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The liquidators want $1 billion for investors and the name of the rating agencies' dealer for a friend. Read more »
Why Should Taxpayers Give Big Banks A Subsidy of $83 Billion Per Year, Or Any Other Made-Up Number For That Matter?By Matt Levine
Bloomberg has an editorial today about how the government is subsidizing the top ten U.S. banks by $83 billion a year and maybe it should stop doing that. Because the editorial is getting a lot of attention, and because it is wrong, let's discuss it.
Here is Bloomberg:
Lately, economists have tried to pin down exactly how much the subsidy lowers big banks' borrowing costs. In one relatively thorough effort, two researchers — Kenichi Ueda of the International Monetary Fund and Beatrice Weder di Mauro of the University of Mainz — put the number at about 0.8 percentage point. The discount applies to all their liabilities, including bonds and customer deposits.
Here are Ueda and di Mauro:
[W]hen issuing a five-year bond, a three-notch rating increase translates into a funding advantage of 5 bp to 128 bp, depending on the riskiness of the institution. At the mid-point, it is 66.5 bp for a three-notch improvement, or 22bp for one-notch improvement. Using this and the overall rating bonuses described in the previous paragraph, we can evaluate the overall funding cost advantage of SIFIs as around 60bp in 2007 and 80bp in 2009.
Let's break that down. Their paper: Read more »
Fitch Ratings is showing the U.S. some tough love. Read more »
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Shadow Banking Is Just Like Regular Banking, Only DarkerBy Matt Levine
It feels virtuous every so often to take glance over at the triparty repo market. You get a nice dose of horrified vertigo and then go back to your life and don't think about it for a while and that always feels better. Now is a good time to get back to it, what with continued worrying about money-market funds – a core player in the market – and two interesting things this week about triparty repo: this testimony from Matthew Eichner of the Fed to a Senate subcommittee, and this report from Fitch.
Here is how I imagine triparty repo:
- A bunch of money market funds and other cash investors keep $1.8 billion of cash at JPMorgan and Bank of New York Mellon, the "clearing banks" in the triparty system.
- A bunch of securities dealers keep a pile of securities – worth, on a good day, more than $1.8bn – to JPM and BoNY Mellon.
- The dealers need money to fund those securities, because what are they going to do, pay for them themselves?
- Every afternoon, the cash investors and the securities dealers frantically negotiate which dealers swap their securities (at negotiated haircuts) for which cash investors' cash.
- Every night, the cash sleeps in the (notional) arms of the securities dealers, while the securities (and a promise to buy them back in the morning) sleep in the (notional) arms of the cash investors.
- Every morning, the cash wakes up and springs from the dealers' beds back into the waiting arms of the cash investors, and vice versa etc.
- Which means that the dealers need to borrow cash to be able to give it back to the investors. Where do they get the money?
- Well, from JPMorgan or BoNY.
- Where do JPM and BoNY get the money?
- Well, from deposits.
- Whose deposits?
- Well, the deposits of the cash investors.
More or less, right? Read more »
Fitch Has Something To Say About FudgieBy Bess Levin
"Manageable" but "raises questions." Read more »


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Intertemporal substitution and durable goods: long-run data
AbstractIn this paper, we use long-run annual data to estimate the intertemporal elasticity of substitution while accounting for the intra-temporal substitution between nondurable consumption goods and durable consumption goods. We apply a two-step procedure that combines a cointegration approach to preference parameter estimation with Generalized Method of Moments.
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- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release Date: Nov 12, 2013
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Summary: Battlefield 4 is an action blockbuster that aims for unrivaled destruction. Fueled by Frostbite 3, Battlefield 4 allows you to demolish the buildings shielding your enemy. You will lead an assault from the back of a gun boat. Battlefield grants you the freedom to do more and be more while playing to your strengths and carving your own path to victory. Beyond its hallmark multiplayer, Battlefield 4 features an intense, dramatic character-driven campaign that starts with the evacuation of American VIPs from Shanghai and follows your squad's struggle to find its way home. Change the landscape in real-time with interactive environments that react to your every move. Dominate land, air and sea with all-new, intense water-based vehicular combat.… Expand
- Developer: EA DICE
- Genre(s): Modern
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 17 out of 18
Mixed: 1 out of 18
Negative: 0 out of 18
Oct 29, 2013Battlefield 4 is stout entry to the series and a strong addition to the PlayStation 4 launch lineup. As the first game to demonstrate the prowess of the Frostbite 3 engine, its explosive debut indicates a promising future for its technology. Gear up and strap in, Battlefield 4 sets the new standard for next-generation multiplayer.
