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Michael Jackson's $47.5-million purchase of the Beatles' song collection last month was the climax of 10 months of intense, complicated and confusing on-again, off-again negotiations. The package--of which the Beatles music was only part of the nearly 4,000-song ATV Music catalogue--is believed to be the most expensive publishing purchase ever by an individual.
The maneuverings were filled with humorous sidelights and dramatic cliffhangers. And there were a lot of surprises. Negotiations became so snarled in May that Jackson's representatives walked away from the talks and refused to return calls for nearly a month--even though they'd already spent more than $1 million and hundreds of hours in their quest to realize Jackson's dream of owning the Beatles music.
Calendar pieced together a history of the negotiations through several sources. The normally secretive Jackson gave Calendar access to his advisers and negotiators. We also spoke with agents for the reclusive Robert Holmes a Court, the Australian tycoon who owns the songs.
Michael Jackson was in great spirits when Paul McCartney invited him to London a few years ago to work together on a record. He loves the Beatles' music, especially such endearing McCartney melodies as "Yesterday" and "Eleanor Rigby."
They spent several days at famed Abbey Road Studios, scene of legendary Beatles sessions, and came up with the lilting "Say, Say, Say," which eventually went to No. 1 in the United States.
Jackson stayed at a hotel that, as irony would have it, was across the street from ATV Music, the publishing company that owned the Beatles catalogue of more than 200 songs. He would meet McCartney at Abbey Road around noon, and the two threw ideas back and forth while McCartney sat at the piano.
Jackson usually ate dinner at McCartney's house, a Tudor-styled residence situated on nearly 1,000 acres an hour's drive from the heart of London. Sometimes they would end up in the kitchen with McCartney's wife, Linda, and their children--all helping to cook.
One night McCartney showed Jackson a thick, bound notebook filled with song titles. Jackson knew that McCartney had bought numerous song catalogues, including the works of Buddy Holly.
Jackson, never one to hide his emotions, became more excited as he turned the pages. He wanted to know more about owning songs: How do you buy them? What do you do with them after you have them?
The conversation moved on to other matters, but Jackson couldn't get the song catalogues out of his head.
Soon after, Jackson met with his attorney, John Branca, in the den of the Jackson family home in Encino. They were supposed to talk about re-signing with BMI, the performance rights organization that collects songwriter fees for radio, TV and live performances. At the end of the meeting Jackson told Branca, "I want to buy some copyrights, like Paul."
Over the next few months, Branca came up with lists of songs (copyrights) that were for sale. Jackson ended up buying the Sly Stone collection, which includes such pop-soul gems as "Everyday People" and "Everybody Is a Star." He also purchased the Double Diamond package that features Len Barry's "1-2-3," and the Soul Survivors' "Expressway to Your Heart," songs Jackson has liked since his pre-teen days. Among other acquisitions were two Dion hits: "The Wanderer" and "Runaround Sue."
Those purchases cost Jackson less than $1 million.
Branca realized that Jackson was ready for a larger move. He mentioned Combine Music, whose song catalogue includes many of the prized Kris Kristofferson hits (including "Help Me Make It Through the Night") and Tony Joe White's "Polk Salad Annie." But Jackson passed. He only wanted songs that meant a lot to him, so he declined to bid on all but three of the 40 catalogues presented to him over the last three years.
By the beginning of 1984, Jackson was engulfed setting up the "Victory" tour. The matter of catalogues faded into the background--until his September meeting with Branca in Philadelphia.
Branca flew regularly on weekends during the lengthy "Victory" tour to meet with Jackson and the entertainer's manager, Frank Dileo, about business details, ranging from merchandising to various tour disputes.
The sessions, held in Jackson's hotel room after the concerts, frequently lasted two hours or more. Unlike pop stars who don't enjoy business matters, Jackson is actively involved in all facets of his career because he knows how many artists have been ripped off financially and misguided artistically by outsiders.
At the end of the last year's September meeting in Philadelphia, Branca had a surprise for Jackson. The attorney said casually, "By the way, the ATV catalogue is available."
Jackson looked puzzled.
Branca added teasingly, "It includes a few things you might be interested in."
"Like what?" Jackson asked.
"Northern Songs," Branca replied.
Jackson recognized that name.
"You mean the Northern Songs?"
"Yeah, Mike . . . the Beatles."
Jackson did a full turn, jumped in the air and shrieked. "But wait," Branca warned. "Other people are also after the catalogue. It's going to be a struggle."
Jackson replied, "I don't care. I want it . . . please."
(Northern Songs, the publishing company that the Beatles established in the '60s, was bought in 1969 by Sir Lew Grade's entertainment conglomerate, ATV. The Beatles music became the most glamorous--and valuable--part of the 4,000-song ATV Music Ltd. catalogue, which was later bought by Australian tycoon Robert Holmes a Court's Bell Group.)
Looking back on the months of grueling negotiations that resulted in Jackson's landmark publishing coup, attorney Branca shook his head a few days ago in his Century City office. The file on his desk reads simply, "Michael Jackson/ATV." But he prefers the name his partner Gary Stiffelman came up with for the exasperating process: "The Long and Winding Road."
The acquisition of ATV Music--believed to be the largest music catalogue purchase by an individual--illustrates the tensions and strategies of finance, show-biz style. One lesson: It's a long way between the verbal and the dotted line. The Jackson camp thought it had a deal at several points, only to have new bidders enter the picture or find new and unexpected areas of debate.
Negotiations became so snarled with Holmes a Court last May that Jackson's representatives walked away from talks, and refused, in effect, to even answer calls for nearly a month. This despite the fact that they had already invested more than $1 million in verifying the validity of ATV's claims about earnings and song ownership.
The decision to walk away from the negotiations was but one of several key moves in a chess match as fascinating as it was frustrating.
For background: Why did the Beatles ever give up their publishing? And why didn't McCartney buy the songs back himself?
John Lennon and McCartney faced major tax problems in Britain in the 1960s and to avoid paying 90% on earnings, they were advised to either sell their publishing rights outright or form a public corporation to deflect the tax burden. So, they established Northern Songs Ltd. as a public company with manager Brian Epstein and publisher Dick James.
The move made financial sense but it resulted in the Beatles losing the rights to the songs when ATV purchased the majority stock in Northern Songs. ATV's music catalogue also included such early rock classics as Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti."
One common misconception about the Beatles music is that McCartney and the Lennon Estate no longer collect on the songs. They, in fact, split the songwriting revenue with the publisher.
If, for instance, "Yesterday" earns $100,000 a year in royalties from record sales, airplay and live performances (it probably earns more), the Lennon estate and McCartney--as co-writers--divide about 50% of that income, around $25,000 each.
The publisher--now Michael Jackson--collects the other 50%. If Lennon and McCartney had retained their own publishing, they would receive the entire $100,000, though they'd have to pay someone to administer the publishing duties.
The publisher normally controls the use of the song in terms of films, commercials and stage productions. Just before the ATV catalogue was sold, for instance, Ford Motor Co. licensed the rights to "Help!" for a TV commercial.
If bought at a reasonable price and well administrated, catalogues are considered an excellent investment. They are such good investments, in fact, that it is increasingly difficult to find one on the market. The rule among today's songwriters after the Beatles' example: Never sell your publishing.
Explained Marshall Gelfand, Jackson's accountant and business manager: "You've got to remember that when the Beatles started nobody in this business owned their own publishing. It wasn't until the mid-'60s, when artists like Dylan and the Beatles started recording their own songs and selling millions of albums, that advisers began to understand the importance of holding onto your own publishing.
