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I remember Jonny Flynn posterizing him during a game. Cannot remember the specific game, but man, I remember the dunk!
Preseason lists are only useful if they cost less than a roll of toilet paper. Scoop, just go out there and make the Post-Season top ten point guards list, that will be something. Also, if all else fails, WIN!
Sorry, that should say "that is not entirely true".
That is entirely true. Video machines have payout percentages set inside of them. New York State (and most states that allow gambling in this form) has certain regulations/standards at which the payout percentage must set. The Oneidas set their own. It is fact that their payout percentages are set much lower. As for card games, as long as you are playing with the same number of decks, you are correct.
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The fact that his father and his brother will be sitting in the alumni section wearing all Orange is just great! I know this team is a great underdog and a win will be tough. However, if they can somehow pull it out, what a win for the program. This win could make this season, and with the press this win would get, could really help this program set its future. Go Orange!
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Less concern about the people watching, more concern about the people playing. It is what it is. Writing 100 articles, and doing 3 hours of snoozer radio on it every day obviously isn't going to change it. How about more articles about the actual product on the field.
Wha a great story. I'm sure that those people from that church feel they were "paid back" every penny. They were paid back by 31 genuine smiles from 31 thankful children. Though I am a Henninger Alum, good luck to those children at Fowler in this coming football season. And that congregation should take a few minutes at their next service to celebrate each other. You did a good thing. Negative posters, please give it a rest. These are children.
He is not an Alumnus, he did not graduate. I do not wish Mr. Williams any bad luck, but why should I support him? His selfish, and dishonest actions caused a lot of problems for fans, but more importantly for his teammates who were relying on him. He owed his teammates more than he gave them. It looks as if he will go on to have a nice NFL career and make a very good living for himself. That is good for him, but I will neither cheer nor boo Mike Williams. To me, he is like every other NFL player who didn't go to Syracuse. Let's just hope he gets some good people around him to help him with his decision making so that after the NFL, he continues to live a nice life.
what about the people in Iowa who bought local? What do you tell them?
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An article clearly written by Bud to try and get himself some perks in the future courtesy of Mr. Halbritter. You want to know why there weren't more people there? It was a C-level event at a C-level resort.
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Depression is commonly seen in patients with cardiovascular disorders. In recent studies it has been shown that mild to moderate depression symptoms were associated with increased likelihood of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI), which is a risk factor of poor cardiac outcome. In this project, the investigators aim to assess the treatment of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in ischemic heart disease patients with mild to moderate depressive symptoms. This study is a six-week double-blind placebo controlled study to examine the effects of escitalopram on mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia. This study will look to show that patients with ischemic heart disease who are treated with escitalopram will exhibit a significant improvement of MSIMI at the end of week 6 compared to patients receiving placebo.
Myocardial Ischemia
Drug: Escitalopram
Drug: Placebo
Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Responses of Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment (REMIT Trial)
- Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) treated with escitalopram will exhibit a significant improvement of MSIMI at the end of week 6 compared to patients receiving placebo [ Time Frame: 5 year study - 6 weeks of treatment for each patient ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Treatment of escitalopram will significantly reduce cardiovascular reactivity during mental stress testing as compared to placebo. Treatment of escitalopram will significantly reduce depression symptoms as compared to placebo [ Time Frame: 5 year study - 6 weeks of treatment for each patient ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2006
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Escitalopram
Escitalopram treatment
Drug: Escitalopram
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Other Name: Lexapro
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
Placebo dosage will range from 5 mg to 20 mg once a day for the duration of the study (6 weeks). Tablets are in 5 mg or 10 mg form, depending upon the dosage the patient is prescribed.
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The goals of this project are to investigate the response of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI) to escitalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI); to determine whether MSIMI will be reduced by the treatment, and whether the modification of MSIMI is related to improvement of depression symptoms, and/or the reduction of platelet aggregation, and/or the reduction of cardiovascular reactivity. This is a randomized study using escitalopram versus placebo for stable ischemic heart disease patients with MSIMI. This study will also explore the role of platelet activity in occurrence with MSIMI and other characteristics of MSIMI, such as systolic and diastolic function of the left ventricle during mental stress testing as compared to exercise testing.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 90 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 21 or greater, less than 90
- Stable ischemic heart disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Recent myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or other revascularization procedures (less than 3 months ago)
- Left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) < 15% measured by echocardiography, radionuclide ventriculography (RNV), or cardiac catheterization
- Life threatening arrhythmia or arrhythmia interrupting the interpretation of ischemia
- Unable to withdraw from anti-anginal medications during ischemic assessment phase
- Unable to perform exercise testing
- Pregnancy
- Current or previous history of bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, schizophrenia, schizoaffective or schizophreniform disorder, or other psychotic disorders
- Active suicidal ideation
- Current substance abuse or history of substance abuse in the previous 6 months
- Significant cardiac, pulmonary, metabolic, renal, hepatic disease, or malignancy, interfering with patient's participation in this study
- Seizure (history and/or present) with/without treatment
- Currently taking antidepressants that cannot be discontinued
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00574847
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke University Medical Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|Principal Investigator:
|Wei Jiang, M.D.
