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Tennessee bloke quits job over satanic wage slip
A Tennessee born-again Christian has quit his job after receiving a wage slip marked "666" despite previously warning his employers of a serious aversion to the Number of the Beast. Walter Slonopas, 52, toiled as a maintenance worker at Contech Casting in Clarksville until bosses issued him a Form W-2 bearing the satanic …
Sounds like he has a case of Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
And a phobia of that...
... is Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaphobia
AKA common sense
Re: 668
DCLXVI Roman numeral of the Beast
666.0000 Number of the High Precision Beast
Route 666 Way of the Beast
666k Retirement plan of the Beast
666i BMW of the Beast
NO! Stop it! NOW! No more. Go google them yourself.
Re: 668
999 the ermergency service of the beast
(turn your monitor upside down, it works!)
"11001100110 - the number of the binary beast"
1010011010, surely?
Re: 668
I thought 999 was the number of the beast's girlfriend?
Re: 0.666
1232 - the number of the octal beast, just for completeness.
Obviously, the solution is for the employer to move to a senary number base system for all purposes.
Thus, 666 becomes 3030.
Brave Starr?
I knew that robot horse was hiding something!
Re: "667 lives on the other side of the road"
Not if The Beast is another bloody foreign benefits scrounger occupying yet another flat in a Hackney tower block whist decent middle class white kids from the home counties studying to become chartered accountants can't even get onto the council waiting list! The Daily Mail will be all over the story tomorrow, and how...
Ooh, it makes you want to shake your fist at the wall and grimace.
Re: 664
A friend of mine lives in a number 664 and is indeed the neighbour of the beast - not only is the house number 666, but the house is occupied by the parish priest and named St. Anne, which is pretty much a neighbour of an anagram for your man...
The reg on the car my other half drives ends with 30666, which is pretty cool.
new god required
How pathetically inadequate must his god be if it can't protect him from a number printed on a wage slip? He should really consider upgrading his god to a better/more powerful model
Re: new god required
Coming soon GOD V2.0
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As this version is currently untested and unproven in the real world, there are likely to be numerous bugs that we havent identified as yet.
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Re: new god required
> To report a suspected bug, please adopt a kneeling position with your hands clasped firmly together, close your eyes and explain your problem starting with "Dear GOD..."
This is because GOD V2.0 features the new Metro UI....
Re: new god required
Most religions just upgrade by incorporating the best features of the new god. A sort of accumulative patch - until no-one is quite sure how it all fits together any more.
Re: new god required
Ah, that explains the duality of God/Devil if it's all in UNIX.
Re: new god required
"To report a suspected bug, please adopt a kneeling position"
In front of the Big White Telephone
@Jay Holmes (was: Re: new god required)
"Don't forget to upgrade your associated software S.A.T.A.N. (Security Agent Transfer And Networking)"
Actually, SATAN is short for "Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks". Was/is an interesting kludge, back in the day. I still use bits & pieces of it as part of my tool-kit.
Re: @Jay Holmes (was: new god required)
Yeah I know, but I was thinking more along of the double meaning of Secure transfer as in if you are a bad boy you get a nice agent of the devil to help you with your secure transfer to do some networking in everlasting torture!!!!
See just because I dont pay attention in class, doesnt mean I cant make shit up on the fly lol
Good riddance.
I wouldn't want someone like that to work at my company anyway.
Hex, anyone?
But there again, there's that word....HEX!
Re: Hex, anyone?
Explains why Cardiff Bus use the number 29B for their one and only variant of the 29 route.
Number of the beast = sell your soul to the devil
Pay your tax = sell your soul to the government
Tax = Evil
The Three Stigmata of Contech Casting in Clarksville
"Contech Casting in Clarksville", eh?
If you take the first letters, you already get 333 ... yet another sign, but I don't know of what?
Want to make this guy go mad?
Anybody want to mail him this URL?
He'll probably sue Google afterwards.
25.806975801127880315188420605149 = the root of all evil.
