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Jury Duty
March 09, 2007, 06:20:27 AM »
Years ago, I was selected to appear for jury duty in a civil case involving millions of dollars between two feuding local corporations.
I wasn't accepted as a juror.
Guess what?
I recently received another summons!
I'm supposed to appear for jury selection this coming Monday March 12th.
I have no idea what case it is for.
Part of me wants to actually be on a jury and another part of me doesn't.
Have you ever been up for jury selection and/or have you been on an actual jury?
I may just have to watch the Pauly Shore movie
Jury Duty
sometime soon.
Last Edit: March 09, 2007, 06:42:41 AM by Ash
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 07:18:50 AM »
My cousin's wife just got a summons for jury duty in federal court, two and half hours travel time away according to the letter. To make it worse she has a newborn baby. Maybe she can get it rescheduled, since it's supposed to be hard to get excused from it.
I told this in another thread on jury duty and bureaucratic red tape.
I got called for jury duty when I was 21, was told I would get struck from every pool since I was so young, my stepfather used to be a jailer and bailiff. Turned out I was the youngest person in the jury pool.
I got struck from one jury for a civil suit with a man suing his insurance company for non-payment of a policy. I was in the pool for two juries being stuck at the same time since the same defense lawyer was working both cases, both DUIs, trial to start right after that one to start the next day. Turned out I knew one of the defendants, and some details of his case, so I was off of both of those. Those of us not picked for those cases were told we would be excused since there was a light docket that week, and ther had been a lot of plea bargains and out of court settlements during the two days we had been there.
The highlight of my time on jury duty was at the beginning when waiting to give our information on the first day. Sitting beside me was an attractive middle aged woman who began to play footsie with me. Sadly, they split the main pool in two, by evens and odds, so I didn't get a chance to find her again until the end of things while waiting to draw our pay and excuses for work. Plus she was married.
A little teasing flirting and $20 whole dollars was all I had to show for doing my civic duty.
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Not exactly jury duty but..........
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March 09, 2007, 09:00:36 AM »
About three years ago, my company and the place that holds the copyright on most of the movies we hold (MNet at
) got involved in a copyright case that has been dragging on since then.
I was told that I would be supoenaed because I was the guy who supplied MNet's contact details to this copyright defaulter who purchased a VHS copy of
Shangani Patrol
from the company and then made a DVD master out of it (whew) and proceeded to sell it on his website. He stole and sold the thing, now I'm in the kak? (SA slang for being in something very soft and very smelly)
I'm still waiting, I've heard nothing since.
Yaddo, sorry about your problem with the lady: I will give you some karma to put on your footsie.
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 09:25:26 AM »
Quote from: Yaddo 42 on March 09, 2007, 07:18:50 AM
Sitting beside me was an attractive middle aged woman who began to play footsie with me.
Completely OT, but when I first read that I thought "stuff like that just doesn't happen to me." But then I remembered that once on a bus in a college town, a very attractive young lady sitting next to me started rubbing my leg with her foot. We never spoke and never saw each other again. It was just one of those "moments."
Back On Topic:
I used to be in court ALL THE TIME. I averaged about 15 subpeonas per month, though most of those were 'telephone stand-by.' I was present for the picking and seating of many juries. One interesting story comes from a time when numerous people were openly cheering when they did NOT get picked to sit on the jury. The whole thing became like a high-school game show, where the 'contestants' were trying to NOT get selected. I don't recall specifically, but the defendent was on trial for a felony, so five years minumum (a lot of my cases were the 30 year kind), so this was no small deal.
The prosecutor, a lady who took her job very seriously, was so upset by the behavior of the jury pool that she 'ranted' about it during her opening remarks. She was talking about how both the defendent and the state (ie, THEM) DESERVE to have a trial by jury. It WAS all pretty disgusting, especially when you think about the fact that not being picked from THAT case did not mean they could go home. They would simply be on the panel for the next case (our panels were for the whole week).
I bet a lot of those people are ones that mouth off constantly about how "the system" is a joke, etc. It would not surprise me at all....
I've only been selected for jury duty one time. I informed the Clerk's office of my 'situation' (my background in law enforcement) - basically, I knew I would never be seated on a jury and did not want to waste my time and theirs. Still, though, this caused me a LOT of guilt - still does. I'd serve on a jury in a minute, if I'd ever get picked.
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 09:53:23 AM »
I've been on Jury Duty 5 times in the last 15 years, I swear the next time I get called I'm going to shout out ... "FRY HIS ASS!" or "They deserve all the money they can get out of those scum bag" ... I'm sure to be dismissed. LOL
Last trail I was on lasted 2 weeks. Some guy faking a back injury and suing for millions ... we (the jury) went to lunch at a local diner early on and saw the plaintiff getting around fine, in and out of cars, walking, standing, setting etc with no pain and in the court room he could barely move to set down took a good 5 minutes due to his extreme pain (it was almost an Oscar worthy act.) ... 2 week+ on trail, 10 minute for us to render a verdict ... awarded $0.00
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 10:28:10 AM »
Quote from: Ash on March 09, 2007, 10:17:39 AM
Quote from: CheezeFlixz on March 09, 2007, 09:53:23 AM
Last trail I was on lasted 2 weeks.
I've never been on a trail that long!
It sucked, every expert of every kind from both sides had to come give their views.
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I was totally unaware that I could be thought less of around here, I be damn, things you learn.
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 11:49:45 AM »
Uma = Yumma.
Never been on a jury. I'm told if you are reading a "smart book" (like Shakespeare or such) your chances of being picked go down. Apparently lawyers don't want smart jurors. Though of course everyone here who's been on a jury is the exception
(he hastens to add.)
