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By August 14, 2011 - 12:23pm
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i and my gf imitated sex, with no actual penetration, i was in my underwear while she had silk pants on but was not wearing her underwear. i did came after the act and saw cum on her pants on the waistline area. also the inside of her pants were wet, with the semen, is there a possibility that the semen might have touched around or on the vaginal area and are there any chances of getting pregnant?? pls help me b4 i kill myself over this..

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The above comments are correct--semen does not travel through clothing, and there is no risk of pregnancy.

Please make sure to use a condom next time you are intimate with your girlfriend, if you ever decide to take your underwear off, so that you do not have this stress and worry. (Practice putting the condom on a few times by yourself, so you are able to use them correctly in the "heat of the moment"). Here is some additional information for you:
- Tips on preventing wardrobe malfunctions (using a condom).
- Snug to Magnum: How to choose your best condom size.

For more information about safer sex, please review these articles: Am I Pregnant after Dry Sex, Making Out with Clothes On? and Outercourse, Dry Humping, Dry Sex and The Misconceptions of Sex.

August 14, 2011 - 7:20pm

Do not panic or kill yourself. Dry humping with clothes on does not cause pregnancy.
However, you said that you had just an underwear and she had a thin layer of clothing. If semen soaked into the side of her pants touching her vagina, because of the THIN clothing layers, then there will be a very very low risk. But again semen do not travel through clothes. In order to make her pregnant, You both should have NO clothes on and you should ejaculate directly inside her vagina or somewhere near it (like the vaginal lips) where sperm could easily drip inside.
May be her pants were wet because of her own vaginal lubrication.
Most probably she is not pregnant, next time either practice dry sex with enough clothes on, thicker clothes or use a condom to be safe in all cases.
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By Anonymous May 7, 2015 - 8:44am
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I am having sharp needle like pain in and around my left nipple. I am 21 years old. I read on the forum that it could be due to hormonal changes, but I have perfectly fine menstural cycle (5 days, with a gap of about 27-32 days). The pain began a week after my periods. I also read it could be due to pregnancy but I have never even had an intercourse. It is really worrying me, please help! :(

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Welcome to EmpowHER. The amount of information available on the internet can be helpful, overwhelming, confusing and at time conflicting. If the pain persists or worsens, you best bet is to consult a physician.

Nipple pain can result from mild physical surface abrasion from such activities as engaging in physical activity, such as exercise or jogging without a bra, wearing a poorly fitted bra, or participating in any activity that produces friction on the skin of the breast.

Ordinary soreness from surface abrasions should clear up within a few days.

Nipple pain can also be caused by specific disorders, particularly inflammatory disorders. Both mastitis, which is an infection and inflammation of the ducts of the breast, and breast abscess, which is a collection of pus located in a specific area, can result in nipple pain.

Inflammatory conditions will medical attention. Seek prompt medical care if you experience any of the following symptoms: excessive cracking or open wounds on the surface of the nipple or areola, heat or redness in the nipple, breast tissues, or on the breast surface, nipple or breast pain on one side only, fever or chills; new, unusual, or changing lumps in the breast, nipple abscess or nipple discharge, especially a brown or bloody discharge; or bleeding from the nipple.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks a lot for your reply.
I cannot see any abrasion, can it be internal?
And please tell me if anything can be done to reduce the pain, it is really hurting me.

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Hi Anonymous,

If you do not think the pain resulted from friction, such as wearing a ill-fitting bra, then it caused be inflammation. Only physical evaluation by a physician can determine that. Once you know the cause, then treatment can be suggested.

Try going without a bra and see if that helps.

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Is two periods normal after taking Plan B?

By Anonymous January 12, 2012 - 5:10pm
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Took Plan B two days after regular period. Started another period that lasted 6 days. It had stopped for only 3 days and now I am having another period (I am in my 3rd day of the period and it has gotten heavier) Any ideas? This would be my 3rd full cycle in less than a month.

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Taking Next Choice will cause changes in your menstrual cycle.

You have upset your normal cycle by taking the pill so soon after your normal period.

I have two concerns, the heavy and prolonged bleeding can lead to anemia, and the hormonal imbalance that is causing the frequent periods.

You may want to make an appointment with your doctor for both of these concerns.

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On Friday night i forgot to take my pill and had unprotected sex. Usually i take my pill anywhere from 10:30-1:30 and i took it as soon as i remembered which was 10 am the next morning (saturday) then took my pill at my regular time at 11ish. Yesterday I had unprotected sex again and since I fell asleep shortly after, I forgot to take my pill. I took my pill just now at 10 and intend to take my pill again later tonight at 11. My question is what are my chances of getting pregnant due to my being late/missing with taking the pills on alternate days. Yesterday was my first day on the third week and I am on Linessa 21.

Thank you very much

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Hi notlola,

Thank you for sharing your question.

If you miss one or more pills, you increase your chances of releasing an egg (ovulation) that could be fertilized and lead to a pregnancy. It's really hard to say but your risk lowers during the time when inactive pills are taken or there is a break between active pills.

I would suggest using a back up birth control method until you are taking your pill more consistently just to be on the safer side.

I hope this helps.

