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As the market reaches new lows, and retirement savings appear to have gone down the drain, it's certainly understandable that anyone would ask: Why buy stocks?
You'll have to step back from current events and your emotions to examine the reasons for buying stocks, now or at any time. This is not a response to the question of whether this is the "right time" to buy, or an answer to the question on everyone's mind: "Have we hit bottom yet?"
The real question is whether stocks (equities) are an asset that can make your wealth grow -- or just a "trick" that has lured Americans into unreal hopes and dreams, followed by financial disaster.
How stocks work
First, what are stocks? They are shares of ownership in a company to get capital for expansion, and to reward the original investors who will now have a marketplace to sell their shares.
The only reason to buy shares in a company is because you believe the business will grow. That growth is measured by the company's total after-tax earnings -- divided by the number of shares it has sold to investors -- which are reported to the public every three months.
The company will retain some of those earnings for future growth, and may pay out some of its earnings as dividends.
If investors think the company will continue to grow, they will be willing to pay more for the shares of the company's stock. If a company is expected to earn $1 per share this year, and $2 per share next year, stock buyers may be willing to pay a price that represents 10X (10 times) next year's earnings. That is, they would be willing to pay $20 per share for the stock.
Of course, if earnings fall, they will rush to sell the stock. Once a company's stock is trading publicly, every transaction is made at the price that buyers and sellers agree upon. That is, if General Electric is trading at $7 a share, that means someone wanted to sell at that price, and someone else felt it was time to buy!
The long run for stocks
Stock market performance over the period from 1980 to 2000 was one of the best 20-year periods in history. Even the "dot-com crash" of 2000 didn't alert people to market risk. It did, however, demonstrate the value of "diversification" among stocks. Still, Americans came to believe that the stock -- and housing -- market, could only rise meteorically.
If only investors had some historical perspective, their expectations about stocks -- and home prices -- would have been realistic.
Actually, the stock market -- over the long run -- is far less risky than most people think today.
According to Ibbotson, the market historians, there has never been a 20-year period -- going back to 1926 -- where you would have lost money in a diversified portfolio of large-company American stocks, with dividends reinvested -- even adjusted for inflation.
Let's take a closer look at that fact.
First, you need a diversified portfolio of large-company stocks, such as a mutual fund that tracks the S&P 500 stock index. Second, it requires that dividends be reinvested -- as automatically happens in your retirement plan.
The third part about beating inflation is important too. When paper money is losing value, many investors turn to stocks, which represent real assets. Finally, you need at least a 20-year time horizon!
So, why buy stocks?
No one suggests you put all your money into stocks. It's always good to have some "chicken money" in the bank to ride out the ups and downs of the market.
But if you believe in the future growth of the economy, and if you believe in the future of our free enterprise system that has created so much opportunity for so many people, then you want to own stocks.
You don't have to pick individual stocks. In fact, you want to spread your investments over many stocks through a mutual fund. And you don't have to pick the right time to own stocks, or to sell. Even Warren Buffet makes mistakes.
All you have to do is keep investing on a regular basis, if you believe in the future of America.
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Looking for Luigi's Italian Ice
Help! My boyfriend is from New England and loves Luigi's Italian Ice. I'm not seeing it in the grocery stores here (I didn't expect to), but am hoping someone has seen it at a grocery or specialty store.
In the meantime, I'm going to take him to every Italian ice shop that I can find.
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i miss it also. it just doesn't exist out here. there was a vendor at the eagle rock farmers market (that no longer exists) that had his own homemade italian ice that was close to NY italian ice except that i wasn't a fan of the texture- it was too creamy or something. not sure if you can find him by googling, but it was as close as i've found to luigis as far as flavor goes. i do miss those cups and how if you turn the ices upside down it was frozen sugar liquid!
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I was disappointed with Joe's Italian Ice. The people working there were very friendly but the ice itself didn't have the right consistency and found several big chunks of ice. The only place to get real Italian Ice is Lemon Ice King of Corona. There is no other place like it in the world. The temperature and consistency of the ice coupled with the variety of flavors is so unique. I also tried the place on Montana and was disappointed by them as well.
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Yes, js76wisco is absolutely right.
FLB, I think I've had Luigi's while visiting my sis in Brooklyn. If your boyfriend is used to eating real Italian ice made by real Italian Americans in real US Italian enclaves, he's going to be disappointed. I'm giving you fair warning.
Lemon Ice King in Queens is just spectacular. Ask your boyfriend if Luigi's is like this-- the texture is so velvety soft, smooth and creamy, you'd swear there was fat hiding in there somewhere. That's Lemon Ice King. I'm a purist-- I prefer to stick with the natural juice ones and avoid the scary artificial flavored ones. But really, it's about the silky texture moreso than the flavor.
