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Wisconsin State Medical Society: Dumping Gifts
This past week the Wisconsin Medical Society passed a voluntary ban on gifts to physicians becoming the first state medical society to enact such a ban. The ban categorizes gifts as: "Physicians shall accept no gifts from any provider of products that they prescribe to their patients such as personal items, office supplies, food, travel and time costs, or payment for participation in on-line CME. A complete ban eases the burdens of compliance, biased decision making, and patient distrust." Could a complete ban be a cop-out for physicians in Wisconsin -- so they don't have to make choices between right and wrong? "If our doctors accept nothing then the problem will go away, and our patients will trust us." In reality, if physicians in Wisconsin will focus on being the best there are with no exceptions, staying current with the literature, patients will trust them. The problem is not gifts, which PhRMA and their member companies unilaterally withdrew this summer, it is physicians who are having a hard time adjusting to modern medicine. Your patients want to know that whatever you are giving or doing to them will help them live better lives, relieve their symptoms and save their lives. In their list of gifts they mention payment for participation in on-line CME, until this morning I was unaware of this practice, I'm not sure if this refers to certified CME or what. "This policy is strong and clear," said Society President Steven Bergin, MD. "It leaves no doubt that the Society's physicians want to prevent even the impression that a gift–no matter how small–could get in the way of a physician's decision-making." (But where is the evidence to back up this decision? Where is the proof of patient harm?) I am sure you will find this hard to imagine but I am not a fan of gifts, but I think individual physicians should be making this call, not the government or medical society, and often, as we see later in their recommendations, they confuse gifts with medical updates. Dr. Bergin said. "There's nothing more sacred than the physician-patient relationship, and we physicians have the responsibility to make sure nothing gets in the way of that relationship–or even appears to get in the way." Actually the most sacred part of that relationship is that what the doctor gives me or does for me helps me in the end. Or at least to the best of his knowledge, and that he/she is current with the literature on what works best. In the policy they then go on to quote "Medical philosophers from ancient to modern affirm the priority of patient interest as the cornerstone of medical professionalism and the first principle in resolving conflict of interest (COI) questions. … (The ancient medical philosophers also killed most of their patients with unproven therapies, but hey, they practiced the art of medicine. I am going to stick to science which helps people. I guess the doctors in Wisconsin are nostalgic, their arguments from here are generally lacking.) The remainder of the document is ad nauseam statements including: High quality patient care and health outcomes depend on patient trust in physician advice. COI is ubiquitous in human relationships, including the patient-physician relationship, therefore, the profession and each physician every day must strive to acknowledge and manage COI in order to prevent avoidable bias in medical decision making. A physician's prescribing decision should be based on the best evidence available. The reciprocal giving of gifts is an ancient human practice and likely has survival value by reinforcing social bonds. Health product companies have long offered gifts to physicians and the profession has long denied being influenced by these gifts. By distinguishing among possible gifts according to monetary value or value to patient care, ethicists have attempted to estimate the risk that specific gifts could bias medical decision making -- no doubt these distinctions have reduced the frequency of outrageous gifts, however, it is becoming apparent that any gift from a product provider to a product prescriber risks biased decision making, and at least, risks loss of patient trust in physician advice. Some conflicts can't be avoided, but avoidance of unnecessary conflicts is the cornerstone strategy of professional conflict management. An article found in JAMA 2006: 295: 429-433 (you read journal articles; you don't find them) has renewed the western world's conversation about the commercial relationship between health product industries and the profession of medicine. Following their recommendations, the Society affirms (affirm is not the same as recommend or require) the following examples of ethical professional behavior. (The article they quote is the Brennan paper which earlier this summer, Thomas Stossel, MD pointed out in an Medscape editorial was written with a predisposition to its conclusion and ignored all evidence to the contrary) The direct provision of drug samples to patients should be limited and, when possible, should be replaced by a system of vouchers for evidence-based drug choices. (Try that one on the many patients who benefit by short term use of a drug or where you want to see if that drug has an effect. They will all be clamoring for the extra step of going to the pharmacy to get a one week supply and the pharmacies look forward to all the free prescriptions they will have to fill) Physicians serving on formulary committees who have any kind of commercial relationship with a health product company shall disclose any such relationship and recuse themselves from the formulary process, as necessary to avoid bias. (This is one of the few Brennan