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What is the duration of follow-up for the women and children enrolled in this pilot?
Is there a standard template for the Letters of Intent?
If funded, would the work proposed under the Letter of Intent be included in current contracts or would separate contracts be issued?
If work is funded and included in the current contract, would the financial reporting be done separately or would the work performed be included in the current financial reports for the contract?
If work is funded and included in our current contract, would the technical direct labor reports be done separately or would the work performed be included in the technical direct labor reports that we already are filing for the contract?
Are there plans to include a preconception cohort and if there are what proportion of enrolled women should be in this group?
Will strategies for recruitment include enrolling every eligible woman in all segments?
Are women in designated segments eligible for enrollment until and including the point of delivery?
Is the number of pregnant women enrolled of interest or is it the proportion they represent of all segment pregnancies.
In large Study Centers, the work of contacting/obtaining agreement from all providers serving segments will take more than just a few months (for the provider option) and starting up in June may be unrealistic, if a representative sample is needed. Will the program office be open to an 18-month or longer pilot study if that is necessary?
What are the planned award dates for the three strategies?
What is the review process for Letters of Intent?
How will the possibility of "contamination" of study populations by forms of recruitment used in the pilot study be handled? For example, it may be that a Study Center would be disadvantaged if after extensive pilot work focused on provider-based recruitment, the intensive involvement with providers ceased and a new recruitment method is introduced. How can a center avoid losing support of providers in such a scenario?
In light of the many Letter of Intent questions from our center alone, and only 12 days until the submission deadline, we think it would be very helpful to have a conference call for Study investigators as soon as possible with Dr. Hirschfield and the program office to help answer questions. Can this be arranged? Our group is open to a weekend or evening teleconference.
Will door to door (household) recruitment be utilized in the High Intensity group for option 3?
In a situation where a High Intensity subject leaves or declines further participation, will the replacement from the Low Intensity pool be restricted to residence within the segment, or can they be enrolled from outside the segment boundaries to join the High Intensity Group?
Is it anticipated there will be any use of health care providers in options 2 and 3?
Please clarify the goals for the Low Intensity sample.
Will the Low Intensity sample need to be similar in terms of particular population characteristics to the segment in which we would conduct the High Intensity study.
The request for Letters of Intent mentioned the possibility of oversampling particular populations. Can you clarify the perceived needs for any oversampling?
What assumptions are to be made about the population representativeness in the High/Low model? Do the women in the Low Intensity group have to be followed by email, telephone, or mail, with no other options used?
Is recruitment of the High Intensity women also part of this pilot study?
For planning purposes assume that women enrolled in this pilot will be contacted until the birth of the subject child, early termination of pregnancy, or in the preconception group for 12 months following enrollment. All participants are considered to be part of the National Children's Study and it is expected that all will be followed for the full duration of the Study. It is assumed that the duration of the recruitment phase for this pilot will be between 6-9 months. Specific protocols for data collections for children enrolled in this pilot cohort will be defined approximately 1 year prior to implementation of the data collection event.
Paper size should not exceed 8 ½ by 11 inches. Two-sided pages count as two pages. Margins should be at least 1 inch at the top and bottom and ½ inch for the right and left sides. The font size shall be no smaller than 11 point.
The work will be covered under the current contract.
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The work would be included in current financial report or invoice.
The work would be included in technical direct labor reports that are already being submitted.
The initial target set for the Study was 20%. However, the final proportion will be determined empirically based on results of pilots. Please propose a percent that is feasible, up to 20%, for each strategy.
There are no changes to the first and second stage of sampling. However, it is anticipated that pilot activities will not be conducted in all segments as this large of a sample will not be required to meet the goals of this pilot.
Women are eligible until the end of the hospital visit associated with the birth of the child.
Both endpoints are of interest as are others that relate to feasibility, acceptability and cost.
In urban areas with high population density, it is anticipated that work associated with this pilot study will not be conducted in all segments. Additionally, work may be phased in and the implementation is part of the determination of feasibility. However, 18 months is outside the scope of acceptable.
See Q&A About Letter of Intent Part 1 posted on January 7.
These will be tasks under existing contracts. Letters will be considered in development of these tasks by the Program and Contracts staff.
Study Centers are invited to consider this in their Letter of Intent if they believe it to be relevant to their approach. However, we believe cooperation of providers will be an important component of all recruitment strategies implemented in the main study.
A conference call has been scheduled for January 15, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
This is not planned, but if proposed in the Letter of Intent, the letter should include justification of need and cost-effectiveness for this approach.
As currently planned, all participants in the High Intensity Cohort must reside in the segment at the point of enrollment, regardless of when they join that cohort. Low Intensity participants can live either inside or outside of the segments.
Yes. Study Centers are invited to explore and propose in their Letters of Intent cost-effective approaches that meet the goals of these pilot studies.
The goals include identifying those who are eligible for the study and have shown interest without going door-to-door; to provide a large pool of participants to replace those who might drop out or refuse to participate in the high intensity sample; and to use a broader base for marketing strategies to reach a larger audience and generate more interest and general awareness of study. The Low Intensity group also provides a base for additional targeted data collections.