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 12:17:44 PM »
I have been on Civil Case jury. Some guy trying to sue for injurys that were obviously not caused by the car accident. I refused to wear "business attire". It was summer and wore my jeans boots and Circle Jerks Group Sex T-Shirt. I still got picked for juror number 1. Judge didn't give a damn what I was wearing either.
Its pretty hard to get out of a juror when you see the lawyers. They really make you look like a ass in front of everyone if you have a excuse or don't speak english. It's pathetic these Lawyers.
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Re: Jury Duty
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Quote from: rich andrini on March 09, 2007, 12:17:44 PM
I have been on Civil Case jury. Some guy trying to sue for injurys that were obviously not caused by the car accident. I refused to wear "business attire". It was summer and wore my jeans boots and Circle Jerks Group Sex T-Shirt. I still got picked for juror number 1. Judge didn't give a damn what I was wearing either.
Its pretty hard to get out of a juror when you see the lawyers. They really make you look like a ass in front of everyone if you have a excuse or don't speak english. It's pathetic these Lawyers.
Next time try faking Tourette syndrome. Just set there and blurt out sounds or obscenities during the jury voi dier.
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Re: Jury Duty
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March 09, 2007, 02:01:04 PM »
For the first several years that I received Jury notices I just wrote on them that my dad and uncle were in law enforcement, I was excused. Later on when I received them I was taking care of my mom, I was excused also. Later on they changed the rules about law enforcement so I ended up going. When the lawyer asked if I was related to anyone in law enforcement I said,"yes". He asked if this would change my opinion in anyway? I said,"no." I could of said yes to get out of it, but I was curious. I've seen on the news how these people have gotten off when they seemed guilty to me, by what they have shown on the news. I know they don't show everything that takes place in the court room. I wanted to see everything and was I sorry. I was on a murder case. I thought I could handle it. I've seen dead bodies, bodies covered in blood, bodies literally crushed, bodies puffed up beyond belief. My dad was a detective for the local police dept., he would bring home some gruesome pictures.
Anyway everything was going great until they turned on the TV and popped in the tape. There lay the man that was murdered and there I almost lay by watching it. The brain picked up on "this is real......not a photograph." I immediately started staring at the red light on the TV to keep me from passing out. I made it through but the next time they ask if certain things bother me it will be "YES."
It turned out he was guilty for Murder 1. There was no doubt he had done this and how he did it. If there had been one little speck of doubt he would of got off. That's how these people get off.
I found it to be a very interesting experience.
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Re: Jury Duty
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Hey Cheeze...
I never thought less of you.
I just wrote that to get you to remove the .gif.
Just giving you a hard time bro!
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Re: Jury Duty
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I was called for Jury Duty about 9 years ago. I was selected for the jury and we were sworn in. Then before a court date was announced, the accused party plead guilty, so we never had to come in. Since we were sworn in, we still got paid our whopping five bucks.
That was the last I was called until about a month ago. I got a letter in the mail saying to call in the day before. I called in and was told that I was not needed.
Hopefully it will be another decade before I get called again.
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SODALITE: good for oversensitive, defensive people, improve courage, endurance; balance and still mind, clear rigid thought patterns; aid logical, rational thought, intellect, widen perspective; lower blood pressure, balance metabolism; aid sleep.
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SULPHUR: remove negative willfulness, produce grounding of reasoning faculties; promote energy; treat disorders of infections, eliminate fibrous and tissue growths and alleviate painful joints and reduce swelling.
TEKTITE: balance feminine and masculine, stimulate natural order of growth, development, completion; encourage gathering of knowledge; promote inner strength; strengthen energy field; provide thought transmission between physical realm and location of origin of stone; treat fevers, reduce transmission of disorders, stimulate balance in circulation.
TIGERS EYE: counteract hypochondria & onset of psychosomatic illness, give self-confidence; good for clear thinking, help to see problem objectively when confused, emotionally affected; release tension, develop will-power; good for asthma; help gain insight into faults; good for protection from evil; good luck.
TOPAZ: overcome stress, soothe nerves, help achieve deeper sleep; good for colds, flu; strengthen blood vessels, improve circulation, varicose veins, sense of taste; good for liver trouble; improve intellect, develops psychic abilities, calms both mind and body.
TOURMALINE: (General) prevent lymphatic disease; balance, protect, calm, give self-confidence, cheerfulness; used in meditation; attract inspiration, goodwill, friendship; protect wearer against misfortune and anemia; ground high-frequency energies into the physicality.
TRILOBITE: pomote leadership, management skills; assist development of patience, strength, perseverance; treat eye disorders and assist in amelioration of fading eyesight, brittle bones, skin eruptions and goiter.
TURQUOISE: help ability to express oneself, verbalize freely; good for laryngitis, nervousness in speech; strengthen entire anatomy, improve diseases; shield wearer from harmful influences, attracts friendship; used in meditation; development of intuition; brings wisdom.
TURRITELLA AGATE: used to dispel pomposity; provides for opening of communication channels between plant and mineral world; helps one through transition; treatment of fatigue, soothes stomach.
CHALCOPYRITE (Peacock): cheer those with constant worries. Also improves prosperity consciousness.
CHRYSOCOLLA: revitalize; relieve nervous tension, emotional congestion, ulcer, stomach problems; balance blood sugar, strengthen legs, arms, back, abdomen; increase breathing capabilities; balance, cleanse negativity.
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Healing properties -
Emotional - Agates are grounding stones which bring about emotional and physical balance. They centre and stabilize physical energy, and gradually work to build self acceptance and confidence. Agate encourages inner honesty and is useful for overcoming trauma and negativity.
Physical - Agate can assist in healing stomach and digestive disorders, strengthen blood vessels and eyes, speed up healing from bruising and sprains, cleanse the lymphatic system.
Healing qualities -
Emotional - Amethyst opens spiritual awareness, aids creative thinking, and promotes spiritual insight and wisdom. It has the ability to both calm or stimulate the mind as needed. It can dispel anxiety, anger and fear, and relieve pain caused by loss or grief.
