Can you remember what you were doing 15 years ago? Or even what you were doing when you were 16 years old? No? Well, Wayne Rooney was just 16 when he made his Everton debut and below is how the rest of the team looked!
The opposition was Tottenham Hotspur back in 2002, a warm August day, the Gwladys street faithful covering their faces with their hands from the glaring sun. The day an English footballing great, the greatest even English goalscorer, made his professional footballing debut.
Wayne Rooney was just 16 when he featured in Everton's 2-2 draw with Spurs at Goodison Park. But, that team that featured on Rooney's debut was drastically different, in many ways, to that of the team Rooney will walk out with this evening on his Everton return.
Everton's starting XI vs Tottenham Hotspur on August 17th 2002.
Wayne Rooney featured that day with some Everton greats, including David Weir, Alan Stubbs and of course 'super' Kev Campbell. Also in that team was Everton stalwart Tony Hibbert and fan favourite Thomas Gravesen.
The team also featured some less memorable players like Mark Pembridge whos time at Goodison was dogged with injury (He did however score in this game thanks to a Wayne Rooney assist), Le Tie who flattered to deceive and Gary Naysmith who became somewhat of a utility player under David Moyes.
Since the early David Moyes days, Everton as a team, and as a club, have slowly progressed. The Blues are now fortunate to have a fantastic manager, with great backing from a new majority shareholder on Farhad Moshiri. Thanks to Moshiri it has been possible for Rooney to return to his boyhood club. This is how Everton, and Wayne Rooney, could line-up tonight starting their Europa League campaign.
Everton's expected team vs Ružomberok in their opening Europa league game.
Back in 2002, Everton's first team squad was valued at just £60mil. Now, in 2017 the value is way and above £200mil. New editions for tonight's Europa league game include Sandro Ramirez, Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane, Davy Klaassen and of course Wayne Rooney himself. It's a good time to be Blue!


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CDP transforms from startup to business intelligence specialist
Hamish Barwick 10 February, 2009 22:00
From a humble beginning in 1975, CDP Group has grown into a specialised business intelligence company with offices in Auckland, Wellington and London.
The company started out as a bureau, based around application development, says director Allan Keyte.
"Over the past 12 years we've been working on the field of business intelligence. I became associated with a very early version of BI more than 15 years ago. Cognos was one of the pioneers in that field, so we've worked with them for many years."
CDP Group is the local agent for Cognos, as well as working with IBM, following Big Blue's acquisition of Cognos more than a year ago.
"We talk about having expertise in performance management and data warehousing and that's very much where we see our solutions in the market these days. We've got very good enabling technology from IBM and Cognos," says Keyte.
"If you look within the information management group, Cognos is a pretty important area for them now."
This association with IBM led to CDP Group entering the IBM Business Partner Awards last year.
The company won the Information Management award, for its work implementing a data performance management system for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company TPF Group, which owns Burger King and Hell Pizza.
Before CDP partnered with TPF Group, its Burger King and Hell Pizza franchises relied on a data warehouse to provide management with insight into the business.
"We hadn't had any association with the awards before and it was completely unexpected to win," says Keyte. "They are important awards that IBM has been supporting for a while. It was great to put that solution together with TPF. We're forever thinking about how we can leverage existing retail experience. FMCG is a whole sector in itself and has a massive retail component."
Keyte says that having good enabling technology, great people and a diverse range of customers gives it an insight into business problems.
"I don't think you would find many companies with the number of specialists we have. We have a tremendous amount of experience and I think that built-up knowledge over many years is a big differentiator. We entirely specialise in this field."
The current economic climate makes business planning important due to rapid market changes, says Keyte. "Putting together a solution of the technology around how financial groups need to work together on a rolling forecast is pretty important. We know people have issues around adapting forecasts."
CDP Group also specialises in data warehousing for companies such as the Customs Service.
It also works with the likes of Solid Energy, district health boards, Fletcher Building, Kiwibank, Victoria University and AMI.
"Other organisations that specialise find it hard to invest in performance management," claims Keyte.
"We find that we work with a range of partners putting in applications.
"There is also a need in terms of business consulting around what the business problems are. If people are looking for a big group of specialists that can help them, that's part of what CDP can offer and why we have a diverse range of organisations that we deal with."
Keyte set up the Auckland office more than 10 years ago, and is now supported at the company by fellow director Craig Catley and managing director Simon Lawrence.
"We got together about five years ago and decided we'd worked in this business for a while now. It's been a good mix of consulting and sales backgrounds."
The London office was started by Lawrence, who was born in England.
"Simon and his wife decided to go back for a few years and it was a great opportunity to extend. The office has been going particularly well in the past few years. Simon is actively involved in the business, even though we're here and he's in London.
"It's a different market and gives us a different perspective of growth and what's happening in overseas markets."
The company has 30 staff and Keyte says further expansion is possible.
"We're pretty conscious of the current economic environment, but we're exploring what might be likely in the US. That is a tough market to get into, but we're always looking for opportunities to grow."
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Protestant Metaphysics After Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger
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SCM Veritas engages in critical and original questions of pressing concern to both philosophers and theologians. The major concern of all books in this series is to display a rigorous theological critique of categories not often thought to be theological in character, such as phenomenology or metaphysics. Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger are doubtless two of the most important and influential thinkers of the 20th century.
