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BioSante Pharmaceuticals received commitments from several institutional investors to purchase $25.1 million of securities in a registered direct offering. BioSante expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $23.8 million.
Proceeds from the transaction will be used for general corporate purposes including continuing to fund BioSante's LibiGel Phase III clinical study program. LibiGel is a gel formulation of testosterone that is being investigated in Phase III as a treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) and in Phase II for female sexual dysfunction (FSD).
While a few groups have been lobbying against HSDD and FSD, FDA has stated that both so-called disorders are true conditions that women experience with measurable endpoints that can be evaluated and which deserve therapeutic options. BioSante and other companies explain that lower levels of testosterone is linked to decreased libido.
LibiGel is designed to be quickly absorbed through the skin after a once-daily application on the upper arm. It reportedly delivers testosterone to the bloodstream evenly over time. The goal of testosterone treatment of women complaining of HSDD is to increase the serum testosterone toward the normal range of premenopausal women in an effort to alleviate the symptoms of this disorder.
Palatin, another firm with an FSD treatment in trial, received $21.1 million through a public offering just two days ago. Its drug, called bremelanotide, belongs to a class of therapies called melanocortin agonists. It has shown initial positive results in a Phase IIa study evaluating bremelanotide in premenopausal women.
Commenting on BioSante's registered direct offering, Stephen M. Simes, BioSante's president and CEO, says, "This additional funding provides us with added financial power to continue to fund our ongoing LibiGel Phase III clinical study program. LibiGel remains the lead pharmaceutical product in the U.S. in active development for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in menopausal women.
"We recently announced completion of enrollment in the first of the two LibiGel Phase III efficacy trials and expect to announce completion of enrollment in the second in the near future." These two studies are designed as double-blind, placebo-controlled trials that will enroll approximately 500 surgically menopausal women each for six months of treatment. In addition, BioSante will conduct another late-stage trail with naturally menopausal women. The company anticipates filing an NDA this year.
Under the securities purchase agreements, BioSante will sell an aggregate of about 12.2 million shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to roughly 4.0 million additional shares of its common stock. Each unit, consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.33 of a share of common stock, will be sold for $2.0613.
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Sippin' Sommeliers and Cork Sniffers Draw Vast Response From Our Readers
"I long ago gave up sniffing as useless and pretentious, so my ex-girlfriend and I found a fun way to celebrate the awkward moment when the cork is delivered to you like a new infant. Whoever selected the wine gets the cork, and the other person makes a football goal with their hands, thumb tips pointed together, index fingers up (pro), or, for the less skillful, index fingertips together, thumbs pointed up (college). Hold cork gently between thumb and forefinger and flick with middle finger of other hand for field goal attempt. Boy, I almost miss that girl." -- Steve Estep, Atlanta
H oly cow! Two weeks ago, we wrote about a couple of issues of wine etiquette in restaurants-the ritual presenting of the cork, and the trend of sommeliers tasting the wine before pouring it for the people who ordered it. Little did we know the passions these would inflame.
Within the day, we received almost 100 e-mails, and hundreds more e-mails and letters poured in over the next week.
Our point about the cork was that, while we sniff and squeeze it because we enjoy doing that, there's no reason you have to do that to determine whether the wine is good. And there's no reason why you shouldn't. It doesn't matter. It's one of those silly wine things you shouldn't worry about.
A number of readers strongly disagreed. Dr. John R. DePalma of Glendale, Calif., for one, was outraged. "It would be a sacrilege to taste without examining the cork," he wrote. "It is by no chance that the first cranial nerve is the olfactory, a very old, very powerful sense that is underrated by the smarmy at heart. Smell is a much more important sense than the feeble tasting skills of the tongue, which can only detect four (4) different taste sensations: sweet, sour, salt, and bitter. Yes, examine the cork.
"As a physician, you must examine first, then diagnose. You can NOT examine a wine without examining the cork, the bottle, the wine color, the label, the state of the bottle, the temperature (subset of the touch sense) of the glass bottle, all before you do the feeblest task, to taste the wine."
Beware the Tainted Nose
On the other hand, wrote Peter Hyzak of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., "I was instructed many years ago by the sommelier at one of the restaurants in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel never to smell the cork because if the bottle is bad, and therefore the cork has absorbed this, that your nose will be 'cooked' and therefore any other wine will have this tainted nose. I just look at and feel the cork. If I see that moisture has 'climbed' up the cork to the top then I will taste the wine extra carefully to make sure that it isn't 'corked.'"
Others-who sounded a lot like us-said there were good reasons to smell a cork, but not necessarily to check the condition of the bottle. "Cork appreciation is of course personal and individual just like any other aesthetic appreciation," wrote Covert Harris of Clifton Park, N.Y. "No one is wrong, whether they sniff a cork or use it for fishing. Personally, I love to inspect, squeeze, and sniff a cork. It adds still another dimension to my overall appreciation of wine. I can't remember ever enjoying a truly great wine without first being knocked out by the aroma of the cork, and thus having the cork sensitize me for the blessing to follow."
Readers pointed out that the original reason for restaurants to present the cork was to make sure the cork and the label matched, to prevent fraud. That hardly seems like a major issue these days. But if you want to read the cork against the label, that's great, too.
We'd noted that we heard in the past from readers who had salted the cork, listened to the cork and even thrown the cork across the room. Bob Thompson of Holden, Mass., wrote, "You didn't mention why one would throw the cork across the room, but I assume that if it sticks to the wall, the wine is ready." We also heard any number of interesting uses for the corks, from plugging up leaking sewer covers to making corkboards. A number of readers said they like to be presented the cork so they can bounce it and see how many times it takes to get it to stand on its end.
A Question of Taste
On the sommelier issue, readers were even more passionate. As you'll recall, we'd noted that, at an excellent dinner recently at Charlie Trotter's in Chicago, the sommeliers tasted all of the wines before serving them. Charlie Trotter said this was common practice at fine restaurants, but we found, in telephone interviews, that some do it and some don't. Many readers agreed with Charlie Trotter that it is absolutely common at good restaurants in both the U.S. and France. Alan Saroff of Montclair, N.J., said: "Sommeliers at all the great Michelin three stars (and two stars and even some good restaurants without stars in France and the U.S.) all taste the wine. They learn how the wine is aging (and so keep track of their cellars-that is, if they are sommeliers and not wine pourers) and if the wine is 'off' for one reason or another."