DiDo's ice was chunky like a finely textured granita. I had a blood orange one. Tasty enough, but absolutely NOT proper Italian ice. Plus, the shop guy (a middle aged guy) was kind of an ass.
I also once tried Joe's and was similarly disappointed (Joe's seems to use a lot more artificial syrups whereas DiDo is more about using fresh juices).
I'd give the edge to DiDo, but honestly neither one qualifies as a proper Italian ice in my book.
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Oh, and just to clarify (since this is the LA board), Lemon Ice King is not in Corona, California but rather on Corona Ave. in Queens, New York.
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
And to further clarify....
The italian ice I had in Brooklyn was "Uncle Louie G's" (Luigi's, get it?) So if that's the case and your boyfriend is in fact looking for the J&J Foods/Superpretzel manufactured Italian ice and not a local shop, I'm afraid I (still) can't help you. (I'm not familiar with this particular product).
Mr Taster
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There is one other place you can get the Lemon Ice King - Wellington, Florida, which is essentially Palm Beach. Since August of 2010 they've been importing the ices from Lemon Ice King in Corona. The place is called Lemon Ice King of Wellington, very creative.
I've been trying to find a distributor or importer. I'm kind of resigned that the only way I'll ever have true Italian Ices in SoCal is if I franchise the Lemon Ice King myself. I've emailed them inquiring about this.
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If you get a franchise, I'll be the first one on line. (That's right, I said ON line, dammit- in the pre-internet version of the term!)
Mr Taster
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Me too. They used to sell it at Costco as well.
FLB, just to clarify, Luigi's italian ice has a different consistency that italian ice in shops. Also, FWIW depending on your boyfriends age, the consistency of Luigi's Italian ice has changed since the last time I had it back east, which has to be a good 15 years ago.
I was just about to embark on a journey around LA to many of the places that you all listed. I quickly swung into Gelson's supermarket for something else, and guess what I found? Luigi's! Strange since he looks in every market that we go to, so I don't know why he didn't see this before. I'm sure it's on the pricier side since it's Gelson's, but atleast it's close. He's flying home tonight and I can't wait for him to open the freezer. He just relocated here, and things that remind him of home will help him acclimate.
Thank you all for the Luigi's sightings!
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If you want to surprise him with goodies in the future, this website has a lot of stuff from back east you can order, they do a really nice job of packing as well and shipping charges weren't outrageous http://www.famousfoods.com/


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Our six-person hacksquad did not know each other previously, yet came together to create a fully functioning demo of the app (and even Facebook and Twitter pages!) within the allotted 24-hour period. As a bonus, we were able to build the app across multiple mobile platforms because — you guessed it — we used the Corona SDK for the iPhone and Android versions, and had a BlackBerry developer on the team who did a BlackBerry version. (he was in town from Germany for the Blackberry Developer Conference, which starts today)
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1924. "The latest in radio development which has been perfected by Mr. H.P. O'Reilly of Washington, D.C." Which seems to incorporate a "Telegraphone," the early wire recorder alluded to on the wall. Never miss another radio program again! Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
This early prototype "Go-Ogle Auto-Rig" was operated by a driver and a lensman who fed motion picture film into the 360-degree camera at the rate of 90 feet per minute. After being conveyed through the mobile developing tank, footage was viewed using a stereopticon indexed to a telephone directory.
March 26, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Test car, Bureau of Standards." See above for details. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., 1922. "X-ray at Garfield Hospital." We'll have you patched up in no time, kiddo. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
1924. Washington, D.C. "In recognition of his having conducted the most successful radio exhibition in the U.S., Alfred Stern, director of Washington's first radio exposition, was presented with this elaborate loop antenna by Dr. J. Harris Rogers, famous inventor. It is estimated that 50,000 persons attended this exhibition." Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Coin-operated radio in barbershop." Seen earlier outdoors. A closeup of the instructions for the set, provided by American Field Glass Service (which also supplied, we would guess, coin-operated binoculars and telescopes) can be seen here. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.


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6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, Sleeps a maximum of 18 people
18 Acre Estate nestled in the Heart of Osage Beach. This Private Waterfront Estate boosts 14,800 sq ft of Fine Living; 6 Bedrooms, 7 full Baths, 2 half Baths, 4 Kitchen Areas, 4 Living Areas , Home Theater, Library/Den, Elevator. 1920 sq ft 5 Car Garage. Includes Guest Quarters.
