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Russian energy holding company Inter RAO UES completed the acquisition of two Georgian hydroelectric power plants. Against the backdrop of tense political relations between Moscow and Tbilisi, such the economic cooperation is very promising. How far Mikhail Saakashvili is ready to go trying to involve foreign investment in his country? And will the purchase of energy assets Sakartvelo a bridge between Georgia and Abkhazia?
Diplomatic embargo declared by Georgia, does not prevent Russian business to feel free in economic space of the Caucasian republic. Despite the pitfalls which await entrepreneurs who decided to invest in Sakartvelo, the energy holding company shouldn't be afraid of something special. Procedural agreements and charges of taking bribes - all these "bad habits" of Georgian Themis do not threaten Russia which is one of the largest donors of Caucasian republic.
A prospect to get wealthy and influential investors is so important for Georgian government now, after declining levels of the U.S. support, that even Mikhail Saakashvili's policy against the Kremlin is undergoing some changes. When the Russian energy giant has offered $ 104 million for the first and the second Khrami HPP and promised to pay up till the middle of this October. Thus, the holding Inter RAO UES intends to become a participant of the Georgian government's privatization program, under which it is ready to invest later another $ 193 million to build three new hydroelectric power stations in the country. Hearing the sound of big money, Tbilisi has immediately agreed to forget that their owner is the hateful northern neighbor.
To purchase of energy assets, Inter RAO EES signed credit agreement with ING Bank NV under which it receives 74 million dollars for five years under 2.64 percent. Since the fall of 2003, the Russian company, owns 75 percent stake in the Tbilisi electricity distribution company Telasi and one of the units at the power plant TbilGRES, as well as the company AES Transenergy, created to export electricity to Turkey. Without a doubt, the economic cooperation between Russia and Georgia will bring dividends to both parties.

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Ivan blasts famed Flora-Bama bar on Florida-Alabama line
Hurricane Ivan blasted Alabama's most famous bar, which sits on the Florida-Alabama state line. The storm dumped tons of sand inside the beachfront nightspot after ripping open three of its sides to the surf.
Dozens of women's bras and autographed dollar bills still hang from the ceiling, and bottles of champagne still rest in a rack beside a blown-out front window. T-shirts on display in the gift shop didn't even fall off hangers.
But the main bar is knocked over; one pool table sits at an impossible angle atop another one; and a stage where bands normally play is blanketed by debris. The yellow-and-white awning that covered an outdoor bar is ripped to shreds, along with all sorts of outdoor decking.
"The Flora-Bama won't be open for awhile," said police officer Anthony Grigsby as he looked at the blown-out blowout capital of the state.
But the owners say it will reopen, according to employee Paul Bell.
"I'm supervisor of the cleanup and maintenance crew," Bell said as he sat in a golf cart outside with a co-worker, Sheila Adams. "We've got a lot of work to do."
The Flora-Bama Lounge and Package opened nearly 40 years ago. A biker bar for years, yuppies and Baby Boomers have all but taken over. Known for its annual mullet-tossing competition and bikini contests, the Flora-Bama is a vacation tradition for many, especially college students on spring break.
Oldtimers say the devastation to the bar from Ivan is far worse than the damage from Hurricane Fredric 25 years ago, but Bell said that doesn't matter. The Flora-Bama will be back.
"I guarantee the first night it's open we're gonna have some kind of party," said Bell. "And I'm not working."
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The seven-passenger vehicle has been “adorned with a wealth of rugged and luxurious amenities that set it apart from your average Defender”. It features a completely redesigned front fascia, a new bumper with integrated lighting, “cross-hair military headlights”, wider front and rear wing arches and a set of 1948 Defend wheels in satin black with 265/75/16 tires. On the back there is a twin exhaust system and new mud flaps.
Moving on to the interior, the front and rear seats have been replaced with GTB sport seats with quilted and perforated tan Nappa leather. The door panels, the center glove box and the dashboard are all upholstered to match.
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Nigerian sprinter, Seye Ogunlewe on Monday pleaded with President Mohammadu Buhari to invest more in sport so as to get the best in Nigerian athletes at the world stage.
Ogunlewe said he wished there was the opportunity to meet with Buhari so that he could tell how Team Nigeria have been poorly funded prior to the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Ogunlewe who finished fourth in the 100m final on Monday was responding to Buhari’s earlier congratulatory message on his verified Twitter handle to him and Enoch Adegoke for making it to the 100m men’s final.
“All of Nigeria is behind you, as you fly the Nigerian flag on Monday,” the President stated in his message.
The sprinter responded to the President’t message on his Twitter handle after his race.
“Thank you your Excellency! Invest more in us so we can do greater things. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Ogunlewe said.
On Monday, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi clinched a silver medal in the men’s Shot Put, while the table/tennis men’s team also got a silver medal.
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Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
A high fiber diet is broadly recommended to prevent diverticular disease based on unconfirmed, unproven, untested, and speculative "theories" that a low fiber diet causes this pathology. The reality is the complete opposite — a high fiber diet is the primary cause of diverticular disease and related complications.
Diverticular disease has two distinct phases — diverticulosis and diverticulitis. The first phase simply means that you've already have one diverticulum (singular) or several diverticula (plural) inside the large intestine. Because it has no symptoms, diverticulosis is usually discovered during a routine colonoscopy or radiography exam.
The moment diverticulosis turns into diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula. The second phase — the conventionally-recommended treatment causes even more harm because it is based on a combination of antibiotics and fiber. It subjects patients to the unnecessary risks of abdominal surgery to remove the affected colon, impaired immunity, uncontrollable bleeding, ulcers, and strokes. This guide describes how to prevent diverticulitis without resorting to fiber and antibiotics.
I have been in health care for 42 years. Primarily critical care. Diagnosed with IBS in my 20's and manged it well. Until last week week I ended up in ER with diverticulitis I will never forget. I have not only witnessed the mishandling of this disease but now am a testament to it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your superb advise! May I print this article and share it with my medical community, including my Doctor? May God bless you!!! J.S. (via e-mail)
Well-known facts about diverticulosis
Diverticular disease isn't caused by genes or aging — two popular and widely believed misconceptions or intentionally told lies:
- Genetics. If one of your parents had a diverticular disease, and you get one too, it has nothing to do with your genes, but with sharing the same table with them for a good third of your life, and, after that, bringing up the same eating habits into your adulthood.
- Aging. If you get the diverticular disease past the age of 50, half of the people in the same age group do not. Thus, it isn't like getting age-related gray hair, wrinkles, or menopause, but some other causes.
