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2014: Actor and film director Harold Ramis dies of complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis at age 69 in Glencoe, Illinois. Ramis was best known for his roles in "Ghostbusters" and "Stripes," both of which he co-wrote, and for directing movies such as "Caddyshack," "National Lampoon's Vacation," "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This." [ + - ]
2011: The space shuttle Discovery launches on its 39th and final mission. The mission transported several items to the international space station, including the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo, which was left permanently docked to one of the station's ports. At the end of the mission, Discovery had completed a cumulative total of a whole year (365 days) in space. [ + - ]
2006: Actor Don Knotts, best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" and landlord Ralph Furley on the sitcom "Three's Company," dies of lung cancer at age 81 in Los Angeles, California. Knotts won five Emmys for playing Barney Fife and also starred in movies such as "The Incredible Mr. Limpet," "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken," "The Reluctant Astronaut," "The Shakiest Gun in the West" and "The Apple Dumpling Gang." [ + - ]
1999: Lauryn Hill wins five Grammy awards, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist, for her debut solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." [ + - ]
1998: Comedian and violinist Henny Youngman, known as the King of the One Liners, dies of pneumonia at age 91 in Manhattan, New York. His performances featured short, simple jokes usually delivered rapid-fire, often with violin interludes. Among his best known one-liners was "Take my wife -- please." [ + - ]
1994: Actress and singer Dinah Shore, the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s, dies of ovarian cancer at age 77 in Beverly Hills, California. Shore reached her height of popularity during the Big Band era, including the No. 1 hits "I'll Walk Alone," "The Gypsy," "The Anniversary Song" and "Buttons and Bows," but found even more success a decade later hosting a series of variety programs on television for Chevrolet. [ + - ]
1993: Eric Clapton wins big at the Grammy Awards, taking home three awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year, for his song "Tears In Heaven;" two more, including Album of the Year, for his album "Unplugged;" and the Best Rock Song award for his acoustic version of "Layla." The six Grammys in one night ties Clapton with four others for second most behind the eight each Michael Jackson and the band Santana won in 1984 and 2000, respectively. [ + - ]
1992: The U.S. Postal Service unveils two proposals for its planned Elvis Presley stamps, giving the public a chance to vote for the first time for which of the two versions -- a thin, '50s Elvis or a jumpsuited, fat '70s one -- would make the final cut. The younger Elvis eventually won with more than 75 percent of the vote and was issued on Jan. 8, 1993, which would have been Presley's 58th birthday. [ + - ]
1991: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Webb Pierce, who charted more No. 1 hits than any other country artist during the 1950s, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 69. Pierce's biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at No. 1. Among his other No. 1 hits were "Slowly," "Love, Love, Love," "I Don't Care," "There Stands the Glass," "More and More," "I Ain't Never" and "Wondering." [ + - ]
1988: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns a $200,000 award to Rev. Jerry Falwell that had been won against Hustler magazine over a 1983 fake advertisement parodying the prominent fundamentalist Protestant minister. The ad featured a fiction interview in which Falwell describes his first sexual experience as occurring with his mother in an outhouse. While the original jury found in favor of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt on the libel claim, it found in favor of Falwell on the intentional infliction of emotional distress charge. The Supreme Court's ruling held that public figures cannot circumvent First Amendment protections by attempting to recover damages based on emotional distress suffered from parodies, expanding legal protections for parody and satire. [ + - ]
1982: Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers breaks Phil Esposito's NHL record for most goals in a season, with his 77th goal on the season in a game against the Buffalo Sabres. He added two more goals later in the 6-3 win to give him a total of 79 goals in 64 games and would eventually end the season with 92 goals, a single-season record that still stands today. He also added 120 assists for a total of 212 points in the season, becoming the only player in NHL history to break the 200-point mark. [ + - ]
1981: Britain's Prince Charles announces his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer. The couple, who divorced in August 1996, are seen here in 1985. [ + - ]
1980: The United States Olympic hockey team completes their "Miracle on Ice" by defeating Finland 4-2 to claim the gold medal in Lake Placid, New York. [ + - ]
1977: Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is currently undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion, having won 10 world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. [ + - ]
1975: The Led Zeppelin double album "Physical Graffiti" is released. The album, which included songs like "Kashmir," "Trampled Under Foot" and "Black Country Woman," was the band's second most commercially successful release, selling eight million copies in the United States alone. [ + - ]
1970: "ABC" by the Jackson 5 is released. The song eventually knocked The Beatles' song "Let It Be" out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the soul singles chart for four weeks. [ + - ]
1969: Johnny Cash performs a concert for inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California. The concert was recorded and released on June 4, 1969, as "At San Quentin," a follow-up album to Cash's previous live album, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful "At Folsom Prison." The album went gold later that summer and received three Grammy nomination, including Album of the Year. It has since been certified as triple platinum. [ + - ]
1966: Actor Billy Zane, best known for his movie roles in "Dead Calm," "Titanic" and "The Phantom," is born in Chicago, Illinois. [ + - ]
1965: Actress Kristin Davis, best known for her role on the TV series "Sex and the City," is born in Boulder, Colorado. [ + - ]
1956: Hall of Fame first baseman and designated hitter Eddie Murray, a member of the 3,000-hit and 500-home run clubs, is born in Los Angeles, California. He played more than half of his 21-year career with the Baltimore Orioles, winning a World Series title in 1983, and was an eight-time All-Star, a three-time Gold Glove winner, a three-time Silver Slugger winner, and the 1987 American League Rookie of the Year. [ + - ]
1955: Steve Jobs, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., is born in San Francisco, California. Jobs died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 on Oct. 5, 2011. [ + - ]
1950: Singer-songwriter and guitarist George Thorogood is born in Wilmington, Delaware. He is best known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as "Move It On Over," "Who Do You Love?" and "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." [ + - ]
1947: Actor Edward James Olmos, best known for movies such as "Stand and Deliver," "Selena" and "Blade Runner" and the TV series "Miami Vice" and "Battlestar Galactica," is born in Los Angeles, California. [ + - ]
1945: Actor Barry Bostwick, best known for his roles in the movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the sitcom "Spin City," is born in San Mateo, California. [ + - ]
1943: George Harrison, the singer-songwriter and musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of The Beatles, is born in Liverpool, England. Harrison is known for writing songs such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" while with the band. He had a successful solo career after the band broke up and also co-founded the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison in 1988. He died of lung cancer at the age of 58 on Nov. 29, 2001. [ + - ]
1942: In what became known as the Battle of Los Angeles, an anti-aircraft artillery barrage in Los Angeles County targets what was originally thought to be an attacking force from Japan from the evening well into the following morning. The incident, which came less than three months after the United States entered World War II as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor, was shortly dismissed by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox as a "false alarm." However, contemporary newspapers published reports and speculation of a cover-up and some UFO conspiracy theorists have suggested the targets were actually extraterrestrial spacecraft. [ + - ]
1938: Phil Knight, the businessman and billionaire who co-founded Nike, Inc., is born in Portland, Oregon. [ + - ]
1924: Two years into his six-year prison sentence for sedition over his campaign of mass civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi is released from prison due to ill-health following surgery to treat his appendicitis the previous month. [ + - ]
1921: Actor Abe Vigoda, best known for his roles on the sitcom "Barney Miller" and in the movie "The Godfather," is born in New York City. He died at the age of 94 on Jan. 26, 2016. [ + - ]
1885: Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz is born in Fredericksburg, Texas. Nimitz held the dual command of commander in chief for the United States Pacific Fleet for U.S. naval forces and for the Pacific Ocean Areas for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. He also served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 until 1947. On Sept. 2, 1945, Nimitz signed for the United States when Japan formally surrendered on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. When he died at age 80 on Feb. 20, 1966, he was the United States' last surviving fleet admiral, considered to be the highest possible rank attainable in the U.S. Navy. The fleet admiral rank is reserved for wartime use only and the grade is not currently active. [ + - ]
1874: Hall of Fame baseball player Honus Wagner, who won eight batting titles, tied for the most in National League history, and is often considered the greatest shortstop ever, is born in in the Chartiers neighborhood of Pittsburgh, which is now a part of the borough of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. [ + - ]
1868: Andrew Johnson becomes the first U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The House brought 11 articles of impeachment against Johnson detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors," but the main accusation was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton from office and replacing him with Maj. Gen. Lorenzo Thomas. He was later acquitted in the Senate by one vote. [ + - ]
1810: English philosopher and scientist Henry Cavendish, most noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air", dies at age 78 in London, England. Cavendish was also famous for his studies into the composition of atmospheric air, the properties of different gases, the law governing electrical attraction and repulsion, and calculations of the density of the Earth. [ + - ]
1803: In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review, finding that federal courts have the duty to review the constitutionality of acts of Congress and to declare them void if they run contrary to the Constitution. The case was the first time the Supreme Court asserted its power to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional. [ + - ]
1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces a reformation of the calendar through the papal bull Inter gravissimas. The new calendar fixed a flaw in the Julian calendar, which was too long in treating each year as 365 days and six hours in length, whereas calculations showed the actual mean length of a year is about 11 minutes shorter. The decree created a 10-day shift later in the year to make up for the change, meaning the day after Thursday, Oct. 4, 1582, would not be Friday, Oct. 5, but rather Friday, Oct. 15. The calendar, which became known as the Gregorian calendar after Gregory, remains the internationally accepted civil calendar to this date. [ + - ]


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As a child growing up in the slums of the Bronx, New York, I was told that God had created the Bronx as his first official act of being a God and then got around to the rest of the world. It wasn't until the second week the Lord realized he had forgotten Texas in his creation. The state of Texas has appointed a board to revise its history curriculum and among the bright people in this group is a man known as David Barton, who heads a Christian heritage group called WallBuilders. According to the Barton version of American history, the Constitution was written with God in mind and that "government exists primarily to protect God-given rights to every individual." He wants all children, Christian, Muslim, Jewish or what have you, to become aware of the "motivational role" played by the Bible and Christianity in creating America.
As always in such claims about God in the founding of America, there is an element of accuracy. The Puritans certainly were motivated by their Christian beliefs, but those who wrote the Constitution shared an anti-established Church view of the world. Hamilton, Madison, Washington, Franklin, etc.. were not noted for pushing religion and took care to ensure the Constitution did NOT allow creation of an established religion. It is always amusing that individuals like Ronald Reagan who preached God and the Bible rarely went inside a church.
The influence of religion should be taught in any American history course. However, that includes teaching children the Founding Fathers disliked established churches, did not wish religion to control our lives and believed individuals had the right to think as they so desired in terms of God and religion. The word "God" rarely is noted in documents related to the establishment of the Constitution.

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text: This profile thread takes a look back at Oksana Baiul's all too short competitive career (background info: Wikipedia, Oksana Baiul - Then & Now, Official Website, Oksana Baiul - Ice Princess, Interview). BACKGROUND Baiul was born in Dnepropetrovsk (then part of the USSR) on the 16th November 1977. Her parents separated when she was just two years old. Her grandfather provided her with her first pair of skates for her 4th birthday, and inspired by her childhood idol, Jill Trenary, within three years, she was skating in local competitions. 1989/90 & 1990/91 In 1990, Baiul finished 12th in the Soviet championships, and finished 10th in the same championships the following year. 1991/92 In 1991, Baiul competed in the Nations Cup, finishing fourth in a competition won by Nancy Kerrigan. At the age of thirteen, however, Baiul's mother, Marina, died of ovarian cancer, and her grandmother died shortly afterwards. Baiul then lived with her coach, Stanislav Koretek, and his family until Koretek emigrated to Canada in 1992. Alone, Baiul was left with no option but to sleep in a cot at her hometown ice rink. It was then that fellow Ukrainian skater, Viktor Petrenko, suggested that Baiul train with his coach (and mother-in-law), Galina Zmievskaya. Shortly thereafter, Baiul moved into Zmievskaya's home in Odessa, sharing a small bedroom with one of Zmievskaya's daughters in a crowded 3 room apartment Due to the personal upheavals in her life, it would be almost 18 months before Baiul would surface again in international competition following her fourth placed finish in the 1991 Nations Cup (which meant that she did not therefore get to compete in any international junior competitions). 1992/93 Upon her return, Baiul won the Ukrainian Championships in early 1993, and then made a sensational impact at the 1993 European championships where she finished 2nd to Surya Bonaly:- 1993 European Championships - SP, 1993 European Championships - FS Baiul followed this up 2 months later by winning the 1993 World Championships in equally sensational style:- 1993 World Championships - SP, 1993 World Championships - FS, Gala 1993/94 The 1993/94 season began for Baiul with a win at Skate America:- Skate America (1993) - SP, Skate America (1993) - FS, Exhibition Baiul then finished 2nd in the Nations Cup Nations Cup (1993) - SP, Nations Cup - FS 1994 began with victory again in the Ukrainian Championships, and another 2nd placed finish in the European Championships behind Surya Bonaly:- 1994 European Championships - SP, 1994 European Championships - FS, Gala (with Petrenko) Baiul's amateur competitive career reached its zenith shortly afterwards, when she won Gold at the 1994 Olympics:- 1994 Olympics - SP, 1994 Olympics - FS, Gala (The Swan), Gala (with Petrenko) Baiul retired from amateur competition after the 1994 Olympics, and then turned professional. FINAL POINTS Does anybody know of the whereabouts of videos relating to Baiul's performances in the 1991 Nations Cup, and in the various Soviet/Ukranian Championships she took part in? If so, please upload and/or post the links.


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This is the original press release, which was published back in February. I haven't seen any reviews of this product on the web yet. For some reason scanners don't seem to be reviewed that often.
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The General Meeting covers fundamental microbial cell biology, genetics and physiology, environmental and applied microbiology and microbial ecology, pathogenesis and clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.The goal is to provide a program with breadth and depth that showcases state of the art science, and a program that both updates experts in their own field and allows attendees to make excursions into areas of microbiology that are outside of their realms of expertise. In doing so, ASM aims to facilitate the interdisciplinary approaches that are increasingly defining the best of microbiology.
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Exposure to specific bacteria in the environment, already believed to have antidepressant qualities, could increase learning behavior. Mice fed live cultures of Mycobacterium vaccae were able to learn and complete a maze twice as fast as control mice.
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Pandemic H1N1 virus may be or may soon become endemic in large modern swine confinement facilities. Despite this, there is a paucity of influenza surveillance that is currently being conducted among swine populations. This interview will focus on the importance of conducting influenza surveillance among pigs and workers in these facilities such that we might quickly detect the emergence of novel influenza viruses.
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Just as jewelry makers take care to set a gem in a ring, a tireless team has been working late hours to tuck the Mars Science Laboratory rover inside its intricate, protective aeroshell and mount it for the first time on a giant gold "ring" (the cruise structure).
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In the three years since consumers in California began paying a fee of $6 to $10 upon the purchase of certain electronic equipment, the state's Electronic Waste Recycling Act (EWRA) has yet to provide enough incentives to public solid waste agencies to sign on as collectors of electronic waste, commonly called e-waste.
The fees charged to consumers are deposited into a state account that is used to pay qualified e-waste collectors and recyclers to cover their costs of managing e-waste.
The state is home to more than 400 municipalities, but just 140 solid waste agencies have signed on as e-waste collectors in which they are entitled to a portion of that fee on all recovered and recycled e-waste pulled from their facilities.
The state assembly currently is considering an amendment to Assembly Bill 218, which would add clarifications to California's RoHS Law (Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances), which was designed to limit the amounts of certain hazardous heavy metals in e-waste to prevent them from entering the waste stream.
For more information, visit the California Integrated Waste Management Board. (www.ciwmb.ca.gov/electronics)
Although the legislation (both the EWRA and the RoHS Law) has yet to achieve the goal of removing 50% of e-waste from the waste stream, it has proven somewhat successful: E-waste accounts for 481,353 tons (or 1.2%) of the state's total solid waste, and in just the first year after fees were imposed, recycled e-waste nearly doubled to 64,500 tons in 2006 from 32,500 tons a year earlier.
But in September the portion of the fee is set to drop to 39 cents/pound from 43 cents/pound for the recycler, and the collectors (in this case the public solid waste agencies) receive just 16 cents/pound. So what's the incentive for public solid waste agencies? Some say the small payback is better than nothing.
The list of private collectors and recyclers in California keeps growing-it's currently approaching 600 statewide and ranges from auction houses to nonprofits.
Eighteen other states have passed similar legislation. In some states, such as Minnesota, Missouri, and New Jersey, manufacturers pay a fee to help fund collection programs; New York City has its own cell-phone recycling bill and landfill ban. Six states are considering similar legislation as well. Illinois, Massachusetts, and Nebraska all propose to charge fees to manufacturers, a trend that is gaining in popularity as fewer laws place the responsibility on consumers and instead are shifting it to the manufacturers themselves to fund programs. Some states are even considering legislation to force manufacturers to accept e-waste.
Those types of legislation are designed to help reduce the amount of e-waste in landfills before public solid waste agencies ever get involved, and as more of those agencies themselves sign on as collectors, California's-and ultimately the rest of the nation's-goal of reducing e-waste in landfills by 50% could be realized.
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- A big miss from Apple (AAPL), Congressional can kicking and China's economic numbers are sure to keep investors on the edges of their seats this morning. But as headline risk (good and bad) sneaks back into stocks, investors need to make sure they're not missing the forest for the trees.
Yes, Apple's "miss" is a big deal (we'll get to that in a moment). And yes, so is the House's ability to pass a budget bill without waiting until taxpayers' necks are on the chopping block. Even Asian market anxiety over China manufacturing data is significant. But the technical factors are ultimately what's ruling Mr. Market right now.
>>5 Cash-Rich Stocks to Buy in 2013
The S&P 500 pushed on to new 52-week highs for yet another consecutive day yesterday, extending the rally in stocks to within grabbing distance of 1,500. That doesn't mean we'll see that major barrier get taken out this week -- rallies need corrections along the way to stay healthy, after all. But it does bode extremely well for stocks in 2013.
And this rally is also setting the stage for big moves in a handful of individual names right now. Today, we'll take a technical look at five of the biggest.
If you're new to technical analysis, here's the executive summary.
>>5 Rocket Stocks to Buy for a Q1 Rally
Technicals are a study of the market itself. Since the market is ultimately the only mechanism that determines a stock's price, technical analysis is a valuable tool even in the roughest of trading conditions. Technical charts are used every day by proprietary trading floors, Wall Street's biggest financial firms, and individual investors to get an edge on the market. And research shows that skilled technical traders can bank gains as much as 90% of the time.
Every week, I take an in-depth look at big names that are telling important technical stories. Here's this week's look at the charts of five high-volume stocks to trade for gains.
How do you erase almost $50 billion from your market value? Just report record sales and profits, and add $16 billion in cash onto your balance sheet. At least that's what happened with Apple yesterday.
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We wouldn't be talking about important technical stories in big stocks if I didn't include Apple in the mix. The $483 billion tech firm has been in a downtrend since mid-September, but its huge 10% haircut after earnings yesterday is what's most notable from here. Technically, that drop means a lot -- it shoves Apple from testing resistance at $540 down to test newfound resistance at $490. That's not particularly bullish.
But Apple's converging trendlines (the grey dashed lines in the chart above) do bode a little better for the firm. They signal a falling wedge in Apple, a pattern that indicates a reversal around 90% of the time. The buy signal comes on a breakout above the upper trendline -- a move that would coincide with a push through R2.
I'm not ashamed to say that I like Apple from a fundamental standpoint. In fact, I featured the stock yesterday as a cash-rich stock to buy in 2013. But like any competent market technician, my caveat to that was to wait for the downtrend to break before becoming a buyer. Clearly, sellers are still in control of this stock at the moment, and fighting the tape is just going to mean losses for investors who are early on this stock. That said, some of the biggest opportunities arise when fundamentals and technicals converge.
That's reason to keep an eye on Apple in February.
I also featured Apple, one of SAC Capital's holdings, recently in "5 Dividend Hikes to Watch for This Earnings Season."
Bank of America
Meanwhile, Bank of America (BAC) has been sporting a pattern opposite Apple's for the last several months. BofA has been rallying higher in an uptrending channel, a move that's propelled the big bank more than 61% higher in the last six months. And now, Bank of America could have further to run.
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It doesn't take an expert technical analyst to figure out what's going on in Apple – this chart is about as simple as it gets. There's a glut of buyers sitting underneath that trendline support line in BAC -- and it's spurred reversals the last three times shares approached the trendline. Those support and resistance levels give us a high probability range for this stock to trade within. And as you might expect, the ideal time to be a buyer is on a bounce off of support.
When you're looking to buy a stock within a trend channel, buying after a bounce off of support makes sense for two big reasons: it's the spot where shares have the furthest to move up before they hit resistance, and it's the spot where the risk is the least (because shares have the least room to move lower before you know you're wrong).
The 50-day moving average has been a good proxy for support over the course of the pattern – that's where I'd recommend putting a protective stop on this trade.
Homebuilders have been on fire for the last year, and Lennar (LEN) is a perfect case in point: shares of the $8 billion company have doubled in the last 12 months. So the question now is whether there's still room for a profit in LEN -- and sources point to "yes."
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Lennar spent most of the final quarter of 2012 forming a bullish ascending triangle pattern, a price setup that's formed by a horizontal resistance level above shares and uptrending support below them. As shares bounce in between those two price levels, they're getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakout above resistance; when it happens, we've got a buy signal. For Lennar, that happened as soon as the calendar flipped over to 2013.
Since then, shares have consolidated sideways, throwing back to test newfound support just below $40. Yesterday's push above Lennar's throwback high is basically a secondary buy signal for shares. Yes, you miss out on a couple of points by entering here, but the probability of more upside is magnified by the buying pressure that just got verified at $40.
I'd recommend keeping a protective stop at the 50-day moving average if you decide to jump in here.
Lennar was also featured recently in "5 Stocks Set to Soar on Bullish Earnings."
SLM Holding
SLM Holding (SLM) is showing the same setup as Lennar right now, it's just not as far along. Like LEN, SLM is forming an ascending triangle pattern, in this case with horizontal resistance at $17.75. The key difference is that SLM hasn't broken out yet, giving traders a chance to get in earlier after the initial breakout. Even so, it's important not to be early.
With any technical pattern, it's critical to think in terms of buyers and sellers -- not shapes. After all, triangles, wedges, and the like are a good way of describing what's happening on a chart, but they're not the reason why it's tradable. Instead, that all comes down to the supply and demand caused by those buyers and sellers.
The horizontal resistance level at $17.75 in SLM is a place where sellers have previously been more eager to sell and take gains than buyers have been to keep buying. But uptrending support tells us that buyers do have some control over shares at lower levels. The breakout means that buyers were able to absorb all of the excess supply of shares that was sitting above $17.75. Without that price barrier above shares, only then does it make sense to be a buyer.
Bottom line: Don't be early on this trade.
Eli Lilly
The old adage goes that "it's a market of stocks, not a stock market," so it stands to reason that we're rounding out our list with a bearish setup. The stock in question is Eli Lilly (LLY), the $60 billion big pharma firm. While Lilly has managed an impressive 31% rally in the last six months, the setup in shares suggests that it's coming to an end.
Lilly is making a double top pattern right now, a setup that's formed by two swing highs that come in at approximately the same price level. The tops are separated by a swing low that's the breakdown level for the pattern. A move below that low triggers the sell signal in shares. For LLY, that sell signal comes on a move below $46.
When and if that move happens, it makes sense to either sell or short shares -- that said, this bearish chart is broken on a move above top 1. Shareholders had better hope that the latter ends up happening to this stock.
To see this week's trades in action, check out this week's Must-See Charts portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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OK, this is more of a "How did I do, guys?", as opposed to "Here's a revolutionary, realistic looking, and easy technique for your armor". And there are a ton of pics. Could I turn everyone off of checking it out more?
No, it's not an episode of Dexter. It's my 'dropcloth' draped over the school table saws.
Here's my armor. It's RKD's vac-formed Boltaron & ABS armor, and painted using RafalFett's ESB stencils. I applied Dupli-Color's adhesion promoter before priming with a no-name-brand basic primer. After it dried, I used Tremclad Silver as my metal base. Next step was to mask off the silver damage areas using Rafal's stencils and Winsor & Newton masking fluid. Step 3 was the yellow damage. I used Humbrol 154: Insignia Yellow for the yellow, shot through an airbrush after masking. The green armor color I used was Testors' Model Masters Euro Dark Green FS 34092. I then clear-coated it with Minwax polyurethane gloss clear coat. If it's tough enough for your kitchen, it should be tough enough for trooping armor.


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'"I want to be careful how I phrase this because I don't want it to come across like Buffalo people have embraced losing," says Jim Kelley, a radio and TV personality and former columnist with The Buffalo News. "But they have managed to pick the positives out of what has been a largely negative public and international perception — and that is it's a city of losers."'
Buffalo: Land of the fans who know about losing big, but still keep cheering
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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger believes Olivier Giroud has proved that he belongs at the very highest level after a string of superb performances.
The France international needed time to settle in English football but has hit top form in recent weeks to score five goals in his last five games.
Wenger is delighted with the 26-year-old, and says he has overcome a number of obstacles to establish himself at the Club.
"There are many factors," the manager said. "The first one is that I believe physically he worked very hard when he arrived here. The intensity of the games took a lot out of him.
"The second problem was a bit [to do with an] understanding with his partners.
"The third problem was level of confidence. When you come to a club like Arsenal, you're surrounded by big names. It takes you a while to think 'OK I belong in this world' and he has shown that on that level he has gained a lot."
Wenger insists Giroud's unique characteristics make it tough to compare him with other Arsenal forwards that he has managed.
"He is Olivier Giroud, with his personality and his assets," said Wenger. "He is a left-footed player with a strong body who is good in the air.
"He works very hard for the team, but as well he can be good at link play. He's difficult to compare because it's just him.
"What I like is that he has a good attitude and a good team spirit. He is ready to put his body on the line for the team. Once you have that and his qualities, you wouldn't fix any limit for any player."
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- Gjun, Thu, 15 Aug 2013 7:52PM
I haven't posted about our adoptions through RBR but wanted to tell you all about the pups we adopted. We first adopted Cameo in Jan. 07 and Cameo immediatly became her Daddy's whole heart, she was his life. Cameo was also her Mommy's heart. Cameo was the sweetest, most loving dog I have ever had or known. We had our darling girl baby for less than 2 years when she got sick. Cameo got Immune Mediated Encephilitis which is swelling of the brain and spinal column. We tried everything for our girl baby but were unable to save her. The doctors did everything they could but we had to tell our baby goodbye on November 6, 2009, just after her 2nd birthday and ease her way to the Rainbow Bridge where she waits for us. We will miss her and love her forever. Thank you RBR for our darling girl baby, Cameo Nora Born Oct. 24, 2007 Died Nov. 6, 2009
Caroline is a fantastic foster mom.
Then we got Cutter Bug. We were supposed to pull him for RBR from the shelter and foster him but I had to call and say I couldn't foster him. I was asked why I couldn't. Simple answer I was in love with this little old man. Age estimated by the vet to 13-15 years old. So RBR let me adopt him, he was in bad shape with a major mouth infection and lost 7 of the 12 teeth he had left. His gotcha day was Aug. 2, 2008 and just a short 1 year and 3 months later, just 11 days after we lost our Cameo we had to help my little Buggie cross the brige to be with his sister and wait for us. Cutter Bug a boo baby as I called him was Mommy's heart dog. We will forever love him and miss him. His funny little face with his tongue hanging out because he had only 5 teeth, not enough to keep his tongue in his mouth, the way he would roll over for Mommy to rub his little belly, I will never forget all the joy he brought to me. Gotcha Aug. 2, 2008 Died Nov. 17, 2009
While we still had two Ratties our house was so empty without our darling heart dogs. So we went looking again to RBR and adopted Bobbie Jo, now Briar Rose Marilyn, from them. Briar is now a year old and will be with us a year come Thanksgiving. She always makes us laugh, is forever after the squirrels or playing with her sisters Nala Belle and Kiara Rose Patricia. I can never thank RBR enough for all they do for these dogs that are so heartlessly discarded. Thank you Linda A. for our Briar Rosie, you are a great foster mom.
Still we felt so empty and lost and so my fiance and I talked and decided that 3 wasn't going to get it, we were used to four.
So we went looking, Phil wanted a boy but I wasn't too sure because my fist rattie, Rattagan doesn't get along too well with males. I contacted Caroline about Jack Goodboy and wanted to bring him into my home and see how he and Rattagan got along. Jack wasn't here for the full 2 week trial before I told Caroline that we wanted to adopt him. Jack is a senior dog diagnosed after his adoption with Congestive Heart Failure. I was asked if I wanted to send him back and choose another dog. No, I don't, Jackie is staying with us. And here he still is. He is doing great on his meds for his heart and is a happy and really good boy. We couldn't ask for a sweeter little boy.
Thank you Ratbone Rescues for all you do for these precious babies.
Janie and Phil
- Janie LeBeau, Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:13AM
I adopted a rattie during the summer of 2007. Her name was tinker, but is now Posh. She is one of the biggest joys in my life. Adopting her from ratbone rescues was a wonderful decision. Posh gets along great with her brother and sister. During one of the phone interviews I was asked about futer plans after graduating college and I said I would be attending law school. It was a concern to ratbone rescues if I went to law school would (tinker) Posh come too. Well, I am so thrilled to say I will be attending law school in the fall and Posh will of course be coming with. She is a huge part of the family. She will always go where ever I am. Thanks again ratbone rescues!! :)
- Priscilla, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 9:25PM
Hi! I'm the forever home of Huck and Thyme, 2 pups that were blessed to born in the home of foster mom Lois and her husband, Anthony, in Jacksonville. The puppies' mom was rescued from a euthanasia shelter even though she was pregnant! All's well that ends well and we are now celebrating our first Christmas together! Thanks to Ratbone Rescue for allowing us to bring more joy to our already big family! Huck and Thyme are such wonderful miracles and I feel so lucky to spend each day with them!
- Robyn Crawford, Sun, 6 Dec 2009 4:48PM
I adopted a Rat Terrier (sassy) back in December 2008. What a joy she has been and has brought life back to our 16 year old Border Collie/Terrier. I'm hooked on the breed.
- Patty Cherone, Sat, 5 Dec 2009 1:17PM
I was lucky to be selected by my rattie's fostermom in 2004 to adopt Sparky (bug) from Texas. I flew down from WA and drove him home to Tonasket up near Canada. He now answers to Paco but still knows his Sparky Bug name. What a blessing this organization is for dog and lonely human! The adoption process ensures successful transitions for the dogs. Paco saw snow for the first time the first morning after we arrived (this required careful tiptoeing). He has taken over farm security around here, keeping all rabbits fleet, all coyote visits notified, all squirrels properly treed & ticked off at him, all Ups & Fedex drivers properly 'announced' and his monstrous Malamute brother resoundingly chastised for all infractions! He takes long walk/hikes daily with the sheep and me, but is the snuggle-bug of HIS couch, faithfully keeping my recliner-bound husband company. Rat Terriers ROCK. My rescue dog is the best friend ever!
- ANGELA LORZ, Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:08PM
I adopted one of your rattie a few years back and I love to go to your website and Look at all the dogs. You are doing a great job. Keep up the good work. My little girls name is Marcie and she is doing great. She now has a sister, her name is Penny. Thanks again for all your hard work
- Kathie Gale (Habelt), Fri, 17 Jul 2009 1:34PM
We are Nikki's forever parents. She came to us 3 years ago from Ratbone rescue. Nik's the best thing that has happened to our family. She's free from her insecurities and physco fears she had the first couple of years. Loves her squeeky toys and keeps them in the toilet when the lid is left open. We love her personality and mind.
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- Linn, Mon, 4 May 2009 10:52AM
We adopted Tiny from ratbone rescue, he is a wonderful dog and has a very good home.This website is a wonderful website. We are very glad we have him in our home.
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Where is media outrage over purported government attempts to restrict Katrina coverage?
A September 7 Reuters article [1] reported that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "asked the media not to take pictures of those killed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath" and "refused to take reporters and photographers along on boats seeking victims in flooded areas." FEMA's actions, along with further reports that the government is obstructing journalists in New Orleans, have drawn little attention -- and even less outrage -- from the very media institutions that the agency, part of the Bush administration, seeks to repress. Media Matters for America wonders: What will it take for the media to protest (or at least report) the Bush administration's efforts to control them?
According to the Reuters article, free speech watchdog groups, such as PEN American Center [2] and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [3], decried FEMA's purported actions as "simply mind-boggling." Reuters quoted Tom Rosenstiel, director of Columbia University's Project for Excellence in Journalism [4], describing FEMA's decision as "an invitation to chaos," and claiming it "is about managing images and not public taste or human dignity." Reuters said that FEMA's purported attempts to restrict photographs of Katrina victims "is in line with the Bush administration's ban on images of flag-draped U.S. military coffins returning from the Iraq war." In a September 8 Philadelphia Inquirer column [5], television columnist Gail Shister quoted Alex Jones, director of Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy [6]: " 'I think they want to minimize the perception that the government didn't do its job,' says Jones, a former New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner. 'I'm very suspicious of their motives.' " Editor & Publisher also noted FEMA's actions and the reactions of journalist groups in a September 8 article [7].
A FEMA spokeswoman defended the policy, telling Reuters, "The recovery of victims is being treated with dignity and the utmost respect and we have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media." Shister reported [5] that, according to FEMA representative Mark Pfeifle, "FEMA has no official policy on photographing bodies," but "advise[s] against the practice out of respect for the families of dead and missing loved ones." Shister further wrote: "Also, FEMA needs space in its boats for rescuers and recovered bodies, he says." (As noted [8] on the weblog War and Piece, Pfeifle was also a Bush-Cheney '04 campaign spokesman [9], and headed a Social Security "war room" created within the Treasury Department in March, according to The Washington Post [10].)
Thus far, coverage of FEMA's purported attempts at media control has been relegated to brief reports within newspapers or passing mentions on TV news programs. In addition to the publications mentioned above, as of this posting, the Reuters article has been published on the Houston Chronicle's website [11] and in the September 8 edition of The Washington Post -- on page C8 [12] of its "Style" section. On September 7, the Los Angeles Times devoted four sentences [13] to FEMA's decision, while the September 7 New York Times allotted it three sentences [14] on page A20. On the September 7 editions of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Situation with Tucker Carlson, NBC news correspondent David Shuster mentioned in passing that the "Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked the media not to photograph the dead." In a September 7 CBS Evening News report, correspondent Lee Cowan noted simply that "FEMA asked us not to show how its crews removed bodies out of this nursing home, but suffice it to say, it was horrific."
Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass touched on FEMA's purported restrictions in a September 8 op-ed [15], writing: "Politics is at the bottom of it, since he [President Bush] has been blamed, either fairly or unfairly, for the weak federal response." Rocky Mountain News columnist Vincent Carroll defended [16] FEMA's position as "reflecting the opinion of a wide swath of Americans who squirm when they see news pictures of the dead and consider them a concession to vulgar voyeurism." The Baltimore Sun editorialized [17] on the purported policy on September 8, writing: "[I]t smacks not of concern for the feelings of survivors or the sensibility of readers, but of a desire to cover up the bad news."
The nature and extent of FEMA's purported restrictions is in dispute. As Reuters noted, the FEMA spokeswoman said the agency has "requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media." And FEMA has refused to take reporters and photographers on boats, which the agency said was for reasons of space. Neither action alone establishes an official effort to restrict coverage. In a September 8 column [18], Denver Post television critic Joanne Ostrow quoted CNN president Jonathan Klein saying, "None of our people have encountered this." Ostrow wrote: " 'Our role is to show the reality,' said MSNBC executive Mark Effron. 'We are showing bodies but not in close-ups. Our correspondents and videographers have conveyed the sense of horror without close-ups.' " It is not clear from Ostrow's quotation of Effron if the MSNBC executive addressed whether FEMA had restricted MSNBC reporters and photographers, but Effron seemed to suggest that restrictions on photographing Katrina victims are self-imposed.
Though Rosenstiel is critical of FEMA, he suggested, according to Shister, that FEMA's actions do not pose an outright impediment to media coverage of FEMA's recovery efforts: "While the government can control media access to Dover [Air Force Base in Delaware, where American casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan return to the U.S.], it cannot prevent journalists in New Orleans from following FEMA's boats in their own vessels during recovery missions, says Rosenstiel, whose organization is associated with Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism."
But at least one journalist on the ground in New Orleans has reported a very different situation from that described or implied by Klein, Pfeifle, and Rosenstiel. NBC anchor and managing editor Brian Williams noted [19] in his weblog that journalists are being forcibly prevented from covering certain aspects of the Katrina disaster:
While we were attempting to take pictures of the National Guard (a unit from Oklahoma) taking up positions outside a Brooks Brothers on the edge of the [French] Quarter, the sergeant ordered us to the other side of the boulevard. The short version is: there won't be any pictures of this particular group of Guard soldiers on our newscast tonight. Rules (or I suspect in this case an order on a whim) like those do not HELP the palpable feeling that this area is somehow separate from the United States.
At that same fire scene, a police officer from out of town raised the muzzle of her weapon and aimed it at members of the media ... obvious members of the media ... armed only with notepads. Her actions (apparently because she thought reporters were encroaching on the scene) were over the top and she was told. ... Someone else points out on television as I post this: the fact that the National Guard now bars entry (by journalists) to the very places where people last week were barred from LEAVING (The Convention Center and Superdome) is a kind of perverse and perfectly backward postscript to this awful chapter in American history.
Assuming Williams's experience isn't unique among journalists -- and his description suggests it is not -- where is the media outrage? Where is the media's sense of responsibility to the public, at least to let them know what they are and are not being told? And why hasn't Williams mentioned the incidents in his on-air reporting from New Orleans?
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Indiana State scored four runs in the top of the seventh and prevented the Canisius baseball team from complete the three-game sweep with an 8-4 win over the Golden Griffins at the Demske Sporst Complex on Sunday afternoon. Canisius is now 22-14 on the season.
Indiana State (25-12) scored two runs in the top of the first, and the Griffs answered back with productive two-out hitting for the second consecutive day. Two-out RBI singles up the middle from junior Jesse Puscheck and sophomore Brett Siddall knotted the score at 2-2. Senior Ryan Coppinger sent a grounder to shortstop, but Siddall beat the throw at second on the fielder's choice to extend the inning. Senior Jose Torralba followed with a two-RBI single through the hole on the left side to give the Griffs a two-run lead. Canisius sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning and forced Indiana State starter Kurt Kudrecki into 41 pitches in the inning.
The Sycamores scored a run in the top of the second to make it a one-run game. In the third, Coppinger led off by beating out an infield single to shortstop but was picked off at first base. Freshman Christ Conley battled back from down 0-2 in the count to work a seven-pitch walk with two outs, and sophomore Anthony Massicci followed with a single through the left side. That single chased Kudrecki but after the first pitch from Ryan Keefaber, Conley was picked off at second base on a throw down from the catcher to end the inning.
Indiana State took control of the game in the seventh, as Derek Hannahs reached on a leadoff double to the gap in right center. After Hannahs moved to third on a groundout, Canisius brought the infield in to cut off the tying run. A chopper from Cody Zimmerman to short put Massicci off balance and his throw home was late, allowing Hannahs to tie the game and chase junior Devon Stewart (3-5). Lefty Eric Stozlenburg relieved Stewart and struggled to find the strike zone, hitting two batters and walking three to force home three runs and give the Sycamores a 7-4 lead.
Ryan Keefaber (2-1) shut down the Canisius offense by throwing 6.1 hitless innings and striking out four to pick up the win.
Massicci and Torralba each reached base twice with a hit and a walk while Puscheck and Coppinger also reached base twice with a hit and HBP. Conley reached on a walk and HBP.
Canisius is scheduled to play three mid-week games, starting with a doubleheader at the University at Buffalo on Tuesday. First pitch in Amherst, N.Y. is set for 2 p.m.
Notes: Canisius lost for the first time this season when leading after six innings and had been 14-0 previously this season… Stewart went 6.1 innings, and Canisius starting pitchers have thrown at least six innings in 14 of the last 15 games on the weekend… With a first-inning single, senior Jesse Kelso reached base for the 19th consecutive game... After scoring five or more runs in 16 of the first 25 games, the Griffs have scored five or more runs twice in the last 11 contests.


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|I get the part about the little money adding up to big, but being a hipster costs money; berets just keep going up and since Doc Martins are no longer made they have gotten sooo expensive.
It's always the thing we don't think about...
Originally Posted by tdw View Post
What was that about cold showers and tearing up $100 bills ?
My sympathies Hoffa... Seriously, that is some hard times to face with.
You can use my 22 footer any time, if you wish...
And please do check on that insurance policy for terms. I bet you can find something hiding somewhere... Ask a lawyer or insurance occupied friend to go through the whole insurance policy.
'Cause I bought the myth of simple life aboard. I'm seriously thinking of selling my beloved CS 36T, which I've owned a paltry three months. ... .....
Maybe I'm not looking at it right (a definite possibility), but if so, I would sure like someone to show me how I've got it wrong.
You're doing it. You have it right. Keep going.
Hoffa, I wanted to add one more book as a recommendation, it's one of my favorites. This is a book I often give to children in my family when they get to an age that they start working, it's called "The richest man in Babylon", and I highly recommend it. It's the same kind of thing as the book mentioned above. I'm including a wikipedia entry about this book, it's an older book but well written in a easy style I think you will like. It's really a financial philosophy book.
The richest man in Babylon
It's essentially all about buying your freedom.
Edit, I want to add another thought to this even though I have already bored everybody enough haha, but I will anyway. One of the things I really like about this basic financial wisdom is that it's also very easy to figure out what things are worth to you, if you are really willing to pay what it costs to support them. Here are a few examples.
I like lemon lime sparkle water, they sell it at the store for 3x 2L bottles for 2$us. And I probably drink 3 of them a week. So the math is real easy, 2$us/week x 52 weeks = 104$us/year to enjoy them. Using interest on capital only, it's a simple multiplication by 20 (assuming 5%) = 2080$us. So that's basically saying that to enjoy the smooth refreshing taste of 3 bottles of lemon line sparkle water a week for the rest of my life I need to go out and earn 2080$us. Which, you know, fine, I like it, that's fine if I do that, if it's worth it to me I can do whatever I want.
Another example, say it costs 30$us/month to have someone change the oil in the car. So 30$us x 12 x 20 = 7200$us. Is it worth going out and earning 7200$us to have free oil changes for the rest of my life ? Yeah, maybe, but maybe not, I don't really mind changing the oil myself, but it probably costs me 20$us to change it myself, so even changing it myself I need to go out and earn 4800$us just for the privilege of changing my own oil for free the rest of my life. I might not mind working for that extra 2400$us to have someone else do it.
Or maybe you like talking on a cell phone a lot and that costs you 150$us/month on average, so that's 150$us x 12 x 20 = 36000$us. WOW! And maybe you didn't think talking on the cell phone was expensive. To be able to talk on the cell phone all the time for the rest of your life, is it worth going out and making 36000$us ? Maybe. Or maybe it's time to start talking to the family with email.
Or one more situation, you are standing in line at the checkout in the gasoline station and see that there is a candy bar that you want. You know it costs 0.50$us less at a food store, and 0.75$us less if you got it wholesale. Pretending you eat something like that every day, is it worth 0.50$us x 365 x 20 = 3650$us to pick up the candy bar at this convenient location instead of buying it at the grocery store and bringing it with you every day ? And is it worth another 0.25$us x 365 x 20 = 1850$us to buy it at the grocery store instead of getting it wholesale and bringing it with you every day ?
Anyway, I just thought I would add that little bit on because I was thinking about it.
Hmmm, that assumes I have some. Which I don't 'cause it all went into the freakin' boat!!
I know how to make money. These days you have to try real hard not to make money; the economy is blazing and boomers are throwing around dough like popcorn at a re-release of Blazing Saddles.
However, I have to figger out how to make money and love what I'm doing.
I love to do a lot of things, and I can live with making money, but even after all this time I don't know how to fit them together. I thought that by living aboard it would free me up and that I would be done with that crap. Hah.
It's the wife's fault.
Time to open another beer and hit myself across the head with it once it's empty.
Of course they had to cut back living on that amount, but I was impressed by how well they seemed to live with a little extra effort. Of course they cook, they don't eat as much meat as I would prefer in my own diet, and there are some other things they do that I am not sure I would want to do. But still, in the end, they do not have to work anymore if they don't want to, so long as they keep their expenses low enough to live on the interest from their money. And they didn't seem to be hurting for anything, I mean that amount of money comes out to be like 25$us/week for each of them, and everything comes out of it. So I guess a big luxury for them would be to go and see a movie or something. But can you imagine having that kind of freedom ?
I think the thing that impressed me was how happy they were to go to work when they decided they wanted to. They didn't even think in terms of "I'm going to make 10k$us", they thought more in terms of "This will mean an extra 1$us/week interest income, so we can buy another dozen eggs every week". Those words are mine, not theirs, but you get the idea. Edit, oh and I should add that I think in my reading that I remember they did adjust for inflation too, so their savings did not dwindle over time.
Edit, I'll add one more thing. What I liked about this thought beyond the specifics is that there is just something cool about knowing your money can get you something. I mean, if you can save even a small amount of money, even if you just save 5k$us, then that means you have an income of about 250$us/year, which even with that small amount of money means that the world will feed you rice and beans for the rest of your life and you don't ever have to work another day in your life for it. That's the kind of thinking in the book, just living not only within your means, but really trying to save your capital and only live on interest.
Time to open another beer and hit myself across the head with it once it's empty.
Originally Posted by wind_magic View Post
The essence of it is to cruise inexpensively on the interest generated by your savings.
I know how to make money. These days you have to try real hard not to make money; the economy is blazing and boomers are throwing around dough like popcorn at a re-release of Blazing Saddles.
However, I have to figger out how to make money and love what I'm doing.
I love to do a lot of things, and I can live with making money, but even after all this time I don't know how to fit them together. I thought that by living aboard it would free me up and that I would be done with that crap. Hah.
It's the wife's fault.
Time to open another beer and hit myself across the head with it once it's empty.
|Hoffa, just wanted to recommend a book I have been reading called "Voyaging On A Small Income" by Annie Hill, ISBN 978-0901281005. This is a new book for me and is a very good read. It is the first book that I have read in a while that kind of captured the essence of what some of my own feelings have been, the same kind of philosophy of living that is driving a lot of what I am doing. The essence of it is to cruise inexpensively on the interest generated by your savings. It's focus is on not having more than you really need to live a simple happy life. Very good book, worth the price of admission, and written from a woman's point of view so it might appeal to your better half.
the year thing is a great idea, The wife and I did the same and in the first year, I wanted to leave this boat behind more than once.
I brought that agreement up to the wife a year or so ago. (we've now been on the boat, full time for 4 years ) The wife started to giggle and we spent the evening talking and remembering about that first year and it seams so long ago....we made it through and you will to..
I think you hit the nail on the head when you said you were looking for the simple life. Unfortunately, looking after a boat can be far from it. I am considering living aboard. I would always try to use the KISS philosophy, keep it simple stupid. Boats can be complex and very $$$, but they don't have to be.
My wife and I bought a remote place in the woods just after we were married. We had no phone, electricity, just the dream of running a small outfitting business in the summer to pay the bills. Life got in the way. We started a family, took a mortgage to pay for modern convienences like generators, solar panals, running water, wiring, and additional space for the kids. Well mom needed a good 4X4 to work out and pay for the mortgage. More stuff and more stuff was needed to maintain the the "new" simple life. We started out with oil lamps and a wood cookstove and happy. We ended up with all the expense and trappings of modern convienences which in the end we couldn't sustain. After 10 years we sold out and moved into town. Now I feel like I'm living in a hotel room. Remote controls, no wood to chop, just flick a switch for this and that, how real is that. My new boat is bringing be a bit of sanity back.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Jun 30, 2013.
Lawrence Frank is rolling over in his grave.
I'm really struggling for reasons why Atlanta would do a sign and trade of Josh Smith for Charlie Villenueva. That is a simply absurd proposition. And you are going to tell Denver to replace Iggy with Rodney Stuckey? Like I understand that this is a 'dream' scenario, but thats just silly. That and I don't want Iggy signed for 5 years. I don't want Josh Smith signed for 5 years at$15m a year. Because when Drummond comes up for that max extension, I want to be able to give it to him. Intriguing sure. But I wouldn't want to dry and draw up offense for that team. There is only one credible threat from outside. Would put butts in seats though because JSmoove can rise up.
I like Singler as a solid 10th/11th guy. The dude is smart and works hard.
DUDE! It's my dream, it's not supposed to make sense. Kind of like a dude that hangs out all day with a dog eating Scoony Snacks.
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Haha fair enough. Let me have a go at that. Stuckey + Villenueva for Lebron + cash considerations. Monroe + Jerebko + S&T Calderon for Durant. Knight for Damien Lillard Lillard Pope Durant Lebron Drummond Bringing that Championship home, baby!
The problem was Stuckey hadn't had power for any single minute in the locker room. Remember when did our last champion crew left ?
Stuckey + Villanueva for Lebron Sign Jason Collins Now the Pistons got a Knight, Bishop (Pope), King, Queen, and Rook (three rooks, actually). Call them the Grandmasters!
You STILL lose to the Spurs in 7...doh!!!
Perhaps Palace Entertainment could book Grandmaster Flash and Pawn Toney as halftime entertainment.
What would the poster, formerly known as The Low do at halftime?
Nice lineup. I'm not sure I'm ready to give up on Monroe just yet.
Scoony Snacks are FANTASTIC.
Cutting and scratching.
I'm OK with this. 10th/11th. Not 5th.
Thanks for your approval, P.T.
Dang, Pwn Toney is kindofa dick! who is this new poster?
That's a no-no around these parts.
The Low was iconic. You could scan the thread and see that name and know the tone and cadence of the content. Now its like buying a Little Debbie Cloudcake when all you reall wanted was a Twinkie.
Separate names with a comma.