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whoring it up on Watercooler TALK… again
by Egoslut on Mar.31, 2009, under Watercooler Talk
So, it's Tuesday! That means once again I'm back on Watercooler TALK with the lovely and adorable Paul Aflalo. This week I was there to plug my next two shows Holy Crap! 3 and The Blasphemy Show. We once again break into a full tirade of weird silliness that involves his horrible experience with a bus driver that morning, if it's ok to eat Jesus, how awesome racism is when done by Clint Eastwood and the joy that is Dom's birthday. This is the live stream taping of it again but I will be there again next week so if you're interested come over and listen at the CJLO website. But if you don't want to this is always lots of fun. Thanks Paul.
back on Watercooler TALK with Paul Aflalo
by Egoslut on Mar.10, 2009, under Watercooler Talk
I just realized today that I forgot to add an update yesterday. So, since I was back on Watercooler TALK this morning with Paul, and since he decided to Ustream the show again. I have a 2 hour video of that show for you guys. It was more weird fun. This time I didn't have anything to specifically plug, though I did plug my upcoming stuff, it was mainly just Paul, Franco Proietti and myself making each other laugh again. Franco is a great guy and you'll love his music if you listen along. Paul took me to task for a few events at the previous night's Holy Crap but all in all he still loved the show and thought I was hilarious, which is all that really matters. I will try and add something else small today but I will do another episode of The Ego tomorrow. So stay tuned for that. Enjoy the video.


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April 13, 1934 - March 25, 2014
Normand R. Bergeron, 79 of Lafayette passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Kindred Hospital in Dover. Born on April 13, 1934, in Rhode Island, Normand was the son of the late Edmond and Marie Bergeron. He lived in Sussex County his entire life. Normand worked for Jersey Central Power and Light Company for 38 years. Norm was interested in community service and politics and served as Vice-President of the Newton Jaycees in the 1960's. He was named in the 1966 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America. Normand was a long time parishioner of St. Joseph's Church in Newton. Normand loved and was so proud of his family. In turn they loved him and will deeply miss him. He is survived by his wife and best friend of 54 years, Beverly (Morgan) Bergeron. Also surviving are his daughter, Meredith Kylish of Sparta, and his daughter and son-in law Kim and Joel Branham of Hampton Township and a sister Rose Marie Felsheim of Sparta. In addition, he is survived by his grandchildren Logan, Ryan, Alicia, and Samantha Kylish, Tyler and Troy Branham, and two great-grandchildren Gabrielle and Rowen. Visitation will be held on Friday, at Goble Funeral Home 22 Main Street Sparta from 9-12 am, with a funeral service and interment following.
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Madden 11 Disses Jay Cutler and Adrian Peterson
Gamers only have to wait one more day before the annual release of the Madden football series. Madden 11 comes out tomorrow and gamers everywhere are ready to pour countless hours into the virtual gridiron. One of the things many gamers like to do are unlock achievements. Usually there are some common ones such as "Return Two TD's on special teams" or "Score X amount of points." EA is starting to throw in s ...Read more ›


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Injured Shayne Skov to have 2 replacements
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, September 21, 2011
It will take at least two people to fill Shayne Skov's position at Stanford. As for his full role, it may take a village.
Redshirt sophomore Jarek Lancaster and redshirt freshman A.J. Tarpley will alternate in Skov's inside linebacker spot next to Max Bergen, coach David Shaw said, when the Cardinal come off their bye week to play UCLA on Oct. 1.
Both have seen plenty of action this year on scrimmage plays and special teams, but each is about 15 pounds lighter than Skov, the team's leading tackler last year and this year.
Skov injured his knee in Saturday night's victory over Arizona. The school has not disclosed the precise nature of the injury.
"It's a big loss," coach David Shaw said Tuesday. "Shayne is a heck of a football player. But we're not going to stop playing."
Tarpley "has played extremely well," and Lancaster on Saturday night "played the best game I've seen him play," Shaw said. "He was all over the place. We have a lot of faith in those guys ... and they're going to play well for us."
Lancaster, a 6-foot-1, 238-pound Texan, was a 205-pound safety when he arrived at Stanford. It took just two days for the coaches to switch him to linebacker, he said, and they told him to bulk up. He has played both inside and outside, but says he's more comfortable on the inside.
Tarpley, who's 6-2, 235 pounds, was born in Los Angeles but lived in Memphis and Cincinnati before going to high school in a Minneapolis suburb. His father, Aubrey, who played at Georgia Tech in the '70s, is a construction contractor whose work led the family to move several times. A.J.'s brother, Matt, is a walk-on wide receiver at Ole Miss.
Skov "knows we need to fill his role as a committee," Tarpley said. "No one of us can do his job alone."
Both players said Skov was generous in passing on linebacking lessons to them even before he got hurt.
"Obviously, they're giant shoes to fill," Lancaster said. "He's the emotional leader on the team. ... He's not going to sit around and sulk or feel sorry for himself.
"He's in our meeting rooms, trying to give me every little bit of information he could possibly give me to help me become a better player. Having him in my corner is helping me be more confident."
Shaw called Lancaster and Tarpley ball hawks. "They're both slippery and hard-to-block guys," he said.
He wouldn't speculate on whether Skov's injury might make him less inclined to enter the NFL draft in April. The junior probably will still be rehabbing his left knee and might want to return in 2012 to convince the scouts he's sound enough for the pro game.
"I would hope that he would come back," Shaw said. "He and I haven't had that conversation. My mind-set is for him coming back and being a dominating college player next year."
Don't expect to see a Skov-style Mohawk haircut on either Lancaster or Tarpley.
"I don't think either of us could possibly pull the look off like Shayne," Lancaster said. He might wear "a little eye-black in recognition of him, but definitely not the Mohawk. I think my mom would disapprove of that look."
