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Futures In Their Hands
new internationalist 108 February 1982
The Wall Street Journal calls futures trading 'the hottest and most exciting investment game around.' In 1980, $2,000 billion worth of futures contracts were traded on the ten US exchanges. The world's largest exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, reported a 1981 first quarter increase in trading of 48 percent over first quarter 1980.
Over 100 futures markets world-wide tie this planet's basic food resources into an ever-tightening knot of what US economist Dan McCurry calls 'some of the most powerful, secretive and parasitical institutions in the world.'
So what are these unknown creatures that remain a mystery to most of us? A futures market is an arena where commodities — raw materials really — to be delivered some time in the future are bought and sold. The commodities vary from coffee, soybeans, silk, and pork bellies to rubber, fur, grains, gold, eggs and government bonds. In 98 per cent of the trading nothing more than paper actually changes hands. Often goods being traded haven't yet been planted, mined or processed. What's up for grabs is quite literally the future.
Futures trading is built on the old market principle of supply and demand. When goods are plentiful prices fall, when goods are scarce prices rise. In theory, futures trading allows both buyers and sellers to take advantage of these fluctuations and to protect themselves from unnecessary losses. In theory we should all benefit.
Here's a sample trade: Say a major soybean producer wants to guarantee himself as high a price as he can get right now, for a crop to be harvested in four months. At the same time let's say a feed processor needs an assured supply of soybeans four months from now, at as low a price as he can get.
There are risks involved for both because neither knows what will happen in the next four months. But they can short-circuit most of the risk by reaching a compromise price now for that future crop. They or their agents meet in 'the pit' of a futures market and bully each other to a mutually agreeable price. They make a contract the producer to deliver and the buyer to receive so many tonnes of soybeans four months from now at the agreed price — no matter what happens in the interval.
Later, when one sells and the other buys the actual crop one will gain and one will lose, compared to then-prevailing prices. If their futures contract price was $300/tonne and the going price turns out to be $310, the grower will have 'lost' $10/tonne and the buyer 'made' the same. Most dealers make 'offsetting transactions', hoping to gain on one deal what might he lost on the other, or better still to gain on both. The soybeans, meanwhile, may be no more than sprouts while all this is going on over their heads.
The people who run the markets would like us to think this is a fair description of the way they work. Because risk is reduced for both soybean producer and processor, their capital investment can be less. Therefore, or so the theory goes, they pass on to the rest of us lower prices — and everyone is happier and better fed.
But there are nagging questions. How then can bids on the Chicago exchange floor top $400/tonne when farmers are receiving $172/tonne? And how can sugar prices in the supermarket soar by over 500 per cent when there's virtually no change in the actual supply of sugar?
The answer to both questions is speculation. The future of the innocent soybeans described above can be traded back and forth dozens of times before the beans exist in any saleable form. Prices rise and fall but the trend is always upwards. On each deal someone makes money and someone loses. But in the end most people lose. Three-quarters of the people tempted into the market by the promise of quick profits lose their money, experienced traders say.
These investors provide what old hands call 'fresh blood', essential to keep the markets 'liquid'. That means keeping trading volumes high, the only way money can be made by the winners. Clayton Yeutter, President of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange warns 'This isn't a game for widows and orphans.' That's obvious with a licence to trade on the "Merc" priced at $355,000.
Speculation is a colossal gambling game based on the theoretical future price that commodities will fetch on the cash market. Up or down, it doesn't matter which way the price moves as long as it moves. Futures newsletters for investors report hurricanes, floods and coups d'etat as gleefully as they do sunshine and record shipments. As factors in price movement all of them make money for successful futures traders.
Who are the winners and how do they win? By and large they are the big traders — and the biggest of all are the private corporations. They have three distinct advantages over anyone else.
The activities of big multinational companies on the world's cash markets powerfully influence price movements on the futures markets. For example, five grain companies control about 80 per cent of the world's grain traffic. They can dictate prices to both producers and consumers now and so are in a most favourable position to say what prices will be in the future.
Speculating on the future is often more profitable than selling real food, providing you can exercise a degree of control over it. GATT-Fly, a Canadian church-funded group that studies world trade reported the giant multinational sugar firm Tate and Lyle, made about half their $100 million profit in 1975-76 from futures trading.
Dr. John Helmuth, a US House of Representatives economist, has been probing the industry for several years, particularly as it affects the survival of independent cattle farmers. His startling reports in 1981 undercut claims that futures trading protects producers and so by inference consumers.
By examining market records Dr. Helmuth found as soon as cattle prices on the Chicago future markets rose to the point where independent farmers could recover their costs, prices would suddenly nosedive again. Then he discovered that on the days they dropped, a network of large commercial feedlots, meatpackers and grain companies had made unusually big sales of cattle futures contracts. Large sales force prices down. Over a period of 16 months a small group of very large traders all with business links to each other made a net profit of $110 million on their trades.
Dr. Helmuth believes neither the period he covered nor what he found is atypical. Small farmers, unable to protect themselves against these dealings, nor even to cover their costs simply fold. And once wiped out they rarely come back.
More and more of us are becoming dependent on fewer and fewer producers, processors and distributors of food. Now agribusiness is also quietly gaining control of our future food on the wild and brutal floors of the futures markets. Boasts Clayton Yeutter, 'soon the whole world will be coming to Chicago to trade on our markets.'
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THAT was a vacation.
Hands down the best, most memorable vacation of my life. Better than my honeymoon (and no, I don't even say that with a bias or sarcastically. I had a wonderful honeymoon and as I've said before, I am glad I shared that experience with Pete, even though we are no longer married). Better than last year's wine country experience (which I thought would be hard to do!).
I wouldn't even know where to start with recapping the last ten days but to share a few snippets of some of my favorite moments, some stats, and some pictures. Here goes, friends:
- I visited 27 winieries (including one I went to twice – our favorite vineyard from last year, that we are wine club members from – Field Stone Winery.) in total. 27!! My friend Jess and I got a head start on some of the others as we arrived at the ridiculously gorgeous house Saturday afternoon, while the rest trickled in Sunday (my sister and brother in law), Monday (my friend Meg) and Tuesday night (friends Jeannine and Shane).
- A few of my favorites (if you ever get the chance to go – GO!!) – Field Stone (duh), J Winery (also a fave from last year, great brut rose champagne!), Windsor Oaks, Edmeades, Hawley, Glen Lyon and Williamson (though they were all great finds!!).
