Kevbeau
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Trump's stupid tax cut raised my taxes. I'm firmly middle class so I wonder who is getting the cut?
Maybe I messed up, but for grins I ran my 2016 return under the new code and it was positive for my wife and I. The only group I could see getting hosed were single earners in six figures. The rates are lower but not enough to make up for the losses in itemized deductions. Obviously mileage may vary depending on where you live and whether you itemize or not.
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He'd be an upgrade over half the Sabres D
I hate myself for agreeing with this.....dark times.
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The top down camera is just inside the crossbar, so a close overhead view can be inconclusive. Combined with the side shot however, I'm comfortable with them calling that a goal.
My issue with the process (same with the NFL) is the inconsistency. I can't speak to who's in the booth now, but when I used to work off-ice officiating it wasn't like they were employing folks with imaging science degrees. The folks in those jobs were nice enough but who you knew got you a lot farther then what you knew. I'm sure not much has changed.
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Over the weekend it was the caterpillars damn near killing my tree. And now I spotted a black widow on my sliding glass door last night. I've been getting a crash course on southern bugs this week. I wouldn't be surprised if all of this came from the builders tearing up all the landscaping of the model homes that are about to be moved into. My goal now is to never actually tell my wife which kind of spider I found on the door and quietly have the bug people come out and treat the house.
Having been in GA close to 2 decades now...just get used to them. They're really not a bother and like previously mentioned are pros at keeping bugs in check. Scorpions and fire ants on the other hand....can go @#$% themselves
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Biggest thing to wealth accumulation is to start TODAY with as much, or as little, as you can afford. It does take time, but it works.
This, this, this. Fortunately my dad was in HR and the company he worked for was one of the pioneers of implementing the 401K, so I've been contributing since my early 20's. Couple decades later....all I can do is preach the power of compounding interest (although to the point a few posters made...why they don't cover this in HS is criminal. The same math works in reverse and can wreck people's lives.) Additionally with the tax ramifications, it's borderline asinine not to contribute.
I do know new hires in my company have to opt out as they are automatically enrolled at 7% to receive the match when they start.
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I use one of d4rk's old sticks for a moonflower vine.
We have sticks up on the walls, photos of goalies, diagrams of hockey gear patents, and various other hockey related things all over the apartment. Basically, our apartment is a man cave.
Nothing wrong with that. I really like the diagrams of gear patent idea.
Decorating suggestions in my house are handled by committee (my wife) and I basically get the basement. The rest of the house looks like a Restoration Hardware catalog.
For those of us who are artistically challenged and looking for an easy wall logo, the Fathead one is a piece of cake to install.
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I'm here to help.
My next project is a hockey stick coffee table. Made entirely from broken/discarded sticks.
I figured composites totally ruined the hockey stick furniture market.
I probably have a dozen shafts (usually break them in the heel/below the fuse point) sitting in my garage. Feel bad throwing them out, but pretty much only use them to hold up the tomato plants.
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My whole right arm is a mess. Ever since my workload increased at work I'm just crippled with tendonitis in my mouse hand. AutoCAD is the bane of my existence.
Arranged my workspace better. Bought a trackball mouse. Wearing a wrist brace at night. No idea what else to do besides take a vacation or something.
Trackball mouse has given my right hand a new lease on life. I have the one where the trackball is rotated via the thumb.
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I have stayed out of this thread but if you are implying that if her friend was having sex with Kane's friend then the alleged victim was required to have sex with Kane......well, I am unable to say what I want without getting banned for a few days.
I think what he was implying is that there are possible witnesses.
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Manage an explanatory data, statistics & analytics group for the man (see: very large corporation.)
I enjoy/hate my job and find it incredibly enjoyable/frustrating....answer(s) changes weekly. In truth I've learned a lot and am still learning, so for the most part I find it rewarding.
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I quickly read a few posts, but I haven't read the entire thread so please excuse me if I repeat anything.
Unless the data recording methods have vastly improved since I was last exposed to them, the biggest issue facing the use of advanced analytics in hockey is data collection. There's a significant margin of error in the raw data that you can pull from nhl.com, so I would be very wary of doing any sort of in depth trend or explanatory analysis from it. Having said that, simple analyses (such as Corsi) can be used for directional indication. Hence the caution issued when measuring single period/game performance, but generalizations can be made with increased sample sizes...often referred to as the "law of big numbers."
I don't know for sure, but I would imagine the teams advancing their capabilities are using in-game or post-game data collection techniques not associated with the NHL off-ice crews. Whether it's eyeballs on a screen or some sort of visual recording software, I'm not positive. Again, there's too much error in the generic NHL locational stats (shots, hits, give/takeaways) to offer any short term findings as definitive. TOI even has a noticeable margin of error.