Freshman James Vaughters, though listed as an inside linebacker, looks like a potential playmaker at defensive end in the nickel because of his speed and strength. He will continue to practice as an inside backer as well, Shaw said.
Briefly: Freshman cornerback Wayne Lyons may be redshirted as a result of his undisclosed injury, which will keep him out a few more weeks, Shaw said. The coaches don't want to burn his redshirt year unless he's going to play a pivotal role. ... Tight end Coby Fleener was clearly bashed in a helmet-to-helmet tackle by Arizona linebacker Derek Earls, but no penalty was called. Shaw said only that the tape of the play was sent to the Pac-12 for review.
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Integrated High-Complexity Systems in Silicon Photonics
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AbstractABSTRACT: We propose to develop and validate (in phase I) detailed designs for highly scaled silicon photonic-electronic chips for applications relevant to the DOD in high-bandwidth data communication. This effort will be closely coordinated with the OPSIS (Optoelectronic Systems Integration in Silicon) project being led at the University of Washington, an effort to create an open foundry process for silicon photonic-electronic integrated circuits and to develop a comprehensive design kit for electronic-photonic integrated circuits (EPICs) in silicon. While that effort is aimed at developing design rules and device libraries in a bottom-up approach, the effort proposed here is a top-down approach, driven by system-level needs for high-speed data links both on-chip and chip-to-chip. We will work to take the models created and extracted based on the OPSIS chips, and use them to model systems where highly-scaled EPIC circuits will provide key advantages for military systems. In particular, we will make use of the recently released software and simulation tools developed in the Bergman Laboratory at Columbia (PhoenixSim - (http://lightwave.ee.columbia.edu/?s=research & p=phoenixsim)) in order to develop a comprehensive system modeling framework for the OPSIS EPIC chips, and we will use this framework to model two different types of systems, each of which we expect to benefit significantly from highly scaled optoelectronic integration. The two test systems we intend to investigate in phase I are: (1) A high-bandwidth data communication system aimed at short-reach (<100m) applications, in the 500Gbit-2Tbit/second range , for ultra-high bandwidth data communication in supercomputing and on airborne platforms, aimed at small-fiber count and WDM for high bandwidth density. And (2) an on-chip link at similar bandwidth, aiming for ultimate low energy per bit metrics and direct integration with electronics. In phase II, we will build and test the chips designed in phase I. BENEFIT: We anticipate that as the silicon optical systems for chip-scale and chip-to-chip datacom applications discussed within this proposal become practical, the technology may be licensed directly to defense contractors such as Boeing or BAE Systems or commercialized directly by Portage Bay Photonics. The founders have extremely strong relationships with BAE Systems, Boeing, Intel, Agilent, Tektronix, and several other possible customers, and will work closely with them to define products based on the technology we are developing that will be compelling for the commercial market. The commercial applications for the kind of high-bandwidth, multi-terabit links we are proposing are legion. To cite just a few examples, connecting GPU"s, CPU"s, storage and memory to a very fast, low-latency optical bus architecture could have a huge impact on the performance of personal computers. Intel"s Light Peak technology is already bringing optics into the market for PC to peripheral connections, but our proposed work will provide a path toward creating similar links with 10 to 100x the bandwidth.
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Right: Private Joe Armitage, who died in June 1916
The letter above , from the officer of Joe's platoon, the Ninth Platoon of the West Yorkshire Regiment, explains:
"It was a difficult job he had to do, he was one of 10 who were specially picked for digging a drain from the front line trench in pouring rain, and it was while doing this that he was shot through the eye with a rifle bullet so at any rate he knew no pain.
"The fact that he was chosen for that job shows that he was reckoned a good and reliable solder in the trenches."
It also talks about him being "involved in a success which has not yet been published and that he "did excellent work then as a bomber" and was "therefore a big loss to us".
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Jack Tector will skipper the Ireland Under 17 side which goes into action in the ICC Europe Challenge series in The Netherlands next week.
The Irish youngsters will play the hosts in two 50 overs contests before finishing with a T20 encounter.
"It's a well balanced squad with plenty of really exciting prospects," said coach Nigel Jones. "There's been a lot of hard work over the winter months and you can see the positive results from the players performances in the respective leagues.
"The players are all playing Senior cricket and making crucial contributions to their team at that level, which is really heartening from our stand-point."
Pembroke have four representatives in the 13 man squad, with opening batsman Sonny Cott, pace bowler David Murphy and the Tucker brothers. Clontarf's prolific batsman Colin Currie is joined by club mate David Delany, while Phoenix also have two players in the 13 man squad - fast-bowler Rory Anders and spinner Ben White.
Donemana twins Gary and William McClintock are included, along with Strabane all-rounder Aaron Gillespie and Waringstown opener Adam Dennison.
The squad in full is as follows:
IRELAND UNDER 17 Jack Tector (capt) (YMCA), Rory Anders (Phoenix), Sonny Cott (Pembroke),Colin Currie (Clontarf), David Delany (Clontarf), Adam Dennison (Waringstown), Aaron Gillespie (Strabane), David Murphy (Pembroke), Gary McClintock (Donemana), William McClintock (Donemana), Fiachra Tucker (Pembroke), Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke), Ben White (Phoenix)
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The best restaurants in Tuscany, chosen by our expert, including recommendations to suit all budgets.
Il Falconiere
A romantic garden setting and gourmet Italian food (with, unusually for inland Tuscany, several seafood dishes) make the restaurant of this Relais & Chateaux hotel a good splash-out option.
Address: Località San Martino, 52044 Cortona (AR).
Prices: Average £85 a head without wine.
