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What do you think were the best fights from the first season?
What do you think were the best fights from the first season?
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Kingler vs Exeggutor, Seadra and Golbat
It was epic, due to my favourite Kanto.. Nope wait, correcting myself here.. favourite OVERALL water type completely wiping out the opponent.
Kingler, my friend. No matter what, you will always remain my favourite Water type. You shouldn't have missed out on the Sinnoh League and I look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the near future.
There you are, I see you in the back there!
1. Charizard vs Magmar (vs Blane)
2. Pikachu vs Arcanine (vs Pebbleman)
3. Kingler vs Exeggutor, Seadra and Golbat (vs Mandie)
4. Bulbasaur vs Scyther (vs Jeanette)
5. Pidgeot vs Fearrow (Viridian Forest)
6. Pikachu vs Raichu (vs Lt. Surge)
I don't remember any other as good as those one above.
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Hmm, Indigo League only? I can't find any videos, but in no order:
Charizard vs Magmar
Kingler vs All 3
Muk vs Bellsprout
Pikachu vs Raichu
That's about all I remember...
Pikachu's ketchup vs Scyther.
Kingler vs all of Mandi's Pokemon, making Kingler the only one on Ash's team to sweep a league match
Muk vs Bellsprout was funny


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it's hard enough classifying the same brand cards alone (ati low to midrange = nightmare) *waves to poor basti who's been thru with me on that*
Hehe.. it's already nice.. very well done.. should give most of the users a general view of the difference between each graphic card..
FX 5700 Memory clock Incorrect Hey I couldnt help noticing that the FX 5700 Memory clock in the GPU DB is 300MHz (600MHz) but its suppose to be 275MHz (550MHz) i think. So i think you better do some research & change that.
Any chance of updating this with mobile variants as well? Would be nice to have them in the chart as well with more and more gaming laptops in existance. To start off, I can share some info on the Mobility Radeon 9800. It is a M18 core (R420 basicially). 8 pixel pipelines (the other 8 are disabled). 350 mhz core clock, up to 256MB of GDDR3 or DDR1 memory operating at 300mhz. 2.0b pixel shader support, DX 9 support as well.
It seems to me that different notebooks though labeled with the same gfx-chip name (e.g.: 9700 Mobility) have different memory and core clocks. So unless you state the name of the notebook in the list as well it wouldn't make any sense. But this is way more work then I could imagine...
Hi, you can add the Radeon9800se aiw (128-bit) with 380mhz core and 340mhz Memory (default) to your database. I bought it in Sep 2003 for only 200€. Thanks to your site for the Softmod .
Whats up with the Mem clock for the fx 5200 ?? And on most 9800se cards I've seen the Core clock was 378 not 325. Anyway, well done W1izz, really good!
I'm new in here, and i have problems with my english, but i need your help please. I have a Laptop Acer Aspire 1623Lmi with Ati Mobility Radeon 9700 64mb and i have tried the program ATITOOL, and i dont what was the originals values of the core speed and memory speed. There is any way to restore the original values? I have the values My values : Ati Values: Core - 391 Core - 450 Memory - 202 Memory - 260 Can you see, i have my values too low compare to ati Values, and i afraid to make overclocking in this laptop because this is of my sister and it is new. Please Help me, AND I SORRY WITH MY ENGLISH. Tanks to everyone
Power consumption Wery nice GPU table.. ..but its possible to add power consumprion values for all gpu??
Need a listing for the Nvidia 6600GT AGP And Nvidia 6600gt PCI-E should be ram clocked at 500 mhz some as in the BFG would be 550. Should add a colum for maximun stable overclocks and get people to send you results and screen captures to verify and post them too
addded the 6600gt agp, fixed the 6600gt pcie memory clock a 9550 at 400/200 is not a standard ati card, probably from some manufacturer. i dont think listing those is good since it would clutter up the list enormously

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U.S. extends Iran oil sanction waivers to China, India, South Korea
The U.S. State Department extended six-month Iran sanctions waivers on Friday to China, India, South Korea and other countries.
Analysis: 'It would be difficult for Iran to start secret nuclear program now'
What does the deal mean?
Six powers clinch breakthrough deal curbing Iran's nuclear activity
A deal was clinched on Sunday curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for initial sanctions relief, perhaps easing the risk of a wider Middle East war.
U.S. voices strong concern to China over East China Sea tensions
The United States expressed strong concerns to China on Saturday over an escalation in regional tensions in the East China Sea, saying it increased the risk of an incident.
Kerry to push for nuclear deal with Iran
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of five other world powers joined talks on Iran's contested nuclear program on Saturday.
Iran nuclear deal unlikely as split emerges in Western camp
Talks between Iran and six world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions were set to end without a full agreement on Saturday.
Washington enters fifth day of shutdown, no end in sight
Washington entered the fifth day of a partial government shutdown on Saturday with no end in sight even as another, more serious conflict over raising the nation's borrowing authority started heating up.
Kerry to sign NRA-opposed Arms Trade Treaty, diplomats say
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a move that puts the Obama administration at odds with the powerful American gun lobby, will sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty regulating the $70 billion international conventional arms business, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Syria meets deadline for chemical weapons disclosure
Syria has handed over information about its chemical arsenal to a U.N.-backed weapons watchdog, averting the threat of Western air strikes.
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Before you snap up the new iPhone 5, a new Kindle or one of the shiny new Nokia handsets, consider the probable fate of the gadget they will replace.
The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) estimates that tens of millions of tons of electronic waste, or e-waste, are generated around the world each year. Yet, only about 10% of that is properly recycled, according to the agency. A good proportion of the rest, according the UK-based Electronic Investigation Agency (EIA), ends up being "illegally exported and dumped in developing countries." These countries, notes a 2011 report from EIA, simply don't have the capacity to properly recycle this kind of waste.
But that doesn't stop people from trying.
That's because the waste contains tiny, yet valuable, amounts of gold and copper. In fact, in a country such as Ghana, burning computer wires to reclaim the copper is, unfortunately, one of the better-paying jobs a teenager or 20-something can land.
A local businessman hands over the wires to the kids, who take the material to a place like the Agbogbloshie dump near Accra. They set it alight, wait for the plastic coatings to burn off, and then take the copper back to the businessman. Most of that copper is eventually sold to manufacturers in Western Europe, completing a grim kind of recycling.
