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Team Has Big Chip On ShoulderIn years past, the Mets were well-represented at the All Star Game. Jose Reyes was perhaps ordained too early, as was David Wright but they were the sexy choices and raked in millions of votes. Every knew Carlos Beltran was the leagues' best centerfielder, many felt he was too streaky but they voted for him anyway. But when the Mets collapsed down the stretch last seas

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) class antidepressants appear to be associated with bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. The effects appear increased when antidepressants are combined with other stomach-harming medications and decreased when acid-suppressing agents are used. Since the early 1990s, ca

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It's close! Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has a narrow 5-point lead on Republican candidate John McCain, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. BUT, Obama holds a big early edge with the crucial swing voting blocs of independents and women. Don't forget to register to vote! [Image via WENN.]

MARKET MAY EACH YEAR SUPPLY( SELLERS) DEMAND ( BUYERS) 2008 16277 Down 5669 Down 2007 18051 Up 7346 Down 2006 16641 up 8331 Down       Shocking results to day in the Market Study for Southside Real Estate Market study  After looking at year to date studies and annual information is the turn of the market? Are we heading in a different

After my radio show tomorrow on my drug policy, my next two shows will have little to do with politics.  I will return to my normal Sunday 10:00PM Eastern time slot with the “Advice” show on the 22nd and the Christmas show on the 29th. I would like to thank all of my supporters for their [...]

Place your bets, everybody. The point spread for the Denver Broncos‘ week one skirmish at the Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football is set, with the Broncos as a one-point favorite. In general, home teams are given a 3 point advantage, meaning on a neutral field the Broncos would be a 4-point favorite. Note [...]

From Mark Feinsand:MINNEAPOLIS - Jorge Posada could be back in pinstripes by Tuesday, as the catcher will undergo his biggest test to date on his injured right shoulder Saturday in Tampa.Joe Girardi said Posada would take Sunday off, then play another game behind the plate on Monday. Assuming he has no setbacks, Posada and the Yankees will evaluate the situation after Monday's game, deciding wheth

Free eBay search tool Auction Bloopers does the exhaustive work of finding slight misspellings and typos in and around every word you type in, throwing them all into the online auction giant and returning with search results that include pretty much every possible result you might not find otherwise. We’ve previously highlighted a similar search [...]

The Commerce Department stats for new home sales during April have been released, and are showing a slight uptick in activity - 3.3% -- although they're still down by 42% from April of 2007 (see previous post about the latest numbers from the Case-Shiller index). From a New York Times story:A government report released Tuesday showed that sales of new single-family homes rose 3.3 percent in April

UPDATE: FOMC Minutes Signal No More Rate Cuts Last Update: 5/21/2008 2:12:29 PM (Updates with references to housing, overseas growth, inflation; Adds Fed’s revised quarterly economic forecasts) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The Federal Reserve on Wednesday appeared to shut the door to the possibility of further interest rate cuts, saying in April meeting minutes that the last rate cut was a &

Life is quickly getting back to normal, but I still have a couple of loose ends to tie up. Sorry that I missed the May 10 return, but things look very good for May 12 or May 13. On the whole, things... This full article can be read at

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After a long holiday, the domestic stock market dropped on the first trading session in May today with the market indicators as well as trading volumes and values on both bourses dropping and a majority of listed stocks suffering losses. Ending the third order matching phase today, the VN-Index today lost 1.08 points... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Recession talks, terrible unemployment data and a gloomy economic outlook didn’t dampen the bullish mood last week, as traders looked passed the bad news, sending equity indices up across the globe. The major U.S indices closed the week with gains of approximately 4%, while the U.S Dollar index closed up by 0.5%, showing that the dollar has still got some fight left in it, against its counterparts.The major market mover of the week was unemployment data, which showed that the number of people employed in all non-agricultural business sectors, contracted by a whopping 80,000 while the unemployment rate jumped from a previous 4.8% to 5.1%, posting the worst reading in roughly five years. Volatility picked up immediately after the results were published, as investor were trying to figure ou

Freddie Mac reported yesterday that the averages on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages were up slightly to 5.88% from last week’s 5.85%. 15-yea, fixed-rate mortgages also saw a gain, moving from 5.34% last week to 5.42% this week. Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said, “While prime, conforming rates still remain at historically low levels, long-term mortgage rates [...]