recommendations, I would agree with.) CME providers should not accept support from health product companies directly. A CME provider may create a fund for medical education that may accept unrestricted donations from health product companies that is then dispersed according to institutional policy; this policy, financial contributors and the amount of their contributions shall be disclosed as public information on an easily accessible Web site. (Just give us the money and we will do something good with it. Of course no charities, governments, corporations or foundations are foolish enough to just give you the money….) Physicians should not serve as members of speaker bureaus for health product companies or their contractees. (They affirm the Brennan argument that physicians shouldn't speak on behalf of a product even if they believe it will save the patient's life or increase their well being; this is utter nonsense.) Physicians should not allow their names to be listed as authors for articles written by health product company employees, a practice called "ghostwriting." (Ghost writing sounds awful, but in many cases the physician researcher may not be the best writer. Research and education are collaborative efforts and may require a whole team to best analyze a study, so that just one researcher's bias is not presented or written. Often the peer reviewers are not looking at the raw data, so this extra step of multiple views, i.e. ghost writing, is probably more beneficial than harmful to the enterprise.) Since ethical collaboration between the profession and the health product industry is essential for the continued development of health products, high-integrity consulting and research relationships shall be strongly encouraged. (This is absolutely correct. We all need each-other to develop the next best medicines.) However, to avoid such relationships being tantamount to a gift, such relationships shall be based in contracts for specific "deliverables" in return for just compensation. (Everyone wants just compensation, the problem lies when the government decides what that should be) The whole concept of gift bans and pledges like the Wisconsin Medical Society enacted, are based on supposition that only one party (the patient) should benefit from the practice of medicine and all others (physician, manufacturer, hospital, health plan), should have no benefit. The following office sign is available for members of the Wisconsin Medical Society: Office Sign: TO OUR PATIENTS To uphold the highest standards of our Profession, To ensure our advice is based solely on what's best for you, and To enable your highest level of trust in our advice, We follow the recommendations of the Wisconsin Medical Society, And accept no gifts from any provider of a product that we prescribe or recommend to you. We are offering an alternative sign for offices in Wisconsin: Alternative Office Sign: TO OUR PATIENTS To uphold the highest standards of our Profession, To ensure our advice is based on sound scientific evidence and what is best for patients, To enable your highest level of trust in our advice, We will do everything in our power to stay current with the latest scientific literature, to discuss scientific topics with as many reliable sources as possible. Since we are not all knowing, we welcome you pointing out to us any articles that you think may be applicable to your condition. We have also thought about what the sign will be like in the year 2018. Office Sign (Year 2018) To uphold the highest standards of our profession To ensure our advice is based solely on information we acquired twenty years ago. So you won't have trust in our advice anyway We follow at the detriment to ourselves, families and community the recommendations of the Wisconsin Medical Society And accept no gifts, no payment for services or other compensation whatsoever. If you feel led please leave a few dollars by the door on your way out, and please excuse our lack of staff and lights, for without compensation those are not necessary. Please let the Wisconsin Medical Society know you appreciate the free service. Starting next week we will be practicing in a shack, five miles down the road. If you are with the student loan company or others looking for payment please disregard the previous sentence. Wisconsin Medical Society: Gift Ban Wisconsin Medical Society: Press Release Wisconsin Medical Society: Home Page
He also stressed that the policy should not be implied as a condemnation of any specific group or industry. (Translation: industry we still want your money, even though we just trashed you to our members and the press.)
"This policy simply puts the Wisconsin Medical Society on record that individual physicians should take a bright line approach to accepting items from companies that make products or drugs that the physician might end up prescribing or recommending to his or her patients,"


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HC restrains Haryana from prosecuting Maruti for no prior environment clearance
May 26, 2014
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday restrained Harayana government from "prosecuting" car maker Maruti Suzuki for not having prior environment clearance (EC) for its unit in Rohtak after the company gave an undertaking that it will apply for the green nod. The court held that the company...
Manesar: Doctor raped sister for 11 years, arrested
April 27, 2014
Manesar: A doctor from a private hospital has been arrested on charges of allegedly raping his sister for 11 years. The 27yearold survivor claimed that she was sexually assaulted by her brother who stays in Manesar, since she was a teenager. His sister alleged that he sexually abused her repeatedly till...
