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since Letty's away, and she mentioned Jack Jones, here's the second most chauvinist song i know, which was a bit hit for JJ:

Hey! Little Girl
Comb your hair, fix your makeup
Soon he will open the door
Don't think because there's a ring on your finger
You needn't try anymore

For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
I'm warning you...

Day after day
There are girls at the office
And men will always be men
Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers
You may not see him again

For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
He's almost here...

Hey! Little girl
Better wear something pretty
Something you'd wear to go to the city and
Dim all the lights, pour the wine, start the music
Time to get ready for love
Time to get ready
Time to get ready for love

The sea will wash against the rock
The rock stands strong, the rock is strong
The sea will wash against the rock
But before too long the rock is gone

The wind will blow against the stone
The stone stands strong, the stone is strong
The wind will blow against the stone
but before too long the stone is gone

Patience gentlemen, we move closer every day
Patience gentlemen, the stone will soon give way

Chorus
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go

You cannot hold back the tide
The tide must rise the tide must rise
It's the law of earth and skies
The tide will rise, the tide will rise
It's as natural as day to night
As day to night, day to night
As natural as black and white
Black and white, black and white

Patience gentlemen, the flower can grow up through the stone
Patience gentlemen, it's a truth that we have always known

Chorus
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go
We are the force
We are the fire
We are the move
Moving higher and higher,
We are the force
We are the fire
We are the move
Moving higher and higher

Interlude
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
We are the flow
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
We are the flow

Good morning, WA2k listeners and contributors.

Yit, I know that JJ song may seem one sided, but I think most women want to look their best for themselves. You are such a dear to play it after I was abed.

Let's just say this, listeners. I am glad that I don't have a web cam. <smile>

edgar, that song was perfect. It reminded me of William Stafford's poem"The Animal That Drank up Sound." I haven't had much luck locating it, however. If any of our researchers can do so, please read it here.

Here's a morning question. What was the riddle of the sphinx? Don't look it up, now.

International news:

While America multiplies, Germany subtracts



German leaders wake up to shrinking population By Erik Kirschbaum
Mon Jan 23, 9:03 AM ET



BERLIN (Reuters) - Are Germans an endangered species?



Stunning as it may seem, a steep decline in the German population since 1972 and fears the trend will gain pace have led demographers to warn of unsettling consequences.

The number of Germans has declined by 3.2 million -- the population of Berlin -- over the last 30 years but demographers' concerns have mostly been ignored until now in a country scarred by the Nazis' nefarious procreation pressures.

German leaders have now lifted the birth rate to the top of the political agenda for the first time since the Nazi era, and the two ruling parties are trying to outdo each other with pro-family measures.

"Germans are at risk of dying out if the trend continues," said Harald Michel, managing director of the Institute for Applied Demography. He fears the German population could shrink from 75 million to 50 million by 2050 and further after that.

"The birth rates have been below the replacement rate for 35 years -- a lethal development," he added. "Germans could become an 'endangered people.' It's hypothetical now but we may have to think about 'the last German' at some point. The problem is compounded each generation. Children not born 30 years ago obviously aren't there to have children now."

Perhaps that is why our Walter has disappeared, folks. <smile>

the riddle of the sphinx was something along the lines of what animal walks first on four legs, then two, and lastly three.

after i wrote that, i came across another ancient riddle:

Out of the eater came forth meat,
And out of the strong came forth sweetness.

these ancient riddles don't seem to have happy outcomes.

I really can't remember the exact nature of the riddle of the sphinx, but that is probably correct. I seem to recall that it had to do with Oedipus, but I'm not certain; however, the entire idea was "man", from the cradle to the grave. As to your riddle, I haven't a clue.

Which leads us, listeners, to play this song:



I GAVE MY LOVE A CHERRY aka THE RIDDLE SONG
(Traditional Appalachian version)


I gave my love a cherry
That had no stone
I gave my love a chicken
That had no bone
I told my love a story
That had no end
I gave my love a baby
With no crying.

How can there be a cherry
That has no stone?
And how can there be a chicken
That has no bone?
And how can there be a story
That has no end?
And how can there be a baby
With no crying?

A cherry when it's blooming
It has no stone
A chicken when in the shell
It has no bone
The story of how I love you
It has no end
A baby when it's sleeping
It's no crying.

Cherry?

Heh.......Know any song on Berry, Miss Letty?

