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L3 Living Irwell Chambers brings a twist of the contemporary in a historical, landmark Liverpool building dating back to the 1800 s. These large and spacious 1 and 2 bedroom apartments are enhanced with natural light flooding in through original sash windows in many of the apartments and period high ceilings. You ll feel like you have been transported back to a different time whilst relaxing in your modern and luxurious surroundings. L3 Living Irwelll Chambers is located on Union Street, just off Old Hall Street in the heart of Liverpool s bustling business district. The building is beautifully set around a large internal courtyard which makes you feel like you are outside whilst inside! The apartments are opposite Moorfields Train Station (Old Hall Street Exit) and a 10 minute walk to Liverpool One Shopping District. For all you Beatles fans Mathew Street is just a short walk away as well as the hustle and bustle of the bars and restaurants of Victoria Street. L3 Living Irwell Chambers are not party apartments and guests causing excessive noise or attempting to over occupy an apartment will be asked to leave. L3 Living have a strict over 25 s policy and reserve the right to cancel reservations made my underage guests. 50% of the reservation amount is payable on booking and the balance is payable on arrival. Deposit is non refundable. After hours check in (from 19:00) can be arranged subject to a £25 fee, late check outs are also available for a £10 supplement. 3% fee is added to all cards payments.
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This disc making company really puzzles me. Some things I can understand. Slanted rim Roc-> less X-outs, fine. Champ Rocs were for FR for a long time, fine. Shitty Dx-> less x-outs?/less expensive, fine. They get the cheapest plastics availed-> inconsistent feel, fine. This is all just business and nothing weird here IMO. What I can't understand is this anti-gyro Blizzard shit. Bubbles in the rim, and only in the rim will destroy the flight completely. Even if it costs less money to make, one can't simply replace discs that used to fly so well with discs that refuse to stay in the air/on line. Even some new players, who happen to love these things, have noticed this and Innova is getting bad rep. Many who mostly had Innova's stuff in their bag have gone Lat/WS/DC. That's pretty funny and awesome, even if most don't notice or care.
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Leonardi Saba - 250ml
In Italy years ago, sugar was an expensive luxury, but grapes were plentiful. For this reason, Saba (also known as mosto cotto, vin cotto in the South and sapa) was used instead. In her book, "The Italian Country Table," Lynn Rosetto Kaspar quotes a Sicilian woman as saying, "Sugar sweetens, vin cotto flavors."
Saba is the result of reduction of the Trebbiano and Lambrusco grape must by simmering in copper kettles over an open flame. Using the same grapes as in Balsamic, the reduction is accomplished entirely by cooking whereas with Balsamic, the reduction is accomplished very slowly by evaporation in wooden casks. While the Saba is aged after being cooked it is only aged for two years in chestnut and oak barrels.
This traditional specialty is used in many ways, limited only by your culinary imagination: As a drink when diluted with sparkling water, over shaved ice (granita), over ice cream, to sweeten breads and cookies, as a condiment on beans or polenta, or added to ricotta or yogurt. Add it to your tomato sauce instead of sugar to create an exceptional sauce. When fresh fruits are in season, serve sliced with a little Saba drizzled on top.


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2013 marks the fifth year of the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Reproduction Awards program, which recognizes outstanding dairy operations for reproductive efficiency and well-implemented management procedures. More than 50 dairy operations have been recognized for reproductive excellence since the program began. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 program.
"Each year we continue to be impressed with the high-performing herds that are nominated from across the country for the DCRC Reproduction Awards," says DCRC Secretary and Reproduction Awards Coordinator Dr. Andrew Skidmore. "Dairy producers continue to use new technology and put a concerted focus into their reproductive programs to make significant advancements. We encourage industry professionals to nominate herds with a high-caliber reproduction program."
Dairy operations must be nominated by professionals who serve the dairy industry, such as veterinarians, genetic and pharmaceutical company representatives, DHIA field personnel or Extension specialists. Nomination forms must be completed online and are due by April 1.
Judges will review applications and select the top herds, who will be asked to provide additional information about their operation. This information will help the judges select Platinum, Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention winners. Award recipients will be honored at the 2013 DCRC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis on November 7 – 8, 2013.
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What we learned Saturday as we filled in half the Sweet 16 slots in the 2013 NCAA Tournament:
McGary makes Michigan a contender. Mitch McGary, the freshman center, doesn't dominate the ball—that'll come next year—but he does every other little thing. He's the glue, the muscle that makes this team "tournament tough." He sets picks with authority (just ask VCU's Briante Weber how he's feeling today) to free up Glenn Robinson III to drive the lane or to create space for Tim Hardaway Jr. or Nik Stauskas to launch 3s or for Trey Burke to do all of the above. He's a tireless worker on the boards, too. Oh, and he just might be the best outlet passer we've seen since Wes Unseld.
Oregon solved the SLU puzzle. No team for the better part of two months figured out a way to handle Saint Louis. The Billikens had been a juggernaut, running precision offense and doggedly hounding opponents on defense. On Saturday night, Oregon coach Dana Altman kept switching defenses constantly, and a switch to 2-3 zone in the first half sparked a 21-4 run as the Ducks built an insurmountable 35-19 halftime lead. Altman said he did it out of desperation, to keep SLU star Dwayne Evans from isolating the Ducks one-on-one. Of course, it also helps when your team is hitting 8-of-11 3-pointers (an NCAA Tournament record for efficiency from behind the arc).
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Harris a budding star. Freshman guard Gary Harris certainly is the Michigan State's most gifted player. His understanding of the game is uncanny, of proper spacing, of knowing when to cut to the rim and when to float to an open space on the perimeter. You can coach that, sure, but it comes naturally to Harris. He's such a smart player that he never appears to be thinking on the floor—as in, he sees the game so clearly that he's always ahead of the flow. Foul difficulties limited his impact in the second half vs. Memphis, but Harris dominated the first half like the lottery pick he just might become. Averaging 12.8 points on the season, he had 14 in the first 12 minutes in the win over the Tigers. He finished with 23 points on only nine field-goal attempts.
Syracuse is lucky. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. The Orange certainly have plenty of talent and can be great on a given night. However, it's been a rough few weeks for the team and they should consider themselves fortunate to still be alive in the NCAAs. Against Cal on Saturday night, Syracuse went 12 minutes in the second half without a field goal, made only six baskets in the second half and missed 15 free throws on the night. And won.
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Tom Izzo is so sweet. If it seems as if Michigan State is in the Sweet 16 just about every year, it's because it is. Izzo, after humbling Memphis' Josh Pastner on Saturday, is now 18-3 in NCAA Round of 32 games. His only losses came in years when the Spartans were an 8/9 seed and lost in the Round of 32 to a No. 1 seed. The victory improved Izzo's all-time NCAA record to 39-14, a .736 winning percentage, sixth-best all time for a coach. Michigan State is one of two schools (the winner of the Kansas-North Carolina game Sunday will be the other) to reach the Sweet 16 five times in the last six years.
Say hello to ... Oregon guard Damyean Dotson. Looking for a reason why the 12th-seeded Ducks are still alive? Look no further. A mediocre 31 percent 3-point shooter on the season, the freshman from Houston is getting hot at the right time. He hit five 3-pointers Saturday night in the beatdown of Saint Louis and now is 8-for-15 for the NCAA Tournament.
Say goodbye to ... the refs who worked the Marquette-Butler game. We shouldn't be seeing Michael Stuart, Lamont Simpson or Jeffrey Anderson call any games next weekend or beyond. There were horrendous charge calls, whistles blown because they "expected violations" and clutches-and-grabs were let go while ticky-tack calls were made. Surely NCAA coordinator of referees John Adams has better options.
Say a prayer for ... Siyani Chambers' tooth. The hotshot Harvard freshman guard lost a piece of his tooth when Arizona's Kevin Parrom hit him with an inadvertent elbow while battling for a rebound in the second half. "We got the rebound, we were on a fast break, I went in the air, came down, and before I knew it, my tooth was out," Chambers said. Teammate Christian Webster found the tooth on the floor.


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STERLING, Kan. – The Women's Basketball team played their final game of the Lady Warrior Classic and took on the Haskell Indian Nation University Indians. The Lady Warriors were able to pull out a victory thanks with key free throws late in the game and secure the 62-58 win and also the 700th victory for Head Coach Lonnie Kruse.
The Women's team got off to a hot start in the first half shooting 40% from the field and nailing down 11 of 15 free throws. Kelsey Strobel had a hot hand in the first half leading all scorers with 15 points and was six for six at the free throw line. Strobel also hit the only three of the game to keep it to Haskell's lead to one going into the half.
The second half was kept close from Haskell's three point shooting, scoring three three pointers but strobe continued her perfect night at the free throw line and finished with 10 points off of free throws. Kelsey Strobel would finish the night with 19 points and also have rebounds in the game. Overall, the key stat that helped out the Lady Warriors was their ability to rebound, Sterling out rebounded the Indians 39-37 but were only able to score eight points off of those rebounds.
This win was a major accomplishment in Sterling College's history, with this win it put Head Coach Lonnie Kruse in the upper echelon of women's basketball history. Kruse amassed 700 wins with the victory over Haskell. Lonnie Kruse is the all-time winningest coach in Sterling College history and is second most active winningest coach in NAIA Women's Basketball and is only eleven wins behind Garey Smith for most active wins.
With this win the Lady Warriors are 4-2 on the season and will host Hastings College Saturday November 30 when try for win number 701. This game is scheduled to tip-off at 5:00 PM.


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Don't look now, but there's a big bunch of fun coming in today's Link column. Kids are always ready to stand up and be noticed for their funny take on the world. We have varied topics today, and to start out, we asked students to tell us how they would change the world if they could choose just one thing. Some answers were humorous and others were serious takes on a kid's view of the planet. I asked some kids in a public-place setting and was surprised to get quick responses from onlookers who wanted to participate, too.
I would change the world by making sure that everybody had unlimited money.
Christopher Shores, Grade 2, Alamo
There would be no wars, ever again.
Sarah Shores, Grade 7, Jepson
I would do away with Daylight Savings Time.
Richard A.
It would still be warm even when it's windy and there would be no spiders.
Ryan Lee, Kindergarten, Browns Valley
Everything outside would be made of candy. Skittles are my favorite.
Brenna Watson, Grade 1, Callison
No living thing except plants would need to eat. This would do away with kitchen chores.
I would change the world by making everyone normal. There would be no famous people, no homeless people, no drug addicts.
Zak Vale, Grade 6, Ace Charter School, Hemlock
I'd like to clean up the world so the animals could live better lives.
Reese Lee, Grade 2, Browns Valley
I would change skunks so they wouldn't smell bad. Skunks would just smell like fresh air.
How would they protect themselves? They could run faster.
Taylor Smith, Grade 1, Fairmont
I would change the world by making it so there would be no more trash, anywhere. People could really do this now, at least on the streets, in neighborhoods, and at school.
Emily, Grade 5
There would be a Time Machine so that people could go back and forth in time and learn things so that we could be safer on Earth.
Tim S., Grade 8
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I want to fix my 1972 Stepside truck and hopefully get it done by the beginning of summer. I'd like to get it running for sure.
Alexa Garza, Grade 11, Country High
I want to fix my 1996 Saturn Coop so I can sell it and get myself a 1967 candy-apple red mustang.
Cassidy, Grade 11, Country High
I recently had the urge to cut a slit in my stuffed animal frog, so I did it. Then, I mended the cut. After looking at the mending, I decided to cut the frog open again and mend it a second time. The second mending job was much neater. Does this mean that I subconsciously want to do mending? I have no socks with holes.
Sarah, Grade 7
My dad and I built a shed during spring break. We used a plan and ordered the wood. It took about five days to finish and it turned out really good.
Steven Page, Grade 7, Jepson
I improved my mom's nails by putting nail polish on them. I used pink and also Tasmanian Devil sparkles. She looked so pretty! I like to do nails.
