I doubt there is an infinte quantity of etiquette for karaoke night.  Yet in a culture where people are on occasion beating, strangling, and stabbing each other for imagined insults and slights in the lawless karaoke venue, it sure pays to be careful.  It doesn’t require a genius to spell out the basics of karaoke courtesy:

Clap for every performer
Don’t ever boo
If it is not your song, keep off the stage unless you are invited
Don’t dump on the karaoke DJ
Swearing into a karaoke mic is rude
Don’t submit a slip in the name of anther person without their agreement
Handle the karaoke DJ equipment with respect

I pray we can all agree that the preceding rules are core civility on karaoke night. Why stop there!  Expand the definitions of karaoke courtesy and avert a felony!

You shouldn’t attempt to snag extra turns in a crowded karaoke show.  The patient singers in the audience will complain if you sing with a group and then belt out a solo while they are still waiting their turn.  You could find that your group performance is your sole turn for the rotation when the karaoke DJ catches on to your turn sneaking. (A crowded karaoke venue is different than an empty karaoke night where you should sing as much as you want.)

Write out in the song request diligently.  Be certain to accurately record the track title or version number.  Include the number of the performers so that the karaoke DJ can prepare the correct number of VocoPro mics.  Illegible or half filled out requests are often sent to the end of the pile or even the trash can.  If you really want to perform, find the patience to dot your i’s and cross your t’s.

Don’t arrive in the eleventh hour and demand a spot in the rotation at a crowded karaoke venue.  Singers are awaiting their rightful spot in the rotation.  Expect to get a spot in the rotation?  Expect to wait for the privilege of your turn if the karaoke venue is busy.

Patronize the facility that hosts your beloved karaoke night.  Have some nibbles or something to drink.  The venue pays the KJ hoping that a karaoke show will bring in clients.  Therefore never be stingy!

Can the “diva” ’tude.  One example – don’t attempt to show up another performer by requesting the song they just did so you can top their performance.  Acting like that is the worst diva behavior.

Bringing a beverage and smoke onstage is a minor faux pas.  You won’t have enough hands to juggle all that stuff up there.

Be prepared with a couple track choices so you will not feel traumatized if another singer performs “your” tune.  If you know a regular always puts in for a particular track, you shouldn’t attempt beat them out of that track.  Karaoke shouldn’t be hostile, so be willing to perform a unique song.

Pretend the karaoke show is a concert, not only a machine karaoke jukebox for background music.  Never sit beside the stage and completely ignore the performances.  Most karaoke venues have seating far from the stage for those who don’t want to listen.  If you can’t pay attention, then at least hide your disinterest.

What do you know, another list of standards for karaoke etiquette.  And these 8 are good sense, too.  Following these strictures of common etiquette should make the karaoke night a pleasant place for all comers.

The long-awaited “static kill” was scheduled to begin on BP’s blown out Macondo well Monday. Bonnie postponed the static kill from happening about one week until static kill was done on day 100 of the Gulf of Mexico 2010 oil spill. The static kill will put a bunch of mud in the well before the “bottom kill”. BP and government officials are confident that one or both kills can be the beginning of the end of the worst oil spill in U.S. history before peak hurricane season.

Cap strengthens static kill

The BP oil spill was designed to stop for a while when an oil spill cap was placed on the well for a temporary amount of time. On Memorial Day Weekend, reports the New York Times, an attempt close to the static kill happened but failed. The “top kill” didn’t work as the mud was not as strong as the oil pressure being released from the well. Since the flow has stopped with the oil spill cap, the static kill shouldn’t have that same problem.

Bottom kill will happen after Static kill

Mud is going to be pumped to the oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico where the original preventer failed to work the first time. The New Orleans Times Picayune reports that right now on standby are 12,000 barrels of mud. About 37,000 barrels of a heavier mud compound intended for the “bottom kill” is also on site. As mud is being pumped, BP crews will observe pressure inside the well. Pressure should lower at predictable rates to a “static condition” inside the well. The Macondo well could have 100 feet drilled after the static kill happens to finish the project up.

Hurricanes make process hurried

By the end of August, the kills need to be finished. BP wants to do the static kill besides the relief well so close to a finish, reports the Associated Press. The relief well would do better after a static kill. In case the relief well doesn’t work, this will ensure everything is finished. The process also needs to be complete with the threat of storms within the way. Between mid-August and late October there are bound to be a bit of hurricanes when is why Federal Officials hope BP will finish before then.

