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Ronnie Ross '09: One Year Later
There, I did it. I just filed the last of my report cards. Mark the time: 11:30 a.m. on June 7th, 2010. While we still have a week of exit meetings, this moment, for all intents and purposes, represents the end of my first full year of teaching high school students. I remember trying to map out my year back in August (I'm fairly certain none of my carefully configured plans actually occurred when they were supposed to) and thinking, "Wow, June's gonna be a long way away." Well, I was wrong. This year was a blur, a high-speed Amtrak train hurtling through a balmy fall, a blizzard-filled winter, and into storm-plagued spring. It's been a ride.
I teach upper school English here at Highland School, a private institution in Warrenton, Virginia. We sit just inside the DC metro area, about 35 minutes from the city. However, make no mistake about it, even though DC keeps trying to expand outward, this is still beautiful horse country nestled into the foothills of the Blue Ridge. Besides the aforementioned English, I offer an upper class Speech elective, coach basketball and baseball, advise the baking club (aka the "get Mr. Ross fat club"), serve as an advisor for freshmen students, and lead field studies into the wilderness around the area. Needless to say, I'm busy.
And yet, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my job, I love the school, the area, the kids, and (most of) my colleagues. You know how Tim O'Brien spends a chapter in The Things They Carried trying to describe how Curt Lemon died? He tells the story different times from different angles to try to get it right, but can't quite explain that moment. Well, although it might serve as a poor analogy, I would need to do the same thing here to express how much I have enjoyed this year. Highland School has embraced me and I have embraced it back (that's not to say I spend all my time here, we are very close to DC and Baltimore after all).
There is no joy quite the same as watching students grow before your eyes and hoping that maybe, just maybe, you had something to do with it. There is no happiness like having students thank you for helping them become better students or having parents say how much you have helped their child become a better person. What field, what job, could be more rewarding?
I've had a 10th grade honors student write an essay describing how Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart works to develop sameness (while still retaining many differences) between Africa and the West by taking content specific emotions and universalizing them. I've also had a regular ninth grader finally figure out what a thesis is. Man, that's the good stuff.
When the year began, I much preferred teaching my 10th grade honors kids. They are so bright and eager to learn. It is exhilarating working with them. However, come March, I began to like working with my ninth grade regular students more. They were growing so quickly and the light had finally come on. With Oedipus Rex and Romeo and Juliet, these kids got it. They were completely tuned in.
Do I engage in hyperbole here? Perhaps, but, in good, O'Brien fashion, if I have to exaggerate in order to make you feel the truth of my experience, then so be it. I know I could not be happier and more satisfied right now. I know I am loving life. Even more, I know I could not have done it without the support, criticism, and guidance of Wittenberg's English and Philosophy departments. Only after seeing what excellent educators look like, how they engage with students, could I hope to at least try to become one myself. The professors at Wittenberg gave me a fire (dare I say passed me a torch?) that represents a burning passion for education that I hope to spread. They've showed me how what we learn in the classroom translates to how we act in the world. I can only hope to do the same with my students.
Thank you.
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Just recieved my MOW greebs. So what's the best colors to paint these babies? any ideas.
Just recieved my MOW greebs. So what's the best colors to paint these babies? any ideas.
Nice greeblies! Also, looks like some pretty cool reading material there, too!
ok well the split plugs should be black with just alittle white chipping off the edges. and the block should be black with a dirty dark red all around the rim of the box.
hope that helps.
Wow, those are really clean casts!
thanks guys.
Apparently the box shaped greeblie was originally a electronic circuit box that had a red anodized finish to it. This is also the route that was taken on the "JB PROJECT" rifle build up.
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Thanks GBH! that's what I thought I saw.
The split plugs were originally off-white plastic.
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The square piece was actually bright red plastic.
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NDSolve Problem
Lets take this system of ODE and solve with DSolve
exsol = DSolve[{x1'[t] == x2[t],
x2'[t] == c^2 x1[t] - (c^2 + p^2) Sin[p t], x1[0] == 0,
x2[0] == Pi}, {x1[t], x2[t]}, t] // FullSimplify
solution is as follows
{{x1[t] -> Sin[p t] + ((-p + \[Pi]) Sinh[c t])/c,
x2[t] -> p Cos[p t] + (-p + \[Pi]) Cosh[c t]}}
Here is the values of the parameters
dp = {c -> 100, p -> 2}
Now solve with NDSolve
sol = NDSolve[{x1'[t] == x2[t],
x2'[t] == c^2 x1[t] - (c^2 + p^2) Sin[p t], x1[0] == 0,
x2[0] == Pi} /. dp, {x1, x2}, {t, 0, 2}]
Lets Plot the residual error
Res = {-x1'[t] + x2[t], -x2'[t] + c^2 x1[t] - (c^2 + p^2) Sin[p t]};
Plot[Evaluate[Res /. sol /. dp], {t, 0, 2}]
One can see the exponential increase in error. Please tell me if it is possible to manage this error for any parameter values. I want to know how I can use NDSolve to simulate such ODE with very little residual error just like any other normal system of ODE. Should I choose some special method options?
Another very funny thing
der = D[exsol, t];
Res /. exsol /. der /. dp // Flatten // FullSimplify
gives {0,0}. But lets take the residual with out simplifying.
res = Res /. exsol /. der /. dp // Flatten;
Plot[Evaluate[res], {t, 0, 1.2}, PlotStyle -> Thick]
The Plot shows how badly exponential error shows up in the boundary. Is it a problem with Plot command? why it can not understand without simplifying that "res={0,0}". I hope you guys have an answer.


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I want to touch on a couple pounts raised in the posts above. Olson34's post is somewhat outdated regarding boats that are balanced fore and aft and his comment about IOR boats going to weather.