Victoria Estrella, Grade 4, Browns Valley
I am doing a state report on Rhode Island. I made a paper Mache chicken. We looked up how to do it on the Internet, and it turned out really good. I painted it red, of course.
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What is this medicine?DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GUAIFENESIN (dex troe meth OR fan; gwye FEN e sin) is a combination of a cough suppressant and expectorant. It is used for the temporary relief of coughs. This medicine is also used to loosen mucus.
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Santana set to begin rehab assignment Monday
DENVER -- Shortstop Danny Santana (left knee deep bone bruise) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Monday with Class A Advanced Fort Myers. The team is off Tuesday, so Santana will resume his rehab on Wednesday and Thursday. Barring a setback, Santana, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since June 27, will be activated Friday when the Twins resume play after the All-Star break.
Santana is scheduled to play five innings in center field Monday, seven innings at shortstop on Wednesday and nine innings in center field on Thursday. Santana has played 18 games and 15 starts in center field for the Twins this season and 18 games and 16 starts at shortstop.
Jack Etkin is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WORK has now got underway on an ambitious £6million development that will bring an 80-bedroom hotel and restaurant to Stourbridge
Construction has begun on the four-acre former Cox Hire site off Birmingham Street following sale of the land to Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants which aims to transform the major route into town with a new Premier Inn and Brewer's Fayre restaurant.
John Bates, head of acquisitions for UK and Ireland for Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants, said the development - a joint initiative with Worcestershire based property developers Barberry Developments - will create 65 new jobs and will "contribute to the wider regeneration of the town-centre, attracting new visitors to the local area and boosting local trade".
He added: "The new Premier Inn will be a great addition to the town and will provide the consistent high-quality, yet affordable accommodation, our customers expect. We look forward to opening our doors a soon as possible."
Barberry director Martyn Cartwright said: "I am delighted the development phase can now get underway. It is a first class site for a Premier Inn hotel and Brewer's Fayre restaurant and there is room for further development to complement these excellent new facilities.
"The scheme will create new jobs, attract additional visitors and support key businesses in the area."
Parking spaces for 122 cars are also planned as part of the scheme, which is expected to be completed by the autumn.
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Berry is a female black cat, born on December 10, 2012. Being a bottle-fed kitten, she is a definitelap cat. She is very loving and playful!The adoption fee is $15. This covers the cost of spay/neuter, PVR, Rabies, flea, tick, ear mite and worm treatment. To adopt, you need to first fill out an application. Go to: http://rutherfordcountyhumanesociety.org/CatAdoptionApplication.html. We are located in Western North Carolina. Optional transport is weekly. After your application is approved, we will contact you regarding cost and delivery if you so desire.
For all dogs, the adoption fee is $125 for adult dogs, $300 for puppies (under 6 months), and $175 for puppies (between 7 months up to a year) unless otherwise stipulated. This covers the cost of spay/neuter, FVL-CP, Rabies, Flea, tick, heart worm check, and worm treatment. To adopt, you need to first fill out an application. Go to: http://rutherfordcountyhumanesociety.org/DogAdoptionApplication.html. To see all of our dogs, go to: http://rutherfordcountyhumanesociety.org/AdoptableDogs.html
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LOS ANGELES -- Joe Thornton turned to the alphabet Saturday night in trying to explain how the Sharks didn't present much of a challenge in a 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
"If you don't have an A game," the Sharks captain said, "you have to have a B game. Tonight some guys had their D game, and at this level, it just can't happen against these elite teams."
Coach Todd McLellan called it easily the most disappointing loss of the season -- at least in part because San Jose had beaten the defending Stanley Cup champions 48 hours earlier at HP Pavilion.
"How frickin' disappointing is that?" McLellan began. "We play against the Stanley Cup champions back to back, we're lucky enough to win one in San Jose, and we come here and you've got to think they'd be champing at the bit and ready to go. What a great opportunity for our team to test themselves collectively, but also individually. Do I belong in the NHL? And we had a lot of passengers."
For the second time in five games, McLellan yanked starting goalie Antti Niemi, this time after he gave up four goals on 18 shots through little more than half the game. And McLellan didn't try to soft-peddle his goaltender's role in things going downhill.
"They scored on the first shot. When you need a save early in the game, they scored on the first shot," the coach said. "They got the momentum rolling from there. But there were a lot of other people involved in all 60 minutes, not just Nemo."
That first shot was one of two goals by Kings forward Kyle Clifford just 2:27 into the game, and it looked as if Niemi misplayed the angle. Los Angeles also got goals from Justin Williams, Jarret Stoll and Dwight King, while Patrick Marleau and Matt Irwin tallied for San Jose.
The Sharks were hoping to string together consecutive regulation wins for the first time in almost seven weeks but fell behind 2-0 after a shot by Williams caromed into the net off Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart's backside at 12:19 of the first period.
San Jose cut the margin in half 35 seconds into the second period on Marleau's goal, and the Sharks had a chance to tie the game on a penalty shot by Tommy Wingels after he was hacked by Kings rookie Tyler Toffoli on a breakaway. Kings goalie Jonathan Bernier, however, got his glove on Wingels' shot.
Niemi's fate was sealed shortly after that on goals 2:30 apart by Stoll and Clifford, who followed up a shot by Kings forward Dustin Penner after he outraced Justin Braun to a loose puck.
"At first I felt I had to close the five-hole, and then it went to the post side," Niemi said. "I also was on the goal line, so it was hard to battle."
McLellan turned to backup Alex Stalock with 6:15 remaining in the middle period, but Stalock didn't make it to the intermission unscathed, as the King made it a 5-1 game at 18:56.
A late interference penalty to Clifford put the Sharks on a power play, and Irwin needed only four seconds to fire a shot from the blue line that eluded Bernier to make the final score 5-2 with 50 seconds remaining in the game.
McLellan said every team in the NHL has games they would like to forget. But that didn't seem to be any consolation.
"You'll have games where you just have to throw the tape away," he said. "I'm just really disappointed that this is one of those games."
"He's staying back, getting some therapy, getting some treatments," the coach said. "He'll see some doctors this week, and we'll get a better update as the week goes on."
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My name is Samuel and I'm from México City. I'm fairly new to Buddhism, but I'm interested in learning about the different sects within it and their differences so I can find the one that suits me (or not). I've been reading mainly about Theravada, but I guess that's because I don't know much about the others.
I've also started to practice anapanasati meditation but there's not a lot of Buddhist centers or temples in México (mainly a catholic country), so I don't even know if I'm doing it right.
I guess what I'm saying is, I'm here to learn and I'll appreciate any help anyone can provide.
Thank you.
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Greetings and welcome.
A good introduction to Buddhism in general is written by scholar Rupert Gethin called The Foundations of Buddhism.
In regards to anapanasati, different teachers have different ways of teaching it. So if you don't have direct access to a teacher, I'd recommend reading the Anapanasati Sutta and figuring out what works for you through practice. The "right" way of doing it is something you'll figure out for yourself, whether you have the personal guidance of a teacher or not.
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We all know cancer is still one of the biggest enigmas of modern medicine, but a new report may just have given us yet another piece to add to the puzzle. It has found that there is a link between a mother's lifestyle choices and her yet-to-be conceived baby's cancer risk.
The study found that there are certain genetic markers which indicate raised cancer risks in pre-fertilised eggs, and that these markers continue in utero development and beyond. The study also found that there is a link between a mother's lifestyle choices, even before her baby is conceived, and cancer.
While certain cancers have an identified genetic connection – breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer, for instance – which predisposes family members to the disease, there are some simple lifestyle choices that you can make now to reduce the risks of cancer in your unborn baby. They include:
Aside from the fact that smoking is bad for your own health, it also prematurely ages your ovaries which can reduce your chances of falling pregnant. On top of that, the carcinogens in cigarettes can affect the rates of tissue growth in growing babies and children and that, in turn, can open the door to cancer.
The protective coating in tins contains Bisphenol A and other chemicals which can leach into food. Scientists have identified a link between Bisphenol A and a number of serious conditions including the growth of the human breast cancer cell.
Try and eat as few chemicals as you can. Fresh fruit and vegetables are packed with natural antioxidants and cancer-fighting compounds so it seems a shame to cover all their goodness with a coating of pesticides that can present a range of health issues. Pesticides that are consumed build up in our bodies and can cause a variety of cancers including the most common childhood cancer, leukaemia. On top of that, residual pesticides can cause low birth weights and birth defects in newborns, neurological problems and disrupt hormone function.
Obesity is on the rise and new studies have shown a strong link between your baby's birth weight and elevated cancer risks. Low-weight newborns are more likely to gain weight around their middle, which can cause health problems. High birth weight newborns have a higher cancer risk of hormone-related cancers like breast or prostate cancer.
The best way to ensure that your baby is born with a mid-range birth weight is by maintaining a body mass index between 18 and 25 during pre-conception and then maintaining recommended pregnancy weight gain throughout pregnancy.
Nothing keeps the body healthy like a little exercise. Studies have shown that exercise can reduce cancer risks, so besides the sense of general wellbeing that regular exercise gives you, you really are doing something good for your child as well.
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SANTA CRUZ -- The county on Tuesday reinstated a program giving low-income seniors and those with disabilities a big break on property taxes, allowing them to keep the tax man at bay and helping them stay in their homes.
An earlier state-run program was a casualty of the state's budget woes. Under the one-year pilot program, qualified seniors delay paying property taxes until they die or sell their home, at which point the county collects the back taxes.
"This Board of Supervisors and its predecessors recognized that low-income seniors and disabled persons are best served by being able to remain in their homes," said county Treasurer Fred Keeley, who oversees the program. "It provides them with a way to stay healthier, to live longer, to have less stress and worry in their life."
The state previously ran the program, which was available across California, before it was cut to save money. A 2011 bill passed by the Legislature allowed counties to reinstate it themselves, but Santa Cruz is so far the only one to do so.
To get there, the county had to perform a bit of regulatory sleight of hand. At the last minute, the California Banker's Association lobbied for a clause prohibiting counties from putting a lien on participants' homes, which helps guarantee taxpayers get their money back.
"Apparently, banks hadn't made enough money off writing mortgages for Californians," Keeley said.
That was a deal-breaker for every other county. Santa Cruz County found a way around the blockade by running the program through its housing authority, a distinct entity from the county and thus one not prohibited from taking out liens.
"I did think it was over, but that's part of what Santa Cruz County did. They steered around that and did a tremendous job," said Jim Anastas, a 70-year-old Live Oak resident who would benefit from the program and who followed the bill through Sacramento.
But running it through the housing authority also means only homeowners in the unincorporated areas are eligible for the program, though local cities also could run the tax breaks through their affordable housing programs.
While it could be expanded later, the initial effort is modest and would benefit about 20 families. To qualify, participants must be at least 62 years old, blind or disabled, own and occupy their homes, have a household income of $35,500 or less, and have at least 20 percent equity in their homes.
The application fee for the program is $200, and the back taxes are paid back with interest.
"It's not even close to a tax giveaway," Keeley said. "This money is a loan, which is protected by a lien, which is then guaranteed to be repaid when the low-income senior or disabled person passes away or they sell their home."
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Hi. I´m a 37 year old danish woman. I was diagnoses with BOOP in august and I´m i treatment with Prednisolon. My question is, when I´m done with the treatment, is the BOOP the gone forever or is there a risk that it will return? I also got a bloodclod i my lung 4 weeks ago, do you think that just was bad luck or can it be related to the BOOP? I´m now in treatment with Marquemar and Arixtra.
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia or BOOP has now been termed - Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), the idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia.
It represents an inflammatory lung condition which may occur in response to many factors or truly be idiopathic without obvious association.
Treatment with steroid (like prednisone) is typical. Ultimate recovery with normalization of exam is common and has been estimated at about 2/3 of patients.
Your first question is about relapse or return of COP (BOOP). Return has been reported and can occur in up to ½ of patients at some time but often responds to repeat therapy (Barroso E, Hernandez L, Gil J, Garcia R, Aranda I, Romero S Respiration. 2007;74(6):624).