"The key thing to remember today is don't sell your catalogue. The whole explosion of music videos and the trend toward using more music in movies is going to make copyrights even more valuable. If you are an established artist today, you should only consider selling your catalogue as a last resort to raise cash."
So, why didn't McCartney buy back the rights?
McCartney reportedly made offers to ATV over the years but--according to those close to the Jackson/ATV negotiations--he wasn't a serious bidder in recent years. Among the competition for ATV's rights: Charles Koppelman and Marty Bandier's New York-based the Entertainment Co., London-based Virgin Records, New York real estate tycoon Samuel J. Lefrak and financier Charles Knapp.
A spokesman for McCartney said the ex-Beatle had no comment on the ATV acquisition, but an ATV representative--who asked not to be identified--speculated that McCartney wanted his own songs, but perhaps wasn't willing to pay for thousands of other copyrights in the ATV catalogue. (The Beatles' portion of the collection alone was estimated by one source to be worth about two-thirds of the purchase price.)
But McCartney was involved in an amusing sidelight: "Holmes a Court's people were convinced for a while that Michael was a shill for Paul," said a party to the negotiations.
"It seems Paul's people once told one of the ATV officers that their client was interested in buying the copyrights, but that he didn't want to go through lengthy negotiations. They said, in effect, 'You go out and get your best offer and we'll pay 10% more.'
"So, when Michael shows up, they know he is a friend of Paul's and they suspect his bid is just a way for Paul to avoid paying the extra 10%. It took a long time to convince them that Michael was acting on his own."
Jackson set out strictly to buy copyrights. But the package included buildings, a recording studio and some studio equipment--and a life insurance policy on his friend, McCartney McCartney.
Northern Songs had taken out insurance policies on all four of its principal owners, a common business practice. That means there was also a policy on John Lennon. Presumably, ATV collected on that in 1980.
Many pop fans may have been surprised when Jackson demonstrated the ambition and resources to pull off such a complex business deal. But the people close to the pop star were not surprised.
Frank Dileo, his personal manager, said he has long been impressed by Jackson's "sound business sense. A lot of artists don't want to know anything about business affairs, but Michael is involved in every facet of his career. He's not one of those people who stops thinking when he walks out of the recording studio or off the stage."
Jackson was just beginning to build his own team of advisers six years ago when he hired Branca. Until then, Jackson's father, Joseph, had guided the affairs of all six brothers.
In Branca, Jackson found someone who was young (Branca's now 34), easy to relate to and tough-minded. A native of Bronxville, N.Y., Branca was a law review editor at the UCLA Law School and represented such clients as the Howard Hughes heirs and the UCLA Foundation before joining the firm of Ziffren, Brittenham and Gullen in 1981.
By the time the "Thriller" album was released in late 1983, Branca had been out to Jackson's house in Encino for so many meetings that he barely had to think about his driving.
He could concentrate on business matters as he departed from his office in Century City, drove west on Olympic Boulevard, then north on the San Diego Freeway, west on the Ventura Freeway, then the Hayvenhurst Avenue off-ramp.
The issue on his mind that afternoon in 1983 was copyrights. "Thriller" already was racing up the charts, showing every sign of becoming a blockbuster (it is now nearing the 40-million mark worldwide). That success meant CBS would have to renegotiate Jackson's contract.
As in pro baseball, contracts are frequently torn up in the record business when an artist moves dramatically to a higher level of success. Double your home-run output to 50 and you get a new contract, even if you are bound by a 10-year agreement. Double your record sales to 10 million and it's the same thing.
There is no legal obligation to sign a new contract, but companies want to keep their artists happy. As sales increase sharply, companies stand to make more money even if they pay a higher royalty.
After "Off the Wall" hit big in 1979, CBS increased Jackson's royalty rate from around $1.10 per album to about $1.50 per album, according to industry sources. The new "Thriller" contract pushed that rate even higher, it has been reported.
Branca had more than royalty rates on his mind, however, as he turned into the Jackson driveway in late 1983 and waited for the iron gate to swing open. He and CBS Records president Walter Yetnikoff came up with a novel contract provision that would generate immediate cash for Jackson for the buying of catalogues. That was the start of Jackson's copyright involvement.
Once Branca had Jackson's go-ahead last fall on pursing the Beatles catalogue, he phoned Michael Stewart, the president of CBS Songs, one of the world's three leading publishing firms.
Stewart, a 30-year publishing veteran, coordinated CBS' purchase of the coveted MGM/UA song catalogue--a reported $65-million deal that included compositions from hundreds of movie musicals, including "Singin' in the Rain" and "That's Entertainment!"
In the '60s, Stewart was head of music for United Artists, a multifaceted position whose responsibilities included helping coordinate music for the company's films. While at UA, ironically, he was involved in UA's decision to take a chance on the Beatles, a then-unknown quantity in this country, and make a madcap movie called "A Hard Day's Night."
Stewart and UA also reportedly had the inside track on buying the rights to Lennon-McCartney songs in the '60s until the Beatles decided to form their own publishing company (Northern Songs) rather than sell their catalogue.
Branca called Stewart to discuss Jackson's interest in the ATV copyrights. Stewart thought it was a great idea and remained an informal adviser throughout the negotiations.
"ATV is probably one of the 10 most valuable catalogues in the world, but the fact that it is the Beatles songs adds a whole other dimension to it," Stewart said. "The Beatles catalogue was the beginning of a whole new world . . . socially, musically, theatrically.
"I thought it is very healthy for the music business for a star of Michael's stature to say, in effect, 'I believe in music and I want to invest my money in music, not real estate.' I think it was a wonderful statement about his love for the Beatles and for music."
One suspicion--not voiced by Branca--was that CBS was interested in the catalogue itself, but wouldn't want to risk alienating Jackson by bidding against its biggest star. CBS had no comment on the matter.
At any rate, Branca's first task was to determine the value of ATV's music catalogue. Earlier offers for ATV reportedly ranged from $39 million to $60 million. But after meetings with Stewart, accountant Marshall Gelfand and others, Branca suggested an amount to Jackson: $46 million.
"Based on the earnings of the catalogue, we felt that was a fair price," Branca explained. "Catalogues usually bring five to seven times the annual net publisher's share. We knew someone had bid $39 million and we wanted to be above the crowd, but not so high that we didn't have room to go up."
Jackson agreed to move forward.
On Nov. 20, he communicated the $46-million bid in a Telex to ATV's owner, Holmes a Court, requesting a meeting be held within 10 days in London.
Robert Holmes a Court was characterized in a recent Fortune magazine profile as "Australia's acquisitive recluse--a corporate hunter with a $1-billion war chest who has gobbled up companies at home and in Britain and is now stalking the U.S."
Holmes a Court, 48, was born in South Africa but moved to New Zealand in his teens and then on to Australia where he studied law. He then moved into the high-finance world of corporate takeovers.
He has been generally described as a cool, skillful and shrewd strategist. A recent New York Times report suggested his success has "largely been the result of skillful planning and audacity. He has also been grossly underestimated by the targets of his takeover bids.
"Because he has so often pulled out of a bid midway, nearly always taking a large capital gain, those on the receiving end never know whether he is serious or not," the article stated.
He was definitely serious in 1981 in his successful takeover of Lord Lew Grade's financially troubled entertainment conglomerate, which included London theaters, several movies (including "On Golden Pond")--and the Beatles songs.