- A hot air balloon ride over Napa Valley at sunrise on my 31st birthday. Wow. Just wow. If you ever have the chance – do it – don't be afraid, it's peaceful, serene, and a memory you'll never forget.
- About a bazillion glasses of wine – like whoa. We polished off 15 bottles of wine at night – not to mention the pour after pour after pour at the vineyards (averaging 4-5 tastings per day, anywhere from 4-8 pours!).
- Learning to let go of routine – ack – this was difficult. And when I mean routine, I mean working out. I only worked out twice last week! It was hard to let go, way harder than I thought, but I think my body needed it after all of the half marathon training. (but needless to say, I'm back on the straight and narrow this week and no wine till Friday – THAT will be hard!).
- Joining one wine club (Glen Lyon), bringing home one case of wine, and splitting two other cases of wine. Like whoa!
Many, many, many more memories from the last ten days and some pictures here should help as well. Thank you friends (and sister and bro in law) for a fantastic time, I'd do it all over again and again and again with you! (TWSS!)


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Safety & Health Expo is the UK's largest event for the health and safety sector, helping 13,000+ global professionals source innovative solutions across occupational health, wellbeing, PPE and more.
With advances in technology occurring throughout the NHS, Keiron Shepherd, senior security specialist at F5 Networks, discusses how healthcare will improve alongside the development of apps.
There is a huge amount of pressure on healthcare services today with much written about the resulting impact on patient care. You only need to reflect on the recent election campaign to see what an emotive issue it remains throughout the UK. Additionally, advanced technology is taking a bigger role in healthcare than ever before, looking to alleviate some of the burdens on our health systems and provide greater support for our well-being.
One clear theme underpinning this shift is applications. Whether being used by organisations to adapt and streamline processes to improve data access and patient care or by patients themselves looking at ways to better understand and manage their health, the sector is set to be transformed by the evolution of apps.
F5 Networks recently commissioned a report,conducted by the Foresight Factory, called The Future of Apps which unveils some fascinating insights into major trends and projections that will significantly impact society over the next decade. The findings include important trends that will affect the future of healthcare, including artificial intelligence (AI) and how embeddables (i.e. implants of RFID or NFC chips) are set to transform how we monitor and take care of our bodies.
AI and machine learning in health
The developmental trajectory of future apps will be heavily influenced by AI and machine learning. In the arena of health and well-being, 49 per cent of consumers in Europe and South Africa would like to be able to understand the impact of dietary choices made today on their future health, rising to 57 per cent of Gen Y and peaking at 64 per cent of Gen Y in France and Spain.
Taking this a step further, we are starting to see that AI and chatbots are being embraced via branded apps in order to deliver a more personalised, 'intelligent' service to customers. In the UK, Babylon Health is trialling an AI-powered app in conjunction with the NHS until July 2017. Users submit their symptoms to the app to receive a recommended action – drawing on algorithms, clinicians and data analytics. The average time to complete an interaction on Babylon is 12 minutes.
Emerging innovation in the health sector indicates the potential for transformation in the provision of healthcare with cognitive apps set to be instrumental in improving patient outcomes and achieving significant cost savings.
Medtronic is one of many organisations working with IBM's Watson AI platform to bring new solutions to market. Focusing on diabetes management, the companies claim to have developed the first 'cognitive app', Sugar.IQ. Using 10,000 anonymous patient records, Sugar.IQ acts as a personal assistant and can detect patterns and predicts diabetic events three to four hours before they happen, with a 75 per cent to 86 per cent accuracy rate. The personalised feed helps patients better understand how their behaviour affects their glucose levels in real time. With the number of people with diabetes in Europe forecast to rise from 59.8 million in 2015 to 71.1 million in 2040, such apps have the potential to make a dramatic impact by putting sophisticated healthcare into the hands of the patient.
For consumers, such tools will depend on allowing companies continuous access to more personal data, such as biometrics, alongside contextual information (e.g. location). Advances in wearables or embeddables will make the process significantly more intuitive and convenient, but users will face new considerations in terms of unprecedented intimacy with certain organisations and brands, as well as increased levels of risk in terms of data privacy.
Experts contributing to The Future of Apps report stated: "They are largely going to be passively controlled and always operational. It will tap into your fitness app or your sleeping app and then they communicate back personal insights and recommendations. So that feedback loop is likely to progress through microphones, cameras, voice analysis, biometrics and other kinds of information. Ultimately there is no need for you to be touching the screen."
The level of 'owner effort' required will remain an important factor, and potential barrier, to users extracting maximum value from AI apps and capabilities in the medium term. Half of consumers within Europe and South Africa say they are often under time pressure day-to-day. It will be essential for future apps and app eco-systems to alleviate rather than aggravate this sense of stress. A significant time investment to 'teach' devices is likely to be unwelcome, and users will need to see clear value from more widespread data sharing and analysis.
Embeddables: The next frontier
While certainly not widespread, there is also an emerging market for embeddables, which enable users to undertake various functions, such as unlocking their car or phone with a swipe of their hand - after all, it wasn't that long ago that keyless entry into vehicles looked like sci-fi but technology has quickly developed, something which is likely to be reflected in health.
In medicine, current research is exploring the scope of implants to help create a memory. Kernel, a new US-based 'human intelligence' company, is developing a neuroprosthesis that could 'mimic, repair and improve cognition'. The company aims to create an implantable chip, which sits in the hippocampus region of the brain and can electrically stimulate certain neurons. By trying to replicate the way the brain cells communicate with each other, it could help those with dementia or a brain injury to be able to create long-term memories again.
A pioneer in this field of human enhancement or 'transhumanism' is Neil Harbisson, artist and co-founder of the Cyborg Foundation. When Harbisson was born, he was only able to see in shades of grey, leading to him having a connected antenna implanted in his skull. The antenna allows him to perceive visible and invisible colours, such as infrareds and ultraviolets, via sound waves. Via the antenna, Harbisson is also able to receive images, videos, music or phone calls directly into his head via external devices such as mobile phones or satellites. He is now focused on designing a new 'organ', which will be controlled via an external app and bring a further dimension to his senses.
