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Kevin Strike, Khaled El Emam, Nazim Madhavji, "Software Cost Estimation with Incomplete Data," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 890-908, October, 2001.
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Abstract—The construction of software cost estimation models remains an active topic of research. The basic premise of cost modeling is that a historical database of software project cost data can be used to develop a quantitative model to predict the cost of future projects. One of the difficulties faced by workers in this area is that many of these historical databases contain substantial amounts of missing data. Thus far, the common practice has been to ignore observations with missing data. In principle, such a practice can lead to gross biases and may be detrimental to the accuracy of cost estimation models. In this paper, we describe an extensive simulation where we evaluate different techniques for dealing with missing data in the context of software cost modeling. Three techniques are evaluated: listwise deletion, mean imputation, and eight different types of hot-deck imputation. Our results indicate that all the missing data techniques perform well with small biases and high precision. This suggests that the simplest technique, listwise deletion, is a reasonable choice. However, this will not necessarily provide the best performance. Consistent best performance (minimal bias and highest precision) can be obtained by using hot-deck imputation with Euclidean distance and a z-score standardization.
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You may be a vampire enthusiast yourself, and a member of social media networks, in which case it is not surprising that you are following the pages, profiles and groups of these very popular vampire franchises. Whether you are a member of Team Edward or Team Jacob, of Team Stefan or Team Damon, you probably have unquenchable thirst for vampire information. Check out these social media articles that will surely satisfy this thirst for everything related to vampire fiction that are popular with millions nowadays.


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Max Scherzer is taking some time off after the unfortunate death of his brother, who committed suicide a few days ago. I just happened to catch mention of condolences to Max and his family on my Twitter timeline just now from a friend of mine...after doing a Google search, I came upon this story, courtesy of the Tigers SB nation board:
I can't even imagine how Max and his family are feeling right now...such a shock and a sad time in their lives! My thoughts and prayers, as well as condolences, go out to the entire Scherzer family.


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The Verdict: Critics Review Broadway's Forever Tango
By Carey Purcell
Luis' Bravo's Forever Tango recently returned to Broadway for a limited engagement. The dance show, which officially opened July 14, is currently scheduled to play the Walter Kerr Theatre through Sept. 15.
The production, which includes 16 tango dancers, one vocalist and an 11-piece orchestra, currently features five-time Grammy Award winner Gilberto Santa Rosa (through July 28) and Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, of "Dancing With the Stars" (through Aug. 11).
Forever Tango originally opened on Broadway in 1997, receiving numerous Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations. It returned to Broadway for a four-month engagement in 2004.
"Forever Tango is music, drama, culture, a way of life," press notes state. "The popularity of tango has exploded all over the world. Sensuous and sophisticated, the tango is a feeling that you dance. A story is channeled through the flick of the leg, the tug of a hand, the tap of a foot, and the arch of an eyebrow. It's passionate, yet melancholic. Tender, yet violent. You dance it with somebody, but it is so internal, you dance it by yourself."
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Watching Derek Jeter tie and pass Nap Lajoie in last night's Yankees vs White Sox game made me think about our captain, counting stats and our beloved White Sox. Also your mind begins to wander after watching 5 hours of pitching changes, people walking around the pitchers mound and talking about Ragu.
Paul Konerko probably won't end his career with 3000 hits. He definitely won't have 347 stolen bases. And I'm guessing the Sox won't win 4 World Series over the rest of Kong's career.
But he could end his career pretty close to being the best White Sox player (in a pure counting numbers sense) of all time. For this exercise I want to present to you.
1. Paulie's current numbers.
2. Paulie's White Sox career average after you add in the ZIPs numbers for the rest of the season
3. What Paulie would have after 4 years more years of putting up said career average numbers
4. The current White Sox leader.
I picked 4 more years because Paulie's 36, and 40 is a good round number for him to retire at. I also believe that Paulie could have 4 more solid years left for the Sox.
Current: 2147 (4th all time)
Average/Year: 153
Projected: 2746 (2nd all time)
White Sox Leader: Luke Appling (2749)
Ok, wow, that's ironic, because I pick 4 so he got to 40. And he ends up 3 hits short of Luke Appling. Ok, so now do I think Paulie can put up 153 hits a year over the next 4? If he stays healthy, yes. I'm pretty sure he can get Luke and pass him for the all time lead. The concussion scares me a little but the way he's come back to play definitely eases my mind.
Current: 378 (3rd all time)
Average/Year: 27
Projected: 494 (1st all time)
White Sox Leader: Frank Thomas (447)
Paulie's getting this record. Despite his speed, he consistently hits the ball off the walls and into the gaps for doubles. 27 doubles a year doesn't seem like much and he'll probably end up with that many this season.
Who am I kidding. Paulie has 8 for his career. He'll be lucky to end up with 10.
Home Runs
Current: 409 (2nd all time)
Average/Year: 30
Projected: 535 (1st all time)
White Sox Leader: Thomas (448)
Well. This is a stat I really didn't need to look up (except to do Paulie's projected number). Big Frank is going to lose his record in 2014 should Paul not get traded or seriously injured. 500 is going to get got. Do I think 535 is possible? Maybe. Paul will finish his career in the top 20 and maybe pass Frank's 521.
Runs Batted In
Current: 1289 (2nd all time)
Average/Year: 94
Projected: 1684 (1st all time)
White Sox Leader: Thomas (1465)
Another leader board number Frank will be surpassed in. 2014 is going to be a tough year for those of us who grew up idolizing Frank, as he'll get inducted into the Hall and be simultaneously being passed by Konerko as the White Sox leader. 94 seems like a lot for Paul to average over the next 4 years, but 80-85 is going to happen and 1600 RBI will be passed.
Current: 30.9 (13th all time)
Average/Year: 2.3
Projected: ~41 (7th all time)
White Sox Leader: Appling (84.7)
This is the only stat the Robin will have over Paulie at the end of his career (Robin: 42.4 fWAR with the Sox). This is tough to project, so I'll just leave it here.
Other stats Paul would lead if he continues he career average:
Games Played, Plate Appearances (and At Bats), Strike Outs and GIDP (he already leads these)
In my opinion Frank will always be the greatest White Sox player of all time, but Paul Konerko is really giving him a run for his money. Maybe Paulie can come up with Kong's Kölsch once his career is over to market to the highbrow beer drinkers like myself.
Thanks to Fangraphs for allowing me to look up these numbers. No thanks to Google for not having any picture of Jeter and Konerko together to put in this article.


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If anyone had any doubt about the bias and untrustworthiness of The New York Times, its Dec. 28 report on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and its Dec. 30 editorial on the same subject should have put all doubt to rest.
Indeed, the whole ridiculous report by the Times was nothing but the opening salvo in its effort to put Hillary Rodham Clinton in the White House in 2017. The Times' editorial demonstrates that Clinton's possible 2016 presidential run was on their minds.
"Republicans long ago abandoned common sense and good judgment in pursuit of conspiracy-mongering and an obsessive effort to discredit President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who may run for president in 2016," the editorial board wrote.
At the crux of the Times' so-called "exhaustive investigation" was the ridiculously ignorant claim that the whole melee that resulted in the deaths of four Americans stemmed from a YouTube video, which was an awfully campy trailer for the homemade anti-Islam movie, "Innocence of Muslims." The movie itself does not appear to actually exist and even the actual title is in dispute.
Yet, this short (less than 15 minutes) clip is, according to The New York Times, the reason why a mob randomly attacked the consulate. Never mind the fact that this mob had serious firepower. Not many people go to an impromptu protest rally with a rocket launcher.
The whole report by the Times bordered on silly. Even the administration backed off the video claim when the American people, including Obama Kool-Aid drinkers, found the whole idea did not pass the sniff test. The video itself had very few views on YouTube before the administration made it the scapegoat for its failures in Benghazi. There was one mention of it on an Egyptian blog before the attack and it was mentioned in part of an Egyptian news report concerning Pastor Terry Jones, the Florida man who likes to burn Qurans.
In fact, investigations by the U.S. State Department and by the House of Representatives committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform determined that there was no protest at the consulate that day and that the attack was premeditated and launched by Islamic militants.
It is fascinating, then, that The New York Times could embarrass itself with this "exhaustive investigation" that basically backs up Clinton's initial claims despite the fact that Clinton's own State Department later proved Clinton wrong.
The fact of the matter is, Obama and Clinton were simply incompetent when it comes to foreign policy. Emails that came to light after the fact all but debunked the whole claim that the attack was the result of an impromptu demonstration against an obscure video made by a Coptic Christian in California on a shoestring budget.
James S. Robbins, deputy editor of Rare, accurately broke it down a few months ago:
"Benghazi was an al Qaeda-linked attack when al Qaeda was supposed to be largely destroyed. It was planned in advance but either not detected, not stopped, or both. State Department officials on the ground requested extra security before the fact, and were ignored. The Libyan militia hired to guard the consulate had terrorist ties. The attack took place on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks when everyone should have been on alert. U.S. forces on hand that might have been used to help defend the Benghazi consulate or intimidate the attackers were either told to stand down, never stood up, not available or never thought of, depending on which story you believe. And four Americans were killed, including Ambassador Chris Stevens."
Later, Clinton dismissed the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods, saying "What does it matter?"
This is one of the many reasons Clinton does not belong in the White House — and why I hope the Democrats choose her as their candidate. It is also the likely reason why The New York Times chose now to begin the defense of Clinton. After all, the first votes in the 2016 election are a mere 24 months away.


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With the Los Angeles Lakers seeking financial relief this offseason and their amnesty provision from the 2011 collective bargaining agreement still unused, it's likely they'll be looking to chop hefty contracts.
And even though forward Metta World Peace has a player option for next season worth a healthy $7.7 million, there's a chance he forgoes it in order to work toward a long-term deal to stay in Los Angeles, according to NBA.com. Doing so would take away the opportunity for the Lakers to amnesty World Peace, who is 33 years old:
"I think my agent is trying to see if he can get an extension to stay here in L.A.," World Peace told NBA.com. "I'm really excited about the possibilities of staying here in L.A."
World Peace didn't tell NBA.com whether he'd be willing to take a paycut with the Lakers, but it's possible he'd be willing to have the value of his contract strung out over a longer period of time.
His comments and attitude make sense. The Lakers' total payroll, including luxury taxes, is around $129 million this season, according to the Los Angeles Times' Eric Pincus. For a team fighting for its playoff eligibility, it's unlikely the front office is keen on standing completely pat this offseason.
Pincus reports that the Lakers' total bill would cost $170 to $229 million next season if the current roster is retained.
And if World Peace doesn't pick up his option, Los Angeles can save money in that regard all while looking to use its amnesty provision elsewhere -- that's whether he's re-signed for less month or allowed to walk. Pau Gasol, Steve Blake and Kobe Bryant are the other three players who can be amnestied. The Lakers are unlikely to amnesty Bryant because of his stellar production this year, and Gasol at the least has a good amount of trade value.
The amnesty clause, part of the July 2011 CBA, allows an NBA team to once cut a player's contract completely off the books.
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Updated March 28, 2013: People in Pittsburg can now see something that hasn't been revealed for more than 80 years.
A marquee on the historic Colonial Fox Theater was removed Thursday. The project revealed some historic details of the building.
"It's momentous because it's been on there since '59," says Vonnie Corsini, the Executive Director of the Colonial Fox Theater Foundation. "It's been what people have seen on Broadway, many of them their whole lives. I'm excited that people will be able to see the beauty of this building."
The marquee will be restored but won't be put back up in the same spot.
The restoration group hopes to start having events at the theater next month.
Updated March 25, 2013: Due to the weather the Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation says the Colonial Fox marquee will not be removed until Thursday March 28.
Posted March 24, 2013: Monday the downtown Colonial Fox Theatre will remove their marquee.
It's been the focal point at the Fox for 59 years . After the removal you'll see the Italian renaissance design behind. This will be the first time anyone has seen the design.
But don't worry officials say they hope to restore the sign and that they have plans to putting it back up in the future.
"Oh no its way to important to us to be gone forever, many of us haven't seen it when its lighted and it's pretty spectacular we will bring it back and restore it and put it on its own pallet" says Executive Director Vonnie Corsini.
The Fox hopes to receive donations to help fund a future project next door, including the old marquee.
To donate contact the Theatre:
Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation
P.O. Box 33 Pittsburg, KS 66762
www.colonial fox.org
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Kate Moss Has a Lucian Freud Tattoo
Well this is just great news. Kate Moss told the Belfast Telegraph that she has an original Lucian Freud tattooed on her hiney. (Thanks to Blouin Artinfo for digging this one up.) Freud, who died last year, did the body art himself when Ms. Moss posed for him in 2002. The tat depicts two swallows and is located at the base of her spine. Read More


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Albany -- National and International business leaders will tour Albany Friday when the state's Red Carpet Tour returns to Southwest Georgia for the first time in 7 years.
Southwest Georgia economic development officials were making last minute plans for hosting the Red Carpet tour's four hour visit to Albany.
38 business and industry heads from 16 states and 3 foreign nations will take part in the 44th Annual Tour of Georgia. The hope is the business leaders will be impressed enough to bring their industry to Southwest Georgia.
Television personality and naturalist Jim Fowler, who helped design the Parks at Chehaw, will be one of the speakers on the tour. Fowler said "How we treat the Earth affects our human welfare and our quality of life. And our national security. It's very important, and I'm very glad to see the businessmen of Georgia coming down and having exposure to a place like Chehaw Park."
More than 700 volunters will help greet The Red Carpet Tour visitors. They will be wined and dined at the Municipal Auditorium and Chehaw.
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SEC Assistant Coaches Ready to Move Up
ESPN blogger Edward Aschoff gives his take on what SEC Head Coaches are a hot commodity items (James Franklin and Dan Mullen) and ready to are ready to take their programs higher or entertain better schools. He then goes into what Assistant Coaches are ripe to take the next step upward. With no surprise UGA placed two assistants on this list; the newly named Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Todd Grantham and Defensive Line Coach Rodney Garner. Others joining Grantham and Garner are: Shawn Elliott, South Carolina offensive line coach/running game coordinator Chris Kiffin, Ole Miss defensive line coach/recruiting coordinator for defense Kliff Kingsbury, Texas A&M offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, Arkansas offensive coordinator Bob Shoop, Vanderbilt defensive coordinator/safeties coach Kirby Smart, Alabama defensive coordinator Trooper Taylor, Auburn wide receivers coach/assistant head coach Frank Wilson, LSU running backs coach/recruiting coordinator and David Yost, Missouri offensive coordinator/recruiting coordinator. Not a surprise the list is missing the name of Mike Bobo.


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Terra Incognita: A little pogrom in Bangladesh
10/08/2012 22:13
The Western press was quite concerned about not reporting about the destruction of Hindu temples in Pakistan and burning of Buddhist temples in Bangladesh. After all, mentioning how fanaticism actually results in attacks on religious minorities might make the Barack/Clinton appeasement broadcast seem foolish.
Buddhist monk inspects a burnt temple
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"Since our founding, the US has been a nation that respects all faiths and ejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.… Let me state clearly, and I hope it is obvious, the US government had nothing to do with this video, we absolutely reject its content and message."
The message was supposed to preempt Pakistani riots.
Pakistan has a history of rioting. In November of 1979 Pakistanis rushed from their homes after hearing a radio broadcast that the United States had bombed the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. The actual story was that a Saudi Arabian Islamist fanatic had taken over the mosque. The US was not involved. But Pakistani rioters don't look for facts.
Instead, the rioters sought out the American Embassy in Pakistan and burned it to the ground. Two Americans were murdered. In 1989, following the publication of Salman Rushdi's
The Satanic Verses
, 10,000 Pakistanis attacked the American Cultural Center in Islamabad. Six of the protestors died in the incident.
What is nice about this knee-jerk Pakistani reaction to almost anything that the mobs think is offensive, even things that are patently untrue, is that Pakistan has received over $30 billion in US aid. An April 2012 Congressional Research Report noted, "Pakistan has been among the leading recipients of US foreign assistance both historically and in recent years. The country arguably is as important to forwarding US security interests as any in the world."
During the September debacle in which the US president and secretary of state begged the Pakistanis not to be outraged, a little-covered incident took place. After the protestors were done burning American flags, they turned their attention to destroying movie theaters, veritable dens of immorality. And when the satanic theaters had been burned, protestors in Karachi attacked a Hindu neighborhood.
Hindus form a small minority in Pakistan.
According to Al-Jazeera, which was the only major media outlet to report the story, the protestors ransacked the Sri Krishna temple, burned a holy book and bashed Hindu statues. Then they broke into people's homes and stole jewelry and valuables. This is, of course, ironic since the protestors were ostensibly protesting the insult to their religion.
What better way to protest the insult to Islam, by a random man in California, than to beat on some Hindus and steal their jewelry? The US State Department didn't pay for any ads in Pakistan to explain that burning Hindu statues is wrong. Because, while the State Department is clear that one must reject the message of the anti-Islam video, it doesn't seem to see too much of a problem with some good old jingoistic bashing of minorities.
This is interesting, since one of the State Department's goals is supposedly to "provide basic education support, such as building schools and providing funds for text books and teachers; and improve the quality of universities in Pakistan."
Obviously the education isn't working, at least not in making people tolerant.
BUT PAKISTAN isn't the only place where a glaring and offensive pogrom against minorities took place recently. In Bangladesh, which until 1973 was known as East Pakistan, another event went under-reported.
On October 2, according to a report in Al-Jazeera, "Crowds of Muslims descended onto Ramu after pictures desecrating Islam and the Koran were found on the Facebook page of a young Buddhist man living in the area."
In another report from Dubai-based Big News Network, it was noted that: "the Buddhists moved to safety after an overnight weekend attack in which thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims burned at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran."
The temples were over 250 years old. However, it appears that the photos said to belong to the Buddhist were in fact only tagged with his name and were download by local imams and passed around. According to Madrasa teacher Shamsul Haque, who downloaded the photos, the "Muslims in this community wanted justice and are fed up with being insulted."
So, even though no one actually insulted them, and in fact it was their own clerics who downloaded offensive pictures and ascribed them to a random Buddhist man, the mobs were set in motion. As Al-Jazeera noted, "The last time there was any violence against the Buddhist community was in 1966 when a young Buddhist boy eloped with a Muslim girl and scores were injured in the communal clashes that followed."
In 1989, when the supposed offense caused by Rushdie's book led mobs to murder and pillage throughout the world, a Harvard lecturer named S. Nomanhul Haq was quick to join the chorus of people in the West condemning Rushdie, rather than the rioters and murderers.
In a submission to
The New York Times
titled "Salman Rushdi, blame yourself," Haq wrote: "The Muslim nations have not gone through the turmoil's of the Enlightenment and they have seen no scientific revolution; their sensibilities are different. Often, a peaceful demonstration is not their way and we cannot change them overnight. The best thing is to avoid hitting their most sensitive chords."
Haq exorcised Rushdie for showing no sympathy for the rioters that died during their extreme outburst. Haq's notions are alive and well today.
There is a belief in the West that the outraged mobs, the "spontaneous" mobs, are acting on a real grievance. They are "different" since they didn't experience the "Enlightenment" and therefore "a peaceful demonstration is not their way."
Not their way? Surely we once heard that about the pogroms related to the blood libel. On July 4, 1946 the Polish people of the town of Kielce in Poland set upon their Jewish neighbors – Jews who had only recently survived the Holocaust. They had heard that the Jews had kidnapped a young boy, so they killed 40 of them in a pogrom. Undoubtedly the local Polish men and women, as they beat the Jews to death and gouged out their eyes, were, in their hearts, truly offended that a Polish boy had gone missing, even if in fact no boy had actually gone missing.
Evidently "a peaceful protest was not their way." The Polish way in Kielce was the pogrom, based on the rumor.
The Pakistanis go one better. Based on a perceived insult in far-away USA, they raid Hindu temples and steal from minorities. It isn't that peaceful protest is not their way, it is that rioting and bashing minorities is their way. It isn't that they didn't receive the Enlightenment. Just because people didn't read Voltaire, doesn't mean they must burn down the temples of other religions.
There is nothing to hum and haw over about rioters and fanatics. The Polish villagers, in their unquenched hatred and zeal, still not satiated in 1946 even though some three million of their Jewish countrymen had been murdered, had to kill 40 more people based on some rumors.
What differentiates them from the mobs in Bangladesh? Except we certainly don't worry too much about the Polish "motivation" or their "sensitive chord." But evidently the Western press was quite concerned about not reporting about the destruction of Hindu temples in Pakistan and burning of Buddhist temples in Bangladesh.
After all, mentioning how fanaticism actually results in attacks on religious minorities might make the Barack/Clinton appeasement broadcast seem foolish. It might make the billions in aid to Pakistan and its "education" system, seem ridiculous.
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In conjunction with the Nanotechnology and Society Research Group, the Institute hosted a group of six advanced graduate students and early-career researchers to explore ethical issues associated with emerging technologies.
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Summer Graduate Research Fellows
2011 Workshop in Applied Philosophy
The 2011 Northeastern University Workshop in Applied Philosophy will be held from September 30th – October 2nd at Northeastern University in Boston. The topic will be "Ethical issues in Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems."
Welcome, Serena Parekh
The Institute is excited to welcome Serena Parekh to the Department of Philosophy and Religion as well as the Ethics Institute. Serena's research focuses on issues of human rights and global justice.
Congratulations, Stephen Nathanson
Steve Nathanson was recently awarded an Excellence in Research Award from Northeastern. In addition, Steve's recent book, Terrorism and the Ethics of War, was named the outstanding book in social philosophy in 2010
New Book on Ethics and Philanthropy
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Stephen Nathanson was featured, with Tony Coady, in an episode of Philosophy TV. The topic of discussion was "Terrorism". To view this episode, please visit the Philosophy TV page.
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We are excited to announce the Northeastern University Ethics Institute has been officially launched! The Institute's mission is to bring ethical analysis and evaluation to bear on social and environmental issues, as well as to promote ethical reflection on decisions and challenges in contemporary life. It will do this by: Supporting faculty and students conducting […]


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If This Was A Porn Video The Guy On The Right Would Be Holding The Camera.
Whoever is operating the video camera deserves a medal.
love the camera work for the ring girl. A+
Cute. Not sure what was with all the chest and legs shots….I mean, I noticed right away, but thanks♠
Hyun Gyu Lim vs Dong Hyun Kim vs. Ring girl
nice horse face
LOL, this is truly amazing work. I wish they did this in north america. The guy totally ignores everything but the girl and the minute she turns around, he pans down to the lower half. Amazing work. Forget the fighters, forget everything else.
why cant they give this ring girl a full time job
@marvelous mad madam mim
We can't expect a racist redneck hater like you to like asian chicks…
Lol! Awesome camera work…
haha hilarious
what's her name
Respect. This cameraman is a beast!
Fantastic cinematography. Too bad Oscars already passed…
The gold standard of MMA filmography
Boner! ;D
s*** gimme a contract I'll fight the stun gun
UFC JAPAN but all in korean lol
the japanese fetichist side!!! she's cute but as usual for the ufc's ring girls (beside brittney) she has NO ASS and i think the camera work showed it enough…
It's all in Korean because this is taken in Korea. The ring girl and both of the fighters are Korean!
Not so true Bruno…..have you seen some Asian p*** lately? They'll throw in just about any fugly Asian guy in there that doesn't have 2 inch penis
She's skinny… no ass, no attractives, no meat anywhere. Not sure what you guys saw there…


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Real wedding: Tova + Jeremy
This wedding is dreamy and modern, all at once! A difficult task for most, but pulled off beautifully by Tova & Jeremy! Congrats you 2!
If a wedding is about love, then Jeremy and I knew we wanted our wedding to be fun and a true reflection of us. Living in Brooklyn we felt if we didn't venture outside of the city we would have to keep our guest list small and we couldn't have that. We took day trips to Hudson Valley and New Jersey, and the moment we walked onto the grounds of Crossed Keys Inn our search was over. We walked down the shady path of tall hundred-year old trees, saw the lush garden setting of the ceremony, the old stone barn, and the honeymoon cottage. This was us.
The feel we wanted for our wedding was playful, romantic, and effortless. The inn has 13 acres for guests to wander, a tent for the party, and a fire pit for cigar smoking and making s'mores. We are inclined toward the old-timey feel and knew the Jug Addicts, an amazing Brooklyn Jug Band we've seen play before would set the stage at our ceremony and cocktail hour and DJ Bert got our guests dancing with 70's R&B.
Katherine Rodriquez, owner of the Crossed Keys Inn, coordinated our event and her husband is the caterer, Celsos Catering. Jeremy and I are foodies, and the food was really spectacular. Also a lovely flower designer at Event Designs By Katherine, Katherine created all of the flowers. We wanted flowers that were soft, in differing shades of blues and greens, and looked hand-picked from the garden. Peonies, hydrangeas, and lady's mantle kept the bouquets supple. I searched flea markets and ebay for the colored bottles and had much help from my sister-in-law's scavenging all the way from Wisconsin.
The planning process was really fun for us because we were able to hand pick and design lovely elements and details for our guests (and us!) to savor. Jeremy designed the paper goods – programs, seating cards, table numbers, drink menus – and they came out exactly like we visioned. Etsy was an amazing stop for me to work with creative designers and PrimandPosies created the flowers for my hair, LittleWeeShop made the ring pillow, and JessicasDesignShop designed the lovely honey stickers. The honey is special to us because it comes from a beekeeper in Wisconsin, where Jeremy is from, (and where we met) and they were hand delivered by his mother. We had other vintage elements – the antique champagne glasses from a friend, my purse, and our wedding cake topper.
Choosing Kimberly Hurst as our photographer was one of the first big decisions we made and also the easiest. She captures beautiful moments and adds a dreamy and almost vintage feel to the photos. When she and her father arrived the day of our wedding they were so easy to work with and we couldn't be more delighted with how they came out.
I've never worn white before so I knew I had to have a splash of color somewhere. Finding emerald green shoes was a challenge and I ended up getting my shoes dyed. I was fortunate enough to find my dress at a Kleinfeld sample sale. When I put this Amarildine dress on I just felt like myself and it was light and flowy. The wedding day was breezy when we took the photos and I love how my dress moved so organically. Jeremy, a lover of bow ties, didn't disappoint. His suit was a steal from Uniqlo, the tie from J. Press Madison Avenue, shirt from Charles Tyrwhitt, and shoes from Allen Edmonds. Our family wore different shades of blues, greens, and grays and there are great pops of color everywhere.
[images from Kimberly Hurst]
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Work has begun to tear down a 170-year-old Irish handball court in Cape Girardeau.
The court may be 170 years old, and currently sits next to the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus.
The old handball court is part of the old St. Vincent's college that was founded back in 1843.
It is believed to be one of the oldest surviving handball courts in the U.S., and it may be the oldest in the U.S.
Southeast Missouri State University called for a structural evaluation on the handball court.
The Lawrence Group said the wall has a number of structural deficiencies.
There were many cracks and holes in the wall.
Southeast plans to expand the School of Visual and Performing Arts at the River Campus, and construct a new residence hall.
According to the group in charge of the structural evaluation, there may be an effort in the future to save some of the old structure and make an exhibit in one of the new buildings at the River Campus location.
Nip Kelly Equipment and Milam Masonry and Contracting are working together to take down the court.
A manager with Nip Kelly says this will be a process that takes several days.
They started Tuesday and have already taken off the top portion.
They are taking it down by brick at a time.
They also have several bricks assigned to be preserved.
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Who Wants 4 Seconds Anyway? #Huggate
[...] Sports Boston noticed a timing error after Ted Ginn Jr.'s go-ahead touchdown. Look at the clock when Ginn lands out of bounds [...]
anyone who hates the patriots hate america. socialist pieces of shit. we are the best of all time, your hate makes us remember how awesome we are. boston strong
fuck the holding non-penalty, im calling out the defense. dont give a shit if they are hurting.
my friend's mom makes $76 hourly on the computer. She has been without a job for 7 months but last month her paycheck was $14618 just working on the computer for a few hours. learn the facts here now …..
The clock work is always fishy
Wahhhhh I'm pres wahhhhh wahhhhh
Everytime you blame a Pats loss on a bad call, Goodell punts a puppy. You lost the game for 4 quarters, not because of 4 seconds.
You truly have made a career out of internet trolling.
Rememeber when the seconds ticked off the clock after the FG in Pats Suberbowl win vs Rams…..
The PI on the Panthers with 12 seconds left was a much worse call.
Typical Boston, loose a game and hashtag a gate
"Who wants 4 seconds anyways"…. I scrolled thru all the comments and didn't notice a Renee joke. You people are slipping
They put the time back on pres. Go look at the clock when Brady takes the field next. Wipe away the tears and do your job.
idk how to spell controversy…contraversay? controversie..
don't worry, Manning Face will hang 45 on them and erase all doubt of controversy
btw, Your beloved Pats are a league crushing 1-3 against opponents with winning records….
fuck all you pats fans, sawx, celtics and bruins fans who think the whole world is against boston… plain fuck your skulls
Also I'm pretty sure the nfl invented Tom Brady as a character so all of their nascar, toothless, sister fucking fans can have a heel to root against, it's funny yet sad how duped most fans are
Same shit happened in the 1st SB against the giants, yet no one ever talks about that, just about how gay tom Brady's hair looks. Seriously, a disgrace of a league fanbase, fuck the nfl
Also, I love how this whole rigged penalty shit completely distracts anyone from mentioning that dirty mother fucker leg whipping Johnson…
If the Pats were worried about seconds they could've called a timeout at any point on Cam's GAME WINNING DRIVE, but nope
I can't knock your troll game. It's on point. Everything from Bieber to pretending to like sports to Smittygate; you bring high heat and they chase it all day. And so do I.
Wish both teams could have lost
@cantgettgetstink couldn't agree more man. I lost count of how many 3rd downs they let Carolina convert.
You have to love the retard logic of Patriots haters, which states that because Walt Coleman didn't blatantly ignore an NFL rule while watching a replay 12 years ago, Patriots fans need to just accept being continuously dicked over by refs at the end of games. Someone tell me how Gronk is supposed to have a chance to make a play while being bear hugged and pushed up field.
They were fucking taking off a couple extra seconds the entire final drive… I was going nuts
They got it right
Crygate round 73
By the common man for the common man, run by a woman
You're a damn good writer and a self made businessman you don't need to degrade yourself like this. If you want more respect from others you need to respect yourself
Dude at this point it's getting cringeworthy. You're like the kid in school who acted like a clown because it was the only way he could get attention. But really everyone made fun of him behind his back. Honestly it's not too late to just stop, don't throw away your reputation out of stubbornness. You used to be funny and respectable and I believe you can go back to that.
Ohhhh because 3 seconds got ticked off the clock. Jesus Christ, cry me a river you whiny heeb.
What is this Vine trying to say? That he was down 1 foot from the goal line? That shit helped you out, El Dickface.
Check the end of the 3rd. Clock is stopped with 10 secs and just randomly runs off the time
cue the jerry thornton telestrator extravaganza
Reading your writing has made me realize just how anti Semitic i am
@Kneelsucksdong4life (not sure why you would pick that for a screen name, but whatever) Cam has been the hottest QB the last 5 weeks not named Peyton, and he won by 4 points against a 3rd string D at home.
So we're gonna get another week+ of this shit again? Well, I know what cities I'll be avoiding this week.
Pres, check out Pats final drive. They took off 2 seconds after every whistle until Pats coaching staff finally caught it with 4 seconds left (they reset clock to :06).
Remember how Cam Newton threw three TD's and ran for 60 yds on your team. You think that may have also contributed to the loss? Nah, probably should just blame the human element of refereeing that plays a part in every game of football ever.
give and take man, shit happens to all teams… everyone complains about calls but you are an entire new level. As for the "rigging" shit you keep bringing up I hope you're joking
Reading your writing has made me realize just how anti semitic
FIRE PRES! Smitty…lead the revolution!
I would be more sympathetic for the Pats if they didn't play in the AFC East and clinched the division after Week 3
@booradley you are an imposter.
Getting wicked high to numb the pain/anger
Please, enough of this shit. Bill wouldn't even give you a hug if you met him. Let it go.
Pres didn't turn the game on til there were 2 minutes left
Funny when the pats fans won't acknowledge the saints game or the prior 59:00 minutes where they made Cam Newton look like an all pro. Entitled fucking pussies
Stop making excuses. Pats didn't show up in the first half and deserved to lose.
Ok Pres, I didnt like the call either it should have at least been a holding, but when Brady moves on we all move on. Brady vs Manning is all I wanna hear now
Last seconds of that game = hate masturbation material at its finest
You noticed this an hour after the game and not immediately as it was going on? You should never be allowed to analyze sports again.
Bronco's are gonna tear Tommy a new asshole!
Pres, I agree the refs fucked up on the PI call but the head ref keeps official time on the field, not the guy in the box posting graphics on the TV.
I am a dolphins fan and I would rather see the patriots lose than the dolphins win
Seriously. Go fuck yourself.
The pats can't put themselves in the refs hands. It sucks but they need to take games earlier. Can't trust the NFL…just win early
whiney little bitches, the refs were sucking somebody elses dick this time…it's pretty good when they're sucking yours, right? Like the Saints and the extra time out. Karma bitches
Remember when the Pats beat the Saints because of a missed call on a blatant hold? hush your mouth butchboy
Step aside Tom Brady, its Nick Foles' time.
Come on guys, remember that one play against the Saints that one time that might've been holding! Because of that play the rules should not be followed!
Eat a big black dick
It DOES NOT MATTER if the ball was "uncatchable" or intercepted…Kuechly wraps up Gronk 20+ yards past the line of scrimmage and that is ILLEGAL CONTACT at the very least. Pats should have had another chance.
That's not the only time it happened.
It was an away game. This what happens when you play away games
Were the athletes at your school mean to you?
those 4 seconds were the last gun in the bullet, so to speak
how bout the hold in the saints game stop bitching
Come on, Pageviews. It was a bullshit call. But the Pats need to do better on 3rd down, not fumble in the red zone, and run the ball on 3rd and 1 instead of throwing and settling for a field goal. It's a week 11 road loss to a team that has been hot. Not the end of the world.
I bet if we go through every game so far this year, this will turn out to be the only faulty clock work.
Textbook robbery
all you do is complain. suck it up you big baby back bitch
I always have. Like year they wanted Saints to win. Favre was sodomized,no penalties,next day,fines out the ass.
Pres, I'm just as pist as every other pats fan. But let's do the patriot way and look forward to the Broncos game Sunday.
go eagles
The excuses are amusing at best.
dont think ill be on barstool for awhile..


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A 1200-pound horse stuck in a window on a northwest Portland property had to be rescued by firefighters, who tried to use a circular saw, but then settled on their own might to free him Wednesday.
"We've lifted a lot of people. This is my first horse," said Dan Muir, a Portland Fire and Rescue firefighter.
Portland Fire and Rescue crews first received word of the horse in a tight spot at 8:30 a.m. They found the horse stuck in a stable window near the 6300 block of NW Skyline Blvd.
The horse, named Sky, is trained to jump in the arena, said his owner.
He apparently tried to jump out the window while other horses were being taken out for their morning exercise, according to firefighters.
"He was watching all his buddies leave and decided to join them," said Muir. "Jumped headfirst out the window. Got caught on his lower belly."
Sky was visibly shaking when firefighters showed up. Before crews arrived, the owners of the horse tried for 45 minutes to remove him.
Fire officials said the horse was sedated while firefighters went to work to cut around the horse with the circular saw. Despite the sedation, fire officials say, the horse was terrified of the noisy saw and firefighters determined they needed another way to rescue him.
After being assured by the horse's owners that the animal wouldn't kick while under sedation, four firefighters positioned themselves to push the horse through the window themselves.
"All four of us got behind the horse and made sure we were careful around his rear legs," said Lt. Mike Pringle. "Then, with a little maneuvering and a lot of muscle, we lifted him out of the window."
With the help of firefighters, the horse escaped the ordeal with only minor cuts and bleeding that came from the screws in the window sill.
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text: We don't need Glavine period end of story. Wren is going to sign him to a 3 million dollar incitive based deal and he is just not worth that much money when the Braves need a power bat as badly as they need. I applaud Wren for signing three good pitchers this offseason, but it needs to stop there. I really and honestly don't see the purpose of this unless Wren is going to trade away some of the young talented arms we have for an outfielder. At the end of the day we just don't need him. Jorge pitched some great games last year and I would bet anybody that he is a way better pitcher then A 43 year old Glavine coming off of arm surgery. The same as with Jo jo, Hanson, or Reyes. Come on Wren!!!


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Guest Star: "If You Love The Nude Strip Club Scene, Make Sure You Go To Club Dreams For NBA All-Star Weekend"
Friday, Feb 15, 2013 3:30PM
[As celebrities start pouring into Houston, Texas for NBA All-Star Weekend, local Swishahouse rapper Lil Keke gives SOHH readers an idea of what to expect for the next 72 hours.]
The focus is going to be big. It's going to be big with anticipation but we've done it before and so we're prepared. The thing about it is Houston is a big city and we ball hard out here.
Get ready because the cars are going to be out, the jewelry's going to be out, we're going to welcome everybody the right way. The one thing about this NBA All-Star Weekend is that it's going down in H-Town so people are going to see a lot of stars already.
You're going to be seeing NBA stars and local stars everywhere. It's going to be a nice, natural blend.
Whatever you do, if you love the nude strip club scene and you love all that, then make sure you go to Club Dreams for NBA All-Star Weekend. But honestly, it's going to be popping everywhere.
There's so many new spots, anywhere downtown. The streets are going to be packed and flooded with people. We have a lot of deejays that are going to be spread all out in the area. Anywhere downtown is going to be good but for the Atlanta people who love [strip club] Magic City and King of Diamonds and all that, make sure you go to Club Dreams because it's going to be crazy.
You can look for me over at Dreams. I plan on being there for sure and I'm going to be at Hard Rock Cafe, it's going to be a star-studded weekend. I'm going to do a little work but at the end of the day, I'm going to do a lot of chilling so I can enjoy it.
As artists, we always have so many events and we're busy. Hopefully I won't be running around and can enjoy it.
A member of the loosely organized Houston-based rap collective known as the Screwed Up Click, Lil' Keke quickly proved himself to be one of the collective's strongest artists, debuting in 1997 with Don't Mess wit Texas. By the time of It Was All a Dream (1999), Keke had become one of the hottest young rappers in Houston and continued to record albums annually.


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What is the general concensus on Enroth?
I see alot of similarities to the Schnieder and Luongo situation here. Yes the sabres are no 'nucks, but were still talking high touted goaltending prospects buried behind highly paid top tier goalies. Both have performed well when called upon, Enroth with a smaller sample . Schnieder has proven that as a back up he still holds fantasy value while being a great keepr for the long term. Does Enroth have similiar vaule?
I'm in a dynasty leauge and currently have Reimer, Neuvirth and Montoya as my tendys. Obviously the guy I'd drop to pick Enroth up is Montoya. Some of the other intriging keeper prospects on waivers are Pavelec, Dubnyk, Lindback, Boucher, Nabakov.
Is Enroth worth the grab?


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SportsCenter jumped the shark years ago. In fact, the term "jump the shark" jumped the shark not that long ago, but I wanted to talk about ESPN and what they've done to SportsCenter, especially on Sunday night.
SportsCenter and American Idol just don't go together.
Who is the all-time worst SportsCenter anchor?
Bob Stevens?
Larry Beil?
Karl Ravich?
One of the chicks?
Did "quite frankly" Stephen A. Smith ever host the show?


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Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail" and "billions more to bail out banks."
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On federal stimulus money for expanding rail service.
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About 1 in 10 public school teachers in Wisconsin would have been laid off without federal stimulus funds.
"Discretionary spending went up 84 percent in the last two years"
Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his "roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects."
Says Russ Feingold supported a stimulus plan that allowed a company to create 3,000 jobs in China.
Says Steve Kagen "promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. Cost: another 77,000 jobs lost."
A $300 million stimulus allocation to Wisconsin "has led to the creation of tens of thousands of jobs in every corner of this state."
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