|Duke University
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Duke University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00574847 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Pro00009555, R01HL085704-01, 8640-07-8R1ER
|Study First Received:
|December 12, 2007
|Last Updated:
|July 11, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Duke University:
ischemic heart disease
mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Vascular Diseases
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
Antidepressive Agents
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
Antiparkinson Agents
Autonomic Agents
Central Nervous System Agents
Cholinergic Agents
Cholinergic Antagonists
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Muscarinic Antagonists
Neurotransmitter Agents
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Serotonin Agents
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John Cullen fighting out D-unit Mma My record is 17 wins, 8 losses, 2 draws with 9 subs and 8 (t)ko's. My fighting style is Muay Thai and BJJ. I'm fighting Mariusz Abramiuk at Immortal Fight Promotions on 31st August.
Do you think your strong background in Mauy Thai has shaped your MMA game?
Yeah definitely my Muay Thai training has helped me so much throughout my MMA career, especially my clinch and knee techniques, these have given me an edge in the striking department for most of my fights.
A key player in the D unit , does coaching at the club help you with your MMA game?
Coaching at D-unit has helped me greatly as I get to go over my basics regularly, which helps keep me sharp and my technique good. Also talking in front of large groups of people at the classes has helped me with my self confidence.
D unit recently held an inter club event , where you there and what can you tell us about the next bread yous are bringing through the club?
The inter club we held was fantastic, it was great to watch our next generation of D-unit soldiers picking up experience and putting on a show. I'm very proud of all the guys who represented the team that day.
In training do you stick to the basics or do you like to try out the latests fads of MMA (training masks, butter coffees, gymnastic training)etc etc.
I try to cover all areas of MMA in training working on Muay thai,BJJ, Wrestling and Boxing, I also cover strength and conditioning and lots of cardio. I'm not really into training masks and fad diets I try to eat clean meals mostly and just keep on trying to improve everywhere.
Training , coaching , living MMA , how does one relax ?
On the very few days that I'm not in the gym I like to go to cinema, I like to go camping and hill walking and generally being outdoors and I love spending time with my family and my dogs.
Do you follow any off the top MMA organisations (UFC , Bellator, Cage Warriors) ? What do you think of the new bread of super technical youngsters coming through the ranks ? And how do you think us Scots would fair in this mix ?
I try to watch as much MMA as possible as I'm a huge fight fan and I'm hugely impressed with the younger generation of fighters who are very creative and technically brilliant but I'm sure the standard of coaching and fighting in Scotland will ensure we can hang with anyone.
If you could pick another 5 Scots to fight with you and represent Scotland on the first UFC card , who would you pick and why ?
Alan Johnston, John Quinn, Graham turner, James Doolan, Martin Delaney. As all of them are great examples of Scottish MMA fighters and I think they all would give a great account of themselves and do Scotland proud.
You have a great coach at the D-unit in John Nicolson, a man with great all round skills and experience, do you think having someone like John with that wealth of experience is one of the keys to separating your team from some of the newer teams popping up around Scotland?
Yeah absolutely John was a great fighter with lots of experience and a vast knowledge of the fight game. John's work ethic, gameness and no quitting attitude has rubbed off on the rest of the team and made the D-unit one of the most feared and respected gyms in the country.
Fighting up North again are you looking forward to it after your last excellent performance and reception?
Yeah its great to have the crowd support you in such a vocal way I'm very excited to fight in Aberdeen against an opponent of such a high calibre and I hope we have a great fight which everyone enjoys.
Any last words, thanks, sponsors, Twitter etc
I'd like to say a huge thank you to John Nicolson and all my team mates at D-unit And thank you to everyone who supports me and wished me well .