It comes at great cost to the young kids, and to the environment. As EIA says: "Copper wires are bundled and set alight to remove flame-resistant coatings, emitting toxic dioxins…The potential health consequences for those involved in this kind of work are dire - reproductive and developmental problems, damaged immune, nervous and blood systems, kidney damage and impaired brain development in children."
The economic reality of the situation is that most of the teams of recyclers are going to carry on what they are doing, no matter what the potential consequences. So, what is needed is a cleaner, healthier way to mine the waste for its valuable elements.
Gold mine
And that is precisely what Hal Watts decided to do as part of his design degree at London's Royal College of Art. He has spent the last year designing and building a device he hopes will not only offer a viable alternative to burning the wires, but may even net the youngsters who do the dirty work more money.
Watts calls his invention Esource, and it is a wonder of simplicity that he dreamed up after witnessing first-hand the dire working conditions at the Agbogbloshie dump for himself. Watts tells me that he knew he had to create "a system that's as cheap as possible, and that didn't require much infrastructure".
The first challenge was finding a cheap and reliable power source. He knew no one would want to pay the ongoing costs of running, say, a generator that powered some wire-stripping machine. He looked around, and then it hit him. "Everyone out there has a bicycle."
The bike powers two different machines that help separate the copper from the plastic coating. First, you use a shredder that Watts specifically designed using materials available in local workshops. You feed the plastic-coated copper wires into the shredder, and the bits get ground up, smaller and smaller, until they fall through a sieve at the bottom. "That," says Watts, "guarantees that the copper and plastic are no longer stuck together."
Then, you use a second machine, which Watts says was inspired by gold-panning technologies. "It has a rotating wheel with water being pumped around it," says Watts. As you pedal, water is pumped into the spinning wheel. Then you put the small bits of copper and plastic into it. The different weights of the particles, driven by the spiral, mean that "the plastic washes out, and you're left with a pile of copper."


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An Albanian cultural organisation has filed charges alleging that a statue of Serbia's Tsar Dusan in Skopje, which was recently vandalised by angry protesters, causes ethnic strife.
>>>Serb politicians in Macedonia have called for calm after ethnic Albanians vandalised a recently-erected statue of the Serbian Tsar Dusan in Skopje at the weekend.
>>>The erection of a statue of the Serbian Tsar Dusan in the Macedonian capital of Skopje has angered some representatives of the country's sizeable Albanian minority.
>>>Authorities in the Macedonian capital have been caught by surprise by the unannounced erection of a bronze statue of the Yugoslav president, Josip Broz Tito.
>>>Macedonian police have filed criminal charges against five people for illegal erecting an Albanian war memorial near the ethnically mixed town of Struga, in a case that may further strain ethnic relations.
>>>People interned in the Omarska detention centre in wartime expressed anger that the Hague Tribunal's president was not permitted to see all the former camp's buildings during his visit.
>>>Activists gathered in Belgrade to pay tribute to those who died during the siege and occupation of the Croatian town which fell to Serbian forces 22 years ago.
>>>Families of more than 50 Bosniak victims burned alive in Visegrad in 1992 are protesting against the potential destruction of the house where they died to make way for a new road.
Montenegro's Bosniak party said it opposed declaring the anniversary of the birth of Petar Petrovic II Njegos, the famous poet-bishop, a holiday, on account of his controversial legacy.
>>>The authorities in the Serbian city have been urged to name a street after Srdjan Aleksic, a young Serb who died saving his Muslim friend during the Bosnian war.
>>>The city has decided to name a street after Srdjan Aleskic, a Serb who died in 1993 while saving his Bosniak friend's life in the Bosnian civil war.
>>>Human rights campaigners urged the mayor of Prijedor in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska to allow the building of memorials to Bosniaks and Croats killed during wartime.
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>>>Hundreds of people turned out in Pristina to watch the unveiling of a new statue to Kosovo's independence leader Ibrahim Rugova.
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Soren or Severin - which is better as a brother for Gebriael, Roscoe and Cormac?
Interested to hear people's thoughts and reasons... Gebriael is the Ethiopian form of Gabriel and is pronounced with a short 'e' as in 'bed'.
Thanks in advanceKatie
Happily married to a fabulous but completely-not-interested-in-names guy.
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Gebriael Geoffrey Edwin Keith (01/02/05)
Roscoe Geoffrey Yohannes (09/04/08)
Cormac Geoffrey Adisu (02/08/11)
Boaz Geoffrey Mekonnen (04/07/13)
June 23rd, 2013 11:06 AM #3
I much prefer Soren, which is my top pick for a boy. Soren seems like a serious, but a quiet and intelligent name. Severin is a bit dark to me... perhaps because of 'sever' and the connection in my mind to Severus Snape. Soren I'd use as a first name, whereas Severin would only be a middle name for me...
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I think that Severin goes better with your other boys.
My reasoning is this: Although I do like Soren, I feel like there is a lot of "o" with Soren, Cormac, and Roscoe, and they are all 2 syllables. I think those 3 actually go really well together. Then you add Gebriael and it seems out of place. I think Severin adds a nice balance and makes all the names work together better instead of having Gebriael seeming like the odd one out.
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Severin looks/sounds like "severing" and also seems very Harry Potter to me (Severus Snape). I just don't think it's very wearable. I'm not crazy about Soren, either (it's just not my style), but it's not as far out there. It has the same "or" sound in the first syllable as Cormac, though, which isn't ideal.
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I completely agree with lizabethm, those were my thoughts exactly!
Taking a break from trying to conceive, but still in search of the perfect names.
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Big Z tries to tackle Tribe in Interleague opener
In first place in the American League Central at 22-16, the Indians won in walk-off fashion Thursday against the Mariners, 6-5, in 11 innings on Carlos Santana's bases-loaded single. The Tribe has taken four games in a row, sweeping two-game series from the Twins and Mariners.
On Friday, right-hander Justin Masterson tries to bounce back after letting up six runs in as many innings to the Red Sox his last time out. Masterson hit three batters.
For the Marlins, right-hander Carlos Zambrano will be trying to keep his momentum going, despite the 1-2 record he has to show for his 1.88 ERA.
Zambrano gave up two runs, one earned, in seven innings against the Mets on Sunday, a game the Marlins won, 8-4.
"I'm just having fun," Zambrano said. "I'm enjoying my time here in Miami, and it's everything I was looking for."
"I don't want to say he's back to the top of his game, but very close to that," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said of Zambrano. "He's showing people he can still pitch."
Guillen's options at designated hitter in the AL ballpark are the left-handed-hitting Greg Dobbs and right-handed-hitting Austin Kearns, as well as regular left fielder Logan Morrison.