Contact: 00 39 0575 612679; ilfalconiere.it; Open daily; from November to March closed all day Monday and Tuesday lunchtime.
La Pineta
It looks like an unassuming beach bar on the outside. It's not. The reign of chef Luciano Zazzeri (who is the spitting image of architect Renzo Piano), La Pineta is a Michelin-starred seafood restaurant – with a delightful mix of informal seaside ambience and serious food, service and wine.
Address: Via dei Cavalleggeri Nord 27, 57020 Marina di Bibbona (LI).
Prices: Average £55 a head without wine.
Contact: 00 39 0586 600016; Closed all day Monday and Tuesday lunch.
Osteria Le Logge
Don't be fooled by the downhome trattoria décor: just a stone's throw from Piazza del Campo, this is a serious restaurant, militantly local and seasonal in its ingredients and inspiration but persuasively gourmet in technique and presentation.
Address: Via del Porrione 33, 53100 Siena.
Price: Average £45 a head without wine.
Contact: 00 39 0577 48013; giannibrunelli.it; Closed Sunday.
Buca di Sant'Antonio
Traditional Lucca specialities (like spelt and vegetable soup) vie with more creative dishes at this old-fashioned but ever-reliable centro storico restaurant. Don't miss the caramelised fruit and chestnut gelato dessert.
Address: Via della Cervia 3, 55100 Lucca.
Price: Average £35 a head without wine.
Contact: 00 39 0583 55 881; bucadisantantonio.com; Closed Sunday evening, all day Monday.
Osteria La Porta
If there were a prize for most iconic Tuscan country trattoria, cute La Porta would breeze it. Built into the walls of impossibly pretty hamlet of Monticchiello, south of Pienza, it does good, hearty local food like pici (handrolled spaghetti) in duck sauce, and has a cellar of over 250 Tuscan wines.
Address: Via del Piano 1, 53026 Monticchiello di Pienza (SI).
Price: Average £30 a head without wine.
Contact: 00 39 0578 755 163; osterialaporta.it; Closed Thursday.
La Torre Di Gnicche
A friendly, great-value rustic wine bar and osteria just off Piazza Grande, which does fresh and tasty soups, pasta dishes, salami and cheese platters, meaty main courses, and some lighter summer offerings like spelt salad. The wine selection is encyclopaedic.
Address: Piaggia di San Martino 8, 52100 Arezzo.
Price: Average £22 a head without wine.
Contact: 00 39 0575 352 035; latorredignicche.it; Closed Wednesday.


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PM markets: traders weigh European drought, US rains
Wheat prices in the Chicago and Paris saw early gains, helped by fears that time is running out for much needed rains in Europe and North Africa, but the rallies failed later in the day, as a strong forecast was issued for Argentine production next season.
Investors are starting to get jumpy about European and North African prospects.
"Markets are getting nervous regarding EU moisture with risks of crop damage should it continue through May," said CRM AgriCommodities.
"Rainfall across western Europe is at 30% of normal levels in places which is causing concern for both spring plantings and winter crops," CRM said.
"Prospects for Rainfall across UK/ France and Spain over next 10 days remain limited, with Germany forecast relief within the next 6-10 days."
North African dryness
There are similar concerns in North Africa, Kyle Tapley at MDA Weather Services.
"Rainfall has been well below normal across the wheat areas in North Africa over the past several weeks," Mr Tapley said.
"The dryness is most significant across Morocco and western Algeria, where it has not rained for nearly a month."
"This dryness is leading to notable stress on the wheat crop in these areas," Mr Tapley said. "Even in eastern Algeria and Tunisia, where it has not been as dry, some crop stress is likely."
"Light showers are expected by the weekend, but Mr Tapley said the rain "should lead to only minor improvements for wheat".
Heavy stocks weigh
But the rally failed to hold, under pressure from heavy world supplies.
Prices were pressured by a recovering dollar, which is bearish for export prospects, as well as a forecast for rising wheat production in Argentina.
The Buenos Aires Grains Exchange forecast that Argentine farmers will plant 5.5m hectares with wheat and harvest 17.5m tonnes, compared with 16.3m tonnes in the previous season.
May wheat futures in Paris finished down 0.2% on the day, at E165.25 a tonne.
May Chicago wheat futures finished down 0.8%, at $4.19 a bushel.
US corn sowing outlook still mixed
Corn markets are still weighing up the effect of a wet weather system moving across the US Midwest, and its potential effect on already-lagging corn sowings.
"Showers will spread across the Midwest today and tomorrow, preventing any significant corn planting progress," said Kyle Tapley, at MDA Weather Services.
But Mr Tapley noted that "drier weather is expected across Nebraska, Iowa, northern Illinois, and northern Indiana for Friday through the middle of next week, providing a five-day stretch of favourable planting weather in the heart of the corn belt, which should allow corn planting to make good progress during that time".
"Elsewhere, however, the outlook is less rosy for planting efforts," Mr Tapley said.
"Temperatures will briefly turn colder this weekend in the Midwest, but should rebound next week, favoring germination of crops," he said.
Big ethanol stocks
Ethanol futures eased, as the US Energy Information Administration reported weekly ethanol stocks up by 131,000 barrels, to 23.03m barrels.
Ethanol output was reported up 7,000 barrels per day, to 131,000 barrels per day.
Ethanol futures were down 0.4%, at $1.6 a gallon.
May corn futures finished the day unchanged, at $3.61 ¾ a bushel.
Chinese import hopes support soybeans
But soybean prices were supported by hopes of higher Chinese imports.
"China have cut the VAT rate on agricultural products by 2% to 11% which is expected to support soybean imports and supported prices in this afternoon's trade," said CRM.
May soybean futures finished up 0.4%, at $9.46 a bushel.
