Estrada, Encarnacion and Donaldson lead Jays over Phils 7-2.
Josh made an awesome throw from foul territory to 1st base to get a batter out, as well as getting his 16th home run. Edwin also had a home run.
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Estrada, Encarnacion and Donaldson lead Jays over Phils 7-2.
Josh made an awesome throw from foul territory to 1st base to get a batter out, as well as getting his 16th home run. Edwin also had a home run.
Thanx Jester. She is very smart & talented too.
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Henry McCullough, guitarist in Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at 72
Quite the pedigree:
He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, Paul McCartney & Wings,The Grease Band and Sweeney's Men. He also performed and recorded as a solo artist and session musician.
McCullough was born in Portstewart, and first came to prominence in the early 1960s as the teenage lead guitarist with The Skyrockets showband from Enniskillen. In 1964, with three other members of The Skyrockets, he left and formed a new showband fronted by South African born vocalist Gene Chetty, which they named Gene and The Gents.
In 1967 McCullough moved to Belfast where he joined Chris Stewart (bass), Ernie Graham (vocals) and Dave Lutton (drums) to form the psychedelic band The People. Later that year the band moved to London and were signed by Chas Chandler's management team, who changed the group’s name to Éire Apparent. Under Chandler's guidance after a single release they toured with groups such as Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, The Move and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, as well as Eric Burdon and the Animals. Things went well until in Vancouver, Canada in mid February 1968, while the band was touring with The Animals, McCullough returned to The United Kingdom, officially because of 'visa problems' and Mick Cox flew out to take his place in the band.[1] Back in Ireland McCullough joined what was primarily a folk group called Sweeney's Men, by May 1968.[2] Under his influence, they began to mix folk and rock, and are regarded as one of the early pioneers of Folk rock.
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After a year in Ireland, McCullough returned to London to work with Joe Cocker as a member of his backing band, the Grease Band. With Cocker he toured the U.S. and performed at the Woodstock Festival.[3] He played on The Grease Band's eponymous album after leaving Cocker and during his time with the band he also appeared as lead guitarist on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar(1970) and on the progressive Spooky Tooth album The Last Puff (1970).[4]
In 1971 Paul McCartney asked McCullough to join his new band, Wings, alongside Denny Laine and Denny Seiwell. His guitar solo on "My Love" has been described as one of rock music’s greatest solos.[5] Musical differences with McCartney, however, saw McCullough move on the eve of the Band on the Run sessions. He spent two years in the band, playing lead guitar on "Hi, Hi, Hi", "Live and Let Die" as well as "My Love".[4]
McCullough's spoken words "I don't know; I was really drunk at the time" can be heard on the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), at the end of the song "Money". He was recalling a fight he had the night before with his wife.[6]
In 1975 McCullough joined The Frankie Miller Band with bassist Chris Stewart, keyboard player Mick Weaver and drummer Stu Perry. They recorded the album, The Rock with Miller. The song "Ain't Got No Money" taken from this album, inspired Bob Seger to write and record "The Fire Down Below".[citation needed] Later the same year McCullough released Mind Your Own Business on George Harrison's Dark Horse label.[4]
McCullough played concerts as a session musician with Roy Harper, Frankie Miller, Eric Burdon, Marianne Faithfull, Ronnie Lane and Donovan. In 1977 he temporarily joined Dr. Feelgood, following the departure of Wilko Johnson.[7]
(Mother Nature gives us the gears)
Fascinating nature was ahead of mankind here obviously.
Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature
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The biological form of a mechanical gear was observed in nature for the first time in juvenile planthoppers(Genus: Issus), a common insect that can be found in gardens across Europe.
The insect has hind-leg joints with curved cog-like strips of opposing ‘teeth’ that intermesh, rotating like mechanical gears to synchronise the animal’s legs when it launches into a jump. The finding demonstrates that gear mechanisms previously thought to be solely man-made have an evolutionary precedent. [source]
Good Morning All
Congratulations to your niece and your family h team!! A huge accomplishment to be very proud of!!
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I hope everyone has a great day!! :sunny:
Happy Friday Jr, Q sters,
So far the day is sunny, hopefully it will stay that way.
enjoy the day, the weekend is just around the corner & is suppose to be a beauty, Hot, Hot, Hot!
Seriously, this is offensive, you have to be kidding.
House of Commons Votes to Make O Canada Gender-Neutral
Dying Liberal MP Mauril Belanger's private member's bill to make the national anthem more gender neutral cleared its final hurdle in the House of Commons today, passing by a vote of 225 to 74.
Bill C-210, which would change the second line of the anthem from "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command," will now go to the Senate. Bélanger was in the House for the vote.
Did You Know?
Men loose about 40 hairs a day. Women loose about 70 hairs a day.
Obama Visiting Orlando After Shooting
On a grim and delicate mission, President Barack Obama will offer solace and healing to a distraught Orlando, even as the political world turns the shooting into a fresh excuse to fight about terrorism and gun control.
Obama is planned to meet with families of the victims, as well as with the doctors, paramedics and other first responders who came to their aid.
Estrada Solid as Blue Jays Beat Phillies
Marco Estrada had another sharp outing, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson hit solo homers and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 on Wednesday night. Ryan Goins and Devon Travis had 2 RBI each as the Jays moved six games over .500 for the first time this season.