Marlins: Hopeful for 2015 All-Star Game
With Major League Baseball announcing on Thursday that Citi Field will be the site of the 2013 All-Star Game, Marlins Park could be moving closer to landing the Midsummer Classic as early as 2015.
The 2014 game will likely be played in an American League park, before shifting back to the National League.
"We're definitely excited to host the All-Star Game, whenever the Commissioner deems it appropriate," Marlins president David Samson said. "We're hopeful it's going to be soon."
South Florida has never hosted the All-Star Game.
Indians: Brantley coming on strong
Michael Brantley struggled early in the season, but he's found himself of late. He went 0-for-5 Thursday, but started the day on a tear. From April 25 through Wednesday, Brantley hit .326 (29-for-89) with nine doubles and 10 RBIs in 22 games.
"When he gets guys on base, he can pick up those cheap RBIs and then give you quality at-bats when guys are in scoring position with two outs," manager Manny Acta said. "He can start a rally if he's leading off the inning. He's very versatile for us, and I value his at-bats."
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The Observer News Enterprise is live from McColl-Richardson Field for college football action between the Charlotte 49ers and the Campbell Fighting Camels.
This is the first-ever home football game in the history of the program.
Four former Catawba County prep standouts are involved in today's game, including quarterback Matt Johnson (Maiden), offensive lineman Zach Bumgarner (St. Stephens), nose tackle Tanner Fleming (Fred T. Foard) and graduate assistant coach Matt Woodlief (Bandys).
A fifth Catawba County product — offensive lineman Blake Gutberlet (St. Stephens) — is a freshman playing for Campbell.
GAME NOTES: Former Owls center Carroll York is recognized before today's game. York played for the 1946-47 Owls team and attended Tech High School in Charlotte. He also celebrated his 86th birthday at the contest.
1st quarter
Campbell wins toss, elects to receive.
On the second play from scrimmage, 49ers linebacker Mark Hogan intercepts Campbell quarterback Brian Hudson and returns it 32 yards for the first touchdown in school history. Charlotte leads 7-0 with 14:14 left in the first quarter.
UNCC defense really putting a hurting on Campbell so far. The 49ers get the ball for the first time with just under 12 minutes to go in the first half. Former Maiden quarterback Matt Johnson with his first college snaps under center.
Johnson's first pass attempt forces a pass interference penalty on Campbell. Johnson connects with wideout Austin Duke for 11 yards to recover UNCC's first-ever passing play. 49ers drive deep into Campbell territory in the red zone.
Johnson goes 5-for-5 on his first-ever drive for 38 yards, capping the drive on a one-yard pass to Justin Bouis. After a two-point conversion, the 49ers lead 14-0.
Campbell uses its third and final timeout with 5:04 to go in the first quarter. Looks like it's going to be a long game for the Camels.
Foard product Tanner Fleming checks in at nose tackle for the 49ers on with just over four minutes to go in the first quarter.
The Campbell offense finally crosses the 50-yard line, but cannot score. Charlotte takes over at its own 4.
Johnson with his longest pass — this time for 44 yards to Mikel Hunter — taking the ball to the UNCC 48. A 15-yard roughing the passer penalty takes the 49ers into Campbell territory.
Charlotte drives 96 yards in four plays using 45 seconds. Johnson finds Austin Dukes on a 19-yard pass for a touchdown. Johnson is now 8-for-8, 133 yards and two touchdowns.
Campbell fumbles the ball on the opening kickoff. 49ers now working the running back, as the first quarter comes to a close.
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Charlotte 49ers 22, Campbell 0
Johnson makes his first incompletion - a dropped pass by Dukes near the end zone. 49ers settle for a 35-yard field goal from Blake Brewer.
Campbell offense can't get anything going once again. UNCC takes over on its own 25 and marches 75 yards in 11 plays to score once again. Running back Kalif Phillips caps the drive with a 15-yard run. Niners lead 32-0.
Camels finally able to crack the scoreboard with 2:08 remaining in the first half. Third-string quarterback Dakota Wolf scores from one-yard out. Campbell trails 32-7.
Niners drive down into Campbell territory to close the first half. 14-play, 78-yard drive in 2:08. Brewer adds a 21-yard field goal. Crowd rises to its feet as 49ers head to the locker room.
HALFTIME: Charlotte 49ers 35, Campbell 7
Charlotte starts the second half with the football and drives into Campbell territory quickly. The drives stalls, though, ending on a 40-yard field goal by Brewer extends the 49ers lead to 38-7.
Campbell offense is using a lot of clock, but not gaining a lot of ground or scoring many points. Camels punt again on their first possession of the second half.
Johnson with his third touchdown pass on Charlotte's second drive of the second half. He throws a 47-yard pass to Trent Bostick. 49ers lead 45-7 with 11:36 to go in the third quarter.
Charlotte with its third takeaway of Saturday's game - a Terrance Winchester interception. Matt Johnson done for the day at quarterback. He finishes the game 19-29, 282 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs.
St. Stephens product Zach Bumgarner enters the game at left tackle for the first time for the 49ers with 1:29 left in the third quarter.
Charlotte adds to its lead with a Corey Nesmith, Jr. 33-yard rushing touchdown. 49ers up 52-7.
Nearing the midway point of the fourth quarter. Niners leading 52-7 with third-string quarterback Patrick O'Brien in the game.
Zeb Little recovers a fumble by Campbell quarterback Brian Hudson with 3:58 to go in the fourth quarter.
The 49ers defense stops Campbell one last time to pick up its first win in program history.
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captncrzy - 01-04-2013 10:02 AM
Also, i wouldn't talk about looks if I were you. You look like a fat melted Ewok.
captncrzy - 01-04-2013 10:00 AM
Why don't you just go kill yourself for real. Everyone is tired of you threatening to do so.
Oh GayPalm, putting salt on open wounds?