Miss America 2006 is Jennifer Berry. :wink:


Good Morning, btw

India <smile>

Nothing exactly for Miss Beryy, but since it's the Mozart year:



Ooo rock me Amadeus
Rock me Amadeus...
Rock rock rock rock me Amadeus
Rock me all the time to the top

Er war ein Punker
Und er lebte in der großen Stadt
Es war Wien, war Vienna
Wo er alles tat
Er hatte Schulden denn er trank
Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen
Und jede rief:
Come on and rock me Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, oh oh oh Amadeus

Er war Superstar
Er war populär
Er war so exaltiert
Because er hatte Flair
Er war ein Virtuose
War ein Rockidol
Und alles rief:
Come on and rock me Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, oh oh oh Amadeus

Come on and rock me Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, oh oh oh Amadeus

Es war um 1780
Und es war in Wien
No plastic money anymore
Die Banken gegen ihn
Woher die Schulden kamen
War wohl jedermann bekannt
Er war ein Mann der Frauen
Frauen liebten seinen Punk

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, oh oh oh Amadeus

Come and rock me Amadeus....

Baby baby do it to me rock me
Baby baby do it to me rock me
Baby baby do it to me rock me
Ja ja ja
Baby baby do it to me rock me
Baby baby do it to me rock me
Baby baby do it to me rock me

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, oh oh oh Amadeus...

Even Elvis mentioned Mozart :wink:




I remember as a child I used to hear
Music that they played Lord with a feel'
Some call it folk, some call it soul
People let me tell you it was rock and roll

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
Every day when I got home I turned on my radio

Listening to the music that my idols made
I knew every single record the DJ's played
A honky tonk a Hound Dog, a Johnny B. Goode
Chain Gang, Love Is Strange, Knock On Wood

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll

I thought it was a fad, thought that it would pass
But the younger generation knew it would last
Time's gone by, the beat goes on
But every time I hear it Lord it takes me home

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
Every day when I got home I turned on my radio

Mother played recordings of Beethoven's Fifth
Mozart's sonatas down the classical Liszt
My papa loved to listen to his country songs
While I was in the back room rockin' on

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll

Edith Wharton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.


Biography

Born Edith Newbold Jones, to a wealthy New York family often associated with the phrase Keeping up with the Joneses, Edith combined her insights into the privileged classes with her natural wit to write novels and short fiction which are notable for their humor and incisiveness.

In 1885, at 23 years of age, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was twelve years her senior. They were divorced in 1913 on the grounds of Teddy's repeated, public infidelities and declining mental and physical health. For several years at the end of her tumultuous, unhappy marriage, she had an affair with William Morton Fullerton (1865 - 1952), an American-born bisexual man-about-town who worked as a journalist for The Times and juggled romances with Lord Ronald Gower, the Ranee of Sarawak, and Camille Chabbert, aka Ixo, an opera singer who was reported to be a mistress of the King of Portugal.

Between 1900 and 1938, Wharton wrote many novels. Critics now consider her first major novel to be 1905's The House of Mirth, a story that attacked the aristocratic society of which she was a most prominent member. An admirer of European culture and architecture, Edith Wharton crossed the Atlantic 66 times before she died. From 1907 on, Wharton made her primary residence in France - first Paris, and, after 1919, at her villas, Pavilion Colombe in nearby Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt and former convent Sainte-Claire le Château in the southern village Hyères.

She was living on the very fashionable Rue de Varenne in Paris, France when World War I began, and, using her many high level connections within the French government, she was allowed to travel extensively by motorcar to the front lines. Wharton described these trips in a series of articles later published as Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort. In Paris, she worked for the Red Cross and with refugees, for which she was awarded the French Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor). Her relief activities are notable for their scope; Wharton operated work rooms for unemployed Frenchwomen, held concerts to provide work for musicians, supported tuberculosis hospitals, and founded the American Hostels for the relief of Belgian refugees. In 1916, Wharton edited a volume entitled The Book of the Homeless, featuring writings, art, and musical scores from many of the biggest names in the artistic fields of the day. Following the War, she returned to the United States for one last time.

Although most were poor and not part of her refined world, she was fascinated and encouraged by the gathering of the artistic community in Montmartre and Montparnasse at the turn of the century.

Her best known work The Age of Innocence (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. She spoke flawless French and many of her books were published in both French and English.

Wharton was friend and confidant of many gifted intellectuals of her time: Henry James, F Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Cocteau and Ernest Hemingway were all guests of hers at one time or another. She was also good friends with Theodore Roosevelt.

