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NEVER! The logistics of moving an entire city (no matter how small) would be a nightmare!

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Some trivia: Mocedades finished 2nd in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with Eres Tu. ABBA won the contest in 1974 with Waterloo and, of course, went on to become the greatest band of the 20th century. (And with the release of their new album next month, undoubtedly of the 21st century, as well.) "Eres tú" became one of the only Spanish language songs to reach the top 10 in the United States, peaking at #9 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also reaching the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The B-side of the single was the English-language version of the song ("Touch the Wind"), but radio stations preferred to play the original A-side version. There were also several cover versions of the tune in both English and Spanish, only one of which ("Touch the Wind" as done in English by Eydie Gorme), charted, becoming a minor Adult Contemporary hit. The song was re-released in English as "Touch The Wind" in later years. It was subsequently released in German (Das bist Du, or "You Are That"), French (C'est pour toi, or "It Is For You"), Italian (Viva noi, or "Long Live Us"), and Basque (Zu Zara, or "You are"). The song was the only U.S. Billboard hit for Mocedades; however, many more hits followed in Latin America and Spain. I could only find a Spanish version by Eydie Gorme, but here's some dame singing the English version:

My musical taste has always leaned towards (60s-80s) pop music. I occasionally liked some rock, but pop was my milieu. I was talking to my dealer today about The Rolling Stones and told her I liked some of their singles. I just didn't realize how many I liked (or at least didn't change stations when they came on the radio). June 1965 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" "The Spider and the Fly" (UK) "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US) Sep 1965 "Get Off of My Cloud" December's Children (And Everybody's) May 1966 "Paint It Black" Aftermath (US) Jan 1967 "Let's Spend the Night Together" Between the Buttons (US) Jan 1967 "Ruby Tuesday" Dec 1967 "She's a Rainbow" May 1968 "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) Jul 1969 "Honky Tonk Women" Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) Apr 1971 "Brown Sugar" Sticky Fingers Jun 1971 "Wild Horses" Apr 1972 "Tumbling Dice" Exile on Main St. Aug 1973 "Angie" Goats Head Soup Jul 1974 "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"

Rihanna has long been praised as a champion for inclusivity as her lingerie brand Savage X Fenty continues to showcase numerous shapes, sizes, ethnicities and sexualities in its campaigns. But with the Sept. 24 release of the Savage X Fenty Vol. 3 runway show, it appears that men are at the forefront of what makes the brand different. While talking to the Associated Press, the singer-turned-designer opened up about the importance of including diverse men in her show. "Men, especially, there’s always a certain figure that represents them in this space of lingerie and loungewear and boxers and briefs," she said. "We’re going to have men of all different sizes, all different races. We’re going to have men feel included as well, because I think men have been left behind in the inclusion curve." While it wouldn't be the first time that Rihanna included men in her show or campaigns, the conversation is an important one to have. The stigma alone that men continue to face in opening up about body insecurities is a major obstacle in the larger movement of diversity in fashion. According to experts, Rihanna's highlighting that stigma is a step in the right direction. "There has been much more of an open discussion for women, than traditionally for cis men, speaking out against the pressures and negative impacts of beauty standards in society," Brenna O'Malley, a registered dietitian and founder of the nondiet community The Wellful, tells Yahoo Life. "Just like there is more of a stigma for men to speak about mental health, we also see fewer spaces for men to openly share and feel represented in conversations around body image. This does not mean men are not experiencing these struggles." O'Malley points out that body pressures and men's responses to them are often "disguised" as more acceptable than the responses of women, which are usually deemed "disordered." For example, "The idea of a woman not eating all day for intermittent fasting more easily elicits an image of disordered eating versus a man not eating all day often is associated with willpower or strength," she explains. At the root of both behaviors, however, are the societal standards of beauty that are harmful. As for the ideals for men specifically, the standards are outdated, according to clinical psychologist and wellness expert Carla Manly. "Similar to the manner in which versions of the ideal female form are etched into the psyche, the media and society at large have created narrow, perfectionist ideals of the male form. The tall, broad-shouldered, narrow-hipped, muscle-bound physique encapsulates the often overidealized version of the quintessential male form," she explains to Yahoo Life. "As a result of societal ignorance and acceptance of the status quo, males have been left behind in the inclusion curve. This, in part, stems from the atavistic awareness that the tall, athletic male type was better able to 'protect his women and progeny.' Yet given that times have changed and we no longer live in a world rife with primitive threats like lion attacks, it is certainly appropriate to rethink and broaden our inclusivity standards." Rethinking these standards has been done for women through the activism of body positive advocates on social media. A reflection of that work is seen in the media through the decline of Victoria's Secret, the evolution of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and, most recently, the success of Savage X Fenty's runway show — spearheading a new standard for inclusive casting. Little room, however, has been carved out for men in this broadening of inclusivity standards. While both O'Malley and Manly point to male underwear models as a very influential model of "the perfect male form," creating space in the lingerie category specifically is important. "Representation matters. The more we are exposed to images of people in all bodies living in their bodies and not only as a ‘before’ picture, the more we widen our views of beauty and what bodies ‘should’ look like and makes room for the nuance and diversity of all bodies," O'Malley says. "By having purposeful representation of all bodies and people, it sends a powerful message that ‘your body is enough, you are worthy of being seen’ and chipping away at the narrow look of thin, muscular, men, with visible abs — which is only a small percentage of the population and the majority of images of men we currently see." "The much-needed focus on female body positivity and inclusivity has set the stage for similar changes in the male realm," Manly says. And according to Rihanna and her latest work, the Savage X Fenty stage is where those changes will be seen.

