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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1,2006
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A truly rich man is one
whose children run into
his arms when his hands are empty
"Are any of you folks fans of
the solar system? Well you
can kiss Pluto good bye! It's no
longer a planet. There
used to be nine, now there’s eight. Today
Pluto packed up
and moved out. It said it is now going to spend
more time
with the family. Even sadder...it hung out around
Saturn
all day trying to get a job as a moon." --Dave
Letterman
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"Anyone
been traveling? It's a nightmare. We still have
those travel
advisories. If you're traveling, you can't
carry deoderant,
shaving cream, hair gel, perfume. Have
you been to LAX?
Everybody looks like Nick Nolte now."
--Jay
Leno
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The
investigation of Martha Stewart continues. Her recipe for chicken
casserole
is quite efficient.. First you boil the chicken in water. And
then you dump
the stock
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"A
panel of scientists voted to kick Pluto out of the solar
system.
They tried to explain the science of this to
President Bush, but
then they got fed up and just told him
it got destroyed by the
Death Star." --Bill
Maher
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I
was in my car one day listening to a guy on the radio
help
callers with their home problems. One woman called up
hysterical
after finding a skunk in her basement.
"Leave a trail of
breadcrumbs or cat food from your basement
to your backyard,"
suggested the show's host. "That'll get
rid of it."
An hour later the woman called back, even more upset. "Now
I have TWO skunks in my
basement!"
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Moe:
"My wife got me to believe in religion."
Joe: "Really?"
Moe:
"Yeah. Until I married her I didn't believe in
hell."
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A
seafood restaurant had a sign in the window that read,
"Big
Lobster Tales, $5 each."
Amazed at the great value, a man
stopped in and asked the
waitress, "Five dollars each for
lobster tails -- is that
correct?"
"Yes,"
she said. "It's our special just for today."
"Well," he
said, "they must be little lobster tails."
"No," she
replied, "it's the really big lobster."
"Big red lobster
tails, $5 each?" he said, amazed. "They
must be old lobster
tails!"
"No, they're definitely today's."
"Today's big red lobster tails -- $5 each?" he repeated,
astounded.
"Yes," she insisted.
"Well, here's my five dollars," he said. "I'll take one."
She took the money and led him to a table where she invited
him to sit down. She then sat down next to him, put her hand
on his shoulder, leaned over close to him, and said, "Once
upon a time there was a really big, red
lobster..."
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A
man is recovering from surgery when a nurse asks him how he is
feeling. "I'm
O.K. but I didn't like the four-letter-word the doctor
used in surgery,"
he answered.
"What did he say," asked the
nurse.
"OOPS!"
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Two
mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez.
"How was
he killed?" asked one detective. "With a golf gun," the other
detective
replied. "A golf gun?! What is a golf gun?" "I don't know. But
it sure made a
hole in Juan."
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If
you're a blonde sorry but i just could not resist. oh too funny
FIRST
DEGREE
A married couple was sleeping when the phone rang at 2 in the
morning.
The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a
moment and
said, "How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!" and hung
up.
The husband said, "Who was that?" The wife said, "I don't know, some
woman
wanting to know if the coast is
clear."
SECOND DEGREE
Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the
sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and
says,
"Hmm, this person looks familiar." The second blonde says, "Here, let
me
see!" So the first blonde hands her the compact. The second one looks in
the
mirror and says, "You dummy, it's me!"
THIRD DEGREE
A
blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and
buys a
gun. She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the
door she
finds him in the arms of a redhead. Well, the blonde is really angry. She
opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does so, she is overcome
with grief. She takes the gun and puts it to her head.
The boyfriend
yells, "No, honey, don't do it!!!" The blonde replies, "Shut
up, you're
next!"
FOURTH DEGREE
A blonde was bragging about her knowledge
of state capitals. She
Proudly says, "Go ahead, ask me, I know all of them."
A friend says, "OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin ?"
The blonde
replies, "Oh, that's easy: W."
FIFTH DEGREE
What did the blonde
ask her doctor when he told her she was pregnant?
"Is it mine?"
