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Earth lost a truly unique species when Benjamin, the last known thylacine — commonly called the Tasmanian tiger — died in captivity in early September of 1936. Despite an impressive number of alleged sightings of the animal in the years since no actual documented examples of the species have been found in the wild for nearly a century. Now, thanks to some incredible advancements in DNA research, some scientists believe we could actually bring the species back from the dead. A new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution announces that scientists have finally been able to obtain the complete nuclear genome of the thylacine species, revealing an impressive amount about the creature’s ancestry. According to the study, the dog-like marsupial was only very loosely related to modern day canines, having shared a common ancestor some 160 million years ago. It was an incredibly special animal and a branch of the evolutionary tree that stood out on its own. “They were this bizarre and singular species. There was nothing else like them in the world at the time,” one of the researchers, Charles Feigin of the University of Melbourne, Australia, explains. “They look just like a dog or wolf, but they’re a marsupial.” Using thylacine pup which was preserved in alcohol after its death over a century ago, geneticists were able to document the species’ full genome. That’s big news for researchers who want to learn more about the Tasmanian tiger’s distant past, but others are already more focused on their potential future. Andrew Pask, an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, believes that sequencing the thylacine’s genome is indeed a huge first step towards helping it turn the tables on extinction. “It is technically the first step to bringing the thylacine back, but we are still a long way off that possibility,” Pask explains. “We would still need to develop a marsupial animal model to host the thylacine genome, like work conducted to include mammoth genes in the modern elephant.” At present, the technology that would allow such a thing to be done doesn’t exist, yet, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be possible in the very near future. As Pask notes, the idea of sequencing a genome was also unfathomable a couple of decades ago and researchers are working towards a future where extinct animals could be brought back under certain circumstances. The thylacine would really be an ideal use of such technology, given that humans were undoubtedly responsible for its demise in the first place. The species, which was already showing signs of struggle when the Australian continent was settled en masse, was pushed to extinction on the mainland but thrived on Tasmania. There, farmers put bounties on the tiger for fear that it would attack sheep and hunters ruthlessly wiped them out, with only a few captive animals remaining in zoos until those eventually died, too. “Ethically, we actually owe it to species like that, the species we wiped off,” Pask says. “If we could bring it back, we should.”

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But how many of you remember that there was once a hit song about a man with great proficiency in this particular area?

I like this song, but it's more fun to sing "Owner of a deadly fart..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsx3nGoKIN8

It depends on how expensive dinner was!

Perhaps this will get you 'up'... https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/happy-hanukah.131551/

It was the party of a lifetime. A Japanese businessman with terminal cancer held an “end-of-life” shindig Monday so he could thank the people who made his time on Earth special. Satoru Anzaki, the 80-year-old former head of manufacturer Komatsu, threw the bash for 1,000 friends, colleagues and former schoolmates after learning in October that he has gallbladder cancer. Rather than mourn, he decided to cut a rug. “I have enjoyed my life very much. I thought that being despondent is not in my nature,” he told a new conference after the bash, according to the BBC. “I am satisfied that I could say ‘thank you’ to people I encountered in life.” Anzaki got the grim news that he had a form of cancer that could not be treated by surgery in October, but by Nov. 20, he’d taken out an ad in financial newspaper The Nikkei heralding the party, according to The UK Telegraph. “As I want to maximize the quality of life during the time I have left, I have decided not to receive treatment given the side effects,” Anzaki said of his decision not to seek chemotherapy. He threw the party in a Tokyo hotel decorated with memories from his life, and even brought in a group of dancers from his home prefecture of Tokushima to keep the mood from dipping, it was reported. “I am also suffering from an illness so it got me thinking how I want to live the rest of my life,” one former employee told national broadcaster NHK.

Some Xmas classics are timeless!

You should never end with a line like that. It begs for a reply of "that's what your (insert female relative of your choice) said.":D:cool:

That's a funny looking cock.

DOROTHY: It's like riding a bike. ROSE: I never learned how to ride a bike. DOROTHY: It's like falling off a bike. ROSE: Oh, that I can do. DOROTHY (to Blanche): Just a hunch... Proving once again that there is no situation in life (even picking out my mother's casket) in which I can't quote Golden Girls.