Edith Wharton was also highly regarded as a landscape architect and a taste-maker of her time. She wrote several influential books including The Decoration of Houses and Italian Villas. The Mount, her estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, was designed by her and exemplifies her design principles.

Wharton continued writing until her death on August 11, 1937, in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. She is buried in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

Wharton's last novel, The Buccaneers, was unfinished at the time of her death. Marion Mainwaring finished the story after carefully studying the notes and synopsis Wharton had previously written. The novel was published in 1938 (unfinished version) and 1993 (Mainwaring's completion).

Characteristics of her Writing

One characteristic of many Wharton novels is the frequent use of irony. Having grown up in upperclass pre-World War I society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics. When she depicted it in such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence she made fun of the narrow-minded and ignorant upper class through a deft use of irony. She often used tribal diction to describe the ritualistic practices of upper class New York as well as precise diction to poke fun at how very particular the people were. In her book Ethan Frome, the title character, who has felt trapped his entire life, decides to end it by sledding into a tree. However the "accident" does not kill him but leaves him maimed and more trapped than before, an ending of great dramatic and symbolic power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton

Ernest Borgnine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ernest Borgnine (born January 24, 1917) is an American actor.

He was born Ernesto Charles Borgnine (Bor-Nee-Nee) in Hamden, Connecticut to Charles Borgnino and Anna Boselli, Italian Catholic immigrants. He joined the United States Navy after high school and stayed in for ten years. After a few years of drifting, he attended the Randall School of Drama in Hartford. Following graduation, he went to the famous Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. In 1949, he debuted on Broadway in Harvey. In 1951 he moved to Los Angeles, California, receiving his big break in 1953's From Here to Eternity, playing the cruel "Fatso" who taunted and killed "Maggio," played by Frank Sinatra. Off-screen, the men were good friends.

In 1955, Borgnine starred in the drama Marty, which gained him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He subsequently appeared in many films sometimes in lead roles but more often supporting major stars. From 1962 through 1966 he starred in the popular situation comedy television series McHale's Navy, and starred in the 1964 film version. Borgnine's later television work included a co-starring role (with Jan-Michael Vincent) as veteran helicopter pilot Dominic Santini in the action/espionage series Airwolf from 1984 to 1986.

Among his five wives were the late Ethel Merman (to whom he was wed for fewer than two months) and the late Mexican-born actress Katy Jurado. He married Tova Traesnaes in 1972. Tova runs a hugely succesful cosmetics company from Beverly Hills which Ernest helps her with in his spare time.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ernest Borgnine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Blvd. In 1996, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Since 1999, Borgnine's voice has appeared on the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants as the elderly superhero Mermaid Man and has appeared on an episode of The Simpsons as himself. He has also recently appeared in television commercials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine

Well, listeners, it seems that our explorer encountered an error and shut down my message to spidergal and Walter, so I'll try again.

Glad to see our spidergal back, bytes and all.

Well, honey, as I explained earlier in our broadcast, I don't watch Miss America contests, but since someone mentioned in another part of our audience that she looked anorexic, I took a look and she did, a bit.

Actually, I think they may play the traditional song but it's not nearly as good as Chuck Berry.

Hey, Walter. Great to see you back on the air. You Europeans appear in relay fashion, I think.

Although I played Amadeus as a goodnight song for John<oldandknew> I love Mozart in any fashion and it bears hearing over and over.

Soooo, for all of you out there, here's a Lloyd Price oldie that been done over and over. <smile>



Lloyd Price Lyrics - PERSONALITY

Over and over
I tried to prove my love to you
Over and over
What more can I do
Over and over
My friends say I´m a fool
But over and over
I´ll be a fool for you

'cause you got personality,
Walk, personality
Talk, Personality
Smile, Personality
Charm, personality
Love, personality
And of Cause you´ve got
A great big heart
So over and over
Oh, I´ll be a fool to you
Now over and over
What more can I do ?

Over and over
I said that I loved you
Over and over, honey
Now it´s the truth
Over and over
They still say I´m a fool
But Over and over
I´ll be a fool for you

Neil Diamond
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is a Jewish American singer/songwriter who had a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and who maintains a very loyal following with popular live performances to this day.

Diamond was born and raised in Brooklyn, attending high school with Barbra Streisand (and singing with her in the school choir). He learned to play guitar after receiving one as a gift on his 16th birthday.