Your second question is about association of blood clots (pulmonary embolism) with COP. In general, COP is not associated with pulmonary embolism.
However, some problems (which you do not describe) can cause both BOOP and clots such as lupus erythematosis. This is much less common.
Similarly, immobility or surgical procedures can be risk factors for pulmonary embolism and patients who undergo a surgical biopsy for COP may occasionally have a blood clot after surgery.
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JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has generated many spinoff companies, including 11 companies in the Colorado Front Range area. The Colorado companies have created more than 140 jobs and a variety of high-tech products used around the world. These contributions to U.S. industry have been made by current and former staff from both JILA partners.
Winters Electro Optics, founded 1993
This family company is operated by Michael Winters, who earned his PhD under JILA/NIST Nobel laureate John (Jan) Hall. The company is located in Longmont and makes frequency-stabilized helium-neon lasers.
High Precision Devices Inc., founded 1993
High Precision Devices is a full-service engineering and manufacturing business specializing in scientific instrumentation -- integrating precision mechanics with optics, cryogenics, electronics and vacuum/ultrahigh vacuum. HPD provides instrument development and manufacturing services to government labs, universities and private companies. In addition, HPD manufactures ultralow-temperature cryostats (cold chambers) used by research physicists worldwide to cool superconducting detectors for astrophysical and other demanding applications. The company was founded by Bill Hollander, who worked in the JILA instrument shop from 1979 until 1990, and who had previously founded and operated Axis Instruments from 1990 until 1993. HPD is located in Boulder and has 22 employees.
Micro-g Lacoste, founded 1993
Micro-g Lacoste offers absolute gravimeters based to a large extent on work done over many years by now-retired JILA Fellow Jim Faller of NIST. The company also offers relative gravimeters, both ground-based and airborne, and performs gravity survey services. Company president Tim Niebauer was a student of Faller's, and the company uses technology Niebauer and Faller developed at JILA. Faller, now retired from NIST, consults for the company. The commercial effort began as AXIS Instruments, which in 1993 became Micro-g Solutions, which merged with Lacoste Romberg in 2005 to create Micro-g Lacoste. The merged company is located in Lafayette and has a staff of more than 35.
KM Labs, founded 1994
To satisfy demand from other scientists, professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn started KM Labs to produce the fastest laser in the world -- the titanium-sapphire femtosecond laser. They joined the JILA and the CU faculty five years later. In its first eight years, KM Labs provided several hundred reliable, low-cost femtosecond lasers to researchers in academia and industry worldwide. The company expanded in Boulder with the commercialization of CU-licensed high-power ultrafast laser technology, and now has a comprehensive product line of ultrafast mode-locked lasers, laser- amplifier systems and X-ray sources for the international research market. The company is based in Boulder and has about 30 employees.
Precision Photonics Corp., founded 2000
Precision Photonics Corp. was founded by scientists from JILA and NIST to produce precision optical components, coatings and assemblies. The staff's diverse background in spectroscopy, precision metrology, and high-volume manufacturing enables the company to provide high-performance, price-competitive laser optics and coatings to the telecommunications, defense, aerospace, biomedical and semiconductor industries. The company, which is located in Boulder and has 42 employees, ships hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide every year. Founder and CEO Chris Myatt earned his PhD under JILA/CU Nobel laureate Carl Wieman and did his postdoctoral work at NIST on quantum computing with National Medal of Science laureate Dave Wineland.
Vescent Photonics Inc., founded 2002
Vescent Photonics Inc. develops and manufactures electro-optics technologies, tunable lasers, and electronics for precision laser control as well as liquid-crystal waveguides for laser beam steering in communications and laser ranging. Co-founder Michael Anderson was first author of the original JILA paper on the Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995, and his advisor was JILA/NIST Fellow and Nobel laureate Eric Cornell. Co-founder Scott Davis earned his PhD at JILA and also worked at NIST in Gaithersburg, Md. The company is located in Denver and has 13 employees.
Hall Stable Lasers LLC, founded 2004
JILA/NIST Nobel laureate John (Jan) Hall formed this consulting company after his retirement. Among his projects, Hall developed a new approach to sensing biomaterials for BiOptix Diagnostics Inc. (formerly Alpha-Sniffer LLC). The technology, surface plasmon resonance common path interferometer (SPR-CPI), uses a laser but is otherwise quite different from projects Hall worked on at JILA. BiOptix uses the patented technology in a product that analyzes the interactions of biomolecules for applications in biopharmaceutical development, research and potentially molecular diagnostics.
ColdQuanta Inc., founded 2007
ColdQuanta Inc. was founded by JILA Fellow Dana Z. Anderson of CU and three colleagues to commercialize miniaturized ultracold-atom technology. The company sells a magneto-optical trap for use in undergraduate teaching labs as well as a variety of more complex systems for ultracold-atom research. The compact, microchip-based system rapidly produces Bose-Einstein condensates on an atom chip. The Anderson group worked on different aspects of the technology for more than a decade before it was commercialized. Beyond the research market, the technology may be useful in atomic clocks, precision instrumentation, magnetic field sensing, and guidance and navigation systems. The company is located in Boulder.
MBio Diagnostics Inc., founded 2009
MBio Diagnostics Inc. was spun out of Precision Photonics by JILA/NIST alumnus Chris Myatt. MBio aims to deliver technology for rapid, accurate diagnosis for multiple indications with a single drop of blood taken from a patient in a clinic or doctor's office. The company, located in Boulder, is focusing first on infectious disease and developing a full suite of products for HIV diagnosis and management.
Stable Laser Systems LLC, founded 2009
Stable Laser Systems LLC sells frequency-stabilized laser systems, and vacuum and optical hardware for laser stabilization systems. The company works closely with (and is owned in part by the same holding company as) Advanced Thin Films, which makes the associated optical cavities. Stable Laser Systems was founded by Mark Notcutt (a former JILA postdoctoral researcher), Advanced Thin Films, and JILA/NIST Nobel laureate John (Jan) Hall, and is located in Boulder.
