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Lessons from the Rejection Jar
Throughout high school and most of college I kept a "rejection jar," which I stuffed with the scraps of every "we're sorry to inform you" note I'd ever received and sometimes even quotes from particularly harsh or dismissive critics I'd encountered. My volleyball coach, for instance, used our one-on-one post-season wrapup simply to tell me I was the weakest athlete the strength coach had ever worked with, including the cheerleaders. I'm pretty sure that one made it in there.
The jar, however twisted and adolescent, served as motivation. And it did, on occasion, prove quite effective. To prove my trainer and coach wrong, I secretly worked out like a fiend on my own time and then helped lead my scrawny underdog basketball team to a Top 10 finish in the state tournament the next year. So while rejection is never fun, it can serve a purpose.
Today I've encountered many young people entering the workforce who have a similarly charged relationship with rejection, but for slightly different reasons. Rather than taking my bring-it-on approach to slights, they often seem wounded and almost passive when it comes to dealing with disappointments. I sometimes wonder if perhaps they didn't have the benefit of getting a good dollop of rejection early on.
Cultivating Resilience
Still, they're bright and enthusiastic, and have many attributes you'd want in a quality employee. They're eager. They're diligent. And, yes, they are even willing to stay those extra hours.
So, as someone who has benefited immensely from every door that was slammed in my face, I find myself wanting to help them. Because it usually takes several tries before the right door opens. Life is really is an odds game in some sense and this is why I feel it's so important to develop traits like resilience and resourcefulness.
If this generation of twentysomethings—the Millennials—has an Achilles' heel, it's this: They haven't heard "no" often enough. "This has been a generation that has been coddled and cajoled and rewarded for breathing," says career coach and author D.A. Hayden. Along with partner Michael Wilder, Hayden founded early-career consulting firm Hayden-Wilder a few year ago after research showed that the Millennials often had high expectations—but little preparation—when it came to undertaking that initial job search. "The scariest thing for these kids is, that as much as they've been taken care of, when they get out of college there's no net. And they're left just swinging in the wind," says Hayden.
Preparing Millennials for Rejection
Now she provides them with coaching services not only on how to land a job, but also how to deal with the near inevitability that they are going to be hearing a lot of nos. "Their expectations are very, very high. It's frightening they're so high," says Hayden, who tells clients point blank, no matter how well prepared they are, they will probably get rejected. "Usually if you're really, really well prepared the decision isn't something you want to psychoanalyze. You just have to keep moving forward," she counsels.
Other experts on the Millennials say they do well with a lot of nurturing, feedback, and direction. Nurturing and feedback are all well and good, but here's the rub: If you get a gold star for everything you do, you're not exactly prepared for the cold, hard fact that we're all going to face rejection. And it's often not the kindly worded, gentle brand of rejection. Sometimes it's a curt no, and sometimes it's even a particularly cutting no response.
I remember working with a very capable, promising intern who was distraught that she wasn't hearing back from editors on a number of her pitches or submissions. She assumed, as I'd sometimes done when I was an intern, that perhaps the work was so hopeless it didn't deserve a reply. I told her that nine times out of ten the person was just extremely busy or let it slip through the cracks and just needed a follow-up nudge. But even if it was a terrible idea, don't take it personally. And learn from it.
An Uninspiring Economy
I had to learn this lesson in a different way. At some point during college I pitched the rejection jar in the dumpster. I suppose I was just done with it. It seemed like quite a waste of energy to be that perpetually, well, mad. I'd also had a lot of positive experiences, and extremely supportive influences along the way, and in my bitterness I was basically ignoring them and their valuable lessons.
Furthermore, I was too distracted by emotion to rationally dissect situations and learn from my disappointments; sizing up when things were indeed out of my hands and where there was room for improvement. When you come down to it, rejection is a natural and healthy part of life, even if it really hurts at the time.
So to all those young job seekers out there, launching your career in this rather uninspiring economy: You will probably get a good dose of rejection early on. But maybe this isn't such bad news. Maybe you're actually lucky. You'll learn, when the stakes aren't really that high, that you can be turned down and the world won't come to an end.
If there's one thing I learned from that rejection jar it's this: Cherish your victories, but truly relish your defeats.


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Without Obama, We Lose So Much More Than an Election
Posted on Jan 24, 2011
The selfish negativity expressed by Republicans in the House health care debate last week showed why we should fight hard for President Barack Obama's re-election in 2012.
Although their speeches were so canned, repetitive and boring that it was almost impossible to listen to them, the message was clear: Beat Obama, dismantle the health bill and take government out of the business of helping people. "Put a president in the White House who will repeal this bill," said Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, the tea party's chief harridan, "a Senate that will repeal this bill. We will continue this fight until Obamacare is no longer the law of the land."
Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Republican leader on fiscal matters, expressed the goal in even starker terms, going far beyond health care and heaping scorn on the very idea of the safety net that has been part of American life since the Great Depression:
"Over time, Americans have been lured into viewing government—more than themselves, their families, their communities, their faith—as their main source of support; they have been drawn toward depending on the public sector for growing shares of their material and personal well-being. The trend drains individual initiative and personal responsibility. It creates an aversion to risk, sapping the entrepreneurial spirit necessary for growth, innovation, and prosperity."
These words are from Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future," which he issued a year ago to the great approval of Republicans and even tips of the hat from those Democrats who are more concerned about the deficit than the unemployed.
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His "roadmap" gives a clear view of what the Republicans see as their path to win the Senate, keep control of the House and unseat Obama in 2012.
One of the GOP's major proposals is eliminating Medicare as we know it, except for those now being covered. Current Medicare recipients would get a small tax credit to purchase policies in any state, opening the door to unregulated marketing of health insurance that may not cover necessities such as maternity care and cancer screenings. Government would also provide a small cash grant and let you invest in a medical savings account. Social Security would be gutted, with recipients being encouraged to turn over a third of their government pensions to the stock market. Ryan's Budget Committee may also try to eliminate funds to implement the health care law.
Another House Republican plan, this one from the tea party-influenced Republican Study Committee, would cut federal funds given to states for Medicaid medical care for the poor.
That program is one of the best features of the health care act that the House voted to repeal last week. By 2014, the working poor, now excluded, will be eligible if the plan is not repealed.
The health care plan—Obamacare, as the Republicans call it—was never much liked by a substantial number of liberal Democrats. Obama's refusal to embrace the best plan—Medicare for all—infuriated them. So did his decision against including a government health insurance plan among the options to be offered to Americans beginning in 2014.
As a result, support from an important part of the Democratic base was absent in the crucial days before passage of the law. Abandoned by the left, assaulted by the right and afflicted with an odd case of inarticulateness, the president and his administration failed to explain what they had given to the country.
Now, too late for the 2010 election, supporters of the law are beginning to defend it. In the House debate last week, one Democrat told stories of how constituents have already benefited.