Be well,

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It goes without saying that poor dental hygiene can cause a lot of health problems for the mouth. This includes cavities, gingivitis and other problems, but it may surprise you to learn that there are a whole host of other issues that may result from poor dental hygiene. Even more shocking, these illnesses and problems may not be overly apparent.

In order to understand what unusual issues may result from poor dental hygiene, read our tips to discover what problems you may face.

Heart Disease

It may be shocking to learn that poor dental hygiene may lead to problems with the heart, but there is some evidence that it just might. People with gum disease are almost twice as likely as to develop heart disease in the near future. According to some researchers, this is because some bacteria and plaque may leech into the bloodstream and cause issues.

Memory Issues

Again, this may be surprising, but poor dental hygiene may make people more prone to memory loss and dementia. If you have fewer teeth, it may allow more bacteria to enter the blood system through the cranial nerves.

Breathing Issues
Breathing in loads of bacteria is never a really good thing. Therefore, it is really advisable that you make your mouth as clean as possible. Your airways may become too inflamed and your risk of COPD and other breathing related issues may increase as a result. There have also been studies in regards to pneumonia and it is speculated that a bacterial pneumonia may be more prevalent in people with poor oral hygiene.

Your Blood Sugar May Suffer

Of course, diabetes may make you more susceptible to catching infection and this includes gum disease. This could make it harder for you to control your blood sugar.

You May Increase Your Risk of HPV

According to several studies, your risk of HPV may increase with poor dental hygiene, even if it may be a small independent factor of some sort. By some estimates, your risk of developing an oral HPV make be increased by over half. HPV can lead to the dreaded HPV related cancers, so it is extremely important that you do whatever it takes to limit your chances.

Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is definitely nothing to scoff at. According to several studies, those with gum disease had nearly a 64 percent chance of developing pancreatic cancer. This could be the result of inflammation in the gums, which forces the body to create more reactive proteins. These types of proteins are indicative of a response to pancreatic cancer.

While having poor dental hygiene is nothing to scoff it, it may lead to a whole host of other issues which could be much more serious than a simple case of having a cavity. It is therefore extremely important to ensure that you practice good oral hygiene by making regular trips to the dentist, brushing your teeth regularly and most importantly, don’t forget to floss. While poor oral hygiene may play a small part in these diseases, it never hurts to lower your chances as much as possible.

This Article is provided by Dr. Ashlea Drakeford, A Professional Dentist in Dallas. Dr. Ashlea is married with Sheldon and she have a 7 years old twin boys.

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I have very bad gingivitis, missing teeth, and several very deep cavities. My current dentist does not want to pull my teeth and make me dentures, even if it is only the bottom ones. Where, and how can I find a dentist who is willing to pull my teeth and make me dentures that attach to the bone? What kind of dentist would I look for? Where would I find one? He or she would need to be located in Yorktown or Newport News. Thank you very much for your assistance.

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According to the Harvard School of Public Health, it's possible that we may not have heard the whole story about soy. Does eating soy-based foods lower cholesterol and ease hot flashes?

Can it prevent breast cancer and prostate cancer? Will it promote weight loss, and wards off osteoporosis?

“While some of soy’s touted benefits are attributed to a unique characteristic: its high concentration of isoflavones, a type of plant-made estrogen (phytoestrogen) that mimics naturally-produced estrogen, many health claims about soy go far beyond the available evidence,” HSPH said.

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In 1999, the Food and Drug Administration let companies claim that foods containing soy protein "may reduce the risk of heart disease." The claim was based on early research showing that soy protein lowered levels of low-density lipoproteins or LDL (bad) cholesterol.

A 1995 meta-analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, of 38 controlled clinical trials showed that eating approximately 50 grams of soy protein a day in place of animal protein reduced total cholesterol levels by 9.3 percent, LDL cholesterol by 12.9 percent, and triglycerides by 10.5 percent.

If such reductions were sustained over time, heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease could be reduced by 20 percent.

The American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) nutrition committee looked at more recent soy-cholesterol research and says the results aren’t so glowing. It found eating 50 grams of soy daily—more than half the average person’s daily protein requirement— lowers LDL about 3 percent.

To get 50 grams of soy protein, a person has to eat one-and one-half pounds of tofu or drink 64 ounces of soy milk.

There’s still a silver lining. The AHA committee says that even though soy protein itself has little direct effect on cholesterol, soy foods are still good for the heart and blood vessels.

This is because they usually replace less healthful choices, like red meat while delivering plenty of polyunsaturated fat, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, and low saturated fat.

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Dr. Goldstein explains the punch biopsy procedure.

Dr. Goldstein:
A punch biopsy is just a method of doing a biopsy and makes a circular biopsy approximately half the size of a pencil eraser. It’s just a method of doing biopsy that gives clean edges, and so for the pathologist it’s easiest to read the specimen.

About Dr. Goldstein, M.D.:
Dr. Andrew T. Goldstein, M.D., graduated from the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He pursued his internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Beth Israel Medical Center. After completing his residency, Dr. Goldstein moved to Annapolis, Maryland and started the Sexual Wellness Center which is devoted to the treatment of female sexual dysfunction. In 1999, he joined the faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and became the Director of The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders in Washington, D.C. and New York City in 2002.

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Although STD Awareness Month has ended, keep in mind that the fight against stigma and the push for more effective treatments and cures is still ongoing.

However, the stigma against sexually transmitted diseases may be slowly going away, with many women now sharing their stories publicly.

For example, 22-year-old Ella Dawson wrote an essay on her herpes diagnosis for Women’s Health Magazine that quickly went viral.

In her essay she discusses how she actually enjoys telling people she has herpes now, as part of her fight against stigma.

“I don’t know what made me decide enough was enough,” Dawson said in the essay. “I didn’t feel like the woman that my friends knew me to be—a bold and outspoken campus badass—but I was sick of making myself small because I had herpes.”

“Six months after my first outbreak, I started dropping the ‘herpes bomb’ into conversations casually,” Dawson added in her essay. “My logic was that every time I told someone, ‘I have herpes,’ the words would get easier to say.”

Liz Crokin, a journalist and author of “Malice,” got herpes from her ex over two years ago, and it actually progressed into herpes meningitis and then meningoencephalitis, a life-threatening condition.

As a result of her ex’s deception in knowingly spreading herpes without telling her, Crokin went public with her story over a year ago.

She ultimately filed a personal injury lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, Mallory Hill.

“He told me we were in a committed and monogamous relationship and told me he had no STDs,” she said in an email. “When I got ill he continued to tell me he had no STDs.”

But this just wasn't true.“I later found out that he had had herpes for at least two decades and later found out that he had also infected his ex-wife and other women.”

She experienced many emotions and mood issues during that devastating time, including anxiety, depression, frustration, resentment, humiliation, shame, anger and loneliness.

“I have found ... the best way to minimize breakouts is by keeping your stress level minimal,” Crokin said.

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Wisdom teeth have nothing to do, really, with having or lacking wisdom.

Indeed, their very existence would seem to fly in the face of wisdom since many people don't have enough room in their mouths for these teeth to grow in properly.

Your third molars show up later in life than your other teeth. They will usually try to emerge between 17 and 21 years of age.

You'll notice I said, "try to emerge". For many people wisdom teeth become impacted, which means they only succeed in coming partially throug the gums. In some cases they remain under the gums.

A tooth can be impacted because of lack of space, either because it begins coming in at an angle that causes it to be blocked by another tooth or teeth, or because there just isn't enough room, no matter what the angle.

Some impacted wisdom teeth stay dormant and never cause a problem. Others though may result in pericoronitis,which can cause pain, swelling and tenderness, as debris, food or plaque is trapped in the surrounding tissues.

The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons said on their AAOMS.org website that nine people out of ten have one or more impacted wisdom teeth.

Impacted wisdom teeth may cause damage to surrounding teeth. This area of the mouth can be attractive to bacteria due to the fact that it's so hard to get in there to clean properly.

Gum disease can result, possibly leading to illness and infections affecting the rest of the body. Sometimes the gum area around the wisdom tooth will become the site of a cyst or tumor filled with fluid which can ultimately hollow out the jaw and damage nerves and teeth.

An impacted wisdom tooth can leave you with tenderness or pain in the jaw or gums, or headaches. Your gums may become red or swollen in the area of the affected tooth.

The lymph nodes in your neck may swell and become sore. It may be hard to open your mouth. You may contend with bad breath, or things may taste bad because of the impacted tooth.

An impacted tooth that is not dealt with could lead to infection or abscess in the tooth or your gums. Plaque can be trapped and proliferate between your teeth and your gums.

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Hesitation, or tentative, wounds are defined either as: any cut or wound that is self-inflicted after a decision is made not to commit suicide, or any tentative cut or wound that is made before the final cut that causes death. Such wounds are usually superficial, sharp, forced skin cuts found on the body of victims. These less severe cutting marks are often caused by attempts to build up courage before attempting the final, fatal wound. Non-fatal, shallow hesitation wounds can also accompany the deeper, sometimes fatal incisions. Although hesitation cuts are not always present in cases of suicide, they are typical of suicidal injuries. However, the presence of hesitation marks alongside or near to the final fatal mark usually indicates a forensic diagnosis of suicide over other possible causes of death.

Hesitation wounds are generally straight-line marks at the elbows, neck/throat, and wrists, although in a few cases they occur in the general area of the upper middle part of the abdomen (near the heart). Wounds made by people attempting suicide are typically made at an angle related to the hand that holds the weapon. The angle of such hesitation wounds is usually in a downward flowing direction because of the natural motion of the arm as it sweeps across the body. Hesitation wounds are often made under clothing, with particular parts of the clothing being parted to expose the target area of the body, a common feature seen by forensic experts examining suicidal wounds. Instruments used to inflict hesitation wounds are generally those found around the living quarters of the person attempting suicide. Such instruments include kitchen knives, single-edge and double-edge knifes, pocket knives, hatchets, razor blades, screwdrivers, and other sharp objects. People who have previously attempted suicide, but have not succeeded in their endeavor, will often carry visible scars from hesitation wounds.

Although usually used in association with attempted suicides, hesitation wounds are sometimes made in order to provide an alibi (a claim to have been elsewhere when a crime was committed) or to be seen as a victim (when in actuality the person was an active participant in the crime).

see also Knife wounds; Suicide investigation.

