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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
It´s a funny old day with clouds in evidence and a grey sky only pierced by the sun every now and again. Nevertheless when we stack our luck against others in the world we live like kings. I´ve just been down to do my show with Cool FM on 97.4 and found we have no Stuey Lewis today as he´s gone back to the UK for a funeral. This is the price we pay for living out here. We seem to be going back for too many funerals.
Has anyone else been following the mysterious happenings in Bridgend, Wales. Twenty eight young people have committed suicide there since 2007 according to this newspaper report . The number of these suicides has dramatically increased in the past two years. What on earth is causing the problem? Isn´t this matter of the Venables identity cover up strange? Of course, everyone knows he will have changed dramatically but more importantly what has he done and why is he being treated so differently. If you´ve not followed events, this is one of the two boys who killed Jamie Bulger in Bootle all those years ago. Whatever he has done, and we´re told he´s broken the terms of his release, it probably is in the public interest to know what has happened although we all realise his safety is in jeopardy.
En invierno es el mejor momento para aportar abonos orgánicos al suelo. - Wintertime is the best time to add organic fertilizer to the soil.
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for el abono.
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Global warming plan could leave humans extinct
Forget climate change -- the real threat to the planet and all of us riding on it comes from screwball scientists and their schemes to "save" us from nonexistent threats.
The latest plot sounds like it might have been hatched by a Bond villain: a series of simulated volcanic explosions to fill the atmosphere with a manmade chemical sunblock that would shield the entire planet.
Can you imagine anyone saying this stuff with a straight face? Yet that's just one of a number of dead-serious proposals in the growing field of "geoengineering."
Another scheme involves spraying seawater into the sky around the planet to create more clouds, lowering the global temperature. I hope you've invested in a good umbrella.
What's even more disturbing is that our government is actually taking this nonsense seriously. The National Science Foundation just awarded $382,000 of YOUR money to University of Montana researchers just to study the ethics of geoengineering.
They should have asked me -- I could solve that one for free: Ethics won't matter one whit if we're all dead after scientists blow their volcanic loads and dump the sea into the sky.
I wasn't around when the dinosaurs got wiped out -- I'm not that old -- but the leading theory says it started with a meteor impact. The space rock itself didn't kill off the creatures...instead, the real culprit was a massive cloud of dust kicked up by the impact, blocking out the sun.
Sound familiar?
I'm not convinced the climate is changing in the first place -- and even if it is, it's certainly not because of anything we've done. The planet's a lot older and stronger than us.
But if we give in to this manufactured panic and let the mad scientists engineer the environment for us, we'll go the way of the dinosaurs ourselves.
Hoping common sense isn't extinct,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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SMART ARSED ANSWERS 2008
The last one is a worthy winner.
6th Place
It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane:
'Would you like dinner?' the flight attendant asked the man seated in
the front row.
'What are my choices?' the man asked.
'Yes or no,' she replied.
5th Place
A flight attendant was stationed at the Qantas departure gate to check
tickets.
As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he
opened his trench coat and flashed at her
Without blinking an eyelid she said,
'Sir, I need to see your ticket not your stub.'
4th Place
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at a Woolworth's store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family.
She asked a passing assistant, 'Do these turkeys get any bigger?'
The assistant replied, ' I'm afraid not, they're dead.'
3rd Place
The policeman got out of his car and approached the boy racer he stopped for speeding.
'I've been waiting for you all day,' the policeman said.
The kid replied, 'Yes, well I got here as fast as I could.'
2nd Place
A semi-trailer driver was driving along on a country road. A sign came up that read ' Low Bridge Ahead.' Before he realised it, the bridge was directly ahead and he got stuck
under it. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car came up. The policeman got out of his car and walked to the lorry's cab And said to the driver,
'Got stuck, eh?'
The lorry driver said, 'No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of petrol!'
SMART ARSED ANSWER OF THE YEAR 2008
A teacher at a College reminded her pupils of tomorrow's final exam.
'Now listen to me, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!'
A smart-arsed guy at the back of the room raised his hand and asked,
'What would happen if I came in tomorrow suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?'
The entire class was reduced to laughter and sniggering.
When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly at the student, shook her head and sweetly said, 'Well, I suppose you'd have to write with your other hand'.
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Finally, this course is quite specific in teaching Latin American Spanish so it's of particular interest to North American readers who visit Central and South America. There are significant differences in the Spanish spoken in Europe and that spoken in the Americas so if Spain isn't where you'll be speaking your Spanish then this course is well worth a look. Their website provides free instant access to the first two lessons and 10 free video lessons.
Website: Learn Spanish Like Crazy
Full Money Back Guarantee: 60 days
Gerry
spain@spanish-fiestas.com
http://www.spanish-fiestas.com
Music Stuff March 6th
1951, Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello died aged 58. He first became known for the song ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning,’ which he composed during World War I. The annual British songwriter award is named after him.
