In 1949, King began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records. Many of King’s early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. Before his RPM contract, King had debuted on Bullet Records by issuing the single “Miss Martha King” (1949), which did not chart well. “My very first recordings [in 1949] were for a company out of Nashville called Bullet, the Bullet Record Transcription company,” King recalls. “I had horns that very first session. I had Phineas Newborn on piano; his father played drums, and his brother, Calvin, played guitar with me. I had Tuff Green on bass, Ben Branch on tenor sax, his brother, Thomas Branch, on trumpet, and a lady trombone player. The Newborn family were the house band at the famous Plantation Inn in West Memphis.”[7]

Performing with his famous guitar, LucilleKing assembled his own band; the B.B. King Review, under the leadership of Millard Lee. The band initially consisted of Calvin Owens and Kenneth Sands (trumpet), Lawrence Burdin (alto saxophone), George Coleman (tenor saxophone),[8] Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone), Millard Lee (piano), George Joyner (bass) and Earl Forest and Ted Curry (drums). Onzie Horne was a trained musician elicited as an arranger to assist King with his compositions. By his own admission, he cannot play chords well[9] and always relies on improvisation. This was followed by tours across the USA with performances in major theaters in cities such as Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and St. Louis, as well as numerous gigs in small clubs and juke joints of the southern US states.In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, knocking over the burning barrel and sending burning fuel across the floor. The hall burst into flames, which triggered an evacuation. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar inside the burning building. He entered the blaze to retrieve his beloved $30 guitar, a Gibson semi-hollow electric. Two people died in the fire. The next day, King learned that the two men were fighting over a woman named Lucille. King named that first guitar Lucille, as well as every one he owned since that near-fatal experience, as a reminder never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building or fight over women.King meanwhile toured the entire “Chitlin’ circuit” and 1956 became a record-breaking year, with 342 concerts booked. The same year he founded his own record label, Blues Boys Kingdom, with headquarters at Beale Street in Memphis. There, among other projects, he produced artists such as Millard Lee and Levi Seabury.In the 1950s, B.B. King became one of the most important names in R&B music, amassing an impressive list of hits including “3 O’Clock Blues”, “You Know I Love You,” “Woke Up This Morning,” “Please Love Me,” “When My Heart Beats like a Hammer,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “You Upset Me Baby,” “Every Day I Have the Blues”, “Sneakin’ Around,” “Ten Long Years,” “Bad Luck,” “Sweet Little Angel”, “On My Word of Honor,” and “Please Accept My Love.” In 1962, King signed to ABC-Paramount Records, which was later absorbed into MCA Records, and then his current label, Geffen Records. In November 1964, King recorded the Live at the Regal album at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois.King won a Grammy Award for a tune called “The Thrill Is Gone”;[10] his version became a hit on both the pop and R&B charts, which was rare during that time for an R&B artist. It also gained the number 183 spot in Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. He gained further visibility among rock audiences as an opening act on The Rolling Stones’ 1969 American Tour. King’s mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like “To Know You is to Love You” and “I Like to Live the Love”.King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980. In 2004 he was awarded the international Polar Music Prize, given to artists “in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music.”[11]

B.B. King in concert in France 1989From the 1980s onward he has continued to maintain a highly visible and active career, appearing on numerous television shows and performing 300 nights a year. In 1988, King reached a new generation of fans with the single “When Love Comes to Town”, a collaborative effort between King and the Irish band U2 on their Rattle and Hum album. In 2000, King teamed up with guitarist Eric Clapton to record Riding With the King. In 1998, King appeared in The Blues Brothers 2000, playing the part of the lead singer of the Louisiana Gator Boys, along with Clapton, Dr. John, Koko Taylor and Bo Diddley.