(click to enlarge)Well folks, my Green Line trolley is running a bit behind schedule at the moment. There has been a slight delay because my size 15 beading needle broke while I was trying to stitch those green circuit boards to the felt. I'm not upset, though. I have used that needle for the last 3 pieces I created. It had a nice bend to it, so I wasn't surprised when it snapped in half. And, that should teach me not to attempt doing beadwork after midnight. I'm going to go to sleep now, and when I get up, I'm going to grab a new needle and continue where I left off. :D

Divorcing parents in Massachusetts will now have to pay $80.00 in advance for the required parenting course, rather than $65, pursuant to the newly revised standing order applicable in the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court. (Indigent parties will have to pay only $5.) See Massachusetts Law Updates: Parent Education Program Changes. The new Standing Order 4-08, which goes into effect April 7,

Divorcing parents in Massachusetts will now have to pay $80.00 in advance for the required parenting course, rather than $65, pursuant to the newly revised standing order applicable in the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court. (Indigent parties will have to pay only $5.) See Massachusetts Law Updates: Parent Education Program Changes. The new Standing Order 4-08, which goes into effect April 7,

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has priced a public secondary offering of 20 million shares of common stock at $45.75 per share. Before any... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Finishing the trading session on March 14, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) slumped slightly on the stock market as the VN Index slashed 3.8 points or 0.58% to 643.8 pts with the total matching order trade of 9,229,260 shares worth 554.318 billion dong. Among 153 shares and fund certificates being listed on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The following is a sequential exchange between Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and yours truly.For those readers who have already followed along, I have highlighted in bold the initial sentence of the latest exchange so you can simply scroll down and pick up where you left off.Hopefully this dialog will continue…===============January 24, 2008Representative Frank,I'm writing to voice my concern over the recently announced homeowner bailout initiative.Although the cash refunds and other business investment components of the proposal may qualify as a sound fiscal response to the current economic turmoil, the increasing of the GSE conforming loan limits to $730K is a gross misapplication federal regulatory powers and will continue t

The following is a sequential exchange between Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and yours truly.Hopefully the dialog will continue…>>January 24, 2008Representative Frank,I'm writing to voice my concern over the recently announced homeowner bailout initiative.Although the cash refunds and other business investment components of the proposal may qualify as a sound fiscal response to the current economic turmoil, the increasing of the GSE conforming loan limits to $730K is a gross misapplication federal regulatory powers and will continue to perpetuate and even exacerbate the unsustainable conditions that have come about in many of our nation's metro housing markets.It's important to keep in mind that the majority of the housing bubb

How long has that Northern Virginia house really been on the market?  That is a question every buyer should be asking before they formulate an offer on a property.  In Minnesota one agent has gone on national TV to clearly state that he is manipulating the data in the local MLS to make a home [...]

How long has that Northern Virginia house really been on the market?  That is a question every buyer should be asking before they formulate an offer on a property.  In Minnesota one agent has gone on national TV to clearly state that he is manipulating the data in the local MLS to make a home [...]

Qatar Total Open in Doha starts on February 18th giving Ana and Jelena needed time to rest. Almost two weeks, they needed that break after Australia and Fed Cup matches. Latest news say Jelena is feeling slight back pain problems. This can be another expression of a really exhausting 2007 season when more than many tournaments Jelena decided to participate in. Injury in early January at the Hopman Cup was a thigh muscle injury, she was standing on the baseline about to hit the ball coming along right line when her muscle could not take the preasure. Jelena talked about exhaustion during Australian Open and Fed Cup matches, and we may say that she did not take enough rest as the long season 2007 ended. Training hard is the only one can hope to be even better and reach higher, but with short

British Retail Consortium presents the Scotland shop price January 2008. Year-on-Year: Shop prices in Scotland were 1.0% higher compared with a year ago, showing a slight acceleration from December's 0.8% year-on-year rise but still below the 1.1% in October and November.Month-on-Month: In January shop prices were 0.2% lower compared with the previous month, the first time prices have fallen month-on-month since July 2007. Discounting taking place after the Christmas period has led to the reduction in shop prices.Fiona Moriarty, Director, SRC comments:“Scotland’s annual shop price inflation in January remained lower than the rest of the UK, as it has for most of last year. Scottish consumers continued to be protected by intense competition between retailers, ensuring much of the impact

Not only will this site examine and debunks every creationist view on dinosaurs, this blog will also pay homage to a late 1980s' animated series C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists). I've decided to do this because whenever I tried to create a single blog all about the series, I don't get any decent traffic coming to it. I've tried putting in some posts about politics to get more traffic to the site but, to be honest with you, I'm not really interested in politics and would rather get into dinosaurs and the issues behind it only than politics. So, I'm planning to ditch my C.O.P.S. blog and move my C.O.P.S posts here to raise more awareness of the series and preserve the memories of this awesome series. But my dinosaur shows on National Geographic is about to come on in a few minutes. Gotta go see it! You should, too!

Okay, so as some of you may be aware, I’m currently in the USA on a study abroad scheme. However, I have finals tomorrow, and then a major party and fly home on Friday / Saturday, so things are going to be very slow / non existent around here for the next four or five days. Sorry! Have a great and safe weekend everyone!

Dears, Due to a ridiculous amount of studying in the weekend and a day filled with lectures today, I have to postpone today's feature, (Forget me not) until tomorrow. I am really sorry about this. Please check back tomorrow to find out what this month's oldie of choice is! Divina

For the first time since February of this year, housing inventory in Portland has decreased. Not by much, mind you, but just enough to stop the ever-growing trend of more listings and homes for sale. Inventory now stands at 8.4 months, reflecting October 2007's market activity, which is slightly less than the previous month's supply of 8.6 months. This means that if no other homes were listed for sale in the Portland metro area, the supply would dry up in 8.4 months. Does this signify a new trend towards increased activity and faster sales? Probably not. I seriously doubt it especially when you consider that the traditionally slow time of the year is upon us- the holidays. This just means that October 2007 wasn't as bad as September 2007. Portland's buyers market remains strong. Note that inventory today is almost double from a year ago. For the record, there are 15,567 active listings on the market. As for prices, they're up. The year-to-date average sales price of a Por

  Is word getting out there to the buyers???? According to Realtor.org October was a much better month then september for buying.... Is it working? Is all of our efforts of speaking that its such a great time to buy, your going to see a huge appreciation on the value of your property and the interest rates are at a 40 year low!!! Well, compared to last October we did sell more homes.........But there is so many efforts being done in trying to promote that we are in a great market to buy. I do feel we are going to see an amazing increase soon in home sales.... Personally, I would be plunging all my dollars into investing in this market.  

Some of you may recall a post I wrote in September 2006 that chronicled the details surrounding the then President of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Thomas M. Stevens, inability to sell his own home.At that time, the house had an unchanged listing price of $1,450,000 and had been sitting on the market for just over 350 days.Obviously, this was a bit embarrassing for both Stevens and the NAR as was made perfectly apparent during both a Washington Post article and a subsequent CNBC interview."Who knew last September how long this down trend was going to continue, … You need to adjust the price. . . . But I didn't do that. And my house is still on the market.""What I should have done, was listened to my agent and cut the price by $50,000 to $100,000 early on, and the property would have sold last October. … I should have listed it a month earlier,"Stevens, who is also the Senior Vice President of NRT, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage, continued to