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Lowrance SonarViewer 2.1.2 | 14067 | Old faithful SonarViewer from Lowrance. It's the 21st century and the interface is old VB, but it works for viewing Lowrance sonar log data, including the HDS series with sidescan and downscan images. Many features are missing from this application that would make it a great application. Yet it's the only application to do it's job. |
Ridge Racer Unbounded | 14068 | Ridge Racer Unbounded is a racing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Part of the long-running Ridge Racer franchise, the game is published by Namco Bandai Games and developed by Bugbear Entertainment. Unbounded is the first game in the series (not including R: Racing Evolution) to receive a "Teen" rating by the ESRB. |
Zeus | 14069 | A highly configurable, macro scriptable, language neutral text editor designed specifically for software development. |
Chaos Overlords | 14070 | Chaos Overlords is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Stick Man Games and published by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and classic Mac OS in 1996. |
Poacher | 14071 | A freeware comedy 'MetroidVania' about yorkshiremen and bunny shooting from the creator of The Chzo Mythos, 1213, Art of Theft, Zero Punctuation, and a lot of other things; Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw. |
X-Ray | 14072 | Tool for automated submission of suspicious files to several antivirus companies and virus analysts. |
TrySim | 14073 | PLC testing and simulation in 3D. |
ZaraRadio | 14074 | ZaraRadio is a Radio Automation program for radio stations to be able to setup music playlists and programs. It will crossfade songs, play sweepers ever few minutes that you define (called Events), setup jingles you can play manually, and more. It's a great application for Radio Automation. |
Charon | 14075 | Charon is a free proxy filter designed for Windows. |
JamGuru | 14077 | JamGuru is a song-teaching tool like no other. Use a real guitar to play-along with high-quality tablature and specially-produced audio recordings while JamGuru listens and provides valuable feedback on your performance so you can learn your favorite songs quicker and easier. |
The Binding of Isaac | 14078 | Edmond McMillen, the creator of the popular platformer Super Meat Boy returns with another game called "The Binding of Isaac". |
mdiapp | 14080 | mdiapp is the Japanese program for drawing black and white comics.It can change also into English from a menu. Features include, layers, rotating work surface, rulers, a variety of drawing pens, airbrush and more. |
Minishooter RS Delta | 14081 | Very nice little side scrolling shooter. R-Type-like-ish. Feels almost |
Meditech MAGIC Workstation 4.x | 14084 | Proprietary telnet client for Meditech server |
DCS: A-10C Warthog | 14085 | "DCS: A-10C Warthog" is a PC simulation of the U.S. premier Close Air Support attack aircraft. This is the second aircraft in the DCS series, following DCS: Black Shark, and raises the bar even higher in the DCS series. Warthog brings the most realistic PC simulation of a modern fixed wing combat aircraft in regards to flight dynamics, avionics, sensors, and weapon systems. You also have the option to play Warthog in "Game" mode for a casual game experience. Fly missions in the Caucasus region of the Black Sea against and with a wide array of air, land and sea forces with new and improved intelligence. Create your own missions and campaigns with the included Mission and Campaign Editors, and fly with and against friends online using the included online game browser. |
Seven Souls Online | 14086 | A combat oriented fantasy MMORPG. |
TimeViewerLite | 14087 | programm for work-time terminal |
DaVinci's Graphic Tutorials [Phrozen Crew] | 14088 | Neat graphic tutorial application. |
ConEmu | 14089 | Windows console emulator with tabs, font antialiasing, fullscreen mode etc. |
Foxit PhantomPDF Business | 14090 | Foxit PhantomPDF Business |
Ketarin | 14091 | Program to maintain an updated version of installer files for a list of programs. |
Legend of Grimrock | 14092 | Old school dungeon crawler in the same vain as Eye of the beholders series and similar. |
X3: Albion Prelude | 14096 | The next part of the X-series, revealing the precursors to the upcoming title X-Rebirth, X3: Albion Prelude is the most interesting space action and adventure game. You have to Trade, Fight, Build and Think. |
Audition Alaplaya | 14101 | Audition é um game online com gráficos de tirar o fôlego e muitas atrações diferentes, em que você pode competir com seus amigos em diversos modos e ser o melhor dançarino no palco. Comandos descomplicados, através das setas direcionais e da barra de espaço, oferecem diversão com passos maravilhosos e incríveis coreografias. |
Boson NetSim 8.0 | 14102 | CCNA Exam - Network Simulator |
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Gender Identity
Boy or Girl? (Genetics & Inherited Conditions)
The question of what is "male" and what is "female" can have a variety of answers, depending on whether one is thinking of chromosomal (genetic) sex, gonadal sex, phenotypic sex, or self-identified gender. Chromosomal sex is determined at the time of conception. The fertilized human egg has a total of forty-six chromosomes, including one pair of sex chromosomes. If the fertilized egg has a pair of X chromosomes, its chromosomal, or genetic, sex is female. If it has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, its genetic sex is male. Toward the end of the second month of prenatal development, processes are initiated that lead to the development of the gonadal sex of the individual; the embryo develops testes if male, ovaries if female. Although the chromosomal sex may be XX, the sexual phenotype will not always be female; likewise, if the chromosomal sex is XY, the sexual phenotype does not always turn out to be male. Naturally occurring chromosomal variations or single-gene mutations may interfere with normal development and differentiation, leading to sexual phenotypes that do not correspond to the chromosomal sex.
One such case is that of hermaphrodites, individuals who possess both ovaries and testes. They usually carry both male and female tissue. Some of their cells may be of the female chromosomal sex (XX), and some may be of the male chromosomal sex (XY). Such individuals are called sex chromosome mosaics, and their...
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Gender Identity Disorder (Genetics & Inherited Conditions)
Gender identity disorder, or transsexualism, is defined by researchers as a persistent feeling of discomfort or inappropriateness concerning one's anatomic sex. The disorder typically begins in childhood and is manifested in adolescence or adulthood as cross-dressing. About one in eleven thousand men and one in thirty thousand women are estimated to display transsexual behavior. Hormonal and surgical sex reassignment are two forms of available treatment for those wanting to take on the physical characteristics of their self-identified gender. Little is known about the causes of gender identity disorder. In some cases, research shows a strong correlation between children who exhibit cross-gender behavior and adult homosexual orientation. Adults with gender identity disorder and adult homosexuals often recall feelings of alienation beginning as early as preschool.
Although some clinical aspects are shared, however, gender identity disorder is different from homosexuality. One definition for homosexuality proposed by Paul Gebhard is "the physical contact between two individuals of the same gender which both recognize as being sexual in nature and which ordinarily results in sexual arousal." Other researchers have underscored the difficulty in defining and measuring sexual orientation. Whatever measure is used, homosexuality is far more common than transsexualism.