They were the most complete team by the end of the season and could've gone all the way.

Maxwell Caulfield may be a cult legend for his role in “Empire Records,” but his throngs of fans on social media came after he fought through heartbreak in his early career. The 61-year-old actor recalled to Page Six what it was like to be set up for stardom at an early age when he was cast in the lead to the sequel to “Grease” — only to temporarily sink into oblivion when the movie tanked. “It was, psychologically, quite a kick in the pants,” he said. The bitter taste of watching 1982’s “Grease 2” fail was made even worse by seeing his co-star, a then-little-known actress named Michelle Pfeiffer, head on to stardom, he said. “And of course, Michelle rose like a Phoenix, right? Did ‘Scarface,’ and that so that made it even, frankly, a little harder to swallow,” he recalled. “But you know, listen, every actor has his and her own path. She has gone on to multiple Oscar nominations and the rest of it … She delivers and she defines Hollywood beauty…You can’t begrudge them their success. But as I said, simultaneously, it makes it that much tougher to see, that you’ve been benched. And it took a long wait time to come back.” Caulfield says that “I really couldn’t get arrested for about a year” but slowly began to rebuild his career through tv movies, a role on the “Dynasty” spinoff, “The Colbys,” which ran from 1986 to 1987. Eventually, he would find a measure of the success he was looking for with his role as aging music idol Rex Manning in 1995’s “Empire Records.” The movie has become such a cult hit that every April 8 an unofficial Rex Manning Day is observed by throngs of fans on Twitter. The celebration of the film causes Caulfield equal amounts of bewilderment and bemusement. “It goes mental,” he said. “I literally have to put out like a statement because I can’t possibly respond to the sort of floodgates that open. My Twitter account normally is just sort of dormant and then suddenly it goes bonkers. And I want to like everything everybody says. So what I tend to do is I put something out that’s meant to appease the masses.” Most recently, the actor shot an episode of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” and is hoping that the prolific producer “gets around to telling the Jeffery Epstein story (and) he considers me (for) Prince Andrew.” He says he met the now infamous royal at a reception in Los Angeles and explains that before the event he had seen the Prince on the local news doing a tour of the Warner Brothers film studio and “doing what royals do, you know, sort of looking and asking questions and sort of smiling and pointing.” When they met, Caulfield admits that he may have been a “little crass” by commenting to Andrew: “You did a wonderful job of feigning interest at Warner Brothers. He said, ‘We don’t.’ And that was the end of my conversation with that.”

