If the Terps had just 180 total yards against Clemson, they're going to need hope and a prayer next week against the Seminoles' defense. Both Clemson and Maryland had three turnovers each. One thing to keep an eye on from this game -- Clemson standout Sammy Watkins left the game in the second quarter with a lower leg injury.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke said watching Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers throw seven shutout innings the night before greatly influenced the "trust your stuff" approach he took into Tuesday night's game.
The result was a 6-1 win against Detroit.
"Verlander helped me out," Greinke said. "Even if I knew exactly what he was going to do, I knew I couldn't hit him. I thought, 'Stay with what you do and stop thinking too much.'
"Stuff always pops in your head, but it helped me to watch him pitch yesterday. It helped me a lot for today."
Not that Greinke, who shares the major league lead for wins at 8-1, was exactly struggling before this one. Although giving up two runs to Cleveland the last time out in a game in which he did not figure in the decision could qualify as a bad outing for guy with a major league-leading 0.84 ERA.
Tuesday's game: Zack Greinke bested Edwin Jackson in a 6-1 win by the Kansas City Royals. It was Greinke's fifth complete game, and he improved to 8-1 with a 0.84 ERA.
Record: 25-19
Hitting streak continues: Magglio Ordonez ran his hitting streak to 12 games with an RBI single in the first inning.
Key stat: Detroit has scored once against Greinke in both encounters this season, losing both times by the same 6-1 score.
Next up: 2:10 p.m. Wednesday vs. Kansas City Royals (Rick Porcello vs. Kyle Davies), FSN
"He's a tremendous, tremendous pitcher," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "He has a put-away slider, a get-me-over curve for strike one, a good changeup and a fastball up to 98 mph. That's a lot of equipment.
"And he's a real cool customer."
There is little room for error when facing Greinke. Pitching great for five innings, as Edwin Jackson did for the Tigers, isn't enough.
Greinke pitched a strong nine innings and tied Toronto's Roy Halladay for the major league lead in wins.
He has been so good that his earned-run average actually went up in this game.
Jackson had the upper hand on Greinke, taking a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning.
But the Royals jumped on him that inning, and Jackson's throwing error led to the first run. Miguel Olivo's leadoff single was only the second hit Jackson allowed, and came after he retired 10 straight batters.
Luis Hernandez followed with a bunt that Jackson lost his footing fielding with third baseman Brandon Inge approaching. Jackson then fired a throw wide of first base that put runners on second and third.
Leyland said Jackson's athleticism cost him there. He reached a ball most pitchers could not have, and took it despite hearing Inge call for it.
Mitch Maier, facing Jackson for the first time after replacing the injured Coco Crisp, then delivered the hit of the game. He singled up the middle to give Greinke a 2-1 lead.
Maier was born in Petoskey, lives in South Lyon and played for Novi High School before moving on to the University of Toledo. He replaced center fielder Crisp, who left with a sore right shoulder.
Jose Guillen scored Maier with a single after David DeJesus moved him to second with a sacrifice bunt.
That was more than enough for Greinke, who has three more complete games than any other pitcher in baseball.
"It was no special game because of the pitching matchup," Jackson said. "Any lead you have, you never want to give it up.
"I don't think I pitched badly at all. They just got timely hits, and it's a game of inches."
Greinke has not allowed an earned run in half of his 10 starts, and Detroit avoided being shut out in the first inning. Placido Polanco doubled after getting down 0-2 in the count. Magglio Ordonez brought him home with a single up the middle.
But that was all the scoring for the Tigers.
Polanco and Miguel Cabrera singled in the fourth to start a rally, but Jeff Larish hit into an inning-ending double play.
"It was a slow curve, not really a ground-ball pitch," Greinke said. "But I threw it a bit slower than I usually do."
Inge said he throws several pitches at different speeds and with different breaks, giving him more quality pitches than a hitter can deal with.
Had Inge seen anyone better this year?
"Maybe Halladay," said Inge, who had one single. "He might be the only other one. That's pretty good company."


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Morris: In your opinion, what have been the most significant changes that have occurred in the U.S. workplace during the past decade?
