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The increasingly enticing Masou Gakuen HxH has ventured into girl-on-girl territory with its latest episode courtesy of some newly introduced women, sure to be a welcome addition that will no doubt keep the immensely perverse series fresh.
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The increasingly enticing Masou Gakuen HxH has ventured into girl-on-girl territory with its latest episode courtesy of some newly introduced women, sure to be a welcome addition that will no doubt keep the immensely perverse series fresh.
lol you shitty fag otakus are downvoting everything that doesn't conform to your sad virgin delusional view, ain't ya you little dipshits? I've said it once and I'll say it again:
holy shit, the spooks defending and bashing this thing are amusing, to say the least.
Stay classy SamCom.
top kek
Best main character for the series.
oh hey, what's Sakura Kyouko from Madoka Magica doing in this anime?
all this people downvoting the comments that praises the mc are the virgin ones their just trolls if you guys dont like this series then dont comment its that easy. anyway i know these virgins cunts will downvote this so F*ck you guys
It's funny how easily yurifags are triggered though.
More!. Grabel can definitely compete with Aine for best girl.
Fucking love this anime. anyone know where to find the manga?. i know there is a light novel but there is also a manga.
Is another generic clone of Stratos man, so prob have a generic ln not a manga. But at least the blonde is good for maybe some doujins hentais.
I've seen the anime and you're lying through your asshole there @15:02. He is not even close, I know because I've seen all those kind of shows.
Great Ecchi. I'm most certainly adding this to all time best Ecchi of all time. Soo good. I can't wait for episode 8.
It amazes me how some people here are defending the MC like he's "evolving every episode" when he's doing the exact same unoriginal bullshit his fellow harem male MCs have done. At the end of the day, he's just another crap. Oh wait, those people are ChaoticThinker and his one spamming anon boyfriend.
Left him, chaotic is only a crybabie who every time to someone disagrees with his opinion, they inmediatly run to FAPSERVICE to acusse this site for bullyng him….and act like a liker of that site every moment.
. . . .Looks around all the downvotes and white zones which target opinions agains yurifags / eunuchs.
"when you cut off a mans tongue you're not proving him a liar, You're proving that you're afraid of what he has to say"
That quote shines daylight towards your comment.
06:56 wait, the entire comment section is filled with white zones of opinions that differ from yurifags. this alone proves that the yurifags are the cry babies whom can't accept that they are indeed "eunuchs".
However to you chaotic is the cry baby for pointing out fallacies of what your actual cry babies are saying. holy fuck that the pinnacle of bigotry and hypocrisy.
Also, you'll notice that some of the "anons" replying are saying almost exactly the same thing as ChaoticThinker. He's the REAL eunuch here.
wouldn't by that logic make you the same thing as the yurifags, Aren't you agreeing with them too. it's so full of holes, see how easy you are to take apart.
It amazes me how much shit you pull out of your ass without actually backing up your statements.
@16:13 another proving he hasn't or doesn't have any idea of what he/she is talking about.
Ecchi of 2016
Useless fat virgins like ChaoticThinker is the reason why we keep getting shits like this every year. They're an insult to humanity. Same crappy generic harem with a crappy generic male MC. K-On!, GuP, and now New Game became a success because they didn't have the same old bland boring generic male MC dickhead.
ChaoticThinker couldn't defend this haremcrap so he resorted to bashing yuri and female/lesbian MCs when the argument didn't even have anything to do with them. Even calling those who like them enouchs. Mind you, we very rarely get actual yuri anime. Just the ones that are yuribait. I'd rather have yuribaits like Amanchun and Hibike than this piece of shit. At least the yuri-killing guys have a real story of their own unlike this anime's crappy generic self-insert MC.
And what's wrong with female/lesbian MCs? Can't self-insert as a cute girl/lesbian/loli because you're too worried about your sexuality? Just proves that basement-dwelling fat virgins like you are sexists and lesbian-hating homophobes. Every anime must have a dick as an MC so you guys can self-insert as him to live in your harem fantasy world. You have Free to protect your manhood. Those guys aren't like your beloved shitty male MC.
And btw, what the fuck is an enouch? Is that the name of your girlfriend whom you found out she doesn't have a vagina recently? Fyi, it's spelled as "eunuch" you dumbass.
so much butthurt words can't even describe
Holy fuck. ChaoticThinker was so assblasted about this statement, he replied to it several times while disguising as multiple anons. Maybe he's the "enouch" here.
I think "Eunuchs" how the yuri fag spelled it above are the real one. He can't stand a male character doing the sex stuff because he wants to know how to do it as a dickless yurifag.
also looking at all the white zones here, maybe the ass blasted ones are the ones doing the down voting. that dude at least commented with an actual account but the guy up there with his incoherent and inconsistent comment did it "Anon" because he knows he can't possibly win a debate and as a castrated male who lacks the set of stones on his pants is much easier to target someone rather than properly face him head on.
Let me get this straight. when people agree with someone other than a yuri fag "enunuch" i take it he called them. he is doing it himself but when someone agrees with a yurifag is automatically different people?. Isn't that convenient for you?.
Another eunuch. lol
@12:08 check your bigotry before attempting to call someone out. you're guilty of all those things and more. You're here on a non-yuri ecchi bashing the demographic and now you're crying victim?. little bitch.
Eunuch Yurifags are a disgrace to the human race. pathetic they want a lesbian to represent them as males. can't be helped, They're dickless after all.
@12:08 There is so much butthurt in your comment. Take it with some lube fam.
and she/he nailed it. I laugh my ass off as more and more guys simply can't watch anime because it's a female lead, nothing to do with lesbian or yuri. The only people are butt hurt all those who need to escape reality because their not a chick magnet or a badass, but an wuss. Kissanime has a lot of those types on it's message boards
-Likes FREE
A gay eunuch, Who would have thought.
-Compares K-On, New Game to Masou Gakuen HxH
-Shames him for apparent sexism but bashes those who prefer male leads.
-Calls him homophobe but a straight harem scares him/her
-Doesn't know if he is fat, Fat Shames him anyway and makes it look like being a virgin is a bad thing.
With those highlights, Satan himself wouldn't take you seriously.
Dude you're hilarious. You self contradict on every corner I doubt the chaotic dude needs to even reply to you.
If you weren't anon, I would give you +5 points.
@12:08 is butthurt that the Ecchi community on Japan prefer male MC as they should since the people who buy the goods figurines, dvds, BDs and other merchandise are all male. You can't force them to like lesbians bruh!. Put some spit on that assburn of yours. You look pathetic here at the comments.
Your comment already fell apart. The MC is far from Generic to begin with. On appearance maybe but personality wise he is growing exponentially with every passing episode. Goes to show you're talking under assumptions alone. That alone gives the vibe that you're quite stupid aren't you.
Woah!. You would know how "eunuch" it's spelled right MR. SJW. Did Chaotic trigger you and your condition by misspelling it?. EUNUCH! That is better right?
-Comapares New Game, Amanchu and K-On to Masou Gakuen HxH
Do you even know what you're doing?. You're probably an Eunuch. you talk game about arguments but I don't see one from your side either. you're throwing up a tantrum in here and from the looks of it. You haven't even seen how good the MC is getting.
Woah! trigger happy eunuch here ranted but I can not make heads or tails of what IT is saying. Hilarious you say homophobe and sexist but you bash MC for being MALES and you're heterophobe. What's wrong? Uncle touched your pee pee?
OMG! We have a SJW Eunuch on our midst. Eunuch! Eunuch! Eunuch!
I don't think Chaotic Needed to defend his argument. This series sorta does the job. You're quite the hypocrite, You not liking males on MC makes you a pro Misandry, You don't know if he is fat by your logic he you are FAt SHAMING and then using Celibacy? You're celibate shaming.
Fix your hypocrisy first Eunuch!.
Eunuch found.
nice yuri scene
Delicious brown girl. Fuck yes.
This MC is evolving rapidly. He is becoming a fusion of Shibuya Tatsuya (Irregular at Magic High School) and Ousawa Aktasuki (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero). Brilliant lewd scenes, I'm hoping for more shine on Yurishia Farandole.
Pls Chaotic stop using Anon accounts is pathetic.
where is your evidence? isn't that watered logic, if that's chaotic by agreeing with him then what makes your a real person for agreeing with Yurifags?. I just spotted a BIGOT and a hypocrite.
who is chaotic?. I've read all the comment but it seems that your logic here is flawed. people who agree with him is automatically him but people who agree with yurifag up there are different people?.
bigotry 101
So far there is no eunuchs here drooling on the girl on girl action. I'm going to piss on your party though, They're bi and will be all over the MC dick. Sorry yall gonna have to feel represented by some other lesbian. Try Yurikuma Arashi or the failure of Valkyrie Drive. Eunuchs! LOLOLOLOL
I'm here for the gifs. there is no moderator here after all.
