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We received this curious photo of a stand-alone gate in Union Cemetery, Greenwich.
The name Elkanah Mead is a familiar one here -especially if you were a client of the Elkanah Mead Insurance Agency.
Admittedly we are not sure if this gate marks the spot in the cemetery were Elkanah Mead is interred. There is no gravestone nearby with his name on it.
Today we report that the iron gate was cleaned and a coat of satin paint was applied to its surface. We appreciate the cooperation of the Second Congregational Church and its Cemetery Committee.
In the not-too-distant future we will be applying a gold colored paint to the lettering and numbers on the gate.


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Not like everyone
Always looking the best for my clients projects, I notice that certifications are more and more in demand. Is being certified a guarantee of quality ? I don't think so. And you, are you ?
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The next meeting will be in Florida. More info to come.
About Me
A short abstract about me. Since 2005, I am project manager specialized in quality assurance. In my spare time I'm also a PMO.
I took part, with success, in all the phases of an IT project (project management, team management, customer relation, invoice management, …) from an agile project to a big complex progam.

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France is looking to follow in Sweden's footsteps – by cutting tax rates for data centres' electricity usage.
As first reported by Datacenter Dynamics, French prime minster Edouard Philippe, speaking at the headquarters of Dassault Systemes, revealed plans to cut TICFE (taxe intérieure sur la consommation finale d'électricité) from €22.5/MWh to €12/MWh.
Philippe told delegates – loosely translated – that the move would make France a more attractive investment proposition taking into account both Brexit and the Cloud Act. The sector is committed to lowering its energy consumption by 15% by 2022, Philippe added.
In 2015, plans were first mooted for Sweden to reduce electricity taxation for its data centres, putting it in line with other industries such as manufacturing. A study from the Swedish government argued for a 97% tax reduction, which was granted a year later after the Swedish parliament pushed through new legislation.
Behind the Internet lies factories, or data centres, that represent very high levels of investment – anything that allows France to become a more attractive market is fantastic news
This appears to be similar for France – but Philippe also noted a disparity between the country and its European brethren in terms of productivity. The prime minister told delegates that between 2012 and 2015, France was the only country in Europe whose 'robots to employees' ratio had gone down. Rather than seeing this as a positive for jobs, it was viewed as a wake up call to get France's digital house in order.
The move was praised by those in the industry. OVH, which is headquartered in France – and frequently scores top marks in Cloud Spectator's industry reports analysing vendors on the combination of price and performance – said the development was 'fantastic'.
An OVH spokesperson told CloudTech: "This announcement from the French government shows their understanding of how industrial development is also at stake in digital business. Behind the Internet lies factories, or data centres, that represent very high levels of investment. Anything that allows France to become a more attractive market is fantastic news, as France too has its role to play in the digital transformation."
Earlier this month, consultancy DataCentrePricing.com noted 'huge' variations in European data centre prices. According to their analysis, rack space in Poland is less than a third (€320) of the price per month compared with Switzerland, Ireland and the UK (€1,000).
France remains the third largest data centre country market in Europe, behind the UK and Germany. Philippe noted in his speech there were 192 data centres in the territory.
Interested in hearing industry leaders discuss subjects like this and sharing their experiences and use-cases? Attend the Cyber Security & Cloud Expo World Series with upcoming events in Silicon Valley, London and Amsterdam to learn more.


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If it's Heavy Rock your after these are your guys - they have the look and the moves down pat.
In the Carnival of rock, KISS have long been hailed the ring masters. From the 7 inch platform heels & outrageous guitars. The Fantasy of a secret dream, kings of the night time world!! Originating from all corners of this vast country , comes 4 KISS clones, playing tribute to the ultimate KISS Tribute Show, from the fire breathing, blood spitting antics, to the smoking rocket charged guitars & there destruction. Incorporating 90's technology lighting & sound, Australian KISS Show promises the ultimate KISS experience that you've never before seen.. From the 70's & 80's classic KISS tunes, the Show delivers with punch & attitude to match a real KISS concert that will leave the die hard fans & alike wanting MORE!!!


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In 1927 Fred C. Koch patented an improved method of converting heavy oil to gasoline – a catalyst paving Wichita, Kansas roads of the early 1940's with Wood River Refining and Oil dollars – later known as Koch Industries. I could blither on about how Koch Industries became the second largest privately held corporation in America. How staggering wealth was built on the back of oil, gas, chemicals, and methods to move these commodities about – or I could ask you to take my word for it, link to this timeline of Koch history, and move on to my point.
Brothers David and Charles Koch have "donated" an estimated 67 million dollars in funding and support of anti climate change initiatives. It doesn't end with this "no shit Sherlock" denial of cutting the hand that feeds them. Some of those millions support conservative "family values" (AKA – Tea Party and like minded fundamentalists) by way of Americans for Prosperity – a group founded in 2004, dedicated to no climate tax, no universal health care, no tax reforms hinting of increased or fairer shares for business, no government scrutiny of business at local, state or federal levels, and no Democrats in office if infinitely deep pockets and slick fabricated attack ads have anything to say about it.
A 2010 study released by University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute named Koch Industries as one of the top ten polluters in America. Greenpeace dubbed them the "kingpin of climate science denial".
Whining Koch protestations range from blaming "radical press" for branding Koch "whipping boys", to spluttering, indignant outrage against un-American critics of their righteous mission.Read this article from the New Yorker and decide for yourself.
I try to be polite. I don't want to point fingers or pass judgement. The trouble is – every few weeks I'm incapable of swallowing the vomit in my mouth. Post after post slamming the government, comment after comment parroting diarrhea gobbled from "news sources" worthy of criminal charges, and incessant speculation over who's actually running the show – these forces reach critical mass and my mind erupts to save itself.
This isn't rocket science people! Anybody who still believes democracy reigns supreme hasn't met power through money.Until people are willing to call bullshit on America according to Koch and associates, all I can say is speak out or shut up.


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During the Holocaust, thousands of jews were taken from their homes and forced to work in concentration camps or killed. Once they arrived at these camps, they were dehumanized in almost every way possible by the Nazis. Somehow though many of these people kept their faith and kept believing that it would get better until the end and refused to believe the stories of what was to come until it was to late. My question was how did the jews resist the Nazis or did they try to fight back?
Resistance by the jews could be as simple as holding secret prayer sessions or as well thought out and organized as smuggling weapons and attacking their captors. Simply surviving could be considered revolting because just by not giving up they were going against the very thing the Nazis were trying to accomplish. The camps were well guarded and there were little ways to escape.
They also new that if they did manage to escape without getting caught or recaptured, everyone else in their group would be automatically shot, which often meant friends and family members. This and the fear of breaking up the family stopped many jews from revolting or trying to get free.
On the trains that were taking the jews to, for many of them, their deaths, mothers who had heard of and believed what was to come often killed their young babies to spare them from having to go through what was happening. Those who did resist on the way there either by running from the trains or attacking their captors faced certain death. Some took advantage of this situation and were summarily executed on the spot. Others chose to take their own lives when faced with the hopelessness of the situation. It might be argued that...