From ‘The Use of Games For Vocabulary Presentation and Revision’
by Agnieszka Uberman’Forum’ Vol. 36 No 1, January – March 1998 Page 20.
Using Games
‘Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the language instead of thinking about learning the correct forms (1979:2). He also says that games should be treated as central not peripheral to the foreign language teaching programme. A similar opinion is expressed by Richard-Amato, who believes games to be fun but warns against overlooking their pedagogical value, particularly in foreign language teaching. There are many advantages of using games. “Games can lower anxiety, thus making the acquisition of input more likely” (Richard-Amato 1988:147). They are highly motivating and entertaining, and they can give shy students more opportunity to express their opinions and feelings (Hansen 1994:118). They also enable learners to acquire new experiences within a foreign language which are not always possible during a typical lesson. Furthermore, to quote Richard-Amato, they, “add diversion to the regular classroom activities,” break the ice, “[but also] they are used to introduce new ideas” (1988:147). In the easy, relaxed atmosphere which is created by using games, students remember things faster and better (Wierus and Wierus 1994:218). S. M. Silvers says many teachers are enthusiastic about using games as “a teaching device,” yet they often perceive games as mere time-fillers, “a break from the monotony of drilling” or frivolous activities. He also claims that many teachers often overlook the fact that in a relaxed atmosphere, real learning takes place, and students use the language they have been exposed to and have practised earlier (1982:29). Further support comes from Zdybiewska, who believes games to be a good way of practising language, for they provide a model of what learners will use the language for in real life in the future (1994:6).’
‘Games encourage, entertain, teach, and promote fluency. If not for any of these reasons, they should be used just because they help students see beauty in a foreign language and not just problems that at times seem overwhelming.’
When to Use Games
‘Games are often used as short warm-up activities or when there is some time left at the end of a lesson. Yet, as Lee observes, a game “should not be regarded as a marginal activity filling in odd moments when the teacher and class have nothing better to do” (1979:3). Games ought to be at the heart of teaching foreign languages. Rixon suggests that games be used at all stages of the lesson, provided that they are suitable and carefully chosen.’
‘Games also lend themselves well to revision exercises helping learners recall material in a pleasant, entertaining way. All authors referred to in this article agree that even if games resulted only in noise and entertained students, they are still worth paying attention to and implementing in the classroom since they motivate learners, promote communicative competence, and generate fluency.’

From ‘Games for Language Learning’
by Andrew Wright, David Betteridge and Michael BuckbyCambridge University Press, 1984.
‘Language learning is hard work … Effort is required at every moment and must be maintained over a long period of time. Games help and encourage many learners to sustain their interest and work.’
‘Games also help the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful. The learners want to take part and in order to do so must understand what others are saying or have written, and they must speak or write in order to express their own point of view or give information.’
‘The need for meaningfulness in language learning has been accepted for some years. A useful interpretation of ‘meaningfulness’ is that the learners respond to the content in a definite way. If they are amused, angered, intrigued or surprised the content is clearly meaningful to them. Thus the meaning of the language they listen to, read, speak and write will be more vividly experienced and, therefore, better remembered.
If it is accepted that games can provide intense and meaningful practice of language, then they must be regarded as central to a teacher’s repertoire. They are thus not for use solely on wet days and at the end of term!’ (from Introduction, p. 1)

Rabbits are mammals. They are herbivores (they eat plants)
Rabbits like to be together or have human company.In the wild rabbits live in underground warrens with hundreds of other rabbits
Rabbits breed and have lots of babies each year around 5-9 pups in a litter.Rabbits live in grassy and woodland areas.
You can see them most first thing in the morning and at dusk.Rabbits can live for between 5 to 7 years.
So will you choose a rabbit as pet? Read on to find information about care and feeding pet rabbit.
Care of RabbitsRabbits can live indoors and they can be litter trained.
Or your rabbit can live outside as long as he is kept warm in the winter months.Rabbit habitatYour cage or hutch should be four times bigger than your rabit so he has room to move and excercise.
A hutch needs to be stood off the groundA hutch should be damp proofed
Place the hutch out of any draughtsMake sure the rain can’t blow in
Place the hutch out of direct sunlightDon’t use a lead based paint to paint the hutch
A hutch should provide a sleeping area where your rabbit can go to get out of the cold.If it is very cold and damp cover the hutch with a piece of carpet or move the hutch into a garage(without a car) or garden shed.
Put a layer of bedding down wood shavings with a layer of hay works well. You could use shredded paper as well
Indoor cagesIf you have an indoor cage the cage should be kept away from windows and radiators to stop your rabit habitat overheating.
A rabbit can be litter trained and can learn to live in a family home without being caged, with training.A rabbit can hop around and sleep on your bed and give you kisses.
Your home will need bunny proofing thoughMost houseplants are toxic to rabbits.
If your rabbit gets bored he will chew wires and get into mischief so keep an eye on him.More rabbit care for kids info
ToysRabbits will play with rolled up paperCardboard boxesBallsEmpty cotton reelsTubesFruit tree wood braches to chew(only if not sprayed with pesticides.)Not cherry, peach, apricot, plum and redwood which are poisonousYou can also buy toys from your local pet store.

Bicycling and Skating Tips
The single most effective safety device available to reduce head injury and death from bicycle crashes is a helmet.
Make it a rule: every time you and your child ride a bike, wear a bicycle helmet that meets the safety standards developed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.If your child is reluctant to wear a helmet, try letting him or her choose his own.Helmet fit is important.
Make sure the helmet fits and your child knows how to put it on correctly. A helmet should sit on top of the head in a level position, and should not rock forward, backward or side to side. The helmet straps must always be buckled but not too tightly.Try the Eyes, Ears and Mouth Test:
EYES check: Position the helmet on your head.  Look up and you should see the bottom rim of the helmet. The rim should be one to two finger-widths above the eyebrows.EARS check: Make sure the straps of the helmet form a “V” under your ears when buckled.  The strap should be snug but comfortable.MOUTH check:  Open your mouth as wide as you can.  Do you feel the helmet hug your head?  If not, tighten those straps and make sure the buckle is flat against your skin.Use different helmets for different activities.
Children should always wear a helmet for all wheeled sports activities. A properly-fitted bike helmet is just as effective when riding a scooter, roller skating or inline skating. However, when skateboarding andlong boarding, make sure your child wears a skateboarding helmet.Proper equipment fit and maintenance are also important for safety.
Ensure proper bike fit by bringing the child along when shopping for a bike. Buy a bicycle that is the right size for the child, not one he will grow into. When sitting on the seat, the child’s feet should be able to touch the ground.Make sure the reflectors are secure, brakes work properly, gears shift smoothly and tires are tightly secured and properly inflated.Always model and teach proper behavior. Learn the rules of the road, and obey all traffic laws.
Ride on the right side of the road, with traffic, not against. Stay as far to the right as possible.Use appropriate hand signals.Respect traffic signals, stopping at all stop signs and stop lights.Stop and look left, right and left again before entering a street or crossing an intersection. Look back and yield to traffic coming from behind before turning left.Adult supervision of child cyclists is essential until you are sure a child has good traffic skills and judgment.
Cycling should be restricted to off-roads (e.g. sidewalks and paths) until age 10.Children should be able to demonstrate riding competence and knowledge of the rules of the road before cycling with traffic.Children should not ride a bicycle when it’s dark, in the fog or in other low-visibility conditions.
If riding at dusk, dawn or in the evening is unavoidable, use a light on the bike and make sure it has reflectors as well.Wear clothes and accessories that have retro reflective materials to improve biker visibility to motorists.

Teaching and Playing CombinedBrightly coloured signs around animal play areas, in the bathroom and on the door to your kid’s room will help spark their memories. If your child is younger, illustrations really help the memory process as well. You can always download and print graphics off the internet, check with your local pet shops for signs or cut out pictures from a magazine. But the best way to help kids remember the importance of hand washing is to have them make the pictures and posters themselves or with you. This way, the lesson really sticks in their memories. You can turn this into a fun day’s activity by getting really creative and turning the posters into pieces of your child’s artwork. Bring out the glitter, the glue, the magic markers and construction paper and make this a family project.Speaking of glitter, it can be a really useful in showing younger children how germs spread. Put some glitter on your child’s hands and then have them walk around touching objects and parts of their body. Have them look around the room when they are done at all the places that have glitter and then at themselves in a mirror. Afterwards, take them to the bathroom and guide them through the hand washing process to remove the glitter or ‘germs’. This is an excellent teaching tool.
Buy a fun kid’s book about hand washing and make it a part of night-time reading once a week for a period of time until you feel the lesson has made an impact. After that, bring the book out every now and again to reinforce what your child has learned already. Making up a hand washing song and singing it while washing also makes an impact and helps your kid keep hygiene in mind every time.
How to Wash Up WellUse an antiseptic soap and make sure they wash for at least 30 seconds. It’s important to teach kids not to forget to scrub under the nails, which are an easily overlooked area that bacteria gather under. Make sure your child removes any rings or hand jewelry before washing as well. Have them rinse their hands well and then completely dry them with a clean towel. Single use paper towels are best for this, so bacteria don’t have a chance to gather in wet cloth.A Word of Warning With ReptilesWith reptiles and amphibians in the family, parents need to be more rigorous with their cleanliness measures due to the health risks these pets present. Salmonella bacteria is present in their skin and saliva and can be transmitted by handling, touching your pet’s food and water dishes, cage, bedding and anything else your pet has had contact with. Impress upon your children that Salmonella is an illness with symptoms of uncontrollable vomiting and/or diarrhea and they should get the hint.Once kids get their washing up techniques perfect, they will have learned a vital technique for staying clear of illness and disease for the rest of their lives. So teach them now and they will be thanking you later.