So this anime dont have the useless mc be perfect.
If this comment thread didn't have you it'd be perfect.
@08:06 I've noticed you comment the same shit on every single page.
Have you even seen the anime. The MC rescues everyones bacon and is the driving force to make the girls OP as fuck. At this point you're regurgitating the vomit others threw about and you don't know a bloody thing of what you're talking about.
You could tell that you don't watch this series. The MC is actually the driving force of the whole thing. He is the opposite of what you're claiming. Thanks for proving you're speaking out of your bottom.
You could tell that you don't watch this series. The MC is actually the driving force of the whole thing. He is the opposite of what you're claiming. Thanks for proving you're speaking out of your ass though.
i'm happy for the yuri scene, but it seem like that they lost their faith for this anime, by drawing it poorly. don't blame them for it. it's a useless harem with a useless male MC.
@03:21 Watch the anime first before making an ass out of yourself.
This is just one short segment though
GIF is all this site is good for. If only there were moderators here. people are killing each other in the comments and most of them don't even like Ecchi and this site is pretty much that.
holy shit, the spooks defending and bashing this thing are amusing, to say the least.
Stay classy SamCom.
The male character really is evolving. really nice to see grabel though. She can be my second fave dark skin chick aside from Yagyuu Gisen.
Sorry to burst your bubble Eunuchs!. They're Bi not Lesbian. LOL
Man this site is on a sorry state. Whether you like Yuri Ecchi or Regular Ecchi the point is we are the Ecchi community. Fighting onto what's better is pretty sad to be honest. Anime caters to everyone so why not both, neither side has to like the other just respect.
People have different taste and we don't have to approve of them because it doesn't match ours. have some sense people. As a community we must stand together and respect one another.
PC gamers and console gamers fight all the time but when games are attacked they stand together.
Yeah. It's pretty sad that the Ecchi community attacks itself.
Couldn't agree more!.
What the fuck is going on in this comment section?
the miserable pile of internet anons gathered at some anime website….
Well people who don't like ecchi come to troll here which is why Sankaku complex site lack of moderator to avoid trolls is making it just a source for GIFS. It's pretty sad. Then there is the Yuri fags, They bash those who like a male MC and call them cucks but when they get hit back with "Eunuch" for liking being represented by a lesbian they become triggered. That's about the grand highlight.
It's kind of pathetic how many stalkers the Ecchi community has on it's tail. It's beyond laughable, I mean how much low self worth do you need to have to proclaim to hate something and visit such pages every day just to be pathetic. It's hilarious, Seriously.
Yeah. Ecchi haters and Yurifags are pathetic.
I've read the Light Novel and this is misleading. They're bi not lesbian.
So does that mean their open to threesomes? I love to join them, I've had lucid wet dreams about anime girls before.
It's kind of pathetic how many stalker the Ecchi community has. It's beyond laughable, I mean how much low self steem do you need to have to proclaim to hate something and visit such pages every day just to be pathetic.
For people that don't know, They're not Yuri. They're bi.
I love this series. Saving Ecchi for 2016, The MC is evolving and has presented himself to be a troyan horse. It's doing the opposite of what people expect of generic MC. The lewds scenes draw out backstories on a brilliant way. It's definitely way better than Shinmai Maou no Testament
"Valkyrie Drive Mermaid" beats both of those shows.
Valkyrie Drive is so much SHIT that flies avoid it.
Asexual male detected. The poster needs a shrink.
Imagine the doujins that will show the yuri couple licking each other's V's and scissoring. And the MC is probably going to try rimming some day now that the redhead sat on his face.


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You can go to AA or NA or GA and the process is the same. the key to any addiction recovery program is to help the addict understand the "why". The groups listed above only allow you to feel comfortable in a group that shares your "drug" of choice but they don't offer unique insights to unique characteristics shared by alcoholics or drug addicts or gambling addicts. It is the process of recovery that matters rather than where you started. And it is therefore the end result that matters–recovery and sobriety. Sobriety is not unique to drug addicts or alcoholics. Sobriety can apply to sex addicts and gambling addicts. sobriety means getting away from your addiction of choice and getting clean.
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Indian elections 2014
The 2014 elections of India are over, the verdict is out, the process of getting the mandate from 500+ million people across 930,000+ polling booths have been completed, the happiness of the victors and the despair of the losers are out in the open. Yet, as a common man, I find this particular election fascinating – specially with the verdict that has come up. Not going into the technicalities (the percentage vote swings, the conversion of these vote swings into actual seats, etc), my personal point of view of this election is based on some trends that I tried to think through from the results.
Let me start with the overall verdict – the BJP and NDA under the leadership of Narendra Modi has got a thumping majority of 333+ seats and the main other party, Congress party, that has ruled for maximum number of years in Indian history have been reduced to shambles with 44 seats only. So, the verdict has been strong and clear – a change after so many elections that has happened in last 15 years. To me, this verdict has established or challenged many things that we have been used to for last so many years:
This has challenged the very concept of "dynasty politics" – a modern era "quota" system followed by Congress party. I find it strange that such a big and historic party still believes in the principle that the leader of the party has to come from a family with a surname of Gandhi, irrespective of the fact whether the person is capable enough to lead or not. The general perception of the leader was "weak" (which was apparent in his many speeches and "deadly" few interviews) – but still a majority of more capable leaders of the same party still believes that the name "Gandhi" will mesmerise the voters even in today's world. Only time will tell whether this thought is eliminated or whether we see another member of that family trying to steer the ship in the future.
People are always sick and tired of corruption and scams – this has been true in the past, in the present and will be true in the future. But the frustration increases when scam after scam are exposed and millions of taxpayer's money are siphoned off, the government, the ruling party leadership either remains mute spectators, or tries to "defend" the same as the first reaction, or tries to do some "lip service". Add to the event of the head of the country remains silent or looks for inspiration to the party high command before uttering a word. In effect, corruption with "proxy governance" was something that happened in last few years and people have had enough of this, I believe.
The personal charisma of a leader counts heavily – sometimes much more than the party he/she represents. That happened with Narendra Modi. In spite of having some controversial past, the branding, the dreams spelt out by that person appealed to most of the people, including the 100+ million of new voters. Of course, there has to be a vision, a concrete plan to transform the nation – but at the end, you often tend to go with the perception of a person when you feel "Yes, I do think this person probably can transform the nation better than the others".
It is also time to move on from the past that is more than 5-7 years old. New generation, today's youth hardly believe in drooling on history (does not matter whether it is perceived as "good" or "bad"). Lives have changed, tha pace of life has changed – hence, we do want things to change fast and very often, the time period allocated for the change is in 1-2 years, if not in months. Yes, history is important – but more important is the vision for tomorrow, vision for our own lives – rather than the rich or not-so-rich history of the parties. So who cares what has happened 7-10 years ago – let's discuss what will happen in next 1-2 years ! This probably scored heavily in the decision-making process as "development" took more priority than "RTI", "women empowerment", etc – rightfully so. Because with "inclusive growth", other parameters like empowerment will come automatically.
The delivery contrast between two main persons help differentiate the difference much strongly. Hence, the more one leader failed to articulate the vision and instead kept on harping on non-priority things, the more strong the other leader was becoming in the minds of the people. So, a poor performance of a main player helps the others – now add to the fact that the other person by himself had more charisma and vision — then it becomes a double whammy to the poorer performer. So, field the best candidate who is best suitable for the role –> basic stuff, but often forgotten by some.
Finally, my belief that "development is more important than caste, creed & religion" got more strengthened in this election. In a country like India, where the culture, the dialect of the same language, food habits, etc change probably every 50 km across the length and breadth; harping on religion, appealing for votes from a particular religion or caste do have an impact on votes. And probably this happened this time as well – but overall, I have a hunch that people disregarded this caste/religion play much more as compared to last few elections. I find it sickening when this divisive play, this polarisation of people is even attempted by so many parties.
Probably, this is the time when all of us should introduce ourselves to the external world as an "Indian" instead of a "Bengali, Marathi, etc" or a "North Indian, South Indian, etc" or any such classifications. That way, we will not allow anyone trying to "divide" us going forward.
Let's make our country proud by taking this first step together !
I can't talk anymore
When I grew up, I was told by my parents, my relatives, my teachers that expressing your own opinion is a fundamental right and unless you discuss and exchange ideas, you will not enrich your thought. Sometimes, you tend to differ with someone on a particular topic, you tend to argue and even might have a verbal fight, but you still appreciate the different perspective and respect people's different views on a topic. Each influential decision on life has different sets of positives and negatives – nothing is perfect ! But, still amidst the imperfect world, people tend to sit and discuss together to come up with what can be described as the 'best within the current constraints'. And that is how life is supposed to roll on …. each decision has a time-stamp associated with it – a decision without a time-stamp is absolutely irrelevant – hence a decision taken at this point of time might change after 10 years … and that is why decisions are to be taken after discussions.
