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Not really. We need real change in how our congress works together towards real legislation and how our government functions. The clown show is our best chance of that rather than the corrupt political whore.

Just some facts and perspectives, no science there. The science on this is in its infancy. You'll have to forgive the 10 fold over-inflation of those 2 numbers. Was trying to elicit some sort of reasoned response from the poster. Oh well. As someone who does have an active interest in concussions, I'm curious. Why will he be susceptible to all these things moving forward? My daughter had a concussion (playing in the street, slipped on gravel for a header off the concrete) and it took her about 3 months to recover fully. She's been perfectly normal for 2 years now with no reappearance of anything like this. I have a long time friend who's had multiple concussions over 20 years and recovered from all them. Beyond being a mush-head, she exhibits none of these symptoms and hasn't had any long term issues like this. I ask them both regularly beyond the time I spend with them.

Since 2011, just under 1,700 players are on rosters in the NFL each year. Over 1 million kids play high school football and over 73,000 play college football each year . http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/football Does the research address that? I am one of the probably hundreds of millions of kids/men who played high school football and suffer no CTE-like symptoms. Does the research address that? Does it address the tens of millions of college football athletes out there not suffering CTE symptoms? According to the CTE website, over 425 brains have been donated, 270 have CTE. https://www.bu.edu/cte/brain-donation-registry/ Only over 100 were presented from football players in this study. Does the research address that? Medical standard of care for concussion assumes that highest risk of permanent damage is when more head trauma occurs while a person is recovering from a concussion. Does the research address this? What the research does is diagnose CTE in over 100 brains donated by football players. Most were likely donated because the person suffered behavioral/neurological deficits consistent with CTE. That is a highly biased, highly limited sample. Is there a big problem here? Absolutely. Does this mean I am smarter than the scientists who did the research? Nope, just trying to realistically frame and understand it. Does this mean there are "staggering odds" my son will have CTE from playing high school football? Nope. But go ahead and question other's intelligence. I am certainly questioning yours.

Keep it simple. I think states without a significant mountain range in the middle of the country are considered the midwest: http://worldmaps.world/us-mountain-ranges-map/united-states-mountain-map-2/ The main one that is questionable is Missouri with part of the Ozarks. You could also make a case to throw out South Dakota because of the Black Hills but that range really isn't significant. The culture argument has some merit but could also argue culture differences between a Kansas vs Ohio, etc.

similar to what frostbitmic said. We also practiced jumping off a table and rolling when we hit the ground. Pretty mundane.

That's what I had to do, static line jump. You have a chute opening line clipped to the plane. Once you get out there and let go the chute starts to deploy immediately

I did a static line jump just over 20 years ago. No attached instructor, only 3-4000 feet up, chute starts to open as soon as you let go of the plane. There wasn't any real free-fall so I was disappointed in that. The most stressful part was struggling to gain altitude with 6 people packed in a Cessna. I enjoyed floating down in BFE, Ohio but it wasn't worth it. Would do the free fall w/ instructor if I decided to again. Bungee jumping was far more fun and exciting, IMO.

Hang in there, my man. I am so glad my ex wanted to still get along, I definitely feel for ya. I gained a lot of life changing wisdom about myself from the divorce. Just kept it real, good and bad.

I'm sorry you're not co-parenting, so glad my ex didn't put up a fight over that. It would have gotten ugly and she would have lost. My neighbor was in a similar situation as yours. He made the same choices you did. It is your choice not to fight for your time. Now my neighbor's daughter is a mess, flunked out of school and doesn't talk to either parent. As much as he loves his daughter he never fought enough for their relationship and was so consumed with his ex it indirectly poisoned his relationship with his daughter. Fight for your relationship with your daughter and be the bad guy. But open your heart to her and explain why without getting negative about her mom. Never do that as you are really insulting your daughter at the same time. Get your daughter a cell phone if she hasn't one and work out an arrangement between her and yourself. Take the high road, but take your ex to court every time over your visitation rights. Send everyone a message, especially your daughter. What you see as being considerate towards your daughter's time with friends/activities, your daughter can see as you not wanting to spend time with her. And from the sound of things, mom will directly put that idea in her head. Be consistent and as others have said make plans in advance for just you and her. What truly matters here? Your daughter is not stupid. She can feel the hostilities between her parents. And it tears her up and breaks her heart. Let it go. Be the rock for your daughter. See your ex for the coward she truly is and don't hate her. Realize you chose her and made a bad choice. Be happy you're not stuck in that situation anymore and stop letting your ex matter so much to you. Instead of doing the decent thing and ending things directly with you she chose the cowardly way. Regardless of everything else, at her very core that is who she is. Now she is boomeranging her self hate on to you every chance she gets. You will never see any satisfaction for the way she treated and is treating you now. Your only satisfaction will be to let it go and stand tall even when you've got nothing to stand on. Stand tall. Focus on your relationship with your daughter.

It's not wrong, EXCEPT in front of the kids. But, is that who you are, a hateful person? Do you feel good about letting her continue to control who you are? At some point it's emotional poison. Best point post-divorce was fully knowing I was far better off without her and letting all that stuff go. I take full accounting for my mistakes and stopped obsessing about hers. I do retain a healthy disrespect/despisal for her in certain things but get along very well with her.