According to numerous studies hand washing is something that adults don’t do enough, let alone children! But hand washing prevents the spread of disease and illnesses contracted from pet contact, so it is a very important part of your child’s pet education process.
When to WashAny time your child plays with their pets, handles their food dishes, toys, bedding, grooming brushes, litter boxes or anything that could have come into contact with faecal matter, they need to wash their hands. This is especially important before meals. Diseases are transmitted by contact with parts of the body like the eyes, nose, mouth, food and anything that will get into a child’s saliva or blood. It is a good idea to have children cover up open cuts and sores with a plaster and an antibacterial cream before playing with animals as diseases can get into the bloodstream this way.Some of the diseases that can be passed from your pet to your child are:
E.colisalmonellatoxoplasmosistuberculosisringwormroundwormrabiesWhile good hygiene is an excellent practice for kids with pets, please realise at the same time that the likelihood of contracting these illnesses is not large, so there is no need to instill an unnecessary fear of germs and the pet in your children by scaring them into good hand washing practices. Instead, use some kid friendly strategies to help them learn the important lesson of hand washing hygiene.

Such as electromagnetic interference between computers, home networks, routers/modems, cell phone, land lines, microwaves, televisions, etc. When I hang up my cell phone, our small mounted kitchen TV makes a static noise. Other concerns….where is the best place to put a wireless router/modem for health concerns….etc., etc., and thank you.

What’s on your back?

Three men are traveling in the Amazon, a German, an American, and a Mexican, and they get captured by some Amazons. The head of the tribe says to the German, “What do you want on your back for your whipping?”

The German responds, “I will take oil!” So they put oil on his back, and a large Amazon whips him ten times. When he is finished the German has these huge welts on his back, and he can hardly move.

The Amazons haul the German away, and say to the Mexican, “What do you want on your back?”

“I will take nothing!” says the Mexican, and he stands there straight and takes his ten lashings without a single flinch.

“What will you take on your back?” the Amazons ask the American.

He responds, “I’ll take the Mexican.”

Marketing translations

Cracking an international market is a goal of most growing corporations. It shouldn’t be that hard, yet even the big multi-nationals run into trouble because of language and cultural differences. For example, observe the following examples below.

The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means “bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax” depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, “ko-kou-ko-le,” which can be loosely translated as “happiness in the mouth.”

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan “Come alive with the Pepsi Generation” came out as “Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead.”

Also in Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan “finger-lickin’ good” came out as “eat your fingers off.”

The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, “Salem – Feeling Free,” got translated in the Japanese market into “When smoking Salem, you feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty.”

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was apparently unaware that “no va” means “it won’t go.” After the company figured out why it wasn’t selling any cars, it renamed the car in its Spanish markets to the Caribe.

When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say “It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you.” However, the company mistakenly thought the spanish word “embarazar” meant embarrass. Instead the ads said that “It wont leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”

An American t-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the spanish market which promoted the Pope’s visit. Instead of the desired “I Saw the Pope” in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed “I Saw the Potato.”

Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water.

English is really crazy
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? One index, two indices? Is cheese the plural of choose?

If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?

Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?

When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out, and an alarm clock goes off by going on.

When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

Taking the final exam
Two college basketball players were taking an important final exam. If they failed, they would be on academic probation and not allowed to play in the big game the following week. The exam was fill-in-the-blank.

The last question read, “Old MacDonald had a ________.”