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- wheelchair accessible
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Yes, It Is Morning! (Japanese: はいあさですよ! Hai Asa Desu Yo!) is a song sung by Suzukisan, though it is mainly sung by Imakuni?.
This song was featured on Suzukisan's video tape Can You Name/Draw All The Pokémon?.
| 目っ玉焼きを 2個食べて
クルマに乗って 出かけましょ
大きな窓から 景色を見れば
あんなところに サボテンだ
こっちのサボテン しおれてるう
タイヤに なにか 刺さった!
こりゃ サボテンの トゲだ!
パンクしたまま トンネルへ
お先まっくら これ まくら
な~んだ これって カビゴンの夢か!
|Eating two sunny-side-ups
I ride the car Let's go out
When I look at the scenery from the big window
Over there is a cactus
The cactus here has wilted
Something pierced the tire!
It's a cactus spike!
We headed for the tunnel still with a flat tire
A while ago it's pitch-black dark This is a pillow
What the heck Is this Kabigon's dream!
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Marine crisis response force completes Africa mission
A member of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response team guides U.S. citizens down the flight line in Juba, South Sudan, during an evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy, on Jan. 3, 2014.
STUTTGART, Germany — A Spain-based U.S. Marine crisis-response force began its redeployment back to Europe on Sunday after operating for several months in Africa in connection with the conflict in South Sudan, where Marines were sent to assist in the evacuation of U.S. citizens.
The unit, which was forward-stationed at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's headquarters in Djibouti, arrived in Africa on Dec. 24 aboard two KC-130Js and four MV-22B Ospreys, according to a news release from Africa Command.
The Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response out of Moron, Spain, was then sent to Uganda to provide a faster response to the crisis in South Sudan, where ethnic clashes forced the U.S. to evacuate U.S. citizens and some embassy staff.
"We were tasked by U.S. AFRICOM to reposition a platoon sized element and a KC-130J aircraft in Entebbe, Uganda," Capt. D. Oliver David, a public affairs officer, said in a news release. He said that the repositioning, which was made with the cooperation of Ugandan authorities, enables quick response to protect U.S. personnel and facilities.
The movement of about 150 Marines from Spain to Djibouti and Uganda served as the longest insert conducted by the force since its inception in 2013, AFRICOM said. The pre-positioning of the force totaled more than 3,400 nautical miles from Spain to Djibouti and an additional 800 nautical miles from Djibouti to Uganda.
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Well, damn. After a prolonged period of radio silence, this week has seen a flurry of activity regarding "Cloud Atlas," the adaptation of David Mitchell's acclaimed best-seller by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer and Andy Wachowski. On Tuesday, it was announced that the film would make its world premiere ...Read More »
With this week's release of "The Amazing Spider-Man" -- and "The Dark Knight Rises" just around the corner -- we're at the halfway point of the summer blockbuster season. But there will be big spectacles to come right through to the end of the year, including Peter ...Read More »
Hugo Weaving continues to switch up big blockbusters and smaller minded fare, and this time he's headed to Australia to star in "Mystery Road" alongside "True Blood" hunk Ryan Kwanten, Jack Thompson, Tony Barry, Tasma Walton, Damian Walshe-Howling, David Field, Trisha Whitton and Siobhan Binge. Writ...Read More »
In telling the story of a true-life unsung hero a filmmaker faces many pitfalls. How often have we seen well-intentioned movies become sanctimonious and lose their dramatic edge? No such accusations can be leveled at Jim Loach's Oranges and Sunshine, an impressive film that documents a...Read More »
Hey, "Captain America" is coming out! We have to confess we'd kind of forgotten about the film: Marvel and Paramount haven't yet been saturation marketing the flick in the same way that other superhero blockbusters have been ("X-Men First Class," you were pretty good, but there was really no need fo...Read More »
Are the Wachowskis ready to make good on the promise they showed those many, many years ago? After making the lesbian thriller "Bound" and the groundbreaking "The Matrix," the siblings diluted their goodwill with two bloated, disappointing sequels and then flopped with "Speed Racer" (though the film does have its champions in certain quarters). On the producing front, while they scored with "V For Vendetta" they failed to deliver with "The Invasion" and "Ninja Assassin." In the same vein, Tom Tykwer made a big name for himself with "Run Lola Run" and has failed to match that success since, with a series of films of decreasing quality culminat...Read More »
Actors Will Play Multiple Roles In ProjectTo date, The Wachowskis have never quite lived up to their promise. After a strong debut with lesbian noir "Bound," they reinvented the action movie with "The Matrix," a film as seriously influential as any since "Star Wars" -- hence the slavish copycats tha...Read More »
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Turkey FM sends condolences for Algeria plane crash victims
Thursday, February 13, 2014
ANKARA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday expressed condolences to his Algerian counterpart for the families of the 77 victims of a plane crash in eastern Algeria.
