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7 Reasonable Explanations For Looking Like a Hipster
These days, there's apparently few worse things you could be than a hipster. People aren't outright saying they are worse than Hitler but you can kind of read between the lines. And wearing/doing things because they are ironic is pretty stupid.
But I feel like there's a lot of innocent people that can get caught in the searchlights during a hipster hunt, who have perfectly reasonable explanations for why they exhibit some of the classic hipster signs. Like...
Thick-Framed Glasses
Hipsters are known for wearing thick-framed glasses, as if they lived in a time before strong, lightweight materials were invented.
But even though there's contacts and titanium frames now, there's still totally legit reasons some people might wear thick-rimmed glasses. Like if you have tiny eyes.
Nobody likes having tiny eyes. They make you look like Vigo-possessed Ray from Ghostbusters 2.
How can you rule the earth and call other people pitiful half-men when you yourself look like a little piggy? You can say you are the Scourge of Carpathia and the Sorrow of Moldavia but all other people are going to hear is, "Oink, oink, oink!"
But see how a bold pair of frames can really enhance Vigo's eyes.
Now that he's a less freaky looking demon with normal-sized eyes, maybe the Ghostbusters will take what he has to say more seriously instead of shooting him.
Honestly, though, thick, dark frames carry out the same function as eyeliner (the point of eyeliner is to make your eyes stand out and look bigger if you are not versed in the lore of makeup) and are a lot easier to put on. And if you can't wear contacts, like me, eyeliner doesn't do much for you behind the glasses.
So yeah, some of us thick-rimmed glasses wearers aren't hipsters, we are just trying to look less like pig demons.
Vintage T-Shirts
When people these days see someone wearing an 80s pop culture themed T-shirt, their first thought is usually "hipster".
Because what the hell would a grown-up be doing buying a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles t-shirt, specifically one with the original series logo? To be ironic, that's what.
Or maybe honestly nostalgic, which isn't much better since that kind of blind nostalgia has been bringing back a wave of old properties like Transformers, G.I. Joe, the A-Team, the Smurfs, and others, in mostly awful modern incarnations.
See what ten thousand ironic t-shirts have wrought.
However, here's another explanation - they are very frugal people who are very good at taking care of their clothes. For example, the oldest T-shirt I can put a date on is my 1992 junior class T-shirt, which I still wear regularly and is in pretty good condition. I haven't gone to any trouble to preserve it and it's nearly 20 years old.
I wear it because it's comfortable, and because it's black, not because I want to let people know that the junior homecoming theme was Stayin' Alive.
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This Stayin' Alive, not the general concept of survival.
Friends I knew in even more insanely frugal households ended up saving clothes way beyond their fashion expiration date, going to college and later the working world with Engrish-festooned shirts from Taiwan that their parents had dumped on them in junior high, because they had a complex about "wasting" things.
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Maybe not the best thing to wear to your first day on the job as a copy editor.
When you grow up, you realize some of the things your parents taught you to do are a little crazy, but old habits die hard.
If the shirt in question is a newly-bought replica, none of that applies, of course. But unless you can see the tag, what are you going to do, carbon date everybody's shirt?
Mental note: Can't-fail small business idea #406 - T-shirt carbon dating kits.
Skinny Jeans
As someone with weight on my mind a lot, I didn't really get "skinny jeans" at first, as a product. If you want tighter jeans, buy a smaller size, right?
Now I get that you do have to make some changes to the cut to get it to hug your legs all the way down - if you have skinny legs. But for a pretty big percentage of Americans, you don't really need that special cut. You can probably find a standard cut of jeans out there that will do all the hugging you need.
Because to a great extent, how "skinny" a pair of jeans appears is relative to how fat the legs in question are.
For example, any jeans on this person are going to look like skinny jeans:
You don't usually find a person that big walking around in skinny jeans, but there are a lot of smallish people out there who may have put on a little weight recently but are in denial or maybe just can't afford new jeans. And with the remarkable things they're doing these days with stretch denim, they might just still be able to make their old jeans work - only now they look like skinny jeans.
Conversely, women who suddenly lose a lot of weight can be mistaken for gangsters.
This is why I wear flares. Flares or boot cut jeans, being big at the ankle, never going to be mistaken for attempted skinny jeans no matter how fat you get, unless you get giant ankle tumors maybe. People will just look at you and go, "Oh, that person got too fat for their jeans."
Better than being called a hipster.
Sometimes you come across a young man with a bushy beard and mustache and you automatically think "hipster." And quite often you'd be right. People don't usually combine a contemporary hairstyle with the beard of a Civil War gentleman unless they're trying to get attention.
But it could also be sensitive skin. Some people experience horrible razor burn every time they try to shave, and just decide, "fuck it."
And maybe they just want to make the best of what they've got, so they style it into something ridiculous, because, face it, everything you style a beard or mustache into looks ridiculous. That's your only alternative to plain.
However, if they're clearly shaving big swaths of beard in order to get some kind of pattern:
That leaves the sensitive skin excuse right out. Hipster away.


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American Idol's Top 11 sang songs from the cinema on Wednesday, but who possessed the Gravity to impress the judges and which contestants are destined to be Gone with the Wind?
Jena Irene, 17, who was in the Bottom 3 last week, earned a standing ovation from Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez, and a prolonged ovation from the crowd, following her electrifying performance of "Decode" at the piano.
Urban said there was a "ferocity" about the way she performed the Twilight song, comparing it to "hurtling along the edge of a cliff," while Lopez called it the best performance of the night and yelled, "America, get on board!"
Singer-songwriter Alex Preston, 20, who admitted "last week hit us hard" with regard to the judges' harsh criticism, didn't receive any negative feedback following his moving rendition of "Falling Slowly."
Urban, who was emotional following the performance, said it was filled with "raw fragility," while Harry Connick Jr. said it was "simply stated and elegantly done," adding, "I'm really proud of you, man."
C.J. Harris 23, sporting a Pharrell Williams-esque hat and new guitar, sang "Can't You See" which had Urban out of his seat and JLo groovin' in her bubblegum-pink jumpsuit and calling him a "frontrunner."
"You just picked and sang your way back to the forefront of this competition," raved typically harsh Harry.
And typically hard-rocking Caleb Johnson, 22, turned the tables, singing the ballad "Skyfall" by Adele, which Urban called a "great, restrained performance," and Connick said was "fantastic … you're going to be very hard to beat."
Malaya Watson, 16, was a Dreamgirl, ending the show by singing Jennifer Hudson's "I Am Changing," which also got Lopez and Urban up out of their seats.
Earning some of the harshest criticism of the night was Ben Briley, 24, who attempted to show a different side by playing the piano and singing "Bennie and the Jets" (something he might have reconsidered had he recalled the sizzling rendition of it by season 10's Haley Reinhart).