With his recent hit culinary quest show, “Searching for Italy,” and food-focused cult films such as 1996’s “Big Night” and 2009’s “Julie & Julia,” Stanley Tucci has established himself as not just an actor but also a serious epicurean. But, in his new memoir, “Taste: My Life Through Food” (Gallery Books), the 60-year-old reveals that he almost lost his love for food after he was diagnosed with an oral cancer four years ago. “There were times when I believed I would never ever be able to cook or enjoy a meal again with the people I love,” writes Tucci, who grew up in a large Italian family in Katonah, NY, and spent a year living in Italy in his early teens. When a dentist first told Tucci that the pain in his mouth might be due to an oral cancer of some sort, he writes that he “was stunned to the point of almost fainting.” Kate, his first wife and the mother of three of his children, died in 2009 after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. He was eventually diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland and was hesitant to get treatment having seen how painful and ultimately futile it was for Kate. But knowing the cure rate for his type of cancer was nearly 90 percent — and that his current wife, Felicity, was pregnant — he went through it. Doctors initially wanted to remove the tumor at the base of his tongue, but that would have meant losing half his tongue and the ability to speak normally, which wasn’t an option. Chemotherapy and radiation would mean the loss of taste, smell and saliva production, but it would likely only be temporary. For seven weeks, five days a week, he endured radiation treatments that required him to wear a special mask to immobilize his head. His side effects included severe vertigo, nausea and loss of appetite. “After a week of treatments, anything I was capable of putting into my mouth tasted like old wet cardboard,” he writes. “A few days later everything tasted like the same old wet cardboard but slathered with someone’s excrement.” He was also plagued with digestive issues. “The morphine I was given to dull the pain and help me sleep caused such dreadful constipation that at one point I thought it might only be relieved by the use of a mini pipe bomb,” Tucci reveals in the book. While he was getting chemotherapy or required IV fluids, he, somewhat ironically turned to food TV to pass the time. “This was an act of pure masochism, as even just the thought of food disgusted me. In hindsight I suppose it was a way to cling to what I loved or remember what I’d once had because I was so desperate to have it again,” he writes. “I was determined to make myself heal faster.” The treatments left him so weak and emaciated that, he “practically begged to have a feeding tube implanted in my stomach.” It remained there for six months, but even while relying on the tube for sustenance, it was important to Tucci that he ate well. He ultimately eschewed protein shakes in favor of cooking and pureeing the sorts of foods — pasta and beans in broth — he might have eaten in healthier times. “I would struggle through the smell of the ingredients just to be able to stand at the stove and create something I knew I could eat,” he writes. “What it tasted like didn’t matter, as it was going directly into my stomach by way of the tube, but it was important to me that if someone were to eat it by mouth they would find it appetizing.” At that point, he even relied on the feeding tube for water, because if he tried to actually drink water, “It burned like battery acid.” Tucci, who lives in England, underwent treatment in New York. His brother- and sister-in-law, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, let him and his family stay in their Westchester home. Other celeb buddies, including Oliver Platt, Colin Firth, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, were also quite supportive. Reynolds was by Tucci’s side, when, six months after his last treatment, he had a scan that showed “no evidence of disease.” But the side effects persisted. “For over two years my mouth was incredibly sensitive,” Tucci writes. “I couldn’t drink anything carbonated and certainly could not eat anything spicy. I was able to drink and taste alcohol but most stuck to white wine with copious amounts of ice.” Felicity Blunt and Stanley Tucci at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards in London. He’s also struggled with having limited saliva and being prone to choking, especially with foods such as steak and bread, which proved difficult when filming the first season of his TV show. Yet, such challenges have also made him appreciate the joys of eating and drinking. Tucci writes: “My illness and the brutal side effects of the treatment caused me to realize that food was not just a huge part of my life, it basically was my life.”

You seem to have forgotten that Shea Stadium and Candlestick Park no longer exist.

Many people have written about the amazing accomplishment of the Mariners not being eliminated until the final day despite their fairly substantial negative run differential, and rightly so, as it was an impressive achievement. However, on the other side of the coin, I think it is almost unbelievable that Toronto didn't make it. I know they didn't get to play 'home' games at home until midway through the season, but consider: They made the best-value free-agent signing-- Robbie Ray, who'll win the Cy Young, for $8 mil They made the 2nd-best-value signing-- Marcus Semien, who'll probably be 3rd in the MVP vote They signed the best all-around player-- George Springer, who missed a lot of time, but was very good when he played They basically traded a bag of balls for Steven Matz, who went 14-7, 3.82 They had one of the best rookie pitchers-- Alek Manoah They got the 2nd best starter traded mid-season-- Jose Berrios. After that, their rotation of Ray, Berrios, Manoah, Matz, Ryu was probably the most talented in the league Two relievers they picked up mid-season were lights-out for them-- Adam Cimber & Trevor Richards Vlad tied for the HR title, got pretty close to the triple crown, & will be 2nd in the MVP vote Their offensive core broke out so much that they became the 1st team ever to have 4 players each get their 1st 100-RBI season When they lost their 3rd baseman (Biggio) they replaced him with a kid (Espinal) who hit .311/.376/.405

