•2007 Baltimore Orioles Preview
The Baltimore Orioles were just a horrible mess last year, finishing in the bottom half of the AL in runs per game, and only one team finished worse in runs allowed per game. Though they will keep the same offensive team, they will make a very significant addition to it, Aubrey Huff. The outfield, amazingly enough, still has Jay Payton as one of the starting lineup. How did this happen? It's absurd to think that the Orioles are a desperate enough team to keep Jay Payton as a player at all....
•A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles
A Hard Day’s Night was The Beatles 3rd album. It was released in 1964 at the height of Beatle-mania and of course it was the soundtrack to the movie by the same name. It was the #1 album in the UK for 21 weeks. The US version was #1 in the US for 14 weeks.
It was The Beatles first truly great album and it was their first album to feature all original songs. In fact their first two albums only contained 8 original songs each (with 6 covers.) A Hard Day’s Night also has the distinction of being...
•An Overview Of Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan contains the most popular tourist destinations in New York City and is the single busiest commercial district in the United States. This section of New York City includes the area between 14th Street and 59th Street from the East River to the Hudson River; the "heart" of Midtown is from 31st Street to 59th Street between Third and Ninth Avenues.
Manhattan was originally settled by the Lenape. In 1624, a permanent European presence settled on the island; one of the Dutch...
•Cleveland Indians 2007 Mlb Preview
The Cleveland Indians have quite possibly the best offensive catcher in Major League Baseball. There is a three man race going for it, Victor Martinez, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann. Martinez has the most game time logged right now though, giving him a distinct advantage.
Blake will be returning to the infield as a first baseman. Last year was his best season, statistically anyways. Unfortunately, he missed 53 games, but he came very close to matching his previous seasson's totals, even with 53...
•Diana Krall
Diana Krall is a pop music sensation. This bright Canadian jazz pop star was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 1964. Her father had a very impressive jazz record collection which she enjoyed listening to from an early age. She began playing the piano at the age of six and played in local clubs as a teen-ager. She studied jazz at Berkeley School of Music in Boston and from there went on to live in Las Angeles so that she could study with Jimmy Rowles. It was with Jimmy Rowles with whom she...
•Dog Training
The difference between spending time with a well behaved dog as opposed to an untrained dog is night and day. There are people who think that dogs should be free to be dogs and not turned into puppets for humans. However, the truth of the matter is that most dog training schools simply encourage responsible pet ownership and emphasize the need for all dogs to be good citizens. Every out of control, annoying or aggressive dog creates a bad name for all dogs. Every well behaved, sweet dog will...
•San Francisco Giants 2007 Preview
Barry Bonds passing Babe Ruth in the all time home run record will be what the Giants' 2006 season will be remembered for. The team has had an overhaul, getting rid of many of the out dated players and veterans, and replacing them with newer, younger talent, lowering the starting lineup's average age to 35.
Alfonzo replaced Matheny in May of last year, and he started out hot. Unfortunately, he cooled down about as fast as he heated up. He will return in 2007, but as the backup for Bengie...
•Seven Reason I'm Addicted To Last.fm
I believe that Last.FM is the music site we've all been waiting for. It's the site that all of the previous music related sites have been building up to. There are sites like garageband.com and there was the old mp3.com that were/are decent places for new artists to be heard but let's be honest, the average music listener doesn't want to hear a barrage of new stuff they've never heard before by unsigned artists. That's why I think Last.FM is a much better avenue for new artists. It plays their...
•Stocks, Bonds, & Mutual Funds
When it comes to investing your money for retirement, mutual funds are, more times than not, the way to go. If you have read a number of personal finance articles, you might notice that writers continually talk about these funds. Still, they often fail to explain the basic premise behind mutual funds; so many investors have a limited idea of what they are.
Starting Steps
Before you can fully understand mutual funds, you have to have a basic knowledge of stocks, bonds, and other important...
•Surpising And Important Information About Dog Aggression
WHY ARE SOME DOGS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHERS?
There are some dog breeds that were actually bred to be aggressive using selective breeding practices. Some dog breeds were originally bred to be fighting dogs such as the Akita dog breed while others may have been bred to be fierce guard dogs. Dogs such as the German Shepherd or Doberman are breeds that are prone to loyalty and protectiveness. This instinct can be tapped into to train these dogs to become fierce watchdogs.
Every dog is unique...
•The Beatles Seven Most Experimental Songs
Sadly I've found that many people think of The Beatles only as the band that sang songs such as "She Loves You" & "Can't Buy Me Love." While these simple early tunes are great and have lasted the test of time. It's The Beatles more artistic, experimental songs that I feel are their real legacy. They are the songs that are still inspiring thinking musical artists nearly 40 years after they last recorded together.
These seven songs were The Beatles at their most experimental. Not all of these...
•The Disneyfication Of Times Square In Nyc
America is often defined by Times Square. After all, this is the famous location of the dropping of the ball on New Year's Eve. With such a famous designation, it's only reasonable that Americans would want their country to be represented by something decent. Not as it was for years, a seedy, littered, crime-ridden district.
Times Square, New York at one time was littered with sex clubs and porn shops. One of the most notorious establishments in Times Square could be considered the Gaiety...
•The Most Expensive Engagement Rings Of All Time
The bigger, the better. This is the motto of many celebrities who view the engagement ring as a huge status quo symbol. It seems that as each new celebrity gets engaged they strive to get a bigger more expensive engagement ring than the ones before. Of course some of the biggest jewelers endorse this for their name as the designer of a particular ring chosen by some famous figure affects their status incredibly. Especially when the celebrities getting married have an influence on fashion...
•The Past & Present Of Greenwich Village In New York City
Greenwich Village is a small section of Manhattan south of 14th Street and west of Broadway. The streets in the Village are named as opposed to being numbered as they are in most parts of Manhattan. Though it was once a mecca of Bohemian and alternative culture, very few Bohemians could afford to live here today. Now, Greenwich Village has traded its edge for sophistication. Many celebrities and personalities now call The Village home; among them Liv Tyler, Jon Stewart, Uma Thurman, Julianne...
•What Is Spyware?
You hear a lot about spyware these days and unfortunately many of us have dealt with it first hand. I think anyone who has had to deal with spyware knows at least one thing about it; It's annoying. Sometimes it can be even more than just annoying, sometimes spyware can be used to steal your identity.
Everyone hates spyware (except for maybe the evil people who create it) but what is it exactly?
It's computer software that is usually downloaded onto your computer without your knowledge....
•Why NYC Is More Than A "European City"
I was once listening to German tourists in Canada talk about the United States. They were explaining all the things that they didn't like about the U.S. They said New York was the exception. They said New York had culture. New York had a European feel to it. They said Europeans would always like New York because of its cultural element. Having traveled extensively in European cities, spending so much money to do very little, I was thinking to myself that they were flattering themselves. There...
•With the Beatles Album Review
With The Beatles may be the least known and least talked about of all Beatles albums (if it's not Beatles For Sale.) It was their second album released, after Please Please Me, so it doesn't have the distinction of being their first album. It also doesn't have the distinction of being their first truly formed great album (which was their 3rd album A Hard Day's Night.) But that's not to say it's not a good album, it does contain some great Beatles classic.
It was ranked #420 on Rolling Stone...
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