These "other causes" are hard stools (either large or small), constipation, and straining:
“Constipation makes the muscles strain to move stool that is too hard. It is the main cause of increased pressure in the colon. This excess pressure might cause the weak spots in the colon to bulge out and become diverticula.”
Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis;
National Institutes of Health; Publication No. 07–1163;
— But I've never been constipated! My doctor diagnosed diverticular disease anyway. Why?
— Hard stools, that's why. People who have hard stools (either small or large), and strain to move the bowels, however slightly, never consider themselves constipated.
The classical definition of constipation is "hard, large stools," not the frequency or regularity of stools. Alas, most people nowadays, including medical professionals, confuse constipation with the frequency of stools. In this erroneous worldview, only a person who hasn't had a complete bowel movement for more than three days is considered constipated, while everyone else is just "normal" or "irregular."
A few generations ago, the term "costivity" was broadly used to describe large, hard stools and straining, while the term "constipation" was used to describe irregularity. Unfortunately, both terms have blended into one, and the distinction is no longer made.
For these reasons, I reclassified constipation (see Fiber Menace, p.p. 97-128) into three distinct stages: functional (still reversible), latent (hidden), and organic (irreversible)::
- Functional constipation. This condition commonly follows surgery, colonoscopy, diarrhea, temporary incapacity, food poisoning, treatment with antibiotics — the circumstances that commonly damage intestinal flora and interfere with intestinal peristalsis. A person becomes irregular, stools enlarged and may need to strain to complete moving the bowels. The person resorts to fiber or laxatives for help.
- Latent constipation. If the intestinal flora, stools, and peristalsis aren't properly restored following the adverse event, functional constipation turns into the latent form (i.e., hidden), because fiber‘s or the laxative's effects on stools create the impression of normality. The stools become larger, heavier, and harder, straining more intense, but there is an impression of regularity.
- Organic constipation. As time goes by, large and hard stools along with straining enlarge internal hemorrhoids. In turn, these changes reduce the diameter of the anal canal and may cause anorectal nerve damage. At this juncture, the person no longer senses a defecation urge and becomes dependent on laxatives to complete a bowel movement.
All through these three transformative stages, the degree of straining increases, while the frequency of stools may remain regular "thanks" to the laxative effect of dietary fiber. That's why you can develop the diverticular disease without any apparent "constipation." In reality, your constipation was already latent or organic but rendered invisible by laxatives or a laxogenic diet (i.e., high-fiber).
So it all boils down to English-language definitions. If constipation was defined as "having large stools regularly that may require a certain degree of straining" or "a condition requiring a high-fiber diet and laxatives," instead of "not having stools for three days in a row," you wouldn't develop the diverticular disease in the first place.
Thus, with the correct definitions of constipation, you and your doctors would logically concentrate on reducing stool size and preventing straining — the essence of my recommendations — instead of attaining stools at least once every three days. Those who have small stools and never strain while moving bowels are unlikely to develop diverticular disease, regardless of their age or gender.
t's also apparent, then, that the life-long avoidance of large stools and straining is key to preventing and treating diverticular disease, and it's particularly paramount for aging adults.
The alternatives to not treating the underlying causes of large stools, constipation, and straining are more fiber in the diet, more laxatives, more antibiotics, more pain and suffering, invasive surgeries, substantial expense, and more of the same time and again — where there is one diverticulum, there is often another lurking nearby, and the only way to get rid of them all is to surgically remove the entire colon, which is not exactly a safe or desirable option.
Diverticular disease gains in "popularity" with age: 10% are affected by the age of 40, over 50% by age 60, and almost 90% beyond 80 years of age. No surprise here: constipation and straining are particularly widespread among aging adults. More women than men are affected by the diverticular disease because constipation affects significantly more women than men.
Sad, but true: unless you eliminate large stools or straining and restore the natural functioning of the large intestine, diverticular disease ALWAYS gets worse. This guide explains why it gets worse and how to avoid it. Read on.
If, on the other hand, you don't restore intestinal flora and small stool size and continue straining, the diverticula may get filled by stagnant stools, become infected, and turn into diverticulitis — an inflammation or ulceration of one or more diverticula.
When diverticula get infected, you may experience high fever, sense pain in the lower abdomen, observe blood in the stools, or begin suffering from paradoxical diarrhea, which is a symptom of intestinal obstruction.
When that happens, anything is possible: from an abscess obstructing the colon to perforation of the intestinal wall; from deadly peritonitis to even deadlier sepsis. And that's what you want to avoid because a large share of people don't survive this experience, even when surgeons and hospitals are nearby and first class.
These risks are even more significant to the uninsured, underinsured, or people far away from a large metropolitan area, which are commonly relegated to overloaded, understaffed, under-equipped, and low-rated community hospitals, where the experience of general surgeons may not be as high as in the teaching or specialized hospitals.
In these cases, an emergency operation to treat peritonitis by a general surgeon instead of an experienced gastric surgeon with a similarly top-notch surgical team usually has an outcome similar to asking a professional cabbie to substitute a Formula One pilot.
So even if you are Mr. Buffet or Mr. Gates, and you happen to be somewhere in the 'boondocks' (even with a fuelled jet standing by to whisk you out, which is too late in this case), your chances of surviving a perforation of infected diverticula aren't very high, considering that even in the best hospitals mortality rates are sky-high — upwards of 25%.
I don't write this to convince you that diverticulitis is dangerous (it is), but to tell you — don't be an idiot hoping that your good insurance, good doctors, or loads of money may help you to get away with this deadly ailment.
There are two opposed approaches to remedy lifestyle diseases, and diverticular disease is no exception:
- Pay and Pray. It means to attack the disease directly and hope it goes away. The standard treatment protocol for diverticular disease relies on dietary fiber, laxatives, antibiotics, systemic muscular relaxants, immunodepressants, and finally, surgery to remove the affected portion of the large intestine. Patients experience pain and suffering and incur hefty expenses in the process. After one diverticulum is patched up, another one may flare up again at any time. "Pay and pray" is undoubtedly not sufficient, safe, or cheap.
- Think and Act. It means to eliminate the causes of diverticular disease. First — to prevent diverticulosis from ever happening to you. Second — since diverticulosis itself is irreversible, it may remain dormant as long as the causes of infection (large, stagnant stools) are kept at bay. It's also possible to recover from mild symptoms of diverticulitis and, most importantly, never again develop new diverticula.