There is currently no requirement for the Low Intensity group to be similar to the High Intensity group.
If Study Centers see a need for oversampling in their segments or PSU, submitted Letters of Intent should propose criteria relevant to their location. The Program Office is interested in understanding the feasibility of the approach.
The High Intensity group would be representative of all births in the study segment. The Low Intensity group may be representative, depending on the specific method proposed. For the Low Intensity group, other options of contact and follow-up can be proposed, and all proposals should include information on feasibility.
Yes, the High Intensity National Children's Study Cohort is a subset of participants in the Low Intensity Study. Women in the Low Intensity group who live in the predefined geographic segments will be invited to participate in the high intensity protocol.
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Retailer Target Corp. said that third-quarter earnings fell 4%, and that its board has authorized a new US$10 billion share buyback program that at current prices would cover 20% of its outstanding shares. Target said the buyback would be funded partially by additional debt.
The company's third-quarter earnings fell to $483 million, or $0.56 per share, from $506 million, or $0.59 per share, in the prior year. Quarterly sales grew 9% to $14.84 billion, from $13.57 billion in the third quarter of 2006. Quarterly same-store sales increased 3.7%. For the first nine months of the year, Target earned $1.82 billion, or $2.11 per share, up 9% from $1.67 billion, or $1.92 per share, during the same period last year. Revenue rose 9.3% to $43.5 billion, from $39.78 billion a year ago.


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This hotel is located in Ho Chi Minh City (Pham Ngu Lao), close to September 23 Park, Zen Plaza, and Mariamman Temple. Also nearby are Tao Dan Park and Saigon Culinary Arts Centre.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to live up to its name at the box office this weekend, raking in $92 million in what analysts are nevertheless calling a disappointing debut. Box Office Mojo notes that the total is far short of the opening numbers for the first and third installments in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, which both premiered during the first weekend in May and took in $114.8 million and $151.1 million, respectively. Still, with no other wide-release movie to compete with, the 2014 sequel still easily landed at No. 1 for the weekend.
Shailene Woodley
Spider-man fans are going to have to wait a little longer to meet Mary Jane Watson.
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James Franco
Actor. Author. Artist. Director. Oscars host. James Franco has many impressive titles to his name and now he's adding another — activitist.
The Spider-Man actor, 34, posted a YouTube video early Monday to protest Australia's "really silly" decision to ban a film made by his friend and collaborator Travis Mathews.
Photos: Should these shows end?
Mathews' film I Want Your Love was scheduled to play the...
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[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Wednesday's episode of Arrow. Read at your own risk!]
The first season of Arrow isn't even over, and already Oliver Queen's secret identity isn't really that secret anymore.
Both Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) were clued in early on that Oliver (Stephen Amell) is actually the hooded vigilante trying to clean up Starling City. But during Wednesday's episode...
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The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man didn't soar quite as high as the original trilogy, but it easily won the weekend after an explosive Fourth of July.
The reboot of the 2002 franchise, now starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, grossed an estimated $65 million over the weekend, according to Box Office Mojo, bringing its six-day total $140 million. The haul was just short of...
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Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for playing mentally disabled man in the 1968 film Charly and later played Ben Parker in the Spider-Man films, has died. He was 88.Robertson died of natural causes on Saturday in Long Island, one day after his 88th birthday, Evelyn Christel, Robertson's secretary for 53 years, told The Associated Press. See other celebrities who have died this yearBesides his Oscar-winning role in Charly — which was adapted from Daniel Keyes' short novel, Flowers for Algernon, and told the story of a mentally disabled man who becomes a genius after medical treatment — Robertson is also remembered for playing President John F. Kennedy in 1963's PT-109. The film...
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Stop us if you've heard this one before: A teenage outcast who lives with his aunt and uncle in New York gets bitten by some radioactive spider and develops the abilities to climb tall buildings, spin webs and swing from skyscraper to skyscraper.
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Wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage died Friday morning after a car accident in Tampa, Fla., TMZ.com reports. Savage's brother, Lanny Poffo, told the site that Savage suffered a heart attack behind the wheel and lost control of his vehicle. He was 58 years old.
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Laura Ziskin has a tough job — and not just as one of Hollywood's most successful producers.Ziskin, a breast cancer survivor who produced the Spider-Man trilogy, Pretty Woman and the Academy Awards — twice — also co-created Stand Up to Cancer, a special that has to engage audiences while dealing with one of the most sensitive subjects imaginable."I joke that I have to make cancer entertaining," Ziskin tells TVGuide.com. "It's a tough challenge, but I'm up for it. And I can promise you our show will be entertaining."Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser returning in SeptemberFriday's telethon will focus on survivors — including celebrities who haven't spoken out ...
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Purim: What It's All About
So there's this crazy holiday called Purim that's coming up. It starts in the evening on March 7, and continues through March 8. Purim tells the story of how the bravery of Esther and Mordechai convinces the king, Ahasueros, to not allow the evil Haman to kill all of the Jews. It's traditionally celebrated with costumes, groggers (noisemakers), hamantaschen (cookies shaped like Haman's hat), revelry, noise, and general craziness. If you're looking for the one holiday of the year where the Jews really let loose–this is it.
