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alnilam posted:Can anyone recommend a short-ish read on the history of blacks in the US from the civil war onward? Something like under 100 pages preferably. Maybe even a long article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_history#Emancipation_and_Reconstruction and then keep reading down with the option of clicking any of the sections to go into slightly more depth/detail?
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Mr.Hotkeys posted:What are poor peoples' options for healthcare in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave? My girlfriend's got some increasingly bad sciatic (I think) nerve pain - pain in her lower back, spikes shooting down her right leg - that has persisted for a few weeks now without going away and only getting worse, but no insurance to cover going to the doctor. I know we can go to an ER and they have to treat her, but I'm not super jazzed about walking out with a few thousand dollars of debt when we've got $50,000+ in student loans staring us down in the coming months. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions on where she might be able to turn? Urgent care clinics tend to be cheaper and provide better care than an emergency room. Depending on the place they might be willing to give you a discount or work out some type of payment plan (smaller, more independent run ones are your best bet). Alternatively you could try getting insurance for her, but she would have to put up with the pain for at least a month longer and I'm not sure the current rules and regulations regarding pre-existing conditions etc. I knew someone who did that when needing a root canal...
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Aug 10, 2013 16:57
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DNova posted:What kind of snake is this? Reminds me of a copperhead, but I recall a lot of look-alike water snakes that it could be too.
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Aug 12, 2013 23:48
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FogHelmut posted:Do people legitimately pay $7 for a beer in San Francisco? Or did I just go somewhere terrible? I've paid anywhere from three to eleven bucks for a beer in the city. The average is about five or six. That seems the norm for most larger cities I've been in, as opposed to two to five bucks when I was in rural Illinois.
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Aug 17, 2013 02:58
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NESguerilla posted:...Is the reason for this just that these are almost all free network TV shows... Yes.
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Aug 19, 2013 23:24
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KnifeWrench posted:It's a two-year-old detector that plugs into the wall. I'll check the batteries, but there's no good reason they should be running down at all. Thanks everyone. Check the instructions that came with it. Mine does a periodic test where it beeps just to confirm that it is still, in fact, working.
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Aug 28, 2013 18:37
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nothing to seehere posted:Is there a medical condition that prevents the digestion of alcohol (like one you are born with)? I'm not aware of a named medical "condition", but alcohol dehydrogenase (the enzyme responsible for converting alcohol in your body) levels can vary based on age, gender, and ancestry. I don't think they've figured out all of the genes responsible for the expression levels either. However, I'm not aware of ever hearing of people who have absolutely zero alcohol dehydrogenase and couldn't process any alcohol at all.
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Oct 4, 2013 22:16
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Mak0rz posted:If cold/flu symptoms are the result of your body trying to expel or fight the infection, does taking symptom-suppressing medication reduce your body's ability to do that? No, not really. The idea behind most of the treatments is to make you comfortable enough that you can rest/ sleep, which allows your body more resources to devote towards the immune system. Some drugs, like decongestants, can actually prevent you from getting sicker, as excessive infected mucous buildup in the sinuses can cause nastier sinus infections. Some anti inflammatory drugs (aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, etc ) can lessen immune cell trafficking, but a) in the midst of a full blown immune response, otc doses are going to have a negligible effect on total immune cell trafficking and b) any potential slight decrease is going to be outweighed by the benefits of you being able to sleep. Really the most critical factors in overcoming something is sleeping and staying hydrated and anything that helps with either is a net positive.
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Oct 12, 2013 17:16
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Turtlicious posted:What's the point of snapchat? Sexting without a paper/picture trail.
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Oct 15, 2013 21:06
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New Leaf posted:I don't have any way to see out without them seeing me. There's no peep hole on the door, and I don't want to miss out on the Publisher's Clearing House Prize Patrol or a door to door bikini car wash or something. I live in a pretty good neighborhood, so an elderly man knocking on the door could just be a neighbor introducing themselves, and we just moved here about 5 months ago so I don't want to be labeled as the street rear end in a top hat. I used to be in your situation and as soon as they would start I would say "Sorry, I'm not interested" as I shut my door. After 3 weeks of this he never came back. You don't have to be rude, but the nicer you are/longer you listen to them, the more it will encourage them to keep trying.