He explains: "It [the organ] will be around my head, inside the skin, between the skin and the bone. It will be circular and give me a point of heat, and the point of heat will go around the head and it will take 24 hours to orbit the whole head. It will give me the exact time so, depending on where I feel the point of heat, I will know what time it is."
Harbisson's attitudes toward merging his body with technology may seem extreme to some, but with the rise of 3D-printed biological materials, there will be far more possibilities to augment our anatomy in future.
Over a 10 year horizon, a minority of consumers are likely to take such steps. However, it raises the possibility of a radically different genre of apps that enable users to alter or augment their senses. These apps will be, effectively, a remote control for the human body.
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Though themes such as AI and embeddables are unlikely to become mainstream in the short term, what is certain is that there is growing pressure on the healthcare sector to transform its services and capabilities. Demands are changing at a lightning pace and security concerns are surging. The Future of Apps report indicates how technology and our bodies are set to become increasingly intertwined.
In the short term, I expect to see applications span the gap between our bodies and technology, enabling organisations and individuals to have a better understanding of their healthcare and the impact this will have on treatments or lifestyle. This will also create immense opportunities for those capable of delivering these apps with speed, adaptive functionality and security.
Based on discussions I have had with business leaders in the healthcare sector, many organisations are only just starting to reap the benefits of applications and are still concerned about the resulting security implications of moving too quickly and opening themselves up to threats, such as when Barnaby Jack successfully hacked into a pacemaker. Looking ahead, access to growing sets of personal data, combined with the ability to process and manage such information locally, will create new opportunities for consumers to become gatekeepers over their own data.
I believe the need for greater transparency, combined with emerging business models and processes, will drive more people to call for the healthcare industry to safeguard data and improve overall application security standards. It is essential that healthcare organisations keep pace with innovation and make committed plans aligned with The Future of Apps.
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I am a 43-year-old (male) and happily married for 22 years. I have been wearing pantyhose instead of socks to work and pleasure under my pants for years. I have been limited to wearing Black and Navy blue color pantyhose. About the only time that I am able to wear Pantyhose and a skirt in public is at a costume party and dressed up as a women. I can't take it any more.
I think that it is so unfair that women can wear skirts, dresses, pantyhose and pants, shirts, socks, etc. There are even many women that shop in the men's section of the store to buy their own clothes. It's unfair that 3/4 of the clothing in the store is women's and only � men's. I think that I look pretty good in a skirt and pantyhose as a man. I have good-looking legs for it. My wife and other women that have seen me dress up as women think so too.
Please, it is time that someone that has some kind of public respect introduces pantyhose and skirts as a man's article of clothing. Perhaps, skirts designed for a man. Pantyhose for men sold in the men's section of the store.
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How often can a fairy tale be rewritten? Huddersfield Town has a hard time in the Premier League in the second season. But coach David Wagner is not worried – and simply wants to ignore the last place in the league.
In the Premier League stadiums it's common for many spectators not to wait for the final whistle. They make their way home beforehand, regardless of the score, in order not to get caught in the traffic chaos. At Huddersfield Town, this peculiarity has not yet prevailed. That was to be seen and heard again on the weekend against Tottenham Hotspur.
There were only a few minutes left to play, the winner was already determined. Tottenham led 2-0, but it should stay that way. Nevertheless, none of the 24,000 spectators left their seats. "Blue and white army", sang the whole stadium with perseverance. The sound of almost 24,000 gossip boards set the rhythm. The opposing coach Mauricio Pochettino spoke afterwards of "the best atmosphere in England", and Huddersfields coach David Wagner interpreted the unbroken euphoria of the audience as a compliment for his team. "No fan would support his team so passionately if the players hadn't given their all," he said.
There's nothing wrong with the home game atmosphere and the fighting spirit of Wagner's pros. Nevertheless, Huddersfield's second season in the Premier League has been complicated so far, following his fairytale rise last year and similarly fairytale class retention.
After seven games, the team are still waiting for a win (like Newcastle and Cardiff) and are last in the standings. This is not particularly surprising. England's media have unanimously chosen Huddersfield as their relegation candidate.
Little goes together in the attack
The squad has become even better this summer, at least in theory. Only one regular left the club, offensive midfielder Tom Ince. Among others, the team was strengthened by the Egyptian World Cup participant Ramadan Sobhi, who came from Stoke City.
But Huddersfield has transferred a problem from last season to the new campaign, namely harmlessness in attack. In the pre-season, the team (along with relegated Swansea) scored the fewest goals in the league. Even the last in the league West Bromwich Albion scored more often. Huddersfield scored only three times this season. The team has been waiting for a goal in front of their own crowd for six games – across the seasons.
The waiting almost came to an end against Tottenham. Huddersfield kept up well in the domestic gossip inferno and had several decent opportunities, the best of which was a volley shot from striker Laurent Depoitre to the bottom of the bar. For coach Wagner, it's only a matter of time before his team collect their first win. "If we continue to play like this, we will be rewarded at some point, I have no doubt about that," he says.
Wagner hides the results
In his opinion, it would be a mistake to compare the two seasons – the previous one and the new one. If you do, however, everyone will notice that Huddersfield has had droughts in the class preservation season as well. That's true, four defeats in a row, five defeats in a row – it all happened.
However, Wagner's team had the art to win whenever it was really necessary. In the new season, it would slowly be time for such a victory. Wagner's recipe for this: simply ignore the frustrating results. "We have to make ourselves independent of the points and the table and just focus on our work," he says.
One player who is supposed to help Huddersfield write the next sequel to his own fairy tale is Erik Durm. The German ex-national player, who is allowed to call himself world champion as a member of the 2014 travel group to Brazil (without playing in the tournament four years ago), has had to deal with all kinds of injuries in the recent past and was out of action last season at Borussia Dortmund.
In England he wants to get his career going again and played against Tottenham for the second time in a row. Like coach Wagner, with whom he has already worked in Dortmund for the second team, he is also hopeful that it will soon work out with the first victory. "We are a good opponent against every team and can score points in every game," he says. Take a look at Superior Casino to see more about them.
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So over the weekend I made the compote de pommes as part of French Fridays with Dorie. The bonne idee for the compote was to use it in some turnovers/hand pies. What a bonne idee it was. And so stinking EASY. The compote was super easy to begin with and why not make two things out of one recipe? Consider me sold.
Thaw the puff pastry, roll it out and cut some circles.
