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You're the Cure Federal Advocacy Tips
Download this document for a quick one-page guide on how to effectively advocate for heart-health policies to your federal representatives.
22 Jan 2015
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You're the Cure Meeting Leave Behind
Download this form, fill out your "why," and bring it to a meeting with your federal representatives to help convey why heart-healthy policies should be a top priority during their time in office.
22 Jan 2015
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You're the Cure LTE guide
Tips for writing a Letter to the Editor that will get published in your local paper and noticed by your federal representative.
22 Jan 2015
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Our new anthem: life is why
School behavioral specialist Carla Leonard had her hand on her heart during the Pledge of Allegiance when a heart attack nearly killed her. Her doctor didn't mince words with her family afterward: "If I didn't have surgery, they should pick out a dress for my funeral," she said...
1 Aug 2014
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The 2013 State Legislative Wrap-Up is Here!
Today's blog post is by Mark Schoeberl, the American Heart Association's Executive Vice President of Advocacy and Health Quality I am pleased to again this year present you with our annual report of state and local public policy progress . We take pride in the diligent efforts of our advocates...
12 Nov 2013
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Presentation: Communicating with Congress
View the slides from the recent presentation entitled Communicating with Congress: How to turn a 10-Minute Meeting with a Legislator into a Life-Long Relationship .
6 Aug 2013
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Facts: October 2014 AHA Policy Report
Find all of AHA's Policy Position statements on various issues with this "at-a-glance" report entitled the Policy Report.
26 Feb 2013
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"Hello! My name is ____"
It's time to welcome the 113 th Congress! We all know the best welcomes are personal, so we're asking You're the Cure advocates to introduce themselves to their members of Congress by recording a video and uploading it to Facebook. We're calling it the "Hello, my name...
10 Jan 2013
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2012 You're the Cure Federal Recap
As we get ready to welcome the 113 th Congress to Capitol Hill in January, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all of the activity that took place on key heart and stroke issues this year. In a tough economic environment, You're the Cure advocates, like you, helped play critical defense to...
30 Nov 2012
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You're the Cure Sign-Up Form - Systems of Care
Recruit others to join you as a You're the Cure advocate using this printable sign-up form.
4 Sep 2012
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Share Your Story: April Zelenka
April Zelenka Wisconsin I was just 14 when I first had an episode of Long QT Syndrome. After I lost consciousness when answering the telephone, I spent three days in the hospital and underwent many tests. Doctors finally confirmed I had Long QT Syndrome, an electrical problem of the heart, and recommended...
18 Aug 2012
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Spotlight: James Douglas Chew
James Douglas Chew Iowa Christmas Day 2007 was a day that changed my life. I took a walk around Gray's Lake near downtown Des Moines, Iowa. I had ignored the unusual sensation I had felt earlier in the day in my chest, attributing it to cold weather and not being in good enough physical shape...
18 Aug 2012
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Facts: Congenital Heart Defects
Get the facts about congenital heart defects and the need to establish mandatory screening processes.
18 Aug 2012
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Facts: Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Get the facts about sudden cardiac arrest and policies to ensure victims are able to receive immediate CPR and defibrillation.
18 Aug 2012
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Facts: Primary Stroke Centers
Get the facts about improving stroke systems of care through the establishment of primary stroke centers.
18 Aug 2012
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Facts: Systems of Care for Cardiovascular Conditions
Get the facts about coordinated health care delivery systems that can improve outcomes for patients.
18 Aug 2012
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You're the Cure Advocate Guide
Use this guide to learn about more ways you can get involved as a You're the Cure advocate.
17 Aug 2012
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Updated! 57 Co-sponsors for the HEART for Women Act. Can we get to 100?
Check out the list of current co-sponsors of the Heart disease Education, Awareness, Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act. These Members of Congress have taken an important step in demonstrating their support for improving the prevention, diagonsis, and treatment of heart disease and stroke...
20 Jul 2012
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Share Your Story: Bert Carey
Bert Carey Newburyport, MA Bert suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Fortunately, when he collapsed, he was in a small store in Newburyport where an 18-year-old senior in high school, Derek, happened to be shopping for a tux for the prom. Derek had just completed a CPR course, which is a graduation requirement...
19 Jul 2012
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Olivia Q Winthrop, MA More than two-dozen first-graders were squealing and bouncing balls on a mid-February morning in the gym in an East Boston school when six-year-old Olivia suddenly collapsed. No one saw it coming. The little girl with the strawberry-blonde hair and no front teeth had been in...
19 Jul 2012
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State Spotlight! PA Makes Strides in Improving Stroke Care
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett helped cap off a successful Stroke Month by signing critical legislation that will help improve stroke care across his state. This exciting win would not have been possible without the dedication of You're the Cure advocates, who have been working to pass stroke...
29 Jun 2012
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Share Your Story: The Hodge Family
JW & Maddie Hodge Nevada On May 4, 2010, my daughter was born. Within 30 minutes she was in supraventricular tachycardia and quickly being transported to the NICU. I witnessed staff responding utilizing the training that I have helped provide for the last ten years. Medication was administered...
18 Jun 2012
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Three You're the Cure Advocates Go to the Media to Talk about Heart Attacks in Women
Three You're the Cure advocates were recently highlighted in two ABC News spots talking about a recent study that showed younger women who have heart attacks do not always experience chest pain during the event and the attack can be more deadly as a result. Gail Harris-Berry was profiled on...
22 Feb 2012
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Health and Human Services Year in Review
Check out this video below from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that recaps 2011. In this video, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks about the Million Hearts Campaign , which the American Heart Association is a proud member. The Campaign aims to prevent one million heart attacks and...
11 Jan 2012
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CLEMSON -- To inject life into Clemson's listless air game, offensive coordinator Billy Napier indicated the Tigers might emerge from their bye week with an altered appearance.
The beneficiaries of a makeover could be the team's tight ends, in particular redshirt freshman Dwayne Allen. Napier said he is thinking about deploying more sets featuring two tight ends.
"Dwayne Allen is a guy we gotta get going," Napier said. "He's a guy you've got to live and die with at a certain point.
"Let him go. Let him grow up."
Clemson has scored just two touchdowns over its last 13 quarters. The Tigers have produced seven offensive touchdowns in five games, and C.J. Spiller and Jacoby Ford have combined for nine of the team's 11 touchdowns.
The Tigers desperately need other playmakers to emerge to diversify the offense and take heat off Spiller and Ford.
Prior to the loss at Maryland, Allen clamored for an opportunity, calling the Tigers a "two-man offense." And with a secondary target yet to emerge from the wide receivers corps five weeks in, Clemson might start distributing passes elsewhere.
"I think tight end is where we can do that," Napier said.
After Spiller and Ford, Allen might be the offense's most dynamic pass-catching talent, and yet he has just two catches for 17 yards with one touchdown.
Allen has sure hands, can pluck the ball with ease away from his body and "plays fast" according to Napier. On a third-and-34 situation at Maryland, Allen flew down the center of the field, beating several defenders on a straight-line route, showing rare speed for a 6-4, 255-pounder.
Had Kyle Parker's pass been accurate, it might have been a touchdown.
Recall Allen was a major figure in the Tigers' heralded 2008 recruiting class. He was ESPN's No. 3 overall tight end, 80th overall prospect and was recruited by Napier.
"I think he is going to be an unbelievable player," Napier said.
Allen is a player who could create mismatches in the middle of the field, improve the red zone offense and provide a safety valve for Parker.
However, Dabo Swinney is not sold on a major role for Allen.
"He's got a chance every week," Swinney said. "He's got a chance every day on the practice field to do the right things.
"Dwayne Allen is no doubt a guy who can help us. But we have to do things right. There are a lot of things you have to do in order to get the ball."
If Allen's tools translate to him becoming a viable, center-of-the-field option, Spiller might see major residual benefits.
Spiller is dynamic when matched up on linebackers and safeties in the passing game, averaging 15.7 yards per reception. But Spiller has only 10 catches through five games, after averaging 3.1 receptions per game last season as a part-time player.
When asked why he hasn't seen more opportunities in the passing game, Spiller said: "You'll have to ask Kyle. I just go out there and do what the play (requires) ... the quarterback has to make reads and the running back is usually the third check."
Swinney said Parker missed Spiller on several occasions at Maryland.
While Spiller has also been more involved in pass protection this season, Parker said defenses have keyed on taking Spiller out of the passing game.
"They are going to eliminate those matchups when they have a linebacker on C.J.," Parker said. "We try to get him out of the backfield catching balls as much as we can. I think people are getting (locked) in on him.
"If we get him matched up one-on-one, I'm definitely going to him."
But if the Tigers had a middle-of-the field threat like Allen, defenses would have less resources to throw at Spiller and Ford on the perimeter.
"We are absolutely trying to get him as many opportunities as we can," Napier said of Spiller. "They know where he is and I would, too. That's where we have to have other guys besides him and Jacoby. Some of younger players have to step up."
The next audition might belong to Allen.
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LONDON (AP) - If, as skeptics charge, Queen Elizabeth II intervened in the trial of former royal butler Paul Burrell to save her family from embarrassment, her decision looks more like a miscalculation every day.
The collapse of Burrell's theft trial has brought a flood of awkward revelations and raised new questions about the royals in a year in which their popularity had been surging.
Burrell, one-time butler and confidante of Princess Diana and footman to the queen, professes loyalty to the monarch. But his interviews this week with the Daily Mirror - which reportedly paid $620,000 for his story - have been bad news for the palace.
The Sun tabloid said Friday it was "all too much," running a cover photo of the normally contained queen with a tear running down her cheek at a veterans' memorial - a service her late mother had attended annually.
The embarrassment began last week, when the queen's surprise intervention in Burrell's trial on charges of stealing Diana's belongings was met with widespread skepticism and even derision.
She said the butler had told her after Diana's death in a Paris car crash that he had taken some of the princess' possessions for safekeeping. The case collapsed because prosecutors had alleged that he'd informed no one.
Britons were puzzled by the queen's 11th-hour intervention in a case that has been in the news for nearly two years. Some accused her of sabotaging the prosecution to stop Burrell from spilling royal secrets or to prevent Prince Charles and his sons from being called as witnesses.
"It is very much as if the Princess of Wales is carrying on her negative crusade (against the royals) from beyond the grave," said royal watcher Harold Brooks-Baker.
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Posted October 15, 2010
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Live statistics will be available on the Web for the New England Small College Athletic Conference football game between Hamilton College and Bowdoin College at Hamilton's Steuben Field on Saturday, Oct. 16, at noon.
The live stats are the lone option for following the game this week. Students are away for fall break, so student radio station WHCL-FM 88.7 will not have an audio webcast.


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Flight attendants are the last line of defense with the ability to change a bad service experience into a positive one for passengers. I watched many a passenger charge on-board, upset over one issue or another, and after carefully assessing them, and doing my best to listen to their needs, while continuing to provide top-notch service, they would leave our air bubble – more calm, with faith restored in our brand.
At least, that was my hope.
Honestly, a job in the travel industry was the best customer service training ground possible. Passengers can't leave once they are on board, so you have little options but try to make the best of your time together.
After racking up a few million miles, these are the tips I gleaned on how to provide excellent customer service, flight attendant style. And they are effective skills that will work for all facets, whether you are a waitress in the sky, or a dog walker, or an ice-cream scooper at the local Dairy Queen, it all comes down to a few, simple tips.
