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I took the bus to the hospital for my course placement today for the first time. No one told me it's cheaper to take the bus compared to tube... *DUh* okay, i am being ignorant. Oh well, it's not too late ... at least i am informed for this last term.. after staying in London for 8 months..... The moral of the story is : Always EXPLORE alternative options, be receptive to them and adapt yourself if neccesary

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http://jnode.sourceforge.net/portal/node/623 By the way and since it seems JNode already supports Java5.0 features (except "annotations") this might just be an "immediate" solution.... RB "Il n'y a que les imbeciles qui ne changent pas d'avis, c'est mon avis depuis toujours" -----Original Message----- From: Renaud BECHADE [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:28 AM To: 'firstname.lastname@example.com' Subject: RE: timeframe for mid-level decissions >* Stay close to the operating system - GCJ,LLVM,... - See > http://www.research.ibm.com/vee04/Boehm.pdf Especially as GCJ and LLVM (especially LLVM) are relatively fast, NOW. (I remember comparing some floating point test between gcc -O 10^8 and llvm-gcc + llvi. The llvm was damn fast on my machine - I think I had a 20% or 30% improvement, which is indeed quite good - so good as say the Intel compiler or so on Intel machines. That was a pity Objective-C was not available :-( ) >I am currently working with LLVM as part of my diploma thesis and really >like it for its open possibilties (for other languages too) and for its >typed ssa risk-like ir specification. The compiler implementation is >also quite nice and it would give enough room to implement many features >and different runtimes [http://www.research.ibm.com/vee04/Grove.pdf] . > >As a side node: >Also the LLVM guys are heavily thinking about implementing many >intrinsics based on APR and other core libraries. Sure there are many >things which have to be built yet (garbage collecter, memory model >(which is very low level right now) ...) but a llvm-java frontend is >arleady being worked on. Since GCJ and GCC share the same code generator, and since GCC code generator has been ported to LLVM (with may-be heavy changes, though), why not just make sure a GCJ-LLVM-with-jit-plugin is developed, once GCJ gets some minimal support for java5 bytecode ("all-except-reflection")? So far as I know, LLVM enables or is scheduled to enable at-runtime LLVM bytecode generation (used for Ruby and Scheme interpreters I think[1]), so that we could have a cool JIT without the burden of actually generating low-level machine code (kind of a write once, run everywhere JIT). This kind of plan could also have the theoretical advantage of being able to release early and on a very big bunch of architectures code that /actually/ works, and is kind-of used by default by many, many, many people (*BSD users, embedded systems, linux hackers, and so on). Regards, RB (fed up with Sun JDK weird open-source licensing that forces freebsd users to download everything by hand...) [1] sorry for any technical mistake. -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Praher Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:30 AM To: email@example.com Subject: timeframe for mid-level decissions hi people, first of all it's great to hear so much harmony for open source java! Ever since I'm working with open source java software, I was dreaming of a great open source java vm movement. Now given the amount of great people involved here sounds it would truly be possible. Now the reason why I write this mail, is that I'd like to see some actual timelines put up and I would like to see a separation of the philosophical (long-term) issues from implementation issues (tasks that can be started assap). The central point is: When do you want the first Harmony J2SE alpha snapshots to reach the masses? >From this central question, I think the tasks which are of highest priority: -> Which VM(s) should be chosen? [this will be the hardest decision] -> Should there be a compatibilty Layer between VMs (like the Classpath VM classes) IMHO it would be important to take a multi-layer approach: A) A short term project (ship it early and improve it along the way) B) A mid term project (use the huge amount of knowledge which is out there in the vm projects and build on that) Some "advices": * First try to be conservative and build a VM based on what works now, and try to gain people by actually having a VM that works quite good. [ I don't think that building a VM in java is good for achieving that results for now ] * Stay close to the operating system - GCJ,LLVM,... - See http://www.research.ibm.com/vee04/Boehm.pdf I am currently working with LLVM as part of my diploma thesis and really like it for its open possibilties (for other languages too) and for its typed ssa risk-like ir specification. The compiler implementation is also quite nice and it would give enough room to implement many features and different runtimes [http://www.research.ibm.com/vee04/Grove.pdf] . As a side node: Also the LLVM guys are heavily thinking about implementing many intrinsics based on APR and other core libraries. Sure there are many things which have to be built yet (garbage collecter, memory model (which is very low level right now) ...) but a llvm-java frontend is arleady being worked on. But to be clear - the message from my side: fix decision deadlines and stick to them. build something, ship it early. This is the only way to make *) testers/developers aware *) gain ground in the VM cake just some thoughts form my side. -- Jakob
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My rubber ducky cute and small,
His soft and yellow painted skin,
I keep him next to my tub wall
Until the day we bathe again.
He floats along across the waves,
A pirate sailing bubbly shores
To explore uncharted lands for days,
And begin little ducky wars.
He bombs the bubbles with his beak,
The aftermath of a soapy blast,
He leaves behind a seamless streak
Remembrance of his enemies past
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He was diagnosed June 2009 with an anaplastic astrocytoma (brain tumor). Per usual he took it on full force. That is how he did everything, once he set out to accomplish something he would. In 2005 he set out to run a marathon in order to raise money for the MS Society, his father had MS. He trained hard and I helped him riding my bike, carrying water, or whatever he needed. He did it but not in the time he really wanted so the next he trained again and finished with the time he wanted which got him qualified for the Boston Marathon.
Then in 2007 he announced he wanted to do an Ironman, yes 2.4mile swim, 112mile bike, and 26.2mile run all in one day. He entered the Lake Placid Ironman that was to be held in July 2008. Training would take up most of his time for the next year but watching him cross that finish line was amazing. So it was no surprise that while in treatment he ran Boston for the 4th time. His June 2010 MRI was clear; we let ourselves breathe and plan.
Then end of July he had a seizure, it was back. Nothing worked and it progressed quickly then on Dec 7th he passed. Now what do I do? I feel like he just needs to come home. We are too young for this, I'm too young to be a widow. We were to go someplace fun with my friends next year for my 40th now what?? And now it's Christmas!
Nothing is right without him, I feel empty. I wish we would have or could have discussed what to do now but the tumor was in his speech area and he couldn't talk. Is it really possible to miss someone this much, not fair.
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By DJ MontoyaAugust 13, 2009
A small but very important ceremony was conducted back in late July for a small but very important group of people. To close out the momentous ceremony, Suzanne Buemi, Family Assistance Center Coordinator, Colorado National Guard Family Program, made a traditional presentation of a Colorado state flag to deploying Army Space Support Team 26 leader, Maj. Tod Fenner, 217th Space Company, 117th Space Battalion Colorado Army National Guard.