Physical - Amethyst can ease headaches, remove intestinal parasites, heal lung and respiratory disorders, and help with insomnia. It also has the ability to ward off psychic attacks, and block geopathic stress and negative energy.
Healing properties -
Emotional -The entwined powers of amethyst and citrine bring insight into the cause of long standing illnesses, and are fast healers. Ametrine clears stress and tension, and is a good tool for meditation and astral travel, and it relieves psychic attack. It unites masculine and feminine energies, and it diminishes prejudices and promotes acceptance of others.
Physical - Ametrine is an exceptional cleanser that can rid toxins from the body and cleanse the blood. And a powerful energiser that can strengthen the immune system and heal chronic fatigue syndrome. It assists with any stress related illness such as depression, tension headaches, gastric disturbances and ulcers.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Aventurine calms anxiety and fear, and stabilizes ones state of mind. It promotes compassion and encourages perseverance. Reinforces decisiveness and amplifies leadership qualities. It balances male-female energy, calms anger, and enables the ability to live with ones self.
Physical - Aventurine can relieve stammers and benefit the nervous system. Its\' anti-inflammatory properties can relieve migraines, sinusitis, and skin eruptions. It can balance blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and prevent heart attacks. It also diffuses negative energy and absorbs electromagnetic smog.
Healing qualities-
Emotional - Aquamarine is a warm hearted stone which has the ability to pacify nerves, banish phobias, and ensure calm and tranquility. It can clarify the mind and sharpen the intellect. It clears blocked communication, and used in meditation can invoke a higher state of consciousness and spiritual awareness. It can open clairvoyance.
Physical - Aquamarine can regulate the thyroid, reduce swollen glands and sore throats, counteract long or short sightedness, regulate flaws in the immune system such as hay fever.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Blue Lace Agate is a soft calming stone which brings peace and stills the mind. It will nurture and support, and neutralize anger. It dissolves feelings of repression caused by judgment and rejection, and reduces feelings of emotional suffocation.
Physical - Blue Lace Agate is powerful for unblocking the nervous system, and is particularly good for healing the throat. It treats lymphatic infections and thyroid deficiencies, and can release shoulder and neck pain brought about by blocked self expression. It is also beneficial for bones and aids the healing of fractures, bone deformity, and arthritis
Healing properties -
Emotional - Carnelian is a grounding and balancing stone which connects you with your inner self and anchors you in the present. It can remove a fear of death by encouraging an acceptance of the life cycle. It improves concentration, clarifies perception, and dispels apathy. It helps overcome abuse and negative conditioning. It powerfully protects against the jealousy, resentment, and anger of others.
Physical - Carnelian stimulates the metabolism, increases fertility and helps overcome impotence. It regulates the kidneys, and is beneficial to arthritis, rheumatism and neuralgia. It can also be useful for depression. Carnelian has the ability to cleanse other stones.
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Emotional - Citrine energizes every level of life. It dissipates negative energy, protects the environment, and creates joy. It is extremely benefical for emotional well being as it diminishes self destructive tendencies by raising self esteem. It creates harmony where there is discord, and is useful for overcoming depression, fear, and phobias. A stone of abundance; Carnelian will teach how to attract prosperity. It is one of the few stones which are self cleaning.
Physical - Carnelian benefits those suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome or ME, as it energizes and recharges. It detoxifies the blood, stimulates digestion, and balances the thyroid and hormones. Its' warming properties strengthen the nerves.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Fluorite is an uplifting, balancing stone that brings order from chaos. It's highly protective and defends on a psychic level, helping to discern when psychic manipulation is occurring. It will heighten intuition and ground spiritual energies. It will dissipate old behavioural patterns, and gently bring suppressed feelings to the surface for resolution.
Physical - Fluorite is extremely cleansing and will purify and realign any imperfections in the body. It benefits teeth and bones, regenerates skin tissue, heals wounds and ulcers, and is beneficial for colds, flu and sinusitis.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Hematite is especially effective at grounding, protecting, and dissolving negative energy, and also prevents the aura from absorbing negative energy. It will boost confidence, self esteem, courage and willpower; and enhances personal magnetism. It stimulates the mind and memory, and is beneficial for overcoming addictions, including smoking and overeating.
Physical - Hematite is powerfully beneficial for disorders of the blood. Aiding circulation, iron absorbtion, cleansing, and regeneration. It is also excellent for treating stress and insomnia.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Howlite is powerfully adept at calming the mind and will eliminate rage and uncontrolled anger. It links the physical and spiritual realms, and will assist those seeking spiritual or past life answers, by opening the mind to enable insight and wisdom. Placed on the third eye it unlocks past life memories, and calms turbulent emotions; especially those caused by past life problems.
Physical - Howlite is excellent for insomnia, and will balance calcium levels, benefitting teeth and bones.
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Emotional - Lapis Lazuli possesses enormous serenity and brings deep inner peace. It unlocks your spiritual power and sets you on the path to spiritual attainment. This stone works with your guardian angels, and will protect against psychic attack by returning negativity back to its source. It will combat depression caused by a lack of balance between emotional and spiritual levels, and will encourage honesty and dignity. It is known as the friendship stone as it will bond relationships.
Physical - Lapis Lazuli alleviates migraines, insomnia and vertigo, and overcomes hearing loss. It cleanses and boosts the immune system, purifies blood, lowers blood pressure, and assists the respiratory and nervous systems.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Moonstone connects strongly with the moon energy and signifies new beginnings. It will deeply calm and heal the emotions, and encourages intuition, empathy, and clairvoyance. Moonstones' energy is feminine, passive and receptive. It will
calm over reaction, will lessen aggression in both men and women, and pacify hyperactive children.