Re: 665 — Fax number of The Beast
9-665 surely as he'd need to dial for an outside line?
He IS the the antichrist, which is why 'his' number keeps popping up?
Born Again'ers
Used to work with a BAC. Radio 1 in the UK also had a daytime show in which there was a 'thing' they did called 'Praise the Lard' which was probably something to do with fatties or diets or god knows what.
Anyway one day BAC guy hears (mis-hears) 'Praise the Lard' coming out of the radio and spontaneously cries out 'HALLELUJAH!'
Thank you BAC guy, for providing a moment which, for the rest of my life, will roundly confirm Atheism as the path for me.
Re: Born Again'ers
What gets me is how europe looks down on all the born-agains in America (and quite right, too, I do as well), but they all got here because Europe dumped them on us. Heck, even the wankers at Plymouth Rock were kicked out of Holland because the Dutch couldn't stand them (the Dutch, mind you!) and were dumped at the cod fishing grounds to the north because the people at Jamestown, Virginia, didn't want them around.
Not that you'll read that in an official public school history book.
Re: Born Again'ers
The puritans left England because they wanted to persecute - they wanted to live somewhere where they could have absolute control over the way people lived and worshipped.
And the first place they went to try this was Amsterdam ????
If that was the IQ they started with - I think America has done rather well!
Puritan emigration: a favourite national myth?
Verily I say unto you, Yet Another Anonymous coward, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Should the real reason for Puritan emigration ever be of interest to you, you could begin your investigation from this comment.
Sorry to hear his faith in Jesus was too weak to deal with this trauma and doubt the protection his lord was providing, not to mention St Christopher, whose image was probably present oh his medallion...
I recommend he prays harder so that next time he's confronted by something like this, he can do his god proud and finally prove his faith.
And if he can't, why not convert to Islam and not worry about that particular number any more? Simples.
Get my behind Satan?
Funny about that - poor old imaginary Satan gets told to get behind thee (gotta say the middle english latanistic biblical words - or he won't understand) , and the fucker just won't stay put....
Better grovel them words profusely and non stop...
Speaking of stupidity fuelled by bullshit.
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The notion of the devil does not originate in the Bible, as many may think. In the Old Testament, Satan is just another one of God's servants.
It is in Iran that the religious teacher Zarathustra simplified things, ending up with only two - a God of the Good and a God of Evil. This belief then spread throughout the Middle East.
In the Jewish world, Satan, God's obedient servant, was gradually replaced by Saden, God's eternal enemy.
The Greeks had an underworld called Hades. It didn't have fire, but the valley outside Jerusalem, called Hell, did. In Hebrew it was known as Gehenna, a smouldering rubbish heap to which fire was regularly set. That is where bodies of executed criminals were burned.
Gehenna was the inspiration for the Christian hell. (From Ireland, in English) (Documentary)
Satan: "You mean I am completely FAKE? Oh fuck it - I was having such a good time too."
wrong number
wasn't there a bit on QI where they explained that 666 isn't actually the right number and that technically it's something like 616 or something that's the real number of the beast, according to the original texts?
so not only is this guy a doofus, he's also completely wrong in his facts
Re: wrong number
Yes, and IIRC, that is an Area Code in Michigan ... Write your own punchline.
wrong number?
some of the earliest surviving revalation manuscripts (Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus & Papyrus 115) have the number as 616.
One of the most common interpretations of the number is that it is a reference to Nero, emperor at the time revelations was written. Nero Caesar translated from Greek to Hebrew enumerates to 666 however when translated from Latin to Hebrew it enumerates as 616
either way, I don't think Nero is a major threat to christianity these days


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Microsoft's Kodu game creation tool goes live today [Update]
Microsoft's to release Kodu, its game creation app, today on Live for $5.
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We'll let you know when it goes up.
Update – Sorry, this is actually live now. There's a free demo as well.