Technical selling in coffee…
Arabica coffee markets saw a rapid technical sell-off late in the day, after the best-traded July contract fell back below the 50-day day moving average, which it passed for the first time in nearly two months last session.
July arabica coffee futures settled down 3.4%, at 140.65 cents a pound.
July robusta futures settled down 0.7%, at $2,174 a tonne.
…and cocoa
And cocoa prices in New York also fell sharply, hitting their lowest price in nearly a decade, after breaking through recent lows.
Markets are waiting for North American grind data out on Thursday, which may show consumption remaining sluggish despite lower prices.
July New York cocoa settled down 2.2%, at $1,873 a tonne, a nine-and-a-half year low.
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With the 120th overall pick (fourth round) acquired via a trade with Tampa, the Cowboys took Texas Tech DE Brandon Williams from Fort Worth.
Call the last two picks, Williams and Oregon State edge rusher Victor Butler, selections for Wade Phillips. When you run a 3-4 defense, you can never have enough defensive end/linebackers.


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3.7 litre V-6 in my 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 is shot!
I have a 5.9 litre V-8 from a 2001 Dodge Dakota complete with trans, wiring harness, computers etc. Can it be used in the 02 Ram 1500, and will I have to use all of the above mentioned. I've got the tools and the manpower just need the go ahead from someone who knows what will work.
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The IRP Revisited
Acknowledging our new reality in Energy Planning
Last month (November) saw publication of the long-awaited update of the Integrated Resource Plan for comment. The plan is the twenty year energy blueprint for South Africa. Practically it seems to guide ministerial determinations on the procurement of energy and determines broadly the energy mix of the country for the long term. It is therefore an important document for the wind industry.
The comment period for the Integrated Energy Plan also closes soon. This plan is a broader and less detailed framework that informs the Integrated Resource Plan, and potentially other initiatives.
SAWEA's Policy Working Group has been hard at work in compiling SAWEA's response to the two documents. The latter requires more fundamental investigation and is a work in progress that all members are invited to enrich with their contributions. As for the former, SAWEA's views can be summarized as follows:
1. Method of comparison for IEP modelling
SAWEA firmly believes that, wherever possible, the IEP should use market-proven pricing to inform modelling. We think this is more accurate and more appropriate than hypothetical costings or prices. Round 3 of the REIPPPP revealed levelised, twenty year prices for wind power at an average of 74c/kWh. This compares favourably with the latest levelised price for new coal power (Medupi) at a projected ZAR 1,05/kWh.
2. Treatment of positive and negative externalities
While conventional energy is generally associated with very significant negative externalities, wind power leads to positive externalities. SAWEA believes that the Integrated Energy Plan should take this into account.
Round 1 – 3 of the REIPPPP has shown that wind projects are very often developed in remote, rural areas. Moreover, the socio-economic structures of projects that have been successful are set to deliver very significant community and socio-economic benefits of a scale that holds the potential to fundamentally transform these communities for the better.
Likewise, the negative externalities of conventional power generation need to be accounted for. The University of Pretoria has quantified the external costs of Kusile at a minimum of 97c/kWh (see http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/Global/africa/publications/coal/FULL%20SCIENTIFIC%20PAPER%20139%20pages.pdf). If, as an example, this amount is factored into energy planning, it is likely that outcomes would be materially different.
3. Assessment of risk
Risk ultimately should be expressed in Rands and Cents as a risk-adjusted modelling outcome. SAWEA thinks that the present energy modelling doesn't fully achieve this. We have seen Eskom's large new-build projects demonstrate this. There have been construction delays at a cost projected to be above ZAR 25 million a day, with negative impacts on the country's security of supply and economic growth. By contrast, power procured from small private projects such as the REIPPPP imposes no risk to consumers of cost over-runs or significant impact on security of supply if individual projects are delayed. These risks are carried by the IPP's, who are best placed to manage them.
The SAWEA comments on the Integrated Energy Plan are likely to inform similar, but more detailed observations to the IRP.ÂÂÂ This process is on-going and will be finalized in the next six weeks.
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Every person on this planet eats a killed living being.
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This is the usa, no comment.
In China, they hit 1000's of cats on the head with a hammer, rip off their skin, and throw them in vats of boiling water, Alive. Then they prepare and serve them to their hungry customers.
Let's go over and Get these Chinese killers, hear?
Ever see any utube vids on animal food processing? Many of these powerful processing plant owners should get 1000 yrs. for their 'sanctioned' brutality.
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foxnews.com... teenagers could spend 25 years in prison for allegedly torturing and killing a cat they set on fire when they broke into an apartment in New York City.
Angelo Monderoy, 18, and Matthew Cooper, 17, allegedly broke into a vacant apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y., on or around Oct. 7, 2008. Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes said the pair held the cat down as they poured charcoal lighter fluid on it.
Originally posted by _Phoenix_
But will prison really help them?
Originally posted by TruthParadox
Our laws aren't about any other creatures but humans.
What's the difference between a cat and a bee? They're both living things.
Should you get 25 years for killing a bee?
What about a fish? Should fishing be illegal?
These laws - HUMAN laws, exist to ensure the safety of humans.
We feel compassion for animals that are more like us - this is an egotistical thing, that all life forms that are similar to us deserve to live while others (say a fish or an insect) are allowed to die.
Originally posted by rufusdrak
Who said prison is about HELPING? Prison has nothing to do with helping a sick disgusting and twisted subhuman like them. It is about JUSTICE and PUNISHMENT. I hope they go in for the full 25.
Originally posted by mother_jung
Originally posted by _Phoenix_
But will prison really help them?
I dont think prison is about helping anyone, its about removing someone from society that has proven they cannot be trusted to operate within the rules of that society.