Young adults under 26 are remaining on parental policies. Policies can't be canceled unless the insurer proves fraud. There are no longer lifetime limits on benefits (such limits permitted cancellation after a certain limit had been reached). New policies must offer free preventative services. Patients can choose their primary care, OB/GYN or pediatric physicians from their insurance network without referral from another doctor. There is a new right to appeal insurance company decisions. Medicare recipients have received a $250 rebate from the prescription drug plan. Small businesses are receiving tax credits for offering health insurance to employees. People with pre-existing conditions can buy insurance. You can use the nearest emergency room without suffering insurance company penalties.
By 2014, the landscape will change much more. Consumers will shop for the best policies at state exchanges, with competition hopefully driving the price down.
Of course, key parts of this plan are threatened by the lawsuits brought by Republican state attorneys general, who may succeed in the current Supreme Court. But even so, much of the law will remain, and be revised and strengthened over the years, just as happened with Social Security and Medicare.
The Republicans want to repeal the entire package and wipe out the other government programs created to help people in economic distress. All they have to offer is a ringing call for a return to Victorian days, as proposed in Rep. Ryan's roadmap. And they insist on doing it as the country is barely recovering from a recession caused by Republican policies. That's reason enough for us to start working now to make sure Obama wins another term.
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By frang, January 24, 2011 at 1:40 pm Link to this comment
David J. Cyr, I agree with everything you state except this:
"The despicable liberals rescued a terminally sick insurance racket that should have been allowed to die."
I think it should read:
The despicable NEOLIBERALS rescued a terminally sick insurance racket that should have been allowed to die.
By William, January 24, 2011 at 12:11 pm Link to this comment
How typical. Elite liberal telling the progressives the lesser of two evils B.S. again. It might fly but for some reason I don't think so this time. I've already re-registered Peace and Freedom in Ca. and am not voting for any dems next time (especially not for Diane Feinstine who has been a repub for years). Or I will not vote at all. What Obama has taught this middle aged progressive (that I should have learned before now) is voting is indeed for suckers. Corporatism is in complete control and HAS to have it's day. Time to let go and let it fall. In the mean time we progressives need to live our principals in our private lives as best we can and accept the fact that we can not only not cause change through the ballot; we are making things worst by trying to. All that's been accomplished is to bolster and strengthen the right wings choke hold. Things won't change until the majority of the American people suffer enough pain to change their own minds. We progressives need to heed the words of Franklin: "It is now time that I leave the scene."
By John Iacovelli, January 24, 2011 at 11:10 am Link to this comment
What utter B.S. We should vote for Obama because the
By JJW, January 24, 2011 at 10:40 am Link to this comment
I'd rather write in Bugs Bunny. Obama has proven he can't stand up to the establishment or the Republicans.
By C.P.T.L., January 24, 2011 at 8:45 am Link to this comment
How did President Obama come to imagine he could fundamentally go against the will of the people who voted him into office, not a few times, but many, upending campaign promises and going against his word, violating the character he presented to us for over a year as candidate for the presidency?
We all know what we expected of President Obama as we listened to his inaugural speech. We may have been brimming with hope, but could remain realistic, could distinguish between that which was hope-beyond-hope and utopian from that which was possible or even probable. Now, forget the Hope, the Possible is dead, issue after issue the fight forestalled or not even fought, and a bunch of words without reasonable, satisfactory explanation.
If President Obama could back-stab those hundreds of thousands of people come to see him that frigid January day, hanging on his every word, cheering him, what depths of reversal can we expect him to sink to elected into office a for second term?
By par4, January 24, 2011 at 8:30 am Link to this comment
This is some of the lamest political propaganda I have ever read. There is no difference between Obama and any Republican slime that wins their primary. Would you trust your children with the lesser of two evils? Anyone who supports either legacy party is an enemy of democracy and the rule of law.
By Kenneth Lane, January 24, 2011 at 8:17 am Link to this comment
The constant march toward our feudal future as
By Rich, January 24, 2011 at 6:41 am Link to this comment
If you love Obama so much, enlist and fight in one of his wars.
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Singles who believe in love at first sight can turn to new apps that will match them with potential dates in time for Valentine's Day, but only if each person has expressed an interest.
With the new dating apps, users simply flip through photos of people in nearby locations and express their interest in dating someone. If there's a mutual attraction, the app connects them for a conversation. If not, their feelings remain anonymous.
"It limits the conversations to people you've actually expressed an interest in. So each of those conversations starts at a very deep level," said Sean Rad, co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based company Tinder, which developed the app of the same name.
Makers of the Tinder app, which is available worldwide for iPhone, said it has matched more than 10 million couples since it was launched in September.
The app pulls in member photos of people from Facebook, and then it's as simple as anonymously indicating interest in that person. If both people like each other, messages can be sent between the two users.
Rad said most users are between 18 and 30 years old.
Let's Date, which was released across the United States last week for the iPhone, is a similar app. But rather than simply focusing on the photo, the app provides the person's interests from Facebook for a broader view of the potential date.
"Our goal was to create an app that replicated the real world experience of going to a party or bar full of potentially eligible people," said Sean Suhl, founder of Let's Date.
"You're put into a crowd of people and if someone catches your eye and they catch your eye, then a conversation is struck up and then someone might ask the other person out on a date," he added.
The app resulted from a frustration with other dating apps, according to Suhl, who described them as "artificial and laborious".
"We're just presenting you the daters and you're just saying yes or no," he added.
Both apps require a login with Facebook, so people must use their real identity. Let's Date also stipulates that users must have been active on Facebook for a year, and have at least 50 friends before signing up.
Although the apps can set people up quickly, it still could take a while to find the right person.
"People are literally getting dates the same night, but you might want to give yourself enough time to find the right Valentine," Rad said.
Both companies plan to release Android apps.
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Dying of cancer
- Cancer, the commonest cause of death in Australia, accounts for more than a quarter of all deaths.
- The pain associated with cancer can be among the most severe and intractable form of chronic pain, affecting a majority of patients with advanced cancer and some with early cancer. 1
- Cancer pain can be effectively treated in 85%-95% of patients.2 Those with advanced cancer commonly experience multiple symptoms including fatigue, weakness, mental haziness, anxiety and nausea. Some of these are induced by pain therapy, others are directly caused by pain, by the cancer itself, or by metabolic abnormalities.3 Many of these symptoms cannot be eliminated, may adversely affect function and sense of well-being, and become a major source of distress to the terminally ill.
- Where it is acknowledged that pain cannot be adequately controlled, the only legal remedy available is "terminal sedation", effectively "slow euthanasia"4, in which the patient is rendered unconscious until death occurs. Many find this procedure unacceptable, particularly because it may mean drifting in and out of consciousness over an extended period to avoid claims that death has been hastened. However in a survey of 61 selected palliative care specialists 89% believed that terminal sedation was necessary in the management of some terminally ill patients.5 This is not a good option but is all that is legally available.
- Consequently many face the prospect of death from cancer in which:
- there are extremely unpleasant symptoms during the terminal phase which may be inadequately controlled;
- they are totally dependent on others without hope of recovery;
- they have sound reasons for requesting that their death be hastened but this is denied them by the present law.