Discover more information on this subject

New York Times

nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03spill.html?src=mv

Times Picayune

nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/static_kill_of_macondo_well_in.html

Associated Press

google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIXWYBTpLtSayJtg41LKXpxSxVPAD9HBEA1O0

How can people dislike karaoke?  Read a list of the best karaoke songs and a list of most tired karaoke songs and you’ll see that both lists contain some of the same tunes.  Sometimes a song is so fun to perform that singers blow out the machine karaoke crooning it, no doubt about it.  It is funny how many karaoke favorites are on the Rolling Stone “Twenty Most Annoying Songs” list.

Does the fact that we annoy the editors of Rolling Stone faze us?  No, we don’t do karaoke to get the editors of Rolling Stone to approve of us. (A few fantasy dies an early death, and the idea of impressing the editors of that specific musical institution is a casualty I accepted many years ago.)  Still, how are you supposed to pick a track to sing at the karaoke venue?  Everyone faces the constraint by the texture and range of their voice, but those considerations aside I say you just ought not select the tracks on my list of ten karaoke standards.

What am I talking about? If you select any of these 10 tracks, the audience will sing along to your performance with maximum volume.  The standards are the tracks that the karaoke audience knows.  The karaoke audience waits for these songs.  I don’t think calling these songs “ultimate” or “best” really covers it.  Selecting a tune from this countdown in a room loaded with karaoke lovers is going to result in massive audience participation.  It would make sense to me if the karaoke DJ equipment owner would lead a group sing of the karaoke standards to start the ball rolling every night.  That might start our blood thumping and force us to pick a song we haven’t heard or performed a hundred times for our next time at the mic.

The Ten Karaoke Standards:
1. “Love Shack” by the B-52’s
2. “Don’t Stop Believin’” – Journey
3. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
4. Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ‘69”
5. The Police “Roxanne”
6. “Born to Be Wild” – Steppenwolf
7. Simon and Garfunkel’s “Cecilia”
8. “Sweet Caroline” – Neil Diamond
9. John Lennon’s “Imagine”
10. “American Pie” by Don McLean (but Madonna’s cover for brevity, I beg you)

Just look at the massive songbook and think about how often we ignore every song in there and perform these ten.  The grieving karaoke DJ collects countless tunes, yet we choose to do the standards until his/her VocoPro system explodes!  No matter how entertaining the standards are, you can thrill the crowd and endear to yourself the KJ when you request a different track.

I would like to have lunch with our countries old- president Nelson Mandela for the simple reason of asking him how he could persevere for all those years in prison for basically doing nothing wrong except being black and then rise to become our first black president 4 years later. Then with Oprah Winfrey, to see what she eats that she always stay fat and see what her outlook on life is when she is not behind a camera and the world is not watching her. Nicolas Louw, one of my countries top male vocalists, for the simple reason of being close to him while I will be trying not to drool too much and ask him stupid and intelligent questions at the same time.

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Vissable Views

A solar tsunami could be hitting Tuesday night for any person willing to stay up and watch it. Earth saw some particles of sun start flying towards it after an explosion occurred on the sun. Across the surface of the sun, there is a huge solar flare rippling which is what makes a solar tsunami. The solar flare may very well hurt numerous NASA satellites during the process. Of course, this means northern lights will be seen very well.

Solar flare triggers solar tsunami

The solar flare occurred on Sunday. The solar tsunami made sure ionized atoms headed directly towards Earth’s magnetic field. Fox News reports that a northern lights show being seen throughout the world will happen because of the solar flame hitting. There is a possibility of satellites getting hurt but it probably won’t happen.

Solar tsunami recorded in STEREO

The existence of solar flares to create a solar tsunami were confirmed by STEREO, or NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory. The sun is observed by the STEREO spacecrafts, reports Wired. Earth’s orbit is what these spacecrafts go around. The tandem produces a stereoscopic image of the sun that presents a three-dimensional view. The video below shows how STEREO found a solar tsunami happened in February 2009 where a 60,000 mile high way of plasma and magnetism went across the sun at 560,000 mph.

Recent solar flare rare

Sunday’s solar flare (see second video) is a rare space weather event. The Telegraph reports that two almost simultaneous solar flares from different locations on the sun were launched toward the Earth. Telegraph interviewed Dr. Lucie Green from England who said the second eruption only happened as the first eruption was very large and messed up the Sun’s magnetic field. A northern lights show along with a geomagnetic storm can be the result of this.

Northern lights on display

Solar flares will hit Earth’s atmosphere causing the oxygen and nitrogen to hit charged particles from the sun which causes the northern lights show to happen. Small bursts of energy look like light as the particles hit, reports GMTV. The kind of gas is what determines the color. Greenish yellow or red light will come with Oxygen although a blue light come from white nitrogen. The blending of these colors can also produce purples, pinks and white.

