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...There´s a new blog and a new podcast. I hope you find them interesting.
We had a glorious day yesterday and I certainly enjoyed my show with Neil Colbourne as my studio guest and memories from Fred Wedlock. Iris set another fine challenge and Rob Daniells set us right with La Liga. Whilst all this was going on Stuey Lee Lewis was dressed in striped tights, stack-heeled shoes and a Cool FM tee shirt as he prepared to walk with the volunteers to Help the Heroes. Well done to Sam from Coast to Coast Magazine for a brilliant effort.The streaming for the web was off again for the third week running and is miraculously restored this morning. I wonder how that happens? I have a really busy and different this week so expect postings to be a little erratic. Let's get the weather for the week ahead.....
Iris's Challenge-answer at the foot of the blog
(1) Were founded in 1963 and were a beat group from Manchester , They were part of the mid 1960s British Invasion with their chart-topping songs
(2) They released a few unsuccessful singles before recording "Um Um Um Um Um Um" in 1964, which was a major hit in Britain and led to a tour with Brenda Lee. They also had a number one hit in the United States with "Game of Love”
(3) After a tour of America and some more unsuccessful singles. Their lead singer abruptly left the band in the middle of a concert in 1965. Guitarist Eric Stewart suddenly became the lead singer of the band.
(4) Their first hit song a Carole Bayer Sager / Toni Wine composition and reached number two in the US and sold one million copies globally. It was successfully revived by Phil Collins in the 1980s. The album of the same name, however, was a failure, as were their other singles and later albums.
(5) They appeared in the Sidney Poitier movie, To Sir, with Love and were also on the soundtrack with the songs "Off and Running" and "It's Getting Harder All the Time". This major exposure did not break the group's run of bad luck and neither could an infusion of new blood
(6) The finally broke up for good at the Liverpool Empire on 20 November 1968, the last night of a UK tour with The Who, Arthur Brown and Joe Cocker. Two members of the band went on to form Hotlegs and, much more significantly, the band 10cc.
Word of the Day
castigar kah-stee-gar' (transitive verb)
to punish; to penalize (sport); to damage, to harm; to devastate
EXAMPLES
Fueron castigados con la pena máxima. - They received the maximum penalty.
Lo castigué a mi niño sin postre. - I punished my son by making him go without dessert.
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for castigar.
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Why drugs won't prevent diabetes
It's not enough to pump diabetics full of drugs. Now there's a mad rush to shove meds down the throat of anyone who might even be at risk for the condition.
At this point, that's practically everyone. But don't fill that prescription just yet -- because meds don't work, and the latest studies dump two more drugs onto the trash heap of pharma failures.
Researchers armed with a pocketful of cash from Novartis gave two of the company's drugs to patients at high risk of diabetes: the blood pressure med Diovan and the diabetes drug Starlix.
And according to the studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Starlix didn't do a thing to reduce diabetes, cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke or heart failure.
Diovan did only slightly better, lowering new diabetes diagnoses by 14 percent... but the med did zippo when it came to reducing the cardiovascular conditions tied to diabetes -- which means there's still no point in taking it.
"It would be great if we had something that would prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease at the same time," study leader Dr. Robert M. Califf told HealthDay. "We didn't get that."
Is this guy for real?
"It looks like diet and exercise are the mainstays of prevention," he said. You can almost hear the sigh of disappointment in his voice as you read that.
Even then he's only half right -- diet is the key, but pass on the exercise. There is one surefire way to avoid diabetes and lower your risk for heart disease, and it's called not eating so much crap.
All the drugs in the world won't save your oversized high- risk rear if you keep on downing doughnuts and cheese puffs... but if you want to try the meds-and-junk food diet anyway, be my guest.
Just don't come crying to me down the road
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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Music Stuff March 29th
1963, The Shadows had their fifth UK No.1 single 'Foot Tapper.'
1964, The Coventry Theatre - The Hollies, the Dave Clark Five, The Kinks and The Mojos.