In the late 1970's and into the 1980's designers began moving towards boats with finer entries and more powerful sterns. At first these boats tended to develop a tendancy to jack the stern out of the water and force the bow down causing the boat to develop increased weather helm, which forced the helmsman to use more helm which in turn meant greater drag and so poorer windward performance in a breeze. But by the late 1980's and into the 1990's designers learned to model the hull shape so that there was not a large shift in fore and aft trim with heel. They also determined that a fine bow helped with tracking and leeway, and that more powerful stern sections permitted greater stability without the inherent motion comfort and limit of positive stability liabilities of an over dependance on form stability.
When it came to rising up on one of their fat stern quarters and try to round up, there was nothing worse than the later IOR era boats. But also while it is true that the IOR boats generally make their best VMG pointing slightly closer to the wind than more modern designs, they tend to make a lot more leeway and do not have the upwind speed, and so the are not especially good up wind compared to a more modern design. And as a broad generality IOR boats do not handle a chop as well as modern designs.
Next worse and not all that close would be boats with moderate beam and a clean run aft in the hull form like all the descendants of the Cal 40, the Cascades, the Niagara's, and others. These boats have a lot of drag generated by their large amounts of wetted surface and their inefficient keels and rudders.
It is also a mistake to say, narrow fins with bulbs tend to generate more leeway than wider fin sections. At very slow speeds in moderate winds, as would occur immediately after a tack, a deep, narrow fin will make slightly more leeway than a larger surface are, lower aspect ratio fin, but the deep aspect ratio fin has way less drag and so accellerates more quickly, and almost immediately generates enormous lift as compared to older style keels. That said, these more efficient keels take a little more skill to sail well, since they do not tolerate pinching as much as older keel types. But while it takes a little more skill to sail with these modern high aspect ratio keels, they make way less leeway than earlier lower aspect ratio keels.
The other thing about a bulb is that it acts as an end plate, tricking the keel into acting like a higher aspect ratio than it is, delaying stalling and reducing drag due to the tip vortex albeit a partial trade off since a bulb adds small amounts of drag due to more wetted surface and frontal area.
I also disagee that most racing hulls are optimized for downwind sailing. These days there are still designs optimized for particular venues, but the majority of modern race boats are optimized for all around performance, meaning the have their performance optimized for all points of sail, but especially upwind and deep reaching. The fine bow, eliptical hull sections and moderately full stern sections that were popularized on IMS typeforms and carried over into the newer IRC boats, go upwind with a more comfortable motion, minimizing disturbance of the flows over thier sails, keel and rudder, pointing higher, making less leeway, and exceeding hull speed and with boatspeeds that sometimes exceed true wind speeds producing tremendous VMG's with smaller crews than earlier designs. And while ULDB's (ultra light displacement boats- typically L/D under 115) are still popular for Pacific downwind racing, but for the rest of the world, ULDB's are an outdated design concept that neither makes sense for cruising or racing since they are one trick ponies and modern racing requires boats that go upwind and can reach well.
Both the Compact 16 and the Westerly 25 are classic cases of boats with a lot of wetted surface and inefficient sails and underwater foils. That said, I have always liked the Compact 16 for messing about in shoal draft waters.
Narrow fins with bulbs tend to generate more leeway than wider fin sections; although they carry more ballast deeper which helps them stand up and carry more sail area. The trade off is efficient in moderate winds when the boat can use the ballast weight as righting moment; but in heavy air this type of keel does not track as well as a wider fin section. (canting keels are outside the scope of this discussion)
A smaller headsail that can be sheeted closer to the centerline of the boat; sheets run inside the shrouds is better for pointing ability than a large headsail; but at the cost of reduced area. It would depend on the boat and the windspeeds that you would expect to normally sail or race in to determine if a close sheeted smaller headsail is better than a larger headsail and lower pointing angle.
If you are looking for a boat that points high and sails fast to windward you might research the PHRF ratings for upwind performance; there might be some variation in the numbers from the 'base' rating. A lower PHRF equates to a faster hull.
Nowadays most racing hulls are optimized for downwind sailing (Spinnaker) with a hull form that will plane while sailing downwind (ULDB); while still providing adequate upwind performance (with plenty of railmeat). That's not to say the VMG upwind is poor; it just is not optimal.
When a boat sails upwind at it's hull speed the apparent wind angle does move forward. It's how well the sails can produce lift (and how easily the hull is driven) at that shallower wind angle that determines how well the boat points. Heavier wider beam boats with full keels will not point as well as a lighter, narrow beam hull with a fin keel and close sheeted low stretch sails. But; the heavier built boat may be more comfortable in rough conditions and more able to withstand heavy conditions without any failure of the hull.
|To the OP, you might want to pick up a copy of Bob Perry's recent book... say what you want, but it's a pretty darn good current overview of sailboat design.
I would second most of Jeff's excellent post.
Personally, If I had to pick one feature in boat design that can enhance speed and ease of trim to weather, I would suggest a boat with more symmetrical waterlines, fore 'n' aft.
I have always found that the one saving grace of the IOR hulls (the best designed ones, anyway) was driving them to weather. Next best and very close would be boats with moderate beam and a clean run aft in the hull form like all the descendants of the Cal 40, the Cascades, the Niagara's, and others.
Worst are the fat-and-flat stern boats that bury the bow in a puff and then rise up on one of their fat stern quarters and try to round up.
That design allows room for king sized beds aft, though, and are quite popular for "gracious dockside living."
Happy boat shopping, and fear not -- there's a perfect boat out there for you, somewhere.
Thank you all for your input. Thank you Jeff for simplifying the topic for me. I saw reviews of two boats, a Compac 16, and Westerly 26 twin keel, and read that they both perform poorly going into the wind. I looking to buy my first boat, and wondered if their was a particular hull design to look for.
I am so new that I had to google iron genny. Thanks again.
I am not precisely sure what the original poster is asking. Normally, when I think of a boat that sails well to windward I think of that as the boat offers the best VMG (velocity made good) and not necessarily the one that points closest to the wind. There are three main factors which control how well a boat goes to windward, the ability of the sails to maintain flow at a particular angle to the wind, speed through the water, and the ability of the boat to resist leeway.
