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The 10th-grader selected her favorite color. It was a very simple task that she and most young people have probably done countless times before. However, this time, the stakes were never higher. She was not choosing a color for a blouse, a cell phone case or curtains for her bedroom. Instead, she was selecting a pill from a menagerie of narcotics that her peers had brought to a "pharm party" – an alarming and frightening phenomenon that's been making a comeback among teenagers throughout Long Island.
"She was trying to fit in," said Detective Pamela Stark of the Nassau County Police Department, who met with reporters from Anton Community Newspapers and recounted this horrifying tale, which occurred in central Nassau.
The pill the young teen selected had been prescribed for a dialysis patient. One of the party attendants probably took it from an ill parent or grandparent. When she took a second pill, after also drinking alcohol, she became nauseous, and then continued to get sicker until she had to be rushed to the hospital.
Janice Talento, CEO of Drug Free Long Island and president of Drug Free Massapequa, shared a similar story of another teen girl, who was rushed to the emergency room because the pill she chose at one of these parties was penicillin, to which she was highly allergic. Talento is also deeply concerned by this common trend among teenagers, which law enforcement officials, school administrators, medical professionals and experts in substance abuse say is quite common throughout all parts of Long Island, covering a variety of socio-economic groups.
"What happens is you can't come to the party unless you bring a pill," explained Talento. "You get to the party, you throw your pill in a bowl, they mix them up, you roll the dice. Whatever color you roll, that's the pill that you take."
Talento also cautions that "pharm" parties (also referred to as pill parties) become more popular during the spring and summer months, as the weather gets warmer. She says that the better outdoor conditions of spring or summer allow kids to hold these parties away from a residential home and instead conduct them in parks, preserves, or other outside meeting places.
Dr. Stephen Dewey, director of Molecular Imaging at North Shore-LIJ, speaks to students in virtually all of the Island's school districts. He also corroborates that "pharm" parties are quite common throughout the region. However, he knows of cases where students take this to an even more dangerous and frightening level.
"The thing that I've heard most frequently is they're now taking that glass full of pills and now filling it with vodka," explains Dewey. "So everything kind of dissolves, and then each kid takes a shot of that concoction."
According to Dewey, alcohol intensifies drugs, so kids engaging in this behavior are more likely to become addicted and at a quicker rate. Furthermore, he is also terrified by the thought of what kinds of pills are used in these concoctions. He has heard of a variety of narcotics being placed in these mixtures including opiates, antihistamines, cough syrups, cold medications, nitroglycerin (which is used to treat cardiac patients) and even dog medications such as heartworm and de-worming pills.
"If you dissolve 80 pills into a glass that's dissolved in vodka you're getting more than one 80 mg pill," says Dewey.
The rise in popularity of these pill parties is a byproduct of another disturbing trend among local youth—using prescription drugs illegally. While alcohol and marijuana remain the gateway to substance abuse, many of our region's teenagers and young adults are now turning to prescription drugs.
"The admissions for opiates is as high as I recall it ever being," says Bruce Goldman, director of Substance Abuse Services at Zucker Hillside Hospital of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. "Normal everyday healthy kids fool around [and] don't realize the dangerousness of it and before they know it, they're hooked."
He also says that OxyContin (brand name of oxycodone) and Percocet are the two most commonly abused prescription drugs.
Dewey expressed a similar opinion, saying that the problem of opiate abuse among youth is the worst he's seen in his many years of experience. In addition, according to Stark, the number of arrests for opiates in Nassau County last year was double the amount for heroin. And she added that most of these arrests do not occur because of an active pursuit, but rather because the perpetrator was stopped for another reason.
According to the 2010 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 million Americans (ages 12 and over), or about 1 in 20, reported using prescription painkillers for nonmedical purposes in the past year. The CDC also reports about half a million emergency visits in 2010 were due to the misuse or abuse of prescription drugs and about 15,000 Americans die annually due to overdoses in prescription painkillers.
Furthermore, according to the Monitoring the Future survey, which is conducted by the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 7.2 percent of 12th-graders surveyed reported using prescription drugs for nonprescription purposes. In addition, only 16.4 of those who reported using prescription drugs for nonprescribed purposes, responded that the drugs were obtained by a dealer or a stranger. An alarming 70.2 percent stated that they were given drugs by a friend or relative, 40.4 responded that they bought the drugs from a friend or relative, 34.7 reported that they already had the drugs from a previous prescription and 21.8 responded that they took the drugs from a friend or relative.
Local experts stated that although these numbers seem fairly accurate, in actuality they might even be slightly higher. The survey takers are assuming that respondents replied honestly, which some teenagers may not have done even if the survey was conducted anonymously.
A study that was published this month in the Archives of General Psychiatry indeed indicates higher usage. The study used a sample of 10,123 adolescents aged 13 to 18. It was reported that 42.5 percent had indeed used drugs and 16.4 percent were abusing drugs. Additionally, the study also revealed that the median age at the onset of drug abuse with dependence was 14 years, and 15 years for drug abuse without dependence. (Additional studies have also shown pill addiction and abuse by senior citizens, and will be covered in Part 3 of this series.)
Recently released statistics from the Nassau County medical examiner's office indicate that 149 residents died last year from prescription opiates or heroin and another 310 residents who died had these opiates in their system at the time of their death. In 2010, 98 people died from these drugs. The largest spike was in deaths related to oxycodone, which have surpassed heroin deaths for the second year in a row.
All of the experts who spoke with Anton Community Newspapers also concurred that this is a problem which has spread throughout all of Long Island. While it might be comforting for some to mistakenly think that this concern has not hit their particular school district, there is consensus among the experts that this is a crisis which affects the entire region. Dewey said that he can go into any school district and buy OxyContin or Vicodin for $20. Talento says that she personally witnessed drug deals on the streets of a Gold Coast community when she worked there and Goldman says that this problem is affecting youth across the board.
When asked who is affected by what many are calling an epidemic, Goldman answers, "Clearly, all socioeconomic levels. All functional levels. To me, more intact kids from more intact families than we traditionally saw."
One such youth who fell victim to the dangers of prescription drug abuse was Jonathan Sieczkowski of Massapequa. While choking back tears, his mother, Sharon, recalls a respectful, clean-cut, loving son whom she says was beloved by everyone.
"He'd come over and hug me from the back and say 'I love you, mama'," Sieczkowki sadly recalls. "He genuinely loved everybody. There wasn't a bad bone in his body. He wasn't a wise guy. He was always very respectful. He was a good kid. He was a good kid making a bad choice."
