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I go to UCLA and I’m an Democrat-leaning independent.

I work for a media group, i.e. my newsroom is in charge of several publications. There’s a newspaper that’s considered the newsroom’s primary publication, as well as several others. I work for one of the minor magazines in that media group, whose market is pretty much still being tested. However, I’m gaining the major newspaper’s editors’ attention with my works as a reporter, and colleagues in my newsroom have expressed their appreciation for my writings.
Recently there’s been this documentary project on a subject I’m really passionate about, and in any case I’d like to write about it and have it published. Due to the segmentation of my magazine, this story cannot run there. That’s why I’m pitching to the newspaper. So really, in my heart, I’d do it for the love of it rather than for the money.
However, I’ve also been told that as a professional you need to be consistent in treating your pieces as a business commodity that deserves to be paid for.
A few copy editors from the major newspaper have written for my magazine and gotten paid extra as freelancers for their published pieces. However, I’ve also heard of reporters and copy editors from other magazines getting paid nothing for writing for the newspaper.
Now, I can understand if I get paid nothing if I had been using material from the same reportage to write different stories for different publications, because of course the point of having a convergent media group is to share resources. However, if writing the story for the newspaper would mean that I’ll have to moonlight on top of my magazine job and do an exclusive reportage that doesn’t run in my magazine, then I think I deserve to get paid as a freelancer. Especially that other people within the group have been treated as such.
Anyway, this story that I’m pitching… I really, really would love to do it and have it published on a media with considerable national exposure. It could be a precious milestone in my career even if I don’t get paid for it. Plus the people I’d be interviewing for this happen to be people I want to connect and keep in touch with. I’ve even been offered an exclusive interview arrangement which I don’t think other media have access to.
But then I also fear that if I easily agree to do this for free, the newspaper editor may think that I value my work too cheaply, and so the media group can take advantage of me in that way. I think selling one’s hard work cheap is a sign of weakness, and I certainly don’t want to come across as weak. I know that I’m an excellent writer, I work hard and drive extra miles to make my pieces happen, and I’m passionate about what I do… but I always push for my rights. Among my colleagues in the minor magazine, I’m the most adamant about getting my reportage costs reimbursed and contesting editors’ decisions that I don’t agree with, but I gain this confidence because my excellence and consistency give me bargaining power.
So here I am, a minor magazine reporter, pitching a story for the major newspaper. It’s a story I’m passionate about reporting, it cannot run in my magazine, so I’m pitching it to a media where the story is better suited.
What are my rights before the newspaper editors, and how should I assert them? Should I insist on getting paid, or can doing a first cross-publication story for free give me better advantages in the long run?
If the newspaper decides not to pay me, and accepting that does not benefit me in any way, should I pitch it to another newspaper / magazine that isn’t affiliated with my media group instead? If yes, then how do I get my pitch noticed and accepted on short notice by editors I don’t know personally?

Two Palestinian Arabs, Hakim Maazan Niad Awad, an 18-year-old high school student, and Amjad Mahmud Fauzi Awad, 19, both from the West Bank village of Awarta, located 2 kilometers south of the settlement of Itamar were arrested in recent days for the brutal slaying of five members of the Fogel family in their Itamar home last month, the IDF and Shin Bet said on Sunday following the lifting of a media ban on the investigation.
The suspects have confessed to the stabbings and re-enacted the murders, security forces said on Sunday. According to Army Radio, they did not express remorse for their crimes.
Both men are affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) terror group and received significant assistance from family members and friends after the attack, security forces added.
The suspects planned the stabbings days ahead of time. On the night of March 11, after unsuccessful attempts to obtain firearms from a local PFLP representative in their village, the two set out toward Itamar on foot, armed with knives, a wirecutter and masks to cover their faces.
After walking one kilometer, they cut the wire fence that surrounds Itamar, climbed through a forest and over a hilltop, and reached a row of homes.
The suspects at first entered a home adjacent to the Fogel residence, but found that nobody was home. They stole an M-16 rifle from the home, ammunition and body armor, before walking on.
“They saw children sleeping in the home, and entered the Fogel family residence,” the IDF said.
Immediately after entering the home, the youths set their knives on two young brothers sleeping in their beds, 4-year-old Elad and 11-year-old Yoav.
They then entered the parents’ bedroom, where they launched a knife attack on Ehud and Ruth Fogel. The parents fought back, attempting to fend off the attackers, but died of their stab wounds during the struggle.
The two then left the house. One of the suspects returned and stabbed the three-month-old baby Hadas after she began crying to death in her crib.
According to Israel Radio, Amjad said that he was unaware that there were two other children in the house, and that if he had known, he would have stabbed them as well.
After completing the slaughter, the suspects walked back to the village and told Hakim’s uncle, PFLP member Salah Adin Awad, what they had done.
Salah hid their firearms and instructed them to burn their clothes, which were covered in blood.
The youths then resumed their daily life, while Salah sent the weapons to a friend in Ramallah, Jad Avid, who hid the guns in his home.
What would you do with them?

I did my mbbs from gmc,mumbai and want to apply for electives in ucla which is granted only to those from affiliated schools. Can someone please let me know if they know anything about it? Is there a list of affiliated schools online?

I don’t think America is becoming more religious. As a college student who knows many people across this country at institutions of higher education, most of them don’t believe in a god. As these younger generations grow up and make it into political office, religion will decline in civilized areas even more. I guarantee I’ll see the first president of this country who puts agnostic (or hopefully atheist) as their religious belief rather than Christian.
According to a 2007 Pew poll, the number of “non-affiliated” Americans was 16.1%, up from 8% just one decade before. This number is nearly 25% in the under 25 age group. And 55% of those who self-identify as “atheists” are under 35. So yes, the trend is that America is getting less religious and more and more young people in particular are turning away from religion.
Which is why the christian reich is turning up the volume and getting in every religious government law they can before they lose powerhttp://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/23/stud…http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/23/stud…

I promote online games where players make real cash deposits and can win real money. Each player is eligible for a bonus comp on their deposit. Meaning, if Player A deposits $100 they receive a $100 bonus.
If Player A loses, then they lose not only their deposit but also the bonus.
At the end of the month these bonuses are deducted from the Gross Gaming Revenue of that month. However, I don’t see how each bonus can be deducted if the player loses this back to the house.
If Player A receives a $100 bonus but loses the bonus, then the house is neither ahead $100 or lost $100, they are in fact even.
If Player A wins and makes a withdrawal then yes the house is out the $100 bonus. Then and only then can the house deduct this loss of $100 bonus from the Gross Gaming Revenue and of course any winnings cashed out by Player A.
However, and maybe I’ve got this wrong, but how can a $100 bonus be given, then lost, effectively being returned to the house and then being deducted? That doesn’t make sense.
It’s similar to me lending a friend $100. At that point I’d be out $100. However my friend returns the $100 and I’m back to square. I’m neither out nor ahead, I’m square again.
My question, given what I’ve tried to explain above, does this make sense, or am I being diddled on bonuses being deducted when they should not be deducted at all?