But others, like us, said they'd rarely seen this. "While not a terribly common practice, I've experienced it at a few fine dining establishments here in the U.S. (including Charlie Trotter's). Certainly, not in Europe, even at such temples of gastronomy as Alain Ducasse," wrote Dr. Mark S. Soberman of Washington, D.C., though he added, "personally I have no objection to the practice." But then there's this, from Terry Baxter, of Lyme, N.H.: "We just had a spectacular dinner at the three-star Alain Ducasse treasure Louis XV in Monte Carlo where they followed the same practice, which seemed logical and gracious."
Others disagreed: strongly. "I don't think that is any more appropriate than the chef coming out and taking a cut of my steak and tasting it in front of me before the waiter hands me the plate," wrote Dan Murphy, an attorney in San Diego. "I have never seen that, and I think common etiquette dictates that it is not appropriate."
Stan Bowker, a lawyer from New York City, added: "Re your piece on the bizarre practice of sommeliers tasting the wine first. Either Charlie Trotter is lying through his teeth or he doesn't get out much. I have been to many one, two and three-star restaurants here and in France and I've seen the practice maybe once. My first thought was, hmm, I wonder how drunk this guy gets by the end of the night. My second thought was, hey, wait a second. I'm paying a lot of money for this overpriced bottle of wine, and I want the whole bottle. I'm absolutely not interested in giving away sips to the damn sommelier. I agree, though, that it's a brilliant ploy if what you're interested in is cutting down on wine returns."
For the Good Times
And so it goes. Interesting stuff, yes? But our enduring point is this: Wine is supposed to be fun, not something that raises your blood pressure (except, perhaps, with the thrill of a great bottle). That column elicited other emotions that highlighted what wine is really all about-memories, romance and good times.
We received a number of letters like this one, from Skip Shean of Chicago:
"There is one great use of corks that your article didn't mention: My wife, Kate, and I have kept all the corks from memorable bottles of wine we've had, writing the date, place, and event on the cork. We have a couple of hundred of these corks in a big glass bowl now, dating back to before we were married. It's a great trip down memory lane for us to dig our hands into the bowl and pull out a random cork and remember that great picnic we had in Napa, our anniversary dinner, the bottle we had on the beach in Hawaii, and so on.
"Plus, as a guy, I'm apt to forget details of these things a lot, and the corks help pique my memory."
Please visit our new Web site, wine.wsj.com, where you can see dozens more of the letters responding to our column-as well as access our past columns and ask us questions. One of our favorite features: On the front page, there is a "search" box in which you can not only look for wines, but for foods. Type in "spaghetti," for instance, to discover the perfect wine with spaghetti and meatballs. We'll be adding more food-watch matches all the time. And remember that we have live chats every Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern time and every Friday, including today, at noon Eastern time.
We'd love to hear from you. While we can't promise to respond to all letters, please write to us at The Wall Street Journal, 200 Liberty St., New York, N.Y. 10281. Or, e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com .

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GSA chief resigns amid reports of excessive spending
There are 4 comments on the www.washingtonpost.com story from Apr 2, 2012, titled GSA chief resigns amid reports of excessive spending . In it, www.washingtonpost.com reports that:GSA chief resigns, cites - significant misstep'
The chief of the General Services Administration is resigning and two of her top deputies have been fired amid reports of excessive spending at a training conference at a luxury hotel that featured a mindreader, a clown and a comedian.
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#1 Apr 3, 2012
MILLION DOLLAR PLANING TRIPS TO VEGAS!......One more OBAMA HYPOTHETICAL APPOINTEES....Spending Tax Payers cash!....Like all those FREAKING OBAMA CZARS...Theiveing ,Corrupt,Lying Weasels....OBAMAS BUDDIES!.....All on the OBAMA GRAVY TRAIN!.....In any real company ,the CEO in charge would have been fired by the share holders....BUT we have a Power Mad Megalomaniac in Charge..and LOONS LOVE HIM!...So the CRAP goes on!....
#2 Apr 3, 2012
That is like the head of internal affairs at a police department resigning because of corruption.
Is she a Bush appointee , ummmm , no that is right she came from the Bill Clinton group and Obama put her in.
#3 Apr 3, 2012
Do You Remember this guy??? MAY HE ROT IN HELL!..A SUPREME CORRUPT LOON DELUXE!
The Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., is a prime example of taxpayer spending that refuses to die. Representative John Murtha steered some 150 million of taxpayer dollars to this eponymous airport over the last decade and despite the fact he died more than a year ago, the money keeps on coming.
Three years ago, we first visited the tiny airport, and found a monument to pork barrel spending: An airport with a $7 million air traffic control tower,$14 million hanger, and $18 million runway big enough to land any airplane in North America. For most of the day, the only thing this airport doesn't have is airplanes.
We flew there on one of three flights that arrive there daily, all of them from Washington D.C. About half the cost of every ticket,$100, is paid by American taxpayers, a subsidy Congress voted to renew just this past February.
The place had a shiny new luggage carousel, a state of the art tower, and some very bored air traffic controllers -- but very few passengers. The place is a tribute to the power of its namesake; everything from the reinforced runway to the radar facility to the new terminal, are all thanks to Democratic Congressman John Murtha, who died more than a year.
But the taxpayer subsidies that made his airport possible continue to flow. Since our visit, the Murtha airport has received from the federal government $559,476 in stimulus funds to rehab a back-up runway,$82,551 for air guidance signs,$226,638 to improve the taxiway,$19,412 wildlife hazard assessments,$95,950 and $62,325 to install weather reporting.
Which goes to show the power of a mighty Congressman can last long after he's gone.
#4 Apr 3, 2012
Just more proof that members of both parties have lost all connections with the average American worker! Similar behavior caused a bloody revolution in France two centuries ago.
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If you need the root for particular $c$ (and $c\neq 0, 1$) you will need to approximate the root, for instance by plotting the function and looking for $x$-intercepts, or asking Wolfram Alpha. There also exist advanced numerical techniques, such as Newton's Method, that you could use to very accurately approximate roots of functions yourself.