#1 – First and foremost, don't take anything personally
When Miss Shops-A-Lot rages on-board and demands that you fit her two-ton, over-sized gargantuan bag into the itty-bitty overhead compartment, announcing loudly, "The last time I flew, YOU lost my bag, so I am NOT checking it." The key is to not take it personally.
She doesn't literally blame you for her bag getting lost. You are simply part of the "process" that lost her bag. And since you are the one standing in front of her, she'll take it out on you. Be prepared.
#2 – The Customer is ALWAYS Right
Understand, this isn't always easy to take, but we all know, above and beyond, whether we like it or agree with it, the mantra remains, "The Customer is Always Right."
Smile, Agree, Smile, Agree.
Even if your passengers aren't willing to smile or agree back.
After all, smiles are free.
#3 – Find out what your passengers want – then deliver it
#4 – Refrain from "this isn't my cabin" line
#5 – Remember to say thank you and ask for future business
Thank them for flying with you (or shopping with you, or recommending your company). They are your bread and butter, regardless of industry. Most importantly, it's because of them that you have a job.
A simple "thank you" goes a long way. And, be sure they know what you want from them – their future business. If you don't ask, they won't know.
Do you have a particular customer service story to share? I'd love to hear about it.
Send me an email, or leave a note in the comments section.
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Checking construction on Grand Avenue bridgeUPDATED 6:59 PM CDT Sep 27, 2013
The project to expand a major commuter bridge has faced numerous delays.Video Transcript
Frustration is mounting.. over the closed Grand Avenue bridge.. and the long, long construction delays. 3 lanes of the bridge, on the westside of Des Moines, were originally supposed reopen today. But that deadline has been pushed back until November 29th. We have had so many viewer comments about this, we sent our Amanda Lewis out to see what's holding things up. 28:02 we stopped by to see about a half a dozen workers on the job. Those in the know say that doesn't mean there's nothing going on. any nats of construction People passing by the Grand Avenue bridge construction site seem to have one thought in common. 26:20 It's a big hole! The bridge that shut down in March.. Was originally supposed to have three lanes open to traffic today. 12:39 If you look over there maybe there's four people working? John Pete is frustrated for his friend who runs Pal Joeys on the East side of the construction. 14:00 We've watched the lack of progress for several months. But looks can be deceiving.. Says city inspector Andy Williamson. His job is to take photos of the work and report to the city daily. He says he's not a city spokesperson.. But he wants people to understand work is getting done. 5:32 Most of the work that is taking place so far is underground. Most bridge work is underground. And that's why a lot of times people come by and it looks like a big hole and they don't think anything is going on. City officials say there is an average of 15 workers at the site each day.. And they're working Saturdays. But meeting the new November 29th completion date will depend a lot on the weather. While some are skeptical.. 13:22 I just can't see it being done before next year March the way they move here. Others say they'll give crews the benefit of the doubt. 27:08 I've never torn down a bridge and built a bridge so I don't know what the time frame is. In Des Moines, Amanda Lewis. KCCI 8 News. City councilwoman Christine Hensley says she continues to be concerned about the businesses in the area. She says Clear Channel continues to run free ads on their nearby electronic billboard. And Dahl's will soon include fliers in its grocery bags promoting the effected businesses.
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Irons are a puzzle to many golfers. After all, in simple terms, you have to hit down on the ball to make it rise up. Loft is built into the club so it is not necessary to help it by scooping the ball into the air. Women, who are generally much neater and fastidious than men, have a particular problem with the action of irons since the clubs, when struck properly, take a divot in the turf, creating a messy result. But inexperienced male golfers, too, have a tough time with the concept. As with many aspects of golf, it's the mind that misunderstands what's required. Golf can be contra-intuitive.
To add to the confusion, not only do you need to hit down on the ball to make it rise, you have to align your shoulders, hips, and legs left of the target to hit the ball straight at the target which is usually the flagstick on the green. Stay with me now. First, you point the clubface at the target, then you align the body left of the target which telegraphs vital information which the brain relays to the body to swing the club at the target. Got that? No? Don't feel bad. It took me about 40 years to get it down, and I still forget the concept at times. Two sets of railroad tracks side by side: the clubface and the body (there are very simple, and inexpensive, alignment rods to help you graphically see and experience this). You do this with woods as well, but you have a bit more margin of error with those long clubs. With irons, any miscalculation, ergo misalignment, and you probably will miss the green, which you don't want to do. Witness Scotsman Colin Montgomery, ever the Majors bridesmaid, with his six-iron to the 18th green in the U.S. Open in 2006. He needed a par but pushed the shot right into the deep rough off the green, made bogey, and lost perhaps his best chance to win a major. Witness Phil Mickelson at the same Open, on the same hole, needing a par to win, or a bogey to tie, misaligning three horrid shots in a row to a double bogey, handing the treasured Open to Aussie Geoff Ogilvy.
What's difficult for most golfers to understand is that the mind translates any misalignment of the body into an action which compensates and corrects for the misalignment. It's like when your tires are out of alignment: Your car will automatically veer off course in response to the faulty alignment. It will also wear down your tires more, leading to further problems down the road. So, if your body is lined up right of target with the clubhead at the target, your hands will likely come over the top on the downswing, pulling the ball left, or slicing it to the right. If your body is lined up left of target with the clubhead at the target, your hands will leave the clubface open at impact pushing the ball to the right. Either way, the ball will likely not head towards the target, unless you've made some goofy compensation that corrects it all at impact. We've all seen that swing and wonder how the guy does it. Fact is, he doesn't…consistently. Believe me, goofy compensations are no way to play this game.
So that's why the golf magazines use so much print space on alignment, but leaving golfers scratching their heads. Then on top of that, they try to explain how to intentionally draw or fade the ball, which is integrally linked to alignment, and how you're not a real golfer until you can pull this off. I think Johnny Miller said that. Keep breathing: I'm not going to get into that here. Bending the ball is useful with a tree in front of you, but first you have to hit it straight consistently before you move onto advanced techniques.