Here at Kveller, we've got a lot of Purim info for you. If you want more about the Purim story, click here. More on what Purim's all about, click here.
If you're interested in celebrating Purim with costumes, check out our guides on what to make for your kids–and how to do it on the cheap. If you want to send mishloach manot (traditional goody bags), here's a how-to on some to make, and some super-cute Purim cards to put inside of them.
Want to re-enact the Purim story with your kids? Make these clothespin dolls that look like the characters in the story. Get ready to make noise and drown out Haman's evil name by making your own environmentally-friendly groggers, using ingredients straight out of the recycle bin.
And if Purim makes you hungry, here's our hamantaschen recipe. We also love this colorful and delicious Purim popcorn. If you'd prefer your Purim nosh to be savory, chickpeas, bean stew, and meat kreplach are all traditionally served on this holiday. And did we mention that it's traditional to get a little bit drunk on Purim? So for all you grown-ups out there, try out our favorite sangria recipe.
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Why do Employers Want a Role in Health Care?
"Why should KitchenAid make blenders and health care coverage decisions? Why should lumber companies cut trees and create hospital networks?"
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These stories have nothing to do with each other, except that they do. The six-year campaign to get Certain People put in charge of all those alphabetic agencies in Washington is bearing fruit.
The first we will call the "Mom Said No--Let's Go Ask Daddy" amendment. It affects power companies [coughlikeEnronmaybe?cough] ability to overrule state regulators and put massive power transmission lines wherever the fuck they want. Read below the fold...
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Thought controls robots: 3,2, 1 – Contact!
Wow. I can't believe that we are here. This is huge. Wow. Dude - trippy.
Rajesh Rao, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and his students have demonstrated that an individual can "order" a robot to move to specific locations and pick up specific objects by generating the proper brain waves that reflect the individual's instructions. The results were presented last week at the Current Trends in Brain-Computer Interfacing meeting in Whistler, British Columbia.Read below the fold...
Is there a Doctor in the White House?
Say, Dr. Benway?
A Model of ControlRead below the fold...
"I deplore brutality," [Dr. Benway] said. "It's not efficient. On the other hand, prolonged mistreatment, short of physical violence, gives rise, when skillfully applied, to anxiety and a feeling of special guilt. A few rules or rather guiding principles are to be borne in mind. The subject must not realize that the mistreatment is a deliberate attack of an anti-buman enemy on his personal identity. He must be made to feel that he deserves any treatment he receives because there is something (never specified) horribly wrong with him. The naked need of the control addicts must be decently covered by an arbitrary and intricate bureaucracy so that the subject cannot contact his enemy direct."
Discuss: 300 Billion vs 400 Trillion
Quote of the day, or at least for me, from the ever impressive Nur AC:
Concerning the "Kill them all" thread below, the US is doomed to "cut and run" for the following reason: The Arab world has only 25% of the oil. Read below the fold...


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It's goose-hunting season and the people of Tanana are stocking up on food. Stan & Joey race to get first goose and Charlie & Bob have a father-son contest. Meanwhile, the rivers they use to travel are melting fast... Not everyone will make it home.
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Are you serious? Really, I'm asking if you are serious. Because you must be joking. To single out Apple as the big behemoth bully that steals from everyone else. The truth is - they all "steal" from one another. Some of it is rather innocuous and the end product looks quite a bit different from the original as the original idea was only used as a seed for innovation. Whereas other times it is a blatant copying to the letter (Samsung, you know who you are).
I submit my evidence to the court.
Apple vs Microsoft
Top 10 features Microsoft stole from Mac OS X | Mac - InfoWorld
Top 10 features that Apple stole from Windows | Windows - InfoWorld
IBM vs Microsoft
Business & Technology | Microsoft pays IBM to settle suit | Seattle Times Newspaper
Apple vs Samsung
Apple Wins Big Against Samsung In Court | TechCrunch
Samsung says Apple stole some of its technology for the Apple iPhone
Apple Vs Google
Apple wins appeal reinstating ITC case against Google's Motorola
Yes, Google "Stole" From Apple, And That's A Good Thing - Forbes
Did Google Just Prove That Android is
Google vs Blackberry
Google Android Prototype In the Wild
Google vs Oracle
Google's Android In Trouble As Judges Mull Oracle's Java API Copyright - Forbes
And the reality of it all is - to quote Isaac Newton "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - that all innovation in technology is "stealing" from what came before. Do not think that mankind in 2014 is somehow smarter or more innovative than mankind in 1941. We only have the technology we have today because we are "standing on the shoulders of giants" who came before us.
Much of what we know today only came about because of the work that originated at DARPA and PARC and has been built upon by others, including IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Sun, and scores of other companies and inventors big and small.
Xerox PARC turns 40: Marking four decades of tech innovations - Computerworld
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Article chronicles the reader response and writer opinion regarding any thoughts written that runs contrary to the idea that Barack Obama has been one of the best President's that the U.S. has ever had the pleasure of electing to office. Also includes some humorous suggestions for potential nominees to the Obama Cabinet!
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Q&A: Can I Ever Stop My Coumadin Therapy?
