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We went to the Netherlands because it has one of the world's most advanced and fastest-growing fiber-optic networks. We visited homes there that get 100 mbps service in both directions -- they can upload as fast as they download -- as well as TV and phone for under $100 a month.
We chose the UK because it's racing ahead in global rankings. Over the past decade, average speeds increased by 25 percent between 2009 and 2010, while prices have tumbled. Broadband service comparable to what we get here in the U.S. is available for less than $6 a month. And no, there isn't a zero missing there. Six bucks a month.
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Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 20, 2007
The European Commission proposed a new energy policy package on Wednesday, seeking to split European energy giants and curb foreign takeovers in an effort to boost competition and ensure security of supply. "An open and fair internal energy market is essential to ensure that the European Union (EU) can rise to the challenges of climate change, increased import dependence and global competitiveness.
This is about getting a better deal for consumers and business and making sure that third country companies respect our rules," said European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, who presented the third package of its kind.
Despite progress made after the opening up of the European energy markets to competition, a process which started 10 years ago, the commission said there were still serious challenges regarding all aspects of energy provision and use.
One outstanding problem stood with big European energy companies such as RWE and EON in Germany and EDF and Suez in France, which now control both the generation and the transmission of their gas and electricity.
The European Union's executive arm has long sought separation of production and supply from transmission networks in the energy sector. In its controversial proposal, it listed two options, the so-called ownership unbundling and the approach of "independent system operator."
Under the ownership unbundling, an option preferred by the commission, EU energy giants will be forced to sell of their transmission networks. In other words, a single company can no longer own both transmission and be occupied in energy production or supply activities.
The commission said ownership unbundling solves the inherent conflict of interest, which leads to discriminatory behavior. Network operators will no longer have related supply or production companies which they could treat differently from competing companies.
It also guarantees non-discriminatory access to network information and provides unbiased incentives for investments, which will guarantee security of supply.
However, this extreme approach had already met strong opposition from several member states, notably Germany and France, which are home to some big names in the energy sector.
The independent system operator solution will ensure similar results, provided that it is applied in full and provided it is combined with strong regulatory oversight, the commission said.
The proposal was yet to win unanimous approval from divided member states. Currently, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Romania, Spain and Sweden support the unbundling of energy companies, while half a dozen others, led by France and Germany, reject it.
The European Commission also proposed certain restrictions on foreign takeover in the energy sector, making it difficult for non-EU companies to acquire European transmission networks.
Currently, Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom, one of the largest suppliers of gas to the EU, is meeting resistance for its plan to by pipelines and other infrastructure.
The Russian company said Tuesday it was a reliable gas supplier and a major investor in the infrastructure that brings gas to Europe.
"We share the EU's core goal of ensuring long-term security of energy supply to the EU," a spokesman said.
Among other measures, the commission's proposal also foresaw an EU agency for the cooperation of national energy regulators, with binding decision powers to facilitate cross-border energy trade. A new European Network for Transmission System Operators will be established to promote cross border collaboration and investment.
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So you're using the same language on the browser and the server. Great!
You can get the benefits of fast initial page loads server-side that are easily indexed by search engines while simultaneously rendering realtime and on-demand content browser-side for a rich, responsive user experience!
This sounds really great, but now you might be thinking:
- How do I load the shared code in both environments without making a mess?
- How can I load files like html or templates in a way that works in both node and the browser?
- How do I render the data?
- How should I route the data where it needs to go?
These questions are not obvious and there are many ways to answer them! The rest of this article is some answers that I've discovered or built that work well together.
import shared code
Node already has a really good built-in way of importing and exporting code with
require() and
browserify makes
require() and
module.exports work
in the browser pretty much exactly the same as they work in node.
By using node-style modules, our shared rendering logic can just use
module.exports to expose a function and we can use
require() to load other
project files or even npm modules.
Let's stub out the shared render file, render.js:
module.exports = function () {
// shared logic goes here
load files
The next thing we'll need to figure out is how our shared render logic should load the non-js files it will need into memory.
In node, to load something into memory at process start-up, it's common to use
fs.readFileSync(filename) to synchronously return the file contents at
brfs can make
fs.readFileSync() work for
browser code too! Instead of performing synchronous IO when the program runs,
instead at compile time the file contents are inlined into the bundle.
For example if we have some code:
var fs = require('fs');
var src = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/file.txt');
and if
file.txt is just the string "beep boop\n", after running browserify
with brfs, our file will be turned into:
var fs = require('fs');
var src = "beep boop\n";
To run browserify with brfs, just use the
-t switch:
$ browserify -t brfs main.js > bundle.js
render the data
I'm not a big fan of html templates since you've got to nest a pseudo-language into your html and I would rather just write ordinary html that I can update procedurally from my rendering code.
In browsers it's easy to update the html on the page with the DOM. I can just do
a quick
.querySelector() to fetch an element and then I can easily update
attributes or inner content.
If I've got a lot of data to insert into the DOM, calling
.setAttribute(), and assigning
.innerHTML or
.textContent all the time can
get verbose, but the approach is not so unpleasant.
In node, there's not a fast, reliable DOM library for doing updates with the intent of producing html strings that will be sent to the browser in the initial payload. Luckily, the full DOM isn't strictly necessary to serve html strings to the browser in this "dom style".
With hyperglue, we can solve both the verbosity of updating the DOM at query selectors and node compatability at once.
hyperglue takes an html element or string and an object that maps query selectors to attributes and content. With hyperglue and brfs together you can write some rendering logic that looks like:
var hyperglue = require('hyperglue');
var fs = require('fs');
var html = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/article.html');
module.exports = function (doc) {
var name = doc.title.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9]+/g,'_');
return hyperglue(html, {
'.title a': {
name: name,
href: '#' + name,
_text: doc.title
'.commit': doc.commit,
'.author': doc.author,
'.date': doc.date,
'.body': { _html: doc.body }
which will work in both node and the browser! The keys are css query selector
strings and the values are the attributes and content to update at the nodes
matching the selector. The values are objects mapping element attribute names to
values but with special keys
_html to set inner html and
_text to sent
entity-encoded inner text. If the value is a string, it's treated as the
The only odd part is that in the browser you will get a full dom element, but in
node you just get an object with an
outerHTML string property, which is
adequate for writing html content to the http server response.
hyperspace puts a stream on top of hyperglue and adds some browser-specific functionality so that you can write shared rendering logic that starts on the server and seamlessly picks up where the server left off on the browser.
With hyperspace we can write a shared render.js that looks like:
var hyperspace = require('hyperspace');
var fs = require('fs');
var html = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/article.html');
module.exports = function () {
return hyperspace(html, function (doc) {
var name = doc.title.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9]+/g,'_');
return {
'.title a': {
name: name,
href: '#' + name,
_text: doc.title
'.commit': doc.commit,
'.author': doc.author,
'.date': doc.date,
'.body': { _html: doc.body }
Now when we
require('./render.js') in either the browser or in node, we get a
function that returns a through stream. The stream expects json data to be
written to it (either naked objects or newline-separated json text) and outputs
a stream of html that can be piped directly to an http server response:
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
var render = require('./render.js');
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/html');
fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/data')
Here we're just piping newline-separated json from a file, but it should be very simple to swap that part out for a real database when you need one.
In the browser,
hyperstream()'s return value is still a stream, but that
stream has some more browser-appropriate functions on it:
var render = require('./render.js')();
render.on('element', function (elem) {
elem.addEventListener('click', function onclick () {
elem.removeEventListener('click', onclick);
var shoe = require('shoe');
Here we're using the
'element' event to bind a click listener on every article
element. The
'element' listener also fires for elements that were pre-rendered
server-side once the page loads.
Any new data that comes down the pipe from shoe (which hasn't yet been wired up server-side in this example) will get added to the rendering automatically.
Instead of
.pipe() which
render still has in the browser, we're using
.appendTo() to put content into the
#articles element. Using
here will insert rendered elements as they are written to the render stream and
it will fire the
'element' events for any elements that were rendered
It's also possible to give a sorting function to hyperspace for browser code, which is really useful when you've got a realtime feed in conjunction with on-demand loading so that your server code can be dumb and simply write realtime updates and requested on-demand data directly to the same data stream without adding any extra transformations.
Going back to the server code example, we'll just have article elements on the
page and no containing
<html> or
<body> elements to wrap the article
We can use trumpet to pipe the stream that hyperspace returns into some existing html file:
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
var trumpet = require('trumpet');
var render = require('./render.js');
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/html');
var tr = trumpet();
fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/data')
fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/index.html').pipe(tr).pipe(res);
Here we're streaming the rendered html into an element named
#content and
piping the index html file with rendered data at
#content to the response.
stream everything
By using streams with hyperspace and trumpet, we get the benefit of APIs that compose well together, but streams are easy to serialize and make it easy to route data over a different transport or to a different destination.
Some new database APIs even have streaming realtime feeds built-in to listen for live updates.
LevelDB is particularly fascinating because you can browserify most of the modules and use the same database interfaces backed to IndexDB when you're in a browser.
For an example of using hyperspace, trumpet, and brfs in a real application, check out the code for this very blog.
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An elderly man has been charged after firing two shots at a property south east of Brisbane on Thursday.
About 4pm police responded to a shed at a residence at Cassia Court, Capalaba following reports a man had locked himself inside, allegedly armed with a gun.
Police withdrew from the house and cordoned off the area and surrounding streets.
The man then fired two shots from a gun, police say.
It is believed no one was injured during the incident.
The 72-year-old man surrendered himself to police about 7.50pm.
The Capalaba man has been charged with two counts of serious assault police and one count each of dangerous conduct with a weapon, unlawful possession of a category A weapon and possessing ammunition.
Capalaba: Developing siege situation. Man locked inside a shed with a gun https://t.co/oMxg0eosxs #7News https://t.co/CEGuNbsXmX— 7 News Queensland (@7NewsQueensland) March 17, 2016
Police have shut down a number of streets in Capalaba after a man has barricaded himself in a shed with a gun.
Officers were called to a house at Cassia Court just after 3.30pm to reports of a man in a shed and it is believed he is in possession of a firearm.
Police withdrew and formed a cordon around the address declaring an emergency at 5.17pm.
It is not believed there are any other people involved or that anyone has been injured.
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Posts Tagged 'Teleport 2 Me'
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
It seems as though Kid Cudi, the "man on the moon," truly
can work magic with music, as shown by the alternative rock duo self-titled
album WZRD, released today. Cudi collaborated with Dot Da Genius to
create an album with drums, guitars, keyboards, singing, and no rapping or
swear words.
After being announced over a year ago and having the release
date postponed by a month, the 11-track album debuted at number 1 on iTunes.
The album was recorded on a tour bus at Cudi's home in Los Angeles.
Dubbing WZRD an alternative rock album surely made
fans expect something extremely different from Cudi's previous albums and
mixtapes, but the album may have made many realize how prominent instruments
and singing are in all of his work. Although the lack of rapping and profanity
is noticeable, every song on the album is very identifiable as a Kid Cudi song.
The album begins with "The Arrival," an instrumental song
that very appropriately introduces the music style that Cudi and Da Genius work
with throughout WZRD. Jimi Hendrix-inspired guitar is prominent in the
song, and in most of the other tracks.
An energetic song follows the instrumental, "High On Life,"
obviously inspired by Cudi's decision to stop smoking marijuana last April. The
"lonely stoner" shocked many with his announcement, and said in an interview
with datnewcudi.com that he had writer's block for five months after deciding
to stay sober. Listeners will be grateful that he broke through the block as
they listen to "High On Life," a song heavy with guitar riffs and snare drum.
The chorus features Cudi crooning, "I never ever thought it could be/ Never
thought the day would come for me/ When I would be high on life."
The song is upbeat and can serve as an inspiration for
anybody trying stay sober as well.
Perhaps the most alternative rock-like song on the album,
"Live and Learn," begins with guitar chords followed by bass and cymbals. Cudi
sings about the lessons life has to offer, and poses the question, "Where did I
come from?/ Is it the moon or a planet I ain't heard of?" This line suggests
that Cudi views WZRD as being very different from his Man on the Moon
A track that stands out amongst the upbeat and inspired
tracks on the album is "Efflictim," which shows the insecure and humble side of
Cudi that his fans are so familiar with. Cudi hums and sings to someone about
the troubling idea of what they would do if he were to die. The chorus goes,
"I'm just trying to say is life is too short/ Though I make mistakes, baby, I'm
trying to make things right/ All I'm trying to say is that life is too short/
All we got is love, baby, and the time to make it right."
Other notable songs are "Love Hard," which features guitar
as well as some beats, "Teleport 2 Me, Jamie," the lead single, and "Where Did
You Sleep Last Night?," a cover of the blues song by Lead Belly, which is
inspired by Nirvana's cover of the same song.
As a whole, the lyrics in WZRD express Cudi's new
perspective on life. Inspired by both his sobriety and his daughter, Cudi seems
to be growing up, and this album shows that. While the music itself isn't
anything special compared to other alternative rock albums, it's a very unique
mix of hip-hop techniques and rock rhythms that music listeners have never
heard before.
WZRD certainly isn't the type of album that most of
Cudi's fans are used to listening to, but is still a great piece of work from
the talented artist. Fans can appreciate Cudi's ability to be musically diverse
while awaiting the release of the third Man on the Moon album this fall.
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Mimi Scott loves to relax with her dogs, but she became increasingly stressed after two of them died and work pressures built up. One day she began having severe chest pain.
"For over an hour I could not catch my breath. I was of course panicky. Didn't know to do anything like I should have done, like call 911," Scott said.
She saw her doctor who told her she was suffering from a heart condition that's almost exclusive to women. Called Broken Heart Syndrome, it strikes after a devastating loss or stress.
"The tip of the heart stops moving completely and blood clots can form there," explained Dr. MaryAnne McLaughlin of Mount Sinai Hospital.
More women than men die each year from heart disease, often because they ignore symptoms. The American Heart Association says its decade-long Go Red for Women campaign to raise awareness has saved more than 600,000 lives.
One reason women die from heart disease: they don't call 911 or get to an emergency room when they start feeling symptoms. Often those symptoms are not what men feel, like pain in the left arm or the chest.
"If a woman doesn't have those symptoms, she's more likely to complain of severe nausea, severe fatigue, sweating, pain in the middle of the back when she walks up a hill or even to the jaw," McLaughlin said.
Doctors suspect the differing levels of hormones in men and women play a role in heart disease, but more research is needed.
Scott says next time she won't wait.
"You don't take your time to get people to help you or to get to a hospital," she said.
And she's exercising regularly and promising to listen more closely to her body.
Heart disease kills one out of every three women in America.
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The Wilmington Highway Patrol Post is investigating a two-vehicle injury crash. Authorities say it took place on the State Route 73 bypass, east of US 68, at 11:33am, Thursday. According to the Patrol, 83-year-old Gwendolyn McCormick, of Wilmington, was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of the bypass when her vehicle collided head on with a vehicle driven by 44-year-old Mitchell Davis, of Lynchburg.
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Jamie had been caring for her mother, Carol, since Carol was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease more than eight years ago. Jamie enjoyed the "good" days with Carol and endured the bad ones, but she never waivered in her devotion to her mother. She was her mother's champion even when the rest of the family could no longer handle the situation. Now, Carol has been gone for nearly two months and Jamie's family can't figure out why she won't let her mother go.
Ohio's area agencies on aging offer caregiver supports and services that can ease the caregiver burden and help manage grief before and after the loss of a loved one. Call 1-866-243-5678 to find resources in your area.
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After trying this a few more times I seem to have come to the conclusion
it is not possible to make a Hub-Spoke VPN with my collection of
Netscreen and Monowall. Almost all the bits and pieces of information I
have come across that use Hub-Spoke VPN use routers from the same
vendor/manufacturer. I cannot even get MW->NS IPsec VPN tunnel to work
with multiple subnets.
I've tried in the NS and MW the following
Two separate IPsec tunnels with unique User FQDN, pre-shared keys.
Two separate tunnels with the same User FQDN and pre-shared keys.
Two separate tunnels, one with User FQDN, one using IP, using unique
pre-shared keys.
What I seem to find is that as soon as the second tunnel comes up, both
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through. I guess once I solve how to access two different remote subnets
with two tunnels, I can continue testing this. But I no longer have the
time to.
Dan Firac wrote:
> Hello all,
> Can m0n0wall be configured for a Hub-And-Spoke VPN with communication between spokes?
> Dan.


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Ardsley coach Dave Ponterio was going to sleep easy Friday night.
The undefeated Panthers beat Pelham 27-25, 18-25, 25-18, 25-21 for their first win in the Pelicans' gym during Ponterio's 21-year tenure. And that wasn't just limited to matches against Pelham there.
"I still have nightmares of losing in the state regional semifinals," Ponterio said, referring to defeats against Red Hook in 2006 and 2007. "We got 'hooked' by Red Hook."
Ardsley moved to 14-0 and secured its first league title in three years, the League II-C crown. The Panthers also improved their chances for grabbing the No. 1 seed in the Section 1 Class B tournament.
"They have to start setting some serious goals, and I hope they do," said Ponterio, the winner of five section titles. "They have a lot to be proud of — and they should be."
Ardsley's big three of Hayley Kmetz (15 kills, 14 digs), Casey Foley (14 kills, 23 digs) and Nicolina Chenard (14 kills, 13 digs) led the Panthers, who held the two-time reigning section and region champs to just 25 kills.
"I might sleep a little easier, but I still think there is a lot of unfinished buisness," Ponterio said.
Friday, October 18
Ardsley 3, Pelham 1
Horace Greeley 3, Yonkers 0
Yorktown 3, Mahopac 0
Panas 3, John Jay 2
Byram Hills 3, Eastchester 1
Ursuline 3, Westlake 0
Ossining 3, Briarcliff 0
Croton-Harmon 3, Port Chester 0
Pleasantville 3, Hamilton 0
Harrison 3, Rye Neck 0
Nanuet 3, Albertus Magnus 0
Maria Regina 3, Good Counsel 0
Scarsdale 3, New Rochelle 0
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Dobbs Ferry 3, Sleepy Hollow 0
Fieldston 3, Masters 0
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Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
"As the health care debate has heated up this week, Republicans have once again rolled out one of their standard, stale talking points: They question the efficiency of our government.
"But if Republicans want to have an honest debate about how our government operates, I suggest they start by looking in the mirror.
"Today Republicans are wasting more taxpayer time and more taxpayer dollars for no good reason.
"The tobacco bill on the floor right now is both responsible and overdue. But after making us wait out all of the 30 hours of procedural time before even moving to the bill, Republicans are now making us wait out another 30 hours before we can vote on it.
"Let me reiterate how important this bill is. Every day, 3,500 kids try their first cigarette. Nationwide, 3.5 million high schoolers smoke. Tobacco companies make money hand over fist by marketing and selling their poisonous products to our children.
"This bill takes smart steps to keep our children and families healthier and keep the tobacco companies honest.
- it will make it harder for those companies to sell tobacco to children;
- it will help those who smoke overcome their addictions; and
- it will make tobacco products less toxic for those who cannot or do not want to stop.
"We have tried in good faith since last week to reach an agreement with Republicans on amendments to this bill. Our floor staff has given the Republicans' floor staff a finite list of both Democratic and Republican amendments that we wanted to vote on as we consider this bill.
"These amendments included: three from Senator Hagan, and one each from Senators Coburn, Enzi, Bunning and Lieberman.
"Unfortunately, despite repeated efforts to move forward, our Republicans colleagues have said no every time.
"Republicans are also slowing down our government in another way. In the few short months since President Obama took office, Republicans have held up many of his nominees for critical positions.
"This year, we have had to file cloture on:
- the Secretary of Labor;
- the Deputy Attorney General;
- the Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior;
- two members of the Council of Economic Advisors;
- and, incredibly, America's Ambassador to Iraq.
"Today they are holding up even more qualified and noncontroversial nominees, including:
- Rand Beers, nominated to be the Under Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
- Cass Sunstein, nominated to head the Office of Management and Budget's Information and Regulatory Affairs divison;
- Hilary Chandler Tompkins, nominated to be the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior;
- William Sessions, nominated to be the Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission;
- Harold Koh, nominated to be the State Department's Legal Adviser; and
- Robert Groves, nominated to be the Director of the Census
"But that's not all. Just as Republicans recklessly refused to confirm our new Ambassador to Iraq, they now are holding up Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal – an eminently qualified soldier whom President Obama has chosen to be our new commander in Afghanistan.
"Republicans are so opposed to everything, they even oppose putting people in some of the most important positions in our government.
"Democrats believe that those who have chosen to serve our country must be able to get to work without delay.
"Perhaps those watching and listening think this is how the Senate always operates. It is not. Allow me to put these delays in context:
"In the first four months of the Bush Administration, when the Senate was controlled by the President's party and we were in the minority, there wasn't a single filibuster of a Bush nominee. Not one.
"But in the first four months of the Obama Administration, Republicans have filibustered eight of his nominees. Those eight filibusters in the first four months of President Obama's Administration are twice as many as President Bush faced in his first four years.
"Last year, after Senate Republicans held up the work of Congress more than any other time in history, the American people rejected the Republican status quo. They said 'no' to Republicans' just-say-no strategy.
"There is no question the American people are taking notice. There is no question they are fed up with these petty, partisan games. And there is no question that these reckless tactics have consequences.
"I would say that Republicans delay and delay and delay at their own peril – but the truth is, all Americans suffer. It's time Republicans let us get to work."


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Andras Farago, baritone, was born in Hungary. He performs regularly in musicals, film, television and operetta productions in Hungary and abroad. His roles include the title role in Zorba, Sancho in Man of La Mancha, Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Frank in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Zsupan in Gypsy Baron (Kalman) and many others. This is his Israeli Opera debut.


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The Young Lawyers Division invites attorneys under the age of 35 or who have been practicing five years or less to its monthly luncheon. Lunch is FREE. RSVP to Lisa Brown.
Those members who are at least 70 years of age and practicing or no longer practicing meet for a monthly informal gathering.
Committee works for the improvement of the legal and judicial systems through cooperation with the judiciary.
Committee works to address family practice issues that impact practicing lawyers, their clients, the judiciary, and the public.
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We aren't really shooting turkeys, we are just giving you a chance to win a frozen one. Come check it out to see for yourself.
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As noted earlier here on the website, TNA releases are ongoing right now. We can confirm that Joey Ryan has been released from the company. He joins Christian York, Taylor Hemdrix, Sam Shaw and Madison Rayne as those who have been released so far.
More releases are coming so stay tuned.
This is a good advert for all those applying for Gutcheck. When you sign these people you must have some idea of what you're going to do with them, why bother signing them in the first place if you're just going to get rid of them a few months down the line?
This is the only release(aside from Sam Shaw) that I agree with. Never liked Ryan and never thought he should have been given a TNA contract. Only reason he got one was due to his YouTube and internet campaign. Once he joined TNA, he showed how worthless he is.
If he isn't used, he can't prove his skills!
even when he was used, he looked awful.
He looked better than the majority of Gutcheck winners.
to be honest they never did anything with this guy and from the little i saw he wasnt that good in the ring but he did have a good look
why dont they get rid of crappy robbie e
I have a feeling that WWE is going to have some new faces…
I'm not mad at this one…. His character doesn't translate on tv well at all. Comes off corny.. I think he's better served as a manager or something
I from these releases see TNA signing someone big or a couple of big names. Just hope who ever they sign is a major player in his or their prime.
Why don't they end the MEM and Aces and 8s story line soon. Future endeavor Bubba Ray, Devon, Anderson. Let Sting go to the WWE for his one chance at Taker at Wrestlemania. Soon afterwards get rid of the Hogans and bring back some talent.
This is ridicules that they're dropping
So many wrestlers they could have done
A lot of things with the. Like team Joey Ryan
& Austin Aries , they need more Knockout
Wrestlers so to drop Taelor Henderix & Madison
Rayne is a bad move, Christian York would
Have been great in the x-division just frankly
A really bad move on TNA'S part
Pretty stupid move, Should release, Brooke Hogan, Eric Young, Garrett Bischoff, King Mo, Rampage, Jessie Godderz, Jay Bradley, Robbie and Robbie T possibly ODB and Hulk Hogan as he cant wrestle the only thing that he has got is his name, but thats related to wwe straight away
ey should not be on that list
thought I deleted him off the list. My thinking was, He has his own show and doesnt seem to be used very often
he isnt really involved with the story but he is a phenominal talent, and his show could give tna at least a little exposure to a new audience
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Mr. Kissinger, who was an ambassador for the United States' failed bid against Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, has been asked to advise the FIFA ethics committee responsible for the enquiry alongside Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruijff and opera singer Placido Domingo.
"Remember only two things: That Kissinger's secretive consultancy firm tightly controlled the so-called Olympic reform process in 1999 after the catastrophic sex-and-cash-for-votes scandal in Salt Lake City. And remember (are you listening Sepp?) that Kissinger worked on the failed American bid to stage the 2022 World Cup. He knows his country was shafted. Sepp, it's personal," writes Andrew Jennings, a veteran, crusading reporter on his Website, Transparencyinsport.org.
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North Carolina Workers Hold Senator Burr Accountable for Supporting Outsourcing
Throughout August, the Working America Greensboro office has been working hard to hold North Carolina Sensators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr accountable for their recent votes on outsourcing and middle-class tax cuts.
Over the past few weeks, Working America has gathered more than 400 petition signatures urging Senator Burr to stop supporting companies that outsource jobs and to call for an end to tax breaks for the richest 2 percent of Americans.
Working America member Sarah Baldwin describes why outsourcing is detrimental to North Carolina: "High Point has been hit hard by outsourcing, affecting many workers. With loss jobs, people loss income, health care coverage and sometimes even their homes. Senator Burr's vote on the Bring Jobs Home Act shows he is not looking out for the average person."
Added Scott Gillentine of Winston-Salem: "North Carolina has one of the worst unemployment rates in the nation. Please explain to me, Senator Burr, why there are tax cuts on the wealthy when so few jobs have been created by them?"
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126 kkhohoho27th Mar 2012 11:40:05 AM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Folks... there's some possibly bad news. The sign-up thread isn't getting any posts, for a week and a half now since I put it up. If I don't get any new players soon... well, we'll see. But I'd really like to be able to continue this RP. Though I don't know if I'll be able to. Just an FYI...
edited 28th Mar '12 6:35:30 PM by kkhohoho
127 daltar27th Mar 2012 11:43:26 AM from the fantasy of green. Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Maid
Hmmm I see... that is certainly worrying. As for the threads... well I wouldn't erase the last ones but creating a new one might solve the problem of new people getting intimidated.
If I'm sure of something it's that I'm not sure of anything.
128 kkhohoho28th Mar 2012 06:36:24 PM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Deranged X-Mas Figure
I already got rid of the old one and made a new one, days ago, because I wasn't getting any new players. So far, this doesn't seem to have helped.
129 daltar29th Mar 2012 10:48:50 AM from the fantasy of green. Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Maid
Hmmm maybe it's the OP post. It is very long after all.
If I'm sure of something it's that I'm not sure of anything.
130 kkhohoho29th Mar 2012 08:01:05 PM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Perhaps... but I didn't think I told people they have to read the recap. Or, maybe they thought they had to, and got incredibly discouraged. Or maybe, it's just because this isn't completly 'brand new' in general... In any case, I'm going to try something a bit different. I'll take the whole Recap part off the post, put it in the Discussion thread, and then tell people where to find it in case they want to look at it. I'll see if that works...
edited 30th Mar '12 5:51:00 AM by kkhohoho
131 kkhohoho29th Mar 2012 08:05:23 PM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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Recap of Prior Events in the RP; First things first, Asgard did exist, just in another dimension. And Ragnaraok did in fact happen as well. However, the events that occurred at the end of said Ragnarok were different then what was related in our myths, made possible due to sensitive psychics having dreams of that other dimension of Asgard. When Odin was seemingly eaten by the giant wolf Fenrir, he did not die; instead, he was able to cut his way out of the wolfs belly, and kill it. But by that time, it was already too late. Ragnarok was, ultimately, the death of the dimension of Asgard, signified by the sky seemingly exploding in bright rainbow-colored bursts. Now, the Norse normally didnt fear death, but the destruction of Asgard would mean the end of their very culture. However, they had prepared for such an event, and created a ritual that could send one of their number to another dimension, one that wouldnt be in its death-throws for untold millennia upon millennia. Unfortunately, their predications for the death of their own universe were quite off, and so, they had only been able to develop the ritual to the point where they could only send one of their number away. In other words, only one Asgardian could be saved. And so, without hesitation, they chose the mighty All-Father Lord Odin himself. And so, after escaping from the wolf, and noticing that his dimensions time was nearly up, he hurried to the temple where the ritual was to take place, should it ever need be enacted, and the priests there thus completed the ritual without delay just as the dimension was to come to an end. Shortly thereafter, Odin found himself atop a snowy landscape; as he would later discover, he had been teleported to a Scandinavian mountain, in our dimension during a time when the Norse Gods were still worshipped. But when he saw the various statues that we had built, he grew enraged. Having just gone through the death of his dimension, he view those statues as mockeries of his land and his people; in addition, he could not fathom why these people were still alive, when his people were dead. Some of those thoughts may not have been very rational, but that is what he thought at the time, and still held to an extent centuries later. Yet, he decided to show restraint to the people of this world, for if the plan he would later concoct would prove successful, he would have no need to deal with these ingrates beyond what was necessary. What allowed Odin to come up with his ultimate solution was his right eye; it was The All-Seeing Eye, and it allowed him to see multiple paths that the future could take. Together with his calculating mind, he was able to concoct his grand scheme. It started with steadily impregnating various women over the next several centuries, thus resulting in many immortal babies. Being half-human and half-Norse, they had the immortality of the Asgardians, but none of the magic that beings such as Odin possessed. After impregnating the females, Odin would leave the woman in the morning before she woke up, as a sort of one-night-stand. The goal behind creating all of these immortal off-spring was to serve as a conduit or power-source for when his plan finally got off the ground, but he would take interest in three immortals in particular. With the two immortals known as Grey and Sareena respectively, Odin stayed with the woman until the baby was born, then, in each case, ran off with the child in the middle of the night. Gray and Sareena were raised not just as brother and sister, but were ordained by Odin to be a married couple once the time was right. Odin needed helpers, or assistants in his quest, and his eye told him that these two, so long as he raised them well, would be perfect for his ends. As for the third, this one was a young red-head by the name of Rossane, who was a little girl at the time of the American Civil War. Originally not part of the plan beyond being a conduct, Odin and his children, now having grown into adults centuries ago, were passing through the countryside of the American South, when Odins eye told him that one of the immortals that he gave birth to was in danger. Of course, this wasnt truly the case, as she would just survive anyway, but Odins eye told him that if he saved her now, she would be of use to him when the time was right. And as it turned out, she was in danger; a pair of unruly, drunk soldiers were passing by, and ultimately, raped and killed Rosannes mother, and then prepared to do the same to her but Odin saved her in the nick of time, slashing the bastards with his rapier. And with nowhere else for her to go, Odin took Rossane under his wing as he had planned. She stayed with him for over 30 years, (in which time an unexplained accident involved a rifle caused her to be stuck in her twenties, ) and turned out to be just what Odin was looking for. She was intelligent, cool, and collected, but also immoral with a violent streak, and had a nasty temper when her patience was tested but still with her own sense of honor. Mind you, she still mostly cared about herself but she knew that she wouldnt be where she was today without Odin. So, while she did leave, (due to Odin purposely not being so strict with her in her upbringing as she was with Gray and Sareena, ) Odin knew that she would do whatever he asked of her when the time came. Fast forward to the 20th&21st centuries. In the early 20th century, Odin, Gray, and Sareena settled down in Rankenopolis, and eventually, started up a company known as Dino Connections. And in time, it would be known as one of the greatest scientific and technological companies in the world. They also employed a immortal that looked like a little girl, but was in fact killed when she was truly a little girl, in both appearance and age. A brilliant scientist, she worked with DC to further her research on immortals, as well as to eventually create her own daughter, though never knowing the true intents of her employers until it was too late Fast forward to December, 2012. It is here that were introduced to a cast of players that would prove to, in time, be part of the group of beings that would finally change the course of destiny from what Odin had planned. But first, they would unknowingly cause an inconceivable disaster. Our players were, as follows: Elena: A young serial killer, but one who only targeted fellow killer and muggers, who still ultimately had a good heart. Paul: A man who might as well lived in another time. (But still only 20 or so.) While ultimately a decent man at heart, he killed whoever endangered him or others without remorse. Also used to be in a gang. Mark: Former soldier in WWII, he would eventually settle down in Rankenopolis. Knowledgeable in the ways of the world, he became good friends with Paul. John Sunday: Over 300 years old, he had once encountered Odin after his birth in a duel, one which he won. This would later repeat itself, and lead to the series of events that would change the world forever As for Mr.Sunday himself, he was a dashing, gallant fellow; experienced, an excellent fighter, and one of the key figures in this series of events. Samuel: Working at an up-and-coming robotics company, his new fancy robot that he was developing was sabotaged by an infiltrator sent by Odin; while this was not known at first, the truth was that not only did Odin not want that company and its rival technology to interfere, but sabotaging the machine would cause Samuel to leave work early, thus putting Samuel into the right place at the right time for capture. Arc: The son of Gray and Sareena, and the only immortal Gray considers to be his Grandson, Arc was experimented as a child for the groups plans. After that, they let him escape, as Odins eye saw that he could be used as a potential pawn for gathering others that they would need in the years to come Jason: Johns best friend, and another scientist at Dino Connections. At first forced into betraying John, he betrays DC instead, and makes John aware of Odins plan. Jack: The Jack, to be precise, straight from Victorian London. Renowned for his various rippings, he now works as a killer-for-hire in the present day. While he at first worked for Odin, John would ultimately present a better offer, and so Jack would join the side of our heroes as one of the best fighters they had. Steve: One of the first men that Steve had killed. Formerly a thief and murder, it turned out that he was immortal. After having died and came back to life, Steve had an epiphany, and decided to turn his life around. It all started with the two members of the largest gangs in the city meeting at a bar to try to form an partnership together, or at least a sort of understanding only for the bar to explode in a fiery blaze, taking the gang leaders with it. Ultimately, after a series of various miscellaneous events, Odin had captured all of the heroes, thanks in part due to a special type of ammo that was loaded with a drug that could knock them all out only for some of them to escape. Odin, with some men, went after the escapees, and found them. However, John goaded Odin into a duel. Now, some time prior, Odins Eye had been faltering in its powers to various degrees; as it turned out, this was caused by his up-and-coming death. Ultimately, the one thing that Odins Eye could not see was his own demise. For in the end, John won the fight with some help from Jason, who had stolen a gun, and shot Odin with the drug. This gave John the opportunity to deal the finishing blow. But it was not over. Odins plan, in fact, was to cause a gang war that spread across the city, and by doing so, create an ample supply of dead bodies that his forces would collect. He would then use various immortals that he would capture, combined with a magical ritual, to suck the life force away from those immortals, and power not only the dead bodies, but himself with that power, which would be amplified by the ritual. And on top of that, in order for this to even work, the various immortals around the world were unknowingly used as a conduct, thanks to the ritual. But Odins original goal was not destruction. On the contrary; Odin would use all of this power to travel back to his dimension, and to the moment of its destruction, and then unleash all of that power into the atmosphere, thus stabilizing the dimension, and saving it. But Odin was now dead. And because of that, Gray went mad. Now, as it turns out, Odin had created a orb that had both his essence, and his vast magic power, duplicated within, and upon Odins demise, Gray took the orb for himself. While he was still in control to a substantial degree, Odins essence still guided Gray as much as he could; whereas Gray would want nothing less then total annihilation of the Earth and its population for the death of Odin, Odin would lead him to instead create a new kingdom though not without destroying civilization as we knew it first. In the end, Gray would capture (or recapture, ) John, Arc, Paul, Mark, and Steve. But the rest of the heroes, having injected themselves with a vaccine Aurora had created that nullified the effects of the drug, stormed Dino Connections, and rescued the captured immortals, including Steve, who Jack rescued when everyone else wasnt looking. (OOC: In truth, I totally forgot about him, but I wouldnt have just let him die. So, he was rescued. Even though you wont see that in the original posts ~_~) But ultimately, the group was too late to stop Gray. Taking a van or two, they were able to escape the city with Sareena, who wanted nothing to due with the mass destruction that Gray intended, and made it out just as Gray sent a flying undead warrior, filled with vast power, to Rankenopolis, and had it explode in a vast burst of sheer energy, (as Gray and Rossane were flying high above, ) thus destroying the entire city, along with its population. And thus was the start of a new, dark era in the history of Earth The World As It Is Now: It has been 120 years since Gray achieved his vast power. Immediately after, he and his forces unleashed one devastating attack upon attack the world over. Any nukes sent after him were stopped by his power; he simply stopped them in mid-air, and deactivated them and they dropped straight to the ground. However, simply destroying civilization as we know it wasnt enough; in order to control the world, as a unified kingdom, he would need to organize an army, and use it to occupy various states and countries one at a time. This was the best way to ensure a stable, controlled kingdom, as opposed to an anarchist no-mans-land. As of the year 2132, Gray has conquered all of North America, and over 70& of South America, at times using his power and that of his Deities, (his name for his undead, flying ultra-powerful troops, ) to clear away any particularly troublesome opposition. There have been attempts on his life, of course, but he has simply been too strong to be overtaken. As for how the current Kingdom is currently ruled, each state and country that is a part of the Kinddom has its own governor, chosen by Gray himself, though since theres so many states and countries under his command, said governor is often put into power by local popular demand; it often makes the locals feel a bit better, seeing as someone they like and respect has power in office. However, there have been occasions where some of these governors are such outstanding individuals that they try to rebel and lead their province against Gray; this always results in said governor being made a public display, and having his entire body disintegrated to atoms by Gray for all to see. As for the Kingdoms current capital, its currently located at the site that used to be Rankenopolis. Since then, an entire new city has been built, with an enormous castle right in the center. Since Gray himself resides there, and oversees the towns operations, it has the most advanced civilization currently in operation at that time, despite its appearance. Its modeled after ancient Scandinavian culture, but electricity exists there despite that. Its also the base of the Kingdoms Special Investigate Forces. Led by Rossane, now decked in an all-black female Nazi uniform, she and her teams investigate more covert matters that interest Gray. The rest of the kingdom and the world, is a different story. Across the world, the level of technology varies wildly from place to place, as well as the cultures and lifestyles. For example, places like Japan are, in terms of culture, back to the their ancient traditions the mid 1800s at the most but theyve still managed to maintain electricity to a limited extent, as well as certain other aspects of technology. There way of life isnt as severe was it was back centuries ago either; you wont get your head chopped off for something as trivial as not bowing before your superior. In comparison, countries like Britain take a less conventional approach. Britian was unable to maintain electricity, and other such commodities, but their culture didnt simply fall back either. Their style of clothing is somewhat simple, but it still resembles the sort of clothing we wear today. Expect to see a basic long-sleeved shirt&simple blue-jeans on men, and long-sleeved shirt and cloth-skirt on woman. Their houses are all made out of wood or stone, but still resembles our houses of today in terms of architecture and design as best they can, given their limited resources after such destruction by Gray. It varies from place to place, though the constant is that most countries no longer have real organization, and are instead divided up into small towns and villages. There are exceptions, mind you after Tokyo was thrashed, in time, they were able to remodel it into a new Tokyo, albeit again modeled after how it was in the mid-late 1800s, due to their limited resources. And additionally, they were still able to operate the subyways. But in general, outside of the Kindgom, or Japan to an extent. theres little to no organization among the countries of the world. As for the Kingdom itself, each province has a capital, while most of the rest of each province is divided up into small towns or villages. Mexico and South America still have their own unique styles of culture, but under Grays Guidance, Canada and the upper third of the USA resemble, like Rankenopolis, ancient Scandinavian culture. Gray is still working on the rest, however. All of the USA has suffered from Gray more then any other nation, but Gray has essentially been working rebuilding it and its culture from the ground up. The central and souther portion of the nations however, still are undergoing this process. As such, there reduced to the most basic of living essentials and civilization. Basic rations are sent to them, but otherwise, its everything the governors can to do to keep things together. Whats Happening Now: Gray is well on his way to controlling all of North America, but he feels that something is wrong. It appears that the process he enacted long ago might not have been permanent, as he can feel his power fading. It would still take him centuries to become fully depowered, but as it is now, there just might be a chance that he can finally be taken down. As such, he is doing his best to conceal this information, but secrets have a way of getting out Message for Returning Players; For all of you players that are returning, you are to make a new profile. You can copy and paste as much of your old ones as much as you like, but what your new profiles should reflect is where you are now at the beginning of this phase of the RP. Feel free to discuss it; not just to me, but also among yourselves in the discussion thread. If you want, you can all be together at the start if you like, seeing as you were at the end of the RP, but thats something for you all to discuss among yourselves. And again, contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
132 daltar29th Mar 2012 09:22:02 PM from the fantasy of green. Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Maid
Ehehe I think it's a good idea. Now we should probably discuss where to start and such.
If I'm sure of something it's that I'm not sure of anything.
133 kkhohoho2nd Apr 2012 05:53:01 AM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Deranged X-Mas Figure
My friends... it is alive! Well, sort of. We finally got a new player, and hopefully, with someone taking the lead, others will follow. I'll wait a day or two to see if anyone else signs up, and then we may start talking about 'where to start and such'. Ask me if you have any questions.
134 kkhohoho6th Apr 2012 06:58:34 PM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Well... in 3-4 weeks, we've only gotten one new player, and most of you aren't responding to my PM's anyway. I'll give it 3 days. But, if nothing happens before then... I may unfortunately have to bring this RP to a close.
135 kkhohoho9th Apr 2012 07:45:10 AM from The Insanity Pole Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Well... that's it then. I'm sorry, for anyone who's still here, but no new players will show up, and you all aren't bothering to post here anyway. If anyone wants to continue it, then feel free to contact me, but for now... this RP is officially defunct. But still, it was fun while it lasted, and I thank everyone who joined. (Even the ones who quit.) It was a great experience as my first RP as well, though part of it certainly lies on you all, the players. (I'm also surprised it lasted as long as it did.) And who knows; maybe we'll be able to do something like this again someday. But for now, I'll have to put this aside. So, in closing... thanks, and so long.
edited 9th Apr '12 8:20:24 PM by kkhohoho
136 daltar9th Apr 2012 11:08:13 AM from the fantasy of green. Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Maid
Thanks for everything kkhohoho. It certainly was fun while it lasted... though I'm sorry that it died. Hope I get to play with you again some time in the future.
If I'm sure of something it's that I'm not sure of anything.
137 Insano9th Apr 2012 09:12:53 PM from At my laptop, refusing to waste time Get RP Mod , Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
Mad Pinoy
The RP's dead? No. No. That's not true. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! NOOOO! NOOOOOOOOO! Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Hope to play with you guys again some other time.
Just hanging out in Team NAMI's dorm.
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Stupid question, but the new sync/charge cord is still USB aye?
I can also confirm: I called from PA. The AT&T rep said pre-orders will start online at 3:01AM EST.
Also, there was a concern that she cleared up. If you're grandfathered into the unlimited data plan on AT&t, preordering online will not affect it.


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Saturday, 30 January 2016
Shock 'Till You Drop!....
I know in past posts I've ranted on about the decline of good customer service BUT there's no denying it, customers can be a right pain in the arse too!
And, having spent a large part of my working life in retail, I feel more than qualified to say this!
Actually, I'm surprised I CAN say it 'cos the weight of scar tissue on my tongue from having to bite back a retort in response to some inanity one of the members of the darling public has chucked at me, has a tendency to hinder speech!
Ohh the shit I've had to put up with over the years. Yes, there's been good stuff too...but who wants to read about that? Exactly!
One noteworthy encounter came about when I was but a naive, young teenager (oh yes I was!!). During the school summer holidays, after sitting my exams, I had a summer job in the office of a local department store.
As part of that job I had to skim the cash registers of money every now and then, to make room for MORE money in the till. I was doing just that one busy Saturday, as the shop floor was in the midst of a shopping frenzy, and that's when it happened!
Some guy I'd never met before suddenly stopped right in front of me and whilst stabbing an aggressive finger at me SHOUTED...
"How DARE you say things about my mother!! My mother was a good woman!! Stop it!! STOP IT!!! And keep away from my house!!!"
All eyes glared at me accusingly. And because the area which housed the cash register was elevated upon a platform, placing me in a higher position than every one else...it was as if I was in the dock!
Panicking, I tried to covertly get the attention for the deputy manager BUT...
The deputy manager, a scrawny, gangly, unfortunate looking fellow, had an obvious eye problem. That is, one eye went one way, the other eye went the other way. Neither eyes worked in unison to allow him to see forward from a frontal position, so despite the fact that he was facing me and I was trying to catch his...erm...eye...the entire mad scene was invisible to him!
Yes, he could hear the guy but he couldn't quite pin down the source of the rantings and so he dashed about, from side to side between the aisles, seemingly having subscribed to the Ministry of Silly Walks!
Anyway, by the time he DID manage to find focus the man had scooted off out of the store, leaving me to stand there, bright red in the face, under the judgemental gaze of the jury before me!
Embarrassed, I managed to quickly scuttle off back to the office, all the while feeling the heated glare of my audience stabbing into my back! I was not to know then that this kind of crazy stuff would accompany me for most of my working life in retail!
But there lie tales for other times.
One of the most entertaining happenings regarding customer behaviour was a tale relayed to me by a pal who worked in a local cafe, some years ago.
The cafe was a popular haunt for shoppers and workers alike and thus enjoyed the nuance (compared to these days) of being frequently busy. It was during one of these busy periods, when the local town was in the grip of a particular cold spell, that the cafe door flew open one day and in breezed a well dressed, middle aged woman.
She had the kind of presence that turned heads and the eloquent manner with which she ordered her beverage, did not go unnoticed by those seated before her as she began to make her way to the only unoccupied table at the rear of the shop.
However, before reaching her destination, she paused to do two things.
A large, bald gentleman was enthusiastically employed devouring a hearty breakfast when the woman stopped directly behind him. Standing there, as his head dipped to scoop a generous spoonful of beans into his mouth, she took it upon herself to place her hands upon his scalp.......which she slowly began to massage!
Her ministrations completed, leaving the man with mouth agape, beans hovering on a trembling spoon, in a state of shock and quite speechless, she moved on and that's when the second thing occurred.
An elderly woman sat bent, over a mug of tea. Wrinkled, arthritic hands gripped the cup for warmth as a reddened nose sniffed to accommodate the running stream her cold was obviously providing.
Upon hearing the old dear snivel, our Mistress of Ministrations paused, once again, and, bending to level with the old ladies ear loudly and in a most articulate fashion, provided the following advice:
"What you need to halt a nasty cold like that, is a.......good....stiff.....cock!"
And with that said, she resumed the walk to her table where she proceeded to sit down gracefully....before being asked to leave by the member of staff whose trembling features made it quite apparent that he had drawn the short straw!
Retail work, eh? Gotta love it!!
© Copyright Lynn Gerrard
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Shards of Glass...
In her laughter
Shades of death
In her eyes
Tremors of torment
Saturday, 23 January 2016
The Apology...
I'd like to make a public apology to the sales person I encountered whilst shopping earlier, for my behaviour. Had I known that you were taking part in some kind of sleep study as you stood there, propping up that shelf, I'd never have approached you so brazenly to enquire as to the location of the particular items I required.
My God!! What was I thinking?
And, oh, the shame that overwhelms me when I consider how, despite my callous and selfish attitude, you still managed to raise your 'customer service' finger to point in the general direction of the area where my wants could be found.
Managerial promotion is in the pipeline for you, methinks!
I'm certain that had I been able to actually see through the several stock-littered aisles which separated the goods from the directions your digit was alluding to, I'd have reached them much more quickly but this was not the case. Once again I had let you down by my failing to study the shop floor plan before actually entering the premises.
Also, I hope that my staring at you for some time following these events didn't disturb you in any way? I was simply trying to imagine what you'd look like if you had a personality but.... seems I failed you there too!
Best regards for the future...presuming you can be arsed to have one!
P.S. I need you to know, I typed this with my middle finger!
© Copyright Lynn Gerrard
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Characterization of Interferon Beta -1b-Induced Tolerizing Effect in Dendritic Cells
This study has been completed.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Silva Markovic-Plese, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Last updated: April 2, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
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Determine the in-vivo mechanism of action of INF-B-1b as it's mechanisms of action are not completely understood. We propose that high dose exogenous recombinant IFN-B-1b induces tolerizing effect on DC-dependent T-cell differentiation in patients with MS by inducing the expression of SOCS3 in DCs.
|Multiple Sclerosis
|Other: IFNbeta-1b
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Characterization of Interferon Beta -1b-Induced Tolerizing Effect in Dendritic Cells
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: multiple sclerosis
Drug Information available for: Interferon Interferon beta Interferon beta-1b Interferon beta-1a AvonexU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Silva Markovic-Plese, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Determine the effect of IFN-B-1b-induced SOCS3 upregulation in DCs' on their maturation and the capacity to present [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Characterize the effect of IFN-1b-induced SOCS3 expression in DCs on Th1/Th2 cell differentiation and T-cell cytokine transcription. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
no drug was given under study. patients already taking IFNbeta-1b were enrolled for blood draw only.
Other: IFNbeta-1b
no drug was given under study arm. only blood draw on patients already on IFNbeta-1b.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed diagnosis of MS
- Age 18-60 years, inclusive
- Expanded disability status of 0-6.5
- Give written informed consent prior to any testing under this protocol
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00630721
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|United States, North Carolina
|University of North Carolina
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|Principal Investigator:
|Silva Markovic-Plese, MD
|UNC Chapel Hill
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 19, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Silva Markovic-Plese, MD, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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|NCT00630721 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 28, 2008
|Last Updated:
|April 2, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Sclerosis
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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The debate goes on -- and we're not just talking about in Congress but within the Catholic Church.
Should Catholics support a health care reform bill if there's even a chance that it might result in federal funding of abortions?
A number of Catholics this week have been disputing the view of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops that the Senate bill would subsidize abortions -- and a study in today's New England Journal of Medicine could bolster those arguments.
The study "shows that abortion rates declined during the first two years that Massachusetts implemented a near-universal health coverage program much like the nationwide plan currently before Congress," writes Politics Daily columnist David Gibson, a convert to Catholicism.
Among those who reject claims that the Senate bill would finance abortions are the head of the Catholic Health Association and a coalition of Catholic sisters who are heads of 60 religious orders, many of which are directly involved in running hospitals and providing health care.
Gibson writes that the New England Journal study:
shows that the number of abortions in Massachusetts declined by 1.5% during the first two years of the new health care program (2007-2009) and the decline was 7.4% among teenagers -- even though the percentage of non-elderly people receiving coverage went up nearly 6%.
The study also points out that the abortion decrease occurred "despite public and private funding of abortion that is substantially more liberal than the provisions of the federal legislation currently under consideration by Congress." Massachusetts is one of 17 states where the state government finances abortions under Medicaid that the federal government cannot pay for.
Gibson notes that the study article was written by Patrick Whelan, a professor of pediatrics -- and president of the Catholic Democrats, a pro-life organization. He quotes Whelan:
Complex social phenomena such as abortion rates are subject to a variety of political and social factors that are difficult to gauge. Yet, in this midsized, ethnically diverse state, full insurance coverage of abortion services for all lower-income residents did not result in an increase in the number of abortions performed.
I believe it is reasonable to conclude that the possibility of some federal subsidization of overall care, for a fraction of the additional 31 million people who would be covered, would not mean a significant or even a likely increase in the number of abortions performed nationally.
Catholic bishops agree that "the current health care system is in need of fundamental reform."
On their website they say:
In our Catholic tradition, health care is a basic human right. Access to health care should not depend on where a person works, how much a family earns, or where a person lives. Instead, every person, created in the image and likeness of God, has a right to life and to those things necessary to sustain life, including affordable, quality health care. This teaching is rooted in the biblical call to heal the sick and to serve "the least of these," our concern for human life and dignity, and the principle of the common good. Unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans do not have health insurance.
Still, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver says the current bill "does not meet minimum moral standards" on "the exclusion of abortion funding and services and adequate conscience protections for health-care professionals and institutions."
But Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, wrote in a letter to Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Fla.:
"We believe that the Senate bill, as written now, meets the test of no federal funding for abortion."
Keehan further explains in an article in Catholic Health World:
The bill now being considered allows people buying insurance through an exchange to use federal dollars in the form of tax credits and their own dollars to buy a policy that covers their health care. If they choose a policy with abortion coverage, then they must write a separate personal check for the cost of that coverage.
Keehan talks more about why reform is needed in a video interview on the website of U.S. Catholic magazine.
The current plan may not be perfect, she says in the interview, but tabling it would be a mistake -- it would be saying we should "forgo the good in favor of the perfect." And if reform is delayed again, "a lot of people will suffer for many more years."
What's the deal-breaker for you? If there is any chance that the language of a bill might allow federal funding of abortions, does that jeopardize your support of health care reform? What about the argument that better health care would save thousands of lives, compared to the status quo?
-- Leslie Miller, USA TODAY
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Home and Garden Thursday
This has been an unintentionally light week for me, so far, I had some technical difficulties and a good surprise. I also had to attend meetings on days I'd normally be sharing, so in balance all things do work together for good.
Last Saturday was supposed to be a family cookout organized by my son. He wanted all my children to get together, now that they're grown and all doing their own thing, getting together as a family has become less frequent. I really was looking forward to this. Little did I know that for two months my son had conspired with my siblings and other family members to throw me a surprise birthday party – early. My birthday falls on December 24 and I will turn 50. That's a difficult time to get people together – so I had not expected anything. They surprised me beautifully – I wept like a baby when I saw my sisters. It was such a wonderful day. I am so thankful.
Here are the Top Viewed Posts from last week's party:
Top Viewes Home Decor Post
Diane at Tablescapes by Diane shared her beautiful autumnal tablescape featuring whimsical items, vintage dishes and some new things – beautifully done!
Top Viewed Gardening Post
Deb at Frugal Little Bungalow shared some amazing fall photos of the scenery in her corner of the world – absolutely gorgeous!
Top Viewed Thrifting Post
Jann at Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson shared this amazing Seed box she got from her sister – a former garage sale find her daughter couldn't find a place for! Jann certainly found one and embellished it beautifully
Top Viewed Collecting Post
Jonell at Like Gramma's House shared a beautiful tablescape featuring Fiestaware and her Grandpa's Goblets.
Top Viewed Crafting Post
This adorable owl created by Gail at Purple Hues and Me is made from something you may have at your home.
Top Viewed Cooking Post
Amy at Miss Toody Goo Shoes shared these delectable Pumpkin Pecan Cups
Top Viewed And More Post
Susan at Ash Tree Cottage shared her studio – the lovely solution to her storage cabinet; a good decision involving investment property – definitely a wonderful post.
I am so honored by all who visit and who join in at Home and Garden Thursday – many of you share week after week and visit beautifully. Some are new, I hope you've had opportunity to welcome them. You all make Home and Garden Thursday a complete delight.
Home and Garden Thursday
is a blog party I host each month sharing Home Decor, Gardening, Thrifting/Collecting/Crafting, Cooking and more
To Join
simply create, publish and link your post to the LINKY provided below.
Please include a link-back to this blog in your post and visit as many of the participants as you are able.
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