1955, Former radio DJ from Tennessee, Ernie Ford UK No.1 with 'Give Me Your Word.'
1961, George Formby died aged 57. UK singing comedian and ukulele player. Made over 20 films, best known song 'Leaning On A Lamp Post.' Made an OBE in 1946.
1965, The Temptations US No.1 with the Smokey Robinson penned song 'My Girl', making the group the first male act to have a No.1 for Motown
1967, The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
1968, UK singer Sandie Shaw married fashion designer Jeff Banks.
1971, Mungo Jerry UK No.1 with 'Baby Jump.
1973, an attempt to bring Elvis Presley to the UK for shows at London's Earl's Court failed.
1973, Slade scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Cum On Feel The Noize', the first single to enter the charts at No.1 since The Beatles 'Get Back' in 1969.
1976, Tina Charles UK No.1 with the single 'I Love to Love' (But My Baby Loves to Dance).
1982, Tight Fit UK No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of The Tokens hit 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight.'
1994, Chaka Demus and Pliers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Tease Me.'
1998, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher appeared handcuffed in a Brisbane court on charges of head butting a fan during a gig in Australia. Gallagher was released on bail.
2001, a man who hid for 24 hours in the rafters of a Cathedral and secretly filmed the Christening of Madonna's baby appeared in court. Security staff discovered the man after the ceremony when he made a noise as he climbed down from the rafters.
2005, G4 No.1 on the UK album chart with their self-titled debut, the four piece boy band had been featured on UK TV talent show X-Factor.
2005, Stereophonics No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dakota', the Welsh band's first No.1, eight years after their first hit.
2008, a UK charity warned that nine out of ten young people had experienced the first signs of hearing damage after listening to loud music.
Birthday Boys and Girls March 6th
1893, Memphis blues artist Walter “Furry” Lewis. He once supported The Rolling Stones. Joni Mitchell wrote the song ‘Furry Sings The Blues’ after him.
1944, David Gilmour, guitarist, singer, songwriter, joined Pink Floyd in 1968,
1944, Mary Wilson, vocals, The Supremes.
1946, Murray Head, UK singer
1947, Kiki Dee, singer and actress.
1940, Richard Kew OCI Listener!
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
It´s a funny old day with clouds in evidence and a grey sky only pierced by the sun every now and again. Nevertheless when we stack our luck against others in the world we live like kings. I´ve just been down to do my show with Cool FM on 97.4 and found we have no Stuey Lewis today as he´s gone back to the UK for a funeral. This is the price we pay for living out here. We seem to be going back for too many funerals.
Has anyone else been following the mysterious happenings in Bridgend, Wales. Twenty eight young people have committed suicide there since 2007 according to this newspaper report . The number of these suicides has dramatically increased in the past two years. What on earth is causing the problem? Isn´t this matter of the Venables identity cover up strange? Of course, everyone knows he will have changed dramatically but more importantly what has he done and why is he being treated so differently. If you´ve not followed events, this is one of the two boys who killed Jamie Bulger in Bootle all those years ago. Whatever he has done, and we´re told he´s broken the terms of his release, it probably is in the public interest to know what has happened although we all realise his safety is in jeopardy.
Word of the Day
el abono ah-boh'-no (noun)
season ticket; subscription; fertilizer; payment, credit card entry; installmentEXAMPLES
Si compras un abono, tendrás el mismo asiento para todos los juegos en tu plan. - If you buy a season ticket, you will have the same seat for all the games in your plan.En invierno es el mejor momento para aportar abonos orgánicos al suelo. - Wintertime is the best time to add organic fertilizer to the soil.
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for el abono.
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Global warming plan could leave humans extinctForget climate change -- the real threat to the planet and all of us riding on it comes from screwball scientists and their schemes to "save" us from nonexistent threats.
The latest plot sounds like it might have been hatched by a Bond villain: a series of simulated volcanic explosions to fill the atmosphere with a manmade chemical sunblock that would shield the entire planet.
Can you imagine anyone saying this stuff with a straight face? Yet that's just one of a number of dead-serious proposals in the growing field of "geoengineering."
Another scheme involves spraying seawater into the sky around the planet to create more clouds, lowering the global temperature. I hope you've invested in a good umbrella.
What's even more disturbing is that our government is actually taking this nonsense seriously. The National Science Foundation just awarded $382,000 of YOUR money to University of Montana researchers just to study the ethics of geoengineering.
They should have asked me -- I could solve that one for free: Ethics won't matter one whit if we're all dead after scientists blow their volcanic loads and dump the sea into the sky.
I wasn't around when the dinosaurs got wiped out -- I'm not that old -- but the leading theory says it started with a meteor impact. The space rock itself didn't kill off the creatures...instead, the real culprit was a massive cloud of dust kicked up by the impact, blocking out the sun.
Sound familiar?