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Call WCF service from Excel
We can call a WCF service from the excel work sheet as client.
First construct a WCF service by creating a WCF Service Library from Visual Studio 2012(am using this version of VS).
Am using the same test template provided by the Visual Studio
Remove all composite type stuffs from the source files Service1.cs and IService1.cs (we don't need for now)
So the new files will look like this
A small change I made was the input parameter changed to string.
Next main thing is App.config.
You can use http or tcp as service protocol. I described both in App.config (tcp configuration is commented)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <system.web> <compilation debug="true" /> </system.web> <!-- When deploying the service library project, the content of the config file must be added to the host's app.config file. System.Configuration does not support config files for libraries. --> <system.serviceModel> <services> <service behaviorConfiguration="MyTestWcfService.Service1Behavior" name="MyTestWcfService.Service1"> <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="MyTestWcfService.IService1"> <identity> <dns value="localhost" /> </identity> </endpoint> <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="IMetadataExchange" /> <!--<endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="MyTestWcfService.IService1"> <identity> <dns value="localhost" /> </identity> </endpoint> <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="IMetadataExchange" />--> <host> <baseAddresses> <!--<add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8733/Test/MyTestWcfService/Service1/" />--> <add baseAddress="http://localhost:8733/Test/MyTestWcfService/Service1/" /> </baseAddresses> </host> </service> </services> <behaviors> <serviceBehaviors> <behavior name="MyTestWcfService.Service1Behavior"> <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" /> <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" /> </behavior> </serviceBehaviors> </behaviors> </system.serviceModel> </configuration>
Run the service
You have done with the service end.
Lets start the Excel and press Alt + F11. You can see something like this
Double click sheet1 from the left side.
From the new window. Select Worksheet from the first drop down and Select change from the second drop down.
Remove Worksheet_SelectionChange function definition as we don't need in this demo.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal x As Range) Dim addr As String addr = "service:mexAddress=""http://localhost:8733/Test/MyTestWcfService/Service1/mex""," addr = addr + "address=""http://localhost:8733/Test/MyTestWcfService/Service1/""," addr = addr + "contract=""IService1"", contractNamespace=""http://tempuri.org/""," addr = addr + "binding=""BasicHttpBinding_IService1"", bindingNamespace=""http://tempuri.org/""" Dim service1 As Object Set service1 = GetObject(addr) Dim text As String text = Cells.Item(x.Row, x.Column) MsgBox service1.GetData(text) End Sub
We can get the service object as service1 by calling GetObject(addr).
The above address configuration is for http protocol. For tcp please use this address configuration (Uncomment the tcp stuffs from the service too if you are using tcp)
addr = "service:mexAddress=""net.tcp://localhost:8733/Test/MyTestWcfService/Service1/mex""," addr = addr + "address=""net.tcp://localhost:8733/Test/MyTestWcfService/Service1/""," addr = addr + "contract=""IService1"", contractNamespace=""http://tempuri.org/""," addr = addr + "binding=""NetTcpBinding_IService1"", bindingNamespace=""http://tempuri.org/"""
You are done. The service accept the value typed in a cell and show it in Message Box.
Save the document as macro enabled document (Book1.xlsm)
You can see the the output as
Thanks for reading.
Happy coding 🙂


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A quick reminder of how efficient the free market is.
@Antanicus Although Apple got away with including a micro-USB dongle to their proprietary connectors...
@bhtooefr still, they had to obey the regulation. I take that as a point for the EU standards :)
@kaniini @Antanicus I thought USB-C was a last-minute inclusion in the regulations, to avoid that particular dongle being needed?
@Antanicus this needs to be taught in schools, free markets basically never work in the long run.
@Antanicus you forgot the fucker... you know, the white brand...
@Antanicus and boy was there opposition to this!! Phone manufacturers where crying wolf, claiming the sky will fall down, etc, etc.
All because they wanted to keep charging (no pun intended) users for their bullshit phone chargers a couple of bucks more.
@rysiek @Antanicus gaia think of the waste all those charger variations must have produced, actually no scratch that I know how much waste it produces because my family stories everything and it normally falls on me to explain that "no these charges will be useful for absolutely nothing in the future, they where manufactured to be replaced almost immediately".
@tastytentacles @rysiek @Antanicus and from memory all random different voltages and low-ish power, so you couldn't even chop the connector off and re-use the power supply for some other DIY electronics project (at least a +5V or +12V one can often be useful with other equipment)
@vfrmedia @rysiek @Antanicus mhmm, not to mention that they where all the laziest possible construction that it was impossible to repair if it broke.
@tastytentacles @rysiek @Antanicus quite a lot of small switch mode PSU/chargers are like that, manufacturers claim its "safety requirements" but price replacemens too high which encourages to buy even worse (and often dangerous) ones as replacements
I keep some as well. I have a small collection of various voltage transformers. And I use them when I need some particular voltage and I find a match (must match max current as well). Connectors can be replaced ; sometimes I just directly connect wires.
But that's still so little re-use of so many manufactured stuff :(
@Antanicus @rysiek
@youen @rysiek @Antanicus I picked up a cheap variable power supply not to long ago, but I have never tried bear wiring it into something to charge it.
just reminds me of my friends jury rigged PC power supply, he must have disassembled and rebuilt that thing a million times but I was always waiting for it to explode.
@tastytentacles @youen @Antanicus fun fact, I tried fixing my 13000mAh powerbank today and got some nice blue smoke out of it.
That thing (IF I fix it) is going to be fun at airport security.
@Antanicus @rysiek USB-C next common adapter please.
@Antanicus apple on Macbook Pro: usb c is the future.
iPhone X : lightning ports
LB: I boost this to comment on it.
1) The agreement was in 2009, not 2004. Micro-USB wasn't even released as a spec until 2007.
2) The ten largest phone manufacturers voluntarily agreed to standardize, by offering either μUSB ports on phones or μUSB adapters for their proprietary plugs.
3) The EU wasn't the reason for the agreement; they were following a trend. GSMA, the global cell carriers' association, and the Chinese government had already published similar mandates.
@noelle "reduce electronic waste" these plugs are cheap and fragile as fuck, it was not common back in the day to buy new chargers for your phone because they didn't break that easily
@Antanicus depends on the definition of "efficient". Your definition is minimizing the number of adapters in landfills and compatibility between devices. That is good from a consumer and environmental standpoint, but less so for vendors that may have made more money by selling more proprietary adapters.
@Antanicus so this is the bad guy, huh?
SERIOUSLY, (redacted by myself), microUSB sucks.
miniUSB is a million times better. For a small tradeoff of a few cubic milimeters of space, we would get a connector that doesn't suck (i.e. works after two years of everyday charge instead of just falling out of the port)
@redsPL @Antanicus This is my problem.
I've found a reference about a 2009 specification (not 2004). It isn't mandatory to respect that specification. But apparently, it helped :)
Fairphone does not sell by default a charger with new phones, assuming most people already have one, which is quite right. But of course they have been criticized for "not even putting the required charger in the box to save money". Strange world we live in...
About Apple, which did sign in 2009, "The Commission does not have evidence that Apple has breached the [MoU] agreement. The iPhone 5 can be used with an adaptor allowing it to be connected to the common charger." (same wikipedia source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply#Reception).
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Putting TRAC to Work
News Organizations
ABC News/Univision
October 25, 2012
Why We Don't Know More About Immigration Detention
By Ted Hesson
Who's being held in immigration detention centers? A lawsuit filed against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this week hopes to shed more light on that, asking for information like the demographic breakdown of detainees and internal inspection records of all detention facilities. But the goal of the suit, filed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data gathering organization based at Syracuse University, is about much more than just getting this information. "We're trying to establish the principle that they have to give us data," said David Burnham, co-director of TRAC. "We've been negotiating with them for years at the administrative level." The lawsuit filed by TRAC doesn't ask for the reasons behind individual detentions, but a successful case could open the door to such requests in the future.
External Link
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2012


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Cheesecake with strawberries
(to form 20 cm)
For the base:
-200 G shortbread;
-100 Grams of butter.
For filling:
-400 Gr gentle cottage cheese;
-250 Gr mascarpone;
-1 Vanilla pod;
-150 G of sugar;
-6 Yolks;
-4 Protein.
For the topping:
-700 Grams of strawberries;
-2 Item. l. sugar;
-lemon juice;
-2 Item. l. sweet red wine (optional).
1. Basis: preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Crush the cookies into crumbs. Melt the butter and combine with cookies, mix thoroughly.
Pour into prepared pan and tamp.
Put in the oven for 10 minutes.
2.Nachinka.Vse ingredients should be at room temperature. Thus you will avoid the temperature drop and the cheesecake will not crack.
If you have a conventional cheese, grind it through a sieve and whisk in a blender. I have a soft cheese "President".
3.Smeshayte cottage cheese and mascarpone.
Separately, combine the egg yolks with the sugar and enter the cottage cheese. Add the vanilla seeds. Whip the whites until soft peak form and gently push into the stuffing.
Pour on top of the mass base and place in the oven. After 10 minutes, lower the temperature to 155 degrees and bake for about 45-50 minutes.
4.Po After this time the surface of the cheesecake and the edges must be compacted, but the center is still moving. Edges should be golden brown.
Turn off the oven and leave it for half an hour to form the half-open door. The cooled cheesecake, place in the refrigerator for several hours.
5. For the topping: strawberry slices cut, combine with sugar and juice and bring to a boil in a saucepan. Add the wine and cook another couple of minutes. Allow to cool.
Put the berries on the surface of the cheesecake and serve.


