Friday Music - Phil Collins - Take Me Home

Friday is Music Day Let's celebrate the 59th birthday of Phil Collins
Birth Name: Philip David Charles Collins
Born: January 30, 1951
Birth Place: London, England
Nationality: English
Singer/drummer, Genesis-Against All Odds

I know a couple of people who will love this rendition,

if you like drums - awesome.

Phil Collins Farewell Tour - Drums and "Take Me Home"
Turn Your Speakers Up.

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Some Men are Born for Greatness

It has been said the greatest volume of sheer brain power in one place occurred when Jefferson dined alone..."

John Kennedy


When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes..
A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidise with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered..'




'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.'
-Mark Twain

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Australian Trivia Quiz Answers

Happy Australia Day.
Australia Day Q & A

How did you go with the Australia day pop quiz ?

Here are the answers to last nights quiz.

AUSTRALIAN TRIVIA - Questions and Answers
Sport
1. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002?
2. What was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average?
3. Who is Australia’s only Formula One driver?
4. Who won the Brownlow Medal in 2003?
5. Who was the most recent Australian to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon?
6. Which Australian was named the most valuable player in the US’s WNBA?
7. Which Australian has won the FIM World Motorcycle Championship 5 times?
8. How many gold medals did Australians win at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games?
9. Of our Australian male swimmers, who has won the most Olympic gold medals?
10. What Australian company is the largest surfwear manufacturer?
Answers
1. Media Puzzle
2. 99.94
3. Mark Webber
4. Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckley, Adam Goodes
5. Lleyton Hewitt
6. Lauren Jackson
7. Michael Doohan
8. 2 – Steven Bradbury and Alisa Camplin
9. Murray Rose
10. Quicksilver
General Knowledge
1. How many countries are larger than Australia?
2. In what state/territory was the highest recorded temperature, of 53oC, recorded?
3. Australia has the world’s largest sand island. What is its name?
4. In what year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the
Governor-General?
5. Do all states/territories have the same blood alcohol limit for non-probationary drivers?
6. What animal is on the Western Australia flag?
7. In what city did the Commonwealth Parliament first sit?
8. What animal featured on the 2 cent coin?
9. Who is the only person to have been awarded both the Australian of the Year and Young
Australian of the Year titles?
10. Who is on the front of the current issue $100 note?
2
Answers
1. Five (Australia is the sixth largest country: Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil)
2. Queensland
3. Fraser Island
4. 1984
5. Yes
6. Black swan
7. Melbourne
8. Frilled neck lizard
9. Cathy Freeman
10. Dame Nellie Melba
Arts and Literature
1. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
2. How many albums did the late slim Dusty record?
3. Who painted the Nebuchadnezzar series?
4. Who wrote “Cloudstreet”?
5. In what year did the Australian National Gallery open?
6. Which band has received an Australian of the Year Award?
7. Who was the first Australian to win the Booker Prize?
8. Who was the subject of the 2003 Archibald Prize winning portrait?
9. Who is the lead singer of Silverchair?
10. Who has an award-winning album is titled Barricades and Brickwalls?
Answers
1. Joern Utzon
2. 103
3. Arthur Boyd
4. Tim Winton
5. 1982
6. The Seekers
7. Thomas Keneally
8. Richard Flanagan
9. Daniel Johns
10. Casey Chambers
History and Science
1. How many ships were in the First Fleet?
2. What year did Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin?
3. Who invented the bionic ear?
4. Where was Ned Kelly’s last stand?
5. Who was Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator?
6. What date did “new” parliament house open?
7. Which Australian promised to “Go all the way with LBJ”?
8. In what year was gold first discovered in Victoria and NSW to begin the “Gold Rush”?
9. Which Australian won a Nobel Prize for immune defence research?
10. In what year was decimal currency introduced?
3
Answers
1. 11
2. 1974
3. Professor Graeme Clark
4. Glenrowan
5. Neville Bonner
6. 9th May, 1988
7. Prime Minister, Harold Holt
8. 1851
9. Professor Peter Doherty
10. 1966
Entertainment
1. What were the first names of the winning couple from The Block?
2. What is the highest grossing Australian movie?
3. Who is the longest serving presenter of Playschool?
4. What three movies are part of Baz Luhrmann’s “Red Curtain Trilogy”?
5. Who are the actors who play Kath and Kim?
6. Cate Blanchett has received an Academy Award nomination for what movie?
7. What Australian movie includes the phrase “Tell him he’s dreaming”?
8. What song played during Scott and Charlene’s wedding on Neighbours?
9. Which actor has had leading roles in Pharlap, The Man from Snowy River and Eureka
Stockade?
10. Who won consecutive Gold Logie’s from 1997 to 2000?
Answers
1. Fiona and Adam
2. Crocodile Dundee
3. Benita
4. Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, and Moulin Rouge
5. Jane Turner and Gina Riley
6. Elizabeth
7. The Castle
8. Suddenly
9. Tom Burlinson
10. Lisa McCune
Geography
1. Name Australia’s western-most point?
2. How much of Australia is classified as desert A) 8% B) 16% C) 25% D) 35%
3. Which is the second largest city in NSW?
4. In what state/territory is the Brisbane Ranges National Park?
5. The Tamar River flows to which Tasmanian town/city?
6. What is the tallest waterfall in Australia?
7. What is the longest river in the Northern Territory?
8. The landmark Katu Tjuta is also known as what?
9. What is Australia’s largest non-salt lake?
10. What is South Australia’s largest island?
4
Answers:
1. Steep Point (Shark Bay)
2. D - 35%
3. Newcastle
4. Victoria
5. Launceston
6. Wallaman Falls, QLD
7. Victoria
8. The Olgas
9. Lake Mackay, WA
10. Kangaroo Island
Fabulous Facts
1. In rhyming slang, if someone said they we going to have a “bo-peep”, what they be
doing?
2. Australians hold the world record for which amazing feat? A) Fastest Beer bottle opening
B) Largest Christmas Cracker C) Most Sheep Sheared in 24 hours D) Largest Chicken
Dance
3. What is Kylie Minogue’s lingerie line called?
4. Where is the Big Prawn?
5. Approximately how many rabbits are there in Australia today? A) 3 million B) 30 million
C) 300 million D) 3,000 million.
6. What was the name of Olivia Newton-John’s chain of clothing stores?
7. What outback town’s population swells from 120 to crowds of over 5000 for a racing
carnival?
8. Which of the following is not an Australian innovation? A) Chiko Roll B) Lawn Sprinkler C)
Plastic bank notes D) Dual flush toilet E) Wine Cask?
9. What creature does Jana Pittman have tattooed on her body?
10. The Idiot Fruit and Darling Peas are poisonous, True or False?
Answers
1. Having a sleep
2. B - Largest Christmas Cracker
3. Love Kylie
4. Ballina
5. C - 300 million
6. Koala Blue
7. Birdsville
8. B - Lawn sprinkler
9. Bee
10. True