Friedman: The world has changed dramatically since I began teaching at Wharton in 1984, and incredibly fast in the past decade, with profound impact on every aspect of business life. The changes demand a new approach to business. Perhaps the most significant shift has been the digital revolution and how this has altered every aspect of our lives, especially work. Ours is the first generation in history, for example, for whom the decision about when to work and when to rest is – at least for many of us – an internal one rather than a reaction to the relationship of the earth to the sun. Like all technological revolutions, the arrival of such tools precedes our capacities to use them intelligently. Right now we're in the midst of a grand experiment on how best to harness the incredible power of the internet while we struggle to maintain useful boundaries among the different parts of our lives.
Morris: Given your response to the previous question, what impact have these changes had on workers' efforts to balance career and personal obligations?
Friedman: Managing the boundaries between work and the rest of our lives – family, community, and the private self (mind, body, and spirit) – is now a much more daunting task. The good news is that there are ways to realize the promise of greater focus and presence on the moment for better performance and results, but it does take discipline and practice to get there.
Morris: Especially within the last few years, there has been a great deal attention devoted to employee engagement or the lack thereof. Recent Gallup research indicates that indicating that 29% of the U.S. workforce is engaged (i.e. loyal, enthusiastic, and productive) whereas 55% is passively disengaged. That is, they are going through the motions, doing only what they must, "mailing it in," coasting, etc. What about the other 16%? Are they engaged? If true, how do you explain these statistics?
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Stockholm Design Week: Swedish architects TAF Arkitektkontor have designed the inaugural collection for IOU Design, a new company producing sustainable outdoor furniture.
The collection, which includes chairs, tables, a stool, a bench and a storage chest all made of Siberian larch, was launched at Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month.
The company aims to develop and produce low-impact outdoor furniture and profits go to help the rehabilitation, employment and education of ex-criminals (according to our friends at Future Design Days, who helped us translate the IOU Design website from Swedish).
TAF Arkitektkontor's Gabriella Gustafsson and Mattias Ståhlbom also designed the Greenhouse young designers' showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this year (see our reports from Stockholm for Greenhouse updates).
Here is some text about the collection, courtesy of the Future Design Days newsletter:
Swedish IOU Design is a newborn company with many good qualities. First of all they develop, produce and sell low-impact outdoor furniture. Made of Siberian larch and transported the most environmental-friendly way possible. Secondly, almost all parts of the company are run through an educational programme, with the purpose to help people in alienation to get back into the society.
Thirdly IOU Design only contract acknowledged Swedish designers. All the furniture in the first collection is created by TAF Architect Agency, run by Gabriella Gustafsson and Mattias Ståhlbom, who also for the second year in succession designed the Greenhouse area at the recently completed Stockholm Furniture Fair 2008. This first IOU collection, which is for sale now, consists of chairs, tables, a stool, a bench and a storage chest.
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JACKMAN is in the Northwestern Mountains of Maine in the Moose River Valley.
Technically, we are part of the "Kennebec region" located in Somerset County.
The Town itself is 41 square miles and is located primarily along U.S.
Route 201 and State Route 6 & 15. At last census, we boasted
approximately 740 permanent residents.
We are just 16 miles from the Quebec border and 72 miles north of Skowhegan along US route 201.
For the most part, Jackman is a commercial center for the unincorporated areas surrounding us, and for travelers on Route 201. It is surrounded by 250,000 acres of woodlands owned mostly by timber companies and private landowners. It is also a seasonal resort area which is our main economy.
Although the town is small, we have everything you need right here: a bank, post office, fire department, auto parts and grocery stores, 3 gas stations, trading post, 2 hardware stores, pizza shops, coffee shop, restaurants to get home cooked meals or one with a touch of elegance, pubs with karaoke or pool tables, health center and churches of various religions.
The only thing you will not find in Jackman is a streetlight....and most of us like it that way!
The people are friendly, not because of the tourism, just because they really are friendly. We are made up of many "mom and pop" type businesses and take pride in everthing we do, not only for you, our guests, but for the community and even the country. (we pulled together donations to send enough lumber to Louisiana to build a school after Hurricane Katrina). Most of the people like living here and enjoy the simple life.
