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Music: Led Zeppelin Reunion
How to tell if an event was a great and global success. Well the Led Zeppelin concert in London this Monday definitely put the bar up quite a bit for others.
If 2,000,000 want to come and you have to distribute the tickets through a lottery to the lucky 20,000 that’s definitely an indication. If news stations around the world are reporting on the event at prime time even a better one. Not to mention the hundreds of web blogs, news paper and magazine sites.
And if on web sites from YouTube to MySpace hundreds of video clips of the event appear within 24 hours – we stopped counting on YouTube at 250 – you have definitely won the crowds over…
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Quote of the day: Life
I‘ve been around quite a bit and seen people from many walks of life. There have been good times and not so good ones, but when I could and saw fit I’ve always tried to give back and helped others. And they have been taking freely when things were going well but left me for [...]
Video: P-Funk documentary
When you like funk, this one hour documentary on George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic is a must.
… What’s your funk aptitude, bobba?
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Quote of the Day: Joseph Gerrald
From a sign in the Sydney Botanical Garden put up close to the place where Joseph Gerrald’s (one of the “Scottish Martyrs”) grave once was:
For myself, my friend, whatever destiny awaits me, I am content. The cause which I have embraced has taken deep root, and must, I feel, ultimately triumph. I have my reward. I see through the cheering vista of future events the overthrow of tyranny, and the permanent establishment of benevolence and peace. It is as silent as the lapse of time, but as certain and inevitable.
Joseph Gerrald, 17 May 1795
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Australia: Supersize my ambulance
Australia’s obesity crisis has forced health officials to revamp their fleet of ambulances to cope with a sharp rise in overweight patients.
Studies estimate that 67% of Australian men and over half of all women aged over 25 are overweight or obese.
Super-sized vehicles have been introduced and new air ambulances will be remodeled to carry heavier people weighing up to 220kg…
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USA: “The Day I Got Deported From the US”
There is a very interesting description of what an UN Aid worker had to experience when he tried to enter the US with his EEC passport. Also read the comments – even more insights… The story is at the The Road to the Horizon blog.