He spent his early career as a writer in the Brill Building, and had an early success writing the song "I'm a Believer" for The Monkees.

Neil married school teacher Jaye Posner and they had two children, Marjorie and Elyn. They eventually divorced.

He signed a deal with Bang! Records, and had a string of singles as the primary performer, including "Kentucky Woman," "Cherry, Cherry," and "Solitary Man." Neil's Bang recordings were produced by legendary Brill Building songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, both of whom can be heard singing backgrounds on many of the tracks.

He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1970, and signed a deal with MCA Records (then called Uni Records). His sound mellowed, with such songs as "Sweet Caroline" and "Song Sung Blue". "Sweet Caroline" has since become a rallying cry of Red Sox Nation, however unlikely this may seem. Neil married Marcia Murphey, whom he had met while doing a television appearance. They had two sons, Jesse Michael Diamond born in 1970 and Micah Joseph Diamond, born February 14, 1978. Neil and Marcia divorced in 1995.

In 1973, Diamond hopped labels again, this time to Columbia Records, where he recorded the soundtrack to Jonathan Livingston Seagull. In 1974, he released the album Serenade (songs: "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before"). In 1976, he released Beautiful Noise, produced by The Band's Robbie Robertson.

In 1977, he released an album I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight, which included the track "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". The song was covered by Barbra Streisand on her album Songbird, which led one disc jockey to combine the two in a virtual duet. The popularity of the virtual duet motivated Diamond and Streisand to record the real thing, which became a very large hit in 1978. A movie version of the song (starring Diamond and Streisand) was planned, but plans fell through when Diamond starred in a remake of the Al Jolson classic The Jazz Singer in 1980, opposite Sir Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz.


Though the movie was not a blockbuster hit at the box office, the soundtrack was a hugely successful album, spawning the singles "America," "Love On The Rocks," and "Hello Again." This would be the apex of his recording career.

In 2000, he was awarded the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In recent years, there has been a resurgence in Diamond's popularity. His songs have become nearly iconic. The 2001 comedy film Saving Silverman (starring Jack Black) plays up this theme. The main characters play in a Neil Diamond cover band, and Diamond made a cameo appearance. During this period, Will Ferrell did a recurring impersonation of Neil on Saturday Night Live.

As of May 2005 he has sold 120 million records worldwide (Source: NY Times), including 50 million records in US (Source: RIAA).

Today, Diamond continues to tour and record. He recently completed and released a new album entitled 12 Songs with producer Rick Rubin. It was released on November 8, 2005 in two editions, one a standard 12-song release, and a special edition with two bonus tracks, including one featuring backing vocals by Brian Wilson. The album debuted at#4 on the Billboard album chart. 12 Songs also ended up being infamous for being one of the last albums to be pressed and released by Sony BMG with the infamous XCP digital rights management software embedded onto the disc (see 2005 Sony CD copy protection controversy).

On December 31, 2005 Diamond apperared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond


Sweet Caroline :: NEIL DIAMOND

Where it began,
I can't begin to knowin'
But then I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along.

Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I, look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two.

And when I hurt,
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when I'm with you
Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined,
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline,
I believe they never could
Sweet Caroline.........

John Belushi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 - March 5, 1982) was an American actor and comedian. John was born in the U.S. to Adam Belushi, an Albanian immigrant who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of 15, and his wife Agnes. He grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, where he was a high school football player, outside of Chicago and attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the College of DuPage near Chicago. Belushi's brother James Belushi is also a successful actor and comedian.

Belushi's first big break as a comedian occurred in 1971, when he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, Illinois. Thanks to his uncanny caricature of singer Joe Cocker's intense and jerky stage presence, he participated in National Lampoon's "Lemmings" stage show in 1972 (which also featured future Saturday Night Live performer Chevy Chase).

From 1973 to 1975 the National Lampoon aired the Radio Hour, a half-hour comedy program syndicated across the country on approximately 600 stations. When original director Michael O'Donoghue quit in 1974, Belushi took over the reins until the show was cancelled. Other players on the show included future SNL regulars Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase. Belushi married Judy Jacklin, an associate producer of the Radio Hour. A number of comic bits first performed on the Radio Hour would be translated into SNL sketches in the show's early seasons.