Upwind speed is a matter of minimizing drag, since drive is limited. Anything that adds drag will reduce VMG, so efficient sails and efficient underwater foils (keel and rudders) are important windward performance. I think that the posters above have hit the high points, but there are a number of items that I respectfully suggest could be a little misleading.
* Sloop rig with high-aspect, powerhead mainsail and/or full battens.
I agree with the sloop rig as being the most weatherly of the modern rigs. As noted tongue in cheek, schooners for all of their virtues do not point well because of their high drag and downdraft issues. Powerhead mainsails while good for reaching, are not so hot upwind where they offer more drag for the lift. It is also harder to control twist in the leech of a powerhead mainsail which also hurts upwind performance.
* Large overlapping headsail, either fractional or masthead. A good
Actually, large overlapping headsails are far less efficient upwind than non-overlapping sails because of greater drag per drive of the low aspect genoa and the interference between the trailing edge of the genoa and the mainsail. Overlapping genoas also tend to have wider sheeting angles than non-overlapping headsails. Overlapping headsails are a left over design feature from antiquated racing rules.
* Long waterline, narrow beam. Some people subscribe to a v-shaped keel for added lateral resistance, others prefer some kind of hard chine.
I agree with a long waterline as that tends to stabilize motion and reduce drag due to wave collisions. Fine bows tend to track well and offer some lateral resistance as well. But, Vee shaped hull sections tend to have more wetted surface and have more induced drag and so are not good for windward performance. There was a time when much of the resistance to leeway derived from the hull. For the past quarter century there has been a general consensus that the best windward performance is obtained when the hull is designed to minimize drag and leeway is addressed with the highly efficient foils.
Narrow beam is helpful up to a point, but reasonably larger amounts of stability are more critical to upwind ability and so a boat with a moderate beam rather than a narrow beam will often offer a lot better windward performance.
* High ballast ratios to keep the boat somewhat upright and reduce leeway.
I agree that keeping the boat upright is important for upwind performance, but again, its all about how its done. High stability allows a boat to stand up to a taller rig and therefore get by with higher aspect ratio sails resulting in a higher efficiency sail plan. Simply adding ballast is not necessarily a cure-all since greater ballast means greater displacement and greater displacement results in greater drag.
The best windward performance is achieved by keeping when a conscientious effort is made to minimize the weight of the boat and her gear and concentrate the weight as low as possible which is why bulb keels have become the norm. Bulb keels allow a lower ballast ratio to offer a lot more stability. Again its all in the execution. Big, poorly modeled bulbs can offer a whole lot of drag as well.
* Fin keel with NACA foil profile: the deeper and narrower the better. Deep narrow fins w/ bulbs is the trend.
* Spade rudder, likewise a lifting foil. Possibly dual rudders to keep the foil vertical when heeled.
Dual canted rudders that work at larger heel angles are great for reaching, but are not so great upwind where sailing flat is critical and the added drag of a second rudder can really hurt rather than help performance.
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i would add new sails or sails in very good condition.
narrow entry is very important.
|I've heard no mention yet of the schooner rig, but mine goes like blazes and is downright comfortable when I abide by the rule stated below. I'm 74-1/2.
|I think the best sail for going head into wind would be the iron genny. no tacking requires.
In addition to sheeting angles for the headsail, the ability to maintain or adjust tension on the headstay is also important, typically done with some sort of adjuster on the backstay -- i.e. tightening the backstay will in turn tighten the headstay, reducing wind-induced sag and maintaining sail shape and pointing ability.
Generating hydrodynamic lift from the keel is also really really important. Deeper fin keels with appropriate foil shape are best. If the boat stalls, you want to fall off to get flow going over the keel to start generating that lift.
Obviously righting moment will be important, too -- thus the heavy bulbs on the ends of long keels, and the row of heavy people hanging by their butt cheeks from the weather rail. Generally, the more upright the sails are, the more effective they are at moving the boat forward rather than sideways.
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Welcome to the club, buddy
Glavine joins Maddux in exclusive club
Even now, nine years after taping that television commercial for Nike, Greg Maddux still gets a chuckle when he thinks about the commercial he shot with ex-teammate and good friend Tom Glavine -- a spoof of the two bulking up to become power hitters.
"It took a long time to shoot that," Maddux said. "It wasn't like we did that in one day. It was a couple hours in Philly, an hour in Colorado and a couple more hours in Florida. We did that thing in three different places.
"It took like two months to do. I was like, 'We did all that for 30 seconds?' ... It came out great, and I'm glad I did it. You still see it once a year and laugh about it. It was fun to do. That was a good time."
A good time it was.
Maddux still thinks about the 10 seasons he spent pitching in Atlanta alongside Glavine and another good friend, John Smoltz. It was a blissful run that saw the Braves advance to the postseason 10 times, including three World Series appearances and one title in '95.
When he arrived in Atlanta in 1993, Maddux didn't know Glavine other than facing him on several occasions when Maddux, a 300-game winner himself, was with the Cubs. But when he signed with the Braves as a free agent, Maddux said he hit it off immediately with Glavine and Smoltz.
"I didn't really get to know him well until I got there," Maddux said. "He was easy to get along with. All of us had two things in common -- we wanted to win and we wanted to play golf. That made it real easy to get along."
Winning as much as they did probably didn't hurt either.
In the time he played with Maddux, Glavine topped 20 victories three times in 1993 (22), '98 (20) and '00 (21). Maddux, over that same stretch, won 20 games in '93 and 19 games on five other occasions.
It wasn't so much Glavine's ability to win games consistently that impressed Maddux the most, but how he was able to do it.
"He is the best at pitching with a lead, whether it's 1-0 or 5-4," Maddux said. "It doesn't matter if he gave up three or four runs early in a game, if he had a lead in the sixth inning, he always made the big pitch when he had to. He still does."
This goes a long way in showing how Glavine was able to join his buddy Maddux in the 300-win club.