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We like the looks of the DD100, Minox's new compact two megapixel digital camera, but we can't tell whether it is really made of stainless steel or not. The company says has a "stainless steel look", but it's a bit hard to decipher (and impossible to tell from the photo) whether this is just a mangled translation from the original German and that its casing really is made of stainless steel, or (and this is far more likely) that it just has that simulated stainless steel that's made of plastic. And not to be totally nitpicky, but the other odd thing in their press release is that it says the camera can only use SD cards up to 128MB in size, a limitation we've yet to see on another digital camera.

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To protect the environment and reduce the use of road salt, the City of Englewood employs a method of pre-treating roadways prior to predicted weather events using salt brine and/or beet juice. These substances inhibit ice from forming on the roads, thereby reducing the amount of road salt used during and after the weather event. Less salt usage means less salt residue getting into the storm drains which empty directly into the creeks and river.

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Per Section 404.09 of the City of Englewood "Codified Ordinances" (Removal of Vehicles From Streets During Periods of Emergency), whenever, in the opinion of the City Manager, there is an actual or threatened local emergency, such as a riot, fire, flood, excessive snowfall, other Acts of God, common disaster or acts of the enemy, the City Manager may require the removal of motor vehicles parked upon the affected street(s) of the City. Snowfall in Excess of Three (3) Inches in a Twenty-Four (24) Hour Period is Considered Excessive. Vehicles Shall Be Removed From All Streets for at Least Forty-Eight (48) Hours After a Snow Emergency is Declared. The City Manager shall inform the public of the aforementioned conditions through reasonable and usual methods of communication. If the owner or operator of the vehicles does not remove it within a reasonable time, the vehicles may be removed by the Police Department at the owner's expense. (Ordinance 79-09 Passed 2/14/79)

Section 412.07 - Placement of Snow or Ice in Public Right-of-Ways

(A) No privately operated snow removal service shall place or leave any snow or ice in the public right-of-way of any dedicated street or ally in the City.
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In The Kite Runner, does Assef specifically take Sohrab because he knew Sohrab was Hassan's son?Was it stated as such, or implied?

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I find no evidence in the text of The Kite Runner to show that Assef had any idea that Sohrab was related to Hassan. It seems that Assef would have told Amir during his lengthy talk before the fight if he had actually known. I believe it is pure coincidence that Assef chose Sohrab from the orphanage, and there is no evidence that he could have possibly known his name or his origins. Amir never mentions the possibility in his narrative; likewise, Sohrab never mentions this notion to Amir afterward. Although it would have certainly been fitting revenge for Assef--to molest and rape the son of the Hazara he hated so much--Assef apparently did not see the connection between the father and son and their prowess with the slingshots.

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I thought about this myself when I was reading the book, I looked for hidden clues in case I was missing anything eluding to the fact the Assef know Sohab was Hassan's son.
When Amir was describing the way Sohab looked I figured Assef must have seen the resemblence too but during their lengthy conversation just before the fight Assef mentioned nothing about it. Assef's character is quite clear to see, we see throughout the book his hatred for hazaras, Amir and Hassan-if he had known Sohab was Hassan's son there was no way he would not have used that knowledge to torture Amir with, in my opinion. Hearing/knowing that would hurt more than any physical violence and would be sadistic-exactly Assefs style.

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Assef was humiliated by Hassan, and was injured by him as well. Having Hassan killed was not enough for Assef, as Assef seems to have a rather vindictive, violent, and obsessive personality, as well as suppressed homosexual tendicies, in which he gets away with due to his place in power.

Harming Sohrab is just another part of his revenge on Hassan, destroying his son as he had destroyed the father, and as their culture believes, is destroying Sohrabs after-life as well as his exsisting life.

This torture of Sohrab just causes a satisfaction in Assef he could not get and finish with Hassen.

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Basejumper Felix Baumgartner became the first person to free-fall through the sound barrier when, in October 2012, he fell 26 miles (125,000 feet) to Earth from the edge of space.

Felix underwent years of training under the watchful eye of 82-year-old Colonel Joe Kittinger, the man who set the original record when he fell 19 miles to Earth (102,000 feet) 52 years ago.

Apart from the usual dangers of free-falling, the near vacuum of the stratosphere and the perils of travelling faster than the speed of sound made Felix's attempt all the more audacious. Since Joe's jump in 1960 two men have died in similar attempts.

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New research links oral sex to startling increase in oral cancers.

Over the past five years, there has been a dramatic increase in oral cancer among men, especially in cancer of the throat and tongue. But the most destructive habit, smoking, is far less prevalent today. According to recent research, the rise is instead linked to changing sexual practices.

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Ryan D'Agostino wanted to know how the extremely wealthy got that way. So he asked. In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, Rich Like Them, the Esquire articles editor explains his door-to-door search across America's richest neighborhoods — and one Forrest Gump-ian success story.

The woman stared at me, eyebrows raised, waiting. I was standing in the airy living room of her waterfront home, a stranger who had knocked on the door. In the driveway: an Audi A6. In the kitchen: golden oak cabinets, tooth-white beams over-head, and tawny hardwood underfoot, all absorbing the cold morning sunlight that skipped off the water and through the picture windows, as if this room was where the sun belonged. In my hand: a $1.79 steno notebook.