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"... Decisions that send men and women to die, decisions that have the potential to send men and women to die, decisions that confront situations like natural disasters and cause needless death or cause people to suffer misery that they shouldn't have to suffer, domestic and international decisions, should not be made in a secret way.That's a very, very provocative statement, I think. All my life I've been taught to guard the nation's secrets. All my life I have followed the rules. I've gone through my special background investigations and all the other things that you need to do and I understand that the nation's secrets need guarding.But fundamental decisions about foreign policy should not be made in secret. Let me tell you the practical reason and here I'm jumping over in, really into both realms. The practical reasons why it's true.You've probably all read books on leadership, 7 Habits of Successful People, or whatever. If you, as a member of bureaucracy, do not participate in a decision, you are not going to carry that decision out with the alacrity, the efficiency and the effectiveness you would if you had participated.When you cut the bureaucracy out of your decisions and then foist your decisions on us out of the blue on that bureaucracy, you can't expect that bureaucracy to carry your decision out very well and, furthermore, if you're not prepared to stop the feuding elements in that bureaucracy, as they carry out your decision, you're courting disaster.And I would say that we have courted disaster, in Iraq, in North Korea, in Iran, generally with regard to domestic crises like Katrina, Rita and I could go on back, we haven't done very well on anything like that in a long time. And if something comes along that is truly serious, truly serious, something like a nuclear weapon going off in a major American city, or something like a major pandemic, you are going to see the ineptitude of this government in a way that will take you back to the Declaration of Independence. Read it some time again. ......And you're talking about the potential for, I think, real dangerous times if we don't get our act together. Now, let me get a little more specific. This is where I'm sure the journalists will get their pens out. Almost everyone since the '47 act, with the exception, I think, of Eisenhower, has in some way or another, perterbated, flummoxed, twisted, drew evolutionary trends with, whatever, the national security decision-making process.I mean, John Kennedy trusted his brother, who was Attorney General, made his brother Attorney General, probably far more than he should have. Richard Nixon, oh my God, took a position that was not even envisioned in the original framers of the act's minds, national security minds, that are not subject to confirmation by the Senate, advise and consent. Took that position and gave it to his Secretary of State, concentrating power in ways that still reverberate in this country.Jimmy Carter allowed [inaudible] Brezinsky to essentially negate his Secretary of State. I could go on and say what Sandy Berger did to Madeline Albright in [inaudible] foreign policy. And I could make other provocative statements, too. Another one in my study of the act's implementation has so flummoxed the process as the present administration. What do I mean by that? ......The complexity of governing is unprecedented. You simply cannot deal with all the challenges that government has to deal with, meet all the demands that government has to meet in the modern age, in the 21st century, without admitting that it is hugely complex. That doesn't mean you have to add a Department of Homeland Security with 70,000 disparate entities thrown under somebody in order to handle them. But it does mean that your bureaucracy has got to be staffed with good people and they've got to work together and they've got to work under leadership they trust and leadership that, on basic issues, they agree with.And that if they don't agree, they can dissent and dissent and dissent. And if their dissent is such that they feel so passionate about it, they can resign and know why they're resigning. That is not the case today. And when I say that is not the case today, I stop on 26 January 2005.I don't know what the case is today. I wish I did. But the case that I saw for 4 plus years was a case that I have never seen in my studies of aberration, bastardizations, [inaudible], changes to the national security [inaudible] process. What I saw was a cabal between the Vice President of the United States, Richard Cheney, and the Secretary of Defense and [inaudible] on critical issues that made decisions that the bureaucracy did not know were being made.And then when the bureaucracy was presented with those decisions and carried them out, it was presented in such a disjointed incredible way that the bureaucracy often didn't know what it was doing as it moved to carry them out. ......Read George Packer's book The Assassin's [inaudible] if you haven't already. George Packer, a New Yorker, reporter for The New Yorker, has got it right. I just finished it and I usually put marginalia in a book but, let me tell you, I had to get extra pages to write on.And I wish, I wish I had been able to help George Packer write that book. In some places I could have given him a hell of a lot more specifics than he's got. But if you want to read how the Cheney Rumsfeld cabal flummoxed the process, read that book. And, of course, there are other names in there, Under Secretary of Defense Douglas [inaudible], whom most of you probably know Tommy Frank said was stupidest blankety blank man in the world. He was. Let me testify to that. He was. Seldom in my life have I met a dumber man.And yet, and yet, after the Secretary of State agrees to a $400 billion department, rather than a $30 billion department, having control, at least in the immediate post-war period in Iraq, this man is put in charge. Not only is he put in charge, he is given carte blanche to tell the State Department to go screw themselves in a closet somewhere. That's not making excuses for the State Department.That's telling you how decisions were made and telling you how things got accomplished. Read George's book. In so many ways I wanted to believe for 4 years that what I was seeing, as an academic, what I was seeing was an extremely weak national security [inaudible]. And an extremely powerful Vice President and an extremely powerful in the issues that impacted him, Secretary of Defense, remember a Vice President who's been Secretary of Defense, too, and obviously has an inclination that way and also has known the Secretary of Defense for a long time, and also is a member of what Dwight Eisenhower wanted that God bless Eisenhower in 1961 in his farewell address the military industrial complex and don't you think they aren't the [inaudible] today in a concentration of power that is just unparalleled. It all happened because of the end of the Cold War.