- terminal sedation is permitted in some cases, yet a preferred quick release is always denied.
- Most clinicians acknowledge that the process of dying slowly from cancer can be difficult and is not always optimally managed. Although improvements in palliative care and its general availability continue to be made there will always be a minority who will need the choice for voluntary euthanasia
1. 'Intractable Symptoms – The Challenge for Palliative Care', A SAVES article of enduring interest.
2. Levy, M (1996) 'Pharmacological Treatment of Cancer Pain', New England Journal of Medicine' 335- 1124
3. Grond et al, (1994) Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 9- 372
4. Hunt, R (2001) 'Intention, the law, and clinical decision-making in terminal care' Medical Journal of Australia, 175:516
5. Chater, S et al (1998) 'Sedation for Intractable Distress in the Dying' Palliative Medicine' 12:255
Other informed sources include:
- National Health and Medical Research Council 1988. 'Management of Severe Pain'. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Coyle, N. et al. 1990. 'Character of Terminal Illness in the Advanced Cancer Patient: Pain and Other Symptoms During the Last Four Weeks of Life' Journal Pain and Symptom Management, Vol.5 No.2.
- Report prepared for the South Australian Parliamentary Select Committee on the Law and Practice Relating to Death and Dying 1991. (Appendix E of the Select Committee's Second Interim Report, 6 May 1992). 'Care of Terminally Ill Patients: General Practitioner's Views and Experience'.


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Big Brother star Saar Szekely is becoming famous by bringing the topic of the Israeli occupation of Palestine on the agenda.
Even before appearing on the show Saar Szekely proclaimed that the only reason he joined the show was to put the topic of occupation in the spotlight. Saar is using his fame on TV to talk about what he burns for, and he tries to explain how his people has been manipulated by an evil state based on military rule where peace was never a goal. And he seems to be pretty good at it, not letting the other contestants getting away with their stupid arguments. It seems like he makes them really think about what their nation is all about – for the first time in their lives – and they are slowly starting to like him.
Israeli Big Brother's Saar Szekely's criticisms of Israel from Anwar Benny on Vimeo.
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As a matter of fact, he is becoming pretty popular among his viewers, stirring up a healthy debate. The hosts of the show were celebrating the fact that they finally had an intelligent dialogue between the political left and right wings on prime time TV. All it took was a Reality TV-show called Big Brother.
Famous accomplishment of the week!
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Here is a transcribed example of one of the conversations Saar had with one of the woman in the Big Brother house:
Woman – If everyone thought like you, we would be destroyed!
Saar – No, if everyone thought like me, Israel would have had a chance to survive… unless you wake up, Israel will collapse.
Woman – And we'll go back to 1967?
Saar – You need to wake up and realize that the only way to save this country is to remove it from its conflict, and the only way to remove it from its conflict is to stop coveting more and more land more, and more power, and to realize that real power means stopping the fighting, not prolonging it indefinitely.
We don't know what happened in the house after this, but we would like to wish Saar good luck. If there are anyone out there updated on his story, please feel free to inform us. And to Saar, well, send us an email when you get out.
See 2famous.TV's work in Burj el Barjaneh, one of the Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut here:
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Looks like Fatstone.TV, Norway's first Extreme Sports TV Channel, was in need of hilarious ways to work out so they featured our very own Matias and Jorgen and their Beirut Rooftop Workout Workshop videos on their website!
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– Full-length interview with the producer of this summer's biggest hits.
– BONUS VIDEO! Crowd Cam from Example's performance at Hove!!!
Today marks the UK release of Live Life Living, the fifth album of Brit musician Example. Sure we had never heard of him before despite his whopping 2 million followers on Twitter and 25 million listens on Spotify, but Example already knows that.
"In Norway people know my songs more than my name, when I tell them I'm Example they're like '... [more]
– Catch the show tonight so he doesn't have to
"We'll be stage diving and shit, so hopefully I won't break my knee or neck, I don't want to die. Ok, If I could choose to die I'd rather die on stage then somewhere else…" Rapper Arif told 2famous.TV, as we discussed being a local superstar, what festivals like HOVE mean to Norwegian artists and what we should expect from his show tonight.
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– The kids went mental!
Some of the artists at the Hove festival OWNED the audience, and Bastille was definitely one of the highlights. With complete crowd control they moved thousands of Norwegian teenagers to synchronized madness. It was one of those experiences that will live for ever on hundreds of Instagram accounts. (Most of the kids here says that they don't remember the festival from day to day). [more]
Earl Sweatshirt, who hails from my hometown adjacent city of Los Angeles (well, as you'll see in the video, even if L.A. is the easiest point of reference on the international scene, if you grew up in the 'burbs, never tell people who are actually from L.A. that you're from there, because they will call your Orange County ass out so fast), shook the AMFI stage with some hard-... [more]
As the 2famous crew sat on the beach, contemplating life and looking out onto the horizon, distant tribal beats were calling our names. We had to get to where ever that music was coming from. The 20-minute journey from the beach to the stage was playing was dramatic…we were walking fast in fear that The Busy Twist... [more]


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• All four lower-seeded teams earned victories in the Atlantic Hockey First Round.
• The Griffs, who finished the season sixth in the western pod, defeated its rival, Niagara, 6-3 to advance in the tournament, while Holy Cross received a bye to the quarterfinals.
• Canisius is now reseeded sixth and play a best 2-of-3 series at No. 3 Holy Cross.
• Last year, Canisius became the first and only lower-seeded school to win a series in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament when the Griffs swept two games at No. 4 Mercyhurst. Overall, the lower-seeded team is 1-12 since the quarterfinals went to a series in 2008.
• Canisius and Holy Cross met twice this season, playing a series in Buffalo in November.
• The Crusaders took 3-of-4 points during the weekend series. Canisius never trailed in the opener but Holy Cross scored with 4:34 remaining in regulation to earn a 3-3 draw. The Crusaders then posted a 6-2 win in the finale.
• Holy Cross outscored Canisius, 9-5, in the two games and held a commanding 72-43 advantage in shots during the series. Both teams also converted more than 20 percent of their power-play chances.
• Eric Rex has continued his strong senior campaign, enjoying his most productive season in his final year as a Griff.
• Rex has tallied a career-best 27 points (9g, 18a) this season, more than double his career total during his first three seasons and more than quadruple his previous personal best.
• In the first 66 games of his career, Rex totaled 13 points on five tallies and eight assists.
• The senior has also recorded seven multi-point games this season, including three points in two of his last three games. He recorded a personal-best three assists in a Senior Night win against Mercyhurst and then netted his first career multi-goal game and added an assist in the AHA First Round at Niagara. His two goals matched the program's postseason record.
• Senior Cory Conacher has netted yet another school record, matching the program's Division I mark for goals in a single season.
• Conacher now has 22 goals during his senior campaign, matching the mark set by Chris Duggan during the 1998-99 season.
• In addition, the senior became the first player in the program's history to score 20 goals in two different seasons.
• Conacher also owns the program's single-season points (53) and assists (33) records, set during his junior year.
• Canisius is in its 13th season competing at the Division I level, having compiled an 8-14-0 postseason record during that span, including a 5-9-0 mark in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament.
• Last season, the Griffs advanced to the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals for the second time in the program's history, joining the 2004 team to accomplish the feat. Canisius also earned a trip to the MAAC Championship game during the 1999 tournament.
• The Griffs are 6-11-0 when playing a higher-seeded team in Division I postseason games. Last season, Canisius became the first lower-seeded team to win an Atlantic Hockey series.
• The Crusaders hold a 27-11-9 advantage in a series that dates back to 1986, including a 23-9-9 edge in Division I meetings.
• Holy Cross is 4-0-2 against the Griffs since the beginning of the 2008-09 season and 7-2-1 in the last 11 games. Six of the Crusaders' victories during that span have been by just one goal.
• The schools are meeting for the first time in Worcester since October 2008. Holy Cross earned three points during that weekend series, posting a 1-1 draw and a 5-4 victory.
• Each of the last six meetings between the two Atlantic Hockey foes have been early-season matchups as the schools have not met after November since February 2008.
• The schools have played twice in the postseason with the Crusaders winning both contests. Holy Cross defeated Canisius in the 1998 MAAC Championship (4-3) and 2004 AHA Semifinals (4-1).
• Holy Cross finished third in the Atlantic Hockey standings with a 14-8-5 league record and compiled a 15-14-5 overall mark.
• The Crusaders finished the season as the one of the hottest teams in the country. Holy Cross went unbeaten in its last 11 games (8-0-3), tied for the longest streak in the nation with Union.
• Three different Crusaders tallied at least 30 points this season. Kyle Fletcher (12g, 20a) and Rob Linsmayer (11g, 21a) tied for the team lead with 32 points. Everett Sheen has added 30 points and a team-best 14 goals.
• Adam Roy has started each of the 11 games in net during the unbeaten run and is 9-6-3 overall during the season. He has posted a goals against of 2.53 and a save percentage of .909.


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Heroin use on the rise in eastern Idaho
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Police are worried about a disturbing new trend which has more people switching from prescription drugs to heroin.
David Pinegar, executive director of Renaissance Ranch in Idaho Falls, counsels people battling addictions. In the last year, he said he's seen about 60 people who've been addicted to prescription drugs.
"There are plenty of pills to buy here in Idaho Falls. Plenty of people willing to sell their prescriptions," said Pinegar.
But now Pinegar is worried many of those addicted to pills will soon switch to heroin, a cheap alternative.
"Some people could be burning $300 to $400 a day on Oxycontin -- and heroin, you know, you're looking at a fraction of the cost," said Pinegar.
Idaho State Police say Mexican drug cartels have flooded the market with heroin.
"Our heroin seizures have gone up. Here, just a couple of years ago I think there was, like, 90 pounds that we took off down to the southern end of the state. Huge amounts of heroin," said Lt. Steve Davis, with ISP.
Experts say heroin may prove an even bigger problem than prescription drug addictions.
"With a pill, it's manufactured in a lab. It's consistent," said Pinegar.
But with heroin, Pinegar said the product varies from dealer to dealer.
"They're adding pharmaceutical pieces to the heroin, which makes it 10 times more deadly," Pinegar said.
Heroin can be injected with needles, snorted or even smoked.


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Hopefully this means better communication between Tom, myself and anyone with issues or questions. Stay tuned for new projects.
v002 Glitch 2.0 update for 10.6 / QC 4.0
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Here's a reminder of what can be done with the v002 Glitch plugins and VDMX. The download includes VDMX qcFX, as well as CoGe players and effects modules.
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v002 Blurs 2.0.2
2.0.2 update brings important compatibility fixes for some image processing patches within the Quartz Composer environment, as well image fidelity fixes for host applications. Thanks to Jerry Smith for helping isolate.
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BeschreibungNineteen-year-old Stephan Varda flees his father's wrath over the death of his beloved brother in unstable 1880s Hungary. It doesn't take long for Miklos Varda to regret losing yet another son, but it's already too late to find Stephan. Strong-tempered Miklos learns one bitter lesson after another until he becomes homeless himself -- at the same time Stephan is learning about the mercy of Jesus Christ from a beautiful, devout young Hungarian-American. Intricately coordinated events lead both Stephan and Miklos to America and to a pivotal decision: whether or not to accept God's undying love.
PortraitAl Lacy has written more than one hundred historical and western novels, including those in the Angel of Mercy, Battles of Destiny, and Journeys of the Stranger series. He and his wife, JoAnna, are coauthors of the Mail Order Bride, Hannah of Fort Bridger, Shadow of Liberty, Orphan Trains, Frontier Doctor, and Dreams of Gold series. The Lacys make their home in the Colorado Rockies. Best-selling author Al Lacy has written over one hundred historical and western novels, including the Angel of Mercy, Battles of Destiny, and Journeys of the Stranger series with more than 2.5 million books in print. JoAnna Lacy is Al's wife and longtime collaborator, and the coauthor of A Place to Call Home, Dreams of Gold, Frontier Doctor, Orphan Trains, Mail Order Bride, Shadow of Liberty, and Hannah of Fort Bridger series. The Lacys make their home in the Colorado Rockies.
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I think I've decided to do the CHCA events this year instead of just doing the Prescott Rally in Oct. I will miss the first event in May though, since I'm not home yet and I'm still fixing up the Rally Car. I will make it to the June 5th/6th event though.
This is my first time doing this so any help would be appreciated. Like the cost of everything needed including event fees, How I would go about getting the car tech'd before the CORE event (since my situation of not being in the States until sometime in May, hopefully), and whatever else I would need to know.
I found my answer to the cost of the CHCA. I'm in the process of reading the Rule Book.


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New York, April 16, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities in the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) to immediately release journalist Ernest Vardanian, at left, who has been jailed in the regional capital of Tiraspol for treason since April 7.
On April 7, a group of armed agents from PMR's Ministry of
State Security (MGB) arrested Vardanian at his home in
Vardanian, 30, works as a staff reporter and political
analyst for the Chisinau-based newspaper Puls,
freelances for the Russian Internet news agency Novy Region, and occasionally contributes for Europa Libera—the
Aleksandr Shchetinin, Novy Region's general director, said Vardanian had recently focused on international politics rather than Moldovan and Transdniestrian issues. Shchetinin, who spoke with Irina Vardanian after her husband's arrest, told CPJ that MGB agents searched the journalist's home, confiscating computers, audio- and video- reporting equipment, reporter's notebooks, and the family's bank and credit cards.
Several local sources told CPJ that after she gave initial
interviews to the press, Irina Vardanian was warned to not talk to the media.
CPJ's was unable to get through to her by phone. The sources also said
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Public Defender Nearly Arrested
Parker has been the Public Defender for nearly 25 years. Early Saturday morning, his daughter, Alison Parker, 19, was arrested for driving under the influence and marijuana possession.
Jail policy states that during an inmate's first appearance, inmates and the public defender are in a secure room at the jail. Everyone else, the judge, private attorneys, and family members are at the Alachua County Courthouse and are connected over a web camera feed.
The Sheriff's Office maintains Parker was in the wrong location, and only left the room at the jail when he was told he would be arrested for trespassing.
"This is the first time that I know of in the history of the jail that an attorney has represented him or herself as coming out to represent a particular client not informing that the client was a family member," says Sgt. Keith Faulk. "The Public Defender doesn't often come out to represent clients. Normally it's an Assistant Public Defender. So for Mr. Parker himself to sign into come out on a weekend was an unusual circumstance."
Faulk says the situation may prompt a change in the official written policy of the jail.
Parker refused to comment about the incident.
Faulk says the Sheriff's Office will not be pursuing the matter, but Governor Crist or the Florida Bar could review the situation and possibly discipline Parker.
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Desk building
I want to build myself a custom desk and maybe a workbench to work on people's computers. I'm thinking of maybe even making this into a very large desk so it's both, then I could have a KVM to switch monitors.
I have a few ideas how I would build it, but I want it to be very organized as far as wires go. I'm thinking, it would have a compartment for my PC with a front door and furnace filter that could fit in, I would build this based on a standard filter size I can find at the hardware store so it's easy to replace filters. Probably use the smallest size. This compartment would be air tight other then the filter and would link to a smaller set of compartments throughout the entire desk, where I could put the UPS and other equipment. All power distribution would be done at that point. There would be some electrical outlets at various locations on the desk that link to that compartment, so there would be only 2 plugs in the UPS, the surge and the power backup. These would then connect to the proper outlets throughout the desk making cable management a brease.
The end of this compartment would have another hole, with possibly a blower. This would suck air through the filter, then through the PC to cool it, and out, and keep everything dust free. This would be raised from the ground making it easy to vacuum, and give full access to wall outlets, and just the wall itself in case I drop something, or whatever. The goal is to make it the least cluttered and cramped as possible, so there is no place for dust bunnies and crap to get caught. I also want this to be rather solid, and not flimsy. Chances are I would build it in several parts then do the final assembly in the office. I expect this to be huge. I would have lot of closed compartments to store stuff as well. The surface would be a simple flat table with outlets on it, for the workbench portion. Most likely some Ethernet jacks too.
I'm familiar with the electrical side of things, just not very familiar with the carpentry side of things. What do you think is the best approach to building something like this? Should I use 2x2 to make a frame, then screw MDF to it? Should I use just MDF and use L brackets, or maybe plywood?
If I use MDF, how do I surface it like store bought desks? I'm guessing it's a type of cladding that comes in sheets and I cut it to size and iron on?
Maybe a tutorial would be nice. I'm not even sure what type of tools I'd need, I'm guessing a circular saw and straight edge for all my straight cuts, maybe a router to make grooves and holes for door hardware etc. This will be a fun learning project I think. Not sure where I'll get the money for this, but that's another story, I at least want to get a general idea where to start.
Have you seen the desks with the slide out metal holders for the computer tower? That's what I would want if I got a new desk, it would make it much easier to access from behind, and the computer probably wouldn't get as hot. I think part of the reason my video card has fried three times is because of the heat build up I get with my computer tower in the enclosed wood section.
As for the table top, a piece of oak plywood would probably be the easiest way to go. Then you can run some trim through a router and use it to cover the edges if you want.
Most of your store-bought desks that use MDF or particleboard just have a laminate glued to their surface to make a nicer finish. This is something you could easily do. You basically just contact adhesive to stick it on.
To trim it, a flush cutting router bit will do the trick. They actually make small routers designed for this, called "laminate trimmers". All the major tool brands make one (dewalt, makita, porter-cable, bosch, etc). A regular router will be heavier duty than needed, but will work. A router is also a good tool to trim edges access panels or what not.
For cutting holes, I'd recommend a Forstner bit. They make nice, neat, round holes and will drill a hole with a flat bottom if you don't want to drill all the way through.
I like your idea of 2x2 framing and MDF over the top. That will give a stronger build than using the MDF as the parent material for the structure. If it cost is reasonable, you may want to look at high-grade hardwood 2x2s, even if it won't be that visible. The superior strength and stiffness of better wood is worthwhile more often than one might initially think.
You can also build the basic structure out of standard metal stock-- angle iron, or aluminum "L" extrusions. Aluminum with rivets makes a tight fit and won't ever rust. Your basic structure would be more involved, though.
As often as you can, triangulate and use "X" brace forms and it will be plenty strong.
If *I* were building this, I'd forget the MDF and go with a solid plywood in paint or stain grade as you see fit. There now plywood panels with an MDF core which might be a good fit for you. Piano hinges will help keep any swinging parts tight and strong.
If you need more strength and toughness, laying a couple skins of fiberglass over top is an easy way to really improve the toughness of the surface.
Just a couple things to think about..
Actually I was thinking plywood too, as I could varnish it and I could probably make it look half decent. Could maybe even just paint it. It's probably more expensive, but it's not like I'd need all that many sheets, so it's not really a big issue.
I've been looking at various woodworking tutorials and it looks like a router is a pretty nice tool to have, if, a must have. Might be my next toy.
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Bankrate.com recently took at look at 18 of the most widely issued prepaid debit cards and found that all of them come with fees, some more than $20 a month.
Greg McBride is a senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com.
"Some were higher, some were lower, some had more fees, some had fewer fees. But, the one common theme throughout was in fact that they all had a fee of some kind. So it's important for consumers to shop around and make sure that the card they're getting is the one that's going to present the lowest total cost for how they plan to use the card. And for most people, a low-cost or free checking account is still going to be your better alternative."
McBride says prepaid debit cards are typically used by people who don't have or can't get a checking account or for parents sending kids off to college. He says as many as a third of U.S. households are currently unbanked or under-banked, making the prepaid cards an attractive option.


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Gene Patents and Genetic Testing
by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted April 29, 2008 in DNA Testing, DNA and the Law
The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) has published recommendations on gene patents as applied to genetic testing in the European Journal of Human Genetics. The chair of the working group, Professor Gert Matthijs of the Catholic University of Leuven, said:
This new proposal aims to reconcile what until now have appeared to be conflicting interests patent owners, commercial companies, health authorities, policy makers, geneticists with the ultimate goal of ensuring that patients retain access to the latest technological advances.
Key points include:
Patents benefit society through innovation and promoting progress.
The definition of "invention" vs. "discovery" with the identification of genes, mutations, links between genetic defect and disease are deemed to be discoveries by some and thus would be unethical to patent.
Patenting novel technical tools for genetic testing is a good way to promote investment and allow for invention.
- Genetic tests that examine a panel of genes will be impacted negatively by gene patents.
- Genetic tests combined with protein or metabolite measurements will also have to consider multiple patents.
- Patent applications do not take into account clinical validity and utility.
- There are international differences in patent systems which affect the availability of genetic services worldwide.
- Gene patents are overly broad and include not just the sequence but also protein and antibodies, etc.
