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More Jokes
Any more oxymorons?
* Only choice
* Civil war
* Definite possibility
* Grow smaller
* Random order
* Old news
* True fiction
* Virtual reality
* Working vacation
* Exact estimate
* Original copies
* Pretty ugly
* Fully empty
NSFW A dog and a cat are having an argument about who is the favorite with humans. The dog says, "humans like us more; they even named a tooth after us (the canine). Naming an important body part after us proves they like dogs more."
The cat smiles and says, "Guess what? You are not going to win this one"
Genie granted me one wish, but with a condition that my enemy will get two times more
I asked for 120/80 blood pressure
Why do men fart more often than women?
Because women don't close their mouths long enough to build up the pressure.
A stomach said to the brain, "I am more clever than you are." "How so?," brain inquired.
I can tell when I am empty, you can't.
Arabic Joke
Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter and laid off half the staff, he's planning on buying YouTube and Facebook and doing the same with them. To save even more money, he plans on merging the three companies into one…
…He's going to call it YouTwitFace.
What do you call someone who speaks three or more languages?
Multilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
Bilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks one language?
American.
I told my daughter, "Did you know that humans eat more bananas than monkeys?" She rolled her eyes at me, but I persevered. "It's true!"
"When was the last time you ate a monkey?!"
An attractive woman once asked if I was more interested in breasts or legs.
I told her that I was mainly into feet and anal.
I'm no longer welcome at that KFC restaurant.
Why does the Toyota Prius have more accidents on record than any other car?
It's really hard to drive safe while patting yourself on the back.
An atheist dies and goes to hell
The devil welcomes him and says:"Let me show you around a little bit." They walk through a nice park with green trees and the devil shows him a huge palace. "This is your house now, here are your keys." The man is happy and thanks the devil. The devil says:"No need to say thank you, everyone gets a ...
Elevators are more complex than you think.
They work on so many levels.
This sub could do with more Geology jokes
No pressure.
Wife: "You need to do more chores around the house".
Husband: "Can we change the subject?"
Wife: "Ok, more chores around the house need to be done by you".
I was always told as a kid "if you shake it more than twice you're just playing with it"
If that were true I would still have my baby
Tea is an evil substance. It is much more dangerous than beer.
I discovered this last night. I drank 15 beers up until 3 am in the pub while my wife was just at home drinking tea.
You should have seen how mad and violent she was when I got home. She threw the chair at me and kept screaming at the top of her lungs. On the other hand, I was quiet and peac...
A blind pilot walks into a plane waving his walking stick
The passengers all look at each other in disbelief. The flight attendant gets on the PA and says,
"Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see, the captain is legally blind, but rest assured, he is one of the best pilots in the world with over six thousand successful flights."
Next the co-pi...
A lost dog wanders through the jungle. In the distance a lion sees him and whispers: "I'm going to eat him, I have never seen anything like that before."
The lion then began to approach the dog in a threatening manner. When the dog realized this, he panicked, but as he tried to run away, he saw a bone nearby, and he got the idea to speak out loud. "Lion meat is delicious!"
The lion suddenly stopped and said: "Wow, this guy is stronger than he...
Chuck Norris once threw a grenade and killed 50 men.
It exploded and killed 20 more. Then he threw the pin and killed 10 more men.
The CEO offered an employee a bonus of $10k or to double it and pass it on
The CEO offered an employee a bonus of $10k or to double it and pass it on to the next employee.
The first employee elected to double and pass it on. The CEO thought what a generous individual this was and then moved on to the next employee.
The next employee also declined the (now)...
What's more useful, the sun or the moon?
The moon. Because the sun only shines during daytime, when it's bright anyway, whereas the moon shines at night.
The vacation in Thailand
Two Priests decided to go to Thailand on vacation.
They were determined to make this a real vacation by not wearing anything that would identify them as Priests.
For once, they'd enjoy a vacation as regular people.
As soon as the plane landed they headed for a store and bought ...
A guy is jailed for the first time...
A guy is imprisoned for his first time
On his first night, a few minutes after lights-out, his cellmate moves closer to the cell-bars.
A while later, someone from another cell shouts "Number 13!". His cellmate and the entire block bursts into laughter. The new prisoner finds this s...
My exceptional memory allows me to memorize a sequence of more than a million numbers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
A young couple was getting ready to give birth to their first child,
and they had determined that the child should not be named until after it was born, so that they could meet it and make the name based on that first magical moment. On the day of the birth, a beautiful baby girl was born and the parents were instantly smitten.
"It's 'Love.'" said the mother....
Why does a hamburger have more energy than a steak?
Because it's in a ground state.
I was out on a first date and the lady asked me if I was more of a cat person or a dog person.
I said "I'm a vegetarian."
Five ants moved into an apartment. Then five more moved in.
Now the landlord is asking for rent.
I don't know why more people weren't suspicious of the Nazi Party from the beginning.
They literally had so many red flags.
More geography.
People who live in Britain are Brits.
People who live in Scotland are Scots.
People who live in Wales are Jonahs.
With the international mathematics conference in town, the bars around the convention center were hopping.
As was her custom, the evening manager was going from table to table greeting her guests. When she got to the first table, there were eight mathematicians seated. Strange, she thought, since there were only six seats, but some of them were getting a bit frisky and were sitting on others' laps.
Studies show that atheists are more likely to own cats than Christians.
Because owning Christians isn't legal, obviously.
John thought himself a chemist, but his eyes will see no more
for what he thought was H2O was H2SO4
My wife said she wants to spend more time with me after I come home from work
Now I work from home so I never come home from work.
A burglar breaks into a house. He begins to search the home for valuables when hears a quiet voice say
"Jesus is watching you" he dismisses it as paranoia and carries on with his crime. He hears the voice again "Jesus is watching you". He's knows this time it's not in his head so he looks around the room and sees a parrot in the corner. He walks over to the parrot and it repeats one more time "Jesus...
Ducks have more rights than you think
They have a whole bill of them
A Chinese doctor can't find a job in an America, so he opens his own clinic...
Six months later, a lawyer walks by the clinic and notices there's a sign outside that says "TREATMENT COST $20, IF WE CAN'T CURE YOU GET $100 BACK."
The lawyer thinks this is a great opportunity to earn $100 and goes to the clinic. The doctor comes right up to him as he enters.
Doctor: "W...
The inventor of the wind chill factor died this week.
He was 86 but felt more like he was 64.
What has more brains than Hitler?
The wall behind him.
Maybe more of a curse than a joke
I read some words from an anonomous author on the internet about 20 years ago. No context, just a single line that has haunted me ever since.
>!Nobody likes ketchup precum.!<
That's my gift to you. My guard is soon over. May these words forever live in your memory until you one d...
Donald Trump finds a magic lamp. He rubs it, and a genie comes out.
Genie: "I grant you three wishes."
Trump: "I'm tired of getting sued for everything I do. I want there to be no more courts."
Genie: "Granted. You have no wishes left."
Trump: "What the hell? You told me I had three wishes, and I only used one!"
Genie: "Sue me."
A dentist goes out and buys the best car on the market, a brand new Bugatti Chiron
It is also the most expensive car in the world, and it costs him $1.5M. He takes it out for a spin and stops at a red light.
An old man on a moped, looking about 90 years old, pulls up next to him.
The old man looks over at the sleek shiny car and asks, "What kind of car ya got there,...
I think this sub can do with some more archeology jokes.
But they are hard to uncover
Joke #3481 A man receives the bad news that he's going to die in the morning
Through an unfortunate miracle of medical science, a man receives the worst news possible from his doctor.
"I'm sorry, but tomorrow morning at precisely 7:23, you're going to have a brain clot that will kill you."
The man is stunned. "But I don't even feel sick!"
The doctor exp...
You know who's more specific than me?
Some other dude.
A Dutchman in Amsterdam felt that he needed to confess, so he went to his Priest.
"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. During WWII, I hid a Jewish man in my attic."
"Well," answered the Priest, "That's not a sin."
"But I made him pay me 20 gulden for each week he stayed...
An atheist dies, goes to hell, and finds himself in a lush park with butterflies.
His physical body has transformed back into its prime and he's then greeted by Satan who says "Why hello there! Welcome to hell. Let me show you around, you're gonna love it here."
Satan points to a nice house and says "what do you think of this house?" The atheist replies "It's beautiful, I ...
In the early days of pioneer life, a compass was essential. One of the more common varieties was called the "Tates" compass.
Unfortunately it was a very low quality compass. From which comes the expression: He who has a "Tates," is lost.
Airplane crashed into a cemetery.
Rescuers have already pulled 10,000 dead bodies from the wreckage and are still pulling out more...
My wife told me I should be more in touch with my feminine side
so I crashed the car and then ignored her all day for no reason
Bragging About Sex
Three guys were sitting at the bar begin to brag about their sex life….
First guy said "You all have nothing on me. I come to the bar and bring home a different woman every night. Not only that but I drive a sports car into work everyday and have a 8 inch penis. I have slept with more than 1...
[OC] Why do French teeth break more readily than English teeth?
Because they're *les dents*
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year
than a professional athlete earns in a whole day.
My girl friend was complaining that I care more about programming than her.
I told her,
"Trust me baby, in the array of my interests you are [1]."
She was satisfied.
Who said he wanted to?
An 80 year old man went to the doctor for a checkup and the doctor was amazed at what good shape the guy was in. The doctor asked, *"To what do you attribute your good health?"*
The old timer said, *"I'm a golfer and that's why I'm in such good shape. I'm up well before daylight and out go...
Some people really should learn to be more direct.
It took too much time to figure out that if you drink enough water in just the right light you can create a stream of piss that crafts a beautiful rainbow.
My wife should have just said she wanted skittles.
An old gentleman retired and purchased a modest home near a junior high school.
He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace and contentment.
Then a new school year began.
The very next afternoon three young boys, full of youthful, after-school enthusiasm, came dow...
Two blondes are sitting at a bar...
Two blondes are sitting at a bar, obviously celebrating something. They wave over the bartender, and tell him to pour two more shots. Once poured, the two blondes clink their glasses together and say "42! YEAH!! 42!".
"Bartender, another round!"
Same thing happens on this shot. They c...
Now more than ever, you'd be silly not to be investing in Russian automatic rifles.
Never fired, only dropped once.
Ever want to find out who is more faithful.... your wife or your dog?
lock both in the trunk of your car for 6 hours and watch who is happier to see you when you let them out.