This was Westport, one of the wealthiest bedroom communities along what's known as Connecticut's Gold Coast, for the prevalence of extremely rich people and its location on the gentle shore of Long Island Sound. It is, in fact, the forty-third richest ZIP code in the United States, as measured by benchmarks including income, net worth, and home value. Paul Newman, Martha Stewart, Michael Douglas, Harvey Weinstein, and Michael Bolton have all lived there or still do. Presidential candidates swing through town for fund-raisers. The residents enjoy exclusive access to a pristine beach, a marina, and a golf course. On every parcel of waterfront property sits a home whose appraised value would cause many sane Americans to weep in bewilderment. Very nice place, Westport.

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I was going door to door, and once I was in I asked people what I yearned to know: how they came to be rich enough to live in such magnificent houses. More to the point, I was eager to understand how people build fortunes in America. How do they approach big decisions in their lives? In their careers and in their finances? How do they overcome missteps? How do they save, spend, enjoy, invest? How do they get here?

My wife and I like to take walks, especially when we're in a new town — for a wedding, maybe, or on vacation. Whenever we wander into a neighborhood of bigger, more beautiful homes on sprawling lots, invariably one of us asks, thinking out loud, only half serious, "Why don't we get to live there? And who does?" In Charleston, South Carolina, we once walked along the Battery, which cuts between the mighty antebellum mansions and the harbor. In Grafton, Vermont, we ogled farmhouses whose yards backed up to untamed woods. And in Seattle, we took a ride in a seaplane, nudging each other at the sprawling compounds that stud the islands of Puget Sound. We try not to point or drool. We don't begrudge the unseen nabobs who live in these tastefully landscaped homes. We dream. We think, Wouldn't that be fun? We're genuinely curious how they did it. We wonder if there's anything we could be doing better, smarter. We joke about knocking on doors, seeing what advice the home owners have, what they might tell us over a drink.

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So, I decided to do just that — to introduce myself to dozens of people, all over the country. My day trip to Westport represented the first test of a hypothesis I hoped would teach me the secrets of wealth: if I knocked on enough doors in enough preposterously rich enclaves, I might gather enough insight and guidance to help me — and you, and anyone else who reads this — understand how to get rich; rich like them. Simple as that.

My spiel: In my pitch, which started out extemporaneous but became polished over time, I said I was a journalist working on a story about the people who live in whatever town I happened to be visiting. I said I was traveling to affluent ZIP codes, just like this one, across the country, showing up unannounced, and walking door-to-door in search of people to interview.

My whole premise was that people who live in large, expensive houses must know something about making money. This is a generalization, of course. Once in a while, sure, a door opened and some rich guy gave me a few minutes of his time but had no real wisdom to share. Not everyone who makes $1.6 million a year is Lao-tzu. I had my trials out there, no question. Demoralizing stretches of gray suburban asphalt lined with empty, unfriendly houses. Then someone would finally open a door and offer a few bland aphorisms, not even trying. Or, worse, someone would bristle at my question and close the door quickly and not a little rudely, leaving me chastened as I retreated down the front walk, sure they were peering out at me through the window like I was some kind of proselytizer.

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Generally, I found that there is no secret, fail-safe recipe for success — but, then, I already knew that, and so did you. I learned how to make smart decisions, how to work with people, how to work alone. I got tips on running a business, buying and selling land, saving and spending. Mostly, I learned how to think. The people I met inspired me. And I think they will inspire you.

Here is what else I learned about the people who get to live in dream houses: The people who get to live in dream houses are just people. Like you. The ones I met came from blue-collar backgrounds or moneyed backgrounds or somewhere in between.

They were proud, modest, eager to talk, reticent, skeptical, flattered, patient. Like you, maybe. They were cooking dinner, watching television, rushing to go pick up the kids, relaxing in the backyard, working — doing the things people do on Fridays and Saturdays, the days I did my walking; doing the things we all do.

Most of the people who spoke to me seemed to have charged through life, operating on the theory that infinite possibility exists in the unknown. That's why they bothered to talk to me at all, I think. Some guy shows up at your door, tells you he's writing a book about success, and wants to pick your brain. Why do you agree to tell him your story? Why do you agree to tell him anything? There is no real, obvious gain in it for you — a person trying to enjoy a Saturday afternoon. Why do it? Why share your personal history, your beliefs, the maxims about money and hard work that you'll pass along to your children?

Why? Two reasons: First, because maybe you're a little proud of your accomplishments, and it's nice to be asked about them. Second, you talk to the writer because you never know where it might lead.

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In telling the stories of the dozens of people I coaxed to the front door, I have made some effort to provide context and to tease out the lessons, but I also leave it to you to extract whatever guidance or wisdom you see — whatever speaks to you — and to be inspired by these people in your own way. They inspired me, each and every one of them. They are good people to listen to. I know. I've seen their houses.

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Gregor Jonsson Shrimp Peeling Systems

A college friend of mine in Lake Forest, Illinois, had recommended I look for a particular house when I was in town. "Knock on Frank's door," his parents said. "He's got a great story. He got lucky, hit it big." They didn't tell me what Frank's story was.

I had been to Lake Forest more than a decade earlier, to visit the same friend. I remember driving to the center of town for a sandwich and parking in front of a Ferrari dealership. The sandwich had aioli on it, not mayo, which at the time seemed fancy to me. In 2007, the median household income in Lake Forest was $164,906, and the average value of a home was $929,715. It ranked number thirty on my list of the hundred richest ZIP codes.