My approach to eliminating the causes of diverticular disease is inexpensive and straightforward. Just follow these three logical steps:
Step #1. Eliminate dietary fiber
Considering everything you've previously read, heard, or known about the diverticular disease, you must first eliminate dietary fiber and fiber laxatives from your diet! There are three fundamental properties of fiber — bulk, acidity, and gases (the last two from fermentation) — that make it such a disastrous choice for the prevention of diverticular disease:
- Bulk. Large stools create pressure inside the colon, congest and obstruct the infected diverticula, and require straining to expel them. The issue of congestion and obstruction is an important one — how can one heal inflammation or an ulcer inside the diverticulum when its mucosal membrane's inner surface is "encrusted" by fibrous, acidified, gaseous, decaying stools and pathogens that have no way of getting out?
- Acidity. The colon‘s environment is mildly alkaline. The continuous acidity from fiber‘s fermentation causes mucosal inflammation, decimates desirable bacteria, and provides a good breeding ground for infectious bacteria inside the colon.
- Gases. Anyone who experiences flatulence knows how painful gases can be, especially when you can‘t let them out in social settings. The gases create permanent pressure inside the colon and contribute to pain and suffering. When these gases become trapped inside the infected diverticulum, the pain is often unbearable.
Nonetheless, fiber is still recommended because it's the only “soft” laxative considered suitable for long-term (years instead of just days or weeks) use. In essence, fiber is a lesser kind of evil vis-à-vis other types of “hard” laxatives.
Not that medical professionals or even patients aren't well-aware of fiber's significant side effects — patient notes (which describe them) are inserted into every single package of fiber laxatives:
“Side Effects: Bloating, gas, and a feeling of fullness may occur. If these effects continue or become bothersome, inform your doctor. Notify your doctor if you experience: stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, rectal bleeding, unrelieved constipation.”
Metamucil Powder; Rite Advice,
Patient Counseling at www.RiteAid.com
And it makes no difference whether the fiber comes from a capsule, powder, shake, wafer, or one‘s diet — once inside your gut, fiber is still fiber regardless of how it was processed and packaged.
Even if none of these side effects bother you, once you're hooked on fiber, straining becomes inescapable for the following reasons:
- Fiber's bulking properties. Doctors and nutritionists refer to indigestible fiber as a 'bulking laxative' or 'roughage' because it makes stools... rough and bulky.
- Stool weight. 'Bulky' means that the stool's weight increases from a normal 75-150 g to 300-500 g per day.
- Stool size. 'Rough' means that the stool's size (diameter) increases from a normal 15-20 mm to 30-35 mm or more. The fiber itself isn‘t necessarily “rough,” but the large stools are rough on the delicate tissues of the colon, rectum, and anal canal.
And that‘s how the problems commence. Because the maximum opening (aperture) of an adult anus is tiny — 3.5 cm (1.4”) — large stools can‘t easily pass. If you already have enlarged internal hemorrhoids — and about two-thirds of people over fifty do — the anal opening is even smaller. Straining becomes the only way to expel large stools through the narrow pathway.
Next comes the possibility of inflammation inside the diverticula because soluble fiber (mucilage, hydrophilic mucilloid) is a potent inflammatory and diarrhea-causing agent. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) directly contributes to developing alternating patterns of diarrhea and constipation, straining, new diverticula formation, and diverticulitis.
But here comes the Catch 22: once you've eliminated all kinds of fiber, constipation may grow even worse because now stools are starting to become small, hard, and dry, and you need to strain even harder to expel them. This phenomenon is well familiar to anyone who tried and failed the Atkins Diet, which is fiber-free by design.
To overcome the vicious cycle of fiber dependence, follow my recommendations in the Overcoming Fiber Dependence guide.
Step #2. Restore intestinal flora
Healthy bacteria reside and procreate inside the mucosal membrane's protective layer and derive their nutrients from mucus. To give bacteria a good home and a head start, your mucosal membrane must be healthy, well-nourished, and populated with beneficial bacteria. To accomplish this goal, follow my recommendations in the e Dysbacteriosis (Dysbiosis) guide.
Step #3. Eliminate straining
Straining is a “side effect” of large stools, hard stools, irritable bowel syndrome, anorectal nerve damage, impaired peristalsis, and constipation.
Whatever you happen to have, all of these conditions are addressed in depth in the Restoring Normal Bowel Movements and Restoring Anorectal Sensitivity guides. If you are affected by IBS, please also study the Irritable Bowel Syndrome guide.
It goes without saying, that all of these three guides are interrelated, and all three steps are usually executed in parallel.
That's all there is to my method:
— Stay clear of soluble and insoluble fiber in foods and laxatives;
— Normalize your stools to prevent straining.
— Eliminate dysbacteriosis.
— Restore the biological function of your large intestine.
— Help the bacteria to take hold inside your gut.
Simple, safe, inexpensive, efficient, and good for your health.
Finally, let me warn you in the least ambiguous terms: when experiencing diverticulitis — an acute form of the diverticular disease — DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. At this point, you'll need professional medical help. Only once you are stable — no bleeding and no sharp pain — you can start relying on the above guides to prevent a relapse.
Also, I recommend informing your doctors as forcefully as possible about this site and Fiber Menace. Don't be embarrassed — it's your health and life on the line, not your self-esteem. Dead patients don't blush. The doctors aren't shrinking violets either — they'll take your advice in stride because they too don't want to get embarrassed by prescribing you a wrong and harmful treatment.
But suppose they ignore your pleas to review this information and continue to insist that you keep using fiber and antibiotics to prevent and treat diverticular disease. In that case, they will, at the very least, violate the code of medical ethics (Hippocratic Oath). It says:
— I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
— To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his [patient] death.
Frequently Asked Questions
This analytical essay was published back in 2009. As expected, it was universally ignored, dismissed, and ridiculed by patients and doctors alike. Several years and millions of harmed lives later, I was finally proven right. Judge for yourself:
Fiber Not Protective Against Diverticulosis
“Contrary to popular medical wisdom, following a high-fiber diet has no protective effect against developing asymptomatic diverticulosis, according to a colonoscopy-based study presented at the 2011 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting (abstract 275). In fact, the study showed that patients who ate more fiber actually had higher prevalence of the disease.” [Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News, July 2011, Volume: 62:07]
Fiber May Not Prevent Diverticular Disease
“For decades, doctors have recommended high-fiber diets to patients at risk for developing the intestinal pouches, known as diverticula. The thinking has been that by keeping patients regular, a high-fiber diet can keep diverticula from forming. But the new study suggests the opposite may be true.” [WebMD, January 23, 2012]
A High-Fiber Diet Does Not Protect Against Asymptomatic Diverticulosis
“A high-fiber diet and increased frequency of bowel movements are associated with greater, rather than lower, prevalence of diverticulosis. Hypotheses regarding risk factors for asymptomatic diverticulosis should be reconsidered.” [Gastroenterology; Volume 142, Issue 2, Pages 266-272.e1, Feb. 2012]
Antibiotics May Not Improve Outcomes in Diverticulitis
“In summary, we now have a paradigm shift that maybe diverticulitis shouldn't be treated with antibiotics, recognizing that in some cases, it may be more of an inflammatory process and not an infection. It's safe to say that it is reasonable to withhold these antibiotics in patients with uncomplicated disease and closely follow them.” [Medscape.com, January 21, 2016, free registration required]


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New Kingston keeps reggae music in the streets
At a time when most Americans have been exposed to a more pop-influenced style of reggae music, New Kingston (a band comprised of a father and his three sons out of New York), is dedicated to the preservation of Jamaican reggae and its message.
