Wednesday, December 19, 2007

2005 Nobel Prize Winners

The 2005 Nobel Prize winners were announced Oct. 3-13. Each prize is worth about $1.3 million.

Chemistry: Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock and France's Yves Chauvin shared me prize for developing a method of organic synthesis that allows industries to manufacture new drugs, stronger plastics, and better food preservatives more efficiently while reducing hazardous byproducts of chemical reactions.

Literature: The Nobel Prize Committee awarded the literature prize to British playwright Harold Pinter, "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms." The Caretaker (1959) and The Homecoming (1964) were among major plays noted by the Academy.

Economics: Israeli-American Robert J. Aumann and American Thomas C. Schelling were recognized "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis." Game theory is used to illuminate political and economic conflict and cooperation.

Peace: The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, were awarded the prize for efforts to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used safely. The Nobel committee chairman said the prize was not intended as a rebuff to a particular nation or leader. In 2004, the Bush administration had opposed ElBaradei for a 3rd term as head of the UN watchdog agency.

Physics: Americans Roy J. Glauber and John L. Hall and German Theodor W. Hänsch shared the prize for applying quantum physics to the study of optics, which led to improved lasers and Global Positioning System technologies. Glauber received ½ of the award, while Hall and Hansen were awarded ¼ each.

Physiology or Medicine: Australians Barry Marshall and Robin Warren shared the honor for their 1982 discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in causing stomach and intestinal ulcers. Their findings were initially met with skepticism, since the long-prevailing medical view was that stomach acid and stress caused peptic ulcers. Discovery of the role H. pylori plays in gastrointestinal inflammation has led to antibiotic treatments for ulcers, as well as to research into microbial causes of other chronic inflammatory conditions.

Academy Awards- People with 5 or more acting nominations

People with 5 or more acting nominations
[#] indicates number of Awards won
14 Meryl Streep [2]
12 Katharine Hepburn [4]
12 Jack Nicholson [3]
10 Bette Davis [2]
10 Laurence Olivier [1]
9 Paul Newman [1]
9 Spencer Tracy [2]
8 Marlon Brando [2]
8 Jack Lemmon [2]
8 Peter O'Toole [0]
8 Al Pacino [1]
8 Geraldine Page [1]
7 Ingrid Bergman [3]
7 Richard Burton [0]
7 Jane Fonda [2]
7 Greer Garson [1]
7 Dustin Hoffman [2]
6 Ellen Burstyn [1]
6 Michael Caine [2]
6 Judi Dench [1]
6 Robert De Niro [2]
6 Robert Duvall [1]
6 Deborah Kerr [0]
6 Jessica Lange [2]
6 Vanessa Redgrave [1]
6 Thelma Ritter [0]
6 Maggie Smith [2]
6 Sissy Spacek [1]
5 Anne Bancroft [1]
5 Glenn Close [0]
5 Gary Cooper [2]
5 Olivia de Havilland [2]
5 Irene Dunne [0]
5 Albert Finney [0]
5 Gene Hackman [2]
5 Tom Hanks [2]
5 Susan Hayward [1]
5 Audrey Hepburn [1]
5 Jennifer Jones [1]
5 Arthur Kennedy [0]
5 Shirley MacLaine [1]
5 Fredric March [2]
5 Gregory Peck [1]
5 Susan Sarandon [1]
5 Norma Shearer [1]
5 James Stewart [1]
5 Elizabeth Taylor [2]
5 Denzel Washington [2]
5 Kate Winslet [0]