Belushi achieved national fame with his work on Saturday Night Live, which he joined as one of the original cast members in 1975. Between seasons of the show, he made one of his best-known movies, Animal House. He left Saturday Night Live in 1979 to pursue a film career, and he appeared in a number of movies, including The Blues Brothers (with Dan Aykroyd). Both the Animal House and the Blues Brothers albums went to number 1, making Belushi the only performing artist to concurrently attain momentary greatness in the two attributes.

He was also known to indulge in bouts of drinking and involvement with drugs which eventually cost him his life. Belushi was found dead on March 5, 1982, at the age of 33, in a hotel room at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The cause of death was a speedball, a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin. His death was investigated by forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, among others, and while there was some dispute in the findings it was eventually officially ruled a drug-related accident. There was some suspicion of foul play by his companion and drug dealer at the time, Cathy Smith, who was a former groupie for The Band.

John's life is detailed in the 1985 biography "Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi" by Bob Woodward which was adapted into a feature film. Many friends and relatives of Belushi, including his wife, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, boycotted the film.

John Belushi is interred in Abel's Hill Cemetery, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. His tombstone read "I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on."

His widow later remarried and is now Judy Belushi Pisano. Her biography (with co-biographer Tanner Colby) of her late husband, Belushi, a collection of first-person interviews and photographs, was published in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi

Nastassja Kinski
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Nakszynski on January 24, 1959) is a German-born actress of Polish descent, best known for her Golden Globe Award winning portrayal of 'Tess D'Urberville' in Roman Polanski's film "Tess" (1979) and her parts in Wim Wenders' films "Wrong Move" (1975) and "Faraway, So Close" (1993).


Career

During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Nastassja Kinski was widely regarded as an international sex symbol. Her foray into the spotlight began in her native Germany where she started out as a model. During her teen years she travelled to the U.S.A. to study method acting with Lee Strasberg. In her mid-teens she won the title role in "Tess" (1979). Shortly after her on-screen success, legendary photographer Richard Avedon's snapped an image of Kinski with a serpent coiled around her naked body which made her a popular icon. In 1982 Kinski appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's film "One From The Heart" and the movie "Cat People", both successful cinematic offerings. Kinski returned to Europe where she continued to acting but the films she made during the mid- and late- 1980s failed to find an audience. Though she recieved praise from critics for her performance in "Paris, Texas", the film was not widely released. Kinski's other movies "Unfaithfully Yours" opposite Dudley Moore and "Hotel New Hampshire" opposite Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe did poorly at the box office.

Kinski's luck turned in the 1990s when she appeared in films such as "Terminal Velocity" opposite Charlie Sheen and Mike Figgis' critically acclaimed "One Night Stand". She continues to enjoy a busy, successfull career in film and television.

Personal Life


Kinski is the daughter of the late Polish-German actor Klaus Kinski from his marriage to actress Ruth Brigitte Tocki. Her parents were divorced in 1965. Kinski rarely saw her father after the age of 10. Kinski and her mother struggled financially. Eventually they ended up living in a commune in Munich. Age of 12, she was chosen to play a role in Wim Wenders's film "The Wrong Move". In this movie and several that followed, though she was still a minor, Kinski would appear either partially or completely nude. She has since admitted that as a child she felt exploited by the industry and told a journalist from W Magazine," If I had had somebody to protect me or if I had felt more secure about myself, I would not have accepted certain things. Nudity things. And inside it was just tearing me apart. "

At 15, Kinski began a romantic relationship with director Roman Polanski., who was 25 years her senior. It was Polanski who urged her to study acting with Lee Strasberg. Polanski went on to cast her in his movie "Tess".

In her late-teens Kinski moved in with her friend Demi Moore. She encouraged Moore to leave school and pursue a career as a model and actress.

In the mid-1980s Kinski met and eventually married Egyptian film maker Ibrahim Moussa. Their first child, Aljosha, was born in 1984 and their daughter Sonja Kinski, now a model, was born in 1986. In the early 1990s Kinski began a romance with music impressario Quincy Jones and lived with him for several years. In 1992 Kinski and Moussa were formally divorced. In 1993 Kinski had a daughter, Kenya Julia, with Quincy Jones. Her realtionship with Jones ended in 1994.

A gifted linguist, Kinski speaks German, English, French, Italian and Russian fluently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastassja_Kinski

Just received this story of a single mom. Loved it.

As a single parent, I know that my ten-year-old daughter has learned to do without many extras. Some time ago, to make things up to her, I promised to buy her toys as soon as I got a raise. A while later, my boss went on vacation and arranged for me to watch his dog, cats and parrot.