A man found his dick all red and swollen after banging a hooker.
In a panick he rushed to his family doctor to get it checked. The doc told him there was no cure and the only way was to have it amputated.
Refusing to accept his fate, he stomped out of the clinic and went to the best urologist in his country. But even there he was told that there was no cur...
Three men are training to be Vladimir Putin's bodyguards
The training course is exhausting and incredibly challenging. On their last day of training, the instructor separates the three and and puts them in separate rooms, calling them one by one into the Presidential hallway.
"Sergeant Andreyev, come into the hallway."
"Yes, sir!" Andreyev ...
Home Depot Scam alert
Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you. Here's how the scam works:
Two seriously good-looking 18 or 19-year-old girls come ove...
Have you had to walk 500 miles and then you been advised to walk 500 more?
You could be entitled to compensation.
Call Pro Claimers now.
What's the difference between free sex and paid sex?
Free sex cost more
Jesus, at the Last Supper: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine..."
"Seriously, don't cross me."
Onestone
There once was an Indian who had only one testicle And whose given name was 'Onestone'. He hated that name and asked everyone not to call him Onestone. After years and years of torment, Onestone finally cracked and said, "If anyone calls me Onestone again, I will kill them!"
The word got arou...
Q: How do you make a musician's car more aerodynamic?
A: Take the pizza sign off the top.
I want to make more lactose jokes (and I have a lot!) but…
I just feel like I'd be milking it, y'know?
I removed the shell from my racing snail.
I thought it would make it faster, but if anything it's more sluggish.
Intestinal worm-- long. Very long.
Man has horrible abdominal pain and weight loss. The wife finally convinces him to see a doctor.
He's diagnosed with an intestinal worm and is given treatments but it doesn't work. He sees several more doctors who all diagnose the same thing, an intestinal worm, but none of the treatments are w...
Jesus is hanging on the cross.
There's a big loud crowd gathered when he's heard weakly calling for Matthew. Matthew rushes toward the cross but is brutally beaten back by the Roman soldiers guarding it. He runs around to the far side and tries again. Again he's beaten back. Finally after several more attempts a beaten and bloody...
A woman marries a man and has 10 children. The man dies, so the woman remarries and has 10 more children. The next man dies, so the woman remarries again and has ten more children. That man dies, so the woman remarries and has 10 more children...
The husband dies again and finally the woman dies as well.
At the funeral, the priest mutters, "Thank God! They're finally together!"
A man at the funeral asks another man on his left, "Which husband do you think he means? The first, second, or third?"
The man on his left says, ...
In a small town, a doctor is about to retire and a young colleague comes to replace him.
They visit all the patients together, and the old doctor introduces the young one everywhere.
"Doctor, I've been having a constant stomach ache lately." cries one of the patients.
The old doctor answers,
"Didn't you eat too much fruit? I think you should eat less, that'll make ...
A guy walks into a bar .........
A guy walks into a bar after a long day at work and orders a drink. As he sits there mulling over his day he hears a high pitched voice say, "That shirt looks great on you!" The guy looks around, doesn't see anything, and returns to his drink thinking no more of it. The voice, however, returns sayin...
Bill pulled up a stool at his favorite bar and announced. "My wife Suzie must love me more than any woman has ever loved any man!" The bartender inquired. "What makes you say that?" Bill beamed with pride, "Last week, I had to take a couple of sick days from work..."
"Suzie was so thrilled to have me around, that every time a mail or delivery person came by, she'd run down the driveway waving her arms hollering, 'My husband's home! My husband's home!'"
What do you get if you cross Islam and Capitalism?
No more jokes about the profit.
In an effort to provide a calmer and more peaceful experience, Mark Zuckerberg is renaming and reformatting Facebook...
He's going to call it: Metastasis.
i started carrying a knife after a mugging attempt years ago
Since then my mugging attempts have been a lot more successful.
new milk cow
The only cow in a small town in Poland stopped giving milk.
The people did some research and found that they could travel and buy a cow from Moscow for 2,000 rubles, or one from Minsk for 1,000 rubles. Being frugal,
they bought the cow from Minsk. The cow was wonderful.
What is the best thing about getting COVID?
Your farts don't smell anymore.
I was shocked today when my wife told me that my son wasn't really mine
I have GOT to pay more attention when I pick him up from school
A British tourist visits a brothel in America [NSFW]
Shameless repost of a classic, relevant today.
Geoffrey, a middle-aged British tourist on his first visit to California finds the red light district and enters a large brothel. The madam asks him to be seated and sends over a young lady to entertain him.
They sit and talk, frolic a lit...
The Daughter's Confession
Mandy asks her mother for a few minutes to have a serious conversation. Concerned for her college-age daughter, Nina stops what she's doing and makes them coffee. They sit for a few minutes, with Mandy looking nervous.
"What is it, sweetie?" her mother asks. You know you can tell me anything...
Be afraid, very afraid
Lawyers should never ask a Georgia grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand.
He approached her and asked,
\- "Mrs. Jones, do you know ...
Two lovers of a recently deceased woman, both named Jack, attended her funeral.
They did not know about each other, nor the woman's apparent penchant for lovers named Jack. They both, despite their typical emotional despondency, ended up caring for this woman over their respective affairs. Upon meeting and talking, at the reception, they realized they had both been played. Both...
A man wanted to get a tattoo. The only issue was, the tattoo was an devilishly intricate design. He went to his local tattoo parlor, only to get turned away as the artist was not skilled enough. He tried again in a busy parlor in the middle of a nearby city, only to be told it was too difficult once...
Once When Bubba got a new job, he says to his new boss, "Boss, I know everyone in the whole world!"
His boss doesn't believe him, so he says "No you do not know everyone in the whole world."
Bubba says "Yes I do!"
Bubba's boss says "Well prove it!"
Bubba says...
A tourist wanders into a back-alley antique shop in San Francisco's Chinatown.
A tourist wanders into a back-alley antique shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. Picking through the objects on display he discovers a detailed, life-sized bronze sculpture of a rat. The sculpture is so interesting and unique that he picks it up and asks the shop owner what it costs.
Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party
than being there.
I was on a blind date with a woman, and during our dinner conversation....
....she said, "You know, I used to be a Christian."
I told her that was fine, it really didn't matter to me.
She said, "Good. Because I'm much more comfortable as a Christine."
Being a teenager is the worst. I've jerked off more than I've studied.
Which is ironic. One of then requires you to clear up space, look up the material, make sure theres no distractions around you and focus.
....and the other ones studying.
70th birthday.
On his 70th birthday, a man was given a gift certificate from his wife.
The certificate was for a consultation with an Indian medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a simple cure for erectile dysfunction.
The husband went to the reservation and saw the medi...
Why does John the Baptist have more money than Jesus?
Because Jesus saves while John invests!
Man runs over a Chinese man with his car
A man accidentally runs over a chinese man with his car. He takes him to a nearby hospital where he barely makes it out alive but is in a coma. Riddled with guilt, the man decides to visit the chinese man everyday in the hospital. He tries to talk to him everyday hoping he'd come out of his comatose...
One day, Billy's teacher asked him, " I heard your mom had a baby. What did she have?"
Billy paused and thought for a moment and said, "I think she had a bicycle."
"Now Billy, you know that your mom didn't have a bicycle. What did she have?"
"Maybe it was a tricycle."
"Billy, don't stand there and lie to me. We're going to the principal's office right now!"
Is this winter gonna be cold?
The Indians on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation reservation in Grand Bend asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.
Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was go...
Two Italian men get on a bus...
They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following:
"Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come togeth...
A man is asked by his wife to go out and get ingredients for dinner
Being a little bit of a cheapskate he thinks of walking down to the beach with a bucket to collect snails.
As he's strolling down the beach picking them up the most beautiful woman in the world walks towards him. She stops and asks him about the snail picking. They hit it off and he's swept o...
Someone told me I should talk to my parents more, but I'm too big.
In order to talk to my parents, I have to be a medium.
What is 6 inches long and every man wishes he had more of it?
Dollar bills
A painter is employed to whitewash the local church. But he makes the mistake of thinning the paint down too much, so that it all washes away the first time it rains.
The minister rings the painter to complain. "What do you want me to do about it?" says the painter.
"Repaint," says the minister, "And thin no more."
What's more Irish than potatoes?
No potatoes
An Apple fan walks into a bar....
Orders the same drink as yesterday, but pays more.
My wife left a note on the fridge that said, "It's not working. I can't take it any more. I'm going to my mom's." Confused and extremely worried, I slowly opened the fridge door. The light came on, the beer was cold.
What the hell did she mean?
The leprechaun and the golfer
A golfer playing in Ireland hooked his drive into the woods. Looking for his ball, he found a little Leprechaun flat on his back, a big bump on his head and the golfer's ball beside him.
Horrified, the golfer got his water bottle from the cart and poured it over the little guy, reviving him.<...
Vending machines kill more people than sharks.
I've never even seen a shark use a vending machine.
As soon as Harry and his wife entered the hotel/casino and registered, a sweet young woman dressed in a very short skirt walked up to Harry and became very friendly.
Harry brushed her off.
Harriet quickly objected,
\- "Harry, that young woman was nice, and you were so rude."
A sweet old lady telephoned the hospital.
She timidly asked, "Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?"
The operator said, "I can, what's the name and room number?"
The old laday in her weak voice said, "Doreen Jacobs, Room 604."
The ope...
Never take more than one viagra at a time
I learnt that the hard way
A 10 year old girl asks her mother, "Mommy, how was I born?"
The mother smiled and replied, "Once upon a time me and your daddy decided to plant a little seed. Daddy put it in the earth and I took care of it every single day. After a while the seed started to grow more and more leaves and in a few months, it turned into a beautiful healthy plant. So we took ...
[LONG] The priest and the half lemon.
A priest was sent out to a rural village because the old priest has passed away. He meets the local people, they all get to know each other. His first mass goes well, but after the ceremony a slim man in poor clothing approaches the priest and says:
\- Excuse me father, be kind, and please gi...
After each battle, Napoleon would walk down and shake the hands of all his soldiers
Each time, he would ask them the same three questions:
How long have you been serving in the army?
Which of the two battles have you fought in?
One time, a new, foreign soldier did not know French and was worried about what to say to Napoleon when it was his turn...
[Final Cake Day joke] A 70 year old man goes into a brothel. He picks out a young pretty woman, ....
... they go up to her room, strip down and climb into bed.
