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AUBURN HILLS – The Detroit Pistons' final grades can't help but look at little better than where they stood at mid-term. That doesn't make the process any less imprecise and open to individual interpretation.
Does Damien Wilkins get penalized for being a subpar backup small forward, or does he get rewarded for giving so much and creating unusual value relative to his veteran's minimum salary?
Does Brandon Knight get rewarded for a promising rookie year when he led first-year players in minutes and showed extraordinary improvement in grasping new principles and adapting to the NBA's deeper 3-point line as the season progressed, or does he get penalized because he still needs to improve his distribution skills and doesn't have the court presence that veteran point guards do?
It all factors into the equation, in completely unmeasurable and inconsistent fashion, so with all those disclaimers – plus this final one, there simply aren't many A's or F's anywhere – here are the Pistons' final grades for 2011-12:
Will Bynum, D-plus
He's a shoot-first point guard who missed shots. If he shoots better than 38 percent, he plays in more than 36 games and gets a better grade. He didn't, didn't and doesn't. During one 18-game stretch, of which he sat nine, he shot 12 of 51 from the floor and lost playing time to D-League call-up Walker D. Russell Jr. But immediately after that, from March 31 to the end of the season, he shot 38 of 81 and fended off both a solid grade of D, and Walker D.
Austin Daye, D
He might have gotten a D-minus, except I like him, and I warned that these grades are curved on a whim. Shot 32 percent, 21 percent on 3-pointers, and never quite got it together after missing his first 14 attempts from beyond the arc. Had a 28-point game against Miami. But out of 40 games, six of them he attempted three-plus field goals without making one, and five others he took five-plus and made just one. Couldn't beat Damien Wilkins for backup small forward spot. Has to get his head, body and game in sync this offseason.
Ben Gordon, C-plus
Gordon had a slow start, in part because he was injured, in part because he was turnover-prone, in part because he was sometimes indecisive. His March 21 eruption in Denver, when he was 9 of 9 on 3-pointers, marked the turning point. In his last 18 games, he had more than three turnovers once. He shot 48.3 percent from the field the rest of the season, compared to 42.1 before; and 51.6 percent on 3-pointers, compared to 36.5 percent before. That's more like what the Pistons expect for what will be – gulp – $12.4 million next year.
Jonas Jerebko, C
Jerebko's season, taken as a whole, involved starting then coming off the bench, playing power forward virtually the whole season when he had played small forward previously in his career, and playing through the latter stages of recovery from the torn Achilles' which cost him the previous season. He production was fairly consistent through it all and if he can help at two positions, and stretch defenses with a little better than this year's 30-percent shooting on 3-pointers, he could be a big part of the future.
Brandon Knight, B-minus
Take the rookie factor more into account and this grade could have been a little better. He had some tough run-ins with elite point guards, which surprised no one. He also frequently fared better in rematches than first matches, which pleased plenty. He led all NBA rookies in minutes played and was available every game, something none of his backcourt mates can say. Can shoot, penetrate and think the game. Distribution and ball protection have to improve in the long term.
Greg Monroe, B
Led the Pistons in scoring (15.7), rebounding (9.7) and steals (1.3), which represented big jumps from his rookie year (9.4, 7.5, 1.2). Had 30 double-doubles. Strong candidate for Most Improved Player. He also sat a lot at the end of close games because he needs defensive improvement. Has to shoot free throws more consistently. And when the double-teams came this year, as everyone knew they would, Monroe responded with about 50 percent more total assists than last year, but about 100 percent more turnovers (in almost 200 fewer minutes). He has to respond better to the traps.
Tayshaun Prince, C-minus
What he provides in basketball IQ, which is palpable, he mitigated with career-worst 42.2-percent shooting and a 12.7-point scoring average which was his lowest since the 2004 championship season, when his offensive punch wasn't as important. This team did need his scoring, particularly early in the seasons, and Prince didn't exactly yank it out of the doldrums. He demonstrated again that he isn't scared to take late, key shots. The general public's confidence in those shots isn't what it used to be.
Rodney Stuckey, B-minus
Stuckey's season was maddening. He was hurt. Then, he exploded. Then, he was hurt again. Then, exploded again. And so on, until finally, in the last 10 games, there were nine misfires, and one now-inexplicable outburst when he had one of his four 30-plus scoring games. At one point, Stuckey scored 20-plus 10 times in 15 games, but that span also included a zero-point game. His scoring average dipped nearly two points in the last five weeks. He had a roller-coaster season that was so close to being much, much better.
Charlie Villanueva, incomplete
He played two of the first six games, was injured until returning in early March, then promptly remained on the bench for 15 of the next 17 games, by decision of head coach Lawrence Frank. He averaged 10.6 points in the last seven games. Frank views him as a defensive liability. Villanueva will make in excess of $8 million next year. If the Pistons get trade requests, they'll listen. And if they get the right free agent and need to exercise the amnesty clause, this is a candidate.
Jason Maxiell, B-minus
Is Maxiell the kind of NBA player who typically earns a grade of B when matched against his peers? No. He's an all-heart go-getter, who has pound-for-pound physical strength to match almost anyone in the league. He still can't shoot free throws, his field-goal percentage was its lowest since his rookie year, and his statistics aren't scaring anyone. So why the grade? When he went into the starting lineup, the Pistons' turnaround began, right then, no question. In the Pistons' ideal world, Maxiell would exercise his $5 million option and be a backup to some yet-to-be-named power forward. In their backup plan, he exercises the option and starts again.
Vernon Macklin, C-minus
Here's where the grades can get strange. Did Macklin contribute as much as Prince, who got the same grade? No, but he also got some points on the curve for the way he went to the D-League in March, worked hard, averaged 14 points and 14 rebounds there, then had a game with eight and nine during some brief late-season action. There's no guarantee for Macklin being here next year, but he put in the work and is committed to the Pistons' Summer League team. He'll play in the NBA.
Walker D. Russell Jr., D-plus
It's hard to give someone a poor grade for coming up the hard way, but surely Russell has figured out by now that nothing's going to be given to him. Kudos for earning his way through the D-League to become an NBA rookie at 29. He had some encouraging early games. But given a solid opportunity to take Will Bynum's spot at backup point guard, he ended it up relinquishing it back instead. The Pistons need veteran point guard help but Russell probably isn't it.
Ben Wallace, C-plus
He's a one-dimensional player but it's some dimension, and he can still rebound and defend voraciously. He isn't the best on the floor at it anymore, and he can't play the extended stretches he used to play, but the way he acquitted himself at 37 was extraordinary, and he gets a little boost in the grade for his comportment and veteran leadership in what probably was his final NBA season.
Damien Wilkins, C-minus
Wilkins gets the same grade as Prince, the player he backs up at small forward. Did he produce as much? No, but for someone playing on a veteran's minimum contract, he might have provided as much value as any player on the team. Twice, in lopsided home losses, teammates cleared out of the locker room before the media were admitted, leaving Wilkins to explain the flops. You want leadership in an NBA locker room? That's one way it's displayed.
Lawrence Frank, B-minus
A first-year coach, in a lockout season, with a two-week training camp which included a revolving-door free-agency period, a rookie point guard, two preseason games, a schedule of 66 games in 123 days, and key early backcourt injuries, had enough to fight without watching his team 4-20. That the Pistons managed to go 21-21 in their last 42 games is one of the overlooked minor miracles of this NBA season. Frank stayed on message. When the walls were shaking, the foundation didn't crack. The Pistons, in the long term, will take a lot of lessons from it.
Joe Dumars, C
It's tempting to give the president of basketball operations an incomplete grade, given the abbreviated offseason and the lack of any trade bait worth dangling. As for the big signings leading into the season, Prince and Stuckey were a mixed bag. Dumars basically was treading water for one last season. The activity level, and burden of proof, increases significantly the rest of the way.
Email David Mayo at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/David_Mayo


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Pinner increase their injury list during Kilburn match
March 26, 2012 by paul
Filed under First XV Gallery
The League game between Pinner and Kilburn Cosmos was bathed in brilliant sun light on Saturday 24th March. There will be a match report as soon as as it arrives via the electronic medium of email. In the meantime here are a couple of photos to keep you going
Pinner out-muscled by Kilburn Cosmos
The strength of the Kilburn pack was soon in evidence for with 2 minutes of the kick-off they produced a strong driving maul that forced the home side back on to their own goal-line. The ball was quickly recycled and the winger cut in to score the first try giving the visitors and early 5 – 0 lead. Pinner fought back and with Cosmos trying the referee's patients with a series of off-side full-back Mark Razzell was able to reduce the deficit with a penalty from 25 metres out. Both sides exchanged territory and an exciting game seem in prospect but with 2o minutes gone the visitors won their own line-out on the P&G 10 metre line. Pinner's defence was not organised, Kilburn broke through the middle and seem destined to score. A desperate tap-tackle by home no. 8 Bernie Richter appear to a save the day but the ball bounce free into a Kilburn hand for a score under the posts which was converted by their fly-half. Once again Kilburn's indiscipline nullified their good work. Obstruction form the re-start enabled Razzell to kick yet another penalty. Kilburn now reverted to their earlier tactic with a driving maul from a line-out in the P&G's 22 and forced over their third try which was not converted. On the half hour it was Pinner's turn top concede a kickable penalty to stretch the visitor's lead to 20 – 6. With half-time approaching Cosmos were twice guilty of killing the ball when Pinner attacks threatened. Razzell was successful with one of the kicks giving a half-time score of 20 – 9 to Kilburn.
The early part of the second half was fiercely competitive but Pinner were unable to capitalise on more penalties by the visitors. With 20 minutes gone home winger Fred Riley hacked up field only to find his kick gathered by the Kilburn centre who scored close in to stretch the visitors lead to 27 – 9. Injuries began to appear with a nasty clash of heads. Soon the Kilburn full-back added their 5th try. Pinner responded well and a fine break by Riley found no. Richter on hand to score the home team's first try which Razzell converted. P&G's were reduced to 14 men having used all their permitted replacements. This gave Kilburn more space to add two more tries. However Pinner were not finished, Kilburn conceded yet another penalty for killing the ball. This was quickly taken and passed to fly-half Chris Hall who scored under the posts. Razzell added the two points on the final whistle leaving the score at 43 to 23 to Kilburn.
Pinner's previous two wins had ensured that 2nd division rugby would still be at Hatch End next season but Kilburn's fine win was not enough to put them in the promotion race.

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The Camp Nou faithful—and football fans the world over—had their hearts in their mouths as Lionel Messi was stretchered off the pitch Wednesday night after a clash with Benfica goalkeeper Artur.
Injuries are always unfortunate for any player, but with La Pulga just a goal shy of Gerd Müller's calendar-year goal record, this blow seems particularly ill-timed for the Argentine attacker.
Most supporters will be looking for Messi—who has, in recent years, seemed to possess an almost superhuman resilience—to make a quick return and book his place in history. And with last night's tests indicating the injury to milder than originally feared, it looks as if Messi may be fit in time for Barca's next La Liga fixture.
But Tito Vilanova should be wary of calls to get him quickly back on the pitch. Messi's health, and Barcelona's season, should be the only factors Vilanova considers in deciding his return date.
Certainly it's a shame for the sport any time a player like Messi has to sit and watch from the sidelines. Nevertheless, Barcelona should see a few silver linings from the injury, as well as a host of reasons he should remain comfortably off the pitch until fully fit to return.


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Sacramento is coming off a warm weekend that registered 91 degrees.
Watch Eileen's Monday forecast
For Monday, it'll be just about the same. A high of 92 is expected.
Temperatures got off to a cool start in the upper 50s under mostly clear skies.
Afternoon temperature will then reach the low 90s, about 13 degrees above normal for this time of year.
There will also be a wind factor. Winds will start to pick up a bit Monday morning with stronger winds developing for Tuesday.


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even when family guy isn't funny, i have a forever soft spot for seth
i did indeed get a putty scraper to stab mirrors off walls. it'll serve double duty as 'sloppy paint/sealant off tile' scraper too. also, paint removing wipes is nifty and will probably all be used in one day/night because people in that house got paint everywhere, including the floors
but i did find a show called rehab addict that is right up my alley
i got some extra sleep, but i'm still worn down. rainy weather = pain, like i didn't have enough


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LOCK HAVEN - Are you interested in Abraham Lincoln, the Titanic, Amelia Earhart or secret codes concealed on buildings?
Or perhaps you were a fan of the "Beverly Hillbillies" or "Planet of the Apes"?
If the answer is yes to any of those questions, the Ross Library, 232 W. Main St., invites you to its summer walking tour series.
Beginning at 6 p.m. June 6, and continuing through the summer, Lou Bernard, adult services coordinator, will hold his summer walking tour series for the fourth summer in a row. The tours will contain local history of Lock Haven connected with all of those subjects and others.
"Some of it is the same tour from last year, but not all," said Bernard. "I'm changing it up a bit. Every year, I try to learn some new things to include."
This year, some of the tours will be new additions to coincide with specific events. On June 13, the tour will be related to the Civil War, and on June 20, Bernard will give a tour related to the year 1839, to celebrate the county's 175th anniversary.
Each tour begins at 6 p.m. and proceeds in a different direction, starting at the library at 232 West Main Street. The tours will be held every Friday night in June and July, with the exception of July 4.
The tours began in the summer of 2011, Bernard said, and have been popular.
"People seem to enjoy it," he said. "I see no reason to stop now ... They've become kind of a summer staple."
For more information or to sign up, contact Bernard at the Ross Library at 570-748-3321 or email ross13@rossli brary.org.
The Annie Halenbake Ross Library is a member of the PA Forward initiative and the Clinton County United Way.


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May 11: Desert Harvest Workshop at Desert Awareness Park
Saturday 5.11.2013 @ 8:00am | ImagesAZ | Community
Venue: Desert Awareness Park, located at the corner of Cave Creek and Vermeersch Roads in Cave Creek.
A Desert Harvest Workshop on desert edibles is being offered by the Desert Awareness Committee of the Foothills Community Foundation Saturday, May 11. The workshop will begin at 8 a.m. at Desert Awareness Park, located at the corner of Cave Creek and Vermeersch Roads in Cave Creek.
This event is part of the edible and medicinal desert series offered by the Desert Awareness organization, which provides programs for all CCUSD fourth grades, stewardship for Desert Awareness Park and community-wide programs on sustainable desert living.
The harvest involves techniques for gathering and preparing mesquite beans, prickly pear fruits (tunas), jojoba nuts and Mormon tea. Participants will get to taste mesquite cookies, jojoba nuts prickly pear juice and lemonade.
Gather at the Desert Heritage Center, across the wash from the first parking lot. Handicapped parking is available on the far side of the wash.
A $3 donation per person is requested.


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Corporations have rights and obligations independent of their owners, the shareholders. Like their individual owners, corporations can own property, sell and buy goods and services and pay taxes in their own names. However, the Internal Revenue Service classifies certain companies as "S Corporations," so that these entities, unlike regular, or "C Corporations," do not pay taxes or claim losses in their own name. Instead, only the shareholders face the tax benefits and burdens of the company's business activities.
S corporations may have up to 100 shareholders, with family members or spouses counting as one shareholder. These companies can have only one class of stock. However, a business does not automatically become an S corporation; it must choose the status by filing a Form 2553 with the Internal Revenue Service. Once it elects, a company does not lose its S corporation status until it gets more than 100 shareholders, has three straight years of profits and gets at least a fourth of its revenues from passive business activities, such as holding stocks or land; or gets owners holding at least half of the stock to decide to stop being treated as an S corporation.
Taxation of Profits
The profits of regular corporations are taxed twice. The company pays taxes on its earnings, and then the shareholders get taxed on any payments they receive out of the company's profits in the form of dividends. In an S corporation, the company does not pay taxes on the earnings. Instead, the income passes directly through the company to the shareholders, who report the earnings on their personal tax returns.
Deducting Losses
As with profits, the losses of an S corporation pass through the company to the shareholders. The company's owners can deduct most losses from their own income. However, deductions are limited to the shareholder's basis, or cost, of the company's shares. The shareholder can raise basis by her share of the company profits, money she contributes to the company or money she borrows to contribute to the company if she must repay the loan. Further, losses that result from activities in which the shareholder is not involved, such as owning property rentals or holding investments, can offset only income from these passive activities. Shareholders in C corporations do not deduct company losses, since the company is its own taxpaying entity.
Employee Stock Option Plans
An employee stock option plan allows the company's workers to share in the company's ownership. Unlike regular corporations, S corporations do not pay taxes on any profits attributed to the stock option plan. However, sellers cannot delay paying taxes on their sales to an S corporation stock option plan, while those who sell to a C corporation plan can. C corporations may reduce from taxable income the dividends, or payments from profits, on stocks from the plan if the company repays a plan loan or passes the dividend directly to the employees. Payments from profits of S corporations to employees are not deductible from taxable income.
- Internal Revenue Service: S Corporation Stock and Debt Basis
- Internal Revenue Service: Instructions for Form 2553 (Rev. December 2007): Election by a Small Business Corporation
- Internal Revenue Service: Instructions for a Form 1120S
- Portland State University: Chapter C:11: S Corporations
- IRS Regulations Concerning Shareholder Loans to S Corporations; Roger McEowen
- Internal Revenue Service: Tax Topics: Topic 703: Basis of Assets
- California Tax Franchise Board: Internal Procedures Manual: S-Corporation Manual: 10.0: At-Risk Limitations; December 2007
- Internal Revenue Service: Passive Loss Activity ATG: Chapter 1: Overview
- The National Center for Employee Ownership: ESOPs in S Corporations
- Internal Revenue Service: S Corporations
- Internal Revenue Service: Publication 542: Corporations
- Capital Ideas: "Tax Benefits in Acquisitions of Privately Held Corporations"; Vol. 3, No. 3; Winter 2002
- Internal Revenue Service: Publication 550: Investment Income and Expenses (Including Capital Gains and Losses)
- The 'Lectric Law Library: Corporation
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5 Deranged Authors Who Wrote the Same Book Over and Over
Creeping along the walls of my home is an ever-expanding library of books by and for the deranged. I don't want to terrify you, but I know every secret of the ninja, and my section on metaphysical breast augmentation is far more than any one sexy man could masturbate to in a lifetime. Ten sexy men, maybe. Fifteen sexy men, absolutely, but at this point we're causing more masturbation problems than we're solving.
Simply unlock the other 90 percent of your brain for a larger bust! That's right, the script to Lucy was a book about giant titties all along.
As my book collection grew, I started to notice that there were certain authors who not only were crazy in very specific ways, but stayed that way their whole life. You might have read about self-appointed love guru and enemy of all self-lubrication Gregory Godek. He wrote the same romance guide over and over in order to prove two things. One, he's a nutbag. And two, there are really only a couple ways to finger a woman filled with pizza.
In the spirit of Gregory Godek, here are five other unhinged "experts" who spent their whole life rewriting the same stupid book:
#5. Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
Author of Four Books on Curing Gay
Joseph Nicolosi is a psychologist who believes homosexuality is the result of a childhood trauma. That means he can treat gay clinically, and he's courageously dedicated his life to curing it.
"Your parents are trying to prevent what? Ha ha ... man, did they leave you in the wrong public park. Now let's pick a fun safe word and get started." -the stranger known only as Handsome Leonard
Most of the world agrees that conversion therapy is ridiculous, so what makes Nicolosi, Ph.D., think differently? Hmmm ... I mean, I didn't write a doctoral thesis on butt stuff, but let me think -- how could a man be certain that there was a way to resist a dong's primal urge to get buried in mustache? Unless ... no. It couldn't ... nahh ...
If gays wanted to be cured and there was a product that did it, the Bravo network would never need a second sponsor. Still, closeted Nicolosi, Ph.D., wrote four books on the subject, zero books on anything else, and claims to have cured 66 percent of his patients. According to my math, that means that for every four balls that go into his office, only one of them ends up in another man's eager mouth. And in regard to that last sentence, hello to all the Bing users who just found this article through a Phil Collins lyrics search. Here's something for you:
The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is right. This gay conversion shit is silly.
When Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D., says his homosexuality antidote has a 66 percent success rate, what exactly does that mean? I am so glad you asked. One of his books is called Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy, and it's a collection of hand-picked stories about his patients overcoming their gayness. Let me be clear about this before I start: If you had a job doing highlights for butthole hair on the set of a cupcake reality show, your review of this book would be "gayest thing I've ever seen. 1 star."
What's this, gals? Why, it's Steve! Charlie! Edward! Tom! Father John! And look out, single ladies! Because after hard work and intense therapy, they can now resist their homosexual urges! Oh, YEAAAAH!
I've never had the best gaydar. I sometimes don't even know a guy is gay until he asks me why I don't have a boner during an airport restroom wrestling challenge. So it's hard for me to say with any accuracy that Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D., writes "gayly." But here is how he describes meeting one of the homosexual patients he fixed.
His eyes flashed -- a fierce thrusting of heterosexual male energy bonded us together at once. He entered me like an Olympic diver -- noiselessly and with a nearly imperceptible splash.
I mean, it's subtle, but when straight guys recall meeting someone, they rarely comment on a man's handsomeness and creamy skin before describing every inch of his outfit, how it matched his piercing eyes, and how his body draped so well upon our fashion-forward furniture. Keep in mind this is Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D., when he's trying to sound not only like a heterosexual, but like an expert on heterosexuality. The first draft was probably eight pages about the generous curve of Thomas James' dick basket as it danced among the long shadows of the magic hour.
Once Joseph is finished describing the girth and flavor of his patients' genitals to the reader, he gives a look inside his therapeutic process. He believes in a technique called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which basically forces the patient to relive painful memories while you shake their eyeballs around. The theory is that it helps them process trauma like your brain normally would during sleeping REM. Clinically speaking, it doesn't work as well as exposure therapy, but when your fear is gay and your doctor is 6 tons of gay stuffed into a 120-pound sack, it's hard to keep "exposure therapy" from going past second base. Here, let me show you what Joseph counts as a "cure":
"I'm cured, doctor! I barely even vomit when I touch her va- ... when I touch her vaaa- ... v-vaaaaa- ... vaBLARRRRGGHH!!!"
This guy, "Albert," came to Nicolosi, Ph.D., with the same tired story. His horrible, broken childhood made him gay. So they explored his most painful memory -- a day when he was picked last for a sports game. The dark memory ate at his soul ... it made him feel like he wasn't one of the guys. There are pages of transcripts from these sessions. That's how gay this book is. Two grown men were sitting around some office so desperate for there to be an answer for their thirst for cock that they decided it had to be kickball shame. Kickball shame. If feeling like an asshole during kickball turned you gay, I'd be carrying show cats to my Prius right now, not carrying 34 kinds of HPV.
So this stupid pussy doctor treated this stupid pussy patient for years until they finally decided he was "cured." And during a follow-up visit years later, he told Dr. Nicolosi that he met a girl at the flower nursery, his favorite part of a woman is her African violet enthusiasm, he and his girlfriend love discussing his history of sex with men, and he can't quite bring himself to have any with her. Is that what counts as formerly gay? That's like bursting your head above water at a hot tub party and screaming, "I'm cured! Now time me, boys! Let's see how long I can stay straight! Giggle! Glbblblbbb!"
So this irresponsible dipshit maniac sits down to prove his system works, and THAT ... that man in a sexless co-ed flower arranging arrangement is the best success story he could come up with. What the hell are his other formerly gay patients doing? Trying to get semen out of their apron in a Jo-Ann Fabric break room? My point is, only dickbags care when a person is gay, and nobody cares more than this dickbag and his dickbag patients.
Ugh. You unimaginable piece of shit, Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D.
#4. William Alexander Oribello
Author of Over 50 Books on Magical Bible Spells
You don't normally see a religious nut and a wizard in the same body outside of a Narnia porn parody, but the late William Alexander Oribello was both a Christian and a sorcerer. He claimed to control otherworldly forces with spells hidden in the Bible, and the reason you haven't heard of him is because that's fucking dumb and he of course didn't.
Create universes! Conjure floods! Double fish!
For book after book, William described rituals like lighting a talisman on fire to win free money or soaking a woman's name in a bowl of salt to get her to love you. In fact, most of the spells are this second one. This guy found the secret to unlimited Christ-given power and his first 20,000 ideas were all date rape. And while I'm no biblical scholar, it seems suspicious that God would take away someone's free will over some "magic bowl of salt" technicality.
I'm curious what the Godspell falling-in-love process is like. Does God create an opportunity for a subtle glance? A Tinder match? It's possible He appears in her bathtub and says, "Look, lady -- the guy folded up a drawing of you and put it in a moonlit iron chalice. You are now legally his. He also drew a couple forgotten ancient symbols that commanded me to give you butt implants. OK, ready? Dibble Dabble, God butt powers go!"
And upon reading those sacred magic words, rejoice and clap it, for God has made your butt fantastic.
I try to approach obvious dipshit liars with an open mind, but I can't get past the problem that these Bible spells are demonstrably ineffective. Oribello wrote so many books about money spells that if even 5 percent of them worked, he would have had enough of the world's wealth to cause a global economic crisis. And if he really knew how to make any woman love him in 1978, why wasn't he dating Lynda Carter in the skateboarding Wonder Woman outfit?
Checkmate, God magic.
William Alexander Oribello starts every book the same way -- an argument with an imaginary skeptic. The weird thing is that Oribello's idea of a skeptic isn't someone who thinks he's full of shit. His idea of a skeptic is someone who totally buys that money potions and irresistible sex spells exist, but isn't sure Jesus will be OK with them. William counters this by saying that most of the things you do in church every week are technically spells already. Prayers, passage recitals, songs ... why, churchgoers are probably casting thousands of cantrips right now by accident! Which might explain why churches find themselves with a strange abundance of free money and sexually irresistible altar boys.
Oribello sometimes took a break from Bible money spells to write about things like UFOs or how to defend yourself during astral plane battles. This seems like a pretty eclectic skill set, but basically, if something didn't exist, he would take your money to tell you about it. He also sold videos, and if you like watching bored men make up ritualized arts and crafts for 90 minutes, you will love "Get Rich Quick Spells." Please don't everyone watch it at once or all the money will just panic and run around in a circle.
I guess after you write enough books about money spells, you decide you've solved all problems ever. So William wrote a book called Cosmic Secrets of the Masters of Wisdom: A Final Solution to World Problems. After all, it turned out so well for the last occultist who decided he'd found a Final Solution to a question. That's how bad William Alexander Oribello's books are -- the title of his magnum opus is barely a word away from the same thing Hitler called the Holocaust.
As of press time, this is the only Amazon review of Cosmic Secrets of the Masters of Wisdom: A Final Solution to World Problems.


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CASSOPOLIS — A road commission worker Monday discovered the body of an Indiana woman in a field northeast of Edwardsburg, the Cass County Sheriff's Office said.
Investigators identified the dead woman as Kim Sue Stout, 38, of Mishawaka. "At this time the cause of death is unknown but appears suspicious in nature," a news release issued Monday night said.
At 1:30 p.m. Monday, Cass County Central Dispatch received a call from the Cass County Road Commission indicating an employee had found a body in a field along Lane Road, south of Davis Lake Street in Jefferson Township, according to the sheriff's office.
No further information was available.
The case remained under investigation late Monday. The sheriff's office asks that anyone who may have information call the Cass County Central Dispatch at 269-445-1560.


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The happiness you feel within can have a profound impact on the circumstances you encounter without today. You will likely be more gregarious and bubbly than usual when in the presence of others, and this can put them at ease ensuring that they feel comfortable opening up to you. Your vivaciousness can also help the people you spend time with today understand that what may appear at first to be a serious situation is actually an opportunity to have fun and cut loose. Because your ability to cheer others is likely at its apex, consider meeting up with friends and family who have lately faced challenges that left them feeling disheartened.
Our copious enthusiasm can serve as an inspiration to those around us when these individuals are unsure as to how they should respond to the goings on at hand. Frequently, the circumstances we encounter are quite difficult to interpret because our grasp of the facts is colored by our personal feelings. Yet almost any situation in which we are surrounded by loved ones can be enjoyable if we enter into it vivaciously and with great eagerness. A humdrum get-together can be as thrilling as a planned party when we allow our natural gregariousness to shine forth. Likewise, a shared chore can seem like much less of a burden when we focus on the pleasure of good company rather than the rigors of effort. Social activities will become far more enjoyable today when you demonstrate to others how fun and lively you can be.
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Almost 40 Nobel laureates have signed a statement opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
Roger Kornberg, of Stanford University, and Steven Weinberg, of the University of Texas at Austin, drafted the document, which specifically criticises academic boycotts.
The statement, organised by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, declared: "We believe that the university should serve as an open, tolerant and respectful, co-operative and collaborative community engaged in practices of resolving complex problems."
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• Tramway Car Show will be held 1-4 p.m. at the intersection of Rose Drive and Tram Boulevard in Tramway subdivision, Summerville. Registration of competing cars is $5. The event is free to the public. All auto clubs are welcome. Awards will be given for Best in Show and for first, second and third in each class. The show is sponsored by the Tramway Community Association. For more information, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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As I slowly creep towards a simplified personal finance system, I take aim at an account that has treated me fairly well over the years – my Dollar Savings Direct high yield savings account. Dollar Savings Direct used to have extremely good rates back in the day but the years have not been kind to the online arm of the NY-based Emigrant Bank. It's taken me this long to close the account because I had a pair of 16-month CDs waiting to mature (the last of which matured this month) and it was only a matter of time before the account got the axe.
Closing an account at Dollar Savings Direct can be completed entirely online, though their website doesn't explain how, and is pain-free. (as an aside, their customer service number goes directly to a human being, so calling is easy too but you can't close an account over the phone)
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Porto's Bakery
Porto's Bakery
8233 Firestone Blvd.
Downey, CA 90241
When I visited Porto's Bakery in Burbank a few months ago, I fell in love with their potato balls and huge display of baked goods. Porto's Bakery is an extremely popular Cuban bakery chain located in LA.
What makes its so popular is its large selection of offerings of delicious baked goods at reasonable prices. As a result, each location is always extremely busy, with a line out the door and a 30-40 minute wait at any given time of the day.
When I heard that Porto's was opening a third location in Downey, I was very excited. While still in LA, Downey is a little closer to San Diego compared to its other two locations (Glendale and Burbank), and it is also more along the path of places I usually visit when taking a road trip to LA.
This weekend, I had some errands to run in Costa Mesa, and since Downey is a mere 30 minutes north of Costa Mesa, I convinced BF that we should visit. He was game for the drive, which means he must remember the potato balls we had last time as well.
Like the Burbank location, the Downey storefront is quite spacious. It houses both a bakery and a cafe. Here's a list of some of the baked goods they offer:
The nice thing about this location is that it has its own parking lot so we didn't have to circle around for parking.
We arrived in the middle of the afternoon, and despite the cold and the rainy conditions, the line was (no surprise), out the door. Once inside, the line wrapped around and we waited about 35 minutes before our turn, giving me too much time to decide what I wanted.
On my last visit, I had ordered way too many goods since I wanted to sample everything. My goal this time around was to keep my order small and reasonable. However, listening to the massive orders before me (dozens upon dozens of potato balls and strudels were ordered), made me want to order more than I needed. In the end, I was somewhat reasonably behaved in my order on everything except the potato balls, where I did order a dozen. (We had driven all this way! Was I really going to order just a couple after such a drive? I needed to make the drive worth it!)
So despite my beginning resolve to not order too many baked goods this time around, I still ended up with a giant bag of four boxes of goods when I left, like almost every customer before me.
At the register, I tried to find out if there is a time when they are less busy, but apparently they are always this busy. It's crazy how good business is here.
Potato balls:
This is one of their most popular items. Soft, mashed potato batter is fried a deep golden brown, creating a delicious crispy exterior. In the center of these balls is a beef chili filling. The combination of the chili, potatoes and crispy outside is addicting.
Another savory item I enjoy are the chicken croquette. I have a thing for mashed potato batter fried up. This version has chunks of chicken with the potato mash. It's a creamy chicken potato mixture. Not as good as the potato balls in my opinion, but still pretty tasty.
Another popular item here are the guava and cheese strudels. Normally I'm not a fan of strudels. I find them overly sweet and I don't particular like the texture and taste of puff pastries. The strudels here are nice and light and the guava cheese is not too sweet. Normally I don't like strudels, but I eat the ones here.
Finally, with such a big display case of baked goods, how could I resist not sampling a few? I got a coffee crumb cake (very moist and sweet, with a layer of cinnamon strudel inside); a dulce de leche cake (the cake was moist with hints of lemon but too sweet for me); and a pumpkin muffin (I know I shouldn't have gotten this since I've been baking pumpkin muffins like crazy. I thought this was alright).
I've never ordered a whole cake here, but the ones on display were gorgeous. Perhaps I'll have to try one sometime.
When we got our food, the potato balls and chicken croquettes were still steaming, so we couldn't resist and had to eat a few, promptly ruining our appetite for dinner. But they were so good..
Dear Porto's Bakery: Please make San Diego your next location.
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That looks absolutely delicious. I've wanted to try porto's for a long time.
Have you checked out Azucar in Ocean Beach? Its a nice Cuban bakery and good Cuban sandwiches with plantain chips. The cakes are very decadent. Its not as elaborate as these places, but worth going to.
great post Kirbie! that's a place i'd love to visit for our next road trip. potato balls sounds great and those cakes look so beautiful. they have guava pastries too at azucar (a tiny cuban sandwich/baker place in ob) but i felt they were kinda blah. i could make those myself with cream cheese and guava jam. i'm like you – after driving and waiting for a long@$$ time, i'd want to make my order worth it. i'd probably go nuts here!
I don't get up to LA very often but the next time I go I'd like to check this place out. The potato balls look really awesome and so does that case full of goodies! I'd definitely make it worthwhile and get a few things after a long drive, too.
I love Portos – maybe we can start an online to have them open in San Diego. I did speak with one of the brothers and he said because they keep the business in the family – there wasn't any family that wnated to relocate outside of LA county.


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Pope's historic prayer deeply moves Jerusalem bishopMay 30, 2014 - 04:03 am .- The auxiliary bishop of Jerusalem described the recent prayer shared between Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I as a moving event, predicting future blessings from the encounter.
Filipinos from Holy Land voice excitement for Pope's visitMay 30, 2014 - 01:05 am .- A small Filipino community in Israel has expressed their joy that Pope Francis will travel to their country next January, stating they hope his presence will bring peace and restore divisions.
Vatican is the 'oil' keeping Bethlehem's star lit, mayor observesMay 29, 2014 - 08:01 am .- The first woman mayor of the town where Jesus was born referred to the strong connection they have with the Vatican, explaining that the recent visit of Pope Francis is an opportunity to work for justice.
Synod on family will have broad focus, Pope notesMay 27, 2014 - 05:33 pm .- Pope Francis has said that the upcoming synod on the family will focus on the "vast" pastoral problems facing families – not specifically Communion for the divorced and remarried.
Pope Francis most open Pope to Jews in history, rabbi saysMay 26, 2014 - 10:32 am .- A Jewish Rabbi and historian has lauded Pope Francis' visit to the tomb of an important Jewish personality, stating that he is the most accommodating Pope history has seen.
Pope Francis recalls birth of Church in Upper RoomMay 26, 2014 - 09:44 am .- At the conclusion of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Francis focused his homily at Mass on the significance of the Upper Room, held to be the site of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus' apostles.
At Gethsemane, Pope urges religious to live without fearMay 26, 2014 - 08:15 am .- Religious, priests, and seminarians gathered in the Church near the garden of Gethsemane today to meet with Pope Francis, who urged them to follow Christ with courage.
Vatican: Pope's stop at terrorist memorial not a political moveMay 26, 2014 - 07:30 am .- Amid claims that Pope Francis' unscheduled stop at an Israeli memorial for terrorist victims was made under pressure to appease government officials, the Holy See has said that the rumors are false.
Pope, Israeli president renew mutual commitment to peaceMay 26, 2014 - 07:09 am .- In a meeting today with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Pope Francis expressed his hope that Jerusalem would be a true 'city of peace,' with Peres echoing his commitment.
Meeting Pope a sign of the early Church, seminarian reflectsMay 26, 2014 - 05:19 am .- Dcn. Bernard Poggi, who is among the priests and religious slated to meet with Pope Francis in Jerusalem later today, stated that seeing the successor of Peter reminds him of the first apostles.
Pope Francis lauds fraternal dialogue with Muslims, JewsMay 26, 2014 - 04:48 am .- Pope Francis spent a large part of the third day of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land meeting with Muslim and Jewish leaders, praising the shared commitment to dialogue.
Pope prays at Holocaust memorial, Western WallMay 26, 2014 - 02:35 am .- On the last day of his Holy Land pilgrimage Pope Francis stopped to pray at two sacred sites in Jerusalem.
Christ's resurrection unites us, Pope tells faithful in IsraelMay 25, 2014 - 12:28 pm .- At an ecumenical celebration in Jerusalem during his visit to the region, Pope Francis told inter-denominational Christians that the Risen Christ unites them all in a message of hope for the world.
We came to pray with our Pope, says papal Mass volunteerMay 25, 2014 - 12:08 pm .- A leader of one of the Boy Scout troops manning the entrances to Pope Francis' Mass in Bethlehem today explained that the volunteers came from all over in order to join the pontiff in praying for peace.
Choir director: singing for the Pope is like welcoming your fatherMay 25, 2014 - 11:58 am .- The director of the choir who sang during Pope Francis' Mass in Bethlehem earlier today expressed that to sing for the pontiff in his country is like receiving your father into your home.
Pope makes new Christian unity step in meeting with PatriarchMay 25, 2014 - 11:56 am .- In a declaration delivered at the end of a private meeting, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Costantinople Bartholomew I marked a new step on the journey towards unity, stressing their commonality in areas such as respect for the sanctity of life and the protection of the family.
Pope Francis urges two-state solution in first remarks to IsraelMay 25, 2014 - 08:51 am .- Late Sunday afternoon Pope Francis arrived in Tel Aviv, where he urged Israeli President Shimon Peres and other authorities to adopt a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israeli, Palestinian presidents accept invitation meeting at VaticanMay 25, 2014 - 06:28 am .- Today Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that they have accepted Pope Francis' invitation to join him at the Vatican for an encounter of prayer.
'Who are we before the child Jesus?' Pope reflects in BethlehemMay 25, 2014 - 04:04 am .- In his homily delivered in Bethlehem this morning, Pope Francis meditated on the role of the Christ child in the life of every person.
Pope to Palestinian leaders: have courage to 'forge peace'May 25, 2014 - 02:16 am .- Pope Francis began the second day of his Holy Land pilgrimage in a meeting with Palestinian authorities, urging them to work for an end to conflict and violence in the region.
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Steven Aftergood: In the Bible the Spies Who Brought Back Bad Intelligence Were PunishedRoundup: Media's Take
Steven Aftergood, in Secrecy News, the newsletter of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy (Volume 2004, Issue No. 17 February 11, 2004):
It is often noted that espionage is an ancient enterprise with roots at least as old as the Bible.
But what is rarely if ever recalled is that intelligence oversight and accountability are *also* part of the Biblical record, and that the Deity imposed a severe penalty upon those who distorted intelligence and inflated threats.
A Washington Times op-ed writer today attempted to defend the CIA by citing the first half of the Biblical precedent.
"Some Americans find in the CIA a convenient scapegoat, failing to recognize that throughout history espionage has been used to protect peoples from their enemies. Ancient Israel had spies:
'Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan [to see] whether the cities they dwell in are camps or strongholds.'
(Numbers 13:17-19)," wrote Ernest W. Lefever of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in the Washington Times, Feb. 11, p. A18.
What Dr. Lefever failed to mention is that the spies sent by Moses came back with a hyped National Intelligence Estimate, with unhappy results.
"The land, through which we have gone, to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants... and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them." (Numbers 13: 32-33).
Only Joshua and Caleb dissented from this majority view.
Because they wittingly or unwittingly exaggerated the capabilities of the Canaanites, God sentenced the spies to death, displaying no judicial deference to the intelligence agencies.
"The men who brought an unfavorable report about the land died by a plague before the Lord," we are told.
"But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh alone remained alive, of those men who went to spy out the land." (Numbers
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US PRESIDENT Barack Obama seems to have all but abandoned his four-year effort to "reset" the bilateral relationship with Russia. He faces a difficult scenario as a plethora of incidents has soured the relationship in recent years. Among these are Russian chagrin over the West's "deceptive" use of a United Nations (UN) resolution to impose a no-fly zone to launch a military bombardment of Libya; disagreement over human rights; arms control; installing a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) missile defence system in Central Europe; Russia's temporary asylum to intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden; and imposition of sanctions against Russian officials implicated in human rights abuses (the Sergei Magnitsky Act).
Most critical is the disagreement between Russia and the US about the use of military force and respect for national sovereignty. Like most nonwestern leaders, Russian president Vladimir Putin is particularly irked by US unilateralism and self-proclaimed "exceptionalism", which seem to put it above the law. At a Munich conference on security policy in 2011, he upbraided the US for its disdain for the basic principles of international law by imposing its policies on other nations. He strongly objected to the US-led air campaign against Serbia, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and military enforced regime change in Libya. His indignation is fully justified when arguing that only the UN Security Council can authorise the use of military force except in clear cases of self-defence.
The US turns a deaf ear to all of these complaints. No wonder the chemistry between the two presidents is not good.
In recent weeks, Syria was on the verge of becoming the latest target of US unilateralism and Rambo-style diplomacy. A major catastrophe was averted when Obama's "red line" ultimatum was pre-empted by Putin's sensible alternative plan that Syria must hand over its chemical weapons stockpile under UN supervision. A Security Council resolution to this effect was unanimously adopted on September 27. This was a face-saving compromise for both presidents: a US air strike would have required huge Russian military assistance to Damascus, risking a direct standoff between the two powers, which would simply have confirmed Russia's relative weakness. On the other hand, Obama ordering air strikes without congressional or UN backing, would have created a long tail of untoward circumstances, relegating him to the same category as George Bush. Putin's was a smart diplomatic move, outwitting Washington and was driven home to the American people by his well-crafted letter in the New York Times lecturing Obama on the futility of armed intervention, the arrogance of claiming exceptionalism and the importance of rule-based international relations.
Does the diplomatic compromise on Syria give reason to be optimistic about a "reset" in US-Russian relations? Is Putin after all, to paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, someone the US "can do business with"? Or is his stern defence of international law and national sovereignty nothing but a clever strategic ploy to obscure his real objectives?
It is fairly obvious that Putin's agenda goes much further than being a campaigner for international law and national sovereignty. Early in his presidency, he remarked that the collapse of the Soviet Union was probably the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was a tragic and traumatic experience, not only for this former KGB officer, but also for the Russian national consciousness. Particularly painful for the well-ensconced nomenklatura of Putin's ilk were the loss of the Soviet Union's superpower status and the deference and prestige that it brought.
One of Putin's main objectives since becoming president in 2000 has been to restore Russia's greatness as a respectable nation and world power. This was, and still is, the raison d'être of his foreign policy. His seemed to be an impossible mission when he took over from Boris Yeltsin with Russia teetering on the brink of catastrophe. However, much against the odds, this hugely underestimated "man from nowhere" became an instant success story. A mixture of shrewd leadership, brutally rational strategic and tactical thinking and a good measure of luck, helped him to pull Russia from the jaws of a national disaster.
His luck was that Yeltsin was unpopular and, fortuitously for him and Russia, the price of oil and gas went sky-high when he took over. It did not take Putin long to establish himself as a highly popular leader among the vast majority of Russians. They welcomed his "strong hand" (much like they were used to under the Romanov tsars and communist bosses), fighting the obdurate Chechen rebels, his uncompromising defence of Russian interests in its "near abroad" (the previous Soviet republics) and the blitzkrieg on Georgia (over South Ossetia) in particular.
But he also needed an external enemy to whip up domestic patriotism, especially during elections. For this purpose, he singled out the US as Russia's bogeyman.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and basking in the glory of the collapse of "the evil empire" (as the Americans called it), the West tried to shape Russia after its own image. This was a diplomatic and strategic miscalculation, which Putin cleverly exploited. Yeltsin had leaned towards the West in the early 1990s, but the relationship turned sour when it became clear that the West was seeking a "weak and compliant" Russia. No meaningful western assistance, like Marshall Aid, was forthcoming to a suffering Russia in the midst of transforming from communism to capitalism. Rubbing further salt in the wounds, Nato and the European Union expanded, without consulting the Kremlin, to include former Soviet republics, while plans were afoot to deploy medium-range US missiles in Poland. These developments rendered Russia vulnerable and isolated and Putin stepped in as defender of the motherland. He used the opportunity masterfully to reshape Russia's future, to bring it back to respectability and into mainstream international politics.
Logically, his new foreign policy ruled out any possibility of Russia joining the western solar system. The West simply "lost Russia". The hope is that both sides realise that national interest and global order demand co-operation in areas of mutual concern.
Putin's Syrian initiative will test his diplomatic and strategic acumen; the world will closely watch whether he will be able to deliver. If Damacus fails to comply with all the demands of the UN Security Council resolution, it will be back to square one and his diplomatic feat may become a mere footnote in diplomatic history.
The smart move for Putin, using his present moral high ground, is to take the initiative to resuscitate the "reset" with the US, to work towards common ground for a sensible strategic partnership.
Outdated Cold War suspicions and grudges (the undertones of the present standoff) should be buried once and for all.
Common objectives, such as fighting global terrorism, eliminating weapons of mass destruction, ensuring China's peaceful rise, ending nuclear proliferation, working towards peace and stability in the Middle East, cybercrime and climate change, should be tackled. These problems can be resolved only by way of bilateral/multilateral co-operation, with the US, China and Russia taking the lead. The world is waiting.
• Olivier is an extraordinary professor in the department of political sciences at the University of Pretoria and a former South African ambassador to Russia.


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And by making a comment on it, must mean you're having one as well(Original post by JCC-MGS)
Spending the Easter holidays on the internet arguing about boobs, sounds like you'm having a productive week
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If that was true then overweight women would be the most attractive women in our society, since the more fat you have as a female the bigger your boobs will be generally. People are obsessed with good bodies in general not just the bosom. If you look now at society, you'd see that the amount of surgery people are paying for now have radically increased. And it isn't just boob jobs, its liposuction, butt implants, botox, chemical peels, facelifts, rhinoplasty, body lifts and tummytucks etc.
The myth that guys prefer endlessly big breasts is the same as guys thinking girls prefer humongously large penises. If you go on a lads night out you'll know that breasts aren't the 'be all and end all'.
There is a reason I added "I know all guys don't feel that way" - (for sex, most guys take what they can get), it is media pressure, but it is nonetheless very present.
I think the most obvious and cost-effective solution here would be for every attractive women, no matter their age, station or background- to remove their bras and other such covering garments, thus sating the desire to see breasts.
Once this open breast saturation is effective, the fascination will dwindle, as topless broads will become the status quo.
I'm a guy and boobs aren't everything to me. I prefer face, legs and arse Not every girl has big boobs, in fact, few do, and I quite like the slim, cute types, not ultra slim but big boobs on a girl with a small body just looks odd tbf
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I thought it was given that big boobs means proportionally big - i.e. on a relatively slim body, since everybody knows fat girls are not popular.
There is a reason I added "I know all guys don't feel that way" - (for sex, most guys take what they can get), it is media pressure, but it is nonetheless very present.
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Just because a lot of men like slim women doesn't mean they like 'bones'. It is insulting to indirectly imply that slim women are 'bony' (which you are in fact doing here, easy to smell your resentment towards those who are slim or at least normal weight). We all have bones in our bodies, even if a woman have more visible bones, her boyfriend might as well like her due to her breasts, face or (shock!), personality.
'her boyfriend might as well like her due to her breasts...'
I didn't make a personal attack on anyone? all i said was some guys prefer boobs, bums and skinny girls...instead of skinny i said bones mainly because it's one syllable and blunt but I shouldn't have. And there is a difference between slim and skinny...don't really see how you could smell resentment from that one line but hey, some people are sensitive...I also take it you didn't read my first comment? and this thread has nothing to do with personality, just female body parts.
For a short period of time last year there was an obsession with bums not boobs, well Pippa Middleton's anyway.
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Dauphin Island offers hundreds of opportunities to see some of the best of nature, but sight-seeing by foot can be limiting. In a kayak, however, travelers have the chance to experience the island from the perspective of the dolphins, herons and other wildlife they are hoping to see.
There are plenty of ways to explore Dauphin Island, the idyllic spot in Mobile Bay that is just a ferry ride from historic Fort Morgan and Fort Morgan area vacation rentals. You can drive, walk, hike or bike, but perhaps one of the best ways to see the island's natural beauty is by kayak.
Fortunately, there are kayak rentals available right on the island. At the Dauphin Island Marina's Kayak Shack, you can rent traditional kayaks or try stand-up paddling for an extra challenge. Dauphin Island Kayak & Bicycle Rentals & Tours also rents kayaks for the day. Both organizations offer tours that wind in and out of the island's many inlets and bays.
If you're bringing your own kayak, you can put it into the water at these locations, but other beaches around the island also serve as good spots. The Isle Dauphin Country Club is one spot that many kayakers have had luck with. Located on the South Side of the island, this spot grants you easy access to Sand Island, several miles of sand with a few bushes and grass that extend south into Pelican Bay.
Unencumbered by any land masses, the south side of the island might make for rougher waters. If you want smooth sailing, head to the northern shore, which is characterized by many inlets and bays.
Anyone who has kayaked around Dauphin Island will tell you why boat is one of the best ways by which to tour the island. From the tranquil setting of the Gulf coast waters, visitors are more likely to spot dolphins, wading herons and other wildlife. Since Dauphin Island has been designated as a "Bird Sanctuary Area" by the National Audubon Society, kayakers in the area are sure to spot some unique ornithological wonders.
After your kayak adventure simply board the ferry back to your condo or beach house on the Fort Morgan peninsula to catch the sight of a beautiful sunset from your private balcony.
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Is Appendicitis Hereditary
Appendicitis is caused by many reasons but heredity is considered as one of the major reasons of appendicitis. In this article, we will discuss about appendicitis and its connection to heredity.
Let us first know in brief what appendicitis is. Appendix develops as an underdeveloped distal end of the caecum. Caecum is a pouch, linking the ileum with the ascending colon of the large intestine. Appendix develops from the post arterial segment of the midgut. There are various structures of appendix like serosa, muscularis, mucosa, sub mucosa, mucosa and lumen. It is the most common cause of surgery which requires emergency laparotomy.
Appendectomy is the term given to the surgical procedure of removal of appendicitis. It is the most commonly executed emergency surgical course of action and accounts for 1-2 % of all surgical operations.
There are many factors, which can lead to appendicitis.
The commonest age of developing appendicitis is in 2nd and 3rd decades. It is rare in infancy and old age. The reason is that in infancy the lumen of the appendix is fairly large and in old age, the appendix often undergoes involution.
Males are affected more by appendicitis than females. Before puberty, M: F ratio of having appendicitis is 1:1 which changes to 2:1 after puberty up to 25 years.
Race and Diet
The disease is common in highly civilized countries and certain communities but rare in remote rural districts and among primitive people. The severe gangrenous type of appendicitis is confined to meat-eating people. But this cannot be the whole explanation because acute appendicitis occurs even in life-long vegetarians. Denis P Burkitt, after extensive research concluded that undue refining of dietary carbohydrate is the most important causative factor.
Hereditary factors
The hereditary factors are one of the important factors considered to be a cause of appendicitis.
Family history
In a study, it has been found that children whose both the parents are affected by appendicitis have 40% chances of developing appendicitis in their childhood. Children with only one of the parent affected by the ailment have 20% chances of developing appendicitis. This study was done on a large scale in Japanese families. The factors that can affect the incidence of appendicitis in families are food habits, specific bacterial infection, and genetic difference in resistance to bacterial infection. In a study by Gauderer et al, it is suggested that children who have appendicitis are twice as likely to have a positive family history that those who have right lower quadrant pain but no appendicitis.
Family history can also be one of the reasons in deciding the position of appendicitis, which can develop in an ailment later.
Studies in twins are one of the important parts of the genetic studies. There are some interesting studies regarding twins and appendicitis to know if there is any link. But no any evidence has been found till date.
Genetic factors have been implicated in the etiology of acute appendicitis. Basta et al demonstrated a familial aggregation and polygenic transmission pattern in a retrospective analysis of families of 80 patients with appendicitis when compared to families of matched controls. The studies showed that the chances of developing appendicitis in a child with any close relative with reported removal of appendicitis was 10% more. The percentages of degree of chances of having appendicitis differ from relation to relation. They are 21% in first degree relatives, 12% in second degree relatives and 7% in third degree relatives.
No evident study or research has been done to claim the fact that appendicitis is hereditary. There are many factors that are the cause of appendicitis. There are many controversies regarding the subject. In this article, we have tried to provide the data that has been reported. We do not take any responsibility for the authenticity of it.


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Wattsburg Borough Council to meet with new member
When Wattsburg Borough Council meets tonight, a new face will join the group at the table.
The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the borough administrative building, 14431 Main St., Wattsburg, will be the first for new member Darcy Apfel.
Apfel was appointed by the Erie County Court in November to fill the seat of former council President William Senyo, who resigned in August. Her term runs through Jan. 6, 2014.
Apfel, a call center representative for Northwest Savings Bank and political newcomer, has said she wants to bring more community activities to the borough and help its governing body work together and improve transparency.
The borough petitioned the court to fill the vacancy after council itself failed to meet a deadline to appoint someone to the seat.


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DETROIT -- Carlos Guillen and Magglio Ordonez are not in the starting lineup for the Detroit Tigers today in their series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Guillen's right calf tightened up during Saturday night's game, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he would not start the second baseman today in hopes of giving him two days' rest before Detroit starts its three-game series series Washington on Tuesday. Guillen is available to pinch hit.
Ordonez will miss his sixth consecutive game with an oblique injury, but Leyland is hopeful the right fielder will return to the starting lineup Tuesday.
Here are the lineups for today's game:
1. Jose Tabata, LF
2. Neil Walker, 2B
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF
4. Garrett Jones, 1B
5. Ryan Doumit, C
6. Ryan Church, RF
7. Delwyn Young, DH
8. Andy LaRoche, 3B
9. Ronny Cedeno, SS
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Ramon Santiago, SS
3. Johnny Damon, DH
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Brennan Boesch, RF
6. Brandon Inge, 3B
7. Alex Avila, C
8. Don Kelly, LF
9. Danny Worth, 2B
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From today members of the public are being asked to choose who they think is the UK's most wildlife-friendly farmer.
After months of deliberation, the judges for this year's RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award have selected eight farmers from across the UK to go through to the final of this prestigious award. Now it's up to the public to decide who they think should come out on top.
Now in its sixth year, the Nature of Farming Award celebrates farmers who do wonderful things for nature and find the individual who has done the most on their land to help our special but threatened countryside wildlife. It is run by the RSPB, supported by Butterfly Conservation and Plantlife, and sponsored by The Telegraph.
The award was set up to help share wildlife-friendly farming practice and encourage public awareness of the important role we need farmers to play in conservation. It celebrates farmers who work hardest to help threatened countryside wildlife, such as skylarks, brown hares, bees, butterflies and plants.
The overall winner will be selected using a combination of judges' scores and public vote
This year, for the first time, the judges have selected eight finalists rather than four – each one representing a different region in England (north, east, midlands, south-east and south-west) and one for each of the countries. The overall winner will be selected using a combination of judges' scores and public vote.
Martin Harper, the RSPB's director of conservation and one of this year's judges, said: 'The RSPB is working on the ground with farmers and their local communities in 27 of the best farming areas for wildlife across the whole of the UK, many of whom have entered the Nature of Farming Awards this year.
'They are the real wildlife heroes, and they are telling us that without funding from governments they won't be able to continue to put the colour back into the Great British countryside. It is imperative that governments assist these farmers by ensuring that money paid to them is directed to those that do the most for society.'
Martin Warren, chief executive of Butterfly Conservation, said: 'The finalists this year show a tremendous passion for wildlife and are superb demonstrations of how farming and wildlife can go together. I was delighted to see some great ways of saving butterflies and moths as well as a range of threatened wildlife.'
Countryfile editor and one of the judges, Fergus Collins, added: "It's hugely heartening to see farmers who are true custodians of the land and its wildlife, proving that it's possible to support the natural environment while managing a profitable business."
Last year's winner, Henry Edmunds, narrowly saw off the three other fantastic finalists with his organic farm in Wiltshire, which hosts an array of rare birds, bumblebees, moths and butterflies. He said: 'I have witnessed our landscape deteriorate over the last 30 years - birds have disappeared, butterflies have been lost, and ancient grasslands ploughed up.
'I wanted my farming policies to reverse those trends. To do without wildlife is not an option. We all have a responsibility to maintain it and help it flourish, not sacrifice it for greater commercial yields.
'We need to step back, look sensibly at the way we farm and try to make it more sustainable and better for the environment in the long run.'
The award attracts tens of thousands of votes from the public, with almost 18,000 last year and over 22,000 the year before.
From today, people are invited to vote online, by phone, post, or at various country shows. Everyone who votes will be automatically entered into a free prize draw for a luxury break for two people with Millennium Hotels. Votes can be cast until 31 August 2013 and the winner will be announced in September.
The Nature of Farming Award is funded by the EU LIFE+ programme, safeguarding the future of our farmland birds under the EU Birds Directive.
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text: Every new Gilbert and Sullivan opera was eagerly awaited and the vocal score was always ready to be sold at the theatre on the first night. The following day, versions of the tunes could be heard everywhere, on street organs and at ballad concerts. Medleys of dance music based on the tunes were also published soon after the first nights, few of them arranged by Sullivan himself. (As you can see, this quadrille arrangement is by P. Bucalossi.) They appeared in various forms, the most popular being the waltz, the quadrille, the lancers and the polka. Each of these was arranged for piano solo, piano duet, septet or octet, full orchestra and even military band but only the piano solo versions had illustrated covers. Until 1881 they were produced in several colours but after 1881 the colour was reduced, to save money. The images on the music sheet covers are all realistic representations of the scenery and the costumes, since artists were sent to the theatre to sketch them. Here we see Castle Adamant, Princess Ida in her chain-mail costume, Hilarion, and the crotchety old King Gama.


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How to Use Technology to Improve Yourself
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wow! seriously on a roll. these are 4 of the best panels in you're portfolio and you've had some powerful ones before.
my admiration is almost unbounded.
Yesterday I walked 36 holes of golf, about 10 miles, carrying my golf bag. Just saying.
I also swung the club a few too many times, I am not saying how many. So I failed twice in Meyer's new metric of fitness.
In that last panel it looks like he is practicing for his 12oz curls, that will get some counts on the device.
@ navarro: Almost?
You know, good golfers have mildly strong arms, which is what you'll get if you keep swinging yours like that.
Fourth panel FTW. And I am guilty of the swing-step manouver as well.
I KNEW all this technology was really an insidious plot to soften us up for the invaders (check where YOUR stuff was made to see who'll be invading!)
could you rearrange your page so I do not have to scroll so far to read comments??
Many of the Fitness trackers connect to programs like EveryMove. For every step you take, you earn points on EveryMove towards fitness equipment and other cool schwag or you can earn points for charitable donations like "Make a Wish".
I use a Fitness tracker that lets me earn energy points for a game and to donate clean drinking water for a child in a developing country. In two years, I've earned 4 years of drinking water through the donations program.
As someone who put Moves on my phone (which sounds creepier and sadder than it really is), I heartily approve of this strip.
I can't wait for the one where Scott gets a rash and has to send it back.
Wow-you have some new movements (cheery-hand and wavvy hand). Congrats on your new dexterity
Step one: Fold up one pant leg.
Step two: Conceal pedometer in fold.
Step three: Tap foot while sitting hunched over your keyboard.
@John I thought that the cart and caddy were an integral part of the golfing experience! You were supposed to leave the walking and carrying to others while you being chauffeured from hole to hole.
Golf is decent exercise if you walk (at least here in the north, where itis very hilly). It is excellent if you carry your bag. I use a pull cart, but golf season is when I lose weight, and the sedentary winter months are when I gain it back.
Panel 1 is so good on so many levels, I seriously considered not reading any further for a moment.
one of the best you've done
and I'm a long time fan
How many steps do you think you could get watching a porn movie? :)


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The full-service MetroCard van will make its rounds in Westchester to assist riders interested in purchasing MetroCards.
Staffed by MTA New York City Transit Authority and Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation employees, the van is a "one-stop shop" and is equipped to assist bus riders with all their MetroCard business. Riders will be able to buy a regular MetroCard, apply for a Reduced-Fare MetroCard if they are 65 and older or have qualifying disabilities and refill their existing MetroCards.
MetroCard is the automated regional fare collection system managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
For more information on the MetroCard Van and other MetroCard locations, call the Bee-Line Hotline at (914) 813-7777.
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|Monday, September 19
|10 a.m. - noon
|New Rochelle Huguenot St./North Ave.
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|Mount Vernon August Petrillo Plaza
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|Tuesday, September 20
|10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m
|Peekskill at Peekskill Library
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|Tarrytown Wildey and Cortlandt Sts. (By McDonalds)
|Wednesday, September 21
|10 a.m. - noon
|Yonkers City Hall MCU Bldg. 36-40 South Broadway
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|White Plains Trans-Center Water Street and N.
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|Thursday, September 22
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|Yonkers City Hall MCU Bldg. 36-40 South Broadway
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|White Plains Galleria Mall Main St./MLK Blvd.
|Friday, September 23
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|Yonkers Will Library 1500 Central Park Ave./Tuckahoe Rd.
|Saturday, September 24
|9:30 a.m. - noon
|Yonkers City Hall/MCU Building, 36-40 South Broadway
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text: This workshop will enable participants to discuss the socio-political role of the Indian film industry (the largest in the world) and to direct their gaze upon issues of religion, sexuality, and economics that charge Indian films. We will investigate the shifting ideologies of these films in the past six decades and the manner in which they are reticent about certain issues facing religious and sexual minorities in India. The extent to which popular Indian films homogenize class and gender, while resorting to the language of "national unity," will be highlighted in this workshop. Our objective is to cultivate new pedagogical spaces from which modern Indian cultures and histories may be explored and critiqued. We will discuss the usefulness of showing particular Indian films in order to introduce students to the cultural milieus of South Asia.


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Taking a swipe at prominent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, Awami League's publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said Dr Kamal has no ethical point to question the legitimacy and the authority of the current parliament.
"Dr Kamal was a member of the constitution committee and was also an unelected member of the 1972 assembly. If an unelected Law Minister had the right to place the constitution then why the current parliament members won't have the legitimacy to amend the constitution'?" he said.
Dr Hasan Mahmud was addressing a discussion on the country's current political situation organised by Bangabandhu Academy at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU).
"This amendment is the safeguard to judges. It ensures the authority, security and independence of judges," he said.
Terming AK Khandker as a 'conspirator' and 'beneficiary' of all governments, the former minister said: "Ak Khandker must apologize to people, or else, people will dump into the dustbin."
Held with Bangabandhu Academy general secretary Humayun Kabir Mizi in the chair, the discussion was addressed, among others, by former state minister Shamshul Haque Tuku.
Hasan slams Dr Kamal, AK Khandker
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