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Extremely rare variants in miRNA genes on the X-chromosome may strongly predispose people to schizophrenia, according to researchers at the City of Hope National Medical Center. The findings appear in PLoS ONE in a paper titled "Evidence for X-Chromosomal Schizophrenia Associated with microRNA Alterations."
In this study the sequences of 59 miRNA genes on the X-chromosome were determined in 193 men with schizophrenia and 191 without the disease. Men were chosen for this study, because they are much more commonly affected by mutations in genes on the X-chromosome.
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Once a month the women of this family gather to take on a new crafting project. From knitting to wreath-making, the women have tried a variety of projects.
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DENVER (AP) The Federal Emergency Management Agency has determined that some Colorado counties don't qualify for public or individual assistance in the aftermath of September's flooding.
FEMA notified Gov. John Hickenlooper Wednesday of its decision to deny the assistance designation for some counties as requested by the state. FEMA says in a letter that assessments show the damage to residences in Broomfield, Denver, Gilpin, Otero, and Pueblo counties is not severe enough to warrant a designation for individual assistance.
The letter goes on to say that the damage to infrastructure in Broomfield, Otero, and Pueblo counties is not severe enough to warrant a designation for public assistance.
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Published May 3rd 2007 in Medill News Service
Ohio in 2004. With the shift of a few hundred thousand votes, John Kerry would have carried Ohio and he would have won the Electoral College and, therefore, the presidency. But George W. Bush had 2 million more popular votes nationally.
With those scenarios in mind, if Maryland and a few other small states had a law on the books then that Maryland does now, things would have been different.
The Electoral College ultimately determines who becomes president, but this oft- maligned system is now targeted by state lawmakers.
The 2008 presidential campaign is already shaping up as one of the longest -- and most wide-open -- in decades.
Because of the last two elections, people are attempting to change the way the Electoral College works without an outright amendment to the Constitution, which gives us the current system.
"The current system is bad for two reasons -- the popular-vote winner doesn't always win, and it only matters how certain battleground states vote," said lobbyist Dan Johnson-Weinberger, president of Progressive Public Affairs, who supports the change.
"Most people think it's stupid that the majority can vote for one candidate and he loses"
The fact that blue staters see red and red staters get blue in the face is because voters in states that typically lean heavily one way politically are written off by the candidates.
Illinois, which has trended blue, is seen as already in the Democrats' pocket and insurmountable by Republicans, denying voters the opportunity to see and hear candidates and denying businesses the revenue that these campaigns generate.
Change may be on the horizon.
On Wednesday, a bill was approved 65-50 in the Illinois House that directs presidential electors from Illinois -- the 21 people in the state who actually vote for president -- to cast their votes for the winner of the national popular vote.
Under the U.S. Constitution, electors are to vote for the candidate who carries the popular vote within each individual state.
The bill will go to the Illinois Senate next week, where it might come to a vote as soon as the middle of May. It would then go to the governor.
If history is any indication, the bill -- if it makes it to the governor's desk -- will find itself in friendly territory.
When Gov. Rod Blagojevich was a member of Congress he supported a move to reform the Electoral College.
According to a site that tracks the move to reform the Electoral College, Illinois was the first state in which the National Popular Vote bill was introduced. In addition to Maryland, the bill has passed the Hawaii House and Senate, the Colorado Senate and the Arkansas House.
The bill currently has 305 legislative sponsors in 47 states.
In Illinois, state Rep. Bob Molaro, the Chicago Democrat who introduced the bill, said, "All the money is being spent in Iowa and Florida. This puts us back in play. With this bill, how much you win or lose by matters."
"It makes sense to me," Molaro said. "Whoever gets the most votes [in Illinois], even if it's only 30 percent [nationally], they get all our electoral votes."
But as with many good intentions to change the political system, there could be a host of unintended consequences.
The spokesman for the Chicago Board of Elections said such a change could bypass rural states in favor of cities and the mega markets in which the concentration of votes are found.
"There are longstanding questions about adequate representation, about adequate representation of rural states," said Jim Allen, the spokesman. "And it would become a campaign strategy issue: How more expensive would races be?"
Illinois state Sen. Kirk W. Dillard (R-Hinsdale), a chief co-sponsor of the bill who also happens to be chairman of the DuPage County Republican Party, said he likes the bill's chances.
"I think the bill is good for both political parties in Illinois since we've been neglected by national presidential candidates of both parties," Dillard said. "We're pioneering changes in the Electoral College because we've been ignored and there's more heightened attention since Sens. Clinton and Obama are from the area."
Dillard, however, doesn't see it as being about political parties. "I believe this change doesn't help either party, it helps the American public's interest. Americans never quite get the Electoral College. It makes the public feel their vote doesn't count."
"For some reason Republicans are reluctant on a grand scale to subscribe to the direct popular vote," Dillard said.
"I'm not wedded to this particular methodology but I believe this is better for Illinois.
Dillard counters Allen's point about rural areas losing out under the bill: "I've studied a myth among some Republicans that this empowers cities. The statistics do not bear that out. It's hard to explain to my children why the person with the highest vote doesn't get to be president."
"With all due to respect to the forefathers of our country, they never thought about televison or exit polling by national media outlets. The American generations of today" -- because of Bush-Gore -- "have a skepticism about the Electoral College."


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1) EPA Extends Comment Period for the Proposed CAFO Rule
2) Success Spotlight: Fosdic Lake, Texas--Educating Residents and Collecting Household Hazardous Waste Items Reduces Pollutants in Fosdic Lake
1) Success Spotlight: Windmill Gap Creek, West Virginia--Innovative Community Wastewater System Restores Water Quality and Protects Public Health
1) EPA Proposes Updated Vessel General Permit and Permit for Small Vessels
2) Keeping the Clean Water Act Strong--An Op-Ed by former EPA Administrator, William K. Reilly
3) Webcast on Clean Water Act Permitting of Pesticide Discharges
4) Success Spotlight: Yellowdog Creek, Idaho--Removing Forest Roads and Restoring Streams Reduces Sediment in Yellowdog Creek
1) Office of Water's Senior Advisor Blogs on Tribal Water Perspectives and Place-Based Knowledge
2) Success Spotlight: Hempstead Harbor, NY – Multifaceted Program Restores Shellfish Harvesting in Northern Hempstead Harbor
3) EPA Staff Share Tips for Golf Channel's Green Week
1) EPA Requests Proposals for Urban Waters Small Grants
2) Success Spotlight: Duckpuddle Pond-Implementing Urban Best Management Practices Improves Water Quality
1) EPA Renews Partnership to Improve Septic Systems
2) Success Spotlight: Carter Lake in Nebraska and Iowa
3) Register for Free Webinar on "Tools for Developing State Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Reduction Strategies"
1) Office of Water's Acting Assistant Administrator Blogs on Partnership and Restoration of the lower Santa Fe River
2) EPA Announces Final Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing: Congressionally Directed study will evaluate potential impacts on drinking water
3) EPA's WaterSense Program to Label Innovative Watering Technology
4) EPA Seeking Scientific Views on Draft Carbaryl Criteria for Aquatic Life Protection
1) EPA Develops New Planning Approach to Improve Water Quality in U.S. Cities
2) New EPA Publication on Using Biological Assessment to Support Water Quality Management
3) Office of Water's Acting Assistant Administrator Blogs on Clean Water Infrastructure Investment
1) EPA Announces Schedule to Develop Natural Gas Wastewater Standards
2) EPA Proposes to Collect Information about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
3) National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 29, 2011
4) EPA is providing Training Webinars for the Water Sector on the Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool
1) Visit EPA's Water is Worth It Facebook Page and Follow our Water Tweets
2) EPA's Watershed Academy is pleased to sponsor its 60th free Webcast Seminar on "Conducting Effective Stormwater Outreach"
3) Bathroom "Mini-Makeovers" Save Water, Energy, and Money
1) WaterSense Partners of the Year Recognized for Dedication to Water Efficiency
2) New EPA Summary of Fish Advisories Across the U.S. in 2010
1) EPA Announces the Healthy Watersheds Initiative National Framework and Action Plan, 2011
2) Proposed Renewal of Reporting Requirements for BEACH Act Grants
1) Register for an EPA Watershed Academy Webcast on "State and Local Policies to Restrict the Use of Lawn Fertilizers" on September 21, 2011
2) International Coastal Cleanup on September 17th
1) Report on the National Characteristics of Drinking Water Systems Serving 10,000 or Fewer People Available Online
1) Wasting Water is Weird
2) EPA Launches Revamped Sustainable Water Infrastructure Web Pages
1) Beat the Peak with Water-Saving Tips from WaterSense
1) Update on the Cooling Water Intake Structures Proposed Rule
2) New and Improved EPA Website on Nitrogen & Phosphorus Pollution
1) EPA's Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Operation, Maintenance, and Management Training for Tribal Operators and Leaders
1) EPA Releases New Online Training Module on Water Quality Standards
2) Office of Water's Acting Assistant Administrator Blogs on Bristol Bay, Alaska
1) Federal Agencies Partner to Revitalize Urban Waterways In Communities Across The U.S.