Even though for years the fast-rising musicians have been overshadowed by a society that embraces a more marketable sound with less meaning, their music continues to speak volumes.
Courtney Panton told The Gleaner that the band "came about from a need." Panton was already on the New York reggae scene after migrating from Jamaica to the USA in the 1980s. He founded the Kingston Studio and was an active member of the Kingston Crew Band.
"There was a time I was just working in the studio and my sons were just running around in the streets." Taking a break from the studio was unavoidable in order to bond with his sons, Tahir, Courtney Jr and Steve (the eldest) through music.
"Naturally, in life you need proper role models," Courtney Jr., explains, "not that we were keeping up 'badness' in the streets, but we were doing other things with no real vision to the future."
The at-home sessions were to educate his sons more about their heritage and the music business with hopes for transformation into a career that not only benefits them, but contributes to raising awareness of the culture - and that it did. It blossomed into the New Kingston band, representing the new generation of reggae musicians.
New Kingston graduated from the living room to live shows, first covering songs of the greats like Bob Marley and Burning Spear until other entertainers noticed the innate talent. They acted as a backing band with Tahir on keyboard, Courtney Jr, on drums, Steve on guitar and their father supporting on bass guitar, for the likes of Richie Spice, Collie Buddz, Shaggy, Chuck Fenda, Ninja Man, and Sister Carole.
"New Kingston has a grassroots style so by 2013 playing for artistes was not the main focus having built up a bit of steam by playing our songs first for warm-up although it helped because the shows wouldn't require an opening act," Courtney Jr., added.
Although the four-member band enjoyed performing alongside many of their biggest influences, they continued to release EPs and complete albums with them also adding vocals to original compositions. The band's 2010 debut album, In The Streets, was a mixture of dancehall and reggae featured Collie Buddz, Mr Vegas, and Lexxus. Now their music is primarily reggae, though it incorporates other genres.
According to the band, the live reggae scene is widely represented by white Americans. They say, "people are saying it is rare to see a black face," and when introduced to an audience, "persons identify our face with black people rather than Jamaica and reggae".
Panton expressed that "there is a need for more representation of reggae music and the culture overseas."
"People have adapted our culture and turned it into a real business. We cannot go against people that have accepted our style of music. Instead, wherever we not only perform but talk to anybody about the culture and heritage, [we should be] constantly feeding them the knowledge. We need more people in America doing that," he added.
In its first year as an independent act, the band did 150 shows. Then in 2015, when the band's third studio album Kingston City topped Billboard's reggae chart for approximately three months. The band shows no sign of slowing down in 2018. Last August following Rototom Sunsplash in Spain, the band released a new album, A Kingston Story: Come From Far with a general message for upliftment of self.
The lyrics, 'look how far we come from, look how far we haffi go. So many seeds, water them and they will grow' of the title track, Come From Far speak to that story as well as the promotion of the culture.
"It's really up to the new and existing bands to take over the controls. It takes a little bit of transition because of the difference, but persons still try hard to come over to create a balance despite lack of funding," Panton said.
"For us living in New York, it is easier to drive from state to state several times a year and it is important for us trying to break down barriers and stereotypes," he added.
New Kingston has scaled down to 17 cities tour because of the time and energy it takes to drive the motorhome and trailer of equipment from one city to the next. The Come From Far tour got started this week, and will run until the third week of February.

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Let’s just get things started, ok? Rachel Maddow (with her lab, Poppy) & lots of books!
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The Nasarawa South Senatorial District Senator-elect, Mohammed Ogoshi-Onawo, has promised to sponsor quality bills that will help the incoming administration tackle insecurity and economic challenges confronting the country.
He made the pledge in Doma Local Government Area of the state while playing host to the officials and members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state on Thursday.
He tasked journalists in the state to report activities objectively and professionally, promising to lobby and attract more federal government presence to Nasarawa State.
Onawo attributed his victory to the grace of God and the reward by his people for the quality representation he offered to them for 16 years.
Masari sacks fifth government functionary in four days
Jigawa traditional ruler, children die in road crash
NYSC coordinator tasks youth on national development, unity
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Oyo State, Mr Abel Odoba, says the development and unity of Nigeria rests heavily on the youth of the country.
Odoba spoke on Thursday in Ibadan at the passing out ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream II corps members.
He reminded the corps members that nation building remained the core mandate of the one year mandatory national service they have undergone.
The coordinator commended them for their meaningful contributions to their host communities and their initiatives of executing various community-oriented projects and making positive impact.
Odoba charged them not to be deterred by the current situation of the country, but to take up leadership roles that would enhance the advancement of the nation.
The coordinator also advised them to utilise the training they had received through NYSC to change the narratives of disunity among members of the diverse ethnic groups.
He implored them to make the unity of the country their priority and duty wherever they found themselves after their disengagement from service.
Odoba, while encouraging them on enterpreneurship and self actualisation, said that the world had become more entrepreneurial, making white collar jobs less attractive.
The coordinator advised the outgoing corps members to apply necessary acumen, right ideals and stay focused in their chosen career, business or other human endeavours.
Odoba said this was necessary to propel them to greater heights in the interest of the nation and themselves.
He enjoined them to be good ambassadors of the scheme, their families, and their various institutions of learning.
Earlier in her welcome address, the Ibadan North Local Government Inspector, Mrs Kolade Comfort, said that most of the outgoing corps members performed excellently and deserved the Certification of National Service. (NAN)

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|Publication number||US7126076 B2|
|Application number||US 10/772,701|
|Publication date||Oct 24, 2006|
|Filing date||Feb 5, 2004|
|Priority date||Feb 5, 2004|
|Also published as||US20050173492|
|Publication number||10772701, 772701, US 7126076 B2, US 7126076B2, US-B2-7126076, US7126076 B2, US7126076B2|
|Inventors||David P. Workman, James L. Reynolds, Jr., Timothy J. Trapp, Jerry E. Gould|
|Original Assignee||Edison Welding Institute, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (19), Referenced by (11), Classifications (20), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention was not made as part of a federally sponsored research or development project.