I'm taking Coumadin. Do I need to continue my coumadin therapy for the rest of my life? It seems like "Can I stop taking Coumadin?" is the one question I get asked everywhere I go. My answer is always the same. If you have a prosthetic heart valve or atrial fibrillation with a leaky valve or…Read More


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OECD Secretary-General Donald J. Johnston to Visit Australia
Mr. Johnston's visit to Australia, his first since 1996, comes against the background of Australia's continuing strong economic performance, despite the negative repercussions of the crises that have affected Asian and other financial markets in the last two years. Australian economic policies, combining a stable macroeconomic stance with on-going microeconomic reforms, have won good marks in recent reports by OECD economists.
"Australia's policy settings and sound institutional framework have enabled it to withstand the worst effects of the Asian crisis, even though the Australian economy is substantially integrated with Asia," Mr. Johnston commented. "Australia's performance is an example for other countries, demonstrating that it is possible to continue opening markets and benchmarking performance against OECD best practice even in the face of severe adverse external shocks."
Among various topics, Mr. Johnston will be discussing prospects for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations and the OECD's role in supporting those negotiations, notably in preparing analytical and factual data of use to all parties in a new trade round. He will also review the OECD's growing role in Asia, as well as OECD projects in which the Australian government has a particular interest, such as the OECD's Jobs Study, regulatory reform, corporate governance, and the respective roles of government, the private sector and the OECD in the management of new technologies such as electronic commerce and biotechnology.
During his stay in Australia Mr Johnston will meet a broad range of ministers and senior officials. These are expected to include the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, Mr. John Anderson; the Treasurer, Mr. Peter Costello; the Minister for Trade, Mr. Mark Vaile; the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alexander Downer; the Minister for the Environment, Senator Robert Hill; the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, Mr. Peter Reith; the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Jocelyn Newman; the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Dr. David Kemp; the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin; and the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Mr. Ian Macfarlane.
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Acheron's Awakeningby Silk Games
Only Windows users can play this game. If you have an emulator, you can join the waiting list to be informed when a new server is ready to play.
Kalek: (Jan 25, 1:07 pm)
Why was this discontined it looks like this game could of been one of the best original RPG games right now and since BYOND is in such a bad state it could've brought it up like NES.
Sesquipedalian: (Jan 30 2012, 2:59 pm)
And what a glorious weekend it was.
CauTi0N: (May 19 2011, 3:51 pm)
Was this ever made playable at some point?
Circuit: (Mar 5 2011, 6:46 pm)
I Liked this game as well, it had alot of potential.
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3drealms was shut down.
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San Francisco, CA- Having broken this story a fortnight ago on the radio, and then had Nick Diaz's manager Cesar Gracie confirm such a week later, I don't want to say I told you so, but I did. Diaz is not facing some club fighting stiff, although Jeff Lacy is not the powerhouse he was once was as IBF 168 lb. champ. Shoulder surgeries, the shutout by the betting underdog Joe Calzaghe, in addition to other setbacks against lesser foes, Lacy has a name, a decent left hook and will probably be pummeled by Diaz of Stockton, CA.
When I saw Nick Diaz fight in preliminary MMA matches in San Jose, I knew that there were few that could tame this lion from Stockton, CA if he continued to progress. Having won the Strikeforce welterweight (170 lbs) title and being the one guy that could probably handle UFC counterpart Georges St. Pierre, the Canadian would prefer to not face Diaz, instead pad his record with lesser types. Look for Diaz to bust Lacy up, this mainly to prove that he can. Don't know if he would continue professional boxing after making such a statement, but the man that does Triathlons shouldn't be taken lightly by anybody and is certainly the top MMA fighter in Strikeforce.
It happened about a month ago and the cost was between $30 and $40 million. The drawback is that with Dana White and the UFC already having bought the Pride Fighting Championships, their acquisition of Strikeforce amounts to creating a monopoly that rivaled the telecommunications company A.T. & T. in their heyday, this before the government broke them up.
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Diaz is a great striker in MMA with those small gloves, but this is a whole new ballgame with bigger gloves and Diaz can't use his other abilities just his fists. I know Lacy is washed up and hasn't done much lately if at all, but he still took himmself to the highest level as a prizefighter, and while Diaz is excellent in MMA, not sure if it can translate. By the way has he ever even had any professional bouts yet? If so this isn't the apparent suicide I expect it to be. However Lacy is pretty washed up and Diaz is on a roll.
Diaz has had 1 boxing match. He'll beat Lacy because he's totally shot. Not faded, not past his prime but flat out shot! Diaz is an animal in the sense that Lacy was once thought of.
Personally I find this fight really intresting. Nick Diaz might roll over a burnt out Jeff Lacey but I highly doubt it. Jeff will still bring a solid chin, reasonable stamina and expirence. This could be the best puncher Diaz has ever faced. A lot better then Paul Daley. Although if it's just a 4 round exibition then Nick Diaz might have a shot.
On a related topic. I would also like to see Roy jones fight Royce Gracie. Like their both no longer elite
level fighters and they have a history. Settle the score. I wonder if Royce would honor the million dollars a minute bet he made him years ago. Lol
I've known Nick, like Robert Guerrero, Andre Ward, Nonito Donaire, Shane Mosley and even James Page from the crib days. Jeff is lunchmeant here!