Stuff this with some compote, close it, crimp it and add a little egg wash for shine.
Let it do it's thing in the oven for 20-25 minutes and boom. Turnovers/handpies.
So simple! The puff pastry had a lightness to it but still buttery and delicious. The apple filling is simple and tasty. Personally, I enjoyed this turnover cold. There's something about cold applesauce and that buttery crust that makes me happy. Now, what else can I stuff in these?!


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It's been a fantastic couple of months recently. Two new national commercials are soon to be released and as well as a shoot for Star Casino in Sydney. I'll update you all as soon as I have visuals and I'm allowed to :)
I also managed to score a role in a new OZ telemovie which filmed a couple of weeks back. It's due to be released later this year. Again, more news when I can.
Even bigger news, I've been confirmed as the lead in Aleksandr Vampilov's 'Duck Hunting' in an original adaptation by Shai Alexander and Toby B. Styling. Produced by new Sydney Theatre Company Contemporarian, it will be a four-week season at King St Theatre in Newtown, Sydney.
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CANNES 2001 REVIEW: Natural Born Killer; Casetti Jolts in Kahn's "Succo"
by Patrick Z. McGavin
(indieWIRE/05.17.01) — The feral, magnetic Italian actor Stefano Cassetti is such a jolting presence as the title protagonist of French director Cedric Kahn's "Roberto Succo" that the widescreen frame appears nearly unsuitable trying to contain him. It is a gripping, compulsively attractive performance. Unfortunately, Kahn proves incapable of matching the exhilaration and excitement of the movie's opening half.
Before it turns repetitive and slack, the movie has an electric verve and delirious edge. In its descriptive power and vital feel of place and time, the movie has an acute sense of the dangerous and mercurial. This gifted young filmmaker ("L'Ennui") never sensationalizes his material, never cheapens the psychological realism for need of sympathy or understanding. In dramatizing the true story of the notorious criminal who terrorized the South of France with his brazen robberies, murders and rapes, Kahn frames the movie as the anarchist as criminal, outlaw as madman. He also contributes a powerful sexual component with the young girl Succo becomes infatuated with.
The movie opens with the discovery of two badly decayed corpses and advances five years, to the mid-'80s, where the lean, attractive Succo — operating under the alias Kurt — entrances 16-year-old Lea (Isild Le Besco) with his bravado, confident style and physical daring during her summer vacation in the South of France. In tracing their relationship, rooted in Succo's innate understanding of the teen's needs, Kahn draws on the powerful romantic imagery of the cinema — from "Gun Crazy" to "Breathless." Meanwhile, Lea's growing detachment blinds her to seeing "Kurt" as a psychopath. In these sections, the tone feels alternately tense, foreboding, and unnerving.
The young lovers maintain their relationship for nearly a year with Succo making repeated trips to the Savoy Mountains where Lea lives. Succo cultivates his opposite identity as a criminal with a dangerous, unsettling perfection. He moves with a sadistic speed and efficiency. The movie achieves its most lyrical, frightening moments in the velvet dark night sequences of terror, breakdown and abandon. As the crimes stockpile (car jackings, murder, robbery), Kahn introduces a greater emotional sensation of dread and impotence — the feeling of terror and disruption experienced by his victims, and the sense of inadequacy of the police whom Succo brilliantly evades. But with Lea's disappearance from the film at the middle and when Succo confesses to murdering his parents and escaping from an Italian mental institution, the movie becomes less innovative and imaginative.
With set pieces such as a scene of street fighting involving Succo and the police and another involving a terrifying escape at the Swiss border, "Roberto Succo" evokes an effective, disorienting sense of movement and escape, pursuit and entrapment. Paradoxically, Kahn's control of the material turns less distinctive, and the romantic abandon and terrifying individualism is lost amid the repetition. The first half is also very effective in establishing empathy for the victims (in particular, a disappeared woman who exists later only in photographs).
The shift from the psychological to the physical dissipates the movie's complicated point of view. The most terrifying notion of "Roberto Succo," frustratingly unacknowledged, is the fact that he exists as a dangerous projection of the id. Equally unsettling, he materializes with the freedom, guile and tenacity of an implacable monster. Basing his script on a book by journalist Pascale Froment, Kahn denies most psychological motivation to Succo, freeing the remarkable Cassetti his considerable resources to construct a frightening portrait. The result is a work solid, though imperfect, exciting though finally too conventional for the intensity of ambition and talent of artists such as Kahn and Cassetti.
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Happy New Year!!on January 3, 2014 at 00:00
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Woo, it's 2014, somehow. If it already sucks, don't worry, 2015 is just 363 days away.
Sure it's got great penetration and amazing range, but the reload time is horrible!
Good one! Reminds me somewhat of what Sinfest does every year, though…
A biting commentary on the too high infant mortality rate here in the US…? :-p ;-)


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hey guys i'm writing a book for beginers on spud gunning and i need some history, ideas, plans, etc. sugestions would be helpful i am including beginner, intermediat, and pro stuff i would really like history (if any ) and i can fund plans every where and formulas are no prob thanx buds
According to your number of posts, I don't think you have enough experience. Then again, Clyde has 9 posts here and over 1,000 on SpudTech. Who would buy a book when they can find the information on the internet? I'm not trying to be critical but, think about what purpose it would serve. A GUIDE would be great but not a book.
whell that is what i ment a instructional booklet whith plans and formulas 'n such not a book like 200 pages book a 20 or 30 page instruction booklet not expensive heck i don't care of i get money just some thing to do
you could include this http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtop ... 194⟒
as a beginner BBMG
http://ultimatehobbies.7.forumer.com/in ... c6aff553ef
my site, nothing on it yet
Just remember you can't use anything off here unless you have my premission and the original author's.
Yes, I am the guy that owns & operates SpudFiles (along with our extremely helpful moderators).
you could send a free one to the owners of the cannons, that might encourage some to let you put it in ur book, although I see no reason that they wouldnt want you to put it in as long as you ask them
http://ultimatehobbies.7.forumer.com/in ... c6aff553ef
my site, nothing on it yet
put stuff like modding a sprinkler valve in it. also maybe this. how to check the volume of your chamber. pour water in it with a measuring cup until its full. record that number. then tell them how to do the formulas to get the most out of their cannon. then repeat step one to barrel keeping in mind about the formulas. (formula like the chamber to barrel ratio for pneumatics)
thats what i did.
