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https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/the-golden-age-of-music.127572/

Last year I discovered Mike (Tubular Bells) Oldfield's version of an all-time classic:

“Waitress” actor Nick Cordero will have his right leg amputated as he fights for his life against the coronavirus, his wife said. The 41-year-old Cordero — who is on a ventilator — needs the surgery to fix a blood flow issue, spouse Amanda Kloots said Saturday via an Instagram Stories post. “We got some difficult news yesterday. Basically we’ve had issues in his right leg with clotting and getting blood down to his toes and it just isn’t happening with surgery and everything. So they had him on blood thinners for the clotting,” Kloots said. “Unfortunately, the blood thinners were causing some other issues — blood pressure and some internal bleeding in his intestines. So we took him off the blood thinners. But that again was going to cause some clotting in the right leg, so the right leg will be amputated today.” Cordero, a Tony Award nominee, has been sedated for 18 days and is currently in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California to battle against COVID-19. Kloots had announced Thursday that her husband may not walk again. Kloots, a former Broadway dancer and Radio City Rockette, has asked friends and fans to participate in daily “dance parties” while playing her husband’s song “Live Your Life” and using the hashtag #wakeupnick on social media, BroadwayWorld.com reported. Tony-winning producer Alex Boniello announced a GoFundMe drive for Cordero on Twitter. “Our friend Nick Cordero is currently in yet another emergency surgery related to his fight against COVID19. Let’s support him, his wife, and their lovely son,” Boniello wrote.

He always annoyed me with his facial tics and expressions. Never found him funny. Maybe it was his insistence on being called by his actual name, DENNIS.

THE CATCHIEST THEME SONG ON TV. IT MAKES ME SMILE EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 11 (or whenever I watch the recording): But do the ladies know the lyrics? Their first exposure to the song:

One of the classic rock bands of all time:

A shorty, but a goody:

Gabby & Casey danced to an orchestral version of this earlier this season on CHICAGO FIRE. I recognized it because I love Donna Summer's version. But, then again, isn't everything improved with a disco beat? bashful, you can understand the lyrics here: Soooooo much better than the original!

There's a cheap US steakhouse chain named Sizzler. There was one a few miles from me. The chain gradually closed their locations in the eastern part of the country. For several years until it closed that one near me was the only location in the eastern half of the country; how could it be profitable to get them supplies? Similarly, the Arby's roast beef chain disappeared from the NY market for about a decade before re-emerging, but during that decade a location opened up in Greenwich Village that was 90 miles from the nearest location. But that one closed shortly after a video emerged of rats running around the closed store at night.

There was one on Queens Blvd in Rego Park, but I could never go there because there was no parking.

Dogs might be able to sniff out the coronavirus Dogs might join the good fight to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in humans–especially for those who are symptom free, according to a team of researchers. Due to the urgent need of coronavirus testing, preparations to intensively train dogs to detect asymptomatic carries of the virus have started and could be ready in six weeks, according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “It’s very early stages,” says James Logan, head of LSHTM’s Department of Disease Control. “We know diseases have odors — including respiratory diseases such as influenza — and that those odors are in fact quite distinct. There is a very, very good chance that Covid-19 has a specific odor, and if it does I am really confident that the dogs would be able to learn that smell and detect it.” Dogs have a highly developed sense of smell and are able to sniff out subtle changes in skin temperature –they already are used to diagnosis various medical conditions in humans like malaria, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and cancer. The LSHTM has even trained Labradors and cocker spaniels to detect malaria–by sniffing. “Our previous work demonstrated that dogs can detect odors from humans with a malaria infection with extremely high accuracy — above the World Health Organization standards for a diagnostic,” said Logan in a press release. If the project is successful, dogs will be able supplement ongoing testing by screening for the virus accurately and could “triage” 250 people per hour– by the summer in England.

Islands in The Stream wasn't the only excellent duet to emerge from Kenny's collaboration with Barry Gibb:

The 1% have $ problems, too Tx woman tries using Houston Rockets owner’s identity to buy furniture A Texas woman allegedly used Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta’s social security number to open a new line of credit and the ensuing investigation has uncovered at least a dozen other potential victims, including Walmart heir Alice Walton, Harris County (Texas) Precinct One Constable investigators said. Stephanie Hunter, 27, is charged with felony offenses of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information and making a false statement to obtain credit, investigators said. She admitted to using Fertitta’s information, police said. Fertitta, who bought the Rockets in 2017 for $2.2 billion, was notified by identity theft prevention company Lifelock that someone used his information to open a “suspicious line of credit” at Capital One Bank, police said. He filed a complaint. Police found Hunter opened a $15,000 line of credit at the bank and a $5,000 line of credit at Conn’s Home Plus in late 2019, per KHOU. When she filled out the paperwork, she used Fertitta’s name and social security number with a fake Gmail address that had Fertitta’s name, per KHOU. But she used her own address and phone number, enabling investigators to find her. Police said Hunter waived her rights and admitted to buying the personal information on the dark web. Police said she told them she didn’t purchase anything, but did try to buy furniture. Hunter, now out on bond, is accused of stealing identities of at least a dozen others victims, including Walton, police said. She’s expected to face additional charges. “Identity theft is so prevalent,” Harris County Constable Alan Rosen said. “This case should serve as a warning to everyone that they should take steps to protect their good name and credit.” Fertitta, the chairman and CEO of restaurant and entertainment company Landry’s, is worth approximately $4.8 billion, per Forbes. Walton, 70, is worth $51 billion, per Forbes. She resides in Fort Worth, Texas.