Pedro, you must not watch much MMA. Diaz has been owned by wrestlers in the past and since Nick will never fight Jake Shields, GSP is the best wrestler Diaz will ever face. Wrestling is Nick's Achilles heel. GSP is the most well-rounded fighter in the world.
Diaz could have signed with the UFC and has a shot possibly at GSP prior to re-upping his contract with Strike Force but he chose not to. People can speculate it was becasue he didnt want to play the game and he is his own man, others thought it was because of the drug testing and he just couldnt give up the dope.
While Diaz is a very good MMA fighter his UFC record wasnt so great, as Mike said, he was owned by wrestlers who had good submission defence. He lost to Shrek, Riggs and Sanchez. While he has not lost since 2007, his level of competition is since then has been very lacking. His greatest wins were over Noon who is 155 Lber and Daley who only has stand-up. How can you say GSP has been padding his record when GSP's level of competition has far exceeded Diaz's. Diaz's level of competition isnt entirely his fault though, he fought who he could in SF but they are no where near the level of competition of GSP's opponents. Is Jake Shields (Former SF MW Champ) a lesser opponent than Diaz would be.
I understand Diaz is a hometown boy so to speak but lets not lose sight of reality.
I think Diaz is biting off more than he can chew here. In MMA, he is very successful at punching, because his opponents are so afraid of his jiu jitsu. In other words, opponents don't box him properly, because they are mostly worried about getting taken down. If Diaz fights Lacy under boxing rules, the fight will look nothing like the MMA fistfights Diaz is so good at. Instead of crouching and backing away from him, Lacy will blast away at Diaz with combinations. All of this depends, of course, on Lacy still being in something like his mental and physical prime and not being completely shot! Anyway, I don't think that Diaz would have a chance in a real boxing match against the pre-Calzaghe version of Lacy.
Never seem Diaz in pro boxing match. If Lacy loses it doesn't mean Diaz has a future as a boxer. Not that I'd pick Diaz, though. He's an MMA fighter. Two totally different sports. Not that Lacy has anything left. Not sure of the motivation besides money.
As a fighter i dont see the big deal fighting is fighting some people want to see it some dont. Great things happen in any fight game and upsets happen he could be the one to cross over and really do somthing. If one fan wants to see it then thats all you need is one fan to believe in you. ONE FAN ONE REASON
I would respect this more if they chose a fighter coming off of a win, forget the fact consensus opinion is that he (Lacy) is shot. What is it with the mixing of sports? It's borderline cartoonish and it's always a finished boxer being coerced into battle. Combat sports should not intermix.
No stands to gain anyhting in this fight. Lacey was shot beyond reapair years ago and since Diaz has had only a handful of fights as a boxer no one gets to brag after this one is over. Its a no win situation.
Nick 'the Trick', is heading into a 'Chinese Trick Box', one that he can't get out of. 'Left Hook', with a stellar Amatuer career, and made the 'Big-Show' in the 'Squared Circle', tough slowed by injuries, will Crack Nick, like he's never been hit before. Don't forget, Joe Cal, beat on his 'Mug' for 12, and Jeff never took a step backwards. Using 8's, Diaz will think that Lacy's fist are only wrapped in gauze, with No Gloves on. Just wait until Nick tastes that first 'Shot to the Kisser', and let's see how that MMA crap has 'Steeled his Mettle. Let me remind the MMA Fans, about 'Merciless' Ray Mercer's 15 second Drilling' of the great Silva, Hoo-Ah! Right Hand crushed his 'Nugget' like a pancake. MMA going into Boxing = Disaster. 'Take it to the Bank', so said Berretta.
Nick Diaz is definitely one of the best all around fighters in MMA his striking is nasty and his Jiu Jitsu is out of control. I think that he would do just fine in boxing because whenever he is not training Jiu Jitsu he is doing boxing rounds with many different pro boxers. He also trains with greats such as Andre Ward so I think he could definietly hold his own. I think that if he does ever box he will do better then any pro boxer will do in MMA.


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Hi adpcs. According to the latest information that I have seen, Lexus Financial Services' new buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2007 Lexus GS 350 2WD with 15,000 miles per year are .00165 and 48%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its Tier 1+ credit tier.
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rravon Posts: 1I would like some advise regarding the terms of a lease. MSRP is 51,890 the negotiated price is $49,670. I am looking at a 36 mos lease/15,000 miles with a 49% residual value. The price I am being quoted is $890.61 which includes 6% sales tax. The money factor is .00235. There is $2800 due at acquisition. Is that a decent deal? What can I negotiate? Thanks. Rravon
rflumerfelt Posts: 2I was just quoted a money factor of 0.00295 and a residual factor of 0.46 on a 2008 GS350 (15k mi/yr). This sounds very high to me, particularly for the "December to Remember" program. I didn't bother haggling and left, waiting to hear if this is correct. Anyone know what the lease terms are for 15k mi/yr?