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One of the most enjoyable broadcasters in baseball retired after yesterday's game. Here's what a Yankee blog said: Ken Singleton, YES broadcaster, is retiring after today’s telecast. Ken’s professionalism, passion, and love for the game of baseball have all been a joy and a privilege to hear over my many years of baseball fandom. Without a doubt, he is my favorite play-by-play announcer in the game and his color commentary is also near flawless. He knows baseball inside and out from a life well-lived in the game. He appreciates the players of today. He is knowledgeable without being a know it all. He is informative without being condescending. He is funny and witty without trying too hard. And, let’s be honest, his voice is a perfect voice for baseball.

A new urban farm on Eastern Parkway hopes to transform a long-vacant lot into a solution for Brooklynites living in the borough’s food deserts. The Eastern Parkway Farm — opened by Bed-Stuy based food pantry The Campaign Against Hunger — will open next week in a property on the Crown Heights and Brownsville border that had previously stood empty for 30 years. The space is the organization’s latest project aimed at bringing nutrient-rich foods to communities often deprived of healthy options. It is the fifth urban farm space run by TCAH. “The Campaign Against Hunger is committed to infusing heart-healthy fruits and vegetables into communities that are far too often overlooked and starved of affordable, nutritious food options,” said CEO Dr. Melony Samuels. “The opening of Eastern Parkway Farm is just the most recent example of our work to advance food justice.” The newest farm, found at 1420 Eastern Pkwy., has been in the works for six months with the help of TCAH’s farm department, volunteers and Green Teens, a group of local youth trained in urban farming. It includes 5,000 square feet of space leased through the city’s Department of Housing, Preservation & Development and will be farmed using all-natural production methods, according to TCAH. Neighbors will find fresh produce like kale, summer squash, red cabbage, chard and raddish in the lot, according to the organization. The Campaign Against Hunger (TCAH) also has a farm in Bedford Stuyvesant, the Saratoga Urban Agro-Ecological Center, which opened in 2009, along with several other food-based initiatives around the city — like another farm in Queens, a food pantry in Bed Stuy, a food distribution center at a Canarsie soundstage donated by the production company Broadway Stages during the pandemic, and a mobile farmer’s market called “Fresh Vibes” that travels across the city in a specially designed truck carrying fresh produce. “People thought I had lost my mind,” said Melony Samuels, CEO and founder of TCAH, at the opening ceremony for Eastern Parkway Farm on Thursday. “They had said it’s not possible that individuals would want to barter or get rid of the canned food and the sweets and the sugar and the salt and everything else. And that’s what birthed the idea of farming, and we were the first organization to have from farm to table.” All three of the areas where the nonprofit has farms are majority Black, a reflection on the group’s goal to reduce inequities in access to healthy food that leave Black New Yorkers at higher risk of diseases like hypertension, diabetes and obesity brought about by unhealthy eating. “Food justice is racial justice, is economic justice,” Assembly Member Diana Richardson said. “Our communities have been disenfranchised for so long. When we talk about social determinants of health, and all that is going on, we know that our community has been shortchanged for so long with access to healthy food. And it shows, it shows in everything that plagues us.” TCAH says that it has provided 25 million meals worth of healthy food to New Yorkers facing food insecurity during the pandemic — six times their output in a normal year. Unlike a community garden, which can be found all over the city (including the Brownsville Green Community Garden right next door) and usually involves a membership structure for individual plots, the farm will be owned and operated by TCAH, which will sell the produce directly to customers at inexpensive prices, which Samuels said can remain low because of the nonprofit’s reliance on philanthropy. The group plans to hire locally, and to train neighborhood teens on agricultural practices as part of a 10-month workforce program. Beyond its status as a working farm, Samuels also wants Eastern Parkway Farm to be a space for local students to learn about environmental science. The farm will be open every day from 9 to 2, and experienced farmers will assist patrons in harvesting. For 30 years, the land now occupied by the farm was vacant; just months ago, it was a patch of tall grass surrounded by a chain-link fence. Samuels said that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development approached her this year and asked if she wanted to use the vacant lot to “make a difference.” After four months of work by volunteers and staff, the land has seen a “transformation,” she said. The space now features rows upon rows of fresh produce — with current offerings including various cabbages, kale, Swiss chard, radishes, turnips, pumpkins, watermelons and various other crops. There is also a sculpture of two massive hands, by the artist Jasmine Murrell and Eastern Parkway Farm worker Faith Pegus, which Pegus described as “ancestral hands holding up the future generations,” and that also supports the growth of crops, currently chia seeds. Samuels said that the farm was opened using only money from private donations, and solicited the lawmakers present at the opening for public funds to help support the group’s missions. “We cannot do this without your voice,” Samuels said. “We cannot do this without your signatures, we cannot do this without your advocacy.” TCAH has secured $9.6 million in funds from the City Council to purchase property in East New York for a food hub, Samuels told Brooklyn Paper, where the group will grow food using “aquaponics and hydroponics” to allow it to operate year round, as well as distribute bulk food throughout the community. Down the road, she hopes to develop three acres at Floyd Bennett Field, where teens at the Launch EL Charter School, which is seeking to develop a “sustainable and antiracist school” on 85 acres at the former airfield, would run a farm. Despite all that, as with any nonprofit, TCAH needs the dough to do its work, and Samuels hopes that it can scale up its work to feed the whole city. Legislators told Samuels that they intend to get her the money. “She is doing so much with so little,” said Richardson, holding Samuels’ hand. “It is a shame. It is a shame. I am sick and tired, and it is our role, and we will continue to play that role, to cut the red tape for you. You deserve much more. And it is coming to you.”