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Sir Manuel Camargue, yesterday one of the most celebrated musicians of his time, today floats face down in the lake near his sprawling English country house. The consensus is accidental death -- but Inspector Wexford knows the stench of murder most foul when he smells it. Particularly in the company of two suspects -- one, the victim's fiancee, who is too young to be true, the other his daughter who may be no kin and even less kind . . .
About the Author
Ruth Rendell (1930 2015) won three Edgar Awards, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England s prestigious Crime Writers Association. Her remarkable career spanned a half century, with more than sixty books published. A member of the House of Lords, she was one of the great literary figures of our time.


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How can I protect myself from getting E. coli 0157:H7?
There usually are several outbreaks of food poisoning every year due to E. coli. A recent outbreak occurred in a restaurant chain located in two states (Washington and Oregon - the chain Chipolte, decided to temporarily shut down 43 locations because of about 22 people developing the infection. This is Chipolte's third outbreak in one year. Companies need to follow strict guidelines for food preparation. The following guidelines on preventing E. coli 0157:H7 are recommended by the CDC:
One of the major sources of outbreaks is hamburger meat contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7. Such infections have been termed "hamburger disease". Many authors recommend that hamburgers ordered in a restaurant should be "medium or well done", with no pink hamburger meat visible in the middle of the burger. Any "pink" hamburger meat should be cooked until brown to reduce the chance that viable E. coli are still present.
In addition, any food or liquid involved in a recall due to possible E. coli contamination should be disposed of immediately. In 2010, the FDA recalled several productions of beef, including material put into dry pet foods due to contamination with this organism.
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Smoking OxyContin
Are you considering smoking OxyContin, the controlled release version of oxycodone?
Before trying to smoke oxycodone or OxyContin, it's important to have an idea of the risks involved. Not only is smoking Oxy less effective than taking OxyContin orally, but smoking OxyContin can be bad for your health. We welcome any questions about OxyContin at the end.
Does smoking OxyContin work or get you high?
Slightly. Medically, OxyContin uses center around pain management for pain that is moderate or severe in nature. How does OxyContin work in the body? By targeting the brain to change the way we perceive pain. OxyContin can create feelings of euphoria, or a "high," when taken. Though it's normally taken orally, sometimes people will attempt to smoke OxyContin to get high – this is not the most effective method of delivery, however, and will probably have only mild effects.
What does smoking OxyContin do to you?
When you smoke OxyContin, the drug oxycodone is inhaled into the nose, lungs and sinus cavities and penetrates the mucous membranes, allowing oxycodone to quickly enter the bloodstream. But you're not just inhaling the drug oxycodone when you smoke OxyContin – you're also inhaling smoke containing fillers and binders from the medication. These chemicals don't absorb into your body, so they can cause irritation of the eyes, nose, and lungs. Not only that, but smoking OxyContin in the long-term can lead to serious respiratory illness.
Smoking OxyContin side effects
You can experience several side effects from smoking OxyContin:
- burning of eyes or throat
- coughing
- dizziness
- drowsiness
- feelings of weakness
- nausea
- stomach upset
- vomiting
Smoking OxyContin on tin foil
If you smoke OxyContin on tin foil, you'll vaporize some of the oxycodone, which frees the drug to be inhaled. However, much of the drug will also be destroyed by the process, so you'll get very mild effects, if any at all. You may be tempted to take more OxyContin than you would normally take because of this, but that's a bad idea because of the fillers and binders in the medication.
Smoking OxyContin with weed
Combining OxyContin with weed is not a good idea. Both OxyContin and marijuana affect the central nervous system, so combining the two can result insignificantly impairing your coordination. That, combined with the effect of CNS depressants on judgment and perception, makes you more susceptible to accident or injury.
Is smoking OxyContin bad for you?
Yes. Smoking OxyContin is bad for you and has some major health ramifications. Because of the fillers and binders in the medication, smoking OxyContin causes physical damage to your lungs, throat, and eyes. Since it's not a very effective method of delivering OxyContin, it's a big risk to take when you might not even get any of the desired effects of OxyContin. Additionally, smoking OxyContin is one of the prescription painkiller addiction symptoms which can lead to psychological dependency on oxycodone.
Can you smoke OxyContin?
Yes. It's possible to smoke OxyContin. But is smoking OxyContin a good idea? Not really. Between the lack of effects it's likely to have and the negative health effects of smoking OxyContin, this method of administration should be avoided.
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My stepson smokes oxycontin in the house all the time and his father lets him. I have no choice in the matter. What effects does second hand smoke have?
Hi Doreece. Some parents will not tolerate drug use in the house so that being drug free is a condition of living at home. That your husband allows drug use and you don't want it is a sign of some serious communication and control issues at home. So, you may want to seek help from a counselor, social worker, or trusted community member for help in the home.
To answer your question: those living in close proximity to the primary drug smoker are smoking themselves, but without their consent. Check out this study for more information: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/141833.pdf
Hi Steve,
First off let me say sorry for your loss. Getting to your question I would say from personal experience that oxycontin is not smokable shootable or snortable as of about almost 2 years ago because they put new chemicals in the pills to stop people from abusing them in that way. I would say if they were long black streaks on the tinfoil it was mostlikely Heroin.
thank you zack. i should have mentioned that all the prescriptions were at least 2 years old. don't know much about these things. i suppose he could have brought some heroin with him though. once again thank you. steve
Hi Steve,
Sorry for your loss. I have to clarify something first, Oxycontin is a brand of oxycodone that most people are familiar with. If his prescription is filled with oxycontin brand then I agree with Zack since the new formula of oc has an agent that prevents abuse (distinguished OP instead of the abusable OC ); but if it was filled with a different brand of oxycodone, it was very likely he was smoking that and not heroin. Most foils that have been used to smoke hydrocodone will have primarily consistent width of black lines (trails) since it is a residue of the pill sliding. This method and usage is becoming exponentially more popular. People also crush up the pill and spread it across the foil in a line but it is more likely just slid across the foil whole since its faster and users just want to get high. Heroin smoked on foil will have wider trails that are irregular since the piece of heroin pools and narrows when chased. Smoking oxy also leaves the area covered in black soot which builds up over time while using. Users usually have blackened fingers from the underside of the foil that becomes black from the lighter. Certain lighters leave more or less. Bics leave a lot as compared to torches that leave none. It sounds to me like he was indeed smoking oxy but it needs to be determined by the evidence and hopefully my info helps you decide. I know I kind of excessively provided more than needed because I thoroughly like to explain things. I can say that my statements hold true to my opinion and is derived from firsthand experience with oxycodone abuse along with many other things. I wish you the best and hope my response was helpful and not too long he he he. Aloha from hist8indahist8
My daughter is 10, she lives with her dad and his girlfriend. she has two twin two yr old sisters that also live with them. my daughter told me she saw a piece of tinfoil with an oval burn mark on it in her bathroom. I have a feeling that the stepmom is smoking oxy's. How much danger is my daughter in to be around a person doing this? Please email me back. Thanks.
