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“A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.”
Success is the best revenge.
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – ANDREW CARNEGIE
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The result of the day has to be Wigan’s win at Tottenham with normal service resumed at Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United. It must be said that Chelsea weren’t rampant although they remain undefeated. We meet the Baggies tomorrow. The Rugby League final was a great advert for the game and I thoroughly enjoyed the contest. Well done Warrington.
Iris’ Challenge
(1) Was born April 19, 1942, in County Durham . , who began playing the old family piano at the age of seven. He is a self-taught musician and was a founding member of a very famous Tyneside group.
(2) He had his first band, a skiffle group called the Black Diamonds. But in 1963 he formed a very famous band with his friends and they were bigger than The Stones in America in 1964. They immediately followed The Beatles to No. 1 there. They were playing the Paramount Theatre in New York when they got a telegram from “The Beatles” congratulating them on reaching No 1.
(3) After leaving this Band he started a solo career was he introduced the songs of Randy Newman to a wider audience. Later he appeared on his own television show and made television guest appearances. He also had success with film scores and acting parts. He appeared in the film Don’t Look Back, which was filmed featuring Bob Dylan on tour in UK .
(4) In1971 he had a regular slot on The Two Ronnies show and in 1973 he wrote the music for the Lindsay Anderson film O Lucky Man in which he performs on screen and appears as himself in one part of the storyline. He acted in Alfie Darling, a sequel to the film Alfie.
(5) He has been working for the last two years on a stage-musical with the working title ‘The Nearly Lucky Man’ with the writer Paul Sirett.
(6) He is widely acknowledged as one of the most talented musicians to come out of the North East. He was 68 this year but he is still regularly touring the UK and Europe – as well as having a regular monthly residency at the Bulls Head in Barnes near his London home and playing his greatest hits from his 50-year career.
(1) Was born April 19, 1942, in County Durham . , who began playing the old family piano at the age of seven. He is a self-taught musician and was a founding member of a very famous Tyneside group.
(2) He had his first band, a skiffle group called the Black Diamonds. But in 1963 he formed a very famous band with his friends and they were bigger than The Stones in America in 1964. They immediately followed The Beatles to No. 1 there. They were playing the Paramount Theatre in New York when they got a telegram from “The Beatles” congratulating them on reaching No 1.
(3) After leaving this Band he started a solo career was he introduced the songs of Randy Newman to a wider audience. Later he appeared on his own television show and made television guest appearances. He also had success with film scores and acting parts. He appeared in the film Don’t Look Back, which was filmed featuring Bob Dylan on tour in UK .
(4) In1971 he had a regular slot on The Two Ronnies show and in 1973 he wrote the music for the Lindsay Anderson film O Lucky Man in which he performs on screen and appears as himself in one part of the storyline. He acted in Alfie Darling, a sequel to the film Alfie.
(5) He has been working for the last two years on a stage-musical with the working title ‘The Nearly Lucky Man’ with the writer Paul Sirett.
(6) He is widely acknowledged as one of the most talented musicians to come out of the North East. He was 68 this year but he is still regularly touring the UK and Europe – as well as having a regular monthly residency at the Bulls Head in Barnes near his London home and playing his greatest hits from his 50-year career.
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Word of the Day
otorgar oh-tor-gar’ (transitive verb)
to award, to grant, to give, to bestow
EXAMPLES
El documento le otorga custodia de los niños a Marta. – The document grants custody of the children to Martha.
Por su dedicación, se le otorga este reconocimiento. – For your dedication, you are awarded this plaque.
IDIOMS
Quien calla otorga – Silence gives consent
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Although it’s still summer in North America, it is of course winter in Australia, and the flu season is well under way there. As usual, Australian health authorities have been urging parents there to vaccinate their children against the flu, propagating the mythology that flu vaccines are both safe and effective. But this time around, many Australian parents found out the hard way that they were being lied to.
It didn’t take long to realize the truth after their children start going into convulsions following the flu vaccine injections. Other children began vomiting or exhibiting dangerously high levels of fever. One child has gone into a coma and may never recover. Full Story
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A retired couple in Wiltshire have lost their life savings to fraudsters who said they had won a large prize.
A police spokesman said the pair had sent more than £80,000 to criminals in Spain, but did not receive anything.
The force is reminding people to be wary of letters, e-mails and phone calls about lottery prizes.
Victims are told to send money for various fees, which the scammers say are necessary to release the “winnings”.
Det Con Andrew Cook, from Wiltshire Police´ss economic crime unit, said: “Never under any circumstances send any money to these people – the fact is that there are no winnings.”
via BBC News – Retired Wiltshire couple conned out of life savings.
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This day’s Events
1609 – Delaware Bay was discovered by Henry Hudson.
1774 – The first American-born saint was born in New York City. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized in 1975.