In this groundbreaking book Timothy Stanley investigates how the question of being developed through their respective accounts of protestant theology. Whereas Heidegger suggested a post-onto-theological pathway, Barth inverted the question of being in a thoroughgoing theological ontology. In the end, both reconfigured the relationship between philosophy and theology in ways that continue to shape contemporary debate.
Dr Timothy Stanley is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Christianity and Contemporary Culture in the Centre for Religion and Political Culture at the University of Manchester.
In light of this impressive reading of a particularly Protestant metaphysic, the book offers itself as an essential text for anyone interested in plotting the development of Protestant theology, but also the particularities of the interplay between philosophy and theology at a general level. All in all, this book could well be the most important work of creative Protestant metaphysics of recent decades, recommending Timothy Stanley as an exciting new prospect in the Anglo-American theological sphere. -- Jon Mackenzie
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Continuing to offer misleading comparisons of the U.S. death rate compared to other countries, President Donald Trump in a news conference Tuesday evening said "strong mitigation efforts" are "working very well" and rattled off numbers he called "spectacular" on the country's economy and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The great strength and great news is really for states like, in particular, Michigan and Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania — very good, Florida, little bit," Trump said, though the Sunshine State again neared its record-daily death toll Tuesday.
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"Thanks to substantial improvements in treatment and the knowledge we have gained about the disease itself the recent rise in cases has not been accompanied by a significant increase in deaths," he continued in prepared remarks. "Fatalities nationwide are at roughly half the level of the April peak."
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington.
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It comes on the heels of response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, who Trump publicly criticized for the first time Monday, telling governors in a call to expect deaths to rise in hotspot areas.
"We do see continuous, probably, rise in mortality over the next two weeks," Birx said Monday, according to an audio recording of the meeting obtained by ABC News.
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Trump on Tuesday also continued to tout the country's testing capabilities, despite reports of persistent delays in getting results.
"We've done an incredible job and testing. Nobody in the world has done the job. Other leaders have told me the same thing. They can't believe we're able to do it," Trump claimed.
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"Actually numbers are lower than others, we proportionately are lower than almost all countries, at the bottom of the list and relative to cases, we are at the bottom of the list — which is a good thing being at the bottom of the list," he claimed.
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In the bill's absence, Trump has said he's still considering taking executive action, mentioning eviction protection for American workers and payroll tax cuts.
When asked Tuesday afternoon if the presidential move was still on the table, Mnuchin replied, "Absolutely."
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1949 Spartan Royal Mansion spectacular views
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Originally Spartan Aircraft Company built airplanes. At the end of WWII under the new ownership of J.P. Getty they began making high end travel trailers. This one, we call "Long John Silver", is no exception. About 90% of the interior is original; modern conveniences such as new fridge, microwave, new toilet, hot water, and internet have been added. Step back in time when our country was healing and ex-soldiers in Tulsa, OK put their minds and hands to work making luxurious camper trailers.
Overlooking mostly ranch land and a beautiful view of Pikes Peak, this is a perfect spot to unwind, drink in the countryside, and listen to the breeze! At night you can count the stars "until the cows come home." Though not far from Monument, it is still very wild country, with deer, elk, antelope, coyotes and more grazing free. Sorry, no buffalo roaming any more.
There are some parts around us where you can take a hike and see even better views of Pikes Peak.
The beds and ceilings just fit for a 6' 1" person - things were clearly different in 1949!
Our cleaning method besides the disinfectant spray on all surfaces, and the laundering of sheets and towels (which are always dried outside on my laundry line in the beautiful Colorado sun!) is that we use an Ozone Generator. After the previous guests leave, we run it in the Spartan for about an hour and then after we open up all the windows and vents, and let the air back out.
People must be taller today than in 1949! The ceiling height is just about at 6'1"
Originally Spartan Aircraft Company built airplanes. At the end of WWII under the new ownership of J.P. Getty they began making high end travel trailers. This one, we call "Long John Silver", is no exception. About 90% of the interior is original; modern conveniences such as new fridge, microwave, new toilet, hot water, and internet have been added. Step back in time when our country was healing and ex-soldiers in… Mehr erfahren
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The area has a lot of history - going back to homesteading families, and stage coach routes heading out towards eastern Colorado. Farming and ranching were prevalent and nearly everyone owned a milk cow or two for fresh milk and cream. Much timber was cut from our area and south into the Black Forest for the railroad. There is still a renovated one room school house across the valley and a cemetery with dates back into the late 1800's.
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A boy remembers his visits to his Grandma with his other cousins when he was a "little bitty boy just off the floor." The best thing about the trip was her great big feather bed that he would have traded his whole family for.
"It's a silly bed. I see piggies right there jumping up with the other dogs.
"Grandma's Feather Bed" is a fun tale with silly illustrations for every line of the lyrics. But I don't think that song lyrics make the best storybooks because of the repetition of the refrain makes story telling disjointed. I did appreciate the background annotation at the end with the sheet music for the song to give it more of a history, though my son didn't think that part was as interesting.


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Money, Bombs and Jesus.
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For three decades, the Republican presidential nominating contest has served to unify the national party's coalition of social, economic and foreign policy conservatives in advance of a general election fight with Democrats.
This year, it is ripping that coalition apart.
Since the time of Saint Ronald of Reagan, the GOP has been a three-winged bird.
First, and foremost, there was the Money! wing of the party. Their political philosophy was quite sophisticated and subtle, but to give you the short version it was, Money: More!
Actually, that's the long version, too.
Next came the faction of the party primarily concerned with foreign policy. Originally the foreign policy in question was anti-communism. Then the wall fell and for a few years this wing of the GOP could be found curled up in a corner, shivering and nursing a Stoli. Then, thank God, Islamic terrorism reared its nasty head and gave the former cold warriors a new lease on life.
This is the Bombs! faction of the GOP. They do a lot of heavy thinking, write lots of white papers, and practice their chin-jutting pilates moves. Their core belief is, Bombs: Good.
Finally, there were the hillbillies. Sorry, I mean the evangelicals. By which I mean stupid people. No, wait, that was unkind. I shouldn't have said stupid people. I should have explained that we're talking about people who think a mating pair of T. Rex's climbed on some old Hebrew's boat alongside sheep, cows and goats. And later disembarked. And that the sheep, cows and goats who had bunked with the lovely Tyrannosaurus couple likewise disembarked. So, stupid people.
In any event, the Money! wing of the GOP and the Bombs! wing of the GOP knew they couldn't win national elections so they forged an alliance with the Jesus! wing, on the understanding that Money! and Bombs! would pretend to give a shit about whatever nutbar fixation the Jesus! wing had up its ass that cycle. And then Money! and Bombs! would have a cruel laugh at the expense of the Jesus! wing, and get on about the important business of lining their pockets and blowing shit up.
Well. It worked great until George W. Bush. Mr. Bush was the living embodiment of the Money! Bombs! Jesus! trinity. He loved the money, he loved the bombs, he loved the baby Jesus, all three with equal sincerity. And, lo! Under his leadership the people came
together as one to answer the question of our age: "Is this jackass the worst president of modern times, or only the second worst?" He flew like a three-winged bird.
Won't you shed a tear with me as we mourn the passing of this coalition?
Among members of Congress, the lobbying shops on K Street and the local GOP committees in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republicans are divided, confused and sometimes demoralized about their choices for president. With less than two weeks left before voting begins, the party's rank and file are being asked to ratify a new direction for the GOP amid the clash of a chaotic and wide-open campaign.
And the party's soul-searching is unfolding in a sour environment: two states where the GOP was walloped by Democrats in 2006, leaving the surviving Republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire grappling with an identity crisis of their own. In dozens of interviews last week, many Republicans said they are frustrated.
Scott Weiser, who lobbies the Iowa statehouse for the Iowa Motor Truck Association, said he attended a Republican fundraiser recently where all but one of the lobbyists and business executives were still undecided about who they will support in the presidential contest.
Giuliani tends to win them on economic issues, but they cannot get by his stand on social issues. They like Huckabee on the social agenda, but do not trust his economic stands. They like the Romney they see now, but they cannot forget the positions he once embraced in Massachusetts. And they dislike McCain's opposition to Bush's first-term tax cuts and his crusade to overhaul campaign finance laws.
Well, boys, you had the guy who was right on all your positions. You had the perfect candidate. He was president from . . . oh, wait, he still is. Although his name never seems to come up during Republican debates.
What do you do when you find your perfect man, the man who is absolutely everything you ever wanted, who seamlessly embodies your party . . . and he turns out to be a baboon? I guess you whine:
The chairman of one of the presidential campaigns, a longtime party activist, said, after soliciting a promise of anonymity: "There is no party here anymore. It's just a shell."
Money! Bombs! Jesus! It was never a party. It worked only so long as no one took the Jesusites (Really, Michael? Jesusites?) too seriously. Reagan knew how to use the Jesusites without ever letting them past the foyer. Poor, dim George never understood the game. He gave them actual power, actual political credibility, he was one with them, and now they've gotten uppity and are refusing to sit down, shut up and take what the Money! and Bombs! guys hand them.
The Jesus! wing is screwing up the plan by nominating the one candidate so thoroughly stupid that he may actually be dumber than George W. Bush: Mike "What Cross?" Huckabee. The Huckabuffoon.
And the GOP -- you know, the real GOP, not the hillbillies -- cannot stand it. Can. Not. Stand. It.
Rick Moran of Right Wing Nuthouse:
I'm running out of ways to make a play on words of Governor Goober. Pretty soon, I'll be forced to simply call him stupid.
It was one thing when the hillbillies were delivering their hillbilly votes for the profit of the Money! and Bombs! crowds. It's a whole different thing actually expecting a vice president of Merrill, Lynch, or a visiting fellow at the AEI, or a senior partner at Hogan and Hartson to vote for a practicing idiot. (I mean, a practicing idiot who doesn't bow and scrape to the Money! boys.) The Money! guys would be humiliated to be seen sharing a power table at the Capital Grille with Mike "Goober" Huckabee. The Bombs! guys are horrified at the prospect of having to defend President Huckabee at conferences in Paris, Davos or Shanghai.
Compromise, you see, that was for the Jesusites. They were supposed to compromise and swallow a Giuliani or a Romney. They were supposed to trade their votes for lip service on their trailer trash agenda. Why? Because as much as the Left sneers at the hillbillies, the Money! and Bombs! wings, sneer even more.
Blowback, my GOP friends. Blowback. Suddenly your hillbilly foot soldiers are driving the tank. Boo hoo.
This entry was posted by Michael Reynolds, on Sunday, December 23, 2007. You can leave your response.
Here's hoping you and yours enjoyed a delightful winter solstice, Michael!
Burt Likko Says:
You forgot another faction -- the Moatdiggers.
There's reason to believe that Iowa is uniquely susceptible to Goober's charms, and Giuliani is still leading the polls nationally, although not by nearly the commanding margin he used to. It's a five-way chess game with six players right now:
Giuliani (trying to bridge the Bombs! and Money! factions)
Huckabee (representing the Jesus! faction)
McCain (representing the Bombs! faction)
Romney (representing the Money! faction)
Thompson (representing the James Stockdale Fan Club)
Ron Paul (so the wingnuts finally get a place at the grownups' table)
Notice how all of them are currently competing for the Moatdiggers' votes right now, because they may make the difference in the early states.
Don't kid yourself - the moat-digger vote is huge. If it really becomes the hot button issue of 2008, a GOP nominee with the right credentials on that isue will give the Democrats nightmares in California. Don't believe me? Look at New York state and Spitzer's back-down on auto licenses. With the right propaganda campaign, it plays hugely well with working-class Democrats, naturalized citizens and other ethnic minorities.
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This happens to be one of your all-time great posts. I'll never forget the GOP trilogy; I've already cited you in several conversations (usually giving you credit).