When Mohamad El-ahmed saw a surgeon for a potential penis enlargement operation, he received a surprising response: the surgeon refused to operate on him. “He just said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with your penis. I see much smaller penises every day — you don’t need it.’” Although it was a revelation — another clinic had been extremely pushy in persuading him to get the operation — El-ahmed still harbored a desire: “To be frank, I just really wanted it to be as large as possible, like a porn star!” But learning the gory details of the typical penis enlargement procedure completely freaked him out. He quivers as he recounts it: “They told me they cut under your [testicles], go in six inches and cut something inside to make the penis hang lower. To make it thicker, they de-glove your penis from the base up and insert plastic things to make it bigger.” At the end of the procedure, there’s no guarantee of how much length you’d get so he decided it not worth the risk or price, which is as eye-watering as the procedure itself at $22,600. El-ahmed didn’t have anxiety issues — “I’ll drop my pants for anyone,” he said — but he describes his penis as a “grower” rather than a “shower.” Although there were never any complaints from lovers, he believes “there was room for improvement.” When Man Cave Sydney started offering a revolutionary Penile Girth Enhancement procedure, El-ahmed, 36, jumped at the chance. There was just one catch. The man has to be fully erect as the procedure takes place, via a Viagra-like injection 20 minutes before. But it didn’t phase him: “I have no problems with nudity,” he said. The new procedure is currently only offered by two venues in Australia. Dr. Sara Kotai, medical director of Man Cave Sydney, described why it could attract more men than the current penis enlargement operation. “It’s non-surgical, minimally invasive, and fully reversible, with minimal downtime so men can increase their girth in an hour without scalpels, stitches, general anesthetic or hospital stay,” she said. It’s also considerably cheaper than traditional surgical methods, starting at $2,200. “Filler injections are used under the skin of the penis to instantly increase girth (it is placed between the layers of fascia),” Kotai said, describing the procedure. “Filler is also known as hyaluronic acid — these are the same fillers traditionally used in lips and cheeks.” “It’s a soft gel-like substance that occurs naturally in the body. A standard treatment can increase the flaccid girth by one inch, and erect girth by between a half and a whole inch, with effects lasting 18 to 24 months.” When the effects wear off after about 18 months, you can come back to do it again. El-ahmed is already booked in. “What they do is magic. There’s a massive width improvement — at least half an inch,” he said. “Length is bigger by a little bit — from about six to seven inches. I’m 100 percent more confident.” During my visit to Man Cave Sydney, El-ahmed instantly dropped his dacks and showed me a “before” shot on his phone. The difference is definitely noticeable. It has certainly helped El-ahmed’s love life: “I get lots of compliments from women saying that’s the biggest or best-looking one they’ve ever seen. You hear that and feel over the moon!” He said he has shown his new, bigger version to his friends and they’re in awe. One has booked the procedure for himself. But does it hurt? “We use a blunt needle known as a cannula,” Kotai said. “Hyaluronic acid is injected into the areolar tissue of the penis. Then gentle but firm pressure will be used to manipulate the filler into place. Little to no pain is felt as a topical anesthetic is applied prior to numb the injection sites. Laughing gas can also be administered if required.” El-ahmed said: “The thought of needles in your penis freaks you out but the pain is only a four on a scale of 10.” The after effects, though, are “tender and sore” and the product takes a week to settle so must be massaged, despite the tenderness. “That’s the only downside,” he added. When I asked El-ahmed if he thought society’s pressure on men led them to think they need to go through such procedures in order to be validated, he was nonchalant. “I think we should be more like women — if we want Botox, penis enlargements, hair transplants, we should go and do it like women do,” he said. “We get pressured to have the body beautiful too — from billboards to social media.” Before his pants come back up again, El-ahmed told me about another downside he’s thought of. “The biggest problem I never considered was finding a condom that fits. I can’t. They break halfway down. Even XXL doesn’t fit me now,” he said.