The old man performs like a teenager, the prostitute is amazed at how energetic and agile he is, she tells him if he can do it like that again, she'll give him one for free.
He says "Yeah, I can, but I need to tak...
A man we'll call "Egon Tusk" had just become the CEO of a large tech company.
The departing CEO left him with three envelopes numbered 1, 2 and 3.
"Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve," the departing CEO said.
Egon made a lot of changes, but six months later revenues had still not picked up and was in fact lower than when he...
A man and a woman meet in heaven and fall in love.
They walk up to God and ask to be married.
God says give me some time and I'll get back to you.
Three or four years pass and God finally tells the man and woman that he can have them married.
A few more years pass and the man and woman fall out of love. They approach God once ...
Donald Trump was asked " what is 2+2"??
"I have to say a lot of people have been asking this question. No, really. A lot of people come up to me and they ask me. They say, 'Sir!, What's 2+2?' And I tell them look, we know what 2+2 is. We've had almost eight years of the worst kind of math you can imagine. Oh my god, I can't believe it. Ad...
My wife's just walked out on me, saying she cant take any more of my insufferable nit picking.
I think you'll find there's a hyphen in nit-picking.
I uninstalled Facebook as i got depressed of seeing my friends post their relationship and marriage
I uninstalled LinkedIn as i got depressed of seeing my colleague post their job change and promotion
I uninstalled instagram as i got depressed of seeing my friends travel and enjoy their lives.
But I'll never uninstall reddit because you guys are more miserable than me .
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Warriena Tagpuno Wright (26) allegedly fell from Gable Tostee's balcony and he is on trial for her death
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Looks like 60 minutes paid him 150,000 for an interview.
Here's snippets of the interview from Daily Mail
Gable Tostee has claimed he is 'still traumatised' and attempted to explain why he did not call an ambulance when his Tinder date Warriena Wright fell to her death from his 14th floor balcony.
The 30-year-old carpet layer has been criticised for leaving his Gold Coast apartment building to eat pizza and call his father rather than phone triple-0.
'What happened, had happened – there was nothing an ambulance could do,' Tostee said in a paid tell-all interview with 60 Minutes, a promotional video played on Nine's TODAY revealed.
Nobody's trained for a situation like this. It's like being hit by lightning.
'There's no right or wrong to proceed from there.'
He said he was 'still traumatised' and wanted to speak with Warriena's family and had put in a 'formal request' through the Queensland Courts, but 'they weren't interested in anything he had to say', Nine reported.
Tostee had locked the New Zealand tourist on his balcony when the pair fought while intoxicated on their date in August, 2014. Warriena climbed over the balcony in an apparent attempt to escape but plunged to her death.
Tostee pleaded not guilty and was cleared of murder and manslaughter last month.
He was criticised for using his right not to testify during the trial.
Tostee is rumoured to have been paid a six-figure sum for the interview, the first time the public will hear an explanation from him.
He was interviewed by Liam Bartlett, who has revealed Tostee wanted a chance to clear his name.
'He says he couldn't have possibly foreseen what she was about to do' when he climbed over, Bartlett said.
'I'm sure he regrets the entire night, but I'm not certain whether that's more about his personal regret, or whether that regret hinges more on his personal future and less on what happened to her.'
Bartlett said he was clearly an intelligent man but wasn't convinced of his 'emotional intelligence'.
He said he doesn't believe Tostee referred to Warriena by name throughout their interview.
The journalist said he had been to the Gold Coast apartment and the balcony was so high you would want to be a 'champion cirque du soleil' gymnast to attempt to climb down sober.
A snippet of the 60 Minutes interview had been released earlier in the week, and revealed Tostee maintains he was trying to stop Warriena from 'attacking him'.
'I don't know what else to do. I wanted it to stop,' Tostee told Bartlett of the pair's altercation.
In an audio recording taken by Tostee, Ms Wright can be heard yelling 'no' more than 30 times, to which Tostee responds she was 'certainly trying to make a lot of noise.'
'Can you understand why many people would think you're a cold, heartless, cruel bastard?' Bartlett asked Tostee during the clip.
'When you put it that way, umm,' Tostee said before the snippet ended.
The interview has already incited social media backlash from viewers who criticised Channel Nine over the paid interview.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4PspMCUUo
songbirdsong
Not Tulsa, OK
That must be the single most flattering screenshot in the history of screenshots.
Originally Posted by animosity
Just as I suspected. A ring of elderly pedophiles.
Originally Posted by Southern Love
Fucking piece of shit, fucking scum, internet ass holes. fucking ingrate no life having fat ass. you have no fucking clue at whats going on fuck tard shit for brains.
bowieluva
Damn, someone is eating his feelings.
Bewitchingstorm
Never have I been a blue, calm sea...I have always been a storm.
He looks sweaty.
daisylane
Originally Posted by songbirdsong
I legit tried to get a not shit one for us, but his face just sucks tbh.
Originally Posted by Lazarus
gangsta rap does not help the youth
Originally Posted by bermstalker
DONT MAKE ME FUCK YOUR BITCH THAT PUSSY POPPIN
scorpienne
Well at least he's not pretty anymore. So there's that.
Kelly-Jane
Nunya, Australia
Originally Posted by scorpienne
Yep !
Stella Wills
The acquittal of Tostee is not by any accident. Every criminal practitioner in Qld knew that this case has pretty well zero chance of succeeding based on the complete lack of evidence. The recording actually works in favour of the defence, not the prosecution. Such serious charges came far too quickly - too little detective work, and too much wishful thinking from the DPP.
Around Oct 2014 the full audio was available for download for some weeks (as it is now if you look around). . Listening to it proved to me it would acquit Tostee unequivocally. Plus the fact the police had no evidence other than the recording, this stuck out like a sore thumb throughout the whole saga.
Despite all the sensationally immoral headlines such as "Tinder killer throws date off balcony and orders pizza", the sequence of events in this incident are much more mundane and ubiquitous than that.
NZ tourist and Australian guy make contact via Tinder
he texts her "I am a pornstar after 3 drinks" she replies "great"
she meets him at 9 pm , and is in his apartment within 8 mins
they have sex
after midnight she starts acting erratic, so he starts an audio recording at 12:40 am for protection.
her behaviour gets progressively worse. She continually hits him, he has fresh wounds as forensic exam shows.
she throws rocks at him.
at 2:13 am Tostee has had enough , restrains her and tells her she has to leave.
Wright acts compliant and says "ok its all good", but when they get up she grabs a metal clamp and tries to hit him with it.
he is forced to restrain her again and force her to drop the object.
she holds on to the object for almost 2 minutes despite being restrained. She has a lot of fight and defiance in her, contrary to the "she was so drunkenly helpless" argument we hear.
During this episode she makes gargling sounds. It was suggested that he choked her, but pathology results disproved this.
Tostee now realises he has a deranged person on his hands.
He admonishes her verbally, but instead of leaving the apartment there, she continues her violent behaviour.
They somehow progress from the living room out to the balcony.
Some type of altercation occurs on the balcony, furniture is being moved about , this is what attracts the neighbour's attention.
after admonishing her verbally again , and struggling for nearly a minute, Tostee gives up and retires back inside, closing the balcony door behind him, in an attempt to de-escalate the situation via separation.
within 12 seconds of that door latch clicking closed, she was strong enough to scale the railing, and hang off the building long enough to be told by the neighbour downstairs to go back. Again, contrary to the whole "she was so drunkenly helpless" argument.
at 2:21am her final scream is heard and Wright falls , exactly 12 secs after the balcony door closed.
All of this is evident on the recording.
The recording does not establish the proofs for the offence of murder - namely that there was an intent to cause her harm.
The recording does not establish the proofs for the offence of manslaughter - namely that there was an action that caused her to fall to her death.
The default argument of those who still believe Tostee should be convicted of murder is that
he owed her a duty of care to restrict her alcohol intake,
he should not have used any force and called police,
locking her on the balcony is imprisonment.
he should have been able to physically subdue her and push her out the front door.
None of these arguments are valid for the following reasons
Wright was an adult responsible for her own actions, including the consumption of alcohol. Tostee owed her no legal duty of care as though he was somehow in charge of her well being.
if assaulted or your property is being damaged, anyone has the right to prevent that using reasonable force. Calling police is optional
detaining someone when they act violently in a 20sq metre area for 12 secs, 1 minute, or even 5 minutes, does not amount to imprisonment. The proofs for that offence were not satisfied
Another falsehood was the claim that Tostee was a muscular bodybuilder. He was nothign fo the sort, all he did was tone his arms and chest a little. It is interesting to note how females give opinions on how a man should handle themselves in a fight with a woman, yet fighting is something 99% of women have no knowledge of. If you dont have an aggressive attitude and a knowledge of arm locking techniques, it isn't a straightforward matter to remove a female without harming them. Remember police undergo training to deal with these very situations. Plenty of drunken women have caused damage to bouncers who handled them with kid gloves. Clearly this is what Tostee was doing with her. He is obviously from that school that still thinks you treat women like ladies, not men. Another thing that people dont understand is , that tall people are usually non violent, as they are not usually the target of bullies, and thus have no need to learn to fight or be aggressive. Expecting someone like that to take control and bundle up a violent female is asking a bit much.
All these things are understood by practitioners of criminal law. The jury struggled to work all this out over 3 days.
This was a tenuous case from the start. The first strong indication of this was when Tostee was granted bail. The burden is on the accused to show why bail should be granted. There must be exceptional circumstances for a person accused of murder to be released on bail. Inadequacies in a weak Crown case is a common reason. Very few accused murderers ever get bail, mainly because the evidence is usually strong when such serious charges are being brought. Here bail was granted because the charges were very weak.
The second indication was when the defence elected for a no contest pre committal. Most commonly it is when there is a belief that the Crown case is either
very strong and it would ultimately proceed to trial irrespective any any argument the defence put up, or
if the Crown case is seen to be deficient in some manner and that is intended to be exploited strategically.
Proceeding straight to trial was a sign of confidence on the part of the defence team to exploit a weak Crown case.
The 3rd strongest indication was the line of questions from the jury once they had begun deliberating. At a guess, most jurors after hearing the evidence would be ready to acquit, with a small number of jurors, perhaps even only one, that were hanging onto the flimsiest pretext of holding out for a conviction. The nature of the questions indicated that the majority had already favoured a finding of not guilty very early on. The questions were outside of the directions the judge gave, indicating the juror/s holding out were making desperate attempts to find a reason not to be swayed. The same points argued in online forums are the same points that would have been argued during deliberation. It's likely that the convict/acquit camps s of the jury were drawn primarily down gender lines.
