tentativelurkeraccount posted:

today i got mugged at gunpoint on a subway headed downtown. it was a very vibrant experience. i wish i could come up with something funnier or more interesting to say but the vibrancy left me at a loss for words.

what model gun was it? always interesting in chatting about guns and their application in every day, day to day usage

stegosaurus posted:

thats sandy, west + south jordan and draper though, westville (stand up) or magna will be dingier and more 70s ranch style, and salt lake is the oldest and least grating architecturally although, its funny, I read something about the houses that people built in the early 20th century in suburban salt lake that are now going for half a million dollars from their 'authentic' vibe, and most of the woodwork and columns and things that actually make them look like they were constructed with 'care' or whatever were purchased from sears roebuck and shipped in. anyway thats my taxonomy of suburban houses in the salt lake valley.

those sears kit houses are actually far more structurally sound than most postwar buildings since they were all made with old-growth timber

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/vermont-tops-list-healthiest-states-142325809--abc-news-health.htmlFor the fourth year in a row, Vermont takes the top spot as healthiest state. Applauding the state's high rate of high school graduation and low rate of uninsured population, the report also finds that Vermont is not without its problems. Vermonters have a relatively high rate of cancer deaths and participate in binge drinking more than most states (Wisconsiners binge drink the most, Tennesseans the least). Vermont is in good company in the northeast with seven states from the region making it into the top 10.

Second place goes to Hawaii, a regular contender for first place. Since the ranking started in 1990, Hawaii has consistently ranked in the top six states. Hawaiians enjoy low rates of obesity and smoking, but have high rates of binge drinking and low birth weight babies.

Louisiana and Mississippi are tied for the least healthy state and have consistently been at the bottom of the list for the past 23 years. Both states have low rates of binge drinking, but suffer from high rates of occupational fatalities and children in poverty. These two states are in the bottom five in about half of the 24 components that make up the overall ranking, including high rates of chronic conditions like sedentary lifestyle, obesity and diabetes.

These chronic conditions are also putting the entire nation's health most at risk. Obesity alone is the leading cause of preventable death and costs our nation about $200 billion each year. More than 66 million adults are obese - that's more than one in four Americans. Colorado is the least obese and least sedentary state, in contrast to Mississippi which is the most obese and most sedentary.

"It is important to note that we are living longer, but not necessarily better," says Jane Pennington, spokesperson from the United Health Foundation, the group responsible for the report. "Despite improvements, we still have unhealthy behavior that threatens our health status. It continues to be disappointing that we are seeing a rise in chronic illness. It doesn't have to be that way. That is the alarm that we want to sound."

Although smoking in the U.S. has been decreasing recently, more than 45 million Americans still smoke, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Utah has the lowest percent of its population smoking and Kentucky has the highest.

"People should care about this report," says Dr. Anthony Shih, executive vice president for Programs at the Commonwealth Fund. "It is clear that where you live matters in terms of overall health and it should motivate action to improve."

States should be looking at their healthier neighbors for ways to improve.

"The relatively high performance of Massachusetts - where a law similar to the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2006 - may hopefully motivate other states to participate in Medicaid expansion and more aggressively implement the ACA within their own state. Successful implementation will likely raise the performance of most states," according to Shih.

By having programs and policies that support better health, states can expect better rankings. If a state increases the tax on cigarettes or bans smoking in public places, for example, the number of smokers in that state should decrease, cutting deaths from cardiovascular disease and cancer deaths.

The statistics show that states can improve their ranking. Vermont was ranked 20 th in 1990, but steadily made improvements over the years to get where it is now.

http://www.americashealthrankings.org/rankings

It shows the south has lower rates of violent crimes, yet more guns. Hmmm makes you think. An armed society addicted to oxys, roxys and meth is a polite society.

mustang19 posted:

deadken posted:

i made an okcupid again because since moving back to leeds i havent really met many people and all my matches here are chubby gamer girls who love harry potter and introduce themselves by writing 500 words about the difference between being bisexual and pansexual. and then i looked at who im highest matched w/ in general and theyre all slim attractive artsy girls living in brooklyn lol. get me the fuck off this island

Americans are just better at angle shots. Of all countries don't come to America to look for slim womyn.

i lived in los angeles for a year. basically in america a minority of the population have the vast majority of the blubber whereas in britain it's evenly distributed across the population

CTA Passenger Attacked With Sock Filled With Feces

OAK PARK — A woman assaulted on the CTA Blue Line in Oak Park last week told police another passenger struck her in the face with a sock filled with human excrement.

“He had a sock full of his poop on me,” said the 21-year-old college student. “It was everywhere; on my face, my hair, my clothes.”

“It was like the biggest degradation I’ve ever experienced. I wish he had just hit me,” she said, because she thinks that would have been less traumatic.

“The worst part is nobody had anything to wipe my face with,” she said. She managed to find some newspapers before paramedics arrived. The paramedics gave her towels and water.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/19/cta-passenger-attacked-with-sock-filled-with-feces/