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Oct 17, 2013 20:21
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Tiggum posted:Just put a sign or sticker on your door asking them not to. Ringing my doorbell at 8am on a Saturday/ Sunday morning is borderline rude. But you know what, I drug myself out of bed and listened to them try to convert me to their religion, and then politely said that I wasn't interested in joining their religion. However, the same man kept coming back at the same time, with the same speech, every week. At that point he is not deserving of any more courtesy. At that point, I am going to immediately tell him I am not interested and close the door. As far as I am concerned it is rude of him to continue harassing me, and if he is offended by my "rudeness" then maybe he should reevaluate his own actions.
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Oct 18, 2013 05:54
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Jeza posted:The general belief is that most, if not all, our psychological traits are determined evolutionarily. It is a pretty large academic field, and isn't just some made up junk. There are good reasons to take those thoughts on board. The biggest problem is that even more so than evolutionary biology, many hypotheses are just impossible to verify. To expand upon this just a bit, one can practically come up with a believable explanation (story) for practically anything. Sometimes these explanations can be deceptively believable, but without proper ways of actually testing these conjectures, it ultimately becomes elaborate storytelling. Some of these stories are really good (and may be more correct than wrong!), but some are basically self-fulfilling hypotheses that can be used to justify racism, sexism, violence, rape, genocide, etc. I was going to type a bunch more words, but wikipedia has a very thorough entry on criticisms of evolutionary psychology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_evolutionary_psychology With regard to the specific application you are talking about, there are numerous societies and cultures throughout history and the world where women were more physical than men. The idea that women are genetically encoded to be more sensitive to gossip/social slights than men is silly and insulting to women.
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Oct 29, 2013 18:40
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FogHelmut posted:Is traffic around Los Angeles as horrible as normal the week after Christmas? I gotta figure there's a lot of people on vacation that week. I'm considering landing there around 5 PM. Traffic pretty much always sucks in socal. Even if people are on vacation, they are likely out driving around to go places (since that's the only way to get there), so everyone is still on the road. Where specifically are you headed to from LAX?
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Oct 29, 2013 22:33
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FogHelmut posted:Mission Viejo. The last time I was there, it only took an hour and 20 minutes to get to LA from Mission Viejo during rush hour in the car pool lane. If its like that, then I don't have an problem. Yeah, if you can use the carpool lane 1.5 hours to mission v seems reasonable, provided there are no major accidents. Might be closer to 2 hours depending on the exact time you hit rush hour.
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Oct 30, 2013 00:28
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DNova posted:On the topic of Christmas, what do you guys think of 23andme kits for Christmas gifts? Strange as it is to me, many people do not want to know their genetic predisposition for illness, even if it is something with 100% lethality (like rare genetic mutations). Since it isn't something that usually comes up, it might be somewhat awkward to give this to people with that disposition. I would say that it would be appropriate only if someone has specifically said something about how cool that sort of thing is; otherwise it could be problematic for some of your recipients.
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Nov 6, 2013 18:52
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Knightmare posted:Will I be able to tolerate Lasik surgery if I hate eye stuff? I can't do eye drops or contacts. Basically I have about two grand I have to use for medical stuff or I lose it, and my eyesight in my left eye is slowly deteriorating. You have to put in medicated and moisturizing eyedrops for awhile after Lasik. Also, I'm not sure if you are a good candidate if your eyesight is still fluctuating a lot.
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Nov 7, 2013 21:58
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Anne Whateley posted:Okay, I'm sure there are debit cards with lovely terms just like there are credit cards with predatory terms. I just mean that isn't the case across the board anymore. It doesn't matter how good or terrible the debit card's terms are. In the best case scenario with your debit card lost/stolen/hacked you will spend SOME amount of time without any money at all. That length of time could be a day, a week, or longer. In the worst case scenario with a credit card your checking account will be untouched, leaving you to be able to pay bills, get to work, and eat. That's why people encourage use of a credit card over a debit card (provided you can be trusted to manage your money).
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Nov 22, 2013 01:13
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Dudebro posted:You're right in a sense. I'm not sure how many people realize that farts are really what you've described. The danger is thinking that farting all the time is normal and healthy. I don't believe it is. When I'm eating a constant diet of food that's right for my body then I have little to zero gas, and I feel better. If I throw in something horrible like cheese in there then I'll be farting my rear end in a top hat off, which I interpret as my body telling me, "Hey, no more of that food, buddy." It's not straight black and white as that as your body also needs to adjust to healthy foods as well because it lacks the proper gut bacteria to digest properly. There have been comparisons done of gut flora in African kids somewhere eating native foods (no western processed crap) and then the average British city kid who had horrible gut flora. If I have smelly gas attacks after everything I eat then I would assume I'm doing something wrong. It's not exactly an issue of horrible, per se. Farts get caused from gas released by bacteria in your intestine. When you eat something your body has trouble breaking down and it gets there, these bacteria start reproducing and processing whatever it is and the gases are the by product is a fart. Obviously heavily processed foods can cause this, but perfectly natural foods that are good for you like beans and cabbage will also do the same.