Why did I write in yesterday's post the clarification that I do not support a pardon for Yigal Amir?It is just that I myself I'm shaped by the football character of political discourse, that I feared that passing criticism on those who protested against him, and esp. passing criticism on those who portray him as inhuman, might be understood that I subscribe to the preposterous campaign for his pardon.I reserve the right to denounce the murder, and at the same time not describe Rabin as a saint. I reserve the right to criticize Rabin, and at the same time contend that his second government was probably the best in Israeli history. I reserve the right to oppose vengeful comments on Amir's family, without this implying the slightest indication of endorsement of his views and obviously not of the murder.

I know, make with the yuck yucks and stop breaking the fourth wall all the time. Well I’m sorry, but due to the fact that I’m moving and have had a terrible time with internet service there might be a slight delay in service here on Toy Bender. I’ll be back and up and running to normal standards eventually, but I’m not sure if I can provide you a Monday through Friday dose of awesome that you’ve been used to getting for the next couple of weeks. Now, I realize that many of you are like suckling pigs and will die without your momma pig producing the sweet nectar of greatness I squeeze from my metaphorical teets. That’s why I’m currently putting out the offer that if you want to write about toys, you’ve got a short window where you can get your OWN writing on this here blogified website. What’s in it for you? Well, pride at being awesome should be number one on the list of benefits, but I may even be able to throw you a small (and b

I knew things had been going far too well recently. My foot issue, which has almost gone incidentally, was my first injury worry since April. Well, things didn't go well yesterday.I got back from holiday on Tuesday night and didn't run again until Sunday. Despite an almost overpowering urge to take part in the 'In Pendles Shadow' event that I was going to do on Saturday, I resisted. A 20 mile fell run may just have upset my foot whilst it is still healing. I hate missing training runs, let alone events, but it was for the best.On Sunday I drove up to my parent’s house, and ran from there whilst my parents looked after my son. I didn't plan any route, but had a rough idea of where I would run in my head. I guessed it would be around 15 miles. There was plenty of undulation, but no more than 1200ft of ascent in total. I packed a 6kg pack but only took water, and almost as an afterthought grabbed a 100g pack of salted cashew nuts on the way out. I had only eaten three round of brea

Downity.com has undergone a slight design upgrade that you may or may not even notice. If you fail to notice it, however, you shouldn’t be driving and should likely have your eyes checked. The only thing that our redesign means for YOU is: BIGGER TITTIES! That’s right, all of our pictures will be larger in size. Which of course means you can oogle Hayden Panettiere’s almost-18-year old ass at a much larger resolution. Also, our advertising has shifted to try to relieve some of the clutter. Thanks to feedback from a couple of our readers and for their recommendations: Trust and flat0ut. As always, please email us at this link with any questions, comments, hate mail, or just to flame us. It’s always nice to hear from you peachy bastards. Now get back to staring at Kardashian’s ass, eh? Share This

It was announced at Microsoft’s E3 2007 press conference that Infinity Ward would offer a Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer Public Beta exclusively on the Xbox 360. The beta will be available on Xbox Live starting in August 2007 and will be the largest beta available on Xbox Live from a third party to date. In the meantime check out this video that shows off a new gameplay feature ‘Slight of Hand’ we can look forward to trying out. This new multiplayer perk allows for faster reloads, ideal for heavy machinegunners. (more…) Discuss in forum (0) Share This

The Nasdaq was up 8 points, but the breadth was not that strong, and most of the stocks in the SI portfolio's had little or no recovery today. Hopefully, the market will build upon today's positive day tomorrow, and we will see better results. As I mentioned previously, it usually takes a few days to recover from something like we saw yesterday in the markets.

