Michael Jackson – Thriller

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Kneeknee

Michael Jackson – Thriller

Michael Jackson - Thriller

First taking to the stage at the age of just 11 as part of his family’s gig The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson grew quickly into the superstardom which would both reward and plague his life. An apparently unstoppable creative and financial force through the highs of his career, ‘The King of Pop’ struggled with a confused and turbulent private life that was often made appalling public. In the wake of his shock death though, it is for his artistry – and not his controversies – that he will be remembered and sadly missed.

Jackson was born 29 August 1958, in Gary, Indiana, to an African-American working-class family. His father, Joseph Jackson, had been a guitarist but had put aside his musical aspirations to provide for his family as a crane operator. Believing his sons had talent, he molded them into a musical group in the early 1960s. At first, the Jackson Family performers consisted of Michael’s older brothers Tito, Jermaine, and Jackie. Michael joined his siblings when he was five, and emerged as the group’s lead vocalist. He showed remarkable range and depth for such a young performer, impressing audiences with his ability to convey complex emotions. Older brother Marlonalso became a member of the group, which evolved into the The Jackson 5.

Behind the scenes, Joseph Jackson pushed his sons to succeed. He was also reportedly known to become violent with them. Michael and his brothers spent endless hours rehearsing and polishing up their act. At first, the Jackson 5 played local gigs and built a strong following. They recorded one single on their own, ‘Big Boy’ with the b-side ‘You’ve Changed’, but it failed to generate much interest.

The Jackson 5 moved on to working an opening act for such R&B artists as Gladys Knight and the Pips, James Brown, and Sam and Dave. Many of these performers were signed to the legendary Motown record label, and it has been reported that Gladys Knight may have been the one to tell Motown founder Berry Gordy about the Jackson 5. Impressed by the group, Gordy signed them to his label in 1968.

Relocating to Los Angeles, Michael and his brothers started work on their music and dancing with their father as their manager. They lived with Gordy and also with Supremes singer Diana Ross when they first arrived there. In August 1969, the Jackson 5 was introduced to the music industry at a special event, and later served as the opening act for the Supremes. Their first album, ‘Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5’, hit the charts in December of that year. It’s first single, ‘I Want You Back’, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1970. Read more…..www.thebiographychannel.co.uk

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Park Wieloryba Rewal

Posted on July 18, 2013 by yxn7h9x

Park Wieloryba Rewal

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Get precautions when traveling on vacations. Always remember to phone and confirm your airline flight ahead of time. Getaways will always be a lively time of year, especially at the air-port. Should you be delivering gift items, ensure you leave them unwrapped. They will most likely be unwrapped and inspected by protection in any case.

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Chocolate Cake Six layers

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Kneeknee

Chocolate Vake Six layers

Chocolate Cake Six layers

Ingredients

350g butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups (660g) caster sugar
8 eggs, separated
11/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour
1/2 cup (50g) cocoa powder
11/2 cups (375ml) buttermilk
CHOCOLATE ICING
600g dark eating chocolate, melted
375g butter, melted
3/4 cup (120g) icing sugar

Preparation method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease two deep 20cm-round cake pans;
line bases with baking paper.

2. Beat butter, extract and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg yolks, one at a time, until just combined. Stir in sifted dry ingredients and buttermilk.

3. Beat egg whites in clean large bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold into cake mixture in two batches. Divide mixture between pans. Bake about 1 hour or until cooked when tested. Cool cakes in pans.

4. CHOCOLATE ICING: Whisk chocolate and butter together in medium bowl; whisk in sifted icing sugar. Cool icing to room temperature; whisk until thickened and spreadable. Reserve half of the icing.

5. Split cakes into three layers; place one layer on plate, spread with some of Chocolate Icing. Repeat with remaining layers and icing. Spread reserved icing all over cake.Suitable to freeze. Chocolate Icing suitable to microwave.

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Bust Your Chops – Common Phrases

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Kneeknee

Bust Your Chops – Common Phrases

Bust Your Chops - Common Phrases

Meaning:
To give someone a hard time. As in, “Yes, I’m late and I’m not wearing pants. Don’t bust my chops.”

Most say it came from …
There was once a time in the world when it was considered cool to sport a long, ridiculous pair of mutton chop side burns. From America to England, Russia to … some other place even further away than Russia, the civilized global population couldn’t get enough of these peninsula-shaped patches of hair.

Then, these people got punched in the face–their “chops busted,” if you will–and an idiom was born.

So is that true?
Even though there is no definitive proof to back this up, this seems to be the only theory going. Also, it involves stupid looking facial hair, so it has that going for it.

It’s just too bad that as regal and dignifying as the chops were for our founding fathers they only made hippies in the ’60s seem like unwashed piles of tie-dyed failures. To this day the only people able to successfully pull off mutton chops are old-timey gold miners. If you have the chops in question and you are not one of these three, please, shave now or prepare to have them busted.