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A glaring difference between the Southern U.S. markets: hockey hasn't done well in cities with NBA basketball teams due to direct competition for the sports entertainment dollar. The only one you could make a case for is Dallas, but they won a Cup shortly after moving to the city.
Late to the party (discussion) but until this season, the Hawks have been a train wreck in generating fan support.....The NBA has support issues....in Atlanta! While we focus on the possibilities of the expansion cities, I'm in the camp that the right (or wrong) ownership group is just as, if not more important. I'm not up to speed on the potential ownership groups flirting with the expansion teams, but I had a front row seat to the Atlanta Spirit debacle and there was no way the Thrashers ever had a chance with that clown show running things.
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They're sweet! I broke the whole chassis on my right skate blocking a shot a while ago. Got the new tuuk lightspeed holders with the trigger and they are great. I think the likelihood of the trigger breaking is about the same as the holder itself cracking, in that case you're out $35 anyway.
Appreciate the feedback.
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Nice. I wear a 10.5 EE in the Vapor. That wide width makes all the difference.
You'll like the X60. It's a good base level skate. It's got the trigger holders so you can replace blades quickly if they ever break, and the tongue has a lace bite guard that the level down doesn't. And they can be baked if you choose to do so.
Not to hijack the thread, but has anyone heard of any issues with the Bauer trigger holders? Seems like it's just waiting to get shattered by a blocked shot or errant pass. I like everything else about this years Bauer line, but that plastic trigger worries me. Reason I ask is I'm tearing eyelets like it's my job on my current skates, so new skates are probably on the horizon.
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Get a hockey ball and practice wide back and forth across your body. Stand with you feet apart and just go from left to right and back. Extend as far as you can from side to side and go faster as you get better. Really helps you pick up lose pucks as you are on the move.
Also, get two objects and place them apart on the floor, and use hockey ball to go both ways doing eights around both objects. This really helps you learn how to place your hands and the blade for better control in all sorts of situations. Do it both with the stick on the ball all the time and then learn to do it by tapping ball in the direction you want. Hope that makes sense.
Edit: I like the hockey ball for practice, someone might pop on and say NEVER use it. Up to you, but it's worked for me.
Never use a hockey ball!...Just kidding. They do make stickhandling specific balls that mimic the movement and weight of a puck more so than your average street hockey ball. They're not too expensive and while there's no perfect substitute for practicing while your on skates, it definitely helps. I used to have a TV in the garage and I would watch the game while stickhandling. Helps keep your eyes up and teaches "feel."
Additionally, start paying attention to where players put the puck when carrying it. Basic stuff. Out in front, to the side, where they put it in relation to the closest defender. It'll give you an idea of where to carry the puck in certain situations and make you a better defender.
Edit: When using a ball to stickhandle..get a cheap (or old stick) and cut it down to match (in shoes) where your ice stick comes up on you while on skates. If you just use your ice stick for dry land practice, the length difference will feel really weird when you're on skates.
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Yeah, I thought the same thing last night. It's just not the same without "Cleared.....but not out."I miss RJ. :cry:
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So I'm reading an article right now on how Microsoft fell behind in innovation, and one of the key things mentioned is the bell curve, and I immediately thought of this complaint! Here's an excerpt:
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We run ito the exact same issue in my company. The concept itself falls apart when they force it down to the micro-level. If you're in a group of high-performers, you're all hosed. And if you're the person keeping your group respectable, you basically end up busting your but for that extra 1%, while your cowrokers either take up valuable oxygen, or are smart enough to realize that quality of life is more important.
Either way, it's created a culture of where your true top 20% employees jump to other divisions/groups every two years as it's the only way to make strides financially. I
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Hits needs to become a offical stat tracked BY the NHL instead of tracked by the in house stats teams
They are. They're recorded by the off-ice official crew, which are employed by the NHL. The NHL has a definition of what a "recordable hit" is and even distributes video and commentary during the pre-season, but hits are easily the most subjective stat (with give/takeaways probably being second.)
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Good question! You got advice? :flirt:
I'm looking at used, maybe in the 2006-2010 range. Spending $12k max, but hoping to get something for less (could pay up front if I could swing ~$9000).
Really, I just want something that will be reliable for maybe six years (or until I own a house with a garage to put a new car in). And I don't need anything fancy; probably just a sedan that's not tiny and that is decent on gas.
I'm looking at Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan... I'm not really set on anything particular so I'm pretty open to suggestions. :) Maybe I need to go digging for d4rk's domestic/foreign threads, eh?