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If you or your significant other carries a lot of debt, once you join in marriage, that debt becomes shared. Your debt becomes her debt. His debt becomes your debt. In addition, if you apply for a joint loan or credit card, if one spouse has bad credit, there is a chance you will get denied. Depending on the severity of the credit score, this could mean a difficult time getting a car loan or a home loan.
It has been said that money is what couples fight about most often and it is a contributing factor in divorce. Debt that is brought into a marriage can cause problems even before the ink dries on the marriage certificate. Marrying into debt is a big responsibility and can cause stress on a marriage. Instead of going out to dinner and a movie or taking vacations together, debt ridden couples will spend a lot of time worrying and even arguing about money.
Before getting married, you and your significant other should sit down and answer some really important questions about money.
Make sure you both know how many credit cards each other have, and what the balances are on those cards. What are the interest rates? How long do you expect it to take to pay it off?
Ask each other about managing money: Do you pay your bills on time? Or do you have companies and collections calling you to collect payments? Do you pay just the minimum amount due, or do you put down more than that?
Discuss spending habits as well. You should know ahead of time if your significant other has a $100 a week gambling habit or needs a new designer bag each month. If any of this is a problem or will interfere with future goals, it needs to be discussed ahead of time.
Look at each other's credit scores and see if there is anything that could possibly affect your financial future together. Talk about any assets you may have: bonds, investments, retirement funds, or real estate. If either of you have a previous marriage, discuss any financial obligation to the ex-spouse, or any child support payments if there was children involved.
And finally, discuss your future finances. What are your financial goals? Do you want to get out of debt before anything else? Will you be combining assets and opening joint bank accounts, or will you keep everything separate? Will you be creating, and sticking to, a budget? If you want children together, how do you plan on supporting them? And how do you plan on paying for daycare and schooling later on. What about saving for their college tuition?
There are, of course, no right or wrong answers to the questions regarding your financial situation. If your future spouse does not want to even discuss money with you, consider it a huge red flag that there is something wrong. However, making sure you are on the same page regarding money will benefit you. It will be very frustrating if one spouse spends money all the time while the other wants to save money. There needs to be a happy medium.
After having the money discussion and knowing where each other stands financially, if the both of you decide that you want to get married, then go for it. One important thing to think about is the cost of the wedding. A big wedding can cost thousands of dollars. You could possibly have family help you pay for it, or you could also have family help you pay off some debt as a wedding gift.
If you do plan on getting married into debt, here is some advice. Try to pay off as much of the debt as you can before you get married. This will make your new life more enjoyable, without the burden of debt. You can also consider postponing the wedding for just a year or two, so that you or your partner can work on finances. You can also consider a prenuptial agreement. This may sound pessimistic, like you are expecting the marriage to fail, but prenuptial agreements can protect spouses during marriage, not just afterwards. For example, a prenuptial can make sure debt collectors don't go after your spouse for debt you owe, even while you are married.
The biggest thing you can do to make a marriage with debt work is to keep talking about money. Never lie or hide information from your spouse. If you make a large purchase, either let your spouse know, or better yet, discuss it ahead of time. Discuss opening any new credit cards, as it could affect their credit as well. Frequently talk about where you are in paying off the debt, as you should be working together toward that goal.
Going into a marriage where one or both partners has a large amount of debt can be stressful, and can cause some problems in the marriage. But it doesn't have to be that way. Making sure you discuss the debt, and all financial aspects ahead of time can alleviate a lot of the problems that come with financial problems.


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Dr. Lehr possesses surgical skills, fluency in Spanish, and interest in Pediatrics all contributed to his appointment as the Chief Resident over the Baja Project for cripple children in Baja, Mexico. This project teams Orthopedic, Vascular, and other specialists to perform advanced reconstructive surgery for many needy patients – particularly children. Some of the advanced procedures Dr. Lehr performed while a member of the Baja Project were Clubfoot, Achilles Tendon Lengthening, Flatfoot Reconstruction, etc. Dr. Lehr has made several medical excursions to El Salvador for similar projects and was recently appointed by the Foot Institute's Continuing Education division to set up a program for crippled children in Central America. Jason will be organizing teams of interested Podiatric, Orthopedic, and other medical personnel equipped to perform reconstructive surgery for the many disadvantaged crippled children who would not otherwise receive this important medical attention.
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The hardware is impressive, the action scenes are immersive and those armies of slithery, many-tentacled alien beasties—"mimics," they're called—are appropriately disgusting, with major design nods to those in the Alien movies and Starship Troopers. Edge of Tomorrow obviously cost a fortune to make, but it has a light, shrugging, tossed-off air that makes it all the more impressive, let alone enjoyable.


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Freed After 41 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment
Unbelievable. Robert Carroll Coney is now 76. A judge has vacated his conviction, finding that his confession was forced by cops who broke his hand. He was released today after serving a whopping 41 years in jail. And he's not bitter.
A 76-year-old prisoner walked out of jail, a free man for the first time in 41 years, after a judge dismissed the conviction against him. Robert Carroll Coney, convicted of a 1962 robbery, exhibited a surprising lack of bitterness as he left Angelina County Jail with his wife on Tuesday. "I'm going to try to pick up the pieces," Coney told the Lufkin Daily News in Wednesday's editions. "If I was angry, what could I do about it?"
Coney said his identity had been confused with a man he had carpooled with through Lufkin on the day of the crime: March 7, 1962. Court documents state Coney falsely confessed to the crime after Angelina County deputies broke his hand, the Daily News reported. State District Judge David Wilson, who dismissed Coney's charges, investigated the case and found that then-Angelina County Sheriff Leon Jones and his deputies used physical force to extract confessions, often crushing prisoners' fingers between jail cell bars. (emphasis supplied.)