Spring, fondly called mud season, can be rainy and cold at times but as the trees starts to bud and the grass turns green and you hear the call of the loon, rebirth has begun and you know summer is on its way.
Summer weather in the Northwestern mountains of Maine is generally quite pleasant. If you need to get away from the hot and humid days south of Jackman, come on up and enjoy a weekend with us. It is usually gorgeous here.
The many Ponds and lakes as well as the Moose River provide numerous water recreations such as fishing, canoeing, kayaking, motor-boating, water skiing and swimming. We are also close to a Class IV rafting river with a rafting company in town and others within 30 miles.
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The Northwestern woods and mountains surrounding the Jackman area are noted countrywide for great hunting. The thousands of acres of virtual wilderness make excellent hunting for white tail DEER, black BEAR, MOOSE, COYOTE, snowshoe HARE, WATERFOWL, RUFFED GROUSE, and many more.
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Where the snow falls first and leaves last in Maine...it truly looks like Switzerland from mid December to Mid March! So pull out the snow-mobiles and ice fishing gear. Our winter wonderland offers miles of groomed snow mobile trails, frozen ponds speckled with Ice shacks for ice fishing, and hundreds of acres of wilderness for snow shoeing, cross country skiing or just to simply enjoy nature.
You do not have to buy a ticket to enjoy nature in the wintertime!
Most of the wilderness surrounding Jackman and the Moose River region is owned by timber companies and private landowners. Thanks to them and the Border Riders Sportsman Club, we have extensive snowmobile and ATV trails, and beautiful untouched wilderness to play in. Please respect them and the wildlife who call this their home.
The First settler to the area was Captain Samuel Holden, his wife Jane and 7 of their children (they had 11 total). They traveled from Anson Maine to Moose River in March 1820. They snowshoed from the Forks (30 miles) to Moose River where Mr. Holden had built a log cabin the year prior. In May of 1820, their cabin burned down and they lived in a cave until the second home was built.
US Route 201 was once called Arnold Trail. This is the route that Benedict Arnold and his army followed when they attempted to enter Canada to throw the British out of Quebec as ordered by General Washington. This march included the building of 100 "bateaux" (large heavy boats) and rowing UP the Kennebec River. US Route 201 is now also called the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway as part of the National Scenic Byways Program.
For more information on the Jackman region, please contact the Jackman Town Office, the Historical society, or the Jackman-Moose River Chamber of Commerce.


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Travel Stories: In southernmost Turkey, women are known as the forbidden ones. So when a beautiful local invited Jeffrey Tayler for a ride on her horse-drawn cart and unmasked herself, he tried not to look. But he failed.
Thunder rumbled from purple-gray autumnal clouds gathering over the village of Harran, where I was headed. Ethnically Arab, Harran lies tucked away in southernmost Turkey, just a few miles from the Syrian border. It is ancient: the Book of Genesis says Abraham stopped there on his way to Canaan from the Land of Ur. The bus from the nearby town of Urfa had left me at the turn-off on the highway; I had six miles to cover on foot down a road that cut through sweeping fields of barley and cotton. I walked alone, lost in thoughts about history and the Bible.
But then I heard hoofs on asphalt, the tongue clicks of a female driver commanding a horse. Soon, a white mare dragging a wooden cart pulled up beside me and halted: sitting cross-legged on the cart was a young woman swathed in turquoise and black robes. A keffiyeh, or red-white checkered Arab scarf, was wrapped around her head. She was gripping its end between her teeth so that it covered all but her eyes like a veil.
"Itla'!" (jump aboard) she said, releasing the keffiyeh as she spoke to unmask a comely, full-lipped mouth and clear bronzed skin. Her eyes were jade green and arrestingly radiant; I looked at them and looked again, but then averted my gaze—I was in an Islamic country, after all.
I climbed onto the cart and took a seat beside her.
"Sss! Gaa'!" she shouted to the horse, hitting it with her switch. We rolled ahead. "You're a Turk?" she asked me in Arabic. American, I told her, also in Arabic. Her head lolled sensuously with the bumps in the road. "Ahh, Ameerka! President Boosh!"