1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley and Harriet Westbrook eloped.
1833 – Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire.
1916 – Italy’s declaration of war against Germany took effect during World War I.
1922 – The Walker Cup was held for the first time at Southampton, NY. It is the oldest international team golf match in America.
1939 – The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178.
1947 – Manolete was mortally wounded by a bull during a fight in Linares, Spain. He died the following day at age 30.
1955 – Emmett Till was abducted from his uncle’s home in Mississippi. Two white men had brutally murdered the black teen-ager after he supposedly whistled at a white woman.
1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended.
1972 – Mark Spitz captured the first of his seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He set a world record when he completed the 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and 7/10ths of a second.
1988 – At an air show in Ramstein, West Germany, an Italian Air Force jet collided with 2 other jets and then plunged into a crowd. 70 people were killed.
1988 – An unsuccessful coup attempt in the Philippines resulted in the death of 50 people. The coup was against President Corazon Aquino.
1990 – Iraq declared Kuwait to be its 19th province and renamed Kuwait City al-Kadhima.
1995 – The biggest bank in the U.S. was created when Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announced their $10 billion deal.
1995 – A mortar shell killed 38 people in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The act triggered NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs.
1996 – A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage.
1998 – The Pakistani prime minister created new Islamic order and legal system based on the Koran.
2004 – George Brunstad, at age 70, became the oldest person to swim the English Channel. The swim from Dover, England, to Sangatte, France, took 15 hours and 59 minutes.
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Music Stuff August 29th
1958, Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show opened at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn.
1959, The Quarry Men (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ken Brown) performed at the Casbah Coffee Club, Hayman’s Green, West Derby, Liverpool. This is the opening night of a new teen club in a large Victorian house that is owned by Mrs. Mona Best and the first of seven straight Saturdays that The Quarry Men play here. The band shared one microphone connected to the house P.A.
1966, The Beatles played their last concert before a paying audience, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California to a sold-out crown of 25,000. John and Paul, knowing what the fans do not (that this will be the last concert ever) bring cameras on stage and take pictures between songs. During this tour, The Beatles have not played a single song from their latest album, ‘Revolver’. They finished the show with a version of Little Richards ‘Long Tall Sally’.
1970, Edwin Starr No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘War’, his only No.1a No.3 in the UK.
1976, Jimmy Reed died in San Francisco following an epileptic seizure just before his 51st birthday.
1977, three people were arrested in Memphis after trying to steal Elvis’ body. As a result, his remains would be later moved to Graceland.
1981, Aneka was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Japanese Boy’, the Scottish folk singer Mary Sandeman’s only Top 40 hit sold over 5 million copies around the world.
1981, Electric Light Orchestra scored their second UK No.1 album with ‘Time’.
1981, The two day Rock on the Tyne festival began in Gateshead, England
1984, U2 kicked off their Unforgettable Fire World Tour at Christchurch Town Hall in New Zealand
1986, A mini dress worn by Kim Wilde was sold at Christie’s rock memorabilia auction for £400.
1987, Lee Marvin, actor and singer died
1987, Los Lobos No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘La Bamba’, also a No.1 hit in the UK.
1987, Rick Astley’s debut hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, No.1 on the UK singles chart. It became the biggest selling single of 1987 and the song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards.
1994, Oasis released their debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’, it went on to spend 177 weeks on the UK chart.
1996, Liam Gallagher was reunited with the rest of Oasis in Chicago after a week of speculation on their future of the group, after he had walked out on the band a few days earlier.
1998, Rockabilly pioneer Charlie Feathers died aged 66.
1999, Lou Bega went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Mambo No 5′, originally recorded and composed by Perez Prado in 1949.
2005, 77-year-old Fats Domino was rescued from the flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina.
2008, Organisers of a French music concert threatened legal action after Amy Winehouse pulled out of her performance. Winehouse failed to travel to the three-day Rock En Seine festival in Paris where the line-up included the Raconteurs, The Streets and Kate Nash. The 24-year-old singer was said to have been taken ill at her London home. Organisers said they were given just two hours notice that Winehouse, who was headlining the concert, would not be appearing.
2009, The Los Angeles coroner confirmed Michael Jackson’s death was homicide, primarily caused by the powerful anaesthetic Propofol. The singer suffered a cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home in June, aged 50. The report said Propofol and the sedative Lorazepam were the “primary drugs responsible for Jackson’s death”, but four further drugs were also found.
Birthday Boys and Girls August 29th: Born on this day
1924, Dinah Washington, US singer
1943, Dick Halligan Keyboards, flute, vocals, Blood Sweat & Tears,
1945, Chris Copping, Procol Harum
1958, Michael Jackson, singer, songwriter,
Iris’ Challenge Alan Price