Obviously, this time I'm serious. Seriously. I'm serious this time. Seriously serious. Kneel.

In all fairness DW decided to learn the ropes from Buddy Nix, who had never been a GM before rejoining the Bills. If he wants another shot at GM, I agree with ya. I do believe that handing the reins to McDermott was symptomatic of DW's shortcomings as a leader so hopefully DW finds his best path. I did like the guy and believe he can be successful as a GM.

She's impressed me with her pragmatism and intelligence which of course means left wing elitists wouldn't dream of considering her for an influential role in the party.

A bit long, but a really good article. I echo the thoughts that Beane is a highly focused, passionate individual and it gives me renewed confidence in our FO. Didn't want to wait around to inherit the job at Carolina. Best quote at the end: "I just felt something," Beane explained when asked why he took the job. "Seventeen years. These people are dying for a winner. I believe in myself ... I want nothing more than to watch this community go ape nuts that the Bills are back in the playoffs. And I have no doubt."

There's only been one opportunity! Brady's a great quarterback, definitely GOAT consideration but so is Belicheck. His team doesn't fall apart with Brady out. Ha! Such a pity that Bellie has no problem with cheating. He's so good a coach but has ruined his reputation and deservedly so.

Patriots are 11-6 when Brady hasn't been at QB. I agree with you that they don't have superior talent. What they do have is a system of coaching, player participation, and performance that is second to none. They don't fall apart when Brady's out. They were 3-1 and Brissett had a broken thumb when they lost to us. Can't say how good Garoppolo/Brissett truly are, but Cassel is a large part of that record and he's nothing special.

Just wanted to take some Browns to the Super Bowl. No one likes to do that on a plane.

Plus, he's starting to grow up a bit. Seems more laid back and willing to let his full personality show. And let's be honest, how likable was Kelly's personality at 29? Great to see.

My biggest problem with UBI is that we're trying to pretend currency is money. If you give everyone a UBI, it devalues the dollar and goods and services will all increase in price. Also, for those earning their own income, it devalues that income. Over time the net sum may be zero, ie. UBI won't be worth much as everything will be correspondingly more expensive. I never hear how they will address this future problem so welcome any insights.

For me, class is having morals and principles, but importantly, also being of the highest character (humble, honest, platinum rule). This of course means living and staying true to yourself under even the most adverse situations. But you must have both to truly have class. Marrone is an interesting example. He most definitely had principles and I admire him for sticking to them. Orton over EJ, team rules, discipline, etc. But St. Doug (if true) and the way he left the organization were classless. Someone posted a story about how the team went to a movie together, the players left a big mess, and Marrone stayed behind to help clean up. Sounds classy, but what if he was bitching about his players and how they're a bunch of pigs the entire time?

Another interesting article: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/gregg-jarrett-comeys-revenge-is-a-gun-without-powder/ar-BBBdLbm?li=BBnb7Kz "Under the law, Comey is required to immediately inform the Department of Justice of any attempt to obstruct justice by any person, even the President of the United States. Failure to do so would result in criminal charges against Comey. (18 USC 4 and 28 USC 1361) He would also, upon sufficient proof, lose his license to practice law. So, if Comey believed Trump attempted to obstruct justice, did he comply with the law by reporting it to the DOJ? If not, it calls into question whether the events occurred as the Times reported it. " "But by writing a memo, Comey has put himself in a box. If he now accuses the President of obstruction, he places himself in legal jeopardy for failing to promptly and properly report it. If he says it was merely an uncomfortable conversation, he clears the president of wrongdoing and sullies his own image as a guy who attempted to smear the man who fired him. " "Either way, James Comey comes out a loser. No matter. The media will hail him a hero. After all, he gave them a good story that was better than the truth. "

I know someone who is a trainer and a yoga instructor and she is a bit heavy. But she's toned and you can tell right away she knows her stuff and works out a lot. But I wouldn't want to train with a flab ball who hasn't spent any significant time using a gym. There's tricks and subtleties to doing lifts and ones that are too hard on the joints. So, weight is not a disqualifier, but I would talk to any potential trainer and find out their fitness background and go from there. As a counterpoint, the trainers who are really ripped and in top shape are often aholes who lord over you and preach incorrect info because it worked for them and they didn't get hurt doing it. To each his own.

I like the stampede drum corps far better than the Jills. I'd like to see their role expanded, have them come up with something for third downs and get rid of that annoying train whistle.

McDermott: We’re anxious to see how Tyrod develops in his third year as a starter in a new system, a system that he has some familiarity with in terms of [new Buffalo offensive coordinator] Rick Dennison’s system in Baltimore a few years back with Gary Kubiak. This is really encouraging for me. I felt Tyrod made progress last year with his decision making. Not as much as I hoped, but he improved. Tyrod is definitely a young starter in this league and I'm glad to see coach recognizes this and is willing to give him more time. The class, passion, and character TT displays demand it.

No, I don't. I was extremely happy Hillary lost but was incredulous at Comey's essentially insubordinate behavior at the July press conference and recklessness just before the election. He should have kept the reopened investigation quiet until he confirmed there was sufficient new evidence to justify formally reopening it. Lynch's actions were shaky at best but that wasn't for Comey to step in on. If he felt strongly enough about it he should have resigned after the DOJ refused to charge HRC.