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    Taxes

    If you earned below the foreign income exclusion amount you won't need to pay anything. I believe you need to spend 10 or 11 months out of country to qualify, so i doubt the 2009 year will be legit. For filing late, you do accrue some pretty nasty penalties, but this only applies if you earn...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    What days are you open/closed?
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    General Advice Thread

    if you are sour grapes on it, then dont go. politely decline, and send your $200 gift check (or whatever is appropriate these days). then, a few months down the line, if its still bothering you, you can mention you were upset to not be invited to the wedding.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Here is our basic vegetarian Lasagna recipe: Pan fry or roast off veggies (eggplant, zucchini, red peppers, mushrooms). Prepare a tomato sauce (celery, carrot, onion, tomatos, tomato paste, bay leaf, thyme and add chilli if you like it spicy). Prepare bechamel-(use any classic bechamel...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    My go to blueberry pie recipe: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/blueberry_pie/ for the crust: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes...s_pate_brisee/ I messed around trying to do a lattice top, but actually prefer the simple top more. the crust is damn tasty.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    lol what a load of shit. It is not unreasonable to ask for a pic on a fucking weight lifting thread if you are telling people off. This isn't the movie review thread. Nobody gives a shit what fat weak people have to say, they want to hear advice from someone who got shredded, broscience or...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Here is our oxtail stew recipe: Coat each oxtail with flour, salt and pepper, fry in heavy based pot until brown all over and set aside. In same pot, saute diced carrots, celery and onions. Return the oxtail, add chicken or beef stock, a glass of red wine, 2 bay leaves, and a few sprigs of...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    For Thanksgiving did Alton Brown's Turkey recipe. We got a pretty massive 22 pounder. Pretty damn nice! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/a...ipe/index.html
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    was some Portuguese rose wine if I recall.
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    Traveling to Boston

    Here are a few places in Brookline: The Fireplace, which specializes in New England style food http://www.fireplacerest.com/home/ The Publick House (belgian brew house) http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-publick-house-brookline For Breakfast - Zaftigs in Coolidge Corner http://www.zaftigs.com/
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Did this for Valentine's Day Mustard and Herb Encrusted Rack of Lamb http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...of-Lamb-108493 served with Pumpkin Sage Cream Pasta and a salad. http://www.countryliving.com/recipef...eam-sauce-3686
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    Investment Property - sell or keep?

    This question boils down to the fundamentals of property investment and investment decision making in general. Here is my 2cents: It depends on how the property fits into your portfolio. If that 100k represents 50% of your net worth, then i suggest selling it (too risky to keep). If that...
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    Investing

    Real estate is one investment where I feel you have more control than other asset classes. With stocks, I have no clue whats really going inside the company. I feel real estate is more hands on and I can cover more variables. Of course there are always things you can't control, but I just...
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    How do you track your investments?

    I haven't found anything that displays more than 1 asset class, they are all mostly for stocks. Since I don't stock pick, I just use the bloomberg login to track purchases and download into excel each quarter. I do all the other asset classes from the excel - bonds, real estate, private...
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    Investing

    well, past performance is no indicator of future performance. Most of the time, whatever managed fund happens to tell a good investment story that beats the index is the one getting sold that year. The simple truth is that these managed funds rarely beat the index over time, and the increased...
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    Engagement rings

    But, why pay the $5 registration fee when you can just TELL people you signed it? BAM, 5 bucks saved!
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I catch most of my fish fresh from the sea. I have a live well on the boat and the fish is still alive and kicking when it goes in the freezer. If you flash freeze it and do not skin/filet or wash it with cold water, the fish quality is much better. In my experience, the fish can last up to 1...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I find that lemon juice suppresses my hunger. I make my own sugar free lemonade. I always bring a thermos of fresh squeezed lemon juice and ice, then mix it with water and splenda right before I drink it. This and a handful of blueberries (or whatever berries) are my afternoon snack.
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    Gardening

    To avoid losing tomatoes to animals, pick them when they are sort of half red half green. most animals wont eat them, and they will ripen on the counter easily enough in a few days. Also, if you can get yellow varieties, most animals won't eat yellow tomatoes.
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    Gun control

    wat? According to basically every available poll I can find, gun ownership rates have fallen over a longer timeline in the U.S. Polls by bothGSS and Gallupshow rates falling, the GSS shows rates from 50% in 1970 down to 30% in 2010. And when we trend violent crime in the US over the same...
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    Gun control

    this is like the 10th time ive seen this in this thread. Someone tries to correlate gun use to deaths, then someone comes along and talks about crime. Crime does not equal deaths; they cannot be interchangeably used.
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    The Zionists are whining thread