She meant George Herbert Walker, not George W. This was in 1996; even then, news reached this remote part of Turkey slowly. But I didn't care; I couldn't help stealing glances at her. Her hair was raven-black; it framed her cheekbones and cascaded down her back under her keffiyeh and robes. Her eyes remained fixed on me even when I looked away. She told me her name was Hawa', or Eve in Arabic, and she lived in Harran. I told her I was a writer. She nodded, but a minute later asked me what a writer did. She worked the village's cotton fields; that was all she knew, that was her world, an ancient world where little changed and needed to be read about.
We rocked down the road, with lightning flickering from the vaulted clouds ahead. I felt uneasy about riding alone with her in this conservatively Muslim part of Turkey where, in the local Arabic dialect, women were known as hareem, or the forbidden ones. So I tried not to look at her, but I failed. She was just too beautiful.
I asked if she was married.
"Ahh, our men are our grief!" she exclaimed. "Yes, I am."
At this she reached behind herself, twisting around and pulling at the blankets on the cart. To my surprise, she uncovered another young woman lying with a baby in her arms.
"My sister, 'Aysha!" Hawa' announced. 'Aysha handed her a shard of pita bread. "Try this," Hawa' said to me. "It's khubz al-'Arab"—Arab bread—"and I baked it myself." Her eyes sparkled green. She covered 'Aysha again. I took the bread. It tasted like clay, but I ate it anyway.
She clucked and hissed to the horse, and we rolled on toward the thunderclouds. We passed a group of men huddled in the fields around fruit and jugs of water; they called out an invitation to me to come eat with them. Hawa' shouted to them that I must get to Harran immediately. She chuckled; she seemed happy to keep me to herself, and, to put it mildly, I was happy to stay with her.
"You're married?" she asked me. No. "Praise be to God!" she said, smiling. "As for us, our men are our grief. Before we had the irrigation water, they did nothing at all while we worked the fields. Now they harvest cotton but complain about how they have to work."
"Our grief!" shouted 'Aysha from her blanket. "Our grief, by God!" chimed Hawa' again, laughing.
Her clucking and hissing to the horse, her lyrical, wild-sounding Arabic, her grace with the switch, her eyes and the glimpses of her figure captivated me. I couldn't resist looking at her, I almost felt bewitched. We trundled toward Harran for the next hour, carrying on a sparse dialogue of charged words and subtle gestures, reveling in each other's company. When we neared the outskirts, she slowed.
I jumped down and thanked her. We stared into each other's eyes, communicating something wordless and visceral and shared: repressed lust. Then she wrapped the keffiyeh around her face again and gripped it with her teeth. With a cluck and a hiss-hiss she was off, and I was alone once more, my heart thumping in my chest.
As I entered the village it began to rain. I watched her cart pull away into a maze of mud-brick houses. I was soon wondering at just how little I had seen of her charms, yet how exciting I had found them. The fiercest lust smolders under wraps, but expires in the open. The oft-maligned Islamic custom of purdah does much to preserve passion in its most urgent and ineffable form. No topless beach has ever, to me, looked the same after Harran.
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Pooler 06.14.07 | 7:54 AM ET
Remind me old times. 5 hundred years ago women were forbidden. 5 hundred years passed and they are still forbidden
Jerry Haines 06.14.07 | 10:12 AM ET
Does travel writing get any better than this? Tayler makes me want to pluck my eyes out in envy.
BTW, my own counterpart (from April of this year) to his America/Bush story:
Bosnian merchant: You are… Australian?
Me: No, American.
Merchant: Oh… America. James Brown!
Lurines Carter 06.15.07 | 5:38 PM ET
Hello Mr. Tayler,
Just wanted to say that story was amazing! I often watch Samantha Brown on different TC Shows. And I am very vivid when it comes to the imagination and visuals. Including me being a poet/writer as well. Visuals are key to experience and writing. And you are a master at it I must say. I was there with you all the way LOL. I can even smell the rain.