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Detour Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series
January 23, 2019 July 30, 2019 James SchumacherBlog
Detour Update – 4k Restoration and Bluray Way back when I had the idea of presenting reviews and analysis of all the major gold film reels of actual Noir titles featured in the game L.A. Noire. Life has a way of changing plans, so the project never got very far.[…]
Treasure Island 1990 DVD Review
September 27, 2011 November 13, 2012 James SchumacherAction
I've been waiting for this for quite awhile. Since 97-98 when I bought my first DVD player and in truth as far back as the early 90s when I could find no VHS copy to replace my taped off the television version. Some of this is ground I've already covered[…]
Scarface Digitially Remastered in Theaters – One Night Only
August 31, 2011 September 1, 2011 James SchumacherBlog
For one night only fans and newcomers alike were able to experience Scarface on the big screen. The film received the special treatment as an anniversary gift and celebration of it's release into High Definition on Blu-ray. Check out the Scarface Limited Edition Humidor Gift Set post for information on[…]
Where the Sidewalk Ends – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series
August 15, 2011 March 2, 2014 James SchumacherBlog
Cementing the Sidewalk Crew Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 Film Noir starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. The writers for the film were headed up by Ben Hecht (making his second appearance on our list after 1946's Hitchock masterpiece Notorious). The wonderfully simmering, desperate musical score was composed[…]
Body and Soul (1947) – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series
July 10, 2011 January 23, 2019 James SchumacherAction
Body and Soul is a 1947 Film Noir that portrays a boxer struggling to deal with the complications and temptations that come with great success and moreover the money that comes with fame. The film was written by Abraham Polonsky who would later go on to begin a directing career[…]
Coen Brothers Collection Blu-ray
July 3, 2011 July 10, 2011 James SchumacherAction
Coen Brothers – Blu-ray Summer The catalog of quality films from the Coen Brothers has always been somewhat slow to appease it's fan-base in the non-theatrical sense. Slow to make it to DVD and in-turn slow to finally make it to HD on Blu-ray. Part of this has to do[…]
Scarface Humidor Gift Set – Limited Edition
June 28, 2011 June 28, 2011 James SchumacherAction
Scarface Humidor Gift Set Scarface is on of the most powerful and well-acted "gangster" films of all time. Now, Universal celebrates this classic Al Pacino with the Scarface Limited Edition Humidor Gift Set. Below is the Universal Studio promo video. The Scarface Humidor Gift set not only includes a remastered[…]
Treasure Island 1990 Preorder – Release Date Confirmed
June 26, 2011 September 27, 2011 James SchumacherAction
*Update* Treasure Island DVD review here! It's finally 100% confirmed, Treasure Island 1990 DVD approaches! Check out this graphic released to major vendors as a tie-in for the Ben Hur Anniversary Blu-ray release. A collection of Heston films are set to come out with Treasure Island featured most prominently. Treasure[…]
Scarlet Street Film Review – L.A. Noire Film Project
June 21, 2011 July 17, 2015 James SchumacherClassic Films
Scarlet Street is a 1945 Film Noir from Austrian director Fritz Lang. Lang was a master of the dark genre of German Expressionism which lent itself so well to the Noir genre. The British Film Institute titled him as the Master of Darkness. Lang was best known for the still popular[…]
Gun Crazy Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series
June 16, 2011 March 2, 2014 James SchumacherBlog
Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work. An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter. Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and[…]
The Warrior's Way Review – Anime-style action meets Spaghetti Western?
December 4, 2010 James SchumacherAction
The Warrior's Way from director and writer Sngmoo Lee receives a wide release this weekend. It stars an excellent Korean actor by the name of Jang Dong-gun, probably best known state-side for the Korean war epic film Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. This is an English-language film and the supporting[…]
44 Inch Chest Blu-ray Review – Ray Winstone and Ian McShane
October 10, 2010 October 16, 2010 James SchumacherBlur-ray Review
I queued up 44 Inch Chest for a couple of reasons. The first being the amazing cast that it had listed, not the least of which are Ray Winstone and Ian McShane. The second reason would be that I have enjoyed many of the British Gangster films from the more[…]
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"Love Walks In" by Van Halen
Pop Bits: Although the second single from their 5150 album, "Dreams," stalled shy of the Pop Top 20 (#22) it got a lot of airplay on MTV and at Rock where the track got to #6. Next up was this track. It was another winner at Rock where the song made it to #4. At Pop, the tune peaked at the same #22 spot as their previous single and remained on the chart for one additional week. The song kept sales of the album steady. It was still riding in the Top 20 after peaking at #1 for three weeks earlier in April/May. It was well on its way to selling over six million copies.
ReduxReview: This mid-tempo effort was probably the closest Van Halen would get to a power ballad. The radio-friendly track was an appropriate follow-up to "Dreams" and like that song, I thought it would do a little better on the Pop chart. Still, it would be their second album in a row to produce three Top 40 singles. I like that the minor verse leads to a sweet chorded chorus. I think this is the type of song that Van Halen would have not come up with or done with David Lee Roth. Something like this wasn't in his wheelhouse, but with Hagar it was possible. Another quality track from the album.
Trivia: The cover of the 5150 album showed an Atlas-like muscled guy holding up a globe that is encircled by the Van Halen initial logo. The man who posed for the photo is bodybuilder Rick Valente. A friend of Valente's tipped him off that there were auditions for a photo shoot happening at the gym they worked out at and encouraged Valente to show up. He did and he ended up getting the job. Valente said in an interview that he was shocked when the album came out and it was just him on the cover. Valente won his first bodybuilding title at the age of 19 and won several more over the years. He ended up being a fixture at the famous Gold's gym at Venice Beach, California, and worked out alongside celebrities like Hulk Hogan and Lou Ferrigno. He eventually became a personal trainer there. In 1989, Valente became the host of the ESPN fitness/exercise show BodyShaping. The show would run for more than a decade.
"When I Think of You" by Janet Jackson
"A Matter of Trust" by Billy Joel
"Private Number" by The Jets
"You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon
"Wrap It Up" by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
"Love Always" by El DeBarge