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Microsoft's DIY game-maker "Kodu" launching by end of June
Microsoft's game creation tool Kodu, which in some circles has been incorrectly compared to Sony's LittleBigPlanet, is launching on Xbox Live's Community Games service by the end of June, according to a blog post from one of the game's developers.
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The tool, originally shoved under the bus that is gamer scrutiny at this year's CES, is meant to serve as an introductory course to game programming. It uses simple visual cues to make game creation fun for the whole family, or so we hear.
Are you excited? Game programming is a mystery no longer. The magician is finally letting us look up his sleeve. Really, what more can you ask for?
Fri, Jan 09, 2009 | 08:34 GMT
Off-screen Kodu footage from CES 09
After the break. Watch as the 'actual 12 year old girl', Sparrow, help Robbie Bach along with Kodu, Microsoft's new game-creating game revealed yesterday.
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Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | 09:37 GMT
Microsoft announces new creation game Kodu
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"Kodu" is a pick-up-and-create game where anyone can build their own unique world in just minutes using a simple image-based creator menu that makes game creation simple for anyone, from ages seven to 70. "Kodu" created playgrounds are expressed in physical action-reaction terms, using basic concepts like vision, hearing and time to control your character's behavior.
Bach apparently demoed the game live on stage with a 12 year girl called Sparrow.
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Our 4th Wedding Anniversary
6 comments:
- Hen said...
Hi Ruth,
Sorry, I don't have an e-mail address to get in touch directly. I'd be happy for you to link to my blog so that people can see the photos there but please do not copy the photos and paste onto your own blog.
Many thanks,
Hen - 14 October 2009 11:43
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
Happy Anniversary, Ruth! What a beautiful picture of the two of you.
Let's see... linen...hmmmm. What about a beautiful linen shirt? Some boxer shorts with hearts to be funny??? My husband always likes to get clothes because he hates to shop for them. Though not linen (although a cloth bound volume might count as such), I also think a volume of favorite poems is a perfect gift... maybe Sonnets from the Portugese? Oh, and monogrammed linen handerchiefs.
Sheila :-) - 14 October 2009 14:07
- Liz said...
Happy Anniversary. Have a lovely night tonight x
- 14 October 2009 14:29
- Mum said...
Happy Anniversary! Enjoy the evening out ~ relax and take your time. Not much help on the linen gift, apart from clothes (horrid to iron) althought the handkerchiefs would be ok.
- 14 October 2009 15:59
- Martha said...
Happy Anniversary! You all are such a beautiful couple, Blessings on your special day.
- 14 October 2009 16:19
- Atelier de Charo said...
Happy Anniversary Ruth!!!
Charo - 14 October 2009 17:19


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La Cura Cultura: Ethnic Studies as a force for change within the Mexican-American community
by Golda Velez on Aug. 10, 2011, under Community, Ethnic Studies, Politics & Government"Mexican-Americans are going to prison at a higher rate than to higher education."
No, that's not Sheriff Arapio or Russell Pearce talking. That's Cholla High teacher Lorenzo Lopez, facing hard facts head-on in an explanation of why the Mexican American Studies program at TUSD is important to Tucson's kids.
"It is the responsibility of all of us to find the most effective educational models available." Lopez and his fellow teachers, as well as many former students and parents, believe strongly that the Mexican American Studies program is providing something that many students are missing. Connection, caring, a sense of one's place in history, a sense of responsibility to the community – Lopez describes it as a 'cultural cure' for apathy and frustration. Does it work? According to numbers gathered through the program, 70% of its alumni have enrolled in post-secondary education vs the national average of 24% for Mexican American college enrollment.
Becky Harvey, whose daughter went through the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School, spoke passionately about its importance for their family. "Ms Federico was her saving grace in high school. She was feeling physically and emotionally damaged (due to a major health issue). Ms Federico had her do her family tree, do interviews. All of a sudden, she could see herself in history. She came to believe education was her obligation. She would say, 'They made me feel its my obligation to help my community'"
Obligation and responsibility. Isn't that something we want our teenagers to grasp?