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Day 9: Humans
My circle of friends is small. We're a little community of weird, wonderful and down right awesome human beings. I don't see them everyday, but on those occasions we manage to get our adulting self out of the capitalist machine, it's a party! And you can expect a generous flow of engaging conversation (and a generous flow of good wine).
Making new friends has always been difficult for me. Growing up, I was often teased and bullied at school which impacted my perception of people in general quite negatively. I became so hyper-aware of people I was around and stopped sharing personal things about myself. I also shied away from social and family gatherings and parties. Because humans suck.
Later, I went on to study Theatre and Performance at UCT. This was a turning point for me in my life. There was something about performance and acting that brought out a fearless confidence I had never experienced before, and I fell deeply in love with the art. Acting really helped me understand and overcome a lot of the issues I experienced growing up. And so I'm forever grateful to those monumental four years of my life.
(the irony of failing all my academic writing courses and then years later writing a blog everyday, LOL)
It was also there where I met and became friends with some of the most wonderful people. Their fierce drive for the craft and unrelenting compassion toward understanding people still inspires me to this day. Sending so much love to you, Drama School friends!
I find it difficult to meet people who are accepting and tolerant, not necessarily of myself, but of people and things that are other to them. I acknowledge that everyone has their prejudices (lord knows I have mine) but when you're just okay with having those prejudices and have no willingness to understand things that don't fall within the frame of what you consider to be normative, then I can't spend time with you. That behavior or state of being upsets me to say the least. And being around toxic people is so destructive to my mental health, even more so now living openly as a transgender woman. So, I'm very picky about who I spend my time with.
Chances are, if you're reading/following this blog, you're not one of those people, because being open to reading about experiences like mine is, in and of itself, an act of positivity. So I'd like to say thank you.
Today I'm off to celebrate one of my oldest and closest friend's birthday. So there will be plenty of fabulous humans and fabulous conversation (and wine, of course).
For me, acknowledging and celebrating little moments like these are so important. They remind me that I'm blessed to be supported by the people in my life and that I too can be supportive of them, that sharing things and being vulnerable is a privilege, and that taking time to appreciate one another is a wonderful way to celebrate a life.
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Are their any programs that I can Use to register domains frequently for a home server?
Question by OlympusHAXXX: Are their any programs that I can Use to register domains frequently for a home server?
what is the best way to register domains for a local host?
Best answer:
Answer by deboerdn2000
well if its for your local lan, you can set it up using a domain controller which comes with all the server editions of windows. if its for the web, then your proably better off going with 3rd party for the registration and redirect it to your local server.
What do you think? Answer below!
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If you have a Dynamic IP on your network, you can use dynamic host services from dyndns.org etc.
There are many such services available online. Dyndns is one of them.
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Change of Registration
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Smart Dual Thermal Sub-Station
In existing buildings, CHP or other systems may already be in installed, however these systems fall short in efficiency, maximisation and flexibility for a dual heating and cooling facility. In order to employ the dual thermal approach it will be necessary to install absorption/adsorption machines at building level and solar thermal systems with short term storage. This will maximize the use of available free solar energy.
In traditional buildings, the thermal energy extracted from the district heating system, operates in a single direction and therefore any heat produced by solar energy during periods of low demand is not distributed efficiently to other buildings within the district. It is proposed to create bi-directionality, which will optimize the solar production and provide efficient storage capacity at district level, enabling the centralisation of all the individual solar and storage installations into one.
This proposed system will be flexible and modular, both at building and district level and can be easily replicated into many types of buildings.
Solar Collector System
ClimateWell® was formed in 2001 and is involved in developing innovative sustainable heating and cooling technologies. In 2010 they developed a thermal heat-pump component – CoolStoreTM. It is a fully integrated solar collector system consisting of several tubes which provide space heating/cooling and hot water provision. Each CoolStore tube has a reactor and a combined condenser and evaporator. This patented fully integrated "Triple-State" absorption technology allows the system to be independent from electricity improving the energy efficiency for the building.
This system is the first solar collector in the world with combined heating, cooling and energy storage, delivering twice as much energy compared to today's state-of-the-art solar collectors. This technology translates into a significant reduction of power consumption and carbon emissions.
The prototype is a development from our state of the art integrated absorption solar collector using flat plate technology.
What did we want to investigate with this prototype?
Whether we could decrease the thermal losses and therefore obtain a higher efficiency of the system by using vacuum tube technology instead of flat plate technology.
Basically it is an absorption chiller integrated into a solar thermal collector and the reason for doing this is to simplify solar cooling installations and reach higher efficiency.
The pictures below show the manufacturing of the first sorption integrated vacuum tube collector.
The Sydney type vacuum tubes convert solar irradiation efficiently into heat while providing excellent thermal insulation to the sorption modules.
The solar collector prototype was tested with success. Climatewell are still testing this protoype but is on target to be installed into the demonstration buildings.
Solar collector prototype behind the artificial sky during testing in solar laboratory.