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Hey newacurabuy. If you haven't leased the GS that you are interested in yet, you're in luck. Lexus just introduced its new December to Remember sales event. Through the end of the year, Lexus Financial Services' buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2008 Lexus GS 350 AWD with 12,000 miles per year are .00185 and 52%, respectively. This money factor is a dramatic improvement over the one that Lexus was offering on this car earlier this month.
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Greetings rravon. The 2008 Lexus GS 350 AWD has a pretty large spread between its full MSRP and its dealer invoice price, over $5,500. This is a brand new model, but even so if you are in a market that has several Lexus dealers I would not be surprised if you were able to beat the $2,200 discount that you were quoted by shopping around a little.
Lexus just enhanced this car's lease money factor to .00185 for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier. Make sure that this is the factor that the dealer you are working with uses to calculate your monthly payment.
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Hi amtrakkeith. Let's work up a sample lease on this car and see what we come up with. The MSRP of a 2008 Lexus GS 350 2WD with navigation is $46,765. Its dealer invoice price is $41,171, so a selling price of $1,000 over would be $42,171. Using these prices, I estimate that this car's 36 month, 15,000 mile per year, zero down, pre-tax monthly payment would be around $656 assuming that you qualify for its top credit tier. I worked up a zero down lease for you because it is in your best interest not to make any capitalized cost reduction when leasing. Any down payment that you make might disappear if your vehicle is totaled in an accident or stolen and never recovered. If you really want to make a $2,500 cap cost reduction, it would lower the monthly payment for an otherwise identical lease to around $582.
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Hi macdad. This is a great time to lease a new Lexus. Through the end of the year, Lexus Financial Services' buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 24 month lease of a 2008 GS 350 2WD with 12,000 miles per year are .00185 and 57%, respectively. The numbers for an otherwise identical 36 month lease are .00185 and 51%.
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You're right, rflumerfelt, the money factor that you were quoted is way too high. Lexus Financial Services' new December to Remember buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2008 Lexus GS 350 2WD with 15,000 miles per year are .00185 and 49% for consumers who qualify for its Tier 1+ credit tier. Make sure that this is the factor that the dealer you are working with uses to calculate your car's monthly payment.
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Yep, the residual value for the Lexus GS 350 is surprisingly low for a redesigned model. Having said this, its residual value is probably a lot more realistic than the artificially inflated ones that BMW Financial Services uses for many models.
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Agreed BMWs could be artificially inflated, but that doesnt matter if you turn in the car at the end of the lease.
I see this as a 'game'. Either high residual and higher interest (BMW MF is 0.00225 or higher) or lower residual like lexus and lower interest. Both end up with similar payments actually given similar cap costs etc.
You are correct.
I thought the December program for Lexus was supposed to be a great time to lease but the figures are the same as they were over the summer. I am coming up to the end of a 5 series lease and I now have a good advantage over lexus - BMW gives a discount on the money factor for a current owner. I went to the local Lexus dealer a couple of days ago, explained that I understood how a lease works, and the sales person offered me a 2007 GS 350 - MSRP 51350 for 43500 and wanted a 48 month lease with around 1200 down for almost 700 a month. So much for him paying attention. However, at that price it may be worth buying it instead of leasing. We will see what BMW has to say on Monday when their December rates come out.
My experience was the same -- the Lexus lease payments were ridiculously high, even though I had negotiated a terrific reduction in MSRP with a good dealer. Instead, I purchased the car, but still wish the leasing option had been realistic, it is far better for me to lease than purchase for tax purposes. The Mercedes E350 forum shows lease monthly prices that are easily 35 - 40% less than Lexus -- with very low drive-off, on cars with MSRP within $1000 of each other. I had also discussed leasing a 5-series BMW -- and the lease payments and driveoff were simply insane.
moolman Posts: 122Hi everyone,
I had a question about the MSD. Last year I leased a RX350 and for every MSD, I got a 0.0001 reduction. I'm thinking of leasing a GS now but I see that some people mentioned that the MSD reduction is 0.00008 now. Did the MSD rate change for the worst this year.
My second question is the Encore program, allows be an extra MSD reduction for free for leasing my 2nd lexus, correct.
espo1 Posts: 27For 12k and tier 1 MF is .00185 and 52% for 10K I believe you get 53% with 9 deposits you can lower the MF by .00072 to a MF of .00113. Depending on where you live and what the competition is in your area you should be able to get the car for $1000 over invoice or better.
can someone offer me some guidance
i'm looking at leasing a 2008 gs 350 awd
msrp is $50,470.00 according to the lexus website
i'd like to do a two year lease with 12k per year, as little down as possible
what price should i be shooting for? what's the mf and residual?
i want to compare this lease with the mercedes e350 4matic.
also, pardon my ignorance, but what is MSD?
thanks for your help!
I ended up purchasing a 2007 gs last spring, because the lease rates/costs from Lexus were outlandish compared to the Mercedes E series. (at least 50% more than the E350). For whatever reason, the Mercedes leases -- and you should check carman's forum for Mercedes -- are far less expensive. The residual on the Mercedes is much higher than the Lexus (and I am mystified about that -- given the long-term reliability of the GS). Hope this provides some help.
