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Gimonca: London's bit at the closing ceremonies looked like it was taken from an ep of Absolutely Fabulous.
ANTARA - Features: Sugar producers complain of refined sugar imports
Sugar producers in Indonesia are complaining about refined sugar available on local markets, as the commodity is normally imported for special consumption by industries.
Gimonca: I now know where Costco is in Coon Rapids, in case I feel like driving a few hundred miles to get a 55-gal drum of cream corn.
Gimonca: How is Lowes supposed to compete with Menards if they don't have Maple Nut Goodies at point-of-sale?
ANTARA - Features: RI determined to maintain food self-sufficiency
Indonesia, which boasted about its rice self-efficiency at a FAO conference in Rome in 1985, is determined to maintain the self-efficiency in rice it has regained after years of importing the commodity.
ANTARA - Features: Indonesia now out of economic crisis
Indonesia which over the past 10 years has been struggling hard to recover from a multi-dimensional crisis, is now considered by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to have come out of at least its economic crisis.
Gimonca: Quarry Rainbow is polished to a high sheen. Apparently they're hosting "Chairman Bob" himself this afternoon.
Gimonca: Deontay Wilder goes home with the bronze. Eh, better than nothing. Guess I'll sleep in tomorrow.
Gimonca: Deontay Wilder: boxing at some godawful time like 2:30 this morning? Hope he gets to the final on Saturday; I'll find out in the a.m.
Gimonca: With the kitchen a giant construction zone, I have to figure out what I'm going to eat. Holy Land? Chiapas? Or less cholesterol?
Gimonca: Cabinet dude is sawing away. May be done by Friday evening. Two doors weren't fabbed; those are 2 weeks away.
ANTARA - Features: Agus Condro`s confession causes some people to appreciate, while others feel uncomfortable
Agus Condro, a former legislator, who had confessed to the Corruption Eradication Commission on Wednesday for having received a Rp500 million bribe from Bank Indonesia, had appreciation, while some others caused an uncomfortble feeling and restless.
ANTARA - Features: Govt challenged to meet its 6.2 pct economic growth target
While the government sees better economic conditions next year, businesses say that the government has to work hard to achieve its 6.2 percent economic growth and 6.5 percent inflation rate targets for 2009.
ANTARA - Features: Increased education budget also raises concern about improper spending
Teachers and various quarters in the educational sector hailed the government`s proposal in the Draft 2009 State Budget to raise education expenditure from Rp154.2 trillion in 2008 to Rp224 trillion next year.
Gimonca: The real winner of these Olympics: Bela Karolyi. Ten thousand times better than the plastic talking head sportscaster droids.
ANTARA - Features: Govt urged not to meet Amrozi et al`s request for execution procedure
The government has been urged not to grant the request of the death-row Bali I bombers Amrozi et al to have them executed on the basis of Islamic syariah (law).
ANTARA - Features: Govt to meet claims for tax refunds in exchange for royalties from coal producers
The government is considering to pay tax refunds to coal mining companies that have paid taxes in excess of their obligations, but in return coal producers are required to meet their obligation by paying royalties.
ANTARA - Features: Govt`s oil price assumption at U$100 seen as too low
The government is considered to be too optimistic in setting the oil price assumption at US$100 a barrel for the 2009 state budget amid oil price volatility.
John: Lost B-sides Week: Thomas Dolby "The Wreck of the Fairchild"
One of Thomas Dolby’s earliest singles (even before THAT song, I believe) was the incredible “Airwaves,” a song I think was tough for him to equal – it’s mellow and epic all at once, with mysterious lyrics and a fantastic bridge with great lines:
Control has enabled
the abandoned wires again, but
the copper cables
all rust in the acid rain
that flood the subways with
elements of our corrosion
cable them to me.
Of course, when “Airwaves” was released as a single, the bridge was completely excised. Sigh.
“Airwaves” didn’t exactly burn up the charts – it was never even released as a single in the States. That ramps up the scarcity factor of today’s b-side, “The Wreck of the Fairchild,” a mostly instrumental funk/reggae/new wave stew with a pretty cool finish that segues directly back to its a-side. “Fairchild” sounds like a song in progress, something just waiting for a melody line to be written over it, but ultimately scrapped to an obscure b-side, never to appear on any other compilation or collection. Too bad – it would have been interesting to see it fleshed out, since it fits the vibe of Dolby’s first (and completely essential) album, www.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000007O19%2Fqid%3D1134686715%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%2526v%3Dglance%2526n%3D5174">"Golden Age of Wireless"
, which is in dire need of a deluxe re-mastering (complete with original mixes of “Radio Silence” and b-sides – c’mon, EMI). It was featured on the initial UK pressing of the LP, but quickly deleted and replaced by “One of Our Submarines” and a little-known song called “She Blinded Me With Science”.
Download “The Wreck of the Fairchild”.
And just because, here is the full version of “Airwaves”.
”The Wreck of the Fairchild” was the b-side to “Airwaves,” released in 1982, and on the first UK pressing of “The Golden Age of Wireless”.
Control has enabled
the abandoned wires again, but
the copper cables
all rust in the acid rain
that flood the subways with
elements of our corrosion
cable them to me.
Of course, when “Airwaves” was released as a single, the bridge was completely excised. Sigh.
“Airwaves” didn’t exactly burn up the charts – it was never even released as a single in the States. That ramps up the scarcity factor of today’s b-side, “The Wreck of the Fairchild,” a mostly instrumental funk/reggae/new wave stew with a pretty cool finish that segues directly back to its a-side. “Fairchild” sounds like a song in progress, something just waiting for a melody line to be written over it, but ultimately scrapped to an obscure b-side, never to appear on any other compilation or collection. Too bad – it would have been interesting to see it fleshed out, since it fits the vibe of Dolby’s first (and completely essential) album, www.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000007O19%2Fqid%3D1134686715%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%2526v%3Dglance%2526n%3D5174">"Golden Age of Wireless"
, which is in dire need of a deluxe re-mastering (complete with original mixes of “Radio Silence” and b-sides – c’mon, EMI). It was featured on the initial UK pressing of the LP, but quickly deleted and replaced by “One of Our Submarines” and a little-known song called “She Blinded Me With Science”.Download “The Wreck of the Fairchild”.
And just because, here is the full version of “Airwaves”.
”The Wreck of the Fairchild” was the b-side to “Airwaves,” released in 1982, and on the first UK pressing of “The Golden Age of Wireless”.
Deontay Wilder hometown news: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080817/NEWS/675188476/1007&title=Deontay_Wilder_wins__advances_to_medal_round
Gimonca: @wtongen My reciprocating saw worked beautifully today. If it played mp3s, I'd tweet about it, too.
ANTARA - Features: Request of Amrozi et al for execution by beheading merely a technical matter
The request of the death-row Bali I bombing convicts Amrozi et al for being executed by beheading, instead of by a firing squad, is only a technical matter, a legal observer says.
Gimonca: Forget Phelps, cheer for Deontay Wilder: http://www.usaboxing.org/athlete/athlete/1207 ...he drives a beer truck!
Gimonca: Songbird says it has a Latin interface, which would be tons of fun, but it's a LIAR. Thwow him to the fwoor, Centuwion, vewy woughwy!
Gimonca: Note to mp3 player developers: I know where Hype Machine is, I don't need a link to it baked into your distro.
Gimonca: Free Windows music players: Songbird. Right-click on a file actually works. I'm still giving it the stinkeye for outbound conns by default.
Gimonca: Free Windows music players: QuickPlayer. Interesting fade effects, but doesn't work for right-click/open.
Gimonca: Free Windows music players: Cactus Jukebox. Giving them a pass, because they really are beta in the old sense of the word.
Gimonca: aTunes: double FAIL. Every track title/artist garbled. Ten minutes into fiddling with the interface, still no music.
Gimonca: Free Windows music players. aTunes: FAIL. Kaspersky is going Defcon 5 on all the outbound connections. Do not want, even to last.fm.
Gimonca: Free Windows music players. SnackAmp: sounds good, but FAIL on the interface. If I wanted tcl/tk, I'd write it myself.
ANTARA - Features: Purported Bigfoot discovery met with disbelief in US
Two US men's claim that they stumbled upon the carcass of a Bigfoot, a legendary half-man, half-ape creature, has been met with scepticism.
Gimonca: New (and ugly) Missouri license plates have DNA on them too. I'd call them copycats, but people might think there's a pun involved.
Gimonca: Why would countertop guys and cabinet guys actually talk to each other? Glad I could mediate and bring such diverse people together. Sheesh
Gimonca: Vous recevrez très rapidement un email avec le numéro du colis vous permettant de suivre la livraison sur internet. Just how rapidement eh?