It was hard to believe that Frank Heurich's mansion once served as the garage for another house. He had obviously added on, and now his white house stood tall and broad. On the other side of an endless lawn that could accommodate multiple football games simultaneously, Lake Michigan rippled, a thin watercolor stripe above the green expanse. I sat in a chair that was like a pile of cotton balls. Heurich seemed to wonder from the outset what was so interesting about him, and I had to ask a lot of questions. He looked vaguely like Dick Cheney, without the crooked smirk, and wore a faded purple Northwestern University sweatshirt and jeans.

"I started a company called Gregor Jonsson Shrimp Peeling Systems with a guy who had a retail fish business in Highland Park," he said flatly. "We make and lease machines to peel and deliver shrimp."

I stared at him, unmoving, for probably too long a moment. I glanced outside at the huge lawn and the shimmering lake beyond. I looked back at Frank Heurich.

"Shrimp peeling?" I asked.

After another moment, I said something like, "Wow." And then, "What was the other guy's name, who had the fish business?"

Heurich stared at me.

"Gregor Jonsson."

"Right," I said.

Jonsson, a family friend, was much older than Heurich. At his fish store, Jonsson and his small staff filleted the fish themselves and peeled shrimp by hand — which at the time was the only option. One day, an employee stood hunched over the shrimp table, peeling away, and muttered, "They should make a machine to do this."

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It was one of those lightbulb moments. Jonsson took a paper clip, grabbed a shrimp by the swimmerets — those are the little legs — and he held it in place somehow with the paper clip, cut it down the back with scissors, then got the veins out with an ice pick. He worked for the next fourteen years on making a machine that could do the same thing.

Meanwhile, Heurich had been off getting an undergraduate business degree with a concentration in marketing from the University of Illinois ("It was cheap," he said) and an MBA from the University of Chicago. By the time Heurich finished school, Jonsson had almost perfected his shrimp-peeling machine, and he needed a business-minded partner, someone better at accounting, hiring, and generally turning a profit. He called Heurich.

The pair came up with an unusual business model: they wouldn't sell the machines, they would lease them. The company assumes 100 percent of the risk, but the machines generate income for as long as they are operational. "Gregor just thought we could make more money that way," Heurich said. "So we do a month-to-month lease." For more than fifty years now, his company has been collecting money off month-to-month leases. Other companies have tried to replicate Gregor Jonsson's product, but none have matched it. One key advantage, which no one has been able to mimic, is that Heurich's machines do not require the shrimp to be of uniform size. "There's another company that does what we do, but they squeeze the shrimp and pinch the meat out," Heurich said. "We do it totally differently. With us, size differences from shrimp to shrimp are not an issue. We can do shrimp of all different sizes. We can peel it completely or leave the tail on. We can butterfly it, whatever." All I could think of at that moment was Bubba in Forrest Gump. "We have patents, but our protection is mostly that it's very expensive machinery to produce. It would be difficult for someone to do what we do." (The company has a terrific short video on its Web site, www.jonsson.com, that shows how the machines work.)

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I pressed Heurich about the month-to-month lease model. It fascinated me. These machines were expensive to build and maintain, and I assumed that the company could command a high price by selling them to seafood distributors and restaurants. But Heurich said that not only was the leasing model more profitable (and who was I to argue, sitting in his giant house?), customers liked it better.

"That business model makes sense for us because we have a very small, niche market, and by leasing and replacing the machines on a schedule, we can offer the best-quality products and service," he said. "When we started out, the machines were not always perfect, and by leasing them, we could afford to keep updating and improving them and replacing them with new ones. The way our leasing program works, there's no long-term obligation for the customer. We take all the risk. This has several advantages: The first is that we don't need as big a sales effort, which is expensive to have. And we don't have any of the legal expenses that you need to collect on defaults and things like that. We're a very small company, so we need to operate efficiently. By assuming all the risk, we're announcing that we have confidence in our product and that we can keep the customer happy."

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After a moment, he added, "Usually it works out. It doesn't always work out. But that's the nature of risk. And what's risk? What's the worst that could happen? I'll still be alive."

Growing up, Heurich learned about customer service by working in his father's jewelry store. There he learned that for a small business, serving people is more important than any other task — research, development, accounting, hiring, marketing, anything.

"I started working for my father when I was about twelve. That experience — taking care of customers — made me realize where the money comes from. It comes from the customers! That was very valuable for me," he said. Heurich also had an aptitude for working with his hands, which he improved by repairing clocks and jewelry clasps. He enjoyed learning about engineering and mechanics. So, he had an interest in accounting and he liked working with his hands — these became the foundation for his career running a business that makes machines, he said, and once he found a job that combined his loves, he stuck to it.

"I guess it's just my personality. I have this curiosity that has served me quite well, I think. Some people want to know about one small area. They want to be specialists. But I have curiosity in other areas. I want to know about all areas of the business," he said.

