If your favorite is on this list, pounce now or it just might go home with someone else.
Everybody can remember that one car that got away. For some, it was a mint Ford Mustang, and for others, a rusted Isuzu Impulse—but the common thread is that someone else got to it first.
It's a situation you'd never wish on any enthusiast, and for that reason, we enlisted the help of CarDaddy used vehicles search engine and research firm iSeeCars to determine which lightly-used late-model sports cars are most likely to vanish from under your nose while frantically balance your checkbook. The resulting ten entries run the gamut of enthusiast vehicles, from muscle cars to hot hatchbacks, and some are among The Drive's favorite cheap thrills. You may quibble with the way the term "sports car" gets stretched here, but there's no denying every model on this list has a pulse.
Without further ado, these are the ten fastest-selling used sports cars as sold by dealerships in America, ranked by the average time spent on a dealer lot. The data comes from a pool of over 4 million listings for cars between one and three years old around the country.
Starting off the list are BMW's midsize sport siblings. The M3 is a classic sports sedan nameplate with a lengthy, successful racing history and a dedicated following, while the M4 coupe is much newer, debuting in 2014. Both have BMW's 3.0-liter twin-turbo S55 inline-six engine making 425 horsepower, which is put to the ground through the rear axle. Both are also prized for their sharp handling and sleek interiors.
These fraternal twins are tied for tenth, spending an average of 50 days on dealer lots before leaving for home with a new owner.
The throwback Dodge Challenger is a rarity today in that it's still a full muscle car, not a smaller, nimbler pony car like its Ford and Chevrolet rivals. In its rowdiest form, the 2018-only Challenger SRT Demon, it came with a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 making up to 840 horsepower, no back seat, and drag radial tires (the first ever equipped to a mass-produced car). The Demon could hurtle from a standstill to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds and run a standing quarter mile in less than 10 seconds—fast enough to ban it from National Hot Rod Association drag races.
Not everyone was able to get their hands on a pricey, limited-production SRT Demon, however, as they were only built for the 2018 model year. Much more accessible are the Challenger SRT 392 models, which still have a colossal V-8, and the Challenger GT, which has all-wheel-drive for owners that live in snowy climates. And let's not forget about the Hellcat. On average, Dodge Challengers spend 49.7 days on a dealer lot before disappearing, earning them the ninth spot on the list.
In even higher demand than Dodge's retro muscle coupe is its brawny sports sedan, which offers almost all of the same engine options in a four-door format. It has no Demon variant of its own, but the gnarliest Charger—the SRT Hellcat—is nothing to sneeze at; its own 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 gushes out 707 horsepower, good for a top speed of 204 mph.
As with the above its SRT 392 and R/T variants are more common but no less loutish, their Hemi V-8s each slapping hundreds of horsepower on the table. V-6 variants exist, some with rear axle-biased all-wheel-drive for controllable fun in slippery conditions. Because they're a tad more practical with their extra doors and usable back seats (not to mention the fact that there's less of them sold, period), Chargers are off the lot almost two days faster than Challengers.
The Ford Mustang has been America's best-selling sports car for decades. Its sixth and current generation received some of the biggest updates to the model in its 54-year history, including independent rear suspension and more power than ever before on its beloved GT model: 460 horsepower from its 5.0-liter V-8. All that grunt is good for a standing quarter mile in under 12 seconds, and there are even faster Shelby variants, such as the GT350 and the upcoming GT500.
The Mustang may not have all-wheel-drive options like the Dodges above, but it does offer a thrifty yet punchy 2.3-liter Ecoboost turbo-four. Between their better-than-ever performance and low cost, Mustangs hang around used car lots for an average of just 47.4 days, about half a day less than the Dodge Charger.
The Mazda MX-5 Miata effectively ended the roadster argument with its debut in 1989, and now in its fourth generation, it keeps getting better in every way. Today's car is lighter, stiffer, and faster than any before it, significantly more so in the 2019 model, which gets a stupefying 26 horsepower boost and 700 more rpm to play with over its predecessor. When used 2019 Miatas start appearing at dealerships, we can probably expect them to drag the model's average lot time even further down from the current span of 42.8 days.
Surprisingly, the micro-exotic MX-5 RF with its fully-collapsible hardtop takes much longer to sell as a used model, an average of 58.1 days.
Ever-popular with peacocking young men, the Subaru WRX sports sedan has survived many a challenge from rivals. Mitsubishi's Lancer Evolution fell in combat against the WRX, as did the Ford Focus RS. Fans of the WRX love its unique turbocharged flat-four for the sound it makes and its low center of gravity, which aids handling. It even has a bigger, badder brother, the 310-horsepower WRX STi that has extra-aggressive bodywork and the option for everybody's favorite flourish: A huge wing.
The Volkswagen Golf GTI set the gold standard for hot hatchbacks in the late 1970s, maintaining its status as such for more than four decades. Today's seventh-generation Golf GTI is just as sharp, and with 220 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, faster than ever. Its front wheels can scramble away at the ground to get the GTI from zero-to-60 in as little as six seconds, rivaling some traditional rear-wheel-drive sports cars. Nimbleness at all speeds combined with its approachability make it an evergreen favorite—something that's borne out by the car spending a little over a month on used car lots—and one that's sure to delight for decades to come, whatever the propulsion source.
The Subaru BRZ was co-developed with Toyota, which first sold it as the Scion FR-S before dumping that brand entirely and calling it the Toyota 86. Regardless of the badge on the nose, the car is a tribute to the final generation of the rear-wheel-drive Toyota Corolla, which has since become a cult classic because of its minimal curb weight and sharp handling. The BRZ replicates those strengths with its low-mounted Subaru Boxer engine, and a standard limited-slip differential on manual transmission models. As one of the easiest cars to control mid-slide on the market today, as well as arguably the most modifiable, the BRZ is destined to be a classic—whether or not you think it has enough power. Used car hunters agree, pushing it to third place here.
The asymmetrical Hyundai Veloster Turbo was never as well-received as its traditional Volkswagen rival, closer to a lukewarm liftback than a hot hatch in its first incarnation (the much improved second-gen model debuted this summer for the 2019 model year, but we're focusing on the first one here). However, its sharp looks, sloping roofline, and excellent name (Veloster Turbo is kind of fun to say) make it popular with those looking to dip their feet into fun compact cars without going the traditional route.
Its 1.6-liter turbo engine makes 201 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque, and because of a six-speed manual and a relatively light curb weight, the Veloster Turbo can scamper along with the best of them on back roads. It's the kind of uncommon used-lot oddball that get snapped up quickly when the right buyer strolls past.
The Volkswagen Golf R is for people that want something a bit meaner and flashier than a Golf GTI. Its 2.0-liter turbo engine bullies the GTI into submission with 296 horsepower and a Haldex all-wheel-drive system, launching the Golf R from zero-to-60 in 5.1 seconds with a manual transmission, or in 4.9 with the dual-clutch automatic. In case that performance isn't distinguished enough for you, the paint can be, as Volkswagen now sells the Golf R in 40 custom colors for 2019.
It will take some time for those radioactive-looking Golf Rs to arrive on used dealer lots, but when they do, you'll have to move fast lest someone else sweep your darling off its tires. The Volkswagen Golf R is the fastest-selling used sports car in the country according to the metrics we've established here.
While iSeeCars advises that a short time-to-sell does not necessarily reflect popularity of a vehicle—this list doesn't take private sales into account, which is how a large chunk of used enthusiast-focused vehicles end up changing hands—knowing how long your favorite cars tend to sit on the lot before selling can help you identify when a dealer might be willing to budge on a car's listed price.
Even if you're not in the market for a sports car, knowing some of the fastest sellers among commuter vehicles can arm you with information to help you get a better deal. It's also worth looking into the best time of year to buy a car from a dealer, as you can take advantage of a dealer's desperation to move product and save some cash.


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Data (structured or unstructured) that's heterogeneously shaped, disparately located, voluminous, and rapidly changing e.g., The World Wide Web and the many Data Spaces (e.g., feed based Social Networks) it exposes. Same applies to the burgeoning Internet of Things which is all about sensory data produced by devices.