Access to genetic testing can be impeded every step of the way from the discovery of new genes and mutations all the way up to availability of genetic tests. Right now, most of us concentrate on who has the right to have a genetic test and how. Another consideration clearly has to be who will develop the genetic tests and what intellectual property rights they have over their work.
As Michael Crichton said in a New York Times op-ed against gene patents:
Gene patents are now used to halt research, prevent medical testing and keep vital information from you and your doctor. Gene patents slow the pace of medical advance on deadly diseases. And they raise costs exorbitantly: a test for breast cancer that could be done for $1,000 now costs $3,000.
Should we prohibit the patenting of genes? Take the poll in this previous Eye on DNA post.
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Ya must change something in the blog config, under an Opera 8.51 browser there is no feedback of the comment being sent.
The page doesn't even refresh to the previous blank status, it appears frozen.
Ach! so!
The page didn't just appear frozen, my comment was truly lost, here it is.
It could also very well be that for all the hoopla about genetics it is not really an economically viable domain.
See at the end of this BBC article:
"Genetic engineering is completely out for producing high-strength polymers – it's just much too expensive," he told BBC News.
"You have to have very precise environmental controls, you have to have very pure chemicals, you have to have a single strain genetically engineered bug – all that is just a recipe for capital and energy intensivity."
Likely the same applies for medical purposes with the added cost of litigations, GRIN…
Kevembuangga, Thanks for coming back and leaving the comment again! Darn computers never behave the way they should.
The thing about genetics is that there are many different applications. Genetic testing itself has clearly proven its utility but when it comes to genetic engineering or gene therapy, it's a much more difficult road to travel.
Are there patents around the SNPs identified from various GWAS studies? Such as those used by both 23andme and Navigenics in their claims??
When the human genome was about to finish, there were a lot of discuss of patents on if we should patent gene sequences.
But how about the SNPs widely used nowadays?
Simon Lin, MD
Allowing patenting of genes (like any other item) promotes investment of time and money a prospective patentee would put into innovation? The question is if a gene is like any other item…
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FOR most of his 24 years, all singer Alty 'JOE' Nunes wanted to do was make music. The last year of his life was dedicated to his first album which he never completed.
JOE (which stands for Jah Over Evil) died in February, 2011 from an aneurysm, but family and friends were determined to see his project, Man From Judah, finished and released.
NUNES… died in February 2011 from an aneurysm
This evening, Man From Judah will be launched at the Funky Monkey Bistro and Bar at Holborn Road in St Andrew, on what would have been JOE's 26th birthday.
Gavin Blair, JOE's manager/producer and longtime friend, told the Jamaica Observer that the 17-track set was completed thanks to the co-operation of some high-profile friends.
"It called for some improvisation so Konshens and TOK came in and did some collaborations. We are pleased with how things turned out," Sinclair said.
Konshens added his vocals to Fit while TOK are featured on Vineyard Town, a tribute to the east Kingston community where JOE was raised.
Most of Man From Judah was recorded in Vineyard Town at Sinclair's Equinox Music studio. Some of the tracks were done at nearby Grafton and the Anchor Music complex of producer Gussie Clarke who worked with Nunes when he was known as Little Joe.
Sinclair and JOE are both past students of Wolmer's Boys High School. JOE was the son of creative dancer Patsy Ricketts and like his mother, a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
Sinclair says most of JOE's early recordings lack the quality of the songs on Man From Judah. According to him, JOE "had become more spiritual" in the last three years.
His best known song was Not Good at All, produced by Clarke. Rasta Chant, produced by TOK member Rashawn 'Bassie' Clarke, was also well-received.
Much of Man From Judah has a live feel with percussionist Carl 'Simba' Messado, bassist Delroy 'Pele' Hamilton, drummer Jermaine Wilson and keyboardist Kevin Webster some of the musicians who played on it.
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But it says you're calling from Saskatchewan
Area codes just don't mean that much anymore. Trini, who lives about ten miles from me, is in a wholly different area code, not because we're on opposite sides of a boundary, or because there's supposed to be an overlay (572?) coming to the 405 in the near future, but because she doesn't have a land line, and she obtained her wireless service out of state. And if you feel compelled to fax me for some reason, there's yet another code involved.
The FCC, not normally attuned to market reality, might conceivably scrap the whole idea of area codes attached to geographical areas:
[FCC chair Julius] Genachowski began circulating a series of proposals among fellow commissioners Wednesday that could make it easier for VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) providers to tap the national telephone numbers pool and eventually sever the relationship between an area code and an actual geographic area… [the] plan includes a notice of proposed rule-making that seeks comment on new rules governing the way VoIP providers get access to the pool of phone numbers. It also seeks to establish a pilot program to test direct numbers access and launches an inquiry into the way numbers are managed, including their relationship to a geographic area.
One of the stumbling blocks, I suspect, will be long-distance vendors, who already don't make a dime if I call Trini on my cell phone, and who will resist any effort to make their business model look any more ludicrous than it already is.
(Via Outside the Beltway.)


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Honey and I were awaken this morning by the gentle drumming sound of a happy little woodpecker. Rushing to the window to see just where the sound was coming from, there he was way atop a wooden pole this pretty little woodpecker drumming away.:o) Honey hurried to get dressed, grabbed his camera and off he went. Our pics were not the best so that lead to an online search for a perfect liking of our little Sunday morning visitor.
What a beautiful red crown he had, even more than this one in the pic. The males have red crowns while the female crowns are black. These beautiful birds are quite common throughout the United States and Canada, but are much rarer in southern parts of California. They use their stiff tail feathers to cling and balance on tree trunks and branches and are quite territorial.
This little sweetie went on drumming his territory for quite a while. I sure hope he comes back for another visit soon. I found him quite wonderful.:o)
Happy week to each and everyone of you♥


text: Japanese brand Waste(twice) have just previewed their Fall collection for 2009. The latest collection continues the brand's aesthetic in similar style to previous releases. Sticking to subtle autumn colourways, the collection features a varied selection of outerwear including several different jacket models suitable for either casual, or more formal purposes, with restrained references to American work wear through their recent history. The entire range will be available at Anout Commune.


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Spanish government bond prices fell after Moody's downgraded five of the country's regions, with appetite for high-yielding assets also taking a hit from weaker than expected corporate earnings.
Comments by European Central Bank policymaker Yves Mersch that the bank's new bond-buying programme was subject to "risk management" and was limited in time also reminded markets many aspects of the programme are unclear.
The activation of ECB debt purchases is seen as a powerful tool to ease the impact the euro zone crisis has had on countries such as Spain, but Madrid has to ask for a bailout first - a move it is currently hesitating to make.
Ten-year Spanish bond yields were last 13 basis points higher on the day at 5.643 per cent, pulling further away from six-month lows of 5.297 per cent hit last week after Moody's surprisingly decided not to downgrade the Spanish sovereign below investment grade.
"We had the downgrade of the Spanish regions ... then we had the comments from Mersch playing down the levels of bonds the ECB may buy and finally we have stocks trading very poorly on earnings reports," one trader said.
"Generally I think the market got too long last week, the sell-off this week is quite sizeable."
US stocks slid by more than 1 per cent on Tuesday and a top index of European shares hit 1-1/2 month lows.
Moody's cut the regions by one or two notches, citing their limited cash reserves and forthcoming bond repayments.
They included the northern region of Catalonia, which accounts for a fifth of Spain's economic output but is all but shut out of international markets, forcing it to request a state lifeline of just over 5 billion euros.
Comunidad de Madrid has delayed the reopening of its 4.688 per cent March 2020 bond, citing a comfortable liquidity position, according to IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. The tap had been expected on Tuesday.
Traders and strategists expect Spanish yields to drift higher in coming days but ruled out a sharp sell-off in the debt given the prospect of eventual ECB intervention.
"Recent comments indicated that Prime Minister Rajoy has no real urgency to request a bailout and that has taken some steam off the rally and the downgrade of the regions is adding to the negative newsflow," Commerzbank strategist Michael Leister said.
"The market is realising that the momentum we had ... last week will most likely not be followed up by a quick aid request by Spain and that's prompting some profit-taking. We don't expect a sharp correction but a bit of a pullback."
Two-year yields popped back above the 3 per cent mark they broke for the first time in over a month last week.
The turn in sentiment in peripheral debt quelled any concerns that some analysts had last week about whether the German 10-year Bund auction on Wednesday is going to find sufficient demand to cover the amount on offer.
Safe-haven German Bunds last yielded 1.572 per cent, 5 basis points lower on the day. Bund futures rise 54 ticks to 140.41.
"The bond seems to provide decent value compared with its neighbours on the curve and our house view is quite bearish on Europe so we think this is a good entry level for the Bunds," said Artis Frankovics, a strategist at Nomura.
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st: RE: Re: Augmented Dickey-Fuller or and Phillips-Perron
"Nick Cox" <email@example.com>
st: RE: Re: Augmented Dickey-Fuller or and Phillips-Perron
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:20:01 +0100
With 28 data points only, i.e. 7 years, is any P-value worth much here?
On the other hand, plotting the data against time and against quarter
and thinking about the process will likely yield much more insight about
whether stationarity is plausible.
Kit Baum
Neither. Use -dfgls-, which has considerably greater power than the
'first-generation' tests such as ADF and PP.
On Jul 4, 2008, at 02:33 , Dndee wrote:
> I have a set of quarterly time series with 28 data points with
> seasonal variation. For the stationary test I have done Augmented
> Dickey-Fuller and Philips-Perron tests at lag 4. The P-value for
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China's GDP: A High-Quality Problem
Posted by: Charles Sizemore (IP Logged)
Date: October 19, 2012 10:58AM
China has what I like to call a "high quality problem." The Chinese economy grew by 7.4 percent in the third quarter. This was the country's worst quarter since early 2009, but it was in line with market expectations.
Only in China would 7.4% growth constitute a severe slowdown. I don't have to tell you that this is far above the growth rates of any other country of any real size. China may not be growing like it used to, but it's still the best show in town among major world markets.
Sentiment on China remains awful—just this past week, Coca-Cola (KO) joined the long list of Western firms blaming lackluster growth on the Chinese slowdown—but the data is mixed and showing signs of life. Releases o n fixed asset investment, retail sales and industrial output all beat expectations.
All of this rotten sentiment has translated into some pretty horrendous stock returns for Chinese investors. Chinese stocks have been in almost continuous decline for the past two years—at least up until last month.
I recommend investors take a look at the iShares FTSE China 25 Index ETF (FXI). I like what I see here. Chinese stocks appear to be starting a new uptrend, even while sentiment towards them remains terrible.
If the Chinese economy maybe—just maybe—doesn't end up being as sick as everyone seems to think it is and we see some signs of life in the next few months, sentiment can shift if a hurry. And when it does, I expect FXI to enjoy a quick boost.
7.4% growth in a slow-growth world isn't half bad, and eventually investors will reach the same conclusion. In the meantime, we're getting access to an index that trades at 8 times earnings and yields 2.7% in dividends. Not too shabby indeed.
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Rehman Malik would like global anti-graft watchdog Transparency International to leave their broken government alone. Or else.
On Sunday, Asian News International quoted Malik in a story accusing TI Pakistan, Transparency International's local affiliate, of acting like a "detective agency." Malik also made a not-so-veiled threat to kick the group out of the country. This comes just weeks after TI released its 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index. Pakistan's score of 2.3 out of 10 didn't exactly endear the group to Zardari and co.; it's barely better than Libya's (2.2), and only a slightly higher than the Democratic Republic of Congo's (2), and places Pakistan as the 34th most corrupt country out of the 178 surveyed.
Zardari and Malik's problems with TI stem from the five-year, $7.5 billion aid package the United States began delivering to Pakistan last year. At least half of that money, the Wall Street Journal reports, will be funneled directly through government ministries, rather than foreign aid groups and contractors. That's a heavy chunk of change to leave floating around the brackish bureaucratic backwaters of Pakistan. The US, justifiably skittish about the arrangement, signed an agreement with TI Pakistan in September that is intended to help ensure that the money gets where it's supposed to go.
But by early November, the transparency advocates were already running into problems. That month, TI Pakistan wrote to Zardari and US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter to complain about threats against the group's local chairman, Syed Adil Gilani, and his staff. TI Pakistan urged Zardari to guarantee the rule of law and freedom and safety to all TI staffers based in Pakistan. From the Journal:
Gilani . . . said he received death threats recently from "high-level" government officials urging him to stop his organization's anti-graft investigations, including plans for [a] graft hotline. He declined to name the source of the threats. "They don't want TI Pakistan to monitor" the US aid flows into the country, Mr. Gilani said in an interview.
For Pakistan, more "detectives" means more scrutiny. It's unclear whether Zardari knew that that $7.5 billion would come with such a sizable asterik. TI's next move: to circumvent the Zardari administration altogether. In a letter to Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the group again expressed its concerns about the government's plans, arguing that it "should be protected from illegal or extrajudicial acts to fetter its anti-corruption work." In a press release on the matter, TI cites reports of government officials calling on all ministries, divisions, and departments to sever contact with TI Pakistan.
Packages like the one TI oversees are the sugar that make the bitter pill of war a little easier to swallow. Without such aid, it becomes harder for the Pakistani government to justify helping the US, and to sell its citizens on the idea that having thousands of Americans in the region serves a common interest. But without at the least the appearance of oversight, it becomes almostly politically impossible for the Obama administration to continue feeding the aid stream. Giving TI the job of keeping everything above board is the crucial variable in the Pakistan equation. Without it, the United States' uneasy alliance with the country could fall into jeopardy.


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I have a white indoor cat that sometimes likes to sleep by the window in the sun. Is this bad for him? Also is it bad for his eyes? I've heard that white cats have sensitive eyes. Is this true?