SIXTH DEGREE
Bambi, a blonde in her fourth year as a UCLA
freshman, sat in her US
government class. The professor asked Bambi if she
knew what Roe vs. Wade
was about. Bambi pondered the question then finally
said, "That was the
decision George Washington had to make before he crossed
the Delaware."
SEVENTH DEGREE
Returning home from work, a blonde
was shocked to find her house
ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the
police at once and
reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the
call on the radio,
and a K-9 unit,
patrolling nearby was the first t o
respond. As the K-9 officer
approached the house with his dog on a leash,
the blonde ran out on the
porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his
dog, then sat down on the
steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned,
"I come home to find all
my
possessions stolen. I call the police for
help, and what do they do?
They send me a BLIND
policeman."
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While
shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display
of bathing
suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since
I had even
considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my
husband's
advice.
"What do you think?" I asked. "Should I get a bikini
or an all-in-one?"
"Better get a bikini," he replied. "You'd never get it
all in
one."
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While
attending the U.S. Army's Airborne School...The day before
our first jump,
the instructors (known as 'Sgt Airbornes', students are
called 'Airborne')
demonstrated all the possible malfunctions one might
encounter.
After
watching a total malfunction, i.e. the parachute fails to
deploy, one of the
students asked "Sgt. Airborne, if we have a complete
malfunction, how much
time do we have to deploy our reserve parachutes?"
"Airborne, you have the
REST of your life to deploy
that
reserve!"
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Tired
of having to balance his wife Cindy's checkbook, Mike made
a deal with her;
he would look at it, but only after she had spent a few
hours trying to
wrestle it into shape.
The following night, after spending hours poring over
stubs and
figures, Cindy said proudly, "I've done it! I made it
balance!"
Impressed, Mike came over to take a look. "Let's see...
mortgage
550.00, electricity 70.50, phone 35.00." His brow wrinkled as he
read
the last entry. "It says here ESP, $615. What the heck is
that?"
"Oh," she said, "That means, Error Some
Place!"
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A
Catholic Priest, a Protestant Minister and a Rabbi are
discussing the
question of when does life begin. "Without any doubt,"
says the Priest, "life
begins at the moment of conception, when the
sperm meets the egg."
"No,
no!" says the Protestant Minister. "Life begins at the moment
of birth, when
the baby emerges."
"No way," says the Rabbi. "Life begins when the last kids
are out
of college, and the dog
dies."
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What's
dumb?
Directions on toilet paper.
What's dumber than
that?
Reading them.
Even dumber?
Reading them and learning
something
Dumbest of all?
Reading them and having to correct
something you've been
doing
wrong.
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After
driving up and down several lanes, I finally found a parking spot
at the
shopping mall. I noticed another man driving very slowly in the
same
direction, and, since he was closer, I gave him the "Are you going
to park
there?" look.
His responding gestures were very complicated. First he
shook his head.
Next he pointed at me, then at the parking space and then at
himself,
his watch and the mall. Finishing off, he frowned, raised his
palms
upward and shrugged.
Once I parked, I walked over to the driver
to make sure he didn't want
the space. I mean, I didn't want anyone mad at me
over a parking space.
"You must be single," he replied. "If you were
married, you would've
known that I was giving you the universal sign for 'Go
ahead and take
the spot. I'm waiting for my
wife.'"
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A blonde
calls Delta Airlines and asks, "Can you tell me how long it'll
take to fly
from San Francisco to New York City?"
The agent replies, "Just a
minute..."
"Thank you," the blonde says, and hangs
up.
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A young man was always late
for work so finally his boss told him if he was late the next day he would be
fired. The following morning the young man arrived in the office half and hour
late. Remembering the threat, he donned a hat and dark glasses and said as the
manager walked in, "Can I apply for the new vacancy please?" He kept his
job.
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In a
darken theater where the suspenseful mystery story was being staged, a member of
the audience suddenly stood up and cried, “Where is the murderer?”
A
threatening voice behind her replied, “Right in back of you, if you don’t sit
down!”
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A child was
on his first visit to the country at his grandparents' ranch and feeding the
chickens fascinated him. Early one morning he caught his first glimpse of a
peacock strutting in the yard. He rushed into the house, where his grandmother
was making breakfast and exclaimed, "Grandma, come and see! One of the chickens
is in bloom!"
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A young
mother was always on time at our car-pool meeting place. She explained that she
didn't need an alarm because her baby woke her between 6:28 and 6:32 each
morning. One day, however, she arrived late and breathlessly jumped into the
waiting car. "Sorry," she told us, "my baby didn't go
off."
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When a fellow called a motel and asked how much they charged for a
room, the clerk told him that the rates depended on room size and number of
people. “Do you take children?” the man asked. “No, sir,” replied the clerk.
“Only cash and credit cards.”
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The young
woman sat in her stalled car, waiting for help. Finally two men walked up to
her. “I’m out of gas,” she purred. ‘Could you push me to the gas station?” The
men readily put their muscles to the car and rolled it several blocks. After a
while, one looked up, exhausted, to see that they had just passed a filling
station. “How come you didn’t turn in?” he yelled. “I never go there,” the girl
shouted back. “They don’t have full service.’
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Patient-specific cancer treatment created
URBANA, Ill., -- U.S. scientists have found a way to
make
some cancer cells self-destruct by using the
molecule
caspase-3 to initiate cell death. Caspase-3 normally
exists
as a proenzyme, meaning further processing is required
to
make the final, active enzyme, the researchers said.
That
processing is normally performed by other caspases
and
serves as a signal that something has gone wrong with
a
cell and cell death or 'apoptosis' is desired.
Paul
Hergenrother and colleagues at the University of
Illinois-
Urbana say they've used the synthetic compound PAC-1
to
trick procaspase-3 into processing itself,
generating
caspase-3 and causing cell death. They demonstrated,
in a
variety of cancer cell types, that cell death is
correlated
with the amount of procaspase-3 present in the cells,
with
more procaspase-3 resulting in cell death at lower
concen-
trations of PAC-1, while healthy cells remain
unaffected.
The researchers say the variability of procaspase-3
levels
in the cell lines means some patients would be
more
responsive to such therapy than others. As such, they
say
their finding potentially offers a novel opportunity
for
individualized cancer therapy. The study appears in
the
journal Nature Chemical
Biology.
Age-related
macular degeneration studied
ANN ARBOR, Mich., --
U.S. scientists say multiple genetic
variants together explain a
high proportion of inherited
risk of age-related macular
degeneration. AMD is a degen-
erative disorder of the eye
affecting the central retina
and is one of the most common
causes of vision loss in the
elderly. The risk of developing AMD
is influenced by
genetic and environmental components. Previous
studies
showed a common variant form of a protein called
complement
factor H, or CFH, is associated with increased AMD
suscept-
ibility. Two studies show additional variants within
the
CFH gene, which do not affect the function of the
protein,
also make an important contribution to disease risk. In
one
study, Gon?alo Abecasis and colleagues at the University
of
Michigan examined variants within and surrounding the
CFH
gene and found, among other things, variants in the
gene
encoding CFH, which do not change the protein
itself,
strongly contribute to the risk of AMD. In another
study,
Mark Daly and colleagues at the Massachusetts
General
Hospital examined an independent set of AMD cases
and
similarly found a common non-protein-coding variant in
CFH
influences disease risk. Both studies are detailed in
the
September issue of the journal Nature
Genetics.
Online tool to
aid orphaned disease study
BALTIMORE, -- U.S.
scientists say they have compiled a data-
base to assist
research into rare illnesses of unknown cause
that afflict
people worldwide. Finding a common link to under-
studied or
"orphaned" diseases such as Bardet-Biedl, Alstrom
and
Meckel-Gruber syndromes can significantly advance the
search for
causes and treatment. The same Johns Hopkins re-
search team
that first identified flaws in the work of tiny,
hair-like
structures on the surface of cells called cilia as
such a common
link has compiled -- and made available on the
Web -- a database
of all genes known to contribute to cilia
operations in the
body. "It was hard labor, but worth it to
help accelerate
research and drive the development of poten-
tial drug targets
and cures for these diseases," said the
project's leader,
Nicholas Katsanis, an associate professor
of molecular biology,
genetics and ophthalmology. "But what's
equally exciting is that
the database should also advance the
understanding of much more
common diseases, because abnormal
cilia are looking as if they
have a role in these as well,"
he added. The new Web-based
resource is described online in
the journal Nature
Genetics.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Cardiovascular risk prediction
models are available for the
general population and for
those with type 2 diabetes. However,
researchers report
in the August issue of Diabetes Care, these
models are
poor predictors of cardiovascular risk in type 1
diabetics.
As lead investigator Dr. Janice C. Zgibor told
Reuters
Health, "if health care providers use existing
prediction
tools to determine the risk of patients with type
1
diabetes for a coronary heart disease event, they
are
likely underestimating their risk."
Dr.
Zgibor and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania examined 10-year follow-up data on 658
subjects
with childhood onset type 1 diabetes taking part
in a
prospective study of diabetes complications.
Dr. Zgibor's
group compared these findings with those
generated by a risk
model for the general population
from the US Framingham Heart
Study, and for type 2
diabetics using the UK Prospective
Diabetes Study Risk
Engine.
The team found
that both models were poor predictors of
the risk of a coronary
heart disease event and "expected
probabilities differed
significantly for both hard and
total coronary heart disease
outcomes." In particular,
both models underestimated the
probability of events in
those at highest risk.
The use of these risk models, concluded Dr. Zgibor, "may
result in undertreatment for risk factors like high blood
pressure or high cholesterol, both of which have been
shown
to be problematic in those with type 1 diabetes."
Diabetes
Care 2006;29:1860-1865.
2006
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-1-
Lawrence Walker, bandleader, born Duson, LA 1907.
Victor Records released "Sallie Gooden,"/"Arkansas Traveler," by
fiddler Eck Robertson in 1922. This single has been referred to as the
"first hillbilly record."
Boxcar Willie born "Lecil Travis Martin," Sterratt, TX 1931.
Conway Twitty born "Harold Lloyd Jenkins," Friars Point, MS
1933.
Steve Goetzman of "Exile" born Louisville, KY 1950.
Merle Travis was promoted to permanent MC on WRVA's "Old
Dominion Barn Dance" 1950.
Tex Williams signed an 8-picture deal with Universal Studio's in
1950.
The Louvin Brothers released "Cash On The Barrel Head,"
1956.
Elvis Presley presented his mother Gladys, with a brand new pink
Cadillac 1956.
George Hamilton IV released "A Rose and a Baby Ruth," 1956.
Aunt Molly Jackson, singer/songwriter died in Kentucky 1960.
Fifth Avenue, between Broadway and Commerce in Nashville, was
renamed "Opry Place," in 1962.
Tom T. Hall recorded "Ballad Of Forty Dollars" 1968.
Johnny Cash released "Johnny Cash At San Quentin," 1969.
Johnny Cash appeared with Billy Graham at SPRE-E '73 in London,
England 1973.
Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" topped the charts 1975.
Delia "Mom" Upchurch, Den Mother of the stars, died in
Nashville, TN 1976.
Debbie Boone recording artist/daughter of Pat Boone, married
Gabriel Ferrer, son of Rosemary Clooney and actor Jose Ferrer 1979.
WSM radio, The Grand Ole Opry, Opryland, and The Nashville
Network, were purchased by Edward L. Gaylord 1983. The fate of
Traditional country music in Nashville was sealed.
Keith Whitley's "Greatest Hits," album charted 1990.
Simitar released Johnny Duncan's "Classic Country" album 1998.
**** COUNTRY
MUSIC NEWS ****
Bradley,
Strait, James join Hall of Fame
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 –
Influential musician/producer Harold Bradley, Sonny James
and George Strait will become the newest members of the Country Music Hall
of Fame in November, it was announced Wednesday.