Congrates on all your amazing ventures and be safe in all. Now you and Sam have inspired me to want to become a travel insider. Any suggestions on how to start :D? Blessings and Light.
Matt Richardson 09.06.07 | 11:11 PM ET
I love your show I wish i could travel likeke you. It must be stressful. Anyway Do you like Barcelona? My Spanish teacher offers a trip to Barcelona and Madrid. I'm planing a trip to Europe after college what are the best sites. I like small town but everyone needs a little big city living. In case your wondering I'm 14.
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Queen + Adam Lambert - iHeart Radio Festival, Friday 20th September.
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- Set List -
Bohemian Rhapsody (short)
Another One Bites The Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Who Wants To Live Forever
Somebody To Love (with FUN)
Fat Bottomed Girls (with FUN)
Dragon Attack
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Oberon Treble Schmit
Freddie was never "a rock singer" if he wasQueen would have never produced the wide veriety of styles that they did so well.
Justin Hawkins couldn't sing a two hour Queen set, it would sound stupid in the register he seems to use.
Myles Kennedy is a great singer, but I can't see a Queen conection in what he does or re
Yes Adam Lambert was placed second in a talent show, but he has since built a solid career, and sells more albums than Queen currently do. He's theatrical, has great range and doesn't try to copy Freddie. Safe set list for Adam Lambert? They only had 30 mins. He's already proved last year he can cope with more Queen songs than Paul Rodgers. What were you expecting them to play, a two hour greatest hits show then an encore of the whole of Queen ll ?
"Safe" setlist for Adam Lamberts voice. Not a fan of this collaboration. Get a rock singer like Justin Hawkins or ask Myles Kennedy not this runner up in a karaoke popularity contest.
Nothing like Freddie Mercury
Oberon Treble Schmit
BM, RT and Adam Lambert were great. The only down side was Fun. They were crap. Their keyboard player screwed the begining of SBTL the guitar and Bass player looked and sounded like kids playing a Saturday afternoon gig in a school hall. Their singer struggled to hit notes, stay in tune and stick to a recognisable melody.
Queen + Adam met all my expectations and then some. Queen's music has been introduced to a new generation of music fans. I know a few people sometimes get upset with Queen's choice of singers but Adam Lambert was the perfect choice. He can hit notes like no other singer I've heard (and I've been around for longer than I care to admit LOL). To criticize Adam Lambert is to criticize Rodger and Brian. Who better to choose who should sing "their" songs. I say "their" songs because Freddy wasn't alone in writing and playing their songs. Queen was more than one person and it shows disrespect to the whole band to only show love to Freddy. Adam doesn't imitate Freddy he performs Queens songs in his own amazing way. He has gotten nothing but praise from Rodger and Brian (plus other great artists have sung his praises.) Queen fans should want to share their music not hide it.
To "Nolongerafan" I guess all that "real rock music" you've been listening too must have damaged your hearing and made you a little grumpy!
The show was fantastic! I only hope that an Brian and Rodger book into the studio with Adam and record several albums together. Adam sings on a different level to anyone! How anyone can say otherwise is ignorance, jealously or both. Credit where it's due. The boy did a good job!
I thought Adam singing wwtlf was mind blowing . No one can sing like this kid anywhere . Why not let him and Queen perform together in a world tour. This would bring a whole new generation of fans if this happens .
To the 'NoLongerAFan', why don't you troll elsewehere you jealous hater!
The Iheart show was FANTASTIC! Adam did a superb job and those guys in Fun were quite amazing and looked totally stoked to be playing with Queen. I absolutely loved Dragon Attack, The Show Must Go On, and Somebody to Love. I think Adam is a great fit an these guys should play stuff of the Miracle, Innuendo, and Made in Heaven albums which never got to be performed live. Thank you Roger and Brian for all that you do and indulging us megafans ;-)
Cringeworthy embarrassing! Get a real rock singer up front not that clown!
I wish you guys would come to Georgia we love you!
Leonardo Montero
El sonido de la guitarra, la bateria.. que inspirador.
Muy buena la versión de Somebody To Love !..