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2008 GS350 AWD with Nav. (No ML) MSRP: 51,135.00
Cap cost: 2,500.00 + Tax, Bank Fees, DMV fees = Total Due at signing: $5,985.38.
Monthly: 569.99
Term: 39 months.
Mileage Restriction: 10K a year.
Option to purchase: $26,9XX.XX
Did I get robbed?
P.S. I traded in a car worth $3,500.00, am I supposed to have this portion exempt from tax on the down payment / cap cost?
Yes, your post was very helpful, thanks! I've been checking the Mercedes forum as well. If you're leasing, the higher the residual the better. Mercedes is currently pushing 24 mo leases where Lexus is offering 36 or 39 mo leases, and I'm not sure I want to be in the car that long. I'm guessing that Mercedes will do rather well selling two year old cars coming back off lease. Friends of mine in the business tell me that they make a heck of a lot more money selling cars that came in on trade than they do selling new cars.
I'm no expert, but this is the exercise I would have gone through were I in your position:
Your 39 monthly payments plus your downpayment total 24730. If you add 24730 to the residual, your total is 51630 vs a 51135 sticker price. If you exercise the option to purchase, you've essentially gotten a 39 month interest free loan on the car. Of course, you're paying sticker, and I don't know to what extent Lexus discounts, but seems ok to me. If your trade in is on top of these numbers, then 3500 works out to around 7% simple interest. Still not bad.
Anyone see a fault with my logic or math?
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Am I doing this right?
Hello everyone, I am new to this site, and was hoping for a little bit of advice.
I am on day 3 of the Atkins diet. I bought ketostix today and it showed that I was moderate level ketosis (not quite the dark purple, but the one next to it).
I am not counting net carbs, I am counting total carbs, and I have been having no more than 28g of total carbs a day, and about 1600 calories.
My menu for the past three days is - Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 lean bacon, mushrooms fried in a drizzle of olive oil
Lunch: A piece of cooked chicken or lamb, An Atkins chocolate indulgent bar (says suitable for all stages and I count all of the carbs, not just the net carbs)
Dinner: Lamb steaks, spinach, rocket and watercress salad and a thick slice of feta cheese or haloumi cheese, drizzle of olive oil.
Snack: A pepperami stick
I have not lost anything so far, but I know I am in ketosis now. I see that some people have lost something silly like 10 lbs in a week. At the end of my third day, I am wondering if this is going to work, it's a bit discouraging to not have even lost 1 ounce.
I would be grateful for any feedback guys! Thanks!
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Well, I wouldn't expect much in three days, and the big losses you've referenced are rare, and almost always experienced by people who have a lot to lose.
That said, other than the Atkins bar, your diet looks fine. I would be careful with those products because they stall a LOT of people. The only way to know how your body reacts is to see, but many people can't drink the shakes and lose well, and the bars are even worse. Most people I know have to stay far away from the bars. Just FYI.
I strongly recommend that you stick to real food as much as possible. And welcome to the board! I look forward to reading about your progress.
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Thank you so much, Ntombi! I have been reading the same thing time and time again about those bars. I'm gutted, because I have such a sweet tooth, I wonder if I could manage without them. Seriously, I was terrible, I used to eat 3 bars of chocolate a day on top of piles of other junk.
So can everyone tell me that if you are supposed of have no more than 25g a day, does it really matter where those 25g come from? (Bearing in mind I am talking about total carbs, not net carbs).
So gutted about the bars. :-(
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Yes it matters where they come from. They should come from whole sources, like non-starchy veggies and dairy. And don't forget that eggs and even some meats have carbs, so it's not as easy yo stay within your limit as you'd first think.
As for fat, it's hard to tell. I tend not to count fat or protein, just eat moderate amounts of protein and get the rest of my calories from fat. You don't want to eat too much protein, because the amount your body doesn't need to feed and preserve your lean body mass is converted to glucose in the body, decreasing your level of ketosis and slowing down your fat loss. But you need to get enough calories, so you make up the difference with fat, which does not have that issue, is satiating, and encourages your body to burn both dietary and body fat.
I know it's a hard thing to consider if you're coming from a low fat mindset, but fat isn't the enemy. And olive oil is far from your only option.
That said, you might be eating a great amount. I really wouldn't change anything, other than dropping the bars. At least for now.
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I am using ************ to tally up my total carbs every day after adding every morsel that I eat.
Thank you for the good advice. I will certainly bear that all in mind. It seems difficult to get my head around losing weight f I am eating 1600-1700 calories a day. Do you guys count calories?
Yes, seems I must drop the bar. But if I do, is it still ok to eat that amount of calories if I am following everything to the letter and eating fats and a moderate amount of proteins?
Thanks for the wise words. I'm a bit lost at the moment, I feel this is my last chance of getting somewhere, I just feel so hungry on every other diet.
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I don't count calories, no. I am naturally eating enough to be satisfied, not overdoing, and when I do sometimes put everything into my app (an every once in a while thing, as I pretty much know what to eat), I seem to be eating between 1600-1900 calories, with some outliers. That seems to be a good range for me to keep losing fat and I don't feel deprived.
The number is different for everyone, though, and some people need to restrict calories as they get closer to goal. You'll have to see if that's something you'll need to do.