The present invention relates to the field of material defect repair; particularly, to a method and apparatus for repairing material defects utilizing a consumable filler slug, electrical current, and pressure to resistively melt the slug and repair the defect.
Repairing defects in manufactured assemblies costs industries hundreds of millions of dollars each year. In fact, many industries view repairing defects in assemblies constructed of relatively thin metallic sheet materials, and the very high cost of these repairs, as a necessary evil and have invested heavily in preventing such defects rather than identifying more cost effective ways to repair such defects. The aircraft industry is just one of many industries plagued by this problem.
In the aircraft industry, parts are often manufactured to very exacting tolerances. As such, penetrations in aircraft parts are generally not made until after the part is manufactured and meets the predetermined tolerances. Such penetrations may be required for the insertion of bolts, or rivets, or as a means for cooling the part. One can easily appreciate that many of the hundreds of thousands of such penetrations in an aircraft are misplaced during assembly despite even the most exacting quality control measures. Such undesired holes, or material defects, then need to be repaired, while minimizing negative effects to the part. Additionally, the need frequently arises to repair damaged, corroded, or worn holes in parts that have already been in service for a period of time.
The aircraft industry, as well as virtually all industries that experience similar problems, currently rely upon arc welding and friction plug welding to repair such defects. Arc welding repair of relatively thin sheet metallic substrates requires a very skilled welder. Additionally, no matter how skilled the welder, the very nature of arc welding results in a large amount of heat input that is applied asymmetrically over the defect to repair the defect. As such, arc welding repairs have large heat affected zones that can influence mechanical and corrosion performance in the repair area. The large heat affected zone often results in local distortion of the repaired substrate that then requires post-weld treatment to return the substrate to the desired tolerances. A further limitation to arc welding repairs is the significant amount of pre and post weld preparation of the defect area required to produce a quality weld and ensure the desired part geometry is produced.
An even greater limitation introduced when using arc welding to repair defects is that the repair weld is often of less than optimal quality and that filler materials must often be used that reduce performance of the component to improve the weldability of the surrounding substrate. This can result in repairs of significantly less strength than the surrounding substrate. For instance, filler metals having very high ductility, but less than desired strength and corrosion properties, are often required to minimize solidification cracking when using arc welding to repair defects in materials that have been in use for a period of time and suffer from reduced ductility. This is particularly true in the aircraft industry where holes often require repair after the aircraft has been in service for several years. In such repairs it is not uncommon that filler metals having strengths of 60% of the strength of the adjoining parent material are required so as to avoid solidification cracking of the weld repair.
As previously mentioned, friction plug welding has also been used to repair defects and holes in manufactured assemblies. Friction plug welding offers some advantages over the previously mentioned arc welding method in that it is a solid state process, and produces a narrow heat affected zone. This minimizes the influence on mechanical and corrosion properties of the finished product.
The friction plug welding process has some definite limitations, which are primarily associated with the need to apply and react the mechanical loads associated with this process. Friction welding uses a consumable plug that must be rotated at high rpm and then pressed into a tapered hole to produce the repair. As such, the consumable plug is generally much larger than needed to produce the repair so that the plug can be rigidly gripped to allow the transfer of high speed and large loads. The reaction of the loads induced into the component by the plug typically requires specialized rigid tooling. The friction welding equipment used to produce the weld is typically very large due to the rotational energy that must be applied to the plug and the axial load necessary to force the plug into the tapered hole. An additional limitation of friction plug welding is that it requires line of sight access to the repair area, thereby limiting it to only the most simple repairs. Further, friction plug welding equipment is expensive and less readily available than arc welding or resistance welding equipment.
The instant invention addresses many of the shortcomings of the prior art and allows for previously unavailable benefits. A method of repairing defects in a metallic substrate that overcomes many of the limitations of the prior art has long been needed. The method of the present invention is designed to reduce the need for a skilled welder to effect repairs, and to result in a repaired substrate having greatly improved material properties, while negating many of the limitations of prior repair techniques. The method accomplishes such improvements by utilizing a relatively low heat input applied over a very short period of time and cooling of the repaired substrate. Additional benefits of the present method arise from the substantially uniform application of heat to the repair region and the fact that it typically requires no special preparation of defects prior to repair. Further, the equipment used to produce the repair is common in many manufacturing facilities and is relatively inexpensive to procure and maintain.
In its most general configuration, the present invention advances the state of the art with a variety of new capabilities and overcomes many of the shortcomings of prior methods in new and novel ways. In one of the many preferable configurations, the method comprises a method of repairing defects in a metal substrate using welding. The method comprises, in general, the steps of placing a consumable filler slug in contact with the substrate in the vicinity of the defect; bringing a first electrode and a second electrode in contact with the consumable filler slug and applying a pressure to the consumable filler slug; and transmitting electrical current between the electrodes through the slug for a period of time. This resistively heats the slug and the metallic substrate resulting in coalescence in a substantially liquid pool that fills the defect; followed by cooling the substantially liquid pool to solidification under the pressure of the first electrode and the second electrode; and removing the electrodes from contact with the consumable filler slug.
The metallic substrate of the present invention may be formed of any resistance spot weldable metallic substance, but has particular advantages in repairing titanium alloys, high strength austenitic nickel-chromium-iron alloys and superalloys, and aluminum. Substrates may be a single sheet of material having a first surface and a second surface, but this method may perform equally as well on substrates having complex curvature, variable thickness, and heterogeneous compositions.
The present method may repair defects having a wide variety of characteristics, such as tears, voids extending all the way through the substrate, dents, or areas of compression or reduced thickness. The method generally begins with the placement of the consumable filler slug in contact with the substrate in the vicinity of the defect. The consumable filler slug may be formed in a number of equally effective configurations, such as single units or multiple sections, or conforming or merely roughly approximating the defect. The slug may also take the form of a washer or other configuration that works preferably with the electrodes or achieves desired flow to, or within, the defect.
An embodiment having multiple slug sections is contemplated. In such an embodiment, the consumable filler slug includes a first slug section and a second slug section such that the slug sections are configured to be in contact through the void. The consumable filler slug may be used in conjunction with at least one sacrificial retainer. The sacrificial retainer may be placed on each open end of the void, however, the present method is equally effective utilizing a single sacrificial retainer. A multi-part slug may incorporate exterior retaining lips that act in many ways as a sacrificial retainer.