Physical - Moonstone balances the hormones, attunes the biorhythmic clock, and assists the reproductive system. It is beneficial for PMS, conception, pregnancy, childbirth and breast feeding. It will also eliminate toxins and fluid retention, and is a useful treatment for shock.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Quartz is the most powerful crystal of them all. It is the King of crystal healing which amplifies energy. It absorbs, stores, and regulates energy, and will unblock and release. Quartz generates electromagnetism, and doubles your biomagnetic field. It protects from radiation and dispels static electricity. This crystal is a deep soul and organ cleanser, which attunes itself to your vibrational frequency and can pin point the vibrational requirements needed to take your body back to its perfect state. Quartz will raise your spirituality to the highest level, and enlighten you on your spiritual purpose.
Physical - Quartz balances the body and will benefit any condition. It stimulates the immune system. It focuses concentration and unlocks the memory. Quartz will amplify the qualities of all other stones, and is self cleaning.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Rose quartz is the stone of unconditional love. It teaches the true essence of love, and opens and purifies the heart. Rose quartz can attract love into your life and can restore trust and harmony into existing relationships. It will show you how to love yourself and reinforce self worth. It is a calming and reassuring stone that will strengthen sensitivity, and soothe a broken heart.
Physical - Rose quartz strengthens the heart and circulation, and heals the kidneys. It is beneficial to alzheimers, senile dementia, and parkinson's disease. It alleviates vertigo, and increases fertility.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Rhodonite nurtures love and humanity. An emotional balancer that dispells anxiety. A grounding stone that heals panic and trauma. It's extremely beneficial to those with self destructive, abusive tendencies. This stone has forgiving qualities, useful for dealing with betrayal and abandonment issues. It discourages attitudes of retaliation, and promotes calm in volatile situations.
Physical - Rhodonite heals wounds and reduces scars. Is beneficial to bone growth, hearing, and shock. It treats arthritis and inflamed joints, emphysema, stomach ulcers, multiple sclerosis, and auto-immune diseases.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Selenite has a very fine vibration. It is a calm stone which instills deep peace and gives access to the angelic consciousness. It's an excellent tool for spiritual work, meditation and enhancing telepathy. Selenite is an ancient, ethereal stone which is said to inhabit the space between light and matter. Placed in the corners of your home, selenite can form a ring of protection, which blocks external influences, creating a calm and peaceful atmosphere.
Physical - Selenite protects against epileptic seizures, reverses the effects of free radicals, encourages flexibility and aligns the spinal column. Psychologically, it disperses erratic emotions and confusion.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Obsidian is a fast working stone that supports us as it impels us to grow. It should be used with caution as it can bring negative emotions and unpleasant truths to light. It is a powerful tool for past life work, where it can heal festering emotions and traumas, which have been brought into the present life. Snowflake Obsidian is a stone of purity which releases stress, removes negative emotions, and balances the mind, body and spirit.
Physical - Snowflake Obsidian improves circulation, benefitting, eyes, skin, and veins.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Tiger's Eye combines energies from the earth and the sun, creating a high vibrational state which draws spiritual energies to earth. It is protective and brings out integrity. It enhances perception in a practical way, and helps one achieve goals. This stone will help to recognise ones' talents, and will open blocked creativity. It will support addictive personalities who are making changes in their lives, lighten the mood and lift depression.
Physical - Tiger's Eye treats the eyes, and helps heal the throat, reproductive organs, and broken bones.
(is usually dyed and a form of magnesite)
Healing properties -
Emotional - Turqurenite can be used to stimulate passion and heart felt love.
Physical - Is reputed to aid the treatment of fevers and chills.
Healing properties -
Emotional - Jasper is the supreme nurturer which will support in times of stress, and bring tranquility and wholeness. It is a grounding stone that will absorb negative energy. Yellow Jasper channels positive energy, creating a feeling of well being. It also protects during spiritual work.
Physical - Yellow Jasper energizes the endocrine system. It heals digestion and stomach disorders, and releases toxins.
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Deslorelin Acetate
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Sequence : Glp-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-D-Trp-Leu-Arg-Pro-NHEt
Cas No. : 57773-65-6
Molecular Formula : C64H83N17O12
Molecular Weight : 1282.47
Purity (HPLC) : 99.0%min.
Appearance : White powder
Single Impurity (HPLC) : 0.5%max
Amino Acid Composition : ±10% of theoretical
Peptide Content (N%) : ≥80.0%
Water Content (Karl Fischer) : ≤8.0%
Acetate Content (HPIC) : ≤12.0%
MS (ESI) : Consistent
Mass Balance : 95.0~105.0%
Grade : Pharmaceutical Grade
Storage: Closed, below 2 ~ 8ºC preservation
Usage : Deslorelin is primarily used for the initial flare effect upon the pituitary, and its associated surge of LH secretion.
Deslorelin acetate is an injectable gonadotropin releasing hormone super-agonist (GnRH agonist) also known as an LHRH agonist. It stops the production of sex hormones (testosterone and oestrogen).
Deslorelin Acetate is marketed by Peptech with the brand name Ovuplant. It is currently approved for use in veterinary medicine and is used to induce ovulation in mares as part of the artificial insemination process. It is also used to stabilize high-risk pregnancies, mainly of livestock. Unlike other GnRH agonists, which are mainly used to inhibit luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone by their ultimate downregulation of the pituitary gland, Deslorelin is primarily used for the initial flare effect upon the pituitary, and its associated surge of LH secretion.
Deslorelin was successfully trialed in the US and was approved for veterinary use under certain circumstances. In Europe, it was approved for use in equine assisted reproduction.
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|2007-05-08, 17:08
|Link #3602
:Still Yayoi's Onii~chan:
Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
Hello to all the ppl of this awesome place!! I'm Shinku and I happened to find this place by chance and its great!! This is probably the third anime forum that I've joined and its already ranked #2!!LOL
Dont be fooled just cuz I'm a noob though, I know most of the general rules for forums and I've got a decent knowledge of anime, manga and games!! I'm also an AMATUER at making sigs, etc. The ones I have now is old stuff, I didnt think that I'd be joining a new forum today so I didnt have anything new ready...
Did I also mention that I'm half-Japanese?
|2007-05-08, 20:49
|Link #3603
Join Date: May 2007
Location: United States
Age: 28
Hello everyone, my name is Amanda. I'm a seventeen year old Blasian who enjoys anime, manga, doujinshi (drawing and collecting) cosplay, karaoke, web design, violin, and piano. I study Japanese, Mandarin, and German (Korean was too hard, I might start back on it later, ehehe) and I want to study foreign languages in college. I'm really fond of shounen series, my top five favorites being Rurouni Kenshin, The Prince of Tennis, Gintama, Mr. Fullswing, and Peacemaker Kurogane. I look forward to talking with everyone on the AnimeSuki forums and I hope to become more interested in many more unlicensed series (and wait eagerly for their U.S. release too, ahaha).
|2007-05-09, 00:53
|Link #3605
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
181 pages, eh? That's a lot of new people!
What's one more?
Hold on a sec, there's a girl peeking at me from behind that button. Oh, it's a spoiler button. Cute.
Anyways, I'm demon_in_the_design. It's a line, possible the title, of a song by OK Go! and I liked the image it brought to mind, so I decided to use it. I love anime and manga. Mostly because it was manga that taught me how to draw people effectively, all previous drawings looked like the people had had a run in with a tribe of head shrinkers.
My favorite anime and mange is One Piece. Maes Hughes is my favorite anime character, which is partly why he's my avatar. The other part being I laugh everytime I read it. Um, I'm sort of writing this in a stream of consciousness at the moment, 'cause it's 12:47a.m. where I am, and I could use some sleep, so please don't mind my rambling.
I'm learning Japanese. Watashi wa nihongo o benkyoshimas! I have the final for my current class in a few days, and I'm using any chance I get to practice.
My major is Computer Animation, and I hope to work on video games once I get my bachelor's degree.
So, that's all I'm willing to tell about myself. It's nice to be here, and I hope I get the chance to make friends with some of you, and discuss one of my passions here with you. I expect I'll be frequenting the One Piece forums regularly. As for now, though, goodnight!
|2007-05-09, 05:08
|Link #3607
Join Date: May 2007
Hi y'all, been around in this forum a few days already, until I finally read that welcome PM so here I am!
If any of you are wondering about my name, irish_robz, it's coz I supported the Republic of Ireland national football team ever since World Cup 2002 nb. I'm not actually Irish (I tend to find plenty of online friends greeting me on St Patrick's Day a lot!)
Tonikaku, my favourite anime/manga series is Suzuka, one which I only started recently, followed by Ouran High School Host Club i.e. I tend to prefer high school dramas out of nostalgia...nastukashi na...
Sugoi, demon_in_the_design-kun, hajimemashite, watashi mo nihongo benkyoushimasu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
So far, I've been posting on the Suzuka threads so hopefully I'll meet some of you there! Jaa ne!
|2007-05-09, 06:24
|Link #3608
Thinking outside the box
Graphic Designer
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 32
Hi all. Another long time forum lurker decided to sign up and hope to contribute a bit to the community.
I'm Sephi. It's my online nick i use for almost everything from forums to games i play online.
Something about myself. I'm Chinese but live in The Netherlands. I'm 20 years and I'm born and raised in The Netherlands so i don't even speak Chinese. Though i'm capable of understanding some mandarin words and i understand some Cantones. I mainly speak Dutch and English. I'm a poor first year university student and just started watching Anime last year around oktober. So guess there's still alot of great anime series i missed.
Beside going to the gym twice a week i love watching anime. And another hobby of mine is making signature and avatars with Photoshop.
My favorite anime would be Full Metal Panic, any of the FMP serie is in my top 10 list. It's just one of the most entertaining anime i watched and has about everything people like. Action, romance, comedy. And a awesome crew(souske, Chidori, Tessa). FMP is also the first anime serie i started watching. So yea holds some great memories to me. Another serie i like alot is Magical Girl Nanoha serie. And i haven't found a anime yet that i dislike where Rie Kugimiya is voicing in it.
Well that was about it. Nice to meet all of ya and hope to have a nice time here.
|2007-05-10, 00:32
|Link #3612
Dawnbringer #1
Hiya! My name's Dae.
I'm new here.
In addition to anime I like to play MMORPGs and participate in political debates.
Some of my favorite series are: Kimi Ga Nozumu Eien, .hack//sign, Full Metal Panic, Maburaho, etc.
I'm 21, I live in Raleigh NC....and that's all I can think to say!
|2007-05-10, 04:59
|Link #3613
Angel of Oblivion
Konichi wa mina san!
I'm a newbie here!
My fave animes are:
Ouran High school Host Club, Bleach, Saiyuki, Mirumo de pon, Perfect Girl Evolution, Jigoku Shoujo and many more... ^^
My fave mangas are:
Vampire Knight, Air Gear, etc.
I'm also learning how to speak and write Japanese...
I also love music and I play the guitar...
Hope to get along with you ^^
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Hi i am UK53, this isnt the only site that i visit but have poked around this one as a non member long enough so i figured i would join. i enjoy most anime currently i am watchin Naruto shipoden, Bleach, histories strongest diceple kenichi, rosen maiden kekkashi, and deathnote, ive recently finished Blood + (felt it was highly over rated) pumpkin scissors (thought should have been longer),The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (little wierd but i liked it). all time favorites include monster (could cut a few eps but brillian), Cowboy bebop, the kenshin ovas, yuy yu hakusho, Neon genisis eva (probably the most perfect anime ever)
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Undine in the box T_T
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Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck: Happy 4th Birthday Seraphina!
Jennifer Garner and her husband Ben Affleck throw a birthday party for their adorable daughter Seraphina at Kidville USA on Sunday (Janaury 6) in Brentwood, Calif.
The 40-year-old actress and the 40-year-old actor were joined by his brother Casey Affleck, who brought his sons Indiana and Atticus.
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Earlier in the day, Ben was seen satisfying his coffee fix with a stop at Starbucks.
FYI: Seraphina turns 4 years old today. Happy birthday Seraphina!
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The United Nations General Assembly took the unusual step of castigating one of its own members Tuesday when it voted to kick Libya out of the UN's Human Rights Council.
The vote in the 192-member body was by consensus, so there was no tally. But the decision appeared to be nearly unanimous. Tuesday's action, coupled with Saturday's decision in the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and to refer Libya to the International Criminal Court, is the swiftest and broadest action in the UN on any crisis in recent memory.
The General Assembly – a body dominated by developing countries – has historically resisted taking any steps that suggest approval of interference in a country's internal affairs. Its relatively quick action Tuesday to suspend Libya's "rights of membership" in the Human Rights Council (HRC) may have come about because the move was spearheaded by six developing countries, not the United States or other Western power.
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The six countries – Botswana, Gabon, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, and Qatar – represented all the groups of countries – African, Arab, and Islamic – from which Colonel Qaddafi has sought support (or has sought to represent) in the past.
"It's not the usual suspects coming together on something like this, and that tells you something about Qaddafi and Libya and the context in which this crisis is occurring," says John Entelis, director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program at Fordham University in New York.
Qaddafi has burned many bridges over the years to countries that might have otherwise sympathized with him, Professor Entelis says. But the context of upheaval across the Middle East is also something General Assembly members realize they cannot disregard, he adds.
"Historically, and even toward the most outrageous acts by member states, third-world countries have been very cautious about taking a position that sometime down the road might be directed at them," he says. "But this is egregious – even for Qaddafi, who has managed to annoy and alienate so many people for a long time. And then there is the reality that 'the whole world is watching,' and these countries really do want [the UN] to be relevant and listened to."
The resolution to suspend Libya from the HRC had 72 co-sponsors – suggesting broad disapproval of Qaddafi's violence against his own people. Still, the move led some human rights advocates to question the General Assembly's consistency.
"The chorus of responses on Libya begs the question why abuses elsewhere go unchallenged by these same UN institutions," said Peggy Hicks, global advocacy director for Human Rights Watch. "The action on Libya should be a model for stronger engagement by UN bodies before a full-fledged human rights crisis develops," she said in a statement after Tuesday's vote.
The General Assembly acted as the international community turned its attention to the refugee crisis building up along Libya's borders. The UN's refugee affairs agency, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, reported Tuesday that 140,000 people have fled Libya into neighboring Egypt and Tunisia. At the same time, tens of thousands more Libyans are piling up at the borders in an attempt to flee, as reports of state-sponsored violence flow out of the country and as worries spread of a descent into civil conflict.
In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is directing US assistance to Libya's refugees, while US military assets in the region are repositioning to help with humanitarian efforts.
The US is also discussing with allies and partners the implementation of a no-fly zone over Libya, Secretary Clinton said. But she cautioned that such a move entails a number of problems. US military officials have said setting up an effective no-fly zone would require taking out Libya's air defense systems.
But a no-fly zone is winning support among some in Congress. After Sens. John McCain (R) of Arizona and Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut on Monday called for the international community to establish such a zone, Sen. Robert Menendez (D) of New Jersey announced a resolution Tuesday that calls on the US to press for a no-fly zone and to redouble its outreach efforts to Libya's opposition figures.
The no-fly proposal was already being rained on by Russia, which would have to go along with the idea if it is to be approved by the Security Council.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday a no-fly zone would be "superfluous," and he suggested instead that the international community focus on implementing the sanctions that the Security Council imposed on Libya on Saturday.
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Ben Simpson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
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Can not eating while taking reyataz cause resistance?
Response from Dr. Sherer
Yes, the risk of resistance to Reyataz is increased if the drug is taken on an empty stomach, as compared to taking the drug with a meal. By taking 400mg with a light meal, the overall exposure to the drug increases by 70%, and the peak amount of drug in the plasma increases by 57% compared to taking the drug in the fasted state.
This difference is most important for patients who are taking Reyataz without ritonavir (Norvir), which is given to boost the plasma levels. This is an important reminder to patients and doctors alike to be sure that the rules for taking medications are well understood before the first dose is taken. In this case, if the food requirement is not understood, underdosing, incomplete viral load suppression, and drug resistance could result.
This is also a useful time to remind patients who take Reyataz that simultaneous use of P-PAR gamma inhibitors such as Omeprazole for acid reflux disease is contraindicated, because Reyataz requires an acid environment in the stomach for proper absorption. Similarly, the use of H2 blockers and antacides with Reyataz is discouraged for the same reason.
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From coreboot
The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
Booth location
Hall 7.2a 106
Who will be there
- Peter Stuge
- Ron Minnich (on Thursday)
- Paul Menzel
What needs to be brought
- flat screen monitor
- Paul will bring a 17" flat screen.
- flyers, information material
- Peter will bring a nice poster and print flyers at the printing service on site
- 4-in-1 Monitor switch
- Peter
- ethernet switch
- Peter
- power strip (1 for the booth)
- Peter
- keyboard
- Peter
- tools (screw driver, etc.)
- Peter
- OGD-1 (Open Graphics Card)
- Peter
- ethernet card which flashrom supports?
Ideas for presentation
- Make coreboot known to more people.
- Show flashrom and how it now also supports ethernet cards and SATA cards and runs also on BSD and Solaris.
- Get more developers.
- Get in touch with hardware vendors.
- To catch the attention of the visitors, we should have a catchy slogan being displayed on the flat screen.
- Peter uses "coreboot - Beyond the final frontier" - maybe too cheesy?
How to answer best the following questions?
- Is my board supported?
- We can say that additionally to AMD and VIA now even a rather recent board with an Intel chipset (Kontron_986LCD-M_mITX) is supported.
- But the main problem will be that AMD still has not yet released the code for their 780(?) chipsets. The VIA VX855 is the most recent chipset, it is only now being made available for mainboard vendors and one of VIA's customers has already contributed support for the chipset to coreboot.
- What benefit does it have?
- Boot speed, no BIOS label cost, open source, reviewable, written in C not assembly, unified codebase for all chipsets and boards, innovative way of booting x86 (payloads) but also legacy compatible (SeaBIOS)
- How do I profit from it?
- Board vendors easy: no BIOS label cost
- Chipset vendors: happy customers because they have an easy to work with firmware
- Appliance vendors: allows near-instant on for simple applications using libpayload
- End users: open source, boot speed, configurability
- Security conscious users: Easy to review
- Is not hibernate/suspend the future?
- coreboot is getting better at ACPI all the time
- With very fast booting firmware, maybe computers can shut down more often?


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Mobile device maker Palm (PALM) has agreed to be acquired by computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) for $1.2 billion. Under the all-cash deal, Palm shareholders would receive $5.70 per common share, which represents a 23% premium to PALM's preannouncement price. The acquisition appears to be a real positive for HP, since it allows it to enter the rapidly growing smartphone market. The most valuable component of Palm is arguably the advanced webOS operating system, which HP could integrate into its nascent line of mobile devices.
Hewlett-Packard makes a very attractive partner for Palm, because it has the financial strength and global scale to substantially improve Palm's position in the highly competitive smartphone market, which includes such giants as Apple (AAPL), Research In Motion (RIMM), and newcomer Google (GOOG). The deal, which is still subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, is expected to close by the end of July.


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Diana Shpungin is a Brooklyn based multi-disciplinary artist who works in drawing, animation, sculpture, installation, video & sound. Shpungin has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in both national and international venues including: Fieldgate Gallery, London; Futura Center for Contemporary Art, Prague; Bronx Museum of Art, NY; Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo; Carrousel du Louvre, Paris; Invisible Exports, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, FL; Sculpture Center, NY; Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Marella Arte Contemporenea, Milan; Galerie Zurcher, Paris; and The Geisai Art Fair, Organized by Takashi Murakami in Miami for Art Basel. Shpungin has been awarded residencies with The MacDowell Colony, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, VLA Art and Law, Bronx Museum AIM Program and Islip Carriage House.
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Fashion blogger @bryanboy posted a pretty wild claim on Twitter on January 18th, that Kanye West is gay, and that Kim Kardashian is pregnant through means of either artificial insemination or immaculate conception. There's no specific way to know what he's basing this all on, as they are very hard to believe without some sort of proof to back up the allegations.
See his tweets above.
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Your to-do list is already crammed for the holiday season, and preparing for holiday guests usually turns into about 23 additional to-dos that have to get done quickly. So to make this season easier on you, we've compiled a list of must-have guest room furniture pieces that will get your room ready in no time. It goes without saying that you want your guests to have the most comfortable guest room imaginable. By just adding a few simple touches, you'll ensure your guests will come back for holidays to come.
Preparing for Holiday Guests is Easy with These Unique Guest Room Furniture Pieces
To make guests feel at home, place some bottled water, a small bowl for jewelry or coins, plus a set of towels by their beds. If possible, you might want to invest in a portable heater or air conditioner so they can control their comfort at night. Make sure your guests know where light switches and outlets are located. It's also a good idea to plug in a small night light in any room that they may venture into during the night.
Add an Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer with Clock to the guest room so they can set their own alarm if they are on a "holiday schedule" and also see the temperature at a glance so they know how to dress before getting out of bed.
If your guest room is small, or if you have so many guests that all of your rooms are filled and you need to put someone up in the living room, it's time to give them a little more comfort than just handing out a throw blanket and a pillow and plopping them down on the sofa. Get yourself a versatile sofa bed – they used to be hard and lumpy (and just plain ugly), but now you can find sofa beds in a variety of styles and colors with some pretty decent mattresses inside.
If you have the room in your guest bedroom, pull out an inflatable air bed that's elevated more like a real bed so it will be easier for your guests to get in and out of in the morning.
When preparing for holiday guests, you don't want to transform your beautifully tidy home into a youth hostel with pillows and blankets strung out in the living room. You can display sleeping blankets by adding the Lourdes Metal Blanket Rack to your guest room. This blanket rack will look great in your guest room. When it's time to go to sleep, your guests can simply choose a blanket and settle in for a cozy and warm sleep experience.
If you've planned ahead for the arrival of your holiday guests, then you might have purchased a sleeper sofa so all you have to do is remove the pillows and pull out the bed, add some sheets and your guests are ready to hit the hay. However, if you've ever been the recipient of such hasty treatment, then you know that sleeping on that pull-out sofa, although convenient, may not be the most comfortable bed – the bars poke you in the back all night and you just can't seem to get comfy. But it's easy to correct the situation: simply unfold a bed board and slide it between the sleeper sofa's mattress, your guests will get a better nights rest and wake up without stiffness and ready to enjoy the day's festivities. You can also add a sofa bed mattress cover that is water resistant and has an air-circulating weave keeps sleepers cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter.
Give your guests a little 5-star treatment by unfolding a solid hardwood luggage rack. Let's face it – some of your holiday guests just don't know how to pack light, but that's not a problem for the folding luggage rack; it can hold up to 100 lbs and it even has a bottom shelf to hold shoes or a small tote.
If your holiday guests have clothing that they need to hang up, there's no need to take up valuable closet space. Just pull out a wooden garment rack and hang up their coats, heavy jackets and there are even a couple of hooks on the sides to hold scarves, hats or purses. If you have to convert your living room into a guest room, the wooden garment rack is the perfect solution since it comes in a beautiful walnut finish that will blend in nicely with your existing guest room furniture.
It often happens that you have twin beds in your guest rooms and inevitably you have to slide a couple of them together to double up your guests in a room. By slipping a twin bed connector along the sides of the twin bed mattress, throwing some sheets and a king size mattress pad on the bed, you instantly have a king size bed. The twin bed connector holds the twin beds in place so your guests won't feel that annoying crack in the beds and it will keep the beds firmly together so your guests stay on the bed and off the floor.
If you need to quickly make your guests beds, pull out a Bed MadeEZ® – an ergonomic device that slides easily between the mattress and the box springs and raises the mattress so linens are easier to put on. The Bed MadeEZ® is especially helpful in the winter months when you're making a bed with heavy blankets or lots of bedding.
If your mattresses are a bit on the older side, but you don't have the time or money to run out and purchase new ones before your holiday guests arrive, just unfold a folding bedboard and slide it between your old mattress and the box spring to give your mattress more support. The folding bedboard is made of vinyl over thin wood board to give your guests' back extra support.
Preparing for holiday guests can be challenging, but the rewards far outweigh the hassles. Hopefully ,these guest room furniture ideas will help you make your guests feel at home and welcome to stay as long as they want (or as long as you want them to).


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1/2 ounce unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups club soda
1 cup pomegranate seeds
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1/4 cup water
1 large mango, cubed
In a large bowl, dissolve the gelatin in the lukewarm water. Set aside. Meanwhile, in a small pan, bring 1/4 cup water and the sugar to a slow boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Cool slightly then pour into the gelatin. Stir. Add the club soda, stir gently. Arrange the fruit in a loaf pan. Pour the liquid on top. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Run under warm water and invert onto a plate to unmold.


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The successful start to the largest international sporting event India has ever hosted renewed optimism among government officials in India that the Commonwealth Games will bring in more foreign investment.
"It will have a multiplier effect on [the] Indian economy. It will help India further attract foreign direct investment," said Anand Sharma, India's minister for commerce and industry.
While the opening ceremonies did project a triumphant vision of India, the preparations beforehand were a high-profile fiasco, marked by missed deadlines, shoddy construction, and allegations of corruption.
Mixed signals
Experts say this mixed signal will, if anything, dampen foreign investment into India because investors won't be convinced that India's government has grown more business-friendly. When a country hosts such an event, it can be an important signal of how well the government in a particular country is working, and that can have an impact on investors, says Eswar Prasad, a professor of economics at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The signal from this year's Commonwealth Games? "India has a dynamic private sector and a fairly inept and sometimes corrupt government."
The debate among business analysts hinges on how surprising that signal will be to investors outside India. Dr. Prasad argues that serious international investors already knew this about India, so while the games won't help the country attract more dollars, little harm was done.
Still, Harish Bijoor, a brand consultant based in Bangalore, worries that the public sector's mismanagement of the games may have tarnished the image of India as an investment opportunity.
"People outside this country will not know how discrete these two [sectors] are," says Mr. Bijoor.
Matt Robinson, an economist based in Australia for Moody's Analytics, has voiced similar concerns in his reports: "The negative publicity could deter foreign investment and give multinational businesses considering expanding in India reason to think twice."
These are the best of times and the worst of times for India's ability to attract foreign capital.
Stock is up, but foreign direct investment is down
On the one hand, Mumbai's (Bombay's) SENSEX stock exchange is reaching all-time highs as a flood of cheap money from developed nations seeks out the high growth rates of developing economies like India.
But foreign direct investment – or the opening of factories and other business ventures on Indian soil – is down by nearly a quarter to $12.6 billion in the first seven months of 2010. The decline cannot be blamed entirely on the global economy: China's FDI jumped 21 percent to $58.4 billion over the same period.
Why the schizophrenia? Prasad points to the poor reputation of India's government versus the attractiveness of its private sector.
To open a factory anywhere requires a lot of interaction with the government: securing land rights, acquiring permits, and paying taxes. In India, that means dealing with a country ranked 133 out of 181 by the World Bank for ease of doing business.
That prospect terrifies investors, who decide instead to buy stock in Indian firms in order to tap into the country's red-hot 8.5 percent growth. The games may only reinforce this.
"One likely effect of the Commonwealth Games is not a shift in the volume of [foreign investment] inflows, but in the composition of the inflows: away from FDI and toward equity flows," says Prasad.
FDI is preferable because it brings with it technology transfer and a longer-term commitment to see through projects than fickle equity investment often provides.
India needs FDI to help upgrade its inadequate infrastructure. A report in April from the McKinsey Global Institute found that the country needs to spend $1.2 trillion on its cities over the next 20 years in order to handle rapid urbanization. Despite the massive needs, business experts at an investment summit last month said foreign investment would play a secondary role in bridging the infrastructure gap due to the difficulty of pulling off projects in India.
Research by Andrew Rose, a professor of international business at the University of California in Berkeley, has found a permanent "Olympic trade effect."
Countries that host – or seriously bid for – Olympics and other major international events can see a large boost down the road in import and export volumes, he says. But it's not known yet if investment also jumps.
"Because these bids are commonly followed by moves towards [economic] liberalization, it seems logical that the action of attempting to become a mega event host sends a signal that a country wishes to liberalize trade," write Dr. Rose and coauthor Mark Spiegel.
Rose suspects India will not see significant gains from the games because the country has already undergone significant trade liberalization.


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