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A 28-year-old Wyoming man charged with automobile homicide may have been under the influence of alcohol and marijuana at the time of the crash, according to court documents.
Jacob C. Jensen, of Boulder, Wyo., was driving south on State Road 202 about 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 2 when he lost control of his Jeep Grand Cherokee rounding a turn near the intersection of State Road 201, Utah Highway Patrol troopers said shortly after the accident.
The SUV swerved into the northbound lanes, rolled and partially ejected 22-year-old Joshua J. Wallace from the back of the vehicle, troopers said. Wallace was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jensen told investigators that he and Wallace had just come from a concert, where he had consumed four or five beers, and that he had smoked marijuana "all day," according to charging documents.
Troopers detected a strong scent of alcohol on Jensen at the time of his arrest, and his speech was slurred, the document states. In a subsequent search of the SUV, troopers found a quarter pound of marijuana, which Jensen later claimed as his.
Jensen has been charged with automobile homicide, which carries the possibility of up to five years in prison, and possession of a controlled substance and failure to stay in one lane, which could amount to a year and three months in jail.
Jensen, who remains in Salt Lake County jail in lieu of $250,000 bond, will appear before 3rd District Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills on Jan. 14.
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Down through the years there has been an ongoing debate about the interchangeability of .223 and 5.56. We will leave that for another time.
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Heating up New York City, Sofia Vergara was snapped on the set of her upcoming movie, "Fading Gigolo" in some very sexy lingerie.
The "Modern Family" star and her 32-F curves plays opposite Sharon Stone as her bisexual love interest in the John Turturro-written-and-directed film. Woody Allen plays an unlikely pimp to John Turturro's character in the comedy.
Though AskMen.com recently named the 40-year-old actress their 2012 Most Desirable Woman, Sofia has another title on her mind.
On Thursday she retweeted a fan's statement, "I just voted for @SofiaVergara #comedictvactress #PeoplesChoice" with the comment, "gracias!!"
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Photo Gallery: Audi Q5 Facelift Fully Exposed, Including hybrid, S-line & Off-Road Optics
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The Audi Q5 facelift (or P.I. for product improvement) has been revealed in a collection of marketing photos discovered today. We noticed a few shots posted this evening by Audi Deutschland on Facebook and have since dug around for a larger mix of shots. We've gathered them all in our photo gallery section and have grouped them into known Q5 product variants including the Q5, Q5 hybrid, Q5 S-line and Q5 with Exterior Optics Package (off-road look).
Below is a selection of photos with itemization of what we're seeing in the photos. At the bottom is a link to our photo gallery and more.
First, above, is the headlight of the Q5 facelift. You'll catch the top corner of the re-shaped signature Audi grille along with the new solid-look LED daytime running light headlight design.
This blue example looks like a standard spec Q5 offering. The aforementioned grille and headlight changes are most easily identifiable but we see a few more changes. Note the subtly changed sideskirt and the new lower front air intakes (right and left) design.
At the rear, the most obvious change in the design is that of the taillight. While the basic shape does not appear to have changed, the visual LED light display appears to be changed considerably.
This interior shot shows some other subtle changes. Like the A4 and A5 B8 platform mates, interior changes are subtle. Most notable is the new steering wheel design.
This side shot shows a good-looking new wheel design that was also visible on a photo originating in the German press this week that leaked the facelifted Q5 first.
Carefully examining this collection of Q5 photos, this is the only shot that we believe depicts the S-line package. Note the nose with slightly more aggressive lower lip and different intake designs at either side. The look is very consistent we've seen of the front end design on Audi R8 facelift test mules.
The pre-facelift version of the exterior optics package you see here was called the 'Exterior Optics Package'. Essentially this fairly rare body package for the Q5 gives the crossover more of an Audi allroad inspired look with fender flares and aluminum brightwork.
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monaylo wrote:I have been to a doctor as at first thought I was ill. They said perhaps it just a virus but I did not mention meditation. It very much seems to get worse with meditation but I keep changing my mind whether it is caused by it. Two weeks ago I did a very big 3 days meditation and then in the days after it really got worse but what I remember is that my throat was sore too and I was coughing. This was just one occurrence however. In normal circumstance there is no normal signs of illness. Just lots of pressure in my upper nose and around eyes. It is possible this was something else but I can't rule out maybe that the underlying issue is an nasal illness of some kind and that meditation is just emphasising it.
Could I try not meditate using the face for 4 days if it does not resolve in entirely then It must be something else? Would that definately rule out meditation?
cooran wrote:I would recommend that you change your meditation object to the abdomen.
Then you will be able to see if it really was meditation causing your headache.
reflection wrote:If you -as you stated- are tensing up in meditation, this can cause tension in body, especially the face. So indeed it could be a result of meditation; possibly from trying to hard. Right now it is possible you are forcing the focus, which is not the idea of meditation and this could be the reason why you are so tense. (this is my guess)
My advice would be to not go to the breath too soon. Start with some open presence first before focussing on a specific object. The mind can already get very peaceful before it needs a single object, so there is nothing wrong with postponing breath awareness. Let the tensions and thoughts fade away first, then the breath attention will be much more natural.
Also a thing to do is start with attention on the body to relax the body. And smile. A small smile will naturally relax the area around the nose and eyes.
Also youcan sometimes come back to the area to see if it is tensed up. Hope this can help a bit.
mirco wrote:cooran wrote:I would recommend that you change your meditation object to the abdomen.
Then you will be able to see if it really was meditation causing your headache.
I wouldn't recommend meditation objects not mentioned in the suttas.
monaylo wrote:Hello, I began meditating a few months ago. Not long after I began meditating I began feeling pressure around the upper nose and eyes, I thought it was normal would use these in my meditation sometimes. As time has gone by they have increased. I have been meditating sometimes 8 hours a day. My sinuses are now permanently inflamed, even if I do a day without meditating, and it is often unpleasant to breathe using my nose and have constant pressure around my eyes. I am now mostly convinced that it must be meditation causing this.