The consumable filler slug and sacrificial retainer may be formulated to have properties similar, or dissimilar, to the metallic substrate, or be made of the same material as the metallic substrate. This can lead to the repaired area having substantially the same, or markedly different, properties from that of the substrate. For example, the present invention's ability to use consumable filler slugs of virtually any resistance weldable composition creates the ability to augment the strength or corrosion performance of the metallic substrate.
The next step in the method includes bringing the electrodes in contact with the consumable filler slug and applying a pressure to the slug. Then, with the electrodes in contact with the slug, and potentially with the metallic substrate, an electrical current is transmitted from the first electrode to the second electrode through the slug for a period of time thereby resistively heating the slug and the metallic substrate. The heat generated from the current flow and the resistance of the slug and metallic substrate results in the melting of a substantial portion of the slug and a portion of the metallic substrate and coalescence into a substantially liquid pool that fills the defect. The first and second electrodes exert a pressure on the substantially liquid pool as it is created and as it solidifies.
Unlike other repair techniques, the consumable filler slug and metallic substrate material surrounding the resistively heated area prevent oxidation. Therefore, this method does not require the use of a shielding gas, thereby reducing the cost of repairing defects as well increasing the versatility of the method. Additionally, the incorporation of a sacrificial retainer creates the ability to further seal the substantially liquid pool from the surrounding atmosphere, if desired. Further, the sacrificial retainer tends to keep the electrodes clean. In such an embodiment, the sacrificial retainer is placed between the slug and the first electrode through which the current passes and resistively heats. A portion of the sacrificial retainer coalesces into the pool and a portion of the sacrificial retainer remains solid and constrains the flow of the pool and seals the pool from the surrounding atmosphere. The portion of the sacrificial retainer that remains solid, and any portion of the solidified pool, may be removed by finishing processes to bring the level of the repaired defect down to the level of the adjoining metallic substrate. The method may be performed such that the electrical current is substantially uniformly transmitted from the first electrode to the second electrode. Such uniform transmission results in substantially symmetric resistive heating of the slug and the metallic substrate and substantially uniform heating of the defect, unlike previous defect repair techniques having non-symmetric thermal profiles around the defect during repair and solidification. The application of nearly uniform heat around the entire perimeter of the defect substantially helps eliminate distortion.
With the instant invention, the period of the heat input and the amount of heat input of the present invention is significantly less than that of previous defect repair techniques. Further, the amount of heat that remains in the repaired metallic substrate is significantly less using the method of the present invention, as will be discussed later herein, further reducing distortion and improving performance of the repaired defect.
The substantially liquid pool is then cooled to solidification. The pressure exerted on the substantially liquid pool during solidification reduces contraction stresses during solidification of the pool since the fusion zone remains under compressive loading. This tends to prevent solidification and liquation cracks from forming in the repaired defect. The cooling of the liquid pool is generally accomplished by utilizing water cooled electrodes, but may be accomplished through the use of a number of heat transfer processes. The cooling of the pool, as well as the short period of heat input, produces a repaired metallic substrate containing very little residual heat. The small amount of residual heat in the repaired metallic substrate and rapid cooling of the substantially liquid pool further minimize distortion and significantly improve the performance of the repaired defect.
After obtaining the desired predetermined level of cooling, the electrodes are removed from contact with the slug and the repair is complete. Alternative embodiments may include providing local post weld heat treatment after producing the repair, but before releasing the welding pressure. Such post weld heat treatment may resistively heat the repair for a predetermined time to locally produce a predetermined microstructure. Additional embodiments may include additional steps such as a step of removing excess slug material so that the surface of the repaired defect is substantially consistent with the level of the adjoining substrate surface.
Variations, modifications, alternatives, and alterations of the various preferred embodiments, processes, and methods may be used alone or in combination with one another as will become more readily apparent to those with skill in the art with reference to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying figures and drawings.
Without limiting the scope of the present invention as claimed below and referring now to the drawings and figures:
The method for repairing a defect in a metallic substrate using welding enables a significant advance in the state of the art. The preferred embodiments of the apparatus accomplish this by new and novel methods that are configured in unique and novel ways and which demonstrate previously unavailable but preferred and desirable capabilities. The description set forth below in connection with the drawings is intended merely as a description of the presently preferred embodiments of the invention, and is not intended to represent the only form in which the present invention may be constructed or utilized. The description sets forth the designs, functions, means, and methods of implementing the invention in connection with the illustrated embodiments. It is to be understood, however, that the same or equivalent functions and features may be accomplished by different embodiments that are also intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention.
One exemplary embodiment of the method for repairing a defect 200 in a metallic substrate 100 using welding includes the steps of placing a consumable filler slug 300 in contact with the substrate 100 in the vicinity of the defect 200; bringing a first electrode 410 and a second electrode 420 in contact with the consumable filler slug 300 and applying a pressure to the consumable filler slug 300; transmitting electrical current 440 from the first electrode 410 to the second electrode 420 through the consumable filler slug 300 for a period of time thereby resistively heating the consumable filler slug 300 and the metallic substrate 100 resulting in coalescence in a substantially liquid pool 500 that fills the defect 200; cooling the substantially liquid pool 500 to solidification under the pressure of the first electrode 410 and the second electrode 420; and removing the first electrode 410 and the second electrode 420 from contact with the consumable filler slug 300.
The metallic substrate 100 of the present invention may be formed of any resistance spot weldable metallic substance. The method has particular advantages in repairing titanium alloys, high strength austenitic nickel-chromium-iron alloys and superalloys, and aluminum, but may be used with virtually any metal that can be resistively melted. Additionally, the substrate 100 may be configured in any number of ways that facilitate the transfer of current 440 through the defect 200. The substrate 100 is illustrated in
The present method may repair defects 200 having a wide variety of characteristics. For instance, the method may be used to repair defects 200 that consist of a tear in the substrate 100, those that are voids 210 extending all the way through the substrate 100, dents, or areas of compression or areas of reduced thickness, in the substrate 100, as seen in
The method generally begins with the placement of the consumable filler slug 300 in contact with the substrate 100 in the vicinity of the defect 200. The consumable filler slug 300 may be formed in a number of equally effective configurations. For instance as illustrated in
Similarly, the consumable filler slug 300 may be configured to substantially conform to the void 210 extending through the substrate 100, as illustrated in
An embodiment having multiple slug sections is illustrated in
The consumable filler slug 300 may be used in conjunction with at least one sacrificial retainer 370, as seen in
The consumable filler slug 300 and the sacrificial retainer 370 may be formulated to have properties similar, or dissimilar, to the metallic substrate 100. In fact, the consumable filler slug 300 and the sacrificial retainer 370 may be the same material as the metallic substrate 100. This is particularly beneficial in that the repaired defect 700 is no longer limited by the use of a limited number of filler products, as is the case with GTAW welding.