Maria Federico Brummer, TUSD teacher since 1998, describes her committment to the program: "I taught at Hohokam middle school, which had a 40% turnover rate, for seven years. I was committed to staying with those kids, and only this program could pull me away." Brummer was a history major at the UofA with a minor in sociology; she explains the history of the Mexican American Studies program as part of the civil rights movement, something that parents and teachers were fighting for back in the 1960′s. The program finally got impetus as part of the Fisher-Mendoza desegregation lawsuit in 1978, and after a strong grassroots effort by parents, students, community members and teachers the program was finally established in 1998.
What about the accusations of un-American and racist language? Perhaps most telling were the reactions of Lopez and Brummer to a heckler who showed up at the Save Ethnic Studies meeting on July 22. The heckler interrupted repeatedly, at times at length: "I'm Italian and I don't need Italian studies." "God doesn't tell you about that? (whether you are white or another race)" "Are you teaching students to reject capitalism? What are you doing to promote capitalism?"
I was impressed by the patient and respectful tone both Brummer and Lopez used in response to these interjections. Brummer repeatedly explained that all the classes meet or exceed state standards and cover all state mandated areas, including discussion of capitalism, but explained that she wasn't familiar with a part of the state standard requiring promotion of capitalism. Lopez responded that "We don't promote anything – we teach all sides of history…We promote academic rigor, academic achievement, and equitable educational opportunities."
"We teach young people skills for original research, in collaboration with the University of Arizona. They have an impact – however they decide – in government. They complete a research project and present it to school board members or other decision makers"
Students who study the civil rights movement as something vital and alive, students who are taught that they can have an impact in their government may also sometimes take part in activism that is uncomfortable to adults trying to run the schools – such as the students who took over the TUSD board meeting on April 26, 2011. Listening to the teachers explain their classes, and viewing the video of the students, a coherent picture begins to emerge of a passionate community taking on issues head-on: dropout rates, apathetic students, or opposition from the powers that be. Whether you like or dislike the idea of public schools teaching ethnic studies, think they already are teaching Western European ethnic studies, or are indifferent, don't expect this community to give up and go quietly.
Golda Velez also writes at bTucson.com. See related article Ethnic Studies Audit actually positive, Huppenthal apparently misrepresented it
I've set to moderated comments on this and other articles. There seem to be a crowd of haters who use the Tucson Citizen as a soapbox, and I have no desire to play into that. One comment accused that 'This article is just another "tool" article of the MAS Program' – I have nothing to do with the MAS program, I am a local citizen with an interest in teachers, schools and cultural issues. In particular, I am interested in how leaders in the Mexican-American culture address problems in their own community and are helping others grow and change.
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TUCSON - Do you have a child who won't sit still? A boy who can't focus or a girl, who's easily distracted? Well it turns out an ancient board game can help.
There's a unique organization right here in Tucson promoting the game of chess.
"Cause it's fun. And I love meeting people. And I love playing chess," says Cepheus Martinez who is 16 years-old.
Chess has been on board for over a thousand years. Jean Hoffman co-founded 9 QUEENS, right here in Tucson, about 4 years ago.
"And our goal was to create a chess program that was...made chess fun, exciting and accessible to everyone."
Kristi's Kids was there for one of the chess tournaments 9 QUEENS put into play at the Himmel Park Library on a Saturday morning. There is more to this game than just moving pieces around the board.
"It promotes academic intelligence. It improves math and reading scores. It's been shown to create emotional intelligence," Jean explains.
"It's such a powerful and important tool for them where they can experience success as a thinker."
And you don't have to be the smartest kid in class to play.
"They may have trouble focusing in school," says Jean. "They may have A.D.H.D. Chess is tactile. It's competitive and it's fun. And it reaches out to these kids."
Tony Nogales is a sophomore in high school.
"Somehow I get a lot of math out of it," says Tony.
"It's gotten me interested in orientation because you would have to plot spots on a map, where you need to be"
Cephius has all the right moves but he knows there's always more to learn.
"Chess teaches you patience, confidence and to never give up," he says.
And parents like Martha Underwood are seeing improvement too.
"So what I saw was my kids who couldn't attend to anything for more than 15 minutes, now can play a game for up to 6 hours."
Kids do spend a lot of time with hi-tech gadgets but this game, from a thousand years ago is grabbing kids' attention.
"It causes that human interaction. They have to negotiate. They have to learn turn-taking. They have to have respect for each other," says Martha.
Click on this link to learn more about 9 QUEENS. They teamed-up with Pima County Library to hold tournaments. There's also a chess festival coming in the spring downtown.
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Netflix vs Lovefilm vs NOW TV: the cheapest way to watch films
There are now two serious rivals to Lovefilm in the UK movie rental market.
Almost everyone I know is a customer of Lovefilm, the postal and online film rental service now owned by Amazon.
That's partly my fault – having been a customer for a couple of years, I regularly get sent gift cards offering family and friends a two-month free trial of the service. It's a smart way for Lovefilm to expand its customer base, and I get to look generous without actually spending any money to boot. Perfect!
However, if you're happy to stream films over an internet connection, there are two serious pretenders to Lovefilm's crown in the shape of Netflix and NOW TV. Let's take a look at how they measure up.
The Lovefilm service
While I've long made use of Lovefilm's postal service, I haven't ever tried the online streaming service, Lovefilm Instant.
Pricewise, it appears pretty similar to the Netflix deal. If you're not already a Lovefilm customer and you haven't had a free trial in the past, Lovefilm is currently offering a free 30-day trial to this. After the 30 days, you will pay £4.99 a month for an "introductory period", £1 cheaper than Netflix.
You can watch the films on your computer, or on your TV via a Lovefilm-ready device. These include the PS3, Sony Bravia TVs (with internet video) and Samsung TVs. Check out this section of the Lovefilm website for more info on Lovefilm-ready devices.
Or if you want physical DVDs as well as the option to stream, you can sign up for a free trial of that too. And if you sign up via Vouchercodes.co.uk, you can also get a free voucher, ranging from £20 off at M&S to £20 off at Amazon or £10 off at John Lewis.
The Lovefilm selection
There's currently nearly 7,500 films available if you watch as part of a package or take the streaming-only service, and while they are not exactly the latest releases, they seem a lot more current than the Netflix selection.
It's worth noting that the online library is still nowhere near as comprehensive as the physical DVD library, but Lovefilm's selection of films still seems far more enticing to me than the current Netflix range.
Netflix is well established in the US and Canada, and claims to have more than 20 million customers across 47 countries and territories.
The service makes use of your internet connection, streaming films and TV shows direct to your home. You can watch that content in a variety of ways, whether using your PC, streaming it onto your smartphone, or even straight onto your TV by making use of a games console, like a PS3 or Nintendo Wii.
For £5.99 a month, you can watch whatever content you like, whenever you like. You can even connect through Facebook so that your friends can see what you're watching.
You can sign up for an initial month's free trial to give the service a go too!
Films and shows available on Netflix
OK, I'll be honest, my excitement at the launch of Netflix in the UK was pretty seriously dented when I saw the selection of films for subscribers. There isn't much in the way of new releases – yes, there's Drive and Warrior, but most of the line-up is dominated by films that are at least five years old.
I love Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Reservoir Dogs as much as the next guy, but I've got them on DVD already, and I doubt I'm alone.
There are plenty of classics though, from West Side Story and Brief Encounter to Some Like It Hot and Midnight Cowboy.
The TV selection is a little better with programmes like Breaking Bad and 24, as well as full seasons of British shows like The Inbetweeners and Torchwood. You can also catch up on old episodes of Top Gear, which will no doubt be a blow for the digital channel Dave.