After looking at this I have noticed that when I bring my mind to the nostrils there is a very very slight tensing in my upper mouth, nose area. I can't "look" at my nose without doing it I don't think. I was also tensing up quite a lot while meditating. I have tried not tensing and staying relaxed but the problem isn't going anyway. I have a very hard time meditating on abdomen without controlling it so I want to use the nostrils.
Should I stop meditating until my sinuses heal? or is it impossible this could be meditation caused. If anyone has tips, or ever heard of anything like this I'd really be thankful
Put your palms together right in front of your face, thumb touching your nose with eye open. Open up your palms to the side, both sides about 8 inches; total about 16 inches (distance is only a reference). Hold it 1 minute and know your two palms simultaneously; NOT with your eyes!
Put down your hand; repeat a few times. Now raise both palm directly open a few times, know the space not your palm; know it, DO NOT bother much on the distance.
Close your eye and start sitting. Sit for a while, relax. Raise your palms direct open and know the 'space' for a while. Put down your hand and maintain knowing that space for a while.
Let your muscles relax completely, maintain your consciousness within that 'space' and start paying attention to your primary meditation object, the breath.
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(FFXIV, GW2, Vindictus, Dynasty warriors online etc. ) I had a sudden urge to play a simple game that kills time.
Now I've heard about a lot of grinding in silk road, but I also heard it was fun ....
.. but that was back in the day when I heard there was massive bots and hackers.
I google'd some silkroad info and I saw a sitcky thread from what I believe was some kind of moderator. It looks like he found a solution to the so called hackers.
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One of the biggest management myths is, "I must treat everyone the same way." In our organizations, we have career ladders that try to fit us into "ticky-tacky" boxes for promotion, assume that everyone brainstorms the same way, and that everyone likes the same kind of projects. Nothing could be further from the truth. Everyone has different goals for their career, and those change over the course of a career.
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"Yes, I have. I want to continue the book allowance. And, I want to modify it a little. Instead of just a book allowance for me, I want you to extend the allowance for the entire team. I was reading about a new way to do a reading group, and I think it will work this time. Last time, I couldn't get anyone to read with me.
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Later that day, Susan met with David, another senior developer. He ambled into Susan's office and sat down. He grinned his deceptively lazy grin.
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Susan smiled. "I suspect that's not a problem; I bet you don't have to go anywhere. What makes you think that's a problem?"
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DETROIT (August 27, 2007) – Donald L. Horwitz, an alumnus of Wayne State University Law School and an attorney with 30 years of experience, has been named Managing Director and General Counsel of OneChicago, an electronic exchange committed to becoming the global leader in futures on individual stocks, narrow-based indexes and ETFs.
"Wayne State University Law School is proud of our many successful graduates," said Law School Dean Frank H. Wu. "Donald Horwitz is a fine example of where hard work, passion and dedication can take you in the law profession. I wish him all the best in his new endeavor."
According to a OneChicago release, Horwitz began his career in the financial services industry in 1974 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the New York Regional office later joining the legal department of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Since then he has held the following positions: General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Futures, Inc.; Senior Counsel with Kay Scholer; General Counsel at The Options Clearing Corporation; General Counsel at Sakura Dellsher, Inc.; Head of Compliance for BrokerTec Futures Exchange (Eurex US as a result of the merger of BrokerTec into Eurex US); Director/General Counsel for Global Futures at ABN AMRO Incorporated; and as Executive Director and Senior Counsel for Exchange Traded Derivatives.
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Horwitz, a 1969 graduate of the University of Michigan and a 1972 graduate of Wayne State University Law School, is a member of the Illinois, Michigan and New York state bars. He and his wife Suzanne live in the Chicago area and have two grown daughters.
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Korrin Krause Stewart alleged she was denied employment because she has HIV, and evidence submitted to support the claim that she was discriminated against showed that she also had been diagnosed with AIDS. The federal district court dismissed her case and a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld that decision, on the basis that evidence of the disabling effects of AIDS on the applicant did not support the EEOC's claim that she had been discriminated against because she had HIV.
The courts' decisions misinterpreted the medical relationship between "HIV" and "AIDS" and treated them as two separate and distinct medical conditions. Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 11 HIV advocacy and service organizations. The brief explained the relationship between having HIV infection and having an AIDS diagnosis. It also explained the correct evidentiary burdens on an individual claiming she was discriminated against based on having HIV.
People living with HIV continue to experience discrimination because they have HIV, whether or not they have been diagnosed as having AIDS. Someone who has been diagnosed with AIDS need not prove that the discriminator — such as a potential employer — knew the medical details of the person's diagnosis when it discriminated against her.
Lambda Legal's Impact
Lambda Legal's brief clarified for the appellate court the legal relevance of evidence concerning the severity of an individual's HIV infection to a claim of HIV discrimination.
- October 2008 A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirms the federal district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Lee's Log Cabin. The panel rules that EEOC's claim that HIV discrimination occurred could not be supported with evidence of how having AIDS affected the applicant.
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The governor's proposed 2011-2012 budget reduces state aid to libraries by 40%.
In addition to the potential reduction in state aid, other funding sources for public libraries are also threatened: renaissance zone reimbursements, tax capture of dedicated library millages, elimination of personal property taxes, federal funds.
The Michigan eLibrary databases and MeLCat, the popular and heavily used interlibrary loan system, are funded through a combination of state and federal money. The amount proposed in the governor's budget is not sufficient to maintain these services at their current level and the entire system could collapse.
The Michigan Library Association (MLA) is advocating for libraries on behalf of our patrons. MLA's news release(pdf) provides some additional insight to the implications of such a reduction in funding.
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Video games that provide good mathematics learning should look to the piano as a model
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Search online for video games and apps that claim to help your children (or yourself) learn mathematics, and you will be presented with an impressively large inventory of hundreds of titles. Yet hardly any survive an initial filtering based on seven, very basic pedagogic "no-nos" that any game developer should follow if the goal is to use what is potentially an extremely powerful educational medium to help people learn math. A good math learning game or app should avoid:
• Confusing mathematics itself (which is really a way of thinking) with its representation (usually in symbols) on a flat, static surface.
• Presenting the mathematical activities as separate from the game action and game mechanics.
• Relegating the mathematics to a secondary activity, when it should be the main focus.
• Adding to the common perception that math is an obstacle that gets in the way of doing more enjoyable activities.
• Reinforcing the perception that math is built on arbitrary facts, rules and tricks that have no unified, underlying logic that makes sense.
• Encouraging students to try to answer quickly, without reflection.
• Contributing to the misunderstanding that math is so intrinsically uninteresting, it has to be sugar-coated.
Of the relatively few products that pass through this seven-grained filter—which means they probably at least don't do too much harm—the majority focus not on learning and understanding but on mastering basic skills, such as the multiplicative number bonds (or "multiplication tables"). Such games don't actually provide learning at all, but they do make good use of video game technology to take out of the classroom the acquisition of rote knowledge. This leaves the teacher more time and freedom to focus on the main goal of mathematics teaching, namely, the development of what I prefer to call "mathematical thinking."
Many people have come to believe mathematics is the memorization of, and mastery at using, various formulas and symbolic procedures to solve encapsulated and essentially artificial problems. Such people typically have that impression of math because they have never been shown anything else. If mention of the word algebra automatically conjures up memorizing the use of the formula for solving a quadratic equation, chances are you had this kind of deficient school math education. For one thing, that's not algebra but arithmetic; for another, it's not at all representative of what algebra is, namely, thinking and reasoning about entire classes of numbers, using logic rather than arithmetic.
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Tennessee outfielder Christin Stewart continues to star for the Team USA Collegiate National Team. In Monday's win over the High Point-Thomasville HiToms of the Coastal Plain League, he smacked a 3-run home run, and had a run-scoring double as he went 2-for-6. Stewart leads Team USA in batting with a .500 average (7-for-14), hits (7) and RBIs (6) through three games.
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THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team launched three home runs - two by Zack Collins (Miami) and another by Christin Stewart (Tennessee) - and had seven extra-base hits on the night as it defeated the High Point-Thomasville HiToms of the Coastal Plain League, 10-4, on Monday night at Finch Field.
"Offensively I thought we did a great job of bouncing back," Team USA manager Dave Van Horn (Arkansas) said. "We score a run in the first and we give up a solo home run to tie it up quick but we took the lead right back in the second with a home run that was a no-doubter and a lot of fun to see. Our offense did a good job of hitting early in the count and, at the same time in certain at-bats, getting deep into advantage counts offensively and driving the ball.
"We have been working extremely hard offensively, now we just have to get our defense going a little bit but we are moving people around and playing guys out of position. That's what we are trying to do, see it for ourselves and prove a point to these guys maybe about who should be where."
The U.S. unit scored in each of the game's first six innings, including a four-run fifth to race out to a commanding 10-1 advantage. The HiToms got a three-run home run in the seventh to account for the game's final score.
Collins hit a pair of no-doubt home runs, a two-run bomb in the second and a solo shot in the fourth, and finished 2-for-2 with three RBIs and a walk in the contest. Stewart had a double to go with his three-run fifth-inning blast, driving in four runs in the game. Mark Matthias (Cal Poly) had three hits, including a pair of doubles, finishing 3-for-5 with a run scored.
UCLA right-hander and U.S. starter James Kaprelian picked up the win after yielding one run on two hits while striking out two over three innings. Kyle Funkhouser (Louisville) added two shutout innings of relief with three punchouts and Brandon Koch (Dallas Baptist) and Ryan Burr (Arizona State) fired scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth to close out the contest.
Following the contest, the two teams played an extra inning under international tiebreaker rules in order to help Team USA prepare for its upcoming trip to Honkbal Week in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and Friendship Series in Cuba.
After placing runners on first and second per the tiebreaker rules, the U.S. squad had Tate Matheny (Missouri State) lay down a sac bunt to move the runners up before an RBI groundout by Alex Bregman (LSU) brought in a run.
The HiToms used the same strategy with flamethrowing lefty Tyler Jay (Illinois) on the mound for the U.S. After a sac bunt of their own, Jay got a strikeout to put two outs on the board but a wild pitch brought in a run for the home team. A 14-pitch at-bat would then result in a base hit for HP-Thomasville before Trip Dunn ended the extra frame with a triple to center.
"More than anything we just wanted to show the players how the tiebreaker works," Van Horn said. "You put a couple guys on and then what's your strategy? It may be a little different if you are the visiting team or the home team. It's not about scoring one run if you are the visiting team, you need to score two or three.
"I thought it was a good learning experience. We were one pitch away from winning the tiebreaker. We had an 0-2 count and a wild pitch tied it up. Their hitter did a great job of fouling a lot of pitches and getting a base hit. We'll learn from that and do a better job next time. It was just practice, a dry run and it was good to get that out of the way."
The Collegiate National Team will continue its Red, White and Blue Tour when it travels to Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday to take on the Fayetteville SwampDogs 7 p.m. at J.P. Riddle Stadium. Houston right-hander Jake Lemoine will get the nod on the hill. Batting practice for the U.S. squad will run from 5:15-6 p.m.


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Freshwater Fishes Page
Welcome to the Nongame Conservation Section's Freshwater Fish Conservation page. Here you will find information on fish ecology and diversity, threats to fish populations, conservation efforts, and fish identification. We have also embedded links to other useful webpages where you can learn more about Georgia's freshwater fishes. You can also move directly to our Protected Species Account Page, The Fishes of Georgia Atlas, or Georgia Fishes in the Spotlight by clicking on the icons below.
Georgia has an amazing fish fauna
Georgia ranks third in the nation for the number of native freshwater fishes; only Alabama and Tennessee have more species. About 265 species are considered native to the state, which includes 245 described species and 20 species that have not yet been formally described by ichthyologists. An additional 19 species are not native to the state but have been introduced through intentional stockings or accidental releases. Georgia's freshwater fishes are arranged in 27 different families of fishes, which are groups of closely related species. In order of decreasing diversity, the most diverse Georgia freshwater fish families are the minnows (Cyprinidae), darters (Percidae), sunfishes (Centrarchidae), suckers (Catostomidae), and Catfishes (Ictaluridae). Five described species are endemic to the state of Georgia and occur nowhere else in the world: Ocmulgee shiner (Cyprinella callisema), Altamaha shiner (Cyprinella xaenura), Chattahoochee sculpin (Cottus chattahoochae), Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae) and Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti). Dozens more are nearly endemic and have the majority of their range within the boundaries of our state.
Georgia's fishes are amazing not just for their taxonomic diversity, but also for their fascinating variety of sizes, color patterns, life histories, and behaviors. On the puny side are the least killifish (Leptolucania ommata) and pygmy killifish (Heterandria formosa), both which max out around an inch in length and several species of pygmy sunfishes (Elassoma spp.) which grow only slightly longer. At the opposite end of the extreme is Georgia's longest fish, the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), which may exceed 8 feet and is sometimes observed leaping out of the water in large coastal rivers. Atlantic sturgeon are representative of a group of highly migratory species that migrate hundreds or perhaps thousands of miles between feeding and breeding areas; other highly migratory species include American eels, striped bass, several species of shad, and mountain mullet. While most of our fishes do not make these epic journeys to complete their life cycle, movement between feeding, breeding, and refuge habitats has been shown to be important for even small species like minnows and darters. For example, the trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella) is known to migrate from large river feeding habitats into the tiniest headwater streams for spawning in late winter and early spring.
Male trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella). This species is known to migrate from larger creeks and rivers into tributary streams for spawning. Conserving the trispot darter requires the protection of small creeks, larger rivers, and the movement corridor between these habitats. (Photo by David Neely)
The diversity of breeding habitats and behaviors exhibited by Georgia fishes is amazing, but also important to know for management and conservation efforts. Most fishes are broadcast spawners that lay large numbers of eggs and invest no-parental care in their offspring, but there are many interesting variations and exceptions to this pattern. For example, male bluehead chubs and river chubs are known to construct a spawning nest by moving gravel and small pebbles into a mound. While this nest-building behavior is fascinating in its own right, these nests also provide spawning habitat for a variety of other minnow species. These nest-associating minnows are some of the most colorful fishes in our streams and are easily observed from stream banks in late spring to early summer throughout central and North Georgia. Another interesting example is catfishes (family Ictaluridae), which nest under cavities formed by rocks and logs. Male and female catfishes may contribute to parental care, which includes nest site preparation, fanning of the eggs with their fins, and guarding of the eggs and larvae.
This video shows a group of Alabama shiners (Cyprinella callistia) exhibiting spawning behavior around a rock crevice. The males are the brightly colored animals with bluish-white patches on their heads and red tails. The white patches are formed by tubercles (tiny horns or bumps composed of Keratin), which may function in combat between rival males and in signaling reproductive status to females. A few females (with a gold lateral stripe but without tubercles or distinctive coloration) can be seen darting into the crevice. The male and female will swim along the crevice and deposit eggs and sperm (you cannot see this in the video, but it is probably going on). Other males may also make solo runs along the crevice in an attempt to fertilize some of the eggs. Crevice spawning, which is characteristic of minnows in the genus Cyprinella, is considered an adaption to reduce predation on eggs.
There are many other ways in which Georgia's fishes are amazing. Learn more by checking out our Georgia Fishes in the Spotlight page.
Male bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus), a minnow species that constructs a gravel mound for spawning. Several other minnow species, known as nest associates, will also use the chub's nest for spawning.
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There has been a point G added before our destination - it is not shown on the visual map because I could not get it to translate into Vortex correctly for some reason with that point added. Please see the written addresses below for the details. It is a final fuel stop before Fontana.
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Howdy all! This is the leg of the Long Ball Rally that will originate in the Northeast region, tentatively originating in Westbrook, CT, with stops down the east coast in range of all major cities to pick up anyone else on the way to Wookie's in the Woods 2012, in Fontana Dam, NC. It will be an adventure for all and will certainly be a safer way to ride in the event anything unfortunate happens.
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Once you have officially registered let me know and I will put a mark next to your name!
**For those of you from RI/MA/NH/VT/ME and other northern points, contact me if you would like to leave the night before seeing as how you may have to leave as early as midnight to make it to the meeting point. We can make arrangements for you to get some shut-eye in the area before departing with the group in the morning. I may have a couple extra beds if needed, I will have to check based on response.**
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The departure and return times are pretty much the same as the Chicago leg:
We will leave no later than 4:00am on Thursday, April 19th, and will return late evening on Sunday, April 22nd.
The trip is roughly 900 miles each way.
E-Z Pass will be required for ease of travel through the tolls.
They can be picked up pre-loaded at many travel centers, or see the website for more info. These are a must.
Walkie-talkies will also be utilized, so if you have one, or would like to get one, definitely do so.
Not required, but recommended.
(The route is after the jump)
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A. Denny's in Westbrook, CT. - This will be the meeting place. It is right off exit 65 off I-95 in Connecticut. We will be leaving the lot no later than 4:00am. It is 24 hours so get there early if you would like to get some breakfast! There is a 24 hour Mobil in the same lot to fill up.
33.4 miles to next point
B. Milford Commuter Lot in Milford, CT. - This will be a quick stop, no more than 5-10 minutes, to pick up anyone coming down I-91 or from other parts of central CT, etc. This point will be deleted if nobody needs to be picked up here. Expect to leave this area at 4:45am.
71.4 miles to next point
C. Vince Lombardi Service Area, New Jersey Turnpike, Ridgefield, NJ - Grab quick breakfast if you didn't bring any, add fuel if necessary and if time permits (Sunoco), and pick up anyone from New York, New York City, Northern New Jersey. Expect to arrive at 6:15am and leave by 6:35am
126 miles to next point
D. Center Pointe Plaza, Churchmans Road, Newark, DE - Time to fuel up find fuel nearby, and pick up any cars from the Philadelphia, PA region. Return to the road at 9:15am. This plaza is a mall (not a travel center).
204 miles to next point
E. Sheetz Travel Center, Mount Jackson, VA - Expect to arrive at 12:50pm. Pick up Baltimore area, Washington D.C. area cars, and grab lunch in the area. Cars from Harrisburg, PA, or Pittsburgh, PA areas will be closest to this point. Fuel up here, the next and final stop will be Roanoke, VA. We will take a half an hour stop for lunch here, unless everyone finishes sooner (or the consensus is we need more time). Plan to be back on the road at 1:20pm.
188 miles to next point
F. I-81 Travel Plaza, Max Meadows, VA - Expect to arrive at 4:35pm. Pick up anyone in the Virginia area including Roanoke, Lynchburg, Richmond, and coastal areas if they want to go out of their way a little bit. The final leg to our destination will be 271 miles further, so we will fuel up here and likely use most of our tanks on the last run. We will return to the road at 4:50pm or when everyone is finished fueling.
205 miles to final fueling point
G. Exxon, 1373 Dellwood Road, Waynesville, NC - This station closes at 10:00pm and we will attempt to make it here to fill up as our final stop before we can all get some shut eye. The original route had us going 271 miles from point F to our destination and that would deplete everyone's tanks pretty low and nobody wants to wake up for the dragon without fuel. If traffic issues force us to miss closing time, we will try and find another source for fuel.
68 miles to destination
H. Fontana Village Resort, Fontana Dam, NC - We've made it! Approximate arrival will be at 9:25pm as long as all goes smoothy.
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A quick reminder that TOD is pretty much like a full weekend of going to the track, which means making sure that the car is in top mechanical, electronic, etc, condition to the best of your ability. Make sure everything is up to par, and there are no compromises made. I know I have a few issues with the car and my #1 goal is to have them all ironed out by the trip. A 500+ mile towing bill will definitely put a dent in anyone's budget. SO have your car checked up prior to leaving. Also, clean your air filters the night before, check tire pressures, and make sure your oil is fresh. The longer range we can get, the cheaper it will be in time and fuel costs for everybody.
"Long Ball Rally and all parties involved in the organization of this event are in no way shape or form liable for any speeding tickets, accidents, damage to cars, bodies, personal relationships, brain cells or accidental conceptions that may occur over the course of this trip. You are joining this cruise/rally to TOD/Wookies in the Woods 2012 of your own free will and here by agree that you are a consenting adult of legal age and are to be held accountable for your own actions, however stupid they may be."
***That being said, don't be an a$$hat. Cruise speeds will be give or take around the speed limit, or with the flow of traffic. As the saying (and law) goes, "keep right except to pass". We will try and stay in the right lane, unless passing, if the roads are relatively clear.
There will be NO racing, reckless driving, or excessive speeding tolerated. If you can't understand this or violate the posted warning, you may be asked to break off from the group and continue separately on your own.***
☆ = Officially Registered
1. Rconn14 - MK4 R - Ryan, some guy (Point A) ☆
2. tom8thebomb - Tom, Innovative Motorsports (Point B) ☆
3. glenneclipsegsx - MK4 R - Glenn, Innovative Motorsports (Point B)
4. Jefnes3 - Jeff, United Motorsports (Point B) ☆
5. infiniteecho - MK5 R - Jesse ☆
6. venezuela1986 - MK6 R, G35, Ducati - Luis +2
8. koma - MK6 R - ☆
9. -2000VWGOLF1.8T- - MK5 R - Johnathan
10. jerd - MK4 R - Jeremy (Point B) ☆
11. audiaddictt - MK2 GTI
12. luckypenney - MK4 R - Kevin ☆
13. VRTJUNKIE - MK2 GLI - Kam
14. Golf_kris - MK5 R32 - (Point F) ☆
15. VRptstyly - MK4 R - Hugo
16. JDM-JTI - MK4 R - Mitch ☆
17. VDUB 8 - MK4 R - Brandon ☆
18. rhodesman - BMW 135i - Jason (Point D/E) ☆
19. sleeper A60 - MK4 R - Spoil ☆
20. Jayspec21 - MK4 GLI - Jay Jay ☆
21. jrowny - MK5 GTI - (Point E) ☆
If you have ANY questions at all, feel free to PM me. Looking forward to seeing you all there!


text: I thought so too, until it was explained to me that it's only about the current top six ladies in the world + the returning 2011 World champion (Miki Ando). Anyway, if someone made a poll for all female skaters (including pairs skaters and ice dancers), the available twelve options surely would be insufficient. I think Carolina's beauty is more about her stature, grace and elegance, than about her face. But that's just my opinion. As for beauties from back in the day, don't forget also Katia (if we are speaking about all female skaters). And I almost forgot Shizuka, although I wouldn't describe her as pretty - the word "beautiful" seems more appropriate. I know that she didn't look like she does now when she competed - it's quite obvious that something has been done to her face. But her beauty is more than just her face. A nice idea . I always wonder why many of the polls are only about female skaters. If it was about single skaters, then also some skaters who have already left the competitions could be included .


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you ar builders need to keep an eye on PSA their having some great prices in their "deal of the day" yesterday they had flat-top uppers for $39.99!
today they have complete bolts for $34 , LPKs for $49 and other things --if you look through the AR-section--
i think their sale prices lately are LOWER than the glut after the last panic--
damn $99 for a lower and a LPK? thats as cheap as it gets--
i got a bunch of their blemished uppers --never did find that blemished spot--