When Mohamad El-ahmed saw a surgeon for a potential penis enlargement operation, he received a surprising response: the surgeon refused to operate on him. “He just said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with your penis. I see much smaller penises every day — you don’t need it.’” Although it was a revelation — another clinic had been extremely pushy in persuading him to get the operation — El-ahmed still harbored a desire: “To be frank, I just really wanted it to be as large as possible, like a porn star!” But learning the gory details of the typical penis enlargement procedure completely freaked him out. He quivers as he recounts it: “They told me they cut under your [testicles], go in six inches and cut something inside to make the penis hang lower. To make it thicker, they de-glove your penis from the base up and insert plastic things to make it bigger.” At the end of the procedure, there’s no guarantee of how much length you’d get so he decided it not worth the risk or price, which is as eye-watering as the procedure itself at $22,600. El-ahmed didn’t have anxiety issues — “I’ll drop my pants for anyone,” he said — but he describes his penis as a “grower” rather than a “shower.” Although there were never any complaints from lovers, he believes “there was room for improvement.” When Man Cave Sydney started offering a revolutionary Penile Girth Enhancement procedure, El-ahmed, 36, jumped at the chance. There was just one catch. The man has to be fully erect as the procedure takes place, via a Viagra-like injection 20 minutes before. But it didn’t phase him: “I have no problems with nudity,” he said. The new procedure is currently only offered by two venues in Australia. Dr. Sara Kotai, medical director of Man Cave Sydney, described why it could attract more men than the current penis enlargement operation. “It’s non-surgical, minimally invasive, and fully reversible, with minimal downtime so men can increase their girth in an hour without scalpels, stitches, general anesthetic or hospital stay,” she said. It’s also considerably cheaper than traditional surgical methods, starting at $2,200. “Filler injections are used under the skin of the penis to instantly increase girth (it is placed between the layers of fascia),” Kotai said, describing the procedure. “Filler is also known as hyaluronic acid — these are the same fillers traditionally used in lips and cheeks.” “It’s a soft gel-like substance that occurs naturally in the body. A standard treatment can increase the flaccid girth by one inch, and erect girth by between a half and a whole inch, with effects lasting 18 to 24 months.” When the effects wear off after about 18 months, you can come back to do it again. El-ahmed is already booked in. “What they do is magic. There’s a massive width improvement — at least half an inch,” he said. “Length is bigger by a little bit — from about six to seven inches. I’m 100 percent more confident.” During my visit to Man Cave Sydney, El-ahmed instantly dropped his dacks and showed me a “before” shot on his phone. The difference is definitely noticeable. It has certainly helped El-ahmed’s love life: “I get lots of compliments from women saying that’s the biggest or best-looking one they’ve ever seen. You hear that and feel over the moon!” He said he has shown his new, bigger version to his friends and they’re in awe. One has booked the procedure for himself. But does it hurt? “We use a blunt needle known as a cannula,” Kotai said. “Hyaluronic acid is injected into the areolar tissue of the penis. Then gentle but firm pressure will be used to manipulate the filler into place. Little to no pain is felt as a topical anesthetic is applied prior to numb the injection sites. Laughing gas can also be administered if required.” El-ahmed said: “The thought of needles in your penis freaks you out but the pain is only a four on a scale of 10.” The after effects, though, are “tender and sore” and the product takes a week to settle so must be massaged, despite the tenderness. “That’s the only downside,” he added. When I asked El-ahmed if he thought society’s pressure on men led them to think they need to go through such procedures in order to be validated, he was nonchalant. “I think we should be more like women — if we want Botox, penis enlargements, hair transplants, we should go and do it like women do,” he said. “We get pressured to have the body beautiful too — from billboards to social media.” Before his pants come back up again, El-ahmed told me about another downside he’s thought of. “The biggest problem I never considered was finding a condom that fits. I can’t. They break halfway down. Even XXL doesn’t fit me now,” he said.