Holmes a Court maintains a low profile and his representatives said he wouldn't be available to be interviewed for this article. Some of his representatives, however, did agree to provide background on the negotiations as long as they not be quoted.
One aide said that Holmes a Court put his ATV Music on the market last fall after legal difficulties with McCartney were resolved. "It was not like we wanted to 'dump' the catalogue, but we wanted to test the market," he added.
Holmes a Court acknowledged receipt of Jackson's $46 million offer and scheduled a Dec. 14 meeting in London.
Branca, who would only personally attend meetings when Holmes a Court was present, was represented by David Gullen and Gary Stiffelman, also with the firm of Ziffren, Brittenham and Gullen, at these sessions. Holmes a Court was represented by Geoffrey Davies, a London attorney, and Alan Newman, a key executive.
The Jackson team's objective in the meetings in the ATV headquarters in London was to get a letter of agreement so that they could undertake the massive task of verifying ATV's legal and financial reports.
Stiffelman, who estimated he spent 900 hours on the purchase between Dec. 14 and Aug. 10, realized that the negotiations were going to be extremely complex. One reason: ATV had already devised a method for the sale that involved restructuring the company into several subcompanies.
This seemed in keeping with Holmes a Court's reputation as a difficult man to deal with.
In the Fortune profile, Holmes a Court expressed amusement at American reaction to what was described as his patient, somewhat unorthodox strategy: "They're just looking for me to play according to their rules and make it a big game. The Viet Cong didn't play by the rules, and look what happened."
Jackson's attorneys wanted a binding agreement so that Jackson would be assured of the catalogue if an examination of books and documents confirmed ATV's statements about income and copyright ownership. But the company didn't want to commit itself unless Jackson agreed to virtually take the catalogue "as is"--or regardless of findings.
The two sides finally compromised on a short memorandum that didn't bind either party, but suggested mutual interest. The Jackson group then began to check ATV's books. The process took four months.
One team of Jackson's lawyers was sent to the United States Copyright Office in Washington to check on the authenticity of every significant composition in the nearly 4,000-song catalogue. Meanwhile, other teams were at work in London and at ATV offices around the world to certify legal documents in those countries. In total, an estimated half a million to a million pages of contracts were examined.
At the same time, the L.A.-based accounting firm of Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman was overseeing a team of 20 people who were checking ATV books in London, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, Munich and Amsterdam.
The examination came up with a few discrepancies but not enough to kill Jackson's interest. Last April, the Jackson team was ready to proceed.
Branca looks back as crucial the decision to conduct the legal and financial audit despite the absence of a binding contract.
The research was essential because you can't just assume all the papers and copyrights are in order even though ATV has been involved with them for years. What if it turned out that Lennon and McCartney signed a contract that gave away rights after, say 30 years to several key songs? Among other issues that had to be explored: What would happen under American law if Yoko (Ono) filed suit over John Lennon's royalties?
"The danger in taking the time to check on all these matters was that Holmes a Court could have changed his mind and not sold the catalogue, or have sold it to another party," Branca acknowledged. "But we figured that anybody who bought the catalogue would have to go through the same checks and we'd be three months ahead."
While the studies were being conducted, Stiffelman continued to meet in London with ATV representatives. They began sketching contracts in January and then sat down March 16 for a series of follow-through meetings that lasted weeks. The parties went through eight drafts of the contract.
If the sessions sometimes seemed like a battlefield, the parties could appreciate the irony that the meetings were held in the very room that French Gen. Charles de Gaulle used as his London headquarters during the German occupation of France in World War II.
Things moved slowly, according to the Jackson team, as parties debated endlessly on the issues of price, warranties and the complicated structure of the deal.
Then, Michael, the pop star, helped his own cause. While in London last March to see his wax figure unveiled at Madame Tussaud's, he dropped in on the dreary meetings--and brightened everyone's mood.
"It's a lot more fun selling something to a superstar than a corporation and the visit reminded everyone that they were dealing with a superstar," Stiffelman said. "Michael showed up in his whole, colorful Sgt. Pepper's uniform--and he signed autographs for all the office workers. He was very impressive and he definitely helped get things moving."
By April, it was time for Branca and Holmes a Court to finally meet face to face. Agreement at last?
Not quite.
When they met in New York, Holmes a Court had already reviewed the contract and found various provisions unacceptable. The promise of a quick settlement faded rapidly. Frustrated, Branca concluded that Holmes a Court was not even close to making the deal final.
The attorney phoned Jackson at home in Encino to say he felt it was time to tell Holmes a Court that either the parties should come to an immediate agreement or that Jackson should withdraw his offer.
Jackson reportedly agreed to the hard line, yet the star was clearly anxious about losing his prized Beatles songs. He already had gathered every book he could find on the Beatles and had read all about his favorite Lennon-McCartney songs.
Branca went back to the meeting with Holmes a Court, expressed Jackson's impatience--and the two shook hands on the terms of a deal. They agreed that Stiffelman would go to London to meet with Holmes a Court to go over what were presumed to be minor details.
For Stiffelman, that London meeting was the low point of all these months. Several issues, which the Jackson team thought had been resolved, were re-introduced. One demand, which Holmes a Court apparently made of all bidders, was that the Australian be allowed to keep a few ATV songs as gifts to relatives or friends.
Stiffelman returned to Los Angeles.
The deal was in jeopardy.
Jackson's team tends to describe the extended ATV bargaining talks as grueling and frustrating. They complain about what they described as frequent shifts of positions by the Holmes a Court unit. But the other side suggested the process was simply "business as usual," arguing that the refusal of Jackson to meet personally with Holmes a Court added to the complications: "If it was 'tough and frustrating,' that's one reason why," one source said.
Another Holmes a Court rep likened the whole affair to "a game of poker," complete with a series of bluffs and counterbluffs that almost saw the deal unravel:
In Encino, Branca told Jackson that it was time to be tough--to tell Holmes a Court that he had to either accept their last offer or the whole deal was off. Jackson agreed and Holmes a Court got the message.
But the Australian played it cool. He sent Branca a letter in May noting that the negotiations had gotten off course and offered to reopen the door. He said he would view Jackson as the exclusive bidder for 30 days, but would entertain other bidders after that.
Branca ignored the letter for three weeks. Just before the deadline, he sent Holmes a Court a letter that essentially said that Jackson had made his final offer. If it wasn't accepted, he wished Holmes a Court good luck with other bidders.
In early June, Holmes a Court informed Branca in another letter that Jackson's exclusive had expired, though he still welcomed Jackson's interest.
The Jackson team, which had been interpreting Holmes a Court's letters as signs that he still viewed Jackson as the chief bidder, got a jolt a few days later. They learned that Holmes a Court had signed a tentative $50-million deal with Charles Koppelman and Marty Bandier's Entertainment Co.
But in early August, Holmes a Court's agents contacted Jackson again, saying the door might still be open. Branca informed Holmes a Court attorney Geoffrey Davies that Jackson was indeed still interested, but only if something could be concluded quickly because Jackson was considering another major investment.
Holmes a Court exec Alan Newman called back to invite Branca to London. Branca then learned that Koppelman was also going to meet with Holmes a Court. It set up what had all the earmarks of an old-fashioned showdown.
In London, however, the shoot-out never materialized. Branca and Stiffelman sensed that Holmes a Court was finally ready to make a deal--with Jackson.