I grew up by believing and reciting a poem written by Rabindranath Thakur – " Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free, Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls, Where words come out from the depth of truth, Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection, Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit, Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action, Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake"
But for that, you need freedom of speech in the form that is prevalent at that point of time. Whether you actually talk and voice your opinion or whether you write something, or whether you sing a song, or whether you type your thought in the internet world – all these things do not matter. The thing that only matters is that you are free to share your thoughts and in that process can get challenged or challenge someone else's thoughts. That is how we mature as human beings and that is how 'tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection'.
However, my rulers are deciding to stop talking and hence, I can't talk any more ! Sorry, if my voice is never heard … I can't talk any more !!
Reveal the money, honey !
I was going through the global headlines in the net, when I saw this news in The Telegraph, UK and I quote an excerpt below along with the link to the detailed news:
The US government has warned 10 Swiss banks, including Credit Suisse, that they must hand over confidential information exposing tax cheats by tomorrow or face legal proceedings.
URL : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8740641/US-warns-10-Swiss-banks-to-hand-over-information-on-tax-cheats.html
This struck me quite hard and forced me to look at the intention of the governments of world's two largest democracies, US and India, on the topic of corruption – which strikes any country with varied intensity levels. Before I express my views on this 'intention' and 'body language' of the two governments, let me share some facts on the 'illegal capital flight' that impacts India.
There is the body of "Global Financial Integrity" (http://www.gfip.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=80) which promotes "national and multilateral policies, safeguards, and agreements aimed at curtailing the cross-border flow of illegal money". In one of the reports available in the site, the name India comes quite often (along with some other countries) which by itself is an embarrassment for me, but again is the reality – so let's face the data points mentioned therein:
- The five Asian countries with the largest total illegal capital flight during 2000-2008 are: China ($2.18 trillion), Malaysia ($291 billion), Philippines ($109 billion), Indonesia ($104 billion), and India ($104 billion). On average these five countries account for 96.5 percent of total illicit flows from Asia and 44.9 percent of flows out of all developing countries.
- Other reports (as available in Wikipedia as well as other sources) indicate that the total amount of black money deposited in foreign banks by Indians is to the tune of a staggering $1.4 trillion.
Whatever the exact number, it is a fact that everyone understands that we are talking of huge amount of money, accumulated through years of corruption at all levels and potentially benefited by a few powerful citizens of India. And everybody will acknowledge that – even the Indian parliament – that this issue is a big issue which needs to be tackled at a war footing. However, what has the Government and our Parliament doing on this ?
While US is taking tough stands with the banks and trying to take on the problem head-on, the world's largest democracy and it's parliament and politicians have been taking their own time to act. This actually puts a big question on their basic intention – whether they will really like to do this is a common question all of us have ! Why ? Because you will never know how many skeletons might suddenly tumble from the cupboards of our many respected politicians or other famous personalities. Perhaps that is why the body language of the government has been quite 'soft' when compared to our counterparts in US. To take a tough stand and talk the walk does not take much effort, but do our politicians have the will to do so ? I sincerely doubt … instead, the parliament has been busy in sending breach of privilege notices to a group who had been most vocal against corruption and who spearheaded a huge mass movement to fight against corruption. In this case, the parliament has been quite proactive and fast to send the breach of privilege notices, but they suddenly lose their energy and proactiveness when it comes to getting the black money criminals caught !
Even the Supreme Court of India expressed its frustration in Jan' 2011 when they found that the government was reluctant to publish the names of potential 26 Indians who hold accounts, allegedly for black money, in Germany's Liechtenstein Bank. The court remarked " It is a pure and simple theft of national money. We are talking about a mind-boggling crime, not niceties of various treaties… This is the plunder of the nation"
But still, our government, our politicians are not showing the will to try to stop black money generation; they are not even showing the intention and body-language that they mean business when it comes to corruption. They speak great things on this topic, but unfortunately their action (or at least the sense that they are trying to act) does not match with their great speeches. So, is it that they are fearing some of the powerful, famous people will be exposed if they pursue to take this issue head-on ?
Connecting socially, but virtually
Most of us (by us, I am referring to you who is reading this article) have an account in a social networking site – in all probability, we all are in Facebook. It has been reported that more than 30 million Indians are in Facebook and they interact socially with their 'friends'. These 'friends' are a part of our lives – whether we like it or not. For a teenager or an individual just in their 20's, if you ask 'how will be life without Facebook ?", they will respond "are you mad ?"
The growth of Facebook has increased rapidly in last couple of years not because the big growth in conventional internet access, but because of mobile internet access. You are always 'connected' and hence you almost respond on a real time basis to your friend's posts or questions. And I am sure with this growth in mobile and 'cheaper' smart phones, this phenomenon is bound to increase – specially in non-urban areas within India. With regional language access, this will be much adored by all sections of our society and hence the year to year growth figures should be quite an astronomical figure in the recent future.
I was thinking that why did I joined Facebook as an user ? Basically one of my college friends encouraged me to join with the USP of "we can meet daily even if we are in different parts of the world physically". I tried, I got addicted. Soon, I was in virtual touch with my classmates with whom I did not have any kind of contact for last 20-25 years. Fantastic feeling and hence I started campaigning for Facebook to the rest of my friend who did not have such an account. Soon I found myself surrounded by not only my school and college friends, but also with my relatives, office friends, colleagues. My participation on Facebook increased because of easy mobile access and it has now become a habit to check on Facebook postings, with the same frequency of checking my mails.
Then came online debates – whether you discuss why Argentina failed in last world cup or Jan Lokpal, you are sharing ideas and perspectives from people physically located at different places in today's world. This can never happen physically, but now you can do that so easily and so cheaply. This indeed has become part of our lives and you do really keep connected with the people with whom you want to keep in touch.
It is very easy to do a profiling of a person by studying his/her participation in Facebook. Whether you like cricket or football, whether you like to read books, whether you are in Kolkata or in Paris, whether you support a political or social view or not, whether you like to drink beer or not, whether your favourite sports club has won or not – you can do that easily, provided you have the data points. Even you can calculate somebody's movements – whether he will be travelling to Bangalore or whether he will not be at his residence next week as he is going for a vacation – you can do that quite easily. You need not be a Sherlock Holmes for doing so …
When this is so easy, then comes the scary part. What will happen if your facebook data is "shared" with a person or group who is not your friend but a sworn enemy ? What will happen if your profiles of likes and dislikes are shared with corporations, who then can lure you with your merchandise or can even push you to an extent with your weaknesses ? What will happen if your personal information is shared with someone who intends to use your data for forgery and commit crime ? What will happen if your personal perspectives are shared to political parties or other organisations who can call for vengeance as you had opposed their views ?
Sounds quite scary now ? Yes, definitely. With more hackers, with more flaws in privacy safeguards in Facebook, are you sure that you are 'safe' with the assumption that only your trusted 'friends' knows the secrets of your life ?
The answer is quite obvious and I now sign-off from this topic with the inference that you will decide what to do next. After all, it's your life in question and you know what is best for you.
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Barry Sheehan works with the IBM Analytics, Enterprise Social Solutions team in Ireland and in this article, he shares insight into the Extreme Blue program and why it is an internship that will jumpstart your career. Read on…..
Thinking about applying to the Extreme Blue program? Stop thinking and apply. The rewards you will receive from the program will far outweigh any concerns or fears you may have now. The program fosters and encourages, ambition, passion and tenaciousness. What you gain from the program won't stop at the end of the 12 weeks, it will advance you leaps and bounds in your future career.
Why I applied for the Extreme Blue Program
The Extreme Blue Program appealed to me as it is known for its challenging and engaging projects. The opportunity to also work on our own project independently for 12 weeks was very enticing. Moreover, IBM is currently undergoing a design transformation, shifting from a previous hardware company to much more. As a designer, turning down an opportunity to get a first-hand look at this transformation was not an option.
My experience working on a project
During my time here at IBM, I have been working on project 'Boomerang', a stepping stone of a larger project around a collaborative enterprise communication tool. In this project, I direct and design the UX (user experience) of the product, essentially designing how it works and feels. Careful time and attention is taken to ensure we create an intuitive solution that solves our users' problems, not one that creates problems.
Designing the user interface of how the product looks and providing our users with visual cues that tie in to our ultimate user experience is something that I treat with great care. An abundance of sticky notes and sketches can be found around my desk on a daily basis. As a designer I also host the responsibility of storytelling.