Heurich was a model of resoluteness, but I wondered if he enjoyed his work — particularly after doing the same thing for so many years. When I asked him if he ever thought about branching out or adding new machines to the product line, if even just to bust up the routine, he said, in the pleasant, matter-of-fact way that midwesterners state what seems obvious to them, "We haven't expanded very far because we felt there would always be opportunity in our business. Shrimp is a huge market. So we stayed in the area of what we thought we knew best. We do have a new product we're bringing out soon, which is for working with cold-water shrimp." He paused for a moment before shrugging and adding, "But it's still shrimp."

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Did he love his job, I asked? "I have four kids, and all of them and their spouses are working for me. Seven out of the twenty employees are family," he said. "We're doing very well — we just moved to a new facility that's twice as big as our old space, where we had been for forty-five years. And this company suits my personality. I love food, I have mechanical aptitude, I have business and selling aptitude. And I love shrimp. It's low in fat, it's healthy, it can't live in polluted waters. I love it. As long as it's not overcooked."

Frank Heurich has plugged away, running his business the best way he knows how, for more than five decades. I'm sure Gregor Jonsson, Inc., Shrimp Peeling Systems has taken its share of hits over the years — disappointing quarters, manufacturing glitches, client disputes, that kind of thing — but listening to Heurich, you come away with the impression that his stewardship has kept the company running about as smoothly as a small business can. He is pleased to be able to use both his MBA and his hands, and that's all the satisfaction he needs. He hasn't tried to take off in pursuit of dramatic growth at the expense of maintaining his core business — didn't try to invent an oyster-shucking machine or an automatic lobster desheller — and in remaining steadfast, he has achieved the long, slow, steady ascension to — well, to the mansion on Lake Michigan.

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Why Aren't Fireworks Getting Any Better?

The unbearable boredom of another July 4th "Fireworks Spectacular"

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In 1777, Americans celebrated July 4th by firing off thirteen rockets that magically transformed into thirteen stars in the skies over Boston and Philadelphia. Impressive? Absolutely – especially to colonialists who would have been amazed by shitting indoors. A full 237 years later, plumbing has disrupted the outhouse, Google is developing cars that drive themselves, phones get tinier and more powerful every single day, and fireworks are shockingly similar to the ones enjoyed by the wooden-toothed heroes who founded this great nation.

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Seriously, you could buy "rockets, serpents, wheels, table rockets, cherry trees, fountains, and sun flowers" from a Philadelphia merchant in 1784, which all sound extremely similar to the ROYGBIV-colored peonies and chrysanthemums, crossettes and dahlias, willows and palms, and other vaguely botanical shapes we've watched for our entire lives.

Take this year's Macy's 4th of July Spectacular in New York City. Pyro Spectaculars -- America's greatest fireworks company, whose work you've seen at The Super Bowl, The Olympics, and U.S. Presidential inaugurations -- is using 50,000 pounds of fireworks to mark the 200th anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner. According to vice president and show "mastermind" Gary Souza, this is the plan:

"You are going to see a wink in the eye in the happy face. And then we have some diamonds, these cube patterns and a very interesting circle and layers of circles and intertwining circles, jelly fish with whistling tentacles, an octopus, and we are going to have beautiful butterflies that have antennas that will wink."

A "very interesting" circle?

A winking smiley face?!

Wow! That sounds almost as exciting as the YouTube videos my aunt shares on Facebook.

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Booooooooooooring. (TIME-Life Pictures)

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The last massive innovation in 'works came in the early 1990s when "patterned" shells emerged. These could explode into awesome shapes and images, like when they welcomed troops back to Desert Storm with an array of purple hearts and yellow bows. Since then, we've seen askew smiley faces, less-than-healthy-looking hearts, and the planet Saturn. Always the inexplicable inclusion of Saturn, arguably the least American planet in our solar system.

At this pace, who knows what the following years' Fireworks Spectaculars might bring. Surely there is the potential for a whole new array of emoji-inspired fireworks. Maybe by 2015 we'll get winking smiley face with stuck-out tongue -- or even the See-No-Evil Monkey. That'll get the kids tweeting and vining and snapchatting!

Look, I get that fireworks are tough to build and like a football meathead bitching about World Cup strategy, I'll surely never understand the Periodic Table of Elements that goes into making them do what they do. Hell, it takes me several minutes just to light that stupid wick on the Yankee Candle sitting on my coffee table. But, regardless of what it takes to make these things go boom, I'd think if Macy's is spending an estimated $7-$10 million on fireworks (and the city of New York is spending $1.9 million simply for security) we could at least have something more surprising and truly spectacular without needing to "understand" thermite and rubidium and magnesium aluminum.

Sadly, it seems to be going the opposite direction. Last year Business Insider reported that fireworks are actually getting less spectacular and by that I mean they are getting smaller and by that I mean they are clearly getting worse. But, hey, at least these new micro-works will still be synced to Stars and Stripes Forever and This Land is Your Land and maybe even Neil Diamond's America if we're truly lucky!

That's just not enough. So I ask, let's start demanding more from our fireworks masterminds. Let's demand something more inspired from those pyromaniacs getting giant paydays from local governments and department stores. Let's at least demand a smiley face that, for once, doesn't look all stroked out.

Wouldn't you love to actually look toward the sky on a July 4th sometime in this decade and be surprised and impressed for once?

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Comparing Obamacare to Katrina? Guess What: People from New Orleans Are Not Happy About It

NEW ORLEANS — A few Republican politicians spent this week comparing the auspicious launch of the Obamacare website to the government's response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Twitter found out about it today, Katrina became a Trending Topic, and -- surprise! -- some folks were not happy that a few strategists believe the deaths of over 1,800 people by drowning and starvation "matches to the rollout of the website."

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But it only really matters what New Orleanians think. So we went to Who Dat Coffee Cafe on Burgundy Street and asked around.

That's the nastiest comparison anyone could use. Alot of us lost everything -- I lost everything I had. How do you compare a healthcare website rollout to a storm that took lives? That's sinful and hateful.

-- Milo Stephens, 43

That's a careless and tacky remark. It's just a stupid comparison -- who would compare those two things?

-- Naomi Celestin, 40

There is no comparison -- people died in Katrina. They'll compare Volvos to Apples any day of the week and try to make a point out of it. It's morbid. They all need to be fired and start over.

This coming from the people that held our government hostage for a week to the tune of the price of all healthcare reform.

-- Craig Nero, 42

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MIT Just Revolutionized Spy Gadgets With A Bag Of Chips

Top secret intelligence, now in Cooler Ranch.

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MIT researchers have developed a microphone-free way to identify sounds with an innovative, chip-based detection method. We're not talking about microchips either. We're talking about Doritos.

Using an algorithm, researchers videotaped tiny vibrations bouncing off an inanimate chip bag through soundproof glass and were able to reconstruct the sounds of a room where "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was playing.

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Although sound vibrations are invisible to the naked eye, high-speed cameras — 2,000 to 6,000 frames per second — can see what humans cannot. Couple that high-def insight with MIT's newest algorithm and voila: super spy shit.

The average digital camera only clocks in at around 60 frames per second, but MIT News says that "may still be good enough to identify the gender of a speaker in a room, the number of speakers, and even – given accurate enough information about the acoustic properties of speakers' voices – their identities."

This sound detection would not be possible without MIT's 2012 experiment, which unveiled a software that amplifies otherwise imperceptible changes in color and motion. The technology serves as a noninvasive way to monitor pulse and breathing.

When creating the software, the researchers "intended the system to amplify color changes, but in their initial experiments, they found that it amplified motion as well," reports MIT News. This "happy accident" reveals the data on sound vibrations, and the latest algorithm deciphers meaning to bring it back to life.

Chip bags are not the only conduits of this information either. The researchers claim that "aluminum foil, the surface of a glass of water, and even the leaves of a potted plant" have all proven effective. The options seem limitless. So long as the object being recorded is light enough to quiver from common audio, sound can be discerned.

What does the future of this new science hold?

If the algorithm is leaked and the technology cultivated, many information-based activities could benefit: law enforcement, investigative reporting, insider trading, private investigating, or a nerdy taddle-tail on vendetta. The potential seems staggering.

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"I'm sure there will be applications that nobody will expect," Alexei Efros, who teaches electrical engineering and computer science at Berkeley, told MIT News. "I think the hallmark of good science is when you do something just because it's cool and then somebody turns around and uses it for something you never imagined."

The tech seems to arise with no specific goal in mind, but real-world applications are sure to come. Big Brother might not be watching you, but step away from the Fritos just to be safe.

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Breaking: Karl Rove Not Entirely Honest

Fear not. I already have put in a call to Captain Renaud,Prefect of Police.

The return, signed under penalty of perjury specified that the grants would be used for social welfare purposes, "and not for political expenditures, consistent with the organization's tax-exempt mission." But that's not what happened. New tax documents, made public last Tuesday, indicate that at least $11.2 million of the grant money given to the group Americans for Tax Reform was spent on political activities expressly advocating for or against candidates. This means Crossroads spent at least $85.7 million on political activities in 2012, not the $74.5 million reported to the Internal Revenue Service. That's about 45 percent of its total expenditures.

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It is here where we remind our readers about the Citizens United decision, and about one of the more famous dicta pronounced by Justice Anthony Kennedy who, from all the available evidence, apparently vacations on Mars: "We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption."

Of course not.

Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio did not respond to questions from ProPublica about Americans for Tax Reform's use of the grant or whether Crossroads would ask for it to be refunded. Instead, Collegio wondered whether Americans for Tax Reform could have used resources carried over from 2011 to fund the 2012 election spending, rather than money from Crossroads. "Were resources carried over from 2011?" he asked in an email to ProPublica. But after consulting with tax experts, ProPublica determined Americans for Tax Reform couldn't have used resources from 2011 for the political spending. "That's called bullshit with a serving of horseshit on the side," Owens said.

Well, if you're going to talk around the issue, we're not going to get anywhere.

Social welfare nonprofits, also known as dark money groups because they don't have to report their donors, are allowed to spend money on politics as long as their primary purpose is social welfare. The groups often count so-called issue ads that stop short of advocating for or against a candidate and grants toward that social welfare mission. Since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision allowed corporations and unions to spend directly on election ads, these nonprofits have turned into the vehicle of choice for anonymous spending, dumping more than $254 million into the 2012 elections.

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Now you know at least part of why the Republicans tried to make a meal out of the IRS dumbassery in Cincinnati. It was to defang the enforcement mechanism that might force Karl Rove to spend some of this money on an actual social-welfare issue -- namely, prison reform.

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