Murder was impossible to convict upon. Manslaughter hinges on cause, rather than intent. Did he cause her death? The men will likely take a factual, chronological approach where he de-escalated and separated, and after that, there is some onus on her to act reasonably, and he couldn't possibly have predicted that she would go over the railing.
The women will likely take a more emotional approach, whereby she was in fear, and his words and threats literally forced her over the railing. My guess is the question regarding if words can be construed as force most likely coming from a female juror/s refusing to acquit at that stage. Given that the judge said words are not force in the context of the offence, that undoubtedly strengthened the side that believed he didn't push her physically or by threats. Hence the final dissenting juror/s had to fall in line with the majority to achieve the required 12/12 unanimous verdict.
To the people who cannot accept the verdict, it is absolutely of no assistance in achieving a fair result, to start thinking way before the trial the accused is guilty, and then seek to justify that belief by fueling it with contrived media headlines with communal prejudice and mass hatred often freely shared in online forums. That will inevitably lead to the very disappointment females are obviously now experiencing who have invested considerable emotion in this trial. The real world of criminal justice just does not work that way. Understand three important tenets of our justice system
Tenet 1: Every person is innocent until proven guilty.
Tenet 2: That proof must be beyond reasonable doubt and based on admissible evidence given at the trial.
Tenet 3: If that evidence does reach the level of proof required, there must be a verdict of "Guilty." Otherwise "Not Guilty".
To those who are claiming that the system is broken because Tostee was found not guilty, the claim is made in ignorance of these important three tenets.
I believe the DPP had no expectation they would win after the pre committal hearing. So then why were these flimsy unsubstantiated charges brought? The most likely theory is that the prosecution was under pressure to to seen to bring a scapegoat to trial to appease the public. They had a lot of circumstantial evidence they tried to get admitted, but was excluded in pre-trial argument due. The sorts of fabricated "evidence" might be the Crown's interpretation of what was happening during the audio, online posts, etc. After that was all excluded, they pushed on regardless despite knowing it would never secure a conviction, but the trial might placate public outrage created from the media's defamatory and otherwise untruthful reporting of this case.
There are some serious questions that need to be asked now, about whey this trial was ever allowed to happen, and waste the court's time, as well as taxpayers money, and to turn an innocent man's life upside down.
So what happens now?
1. The verdict is final and not appellable as a jury acquittal is absolute. The case cannot be re tried unless compelling new evidence is presented, and that seems impossible as it would have to contradict the recording.
2. The coroner will now mark the death certificate "accidental death" and the case marked resolved in that jurisdiction. Talk of a coronial enquiry is absurd since it has all the information it requires to reach its conclusions.
3. Some people are speculating that Wright's family might mount a civil trial but this is unlikely. Civil courts are very reluctant to reach a finding contrary to one reached by a criminal court. Civil litigation is expensive and it's extremely unlikely that anyone would touch this case without at least a substantial deposit. In civil cases you need a high chance of success, and a respondent of sufficient worth to cover your legal costs plus the anticipated settlement amount. It may well be that those factors would easily exceed Tostee's net worth in view of his assumed current substantial legal bill..
4. In my opinion we have not heard the last of this case by a long chalk. Tostee is sitting on a gold-mine. He will be feted right now for media appearances/interviews, the Sunday night 60 Mins interview of 13 Nov 2016 being a prime example.
I also believe there is possibility for legal action to be taken against certain media outlets for defamation. One action against Ch 9 has already been lodged, but dropped because they were vying for his appearance on 60 Mins. My guess is they paid him a sum to drop the defamation, plus the possible amount claimed for the 60 Mins appearance.
I also think he has possible grounds to mount a civil lawsuit against Qld Police and/or the Office of Dept of Public Prosecutions for malicious prosecution, particularly in view of being falsely incarcerated for three months because of a transcript which appeared to be 'doctored' with errors and cherry picked items designed to make him look guilty in the eyes of a bail judge. One has to remember that the DPP tried to plea bargain for Tostee to accept manslaughter back in Nov 2014, so clearly they had no conviction in the murder charge way back then.
This discussion is over, except now for the ongoing bleating of predominantly women who are unable to comprehend the legal process and how it correctly arrives at its conclusions. Their media-fuelled prejudice, inability to be logical and fair-minded, and refusal to take any accountability of the wrong doings committed by Warriena Wright that fateful night, sees them continuing with their 2+ year campaign to vilify Tostee as the nearby male who simply must pay for the sins of a female. They concoct inventive fables they've cobbled together in their communal man-hating minds - the 'Gable Fables'. The trial aftermath has finally died down after one month although social media commentary is still somewhat active. Tostee' Facebook followers have increased from 700 pre trail to 2400 people currently. whats does that say?
Warriena Wright caused he own death, so decided the jury of 6 men and 6 women. Gable Tostee has done nothing wrong. One cannot be called a killer for leaving the scene of a death, or not calling an ambulance, or for eating food at 3 am in the morning. It is time for the misandry to stop and leave Gable Tostee alone.
If the discussion is over, feel free to never come back, it's cool!
Bleating on and on about how 'predominantly women' are bleating on and on in essay style is hilarious.
You're funny! Thanks Stella!
Canadiaeh
I stopped reading as soon as this asinine thing was said:
Another thing that people dont understand is , that tall people are usually non violent, as they are not usually the target of bullies, and thus have no need to learn to fight or be aggressive. Expecting someone like that to take control and bundle up a violent female is asking a bit much.
Originally Posted by strozzapreti
lololol #altright #MRA
Seriously Gable shouldn't you be out jogging a couple of chins off instead of wasting time writing such malarky?
Originally Posted by bowieluva
AHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA SHIT AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA
Alison Worthington
His girlfriend lives near me, how callous of him to move to New Zealand, when her family live here and are still grieving.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-...iwi-girlfriend
Sorry, I'm on my cellphone so I can't copy/paste the full article.
THE Queensland state Coroner has reopened the investigation into the balcony death of Warriena Wright, who was found dead after a Tinder date with Gold Coast playboy Gable Tostee.
Mr Tostee was found not guilty of the murder and manslaughter of Ms Wright after a two-week trial in Brisbane Supreme Court in October.
After the verdict, police referred the case back to the coroner Terry Ryan who confirmed this week that his investigation had been reopened.
"The Coroner will be reviewing all the documentation before making a decision whether to hold an inquest,'' a State Coroner's Office spokesman told The Sunday Mail.
He said this would held until criminal proceedings are finalised.
Legal sources said a charge such as deprivation of liberty could still potentially be recommended by the coroner in the Tostee case.
Ms Wright plunged to her death in Augyst 2014 from the 14th floor of Mr Tostee's 14th floor Surfers Paradise apartment after he locked the New Zealander on the balcony for acting hysterical.
http://www.news.com.au/national/quee...2be140c6e770b5
How does the Australian judicial system operate? They can retry as long as it's for a lesser charge?
I think it varies state to state, but in Queensland, he can be retried for murder (and other original charges) if they have new and compelling evidence. However, I believe he can totally be tried for any new charges at any time.
Also just because this will all never die so I might as well keep it updated for posterity (and also because nobody except mods can reply )
He didn't move to NZ, he went there with his girl Lizzi Evans, who is also probably insane. She has clearly outed herself, I am not being a dick for posting her FB. They totally deserve each other for real. No two sociopaths have ever been so well matched https://www.facebook.com/liz.evans.7568?fref=ts.
They have since apparently broken up. He is back in Oz, she is apparently back in NZ. They have both been quiet on social media for about a week, which is a record. Here are some articles for anyone interested -
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/rel...72d5b2d725a014
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/rea...6a7222e4f66558
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...39832080d8eed1
http://www.news.com.au/national/quee...e8f4a4aa427b3a
Last edited by Olivia; 12-18-2016 at 02:07 AM.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Day-post.html
Gable Tostee has posted a derogatory post on Facebook to mark International Women's Day.
Tostee, under his Facebook name Eric Thomas, posted: 'Happy International Women's Day to all ma hoes!!' last Thursday.
The post angered some social media users with one woman claiming she was going to screenshot the post and send it to Clementine Ford - an Australian feminist writer.
But Tostee was not fazed by the comment telling the woman, 'Go on send it to the c***'.
Along with the comment Gable Tostee used a screenshot of a post Clemetine Ford wrote on her Facebook page in November last year when she wrote: 'Gable Tostee is a piece of s***'.
In retaliation to a media outlet picking up the comment Tostee blasted Sunrise.
'The bitter feminists presenting this segment are just mad that no men would touch them with a 10 foot pole. As for the dude on the left, who'd he hand his testicles over to?' he wrote on Tuesday.
Tostee was cleared of killing Warriena Wright, 26, from New Zealand in October of last year.
Still going.
Gable Tostee became a household name for all the wrong reasons three years ago.
In August 2014, New Zealand tourist Warriena Wright, 26, plunged from the 14th-floor balcony of his Surfers Paradise apartment after the pair met on online dating app Tinder.
Seven months ago, Tostee was acquitted of Ms Wright's murder.
For the first time, the 31-year-old - now known as Eric Thomas - talks about life today, his dreams, family, social media and reaching out to Ms Wright's family.
On life now ... I've been living (at Palm Meadows) since the apocalypse. That's what I call it. I think it's appropriate because when that happened, everything changed.
I basically moved back in with my parents and I've been staying there since.
It's not too bad (living back at home) but it just makes me feel like a teenager again.
(I called it the apocalypse) from the moment I realised the girl I was with had just disappeared off the balcony and something serious had happened ... It's like something off a horror film or one of those Final Destination kind of moments.
It's still surreal. It's no less surreal. It's one of those things you can't really process. It's one of those things that's not supposed to happen.
On how he coped ... I always meant to study architecture formally but I figured being on bail was the perfect opportunity to actually put my head down and study. It's just about making the most of the situation, really.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11864377 - more here
I can pretty much guarantee that he will hook up with Schapelle Corby when she gets back home
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text:
Q: Sort a list in dictionary {
    "key1": {
        "element1": [1, 10, 5, 13, 4, 7]
    },
    "key2": {
        "element2": [3, 5, 2, 9, 12, 1]
    }
}