1966, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was injured during a gig in Marseilles after a fan threw a chair at the stage.
1966, Fans mobbed the Walker Brothers as they entered a hotel in Cheshire resulting in two of the group being concussed.
1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black Sabbath, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma, Shy Limbs, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band and Toe Fat all appeared at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green, London, England.
1975, Labelle US No.1 with 'Lady Marmalade'
1975, Led Zeppelin had all their six albums in the US Top 100 chart in the same week with their latest album Physical Graffiti at No.1.
1980, Mantovani, (Annunzio Paolo Mantovan), Orchestra leader died aged 74. Born in Italy his family moved to England in 1912, where he studied at Trinity College of Music in London.
1980, Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.'
1981, Shakin' Stevens UK No.1 with his version of the Rosemary Clooney hit 'This Ole House'
1985, Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, died aged 52 after taking an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend.
1986, Austrian singer Falco US No.1 with 'Rock Me Amadeus', also a No.1 in the UK. Falco became the first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.
1986, Cliff Richard and The Young Ones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Living Doll.'
1999, The David Bowie Internet Radio Network broadcast its first show for Rolling Stone Radio. The show was Bowie's favourite songs with Bowie introducing each track.
2001, the man who hid in a cathedral organ to try to video the baptism of Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son Rocco, was fined a £1,000.
2005, Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York.
2007, U2 singer Bono accepted an honorary knighthood at a ceremony in Dublin. Fellow band members The Edge and Adam Clayton joined the frontman's wife and four children at the British ambassador David Reddaway's official residence. The rock star and campaigner, 46, was not entitled to be called "Sir" because he is not a British citizen. The U2 singer's new title is Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE).
Birthday Boys and Girls March 29th
1942, Eden Kane
1943, Evangelos Papathanassiou, (Vangelis)
1945, Speedy Keen, drums, vocals, Thunderclap Newman
1946, Terry Jacks,
Iris's Challenge--The Mind Benders
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...There´s a new blog and a new podcast. I hope you find them interesting.
We had a glorious day yesterday and I certainly enjoyed my show with Neil Colbourne as my studio guest and memories from Fred Wedlock. Iris set another fine challenge and Rob Daniells set us right with La Liga. Whilst all this was going on Stuey Lee Lewis was dressed in striped tights, stack-heeled shoes and a Cool FM tee shirt as he prepared to walk with the volunteers to Help the Heroes. Well done to Sam from Coast to Coast Magazine for a brilliant effort.The streaming for the web was off again for the third week running and is miraculously restored this morning. I wonder how that happens? I have a really busy and different this week so expect postings to be a little erratic. Let's get the weather for the week ahead.....
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Iris's Challenge-answer at the foot of the blog(1) Were founded in 1963 and were a beat group from Manchester , They were part of the mid 1960s British Invasion with their chart-topping songs
(2) They released a few unsuccessful singles before recording "Um Um Um Um Um Um" in 1964, which was a major hit in Britain and led to a tour with Brenda Lee. They also had a number one hit in the United States with "Game of Love”
(3) After a tour of America and some more unsuccessful singles. Their lead singer abruptly left the band in the middle of a concert in 1965. Guitarist Eric Stewart suddenly became the lead singer of the band.
(4) Their first hit song a Carole Bayer Sager / Toni Wine composition and reached number two in the US and sold one million copies globally. It was successfully revived by Phil Collins in the 1980s. The album of the same name, however, was a failure, as were their other singles and later albums.
(5) They appeared in the Sidney Poitier movie, To Sir, with Love and were also on the soundtrack with the songs "Off and Running" and "It's Getting Harder All the Time". This major exposure did not break the group's run of bad luck and neither could an infusion of new blood
(6) The finally broke up for good at the Liverpool Empire on 20 November 1968, the last night of a UK tour with The Who, Arthur Brown and Joe Cocker. Two members of the band went on to form Hotlegs and, much more significantly, the band 10cc.