So the amazing mind/brain complex knows where the body and club are pointing and red lights start flashing deep in the folds of the brain if they are at odds. It then sends messages–very, very fast messages–via nerve endings to muscles controlling the path of the swing. Those muscles then make adjustments as a computer program might when you misspell a word when it corrects the mistake in a split second. There are some words, though, that are spelled the same but have different meanings, and that's where a problem arises in grammar as well as golf. In grammar, those words are called homonyms and can get you in trouble with a thesis or term paper. In golf, it's a slice, a push, a pull, or a pull hook, which can get you in trouble if you're Jimmy Furyk and you come to the par 5, 16th at the 2012 U.S. Open at Olympic tied for the lead on the final day and you misalign your 3-wood tee ball trying to cut off a dogleg left and you over-cook it into the garbage too far left (Arnold Palmer did the same thing, on the same hole, to blow the '66 Open!). Bogey. And the Open is gone. Furyk, I suspect, jolts up, wide-eyed, at 3 in the morning over that misalignment.
In that way, the results of misalignments are shocking, causing the equivalent of PTSD in golf. As a mental health counselor, I've worked with many people, over the years, with PTSD. It's a mind/body problem, as are many maladies in golf. The mind is traumatized by an unexpected event, causing an extreme physical reaction, which, in turn, causes another emotional event, often an anxiety attack. The memory of this then gets embedded in the brain's memory system and stays there for years, often needing therapy and/or medication to ameliorate. Now the results may not be as dire in golf, but when a poor shot comes out of apparent nowhere, there is a sense of shock and, indeed, we fear it could happen again without an inkling of warning.
So now, you can thank me for preventing years of therapy and addictive medications, not to mention broken marriages and drug-addled children, through correct align-iron-ment. Go now, with courage, out to the menacing links, and swing, with total confidence and freedom, watching the ball sail to the target, knowing you will survive the day, and the round, and your life, without trauma and disassociation.


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Again this year, the Society for Neuro-Oncology will allow authors to submit their Late-Breaking research for consideration for the 2015 scientific meeting program. SNO recognizes that some rapidly advancing investigations may include results that will not be available at the time of the abstract submission deadline of June 2015.
Please note that only a limited number of abstracts (not to exceed six) from this Late-Breaking category will be selected for oral presentation at the meeting in Miami.
Authors should note the following important information before submitting a Late-Breaking Abstract:
- Late-Breaking abstracts will be considered for oral presentation only.
- Late-Breaking abstracts accepted for oral presentation will not be included in the printed abstract supplement to Neuro-Oncology, and will be published electronically.
- Late-Breaking abstracts not accepted for presentation will not be considered for any type of presentation format (poster, poster discussion or oral) and will not be part of the annual meeting program.
- Late-Breaking abstracts will not be considered for awards.
This category is not intended to offer a second deadline for regular abstract submissions.
In order for an abstract to be considered for Late-Breaking Abstract status, the submitting author must:
- Select the "Late-Breaking Abstract" check box in the abstract submission program.
- Submit an abstract, including the objectives and methods but excluding the results and conclusions of the research, by the regular submission deadline of June 2015.
- Include any information that supports the potential for late-breaking impact, and the date of planned analysis for the abstract.
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How did yellow oxide of mercury salve—fine old panacea for all the ills of the eye and adjacent anatomic structures, known to every physician, surgeon, specialist, nurse, optician, housewife and grandmother—obtain its undisputed place in the pharmacopeia and in the hearts of our ailing countrymen? Introduced into ophthalmology for one specific and minor purpose, how did it become a universal cure-all? Long ago abandoned by most experts, why does it tower above the one other preparation embalmed in the memories of generations of medical students and share its place only with a bastard silver agglomeration as "something good for the eyes?"
Library and laboratory research, contemplation and questionnaires fail to reveal the answers to these questions, but the phenomenon is worthy of consideration and the history of the salve is interesting.
An account of Pagenstecher's ointment first appeared in English ophthalmologic literature in the second volume of the Ophthalmic Review
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More than one hundred entries, including many fantastic innovations, delighted the jury of the Pro Carton ECMA Award this year. The focus was on the unique sustainability of cartonboard: numerous innovative concepts were devoted to cartonboard as a replacement for other materials in order to find more sustainable packaging solutions for the future.Read more
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New Papers Focus on Water Supply and Sanitation and Carbon Financing for Water Treatment
1 October 2012: The Global Water Forum (GWF) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recently published two discussion papers, titled "Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Meeting Targets and Beyond" and "Leveraging Carbon Financing to Enable Accountable Water Treatment Programs."
The paper on water supply and sanitation in India, prepared by Sridhar Vedachalam of Cornell University, analyzes India's progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets on water supply and sanitation. The paper highlights that, with the expansion of the population with access to improved sources of drinking water to 92% by 2010, India is on its way to meet the target on improved drinking water.
The paper, however, demonstrates that India is behind on its sanitation goals, with the majority of the population not having any source of sanitation. It also highlights the role of gender and caste in achieving access to improved water supply and basic sanitation. The paper concludes by calling for targeted investments to expand access to sanitation, along with strengthened institutions.
