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Dec 19, 2011Not quite as bad as the original forever. It's at least cheaper and if you already bought the first one you might as well grab this. Plus I want to see Vinny play it.
Aug 20, 2012
Dec 20, 2011This DLC contains longer single campaign than most 60$ triple A titles nowadays, and a way more fun one on top of that. Mix this with 4 new multiplayer maps plus new weapons, and we get one of the best content-vs-price DLCs ever. I liked it more than the base campaign, it was shorter but more intense. However, if you hated DNF, you'll hate the DLC aswell.
Dec 29, 2011The Doctor Who Cloned Me is shorter than the main campaign, but is certainly alot better. It features a better story, more guns, less pointless puzzle solving and even a few new multilayer maps thrown into the mix. You might think that for 10 bucks, it's a little overpriced... but in my opinion it's worth every cent.
Dec 20, 2011The Doctor Who Cloned Me is about a full games worth of content (or at least what passes for a full game these days) for a much cheaper DLC price. This DLC improves on DNF in that it has a smoother pace, better story, and more variety in weapon choice. If you hate DNF there's probably not enough improvement to win you over. If you at all liked the original then this DLC is worth checking out.
Dec 24, 2011I just finished the 1st singleplayer DLC released today by Gearbox â
Feb 11, 2012This DLC has a fairly entertaining campaign, althou short. Some minor memorable parts, like the training facility for Duke Clones you run across, and a brothel named The burning bush. Puzzle elements in the game are quite annoying, driving makes a return (why?!) and the final boss might go down in history as one of the buggiest encounters to date. You get what you pay for.
Mar 4, 2012It's funny on some parts, but overall is quite weak, just as the main game. Most of the score comes from Duke's itself and it's universe. If this game was from anything else, it would be a 4/10. Only recommended to fans (myself included), if you never played Duke Nukem in your childhood, there ain't too much for you here.
Jun 25, 2013second-rate levels are not included in the game, the complete lack of humor, bad outdated graphics, uninteresting gameplay. It is a pity that after 14 years, it's more like a bad joke.
Jan 4, 2012Before long we had to wait on the first Duke Nukem Forever DLC! And what shall we say, but just really well done! Much of the old material rausgehollt - ok "The Burning Bush" could be better. :)
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Apr 25, 2013This DLC is actually a ton better than the core game. There's more gunplay, less puzzles, and a somewhat coherent story. Don't get me wrong, this is still a bad DLC for a bad game, but it's just not as bad as the core game.
Mar 1, 2012It somehow manages to mix cyborgs and aliens in the campaign, it offers two new weapons and eight new multiplayer maps (four are new, four are from the Hail to the Icons parody pack), it lasts for about 6 hours and it costs 8 euros- it's a decent package for Duke fans. [March 2012]
Feb 26, 2012There's enough of the terrible stuff to drown out the scant few passable bits. [Mar 2012, p.117]
Jan 10, 2012Offers entertaining SP-Duke campaign for us who are not hatelemmings. [Jan 2012]


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Anabolic Steroids for Nutritional Rehabilitation of Critically Ill Patients
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This prospective, double-blinded study will determine the feasibility of determining the efficacy of a weekly intramuscular injection of nandrolone (an anabolic steroid) in malnourished ICU patients.The data from this study will also enable us to prepare a future grant proposal with a calculated sample size necessary to demonstrate an improvement in clinical outcome.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Malnutrition Critical Illness |
Drug: Nandrolone (anabolic steroid) Drug: Placebo |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | The Efficacy of Anabolic Steroids for the Nutritional Rehabilitation of Critically Ill Patients |
- Nitrogen Balance
- Lean body mass
- serum prealbumin
- length of stay on ventilator, in ICU, in HOSPITAL
- infectious complications
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Estimated Enrollment: | 20 |
Study Start Date: | October 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | October 2007 |
Primary Completion Date: | October 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Experimental: nandrolone
Patients receive weekly injections of nandrolone
Drug: Nandrolone (anabolic steroid) |
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Critically ill patients are particularly prone to excessive catabolism using skeletal muscle as the primary substrate as a result of maladaptation to critical illness. Ultimately, critical illness leads to a significant loss of lean body mass (LBM). For example, a 40% loss of LBM is associated with a 100% mortality. Anabolic steroids have been studied and have been shown to improve nutrition in select malnourished patient groups, however, the majority of these studies were not well designed or consisted of small sample sizes.
Our hypothesis is anabolic steroid administration will result in an augmentation of positive nitrogen balance and LBM. This increase in LBM will result in liberation from mechanical ventilation sooner than the placebo group and will result in discharge from the ICU sooner, and as a result, a reduction in morbidity (nosocomial infections) and possibly mortality.