When Mohamad El-ahmed saw a surgeon for a potential penis enlargement operation, he received a surprising response: the surgeon refused to operate on him. “He just said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with your penis. I see much smaller penises every day — you don’t need it.’” Although it was a revelation — another clinic had been extremely pushy in persuading him to get the operation — El-ahmed still harbored a desire: “To be frank, I just really wanted it to be as large as possible, like a porn star!” But learning the gory details of the typical penis enlargement procedure completely freaked him out. He quivers as he recounts it: “They told me they cut under your [testicles], go in six inches and cut something inside to make the penis hang lower. To make it thicker, they de-glove your penis from the base up and insert plastic things to make it bigger.” At the end of the procedure, there’s no guarantee of how much length you’d get so he decided it not worth the risk or price, which is as eye-watering as the procedure itself at $22,600. El-ahmed didn’t have anxiety issues — “I’ll drop my pants for anyone,” he said — but he describes his penis as a “grower” rather than a “shower.” Although there were never any complaints from lovers, he believes “there was room for improvement.” When Man Cave Sydney started offering a revolutionary Penile Girth Enhancement procedure, El-ahmed, 36, jumped at the chance. There was just one catch. The man has to be fully erect as the procedure takes place, via a Viagra-like injection 20 minutes before. But it didn’t phase him: “I have no problems with nudity,” he said. The new procedure is currently only offered by two venues in Australia. Dr. Sara Kotai, medical director of Man Cave Sydney, described why it could attract more men than the current penis enlargement operation. “It’s non-surgical, minimally invasive, and fully reversible, with minimal downtime so men can increase their girth in an hour without scalpels, stitches, general anesthetic or hospital stay,” she said. It’s also considerably cheaper than traditional surgical methods, starting at $2,200. “Filler injections are used under the skin of the penis to instantly increase girth (it is placed between the layers of fascia),” Kotai said, describing the procedure. “Filler is also known as hyaluronic acid — these are the same fillers traditionally used in lips and cheeks.” “It’s a soft gel-like substance that occurs naturally in the body. A standard treatment can increase the flaccid girth by one inch, and erect girth by between a half and a whole inch, with effects lasting 18 to 24 months.” When the effects wear off after about 18 months, you can come back to do it again. El-ahmed is already booked in. “What they do is magic. There’s a massive width improvement — at least half an inch,” he said. “Length is bigger by a little bit — from about six to seven inches. I’m 100 percent more confident.” During my visit to Man Cave Sydney, El-ahmed instantly dropped his dacks and showed me a “before” shot on his phone. The difference is definitely noticeable. It has certainly helped El-ahmed’s love life: “I get lots of compliments from women saying that’s the biggest or best-looking one they’ve ever seen. You hear that and feel over the moon!” He said he has shown his new, bigger version to his friends and they’re in awe. One has booked the procedure for himself. But does it hurt? “We use a blunt needle known as a cannula,” Kotai said. “Hyaluronic acid is injected into the areolar tissue of the penis. Then gentle but firm pressure will be used to manipulate the filler into place. Little to no pain is felt as a topical anesthetic is applied prior to numb the injection sites. Laughing gas can also be administered if required.” El-ahmed said: “The thought of needles in your penis freaks you out but the pain is only a four on a scale of 10.” The after effects, though, are “tender and sore” and the product takes a week to settle so must be massaged, despite the tenderness. “That’s the only downside,” he added. When I asked El-ahmed if he thought society’s pressure on men led them to think they need to go through such procedures in order to be validated, he was nonchalant. “I think we should be more like women — if we want Botox, penis enlargements, hair transplants, we should go and do it like women do,” he said. “We get pressured to have the body beautiful too — from billboards to social media.” Before his pants come back up again, El-ahmed told me about another downside he’s thought of. “The biggest problem I never considered was finding a condom that fits. I can’t. They break halfway down. Even XXL doesn’t fit me now,” he said.

Kate Upton and Justin Verlander didn’t just want awedding in Italy, they wanted a true experience. “It was really important to Justin and me that it feel like we were on vacation with our closest friends and family,” Upton told Vogue. “We set up an entire afternoon dedicated to interactive games, which we called the Uplander Olympics.” Guests participated in a “ping-pong tournament, cornhole, a football toss, relay races, and an epic water balloon fight” ahead of the couple’s rehearsal dinner that evening, where they requested guests wear red. Upton donned a red Valentino gown while Verlander sported a custom-made red tuxedo jacket. The next day, the ceremony and reception took place at the Rosewood Castiglion Del Bosco resort. “We found a beautiful corner of paradise that Tuscany Flowers helped transform into our ‘secret garden,’” Upton shared. “It was the first time the property had ever held a ceremony in this location.” Upton kept with Valentino when designing her ceremony dress because it’s “the best at creating delicate, beautiful lace and details, and their Italian heritage kept the fashion and feel authentic to our venue,” she said. During the reception, which took place in a greenhouse custom built for the couple, Upton ditched the conservative gown and opted for a sheer number, designed by Christy Rilling Studio. “I wanted a dress that I could have fun in,” she shared, “but that still brought the glamour.” Their first dance was set to Michael Bublé‘s “Everything.”