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Friday, November 25, 2016
The Angry Man
The Angry Man is difficult to stereotype. He comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America , from sophisticated urbanite to rural redneck, Deep South to Yankee North, Left Coast to Eastern Seaboard.
No matter where he's from, Angry Men share many common traits; they aren't asking for anything from anyone other than the promise to be able to make their own way on a level playing field. In many cases, they are independent businessmen and employ several people. They pay more than their share of taxes and they work hard. Damn hard, for what they have and intend to keep.
He's used to picking up the tab, whether it's the Christmas party for the employees at his company, three sets of braces, college educations or a beautiful wedding or two. Not because he was forced to, but because it's the right thing to do.
The Angry Man believes the Constitution should be interpreted as it was written. It is not as a "living document" open to the whims and vagaries of appointed judges and political winds.
The Angry Man owns firearms, and he's willing to pick up a gun and use it in defense of his home, his country and his family. He is willing to lay down his life to defend the freedom and safety of others, and the thought of killing someone if necessary to achieve those goals gives him only momentary pause.
The Angry Man is not, and never will be, a victim. Nobody like him drowned in Hurricane Katrina. He got his people together and got the hell out. Then, he went back in to rescue those who needed help or were too stupid to help themselves in the first place. He was selfless in this, just as often a civilian as a police officer, a National Guard soldier or a volunteer firefighter. Victimhood syndrome buzzwords; "disenfranchised," "marginalized" and "voiceless" don't resonate with The Angry Man. "Press 'one' for English" is a curse-word to him.
His last name, his race and his religion don't matter. His ancestry might be Italian, English, African, Polish, German, Slavic, Irish, Russian, Hispanic or any of a hundred others. What does matter is that he considers himself in every way to be an American. He is proud of this country and thinks that if you aren't, you are whole-heartedly encouraged to find one that suits you and move there.
The Angry Man is usually a man's man. The kind of guy who likes to play poker, watch football, go hunting, play golf, maintain his own vehicles and build things. He coaches kid's baseball, soccer and football and doesn't ask for a penny. He's the kind of guy who can put an addition on his house with a couple of friends, drill an oil well, design a factory or work the land. He can fill a train with 100,000 tons of coal and get it to the power plant so that you can keep the lights on while never knowing everything it took to do that. The Angry Man is the backbone of this country.
He's not racist, but is truly disappointed and annoyed, when people exhibit behavior that typifies the worst stereotypes of their ethnicity. He's willing to give everybody a fair chance if they're willing to work hard and play by the rules. He expects other people to do the same. Above all, he has integrity in everything he does.
The Angry Man votes, and he loathes the dysfunction now rampant in government. It's the victim groups being pandered to and the "poor me" attitude that they represent. The inability of politicians to give a straight answer to an honest question. The tax dollars that are given to people who simply don't want to do anything for themselves. The fact that, because of very real consequences, he must stay within a budget but for some obscure reason the government he finances doesn't. Mostly, it's the blatantly arrogant attitude displayed implying that we are too stupid to run our own lives and only people in government are smart enough to do that.
The Angry Man has reached his limit. When a social justice agitator goes on TV, leading some rally for Black Lives Matter, safe spaces or other such nonsense, he may bite his tongue but, he remembers. When a child gets charged with carrying a concealed weapon for mistakenly bringing a penknife to school, he takes note of who the local idiots are in education and law enforcement.
But when government officials are repeatedly caught red-handed breaking the law and getting off scot-free, The Angry Man balls-up his fists and readies himself for the coming fight. He knows that this fight, will be a live or die situation, so he prepares fully. Make no mistake, this is a fight in which he is not willing to lose and he will never give up.
Obama calls him a Clinger
Hillary Calls him Deplorable
Bill calls him Redneck
BLM calls him a Racist
Feminists calls him Sexist
ISIS calls him an Infidel
Donald Trump calls him an American
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Amen to all of this post
- November 25, 2016 at 6:38 AM
Joe, If this was an original penned by you, you deserve the Pulitzer prize in journalism! Every paragraph has a description of me and why I am so fed up with government . It answers so many of the questions, so eloquently, that the MSM keeps asking: Why did Trump win?
- November 25, 2016 at 6:45 AM
Amen. We will make America great again.
- November 25, 2016 at 7:07 AM
And don't forget, some of these "Angry Men" are women!
- November 25, 2016 at 8:03 AM
I just realized how many of my best friends, male and female, are Angry Men.
- November 25, 2016 at 8:07 AM
SPOT ON! Could not have it expressed it better.
- November 25, 2016 at 8:09 AM
GOD BLESS these "Angry Men" - this "Angry White Christian Single Mother Childhood Molestation and Domestic Violence Survivor" salutes all of you!
- November 25, 2016 at 8:21 AM
WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Slackers better step up!
- November 25, 2016 at 9:24 AM
Amen,how can you protest that.
- November 25, 2016 at 10:05 AM
Okay, where do we buy the Angry Man t-shirts and hats and bumper stickers and key fobs... you just know that they're already on their way from China.
- November 25, 2016 at 11:42 AM
Read it again.
They are REAL MEN.
They are not women.
Real women love real men.
Stop trying to be cute by playing the Elite's game of subterfuge and sexist baiting. Educate yourself. Women are women, and men are men.
- November 25, 2016 at 11:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Who wrote this? Was it James Joyce! Outstanding way to put how we angry men feel into words. Puts a tear to me eye!
- November 25, 2016 at 4:55 PM


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Mixed in with discussion about her broadcast career and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, CBS News anchor Katie Couric dished about something people really care about: Glee.
At an event at the New York Times Arts and Leisure weekend last night, Couric spoke with Times writer Gail Collins about her upcoming guest appearance on the TV show.
"Don't worry, I don't sing and I don't dance. I'm no Gwyneth Paltrow," she said.
A "big fan" of the show, Couric said she jumped at the chance to appear on it.
"It raises a lot of issues that are facing adolescents in a really brave way," she said. "I think it really does teach a lot about tolerance, and I applaud the message it sends."
"And I need to go to Glee-hab, because I'm really into this show," she added.
In a similarly light-hearted moment, Couric teased an upcoming interview that she is particularly excited about.
"I'm going to be interviewing Lil Wayne soon, which is so funny," she said. "I interviewed Drake, and he said, 'Yeah, you and Weezy are tight.' And I said, 'That's right, Weezy and I are like this!'"
That segment will air as part of the web show that Couric hosts in addition to her duties as an evening news anchor. She said she has "a lot of fun" doing the show because she enjoys its "more relaxed setting."
"It's nice, because I have a real mix of very serious subjects and more lighter fare, and it kind of satisfies my curiosity about the world and what's going on," she said.
Of course, Couric discussed the more serious topics, too, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, her visits to Haiti after last year's earthquake, and the millions of dollars she has raised for colon cancer research.
Toward the end of the evening, Couric reflected on the criticism she faced when she left NBC's Today Show for her current job at CBS—and she hinted that sexism may have been at play.
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The organization of firms across countries
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NBER Working Paper No. 15129
We argue that social capital as proxied by regional trust and the Rule of Law can improve aggregate productivity through facilitating greater firm decentralization. We collect original data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production and sales decisions from Corporate Head Quarters to local plant managers in almost 4,000 firms in the US, Europe and Asia. We find Anglo-Saxon and Northern European firms are much more decentralized than those from Southern Europe and Asia. Trust and the Rule of Law appear to facilitate delegation by improving co-operation, even when we examine "bilateral trust" between the country of origin and location for affiliates of multinational firms. We show that areas with higher trust and stronger rule of law specialize in industries that rely on decentralization and allow more efficient firms to grow in scale. Furthermore, even for firms of a given size and industry, trust and rule of law are associated with more decentralization which fosters higher returns from information technology (we find IT is complementary with decentralization). Finally, we find that non-hierarchical religions and product market competition are also associated with more decentralization. Together these cultural, legal and economic factors account for four fifths of the cross-country variation in the decentralization of power within firms.
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I have to preface my review of Jessica Dimmock's powerful book, The Ninth Floor, by describing its photographs as raw, unflinching, many of which are frightening and that have dragged me into the depths of a world heroin addicts, for whom there's seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. In a way, I'm glad to have been given the chance of reviewing that book because it forced me out of my"comfort zone", both personally and photographically-speaking.
Jessica's forceful photographs document the drug-addled lives of residents on the ninth floor of a Manhattan's flat-iron district apartment building. For almost three years, she follows these drug addicts in their day-to-day activities, managing to become invisible in the process. While she gained access to the ninth floor residents through the help of a cocaine dealer, how she managed to gain the trust of her subjects is a tribute not only to her photography abilities, but also to her interpersonal skills. It appears that her subjects forgot about her presence, and she effectively became invisible while documenting their vortex of self destruction.
Deservedly, her work is receiving a copious amount of media attention before and following the publishing of The Ninth Floor.
This is documentary photography which, in my opinion, is best described as voyeuristic. Photographs of the apartment dwellers injecting the drugs, sleeping, arguing and fighting, having intercourse, being beaten up by their partners, hospitalized, and begging in the streets are all gripping and repellent at the same time. The self destruction of these people (I almost described them as unfortunate, but I can't) is palpable through Jessica's lens.
As many have said before, I wonder who is the audience for this book. Some in my immediate circle found the photographs to be disturbing and weren't able to go through the whole book, others have found it to be a gripping documentation of hopelessly wasted lives, and others have even suggested that it ought to be mandatory reading for college students.
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Ahhh! I am upside down on this roller coaster of emotions. Which can only mean one thing? I doth finished School 2013: the pains, the gains!, and what the neighbors thought edition. School 2013 went a really interesting route by pretty much solely focusing on the bonds of high school friendship, with perhaps the least emphasis on romance I have seen in a drama yet. (Is that a Top 5 I smell? Mmmm..) But really it made this show all the more special.*
Also. THIS DRAMA CHANGES EVERYTHING. Seriously folks, how many top 5 lists are now ruined by my lack of School 2013's inclusion. Why didn't y'all tell me?!? Let's see we'll start with the obvious: Best Alt-couple, which honestly could be made up of 5 pairings from this drama alone and I'd be satisfied. Second is Soccer in K-Dramas. Why did I include stupid Boys over Flowers pandering to their viewers with soccer shorts, when I could have had Kim Woo Bin–Lee Jong Suk angsty tension over the sport that led to dashed dreams and broken hearts. Seriously even saying the word "soccer" created an almost pavlovian response of ill from our two leads. My bad you guys… Even my favorite usage of English songs list should undergo construction for the lack of "Happy Together" School 2013 edition, which used several remixed versions to great effect in the 1st half of the drama. Now does this mean I will retroactively change these lists? BAHAHAHA #way2lazy. But consider this my apology for it's lack of representation. Sounds like I need to go back to school to learn how to make these lists correctly. Daniel Choi will be my teacher in life and love right!?
*And also, I would argue more realistic. This is obviously coming from my own personal experience but during those years we may have had our first whiff of guy craziness, but the bond of friendship was oh so much more influential than any high school crushes, dates, or boy/girlfriends. This seemed pretty universal for the school. Then again, my school was designed by an architect who previously created prison blueprints, so we all might have gone a little mad from the lack of windows.
I watched this after Queen's Classroom, an amazing drama that is really similar, except: replace high with middle, two yin and yang teachers for one
nanny teacher McFee, 100% less post-puberty hombres guapos, and 75% more cuteness overload and the equation is now balanced/they are the same show. Because of this, I was very acclimated to the format, which probably took some wind out of its [S-13's] sails in the middle episodes.
But part of the brilliance of this structure is that all the pain, angst, lies, bitchery, mistakes, misunderstandings, damage to ones person, suicide attempts, tears, and heartbreak that occurs over the first 3/4 of both shows lead to some fantastic payoffs and an amazing finish. The structure is actually comically simple. All you need is a little reverse engineering to have your end result (bad news for character X) occurs due a lead up of 1-2 cause and effects performed by various characters. Which would grow tiresome at times, because you knew if one scene seemed out of place or random, you knew it would lead to a character revelation or misunderstanding in due time. But seriously though, perfect endings are hard to come by, especially in dramaland-thy-name-is-live-shoot. Something about this classroom format builds to a final act that becomes powerful, emotional, and simultaneously conclusive, yet open-ended. The school year may be over but your life is just beginning, which is a rather magnificent note to go out on. Seemingly, this could only occur in situations such as a teen/school format. Have I finally cracked the code as to why high school dramas are so freakin' popular?? Damn, all those nights pouring over an equation board were for nought.
But instead heaping praise on the handling of Oh Jung Ho's bittersweet fate, or providing a critical analysis on the bigger questions S-13 raised dealing with the purpose of learning, and the flaws of the Korean school system. Let's talk about lenseless glasses.
You see there was a time when I was blissfully unaware that actors would be sporting only the frames of the glasses due to glare. Now that state of ignorance is forever broken. Thanks Daniel Choi.
I mean why must the show have so many close-ups featuring said spectacles which perfectly fit the contours of your genetically gifted face? Why did you give me ample time to come out of my Choi trance long enough to notice something off with those glasses? Where truth was finally dawned on as I had flashbacks to my youth, where all I wanted was braces and glasses to fit-in / be cool (yep I went to Bizzaro Elementary), so I bought fake ones to be like, " hey my teeth may be weirdly straight but look at this proof of bad eyesight! Sooo can I play four square now?"
Since I'm already on this Daniel Choi train, let's continue with his amazing fashion sense. Se-Chan's sweater-vest combos were simple, consistent, and effective. Meanwhile Miss wears-shag-carpeting-to-school was very much like her clothing…
Sometimes it works, and sometimes In-Jae (Jang Na-Ra) was a bit too much. Acted wonderfully, but I'm always at a cross roads when it comes to "freedom writer" teacher portrayals. Shows oft portray them as the guiding lights for how all teachers should be: students emotions above all else including required curriculum and a personal life. Teaching isn't a one size fits all model. This isn't to say teachers shouldn't be empathetic or be passive with their students, but a combination of the Se-Chan and In-Jae teaching philosophies would seem the best path IMO. (Passing the test and being emotionally prepared to handle the next step are more connected than one might think.) This drama did a fine job of showing the merits and downfalls of both methods for the most part; the show tipping its hand as to which side of the teaching divide it was on remained my only negative from the final episodes.
Guys I became serious again, what is this drama doing to me! The ecosystem of this drama is so complex, I'm really trying to refrain from breaking it all down, but I find myself on the losing side! Ahh! Okay, back to snarky, superficial reality. Let's rank all the pairings ummmkkk?
Top 5ish pairings:
6. The Odd Couple (Min Ki and Young-Woo)
Only had a few scenes together, but they made it count.
5. Frozen in live-action teenage form. (Ha-kyung and Gang-Joo)
I'm serious! GJ is super chill and wants everybody to get along. While Ha-Kyung is sort of an ice-queen. Which isn't necessarily an awful thing…(foreshadow foreshadow)
4. Cell Phone Sisters (Na-Ri and Hye-Sun)
I may have cried the hardest with their story. One because it was so unexpected (all the other stories were plotted from the get-go). And two because my high school self was most akin to Na-Ri aka brain tumor. She also of a procrastinating introvert who tends to space out and say weird things. (Though besides the graphing calculator I forgot to give back in 10th grade, I had 100% less stealing of electronic devices.)
3. The Beastie bestie boys (Ji Hoon and Yi-Kyung)
Their friendship was so touching, through thick and thin they were always there for one an other. Plus they got part time jobs to save Jung-Ho's family heirloom. That's hard to beat…
2. Unless your the most adorable teaching duo of all-time (Se-Chan and In-Jae)
I'm mean come on.. Now that I know they previously starred in Baby-Faced Beauty, guess what drama I'm watching next.
1. You are My Destiny (Nam-Soon and Heung-Soo)
So much pretty. So many feelz. Adore.
Honorable Mention: Newly formed F5 (pairs 1 and 3+ Jung Ho)
Having seemingly dissimilar groups come together as one goes on Muenchabench's favorite things list. So everything about this band of misfits is just plain ole winning.
Now many Viki commenters were quite vocal with their disdain for "ice queen" Ha Kyung. She is a hard character to embrace, and she certainly wasn't my favorite, but over the course of the drama I realized something. Ha-Kyung is basically the chaebol archetype in female form.
Exhibit A. She comes from a rich family with crazy expectations.
Exhibit B. She is cold, calculating, and strives to be better then the competition.
Exhibit C. She doesn't quite understand the people "beneath her", but slowly learns to be more accepting of others.
Exhibit D. All the pressures of upholding the family name eventually catch up to her.
Exhibit E. As she slowly changes her ways, she wields her power for good.
Exhibit F. But remains a person of business. Tough, but fair.
So maybe we should cut her some slack, because she really is just like your garden variety male chaebol next door, and we all love those guys right? Plus, she very well could be in charge of the corporation you work for in the future, so best start making amends before she fires your ass.
The Longest list of not at all quick hits:
*Dani needs to go. Usually I love spurts of English in dramas, but when a native English speaker is speaking them in the midst of all the Korean? Yeesh. Becomes the equivalent of an untuned clarinet as played by a novice during a symphony. Noticed how she became less of a presence, and was shockingly not one of the students given a subplot by series end. Props writers.
* Really appreciated mise on scene of the classrooms. Everything from the various notes to toothbrushes added verisimilitude to the show.
*I know I say this every time but Daniel Oppa might be it for me. Expressive eyes..his speech pattern…dos lips tho… but shiza I can't leave My Woo-Binny! He plays soccer (in dramas), has abnormally good looks and can actually act. Ugh I be flippy floppy like yesterdays beach shoes.
*Yay for no EVILL bad guys. Perhaps this is one reason why it reminded me of a sober Miyazaki film; any "antagonist" was pretty much shown through character shadings or backstory to not really be EVVILLL, just slightly messed up. So basically, human.
*That said, the bitchy bitch (below) who refused to tell the truth in the final episodes to save Jung Ho, I actually kind of appreciated. Not every single person who is "troubled" or mean can be chalked up to receiving abuse and/or parental problems. Sometimes people can be awful because people do awful things sometimes. What doesn't make her EVVILL is that she explained herself, she really wants to go to a good college, and is basically indifferent to everything else. Does that make her an despicable human being? I would say no, though as we were shown, her life plan led her to-do horrible things to a guy trying to change. Just food for thought.
*Did someone say food? Because this drama sure did. I love how warm food or a hot beverage became a symbol for safety, connection, and caring. From the cafeteria arrangements, to In-Jae solving crisis with calories, to this quote said from Teacher Choi to Jung Ho, in what was the emotional climax of the finale/series:
Okay, perhaps not the most eloquent saying taken out of context, but it sure did a number on me. This next one though is a little more poignant. With Nam-Soon answering why Jung-Ho should bother coming to school.
Deep Nam-Soon, deep. And yet another reason why high school is primo drama material. I'm learning so much.
*Totally watched both The Sandlot and Sunny over the course of this drama. Because friendship.
*Probably the drama I would most want to learn Korean for. There was always extra happenings/easter eggs going on behind the wide-angle shot of the featured conversation. Whether it was kids hanging out of classroom windows in the hall, clique shenanigans during study hall, or the lovely details that decorated every room, I'd find myself shaking my fist at the blasted subtitles forcing my attention south.
*Live shoot possibilities: You don't know how much I regret saying this, but if there was ever a drama whose structure benefitted from live shoot….reasons are two fold, the drama is plot-less enough, that its fairly easy to concoct conflict and story. So having a creative flow combined with netizen opinion (as opposed to creating the series in the dark), led to it's foundation for platonic connections that worked so well.
* Remember the gym scene where everyone is paired off for some hybrid dodgeball? Well I feel it was basically a meta take on this show as a whole. Notice how one teacher suggests co-ed (i.e. loveline) pairings, before it's decided gender pairs would work best. I mean it might have been done because all the main pairings were single gender already, so boy-girl partners wouldn't make much sense from the show's standpoint, but i'm sticking with meta and no one can stop me.
*How were afternoon classes always canceled?(Or taken over by impromptu gym bonding sessions) I went to a public American high-school (so less rigor, more clubs), and the only times we had classes canceled were for a "Blow Day" (windy blizzard), bomb/shooting threats (which sounds intense but was usually caused by some kid shooting a pumpkin with an air soft gun), the occasional bear siting, and 4/20 aka senior ditch day (this was in Colorado after all). Now all I'm thinking is, what must be running in all of your imaginations as to what my school was like.
*Also, was very confused with what class was happening at a specific moment. Or if the specific teacher was teaching homeroom, literature, or night school overseeing. So whenever Teacher A or B was threatening to quit/be fired I was all "does that mean just homeroom?" "Is Lit/Korean/English included in this?" "Why can you leave the classroom so often?!?"
*One other slight point of contention. I don't recall a single decent parent of the whole bunch. I realize this is a commonality (self promotion!) of most high school or children's fictional content, but it's still sad. Queen's Classroom had shown Ha-Na's mom be a pleasant presence in her life, and I still feel plenty of drama can be culled even if you have an everyday average parent once in a while. Alas, was not to be this time round.
*And I can't end without discussing how saekki also known as "bastard" is pretty much engrained in my brain. I get it, these two
love birds manly men pretend to hate each other, have some crazy repressed emotions, and probably wouldn't feel comfortable saying, "I miss you" and "you broke my heart" without adding some sort of epithet at the end because you know, bros. But oh my I got so sick of that word, even if it sounds better in Korean as said by KWB. Though I did appreciate when they got creative with their PG-12 swearing. I believe "Pitiful Bastard" was uttered on occasion, which is now the name for my new Alt-rock band.
*Veep examples. If ever S-13 is adapted into a movie, the screenwriters would be wise to take notes from the following Veep gifs, which takes the art of put-downs to a whole new level. (NSFW. Yee be cursing ahead!)
*For most of the drama, I really tried to stick with the intention that NS and HS are just really good friends. (Though I secretly wished they became the best couple ever.) Because two guys should be able to have such a close relationship without randows making snide comments about their sexuality. (Seems a double standard that women don't have a similar predicament btw). But then they had to have a pillow fight which was reminiscent of a certain baking scene in Fried Green Tomatoes. From that scene, Scene It (you guys remember that game?! To this day my #1 DVD film trivia board game), indicated the clip represents a love scene between the two female leads. Hence I give you, pillow fight maximus. #letstalkaboutsexeuphamisms
If that wasn't enough, the clincher for me was the episode 15 stairs exchange with Kim Woo Bin, er Heung Soo helping the injured female chaebol down the stairs. Then wouldn't you know it, he runs into LJS, and what follows basically amounts to, "it's not what it looks like, I only have eyes for you and your cute eye mole." Love is love, and these characters have it for each other.
*Like I totally know I did not give enough words/pictures to the great ship Nam-Soon/Heung Soo, but considering I wouldn't be treading any new ground there, we all agree this "review" is long and meandering enough, and this couple basically broke tumbler anyways. So I don't feel too bad. But here are a couple of classic photos regardless. Why is there no season two again?!?
*This review was so abnormally long and I didn't even discuss everything! (Sorry Uhm Force) My apologies for the gross amount of words but I can promise with certainty the next review won't be term paper length. (Also because I have no idea what to write about.)
My Weird List of Drama Commonalities:
|fab four
|romance light
|opening cred.
|let's get political
|introverts unite!
|Friends: endangered species
|nickname – brain tumor
|perfect ending
My Personal Rating/Overall Quality:
8 daytime toothbrushes/9 ramyun dates


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Daring to use Free Speech in Public
- If you lick the boots of your Masters in Government then you will be featured by the corrupt media machine on prime time TV.
- But Tommy Robinson only gets to see the inside of a jail cell for wanting to end open borders by the UK Conservative Party.
(Gates of Vienna) - The latest attempt by the British government to silence Tommy Robinson has failed: Today a judge threw out a police banning order against Mr. Robinson for his display of a banner at the Euro football tournament in France last June.
Tommy's "crime" had been to hold up a sign that read "F*** ISIS", which was said to incite hatred of Muslims. The judge may not realize it, but if he had upheld the police order, he would have been implicitly acknowledging that Islam and ISIS are essentially the same thing.
Thus the banning order might have been upheld if Tommy had displayed a banner with "F*** Islam" or something similar written on it. So today's decision is hardly an indication that free speech has returned to the UK.
Tommy was able to win this victory because of his ability to hire effective legal counsel. This would not have been possible without the establishment of his legal fund, and the concerted drive for donations to it.
Thanks to you, the readers of Gates of Vienna and other "Islamophobic" websites, Tommy had effective representation in court.
Today's good news is a reminder of the importance of keeping the Tommy Robinson fund topped up. Every time the British establishment has another go at him, Tommy's trustees are required to draw down the fund to pay his legal fees (a Q.C. in this case, if I'm not mistaken). I doubt HM government has given up on their attempts to suppress him, so this will be an ongoing process.Read More . . . .
Britain Welcomes Culture Death
Paul Joseph Watson talks with Tommy Robinson a vocal opponent of
the migrant flood which is destroying Europe.
English Defence League
|No Free Speech in Britain
Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League, is arrested for daring to speak out against unlimited Muslim immigration by the Conservative Party.


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Farewell Hansulinho
Farewell Hansulinho
Today we part ways with Hannes 'Hansulinho' Kettunen who has represented ENCE in the NHL eSport for the last eight months. Both parties have come to a mutual agreement and Hannes will be leaving the organisation effective immediately. Unfortunately this is due to the lack of events currently happening in the NHL scene within Finland and some other event conflicts. It has been a pleasure to work with Hannes during his time with us and we are sad that we were not able to achieve more together however things must always move forward.
Below you can read statements from Hannes as well as aNGeldusT about the decision to end the contract.
Juha 'aNGeldusT' Kurppa
Today we are releasing Hannes "Hansulinho" Kettunen by mutual agreement effective immediately. Recruiting Hansu was our first step towards console gaming as eSports and we enjoyed our journey very much with him. However, during the past year ENCE have come to the conclusion that the NHL scene, as it stands right now, is not competitive enough to warrant our pursued interest.
Hansu had contract left until the end of the year, but because he would have not been able to attend few key tournaments due to prior engagements, we mutually agreed to part ways. Hansu is now free to roam his options and continue his career in NHL. ENCE thanks Hansu for the past year and wishes him luck in his future endeavours!
Hannes 'Hansulinho' Kettunen
I want to thank ENCE eSports for this chance to be part of eSports organization. It was pleasure. Future will show us what happens next.
We would like to thank Hannes for everything he has done during his time with ENCE eSports and we wish him all the best for his future in the NHL eSport scene.


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I sure enjoyed the parade when the Phillies won the World Series in 2008.
Governor Christie wanted the parade in New Jersey, since that is where the Giants play their home games, but I say lets let New Jersey reap the tax revenues and let New York City pay for the parade, which we cannot afford.
Now, some are calling for a parade to honor the returning veterans of the war in Iraq. I respectfully disagree. While I certainly appreciate the desire to honor the sacrifices of those who gave so much, a day of jingoistic flag-waving is not the way to do it.
These veterans are coming home physically, mentally, and emotionally injured. They are coming back to a place where job prospects are weak. What they need is access to health care and job opportunities, not a parade.
As long as the war in Afghanistan continues, as long as drone attacks continue to kill innocent civilians and conduct targeted assassinations, including American citizens, as long as saber rattling replaces diplomacy with Iran, Syria and elsewhere, how about we hold off on the parades.
Let's end this state of perpetual war, and then we'll have something to celebrate.


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British women are plagued by foot problems, with one in five admitting they are embarrassed by that part of their body, according to a new survey from the College of Podiatry.
The organisation commissioned a One Poll survey of 2,000 adults and found that nine out of ten women had experienced some kind of foot problem.
Just over half (55 per cent) of women suffer from blisters, with 45 per cent reporting cracked heels, 28 per cent experiencing veruccas and 20 per cent having ingrown toenails.
Corns, cracked heels and bunions were more than twice as common in women as men, a situation the College of Podiatry partly attributes to poor footwear.
Podiatrist Lorraine Jones observed that most people will experience some sort of foot problem at some stage, 'but we are seeing a lot of cases which could have been prevented, particularly amongst women'.
'We all like to look good but it's important to take a common sense approach to footwear,' she advised.
'High heels and flip flops are fine to wear occasionally but not all the time.'
The College of Podiatrists advises women to wear a well-fitting, round-toed shoe with a heel height of approximately 3cm most of the time to reduce the likelihood of foot complaints.


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I am posting two items here that need to be understood. The first should be obvious because the flue virus is constantly mutating so it makes good sense that the longer you have been exposed the more resistant you are likely to be.
It is never enough to have a robust immune system it is also necessary to be actively exposed over the years. Fortunately, the modern world accomplishes that with no fuss whatsoever.
For the record, any review of first hand reports of first visitations to an isolated community always tells of the immediate loss of life to infectious disease that was most likely some form of flue. In fact, small pox which is famous and as deadly was possibly well guarded against by most populations that had the ability to use isolation. Flue was however clearly affected by prolonged isolation. I suspect that a couple of the die offs in the Americas were driven by flue.
On the other hand the second report tells us that the present deadliness may be driven by a nasty combination of viruses and poor immunity. It also makes clear that in this case the use of antibiotics is actually dangerous and possibly a causative agent in Ukrainian deaths.
The description of what happens to the lung tissue is downright scary
What is the best advice? Strengthen you immune system and let Mother Nature do its job. Get out the vitamin C and have a big bowl of chicken soup. And do not try antibiotics unless ordered by medical advice for a different problem.
Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science EditorPosted 2009/11/17 at 8:50 am EST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
They found evidence that the human immune system can recognize bits of the new H1N1 virus that are similar to older, distantly related H1N1 strains.
"What we have found is that the swine flu has similarities to the seasonal flu, which appear to provide some level of pre-existing immunity. This suggests that it could make the disease less severe in the general population than originally feared," said Alessandro Sette, director of the Center for Infectious Disease at California's La Jolla Institute.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may also help explain why many older people are less likely to have severe disease, said Allison Deckhut-Augustine of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"Adults may have some pre-existing immunity for H1N1," Deckhut-Augustine said in a telephone interview.
That does not mean older people are protected from infection, and Deckhut-Augustine stressed that people should still be vaccinated against H1N1.
Swine flu has infected millions of people globally and killed an estimated 3,900 in the United States alone, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Drug makers are struggling to make vaccines and governments are working to vaccinate their populations.
Bjoern Peters and colleagues at the La Jolla Institute looked at flu epitopes -- molecular markers or structures that the immune system recognizes -- dating back 20 years.
"We found that the immune system's T-cells can recognize a significant percent of the markers in swine flu," Peters said in a statement.
The human immune system has two kinds of protection. Antibody response can prevent infection, while T-cells fight infection once it has occurred.
Peters and colleagues found T-cell protection but not antibody response.
"This T-cell response decreases severity of disease but doesn't prevent infection," said Deckhut-Augustine, whose agency helped pay for the study and maintains the public database that Peters used.
The effect could be cumulative, Peters said, which could explain why people over 50 seem to be less likely to get noticeable H1N1 infections.
"This may also suggest why children are more susceptible to severe infection and why they might need two boosts," Deckhut-Augustine said. "They haven't been around as long and they haven't been exposed to different strains of H1N1 as long as adults."
Influenza is a very mutation-prone virus and from year to year the circulating strains drift, or change slightly. This is why new vaccines must be formulated each year and why people can catch flu again and again.
The new H1N1 was a never-before-seen combination of swine flu viruses, with a sprinkling of human and avian flu virus genetic sequences. But its long-ago ancestor was an H1N1 virus first seen in the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed upwards of 50 million people.
The researchers found that the new H1N1 swine flu shared 49 percent of its epitopes with older, seasonal H1N1 strains.
Using blood from healthy donors, they found that T-cells could recognize about 17 percent of these markers.
; Virus Is Mixture Of H1N1 And Parainfluenza, Causes Cardiopulmonary Failure; Indicates BioWeapon Ukraine
November 14, 2009 by Infowars Ireland
Professor Victor Bachinsky, PhD., is a coroner in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine. He provides evidence which indicates that parainfluenza mixed with the H1N1 virus, not pneumonic plague, has caused so much illness in Ukraine. Yet more strains of influenza which have combined, a strong indication that we are dealing with a laboratory developed bio-weapon.
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Based on autopsies, we have come to the conclusion: it's not pneumonia, but cardiopulmonary insufficiency and cardiogenic shock … The virus enters directly into the lungs, there is bleeding … Antibiotics should not be used …
Why do we have such a high mortality rate in the country? Because people are going to pharmacies to get medicine instead of going to their doctors to be treated … No it is not pneumonic plague. It's all nonsense … antibiotics do not help … Those with strong immune systems will survive. People with weak immune systems will succumb to the illness … Face Masks provide 30% extra protection. Wearing glasses gives an additional 10% protection, that is 40%, because the virus penetrates the mucose membranes.
The Head of the Chernivtsi regional forensic bureau, Professor Victor Bachinsky PhD, makes a strong statement: all the victims of the virus in Bukovina (22 persons aged 20 to 40 years) died not from bilateral (double) pneumonia, as previously thought, but as a result of viral distress syndrome, i.e. the total destruction of the lungs. We caught up with Professor Bachinsky, to find out how he came to this conclusion, and how people can protect themselves from this disease.
Professor, you said earlier that the virus, from which many people have died – is a mixture of types of parainfluenza and influenza A/H1N1. How do you cure this disease?
The question of how to treat this virus is not up to me. I am a pathologist. I just found out what it is and made an exact diagnosis. It is important to provide the correct treatment based on diagnosis.
There are strict protocols and standards of treatment in medicine. If a doctor treats a patient who dies, their relatives can make a complaint that they were not treated properly (misdiagnosed).The Ministry of Health has set the protocols and standards of treatment for each diagnosis. If diagnosed correctly, the treatment should be correct …
In the Chernivtsi region 18 people have died. We studied all the history and evidence from this disease, preclinical, clinical, resuscitation. When we perform an autopsy organs and tissues have histological studies (cell analysis) and we concluded that it was not pneumonia, and has no relation to pneumonia whatsoever.
These results are the foundation to ensure that doctors who treat this disease all over Ukraine, change their tactics and standards of care.
Can this new virus be cured?
It depends on the immune system. If a person's immune system is strong, they will overcome it. There are people who carry this strain of H1N1 and remain on their feet and don't even realise they are sick.
Antibiotics definitely should not be taken. Antibiotics are the reason we have such a high mortality and infection rate in this country, because people go to the pharmacy, describe their symptoms to the pharmacist and ask for drugs. They buy antibiotics, take them, this lowers their immune system and as a result they become sick. If prescriptions were required to buy these medications, like in other countries, this would not have happened. It is the ability to buy antibiotics over the counter without a prescription which has done so much harm to the State.
During autopsies, what did the lungs look like? Were they really black, which gave rise to so much talk of pulmonary plague?
No, they are not black … This is not pneumonic plague. It's all nonsense. Pneumonic plague has a very different morphology. We have, for example, 60 thousand people who became sick and 23 have died. With pulmonary plague, we would now have a mortality rate of 59 thousand …
This is a viral attack that destroys the lungs.
It turns out that not only in Bukovina, but also throughout the Ukraine people did not die from pneumonia, but from this toxic strain?
Yes, It's not pneumonia! This destruction of the lungs. This strain is very toxic, and if the immune system is weak, there is bleeding in the lungs. In the lungs there is a tiny structure – acinus, which looks like a bunch of grapes. When you breathe, oxygen enters this tiny "bunch of grapes" ( pulmonary alveoli ). On the surface of the acinus are the capillaries, where red blood cells saturate with oxygen and give blood, which supplies all tissues and organs in the body.
And once the virus enters the lungs – hemorrhaging begins immediately in the acinus. A continuous hemorrhage … It takes several hours. In the blood fibrin is formed, and from it – giolinovaya membrane, resembling a plastic bag. It envelops the acinus, and the person breathes in oxygen, but it is not transferred to the tissues. And people just gasp. There is a cardio-pulmonary insufficiency and cardiogenic shock. People die of cardiogenic shock. And there is no pneumonia. Pneumonia – an inflammation, which is treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics cannot help at any stage. There should be absolutely different treatment.
And how about "Tamiflu" – does it help?
This is not an antibiotic, it is an antiviral drug, which should be applied on the second or third day of the disease. But you can not use Tamiflu as a preventitive, because it is toxic.
What are the best measures to resist the disease? Is it advisable to use a mask, garlic, vitamin C?
The primary method of prevention is a face mask. This give 30% extra protection. If you wear glasses – it is 40%, because the virus enters through the mucous membranes.
It is necessary to improve the human immune system. Not only now, but in general. Garlic, onions, wild rose, viburnum (guelder rose), raspberries, citrus fruit, honey, and other fruits and vegetables – whatever you want. Those with a strong immune system will survive. Those with weaker immune systems will succumb to the disease.
We have a lot of people in Ukraine who like shopping at the open markets. If we can avoid open markets, the less people will be in contact with each other and more lives will be saved.
You have contacted the Health Ministry and advised them to review the standards for treatment of patients. What did they say?
We sent them all our data, the necessary protocols and standards of treatment, our diagnosis. But it is clear that decisions cannot be instantaneous.
And why until now has nobody else known about this disease? What were the leading specialists in the Ministry of Health doing all this time?
Perhaps this is due to the fact that there are scientists who are working on a purely theoretical basis. And there are scientists who have seen the autopsy results. I practice as head of the regional forensic bureau and as a professor. The fact that we have established this diagnosis – it is not just to my credit, and this is not my personal opinion. This is the opinion of specialists, morphologists and doctors in Bukovina. There are five professors in our group – I just head the group.
Original article in Russian by Anna Yashchenko here: http://www.unian.net/rus/news/news-346721.html


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Leaving Homework to Chance
To make sure I don't get swamped with paperwork, I often leave grading to chance. When homework is due, I'll have a student who finished his homework roll two dice. If the total of the two is seven or if the student rolls doubles (about a 50 percent chance), the kids turn in their homework to be graded. Students still get the practice they need, they're engaged because they all want to roll the dice, and I end up grading about half of the work.


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To quote from a Lighthouse Depot description of a model of this ship: Four-Masted Schooner Model…An Impressive 44″ In Length The Juan Sebastian de Elcano is a training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy. At 370 feet long, it is the third largest Tall Ship in the world. Built in 1927 in Cadiz, it is named after a 16th century explorer and captain of Magellan's global fleet. Steel hulled and steel masted, a marvel of gilt and teak, ropework and canvas, with a crew polished to within an inch of their lives, the J S de Elcano is an impressive sight to happen on in Galveston harbor, right next to the Off-Shore Oil Rig Museum.
This shot uses the full wide end of the zoom on the H50 and shows all the distortions of the lens, compounded by the upward tilt of the camera, which placed the ship across the axis of all most all of the distortions. Still. The distortions might even add to the impression of size and the majestic sweep of this elegant vessel.
The light was just about perfect for this detailed shot.
Sony DSC H50 at full wide (31mm equivalent). F5.6 @ 1/640 @ ISO 100. Programed Auto.
In Lightroom, some Recovery for the white highlights and the sky. Added Clarity and Vibrance in the Presence panel, and the Landscape sharpen preset.
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Someone's uploaded a video to YouTube of the fantastic Kay Redfield Jamison discussing her own experiences with bipolar disorder.
Jamison is a psychologist and one of the world's leading experts on the science of the condition that's often called manic depression.
She was known for her groundbreaking work on the disorder for many years before she 'came out of the closet' and described her own experience in her powerful and lyrical autobiography An Unquiet Mind.
Having attempted suicide and become quite psychotic at times, she has experienced the most extreme edges of the condition.
In this lecture, rather than presenting any of her considerable scientific research, she discusses the subjective experience of the highs, lows and distortions of thought that can occur in this mood disorder.


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