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Impact and Applications (Genetics & Inherited Conditions)
Biological and genetic links to gender identity have been sought for more than a century. Studies on twins indicate a strong genetic component to sexual orientation. There appears to be a greater chance for an identical twin of a gay person to be gay than for a fraternal twin. Heritability averages about 50 percent in the combined twin studies. The fact that heritability is 50 percent rather than 100 percent, however, may indicate that other biological and environmental factors play a role. One study using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) to locate a gene on the X chromosome associated with male homosexual behavior showed a trend of maternal inheritance. However, not all homosexual brothers had the gene, and some heterosexual brothers shared the gene, indicating that other factors, whether genetic or nongenetic, influence sexual orientation.
Although some genetic factors have been found to influence sexual orientation, most researchers believe that no single gene causes homosexuality. It is also apparent that gender identity and homosexuality are influenced by complexes of factors dictated by biology, environment, and culture. Geneticists and social scientists alike continue to design studies to define how the many factors are interrelated.
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Further Reading (Genetics & Inherited Conditions)
Bainbridge, David. The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003. Describes how the X chromosome controls sexual determination and the relationship between the X chromosome and autoimmune and sex-linked diseases.
Blakemore, Judith E. Owen, Sheri A. Berenbaum, and Lynn S. Liben. Gender Development. New York: Psychology Press, 2009. Examines gender development from infancy through adolescence from biological, socialization, and cognitive perspectives, focusing on gender role behaviors.
Diamant, L., and R. McAnuity, eds. The Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Behavior, and Identity: A Handbook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995. Draws from biological and psychological research to provide a comprehensive overview of the major theories about sexual orientation; to summarize developments in genetic and neuroanatomic research; to consider the role of social institutions in shaping current beliefs; and to discuss the social construction of gender, sexuality, and sexual identity.
Ettore, Elizabeth. Reproductive Genetics, Gender, and the Body. New York: Routledge, 2002. Focuses on prenatal screening to explore how the key concepts of gender and the body are intertwined with the entire process of building genetic knowledge.
Haynes, Felicity, and Tarquam McKenna. Unseen Genders: Beyond the Binaries. New York:...
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Web Sites of Interest (Genetics & Inherited Conditions)
About Gender. http://www.gender.org.uk/about/index.htm. A site that looks at the nature versus nurture debate in research on gender roles, identity, and variance, with special emphasis on genetics.
Intersex Society of North America. http://www.isna.org. The society is "devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female." Its Web site includes or links to information on such conditions as clitoromegaly, micropenis, hypospadias, ambiguous genitals, early genital surgery, adrenal hyperplasia, Klinefelter syndrome, and androgen insensitivity syndrome.
Johns Hopkins University, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Syndromes of Abnormal Sex Differentiation. http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/intersex. A guide to the science and genetics of sex differentiation. Includes a glossary.
The Science Creative Quarterly. http://www.scq.ubc.ca/Genetics-of-sex-and-gender-identity. Features an illustrated article discussing genetics and sex determination and the genetic basis of gender identity disorders.
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Gender Identity (Encyclopedia of Psychology)
The sense of identification with either the male or female sex, as manifested in appearance, behavior, and other aspects of a person's life.
Influenced by a combination of biological and sociological factors, gender identity emerges by the age of two or three and is reinforced at puberty. Once established, it is generally fixed for life.
Aside from sex differences, other biological contrasts between males and females are already evident in childhood. Girls mature faster than boys, are physically healthier, and are more advanced in developing oral and written linguistic skills. Boys are generally more advanced at envisioning and manipulating objects in space. They are more aggressive and more physically active, preferring noisy, boisterous forms of play that require larger groups and more space than the play of girls the same age. In spite of conscious attempts to reduce sex role stereotyping in recent decades, boys and girls are still treated differently by adults from the time they are born. The way adults play with infants has been found to differ based on genderirls are treated more gently and approached more verbally than boys. As children grow older, many parents, teachers, and other authority figures still tend to encourage independence, competition, and exploration more in boys and...
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Gender Identity (Encyclopedia of Children's Health)
Gender identity is a person's sense of identification with either the male or female sex, as manifested in appearance, behavior, and other aspects of a person's life.
Psychologists believe human sexual identities are made up of three separate components. The first shows the direction of a child's sexual orientation, whether he or she is heterosexual (straight), homosexual (gay), or bisexual. The second is the child's style of behavior, whether a female is a "tomboy" or homemaker-type and a male is a "macho guy" or a "sensitive boy." The third component is what psychologists call the core gender identity. According to an article in the May 12, 2001 issue of New Scientist, it is the most difficult to ascertain but is essentially the deep inner feeling a child has about whether he or she is a male or female.
In most people, the three components point in the same direction but in some people, the components are more mixed. For example, a gay woman (lesbian) might look and act either feminine or masculine (butch), but she still deeply feels she is a female. Scientists are uncertain about where the inner feeling of maleness or femaleness comes from. Some believe it is physical, from the body, while others...
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Gender Identity (International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis)
The term gender identity, meaning a person's relative sense of his or her own masculine or feminine identity, was first used in 1965 by John Money (Money, 1965). The term was introduced into the psychoanalytic literature by Robert Stoller in 1968 (Stoller, 1968).
Money used the term to distinguish the subjective experience of gender from the concept of "gender role" which he used to describe the socially determined attributes of gender.
Stoller (1968) developed the idea further to distinguish between the psychological and biological dimensions of sex. He used gender to distinguish ideas and experiences of masculinity and femininityoth socially determined psychological constructsrom sex, the biologically determined traits of maleness and femaleness. This usage has become the standard in psychoanalytically derived discussions of gender and sexuality to refer to the psychological aspects of sexuality, what Freud (1925) called "psychical consequences of the anatomical distinction between the sexes."
Stoller (1968) further distinguishes the general sense of masculinity and femininityi>gender identityrom the earlier awareness of sexual difference, what he calls core gender identity, a relatively fixed sense of maleness or femaleness usually consolidated by the second year of life, prior to the oedipal phase.
Stoller identifies three components in the formation of core gender identity: 1) Biological and hormonal influences; 2) Sex assignment at birth; 3) Environmental and psychological influences with effects similar to imprinting.
In contrast to Freud's belief that the primary identification is masculine, Stoller believes that both the boy and the girl begin with a female core gender identity obtained from the maternal symbiosis. Core gender identity is derived non-conflictually through identification and, in essence, learning. Failure to interrupt the maternal symbiosis pre-oedipally with boys may result in permanent core gender identity disorders like transsexualism. Otherwise, normal development facilitates the boy's shift to a male core gender identity and the subsequent oedipal conflicts associated with obtaining a masculine gender identity.