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Baron Bifford posted:I need a cheap, non-corrosive and non-flammable disinfectant to use as an alternative to ethanol. Any suggestions? Iodine, although the buffer may have a small amount of ethanol in it. Also, really messy and stains things as well too.
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Foomin posted:
Sapporo; which should be fairly easy to find.
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Nov 26, 2013 01:34
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Crankit posted:I've seen in some movies that have submarines in them the crew all going quiet and whispering, making sure they don't drop a knife or fork so that the enemy can't locate them, is this really necessary? Most of these films are WW2 era films, so I can't speak to how good the technology was then, but modern passive sonar can pick up all sorts of sounds. Loud sounds, especially sounds not normally found in the ocean reverberating from a giant metal cylinder will definitely stand out compared to more normal oceanic sounds. I know I've read about a few submarines that have collided with whales and were heavily damaged, but not sunk. In theory, if it was hit in the right manner it could sink, but submarines are fairly sturdy.
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vaginite posted:I'm trying to remember the name of a movie - all I remember about it was it was really crazy and fast paced and it came out in the mid 2000s, like 2005 or 2006. Running Scared.
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Is there a set list of which states (banks) get coins from which mint? Obviously states like California are more likely to get coins from Denver, whereas Florida would get their coins from Philadelphia. But what about states in between, like Illinois? Do they get a mix, or is it totally random for banks in all states?
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Baldbeard posted:Is there a more effective way to stop junk mail from coming to my house than to call each one individually and scream at them? If you have an iOS device, the app paper karma works wonders for this kind of thing.
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Jan 9, 2014 18:25
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Wedemeyer posted:Is there a good way to thoroughly clean a nalgene water bottle? No matter what I do, it still has a weird smell emanating from it. The mouth is too small to jam my hand in with a sponge and shaking soapy water in it and rinsing it a million times doesn't seem to work :/ Could I put baking soda into it or something? It just smells likes stale water and leftover flavored powder drinks. In addition/ lieu to the other chemicals people suggested, I'd recommend getting a bottle brush ($5 at your grocery store/ Amazon). That will allow you to actually scrub the inside surfaces very easily.
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Jan 25, 2014 23:52
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GreenBuckanneer posted:So I need some help I guess. I can't help you with your specific problems, aside from saying that working in 3 different states will likely complicate your tax return beyond being able to file free through something like turbotax. I can recommend heading to this thread, where you can get useful, detailed tax advice: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3394641
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Actie posted:My colleague just gave me a riddle. It's probably not even a very good riddle, but it's really bugging me: Fouls (in basketball) makes the most sense, although something like interior offensive line (football) could also fit but seems awkward given the context + Wingman? So the first part may be something involving birds/wings or something. Turn + Table So the second part seems to involve DJing or something. Edit: Assuming you are in New York, I'm guessing he wants to meet you at Turntable Mad for Chicken. Douche4Sale fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Feb 12, 2014 |
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Actie posted:We're at three out of four! I don't know which three, but I presume "wingman" is the odd man out . . . Did you see my edit? I would be shocked if it is anyplace other than Turntable Mad for Chicken.
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Grundulum posted:When boxes list the nutritional contents, is that assuming you consume the entirety of what's in the package? The nutrition information lists the serving size. 6 shrimp +~1/3 of the sauce is what those numbers are for. Turns out soaking your shrimp in butter sauce makes them unhealthy!
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Vin BioEthanol posted:To piggyback on to his question: for raw foods, the nutrition info is for the food in its raw state yes? So something like bacon like most Americans* cook it would be much lower fat than what the label says? Potentially. Some labels have nutrition information for uncooked, cooked, or list both. So it is probably important to know which form the label is talking about. The cooked bacon will have lost some fat in the frying process, but it doesn't magically make it healthy. Furthermore, a lot of people use bacon grease to make gravy or cook eggs in, which then goes right back into your body. So yes, cooked bacon will technically have less calories and fat than raw bacon, but it isn't a significant effect that you should pat yourself on the back for.
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El_Elegante posted:Is there anything out there that could look at my mp3 library and tell me which artists are playing shows near me? Bandsintown is another option.