"We want you to fly it proudly," said Buemi. "Just know there is home that is with you forward from back here."
The deployment ceremony, conducted at Peterson Air Force Base's Building Three, ended months of training and preparation for team members: Fenner; Maj. Janet Schoenberg, Space Operations Officer; Staff Sgt. James Smith, intelligence analyst and team noncommissioned officer in charge; Spc. David Wilde, satellite communications; Spc. Andrew Pyle, geospatial analyst; and Spc. Eric Geil, information systems.
Their mission is to replace their sister unit ARSST 27 which has been assisting the Marine Expeditionary Forces in theater. For the next eight months, ARSST 26 will provide Space-based capabilities to the warfighter on the ground in areas such as imagery, Space weather, position, navigation and timing and satellite communications.
"We are just getting started," said Fenner. "And the success we achieve will be based on being the best we can be and trying to find new ways to leverage Space to save lives ... that is the bottom line."
In addition to rigorous training, team members also had a brief moment in the limelight back on May 27 when ARSST 26 was singled out to meet briefly with Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, during a stopover in Colorado Springs.
"I first got word from Lieutenant Colonel Don Laucirica, Office of the Assistant Adjutant General for Space, Colorado National Guard."
"He said 'I got a call from the vice-president.' And I said the vice-president of what' He said 'the vice-president.' Of a company' 'No. The vice-president of the United States.' It was definitely a shock."
The team met with Dr. Biden on the tarmac at Peterson Air Force Base with Air Force Two in the background.
"Her son is in Iraq. He is a captain in Baghdad with JAG and she has a lot of compassion for deployed Soldiers and their families Ac"a,! she certainly expressed that."
And just when ARSST 26 members thought it was over, Vice President Joe Biden came over to personally greet each one.
For Smith it was an honor to meet both of them, "They are down to Earth people. Both of them showed that they care about the Soldiers."
"Dr. Biden talked to each of us. And the Vice President actually said 'Come here sergeant, I'll take a picture with you.' It was wow; I'm actually standing next to the Vice President, second in command!"
"I was surprised," said Pyle. "When you see them on TV it is not how it is when you see them up close and in person. They spent a lot of time with us. Believe me it was an honor."
But even with this brief moment remembered from a couple months ago team members such as Smith and Pyle are ready to do the mission.
According to Pyle, "I just can't wait to get into country and start doing my job."
As part of the deployment ceremony Lt. Col. Matthew Nowak, commander of the 117th Space Battalion, told team members and their families," This team is deploying to support the Marines - a continuing mission for the 117th as we go forward."
"These Soldiers have worked hard with the team that is over there right now as part of the transition. I really look forward to seeing what they are capable of. When they went through their certification they did a really good job as part of that and I can't ask for a better prepared team to go forward to do this and to support this mission."
Col. Jeffrey Farnsworth, commander of the 1st Space Brigade, told the team, "We don't expect you to be kicking down doors or doing high value target actions, but you should be enabling those that do, along with their Iraqi partners to succeed, find, capture, and whatever else is required against our adversaries. So thank you very much for your dedication and your commitment."
No sooner had the 117th bid farewell to Soldiers with the ARSST 26 when they found themselves along with Family members and friends welcoming home members of ARSST 27 on the evening of July 22 at the Colorado Springs Airport.
Red, white, and blue American flags, and signs of "welcome home" greeted returning Space Cowboys Maj. Joseph Paladino, Capt. Benjamin Howe, Staff Sgt. Joseph Brusky, Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Flora, Sgt. Patrick Sawyckyj and Spc. Bennie Dennis.
It would be seven more days until these Space Soldiers got an official greeting with all the trimmings during an early morning ceremony held in front of 117th Headquarters at 1670 North Newport Road, July 28.
ARSST 27 supported combat operations for the I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward and II MEF, from Dec. 20, 2008 to July 22. During this period, detailed operational planning and execution was instrumental to the introduction and rapid dissemination of over 1,800 Space enabling products to all levels of the Multi-National Force-West Command Elements enabling successful execution of combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
The team had tremendous impact on the overarching success of counter-IED programs and is directly attributable to an increase in force protection, defeat of IEDs, and the marginalization of Al Qaida in Iraq throughout the area of responsibility.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Mills, commander of Ground Forces for Colorado National Guard said, "What they have done basically has provided the forces on the ground - coalition forces - the ability to be more effective while the enemy is less effective."
"To make sure we have less casualties and it is all based on the Space products that they provide. But more importantly, I would just like to recognize each and every one of these Soldiers for their patriotism, for their focus, and for their professionalism. This is not a task that every Soldier can do. They are a special breed able to do this job day-in and day-out providing the finest in capabilities for our forces."
ARSST 27 also exercised commendable initiative by providing non-doctrinal Space support to civilian agencies which directly contributed to improving and sustaining agricultural reconstruction efforts in the area of responsibility. These accomplishments were made possible through the team's expert use of various military and civilian imagery capabilities.
Col. Dana Capozzella, brigade commander, 89th Troop Command, COARNG, said, "I think Space is the cutting edge and we need to continue to develop and exploit the skills that your teams can give to the rest of the military."
ARSST 27's dedication, teamwork, decisiveness, technical and tactical knowledge ensured that no element within the MNF-W staff or major subordinate command was ever without the critical Space enhancement to support ongoing combat operations. The team's efforts in integrating Space-based capabilities into various operations greatly enhanced efforts to defeat anti-coalition forces, enable Iraqi Security Self Reliance, and support a free and democratic government in Iraq.
"As the federal mission commander for this team, I have to say we are truly in the 1st Space Brigade a multi-component organization," said Col. Jeffrey Farnsworth, commander of 1st Space Brigade.
"It is hard to find another organization that folds in the National Guard, the Army Reserve, and the active forces into one unit which organizes, trains, and equips one team and delivers that force to our warfighting mission seamlessly whether that team comes from the National Guard, Army Reserve or active force. And I'll tell you this team has met the standard -- exceeded it in many cases. It is a seamless organization. And I'm proud to have the Space Cowboys as part of the brigade, and this team in particular, enabling our success."
Afterward, Lt. Col. Matthew Nowak, commander of the 117th Space Battalion presented the team members with numerous awards and recognitions for their service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Among the chief honors given was the Bronze Star Medal presented to Brusky. Paladino and Howe were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Flora and Sawyckyj received the Army Commendation Medal. And Dennis was awarded the Army Achievement Medal. Paladino and Flora also received the U.S. Air Force Space Badge.
Paladino closed out the ceremony by thanking fellow team members for their valuable contributions and telling the audience, "I'm proud to say the Soldiers standing before this morning set the standard for Space operations and made a lasting impression to the Marines and significant contributions to the war on terror."


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Bar Dough Enters the LoHi Brunch Fray
Honey spiked with Calabrian chiles heats up this fried-chicken-and-egg dish.
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"Italians don't do brunch," says chef Max MacKissock of Bar Dough. But fortunately for Denverites, this LoHi Italian eatery is putting its stamp on the traditional weekend meal, launching brunch service this Sunday, August 14, beginning at 10 a.m.
The mid-morning menu, designed primarily by chef de cuisine Blake Edmunds, encompasses a wide range of sandwiches, skillets, salads and small plates in both sweet and savory preparations. You'll find traditional brunch dishes given an Italian twist — the French toast gets dollops of whipped Nutella and the fried chicken (waffle-free, thankfully) turns spicy-sweet with a drizzle of Calabrian chile honey — along with old-world classics like bucatini cacio e pepe (with just a hint of citrus from a lemon beurre fondue) and a fluffy frittata with tomato, leek and miticrema cheese. Size options range from a simple plate of dressed-up castelvetrano olives to a hearty sausage-and-egg casserole sizzling in a cast-iron pan and swimming with beans and potatoes. If you're not feeling eggy, Bar Dough's lineup of nine wood-fired pizzas are also part of the program.
Brunch beverages include Italian spritzes (flavored with bitter amari, basil, rosemary and other palate-refreshing ingredients), mimosas and a couple of specialty cocktails along with espresso and cold-brew coffee. For big groups, Bar Dough has created its own red-wine blend (currently a 50/50 mix of Sangiovese and Petite Syrah) available on tap or — get this — by the box. For $80, you can purchase a three-liter box of the blend and take home whatever you don't drink (that comes to about $5 a glass).
Keep reading for photos of a few of the new dishes.
If you like your eggs soft, this scramble with grilled summer squash served atop jalapeño cheddar bread is up your alley.
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A sausage, bean and potato casserole with an egg baked into the center.
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Bar Dough's version of eggs Benedict topped with red-wine Hollandaise and folds of speck.
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Should I get a chin implant &/or jaw reconstruction? Also considering rhinoplasty! (Photos)
Doctor Answers 3
Rhinoplasty and chin implant combination
The photographs demonstrate an overly projecting nose with the dorsal hump, along with a weak and recessive chin profile. A Closed rhinoplasty approach can accomplish making the required changes to the nose such as decreasing the projection, shaving down the dorsal hump, and refining the nasal tip With all the incisions placed on the inside of the nose. Placement of a small chin implant can be accomplished through an incision underneath the chin to give added projection. Performing a chin implant will help a facial balance and proportions, especially with respect to the overly projected nose. both procedures can be performed together under general anesthesia as an outpatient surgical procedure. For more information and many examples of this combination, please see the link and the video below
Learn more: https://www.seattlefacial.com/rhinoplasty-chin-implant
Chin Augmentation vs Jaw Reconstruction
The place to start is to have some computer imaging done for all of the procedures you are considering and sees what looks best to you. Yo do have a major underdeveloped jaw and possible malocclusion. This should be worked up by an orthodontist to see if jaw surgery may be indicated. Your nose appears bigger than it is because of the jaw deficiency. The jaw and not your nose should be your focus for now. If jaw surgery is not indicated then a sliding genioplasty instead of a chin implant would be better for you.
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Should I get a chin implant &/or jaw reconstruction? Also considering rhinoplasty!
Hi, I have performed many Chin Augmentations using chin implants for over 30 years. From the photos, your chin is weak. A weak chin creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy and the lower face look short that de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a double chin. Chin augmentation using a chin implant will add projection to the chin creating harmony and balance to the lower face.
I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick, highly effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty. I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. In my opinion, you are a good candidate for chin implant surgery.
Your photos show a weakness in one side of the lower lip which is a relative weakness of the muscle that pulls down the lower lip. There's nothing to be done about that asymmetry. Your nose has a slight dorsal hump, is a bit wide along the bridge and tip...all of which can be thinned and refined with a Rhinoplasty. I see no reason for aggressive jaw surgery from these photos however your cheeks are flat in the front which makes the face appear elongated.
Following the beauty principles outlined in my book on face and body beauty, women look the most feminine, youthful and attractive with heart shaped faces. Heart shaped faces have cheeks that are full and round in the front. Cheek augmentation with a dermal filler or using cheek implants for a permanent enhancement will create full, round cheeks that will feminize the entire face.
Hope this helps.
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Last night, Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) backed a comprehensive plan to protect our troops in harm's way, restore military readiness, and provide America's servicemen and women with a much-needed pay raise. H.R. 5658, the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, was passed by a vote of 384-23. President Bush has threatened to veto this legislation and opposes Democrats' effort to provide troops with a 3.9 percent pay raise.
"We all know that America's troops are the finest in the world. I am proud to support a plan that gives these courageous men and women a much deserved pay raise, and provides them with the equipment they need," said Rep. Baca. "This Defense Authorization bill honors the service of our troops while working to end our readiness crisis and strengthen our military. I hope the President will drop his misguided opposition, and help to pass this critical bill."
The legislation passed last night provides all service members a pay raise of 3.9 percent -- 0.5 percent more than the President's budget request, and extends the authority for the Defense Department to offer bonuses and incentive pay. The bill also aids servicemen and women and their families by rejecting the President's plan to increase premiums and co-pays for the military and retirees who are enrolled in the TRICARE system. All told, this provision will save troops, their families and military retirees $1.2 billion.
The bill also takes critical steps to end the military's readiness crisis. Under President Bush, Army readiness has dropped to unprecedented levels, and Army National Guard units have, on average, only 63 percent of their required equipment. Additionally, many stateside units are not fully equipped and would not be considered ready if called upon to respond during an emergency.
The measure helps restore our nation's military readiness by funding the Army's and Marine Corps' equipment reset requirements, authorizing nearly $2 billion for unfunded readiness initiatives including addressing additional equipment shortfalls, and authorizing $800 million to provide the National Guard and Reserve critically needed equipment. The bill also protects troops in harm's way by authorizing $2.6 billion for additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, $947 million for additional Up-Armored Humvees, and $783 million for the continued procurement and enhancement of personal body armor.