    I see people quote these verses from the talmud from time to time, normally grabbed from some jew hating site. Its important to note that the talmud is not the holiest book for jews, that would be the Torah. Your statement that jews are guided by the Talmud moreso than the Torah is wrong...
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    Investing

    If they offer a match into your roth, then your tax burden will rise when you account for the total amount that goes into the roth (including the match). I would really clarify if the matching contributions are split between them, I would not make this assumption, as one of the main attractions...
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    Gun control

    You are either being deliberately obtuse or are a complete moron.
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    Gun control

    I guess you have reading problems and skipped this part "without a parallel rise in non firearm homicides or suicides."
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    Gun control

    Effective gun control programs have not been adopted in the U.S. due to lack of political support, but they have in Australia. Thisstudydone in australia demonstrates that following the 1996 australian gun control laws, firearm homicide rate fell by 59%, and firearm suicide rate fell by...
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    Gun control

    The fact that you cannot prove the future effect of legislation does not mean debates on said legislation are invalid. If you expect signed and sealed proof of the future effect of every piece of legislation that is brought into effect, then you are an idiot. Your statement can easily be...
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    Gun control

    According to thisgallup poll, gun ownership in American has been on decline for the last 4 decades.
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    Gun control

    lol what? You bring up the point that banning guns doesn't make you safer, I respond by saying that keeping guns doesn't make you safer (to illustrate that its a debate), and you see this as cause to dismiss gun legislation? right, good logic there. And its bullshit to suggest that there is...
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    Gun control

    I said a ban = lowergundeaths. This is factually correct. It is also stated several times in this thread that with current data you cannot factually prove the effect of a ban on overall deaths. So if you believe a lack of a ban lowers murders, then you are factually incorrect.
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    Gun control

    Impossible to prove conclusively either way. I can easily defend the opposite statement that owning guns doesn't make one safer. Yes, it does. There is a reason you don't bring a knife to a gun fight. Because guns kill more efficiently.
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    Gun control

    yes..and if we wish to reduce murders in the U.S. it is worth discussing regulating the weapon used in over half the murders that take place.
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    Gun control

    volume != efficiency. Your statement is tantamount to saying "but lots of people die every day from heart attacks (or whatever) so we shouldn't talk about guns and focus on the real killers." here is a number for you: 50% of murders in the U.S. involve the use of a firearm.
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    Gun control

    Ok, so you selectively choose a single type of firearm, and compare it to an ambiguous impossible to regulate category called blunt objects, in a lame attempt to paint it a non issue. Or are you suggesting that its easier to commit murder with a blunt object than a firearm? Because all those...
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    Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman

    I refer you to this link on genetic variance and nutritional adaptations:http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_5.htm Relevant passage: The common ability of people in Europe and some other areas of the world to continue producing lactase as adults is very likely a relatively recent...
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    Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman

    let me clarify. milk is limited because of the carb content and presence of lactose. Humans were not adapted to drinking milk in paleo times. although neither milk or butter (a milk product) were consumed during paleo times, I can see why the current paleo diet community would let it slide...
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    Gun control

    Yet another ridiculous analogy that totally fails to describe whatsoever the actual reality of the discussion. A more accurate analogy would be to teach your kid proper behaviour with scissors, in an effort to reduce scissor related injuries. When a kid cannot demonstrate proper behaviour you...
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    Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman

    I think the idea is that butter doesn't contain that much lactose compared to milk, and clarified butter is practically lactose free. At that point you are just basically eating fat. Milk contains a lot of carbs, which paleo tries to limit somewhat.
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    Gun control

    I already mentioned that I wrote gun deaths instead of murder. Your statement should read " you cant use gun proliferation to blindly account for reduced murders, but I can use gun control to account forreduced gun death".
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    Gun control

    Addressing the root cause of violence and gun legislation are not mutually exclusive. I am not sure you are understanding that I am suggesting to address both. Obviously the end goal is to reduce violence overall. The reason guns are targeted, and not other tools like knives, bows and...