Diplomatic sources said Davutoglu called Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra to express his condolences to the families who lost their relatives when an Algerian military plane crashed into mountain in the eastern province of Oum El Bouaghi, leaving only one survivor, on Tuesday.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika immediately declared a three-day mourning period to honor the victims of the plane crash.
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US air force inks 'tactical' space-war deal
American weaponrytech behemoth Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30m contract by the US Air Force Space Superiority Systems Wing. Under the deal, Lockheed will develop a prototype "tactical" space scanner for use in the covert orbital warfare of tomorrow. The tech demonstrator programme is referred to as Self-Awareness Space …
".......when something deploys off a satellite or a bus...."
OI! YOU! Yes you, getting off the number 14. Are you after my satellite?
Next up: TfL tender for anti-missile systems.
The radar absorbant stealth coat please, I'm taking the bus home.
Roll up! Roll up!
Cue the friendly fire references...they're *so* original!
Blue, red, and grey
Ah ha. So they finally admit the Alien Greys exist.
Actually they're not spelled like that in the USA. So either you made a type, or someone is making it all up.
"Out-and-out warfare in orbit"
would seem to become likely in a heavily asymmetic conflict of space-faring nations. Think along the lines of "I can't match your satellite intelligence, but I can take it out."
I wonder what became of Saddams space gun?
Grey vs Gray
Both are used/correct in the USA. Thus it is possible to use the grey spelling and not have made it up.
"don't be so obvious"
Well, firing an ASAT at someone else's satellite (or zapping its optics with a hefty laser) is pretty much considered an instant declaration of war.
So the real gig is to slide up next to it and covertly disable it somehow. You could spray stuff on its solar cells, you could bend or snip antennas, etc. and hopefully make it look like standard random failures and debris impacts.
The USAF has been looking at things like this since Project SAINT in the '50s: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/saint.htm
@ TeeCee
Ha! Good one!
declare war on the Sun?
Imagine an enemy (as they couldn't possibly be a friendly - could they?) with the power to irradiate your spacecraft. One that could shine intense beams of X-rays at your satellites and has known to disable at least one. In fact this enemy threat is so real, it's even responsible for global warming.
Obviously the americans can't allow such a challenge to their self-declared superiority to go unacknowledged. What they obviously need to do is deploy weapons in space to counter this previously unconsidered force, and if some of the prezzie's friends and business partners get to make a few Mil. out of the operation - well it's a just reward for their patriotism.
@ Anonymous Coward
'So the real gig is to slide up next to it and covertly disable it somehow. You could spray stuff on its solar cells, you could bend or snip antennas, etc. and hopefully make it look like standard random failures and debris impacts.'
The Soviet Union tried something like this from 1967 with a series of tests by Kosmos satellites which sidled up close to other satellites and then - ummm - exploded - so 9 out of 10 for effort, 2 out fo 10 for covertness.
The program was declared a success and was said to be operational from 1971 until 1987 when it was going to be replaced by a mysterious program called Polyus. Only one Polyus launch was attempted but rather than reach orbit it ended up in the South Pacific - that had lasers, presumably it now has sharks AND lasers.
And it was huge: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/polyus.htm
(Is it just me being of a certain age, but doesn't that erector look like something Gerry Anderson would have come up with?)
You Only Live Twice (The Movie)
Fanciful, yes.
But, even with the monitoring this system might allow, how do you tell the difference between the Russians and SPECTRE?
Yep, watched a bad movie, you guys run this story, heh presto.
Simple maths 2+2 = end of the world
let me be the first to say
That I for one welcome our near earth, heavily armored, weapon bearing satellite overlords.
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Natalie Merchant My Skin Lyrics
Last updated: 08/31/2014 06:16:52 PM
Take a look at my body
Look at my hands
There's so much here
That I don't understand
Your face saving promises
Whispered like prayers
I don't need them
I don't need them
I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable
Contempt loves the silence
It thrives in the dark
With fine winding tendrils
That strangle the heart
They say that promises
Sweeten the blow
But I don't need them
No, I don't need them
I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable
I'm a slow dying flower
Frost killing hour
The sweet turning sour
And untouchable
O, I need
The darkness
The sweetness
The sadness
The weakness
I need this
I need
A lullaby
A kiss goodnight
Angel sweet
Love of my life
O, I need this
Do you remember the way
That you touched me before
All the trembling sweetness
I loved and adored?
Your face saving promises
Whispered like prayers
I don't need them
No, I don't need them
O, I need
The darkness
The sweetness
The sadness
The weakness
I need this
I need
A lullaby
A kiss goodnight
The angel sweet
Love of my life
I need this
Is it dark enough?
Can you see me?
Do you want me?
Can you reach me?
Or I'm leaving
You better shut your mouth
Hold your breath
Kiss me now you'll catch my death
O, I mean it
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abuse | Reviewer: dancer | 8/31/14
What I like about this song is that there are several different ways to interpret it. But if forced to choose what it was about I would say abuse of any kind whether from people at school, a parent or guardian, a sexual partner, or even animal abuse. It may have started off as a pure relationship but turned corrupt and dark. I think this because of how she sings her lyrics along with the actual lyrics themselves. The lyrics "i've been treated so wrong, i've been treated so long" give you the feeling that she's starting or has been feeling bitter at how she is treated. Then the lines "do you remember the way/you touched me before/all the trembling sweetness/I loved and adored" lets you know that the relationship wasn't always bad and she misses the way it used to be. Her voice at certain points gets small and timid as if in fear of the backlash of voicing her opinions, but at the end her voice is stronger I believe to represent her overcoming her fear to speak and finally confronting her abuser.
Tattoo | Reviewer: Lara | 4/25/13
I have I'm a slow dying flower the frost killing hour sweet turning sour and untouchable tattoo'd.
To me the lyrics represent depression that has taken hold over a person life.
reading between the lines i guess | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/7/12
I somehow think that i may be about a relationship where the woman is realizing maybe her husband is cheating, and she questions why she is done like this. She obviously love him, and questions why he doing this to me. She asked herself " am i not beautiful, am i getting old, am i getting ugly to him, why can i keep him, why wont he love me, why wont he make love to me anymore" then she tries to make herself believe that she does not need him to move on,but she realizes that she loves him, and it hurts her very badly. Like many people that get cheated on they ask what did i do wrong, or whats wrong with me. Maybe she questions if her body is wrong with her. She feels untouchable because she might feel ugly, and also because her husband might not cherish her like he once did. She is coping with the feeling of sadness and and betrayal but trying to figure out how to love him. He might even still tell her he loves her, but those are just words. He makes sweet promises but probably does not follow them up. this is such a sad song but a beautiful one.
sad | Reviewer: wendy | 7/28/11
I love this song because the meaning is not concrete, so the song is just one big unanswered question left open for interpretation. I've thought of it as a song about child abuse. animal abuse. an abusive relationship. a song about being an outsider...feeling ignored, misunderstood, or just overlooked. it could be about having cancer, anorexia, or depression... it could be about being cheated on, or lied to, or just having people judge you too soon and never bother to get to know you. it could be about the fear of being alone. or, the need to latch onto someone, and letting them use you because you're afraid to be alone. all of these things and more came to mind, it just depends what I'm thinking about when I'm listening. it's sad, but haunting, too... how someone so obviously hurt and suffering can be so soft-spoken and fragile, and her voice sounds so small at parts of the song... she sounds like one of those really quiet people that if you got to know them, they'd be very interesting, and thoughful, and many times deeply sad. it's like a whole other person.
the thing that I usually think about
Young cancer patient | Reviewer: darko714 | 7/13/11
Valky, you're right. This seems to be about a terminal cancer patient, scared of more treatments, scared of death, and bitter towards her loved ones for trying to cheer her with phony hopeful talk and for being afraid to embrace her when that's all she really needs.
hurt. have a safe flight. | Reviewer: katie | 3/10/11
this song reminds me of walking home from work where i would crawl back into bed with the boy i loved with all my heart. two months later he told me he loved me for the first time. but that he loved someone else more.
she's gone (never wanted him back) and he still loves me. but as a friend. i'm his best friend. but he's still sleeping with me. and i let him. because i can't see anyone else. (i lost them all for him.)
it's as if i'm becoming untouchable.
Brought Me Back Home | Reviewer: Jay | 1/9/11
When I first heard this track, it was playing on the animal cruelty commercial, but I was turned away and didn't see anything. I only heard the lyrics. I was caught because it reminded me of the life I left behind. I'm 17, I've been living a year on my own because I had a rough upbringing littered with verbal, physical, and sexual abuse.
I was raped by a man in my family repeatedly since I was 10. My father drank, and my mom did heroin. He was constantly enraged, and she was just not there. I've been gone a year. The only abuse free year of my life... and of course I think of my past every day- it's hard not to... But this song grabbed me and ripped my heart out. It let me weep in it's arms, accepting me with all the empathy in the world. Then it left me in the cold.