I think a list of sites that are Spud related - you could bibliograph them and indicate there attributes
here's one http://www.eurospudgun.com
From the last posts im getting the jist that your just doing this to help out noobs to spudding. If so I have a idea. You could sell How-DVD's. Just a few subjects I have off of the top of my head:
Modding Sprinkler Valves
BBMG's (both vortex and cloud)
Basic Combustion
Basic Pneumatic
Piston for Pneumatic
Fuel Meter
In these videos you could first just record yourself making one of the above items. And just like any other instructional video you could stop every 2 seconds and discuss different problems you might/ will run into.
Just a suggestion, because it sounds like your down and everything with helping people so this might be a better use of your time. If you just happen to do something like this be sure to take pictures of every important step done to object. Now that I think about it, this is a good idea, but I my little camera is only really for taking pics and can only do like 5 mins of video at a time.
also this could be an item at the possible store?
(pimpman that still on?
nice idea about the video by the way)
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This is a small account of what happened at Food Lion in Lenoir, NC address 847 Wilkesboro Blvd NE, Lenoir. The customer is always..wrong? When did they change the rules?
1st of all let's start out with what seems to be the corporate policy or at least the local policy for Food Lion. Each shift should consist of no more than 2 cashiers at any one time. More than 2 cashiers would apparently cut into their budget? I'm just taking a guess here.
OK, so besides the fact that they only have 2 cashiers what's my gripe? Apparently they allow any pinhead with a GED to manage a shift.
After spending an hour shopping and 45 minutes waiting in line, and being over halfway through being checked out, the manager (some Asian lady, nothing against asian that just happens to be a distinguishing feature), tells the cashier to stop checking us out immediately. The systems must be updated and restarted and that is going to take 10 minutes. So we wait, and wait. Systems back up they begin checking us out again. When everything is finally bagged up the Asian lady then comes to inform us that we must pay cash because their system had an error with the last 3 persons checked out. The error was not that the final tally was incorrect, but that many of the items rang up as "grocery" and did not properly detail the item on the receipt. We said we didn't care, if it said "grocery" on the receipt we didn't plan on returning the food anyway. OK. Well the manager then rudely insists that we pay cash so they can better keep up with the register. OK…well we tell her we have no cash…we'll have to use a check since they can't take our check card. Nope..nope that won't work either, for some reason. You must come back and pay for this with cash.
This lady didn't apologize, was rude as hell, and that's not even the end of the story. We tell them, ok we'll come back for our food. We leave the food in our reusable bags, tell them we'll be back after dropping the kids off and getting some cash.
We drop the kids off (it's now 9:30 and way past their bed time), get money from a nearby atm and then return to Food Lion. We see the the manager is outside on the bench chatting it up on her cell phone while smoking, how classy. We are stunned to find out that the same rude Asian manager had told the bag boys to put our food back. We have been gone 20 minutes at the most, and we left our "reusable flower colored bags". Obviously we were coming back.
So after wasting our entire night we still didn't get our groceries. 3 or 4 people knew we were coming back.
We are calling to request that the rude manager get the items on our grocery list and have them ready for us to check out (in between her smoke breaks of course). That's the least they should do in our eyes. How much is your time worth?


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GTTV Presents: Uncharted 3: Race to the Ring (usually shortened to Uncharted 3: Race to the Ring) was a one off reality game show special which aired October 31st 2011 on Spike TV at 11:30pm. It was hosted by Geoff Keighley. It served to promote the release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
Described as a "blockbuster TV special," the show saw contestants compete in various challenges in order to win an Uncharted themed prize package, including a Sony home theater system. Shooting of the show took place the week of October 3rd, 2011.[1]
Several eligibility requirements must be met to have been selected as a contestant:
- You must be 21 years of age or older at the time of application.
- You must be legally able to work in the United States, and have a valid United States government issued driver's license.[2]
If these requirements are met, applicants must complete a questionnaire, not only containing personal questions, but Uncharted related questions such as:
- Which "Uncharted" character are you most like and why?
- What do you have in common with Nathan Drake?[3]
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- ↑ http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/30/apply-now-for-the-uncharted-3-spike-tv-special/
- ↑ MTVN_BALA-#532767-v2-Eligibility_Requirements_-_Uncharted_3__Race_to_the_Ring.pdf
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I use a variety of techniques in my room, but most importantly I believe consistency and routine are extremely crucial so that each little one knows the expectations while at school. I have a classroom chart on display at all times. I saw this at a conference a few years ago and adapted it to fit my class rules. It uses Mr. Potato Head pieces hot glued next to the particular rule.
- Waiting hands
- Sitting crisscross (usually my little learners sit on the floor during circle/learning times, but occasionally I will split them up with half on the floor and half in chairs, depending on my class size)
- Voices off while the teacher is speaking
- Listening ears
- Eyes on the speaker
I have three large circles cut out of foam. (Green with a smile, yellow with a straight face, red with a sad face) Each student's name is written on a clothespin. Everyone starts out on the happy face. If a student is not following a rule, I will move that clothespin to straight face as a warning and sad face if necessary. A student does have the opportunity to change behavior and get moved back to the happy face. My little sweeties hate having their clothespin moved, so this is an effective system for me. My daily note has the same smile, straight, or sad face system that I fill in at the end of the day.
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- Buffet breakfast venue: Waves
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- Cost: Adults $29.50, kids 5-12 years $1 per year of age, kids under 5 dine free
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2. Crowne Plaza Hotel Gold Tower Surfers Paradise
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- Breakfast hours: 6:30am-10:30am daily
- Cost: Breakfast is included with select bookings
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3. Jupiters Casino
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Housed inside the Gold Coast's Jupiters Casino, Food Fantasy is one of the most renowned buffets in the city. It serves more than 80 dishes across its breakfast, lunch and dinner buffet menus. Breakfast consists of a wide selection of hot and cold dishes.
- Buffet breakfast venue: Food Fantasy
- Breakfast hours: 6:30am-10am daily
- Cost: $30 for adults, $15 for kids 5-12, free for kids under 5
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4. Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa
With its beautiful aesthetic and well-presented buffet tables, the Marriott's Critique restaurant is candy for the eyes.