Edit: Good luck, Liger. And congrats, Shrader, that is certainly Fantastic!
Don't know if you pulled the trigger yet, but I highly endorse Honda/Toyota. As Weave said, Toyota may have slipped, but their engines are still excellent. Also, having experience working with a Japanese company in the past, they're fixated on quality to a fault.
Old Car - 2000 Honda Accord; 270,000 miles. I bumped a lady who slammed her breaks on during a merge and the insurance co. totaled it. In the interest of disclosure the transmission did tear itself up at 92,000 miles (known defect), but Honda replaced for free. Besides that only routine maintenence and wear parts.
New Car - 2008 Acura (Honda) TL; 70,000 miles. No issues, only routine maintenence and speeding tickets so far.
Wife's Car - 1999 Lexus (Toyota) RX300; 170,000 miles. She treats it like crap and thing keeps asking for more. It's had some minor issues (I curse the Japanese engineer who designed that engine layout) but is still running strong.
Truck - 2008 Toyota Tundra; 42,000 miles. I love everything about this truck. It replaced a Ford F-250 V10 that I got 190,000 miles out off, but the amount of work I had to do on that truck....let's just say the neighbor's kids picked up some new words for their vocabulary.
My entire family owns Ford. Brother is employed by them. I'll admit they've come a long way in the last couple years, but it seems like there's always something wrong with them. Nothing major, but it seems they're in the shop every four months or so with minor stuff. Just crappy gap tolerences (noise), trim disengaging, stuff of that nature. I believe Ford is heading down the right path, they just need to do a little cleanup.
I had some experience with Mazdas in the past (more than a decade ago). Great mechanicals, suspect electrical in my experience.
I will never buy a Dodge for as long as I live. Wife's (gf at the time) Avenger was the biggest POS car I've ever had to deal with. I'm sure they've improved, but that car left me scarred.
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I hate that more than anything. It's pretty much the only way I know how to play but I always pass up on those hits because I'm not a scumbag. We're a bunch of guys who have long since missed out on living the dream (yeah, was never a remote possibility for anyone), so there's no reason to play that way. Still, there's a bunch of idiots who have to do it anyway. We had knee surgery inducing injuries from checks in back to back games last year, so I'm more than a bit negative about my league in general.
But yeah, I really want to light up certain people sometimes (including one ref) but I can't actually convince myself to do it.
And my "complaint" for the day. I just had my new phone delivered and I can't really test it out until around 8 tonight.
I find playing in the South that a lot of guys new to the game emulate what they see on TV...especially with the stickwork. They've never really been coached properly or play in a truly organized league. Funny thing is they're usually the first to blow-up mentally when it happens to them.
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Tell 'em you'll be in a hockey rink for the next x hours. They are known to be notoriously bad for cell phone reception.
The fact they probably don't know what one is based on where you claim to be from is a bonus. ;)
Used to be able to zip out at lunch for a little stick time. Unfortunately most my co-workers are of the Northern transplant variety and know very well what a rink is, as a lot of their kids play....although to your poit, I have used the "tournament weekend and will be on the ice a lot" excuse before.
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We're pretty sure that he's part cat as he has been near death at least 4 times including this past weekend when my parents were watching the house so the wife and I could get out for the anniversary and he got hit by a car. It must have been an SUV or large truck, because the vehicle drove over him and he walked away with a scratch near his eye. Had the neighbor not witnessed it, we'd've never known he had any issue but would have been curious about the scratch.
That's another one. If you hit someone's pet, have the common decency to stop and see if the animal is ok/can be helped.
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I have a love/hate releationship with technology. Productivity compared to a couple decades ago must be astounding. My current job is a blend of Strategy/Finance, and I can't imagine doing it without the data sources at my fingertips and the power of Excel/Access/etc to spit out analysis. Although I would imagine it was a lot easier to BS or go on a gut feel back then.
Now the bad...I'm burning vacation so I don't lose it at the end of the year, but I end up working anyway. I don't remember how I functioned without a smart phone or laptop, but it's not always a good thing that someone has access to you 24/7....and they know it, so you can't really provide a plausible excuse for not handling questions/isues. Plus, I'm sort of in that middle ground where I have responsibility, but I'm not important enough to ignore people. Our leadership team is always preaching that vacation is for down time, but it's just fluff.
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Why does the bus (MARTA here in Atlanta) need to stop evry 200 feet. Can't people walk a couple blocks?
And why do people buy 350+HP cars and then drive at or under the speed limit in the left lane? Stupid 1% :devil:
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I saw Jack drinkin' a piña colada at Trader Vic's. And his hair was perfect