All moderately to severly malnourished ICU patients who have an anticipated stay in ICU > 10 days, will be randomized to receive nandrolone (25 mg-females, 50 mg;males) once weekly for six weeks or placebo. All patients will receive a standard enteral nutritional regimen. Patients will be monitored for assessment of nitrogen balance, lean body mass, and length of time spent on ventilator, in ICU and in HOSP, and incidence of infections.Lean body mass will be measured using a bioimpedance analyzer.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- anticipated length of stay in ICU >10 days
- moderate to severe malnutrition
- patient tolerating enteral feeds
Exclusion Criteria:
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Principal Investigator: | Michael D Sharpe, MD FRCPC | London Health Sciences Centre-UC |
Responsible Party: | Dr. M. Sharpe, Lawson Health Research Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00242463 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | R-05-390, 11582 |
Study First Received: | October 19, 2005 |
Last Updated: | January 4, 2011 |
Health Authority: | Canada: Health Canada |
Keywords provided by Lawson Health Research Institute:
malnutrition anabolic steroids intensive care unit rehabilitation |
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Critical Illness Malnutrition Disease Attributes Nutrition Disorders Pathologic Processes Nandrolone Nandrolone decanoate |
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Molecules 2013, 18(12), 14780-14796; doi:10.3390/molecules181214780
Novel Method of Synthesis of 5''-Phosphate 2'-O-ribosyl-ribonucleosides and Their 3'-Phosphoramidites
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, Poznan PL-61704, Poland
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Received: 27 September 2013 / Revised: 23 November 2013 / Accepted: 25 November 2013 / Published: 29 November 2013
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Synthesis of 5''-phosphate 2'-O-ribosylribonucleosides [Nr(p)] of four common ribonucleosides, and 3'-phosphoramidites of 5''-phosphate 2'-O-ribosyladenosine and 2'-O-ribosylguanosine using the H-phosphonate chemistry is described. An additional ring protected by benzoyl groups was incorporated into the main ribosyl ring in the reaction with 1-O-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-β-d-ribofuranose in the presence of SnCl4. The obtained 2'-O-ribosylribonucleosides (Nr) were applied in the subsequent transformations with selective deprotection. Ethanolamine was applied as a very convenient reagent for selective removal of benzoyl groups. Additionally, the tetraisopropyldisiloxane-1,3-diyl (TIPDSi) group was found to be stable under these deprotection conditions. Thus, the selectively deprotected 5''-hydroxyl group of Nr was transformed into an H-phosphonate monoester which was found to be stable under the following conditions: the removal of the TIPDSi group with triethylammonium fluoride and the dimethoxytritylation of the 5''-hydroxyl function. The 5''-H-phosphonate of Nr precursors was easily transformed to the corresponding dicyanoethyl 5''-O-phosphotriesters before phosphitylation, which gave 3'-phosphoramidite units of Nr(p) in high yield. The derived phosphoramidite units were used in an automated oligonucleotide synthesizer to produce dimer Ar(p)T via the phosphoramidite approach. The obtained products were fully deprotected under standard deprotection conditions giving dimers with a 5''-phosphate monoester function. Application of an alkaline phosphatase to prove the presence of an additional phosphate group was described.Keywords:
2'-O-ribosylribonucleosides; ribosylation; methionine tRNA; initiator tRNA; H-phosphonate; phosphoramidite; nucleosides; nucleotides
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'Kimberley or Denise should have won Strictly,' says former reigning champion Harry Judd
STRICTLY Come Dancing's former reigning champion Harry Judd has said one of the female finalists deserved to win the coveted Glitterball Trophy, despite Olympian Louis Smith strutting, gliding and backflipping his way to victory.
With finalists Dani Harmer, Denise van Outen, Kimberley Walsh and Louis all having been strong contenders from the start of the show, it was especially hard to predict who would be crowned king or queen of the dance floor in Strictly's tenth series.
However, the McFly star revealed he believed it was time for a woman to win, speaking exclusively to express.co.uk.
The 27-year-old, who was an avid watcher of this year's show, said he felt certain from the start that either Denise or Kimberly would come out top.
"There have been a lot of male winners in the past," Harry said, highlighting that out of the ten series of Strictly there have only been four female champions, with the male competitors – including himself – predominantly dominating the leaderboard.
"I thought Louis Smith was really good, but it was time for a woman to win," he added.
Harry admitted that he was sad to lose his Strictly crown last week, after he and his partner Aliona Vilani defeated Chelsee Healey and Pasha Kovalev to become champions in 2011.
"My time had to come to an end," he laughed, "I knew this day would come and it's very sad."
The drummer, who tied the knot with Britain's Got Talent star Izzy Johnston last week, said he'll always look back at his time on the Strictly dance floor with fond memories.
"It's been an amazing year and Strictly was great, but now it's time for other people to enjoy the glory so I have nothing but positive vibes," he said.
I thought Louis Smith was really good, but it was time for a woman to win
The star added that his only regret was being unable to strut his stuff in front of the judging panel's latest addition, Darcey Bussell.
"Alesha Dixon was always good to me so I was lucky to have her, but I would have liked to have seen what Darcey thought of my moves," he joked.
Tonight, six new celebrities, including actress Sheila Hancock and former footballer Fabrice Muamba, are to take to the dance floor for Strictly's Christmas Day special.
Jonathan 'JB' Gill from pop group JLS and comic Bobby Ball will also make their debuts on the BBC One show.
Presenter Helen Skelton and comedienne Katy Brand will also take to dancefloor joined by seven stars with Strictly experience, including model Kelly Brook and singer Rachel Stevens.
Rod Stewart will also feature on the show, setting a festive feel by singing some Christmas classics.
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With the Christmas dinners (and desserts) over, it's time to get back to the YMCA for the Holiday Trimmings Weight Loss Challenge to work off those extra calories.
The challenge is sponsored by the YMCA, Times Record News, and Texoma Cycling Center. Participants have a temporary membership card that allows them all member privileges.
One thing that makes the challenge special is the prizes. The three men and women who lose the largest percentage of body fat are competing for memberships to the YMCA. First place gets a one-year family membership, second place winners get one-year individual memberships, and third place winners get a six-month individual membership.
The leaders after Tuesday's weigh in are:
Women: Beckie Tolleson who has lost 8.37 percent of her body weight, 15.2 pounds, Cynthia Sosa with a loss of 6.8 percent body weight, 15.8 lbs, and Daniele McCarthy with a loss of 6.21 percent of her body weight, 11.2 pounds. Men: Jonathan King who lost 9.6 percent of his body weight, 23.2 pounds, Stephen Santellana with a loss of 7.75 percent of his body weight, 17.8 pounds, Douglas Tidwell with a loss of 6.46 percent body weight, 20.6 pounds.
Total pounds lost so far by the participants of the Holiday Weights Loss Challenge is 726.3 pounds.
One of the ways that folks are losing is by using the weight room.
"In the weight room, there is so much equipment they (the participants) can use to affect body composition, increase lean muscle mass and decrease the percentage of body fat for those that need to lose weight," said Elias Aguire, a personal trainer and a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
For those new to the weight room, he recommends workouts two to three days a week for 10-60 minutes, depending on what can be tolerated. He stresses the intensity level should be comfortable and should not cause any pain. He recommends participants do 10-20 repetitions two to three times. The most important thing is that it be enjoyable.
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Here are some area companies that sell American-made products and online retailers selling wares made in the USA. In addition to stores, places to find regionally made goods include trade shows such as the Outdoor Living and Landscape Show and the Home Show, craft fairs, and farmers markets.
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Prairie PastTimes, co-op of things made in the Flint Hills, including quilts, stained glass, pottery, woodworking, decorative blacksmithing, wool weaving from local sheep, juried artwork, custom-carved limestone. 220 1/2 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls; 620-273-6020; www.prairiepasttimes.com.
Yoder Furniture Co. Amish-made furniture mainly from Pennsylvania, 3405 E. Switzer Road in Yoder; 620-465-2220; amishhomeplace.com.
Sturdi-Bilt Storage Barns of Hutchinson; storage sheds, cabins, patio furniture, chicken coops, animal shelters, garage doors sales and service. 3909 Stacy Road, Hutchinson; 316-265-2276; www.sturdi-bilt.com/indexbldgs.htm.
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Martha Stewart American Made. Curated online store on eBay featuring local, handmade products, including gardening tools, flags, stationary, toys and kids clothing, and home decor. At ebay.com.
Made Collection. A Boulder, Colo.-based curated flash-sale site featuring all kinds of products made in America.
Polar Bottle. Eco-friendly water bottles. At polarbottle.com.
K'NEX. Building toys manufactured in Pennsylvania. At knex.com.
Be Present. Colorado-based yoga clothing company (most items are $69 or less). At bepresent.com.
Epicurean. Cutting boards, utensils and knife holders. At epicureancs.com.
Fresh Produce. Clothing made mostly in the USA. At freshproduceclothes.com.
Dickies 1922 Collection. A small, limited-edition group of shirts ($165 to $175) and pants ($200) for men, as they were made in 1933. At dickies.com/1922.
AG Adriano Goldschmied denim. A premium denim line (most priced around $200) of jeans, tops and accessories for women and men. At agjeans.com.
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What if I'm using a public computer? Computers such as those in Internet cafés, computer labs, and airports should be considered unsafe for any personal use other than anonymous Internet browsing. Do not check online e-mail, chat rooms, bank balances, or any other account that requires a user name and password. Hackers can purchase inexpensive keystroke logging devices which take only a few moments to install. With these devices hackers can harvest all the information typed on a computer from across the Internet.
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October 21 - November 3, 2012
A living rosary in Lemont
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Jacob Stone, Billy Lawler, and Nathaniel Yep hold the crucifix and candles during the rosary. Karen Callaway / Catholic New World
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Students at Everest Academy in Lemont participated in a Living Rosary in five languages on Oct. 5. The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on Oct. 7 and was instituted in 1571. The students prayed a mystery of the rosary for Cardinal George. According to the University of Dayton's online Marian resources, October is considered the month of the rosary primarily because the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary falls in the month. This feast "was instituted to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection that she gives the church in answer to the praying of the rosary by the faithful," the website says. "The feast was introduced by Pope St. Pius V in the year 1571 to commemorate the miraculous victory of the Christian forces in the Battle of Lepanto on Oct. 7, 1571. Legend tells us that the rosary as a form of prayer was given to St. Dominic (1170-1221) by Mary who entrusted it to him as an aid in the conflicts with the Albigensians. The Dominican pope, St. Pius V, did much to further the spread of the rosary and it thereafter became one of the most popular devotions in Christendom."


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Is this strictly legal? Just curious. I guess I always thought there was a fine line between animal cruelty and humane euthanasia. If drowning an animal until it dies is cruelty, why is a bullet to the brain not cruelty? I'm not disagreeing with the right to end your pet's suffering yourself, just not sure where it falls on the spectrum of what is and what is not legal.
I would totally do that. But my husband would kill me. Again.
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Absolutely not. Having your baby turned into a rug? I couldn't do that. I couldn't imagine stepping all over it or kicking the head....
I couldn't have anyone stuffed, either. Creepy, soulless eyes staring back at me would just be a reminder that it's not my baby anymore, just the remnants they left behind.
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That is honestly disturbing........ I am happy with a pawprint and a photo.
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When animal control comes we tell them we put them down and they take the body. No problems at all. I actually called a vet to find a way to put the dog down with meds and he said a bullet would be the most humane way to do it at home. Last edited by Narny; 03-28-2012 at 08:42 PM. |
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I didn't see the picture but I too think it is disturbing. I used to joke with Hubby about stuffing my Sikh. He was my precious cat for almost 19 years. He was my heart and Hubby new it (was a bit jealous of the cat too ). I used to say it just to mess with him because I knew he would believe me, knowing how much I loved Sikh.
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When I was feeling like kidding around after Taz was gone 'which took quite a while' I made a funny to my family that I should of had him stuffed, because I had two other dogs moping around and always looking for him. But theres no way in the world that I would actually do that. It would be wrong in so many ways I would rather have his urn and pictures to remember him by, which is what I did.
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The mechanisms underlying socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are largely unknown. We studied the contribution of childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood risk factors to inequalities in CVD mortality in adulthood.
The prospective GLOBE study was carried out in the Netherlands, with baseline data from 1991, and linked with the cause of death register in 2007. At baseline, participants reported on adulthood socioeconomic position (SEP) (own educational level), childhood socioeconomic conditions (occupational level of respondent's father), and a broad range of adulthood risk factors (health behaviours, material circumstances, psychosocial factors). This present study is based on 5,395 men and 6,306 women, and the data were analysed using Cox regression models and hazard ratios (HR).
A low adulthood SEP was associated with increased CVD mortality for men (HR 1.84; 95% CI: 1.41-2.39) and women (HR 1.80; 95%CI: 1.04-3.10). Those with poorer childhood socioeconomic conditions were more likely to die from CVD in adulthood, but this reached statistical significance only among men with the poorest childhood socioeconomic circumstances. About half of the investigated adulthood risk factors showed significant associations with CVD mortality among both men and women, namely renting a house, experiencing financial problems, smoking, physical activity and marital status. Alcohol consumption and BMI showed a U-shaped relationship with CVD mortality among women, with the risk being significantly greater for both abstainers and heavy drinkers, and among women who were underweight or obese. Among men, being single or divorced and using sleep/anxiety drugs increased the risk of CVD mortality. In explanatory models, the largest contributor to adulthood CVD inequalities were material conditions for men (42%; 95% CI: −73 to −20) and behavioural factors for women (55%; 95% CI: -191 to −28). Simultaneous adjustment for adulthood risk factors and childhood socioeconomic conditions attenuated the HR for the lowest adulthood SEP to 1.34 (95% CI: 0.99-1.82) for men and 1.19 (95% CI: 0.65-2.15) for women.
Adulthood material, behavioural and psychosocial factors played a major role in the explanation of adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality. Childhood socioeconomic circumstances made a modest contribution, mainly via their association with adulthood risk factors. Policies and interventions to reduce health inequalities are likely to be most effective when considering the influence of socioeconomic circumstances across the entire life course and in particular, poor material conditions and unhealthy behaviours in adulthood.
Cardiovascular diseases; Socioeconomic status; Health behaviour; Life course epidemiology; Mortality determinantsBackground
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are some of the major causes of death in modern societies [1], and studies have shown that in almost all European countries those from a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) have higher rates of CVD mortality and morbidity [2,3]. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying inequalities in CVD mortality is essential for devising strategies to reduce these inequalities.
Studies show that health behaviours, particularly smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and low physical activity, contribute to the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in CVD mortality [2,4-9]. However, for a complete understanding of socioeconomic differences in CVD mortality, a consideration of multiple factors is required [10]. Material and psychosocial factors contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality, [11-13] often in conjunction with health-behaviours, and these may also be important for CVD mortality. For instance, experiencing financial problems (material factor) may lead to stress (psychosocial factor), and to cope with this, people may engage in smoking (health behaviour). To our knowledge, no study has assessed the relative contribution of material, behavioural, and psychosocial factors to inequalities in CVD mortality.
Another gap in our understanding of inequalities in CVD mortality is the role of childhood socioeconomic conditions. Adverse conditions in childhood (e.g. little parental social support, both parents being heavy smokers, illness) may occur more often in families with a low SEP, and may be associated with higher levels of risk factors in later life [14,15], thereby indirectly contributing to adulthood inequalities in CVD mortality (the so-called pathway model) [16]. On the other hand, it is also possible that childhood socioeconomic conditions may affect CVD risk in later life more directly, independent of adulthood risk factors. This may occur, for instance, when certain exposures, if experienced during pregnancy or infancy, lead to unfavourable and unalterable biological development, which affects CVD risk in later life (critical period model)[16,17]. A directed acyclic graph (DAG) was created (Figure 1) to visualise the possible associations between the factors involved in the different lifecourse models [18,19].
Figure 1. Simplified causal diagram with hypothesized associations between childhood socioeconomic conditions, adulthood educational level, adulthood risk factors and CVD mortality.
This present study is unique for its long follow-up time to CVD mortality, and its investigation of the role of childhood socioeconomic conditions as well as a wide range of adulthood CVD risk factors. We hypothesize that health behaviours and material and psychosocial factors each contribute to the explanation of adulthood socioeconomic inequalities in CVD mortality. Furthermore, we hypothesize that childhood socioeconomic conditions will contribute to the explanation of adulthood socioeconomic inequalities in CVD mortality, partly indirectly via their association with risk factors in later life, and partly directly, independent of adulthood risk factors.
Longitudinal data were used from the GLOBE study conducted in the Netherlands (these data are available from the first author upon request). Detailed information about the study design and sampling methods are provided elsewhere [20,21]. In 1991, a random sample of 27,027 non-institutionalised Dutch persons aged 15–75 years living in the city of Eindhoven and its surrounding area was drawn from the municipal population register. This sample was sent a postal questionnaire (response rate 70.1%, N=18,793). All measures described below were self-reported in the baseline questionnaire.
Adulthood and childhood socioeconomic position
In this study, all 'adulthood' measures (i.e. adulthood socioeconomic position as well as adulthood risk factors) pertain to people age 40 years or older (since the analyses were restricted to respondents in this age range at baseline, see below), and 'childhood' refers to the age of 12 years. Adulthood socioeconomic position (SEP) was determined by the respondents' highest attained education level, with four categories: 1-low (primary education), 2- (lower professional and intermediate general education), 3- (intermediate professional and higher general education), 4-high (higher professional education and university) [22].
Participants were asked to retrospectively recall the occupational title of their father when they were twelve years of age, or, if their father was unemployed, the title of his last occupation (childhood socioeconomic conditions). These data were classified according to the Erikson, Goldthorpe, and Portocarero scheme, [23] and three categories were created: professionals (top-level management, advanced academic competencies, high level of independence), white-collar (middle management, routine non-manual work), and blue-collar occupations (skilled and unskilled manual work).
Smoking status was categorised as never, former and current smoker based on the response to the question "Do you smoke?" [12,13].
Physical activity was based on three questions, asking for time spent per week (never, <1 hour, 1–2 hour, 2≥ hour; analysed as 0 hour, 0.5 hour, 1.5 hour, and 2.5 hour) on transport-related activity (walking, cycling), leisure time physical activity (gardening, walking, cycling), and sports activity [13]. Time spent on transport and leisure activity was summed as 'moderate physical activity'. Participants were classified as inactive (no sports and 0–1 hours of moderate physical activity), little active (either no sports and 1–2 hours of moderate physical activity, or <1 hours of sports and 0–1 hours of moderate physical activity), moderately active (2.5-3.5 hours of moderate physical activity and sports combined), or active (at least 3,5 hours of sports or moderate physical activity combined) [8].
Alcohol consumption was calculated from two questions, one asking for the number of days per week drinking any alcoholic drinks, and the second asking for the number of alcohol drinks (units) consumed on such a day [12,13]. Participants were categorised as abstainers (0 units/week), light drinkers (1–7 units for women, 1–10 units for men), moderate drinkers (8–14 units for women, 11–21 units for men), and heavy drinkers (>14 units for women, >21 units for men) [8,24].
Body mass index (BMI) was calculated from self-reported weight in kilograms/self-reported height in meters2, and respondents were classified as being underweight (BMI ≤20), average weight (BMI 20–25), overweight (BMI 25–30), or obese (BMI 30≥) [25].
Material circumstances
Four items that are indicators of the financial situation of the household were measured and have been applied in several studies among the GLOBE cohort: [12,13]type of health insurance (private, public), car ownership (yes, no), housing tenure (rented house, house owner), and financial problems with paying bills for food, rent, electricity etc. over the preceding year (no, some, big problems) [12,13]. Adverse neighbourhood conditions were measured by four questions about noise from neighbours, noise from traffic, smells, and vandalism in the neighbourhood (no, 1≥ adverse conditions) [12,13]. Adverse housing conditions were measured by three questions on cold, mould, and dampness in the house (no, 1≥ adverse conditions) [12,13].
Psychosocial factors
Data describing psychosocial factors included indicators of marital status (married, single, divorced, widowed) and negative life events. Respondents were asked if they experienced each of nine negative life events in the preceding year, such as a decline in financial position, severe disease of partner, and divorce (no event, 1 event, 2≥ events) [13,26]. Furthermore, use of medicine for anxiety (yes, no) and whether respondents had experienced depression, severe nervousness or burn-out over the last five years (yes, no) were applied as psychosocial indicators [11].
CVD mortality and data linkage
Cause-specific mortality data were obtained from Statistics Netherlands. Causes of death were coded in accordance with the 9th and 10th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), with codes 390–459 (ICD 9) or I00-I99 (ICD 10) for cardiovascular diseases. For each GLOBE respondent, the mortality follow-up extended from the baseline survey (April 1st, 1991) until October 15, 2007. If respondents died in the follow-up period, their death date was used to calculate survival time. If they did not die, survival time was calculated with October 15, 2007 as the final date. If respondents moved out of the Netherlands between baseline and October 15, 2007, survival time was calculated from the baseline until the date they emigrated.
Analytic sample
Baseline respondents were excluded from the current analyses if they were 1) younger than 40 years of age at baseline (2 946 men, 2 902 women), 2) reported in the baseline questionnaire that they had experienced severe heart problems or a heart attack (599 men, 314 women) or a stroke (100 men, 48 women) in the preceding five years, or 3) had a missing value for adulthood SEP (199 men and 234 women) (these categories partly overlapped). The current analyses were based on the remaining 11 701 participants (5 395 men and 6 306 women).
Statistical analyses
Analyses were performed in SPSS [27], the significance level used was .05, and all analyses were adjusted for age. Analyses were undertaken for men and women separately, since the socioeconomic distribution of risk factors and their relative importance for explaining CVD inequalities may differ for men and women [28]. For each of the risk factors and for childhood socioeconomic conditions, respondents with a missing value remained in the analyses as a separate category (see Additional file 1 for prevalence rates of missing values).
Additional file 1. This Table shows the prevalence of childhood socioeconomic conditions, and adulthood material, psychosocial and behavioural risk factors by adulthood SEPa, for men and women.
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Using Cox proportional hazard models, we assessed associations between adulthood SEP and CVD mortality. We assessed the distribution of childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood risk factors by adulthood SEP using Chi-square tests, and associations of childhood socioeconomic conditions with CVD mortality (adjusted for age), and adulthood risk factors with CVD mortality (adjusted for age, childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood SEP) by Cox proportional hazard models.
Factors that were significantly related to cardiovascular mortality and that varied by adulthood SEP were included in the following models: 1) adulthood SEP; 2) adulthood SEP + childhood socioeconomic conditions; 3) adulthood SEP + material factors; 4) adulthood SEP + behavioural factors; 5) adulthood SEP + psychosocial factors; 6) adulthood SEP + all adulthood risk factors; 7) adulthood SEP + childhood socioeconomic conditions + all adulthood risk factors. For each model, the percent change in relative hazards for SEP-groups compared to model 1 was evaluated. A 95% CI was calculated around the percentage attenuation using a bias-corrected accelerated bootstrap method with 1000 re-samplings in the statistical program R [29].
A total of 542 men (9.7%) and 403 women (6.2%) died from CVD during the 17-year follow-up. A low adulthood SEP was associated with an increased risk of CVD mortality among both men (HR 1.84, 95% CI 1.41-2.39) and women (HR 1.80, 95% CI 1.04-3.10).
Childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood risk factors by adulthood SEP
Adulthood SEP was significantly associated with childhood socioeconomic conditions and with all adulthood material, psychosocial and behavioural factors among both men and women (see Additional file 1). Associations were mostly in expected directions, i.e. poorer childhood socioeconomic conditions, less favourable material circumstances (e.g. rent a house, no car, financial problems, problems with physical housing conditions) and more unhealthy behaviours (e.g. being physically inactive, overweight or obese, smoking) among the low SEP groups. In contrast, among women, two adverse psychosocial factors (i.e. having experienced 2≥ negative life events, and depression/nervousness) were more prevalent among those with a high adulthood SEP, but among men, adverse psychosocial factors were more prevalent among those with a low adulthood SEP.
Childhood socioeconomic conditions, adulthood risk factors and CVD mortality
As presented in Table 1, those with poorer childhood socioeconomic conditions were more likely to die from CVD in adulthood, but this only reached statistical significance among men from the poorest childhood socioeconomic circumstances. About half of the investigated adulthood risk factors showed significant associations with CVD mortality among both men and women, namely renting a house, experiencing financial problems, smoking, physical activity and marital status. Alcohol consumption showed a U-shaped relationship with CVD mortality among women, with an increased risk for both abstainers and heavy drinkers. Also, BMI showed a U-shaped relationship with CVD mortality among women: those who were underweight or obese were at higher risk for CVD mortality. BMI was not significant among men, although –in contrast to women- underweight seemed to have a protective effect against CVD mortality. Further, among men, being single or divorced, and using sleep/anxiety drugs increased the risk of CVD mortality, whereas among women, those who were widowed or had a history with depression/nervousness were at an increased risk. No significant associations with CVD mortality were found for type of health insurance, problems with neighbourhood and housing conditions, and negative life events (among men and women), alcohol consumption, BMI and having experienced depression/nervousness (among men), and use of sleep/anxiety drugs (among women).
Table 1. Hazard ratios (HR's) for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) mortality by childhood socioeconomic conditionsa (adjusted for age)b, and HR's for CVD mortality by adulthood risk factors (adjusted for age, childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood SEPc)b, for men and women
Models for explaining adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality
Explanatory models in Table 2 (men) and Table 3 (women) show to what extent associations between adulthood SEP and CVD mortality were explained by childhood socioeconomic conditions and adulthood risk factors. The highest risk for CVD mortality as observed among those with the lowest adulthood SEP (model 1) reduced insignificantly by 15% (CI: -40% to 5%) for men and 11% (CI: -74% to 31%) for women when childhood socioeconomic conditions were taken into account (model 2). Of the three groups of adulthood risk factors, material conditions made the largest contribution to the explanation of adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality among men (42%; CI: -73% to −20%), and behavioural factors among women (55%; CI: -191% to −30%). When material, behavioural and psychosocial factors were all included (model 6), the HR for the lowest adulthood SEP reduced by 52% (CI: -94% to −33%) among men, and by 73% (CI: -230% to −34%) among women. This model was further adjusted for childhood socioeconomic conditions (model 7), which led to a total reduction of the HR among those with the lowest adulthood SEP of 60% (CI: -109% to −32%) among men and 76% (CI: -232% to −29%) among women.
Table 2. Role of material, psychosocial and behavioural factors and childhood socioeconomic conditionsa in explaining associations of adulthood SEPb with CVD mortality (adjusted for age), among men (n=5395)
Table 3. Role of material, psychosocial and behavioural factors and childhood socioeconomic conditionsa in explaining associations of adulthood SEPb with CVD mortality (adjusted for age), among women (n=6306)
In sum, the total explained effect of adulthood SEP on CVD mortality (60% for men and 76% for women) was largely accounted for by risk factors in adulthood. Adulthood risk factors explained the greater part of the inequalities in CVD mortality, independent of childhood socioeconomic conditions (45% for men and 65% for women). Childhood socioeconomic conditions made a modest contribution to the explanation of inequalities in CVD mortality, i.e. mainly via their association with adulthood risk factors (7% for men and 8% for women). For men 8%, and for women 3%, of the total explained effect of adulthood SEP on CVD mortality was due to a direct effect of childhood socioeconomic circumstances on CVD mortality (i.e. independent of adulthood risk factors). Childhood socioeconomic conditions were most important for explaining the increased risk of dying from CVD among men with the second lowest adulthood SEP (12% directly, and 7% via adulthood risk factors).
The purpose of this study was to gain a better insight in the role of childhood socioeconomic conditions as well as a wide range of adulthood risk factors for explaining CVD inequalities in adulthood. We showed that inequalities in CVD mortality were largely explained by adulthood material and behavioural risk factors, and less by psychosocial factors. Childhood socioeconomic circumstances made a modest contribution to the explanation of adulthood CVD inequalities, mainly via their association with adulthood risk factors.
Our conclusion that adulthood risk factors play a central role in the explanation of adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality is consistent with previous work [5,8,30]. We did not find critically different results for men and women, however, material conditions were most important for explaining adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality among men, whereas behavioural factors were most important among women. Results indicated that the explanatory power of adulthood risk factors was partly due to the association of childhood socioeconomic conditions with these risk factors [10]. This finding is in line with the pathway model and not with the critical period model, as poor childhood socioeconomic circumstances were associated with an increased CVD risk in later life via –and hardly independent of- adulthood risk factors [16].
Highest attained educational level was used as the indicator of adulthood SEP. Level of education is considered a good indicator of SEP in the Netherlands, and therefore often applied [23]. Arguably, of all possible adulthood SEP indicators, education is most closely related in time to one's milieu of origin. Due to this, we may have underestimated the role of childhood socioeconomic conditions in the models where we adjusted for adulthood SEP. On the other hand, the correlation between the two SEP indicators was only 0.345 in our study, which shows that both indicators are to a large extent measuring different underlying concepts.
In additional analyses, we assessed the relative importance of the four health-behaviours to the explanation of adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality, and whether this differed for men and women [see Additional file 2. Among men, smoking was the most important health behaviour for CVD inequalities, as it explained 17% of the gradient according to adulthood SEP. Among women, smoking explained a similar proportion of the gradient (18%), but physical activity (25%) and alcohol consumption (25%) made larger contributions. The few other studies that reported on the relative importance of behavioural risk factors for CVD mortality for men and women separately found similar results with regard to smoking, in that smoking was relatively more important for men than women [5,9]. Differences between men and women regarding the importance of other health-behaviours were less consistent. Strand and colleagues (2004) also showed that BMI contributed more to the inequalities among women, but they did not observe a gender difference in relative importance of physical activity (alcohol was not measured) [9]. However, overall, studies concur that health-behaviours like smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity contribute to inequalities in CVD mortality to a large extent, but which type of health-behaviour is most important differs by country, specific population, time of the survey etc.[5,8,9,30,31].
Additional file 2. This Table shows the relative importance of the four health-behaviours to the explanation of adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality, for men and women.
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Since the absolute prevalence of risk factors affect the attributable mortality, we compared the prevalence rates in our study sample to those in the general population of the Netherlands, showing that these rates were of similar magnitude. In our analytic sample (all 40 years or older, data collected in 1991), rates of current smokers were 41.7% (men) and 28.0% (women), compared to 42,8% (men) and 31,5% (women) in the general population (of 12 years and older, data collected in 1990) (http://statline.cbs.nl webcite). Further, rates of overweight/obesity were 46.0% (men) and 38.9% (women) in our sample, compared to 39,6% (men) and 30,6% (women) in the general population (of 20 years of age and older). Rates of overweight/obesity were somewhat higher in our sample, but this could be due to the relatively older age (40> years) compared to the age of the sample of the general population (20> years).
Strengths and limitations
To our knowledge, this is the first study to simultaneously investigate the contribution of adulthood health behaviours, material conditions, and psychosocial factors, and childhood socioeconomic conditions, to adulthood SEP inequalities in CVD mortality. The measurement of a large number of risk factors is a strength, but may also be a limitation, since, due to space limitations in the postal survey, every risk factor could only be measured with a limited number of items. Furthermore, the independent variables examined were only measured once, and were based on self-reports, which may have resulted in biased responses. Psychosocial conditions could have had more effect on the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in CVD mortality when measured more specifically (e.g. by locus of control, number of good friends, social participation, social networks), although the psychosocial factors we included (i.e. indicators for marital status, anxiety and depression) have been used previously [11]. Father's occupation at the respondent's age of twelve was measured retrospectively, which may have caused underestimated associations compared to prospective measures of childhood SEP. However, retrospective reports of childhood circumstances have shown to be relatively reliable [32]. In the baseline questionnaire, participants were asked whether they experienced severe heart problems, a heart attack or stroke over the last five years. We excluded these participants from the analysis as they may have changed to healthier behaviours post-baseline while still having a higher chance of dying from CVD. However, we had no information about earlier histories of CVD, hence the analyses may still have included participants who experienced heart problems or a stroke and later changed to a healthier lifestyle, which might have underestimated the contribution of behavioural factors.
Conclusions and implications
Adulthood risk factors played a major role in the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in CVD mortality. Childhood socioeconomic circumstances made a modest contribution, mainly via their association with adulthood risk factors. More research is needed to better understand to what extent and how socioeconomic adversity in childhood may have long-lasting negative influences on adulthood risk factors and health, since this might indicate whether primary prevention of behavioural risk factors through interventions in youth is effective for CVD prevention. Policies and interventions to reduce health inequalities are likely to be most effective when considering the influence of socioeconomic circumstances across the entire life course, and in particular, poor material conditions and unhealthy behaviours in adulthood.
Competing interests
The authors' declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contribution
FJvL, CBMK, and JPM conceived the study. CBMK and GT performed the analyses. CBMK wrote the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content, and approved the final version of the manuscript.
The authors thank Caspar Looman, statistician at the Department of Public Health of the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, for his advice in the bootstrap procedure. Gavin Turrell is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship (APP1003710).
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Well, I always thought half was that and the other half was pissed off old lady.
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Yeah, a lot of the Advent lore seems inspired from Dune. Desert homeworld, hallucinogenic spices, female dominated cults, you name it.
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Quoting some interesting guy of old:
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It's been a long good-bye. Pennsylvania's effort to phase out the state Capital Stock and Franchise Tax (CSFT) began four governors ago under Tom Ridge.
This tax on a company's assets is scheduled to be eliminated entirely by 2014 under the $28.4 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett in February.
The CSFT tax rate has been successively reduced by 85 percent over a period of years since the late 1990s as part of a scheduled phase-out. The phaseout has been put on hold before, most notably when Pennsylvania was dealing with massive budget deficits at the depths of the recession in 2009-10.
Now there is talk of another freeze in the CSFT phaseout given tighter projections of state tax revenue growth due to a weakness in consumer spending, and therefore, lower state sales tax collections.
The state Independent Fiscal Office forecasts that a projected $232 million growth in revenue that Corbett based his budget proposal on won't pan out by the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, D-43, Pittsburgh, raised the issue of putting the CSFT phase-out on hold again last week at the Pennsylvania Press Club.
The governor and lawmakers can stabilize the fiscal 2013-14 budget by freezing the CSFT at current levels for two years, taking federal money by accepting the expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act and shortening the period under which the state can acquire ownership of unclaimed property, said Costa.
The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association was quick to label Costa's proposal a "tax hike."
"Laying hands on the CSFT phaseout would be an act of extreme bad faith by state government and would send an unmistakable signal to employers and investors that Pennsylvania is not a reliable place to do business," said PMA executive director David Taylor.
Pennsylvania is one of the few states to have a tax on both business assets and business income, he added.
Delaying the CSFT phase-out would drag Pennsylvania's economy backwards, said the National Federation of Independent Businesses Pennsylvania.
Delaying the phaseout is the fiscally responsible thing to do, said The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a Harrisburg think tank that's been critical of Corbett's state spending cuts in his first two budgets. It would bring in nearly $400 million in revenue.
The tightening revenue picture raises the specter of new spending cuts for schools, health care and mental health services, said PBPC. This would be especially so if an estimated $175 in savings from proposed cuts in a public pension overhaul proposed by Corbett is not included in the final state budget due to reluctance by lawmakers to approve enabling legislation, added PBPC.
"The Legislature has delayed the phaseout in five of the last 15 years, during times the economy lagged," said PBPC. "It will have little impact on most businesses that will continue to get all the other tax cuts that have been enacted over the past decade."
With the battle lines drawn over this issue, attention will now turn to the release this week of state revenue figures for May to see if present trends continue and to the next IFO revenue forecast in mid-June. The fate of the CSFT may rest on the numbers when lawmakers approve a final budget.
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September 2, 2009, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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Is Marlin Firearms Dying?
I'm wondering about the life expectancy of Marlin Firearms. Late last year they announced the "New 1895SBL Model for 2009" which still is not readily available and now 2009 is almost over. Seems since they were bought by Remington in 2007 that production is either way down or non-existent. Go to Davidson's Gun Gallery (seems to be the primary distributor for Marlin) and look at the available models. The only things available are mostly off-caliber rifles which most likely have been on the shelf for quite awhile. All the online and local dealers I contact say they can't get the 1895SBL and have no idea if they will be able to get one - no projected production dates from Marlin. I hope they are not going under, I REALLY want one of the 1895SBL models, but not if I can't get warranty work due to no one left to ship it to If lack of product was due to selling as fast as they come out the door - then why no sales reports. Most of the forums are full of "wish I could get it, but can't find it" reports.
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The SBL is already out for sale. Guys are giving range reports.
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September 2, 2009, 07:28 PM | #3 |
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I would hate to see them go ,I have never had a bad Marlin product.
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It is out for sale, in VERY limited quantity. But the point is it "seems" that there have not been many of any models rolling out recently.......
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I think Marlin like everyone else is selling everything they can produce.
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September 2, 2009, 09:07 PM | #6 |
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Don't seem to be in bad shape. Lots of different models available from them. 'Spect they'll be around for quite some time.
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All the marlin dealers I've been to in the last three months has had a good selection of guns... Rimfires, XL-7s, 336, 1894, 1895 etc... I've even handled a 1895SBL, but wasn't ready to drop the $980 on it..... Are they dying?? I think not....
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This is how rumors get started....never a good thing.
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I don't know, but I hope so! That way the first run .444 Marlin, that my uncle said I could have when he flunks Earth, will skyrocket in price. That way I can feel smug, and still not sell it to anyone! That thing is mint. He's shot about 50 rounds through it. After shooting it with a full power load, I know why. It hurts on both ends.
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September 3, 2009, 01:12 AM | #11 |
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I hope you're joking, Skan. If you are, please ignore the following, but I feel it is very uncool to hope that an entire American gun company will go under just so that the value of a firearm you own will go through the roof, especially considering you just said you'd never sell it. If you are that attached to it, then the monetary value doesn't matter. Whether it's worth $1 or $1,000,000, to you it would be priceless. Again, I hope you're joking, otherwise this is ridiculous.
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Of course he's joking. Did you even read all of what he wrote?
If they are the rifles they're making look as good or better than ever. Not usually a sign of a company that's struggling.
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September 3, 2009, 03:47 AM | #14 |
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Marlins are out but they sell so fast that it seems like there are none...
last month there was a 357 i was going to get. i looked at it the first day it came in and my local gun shop owner was putting it on the shelf. i was running late for other things i had to get done that day so i decided to come by early the next day to check it out and the sucker was gone in less than a day. Marlins sell like hotcakes, all of their guns. that is what i see anyway... now pumas and other leverguns dont sell quite so quick at the shop. come to think about it, i have only seen 2 Winchesters in the past couple years in the gun shop also..... quality guns sell, thats what i got to say, and thats a good thing. as for the 1895sbl, one of the distributors at my club has a few for sale every now and then but they are selling fast. some in stock one day and then none the next; i think that speaks for what is going on. i am still looking for those stainless 1894c that are supposed to be out... they are sold out too from the distributor when i ask about inventory...
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Somehow I doubt it. But finding one in .357 or .44 is a pain because they're very popular for the cowboy action shooters.
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Is the OP trolling or is this a serious question?
September 3, 2009, 08:25 AM | #17 |
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I don't know what "OP trolling" is, but before I spend around $900 on a rifle, I want to make sure the manufacturer will still be around if/when it needs warranty work. 6 months of watching for a specific model and also paying attention to availabilty of other models has me a little concerned. It seems the general concensus here is that I have nothing to worry about (other than keep waiting)
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Is Marlin Firearms Dying?
If Marlin is dying, they must be doing it in style. I went to a Cowboy Action Match last Sunday and the boys from Rancho Cordova Guns and Ammo were there with their tent and had at least 10 Marlins for sale. The shoot was, as usual, 75% Marlins against all other comers. I have five Marlins (2 .44 Mag, 1 .45 Colt, 1 .45-70 and one .22 LR) and if I want to buy another lever action rifle it will be a Marlin.
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Marlins' doing great especially since there are no more Win 94's being made. Their only competition is Mossbergs goofy lever action attempt.
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Cerberus must have some losing ventures elsewhere than firearms that got hurt big-time, then.
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Someone on another board tried to get a 918t special ordered to a Walmart and apparently Marlin told Walmart they were "out of stock". No 'we'll have a few in a month", etc.
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