At the end of the program, there is a final expo where we have to collate 12 weeks' worth of work into a 10-minute presentation. I spent time synthesizing all our work, documenting our process and portraying how we solved our problem in the form of beautiful visuals explaining our narrative.
Perks of the Job
Participating in Extreme Blue is very much a sink or swim environment which pushes you and allows you the reach your full potential and learn in the process . Having several deadlines to meet each week has been a tough challenge but a welcome one that has now improved my project management skills vastly, and much further than I could have anticipated. During my time here, I have also had the opportunity to learn new prototyping and visual tools.
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Be passionate. Love what you do.. Stellar work stems from those who have passion; their love for what they do oozes out of them and results in formidable outcomes. Be one of those people.
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Daniel Radcliffe May Return to Harry Potter series
Daniel Radcliffe, however many roles he may get in his life, will be most remembered as Harry Potter to millions of fans in the movie series based off the books of the same name.
For ten years he starred as the leading role in the movie series from 2011 up until the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 2011. But even though author J.K. Rowling has already completed the seven book series, with eight films to match, there are a large number of fans who are hoping that she returns to the world she created once more and with some more stories.
Meanwhile, Daniel Radcliffe himself has been involved in multiple films and enjoyed multiple roles since the end of the series, but the role of Harry Potter is easily his most iconic. In a recent interview, Radcliffe expressed some interest in returning to the role that made him famous, saying that his return would depend on the script he received and circumstances. He added by saying that even though his first answer is simply 'No,' there would always be room to give it a second thought at any point in the future.
Overall, it's not out of the question for Radcliffe to make a return to the series. Rowling herself hasn't either, since she has been writing the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a prequel movie to the original Harry Potter series.


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Employment, education, food security, and neighborhood safety are leading social determinants of chronic disease. Lower-income adults are more likely to be obese than higher-income adults, and they consequently experience higher rates of diabetes and other diet-related diseases.
New Haven Farms was founded in 2012 to respond to these intersecting crises of diabetes, obesity, environmental degradation, and poverty by promoting health and community development through urban agriculture. New Haven Farms transforms vacant, urban spaces into small organic farms in New Haven's under-resourced neighborhoods.
On our farms, we grow high quality organic produce and host educational programming for families in the community.
We imagine a world where every family has access to fresh and healthy foods, food is used to prevent disease, and cities are health hubs filled with gardens, green spaces, and educational programs that promote community vitality.
New Haven Farms' signature program, the Farm-Based Wellness Program, demonstrates how regular exposure to and participation in growing food, combined with cooking and nutrition education and behavior change interventions, positively impacts the participants' health, social capital, and food security.
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Jake the Philharmonic Dog (Hardcover)
Walker & Company, 9780802795526, 32pp.
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
Like most dogs, Jake loves playing fetch. Unlike most dogs, Jake loves music even more. He loves to wag his tail to the beat of an ordinary day and "sing" with the birds. When his friend Richie, the principal stagehand at the Philharmonic, brings Jake to work one day, Jake is treated to a lesson in real music. He "woofs " to the tweeting woodwinds and "ruffs " to the deep horns, but when he hears the entire symphony orchestra practice, he knows to be quiet and "listen." And when a crisis develops at that night's performance, Jake steps onstage and steals the show.
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Praise For Jake the Philharmonic Dog…
"More Bach than bark! This is a wonderful read for dog lovers, music lovers, and any child who loves a good story. Jake is certain to win Best in Show." --Itzhak Perlman, world-renowned violinist
"This is a sheer delight. The world needs lots of Jakes. It's a must for kids of all ages, and a great introduction to the magical world of the orchestra." --Beverly Sills, American opera singer and international opera star
"I have met Jake backstage at the Philharmonic, and he is a friendly dog with heroic qualities, like Snoopy, Toto, Nana, and Old Yeller, worthy of a book. Life at a great orchestra is much more fun with a good dog nearby."
--Garrison Keillor, author and host of A Prairie Home Companion
"Karen LeFrak has written an enchanting story for children that is also an outstanding introduction to the world of the orchestra." --Lorin Maazel, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic


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CMS & Ecommerce Open Source Development
Some open source applications are offered as "out-of-the-box" solutions, meaning that all you have to do is install it and run. That is almost NEVER the case! What usually happens is that the company has to change the way things are done, and do without some things that are needed, because the designer couldn't possibly think of everything.
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Hey everyone and my new followers! I hope you have all stuck by the crazy amount of changes thats been happening to my blog! Im really trying to find one I can stick with for a long time!! I love the font and the whole read more part, I don't know if any of you will actually press the read more button, but if you do then I thank you. I haven't been up to much to be honest. Easter was a bit rubbish, I didn't get an egg. My dad thinks I'm too old for one now. I did receive some cream eggs and green egg candles but apart from that. I can remember when I was younger I could build a fort around me with the amount of eggs people bought me. I have dyed my hair a bright orangey colour, its so hard being red!! I have to dye it so often and they are so expensive!! I receive a lovely yellow dress from Beginning Boutique that would be perfect for an easter look, but the weather has been so temperamental, it was hailing today, then sunny and now raining. I bought a darker shade of lipstick yesterday called 'Tantrum' by Rimmel. I think it is much more vintage and doesn't look so tarty. I received a huge parcel today from Chicwish with white heart shape sunglasses, seashell necklace, floral ankle socks and a pink princess dress. I feel so spoilt! They are the best company I've worked with! Now I am waiting for the warm weather and sun to take more fairytale photos.
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On May 26, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Rick McGuire wrote: > I've done a quick pass through the 3.0-M1 release notes, but I need a little help to get this updated for creating a release candidate. This is the first time I've done of these, so I have a few questions on how this gets pulled together. > > 1) The version in here is listed as @VERSION@. Is that something the release plugin updates automatically when the release is prepared or does this require a manual search-and-replace operation? I notice that the 2.2 version of this still says @VERSION@. Was that just an oversite, or is that convention. That's a mistake I don't really know how to fix in a reasonable manner. I guess you have to edit it by hand before the release and restore it by hand afterwards I thought there was some filtering operation that filled it in but I was wrong. > > 2) Are there tools (or standard Jira searches) available for generating the various lists of issues included in the release notes? yes.... you can look at the jiras for a release and theres a link or button to get a text output. However, I think 99% of the 3.0 jiras aren't closed even if the feature is fairly complete due to not really knowing the tck status of the area. I'd be very tempted to just have a short list of features we've partly implemented and skip the jira list. david jencks > > 3) What enhancements should we be listing here? I took a quick first pass, but please make additions/corrections to the list I've put together. I know there are some things missing like the Global JNDI enhancements and the Datasource resource bindings and I suspect the Aries feature list is incomplete. Please help me fill this out. > > 4) What should we list for supported features? The wording currently there is definitely wrong. How should we phrase this? > > 5) There are obviously lots of limitations here. What should we be listing? > > Rick
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Dream Time is a cozy and adorable 2BR/2BA A-Frame cabin nestled in the Coolfont Mountainside Association. The cabin is perfect for couples or a small group of friends needing some much needed R&R. Spend a stress-free weekend lounging on the spacious deck or soaking in the hot tub, or check out all of the near by activities. The cabin is just a short ten to fifteen minute drive from downtown Berkeley Springs and within a twenty minute drive of the Cacapon State Park.
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2017 NIRSA Soccer Championship – Open Division Drawing
October 3 | 1:00pm PST
Thanks for joining us for the live drawing of the 2017 NIRSA Soccer Championship Open Division teams!
The Open Division will once again be selected through a lottery system. Any team with membership in a NIRSA-affiliated league or minimum of four games played prior to the National Championships may enter the lottery for their region.
The registration period for this year's lottery will open on October 1 at 8:00pm PST.
All teams who wish to participate must register by October 3 at 9:00am PST. At 1:00pm PST on October 3 there will be a live lottery draw on this page where the lucky teams will be selected to play in this year's tournament.
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The following video streamed on Tuesday, October 3 at 4:00pm EST / 1:00pm PST.
Congratulations to all teams — and good luck at the NIRSA National Soccer Championships!
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Halloween Ideas
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What Are The Career Options In IT?
Career Options
The list of job headings for an IT professional is quite long and includes computer systems and pc supervisors, pcs experts and data source directors. Many elements and projects go into the development and servicing of an properly effective pc, and technological innovation degrees can are dedicated to any one of them. Pay rates and job perspective differ based upon upon which specific activity is chosen.
Computer and Details Techniques Managers
Computer and pc supervisors often find themselves in management positions as they manage other IT professionals and direct the flow of a company or company's IT division. These individuals are in charge of deciding the equipment and employees needed by the IT division as well as maintaining the software and elements required to help create the program work. According to the U.S. Institution of Work Research (BLS) data source, the job perspective is positive, with about regular development objectives for 2012-2022. The common yearly wage was $132,570 as of May 2013 (www.bls.gov).