The paper on carbon financing and water treatment programmes, prepared by Evan Alexander Thomas of Portland University, discusses the registration of a drinking water treatment project in Rwanda under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The project, which was registered by the social enterprise, Manna Energy Limited, will generate carbon credits by reducing carbon emissions from burning wood to boil water, one of the primary means of treating water. The paper highlights that the project is currently not scalable as it is not financially sustainable, collecting credits for only 5% of water treated. [Publication: Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Meeting Targets and Beyond] [Publication: Leveraging Carbon Financing to Enable Accountable Water Treatment Programs]


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• As many as 37 million Americans have no medical insurance, but no data exist on the mental health needs of community samples of the uninsured. Using interview data from a household sample in Los Angeles, we found that the uninsured had a higher prevalence of serious psychiatric disorder (16%) than those with private health insurance (12%), but had a prevalence similar to those with Medicaid (18%). Access to mental health services among those with a psychiatric disorder was similar in the uninsured (14.5%) and those with private insurance (18%) but was less than those with Medicaid coverage (42%). These results indicate that the uninsured have a great potential need for mental health services and that access might be improved through insurance plans such as Medicaid. However, further study is needed to determine the adequacy and quality of services provided under Medicaid and whether such a plan would improve access for an uninsured population such as the one studied here.
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ALLEN PARK - It is a testament to the dire nature of the Lions defense that veteran cornerback Brian Kelly could be "good'' enough to start 10 games for the team and then get cut with just three games to play.
Kelly had started eight straight games before getting benched and not playing a single down against the Minnesota Vikings.
Kelly was one of many disappointing free agent signings this season and it was a costly mistake by the Lions, who are believed to have paid Kelly more than $4 million this season (Kelly had signed a three-year deal in the off-season). Kelly did not have an interception this year and, according to team stats, knocked down just one pass.
The Lions did not give a reason why Kelly was released. On Monday, Kelly said he didn't have any answers for his benching and that all questions should be directed toward the coaching staff.
Kelly's release leaves the Lions thin at the cornerback position. Travis Fisher is expected to continue starting for Kelly and that leaves just two backups -- Keith Smith, who has missed the last four games with a groin injury, and second-year player Ramzee Robinson, who has very little experience.
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Time Out Rounds Up the 100 'Best' Dishes in New York
The Butterfly's patty melt, Sushi Ko's toro tartare, and more.By Sierra Tishgart
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Turbo? just play the damn thing and enjoy it,its Golf and everyone agrees the Wii version is the better of all three systems due to the controls,TURBO!
I have TW 2010 for the Wii. Hated it the first night (I'm use to it on the 360) but after the second night, I love it!
Question is.....is there any kind of "turbo" when hitting the ball. If anyone has played previous versions of the game on the 360 like I have, you simply hit a certain button on your backswing and the ball turns red, giving you turbo. I haven't found anything on this for the Wii version. Anyone know how to do it or if it's just not possible.
I do notice however, every once in a while when I swing on a drive I get the same "repeat slow-mo" action like it does with the 360 version. Any ideas???
Turbo? just play the damn thing and enjoy it,its Golf and everyone agrees the Wii version is the better of all three systems due to the controls,TURBO!
d-bag? as in Douchebag! WOW 2 posts and the first one was asking about "Turbo" in a golf game.
Turbo, power shot, who cares. If you don't understand what I'm talking about then why post anything?
Because posting and reading is what Forum's are all about
Depending on the difficulty settings you use you can hold a direction on the directional pad and shake the wiimote to make the ball spin in the air. This can change the way the ball bounces. Don't know anything about turbo though.
well, i just bought the game today, as i had been planning on getting it for awhile. and still have yet to find a power swing. if i do ill let ya know.


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The fire is near State Road 419 and State Road 429.
The Orange County Fire Department said the fire is not under control, and that flames are about 10 to 20 feet in the air.
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LISBON - Center Township trustees are one step away from placing a proposed township zoning plan before voters in the Nov. 4 election.
The trustees held a required public hearing on the plan last week, and since no changes are anticipated they will likely vote to place it on the ballot at their next regular meeting on June 12, according to Trustee Joe Csonka.
He said the hearing was attended by about 30 people, most of whom appeared to oppose the plan. The Morning Journal was unable to attend the meeting.
"No one really brought up a specific issue they wanted changed," Csonka said. "They just said they were against the whole thing."
The 110-page plan creates three zoning districts: residential/agricultural, commercial/industrial and special. Among other things, the plan prohibits outside storage of junked and abandoned vehicles, and disabled and inoperable machinery and equipment in residential/agricultural districts.
A five-member zoning board appointed by trustees would oversee the plan, with a permit fee structure created to help pay for a zoning inspector and related costs.
Csonka, who chaired the meeting, said they tried to come up with a minimalist plan that strikes a balance between protecting residential property owners from a bad neighbor but is not so overly restrictive that it unreasonably interferes with private property rights or interferes with economic development. For example, the plan includes no restrictions on oil and gas development.
"All I told them is I feel sorry for people who keep a nice property and then a jerk moves in next door and keeps his property trashy," Csonka said.
Most of the two-hour meeting was spent dispelling misunderstandings about how the plan would work, he said. For example, one person thought if his home burned down he would be prohibited from rebuilding because his property would be in a residential/agricultural district. Csonka said that is not the case.
Another person who owns a business in what would become a residential/agricultural district wondered what would happen if he sold his business. Csonka said the new owner could seek a variance to continue operating the business at the location and it is unlikely such a request would be denied.
"Why wouldn't five people (on the zoning board) and three trustees want to see it stay in business and continue to employ 15 people?" he said.
Others wanted the zoning board to be directly elected by voters instead of appointed by trustees. "I told them you picked us to represent you, and that's the way government works," Csonka said, adding they can always vote out the trustees if they disagree with their zoning board appointments.
As for the plan, he said it can be amended if the trustees deem it necessary. "I told them nothing is written in stone. It can be changed," Csonka said.
"The bottom line is if the people want it, they'll vote for it," he added. "That's the American way."


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1) Brilliant, Cool, Exciting
2) Onomatopoeic word (famously used by the late Spike Mulligan)
2) Onomatopoeic word (famously used by the late Spike Mulligan)
1) Jason's cooking is just too nang!
jªsºn tarafından 30 Temmuz 2006, Pazar
1. To hang out; Chill. 2. To ask, "what's up." 3. A substitute word for any word that makes sense.
Almost how the Smurfs say, "smurf."
Almost how the Smurfs say, "smurf."
I was totally Nanging last night.
Nang ya!
I'd nang her twice!
Nang ya!
I'd nang her twice!
jeffweee tarafından 23 Eylül 2009, Çarşamba
The crudest name for nitrous oxide used as a recreational drug. such a harsh name for such a sweet + beautiful drug. Nos, bulbies, whippets, nitrous, or just straight "gas" are much more appropriate, not to mention relative.
ive got a box of nangs
its called "nos" fool!
its called "nos" fool!
arjo tarafından 8 Ekim 2005, Cumartesi
a 'nang' is a little metal bomb shaped like thing that holds nitrous oxide. this is inhaled with the aid of an old soda stream device, the gas is then released into a baloon then inhaled through the mouth. nangs are particually good when taken coming down on exstacy.
eg. big night out, head mangled, go back to a party get some nangs. cause it strangely sorts your head out when you come back down to earth from the nang hit.
sam tarafından 17 Şubat 2004, Salı
A word for a mess-up in farsi (persian)
this guy is a nang
in farsi: een yarueh nang hast
in farsi: een yarueh nang hast
kir 2 dahan tarafından 17 Temmuz 2006, Pazartesi
Nang is a word to describe something bad.
Charlie: I havn't done my homework
George: Ahh nang
Charlie: Jake is coming over
George: Ahh nang
Charlie: Jake is a nang
George: Ahh nang
Charlie: Jake is coming over
George: Ahh nang
Charlie: Jake is a nang
saibis tarafından 18 Mayıs 2009, Pazartesi
A degrating term used to describe anyone of the Asian race. It must be used in anger and/or frustration toward the way Asians act and behave in society.
That damn Nang can't drive worth shit!
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California drivers saw a major spike in the price of gas over the weekend.
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I've been doing Primal since April 2012 and started at 9st 7lbs.I hit 8st 4lbs Oct 2012 and have been maintaining since then.I want to build up some muscles so hoping the members on here can help me.
I am a 52 year old female.
At the moment I try and do a min of 3 mile walk a day.When the weather is nice I do anything upto 10 miles which in the UK is very hard to do as we don't get many dry days.
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Start weight 200lb
Loss so far 33.8lbs, now 166.2lb
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Start Date: 25-06-12 @ 161lbs
Goal Reached: 30-09-12 @ 143lb. Now bouncing between 145lb - 149lb. I'd like less bounce and more consistency :-)
Started Cross Fit 20.12.12 ---- Can't wait to submit my success story on the 1st anniversary of starting primal.
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You know all those pictures of Adam and Eve where they have belly button? Think about it..................... take as long as you need........................
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Hi from Cambridge - Its nice to see some fellow Brits. I too have only just started on this forum although I have been grain & sugar free since last march. I got fed up with the UK forum I started my low carb journey with as most people on it seemed not to take it seriously. Then someone mentioned MDA & it has turned my thinking around completely. There is hope for my abs seeing a bit of daylight yet!.
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We've honored the great music of the past year. But right now, things are about to get ugly.
Here are 10 albums that made 2009 pretty unbearable. And we say it with love. OK, not really:
The Circle, Bon Jovi: The Jersey rockers have never been lyrical geniuses. But this woeful collection is achingly, embarrassingly bad. And funnier than SNL's Jon Bovi skit.
Scream, Chris Cornell: Why did Cornell think this was a good idea? Why did Timbaland agree to produce this? It's like a drunk guy singing along, badly, to Tim's Shock Value at a club.
The E.N.D., Black Eyed Peas: I'm a sucker for club music. But not when it's packaged, polished and paraded out for mass consumption. This album gave me a headache, literally, the first time I heard it. Mindless and mind-numbing.
Graffiti, Chris Brown: Maybe Brown will one day release a great album about his troubled personal life. This wasn't it. Graffiti is bitter, unfocused and contradictory.
Evacuate the Dancefloor, Cascada: When it works, dance music can be spectacular. But this full-length from Europop act Cascada is limp, lame and not even worthy of a 10 p.m. spin. Evacuate the dance floor? You got it.
Kiss & Tell, Selena Gomez & the Scene: There's a reason Texas cutie Gomez hasn't caught on a la Miley and Demi. She's just not a very engaging performer. This debut disc is generic and forgettable.
Tik ToK, Ke$ha: Not technically an album. But this chart-topping single from Ke$ha — OMGSOCOOLADOLLARSIGN — represents everything that's wrong with pop music. Her forthcoming album, due next week, might be better. (Do you believe that?)
The Redemption, Brooke Hogan: The funniest thing about this disc, aside from the aersol-tan cover, is the title. Redemption from what? Her trainwreck reality show? Bleaching products? The music is Auto-Tuned hip-pop with zero personality.
Unstoppable, Rascal Flatts: Unstoppably generic. Unstoppably sappy. Unstoppably plastic. SOMEONE STOP THEM, PLEASE.
Johnny Cash Remixed: The Man in Black would turn ghost white if he were alive and heard this. It sucks the heart and soul out of every song.


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The next time you see Brandon Weeden at quarterback for the Browns, it will be the real deal.
Weeden is among several starters coach Rob Chudzinski won't play tonight when the Browns close out the preseason on the road against the Chicago Bears. Among those that will play are offensive lineman Oniel Cousins, defensive lineman Billy Winn, linebacker Quentin Groves, receivers Josh Gordon and Travis Benjamin and quarterback Jason Campbell.
Running back Trent Richardson will join Weeden and most of the other starters on the sideline. Chudzinski will use the game as a chance for one more evaluation of players who may or may not be with the team next week.
Weeden will enter the opener at home against the Miami Dolphins having completed 30-of-50 passes (60 percent) for 334 yards and three touchdowns. He didn't throw any interceptions, but he easily could have had a couple passes picked off last week in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
Third-string quarterback Brian Hoyer will likely get more reps than Campbell, whom Chudzinski will want to rest quickly to keep him healthy so he can back up Weeden. The second half will essentially be the final exam for a host of players that will be involved in discussions when the roster is reduced from 75 to the regular-season limit of 53 by 4 p.m. Saturday.
The two days after the game are among the most difficult for a coaching staff. There are always players that stand out (particularly rookie free agents) that have to be cut. The best of those players often are retained at the expense of a spot that once appeared reserved for a veteran.
Perhaps the most impressive rookie free agent is safety Josh Aubrey of Stephen A. Austin. The Browns aren't deep at the safety spots. Tashaun Gipson, a rookie free agent that made the roster last year, is slated to start a free safety. Four-year veteran T.J. Ward should start at strong safety, but he's been injured and looked ineffective against the Colts.
Johnson Bademosi, another 2012 rookie free agent, is pushing for more time and has the added value of being able to return kicks. There isn't much depth beyond Gipson, Ward and Bademosi, and with draft choice Jamoris Slaughter dealing with an injury, Aubrey has a good chance to make the roster.
"It is not as easy as saying it's between 'this guy' and 'this guy' a lot of times," Chudzinski said. "For one thing, there are other positions, so you're balancing a player at one position to a player at another position. Sometimes they're not even on the same side of the ball.
"Then there are always things that happen. If you look two weeks ago at what you thought the roster was going to be, things change really quick in games. Injuries and those things play a part in that. As I mentioned before, there are guys who are getting released from other teams, too, that potentially play into the mix."
The receiver spots are areas that need to be settled behind Gordon, Greg Little, Davone Bess and David Nelson, who makes his first preseason appearance tonight after dealing with a knee injury. No more than two more will be kept. The release of Jordan Norwood means that second-year veteran Josh Cooper will probably stay.
"Josh has really improved," Chudzinski said. "Going back to last season and watching tape on him, he's really become dependable and is catching the ball. He's been able to work to get open. He has had a really good training camp."
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Marion Bruere: Yea River Community Waterwatch monitor
Marion Bruere is living proof the Yea River is alive and clean enough for an old-fashioned recreational pursuit. The resilient 78-year-old still braves the chilly waters at the back of her property during quiet dips with her neighbour.
"We still get in there and swim in it and we've never come out with any serious illness so I think that's the ultimate test of its health,'' Marion says defiantly. "A lot of people are horrified when they find out I still get in there so I don't tell them anymore. But it's very soothing to get into the river. The only problem is my husband Graham isn't too happy when I go in – he thinks I'll sink,'' she chuckles.
Marion is one member of Yea's community who should know exactly how safe the river is. For the past 12 years she has acted as a committed Waterwatch monitor, regularly testing salinity and turbidity levels.
"I do the testing more frequently than most because I just have to walk to the nearby bridge and drop the equipment in the water,'' she says. "But I've got a friend next door who's younger than me and I think after 12 years it's a good time to pass the job over. She'll bring a new enthusiasm to it''.
Marion and husband Graham, who have been married 57 years, bought their quaint property on a little bend in the river in 1979. Since then they have consolidated the property next door, built a new house and turned the original run-down cottage into an arts studio.
"Why did we choose it? Not because of the cottage but because of the river and the red gums. They reminded me of home because I grew up on the Edwards River in NSW. We had been living down in Eltham and I couldn't wait to come up here. We'll never move from here now, and I don't think our boys will ever let it go either''.
Marion worries for the health of the Yea, saying it needs to be cleared of debris and weeds that have built up because of the diminished rainfall.
"There's a lagoon at the back of our property that was always full when we first arrived but it's been bone dry for a few years now. But I still see platypus in the river and the bird life is amazing.
"There's no doubting how much the town of Yea relies on the river. When we first came here the milkman would drive around in his van with a loudspeaker announcing that the town's water pump had broken down. He'd shout to everyone to turn their hoses off until everything was fixed''.
Marion says her happiest moments are down on the banks for the Yea painting her watercolour landscapes. "I love how the river has different personalities in different spots. My son and I use the cottage as a studio and we sometimes put exhibitions on in there. Being a painter and artist was one of the main reasons we came here. It's a very special place''.
Written by Daniel Clarke, Environment Victoria, July 2008
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See Concord City Manager Dan Keen's defense of the political slush fund known as the Concord Redevelopment Agency, in response to California Governor Jerry Brown's sensible proposal to shutter 400+ redevelopment agencies statewide. Keen's current mission, according to one top city source, is to flat-out tell the elected City Council—that is not only clueless but shorthanded—what to do next with upcoming budgeting and spending decisions. Keen crows that Concord would be a wasteland without past (and future) redevelopment projects, which of course is nonsense. But this is the guy running Concord for the next two years—so much for elections.
Career city planners and bureaucrats like Keen, and even Concord's Mayor Laura Hoffmeister—who has her own sordid history of secretly pushing legislation protecting redevelopment eminent domain abuse without public input—never bring up the fact that lost (past and future) tax revenue shunted to these slush funds for developers, favorite builders, lawyers, unions, and consultants have cost the county fire district, schools, and other city and county services tens of millions of dollars. Nor can they justify that the projects they crow about actually were the best outcomes vis a vis what market forces might have accomplished.
In Contra Costa County, sixteen of nineteen cities have redevelopment agencies. Once an RDA is established, nearly the entire increase in property tax revenues goes directly to the RDA and not to the usual service agencies, such as schools, community colleges, libraries, fire departments, water and flood control districts, parks, etc. One of the special districts directly affected by redevelopment is the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, which, according to Grand Jury Report #0403 lost over $10 Million or 17.6 percent of its revenue in fiscal yr 2003-2004, alone!
RDAs also like to be crafty and secretive and carry lots of debt. Recall the $25 million that the County RDA spent to build parking at the Pleasant Hill BART station on behalf of developers, instead of building low and moderate income housing.
Redevelopment is one of those concepts that sound so good on paper. The financial catch though is schools and other local agencies have their share of taxes limited for decades. Each year in California: More than $3.1 billion in tax revenue goes to RDAs; Over 10% of all property taxes diverted from public services. More than a million acres are tied up in tax revenue diversion. In Contra Costa, 25% of developed land is in some redevelopment area. Much of Pittsburg is an RDA. Its RDA's long-term debt exceeds $230 million and counting. San Jose has been the poster child for redevelopment with long-term debt of more than $2 billion.
Recognizing the strain that redevelopment financing was causing local jurisdictions, central planning has a way of doing this, the State of California tried to throw indebted agencies a rope to regain some of the tax increment through payments called pass-through. Even so, The Sacramento Bee estimates the state pays $1.5 billion to schools each year just to make up for the money diverted to RDAs
RDAs in California have indebtedness of over $56 billion. These bonds are issued by RDAs (Concord City Council acting as RDA board) that do not require voter approval let alone a 55% majority. RDAs are required by law to set aside 20% of their revenue for low- and medium-income housing, but the State Controller recently reported that only 3% was actually being spent for that purpose. So instead of undocumented fluff, perhaps the City Manager could produce a report concerning Concord RDA compliance with state laws and a P&L that includes total funds diverted for all of those wonderful projects the City claims Concord can't live without.
Memo to Council: save Concord some money and cancel the City's membership in the League of California Cities. We simply can't afford the travel to all of their soirees so you can be inculcated in the best practices of eminent domain abuse and central planning techniques. Plus…plus…you'll end up saving us billions.


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In 2010 we installed a small wind turbine and photovoltaic panels at the Ramsey farm in an attempt to be more self-sufficient and cut our diesel usage. This has been a hugely successful project and 2 years on we have cut our diesel consumption by a massive 80%. But not happy with that, we are now having solar thermal panels fitted to the farmhouse roof in order to heat our water. This will save more fuel and means that the vast majority of all our power needs will be met by renewable sources.
Early this morning, four engineers from Natural Power UK, arrived in Derek's big aluminium workboat. They had previously worked on the renewable energy solutions for our Newport Wetlands visitor centre. It was a beautiful, calm morning, perfect for unloading lots of materials and delicate solar panels. Good progress has been made in the first day and we hope to have piping hot water from the sun by Thursday. The weather looks perfect for giving the new panels a good workout.
Hi Ray - The weather is always like that on the Costa del Ramsey!
Looks like you were lucky with how calm the weather was.
Hope you enjoyed your first solar heated hot shower Lisa
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Disney Epic Mickey 2 Puts the "Team" in Family TimeWhit Honea
First there was Epic Mickey, and everyone was happy. But not really. You see, the video game (we have the Wii version) is a lot of fun, and the entire family loves to play it, but we could only do so one person at a time (there is not a two player option). We are not a one person family, so we fought about it. Loudly.
In order to compromise, share, and pacify, we would set a timer for allotted time and one family member would control Mickey Mouse as he used ink and thinner to correct what was wrong with the world (in this case the world is known as Wasteland and features a number of classic, retired, and twisted variations of Disney characters and attractions), while the rest of us sat on the couch and cheered/criticized the player. You know, family fun.
This went on for a year or so. It was the best of times and, depending on where you were sitting, the worst of times (where "times" equals video game activity and not actual world issues).
Then word came that Disney Epic Mickey 2 would team Mickey with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and allow two players to share the fun. We couldn't wait.
Now we have the Wii version of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and the title says it all. Two, as we all know, is better, and family video game play has suddenly become a much friendlier environment — even those of us waiting our turn have found reason to mellow and show encouragement where once there was yelling and hurtful words (I'm looking at you, boys).
Epic Mickey 2 is about working together, and in doing so it brings families together, too, which is nice.
I guess Oswald really is lucky.
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is available now for Wii, Xbox 360, Wii U, Playstation 3, and PC/Mac systems.
Thanks to Disney for providing a copy of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two for my family to play together.
Read more from Whit Honea at his site Honea Express and the popular group blog DadCentric. You can follow Whit on the Twitter or Pinterest (his opinions are his own and do not reflect those of Babble, Disney, or most rational people).


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Can you chop an SKS barrel?
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> Can you chop an SKS barrel?
March 27, 2004, 12:40 AM
Can you cut a 20 inch SKS barrel down to 16 without any adverse affects? Of course I would have it done professionally.
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March 27, 2004, 12:45 AM
I assume you are excluding having to chop off the sights and bayonet lug off from the "adverse affects". I can't imagine an adverse effect otherwise.
March 27, 2004, 01:15 AM
Well, you just have somebody replace the front sight tower after you're done. They do it to AKs all the time.
Don't know if you could get it too much shorter, 'cause of the gas tube, but then, you can't legally shorten it more than four inches in any case.
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March 27, 2004, 09:58 AM
My SKS is a Norinco Para, which has had the barrel chopped down to 16" at the factory. It works just fine, although for a non-factory chop-job you'd have to have a competent 'smith reseat the front sight assembly.
March 27, 2004, 11:13 AM
On the subject of choped barrels. What does it mean to "crown" the barrel. Is this a way to clear the burr that has been kicked into the barrel or is there more to it?
March 27, 2004, 04:53 PM
I'd be prepared to open up the gas port slightly if needed. This is a pretty common thing to do when shortening FAL barrels to a carbine length.
I woud anticipate that the weapons were designed to use plenty of gas to operate the system, still, one can never know until he tries.
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March 27, 2004, 07:21 PM
SKS will need no port mods ehwn shortening.
I shortened my Yugo to 16.5". amd absolutely love it.
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