His mother says that Jonathan's first bad choice came later than it does for most users. Jonathan attended a parochial elementary school and then a prestigious Nassau Catholic high school, and did not become involved with alcohol or drugs until 10th grade. However, he eventually fell victim to the temptation and this was further exasperated by an injury he suffered while skiing for which he was prescribed OxyContin. Sports injuries are a common beginning for many young people who later become addicted to their pain medication, often leading to heroin.
Things spiraled out of control from there for Jonathan. He was eventually asked to leave his high school after failing a Spanish class, and his life began to fall apart. He would steal money and jewelry from his family to support his expensive drug habit and when he no longer had the money for those pills, he turned to the cheaper alternative, heroin.
"I didn't know heroin," recalls his heartbroken mother. "Needles? Kids? I never knew any of it."
Jonathan was eventually administered into rehab, which was the first time that his mother could be at peace, as she knew he was being taken care of by professionals. Prior to his admission, she would get up in the middle of the night to make sure he was still in his bed. And although Jonathan went through rehab and got his life back on track, he was reintroduced to heroin and it took his life at just 22 years of age.
"If your child has a drug problem, you would do anything to help them," says Sharon, who is a member of New York State Assemblyman Joseph Saladino's Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Relief Task Force. "What I'm trying to say is, 'Parents, get educated.' You would do anything for your child if they are addicted, why wouldn't you do anything to prevent it?"
She painfully speaks about her son's tragedy, while publicly trying to get the message across to other parents. She clutches a photo of her son as she speaks of the loving son she lost.
Goldman says that Jonathan's progression from prescription narcotics to heroin is common among users. He says that while prescription pills can be sold on the street for about $20 a piece, heroin is cheaper and more attainable for those who no longer have the money for the prescription pills.
"Many who start with the prescription pills end up on heroin because it's less expensive," says Goldman.
Furthermore, he states, as the addiction gets worse, users build up a tolerance to drugs and need more narcotics to get the same sensation, which again leads to a transition to the less expensive heroin. And while most start with heroin by sniffing it, eventually they will transition to shooting it with a needle to take a stronger version that will deliver more enhanced effects.
This was exactly the scenario that Jenny* got caught up in. She was 15 years old, at her high school Homecoming, when she was given her first Xanax.
"It took me out of myself," the now-21-year-old recalls, her beautiful hazel eyes clear after 66 days of being sober. "I was uncomfortable in my skin. When I was high, I felt like Superman. I felt like I could do anything. I fell in love with it."
For Jenny, now living in a "sober house" in Suffolk County, her drug addiction took a familiar course: Xanax, Percocet, OxyContin, pharm parties ("It was scary," she recalls. "It's a free-for-all, you don't know what you're ingesting")...and then sniffing heroin.
Since 2011, Jenny has been in rehab four times and has been through detox about 10 times. But then she'd come back to her boyfriend, a user, and the cycle, as much as she wanted to change it, started all over again.
Jenny is no longer seeing that boyfriend, and is thrilled to be clean for more than two months. She even announced it proudly on her Facebook page. Jenny is a very pretty and smart young woman with a sharp sense of humor, who exudes so much potential. She knows that these drugs are destroying that promise.
She says that out of her circle of addicted friends, she's the only one who has gotten clean. In fact, the day prior to her interview with Anton Newspapers, she attended a wake for a friend who died of an overdose (the second in a week). Deaths of friends and celebrities like Whitney Houston, and most certainly her own OD and resulting seizures, are "definitely a wake-up-call," Jenny admits, but she acknowledges that she "didn't have a choice but to maintain. I loved being comfortably numb."
"Now," she says, "I can choose to not screw up my life." There is hope in her face when she says this, and you deeply want to believe her.
Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Mineola-based Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD), agrees that the problem is spread throughout the Island and through all demographics. He warns that many of the kids who fall victim to prescription drug abuse appeared to have a very bright outlook for their lives.
"Typically when you look at addiction there are kids who are on a path and you could kind of see where things are going from a very early age," explains Reynolds. "These are not those kids at all." Jenny says that LICADD was of enormous assistance to her in helping with detox, rehab, counseling, and even sorting out all the bureaucratic red tape.
Lindsay*, another former teen addict from Nassau, spoke to Anton Newspapers about how a prescription drug addiction quickly led her from a promising academic career to near tragedy. Once a high school honor student, her life began to spiral out of control when she got involved with alcohol, which led to marijuana, which eventually led to Xanax, when a marijuana dealer introduced her to it.
"I was a straight-A student," she recalls. "I played varsity sports. I was involved in clubs and organizations. As soon as the drugs hit, it was all downhill."
Her decline continued through the beginning of college, when this once-promising student went away to school and would endure 13 hours of bus rides in order to return to Long Island and meet with a dealer to acquire more Xanax. Her grades, of course, continued to decline until she was on the brink of flunking out.
"It just distorted my views and my ambition," she says. "My ambition was gone. I was so addicted to them for so long, when I wasn't on them, my life was in shambles. I would be depressed. I wouldn't get out of bed. Taking Xanax made me able to get out of bed and go through my daily routine and do the things normal people can do. Without them I couldn't do those normal things."
Despite her poor grades and lack of ambition, she still didn't see the problem. Eventually, she quit Xanax, not because she wanted to, but because she ran out of the medication.
"The only reason I ever stopped was because I ran out," she says.
About a week and a half later on Christmas Eve, she woke up in her car. She was in pain and the smell of air bag dust permeated the interior of the automobile, which was wrapped around a tree. Discontinuing Xanax without proper medical supervision had caused her to suffer a seizure, which resulted in her losing consciousness and crashing her vehicle. The hospital staff subjected her to all kinds of tests, but because she did not tell them of her Xanax dependency, they were not able to find the true cause of her seizure.
On the bright side, the accident did help her to turn her life around. She eventually returned to college, at a different school, and hopes to become a social worker. She proudly says that she has been drug free for about 18 months.
"I never thought I would make it past 25. When you're doing drugs, you never look toward the future."
* We have changed the names of some of the young addicts.
Look for Part 2 in next week's edition.


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Greene Said 'Change' Did Not Refer to Jets QBsPosted by on November 15, 2012 – 5:17 pm
Updated, Friday, 7:25 a.m. ET
Shonn Greene wanted to set the record straight.
The Jets tailback made a point to tell the team's beat reporters after today's practice that he didn't say what Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports said he said under the headline "Jets RB Shonn Greene is right: Time for team to hand ball to 'terrible' Tim Tebow."
"I think the quotes were totally out of context," Greene said. "It was that we're 3-6 and things need to change. I said nothing about changing the quarterback, nothing about any single person on this team. I've been here four years and I never once said anything about anybody on this team."
Greene's agent had set up the interview with Silver on Tuesday. The first he heard of the piece was when a friend texted him the article after it posted Wednesday night.
"I was shocked," he said. "First of all, the article was supposed to be a feature on me and where I'm at right now, and how it turned into me saying this about this person and that person, I don't know."
One of the key quotes Greene took issue with was Silver quoting him saying, "You feel bad for Mark, but at the same time you want to win. We're not here to protect people's feelings."
"I never said that," he said, adding he didn't bring up QB Mark Sanchez's name at all. "What I said was we're 3-6 and some things need to change. We need to win."
This Jet-on-the-media story comes on the heels of head coach Rex Ryan's critiquing of the unnamed Jets who were quoted on Tim Tebow in Tuesday's Daily News, both to his team and to reporters at Wednesday's news conference.
"First you get yesterday, now today with me. It's just 'C'mon, like, really?' " Greene said. "We just want to play football. That's all we want to do."
Greene said his relationship with Sanchez was unharmed by the story.
"I let him know about it through a text," No. 23 said. "We're not worried about that. We've got a game to play."
Thursday Injury Reports
It's good to see big Kenrick Ellis moving around again. The 346-point nose tackle seems to be nearing a return to action after sitting the last four games with the knee injury he suffered vs. Houston and not even practicing the first three weeks after the injury. He's listed as full-go in practice this week, along with 12 other teammates, and he could help in trying to corral ninth-year man Steven Jackson, the 240-pound feature back whom Ryan today called "a big-time playmaker who's as big as he ever was, strong, determined, and still has speed and all the skills."
Also on the Green & White I-report, WR Stephen Hill stayed home for a second day with an illness but Ryan said, "I'm hopeful he'll be able to play" on Sunday. S LaRon Landry (heel) also didn't practice, as per his usual late-week schedule. And RB Bilal Powell, listed as limited before practice, also was a DNP. Powell may have gotten his concussion Sunday when he was shoved by Seattle's Malcolm Smith and fell into what appeared to be an accidental knee shot from Leon Washington as he was tackled after a punt return.
For the Rams, WR Austin Pettis (toe) did not practice today, while LB Mario Haggan (thigh), new to the list, and DE Eugene Sims (knee) and S Darian Stewart (knee) were all limited.
Alumni News
John Schmitt, Joe Namath's Super Bowl III center, visited the Jets training center today, as usual impeccably clothed in suit and tie. Schmitt just celebrated his 70th birthday on Monday but he doesn't look a day over 60. Maybe that's because of the 60 hours he still puts in every week running his businesses.
Former Jets RB -KR-PR extraordinaire Bruce Harper will be among the sports world luminaries at the 16th annual "Teddy Dinner" at the Hilton Garden Inn on Staten Island, N.Y., tonight. Teddy Atlas, is, of course, the celebrated boxing trainer and ESPN Friday Night Fights analyst and a former Jet himself as a consultant in Eric Mangini's regime. This year's gala will benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy throughout the New York area from Staten Island to Rockaway.
Pass and Catch
A little unfinished business from Seattle that may interest only me:
Golden Tate had the first-quarter 38-yard touchdown reception from Russell Wilson and the fourth-quarter 23-yard TD pass to Sidney Rice. A TD catch and a TD pass in the same game … that doesn't happen often, does it?
No, it doesn't. The only other time an opponent did it in franchise history was on Oct. 1, 1961, when the Jets were the Titans, the game was in the Polo Grounds, the opponent was the Boston Patriots, and Gino Cappelletti had an all-around scoring day. Cappelletti threw to Larry Garron for a 27-yard TD on a fake field goal, caught a 32-yard strike from Butch Songin and kicked three field goals and three PATs, accounting for 24 of the Pats' points in the Titans' 37-30 win.
The Jets have also done it twice to opponents: Curtis Martin at Tampa Bay in 2000 (the "Flashlight Game") and Freeman McNeil in '83 at Miami.
It's the first time it's happened in the NFL since 2009, when Mewelde Moore turned the trick for Pittsburgh vs. San Diego, and it's only the 12th time since 1960 that a wideout was the player who threw and caught a TD pass in the same game.
Tags: Bilal Powell, Bruce Harper, John Schmitt, Kenrick Ellis, Mark Sanchez, Michael Silver, Shonn Greene, St. Louis Cardinals, Teddy Atlas, Tim Tebow, Yahoo Sports
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to "Greene Said 'Change' Did Not Refer to Jets QBs"
By scjoe on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
Greene's original comments certainly sounded to me as if he meant a change at QB is due. I agree. My only question to him would be, why did he sidestep from his original statement? Everyone and anyone who watches pro football, particularly NY Jet football would agree with his original comment. It aint no surprise. If there is anyone out there who believes Mark Sanchez is not a major part of the problem (and that is about as discreet as I can be) then they have been spending the past couple of years in some alternate universe.
By Mike Jet Vet on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
Ok Greene, we believe, you .. Rex should show as much passion with players to perform, as he did about the sewing circle gossip.. maybe we would be 5-4 or 6-3 .. Well folks Woody has heard the call of the wild, He went on record today,saying in his own words I didn't sign on for 3-6 , sending a warning ,Watch how fast Rex decides Sanchez doesn't give the Jets our best chance to win anymore , Maybe now get a statement from Mike -T, I seem to remember him bragging every week when the team was showing some promise. he's been missing in action of late .. Westy showed stones of all our coaches, admitting we have a long way to go, Unlike all other simply bloviating, Shame he never had a chance to become a head coach,
By Tom on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
Not really that much to argue about any longer. Mark is not getting better, PERIOD! It's becoming obvious that bringing Tebow here was never about playing but merely to revive merchandise sales that have been dropping since LT retired. The fact that Tebow is not even used inside 10 is quite telling. It seems Rex is afraid Tebow will ACTUALLY PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD! Then what will Rex do? We should do a DNA test cause last time I seen a coach coddle a QB like this was in Bantam's and the QB was his son! There's about 5 back-ups on the bench in this league that are better than what we got starting. Sorry to say cause I really like Mark. He's without a doubt a quality human being. I would like to see him succeed!
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom of Few Words on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
The only change I want to hear about Greene is when we either sign him to a cheap 1-yr deal or let him go, same goes for Keller, I'll give them both one chance to shine or that's it. Wouldn't matter a bit if they were gone, they're clearly not on the path to All-Pro status and we'd be better off starting over at both positions. In fact, we should start stockpiling picks and prepare to unload most of this sorry team. Like I said after last season, we only have about a dozen players who must be kept, especially if you don't count guys like Revis and Holmes who we should trade, and Sanchez and Tebow who should go at any cost. Finishing 5-11, which would be my guess, might accelerate this process so I won't blame anybody for rooting for that.
By Harry Wolf on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
He's absolutely right. And hopefully now that we have Kahlil Bell the change will be at RB!!!! We can JETtison Shonn ( journeyman) Greene!!!
By Howie D on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
I do agree that players should own their comments, but support those who are critical of this mess, even if they call names. I'd be Sanchez' face if I were in that locker room. Players are busting their butts, especially on D, only to be shortchanged over and over again. Only losers would suck it up and stay quite. Winners want to win and some are simply frustrated because management and coach refuse to correct to obvious.
By Another Tom on Nov 15, 2012 | Reply
not too many comments that support re signing Greene..but He s proven to be a bruising runner. Not a fast and elusive guy but certainly a tough guy that could average 4-5 yards per carry with better run blocking..McKnight appears to be injury prone and not very durable..3rd down back/ kick off returner at best.Powell has shown some flashes of power and quickness..but cant stay on the field either. Maybe Bell will be a pleasent surprise??? May have to re sign Greene and Please improve the OL this off season
By William Faulkner II on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Why is it that most of the Jets players are each week saying we have to change and start winning ballgames, but they never do change? Sounds like some one has a job and are afraid to lose it and keep making excuses. If you don't change Jets you ain't going to win and next year you will be looking for a job just like your coaches. Shonn Green step up and be a man under Tebow you would be doing as much running as you are now, maybe even more, and you might even score points once in while. Go Jets.
By punchie on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Mark SANCHEZ and dustin KELLER are killing this team ,it`s like watching the WITTEN and ROMO show and the team knows it. remember this from sunday . the scores are tied 7 – 7 the jets have a second and goal on the opponents 2yd line in comes TEBOW out goes SANCHEZ chance of a touchdown 100%.only KELLER jumps early 5 yd penalty, 2nd and 7 out goes TEBOW in comes SANCHEZ, pass play, throw to right sideline front of the endzone intended for "guess who" DUSTIN KELLER ….but as usual it`s INTERCEPTED and goes the other way for 20yds. Right then and there the game ended and SANCHEZ didn`t seem to have a care in the world. THE PASS DID HAVE A BEAUTIFULL SPIRALL THOUGH ROMO OH SORRY I MEAN SANCHEZ…
By punchie on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
So how many points do you think SCHOTTY will put on us this week surely it`s gotta be more than the, 0 , ZERO , NILL , NADA , NOUGHT , that we managed last week. can`t believe i purchased the jets package on nflgamepass as not to miss a game this season . where is CURTIS MARTIN.
By IRA on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
It will be interesting to see how Schotty and Rex go after each other this week. Hard to get a feel for this game at all after all the nonsense and thats what it is from the media and Jets this week. Can the Jets players put this behind them and focus on winning a game. Thing that scares me is that the rams can get after the QB. I can only hope they finally win a game. After watching the Fish game last night still can't believe we fell asleep against that team and lost.
By GaryC on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Look,if you are a professional quarterback you can at least throw 50 yards down the field,the quarterbacks who win move the chains,short passes,intermediate passes.How many actual bombs do you see in a game,this is not the old AFL.If you are accurate with a receiver with speed you will get your YAC yards.The quarterbacks who throw the football down the field have a running game,when the safeties cheat to stop run the quarterbacks go over the top.Any quarterback on an NFL roster can throw down the field,but the situation needs to present itself.A line that blocks, a back that presents a threat,receivers who are lead with the quarterback throws,all things leading to getting the ball down the field,not always about winging it.
By GaryC on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
McElroy needs to play,if he succeeds the jet fans will finally have their Matt Flynn.
By Allan O'Dane on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Did I hear sparano right? " Offense is improving in a number if areas?!?"…I can't take it this anymore. This FO from Johnson/Mike T/Ryan/Sparano are insulting our intelligence as fans. What are you looking at Sparano? the def. scored the only TD last week and you are improving? Your QB is the worst in the NFL…your running attack is suspect…this is nuts. Your play calling?..don't get me started on that one. All of these people including the players need to take a long hard look in the mirror and start there. Well, Like I said this all Mike T fault He's the one who put this product on the field he's the one who let released KEY vets. Leaders who can control a lockeroom. Turmoil will bring change..
By Allan O'Dane on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Ok fellow jet fans..I'm looking to next year right now. Here are some players that will be available…
QB-Michael Vick / T. Jackson / Matt Moore
RB-Felix Jones / R.Mendenhall / P.Hillis
WR-M.Wallace / D.Bowe
TE-Fred Davis
DE-C.Avril / Osi U./ M.Johnson
LB- Maualuga
S- Dashon Goldson
By Allan O'Dane on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
This is what I would like to see.
Offense – QB-Matt Moore / RB- Bell (if he looks good) / if not Felix jones
WR- Holmes-Bowe-Kerley
Offensive line -Keep the same unit
front three- Wilkerson-Ellis-Coples
LB's Davis-Maualuga-Harris-McyIntre
CB's- Revis-Cro
S- Landry
FS- Bush
So just add a QB/WR/ and LB and let's go jets.
BYE:Pace/Scott/Greene/Scheilens/Jason hill/Y.Bell/B.Thomas/Sanchez/Tebow
Draft needs: QB/LT/RT/RB/WR/OLB/MLB
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom of Few Words on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
In Woody Johnson, we may have the least ambitious capitalist on earth. I'll bet anything him and his pals, including Romney, sit around swigging brandies and regaling each other with tales of when Newt strode the halls of Congress bloviating about "the creative destruction of capitalism." And yet faced with one of the worst editions of one of the most perennially disappointing franchises in post-NFL merger history, Woody wastes his time on non-entities like Mr T and Rex and seems to understand nothing about the QB position and how it needs to be played in 2012. All in all, Woody's enough to give capitalism a bad name. He must go along with most Jet players and the new owner must start over in New York, like the Nets are doing in Brooklyn.
By Howie D on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
I like Rex, but his job should be in jeopardy. He's obviously lost the locker room, AGAIN, and it's too late to change now. It'll take a new set of players and a new coaching attitude for a fresh start, and that's not realistic. He'll probably mature into a better coach, but unfortunately we might not be the beneficiaries when he finally does.
By Matt on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
does anyone else think its time for a GM change?
By Howie D on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Woody said "Player drafts and trades are decided by coaches and GM. It's up to the coaches to determine how many plays a player gets. Careless player errors is the reason we're losing. Sanchez will be evaluated like every other player." Sounds like an owner with a hands-off approach and someone who's putting a lot of trust in his coaches and GM. Also sounds like he'll wait until after the season ends to "Evaluate," rather than doing something now. Keep your seat belts fastened folks, and your sick bag handy too, the rough ride continues with no end in sight.
By SCfromNY on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
I have been saying for a while that we need to stockpile some draft choices and use this year and NEXT YEAR to unload our deadwood and hopefully have a brand new start in 2014. There is too much to be accomplised in just one year plus another year of horrible contract numbers. BTW . . . When i say deadwood it also includes most of the coaching staff starting with the scouts and working up.
Almost everyone here agrees that Sanchez and Tebow are nice guys and great teamates. Unfortunatly we need great players. Lawrence Taylor was not a great teamate and neither was Montana but they played when it mattered.
Also Sanchez does well in practice since it's against the Jet defense who can't sack anyone on gameday.
By Tom Spicer on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Go to Rotoworld click on NFL. Than click on the article titled "what no c.j.? scroll to the bottom of the article & it will read Jake Locker the Titans QB who has started all of 5 games in his NFL career. Has more 20 yard runs than Shonne Greene to be blunt we need a real NFL caliber starting RB!
By Tom Spicer on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Menish Metha & Mike Silver, Need to be banned from the Jet complex. These so called writers have basically lied & caused a big stir for nothing Slauson said he said those comments in the summer time ( I had forgot all about that but since Slauson said it now I actually recall it from back than) & Mr Mehta's "anoynomus sources" probably are made up. Also Greene said that he did not say the things that mr. Silver said he said. These guys are garbage & should be treated as such!
By Tom Spicer on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
So much for Howard being the answer at right tackle "This game's real mismatch will occur between Rams LE Chris Long and Jets RT Austin Howard. Proving himself not remotely the answer in the post-Wayne Hunter era, Howard ranks 63rd among 70 qualifiers in Pro Football Focus' offensive tackle pass-blocking rankings. Howie's son is PFF's No. 4 overall 4-3 pass-rushing end. Long should eat Howard alive."
By Christopher on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
thinking about it some more, it wouldn't surprise me the least bit to find out the anonymous Jet was McElroy. Using his comment to possibly get a shot at starting, which at this point isn't that bad an idea. How much worse can things get?
By IRA on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
can't not go into this game without picking a score.
Oh well Jets 16-13!
By russ on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Attn All Jet Fans….This team and its organization has NEVER HAD A GOAL. A strong organization has goals, like being the best in its division, actually winning the divison and competing for the championship of NFL. Have you ever seen an organization that consistently doesnt win its division and compete for the championship. when that happens these teams just fade away never really being the top of the league.. The Jets un like the Yankees will never be the team to beat because not one member of the management staff think long term or even consider the effort to be a consistent winner….
By 40 year fan , John on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
This team is a disgrace to football …The coaching , the draft picks , the players …Everything ….WE NEED BILL PARCELLS TO RE-BUILD THIS FRANCHISE FROM THE GROUND UP …With No interference , complete autonomy ..Give him any amount of $$$ that he wants …
By Tim on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
1. The JETS 1st two years of SUCCESS was built on REX RYAN's defense and a (OFFENSE) and a (RUN) game built by the PREVIOUS COACH!!
2. When REX lost the PLAYERS on OFFENSE that the previous coach built, the JETS (RUN) game got WORST! And (SANCHEZ) must have a STRONG (RUN) game to be SUCCESSFUL! This is the (TRUTH)!!!
3. Now the TEAM is going BACKWARDS because REX RYAN is really JUST a (DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR), and NOT a HEAD COACH for the ENTIRE team!
By 40 year fan , John on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
The Jets are unwatchable ..This is worse than the obama regime …ITS A MESS ….
By 40 year fan , John on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
By kleckofan on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
JFT64- Ditto on there being, maybe, a dozen "keepers" here. Let the full evaluation process begin (McElory).
From an earlier thread: Joey Def' tell me how you like the election when you see your 2013 W-2. BTW, "$" in front of a number means dollars, you don't need to say it twice (ie $2 bucks). By a vowel w it.
Woody's presser is telling: no votes of confidence for anyone and the express comment that Tanny has the final say on all personnel decisions. If that's not a condemnation, based on the lack of talent, I don't know what is.
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom of Few Words on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Thanks for your insightful remarks, Mr. Faulkner, on THE SOUND AND THE FURY of Jets players talking after each loss, which ultimately adds up to nothing. SCfromNY, russ, 40 year, and Tim, I like all of your points and I agree with you, too, klecko, about how few guys we have that are really worth keeping — and how pointless it is to raise taxes on the folks who are just starting to make enough money to think about expanding their businesses and hiring more people. Doesn't mean a damn thing if we win this game, Ira, the entire team is collapsing and should be allowed to do so so that things finally change big-time at this woeful org. Bring on owner Curtis Martin!
By scjoe on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Allen O, I like the Mat Moore idea, I would like him to compete with McElroy and a high mid round pick for the starting job. I would like that 1st round pick to be best RB available. I would like the D to transition to a 4-3 with Wilk and Coples at DE and Ellis and Harrison at DT. The LBs Harris inside and Davis, McIntyre and a nice 2nd round speedster in the mix outside. Then, see what the open market brings for Sanchez, Tebow, and Keller then use those picks along the O line and on a prototypical TE. Only problem left? Holmes!
By joeydefiant on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Rex Ryan is such a horrible head coach. In 3 1/2 years he is 31-26. That .544 winning percentage puts him at 61st ALL-TIME for Head Coaches with 3 or more years as a Head Coach. Which incidently is higher that John Gruden (who everyone wants to replace him with) and Weeb Ewbank. He is also 4-2 in the postseason in 3 years. That's six postseason games in 3 years. That number is better than any Jets coach in history in a 3 year span. His W-L percentage in the postseason is .667 which is tied for 12th ALL-TIME. That's the 12th best W-L percentage in the post-season ALL-TIME! And who would you replace this horrible coach with?
By scjoe on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Ira, I have to admire your never ending optimism. The thing is St. L has a better offense then Seattle does. You have Shotty who is very familiar with the Jets defensive schemes. You have a very knowledgeable HC in Jeff Fisher, and you have a pretty formidable defense. On the other side of the ball you have a QB who can't even reach that very average level of 50% completion, a core of WRs where no one seems to want to step up, and a defense that spends almost 40 minutes a game on the field. Not a whole lot of optimism there for me. Although, unlike a lot of others who would like to see them drop all the rest of their games for that high #1, I want to see them win at all cost. Just not quite sure how it is going to happen.
By SCfromNY on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Slowly many are coming around to the complete rebuild. Allan o'dane you are correct about keeping some of the players. I myself beleive many would be better as backups. Keller is Ok but IMO a better #1 is needed especially now. look around at all the TEs being used. Holmes can leave also (this is why i say it will take 2 years) In 3 years he averaged 44 catches per year. Does anyone consider that a #1 WR. maybe if we added his drops.
russ; I have to disagree that the jets have no goal. They play for a wildcard! Every year they conceed the division to NE. All they talk about how many losses they can have and still be a wildcard. If mediocracy is your goal you will never do better. Usually you will come up short.
By Bitter Blinka on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
Matt Moore, hmmm not a bad idea.
The Steeler RB is available? If so I would take him. Let go of green.
In the 1st round i would take the best OL available.
2nd round LB
3rd round RB
4th another OL
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom on Nov 16, 2012 | Reply
joeydefiant, it's said of fascists and others who suffer under totalitarianism that they can't create anything (a romantic relationship, a family, a business, a work of art, etc.) because they're locked in the past and have no conception of the future. Gruden is hardly the only candidate to replace Rex and Rex's past record doesn't mean all that much now, given the disastrous direction the team is going in the last 2 yrs. Throw in the fact that absolutely EVERYTHING Rex has ever tried with respect to offense, which rules the NFL now, has failed MISERABLY for us and there's certainly a case to be made for getting rid of him. Though even I'll admit that he'd probably have done a lot better if we'd gotten Manning instead of Tebow.
By Arte Olde School on Nov 17, 2012 | Reply
Yikes! The Jets should most definitely win this game and let out all of their frustrations on the seriously weak Rams.. We're all healthy now and I see us going on a mini run here at the end of the season.. If they play CONSISTENT they could run the table here… 10-6 is their best chance of getting in this year.. 9-7 we'd have some serious competition with TIEBREAKERS determining who gets in… This year is complete parody.. Even this week some teams on the bubble will drop out of the playoffs.. Denver, Colts, Pitt, etc.. The Wild Card will indeed be WILD this year.. JETS SHUT OUT RAMS 20-0 OR MAYBE THEY GET 1 OR TWO FIELD GOALS! DEFENSE RISES TO OCCASION!! BRING ON NE BABY!!! OR ELSE PACK ITIN! SHOW SOME HEART LIKE THE KNICKS AT LEAST!!
By GaryC on Nov 17, 2012 | Reply
The players who need to talk would be a non entity,otherwise,Their play refuses to make noise,so their mouths have too.Rex needs to understand it is the players that hate you,will respect you more then your buddies who will laugh behind your back.As Michael Corleone said,keep your friends close,but your enemies closer.
By jorge ospina on Nov 17, 2012 | Reply
ok i love my jets but Sanchez needs to go and take MR T> with him i hope they are both gone next year.Sanchez in the last game had guys open and he froze not a nfl qb sorry.
By Charliejet on Nov 17, 2012 | Reply
Oh boy Arte ! ?


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So, I've searched the forums and found similar questions to the one I have, but nothing that has been able to solve my problem. I have a Nvidia graphics card and have installed Nvidia's driver on BLAG without a problem. Now that I've installed it, I figured I'd be able to enable advanced desktop effects via compiz, but when I click enable desktop effects I am still getting the message that the effects cannot be enabled. I'm using the nvidia-Vendor-supplied driver for nvidia cards under the hardware settings of display. I'm guessing there might be something I need to edit in the config file, so if anyone would be so kind as to let me know what might need to be edited or done, or just to point me in the direction of an online tutorial, I would be most gracious. Also, I'm somewhat of a linux newbie so exact terminal commands help.
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We could start by finding out exactly what device(s) you have. This is an example tp find out what device(s) you may have.
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I edited my xorg.conf as such, and now the desktop effects are working:
Section "Module"
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Glad you are sorted. You know how to change this file back to it's original state[1]?
[1] just in case..
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Glad you are sorted. You know how to change this file back to it's original state[1]?
[1] just in case..
I have no clue...is there a simple way to do so?
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The second-placed Allegro e con spirito is more the kind of piece one would have expected as an opening movement – it makes a wonderfully bright, energetic contrast to the Amoroso. The harmony, as so often with Boccherini, is extremely simple, but there's a wide variety of different phrase-lengths and styles of dialogue, and a quite fascinating range of different textures, with staccato and legato together, repeated notes and syncopations, brilliant passagework and lyrical melodies. The second subject is a cello melody played in the highest register; it is heard twice (so that both players get a chance to perform it), separated by a shadowy minor-key episode.
The A major minuet, the piece that is inseparable from the name of Boccherini and is the paradigm of suave rococo elegance (note the irony of its use in the 1950s film The Ladykillers), relies for its effect on the memorable syncopated violin melody, and an alluring, muted texture – the lower three instruments plucked while the second violin contributes a constant, smooth, shimmering background. The trio provides contrast by bringing the inner parts to the fore, but is unable entirely to forget the syncopated motif of the minuet. The finale is an extended rondo – the theme, marked 'sotto voce', circumscribed in range and harmonically quite static, provides a resting point between the episodes, each of which inhabits a different tonal region, featuring different instruments. First it is the turn of the viola and first cello, next an episode moving from E minor to G major, with second cello and second violin rising to prominence, and finally, in the key of C sharp minor, the first violin enjoys the limelight.
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The sound of a cymbal bell when played by itself in rock, or more commonly, metal music. The "shpink" most often closes a drum fill and signals a heavy breakdown.
The drummer finished the chorus with a shpink and then the rest of the band exploded into the breakdown.
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As with most bling phones the bling eventually falls off this one has still been very strong!! Love this I purchased a pink one for the 4 for my aunt this Christmas !
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I bought this Telecaster Blacktop HH when it was first produced in 2010. Right out of the box, the high action on the tele made it ideal for playing slide. Over the four years, I have used it mainly as "my slide guitar". I had a tortoise shell pickguard custom made to fit the two humbuckers giving it my personal touch. With the pickup switching in the bridge position, I fingerpick the 10 gauge strings and play it through my 15 watt amplifier to get a loud clean tone with just enough grit.
Baby_ItstheBLUES owns this item
I always wanted a Telecaster with humbuckers so I decided to by the Blacktop Tele.
The sound is better than I expected, but the overall quality is not perfect. The tuners were put crookedly and there was some rosewood sawdust under the frets. And I hate Fender stock pickguards.
I will keep this guitar, it feels nice and I think it will sound better with some other pickups (stock pickups are too hot for me).
This Tele can be a pretty good guitar for a beginner.
Corben owns this item
I play mostly distorted tones, and also clean one's too and i can say that this telecaster Exceeded all of my expectations.
it sounds amazing in every way you play and is comfortable like no other guitar i had.
the trim in the back is a great feature and the maple neck has an awesome feel to it.
i Personally loved the silver color with the maple neck, and i got it, i can say it looks awesome on stage or just at home.
this is a truely great guitar and i would definitely recommend this one to all of you, out there who likes to play distorted tones and classic ones just as much !
tolik_g5 owns this item
Really really good guitar for all kinds of Metal and Rock, the instrument every session player should have...
The only problem is that Blacktop's Pickups don't have the clean sound i want, but this is a rock n roll machine and with the right amp you can have any sound you want!
9anasis owns this item
I bought this guitar over a year ago and everyone that has heard the sound of it was really really impressed with the tone.
This guitar can play a lot of types of music from heavy metal to nice jazz.
I really recommend this guitar.
telehhrule owns this item
A timeless design. A perfect finish. A classic tone with a modern kick, and six letters that never fail to amaze. Fender makes an instant classic once again. The beauty of this guitar only falls short to its sound. A classic vibe that never loses its style, but brings vintage to modern. Whatever style you play, whatever sound you are looking for, this is what you need. I never get tired of that Fender decal shining at me. My only regret? Not getting that red with a maple fretboard.
Iplaytheelectrictriangle owns this item
I spent months looking for a guitar to replace a faulty SG and I found it. The Blacktop Telecaster was perfect for giving me a tone that allowed me to push beyond the usual 'Tele' sound, something crucial for me. Both pickups and beautifully hot whilst retaining that Fender mood. The 'C' radius neck is comfortable, however if you're looking for a fast neck, the Tele does not compare to Strat and SG type guitars. The guitar is still perfectly capable of handling aggressive music; I use it to play things such as heavy as the Dillinger Escape Plan through true metal such as Mastodon, as well as handling alternative stuff from Alkaline Trio to CKY. Overall this guitar is a workhorse, with no issues of build quality whatsoever from day one. I would recommend this to any guitarist looking for the guitar to cover all areas, and excel in all.
ChrisButler_IotaUK owns this item
I just got mine in silver and with a rosewood fingerboard, and it is just amazing! It is well made, is very comfortable while playing because of its contour body and the sound of those humbuckers is outstanding. You can play anything from blues or jazz to hard rock and metal. It is a very affordable guitar because it is made in Mexico but that doesn't mean it is a bad guitar—in fact it is the best MIM guitar I've ever played.
mariozew owns this item
The Fender Blacktop Telecaster Is A Cheap, Affordable Guitar Full Of Great Tone and Feel. I Would Recommend This Guitar To Anyone Who Can Pick One Up. This is Also My Current Gig Guitar (bars/pubs). Fender Outdid Themselves With This One. MIM With Great Craftmanship.
FenderPlayer101 owns this item
Great! Wonderful clean sound! Pickups give nice crunch and fine hard overdrive! Very comfortable neck. I have candy apple red one. It looks really cool!
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The Fender Telecaster Blacktop HH is an awesome guitar. Its tone fits perfectly to all my needs. I've been playing alternative rock since the late 90's, using many pedals (nowadays: EHX MetalMuff and DoubleMuff, some Boss's modulations and a Crybaby), my current amps are an honest Brazilian Bassman copy and a Marshall Valvestate. My band has tried to create its own sound, we're mainly inspired by Grunge, Pumpkins (Siamese Dream era), Brazilian post-punk and some Stoner stuff. The guitar offers plenty of sound, from nice clean tones to heavy ones. I play halftone lower with 0.10 string gauge. The pickups are great, I've read many reviews suggesting a change, I don't see any need for that. I rated the features 4 'cause the tone knob has a very short range and the pickup switch is not that silent. I own a black one with maple fingerboard, it's simply gorgeous, best neck ever. You really feel the instrument and the hot sound that comes from it. Thanks Fender for a so amazing guitar.
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hey everyone. I live in Russia, Siberia, we play southern rock like The Almost band. I decided to buy this guitar as I often saw that many of my fav artists use it. Well first of all, I'd like to say that I've been sad a little when I played it for the first time through the big cab - it sounds not that way that I imagined. the second thing was the neck - not so comfortable for me. and the last thing is the price - in russia it cost around $1000 including shipping. oh, I forgot to say that my tele is mexican 2 years old, so maybe that's why I can't find any info of it by his serial number.
dimakurkin owns this item
This guitar is awesome. I got it because I saw my favorite artist playing it. I bought and I really love it! It is nice. The one I have is a black one with rosewood fretboard. I love the sound and design!
r5rocks127 owns this item
Since I saw one of my favorite artists (Allison Band, of Mexico) playing with a Fender Telecaster, I wanted one! And well, I found this guitar on the internet, and i bought it... What happened later? I've fallen in love with this guitar! The Fender Blacktop Telecaster HH is Amazing! I've been playing this guitar only a few months, but i compare it with many of my guitars and nothing can change my opinion of this one. The tone of that HardRock and PunkRock that I can play with my Telecaster is incredible, and the classic cleans of Fender was there, I can play everything that I need, and I'm happy for that :) Totally recomended.
AlbertKasillas owns this item
I've been playing electric guitar for over 40 years. The quality of guitars currently coming out of the Ensenada plant is really excellent. My Blacktop Telecaster is currently my main stage guitar. I also have a small collection of Gibson Les Paul Studios but Gibsons are vulnerable to head stock breakage. The Blacktop Telecaster covers a lot of Les Paul territory without the vulnerability issue but also has a unique character all its own. There are several video reviews of these guitars on Youtube that will give you a good idea of the sound, and of course you should play one yourself at a Fender dealer. You may well like it as much as I do mine..
angelspainter owns this item
I love this guitar. I mainly play metal on it and it got no problem nailing the really heavy tones I need on the bridge pickup and a really nice smooth and warm lead tone on the neck. I don't use clean too much, but when I do the guitar got no problem handling it on either of the 3 pickup positions. Overall I'd say there is no need to change the pickups in this guitar as they are high output and versatile enough to do anything / Tone 5 /
The playability was the main thing that made me want the guitar as the 1st time I played one it was unplugged and I loved that the neck plays like butter and the tummy cut makes it really comfortable by far one of the most comfortable guitars I have played. / Playability 5 /
The guitar just looks simply amazing. I got the silver one with the maple fingerboard and the finish is perfect. The neck fit to the pocket perfectly and feels like it was built to last. The only slight flaw in the design is the reversed control plate because of the fact I like going back and forth between the neck pickup and the bridge pickup in the middle of songs, and cause of the location of the switch its hard to go from the neck pick to the bridge cause the tone knob is in the way / Design 4 /
The features are good and to the point. The tuning keys are good and precise and stay in tune really well. The fixed bridge and string thru body give it good sustain. The pickups are amazing. Nothing seems low quality whatsoever. No fancy trem or locking tuners just how I like it - the bare essentials / Features 4 /
You just can't beat the value of this guitar. It's definitely the top in its price range and can probably beat higher priced guitars IMHO it's worth more then it is / Value 5 /
I'd say my next guitar will be another of the blacktop series. Fender really did a good job with these.
corpseknot owns this item
I love the tone and the features of the Blacktop Tele. The contoured body makes it really comfortable to play, it looks great, and it sounds awesome.
Freehbird owns this item
I bought this guitar to play metal on . The neck was comfy and the silver color was cool. The pickup in the bridge was hot and thick and the neck pickup was smooth . My guitar was very les pauly but with a snappyer pick attack do to longer scale. I play tuned down a step and it is a monster.
plays great, pickups are impressive. very versatile can play any style of music with ease. I would like to see Fender lose the pickguard and control plate, move 3 way selector up like on the EVH Wolfgangs and go with only a volume control.
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Mine's the FSR with ash body in orange stain, rosewood fingerboard with medium jumbo frets, Johnny Lang control plate, and anodized aluminum pick guard. Overall it has a really nice feel (with one exception, noted further on). It sounds good unplugged, and it sounds very good plugged into any of my amps that range from a 20W solid state, 5W Class A tube, Blues Junior, to Pignose 40W tube amp. I mostly play clean, and this guitar excels in clean tones, with a little bit of breakup when the volume is wide open, no overdrive/fuzz stomp box.
I'm not all that happy with the pick guard. The matte gold color doesn't look all that good to me, but the real issue is the way it feels. It has a rough finish that I can't get comfortable with. The plan is to swap it out for either a black or tortoise pickguard, which will have the right feel and will give it my personal appearance signature.
Over all this guitar is an incredible value for the price. To my ears it sounds as good as others costing much more. Plus, the FSR features (fingerboard, Johnny Lang switching) make it very distinctive in both looks and playability.
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Ever since the Organization for Professional Astrology (OPA) formed (as Prosig) back in 1989, our annual meeting has been the centerpiece of our work to help astrologers do better astrology and generally improve the field.
At first we held conferences lasting one, two, and three days; exclusively designed to present anything and everything that could improve the life of the professional astrologer. We talked about professional standards, ethics, setting fees, the methods and manners of forecasting, accounting practices, and many other professional issues. We also observed each other in the process of reading charts; we talked about sessions that didn't go as planned. In a word, we got involved in each other's professional lives.
We perfected many professional skills between 1989 and 2001 through our newsletters and conferences. In 2002 we took all of the material from our earlier conferences and condensed them into a peer-review process and formulated a three-day weekend experience we called The Astrologer's Retreat. It was wildly successful. But, we were not satisfied with our success; we wanted to improve on it. And we did, and continue to do so.
The retreat has two main components; the large group experience and the small group experience.
The large group experience happens with all of us gathering together for a time during the day (usually morning) when we all listen to the same speakers or participate in the same forum or workshop.
The small group experience happens with participants working a set protocol in a pre-assigned group with a trained leader guiding the direction of the work. This work was detailed out in an article in "The Mountain Astrologer" called "Astrology's Next Step" (The Mountain Astrologer - issue #133 June/July 2007)
The group leaders meet once a month throughout the year and keep working on the retreat experience. The retreat has been expanded to four days with the first day being an educational experience aimed at improving our practice, regardless of what system of astrology is being used. This innovation was greeted and embraced with enthusiasm and has been an added refinement to the program.
We added specialty tracks where participating individuals would be able to choose to work with one teacher and work through a particular system: Vedic, Uranian, Psychological, etc. This addition was so successful that we decided to use this model for all our groups. Consequently, everyone chooses a group to be in at the time of registering. You can be in a beginner's group, if you know little or even no astrology; you can choose a forecasting group if you have been at it for a long time; you can choose to work with a group to improve your business skills; or you can choose to learn a different astrological system. The group leaders are vastly different from each other, but all very skilled in their own right.
You might ask, what makes a retreat different from a regular astrology conference?
Retreats are an emotional as well as an intellectual experience.
Unlike regular astrology conferences, retreats offer an opportunity to:
Develop genuine intimacy with other astrologers
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Intimacy is real at the retreat; a lasting emotional bond can be formed with each member of your group at the retreat; life long friendships can develop, and the beginnings of a personal and professional support group can be the natural extension from the time spent with your peers. Bonding is deep, personal, and lasting.
Instead of attending ten lectures for an hour each, you get the chance to work with one teacher for fifteen hours. You can really absorb and practice a technique or method and ask questions of the person you have chosen to study with. The connection with your peers, who are also studying with your leader, gives a lively dynamic potency to the work, which leaves you with knowledge that you can directly apply to your career when you leave the retreat. You will know a subject in depth by the end of the retreat.
Whereas, most conferences that people attend are focused externally, retreats are actually focused on you, more than the subject matter. As a consequence, you are led by the logic of experience to embark on a deep, personal exploration. At the end of the retreat you will know something more about yourself, your strengths, your limitations, etc. than you did before coming to this event. This unique integration of the subjective and objective components of experience is what makes the retreat a truly wonderful and empowering event in the lives of every participant.
We at OPA believe that we have designed an experience, for astrologers, which has the ability to transform the field of astrology — one astrologer at a time. The Astrologer's Retreats unite the head and the heart for each participant.
Join us at the next retreat for the time of your life!


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Latest update : 2011-11-01
Cabaret: uncovering Paris' sexiest tradition
In today's special Culture show - some call it high art while others might argue that it's just a strip show. The team hit the streets of Paris to discover the history of Cabaret and its role in modern day life. From the Crazy Horse to the art of burlesque, we're lifting the curtain on this French tradition. And no, this isn't just one for the boys!