Computer Techniques Analysts
Computer systems experts report either to your personal pc and pc administrator or directly to the head of an company. The needs and wishes different groups have for their pcs differ widely, and pcs experts create the finding and execution of practical technological innovation easier.
Analysts begin by working with both managing employees and actual customers to determine their needs for the program. They then put together a strategy for a program and run a group of assessments and assessments on it to be sure that it is both all-encompassing and as cost- and time-efficient as possible. If their strategy qualifies, they manage its execution and mistake modification.
The regular wage for pcs experts as of May 2013 was $85,320 (www.bls.gov). BLS also states that there will be faster-than-average employment development for pcs experts from 2012-2022.
Technological innovation (IT) is the application of computer systems and telecoms devices to store, recover, transfer and operate data,often in the perspective of a business or other enterprise.
The term is commonly used as a replacements for computer systems and pc networks, but it also involves other details submission technologies such as television and phones. Several sectors are associated with details technology, including hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecommunications devices, technological innovation, healthcare, e-commerce and pc services. Placement agencies in Pune are always there for you to make your career in this field.


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Pharmaceutical Development Services (PDS) is rapidly growing consultancy offering expertise and training in numerous areas of the Pharmaceutical industry but with particular expertise in pharmaceutical development, regulatory affairs and quality systems.
Archive for BioTechnology Sector Client Case Studies
Mobius Life Sciences Fund
The Mobius Life Sciences Fund, a new investment fund focused on providing seed finance for life science companies, was officially launched on Thursday 1st October 2009.
QED Consulting Ltd
"We enjoy good communication with Integra. They are always there when we need them and always very helpful. When looking at PR for the Bio-entrepreneur School, we considered an agency with a bio-science specialism. However, we found the working relationship with Integra much more comfortable so decided to stick with them!"
BioCity Nottingham
The PR brief was to tell a local and national audience about the aims and successes of BioCity and to put Nottingham on the map.
A further part of the brief was to help BioCity's tenants understand the value of PR and how to use it for their own, individual purposes.


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Time Out is a valuable retreat that provides a time of refreshing for young pastors in ministry. At this conference we aim to provide ministry for the minister in both a personal and practical way, including spiritually refreshing sessions for all who attend. It is a chance to relax with your family, get poured into with worship, the Word and ministry times, and meet with old and new friends. Our hope is that you will leave refreshed, connected, challenged, self-aware and refocused.
We have made some important changes to time out 2018!
To accommodate our growing numbers at this event we have expanded to TWO events, both which are for young pastors, but geared specifically for those working in different ministries:
- NEXT GEN TIME OUT (January 7-9, 2018). This Time Out will be for young pastors in ministry including youth pastors, young adults pastors, and children and family ministries pastors.
- YOUNG PASTORS TIME OUT (January 9-11, 2018). This Time Out will be for young pastors in ministry under the age of 40 including assistant or associate pastors, lead pastors, campus pastors, church planters or outreach pastors, as well as worship and creative arts pastors.
We encourage you to help to spread the word to the other young staff members at your church and in your circle of influence. If you have not attended Time Out before, we hope you can make it to Niagara Falls for one of these events this January!
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Backup UPS Value Series Value600/800/1000E-GP Backup Value GP UPS Series represent a traditional UPS system platform whose function is aimed towards the protection of your vital computer systems. They sacrifice neither reliability nor power to achieve their compact size, and mark the right choice for a Home or SOHO application environment. They are designed for customers who value the stability and manageability of a traditional UPS system platform. These series have been developed on a Line-Interactive, Energy-Saving modern hardware platform designed to meet your Home/SOHO needs. With 3-main battery & surge backed computer outlets, enhanced safety features and a highly controlled operation, you can go ahead and connect onto them your most vital computer systems and related peripherals. Unique features within these models make it easy to use and manage, protecting your investment for many years to come! They represent a traditional value and a stable platform of operation. We are proud to recommend them to you! - Energy Saving System based on GreenPower UPSTM Technology - Line Interactive Technology - Automatic Voltage Regulator - EMI, RFI, Surge & Lighting Spike Protection - Elaborate Power Management Software Included Up to 75% Electricity Saving! Nearly no Heat Generation Great Overall Energy Efficiency Lower TCO Longer Battery Life - We offer $25,000 Connected Equipment Life Time Guarantee - Auto-Restart, Auto-Charge, and Scheduled Shutdown Function - Easy and Fast Serviceability - Connection to PC via USB port, or RS232 Serial Port - Compact Design, High Reliability - Great Performance Output suitable to Home/SOHO requirements ® Cyber Power Systems All rights Reserved. PowerPanel® Personal Edition Management S/W AUTO-SHUTDOWN SOFTWARE CyberPower PowerPanel® Personal Edition Management Software, is Compatible with Windows7, VISTA, XP, 2000 Pro., ME, 98, Windows Server 2003, Mac and Linux. http://eu.cyberpowersystems.com Backup UPS Value Series Value600/800/1000E-GP CAPACITY: Value 600E-GP: 600VA/360W. Value 800E-GP: 800VA/480W. Value 1000-GP: 1000VA/ 530W. TYPICAL RUN-TIME: Value 600E-GP: 24 min. Value 800E-GP: 35 min. Value 1000-GP: 33 min. INPUT POWER: • Voltage Range: 165V ~ 270V • Frequency Range: 47Hz / 63 Hz auto-sensing OUTPUT POWER: • On Battery Output Voltage: Simulated Sine-Wave at 230V (+/- 10%) • On Battery Output Frequency: 50Hz / 60 Hz (+/- 1%) • Typical Transfer Time: 4ms • Overload Protection Scheme: On Main Power by Fuse, and on Battery Power by Internal Current Limiting • Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR): Boost Only BATTERY INFORMATION: • Sealed Maintenance-Free Lead-Acid Batteries, Replaceable by User •Value 600-GP: 12V, 7 AH x 1. Value 800-GP: 12V, 8.5 AH x 1. Value 1000-GP: 12V, 8.5 AH x 1. • Typical Recharge Time: 8 Hours STATUS INDICATORS: • Power-On / Using Battery LED • Audio Alarms for: Overload, On-Battery, and Low-Battery RECEPTACLES: • 3 IEC 320 C13 Plugs CONNECTORS: • USB Connector to PC • RS-232 Serial Connector to PC or Server MANAGEMENT & CONTROL: • Manual Self-Test • Auto Re-Charge • Auto Re-Start • Scheduled Shutdown Function • Power Panel® Personal Edition elaborate software for PC connectivity and Management Control PHYSICAL INFORMATION: Dimensions: 320 (L) x 100 (W) x 140 (H) mm Weight: Value 600E-GP: 5.1kg. Value 800E-GP: 6.1kg. Value 1000E-GP: 6.2kg. Storage Temperature: -15oC ~ +45oC Operating Temperature: 0oC ~ 40oC Operating Humidity: 0%~95% non-condensed DISTRIBUTED BY: ® Cyber Power Systems All rights Reserved. CyberPower's Manufacturing Facilities are ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14000, and QC080000 Approved http://eu.cyberpowersystems.com
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Hello there! I have a review of the new highlighters from Urban Decay, or at least two of the three! I picked up Sin and Aura and you can check out my thoughts and some swatches after the jump! Or if you're not into reading, hit play above and listen to me talk instead.
So here is a pretty glamour shot of the highlighters. I swear I'm working on making my product shots prettier!
The two shades I picked up are Sin and Aura. Sin is a champagne color, while Aura is a nice pink frosty shade. The third shade in the release is Fireball, which is a fairly pigmented orange based highlighter. I saw some preliminary swatches of it and realized that it'd be more of a blush on me, so I decided to pass on it.
Let's look at a swatch!
These were one hard pass across the back of my hand. Both are rather stiff in the pan and it's hard to pick up this much pigment on a brush, but I wanted the colors and undertones to show for you guys.
Few things I've noticed with these that I enjoy is that they are a stiff product in the pan and they don't kick up a ton of excess powder. They also aren't chunky glitter like the swatches seem to want to look like. When used with a brush, they give a gorgeous sheen that is very light and can be built up to alien skin levels if you so desire. I prefer a highlight that starts out sheer and builds up, it allows it to be more versatile.
I also prefer the stiffer product because when you start to hit pan, it's not as likely to crumble all over the place and get hard to work with. I'm looking at you Kat Von D Thunderstruck.
These claim to last 8 hours and on every occasion I've tested them, they've lasted well past that 8 hour mark with no migration down my face. You can foil these if you want, but I've noticed it cuts the wear time down a bit.
