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The Bundesliga side claim Spurs want to sign the midfielder in January but have rejected an initial deal with the German saying his immediate future is out of his hands
The midfielder signed a pre-contract deal to move to White Hart Lane in the summer, but Andre Villas-Boas is keen to bring in the 22-year-old in the January transfer window with Sandro out for the rest of the season.
|Spurs are 17/2 to beat Manchester United 2-1 with Paddy Power
However, despite making an offer to bring in the highly-rated Germany international early to cement their hopes of a top-four finish and Champions League qualification, the Bundesliga club have rejected Spurs' proposal.
"There is a request from Tottenham. The offer is not acceptable," Schalke general manager Horst Heldt told reporters.
"But the transfer window is still open. Lewis has not become cheaper today."
Holtby played a starring role as Schalke returned to Bundesliga action after the winter break with a 5-4 win over Hannover on Friday.
Speaking after the game, the midfielder was non-committal regarding his future, insisting he was simply concentrating on Schalke currently.
"I will give all for Schalke until the last second," Holtby told reporters.
"Everything else must be decided by the responsibles of the club."


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IFC invests in Credit Bank of Iraq
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Credit Bank of Iraq. IFC's investment will be undertaken in partnership with National Bank of Kuwait, which was among the first three international financial institutions to receive a full domestic banking license from the Iraqi Central Bank.
IFC and National Bank of Kuwait seek to increase the capital of Credit Bank of Iraq in stages in order to make it a leading player in the domestic financial market. The transaction aims to pave the way for further investments and knowledge transfer by international banks. Their engagement is critical for enabling Iraq's financial system to play a catalytic role in the country's ongoing reconstruction efforts.
Jyrki Koskelo, IFC's director for financial markets said, "We welcome the opportunity to cooperate with National Bank of Kuwait and Credit Bank in Iraq. Our investment will help introduce international best practice to the country and support the development of the domestic financial sector."
Sami Haddad, IFC's director for the Middle East and North Africa, noted, "A well-functioning financial sector is crucial for Iraq's overall development. IFC's investment in Credit Bank of Iraq will strengthen not only the financial industry but the national economy as a whole."
Robert Eid, group general manager for National Bank of Kuwait's international operations and subsidiaries, added, "We greatly value our partnership with IFC and look forward to working together in rebuilding the financial infrastructure in Iraq as well as in other initiatives in the region."
National Bank of Kuwait is Kuwait's largest bank and one of the most successful financial institutions in the Gulf region. The NBK group includes Geneva-based NBK Suisse; NBK International, a wholly owned London subsidiary with a branch in Paris; branches in New York, Singapore and Bahrain; and representative offices in Thailand and Vietnam. It also holds a majority stake in National Bank of Kuwait in Lebanon. Most recently, NBK acquired banking licenses in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The group is also part of a consortium that manages Iraq's Trade Bank.

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The Bupa Wellbeing Hour will launch this evening and will be broadcast every Tuesday between 9pm and 10pm during Iain Dale's evening show. Dale will be joined by Bupa doctor Dr Sneh Khemka to discuss health and wellbeing.
The deal was negotiated by WPP media agency MEC and all creative will be made in-house by Global Radio.
The topics Dale and Khemka are likely to discuss on air with listeners include the issues around stress, dementia, breast cancer, diabetes, obesity, smoking and alcohol.
It is the first time LBC 97.3 has carried ad-funded programming, although Global Radio has signed ad-funded programming deals for other stations, such as Alex Masterley on Classic FM with Towry.
Martin George, managing director of group development, Bupa, said: "This LBC 97.3 partnership is an exciting new communications approach for Bupa. We feel it has great potential to help us promote our medical expertise beyond our current customer base.
"In particular, we want to make the audience aware of the wealth of free health information, tools and calculators we offer on bupa.co.uk, demonstrating our commitment to helping people find healthy."
As part of changes to rules around product placement, paid-for references on the radio were allowed to be integrated into programmes from December 2010, two months earlier than TV product placement was allowed.
James Rea, managing editor of LBC 97.3, said: "Our commercial and programming departments have worked side by side to create and produce this innovative ad-funded programme with Bupa.
"The collaboration is the perfect match for LBC 97.3, as we bring together engaging and relevant content for our listeners with one of healthcare's leading authorities."
As well as being available in Greater London on 97.3 FM, LBC is also broadcast nationally on digital and online at lbc.co.uk.
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'ECSTATIC' coach Steve Ojomoh paid tribute to a monumental victory for his Trowbridge side as they lifted the RFU Intermediate Cup at Twickenham this afternoon.
Trowbridge rose to the occasion at the home of English rugby to come out on the right end of a thrilling final against Leek, with the Doric Park men winning 22-19 thanks to tries from Karl Parry, Jackson Szabo and Sean Jones, with Lloyd Davis kicking a penalty and two conversions.
And that was to the delight of former England international Ojomoh, who saw his team delight the hundreds upon hundreds of travelling Wiltshire fans in the stands at Twickenham.
"It's hard to describe - I'm just ecstatic," said Ojomoh.
"I'm pleased for the town, the club and all of the players and the supporters.
"We got to the club at half-past-nine this morning and there were hundreds of well-wishers there - we just had to do it for them.
"We deserved it. We've worked hard all season and after losing two games in the first month, we've always been playing catch-up.
"We've been on the road in cup final after cup final but we wanted the big prize, and we've done it."
Trowbridge captain Matt Howard saluted a herculean effort from his team this season, particularly in the previous rounds of the national competition, as they ended their campaign in fairytale style.
He said: "Against Ivybridge, we were defending on the edge of our own five-metre line with two minutes to go and against Guilford, we were down to 13 men for a large part of ten minutes but we held our line at the end and got that crucial turnover when they were hammering our line.
"Today, they had the opportunity to kick for the three points to take it to extra-time but I think they thought momentum was on their side.
"But we managed to hold them off for a few phases and got that crucial turnover.
"To get here is one thing but to get here and win; words can't describe it."
Prop Sean Jones, playing in what he plans to be his last game, was delighted to put a smile on the face of his home fans.
"Nerves crept in a bit towards the end and when we could see the end in sight, they (Leek) were just relentless," said Jones.
"I think mistakes were always going to be made but we did a job in the end and we're so happy."
"The whole town has been behind us, so to go home and give something back to them is massive - absolutely massive."
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There are lunatic experimental builds and then there's this — a chopped-up, caged, Lotus Elise Superlight that's more race car than road car. But hey, it's got plates, and they're appropriate because you can't pronounce "XPRMTL" without saying "mental."
Not much is known about the car other than it lives in California and is owned by a guy who goes by the name Perry. If anyone can fill in the details we'll happily add them. Until then we'll just quietly consider how we're wasting our lives.
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Comparing a Nucleoside-Analogue-Sparing Regimen and a Protease-Inhibitor-Sparing Regimen in HIV Infected Patients
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved the long time survival of HIV infected individuals. However an increasing number of HIV-patients have developed metabolic and morphological alterations including peripheral lipoatrophy.
There is limited knowledge about lipodystrophic adverse events in nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-sparing regimens. The hypothesis is that nucleoside analogues are responsible for development of lipoatrophy, and, patients receiving an NRTI-sparing regimen will have little risk of peripheral lipoatrophy.
The researchers plan to perform a randomized study recruiting 100 antiretroviral naive patients that will be randomized to receive a nucleoside analogue sparing HAART regimen or a protease-inhibitor sparing regimen.
The main endpoint is changes in peripheral fat mass as determined by dual energy X-ray absortiometry (DEXA)-scanning.
|HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
|Drug: nucleoside analogue sparing HAART regimen
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Comparing a Nucleoside-Analogue-Sparing Regimen and a Protease-Inhibitor-Sparing Regimen in Patients With HIV. Influence on Morphological and Metabolic Disorders. A Randomized, Open-Label Multicenter Trial.
- Changes in peripheral fat mass, determined by DEXA-changes
- Changes in body composition from baseline, determined by patient and physician in a standardized questionnaire and by standardized clinical examination
- Change from baseline in fasting lipids and subsets hereof
- Development of impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance
- Proportion of patients with HIV-RNA < 20 copies after 24, 48, 72 and 96 weeks
- Change in CD4 cell count from baseline after 24, 48, 72 and 96 weeks
- Incidence of adverse events
- Incidence of clinical disease progression
- Proportion of patients who have virological, immunological or clinical failure or treatment-limiting adverse events at week 24, 48 and 96
- Change in plasma lactate from baseline
- Time to discontinuation of the randomized therapy and reasons for this
- Incidence of genotypical and virological resistance
- Development of osteopenia, judged by DEXA-scan
- Compliance – proportion of patients who report to take 90%, respectively 95% of their medications at week 4, 48 and 96
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2007
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Antiretroviral naïve patients
- HIV-1 infection as documented by a licensed HIV-1 antibody ELISA.
- Fulfilling the criteria for starting antiretroviral therapy.
- Ability to understand and provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women being pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Fertile women using no safe contraception.
- Patients with active intravenous drug use.
- Abuse of alcohol, which in the opinion of the treating physician will reduce the patient´s ability to follow a therapeutic regimen and evaluations of the protocol.
- Ongoing medical treatment, which has a clinically significant interaction with lopinavir, ritonavir or efavirenz.
- Creatinine > 200 mmol/l.
- ALT or AST > 5 times upper normal value (200U/l).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00135460
|Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre University Hospital
|Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2650
|Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg Hospital
|Aalborg, Denmark
|Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital
|Aarhus, Denmark, 8200
|Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet
|Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
|Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital
|Odense, Denmark, 5000
|Study Chair:
|Jan Gerstoft, M.D., DMSc
|Rigshospitalet, Denmark
|Principal Investigator:
|Niels Obel, M.D., DMSc
|Odense University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Court Pedersen, Professor
|Odense University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Lars Mathiesen, M.D.,DMSc
|Hvidovre University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Henrik Nielsen, M.D.,DMSc
|Aalborg Universitetshospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Alex Laursen, M.D., DMSc
|Aarhus University City
|Principal Investigator:
|Ann-Brit E Hansen, M.D.
|Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet and Odense University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00135460 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 25, 2005
|Last Updated:
|March 13, 2006
Keywords provided by Danish HIV Research Group:
Treatment Naive
HIV Infections
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Skin Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Protease Inhibitors
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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text: Show Hide image Politics 28 November 2012 Leader: Against state regulation of the press The introduction of state regulation, however minimal, would be neither just nor necessary. Sign up for our weekly email * The British press has long been allowed to regulate itself but in recent years it has appeared entirely incapable of doing so. The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) proved impotent as the phone-hacking scandal unfolded and as individuals such as the McCanns and Christopher Jefferies were casually traduced. Established to act as a watchdog, it has too often operated as a gentleman's club, run by the media, for the media. In view of this, a significant body of opinion now argues that any new regulatory regime must be enshrined in statute. If the Leveson report, which was published soon after we went to press, recommends reform along these lines, it will likely enjoy the support of the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and at least 70 Conservative MPs: a political coalition large enough to command a majority in the House of Commons. But the introduction of state regulation, however minimal, would be neither just nor necessary. By forcing newspapers to submit to the new regime, parliament would, in effect, reintroduce state licensing, a practice abolished in Britain in 1695 and incompatible with the principle of a free press. This, as John Wilkes declared in The North Briton in 1762, is "the birthright of a Briton, and is justly esteemed the firmest bulwark of the liberties of this country". In those instances where abuse does occur, what is required is not state regulation but better enforcement of the existing law. Phone-hacking and bribery, for instance, are already illegal. Journalists were once defined as those employed by a private or public media corporation, but in the age of the smartphone and the blog anyone can self-publish. Would "citizen journalists" be required to submit to the new state-backed regulator? If so, the system would prove unwieldy. If not, the print media, already in existential danger, would be further disadvantaged. The spectacle of state regulation in Britain would also deal a hard blow to those fighting for press freedom in emerging democracies and dictatorships around the world. Fred M'membe, the editor of the Zambia Post, who has routinely been imprisoned on false charges of defamation, has warned that statutory controls in Britain would "spread through Africa like a firestorm". But if state regulation is unacceptable, then so too is the status quo. To begin the work of restoring public trust in the press, a new independent regulator, beholden to neither the industry nor the government, must be established. The body proposed by Lords Black and Hunt would go some way to fulfilling this need. Unlike the toothless PCC, the new regulator would have the power to launch investigations into allegations of wrongdoing and to enforce membership through a system of binding contracts. And to ensure genuine accountability, the chair of the new regulator should not be drawn from the press and should be chosen under the Nolan rules guaranteeing transparency and fairness in public appointments. Alongside this, the UK's media ownership laws, a subject too often neglected during the Leveson inquiry, must be reformed. It was News International's overweening dominance of the market that enabled it to remain above the law for so long. Even after the closure of the News of the World, the company still accounts for 34 per cent of UK newspaper circulation and, had it not been for the Milly Dowler phone-hacking allegations, News Corporation would surely have acquired full control of BSkyB to add to its HarperCollins book publishing empire. To ensure that no media organisation can ever wield such political power again, a cap should be placed on ownership as is the case in France. If the phone-hacking scandal, the event that precipitated the Leveson inquiry, showed the press at its worst, it should not be forgotten that it also showed the press at its best. As the police cravenly echoed the News International line that "one rogue reporter" was responsible, it was left to journalists to expose the truth. It would be a cruel irony if they were now to be shackled by state regulation. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 03 December 2012 issue of the New Statesman, The family in peril More


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St. Paul, Minnesota
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others
TJ Fletcher recently joined TIES as an education technology coordinator. TIES is a consortium of 38 Minnesota school districts offering cutting-edge software applications, hardware, Internet services, and professional development. TIES district members represent around 400 schools.