Wilkerson, who reportedly has fallen out with Collin Powell over his outspoken comments, has been a Bush administration critic before, including calling his part in Powell's U.N. speech "the lowest point in my life." But he's hardly alone in recognizing the deadly combination of arrogance, secrecy, ideological zeal and incompetence that led the U.S. inexorably toward war and quagmire in Iraq.Other critics, including staunch Reagan/Thatcher conservatives like Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, authors of America Alone: The Neoconservatives and the Global Order, George Will, and a raft of academics, authors, former weapons inspectors, CIA men and former Reagan and Bush administration figures like Larry Korb and Richard Clarke, have zeroed in on the neocon think tankers as the court whisperers who steered a president who ran on an anti nation-building platform in 2000, into that very morass after 9/11.Ironically, neocons like Kristol, Stephen Hayes (of a previous nefarious leak), Charles Krauthammer and others are rowing their boats as far and as fast from the notion of responsibility for the war as they can get, crying "we weren't the only ones!" on the subject of Iraq's supposed WMD (as Hayes recently did on "Hardball") and insisting that there was some broad ideological consensus to invade Iraq. Well, there was, thanks to the blockbuster sales job of the neocon/Bushocon marketing alliance called the White House Iraq Group (a throwback to LBJ's "White House Information Group" which tried in 1967 to "raise favorable coverage" to sell the nation on Vietnam) -- a WHIG soon to be flipped, big time, by a certain Chicago prosecutor... and the neocons and their backer -- particularly Cheney -- were successful in stifling dissent, both inside the government, including in Congress, and in the media, with a noxious combination of patriotic rhetoric and fear mongering.As for Bush, he seems to have spent the first year of his second term running most of the neocon war planners out of town (Wolfowitz to the World Bank, Bolton from State to the U.N., Pentagon information twisters Feith and Stephen J. Cambone just out of dodge altogether) while retiring the sycophants who let them run amok (bye bye Tenet old boy, enjoy your medal of freedom). A judge and jury could yet rid him of the remaining detritus, if neocon hard-cores Scooter Libby, Stephen Hadley (implanted at the NSC under Condi Rice and now her successor as National Security Advisor), and god forbid Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney himself (Rumsfeld and Cheney are seen more as the neocon's corporate sponsors than members of the intellectual club themsves. Cheney in particular comes across as mostly a corporate profiteer for whom the neocons provide the pretext to deliver him a war) get indicted or worse.And the president himself has seemed to revert to his original type with the Kristol camp sidelined: nominating two big business justices to the Supreme Court, against the wishes of the fuming neocons (who've become unaccustomed to a president who won't come to heel), not to mention the Christions... roaming the country spouting off about Social Security privatization, and plotting to throw open the southern U.S. border to slave laborers for his corporate friends. And his good buddy Karl Rove has taken the first public step to begin throwing his and Dubya's former neocon friends under the first available bus.Bush still talks the talk about freedom and democracy, but he doesn't even look like he totally buys the talking points anymore. Rather, Bush looks like a man dying to give two weeks' notice. Too bad the country, the uniformed military, Guard and Reserves, the treasury, American civil liberties and the civilian dead in Iraq have had to pay such a heavy price for his time as the neocons' Dauphin...Useful links:
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KNOXVILLE — Tennessee's offseason is proving every bit as eventful as its surprising run through the postseason.
Since advancing to an NCAA tournament regional semifinal, the Volunteers have endured a coaching change, the implosion of their November signing class and now the potential transfer of two returning players. New Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall already was trying to refortify the Vols' recruiting class when guard Darius Thompson and swingman A.J. Davis, who just completed their freshman seasons, asked for their releases.
Tyndall remains confident he can put together a quality roster.
"I promise you, in about a month, there's going to be people saying, 'Holy cow, they got that guy,' 'Holy cow, they filled that spot with him,' " Tyndall said. "We just have to let it unfold. There are a lot of guys out there that still haven't made their mind up. There are guys certainly interested in our program, and we're going to get our share over the next month."
Tennessee's offseason of change began April 15 when former coach Cuonzo Martin left to take over California's program. Tennessee hired Tyndall away from Southern Mississippi a week later.
All four players to sign with Tennessee in November - guards Larry Austin Jr. and Jordan Cornish plus forwards Phil Cofer and CJ Turman - requested releases from their letters of intent in the days following Tyndall's arrival. Thompson and Davis made their decisions Monday.
The changes continued Tuesday when Tyndall said that Jareem Dowling, who was announced last week as Tennessee's new director of player development, had decided instead to stay at Southern Mississippi as a full assistant on new coach Doc Sadler's staff. Tyndall said he encouraged Sadler to keep Dowling.
Tyndall believes Thompson and Davis "are probably 50-50 right now" on whether to return to Tennessee or continue their careers elsewhere. Tennessee already must replace four of the top five scorers from a team that went 24-13 this past season.
"Both guys at least expressed to me that there was no reluctance about me," Tyndall said. "They liked me. They liked what we were doing. They loved Tennessee. It was simply a matter of, to be honest with you, seeing what else was out there."
Tyndall also hopes to keep guard Robert Hubbs III, who is considering whether to seek his release as well. Tyndall said all this uncertainty is the natural byproduct of a coaching change and reflects the admiration Tennessee's players had for Martin.