Kate Upton and Justin Verlander didn’t just want a wedding in Italy, they wanted a true experience. “It was really important to Justin and me that it feel like we were on vacation with our closest friends and family,” Upton told Vogue. “We set up an entire afternoon dedicated to interactive games, which we called the Uplander Olympics.” Guests participated in a “ping-pong tournament, cornhole, a football toss, relay races, and an epic water balloon fight” ahead of the couple’s rehearsal dinner that evening, where they requested guests wear red. Upton donned a red Valentino gown while Verlander sported a custom-made red tuxedo jacket. The next day, the ceremony and reception took place at the Rosewood Castiglion Del Bosco resort. “We found a beautiful corner of paradise that Tuscany Flowers helped transform into our ‘secret garden,’” Upton shared. “It was the first time the property had ever held a ceremony in this location.” Upton kept with Valentino when designing her ceremony dress because it’s “the best at creating delicate, beautiful lace and details, and their Italian heritage kept the fashion and feel authentic to our venue,” she said. During the reception, which took place in a greenhouse custom built for the couple, Upton ditched the conservative gown and opted for a sheer number, designed by Christy Rilling Studio. “I wanted a dress that I could have fun in,” she shared, “but that still brought the glamour.” Their first dance was set to Michael Bublé‘s “Everything.”

David Meza has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the brutal murder of his boyfriend in 2015. The adult film star, who was reportedly leading a double life at the time of the murder, reportedly stabbed then-boyfriend Jake Merendino 24 times before slitting his throat and dumping his body in a ravine just off a highway in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, NBC San Diego reported. According to People magazine, the 27-year-old was sentenced to an additional 20 years behind bars due to a conspiracy to obstruct justice conviction handed down during a May court appearance. During that same trial, Meza was charged with domestic violence resulting in murder. A judge described the crime against Merendino as "shockingly evil," People stated. "The Merriam dictionary defines 'heinous' as hatefully or shockingly evil, abominable," U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller said during the hearing on Monday. "The murder was shockingly evil — excessively so." Miller went on to paint a picture of what Meza did to his beau, describing the repeated "torture" he endured. "If we try to visualize what happened, we visualize blow, after blow, after blow, after blow, after slash, after slash, after slash, after blow, and repeat another three times," Miller described. "One can't even imagine the torture and torment Mr. Merendino experienced." Citing conversations inside the court room, People reported that authorities argued that Meza killed Merendino in the hopes of inheriting his $3 million estate along with his $273,000 condo with an oceanfront view. The 51-year-old inherited his fortune from his parents, both of whom were employed at one time by ExxonMobil. Merendino made Meza the beneficiary of the condo and drafted a will on hotel letterhead in December 2014, just over a year after the pair met. In it, Meza was chosen as the heir to Merendino's fortune. Miller said during sentencing that Meza's crime was fueled by desperation and greed, stating that his secretive life was falling to bits around him. "His double life was collapsing under his own weight. A solution was the savage murder of Mr. Merendino," the judge stated. When the killing occurred in May 2015, authorities claimed Meza was working as an online escort. Unbeknownst to Merendino, People reported, Meza was dating a woman named Taylor Langston. Langston was pregnant when the crime occurred and was called in to assist in covering up Merendino's murder. According to the publication, she pleaded guilty in February to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. She told police that when Merendino died, she and her beau had just crossed into Mexico to visit a friend named "Joe." She claimed they spent four hours there before returning home to San Diego. Meza was charged with the same crime because authorities suspected he'd contacted "Joe" and requested a fake alibi for him and his girlfriend. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2476198.1450986469!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/merendino25n-2-web.jpg