Connick slammed the performance calling it "lackadaisical" and "pointless," saying Briley's voice sounded "affected," and then gave a preview of his Thursday performance by taking to the piano at Ryan Seacrest''s request.
Who will experience Apocalypse Now on Thursday's results show, which will decide the Top 10 that will perform on Idol's summer tour? Find out at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.
American Idol: Jena Irene, C.J. Harris and Alex Preston Stand Out from the Pack
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Source: Automotive News
quote: Musk has been pushing support for a recent bill in Texas, called House Bill 3351. This would allow distributors and manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) only to sell directly to customers without the use of dealerships.
quote: Typical fax-libertarian "Let freedom ring... in my moral envelope!".


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On Nov. 4, 2001, a very fresh-faced Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint hit the red carpet at London's Odeon theater for the world premiere of the franchise's first big-screen installment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S.).
Radcliffe, then 11, gushed about his excitement for the star-making role, telling PEOPLE, "My face and my stomach are vibrating!"
When asked which of the titular wizard's powers he'd like to have, Radcliffe named invisibility, observing,"That would be so cool, to be able to go anywhere without people knowing." (More than a decade later, that seems even less likely for the widely recognizable actor.)
In honor of the premiere's 12th anniversary, check out these adorable throwback photos of the Potter gang a dozen years ago.
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Source: AutoWeek
quote: You are repeating the same exact cost argument that was made when seatbelts were first mandated.
quote: And that's what this is really about: Not increasing fuel economy, but stimulating the development of alternative power sources.
quote: Engineering an entire fleet of cars to, on average, provide double fuel efficiency WHILE still being a vehicle that people would actually want to buy.
quote: They aren't asking companies to provide double efficiency. Think closer to 50% efficiency increases for most vehicles, at most.
quote: Furthermore, cars like the prius and cr-z already meet the standard and people purchase those vehicles.
quote: Given that most people wouldn't notice the difference in common driving between a BMW with 300hp and a BMW with a 150hp engine.
quote: People still could buy high performance cars under the new standard, but it would not be at the current numbers now. Buying a performance car under the new CAFE is probably going to be more like buying a Lotus Elise or a BMW M3 vs the common practice of buying a Mustang or Camaro at $30k.
quote: A car that gets 25 MPG would need 120% increase in fuel economy to meet the proposed standard. Most cars that are not stodgy, boring econoboxes are not getting much over 30 MPG.
quote: Average of the above set is 29 MPG, which means you would need 190% improvement in fuel economy, on average, to hit the 55 MPG standard.
quote: Obama was successful in spiking hybrid sales by allowing our fuel prices to nearly double to $4 / gallon
quote: You'd have to be quite dense not to notice the difference between 300 and 150 HP, especially when accelerating to the pace of traffic as you enter a highway or passing another car at highway speeds. You'll also notice the lack of power if your car has a load and you're traveling up any sort of incline.
quote: Performance cars are the cars most people want - but many opt for what they need since they can't afford more than one.
quote: The CAFE standard would be more reasonable if low sales volume vehicles could be excluded so that auto companies are not discouraged from building cars that are actually awesome. They already hit a lot of performance cars with a "gas guzzler" tax - utter BS if you ask me.
quote: You're assuming that the 25mpg car needs to hit that 54.5mpg target.
quote: They stopped doing fleet wide averages in 2007 and it is now based on vehicle footprint. So you're example means nothing in this context, unless you are talking about credit shifting within a manufacturer to meet a standard failure in a specific class.
quote: That is a myth perpetuated by the Right. Obama didn't double gas. It was $4.11 in July 2008 while Bush was still in office. The $2 gas was a market effect of the recession and decreased demand.
quote: Furthermore, Presidents have little effect on the price of gas
quote: People spend most of their time commuting which often means heavy backed up traffic. I don't need 500 ponies to travel 10ft at any given moment.
quote: Outside of a powerband, cars act predominantly the same because you aren't going to be able to get a massive hp difference in the first 2500rpm.
quote: As middle class income continues to shrink, more people will be unlikely to buy impractical sports cars. It the nature of the market, not some nasty scheme by the government.
quote: That is why you see the Camry and its competitors selling the most. It's because the Camry is practical and reliable, not because it is fun to drive. If people wanted fun to drive they buy BMWs and Mercedes.
quote: However, most manufacturers won't build a sportscar because they would have to pass on the cost to the consumer and would be unlikely to make a substantial amount of money off a low volume seller compared to the amount it would take to design and develop the car.
quote: The footprint thing was designed to prevent manufacturers from offsetting cars with low MPG ratings by adding one or two high MPG cars to the lineup...but that opens the door for them to make big cars with dinky 4-banger engines so that they can boost the MPG for a given "category" of cars.
quote: Obama has been trying to force "green energy" policies on America to the exclusion of something practical like domestic oil production. Don't buy into the nonsense that a president's policies have no effect on the price of gas because it's a load of crap.
quote: Not only can you buy these vehicles but people actually do even with the obamaconomy holding the middle class hostage. So don't tell me that there is no demand for such cars or that they're relics of the past. People still want them and will buy them, impractical as they may be.
quote: That's the wrong way to look at it. If your nameplate doesn't have some kind of awesomeness associated with it, it's going to be a boring brand that doesn't get much attention.
quote: So a turbo car or a V8 which has 70-100% of its peak torque at 2,500 RPM is going to "feel the same" as your econoturd? Riiiight...
quote: The reason we do the footprint method is so that automakers like Ford, Chevy, and Dodge can still make trucks.
quote: Now they determine it based on footprint within the class.
quote: That's why you have different metrics for each class with subcompacts like the Fit being forced to hit 60mpg CAFE (45mpg EPA) while larger cars like the Camry have to hit about 45mpg CAFE (30mpg EPA).
quote: Why don't you go to politifact and look up Obama $2 gas.
quote: Gas is a internationally trade commodity. Do you think we could actually hit $2 again?
quote: The government doesn't drill for oil itself and can't control the producers or consumers of oil. Obama can't tell China to stop importing oil any more than he can tell OPEC to produce more crude.
quote: That is why I say presidents have little control over gas prices. It has nothing to do with Obama being in office, it's just simple economics.
quote: So you can point out the SRT Viper and the Corvette ZR1, but consider that those cars are sold in exceedingly small numbers and the only way they will survive in the future is to sell them with 4 or 6 cylinders to a mass market or to sell them at a high price, with development costs factored in, to a small group of wealthier individuals.
quote: A better example would be to look at Toyota which went for about 7yrs without the MR2 or the Supra and took to volume selling crown from GM.
quote: An amazing car doesn't sell the brand. Corvettes help sell cars but not as much as a solid line of reliable models.
quote: I am right that you won't see a huge difference between hp at the 2500rpm range. However, I'm glad you mentioned torque because, yes there is a massive difference when going from a V8 on torque to a 4 cylinder. However, when comparing economies to full size cars, you are also forgetting that a full size car will weigh about 1000lbs more than an econobox. So the increase in torque has to match or exceed the ratio to weight to derive a benefit from the increased torque.
quote: CAFE standards were applicable to vehicles under 8,500 lbs AND there "light trucks" were graded differently than "cars". So no, this is not the reason. It's what you believe to be the reason.
quote: Why don't you just look at the historical prices of gas at the pump from 2000-2008 and 2008-2012?
quote: If we are drilling oil locally we can tax oil exports and credit domestically sold oil to make it more cost effective to sell oil that is drilled in the US within the US.
quote: The technology developed and implemented in pinnacle vehicles like the Corvette ZR1 and SRT Viper can be applied to all vehicles throughout the model lineup in some way. So while the investment in developing these cars may not be recouped from sales of said vehicles - the knowledge gained allows them to produce better cars overall.
quote: More simple rithmetic I presume? You're incorrect btw.
quote: We can safely conclude that you have never driven anything other than an econo car or maybe a "sporty import", but noting truly fast like an Evo or WRX STI.
quote: The footprint applies to trucks too because there is quite a difference between the Colorado and the 3500. Now Chevy doesn't have to sell three Colorado to every one 3500 to meet the standard just like they don't need to sell 4 Aveo for every Camaro. That is how the footprint method applies. Read up on it.
quote: Why don't you? Then you can see how it was $4 per gallon right before it plummeted to $2, along with the economy. Wow! Now I understand what you mean, the best way to get gas down to $2 is to crash our economy and kill demand, right?
quote: So we can violate the world trade agreement we signed onto and pay fines to oil producing countries? You can't go protective like you're talking about while remaining part of the WTO.
quote: You're excellent idea is not possible with our economy. As I mentioned earlier, it's simple economics with a demand and supply curve dictated by the rise in demand in China and the limiting of supply by OPEC.
quote: The engines are not investments that can be applied to all vehicles because you would be stupid to put a 426hp engine in a Malibu.
quote: You are comparing a V8 super car to an anemic I4. My original example was a 150hp vs a 300hp. So a better comparison would be your V6 Camaro and the I4 Accent. You add 50% more weight for 60% increase in hp and torque. If there were better examples.I would use them but they are a rough selection. Ofcourse a 425hp car is going to beat a 100hp car unless it is 4 times the weight. I never said an econobox with near equal weight and a quarter of the power would be the same. Your example is more like comparing a Veyron to a Prius.
quote: I've driven a Mustang GT, a Corvette coupe, a WRX STI, and Dodge Charger. I know what cars drive like, and I could easily tell the difference between the Charger and the Corvette based primarily because of the weight difference. Now if you drive those vehicles outside of their proper power bands like 2500 rpms vs 4500 rpms, they feel sluggish like driving a normal mid size car within its power band. That is the point I am trying to make. Any car outside its power band will always feel sluggish because you are slinging a car with little torque relative to its weight.


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HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Sometimes, the old ways are better.
At the Pennsylvania Dutch Market in Hagerstown, newfangled shortcuts aren't often sought out and the end result is an old-fashioned market that's developed into a regional haven for foodies over the last five years.
The market is primarily operated by nice Amish folks and foods are prepared in the old styles handed down from generation to generation.
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Journal photos by Justin Griffin
The Pennsylvania Dutch Market includes seven different food vendors.
The rotisserie chicken at J&D BBQ is perhaps the best of its kind that you're going to find anywhere.
The Pennsylvania Dutch Market includes seven different food vendors with a common goal - creating an intense experience for the senses. You can tell from the flavors and the aromas filling the market that the smallest of details are held in the highest regard.
At this market, all the ingredients are locally sourced when possible.
You seldom see a microwave anywhere.
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Pennsylvania Dutch Market
Days and Hours of Operation
Thursday- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday - 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Long Meadow Shopping Center
1583 Potomac Ave.
Hagerstown, MD. 21742
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Food prepared with such care is highly flavorful and, be warned, filling.
The market is open Thursday through Saturday, year round, minus the holidays.
On Thursdays, it's open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, it's open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The individual vendors include:
Blue Mountain Deli - Every kind of salad you can think of - chicken salad, tuna salad, ham salad - is available at this counter. Comfort foods are a specialty here, including a classic meatloaf, mac and cheese and homemade desserts. There are three different varieties of potato salad. The loaded potato salad is chocked full of bacon - which makes it awesome. There's also a large selection of cheeses, eggs and dairy products, along with old-fashioned pickles and barrel-cured kraut.
Paul's Country Kitchen -The top draws for this eatery are its fried chicken and its slippery pot pie, the Amish take on chicken pot pie. The fried chicken is so good it tends to make people forget who and where they are.
J & D BBQ -Every thing at this stop is worth trying at least once. The smoked ribs seem to get all the attention but the rotisserie chicken is a work of culinary art and should not be overlooked.
Old Hand Crank - Here you can find all kinds of Amish, handmade soft pretzels, including a breakfast pretzel, and a pretzel dog, along with fresh, homemade pizza. The must-try at this stop are its pretzel logs, which come in several flavors, including chicken bacon ranch, steak, sausage, bacon, egg and cheese, and stromboli. All are made with real cheese, meats and the outer pretzel shell is soft and mildly sweet - which makes this item nearly addictive.
Verna's Sub Shop - The rock star sandwich here is the chicken cheese steak sub. The flavor of the chicken is simply amazing, the bread is perfect and the details of the sandwich are expertly handled. You'll have a hard time finding a better sandwich anywhere. The soups are top of the line and the fried vegetables are also very good.
Riehl's Bakery - This scratch bakery is a must for anyone visiting the market. The apple dumplings are required eating. The spiral cut apples and the old-world spices make this a treat worth trying. The doughnuts are out of sight, along with the cookies and the cobblers. This bakery has just about every classic baked good you could ever hope for.
Dutch Country Produce - This particular shop specializes in local produce when it's in season and orange juice like you've never tasted before. The apple cider is top notch and the old-style root beer is another interesting beverage to try.
The Pennsylvania Dutch Market also features a full-service butcher shop, J&D Meats, with good flavorful meats, minus all the grease. The beef is grass-fed and the poultry is never frozen. There's also a furniture shop, Penn Dutch Furniture, and a dry-goods shop, Olde Town Candy and Bulk Foods, which also sells old-fashioned chocolates.
If you're passionate about food, the Pennsylvania Dutch Market should be on your "to do" list.
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The 7 Least Anticipated Albums of 2014
With a new year underway, lots of music sites and publications have started rolling out lists of all the swell music-related things you should be looking forward to over the next 12 months. This, obviously, is not that list. Instead, what I want to highlight here are those things that, at first glance, might seem like the kind of thing a music fan would want to make note of on their calendar.
For me, Yoga Cats.
Upon further examination, it becomes readily apparent that the stuff on this list, even if you are looking forward to it, is probably going to be a massive disappointment.
You won't agree with me about a lot of these things, which is normal for an article like this one. I know it must be frustrating to only be able to vent your frustration in the comment section knowing full well you're unlikely to receive a response. I can't do much to change that, but if it makes you feel any better, you do have someone speaking on your behalf this week.
Oh, hey! That's the latest episode of Unpopular Opinion, a new Cracked podcast hosted by me. It's where we gather to talk about the less fact-based side of Cracked. So, you know, articles like this one. Joining along this week to tell me how wrong I am about music and life in general is my archnemesis, Gladstone.
Someone's wearing lifts! And a gorilla fur coat!
Joining along as the guest who doesn't say a bunch of stupid stuff no one likes is Katie Willert, whom you should recognize from After Hours, among several other Cracked locations. So that's fun!
Now, here are the seven least anticipated albums of 2014.
#7. Limp Bizkit -- Stampede of the Disco Elephants
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We're all familiar with the term "shooting fish in a barrel," correct? It means you're picking off an easy target, and that's definitely what's happening here. Saying that most people aren't looking forward to a new Limp Bizkit album is like saying most people aren't looking forward to dying in a car accident. It doesn't need to be said, everyone just knows.
Still, someone has to tell you that a new Limp Bizkit album is coming, even if only to give you time to build up a sufficient stockpile of jokes to tweet on the day it's eventually released.
I don't know exactly when that's going to be, but Fred Durst told Reddit to expect it sometime in the first quarter of the year. I'd say don't hold your breath, but if you're looking forward to this album, there probably isn't much damage left that holding your breath can cause anyway.
Sorry if that makes you want to break stuff; I hope you know I only mean you probably have brain damage of some sort if you listen to Limp Bizkit. There's no reason to get bent out of shape about it, bro. Besides, there is a silver lining in that they still have that half-decent guitar player that Fred Durst totally doesn't deserve. That's good news, even if it's super sad that he can't find a job he's not ashamed of.
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If you stare at the disco ball long enough, the rest of him fades into the background.
That's Wes Borland, the man who I like to imagine turns every Limp Bizkit concert into some sort of reverse Sucker Punch situation where he straps on elaborate costumes that could only exist in your imagination ...
... and then escapes to a fantasy world inside his head where everyone is just a regular dude who looks like this ...
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Jeff? Steve? Rick! Mike?
... just to lessen the mental pain that comes with playing stupid Fred Durst songs for a living.
Whatever the case, for a lot of us, when we hear that a new Limp Bizkit album is on the way, we're quick to wonder who would actually pay money for such an abomination. Well, guess what? I have an answer! It's this guy ...
#6. Birdman -- Bigga Than Life
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You know who I don't mind one bit? Lil' Wayne. Yes, I understand that's approximately the rap version of saying you like Nickelback, but I don't care. The operative word in the previous sentence should be "understand." I get it. I really do. For some reason I just don't hate Lil' Wayne the way a lot of people do, but I get why they do. For some reason I just fall in with that also fairly large group of people who feel otherwise. That said, my fandom has its limits. For example, you'd be hard-pressed to get me to give a shit about a new album by the man Lil' Wayne kind of creepily alternates between calling "daddy" and "Baby."
"Hey, Dad!"
His legal name is Birdman. He's one of the owners of Cash Money Records, and he allegedly has a new album coming out this year. I say "allegedly" because this project has been rumored to be coming out for years now. You can likely attribute the delay to the fact that Baby earned his rap degree at the P. Diddy school of music, which roughly translates to "other people write his rhymes." That process takes time, probably because the legitimately talented rappers have their own shit to write. Who knows?
What I do know is that, if you're looking for someone to blame for the return of the aforementioned Fred Durst, you should take your complaints up with Birdman.
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"The fuck do I have to do with this?"
Check out this quote:
"If we find some great talent, we're gonna embrace it. Limp Bizkit, to me, is just a perfect match for us."
That's Baby talking about signing Limp Bizkit to Cash Money Records. I put a lot of emphasis on the band name there, because I really can't emphasize enough that the "great talent" he's talking about is Limp Bizkit.
Are those the words of a man you trust to make a great album in 2014?
#5. Courtney Love -- Died Blonde
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Bad news, guys: Hole broke up. I know, I was surprised, too. I mean, sure, the last "Hole" album didn't feature any actual members of the band aside from Courtney Love. But still, the new album she claimed is coming out in 2014 and then probably forgot about seconds later is billed as a Courtney Love solo album, so whatever incarnation of Hole was living in her head has apparently disbanded.
It's sort of like how Billy Corgan sometimes releases solo albums and sometimes releases "Smashing Pumpkins" albums and nobody gives a shit either way because the only original member who stuck around when things went south was the drummer, Jimmy Chamberlain, a man so invaluable to the band that they fired him once and recorded an entire album before they even bothered replacing him. They just used a machine, a tactic we normally only accept from a rock band if the drummer has less than one arm.
This looks like a potential violation.
Anyway, we're talking about Courtney Love and her new solo album. It's called Died Blonde, which is a reference to a Foo Fighters song about how Courtney Love is terrible, unless I'm mistaken.
If it is, then of all the things Courtney Love has done over the past 20 years, that album title is my favorite.
#4. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga -- Cheek to Cheek
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This entry sort of hurts to write, because I like Lady Gaga a lot. I've been kicking around the idea of writing an entire column about her, in fact. I even suspect that, given what this album will be and the demographic it will appeal to, it might even be a little better than what usually results from this kind of pairing.
That said, this is a tactic that has to be wearing out its welcome a little bit, right? It was pretty neat way back in 1999 when Carlos Santana won every Grammy for doing the impossible by making the guy from Matchbox Twenty seem cool.
We were a lot less impressed when he returned a few years later with the lead singer of Nickelback and the world's pre-eminent Christian rap/rock band, P.O.D.
It was enough to open the floodgates, and really old musicians teaming up with the kids has been a phenomenon that hasn't slowed down since. Willie Nelson joined the club in October when he released To All the Girls ..., an album of nothing but Willie Nelson getting high and dueting with young female singers. He doesn't get high on the album, mind you, I'm just confident that's how every Willie Nelson endeavor begins.
Anyway, if Willie's last album somehow managed to get you hooked on the sweet sounds of old dudes singing with young women ...
... Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's Cheek to Cheek is for you, I guess.


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Apple's iPad may have a long head start in the tablet market,
and Google is slowly starting
to get its footing in the market with Honeycomb, but don't count Microsoft
out just yet. The boys from Redmond today showed off what they've been working
on when it comes to tablet
functionality in Windows 8.
The entire Windows 8 operating system has full touch support and will scale from small screens (i.e. tablets), to notebooks, to desktops
with their massive screens. Windows 8 can be interfaced using the traditional
mouse and keyboard -- this is the "base" Windows 8 environment -- or completely
through touch-based gestures.
But of course, everyone wants to know how Windows 8 is going
to work with tablet devices, and Microsoft gave us a hint of that today
at the AllThingsD conference. As previously rumored, the tablet-centric
versions of Windows 8 have an interface that is modeled after Windows Phone 7's
"Metro" UI.
The new Start screen includes "Live" tiles and
allows you to swipe and flick your way through the interface like you would with
Windows Phone 7 devices. Transitions are nice and smooth, and multitasking is
accomplished by simply swiping your finger across the screen [video].
Windows 8 will be able to run traditional Windows applications
that we've all come to know and love over the years, or more touch-centric full
screen apps that are written in HTML5 and JavaScript. Microsoft plans to make
tools available to developers to help kick start the app making process to
ensure that Windows 8 doesn't have the dearth of optimized apps that plague the
Honeycomb platform.
Other tidbits that came out of today's announcement include
the fact that Windows 8 won't require any more hardware muscle than Windows 7
to run properly according to Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky.
Likewise, the OS will be optimized for both AMD and Intel x86 processors along
with the hard-charging ARM architecture.
Internet Explorer 10 is fully baked into Windows 8 and is
obviously touch optimized. A new on-screen keyboard is also available including
a new "split keyboard" configuration to make typing with your thumbs
easier on a tablet."And this isn't just about touch PCs. The new Windows experience will ultimately be powered by application and device developers around the world — one experience across a tremendous variety of PCs," said Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President for Windows Experience. "The user interface and new apps will work with or without a keyboard and mouse on a broad range of screen sizes and pixel densities, from small slates to laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, and even classroom-sized displays. Hundreds of millions of PCs will run the new Windows 8 user interface. This breadth of hardware choice is unique to Windows and central to how we see Windows evolving."
All in and all, it looks like Microsoft has made a valiant
effort with Windows 8 for tablets, but it's still more of an "additional
layer" plastered on top of Windows rather than a fully fleshed out,
tablet-specific operating system like iOS or Android. However, this "quirk" allows it to take advantage of new HTML5 apps and still have access to the unparalleled catalog of existing Windows applications.
quote: I think you may have missed my point. Even if the Microsoft strategy is a huge success, even if Windows 8 sells in enormous numbers, even if Windows based tablets trounce the iPad and Android, it may still not stop the financial decline of Microsoft. What's passing is a technology paradigm, just like the mini-computer paradigm passed with the advent of the PC. I just cannot see how Microsoft can make the sort of money it made from desktop PCs in a world of cheap devices and apps.Unless Microsoft botches it horribly (which is possible given their track record over recent years) they will probably remain a very big company and continue to make money. It's just they will almost certainly never be the biggest again, they will never make as much money as they used to, they may shrink a bit rather than grow, they won't be the power that they were.Times change. Who fives years ago would have thought that Nokia would be disappearing down a black hole and be trounced by Apple and Google of all people?


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BOULDER � Reggie Dunn got his hands on the football just one time Friday, and that�s all he needed to send Utah past Colorado 42-35, sealing the worst season in CU�s storied history.
�I can�t for the life of me figure out why they kicked to Reggie Dunn,� Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. �But we�re glad they did.�
Utah�s last two opponents, Washington and Arizona, used short kickoffs to keep the ball away from the NCAA record-holding returner, and the Buffs used booming touchbacks at altitude to do the same thing for most of the afternoon.
Yet, following Marques Mosley�s 100-yard kickoff return for a Colorado score, Buffaloes kicker Zach Grossnickle booted it right to Dunn, who responded with his own 100-yard touchdown return 13 seconds after Mosley�s to break a 35-35 tie.
Buffaloes coach Jon Embree didn�t say exactly why the Buffaloes kicked off to Dunn, but he did say there were some substitutes on the coverage team.
�We had some guys that were hurt, so we had to put some other guys in there,� he said. �They got hurt like two plays before, so there was a little bit of chaos.�
Dunn extended his NCAA record with his fifth career 100-yard kickoff return � and his fourth this season.
�That�s got to be the most memorable, man,� said Dunn, a senior. �The last game of my collegiate career and to end a game like that, unbelievable.�
After Mosley�s 100-yard touchdown, �everybody was like, �Just match �em,�� Dunn said. �We knew we could do it. We feel like we�re the best kickoff return team in the nation.�
And the best returner.
�He�s a beast,� Utes running back John White said. �He�s the record holder. You kick it to him, you�re going to pay for it.�
In a big way.
The Utes (5-7, 3-6 Pac-12) doubled their season total with four interceptions of Nick Hirschman, and they sent the Buffaloes (1-11, 1-8) to their worst finish since the school�s inaugural 0-4 campaign in 1890.
Colorado also failed to win a game at home for the first time since 1920.
�Tough game, tough loss,� said a weeping Embree, adding he was infuriated that a fan berated one of his disconsolate players coming off the field.
The Utes, who hadn�t won on the road all season, outscored Colorado 22-7 down the stretch after third-quarter touchdown runs of 3 yards by Tony Jones and 5 yards by Donta Abron gave the Buffaloes a 28-20 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The teams combined for 21 points in a stunning 29-second span after Moe Lee�s crucial interception at the Colorado 30-yard line:
Utah quarterback Travis Wilson scored on a 9-yard keeper to break a 28-28 tie with 8:41 remaining.
Mosley returned the kickoff 100 yards to tie it back up at 35. It was Colorado�s first kickoff return for a score in three years.
Dunn then raced 100 yards down the Utes� exuberant sideline one last time to cap his record-breaking collegiate career.
�It�s just amazing,� Dunn said. �They return one back, and then we return one, just hushed their crowd, and our defense ends it like it�s supposed to be.�
The Utes got the ball back on downs, then punted before Brian Blechen corralled Hirschman�s fourth interception to seal it.
�It�s a real good memory to have,� White said. �But you still have that bad taste in your mouth because we didn�t get to a bowl game. But at least we go out on a good note.�
White, whose right arm was in a sling after the game, ran 20 times for 168 yards and became the first Utah player with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. His score from 11 yards out with 10:50 left pulled Utah to 28-26. The Utes tied it when Jake Murphy took the direct snap and threw a 2-point jump pass to fellow tight end David Rolf to tie it at 28.
On the next play from scrimmage, Lee picked off Hirschman. Four plays later, the Utes set up in a five-wide receiver set, and Wilson scampered in for the go-ahead score with 8:41 left before the teams traded 100-yard kickoff returns.
�This game kind of summarizes the year: close but still a ways to go,� said Embree, who is expected to part ways with some of his coaching staff, including defensive coordinator Greg Brown and maybe even longtime friend and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy after going 4-21 in two seasons.
Tight end Nick Kasa, one of eight seniors, left Folsom Field with his head held high, determined not to let the woeful season define him any longer.
�What defines me is we fought our butts off to win this game,� he said. �And I�m going to keep that going in my life. The main thing that (we) learned is that hard work will eventually lead to success, and unfortunately it didn�t here, but I�m not stopping. Neither are any of us.�


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TAHOE, Calif. — North Tahoe High School presented "Shattered Dreams," a powerful two-day program planned by students and local law enforcement agencies to remind youth of the dangers associated with drinking and driving. Despite a mishap involving a basketball, sprinklers in the gym, and an unexpected evacuation at NTHS, this year's program nonetheless went off, otherwise, without a hitch.
"Shattered Dreams" involves the dramatization of an alcohol-related crash on the high school campus, complete with law enforcement response, emergency room treatment, family notifications, and the arrest and booking of the driver. The crash scene drama plays out before the student body during the school day, and throughout the day the other elements of the event unfold. To give students a better understanding the gravity of the situation, one student dresses as the "Grim Reaper" and appears periodically throughout the school day to select victims.
"I would like to thank our team of students, law enforcement and community members for their support and commitment to this important and impactful event for our youth," said Dr. Rob Leri, TTUSD superintendent and Chief Learning Officer. Along with continuing the regular biannual NTHS Shattered Dreams, Leri says he looks forward to returning this type of program to Tahoe Truckee High School.
"Shattered Dreams" takes place every two years at NTHS, and brings up topics that teachers, parents and adults in supporting roles can consider and discuss with youth. The program started locally in 1998 at both TTUSD high schools by the Placer County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol and the Youth in Action Team after the loss of a family in a drunken driving crash in November of 1997. It is designed to take place toward the end of the school year, just before prom and the many opportunities for celebration surrounding graduation and the start of summer vacation, and is one of few that has run consistently for the past 12 years.
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"The future is now." — Famed Washington Redskins coach George Allen. That quote stumped people at first, but the meaning was simple. Wait, and the world passes you by....
"While there have been notable failures in the youth movement in NASCAR -witness Joey Logano"
Joey Logano is a notable failure? I don't think so. While he has not won a championship to call his a failure is laughable. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 wins in last 7 years, Joey Logano 2 wins in last 6 years. You decide who is the bigger failure.
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Salem Community Hospital vs. Kayla and Jonathon Maines, Wellsville, $28,446 plus interest sought for alleged debt owed.
Thunderbolt Holdings LTD vs. Kathleen K. Fletcher, Salem, $31,336 plus interest sought for alleged debt owed.
Marthalee Phillips, East Liverpool, vs. Carl B. McDevitt, et al., excess of $25,000 sought for alleged Dec. 6, 2010 traffic crash.
Wells Fargo Bank vs. Brian and Christine Faulk, et al., foreclosure sought for property on Elkton West Point Road, Lisbon.
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Huntington National Bank vs. Carolyn J. Dauwe, foreclosure ordered for property on McGavern Road, Salineville.
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"I don't know whether to eat it or throw a coin in it and make a wish," Stewart continued. "And if I made a wish, it would be that I'd wish for some real f---in' pizza."
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Commissioners look at property delinquent tax bills, reassessment
March 6, 2013
Property tax bills may be coming out soon, but those who owe back taxes may find a new addition on their houses later this year — delinquent notices....
Everything is about taxes, collecting money etc, except the reassessment, that is being done just to make sure everyone in being taxed fairly. What a lie! I just wish politicians would be honest with us for a change. I guess they think we are mild mannered and stupid or they just do not care. Can not wait to hear this again, "You are not assessed on your ability to pay you are assessed on the sale value of your home." Translation, if you do not find a way to pay we will just take your home. I would not want to be the person who comes to take me out of my home.
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The responsible citizens are going to take it in the shorts yet again....luckily it shouldn't affect the parasites though...
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The Sheriff will remove you the easy way or the hard way! Pay up or the County Prison and for the signs its just away too enbarrass you in front of all your neighboors, scumbags what a waste of money we need too get these bums out of office and get somme new blood in office we all know who we want out the one thats been there the longest!
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Not one property owner in PA should have to pay a penny in Property Tax...Billions are being made with Natural Gas...Where are the Millions just in LEASE MONEY for STATE GROUND...WE OWN THAT AS WELL!!!
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If a household goes late on their taxes, start garnishing their wages.
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Maybe I should run for office and get this STATE in order...Remember way back when all this was going save everything...Now we can't get a City budget, County budget, Township budget...Property valve has decreased but rental has gone through lets say temporary times and will those folks come back...FYI I pay my taxes!!!
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In Alaska tht State Citizens get a nice check every year from the State from the oil they take out of the State Citizens ground! Every citizen even the children! Are State ROBS US! What about all the money they get from the casinos that was too help with taxes thieves!
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and to think we laugh at the suicide bombers for thinking they'll get "virgins in heaven" for killing US citizens
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Emergency medical responders, along with representatives from Broaddus Hospital and the Barbour County Office of Emergency Management, are expected to meet with county commissioners to deal with the confusion and criticism regarding how ambulances are dispatched.
Part of the problems have arisen in the wake of the director of the Belington Emergency Medical Squad telling employees not to provide services to the hospital. Joe Bolyard said he wanted to ensure the Belington EMS received its fair share of the calls.
"The dispatchers may have gotten tired of us telling them no, and maybe asked (Broaddus Hospital) to call," Bolyard said.
Susie Cvechko, the director of In-patient Services at the hospital, said OEM dispatchers have told the hospital staff to call the Belington squad when an ambulance from the Barbour County EMS is not available.
"If (Barbour County) doesn't come, we can't get them to go ahead and call Belington (EMS)," Cvechko said. "Barbour (Communications Center) has told my staff, 'You call them.' If Barbour County (EMS) doesn't have an (available ambulance) they should at least check with Belington."
The hospital's medical director said this territorial dispute between agencies could be jeopardizing the lives of local residents.
"I think it's wrong that an ambulance in the county refuses to take a transport because of a p-ing match between entities," Dr. Randall Turner said. "We have patients whose life (may be) in danger, that need to go somewhere, that's involved in a serious car accident, that need to be on an operating table. They can't get there because somebody's mad because they didn't get a first call."
Bolyard asked that the Belington EMS be called for every other transport. Barbour County Commissioner Tim McDaniel suggested that each emergency management service be utilized on specific days in lieu of Bolyard's request in order to prevent the confusion of operators.
Jeff Powelson, the chief executive officer of Broaddus Hospital, said there was a recent incident involving a patient needing to be transported from the hospital. He said a hospital representative called the Barbour County Office of Emergency Management to request that an ambulance be dispatched to the hospital. Powelson said the OEM called for the Barbour County EMS, but that the EMS could not send an ambulance at that time.
"Then they called Belington (EMS)," he said. "Belington, from my understanding, initially chose not to go and then agreed to take the patient, which we appreciate."
Powelson said there had been another incident in which the Belington EMS already was on the hospital property after transporting a patient. At that time, Powelson said there was a patient who was in need of a transport from the facility.
He said a hospital representative called the Barbour County OEM and was told that it would not allow Belington EMS to transport the patient.
"I don't understand why; that made no sense to me," Powelson said. "Our understanding is that we are to call the Com Center when we have a transport, and they will call whoever to find somebody and get back with us about whether they're going to take the transport or not. That's where we feel our role stops."
Powelson said he wasn't sure if there was a misunderstanding about that process.
"That's our goal, to get patients out of our ER in a timely manner," Powelson said, "and get them to where they need to be (so they can) be stabilized, transferred, treated or whatever."
Commissioner Phil Hart said he believes the problems could be resolved if Broaddus Hospital leaders could work out a plan in which they would directly contact the emergency squads. Hart said the county commission would arrange a meeting, also suggesting that a hospital representative call 911 instead of the non-emergency number for the OEM. Commission president Jedd Schola said that dialing 911 was a better way to keep track of what operator handles a call. Without dialing 911, Schola said there would be no record.
Not all parties were present at Thursday's meeting. The commissioners said they thought the Barbour County EMS had been notified of the meeting. The OEM staff was unavailable Thursday because of its participation in a regional disaster drill in Upshur County.
The commissioners also agreed to notify the OEM that Broaddus Hospital will begin dialing 911 as an alternative by April 1. The hospital will be notified if there is a change. Dialing 911 was a practice the hospital had previously used. Powleson said he was concerned with that idea, saying it could cause the operators to respond to a situation which may not be an emergency when another emergency occurs that should take priority.


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The Hatter offense exploded on Saturday as the Stetson women's soccer team (2-4-0) defeated Florida Atlantic (1-5-0) by a score of 5-2 at home. Junior Amber Grose led the Hatters with one goal and two assists in the victory.
Stetson fell behind extremely early in this one, but that didn't prevent the team from fighting back immediately. A Florida Atlantic goal just three minutes and 47 seconds into the match put the Hatters behind from the word go.
Fortunately the score evened quickly as Grose played a ball through the Owl defense to a pair of streaking Hatters in the 12th minute of play. Freshman Mara Keomanivane was the Stetson forward who received the pass. She evaded FAU goalkeeper Ashley Lantes and scored on the open net to tie the game at 1-1.
The Stetson offense continued to put pressure on the Owls, but it wasn't until there was just over two minutes remaining in the half that the Hatters took their first lead of the contest. Junior Kait Jones carried the ball almost the entirety of FAU territory before playing a pass back to freshman Jorje Pierce from the endline. Pierce easily put the ball away to give SU a 2-1 lead at the break.
There was no letting up for the Hatters in the second half, as Stetson recorded 15 shots in the frame and gave the team a total of 23 for the game. Freshman Danielle Hurme became the third Stetson freshman in a row to score her first career goal, giving the Hatters a comfortable 3-1 lead on a long booming shot from nearly 30 yards out, assisted by Grose.
Hurme's score in the 54th minute of play may have made things a little too comfortable for the Hatters, as FAU countered with a goal of their own just over four minutes later. Marisa Russo's unassisted score made it 3-2.
As the Stetson offense continued to pelt FAU with shots on goal, goalkeeper Lantes did a remarkable job saving 14 of the Hatters' 18 attempts on target. When Pierce was taken down in the box by an Owl defender, it pretty much sealed Florida Atlantic's fate.
Stetson was rewarded with a penalty kick, which Grose perfectly placed in the left corner of the net for her first of the season, and the Owls were forced to play a player down for the final 16 minutes of regulation.
The Hatters added one more score for good measure when junior Alexis Trybinski scored her first goal of the season on an assist from freshman Caroline Hurckes. All in all Stetson scored five goals on the day. Each was the first in a Hatter uniform for the trio of freshmen and pair of junior transfer goal-scorers.
Stetson finished with 23 shots to FAU's 13. The Hatters recorded six corner kicks, while the Owls totaled four. Lantes stopped 14 shots, and Stetson goalkeeper Victoria Troccoli tallied three saves. SU improved to 2-4-0 on the season and will next host UAB on Friday, September 14 at 4:00 p.m.Coach Orlowski Interview
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Oftentimes the auto insurance policy is one of the last things people think of, Rodgers said.
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"Typically when you work with an agent, they never shop and never look at ways to reduce your premiums. It may be a good idea to shop for insurance yearly. You would be surprised how much money people can save. I know people who found out they could save 30 percent because they never shopped for it," Rodgers said. "A good place to start is to shop for insurance. It is easy and it doesn't cost anything but your time."
People may not be aware of the many discounts available.
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Increasing your deductible can lead to significant savings. Many people carry a $250 deductible, said Tiffany Leach, a personal lines client service agent at Saleme Insurance, Altoona.
"Why not consider increasing it to $500 or $1,000? The savings can help offset the premium and pay for itself in the long run, if you do not file a claim," Leach said. "We usually say start at $500 because that is where the discounts start. There is not much difference as far as the premium for $500 or $1,000 but $500 is much less than $250 or lower."
"Looking at your deductible is a good idea, but if you are going to increase it you need to make sure you can afford to pay the deductible if you have an accident," Phillips said.
Combining your auto and homeowners insurance with one company can also save money.
"Multi-lining can save about 17 percent on the premium," Phillips said.
Completing a driving course can also lead to a discount.
"Some companies offer a 55 or older safe driver course which can save you 3 to 5 percent and is good for three years. An AARP course is available at different times. If you complete the course, you are given a certificate which provides a discount for three years," Leach said. "Not every company offers that, but some do. We are an independent agency. We offer many different companies, about 12 auto insurance carriers."
The vehicle you drive may have an impact on your insurance costs.
"The year of the car can come into play. If you have an older car, you may not have a loan and you may not need to carry collision insurance. You may want to drop some of the coverage," Phillips said. "We suggest to our folks that they look at the safety ratings on the make and model. Some minivans and sedans are better if you have a collision; some models can be very pricey to repair."
Some people are going from a mid-1990s car to a newer car, and it is less expensive because they can get discounts for safety features on the newer models, Leach said.
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The Bishop England Lady Bishops dismantled the Military Magnet Eagles 75-6 Friday in the opening round of the Military Magnet Thanksgiving Classic.
The Lady Bishops (1-0) dominated every facet of the game. They allowed the Eagles just two made field goals all day — both coming in the first quarter. The Eagles shot 9 percent from the field and gave up 26 steals. Bishop England controlled the boards, outrebounding Military Magnet, 40-18.
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Neither logged major minutes as Runey was able to use the large lead to divvy playing time throughout 15 different players. Fourteen different Lady Bishops scored Friday and 13 grabbed at least one rebound.
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Why Roth IRAs Are Bad
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This is a Devil's Advocate post.
When you get both sides of something, you know, at the very least, that there are some smart people looking at it and you can try to piece together a full picture and form your own opinion on something. When was the last time someone said that investing in a Roth IRA is a bad idea?
Yeah, I haven't met anyone who has told me that a Roth IRA was a bad idea either and almost everyone I've met has said that the Roth IRA is fantastic, wonderful, a must for everyone; so… who's giving the other side? Well, in this Devil's Advocate post, I'm going to try to provide this other side and here are the reasons why I think Roth IRAs are a bad idea!
You Can't Assume The Tax Structure Will Remain The Same
In the last few years we've already seen people suggesting alternate means of taxation to do away with the monstrosity of income tax and the Internal Revenue Service, to go with a flat tax, or a value added tax, or some other form of non-income related tax. What if we did go to something like that? Well, the benefit of a Roth IRA is that you pay the income taxes now so you don't pay them on disbursement and if there was no income tax then you lose that benefit. If let's say we instead instituted an automatic 20% national sales tax and abolish the income tax, then your Roth IRA would in essence be double taxed. Now, if we were to make a change, I'm sure there would be some grandfather clause so that no one was penalized but maybe not!
Roth IRA's Are Not Incredibly Better Than Traditional IRA's
Often times when you hear someone talk about Roth IRA's, they talk about how they're ridiculously better than Traditional IRA's, except they're not. With traditional IRA's, you have a bigger piece of pie to invest now with the spectre of taxation in the future; with Roth IRA's, you have a smaller piece of pie to invest now but without taxation hovering over your earnings. While it sounds nice to not pay taxes on your earnings, it really works out to be approximately the same if your rate of taxation remains the same. The reason this is so is because what you pay now in taxes on your Roth IRA contribution would be otherwise invested and make up for the amount in taxes you're skipping out on by prepaying. Hopefully that made sense…
You Can Withdraw Your Contributions Without Penalty
If you withdraw early from your 401K, you face a 10% penalty on top of your regular income tax. If you want to withdraw your contributions from a Roth IRA, they let you without penalty as long as you follow a few simple rules. This is great, except if you are the type that can't resist taking out the money (once it leaves, you can't put it back in), then this is a bad thing since there aren't any obviously negative effects (such as 10% off). Sure, this is a weak argument against Roth IRAs (and often touted as a benefit) but the fact remains some savers like the idea of a penalty so that they aren't tempted to withdraw the money.
As you can see, Roth IRAs aren't the holy grail of retirement investing and the tax free growth isn't as miraculous as it may seem. Personally, I've put as much as I can into my Roth IRA (which really isn't all that much anyway, it's certainly not the $15k limit of 401Ks) each year so even if you were to go full tilt on Roth IRAs, you aren't really in a bad shape if things turn out badly. It's just useful to know that while a Roth IRA is a very important piece of your retirement savings puzzle, don't let all the talk of its awesomeness overshadow the fact that its use as a retirement vehicle does have risks involved and hopefully in this Devil's Advocate post I've laid some of them out for you.
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Mayim Bialik Faces a 'Great Summer' Despite Recent Divorce
Getting a head start on holiday vacationing, The Big Bang Theory star, 37 – whose divorce from her husband of nearly a decade was finalized on May 1 – recently spent time with the exes' two boys and some pals at Villa La Estancia in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, where she sunned on the beach, sipped fruity beverages and relaxed at the spa.
"I am actually doing very well since the divorce – so are our boys, and so is their dad," a refreshed Bialik tells PEOPLE. "It's not easy, but [I'm getting by] with a lot of patience, cooperation from my boys' wonderful dad and a sense of humor."
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By Bob Carolla, NAMI Director of Media Relations
On Dec. 5, 2012, Congress passed legislation to remove the word "lunatic" from federal law. The bill now goes to President Obama for signature.
The House of Representatives voted 398-to-1 to pass the measure. The Senate passed it unanimously in May 2012.
In 2010, Congress also voted to remove the term "mental retardation" from federal law, recognizing that such language is often obsolete, imprecise and fosters stigma and prejudice.
Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), and Michael Crapo (R-Idaho) sponsored the legislation. NAMI, along with other mental health groups supported the bill.
Senator Conrad, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, noted that in one instance, existing federal law authorizes a "committee of estates of lunatics" on guardianship issues.
Language matters. The legislation represents a major symbolic step forward in removing stigma from federal law and may serve as a precedent. While applauding the bill's passage, supporters have noted that the words "idiot" and "mental defectives" are still found in federal statutes. Some federal statutes are over 100 years old and are a difficult thicket to review.
"Lunatic" is derived from the Latin word for moon. In ancient times, people believed that a person could become "moonstruck" by lunar movements. Myths arose about mental illness coinciding with the full moon.
U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) was the only person to vote against the bill, based on frustration with the budget debate in Congress. "Not only should we not eliminate the word 'lunatic' from federal law when the most pressing issue of the day is saving our country from bankruptcy," he said, "we should use the word to describe the people who want to continue with business as usual in Washington."
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By Bob Carolla, NAMI Director of Media Relations
On Dec. 4, 2012, the U.S. Senate failed to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes mental illness.
Under the Constitution, a two-thirds vote (66 votes) is required for ratification of an international treaty. Supporters of the treaty fell four votes short. Thirty-eight Senators voted against it.
All of the opponents were Republicans—but eight Republicans crossed party lines to vote for the treaty to give bipartisan support. Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole who was wounded and partially disabled during World War II also lobbied for the treaty.
Dole was the sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that today serves as the legal foundation for the rights of people with disabilities in the United States. Opponents of the treaty argued that the ADA is sufficient for American leadership on disability issues and that the treaty would undermine national sovereignty and undermine the rights of parents; a claim which supporters argued was based on misinformation.
The United Nations General Assembly passed the treaty in 2006. The United States signed it in 2009, but ratification by the Senate is necessary for it to come into force. Currently, 126 nations have ratified the treaty.
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