Glasses, contact lenses or laser surgery – what's right for you?
Around half the population has a vision problem of some kind. However, these conditions are now easy to correct since there is a suitable solution for virtually each one.
The eye is our most important sensory organ. Medicine still has not found a way to prevent the natural deterioration of our eyesight. However, glasses, contact lenses or surgery make it possible for almost everyone to see clearly. Read on to find out all you need to knowabout the advantages and disadvantages of eyeglasses, laser surgery and contact lenses.
Glasses are the most common and effective way to correct a vision problem. Modern, individually customized glasses are now available for virtually every occasion and every vision need.
They are easy to wear, and modern frames and eyeglass lenses make them very comfortable. The high-refraction plastic lenses used today also considerably reduce the weight of strong eyeglass lenses. Modern eyeglass lenses allow wearers to see precisely at all distances. Anti-reflective eyeglass lenses prevent annoying light reflections, while self-tinting (also known as photochromic) eyeglass lenses darken when exposed to ultraviolet light. Glasses also help protect your eyes against dirt, dust and insects. There are ideal glasses for every occasion including work glasses for those who spend a lot of time on computers or tablet PCs, i.e., those who want comfortable and clear vision primarily in the near and mid-range distances, which can be customized as needed. The same is true for active applications, such sports and leisure activities. Special design and production technology now make it possible to produce lenses in your own prescription to fit highly-curved frames. Special, innovative coatings turn even plastic lenses, which used to be rather delicate, into durable precision vision aids.
Eyeglass lenses with strong prescriptions can be uncomfortably thick and heavy. They can fog up when you move from the cold outside into the warmth inside. Sometimes glasses can be unwieldy, for instance when lying on your side or while watching TV or reading. Moreover, the geometry of some eyeglass lenses results in areas that appear blurry, which may be more or less pronounced depending on the quality.
The small and practically invisible plastic lenses were the first alternative to eyeglasses. Modern, and custom-produced contact lenses in particular, allow for precise correction of almost all types of vision problems. There are contact lenses for both near and far-sightedness. The technology is now so advanced that contact lenses are available for presbyopia; these function like progressive lenses on the eye, they are known as multifocal contact lenses.
Contact lenses result in only slight magnification or reduction of the image. Sideways vision is also sharp and is not interrupted by an edge, as can happen with some eyeglasses. Contact lenses don't fog up, which can be a major factor for some professions – such as sailors, chefs, actors and athletes. Also, different vision impairments in the right and left eye can easily be corrected.
A certain degree of manual dexterity is required to put in contact lenses. Wearing them too long can disrupt oxygen supply to the eye, at the time of purchase ask your optician whether the contact lenses have good oxygen permeability. People who suffer from dry eyes should use hard lenses. In general, tolerability of contact lenses varies greatly from one individual to the next, some people get used to them quickly, while others require more time. Contact lenses require more maintenance than eyeglasses, this is especially important since incorrect maintenance and contamination can lead to infections. With multifocal contact lenses, some people have issues switching between the far and near range, or require more time to get used to it.
Having laser surgery to correct vision impairment has been an option for about 20 years. There is a range of procedures, such as Femto-LASIK, LASIK (laser in situ keratomileusis), LASEK (laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy) and PRK (photorefractive keratectomy), as well as the minimally invasive ReLEx smile treatment method. The physician decides what method is best for each individual patient. Femto-LASIK is considered the most familiar and is the state-of-the-art procedure. A femtosecond laser is used to cut a thin flap from the cornea, which is then folded to the side. Then the excimer laser ablates the necessary tissue to correct the specific type of vision impairment, all within seconds. In the case of near-sightedness, the cornea is flatter, while it has a more angular shape in the case of far-sightedness. Once the procedure is complete, the flap is folded back into place. Patients can see clearly again shortly after the procedure. The most important requirement for an optimal procedure is that the physician must determine whether it is possible to perform laser surgery at all. The procedure can now be performed on an out-patient basis and usually only takes a few minutes.
Of all the other methods, the new ReLEx smile treatment method from Carl Zeiss Meditec is the first method in which vision impairments can be corrected without having to peel back the corneal flap. This means that the procedure is significantly less invasive for the eye. A laser is used within the intact cornea to create a thin, lens-shaped piece of tissue called a lenticule, which is then removed from under the cornea through an aperture measuring less than four millimeters. This translates into 80-percent less incision area in the upper layers of the cornea than previously (in LASIK) and a shorter treatment.
No glasses are required after the surgery. Modern laser correction procedures can even correct presbyopia. Laser surgery can be a good solution for people with vision problems who cannot get used to glasses or who don't tolerate contact lenses. The diopter range within which vision impairments can be corrected depends on the procedure used. For instance, ReLEx smile can usually correct near-sightedness of up to minus 10 diopters. Other requirements: the eye must be fully formed (in general, patients should be over 18), the degree of near-or far-sightedness (with or without astigmatism) should not have changed within the last two years and the cornea must also be of a certain thickness. With an experienced doctor, this is a very low-risk surgery.
Laser surgery is an invasive procedure performed on an essentially healthy organ. Potential side effects and complications include temporarily dry eyes. These symptoms can last up to twelve weeks. Even if the procedure is successful, the vision impairment may not be completely corrected and it may still be necessary to wear glasses. Patients with autoimmune disorders should not undergo laser surgery, along with most diabetics, since this condition can cause damage to the cornea. Beware of cheap offers from abroad as they have significant shortcomings.
A relatively new option to correct presbyopia and vision impairments is the implantable multifocal lens. While at first these products were inflexible and rigid, modern models are extremely flexible, foldable and can be implanted in the eye through a tiny incision. The procedure only takes about 10 minutes per eye and can be performed within a few days. It is also completely painless thanks to local anesthetic. During the procedure, the multifocal lens is usually placed in the capsular sac, directly behind the pupil, and held in place using a haptic anchor. A new technology has optimized the structuring of the near, mid and far-range zones, significantly increasing visual acuity in all ranges and reducing the risk of glare to a minimum.
The new generation of multifocal lenses is very well tolerated and does not cause pain or discomfort due to the feeling of having a foreign body in your eye. They are primarily implanted in individuals who suffer from age-related cataracts. Around 20 million people worldwide undergo cataract surgery every year. Clinical studies show that 90 percent of patients no longer require a visual aid at any time after the surgery. The benefits of the operation last for a lifetime and it is no longer necessary to have a follow-up procedure since the refraction values generally remain stable. Patients can perform any kind of daily task and even play sports.
Patients suffering from certain pathological changes in the eye are not eligible for the procedure. If a patient has this kind of eye disorder, any potential cataract operation will be discussed with the eye care professional during the consultation.


