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♫ You Are ♫ (Redux)

Filosofa's Word

I have a list of songs to be played in the not-too-distant-future, but tonight … I wanted one to lift my own spirits, to bring a smile to my own face, so this one’s for me! (Sorry, Clive … I know you don’t care for Lionel, but you’ll get Juice Newton in the next day or two!)

Lionel wrote You Are with his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie, and it was his second ‘solo’ after leaving the Commodores. Truly, also released in 1982, was his first, and this was a follow-up. There isn’t a lot of background that I could find about this song, but according to Richard Marx who sang backup on this song …

“Every session I ever did with Lionel, or for him, was a very fun atmosphere. I’ve been on so many sessions where it’s a downer, and you just try to get through it and…

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Plan a better Education – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“We must nurture positive things. Positive emotions are really a benefit to yourself and others. Warmheartedness and a sense of responsibility clearly have an important role in modern society, in every field. Training can make a difference, so we need to plan a better education.” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Source: Plan a better Education – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Did You Know – Broken Rice

In Dianes Kitchen

Have you ever heard of Broken Rice? It was a new kind of rice, for me, as I had never seen it in the grocery store but to be honest I never looked either. I had to do a little research to see what it is exactly. I was expecting it to be something really different.

According to Wikipedia, broken rice is fragments of rice grains, broken in the field, during drying, during transport, or during milling. Mechanical separators are used to separate the broken grains from the whole grains and sort them by size. Broken rice is fragmented, not defective; so there is nothing wrong with it.

Because the rice is broken, it will most likely cook quicker, absorb your sauce better, be less firm and more of a mushy texture.

So there you have it, it is just rice that is broken and sold as is. I was…

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Neo-Nazi leader among 2 arrested in plot to attack Baltimore’s power grid, feds say

The FBI captured two people, one a nationally known neo-Nazi leader, before they could launch an attack on Baltimore’s power grid that could “completely destroy this whole city,” authorities said Monday.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-arrests-2-suspects-accused-planning-attack-baltimore-power-grid-rcna69324