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Breaking Up? Blame the Chick Flicks!
My 20-year-old daughter tells me she thinks the reason so many young relationships fail is because of the "chick flicks." You know: Those movies where the focus is entirely on the heady romance between a man and a woman for whom each other is the entire universe. She – and he – swoons over the other. Any blip in their relationship consumes their time and attention. He proves his love by doing anything to win her back. She proves her love by giving him another chance. Both are crazy in love.
A wise teacher of mine once said that the crazier in love a couple is, the more inappropriate the partners. He said that to love someone who makes you crazy is temporary insanity! I'm sure it's not always the case but there is at least some truth to it. Romances that are a rollercoaster ride of falling head over heels, betraying or being betrayed, falling out, falling in again, and constant drama, drama, drama are relationships that are bound to fail. And yet – they do make the kind of story that makes a movie.
It's hard to bring the high drama and romantic sentimentality of a chick flick home. Regular life with a regular guy is rarely as exciting as a wild fling in an exotic place with a totally inappropriate man who then dumps you only to return on his knees, begging for forgiveness. Sigh. Regular guys and gals who just might make a regular stable relationship are like Scouts: loyal, trustworthy, honest, helpful – and sometimes even a little boring.
Romances that have lots of promise are usually romances that evolve more gradually. The couple starts out as friends, or maybe as friends of mutual friends. They run into each other now and then. They hang out with the gang. They go for coffee and find they have more in common than they thought. They might go out. They find out they aren't quite the fit they thought. They back up and go back to being friends. Over time, they realize the differences aren't as important as they once thought and they come to be comfortable with each other. One day they realize they are more at ease with each other than with anyone else. They talk out their differences. They get together, this time for good. Once the commitment is made, neither would think of cheating. Neither one lies, yells, belittles, bullies, or throws dishes. As a movie, a plot like this would be a real snoozer. As the basis for love that will last, it's a winner.
So why is it that so many young women throw off these promising relationships? Back to my daughter's theory: The current generation has been brought up on Friends and Sex in the City. They have watched Say Anything, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, My Life in Ruins, and Twilight. TV sitcoms and movies promote the drama of searching for true and exciting love. They tap into our most basic, and primitive desire: to be someone's everything. They seldom portray comfortable love with long days of simply going about the business of real life and being okay with being an important part of someone's life, not all of it. Ordinary OKness doesn't engage an audience.
Compounding the problem is the lack of role models for settled love. With a divorce rate hovering at 50 percent and with 40 percent of American mothers being single because they never married the child's father, almost half of the 20- and 30-somethings of today are likely to have grown up in households with parents who were either searching for love or who had given up on it. Lacking models for stable relationships, they turn to the media. They come away believing something is wrong if sparks aren't flying and violins aren't playing. The result? When things get a little comfortable, even a little boring, they go searching again for the excitement of the pursuit and the intensity of romance. One of them cheats; the other finds out; they go through the angst of trying to re-establish trust; they cry to their friends; they fight; they make up; they fight again – and the relationship eventually falls apart. The drama is back but what could have been a perfectly good and lasting relationship got lost in the process.
If we got to see the relationships in chick flicks a year later, it would certainly be interesting. My guess is that the couples that thrived on intensity and drama, not stability and loyalty, would have fallen apart shortly after the credits finished rolling. But the rest of the couples would have settled into normal, everyday life; life that includes juggling time, divvying up chores, figuring out money, accepting each other when they don't have their stage makeup on and taking each other for granted in that healthy, comfortable way that says "we're together and we don't have to constantly prove it anymore."
I think my daughter has it right. Enjoy the emotional catharsis of the chick flick if you must. There's nothing like a dose of fantasy and a good cry for entertainment value. But if you're looking for lasting love, leave the romantic drama at the movies.


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Redbreast Master Distiller Kevin Goreman recently made his first visit to the United States to mark the release of Irish Distiller's Redbreast 12 Cask Strength. We sat down to chat about the purpose of bottling whiskies at cask strength.
Mix: Redbreast 12 Year Old has become a benchmark in the United States in terms of Irish pot still whiskey. What's different about the cask strength iteration you've recently released?
Kevin Goreman: The cask strength is a similar distillate and cask profile style whiskey, but what's happened is it's disgorged and bottled at cask strength, which in this case is 67.7% alcohol. Consumers were interested in something like this, and we thought Redbreast had something special to offer. Cask strength bottling increases a whiskey's complexity. Redbreast in general has a fuller and fruitier flavor profile, and we think that the fruitiness is enhanced with lots of aromas and flavors of things like red plums especially. People were looking for something different and were very proud to be able to offer this.
Mix: Do you think a pot still whiskey like Redbreast is better suited for cask strength?
Goreman: Well, you can do this with any type of whiskey; for example, in Ireland we have grain whiskey as well as pot still, in Scotland you've got malt whiskey and there's American whiskies at cask strength — but we feel that because of the full flavor profile of Redbreast, because of the sherry and wood profile, it's quite well suited to cask strength.
Mix: Of all of the brands made by Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard subsidiary, what's special about Redbreast?
Goreman: First of all, it's the history of Redbreast. It goes back to Gilbeys of Ireland in 1861, a company that used to important wine from France and Spain. They had all these used wine casks, so they bought whiskey from Jameson and built up quite an inventory, selling mostly as Castle Whiskey. The then-owner named the best whiskey after the robin redbreast, his favorite bird. It was a traditional pot still whiskey kept only for special occasions. But in 1986, it was sold back to Irish Distillers and relaunched in 1991, just at the time Irish whiskey took off. It's a very interesting brand, very much an unknown outside of Ireland for the last 20 or 30 years, so there's sort of an intrigue about it as a hidden gem.
Mix: We've been watching Jameson grow at a phenomenal level and now Redbreast as well. Can you keep up?
Goreman: To be honest, there's an issue of pushing the premium whiskey lately because we have limited stocks with Jameson and Redbreast – we have to allocate distribution, and it's quite limited. In the last five years, Redbreast has grown maybe 20% with almost no push on its behalf. So we're undergoing a major expansion in Middleton at the moment to increase capacity quite significantly, we're going to double our capacity by late next year, but it's going to take 12 or 15 years or more to build up the stocks of Redbreast. We're in the middle of that; in terms of warehousing, for example, we've purchased new land and just started construction, building about two warehouses each year to give us an extra 66,000 cask capacity just to keep up with the Jameson growth. We'll have a new pot still house, increase our grain capacity and all that goes with that: wastewater capacity and everything else. For the next number of years, stocks are quite limited and trying to fulfill demands for premium whiskey will be a challenge.
Mix: How do you drink Redbreast 12 Cask Strength?
Goreman: The way I do it for Redbreast 12 Cask Strength and for any aged premium whiskey: I like to nose it and taste it at the higher strength first and get a feel for the whiskey and then add a drop or two of water, not much, just to get a feel for the whiskey as it opens up. Nose, taste at higher strength and then add water to enjoy, that's all you need.


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Dr Bryan Day from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, along with his collaborators, is responsible for the generation and characterisation of primary glioblastoma (GBM) models, used by many brain cancer researchers around Australia.
Dr Bryan Day from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
in Brisbane, along with his collaborators, is responsible for the generation
and characterisation of primary glioblastoma (GBM) models, used in almost every
brain cancer research laboratory within Australia, as well as several overseas.
Brain cancer models are used to validate discoveries in the
laboratory and are absolutely essential for a discovery to progress to a
clinical trial. The development of such models is therefore an important area
of research that aims to build capacity and advance brain cancer discoveries
across the globe.
Now, Dr Day is undertaking a project to identify new drugs to combat GBM. This project has a specific focus on understanding brain cancer recurrence, as Dr Day aims to develop a unique library of paired primary and recurrent GBM models. This resource will be invaluable, and is the culmination of more than eight years of consistent research and tumour banking efforts that will greatly inform further pre-clinical studies.
This project has great importance for the research and brain
cancer community. Almost all GBM patients suffer from disease recurrence, and
in the majority of cases, the recurrent tumour is vastly different from the
primary tumour that the patient was initially treated for. Often, the recurrent
disease displays distinctly different patterns of gene expression and cells can
exhibit chemo-radiotherapy resistance. This makes it significantly harder to
treat, and as such, a greater focus is needed to study the recurrent disease, to
make long lasting changes for patients.
Dr Day and his collaborators understand the need for brain
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Dr Day is one of the recipients of Cure Brain Cancer Foundation's Infrastructure Grant, receiving funding of $400,000 over four years to fund this collaborative, capacity building research.
"I am extremely grateful to the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation for their generous support", remarked Dr Day. "This grant will allow me and my team to share our resources and technical expertise with other research teams all over Australia, meaning we will greatly accelerate the pace of brain cancer research in Australia.
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I am so proud of my thrift. I took the bone from a standing rib roast and turned the bones into stock and the meat into an ingredient in the soup.
You, of course, can use your own beef stock. Or buy some. But this soup is best made as leftovers from a big beefy dinner. I mean, you can go ahead and cook a steak and cut it up just for this recipe if you want, but I just love how this is an organic next-step. If you spent big bucks on a showy centerpiece meat, this is a great way to stretch your dollar.
The rib roast had 4 bones on it. For the stock, I browned it in the oven for about 20 minutes, then threw it in the pot. The meat, luckily, stayed between and around the bones, and after the stock was done, I picked it off and shredded it with my fingers. I put it in the plastic bag (at noon in the photo) and put the stock out on the porch overnight (you can use the fridge), so the fat would rise to the top.
Next day, I cut up an onion, a carrot, a celery rib, 3 cloves of garlic, a potato and half a box of mushrooms.
I sauteed the onions, carrot, celery and garlic, the added the broth, with the beef, a potato, a little thyme and half a cup of barley.
Then I sauteed the mushrooms in a little butter.
And added them to the pot.
Simmer for about 45 minutes — and voila. The cheapest dinner you've ever loved:
Beef Barley Soup
You can use whatever vegetables you have lying around for this recipe. Don't have a potato? Who cares? Want to add some fennel? Sounds great. Hate mushrooms? Leave them out. This recipe is really best created organically from whatever leftovers you want to use up!
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, roughly chopped
1 celery rib, roughly chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 quarts beef stock (sort of homemade, see below)
1/2 cup barley
1 potato, peeled and roughly chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
1 to 1/2 cups shredded leftover beef
4 to 5 sprigs thyme
1 tablespoon butter
5 ounces button or bella mushrooms, chopped into quarters (equal to the volume of about 1 1/2 cups)
Salt and pepper to taste
In a large stockpot over medium-high heat, saute the olive oil until shimmering, then add onion, carrot and celery. Add a pinch or two of salt. Cook, stirring, until they soften, about 5 to 8 minutes, then add garlic and cook about 1 minute more.
Add beef stock, barley, potato, beef and thyme and stir. Add a little salt and pepper. Turn the heat up to bring the broth to a boil.
Meanwhile, melt the butter over medium heat in small saute pan, and saute the mushrooms until they soften and turn darker, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms to the pot.
After the broth reaches a boil, turn the heat down and allow the soup to simmer, about 45 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper — you might not need it — and serve with toasted baguette slices.
Yield: about 8 servings.
Sort of Homemade Beef Stock
This soup is also great made using leftover bones from beef. Freeze them until you have enough, then roast the bones in a 400 degree oven for about 15 to 20 minutes until they are brown and the fat on the sheet pan is sizzling. Add to your own pre-made or store-bought beef stock and simmer until the meat pulls away from the bones. Use that meat to inform your soup.


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Turk Quotes
Turk: Surgery is long, tedious and boring.
Cole: Oh I get it, like episodes of Entourage that revolve around Turtle.
Cole: I already know what i'm going to call my surgical practice. Cole Cutz.
Turk: With a z?
Cole: That's right! Man, you gotta knock before you enter Cole's brain.
You don't want to be a surgeon, Cole, it's boring and it sucks. It's the complete opposite of a water slide.
Dr. Cox: The ceremony of thanks is quickly approaching.
Turk: That's where you publicly thank the fmilies of the cadavers you've been dissecting this semester.
Dr. Cox: It's actually a pretty sweet deal for them. After their loved ones are stripped for parts like a 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage, we treat them to some free cold cuts and a chance to hear you regurgitate some trite quotes about their family members sacrifice that you found on the Internet.
Lucy: They say that by the end of yoru first semester of med school, it's obvious what kind of doctor you'll become.
Cox: Him?
Turk: Who? Trang?
Cox: Small hands, great with the ladies? OB/GYN.
Turk: More like a shopping mall pretzel vendor.
Why does your TV smell like doo-doo?
J.D.: I have to get ready man. I want my date with Kim to be perfect. What do you think about a romantic horseback ride on the beach?
Turk: Ooh, like you and I did for your birthday.
J.D.: Yeah but except this time with two horses.
Carla: Look, I feel like I can give you a list of things that are sucky about being pregnant. For starters, I am now horny as I have ever been and my husband is repulsed by me.
Turk: Listen, if you really need it that badly, I will suck it up and shut my eyes so tight and then do you.
Carla: Thank you for the sacrifice.
Turk: It's because I love you.
Carla: It is ok, don't get up. I got it!
Turk: Okay.
Carla: It's only your child.
Turk: All right. Kim's right there. We spent all morning crafting a line so raw with confidence that if you pull it off...you're back in the game.
J.D.: I'm afraid, Mocha Bear.
Turk: I know...buck up. (Turk pushes J.D. over to Kim)
J.D.: Hey, Kim.
Kim: Oh, hey. J.D., how are you feeling?
J.D.: Well, uh... The swelling's gone down...for now.
(Long, dramatic pause)
Kim: (Laughing) You're an idiot!
Elliot: I am wearing red. Should I not be wearing red around her?
Turk: She's pregnant, she's not a bull.
Carla: Remember when I first started dating Turk and I wanted to bail on him because he cried at the end of sex?
Turk: Baby!
J.D.: Relax Brown Bear. There's no shame in 'crymaxing'.


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SANTA CRUZ, July 25, 2014— It is July, and, for hockey fans, that can only mean one thing: having been unable to agree on new contracts, some of their favorite players are opting for salary arbitration. It is an uneasy time for supporters who want to see their favorite teams keep their best players. Hockey fans are torn between siding with the player and the club. Is the player just being greedy? Is the club trying to keep the players in their place? Perhaps both scenarios are accurate.
Given the events of the previous week, it would appear that avoiding arbitration has become the new trend in the NHL. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, arbitration was all the rage, with the teams usually coming out on top. Even as players were publicly gracious, the process typically created irreparable rifts between the player and management. These schisms, perhaps unavoidable, generally heralded the beginning of the end of that player's stay in that city. The process has proved to be so divisive that the two sides are seldom able to ever fully reconcile.
In the past few weeks, several high profile players have avoided arbitration, agreeing to new contracts with their teams. Among the biggest names, Chris Kreider (NY Rangers), Vladimir Sobotka (St. Louis Blues), Cody Franson (Toronto Maple Leafs), Lars Eller (Montreal Canadians), and, maybe the biggest, Ryan O'Reilly (Colorado Avalanche).
Arbitration is where the honeymoon between player and team officially ends. All sides meet with a neutral arbitrator assigned by the league. The player (and their agent) will present comparables and statistics which bolster the player's claim that they ought to be paid more than their current rate. The club then counters by tearing down the player, their performance, and their numbers, in an attempt to prove that they deserve less money than they are seeking.
While the meetings are civil, the latent acrimony is unavoidable, and, even if the arbitrator rules in favor of the team, it is often the last contract that player will sign with them. The relationship routinely sours after the process. No player wants to hear their play or character devalued by an organization they have worked, sweated and bled for, and general managers, despite any personal affection they may feel towards that player, must always look at the bigger picture, a view which, unfortunately, reduces the players to pieces on a board. They are tasked with keeping payroll under the league-mandated cap, while making sure they do not overpay for a player who is closer to the end of their career than the beginning.
With so many top end players avoiding arbitration this summer, it is possible that teams are setting them up for long term deals which will keep them under club control through the bulk of their most productive years. It gives the players a sense of security and ability to put down roots in their communities, while removing the perils of management dealing with the same caustic process again in another year or two.
Most of the players who recently avoided arbitration are young, approaching the prime epoch of their careers. Agreeing to new contracts will help remove the distraction and rancor, allowing them to focus on their performance on the ice, and enable them to embed themselves fully in their respective communities for the foreseeable future, a scenario that benefits players and ownership alike.
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Google's CEO Larry Page has announced that Google+ has already hit the 10 million mark for users despite still being 'only a field trial'.
Google's attempt to take on Twitter and Facebook appears to have got off to a fine start, and its success was a key note as Page announced a record quarterly profit of over $9 billion (£5.57 billion).
"Google+ is still only in field trial with limited access as we scale the system," said Page. "Users have to be invited, sign up with a profile in order to use it
"However, the growth on Google+ has been great-and I'm excited to release some new metrics for you today: over 10 million people have joined Google+. [That's a] great achievement for the team.
"There's also a ton of activity. We are seeing over 1 billion items shared and received in a single day"
There was also mention of the Google +1 button, which is becoming a familiar site on the internet: "Our +1 button is already all over the web. It's being served 2.3 billion times a day," added Page.
"So while we have a lot of work still to do, we are really excited about our progress with Google+.
"Google+ is also a great example of another focus of mine--beautiful products that are simple and intuitive to use and was actually was one of the first products to contain our new visual redesign."


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I hope this is the right forum.. couldn't find a specific one for virtual machine stuff.
I was wondering, just generally, if it is possible for a guest OS to use the host machine's ports -- even ports added to the host via PCI cards.
I have a machine with two parallel printer ports.. one on-board, one via PCI card.
Just wondering if the guest OS can use both, or is that beyond the capability of virtual machines?
Yes I know I could experiment with it and I plan to, but I was looking for some general insight about it first.
640K is plenty.
Aside from the CPU the client OS knows nothing of the physical hardware of the host. The client sees only the emulated hardware provided for it. The number of ports seen by the client will be determined by the virtual machine. Check your virtual machines setting to see what is available.
Yeah, I figure there's some kind of "mapping" that goes on before the client OS is turned-on... not sure.
I'm having a hard time getting my head around the whole VM thing.. I'm an old skooler I guess.
640K is plenty.
VM's can attach their virtual ports to your physical ports. The vm can act just as if the physical port was connected to the vm.
See documentation.
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Univ of Kentucky's 'Taco Literacy' Course Mixes Mexican Food, Writing
The University of Kentucky is now offering a "taco literacy" course that allows students the opportunity to explore social and racial issues concerning Mexican food.
According to Steven Alvarez, an assistant professor from the school's writing, rhetoric, and digital studies department who is teaching the undergraduate course, the class is meant to build social connections through food and teach students about Mexican foodways in Kentucky and the southern US.
"This class allows our students to explore the issues of immigration, inequality, workers, intercultural communication, and literacy through the prism of food," said Alvarez.
The course, "Taco Literacy: Public Advocacy and Mexican Food in the US South," takes a closer look at the social evolution of Mexican food in the southern United States. According to the course syllabus, students will also have the opportunity to visit a restaurant and document the experience they have there, writes Hilary Hanson for The Huffington Post.
Students will study the cultural significance of Mexican food, write restaurant reviews, and eat tacos. Readings will also pertain to tacos, including OC Weekly editor Gustavo Arellano's "Taco USA," as well as a book based on tortillas. The course will culminate with a compilation of research pertaining to their experiences.
For those interested in taking the course in Kentucky, a state that has one of the fastest-growing Latino populations in the country, tuition at the school is $24,278 for in-state and $37,610 for out-of-state students.
Alvarez said the inspiration behind creating the course came from his involvement with the Southern Foodways Alliance, which showed him the importance of food, telling Javier Cabral for Munchies that hearing the oral histories of food made him realize it was a medium that fostered social connections.
He went on to say that the class was quite popular, with more students signing up for it than was needed, and even more students adding the course after it began. Alvarez said what was truly interesting was seeing how those students who said they did not enjoy writing become fans when it came to writing about food.
The first writing assignment for the course asked students to name their favorite Mexican dish and then analyze the ingredients. Students were then asked to see if they could make the dish at home.
Tacos have become a controversial topic lately, with a number of examples showing schools and their students handling the issue poorly.
Northwestern University's Hispanic/Latino Alliance wrote a letter in 2013 to students at the school saying they should not eat tacos on Cinco de Mayo because doing so could make some students feel "unsafe." In 2014, California State University – Fullerton's chapter of Alpha Delta Pi sorority hosted a Taco Tuesday and asking participating students to wear sombreros. As a result, the sorority faced "serious sanctions" from the school who said the sombreros were "culturally insensitive attire," reports Katherine Timpf for The National Review.
Food is increasingly a topic of study on college campuses. Paul Smith's College in Upstate New York introduced a craft-brewing minor in 2014, and just last December, Pizza Hut announced a partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom to offer a degree in pizza making.
02 6, 2016 Kristin Decarr


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|Compare the two stories below. The main accusation in each case was basically the same. A powerful politician had the authority to influence the selection of a vendor. The vendor did work on the powerful politician's private residence.
|The first story takes place in Alaska, USA. A U.S. Senator is being actively prosecuted. The press has been brutal with him.
|The second story is set in the tropical paradise of Barbados. A commission reports on the actions of a former minister. The press announces, with an exclamation mark, that he is cleared. No charges were filed. No disciplinary action was taken.
|Prosecutors allege more Stevens gifts
|Source: Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, September 8th, 2008 - read entire article here. Quote:
|Source: Nation News, Barbados, September 21st, 2008 - read entire article here. Quote:
|"Mr Taitt failed to observe acceptable ethical standards"
|The Commission stated that "Taitt failed to observe acceptable ethical standards", and called for a "code of ethics for the holders of public office". Call it "Code of Ethics", or call it "Integrity Legislation", Barbados needs it now! (Click photo to go to branfordtaitt.com)
|Mr. Taitt must have been very happy that he was living in Barbados and not in the US!
|Prime Minister David Thompson, the public is losing confidence in the Government. To restore confidence, at home and abroad, you must honour your promise to pass Integrity Legislation!
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Bowling alley manager and keen photographer Sarah Peet has been announced as the winner of a national photography competition which searched for amateur talent.
Skipton Building Society called for photographers across the country to capture images of the community groups that were awarded £500 funding from its Grassroots Giving scheme in 2015.
Entries were received nationwide, showcasing the winning groups and their fantastic contribution to work being carried out in communities throughout the UK. The incredibly high standard of this year's entries made the judging process tough for the panel which included last year's winner, Hull-based Angela Baker who said: "Sarah's photograph really captured the moment as well as being composed perfectly."
Sarah lives in Cromford, Derbyshire, and works at Sheffield's Hollywood Bowl. Her winning entry was taken at Woodseats Allotment Society, Sheffield, and managed to capture the essence of the type of work which goes on there and her winning photo has earned her a £200 gift voucher, as well as exposure on Skipton's Grassroots Giving website and throughout their various social media channels.
The winning photograph shows Sarah's children Alexandria Peet (9) and Evelyn Peet (6) and their 5-year-old cousin Edward Hodgson.
The Society hopes that through this competition they can also help to raise the profile of local photographers and showcase their talent.
Sarah said: "What a wonderful surprise to see my image had won! The children are delighted. The team at Woodseats allotments has worked so hard to turn an overgrown and derelict plot into a community orchard and picnic spot. It was a pleasure to work with the group and capture some images on a wet and muddy weekend.
"I'm so pleased the judges felt the image captured the spirit of Grassroots Giving, which is a wonderful initiative helping small local communities to help each other."
PICTURE: Helping to clean up at Woodseats allotments is Alexandria Peet (9) and her sister, Evelyn (6), and their 5-year-old cousin Edward Hodgson.


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Late Kilbrin goals end Newmarket's Championship Campaign
Newmarket lost to Kilbrin in the Duhallow Junior A Semi –Final which was played in Lismire.
Newmarket got off the a blistering start inside the first minute with Kilkenny native Niall Rohan finding the back of the net and Barry O' Connor raising a white flag. Both teams then traded scores back and forth with Donal Hannon on target from placed balls to leave Newmarket leading 1-03 to 0-3 after 7 minutes. Kilbrin then found the net in the 8th minute and followed with eight points without reply to lead 1-11 to 1-03 after 21 minutes. Niall Rohan managed to stop the rot with a point which was followed by another Kilbrin score. Jamie Hayes who returned from a long injury layoff found himself in the Kilbrin area and found the net with blistering strike in the 27th minute. Hannon followed this with a point to leave 3 points between the sides. The scoreline read Newmarket 2-06 Kilbrin 1-12.
Kilbrin registered the first score of the second half with a pointed free. In the 35th minute it was that man again Niall Rohan who found the back of the net with a superb finish to level the game. Newmarket looked to have all the momentum as Conor O'Keeffe and two Donal Hannon sideline cuts to leave Newmarket leading by 2 with 12 minutes to play. Kilbrin responded with a point in the 52nd minute to leave only a point between the sides. In the 55th minute Kilbrin struck for a goal to lead by 2 points. A minute later, a green flag was again raised for Kilbrin and they now lead by 5 points with 5 minutes to go. Kilbrin tagged on 4 more points to confirm there attendance in the Duhallow Final. The final scoreline read Newmarket 3-09 Kilbrin 3-18
The Newmarket team and scorers…
Niall Rohan (2-01), Donal Hannon (0-06), Jamie Hayes (1-00), Conor O'Keeffe (0-01), Barry O'Connor (0-01)
|Shane McAuliffe
|Jack Guiney
|Robert Stack
|Donnacha Fitzpatrick
|Gavin Forde
|John Ryan
|Alan Ryan
|Kevin O'Sullivan
|Donal Hannon
|Tony O'Keeffe
|Jamie Hayes
|Michael Kenneally
|Conor O'Keeffe
|Niall Rohan
|Barry O'Connor
|Subs: Aidan Browne, Paudie Allen, Shane Murphy


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If you follow my weight loss blog you may know I recently traveled to Kentucky to run an event. I've never been and I was looking forward to exploring the city even if only for a few hours. Thankfully I had a local to take advantage of. Emmie of Authentically Emmie acted as host and tour guide for my 2 days in Lexington.
The first thing I noticed was Kentucky's beauty from the plane.
I don't quite know what I was expecting, but rolling green hills wasn't it. It looked like a view of Ireland. Well, at least what I imagine Ireland to look like.
I was traveling with friends and we landed at Blue Grass Airport around 8:30 a.m taking one of the only non-stop flights from DC. It was a short, easy flight and the airport is very conveniently located to the city.
We decided to just drive through the Lexington before meeting up with the group. It was a really easy city to navigate and had zero traffic. Always a welcome change from Baltimore.
Emmie reserved a few seats for us at Keeneland Racetrack and I was ecstatic. Growing up next to Pocono Downs I'm pretty familiar with harness racing but thoroughbreds are really exciting!
Walking in you can just feel the history and pride of horse racing.
Keeneland was fantastic. A beautiful track, good food and a great margarita! We settled into our seats and bet on a few races.
I didn't realize it at the time because I was too busy taking pictures, but I actually ended up winning that race with an exacta box bet. I didn't win enough to pay off my mortgage but dinner was definitely going to be on me.
If you've never been to a track I recommend it. It's really a fun experience chatting with friends and watching the horses.
As you can see from our smiles we had a blast.
After we left Keeneland, Emmie took us past the Kentucky Castle.
That's right, Kentucky has its very own castle! It's called Castle Post and according to Emmie it was built by a man in the 1960s for his wife after they were inspired by a trip to Europe. Unfortunately they divorced before the castle was finished and it sat unused for years until it was purchased and renovated as a hotel.
I love little local nuggets like this.
We ended the day with dinner at Saul Good, a local Lexington resturant and pub.
They had great food and a nice atmosphere. It was a great choice for our group.
Overall it was a great day in Lexington. I really wish I had at least one more day. I may just have to go back and spend a night in the castle!
Oh! And even with the tip I walked away $25 richer than I came.
Yay, Lexington! 🙂


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Recently by Roger Toutant: A New Doomsday Clock
The legal principle that a man can enter upon another man's property only by invitation has been part of English common law for centuries. In 1628, Sir Edward Coke wrote, "For a man's house is his castle and each man's home is his safest refuge." That used to be the case before the state walked right through our front doors in the name of tax collection, environmental protection, building code and bylaw enforcement, etc. Now, thanks to the smart grid, our safest refuge is about to be invaded by the folks who supply our electrical energy. In fact, they're going to sit right next to us on our sofas and they're going to insist on taking over the remote control.
The propaganda about the smart grid leads us to believe that the grid must become smart otherwise we will be left in the dark and without power. By accepting the smart grid, smart meters and smart-grid compatible appliances, the big thinkers claim that we will be doing our part in ensuring a bright and happy future for us and our families. Plus, they promise that the smart grid will offer us cheaper rates during off-peak hours via the miracle of time-of-day billing. They make it sound like a positive step forward.
However, the reality is much more sinister. Beneath the propaganda is a technological monitoring and control system that will reach deep into our homes. It will not only monitor our energy consumption to the minutest detail, but it will offer the ability for central planners to remotely control our appliances and energy consuming devices by either turning them down or completely off.
Why would central planners want to monitor and control our appliances? The first answer is that we are an increasingly technological society that promotes central planning. The smart grid is simply part of the unnatural progression to an all-encompassing control matrix. The second answer is that some very powerful central planners, namely the UN and many national leaders, have entirely succumbed to the green lobby and believe that mankind is using way too much energy. These self-appointed protectors of the earth insist that we must be forced to consume less. Of course, without a commensurate increase in energy efficiency, less energy consumption means a decrease in our standard of living. Hardest hit will be the poor and middle class. But the big thinkers never talk about that.
How can total energy consumption be decreased without causing revolution? The planners' preferred method is to force an increase in the cost of energy. Remember the politician who promised that the price of coal-generated energy will necessarily skyrocket due to the cost of new environmental regulations? If you've seen wind farms and solar panels popping-up in your neighborhood, then you're witness to another strategy of increasing energy cost: replace coal, natural gas and nuclear with renewable energy sources, namely wind and solar.
Wind and solar satisfies the green lobby's criteria for carbon emissions, but they fail big-time when it comes to cost. For example, solar is ten times more expensive then traditional sources. By funneling billions of tax dollars into these hyper-expensive forms of energy production, governments are ensuring that the price of energy will definitely not be cheaper even during off-peak hours. Will the coming massive increase in the price of power reduce demand? You bet it will. Will it avoid revolution? We'll see.
In addition to higher prices, another big drawback of wind and solar compared to traditional sources, such as coal, is that their energy production profiles are not as predictable. When the clouds move in, the seasons change or the wind dies down, then these renewable energy sources do not produce as much power. Today, if power demand is close to exceeding capacity, then customers are asked to reduce their power consumption voluntarily. When worse comes to worse, rolling blackouts can be triggered. However, people hate blackouts because all power is removed. Not only are T.V.'s turned-off, but so are refrigerators.
The greater the role that wind and solar play in energy production, the more destabilized the grid will become. This is where the smart grid comes in. Once the smart grid reaches into smart grid-enabled appliances in our homes (and they are now being rolled-out into the marketplace), then it will be possible for the central planners to selectively turn-down our energy consuming devices. For example, an air conditioner or dishwasher could be disabled, but a refrigerator could be left running (possibly at a warmer temperature). Such actions will be required when renewable sources are unable to meet customer demand.
In the future, it is certain that the selective turning-down of appliances and devices will not be voluntary. The argument will be made that it is the central planners who know best what to do. After all, we simpletons do not know how many watts our toasters consume, nor how much power our hot water heaters draw. However, the guy turning them off will know. When the grid enters chronic criticality, then everyone will be called upon to do their part by submitting to the imposed energy controls. And no consumer will be capable of mounting a legal or moral defense to justify any other course of action because arguments for freedom and privacy will not be relevant in the technological decision making process.
But it will not be just our toasters and hot water heaters that will be monitored by the folks at the other end of the wires. The two-way communication capability of the smart grid will enable central planners to record every detail of how and when we use energy. Imagine for a moment how personal that information is. Our patterns of energy consumption largely define how we live our lives. For example, it will be possible to record how many times we use a toaster each day and how many loads of laundry we do every week or every day. And this information will, undoubtedly, be made available not only to our energy providers and state-sanctioned regulators, but also to organizations and third parties who successfully lobby for such access in the name of the public good. Having access to this type of information is a central planner's dream come true.
With this type of information, any degree of inspection and control of our private lives will be possible. For example, it is possible to imagine a scenario where the number of loads of laundry permitted per week will be tightly regulated. Perhaps we will need to obtain a permit to do an extra load. Or, perhaps a mayor like Bloomberg will insist on limiting the number of pieces of bread that can be toasted per day in order to ensure optimum health.
Some people might claim that such scenarios are absurd because they seem so far-fetched. However, only a few decades ago, the idea that we would need a government permit to perform construction on the inside of our homes would have been deemed equally absurd. The trend in our loss of freedoms and privacy indicates that the controls that will be imposed upon us will be limited only by the technocrats' imaginations.
It is unfortunate that the government has turned a wonderful market, the production of energy, into something so dysfunctional and potentially tyrannical. In a normal, functioning market, suppliers would compete to offer all the power we need at the cheapest price. They would not care about how we use our energy. But the government has long treated energy production like it has treated most other sectors of the economy: like a political football. As a consequence, our standard of living is set to suffer a marked decline. Ironically, the smart grid will be hailed as the solution to the chaos created by the state's interventionist and destructive actions.
As the technocrats celebrate the end days of individual freedom and personal privacy, our last refuge is set to be invaded by the prying eyes and hands of big brother. In the future, the term "private life" will be thought of as an anachronism. No longer will our homes be our castles, nor our safest refuges. There will be no escape from the smart grid — the control grid. The central planners are moving in.
Roger Toutant [send him mail] has practiced electrical engineering in private industry for more than 20 years and is currently licensed in Ontario.


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When the Cleveland Browns are asked for their first-round selection of the NFL Draft on April 26th, their team leaders will likely be hunkered down behind closed doors weighing their options. Key personnel like the head coach, general manager, and team trainers will be in a war room with an open phone line to someone at the draft in Arlington, Texas.
Like construction estimating, the NFL Draft is all about the numbers. One group will be assessing and sorting college players by physical measurements like height, weight, speed, vertical, and hand size. Another group will be huddled together crunching numbers like salary, bonus, and contract details.
For contractors, Bid Day comes with its own brand of hype, ups and downs, and nail-biting stress. Key members of a contractor's team, such as the estimator and project manager, will gather together to grind it out to make sure their bid is accurate and well-organized. It's a stressful time, which can be frustrating as no contractor wants to bid too low or too high. On Bid Day, your team will likely be double-checking details like plan revisions, due date, time of bid, duration of project, and keeping your phone lines open for any last-minute changes.
5 Tips to Bid Like a Pro
Ready to win big on Bid Day? We've got five tips that can help you bid like a pro—they might make the difference between you winning or losing a bid:
- Make your attachments clear so you can intentionally show specific things that are covered in your bid—especially those hidden items others may have overlooked
- Show your real scope by telling the client how your work will be complete versus just what they asked for
- Show your quantities and details by over-communicating so the client is clear that your bid included the full scope of work
- Reference the specs as part of your decision-making process to show your respect and knowledge of the project's goals
- Anticipate what other trades will need to show how your trade/scope of work interrelates with another contractor's work so you can show the client how you will accommodate others and that you are a team player
There is no doubt that a competitive hard-fought Bid Day can be an exciting experience—especially if you're victorious. You may not be faced with having to choose between adding a running back or an offensive lineman, but you will need to make sure your subcontractors and numbers are solid.
Leave the Chalkboard and Spreadsheets Behind
When the NFL Draft was first held more than 80 years ago, owners made their draft selections from a chalkboard with 90 draft candidates, whose names were hand-written on the big board. No doubt, today's draft is a drawn-out process crowded with scouting combines and wall-to-wall ESPN coverage—all fueled by modern technology. Similarly, takeoff and estimating tools have evolved from pens, markers, and slide rules to computers, Excel, and now powerful software.
Just like old-school football scouts who wax nostalgic about the good-old-days when the VCR was king, some estimators are not willing to let go of manual estimating and error-prone Excel spreadsheets. They cling to their paper plans, colored pencils, and calculators. Instead of embracing the learning curve, they are still manually counting takeoff items by hand instead of by the click of a mouse.
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Recent events related to the external affairs of India have cast a sad light on issues of integrity plaguing this critical area of government policy-making. The Indian diplomatic scene has degenerated to a level where their interest in the genuine well being of the country has to be questioned. This is true at least in the following case that came to light a few months ago but has now conveniently escaped the memory of the public.
The issue in question is the 'Nannygate' incident, extensively reported in the media, but not researched to the extent the Indian media is capable of. For instance, beyond the diplomat's involvement in the so-called visa-fraud, the 'Adarsh' fraud (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adarsh_Housing_Society_scam) and the issue of nepotism/favouritism in the diplomatic service, not much attention was paid to the crucial element related to 'national interest' and 'security' that take immediate precedence over the fore-mentioned issues. This is also an issue in which the entire 'Indian Foreign Service' is culpable, that of 'dual passports' held by the children of the concerned diplomat, not to mention the citizenship status of the spouse.
Central government employment rules require employees to relinquish 'foreign' citizenship post-marriage. This is what India's constitution says about 'citizenship'.
Article 9 in The Constitution Of India 1949
" (A) Person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State (shall) not to be citizens. No person shall be a citizen of India by virtue of Article 5, or be deemed to be a citizen of India by virtue of Article 6 or Article 8, if he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of any foreign State.."
When a 'conflict of interest' arises, the country's laws would either require the spouse to relinquish foreign citizenship or allow its serving member to resign from service unconditionally. While it is evident that the nation's security cannot be compromised, as per laid down rules, the country doesn't bar any individual from exercising complete freedom in choosing a marital partner.
Beyond the criminal breach of security and questionable integrity displayed by the diplomat, this issue raises crucial questions of the entire diplomatic corps of India. The amount of sensitive data accumulated over a lifetime by Indian diplomats, who incidentally number only 900 odd (incomprehensible considering the size of the country and its international interests) is a matter of concern, considering the wealth of information shared by so few, and the obvious lack of sensitization towards security and the questionable integrity of its office-bearers.
The inaction by India's Ministry of External Affairs so far, in reconciling this issue highlights the rot in the system and exposes the diplomatic corps' weaknesses. Having heard no statement or intent of action by the ministry for the past 3 months (the latest media articles are from March 2014, produced below), it is but pertinent to ask the diplomatic community not only where their interests lie, but if they genuinely consider themselves as representatives of the citizens of this country? The community's new found penchant for social media connectivity via FB or twitter reveals its ability at self-aggrandizement, but its lack of meaningful engagement with its audience exposes the superficiality of this exercise and highlights intellectual dishonesty on their part, in that positives are sugar-coated while issues of concern are kept out of public view. After all, social media usage by government entities is meant to reflect transparency and accountability – something that their social interaction so far has failed to demonstrate.
a. http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-delhi-news-fresh-trouble-children-of-devyani-khobragade-hold-dual-citizenship-4537474-NOR.html
b. http://www.firstpost.com/india/khobragade-still-faces-trouble-as-dual-citizenship-of-daughters-is-illegal-1416665.html
c. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/trouble-for-khobragade-as-govt-finds-daughters-have-us-indian-passports/
The subversion of government policy by the bureaucracy, the apathy of the policy, the disinterest of the media and the public's short memory are all responsible for the sad state of affairs plaguing Indian Diplomacy. However, as primary stakeholders of India's 'international' face, the Indian Diplomatic Community needs to stand ahead of the pack and rise to the occasion.
And, while we're on 'nanny', let's also do some housecleaning in the process.
Looking forward to the next one.


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The Battery
The Daily Plant : Thursday, March 9, 2006
Parks Remembers A Naval Battle, A Brilliant Designer, And The History Of Parks
Today marks the 144th anniversary of the Civil War naval battle between the ironclad ships Monitor (built in New York City) and the Confederate Merrimack. A statue in Brooklyn's Monsignor McGolrick Park stands in memorial to the ship and its designer John Ericsson, and another monument in Battery Park honors Ericsson for all his achievements, including the Monitor.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Union had no choice but to abandon the Norfolk Navy Yard at Portsmouth Virginia. Before leaving, however, they substantially destroyed and sank the steam-powered ship Merrimack. Confederate engineers raised the hull, rebuilt the Merrimack as an ironclad warship, and renamed it Virginia.
Word of this deadly innovation reached the north and set Swedish-American engineer and inventor John Ericsson (1803–1889) to action. His formidable resume made him a well-qualified candidate to help the Union at this crucial juncture in history. Ericsson was interested in engineering from an early age and served in the Swedish Army. In 1836, he invented and patented the screw propeller, a device that vastly improved steam vessel travel, and made Ericsson prosperous. Approached by the United States Navy, Ericsson came to the United States in 1839. His design for the United States Navy frigate Princeton united many of his technological inventions, including state-of-the art screw propellers, smokestacks, ventilators, optical instruments, and gun carriages.
The Monitor represented the culmination of all of Ericsson's prior inventions and the addition of metal plates or "iron cladding" to the outside of the ship changed naval warfare forever. This famous story of the first "ironclad" battle appears in most high school history books, however, what most people do not realize is that Ericsson built the Monitor in what is now New York City. The ship itself was built in Greenpoint, Brooklyn at the Continental Iron Works, and the ship's engine and machinery were fabricated in Greenwich Village at the Delamater Iron Works. The keel was laid on October 15, 1861, and within an astounding 100 days, the Monitor was launched from Greenpoint on January 30, 1862.
This proved to be "not a moment too soon" because, more than a month later, the cumbersome new ship had not yet reached Virginia. On March 8, 1862, the south's ironclad ship Virginia (formerly Merrimack) turned the wooden Union ship Cumberland into toothpicks and ran aground the Congress. These ships constituted key elements of the northern blockade, however they stood powerless in the face of the south's ironclad ship. On the next day, the Monitor, fresh from Brooklyn, arrived to settle the score.
The battle between the two ironclads raged for four hours. At close range the motley pair fired cannons that would have annihilated sailing ships, but the advanced armor on these new ships made their cannons useless. The battle ended in a draw.
Ericsson's success led to the construction of similar vessels for military use by the Union and other countries. In 1869, he produced a fleet of 30 gun-boats for Spain, and in 1881, devised a submarine gun. His later years were dedicated to diverse scientific investigations, including experiments with solar power and its practical applications. For his efforts, he was given many honors in the United States and Sweden, and from other European nations. He died in New York City on March 8, 1889, 117 years ago yesterday.-written by John Mattera
"I can resist everything except temptation."
Oscar Wilde
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Visiting our church - St Bridget's CE
All of us were invited to visit our church to find out a little more about this special place. We learnt all about the Bible - thank you to Bruce, Brian helped us understand about Baptisms, we made tea light holders to represent the beautiful stain glass windows and we wrote prayers with Brenda. Two kind ladies called Maureen and Brenda made us all a drink. Thank you to everyone for making us feel so welcome and teaching us about this place of worship.
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In tonight's episode of "Criminal Minds" Hodge took, his team agreed, an unnecessary risk. It turned out fine. But that's not the point. The point is that the Boston Reaper seems to be winning the battle of wits between the two.
In last week's episode the Boston Reaper put Hodge in the hospital with knife wounds that he knew the FBI agent would survive. His goal is to really get to Hodge through his divorced wife and son. As a result, Hodge had to put them in protective custody until the Boston Reaper is captured. That could be years. Meanwhile, Hodge is all alone in life and is being eaten up alive by that, plus causing such inconvenience to his former wife and son. She had just nailed a job and had to give it up. The son has to surrender everything that's familiar to him, including his father.
In this waiting game, Hodge could be the first to perish. He looks much more uptight than usual.


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An experienced administrator and well-published researcher who also holds several patents, Dr. Gilmour has managed a diverse research portfolio encompassing multiple funding sources while maintaining an active laboratory. Dr. Gilmour's experience in inspiring and leading multidisciplinary research teams—especially those addressing important issues in biomedical and health science—will be vital to the University, as UPEI continues to work strategically with academic, and private- and public-sector partners to advance discovery.
Dr. Gilmour comes to UPEI from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as former Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Previous to that role, he served as a professor of physiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and associate professor in the Department of Physiology at Cornell; visiting professor at the University of Milan; associate professor, assistant professor, and fellow in the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine; research associate at the Krannert Institute of Cardiology; and US-USSR exchange scientist at the All-Union Cardiology Research Center in Moscow.
Recent Publications
Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation
- Nature, 2018
Synchronization as a mechanism for low-energy anti-fibrillation pacing (LEAP)
- Heart Rhythm, 2017
Shock-induced termination of reentrant cardiac arrhythmias
- Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 2013-12
Effects of pacing site and stimulation history on alternans dynamics and the development of complex spatiotemporal patterns in cardiac tissue
- Frontiers in Physiology, 2013
Mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias
- American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2012
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Joel Varg Johansson (also known as Vargskelethor, exinthevatican, Uncle Joel or Jobel) is the second-most popular streamer on Vinesauce, next to Vinny himself. Hailing from the freezing realms of Umeå (Sweden), he is known for his incredibly bizarre childhood, teenage experiences, Windows Destruction and DOS madness streams. He is a fan of death metal, MIDI music, skeletons, and "Manime," such as Fist of the North Star and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
He has a popular livestream series, Windows Destruction, where he sets up a Virtual Machine with a version of Windows and attempts to fill it up with malware to the point where it is unusable. This has proved difficult on Mac emulations.
Joel also has a Bandcamp account, in which he uploads his own Metal songs.
Joel first visited Vinesauce around May of 2011. He was on 4chan's /v/ board and saw a post which advertised Vinny's Spore stream. Interested, Joel decided to check out the stream. The viewer-base around that time was estimated to have been 25-50 people. Of course, the acquisition of 25-50 viewers is no small feat. Joel was intrigued by Vinny's stream, and decided to sign up on Chatango. There, he dropped a message on the chat, which was his first confirmed message:
|God I hope you're not one of those asshole streamers that doesn't talk to the chat.
Vinny actually responded to Joel's message, and his message came as a surprise, because some of the streams Joel watched didn't respond what-so-ever to the viewers. Because of Vinny's response, Joel stuck around, and started to familiarize himself with the viewers and the streamers. He then started to contribute to the community by making some art, and helped a lot with the community itself. He eventually became a recognized figure, as he was occasionally invited to Vinny's campfire streams, and the less often Super Mario Retardy streams. He made a "Total ass of himself." due to him getting drunk. This made the Mario Retardy streams (in)famous. As a result of his antics, viewers started to take a liking to Joel, which was overwhelming to him. He considered it an honor to have a little spot on the Internet that was entertaining, and to have a community treat him with such kindness.
When his popularity was great enough, Vinny personally offered Joel the chance to be a guest streamer for the amount of contributing he did with the site. Joel initially declined the offer, as he described himself as the "Swedish guy that would draw art, laugh and get drunk with you." A few months later, he decided to give streaming a shot, alongside Streamtrap. He started his streaming career around the fall of 2011. During his early months, his accent was much thicker, and he had many funny ways of pronouncing words, such as "Winny," "Wodkas" and "Wampires," which grew into a "meme" of sorts in the community. It took seemingly forever to learn 'good english', but he is still struggling to this day.
His first stream was the 1993 hit DOOM, and people enjoyed it enough for Vinny to promote him to "full-time streamer of Vinesauce." He was thrilled, and more people would watch him stream. During his first years, Joel started to stream games such as Metal Gear Solid 2, Half-Life, Grand Theft Auto IV and more. He soon lived up to the lofty title of 'full-time streamer'.
Rivalry with Rev
During his past 5 years of streaming, he has obtained a friendly rivalry of sorts with Revscarecrow, the third most popular Vinesauce streamer. Whenever they stream together, Rev tries to torment Joel into doing lewd things in games. In retaliation, Joel does the same things to Rev, when introducing games to him. Joel has also made an entire album about how much he 'hates' Rev (called "The Revnarok Album").
'The Invasion'
- Main article: 'The Invasion'
On November 4th, 2015, Joel's YouTube channel and Twitch channel had been reportedly hacked by the identity Towel, a "hacker" (read: script kiddy) who admits to "hacking" (read: obtained the password via one of the many 2015 data leaks) Markiplier's Tumblr account, as well as the accounts of various other users. He changed the YouTube avatar and channel name, and uploaded three videos, in which he states that he owns the channel, accompanied with hip-hop music; as well as raiding the chat on his Twitch account, banning almost everyone who commented. Towel also gained access to Livebyfoma (KY)'s Twitch account and deactivated it upon gaining access. Notably, the hacker attempted to divert blame towards a younger YouTube user who had nothing to do with the hijack.
Shortly after, the r/Vinesauce subreddit posted several threads, in which the matter was discussed, only to be locked and replaced by a stickied thread by the moderators. The Vinesauce website had its forums shut down temporarily, due to an increasing amount of threads related to the hack. Reportedly, 4Chan's /v/ board had also planned a raid towards the hacker, but the thread was deleted, as 4chan does not allow raids to be planned on that board.
On November 10, 2015, Joel regained access to his YouTube and Twitch accounts.
- https://www.youtube.com/user/SirMudkipthe3rd/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/user/zhacic/videos
- https://mega.nz/#F!AYhDxADR!91eH15Wot6ITQdLjvsoI1g
Childhood Trivia
During his childhood and adolescence, Joel has had a series of unfortunate events:
- When Joel was 6 he would create pillow forts in his room and hide in there with his CRT TV and N64. Every time someone came in who wasn't allowed he would make the noise "WRRRRRRRRRRY" at them until they left. This is also the same noise Dio makes in Jojo's bizarre adventure. Joel claims he was a stupid child.
- When he was between 5 and 6 years old, he asked his father what is technology. His father replied to him: "IT'S MAGIC, JOEL! IT'S MAGIC!". Ever since that day, "little Joel was never the same."
- At the age of six, he searched for "fat boobies" on his father's PC, only for his father's work associates to later come round and see his internet search history.
- When he was 7, he and his friends went on to youareanidiot.org in his school. They couldn't get rid of the site. One of his friends, Kevin, tried to close the site. When the teacher walked in she made a "raptor noise." Kevin got the blame and Joel had chicken nuggets. Kevin then disliked Joel.
- When Joel thinks about Sonic the Hedgehog, he always remembers the day where he was once accused of stealing Pokemon cards at age 7. When he went to his "friend's" house, he had the chance to play Sonic, which he did. His friend, who still wore diapers, offered to trade Pokemon cards, and Joel was given 200 cards for free. The next day, his friend, in tears, accused Joel of stealing the cards, was forced to give them back by his mom, and was never friends with "That little diaper shitting Sonic the Hedgehog-Pokemon lying F*CK face."
- Joel once changed his background to a Playboy image of Pamela Anderson. His father was unimpressed, but Joel (fortunately) managed to convince him that he got another virus.
- When he was 11, he installed a desktop stripper onto his PC. However it turned out to be a sped-up 2-frame .gif of a woman. The speed up made the woman appear as though she was having a seizure. Joel couldn't remove the application from his PC, so he had to ask his dad, Kermit, who was very disappointed of him.
- When Joel was a child, he was a fan of "The Phantom", a fairly popular comic book hero in Sweden. A local store was supposedly having some kind of deal with the character's creators to promote milk. Joel arrived expecting to see the real Phantom, but the store had dressed a bald intern up in a Phantom t-shirt, with only "THE LOGO" on it. Ever since then, Joel has found it hard to be impressed by anything short of an apocalyptic monster truck derby. This may be part of what influenced his love for metal.
- When he was at school, he had a friend with "no talent" who would always go to school, log in to the computers, and draw a dick in Microsoft Paint. The teachers yelled at him and the other kid saying what could've been the most popular phrase, "Who's been drawing dicks!?"
- Joel used to believe that trees had emotions and/or feelings. When he was hanging out with his dick-drawing friend, he kicked a tree. Joel, thinking that the kid had hurt the tree, scolded him, telling him that he shouldn't kick trees because of this.
- When Joel was 8 or 9, his half brother secretly watched Total Recall on VHS. When his father found out, his father said "This is what you like to watch, This is what you like watching?! Huh! Huh!". At the same time, he was watching the scene where Arnold went to Mars and made the famous "Eaaghh eaaghh" sound. So while his dad was yelling, Arnold was going "Eaaghh eaaghh".
- When Joel was little his brother gave him a CD with a Rom collection in it, in the Rom collection there was a SNES Hentai game. Joel's brother forgot the name of the Rom so he told Joel that he shouldn't play any games under the "A" title. Joel accidentally found the Rom but didn't know what it meant so he told his brother and he flipped out.
- When Joel was young he saw one of his friends jump out of a tree around 6 meters above ground, when he jumped, he didn't bend his knees, when he landed, his knees "splattered".
- The first time Joel played Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for the Nintendo 64 was at a "friend"'s house on his birthday party. Joel really hated the kid but he really wanted to play Goemon on his N64. The party guests took numbered turns to play, and the birthday kid gave Joel the last number, because he didn't like Joel either, he only invited him to his birthday party for the sake of having more kids on his party. After all the kids have their turn and finally was Joel's turn, the birthday kid decided to have the party outside. Joel was so angry that he had to hold back his tears. Instead, he waited for everybody to leave the room so he could stay inside playing the Nintendo 64. Until the kids' mom caught him and asked Joel why was he still inside the room, what Joel replied: "Uh... I forgot. Bye", and left the room.
- Years later, that same kid would make fun of Joel in high-school for still playing video-games with the phrase "You still like those video-games, eh, Joel? Haha! Video-games. Get laid, Joel". Joel was very confused after that.
- Joel's brother who is also a He-Man fan had one of the villain action figures and it gave him nightmares. When his mom said to throw it away if it scared him, he burst into tears.
- One summer, Kermit had the stomach flu. He had to use the toilet and barf at the same time, and being a devout Christian, he yelled "HELP ME JESUS!" in Joel's earshot. When Joel heard him, his blood froze. He feels sorry for Kermit.
- Joel's laugh could be a potential cure for cancer.
- Joel used to make his own Pokemon cards. He would make up his own Pokemon, which were usually just other Pokemons names mixed together, like "Charakip". Kids would buy them for pretty high amounts, up to $10. Joel would purposely sell the really good cards to his friends and sell the really bad cards to the kids he hated. Joel, being the scumbag fraud that he was back then, used the money to buy real Pokemon cards.
- When he was really little, Joel used to throw sand at girls in the playground. One of the girls' parents started yelling at Joel. Joel's mom started defending him, saying "He didn't know any better."
- Joel as a child was into Beyblade. which leads to a kid stealing his Beyblade. being coaxed into a fight Joel learned the kid lost the Beyblade. the next day the kid's mom arrived at Joels house with the kid. forcing her son to buy Joel a new Beyblade. Joel claims this was both the most awesome and most awkward part of his childhood.
- Around his Middle School years, he tried to install Custom Firmware on his PSP. He had to Mod the battery but unfortunately he bricked the console. After bricking the PSP, he set the PSP on fire with his friend on a football field near school and recorded it.
- During the CarnEvil Stream, Joel mentioned he won a halloween contest by Accident by putting on unrelated glasses leading to the judges to think he was dressed (really well) like Harry Potter. the exact year/time period joel described this event occuring is when the "Ketchup Song" was popular
- When The Orange Box was released back in 2007, Joel loved it so much that he skipped classes pretending to be sick, just to play Garry's Mod, Half-Life 2 and its episodes and Team Fortress 2.
- Joel hates Rev so much, he wrote an entire album called The Revnarok, where he sings about how shitty Rev is. It contains 50 songs and voice recordings.
- In all seriousness though, Joel and Rev are actually really good friends, and most of their rivalry is just played up for laughs.
- Joel's father is usually portrayed as Kermit the Frog by fan artists, due to the fact that he sounded like him, as mentioned in his video, Sick Kermit.
- When he was a teenager, Joel created a few of his own games, particularly one in early 2007 (last updated in 2009) called "Grill Såsen," also known as "BBQ Quest."
- "BBQ Quest" is due for an update, thanks to the kind donations of the Vinesauce community during the 2015 charity stream. the public eagerly waits for the long overdue finish of this ground-breaking rpg.
- The information on the Vinesauce contact site says "The resident merry metalhead, hailing from the freezing realms of northern Sweden. Enjoys retro gaming, alcohol, necromancy and breadsticks. Happiness is a Cigar Called Joel."
- Joel is a fan of Fist of the North Star and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. and hyperdimension neptunia
- His name contains an unintentional reference to the latter, as his full name is Joel Johansson, which is similar the way that the protagonists of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, "JoJos", are named.
- Joel is not fond of Dio Brando, the most prominent antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, breaking his leg. During his stream of The Oregon Trail as part of Super DOS Madness Marathon, one of his settlers, Dio, broke his leg, leading Joel to immediately have flashbacks to the end of Stardust Crusaders, where Dio's death was a result of Jotaro punching his bad leg.
- In August 2015, Joel shaved off all his hair, which gave him a fairly striking resemblance to Pantera singer Phil Anselmo.
- Joel's first Windows computer had Windows 2000.
- Joel has type 1 (juvenile) diabetes. It doesn't bother him much; or at least, he's learned to live with it.
- In the Hardcore Friday Mario 3 Stream, Joel explained that the lowest point of his life was when he was drunk him and his friends had nothing to do so they played Mario is Missing while eating onion rings from the oven and getting more drunk. Joel claims that it is still the lowest moment of his life.
- When Joel was playing Undertale, he was the first to "get dunked on", after the chat suggested him spare Sans. He's learned not to rely on chat as much since then.
- Joel also seems to have a crush on the character "Undyne".
- Despite being in his 20's, fans have noted that Joel sounds older than he does; this is because Joel used to smoke, but has since quit.
- Joel once drank a martini with his eye when he was drunk. He very much regrets it.
- In May, 2015: a fellow user named firstname.lastname@example.com decided to attack Joel due to one of his friends trolling him online and accusing Joel of doing something that he didn't do.
- In one of the April 2016 streams, Joel asked a kid if he was the one who harassed him.
- Joel has blocked firstname.lastname@example.com on everything, including his Steam, Skype, stream chat, and obviously his email.
- On May 22, 2016 at around 6:00, Joel's Twitch account was banned while streaming bootleg games. This was due to an oversight by Twitch staff. Because the "Now Playing" text on Twitch is limited to games included from the external MobyGames database, a Twitch staffer was surprised to see Joel apparently playing a game called "Fuck You", and immediately assumed that he somehow hacked the Now Playing text to include this profanity. In actuality, "Fuck You" is the name of an obscure Space Invaders clone released by Bay 12 games (also known for Dwarf Fortress).
- Joel mentioned that he doesn't have a driver's license, yet he still sometimes drives a car.
- During his (in)famous "Shitty Bootlegs" stream, Joel coined a semi-meme when witnessing a Taiwanese bootleg entitled "Super Mario 7" or more well known as "7 Grand Dad"; this meme has since adopted a cult following and has since coined "The Flintstones Theme" meme.
- During the Russian Bootleg stream he streamed a Felix the Cat bootleg game, which was seemingly harmless at first, but resulted in a gruesome sight after Joel went Game Over. When "Нет" (No in Russian) is selected on the Game Over/Continue screen, the player is shown a photo of Felix ripping his own face in two. This resulted in "Нет" becoming a meme, particularly whenever Joel goes Game Over in any given game and is given the option on whether or not to continue playing.
- Joel stated in Part 3 of his Dead Rising stream that he is around 180 centimeters (5'10.8"), and considers himself a "Manlet".
- In this same stream , Joel stated himself to be a "Manchild"
- Responding to a comment from the Vinebooru in Part 4 of Joel's GTA: San Andreas stream, Joel revealed that he is "A true Swede" and has blue eyes.
- Joel took HTML coding courses in college, which he found extremely boring.
- Joel doesn't like the movie Bug's Life becuase when he was a kid, he saw so much merchandise of the movie, that whenever he closed his eyes and tries to remember his childhood he just imagines that "dumbass fucking ant's face smiling with those big eye, just going UEHEHE. and that fat german caterpillar, and whatever is fucking going on!" he then says that the movie made him want to "exterminate every fucking ant off the face of the earth. Pour some fucking gasoline in an anthill and be like 'YOU RUINED MY LIFE!'" He then recognized that he may have gone too far with that, saying the moral of that story is that he just really didn't like that movie. He then began to spend the next short while impersonating the german caterpillar saying "oooh yeah, I LIKE THE CHOCOLATES, YES!" This was all said during his stream of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. Along with his constant playing of fart noises, and base boosted Katamari Damacy music during the stream, it is obvious that Joel has lost his mind.
- In Part 7 of "Rimworld", it is revealed that Joel has to take Insulin Shots for his Diabetes.
- He made a concept album called Super Ghostbusters when his internet was down
- Joel's Full name "Joel Varg Johansson" translated is literally "God Wolf Son of Johan." as Varg is swedish for wolf and Joel or "Yoel" is Hebrew for God.
Known memes
- "Mario 7? Didn't we play this one before? Well let's check it out... GRAND DAD. FLEENSTONEZ?!"
- "Nut Boys."
- Fecalfunny.com
- Some memes i don't really fuciking remember please add some that i couldn't recall.
- Duki Nuki
- "BBQ Pit Boys."
- "Tornado Twister/Twister Zone."
- "Pussy Destroyer."
- "No I'm not _____, I'm Sweden"
- Bad spelin
- Doctor Amigo
- Kermit the frog
- Bulk Bogan
- Bonzi Buddy.
- CBT Wizard
- VargFren
- Uh oh, Stinky
- Het
- Tom the Turkey
- haha Play Hdoom
- archvile hate
- bones
- crundlequest 5
- stanky bootlegs
- loud nigra
- nono zone
- beef zone
- bone zone
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- energy zone
- pidgeon milking
- complete global lactation
- hotel mario brazillian dub
- plz com to brasil
- kormit
- super ghost busters great value
- Jonil
- its heem boys
- the shockmaster.
- todd howard
- what a handsy boi
- Big Juice
- fat boobies
- Super Mario boner pills
- youareanidiot.org
- chicken nuggets
- bbq quest
- Gamerd
- Smol eyeballs
- Joel gets meaner everyday
- Powering up the Jack off crystals
- Wesker
- Pigeon Tekno
- Dark Luigi
- blue shell incident
- bye bye norway
- the pizza he-man eat it
- Succ
- "This guy's English is awful"
External links
- Joel's Highlight Channel
- Joel's Fullsauce Channel
- Joel's Mini Highlights Channel
- Joel on the Vinebooru


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