Bubba was stumped. He had no idea what to answer. But he knew he needed to get this one right to be sure he passed.

Making sure the professor wasn’t watching, he tapped Tiny on the shoulder. “Pssst. Tiny. What’s the answer to the last question?”

Tiny laughed. He looked around to make sure the professor hadn’t noticed then he turned to Bubba. “Bubba, you’re so stupid. Everyone knows Old MacDonald had a FARM.”

“Oh yeah,” said Bubba. “I remember now.”

He picked up his No. 2 pencil and started to write the answer in the blank. He stopped. Tapping Tiny’s shoulder again, he whispered, “Tiny, how do you spell farm?”

“You are really dumb, Bubba. That’s so easy. Farm is spelled E-I-E-I-O.”

An extremely loyal fan
There was a Packers fan with a really crappy seat at Lambeau. Looking with his binoculars, he spotted an empty seat on the 50-yard line. Thinking to himself “what a waste” he made his way down to the empty seat.

When he arrived at the seat, he asked the man sitting next to it, “Is this seat taken?” The man replied, “This was my wife’s seat. She passed away. She was a big Packers fan.” The other man replied,”I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. May I ask why you didn’t give the ticket to a friend or a relative?”

The man replied, “They’re all at the funeral.”

Adopt an NBA player
THE NBA PLAYER ADOPTION PROGRAM NEEDS YOU!

With an NBA player’s strike against the team owners looming, now is the time for us to show the world just how much we care. It’s just not right. Hundreds of basketball players in our very own country are living at or just below the seven-figure salary level! Atrocious! And, as if that weren’t bad enough, they will be deprived of pay for several weeks–possibly a whole year–as a result of the strike. But now you can help! For about two thousand dollars a day–that’s less than the cost of a large screen projection TV–you can help a basketball player remain economically viable during his time of need.

Two thousand dollars a day may not seem like a lot of money to you, but to a basketball player it could mean the difference between a vacation spent golfing in Florida or a Mediterranean cruise. For you, two thousand dollars is nothing more than three months rent or mortgage payments. But to a basketball player, two thousand dollars a day will almost replace his salary.

Your commitment of two thousand dollars a day will enable a player to buy that home entertainment center, trade in the year-old Lexus for a new Ferrari, or enjoy a weekend in Rio.

“HOW WILL I KNOW I’M HELPING?”

Each month, you will receive a complete financial report on the player you sponsor. Detailed information about his stocks, bonds, 401(k), real estate, and other investment holdings will be mailed to your home. You’ll also get information on how he plans to invest the $5 million lump sum he will receive upon retirement. Plus upon signing up for this program, you will receive a photo of the player (unsigned). Put the photo on your refrigerator to remind you of other peoples’ suffering.

“HOW WILL HE KNOW I’M HELPING”

Your basketball player will be told that he has a SPECIAL FRIEND who just wants to help in a time of need. Although the player won’t know your name, he will be able to make collect calls to your home via a special operator just in case additional funds are needed for unexpected expenses.

Simply fill out the form below.

___YES, I want to help!

I would like to sponsor a striking NBA basketball player. My preference is checked below:

[ ] Starter
[ ] Reserve
[ ] Star*
[ ] Superstar**
[ ] Entire team***
[ ] I’ll sponsor a player most in
need. Please select one for me.

* Higher cost
** Much higher cost
*** Please call our 900 number to
ask for the cost of a specific
team (Sorry, does not include
cheerleaders).
Please charge the account listed below $2,054.79 per day for a reserve player or starter for the duration of the strike. Please send me a picture of the player I have sponsored, along with a team logo and my very own NBA Players Association badge to wear proudly on my lapel.

[ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa
[ ] American Express [ ] DiscoverCard
[ ] Diner’s Club

Your Name: __________________________
Telephone Number: __________________
Account Number: _____________________
Exp.Date:____________________________
Signature: _________________________
Mail completed form to NBA Players Association or call 1-888-TOOMUCH now to enroll by phone. (Children under 18 must have parental approval.)

Note: Sponsors are not permitted to contact the player they have sponsored, either in person or by other means including, but not limited to, telephone calls, letters, e-mail, or third parties. Keep in mind that the basketball player you have sponsored will be much too busy enjoying his free time, thanks to your generous donations. Oh yes, contributions are not tax-deductible.