I want to sort the list element1 and element2 in a for loop (The real dictionary i have is more big), how i do that?

A: Let's say that the dictionary above is equal to x.
You then then do:
for value in x.values():
    for elem_value in value.values():
         elem_value.sort()

Lists are mutatable, and so by changing the lists directory, you would change the overall dictionary,

A: You will need a double loop because each element is an item of a dictionary, which is also an item of a dictionary.
Here is one approach.
x = {
    "key1": {
        "element1": [1, 10, 5, 13, 4, 7]
    },
    "key2": {
        "element2": [3, 5, 2, 9, 12, 1]
    }
}

for _, elem in x.items():
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   lst.sort()

x
{'key1': {'element1': [1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13]},
 'key2': {'element2': [1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 12]}}

A: Solution:
data = {
    "key1": {
        "element1": [1, 10, 5, 13, 4, 7]
    },
    "key2": {
        "element2": [3, 5, 2, 9, 12, 1]
    }
}

for key,values in data.items():
    for k,v in values.items():
        data[key][k] = sorted(v)

print(data)

Result:
{
 'key1':
   {
    'element1': [1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13]
   },
 'key2':
   {
    'element2': [1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 12]
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I know I go on and on about my beloved Dot's Market for their butcher shop, but there's another reason to love it even more that I've never thought of mentioning.
By Wednesday night, we were fresh out of groceries and saw no reason to buy more since we were heading to HeroesCon in Charlotte over the weekend. Didn't feel much like going out to dinner either, because we'd be eating in restaurants for the next several days. Well, that sounds like a perfectly good excuse to get broasted chicken from Dot's.
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Need less to say, this gets 5 out of 5 sporks!


Understanding the weaknesses employees have in their ability to engage effectively in team-work is beneficial in creating higher levels of organizational performance. As companies seek to develop new products and service the use of teams become important in putting to effective use the diversified skills. Certain weaknesses work in association with other weaknesses and can be used as a starting point to improvement.
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It is beneficial to see an example of the difficulties someone may create if they have not developed these attributes. Let us assume an employee named John is argumentative, seeks personal recognition above other group members, refuses to listen to varying perspectives, is set in his ways, and lacks personal confidence in his abilities. We might find John to be self-seeking and unable to come to agreement with anything that doesn't recognize the "rightness" of his perceptions.
Such a group is likely to disintegrate on the single influence of John and his personality. The more John is involved in the group the more likely it will become ineffective wasting time, cost and resources. John's inability to develop proper teamwork skills will create an atmosphere where either poor decisions are being made to appease John or group resistance begins to form to thwart him. A single poor group member can impact the actions and reactions of the entire group and the effectiveness of the company.
Business leaders and college professors can help improve upon people's weaknesses by helping them find strategies to recognize areas of improvement and methods of overcoming these challenges. As students move into the business world they will be more prepared through the relevant instructional methods and self-awareness. Business and education can further recognize these poor skills and provide relevant methods of overcoming them.
Due to this confusion of teamwork skills Schullery & Gibson (2012), from Western Michigan University, have conducted research on undergraduate business and organizational communication skills. The purpose of the study can be summed in a single sentence, "How well does, or can, the business communication syllabus address students' group skill needs?" A total of 356 students participated in the study through four 15-week semesters. Students were asked to rank their abilities and skills throughout their courses.
.-Factor 1: Shy, conflict avoidances, public speaking anxiety, and leadership seem to be associated.
-Factor 2: Motivation, Oral Skills, and Brainstorming.
-Factor 3: Impatient, Intolerant and dislike groups.
The study helps to come to some important understandings that these skill deficiencies seem to travel together. For example, a person who is shy is not necessarily unmotivated. A person who lacks oral skills is not generally intolerant of others. Importantly, many of the students were aware of their skill weaknesses but have not developed abilities to overcome them. This inability leads to continued poor group performance throughout a person's life.
Let us move back to the example of John. His confrontational, self-seeking, and rude behaviors is most likely to fall into Factor 3 which means that these can be a result of poor skills such as impatient, intolerant and dislike of groups. In these poor skills he will have an impact on the nature and function of that group as he fails to compensate for his weaknesses. It is through proper development and training that employees can both recognize their weaknesses and learn how to overcome them.
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Guffey, M. (2000). Business communication: process and product. (3rd Edition). New York: South-Western.
Schullery, N. & Gibson, M. (2001). Working in groups: identification and treatment of student's perceived weaknesses. Business Communication Quarterly, 64 (2).


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First and foremost, I am thankful for my wonderful family. I feel so blessed to be married to my husband, a veteran and a hero, and to have two beautiful and sweet children. We are lucky to have been born in a time and place where the surgeons could fix my daughter's heart so, instead of helplessly watching her fade, we can enjoy watching her blossom.
Welcome to the third edition of the (hopefully) growing Military Family Carnival.
Thanksgiving can be a beautiful celebration of all the blessings we enjoy. Many families lay the best table they can, express gratitude for the best of the year, and enjoy the company of family and close friends.
For many military families, this Thanksgiving will be spend apart from those they love most.
Last year on Thanksgiving, we had much cause for joy. My husband had returned home from Iraq, our daughter's heart condition had been successfully repaired, and the rest of the soldiers from his unit were either home or on their way.
Since baby was still recovering, we could not yet travel. So, we invited the unit soldiers who had no where to go to come join us.
Baby was still having major anxiety about being separated from mommy, Captain Dad was experimenting with cooking a turkey for the first time, we had never hosted Thanksgiving before, and we had no idea how many guests to expect.
In the end, I held the baby while passing along words of encouragement and instructions about the side dishes to Captain Dad, we pressed another spouse into service, and we had plenty of good food.
Although I certainly missed being around our extended family, I think that impromptu celebration will always be one of my favorite Thanksgiving memories.
Being a part of the military family reminds me what really counts in life. We have freedom, continually renewed for us by our active participation and the efforts of our warriors. And we have each other, a gift made even more precious by the times we spend apart.
I hope you are spending this Thanksgiving with your soldier…but if you are not, you have my prayers for a safe and quick reunion. May this Holiday and others be filled with blessings for you.
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River Bend Garden Club gets history lesson
River Bend's Garden Club, celebrating its 45th birthday this year, invited New Bern historian, Jim Hodges, Curator of the New Bern Historical Society to speak at its November meeting. What the members learned was the history of one of New Bern's oldest homes.
His slide presentation showed the progression of the Haslen-West House from about 250 years ago to the present. Originally located on East Front Street, when the road was a major thoroughfare between New York and Florida, this small brick building is the home for the New Bern Preservation Foundation. It now sits just behind the Attmore-Oliver House downtown.
The one-story, 816-square foot structure was built in 1771 as a Dependency House for the residence of Dr. Thomas Haslen, a physician and the mayor of New Bern. Over time, it has been a kitchen, a tannery, a cabinet shop, a private residence, and even a Japanese restaurant. At one time a second story was added and later removed.
In the 1980 Frank Efird bought the 300 block of houses on Front Street to develop the current Riverwalk condos. He gave the Haslen-West House to the New Bern Preservation Foundation, on the condition they would move it to another site. And that's how the house came to be moved to its current location.
An archaeological dig conducted when the house was moved unearthed a trove of artifacts -- shards of porcelain dishes and pottery jugs, pieces of clay pipes, bottles, glassware, buttons, straight pins, clay marbles, shoe buckles, hinges, keys, tools, horseshoes, and an antique billiard ball. The PowerPoint showed photos of many of these objects.
It was Jim Hodges's idea to turn these artifacts into wearable history, and he asked Fairfield Harbour resident and jewelry maker Sonia Humphrey to create necklaces, earrings, and other unique one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces. Each creation from her Heritage Collection uses an artifact recovered from the 1980 dig here. This jewelry was on display at the meeting and members were able to purchase pieces. At the end of the talk, both presenters were given gifts, a raffle was held, and club member Barbara Perkins won a necklace from the collection.
In other club news, the day after the meeting, a group of members carpooled to Kinston for a tour of Harmony Hall historic home, The Community Council for The Arts, Kinston Visitors Center, and The O'Neil, a luxury boutique hotel built in 1924 as a bank.
On Halloween members entertained residents of RiverStone assisted living facility in River Bend. Gifts were collected from members at the meeting to be given residents there at Christmas.
As part of its community action, the club donated money to the following organizations: River Bend First Responders, Red Caboose Library, New Bern High School Green Team, Ocracoke Disaster Relief, Coastal Women's Shelter, Colonial Capital Humane Society, Guardian Ad Litem, and MERCI Clinic.
It was announced that the club added winter plants to the planter box it maintains at Plantation Square on Shoreline Drive, including, mums, flowering kale, pansies, and viola.
At the Adopt-a-Plant table books, pots, and plants were available for free, including aloe, ivy, ferns, and elephant ears. Peggy Krauszer correctly answered the plant quiz/contest and won an Apple Blossom Amaryllis bulb.
Refreshments for the meeting were provided by Irma Robinson, Fran Rice, Janet Nawojski, Camille Hoffman, Carol McClard, and Ellen Serra.
The club's Christmas Luncheon, 45th Birthday Party, and Cookie Exchange will be held December 3 at the New Bern Country Club. The next general meeting is January 14, and anyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments and Meet-and-Greet begin at 12:30. Follow the club's other activities and local gardening news on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RiverBendNCGardenClub/
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It's no secret that a certain level of public anxiety concerning vaccination exists. In recent weeks, we've seen this issue brought to light with the low level of uptake of the HPV vaccine. I thought I would take a snapshot of the public opinion on vaccination by looking at what members of the public are saying on Twitter.
I defined the search terms to be "Vaccine"/"Vaccines"/"Vaccination" and the time of search to be 9am – 5pm (GMT), Friday 22nd March 2013. I excluded any tweets that weren't made by a member of the public.
Overall, I counted 51 tweets that expressed an opinion (either directly or indirectly) on vaccination. 33 of the tweets expressed a negative opinion, while 18 expressed a positive opinion.
On the whole, the majority of opinions expressed on Twitter during the day were negative – largely relating to pain and a fear that vaccines are dangerous. Some tweets expressed a concern that vaccines may threaten genetic integrity, may contain rabies, may cause child death, and may be dangerous and useless. On the other hand, other tweets expressed the view that vaccination was useful for protecting against travel-related diseases, that public concern against vaccination was a manufactured controversy, and that vaccination was effective.
Of course, my 'study' was very short and restricted – only one day, on one form of social media. Every day, however, conversations surrounding vaccination happen continuously. Do you think that having an understanding of the public view on vaccination is important? How can the vaccine industry react to public criticism?