Today Is...
With rising fuel costs, congested roads and difficulty parking in urban areas, Dump The Pump Day is all about finding alternatives to getting in the car. Try to avoid an over-reliance on oil & petrol for the day
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front page of today's boston globe.
link to the associated editorial:
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Good morning my Q friends.
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good morning :flowers:
hi hteam, not sure why you don't like making the anthem a little more inclusive?
perhaps you have an alternative.
quite a few voted for the change, and i think belangar must have put a lot of thought into the change.
(not that this should be a reason to agree with the change, but in case you didn't know belangar
is brought to the house from his hospital bed every time this is in the house, as one cbc person
said 'he is dying before our eyes' - so if he feels this strongly, and most of the house agrees.)
Greetings on this Thursday the 16th of June. Almost another weekend. I just hope you all have a decent kind of day.
Quick - call Roswell
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@kenrod Dance time!! Making it Work...
Idiots in Ottawa fixing things that aren't broken, what a waste of taxpayer's money.:mad:
I'm sure they can find other, more pressing issues to legislate, such as giving themselves raises, increasing their pensions, finding new ways to take our hard earned money away from us.
Good morning fellow Canucks!
Sorry for the rant above regarding the national anthem.
I'll just chill out and listen to tunes on the Mighty Q hoping they would play our favourite overplayed songs that all of us can dance to.
Toronto not so long ago. A steady stream on Condos on the rise seems to be the norm now.
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An oldie but interesting.......now all I have to do is remember all these!
Knowledge is Power
'A SHOT OF WHISKEY' - In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun
cost 12 cents, so did a glass of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash
he would often give the bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink.
This became known as a "shot" of whiskey.
BUYING THE FARM - This is synonymous with dying. During WW1 soldiers
were given life insurance policies worth $5,000. This was about the
price of an average farm so if you died you "bought the farm" for your
survivors.
IRON CLAD CONTRACT - This came about from the ironclad ships of the
Civil War. It meant something so strong it could not be broken.
RIFF RAFF - The Mississippi River was the main way of traveling from
north to south. Riverboats carried passengers and freight but they
were expensive so most people used rafts. Everything had the right of
way over rafts which were considered cheap. The steering oar on the
rafts was called a "riff" and this transposed into riff-raff, meaning
low class.
COBWEB - The Old English word for “spider" was "cob".
SHIP STATE ROOMS - Traveling by steamboat was considered the height of
comfort. Passenger cabins on the boats were not numbered. Instead they
were named after states. To this day cabins on ships are called
staterooms.
SLEEP TIGHT- Early beds were made with a wooden frame. Ropes were tied
across the frame in a criss-cross pattern. A straw mattress was then
put on top of the ropes. Over time the ropes stretched, causing the
bed to sag. The owner would then tighten the ropes to get a better
night’s sleep.
SHOWBOAT - These were floating theaters built on a barge that was
pushed by a steamboat. These played small town along the Mississippi
River . Unlike the boat shown in the movie "Showboat" these did not
have an engine. They were gaudy and attention grabbing which is why we
say someone who is being the life of the party is “showboating".
OVER A BARREL - In the days before CPR a drowning victim would be
placed face down over a barrel and the barrel would be rolled back and
forth in an effort to empty the lungs of water. It was rarely
effective. If you are over a barrel you are in deep trouble.
BARGE IN - Heavy freight was moved along the Mississippi in large
barges pushed by steamboats. These were hard to control and would
sometimes swing into piers or other boats. People would say they
"barged in".
HOGWASH - Steamboats carried both people and animals. Since pigs
smelled so bad they would be washed before being put on board. The mud
and other filth that was washed off was considered useless “hog wash".
CURFEW - The word "curfew" comes from the French phrase "couvre-feu",
which means "cover the fire". It was used to describe the time of
blowing out all lamps and candles. It was later adopted into Middle
English as “curfeu" which later became the modern "curfew". In the
early American colonies homes had no real fireplaces so a fire was
built in the center of the room. In order to make sure a fire did not
get out of control during the night it was required that, by an agreed
upon time, all fires would be covered with a clay pot called-a
“curfew".
BARRELS OF OIL - When the first oil wells were drilled they had made
no provision for storing the liquid so they used water barrels. That
is why, to this day, we speak of barrels of oil rather than gallons.
HOT OFF THE PRESS - As the paper goes through the rotary printing
press friction causes it to heat up. Therefore, if you grab the paper
right off the press it’s hot. The expression means to get immediate
information.
There, don't you feel smarter now?
Good morning, everyone. :)
Had a fun day yesterday. Spent most of it at the theatre. Was a bit of a challenge helping dozens of folks with walkers get to their seats to see a play in the afternoon, then an excellent concert last night. It was a tribute to the Voyager Golden Records (the songs sent in to space in 1977). The highlight for me (besides watching a string quartet rocking out Chuck Berry ;)) was seeing the brilliance with which the musicians overlaid Neil Young.'s After The Goldrush on Bach's Gavotte en Roundeaux. :)
This afternoon, the fun is over and it's back to the reality of cleaning out the fridge and doing some housekeeping. Blech. Maybe I'll bake some cookies to make the roommates happy. Wonder if that will be enough of a bribe to convince Lily dog to do some chores? :P
Hope everyone has a wonderful day. :)