God Save The Queen !!
marco morales
realmente admira el espiritu de brian may un gran musico que marco la vida de muchos
marco morales
realmente admira el espiritu de brian may un gran musico que marco la vida de muchos
I remember Bob Geldof saying "give someone off the street a chance that can sing Queen's songs and do them justice (not someone already famous) that can hit Freddie's range and notes" well here please listen!!
Says it all really!!
Says it all really!!
Says it all really!!
Fantastic performance.....I hope to see another shows. ...please!!!!last year.. london july 14..amazing!!!!
This was an amazing show. I also thought Adams performance was imporved this time around. He fitted in perfectly, and his voice worked very well with the songs and the band. More more more... :)
I was lucky enough to catch this around 2 in the morning. So glad I did! It was wonderful to see all of the people there of all ages and races rocking to Queen. It looked like a young Roger on the extra drums (his son?). Queen was great as always. I know the lead singers did their best, but there will never be another Freddie Mercury. Thanks for doing this show, Roger and Brian. Keep on rocking!


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> On Monday 15 October 2007 8:37:44 am Nick Piggin wrote:
> > > Virtual memory isn't perfect. I've _always_ been able to come up with
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> > > not.
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> > I hate to go completely offtopic here, but disks are so incredibly
> > slow when compared to RAM that there is really nothing the kernel
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> I know.
> > Presumably the job will finish, given infinite
> > time.
> I gave it about half an hour, then it locked solid and stopped writing to
> the disk at all. (I gave it another 5 minutes at that point, then held
> down the power button.)
Maybe it was a bug then. Hard to say without backtraces
> > You really shouldn't configure
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> Two words: "Software suspend". I've actually been thinking of increasing
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Kernel doesn't know that you want to use it for suspend but not
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> > Because if we're not really conservative about OOM killing, then the
> > user who actually really did want to use all the swap they configured
> > gets angry when we kill their jobs without using it all.
> I tend to lower "swappiness" and when that happens all sorts of stuff goes
> weird. Software suspend used to say says it can't free enough memory if I
> put swappiness at 0 (dunno if it still does). This time the OOM killer
> never triggered before hard deadlock. (I think I had it around 20 or 40 or
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> > Would an oom-kill-someone-now sysrq be of help, I wonder?
> *shrug* It might. I was a letting it run hoping it would complete itself
> when it locked solid. (The keyboard LEDs weren't flashing, so I don't
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If you can work out where things are spinning/sleeping when that happens,
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Her husband, Cushman H. Ross, died in 1996. She leaves a daughter, Carolyn Paskavitz of Hudson; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Born in Worcester, the daughter of Francis J. and Alvine G. (Cloutier) Therien, she lived in Rutland for 39 years before moving to Chelmsford. Mrs. Ross was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Worcester. She was a bookkeeper for Charron Company in Worcester for several years.
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situation. Can you give me a little more information so I can help you better. Sorry if these questions bring up more pain.
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Has your appearance changed substantially?