Monday, December 17, 2007

Playboy Playmates 1954-1959

Marilyn Monroe December 1953
Margie Harrison January 1954
Margaret Scott February 1954
Dolores Del Monte March 1954
Marilyn Waltz April 1954
Joanne Arnold May 1954
Margie Harrison June 1954
Neva Gilbert July 1954
Arline Hunter August 1954
Jackie Rainbow September 1954
Madeline Castle October 1954
Diane Hunter November 1954
Terry Ryan December 1954
Bettie Page January 1955
Jayne Mansfield February 1955
No Issue March 1955
Marilyn Waltz April 1955
Marguerite Empey May 1955
Eve Meyer June 1955
Janet Pilgrim July 1955
Pat Lawler August 1955
Anne Fleming September 1955
Jean Moorehead October 1955
Barbara Cameron November 1955
Janet Pilgrim December 1955
Lynn Turner January 1956
Marguerite Empey February 1956
Marian Stafford March 1956
Rusty Fisher April 1956
Marion Scott May 1956
Gloria Walker June 1956
Alice Denham July 1956
Jonnie Nicely August 1956
Elsa Sorensen September 1956
Janet Pilgrim October 1956
Betty Blue November 1956
Lisa Winters December 1956
June Blair January 1957
Sally Todd February 1957
Sandra Edwards March 1957
Gloria Windsor April 1957
Dawn Richard May 1957
Carrie Radison June 1957
Jean Jani July 1957
Dolores Donlon August 1957
Jacquelyn Prescott September 1957
Colleen Farrington October 1957
Marlene Callahan November 1957
Linda Vargas December 1957
Elizabeth Ann Roberts January 1958
Cheryl Kubert February 1958
Zahra Norbo March 1958
Felicia Atkins April 1958
Lari Laine May 1958
Judy Lee Tomerlin June 1958
Linne Nanette Ahlstrand July 1958
Myrna Weber August 1958
Teri Hope September 1958
Mara Corday October 1958
Joan Staley November 1958
Joyce Nizzari December 1958
Virginia Gordon January 1959
Eleanor Bradley February 1959
Audrey Daston March 1959
Nancy Crawford April 1959
Cindy Fuller May 1959
Marilyn Hanold June 1959
Yvette Vickers July 1959
Clayre Peters August 1959
Marianne Gaba September 1959
Elaine Reynolds October 1959
Donna Lynn November 1959
Ellen Stratton December 1959

The Alfred B. Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2004: Literature

2004 Elfriede Jelinek, Austria 1977
2003 J.M. Coetzee, S. Afr. 1976
2002 Imre Kertész, Hung. 1975
2001 Sir V.S. Naipaul, UK 1974
2000 Gao Xingjian, China-Fr.
1999 Günter Grass, Ger. 1973
1998 Jose Saramago, Por. 1972
1997 Dario Fo, It. 1971
1996 Wislawa Szymborska, Pol. 1970
1995 Seamus Heaney, Ire. 1969
1994 Kenzaburo Oe, Jpn. 1968
1993 Toni Morrison, U.S. 1967
1992 Derek Walcott, W. Ind. 1966
1991 Nadine Gordimer, S. Afr.
1990 Oclavio Paz, Max. 1965
1969 Camilo José Cela, Spain 1964
1988 Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt 1963
1987 Joseph Brodsky, USSR-U.S. 1962
1986 Wole Soyinka, Nigeria 1961
1985 Claude Simon, Fr. 1960
1984 Jaroslav Siefert, Czech. 1959
1983 William Gilding, UK 1958
1982 Gabriei Garcia Márquez, Colombia-Max. 1957
1981 Ellas Canetti, Butg,-UK 1956
1980 Czeslaw Milosz, Pol.-U.S. 1955
1979 Odysseus Elytis, Greece 1954
1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer, U.S. 1953
1977 Vicente Aleixandre, Spain
1976 Saul Bellow, U.S.
1975 Eugenio Montale, It.
1974 Eyvind Johnson, Harry Edmund Martinson, Swed.
1973 Patrick While, Austral.
1972 Heinrich Böll. Ger.
1971 Pablo Neruda, Chile
1970 Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, USSR
1969 Samuel Beckentt, Ire.
1968 Yasunari Kawabata, Jpn.
1967 Miguel Angel Asturias, Guat.
1966 Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isr.; Nelly Sachs, Swed.
1965 Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR
1964 Jean-Paul Sartre, Fr. (declined)
1963 Giorgos Seferis, Greece
1962 John Steinbeck. U.S.
1961 Ivo Andric, Yugo.
1960 Saint-John Perse, Fr.
1959 Salvatore Quasimodo, It.
1958 Boris L. Pasternak, USSR (declined)
1957 Albert Camus, Fr.
1956 Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spain
1955 Halldór K. Laxness, Ice.
1954 Ernest Hemingway, U.S.
1953 Sir Winston Churchill, UK
1952 François Mauriac, Fr.
1951 Pär F. Lagerkvlst, Swed.
1950 Bertrand Russell, UK
1949 William Faulkner, U.S.
1948 T.S. Eliot, UK
1947 André Gide, Fr.
1946 Hermann Hesse, Ger.-Switz.
1945 Gabriela Mistral, Chile
1944 Johannes V. Jensen, Den.
1939 Frans E. Sillanpää, Fin.
1938 Peart S. Buck, U.S.
1937 Roger Martin du Gard, Fr.
1936 Eugene O'Neill, U.S.
1934 Luigi Pirandello, It.
1933 Ivan A. Bunin, USSR
1932 John Galsworthy, UK
1931 Erik A. Karlfeldt, Swed.
1930 Sinclair Lewis, U.S.
1929 Thomas Mann, Ger.
1928 Sigrid Undset, Nor.
1927 Henri Bergson, Fr.
1926 Grazia Deledda, It.
1925 George Bernard Shaw, Ire.-UK
1924 Wladyslaw S. Reymont, Pol.
1923 William Buller Yeats, Ire.
1922 Jacinto Benavente, Spain
1921 Anatole France, Fr.
1920 Knut Hamsun, Nor.
1919 Carl F. G. Spitteler, Switz.
1917 Karl A. Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan, Den.
1916 Verner von Heidenstam, Swed.
1915 Romain Rolland, Fr.
1913 Rabindranath Tagore, India
1912 Gerhart Hauptmann, Ger.
1911 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg.
1910 Paul J. L. Heyse, Ger.
1909 Selma Lageriöf Swed.
1908 Rudolf C. Eucken, Ger.
1907 Rudyard Kipling, UK
1906 Giosué Carducci, It.
1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Pol.
1904 Fréderic Mistral, Fr.; José Echegaray
y Eizaguirre, Spain
1903 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Nor.
1902 Theodor Mommsen, Ger.
1901 Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme, Fr.