The concept of gender identity is important historically because it separates masculine and feminine psychology from the innate biological determinism suggested by Freud. Increasing attention to the diversity and multiplicity of the origins and workings of gender have made even the terms gender identity and core gender identity less than adequate to describe the nuances of such a central organizing factor of personality and behavior. It is important to differentiate the term, gender identity, which describes the individual's sense of gender, from Stoller's speculative theory about the origins of core gender identity.
See also: Femininity; Feminism and psychoanalysis; Identity; Imaginary identification/symbolic identification; Masculinity/femininity; Perversion; Sexual differences; Stoller, Robert J.; Transsexualism.
Freud, Sigmund. (1925j). Some psychical consequences of the anatomical distinction between the sexes, SE, 19: 241-258.
Money, John (Ed.). (1965). Sex research: New developments. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Stoller, Robert. (1968). Sex and gender: On the development of masculinity and femininity. New York: Science House.
Further Reading
Benjamin, Jessica. (1998). Shadow of the other. Intersubjectivity and gender in psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.
Breen. Dana. (Ed.). (1993). The gender conundrum. London, New York: Routledge
Chodorow, Nancy. (1978). The reproduction of mothering. Psychoanalysis and the sociology of gender. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Fast, Irene. (1999). Aspects of core gender identity. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 9, 633-662.
Stoller, Robert. (1985). Presentations of gender. New Haven, London: Yale University Press.
Wagonfeld, S., rep. (1982). Panel: Gender and gender role. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 30, 185-196.
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Stan was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 7 November 2005. The interview took place at the Interviewee's living room and lasted 1 hour, 27 minutes and 45 seconds.
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Obama has just officially called yesterday's bombings in Boston an "Act of Terror." So while you're still all pining over semantics about what we call yesterday's events, don't worry, Obama will ACTUALLY work to resolve the matter by finding out who ACTUALLY executed this horrific act like he did with Bin Laden. That's b/c he gets s--- done while you guy sit around and cry about what it's called.
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Hi, my name is Alex Wrekk and I have been making the zine Brainscan since 1997 and I have just completed issue #30! I have made several one-off zines like I'm A Wrekk, Birthdays & Christmas, Time Zones and Statelines, Fire Apparatus, and more. I also wrote the book Stolen Sharpie Revolution.
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Might I suggest The Copy Scams album? A 10" record with 7 90s style pop punk songs all about zines plus a digital download and a 12 page zine with artwork by me and Steve Larder of Rum Lad Zine.
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July is fast approaching and I have created a list of zine activities for International Zine month this year so get stoked! I'm going to make some posters today and send them out with Portland Button Works order or free for a stamp. I'll post more when I have them printed. until then, let me know if I am missing something, that goes for everything on this site, let me know what is missing so I can add it! The list on this page can be added to even after the poster is printed!
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Very well-written historical fiction (which seems difficult to find). Kept me on the edge of my seat even though I knew what was going to happen. Held my intention, even though I can't stand the present tense. A note before I start because I feel bad about giving a book 2/5 stars: In the Goodreads rating system, two stars is "It was OK." And that's how I feel about this book. I didn't dislike it, but there weren't enough things I liked to bump it up to "liked it" (three stars). I'll start with what I liked about the book. I liked the way Mantel gets into Cromwell's head and constructs motivations for him and the other historical characters in the novel. Mantel fills in the missing details in Cromwell's life and gives him a nuanced character that I liked quite a bit. I also appreciated the way she traces the shifting alliances of those in power. There is no straight, honest path to success in Tudor England, it seems, and Mantel shows how each person molds himself (or herself) into what he thinks will garner favor with those in power. But there are no guarantees. Property, wealth, and position are bestowed on a whim and confiscated as easily. The 16th century seems like a really sucky time to be alive in England. (When was a good time to be alive in England? Reading David Hume's history of the 17th century, that doesn't seem much better, and I know the times before were as bad or worse. But I'll stop that train of thought here or I'll find myself in an existential morass, and I don't have enough chocolate to dig myself out before bedtime.) Which leads me to my dislikes. I think the biggest thing I disliked was just how bleak the story is. I thought for a while that it seemed bleak because I know how the story ends and so there was no hope for a better outcome. The mistakes were made hundreds of years ago, and there's no changing them without changing history. It's all too real to be particularly pleasurable to read. I'm not sure that's the only cause for the feeling of bleakness in the story, though. Maybe I just feel uncomfortable with people exercising their power with so little regard for the people around them. What's a life lost here or there? And public torture is a necessary evil, a tool to deter people from holding opinions unpopular with the king's current state of mind. It's possible I just don't like reading about monarchy. Apart from the bleakness, I found the style of the book distracting and even a little tedious. There were a lot of male pronouns kind of hanging out there without a clear reference to one of the many men in a scene. I often found myself reading over a section multiple times trying to figure out just who said what and who did what. An example: "The evening before Fisher is to die, he visits More." The "he" in that sentence does not refer to Fisher, but that wasn't apparent until seven lines down when More addresses his visitor by name. Needing to stop so often to decipher the pronouns kind of puts the brakes on the momentum of the story. I did fairly well when I just assumed that Cromwell was the "he," but that wasn't always true, either. And then there's the present tense. I admit, I have a bias against the present tense, especially in a long piece of writing. Aside from being useful to express action in a script or screenplay, the present tense can lend immediacy to an anecdote and help to express the sense that something isn't just a one-off but that it happens all the time. It's used frequently in blog posts. But this book isn't a blog post and it isn't about something that happens all the time. And it takes more than the present tense to lend immediacy to events that took place darned near 500 years ago. To me it felt like an attempt to make it feel like the reader was watching a movie, and I guess that's not something I like in my literature (or at least not 532 pages of it). I'm not sure why I made myself finish this book except that I didn't decide for sure that I didn't care if I finished it until I was about halfway through. I'd put in so much time by then, I wasn't willing to let it get the better of me. I will say this for the book: Although I wasn't totally keen on Wolf Hall, I liked it better than I did The Tudors (and it didn't take me as long to read the former as it took me to watch the latter). I read this because of all the great reviews. I did make it through the story and enjoyed parts of it. I would have liked it more if I knew