It'll get easier to figure things out, and to see what works for you.
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I hate to seem like a nitpicker, but it's no more than 20 carbs a day for the INDUCTION stage.
To make you feel a little better, counting net carbs is OK.
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Skip the atkins bar and have homemade chocolate instead.
Easiest--- 2 oz softened cream cheese, 1 oz softened butter, a little vanilla, a little sweetener (I use 6 drops stevia and 3 squirts of liquid splenda-to-go),and a scant tbl of cocoa. Smoosh together very well, drop on waxed paper or a plastic plate, and freeze or refrigerate.
If you trust yourself with a bigger batch, look here. and then add 2-3 tbl cocoa or to taste.
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I'm new to Atkins also.
Today makes two months. If I may share some of my own personal story with you: It took me 14 days to notice a change (physically see changes; my face got thinner) and it took 19 days for the first person to acknowledge they were seeing a change in my body/weight due to the Atkins diet. Yes, it does get discouraging and when you hit stalls and snags you may ask yourself 'is this even worth it?' YES, absolutely it is. I've learned that if you do your part (following the Atkins plan and the 20 carbs/net carbs a day) the body will do its part (dropping the pounds).
I've already mentioned the first 14 days, well after that for a week or 2 I noticed nothing and got very discouraged, but I continued. I stayed committed to the 20g a day (sometimes less if i could manage it) and then all of a sudden one day I noticed how "big" a dress-shirt felt on me. I had to smile. Then it was time to put on the pants. I noticed that my belt was too big. Rather than put a new notch in it, I went out and got a new smaller belt the next day. It's just the little and unexpected victories that makes this diet plan so great (JMHO).
Just stick with it and I promise you, you will see results. It's a work in progress, but it's going to be progress you are glad you stuck with, I assure you.
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Just read my posts, especially my latest thread in the main lobby fathaze - for some of us it just takes some time, and tweaking, but it'll happen. Personally though, i'd lose the bacon, atkins bar and pepperami and try and get more fats.
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However, I tried Atkins 3 times in the past with absolutely no luck. I went for 3 weeks each time, actually gaining in one before I became so discouraged I quit. But I was doing it on the fly, thinking I knew Atkins backwards and forwards.
Obviously I didn't.
I read here and on the Atkins sight and reacquainted myself with Atkins. I also read many threads and realized that some of the things I was eating were probably triggers for weight stalling. I was having an Atkins bar and shake for my breakfast every day. There are lots of tiny little other things that I learned here from other posters that were 'aha' moments for me. Itty bitty things that have made a huge difference.
Just keep tracking everything and reading threads here to gain more and more insight and you will learn more and more how your body responds. It will happen! It took me 4 tries (3 futile attempts because I wasn't doing any kind of reading or research and wasn't changing anything) to know how 'my' body does Atkins.
I don't know if this has been part of my crazy 1st week, but I am also tracking steps with a pedometer (fitbit) and have set exercise goals. I am doing 1 hour on a treadmill (on fatburn mode) daily which gets me half my steps and then little things to get my steps in. For instance, when my coffee is brewing, rather than stand there and watch it, I go out to the backyard and circle it once or twice. Neighbors probably think I am totally nuts. Whenever I go upstairs in our house, I always go back down the stairs once and then back up. Takes 30 seconds to do a second set of stairs, but it is the little things that add up (and gets me to my 25 stairs a day goal) A pedometer has been the best motivator I have ever had. I also have the 'personal trainer' on fitbit that is setting exercise goals for me targeted for my weight loss plan.
So, don't go by my crazy first week or anybody else's who had significant drops their first week. Besides adding in exercise this time, it has been a journey to learn what my body needs and what my body doesn't like. Everybody is different.
Hang in there, the more you do it, the more you will become familiar with your body.
Besides, slow and steady is much better than an initial whoosh and then stalling for awhile (what I am anticipating happening.) It all evens out in the end.
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just to add in here, even if you have a "lot" to lose, it doesn't guarantee you will lose a big amount in the first week or 2, it depends on each individual.
case in point - I need to drop over 100, sw-280, I lost 2lbs in first week.
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they said no flags, they said yes to towels.
the fact that you think you could simply refer to your flag (remember, no flags) as a towel to try and get it in makes my head hurt.
What if your towel IS a flag??
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It's a backpack that contains water.
I'm taking a camelbak. I do believe that the rule is in place to avoid FULL camelbaks from coming in ... but what the fuck is the difference if I bring in an empty one. I'm bringing one in, and if the fascist security have a problem with it, I'm putting on my gas mask and starting it off early.
No flags, but some Wolfmother/Strokes wannabe looking asshole with a fucked up afro and oversized sunglasses can stand in front of me? Ah well, with any luck, RATM will burn a 50ft. flag anyway.
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gasmasks, I'd consider them to be on the same line as gimp masks. Unless biological warfare is happening, in which case they are OK.
I can see why flags on sticks would be banned as sticks could be used as weapons (and they also block views!) but can we not bring just material flags in? Would like to support a few bands from home by maybe hanging my flag over barriers at the front so wouldn't be blocking anyones view. I could also use it for shade. Do you think that would be allowed?