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Archive for July, 2010
Rick Steves’ Lectures: Travel Skills
Don McLean- American Pie (with Lyrics)
Click more info for description* Please comment, rate, and subscribe. Thank you! Lyrics are also below- A long, long time ago… I can still remember How that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while. But february made me shiver With every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one more step. I can’t remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride, But something touched me deep inside The day the music died. So bye-bye, miss american pie. Drove my chevy to the levee, But the levee was dry. And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye Singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die. “this’ll be the day that I die.” Did you write the book of love, And do you have faith in God above, If the Bible tells you so? Do you believe in rock ‘n roll, Can music save your mortal soul, And can you teach me how to dance real slow? Well, I know that you’re in love with him `cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym. You both kicked off your shoes. Man, I dig those rhythm and blues. I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck, But I knew I was out of luck The day the music died. I started singin’, “bye-bye, miss american pie.” Drove my chevy to the levee, But the levee was dry. Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die. “this’ll be the day that I die.” Now for ten years we’ve been on our …
BREAKING NEWS: BAT LOOSE IN CONGRESS
Congress is deadlocked on the best way to get a bat out of their committee chamber.
Young Artists For Haiti – Wavin’ Flag
Music video by Young Artists For Haiti performing Wavin’ Flag. (C) 2010 Universal Music Canada Inc.
TELE – IM RADIO
Das Video zur zweiten Single aus dem Tele-Album “Jedes Tier”. Regie: Philip Eschlow. Die Band ist aktuell auch auf Tour, die Termine gibt’s hier: www.teledieband.de
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Exuberance, The Passion for Life
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, speaks about her book “Exuberance, The Passion for Life” at a conference on teacher wellness organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Introduced by CTY’s Dr. Charles Rowins. Topics include: mental health, genius, creativity, moods and mood disorders, depression, bi-polar disorder, teaching gifted and talented children, genetics, risk-taking and the joy of teaching. As Dr. Jamison writes in “Exuberance”: “To teach well, I heard early and often, is to make a difference. To teach unusually well is to create magic.”
9/11 truthers attend Treason in America
There is a growing number of Americans who believe 9/11 was an inside job. 9/11 truthers, as they are known, attended a two day conference that was called Treason in America, in the hopes of bringing awareness to their cause. Is this a signal that the movement is gaining traction?