Feb 13, 2014Battlefield 4 is an excellent multiplayer FPS with wildly varied vehicles and interesting maps. [Jan 2014]
Dec 2, 2013It's a shame DICE still treads the B-grade storytelling path with its single-player game, otherwise Battlefield 4 would be dangerously close to shooter perfection. [Christmas 2013, p67]
Oct 29, 2013Multiplayer as its best, but the campaign is a total disappointment.
Oct 29, 2013While featuring a mostly forgettable single player, the characteristics of multiplayer in Battlefield 4 works so well making the DICE title the reference in a competitive context, as well as a real game changer from a technical point of view.
Nov 30, 2013Battlefield 4 feels like more of a 'true' Battlefield game when compared to its predecessor, aping that sandbox arena fun that made 1942 such a hit. Thanks to the power of PlayStation 4, we finally have a PC Battlefield experience on a home console, and it's pretty darn good.
Apr 16, 2014The issues aren't ruinous, and in the case of the multiplayer more an inconvenience that EA needs to address than anything else – but it's enough to take the shine off what should be one of the best shooters on PS4.
Score distribution:
Positive: 141 out of 262
Mixed: 32 out of 262
Negative: 89 out of 262
Jan 22, 2014Battlefield 4 is the pinnacle of the series. EA took everything they have learned from the previous games and used it to perfect this one. The story is thrilling and captivated me throughout the game. But the real gem of the battlefield series is the multilayer. It takes a bit of patience at first but one you get the hang of the game types it's amazing. My friends and I play as a team regularly.
On another note. The game has it's bugs due to EA rushing it out early. With each update it gets better but it's not entirely fixed. EA is working on it currently and hopefully they will finish it soon.… Expand
Nov 15, 2013Well first of all two words, Amazing Shooter. This game is more realistic than Battlefield 3. Campaign is amazing. The thing I liked about multiplayer is Levolution. This thing is a moment of seeing buildings destroyed. Although I wished that all maps have Levolution. This game is better than COD.… Expand
Mar 5, 2014I gave this game a 7 since while it is an extremely fun game there were two major issues I found with it. First the story in single player isn't all that great. More like a stereo typical campaign you would find in most FPS games these days. Nothing new and nothing done differently. Second is the game breaking bugs. It has now been a number of months since release and my single player campaign has still broken numerous times as well as multiplayer not saving progress every once in a while. So while its a great game these issues affect the overall experience.… Expand
Sep 10, 2014Compared to Call of Duty, then yes, Battlefield IS better. But it's like comparing 2 turds to each other. You can choose which one is better, but they don't stop being turds. Said that, they also don't stop being the same every year and somehow managing to be WORSE every year. It pretty much feels like Battlefield 3.000000249. Not much improved. The story is no longer smart and complicated but back to the old "Blah de blah de blah China blah de blah de blah Russia blah de blah de blah AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". The game's community has certantly seen a decline, since all CoD fanboys have now moved to battlefield which pretty much means "prepare to lose all faith in humanity". Although it manages to keep all interesting features from Battlefield 3, they feel samey and repeated rather than tweaked and improved. The game doesn't require much skill (unlike what a BF/CoD fanboy will tell you). It's just shoot,shoot and occasionally stab/blow up. 5/10 average game… Expand
Sep 8, 2014After all this time, Battlefield 4 continues to haunt it's players. EA has proven that any company that they take over, will eventually be worse off than it was before. DICE, the once revered name in the industry, now carries with it, a permanent stain that no amount of time will not heal. Much like Bioware and countless others; they will never be whole again.
The promise that this game had in the beginning, only makes the end result that much harder to suffer through. Countless bugs still plague the game to this day. A quick hop over to the BF4 forums will take you through a time warp that will make you stop and wonder- is this message board still active? Oh yes, these are new bugs.
Each patch does bring with it many fixes- but for each step forward, brings another step back in a different direction. It is clear that something fundamental is flawed about the code, and not merely patch-fixable.
With a game released on so many different platforms, and various modes, you'll often encounter someone who can play the game completely fine without issue. So much of what is broken is untraceable, and is clear, will never truly be fixed.