Aura comes across much more frosty and cooler than Sin, so it's one I find I need to use a light hand with. On those with olive undertones, this will probably not look the greatest. If you have deeper skin, the frostiness of it could cause it to lean on the ashier side.
Sin is warmer, but not so warm that someone with cooler undertones can't pull it off. This is a shade that would look lovely on olive undertones, as well as deeper skin. Personally, if you have warm and deep undertones, Fireball would be absolutely gorgeous. If the formula on that is anything like these two, I'd suggest that one.
Overall, I'm quite happy with these highlighters, though I prefer Sin over Aura in terms of how well it pairs with looks. Both work great as inner corner highlights if that is your jam.
I paid $26 for these and purchased them through the Urban Decay website, but they're also available at Sephora and Ulta. These are part of the permanent line, so no rush to get it!
Hope this review is helpful! If you want to see a "live" look at them, check out my last few instagram posts. They're literally the only highlighters I've used for the past month or so.
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Using content analysis and in-depth interviews, this research undertakes a case study of the online progressive blogosphere as a social movement. Previous research into social movement applications of the Internet and computer-mediated communication (CMC) focuses on "street" movement application of Internet resources. These studies find that though Internet applications are a boon to movements, they offer nothing novel, instead allowing movements to perform normal tasks at a faster rate. More recently, scholars have begun to examine movements with stronger roots in the online world, or "e-movements." Earl and Schussman (2003, 2004) assert that not only do unique e-movements exist, but that they have important substantial differences from street movements. This research examines the progressive blogosphere (PB) as one of these e-movements. I examine the movement activity of the PB through the lens of framing and New Social Movements (NSM) in order to gain insight to where e-movements fit within our current knowledge structures. In the end, I find that though decentralized and informal, the PB movement utilizes existing framing tasks and processes in order to mobilize passive readers into active users. After analyzing the PB movements' identity construction, mobilization techniques, goals, and leadership structures, I propose the existence of a "user-based model" for e-movements.
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Our Equalities Policy sets out our commitment to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations. We recognise that this is an important aspect of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our pupils.
We also draw up Equality Objectives every four years and set an action plan to address these. We review our progress towards meeting the objectives by publishing equalities information for our school annually.
Our Equality and Diversity in Employment Policy explains our approach to promoting diversity amongst our workforce.
On this page you will find Equalities Impact Assessment Summaries (EIA) for any proposals the governing body is currently contemplating which may have an impact of people with protected characteristics such as disability, race and sexual orientation.
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MEDIA644 was asked to photograph Current Sushi's venue and food items to display their new look and style. Current offers traditional Japanese cuisine in a modern setting. Current Sushi is DC's cutting edge sushi spot, serving the city's best raw bites - in a vibrant atmosphere.
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|Xmas Gift with poptart icing patterned wrapping paper and blue bow
|Green and White Rainbow with Red in the centre
It was created by prguitarman1, the official creator of the original Nyan Cat and appears on Nyan.cat.
This nyan cat has a Santa Claus hat on its head and has a present body made up of wrapping paper with the pattern of a cherry poptart's icing, and has a blue bow for decoration. The blushy cheeks are a bright red instead of pink.
The rainbow streak trail is all made up of Christmas colors; green and white and has one single red in the middle. It flies on a blue background with darker blue stars.
Christmas Nyan Cat's music is "Oh Christmas Tree" by Rush Coila, an 8-bit remix of "Oh Christmas Tree" composed with the original Megaman game's instruments.
The main page's gif image saves under the name "xmas.gif" and the "Pick a Flavor" Menu preview icon saves under the name "xmas.gif".
The title of the page has "Merry Nyanmas!" written at the top, and the options all highlight in pink.
The music is NOT a non-stop loop and fades out at then end; it has a few seconds of silence before looping again.
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The 8-bit O Christmas Tree music sounds like it possibly uses Megaman Instruments.
This nyan cat becomes Nyan.Cat's main page every December.
The small preview icon on the "Pick a Flavor" menu shows that the bottom rainbow color is grey, not white, but on the main page, it is white.
Xmas nyan cat is one of the only official spoofs by prguitarman1 to remix a traditional seasonal song by using video game instruments, the other being New Years Nyan Cat, that uses 8-bit Zelda instruments.


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Banquet Facility
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Biztalk and other things that usually come up.
So, I have this little raffle within my company, where I run the local BizTalk User Group called BugLoSE. The subject of the raffle/competition is "upcoming subjects for BugLoSE" and I thought I would invite "non Logicans" as well.
So send me suggestions and you might be the lucky one to pick from one of the books behind this link. (Note that the link displays page one of three). You can e-mail me directly at: firstname(dot)lastname(at)logica(dot)com.
The books are from Packt Publishing, a publisher that has risen to a very high spot when it comes to books about integration and Microsoft technologies. Also (if you do not win), they have a "Brighten your May at Packt's Microsoft Carnival" at the moment.
It is hard to not point out the fact that this is a cookbook, and there already is a book about BizTalk recipes. It is also hard not to point out the fact that I love cooking but hate using cookbooks…
This is a cookbook I really, really like though.
I imagine that you, like me, have a collection of really good BizTalk blog post links in you browser of choice. When you use BizTalk, and when you read up on what others have written, then you bookmark certain posts for safe-keeping. You just know that "this is a good thing to remember for another day".
This book is like the best collection of links you could possibly have! A really good blog in book-form, or a blog-oriented book. First of all: buy this book. It is a given in any BizTalk developer team. The €25 spent on the book will be paid for over and over again as you save time during development and testing.
BizTalk Server 2010 Cookbook uses a very practical approach to problem solving. This is the only downside to the book. Sometimes it it too focused on how to solve something and not enough is spent on understanding it. Then again the author points you to further reading at the end of each recipe. So if you want to know more about something, you can find it easily. Personally I would like it to have been part of the book but I guess that is not up to me to decide.
The practical approach splits each recipe into different parts. First an introduction to present the challenges or the problem. Then follows a "How to" section, a "how it works" and the aforementioned "There is more".
Do not be fooled by the subtitle of the book "Quick answers to common problems" as the word "problem" might be associated with "bug" or "issue" and this is not the case. It is rather a case of "How to quickly, understand and perform common tasks" but that is a really bad strapline I agree.
The publisher has a complete listing of the books content and I encourage you read it but I would like to point out some of my personal favorites: BizTalk Server Automation: Patterns, Monitoring using Log4Net and Securing Message Exchange. The last one is in my opinion the best text on the subject I have seen. After reading it I feel that the usage of certificates in BizTalk is no longer hard, and I can understand it. Something I must admit to being part of my ignorance up until now.
So once again: Buy this book. It is smart, practical, well written and really useful.
Today I registered for TechEd Europe 2012. Last time was in cold autumn Berlin. This time it will be warm summer Amsterdam. Time to stock up on motivation, knowledge, contacts and also some "Bitter Cookies" and Heineken.
Last time I blogged my proverbial a$$ off and I can guarantee I will do the same this time.
The first meeting was a success. Not as good as BUGS I can tell you that, but the feedback had a lot of nice words in it at least.
Next Thursday is Holy Thursday, which by Swedish work ethic means that no one attends a meeting after 12. Therefore the meeting is held next Thursday (the 12th) at the same time.
The topic is: A lot of useful hints and tricks that are in BizTalk but that you might know of or seldom use.
…or BugLoSE for short.
I have started a BizTalk user group within Logica aimed at educating the Swedish-speaking part of the company I work for, on how to use my favorite product.
The first meeting will be held online this Thursday (the 22nd) at 12 CET. It will be about BizTalk and clustering; a semi-advanced topic that seems to be quite high in demand.
Following a regular bi-weekly basis, we will continue to host these event online and cover different topics.
If you are a Logica employee, contact me if you would like to attend or have any questions.
In part 1 I defined what the bitwise operator is and how you can use it in your .net code. Now, let us see how we can use the same functionality in BizTalk to route messages.
One of the great things about my job is that I get to move around a lot. Different customers has different uses for BizTalk and this leads to new ways to use it. This scenario is not unique, but was new to me anyway.
BizTalk receives a message and needs to route it to different receivers. The receivers will be assigned using some form of "lookup" based on the message type. Message type A must be sent to system 1, 2 and 4. Message type B must be sent to system 3 and 4, and so on.
As usual, the preferred solution makes no use of an orchestration, should be reconfigured without redeployment and adding a new receiver should be very easy and should only impact the current deployment in a minor way.
This is a good time to use the bitwise operator!
This is just a simple proof of concept and, as such not complete. Keep that in mind and please provide feedback if anything is missing.
The schema: The bitwise operator will solve the task. To use that, and also avoid using an orchestration, BizTalk has to be able to route messages based on a value in the file. In order to do that, a promoted property is used. In this case a field called "ReceiverField".