Sky has now got in on the act with its NOW TV offering. For £15 a month you can watch unlimited films via the online service on a PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Xbox 360, YouView and some Android devices. You can also tune in to any of the Sky Movies TV channels
You can also stream a further 1,000 individual films from the Sky Store, which cost between 99p and £3.49, depending on their age.
While its selection is currently modest, Sky's USP is that it's offering new films to stream before its competitors. And it's certainly current – you can already watch Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, which hasn't long left cinemas. It definitely needs to add more films to its on-demand range to justify the monthly subscription charge but that will undoubtedly happen.
YouTube now offers paid-for films (and some free ones) alongside its millions of hours of free videos. Prices range from £1.49 to £3.49 for recent blockbusters.
Other options
There are some other pay-per-view services out there, all powered by a company called FilmFlex. HMV has hmv on-demand, Virgin Media has its own Movies On Demand and Film 4 has Film4OD. They all offer a fairly limited selection of films, in comparison to Lovefilm or Netflix, that you can stream online or offline. The cost ranges from 99p for an older film to £3.99 for a recent blockbuster.
The new way of watching movies
I've no doubt that in the coming months the selection of films and TV shows from Netflix will improve significantly, and we will then see a real battle between the firm and Lovefilm. However, the more important point in all of this is that streaming movies directly to our TVs is going to become an ever more mainstream thing to do.
Apple, Google, Roku and YouView (a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva, backed by Lord Alan Sugar) have all launched TV boxes that use your internet connection to offer streaming services.
Both Apple and Google boxes will stream Netflix and YouTube to your TV and cost £99 and £200 respectively. The Apple box can synchronise with your other Apple devices while the Google box also offers the BBC iPlayer, a Chrome browser and the Google Play app store.
Another American import, Roku, includes iPlayer and Netflix and its two boxes cost either £49.99 or £99.99.
Meanwhile, YouView offers the iPlayer and NOW TV as part of its internet TV offering which, unlike the others, includes Freeview and a digital video recorder as standard, although it is far more expensive at £299 (read Lord Sugar's YouView set-top box is a letdown for more on its initial offering).
However, TalkTalk is already offering YouView boxes to new subscribers to its Plus broadband and phone package with Lovefilm Instant bundled in free for the first year. BT will also be offering the boxes as part of BT Vision soon.
What it means for your broadband
So you've decided which firm to stream films from, and whether to do it via a laptop, internet-ready TV, digital TV box or games console.
The final thing to bear in mind is your broadband. It's all well and good streaming a film every couple of nights, but what about the dent that will make into your broadband allowance? If you're only on a package with a very small download ceiling, streaming films could see you smash through that limit, incurring additional charges along the way. So bear that in mind next time you shop around for broadband.
You can compare broadband deals in your area over at BroadbandChoices.com
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Because of his idiosyncratic punctuation and typography, E. E. Cummings is often labeled an experimentalist, and indeed his art is innovative and revolutionary. One of the most curious aspects of Cummings's work, however, is that it combines experimentation with tradition, a point Gertrude Stein noted in her book The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933):Gertrude Stein who had been much impressed by The Enormous Room said that Cummings did not copy, he was the natural heir of the New England tradition with its aridity and its sterility, but also with its individuality.
In all of his works—prose, poetry, drama, and autobiography—Cummings celebrated this quality of individuality, seeing it as the legacy of his New England upbringing and also as the outstanding characteristic of modernism. For Cummings, individuality was both a theme and a technique. Thematically, it was a faith in a world in which the independent, alive, living individual struggled against the cerebral, joyless nonindividual. Cummings celebrated the existence of the individual and satirized the boring, mechanistic lives of nonindividuals. Technically, individuality was at the core of Cummings's experiments with word coinings, free verse, innovations with typography and punctuation, and other strategies that make his literature, especially his poetry, look and sound different from almost any other artist's work, especially those who preceded him. Thematically...