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the posted:Who was the Black guy in Ellen's famous tweeted photo? Peter Nyong’o, the brother of Lupita who won best supporting actress for 12 years as a slave.
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SlayVus posted:Is there an XBox 360 general gaming thread anymore? I can't see to find it. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3587864
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Dragyn posted:I like your enthusiasm, but in a city where you are 2.5x more likely to be the victim of a violent crime than the median in the US.. I'll pass. If there is a official street sign that says no parking, then the tow truck can legally tow the car. If you let a towing company (especially if it is the one your city uses) know that between the hours of X and Y on these days there are a ton of illegally parked vehicles, then they will almost certainly start cruising by to try and profit off this situation. Once a tow truck starts hooking up a car it doesn't really matter if the person is 30ft away. Those guys aren't really known for being friendly, understanding types and you don't have to get involved at all in the actual process, outside of the initial call.
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Turtlicious posted:My girlfriend's family have a 13 inch tall table that is great for sliding over your legs and ditzing around or eating, or pulling up to the couch. I want to buy one for myself, is there a name for this kind of table? Coffee table?
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Koivunen posted:Our neighbor is giving our old car to his grandson, we agreed to give it to him for free since it's pretty junky. When we first got the car, the title never fully transferred which we didn't find out about until we tried to get the title to transfer to our neighbor. The problem was sorted out and we will be getting the new, corrected title in the mail in a few weeks. However, our neighbor wants the car before the title comes. He already has the registration and the car is road-legal and he's added it to his insurance. Is it a bad idea to let him take the car before the title comes, or would it be ok since the registration is current and it's insured under his name? I can't think of any way that it would be bad for you. Really the only person that could be in a bad situation there is the kid with a titleless car, and that's only if you were to claim the car stolen or something.
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:I don't know if there's like a more specialised thread for this, but what can you use to disinfect night mouthguards without damaging them? I mean, seriously disinfect. These are mouthguards that my dentist made for me to protect my teeth when I clench/grind them in my sleep. One half went missing five months ago due to the bloody cats, so I've been using the other half. But I accidentally left that on holiday a couple weeks ago and I'm still waiting to organise to have those mailed back to me. Denture cleaner.
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hooah posted:In the US, do jurors get to review the cases presented while they're deliberating? Perhaps the court stenographer's notes? In a trial I was on we had full access to all of the notes and evidence from the case. The notes were freely available and the evidence was brought in and supervised by the bailiff. In this case it was a duffel bag with guns and drug paraphernalia. However, the drugs were not brought in and we were instead given pictures of the drugs in the duffel bag. The guns were bagged and had obviously had their ammo removed. We could also request the Judge to come in and clarify any legal point or question we had. This was in California, in case these specifics vary by state.
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Huntersoninski posted:Thanks for the concern. As far as I know, my sugar pill week isn't technically a period because it's not really got anything to do with my reproductive cycle. It's not menstruation, its withdrawal bleeding as a response to the pill being stopped. It's not necessary and I skip it now and again because it's not actually a period. Grapefruit can increase the absorption of the birth control by your body which can lead to acute overdose. I recall it was only certain brands of birth control and was still somewhat rare, but better safe than sorry. To specifically answer your question, it is fine during the sugar week, since you aren't ingesting any medicine.
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ChairMaster posted:Hey, to what extent are food deserts made up? I'm reasonably sure that like 95% of the people who bring them up are full of poo poo but also I live in an actual proper first world country and it's easy to forget how hosed up America is in general. I've never heard the term of food deserts before, but every time my in-laws from rural Illinois visit me in San Francisco (or previously southern CA), they are blown away with how many food buying options we have within walking distance, most of which is high quality, fresh produce. They complain about having to drive to the nearest town (~30 minutes) for a rinky dink quicky-mart type store, or an hour to a Super Wal-Mart, where they have the luxury of overpaying for week old, brownish lettuce and cannot even get certain types of fruits and vegetables year-round. Having travelled quite a bit across the US, as well as 3-4 other countries, it seems to me more of an urban/sub-urban vs. rural issue and less of a lol America problem. Probably the climate of the rural area is another large factor. Places like California (and my experiences in Italy), which have more balanced temperate climates are easier to maintain quality food year round consistently. Places like the midwest of the US are frozen hellscapes from Nov-Feb and boiling hell on earth from Jun-Aug, so I can sort of understand why they have trouble finding affordable and cheap produce in December.
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