"I don't want to put anything on Coach Martin in a negative light," Tyndall said. "I just think these kids are very loyal to Coach Martin, which to be honest with you, I love. I respect that. I have no problem with that. I respect Coach Martin."
Tyndall has signed forward Jabari McGhee and junior-college guard Kevin Punter to rebuild Tennessee's recruiting class. Thompson is Tennessee's only pure point guard on scholarship, so the Vols now must upgrade that position. Tyndall says he plans to add one point guard if Thompson stays and may sign two point guards if Thompson leaves.
Tyndall remains upbeat, perhaps because he's been in similar situations before. In his first year at Southern Mississippi, the Golden Eagles returned only four players from a team that had reached the NCAA tournament a year earlier. Tyndall led that inexperienced group to a 27-10 record.
"Everyone was worried, everyone was concerned and rightfully so," Tyndall said. "I was worried and concerned, shoot. But at the end of the day, I have a great deal of confidence in my staff. I have a great deal of confidence that we've done this on two other occasions (at Southern Mississippi and Morehead State), and we're going to be fine."comments powered by Disqus


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The annual ice cream eating contest was held Wednesday at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs. The adult winner downed a pint of Stewart's ice cream in 41.1 seconds. The contest is held annually during Travers Stakes week at the Spa.
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- found: The Commitments, 1991: t.p. (Glen Hansard)
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The Majestic Plastic Bag
Behold the heroic journey of one of the most illustrious creatures on our planet.
Created by the good people of Healthebay.org.
With our attempts to cultivate nature, humankind causes the rising of a next nature, which is wild and unpredictable as ever. Wild systems, genetic surprises, autonomous machinery and splendidly beautiful black flowers. Nature changes along with us.
Behold the heroic journey of one of the most illustrious creatures on our planet.
Created by the good people of Healthebay.org.
Hi Koert,
Just wondering… what are your thoughts regarding how this plastic bag relates to nature: can a plastic bag become a part of nature?
(I prefer to see any type of garbadge that interacts with nature as an aspect of the 'footprint' of human kind)
PS. I also would like to invite you to develop (& share) some thoughts regarding how this 'next nature life' of a plastic bag could relate to the concept of INTENTIONALITY – which was introduced by Bas Haring in his exploring essay 'Next Nature Services':
KOERT WROTE: "… Regarding plastics, no lets take this more general, lets talk about oil: From our human perspective, oil is a natural material, however, it is also the waste of plants that died some million years ago. It only took a very long time for us humans to evolve and put that plant waste to use. Point taken: waste can be natural."
Hi Koert, thanks for sharing your thoughts. But sorry… I observe that your waste-example includes some (out of context) 'rethorics'.
Because… basically, crude oil (in the ground) is a natural-product: it concerns the end-product of a NATURAL PROCES => while plastic is the end-procuct of HUMAN PROCESSING.
So, I think your use of the word 'waste' goes out of context regarding the plastic-example, because plastic is product created by human action: it's the end product of a human induced chemical proces.
(Formally, crude oil in the ground should not be described as 'waste' nor 'natural trash', because for example the word 'natural trash' refers to trash resulting from human use of natural products – but any natural product can not be considered as a part of nature, etc.)
Nevertheless, of course, the word 'waste' is a synonym for the word 'trash' (used by Bas)… however, crude oil (in the ground) is never described as 'natural-trash', because this would implicate a contradictive way to describe it. For, nature evolves in purposeful cycles which do not end as 'trash'.
Plastic = 'trash', because it concerns unnatural material (that usually has lost it's value when it becomes mixed with nature).
Oil = a 'natural product', it can not be described as true 'garbage' (especially not when found in the ground).
So, at the end I would say that oil can only become 'garbage' AFTER human intervention.
PS. Still interested to hear you thoughts about 'plastic'…!


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BIMMERPOST sponsor Alekshop has started an interesting E92 M3 build, building a US spec M3 GTS based on the BMW M3 Lime Rock Edition, which shares the same Fire Orange color with the M3 GTS. Per Alekshop:
The day BMW announced a release of the special model M3 GTS, we knew that this is the car we have to have!
After reading multiple press releases, looking at million pictures, translating technical info from German to English we gathered enough information to come up with a plan … CONTINUED
Any M3 GTS fans out there? If you are, you'll be sure to love this video of six M3 GTS and a supercharged G-Power M3 GTS running at the Nurburgring.
The limited edition M3 GTS, which was available only in Europe, featured 450bhp, with a weight of 3278lbs.
The G-Power M3 GTS adds forced induction to the factory GTS via a supercharger. The regular version pumps out 635hp / 630Nm torque, while the Tornado RS version is good for a 720hp and 700Nm of torque!
Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson pit the E92 M3 GTS against the Porsche GT3 RS on the track. On paper, the GT3 RS should trump, but will the real world driving experience bear the same results? Video inside.
The first customer M3 GTS was delivered to its owner, Marcus, at the performance days at Nürburgring this weekend. Marcus has already started testing and adjusting the setup to meet his track specs but says the car is great and is destined to become better!
Here is a great new video of the M3 GTS running on the track at Ascari, Spain. Turn up those speakers for some pure aural delight! Also reviews and insight from Rolf Schneibner, product manager of the M3 GTS about whats so special about this hopped up M3.
Enamored with the new BMW M3 GTS? You're in luck as BMW has now released the technical specifications and training manual (German only unfortunately) of the BMW M3 GTS for you to pour over.
The all clear has been given for the launch of the BMW M3 GTS to market. The E92 M3 GTS represents the most powerful and track dedicated version of the M3 coupe, featuring a 450bhp engine and fully revised suspension, chassis, aerodynamics, and interior, all towards the best track experience possible.
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A combination of factors, including the most abrupt change in West Africa's weather in more than 40 years, is pushing farmers in parts of Niger further into hunger and poverty. From IRIN News:
MARADI/DIFFA, 3 March 2014 (IRIN) – Farmers in drought-ridden parts of Niger are facing a dangerous combination of stresses – chronic drought, land degradation, pests and poor seeds – which threaten to throw them even deeper into hunger and poverty.
James Litzinger, an agricultural specialist studying how farmers use pesticides and fertilizers in Niger's central Maradi Region, said there is an exponential yield loss when people face these compounded problems: "One [loss] plus one [loss] equals three," he told IRIN.
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Tricks are compression spring driven, so the feel between them and expansion spring systems is different already.
I have learned a lot about DW in the last couple years. They move slow, look at details to inth degrees, and if they were not absolutely sure the new design would not garner rave reviews and customers they would never have released it. They do a lot of in-house work with endorsers, so I imagine they all gave a great deal of input before the pedal hit NAMM.
Can't say I like the look, but I found the 9000 to be the nicest expansion system I have tried. I'm sure this one is as good. Still couldn't take me away from Drumnetics, but DW seems to make good use of details in design.
They will make some kind of longboard, and also other types of cosmetic looks as this thing moves along. Then they will offer it in a chain drive. It's like fashion. Everything comes back after awhile.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard's Chloe Keating scored the only goal of the game with 17:25 remaining in the second half, to lead the Crimson to a 1-0 victory over the Holy Cross field hockey team at Jordan Field. The Crusaders fall to 0-2 on the season with the loss, while Harvard opens the year at 1-0.
Following a scoreless first half, the Crimson's Kristin Bannon sent a penalty corner in to Maggie McVeigh for the stick stop, and Francine Polet hit a shot toward the cage. Keating then tipped Polet's shot into the cage for the game-winning goal.
Senior goalkeeper Erin Singleton (Amesbury, Mass.) made two saves for Holy Cross, while allowing just one goal. Harvard goalkeeper Kylie Stone had four saves and posted a shutout.
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First and foremost, this will be the next tier of raiding. There was some speculation that this would be an interim tier of raiding, however that is not the case. The gear that will come out of the Crusaders' Coliseum appears to be Tier 9.
Secondly, the encounters will be unlocked one per week until all five encounters are available. This mirrors very closely the way the Sunwell Plateau was handled back in Patch 2.4.
Finally, there will be a new "Crusaders' Tribute" mechanic. The mechanic appears to track the number of times you attempt an encounter, and the fewer times it takes you to complete the encounter, the greater the loot will be for the final boss. A type of raid where you are going for the Tribute rewards will be called a "Tribute Run."
For further information about the upcoming patch check out WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.2.
The full details of the announcement after the break.
This is the official announcement:
In the next major content patch, the construction of the Crusaders' Coliseum on the Argent Tournament grounds will be complete, and it will hold new challenges for players. We'd like to share some details on the new dungeon, which represents the next tier of content for the game, but keep in mind that this is still in development and subject to change. The Crusaders' Coliseum will include:
- New epic 10- and 25-player raid dungeon with five encounters, with each encounter being unlocked one week at a time
- A more intuitive structure for harder encounters. This raid dungeon will have four different versions: 10-player, 25-player, 10-player Heroic, and 25-player Heroic, with each one using a separate lockout.
- Introduction of the Crusaders' Tribute! Each of the Heroic mode instances has a new tribute system that will limit players on the number of attempts they get in the Coliseum each week to present a greater challenge for the most battle-hardened heroes. Additional rewards can be earned depending on the number of attempts left in the tribute run each week when the final boss is defeated.
- New 5-player dungeon with three encounters that will include Champion's Seals as each one is defeated
- New tier of armor and weapons that are modeled with Alliance- or Horde-specific themes
Patch 3.2 will bring about a new 5, 10, and 25 man instance to WoW, and usher in a new 40-man battleground called the Isle of Conquest. WoW.com will have you covered every step of the way, from extensive PTR coverage through the official live release. Check out WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.2 for all the latest!


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CRESTVIEW — An estimated 280 spectators attended the 2012 Northwest Florida Fall Martial Arts Championships at Davidson Middle School on Saturday. Competitors from across the panhandle competed in 74 divisions within six events including sparring, forms and self-defense.
"This tournament is good fellowship with students and instructors," Bob Ferguson said. "The kids just keep coming back." Ferguson and instructor Anthony Whitmer, from the YMCA Martial Arts Club in Navarre, assisted Thomas Gordon from event sponsor Gordon Martial Arts. Ferguson and Whitmer served as the three-hour event's judges.
The competition allowed students to learn new fighting styles and disciplines of how the "other guys teach," Whitmer said.
Many competitors were from area martial arts schools. Fifteen students from CD Williamson's martial arts school in Niceville were present. Williamson, who has been involved with martial arts for 37 years, was the event's rules arbitrator. Although nearly 80 percent of his students are in the 17-and-younger age range, Williamson said that martial arts aren't just for kids.
"Its for everybody … nobody gets to sit on the bench," he said.
One parent said he has seen the training's positive influence.
"It's been great as far as his discipline, and his grades have also improved," Bart Begley said about Brock, his 8-year-old son. This was the fourth competition that Brock competed in.
Some of the young students have picked up the techniques quickly. Baker resident Cariann Diaz, 13, said she only trained in martial arts for less than a year when she won second place in the 11- to 13-year-old sparring competition.
"I was actually really nervous at first," said Diaz, who attends Morgan's Martial Arts. However, through hard work and focus, she has picked up the skills and learned some life lessons along the way.
"It has definitely showed me how to better protect myself ... and make me more aware of my surroundings," she said.


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With a Tour de France victory and an Olympic gold medal added to his tally of victories this year Bradley Wiggins' next challenges will be off the bike as much as on it if he wants to successfully defend his Tour de France title next year, according to the man who masterminded those victories.
British cycling director of performance Dave Brailsford told the Asociated Press that Wiggins biggest problem over the next few months will be coping with fame.
"It will be very difficult," said Brailsford. "I'd go as far as saying that most people, when they win something that they've really (wanted), a big major, career defining victory, the period after that is difficult."
Wiggins has been this season's dominant stage racer, winning Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Criterium du Dauphine as well as the Tour de France and the Olympic time trial.
Not surprisingly, he has spent much of the last week celebrating, including meeting the Modfather himself Paul Weller at a Stone Roses gig .
"Bradley will get pulled this winter from award ceremonies to media things to all the things that normally aren't there in life," Brailsford said. "He will inevitably get asked to do a lot of that this winter. And the challenge with a lot of guys who hit a peak, they go through all of that and while everyone else is training really, really hard, they're not. Not because they don't want to, it's just difficult to fit it all in."
Brailsford acknowledged that the greatest skill of previous multiple Tour de France winners such as Lance Armstrong was time management.
"That's where the guys who had repeated success on something like the Tour de France, like Armstrong, it's a phenomenal achievement, in that sense, to manage your life and to have the discipline to manage your life," he said. "And that's the challenge for Bradley really now."
Wiggins' season isn't over though. He and Mark Cavendish will ride the Tour of Denmark, August 22-26, and Cav will almost certainly face repeated sprint finish showdowns with rival Andre Greipel of Team Lotto Belisol .
"It's quite simple: cycling's biggest stars who are coming to Denmark" said race director Jesper Worre.
"It is without doubt the strongest field we've ever had, and I can only urge Danes to get out and experience these world stars".
Piers Morgan vs the world
In a final bit of Wiggins-related news, former newspaper editor turned D-list celeb interviewer Piers Morgan has hit back at Wiggins fans who have been re-tweeting and re-posting a snark aimed at him earlier this month, but wrongly attributing it to Wiggins.Sadly, this is not quite what happened:
When Wiggins failed to sing the national anthem in the time trial medal ceremony, Morgan posted on Twitter:
"I was very disappointed @bradwiggins didn't sing the anthem either. Show some respect to our Monarch please!"
In fact, athletes' singing the anthem is a fairly recent development and the more traditional posture is one of respectful silence, at least according to Holy Moly.
Colm Quinn responded:
".@piersmorgan I was disappointed when you didn't go to jail for insider trading or phone hacking, but you know, each to his own."
And, quick as a lie circling the earth while truth fumbles with its bootlaces, that comment was attributed to Bradley Wiggins and whizzed round Facebook and Twitter.
Late last night, Morgan tweeted: "Dear Trolls, that Bradley Wiggins tweet to me's a fake. So maybe send it to yourselves instead of me? There's a good of bunch of dimbos."
Piers Morgan, you may remember, was sacked as editor of the Daily Mirror after it published hoax pictures of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi.
Earlier today, he seemed to obliquely acknowledge the momentum of Quinn's jibe at him, posting:
"Congrats to @mrcolmquinn - he knows why, and I admire the work. ps I suspect @bradwiggins probably agrees with what he never said, anyway."
I did wonder how he might manage the off-season, because Brad has several times that "it will never get better than this" which could easily turn into "what's the point then?"
Hope he keeps his head.
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posted by notfastenough [3691 posts]
9th August 2012 - 22:25
Show respect to our monarch ?
"God bless our gracious queen" !
I'd be gracious as well if I was kept in the lap of luxury for shaking a few serfs hands ! Morgan is nothing more than an establishment shill and isn't even fit to grace the same room as Wiggins. Morgan doesn't know what integrity even means, Britain's Got talent, my arse.......
What a clown.
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9th August 2012 - 22:51
Oft repeated (mainly by me), never tiresome, always funny:
"Morgan? Is that capital M small Organ"
I don't think it matters who tweeted back at Moron, he seems to have a thing about how 'unpatriotic' our cyclists are, although the majority of them still live and work in the UK, unlike him
posted by andylul [418 posts]
10th August 2012 - 9:43
Brailsford is really trying hard to push a UKPostal image with more comparisons to 7 time TdF fraud Armstrong!
posted by Decster [246 posts]
10th August 2012 - 9:44
Piers Moron is an arsehole. An insider trading, fraudulent, self publicising arsehole.
posted by Animal [38 posts]
10th August 2012 - 10:59
Perhaps Brad was standing on the winner's podium thinking "I'll sing it, but not until I've seen the Queen sing it first".
Oh yeah - and Piers Morgan is a kn*b.
posted by jarderich [91 posts]
10th August 2012 - 12:27
It's great to share a space in the world with others who don't rate Piers Morgan - a man who earns his living from being a smart arse and exploiting others' weaknesses.
posted by Campag_10 [153 posts]
11th August 2012 - 9:16
With Bradley commenting that "it doesn't get any better than this", maybe he thought it was all over and was expecting a fat lady to do the singing as the saying goes.
Thankfully, Lesley Garrett was otherwise engaged!
posted by PRINCIPIA PHIL [57 posts]
12th August 2012 - 20:24


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Get Innovative with Dress Up Games and Make Barbie Gorgeous
October 22, 2011 by girlsgames
Published in Makeup
Girls Games provides a broad range of games exclusively meant for girls. Among those games Barbie Games and Dress up Games have caught attention of many girls. Barbie is the favorite companion of every girl just like trying stylish outfits to have distinct look is the best moment for them as well. The games provide girls the opportunity to be innovative and creative in their own way and play along.
Young generation always search for new games on computer in order to spend their leisure time in fun and relaxation. Considering this demand of gaming, websites are launching new games. Both boys and girls around the world love to go and try new games every day. Being born and brought up in a homely environment, girls have developed their unique world of thoughts and fantasy which is quite different from that of the boys. For that reason, girls choose completely different games from the games boys love to play. Girls Games have introduced many such games which certainly quench their thirst of girls' gaming.
From childhood doll is girls' best friend with whom she shares all her secrets and spend most of the time playing with it. When it comes to doll, nothing can replace Barbie. Girls adore Barbie as their best companion and pass lot of time dressing them up for several imaginary occasions or do their makeup in the real life. Taking inspiration from this idea Girls Games have introduced more than 30 barbie games to satisfy the girls where they can make Barbie beautiful and charming as per their wish.
Most of the times in actual life all girls don't have the whole collection of Barbie dresses or accessories. In Barbie Games almost all options of dresses and makeup kits are available so that girls don't have to face any problem in turning Barbie into a charming princess or a beautiful bride. In Barbie Room, you will have the opportunity to decorate Barbie's room putting your creativity and imagination. You can prepare Barbie for any cocktail party or birthday party in her best dress and makeup. A huge range of dresses, shoes and accessories are available in the wardrobe from where you can pick your favorite dress and give Barbie a perfect look.
Choosing proper outfits is another craze of every girl. They believe a perfect dress is required for the completion of a satisfying look. So, they love to alter their dresses often and try new looks. Dress up Games among the collection of Girls Games definitely gives girls the opportunity to dress up their favorite celebrity or model with new dresses, shoes and other accessories. A huge range of colors, designs are there in those dresses so that girls can select their favorite dress. They can even change the skin color; fix the eye shade, eye color and hair to match with the outfit.
During this gaming session, girls develop an innovative styling sense which is quite helpful for their real life dress up. Apart from the dress up games, Animal Games, Makeup Games, Fashion Games, Coloring Games, Princess Games and Wedding Games are some of the examples which grab the girls' attention for a long time and please them. These games are so easy, instructive and informative that your little girl can also have the pleasure of playing. Age does not matter if you want to relax your mind and enjoy your pastime. Women can also come forward and derive the ultimate pleasure of gaming.
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