2) Update on Waters of the U.S. Draft Guidance
3) EPA Seeks Public Comment on the Draft Reasonable and Prudent Alternative in NMFS' Draft Biological Opinion on the Proposed Pesticides General Permit
4) New Tool to Support Community-Based Water Resiliency Initiative
5) "Sustainable Communities, Healthy Watersheds" 2010 Annual Report Available Online
1) EPA Administrator Tours WaterSense Manufacturing Facility to Highlight Products that Conserve Water / Consumers also save money with WaterSense
2) EPA Seeks Small Business Participation on Wastewater Discharge Rule for Steam Electric Power Plants
3) EPA to Hold Public Meeting to Gain Stakeholder Input on Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Peak Weather Discharges
1) U.S. EPA, NOAA Increase Protection of Public, Property in Coastal Communities through New Partnership 2) EPA Extends Comment Period for Draft Construction General Permit 3) Join EPA for its "Introduction to the National Pretreatment Program" Webcast
1) U.S. EPA, NOAA Increase Protection of Public, Property in Coastal Communities through New Partnership
2) EPA Extends Comment Period for Draft Construction General Permit
3) Join EPA for its "Introduction to the National Pretreatment Program" Webcast
1) EPA's Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Operation, Maintenance, and Management Training for Tribal Operators and Leaders
2) EPA-Supported Water Purification Eco-Center Demonstration Project to Launch this Month
3) Office of Water's Acting Assistant Administrator Blogs on Waters of the U.S.
1) EPA Releases Annual Beach Report
2) Notice of Public Meeting: Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for the Third Contaminant Candidate List (CCL3)
Havasupai Tribe Receives EPA Approval to Administer Water Quality Standards Program
1) EPA Releases Searchable Website for Drinking Water Violations: Agency to host webinar to show how to use the public health data
2) EPA Releases Report Highlighting Role of State Revolving Funds in Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
3) Office of Water Hosts Bilateral Engagement on U.S.-China Clean Water Action Plan
1) Register for an EPA Watershed Academy Webcast on "Saving Water & Energy -- Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Improving Efficiency" on May 17th
2) EPA-sponsored Water Laboratory Alliance Forum
1) "Waters of the U.S." Proposed Guidance
2) EPA Launches New Strategy to Promote Use of Green Infrastructure for Environmental and Economic Benefits
3) EPA Celebrates American Wetlands Month: Learn! Explore! Take Action!
4) EPA Announces Release of Re-Energizing the Capacity Development Program Report
EPA's Ocean Survey Vessel Bold 2010 Annual Report Released
EPA Solicits Public Comment on Permit to Reduce Stormwater Discharges from Construction Sites
- EPA Seeks Comments on Draft Document on "Identifying and Protecting Healthy Watersheds: Concepts, Assessments, and Management Approaches"
- Coming Together for Clean Water Strategy Released
- EPA to Open Public Comment on Proposed Standards to Protect Aquatic Ecosystems
- Memorandum Released: Information Concerning 2012 Clean Water Act Sections 303(d), 305(b) and 314 Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions
- Office of Water's Acting Assistant Administrator Blogs on Beaches and Clean Water
- Celebrities 'Invade' Homes to Save Water
- EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors 57th free Webcast Seminar: "Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Series: Nitrate in Ground Water"
- Join the Chase to Fix Leaks
- Ultimate Green Meeting -- Delaware River Basin Forum
- EPA Submits for Public Comment the Next Round of Safe Drinking Water Act Contaminant Monitoring
- EPA Seeks Public Comments to Help Develop Management Practices for Recreational Vessels
- Office of Water accepting Comments on EPA's Retrospective Review Plan and Significant Regulations for Potential Review.
- Water Quality Standards Academy: Basic Course May 2 - 6, 2011 in the Washington, DC Area
- EPA's Office of Water Welcomes Acting Assistant Administrator Nancy Stoner
- EPA Awards $600,000 Targeted Watershed Grant to River Network
- EPA Seeks Applications to Support the National Tribal Water Council
- EPA Expands and Enhances WCIT: A Robust Tool for the Water Sector
- Technical Assistance and Support for Environmental Laboratory Coordination
- EPA To Develop Regulation for Perchlorate and Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water
- EPA Seeks Applications for Environmental Community Grants
- EPA Releases WaterSense Revised Draft Specification for Weather-Based Irrigation Controllers
- EPA and HHS Announce New Scientific Assessments and Actions on Fluoride: Agencies working together to maintain benefits of preventing tooth decay while preventing excessive exposure
- EPA Watershed Academy Webcast on "Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes" on January 26th
- EPA Announces the Availability of a Web-based Training Series for NPDES Permit Writers


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Three Rochester residents have been charged in connection with a home invasion in Perinton last Thursday night.The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported that Michael J. Corvelli, 24, and Roy J. Calentinez, 34, were charged with first degree burglary, robbery, criminal use of a firearm and fourth degree grand larceny. Lindsay Rambert, 24, was charged Monday with fourth degree conspiracy.Deputies responded to Highview Manor Apartments on Alpine Knoll in Perinton around 10:45 p.m. on May 9 where three men allegedly entered a male victim's residence and assaulted him with a weapon.Police say the suspects stole property from inside the apartment, including two rifles and left the victim tied up in the residence. Deputies stopped Corvelli in his vehicle the next morning, and he was subsequently arraigned in Perinton Town Court and remanded to Monroe County Jail.Calentinez was taken into custody shortly after on Lakeview Drive in Rochester after a brief standoff with deputies and Rochester police. He was additionally charged with criminal possession of a firearm and is being held in Monroe County Jail.Rambert was arrested Monday and was arraigned in Perinton Town Court and remanded to Monroe County Jail.
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Here is a video of last nights ride with Oliver. This was his first real bareback ride, befor I have just sat on him for 10 minutes or just while he was grazing or to just get pictures of me on him bareback. Last night as you can see here is our first walk trot and canter bareback ride. I couldn't have been more pleased! 7 months ago I got this little horse who had the title of horse from hell. He bucked everyone off, broke someones arm and all sorts of other things. He hasn't bucked once with me. This shows me bow far in our bond and trust we have come! When I first got him he jumped at everything and was like a race horse!
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Tax credits boost public housing in 3 area communities
Tax credits will boost public housing in McKeesport, Homestead and Duquesne.