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Crathie () is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Dee.

Abergeldie Castle is  away. It was built around 1550 and had 19th century additions. It was garrisoned by General Hugh Mackay in 1689.

Crathie is  west of Ballater, but only  east of Balmoral Castle. It is best known for its association with the royal inhabitants of the castle, particularly for their patronage of Crathie Kirk, the  parish church. Traditionally many of the estate's workers lived at Crathie. Crathie Bridge is one of the more obscure of Brunel's iron bridges, demonstrating his balloon flange girder.

The hills to the south contain a number of memorial cairns, commemorating Prince Albert and some of his children. John Brown, a favoured acquaintance of Queen Victoria's is also buried here.

The Royal Lochnagar distillery stands on the southern bank of the Dee east of the village.  The only producer of a Deeside single malt, it is fed by natural springs rising on the slopes of Lochnagar, a neighbouring Munro.

In local government Ballater and Crathie share a combined Community council of 12 members. In the UK House of Commons it is represented by the county constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, and in the Scottish Parliament it is represented by the county constituency of Aberdeenshire West.

See also
Aberdeenshire Cricket Association

References

 AA Touring Guide to Scotland (1978)

External links

 Photos and information about Crathie

Villages in Aberdeenshire

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FILE – This March 9, 2010 file photo shows a tanker truck passing the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. On Weds., Nov. 14, 2012, California s largest greenhouse gas emitters will for the first time begin buying permits in a landmark cap-and-trade system meant to control emissions of heat-trapping gases and spur investment in clean technologies. The program is a key part of California s 2006 climate-change law, AB32, a suite of regulations that dictate standards for cleaner-burning fuels, more efficient automobiles and increased use of renewable energy. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
By Casey Tolan | ctolan@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. | UPDATED: July 29, 2017 at 8:53 a.m.
Most Californians support the state's policies fighting climate change — and they want state leaders to go further, a poll released Wednesday found.
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More than half of state residents say they found it very important for California to act as a leader on climate change around the world, and two-thirds supported the state making its own climate change policies beyond those implemented by the federal government, according to a poll from the Public Policy Institute of California.
"Californians continue to believe that global warming is a threat not just to the world but to quality of life and the economy in California, and they support the path that the state is on," said Mark Baldassare, the president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute.
The results suggest a strong endorsement for the strategy of Gov. Jerry Brown, who has traveled around the world to ink climate deals while also fighting for new climate change policies at home.
An overwhelming majority of state residents are supportive of a legislative effort to power all of the state's electricity grid through renewable sources. Senate Bill 100, which passed the State Senate in May and is expected to be debated in the Assembly next month, would require that 100 percent of the state's electricity comes from renewable sources like wind or solar power by 2045.
76 percent of adults and 71 percent of likely voters approve of that requirement — including 81 percent of Democrats and 53 percent of Republicans, the poll found.
"Californians overwhelmingly support our efforts to tackle climate change," said Kevin de León, the senate president pro tem, who wrote the bill, on Tuesday. "They know it's an urgent threat and they want us to continue to lead."
In follow-up interview with the Bay Area News Group, survey respondents said they thought a broad shift to renewables was necessary for the state's future.
"We should be doing more," said Julius Lau, 20, a student at San Francisco State University. "Unless we start addressing our dwindling resources now, we're in trouble."
More than half of Californians said they hadn't heard anything about the state's cap-and-trade program. But when surveyors explained how it works — issuing permits to limit the amount of emissions that companies can release — most respondents support it.
A total of 56 percent of adults and 49 percent of likely voters said they approve of cap-and-trade, the highest levels of support that PPIC has found since 2009.
On Tuesday, Brown signed into law an extension of the cap-and-trade program from 2020 to 2030.
Half of Californians also say they're personally willing to pay more for electricity in order to pitch in and help fight global warming, and 54 percent said they expect gas prices to rise because of the state's climate policies. The high levels of support despite those costs "shows the level of threat people see" in rising global temperatures, Baldassare said.
The support for climate policies here comes as President Donald Trump has voiced skepticism about man-made climate change and pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accords, in which every country commits to limit its emissions. The poll found 71 percent of California adults oppose Trump's decision.
"His whole platform seems to be all about raping the planet for all its worth and leaving the mess for others to clean up," said Jennifer Loring, 50, a survey respondent from Alameda. "We should be good stewards for the planet."
Since the state's drought officially ended earlier this year, there's also been a precipitous drop in Californians worrying about having enough water. Last July, 62 percent said water supply was a big problem for the state. This year, just 37 percent say so — although the results differ by region, with 51 percent of Central Valley residents still calling water shortage a big problem.
And the poll found an all-time low in support for offshore drilling along the California coast — just 25 percent of residents are in favor, while 69 percent are opposed.
The poll, which was conducted between July 9 and 18, surveyed 1,708 California adult residents in English and Spanish. The margin of error was 3.4 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
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The International Center for Advanced Research and Training (ICART) was established in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013. ICART focuses on research to address gender based violence and clinical health issues.
A joint initiative between our partners at Panzi Foundation DRC, the Evangelical University in Africa (UAE), and the University of Michigan, ICART aims to improve research capacity at Panzi by training physicians and staff on research methods, conducting ethical research on human subjects, management and analysis, scientific writing and presentations, and publication. Staff and faculty are gaining the skills necessary to become strong voices and leaders in the international research community, addressing the needs and future direction of DRC with data-driven, evidence-based recommendations for both the policy and philanthropic communities.
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More importantly, at Goodwill you get to work in a professional environment, where your opinions count and you are awarded for your hard work. Goodwill is an equal opportunity employer.
Imagine being unable to support yourself and your family. This is what thousands of individuals who seek assistance from Goodwill are experiencing. Goodwill's Workforce Initiatives Department offers job training and placement services to individuals who suffer from a disability or disadvantage. We assist local residents in making the transition from being unemployed to becoming successful members of their communities.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 league cricket competition in India, initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The IPL began in 2008 and at present the fourth season is taking place across various Indian cities. Initially there were only eight teams competing in the IPL; however, two more teams were added taking the final tally to ten.
The IPL is controlled by the IPL Governing Body headed by BCCI vice president Chirayu Amin. In 2010, IPL became the first ever sporting event to be telecasted live on YouTube. In the same year, its brand value was calculated to be USD 4.13 billion. Today, IPL is the second highest paying league in the world, next only to NBA. USD 3.84 million is the average per annum salary of a player in the IPL, and all the teams are presently valued at a high premium with respect to the original price.
The IPL has successfully combined sports and entertainment and created a new niche market segment called sport entertainment. Today, IPL occupies the top spot in the advertising strategies of all companies across the spectrum. Large corporate houses like Reliance Industries Ltd, United Breweries and India Cements have floated their own teams.
To understand the IPL market better, Civitas is conducting a detailed study of the league and its market dynamics, encompassing areas like viewership, marketing and branding strategies of franchisees, and impact on the economy (micro and macro). The project assumes more importance since a new team Kochi Tuskers Kerala belongs to Kochi from where Civitas operates. The study essentially revolves around the following core areas: Impact of IPL in Kochi and Kerala, new business opportunities generated in Kerala due to the IPL, preparedness of the city to host the matches especially in terms of transportation, hospitality, law and order, branding strategy for the team and estimation of revenue generation.


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At julian's random farewell get together.
T+0 is when this port was the best.
Baked spices, light mint, glycerol, brown sugar and honey creme brulee on the nose.
Smooth, medium body but coating of allspice, raisins and a tart twinge of acidity.
The nose has some spirit showing through but still a similar profile.
The body has faded becoming lithe and graceful. As Julian brought up that this is very acidic, it definitely is more apparent.
It reminded me of cooked raisins on the body.
Finishes with a sweet black tea.


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How a new name, building will help Children's Inn serve more victims of domestic violence
Children's Inn is preparing to move into a brand new facility in east-central Sioux Falls, and with the new building comes a new name.
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Simplified: Children's Inn is preparing to move into a brand new facility in east-central Sioux Falls, and with the new building comes a new name. It's all driven by a goal to increase capacity to help all victims of domestic violence.
Children's Inn is the only domestic violence shelter in the city – and the only shelter available in the four-county area, as well.
The shelter has been operating over capacity since 2016, said Program Director Amy Carter. There are 40 beds available, but often the shelter sees between 50 and 60 people each night. The new facility will more than double current bed capacity.
The new facility also comes with a rebrand. The new name for the shelter will be the "Children's Home Shelter for Family Safety."
"It's telling people what they're going to get from us: safety," Carter said.
Tell me more about the new building
Construction on the building is near completion, and the goal is to have all finishing touches, furniture and art in place for a move-in date of Nov. 15, Carter said.
It's located adjacent to the Empower Campus between Eighth Street and Tenth Street at 113 N. St. Paul Ave.
The design of the new building will also be more conducive to ensuring visitors can maintain privacy and find safety in a calm environment, Carter said.
The check-in will be in a more separated, private area than the current facility, where people check-in in a busy area with lots of people walking by.
There will be more common areas, so the people staying in the shelter can have more options to find a quiet (or, at least, semi-quiet) space outside of their room.
The artwork was specifically selected to create a tranquil space, and it's been curated from some local artists to embody the local culture, Carter said.
The biggest change, though, is just having more space.
The new building will be 48,000 square feet, compared to the XX-square-foot building Childrens Inn currently operates out of on Western Avenue.
There will be 96 beds, compared to the existing 40.
There will also be enough space to house male victims of domestic violence on-site. At the current location, men have to be put up in a hotel because the shelter is out of space.
"Moving from a 40 bed shelter to a 96 bed shelter means we can serve thousands more people who need help during some of the darkest times of their lives," Children's Home Society CEO Michelle Lavallee said.
And it won't just be the shelter visitors who have a better experience in the new building.
"Just spreading out what we're doing is going to make a huge difference for the staff," Carter said, adding that the current overcrowding and noise can be draining and impact the mental health of shelter employees.
Tell me more about the new name
Since 1998 when the shelter first merged with Children's Home Society, there has been confusion about the name, Carter said.
People think because it has "children" in the name, services are only for children or women who have children, she said. That's not true. The shelter serves all victims of domestic violence.
The new name also clarifies the relationship between the shelter and Children's Home Society.
And it plainly states that it's providing safety for all, whether it's shelter services, counseling services or crisis intervention services.
The rebrand will coincide with the move into the new building, set for Nov. 15.
Once in the new space, the staff will be able to take a breath and focus on doing what they do best, helping domestic violence victims, Carter said.
"We're just going to do what we know how to do," she added. "And we know how to provide safety, comfort and support to victims of domestic violence and child abuse."
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The first 42-km stretch of the Transylvania Motorway in central Romania opened on Tuesday, with caretaker Prime Minister Emil Boc and caretaker Transport Minister Radu Berceanu taking part in the event.
Also attending were Social Democratic senior members Ioan Rus and Vasile Dancu, who stressed that the Transylvania Motorway project had begun during the Adrian Nastase Government (2001-2004), when they were ministers.
The opened stretch links the city of Turda to Gilau (central-western Romania), with the 42 kilometres being travelled by Boc and the other attending officials. The Motorway will have a total 415 kilometres, of which more than 55 kilometres of bridges and viaducts, 58 flyovers and 16 junctions.


Place cookies in food processor or blender; process until they make fine crumbs.
To make crust, combine cookie crumbs and butter.
Set aside ½ cup of crumb mixture and press remaining crumbs into bottom and sides of an ungreased 9-inch pie pan.
Spread 2 cups of ice cream in an even layer over cookie crust.
Drizzle with 1/3 cup of strawberry topping and sprinkle with ¼ cup of reserved crumb mixture.
Top with remaining 2 cups of ice cream; spread in an even layer.
Drizzle with remaining 1/3 cup of strawberry topping.
Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup of crumb topping and chopped peanuts.
To serve, cut into 8 wedges. If desired, top each serving with chocolate fudge topping.
Separate your peanut butter sandwich cookies and place one piece of chocolate on one side of the cookie and a marshmallow right on top of the chocolate.
Place the cookie half with the chocolate and the marshmallow on a plate and microwave for 40 seconds or until marshmallow is puffy but doesn't explode. Take out of the microwave and squish the marshmallow down with the other cookie half. That or roast them over a fire the traditional s'more way!
Cover the Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies with chocolate and then put in oven until the chocolate melts on the cookie.
Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line standard muffin tins with cupcake liners. Place Do-si-dos in a food processor and blend until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
Mix with 1/4 cup of melted butter to make a crust. Press 1 scant tablespoon of crumbs into the bottom of each cup. Press down using the back of a wooden spoon.
Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cool.
Stir together the cocoa and rest of the melted butter (1/4 cup).
Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add the cocoa and butter mixture. Gradually mix in the sweetened condensed milk.
Lightly mix the egg and vanilla, then add to the cream cheese mixture until combined well. Spoon into the cups (about 3/4 full).
Bake 30 – 35 minutes, or until set.
Beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar with a mixer on medium speed.
Add salt, then peanut butter, then vanilla.
Add the cream and blend well.
Chill the mixture in the refrigerator for about an hour.
Once the cheesecakes are completely cooled, pipe the ganache onto the cheesecakes, leaving a nice border around the edge.
Place a Peanut Butter Patties cookies (that has been cut in half ) in the center. Keep the cheesecakes chilled until ready to serve.
Makes 24 standard cupcake sized cheesecakes.


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In more recent times the word has come under criticism for being sexist as not all such leaders are male. A backlash by those who want to preserve the old patterns of speech has resulted in some propagating a false etymology that states the -man is not a reference to a person at all and is, therefore, not sexist. This ill-informed view states that the -man comes from the Latin manus, meaning hand, that the chairman is the hand of the one sitting in the chair guiding the meeting. This is complete bunk.


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When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant…
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When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on…
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A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers for $2 million.
Gaurav dreams of settling down with Kavya, the woman of his dreams, but she prefers a man who's more adventurous and willing to take risks. He soon stands to lose…
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Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise…
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
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Inferno's powers are stolen by a young and powerful villain and it's up to the Secret Warriors to defeat their new foe and help their friend. But does Inferno even…
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How we live in a digital culture?
We all live in a society where every single action is determinate by high technology, this kind of technology is the result of the adaptation of the human being, but… how do every person react to the need of technological adaptation?
A few months ago I watched this video, and I think that the approach of it is emblematic in this context of old fashion vs technology in common life.
This video is for little children, and that sector is formed by digital natives! They don't have problem for the adaptation, but what happen with… older people? There are two kinds of groups, the people who have to turn into digital immigrants and the ones that refuse to integrate this gadgets to their life.


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The second one was pretty good, made me smile, even.
The first one? The tempo was too slow and as much as I love Tyler and Marc, they made TYMD it sound like Honky Tonk.
I liked them both. It's fun to hear a honky-tonk version of "Tie Your Mother Down." The other one doesn't really seem that different, since Brian mimics an acoustic guitar anyway, but it's nice to hear Marc Martel's voice so clearly. He has a very good voice.
It crossed my mind while listening that I don't think anyone could accuse Marc of trying to imitate Freddie singing either one of them. And he very well could if he chose to.


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Don't go to the damn clearing
In places called "glades of death", often all kinds of miracles happen. There people and animals disappear, watches and the compass "go crazy", flying birds fall dead, and eyewitnesses who survived see all kinds of mirages, mysterious "fogs" and even quite real monsters, from which it's not just run away. Fire-breathing hole in the ground such glades are located at the very epicenter of a powerful geological fault, causing distortion of space. Among other things, in such places appear in large quantities all kinds of goblin, mermaids, swamps and other unclean forces, starting their "demonic games" with people … One of the most famous "glade of death" located in Siberia on the river Cove. Thirty kilometers from her the confluence of the Angara is the ancient Russian village of Karamyshevo, the shepherds from whom one day, with a long cattle drive, found a rather strange and dangerous place in the taiga: a huge hole in the ground, in which dozens of wild forest animals perished on their eyes in the fire. A photo from open sources In particular, in some detail documented case when passing along a forest path by this strange meadow a local hunter saw a deer jump out on clearing, and after a moment fell through the ground and burned alive. To do not forget yourself and warn others about the danger, shepherds carved on tree trunks surrounding a clearing, image trait with a pointer and called this place "Devil's Cemetery". By the way locals are sure that this is the place under Mysterious earth Tunguska meteorite. Over time tremendous the fire-breathing hole was covered with earth, branches, fallen leaves, and eyewitness accounts of the Devil's Cemetery have changed. Now how they say that animals here do not fall underground, but die directly on the surface it is not clear from what misfortune. They also say that they don't it's dangerous for animals and people for a long time to remain in a clearing from The Devil's Cemetery was rarely returned alive. Got there a certain invisible force holds, and a burning pain pierces the body. Particularly stubborn adventurers burned in the clearing from the inside: the clothes remained intact, and the insides and blood in no time turned to dust. Sometimes at night in the meadow there is a terrible a bluish glow and a ray rises into the sky. Soon after that small balls begin to move above the treetops bright white color. In the afternoon, surprising mirages terrifying hunters. The films were completely illuminated A similar but lesser known "clearing of death" located in the upper reaches of the Tokko River, on the border of the Chita region and Yakutia. "Its surface is as if burnt out a piece of forest with a diameter of about 20-30 meters, says one of Researchers of the geopathogenic zone Igor Chernysh. – earth on it looks charred like after a fire. Thinking, I stepped on clearing, took a few steps and immediately felt sharp and very unpleasant tingling in the whole body. The head suddenly began to pour leaden weight, and colorful circles floated before my eyes; I realized that I'm losing my balance. My comrades, suspecting something was amiss, quickly pulled me out of a dangerous place. Recovering, I talked about the experiences, and it was decided to examine the clearing more thoroughly. First of all, we went around it from all sides. On the clearing not only was not vegetation, but even the branches of trees and bushes around did not grow in her direction. In the midst of the meadow some bumps were visible in the black burnt earth. Looking closely we realized: these are charred carcasses of small animals and birds. Having decided make a detailed plan, got a compass, but he refused to lead normal, the arrow was spinning like crazy and even a considerable distance from the clearing could not calm down! Having been in around the damn place a couple of hours, members of our group started experience some inexplicably anxious feeling. Have begun headaches, heart ached greatly. By making a detailed description clearings and some photos, we tried to leave quickly this is a scary place. However, having already shown film at home, we were incredibly amazed: they were completely illuminated. Gone not only shots taken near and around the clearing, but also all that we shot before that. "Hallucinations have nothing to do with it. Another clearing, where, according to popular rumor, unknown the forces that make a person wander around her are in Vologda region. For the first time, the local press reported it, Recalling the numerous stories of foresters in 1988. And immediately after that, an amateur went to the Vologda forests expedition. The search for a bewitched place that year did not crown success, however, the desire to find him did not disappear, and seven years later a new expedition was organized. This time the expedition members invited as a guide to the local forester who dense forest and led people to a mysterious clearing. She turned out perfectly round and in diameter was one hundred twenty meters. Six researchers were left to conduct on it all kinds of measurements, and two – Nikolai Ignatov and Roman Petrov – went to the forest and … gone! Nicholas was discovered only the next morning. far from the parking lot. The forester said he was lucky. Here impassable swamps began, and he could easily fall into the swamp. Nikolai said that in the forest he constantly saw a clearing with a tent and bonfire. They could be reached at a quick pace for a maximum of three minutes. But no matter how much he walked, everything constantly appeared before him new and new trees, as if in a fairy tale, a goblin made him wander in three pines. Fortunately, Nikolai got off that called a slight fright, but Roman was never found … Despite on the tragic outcome of this expedition, next year to a mysterious place in the dense Vologda forest went a new group of researchers. But this time, the expedition members, leaving with glades in the thicket, constantly tied with a long rope, the end which remained in the clearing, in the hands of the comrades who were on it. One of the researchers, leaving the first day outside the clearing with with a rope on his belt, he claimed that, moving away from the center, everything was moving time right, holding a fire and both tents strictly behind him. But, moving away only twenty meters and turning around, he found that a clearing with tents and a bonfire was on the right, and the rope stretched for some reason to the left! An incredible situation that was hard to find explanation. Only one thing was clear: the glade is "buggy" and distorts reality, forcing people to go deeper into the thicket, to the side impassable swamps! According to the "cabinet" experts, not even approaching the Vologda phenomenon, the cause of strange properties glades and the surrounding forest may be … mercury vapors, sort of like standing out from under the ground! However these couples are somehow weird behave: for some reason they do not go beyond the borders of the meadow. It turns out mercury and its hallucinations have nothing to do with it, and the thing is otherwise. But in what – time and new expeditions will show …
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