At this point, no amount of scrutiny is too much when it comes to Angela Merkel. Here's a little something to consider….
Stasi past: Merkel aka Erika?
When you talk about the Stasi past German leaders, this concerns mostly members of the Left, former PDS, formerly SED. The conservative CDU had in this respect to be feared so far little. Especially not the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which hardly anyone trusts in public, to have been active as a Stasi informer. What they also vehemently denies. Nevertheless, the Internet seething the rumor mill, in many blogs there are rumors of a dubious "Erika", when Angela Merkel was allegedly called, revealing strange twists in the previous life of the Chancellor. But what's behind it?
Merkel herself denies the allegations always been very strong, she was a "IM – innoffizielle Associate" of the Ministry of State Security in the GDR was. To say in the ARD talk show "People at Meischberger" 2009 that they tried to recruit namely in 1978, when Merkel had applied for an assistantship as a physicist at the University of Ilmenau. After the obligatory interview she had been led into another room, where a Stasi officer tried to recruit them. You would have rejected this, as it could even keep a secret, so the Kanzerlin quipped at the time.
However, some questions remain in space. Hanger for the distrust is the steep rise of the professional studied physicist who, strangely enough, began shortly after this ominous Stasi encounter. The place to which they had applied, did not get it, but went shortly thereafter with her then-husband Ulrich Merkel into East Berlin. There she found a job at the prestigious Central Institute for Physical Chemistry (ZIPC) of the Academy of Sciences, where she was in 1986 a doctorate.
Merkel's parental home was marked very Evangelical Christian and stood to the regime rather opposotionell. All the more surprising that she did not seem to bother this opposition. Anyway, she was a functionary of agitation and propaganda in the socialist youth organization Free German Youth (FDJ). She describes their activities retrospectively like as "cultural representatives" and stressed that it was finally been normal, to have been a member for many years in the FDJ. If you look at Merkel's biography, it is noticeable that it was anything but a political opposition in the GDR.
A concrete clue look at the Merkel-critics for their presumption that it does not take quite as accurate in describing the chancellor her past with the truth. It is about Robert Havemann, a famous regime-critic who had to live under house arrest in the GDR since 1976 and was under constant Stasi observation.
The authors of a television documentary for WDR came in 2005 with the research for a film about the Stasi secret to the Act of Robert Havemann – and in there was a controversial detail: a photo of Angela Merkel. The picture was in a series of Stasi shots that showed people who were staying around the plot of Robert Havemann over the years or those visited.
What did Angela Merkel there? Belonged to the officers conducting the observation? Visited the critic from a harmless reason? Not likely, because the access to the house only selected people were allowed. Visited it so official mission to spy on him? From Merkel herself there to little enlightening. They had been taken by a fellow student from the Havemann Family with the plot. That was all, no further comment.
Spicy is in this context, but a fact that is occupied. During her time in the Academy of Sciences she shared an office with Havemann's son, who also worked as a physicist. Pure chance? Angela Merkel claimed that they had practically to do with Havemann Junior hardly anything. " The found from WDR Merkel image was not allowed to be sent in the TV, because Angela Merkel had prohibited the broadcasting of the photos in the WDR film.
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The Rise of Chaos é o 15º álbum de estúdio da banda alemã de heavy metal Accept, lançado no dia 4 de agosto de 2017.  Este é o primeiro álbum do Accept com o guitarrista Uwe Lulis e com o baterista Christopher Williams, substituindo Herman Frank e Stefan Schwarzmann, respectivamente. É também o último álbum de estúdio com o baixista Peter Baltes, que deixou o Accept em novembro de 2018.  Como os três álbuns de estúdio anteriores, The Rise of Chaos foi produzido por Andy Sneap, tornando-se a quarta colaboração da banda com ele. O guitarrista Wolf Hoffmann afirmou que o título do álbum se refere ao caos causado pelo homem no mundo.

Produção
Cerca de quatro meses após o lançamento de Blind Rage (2014), foi anunciado que o guitarrista Herman Frank e o baterista Stefan Schwarzmann haviam se separado do Accept.   Posteriormente, foram substituídos por Uwe Lulis e Christopher Williams, respectivamente.

Em 5 de junho de 2015, antes da apresentação da banda no festival South Park em Tampere, Finlândia, o baixista Peter Baltes disse à Kaaos TV que Accept planejava começar a trabalhar em um novo álbum após a conclusão da turnê Blind Rage .  Questionado em uma entrevista de julho de 2015 sobre o futuro da banda, o guitarrista Wolf Hoffmann respondeu: "Continuaremos por mais algumas semanas, esta turnê, e então faremos uma pequena pausa e voltaremos no outono, mas nós estamos praticamente encerrando a turnê do Blind Rage neste ponto; é a última fase de todo esse ciclo. E então o próximo álbum terá que ser escrito e gravado, e quanto tempo isso vai demorar e quando tudo vai acontecer, quem sabe? Mas isso vai acontecer; isso é tudo que sei. "  Hoffmann afirmou que o novo álbum seria lançado por volta de julho ou agosto de 2017.   Como seus três álbuns anteriores, o álbum foi produzido por Andy Sneap, tornando-se a quarta colaboração de Accept com ele.   Em 16 de abril de 2017, o Accept anunciou que o álbum, intitulado The Rise of Chaos, seria lançado em 4 de agosto.  Em 2 de junho, a banda lançou a faixa-título digitalmente via Nuclear Blast acompanhada por uma nova arte.

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 Wolf Hoffmann - guitarras
 Uwe Lulis - guitarras
 Peter Baltes - baixo
 Christopher Williams - bateria

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Plastic is virtually everywhere in the world now, stemming from microscopic levels. It's in the air, it's in the soil, it's in the water. Your food and hygiene products are packaged in it. Your car, phone and computer are made from it. And you might even chew on it daily in the form of gum. Most homes are riddled with plastic throughout, from the walls to the floors to the light fixtures, from foam bath to lipstick, toy cars to printer cartridges. That is the reality, borne out of increasing amounts of scientific research documenting our global plastic footprint.
Plastic bags also pose a serious danger to birds and marine mammals that often mistake them for food. Floating plastic bags regularly fool sea turtles into thinking they are one of their favourite prey, jellyfish. Thousands of animals die each year after swallowing or choking on discarded plastic bags.
Living without plastic is a goal worth working towards for the simple reasons that plastic can be toxic to the health of all living beings and it is rapidly polluting every nook and cranny of our planet.
But … there are lots of ways to avoid plastics in everyday life—wherever you are, whatever you do. All it takes is a little awareness and initiative. Educated action, we like to call it.
Lets stop plastic pollution and poisoning at the source by avoiding plastic and using alternatives. Plastic is too microscopically dispersed around the world to try to clean it up. The flow of new plastic into our lives has to decrease. If we use less plastic, our health is at less risk and there is less plastic. Prevention should be engraved in our minds. Change our perception of existing plastic as waste to be disposed of, and see it as a valuable potentially toxic—resource to be carefully recycled and reused in safe non-food, non-polluting applications.
By changing yourself in the direction for change you can set an example to others. When you take your reusable grocery bags with you when you go shopping, other people see you, including your neighbours and children, and what had to be justified to every cashier at the store soon becomes normal behaviour for all.
The Pareto principle— or 80 / 20 rule— states that roughly 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes. So if you are just starting out on your plastic-free journey and currently living a lifestyle that includes a lot of disposable single-use plastic items, then these simple actions (the "20 percent") could have the potential to reduce your plastic consumption and waste by a lot, maybe even 80 percent. These items are among the most common forms of plastic waste pollution , so removing them from your life will make a huge impact in the plastic pollution problem at the source .
Go for it! Here are simple actions you can take to replace them right now with non-plastic alternatives.
How often do you use disposable products made of plastic? Starting with water bottles, to-go cups and plastic bags, all the way to drinking straws, cotton swabs and toothbrushes. Which things could be replaced, and which can be quit altogether? Can you for example swap a plastic toothbrush for a wooden variety?
Bringing reusable shopping bags or boxes to the supermarket should be the common practice now. What can you do? If you forget your reusable shopping bag and only need to buy a few things, grab a cardboard box from the produce department.
Freezing food may be the best method to preserve vitamins and other vital ingredients in fruit and vegetable. Unfortunately we often use plastic containers or even one time use plastic bags for this. Did you know, that freezing food in glass containers is perfectly doable and this avoids a lot of useless waste and keeps you healthy.
Think of new uses for old items rather than discarding them or buying new ones.
Straws are one of the top 10 items found on beaches. In most cases, drinking out of a straw is simply unnecessary. If you do need a straw, you can get a reusable stainless steel or glass one.
Wearing and washing clothes causes fibres to flake off, and polyester clothing is made of plastic. Tiny particles of microplastic found in oceans around the world have been traced to such synthetic fabrics.
Aim to repair or upgrade your devices instead of buying new ones. Sell gadgets and computer parts, or find a facility where you can turn them in for recycling.
These are all tips you can strive towards but you don't have to do them all at once. Just making one change a week will make a big difference.
"Pick the easiest first to motivate yourself, or maybe the ones that make the biggest impact. For example, if you have a daily single-use plastic water bottle habit you can cut that out right away and resolve to drink water in a reusable glass or steel bottle instead.
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I am thankful for the training I got from my parents while I was growing up. Especially this one valuable truth: I can do anything. Knowing that, believing that, and acting like that has taken me a long way in life. And once I mixed that truth with the understanding that it was Jesus Christ in me that enabled me to do anything, well, that was a breakthrough.
But I picked up a misconception along the way. While I knew that I could do anything, I failed to see that I couldn't do everything.
I realized a few years back that people take advantage of people like me. You know, the ones who are always busy and have a hundred things on the go and seem to accomplish so much. They are the ones who always get asked to do more. And often, those "do-er" people are the very same ones who can't say no. The result is a whole lot of frustration, a pile of stress, and zero time left over for family and other important things.
I know this. It happened to me.
Then, experience and a bit of maturity opened my eyes to something. Just because I can do anything doesn't mean I have to do everything. And I started to say no.
I will say that this decision of mine did not go over well with my boss at work, since he was quite accustomed to dumping all kinds of projects on my desk that required me to put in ridiculously long hours. I continued to do my job and even took on extras, but not to the extent I had been. I started to say no to Tupperware parties and baby showers and lunch dates with people I hardly knew. I even started saying no to my kids. Some of them looked at me in astonishment, as if an alien had suddenly inhabited their mother's body.
The hardest part of it all is that I am still tempted to volunteer my services for all kinds of things. I still want to jump in and do stuff. But I thank God for a very wise husband who keeps me grounded and reminds me that I can't do everything. So, I weigh my options before I open my mouth. Most of the time. And I pray, allowing time for the Holy Spirit to speak to me about whether or not I should be involved.
Yes, I CAN do anything.
But I am not going to do everything!
Thanks, my friend! Glad it helped!