What can I say, it hurt me and it healed me. I have nothing but gratitude for Ms. Merchant.
Song is very profound and has many different meanings | Reviewer: Randy | 4/1/10
I recently saw the video for this song to see if it would shed some light on it's meaning. It did just that and more. It is about many different things all rolled up in one. Teenage suicide and depression, Child abuse (from the eyes of the child), animal abuse and/or animal testing, clinical depression (from the view of the sufferer), Alzheimer's (and being abused for that), Autism (especially from the view of a child/adult that gets abused for it). What humans have done to the earth and or nature (as the earth and or nature talking), the people who live in a nation ruled by a ruthless dictator, the supreme being (God, Allah, etc.) looking at all the evil in the world and being sad about having to bring about the end times. I may have missed quite a few points that were presented in the video. It's one work of art that will continue to have different meanings for different people. Still the message is clear. It brings awareness to all of the issues I mentioned and more. This is a beautiful piece of art/music. I hope Natalie never lets on to the true meaning. It can serve as inspiration to change something negative before it is too late.
Broken Love | Reviewer: Lynn | 11/19/09
I broke up with my boyfriend last week...and he keeps putting his love out there...and wanting me to take it. But with the way i feel... it seems so selfish of me to not offer him anything back. He cant see that i want to move on. He promises to change and not hurt me anymore...
"Your face saving promises,
whispered like prayers
I don't need them."
Thats my heart right there.
"I'm a slow dying flower
frost killing hour
the sweet turning sour
& untouchable"
He cant see that my love in our relationship is gone.
"I need the darkness,
the sweetness,
the sadness,
the weakness,
ooh I need this."
I'm tired of fighting and I want to be alone. It feels good to be alone. I need it.
This song is about a broken relationship and it hit a home run.
I SEE YOU, I DO. | Reviewer: Natalia | 10/14/09
The first time i heard this song it broke my heart not only because of it's beauty and sadness but cause i heard it on a friends page. and i saw what i never wanted to see. i saw how Broken my friend is and how much she needed a frined and i left. how with out noticeing i've become a part of "The People" walking around this world blind and silence. and how I want to tell her that I CAN SEE HER, I CAN HEAR HER. AND HOW I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK IN TIME AND CHANGE ALL THAT HARMED HER.
My skin | Reviewer: Valky | 7/4/09
This song, to me, speaks of a woman/girl dying of cancer who hasn't fully been told what is going on.
"Take a look at my body,
look at my hands
there's so much here that I don't understand
Your face saving promises,
whispered like prayers
I don't need them."
They're looking at how weak she is, and she doesn't understand what is happening to her. They're promising she will recover, but in fact are actually just praying. She doesn't need them because, though they haven't told the truth about all the details, she understands now that she has no hope left.
"I've been treated so wrong,
I've been cheated so long as if I'm becoming untouchable
I'm a slow dying flower
I'm the frost killing hour
sweet turning sour
& untouchable"
She's been treated wrong by her family and friends as they haven't fully told her what is going on, maybe lying ot her. She's been treated for so long with chemo, radiotherapy, etc in the hopes she will get better but all it's doing is slowing down the inevitable - she is going to die.
She's 'untouchable' because she feels she is suffering alone, possibly as her family is keeping her away from everything, over protecting her so she doesn't find out the truth about her disease. And they may be afraid to literally touch her for the fear of causing her more pain than she is alreayd suffering from, or are afraid they will upset her more so are trying to distance themselves.
A very logn explanation, but it's my view XD
wow | Reviewer: Ace | 4/25/09
I think it has to do with the way a young girl may feel. This is exactly how I feel, because right now it feels as if no one would ever love me because of my body. I think it has to do with the way that a person may feel, like unloved in many ways. These lyrics seem like the only thing that can tell what I feel. When my freinds asked me why I had such low self esteme, I just showed them these lyrics and said "This is how I feel..." I cry everytime I hear it...