more English history. I did a little homework and it did help with the book. It was well written book. This 2009 winner of the Man Booker Prize (for "the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland") was also, in audio format, winner of the 2010 Audie Award for Literary Fiction. It is a novelization of the life of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540. This book is the first in a trilogy. Bring Up the Bodies (2012 Booker winner and 2013 Audie for Literary Fiction) is next, followed by The Mirror and the Light, in progress. Written in the third person, present tense, everything is seen through the eyes of Cromwell. The first chapter is set in 1500, when Cromwell is about 15, and briefly covers his background and youth. Then the book jumps ahead to 1527, shortly before the death of his beloved wife "Liz," Elizabeth Wykys. This book ends with the beheading of Thomas More in July, 1535, and with the words, "Wolf Hall," which was the Seymour family home. In the novel, Cromwell takes notice of the young Jane Seymour, a lady in attendance to Henry VIII's first two wives, and later Henry's third wife. In a December 7, 2012 interview in The Guardian, Author Hilary Mantel said, "The title arrived before a word was written: Wolf Hall, besides being the home of the Seymour family, seemed an apt name for wherever Henry's court resided." Perhaps Austin Friars, the name of Cromwell's home, would have been a more appropriate name for the book, given its focus on Cromwell and his family. This novel really "humanizes" Cromwell - it makes him seem to be more than the "Prince of Darkness" I'd always thought him to be. Conversely, the novel - especially the audio version, with the voice narrator Simon Slater used for him - demonized Thomas More, who Roman Catholics canonized as a saint. But, everyone has two sides, and I appreciated getting to see the other ones of these two historical figures. In addition, Mantel's research has resulted in her novel painting a vivid picture of Tudor England in the early 1500s. Slater, an actor and composer, does an outstanding job as the narrator. He creates distinct voices for major characters (Cromwell, Wolsey, More, Henry VIII, etc.) and minor characters as well. As mentioned, his More sounds particularly snobbish. There were some times when I wasn't sure who was speaking. Slater's narrating voice was similar to his Thomas Cromwell voice, and it does not help that Mantel sometimes uses "he" and other pronouns vaguely. In the same Guardian interview, Mantel explains this device: "The events were happening now, in the present tense, unfolding as I watched, and what followed would be filtered through the main character's sensibility. He seemed to be occupying the same physical space as me, with a slight ghostly overlap. It didn't make sense to call him 'Cromwell,' as if he were somewhere across the room. I called him 'he.' This device, though hardly of Joycean complexity, was not universally popular. Most readers caught on quickly. Those who didn't, complained." I think it might have been easier to follow this device in print. The print version has the advantage of a table of contents, list of characters, and family trees for the Tudors and the Yorkist claimants to the throne. © Amanda Pape - 2013 [I purchased the audiobook and will be donating it to my university library. I borrowed and returned a print copy belonging to my local public library. This review also appears on Bookin' It.]
Hilary Mantel sets a new standard for historical fiction with her latest novel Wolf Hall, a riveting portrait of Thomas Cromwell, chief advisor to King Henry VIII and a significant political figure in Tudor England. Mantel's crystalline style, piercing eye and interest in, shall we say, the darker side of human nature, together with a real respect for historical accuracy, make this novel an engrossing, enveloping read. hard to read but enjoyable A sequel is plainly in view, as we are given glimpses of the rival daughters who plague the ever-more-gross monarch's hectic search for male issue. The ginger-haired baby Elizabeth is mainly a squalling infant in the period of the narrative, which chiefly covers the years 1527–35, but in the figure of her sibling Mary, one is given a chilling prefiguration of the coming time when the bonfires of English heretics will really start to blaze in earnest. Mantel is herself of Catholic background and education, and evidently not sorry to be shot of it (as she might herself phrase the matter), so it is generous of her to show the many pettinesses and cruelties with which the future "Bloody Mary" was visited by the callous statecraft and churchmanship of her father's court. Cromwell is shown trying only to mitigate, not relieve, her plight. And Mary's icy religiosity he can forgive, but not More's. Anyone who has been bamboozled by the saccharine propaganda of A Man for All Seasons should read Mantel's rendering of the confrontation between More and his interlocutors about the Act of Succession, deposing the pope as the supreme head of the Church in England. Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall is a startling achievement, a brilliant historical novel focused on the rise to power of a figure exceedingly unlikely, on the face of things, to arouse any sympathy at all. Thomas Cromwell remains a controversial and mysterious figure. Mantel has filled in the blanks plausibly, brilliantly. "Wolf Hall" has epic scale but lyric texture. Its 500-plus pages turn quickly, winged and falconlike... [It] is both spellbinding and believable.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0805080686, Hardcover)Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009: No character in the canon has been writ larger than Henry VIII, but that didn't stop Hilary Mantel. She strides through centuries, past acres of novels, histories, biographies, and plays--even past Henry himself--confident in the knowledge that to recast history's most mercurial sovereign, it's not the King she needs to see, but one of the King's most mysterious agents. Enter Thomas Cromwell, a self-made man and remarkable polymath who ascends to the King's right hand. Rigorously pragmatic and forward-thinking, Cromwell has little interest in what motivates his Majesty, and although he makes way for Henry's marriage to the infamous Anne Boleyn, it's the future of a free England that he honors above all else and hopes to secure. Mantel plots with a sleight of hand, making full use of her masterful grasp on the facts without weighing down her prose. The opening cast of characters and family trees may give initial pause to some readers, but persevere: the witty, whip-smart lines volleying the action forward may convince you a short stay in the Tower of London might not be so bad... provided you could bring a copy of Wolf Hall along. --Anne Bartholomew(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:06:26 -0400) Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price. (summary from another edition) |
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Have been doing a lot of research lately on the lifts everyone likes and dislikes and pretty much the only thing i hear from on the 5 & 7.5" lifts from RC is the ride quality is just piss poor. Which leads to my question. Regardless of the manufacture of the lift. Isn't the ride quality really dictated by the style shocks you were to run? I may be way off but well hey... that's why im asking.
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10-06-2011, 07:06 PM #2Not really if u got a nnbs sine u keep ur stock truts and add spacers its more of tge angles of the front end
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10-06-2011, 07:07 PM #3The ride is a combo of the shocks and the engineering of the kit. With a NBS truck I'd spend the extra money on a Rancho kit. You won't regret it. The Rancho kit is advertised as a 4" lift, but it is really a 6" lift.
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10-06-2011, 08:27 PM #4My Rancho kit rides really nice and like STB said it nets closer to 6 inches. I would say the Rancho kit rides as good if not better than my level kit.