"The Bush Administration was in such a hurry to invade Iraq that they sent our troops in harms way without the proper equipment, and without any endgame strategy. Because of this recklessness America's military readiness has slipped to dangerously low levels," said Rep. Baca. "With this legislation, we have passed a plan that will help address the readiness crisis and ensure our military has the resources it needs to protect our nation and take care of our troops."
Rep. Baca is a veteran who served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper with both the 101st and the 82nd Airborne Divisions from 1966-68.
Source: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca43_baca/dod_authorization_052308.html


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Wieden+Kennedy Urges Republicans To Become One-Day Democrats
New campaign says, given the extraordinarily spray-tanned circumstances, it's okay to make an exception this time.
WHAT: A new ad and website aim to calm the nerves of Republicans thinking of holding their nose and voting Democrat this year.
WHO: Wieden+Kennedy
WHY WE CARE: Just because you vote Democrat, it doesn't mean you're a Democrat. That's the underlying (and overlying) message in this new spot from the award-winning ad agency. We've seen mirrors, and big name celebrities used to convince people to vote Democrat, but this one takes the unusual tack of reassuring some voters that just because they don't want to vote for Trump, it doesn't mean they're betraying their Republican roots.


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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
Well, it was dubbed the "Google Killer" by putting the social into search, but it seems to have failed dismally!
Wikia Search's Jimmy Wales has announced that the search engine is shutting down. "Wikia Search has not been enjoying the kind of success that we had hoped" said Wales in a blog post.
Designed to be a search engine of the people, Wikia Search was developed to allow users to determine the rankings of sites and pages for all other users.
So where did Wikia Search go wrong? It seems that time and the economy were the cause of the failure. Wales summed it up like this:
In a different economy, we would continue to fund Wikia Search indefinitely. It's something I care about deeply. I will return to again and again in my career to search, either as an investor, a contributor, a donor, or a cheerleader.
With only 10,000 unique visitors a month over the last 6 months, this simply wasn't enough compared to other Wikia projects like Wikia Answers which commands around 30 million users.
Plus the success of competitors like Mahalo & Cha Cha would not be helping Wikia Search at all.
Even though some improvements were made to the search engine including a toolbar that allowed users to scrape results from Google, it just wasn't enough to keep the users coming back.
So is this the final nail in the coffin for Wikia Search? Apparently not! Wales says "I'll return to this again when the economy is good". So for all you Wikia Search lovers out there don't give up hope yet, it may still make a comeback!
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Contains a complete foundation of materials for teaching the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Includes a wide range of materials to suit many different learning/teaching styles and levels. Study questions (short answer), study questions (multiple choice), vocabulary worksheets (context & definition), 19 daily lessons, unit & lesson objectives, unit outline, reading assignments, 3 detailed writing assignments (inform, persuade, personal opinion), critical thinking discussion questions, 5 different unit tests (3 short answer, 2 multiple choice), mix of group and individual activities, review lessons, bulletin board ideas, crossword puzzles, word searches, many games and activities, many kinds of assessments, ready-to-copy student materials. 137 pages. Teach unit as planned in the LitPlan or choose parts you want to use. Well-organized, practical, & easy to use. CD works on Macs or PCs via Adobe Acrobat Reader (included on disk) Easy to print all or choose pages to print. Great for classroom use, lit circles, book groups, homeschooling, tutoring, independent study projects.
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Even though the Jets may end up running the table and winning these last few games; it may still not be enough to make it. Either way, I refuse to look forward to next week or the week after or any of that nonsense. Just like the Jets, I'm taking it a game at a time. So far this Season, I've just been talking specifically about the games and other topics around the Team, so I thought for this time around, I'd do something different. Even though the Jets did have a "W" added to their column last week, several Jets reached special milestones in their Careers.
KR Chad Morton has 1,284 Kickoff Return yards, which officially broke the single season Team Record of 1,280 set back in 1978 by Bruce Harper. I remember last Season when the Jets pulled some strings to bring in Morton from the New Orleans Saints; I wasn't sure how he would be since he missed most of the Season due to an injury. Now look at him!!! This guy is AMAZING, hands down one of the most talented football players the NFL has to offer. I've been amazed at how he's able to rack up yards every time he runs a punt or kick return back. At the end of the Season, I have a feeling not only will Morton set the Jets Team Record for years to come with the final number of yards he brings in from Kickoff returns, he'll be on his way to Hawaii too.
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WR Laveranues Coles in that Jets/Broncos game, broke the 1,000+ (1,022) yard mark and in doing so, became the first Jet since WR Keyshawn Johnson to register that many receiving yards for the Jets. It's safe to say that the Jets found their "KJ Replacement", and it only took a few years to do so. I know many people feel the Jets should have a taller WR, but the numbers Coles puts up is nothing short of Pro Bowl statistics. His talent, charisma, and toughness separate him from others because when everything is said and done, Coles always put his 110% on the field. I know it's his last year of his contract and I'm very sure the Jets will make sure he gets treated real well with a nice long-term contract with everything that he deserves.
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Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is aJewish American singer-songwriter, known for his success beginning in 1965 as part of the duo Simon and Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles charts, "The Sounds of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water".[1] In 1970, at the height of their popularity, the duo split, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly-acclaimed albums over the next five years.[2] Relatively inactive for much of the following decade, in 1986 he released the signature work of his career, Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music that helped fuel the anti-apartheid movement.[3] Besides music, Simon directed and starred in the film One Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.[4]
Through his solo and collaborative work, Simon has earned thirteen Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award.[5] In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[6] and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine.[7] Among many other honors, Simon was named the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2003.[8]
Early life and career
Paul Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey to Jewish Hungarian parents Bella (b. 1910, d. June 16, 2007), an elementary school teacher, and Louis Simon (b. circa 1916, d. January 17, 1995), a college professor, bassist, and dance bandleader who performed under the name "Lee Sims". In 1941 his family moved to Kew Garden Hills, Queens in New York City.
Simon's musical career began at Forest Hills High School when he and his friend Art Garfunkel began singing together, occasionally performing at school dances. Their idols were the Everly Brothers, whom they imitated in their use of close two-part harmony. Simon also developed an interest in jazz, folk and blues, especially musical legends Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly.
In 1957, while in their mid-teens, Simon and Garfunkel recorded the song "Hey, Schoolgirl" under the name Tom and Jerry, given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached number forty-nine on the pop charts.
After graduating from high school, Simon attended Queens College, while Garfunkel studied at Columbia University in Manhattan. Simon was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Simon earned a degree in English literature and briefly attended Brooklyn Law School, but his real passion was rock and roll.
Between 1957 and 1964, Simon wrote, recorded, and released more than thirty songs, occasionally reuniting with Garfunkel as Tom and Jerry for some singles, including "Our Song" and "That's My Story". Most of the songs Simon recorded in the six years after 1957 were performed alone or with musicians other than Garfunkel. They were released on several minor record labels, such as Amy, Big, Hunt, King, Tribute, and Madison. He used several different pseudonyms for these recordings, including Jerry Landis, Paul Kane (from Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane) and True Taylor. Simon enjoyed some moderate success in recording a few singles as part of a group called Tico and the Triumphs, including a song called "Motorcycle" which reached No. 97 on the Billboard charts in 1962. Tico and the Triumphs released four 45s. Marty Cooper, known as Tico, sang lead on several of these releases. Bobby Susser, children's songwriter and record producer, and childhood friend of Simon's, co-produced the Tico 45s with Simon. That year, Paul reached No. 99 on the pop charts as Jerry Landis with the hit "The Lone Teen Ranger." Both chart singles were released on Amy Records.
In 1965 Simon moved to England and started touring folk clubs and coffee houses. At the first club he played, the Railway Inn Folk Club in Brentwood, Essex, he met Kathy Chitty who became his girlfriend and inspiration for "Kathy's Song", "America" and others. He performed at Les Cousins in London and toured provincial folk clubs where he was exposed to a wide range of musical influences. In 1965 he recorded his solo LP The Paul Simon Songbook in England. During his time in the UK Simon co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group The Seekers including "I Wish You Could Be Here," "Cloudy", and "Red Rubber Ball"; Woodley's co-author credit was incorrectly omitted from "Cloudy" on the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album. The American group The Cyrkle recorded a cover of "Red Rubber Ball", which reached number two in the US. Simon also contributed his solo composition to The Seekers catalogue, "Someday One Day," which was released in March 1966.
Simon and Garfunkel
In early 1964, Simon and Garfunkel got an audition with Columbia Records, whose executive Clive Davis was impressed enough to sign the duo to a contract to produce an album. Columbia decided that the two would be called simply "Simon & Garfunkel," which Simon claimed in 2003 was the first time that artists' ethnic names had been used in pop music.[9]
Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. was released on October 19, 1964 and comprised twelve songs in the folk vein, five of them written by Simon. The album initially flopped, but East Coast radio stations began receiving requests for one of the tracks, Simon's "The Sounds of Silence." Their producer, Tom Wilson, overdubbed the track with electric guitar, bass, and drums, releasing it as a single that eventually went to number one on the pop charts in the USA.
Simon had gone to England in 1965 after the initial failure of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., pursuing a solo career. But he returned to the US to reunite with Garfunkel after "The Sounds of Silence" had started to enjoy commercial success. Together they recorded four influential albums, Sounds of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme; Bookends; and the hugely successful Bridge over Troubled Water. Simon and Garfunkel also contributed extensively to the soundtrack of the 1967 Mike Nichols film The Graduate (starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft). While writing "Mrs. Robinson," Simon originally toyed with the title "Mrs. Roosevelt." When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, "Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"[10]
Simon pursued solo projects after the duo released their popular album Bridge over Troubled Water. Occasionally, he and Garfunkel did reunite, such as in 1975 for their Top Ten single "My Little Town," which Simon originally wrote for Garfunkel, claiming Garfunkel's solo output was lacking "bite." The song was included on their respective solo albums; Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, and Garfunkel's Breakaway. Contrary to popular belief, the song is not at all autobiographical of Simon's early life in New York City.[11] In 1981, they got together again for the famous concert in Central Park, followed by a world tour and an aborted reunion album Think Too Much, which was eventually released (without Garfunkel) as Hearts and Bones. Together, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In 2003, the two reunited again when they received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. This reunion led to a U.S. tour—the acclaimed "Old Friends" concert series—followed by a 2004 international encore, which culminated in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome. That final concert drew 600,000 people.[12]
1971–76: The successful early solo years
After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon began to write and record solo material. His eponymous album Paul Simon was released in January 1972, preceded by his first experiment with world music, the Jamaican-inspired "Mother and Child Reunion", considered one of the first examples of reggae attempted by a white musician. The single was a hit, reaching both the American and British Top 5. The album was particularly well received, with critics praising the variety of styles and the confessional lyrics, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 1 on the UK and Japan. It later spawned another Top 30 hit with "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
Simon's next project was the pop-folk masterpiece, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, released in May 1973. It contained some of his most popular and polished recordings - the lead single, "Kodachrome", was a No. 2 hit in America, and the follow-up, the gospel-flavored "Loves Me Like a Rock" was even bigger, topping the Cashbox charts. Other songs, like the weary "American Tune" or the melancholic "Something So Right" – a tribute to Simon's first wife, Peggy – became standards in the musician's catalogue. Critical and commercial reception for this sophomore album were even stronger than for his debut. At the time, it was remarked how the songs were very fresh and unworried on the surface while they were exploring socially and politically conscious themes on a deeper level. The album reached No. 1 on the Cashbox album charts. As a souvenir for the tour that came next, in 1974 it was released as a live album, Live Rhymin', which was moderately successful and displayed some changes in the Simon's music style, adopting world and religious music.
Highly anticipated, Still Crazy After All These Years was his next album. Released in October 1975 and produced by Simon and Phil Ramone, it was viewed as one of his finest works, marking another departure. The mood of the album was darker, as he wrote and recorded it in the wake of his divorce. Preceded by the feel-good duet with Phoebe Snow, "Gone at Last" (a Top 25 hit) and the Simon and Garfunkel reunion track "My Little Town" (a No. 9 on Billboard), the album managed to be his only No. 1 on the Billboard charts to date, and eventually won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. With Simon in the forefront of popular music, the third single from the album, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" reached the top spot of the Billboard charts, his only single to reach No. 1 on this list. Also, in May 3, 1976, Simon put together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library. Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also performed. The concert produced over $30,000 for the Library.
1977–85: Lack of production and success
After three back-to-back successful studio albums, Simon became less productive during the second half of the seventies. He dabbled in various projects, including writing music for the film Shampoo (a project which was eventually scrapped) and acting (he was cast as Tony Lacey in Woody Allen's film Annie Hall). He achieved another hit in this decade, with the lead single of his 1977 compilation, Greatest Hits, Etc., "Slip Slidin' Away", reaching No. 5 in the United States.
In 1980 he released One Trick Pony, his debut album with Warner Bros. Records and his first in almost five years. It was paired with the motion picture of the same name, in which Simon starred. Although it produced his last Top 10 hit with the upbeat "Late in the Evening" (also a No. 1 hit on the Radio & Records American charts), the album did not sell well, in a music market dominated by disco music. Simon recorded Hearts and Bones, a polished and confessional album that was eventually viewed as one of his best works, but that marked a lull in his commercial popularity; both the album and the lead single, "Allergies", missed the American Top 40. Hearts and Bones including "The Late Great Johnny Ace", a song partly about Johnny Ace, an American R&B singer, and partly about slain Beatle John Lennon The album remains a favorite with fans - many viewing it far above the succeeding album "Graceland" as his greatest work. Musicians Anthony Jackson, Rob Mounsey, Dean Parks, Michael Mainieri, Eric Gale, Richard Tee, Steve Gadd, Airto Moreira, Greg Phillinganes, Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Steve Ferrone, Jeff Porcaro, Marcus Miller Rob Sabino and Sid Mcginnis contributed, however the album was not a huge hit. A successful US solo tour featured Simon and his guitar, with a recording of the rhythm track and horns for "Late In The Evening". In January 1985 Simon lent his talent to USA for Africa and performed on the relief fundraising single "We Are the World".
1986–92: Graceland, the triumphal return
As he commented years later, Simon felt that, after the disastrous Hearts and Bones, he lost his inspiration in a point of no return, and also that his commercial fortunes were not likely to change. In this state of frustration, around late 1984, while driving his car, Simon listened to a cassette of the Boyoyo Boys' instrumental "Gumboots". Interested by the unusual sound, he wrote lyrics to the number and sang over a re-recording of the song, which became the first composition of a new musical project, which ended becoming the celebrated album Graceland, an eclectic mixture of musical styles including pop, a cappella, isicathamiya, rock, and mbaqanga. Simon felt that he had nothing to lose, and traveled to South Africa in an attempt of embracing the culture and feeling in the most comfortable environment for recording the album. Sessions in Johannesburg took place in February 1985, and overdubbing and complement recording was made in April 1986 in New York. The sessions featured many South African musicians and groups, particularly Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Simon also collaborated with some artists of his own culture, singing a memorable duet with Linda Ronstadt in "Under African Skies", playing with Los Lobos in "All Around the World or The Myth of the Fingerprints". Warner Bros. Records had serious doubts about releasing an album of this category to the mainstream, but when it did, in August of 1986, Graceland was praised by critics and the public and ended becoming Simon's most successful album. Slowly climbing the worldwide charts, it reached #1 in many countries, including England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and peaked at #3 in the U.S. It was the second-best-selling album of 1987 there, and eventually reached a 5x Platinum certification, recognizing five million copies sold only in America. Another seven million copies were sold internationally, becoming his best-selling album. Much of the responsibility of the success of the album was in the lead single, the upbeat You Can Call Me Al, which lyrics describe a man experiencing an identity crisis. The track featured many memorable elements – a memorable synthesizer riff, an easy whistle solo, and an unusual bass run in which the second half was a reversed recording of the first half. You Can Call Me Al was accompanied with a humorous video featuring actor Chevy Chase, that introduced Simon to a renewed audience throughout MTV exposure. In the end, the track reached the UK Top 5 and the U.S. Top 25. Further singles, including the title track, "The Boy in the Bubble" and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes", were not commercial hits but became radio standards and were highly praised.
At age 45, Simon was back in the forefront of introducing popular music, and he received the Grammy Awards for Album of the Year in 1987 and also Grammy Award for Record of the Year for the title track one year later. He also embarked on the very successful Graceland Tour, which was documented on music video. Simon found himself embracing new sounds, a fact that some critics pointed negatively – however, Simon reportedly felt it as a very natural artistic experiment, considering that "world music" was already present on much of his early work, including Simon and Garfunkel hits as "Cecilia". One way or another, Columbia Records re-established Simon as one of his most successful artists, and, in an attempt of capitalize on his renewed success, release the album Negotiations and Love Songs in November 1988, a mixture of greatest hits and personal favourites that covered Simon's entire career and became an enduring seller in his catalog.
After Graceland, Simon decided to extend its roots with the Brazilian music-flavored The Rhythm of the Saints. Sessions for the album began in December 1989, and took place in Rio de Janeiro and New York, featuring guitarist J. J. Cale and drummer Ringo Starr and many Brazilian and African musicians. The tone of the album was more introspective and relatively low-key compared to the mostly upbeat numbers of Graceland. Released on October 1990, the album received excellent critical reviews and achieved very respectable sales, peaking at #4 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the UK. The lead single, "The Obvious Child", featuring the Grupo Cultural Olodum, was a Top 20 hit in the UK and appeared near the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100. Although not as successful as Graceland, The Rhythm of the Saints was received as a competent successor and consistent complement on Simon's attempts to explore (and popularize) world music, and also received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. The importance of both albums allowed Simon to stage another New York concert, and on August 15, 1991, almost a decade after his concert with Garfunkel, Simon staged another concert in Central Park with both African and South American bands. The success of the concert surpassed all expectations, and reportedly over 750,000 people assisted, becoming one of the largest concert audiences in history. He later remembered the concert as the "most memorable moment in my career". The success of the show led to both a live album and an Emmy-winning TV special. In the middle, Simon embarked on the successful Born at the Right Time Tour and promoted the album with further singles, including "Proof" – accompanied with a humorous video featuring, again, Chevy Chase. On March 4, 1992 appeared on his own MTV Unplugged, offering renditions of many of his most famous compositions. Broadcasted in June, the show was a success, though it not received an album release.
1993–98: The Capeman disaster
After the Unplugged, Simon's place in the forefront of popular music dropped notably. A Simon & Garfunkel reunion took place in 1993, and in another attempt to capitalize on the occasion, Columbia released Paul Simon 1964/1993 in september, a three-disc compilation that received a reduced version on the two-disc album The Paul Simon Anthology one month later. In 1995 he only made news for appearing at The Oprah Winfrey Show, where he performed the song "Ten Years", which he composed specially for the tenth anniversary of the show. Also that year, he was featured on the Annie Lennox version of his 1973 song "Something So Right", which appeared briefly on the UK Top 50 once it was released as a single in November.
Since the early stages of the nineties, Simon was fully involved on The Capeman, a musical that finally opened on January 29, 1998. Simon worked enthusiastically on the project for many years and described it as "a New York Puerto Rican story based on events that happened in 1959 -- events that I remembered." [13] The musical tells the story of real-life Puerto Rican youth Salvador Agron, who wore a cape while committing two murders in 1959 New York, and who went on to become a writer in prison. Featuring Marc Anthony as the young Agron and Ruben Blades as the older Agron, the play received terrible reviews and very poor box offices since the very beginning, and ended closing in March 28 after just sixty-eight performances, becoming a failure from which Simon reportedly lost 11 million dollars. The cast album, already released in November 1997, was received with very mixed reviews, though many critics praised the combination of doo-wop, rockabilly and Caribbean music that the album reflected. In commercial terms, Songs from The Capeman was a failure – it found Simon missing the Top 40 of the Billboard charts for the first time in his career.
1999-2007: maintained popularity
After the disaster of The Capeman, Simon's career was again in an unexpected crisis. However, entering the new millennium he maintained a respectable reputation, offering critically-acclaimed new material and receiving commercial attention. In 1999 he embarked on a North American tour with Bob Dylan where each alternated as headline act with a "middle" section where they performed together, starting on the first of June and ending September 18. The collaboration was generally well-received, with just one critic, Seth Rogovoy, from the Berkshire Eagle, questioning the collaboration [14].
In an attempt to return successfully to the music market, Simon wrote and recorded a new album very quickly, with You're the One arriving in October 2000. The album consisted mostly on an incursion on folk-pop writting combined with foreign musical sounds, particularly grooves from North Africa. While not reaching the commercial heights of previous albums, it managed at least to reach both the British and American Top 20. It received favorable reviews and received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. He toured extensively for the album, and one performance in Paris was released to home video.
On September 21, 2001, Simon sang Bridge Over Troubled Water on "America: A Tribute to Heroes", a multinetwork broadcast to benefit the September 11 Telethon Fund. In 2002 he wrote and recorded "Father and Daughter", the theme song for the animated children's movie The Wild Thornberrys Movie, The track was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. In 2003, he participed on another Simon and Garfunkel reunion. One year later, Simon's studio albums were re-released both individually and together in a limited-edition nine-CD boxed set, Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings 1972-2000. (The expanded individual albums feature a total of thirty bonus tracks, including original song demos, live recordings, duets, six unreleased songs, and outtakes from each of his nine solo albums.)
At the time, Simon was already working on a new album with Brian Eno – Surprise, which was finally released in May 2006. Most of the album was inspired by the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq invasion and the war that followed. In personal terms, Simon was also inspired by the fact of being over sixty years old – an age that he turned in 2001 and that he humourously referred already on his single "Old", from the You're the One album. Simon showed specially care about the musical venture he traveled since 1986's Graceland. As he put it, "Once you go away for a bit, you wonder who people think you are. If they don't know what you're up to, they just go by your history. I'm so often described as this person that went to other cultures, which is true, but I never thought of it that way. I suspect people are thinking, 'What culture did you go to?' But this record is straight-ahead American." Surprise was a commercial hit, reaching #14 in the Billboard 200 and #4 in the UK. Most critics also praised the album, and many of them called it a real "comeback" for the artist. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from All Music Guide paid attention to the attempts of Simon in embracing his classic folk sound with Eno's electronic textures, and wrote that "Simon doesn't achieve his comeback by reconnecting with the sound and spirit of his classic work; he has achieved it by being as restless and ambitious as he was at his popular and creative peak, which makes Surprise all the more remarkable." The album was supported with the successful Surprise Tour.
On March 1, 2007 Simon made headlines again when he was announced as the first recipient of the recently-created Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Prize, created by the Library of Congress, was awarded to Simon during a Concert Gala featuring his music at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of May 23. The event was nationally broadcast on PBS on the evening of June 27, 2007.[15] Performers at the concert included Shawn Colvin, Philip Glass, Alison Krauss, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lyle Lovett, James Taylor and Stevie Wonder as well as Simon's former collaborator Art Garfunkel.[16] On June 26, Warner Bros. released the definitive Paul Simon greatest-hits collection. The Essential Paul Simon consisted on two discs that reviewed thirty-six from his ten studio albums, and was also released on a special edition featuring a DVD of music videos and memorable live performances. The album was a commercial hit, reaching #12 in England.
Music for Broadway
In the late 1990s, he also wrote and produced a Broadway musical called The Capeman, which lost $11 million during its 1998 run. In April 2008, the Brooklyn Academy of Music celebrated Paul Simon's works, and dedicated a week to Songs From the Capeman with a good portion of the show's songs performed by a cast of singers and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. Simon himself appeared during the BAM shows, performing "Trailways Bus" and "Late In the Evening".
Film and television
Simon has also dabbled in acting. He played music producer Tony Lacey in the 1977 Woody Allen film Annie Hall, and wrote and starred in 1980's One Trick Pony as Jonah Levin, a journeyman rock and roller. Simon also wrote all the songs in the film. Paul Simon also appeared on The Muppet Show (the only episode to use only the songs of one songwriter, Simon). In 1990, he played the character Simple Simon on the Disney channel TV movie, Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme.
Simon has also appeared on Saturday Night Live either as host or musical guest for a total of twelve times. On one appearance in the late 1980s, he worked with his political namesake, Illinois Senator Paul Simon.[17]
Awards and honors
Paul Simon has won twelve Grammy Awards (one of them a Lifetime Achievement Award) and five Grammy nominations, the most recent for his album You're the One in 2001. In 1998 he received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the Simon & Garfunkel album Bridge over Troubled Water. He received an Oscar nomination for the song "Father and Daughter" in 2002.
In 2001 Paul Simon was honored as MusiCares Person Of The Year.
Paul Simon is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — as a solo artist in 2001, and in 1990 as half of Simon & Garfunkel.
In 2002, Paul Simon was one of the five annual recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest tribute to performing and cultural artists.
In 2005 he received the Top Award of the 53rd Annual BMI Pop Awards. His songwriting catalog has earned 39 BMI Awards including multiple citations for "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Mrs. Robinson," "Scarborough Fair" and "The Sound of Silence" and amassed nearly 75 million broadcast airplays, according to BMI surveys.
In 2006 Paul Simon was selected by Time Magazine as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World."
Paul Simon received the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. Stevie Wonder got the second Gershwin Prize in 2009. Named in honor of the legendary George and Ira Gershwin, this newly created award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world's culture. Upon being notified of receiving this honor, Simon said, "I am grateful to be the recipient of the Gershwin Prize and doubly honored to be the first. I look forward to spending an evening in the company of artists I admire at the award ceremony in May. I can think of a few who have expressed my words and music far better than I. I'm excited at the prospect of that happening again. It's a songwriter's dream come true." Among the performers who payed tribute to Paul Simon were Stevie Wonder, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, James Taylor, Dianne Reeves, Marc Anthony, Yolanda Adams, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The event is beautifully filmed, broad casted and now available as "Paul Simon and Friends."
Personal life
Simon has been married three times, first to Peggy Harper in late autumn 1969. They had a son, Harper Simon, in 1972 and divorced in 1975. The song "Train in the Distance," from Simon's 1983 album, is about this relationship. [18] Simon's 1972 song "Run That Body Down," from his debut solo album, casually mentions both himself and his then-wife ("Peg") by name.
His second marriage was to actress and author Carrie Fisher to whom he proposed after a New York Yankees game.[19] (The song "Hearts and Bones" was written about this relationship.)
He married folk singer Edie Brickel on May 30, 1992. They have three children together, Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel.
Simon is a proponent of music education for children. In 2003, he signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the U.S. He sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.
Paul Simon is also a major benefactor and one of the co-founders, with Dr. Irwin Redlener, of the Children's Health Project and The Children's Health Fund[20][21] which started by creating specially equipped "buses" to take medical care to children in medically underserved areas, urban and rural. Their first bus was in the impoverished South Bronx of New York City but they now operate in twelve states, including the Gulf Coast. It has expanded greatly, partnering with major hospitals, local public schools and medical schools and advocating policy for children's health and medical care.
Number-one albums
- 1972 – Paul Simon (UK, Japan)
- 1973 – There Goes Rhymin' Simon (US Cashbox)
- 1975 – Still Crazy After All These Years (US)
- 1986 – Graceland (UK, Australia, Canada)
- 1990 – The Rhythm of the Saints (UK)
- 1991 – Concert in the Park
- 1997 – Songs from The Capeman
- 2000 – You're the One
- 2006 – Surprise
- 2006 – The Essential Paul Simon
Work on Broadway
- Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years (1982) - revue - featured songwriter for Mrs. Robinson
- Asinamali! (1987) - play - co-producer
- Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway (1992) - concert - performer
- The Capeman (1998) - composer, co-lyricist and music arranger - Tony Nomination for Best Original Score
- The Graduate (2002) - play - featured songwriter
- ↑ Bronson p. 428
- ↑ "Episodes: Paul Simon". American Masters. Public Broadcasting System. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/paul-simon/about-paul-simon/705/. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (October 14, 1990). "Paul Simon's Journey To Brazil and Beyond". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/14/arts/pop-paul-simon-s-journey-to-brazil-and-beyond.html. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Paul Simon: Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gifexqr5ld0e~T1. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
- ↑ "Grammy Award Winners". [http://www.grammy.com Grammy.com. http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ "Biography and Timeline: Paul Simon". Inductees. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/paul-simon.
- ↑ Tryangiel (April 30, 2006). "Paul Simon". Time.
- ↑ "Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song". http://www.pbs.org/previews/paulsimon/. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ Paul Simon, Speech given upon induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH, 2003.
- ↑ David Fricke, in the leaflet accompaniment to the Simon and Garfunkel 1997 album "Old Friends"
- ↑ "The Boy in the Bubble" by Patrick Humphries, page 96.
- ↑ Paul Simon News on Yahoo! Music
- ↑ http://www.whizzo.ca/simon/simon94_99.html
- ↑ http://www.berkshireweb.com/rogovoy/interviews/dylan716.html
- ↑ Public Affairs Office (2007-07-02). "Paul Simon To Be Awarded First Annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by Library of Congress". Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-010.html. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
- ↑ Public Affairs Office (2007-04-23). "Star-Studded Lineup Confirmed for Library of Congress Concert Honoring Gershwin Prize Recipient Paul Simon". Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-085.html. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
- ↑ Former Sen. Paul Simon Dies Fox News
- ↑ The open Paul Simon biography
- ↑ Ibid
- ↑ CHF - The Children's Health Fund
- ↑ Mobile health units bring medical care to homeless
- Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT12&dq=billboard#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
External links
- Official website for Paul Simon
- Paul Simon at the Internet Movie Database
- Paul Simon at the Internet Broadway Database
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Ever have one of those coughs that starts as a tickle at the top of your lungs? Makes your eyes water and your voice break? Then you cough and it sounds horrifying but it just does not satisfy. When you try to take a breath, it starts you coughing even harder. Between the coughing and the gasping and the eyes watering and the nose running, it's a wonder people aren't pulling their shirts up around their faces and avoiding me like the plague. Silly people. Don't know what's good for 'em. I've been sleeping propped up, because if I lie down I feel like I am drowning. Every coughing fit during the night, Max "harumphs" and changes his position. I think at one point he was kicking me to get me to stop. I can tell the noise bothers Ruby too, because I can hear her concerned snort in the dark. Oh, I don't think she is worried about ME per se, but rather she hears a strange noise and is concerned it might be something scary coming to get her. I had gotten some prescription cough medicine, but when Ruby starting talking to me I realized it might not be sitting well with me (I mean really talking. Her little lips were moving, and she was telling me all sorts of things) . That was traded for your basic, off-the-shelf cough medicine. Which I will only take at night. I figure if my body seems to want to get something out of there so bad, who am I to try and stop it? I just wish it would JUMP OUT already. Could you imagine? Sitting in the middle of a meeting, having a coughing fit, and a big lump of boogie coloured evil comes jumping out and lands on the table? For some reason I then picture it doing a short soft-shoe number, ending with "jazz hands" before giving us a salute and escaping into an air duct. Hey, it's my evil and it can dance if it wants to. *Cough*
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The United States is a rogue nation that practices torture and detainee abuse and does not follow the most basic principles of the Geneva Conventions. It is inviolation of human rights agreements and the U.N. Convention against torture. It is legitimizing torture by every disgusting regime on the planet. This is a policy mandated by the president and his closest advisers. This is the signal being sent from the commander-in-chief to his troops: your enemy can be treated beyond the boundaries of what the U.S. has always abided by. When you next read of an atrocity of war-crime or victim of torture by the U.S., just keep in mind who made this possible.
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