For example, it is widely understood that grain size plays a notable role in both notched and smooth fatigue tests of many titanium alloys. Generally, GTAW repairs of titanium sheet metal result in grains having a diameter between approximately one-half of the metal thickness to the entire thickness, thereby greatly reducing the performance of the repair. The method of the present invention may be used to produce fine grained structure in the repaired defect and a minimal heat affected zone. In fact, the present method may be used to achieve grain size in the repaired defect that is close to that of the base metal. Such grain size control may be used to greatly enhance the performance of the repaired defect, especially in fatigue. For example, the changes in fatigue strength of TI-6Al-4V at 107 cycles to failure may vary between 406 MPa and 551 MPa, depending on grain size. This method may be used to control grain size such that the best performance grain size for each alloy may be achieved in the repaired defect.
In yet another example, GTAW welds are generally used to repair defects 200 in 6061 aluminum. In this situation a 4043 aluminum filler is used. The deposited weld metal in the defect 200, a misplaced rivet hole in this example, generally has a yield strength of 10,500 psi and an ultimate strength of 21,000 psi. The present method may use a consumable filler slug 300 of 6061 aluminum, which after repair and heat treatment can achieve a yield strength of 39,000 psi and an ultimate strength of 45,000 psi, an improvement of almost a factor of 4 for the yield strength and more than doubling the ultimate strength.
A further example of the benefits of this invention is illustrated in nickel-based and cobalt alloys that have been in service and require repair of a defect 200. Repairing the defect 200 in such a material generally requires the use of a filler metal having high ductility because the elongation of the base material is often greatly reduced during its life which tends to promote solidification cracking of repairs. For instance the strength of an overaged high strength austenitic nickel-chromium-iron alloy part can be approximately 180,000 psi, but the part will generally have very low ductility. Therefore, repairing a defect 200 in such a material may require the use of a lower strength alloy having high ductility to reduce the likelihood of cracking, but a strength of only 100,000 psi. Such ductility problems are eliminated by the present invention, in part due to the fact that the substantially liquid pool 500 is kept under constant compressive loading, as will be discussed later herein.
Still further, the present inventions ability to use consumable filler slugs 300 of virtually any composition creates the ability to augment the strength of the metallic substrate 100. This ability is desired in a number of industries. For instance, in many industries the thickness of sheet metal parts is determined by the allowable stress at a particular load connection point, such as a rivet or bolt hole. If the strength of the material could be locally augmented in the vicinity of the rivet or bolt hole, then the thickness of the remainder of the part may be reduced. In high temperature applications, such as the combustor of a jet engine, it would be advantageous to place a material with better corrosion and oxidation resistance at higher temperatures in only those areas subjected to particularly high loading, while constructing the bulk of the combustor from less expensive materials. As such, the present method may be used to create engineered surfaces designed to accept the higher temperatures in particular areas. This may be accomplished by using the method of the present invention to essentially line a bolt or rivet hole in one substrate with a material having better corrosion or oxidation resistance characteristics.
The next step in the method includes bringing a first electrode 410 and a second electrode 420 in contact with the consumable filler slug 300 and applying a pressure, or force 430, to the consumable filler slug 300, as seen in
Unlike other repair techniques, the thermal cycle of the present method is so rapid that oxidation is not an issue. As such, this method does not require the use of a shielding gas thereby reducing the cost of repairing defects 200 as well as increasing the versatility of the method. Additionally, the incorporation of the sacrificial retainer 370, seen in
In yet another embodiment the method is performed such that the electrical current 440 is substantially uniformly transmitted from the first electrode 410 to the second electrode 420. Such uniform transmission results in substantially symmetric resistive heating of the consumable filler slug 300 and the metallic substrate 100 and substantially uniform heating of the defect 200, unlike previous defect 200 repair techniques having non-symmetric thermal profiles around the defect 200 during repair and solidification. The application of nearly uniform heat around the entire perimeter of the defect 200 substantially eliminates distortion. For example, identical one-inch by three-inch samples of 0.040 inch thick Ti 6-4 with identical defects were repaired using GTAW welding and the method of the present invention. The GTAW welded sample resulted in a distortion of 0.070 inches out of the plane. The sample repaired using the method of the present invention resulted in a distortion of 0.003 inches out of the plane, over a 95% reduction in distortion. Repairs made using GTAW welds generally require extensive rework to return the repaired metallic substrate 100 to the original tolerances. The sample using the present method was repaired using class 2 copper ½ inch body diameter electrodes having a face diameter of 5/16 inch and producing approximately 6 volts, 8000 amps, for ⅙ second.
Additionally, the period of the heat input and the amount of heat input of the present invention is significantly less than that of previous defect repair techniques. For example, the present method may utilize a heat input of roughly 8,000 joules to repair most defects, whereas commonly used GTAW weld repair produces approximately 23,400 joules of heat input, almost four times that of the present invention. Further, the amount of heat that remains in the repaired metallic substrate 100 is significantly less using the method of the present invention, as will be discussed later herein, further reducing distortion and improving performance of the repaired defect 700.
The substantially liquid pool 500 is then cooled to solidification. The pressure exerted on the substantially liquid pool 500, during solidification ensures that tensile stress is reduced during solidification of the pool 500 since the fusion zone remains under compressive loading. This tends to prevent solidification cracks from forming in the repaired defect 700. The cooling of the liquid pool 500 is generally accomplished by utilizing water cooled electrodes for the first and second electrode 410, 420, but may be accomplished through the use of a number of heat transfer processes, as illustrated by the heat transfer flow arrows 600 in
The small amount of residual heat in the repaired metallic substrate 100 and rapid cooling of the substantially liquid pool 500 further minimize distortion and significantly improves the performance of the repaired defect 700. For instance, the rapid cooling of the liquid pool 500 under pressure can significantly reduce the grain size in the resulting repaired metallic substrate 100. These benefits are particularly beneficial in the repair of titanium because the process greatly reduces, or eliminates, the formation of alpha case in the titanium, which is highly undesirable in fatigue sensitive applications. In yet another embodiment of this invention, the amount of cooling applied to the pool 500 is varied as the pool 500 solidifies to achieve a desired predetermined property. For instance, the varied cooling may be tuned to obtain a preferred grain size in the repaired metallic substrate 100. Additionally, the cooling rate may be set for a preferred cooling rate of the material of the metallic substrate 100.
After obtaining the desired predetermined level of cooling, the first electrode 410 and the second electrode 420 are removed from contact with the consumable filler slug 300 and the repair is complete, as seen in
Numerous alterations, modifications, and variations of the preferred embodiments disclosed herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art and they are all anticipated and contemplated to be within the spirit and scope of the instant invention. For example, although specific embodiments have been described in detail, those with skill in the art will understand that the preceding embodiments and variations can be modified to incorporate various types of substitute and or additional or alternative materials, relative arrangement of elements, and dimensional configurations. Accordingly, even though only few variations of the present invention are described herein, it is to be understood that the practice of such additional modifications and variations and the equivalents thereof, are within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. The corresponding structures, materials, acts, and equivalents of all means or step plus function elements in the claims below are intended to include any structure, material, or acts for performing the functions in combination with other claimed elements as specifically claimed.
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Turk spoke in capital Bogota after visiting members of the Andean country's government, including President Gustavo Petro, and praised the leftist leader's pledge to implement total peace throughout the country.
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The OHCHR hopes to sign a memorandum of understanding with Colombia's Defense Ministry to help integrate international human rights norms and standards into the work of the country's security forces, he added.
Regarding protests in neighboring Peru following the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo, which have left dozens killed, Turk urged respect for human rights.
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My name is not “Ginjuh” but that’s what everyone calls me. It all started when I was 3 years old at a family reunion and my speech impediment kept me from properly parroting what everyone else in the family was calling me. Fifteen years later and my speech impediment is mostly better but I still have a shocking wave of flame-colored hair, freckles, and I can’t stand to hear that nickname come out of people’s mouths. I’m still stuck with that awful nickname, though. Even the other people in school call me “Ginjuh”.
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I used to wonder how bands and orchestras knew how to play music for vocalists (I didn't understand that performances were prepared because it appeared to me that the singer spontaneously started breaking into song and the musicians were able to figure out how to play for him/her).
When I first heard the song "Your Nose is gonna grow" I actually thought a girl sang it. (it was on a record called 'wacky weirdos" and the artist names weren't mentioned). I learned that it was sung by Johnny Crawford only a year ago. I didn't pay attention to the lyrics before but now I do and laugh at them for Ex.."I saw you late last night/you were holding that other boy tight" And I thought it was a girl singing it about her boyfriend not a guy singing about his girlfriend. LOL still love to play it today and pretend it's a girl. He sure sounded like one.
The first time I ever heard a harmonica was on Black Sabbath's debut album on the song entitled
"the Wizard" My brother told me the harmonica on the song was actually a ghost on the record. I was about 4 years old. Now at 38, the song still creeps me out (the cover was pretty scary too). And any song I hear with a harmonica similar to it reminds me of "the ghost" and the "witch woman"on the album cover. Good one brother.
The first time i heard "I Want Candy" by Aaron Carter, I thought it was sung by a girl, and that she really really wanted some candy!
As a kid I'd never heard the word "accord" before when I first heard it in the last verse of "The First Noel", in the lines:
Now let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord.
The only guess I could then come up with for the meaning of "accord" was that it might be short for "accordion". I thought that a neat image, singing Christmas songs with accordion accompanyment. But I puzzled as to why it said "one accord", as if something would be wrong with Christmas singing to the accompanyment of more than one accordion. Perhaps accordions are loud enough that two would drown out the singing, I thought.
I have been Pokemon-obsessed since I was six and I still am. When I was seven my mom used to play this tape of 80's music and I became convinced that all the songs were sung by Pokemon, and I would imagine what Pokemon were singing it and give the groups all Pokemon names. Because of this I kept begging my parents to put the tape in whenever we got in the car (it annoyed them after a while). Eventually the tape got lost.
I used to think the song "Mustang Sally" was about the astronaut Sally Ride, because the only part I knew was the chorus "ride, Sally Ride."
When i was in the second grade my friend and I were in class reading and my friend started to sing "yesterday" by the beatles (mind u i was named after the song "michelle" so my parents played the beatles all the time) i asked her o0o whered you get that song?! and she told me she wrote it..so a few years later my dad and i were in the car and the radio started to play "yesterday" and i got excited and exclaimed "thats Natalis song!!" my dad laughed...
I used to think that air guitar was a style of guitar playing in rock music.
I used to think that if I sang in the car to songs, the people passing by in other cars would actually think I was the real singer!
When the Cindy Laupher song She Bop came out when I was seven years old I thought it was about dancing. As I heard pop songs from the 50's and 60's in which the word "bop" was used for dancing for a long time I had just thought the song was about getting in trouble for dancing ( sort of like in the Footloose movie). It wasn't until I was nineteen I discovered from an older friend what She Bop actually meant, and I blushed so many shades of red. LOL.
I used to beleive that in the center of the earth was a chipmunk and it became hot outside when he was using his oven thanx to the song "worms make dirt" by the aquabats!
You know the Beach Boys' song "Surfin' in the U.S.A."? Well, I knew lived in America, but I used to wish that I lived in the USA "instead" so that I could go surfing.
When I was little, my dad and I would watch Sesame Street together, and my dad would sing along to the songs. One day I asked him how come he knew the song, and he said he knew all of them - meaning he knew all the Sesame Street songs since we watched it so often. I, however, took that to mean that my dad knew every song ever made in the world. So I would ask him for lyrics to a song when I didn't know them, and my dad would go look them up if he didn't know them... So I decided that meant that he had a really big memory but it was too big to carry all of it around in his brain, so he would open his head and change the memory part of his brain.
When I was little my sister told me that if I put a C.D. in the wrong case, it would mess up the C.D.'s songs.
Until I was about nine or ten, I believed that the famous Beethoven piece "Fur Elise" was called "Fury Lice" I always wondered why Beethoven wrote a song for lice... and then I figured it was because he lived in the old days in Europe.. and that lice were so common, that it was the equivelent of writing a song about love... haha
i used to to think, without having ever heard the song, that 'jesus freak' was a cover version of that old song 'super freak' - the one that sounds like 'can't touch this'. I used to go around singing 'jesus freak jesus freak' to the melody. I don't know why. Later on when older I figured it would sound different but still liked my version. I finally heard the song last week, It sounds nowhere near what i had in mind!
that music was just instruments. not words also. so when i first heard music with words i got so unhappy and angry.
For my kindergarten Christmas concert, my class sang that song that goes "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." Even though the song emphasizes the togetherness of all people as brothers, I completely missed the point and believed the line "Let me walk with my brother" referred specifically to my older brother Adam. I imagined us going for a stroll in our neighborhood on a sunny spring day. I thought it would have been nice to have my little brother along, too, but he was only two then and I didn't think he could keep up.
When I was 7-10 years old, I used to believe that music would eventually end one day. That the singers would run out of ideas and music just end like any other thing!

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