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10-06-2011, 08:29 PM #5with the nnbs i went with the fabtech 6" which actually measures out to 8" how ever that works. plus your front end angles are better then if your truck is stock
10-07-2011, 08:50 AM #6No, not entirely. The problem with the RC 7.5" kit is that it is really the 5" version with larger strut spacers and massive rear blocks. Basically the front end agnles are maxed out with that kit. Combine that with poor shocks and rear blocks that are too big and you get a truck that rides like a wagon. My BDS kit rides as good as stock and it's one of the best 6" kits out there. If I were to do it again, I would go with either Fabtech or FTS for completely flat angles. Then I would swap the strut spacer for some Bilstein 7-9" adjustables.
10-07-2011, 09:52 AM #7which bilstein shocks are the 7-9" adjustables black out
10-07-2011, 05:42 PM #8Replacement Struts - Leveling Kit - Lift Kit - 2007-2011 1500 6lug
My truck will be outfitted with these at some point.Last edited by Blackout07; 10-07-2011 at 05:45 PM.
10-07-2011, 07:57 PM #9Would those work on the RCX 7.5 inch kit? I know it says 7 inch but im just wondering because mine is 7.5 inch in the front?
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Michael Rulle is an emerging commodity trading advisor (CTA) with 30 years of experience in the trading business, most recently serving as president of a CTA with as much as $8 billion under management. Today, he is founder and CEO of New-Jersey-based MSR Investments LLC., a quantitative systematic short-term CTA.
From 2002 to 2007, Rulle served as president of Graham Capital Management, where he oversaw its discretionary portfolio managers. He also worked closely with Graham's quantitative research group. Prior to that he was president and chief information officer for Hamilton Partners, served as CEO of CIBC World Markets and ran the derivatives business for Lehman Brothers.
In 2007 he parted ways with Graham and shortly thereafter decided to research his own quantitative strategies. "I always interacted with traders that had a technical bent. I always would have an [interest in] anyone who did technical trading or if they were technically part of the quantitative research," Rulle says.
So when he set off on his own he took a scientific approach. "I am a quantitative guy by birth," Rulle joked.
Rulle says he always has had an internal argument over building trading systems. "One [side of me] says it is impossible to make models that work consistently. That is the tough guy side and that guy is right 98% of the time. Then there is the optimistic guy who says there are anomalies that can be found if one uses the right disciplined methods to do so."
He began by studying one market, the S&P 500, and concentrating on the distribution of returns. "We study the distribution of returns in markets and we look at how those distributions differ from each other over different time frames," Rulle says. "If those return distributions — which overlap each other because they can be daily, hourly [or] monthly — differ from each other in a repeatable predictable way, you should be able to make money trading the difference between [them]."
Sounds simple, but it is not, as the risk of curve-fitting, somewhat of an obsession for Rulle, always must be considered. "The question is: Are they really different or are they randomly different? We believe that they really are different and our method of analyzing it persuades us that they are."
And so far it has paid off as MSR has produced a 13.28% annualized return since launching proprietary trading in September 2009 while risking only 2% of the portfolio at any one time. That number improves to more than 25% after initiating risk management improvements after January 2010. But Rulle understands that his track record is very short.
The program Rulle came up with split trades into two camps — reversal and momentum trades. Actually, he has more than 500 models he trades, 75% of which fall on the reversal side.
His quantitative approach first determines if any of the 10 liquid financial and energy markets he covers is in reversal or momentum mode. He refers to this as the "model models." It then would apply one of the 360 reversal or 140 momentum models. Trades last between one and four days.
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This came in handy when we spoke to Rulle on March 9, as the intraday model flattened MSR's long position in crude oil on a day the spiking market corrected $1.87. "When the market opens tonight, we will reestablish the underlying model," he says.
The intraday model works as a risk management tool but also has been profitable on its own. "On a stand-alone basis, it is profitable. [Even] if it wasn't, we would like it because of its correlation benefits and its risk management benefits. I feel much more comfortable when I know that I am going to get out of a position if a market is going to [become extremely volatile]," he says. "I want to catch the big move when it is in our favor and get out of the way when it is not."
Rulle was in charge of hiring traders for Graham and was always weary of those with short track records, but believes he is onto something.
"The nature of the relationship between the multiple sets of distributions mathematically determines whether a market — at least after the fact — was in momentum mode or was in reversal mode," he says. "The trick is: How do you do that before the fact? We believe that we have found certain trigger events that can do that on a probabilistic basis."
He adds, "After the fact, we all can do it. The hard part is if you can do it before the fact, and we believe that we have found a way."
If he hasn't yet, chances are he will. One thing is for sure, after three decades of working on the business and management side of markets, Rulle is enjoying being a trader.
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Ferrell and Galifianakis aside, it boasts a pretty impressive-looking supporting cast: Jason Sudeikis, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox. Directing The Campaign is Jay Roach (Meet The Parents, Austin Powers), whose last movie was the very mediocre Dinner For Schmucks.
The Campaign looks to have about as much comic potential as you could expect from a Will Ferrell vehicle, with Cam Brady having some shades of Ron Burgundy about him, and Zach Galifianakis looking on good form as his utterly clueless opponent. But Zach going beardless seems so wrong!
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Midland XTC-100 Action Camera
The brand new camera with wide angle lens, that makes it easy to capture the action of your sports or your outdoor activities!
With the aim of simplicity, the XTC-100 utilizes a single slide switch to power on/off and record
your videos on the equipped SD memory card. With a 2GB micro SD card, it is possible to
capture up to 30 minutes of video. For longer recordings XTC-100 supports SD memory cards up
to 32GB.
Action Camera has multiple applications thanks to the mounting plates and handlebar mount
that are supplied: you can easily mount them on the helmets, bicycles or motorbikes. The Action
Camera XTC-100 is perfect to capture action in your car, from your motorcycle helmet or during
winter sports like skiing or snowboarding or wherever your action sports take you.
COLOR: Black
Pack includes:
- Micro SD memory card with 2GB capacity
- 2 AAA Alkaline batteries
- USB cable
- Ski goggle mount
- Bicycle helmet mount
- Helmet mount
- Handle bar mount
· one touch operation ON-OFF/REC
· Resolution: 640 x 480 (3:4)
· Frame Rate- 30 FPS
· Field of view: 140° degree glass lens
· Max memory card capacity supported: 32GB
· Battery: 2 x AAA alkaline type
· Dimensions LxDxH: 85,2 x 30,3 x 42,2 mm
· Weight: 93gr
· Recording time: 30 min/2GB
· Format: AVI
· Video downloading from the XTC-100 Action camera to the PC through the USB cable
· Data download only from the camera to the PC
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