I'm not convinced the climate is changing in the first place -- and even if it is, it's certainly not because of anything we've done. The planet's a lot older and stronger than us.
But if we give in to this manufactured panic and let the mad scientists engineer the environment for us, we'll go the way of the dinosaurs ourselves.
Hoping common sense isn't extinct,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
SMART ARSED ANSWERS 2008The last one is a worthy winner.
6th Place
It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane:
'Would you like dinner?' the flight attendant asked the man seated in
the front row.
'What are my choices?' the man asked.
'Yes or no,' she replied.
5th Place
A flight attendant was stationed at the Qantas departure gate to check
tickets.
As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he
opened his trench coat and flashed at her
Without blinking an eyelid she said,
'Sir, I need to see your ticket not your stub.'
4th Place
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at a Woolworth's store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family.
She asked a passing assistant, 'Do these turkeys get any bigger?'
The assistant replied, ' I'm afraid not, they're dead.'
3rd Place
The policeman got out of his car and approached the boy racer he stopped for speeding.
'I've been waiting for you all day,' the policeman said.
The kid replied, 'Yes, well I got here as fast as I could.'
2nd Place
A semi-trailer driver was driving along on a country road. A sign came up that read ' Low Bridge Ahead.' Before he realised it, the bridge was directly ahead and he got stuck
under it. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car came up. The policeman got out of his car and walked to the lorry's cab And said to the driver,
'Got stuck, eh?'
The lorry driver said, 'No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of petrol!'
SMART ARSED ANSWER OF THE YEAR 2008
A teacher at a College reminded her pupils of tomorrow's final exam.
'Now listen to me, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!'
A smart-arsed guy at the back of the room raised his hand and asked,
'What would happen if I came in tomorrow suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?'
The entire class was reduced to laughter and sniggering.
When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly at the student, shook her head and sweetly said, 'Well, I suppose you'd have to write with your other hand'.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Website: Rocket Spanish
Full Money Back Guarantee: 60 days
Learn Spanish Like Crazy (Learn Latin American Spanish)
Finally, this course is quite specific in teaching Latin American Spanish so it's of particular interest to North American readers who visit Central and South America. There are significant differences in the Spanish spoken in Europe and that spoken in the Americas so if Spain isn't where you'll be speaking your Spanish then this course is well worth a look. Their website provides free instant access to the first two lessons and 10 free video lessons.
Website: Learn Spanish Like Crazy
Full Money Back Guarantee: 60 days
Gerry
spain@spanish-fiestas.com
http://www.spanish-fiestas.com
Music Stuff March 6th1951, Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello died aged 58. He first became known for the song ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning,’ which he composed during World War I. The annual British songwriter award is named after him.
1955, Former radio DJ from Tennessee, Ernie Ford UK No.1 with 'Give Me Your Word.'
1961, George Formby died aged 57. UK singing comedian and ukulele player. Made over 20 films, best known song 'Leaning On A Lamp Post.' Made an OBE in 1946.
1965, The Temptations US No.1 with the Smokey Robinson penned song 'My Girl', making the group the first male act to have a No.1 for Motown
1967, The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
1968, UK singer Sandie Shaw married fashion designer Jeff Banks.
1971, Mungo Jerry UK No.1 with 'Baby Jump.
1973, an attempt to bring Elvis Presley to the UK for shows at London's Earl's Court failed.
1973, Slade scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Cum On Feel The Noize', the first single to enter the charts at No.1 since The Beatles 'Get Back' in 1969.
1976, Tina Charles UK No.1 with the single 'I Love to Love' (But My Baby Loves to Dance).
1982, Tight Fit UK No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of The Tokens hit 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight.'
1994, Chaka Demus and Pliers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Tease Me.'
1998, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher appeared handcuffed in a Brisbane court on charges of head butting a fan during a gig in Australia. Gallagher was released on bail.
2001, a man who hid for 24 hours in the rafters of a Cathedral and secretly filmed the Christening of Madonna's baby appeared in court. Security staff discovered the man after the ceremony when he made a noise as he climbed down from the rafters.
2005, G4 No.1 on the UK album chart with their self-titled debut, the four piece boy band had been featured on UK TV talent show X-Factor.
2005, Stereophonics No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dakota', the Welsh band's first No.1, eight years after their first hit.
2008, a UK charity warned that nine out of ten young people had experienced the first signs of hearing damage after listening to loud music.
Birthday Boys and Girls March 6th1893, Memphis blues artist Walter “Furry” Lewis. He once supported The Rolling Stones. Joni Mitchell wrote the song ‘Furry Sings The Blues’ after him.
1944, David Gilmour, guitarist, singer, songwriter, joined Pink Floyd in 1968,
1944, Mary Wilson, vocals, The Supremes.
1946, Murray Head, UK singer
1947, Kiki Dee, singer and actress.
1940, Richard Kew OCI Listener!
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