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Test your Australian General Knowledge

Australia day tomorrow so let's have a pop quiz - Questions today - Answers tomorrow.

Hope you do better than me 15 /70.
Sport
1. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002?
2. What was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average?
3. Who is Australia’s only Formula One driver?
4. Who won the Brownlow Medal in 2003?
5. Who was the most recent Australian to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon?
6. Which Australian was named the most valuable player in the US’s WNBA?
7. Which Australian has won the FIM World Motorcycle Championship 5 times?
8. How many gold medals did Australians win at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games?
9. Of our Australian male swimmers, who has won the most Olympic gold medals?
10. What Australian company is the largest surfwear manufacturer?

General Knowledge
1. How many countries are larger than Australia?
2. In what state/territory was the highest recorded temperature, of 53oC, recorded?
3. Australia has the world’s largest sand island. What is its name?
4. In what year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the
Governor-General?
5. Do all states/territories have the same blood alcohol limit for non-probationary drivers?
6. What animal is on the Western Australia flag?
7. In what city did the Commonwealth Parliament first sit?
8. What animal featured on the 2 cent coin?
9. Who is the only person to have been awarded both the Australian of the Year and Young
Australian of the Year titles?
10. Who is on the front of the current issue $100 note?

Arts and Literature
1. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
2. How many albums did the late slim Dusty record?
3. Who painted the Nebuchadnezzar series?
4. Who wrote “Cloudstreet”?
5. In what year did the Australian National Gallery open?
6. Which band has received an Australian of the Year Award?
7. Who was the first Australian to win the Booker Prize?
8. Who was the subject of the 2003 Archibald Prize winning portrait?
9. Who is the lead singer of Silverchair?
10. Who has an award-winning album is titled Barricades and Brickwalls?

History and Science
1. How many ships were in the First Fleet?
2. What year did Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin?
3. Who invented the bionic ear?
4. Where was Ned Kelly’s last stand?
5. Who was Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator?
6. What date did “new” parliament house open?
7. Which Australian promised to “Go all the way with LBJ”?
8. In what year was gold first discovered in Victoria and NSW to begin the “Gold Rush”?
9. Which Australian won a Nobel Prize for immune defence research?
10. In what year was decimal currency introduced?