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Nora: I feel so scared. You've never felt this. How can you know?
Violet: I'm going to break all the rules and I'm going to tell you something about me. I am more afraid than I've ever been in my life. I'm pregnant and that is paralysingly, terrifyingly scary for me.
Addison: Why is everyone so stuck on what did or didn't happen with Wyatt?
Naomi: Well who is is stuck on it? Are you going to tell Kevin?
Addison: No. There's nothing to tell. It didn't happen. I didn't cheat. I didn't go out on a date. I just went into his office and kissed him.
Naomi: I'm still hoping that the Sinclairs will come through.
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Cooper: What we need to do now is get Gracie to the hospital. Get her in isolation while we figure out what to do.
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Charlotte: Cooper-
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Addison: Like mac 'n' cheese.
(Violet is being examined by Addison)
Addison: I think that it's hard to figure out who the right person is.
Violet: Thank you.
Addison: Yeah, I mean Kevin's great but is he the one? Or is it someone else?
Naomi: I want to be okay with this Sonia thing, I do, I do, but I don't think I care that Sam is dating. Do I care? Am I in denial? No, this is about Maya, right? I'm not crazy, this is about Maya, I'm not crazy.
Violet: Does this really look like the time for therapy?
Violet: I'm a mess.
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Now I don't like to preach but I felt the right time to discuss something I hold close to home.
Have you always felt the need to buy stuff you don't need. Have you always felt the need to find the most obscure stuff to stick out. Have you spent hours on end to scour the internet to look for the most unavailable music, ep's, clothing, craft beer brand, new cafe, coffee brand, piece of footwear, whatever.
I'm here to tell you it's okay to be pragmatic. It's okay to pair things back. It's absolutely fine to not try to stick out and be noticed. Your friends won't idolize you less, your acquaintances won't follow you less. Your confidence is really what matters here.
Now why did I feel the need to speak of this? Because in the age of the internet, we are constantly blasted with things, products, etc that have created micro races to gain more followers, likes, validation, etc. What exactly happens after that following has gone from 1 to 10,000. What happens after the likes follow suit. What happens after that barrage of compliments come along? What then? Are you full, or are you content? Does it get anywhere. Do things stop and change? Do we mature and evolve? Or do we regress?
I am not sure, which is why I felt the need to address this.
What I am sure is that I have come to accept normalcy. I am content with my existence. You see after having a child, a wife, and a fulfilling job, I myself have seen that previous cycle come to an end. I have found the answers that the likes, followings and validation could never give me. I have found the peace that comes with normalcy.
With that said, here are some things I suggest to overcome any issues. This is a combination of solving things the old-fashioned pragmatic way:
1) When in doubt, simplify.
2) You do not need 1000 friends and acquaintances. The old bit of advice "less is more" applies here.
3) Quiet is never a bad thing. Switching off is necessary for change. Time to think is time to improve.
4) Try understanding the function of a material object than what it stands for. Once you do that, you're probably not going to love said item as much as you did previously.
5) Spring clean everything (your home, fb list, desk space) all the time. Keep things fresh and relevant to today. Bring it to 2015/2016.
6) Surround yourself with confident, intelligent people and you'll look at the world in a truly different way.
7) Don't look for perceived value, Look for actual. This is not being cheap, it's being smart.
8) Remember, the next obscure thing you find now is going to get played out real hard, real fast now that the internet is in full swing. Cycles have become much more pronounced and accelerated in the process.
9) Wear your sifr knowing that you know full well who you are. You're happy knowing that a few really is all you need.
10) Save for this article, never let others tell you or show you how to think and act.


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Why I Decided to Play Counter-Strike Instead Of Torchlight II In NG+ Mode
This is going to be a bit of rant. I've been playing Torchlight II on a Windows 7 Virtual Machine running off my MacBook Pro and I've being playing so much that I recently attained Elite status for the game on Raptr. The MBP has a Core i5 processor and the VM itself is allocated 2 GB of RAM with 384 MB worth of video memory. I actually played through the entire game on this setup without having the game crash on me.
In fact, it tickled me pink that the game performed way better than the Mac version of Diablo III that I have installed on the OS X portion of my MacBook Pro. However, I began experiencing problems with Torchlight II after I restarted the game in the NG+ mode. For those who are not aware, NG+ allows you to restart the game with your current level and the monsters you encounter will scale with your level as well. There will also be even better loot and stronger, harder hitting mobs.
The game started crashing on me in Act 2, specifically at the Salt Barrens. I almost cleared out the entire map with my Outlander, wiping out the Tu'tara (which can be found en masse in two locations), and destroyed a whole bunch of gigantic tar slim in a Phase Beast challenge but not before sweeping through the Ancient Vaults of Chaos (lvl 70 and above using a lvl 68 character). Just as I was about to send my pet back to town with an inventory filled with phat loot, the game crashed with an out-of-memory error.
I restarted the game, only to find that the last save point was upon my exit from the Ancient Vaults of Chaos. I went around again pawning everything (it was really frustrating), and just as I was about to enter a portal for a Phase Beast Challenge, it crashed again! I got pretty fed up and after restarting the game for the 2nd time, it took its own sweet time to load the game, and there was I again in front of the Ancient Vaults of Chaos, but everything just seems so stuttered at this point.
I'm not really a betting man, but I think that the NG+ mode makes things difficult for the player, not by just upping monster stats, but also their numbers as well, and this results in an increase in loot. Having so much stuff in the game (monsters, items, etc) is bound to overload the measly 2GB of RAM that I allocated to the VM.
I've actually put up the problem on Raptr, with some folks replying that the game crashes all the time, with one advising me to use the recently introduced Save and Continue function to save progress while playing the game. I must have gotten used to Diablo 3's constant save feature but admittedly, Torchlight 2 is better off without that crazy stuff.