Further reading

Fox News

foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/03/spectacular-northern-lights-signals-sun-waking/

Wired

wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/solar-tsunami/

The Telegraph

telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7923069/Nasa-scientists-braced-for-solar-tsunami-to-hit-earth.html

YouTube

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Caught on tape in January, Melodi Dushane’s McDonald’s rampage has become the stuff of legend. Today the video tape of Melodi Dushane punching two McDonald’s workers through a drive-through window became public record. The video, which contains no audio, shows Melodi Dushane attacking workers because there were no Chicken McNuggets available.

The attack by Melodi Dushane on New Year’s Day

Melodi Dushane visited a Toledo McDonald’s and ordered Chicken McNuggets early in the morning on January 1, 2010. Because it was breakfast hours at McDonald’s, the McNuggets she ordered are not available at the time. The employees of McDonald’s tried to convince Dushane that she couldn’t get the McNuggets because it was during breakfast hours, but she attacked them. First, Dushane punches and slaps the McDonald’s workers, then breaks the drive-through glass.

Melodi Dushane’s sentencing

Melodi Dushane was eventually charged with vandalism and assault. When the charges were brought against Dushane, she pled not guilty. In the end, Dushane was officially sentenced to 2 months in jail, and had to pay for the broken window. Melodi Dushane also admitted that she was drunk at the time she attacked the McDonald’s workers. The legal costs of the court battle could very easily run into the thousands of dollars.

The debate over making evidence public

The individual rights of defendants are in conflict with the public’s right to know. When evidence in a court case used to be made public, individuals had to take action to discover it. The information that is entered into the public record is now transmitted across the world in moments. While the right to know of the public is typically considered reason enough to release these items, some worry that it could possibly be violating the rights of individuals who have served their time for their crimes.What is your opinion?

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Tomorrow Never Knows

I WAS SO ENGROSSED WITH MY DINNER WHEN SUDDENLY I WAS STARTLED WHEN I FELT A SHARP STING ON MY LEG. I cried out in pain when I suddenly felt that sharp stinging sensation burning in me. Everybody in the table were surprised. My Father was the first to gather his wits and asked me what’s the problem. I told him something bit me in the leg. I thought Dad would not believe me, but I was wrong. My Dad suffered the same experience before. Mom recounted her own experience when she was sited in our living room. A lot of times already, and she has been ignoring it, that she felt itchiness all over her body. Dad announced that fleas have unfortunately, been able to invade our house. He said we have to hire Pest Control Melbourne to get rid of the fleas. We are really wondering how the fleas were able to enter our house and ask Dad about it. He said fleas can hop underneath our doors. It can even use our dog to enter our house. Fleas can easily hop into rats and by them enter our homes.

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A SUCCESS THAT’S HOW I RATE MY WIFE’S FAMILY REUNION. It was a perfectly clear day with no sign of rain. All the food are nicely spread out in the garden. Everybody’s having a grand time. Suddenly, a child cried out in pain. They found the daughter of our aunt crying profusely and unabashedly. When we approached, we discovered that she was bitten many times by red ants. We asked her where she was bitten and she pointed at the buffet table. Sure enough, the table was teaming with ants, swarming over the sweets. The sight was very shocking at the very least. Like locust, the red ants are converging over the table in hordes. We needed to spray insecticides over the table to eliminate them. But then, all the foods have also gone to waste. Even though the incident didn’t ruin the party, it put a damper into the festivities. To liven up the party again, we decided to retreat to the house and continue the celebration inside.

After the guest have gone home, my wife and I reviewed the days festivities. We both are in unison that the party was very successful in all fronts. The incident with the ants was the only sore spot in an otherwise successful hosting. At this point my wife asked me if we could call on the pest control company to remedy the situation. She said there were numerous incident like that in the past and this affair with the ants today is not an isolated case, but a manifestation of what’s going on already. There have been numerous occasions already that the ants have intruded into our foods. She didn’t want me to worry over these so she have not told me all about it. She also thought the problem was not that bad it might solve itself in time. But now, she felt the situation has gone from bad to worse and I have first-hand experienced to it already she wouldn’t have a hard time explaining everything to him. We both completely agreed that we really need to hire the services of a pest control company, as soon as possible.

The following day, I got hold of the pest control company from the office. They promised to come to the house the next morning. That’s a plus for me since it’s a weekend tomorrow. I can see that no sloppiness in work will happen. It happens, my being there, did not contribute to anything than pay the service fee. The specialist from the pest control company are indeed, very professionals in the truest sense of the word. You cannot fault them with the way they went about their work with practiced efficiency. To watch them work was very, very enlightening. There is no doubt in our minds that they are 100 percent competent. They really take their job seriously. We are extremely grateful that we have enlisted their services. Now our ant problems will be gone forever.