Word of the Daycastigar kah-stee-gar' (transitive verb)
to punish; to penalize (sport); to damage, to harm; to devastate
EXAMPLES
Fueron castigados con la pena máxima. - They received the maximum penalty.
Lo castigué a mi niño sin postre. - I punished my son by making him go without dessert.
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for castigar.
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Why drugs won't prevent diabetesIt's not enough to pump diabetics full of drugs. Now there's a mad rush to shove meds down the throat of anyone who might even be at risk for the condition.
At this point, that's practically everyone. But don't fill that prescription just yet -- because meds don't work, and the latest studies dump two more drugs onto the trash heap of pharma failures.
Researchers armed with a pocketful of cash from Novartis gave two of the company's drugs to patients at high risk of diabetes: the blood pressure med Diovan and the diabetes drug Starlix.
And according to the studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Starlix didn't do a thing to reduce diabetes, cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke or heart failure.
Diovan did only slightly better, lowering new diabetes diagnoses by 14 percent... but the med did zippo when it came to reducing the cardiovascular conditions tied to diabetes -- which means there's still no point in taking it.
"It would be great if we had something that would prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease at the same time," study leader Dr. Robert M. Califf told HealthDay. "We didn't get that."
Is this guy for real?
"It looks like diet and exercise are the mainstays of prevention," he said. You can almost hear the sigh of disappointment in his voice as you read that.
Even then he's only half right -- diet is the key, but pass on the exercise. There is one surefire way to avoid diabetes and lower your risk for heart disease, and it's called not eating so much crap.
All the drugs in the world won't save your oversized high- risk rear if you keep on downing doughnuts and cheese puffs... but if you want to try the meds-and-junk food diet anyway, be my guest.
Just don't come crying to me down the road
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music Stuff March 29th1963, The Shadows had their fifth UK No.1 single 'Foot Tapper.'
1964, The Coventry Theatre - The Hollies, the Dave Clark Five, The Kinks and The Mojos.
1966, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was injured during a gig in Marseilles after a fan threw a chair at the stage.
1966, Fans mobbed the Walker Brothers as they entered a hotel in Cheshire resulting in two of the group being concussed.
1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black Sabbath, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma, Shy Limbs, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band and Toe Fat all appeared at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green, London, England.
1975, Labelle US No.1 with 'Lady Marmalade'
1975, Led Zeppelin had all their six albums in the US Top 100 chart in the same week with their latest album Physical Graffiti at No.1.
1980, Mantovani, (Annunzio Paolo Mantovan), Orchestra leader died aged 74. Born in Italy his family moved to England in 1912, where he studied at Trinity College of Music in London.
1980, Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.'
1981, Shakin' Stevens UK No.1 with his version of the Rosemary Clooney hit 'This Ole House'
1985, Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, died aged 52 after taking an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend.
1986, Austrian singer Falco US No.1 with 'Rock Me Amadeus', also a No.1 in the UK. Falco became the first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.
1986, Cliff Richard and The Young Ones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Living Doll.'
1999, The David Bowie Internet Radio Network broadcast its first show for Rolling Stone Radio. The show was Bowie's favourite songs with Bowie introducing each track.
2001, the man who hid in a cathedral organ to try to video the baptism of Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son Rocco, was fined a £1,000.
2005, Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York.
2007, U2 singer Bono accepted an honorary knighthood at a ceremony in Dublin. Fellow band members The Edge and Adam Clayton joined the frontman's wife and four children at the British ambassador David Reddaway's official residence. The rock star and campaigner, 46, was not entitled to be called "Sir" because he is not a British citizen. The U2 singer's new title is Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE).
Birthday Boys and Girls March 29th1942, Eden Kane
1943, Evangelos Papathanassiou, (Vangelis)
1945, Speedy Keen, drums, vocals, Thunderclap Newman
1946, Terry Jacks,
Iris's Challenge--The Mind Benders
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