Thanks for any info you can provide. :)
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White outdoor cats can get skin cancer from the sun wherever their fur is very short. Our Teddie got skin cancer on his ear and the Vet had to remove one ear. He also has little cancers started on his other ear and his nose but he is 18 years old and has other health problems. The Dr. said to use a sun blocker made for babies but that is easier said than done. Teddie is still as goofy as ever and has a good appetite inspite of slight seizures and tremors.
You indoor cat can't get a sunburn through the window and if it is too bright for him he'll just close his eyes. I've heard that white blue-eyed cats carry a gene that makes them deaf. Our Teddie is an "odd-eyed" cat....one blue and one yellow.
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One of our dogs used to lie (lay?) in the window for hours at a time. She didn't get sunburned, but when she got out of the window, she'd stagger around and act goofy. I believe it was from the heat. I'd worry more about heatstroke than sunburn. But yes, if you have skin, you can get sunburned. But it's more likely to happen outside than in through a window.
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Any animal can get a sunburn, as long as it has skin. Even my iguana has gotten a burn on her head and nose from being too close to the heat/sun lamp. I'm all black and I got a small cancer on my nose and tips of my ears THROUGH the bedroom window 2 summers ago, before my dad got the windows replaced with new ones that have a coating on them. Glass blocks the UVB rays (burning rays) but does not block the UVA rays, which are the ones that cause damage to the dermis tissues. Even though all my cancers are gone now, meowmie only lets me sit in the windows with the windows shut. She only opens the windows that don't let the sun shine directly in them. Hope this helps!
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TRX had a post with links to all the Treads about it here. Try to search for it. It may help.
The offer from NodakSpud looks very good.
I have been doing a lot of researching and thinking about this Romy G kit I just purchased yesterday. So far I have an AK47 modified to my own liking and a Saiga I am finishing up with. Also have a Polish Tantal which I only need a dog-leg rear sight for and then that's done, ohh and maybe an extended mag release, minor stuff though.
Now I have this nice Romy G kit that I'm getting next week....so what to do with it ???
I have been REALLY wanting to do an AK in 9mm so I think it's time !!
I know there's probably already a ton of threads about this so I was wondering if someone could point me in there direction.
A few questions as well, don't know if anyone knows answer's to them but Gunco seems like the best site for BIY stuff.
Where can I get a 9mm barrel and does anyone make one ready to be used on an AK ?
Should I make it a pistol or rifle ?? (was thinking SBR but right now the extra $200 is a no go...maybe down the line though)
Does anyone make an AK receiver for this kind of build, or even a mag well for smaller calibers ??
edit: Nodak currently has some receivers a customer didn't fully pay for and they say that the magwell's are smaller in width, normal length though, they say these would be good with a pistol caliber conversion and they are cheap also....anyone know if this is true ??
Any help is much appreciated, as always.
TRX had a post with links to all the Treads about it here. Try to search for it. It may help.
The offer from NodakSpud looks very good.
Try here:
If you have a lathe, you might look at one of those Green Mountain blanks for $30 and do a build in 7.62x25 Tokarev, which is cheaper than 9mm...
72-round PPSh drums are available for under $30. or you can use the stick mags.
I do not have a lathe...what would need to be done to them ??
A very good friend of mine, his dad has a huge lathe in his workshop, I could ask him to help me, he's a great guy, old Vet, does anything for a case of beer and some b/sing kind of guy ya know.
Only thing is he doesn't like AK's.....something to do with being shot at by them lol so if it's not too complicated I might be able to give it a try with his help....just looking at a lathe gives me a dizzy/headache honestly though LOL I am not farmiliar with them at all
Doing one in the Takerov caliber doesn't sound to bad either, using drums and long sticks on an AK like this is definitly a HUGE plus lol
Can anyone help me with what barrel I should get ?? Also what 9mm magwell to use with an AK 9mm build and how to install it ?
I am trying to get a list of all the parts needed to do a 9mm AK build, so far this is what I have;
Ak receiver, which I can get from Nodak for about $50, or the ones posted in the Classifieds for $40.
front and rear trunnion
gas block- was thinking of using a gas block/front sight combo ???
rear sight block
gas tube
bolt carrier
safety selector
ak furniture
rivet set
would that be everything ? Also I will have everything except the barrel, magwell, FCG and rivet set....and if i use the gb/fs cmobo i will have to get that. The rivet set, FCG and gb/fs will be no problem getting. It's the barrel and magwell that I'm thinking are gonna be tuff.
Any advice on where to get the barrel and magwell would be great
In 9mm it will be a blowback so you may consider to replace the piston with a rod just to add weight. The bolt you either gonna make yourself or mod to accept 9mm, and weld it to the carrier. Oth 223 bolt will accept 9mm because they have the same diameter at the casebottom.
I saw something somewhere about a firm making a bolt and carrier assembly for a Krink in 7,62x25 that will easily been fitted to your needs
About the magwell there is a lot of options but they all need some fabrication. Sten type with stickmags, A Swedish Kpist 44 type magwell would accept both sticks and drums (same as on Suomi)
Barrel could bee either K44 or Suomi since they are thick enough so you don't have to sleeve them.
Ohh ok so I wouldn't have to sleeve the KP44 or Suomi barrels, that's good. I see Licthenberg Research is out of buisness or stopped selling the magwell's.....that sucks. CenterFireSystems has a KP44 parts kit for sale but no mag well...odd. They also have a Suomi M31 kit for sale with magwell for $120...guess that's what I'll have to get.
Also I was checking out the list TRX made , of all the calibers people have done with the AK, the one in pirate 4x4 a guy did a 9mm AK, he made an awesome charging handle....he used the basic AK bolt carrier and piston but he cut half of the piston off, cut the head off the piece and rewelded it to the left over piston in the carrier and welded a smaller piece onto the head.
Then he took a piece of steel tubing, welded a charging handle on it and put it into the gas tube, cut the gas tube so he could pull it back and put a notch at the end to use as a bolt hold open. I think I am going to go with this idea except use a FAL style folding charging handle.
Also, will a basic AK gas block, front sight and rear sight block fit on the Suomi barrel ??
So I can just press the Suomi barrel into the basic AK front trunnion ? From my understanding of what I have read so far the Suomi barrel has to be pushed further into the trunnion for the bullet to come out of the magazine and seat properly ?? Is that correct ?
First check out the link that TRX posted and the links in it, then if you deside you still want to do it, go from there.
As for barrel, get a blank, get a Suomi barrel or look for a 16" UZI barrel. The Suomi barrel is like 14" so you only need a short extension for these.
Mag well? There use to be a guy that made them out of sheet metal, but I heard he stopped doing them.
I don't know, here's the link, check it out and get in touch with him and see if they're still available.
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One of the most fun but daring bets in sports betting is the pleaser wager.
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It's like a teaser in that your moving the spread x amount of points, but the difference is that instead of "getting" points, your "giving" points. This means instead of the point spread moving in your favor, it's moving away from your favor. Since this is the case, you are rewarded with payouts if you hit the bet.
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Let's take a look at an example of a college football teaser:
Let's say you want to place a 2 team 7 point teaser on Oregon and Oklahoma using the following lines from each matchup:Washington +14
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