Black Hole Visualizations LLC, founded 2010
JILA Fellow Andrew Hamilton of CU, who developed a Black Hole Flight Simulator, created the company to provide scientifically accurate general relativistic visualizations for use in movies and on TV. Customers can license from a library of existing visualizations or commission new visualizations. Visualizations with the Black Hole Flight Simulator first appeared in a digital dome show "Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity," which premiered at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in 2006, and which has been distributed to 120 digital domes worldwide and translated into 12 languages. Since 2006 visualizations have appeared in several TV science shows, including NOVA and National Geographic. Visualizations are also featured in a traveling museum exhibit "Black Holes: Space Warps & Time Twists" developed by the Boston Museum of Science, and in a teaching video "Black Holes Explained" by award-winning UC Berkeley professor Alex Filippenko.


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Working Americans pay for unemployment insurance, so should there be an income cap on who can claim it? The Congressional Research Service reported that 2,362 households with an annual income of $1 million or more received unemployment assistance in 2009, causing some lawmakers to erupt in outrage.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., wrote to Bloomberg: "Sending millionaires unemployment checks is a case study in out-of-control spending. Providing welfare to the wealthy undermines the program for those who need it most while burdening future generations with senseless debt."
The report says the millionaire households receiving unemployment represent 0.02 percent to 0.03 percent of all taxpayers who report receiving it. In addition to the millionaire households, more than 120,000 households with incomes between $200,000 and $500,000 claimed unemployment in 2009 and more than 825,000 households earning between $100,000 and $200,000 claimed it.
At issue for Congress is the extension of unemployment benefits "at a time when the federal government and the states face serious budget constraints," according to the report. In the second quarter of this year, more than 4.6 million people filed initial unemployment claims and 1.1 million people saw their benefits run out.
In February 2009, Congress expanded the time period states could pay unemployment benefits, from 26 weeks to a maximum of 99 weeks. In the fiscal year that just ended Sept. 30, the federal deficit is projected to be $1.1 trillion, leaving lawmakers scrambling for reductions. One idea is to restrict or eliminate unemployment benefits to high-income earners.
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Every Wednesday during the Christmas season, we will post a reflection from Larry Livingston, CFCA church relations director. We hope these reflections help you on your own journey through this time.
ìAnd Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.î (Luke 2:19)
Raising children is always an adventure, but perhaps even more so for adoptive parents.
Often I am completely clueless about the whys and wherefores of my sonís personality because, unlike some, I canít look at him and see myself at his age.
And I learned pretty early on in my parenthood that it is a mistake to try.
Sure, this can be frustrating at times, but it can also be a delight. I canít count the number of times I have been bowled over by the creative insights Ben has or by his left-field sense of humor.
He sees things just a little differently from me, and I have come to cherish that difference as a surprise bonus of him being my son.
My experience with Ben gives me, I think, a little insight into what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph as they raised Jesus.
Even before his birth they knew that this child would be different and that they would have to get used to sharing him with the world.
We tend to think of Mary and Joseph as the calm center in the amazing series of events that surrounded the birth of their son, but that is only part of the picture.
They werenít the passive figures in the crËche, silent witnesses to Godís work. Through their courage, faith and deep love for their child, they helped shape salvation history.
As we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, it is good to reflect on her role in particular.
Mary was asked by God to do something incredible in becoming the mother of Jesus.
In saying ìyesî she knew that she was putting her reputation and even her life in danger, yet she trusted God so completely that she was willing to take the risk.
But more amazing even than Maryís faith in God was Godís faith in her. To this poor Jewish girl, practically still a child herself, was entrusted the care and nurturing of the one who carried with him the hopes of humankind.
Into her hands, literally, was placed Godís promise to the world.
Maryís story is a good reminder of how God chooses to partner with us in order to serve the needs of others.
We are Godís hands and feet and voice in the world. Realizing this should both humble and affirm us, for we are the bearers of both divine responsibility and divine trust.
So let us say a prayer for all the mothers and fathers in our world who, like Mary and Joseph, cradle Godís promise in their arms.
And let us remember especially those parents in our CFCA projects throughout the world who struggle heroically to give their children better lives than they themselves have known.
Related links
- Seeing the face of Christ through sponsorship [1st Advent reflection]
- God shares in our humanity [2nd Advent reflection]
- Choosing to be 'eager,' not anxious [3rd Advent reflection]
- God dares us to dream big [4th Advent reflection]
- Glorifying God with fully human lives [Christmas reflection]
- Recognizing Christ when we find him [3rd Christmas reflection]


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Top riders from across the country will be battling it out for honours in the Berks Bonanza Arena Super Trial at Seymour's Arena, Aston Tirrold, near Didcot, next weekend.
The two-day event roars into action at 10am on Saturday, August 9 with the women's and sidecars' events.
Emma Bristow, the 2013 World Championship runner-up, and Becky Cooke, from the Isle of Wight, are among the leading women due to be in action.
And Alicia Robinson, from East Hagbourne, who was second in the British Girls' Championship last year, will be hoping to record a local success.
The men's event is the following day at 10.30am, with the entry list a who's who of the country's top competitors on the world stage.
They include James Dabell, Michael Brown, Sam Haslam, Jack Challenor, Ros Danby, Ricky Wiggins and Jack Shepherd.
Alexz Wigg, from Winslow, nephew of the late famous Oxford speedway rider and world longtrack champion Simon Wigg, is also due to be in action.
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Confident Putz undaunted by spring struggles
SYDNEY -- D-backs reliever J.J. Putz has not pitched well this spring, but the right-hander said he believes things are turning around.
Putz made a few mechanical changes this spring, and he believes that thinking about them too much while pitching has led to the struggles.
"You make a bad pitch and your mind starts going back over all the mechanical checkpoints instead of just throwing free and easy," Putz said. "Now it's time to put that in the past and just go."
That doesn't mean that he scrapped the changes.
"It's to the point now where I think the muscle memory has kind of taken over to the point where I don't have to think about it very much," Putz said.