I am pretty sure to completely sure you are incorrect regarding the effectiveness of the ingestion results by smoking, we have an epidemic going on and the addicts always use the most effective way of getting the "high" and if oral ingestion provided a better "high" they would use that over smoking.
Could or will you expand on this idea or where the information was derived from?we are dealing with this in our family and the addict gets an extreme high compared to me when I used this medication post spinal fusions(several)
So why would any addict smoke it , if it is not effective and only mild effectiveness is possible?
Or is this more of an attempt at prevention ? to keep people from trying smoking oxy? cause that would make some sense to me.
Thank you for taking the time and making the effort for our world to be a better place
Most Sincerely,
Hi Ron. You got it. The post is part harm-reduction, part persuasion. But still, the truth is that smoking oxycodone is much less effective than oral or insufflated doses (snorted). Is your family member smoking oxycodone…or a mix of drugs?
So I smoked oxycontin for about 4 months on tinfoil, and was wondering the sort of health risks that might arise. And how long do the binders and fillers stay in the throat or lungs. I also did a pulmonary exam and x-ray of my chest, would problems relating to smoking oxy show up in those type of tests?
Hello Yasha. Have you disclosed the smoking to the doctors that are supervising the testing?
Hi Ron,
The statement that smoking oxycodone (OC) is less effective than ingesting it orally is only partially true. Really, it is a matter of perspective. Yes, it is true that during volatilization of the pill on a piece of aluminum foil, some of the opium is destroyed in the process. It is also true that when the user expels the remaining smoke from the lungs, an additional portion of the drug is lost. Holding the vapor in his or her lungs allows more time for the opium to be absorbed. Depending on how long a user is able to maintain this, the loss can be diminished or perhaps avoided entirely.
You said it yourself, "the addicts always use the most effective way of getting the high." Taking oxycodone tabs orally requires an addict to wait patiently while their stomach begins to break down the pills which will eventually pass into the intestines to be slowly absorbed into the bloodstream. This process takes time and the user may not feel the desired effects for typically 30 minutes to an hour but in some cases 2 to 3 hours. For any addict, this delay can be agonizing, but particularly to one who hasn't had an opiate fix for some time and may be experiencing painful withdrawals and/or severe anxiety.
From this perspective, you can see why it would not be the most "effective" method. Consequently, the reason that the addict in your family prefers to smoke OC is because inhaling the vaporized drug into the lungs will allow nearly instant absorption into the mucus membranes. It is then transferred to the heart, which pumps it into the bloodstream and then is sent directly into the brain. Most experienced, habitual OC smokers will experience this transfer from lungs to brain within a matter of seconds. Each hit quickly sends a barrage of opiate molecules into opiate receptors in the brain causing a wave of euphoria and pleasure. The speed at which this sensation occurs makes this method of consumption an addiction in and of itself. Because of this, OC smokers typically don't mind obtaining additional pills in order to replace the opium incinerated due to the volatilization process. Hope this helps.
Smoking oxycodone is drug abuse and leads to habitual use and addiction. WE DO NOT CONDONE with use of oxycodone outside of prescription use for pain.
Does anyone know what the health risks are for second hand smoke from oxy's are
My grandson was born 2 and half weeks ago and had to be held in the nicu due to complications from opiate withdrawal. The mother says she took suboxone to wean herself off of the pain meds she had begun abusing after her prescription ran out following an injury from a car accident. I'm not sure how it is the baby began showing symptoms of opiate withdrawal since she and baby both tested clean at the hospital and she claims she had been off drugs for 2-3 months. At any rate, Ive been assigned to be safety monitor in the home by CPS. She and my son both have to do random drug testing and have tested clean so far. They also have to do parenting classes and a drug abuse assessment, all of which I agree with.
My concern is that I'm noticing some behaviors which seem suspect. Examples include having to run misc. errands, usually later into the evening, leaving me with the baby for 2-3 hours at a time, returning close to or after midnight; excessive coughing when they are in their room; also my son is very moody, and the mom is withdrawn, very passive and doesn't seem as engaged with her newborn as I would expect. My son does a majority of the caring for him, and is able to soothe and comfort him more quickly and effectively. If he is not here she will often turn to me for a break. Neither seem to have a normal appetite, and eat very little except candy and granola bars which are mostly sweet. I cook meals for them and they barely eat. Both are thin, but she is underweight, esp. for having just given birth to her first baby. One day I noticed an unused strip of aluminum foil on the shelf of the night stand, which I thought was odd since it wasn't big enough to use for much of anything.
Most concerning though is that today when the house was quiet I crept close to their room after initially hearing the sound of a lighter. I had just been in their room a minute or so earlier and my son had quickly closed a drawer on the bedside table (trying to hide something?) Sure enough I heard it again followed by an inhaling noise followed by harsh coughing. I entered the room and asked what was being smoked. There was no odor I could detect (but my olfactory sense is very weak) and no visible smoke. They both denied smoking anything. My son left for work and then called to reassure me that he doesn't smoke drugs. They want me to think I'm hearing things. I really believe I heard what I heard, but they can be so convincing.
I apologize if this is too long to post here, but I'm wondering if you can tell me what behaviors to look for in someone who may be abusing opiates. How would they act when "high"? How long would it last? Would they be able to pass a drug test? What else would I need to know to look out for?
I'm only here for a little while and have considered that CPS may ask to place the baby with me and my husband as an alternative to foster placement if these two aren't able to work within the guidelines and remain drug free.
Hi Jbear. Oxycontin causes a pronounced constriction of the pupils of the eyes, which means the black part of the eye becomes much smaller than usual. If the pupil is of normal size, the person has not used opiates recently. Users will often appear as though they are very tired and are struggling to remain awake and "nodding out". Oxycontin users often display apathy, depression, and act suspicious. So, you might be onto something. The average detection time for Oxycodone in urine is 8 to 24 hours, but opiates ususally stay in the system for about three days and they can will show up on drug tests.
My 17 yr old son was beat up July 13 for $240.00 with severe head trauma. He suffered much more anxiety, night terrors, panic attacks after that. 5 days after he talked suicide to his dad. 3wks later to me and at least 4 times in between. He was in counseling. His 200.00 10 day old tire was slashed Oct 17th 5 days prior to his suicide. He felt a burden and felt those ppl wld never leave him alone because he was prosecuting them. Mostly he wanted his pain to go away. His dad found a gun in his closet once with only 1 bullet in it about 2 1/2 mos. ago. I found same gun under his mattress 3 wks prior. It was the same gun he said belonged to someone that he borrowed from and supposedly took back that 1st time. The gun he used was a different one that had only 1 bullet in it. He was a very good lier. He promised he wld never commit suicide to hurt us that way. It all took its toll that Oct 22nd day. He lost $40.00 that he said he owed someone. He was very agitated. We told him we would give him the 40.00. He most likely needed it for a heroine fix. He left us heart broken & devastated. He was very intelligent, lit up the room with his humor and wit we and his friends say. He was 1st bullied 5 yrs ago by his black belt cousin. The last 3 years at least 8 times. I found this foil with black lines on it.
He was such a kind, giving kid who people took advantage of. He was our world and we miss him so much! He has saved 6 people so far as a organ. Given sight to 2. His heart to a 15 yr old boy! Help 50+ with bone marrow and tissue. Our son is with God now in complete peace. R.I.P Cameron we love you so…..
I have smoked 30mg A215 roxy how long does it stay in your system for UA test?
Hello Night. OxyContin can be detected in urine for 1-3 days depending on the drug test itself, your metabolism, general health state, level of hydration, etc.
I, too, suspect that my now-18 y.o. son is into opiates, shuffling between heroin (he admitted that) and oxycontin. My response is here is only to advise folks that urine tests can be easily manipulated by the user. Syringes filled with someone elses urine (sorry, but its true) are used to "pee in the cup or specimen jar", masking chemicals are easily purchased on the web, warming pads are used to increase the temperature of the fake urine to seem more "authentic", and on an on. I've seen it. My son fooled both the intensive outpatient therapy counselors AND his probation officer for months. If you are a loved one or parent, strip them down and then insure that they are not hiding the "equipment" in their remaining clothes. Sure it seems degrading, BUT if you want to know the truth, you will likely have to do it. I believe that federal legislation prevents health care professionals from being as intrusive as I have described, hence, the "parent or loved one" connection.
Great advise from Love My Son. Thank you for sharing!
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O'Nan proves that uncertainty can be the worst punishment of all in this unflinching look at an unraveling family. In the small town of Kingsville, Ohio, 18-year-old Kim Larsen-popular and bound for college in the fall-disappears on her way to work one afternoon. Not until the next morning do her parents, Ed and Fran, and 15-year-old sister, Lindsay, realize Kim is missing. The lead detective on the case tells the Larsens that since Kim is an adult, she could, if the police find her, ask that the police not disclose her location to her parents. When Kim's car later turns up in nearby Sandusky, Ed, desperate to help, joins the official search. Meanwhile, Fran stays home putting all her energy into community fund-raisers, and Lindsay struggles to maintain a normal life. Through shifting points of view, chiefly those of the shell-shocked parents and the moody Lindsay, O'Nan raises the suspense while conveying the sheer torture of what it's like not to know what has happened to a loved one. When-if ever-do you stop looking? 6-city author tour. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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An enthralling portrait of one family in the aftermath of a daughter's disappearance
"It was the summer of her Chevette, of J.P. and letting her hair grow." It was also the summer when, without warning, popular high school student Kim Larsen disappeared from her small Midwestern town. Her loving parents, her introverted sister, her friends and boyfriend, must now do everything they can to find her. As desperate search parties give way to pleading television appearances, and private investigations yield to personal revelations, we see one town's intimate struggle to maintain hope, and finally, to live with the unknown.
Stewart O'Nan's new novel begins with the suspense and pacing of a thriller and soon deepens into an affecting family drama of loss. On the heels of his critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling Last Night at the Lobster, Songs for the Missing is an honest, heartfelt account of one family's attempt to find their child. With a soulful empathy for these ordinary heroes, O'Nan draws us into the world of this small Midwestern town and allows us to feel a part of this family.
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O'Nan (Last Night at the Lobster) here captures the emotional upheaval the disappearance of a young girl inflicts on her family and friends, writing with forceful clarity of their anxiety, mingled hope and fear, depression, anger, nostalgia, and sense of loss. Actress/singer/narrator Emily Janice Card (Special Topics in Calamity Physics) gives a fine performance; her delivery of the teenage dialog is especially successful. Recommended for all audio collections. [Audio clip available through
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July, 2005. It was the summer of her Chevette, of J.P. and letting her hair grow. The last summer, the best summer, the summer they'd dreamed of since eighth grade, the high and pride of being seniors lingering, an extension of their best year. She and Nina and Elise, the Three Amigos. In the fall they were gone, off to college, where she hoped, by a long and steady effort, she might become someone else, a private, independent person, someone not from Kingsville at all.
The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In growing old?
She did not hate the town, as, years later, her sister would tell one lover. Not Kim, not the good daughter. She loved the lake, how on a clear day you could see all the way to Canada from the bluffs. She loved the river, winding hidden in its mossy gorge of shale down to the harbor. She even loved the slumping Victorian mansions along Grandview her father was always trying to sell, and the sandstone churches downtown, and the stainless steel diner across from the post office. She was just eighteen.
At the Conoco, on break, she liked to cross the lot and then the onramp and stand at the low rail of the overpass, French-inhaling menthols in the dark as traffic whipped past below, taillights shooting west into the future. Toledo was three hours away, on the far side of Cleveland, far enough to be another country. Trucks lit like spaceships shuddered under her feet, dragging their own hot wind, their trailers full of unknown cargo. Slowly, night by night, the dream of leaving was coming true -- with her family's blessing, their very highest hopes. She could not regret it. She could only be grateful.
Inside, the a/c was cranked so high she wore a T-shirt under her uniform. They poached old nametags they found in the junk drawer under the register. She was Angie, Nina was Sam. They spun on their stools and watched the monitors, punching in the pump numbers and making change. They read heavy, insane fashion magazines and called around to see what was going on later -- even though they were on camera too -- and fought over whose turn it was to refill the nacho pot. Her timecard was in its slot, the clock beside it chunking with every minute, a record of her steadiness. She'd worked seven days a week since graduation and hadn't missed a shift. Later the police would call this strict pattern a contributing factor. Secretly she was proud of it. She'd never been so determined. She'd never had a reason before.
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Stewart O'Nan has published nine previous novels that include The Good Wife, Everyday People, and A Prayer for the Dying, a book of short stories In the Walled City, and four works of non-fiction that include the bestselling book he co-authored with Stephen King about the Red Sox Faithful. O'Nan's novel Snow Angels has been made into a movie by Warner Independent starring Kate Beckinsale and was released in March of 2008. He is a huge Red Sox and Pirates fan and lives in Avon, CT with his wife.
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I enjoyed Mr. O'Nan's writing style. The book flowed for me. Not so much a story of a missing person (as I had expected), but more a story of a family dealing with a tragic event... day by day, month by month, year by year. Since reading this book, every time I have seen a missing child story, I feel an immediate connection with what the family is going through.
Ok...So I couldn't let this book have only 2 stars. It is excellent. Now it is not a epic who done it. It is a simple story with characters who aren't constantly crying. They are coping. It is subtle...and extremely well-written. I cared about these characters. Read this book with an open mind...It is a solid read!! Thanks!
This is Stewart's 12 fiction book. This is my first time reading Stewart O'Nan's work. I throughly enjoyed the book and I am looking forward to reading his other books.
The books is about the Larsen family, the friends and a small town community dealing with the disappereance of the Larsen's 18 year old daughter Kim. Kim is a popular and happy go lucky kind of girl. She is a recent high school graduate who is leaving in a few weeks to go to college in the midwest. Kim disappears on her way to work one evening without a trace. There is very little to go on and nothing turns up.
The family is doing everything in their power to find Kim. Fran is doing media, handing out buttons, passing out flyers and seeks out donations to help in the search for her daughter. Ed is getting people involved in search parties. Finally with no leads or nothing to go on the media is no longer interested and the family is having to deal with their loss of Kim not returning home. The family continues to search and keep their hopes alive that they will find her.
Will their efforts pay off?
The beginning of the book is good, but O'Nan forgets about Kim and throws us into the life of the family and friends of Kim. Honestly, the book was not for me, but it could be for other people with a different taste. The author writes wonderfuly, but in some parts of the book, like the fishing and about Nina and J.P. reuniting, really did not matter, and did not add anything to the story. I was dissapointed in the end, but also glad that Kim's sister was finaly able to blend into a crowd and become unnoticed after all of that time being the center of attention for the family, town, and meeting.
Songs for the Missing is not the story of Kim Larsen, recent graduate bound for college. Even though the story opens in her viewpoint, she¿ll soon be silenced. And all that will be left behind is her memory. Her parents, sister, boyfriend, friends and community will begin a massive search for her. It¿s their songs Stewart O¿Nan wants us to hear. Her mother and father will struggle and falter for a time before they grow into advocates. Her boyfriend will wrestle with guilt and her friends will worry about saving themselves. Her sister will grow from a fifteen year old in the shadow of her older sister to a young woman forever transformed by the time her sister was missing. This reviewer¿s not read any other Stewart O¿Nan novels, but will surely be looking to read a few more. The thing Mr. O¿Nan does best is tell the story in a matter-of-fact tone that is both tight and unsentimental. This is a rare skill for today¿s novelists one I truly appreciate. The story takes place over a number of years, but the passage of time passes effortlessly for the reader. Because it is so tight, I suspect that some will feel that it lacked something in depth, a fair argument. Songs for the Missing is a character driven, slow plotted story. The narrative is propelled by the voices Kim left behind, not by their actions. Like the story itself, the ending is abrupt and unyielding, a good match for the tone of most of the novel. When my own children were young, I avoided all books on this topic in fear of making the thought real. It seems, when we imagine this horror, that we would never survive, but what Songs for the Missing does best is to show us the everyday lives of a family taking each step in that horror filled world. Recommended for readers who enjoy slower paced, character driven stories or readers who have a special interest in missing persons, or readers who enjoy stories examining family/community relationships.
i had been longing to read one of stewart o'nan's books for a long time...he's a friend of stephen king and i had always heard good things about his books. i'm so glad i was chosen to read Songs for the Missing as part of the Barnes and Noble First Look Book Club. this book was wonderful. i tend to lean toward mysteries and thrillers and historial fiction, or the latest best seller, not all of which lend themselves to great writing. while the subject matter of Songs was depressing and sad and quietly devastating, i couldn't put it down. i felt as if i knew the characters, like they were actual people, and i found myself thinking about them when i wasn't reading, and after i finished the book. i totally 'got' what they were experiencing - i almost felt as though i was experiencing the loss of someone close to me. i thought o'nan handled each of the characters perfectly, male and female...from the parents, to kim's kid sister, to her friends...how they felt guilty for some of their thoughts or how they handled themselves in this horrible situation. i suspect Songs will stay with me for a long time, and i am looking forward to reading more of o'nan's fiction. he's a wonderful, true writer. this book IS a song.
This book was really a great one -- it kept you engrossed from the beginning and I could barely put it down. I have read other Steward O'Nan books -- and this one was one of the best. Highly recommend this one
Being familiar with O'Nan's honest and subdued writing style, I read Songs for the Missing with his mastery in mind. I was not disappointed. This is not a book filled with cheap gimmicks and emotional schlock. It is an honest portrait of loss and love and a family's desperate and often divergent attempts to reconcile the inconceivable. O'Nan, as evidenced in many of his works, is a master at the slow burn and he evokes such emotion with the gentlest of tugs here that he had me turning pages at a steady pace. An excellent book by one of today's best authors no one is talking about.
I was hoping for so much more from this book. It was an okay read but check it out at the library instead of spending money on it.
Great book about what happens to a family when a child goes missing.
Sad but wonderfully written. I could relate to the characters and the emotions that they were feeling.
This book is very easy to read and holds your attention to the end. It gives the reader other perspectives of people dealing with uncertainty, change, tragedy, and loss.
During the summer following her high school graduation, Kim Larsen is working at the Conoco by the freeway. Sometimes she stands on the overpass and watches the cars bound for Cleveland, Toledo and beyond. After work, she and her friends go to the beach to talk and drink beer. Then Kim goes missing. Stewart O'Nan writes quietly, pulling the reader into the thoughts and emotions of Kim's family and friends. While the search for Kim goes on, those close to her try to cope, and that is the focus of the novel. Kim's disappearance causes strains in her family and between her family and her friends. This is not a police procedural nor a novel of suspense. But the suspense is there even as O'Nan writes of the efforts of those who knew Kim best to make sense of the situation, to go on despite the uncertainty of Kim's fate. Kim and her family live in Kingsville, Ohio, a small town on Lake Erie not far from the Pennsylvania line. O'Nan is obviously familiar with the area, and the book is full of local references. When Kim's mother says she's surprised the Star Beacon hasn't called about a possible, Kim"s father tells her she has too confidence in the paper. The Star Beacon is a real paper, and the feelings expressed by Mr. Larsen are common in Ashtabula County. O'Nan makes us care, and he does it without cheap tricks and gore. The characters in this novel stay with you long after you put the book down.
The book captured me right away and kept me all the way to the end.


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Pickled Red Cabbage
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|White vinegar
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|Whole cloves
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|Whole allspice
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|Cinnamon stick
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|1⁄4 Teaspoon
Remove discoloured outer leaves from cabbage, cut in quarters, remove thick core.
Shred cabbage finely; place in large china basin in layers, sprinkling each layer well with salt.
Cover, stand overnight.
Drain well.
Combine remaining ingredients in heatproof basin, cover with a plate, stand over a saucepan of water; bring water slowly to boil, remove saucepan from heat.
Allow vinegar and spices to steep over the warm water for 2 hours; strain through fine cloth.
Pack drained cabbage into hot sterilised jars, pour vinegar over, seal.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 861 Calories from Fat 49
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6 g9%
Saturated Fat 1.3 g6.3%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 1088.5 mg45.4%
Total Carbohydrates 208 g69.4%
Dietary Fiber 64.1 g256.5%
Sugars 96.4 g
Protein 38 g75.4%
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My network includes machines running Linux and others running Windows. And my machine is running Linux.
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It will show all host name in LAN whether it is Linux or windows.
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This will give you:
Where HOST.DOMAIN is the DNS-name of the machine.
What if you try this:
You can run it in windows
on ubuntu you can install nbtscan. You can find more information here : http://www.unixwiz.net/tools/nbtscan.html
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To the best of my knowledge, there is no utility available to resolve an IP address into a NetBIOS name. I'd imagine that some sort of a network scoping program or a penetration testing program might be able to give you that sore of information though. However, all of the computers would have to be on the same domain and subnet.
If your network is running a DHCP server, usually on the modem/router, chances are it will have a way for you to see the DHCP assigned addresses - often by a web page, and that often lists the computer names beside the allocated ip addresses.
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Toothache Overview (cont.)
Donna S. Bautista, DDS
Dr. Donna S. Bautista, DDS, completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego with a bachelor of arts in biochemistry and cell biology. During her time at UC San Diego, she was involved in basic research including studying processes related to DNA transcription in the field of molecular biology. Upon graduation, she went on to attend dental school at the University of California, San Francisco. In addition to her formal dental training, she provided dental care for underserved communities in the Bay Area through clinics and health fairs. She also worked toward mentoring high school students interested in the field of dentistry.
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
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Conscientious efforts to practice good oral hygiene go a long way in preventing dental problems. Furthermore, regular maintenance visits with a dental professional can serve to keep things in check. Small cavities can be found before turning into larger cavities or an abscessed tooth. Gum problems, including periodontal abscess, can be addressed before advancing to a more diseased state.
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Today's project by Marcus Kohnert brings us back to the FluentKinect and Marcus' recent update to make it awaitable...
In the first blog post about FluentKinect I've mentioned that I'm not very happy with the actual process of getting a KinectSensor instance from the KinectSensors collection.
FluentKinect has now been updated and the KinectConnector's static method GetKinect is now awaitable.
var kinect = await KinectConnector.GetKinect();
It's not thread safe at the moment but there are a few improvements now in my opinion.
- You can start and debug your actual program without a Kinect controller connected because no more exception is thrown. This helps with Kinect programming on a plane for example.
- Your program starts faster because GetKinect returns immediately
- Since GetKinect returns a Task you get the ability to await the result
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Project Download URL: http://www.nuget.org/packages/FluentKinect
Project Source URL: https://github.com/MarcusKohnert/FluentKinect
public static Task<KinectSensor> GetKinect() { return Task.Factory.StartNew<KinectSensor>(() => { if (kinectSensor != null) return kinectSensor; var kinect = KinectSensor.KinectSensors .FirstOrDefault(_ => _.Status == KinectStatus.Connected); if (kinect != null) { kinectSensor = kinect; return kinectSensor; } using (var signal = new ManualResetEventSlim()) { KinectSensor.KinectSensors.StatusChanged += (s, e) => { if (e.Status == KinectStatus.Connected) { kinectSensor = e.Sensor; coordinateMapper = new CoordinateMapper(kinectSensor); signal.Set(); } }; signal.Wait(); } return kinectSensor; }); }
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For more than 20 years, Jeff Rubin has been known as one of Canada's top economists, and a major voice for the energy sector. In Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, Rubin uses that background to project what our world will look like in the near future, as oil reserves dwindle and global economies suffer. This book is not aimed at economists and money managers, though. It speaks directly to the average reader, and should serve as a dire warning of the severe consequences of oil dependency in our everyday lives. With its central argument that a combination of rapidly dwindling oil supply and ever-increasing oil dependence will cause a continuing cycle of worsening recessions and depressions, this book projects a bleak future. As transportation and environmental costs increase due to high oil prices and carbon regulation, Rubin argues, international trade will dry up and the age of globalization will end. The resulting fallout will force governments and businesses to create and support localized economies, and eschew international trade and transport. In the tradition of writers like George Monbiot and Sir Nicholas Stern, Rubin presents some difficult truths that readers may find intimidating. Dense with statistics pointing to the inevitable collapse of the world as we know it, this book may not be an encouraging read. Unlike Monbiot and Stern, who put forth a plan to slow the collapse, Rubin's focus remains squarely on preparing readers for the kind of world that is coming, rather than trying to slow that inevitable outcome. In a world where consumption in developed countries shows little sign of slowing and oil usage is skyrocketing, we need someone with Rubin's background to predict what the likely results will be. Rubin's perspective clearly falls more into the realm of futurism than economics, but because he excels at taking complex economic data and applying them to the everyday lives of his readers, this book functions successfully as both explanation and warning. Rubin is sure to incite controversy with some of the central ideas in this book, but given that the world he envisions seems increasingly likely to materialize, Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller could turn out to be the exactly the book that readers are looking for, or that they need. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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After a 20 year stint as chief economist for CIBC World Markets, Rubin is a figure in a position to know. The book is a searing indictment of the flat-earth stupidity that marks today's disciples of popular economic theory. He exposes a painfully obvious oversight: Conventional economic "wisdom", blinded by the dogmatic adherence to supply and demand thinking has overlooked one thing - MORE SUPPLY CAN'T COME ON LINE IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED DEMAND IF NATURE IS LIMITING THE SUPPLY.
Theory falls when facts kick you in the teeth. We have been listening to economists when we should have been listening to petroleum geologists.
With credit to Kunstler, Heinberg and other leaders who paved the way for him, Rubin is someone the suits will take seriously, if for no other reason than he was one of them. There is a lot of shame to go around among our academic, corporate and political leaders. Whether they are malicious, myopic or in denial, this book is going to make holding their noses high at cocktail parties a much sweatier and nerve-racking affair.
In a tight, conversational style with substantial cheek, Rubin embarrasses a civilization with this book and begs them to explore rationality and begin preparing for a harsh dose of reality. The cheap energy binge party is over - we'd better get set for the hangover.
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It may not be the most uplifting book, but its importance is paramount. Rubin first examines the global oil scarcity issue, and the economics of scarce oil and ever increasingly difficult and energy intensive oil production, and then he goes into issue surrounding environmental effects of oil, global trade effects, and transportation effects (which is, of course, tied with trade).
It's a frightening read at parts, but thrilling as well. Rubin has some great ideas surrounding the implementation of a carbon tariff on imported items in order to level the playing field for home companies that are dealing with carbon taxes (in B.C.) and a soon to be carbon cap and trade policy. This would give the comparative advantage back to home companies as the carbon tariff on what was once cheap imported items would increase the price on those imports if they were made using cheap, but dirty energy. Couple that with high transportation costs, and home manufacturing will look a lot more likely. Not to mention better for the environment.
The "Going Local" chapter is Rubin's speculation about the effects peak oil will have on our lifestyles here in the developed nations, looking at our food, coffee, electronics and a host of other items which are assembled globally.Read more ›
The author makes compelling arguments why the supply & demand curves do not apply where one is confronted with a diminishing resource and convincingly shows that oil really is a diminishing resource. As if that were not in itself disquieting enough, he goes on to discuss the added demand pressures from newly developing giants such as India and China as well as the `cannibalization' of significant supplies by OPEC countries through excessive internal subsidies. Jeff Rubin also demonstrates that the West, despite all its efforts in becoming more energy efficient, is actually using more oil than ever before through the rebound effect. Ethanol perhaps, or wind turbines to get us off the oil fix? The author's economic scalpel dissects and finally discards them both for good reasons.
The reader is always led back to oil, and by the time you get that far, it sounds compelling that oil is at the root of everything, from recessions to economic bubbles. Whether it is inflation or deflation, financial derivatives, Wall Street greed or lax bankers and regulators - all is attributable to oil according to Jeff Rubin. I am no economist, but that is where I think the book looses its way and the oil-theme begins to take precedence over every other economic complexity to drive home the point. Yet, almost as a footnote, the author also contradicts his theme on several occasions, not the least by conceding that inflation in the postwar years (Korean War) and later in the aftermath of the Vietnam War was primarily caused by racking up massive deficits from financing these conflicts.Read more ›
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Every Superman from Christopher Reeve to Henry Cavill pop up in this epic fanmade teaser for a "Crisis on Infinite Earths" film.
A fan made an animated short featuring the Son of Darkseid infiltrating Apokalips and taking on some Parademons and it looks great.
Utilizing footage from a number of movies, this fanmade trailer is nothing short of spectacular.
Fans holding their breath for a peek at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange will have to keep waiting, but this teaser works some serious magic.
It's probably safe to assume director Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" will be darker than this animated parody trailer.
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If they were smart at TMJ, they would move Sykes to the 3-6 slot opposite #1 rated Mark Belling.
While he would improve Jonathon Greens pathetic draw, he would garner a significant increase. No way would he beat Belling in ratings though. Belling is too smart, too interesting, and way more entertaining. Sykes was a decent fill in for Belling years ago, and would be an ok alternative when Belling is on one of his frequent vacations.
Was he still on the air?
Oh, well, best of luck in retirement.
Jonathan will be missed... I listen to him daily on the way home from work, sure he's a goof, but he's fun to listen to and has a passion you don't find too often these days.
Radio won't be the same. You will be missed.
I'm sure he will be missed. Especially by WISN. I didn't even know he was still alive....
Lets go to da mineshaft!!
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Jonathan, don't let the screen door hit you in the ___ on your way out.
Now if they would only swallow their pride and bring back Riordan and Cianciola instead of allowing Greens current shoe shine boys to take over.
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Lace Cap Sleeve Dress
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Cotton blend jewel neck dress in metallic floral lace with cap sleeves and empire waist. Silk cami slip lining. Invisible back zip closure. 39" length. Available in Silver/Nude. Imported. Cotton/nylon, silk lining. Dry clean.
Style # 502964266
Style # 502964266
Breezy silhouettes and luxurious fabrics personify L'Agence's "wardrobe progressive" attitude toward chic ready-to-wear and accessories that seamlessly carry over from season to season.
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