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Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The creature was slightly shorter in length and about 20 pounds (9 kilograms) heavier than the official stats for hockey star Sidney Crosby. It measured nearly 5 feet, 10 inches (1.77 meters) long when swimming and weighed in at 223 pounds (101 kilograms). If the penguin and the Penguin faced off on the ice, however, things would look different. When standing, the ancient bird was maybe only 5-foot-3 (1.6 meters). The newly found bird is about 7 inches (18 centimeters) longer than any other ancient penguin that has left a substantial portion of a skeleton, said Gerald Mayr of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. A potentially bigger rival is known only from a fragment of leg bone, making a size estimate difficult. The biggest penguin today, the emperor in Antarctica, stands less than 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. Mayr and others describe the giant creature in a paper released Tuesday by the journal Nature Communications. They named it Kumimanu biceae, which refers to Maori words for a large mythological monster and a bird, and the mother of one of the study's authors. The fossils are 56 million to 60 million years old. That's nearly as old as the very earliest known penguin fossils, which were much smaller, said Daniel Ksepka, curator at the Bruce Museum of Greenwich, Connecticut. He has studied New Zealand fossil penguins but didn't participate in the new study. The new discovery shows penguins "got big very rapidly" after the mass extinction of 66 million years ago that's best known for killing off the dinosaurs, he wrote in an email. That event played a big role in penguin history. Beforehand, a non-flying seabird would be threatened by big marine reptile predators, which also would compete with the birds for food. But once the extinction wiped out those reptiles, the ability to fly was not so crucial, opening the door for penguins to appear. Birds often evolve toward larger sizes after they lose the ability to fly, Mayr said. In fact, the new paper concludes that big size appeared more than once within the penguin family tree. What happened to the giants? Mayr said researchers believe they died out when large marine mammals like toothed whales and seals showed up and provided competition for safe breeding places and food. The newcomers may also have hunted the big penguins, he said.

A wild early morning rampage by a crazed teenager who allegedly slammed into a jogger in Prospect Park with a stolen car was just the beginning of his reign of terror, the Daily News has learned. Michael Gitelis, 18, stole the Hyundai Sonata in Camden, N.J., at some point after midnight Thursday and careened into Brooklyn, police sources said. He drove into Prospect Park and slammed into a 51-year-old woman jogging along the East Drive at about 5 a.m. She suffered a pelvic fracture, a spinal fracture and a cut to her head. Gitelis, of Flatlands (a part of Brooklyn), abandoned the Sonata and three hours later reappeared about 15 blocks away on E. 23rd St. near Avenue J where a 59-year-old woman had stepped out of her car but left it running, sources said. “He was wreaking havoc,” a police source said. He jumped into the 2016 Honda and took off. The woman emerged from the store, saw that her car has vanished and called 911. Cops in the 66th Precinct spotted the stolen Honda on E. 7th St. and pulled it over. After the cops left their car, Gitelis threw the car into reverse and slammed into their police cruiser and a parked car, according to police. He then jumped out and ran off on foot down 7th St. toward Avenue K. Soon yet another 911 call came in. About 15 blocks away, outside a building on E. 13th St. near Avenue N, Gitelis knocked a 61-year-old woman to the ground and jumped into her 2018 Toyota Camry, cops said. He threw the car into reverse and ran her over, fracturing her knee and cutting her right hand, arm and leg. Before medics rushed her to Maimonides Medical Center, she was able to tell police that she had left her iPhone in car. Using the Find My iPhone app, cops tracked the car to Brooklyn Borough Hall and swept in and arrested him at 9:34 a.m., five hours after his wild run began. Officers Jared Vazquez and Miguel Marquez were credited with making the arrest, sources said. “When was this guy going to stop?” the police source said. “Thankfully officers intervened before someone else got seriously hurt.” Cops found the Sonata stolen in New Jersey on E. 23rd St. Gitelis was hit with a range of charges including robbery, assault, auto theft, grand larceny, and leaving the scene of a crash. He was not intoxicated, sources said. Gitelis had been arrested Dec. 1 in Brooklyn for making graffiti and resisting arrest and on Oct. 20 for burglary. On Sept. 14, he posted to Facebook, “Anybody know someone who can give me 5 hrs of driving instruction b4 Mon?” He also recently posted a number of angry fatalistic raps about life. “Torn in every direction … I try to take off the shroud but I’m stuck in a cloud that not floating,” he wrote. “U keeping me down, feeling alone, feelings be told. Never sweating but always feel cold. Feels like I’m an elf just working for a magic man that never exists.” In his most recent post, on Nov. 27, he wrote, “Prob should reread these posts b4 I send them but f–k it whoever doesn’t like it can s–t it and the rest of u r just stuck with it.”