The Battlefield series officially died with the release of BF4, and stormtrooper or not, nothing they do will ever bring me back.… Expand
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CPX is excited to sponsor and attend the The Austin Ad Fed's Happy Hour Mixer.
We are looking forward to sponsoring the upcoming Austin Ad Fed Happy Hour Mixer next week in downtown Austin, TX. Hosted by The Austin Ad Fed, the summer networking event offers the opportunity for industry professionals to mix and mingle with their peers and fellow CPX team members: Gary Bembridge, EVP of Sales/ North America; Natalie Lambert, Director of Sales LA/Texas; and Polly Payne, Product Planner/Brand Sales.
CPX Interactive recently opened a new office in Austin, TX. Being the 'new kid' in town, we are excited to connect with the ad community and show our support to the Austin Ad Fed.
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7 secrets your credit report won't reveal
You may think your credit report says everything about you to anyone who will listen. But here are 7 personal details its pages don't divulge.
I agree with everyone that says that the credit scoring system is a scam. First of all how they want to charge a person high rates who makes little money and has had it bad in the past but are presently doing good. So while a wealthy person pays $1500 on their mortgage with a low rate the person who has been struggling probably lost their job so they had a few late payments in the past has to pay a $2500 mortgage cause the interest is much higher. I dont get that because if you are willing to give the loan why can I just pay as much as a person with a so called excellent score. Of course I may default if the rates Im paying on my stuff are twice as high as a person who has the exact same house in the same neighborhood etc. However it would be much easier for me to stay on track if I had that $1500 mortgage payment. The middle class will stay middle class or broke just because we are given high interest rates and end up paying twice or more the amount of the thing we are purchasing.
Personally I was laid off from my last job it took me almost two years to find a job so of course I had a lot of late payments. What did not make it easier was that some jobs turned me down because of my credit score. I was beside myself when I saw the reason as to why I wasnt chose for the job. This is rediculous because of course you are going to fall behind on bills without a job but I cant get a new job because I was laid off and paid bills late. I think that this credit scoring systems should be eliminated because all it does is hurt people more than help anyone.
Not only cant you get a house, car, credit card or loan, these days a bad credit score keeps you from Getting an apartment, Getting a job, Getting good insurance rates.
The credit scoring company has gotten out of hand. I dont know about most people but I dont need my boss knowing who I owe money too or what I own or have owned. God forbid your boss is some type of stalker. He will know where you live now, where you used to live, what type of loans you have, if you have a house etc. I dont think that is anyone's business. I dont see how your landord or boss has to have this information. And as for insurance companies what does it matter to them as long as I pay my insurance on time and never default that is all that matters, specially when you take the money out from my bank every month.
My wife and I married at 18 and all the money we had in the world was what I was paid at the end of boot camp. We didn't even own a car and started with nothing. I worked my way through college with some GI Bill help and we both supported each other while each of us continued our educations. We raised our kids modestly and worked hard all our life and have always lived well below our means. We have a single credit card which we pay off in full prior to the due date every month. We own our home and everything else and have no debt except monthly utilities, insurance, etc.
Why is it so difficult for some people to accept that I expect others and most importantly, our government, to conduct themselves in a similar manner?
Three years ago, I started monitoring my credit report after a bout of indentity theft. I run my scores every 60 days, and review my accounts monthly. I have utilized the "score simulator" available through Equifax in an attempt to get the best score possible. After three years of paying off all of my credit cards, my score was slowly creeping up. Last month, I paid off the last revolving account. Yesterday I was excited about getting my new score. I was certain that it would be higher than ever. I was wrong. My score actually dropped 20 points. The "score simulator," with all of it's infinite credit wisdom just informed me that I do not have enough diversification in my credit portfolio, and I need to obtain a credit card with at least a $1,500 limit for my score to go back up, but if there is a credit inquiry on my account, it will go down. Amazing! This is a no-win situation.
I could not agree more with the comments below. The credit reporting agencies are a scam. I will be paying cash whenever possible. The banks will have to make their money on someone else.
tHese credit bureaus have too much control over your spending life. First off there are three major credit companies, each have a different score. Why are they differrent ? And when you have a discrupency, it takes them sometimes up to a year to straighten your scores up.
In the mean time, I have never checked my scores... I rarely buy big ticket items that would need your scores. I pay my bills, but iM ON A fixed income and still the credit agencies want to increase my credit... yeehaw !!
I hope I leave this world owing millions !!
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Substance Abuse and Addiction Health Center
Aug. 18, 2000 -- The impotence treatment Viagra might seem an unlikely drug to find at nightclubs or raves, the all-night dance parties popular with teens. But experts say Viagra has begun making the club scene -- especially as an adjunct to ecstasy and "poppers," a combination that is questionable at best.
One rave fan says the combination of Viagra and ecstasy makes some sense. "Ecstasy makes it so you can't get an erection," says Soren Roinick, a Boston-based member of the group DanceSafe, which promotes "healthier" raves. At the same time, he says, it's not as if every raver's got his hand out for a little blue pill. "Ecstasy lowers all your aggression, including your sexual aggression," he says. "You might bond with someone per se, but generally, people at raves are not going home and sleeping with someone."
Still, researchers have taken note of the phenomenon. The practice of combining Viagra and ecstasy is mentioned in an article on the health risks of raves by Erica Weir, MD, a resident in community and family medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in a recent issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. And in a letter to the British Medical Journal last year, researcher Judith Aldridge of the University of Manchester wrote that her study of 2,000 people found Viagra was being sold illicitly in English nightclubs within weeks of becoming available in that country.
Many nightclub-goers interviewed by the British researchers reported having taken Viagra along with illicit drugs and alcohol. The combination with "poppers" -- vials of amyl nitrate or isobutyl nitrite sometimes used illicitly as an aphrodisiac -- is particularly worrying, Aldridge writes: "Both drugs dilate blood vessels, which can result in a dangerous drop in blood pressure and possibly [heart attack] or stroke."
In the U.S., Roinick says he has seen Viagra use at raves on the West Coast -- though nothing too extensive -- and suggests it's probably more common with older crowds at sadomasochistic offshoots of the dance parties. "Normally, raves are a positive-vibe kind of place," Roinick says. "There's a big drug scene that's not part of the rave scene."
Still, there's little doubt those positive vibes emanating from some of these dance parties have something to do with drugs -- in particular ecstasy, also known as MDMA. Roinick, who admits to being an occasional ecstasy user, says there's a good reason young people are attracted to the drug: "It just makes you feel really, really happy."
But there's little that's happy about the ultimate effects of ecstasy, one expert says -- and, although it's not entirely clear what happens when people take it along with Viagra, the results of mixing Viagra and poppers are definitely grim.
Ecstasy "is a bad, bad, bad drug, no matter what you read" says Wilkie Wilson, PhD, professor of pharmacology at Duke University Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., and co-author of Buzzed: The straight facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs. The drug, Wilson says, may very well have a long-term effect on mood. "What happens is, as we age, we lose serotonin function. So if you're kicking off a bunch of it when you're young, the end result is depression."


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Pick's Disease and Pick ComplexEdited by Andrew Kertesz and David G. MunozPick's disease, a form of dementia often accompanied by aphasia, has been known for over a century. However, the highly complex symptoms associated with frontal and temporal lobe deficits have made Pick's disease difficult to diagnose, even by experienced clinicians. Over time, confusion over similar disorders and variations in the disease have led to some twenty Pick complex syndromes being relabeled as entirely new.Pick's Disease and Pick Complex is the first book devoted to Pick's disease and its clinical and pathological manifestations. It sorts through the existing patchwork of terms and entities, and clearly presents the clinical concepts encompassed in this family of syndromes. This volume covers clinical depression, neuropathology, biology, and neurogenetic aspects of the disease. It compares Pick's disease to Alzheimer's, the multiple atrophies, and other neurodegenerative diseases. It also offers a critical review of the pathology and biology involved in other focal atrophies that share certain conditions with Pick's disease. Other topics covered include: * Clinical and neuropsychological features of frontotemporal dementia * The quantification of behavior in frontal lobe dementia * Primary progressive aphasia * Semantic dementia * The movement disorder of corticobasal degeneration * Cognitive changes in corticobasal degeneration * Apraxia in the syndromes of Pick complex * Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease * Dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis * Dementia lacking distinctive histology * Dementia, amyotrophy, Parkinsonism complex and its relationship to Pick complex * The biochemistry of cytoskeleton in Pick complex * The inflammatory response in Pick's disease * Clinical and pathological overlap in Pick complex.Pick's Disease and Pick Complex is a comprehensive and reliable reference that clarifies Pick's diagnosis as compared with other forms of dementia, as well as interrelated variants of the same spectrum. It offers clinical information essential for neurologists, neuropsychologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, and neuropathologists. It is also an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers.
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Obama: Gadhafi Must Leave Libya Now
Ratcheting up the pressure, President Barack Obama on Saturday said Moammar Gadhafi has lost his legitimacy to rule and urged the Libyan leader to leave power immediately.
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As an engineer with over 40 years of experience, I have worked on a multitude of different projects. They varied from the wildly successful ones to projects that were complete abject failures. In that time I have never, I repeat NEVER seen a sick project get cured by bringing in more management. Quite the contrary more management inevitably hastened the death of a struggling program. Government management of our sick health care system will kill.


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Woman Makes Clothes Out of Her Own Hair
Her wardrobe is truly hair-raising!
A woman has woven an entire wardrobe of clothes out of her own hair, after growing it for more than 50 years.
Ioana Cioanca, 71, has created everything from a hat to a skirt from her 40-inch-long tresses.
She told the Austrian Times: "I have nine items -- a hat, a shawl, a skirt, a blouse, a raincoat, a purse, a handbag and a pair of gloves.
"They are all slightly different colors because of course I went grey over the years."
The 71-year-old from Bistrita Nasaud, Romania, added: "I did this because I wanted to show how practical human hair is. The clothes are warm and comfortable -- and the materials are free."
Unbeweavable! Would you ever do this?
This would have probably been more interesting if it included pics of the clothes she made or at least a link.
Would I ever do this? It took her 50 years to grow 8 things that are brown and grey…so no way!
Nope, but I have thought about learning how to do this with my cats' fur! LOL
"Unbeweavable" is a great pun.
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"i'm gonna change it as soon as possible. no worries, kay?" sure you are? you obviously don't care who you copy, you just steal ideas. you did know there was a littleseddiethings blog, as you follow one of the owners and speak to them, and they told you about the little seddiethingsblog. you've copied the url AND the title, without any care. you're just going to make it seem like we've copied you. and btw, idc if this sounds hurtful, it's supposed to be cos you've pissed me off:-).
What makes you think i obviously dont care? Because i've been trying for the past couple of days to find out how to possibly fucking change my url just to make you and your little blog happy. it's why i havent been posting anything. i even have a couple friends who can back me up on this because they've been trying to help me - hence the reason i'm posting this in public. I dont understand why you would get hate since you clearly did nothing wrong. and no one from their blog talks to me. now you're just talking shit. I'm a nice girl and i try to not be a bully via internet, but now you're just being completely rude and immature.
I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT YOU COPYING ME. nobody thinks that.
and wow. okay. like, i don't even get you.
go re-read my last post, which appearently everyone has read except for you, then get back to me.
I want to start off by saying I honestly had no clue at all that there was already a 'littleseddiethings' blog. if i knew there was, there would honestly have been no point whatsoever for me to think I should start one because the main reason I made one was so there could be one. I even asked people if it was a good idea to make one and they agree it was, nobody pointed out to me that one already had exsisted. I was even going to make a littlejathanthings that I was going to start tonightt (you can see that post a couple hours back). So being completely serious, i had no idea AT ALL that there was already one out there. I'm not low like that. I don't know if you know me that well, but one thing you should know is that i'm not selfish and ignorant. If you want, I could go delete it right now. That wont be a problem for me. Though it's a fun little page working with, and it means so much for you to have me remove it, I will. i'm sincerely sorry.
But I feel like I deserve an apology, also. I don't think it's necessarily right of you to simply conclude that i had 'copied' you and your friend's blog without you even talking to me in the first place- especially since i didn't know such blog had exsistence. That was a bit hurtful, spicifically with that tone. :/
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Let's see. So Blizz puts in a couple of instances where CC is necessary on a section or two. Those of us who enjoy the nuanced pull with a sheep, freeze, banish, shackle, rejoice. Those who don't avoid that instance like it has cooties. How is this bad?
There are a number of us who remember and enjoy being able to chain trap, keep a mob sheeped, banished or shackled. There are a number of us who find the repeated application of: watch tank build threat, send in pet, spam Steady Shot incredibly boring. Let me go do the wash while you kill this guy, K? I'm on auto pilot as you obviously don't need any skill I might have, just aim and shoot.
The beauty of this game is that there can be content challenging to a wide variety of people. Don't care for PvP? You don't have to do it. Hate, loathe and abhor Gnomer? You don't have to do it. Don't like the current wham, bam, thank you ma'am of instances? You don't have to do them, although you'll probably wind up needing them for gear if you want to see Naxx, but you can level to 80 without setting foot inside a Wrath instance.
I'm looking forward to the next patch and whatever the designers come up with to challenge us. If it's a whole instance needing CC, I'll run it. If I don't like it, I won't be back. Simple as that.
You are right of course. Just realize how frustrating this suggestion is to those of us who tank. We are used to having the job of handling everything that comes up. Having to rely on a dpser, especially in a PuG, to do something right is very nerve wracking. I'm a control freak. That's why I tank. That's why I oppose changes to the game that require skill in other players. In realizing this about myself, I admit I am wrong to oppose CC in dungeons.
There should be situations where you get to do something other than shoot at mobs until they fall over. In wrath it seems like they chose to take away CC as the thing DPS does other than damage. Instead it seems there are a great deal of encounters and instances where it became the job of the DPS to get out of AoE damage or flame strikes. So from my perspective that is what they choose to make your lives more interesting. Doesn't seem very interesting.
I'd honestly like to see more active CC rather than passive CC. More stuns, interrupts and damage mitigation that must be invoked by non-tanks. Passive CC like polymorph and banish are not interesting even for the people responsible, I think. Passive CC like traps take a lot more skill, but offer no more rewards to the group than easy CC like polymorph/hex/sap/repentance/etc. So while people may respect a hunter who traps well, they still don't want to PuG one because the skill required is higher than that of an easy CC class.
You make a very good point. When forming a pug, asking for "good CC" is asking for trouble. What defines "good"? I've been in groups with hunters who have no clue how to trap. I've been in groups with hunters who only use Immolation and then wonder why the mob comes for them. /beat head on desk. Sadly, when all I have to do now is avoid pulling aggro, I can alt+tab during a boss fight and pay a bill, knowing that, as long as I don't pull your aggro, I'm fine. There is no skill.
I know my job. If the mob breaks off, I got it for you and I'll hold it until you're ready to get it. If I can't freeze it, I'll kite it. Want it back? Okay, here I come with the mob after me. FD, it's yours. But you are right in that there aren't people who know all that and when pugging and you just want to run in, kill and run out, how can you audition your dps to find out if they can handle the inevitable oopses that come with a game? You can't of course, and it does make your job that much more stressful.
If Blizz wants to give me the instance with the section of CC, I will relish each and every opportunity to chain freeze, to provide support to my tank, to make your burden a bit easier by getting one mob out of the way. And for the hunter who says, "OMG, I am so NOT going into that one", okay, don't. There are plenty of instances for you.
So Mana, MD the skull and freeze the nipple? Got it.


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I locked us out of the apartment last night…
without formula. without diapers. without anything.
The metrocard trick through the side of the door didn't work and my friend with the spare keys is in Japan. JAPAN. As in, the other side of the world.
So, of course, the first order of business is for Eaglet to move her 11pm Poo up to the 6pm Poo for the first time ever. And make it a giant one with noises so loud I hold my breath that the premie diaper can take it.
Next, cue Eaglet to decide that despite having just finished a bottle, said 6pm Poo has left her suddenly STARVING. Have you ever seen a really hungry infant? They WILL find something to suck. They will twist their little heads around like the exorcist, rooting and vacuuming in air until they find you. And then, when your arm, knee, knuckle or hair doesn't produce milk, they become a whole new level of never before seen rage. If they had the coordination to crawl up the kitchen counter they would grab the pear knife and CARVE OUT YOUR EYES. Because ye who takes longer than 10 seconds to feed the newest souls on earth will rot in the bowels of hell's demons.
Standing on the street, I'm eventually surrounded by homeless people telling me my baby is hungry and smelly. Yeah, I KNOW. And where are her socks? Oh, and is she your daughter? As in, she can't be your daughter- we think you just murdered a pregnant, black woman and cut out her baby so wait here while we check the local news and call the cops.
Now skip to me feeding Eaglet little cap fulls of bottled water. On the stoop. In 100 degree weather. Surrounded by East Village's finest street people.
I think I've created a whole new level of ghetto.
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Someone on my facebook said, "Love is nothing more than an illusion of the mind." I seriously wanted to pull a Dwight and be like, "False. Love is actually a primitive, biologically-based drive similar to hunger or thirst caused by high levels of dopamine and norepinephrine." But I didn't, because I didn't want to sound bitchy or like a know-it-all.
Looking more into it, I found that it also deals with serotin, adrenaline, oxytocin, and vasopressin levels.
Robbie, I saw this and thought you would enjoy it, since it's the Muppets an' all.
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Popsicle Fun: Sail Pop Kit
This Sail Pop kit caught our eye - we're thinking striped layers of purple grape juice and white pudding, or red and yellow cranberry and tangerine juices. We like the big size and sturdy handles, too.
$19.95 for the set of six at The Baker's Catalogue.
Do you make popsicles in the summer? What do you put in them?
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My mom used to make pinacolada popsicles with strawberry chunks and Coconut flakes in them.
Also mango juice with pulverized mint. yummy.
Another good summer treat is good old fashioned frozen grapes.
Pureed mango with ginger and yogurt is my favourite. I also make them with any left-over liquid from pie fillings, jams, and other berry toppings - I just strain out the excess juice and pour it straight into popsicle molds.
These are great on a hot summer day (especially since we don't have AC!)
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McChrystal makes a strong impression, and a positive one. And he's not the only one who wants to talk with at least the appearance of frankness. In Aspen, Colorado, for the 10 days of the annual Ideas Festival, we're all equals — of a sort. In my five days there, I met no one who wanted to be called mister, senator or any other title. It was first names all around, with the good and great wearing khakis, or even shorts. If people were trying to impress, it was mostly through trying hard to not impress at all.
The people I, Andy Sullivan, Lily Jamali and Zach Goelman interviewed work in the fields of art, science, international affairs, politics and romance. We're all Reuters journalists with more than 50 years of experience among us. We've all interviewed interesting and powerful people before, but never such a diverse group in such a beautiful setting, nor in such quick succession.
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Have children choose their own books as soon as they start showing a preference for one over another.
Find the children's section of your local library. Get to know the librarian, who can be a great resource.
Find out what your child is interested in, and help choose books that are related to his or her interests.
Ask friends, family, and teachers what books their children have enjoyed; try a book swap.
If your child does not like a book you are reading together, put it away. Reading is a fun time to share, not a time to fight.
Again, Again, Again! Children may want to read the same book many times, even if you think they have outgrown it.
Use book lists generated by various literacy organizations; they usually have good suggestions. For example: American Library Association, International Reading Association, Children's Book Guild
Look for books that you will like reading aloud. Your enjoyment will shine through and become contagious.
Try out different kinds of books to see what appeals to your children.
Have fun! Show your children the joy of reading and how it can open up a brand new world!
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Lawmakers have unveiled House Bill 1197, which would abolish the PA Turnpike Commission and turn over all control of the turnpike to PennDOT.
The legislation is introduced just weeks after the Grand Jury announced charges against several Pa Turnpike Commissioners for their alleged role in a pay to play scheme, misusing millions of dollars in tax payer money.
The bill was introduced by Representative Donna Oberlander (R-63rd District).
"The legislation I am introducing here today will completely eliminate the outdated and well-documented corruption-infested Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and create the Bureau of Toll Administration within PennDOt," said Oberlander. "The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Office of Turnpike Commissioner will be abolished. PennDOT will receive all tolls and other money payable to the commission and take responsibility for all aspects of operations and maintenance."
A similar bill was pushed in 2009 but failed to gain the support needed to pass. Lawmakers say the recent Grand Jury investigation should create some momentum for change.
Representative Mike Vereb (R-150th District) compared the PA Turnpike Commission to a cancer.
"This tumor is beyond radiation. This tumor has penetrated every household in pa. This organized crime must stop. We have to stand up. We have to lead. We have to do it with republicans and we have to do it with democrats," said Vereb
If House Bill 1197 is signed into law, PennDOT must honor all collective bargaining agreements in existence with the PA Turnpike Commission, and any employee organization and union contracts would remain intact.
The legislation also stipulates that the Commonwealth would assume the debt of the outstanding bonds of the Turnpike Commission, which are reportedly more than $7 billion.
"No matter what committee is set up there is only one group of people that are going to pay that debt, and that is the tax payers. It is going to be a lot easier to go to the taxpayers and say here is our plan moving forward and here is the bill we have to pay for. It is going to have to be paid and it is not going to be paid by some private donor," said Vereb.
Lawmakers say the move would save taxpayers money by removing redundancy. According to Oberlander, PennDOT is run by seven executive and manages more than 41,000 miles of roadway. The Turnpike Commission is run by 9 executives and in charge of 545 miles of roadway.
Additionally, Orelander says PennDOT uses internal staff to act as a government liaisons with the general assembly, and the Turnpike commission hires contract lobbyists at a significant cost.
"That is not the way people expect their government and their organizations to use their taxpayer dollars," said Oberlander.
Vereb says four years ago when a similar bill was proposed, they estimated giving PennDOT control would save taxpayers $300-450 million a year.
"We have a reason, we have a goal, we have a mission, and now what we need is some political courage," said Vereb.
Carl DeFebo Jr., Director of Public Relations and Marketing for the PA Turnpike Commission, released the following statement in response to the proposed legislation.
"The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has not taken a position on the proposal to merge operations with PennDOT. However, we understand the need for reform in response to the serious allegations in the grand jury presentment.
It's a fact that the Turnpike began to improve business practices years before these accusations were brought to light, and Turnpike CEO Mark Compton launched even more aggressive reforms in the wake of the investigation to improve accountability and operations.
While the Turnpike and PennDOT operate independently, the agencies are working closer today than at any point in our history. In 2011, we launched an unprecedented effort known as 'Mapping the Future' to enhance cooperation and increase efficiency. This new approach already has saved millions in annually recurring costs and it's just the beginning.
It is important to note the recent contributions the Turnpike has made to the Commonwealth. Our system is being significantly improved through an aggressive, toll-supported capital plan that also boosts the state's economy by creating jobs and investment in local communities. And we are working to improve operational efficiencies through an innovative All-Electronic Tolling project, all while providing $450 million a year to PennDOT for statewide, off-Turnpike mobility projects, to name a few.
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Conservatives online cheered the news on Monday that Rep. Tim Scott has been picked for Sen. Jim DeMint's South Carolina Senate seat, citing both his conservative credentials and the diversity he brings to the table.
Guy Benson of Townhall.com noted on Twitter, ".@townhallcom readership reaction is pretty much unanimous: Enthusiastic virtual applause for Gov. Haley's pick of Tim Scott for US Senate."
Katie Pavlich, also of Townhall.com, added, "Super happy about Tim Scott, great job Nikki Haley."
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Ana Navarro, who served as a co-chair for Hispanic outreach during Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential bid and is an advocate for more diversity in the GOP, also praised the pick.
"We've come a long way from Thurmond days 'SC Gov to name Tim Scott, SC's 1st African-American GOP Rep since 1901, to replace Sen Jim DeMint'", she tweeted.
"So happy it's Tim Scott that will replace Sen. DeMint!," offered Kathleen McKinley, a conservative blogger.
"Tim Scott has taken our core values seriously in the House and we have every reason to expect similar, principled behavior in the Senate," said Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots group, in a statement.
Scott, a Republican congressman from the Palmetto State, was tapped Monday by Gov. Nikki Haley to succeed DeMint, a tea party darling. He will be the only African American in the Senate.
"Tim Scott is among perhaps the rarest kind of Washington official: One who knows how to articulate the moral case for conservatism and explain our fiscal challenges to the average American," said Ned Ryun, the president and CEO of the conservative group American Majority Action, in a statement. "This form of leadership outweighs identity politics."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who will serve with Scott, welcomed him via Twitter.
"Tim Scott is an even better person than he is politician," read a tweet on Graham's account.
Scott beat the son of Strom Thurmond -- the elder Thurmond was a South Carolina senator who was an outspoken advocate of segregation at times during his career -- in a 2010 primary race. He will be the first African American to represent the South in the Senate since Reconstruction when he replaces DeMint, who is leaving to head up the conservative Heritage Foundation, a think tank.
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Long Beach Transit Downtown Hub to Temporarily Relocate
From September 20 October 19, 2014, Long Beach Transit will relocate its downtown Long Beach transit hub from 1st Street between Long Beach Boulevard and Pine Avenue to Ocean Boulevard between Long Beach Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, and Long Beach Boulevard between Ocean Boulevard and 1st Street. For details, please click on "more" below.
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On August 21, the Downtown Dining & Entertainment District Task Force hosted a public forum to share their recommended changes to the current operating conditions and permit process in order to create a more vibrant and dynamic downtown. Residents, businesses and property owners attended and provided their feedback. To view the presentation and a summary of the draft changes, please click on "more" below.
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