Six injured in Gurgaon factory fire
April 6, 2014
New Delhi: Six people were injured in a fire in a sprawling factory at the Industrial Model Township (IMT) in Manesar, near Gurgaon on Sunday. Half-a-dozen people, including fire fighters, were injured in the blaze with smoke rising that could be seen at a distance. So far, no casualty has been...
Maruti Suzuki's quarterly profit triples
October 28, 2013
India's biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd beat analyst estimates by nearly tripling its quarterly net profit, helped by cost cuts and a positive foreign exchange impact. The profit jumped mainly because Maruti Suzuki India Ltd's Manesar factory suffered a breakdown in labour relations in July last year, which led to...
Gurgaon: 62 acquitted in Honda mobike plant violance case
September 25, 2013
Gurgaon: A Gurgaon court on Tuesday acquitted all the 62 people, including office bearers of the workers union, of attempt to murder and other charges related to the 2005 violence at Honda Scooters and Motorcycles unit in Manesar. Additional Session Judge Falit Sharma acquitted all the accused as the Haryana government...
Colleague rapes 22year old girl at an office party in Gurgaon
September 22, 2013
Manesar: A 22yearold woman was on Sunday allegedly raped by her colleague in Manesar near Gurgaon. The incident took place when the survivor was at a party in a posh hotel in Manesar. The woman was allegedly attacked and raped after the party. The Gurgaon police has arrested the accused...
Maruti Suzuki August sales up 61 %
September 2, 2013
Country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday reported 61.24 per cent increase in total sales in August at 87,323 units as against 54,154 units in the same month last year. The company said its domestic sales increased by 51.6 per cent during the month to 76,018 units as against...
147 Maruti workers to face murder trial for violence at Manesar car plant last year
August 23, 2013
A Gurgaon court on Thursday framed murder charges against 147 jailed Maruti workers allegedly involved in the July 18, 2012 violence at Manesar car plant that left a company executive dead and 100 others injured, said a lawyer. All the accused would be tried for murder. The next proceeding in the...
Man arrested in connection with Maruti executive's killing
July 27, 2013
A man, allegedly involved in the murder of a senior executive of carmaker Maruti's Manesar plant in Gurgaon in July 2012, has been arrested, police said on Friday. According to police, Pradeep Gurjar, against whom a case relating to the incident is pending in Manesar, was arrested from Kela godown...
Manesar: Maruti's sacked workers to hold protest today
July 18, 2013
Gurgaon: Nearly 250 workers, who were terminetd from Maruti Suzuki's Manesar facility on July 18, 2012, are likely to stage protest in collaboration with local trade union bodies. The protesters would demand the release of their jailed colleagues. Violence had erupted on July 18 last year after a suspended...
Maruti cuts diesel engine production by onethird: sources
July 8, 2013
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki has shut its third shift (Shift C) at its engine plant in Manesar due to low demand. It has cut its production to align with the demand. Maruti has now cut its diesel engine production by onethird, according to sources. With the third shift shutting down, Maruti...
Maruti shares down nearly 3 pc in early trade
June 7, 2013
Mumbai: Shares of car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Friday fell by nearly 3 per cent in early morning trade amid a one day production shutdown at its two plants at Gurgaon and Manesar on Friday ahead of a sixday scheduled maintenance closure later this month. After making a weak opening,...
Maruti production plants at Gurgaon, Manesar shut for a day today
June 7, 2013
New Delhi: Falling sales have forced the country's largest car maker Maruti Udyog to announce a oneday shutdown on Friday of its production facilities in Manesar and Gurgaon. This is the first time Maruti has shut down its diesel car production at Manesar. The company said that it needs to...
Maruti to shut 2 production plants for a day as diesel car sales dip
June 6, 2013
New Delhi: Falling car sales have forced Maruti Udyog to shut down its Gurgaon and Manesar plants for a day on June 7. Maruti will shut down production at the two plants as demand for diesel cars falls, said sources. This is the first time Maruti will shut down its diesel...
UIDAI data centre to come up at Manesar
January 7, 2013
Chandigarh: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is setting up its data centre at Manesar in Haryana and this captive 'Green Data Centre' would be built as per global standards. While stating this on Sunday, an official spokesman said that this data centre would be one of the biggest data...
Haryana government is shielding Robert Vadra: BJP
October 27, 2012
It wasn't just Haryana where Congress president Sonia Gandhi's soninlaw Robert Vadra went on a land buying spree between 2008 and 2011. At least 20 plots measuring over 770 hectares were picked up by Vadra's firms in Bikaner, months after the Ashok Gehlot government assumed power in the state. According to...
IAC protesters were mostly sacked Maruti workers: Haryana minister
October 22, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Randeep Surjewala on Monday claimed that the India Against Corruption (IAC) workers who protested outside the Delhi residence of Lok Sabha MP Deepender Hooda were "mostly workers dismissed by Maruti Udyog" following the recent violence at Manesar. "The action of the protesters breaking police barriers and...
Haryana IAS officers in a tiff over VadraDLF deal
October 18, 2012
Chandigarh: IAS officers in Haryana are turning against each other in the wake of the Robert VadraDLF deal revelations. Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta has defended the deal and said action should be taken against transferred IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the former Director General of Land Consolidation. Gupta has...
Robert Vadra: No loan taken from Corp Bank, say sources
October 17, 2012
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Manesar plant to reach full capacity in 23 days
October 16, 2012
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Haryana IAS officer transfer: No witch hunt, says Cong
October 16, 2012
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Maruti yet to receive SIT report on Manesar violence
October 16, 2012
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VadraDLF land deal: Mahapanchayat meets to discuss row
October 16, 2012
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Maruti violence a result of managementworkers issues: SIT
October 16, 2012
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Maruti Manesar plant violence due to internal issues: SIT
October 15, 2012
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Maruti hopes full production capacity by Sepend
September 5, 2012
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Maruti violence: Suzuki Chairman to meet Haryana CM
August 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Chairman of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki is scheduled to meet Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday. The duo will be discussing the violence that killed a senior executive at the Maruti factory in Manesar last month. A senior executive was killed and around a hundred...
Committed to investments in India: Osamu Suzuki
August 27, 2012
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Osamu Suzuki to meet Haryana Chief Minister today
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The Aussie Musketeers #1
Back out west in their younger days,
Back 'fore the "Pony Express",
Hamp and Len were saddle pards.
Why, we can only guess.
The days of the bandannas,
The days of secret names.
Maybe that's the very reason,
Neither rode to fame.
This tale starts out around the fire,
A running iron was hot.
Alongside a tied down calf,
For gains evilly got.
Len looked at his saddle pard,
Said, "I'm getting out.
Met a man on the internet,
Australia's what it's about.
Calls himself "Boomerang Bruce,
Down in Aussie land.
Said there's money falling from trees,
Nude girls on beaches of sand."
Well ole Hamp looked at his pard,
"Are we leaving today?
I want to see those pretty, young things,
And own an orchard that will pay."
So as fast as a click of a "mouse,"
They're standing on Aussie sand,
Seeing all the pretty, young things,
Made each, glad of being a man.
Down the beach sauntered a hombre,
An Aussie song, he sang.
They knew it just had to be Bruce.
Cause he wore twin boomerangs.
He was a younger fella, compared to them in years.
But he had one wild red eye,
And lacked something 'tween the ears.
They joined the man at the "pub",
or whatever they're called down there.
"Three bottles of "Foster", was what was called,
As he casually looked over the pair.
In the future, this saga continues,
Of these Aussie musketeers,
Two that traveled from the north,
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§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assistance is available for the purposes of insulating homes against excessive noise in the vicinity of(a) motorways, (b) heavily trafficked roads, (c) civil airports, (d) low-flying zones and (e) military bases and installations; and in each case at what level of noise the assistance is made available.
§ Mr. NeedhamNo such assistance is currently available in the case of motorways, or heavily trafficked roads. In the case of civil airports the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland may direct the operation of a civil airport to take measures to limit or mitigate the effect of noise from aircraft. Where it appears to the Department that these measures do not give adequate protection to nearby housing, the Department may, by order, make a scheme requiring the airport operator to make grants towards the cost of sound proofing the affected dwellings. Questions in relation to low-flying zones and military bases lie within the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many traffic noise surveys have been carried out by his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will give details of the results of such surveys.
§ Mr. NeedhamExercises to calculate the level of traffic noise have been undertaken at a number of locations in the past five years but the results of these studies are not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the assistance available to householders who need to insulate their homes against noise pollution; and what conditions must be met to qualify for assistance.
§ Mr. NeedhamNo such assistance is available.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the threshold noise levels above which his Department assesses there may be injurious effects on the health and welfare of individuals(a) at work and (b) at home.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 provide for the protection of workers from exposure to noise at work.
Where any employee is likely to be exposed to a daily personal noise exposure of between 85 and 90 dB (A), the regulations require that the employee is provided with suitable and efficient personal ear protectors, but if the daily exposure is 90 dB (A) or above the employer is required to reduce, so far as is reasonably practicable, the exposure to noise other than by the provision of personal ear protectors.
299WNo threshold noise levels are prescribed for determining injurious effects on the health and welfare of individuals at home.


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Bidirectional scattering distribution functions of maple and cottonwood leaves
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We present our investigations into the optical scattering properties of both sugar maple (Acer saccarum) and eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) leaves in the near-IR wavelength regime. The bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF) describes the fractions of light reflected by and transmitted through a leaf for a given set of illumination and observation angles. Experiments were performed to measure the BSDF of each species at a discrete set of illumination and observation angles. We then modeled the BSDFs in such a way that other researchers may interpolate their values for scattering in any direction under illumination at any angle.
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Original Manuscript: May 29, 2007
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At a time when the world is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state rises to the forefront. Once a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana, the state of Montana may now become the first to repeal its medical marijuana law. Set against the sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the steamy lamplight of marijuana grow houses, and the bustling halls of the State Capitol, CODE OF THE WEST follows the political process of marijuana policy reform and the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana growers across the country. D
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Hochfeld (Morozovo) was a village of the Yazekovo Mennonite settlement near Chortitza, Russia, established in 1869. In 1918 it had 92 farms and 5,070 acres of land which was reduced to about half that acreage under the Soviets at the time when the village was farming its land collectively. In 1914 the population was 313 and by 1941 it had increased to 608. In 1919, 19 persons were murdered and in 1929-1941, 53 were exiled. At the outbreak of the war with Germany in 1941, 12 persons were evacuated eastward. During the German occupation the community had a church, a choir, and a school with three teachers and 77 pupils. When the Germans withdrew the population was taken along; some were returned to Russia by the Red army, while others reached Canada.
Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
Date Published | 1956 |
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Krahn, Cornelius. "Hochfeld (Yazykovo Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 25 Apr 2015. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hochfeld_(Yazykovo_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=82104.
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1956). Hochfeld (Yazykovo Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 April 2015, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hochfeld_(Yazykovo_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=82104.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 770. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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"Into The Trash It Goes!" is a phrase associated with a picture of an American illusionist Penn Jillette. It's often used to discredit a person's viewpoint or opinion.
The phrase first originated from /pol/ (Politically Incorrect) board of 4chan and over time, it became widespread on other boards[1]. On boards such as /tv/[2], /a/[3], and /sp/[4], the image of Penn Jillette's mugshot with accompanied greentext and the phase "Into the trash it goes." has been around since February 2013.
Originally it was used in the context of an employer reading someone's resume when applying for a job. In time, the meme evolved from job related context to overall trashing one's opinion.
The meme is most widespread on 4chan, and over time many variations of the image have arisen. Due to its origin, the meme is often paired with Doom Paul, by using similar filters and photoshop effects. Around April 30th and May 1st, first posts with the phrase accompanied by the likeness of Penn Gillette had appeared on Tumblr[5][6][7].
Opinion Discarded
One of the more widespread variations of the meme features Penn Jillette standing near a trashcan filled with 4chan posts, with a caption "Opinion Discarded" (as pictured at bottom left). In November 9th[8], a similar image had appeared in response to the original, featuring Kyoko Toshino from an anime YuruYuri, wearing a tomato suit (as pictured at bottom right). Eventually, more derivatives of the image had arisen, each featuring characters from a variety of different franchises.
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2005-07-05 - ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"I'm sitting in a cafe in Zagreb drinking really strong coffee and watching some guy with the greatest mullet I have ever seen. It's magnificent! The anti-mullet forces have not reached this far yet. Thank God! And he's got a Ditka moustache! I would try and take a picture but he's a shady character. Every ten minutes or so, young women who look to be of the world's oldest profession, or whores as they like to be called, come in and talk to him. He hands them pieces of paper and they leave. Croatian pimps need to watch some rap videos for lessons in bling. This guy looks like the guy you'd buy a hot dog from outside Wrigley.

"Zagreb is a cool city. Not too long ago there was a war going on here. I guess after years of war, British and American tourists are a welcome sight. The city is much like other Eastern bloc cities. Lot's of old beautiful buildings and way too many '60s & '70s ugly concrete communist architecture. And not a Starbucks in right! Yes, I would rather take the time to savor a local espresso in a cafe any day than a cup of what the McDonalds of coffee chains have to offer. Maybe if I drank fancy coffee drinks and frappacinos and the like, but I don't. I like it strong and black like oil in a little cup. I've heard from Joey Vera that the coffee in Turkey is amazing. I hope we get to go.

"For those of you that don't care about my coffee musings, there are more interesting (maybe) topics ahead. I am patiently (not so patiently) waiting for the Yankees to start winning. No pitching. Old pitching. Giambi. They could be the first team with a payroll over 200 million to not even make the playoffs. hat would be a job well done. Think they'll lower the ticket prices next season?

"The shows have been great on this tour. Once again, the Download festival was unbelievable. It was really a special one. I can't thank our U.K. fans enough. I hope these upcoming club shows in Colchester and Oxford will tide you over until the real headline tour next spring. Our set will be much longer than the Download set, that's for sure.

"The Fury Fest was our first festival ever in France. Frankie and I watched FANTOMAS play. I am an unabashed fan of Mike Patton's. FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS, all of it. Watching him conduct FANTOMAS was like watching some mad scientist at work. He holds that insanity together with a nod or a hand raise, or maybe it's just magic. I don't know. It was sonically one of the coolest things I've ever heard. Dark, disturbing and all tempered with a sense of humor and fun. A heavy metal Spike Jones? He's a fucking genius. I can't wait to hear the PEEPING TOM record (one of his next projects). I got to see SICK OF IT ALL as well. They crushed as usual. The hardest working hardcore band in the business and they always deliver the goods. We headlined the main stage and our set was brilliant. Tres magnifique. Playing 'Antisocial' in France is always a hair on the back of the neck raiser. Joey [Belladonna] even sang the first verse in French!! Next time, we'll close with that one. We are the house band at the Graspop festival in Belgium having played there three years in a row. This year we headlined our stage. First time for that. I was excited about Graspop because I knew how great it would be. The show last year was the best of the tour and the excitement for the reunion show there was obvious. We finally got to hang with SLAYER. We kept missing each other in a bunch of festivals by one day. A lot of these fests have had us, SLAYER and MEGADETH but on different days. It's The Clash Of The Titans reunion almost. Of course SLAYER destroyed and they seemed to be in good spirits. I even caught Jeff smiling at me on stage. We tried to get Jamey from HATEBREED to sing 'New Level' [PANTERA] with us but he got cold feet. he told me how SLAYER had asked him to come up and sing with them in Munich when Tom lost his voice and he ended up singing 'Angel of Death' to 'Reigning Blood' (or the other way around)! We did it anyway with me singing and I've almost got it down. It's a really hard one to play and sing at the same time. Graspop was as good as I thought it would be. It's overall my favorite festival to be at because the vibe is always so good. SLIPKNOT ruled as well. I want to hit a keg with an aluminum bat so bad in 'Duality' you have no fucking idea. After the show it was a huge hang with all the aforementioned bands plus IN FLAMES and MASTODON (who rip!!). That's what I love most about playing these Euro summer fests. You get to see all your friends at least once a year. It's like summer camp for metal. Our schedule has been so crazy. We've taken more flights than we've played gigs. Our bus has no AC and the air that does blow is full of diesel fumes. The bathroom stinks like The Gem Saloon on Deadwood (or at least what I imagine it to smell like). It's been rough, but the shows have been so great that they wipe off the stench and keep us going everyday. It's the opportunity to play these gigs that make us all want to be here. I didn't know how great the reception to this reunion was going to be. I hoped it would be like this but you can't bet on it. Thank you for going above and beyond my expectations. We're going to play as many shows all over the world as we can and take it from there.

"Are we going to make a record? We're all open to the idea. The hard part is writing the songs. We're not just going to make a record because we got back together. The material would have to be amazing and inspiring enough for us to want to do it. It wouldn't be 'Among The Living 2'. It couldn't be the follow up to 'We've Come for You All' (that will be made), it would be its own thing. This lineup now. What that is I have no idea. We shall see. Thanks for sticking with us! I hope you're enjoying the new site. There's not too much content yet. It's coming. It looks great though. More skins coming. We're going to have band member pages and gear pages and I am going to start a personal photo archive and add to it constantly. Pics from 1981 until now. Maybe a pic of the week thing. Stay tuned. I dig the MySpace page. I've been slowly answering emails. I like seeing what you maniacs look like.

"I've been getting good feedback on my Lyon guitar. It's the entry level guitar that Washburn made for Musicland stores. For such an inexpensive guitar, the quality is amazing. Thank you technology!!! Check out the pic of Thraxx's daughter rocking it! I will hopefully have some links soon from Washburn so you can check it out. The U.S. dates for the fall are coming together. We're putting together a slamming package. As soon as things are confirmed you'll know.

"We've got titles and art for the upcoming releases as well. Keep checking in. That should all be announced momentarily."

Check out some of Scott's pictures from the road at this location.

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Salman Rushdie came into my life briefly as I was adviser to Penguin-Viking (India). I was one of the millions of his fans who had been bowled over by his classic novel Midnight's Children. He did me the honour of dropping in at my home one evening and having a drink with me. Penguin-Viking (England) which had published The Satanic Verses wanted its Indian branch to bring out an Indian edition of the novel. By then Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran had pronounced a fatwa condemning Rushdie to death and all Muslim countries had banned the book. So had the Indian Government. I was nauseated as I believed, and still believe, that banning books is undemocratic and gives a bad name to the country which does so. At the same time I advised the Indian branch of Penguin-Viking not to publish an Indian edition. There may appear to be a contradiction in my stand but that was not so. I knew my countrymen better than Salman Rushdie. Their margin of tolerance is very narrow and if they disapprove of a book, they take the law in their own hands to vandalise bookstores which sold it as well as wreck the offices of Penguin India.
Among the books banned are Aubrey Menon's Rama Retold and Agehanand Bharati's The Ochre Robes, both to appease Hindu bigots. Bharati who was an Australian Jew had converted to Hinduism, was fluent in German, English, Hindi and Punjabi. He was expelled from India. I was ashamed of the Indian government's action. If Rushdie wants to attend the annual Jaipur Writers Meet no one has the right to forbid him from doing so. If the Darul-Uloom Deoband tries to prevent him from entering the country and politicos hope and gain electoral mileage among Muslim voters, their views should be ignored. India is Rushdie's motherland. We should be proud of his achievements in the world of English literature and welcome him with open arms.
What I have not been able to understand are Rushdie's multiple marriages. If he desired to make love to women he liked, he could have done so without marrying them. He would not have to divorce them and pay alimony.
Publishing Prodigy I have often expressed my view that David Davidar knows more about book publishing than anyone else in the world. I know this from personal experience when he was appointed by Penguin-Viking International to open the branch in Delhi. Aveek Sarkar, who had bought 42 % of the shares, appointed me as his nominee. For many months I met David every morning and discussed the merits of manuscripts sent to us. If there was anything objectionable, David made it a point to discuss it with the author and suggest changes. He did this with my Delhi: A Novel. I accepted his advice and added an introductory chapter. It made the top of the India's bestsellers list for a few weeks. He spent more time with Vikram Seth in his A Suitable Boy. It made it to the top of the world's bestseller lists.
David's merit was recognised and he was elevated to the top post. He and his wife Rachna moved to Toronto and set up their home. They had no intention of returning to India. But after a couple of years David fell victim to envy and racial prejudice. Both man and wife returned to Delhi and have made their home in Gurgaon.
He has set up his own publishing house Aleph. It is different from his earlier one Ventures. He has to find talent and nurture it to creativity. I asked him what progress he had made in locating talent, he replied: "I have already got over 30 would-be writers on my list. Undoubtedly more would be coming." Though not sanguine, I wish him good luck.
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
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"Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life."
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