The VM will get its RAM allocation upgraded to 4GB, but in the mean time I still feel rather crushed by the crashes, so I'll just stick to Counter-Strike: GO for the time being.Powered by Sidelines
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It's a pleasure to welcome Martin Durant, of the University of Toronto, for a guest blog article giving more background about his work on the striking variations discovered in the Vela Pulsar.
Pulsars, the remnants of exploded massive stars, are fascinating objects. They have more mass than the sun, squeezed into a ball the size of a city, making them denser than the nucleus of an atom. Add to this mixture immense magnetic fields and rapid rotation, and you have the perfect mix of high energy particles and fundamental forces – nuclear, electromagnetic and gravitational – to put the extreme limits of physical models to the test. Each pulsar, when studied in sufficient detail, appears to be unique. To understand the differences between these exotic objects, we must use all available information and collect data across the spectrum, from radio to gamma rays.
This movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a fast moving jet of particles produced by a rapidly rotating neutron star , and may provide new insight into the nature of some of the densest matter in the universe.
We are very pleased to welcome a guest blogger, Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, who led the work described in our latest press release. Julie was raised in Montreal, Canada, and in 2007 completed a Bachelor's degree in physics at the University of Montreal. Julie then obtained a Master's degree in astrophysics. In 2012, she completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge. She is currently an Einstein Fellow at Stanford University.
It was during my Master degree at the University of Montreal that I realized just how fascinating black holes are.
I remember stumbling upon a press release from Chandra in 2007. The Chandra space telescope revealed an image of a jet, powered by a supermassive black hole, blasting through its neighboring galaxy. What's so fascinating? Supermassive black holes are tiny objects, about a billion times smaller than the galaxy it resides in, yet, it can create jets that extend well beyond the size of the galaxy! How can something so small be so powerful?
The black hole at the center of this galaxy is part of a survey of 18 of the biggest black holes in the universe. This large elliptical galaxy is in the center of the galaxy cluster PKS 0745-19, which is located about 1.3 billion light years from Earth. X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in purple and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope are in yellow.
In July of 2012, Chandra completed its 13th year of operation, making it a teenager. That is young in human terms, but it is getting up there for an automobile, and could be considered a "senior citizen" for a spacecraft of Chandra's complexity. How many computers do you have that are 13 years old? Chandra's magnificent sister NASA flagship observatory, Hubble, is older, at 22, but astronauts have paid 4 house calls to make major upgrades over the years.
As we've talked about before, science doesn't recognize boundaries. (In fact, we've created the Here, There, Everywhere project to explore this very idea.) Often, scientists need to do experiments here on Earth to better understand what's happening billions of miles away across the Universe.
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. This composite image includes X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red), and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope (yellow). The inset shows the central region, which contains a bright X-ray source that is likely powered by material falling onto a supermassive black hole.
In this holiday season of home cooking and carefully-honed recipes, some astronomers are asking: what is the best mix of ingredients for stars to make the largest number of plump black holes?
They are tackling this problem by studying the number of black holes in galaxies with different compositions. One of these galaxies, the ring galaxy NGC 922, is seen in this composite image containing X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (red) and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (appearing as pink, yellow and blue).
Stacie Powell is currently a Ph.D. student in astrophysics at Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, England. She also took a break this past summer to compete in the 10-meter diving platform competition for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Stacie took some time from her busy schedule to discuss her academic and career path thus far.
I have always had a very questioning mind and liked to learn how the physical processes and objects we see around us can be explained so simply by mathematics. The biggest question in life -- "How did we get here?" -- has always intrigued me. I find astronomy very rewarding as it provides small clues, which are beginning to be pieced together and help us answer this question and, ultimately, to understand the Universe we live in.
We are delighted to welcome Teddy Cheung, from the National Academy of Sciences, and resident at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, to give a guest blog post today. Teddy is first author of a paper describing the discovery of the most distant X-ray jet detected to date. Here, he explains some of the background story behind this discovery.
When I started graduate school in 1999 at Brandeis University, exciting discoveries were being made down the road in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the then newly launched Chandra X-ray Observatory. The first Chandra image unexpectedly revealed a bright X-ray jet from a distant quasar (http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/99_releases/press_082399.html) and the research groups at SAO and MIT were puzzling over it. But it took me leaving Boston to find my eventual connection.
I spent the summer of 2000 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, wanting to learn something entirely new and took on a project in Meg Urry's group studying the galaxies of BL Lac objects (a type of cousin to the quasars) using ground-based near-infrared data. Coincidentally, I shared an office with another graduate student working with Dr. Urry for the summer, Fabrizio Tavecchio from Italy, and they were at that time puzzling over the same Chandra jet detection. Little did I appreciate at the time, that this visit to Baltimore would lead back to my eventual PhD project at Brandeis on the Chandra quasar jets.


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Lazio midfielder Francelino Matuzalem has thanked Lazio fans as he nears the exit door at Stadio Olimpico.
The Brazilian playmaker is likely to move to Genoa over the winter break, and has commented on his relationship with the club.
"I want to recognize and thank the Lazio fans," he told journalist Gianluca di Marzio. "Lazio will always remain in my heart.
"The end of my adventure here has been a bad one, but it was inevitable."
The 32-year-old has been serving an internal suspension since the summer after failing to report to pre-season training.