Bradley will be inducted in the “Recording and/or Touring
Musician Active Prior to 1980” category, which is awarded every third year
in a rotation with the “Career Achieved National Prominence Prior to World
War II” and “Non-Performer” categories.
James will be inducted in the “Career Achieved National
Prominence Between World War II and 1975” category.
Strait will be the second artist inducted in the “Career
Achieved National Prominence Between 1975 and the Present” category,
created last year.
All inductees are chosen by CMA’s Hall of Fame Panel of
Electors, consisting of more than 300 anonymous voters appointed by the
CMA Board of Directors. Bradley, James and Strait will increase membership
in the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame from 95 to 98 inductees.
“For the past 60 years I’ve been focused on playing the
guitar in the Nashville recording studios,” said Bradley. “I never thought
about being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame because it seemed
to be reserved for famous artists. And I want to thank the Country Music
Association for putting studio musicians on the ballot, and I want to
accept this honor on behalf of the pioneer studio musicians, the A-team
studio musicians and all recording musicians everywhere, because they’re
all in my hall of fame. Somewhere my brother Owen is smiling.”
James said, “It’s a great honor to join many of my friends
in the Hall of Fame.”
“I’m very honored of course, to say the least,” said Strait.
“I’ve tried to think of something good to say. So many things have
happened in my career. I get asked sometimes ‘What’s the highlight of my
career?’ because I’ve been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard
time coming up with something because so many good things have happened.
But I think this is, without a doubt, the most special thing that’s ever
happened and I don’t know how anything could top getting put in the Hall
of Fame. It’s just the very highest honor that you can get in this
business.”
“After I hung up after talking with (CMA Chief Strategic
Officer) Ed (Benson), I did kind of have to chuckle because I’m thinking,
‘Well, don’t people usually get this after their career’s over?’ I’m
hoping this is no sign of that because I still feel like I’ve got a lot of
good years left in me. I still enjoy everything and I’ve got a new record
that’s going to come out in October that I feel like is the best record
I’ve ever done since 1981, so I’m really looking forward to that coming
out. And I’ve already got tour dates set for next year so I’m still
rolling.”
“Actually, I was surprised. I don’t see how anybody could
not be surprised. Early in my career it never crossed my mind actually. I
guess later on in your career you start thinking about it and wondering if
you could get in, but I don’t see how anybody could just figure they’re
going to get in. It’s just too special an honor. Of course, I wanted it,
but you just can’t expect it. It’s an overwhelming honor. It’s like
nothing else that’s happened to me in my 20 some odd years in the
business.” Through the years, Bradley, 80, became the most recorded guitar
player in history and would come to be known as “the Dean of Nashville
Session Guitarists.” As one of the original “A Team” studio musicians of
Nashville, his musical talents were heard on such recordings as
“Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy” (Red Foley); “Do the Hokey Pokey” (Ray
Anthony); “Ballad of New Orleans” (Johnny Horton); “Jingle Bell Rock”
(Bobby Helms); “I’m Sorry” (Brenda Lee); “Crazy” (Patsy Cline); “Only the
Lonely” (Roy Orbison); “King of the Road” (Roger Miller); “Big Bad John”
(Jimmy Dean); “Make The World Go Away” (Eddy Arnold); “Harper Valley PTA”
(Jeannie C. Riley); “Stand By Your Man” (Tammy Wynette); “Coal Miner’s
Daughter” (Loretta Lynn); and “Swingin’” (John Anderson), among hundreds
more. His performances can also be heard on recordings by Joan Baez, Perry
Como, Buddy Holly, Burl Ives, George Morgan, Elvis Presley, Charley Pride,
Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Conway Twitty, Gene Watson, Hank
Williams and more. In addition, he recorded three solo albums of
instrumentals. He also performed on a variety of film soundtracks,
including “A Walk in the Spring Rain,” “Clambake,” “Coal Miner’s
Daughter,” “The Fastest Guitar Alive,” “Kissin’ Cousins,” “Six Pack,”
“Smokey and the Bandit II,” “Stay Away Joe,” “The Sugarland Express,”
“Sweet Dreams” and “…tick…tick…tick.”
Bradley was also prolific as a producer, working with Eddy
Arnold and other artists. In 1999, artist Mandy Barnett turned to Bradley
to finish producing her album I’ve Got a Right to Cry after his brother
Owen (who was in the midst of producing the project) passed away.
James, 77, joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1962. Two years
later, he hit number 1 on the Country charts with “You’re the Only World I
Know.” This began his domination of the Country charts for the next eight
years, with 21 of his next 25 singles reaching Number1. During the five
years between 1967 and 1971, he had 16 consecutive number 1 singles.
Among his hits were “Take Good Care of Her,” “I’ll Never
Find Another You,” “A World of Our Own,” “Born to Be With You,” “Bright
Lights, Big City,” “My Love,” “Running Bear,” “It’s the Little Things” and
“Only the Lonely” among others.
Backed by his band, the Southern Gentlemen, James toured the
U.S. and overseas, as well as making frequent television appearances on
national shows such as “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “The Bob Hope Show” and
“The Andy Williams Show.” He also appeared in movies such as “Las Vegas
Hillbillies,” “Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar” and “Nashville Rebel.”
Strait’s debut single “Unwound” from his first album Strait
Country was released in 1981 and became a Top 10 hit. Strait has had at
least one single hit the Top 10 every year since. With songs including “If
You’re Thinking You Want a Stranger (There’s One Coming Home),” “Fool
Hearted Memory,” “Amarillo By Morning,” “You Look So Good in Love,” “The
Fireman,” “The Chair,” “Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her,”
“Ocean Front Property,” “All My Ex’s Live in Texas,” “You Know Me Better
Than That,” “If I Know Me” and “Love Without End, Amen,” Strait
established a reputation for consistently recording songs influenced by
honky tonk and Western swing traditions. He also began co-producing his
albums from 1984 onward, starting with his fourth album, “Does Fort Worth
Ever Cross Your Mind.“
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has
certified Strait with 13 multi-Platinum, 30 Platinum and 33 Gold albums.
According to the RIAA, he has received more Gold albums than any other
artist in Country Music, and is currently tied with Frank Sinatra in
eighth place for the most Gold albums of any artist in any musical genre.
Strait has received 16 CMA Awards, including two consecutive Entertainer
of the Year nods (1989, 1990); five Male Vocalist of the Year Awards
(1985, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998); and three Album of the Year Awards (1985 –
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind; 1996 – Blue Clear Sky; 1997 –
Carrying Your Love With Me). His most recent CMA Award was in 2005 for
Musical Event of the Year for his performance with Lee Ann Womack on the
song “Good News, Bad News.” |
Paisley, Brooks & Dunn top
CMA nominations
|
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 – Brad
Paisley and Brooks & Dunn topped the 40th annual Country Music
Association nominations announced Wednesday with six, including the most
coveted award, entertainer of the year.
Newcomer Carrie Underwood did well, capturing
four nominations as did Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban.
"This is great, I’m ecstatic," said Paisley.
“It’s good to feel ‘the love’ out there,” Dunn
said. “I guess you might think that it would work the other way, but the
longer that we’re in this business, the more humbling it becomes. Kix and
I realize how privileged that we are to be accepted by the fans and the
people that surround us within the industry.”
Others nominated for the entertainer category
were Chesney, Urban and Rascal Flatts.
Chesney and Paisley were joined by Dierks
Bentley, Alan Jackson and Urban for the male singer of the year.
On the female side, Sara Evans, Faith Hill,
Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood and Gretchen Wilson were nominated.
Vocal group nominees were Alison Krauss + Union
Station with Jerry Douglas, Little Big Town, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts and
Sugarland.
Vocal duo nominees were Big & Rich, Brooks
& Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Van Zant and The Wreckers.
Horizon award nominations went to Miranda
Lambert, Little Big Town, Sugarland, Josh Turner and Underwood.
Album of the year nominees were Brooks &
Dunn for "Hillbilly Deluxe" with Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Mark Wright, Tom
Shapiro, Tony Brown and Bob DiPiero producing; Rascal Flatts for "Me And
My Gang" with the group and Dann Huff producing; Jackson with "Precious
Memories," produced by Keith Stegall; Chesney with "The Road and the
Radio," produced by Buddy Cannon and Chesney and Paisley with "Time Well
Wasted," produced by Frank Rogers.
Single of the year nominations went to
"Believe" by Brooks & Dunn, produced by Brooks, Dunn and Brown;
"Better Life" by Urban, produced by Huff and Urban; "Jesus Take the Wheel"
by Underwood, produced by Mark Bright; "Summertime" by Chesney, produced
by Cannon and Chesney; and "When I Get Where I'm Going" by Paisley
featuring Dolly Parton, produced by Rogers and Chris DuBois.
Song of the year nominees were "8th of
November" by Big Kenny and John Rich," "Believe" by Craig Wiseman and
Dunn; "Jesus, take the Wheel" by Hillary Lindsey, Brett James and Gordie
Sampson; "Tonight I Wanna Cry" by Urban and Monty Powell" and "When I Get
Where I'm Going" by Rivers Rutherford and George Teren. The award goes to
the songwriter and publisher.
Nominated for musical event of the year were
"Building Bridges" by Brooks & Dunn, guest vocals by Sheryl Crow and
Gill; "Like We Never Loved At all" by Hill featuring Tim McGraw;
"Politically Uncorrect" by Gretchen Wilson featuring Merle Haggard; "When
I Get Where I'm Going" by Paisley featuring Parton; and "Who Says You
Can't Go Home" by Bon Jovi, a duet with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland.
Musician nominations were Eddie Bayers on
drums; Jerry Douglas on Dobro; Paul Franklin on steel guitar; Huff on
guitar; Brent Mason on guitar and Randy Scruggs on guitar.
The announcement was made by Nettles of
Sugarland and Paisley on ABC's Good morning America. Awards will be handed
out Nov. 6 in Nashville with Brooks & Dunn
hosting. |
**** Amy's Kitchen
****
LAYERED CHOCOLATE BARS
1-1/2 c. finely crushed thin pretzels
3/4 c. (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, melted
1 can (14
oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
4 bars (4 oz)
Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, broken into
pieces
2 c. Campfire miniature marshmallows
1 c. Mounds Sweetened
Coconut Flakes
1 c. coarsely chopped pecans
4
bars (4 oz) Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, broken into
pieces
1 Tbsp. shortening
DIRECTONS:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine
pretzels and melted butter
in small bowl; press evenly into
bottom of 13x9-inch baking
pan. Place sweetened condensed milk
and unsweetened
chocolate in small microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave at HIGH 1
to 1-1/2 minutes or until mixture is melted
and smooth when
stirred. Pour over pretzel layer in pan. Top
with marsh-
mallows, coconut and pecans; press firmly down onto
chocolate
layer. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned;
cool
completely in pan on wire rack. Melt semi-sweet
chocolate
and shortening in small microwave-safe bowl at HIGH
for 1
minute or until melted when stirred; drizzle over entire
top.
Refrigerate 15 minutes or until set. Cut into
bars.
**** TODAY'S USELESS FACT ****
Exactly how fast
is a knot and how did it get that name?
 Ahoy! For land-lubbers who don't know a
sail from a sale, knots measure the
speed of ships. A knot is one nautical mile per hour, so a ship traveling at
five knots is traversing five nautical miles per hour. That's simple enough, but
why, inquiring pirates want to know, is it called a knot? The answer dates way
back to the 17th century. To measure the speed and distance of a ship, knots
were tied into a "log line." This line was thrown overboard, an hourglass was
tipped, and the knots were counted. When the sand ran out, the counting stopped,
and a general speed was determined.
Which brings us to the next seafaring
query -- how long is a nautical mile? We're glad you asked, matey. A nautical
mile is equal to about 1.15 survey miles, or 6080 feet.
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PARTING THOUGHT ****
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"I sure
do! Fifteen-hundred bucks, and that doesn't include the
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