Putz is set to throw a simulated game Thursday, his last tuneup before the regular season gets started Saturday.
"I think it will be good just to get on the mound here with the backdrop and see the visual from the mound to the plate," he said.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Los Angeles City Council, in reaction to the deaths of two young skateboarders in San Pedro last year, adopted measures Tuesday aimed at making skateboarding on city streets safer.
The measure is aimed at preventing skateboard "bombing" - where skateboarders zoom downhill on city streets at speeds sometimes approaching 40 mph - as well as require them to follow city traffic laws.
Previously, it was more difficult to regulate skateboarding because it was not recognized as an official form of transportation on city streets.
Councilman Joe Buscaino called for the tougher regulations because of the traffic problems the skateboarders create, and because of the deaths of two people in his Harbor Area district.
"The ordinance will require skateboarders to follow the same rules of the road that we impose on bicyclists and motorists," Buscaino said.
"We are not banning skateboarding, we are simply requiring skateboards to ride responsibly in a safe manner that does not jeopardize their safety or the safety of others they share the road with."
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Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
This workshop will be presented by Dallas & Melissa Hartwig, founders of Whole9
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PB + J Yogurt
Peanut butter, grape jam, peanuts, and fresh red grapes on top of a bowl of yogurt… who needs the bread!
This was inspired by last week's trip to the chic new Chobani Soho Cafe. If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen some of my photos of the wonderful yogurt creations I got to sample – some savory, some sweet. If you are ever in the Soho area, you must stop in. The "priciest" yogurt is only $3.75 and they are served in a pretty glass bowl.
I got to sample all of their flavors, one was better than the next. I loved the Fig + Walnut and The Cucumber Mint served with pita chip was absolutely delightful, I plan on making this one next!
But since many of you live far from NYC, I've recreated a skinny version of the Peanut Butter and Jelly so you can make in your own kitchen.
I used reduced sugar grape jelly, but strawberry preserves and different nut butters would be fabulous alternatives. I went with a reduced-fat peanut butter, but PB2 would work great too!
PB + J Yogurt
Servings: 1 • Size: 1 bowl • Points +: 6 pts • Smart Points: 9
Calories: 240 • Fat: 7 g • Protein: 22 g • Carb: 24 g • Fiber: 1 g • Sugar: 17.5 g
Sodium: 251 mg
- 6 oz fat free plain Chobani
- 4 tsp reduced sugar grape jelly
- 2 tbsp red seedless grapes, cut in half
- 1 tbsp reduced-fat peanut butter
- 1 tsp unsalted peanuts
Place the yogurt in a bowl. Top with jelly, then peanut butter. Sprinkle peanuts and grapes and grab a spoon!


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reflection wrote:Hi! Salut!
Well, I don't know that particular community, but one thing I can say in general: There's always two things to keep apart; There's the group and there's the practice.
What's most important is what's going on in your mind, how you practice. If you feel it's working for you, keep doing it. It's really great to do meditation! By practicing you learn to rely on yourself. And after a while you will start to get a place of peace in the mind, that's like an island you can always go back to.
Groups are external things. They will never be perfect. There will be people who you don't like, practices you may not really like. Other people will try to put the group or tradition down because they don't agree with it or whatever. But if you are your own island, you won't get dragged along by this. You can be happy in the group and outside of the group and the problems won't really hit you as much.
LonesomeYogurt wrote:Without accusing anyone of anything, I would recommend that you try and find a more grounded, conservative branch of Theravada. If you give us the general area in which you live, I'm sure we could easily help you find some Buddhist organizations close to you. Triratna is better than not practicing, but I think you'll find a spiritual purity and focus in other organizations that will be very beneficial.
Retrofuturist said: As FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order), Triratna had something of a chequered history. Google "FWBO Files" for more information.
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings OWO,
As FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order), Triratna had something of a chequered history. Google "FWBO Files" for more information. The spiritual head of the FWBO, Sangharakshita, who was the centre of past controversy is now an old man, and I believe he isn't particularly active in terms of setting current and future direction for the organisation. Furthermore, many of the centres are decentralised in terms of their local management.
For these reasons, I wouldn't give a blanket recommendation or warning about any particular Triratna centre, other than to go see for yourself whether it seems fit for purpose, and to see for yourself whether it seems legit. What they are attempting to do, i.e. present the Dhamma in a manner acceptable to Western culture, is a noble endeavour and whilst they have made some mistakes along the way, that's part of the learning curve for a new(ish) spiritual organisation with big plans.
OneWayOut wrote:What my main question actually is, the main meditation techniques are they somehow different from the one they use in Theravada communities?
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The Mountain View City Council is poised to strengthen the city's tenant relocation assistance ordinance when it meets today.
One of five amendments the council is set to vote on would result in greater financial assistance for renters who are forced to move due to demolition of units, condominium conversions, renovations or a change to a nonresidential use.
Displaced tenants would receive the cash equivalent of three months' median market-rate rent for a similar apartment instead of two months of the current rent, according to a report by Linda Lauzze, the city's administrative and neighborhood services manager.
"The amendment could roughly double the relocation assistance provided under the current ordinance," Lauzze wrote. She noted that properties prime for redevelopment often have old units, few amenities and low rents.
In Mountain View, median rent for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit is $2,230. It is $2,310 for a two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit; $3,110 for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit; and $3,390 for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom unit.
Other amendments to the ordinance, which kicks in when four or more units are removed from the market, include raising the maximum eligible income level from 50 percent of the area median income to 80 percent, increasing assistance for special-circumstance households from $2,154 to $3,000, and requiring relocation assistance to be paid within 15 days of a tenant's request and the remainder when the tenant vacates the unit in question.
Finally, the city would hire and manage relocation assistance specialists, a task that falls to landlords under the current ordinance.
"This change should create an easier process for both landlords and tenants since tenants may be more likely to cooperate with a relocation assistance specialist hired by the city," Lauzze wrote. "It will also give tenants more assurance about the confidentiality of their financial information."
