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[1688] Of heya dude, ya famous now
Heh.
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[1687] Of food crisis, overblown
I am currently reading the latest OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2007-2018 as part of work and one of the more interesting facts is:
The commodity price spikes witnessed in the last couple of years, and particularly most recently, are exceptional when viewed from the perspective of the last decade or so but not so much so when seen in a longer historical context. Figure 2.1 shows the evolution of annual average world prices of wheat, coarse grains, rice and oilseeds from 1970 to 2007, with projections from 2008 to 2017. Monthly average prices for April 2008 are also included to indicate most recent developments. [Page 38. OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2007-2018. OECD-FAO. 2008]
I will try to put up the graph later in the day but I have a dinner appointment to catch. Tata.
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[1686] Of Huntelaar on the loose!
Yeehaa!
According to a source close to the Dutch team, van Basten is likely to rest up to five of the starting line-up which beat 2006 World Cup finalists France 4-1 on Friday.
Ajax striker Klas-Jan Huntelaar is set to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy up front. [No easy ride for Romania, insists van Basten. AFP. June 16 2008]
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[1685] Of time to screw the Italian team
Since the Dutch are now through and that the Romanians at the moment have more points than both the Italians and the French, this is a golden opportunity to continue to screw with the Italians after all the ugly defensive games that they play to ruin the game.
The way to do it: the Dutch should let the Romanians win.
It is just too bad that the Dutch will be playing the first game while the French and the Italians will play the second one. If it had been the reversed, then I would love to have the French in the quarterfinal. If the French managed to come up on top of the Italians, the Dutch would not need to lose to the Romanians to screw the Italians.
In any case, I do hope that the French will come out victorious over the Italians next week.
Yes, I hate how the Italians play. If you have read many various entries on soccer here, you will realize how painful it is for me to watch the Italians gaining the upper hand over the Netherlands as well as Ajax. In all cases, the Dutch played beautiful games while the Italians merely defend, defend, defend. That resulted in a very frustrating and, given the effort produced by the Dutch, unfair results against the Dutch. Needless to say, it had always been an excruciating pain watching a Dutch-Italians match, until recently.
This is the perfect time for payback.