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Feadz (born Fabien Pianta) is a French music producer, DJ and songwriter currently signed by French music label Ed Banger Records. He combines the genres of hip hop, electronic, techno and French house in his music and is perhaps best known for his collaborations with label-mate and former girlfriend Uffie.
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Feadz began creating electronic and hip hop music in the early 1990s in Paris. He met fellow music producer Mr. Oizo in 1999 and the two began production on his album Analog Worms Attack which became extremely successful and the two toured the world to promote it. Then in 2001, after completing work with Mr. Oizo, Feadz was invited to join Ellen Allien's influential German electro record label, BPitch Control. On this label, Feadz released his first official solo work as an artist, starting with his first EP High-B in 2001. He would go on to release three more EPs on BPitch Control.
Feadz and Uffie began collaborating in early 2005, when she provided vocals for his track "Uffie & Me" (released on his Forward 4 EP). He went on to produce her first single Pop the Glock in late 2005 and they began to shop the single around to various record labels. In 2006, Busy P, owner and founder of the highly acclaimed French electro record label Ed Banger Records, heard the single and quickly offered record deals to both Feadz and Uffie. Feadz's longtime friend Mr. Oizo, was also signed to Ed Banger Records and the two produced Uffie's first five EPs from 2006-2010. Uffie became an international underground sensation, starting in 2006 with her singles Pop the Glock and Ready to Uff (produced by Mr. Oizo) in 2006, thus gaining Feadz fame.
For Ed Bangers' 2007 compilation album, Ed Rec Vol. 2 Feadz provided his track "Edwrecker", his first official solo release on the label. Then in 2008, he provided his track "Back it Up (Feat. Spank Rock)" as well as a track he produced for Uffie on Ed Rec Vol. 3. Later that year, Feadz released his first EP, Happy Meal on Ed Banger Records. His second EP for the label, People Numbers Money Business was released in the summer of 2009. Besides working with Uffie and Mr. Oizo, Feadz has worked with artists such as Justice, Krazy Baldhead, Spank Rock, etc.
He also worked alongside Mr. Oizo, Mirwais and SebastiAn to produce Uffie's highly anticipated album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans, released May 31, 2010.
On October 26, 2010, Ed Banger Records announced through their official Facebook account that their next release would be a new EP by Feadz, titled "The Unfinished Feadz Fairytale".
Solo discography:
High-B (2001) (BPitch Control),
On Level M (2003) (BPitch Control),
Maxi Beef (2004) (BPitch Control),
Forward 4 EP (2005) (BPitch Control),
Happy Meal (2008) (Ed Banger Records),
People Numbers Money Business (2009) (Ed Banger Records),
The Unfinished Feadz Fairytale (2010) (Ed Banger Records),
Edwrecker on Ed Rec Vol. 2 (2007),
Back it Up (Feat. Spank Rock) on Ed Rec Vol. 3 (2008),
Far From Home (Feat. Claude Violante) on Let The Children Techno (2011)
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Supplier News — Pampers is looking to provide new resources and support for Latina moms and their babies through its latest initiative. The company announced the creation of the Madrinas Network, which will offer moms the opportunity to opt-in to receive tips and information on their baby's development through a mobile messaging platform, and to join the Pampers Madrinas network at Facebook.com/PampersLatino.
Shortly after testing its PYNK system in CVS/pharmacy locations in the Westchester County, N.Y., area, Kodak officially rolled out the photo kiosks at 5,000 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide. The Kodak PYNK photo kiosk gives photo enthusiasts the capability to create various projects with its "print-to-fit" system. New to the mix is a photo collage option, which takes out the time-consuming work of selecting, cropping and printing photos for a collage display, the company said.
Retailer News — CVS/pharmacy has launched its new CVS Express Photo App, developed by Marketing Drive, which enables Facebook users to order prints from their Facebook albums without leaving the website, with prints ready for pickup in about an hour at their local CVS/pharmacy. Customers currently can order prints in three sizes: 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10.