Can Twitter Save MannKind Corporation?
MannKind has plans to use social media to help grow script volume for its inhaled insulin.
MannKind (NASDAQ:56400P706) has a plan.
The company's newly-appointed CEO Matthew Pfeffer gave a presentation yesterday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference during which he updated investors with the company's new thought process on how it plans to proceed with the launch of Afrezza, its inhaled insulin. Afrezza was expected to be a billion-dollar blockbuster drug, but its launch was nothing short of disastrous.
MannKind is being forced to rethink its sales and market strategy after news broke less than two weeks ago that former partner Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY) was terminating its commercialization agreement for Afrezza. The short notice hasn't given MannKind enough time to fully formulate its new sales and marketing strategy, but its management team was open about the options it is considering from here.
The most ideal choice for MannKind would be for it to sign up a new Afrezza partner. An optimal candidate would be a company with deep pockets that is willing to pay a upfront fee to get its hands on the commercial rights to Afrezza. A big presence in the diabetes space would also be a huge plus.
The two most obvious choices here are Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) and Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), both of which know diabetes well and have the financial resources to make a deal happen.
Of course, the chances of either company signing on at this point look like a long shot. After all, Sanofi is one of the biggest and most successful companies in diabetes, and if it failed to make Afrezza an economic success, why would either Novo Nordisk or Eli Lilly be able to? It's also worth remembering that both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lillly had previously attempted to develop inhaled insulins of their own years ago and ended up abandoning the projects.
Is either company likely to give it another try? That's doubtful, especially with Novo Nordisk currently pushing hard with its research into faster-acting versions of insulin that will compete head-on with Afrezza.
With the chances of finding a partner low, the most likely scenario from here is that MannKind will be forced to continue with the launch alone. One big benefit of this strategy is that it will allow MannKind to work directly with insurance companies to help solve the reimbursement issues that have plagued the launch so far.
Unfortunately, going at it alone creates its own set of problems. Building out a traditional sales force takes time and money, both of which the company is in short supply of right now.
So, we're looking at different ways, we cannot afford a large sales force. Nor -- even if we could, I don't think we would implement that strategy anyway. We're going to look, as Matt alluded to, 21st century ways of addressing this problem.
This presents a big challenge for the company. The traditional way to market a drug is to hire a sales force that knocks on doctors' doors and educates them on the product. It's expensive, but effective. That's the route Sanofi choose to pursue, and it failed.
We need to get that information out there, get the patients and, as importantly, the doctors and the caregivers trained in what the differences with the product are, how to use it correctly and how to get these advantages. One of the ways we can get maximum benefit from this with minimal dollars outlaid, which is an important thing, is in the social media. Some of you may have -- be aware we now have a MannKind Twitter account.
You read that right. The company is planning on using its Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) account to help it spread the word.
To be clear, this wasn't the only method that was called out as a way to help build awareness for the drug. The company also mentioned that it has plans to work with patient advocacy groups and diabetes education centers to help build awareness and drive sales. MannKind is also creating an "Afrezza Advocacy Council" to help facilitate conversations between patients and providers that might help to pick up script volume.
What do all of these ideas have in common? Minimal cost. That's important since at current burn rates, the company will be short on cash by the second half of this year. While it could raise capital through an additional equity offering, doing so now, with its stock down so much, would be tremendously dilutive.
If the company does ultimately decide to go at it alone and lean heavily on social media to help it spread the word, it will be taking a big risk. After all, there are regulatory guidelines that limit pharmaceutical company's usage of social media, so it's not like the company will be able to say anything it wants. Management did acknowledge that it will be fully compliant with any rules and regulations, but it's unclear how useful of a tool Twitter would be if the company is hindered in what it can say.
The other huge question in the air is will providers really be willing to prescribe a product for patients without having an easily reachable company representative on hand? While the company did admit it would still likely need to employ a small sales force where needed, it's unknown whether or not that would be enough to convince providers to join Team Afrezza.
Only time will tell if the company will be successful in finding a new partner, or if its low-cost methods of building support will work. At least we know MannKind's management team is committed to making the company viable and is willing to think outside the box.


9/21/2012 · 30 Hilarious Celebrity Photobombs. By Evelyn Lee. contributing writer. @esce_now / google+. Sep 21, 2012. Photobombing is an art, and celebrity photobombing is a rare gift to humanity.
30 Epic Celebrity Photobombs. Photobombs are always hilarious. Imagine someone ruins your ideal picture by purposely getting into it. Annoying, isn't it? It's even more fun when our superstars are being photobombed. We have compiled a list of 30 epic celebrities photobombs. These photos will surely put a huge smile on your face.
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Photobombs are even more hilarious when celebrities get in the way. Most celebrity pictures we see are posed; they are standing still, posing on the red carpet like gods and goddesses. But every now and then, celebrities decide to take things to another level and have fun with each other. Let's see some of the funniest photobombs. 1.
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Musk Says Only Some "Smart" Investors See Value Of Tesla's FSD
Tesla has been criticized by car buyers, government representatives, and investors alike for having prices too high for average Americans to afford, especially for a brand that prides itself on leading the EV revolution. But now, that problem may finally be being addressed as the company has issued discounts for new vehicles, and its used offerings have plunged in price.
According to data released by Edmunds, the average used Tesla fell to a new low of $55,754 in November, down 17% from its peak in July this year. In July, the average used Tesla was selling for $67,297. At the same time, in the United States, Tesla has issued a $7,500 discount on new Model 3s and Ys if buyers are willing to take delivery before the end of the year.
This opportunity even stands out compared to other new and used offerings, as indicated by the data from Edmunds. The average used car only decreased in price by 4% over the same timeframe, and the average used car also spent less time on dealer lots, 38 days instead of 50 for the average Tesla.
While this may be good news in addressing Tesla's affordability problem, some have worried that it indicates a lessening demand for Tesla vehicles, which could further hurt the Tesla stock price as it heads toward record lows.
While it is unclear if Tesla is seeing weakening demand, numerous outside factors may be contributing to lower vehicle prices. As gas prices have come down from record highs earlier this year, demand for electric vehicles may be affected as buyers are less likely to look for cheaper ownership options. Furthermore, interest rates have been continually hiked this year to battle inflation, making loans significantly more expensive. Finally, Tesla now faces a higher level of competition in its market segment than ever, not only from other luxury brands like BMW and Mercedes, but also from non-luxury brands like Ford, Hyundai, and Kia.
While this fall in Tesla vehicle prices may be bad news for investors, it may be the break in the clouds that many buyers have been looking for. With prices at record lows, this may be the best time to get into a Tesla, and with many doubtful that new vehicle prices will be coming down anytime soon, this could be the unique opportunity many have been looking for as they look to get their first electric vehicle.
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The United States appears to be moving closer to taking military action in Syria over President Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons, but a new report in Foreign Policy shows that the U.S. government wasn't always so vehemently opposed to the use of such tactics. According to recently declassified CIA documents and interviews with former intelligence officials, the U.S. government had evidence that Iraq was using chemical weapons in 1983, but concealed those facts as Iran tried to prove that to the United Nations. Even worse, toward the end of the war, the U.S. shared information with Iraq about Iran's military position that it knew was likely to lead to a chemical attack. As Foreign Policy puts it, the new revelations are "tantamount to an official American admission of complicity in some of the most gruesome chemical weapons attacks ever launched."
Long before the U.S. decided that both nations were part of an "Axis of Evil," it was determined to see Iraq defeat Iran, even if it meant looking the other way as Saddam Hussein gassed his enemies and his own people. When Iraq began using mustard gas in 1983, the U.S. government wasn't sharing intelligence with Hussein, but CIA reports show that top Reagan administration officials were regularly updated on the attacks. Nothing was done to prevent them either, though U.S. officials knew about Iraq's efforts to produce the weapons and the locations of its chemical plants. One CIA document stated, "If the Iraqis produce or acquire large new supplies of mustard agent, they almost certainly would use it against Iranian troops and towns near the border."
The U.S. changed its policy on sharing intelligence with Hussein in 1987, when CIA satellite images revealed that the Iranians had uncovered a hole in Iraq's defenses near Basrah, and were building up troops and equipment nearby. A Defense Intelligence Agency report warned that if Iran captured the city, Iraq would lose the war. President Reagan reportedly read the document and scribbled in the margin, "An Iranian victory is unacceptable."
Top officials decided to share information on Iran's strategy with Iraq, providing satellite imagery and reports on the Iranian military's abilities. Soon after, Iraq launched sarin attacks that killed thousands.
For years, U.S. officials have defended themselves by saying that throughout the war, Iraq never announced it would use chemical weapons. Retired Air Force Col. Rick Francona, who was military attach� in Baghdad during the 1988 attacks, told Foreign Policy, "The Iraqis never told us that they intended to use nerve gas. They didn't have to. We already knew."


The Montney formation by 2020 is expected to grow to 7 Bcf/d, representing 38% of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin's production, and Encana Corp. expects to be leading the charge, executives said Tuesday.
During a morning-long presentation in New York City, CEO Doug Suttles and his management team provided an overview of the Montney, which Encana considers to be on par with the Marcellus Shale (see Shale Daily, May 3).
It's "ironic to be talking about Western Canadian natural gas on one of its lowest price points in quite some time," Suttles said, but he wanted to convey to investors Montney's worth -- not only to Encana but to the future of North American resources.
The Montney "is one of the top five gas plays in the world, not in Canada...not in North America, but in the world. It has incredible liquids potential. And I'm not talking about C2, C3, C4, I'm talking about C5-plus, the most valuable liquids that come with natural gas." It's also a play "that's well connected to market, both east and west."
The National Energy Board of Canada in 2013 said the Montney's expected recoverable resource was estimated at 450 Tcf of gas and 15.6 billion bbl of liquids, both natural gas liquids and oil.
"This truly sets it in the top five of natural gas fields in the world," enough to supply Canada for 100 years, said Executive Vice President David Hill, who handles exploration and business development.
There were 54 gas rigs on average working in the Montney between January and March -- more than any other play in North America. The Marcellus/Utica shales had an average of 46 gas rigs working in the first quarter, while the Rockies had 33 and the Haynesville Shale had 17. The Montney also is unique in that it works across the gas, liquids and oil windows, Encana engineer adviser Blair Porter said. Over several million years, the Montney was layered with thick, multiple stacked zones.
The size and scale actually is the "same as the Marcellus," Porter said, with deeper, stacked reservoirs making the condensate window of the Montney "larger and richer."
The Montney has three distinct regions: the Northwest, the Central and the Southeast. The stacked zones are more comparable to the Permian Basin than the shallower Marcellus and Eagle Ford shales, according to Porter. Across a 350-mile stretch 1,000 feet deep of the Upper Montney to the base of the Sexsmith formation, there are up to six stacked laterals with 50-200 Bcf/section.
By comparison, a 100-mile stretch of the Permian, 2,000 feet in depth from the Middle Spraberry to base Wolfcamp C , has more than eight stacked laterals with more than 150 million bbl/section. Across 350 miles of the Marcellus, 250-feet deep, a single lateral has 50-60 Bcf/section, while 200 miles of the Eagle Ford also 250-feet deep, has up to two stacked laterals with 30-40 million bbl/section.
Naysayers exist about the siltstone formation, which straddles British Columbia and Alberta, pointing to market challenges from a lack of pipeline and related infrastructure. But Suttles and his team attempted to make the case that nothing could be further from the truth.
For the Montney, Encana has identified about 10,000 locations, including 6,500 in the condensate-rich window of the play.
Encana is producing 750 MMcf/d of gas and 21,000 b/d of liquids today, COO Mike McAllister said. Wells are producing up to 16 MMcf/d, about five times better than when development began. Estimated ultimate recoveries are up by eight-fold, with up to 2 million boe wells, while finding and development costs have fallen by six times.
Today, the strategy in Montney is "drill to fill," Suttles said. In British Columbia, Encana has a partnership with Mitsubishi Corp., which paid the operator $2.9 billion in 2012 to capture a 40% share -- including drilling costs over five years (see Shale Daily, Feb. 21, 2012). The drilling carry still would have about $650-700 million at the end of this year.
"There's kind of two halves to Montney...In British Columbia, that's where we have our, Cutbank Ridge partnership with Mitsubishi, that's where three big plants are built in a large piece of that curve..." Veresen Inc. in December agreed to build the Tower gas processing complex in northeast British Columbia for the partners (see Shale Daily, Dec. 8, 2015).
In the Alberta Montney, Encana is proving out the liquids window, but no significant expansion is planned yet.
"In other words, the main compression component is to keep the gas rate the same, but change the front-end of these plants so that we can massively grow liquids. As declined happens, we actually take basically pretty dry gas wells and replace some with these very condensate wells. And we have to decide where we want to go in Alberta."
Things turned positive for producers when Alberta revamped its royalty structure, Suttles said.
"The old royalty structure in Alberta created a penalty for oil wells...This new structure actually doesn't differentiate. And in fact it's advantageous to efficient operators...We needed to get that structure in place...We needed to get certainty, now that's out. We're actually looking at how we build that up in time. So as we've moved into 2017, we've a fully landed the plan next year."
The question now is how to efficiently add capacity in 2017 and 2018 -- and effectively deploy capital. But Encana has no intentions to build up a backlog of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells. "I wouldn't expect us to build a big DUC backlog, but the rig count will grow over time as we get closer to the startup of these three plants." The first one comes on in September 2017 with the another in early 2018 and the final one late that year.
The Calgary-based explorer has a case to make. One of the leading gas producers in North America, the portfolio-rich operator had almost 30 plays from which to choose as late as 2012. But low gas prices and high costs led incoming CEO Suttles to overhaul the company.
Montney's strategic place in Encana's portfolio was set in late 2013, as the operator began to whittle down its massive portfolio. At the time, the long-term plan was to create a portfolio to a select few targets, one that could work through any volatile commodity price cycle. Encana honed its techniques across North America's onshore unconventionals -- and it had a good selection from which to choose.
"If you're not in the best rocks, you're not going to be successful through the cycle," Suttles said. "If the rocks aren't good, great management can't make bad rocks good."
The portfolio was whittled to seven, then to four, and today 95% of capital funding is divided between Canada's Montney and Duvernay formations and the Texas Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale.
It's not a manufacturing process," Suttles said. "It's an innovation process...We do not try to standardize and duplicate. We constantly try to make it better...and expect that things will change, not only every year but almost every quarter."
There are, of course, a lot of risks, particularly in today's commodity world. Nothing is black and white, Suttles said.
"Because of our portfolio and where we're at in the efficiency in which we're executing within the portfolio, the more capital we deploy the better the business gets, but we're also conscious of uncertainty in price, so you have to weigh that up against how much balance sheet risk you want to take. And that's the decision we'll take as we move into each year.
"That's probably the biggest uncertainty we have to deal with, and part of that will be driven by things not only what the price deck is and what we could do with cost efficiency, it will also do with what we do for instance asset sales..."
Encana has the land position, "which we could probably more than double our current growth plan...We've actually self-constrained our growth in the Montney just to manage market risk. We have the land secure, we have the land today. We have the resource, which could more than double our planned growth profile, and what we said is, it's more driven by strategy, how much risk do we want to take in actually Western Canadian gas until we actually see how these markets develop and our access to these markets develop.
"We can ramp this up quite quickly, really the ramp time is two years. It's the time to build, gathering, and processing, and we are doing that today. We know it from the time we say go to the time we actually have the capacity online is about two years and it's not anything doing drilling wells. We can fill these plants up really fast with drilling activities..."