Prior to his new position, Fletcher taught chemistry and web development to high school students, promoting collaboration while creating and deploying innovative digital media and interactive learning resources. He encouraged his chemistry students to work as a true scientific community, communicating and collaborating both inside and outside of class. Fletcher also consults and trains nationwide on the application of digital media, web development, and game design in the classroom.
He has produced several chemistry-related interactive tutorials, demonstrations, and simulations using Adobe® Flash® software. He also uses, in his classes and elsewhere, Adobe Dreamweaver®, Fireworks®, Acrobat® Connect™, and Apple iLife.
In 2000, Fletcher's ThinkQuest Internet Challenge team, comprising three former students, won the Platinum Prize in science and mathematics. He regularly presents at conferences including the National Educational Computing Conference and the TIES Educational Technology Conference.


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TORONTO — About two months ago, Michael Levin, 36, received a phone call that changed the life of someone he has never met.
The caller was from Gift of Life, a Florida-based Jewish bone marrow foundation, and said that Levin was a potential match for an anonymous recipient.
Levin, an investment banker who is married with three children, said he couldn't even remember being tested. "I realized, though, that eight years ago before my wife and I had children, I had given a swab when we went for genetic testing."
Based on the information Gift of Life had, he said, he was a 30 per cent match, which meant they wanted to do further testing.
"I took a blood test, and was told I would hear back in about eight to 12 weeks. [Surprisingly, I received word] in seven days that I was a very good match, and I was asked if I was prepared to go forward.
"When I said yes, they explained the risks, and then we had the task of scheduling where and when the donation would take place."
He chose New York City, he said, – if the recipient is American, the procedure has to be done in the United States – because his company has an office there, and he would be able to do some work.
Gift of Life flew Michael and his wife, Melissa, to New York and accommodated them throughout the entire procedure, known as peripheral blood stem cell collection, which represents the majority of bone marrow donations, he said.
He was prepped for the donation for five days, he said, and on March 18, he spent several hours hooked up to a transfusion machine giving stem cells.
"It is important to tell my story, because I want people to know that donating bone marrow is not an intrusive process. I received shots for those first five days, which stimulated the production of stem cells, and then I was hooked up to a machine. A Gift of Life representative was with me the whole time."
He said that the only side effect from the procedure was some muscle ache, "as if I'd used muscles I hadn't used in a while."
Melissa, a Grade 1 teacher at Leo Baeck Day School, said, however, that emotionally, the procedure was overwhelming. "From the moment we got the phone call, we were overcome with emotions. We were told that the recipient was a 65-year-old woman, and we thought that Michael was hopefully saving the life of a mother and grandmother."
Levin said he would do the whole thing over again "without hesitation."
The Levins are now hosting a bone marrow drive on April 21 at Bialik Hebrew Day School in Toronto and at the Aish Thornhill Community Shul, 949 Clark Ave. W. in Thornhill for four-year-old Jayden Roll from Montreal, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.
"We would love to use this drive to bring awareness of the whole process," Levin said. "We want to stress that it can be done in a non-invasive way, and that drives are important for the recipient and for building a bank for the community. It is an important thing to do."
For information, visit cureforjayden.ca.


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Gaining a quality education is important, but we are falling behind. A quality education is both the quantity of information you retain, and how well you understand it. U.S. students have more access to technology, but lack motivation.
A quality education doesn't require spending more time in school or more money. These factors are important, but motivation is essential. Students around the world who lack these factors, make up for it in drive. Students in Indonesia risk their lives for an education. The question isn't how much more, but how well are we using our resources?
In my geography class, seeing a global perspective of education opened my eyes. Countries, even cities like Shanghai, are scoring higher than us. Tests do not reflect intelligence, but if we had a quality education, we would know the material on the tests. The purpose of getting an education is to be successful. Without good tests scores, what does that say about this generation's employees?
My plan is to properly educate myself in the area of business I'll pursue. If I want to be a lawyer, I'll go to law school. I ask you to always know what you are doing. I ask you to stop being careless.
With the resources available, education should come first.
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A LANDOWNER near Stockbridge has said plans to install a 51,000-panelled solar farm are being made to help secure his family's future.
Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst is due to submit plans for the 54-acre site at his home at Somborne Park shortly, and should permission be granted, he hopes to have the panels installed by the end of the financial year.
He said: "I'm doing this for two reasons: one is it's been grassland for the last 25 years and I don't want to go ploughing through it.
"The second reason is that I want to support the house I live in for the next generation, and the income will help to do that. This house has been in my family since 1594, and I want to do everything I can to keep it."
Renewable energy company, Lightsource, held an exhibition at the field, off Somborne Park Road, Little Somborne, for interested residents last week.
Richard Densham, development manager of Lightsource, said: "There's a lot to do, a lot of hoops to jump through, but we are very keen, from a moral and reputational perspective, that the site is well looked after and returned to its natural form. We're trying to do this as responsibly as we can."
It is expected that, once installed, the 51,348 panels should last anywhere between 25-35 years and will power 3,200 houses per year.
Mr Densham added: "Obviously the sun shines brighter at 1pm on a day in June than in the middle of February, but on average, it should power around 3,200 homes when it's connected into the local grid with the Scottish and Southern Energy infrastructure."
Tim Gardner, 56, a chartered surveyor of Dundridge Lane, Bishop's Waltham, who attended the exhibition, said: "There'll be an impact when it's being constructed, but I think I fully support it."
Peter Duncan, 55, a university lecturer, from Strawberry Lane, Up Somborne, said: "I think it's a really good idea. If it's an alternative to fracking, which I think is going to be a real problem, the more we encourage renewable methods like this the better."


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My w520 has been acting rather strange recently. It's actually been acting up for some time but i've ignored it (kind of like putting the black tape over the check engine light).
Most of the issue seems to revolve around my USB. At some random point in time after starting up my machine, it will stop seeing new usb devices that I plug in unless I restart. Once I restart it sees everything fine. I can even plug new devices in. However after a while if I try to plug something new in, it won't show. Likewise it also won't see SD cards that I plug in to the SD slot.
I'm also having an issue where if I try to shut down or restart, the computer will never shut down windows. It just sits there saying 'shutting down windows' forever, until I just hold the power button to kill it.
any ideas?
thanks for any help
Intel i7 2.3
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Hahha good one: kind of like putting the black tape over the check engine light).
Isn't that the truth. Check engine light is easier to diagnose though than this w520. Heh heh.
05-28-2012 03:25 PM - edited 05-28-2012 04:11 PM
Are you sure it's not devices you have already added to the system before where this is happening? I ask because I have seen similar but it was devices that had already been attached to the system at some point and reattaching them (actually it was an external HD in my case --the external adapter was faulty and would only work sometimes and was not always detected by the OS when reinserted either). Interesting about the reader because I think it too is a USB device (and you mentioned it ;-)). Just an fyi I have also seen similar shutdown behavior on my w520 and that was associated with issues with another USB device, in that case it was the drivers (backing back down to the previous drivers resolved the issue and the laptop would then shutdown properly again. You will have to try to narrow it to the specific device causing the hang. What I would do is just get everything USB at a baseline and then start uninstalling and testing things. You seem to have a couple, related things, going on here but perhaps different root issues. Maybe focus first on the SD cardreader. What are the other devices not detected?
(Sorry for the edits, had to think about the similar issues I had).
Thanks. for the response and glad to know I'm not the only facing similar issues.
It is both devices that are plugged in that once unplugged are not recognize when replugged in and it's all devices that weren't plugged in that aren't recognized when plugged in.
I'll try a few things. I'm really tempted just do a clean install and go back to ground zero. This is my mobile machine so there's not really anything major on here that I have to worry about time involved in reinstalling.
05-28-2012 04:14 PM - edited 05-28-2012 04:41 PM
Sorry, I was thinking some other stuff with the attaching/reattaching, the key thing was the intermittently working adapter. Lol so nothing USB works/is recognised? If I read that correctly?
PS I went through that as well (install/reinstalls) at one point troubleshooting issues. It is one reason why I am still using the preload image (as part of my baseline trying to ensure all my hardware works what with all the other issues I have had).
One more thing it may be worth your time going to Microsoft and reviewing Win 7 USB related hotfixes. You might find something that helps with your issues.
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An accurate mathematical description of the genetic circuit is essential for projects involving synthetic biology. Such descriptions are an integral component of part submission to the Registry, as exemplified by the canonical characterisation of part F2620 [1]. The ability to capture part behaviour as a mathematical relationship between input and output is useful for future re-use of the part and modification of integration into novel genetic circuits.
Modelling Constitutive Gene Expression
A simple synthesis-degradation model is assumed for the modelling of the expression of a protein under the control of a constitutive promoter, with the same model assumed for all four promoter-RBS constructs. The synthesis-degradation model assumes a steady state level of mRNA.
In this case, [protein] represents the concentration of GFP, k1 represents the rate of sythesis and d1 represents the degradation rate.
We can easily simulate this synthesis-degradation model using matlab:
We can also solve this ODE analytically. Consider the steady-state behaviour of [protein].
This relationship can be seen in the parameter scan graphs.
From the wetlab experiments it is likely that we will obtain steady-state data for each of the four promoter-RBS constructs. If we assume the same rate of degradation of GFP in each case, we can have some measure of the relative rate of transcription through each promoter which will help us with the selection of the most appropriate promoter to use for Phase 2. In order to obtain an absolute measure of transcription (as opposed to a relative measure of transcriptional strength) we require constitutive expression in terms of molecules per cell (as opposed to fluorescene in arbitrary units).
Modelling Inducible Gene Expression
The repressor is constitutively expressed. Hence we can assume the constitutive expression model from the previous characterisation step.
When the inducer is added it binds reversibly to the repressor.
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The @JoeyRyanOnline Storyline is NOT a Work (ZoI)
by, 07-04-2012 at 06:14 PM (5699 Views)
Since microphones are scarce in the blog-world, we can just call that a type-bomb rather than a pipe-bomb
I made the bold statement in the title because of one simple reason: the story line is too good, too smart, and too ballsy for TNA. We really need to consider everything that would be put into this story line if it is a work. It would really be quite remarkable. Even if TNA came up to Ryan a week after the buzz he created; it would still be remarkable.
First, we know that TNA is not smart enough or involved enough to go and give detailed instructions to Ryan on how to use the internet to progress this story but we can almost guarantee Ryan is behind the "creative," if you will, in his YouTube videos, Tweets, and promos during various appearances. However, somewhere along the countless rants and rips of TNA (or from the inception), TNA came up to Joey Ryan and gave him the green light to continue doing it. Continue his verbal shredding of the company, continue interviewing ex-TNA wrestlers, continue to rip on TNA officials, and continue to rip on the TNA business model. For the TNA big-wigs to sit there and listen (to the mostly true) things that was being said about their company would require pretty tough skin.
Next, TNA would have to be patient with the progression of this story line. If Ryan came back a week or two after he was denied during Gut Check, it would have been completely obvious that TNA was pulling strings. Instead, they let him build his character with the internet audience for 4 weeks. When just about everyone thought we would never see him on TV again, there he was. I was honestly surprised. So surprised that I would not put is passed him sneaking into the Impact Zone.
Third, if this is a work, Joey Ryan and TNA are doing a way too good of a job covering their tracks. The obvious question that was asked after his appearance last Thursday was how did he get in and how did he get his camera back. To put both questions to rest, we got this answer:
Finally, TNA would have to be using the internet better than WWE ever has. With the template of the Summer of Punk to build off of (social media/internet-wise), Joey Ryan and TNA has taken the storyline from YouTube, to Indy appearances, to Twitter, to Facebook, and most recently, to internet wrestling shows:
Obviously there is a 90% chance I am wrong. Not only do I accept that but I wish it to be true. TNA has done, is doing, and will do a lot of bad shit, but if this one if it pans out to be a work, it is really, really good. Depending on where this goes, it could be up there with AJ/Punk/Bryan and Steen taking over ROH as story line of the year contenders. Joey Ryan deserves a shit-ton of credit for this one as does TNA for allowing him creative control.
What are your thoughts?
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Learning about challenges facing top-tier hospitals: part 2 of 2
May 11, 2012 - 12:30pm
My guide and I made our way down to the Diabetes education department and met the doctor and two patients she was in the process of instructing. In an old wooden bookcase with glass fronts, there was a display of plastic food on plates that showed suggested serving sizes of food – looking like they dated from about twenty years before. In her patient training, the doctor shows the patients how to... Read More
Learning about challenges facing top-tier hospitals: part 1 of 2
May 4, 2012 - 12:30pm
My visit to this premier university hospital and my conversations with both the senior administrator and diabetes educator were so rich that I have broken my visit into two blog entries. The first entry covers my interview with the senior administrator who is also head of the endocrinology department. The second entry covers my interview with the diabetes educator, my impressions, and the overall... Read More
From Quality Operations Pfizer to Quality Consultant PharmAccess, Tanzania
April 27, 2012 - 12:30pm
Greetings from Tanzania! Selected as part of this year's class of Fellows, I have just arrived in Dar es Salaam to work with PharmAccess Foundation for a 6 month assignment, working with two other Fellows Mario Villa (from Pfizer Italy) and Henry Okoth (from Sanford, North Carolina). As a team, we are working on quality monitoring and evaluation systems and financing models for pharmacies. This... Read More
Targeting the Working Populations
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I have learned from interviewing diabetes experts, hospital administrators, and diabetes educators that the hardest group to engage and motivate on diabetes awareness and management is the working-age population. Workers generally are "too busy" with day-to-day activities, family, friends, work pressures, and such, to prioritize personal health—until they end up in the hospital with complications... Read More
Finding the right color in Beijing
April 20, 2012 - 12:00pm
To illustrate my interview reports and provide for future Global Health Fellows, I decided to buy a camera for GBCHealth. I had scouted out a parcel of electronic stores in the Chaoyang district and found my way to the Sony camera booth in the midst of a chaos of retailers. After I bargained the price down from 2200 yuan to 1500 yuan (1 yuan = .16 USD), the saleswoman asked me what color camera I... Read More
Rural Health Station Dilemma
April 13, 2012 - 1:00pm
David Marshall standing near the Shi Da Xing Qu She Qu Wei Shang Fu Wu Zhan Health Station, Beijing I recently visited the Da Xing Qu She Qu Wei Shang Fu Wu Zhan Health Station, located some twenty-five kilometers south of central Beijing. My two companions were a pharmaceutical sales representative and an endocrinologist at a prestigious government hospital in central Beijing... Read More
A visit with a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner
April 9, 2012 - 5:25pm
It is hard to understand the Chinese health system without visiting a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner. Located in most villages and cities throughout China, TCM uses both herbal and Western medicines to treat its patients. When Michael Shiu, a GBCHealth colleague, had a dry cough for a couple of days, he decided to visit... Read More
Beijing Street Health Fair
April 6, 2012 - 12:00pm
Since I arrived early for a meeting with an NGO executive in the Chaoyang district, I walked around the neighborhood to get my bearings and pass some time. Coming around a corner, I saw a crowd of people around a long table collecting pamphlets. Looking more closely, I realized that this was a health fair staffed by a local hospital. On one end of the long table, scales were set up so people... Read More
First Days in Beijing
March 23, 2012 - 12:00pm
Twenty-five years of analyzing the US healthcare market, two months independently studying Chinese culture since my acceptance as a 2012 Global Health Fellow, two weeks embedded in the New York office of GBCHealth, and five days immersed in a Beijing neighborhood have led me to this moment of exploration and adventure. I am working with GBCHealth for three months to establish a diabetes awareness... Read More
Warmth and Affection of Local Papua New Guinean Folks Towards Foreign Visitors
September 29, 2011 - 10:00am
I remember back in May, FHI 360's first order of business with me was to discuss in great length the high importance of safety and security at work, home, during transit, and everywhere I go. The strong warnings and precautions in terms of personal security was impressed even further through personal stories, anecdotes, and experiences of FHI 360 staff—expatriates and local folks alike. In... Read More


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Topic: AMMF in the UK - Querying the CC diagnosis to treatment pathway
Many thanks indeed to Helen for this piece.
"In AMMF's experience this pathway is often not followed – it would seem, in fact, that it often stops at the general/district hospital and many patients diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma do not get referred to those specialists/specialist centres for their treatment."
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Winter is the off season for big tournaments and many players scale back their efforts in cold weather. Could this be the perfect time to learn forehand skills?
Why forehand? Why now? Well most players are backhand dominant and the off season is a good time to learn new skills. For those actively competing in tournaments or leagues in the summer, your focus and practice tends to be on what you use the most often, your bread and butter shots. The off season has less time pressure so you can work on new stuff. If your winter weather includes snow then rollers are out. Putting is always good to work on but in cold weather standing still doesn't generate the body heat that throwing longer shots and walking after them does.
In Winter footing is precarious and forehands take less run up, less body involvement and less follow through. In short, when your footing is worst (sidehill, uphill, snow, ice) and your position most cramped (leaning out of a bush) a forehand may be your best friend. So if you learn a forehand on ice how good can you throw it in July?
But, the insightful might argue, forehands are more prone to grip-based errors in bad weather. True, but if you are ever going to learn the shot you need to understand its risks and limitations as well as ways to counteract grip problems. Missing a forehand in a casual round in January is much less painful than in a tournament round in August. Maybe now is the time.
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text: Help for beginning anglers By Scott Shalaway March 16, 2013 Story Share According to statistics from the National Surveys of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, which are published every five years, the number of anglers in the U.S. is in a steady decline. The number of anglers has dropped from 35.6 million in 1991 to 33.1 million in 2011.Though the number of anglers has increased about 10 percent over the last five years, the long-term trend in fishing activity is down 7 percent over 20 years. That saddens me. Some of my fondest memories are daddy-daughter fishing trips.When my daughters were little girls, they loved to go to a nearby creek and catch a few bluegills. They squealed with delight whenever they hooked a palm-sized fighter. Of course, we always had to get over the "ick" factor (no pun intended) of getting worms on hooks.So why are fewer people fishing today than they did 20 years ago?A big part of the problem is how our lives have changed over the last 30 years.The outdoors is no longer a playground for many children. Fewer people live in rural areas. Electronic devices and rigidly scheduled extracurricular activities control the lives of many young families. And even more important, many young parents today may have little experience in the outdoors.In fact, I suspect many of today's young parents only got outdoors as children for recess, baseball and soccer. They are products of a generation dominated by indoor activities and electronic gadgets.When I was a boy, there was always a relative, neighbor, or family friend going fishing. Kids tagged along and learned. (Hope I don't sound like an old fogey.) I wonder how many of today's parents younger than 40 missed out on fishing trips with family and friends. If they never learned to fish, they may feel unable to teach their own kids.Of course, trying new activities is often awkward and uncomfortable; no parent wants to be seen as incompetent by their children. My memory, however, is that my daughters and I had more fun when we learned something new together. The girls loved when they could master a new skill faster than I could. I might have looked silly, but they gained confidence by besting me.A terrific book makes fishing easy for anyone who has never fished. "The New Fishing Fundamentals: Fishing Fun for Everyone" (In-Fisherman, 2013, $12.95) by Chuck Nelson presents a simple formula for having fun: Fish + Location + Presentation = Success. It covers the most popular freshwater fish in North America, where they live, how to hook them, and even how to prepare the catch for dinner. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, "Fishing Fundamentals" is a great introduction for anyone just getting started.The book introduces the most common fish beginning anglers are likely to encounter -- sunfish, catfish, trout, bass, and others. By understanding the habits of various fish, readers learn how their habitat preferences differ. Then the book illustrates different types of equipment -- rods, reels, lures, and baits. And it explains how to present baits and lures. The mysteries of casting, jigging, and trolling disappear.Before you hit the water, familiarize yourself with the equipment. Practice casting and tying knots in the backyard, and get the kids and grandkids started there, too.And when you finally get to a pond or stream, minimize expectations. Anyone can catch fish. It just takes time, practice, and patience. I am not an avid angler, but it's hard to beat a warm day on the water when the fish are biting.And some days you just get lucky. I've caught bonefish and mahi mahi in the Florida Keys, striped bass in Lake Texoma, largemouth bass in farm ponds, and smallmouth bass in Lake Erie, and not once was it because I was a great fisherman. It was because I was lucky and enjoying myself with friends. Inexperience is no excuse to deprive your kids of the fun of fishing. The title of the book is, after all, "Fishing FUNdamentals."Send questions and comments to Dr. Scott Shalaway, 2222 Fish Ridge Road, Cameron, WV 26033 or email email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 WVU seeking improvements during off week 3 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 4 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year 5 Parole hearing set for Putnam man who claims wrongful sex assault conviction Help for beginning anglers Previous Story Wilderness helped man to know his limits Next Story


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Coming form the ideas of youth and ways to promote Dhamma to them and the best sample to lead a life like a Bhikkhu, I thought it would be maybe usefull to have something like a network of places where people who observe 10 and/or the whole Bhikkhu rules can rest for a while.
I guess it is not a secret that it is not easy (if not impossible) for a Bhikkhu to stay especial in cold areas for a longer time without violating the Vinaya or get to much involved out of more needed dependency of support. It would be not easy to maintain the freedom as it is required for additional development and maintaining of spiritual attainments if Bhikkhus are somehow caught in a network of specific supporters.
If there would be a good network where such people can lean on, it would maybe more possible to come in contact with such living samples.
In Buddhist countries, we often find places called "place to rest" which are allong streets. Asoka for example used to build such places for travellers, beggars on those who are somehow in an equal situation.
Some worldy samples could be network of globetrotters or youth hostel, but only in there raw intention as there is a great need to make it really different. Adventure people might missuse it to much otherwise.
Such a network could be maintained and provided by many Buddhist layman all around the world. Of course the basis work (for a web database for example) with all the requires and needed roles should be developed with somebody who is very well known in regard of Vinaya.
People could provide their possibilities (room, house, sangha, ambiance) according to their possibilities as the doors are not that open like for example in SEAsia. Also Monasteries could provide their possibilities as it is also not general usual to accept travelers.
Somehow as much as possible "without strings" would be a fundamental require of such a network.
One more point that speaks for such ways, is that massive Monastery building (like usual) will cause somehow the fear of conquering and missionary not to talk about the endless amount of mistakes and violations of Vinaya in regard of Monastery building. To give what somebody already owns and is able to share will be always secure of mistakes.
These are just some thought and maybe this topic give some inspiration for the Dana.
Maybe some of you will even find together here and start to develop such a Network and give Bhikkus and Ascetics the possibility for unblameable Dhammaduta and countless beings on some parts on earth to do not only have the possibility to make mertis but actually get in contact with those who remind us on the Arahant.


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Ailing hand keeps Hamilton out of lineup for second day
CINCINNATI -- Injured Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton is going to great lengths to get back on the field, but was out of the starting lineup again Saturday.
The speedy rookie sprained two knuckles on his left hand making a diving catch in the first inning of Thursday's series opener against Milwaukee. Hamilton said on Saturday he still could not grip the bat, but would be available to pinch-run and, optimistically, as a defensive replacement.
"I've got two gloves now," Hamilton said. "The one I usually use is pretty hard. The other one is softer."
Hamilton also has finger guards, fashioned by Reds trainer Paul Lessard, to prevent his fingers from bending back when he slides. Umpire Joe West told Hamilton that the guards were too long during a game against Chicago, but Hamilton said the gear has since been checked out and approved.
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According to the CDC, the regular flu has killed 13,000 people since January—but the Swine Flu kills like 1% of that and everyone is freaking out. These gadgets can bring you peace of mind.
If there is one bright spot in this whole Swine Flu mess, it's that bacon is not affected. Whew! And I thought I might have to curb my intake. Actually, I might eat more now out of spite.


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Griff's HR picks up Hatteberg who, in true Cincy fashion, fails to get Freel in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. We HAVE to be the worst in the league in scoring guys from 3rd with less than 2 outs. Really.
Griff's HR picks up Hatteberg who, in true Cincy fashion, fails to get Freel in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. We HAVE to be the worst in the league in scoring guys from 3rd with less than 2 outs. Really.
So just 31 more homers for Griffey? He might do that by the end of May
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Do the Reds have the best offensive outfield in the bigs? Hamilton, Dunn and Junior have combined for 25 HRS and 60 RBIs already, and thats with Hamilton and Junior not even having 100 ABs yet.
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Albers lines out to Hat. Apparently the Astros are happy with three wins in this series as they let Albers bat for himself down 6-0.
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Well, it's pretty clear what this team's problem is....
The Red's sure seem to score when Harang is pitching.
a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude.
I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
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Obviously, this is based on no intel, just satisfying the voices in my head.
BOS receives:
Danny's expiring deal
2013 first
2015 first
Lance (if they insist)
IND receives:
Why BOS does it:
Clear space for 2014
Draft picks with which to rebuild
Lance is young cheap talent to pair with DeAndre Jordan (if such a deal were to go)
Danny for a season on an expiring deal is way less risky than keeping a potentially subpar Rondo for the future.
Why IND does it:
Hibbs, West, PG, Hill and Rondo would be unstoppable.
High risk/high reward scenario
IND can't depend on premier FA choosing to come here, so we roll the dice on Rondo and multiple Finals appearances and hopefully some hardware to go with it.


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What is remarkable is that those who bought bonds will get a tiny rate of return. Renee Montagne talks to David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, about what the results mean, who's buying Treasuries and how the borrowed funds are being spent.
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Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo spoke for the first time since having surgery to repair his torn ACL, detailing the frustration that comes with being forced to sit on the sidelines.
In an interview with ESPN's Hannah Storm, Rondo explained the moment he first realized there was a serious problem.
"It was shocking, frustrating," he said. "I wanted to play against the Heat that day, Sunday, and I thought I was playing. But maybe 30 minutes on the clock I did my ritual, my routine, I got in the shower and something was telling me this just didn't feel right."
Rondo was surprised because, when he tore the ACL on Jan. 25 against the Atlanta Hawks, there was no excruciating pain or telling pop.
"I thought I could play through it," Rondo said.
The Celtics point guard went to the hospital that night and heard on the radio that he could have torn the ACL in his right knee.
"I was like, 'We just got the results, there's no way possible,'" he said.
The news was confirmed when Rondo returned to TD Garden, and he underwent surgery a couple weeks later on Feb. 12. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery that he has followed with an "intense" rehab regimen.
"When I got out of surgery, for 3-4 weeks nobody said anything about when I'll be back, or when I'll be able to play, they just wanted me to take it one week at a time and just see how I progress from there," he told Storm. "Everybody's body is different. Everybody plays the game differently. An injury like this varies."
When Storm asked Rondo if there was anything he feared, he responded, "Doing it again. But other than that, no."


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"Commander Frakes, we are in orbit around Venus. Ready to land, sir."
"Very good, take us down."
Once they landed, Frakes and his small crew donned special pressure suits and left the tiny craft. They were on a very important mission, to find any sign of life on Venus. Even a tiny colony of bacteria would've been a cause for excitement. Johnson scanned the area with a special infrared device, looking for any areas that were either warmer or cooler than the surrounding environment. Every unusual reading would warrant investigation.
They had searched for several hours, when Johnson suddenly shouted, "Sir! A storm is moving in; we'd better find shelter!" They were too far away from the ship to get to it in time, so they found a rocky outcropping that looked deep enough to shelter them. Just in time, too! A brief but intense shower of rain swept through the area. It evaporated almost the instant it hit the ground. Hills, the newest member of their crew, asked, "Commander, it's just rain. Why do we need to take shelter?"
Frakes grinned at her. "That's acid rain. Our suits aren't built to take it. We'd get burned to nothing even if we were out there for five minutes."
Finally, the shower was over. The crew continued to search for life, but after a couple of months they had to admit defeat. Apparently, nothing survived on the surface and they weren't equipped to search underground. They did, however, map the area with far more detail than ever before. Possible routes below ground were marked for further investigation. Frakes and his crew returned to Earth, where they prepared for their next mission.
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Hi everybody. I've been reading these forums for a while and I think I need some advice on my bag and form. I'll be putting some throwing videos later on...
First off, I've been playing this wonderful sport about 1 year now, and I can see some improvement on everything. For example, I can throw my Z Comet about 300' dead straight without OAT.
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2x Classic Aviar, putting
Superduper understable kc aviar for trickshots
Premium Jokeri, MVP Ion for driving
3x Roc, different stabilities
2x Eagle-x, one turns some on 330' throw, other is new and stable
2x Teebird, Star for straight lines and dx for rollers
GL River and S-Jackal, still trying to figure out which one to stick with
Star Firebird, wind and vertical hyzers
3x Wraith 167g, 170g ja 175g. Anhyzers, hyzers and all between.
On a good day I can put my Wraiths to 400' on golf lines. What i'm pondering, should I downgrade from Wraiths, cause 400' isn't consistent.
Also, I think I'm getting the "Hit" thing. Before I was turning and burning my FD on 320' power with teebird even with a bit of hyzer, and one day I just halved my run-up speed and my arm speed and really concentrated on pinching the disc and accelerating on the last second and BAM, a bit of hyzer and it popped up and glided to about 330' and I wasn't even trying to go for distance . Am I getting the concept of "The Hit" right, or atleast some of it?
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As we near the end of the season I find myself wanting to re-watch some of the best games before I lose access to them on League Pass Broadband.
I've got a few in mind, but I'd like to know what your favorites were and why!
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As we near the end of the season I find myself wanting to re-watch some of the best games before I lose access to them on League Pass Broadband.
I've got a few in mind, but I'd like to know what your favorites were and why!
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
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That might have been our most complete game this season. We had some of the the best ball movement we've had all year. And you have the great play with PG tracking down Terry and blocking his shot, and then hitting a 3 on the other end.
The trio of recent huge comebacks, down by 20 at the half at Was, down by 10 after 3 at Hou, and of course, THE BEST GAME OF THE YEAR, outscoring NY 40-17 in the 4th in tribute to the HOF Reggie Miller!
Other great games include Paul George's coming out party in Dallas, and making Derrick Rose and Kevin Love cry in thier own houses...
The ESPN game against Philly
the fourth game against Miami
Roy's 30 pointer against New Orleans
The 4th quarter comeback against the Knicks
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I'll add the Lakers game to your list, beautiful basketball and Roy ruling the paint.
The game at Golden State. I don't care that it was a kick ball, that steal was epic.
I'm gonna go ahead and second the knicks comeback game. The day after Reggie goes in the hall, that was awesome.
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How the hell has nobody listed us beating the best team in the NBA and not only beating them but kicking the crap out of them for most of the game in front of a home sold out fieldhouse?
Heck that game had it all including a monster game from Kevin Durrant and a monster 4th quarter from Granger.
The comeback against the Knicks and the Miami games are the best I think, beating LA was also nice.
The Bobkitties game where we were up 45.
That was my favorite
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Well it was still a great game, although yes the Bulls do have the best record.
The Knicks game is the best in terms of emotional swing and intensity both from the game and the fans.
How fracking great is it that there are legitimately at least half a dozen great games to re-watch this year?
So glad to be out of the mediocre dungeon!
Peck, that Thunder game is right up there for me too. That will be the first one I watch. The wins in Dallas and against Miami will probably be next. Then the comeback against the Knicks and the win at Chicago. If there's time I'll squeeze in the win in L.A., the win in Minnesota (intense game!), and maybe Roy's career high in points in NOLA.
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
Not sure if you just want indiana or other games.
Two weeks ago or so, Clippers vs Blazers was fantastic.
That WASH game had my heart Racing..
Down by 22!
The Knicks game was aight.. We just matched up with them and their small ball approach.
beating the bulls in their own house coming from behind to beat them and derrick rose making vows that he will never forget how we celebrated lol
The Minnesota - OKC game was my favorite game of the season. If you start watching 4th quarter on, you will get all the good stuff.
I think we need some sort of metric here--our good wins are not necessarily some of the greatest basketball games to rewatch. I really really liked the George Hill foot steal Golden State game. We couldn't shake them loose because Ellis was making Kobe in his prime level difficulty shots. Just one after another.
Minny / Us. That game was fantastic.. Still with Rubio, Minny was actually very talented, and we punked them bad. Danny went off in that game, just a great game. Watching angry Danny is a great thing to see. He's so mild, that even when he gets mad generallyl he cools off and doesn't care two minutes later. In that game? No he was ready to take Loves head off all the way until the clocks read zero.
Next is the Knicks / Us. Wow what a game. And you only really need to watch is the 4th lol.
Thunder too...
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Golden State that game had if all for me plus the steal was epic !
Whichever was the game Derrick Rose will never forget.
All great choices! Being in BLF for that 4th Quarter against New York was simply magical.
The "I'll never forget" game.
The "They take those pills" game.
The "It was a tribute, from one shooter to another" game.
There are a few others, the win against the heat, okc, the mavs, the lakers, etc.
Picking a handful of the best is a lot harder this year than in years past. That's a very exciting thing to say.


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"Typical hysteria," said Dennis Hills of the 35-year-old Riegel's Pipe and Tobacco store is the oldest tenant in the Georgetown shopping center on East State Boulevard, whose special cigar promotion attracted larger-than-usual numbers of smokers to his store just as children were arriving for the strip mall's annual Halloween party.
A combustible combination, as it turned out.
Because it is illegal for tobacco stores to solicit or serve minors, Hills didn't hand out candy or participate in other Halloween events. Instead, he cordoned off an eight-foot perimeter around the door, hung "no trick-or-treating" signs on the ropes, then went inside to serve his customers. Business was so good the store was thick with smoke, so Hills opened the door to the pleasant evening air in order to improve ventilation.
And that was that, he thought – until two city firefighters arrived in response to a complaint about a "small amount" of smoke.
"They apologized, but said we would have to close the door or we would have to close the shop, so we closed the door," Hills said. "I was told a girl coughed as she walked by. But was it the smoke (or something else)?"
"The reaction was over-the-top," said Frank Bougher, assistant manager of Riegel's, which also has shops downtown and in Covington Plaza, both of which also have smoking lounges. "They were doing something that was perfectly legal."
Well, yes. And no, according to Deputy Fire Chief Jim Murua, the man most responsible for enforcing the smoking ordinance.
Murua said he doubts anyone told Hills the store would have to close and pointed out that no citation was issued. But he also noted that the law prohibits smoking within 20 feet of doorways, not the eight-foot barrier Hills established. In other words, legal indoor smoke can become illegal outdoor smoke if the wrong person smells it in the wrong place.
But to cigar-smoking attorney John Porter, who was at Riegel's that evening along with at least two cops, that's a distinction that would shame even a lawyer.
"As sensitive as I am to the public health, the law clearly permits people to smoke (at tobacco shops)," he said. "A business would be charged with making a false 911 report. It's outrageous."
To give the anonymous girl the benefit of the doubt, Murua said calls about possible smoking-ordinance violations often go to the Fire Department or the city's non-emergency 311 line. But because this call was placed on a Friday evening, both were closed. And the truck that responded to the complaint was already at Georgetown to participate in the party, so the expense and affect on readiness were minimal.
But what about next time?
Murua is right to find irony in the fact that the smokers opened the door to clean the air, but there is also irony in the fact that the smoke at Riegel's was so thick in the first place. When the law made even bars off-limits, tobacco shops became one of the few remaining refuges for smoking adults. And here's yet another irony: If somebody had been smoking near those trick-or-treaters in Georgetown's parking lot, it would have been OK no matter where the smoke blew.
Hills said he'll consider installing an air filter to minimize the amount of smoke in the store. But that could cost thousands of dollars, and if the vent is within 20 feet of the door it may not meet the letter of the law as Murua interprets it.
The Fire Department gets questionable calls all the time, and Murua said it must investigate them all. But people also have an obligation to know and respect the law (I suspect an adult persuaded that girl into calling 911), and smokers and non-smokers alike have an obligation to treat tax dollars and each other with respect.
Hills, for example, said he would have been happy to close the door that night if anyone had simply asked – just as people irritated by the smoke (in more ways than one) could have given his door a wider berth. This was no emergency, and only the uninformed or indifferent would have treated it as such.
Next Halloween, Hills will avoid trouble by closing the store before the festivities begin and the kids arrive. But when the store is open, he said, the door may be, too.
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Albion miss out on Dutch starlet
3:50pm Friday 18th January 2013
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3:50pm Friday 18th January 2013
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Albion have failed in a bold attempt to beat Premier League clubs to the signing of highly rated young Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk.
The Seagulls made an undisclosed offer to top flight Dutch club Groningen for van Dijk in the last 24 hours but their bid for the 21-year-old has been rejected.
Richard van Elsacker, Groningen's press officer, revealed to The Argus: "We can confirm there was a bid, which was made between yesterday and today, but we are not confirming the amount of the bid.
"We have rejected the bid and our intention is for Virgil to play here for the rest of the season. He is one of our key players and we don't want to lose him during the winter period."
Everton, Newcastle and Sunderland have all been linked with van Dijk, a Dutch under 21 international.
Van Elsacker refused to say whether Groningen have received any other bids for the player.
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