The council set out to strengthen the ordinance following outcry over a row house development at 123 Fairchild Drive. The project was expected to displace a handful of low-income households.
"This is help to make the process of finding a new place a little easier," Councilwoman Ronit Bryant said at a council meeting on March 25, when the five amendments were first discussed and forwarded to the city's Environmental Planning Commission for vetting.
The commission unanimously backed the amendments at a public hearing on May 7 and recommended other changes. Among them was a requirement that tenants hold a valid lease or rental agreement.
"Commissioners noted it would be very difficult to enforce the ordinance if a lease or rental agreement was not required," Lauzze wrote.
The amendments have also won support from the Los Altos-Mountain View League of Women Voters.
"The most important issue is probably the amount of assistance," Donna Yobs, co-chair of the organization's housing committee, wrote in a May 5 letter to the Environmental Planning Commission.
"We agree that tying the benefits to the city's median rent makes much sense. First, this makes it more likely that displaced tenants will be able to relocate in Mountain View or nearby. In addition, it means that because the assistance is not tied to a specific number, the actual amount will fluctuate as rents in the area increase (or perhaps sometimes decrease). Thus, the city won't have to repeatedly revisit this issue unless there is a desire to change the policy."
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WHAT: The Mountain View City Council is scheduled to vote on five amendments intended to strengthen the city's tenant relocation assistance ordinance.
WHEN: Today, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Council Chambers, City Hall, 500 Castro St.


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In the 1990s, while reading a book about Theravada Buddhism, I came across a quotation from one of the commentaries that went something like this: "The Buddha loves all beings equally as he loves his own son, even Dhanapala, even Angulimala, even Devadatta." (This is an approximation, of course.) I have been unable to remember the title of the book it was in and googling hasn't helped me locate the quotation. Does anyone have the exact quotation and the source? It is important to me because it addresses the love of dangerous, hostile beings.
Thank you very much to whoever can help me in this.


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After one of the most surprising UEFA Champions League group stages since the format was tweaked in 2003/04, 11 of the 16 teams left standing were not in last season's knockout phase.
In a historic group stage, Zlatan Ibrahimović became the first player to score for six clubs in the UEFA Champions League, four Spanish sides reached the last 16 for the first time since 2008/09, and Chelsea FC made the wrong kind of history as the first holders not to progress.
Champions Matchday will celebrate the edited highlights of the group stage in our next issue – out across Europe on 16 January 2013 – and we would be intrigued to know what you made of it all. Vote for your best bits on the official UEFA Champions League Facebook page from Thursday and help to shape our coverage. In the meantime, here are my best bits. What are yours? Leave your thoughts at the foot of the page.
Favourite goal
Anything Ibrahimović can do, his former AC Milan team-mate Philippe Mexès can do just as well – as he showed against RSC Anderlecht on matchday five. On the edge of the area, the France centre-back brought Riccardo Montolivo's set piece under control with his chest and sent the ball flying into the top corner with a stunning overhead kick. "I gave it a go; it went well but I was a bit lucky," said a modest Mexès. Some way to score his first goal for Milan.
Best save
Joe Hart made 33 saves, many of them stupendous, but the stop that stands out in my memory is Christian Abbiati's miraculous effort to deny FC Zenit St Petersburg's Aleksandr Anyukov on matchday two. Anyukov's half-volley from the edge of the box looked destined for the net when Abbiati turned it behind. As the Gazzetta dello Sport pointed out, it would have been easier for the Milan goalkeeper to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
Breakthrough star
So many new players have shone, it is hard to pick one. Yet few debutants have been as effective as Modou Sougou, CFR 1907 Cluj's skilful, industrious Senegalese international forward, whose five appearances yielded four assists and one goal. If your team are not going to see a lot of the ball, you need players who can make the most of the possession you get – Sougou certainly did that.
Biggest shock
It is hard to look beyond Celtic FC's matchday four victory against FC Barcelona in Glasgow. However, the group stage's surprise package were Málaga CF, who sailed into the last 16 thanks in no small part to the performances of Isco and Eliseu.
Best match
Real Madrid CF's 3-2 success against Manchester City FC in the Spanish capital on matchday one was a real jaw-dropper, a match in which talent, desire and self-belief drove both sides to attack relentlessly in a manner usually reserved for a basketball court.
Spare a thought for …
CFR. The first Romanian club to win ten points in the group stage and the first Liga 1 team to win at Old Trafford, the Railwaymen made yet more history when Rui Pedro became the first player to hit a hat-trick for a Romanian side in this competition. Under coaches Ioan Andone and later Paulo Sérgio, CFR played some superb counterattacking football and will be one of the names to avoid when the UEFA Europa League resumes.
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Let's do this both ways:
/stealing from UB/
I am asking which Spurs starter would you want to replace a current Pacers starter. If you could only make one switch what would it be.
Assume, the starting lineup is Tinsley, Jax, Artest, J.O., and I'll let you pick between Jeff or Dale.
Tinsley or Parker
Jax or Manu
Ron or Bowen
J.O or Duncan
Jeff/Dale or Mohammed
OK, I'll throw the coaches in here
Rick or Pop
I need to think about this for a few minutes
Also consider the three guys off the bench: Barry, Horry, and TBD vs. whatever our three guys off the bench in The Finals would be.


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THE 73-year-old cyclist who died in floods at Godstow Road, Wytham, on Wednesday has been named as Ian Taylor.
Mr Taylor, of Abbey Road, West Oxford, was airlifted to hospital after falling into the flood water and later died.
In a statement, his wife Karen Jackson said Mr Taylor was an active man in good health who cycled daily and swam regularly.
The former international management consultant moved to Oxford from Durham with his wife in 2006.
Friend and former colleague Nigel Barlow said: "He was vibrant, brilliant and caring, with a formidable interest in current affairs and technology. He is a great loss to many of us."
Another friend, Rob Maguire, added: "He was a man who created communities wherever he went."
Mr Taylor's wife thanked those who came to his aid, the emergency services, and staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
An inquest is expected to be opened and adjourned on Tuesday.
There is no date set for the funeral yet.