100% | Reviewer: Eloise | 3/31/09
Ms. Merchant's Ophelia has been a favorite for years. But only recently was I able to appreciate My Skin and the feelings I have as a woman, not loved wisely. So powerful and bittersweet. Thank you for your wisdom Ms. Merchant.
beautiful | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/13/09
i grew up listening to natalie's voice, when ever my mum was having a bad day my sisters and i would put on one of her CDs and my mum would instantly become a different person, this was one of the songs that effected me the most during my childhood, when ever i heard the voice and the words i could only see my mother in my mind, her fragility and also her overwhelming amount of power within herself, this song is ultumitly my mothers song in my mind, the pure pain in the voice of natalie is amazing, natalie has always been a artist that puts power to her songs,as im now older i can see the way her songs give me hope, they may be sad but somewhere inside of the song i can see hope. this is an amazing song, beautiful.
animal cruelty | Reviewer: tilly | 7/21/08
when i watched this, as always I interrupted it as animals speaking and so I typed it in and watched it with animals. It was so unbareable though, and i think if you put an animal behind this vioce, trapped, beaten, tested on in labs, squashed up together in a cattle lorry it really suits it and is encredibly sad.


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If someone could also just pop Rosyth back down onto the Firth of Forth and away from Dundee, that'd be grand.
I hope that map wasn't generated by the on-board navigation system.
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This is the second Tech Week video I thought looked interesting and was worth watching, based on the subject matter. Unfortunately, in both cases, the audio is so poor that it's completely distracting. Consequently, I didn't get far into either video.
I don't think it does The Register or QA Tech any good to link to such poor quality material. OTOH, I guess it was worth what I paid for it.
Dell orbits Linux a third time with revamped Sputnik notebooks
I'm in
I got the 2nd iteration of the XPS13, preinstalled with Ubuntu and it's one of the best buys I've made. It's a fantastic size, the screen is great.
As for Ubuntu, well it just works - no drama, no excitement. It's an OS - that's what it's supposed to do! I was a little miffed about the pricing - virtually the same with Windows or Ubuntu, which seemed unjust given the MS tax. However, the Windows option was through the "Home" channel while the Ubuntu option was through the "Work" channel, with better support (although I haven't needed any). However, I'm happy to pay for the Ubuntu pre-install if it's tweaked to fit the machine which it seems to be. Personally, I've drifted to a preference for GNU/Linux for home use, over the last few years, although I'm still firmly with Windows at work.
Searching around, as I did prior to purchase, there weren't many options for buying a decent spec laptop with GNU/Linux pre-installed, so I welcome Dell's efforts. Perhaps other vendors might take note so we can have a genuine choice of OS.
Anyway, I'd buy another in a heartbeat. Each to their own though.
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I even remember Geoff Crammond's Revs for the BBC. I'm still amazed of the perception of the Snetterton Bomb Hole corner - it really felt like the steering went light on the exit. All that with only keyboard entry and low resolution display!
[I refuse to work out just how many years ago that was - just way too scary!]
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I was trying to determine the order status because I was trying to cancel the order.
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Given recent experience, I have serious reservations about using Dell again. As was said before by someone with far more widom than I:
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On Saturday afternoon, as John Calipari's team took too long during a timeout of a fantasy camp game, Barry "Slice" Rohrssen started pleading with officials to charge Coach Cal a timeout.
"It's my camp," Calipari shouted at Rohrssen, laughing in the process. "I can do what I want."
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What Calipari wants, it appears, Calipari gets. Or at least that's how it goes when charity is on his mind.
When Coach Cal was forced to cancel the popular UK Alumni Charity Game this year for a number of reasons – chief among them, a lack of commitments because of the Paul George injury and prior USA Basketball commitments – it looked as though the chance to make a significant and lasting impact in the community was gone with it.
But if you know Calipari, you know he won't take no for an answer. When it appeared there was no shot he could generate $1 million for charity for the second year in a row, he, ProCamps and his foundation, the Calipari Foundation, did it anyway.
On Sunday, near the conclusion of his third annual John Calipari Basketball Fantasy Experience, Calipari announced approximately $1 million would be going to 23 different charities and organizations this year (full list to the right). The funds were generated solely on the back of the fantasy experience.
"Every one of (the fantasy campers) are here to win, (but) they know the bigger picture of why we're doing this is it generates money for charity," Calipari said Sunday. "If you add up the checks, which some of you may do, I think it's $890,000. With matching funds it's over a million dollars again. … There were (23) groups that benefited by this experience, by these players and by an auction last night that was outrageous. And everybody got involved. To whatever level people could get involved they did because they knew that's what this was about: generating money for charity. I'm really proud of this experience for campers."
How Calipari and camp organizers generated the money was nothing short of hard work and some hard selling.
Obviously entrance fees for the fantasy experience – $6,995 for both packages – made up a decent chunk of the funds. Those numbers were boosted this year by 74 campers (64 players and 10 assistant coaches), up from 52 in 2013.