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ABC must have confidence in this show, as it has now got the network's prime time slot-- right after GREY'S ANATOMY, which is still its #1 show.

I enjoyed it... binged it all in 24 hours, as I was trying to avoid working and having to deal with something that was bothering me.

Joan Collins slams Kardashians: ‘There’s an awful lot of surgery there’ She’s a Dame who doesn’t give a damn! Dame Joan Collins is 88 and still has a lot to say. The “Dynasty” legend’s new memoir, “My Unapologetic Diaries,” is full of juicy secrets and truly uncensored thoughts — and a whole lot of Alexis Carrington-worthy cattiness. The British star slammed her “Dynasty” co-star Linda Evans and her plastic surgery and then proceeded to trash folks who go under the knife — namely the Kardashian family, according to the Daily Mail. “Are you supposed to ignore somebody when they come in with tape on their eyelid?” she wrote of Evans, who starred in the ABC soap opera as her character’s nemesis. “Every one of the other actors was saying, ‘What do you think she had done?’ “ “Am I the only one who thinks there’s an obesity crisis? Those lips people have done, I think they look ludicrous,” she said of today’s trends in cosmetic surgery. “I’m sorry. And if people want to go round looking like that I’m going to laugh at it.” Collins then went on to slam the reality television dynasty. “We all talk about it. Have you ever been in a hairdresser’s? The Kardashians, for instance.” “Kris Jenner, their mother, is a good friend of mine and I don’t want to be rude about her children, but there’s an awful lot of surgery there and I’ve talked to my friends about it, as I’m sure you have, the bottoms, the tiny waists,” she said. Collins even took a swing at Italian actress Sophia Loren and her pearly whites, writing that Loren’s teeth “look like they have been carved out of ivory.” “[Loren’s] still alive. But it’s not as if we’re bosom buddies and she’s never going to speak to me again. And it’s true,” Collins continued.

DEAR ABBY: I recently attended my first rodeo, and during the singing of the national anthem, I realized I was getting the "stink eye" from a pair of teenaged boys. I hadn't removed my straw sunhat because I was taught that a woman's hat is considered part of her outfit and need not be taken off on such occasions. I'm the wife and daughter of veterans, and this is their understanding as well. Have the rules changed? -- "HATTY" IN THE MIDWEST DEAR "HATTY": According to EmilyPost.com, fashionable hats can be left on when the national anthem is played and when the flag of the United States is paraded by. However, if the person is wearing a baseball-style cap, members of both genders should respectfully remove it. Did you ever consider that maybe your deodorant wasn't working and you stank worse than the animals?