Beatles Songs

Title Year Album Author(s)
"12-Bar Original"
1965 Anthology 2
Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr
"A Beginning"
1968 Anthology 3
Martin

"A Day in the Life"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lennon and McCartney
"A Hard Day's Night"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
Lennon
"A Shot of Rhythm and Blues"
Live at the BBC

"A Taste of Honey"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Scott/Marlow

"Across the Universe"
1968 Let It Be
Lennon
"Act Naturally"
1965 Help! (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US)
Russell / Morrison

"Ain't She Sweet"
1961 Anthology 1
Yellen / Ager

"All I've Got to Do"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US)
Lennon
"All My Loving"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US)
McCartney
"All Things Must Pass"
1969 Anthology 3
Harrison
"All Together Now"
1967 Yellow Submarine
McCartney, with Lennon
"All You Need Is Love"
1967 Yellow Submarine
Lennon
"And I Love Her"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
McCartney, with Lennon
"And Your Bird Can Sing"
1966 Revolver (UK)/ Yesterday and Today (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"Anna (Go to Him)"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Alexander

"Another Girl"
1965 Help!
McCartney
"Any Time at All"
1964 A Hard Day's Night (UK)/ Something New (US) Lennon
"Ask Me Why"
1962 Please Please Me (UK)
Lennon, with McCartney
"Baby It's You"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Bacharach, David, Williams

"Baby You're a Rich Man"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour (US) Lennon and McCartney
"Baby's in Black"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/ Beatles '65 (US)
Lennon and McCartney
"Back in the USSR"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Bad Boy"
1965 Beatles VI (US)
Williams

"Because"
1969 Abbey Road
Lennon
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lennon, with McCartney
"Bésame Mucho"
1962 Anthology 1
Velázquez
"Birthday"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney and Lennon
"Blackbird"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Blue Jay Way"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
Harrison
"Boys"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Goffin / King

"Can You Take Me Back" 1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Can't Buy Me Love"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
McCartney
"Carol"
Live at the BBC

"Carry That Weight"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"Cayenne"
Anthology 1
McCartney
"Chains"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Goffin / King

"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
1967 Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr
"Clarabella"
Live at the BBC

"Come and Get It"
1969 Anthology 3
McCartney
"Come Together"
1969 Abbey Road
Lennon
"Cry Baby Cry"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Cry for a Shadow"
1961 Anthology 1
Harrison and Lennon
"Crying Waiting Hoping"
Live at the BBC

"Day Tripper"
1965 Yesterday and Today (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"Dear Prudence"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Devil in Her Heart"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US)
Drapkin
"Dig a Pony"
1969 Let It Be
Lennon
"Dig It"
1969 Let It Be
Lennon, with McCartney
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
1965 Help! (UK)/ Beatles VI (US)
Williams

