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<br><br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-76137061529260898772018-03-11T23:45:00.003+01:002018-03-11T23:46:19.550+01:001-2-3 testing?And we're live (again)<br />
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More to follow during the next few weeks - i.e. mid/late march '18.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-39957972241839420802016-11-16T12:43:00.000+01:002016-11-16T12:43:10.778+01:00First We take Manhatten?(The rest will be in Danish)<br /><b><br />TL;DR (prediction) </b><br /><i>Hvis </i>Le Penne vinder præsidentvalget i Frankrig i foråret 2017 vil Putin teste artikel 5 i Nato charteret inden 31.12.2018, formentlig for at ”beskytte det russiske mindretal” i Litauen ved at annektere dele af landet som man gjorde i Ukraine på Krim halvøen – og svaret på denne test? Det blæser mildest talt i vinden….måske med en dunst af Uran? <br /><br />= = = = = <br />Dette er strøtanker om en (vestlig)verden(sorden) der er ved at skvatte sammen tænkt i løbet af efteråret 2016. Et år hvor både Prince, Bowie og Cohen blev kaldt hjem – og hvor Workingclass USA gav The Establisment en stor, fed, strakt langemand og vragede Clinton til fordel for Trump(!) Imho er dette startskuddet til en tilbagevenden til nationalstaternes rivalisering med krigsførelse (med cyber -og handelskrige) som det mest sandsynlige. Træfninger med konventionelle våben er dog også en mulighed, mere om det senere. <br /><br />Lad os gå bordet rundt om en række faktorer der spiller ind på første udsagn; test af Nato’s artikel 5. <br /><br />Den <b>Engelske </b>befolkning har stemt sig ud af EU og House of Commens ved ikke rigtigt hvordan man griber situationen an, men alt tyder på at Storbritannien snart ’bare’ er en ø i Atlanterhavet – og hvor tilslutningen til Europa igennem EF/EU medlemskab var et kort forsøg på at komme tættere på Paris, Berlin etc. men som endte i skilsmisse. England er et af to demokratiske lande i Europa med både konventionelle og atomare styrker der kan afskrække lande som Rusland m. Putin i spidsen og et Tyrkiet m. Erdogan ved roret. Disse har meldt sig ud af fællesskabet og konsekvenserne heraf kender vi endnu ikke til fulde, men det hjælper næppe til at holde Europa stabilt. <br /><br /><b>Frankrig </b>har været udsat for en række spektakulære attentater (Charlie Ebdo, Bataclan, Nice, etc.) inden for de sidste små to år og hvad end man abonnerer på Le Penne’s idéer og politik så skal man være utrolig blåøjet (læs=venligbo-Radikal-politiken-læsende segmenteret) for afvise den tanke at Le Penne, der åbenlyse har modtaget store beløb i rubler, ikke har en chance for at indtage Præsidentembedet i foråret 2017. Naturligvis har hun det, spørgsmålet er om det sker. Dvs. det reelle spørgsmål er om hun gør alvor af en afstemning om deltagelse i hhv. Nato og EU hvis hun vinder. EU er jeg ganske overbevist at Frankrig vil ud af. Nato? Det er nok so/so men melder Frankrig sig ud, det eneste landfaste demokrati med Rusland der er medlem af Nato og i besiddelse af Kernevåben så skal man nok overveje at se på hvor ”The Fulda Gap”* findes på de østlige grænser i f.eks. Polen, Det baltiske lande etc. <br /><br /><b>Tyrkiet </b>er på vej ”væk” fra Europa. Væk fra seksualisering, væk fra tilstræbt demokrati, og retter sig mere og mere imod den for nærværende despot. Pressefrihed er en by i – thøhø – Rusland og partier der ikke er 112% med Erdogan bliver ulovliggjort. Det kup der blev optrevlet med navnet ”Sledgehammer” (Balyoz Harekâtı) og angiveligt var udtænkt af højtplacerede stabschefer i de væbnede styrker i Tyrkiet var måske ikke heeeelt ude i hampen – set i bagklogskabens klare lys. Et kup-forsøg i et Nato land er naturligvis ikke værd at ønske sig, men når resultatet er udrensninger der basalt set ikke lader Stalins udrensninger noget tilbage at ønske (de er ikke henrettet, fair nok) men fjernet fra deres positioner og når selvsamme lands militærattacher hopper af som gjorde i Tyskland bør alarmklokkerne ringe….ej – de bør blime højt og længe. Og nå ja. Tyrkiet har den anden største stående væbnede styrke i Nato efter USA, hyggeligt at de kommer under en despot der klæder sig en demokrats-uniform og får nogle til at falde for det. <br /><br /><b>Putin </b>legede krig i Georgien i 2008. De indtog en del af Ukraine i 2014, og nå ja separatisterne dræbte over 200 civile i et fly i 10.000 meters højde, bare fordi. Men jf. RT var det den samme Amerikanske ubåd der sejlede ind i og sænkede Kursk i 2003 der angiveligt ramte MH17 og var skyld i den faldt ned. Rusland? Et land man elsker at hade – og måske endda hader at elske. Jeg har så ondt at det russiske folk at de skal ledes at den røverbande, ja jeg skrev det her FSB, til Putin. Russerne bliver stopfodret med propaganda der får Komiske Ali fra Bagdad til at se sandfærdig ud. Det er et land der har behov for at dreje fokus væk fra hvordan det ser ud hjemme, miserabelt, ved at lave militære operationer ude både i den virkelig verden og i cyberspace. Som f.eks. at teste Natos grundsøjle artikel 5 nu hvor den nyvalgte præsident har sået tvivl om USA's engagement og hvor Frankrig måske/måske melder sig ud. En ting er at Putin gerne ser et mere ustabilt EU, men en endnu større sejr for ham/Kreml vil være at Nato skvatter sammen. Og han vil gerne hjælpe det på vej. <br /><br /><b>USA </b>har nemmerlig valgt en total uprøvet Trump. Og hvorfor skulle han opfører sig anderledes efter at være blevet installeret på Pennsylvania avn. 1600 end under valgkampen. Alle meningsfyldte analytikere og journalister har dygtigt påpeget at bortset fra et par flip-flops omkring indenrigsspørgsmål så mener Trump i det store hele det samme som han har gjort i 20-25 år. Så når han mødes med sin ’gode ven’ Putin så bliver han som nok overtalt til at USA og Rusland har forskellige interessesfærer – hvem sagde geopolitik? – og i disse skal man ikke blande sig. Jeg ville være jævnt udtryk i Warszawa, Budapest, Vilnius etc. ved en sådan melding. En sådan aftale vil også afføde store, brede smil i Beijing da man så kan henvise til aftalen ifht. de konflikter der kan opstå imellem Taiwan-Kina, Indokina-Kina, Sydkorea-Kina/Nordkorea, Japan-Kina. <br /><br />*) Den korridor I Esssen man forventede et Østtysk/Sovjetisk angreb ville følge for at nå Frankfurt og Rammstein basen under den kolde krig. <br />= = = = = <br /><br />Her står vi så i efteråret 2016, 27 år efter Berlin muren faldt og man/nogle troede at historien var slug. Man ville opstige til liberale, sekulære demokratier med markeds-kapitalisme. Det tog så en stribe terror anslag, to finansielle nedsmeltninger og deraf valg af en række populister at vise at nej. Fred, frihandel og velstand er undtagelsen. Normalen er rivalisering, konflikter og krig. Og her er vesten på hælene fordi vi naivt troede den sidste krig ’vi’ skulle udkæmpe var 2. verdenskrig. Så vi har glemt hvad det vil sige at være i krig. Vore militære kapacitet er skåret til det latterlige til fordel for velfærdsydelser, rundkredspædagogik, inklusionsskoler, projektstillinger til kommunikationsfolk og millionsalærer til konsulenter der viser hvordan der kan ansættes flere djøffere og nedskæres de varme hænder. <br /><br />Oh but we were wrong…..<div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-53253083337825839482016-07-01T11:54:00.000+02:002016-07-01T11:54:11.291+02:001916 Somme - 100 år senere....<div class="MsoNormal">
1916: Europa splittet og består overordnet set af syv
aktører; Storbritannien, Frankrig, Tyskland, Østrig-Ungarn, Italien, Tyrkiet
& Rusland og millioner mister livet. I dag for 100 år siden – 1.7.1916 – ca.
60.000 Englændere på et par timer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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100 år senere.....<o:p></o:p></div>
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2016: Europa er (igen) splittet. Rusland (=Putin) begynder
at rører på sig, Tyrkiet har fornyede stormagtsambitioner. Frankrig, Tyskland,
Italien og England kan med hver deres bevægegrunde ikke rigtigt blive enige om
at forvalte arven fra Kul & Stål og Østrig(og Ungarn) fører de facto den tilbageværende
unions grænsepolitik.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Morgenthau gjorde med ’Politics among Nations’ opmærksom på,
at historien bevæger sig cyklisk, og at fred kun er et kort ophold i en ellers
permanent tilstand af krig, spændinger og rivalisering mellem de centrale
enheder i det internationale system. Og disse er nationalstaterne.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Naturligvis kommer der krig (igen) i Europa. Spørgsmålene
der skal stilles er følgende tre(fire) 1. hvornår? 2. imellem hvem (3. og
dermed – hvorfor?) og 4. med hvilke våben?<br />
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Hvis der var nogle der i 1910’erne havde forudsagt første verdenskrig bare
nogenlunde som den kom til at se ud, ville 99,9% have klasket sig på lårene af
grin og bedt vedkommende holde op med at sniffe lim.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pt. har vi (med en række væsentlige forbehold) været fri for
væbnede konflikter imellem lande på det Europæiske kontinent siden 1945, dvs.
71 år. Er temmelig sikker på vi ikke får 71 år mere med fred – men hvor mange
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-45643312701009930282011-07-13T21:00:00.004+02:002011-07-13T21:11:08.158+02:00SitRep on weightlossJust a quick status: I started 1/1-2011 at 147 kg (~324 lbs) and currently the needle swings out at 128-129 kg (~282-284 lbs) depending on the day-to-day condition. Since this loss of some 18-19 kg (~40-42 lbs) has come with 'almost' no effort the next target is minus additional 20 kg (~44 lbs) before 31/12-2011. This I should be able to obtain with relative ease.<br /><br />This gives me an estimated readout at around 108-109 kg (~238-240 lbs) just before New Year - an excellent reason to go on a spending-spree to get some posh close for New Year's!<br /><br />I'll put my head back in the blogger-sphere during Q4'ish.<br /><br />Catch you on the flip flop.<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-74823025734714674282011-03-22T16:11:00.003+01:002011-03-22T16:23:26.310+01:00Weightloss. Here we go........again(!)<br /><br />Well - due to a number of serious challenges I've decided to take them one all at once. Currently I think I'm well above 150 kg, but I'm not sure. And basically this is to much, it's health threatening and I'm - to be very polite - not an attractive guy, with all that follows.<br /><br />Tomorrow morning I'll start weigh myself and post this on my twitter account rather than post a blog here.<br /><br />My main goal will be to reduce my weight in blocks of 10 kg and my primary main goal is sub 100 kg asap. Once I get there I'll most likely have to undergo one or more plastic surgery operations to remove superfluous skin. This could probably give something like 5 kg additional weight loss.<br /><br />Previously I've been able to drop as much as 2-3 kg a week(!) with the use of a kind of diet but in reality more like a correct nutrition<br /><br />I'll try to post an update here once a month, but you're probably better off tracking me on twitter:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/christianrex" target="new">twitter.com/christianrex</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-40737604527020671962011-01-02T14:04:00.005+01:002011-01-02T14:10:29.096+01:00This blog is as of 2011 in-activeI've come to terms with the fact that I currently can't put enough time aside to maintain a vibrant blog. Therefor I'll in-activate this until further notice which at the current time is at least until July 1st 2011<br /><br />Track me the following places instead:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/christianrex" target="new">www.twitter.com/christianrex</a><br /><br />or<br /><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianrex" target="new">www.linkedin.com/christianrex</a><br /><br />Best wishes<br />/ChristianUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-33411198721163577562010-05-30T16:40:00.002+02:002010-05-30T16:43:39.818+02:00Venture capitalist?Yesterday I had the inaugural conversation with a friend of mine with respect to start a company together, exciting-exciting. Right not I cannot say much other than the coming 12 months will be a kind of start-up period where we'll run this business next to our main employments and right now our goal to adjust and prepare for a genuine launch the summer of 2011.<br /><br />Stay tuned.<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-25284363309272691142010-05-17T13:17:00.002+02:002010-05-17T13:21:57.280+02:00Sideways?Just checked in by to say 'hello'. I now know exactly how 'Miles' from Sideways feels...as a result of an odd weekend. You just go with the flow with your friends and suddenly you end up with a nice surprise - that you fumble the first time around, naturally.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-41570937784036807832010-04-10T12:18:00.004+02:002010-05-06T16:37:03.443+02:0030?! What already!Well - it's about time to post something but doe to a hectic spring & winter I haven't been much around. Next weekend I'm turning 30 and during Easter this year I did a little inventory of myself.<br /><br />- I'm a little year away from earning my bachelor in International economics and management (HD-U), and already after this I'm doing my best to get in line for a EMBA, preferably at London Business School.<br /><br />- Project 100 - look under December 2009 - didn't stick, so in a few weeks I'll start meeting with a dietitian once a week in order to get a bit 'smaller' Hopefully this will be useful.<br /><br />- Still working for Garmin but is getting a lot of interesting job offers from headhunters etc. so let's see how long I'll stick around at Mr. Min.<br /><br />Well - just a summary of April 2010, I hope to be more productive on the blog (:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-87213957960693950722010-02-28T17:38:00.001+01:002010-02-28T17:57:33.446+01:00New cabinet, and what have you....Well, Prime Minister Løkke Rasmussens new cabinet was presented just short of a week ago, and what’s to say about this. Can he reclaim the power, i.e. win the next election? Probably. Wisely he shifted some heavyweights around internally in the cabinet (Mr. Stig Møller(K) & Mr. Haarder(V)) and disbanded some of the living zombies (Mr. Sander (V), Mr. Neergard(K), Ms. Christensen (K) & Ms. Tørnæs(V)) whom just hasn’t been ‘airborne’ so to speak for the last 6-8 months – if ever. More importently though he abandoned former Prime Minister Fogh Rasmussens policy agenda of ‘contract policy’ which meant specifying a number of tasks and then have those completed prior to the next election. Rather than this he listed some visions for Denmark whom he and the Cabinet will strive to achieve.
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<br />First point of order was to push the ball back on the oppositions part of the field by introducing a sound fiscal policy agenda, thus forcing R, S & SF to either concur on a fiscal policy alternative (not likely) or see the – up until now – relatively unified opposition get into a bloody fistfight over where to cut.
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<br />Likely as not the forthcoming election, not to be held no later than November 2011 is going to be the most decisive for Denmark in the past 10 years. If the current cabinet wins power once more, then Ms. Torning (S) party leader of the Social democrats and presumptive Prime Minister Candidate for the opposition has lost 3 in a row. This I assume she cannot survive politically. On the other hand if the current opposition does reclaim the power after some 8-10 years in opposition, what will happen with Ms. Kærsgaard. She is the founder, principle & party leader for the Danish Peoples Party (O) if she cannot gain controls of the power my thinking is she’ll want to retire, but that will crumble her party.
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<br />So basically there are to women who’s politically life are at stake at the next election; Mr. Thorning vs. Ms. Kærsgaard.
<br />Currently I’m not sure who’s going to win.
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<br />PS. Liberal Alliance (Y) – a libertarian party – are launching a major push starting tomorrow with ads, explaining why to vote for them. This might shake things up a bit.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-21066921172441389432010-01-26T14:19:00.006+01:002010-01-26T17:24:46.236+01:00A nice little train!<a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5dR5RBNPbfwiIW9uk6W7g9Zn1MncMnfqZDKAu9_UoALawjBo_2fzP-U0AI-kxKQVF_QS3bENoy142HzxdFLWtvmhFBJk0Non8653LQu-WJQxHkPobkoNf4reztYNWYF637O-Wg/s1600-h/64.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5dR5RBNPbfwiIW9uk6W7g9Zn1MncMnfqZDKAu9_UoALawjBo_2fzP-U0AI-kxKQVF_QS3bENoy142HzxdFLWtvmhFBJk0Non8653LQu-WJQxHkPobkoNf4reztYNWYF637O-Wg/s400/64.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431037892319126514" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" lang="EN-US">This Christmas I was gifted with a new train from Märklin, Baureihe 64, that is a multi purpose steam locomotive from DB (Deutschen Bundesbahn). It’s a smooth little locomotive with sound so the faster you let the train go the more intense the steam locomotive sound is. Also squeaking brakes, bell, whistle-sounds etc. Next objective is to get more rails and electrified my railway switches to improve the realization of the usage.<o:p></o:p></span> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oh – you gotta love playing with electric trains (-:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-30308009224467734752010-01-03T16:58:00.009+01:002010-01-04T11:01:38.386+01:00What happens when Mr. Vestergaard is killed?First of a statement of my views in this matter; Ever since Jyllands Posten – www.jp.dk – decided to print the Mohammed cartoons in 2005 I’ve been in favor of this. Danish freedom of speech applies in Denmark and nowhere else, and as such we cannot tolerate that religious, political or any other dogma influences Danish legislation. We have a judicial branch in Denmark separated from religious influence and are to follow international laws and conventions, but through centuries of debating and development of our society we’ve come to accept that no one, with no(!) exception (The Queen – or King, whichever is present, our Prime minister, famous writers, sports stars, the religious organizations ect.) can avoid to be to be mocked or made fun of, this is a cornerstone of our freedom of speech. Only when such statements are of a libellous nature, then the attacked may plead his case to the court and whatever ruling is to be followed. I support the printing of these cartoons, the drawers, the papers that printed them as support later on. This isn’t a discussion of the legality of these cartoons or if they should be printed or not, no rather it’s a kind of what if? (i.e. what when)<br /><br />I 1988 Salman Rushdie printed The Satanic Verses and in 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared a Fatwa to kill Rushdie. The same hasn’t happened yet and there is number of reasons for this. None the less the cartoonist Mr. Vestergaard was brutally attacked in his home and apparently only survived due to his safe room until armed police agents arrived at the scene 3 minutes later and disabled i.e. shot the intruder in the hand and leg reportedly.<br /><br />The Police haven’t been able to fully secure Mr. Vestergaard since this isn’t the first attack upon him since the drawing but it’s the first where Mr. Vestergaard almost got killed by, what appears to be and renegade Somali male, age 28 acting on his own as revenge for the cartoons.<br /><br />Now we arrived at my point; when – not if – but when someone, and this ‘someone’ will probably be a younger male with radical Islamic tendencies, succeeds and kills Mr. Vestergaard, what will happen then? Angry editorials condemning the perpetrators? Thousands rallying in the streets to show their disgust of this horrible crime?<br /><br />Denmark cannot retaliate on a terrorist attack, since a terrorist officially isn’t state sponsored, some are but this is a different discussion. Should we quarantine all whom show Islamic tendencies? Of course not, that’s a joke; I don’t claim to have an answer for this, rather I reckon that we should remember former Louisiana Governor Patrick Henry: “Give me liberty, or give me death”<br /><br />I truly hope that the police are able to provide Mr. Vestergaard with enough liberty to ensure that he stays alive, rather than experiencing an agonizing death.<br /><br />And just to nobody is confused; the cartoon is Mr. Vestergaards impression of Mohammed.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwQpCBKEdcgfiSQ6YEOUjGNmXN3m_u_1qLVsTk1VujVpuu1x7M_YCYn8mVydC5zGZqmnwv8-Er7K5RmBmnya7w0mFLgyhTR92iq8kvUh__uHmVbdWAIRdavosJHui-78Xp93u0w/s1600-h/muhammed-kurt-westergaard.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwQpCBKEdcgfiSQ6YEOUjGNmXN3m_u_1qLVsTk1VujVpuu1x7M_YCYn8mVydC5zGZqmnwv8-Er7K5RmBmnya7w0mFLgyhTR92iq8kvUh__uHmVbdWAIRdavosJHui-78Xp93u0w/s400/muhammed-kurt-westergaard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422551104496655986" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />And here my own - not even remotely close to the masterpiece above:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL0U2_8if8-oRySM6PaqMUVntkXbaICwWhq8570P9RjqVI1fSJ-7sThRX_9xEMjKwe0jng5gYqLCEw0uPpHw7fV_8qLwjR_r6BbuR0Esb3MD6Wb-SRI0BhXdtMeLIO5nfZGnHVA/s1600-h/mo.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL0U2_8if8-oRySM6PaqMUVntkXbaICwWhq8570P9RjqVI1fSJ-7sThRX_9xEMjKwe0jng5gYqLCEw0uPpHw7fV_8qLwjR_r6BbuR0Esb3MD6Wb-SRI0BhXdtMeLIO5nfZGnHVA/s400/mo.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422551235250411234" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-84242458922833530222009-12-29T17:04:00.005+01:002009-12-29T17:17:13.084+01:00Target 100Well - a new year, and a a new (or old) goal; get healthier - NOW! There is to much of me, around 50 kg give or take, and my New Years Resolution is to get to 100, e.g. "Target 100", which means to break the 100 kg barrier within this year.<br /><br />First off I need to lose some weight, and afterwards I'll begin swimming again.<br /><br />Here's what will happen for the first 6 months;<br /><br />- I'll weigh myself every Monday evening at 2000h starting 4th of January 2010, results will be posted on this blog.<br />- Ride my bike to work Monday, Wednesday & Friday, e.g. the days I'm not going to CBS. This is a 2 x 17 km ride with lots of steep hills and windy stretches. Results for these rides will be posted on http://connect.garmin.com<br />- Avoid all of the following: junk (pizza, burgers, fries etc.) for a period of 6 months.<br />- Avoid candy, cookies, chips etc. for a period of 6 months.<br />- Only allow myself to drink soft drinks, juice, alcohol etc. from Friday evening to Sunday at noon.<br /><br />Previously I've been following a diet program from where I know that I can drop close to one kilogram every week. So when this hold-up, the first goal would be a 25 kg drop by 1st of July 2010 - we'll see.<br /><br />To be continued...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-14247010446966198402009-12-15T20:18:00.002+01:002009-12-15T23:27:08.718+01:00Why the COP15 isn't going to achive anything....Currently there is major massive invasion of Copenhagen….sorry – Hopenhagen, in order to reach an equitable agreement on the environment under the Danish Leadership, but they won’t succeed in the long run.<br /><br />Yes the industrialized world might present some realistic and measurable goals to reduce the impact on the environment caused by our demand for energy, but come on; who are we kidding? Name for me please somebody who would like to give up their iPhone? Their online surfing? Their blogging (-:? All that we do in the western world demands energy and really nobody are willing to scale back the comfortable way of life we’ve all come to enjoy; in North America, in Europe, In the Pacific and so on. Instead demanding that we scale our energy consumption back, thus reducing heating, transporting, entertaining our selves, it will be up to the private sector and the intelligentsia of our Universities and engineering and business schools to invent new ideas to produce co2 free energy, or at least co2 reducing energy.<br /><br />We’re just leaving a decade of overconsumption, over usage in all ways. This produced individuals that are ready to take on commitments to the world, interested in solving the issues, not scaling back to a pre-industrialization society. Only when private corporations and the intelligentsia awake from its sleep something will happen in the industrialized world.<br /><br />On the other side of the rugby field is the third world countries that are hit – and will be hit the hardest – from the current climate changes. They claim that the industrialized world needs to pick up the environmental bill from our previous abominations. Well this can be argued, and truthfully the industrialized world has a responsibility; to the past – not so much the future. <br /><br />Fertility are just short of holding the euro-zone and North America above the 2,1 children that is considered to maintain your demography. In the third world women gets 3-4-5-xx kids and they produce co2, and this accumulates to an unprecedented magnitude in just a few generations. How to stop this? Simple; make sure that women all around in the third world have access to and are allowed the usage of contraception’s. Then the rate of women whom will get a education will rise, and thus again improve the quality of living standard.<br /><br />So how are standing in the doorway? Islamic laws and habits and Catholic laws and habits. Overall those two religions preach the submission of women to men, and hereby greatly reduces the chance for a women to be considered equal to men.<br /><br />So who am I routing for? Women in the third world. Whom do I trust to come at through first? Private corporations in the industrialized world, but since the religious dogma won’t change anything until they experience their own ‘catechisms’, things are likely to stay the same or even get worse….also after COP15 are over.<br /><br />I'm not holding my breath...<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-54256185328144890852009-11-09T14:44:00.005+01:002009-11-09T14:49:43.201+01:009th of November 1989 - 20 years later<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJD1GlMJ4MS2jzcd6d67h4GlNricqWFUjaipWsQKSlqjxNw-OlPMgLB3nnITEDpUD9uoGdTNx13RKD9JcbM79ilVKea6csKXpkx3JiCHlJg1utXPD1lIhfhuW34mw4Y0K-xq7sg/s1600-h/Karte_berliner_mauer_de.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJD1GlMJ4MS2jzcd6d67h4GlNricqWFUjaipWsQKSlqjxNw-OlPMgLB3nnITEDpUD9uoGdTNx13RKD9JcbM79ilVKea6csKXpkx3JiCHlJg1utXPD1lIhfhuW34mw4Y0K-xq7sg/s320/Karte_berliner_mauer_de.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402100504819867762" /></a><br /><br />20 years ago the animosities in eastern Berlin was almost at an end. Close to three decades of harassments from Stasi was ending with the opening of “Der Mauer” Ever since the Soviet dictatorship decided to build an "anti fascistic protection wall" in 1961, families had been torn apart and one of the most influential countries in Europe’s history began its healing towards its unification lead by brave men like Mr. Gorbatsjov, Mr. Kohl & President Bush. Communism did crumble and a free capitalistic market did emerge and Berlin is on the fast track to – yet again – become one of the leading cultural cities in Europe.<br /><br />A lot of grim things have been said about capitalism over the last 12-18 months, but ultimately capitalism ‘just’ need to be tethered a bit and this have been deeply missing in the last few years.<br /><br />I’d much rather have a kind laissez-faire economics environment, free press & freedom of speech, the possibility to travel when and where one sees fit, rather than a post-communistic plan economy where growth is zero or negative, a secret police within the state continuously spying on the citizens, no freedom of speech and with no places to go – other than where the state thought it were appropriate that you went…Gulag for instance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKbdesVWMEuGH45bHipZrXGC_Pz9TU3sWJ-fcTcWsOM0srRUOzXFyZ1mH-C5KdopFbb6xDGG9VEUtNLjZWKJQ_wq-LjeqSHsJLl-4SGxj-daalZWK1K6S2UIvUdzGcOJu3qfmKw/s1600-h/landscape.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKbdesVWMEuGH45bHipZrXGC_Pz9TU3sWJ-fcTcWsOM0srRUOzXFyZ1mH-C5KdopFbb6xDGG9VEUtNLjZWKJQ_wq-LjeqSHsJLl-4SGxj-daalZWK1K6S2UIvUdzGcOJu3qfmKw/s320/landscape.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402100499544388162" /></a><br /><br />Please take a moment to remember what was won 20 years ago. This day is every bit as important as the 7th may 1945 where Nazi-Germany signed the unconditional surrender to the allied forces, just a shame it should be another 45 years before thriving countries like Poland, Hungary, Czech republic etc. could taste freedom from oppression.<br /><br />Happy E-Day.<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-89336369949371958462009-11-07T17:12:00.002+01:002009-11-07T17:20:15.338+01:00Market concepts & Demand orientation<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CTMP%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CTMP%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CTMP%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 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Just popped in to say ‘hello’ (-:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Just started a new course at CBS that would roughly translate to “Market concepts & Demand orientation” and in our first assignment each class is given a set of manufactures, products etc. to analyze in accordance with their product, services & segments…and one of the companies are Garmin Ltd. (giggles) I’m quite looking forward to what others might mean of the above in respect to Garmin.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">…other than that I just spent the better part of a week in bead with the worst kind of flu; man-flu!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">/C<o:p></o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-24248412407220984442009-09-13T21:16:00.001+02:002009-09-13T22:05:22.483+02:00The Iraqis in the church….<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CTMP%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CTMP%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" 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class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">For quite some time now there has been a war going on and the main battlegrounds have been the major media outlets. During spring 2009 some dozens ex-Iraqis were expelled from Denmark based upon review of their application to seek asylum. When the ruling was confirmed they took refuge in a Copenhagen church and stayed there until this summer, when the police entered the church and lead the Iraqis to the airport some days later. From the get going there have been an intense yet sober battle for the hearts and minds of Danes but now there have been a shift in the public mood.
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<br />First off; this is a really divisive matter for the public and there is a great many aspects to be taken into consideration; for some of the expelled Iraqis their trail have lasted 4-5-6+ years, since they first applied asylum. Saddam Hussein regime of terror have been overthrown and the country is fluctuating between a weak state and a country on the edge of civil war, so the conditions may have altered dramatically since they arrived originally.
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<br />I’m pro helping people in dire need of asylum, and I’m against the ‘local’ Populist Party with NASPD tendency (Dansk Folkeparti) policy & rhetoric – on the other hand I have a understanding of the concept of rule of law: you get to test your case with lawyers, judges etc. and if you are unsatisfied with the outcome of the ruling you have one or maybe more grounds of appeal. When a court has confirmed a ruling i.e. the Supreme Court confirms a ruling by the High court then its final and the relevant authorities (Police etc.) have to ensure that the text of the ruling is fulfilled.
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<br />Why the change in the mood? Without going into a complicated left-right debate I believe that it’s safe to say that in this matter it’s the far left (Enhedslisten) and some left centrist (Radikale Venstre) whom are leading the crusade for undoing the verdict. But now it’s taken a new turn. Today – Sunday 13/9 – there is a fairly large interview in Politiken, where a range of known and unknown Danes admits that they are trying to raise money to help keep some of the not yet gone expelled Iraqis hidden in Denmark, even though that they have been expelled…..now is the time to remember the sound from last year Christmas party when Charles from marketing forgot to lift the pickup before changing the LP.
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<br />If you openly confess to an interviewer supposed to appear in a major news outlet, that you are about to break the law and do it in consultation with others you are properly committing a conspiracy.
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<br />A judicial professor at Copenhagen University assess that an organization whom are collecting money to support illegal aliens not only commits a crime, but also the people donating to the organization will be committing a crime.
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<br />So what is the deal? I’m deeply troubled with the fact that a significant portion of the inhabitants of this equilibrium country seems to think that it’s ok to break the law and even more concerning to thwart the authorities in their struggle to uphold the current legislation….instead of suggesting some real changes to the way we look upon emigrants.</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <u1:worddocument> <u1:view>Normal</u1:View> <u1:zoom>0</u1:Zoom> <u1:trackmoves/> <u1:trackformatting/> <u1:hyphenationzone>21</u1:HyphenationZone> <u1:punctuationkerning/> <u1:validateagainstschemas/> <u1:saveifxmlinvalid>false</u1:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <u1:ignoremixedcontent>false</u1:IgnoreMixedContent> <u1:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</u1:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <u1:donotpromoteqf/> <u1:lidthemeother>DA</u1:LidThemeOther> <u1:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</u1:LidThemeAsian> <u1:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</u1:LidThemeComplexScript> <u1:compatibility> <u1:breakwrappedtables/> <u1:snaptogridincell/> 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name="TOC Heading"> </u3:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> And even more I’m outraged that the once in favor of enforcing the law and the specific ruling are considered to be evil, mean xenophobes.
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<br />PS. That being said I’m in favor of reexamine the immigration legislation to make Denmark much more attractive to foreigners, but more of that at a later time.</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-76777801147533154742009-09-02T11:28:00.002+02:002009-09-02T20:15:10.000+02:00IFABack to work – and off again. This weekend I’ll be joining a delegation of Danish reporters from the major news outlets (Berlingske, Politiken, Børsen etc.) when the Danish trade association for consumer electronics will visit IFA in Berlin (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin). Naturally the reason I’ll be present is due to my employment at Garmin where I’m to conduct interviews with the Danish journalists, regarding our newly launched products, portfolio, nüvifone etc. I’ll try to come around the exhibit and capture pictures of anything interesting – and the booth babes. Friday night is probably spent in my hotel room prepping for Saturday.<br /><br />Stay tuned.<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-36374201613159746832009-08-25T10:34:00.002+02:002009-09-02T20:16:04.189+02:00PIM(P)The summer is long gone – now it’s back to work and school. Monday we had the introduction to our courses this semester and it turns out that we have to turn a paper in by the end of October, and that this paper serves as an exam….dreary me. Oh well. It’s probably not any worse than macroeconomics or commerce legislation that I survived last year, so probably it’s going to work out just fine.<br /><br />The course for this semester is called PIM(P?) a abbreviation to Problem identification, Information theory and Modeling. Quite honestly I think it’s going to be fine fiddling with lots of data and then use a variety of applications to get hold of your information flow, in order to produce a model that fits like a glove to the specific task. On the other hand I thought that I was done with regression analysis etc. but no.<br /><br />....so no more going out until June next year, instead I’ll use my non-CBS time on my Cannondale – more of that at a later time.<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-54697323115642802362009-08-06T23:01:00.003+02:002009-08-06T23:13:47.940+02:00Who will be the next power; BRIC? EU? 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This post isn’t related to what caused the problems (to low interests rates from the federal banks, derivate debt products, subprime mortgage etc.) but rather a speculation of what is next.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">In my opinion Fareed Zaakarias book “The Post American World” is highly recommendable on this subject, but he fails to see the real issue here. In the sixth chapter of the book he claims that the main (or at least one of the main reasons) the American dominant era is coming to an end, is the open-ended engagement in Iraq (and Afghanistan) and this is costing the US its freedom of maneuverability. Now it’s important to remember that this work was finalized by the end of 2007 and published in May 2008 i.e. several months before the financial crises really caught on in September 2008. Rather than being the military evolvement that broke/drained the treasury of the US it was (is?) the financial crisis. After this crises first became a world market event governments, including The congress and The White House, around the world have poured gazillions of cash (€£$) into public spending, in order to keep the unemployment rate constant, or at least avoid that it exploded, but sometime soon the governments are going to run out of cash. When this happens then we’ll have the collapse, since consumers still are holding back on their private spending thus private company’s cannot grow their enterprise and we’ll eventually get a long time rescission, unless…..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Fareed Zaakarias assumes that the 21<sup>st</sup> century will belong to the newcomers, or at least that the US will have to consult with other states, Brazil, Russia, India, China etc. and act multilaterally rather than unilaterally. Say for moment that we accept the thesis above, and expect the US to run out of cash it can throw into government spending programs by mid 2010. Now the US is hamstrung by its debt, especially to China, and even China on the other hand will have no interest what so ever in forcing the US to repay its loan prior to schedule due to risk of having to deal with a hostile President and/or Congress, and what might be.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">One of the key factors to the non-western economical growth over the last 2 decades has been (is) the access to a sort of stable energy supply (oil, gas etc.), the reality that Russia wasn’t a factor, the only superpower left was the US and access to loans with exceptionally low interest rates. Now all of this is changing rapidly. Russia is resurgent, or tough only due to the massive demand for Oil and Gas thus trying to regain its previous super-power status, due to demands especially in China and India energy prices will rice. The possibility to be authorized for a low interest loan is unlikely, so this is where the EU should make its case. I won’t for a second argue that governments should direct research into specific areas but I’d like to see an overall effort to reduce the dependence of fossil energy inside the EU by say 50 % over the next generation i.e. 30 years. What will this accomplish? Most likely universities & business schools in partnerships or while competing with existing companies, will improve and re-think how we think of energy. The BRIC countries have to experiencing the same learning curve that have been creeping up on the west over the next generation, and then the energy alternatives are ready for mass distribution.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Devil’s advocate:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Won’t the non-western countries develop and discover the above themselves? Probably not. One main advantage kept by higher learning institutes in the west, is that when students enrolls on courses they have a sense of critique to the established consensus, whether it’s nature science, economics, philosophy etc. they want to challenge the sitting establishment and somehow I don’t think that’s the way to achieve a meaningful relationship with the rulers for example in China? But I might be mistaken…..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We have enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Most of the citizens in Western Europe have a home, a flat, either a rented or an owned. Most families have a small house, a terraced house or larger flat. Their kids go to school the majority of them can get meaningful employment. They have either tax paid health and medi care or through an insurance. I know that there are some areas where thing can get better – there always will be, but shouldn’t we, the west, <span style=""> </span>be able to say that we did something when the end of history and the last man arrived (Fukuyama) rather than just see the western lifestyle burn in the fire of decadence of massive over consumption?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">I hope that this crisis will act as a much needed wakeup call to the European Union whom I think and hope will seize the moment an become a world power.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">……just some random thoughts from the balcony this lovely summer night.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">/C</span></p>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX1ncnNYo9rHgNI9g0Y7WpK2NRSf1Xe4UpXmqTdapXBeqsy2QuTxUPcgNIndRQRq9ns6mrs4fnpW9MafBjv-qQWlVtmaisjxuiJlFhmtiny5sy32UfDAEwi9zwxdtkFbsnngqPA/s1600-h/DSC00812.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX1ncnNYo9rHgNI9g0Y7WpK2NRSf1Xe4UpXmqTdapXBeqsy2QuTxUPcgNIndRQRq9ns6mrs4fnpW9MafBjv-qQWlVtmaisjxuiJlFhmtiny5sy32UfDAEwi9zwxdtkFbsnngqPA/s320/DSC00812.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366960511240471234" /></a><br />Friday night I had the pleasure to host a dinner with three friends and during dinner we enjoyed 4 different, yet magnificent champagnes:<br /><br />1.) Mumm, brand-brand-brand, but a fabulous warm-up.<br />2.) Bollinger, 007 's choice - need one say more?<br />3.) Taittinger, personal long time favourite.<br />4.) Delamotte, made of non-Vintage Salon grapes - a bargain!<br /><br />All four were extremely rich in their flavour and bouquet, but evaluated against each other the four of us voted the Taittinger to be the best. Full bodied, with fine tones of fruit this was a perfect match to to the meal. The other had their strengths and weaknesses but it must be noted that the Bollinger had the most elegant edge.<br /><br />But what's all the fuss about one might ask? Well.....I have at least 24 months left (summer 2011) where I don't quite have the time to be social (due to study at CBS, see elsewhere) hence lacing the time to host of dinners 'gettogethers' etc., and instead of collecting (red)wine for non occurring events, one might consider to collect champagne instead.<br />Fore sure it's more expensive but on the other hand - it might be more of a experince? What do I know....but I think this is the way things are changing, so stay tuned for more bozo-reviews!<br /><br />/CUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-46351647753942595642008-05-18T20:04:00.001+02:002008-05-18T20:25:24.375+02:00Old friends<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Saturday I went to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:City> to visit a friend of mine I’ve known close to 25 years now. I haven’t seen him in a while because he’s been under a lot of stress due to a depression – for which he is in medical treatment for.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>Once again I was shocked to se how a depression changes a person, especially one whom you know quite well. Just the idea of answering the phone or do the dishes seem to be a Sisyphus task in their view. The worst part tough is that they feel guilt towards you because they feel that they neglect you, and no matter how many times you tell them “its al right” is fails to penetrate into their minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>Why should this be interesting one might argue? Well in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Denmark</st1:place></st1:country-region> to a large extend I believe people whom suffer form a depression is considered to be weak of mind, but in my humble opinion this is rubbish. Everybody can develop a depression for various reasons and if you know anybody; family, friends or colleagues whom suffer from this try not to be to harsh to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">All one really can do is to be understanding and supportive and help them in any way possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">/C<o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-8788513374623872122008-05-15T22:02:00.001+02:002008-05-15T22:04:55.416+02:00Done with theoretic statistic(!)<o:p></o:p><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Currently I’m studying for a bachelor degree in economics at <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Copenhagen</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placename st="on">Business</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.cbs.dk/">http://www.cbs.dk</a>) and today I passed my theoretic statistic exam – though only earning a C I’m still quite pleased. No more regression models, T-test and hypotheses talk!<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">And FCK beat Viborg FF 3-<st1:metricconverter productid="0 in" st="on">0 in</st1:metricconverter> the Danish premium soccer league – all in all a pretty nice day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p><br />/C<o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-87096367754038681452008-05-14T11:40:00.001+02:002008-05-14T11:45:29.480+02:00Why ZeuSueZ?<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">A <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">long</span></span></span> time, 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">years</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">or</span></span></span> so, I <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">played</span></span></span> a game <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">called</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Diablo.</span></span></span> To <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">make</span></span></span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">long</span></span></span> (and <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">uninteresting</span>)</span> story <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">short</span></span></span>, I had to <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">choose</span></span></span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">name</span></span></span> for <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">my</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">character</span></span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">this</span></span></span> game. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Surely</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">cannot</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">remember</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">why</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">choose</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">this</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">name</span>, but at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">the</span> time it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">seemed</span> cool and it kind <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">stuck to me.</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Now</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">use</span> is as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">my</span> online alias <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">instead</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">of</span> *<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">yourname</span>_<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">randomnumber</span>_##!!” It’s more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">easy</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">remember</span> (-:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Therefore</span>: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">ZeuSueZ</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">PS. I’ve just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">re-activated</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">this</span> blog and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">hopefully</span> I’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">ll</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">be</span> more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">productive</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">the</span> future.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">/C<o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432782.post-1136363857485596922006-01-04T09:23:00.001+01:002008-05-14T11:51:01.650+02:00New television<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Finally - I've bought a TV, hallelujah this rox! 32" TFT.....now I lived in my apartment for over a year where I had chosen not to have a TV, due to the fact that the TV I owned, was a miserably 15 years old 14" Sanyo, but now that 24 started on season 4, I had to get a TV.<br /><br />It also works as my monitor on my desktop - that’s something you without doubt becomes addicted to!<br /><br />....so I watched the first 2 episodes of 24, and it - surprisingly - seems to have the same action packed storyline as the previous 3 seasons.<br /><br />Btw - people whom attend a sale in a major mall and a like, act like lemmings - JESUS CHRIST, if anybody have seen "Finding Nemo" you might remember the Pigeons: "Mine? Mine? Mine?!!".....get a life - just because you save 10, 25 or 50 USD you should try to control your temper.<br /><br /></span>/C</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0