Today EUR/USD retreated from its yesterday levels of 1.3630 down to 1.3600 level (with a failed try ground below 1.3600). Factory orders macroeconomic data for May came out better than expected but it still showed a decrease in this important indicator - manufacturers orders decreased by 0.5% (against 1.2% expected). But this data didn't affect Forex at all - the major bearish bars were seen four hours before it came out. It looks like EUR/USD will remain bound in 1.3600 - 1.3650 range for some time.

CanWest News Service and the Canadian National Post reported Wednesday that Paris Hilton’s parents, Rick and Kathy Hilton, reportedly cut in line ahead of others prison visitors in order to get in to see their daughter sooner. Naturally, this report prompted more complaints that Paris, the heiress, is indeed receiving special treatment at the jail. What is it with the Hilton family? Why do over

Unfortunately, as I work on the third pattern, a useability problem came to light. The whole purpose of the patterns pages is to enable the visitor to see the entire pattern at one, yet be able to hover over each move and get a blown up picture with a description of the move in English and in Phonetic Korean. The third pattern (Sam Jang) has so many moves, this isn't possible. The main pattern image will disappear off the bottom of the visitors screen, ruining the entire concept.I mulled over a couple of possible ways to sort this out, but the only viable option was to stretch the size of the page widthways. The site effectively won't work that well now for visitors with an 800x600 screen resolution and is now really for those using 1024x768 or higher. The stats aren't all that high yet (not really a surprise as there is still a lot of the site unfinished!) but they do tell me 800x600 resolutions are becoming rare. Apologies if you are at that resolution - horizontal scrolling will

And that's not all of them. (Please note that I'm also posting this photo as a sort of time capsule: at one point in time, my bedroom was not a mess. Truly it is momentous.) I'm tired today. I've been pushing myself all week, trying to finish up school pictures for a local homeschool group. Last night we had a family photo shoot (pictures soon, I hope!) and then we had grocery shopping to do in preparation for the weekend, and then I decided that I needed to clean more of the house. So, yeah. My brain is fuzzy right now. But the girls are coming this weekend, so we're going yardsaling, (yard saleing?) and I promise to take pictures. Until then!

Happy Monday, although with the fucked up shit that went down at Virgina Tech today... well, maybe a nice tune can serve to take your mind off of it for a second.DJ Morpheus is a Belgian dude, probably most famous for being one of the top guns at the excellent Crammed Discs label and curating the legendary Freezone series of compilations. Every now and then he's put out a mix CD under his own name and, tragically bad cover art aside (seriously though, it looks like a movie poster for a bad buddy movie about a loveable loser and his inanimate sidekick... and another thing, if he's gonna call it In My Bag, why does he have a box? Shouldn't you either get a bag or call it In My Box? These are the things that keep me up at night. I need help), this one here is a real winner, featuring some fantastic mid-tempo funkiness. To wit:Bah Samba - Black Blood (Funky Lowlives Mix)Buy It!Of course, you can pretty much never go wrong with Funky Lowlives and Bah Samba has put out a number of so

Senator Joe Biden misses the mark when describing/responding to Senator John McCain’s OpEd of less than a week ago in the Washington Post. While acknowledging (diplomatically) McCain’s argument regarding the consequences of failure in Iraq, but to stick with a “failing policy” is a “mistake.” Senator Biden sees this as lacking reality and that really, “the problem is that for every welcome development, there is an equally or even more unwelcome development that gives lie to the claim that we are making progress.” He then goes on to cite examples, which you can read by visiting the “piece.” The problem I see with Mr. Biden’s logic is that with every action in LIFE, there is an “equally” welcome or unwelcome development to follow; oftentimes not in a singular fashion (if very lucky it will be singular; most times it’s exponentially, but I won’t get into the math of it as I don’t like math). As individuals we face consequences for our decisions and t