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Jim Reeves – Danny Boy

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Kneeknee

Jim Reeves – Danny Boy

Jim Reeves - Danny Boy

Country Music’s ‘Gentleman Jim‘ Was a ‘Combination of Good and Bad,’Says LarryJordan,

It could be said that Jim Reeves was one country artist who was more popular in death than in life. First charting in 1953 with “Mexican Joe,” the singer’s death in a Nashville plane crash in July of 1964 did not slow down his success with fans. For two decades after his passing, Reeves continued to place many singles on the Billboard Country Singles Charts, and in 2009 – some 45 years after his death at age 40 – the singer was represented in the UK Top Ten Albums chart.

The life and music of Jim Reeves is chronicled in a brand new book titled “Jim Reeves: His Untold Story.” Larry Jordan, author of the book, recalls becoming a fan of the singer at a young age, and becoming a friend to Jim’s widow, Mary.

“I had known Mary Reeves for thirty-three years from the first time I wrote a letter to her in 1966 when I was thirteen,” Jordan recalls. “I would go down there on several weekends, and spend time with her. She would tell me many stories about Jim on a personal and professional level. I brought along a tape recorder, and taped them. I was fascinated by all of these different stories.”

A 1998 Reeves bio did the singer no favors, and Jordan felt an obligation to paint a more balanced picture of the man behind such hits as “He’ll Have To Go” and “Welcome To My World.”

Jordan thought “Why should this be the last word? So, I thought about it a little bit, and talked to Leo Jackson (who was in Jim’s band, the Blue Boys.) I thought ‘Maybe I’m in a unique position to do this. I knew Mary. I had the tapes. I had a writing background, and the means to get a book into print.”

Though the author is a Reeves fan, he didn’t put the singer on a pedestal. “I’ve said that the only obligation I have felt was to the truth. Some of the things I discovered about Jim disturbed me, and offended my own moral sensitivities,” he told Billboard. “But, this was the way he was – a combination of good and bad as we all are. I wanted the full picture, and that’s what I think I ended up with.”

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Dating and Romance Scams

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Kneeknee

Dating and Romance Scams

What are dating and romance scams?
Dating and romance scams try to lower your defences by appealing to your romantic or compassionate side. They play on emotional triggers to get you to provide money, gifts or personal details.

Scammers target victims by creating fake profiles on legitimate internet dating services. Once you are in contact with a scammer, they will express strong emotions for you in a relatively short period of time and will suggest you move the relationship away from the website, to phone, email and/or instant messaging. Scammers often claim to be from Australia, but travelling or working overseas.

They will go to great lengths to gain your interest and trust, such as sharing personal information and even sending you gifts. Scammers may take months, to build what seems like the romance of a lifetime and may even pretend to book flights to visit you, but never actually come. Once they have gained your trust they will ask you (either subtly or directly) for money, gifts or your banking/credit card details. They will pretend to need these for a variety of reasons.

For example, they may claim to be in the depths of despair due to financial hardship or an ill family member.

In other cases, the scammer might start off by sending you flowers or other small gifts then will tell you about a large amount of money they need to transfer out of their country or that they want to share with you. They will then ask for your banking details or money to cover administrative fees or taxes to free up the money. WARNING – This may be money laundering which is a criminal offence: never agree to transfer money for someone else.

Alternatively scammers may claim to have fallen ill or been involved in a serious accident. They will then ask you for money to pay medical bills or travel expenses to visit you. In some instances you may even be contacted by someone claiming to be their doctor.

Regardless of how you are scammed, you could end up losing a lot of money. Online dating and romance scams cheat Australians out of millions every year. The money you send to scammers is almost always impossible to recover and in addition, you may feel long-lasting emotional betrayal at the hands of someone who you thought loved you and was trustworthy.

Warning signs

You meet someone on an internet dating website and their profile picture or photograph looks different to their description or like it’s from a magazine.
After just a few contacts they profess strong feelings for you and suggest moving the conversation away from the website preferring email, instant messaging and/or phone instead.
After gaining your trust, they tell you an elaborate story and ask for money, gifts or your bank account/credit card details.
They continue to ask you for money, but never actually visit you.
If you don’t send money straightaway, their emails and calls will often become more desperate, persistent or direct.
The email is poorly written, vague or contains specific information taken directly from news articles, repeats itself, you are addressed by the wrong name, or the email is not personally addressed at all.

Protect yourself from dating and romance scams

ALWAYS consider the possibility that the approach may be a scam, particularly if the warning signs listed above appear. Try to remove the emotion from your decision making no matter how caring or persistent they seem.
Talk to an independent friend, relative or fair trading agency before you send any money. THINK TWICE before sending money to someone you have only recently met online or haven’t met in person.
NEVER give credit card or online account details to anyone by email.
Be very careful about how much personal information you share on social network sites. Scammers can use your information and pictures to create a fake identity or to target you with a scam.
If you agree to meet in person, tell family and friends where you are going. If this includes overseas travel, consider carefully the advice on www.smarttraveller.gov.au before making any plans.
Where possible, avoid any arrangement with a stranger that asks for up-front payment via money order, wire transfer or international funds transfer. It is rare to recover money sent this way.
If you think you have provided your account details to a scammer, contact your bank or financial institution immediately.
Money laundering is a criminal offence: do not agree to transfer money for someone else.