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Initially, when all this came about, I
discover my husband had been corresponding w/ an ex girlfriend from highschool via facebook, text messages, phone calls; they even met up together 2 or 3 times; this all transpired over 3 months, and it has been 2 1/2 years since. I understand why and how it happened; we had drifted apart and were very busy w/ jobs and children, not really paying much attention to one another. we weren't talking much, and for that time period were not intimate... we both admit to being lazy and getting used to not having sex. All in all, I do understand that it was a time in his life in which he was lonely, and she filled a need for him. He firmly claims they were just friends and nothing happened and he had no romantic feelings for her. There has been no contact in a very long time as far as I know. I may have thought initially that she was the reason for "all this", but I know now that that is not the case. My husband will say that he doesn't know when or how, but somehow along the way his feelings changed. To answer your next question, I will tell you that I may be 10-15 lbs heavier than when we married, but I am still just as beautiful. I take very good care of myself- I work out, I always look nice- I always have my make up on; I take great pride in my appearance. My husband will say that this has nothing to do w/ how I look. He still thinks I'm drop dead gorgeous. It's just that those feelings are "not there anymore". And really, I am kind and have a really good reputation; I'm bright; I have a BSN and have been working as a RN for 12 years. Now, as for your last question, we have a very active sex life. I will remind you that for a time period we were not having sex, but we now have it several times a week, and that's been for over 2 years now. But my husband has boundaries; he never kisses me intimately, and honestly, it's great sex, but not making love, which I yearn for. I really just don't get it. He is all over me in the bedroom, but it's not the way it should be. He never tells me he loves me- ever; he says that's b/c he doesn't want to be fake; he wants to mean it when he says it. I know couples can re connect when something like this happens in a marriage; but my husband has this wall up and he just won't let me in. When we talk about separating, he often says that I deserve better- I deserve someone to love me the way I should be loved, that I deserve someone better than him, someone who can give me what he can't. I still love my husband very much; but when someone doesn't reciprocate that love, anger seeps in. I feel angry all the time, and I know that doesn't help at all to be that way. When we met and fell in love, it was magical. It was all that I thought it should be. But I'm committed; I'm fighting so hard to keep this marriage together; a lot of it is for the sake of the kids, but also b/c I don't believe divorce is the answer; I don't think we would all be better off as a family if Jason and I were divorced.
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Two and a half years ago my husband came up to me and said his feelings for me had changed. I knew things were off, but I never would have thought this. We were very busy managing careers and a house and two small children. But we had lost sight of each other; we weren't really talking, and we weren't being intimate sexually. I found out he had re connected w/ and old highschool girlfriend via Facebook. They exhanged phonecalls, text messages, e mails and corresponded via Facebook; they even met up 2 or 3 times that I know of. And I understand why it happened; he was feeling lonely and ignored and she was there to listen and laugh with and make him feel good. So I get it. As far as I know, there has been no contact for over 2 years and he states they were only just friends.
You asked if my appearance has changed; not really; I may be 10 lbs heavier than when we married, but I am still just as beautiful. I am told that all the time. My husband even says my looks have nothing to do with any of this; he thinks I'm drop dead gorgeous. But he just doesn't feel the same way about me any more. It's a shame, really, b/c I am just as beautiful on the inside as the outside. And I'm stable, you know? I have no real issues; I have good job; I'm well educated. I work as an RN in a busy ER, and I've been at the same job for over 12 years.I contribute greatly to the finances in this household. I have a very good reputation. And I'm a wonderful mother; I maintain a clean, organized household and we have two wonderful children.
As for our sex life, there was a time when we weren't having sex; but when all this surfaced, that immediately changed; we are now intimate several times a week. It's wonderful, but it's not making love, which I yearn for. My husband is all over me in the bedroom, but it's not what it should be. He never says I love you, and he with holds physical affection from me outside of the bedroom. He says that he doesn't want to be fake; that he cannot act on feelings that he doesn't really have. That's when we argue about love being a choice versus a feeling. He has this wall up and he will not let me in.
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Something is going on with him that you don't know about yet. I don't know what it is but some puzzle piece(s) are still missing here.
Possibilities are: Midlife crises, more involved (at least mentally) with the other woman than you know, emotional block to attachment due to childhood emotional trauma, low level depression, unrealistic relationship expectations (you are in the working phase of your relationship vs. honeymoon or early stage),
difficulty dealing with the demands of marriage and family with young children in the picture. Or something else I haven't guessed.
What ever it may be he may or may not be conscious of the issue(s).
The best thing he could do, if he says he wants to work at the relationship, is to close all escape hatches, in every way, (mentally, physically, emotionally), and "act as if" until the feeling comes back.
Marriage Fitness with Mort Fertel (you can find him online) is a very good program to help with this.
Also some individual therapy around any of the issues above may be helpful for your husband as well.
He has a lot too loose and of course you and your kids do as well if he can't find his way through this.
Don't be afraid to be firm in your expectations/demands of him regarding working through this situation.
If you are the type of person who has difficulty with confrontation and assertiveness do what ever it takes to change because you may need to be very firm with him regarding your insistence that he work through his issues. I see in what you have written above that you do fight with him sometimes, good for you. Your healthy marriage is worth fighting for.
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