It is important to remember that in this particular case, the promoted property must be an unsignedInt. This makes sense since you cannot use bitwise on a combination of positive and negative numbers. If you use Int, the operator will not show up in the administration console.
Receive port: Now set up the ports. First we need receive to pick up the incoming data. In this a simple file receive location is used, but there is nothing stopping you form using other protocols. The bitwise handling will still work. The important thing to remember is to use the xmlreceive pipeline (as opposed to the passthru).
Sendport for different systems: Now for the magic part. Add a sendport for each of the systems you need to send the information to. Make sure to configure filters to reflect the particular number you have assigned to that system.
In the picture above, the filter is configured to send files received on the previously configured receive port and then the bitwise operator is used to look for the number two in the receiver field in the previously created schema.
Add another port for another system:
The important thing to notice here is that there really is not any major difference. The only important difference is the number for the receiver field, which is not set to a 4.
Start all the ports create a testfile to be dropped in the receive folder. Set the value of the receiver field to "2". Drop it in the receive folder. The only the send port marked with a "2" will pick it up.
Try again and change the value to "4", only the second port will pick it up. Lastly set the value to "6", now both ports will pick it up!
The most important gain is of course the routing but there are some other benefits as well. Firstly, you can put different format mapping for different systems in their respective ports. This is also true for pipelines, so if one of the systems is using custom formatting, that is not a problem.
Next, adding another system is simple as all you have to do is add another send port, and configure it to look for the next number (double the last).
This logic cannot be used in orchestrations. You cannot use the bitwise operator as a part of an activation filter in the orchestration, sadly.
Another thing that might be a problem is the code, or handling, by which you assign the number in the "RecievierField". If BizTalk is responsible for assigning this value, you have to make sure that adding another system is just as simple as adding another send port. Maybe you have a database that matches message types and assign the number. BizTalk can then simply use a database functiod in a map to look it up.
Did you know that there is a "bitwise" operator that you can use when you define subscriptions in BizTalk? I surely did not! I just stumbled upon it an since I could not find any really good article on it I thought I would give it a try:
This is certainly best answered by others; like wikipedia or this guy, or Microsoft of course.
If you want the short, short version; it is a good way to let one number represent a combination of other numbers, so that you know if a particular number is present… well that did not explain a lot. Let me try a longer version.
Bitwise is often used with enums in .net and if you want to use bitwise on an enum you mark it with the [Flags] attibute. The bitwise operator is a single ampersand (&), not to be confused with another logical operator (&&).
Imagine you are designing role based access management in a web application. You decide to have three different kinds of users (or roles); standard user, project managers and administrators. The standard user has access to information about his/her current projects. The project manager can add/remove users to projects, and lastly the administrator can add projects and users.
When a web page is accessed, the user membership is checked and the information (perhaps in tabs) is displayed to the user depending on the user's role.
How would you solve the fact that there might be users that are both standard users and project managers (depending on project)? Or, how about a user being administrator, project manager and standard user? How do you assign one number that combines different roles and give the user a particular access number?
Of course there are a lot of ways to do this but that does not prove my point, so I will assume that the way to do it is using [Flags] enum and the bitwise operator.
To make this work you have to assign values to your enum in a specific way: The value of the enum is double that of the last value in the series, except for the second one, which is the number one.
enum MyRoles : uint
Anon = 0,
StdUsr = 1,
ProjectMgr = 2,
Admin = 4
So, a standard user has an access number of 1 and a project manager has the number 2. A user that is both a standard user and a project manager; the user gets an access number of 3 (1+2 = 3). This number is unique in the series and this will hold true for all combinations, even if you would have hundreds of roles.
Based on this logic, there is an easy way to find out if a user is in a particular role by using the &-operator. If you want to know if the user is a project manager, the code is simple:
if ((MyUser.AccessNumber &
MyRoles.ProjectMgr) == MyRoles.ProjectMgr)
If the the expression returns true, the user is a project manager.
To be clear; there is a much simpler way of defining the same expression in .Net 4.0. Here; the bitwise operator is used under the convers.
if ( MyUser.AccessNumber.HasFlag(
Continued in part 2.
"There is no Hello World in BizTalk" - Dan Rosanova (author of the book)
"There is no Hello World in BizTalk" - Dan Rosanova (author of the book)
I really want to like this book. Right off the bat the title is awesome with a capital A. Right up my alley as it were. For a long time there has been a lack of literature about the more practical details around patterns and anti-patterns and how they are implemented in BizTalk. I am not saying that there has not been anything about patterns, there is a ton of them, but nothing really about how to implement them in a BizTalk solution, and how to do that in practice. Enter this book.
Oh, how I would like to like his book. I am however somewhat disappointed, but you should definitely buy it.
There are chapters and headings that underline how very insightful the author is about BizTalk and its implementation. Headers that are very helpful in summarizing all the disparate definitions that you might already have about BizTalk. One particular header is "When to use BizTalk", which does the best job ever to answer that question. Another is "Visual Studio solution structure" that explains in very practical and well-grounded points how the author feels the solution has to be structured. In my opinion; if you do not already have a solution structure document, use this one.
The text oozes with practical knowledge and a lot of humor as well. There is no doubt in my mind what so ever that the author, does not only know what he is talking about, but also that there is quite a lot that has been left out of the book in order to shorten the text. He does a very good job of taking a practical approach to development and architecture. He makes use of the same example solution throughout the book. This makes you feel for the solution as you might do for a real life solution. You started it and have seen it grow from a mere file-copy solution to being a core process handler in the enterprise. Another good point in doing this is that he shows the importance of doing the architecture right from the start. To really think ahead and figure out what might be next in order not to "paint yourself into a corner". I think there is too little of this in the book. I would have liked more of a discussion about what might be the best solution within the current context. As all of you know; the problem usually is not to find a solution, but to find the best one within a certain context. That is the beauty of BizTalk in my opinion.
Also, once I would like to read a BizTalk book that assumes I know BizTalk and can tell the difference between a pipeline and a map, and know how to use custom xslt. This book does not, and spends few too many pages about the basics. I think this is due to the editor or publisher. They think you need that in order to make the book complete. I would say you do not. Anyone that would pick up this book feels confident about the basics. The title says so.
The author takes a very practical approach, and together with the code supplied you can easily follow along and learn hands on as well. Once again I would like to point out that some parts might focus too much on the practical but some people really like that so it is just an opinion.
Then there is another thing about the book as a whole. Due to the fact that the author wants you to see the solution grow as it might in a real life scenario, the disposition of the book is partly totally off the wall. The same chapter covers Unit testing and BAM, and another mixes configuring WCF-receive and BRE.
So, bottom line: Should you buy this book? Of course you should! The technical aspect of it together with the experience of the author is an opportunity you should not miss. Another point I would like to reiterate is that it fills a gap in the integration literature and I would especially recommend it to people that have worked with BizTalk for two years and changed projects during that time. It might be time to move ahead and have an option during the next ICC meeting.
Though I would like to discuss certain parts about solution structure with the author, there are a lot of tips and tricks I will use in the future.
More info on the author: blog, twitter.
As you may know, there is an MCTS-exam called 70-595, for us that work with BizTalk. The formal name is: "Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010". Many seem to think that passing this test is hard and also a challenge, but if you do pass, it gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment. You have also received a sign of approval from Microsoft about your knowledge and abilities. If you are lucky, and work for the right employer, you might even receive a bonus for passing.
How do I book a test date?
Firstly you need to find a Prometric-licensed test center. Microsoft works in collaboration with Prometric worldwide and they are responsible for making sure that everyone gets to take the test under the same conditions. They, in turn, certify locations (or test centers) all over the world. You need to find one of those. If I were you I would check the local education center that your company usually uses.
If you live in Sweden I can recommend AddSkills. You can book a date right from their site, and even send the invoice directly to your employer. The cost for taking the test varies, but at AddSkills the current rate is 1 950 SEK for the Gothenburg and Stockholm test centers. Others might be more expensive.
Is the test hard?
Yes, it is hard. The point of the test to show that you are better than a beginner and that you also have some working experience with the product. I have heard different rumors about different Microsoft exams. Some seem to be easy-peasy, and others are hard as nails. This might be the case but I can tell you that the BizTalk is in the latter category rather than the former.
What is the process of the exam itself?
There used to be practice tests available, that closely mimicked the actual test's process. I have not been able to find any tests for BizTalk 2010 but I will assume that, since they were available it is OK for me to write a bit about the process.
Most importantly: No cheating! If you are caught cheating, you will be banned from taking further tests and the community will shun you. You will be forced to live out in the forest with only the birds and the voices in your head to keep you company. So please don't cheat.