As well as following these specific tips, find out how to protect yourself from all sorts of other scams.

Report scams

If you think you’ve spotted a scam, report a scam to SCAMwatch or contact the ACCC on 1300 795 995. You should also spread the word to your friends and family to protect them.

Info source…..www.scamwatch.gov.au

Chocolate and Raspberry Brownies

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Kneeknee

Chocolate and Raspberry Brownies

Ingredients

caster sugar, 2 cups
margarine, 1 cup
eggs, 4
vanilla, 1 teaspoon
plain flour, 1 cup
cocoa, ¾ cup
frozen raspberries, 1 cup
choc chips, 1 cup
walnuts, chopped, 1 cup
icing sugar, to dust (optional)

Preparation method

MAKES 20

Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease and line a 20cm x 30cm slice pan with baking paper.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat sugar, margarine, eggs and vanilla together. Mix in combined sifted flour and cocoa.

Stir in raspberries, choc chips and walnuts. Spoon into pan, smoothing surface. Bake 25-30 minutes. Allow to cool in pan.
Slice into squares to serve. Dust with icing sugar, if liked.

TOP TIP

Store in an airtight container, layered between baking paper.

Recipe source…..food.ninemsn.com.au

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The History of Some of Today’s Most Common Phrases

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Kneeknee

The History of Some of Today’s Most Common Phrases

Why Do We Say It?

Some of our most common phrases were once thought to be low, vulgar and base. The rise of the criminal class as a vital piece of Elizabethan society prompted, among other things, the introduction of a new language. While the words remained English, the phraseology changed, and so did the meaning. Thus, a cove became a man rather than a secluded beach, flash meant the appearance of high society or wealth (a flash cove therefore was a rich man), and so on and so forth. But as time drew on, some of the phrases lost the stigma of criminal use and were accepted into the language of everyday people.

In 1785, etymologist Francis Grose produced The Vulgar Tongue, a dictionary of slang, sea-terms, thieves’ cant and other less-savory phrases. His point, in doing so, was to educate those in higher society as to what some of the phrases heard at cock-fights and bear-baiting really meant. The result, however, is a wonderful snapshot in linguistic time, a resource unequalled in its richness and history. From his work we can draw the history of some of our most common phrases today.

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Lets Just Kiss And Say Goodbye – The Manhattans

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Kneeknee

Lets just kiss and say goodbye – The Manhattans

Lets Just Kiss And Say Goodbye - The Manhattans

The Manhattans were formed in the early 60s in New Jersey as a quintet led by writer/bass vocalist Winfred “Blue” Lovett and emotive lead singer George Smith, along with Edward “Sonny” Bivins, Richard “Ricky” Taylor and Kenneth “Wally” Kelly, all of whom had just returned from service in the armed forces.

The group was popular regionally and had minor national success on the strength of some solid recordings for Carnival Records (their version of the country tune “From Atlanta to Goodbye” was a gem) in the late 60s before gaining the attention of Columbia Records in 1970. Unfortunately, their Columbia signing coincided with the sudden illness and untimely death of lead singer Smith. During a tour through North Carolina, the Manhattans came upon a college student with an amazing Sam Cooke-like voice. Recognizing the incredible talent of this 21 year old, the group invited Gerald Alston to join, and he became the lead singer who would bring stardom to the quintet.

After “Kiss and Say Goodbye,” the Manhattans spent the remainder of the decade scoring almost exclusively on the R&B charts. Then in 1980, they again surprised the Pop world, crossing over for a Pop top 10 hit with their loping 1980 ballad, “Shining Star.” The group continued to record through the 80s, hitting on the Soul charts with such hits as “Crazy” and “Honey Honey.” Their last album for Columbia records was the wonderful but overlooked 1986 disc, Back To Basics, produced in part by Bobby Womack and featuring a young Regina Belle singing background vocals. Unfortunately, the Manhattans’ smooth, adult soul style seemed out of place in the frenetic, electric funk sounds dominating late 80s music, and they were dropped by Columbia records in 1987.

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Rule of Thumb – Common Sayings

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Kneeknee

Rule of Thumb – Common Sayings

Meaning:

A common or ubiquitous benchmark. As in, “The rule of thumb is one part tonic to four parts gin.”

Most say it came from …

17th century English Judge Sir Francis Buller, who allegedly ruled that it was A-OK for a husband to beat his wife with a stick, given that said stick was no wider then his thumb.

This is the stuff that white trash dreams are made of.

So is that true?

As it turns out there isn’t any record of Buller actually making this ruling, though he was known to be a big powdered wig-wearing dickhead to everyone around him regardless of sex. Still, roughly a year after the supposed ruling, British satirist James Gillray called out Buller in this cartoon, selling his thumb-width wife beating sticks:

So why would Gillray create this poster if the ruling it referenced didn’t exist? Who knows. Maybe it was already an urban legend back then. The truth of the phrase is that it likely just refers to carpenters and tailors who, without a ruler handy, would just measure things in thumb-lengths. We tried digging up evidence that they were using actual severed thumbs for the task, but even that turned out to be too awesome to be true.

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