Marriott offers guests a choice between a breakfast buffet during select morning hours or a continental option throughout the morning. Its breakfast buffet serves cooked-to-order omelettes and waffles.
- Buffet breakfast venue: Critique
- Breakfast hours: 6:30am-10:30am daily
- Cost: $39 Monday to Saturday, $42 Sunday. Children 5-12 are charged at half price and children under 5 are free
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On Hope Island you won't have to hope and pray for a crackin' good start to your day. It's already guaranteed with the InterContinental's stellar buffet breakfast.
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- Buffet breakfast venue: Cove Cafe
- Breakfast hours: Tuesday-Friday 6:30am-10am, Saturday to Monday 6:30am-10:30am
- Cost: $39 for adults. A separate menu is available for kids
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6. QT Gold Coast
This 5-star hotel takes an alternate approach to the traditional buffet breakfast, serving Mediterranean-style dishes amongst a traditional marketplace setting.
QT's in-house restaurant Bazaar is a feast for the senses that features flavoursome dishes made from only the freshest ingredients. Taste the difference with its breakfast tapas this morning.
- Buffet breakfast venue: Bazaar
- Breakfast hours: 6:30am-10:30am daily
- Cost: $32 for adults, $15 for kids
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7. Hotel Grand Chancellor
The breakfast of champions can be found at Hotel Grand Chancellor.
If you head to level one bright and early in the morning, you can expect to find Hanlan's waiting for you with a sumptuous buffet of breakfast favourites like hash browns, grilled tomatoes and bacon. The hotel often offers packages including the buffet.
- Buffet breakfast venue: Hanlan's
- Breakfast hours: 6:30am-10am daily
- Cost: $25 for adults
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8. Mantra Twin Towers
Fuel your mornings and your mind with a top quality traditional buffet breakfast at Mantra Twin Towers.
Whether you're a guest of the hotel or a local who knows a good brekky when they see one, all are welcome to dine at Signatures in Mantra Twin Towers. Its buffet breakfast is a traditional one but a good one with bacon, sausages, eggs and tomatoes.
- Buffet breakfast venue: Signatures
- Breakfast hours: Monday-Saturday 6:30-10:30am, Sunday 6:30am-10am
- Cost: $26.50 for adults
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Your credit history doesn't divorce when you do
Did you know that after you divorce, you still may be tied to your ex for many years by way of your credit report? That's right.... Your credit history doesn't divorce your spouse, even when you do.
The problems start when the spouses agree that one will continue to pay a debt for which both are legally bound. Sometimes the husband takes the truck and agrees to make the payments, but the debt is in the names of both the husband and the wife. He decides to stop paying but is still driving around in the truck. What happens?
The ex-wife better be willing to start paying for that truck, because the creditor will soon be knocking at her door. The same goes for a mortgage, credit card, or other loan. The creditor doesn't care what was agreed to in your divorce agreement. If your name is on the debt, you are legally responsible for it, period.
And then there are the problems when your ex-spouse defaults on debts you had no part of, but those defaults end up on your credit report. You have legal grounds to have that derogatory information removed from your credit report because it's not your responsibility. But while you work it out (which can sometimes take months) you may be not be able to buy a house, refinance your mortgage, get a new car, or get a credit card.
It's important to keep a close eye on your credit report once you divorce. Make sure that only your own credit information is being recorded, and have anything related to your ex-spouse removed immediately.
And if possible, do not make agreements between yourselves about who will pay debts that are legally in both of your names. Take steps to have your name removed from loans and credit cards before your divorce is final so that you don't end up being responsible for something that's not your fault.
This isn't easy -- often times creditors don't want to remove one party from the debt because that could reduce their chances of getting paid in the long run. But it's worth a try to separate the debts to protect yourself from future problems.
Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE performs fraud examinations and financial investigations for her company Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting, and is the author of Essentials of Corporate Fraud.


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Catholic World News
August 29, 2013
The staff of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage is publishing a seven-part series of blog posts in the wake of recent Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage.
In the most recent installment, the staff criticized "the flawed anthropology of sexual orientation":
The problem with treating "sexual orientation" as a description of a class of people is that it proposes a deeply flawed anthropology, or understanding of the human person. Christian anthropology teaches that each person is called to accept his or her sexual identity as a man or as a woman (Catechism, no. 2333). This is consistent with the understanding that man – male and female – is a unity of body and soul (Catechism, no. 362-368). Our identity as human persons is intimately connected with our identity as a man or as a woman. In short, the body matters.
What the language of "sexual orientation" does, anthropologically, is separate one's identity from one's bodily nature as a man or woman, placing a premium on one's desires and inclinations. The body then becomes a "bottom layer" – essentially meaningless matter – over which one's "real" identity – comprised of desires and inclinations – is super-imposed.
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As some of you may remember, Flora Shakespeare is our Artist of the Week, and they're playing a free in-store/EP release party at Grimeys this Saturday at 5pm. Michelle wrote all about it earlier this week, but I thought I'd try to bring you a little more.
This is your chance to start following a cool band at the beginning of their career. They only boast 90 something fans on MySpace, their song listens are only in the 60s, but make no mistake, they're GOOD.
I'm not much of a music critic, but I know what I like, and I really like their sound. Their sound is very retro, and it reminds me of the 1960s channel on Sirius Radio. Their song "Out of Our Hands" bounces along cheerfully, building momentum until it ends rather suddenly. Their songs sound familiar and warm, and I'm sure they'll have a great performance
Oh, did I mention that there will be free food, free beer, AND you'll get the Flora Shakespeare EP for free? Did I also mention that they were produced by Joel J. Dahl from De Novo Dahl?
No? Well, there you go. They perform at Grimeys this Saturday at 5:00pm


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Two companies both relatively new to Framingham are now partnering — to make beer.
Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. and Avidia Bank are collaborating on the drink — named Demo Tape Nineteen: Liquid Tender — after staffs from the two companies kept running into one another over the past year at local events.
The brewery and bank will donate $2 from every four pack of beer sold to the Rise Above Foundation, which serves foster children in the MetroWest area.
Both companies are relatively new to the area. Exhibit 'A', in Jack's Abby Craft Lagers' old spot, opened two years ago, while Avidia Bank opened its Framingham location last September.
Earlier this month, staff from Avidia Bank helped create the beer at the brewery, including input on its taste, appearance, distribution and marketing.
Kelsey Roth, Exhibit 'A''s general manager, said the collaboration is about more than just beer.
"It's about creating connections where the sum is greater than the individual parts, and that's what has happened with Avidia," he said. "The Avidia team has been a blast to work with. We couldn't have asked for a better collaboration partner."
The beer will be made available starting July 21 at the brewery's Demo Tape Fest, which highlights project beers and local music.
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Dear Friends,
Consistent with the High Holy Day spirit of renewal, Gratz College has ushered in the New Year with some exciting changes. First, there is our completely revamped website--streamlined, user friendly and packed with information about stimulating classes, programs and events. Second, there are some new faces at Gratz this year--on the board, in academics and on staff. We welcome these talented and committed people into our Gratz family and introduce them to you below.
In this Insider, you will also meet both a Gratz alumna with an interesting personal story and a current student, whose middle-of-the-night eureka moment brought her here. Taking readers across the globe, the newsletter also includes Dr. Saul Wachs' musings on his sabbatical in Israel, as well as reflections on Poland from participants in this summer's Gratz trip. Finally, in this issue, you will find announcements for some of the year's interesting and provocative lectures and programs.
With much to look forward to, Gratz College joins all of you in eagerly embracing the exciting promise of a new year. Shana tova to all!
Poland: Exploring Jewish Life Past and Present
"The perception that Poland is just a cemetery with Jewish blood is a very incomplete picture," says David Mink, participant in this summer's Gratz trip to Poland. And he should know because Mink and his fellow travelers got the complete picture of Poland this summer. Led by Gratz professor Dr. Michael Steinlauf, the group delved into Poland's robust prewar Jewish past, shuddered at haunting symbols of Nazi inhumanity and marveled at both the rebirth of Jewish life in Poland and the overall vibrancy of this country today. Read more
Twelve years ago, James Kugel, Bible scholar, author and former Harvard professor, received a grim cancer diagnosis. During his illness, Kugel was struck by what he describes as the sense of "human smallness" that pervaded his consciousness. Fortunately, he got the opportunity to delve into this perception more fully in his book, In the Valley of the Shadow. As stated in his website, this book explores "the essence of religious faith and what it leads to." At Gratz, on October 18th, as part of the Shusterman Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series, Kugel will share some of his conclusions about religion and offer his current perspective on his near-death experience.
Saul Wachs: Back on Campus
Dr. Saul Wachs has returned to Gratz this semester after a sabbatical in Israel. In this issue of The Gratz College Insider, he recounts some of his personal joys, professional achievements and general reflections from his time abroad. For this window into his life in Israel, read more.
Honor for Gratz Professor and Her Former Student
This summer, Gratz professor Dr. Ruth Sandberg was invited to a prestigious international conference to present a paper that she had coauthored with her former student and current teaching partner, Michail Kitsos. This same paper has been tapped for publication as a chapter in a Bible series put out by a prominent publisher. While the paper describes methodologies for interpreting the Book of Ecclesiastes, Sandberg explains how, on a more fundamental level, this ancient biblical book is relevant to the world today, especially at this time of year. Read more
Marley Weiner refers to herself as a "professional Jew." This title is particularly fitting for Weiner, who is both a new rabbinical student and Gratz Jewish Community High School (JCHS)teacher. The title is also an apt description of Weiner's life over the last several years: whether she was leading services at Hillel or coordinating programs for the Jewish Outreach Institute (JOI), Weiner was involved in supporting the Jewish community. Yet every Christmas Eve, this "professional Jew" attends church services. To find out why, read more.
Suzanne Gereaux is a student in the Gratz online master's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Her ultimate goal is to teach in a college or junior college setting. What makes her story remarkable, however, is that it took an economic downturn and a case of insomnia for her to get here. To learn about Gereaux's unexpected path to Gratz, read more.
On the Board
We are delighted to welcome Terry Katz, Judith Fellheimer and Michelle Portnoff as new members of the Gratz College Board of Governors. We look forward to profiling each of them in future issues of this newsletter.
In Academics
Joshua Gutoff: Assistant Professor of Jewish Education and Program Coordinator of Ed.D. in Jewish Education
"One of the really exciting things about Gratz is that because it's not a denominational school, the tradition here has been to provide people with the tools to lead rich Jewish lives in directions of their own choosing. It's a very compelling model of education." Read more
Dr. Richard Scaldini: Interim Dean for Academic Affairs
"I am very excited to join Gratz for this year. The college enjoys an excellent reputation in Jewish education and has made many significant contributions over the years. The people comprising the college community show a passion for Jewish learning and a commitment to innovation that are the hallmarks of leading institutions." Read more
"In the end, the exciting piece of this job is the ability to engage and empower Jewish students and to be a part of their Jewish journey." Read more
Joseph Henderson: Interim Director of Financial Aid
Maria Silvester: Director of Enrollment Management
"What I find about Gratz is that the people here are extremely committed to the process of education. I am truly inspired by their level of commitment." Read more
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Director of Finance and Administration
"Working at Gratz has been a great opportunity for me to learn more about Jewish culture. I am excited about working for an organization that enriches people's lives." Read more


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Pulchra gets is name from the Latin word "beautiful" — and beautiful it certainly is. After an hour and a half trip in the monotonous road along Cebu suburbs, you reach a beautiful, peaceful garden filled witht eh songs of birds.
The reception area is a big and elegant, with a high nipa and wood ceiling, white marble floors and very attractive armchairs made of plaited wicker. You are welcomed politely and efficiently. The are seems deserted, though occupied by a discreet Japanese clientele. The resort has joint Filipino and Japanese ownership and was designed by the Filipino architect Joe Canizares.
The large swimming pool begins right outside the reception hall then lazily meanders up to Ventus, the main restaurant which it encircles. You can swim and then have a drink without leaving the pool — there is a bar on the edge of the water. The main restaurant opens onto the beach, which is unfortunately is made of gravel and not very pleasant to walk on. A much smaller restaurant, the Opus, is reserved for more intimate dinners. Another bar, the Luna Bar, recreates an atmosphere of outer space with its interior in shining pebbles — black on the floor, gray on the walls and blue on the ceiling — illuminated with hundreds of little lights. It is the only place where you will find a television set, as the primary aim of Pulchra is to maintain peace and quietness.
The Lagoon Suite Rooms face another swimming pool. The interiors are extremely elegant with white marble floors, beige sofas and attractive modern furniture. The rooms have adjoining terraces.
The Garden Side Villas and the Family Villas are cleverly concealed in individual gardens. These are big and have even the luxury of a private swimming pool. The Family Villas with two bedrooms each, have no doors to separate the rooms, yet privacy is maintained. The rooms are slightly lower on either side of the living room and each has its own bathroom and a large terrace looking onto the swimming pool but a private jacuzzi and a massage kiosk as well.
Special mention must be made of the bathrooms: completely circular in the Garden Villas, almost maze-like in the Family Villas with showers and toilets found in nooks and corners. The bathtub, on the other hand, is in a lush, outdoor patio.
Apart from the high rates, the flaw of Pulchra is its setting in an unattractive urban environment with an artificial gravel beach. But spending a weekend in Pulchra is a bit like living inside a lovely picture of an interior decorating magazines.
How to get there
By air and land, 75-minute daily flights on Air Philippines Cebu Pacific, Asian Spirit or PAL from Manila to Cebu. 1.5 hours by car from Cebu Mactan Airport to the resort.
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Discover the Bidayuh tribe's Mongkos village near the Kalimantan border. Along the way, you'll stop at the colourful native market in the small town of Serian. You'll find that Mongkos is a thriving rural community & home to one of the few remaining traditional Bidayuh longhouses in Sarawak. Upon arrival, the Bidayuh community will welcome you with a traditional dance performance. You'll visit the traditional longhouse for a short tour to learn about its history & then walk to a nearby mini waterfall with the Bidayuh people to experience how a native style lunch is prepared. Later, take a stroll in the village, learn about the Bidayuh way of life & enjoy a guided walk through the nearby farmlands such as rice fields, a pepper farm, a rubber plantation, and tropical fruit orchards.


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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
That (Sudanese) Target Ad
(And if you are some nostalgist who imagines this never happened in the sixties, check out The Rolling Stones shilling for Rice Krispies, below.)
The song is "Calabria," by DJ Enur from Denmark, and features vocals by Natasja Saad, a Danish dancehall/reggae vocalist whose father, it turns out, is from Sudan. I can't claim there is anything remotely "Sudanese" about her singing, which is pure dancehall.
But she seems to be trying to look vaguely Sudanese in this photo, no?
On the other hand, here's Natasja in a more typical "dancehall" look.
Natasja was not just a star in Denmark, but also "the first non-Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist ever to win the Jamaican 'Irie FM Big Break Contest,'" according to wikipedia.
Here's the "official" video, in which Natasja appears. Pretty typical dancehall fare, I guess: one guy in a suit, ogling all the beautiful semi-dressed female bodies.
Natasja was killed in a car wreck in Jamaica in June 2007. "Calabria" was already a global hit by that time; in January 2008, it hit Number One on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay.
And for those of you who are a little slow on the uptake when it comes to Jamaican patois (as I certainly am), here are the lyrics you hear on the Target ad:
Easy now no need fi go down (2x)
Rock that run that this where we from
Whoop Whoop, when you run come around,
Cu(z) I know you're the talk of the town, yeah
Best shown overall, shiny and tall,
One touch make a gal climb whoever you are,
Brass hat, hatter than fireball
Whoop Whoop!
You not small you no lickle at all
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Nothing Sudanese about it at all. Who cares if her father was from Sudan--are you suggesting race is destiny?
- Ted Swedenburg said...
Of course race isn't destiny. I wrote quite clearly that there was nothing "Sudanese" about the song at all, except for the family background of the singer. For me, it is news, and of inherent interest, when a song that hits the mainstream of US pop culture is performed by someone of Middle Eastern background.
- w&w said...
interesting. i wrote about the 'calabria' phenom a while back, amazed by the long life of that earworm sax riff, but didn't think to address natasja's ethnic background. even so, the post generated a lot of discussion about the representation of race/ethnicity in reggae, hip-hop, and club music --
Ay Sudan aint Middle Eastern its AFRICA So big upzzz to SUDAN nd God BLESS NATASJA


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After watching CHOW's video on The Perfect Olive Oil I was a bit skeptical that Round Pond's offerings were, in fact, the perfect citrus-flavored olive oils. Deciding to see for myself, I picked up two small bottles: Meyer lemon and blood orange. They were both superb on their own as well as drizzled over thinly sliced fennel. In the video, Round Pond's Ryan MacDonnell stresses using the oil right after you open it to keep it from going rancid, so the next day I finished up the blood orange olive oil in our Olive Oil Cake—it was perfect. The Meyer lemon went a few days later, mixed into salad dressings, whipped into aioli, and spooned over roasted fish. Needless to say, my skepticism has subsided. And while perfect is a strong term, this stuff is pretty addictive.
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Great Places To Eat No. 3 – Fez Medina, Morocco
Great Places To Eat – No. 2
Scarthin Books Cafe, Cromford, Derbyshire
Scarthin Books by the mill pond in Cromford, is a rambling, slightly tatty, very friendly and fascinating bookstore – one of the few remnants of the independent book shop movement of the '60s to early '90s.
On the first floor, behind an amazing door which has to be seen, is the small vegetarian cafe. A little too small, perhaps, but rarely crowded in my experience.
They have a good selection of vegan dishes, including carrot cake made using carrots from their own garden, and whenever possible, eggs used in the vegetarian dishes are from their own chickens.
Plenty to read – the music and food sections of the shop are in the cafe, together with an eclectic magazine rack – and it's always warm in winter. In warmer weather, there are seats and a table hewn from a tree trunk out by the pond.
Gary Repton is in the process of editing a short film about the shop.
If I go alone, I end up making a morning or afternoon of browsing and book buying, stopping for a break in the cafe for tea and a home made homity pie or slice of pizza.
Great Places To Eat – No. 1
Prime Burger, Manhattan.
"Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui,
of Lost & Found Films (lostfoundfilms.com).
Prime Burger Restaurant, in Midtown Manhattan
For many of the guys that work here, the restaurant is like a second home – some of them have been slinging burgers, making shakes, and waiting on customers at this location for decades. Opened in 1938, the place hasn't been altered since the early '60s, and it looks all the better for it.
Here the waiters and workers of Prime Burger discuss their views on their chosen profession, and the unique nature of the place itself."