The night before he was due back, we went to feed the animals for the last time. As my daughter busied herself with the parrot, I couldn't believe my ears. She was bombarding the hapless bird with: "Mommy needs a raise! Mommy needs a raise!"

I got the raise: she got the toys.

Miss India Presents

A beautiful Hindi song for our listeners......with the English translations of course
Song: Meri Mehbooba Film:Pardes
kisii roz tumse mulaaqaat hogii... Some day I will meet you...
merii jaan us din mere saath hogii My love, from that day forth, you will be with me. magar kab na jaane yeh barsaat hogii But who knows when you'll shower down your love; mera dil hai pyaasa mera dil akela my heart is thirsty, my lonely heart!
zaraa tasviir se tuu nikalke saamne aa Just step out from the picture (in my mind) and come before me! merii mahabuuba My love
merii taqdiir hai tuu machalke saamne aa You're my fate; fight out (of the picture) and come before me! merii mahabuuba... My love...
zaraa tasviir se tuu nikalke saamne aa Step out from the picture (in my mind) and come before me! merii mahabuuba My love
nahii.n yaad kabse magar mai.n huu.n jabse I don't even remember since when, perhaps as long as I've existed, mere dil me.n terii muhabbat hai tabse I have loved you.
mai.n shaayar huu.n tera tuu merii ghazal hai I'm your poet, and you are my poem. baRii beqaraarii mujhe aajkal hai... Lately, I'm restless with longing for you. zaraa tasviir se tuu nikalke saamne aa Just step out from the picture (in my mind) and come before me!
merii mahabuuba... My love...
zaraa tasviir se tuu nikalke saamne aa Just step out from the picture (in my mind) and come before me! merii mahabuuba My love
jaane kahaa.n se lo aa ga'ii hai voh Who knows where she's come from!
bhalaa kaun hai voh hame.n bhii bataa'o No matter who she is, just tell me! yeh tasviir uskii hame.n bhii dikhaa'o At least show me this picture of her! ye qisse sabhii ko sunaate nahii.n hai This story shouldn't be told to just everyone, magar dosto.n se chhupaate nahii.n hai but you can't hide it from friends! tere dard-e-dil ki davaa ham kare.nge I'll cure the pain in your heart;
na kuchh kar sake.n to du'aa ham kare.nge... If I can't do anything, then I'll pray for you! taRapkar aa'egii voh tujhe mil jaa'egii voh She'll struggle out (of the picture) and come; you'll meet her, terii mahabuuba your love!
kisii roz tumse mulaaqaat hogii... Some day I will meet you...
merii jaan us din mere saath hogii My love, from that day forth, you will be with me. magar kab na jaane yeh barsaat hogii But who knows when you'll shower your love upon me; mera dil hai pyaasa mera dil akela my heart is thirsty, my lonely heart!
zaraa tasviir se tuu nikalke saamne aa Just step out from the picture (in my mind) and come before me! merii mahabuuba... my love

Oops, folks. I got stuck between the peanut butter in my sandwich. (with a name like Smuckers, it better be good)

Thanks, Boston, for the bios and the delightful reminder of a single mom and her uncanny ability to rule.

Where is that turtle man? I have a bone to pick with him, and turtles don't even like bones. <SMILE>

Haven't seen C.I. around for a while, but he might enjoy this bit of news:

Japanese scientists dig up million-year-old ice 2 hours, 44 minutes ago



TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese researchers said they had dug up ice in the Antarctic Ocean estimated to be one million years old that could give more clues than ever about climate and environmental changes.



It is believed to be the oldest ice ever retrieved after an 800,000-year-old block collected by European scientists in 2004.

The Japanese mission headed by the National Institute of Polar Research drilled down more than 3,000 meters (about 10,000 feet) in the Antarctic Ocean to pull out the slab deep in the ice core.

The group will bring the ice back to Japan in April for research.

"We need further analysis but the ice is expected to clarify things such as climate and environmental change or the evolution of microbes over the past million years," said Yoshiyuki Fujii, director general at the polar institute.

"Finding out the cycle and rhythm of climate change in the past will help to forecast the future," he told AFP.

The research group took three years to drill to the ice at Japan's Dome Fuji Station

Huh, it was bit jumbled but Miss India promises better presentations from the next time.

How was the song anyway (or rather the translation)?