Entertainment
1. What were the first names of the winning couple from The Block?
2. What is the highest grossing Australian movie?
3. Who is the longest serving presenter of Playschool?
4. What three movies are part of Baz Luhrmann’s “Red Curtain Trilogy”?
5. Who are the actors who play Kath and Kim?
6. Cate Blanchett has received an Academy Award nomination for what movie?
7. What Australian movie includes the phrase “Tell him he’s dreaming”?
8. What song played during Scott and Charlene’s wedding on Neighbours?
9. Which actor has had leading roles in Pharlap, The Man from Snowy River and Eureka
Stockade?
10. Who won consecutive Gold Logie’s from 1997 to 2000?

Geography
1. Name Australia’s western-most point?
2. How much of Australia is classified as desert
A) 8%
B) 16%
C) 25%
D) 35%
3. Which is the second largest city in NSW?
4. In what state/territory is the Brisbane Ranges National Park?
5. The Tamar River flows to which Tasmanian town/city?
6. What is the tallest waterfall in Australia?
7. What is the longest river in the Northern Territory?
8. The landmark Katu Tjuta is also known as what?
9. What is Australia’s largest non-salt lake?
10. What is South Australia’s largest island?

Fabulous Facts
1. In rhyming slang, if someone said they we going to have a “bo-peep”, what they be
doing?
2. Australians hold the world record for which amazing feat?
A) Fastest Beer bottle opening
B) Largest Christmas Cracker
C) Most Sheep Sheared in 24 hours
D) Largest Chicken Dance
3. What is Kylie Minogue’s lingerie line called?
4. Where is the Big Prawn?
5. Approximately how many rabbits are there in Australia today?
A) 3 million
B) 30 million
C) 300 million
D) 3,000 million.
6. What was the name of Olivia Newton-John’s chain of clothing stores?
7. What outback town’s population swells from 120 to crowds of over 5000 for a racing
carnival?
8. Which of the following is not an Australian innovation?
A) Chiko Roll
B) Lawn Sprinkler
C)Plastic bank notes
D) Dual flush toilet
E) Wine Cask?
9. What creature does Jana Pittman have tattooed on her body?
10. The Idiot Fruit and Darling Peas are poisonous, True or False?

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Friday music is Back - Dolly Parton turns 65 !!

Dolly Parton
Friday Music is back and guess what it was Dolly's 65th birthday this week.

Birth name : Dolly Rebecca Parton
Born :January 19, 1946 (1946-01-19) (age 64)
Sevierville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres : Country, country pop, bluegrass
Occupations : Singer-songwriter, actress, author, philanthropist, musician, businesswoman, advocate for children's education (Imagination Library)
Instruments Vocals, guitar, banjo, autoharp, piano
Years active 1959-present

This clip is an all time favourite "I'll always love you"

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January Update on 100 Day Steer Trade

Remember in November I came across an article in a rural newspaper describing a strategy being put in place by a grazier on a mob of cattle he purchased.

Where is the noise coming from ? The last post I did has a video that auto plays, scroll down and press pause. Then come back up.

He said : "I care about 2 things; getting my money back and the kilos they put on".


Now I take that to mean he wants the same $1.83/kg he paid for them at 250kg in 100 days at 350kgs.

Here we are in January and they are now 328 kg @ aound $1.75 quite a discount on the purchase price.



As I said in November this could prove to be profitable for him in the Buy /Sell Paradigm, however there is the risk of prices may remain at present levels or less.The market is certainly confirming that.
By using the KLR tools you can easily identify a profitable trade.




So I ran it through the KLR 30 Second market Report and spreadsheet, hmmm the 328 kg are overpriced so what could we do ?Watch the video to find out.

Watch the video: ( click on bottom right corner to see full screen.)

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Worlds Greatest Inventor

Here is a little video of the current greatest inventor in the world , amazing where we are going with technology.

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop".

In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

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Palindrome - Brilliant Winning Video

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.
This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant. Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.

This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old. The contest was titled "u @ 50" by AARP. This video won second place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause. So simple and yet so brilliant. Take a minute and watch it

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I Have a Dream - Martin Luther Kings Birthday

Thought this video was apropriate for the Birthday of Martin Luther King and the last couple of posts.This is a great example of someone who had a clear vision and took action.

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Where are your affirmations taking you ?

Affirmation is a word that will provoke either 1 of 2 responses "Affirmations, what a load of bull%&*#, life happens, you can't change fate" or " Affirmations, I am clear about what want and affirm that daily"
Now here is the funny bit, both responses are 100% correct, why ? Well they are affirmations.

We have a choice every moment to manage our thoughts either in a proactive way or a negative way, that little voice in our head is creating affirmations from moment to moment.
On a daily basis I choose my thoughts based on will thinking in this way serve me, if it does then will it serve others.It is very easy to get sucked into others issues and challenges, however if it does not serve you, let it go.
So where are your thoughts taking you ?