"Do You Want to Know a Secret"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Lennon and McCartney
"Doctor Robert"
1966 Revolver (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"Don't Bother Me"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles (US)
Harrison
"Don't Ever Change"
Live at the BBC

"Don't Let Me Down"
1969 Hey Jude (US)/Let It Be...Naked
Lennon
"Don't Pass Me By"
1968 The Beatles
Starr
"Drive My Car"
1965 Rubber Soul (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US)
McCartney, with Lennon
"Eight Days a Week"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) Lennon and McCartney
"Eleanor Rigby"
1966 Revolver
McCartney, with Lennon
"Every Little Thing"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) McCartney
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/ Beatles '65 (US)
Rex Griffin
"Fixing a Hole"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney
"Flying"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
Harrison, Lennon, McCartney, Starr
"For No One"
1966 Revolver
McCartney
"For You Blue"
1969 Let It Be
Harrison
"Free as a Bird"
1977 (1994) Anthology 1
Lennon, with McCartney
"From Me to You"
1963 Past Masters, Volume 1
Lennon and McCartney
"Get Back"
1969 Let It Be
McCartney
"Getting Better"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney, with Lennon
"Girl"
1965 Rubber Soul
Lennon, with McCartney
"Glass Onion"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Golden Slumbers"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"Good Day Sunshine"
1966 Revolver
McCartney, with Lennon
"Good Morning Good Morning"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lennon
"Good Night"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Got To Get You Into My Life"
1966 Revolver
McCartney
"Hallelujah, I Love Her So"
Anthology 1
Charles

"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Hello, Goodbye"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour (US) McCartney
"Hello Little Girl"
1962 Anthology 1
Lennon
"Help!"
1965 Help!
Lennon, with McCartney
"Helter Skelter"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Her Majesty"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"Here Comes the Sun"
1969 Abbey Road
Harrison
"Here, There, and Everywhere"
1966 Revolver
McCartney
"Hey Bulldog"
1968 Yellow Submarine
Lennon, with McCartney
"Hey Jude"
1968 Hey Jude (US)
McCartney
"Hold Me Tight"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US)
McCartney
"Honey Don't"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) Perkins

"Honey Pie"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"How Do You Do It?"
1962 Anthology 1
Murray

"I Am the Walrus"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
Lennon
"I Call Your Name"
1964 The Beatles' Second Album (US) Lennon, with McCartney
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) Lennon
"I Feel Fine"
1964 Beatles '65 (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget"
Live at the BBC

"I Got a Woman"
Live at the BBC

"I Got to Find My Baby"
Live at the BBC

"I Just Don't Understand"
Live at the BBC

"I Me Mine"
1970 Let It Be
Harrison
"I Need You"
1965 Help!
Harrison
"I Saw Her Standing There"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
McCartney, with Lennon
"I Should Have Known Better"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
Lennon
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles (US)
McCartney, with Lennon
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963 Meet the Beatles (US)
Lennon and McCartney
"I Want to Tell You"
1966 Revolver
Harrison
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
1969 Abbey Road
Lennon
"I Will"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"If I Fell"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
Lennon, with McCartney
"If I Needed Someone"
1965 Rubber Soul (UK)/ Yesterday and Today (US)
Harrison
"If You've Got Trouble"
1965 Anthology 2
Lennon and McCartney
"I'll Be Back"
1964 A Hard Day's Night (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) Lennon, with McCartney
"I'll Be on My Way"
Live at the BBC

"I'll Cry Instead"
1964 A Hard Day's Night (UK)/Something New (US)
Lennon
"I'll Follow the Sun"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) McCartney
"I'll Get You"
1963 The Beatles' Second Album (US) Lennon and McCartney
"I'm a Loser"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) Lennon
"I'm Down"
1965 Past Masters, Volume 1
McCartney, with Lennon
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
Live at the BBC

"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
Lennon and McCartney
"I'm Looking Through You"
1965 Rubber Soul
McCartney
"I'm Only Sleeping"
1966 Revolver (UK)/ Yesterday and Today (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"I'm So Tired"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"In My Life"
1965 Rubber Soul
Lennon and McCartney
"In Spite of All the Danger"
Anthology 1
McCartney and Harrison
"It Won't Be Long"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles (US)
Lennon
"It's All Too Much"
1967 Yellow Submarine (album)
Harrison
"It's Only Love"
1965 Help! (UK)/Rubber Soul (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"I've Got a Feeling"
1969 Let It Be
McCartney, with Lennon
"I've Just Seen a Face"
1965 Help! (UK)/Rubber Soul (US)
McCartney
"Johnny B. Goode"
Live at the BBC
Berry

"Julia"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Junk"
1968 Anthology 3
McCartney
"Kansas City"/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) Leiber / Stoller / Penniman

"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
Live at the BBC

"Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand" (German version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand") 1964 Something New (US) Lennon and McCartney
"Lady Madonna"
1968 Hey Jude (US)
McCartney
"Leave My Kitten Alone"
1964 Anthology 1
Turner / McDougall
"Lend Me Your Comb"
1963 Anthology 1
Twomey / Wise / Weisman
"Let It Be"
1969 Let It Be
McCartney
"Like Dreamers Do"
1962 Anthology 1
McCartney
"Little Child"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US)
Lennon and McCartney
"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes"
Live at the BBC

"Long, Long, Long"
1968 The Beatles
Harrison
"Long Tall Sally"
1964 The Beatles' Second Album (US) Blackwell / Johnson / Penniman
"Love Me Do"
1962 Please Please Me
McCartney, with Lennon
"Love Me Tender"
Fosdick / Poulton
"Love of the Loved"

"Love You To"
1966 Revolver
Harrison
"Lovely Rita"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney
"Loving You" Leiber / Stoller

"Lucille"
Live at the BBC

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lennon, with McCartney
"Maggie Mae"
1969 Let It Be
(Traditional)
"Magical Mystery Tour"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
McCartney, with Lennon
"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"
1969 Anthology 3

"Martha My Dear"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Matchbox"
1964 Something New (US) Perkins / Jefferson

"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"Mean Mr. Mustard"
1969 Abbey Road
Lennon
"Memphis, Tennessee"
Live at the BBC

"Michelle"
1965 Rubber Soul
McCartney, with Lennon
"Misery"
1963 Please Please Me
Lennon and McCartney
"Money (That's What I Want)"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US)
Strong

"Mother Nature's Son"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Mr. Moonlight"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) Johnson
"No Reply"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) Lennon, with McCartney
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
1965 Rubber Soul
Lennon, with McCartney
"Not a Second Time"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US)
Lennon
"Not Guilty"
1968 Anthology 3
Harrison
"Nothin' Shakin'"
Live at the BBC

"Nowhere Man"
1965 Rubber Soul (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US)
Lennon
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Octopus's Garden"
1969 Abbey Road
Starr, with Harrison
"Oh! Darling"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"Old Brown Shoe"
1969 Hey Jude (US)
Harrison
"One After 909"
1969 Let It Be
Lennon, with McCartney
"Only a Northern Song"
1967 Yellow Submarine
Harrison
"Ooh! My Soul"

"Paperback Writer"
1966 Hey Jude (US)
McCartney, with Lennon
"Penny Lane"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour (US) McCartney, with Lennon
"Piggies"
1968 The Beatles
Harrison
"Please Mr. Postman"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US)
Dobbins/Garrett/Holland/Bateman/Gorman
"Please Please Me"
1962 Please Please Me (UK)
Lennon
"Polythene Pam"
1969 Abbey Road
Lennon
"P.S. I Love You"
1962 Please Please Me (UK)
McCartney
"Rain"
1966 Hey Jude (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"Real Love"
1979 (1995) Anthology 2
Lennon
"Revolution"
1968 Hey Jude (US)
Lennon
"Revolution 1"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Revolution 9"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Rip It Up"/Shake, Rattle, and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes
1969 Anthology 3

"Rock and Roll Music"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) Berry

"Rocky Raccoon"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Roll Over Beethoven"
1964 With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US)
Berry

"Run for Your Life"
1965 Rubber Soul
Lennon
"Savoy Truffle"
1968 The Beatles
Harrison
"Searchin'"
1962 Anthology 1
Leiber / Stoller

"September in the Rain"

"Sexy Sadie"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
1968 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney
"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"She Loves You"
1963 The Beatles' Second Album (US) Lennon and McCartney
"She Said She Said"
1966 Revolver
Lennon
"She's a Woman"
1964 Beatles '65 (US)
McCartney, with Lennon
"She's Leaving Home"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney, with Lennon
"Shout!"
1964 Anthology 1
Isley/Isley/Isley
"Sie Liebt Dich" (German version of "She Loves You") 1964 Past Masters, Volume One
Lennon and McCartney
"Slow Down"
1964 Something New (US) Williams

"So How Come (No One Loves Me)"
Live at the BBC

"Soldier of Love"
Live at the BBC

"Some Other Guy"
Live at the BBC

"Something"
1969 Abbey Road
Harrison
"Step Inside Love"/Los Paranoias
1968 Anthology 3
McCartney
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour (US) Lennon
"Sun King"
1969 Abbey Road
Lennon
"Sure to Fall (In Love with You)"
Live at the BBC

"Sweet Little Sixteen"
Live at the BBC
Chuck Berry
"Take Good Care of My Baby"
Goffin/King
"Taxman"
1966 Revolver
Harrison, with Lennon
"Teddy Boy"
1969 Anthology 3
McCartney
"Tell Me What You See"
1965 Help! (UK)/Beatles VI (US) McCartney
"Tell Me Why"
1964 A Hard Day's Night
Lennon
"Thank You Girl"
1963 The Beatles' Second Album (US) Lennon and McCartney
"That Means a Lot"
1965 Anthology 2
Lennon and McCartney
"That'll Be the Day"
Anthology 1
Allison/Holly/Petty

"That's All Right (Mama)"
Live at the BBC

"The Ballad of John and Yoko"
1969 Hey Jude (US)
Lennon
"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"The End"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"The Fool on the Hill"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
McCartney
"The Hippy Hippy Shake"
Live at the BBC

"The Honeymoon Song"
Live at the BBC

"The Inner Light"
1968 Past Masters, Volume 2
Harrison
"The Long and Winding Road"
1969 Let It Be
McCartney
"The Night Before"
1965 Help!
McCartney
"The Sheik of Araby"
1962 Anthology 1
Smith/Wheeler-Snyder
"The Word"
1965 Rubber Soul
Lennon, with McCartney
"There's a Place"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Lennon and McCartney
"Things We Said Today"
1964 A Hard Day's Night (UK)/Something New (US)
McCartney
"Think for Yourself"
1965 Rubber Soul
Harrison
"This Boy"
1963 Meet the Beatles! (US)
Lennon and McCartney
"Three Cool Cats"
1962 Anthology 1
Leiber / Stoller

"Ticket to Ride"
1965 Help!
Lennon and McCartney
"Till There Was You"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US)
Willson

"To Know Her is to Love Her"
Live at the BBC

"Tomorrow Never Knows"
1966 Revolver
Lennon
"Too Much Monkey Business"
Live at the BBC

"Twist and Shout"
1963 Please Please Me (UK)
Medley / Russell

"Two of Us"
1969 Let It Be
McCartney
"Wait"
1965 Rubber Soul
Lennon and McCartney
"We Can Work It Out"
1965 Yesterday and Today (US)
McCartney, with Lennon
"What Goes On"
1965 Rubber Soul (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US)
Lennon, with McCartney and Starr
"What You're Doing"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) McCartney
"What's The New Mary Jane"
1968 Anthology 3 Lennon
"When I Get Home"
1964 A Hard Day's Night (UK)/ Something New(US)
Lennon
"When I'm Sixty-Four"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
1968 The Beatles
Harrison
"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"Wild Honey Pie"
1968 The Beatles
McCartney
"With a Little Help from My Friends"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
McCartney, with Lennon
"Within You Without You"
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Harrison
"Words of Love"
1964 Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) Holly

"Yellow Submarine"
1966 Revolver
McCartney
"Yer Blues"
1968 The Beatles
Lennon
"Yes It Is"
1965 Beatles VI (US)
Lennon, with McCartney
"Yesterday"
1965 Help! (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US)
McCartney
"You Can't Do That"
1964 A Hard Day's Night (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US)
Lennon
"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
1969 Past Masters, Volume 2
Lennon and McCartney
"You Know What to Do"
1964 Anthology 1 Harrison
"You Like Me Too Much"
1965 Help! (UK)/Beatles VI (US) Harrison
"You Never Give Me Your Money"
1969 Abbey Road
McCartney
"You Really Got a Hold on Me"
1963 With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US)
Smokey Robinson
"You Won't See Me"
1965 Rubber Soul
McCartney
"You'll Be Mine"
1960 Anthology 1 McCartney and Lennon
"Young Blood"
1963 Live at the BBC Leiber / Stoller

"Your Mother Should Know"
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
McCartney
"You're Going to Lose That Girl"
1965 Help!
Lennon, with McCartney
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
1965 Help!
Lennon

Top Selling Nintendo DS Games

Nintendo DS games that have sold one million copies or more.

* Nintendogs
* Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
* New Super Mario Bros.
* Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
* Mario Kart DS
* Animal Crossing: Wild World
* Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
* Super Mario 64 DS
* Big Brain Academy
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
* English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills!
* Yoshi's Island DS
* Pokémon Ranger
* WarioWare: Touched!
* Tetris DS
* Kirby: Squeak Squad
* Common Sense Training
* Mario Hoops 3-on-3
* Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
* Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
* Final Fantasy III
* The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Time & Darkness
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
* Super Princess Peach
* Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop
* Diddy Kong Racing DS
* Love and Berry Collection

Sunday, December 16, 2007

North American Birds

Curassows and guans

Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae

The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colourful facial ornaments. There are 50 species world-wide, all of which are found only in the Americas, and 1 North American species.

* Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula

Partridges, grouse, turkeys, and Old World quail
Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae

The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump, with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds, or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. There are 180 species world wide and 16 North American species.

* Chukar, Alectoris chukar (I)
* Himalayan Snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis (I)
* Gray Partridge, Perdix perdix (I)
* Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I)
* Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus
* Greater Sage-Grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus
* Gunnison Sage-Grouse, Centrocercus minimus
* Spruce Grouse, Falcipennis canadensis
* Willow Ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus
* Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus
* White-tailed Ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus
* Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus
* Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus
* Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
* Greater Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido
* Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
* Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo

New World quail

Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. There are 32 species, world-wide, all found only in the Americas and 6 North American species.

* Mountain Quail, Oreortyx pictus
* Scaled Quail, Callipepla squamata
* California Quail, Callipepla californica
* Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii
* Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus
* Montezuma Quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae

Loons

Order: Gaviiformes Family: Gaviidae

Loons are aquatic birds size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely grey or black, they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well, and fly adequately, but, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body, are almost hopeless on land. There are 5 species world-wide and 5 North American species.

* Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata
* Arctic Loon, Gavia arctica
* Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica
* Common Loon, Gavia immer
* Yellow-billed Loon, Gavia adamsii

Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species world-wide and 7 North American species.

* Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus
* Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
* Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus
* Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena
* Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
* Western Grebe, Aechmorphorus occidentalis
* Clark's Grebe, Aechmorphorus clarkii


Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species world wide and 8 North American species.

* Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C)
* Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta (C)
* Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (A)
* Light-mantled Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A)
* Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans (A)
* Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis
* Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes
* Short-tailed Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species world wide and 24 North American species.

* Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
* Great-winged Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera (A)
* Herald Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
* Murphy's Petrel, Pterodroma ultima
* Mottled Petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata
* Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow (C)
* Black-capped Petrel, Pterodroma hasitata
* "Dark-rumped" Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia/sandwichensis complex (A)
* Fea's/Zino's Petrel Pterodroma feae/madeira complex
* Cook's Petrel, Pterodroma cookii
* Stejneger's Petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C)
* Bulwer's Petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)
* Parkinson's Petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A)
* Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C)
* Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
* Cape Verde Shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A)
* Pink-footed Shearwater, Puffinus creatopus
* Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes
* Greater Shearwater, Puffinus gravis
* Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus (C)
* Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri
* Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus
* Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
* Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
* Black-vented Shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas
* Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
* Little Shearwater, Puffinus assimilis (A)

Storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae

The storm-petrels are the smallest of seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. There are 21 species world wide and 12 North American species.

* Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
* White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pelagodroma marina (C)
* Black-bellied Storm-Petrel, Fregetta tropica(A)
* European Storm-Petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (A)
* Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma furcata
* Ringed Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma hornbyi (A)
* Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
* Ashy Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma homochroa
* Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma castro
* Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma tethys (A)
* Black Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma melania
* Least Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma