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For Mitt Romney and other likely presidential contenders, 2011 will be a busy year of campaigning and preparation for the first caucuses and primaries of the nominating process in early 2012. Among the most important of the rituals they face: sucking up to influential Republicans in New Hampshire, home of the first-in-the-nation primary.
That has suddenly become a much more complicated task. New Hampshire has just gone through one of the most remarkable political upheavals of its history, completely reshaping the landscape there.
The result, according to political observers in the state, is a power vacuum in the state's Republican circles, right on the eve of the presidential nomination battle. Or, from the perspective of a Republican presidential wannabe, a slew of total unknowns whose opinion could make or break you.
"There are a whole bunch of new leaders in the state who have never really talked to Romney — let alone [Tim] Pawlenty or the others," says Mike Dennehy, a veteran political consultant in Concord, and former John McCain adviser. "The opinion-leader crowd in New Hampshire is really a clean slate."
Out with the oldIt's hard to overstate what happened in New Hampshire on election day this past November. If political analysts described the national election results as a Republican tsunami, what happened in the Granite State was of Noah-like proportions.
Both congressional seats flipped from blue to red. The State Senate turned from a 14-10 Democratic advantage to a stunning 19-5 GOP edge. And in the 400-member House of Representatives, Republicans gained a staggering 124 seats — going from a minority to the largest majority the party has ever held.
But perhaps the biggest upheaval may lie not in those ballot-box gains, but in two GOP departures. US Senator Judd Gregg chose not to run for re-election this year, and former governor John H. Sununu announced this month that he will step down as state party chairman.
"New Hampshire politics, for most people's memory, has been two dominant political parties," says James Pindell, WMUR-TV political director. "Not Democrat and Republican, but Sununu and Gregg."
To be sure, nobody expects those two to fade entirely into the background after three decades each as Granite State kingpins. But neither has the power of office behind their persuasion any more.
Battles royaleThis convergence of the New Hampshire GOP's sudden surge in power and absence of leadership has set the stage for two epic battles so far, and a third unfolding, between the party establishment and the Tea Party–based conservative outsiders.
The first came in the September US Senate primary, when Gregg's hand-picked successor, Kelly Ayotte, barely squeaked out victory, by fewer than 2000 votes, over outsider choice Ovide LaMontagne.
The conservative outsiders prevailed in round two, however: the choice of new Speaker of the House of Representatives. The huge influx of new, primarily conservative members lifted third-term backbencher Bill O'Brien — formerly of Massachusetts, where in the early 1990s he was law partners with Tom Finneran — to a narrow win over long-time leadership member Gene Chandler for the position.
Now, the third battle is shaping up in the race to succeed Sununu as state party chairman. The establishment, including Sununu himself, is backing Cheshire County Republican Chair Juliana Bergeron. The insurgents, including O'Brien, are behind former gubernatorial candidate and Tea Party organizer Jack Kimball.
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SBDC offers Forms of Business Structure March 5
Forms of Business Structure will be offered in the spring Advantage Series presented by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in the Business and Industry Center at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
From 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in E151 at CLC, Jay Bock will explain what form of business entity to establish.
The most common forms of business are sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, S corporation or a Limited Liability Company (LLC). Each form has advantages and disadvantages in complexity and taxation.
Choosing the right business form requires a delicate balancing of competing considerations. Learn how to select, plan and organize the business form that is a perfect fit for you.
This series will include four 1.5-hour sessions that will help you be better prepared if you are looking to start a business. Some of these sessions will also be helpful if you're in business already.
Followup counseling is available from the SBDC's team of consultants at no charge.
Other sessions in the series are Marketing Your Small Business, Accounting Tools and Business Planning.
Admission is $30 per person for each session or $100 per person for all four in the series.
Registration deadline is seven days prior to the class date. To register and to read session descriptions of other classes in the series, visit http://clcmn.augusoft.net/.
For information, contact Greg Bergman in the SBDC at 218-855-8140 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bet they had more trabons, what a jackpot
I get a bit pissed off! they are no better than anoyone else! As far as Im concerned they can go fuck themselfs. A person has Rights and even the Church has to obey the law. I have turned the Hospital in for medicare fruad
as well as the doctors, I'll collect more money there ( as a whitle blower than in a law suit) everything my mother did not want done they did anyway just to jack up the bill, my mothers wishes were that she was just to be made comfortable and nothing more, well they did extra ordenary lifesaving proceedures for over 45 mins and then left her alone with a faint heart beat for over 15 min after they pronounced her dead, with no further medical attentiion until someone noticed she was alive when they went to do Post Mortum Care. and then they screwed up even further by doing more damage but according to New York State Laws there is nothing that can be done, because there is no permanate damage,,,Hummmmmm Death at the hands of physicans, and everything else they did but yet there is no damage?WTF. I did some digging and found out that the Catholic church really dosnt believe in the so called end of life decisions, and will not honor a patients DNR since they are pro life. and further more they have to inform you that they will not honor a DNR , and if that is your request, they have to transfer you to a facility that will honor sucjh order. So just remember if you have such end of life decisions, dont go to the catholic hospitals they wont honor nothing they care about nothing but your money. I think its time they start putting the Doctors and Hospital administrators in jail and prison for violation of a patients rights and medicare & medicade fruad..Doc
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
Here in Houston we have Chad Holley. Minor was caught running after from a home burglary. Got his ass kicked by the PoPo and video was caught on a security camera. An employee of the Mini Storage sent it to the DA, media, etc.... First cop was tried and got off, sued and got his job back. Eventually the Mini Storage employee was fired, Chad Holley has been caught stealing by home burglary again and the mess is still going on. In my younger days running from the cops on motorcycles was a "Sport". There was only one unwritten rule don't get caught cuz an ass beating will happen. Didn't matter what race you were, if you were caught running "SIX CELL ANEMIA" was in the cards.
Six Cell is slang for a Maglite 6 D battery flashlight
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
That is funny Willie, my old man told me about him and his friends doing that in the Heights neighborhood back in the 60s.
I've read about that sick bastard, never asked my old man if he knew any of those victims.
I have seen several cases where police have stepped over that line of no return, of excessive use of deadly and physical force, and I had to testify in two cases, which is not my idea of having a good day. There was one case were a few officers were in Upstate NY beat a man to death with nightsticks and flashlights and they still kept thier jobs. and the Chief of Police in that case had instructed his officers not to carry thier stick & lights while on an active call, amazingly one week end, the chiefs office was broken into and awhole bunch of Sticks& Maglights were dumped into the Chiefs office on the Floor, amazingly no one was punished for this ,, the story was they had no idea what officers had done this! Hmmmm in my experence every officer I know engraves his or her First Intinal and last name and badge number and agency abrevation on sticks, cuffs & maglights. But then again this was the very same police chief that busted his own grandpa & and raided his nightclub when he was a rookie beat cop, and then announced one day he would become Chief of Police!, He did and was appointed the Chief of Police by a mayor who went to jail on federal racketering Charges, and is now dead, and to boot I'll tell you how stupid New York Goverment is. When this mayor was released from Federal Prison ( he only did a few years) he went to work at a high end resturant as the Host, and paople would flock to the resturant to have thier picture taken with him. and when he died the city waisted tax payers dollars and gave him a state funeral as if he had Died while in office or he was some great person or president, this guy was a liyer and a thief and a womanizer everytime you seen him in public he had some diffrent cute little arm candy on his arm and 99 percent of the time it wasnt his wife whom was a beautiful woman of greek decent. this guy was a scumbag plane and simple, and his friends are still in public office today in NY State and You cant tell me that his friends didn't know he was a crook....Doc


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Their season is over early, but New Zealand Warriors put on happy faces at Fashion Week yesterday.
Sidestepping the harsh Mt Smart Stadium critics and a woeful second-to-last place, the NRL team's photogenic trio of Shaun Johnson, Kevin Locke and Feleti Mateo sauntered down the runway at the Les Mills Show, to screams of delight from a mainly female audience. A key drawcard to the half-filled show, the novice models were saved for last as they stepped out together down the runway.
Always the showmen, the trio posed for cameras, including executing a mock try with Locke suspended mid-air by his teammates.
When asked if it was symbolic of all the tries he hadn't scored this season, he replied: "Ouch. I'm not talking to you any more."
But he added he wouldn't be looking to swap the catwalk for the rugby field. "I can definitely say I am not thinking of giving up playing for the Warriors," Locke said. "I just enjoy putting on a bit of a show wherever I am." Fashion Week wraps up at the Viaduct Events Centre today.


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University Libraries uses three holdings codes, two of them OCLC library holding codes and one a local holding code. The Hattiesburg campus (MUS) library holding code is MUSH and is used for all Hattiesburg campus library materials except government documents. The Gulf Coast campus (MLA) library holding code is MLAC and is used for all Gulf Coast campus library materials except government documents. Holding codes MUSH and MLAC are linked to the call number index in the local catalog.
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Multiple codes for each campus were at one time used in the 049 field to designate collections. Records in the local catalog continue to show these codes. For current practice, see above.


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To understand her son's birth defect, a mother makes an emotional and scientific journey
Katherine E. Willmore
Now that the worry has subsided, the tears have dried, and the guilt has been sufficiently suppressed, I'm able to look at Max's developmental mishap through scientist-colored glasses. I'd forgotten how fascinating the intricacies of development can be. Considering the wild, choreographed steps required for proper facial development, I find it surprising that there aren't more missteps.
The variety of possible facial clefts is mind boggling. A child can be born with a cleft lip, a cleft palate or both. I discovered soon after Max's birth that when most people hear "cleft," they seem to imagine only a cleft lip (what was once more commonly called a harelip), and particularly one that involves a large, gaping hole. Before Max's surgery, when I told people that he had a cleft palate, the response was a nearly universal "You would never know." This was a comfort—because we weren't usually dangling our kid upside down for people to see inside his mouth, his cleft was not normally on display.
A cleft lip is characterized, as the name suggests, by a separation of the upper lip. This can be a small groove in the upper lip, or a large gap that extends from the nostril through the lip and the bone of the upper jaw where the two front teeth are housed. Depending on the severity of the cleft, the infant's ability to suckle may be impaired, and speech and dental complications may arise.
Cleft palate, on the other hand, involves a gap in the roof of the mouth. To understand where a cleft lip ends and a cleft palate begins, feel the roof of your mouth with your tongue. Just behind your front teeth there is a small ridge. This marks approximately where the primary palate, found at the front of the mouth, meets with the secondary palate, found at the back of the mouth. When a cleft lip affects the bone of the upper jaw, it extends only as far as this ridge and disrupts only the primary palate. In contrast, a cleft palate affects only the secondary palate, behind the ridge. It can extend from the uvula (the dangly thing at the back of your mouth) all the way to this ridge; Max had this type of cleft. It can involve just a small cleft in the uvula, a small slit along the middle of the palate, or a gap that extends the entire width and depth of the mouth. In all cases, a cleft palate disrupts the usual separation between the mouth and the nasal passages. The result is an inability to suckle, as well as problems with speech. More entertaining (or distressing, depending on your point of view) consequences are extreme snoring and the ability to squeeze food through your nose—a fine party trick.
To add to the complexity, the different clefts can mix and match like sweater-set coordinates. The seemingly endless combinations can lead to the impression that facial clefts occur randomly. In fact, there are few structures involved in facial clefting, and with an understanding of the development of the face, the variety becomes predictable.
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Recently I attended the social media–centered event BlogWorld in New York city. During a speaker luncheon the 'entertainment' was a company called You Say Too who spoke about their services. I really wasn't paying attention. I was trying to eat. What I did gather from what I did hear is that they were a scraper service, asking your permission to index your content along with other similar content. This got me thinking about the entire industry of social media: specifically, when the bubble is going to pop.
While my presentation was probably the smartest, yet worst presented (I'm a terrible solo presenter), there were a ton of presentations that flooded attendees with the same information about working in the world of social media. This also got me thinking: If there is a social media bubble, how willing are we going to be to see it? We're all inundated in social media and the surrounding support system. Maybe you only use Twitter, but I use a litany of services for whatever reason and many people are invested strongly in many other services. Unlike the dot-com bubble, we all are playing with all the toys.
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Your space sucks: A wakeup call regarding myspace
Once they become a "friend" they are free to post messages and share files. Here's the problem, most users have aliases, so even if they say that they are Jim from second grade how do you know icedancer35 could be someone pretending to be Jim for an insidious purpose. We have been taught and (hopefully) teach our staff not to open email from people they don't know, but that is exactly how myspace operates. If users want to reak havoc on their own computers at home so be it, but our networks should suffer because of it. In the last week, two worms for myspace have been identified and there are certainly more on the way.
The latest myspace vulnerability can be found here http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/myspace- ... w-up Basically, links on the users's sites are re-directed to phishing sites and anyone who visits could be infected as well. No, this is not a major problem, but that is because they are only phishing links. What if the links instead brought the unsuspecting user to a page with had a 1X1 pixel of a Browser Helper Object (BHO), that installed a Trojan. The popularity of myspace could easily create a zombie net of several hundred thousand machines in a matter of minutes.
There are countless others, but this is the latest. I understand the appeal to re-connect with old friends or re-kindle lost loves, but not on my network. I am loathe to stop users from browsing the internet, it is more trouble than its worth and everyone deserves the right to browse the internet for a five minute break, to get re-focused. Myspace however is too susceptible to problems and therefore I am urging all responsible infosec professional to block myspace.
I have done some research and the following are methods that can be used to keep myspace off your lan.
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Again, the purpose of this post is not to highlight a particular worm or threat, but to illustrate the very real threat that myspace could become. If you do allow your users access to myspace, ask them to verify who it is they allow on their pages and that they only visit trusted sites.


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Cystoscopy (sis-TOS-kuh-pee) is a procedure used to see inside your urinary bladder and urethra — the tube that carries urine from your bladder to the outside of your body. During a cystoscopy procedure, your doctor uses a hollow tube (cystoscope) equipped with a lens to carefully examine the lining of your bladder and your urethra. The cystoscope is inserted into your urethra and slowly advanced into your bladder.
Your doctor may perform the cystoscopy in a testing room, using a local anesthetic jelly to numb your urethra. Or your doctor may perform cystoscopy as an outpatient procedure, using sedation. Another option is to do the cystoscopy in the hospital while under general anesthesia. The type of cystoscopy you'll have depends on the reason for your procedure.
A discogram, or diskogram, is a test used to evaluate back pain. A discogram may help your doctor determine if an abnormal disk in your spine is causing your back pain.
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The dye also moves into any cracks in the disk's exterior, which can then be seen on an X-ray or CT scan. However, disks that show signs of wear and tear don't always cause symptoms, so the usefulness of a discogram is controversial.
An echocardiogram uses sound waves to produce images of your heart. This commonly used test allows your doctor to see how your heart is beating and pumping blood. Your doctor can use the images from an echocardiogram to identify various abnormalities in the heart muscle and valves.
Depending on what information your doctor needs, you may have one of several types of echocardiograms. Each type of echocardiogram has few risks involved.
An electrocardiogram is used to monitor your heart. Each beat of your heart is triggered by an electrical impulse normally generated from special cells in the upper right chamber of your heart. An electrocardiogram - also called an ECG or EKG - records these electrical signals as they travel through your heart. Your doctor can use an electrocardiogram to look for patterns among these heartbeats and rhythms to diagnose various heart conditions.
An electrocardiogram is a noninvasive, painless test. The results of your electrocardiogram will likely be reported the same day it's performed, and your doctor will discuss them with you at your next appointment.
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a minimally invasive procedure to assess digestive (gastrointestinal) and lung diseases. It uses high-frequency sound waves to produce detailed images of the lining and walls of your digestive tract and chest, nearby organs such as the pancreas and liver, and lymph nodes.
When combined with a procedure called fine-needle aspiration, EUS allows your doctor to sample (biopsy) fluid and tissue from your abdomen or chest for analysis. EUS with fine-needle aspiration can be a minimally invasive alternative to exploratory surgery.
EUS techniques are also used in certain treatments, such as draining pseudocysts.
A fetal ultrasound, or sonogram, is an imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of a baby in the uterus.
Fetal ultrasound images can help your health care provider evaluate your baby's growth and development and determine how your pregnancy is progressing. A fetal ultrasound might also give you the chance to study your baby's profile months before delivery. In some cases, fetal ultrasound is used to evaluate possible problems or confirm a diagnosis.
Fetal ultrasound is often done during the first trimester to confirm and date the pregnancy and again during the second trimester — between 18 and 20 weeks — when anatomic details are visible. If your baby's health needs to be monitored more closely, ultrasounds might be repeated throughout the pregnancy.
First trimester screening is a prenatal test that offers early information about a baby's risk of certain chromosomal conditions — Down syndrome (trisomy 21) and Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18).
First trimester screening has two steps:
Typically, first trimester screening is done between weeks 11 and 14 of pregnancy — although a form of the screening can be done as early as nine weeks.
Using your age and the results of the blood test and the ultrasound, your health care provider can gauge your risk of carrying a baby who has Down syndrome or Edwards syndrome.
If your risk level is low, first trimester screening can offer reassurance of a healthy pregnancy.
If your risk level is moderate or high, you might choose to follow first trimester screening with another test that's more definitive.
An intravenous pyelogram (PIE-uh-loh-gram), also called an excretory urogram, is an X-ray exam of your urinary tract. An intravenous pyelogram lets your doctor view your kidneys, your bladder and the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder (ureters). An intravenous pyelogram may be used to diagnose disorders that affect the urinary tract, such as kidney stones, bladder stones, enlarged prostate, kidney cysts or urinary tract tumors.
During an intravenous pyelogram, you'll have an X-ray dye (iodine contrast solution) injected into a vein in your arm. The dye flows into your kidneys, ureters and bladder, outlining each of these structures. X-ray pictures are taken at specific times during the exam, so your doctor can clearly see your urinary tract and assess how well it's working.
Light therapy is a way to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD) by exposure to artificial light. Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs at a certain time each year, usually in the fall or winter.
During light therapy, you sit or work near a device called a light therapy box. The box gives off bright light that mimics natural outdoor light.
Light therapy is thought to affect brain chemicals linked to mood, easing SAD symptoms. Using a light therapy box may also help with other types of depression, sleep disorders and other conditions. Light therapy is also known as bright light therapy or phototherapy.
Lung cancer screening is a test to look for signs of lung cancer in otherwise healthy people. Lung cancer screening is recommended for older adults who are longtime smokers.
Doctors use a low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scan of the lungs to look for lung cancer. If lung cancer is detected at a very early stage, it may be more likely to be cured.
Discuss the benefits and risks of lung cancer screening with your doctor. Together you can review your risk of lung cancer and decide whether screening is right for you.


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st: Re: "logistic scores"
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I am resending this because it was a mess.
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From: Nick Cox Sent: 18 March 2007 18:25
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Subject: "logistic scores"
My questions come at the end.
It's a habit of mine to revisit my favourite books. Looking again at
Mosteller, F. and Tukey, J.W. 1977. Data analysis and regression. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. Chs 5F, 5H, 11F, 11G.
I found a very Tukeyish way of mapping the frequencies
of a set of ordered categories (grades) to numerical scores. Each category is treated as a slice from a standard logistic distribution and what is returned is a centre of gravity for that slice. The recipe is first to calculate cumulative probabilities p for less
than each grade and cumulative probabilities P for
less or equal to each grade and then, defining
phi(p) = p ln p + (1 - p) ln (1 - p),
to calculate scores that are
(phi(P) - phi(p)) / (P - p).
(I've not re-created the derivation for myself.)
I call these "logistic scores".
The logistic is justified by Mosteller and Tukey
as convenient to work with, and as giving similar results to Gaussian and Cauchy alternatives any way. Computational ease is naturally less compelling in 2007 than it was in 1977, but simple and useful
still wins every time in the absence of better
This kind of thing goes nicely in Mata and here
is a function to do it:
// NJC 16 March 2007
// cf. Mosteller, F. and Tukey, J.W. 1977. Data analysis and regression. // Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. Chs 5F, 5H, 11F, 11G. real logistic_scores(real colvector freq)
{ real colvector P, p, zero, z real scalar k
k = rows(freq) P = freq
for(i = 2; i <= k; i++) { P[i] = P[i - 1] + P[i] }
P = P / P[k] zero = J(k, 1, 0) z = rowmin((zero, P :* ln(P) + (1 :- P) :* ln(1 :- P)))
p = 0 \ P[1..k-1] z = z - rowmin((zero, p :* ln(p) + (1 :- p) :* ln(1 :- p)))
z = z :/ (P - p)
return(z) }
A detail that requires care is handling terms like p ln p when p is zero
and its logarithm would thus be indeterminate. It is natural
mathematically to regard the overall product as zero, but you have
to spell that out to Mata. The ? : construct seems less useful here
than comparing directly with a vector of zeros.
Any way, using the example in Mosteller and Tukey (1977, p.106)
of grades A .. E, we type in a vector of frequencies and
get scores:
: freq = (127\497\3243\231\74)
: logistic_scores(freq)
1 | -4.476586375 |
2 | -2.39817005 |
3 | .206295676 |
4 | 3.115523631 |
5 | 5.023164169 |
My questions:
1. My impression is that there is a tenuous connection here with what ordered logit does, but I don't think the latter is quite equivalent, even indirectly, because
it works with cutpoints between grades, not the grades
themselves. Someone well into that and similar models may care to comment.
By the way, I am pretty clear (perhaps wrongly) that I
am not asking about correspondence analysis here, which
I think requires a two-way table to do its magic. I am only interested for the moment in recipes for single variables.
2. I have a hard time finding examples of this
device of Mosteller and Tukey ever being used, apart from a couple of instances in educational statistics. They may exist, but I am looking in the wrong places. If anyone, especially on the biostatistical side, recognises this as a standard tool, or can say what people do instead, please signal.
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It's time to belt it out. Elliot breaks down the summer belt must haves.
Summer is a great time to switch up your belt game and get in touch with your secret desire to dress like the sort of man who uses the word "vacation" as a verb. Let's get OG prep, yo!
The first step to getting the look down is to stop wearing that solid black belt (not the hard-earned karate kind, I endorse those) and move to fresher, more seasonal looks like cheap, easygoing cotton joints. At less than 50 bucks a pop, you can even buy two: one in a solid color and another that is madras-inspired and a bit more flashy.
Speaking of being flashy, I'd avoid going the extra mile and buying a belt with a lobster, anchor or lacrosse design. That's just too much. Lacrosse, really?! You are asking for it when you leave the house with a lacrosse-themed belt on. Douchey.
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You've maybe seen that I'm not a fan of the new Corolla, especially the XRS. But why not? Remember when the Scion xB was based on the Echo? Oh, well to be technical the Scions were around before the Echo (in other markets) but you get the idea.Now that the xB has moved up to being based on the Corolla, especially the hotter XRS version, which one is honestly better for the money? And for safety lets throught he Matrix XRS in there, too.Looking at them side by side they have the same horsepower, the Scion has a 4-speed automatic option and the XRS with a 5-speed auto. Each get roughly the same gas mileage (the Scion trails highway mpg's by 2, but equal in city), and amazingly the box isn't much slower than the Corolla XRS, either. Motor Trend tested the XRS with 5-speed auto in the May 2008 issue (the one with the Cadillac CTS Coupe on the cover) as well as introducing the Scion xB 4-speed auto into the one year test fleet. With a lack of Matrix performance stats at this time, I can only conclude it's barely slower than the slightly lighter Corolla.----------------Corolla 0-60 in 7.8 secondsquarter mile in 16.1 @ 86.8mphSkidpad G's at .8gFigure 8 at 28.2 seconds, average g's at .59gScion 0-60 at 8.5 seconds (much slower, but wait a second)Quarter mile in 16.4sec @ 82.6mph (only .3 seconds behind, though at a slower speed)Skidpad.78g's (only .2 g's behind the sportier Corolla)Figure 8 at 28.5 @ .57g average.So the difference in 0-60 is .7 seconds, kudos to Corolla.Quarter mile gap closes at .3 seconds still kudos to Corolla.Skidpad gap is .2g's given to Corolla.Figure 8 is behind .3 seconds and .2 g's, kudos Corolla again.Sixty mph to 0 braking test, the Corolla also wins by shorting it 3 feet over the Scion, at 123 feet vs. 126 respectively.--------------So the Corolla still has the advantage in performance, but only just. And then there's the price. The as tested for MT's long term Scion is $21,103-- pretty steep, until the Corolla steps in at a whopping $24,234. Corolla adds things like optional leather interior and steering wheel, an extra gear, telescoping wheel (Scion only tilts), satellite radio option, as well as SatNav, and element antenna instead of mast.Scion, though, offers more front and rear head and shoulder room, and more rear leg room than Corolla, and trails the Matrix by .5" in headroom in front. Also nearly twice the storage space than Corolla, and still more than Matrix XRS by a few cubic feet. Scion has a tighter turning circle than either Toyota, and is actually more aerodynamic than the Matrix, but only by .01 Cd. get the Matrix S with the same 2.4 liter and it's an equal .32 with the Scion. All four models share the same wheelbase, length, and the Scion and Corolla XRS share width (oddly no wheel-track comparison on Edmunds).Everything but the Corolla and Scion performance tests are from Edmunds.com where they compared the Scion xB, Corolla XRS, and Matrix XRS side by side. For me, out of the three I'd take the Matrix for looks and the possible median of performance and practicality between the Corolla and Scion, not to mention the XRS Matrix holds independent wishbone suspension out back rather than the torsion-beam for the other two. Otherwise the Scion holds its' own for noticeably less coin.
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I can't believe I am saying this... but the Matrix XRS would be my pick.
-----------------how does it stay so small and skinny when it has single handedly eaten all those fat muscle cars?"I don't want the world, I only want what I deserve!"
If I had to choose one, Pontiac Vibe, but I don't like the interior or the "feel" of the car, not to mention MPGs are decreasing.
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speaking of a better handling, it's the XRS
Choose the Scion. That Corolla or Matrix might be built by Mafia controlled (UAW) labor at the NUMMI plant in California.
If choosing the Matrix, I'd go Vibe. Better looking than the Matrix, waaaay better than the stretch box xD
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that would be badass to get that gun some air time on tv.
but someone suggest ___
You want the best AK builder in the country look no further then Ted Marshal at Marshal Arms. The cream of the crop.
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that would be badass to get that gun some air time on tv.
but someone suggest ___
You want the best AK builder in the country look no further then Ted Marshal at Marshal Arms. The cream of the crop.
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Cool as hell you got that. Better than money in the bank.
What kernel said.
Just start a new post on Red Jackets threads.
Will has been here a long time. He will answer you direct.
Welcome too Gunco..
First I've heard of it . You might want to know that somewhere between one and two thousand people a day simply 'must" talk to me . Our staff does God's work sorting through it all , if you want to do business with us you might want to drop the "drone" stuff . What I'm going to bet is that you told someone here that you had a AK kit that used to belong to someone famous and they told you we're not taking in gunsmithing or custom work at this time . BTW , we take in job's that we want to work on , the tv people film what they want to and their reasoning normally [to us] defies understanding . I'm saying , just 'cause we take in somthing we thing is incredible doesn't mean they'll ever put a camera on it .
i bet the guy who sold it felt stupid as his 3500 reserve blew by and doubled to almost 8000. on one forum someone said that high bidder would have gone to 100k in order to secure that krink. i figure if you can spend 100k on a krink why stop there right?
so my question 4thIDvet is do you really believe that something like this krink is a good or great investment as compared to say something like silver?
if you consider that the original owner probably doubled his money with a 3500 reserve and then the buyer has an investment of close to 8000. also consider that we are in a crap economy and those are just parts. now think that many historical discoveries have started out and changed hands at very modest prices to only EXPLODE latter as time goes on.
so i have been thinking, and the fact is (by accident) ever gun i have ever bought has always eventually amazed me how much they have increased in price. i try and pick nice stuff that i can afford and guns have at least done better than most any investment i can think of. i bought a gun for my collection once 30+ years ago for 50. and sold it for 4500 recently. i had another that i paid 125. for and sold it for 3800. also recently, but i had it over 30 years.
i could KICK myself for not buying weapons of historical significance when the very rare opportunity arises! because i could only dream how much something like this will be worth eventually. but i guess are you really a gun guy at that point of a history buff? are you buying a weapon or preserving history? i need to learn how to replicate some more of those 50. to 4500 deals and not just do it by luck!
I am sure you receive more phone calls then what you stated. You are correct, I stated that I had purchased Charlie Wilsons Krink kit and they responded with you are not currently taking any new builds. He refereed me to another place.
3 part post
:general comment mostly talking to myself.
:drunk: must have been drunk or passed out i missed the drone thing flew right over my head.
comment to mr. will
:wave: :thumbup1: love the show!
question to the guy who bought the krink?
how much would you have really paid for that thing? may i please ask or pm me if you wish but i have to know :notworthy
also why did you buy it was it an investment a collection what? :) you realize your like the number 1 AK (parts:salute:) owner in the world.
ps do you expect any legal action from a&m to try and get the krink back, quite a buzz about the disrespect like right after the guy dies they throw his crap out.
ah heck let's make it a 4 part post
4thIDvet what do you think the value of this krink could be? what would have impact on it's value at this point? i know i was thinking i would give the guy his money back on it for sure!
Geez. I am the wrong guy too ask.
I bought 4 of Davie Crocketts guns and two knives owned by Jim Bowie. :)
Their is a famous picture of Jessie James mother, sitting on her porch.
After his death, tourist were flocking their by the hundreds too buy his gun.
So Mom, using her head, got a barrel of the gun type he carried.
Then sat on the porch holding one pistol.
"Yes Sir, this be my boys gun. $10 dollars please."
Next. $$$$ :)
Paper documentation is of up most importance.
That is why Colt and Winchester keep historical records as best they can.
Yes, I guess too answer your question.
With the info given.
If I had the money, which I dont. I would have grabbed that weapon.
Hell I just paid $1,500 for just a Yugo Krink, by the time I got done with paper work, build, etc..
Then again. I have two of Jim Bowies knives.
Wanna by one. Cheap. :)
This is an amazing story thanks for sharing and congrats on winning the auction.


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The 835P is a hand-wound, regulator mechanical movement. This traditional Fine Watchmaking complication was used by watchmakers to check the accuracy of their precision clocks. The hours, minutes and seconds are displayed on separate dials, at the centre, 6 and 12 o'clock respectively. In a traditional yet original feature, the movement also has a retrograde seconds counter, located at 12 o'clock, that flies back to zero every 30 seconds. The circular Côtes de Genève, circular-grained mainplate, bevelled bridges, blued screws and engraved Piaget coat-of-arms adding the finishing touches to this movement are reminders of the Swiss watchmaking brand's high aesthetic values.
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Lauren Parsekian and Molly Thompson, both 24, are taking on bullies. Their weapon of choice: kindness. Parsekian and Thompson are the founders of the Kind Campaign. It's an international movement that raises awareness of bullying among girls in schools, and encourages them to simply be nice to one another.
The two friends and Pepperdine University classmates started the campaign in 2009, after making a documentary called Finding Kind, on the effects of bullying. (Click here to watch the Finding Kind trailer.) The pair can relate: They were both bullied in grade school. The worst experience for Parsekian came when she was in middle school, in Orange County, California. A group of girls started a hurtful and false rumor about her. She became an outcast at school. The bullying was so bad that she fell into a deep depression.
Only one friend stood by her during that time. "I felt alone and worthless," Parsekian told TFK. "It got to the point where I didn't want to wake up in the morning and face those girls." But in the long run, she says, she's stronger for it. "The experience taught me to choose my friends wisely and to keep people in my life who respect me and who I respect. I learned that it's OK not to be friends with everybody."
Thompson had a similar experience as a junior in high school. "I would hide in the bathroom between classes," she recalls. "I had my family and friends to lean on, but it didn't take away the pain I felt during that time. Looking back, I did grow from it. I wouldn't have the passion I have now if I didn't know what it was like to be bullied."
Spreading the Word
Now Parsekian and Thompson are using their experiences to put an end to bullying. They have visited schools across the country, putting on Kind Campaign assemblies and screening their documentary. The goal is to give girls an opportunity to support one another—and to apologize to one another, too. Girls can also share their stories and make a pledge to be kind on the Kind Campaign website.
So far, the response has been amazing, even from girls who have been on the bullying side of things. "This campaign is not about pointing fingers and saying, 'You're a mean girl.' We have all been on both sides of the issue," Thompson says. "Insecurities are the biggest reason why girls treat one another this way."
One good thing to always remember: "If you don't have anything nice to say, just don't say it," says Parsekian. "Put yourself in the other person's shoes."
Even Monsters Can be Kind
In honor of National Bullying Prevention Month, Parsekian and Thompson will step into the shoes of Mattel's Monster High characters. The girls will be guest starring as monster versions of themselves in a special Monster High webisode. "We're really excited to partner with Monster High," Thompson says. "All of the characters have these 'freaky flaws' that make them unique, just like girls in schools across the country. To celebrate those flaws is really cool."
What do their monster alter egos look like? "We love the ocean, and the beach community is a huge part of our lives here in California, so we're sea monsters," reveals Parsekian. "My real-life freaky flaw is that I have webbed toes. So my character has webbed hands and toes. I love it." Thompson says her freaky flaw is her laugh. "My laugh sounds like a seagull!" Thompson says. "I get pretty insecure about it still, but my laugh is who I am." (Watch the special webisode, embedded below.)
If they could give one piece of advice to kids who are being bullied today, whether it is at school or by text or online, it would be this: "Know that you are not alone," Thompson says. "You'll get through it, and you'll be stronger for it." Parsekian adds: "Know that it gets better."


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Reebok at end of contract
I haven't heard anything about the changeover to Nike, and asked a few local dealers if there'd be dumping of Reebok product after the first of the year.
I have noticed players having Under Armour items so does that mean the local "fashion police" Bruce Laird is out of a job.
Just wondering if there a wealth of Jerseys, sweatshirts etc.
(Perhaps a Ravens Ray Lucas will turn up)
Re: Reebok at end of contract
The offical site is still selling off Boller gear
Ok it's discounted but not by much, they're still looking for forty dollars. A bit much in my opinion
Not sure what the idea behind that is. Why not just slash the price and see what you can get for it
They've a lot of Gregg jerseys to sell off and they will still be on that site years later the way they are going
The Niners have sold off jerseys for twenty dollars when players have left, why can't the Ravens do that?
I like a good firesale
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