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Listicle madness.
No one ever guarantees anyone that a career they enter at 22 or so will be the same 20, 30 or 40 years later. When I went to J-school, it was soon enough after Watergate that half my classmates were intent on toppling a government before their 30th birthday. "I want to ferret out crooks," a very talented colleague told me when we were both young and wet behind the ears.
He took a buyout a few years back. Not sure what he's doing now.
Me, I like to think I'm adaptable. And so, in the great tradition of 13 reasons Washington is failing, and seven habits of highly ineffective political parties, let's get listicle!
XX reasons Nance is blogging instead of raking leaves (I'll fill in the number part later)
Because crazed truckers are descending upon the nation's capital, and when I say crazy, I ain't whistlin' Dixie, sister. One of its co-organizers — and I'll grant you, the connections get a bit tenuous here — is said to believe Osama bin Laden is alive and living in the White House and guess what name he's known by now? Not Larry the Kitchen Custodian, for starters.
Because yesterday I went on a bike ride after work and picked up a buddy. Guy pulled up to pass and struck up a conversation. Turned out we were heading out for about the same place, so we rode together. He went fast, which made me go faster than I'd intended, and it felt pretty good. The conversation ranged from this to that, and ended, as it inevitably must, on Miley Cyrus. I have decided that from now on, I will defend her to all comers. I am now on Team Miley. Team Twerk. Team Tongue. Yeah, girl! You go ratchet, you! (I have no idea what that last part means. I do know her current look is something called ratchet, and it comes from African-American culture. Of course.) Also, I'm with T-Lo: I sort of like the white ensemble she's thrown together in this two-shot critique, and her hair is downright cute.
Because this is a pretty good story, Detroit-centric, but it surely applies to parts of your town, too. You know how you'll be traveling through a real ghetto neighborhood and suddenly come across one little house that is kept in apple-pie order?
When (Dorothy) Wafer moved to the east side in 1975, there were only well-maintained homes, she said. Today, a dozen buildings on her street are empty, including the elementary school that her three girls attended. The Detroit Future City report, a master plan for reconfiguration created by political and business leaders, designates the area for an alternative use.
Still, her mother back home in northern Louisiana's Claiborne Parish instilled the importance of keeping her property nice, she said. The family, including Wafer's domestic-servant mother, construction-worker father and nine siblings lived in a one-story home surrounded by cotton fields. Wafer remembers that besides corn, greens, sweet potatoes and watermelons, her mother also took time to plant petunias.
Bless Dorothy Wafer's heart. And I don't mean that in the southern sense.
Because I think I owe Antonin Scalia an apology. There is a devil, he's real, and his name is Ryan Murphy, creator of "American Horror Story:"
Coven opens in 1834 New Orleans, with a vicious Kathy Bates playing Madame LaLaurie, a scheming society woman who delights in dreaming up new ways to torture her slaves. Early on, she daubs blood, sourced from human pancreas, on her face like Noxzema. In her attic, she gruesomely tortures men she keeps in cages: The camera shows us a man whose face is all but peeled off, another whose mouth has been sewed around a mouthful of excrement, and another who's been made into a minotaur.
Because I remember Ohio, and apparently it's not the current version.
Because I had a lousy Pilates class today.
Because it's time to eat. Have a good Thursday, all.
I think that's seven reasons, right?
Posted at 12:30 am in Current events |
49 responses to "Listicle madness."
paddyo' said on October 10, 2013 at 3:05 am
Good list — but listicle? God how I hate that term. Too many flashbacks to the worst aspects of my former employer, The Nation's Nicepaper . . .
BTW, as I said late Wednesday night on yesterday's thread, apologies for not being around to discuss that Yellowstone National Park "Gestapo" government shutdown thread. I left a couple of comments at the end over there about it, for any who were following the discussion . . .
David C. said on October 10, 2013 at 7:54 am
Don't rake your leaves, it's a waste of time and effort as well as being bad for the lawn. Just run them over with the lawn mower.
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beb said on October 10, 2013 at 8:30 am
listicle sounds too much like testicle.
Isn't the number one reason nancy isn't raking leaves is that the leaves haven't fallen yet?
The Trucker's March is organized by one of he soverign citizen types who wants to arrest Pres. Obama, Sen Reid, and I forget who all else, so we can be restored to a "constitutional" government. Since this sounds like a coup de tat I think the Secret Service and the Army ought to mobilized to arrest all of these wannabe revolutionists.
Of course if I were running an overthrow of the government I'd arrest the Republican House members for treason. Fortuneately I'm too lazy to try anything like that.
There was a list of the 8 cars that ought to be brought back. Mostly it looked like a list of ugly looking sports cars that no one ever cared about in the first place. Personally I'd like to see the return of the 50 mpg Geo Metro, and of compact size station wagons. But that's about all.
Another list was of 25 rock and roll singers who could only sing rock and roll. One candidate was Tom Waits, who never sang rock and roll. Another was Janis Joplin who's highest hits were blues and country covers. Even Neil Young, whose voice has always been problematic, sings rock, country, and blues. Seriously, do these writers even know what they're talking about?
Last week i saw a man on a a street corner with a new kind of begging. He was asking for gas, even had a gas can at his feet. Now this week – at the same intersection but on a different corner I saw a man holding a sign that read: "will lie for beer." I'm beginning to think these guys aren't beggars – they're performance artists.
Deborah said on October 10, 2013 at 9:09 am
Alice Munro wins the Noble Prize for Literature. Much deserved in my opinion.
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brian stouder said on October 10, 2013 at 9:23 am
In keeping with the listicle festivus, here's an enflamed listicle (the right listicle?)
What's the worst that could happen? 7 debt-default doomsday scenarios
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/whats-worst-could-happen-7-debt-default-doomsday-scenarios-8C11366851
Pretty scary stuff…if ya b'leeve what the librul 'state-controlled meeeedia' says!
Oxy-Rush and Shit-for-Brains-Sean will 'splain it all away today, as 'merica has its mid-day PB&J
I know two truckers. One, my brother, works for a trucking company. I doubt they want their trucks going to Washington instead of making money. The other is an owner-operator. His margins are very thin and I don't think he, as wingnutty as he is, is going to spend one thin dime going to Washington instead of making money. So who would these people be? I got no clue.
Judybusy said on October 10, 2013 at 10:02 am
Nancy, I would have liked a warning about the very gruesome descriptions in the movie summary. Like having to click on a separate link. That stuff will now stay with me for days. And Kathy Bates: what the hell are you thinking, acting in that?!
We are having perfect, perfect weather here–lows in the 60s, days in the high 70s. So I've been biking to work. I love seeing the trees lit up with early morning sun.
Buried in the link about 7 habits of highly ineffective politicians is the book recommendation, "It's Even Worse that It Looks…." I highly recommend it, and believe I mentioned it earlier this year. It fleshes out that list, but it's not overly long or snoozeriffic.
coozledad said on October 10, 2013 at 10:09 am
Kathy Bates' character would have been unlikely in the antebellum south. Even in the upper reaches of the medieval southern caste system women were just brood mares, dick socks or homeless orphans. The chattel system inevitably begins a process of self immolation by divesting itself of all but its cruelest, stupidest and most venal.
I don't doubt there were men who took up sport torture, along with their habits of getting puke drunk, dog hunting, playing long bullets(a mock war game similar to football, but with more maiming and death) getting puke drunk, begetting bastards and getting puke drunk, then leaving the estate to Jeeber.
It's a model for a society the Republicans have willfully taken up, without the interesting vernacular architecture.
There are a couple of historical anecdotes about blood fetishism that might lend some support to a male version of Bates' character. Innocent VIII receiving a primitive blood transfusion on his deathbed from three boys(the blood was pumped into his mouth, and all four of them died), and Elizabeth Bathory, but he was a pope and she was a royal, both exempt from the chattel laws governing the existence of women to this day.
If the country doesn't burn down, the relaxation of sex laws might permit enough Republicans to venture far enough out of the closet to quit having to put on the hunting gear, grab a shotgun and go fuck their buddies in the woods, but it will take many generations to breed the sheer vicious stupidity back out of them, and that's supposing it doesn't just infect the rest of the species.
Roy Edroso said on October 10, 2013 at 10:24 am
You take pilates?
nancy said on October 10, 2013 at 10:33 am
The first leaves are indeed starting to fall, and in Grosse Pointe, the unspoken law is clear: When a leaf appears on your lawn BANISH IT TO THE CURB.
Charlotte said on October 10, 2013 at 10:52 am
Leaves *just* turning here. Such a weird year. We only got the first hard frost yesterday. Going to tear out all my now-dead tomatoes and cukes and build a hoop house for winter greens. Did it a couple of years ago, and had my own greens until late December, then starting up again in early March. I think I really only like cool-weather gardening … And in Livingston we don't have to rake leaves, we just wait for the wind to start up again!
Mylie was pretty much off my radar, but I did thoroughly enjoy this Brady-Bunch style cover with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots — especially Questlove's raised eyebrows at the line about doing coke in the bathroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjvfnUAfyo
And yay Alice Munro! A woman *and* a short story writer wins the Nobel. Her territory is fairly narrow but her technical virtuosity is seemingly without end … Very very thrilling.
Dorothy said on October 10, 2013 at 11:00 am
I'm with you, Judybusy, about that gruesome description. I can't un-see it now. And that's a TELEVISION show, not a movie, that Nancy was describing! I guess Kathy Bates needs a paycheck just like most of us. Still ….
Connie said on October 10, 2013 at 11:17 am
I will ad my voice to the dismay with the gruesome description. A couple of years ago I vowed to never again read fiction in which torture occurs. And every so often I put away a partially read book for that reason. Most often it is some kind of romantic suspense thriller.
As to leaves, we love our mulching mower and have not raked for years.
MaryRC said on October 10, 2013 at 11:27 am
Connie, I do the same thing about books. I used to like John Sandford who writes the Lucas Davenport "Prey" mysteries until I got sick of the torture scenes – not in all of his books, but enough of them.
alex said on October 10, 2013 at 11:49 am
We mulch, but the property is so heavily forested that it works only up to a point. When it gets ass deep, we have no choice but to use a leaf blower and herd the mess onto tarps, which we then drag down to our fire pit. We usually have to do this two or three times every fall, because if we let it go too long it's simply impossible to clean up.
Every fall, the lawn Nazi next door asks us if we're ready to cut down all of our trees yet like she did, a la Mr. T. In summer, she mows almost daily with her riding mower and bags the grass (and burns it while it's still green and stinks) and in the fall she bags leaves on her riding mower daily. And bitches that if it weren't for our trees she wouldn't have to do a thing.
So far, there's just a scattering of yellow leaves on the ground from a small redbud tree, not even enough to bother with. Hoping the weather holds out because my veg garden is still producing like gangbusters.
Jill said on October 10, 2013 at 12:37 pm
some leaves don't decompose very well, even if mulched…take my magnolia… and I am worried about our world when things like American Horror Story get made. I am volunteering at our school's (K-8) scholastic book fair and we couldn't bring ourselves to put out a few of the books that were horror/gruesome. Why would they send books with a picture of a woman with blood dripping down her face and a sub-title of "serial killer" to a school? A 5 year old could see that, come ON. When there are so many good things to read…scholastic has really jumped the shark.
Dexter said on October 10, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to serve 28 years in prison for crimes of racketeering and conspiracy committed during his six years as the mayor of Detroit.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com#ixzz2hLAXQeTg
A bit more cheerful here: new cars and trucks, fresh off the line for you:
http://apps.detroitnews.com/apps/multimedia/gallery.php?id=16767
MarkH said on October 10, 2013 at 1:27 pm
These vandals are making their sentiments known on National Park closures. Someone better educate them fast or the Gestapo will be dispatched.
http://y95country.com/wyoming-bison-dont-like-the-government-shutdown-either-video/
nancy said on October 10, 2013 at 1:37 pm
I can't imagine living among landscapes like that every day. I'd be killed in the first week after I drove off the road, gawking at the mountains.
It is a risk, Nance. We've all nearly succumbed a time or two.
LAMary said on October 10, 2013 at 2:02 pm
You don't want to tick off a bison. They're a lot bigger than you think they are if you've only seen them in photos.
Prospero said on October 10, 2013 at 2:10 pm
When a TeeVee show is called American Horror Story and has already been through two seasons of guignol grotesquerie, I find it difficult to believe that anybody that would be disturbed by it would ever tune in in the first place, much less let kids watch it. I watched it and the description Nancy quotes is less than accurate. That particular scene is shot in very low light and the gore is minimal. Identifying a debraided face would take several DVR rewinds and even then, you couldn't be sure if that's what you were seeing.The Kathy Bates character is obviously nuts, and believes the blood on her face will act as a rejuvenating agent. And this isn't some instance of modern depravity. The Grand Guignol theater in Paris had a lucrative run from 1897 until 1962:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/976/whats-the-story-on-the-grand-guignol-the-original-shock-theater
Anyway, I watched both of the first two seasons of AHS and last night's episode, and it is far less gruesome and gory over its entire span than any single episode of Walking Dead, and is leavened with far more humor, the element that raises the horror genre above simple guts and gore. As for Ms. Bates, I think she saw her friend Jessica Lange enjoying scenery munching for the show' first two season and decided to get in on the fun. In general, the acting is superbly over the top. The real world produces far worse horrors and they are news fodder every day.
Down this way, the magnolias are the magniflora variety and don't drop leaves except in hurricanes. They are evergreens.
Kwame Kirkpatrick will be running that prison in a week or two.
Didn't anybody else think it was undoubtedly fan interference on Victor Martinez' homer? Since when is this an ump's judgement call? How does the umpire have a clue whether or not the fielder has timed his leap correctly? If that call is by the rules, the rules are messed up.
David C. said on October 10, 2013 at 2:28 pm
Umpiring is all judgement calls and always has been. They can tell by looking at the replay and seeing the trajectory of the ball would have caused it to land above the yellow line. After that, the fielder's leap doesn't mean anything and even so, I think the replay showed pretty conclusively that he wouldn't have caught it. They did their job, and did it well.
brian stouder said on October 10, 2013 at 2:44 pm
So at lunchtime, on the way to get my PB&J, I went ahead and gave Oxy-Rush a few moments – and he got me laughing (derisively, but still laghing!).
And I betcha $1.24 that Lawrence O'Donnell (et al) runs the clip of ol' Oxy tonight, growling and squealing the line I heard.
He was all worked up about how right Raphael Cruz is, and how WRONG everyone else is – and yeah yeah yeah – the gig is up on the shutdown [says he]; but where is all the ANGER within the Republigoon party [directed at Raphael, et al] COMING FROM??!!
He literally shouted and whined that rhetorical question!
And at that moment, it was time to quit while I was ahead, and hit the button to pop over to Rock-104, for the rest of the ride.
David, I didn't see anything about the play as obvious other than that two fans reached into the field of play, and it appeared to me the outfielder had timed his jump perfectly. Accorrding to the way the rule reads, I'd have been as correct calling interference as the umps who made the call are calling it a homerun. This is a situation similar to the "uncatchable" rule in football which is subject to obvious abuse by football refs. Outs at bases aren't supposed to be judgement calls, and neither are balls and strikes. It's one or the other. The ball had not left the field of play, as was also the case in the Bartman incident in Chicago. If a fan touches the ball before a fielder in the field of play, interference should be automatic.
A good read from the Driftglass blog.
Bernie Sanders explains the GOPer agenda in Congress:
It is not acceptable that a handful of right-wing extremists in the House have shut down the government and are now pushing for the United States, for the first time in our history, to not pay its bills — precipitating a likely international financial crisis. It is widely believed that there now exists in the House a majority of members (virtually all Democrats and some moderate Republicans) who are prepared to vote for a clean continuing budget resolution which would immediately re-open the government. House Speaker Boehner must allow the House to have that vote.
It is also important that people understand that the real issue here is not just the desire of Republicans to defund Obamacare. At a time when the middle class is collapsing and poverty is increasing, these right-wing ideologues want to repeal virtually every piece of legislation passed in the last 80 years which protects the elderly, the children, the sick, the poor and the environment. The truth is that ending Obamacare is just a small part of the right-wing extremist agenda, which is heavily funded by the Koch brothers and other very wealthy and powerful special interests. Their full agenda includes privatizing Social Security, ending Medicare as we know it, slashing Medicaid funding, eliminating the EPA and the Department of Energy and abolishing the concept of the minimum wage. Needless to say, they also want more tax breaks for the rich and large corporations. It should be clear to everyone that their long-term goal is to move this country into an oligarchic form of society in which billionaires completely control the economic and political life of this nation.
Seems like class warfare to me fought by yahoo Teabanger proxy.
Pros, I gotta disagree with your balls-and-strikes comment above.
Joe Gragiola had a story – maybe in his book Baseball Is a Funny Game – about a ball player arguing with an ump about a called-strike.
The punchline was when the umpire answered the hapless batter's protests that 'it was a ball' with the declaration that it wasn't nothin' until he (the umpire) made the call
I cannot believe that the Republicans in Congress are so clumsy that they would offer to extend the debt limit D-Day to this particular date:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/politics/shutdown-showdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Sources said the House GOP measure would extend the debt ceiling until November 22.
The 50th anniversary of the assassination of our 35th president, an act carried out by a guy who, come tothink of it, looks a very great deal like a pint-sized verion of Raphael Cruz.
Or maybe this IS a brilliant move; the revenge of the Orange Speaker against the Tea Party dead-enders
Sherri said on October 10, 2013 at 4:50 pm
Nate Silver steps away from building the new FiveThirtyEight to pen a piece for Grantland on the shutdown: http://www.grantland.com/fivethirtyeight/story/_/id/9802433/nate-silver-us-government-shutdown
MichaelG said on October 10, 2013 at 5:07 pm
I looked at those pix of Miley Cyrus. Here's hoping that those stars are not tattoos.
No leaves yet. Here we can't burn yard waste. Bad air. The city picks it up.
John Sandford is a great writer and I don't remember him as being hooked on torture.
Why would anyone even want to get next to a bison?
Mary, I had lunch the other day at a place in Santa Monica called el Cholo on Wilshire at, I think it was 11th. Very good. Are you familiar with it?
El Cholo is very old school. I've been to the original one but not to the Santa Monica branch. You might want to venture a little east of that and try Versailles, a Cuban restaurant. I'm thinking it's on La Cienega near Pico. There's one on Venice Boulevard too, but the original is the La Cienega branch. Excellent food. Any of the pork dishes or the picadillo or ropa vieja are good bets. The black beans and plantains are also worth trying.
http://www.versaillescuban.com/
Here's the menu from Versailles. Now I'm hungry.
If you're going to quote your Native American father-in-law in defense of the Washington football team name, you probably ought to get his quote right…
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/rick-reilly-misquotes-father-in-law-redskins-espn.html
Jeff (the mild-mannered one) said on October 10, 2013 at 6:31 pm
I was twenty yards away from a bison in June, and that was closer than I really needed to be. The bison and chums grazed on to my east, and our Philmont crew hiked briskly on.
One of Ted Turner's, actually.
That menu looks fabulous! I've got to try it. Thanks, Mary.
Twenty yards is plenty close, Jeff. And you're usually OK as long as you stay in your car. The Antelope Flats Road, where the earlier video was taken is normal bison territory and they are near or on the road regularly. As LAMary pointed out earlier, the problem is when people leave that safety and approach on foot. The bison may seem unaware, but I assure you they are not, as with this numbskull:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvTHOrTf_Y
There is usually one every season and more often than not it's an Asian visitor.
One follow-up to yesterday: A client/aquaintance of mine is a Grand Teton Park ranger. As a climbing ranger, Chris is also law enforcement, so is not furloughed. I got a hint of the verbal abuse park personnel are receiving today. His wife relayed that once, manning an entrance gate and again while on patrol in a vehicle, he got responded to with an accusation of being a 'brown-shirted thug' as he turned away an upstanding taxpayer. Then on Tuesday, upon his morning arrival at the ranger station he was greeted by a pile of feces on the deck, some of which was applied to a window.
Never underestimate an ignorant public, I guess.
Deborah said on October 10, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Our latest Santa Fe project after the bathroom renovation was to refinish the legs on two George Nelson platform bench knockoffs that we bought for positioning on either side of the fireplace with merrimeko fabric pillows that we got at the Crate & Barrel outlet in Chicago, before the move. The original Nelson's were midcentury modern designs that cost a lot but we found for next to nothing on the intertoobs. Well of course you get what you pay for and after a year the black finish on the legs was peeling badly. We sanded off the finish they came with and found horribly fabricated "wood" underneath. It took way longer than we thought to strip sand them, stain them with ebony stain and then polyurethane over that. It's done now and looks so much better. Here's what the benches look like http://www.hermanmiller.com/content/hermanmiller/northamerica/en_us/home/design-resources/images.html?text=Herman%20Miller:Products/Nelson%20Platform%20Bench
Paddy'o, I certainly hope the NPS gets back to work soon, but I'm far more concerned about the CDC. In the meantime, I recommend everybody avoid Foster Farms chicken.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/shutdown-salmonella-2/
Brian @28: Well, I've spent two days listening to my friends that are Braves fans whining about balls and strikes called in that LA-ATL series. The strike zone is established in the rules. Matter of fact Puig saw a whole bunch of called strikes that cleared the plate by 10 in. to 1 ft. He's 6-5 Now if his legs are seriously deformed, I suppose. But listening to Braves fans whine about the strike zone is hilarious considering how huge it always was for Glavine and Maddux. But there is an actual strike zone, and umps that consistently get it wrong arbitrarily screw up the game. There have been umps that lost their major league gigs for messing with the strike zone, most notably Eric Man-Mountain Gregg, who wass otherwise considered a good ump, but he could not get the strike zone right. There is no way in the rules balls and strikes are supposed to involve judgement. Players know calling pitches is difficult and will put up with a lot if the umps are consistent. This is what is known in sports as an "unwritten rule", like stealing signs when you are on second base is considered about as dogass as a thing as a ballplayer can do. Much less putting somebody in CF with binoculars as the Giants did when Bobby Thompson hit the Shot. Umps that seek to impose themselves on the game by ball and strike calls are the baseball equivalent of the NBA's worst ever ref, Mendy Rudolph, who thought he was the show, and Ed Hochuli in the NFL who sports a similar attitude.
As far as whether a fielder can get to a fly ball, does the ump make an instant calculation based upon the outfielder's fielding skills, height, speed and vertical leap? NFW. My point is that if a fan touches a ball that is in play, which that ball off Martinez' bat surely was, that should be interference. I believe that was the rule for most of baseball's history, and I wonder if the rule was tweaked post-Bartman to give the umpires cover.
Don't worry Sherri, the factory farmers will police themselves for the good of their fellow citizens, because corporations are citizens too.
Connie said on October 10, 2013 at 9:16 pm
If it's Herman Miller it was manufactured in my home town. Those benches were all over my high school. I knew most of the DePrees and had no idea what a big deal they were. We used to go to the Herman Miller outdoor factory sales to buy Eames fiberglass chairs. I have eight in royal blue with the black matte legs and the Eames white round table to go with them.
alex said on October 10, 2013 at 9:18 pm
Deborah, I adore those Nelson platform benches. In fact, I have a Herman Miller wish list that's longer than a Fort Wayne phone book, but if I ever happen into enough spare cash, the thing (or I should say things) that I would want is a set of four Eames loungers. I can remember a time not so long ago when they could be had for next to nothing and could kick myself for not grabbing some up in the 1980s at some of the resale stores in Indiana where they didn't know what they had. I also regret passing up a set of these in 1997 in immaculate shape and hot pink leather and only $800 for a set of six.
My second link at #43 is bad. Here's the chairs, although it looks like hot pink isn't an option anymore. I believe I've seen them in bright purple as well.
Alex that first link refers to the Eames fiberglass chairs as plastic, which is of course, incorrect. My sister-in-law got the Eames lounge chair at a garage sale in South Bend for $25.
alex said on October 10, 2013 at 10:30 pm
I've got me some Eames fiberglass chairs. One of them broke free from its base. Fortunately the houseguest who hit the floor isn't litigious and also that there's a web site called Chair Fag Dot Com that illustrates how to fix these chairs with JB Weld.
I love baseball, but food pure sports joy, watch this:http://deadspin.com/tomas-hertl-is-your-new-favorite-hockey-player-1442894023
Nineteen year old Czech kid, four goals in a single game, and the 4th was this between-the-legs-behind-the-back wonder.
For not food — sorry
alex said on October 11, 2013 at 4:11 am
between-the-legs-behind-the-back wonder
Sounds like some serious Peyronie's disease.
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Dragons stalwart Cudd relishing yet another battle with Wales stars for the 7 jersey
By Chris Kirwan
CHANCE TO SHINE: Flanker Nic Cudd will come into the Dragons back row against Timisoara Saracens tomorrow
THE need to grasp an opportunity in the absence of Test stars is not foreign to Nic Cudd as the Dragons flanker prepares for a start against Timisoara Saracens.
The tenacious openside is set to wear 7 on his back against the Romanian minnows in the European Challenge Cup tomorrow evening (kick-off 7.30pm) while Aaron Wainwright, one of the stars of the festive derbies, is given a breather.
Wainwright's form means that it's highly likely he will be named in Warren Gatland's squad for the Six Nations next week along with fellow back row forward Ross Moriarty and lock Cory Hill, who has recently been captaining the Dragons from blindside flanker.
With bright prospects Ollie Griffiths and Harrison Keddie also in the Dragons' squad, competition is fierce in the back row.
'Twas ever thus for Cudd, who has been a mainstay of the side since heading east from Llanelli in 2012.
The 30-year-old has racked up 128 appearances for the Rodney Parade region, a tally that puts him third on the list of back rowers with just Lewis Evans (222) and Jamie Ringer (140) above him.
Cudd has played alongside Evans, Lions duo Taulupe Faletau and Dan Lydiate, Wales international Andrew Coombs, quality imports Ed Jackson, Nick Crosswell and Netani Talei and a glut of young talent.
The openside has always been under pressure for his spot but passing 20 appearances in every full campaign – he missed all of 2017/18 because of ruptured knee ligaments – shows that he usually rises to the occasion.
"It's been tough trying to get game time and there is very good competition in the back row," said Cudd, who has played nine times this season but last got on the field against Northampton on December 8.
"For me and others Timisoara is an opportunity to play well and put our hands up for the next few games.
"Maybe there is not too much to play for in Europe anymore but for players individually it's a chance to impress. That's a big incentive for a lot of us."
Wainwright, who is comfortable across the back row, is likely to come back into the XV for the clash with French heavyweights Clermont Auvergne next Friday but will then be unavailable for caretaker boss Ceri Jones because of Test duty.
The Wales contingent will miss the PRO14 fixtures with Munster, Edinburgh, Benetton and Ulster, giving Cudd a better shot at 7.
"Aaron is an impressive rugby player and a great athlete. He has been going from strength to strength," he said.
"I assume he will be in the Six Nations squad because he has been playing really well and in a way that frees up another space for another person in the back row.
"But even if Aaron is away there is still a lot of competition with some good youngsters coming through. If I play tomorrow then it's about me doing my best and put my hand up for selection."
Cudd is known for his defensive tenacity and breakdown prowess but the Dragons will hope the flanker will be predominantly on attacking duties tomorrow.
The Saracens have shipped 29 tries in three games in Pool One, including eight when the region triumphed in Romania in October.
"We are not going to underestimate Timisoara, out there they had a good start to the game so we are going to have to be better than that," said Cudd, who played the full 80 minutes at Dan Paltinisanu Stadium.
"Hopefully we can show what we can do with ball in hand and be more clinical and we will have a bit more possession than recent games.
"But it's not going to be easy and they will come at us, especially at the start. We will have to be on our game and put some pressure on them.
"They have some big lumps in the forwards with a few sharp backs. They have a mixture of Romanians with foreign players and we have to be on our game, especially at the start.
"Hopefully we can wear them down and then kick on. We have three home games on the bounce and can build some momentum for Clermont and Munster."
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After a rhinoplasty procedure is complete, it is not uncommon for patients to have difficulty breathing for the first few weeks following the surgery. Your nose has just been through a traumatic event, and it needs time to recover. Dr. Kevin Sadati reminds his Orange County patients that it could be anywhere from two to eight weeks before their breathing returns to normal again. As one of the top rhinoplasty physicians in Newport Beach, Dr. Sadati uses expert surgical skill and precision to ensure that his patients feel comfortable once again as quickly as possible.
Nasal stents — Nasal stents are a major contributing factor to the compromised breathing that most patients experience after the operation is complete. These stents are placed in the nose in order to retain the new shape of the nose, and also help provide support. Most stents are removed within two weeks of having the surgery, but while they are in place the average patient will experience difficulty breathing normally. Other side effects of the stents include headaches and nasal congestion.
Swelling — Some patients find that after the stents are removed, it can be more difficult to breathe almost immediately. Removing the stents can cause some patients to experience swelling, which can provide a short setback in terms of breathing abilities. This should not last very long as the swelling should subside quickly after the stents are removed. The relapse can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days as the nose adjusts to its new shape without the support of the stents.
Dried blood, phlegm and mucus — As most patients experience compromised breathing after the surgery, it is not uncommon for the nasal passageways to get dry. This means that blood, phlegm and mucus will dry up in the nasal channels as well, which can further aggravate the healing process. In particular, this condition causes swelling to increase inside the nose which can make it even more difficult for the patient to breathe. While this might be uncomfortable, it is important that the patient uses a saline spray to, gently, clean the inside of the nose rather than attempting to pick their nose.
Most patients will find that by getting the rest that they need and by taking good care of their nose, they will feel back to normal within a few weeks. Patients should be vigilant about cleaning their nose with a saline spray. Running a humidifier can also help prevent the nose from becoming too dry, which can aggravate the healing nose and cause it to continue to swell. Regular breathing methods will return eventually, with each patient having different individual factors that impact the ultimate timeframe. Dr. Sadati asks that all patients return for a post-operative appointment so that he can address any concerns that have arisen since the surgery, and evaluate the recovery of the nose. For more information on the rhinoplasty procedure and to find out if you are a good candidate, schedule a free cosmetic consultation today.


AS Roma coach Rudi Garcia said, "This is the Roma I wanted" after his team produced a dominant performance to beat Juventus 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. "This is the Roma that I wanted," the Frenchman said. "This is the Roma that produced great football for my first 18 months at the club. The collective desire of everyone in the team, including those on the bench, gave us extra strength." Bosnian duo Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko got the goals for Roma before a late Paulo Dybala effort brought the score back to 2-1.


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Sr. Agatha Preis (1909-2012)
A native of Mammoth, PA, Mary Preis moved with her family to Chicago when the coal miners went on strike. One of 10 children of Sophie and Frank Preis, Mary attended Holy Family Academy in Chicago. She joined the CSFNs on Dec. 8, 1926 – the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Sr. Agatha was known for her devotion to the Blessed Mother.
She spent 55 years in the classroom, with her first assignment at St. Stanislaus School in Kankakee, where she taught for 11 years. Other assignments included 14 years in Whiting, IN; 10 years at IHM in Chicago; 10 years in Harvey, IL at St. Susanna and then the combined Ascension/St. Susanna; eight years at St. Hyacinth, Chicago, and several years at St. Andrew the Apostle, Calumet City, IL.
A teacher in the primary grades, Sr. Agatha became an expert 1st-grade teacher. She loved the young students as her own children, and, being a prayerful person, she tried to instill a love for prayer in their lives. Her nieces recall how Sr. Agatha always provided prayer books and rosaries on the occasion of their First Holy Communions.
At many of her ministry assignments, Sr. Agatha also was given "Church Duty," responsible for seeing that the parish priests had everything at hand that was required for Mass or a special service. She was responsible for decorating the altars and the "holy wash" – laundering the altar linens. This added an hour to each day, and required a few hours each weekend.
At age 75, Sr. Agatha retired from teaching and continued her 'Church Duty,' serving as sacristan at St. Camillus for three years. At age 78, she transferred to the Provincialate in Des Plaines, where she was in charge of maintenance for eight years. In 1996, when the new Provincialate opened 'across the street' on River Road in Des Plaines, Sr. Agatha helped with clearing out the old building. Next, she served as seamstress at the Provincialate, eventually retiring to Nazarethville in Des Plaines.
As she grew older, Sr. Agatha continued to relate well to younger sisters, even where there was a difference of 40 or 50 years. One sister recalled living with Sr. Agatha at IHM Convent in Chicago, where she learned of Sr. Agatha's love of a good snowball fight! As soon as it snowed, as sisters were returning from Mass, Sr. Agatha was known to throw a few snowballs on the way home.
On the occasion of her 100th birthday, one of her former pupils from 1947 wrote to Sr. Agatha, recalling how she and her sister would help Sr. Agatha with the cleaning chores at their church in Whiting, IN. At times, the girls visited Sr. Agatha at the convent, helping Sister 'mangle' the altar clothes. Sr. Agatha would feed the altar cloth into the mangle and four small hands would roll it at the opposite end. Sr. Agatha would give each girl a piece of gum and tell them they would be finished working when they had chewed all the wrinkles out of the gum! She also shared stories with these two girls about her childhood days, telling them she always knew she would enter the convent.
At one of the celebrations for her 100th birthday in 2009, Sr. Agatha was asked for her secret to a long life. "Do what the superior asks!" she joked, "and of course, prayer."
Sr. Agatha passed away on May 15, at the age of 102.


Staying consistent with your health routine while traveling is definitely a challenge. Often times, we choose to forego the exercising and healthy eating in order to indulge in the authentic local food and laze around at the beach with a cocktail in hand. You might not have access to a gym like you do at home, or might not have access to a kitchen to make all your food, but that shouldn't stop you. Whether you are traveling for work or are off on your next vacation, here are 8 tips to stay in shape while traveling.
Just because you are on vacation doesn't mean you can forget about your health. Yes, you should enjoy yourself but don't throw all the hard work out the window. Be willing to be flexible with your workouts and food while away. Staying in shape while traveling requires a little more flexibility around your schedule. However, make sure you plan for a couple days of exercising, otherwise it won't happen. If you know some days are less busy than others, plan to start with a short workout in the morning.
You don't have to have a bunch of exercise equipment to have a great workout. We bring a few small things, like to bring a small resistance band and a jump rope with us, that way we can still get some workouts in without adding too much weight to our bags. Even without any equipment, bodyweight workouts are great because you can do them anywhere and they can be pretty quick.
It helps if you can exercise with a nice view!
Here's a quick and easy bodyweight workout that we like to do when we are traveling. You can do it for reps or for time-whatever works better for your time schedule.
working out with a view!
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It is easy to want to jump on the bus to sightsee but why not walk or bike to different sights? It's a great way to get our exercise is. Take the stairs when given the option. Choose to go on a hike – it's the perfect way to get some exercise while enjoying the scenery. Water sports like swimming, paddle boarding, and surfing are all fun activities that will keep you moving.
Food is key! It is easy to overindulge while vacationing. Always eat breakfast especially if you have a busy day. Focus on primarily protein and veggies. Be SMART with the desserts. We definitely aren't saying skip all desserts, especially because I enjoy my sweets, but enjoy the food without going overboard. You really don't need dessert every night!
Alcohol is great, but it can definitely help you pack on the pounds quickly. Just think most of the time the sweeter the drink, the higher the calories. Wine and liquor (without the extra sweeteners) are the best option if you are choosing to drink.
Stock up on healthy snacks like nuts, protein bars, and fruits. Bring them with you from home or stop at the store and load up. These are great for long days of travel or when you're rushing from one meeting to the next.
Just because you may not have to wake up and go to work early doesn't mean that your body doesn't need sleep. Sleep is the #1 trick to staying healthy whether at home or on the road. Sleep is the precursor to recovery and fat loss, so if you're not getting enough sleep it will be much harder to lose weight. It is important to keep a regular schedule even while traveling.
Traveling in itself can tend to dehydrate you, so no matter where you are it is important to keep yourself hydrated. Also helps your immune system! Every trip we go on we make sure to take our hydroflask with us, as we have found it's much easier to get all our water intake in throughout the day. Did you know you should drink half your bodyweight in ounces A DAY? Better go get that water bottle!
Vacation is a way to try the local food and enjoy the scenery but that doesn't mean we slack on our fitness. We just find different ways to be active than we do at home. As personal trainers it is important for us to practice what we preach but in a more relaxed way than if we aren't traveling. Just because we are traveling doesn't mean we forget about our health. It is important to prioritize our health and fitness goals even during this time. It doesn't need to be the only thing you think about while on vacation but it shouldn't be forgotten. No matter if you are at home or on the road dedication and consistency are key to anyone's fitness goals!
How do you stay in shape while traveling? We'd love to hear different ways you stay healthy while away from home!
Leave us a comment with your ideas and please share this with your friends to pass on these tips!
Wow. Thanks for this Tips.
I find that I actually am way more in shape when I travel even though I never hit the gym or go on runs. I walk everywhere and make sure to be active (eg hiking, bike tours, swimming on beach vacations). Traveling is the best way to be in shape for people like me who just can't ever find the motivation to go to the gym or build up a consistent exercise regimen!
such a great post. Its vey helpful since I keep eating a lot while I am traveling!!!
You guys look great! I need to take you up on these tips!
I am really good about drinking water at home, but when I am out and about traveling not so much. I should carry a water bottle but I always feel like I have so much other stuff…..I guess I just need to make it more of a priority.
Great! Food is #1 imho, exercise seems to just make me hungrier!
We are actually more active on vacation! Away from work stress and sitting all day, while on vacation we hike, swim, and explore. Other than cruise ship vacations, we usually come back at least a few pounds lighter!
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Uhhhhh but drinking all my calories is my favorite! Def good info! Something I always struggle with.
Aww man, I fail at pretty much ever aspect of this list. I definitely don't sleep, Eat like a horse, and definitely have no plan. Luckily I stay active with hikes and exploring, and I don't drink much since I'm usually too tired at the end of the day to even think about it 🙂 Great tips, if I slow down, I'll try to follow them!
Thanks for the article! I like to do workout videos that don't require any equipment. My hotel rooms usually have enough space to do them and I don't have to worry about the hotel gym having proper equipment. I've even used water bottles are make shift hand weights.


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NYC Tabloids Face Sharp Criticism Over WDBJ Covers
Use of killer's video stills called "awful" and "degenerate"
By John Bonazzo • 08/27/15 11:15am
The New York Post and New York Daily News are under fire for using graphic images in their front page stories about the murder of two Virginia journalists. (Photo: Twitter)
The New York Post and New York Daily News are both in hot water for putting photos of Roanoke, VA television reporter Allison Parker's murder on their front pages today. The stills were taken from video footage that killer Vester L. Flanagan took as he murdered Ms. Parker and cameraman Anthony Ward, who both worked for local news station WDBJ—Mr. Flanagan then posted the video on social media.
The cover of the Post shows the moment right before the shooting, with Mr. Flanagan aiming the gun at Ms. Parker as she conducts an interview. This image, though the more restrained of the two tabloids, still aroused strong feelings on Twitter when it was made public this morning:
This @nypost cover makes me ill… but it's not the first and I'm sure it won't be the last…
— MBH (@mfromthesfbay) August 27, 2015
@nypost Have you no shame, using this as your cover? Anything to sell a paper & glorify what this bottom feeder did, I guess. #smh #disgrace
— L.A. LeCouter (@lalecouter) August 27, 2015
The vast majority of social media shaming, however, was reserved for the Daily News, which ran three graphic images side by side. Rather than using only pre-killing photos, as the Post did, the News also showed the muzzle flash as the bullet left Mr. Flanagan's gun. Finally, and worst of all, the paper ran an image of Ms. Parker screaming as the bullet hit her.
When the Daily News tweeted out the cover overnight (not the best strategy, perhaps?) the trio of terrifying images sent Twitter into a tailspin of rage:
The NY Daily News can act as the lowest form of human life because it won't suffer consequences. There is no punishment for its actions.
— Alyson Footer (@alysonfooter) August 27, 2015
The @NYDailyNews is a degenerate newspaper run by truly awful people and everyone associated with that paper ought to be ashamed.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) August 27, 2015
I hate that I just saw NY Daily News cover. What a repulsive decision. I went the whole day managing to avoid any images of it… Then that.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) August 27, 2015
Steaming about that @NYDailyNews cover, but even more mad it'll probably sell out and Congress still won't do anything to stop gun violence.
— Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) August 27, 2015
The victims of the #WDBJ shooting deserve better than the awful NY Daily News cover. Let's spread THIS image instead. pic.twitter.com/KrccVmmifz
— Angela Morabito (@Bear2theRight) August 27, 2015
Even local television stations were disturbed by the graphic content—NY1 decided against showing the cover of the Daily News on air during its report on the killings.
In an email statement Thursday, the Daily News said it published the images "to convey the true scale of what happened in Roanoke…at a time when it is so easy for the public to become inured to such senseless violence."
On the other side of the spectrum, The New York Times placed their story about the WDBJ killings below the fold, choosing to put stories about China and New Orleans atop the front page. The Grey Lady's print and online stories also did not feature video stills of the shooting.
Filed Under: Media, twitter, New York Post, New York Daily News, New York Times, NY1, NY Post, WDBJ
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Huawei's P30 and P30 Pro flagships are currently dominating the news cycle, marking the first period of prolonged media focus on the Chinese company that's actually product-related within at least half a year or so as the Mate 20 debuted during a much busier time for both the high-end mobile segment and Huawei's legal troubles in the United States.
A single look glance at them is enough to see why, assuming that gaze is directed at the P30 Pro, the larger and somewhat more capable member of the new Android family. By every metric imaginable, this phablet is an evolution of the triple-camera setup used by both the P20 and Mate Pro 20 last year, hence finally surpassing the tech that against all odds remained at the very top of the mobile photography game for twelve months, which is something that seemed impossible not too long ago.
And while analyzing DxOMark reviews is usually worth the effort when it comes to receiving a point-blank answer on which device out of any two (or more) previously reviewed by the service are better at general tasks such as generic portrait photography, equally non-descript low-light performance, macros, color retention with zooming, image retention with similar magnification, etc., they are almost always used in the context of competing products, ones that yield results so similar (in total) or so dissimilar that it is difficult to understand which one is better in everyday use (in all matters but consistency, assuming a full-fledged review hasn't already taken place) or specific scenarios, i.e. which one is not, especially if the extent of that superiority or lack thereof must be described as well.
Today, we encounter a rare exception to that rule thanks to an even rarer exception to the manner in which the mobile industry operates; while Samsung and Apple have been interchanging as the creators of the best mobile camera for years now on a seasonal basis, having only started yielding to the imaging prowess of Google's Pixel-series handsets, if only for a month or two, the global mobile photography race has been truly and utterly dominated by Huawei for over a year now.
Without delving how this state of affairs came to be for the second time in the last 24 hours, the only thing that truly needs to be reported here is that after even the Mate 20 and Samsung Galaxy S10+ failed to completely dethrone the P20 in the imaging segment, the P30 Pro did so and appears to be set for another year of unprecedented dominance. DxOMark naturally did its thing by spending a lot of time doing various stress tests and other types of shots with Huawei's latest and greatest smartphone, ultimately awarding it a score of 112, three above the previous two Huawei flagships, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S10+.
Naturally, with this being a non-finite scale, it doesn't reveal as much as one would think at first because between the overall look of the produced shots and completely unprecedented tech such as 5x optical zoom crammed inside a regular phone camera module, a sensor with no native green pixels, and an even more robust artificial intelligence framework leveraging all of that crazy hardware, what Huawei delivered at its Paris launch event on Tuesday is nothing short of an engineering marvel, at least when it comes to mobile photography.
DxOMark Image Labs, a French company specializing in camera benchmarking and optimization, is a valuable resource for the mobile industry in a variety of ways. Media uses its tests as a guideline regarding how individual smartphone cameras perform, consumers willing to sift through the numbers can largely do the same, and manufacturers can not only get a feel for their latest tech and how it performs in the real world against their competitors' products but also receive vast swaths of data which is then structured into more meaningful insight so as to provide help in regards to how to optimize capture, both of the photo and video variety.
To put it bluntly, DxOMArk if a unique firm selling camera optimization and related consulting services that advertises itself through benchmarks. Exhaustive benchmarks described by some as the more scientific tests of end-user performance the mobile camera segment ever had. Even as vocal debates on whether that says more about its tech or the state (of existence) of its rivals continue to this date after already running through every feasible and many more unfeasible scenarios, the fact remains that DxOMark is still arguably the best-standardized source of smartphone camera reviews.
Such reviews weren't devised to answer all questions about any particular mobile camera but to provide vague approximations of core performance parameters in a manner that can be compared with historical results using the same method. So, they're trustworthy and easily repeatable by manufacturers and (some media) outlets, though this is where consumers reach the end of DxOMark's fee-free service; repeating the firm's results requires buying into a wider set of services aimed primarily at original equipment manufacturers, then invest a sizeable amount of effort into getting everything to work, solely for the purpose of a single test.
That's why many industry watchers, even certain media professionals often simply take DxOMark at its word and haven't had that good faith turn into a security risk... yet. The company's reviews are known to the point of money offers being waved in front of it regularly, as one of its top officials revealed in an exclusive interview with Android Headlines from last year. It never accepted them and none of the parties offering it in the past presented them as bribes but admission fees they thought were required, DxOMark Marketing VP Nicolas Touchard said in mid-2018.


Therefore I would urge anyone thinking about joining a choir to come along on a Tuesday evening and try it. Maybe your story will have been similar to mine I am sure there are loads of us out there. Although I have now retired I found the choir a great distraction while at work too. So don't say "I will wait till I have more time to come ". That may take forever. There are now 21st century inventions like catch up TV in case you hadn't heard! I can't think of anything good to view on a Tuesday night anyway - is there ever? Leave the computer and social media at home for a change. Please contact me for more information at 01563 573119 or dmckay33@hotmail.com . The old cliché "strangers are friends you just haven't met yet" may ring true.
Alex Ferguson - Musical Director.
Alex Ferguson has conducted choirs in Ayrshire for many years. He is currently enjoying semi-retirement from his career in Music Teaching and currently works two days per week as an Education Management Consultant. Alex was the founding conductor of Loudoun Musical Society. He has been Organist and Choirmaster at Kay Park Parish Church in Kilmarnock for the past 30 years. Alex has presided over the regeneration of the Aeolian Male Voice Choir, introducing the scholarship scheme to attract younger members and taking it from strength to strength. It is his firm belief that the enjoyment of music is a gift - that music making has no divisions and can bring a sense of well being and togetherness to all who participate. His rehearsals are educational, directional, but above all full of great fun and fellowship.


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Valve Says 77,000 Steam Accounts Get Hijacked Per Month
Nathan Grayson
Lately, Valve's been putting a big focus on beefing up Steam's security—sometimes with measures that players find annoying or limiting. As part of a new security measure's roll-out, they explained why.
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Valve began by pointing out that current security measures absolutely aren't enough to keep precious, precious accounts under lock and key. In a post about security and trading, they confessed that thousands of accounts get hacked, cracked, and popped every month.
"What used to be a handful of hackers is now a highly effective, organized network, in the business of stealing and selling items. It would be easier for them to go after the users who don't understand how to stay secure online, but the prevalence of items make it worthwhile to target everyone. We see around 77,000 accounts hijacked and pillaged each month. These are not new or naïve users; these are professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors, item traders, etc. Users can be targeted randomly as part of a larger group or even individually. Hackers can wait months for a payoff, all the while relentlessly attempting to gain access. It's a losing battle to protect your items against someone who steals them for a living."
"We can help users who've been hacked by restoring their accounts and items, but that doesn't deter the business of hacking accounts. It's only getting worse."
In addition to phone-based two-factor authentication, Valve recently upped Steam's defensive ante with trade holding, a three-day delay before items traded between users are delivered when people don't use the aforementioned phone authentication. The latter is actually a direct response to the former—or, more specifically, the fact that a lot of people aren't using the former, aren't tying their Steam accounts to Steam's iOS/Android mobile app.
Problem is, some people simply can't. Maybe they don't have a cell phone, or maybe they don't have the right kind of phone (not everybody uses iOS or Android, after all). Valve believes that code-based authentication sans the app isn't secure enough; it opens opportunities for hackers to trick their way in. So they needed another solution to prevent theft for people unable to use two-factor authentication. Trade holding is what they came up with.
Basically, if you're trading with people, the Steam mobile app will let you confirm trades—essentially functioning as another form of authentication on a separate (and therefore presumably secure) device. If you can't do that, trades will be put on hold for up to three days. In the event of fraud or theft, that three day period will, Valve hopes, give users and Valve time to get to the bottom of the issue before potentially irreparable damage is done.
It might sound annoying, and for some people it probably will be. But Valve hopes what they're doing is for the best.
"Once again, we're fully aware that this is a tradeoff with the potential for a large impact on trading," Valve wrote. "Any time we put security steps in between user actions and their desired results, we're making it more difficult to use our products. Unfortunately, this is one of those times where we feel like we're forced to insert a step or shut it all down. Asking users to enter a password to log into their account isn't something we spend much time thinking about today, but it's much the same principle - a security cost we pay to ensure the system is able to function. We've done our best to make the cost as small as possible, for as few people as possible, while still retaining its effectiveness."
Here's hoping Valve—notoriously slow when it comes to customer service—can make good use of the three-day trade delay period. That said, I'm glad Valve is contorting itself into a balloon animal of a pretzel of the world's most intricate snowflake to keep Steam accounts from falling into the wrong hands. It took a while, but they're finally fighting a battle that's pretty damn important. Steam has a hacker/account jacker epidemic on its hands, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, Valve's latest measure only treats a symptom—not the disease. There's still tons more work to be done.
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To contact the author of this post, write to nathan.grayson@kotaku.com or find him on Twitter @vahn16.


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The Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, celebrated Mass for the Closing of the Year of Faith on the Feast of Christ the King at Westminster Cathedral on 24 November.
Archbishop Vincent also spoke of how the Feast of Christ the King reminds us of our calling to be Missionary Disciples.
After the Mass, Archbishop Vincent joined with members of the congregation on the piazza where members of the Neocatechumenate held an Act of Witness.
The Year of Faith was begun by Pope Benedict XVI with the purpose of rediscovering the beauty and joy of being Catholic; build a greater understanding of the faith so as to increase our confidence in the 'New Evangelisation'.
For photographs of the Closing of the Year of Faith Mass at Westminster Cathedral click here.
that's me in the last picture with the braids!


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Mar Arza (Castelló de la Plana, 1976) és una artista valenciana que viu i treballa a Barcelona. A les seves peces i instal·lacions Mar Arza treballa el motiu del blanc com una exploració del sentit, forjant imatges com les entre línies de marqueteria, els incisos i talls del llenguatge en el paper: Desiertos cicatriz (2008), Femme gaine (2012) o Femme Couteau (2011). Des de les seves primeres obres escultòriques s'ha interessat per treballar la paraula i el text, en la seva materialitat. A l'inici intervenia en els llibres. Recentment, també retalla i empelta paraules en llibretes d'estalvis, factures de la llum, volants mèdics, fulls de calendaris, dècims de loteria... mostrant la capacitat de la poesia per obrir camp de treball a la mirada creadora, allà on es posa. Després d'haver estudiat a València, a la Carnegie Mellon School of Art de Pittsburgh i Winchester School of Art, viu i treballa a Barcelona, representada per la Galeria Cànem (Castelló), RosenfeldPorcini (Londres) i Maserre. També ha exposat a la Galeria Sicart, a la Col·lecció La Relació, Duoda, UB o al Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.

El 2022 exposa a l'IVAM, en un projecte on les seues escultures dialoguen amb les de Juli González.

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