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After studying amoeboid organisms for several decades–observing them in the field, publishing articles about them, and developing his wonderfully detailed website devoted to the little shapeshifters—Ferry Siemensma now has an amoeba he can call his own. The organism, discovered by researchers in a small greenhouse pond at the university of Cologne, is Lecythium siemensmai, a cercozoan amoeboid that lives inside a flexible, secreted transparent "theca". It looks like this:
The new species, is described, along with several others, in a complete revision of the genus Lecythium, recently published by Kenneth Dumack and two colleagues at Cologne. The genus itself is fairly old—it was erected by Richard Hertwig and E. Lesser in 1874—but it has been a very long time since taxonomists have paid any attention to its composition. Many organisms that properly belong in the group have been misplaced in other genera, such as Gromia, Trinema and Pamphagus. The latter has been recognized since 1915 as an invalid group (the name properly belongs to a genus of grasshoppers), but it is a mark of the neglect into which amoeboid taxonomy has fallen that a Google search on "pamphagus amoeba'' turns up dozens of modern micrographs and videos of cells identified as belonging to a group that was formally abandoned over a hundred years ago. It is a tribute to the great amoebologists of the past that their work still casts such a long shadow. It is also a reminder that revisions like this one by Dumack et al. are urgently needed.
The paper, charmingly titled "A Bowl with Marbles" (a reference, presumably, to the glassy, round shape of the organism's soft theca), uses molecular phylogeny to establish the genus as a well-defined clade within Tectofilosida (a rhizarian group whose organic shells lack the siliceous scales secreted by better-known filose amoebae like Euglypha and Assulina). In the section on taxonomy, the authors deftly untangle a few historic hairballs; for instance, tracing the relationship of their Lecythium spinosum to antecedents like Trinema spinosum, Plagiophrys armatus and Pamphagus armatus. Finally, they provide a visual key to the group, featuring clear illustrations and helpful diagnostic clues. For this genus, at least, they have built a convenient foot-bridge between phylogeny and field identification.
Congratulations to Ferry, and to the researchers at Cologne, all of whom are doing the kind of work that could coax future researchers back to the field.


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Buying property or real estate with an IRA, 401k, 403b, 457b or other retirement plan
Posted by 314media on 10/13/09 • Categorized as Buying property or real estate with an IRA,IRAs
Very few people know that they can actually use their retirement funds to purchase real estate and or property to hold as an investment. The fact is, there are great deals to be had right now, much more in real estate than even the stock markets, and most people don't even realize they have this money available for this use. This article will explore the various nuances with regards to investing in property with your retirement funds and how to go about doing so if you so decide.
There are very big differences in investing with IRA money and 401k money, below we will help you better understand what they are and what to watch out for to prevent tax issues from undermining your profits.
First, let's talk about someone who is currently working for an employer and they have a chunk of money to work with in their 401k plan. In most cases, employer plans forbid you from cashing out your entire plan- and the only way to access your money for reasons other than hardship is to take out a loan against your money. In essence, the plan will lend you your money at a really reasonable interest rate – currently anywhere from 4% to around 5.5% and payroll deduct your payments to pay for the loan. The process is fairly quick and you can typically have the proceeds within 10 days. The problem being, their are limits to the amount you can withdrawal (most companies only allow you to withdraw 50% of your vested balance) and often no more than $50,000. Ultimately, purchasing real estate property by a loan through your 401k plan is not nearly as flexible as purchasing through an self directed IRA (which we'll talk more about below). There are other restrictions too, but these apply to all investments and this relates to your not being able to use the property as a residence of your own. Not to mention, your subsequent real-estate purchase won't be eligible for the mortgage-interest tax deductions.
Now, if you have an old 401k plan from a former employer, you can easily roll that over into a self directed IRA and begin purchasing your investment property and have access to all your money – versus the restrictions placed on those whom are actively participating in their firms 401k.
An alternative for those in 401k plans is to invest (if offered) in real estate investment trusts also known as REITs.
Some companies will allow you to roll your existing 401k money over to an IRA, however, you will have to pay a 10% penalty if you don't meet the age requirements.
Now, for those people with IRAs, you should be able to move them into a self-directed IRA, however, sometimes this is more complicated than you would like – so make certain you really have a great buy before going through the hassle. As mentioned, the process you would need to complete entails moving your IRA funds into a self directed IRA and choosing a special independent "IRA custodian" that handles these matters.
Not only can you invest in real estate, but also you can gain the ability to invest in private corporation offerings and the like. You should certainly compare the costs in your local area to better understand what type of custodian works best for your needs. It surely doesn't make sense to pay for more than you'll use.
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May 25,2007
La Pine teacher named 'Ford Coach of the Year'
by Bend Weekly News Sources
Portland TrailBlazers will honor Kyle Kalmbach on May 31
It doesn't take a champion season—or even winning a game—to have what it takes to be an outstanding coach. Kyle Kalmbach, varsity boys basketball coach at La Pine High School, has been named the 2007 "Ford Coach of the Year" by the Portland TrailBlazers and Northwest Ford Stores.
Kyle Kalmbach - Ford Coach of the Year Kalmbach is among four selected for this year's award and will be honored by the TrailBlazers organization at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, May 31 in the La Pine High School Gymnasium at 51633 Coach Road. At that time, $2,000 will be awarded to the school's boys basketball program.Kalmbach was nominated for the award by his team and school administration for his determination and exceptional leadership during a season that ended without a W in the win column."It's a great honor to be recognized," he said. "You don't have to have a winning season to show that your program is going in the right direction."
Boys varsity basketball team - La Pine Hawks Kalmbach teaches history at La Pine Middle School. Though he has been a coach for six years, this season was his first at La Pine High School. He saw this as a rebuilding year for the varsity team, and all but one player will return next season."Sports teach a lot about life and character," said Kalmbach. "They give student athletes a chance to deal with life challenges on a smaller scale."The award is given to teachers, counselors, coaches, and mentors who positively influence and makes a different in the lives of Oregon's youth. The award money is given in hopes of assisting with the depletion of activity funds in schools.