You will be placed in front of a computer configured to conform to some sort of minimum standard. You are only allowed to use the tools that the computer supplies and also a scratch-pad, provided by the test center. You are not allowed to bring anything but yourself into the test room. To further reduce the risk of cheating the testing room will be monitored via CCTV.
The test is entirely based on multiple choice. Some of the questions have answers in the form of RadioButtons (one correct answer), and others CheckBoxes (more than one might be correct).
There is a "mark for review" system. This means that you can mark a question for review, if you feel you might want to rethink that later. After you have answered all the questions you have an opportunity to view all the questions again. The ones you have marked for review is very clearly marked.
The total time for the test is two and a half hours, which is ample time in my view. If you are worried that you might not be able to finish on time, you can use the review-system to mark questions you are not so sure about or you feel might take a long time to answer. Then run thru the test once and answer all the "easy" ones. This way you know that you will at least get those.
My method has been to take one question at a time and really focus on just that question. Read it, analyze it and try to get to the bare bone of the question. Give it the answer you feel is the best one and if you are unsure; mark it for review. Then drop that question and focus hard on the next one. I run thru the test in this manor until there are no more questions. By then, I am ready for a short break. After the break I review all the questions marked for review. This time, focusing even harder on the text and the different answers, as there might be pitfalls. Personally I don't believe in reviewing all the questions, it's just a waste of time.
When you are done, you submit the test and after 10 agonizing seconds you will receive your score: pass or fail. If you pass, don't forget to pick up your test result sheet from the test center. This paper will tell you your score and how well you performed in the different categories (see below).
In case of success, don't forget to celebrate and treat yourself to something as a reward for all that hard work.
What do I need to study?
That actually has an official answer from Microsoft located here. I heartily recommend reading that article thoroughly and several times. Note that they have used the wording "including but not limited to", so even if the list of things to know might be long, it might not be complete.
Here it is, together with the relative percentage of that subject compared to the whole exam.
Something worth mentioning is that there is a lot of focus on Web Services and Wcf. It is about as important as developing BizTalk artifacts, which is pretty darn "core BizTalk".
Something else worth noting is the point called "Implementing extended capabilities". That is worth 13 % but includes RFID, EDI, BRE and BAM. It is safe to say that you might not have to know all the ins and outs of BAM or RFID to pass, but to dismiss them altogether is naïve.
My advice
The best advice I can give you about what to focus on when studying for the exam is this:
How do I study for the exam?
Purchase Johan Hedbergs book and read it. Know it by heart.
I also recommend this summary, found at Microsoft. It is made by the ever productive Steef-Jan and lists all the free available resources that Microsoft has put out.
I would also recommend the book Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Unleached, partly written by a colleague of mine, Jan Eliasen. You should, of course, read the book from cover to cover but if you are more target oriented you can obviously skip the more extensive aspects about BRE, everything about Windows Azure and the short part about the ESB toolkit.
Lastly you might benefit from reading this blog post about the exam written by fellow blogical-blogger and MCT Johan Hedberg.
In closing…
I passed my test. Will you prove yourself? Just kidding! Have fun studying; you will learn a lot of useful things about our favorite product.
Also, please provide feedback if you disagree or feel I have said too much about anything. I am only trying to help, not violate the NDA.
Earlier this year Microsoft retired the old certification for BizTalk 2006 and so I was no longer a Technology Specialist.
Well I finally got around to it, took the test, and scored a healthy 91%.
I have received some questions as to how you should prepare for the exam and based on that I have a couple pointers:
This is not a bad thing. It just shows that the exam is made to show that you have working experience and if you do; you will pass.
The unequivocal one is of course BizTalk 2010 Unleashed. Use it to read up on things you feel you don't know; like perhaps the BRE or Wcf-adapters or BAM or Orchestrations or EDI or…
Based on what you have used the last year, you should skip those parts and read up on the parts you have not used. If you spent the better part of 2011 developing integrations using advanced maps and Wcf; read up on BAM and orchestrations.
The ever productive Steef-Jan Wiggers has written a TechNet Wiki called BizTalk Server 2010 Exam 70-595 Preparation. It is about resources that is available for free from Microsoft. It comes highly recommended.
Do you know someone that is a MCTS for BizTalk 2010? If so; you can invite him/her to some kind of "after work event". Buy the person some good beers and then start asking nicely about the exam.
As an MCTS you get special training, and these special pills, so you can't remember specifics about the exam. We can however talk generally about it: What skills are measured? How much is there about BRE compared to other topics? Is it hard?
Just saying…
Every time I suggest BizTalk as an alternative in a "bid" or project I feel like the guy to the right.
I guess you have, at some point, installed a certificate for the the BizTalk service user. The ability for BizTalk to use certificate to encrypt/decrypt messages is very powerful in some scenarios.
The recommended way of doing this is to simply log on to the machine as the service account. This is not always possible due to policies and restrictions at the client; so an intense mail conversation might ensue. It is usually resolved in some way.
One way to resolve it might be to try to us "runas" to execute mmc as the BizTalk service user.
runas /profile /user:BtsUsr "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mmc.exe"
However, this is not possible as the following error is presented: "740: The requested operation requires elevation."
The solution to this might be to disable the UAC on the machine, but that is usually not possible either.
The solution I found to be the best is the following:
1. Add the BizTalk Service User the Local Admin group.
2. Then navigate to the appropriate system-folder (System32 or SysWow64).
3. Find and select MMC.exe, hold down shift and right-click to get the "Run as different user" option.
4. Choose to run as different user and supply the credentials for the BizTalk Service user.
6. Click Ok to elevate the process and boom you are in!
Of course you have to remove the service account from the Local Admin group as soon as possible after installation.
The strange thing is that the "runas"-approach still does not work but who cares.
Firstly I would like to get the score thing out of the way and in true consulting fashion I'll say: It depends. I give it two or four stars depending on your needs as a developer/architect. Let me explain:
The whole basis for the book is not to be a comprehensive guide of every system you will ever integrate with, but rather the more common ones. Systems like SAP, Dynamics AX or SharePoint. Neither is it a documentation update on the BizTalk adapters or even about more general features of BizTalk. Before spending some money on this book you should ask yourself; what do I want to do?
Are you a senior BizTalk developer or perhaps an integration architect and need to integrate with one of the systems covered in the book, then you should not only buy the book and read it, but rather you have to (4 stars). On the other hand, if not, then you can leave it on the shelf, or what the equivalent version in the online book store is; this is the 2 stars.
Do you need to integrate with any of these? Great! Good luck! This book is a very good place to start.
The chapters on SAP (which I guess are written by Kent Weare) are some of the best technical writing I've ever come across, but then again I might be biased. I was once in the situation described in the chapter and I like how the writer must have overcome a lot of boundaries (both mental and structural) to be able to write about it in the way he does. The way he focuses on "how to integrate with SAP-people" so to speak, and what terms to use to better make yourself understood is very useful and something I would have loved to have about three years ago.
A book that refers to blog posts is new to me and not something I dislike. However, in some cases, the use of those links seemed more like a fast and easy way to get the chapter done, rather than trying to incorporate the information from the blog post in the text.
Some chapters (particularly the one on Windows Azure) might have benefited from more information about some key aspects of the integration. The section about ACS comes to mind.
There are a lot of how-tos and walkthroughs showing you exactly how to configure adapters, complete with many illustrative screen dumps. You should have absolutely no problem building your first integration for Dynamics CRM. Then again I think that in some cases I would have benefitted more from just information about the adapter and the integrating system.
I guess you, like me, use the BtsWcfServicePublishing.exe to automate the deployment process for your wcf-hosting needs in BizTalk. If you don't I think you should, as it saves you a lot of time. For one you don't have to regenerate your endpoint information using the BtsWcfServicePublishingWizard (note: not the same program as the BtsWcfServicePublishing) and all it's tedious steps every single time you update a service.
The thing is that when you use the BtsWcfServicePublishing.exe on a BizTalk-assembly built using BizTalk 2010 you get an error like this:
Error publishing WCF service. Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\…' or one of its dependencies. This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded.
This is due to the fact that the BtsWcfServicePublishing tries to use version 2.0 of the .net framework. To make it work on BizTalk 2010 assemblies add the following info in the configuration file (just under the configuration-tag.
<startup> <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" /> </startup>
Just run it again and you'll be happy as Larry.
Having recently discovered that this Azure thing is just about ready for actual release, I have picked it up. So after spending an evening installing everything needed to run samples and tutorials, Microsoft releases version 1.5 of the SDK and I have to reinstall everything.
Voicing my angst about this on Twitter I got an answer from the newly appointed Evangelist Thiago Almeida: There is a better way, use Web Platform Installer!
Just point your browser to the Windows Azure Team blog here and off you go. Using this tool you can even install separate labs and it detects dependencies and lets you install them
Now if we can just get them to release a VHD-file as well.