During this frantic period, concessions apparently were made by both sides. Jackson agreed to up his offer by $1.5 million. Holmes a Court threw in some other assets and also agreed to set up a scholarship in Jackson's name at a U.S. university.
Though Koppelman had actually come up with a higher bid, Holmes a Court apparently accepted Jackson's offer because it appeared that the singer could close the deal more quickly. Jackson's early decision to examine the books before waiting for a formal contract turned out to be the key to the deal, a Holmes a Court representative said recently.
"In the end," he suggested, "it came down to who could act fastest . . . and Mr. Jackson was in a position to act."
Had the Holmes a Court team been worried when Jackson broke off negotiations?
"We never felt we were in the position where we had to sell the ATV catalogue," one Holmes a Court aide said. "It's a wonderful catalogue with marvelous songs, so we could have kept it unless we got the right terms."
Why sell the catalogue in the first place?
"Cash is nice to have, too."
The contract was finally signed at 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 10, though neither Jackson nor Holmes a Court was present. The two will meet for the first time next month when Jackson visits Australia as the guest of Holmes a Court. The visit won't just be a courtesy call. It's a contract provision requested by Holmes a Court.
Jackson talked excitedly about the Beatles songs as he sat a few days ago in his upstairs bedroom at the family house in Encino. The tension of the acquisition was far behind him.
"The melodies," he said, enthusiastically. "They are so lovely . . . (and) structured so perfectly."
Jackson dislikes being quoted, but he couldn't resist agreeing to nominate his five favorite Beatles songs.
Asked if he wanted to look at a list of the songs to refresh his memory, he shook his head.
" Yesterday ," he said with a conviction that suggested it was far and away his favorite.
He continued:
" 'Here, There and Everywhere.'
" 'Fool on the Hill.'
" 'Let It Be.'
" 'Hey Jude.'
" 'Eleanor Rigby.'
"And 'Penny Lane.'
" 'Strawberry Fields Forever.'
"And. . . ."
He realized that the list had stretched beyond five.
"Can I make it my favorite 10?"


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I've noticed many initiatives this year during Hunger Action Month that raise awareness about families struggling with hunger through participation in the SNAP challenge, which means eating on $1.50 per meal, an amount comparable to what SNAP participants receive.
One of the ways our family eats well on a budget is by getting produce from local farmers through Abundant Harvest Organics. Another benefit is that I connect with other individuals committed to healthy living. One of these individuals is Jessica David of Conveying Awareness, who shared her best tips for feeding her family well on a budget:
Support Your Local Farmers!
Before visiting your local grocery store chain or farmers' market, go here first: "What's in Season?" Knowing what's in season is best for your health and your pocket. Purchasing fruits & veggies out of season will be slightly higher in cost.
Getting fruits and vegetables from your local farmers' market is a good way to ensure freshness plus you'll be supporting your local farmers - it's a win-win situation! Consider a CSA - a Community Supported Agriculture program in which you pay for local and sometimes (depends on the farmer) organic foods. You can find out if there is a participating farmer near you at Local Harvest (some deliver to your door and others have an established point of pick-up).
In taking the SNAP challenge for this month's Hunger Action, I want to share that my family of 3 can eat on less than $4.50 a day. We joined a CSA (community supported agriculture) that supports the 'local farmer' for roughly $1.70 a day with Abundant Harvest Organics.
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Because I'm purchasing and eating in-season produce, I know that my family is getting the best nutritive value for our dollar. My personal goal is to eat at least 5 fruits and 5 vegetables daily. I truly believe there is power and healing in eating a variety of produce daily. Prices on produce are lower on the foods grown during the season.
I used to live in a metropolitan area of Southern California where I had the pleasure of visiting a farmers' market every day of the week. When I moved to the desert, it was a bit of a culture shock because the closest farmers market is 90 miles away. So, I checked LocalHarvest.org to learn that Abundant Harvest Organics delivers in-season organic produce to my town twice a week. What a relief!!
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Purists will tell you the Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid is not a true Porsche. It is an affront to all that is sacred, the continued desecration of an icon by heathens. They will barely contain their piety as they catalog the heretic's sins: It is big. It is heavy. And not only is it an SUV, it's a freakin' hybrid.
Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid
It's the Prius of Porsches — at least until the Panamera S Hybrid arrives. More comfortable than your favorite jeans. Sailing feature lets you pulse-and-glide, Porsche-style.
Anything this big should come with a backup camera. Navigating the navi/infotainment system takes patience and practice. Pricey.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
But the most un-Porsche of Porsches is very much a Porsche. Which is to say, it is remarkably fast, exquisitely engineered and a joy to drive. Whatever its sins, the Cayenne S Hybrid nicely balances performance and frugality in a sporty package that's fun to drive.
It's a remarkable accomplishment. Just about everyone is meeting tightening fuel economy and emissions regulations by slapping an electric motor into something. But too often high-end hybrids feel like half-hearted attempts to squeeze a few more miles from a gallon of gas and a lot more money from customers.
Not so with the gas-electric version of Porsche's best-selling model. The all-wheel-drive Cayenne hybrid performs almost as admirably as its V8 sibling while getting an EPA-certified 20 mpg city and 24 mpg highway. I averaged 21.6 during a week of Bay Area commuting, putting the Cayenne hybrid within striking distance of the four-cylinder Honda CR-V.
But the Cayenne is oh so much more fun.
The parallel hybrid features a corker of an engine. It's the same 3.0-liter supercharged V6 you'll find in the brilliant Audi S4, with a 34-kilowatt motor bolted to it. All that hardware is good for 380 horsepower and an impressive 428 pound-feet of torque.
Most of that grunt is yours at 1,000 RPM, providing locomotive-like pull if you so much as glare at the accelerator. Stomp on it and 60 mph arrives in 6.1 seconds. That's half a sec behind the 400-hp V8 Cayenne S. Keep it floored and you'll see 150 mph. Impressive numbers for a car one keg of hefeweizen short of 5,000 pounds.
The Cayenne hybrid's frugality is equally impressive. Federal fuel economy figures aside, my personal best was 25 mpg during a day of city and highway driving. I undoubtedly would have done better had I not wantonly relished the kick in the pants all that torque provides. Greater self-restraint probably would have yielded 27 mpg — but not nearly as much fun.
The Cayenne hybrid features a slick decoupling clutch that disengages the engine from the drivetrain so the electric motor isn't fighting the mechanical drag. Cooler still, back off the throttle while cruising at up to 97 mph and the car coasts — Porsche calls it "sailing" — vastly boosting fuel economy. Hit the gas and the engine comes to life in a heartbeat. Stop-start tech shuts off the engine when you stop moving, further saving fuel.
It's all mind-bogglingly complex but works smoothly, seamlessly and almost silently. You'd never know what's happening under the hood if weren't for a dashboard display telling you when you're using gasoline, electricity or some combination of the two.
The Cayenne S Hybrid is faster and more nimble than anything this big should be.
You can tool around on electricity alone at up to 37 mph, but it requires a light touch to avoid waking the V6. If you just have to roll on electricity, pushing the "E Power" button rejiggers the throttle map to buy you more time on the juice. Still, the 1.7 kilowatt-hour nickel-metal hydride battery has a range of just 1.5 miles, so you aren't going far. Regenerative braking and the engine keep it charged.
Drive the Cayenne like a car and the gasoline engine provides most of the propulsion. Drive it like a Porsche, though, and the engine and motor work together, providing optimal acceleration. The "Sport Mode" button — Porsche loves buttons — stacks the deck in favor of maximum performance. The result is a hybrid that is — dare I say it — fun to drive.
The Cayenne S Hybrid is faster and more nimble than anything this big should be. Hustling 2.5 tons through twisting tarmac is always a workout, especially when the steering is a bit light and the suspension a bit soft, but Porsche's sporting heritage is evident. The brakes are excellent, if you remember that anything this big needs lots of room to slow down. The eight-speed gearbox is always in the right gear, though shifts were a bit slow using the steering-wheel-mounted buttons.
That steering wheel, like everything else about the interior, is wonderful. Whoever designed the seats deserves a raise. The gorgeous center console looks like it was pulled from a jet and has almost as many buttons, and some are wee little things. Still, even the smallest switch has heft to it, and everything feels like it was milled from blocks of aluminum. Nothing about this car feels cheap.
That's appropriate, because the Cayenne S Hybrid starts at $68,675 and goes stratospheric when you start adding options. Ours came in at $86,110 with, among other things, leather, 19-inch wheels, 14-way adjustable seats, adjustable suspension and a trailer hitch. Yes, a trailer hitch. That was a purist you heard screaming.
Let him scream. The Cayenne S Hybrid is a hybrid worthy of the name Porsche.
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When we hear the awful thud of a child's head, our breath catches. A prompt cry after the injury is reassuring. It is normal to feel sleepy after a child hits his head, and is even okay for him to vomit once.
The following is a list of signals that tell you that you need to talk with your pediatrician after your child hits his head.
If your child hits his head and is (or has):
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- Unconscious, even briefly
- Crying for longer than 10 minutes or prolonged irritability
- Vomiting repeatedly
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- Great force of injury (car accident, long fall, baseball bat, etc.)
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If any of these symptoms or situations are present or if you have any concerns, call your physician right away. Your child may be fine, but you should be in touch with an expert. If your child is unable to get up by herself immediately after the head injury, don't move her. Call 911 and wait for emergency help to arrive.
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Hypertension Prevention in Pre-Hypertensive Individuals (PREVER)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00970931
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 3, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 12, 2015
- Study Details
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The incidence of hypertension in individuals with pre-hypertension was 80% in ten years in a study conducted in Southern Brazil. The effectiveness of non-drug interventions to prevent hypertension is low in the long term. It may be hypothesized that a population-based drug intervention could reduce relevantly the burden of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Diuretics are at least as efficacious as other blood pressure-lowering drugs, are well tolerated, have longer duration of action and the advantage of very low cost to be used in a population intervention. Chlorthalidone is the more efficacious agent. Its main limitation is to induce hypokalemia in a proportion of patients, an adverse effect that can be antagonized by a potassium-sparing diuretic, as amiloride.
A study with this objective is therefore recommendable in Brazil, in order to support a plan of precocious intervention in individuals with pre-hypertension. Such a study was demanded and funded by the Health and Technology Ministries in Brazil.
|Condition or disease
|Pre-hypertension Hypertension Cardiovascular Disease
|Drug: Chlorthalidone plus amiloride Drug: placebo
|Phase 3
This is a nation-based trial, with 24 clinical centers distributed in 9 States. A Coordinating Committee is responsible for the elaboration of this proposal and for the main decisions of the trial. The organizational chart of the study will include an executive Committee, a safety committee, outcome committee, lab and EKG centers, and the research units Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is already the leading cause of death in Brazil. High blood pressure is the major risk factor for CVD. The risks start at blood pressure values as lower as 115/75 mmHg but increase exponentially and confer higher absolute risks with blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg. The prevalence of hypertension in Brazil was established in population-based studies conducted in different cities and States, varying from 22.3 to 44% of adults The benefit of treatment of individuals with pre-hypertension and cardiovascular disease was demonstrated in several clinical trials. In face of the higher incidence of hypertension in individuals with pre-hypertension, the low effectiveness of non-drug interventions and the risks for cardiovascular events and end-organ damage at lower blood pressure levels, it may be advisable to start blood pressure drugs at low doses at this point of the inexorable elevation of blood pressure with aging.
Research questions
- Does an association of low doses of chlorthalidone and amiloride reduce the incidence of hypertension in individuals with pre-hypertension?
- Does an association of low doses of chlorthalidone and amiloride reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events in patients with pre-hypertension?
- 2. Does an association of low doses of chlorthalidone and amiloride reduce the incidence of target-organ damage in patients with pre-hypertension?
Design: randomized, double-blind, clinical trial, controlled by placebo.
Eligible participants: individuals with 30 to 70 years of age with pre-hypertension.
Exclusion criteria: low life expectancy, other indications for the use of diuretics, such as cardiovascular disease, intolerance to the study drugs, pregnancy.
Random allocation: by a computer generated list, stratified by center.
Interventions: Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg plus amiloride 2.5 mg or identical placebo.
Primary outcomes:
- Incidence of hypertension, by blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg in individuals without diabetes or ≥ 135/85 mmHg in participants with diabetes.
- Adverse events.
- Development or worsening of microalbuminuria and of left ventricular hypertrophy in the EKG.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|730 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Prevention of Hypertension in Patients With Pre-hypertension: PREVER-prevention Study
|Study Start Date :
|July 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2014
|Placebo Comparator: placebo
Drug: placebo
Oral placebo once a day, for 18 months
|Experimental: chlortalidone-amiloride
Drug: Chlorthalidone plus amiloride
Oral Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg plus amiloride 2.5 mg, once a day for 18 months
Other Name: diuretic
- Incidence of hypertension, by blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg in individuals without diabetes or ≥ 135/85 mmHg in participants with diabetes. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- Adverse events. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- Development or worsening of microalbuminuria and of left ventricular hypertrophy in the EKG [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- fatal or major cardiovascular events: myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary interventions, heart failure, duplication of creatinine [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- individuals with 30 to 70 years of age with pre-hypertension
Exclusion Criteria:
- low life expectancy
- other indications for the use of diuretics, such as cardiovascular disease
- intolerance to the study drugs
- pregnancy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00970931
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS
|Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90035 903
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
|Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90035-903
|Study Chair:
|Flávio D Fuchs, MD, PhD
|Hospital de Clínics de Porto Alegre
|Study Director:
|Sandra C Fuchs, MD, PhD
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Flávio Danni Fuchs, Dr., Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00970931 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 3, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 12, 2015
|Last Verified:
|February 2015
Keywords provided by Flávio Danni Fuchs, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Natriuretic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antihypertensive Agents
Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Acid Sensing Ion Channel Blockers
Sodium Channel Blockers
Epithelial Sodium Channel Blockers
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Coral reef ecosystems face many conservation challenges. Reefs are in decline all across the world as a result of pollution, overfishing, global warming, acidifying oceans, and more. One potential contributor to the decline of coral reefs is the collection of colorful and attractive fish to supply the aquarium trade. Overexploitation of reef fishes can lead to population declines and even localized extinctions. A prominent example is the Banggai cardinalfish, a gorgeous reef fish that is now endangered due to over collection for the aquarium trade.
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Angels pound Guthrie, down Royals
Anaheim, CA – Howie Kendrick went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and Albert Pujols added a solo blast, as the LA Angels of Anaheim downed the Kansas City Royals, 6-2, in the second of a three-game set.
Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton also had solo homers for the Angels, who had dropped two straight games entering the contest.
Jason Vargas (2-3) gave up just two runs on five hits while striking out seven over seven-plus innings.
Billy Butler went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI for the Royals, losers in four of their last five.
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"They have some guys that have tremendous pop. It was just their night," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Vargas commands his pitches well, especially his change-up. He kept us off balance."
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Pujols crushed a 2-0 fastball into the left-field seats and Kendrick followed with his sixth longball of the season to put LA on top.
Trout's sacrifice fly in the fifth gave the Angels a 3-1 edge, but Butler cracked a solo homer in the sixth to pull the visitors within one run.
Hamilton crushed a towering homer in the sixth to put the Halos in front 4-2 before Trout clobbered a no-doubter in the seventh to give the hosts a 5-2 lead.
"I went back and looked at tape from 2010, and looked to see the adjustments I made. I thought I was seeing the ball better today," Hamilton said.
Chris Iannetta's ground out in the eighth scored Kendrick to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
Vargas is 5-1 over six career starts against the Royals ... Angels right fielder Mark Trumbo failed to reach base for just the fourth time this season ... So far this series, Butler is 7-for-9 with six RBI ... Guthrie's last loss came on Aug. 3, 2012.


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Fontana resident Baltazar Hernandez, 42, brought his wife and his five small children to the Thanksgiving spread, almost occupying a full table with his family.
An employee in a Chino factory, Hernandez said that the free event helps spread his food budget.
Among those donating time to dish up food was Larry Rose, dean of the College of Business and Public Administration at Cal State San Bernardino.
Since returning from living in New Zealand for over a decade, Rose said he and his wife, Ellen, believe it is important to become involved in the local community.
Food was donated from a variety of sources, cooked at the Cowboy Burgers restaurant in Rancho Cucamonga, warmed at Dolce Cafe in Montclair and delivered by a truck from the Fontana Unified School District, said Vasquez, who also owns a Cowboy Burgers restaurant in Baldwin Park.
Suchanek owns Firm Media, a marketing firm in Monrovia.
Contact Jim via email or by phone at 909-386-3855.


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BOSTON (AP) _ The Boston Bruins have pushed back the start of Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning by six hours because of the blizzard hitting the Northeast.
The game scheduled for 1 p.m. is now to start at 7 p.m. The Bruins and Lightning each already had road games scheduled for Sunday night.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. on Friday in anticipation of a blizzard that could bring nearly a yard of snow to the region. Public transportation also shut down Friday afternoon.
The storm was expected to clear the area by early Saturday afternoon.
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Ozzy Osbourne
English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948), better known as Ozzy Osbourne, is an English musician, famous for his solo career and as lead singer of the band Black Sabbath.
- If you want to be ----ing individual, don't get a tattoo. Every ----er's got one these days. [1]
- I am a new and reformed Christian follower, I Love God
- I am a raging alcoholic, but I don't want my kids to do the same.
- The Osbournes television sho[2]w.[specific citation needed]
- I love you all; I love you more than life itself, but you're all fucking mad!
- The Osbournes television show.[specific citation needed]
- I keep hearing this [expletive] thing that guns don't kill people, but people kill people.
- SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1998: QUESTIONS FOR; Ozzy Osbourne New York Times.
- Who the fuck is Justin Bieber?
- A Different Spin, [1]
- Bubbles! Oh come on Sharon! I'm fucking Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of fucking Darkness. Evil! Evil! What's fucking evil about a buttload of fucking bubbles!?[3]
- The Osbournes television show. [specific citation needed]
- We are not going to continue until we hear the fucking roof rattle.
- Black Sabbath Reunion Disc 2 Iron Man intro (track 5).
- I like the word fuck. Fucking deal with it and move on to the first fucking question you have.
- Interview.[citation needed]
- I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I mean, I would never piss on a piece of stone at the fucking Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober. I mean I know I'm a fucking crazy-ass but still.
- MTV News Online, 1992.[specific citation needed]
- All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?
- Guitar World Issue 37, 2000
- I push this one button and the shower goes on and I think, where the fuck am I?
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- I live in a 9 million dollar turd.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- We're the Osbournes, and I love it.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- I hate these fucking stretch bastards junk pimp mobiles!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Turn that thing off, its driving me mad!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- International rock star - gravy maker extraordinaire.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- You don't need to hire a dog therapist, you just need to wake up at 7 am and open the fucking door!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Well, its not that bad. I thought she was going to show me a picture of uhhhh...an eagle on her ass or something.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- All you have to do is say Fuck Off when the vagina doctor calls.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- [To Kelly, after he's become suspicious] You haven't been playing doctors and nurses have you?
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Its like Dr. Doolittle in this fucking house here.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- No we won't -- no we won't break the law Sharon.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Weather in Afghanistan, 2000 degrees and cloudy. What the fuck am I doing? I'm stuck on the weather channel. AHHH!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- How the fuck you feed a tree?...What...you put a ham sandwich on the tree?
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- [after one of his dogs urinated in the bedroom] Who pissed!!? Who pissed on my fucking carpet!?! That bastard fucking dog man. I'm going to throw you in the pool! Get the fuck out of my house! Why do they do it Sharon? Whats the deal man? It's a fucking terrorist man! It's fucking part of Bin Laden's gang! Fucking Ali Baba used to go work on this rug.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- [hugging Sharon] Merry xmas....now fuck off.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- I like warming my butt by the fire.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- [while lighting a fire on the beach] Fuck! Go to Alaska! No, no, no, no. You fucking asshole ocean! No!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- I've had this TV for 7 years, this is how it works. Power on - it comes on. Simple clicker, volume control - piece of piss. Works every time.... what the fuck's this? What am I doing? JACK!!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- I've done a lot worse than jump off piers, son. Like throw a television out the window.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Nobody tells me fuck all!
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- This will end in tears.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- The downside of being outrageous is that you have to go around explaining your fucking self to people. If you're too cocky, somebody might just pull out a fucking gun and cock it and blow your fucking face off. You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.
- Rolling Stone Online, May 1997.
- ...the other day, I went to a chiropractor. He's just a regular chiropractor. Whenever I meet someone who doesn't know me, they say, 'Oh you're the guy who bites the heads off everything.' I get kind of cheesed off with it, but at least they remember. The thing that pisses me off is that that's not what I'm about. If that's what you think Ozzy Osbourne's about, then you're way off.
- Launch.com, October 10, 1998[not in citation given]
- I have no regrets except that I wasn't up to keep Randy (Rhoads) from getting on that plane.
- Guitar World Issue 37, 2000.
- I've had every known chemical--cocaine, booze--and tobacco is the hardest one in the world for me to quit. You watch old flicks? It's suggestion by looking at something: You see a cigarette, and it makes you want to smoke!
- Launch.com October 10 2003[not in citation given]
- I miss the lack of melody [in current music] as well. I mean, a lot of people think I'm crazy for liking Creed and I like them purely because they sing! I mean, the singer of Creed sings like the guy from Pearl Jam, very close kind of voice. But I like the fact that Creed sing. I don't care if they're a Bible band, Satan band…
- MTV.com, 2002[specific citation needed]
- Here's the thing. I always hear that whole 'metal is dead' crap. The truth of the matter is that when we started the Ozzfest, media-wise, yes, metal was dead. But as far as the kids went, it was still huge. It was just that radio and MTV decided it wasn't in vogue with what they wanted to do at the time, so the average person didn't hear too much about it. That's why when it comes to picking the new acts each summer, we have people out there on the internet and in the clubs looking for good music and finding bands that people are excited about. I want to know what the kids are into, because I don't trust the industry.
- Guitar World Issue 37, 2000.
- I'm about caring, I'm about people, and I'm about entertaining people. I'm a family man. A husband. A father. I've been a lot of other things over the years, which we don't really want to talk about. I'm always working on trying to better myself, you know? I think that that is an ongoing thing with me. I think I'll do that for the rest of my life. I'm always thinking of what I can do today to better my life.
- Launch.com October 30, 1998[not in citation given]
- I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over?
- CNN May 26, 1998[specific citation needed]
- I don't consider myself a great singer--but I have a connection with the audience. There's the artist, and then a void and the audience; but I like to be part of the audience. I'd like to be them, and I'd like them to be me for an hour and a half. I get criticized for being the antichrist, causing kids to commit suicide, but that's total bullsh-t. My intentions are not that. Every year they have Halloween, and all I do is take Halloween night out on the road every night. It's like a Halloween party every night. If that was the case on Halloween night, the police cells would be full--everyone would have turned Satanic for the night!
- Launch.com October 8 2003[not in citation given]
- It took a lot of water to down just that fucking bat's head, let me tell you. It's still stuck in my fucking throat, after all these years. People all over the world say, 'You're the guy who kills creatures? You still do it? You do it every night?' It happened fucking once, for Christ's sake.
- Rolling Stone Online, May 1997.
- When we did that album (Vol. 4) it was like one big Roman orgy-we'd be in the Jacuzzi all day doing coke, and every now and then we'd get up to do a song.
- Guitar World Issue 37, 2000.
- Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! Now, some rare fly will fly over me, crap on my shoulder, and I'll drop dead, you know? My life story is a real-life story.
- Launch.com, October 30, 1998[not in citation given]
- I have a message for anyone coming to the Ozzfest this summer (Summer, 2000): If you're planning to jump up onstage during my set, please do not give me any bear hugs, because they fucking hurt. Listen to me, I'm dead serious. On the first night of last year's tour, this enormous guy jumped up onstage and gave me a huge bear hug. He crushed 3 of my ribs and I had to do the whole tour in absolute agony. I couldn't believe it, the first fucking show!
- Guitar World Issue 37, 2000.
- I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day. But if you've got a fantasy of Ozzy, who am I to say? I mean, if you think I sleep upside-down in the rafters and fly around at night and bite people's throats out, then that's your thing. But I can tell you now, all I ever wanted was for people to come to my concerts and have a good time. I don't want anyone to harm themselves in any way, shape or form-and my intentions are good whether people want to believe it or not. I'm not going to suddenly become a Jesus freak or anything. But I do have my beliefs and my beliefs are certainly not satanic.
- Rolling Stone Online, May 1997.
- There is something fucking unbelievable about seeing all of the fans go crazy and chanting 'Ozzy!' I would pay to see them..
- askmen.com, 2002[specific citation needed]
- When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things. I did it (the O-Z-Z-Y tattoo across his knuckles) when I was 14. I was in jail for something. I could have had it removed, but why? It's my trademark. People stop me and say, 'Let me have a look at your hand.'
- Launch.com October 30, 1998[not in citation given]
- The idea of a band nowadays is 5 pretty boys, one with a tattoo, one with a shaved head, and on and on. What the fuck is that? I mean, I like Britney Spears, I think she's pretty, but I'm not from the Mickey Mouse Club-I'm from the Godzilla Club!
- Guitar World Issue 37, 2000.
- There's not a stupidest thing--I've dressed in women's clothes, I've dressed as a Nazi. I've gone onstage naked. I've gone on so drunk I didn't even know I did a show. I've done so many stupid things, but it's all part of Ozzy. I never pre-planned 99.9% of the things I've done. Some were drastically wrong, some were drastically right. I don't know if you saw the VH1 thing [VH1's Behind The Music Ozzy documentary] recently. In one hour, it's impossible to write my life down. I come from a rather large family, three older sisters and two younger brothers. On the documentary, they interviewed my sister and it was the first time I'd seen her in years. I've had a very, very unique life. I often sit back and remember when I had no money--when you're in the middle of it, you get depressed thinking it's going to last forever. All of a sudden, out of nowhere--a bolt of lightning--here I am! I'm very well-off; I've got property all over the place, I've had a very fruitful career. But I've never had a No.1 album in America. But I've lasted several generations and somebody says to me, "Do you notice any difference in the audience?" I've been doing it now for 30 years. Some of the fans are older, but I've picked up new fans along the way.
- Launch.com, October 30, 1998[not in citation given]
- ...as you'll know, the word 'fuck' sort of is used quite a lot in my house. Now, that's not to say, I think to say 'fuck this' or 'fuck you' a lot more, so it should be entered into the English language, because it has a lot more impact when you say, 'I fucking hate this thing.'
- MTV.com, 2002[specific citation needed]
- The biggest thing has been realizing how much people really do love the early Sabbath music. People have said it in the past but I've never really believed them before. I remember years ago when Metallica opened up for me, I went backstage and they were playing old Black Sabbath albums and I thought they were taking the piss! They said, 'No, we really love Sabbath.' I couldn't see that at the time--because towards the end of my time with Sabbath 20 years ago I thought what we were doing was boring and stupid, because we were boring and stupid, totally sick of what we were doing and totally out of our brains with drink or drugs when we were playing it.
- Launch.com, November 2, 2000[not in citation given]
- I've been dictating to my son, who's helping me on his computer. I'm spending a lot of time doing research--I've just got up to 1971, when I went crazy and dived through the window. My life is so full of interesting stories...
- Launch.com, November 2, 2000[not in citation given]
- I like the smell of armpits in the morning. It's like victory.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- I'm not picking up dog shit. I'm a rock star.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- [on Kelly's drummer friend] Anyone that beats fucking skins for a living has got to be somewhat weird.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- When I was a practicing alcoholic, I was unbelievable. One side effect was immense suspicion: I'd come off tour like Inspector Clouseau on acid. 'Where's this cornflake come from? It wasn't here before.'
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- Dimebag was a dear friend of mine, I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would do this. Pantera toured with me many, many times. I'll always remember the signed guitar that he gave me at my 50th birthday party. My heart goes out to Dime's family, his fans and the other innocent victims who were killed in this senseless tragedy. It's just terribly, terribly sad.
- MTV Interview, December 2004[specific citation needed]
- Where do I live?
- The Osbournes television show (visiting fire brigade)[specific citation needed]
- Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.
- The Osbournes television show[specific citation needed]
- People say it's hard at the top, but it's even harder at the bottom.
- E! True Hollywood Story: The Osbournes.
- God, beam me up!
- The Osbournes television show.[specific citation needed]
- I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me but only if he got rid of the fucking bucket. So I came back a bit later and he's wearing this green fucking Martian's-hat thing. I said, 'Look, just be yourself!' He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother.' So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum then!' I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing fucking mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up?' [Laughs] Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a motherfucker!
- Revolver interview; as quoted in "Ozzy Osbourne "Says Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Buckethead Auditioned For His Solo Band", Blabbermouth.net, January 5, 2005
- I wonder where that bat is now? Maybe he's sitting in Bat Heaven somewhere, with his own bat roadies...
- Jason Arnopp, Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks (2001), ISBN 0091879337
- My assistant showed me a video called Forks and Knives (sic) or something, about (cutting out) meat and dairy products, so I thought, 'I'll give this a shot!' … I feel OK actually, I feel better about myself, you know? I go on binges... That's the reason why I decided to cut out meat out and dairy because I've limited what I can have because when you're on the road and you're travelling, you grab buns and... burgers are everywhere... so now I've just narrowed the margin. … I'm not saying I'm gonna do it forever; I might go back - when my wife learns to cook, so that'll be never!
- On his new vegan diet in order to get healthier, in an interview on his wife Sharon's US daytime talkshow The Talk (25 October 2011), as quoted in "Ozzy Osbourne Trying Out Vegan Diet", in Contactmusic.com (25 October 2011)
Song lyricsEdit
Blizzard of Ozz (1980)Edit
- People look to me and say
Is the end near, when is the final day?
What's the future of mankind?
How do I know, I got left behind
- I Don't Know, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley
- Nobody ever told me,
I found out for myself,
You gotta believe in foolish miracles,
it's not how you play the game,
it's if you win or lose,
you can choose, don't confuse, win or lose.
- I Don't Know.
- I've listened to preachers,
I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts
Who make their own rules
We're pushed and conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you live the role
- Crazy Train, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley.
- Everybody's having fun,
except me I'm the lonely one
I live in shame.
- Goodbye to Romance, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley.
- I had a vision, l saw the world burn
And the seas had turned red
The sun had fallen, the final curtain
In the land of the dead
Mother, please show the children
Before it's too late
To fight each other, there's no one winning
We must fight all the hate
- Revelation (Mother Earth), written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley
Diary of a Madman (1981)Edit
- And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about
And I can't image what empty heads can achieve
Leave me alone, don't want your promises no more
'Cos rock & roll is my religion and my law
Won't ever change, may think it's strange
You can't kill rock & roll, it's here to stay
- You Can't Kill Rock and Roll, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley.
- You've got to believe in yourself
Or no one will believe in you
Imagination like a bird on the wing
Flying free for you to use
- Believer, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley
Bark at the Moon (1983)Edit
- Howling in the shadows,
living in a lunar spell,
he finds his heaven,
spewing from the mouth of hell.
- Bark at the Moon, written by Ozzy Osbourne
- I'm just a Rock and Roll Rebel,
I tell you no lies,
they say I worship the devil,
they must be stupid or blind
- Rock and Roll Rebel, written by Ozzy Osbourne.
- They live a life of fear and insecurity
And all you do is pay for their prosperity
The ministry of fear that won't let you live
The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive
Do what you will to try and make me conform
I'll make you wish that you had never been born
- Rock and Roll Rebel.
The Ultimate Sin (1986)Edit
- I warned you then and I'm warning you now
If you mess with me you're playing with fire
Winds of change that are fanning the flames
Will carry you to your funeral pyre
- The Ultimate Sin, written by Robert John Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, John Osbourne, Jake Williams, Robert Daisley
- If none of us believe in war
Then can you tell me what the weapon's for?
Listen to me everyone
If the button is pushed there'll be nowhere to run
- Killer of Giants, written by Robert John Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, John Osbourne, Jake Williams, Robert Daisley
- War is just another game
Tailor made for the insane
But make a threat of their annihilation
And nobody wants to play
If that's the only thing that keeps the peace
Then thank God for the bomb
- Thank God for the Bomb written by Robert John Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, John Osbourne, Jake Williams, Robert Daisley
- If we're offensive and pose a threat
You fear what we represent is a mess
You've missed the message that says it all
And you'll never know why
Oh no, you'll never know why
We rock
- Never Know Why, written by Jake E. Lee, Bob Daisley and Ozzy Osbourne.
- Taught by the powers that preach over me
I can hear their empty reasons
I wouldn't listen, I learned how to fight
I opened up my mind to treason
But just like the wounded, and when it's too late
They'll remember, they'll surrender
Never a care for the people who hate
Underestimate me now
- Shot in the Dark, written by Phil Soussan, Jake E. Lee and Ozzy Osbourne.
No Rest for the Wicked (1988)Edit
- A Devil with a crucifix
Brimstone and fire
He needs another carnal fix
To take him higher and higher
Now Jimmy, he got busted
With his pants down
Repent ye wretched sinner
Self righteous clown
- Miracle Man, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and Bob Daisley
No More Tears (1991)Edit
- Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you
I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you
You telling all the people the original sin
He says he knows you better that you'll ever know him
- I Don't Want to Change the World, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo and Lemmy Kilmister
Ozzmosis (1995)Edit
- I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
- I Just Want You, written by Ozzy Osbourne and Jim Vallance.
- There Are No Unachievable Goals
There Are No Unsaveable Souls
No Legitimate Kings Or Queens,
Do You Know What I Mean?
- I Just Want You.
Down to Earth (2001)Edit
- I'm not the kind of person you think I am,
I'm not the anti-Christ, or the iron man.
- Gets Me Through, written by Ozzy Osbourne and Tim Palmer.
- If only we could all just find serenity
It would be nice if we could live as one
When will all this anger, hate and bigotry...
Be gone?
- Dreamer, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen and Mick Jones.
Black Rain (2007)Edit
- I'm like a junky without an addiction.
- I Don't Wanna Stop, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and Kevin Churko.
- Too many religions for only one god
I don't need another saviour
Don't try to change my mind
You know I'm one of a kind
Ain't gonna change my bad behaviour
- I Don't Wanna Stop.
- I can't believe I'm still here,
I know I should be dead.
- 11 Silver, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and Kevin Churko.
Scream (2010)Edit
- It's a new day
For the faceless,
Take the torches
From the useless,
First amendment,
Second guesses,
All dependent,
I'll do anything to help you
Fallen crosses,
New alliance,
Deeper thinkers,
Modern science,
Open guest list,
All inclusive,
No one loses,
Everything you've always wanted
- Let It Die, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Kevin Churko and Adam Wakeman.
- Dreams that men can be good,
Faith to live as we should and know we're all connected,
We give ourselves the power
- Life Won't Wait, written by Ozzy Osbourne and Kevin Churko.
- We all must stand together now
A one by one we fall
For all these years you stood by me
God bless
I love you all
- I Love You All, written by Ozzy Osbourne, Kevin Churko and Adam Wakeman.
- I just can't wake from these scary dreams.
- Scary Dreams.[specific citation needed]


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Snooki Reaches Goal Weight Of 98 lbs & Tweets Pics Of Her Skinny New Bod
Snooki spent her Christmas holiday showing off her newly toned and super slimmed down figure in tons of Twitpics — do you prefer Snooki super skinny or more curvy?
Snooki absolutely loves her skinny new body! The pint-sized Jersey Shore star has been shrinking away before our very eyes for months but the 4'9″ guidette finally took to Twitter to announce that she had finally reached her goal — 98lbs!
"So happy I'm at my goal weight I was when I was in high school," she tweeted. "Feeling fit is amazing and can't wait to tone up hardcore."
Plus: See Snooki's Sexy New Tattoo!
We recently posted pics of the 24-year-old modeling barely there bikinis and tweeting about how she was only five pounds shy of her weight goal. Snooki spent most of Christmas posing in her signature Snooki slippers around her New Jersey home and occasionally gushing over her on-and-off boyfriend Jionni LaValle.
We think Snooki looks fabulous and we're so happy she's starting 2012 off healthy and happy! Season five of Jersey Shore premieres Jan. 5 at 10/9c on MTV. Get ready for more GTL!
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