"I think this one's a staple in our circuit of fantasy camps," said Matt Chacksfield, who oversaw the operations of the fantasy experience as camp manager. "We have guys that typically try to go to five, six, seven fantasy camps a year and I would say this one is definitely on the bucket list of places to go."
Organizers had to expand the fantasy experience from six to eight teams this year to accommodate for demand. Also, the camp, which is usually made up largely of "circuit" players – guys who travel around to some of the nation's best fantasy experiences around the country – featured 35 first-time participants, including a first-time female fantasy camper, Kimberly Parks.
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"That's a testament to how we're growing," Chacksfield said. "It's networking. It's guys who have come to this camp who may not necessarily be able to make it back again because of work or an injury, but they're telling their friends about it. I've had several people tell me this is the greatest experience of their lives, literally. They're telling their friends about it and word is getting out and people are coming. That's the business model."
What campers got with their entrance fee was certainly a sweet deal.
Businessmen, entrepreneurs and average Joes 35 and older got to play out their wildest basketball dreams for three days and live the life of a Kentucky basketball player. They got daily competitions, film sessions, access to UK's facilities, official Kentucky gear, exclusive social events and more. They were coached by current or former college coaches, their managers were current Wildcats, and on the final day of competition, every team participated in a tournament with hopes of raising a championship trophy in Rupp Arena.
To put it another way, campers were showered with unique experiences that most die-hard Big Blue fans would give an arm and a leg for. These ones just paid a charitable fee of a few thousand dollars.
"I thought maybe it would take a step backwards in terms of the experience of the weekend because of the cancellation of the alumni game, but amazingly, with the experience I've had now, I'm kind of ashamed of myself for even thinking I would be disappointed because these guys do a great job." said Drew Mangino, who enjoyed his first John Calipari Basketball Fantasy Experience so much a year ago that he came back this year. "I should have known better. It's been another phenomenal experience."
But when you factor in the costs of the camp – renting Rupp Arena, buying gear, hiring refs and staff, food, etc. – there was still a long way to go for the fantasy organziers to get to $1 million for charity.
So Calipari and ProCamps had to sell, sell, sell.
They sold sponsorships, including the rights to "own" one of the eight teams in the competition this week. Ownership rights included inclusion in the camp, signage at Rupp Arena and the Joe Craft Center, the power to make all decisions for their respective team, among other things.
"It's just like a team owner would be in basketball," Chacksfield said. "You can be a Mark Cuban or you can be a hands-off, kind of laissez-faire team owner."
That power included the ability to overrule all personnel decisions. Owners had the right to overrule player choices during the draft portion of the camp, and they could even trade coaches. One owner did, trading six courtside seats at a game to acquire former college coach Jerry Wainwright (ironically, the coach the owner traded away for — Tony Barbee — led the CBTS team to the fantasy championship).
"I know Scott Whitaker overruled (John) Robic in the draft with a couple of his draft picks," Chacksfield said. "They have final call on the draft picks. Coach Robic is an experienced coach, but if the team owner wants somebody, it's their call. It's their money and their team."
But entrance fees and sponsorships would only go so far.
On Saturday night, they had a live and silent auction during a selection show at Rupp Arena. The auctions have been a part of the fantasy experience since its inception in 2012, but this year's silent auction included signed NBA jerseys from guys like Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade, a custom-made guitar from RS Guitarworks that featured signatures from a number of UK legends, framed pictures, pieces of the national championship floor, and more.
All of those items were in addition to the live auction packages that included seats, suites and travel to some of UK's best games during the upcoming season, flying up with Calipari to the 2015 NBA Draft, and more.
"At the end of the day, (charity is) really what this is all about," said Mangino, who made a bid on and won tickets to one of the games. "It's an easy thing for me to do this knowing that's where the money is going. Last year I didn't really participate in any of the extracurricular stuff, but this year… after sitting in Cal's office to hear him talk and see his passion for charity … I had no problem stepping up and bidding on something."
Calipari and camp organizers finally reached their goal of $1 million for a second straight year by securing matching funds and generous contributions from some of the organizations and local community figures. The major difference this year is they did it without all the ticket revenue from the annual UK Alumni Charity Game.
"The good thing is the cancellation of the alumni game came was just a couple of weeks ago, and we were trending very well when it happened," Chacksfield said. "Obviously it hurt. It hurt the charitable impact we are trying to make, but we knew we were close to our goals. We actually had about three team owners come on after the cancellation. I think Cal's pitch and the pitch that we've gone after is, 'Hey, we want to get to this number, and now that we've canceled, we need your help,' and people have stepped up to the plate. It's been great."
Video is courtesy of Kentucky Wildcats TV


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