Last year, I released the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFEHO) Home Price Index Charting Tool that allowed users to mix and compare home price data from any number of over 400 statistical regions on the same chart.Today, I’ve released the S&P/Case-Shiller Charting Tool which complements the OFHEO tool, allowing you to compare home price data from any number of the 22 different metropolitan and composite statistical series currently supported by Standard & Poor’s.The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which is published monthly under agreements between Standard & Poor’s, Fiserv, and MacroMarkets LLC, provide a “reliable and consistent of housing prices in the United States.”The “repeat sales” methodology used to calculate the indices was developed in the 1980’s by Professors Karl E. Case and Robert J. Shiller and is highly regarded by financial institutions.In fact, it provides the basis of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) housing marketp

The Slight Edge This is absolutely a killer book! The author, Jeff Olson, created a special AmeriPlan® Edition in 2006, and although I had already purchased the book before we found out we would get one from the Dennis and Daniel Bloom, CEO's of our company, I was happy to now have two copies. :)But seriously, It was truly and awesome experience and a blessig too, to read through this amazing book and pick up some delicious nuggets of REALITY.I love the way he explains the difference between what a successful person does versus what the unsuccessful do. An excerpt from the book:"...That's what successful people do: simple things that are easy to do. Wait a minute. How are all these simple, everyday actions suppose to create all this wonderful happiness, health and success for me, if they are all easy to do - if anyone could do them? If these are things anyone can do, why are only 5% successful? Excellent question. Because they're also easy NOT to do - and while anyone could do t

Well it was a relaxing weekend. Jonathan Ross' secretary hasn't got to my complimentary copy of Fringe Fantastic yet, but his show yesterday was a good laugh nevertheless. Paul Whitehouse was a guest and the good-natured insults were flying like custard pies in a Laurel and Hardy film. I listened to the show on the way through to Glasgow, chuckling away at the back of the bus like a lunatic let loose. My sister and I spent most of the day drinking, listening to music, reminiscing and munching on crisps and pizza. It was thoroughly unhealthy, but it was good to relax and be with her. At about half past eight my mobile phone rang. It was the journalist who interviewed me last Thursday night. When I heard her voice the colour drained from my face as she started to tell me about the change of plans. I thought at first the article had been canned, but instead she was letting me know that it would now be published next weekend (28th) so that she could do more research on the actual publi

While I thoroughly enjoy writing about video games and gaming news my original intention for this site was not to create a purely gaming based page. That kinda just happened and I’ve started to regret it. Now, I’m not saying that I’m going to completely abandon game related posting. I’m seriously considering (to the point where I’ve already purchased a domain name for the project) starting a purely game related site - but that’s something that will happen later rather than sooner. Having said that, I’m going to start moving this site in a new direction. I’m aiming at being a bit more versatile with my post topics. I definitely want to start posting more on WordPress and site development, but I’d also like to get into things like GTD processes and other things. Over the next few days, certainly running into the new year, you should start seeing some major changes. I hope you like it. Advertisement: diggIntegrator: digg plugin for

I spent a little time today reworking the layout of the blog. Nothing is drastically new, though it should be easier to bookmark the blog, subscribe to the feed, and add AYT as a Technorati favorite. And if you're reading this, have a blog, and haven't linked here, throw me a bone. As I think we all know, I'm not that skilled with crafting websites. With that in mind, how does it look. Any sidebars jumping to the bottom of the page, etc.? Even though I spent more time on form than content, I need to pass these two links along. The first is about Paul House, a man who shouldn't be on death row. The second displays why the role of the bishop is important, and a bishop that has his head on straight.[America's Young Theologian][Theology][Blog]

I'll be able to post probably tomorrow, thursday and possibly friday, but then I will be heading for a cruise for a week, and will not be posting. Sorry for the lax posts lately to anyone reading, but after I come back I'll have tons of angry editorials on stupid (yet important) stories.Anyway, for some fun, here is Star Wars if made in the silent film era:I found another version, not nearly as good, but still, it kills time and that's what's important, this one is about the torrid love affair between Padme and Anakin, enjoy: