Steve C, Team Marina

So glad it was edifying ;) - Soup in a TARDIS

That needs to be put on a sampler, people - Soup in a TARDIS

"Tom Petty has been given a songwriting credit for Sam Smith's hit song "Stay With Me." Petty and collaborator Jeff Lynne were added to the song credits after Petty's team noticed a likeness between Smith's song and Petty's "I Won't Back Down." When the Petty camp reached out to Smith's representatives, they settled the matter amicably and agreed that Petty and Lynne will receive royalties." - Steve C, Team Marina

One neighbor had been there 40 years. I'm not sure what refinance they did to still have a mortgage they couldn't pay, he still worked full time. - Steve C, Team Marina

The banks have been caught red-handed turning people out of their homes even when they're *up-to-date* on their mortgages. And the feds seem to be doing NOTHING about it. At the time the US was bailing the financial industry out, I thought I saw the point because of all the jobs that depended on it. But after what they've done, with impunity, and then turning around and having NO sympathy or gratitude to the US public - fuck them. Let them burn. - Spidra Webster

I'm sorry to hear about your neighbors. It's a hard experience. My sister is a paralegal working with commercial real estate. She's told me that FHA and Fannie Mae never supported refinancing of troubled mortgages, despite the government programs. - Greg GuitarBuster

"A humble roundworm is leading the race in artificial intelligence, showing that it may be possible one day to upload our brains to a computer. Called the Open Worm Project, the research brings together scientists and programmers from around the world with the aim of recreating the behavior of the common roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) in a machine. The open source project recently had its first major breakthrough when its software -- modeled on the neurons of the worm's nervous system -- independently controlled a Lego robot. The machine's sensors, without any prior programming, made the robot behave in a similar fashion to C. elegans, approaching and backing away from obstacles or stimulated by food." - Steve C, Team Marina

"With the worm's nose neurons replaced by a sonar sensor and the motor neurons running down both sides of the worm replicated on the left and right motors of the Lego bot, the robot could emulate the worm's biological wiring." - Steve C, Team Marina

https://www.youtube.com/watch... - Steve C, Team Marina

I love Sleater-Kinney so much. - Stephen Mack

I won't lie, I almost cried when they announced they were coming back together for a new album. - Hookuh Tinypants

"Catching most of the Catholic faithful by surprise, Pope Francis announced Thursday that he plans to canonize Father Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest both revered and reviled for founding nine missions in California." - Steve C, Team Marina

lol - Starmama

"oody Allen will write and direct his first television series for Amazon, the company announced on Tuesday in a statement. lRelated Woody Allen adds Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley to next movie Movies Now Woody Allen adds Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley to next movie See all related 8 The half-hour series, which has been ordered for a full season, will be available for Amazon Prime Instant Video customers. Roy Price, vice president of Amazon Studios, called Allen a "visionary creator" in the statement and Allen said: “I don’t know how I got into this. I have no ideas and I’m not sure where to begin. My guess is that Roy Price will regret this."" - Steve C, Team Marina

I guess they're doing this instead of stuff like "The After?" - Jennifer Dittrich

"Long Beach's top medical officer warned that the public may have been exposed at four locations between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 3: Total Wellness Club and Bank of America in the 6400 block of Spring Street Stater Brothers in the 6500 block of Spring Street Bank of America in the 6300 block of Spring Street" - Steve C, Team Marina

Yeesh. What is it going to take for the anti vaxxers to understand that they are screwing it up for the rest of the herd? - Corinne L

"This looks like another artifact of the rise of the anti-vaccination movement. The Disneyland cases undermine the anti-vaccination argument that leaving children unimmunized affects only those who haven't received shots. They show how a single unimmunized carrier can spread disease into the larger population, especially individuals who can't be vaccinated because of age. As my colleague Emily Foxhall reported, the Department of Public Health believes that a single unimmunized visitor to Disneyland or the adjacent California Adventure Park in Anaheim from Dec. 15 to Dec. 20 was the source of the latest outbreak. The infection then spread to patients in Pasadena, the counties of Alameda, Orange, Riverside and San Diego, and Utah, affecting children as young as 8 months. Of the victims, one had received the standard two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine. Two San Diego county siblings who were exposed at Disney may have later spread measles to people who were at the Parkway Plaza Mall in El Cajon on Dec. 29, the CDPH says." - Steve C, Team Marina

"As the public health agency observes, measles was judged to be eliminated in the United States in 2000. But recent outbreaks in Europe, Pakistan, Vietnam and the Philippines can be brought to the U.S. by unvaccinated travelers. "Disney and other theme parks in California are international attractions and visitors come from many parts of the world, including those where measles is endemic," the CDPH says. Obviously, Disney isn't at fault in this outbreak--heedless parents leaving their children unvaccinated are. " - Steve C, Team Marina

"The bridge will be closed for 52 hours from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to Monday morning while crews install a new, movable median along the bridge. The barriers allow new, huge "zipper trucks" to change the number of northbound and southbound lanes with traffic flow – a safer alternative to having a person hang outside a truck picking up and dropping off orange pylons, which was the old method." - Steve C, Team Marina

Sounds like a traffic nightmare this weekend - Steve C, Team Marina

Just got home from the city. Last barrier-free day! - Anne Bouey

"The Cavaliers are in advanced discussions to acquire Timofey Mozgov from the Nuggets, according to Marc Stein of ESPN. The return for Mozgov is said to be two future first-round picks. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports is reporting that the deal is agreed to in principle and confirms that two first-round picks is the bounty for the Russian." - Steve C, Team Marina

That's a lot to give up for Mozgov. I guess they are desperate for some low post defense with Varejao going down. - Rodfather

Come on you gamer people i am trying to relate. :) Though based on the many comments about Percy Jackson books in the scrolling commentary on the game I think the fanbase is 12 years old. - Steve C, Team Marina

Those games are way too addicting. I'd suggest uninstalling it. :p - Rodfather

I'm addicted to clash of clans. It doesn't help that I just joined my brother's/nephew's clan. - Rodfather

Yes i think in this game i need a clan/alliance to survive which is unfortunate as i don't like people. - Steve C, Team Marina

Free 13 Metal songs - Steve C, Team Marina

hmmm... - Anne Bouey

\m/ - Tamara J. B.

"f you want a truly anonymous life, then maybe it's time you learned about Tor, CSpace and ZRTP. These three technologies could help people hide their activities from the National Security Agency, according to NSA documents newly obtained from the archive of former contractor Edward Snowden by the German magazine Der Spiegel. The combination of Tor, CSpace and ZRTP (plus another anonymizing technology for good measure) results in levels of protection that the NSA deems "catastrophic" -- meaning the organization has "near-total loss/lack of insight to target communications," according to Der Spiegel." - Steve C, Team Marina

"Concealed weapons are part of everyday life in Idaho, and that's unlikely to change in the Mountain West state despite a shocking accident in which a 2-year-old boy reached into his mother's purse, got ahold of her gun and shot her in the head inside a Wal-Mart. Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, was shopping Tuesday morning with her son and three nieces in Hayden, Idaho, when the small-caliber handgun discharged one time, killing her. Terry Rutledge, Veronica's father-in-law, told The Spokesman-Review that the boy unzipped the special gun compartment in the woman's purse where the weapon was kept while she was looking at clothing." - Steve C, Team Marina

Gah. :( - Tamara J. B.

I went to that very Walmart on our road trip the past summer - it's near the Silverwood amusement park. Frightening. - Micah

"Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the connection between red meat and cancer, which have long been linked by researchers. A team of scientists from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) discovered this week that red meats including beef, pork and lamb contain a sugar that's created naturally by many other meat-eating animals but not by humans. The sugar identified in the study, dubbed Neu5GC, caused tumors in mice genetically engineered to not produce the compound in a lab study conducted by the researchers. The results help provide a level of groundbreaking understanding about the cancer-causing effects of red meat consumption by humans." - Steve C, Team Marina

so chicken and fish are still semi-safe? - Big Joe Silenced

Well, if you ignore the possible heavy metals lurking in the fish... - Jennifer Dittrich

\m/ >_< \m/ - Big Joe Silenced

And that doesn't count the tiny one who has the snot river running down his throat till he throws it up. Ugh. - Steve C, Team Marina

My kingdom to breathe out of my nose! - Steve C, Team Marina

"SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh is headed to Ann Arbor to be Michigan's coach, according to one of his closest friends. Comcast Sports Network Bay Area's Dave Feldman, who went to high school with Harbaugh in Palo Alto and now hosts the pregame show for the 49ers announced the news Saturday night, saying Michigan will have a press conference on Tuesday." - Steve C, Team Marina

oh he already is, Megan. It's like the Second Coming around here. I don't get it. - MoTO Boychick Devil

Amazon 40 free Apps for Android today and each of next few days - Steve C, Team Marina

I just downloaded two. - Julian

Five Nights at Freddy's is so scary - Rodfather

6 months of snot appears to have built up in his nose and it's all being leaked or coughed up today. Ugh - Steve C, Team Marina

If you can teach him some rhythm early, it should sound like beatboxing! - Spidra Webster

"U.S. economic strength: This is the third and final reading on GDP, and the 5% figure represents an upgrade from the Commerce Department's initial estimate of 3.9% growth. The stellar third quarter also marks an acceleration from the very strong growth of 4.6% during the second quarter and the rough first quarter when GDP was -2.1% due to the harsh winter weather. All of that helps explain why hiring has increased dramatically this year. Employers added 321,000 jobs in November, making 2014 the strongest year for job growth since 1999. The solid growth could clear the path for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in 2015. While there is some trepidation about the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade, it would signal that the U.S. economy in actually strong enough to take off the training wheels." - Steve C, Team Marina

Free today. - Steve C, Team Marina

"With injuries to Johnny Manziel and Brian Hoyer, the quarterback situation is looking bleak in Cleveland. In need of a healthy arm, the Browns actually reached out to free-agent signal-caller Rex Grossman. Surprisingly, the 12-year journeyman turned down the offer with his family in town." "As a veteran with more than 10 years in the NFL, Grossman would have been due — at the minimum — one-seventeenth of $910,000 for his week of work. That's $53,529.41 by our count for less than a full week's work, really six days from today through Sunday." - Steve C, Team Marina

Good for him. If he's in no need of extra money it's always fine to choose family first. - Steve C, Team Marina

"Harvey used his security clearance to help provide guns to a passenger named Mark Quentin Henry after Henry cleared security. - Henry allegedly brought the firearms in his carry-on luggage on at least five flights from Atlanta to New York between May 1 and December 10. - During that time frame, Henry supplied 129 handguns and two assault rifles to co-conspirators in New York, the affidavit states. - One of those co-conspirators ended up selling the firearms to an undercover New York police officer. Henry was arrested in New York on December 10 after landing at JFK airport with 18 handguns in his bag -- seven of which were loaded, the affidavit says." - Steve C, Team Marina

"Keurig Green Mountain Inc said it would recall about 7.2 million hot beverage-brewing machines that could overheat and cause injury by spraying hot liquids on users. The affected machines are Keurig Mini Plus brewers made between December 2009 and July 2014 with the model number K10 and serial numbers starting with 31, the company said on its website. (bit.ly/1GT8a1G) The recall affects 6.6 million machines in the United States and 564,000 in Canada. Keurig's shares were down 3.3 percent at $135.15 in light premarket trading on Tuesday. The company said the machines could malfunction especially if used to brew more than two cups in quick succession." - Steve C, Team Marina

Amazing coincidence the recall wasn't announced till the end of the holiday buying season. I know it's the model they stopped selling in July but you'd think 90 injuries would have prompted a little prompter recall. - Steve C, Team Marina

Wow. That's crazy. - Tamara J. B.

"Starting December 24th and running until December 26th, Amazon Appstore will offer a number of paid apps and games for free, as part of the largest Free App of the Day bundle ever. The bundle includes apps and games from developers like Halfbrick Studios, Rovio Entertainment and Sega of America, which range in price from $0.99 to $64.99, all for free—saving customers up to $220." "Until December 25th, customers can get up to 50% off Holiday and Kids movies and TV shows. Top titles include; Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, White Christmas, Polar Express, Home Alone, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Elf. Find out more at amazon.com/aiv/deals. " - Steve C, Team Marina

Eddie turns 50 this week but he's still all mine Tamara - Steve C, Team Marina

Lenny Kravitz does not even look 40. - Julian

Steve, why don't we let the kids duke it out for us to see who gets him. :-P - Tamara J. B.

"When the Independence-based Missouri Mavericks take to the ice on Friday against the Brampton Beast, they'll have a new set of threads to display to go along with Star Wars Night." - Steve C, Team Marina