Be careful of your thoughts,

your Thoughts become your Attitude,

Your Attitude becomes the Results you get in life.

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Are you Attracting What you Really Want ?

"Hi, I'm from Russia - a dream to live abroad, my name is Mary, can we get started?"

This is the subject of one of the many Junk emails I get each day. It got me thinking about how do we attract what we really want.I am sure this person did not create the email with me in mind, just create it and spray it out there to see what comes back.Then one has to ask was the agenda to even have a relationship or rip someone off.

Now the photo is probably not even of Mary - if indeed Mary exists.

Over the next period of time I am going to suggest a way you can get clear about what you want out of life and how you might be clear about the message you send out to the universe.

First step start to become aware of what you are thinking about in your life and how that seems to keep turning up even when it is something you don't want.

Tomorrow I will give you the next step in the process, in the meantime as Bud says
"Smile,Smile as if you mean it "

ps. For those young bucks out there who may want Marys email, sorry it is deleted !!

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Why Cost of Gain becomes Cost of Carry

Ever since Jim returned from his time with Bud in the USA, we have been debating the change within KLR. Not so much that we didn't agree on the change, rather it was a lot of work to make the wholesale change in the school and calculators.

Now that we have had some time this is taking place so from this day forth Cost of Gain will be known as Cost of Carry.

So why the change ?

It is all do with our thinking, especially in this production focused industry where most time the only way people profit is through animals gaining something whether it be weight or wool etc.
So Gain implies we must put on weight to make a profit from overpriced Inventory in order to replace them with Underpriced Inventory (grass,money,livestock).

The reality is, there are times when you can make a profit with no weight gain, and sometimes even a weight loss.

The profit calculators are changed to reflect this or are being changed.

KLR Mastermind members can download the updates by going to the KLR website @ http://www.klrmarketing.com.au/index.cfm?page_id=1037

Where did I put my glasses ? Funny video

Thanks Georgie for the video link down below - getting all too close to reality for some of us !!

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You think you are Having a Bad Day !!

I received an email with some great pictures to share with you, "Do you think the guy on the ladder had abit of washing to do when he got home ?"

I have changed the subscribe link - if you are reading this and like to receive email updates each time I post then please subscribe. You only get a short email with a link and I don't fill your mailbox with useless information.

I do need your help though as I have a goal to have 2,000 readers by the 31st Dec, 2010.

If you like some of what I post and think you have friends who would also like to read my posts forward the link by clicking Share This Post to share by email or Facebook and the like.

Here are some classic pictures - I really like the 2 boys painting the lounge room !!

Making Money in a Volatile Market

Ben Hooper a KLR Mastermind member is featured the front cover of the summer edition of "Cattle Country" magazine.

Excerpt from article :
Making money in a volatile market
KLR Marketing School graduates grinning despite falling cattle prices


Ben Hooper, “Brenwick”, Gilgandra, trades all classes of cattle and sheep at his Central West NSW property and is even commission buying on behalf of fellow Mastermind members.

The part-time Auctionsplus livestock assessor participated in the KLR Marketing School in October last year and values the flexibility it has given him and his operation.
“I did the school to get confidence in trading through solid numbers instead of assumptions,” he said.
“The market reports and spreadsheets allow me to accurately know the value of a trade, including all costs, which allows me to determine the best trade opportunity on a given day.”


The article was written by Amy Lawson, here is the opening lines :

THE cattle market is fluctuating and few can follow its trend but there is a group of cattle traders and breeders around the country profiting from the volatility.
They’re the cattlemen selling livestock that may not even be fat, and they are the ones strategically selling to make a profit – not because they’ve run out of grass.

More than 1400 people from about 700 grazing businesses across the country have tapped into the phenomenon that is the KLR livestock marketing system.
The word has spread far and wide since three graziers established the KLR Marketing School in Australia in 2004, and plans are in place for the first Victorian school to be staged at Bendigo in March.
Click here To read full article

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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Welcome to 2010, wow what a month it has been with bushfires in some areas and now flooding rain. The photo of a "Cell Centre" above is at Graham & Kathy Finlayson's near Brewarrina, where they have had around 14 inches - 2010 is sure going to be a great year for those that can get some sunshine and grass growing.
Not everyone is lucky with quite a few stock loss's in the flood areas, Sth West NSW did not get a drop whilst at Toodyay in WA there were 32 homes burnt - Australia - a land of Drought and Flooding rains.
We had just the best Christmas on the houseboat, complete with Old Man Saltbush for a Tree
with the boat pulled up on the edge of a pdk in the Darling river.
Bathurst has had around 4 inches, Tamworth 8 inches and someone said Coonamble 18 ".
How did you fare - email me with your rainfall story at peneena@gmail.com

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