Gold Breakfast Show

A British schoolboy chorister has been invited to appear as a soloist on Broadway in New York later this month after he was spotted singing on YouTube. Take a listen for yourself:

Geraint Llyr Owen, 13, a member of Llandaff Cathedral Choir, Cardiff, performed a solo in Pie Jesu at the Celebrating Karl Jenkins concert at the Wales Millennium Centre in November.
The concert was broadcast on the Welsh language channel S4C and the clip was posted on the internet.
Distinguished Concerts International New York saw it and invited Geraint to perform the same piece in a Martin Luther King Jr Day concert in the Avery Fisher Hall in the Lincoln Centre on Broadway on Jan 18.
Can Youtube do for Geraint what it did for Susan Boyle? Only time will tell. But one thing’s for sure, 2010′s looking bright for the singing youngster!

Today’s Show is made possible by the NUMBER FOUR!

4 - An Amercian company is in the process of developing a “4 ply” toilet paper. Talk about luxury for the bottom! But disturbingly, a company executive said the idea was inspired by multi-blade razors!

4 - Eating 4 sardines (with the bones in) will meet an adult woman’s minimum daily requirement of calcium. Eating two dozen or more will cause her to ingest an excessive amount of mercury.

4 - While on duty, a trucker usually only gets around 4 hours of sleep every night. And we thought we were sleep-deprived!

4 - 4% of the words used in Shakespeare’s plays had never appeared in print before. In other words, the old Brad made words up for the benefit of his works!

Here are some words Shakespeare made up that have become commonly used in today’s English language (taken from Brush Up Your Shakespeare, the Oxford English Dictionary credits Shakespeare as the first to use these words):
“arch-villain,” “bedazzle,” “cheap” (as in vulgar or flimsy), “dauntless,” “embrace” (as a noun), “fashionable,” “go-between,” “honey-tongued,” “inauspicious,” “lustrous,” “nimble-footed,” “outbreak,” “pander,” “sanctimonious,” “time-honored,” “unearthly,” “vulnerable,” and “well-bred.”
Plus, here are some common, familiar phrases he made up too:
• Eaten out of house and home
• Pomp and circumstance
• Foregone conclusion
• Full circle
• The makings of
• Method in the madness
• Neither rhyme nor reason
• One fell swoop
• Seen better days
• It smells to heaven
• A sorry sight
• A spotless reputation
• Strange bedfellows
• The world’s (my) oyster

Dining Out Messes with Your Mind?
Restaurant owners are increasingly putting more thought into their menus, knowing that even slight changes can make a big difference in how you order a meal. It’s resulted in a cottage industry of “menu engineers and consultants” because now, even casual restaurants are spending a lot more time what’s known as “menu psychology.” One of the most important things restaurants can do is the obvious: Make the food sound more appetizing. One way is by including certain key words, such as the names of mothers, grandmothers, and other relatives. No wonder many menus feature dishes like Mama’s Spaghetti, Auntie Mildred’s Chow Gun and Grandma’s Ayam Pedas!
It also has to do with how the menu is laid out, such as putting an expensive item on top so the others seem more reasonably priced and not including dollar signs, which apparently leads customers to spend less.
For more on Menu Psychology, read this interesting article from the New York Times!
And now you know the little tricks, go out and dine with peace of mind!

Green Jewellery
A jewellery designer has come up with the ultimate ‘green’ collection – rings with live plants growing inside them instead of precious stones – perfect for the urbanite who has little access to the great outdoors. Now it comes indoors and on to your fingers!
Featuring tiny Icelandic moss plants sprouting in their stainless steel bases, the pieces are said to be a ‘clash of jewellery and gardening’. They need watering like any other plant and if looked after, designer Hafsteinn Juliusson claims they can last up to six months. But they don’t need to be pruned because the moss grows really slowly.
Each ring will to cost around 485 pounds.

The Gold Health Guide
How to Fit Fitness into Your Busy Schedule
Sometimes the problem isn’t motivation — it’s simply finding the time. But scheduling exercise isn’t as difficult as you might think. All this week, we’ll reveal tips for you to squeeze exercise into your busy day.
1. Be less efficient.
People typically try to think of ways to make daily tasks easier. But if we make them harder, we can get more exercise, says Sabrena Merrill, a certified personal trainer and spokeswoman for the American Council on Exercise (ACE). For e.g. Bring in the groceries from your car one bag at a time so you have to make several trips or put the laundry away a few items at a time, rather than carrying it up in a basket.
2. Shun labor-saving devices.
For e.g. Wash the car by hand rather than taking it to the car wash. It takes about an hour and a half to do a good job, and in the meantime you’ve gotten great exercise.

Hamish’s 5 Things
POST NEW YEAR MONDAY QUOTES TO START 2010 IN THE RIGHT SPIRITS AND WITH A SMILE
5. * Attempt to get a new car for your mother-in-law… it’ll be a great trade!
4. * Borrow money from pessimists-because they don’t expect it back.
3. * Money can’t buy love. But it CAN rent a very close imitation.
2. * If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried
before.
1. * A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

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