In McKeesport, $1.2 million in Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency credits is to be leveraged into $10 million for 58 units in the Yester Square area of Crawford Village.
"We'll basically sell them to an investor," McKeesport Housing Authority executive director Stephen Bucklew said on Monday. "Usually a lot of banks buy these tax credits. They can use them toward their corporate tax returns."
In Homestead, officials expect similar results for $1.19 million in credits toward the multi-phased ONE Homestead development along Eighth Avenue, and Amity Street between Ninth and Eleventh avenues.
"The project brings new affordable housing to the community and will generate pedestrian activity and business opportunity," Homestead's state Sen. Jay Costa Jr., D-Forest Hills, said.
"The PHFA tax credits will leverage more than $10 million in private investment and help complete the financing for the $13 million project," Costa said.
Allegheny County will provide $1.7 million. The state Department of Community and Economic Development provided $500,000.
In Duquesne, $1.15 million in credits will aid Ralph A. Falbo Inc. and Pennrose Properties with 44 units along Catherine and High streets in a 5.1-acre tract that formerly was part of Burns Heights.
One hundred seventy four townhouse units were built there in the 1940s, then demolished in 2009 to make way for 22 structures with 44 housing units.
Falbo filed an application for housing agency tax credits in partnership with the Allegheny County Housing Authority.
"(Falbo's) expertise is well known," said Tim Joyce, chief of staff to state Sen. James Brewster, D-McKeesport.
Twenty projects across hte state were approved last week, providing a total of $19.5 million in tax credits.
"Any project that is submitted to the (PHFA) has to meet a lot of steps," Joyce said. "There is a lot of competition and each project is ranked in numerical order and funded in order of their rankings."
"It is very competitive," the McKeesport authority's Bucklew said. "Only one in five applications are granted. We've applied for the past four times and were denied the first three times."
The 58 Yester Square units are across the street from 10 that are nearly done, covered by funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"When you demolish a public housing unit, HUD gives you replacement factor funds to build a new one," Bucklew said.
Over the years, McKeesport Housing Authority has seen its inventory drop from 1,214 units to about 900 units.
The new Yester Square housing includes parking space, which wasn't considered when Crawford Village was built.
"There were a few curbside parking spaces," the authority's property manager Phil Williams said.
Costa said the ONE Homestead project is part of a coordinated community revitalization involving the county and the borough.
The developer for the 51-unit project is A.M. Rodriguez Associates, which built developments in Munhall, White Oak and Duquesne.
It includes townhomes along Amity Street, redevelopment of the old post office along Amity and Ninth Avenue into loft apartments, and a 30-unit apartment building along Eighth Avenue.
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Older adults with low scores on tests of cognitive function, including thinking, learning and memory appear more likely to have the early stages of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—the leading cause of visual impairment in industrialized nations—has long been thought to share a common pathway with Alzheimer's disease, according to background information in the article. First, both conditions involve similar changes in the brain and eye, including the buildup of protein fragments known as beta-amyloid. "Second, clinical studies suggest that AMD and Alzheimer's disease share similar vascular risk factors, such as hypertension [high blood pressure] and cigarette smoking," the authors write. "Both AMD and Alzheimer's disease have been linked to an increased risk of stroke."
Michelle L. Baker, M.D., of the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and colleagues assessed 2,088 individuals age 69 to 97. Participants underwent cognitive testing, retinal photography for the detection of AMD and an extensive assessment of artery disease and its risk factors (including blood pressure, smoking status and body mass index).
After controlling for age, sex, race and the center at which they participated in the study, the one-fourth of individuals with the lowest scores on one cognitive test were twice as likely to have early-stage AMD as were individuals with higher scores. However, there was no association between AMD and scores on a second cognitive test, dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
"In conclusion, we found an association between low cognitive function and early AMD in this older population," the authors write. "These data, along with others, provide further support that AMD and cognitive impairment may share similar complex pathogenesis [development] and risk factors."
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Homo Promos is legally HP Produktions Ltd – yes, that's the right spelling; we thought the irritation factor would make it memorable. We are a not-for-profit lesbian and gay theatre company based in London. We prefer to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender performers, writers and production teams, but we also recognise that talent is of overriding importance, as long as the talented person involved is Queer-friendly.
Homo Promos was founded by Peter Scott-Presland in 1988, and named after the infamous Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 which said that a Local Authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". This gratuitous, if meaningless, legal insult incensed us, but it didn't stop us recognising a good name when we saw it.
We also thought that we would be able with the name to challenge the law when it came to being booked in venues owned by local authorities. Indeed, one venue would only book us if we inserted a tiny little handwritten "Not" above our logo. This ridiculous condition naturally got to the Press, resulting in some good publicity for the show (Going Bananas).
The Act was never used in the sense of cases coming to court, but it had the effect of encouraging self-censorship in schools and councils, and licensed covert homophobia. Who knows what harm it caused in practice by denying a generation of school children access to positive images of lesbians and gay men?
The Act was finally repealed in November 2003, but we're still going strong. We always knew we would outlive it.
We have always been committed to being part of a lesbian and gay community, although there is increasing uncertainty as to what that community actually is. But it has led us to perform in pubs, community centres, gay restaurants, and in the open air, as well as in more conventional theatres. We have also promoted the work of other performers, especially cabaret performers, and raised money for gay causes.
During the 15 years that we have been going, we have presented over a dozen shows, many with a musical format. After a fallow period we are back in business with a vengeance, with a new board of directors, and new shows being planned. We are always happy to hear from lesbian and gay performers, writers and technicians. Please sign our Visitors Book, and if you want to send us a CV, music sample or script, please contact:


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Another Taxpayer-Funded Bailout, This Time For A Canadian Private Jet MakerSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 15:50 -0400
Once more in this new normal in which we 'live', the necessary creative destruction of capitalism is eschewed in favor of saving a zombie company that the CEO admitted was "overwhelmed." The good news for American taxpayers is that it is Canadian taxpayers - via a generous $1.3 billion 'investment' by the Quebec government - that are bailing out private-jet-maker Bombardier. Following aircraft projects plagued by overruns, missed deadlines, and scant interest from airlines, Bombardier posted a $4.9billion loss in Q3. Well never mind that, Quebec taxpayers now own 49.5% of the challenged CSeries program.
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Dramatic Footage From The Syrian War In Aleppo And PalmyraSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 12:20 -0400
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Here Is Goldman's "Exhibit A" Why The ECB's Monetary Policy Has Been A FailureSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 15:39 -0400
"... judging from market-based implied measures of longer-term inflation expectations, the effectiveness of the ECB's announcements has proved limited so far."
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Goldman 'Explains' This Is Not A "Low Quality" Rally, It Is "Macro-Free" - So Don't WorrySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 15:00 -0400
It appears even Goldman Sachs was surprised by the recent rally in US equities - especially in light of the explicit hawkishness of The Fed yesterday. In a trading note this morning, the bank says that market risks are real and rising (but are not overwhelming) as it explains, we assume with no intent at humor or sarcasm, that they "prefer to think of the recent equity rally as 'macro-free' rather than 'low quality'," reiterating their view of the cycle and of markets as "fundamentally upbeat." They do, however, admit over the last month, the likelihood of a drawdown in the US equity market further increased, and remains at mildly elevated levels.
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Iraq To Washington: "We Don't Need Your Help Fighting Terrorism"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 14:40 -0400
Don't call us, we'll call you: "This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the U.S. Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations. We have enough soldiers on the ground."
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Venezuela Sells Billions In Gold To Repay Its DebtSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 14:21 -0400
Venezuela has two immediate bond payments due this and next week amounting to $3.5 billion. Where did the near-insolvent country obtain the funds needed to make these debt payments? The answer: it has been dumping its gold, which its former ruler Chavez worked hard in 2011 to repatriate from London, and which its current president Maduro, just four short years later, is busy sending back to its creditors.
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Bitcoin Soars Near Highest Since 2014 As China Outflows AccelerateSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 10:39 -0400
For the past few weeks we have been detailing the tightening of China capital controls and what that may mean for Bitcoin (most recently here). It appears the outflows (that offshore Yuan weakness relative to onshore Yuan suggests) are accelerating as Bitcoin just traded above $314 (up from around $200 when we first warned about China) - near the highest since December 2014.
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Ron Paul Rages "We Must Oppose Obama's Escalation In Syria & Iraq!"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 14:00 -0400
"This is not our war. I cannot condemn in strong enough terms this ill-advised US military escalation in the Middle East. Whoever concluded that it is a good idea to send US troops into an area already being bombed by Russian military forces should really be relieved of duty."
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NatGas Nosedives To New Cycle LowsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 13:26 -0400
Once the algos had their way with stop-running to yesterday's highs (following a smaller than expected build in stocks for the second week in a row), NatGas has collapsed back to new cycle lows into the close...
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Eventually The Weight Becomes Too Much To BearSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 13:20 -0400
The "equal-weight" S&P 500 has dropped to near 3-year lows versus the cap-weighted version. Previous such events under similar conditions occurred at inauspicious times.
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Just One Question For Janet Yellen: Are Valuations Still 'Quite High'?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 12:58 -0400
Here is our question: on May 7, the Price-to-Sales ratio of the stock market was 1.8264x. As of this moment it is higher at 1.8408x. So, dear Janet, can you please confirm what the attached chart shows, namely that "equity market valuations" are now even higher than when you said they were "generally quite high", and if so, should we still be buying stocks and why?
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7 Year Auction: Record Low Dealers, Jump In Bid To Cover Kills Bitter Taste From Yesterday's Poor 5-YearSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 13:12 -0400
With very strong demand for the belly of the curve, today's auction puts to rest any concerns about a buyers' strike.
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7 Astounding Charts Show How Badly The Fed Failed The Housing MarketSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 12:46 -0400
For generations, single family housing development was a driver of US economic growth. Today, there is no single family housing industry to speak of. These 7 charts derived from this week's release of new house sales data from the Census Bureau illustrates just how bad things are.
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The Probability Of A December Rate Hike Has Never Been HigherSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 12:38 -0400
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BofA Looks At Europe's Record €2.6 Trillion In Negative-Yielding Debt, Is Shocked At What It FindsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2015 11:22 -0400
"The rise in household savings rates amid so much central bank support is paradoxical to us, and mimics what we highlighted in the credit market earlier this year. Companies in Europe are deleveraging, not releveraging"
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Eight long years of waiting for her precious little girl,
Cannot erase the agony she brought into my world.
She showered me with kisses, hugs and pretty smiles;
She rubbed my head every night for a little while.
She dressed me in the cutest of the girly clothes,
And did my hair up in pigtails with tiny little bows.
She chose my friends, the shows I watched and the food I ate.
She even tried to make me love and taught me how to hate.
For every word of kindness, two of evil came.
The demons from her past, she did not learn to tame.
Instead I served a purpose, as a punching bag.
It is not lady-like I know but I can't help but brag.
The toughest of the punches and quickest of the blows,
I can take just like a man, my mother only knows.
Our images in time were more and more the same.
She tried to have with me that bond that only movies made.
As time went by I learned to see the truth within the lies.
Easier it came to be for me to say goodbye.
No longer did I have to wait for her to come around,
I took a big deep breath and picked myself up off the ground.
I think about her now and then and wonder how she's doing.
I picture her in the kitchen and know that she is spewing….
Words of evil malice, of hatred and of spite.
Always wanting to control me, morning, noon and night.
The laughs and happy memories are all just fantasies;
They are the ones that took the place of those that frighten me.
Her little baby girl is now a mother too,
And never will I ever be a mother quite like you.
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Truth be told, I've been out of school for a while now, but when Labor Day rolls around, I get that back-to-school mindset.
Similar to New Year's resolutions, the start of school, even if I don't attend classes, gets me thinking about setting some new health and fitness goals. I am recommitting to brown bag lunches, just like elementary school. September also makes me think about running cross country, and I want to get off the street and do some more trail running. What about you . . .
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wildsngrny 7 years
Back to school is also around the same time as my birthday, so Septepmer always feels like the start of the new year for me! So, that's when I make my New Year's Resolutions. I'm only 2 weeks in, but so far I've been able to meet my goals for working out. While I haven't eaten perfectly every day, I know I've been eating more healthfully than I did all summer. And, thanks to leeluvfashion, I remembered to take my vitamins today (I read her post!). Thanks, ladies, for your input--keeps me motivated!
leeluvfashion 7 years
Yes, my goals/plans are: - I clean the yard often in the fall so that becomes a workout for me (at least 1-1/2 hrs raking, sweeping, walking) and I plan on moving around more. I want to lose the flab that built up on my abs ( :sad: ). - Change my eating habits. I need to stop myself from eating food because of boredom & stress. Also I need to eat more natual foods and get more vitamins; right now my diet is crappy.
leeluvfashion 7 years
Yes, my goals/plans are:- I clean the yard often in the fall so that becomes a workout for me (at least 1-1/2 hrs raking, sweeping, walking) and I plan on moving around more. I want to lose the flab that built up on my abs ( :sad: ). - Change my eating habits. I need to stop myself from eating food because of boredom & stress. Also I need to eat more natual foods and get more vitamins; right now my diet is crappy.
syako 7 years
I love the cooler weather!! I'm going back to work too, so hopefully I'll be able to figure out a great schedule to keep me on track and healthy!
ilanac13 7 years
i don't have any specific goals for right now - partly cause i'm not in school and partly cause i don't use this time of year to be my goal-setting period. i try to be consistent and healthy all year round and this is just the status quo for me.
teagirl 7 years
My goal is to manage stress and make wiser choices at meal time!
Spectra 7 years
I second the "back to work" thing...for a while I was unemployed this summer, but for the past month or so, I've been working a new job and it has forced me to be more organized and time-conscious. Other than that, back-to-school really doesn't affect me a whole lot.
BellesMommy422 7 years
Back to school means back to work for me (I'm not a teacher, I work as a Nanny for one). My plan for back to school is to continue exercising and loose some more weight. I also want to be more active outdoors. I plan to do a lot of outdoor activities with my daughter. I also plan to stick with eating more healthy and make better food choices! Good Luck to all!
Lo-Lo291303 7 years
As a high school English teacher, back to school for me means getting back into my routine. I finish teaching around 3:30 or 4 pm, and immediately high tail it to the gym. I also pack healthy lunches, which is so unlike the summer months when I'm constantly eating out and around temptation.
jdeprima 7 years
It's more of a back-to-work issue. For almost a year I worked from home, so I could go outside and exercise whenever I wanted. Now I've taken a "real" job again, and I'm back to not being free during daylight, so I need to suck it up and join a gym so I can stay on track (luckily, new job pays for membership). But I'm excited--I may start swimming, which I've never really done as a workout.


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Matt Herren fishes a tree on Clinton Lake while his partner, Chief Warrant Officer John Lightsey, searches for bass from the back of the boat.
Matt Herren fishes a tree on Clinton Lake while his partner, Chief Warrant Officer John Lightsey, searches for bass from the back of the boat.
Herren and Lightsey share a laugh while looking for a bite.
Kevin VanDam and his wounded veteran partner, Sgt. First Class Gary Everett, fish parallel to a rocky bank.
VanDam and Everett had a great and productive day on Clinton Saturday.
Everett, right, won the Hope For The Warriors tournament with a 4-pound, 9-ounce largemouth.
James Nelson, a former Army Specialist, was paired with Florida Elite angler Terry Scroggins.
Scroggins and Nelson fish a jungle of flooded trees on Clinton Lake.
Five All-Star anglers were paired with wounded veterans in Saturday's fishing tournament on Clinton Lake.
Bass pros took veterans fishing as a way to thank the service members for their sacrifices.
Herren and his partner, John Lightsey, caught about 20 bass in their 4-hour fishing period.
Nelson caught the second-heaviest fish of the day, a 2-9 largemouth.
Tournament winner Gary Everett shows off the 4-9 bass he caught on a KVD square bill crankbait.
For Everett, severely wounded in Iraq, spending the day with KVD gave him hope for the future.
2012 Angler of the Year Brent Chapman served as the guide for Staff Sgt. MarkDaniel Brasel.
Lightsey discusses his fishing day with VanDam and B.A.S.S. staff members.


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Base spokesman Lt. Agustin Solivan said Cunningham was sent for a behavioral health screening last week and cleared for duty. But Solivan said Cunningham continued to make verbal threats, prompting authorities to launch court martial proceedings.
The charges come two weeks after a Marine at Quantico killed two colleagues and then himself at a barracks for staffers at the Officer Candidates School.
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As I wrote in my review of my recently-acquired Bernina Aurora 430, I went through quite a list of considerations and comparisons before making my decision (which ultimately came down to a good price, friendly dealer, and excellent reviews of the machine). However, while shopping around and wondering whether I wanted to pay a premium for a brand new machine, I put two new Berninas on my wishlist in case I could manage to convince myself that the extra cost of buying new was worth it for the few additional features I would have (I then decided having a professionally-serviced machine was fine for my needs and fit my wallet better ).
The two new Berninas on my wishlist were the B580 (great for garment sewers from what I read and asking price about $4000 in Switzerland, without the embroidery module), and the B710 (TOL features like dual feed, thread cutter, huge bobbin capacity but without lots of embroidery and quilting-specific stuff I would not need). The 710 was particularly of interest due to a special offer Bernina is having on it in Switzerland till the end of June ($500 off, taking the price to $3,000 so even less than the 580).
Although I was happy with my Aurora 430, I was still dwelling a bit on "what-ifs" and decided to combine a foot-acquisition errand with some exploration in a local Bernina dealer, where the 710 had pride of place in the shop window (due to the special offer). When I finally saw it, I was stunned by the absolutely mammoth size of the 710, and not in a good way. I found it so huge as to be almost cartoonish, and was so grateful to come back to my comparatively compact 430! I still find the features of the 710 appealing, but the size seems overkill to me - an amateur garment sewer, with a small space at home to work in and no projects larger than a set of curtains to hem (even that is every once in a while, I am mostly sewing garments for myself). I can imagine that for a professional seamstress or a quilter or frequent embroiderer the size and weight of the 710 might be an asset, but for me... well, I hope one day Bernina will bring some of the dual feed and large bobbin features to a smaller machine.
I think some of my surprise comes from the fact that I grew up around quite old hand-crank style sewing machines (even newer Butterfly ones made in China), since that is what is used in West Africa most often (access to electricity is not always guaranteed). So my frame of reference for the size of a sewing machine is something that can be easily picked up (even if bolted to a base) by putting one hand around the horizontal shaft. I found my older Berninas (730 Record and 830 Record) to be huge when I first got them, but then I got used to the size (and I'm grateful for their weight that holds them stable while I sew) and I'm glad the Aurora 430 does not take up more room on my table than the 830 Record did.
So - what do you make of the growing size of sewing machines these days? How many sewing machines out there (that are not targeted to embroidery enthusiasts) are as big as the 710? - I don't have many non-Bernina dealers in my neck of the woods to check out everything that is out there. How big is your primary machine, do you wish it was bigger or smaller, and has the size of a machine (other than wanting a smaller one to tote around for classes) ever influenced your decision to purchase it as a primary machine? (I'm pretty sure that now, having seen the 710, even if I had $3000 burning a hole in my pocket and had not yet bought the 430, I would go for a 550 ($2300), sacrifice the dual feed and pocket the change; the size of the 710 just feels intimidating and also unnecessary for my garment sewing needs.) -- Edited on 6/3/14 7:29 AM --
I do have a 710 but I am mostly a quilter who makes the occasional garment. I do love the feature set though. For example for a garment sewer it has buttonholes where you can adjust the bead and the cutting width and that made me nuts that I couldn't do that on my 440. The harp space would be grand for making a coat too. Many many things can be made with a smaller machine though as I have been using a mechanical Bernina 1031 this week as my 710 is in for service. By the way, my 710 sits down in a cabinet so it doesn't look so large that way.
------Bernina Gal
I think the B580 (without the embroidery module) would be a great choice for you. Owners universally praise that machine.
The thing about the 710 that makes it look so huge is that it's so tall! It is a bit off-putting at first.
So far the 580 isn't available here without embroidery, I think it's odd that it's different in some countries.
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.
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Bernina 830LE - Brother Dreamweaver VQ3000 - Bernina B530 - Janome 6600P - Pfaff 1209 - Babylock Evolution - Janome 644 - Babylock Sashiko2 - Babylock BLCS-2
I have the B820 and 2 reasons I wanted it so badly... the 12" harp space... and the jumbo bobbins.... LOVE IT :)
And I have a Pfaff with IDT... once you become hooked on IDT... there is no going back to a walking foot.
------Bernina 820, Bernina Artista 165, Pfaff Creative 7530, Janome 1600P
I have small to jumbo sewing machines, and I don't recall size being an issue in my decisions to purchase any of them.
The Singer Featherweights are small; bought them coz they're too damn cute not to.
Same with the 3/4 size B350SE; HAD to have the dragonfly! The B560 is the standard machine size, love her (just wish she had IDT) and my Pfaff 2023, also standard size, is beautiful, has my beloved IDT, and is amazing with any type of knit fabric. The Pfaff Creative Performance and B750 are jumbos, both with IDT and their hefty size doesn't make any difference, good or bad, to my sewing.
It does make a difference (bad, lol!) to carting them in for service or for classes. They are just too large and heavy for that to be any fun.
------I heart Woo (HimmyCat). Until we meet again, my beautiful little boy. I love you.
I had a similar reaction when I saw the 780 - all I could think was "I don't have enough room of that"! I measured my cabinet and even though it was custom made and can be altered it wouldn't fit - I found that to be a bit of a relief.
I wound up getting a 580 and I can't say enough about it. It's wonderful and hasn't given me a lick of trouble!
------So many projects, not enough time
At my house in VA:
Bernina Activa 220, B580, B790
Singer 201-2, 221, BL Enlighten, BL Sashiko, BL Cover Stitch, Consew 75T
At my Lake House in PA:
Bernina 1010, Artista 165E, Singer 503A. Bernina Serger 1100d, BL Evolution
------ iPad's auto-correct is my enema.
I was fortunate enough to do some sewing on this machine where I worked. It's a Singer 7 Class, for harnesses. I had a tape measure across the table for a size reference, but it's hard to see in this cell phone photo. That's about 27 inches across the base, so ya, it's big.
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------A sewing machine is just a welder for textiles.
I love a big machine. I'd have probably purchased a Bernina 820 or 830 if I'd had the space. I like big screens, and I like that screen to be center, right in my face.
I got hooked on flat bed sewing after I had a sewing counter built with 20" long wells for the machines to sit in. The Bernina 7 series were the only long bed machines that would fit properly. So much to consider when you're thinking about SM size, your sewing space, and what type of sewing you do.
I also love my big Juki2010, and that one is sort of large too. I use my Bernina 530 mainly as a travel machine. It's such a pleasure sewing on the 780 I don't hardly want to use anything else.
------Bernina 780, and 530
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When life gives you green velvet curtains, make a green velvet dress.
I went from a janome 6600 and the bought a Bernina 550.
This machine is all I need. I mostly deal with garments,and smaller craft projects,textile art. Enough power to hem many layers of denim without balking,great accessories freemotion couching foot,felting foot and yes the size was a factor in my purchase.
The larger 7 series just reminded me of a whale. Too oversized for me .
------If in doubt,throw it out!
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Mary J. Blige works the red carpet in a twisted top knot.
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I walked down to the adult beverage store and got two bottles of jim beam and s shooter of crwon black label because we didn't have any Tylenol
If a video of someone that looks like me banging that chick on the hood of her car in some parking lot suddenly shows up on the web... let me know, I gotta see how that turned out.
Nicee. Atleast your phone doesn't change pen in to PENISsSSSSSSS like mine does
saying that you may be able to suck the gay out of me was just my way of getting a blowjob...thank you for the valiant effort.
can you come back were all locked out and alyssia's still inside passed out on the floor but more importantly i left a beer in there that's not finished
Hey fuck you and your taint. I'm just riding a canoe called life, back the fuck off. P.s. I need a ride
that beer fried lasagna last night was sooo good
It must be illegal for me to be this drunk in front of this many children
Don't mean to be rude. But did you, by any chance, cut down a tree from my neighbors backyard last night? And did you also drag it to my yard and burn it?
at some point i feel off my bar stool straight into the arms of a gay guy. just my luck.
Dude just slipped a $20 into the jukebox at that restaurant we were escorted out of last Mardi GRAS. Hope they enjoy Justin Bieber's Baby cause they're gonna hear it 40 fucking times.
you came downstairs saying you were now 'dressed to impress'
just joined the mile high club. if this plane crashes because of this text, it was worth.
You found Muppets From Space a little too intense, so you just sorta sat on the ground and stared at the wall plug for an hour and a half.
if I end up fighting someone to save $15 on a toaster oven then something went wrong earlier in life
bought some hannah montana deodorant. hope it doesnt make me smell untalented
he brought me knee pads...is that sweet or weird?
All I remember was after sex she kept trying to take pictures of my dick "for memories"
Dude she has starbursts in her sports bra. I feel like this is counter productive.
She was really fucking loud. My neighbors definetly knew my name...
I've only been home four days and my parents' cleaning lady already wrote down the number to AA and told me she's praying for me.
The lifeguard told us we had to move Mike before the tide came in when he passed out.
You ordered 6 boxes of pizza and laughed in the pizza guys face when you didn't pay for any of them.
Remember when you picked me up from my walk of shame with a bike, I came out wearing a Ninja Turtle costume and you let me ride the pegs to thoroughly display the embarassment
but he gave me mouthwash after the bj. no ones ever done that for me before.
But life isn't just all about getting drunk & eating chicken strips.
I'm fucked up. I can't drink anymore. We stole a cat.
After a certain blood-alcohol level, the dog is in charge.
My ex came to my place while I was gone. Random things he took: snow shoes, my laundry quarters, a decorative picture, all my condiments, the container that held my rice and a sticker off my wallet. Then left a note saying he watered my plants and fed my cats. What. The. Fuck.
He's covered in dirt and enchiladas. We're going drinking now.
Odd question. Did you find a 20 in your boxers? I need it for gas.
if there weren't so many witnesses I 100% wouldve punted that squirrel
Nobody has ever asked me for my honest opinion on whether they needed anal bleaching before
when i went to the store to buy my pregnancy test they were giving carnations to all the moms and they gave me one and said "just in case"
she let a homeless guy feel her up so she could go for a ride in his shopping cart
He sent me a picture of him bent over showing his asshole with the caption "vwahla".... No more tequila for either of you
She actually pushed her roomie out of the way and said 'You already fucked him it's my turn!'
I always knew I'd be the first one with an STD
Her bed is on wheels, so we woke up in the kitchen.
Yeah we call her cincohandjabos because she gave 5 guys handjobs one night in 5th grade
She said her hobbies include bangin guys on one night stands and then sending them facebook relationship requests the next morning just to freak em out
there's sperm and chicken noodle soup everywhere
im drunk. people are steering their children away from me. whatever it is that you called for, I assure you that I don't care. have a good night
composition of my stomach right now: 60% C8H10N4O2 * H2O (coffee), 20% CaCO3 (pepto bismol/tums), 10% HCl (stomach acid), 5% fried rice, 5% residual adderall. i can do that by percent mass too. fuck you finals.
No dude trust me, just go a strip club at their busiest hours and pick the ugliest chick. Guaranteed she blows you for under 20$, the record stands at $7.67 and a pen from Bank of America,
Dude, just look at these fucking curtains and chill out.
I'm hoping he'll tell everyone how great in bed I am. Well, how great in bathroom floor I am.
You'd be proud of me. They tried to give me bread to sober up, but I told them no, im on a diet.
It involved anal and pop rocks. Tell me how that could have ended well.
We got the idea to smoke under his bed because, and I quote, "it'd be just like going camping"
My ex just called and told me that he is on his way to the hospital because he popped a vein in his dick. Should I go to the ER with him or class?
Her directions to the house party: "the north star will guide you, turn left. I'm wearing the potato hat"
I slept with him to see his dog one last time
how do chicks with those acryllic nails wipe their anuses?
i think you're the only person in the world who masturbates to food network.
trying to figure out who visited the hillshire farms website enough for it to be in my top sites.
I thought he was joking about bailing you out until I saw the picture of you and the sheep in the morning paper. Were those my boots you had on it
so just incase you wake up on the couch wondering how you got there--you came home at 7am, put ice in a cup--then you proceeded to put the cup in the microwave and melt it because you "wanted water". you then, fell down the stairs while saying "you don't know me" then crawled to the couch.
she tends to only attract lesbians and homeless men
All she was asking was for you to describe your coat so she could get it, but you kept yelling at her so the security threw you out.
koolaid chicken. i marinated it for 2 hours and roasted it on a rock in a fire. it was bright blue and raw. but that shit was tasty
while you laid on the ground I poured water into your mouth out of dog bowl some random guy walks by and said now that's what I like to see.
Security said no more parties of this kind. To me that translates to Theme party this weekend.
went from writing my paper to watching obamas speech to crushing beers and singing springsteen in a crowd of 100 within 20 minutes. I love this country
Apparently Bin Ladens last act of terrorism is cock blocking me....
hold on, were in the kitchen painting a yellow brick road to my vagina on my leg with black light paint.
there was a kid getting taken out of the waterpark handcuffed to a wheelchair singing "tryna catch me ridin dirty"
her orgasm sounded like a fucking walrus crying.
do you really not remember him getting up at like 4am with a leaf blower running through the house and telling people to "WAKE THE FUCK UPPP"
I chased a girl up a staircase screaming because she had a cardboard cut out of James Dean which, at the time, I believed to my friend being held against his will
Why the fuck did you text me at 4 in the morning telling me not to have sex with the bird?
According to google history I spent most of last night trying to buy an elephant.
we were frolicking through a fountain of pizza rolls. it was like the best dream i ever had
I think I suffocated him while I was riding his face
Where are you and who are these girls passed out on the floor?
I went to a bar in my pajamas last night. I'll be there again tonight in a wolf costume.
You broke into someone's house and stole a pan of lasagna.
Semen is not good for contacts.
I can't do a walk of shame with a sombrero full of baby chickens
Being the only sober one.. I had to feed you guys doritos. You kept licking my fingers.
Sorry for my penis texting you last night, I can't control what he wants at 4am.
She asked if you knew her boyfriend, and you responded that you "think you gave him head once" and then hiccupped.
We are not in the same countries and I heard about your hook up last night BEFORE you.
100% of annual heatstroke fatalities are preventable deaths! Don't let it happen to you! Also, you can catch crabs from almost anything! Be safe and have fun.
please dont let the old guy in the wheelchair see you when you wake up
I know it was you because you're the only person I know who gets drunk and craves soup.
No i peed with you in the toilet. The guy I high fived was mid pee in front of the urinal
I am currently listening to someone take a shit. I hate the hole in the ceiling.
At what point did you think the cops were actually coming to hang out with us
well apperantly i passed out on the stairs shouting "victory".
As one final fuck you to the courthouse i'm paying the rest of this ticket with sacajawea coins.
Wait so they unscrewed the bathroom door to find you naked?
I don't think my prof knows we've noticed her No Bra Fridays.
at least i was responsible enough to take off my shoe and throw up in it
Be prepared to possibly be invited to a fancy strip club breakfast on Friday and be prepared to say yes.
A kid in my class brought a George Foreman and cooked food mid lecture. When the prof found out, all the kid did was ask if he wanted some.
Im doing shots of vodka in the bathroom covered in pillows.
my gym membership just went from "way to get in shape" to "place to go swim when I'm high"
hahaha my homeschooled cousin put up graduation pictures. it's just her standing in front of her fire place. With a hand made diploma.
No, that was before the police came, but after the hooker.
Apparently I was pointing at birds and yelling "YOU USED TO BE A DINOSAUR!!!"
i am way too old to be getting fingered at work
So today I found out that our school is known as the herpes school
that was probably me. ive bitten a lot of people.
so i woke up to her 8 year old asking for a bowl of cereal...
Don't be alarmed at the girl laying on your bathroom floor.
Do you know anything about the Easter basket sitting on my doorstep filled with porn and peeps?
So hungover. They actually hid easter eggs around me.
so im gonna ask for shark week off tomorrow at work and i advise you do the same
When the cops knocked on the door, he just knocked back and announced "house keeping"
I cannot for the life of me remember why I am holding this rabbit.
we bought a duck. we're keeping him in our dorm room. don't ever try to tell me you've had a better freshman year than me.
I did not just catch my dad watching porn.I did not just catch my dad watching porn. I did not just catch my dad watching porn.I did not just catch my dad watching porn. I did not just catch my dad watching porn. I did not just catch my dad watching porn. I did not just catch my dad watching porn.
Can I crash on your couch? I just came home to find my wife giving two guys blowjobs.
Our professor just said "No class today, go get stoned." A guy seriously walked over and hugged him.
After you pregamed and were plastered you saw the cop was parked illegally so you gave him a citizens arrest
Microwave minutes are longer than normal minutes.
a girl just showed up to class in a zip up hoddie and sweat pants. said she over slept. i guess she got hot and unzipped it , it was only then she realized was sleeping without a shirt or bra.
Sorry for talking about super scientific shit so much last night, I know it bugs you sometimes when I don't shut up.
What? You sat on the couch for a solid 2 hours staring at your fingerprints and the only word that came out of your mouth was "how"
Going to spend my cab money on more shots and just take the ambulance home
Maybe we should try and tone it down a notch. The neighbors changed the name of their wifi network to "i can hear you having sex".
Just got laid for the first time in 3 yrs, 10 mo, 1 wk & 2 days. YESSSS.
I don't know where I am but the food in the fridge is awesome.
You act like I was drinking alone...I had the entire Verizon network with me
i finally watched harry potter... a tad unrealistic if you ask me... i mean a ginger kid with 2 friends?
How do you jack off and text at the same time?
after he passed out we removed everything electronic from his room, stuck in some old books and an ancient typewriter from goodwill. for 20 min. we had him convinced he'd drunk himself backward in time.
i made the cop pinkie-promise not to arrest me if i failed the breathalizer.
I'm at the airport and there's a guy wearing all camoflash to go hunting .. Should I bump in to him and say woahh sorry didn't see you there?
I want to fuck you on the side of the bed tonight.
I'm sorry, I want to penetrate you on the edge of our sleeping quarters this evening.
he took off my shirt and said 'oh my god the legends are true'
awoke with 47 plastic lawn flamingos in my bed and on surrounding floor. explanation?
you said they were your minions of evil that protected you from ferrets.
o shit let me call u back theres a hamburger in my pocket
OMFG I JUST SAW SOMEONE GIVING SOMEONE ELSE ROAD HEAD AND THEY HIT A POTHOLE. my day has been officially made.
she gave me a handjob in the middle of the night and my stomach growled so she walked out totally naked and came back 5 minutes later with two sandwiches. who the fuck says getting married is awful?
My mom just walked in on me and my girlfriend about to have sex. All she said was "You're lookin like a fool with your pants on the ground.."


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Nicalis Announces 1001 Spikes for Wii U and 3DS eShop
Posted by James Newton
Due this year
Nicalis is still putting the finishing touches to its WiiWare translation of La-Mulana, but it's already announced its next project, 1,001 Spikes for digital release on Wii U and 3DS.
Like La-Mulana and Cave Story, 1,001 Spikes is a retro-styled platformer that started life elsewhere, in this case as Xbox Live Indie game Aban Hawkins & The 1000 Spikes. It's got a Spelunky/Rick Dangerous sort of vibe to it, and Nicalis will do its thing and bring it to Nintendo formats with new art, graphics and sound, plus a four-player local multiplayer mode.
Nicalis says the game will come to the 3DS eShop first, but it's hoping to have the Wii U version ready in time for the system's launch later this year.
[via revogamers.net]


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SSMN: Friday, April 25, 2014Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsIt's time to get ready for the weekend! Let us help you! First, at 6:40 a.m. we'll take a listen to Entertainment Tonight as they tell us what movies will be opening up at the theater, care of the Entertainment Tonight Hollywood newsroom. At 7:10 a.m. we'll tell you about […]


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December 30, 2010
Howe and Why
Ovechkin, Backstrom and Green
by Robert Vollman
Yesterday, we used the Snepsts system to take a closer look at Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and to place their current seasons in a historical context. Today, we'll complete our preparations for the Winter Classic by looking at their opponents, Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green of the Washington Capitals.
The Snepsts System
There are many ways to search history to find players with comparable statistics. What particularly defines the Snepsts system is that it searches all of NHL's history, normalizes data to the modern era, rules out players over two years older or younger, and weights current, previous and past seasons at a 4:2:1 ratio. A more detailed explanation of the methodology is here.
As a reminder, these are not similar players, but rather players with similar statistics. Looking at how the future unfolded for them can be an entertaining way to give us insight into what to expect from our target players.
Alexander Ovechkin, 25
Alexander Ovechkin scored 52 goals and 106 points in his first NHL season, accumulating 271 goals and 529 points over his first five seasons, causing several analysts to muse whether Gretzky's career goal scoring record could someday be in jeopardy. Note: It probably isn't.
The Great One's own goal scoring levels started to drop at age 25, from 73 goals to 52 goals. In fact, the same man who previously averaged over 80 goals a season could only manage even 50 goals just three more times the rest of his career. In this fashion, Gretzky was hardly unique, as most of history's great goal scorers saw their goal scoring arc down noticeably at age 25. Let's see if Ovechkin's historical comparables can add to this insight.
Age Closest Comparable GP G A PTS
24 Busher Jackson 1934-35 42 24 32 56
25 Gordie Howe 1953-54 70 38 62 100
23 Mario Lemieux 1988-89 76 63 87 150
23 Paul Kariya 1997-98 22 18 15 33
26 Jean Beliveau 1957-58 55 27 33 60
27 Guy Lafleur 1978-79 80 41 64 105
24 Steve Yzerman 1989-90 79 47 50 97
26 Eric Lindros 1999-00 55 27 33 60
25 Jari Kurri 1985-86 78 47 46 93
25 Jaromir Jagr 1997-98 77 37 73 110
Worst (Beliveau) 82 40 49 89
Best (Lemieux) 82 68 93 161
Average 82 49 62 111
VUKOTA (over 82 GP) 82 55 64 119
It's quite interesting that two players, Jean Beliveau and Eric Lindros, had identical normalized stats, and that Ovechkin is on pace for 29 goals and 59 assists for "only" 88 points, only one point below the level of those two players.
Of course, for Ovechkin to actually continue scoring at this level, he'd have to continue to convert on only 8.0% of his shots, far lower than his career average of 12.1%hardly likely. While it's reasonable to predict that Ovechkin's days of scoring 50 goals a season could be numbered, there's just no way that a generational talent like him will drop below 30 goals so soon, barring injury.
Nicklas Backstrom, 23
Nicklas Backstrom's scoring has risen steadily from 69 points as a 20-year-old rookie in 2007-08, to 88 points, to finally 101 points last season. Playing alongside an offensive juggernaut like Ovechkin was a great way to finish top three in assists in each of the last two seasons.
Unfortunately, Ovechkin's quasi-slump has slowed Backstrom down, and even if he plays all 82 games (like he has every year so far), he'll be good for only 23 goals, 53 assists and 76 points. Let's see how his comparables have done in similar situations.
Age Closest Comparable GP G A PTS
25 Andy Bathgate 1957-58 65 30 49 79
22 Denis Savard 1983-84 75 26 42 68
25 Dutch Reibel 1955-56 68 19 46 65
22 Henri Richard 1958-59 63 20 30 50
24 Tom Cook 1931-32 48 13 24 37
24 Peter Forsberg 1997-98 72 26 72 98
24 Jason Spezza 2007-08 76 35 59 94
24 Marcel Dionne 1975-76 80 32 46 78
24 Neil Colville 1938-39 47 20 23 43
23 Stan Mikita 1963-64 70 39 52 91
Worst (Cook) 82 23 41 64
Best (Forsberg) 82 30 82 112
Average 82 32 54 86
VUKOTA (over 82 GP) 82 35 69 104
Even in this limited sample, there's a very wide range of outcomes. At the moment, Backstrom's pace seems to most closely match Dutch Reibel, who had the tremendous fortune of playing with a 26-year-old Gordie Howe on the repeating Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. What you see above is his third straight season in the league's top eight scorers despite being only 25 years old. Unfortunately, he was moved off the top line the next season, then shipped to Chicago in an eight player swap, and finally out of the NHL by age 28.
Of course, that's just one possible career trajectory, and an unlikely one for someone of Backstrom's talent, playing in a league with 180 top six opportunities instead of the 36 in Reibel's day. By contrast, several of these other trajectories eventually landed in the Hall of Famelike six of these ten (with a seventh, Forsberg, likely to follow). Backstrom will most likely fall somewhere in the middle, and a lot closer to the Hall of Famers, the longer he can stay with Ovechkin.
Mike Green, 25
Mike Green scored only 15 points in his first 92 NHL games, but exploded at age 22, earning an extra 10 minutes of ice time per game, scoring 68 goals and 137 assists for 205 points in his next 225 contests.
Unfortunately, a great deal of his scoring was tied to Ovechkin. Assuming Green plays all remaining games, and matches last year's total of 75 GPhis second best in four seasonshe'll finish with only 16 goals and 23 assists for 39 points.
It's a big challenge to find comparables to a player with statistics as unique as Green's, and an even bigger challenge finding someone who slowed down to the same extent the next season.
Age Closest Comparable GP G A PTS
24 Ray Bourque 1984-85 73 14 49 63
26 Sandis Ozolinsh 1998-99 39 7 27 34
24 Denis Potvin 1977-78 80 25 57 82
27 Phil Housley 1991-92 74 18 51 69
27 Sergei Gonchar 2001-02 76 27 36 63
23 Paul Coffey 1984-85 80 26 62 88
25 Brad Park 1973-74 78 22 52 74
24 Ian Turnbull 1977-78 77 12 42 54
27 Al MacInnis 1990-91 78 22 62 84
27 Eddie Wares 1942-43 47 9 16 25
Worst (Wares) 75 15 25 40
Best (Coffey) 75 25 58 83
Average 75 19 47 66
VUKOTA (over 75 GP) 75 17 50 67
All of these defensemen continued to have monster seasons, with three of them continuing to score over the modern era equivalent of a point-a-game pace. The only exception was fellow Calgarian Eddie Wares, but he is a weak match at best, having generated a fair deal of his offense when he was moved up to the right wing.
It would be more accurate to say that Mike Green's scoring is more dependent on his teammates (one in particular) than the group above. It's either that, or none of the others had to contend with sudden slumps. Just like we saw Kris Letang's scoring rise with Crosby's, Mike Green's scoring is dropping with Ovechkin'sit's reasonable to expect that to continue until their luck changes.
Wrapping Up
Just like we saw yesterday how Sidney Crosby's hot streak can elevate his teammates, Alexander Ovechkin's bad luck can have an adverse effect on his. As soon as his shots start finding twine instead of posts, blockers and shin padshopefully in time for the Winter Classic! expect Backstrom and Green's production to rise closer to projected levels.
If you find these studies interesting, please take advantage of either the comment section or the email link to request analyses of other players, using either the Snepsts system, or a requested alternative.
Robert Vollman is an author of Hockey Prospectus.
You can contact Robert by clicking here or click here to see Robert's other articles.
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Two Bedrooms are a Must Right?
Here's the dilemma: You found the building of your dreams, but your price range will only get you a luxury One Bedroom condo. On the other hand, you can get a Two bedroom, which you really need, in a nice suitable high rise condo building in Buckhead. What to do?
Of course you should go with the two bedroom given you HAVE to HAVE a second bedroom RIGHT? But do you really? Are you needing that second room for an office or for a guest room? Do you really need an entire room for an office or could you use your laptop at the kitchen table? How often do your "guests" actually visit? Should you really sacrifice the building and location you want to be in, just to have room for out of town guests that visit maybe 3 times a year?
I say NO! Your guest stay can in the luxury condo building's guest suites or a hotel room. The truth is, that if you find a condo building that you really love but feel like you just have to have a place for guests, get creative with spacing and go for the 1 Bedroom in the better condo building! In fact as more and more people decide to move into smaller spaces, the more creative alternatives for sleeping quarters will be readily available. Take a minute to see these modern options for turning that empty wall into an instant guest bedroom! These are NOT our parent's Murphy Beds of the past. If you have a blank wall, you have the space!
Not bad right? Small condo=more creative ways and dual purpose walls/rooms/ect. Especially when there is usually a substantial price jump from a one bedroom to a two bedroom condo in the building that is more desirable. I deal with this every day when I am showing condo buyers and they initially think they just HAVE to HAVE a 2 bedroom; that is until they see some of the huge, gorgeous one bedrooms that are on the market in buildings they assumed they could not afford to be in. Or my empty nester customers that come in and think they just have to have an entire guest room for when their adult college aged children come to visit.
The trend in real estate is moving towards smaller more efficient spaces with exquisite finishes and incredible locations.
Could you do a 1 bedroom instead of a 2 or 3 bedroom condo? Let me know why or why not?