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Computer shuts off when I press Eject button on DVD Drive
Totally odd one here and the first time I have every seen it. Recently built a new studio (recording) rig...with the following parts:
At first I thought it was static or something - just reaching over to the machine and pressing the button Event viewer says nothing. However I did see one obscure message back on Oct 7th that stated this:
"The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0."
Gotta think that's this DVD drive port. But no other messages at all since then.
Anyone got ANY ideas as to what the heck is going on? It's a SATA drive - maybe a cable? Maybe the drive controller is actually FUBAR-ed? Maybe the power supply? Motherboard (I hope not)
FYI: No other problems whatsoever with the rig if I do not touch the drive
Appreciate any ideas on where I should start looking.
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Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
VP, I would check out the Power Supply as pressing the eject button will increase the power drain on your PS.
Just an idea.
Do you have another DVD drive to replace it with in case it is the drive not the PS?
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|24 Oct 2012
Will report back.
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La crisis de visión en el pensamiento económico moderno
Book review of Heilbroner, R. L.; Milberg, W. (1995): "The Crisis of Vision in Modern Economic Thought", The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, Nueva York
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Score it Jerry Payne 2, the Internal Revenue Service 0.
Last Friday, United States District Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore ordered the IRS to pay Payne more than $1.5 million in damages. She agreed with the Houston attorney that IRS agents damaged his law practice by illegally releasing information about his federal income tax returns and the agency's criminal investigation of him.
In 1995 a federal jury cleared Payne of charges of income tax evasion, so Gilmore's ruling marks the second time in less than four years that the attorney has prevailed in court against the IRS during an 11-year battle with the agency.
Payne noted that the April 15 federal income tax filing deadline is less than a month away. "It's a good time of the year for the judge to issue her ruling, because the public needs to know about the illegal actions of these federal agents. To that degree, I'm very proud."
Payne maintains that his trouble with the IRS stems from his association -- first as legal counsel, later as the de facto owner -- with Caligula XXI, a southwest Houston topless bar. Like almost every other sexually oriented business in the city, it was suspected, rightly or wrongly, by law enforcement authorities of being involved in anything from over-the-line table dances to prostitution and drug dealing.
In June 1988 Payne successfully defended his club against an attempt by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to revoke Caligula's liquor license, a move that would have put the bar out of business. Infighting between the club's two principal owners also threatened its future. Since the bar owed Payne almost $600,000 in legal fees, Payne squared the debt by assuming control of the club. He placed its ownership in the name of his daughter, who is mentally handicapped and whose affairs he oversees.
During Payne's 1995 federal court trial on income tax evasion charges, testimony revealed that the IRS launched a probe of Payne shortly after he blocked the beverage commission's effort to jerk Caligula's liquor license. Payne argued at his trial that the state commission began investigating his finances as a retaliatory action at the behest of the TABC, a charge denied by the IRS.
For whatever reasons, IRS agents became fixtures at Payne's law office between 1988 and 1993. Although they never told him what they were looking for or why he was being investigated, Payne says the agents had no qualms about telling others. They informed his clients, relatives and business associates about the criminal investigation of his financial affairs, and they asked them if they had ever known Payne to use or sell drugs.
So, in June 1993, Payne sued the IRS and agents Simon Rodriguez, David Batista and Kenneth Frelow, accusing them of trying to damage his legal career by implying that he was engaged in criminal activity.
Twenty months later -- and almost seven years after the IRS first began investigating him -- Payne was indicted on five counts of federal tax code violations. None of the counts alleged that Payne owed money to the government. Instead, two of them dealt with Payne's refusal to file tax returns for 1989 and 1990, when he was cooperating in the IRS investigation of him. Three other counts accused him of signing tax forms that he knew contained incorrect information. Rather than accusing Payne of underpaying his taxes, the government basically charged him with perjury.
"If I'm guilty of perjury, I can't be a lawyer," Payne said at the time. "What they wanted to do was to knock me out as a lawyer."
If they couldn't take away his law license, he says, they wanted to make sure he didn't have any clients. In her decision last week, Judge Gilmore seemed to agree.
Gilmore's 29-page ruling highlighted testimony from Payne's civil trial against the IRS. Several witnesses said that IRS agents -- specifically agent Batista -- made a point of informing them that Payne was the focus of criminal tax fraud investigation and that he was suspected of using and/or selling drugs, or committing other crimes. On the witness stand, Batista testified he was told that Payne was involved with drugs, but he could not remember by whom.
"The Court finds that there was no rational basis for Batista to ask these questions, particularly in light of IRS regulations that require special agents to avoid 'unnecessarily injur[ing] the reputation of the person being investigated,'" wrote Gilmore. The judge also notes that the agent eventually admitted that he had violated internal IRS policy regarding confidentiality.
"In this case," the judge continued, "there is more than mere speculation to support the conclusion that [Payne's] decline in clients and client referrals was caused by the unauthorized disclosures made by Batista."
To remedy the situation, Gilmore found the government liable to Payne for $1.5 million in actual damages, as well as $1,000 in punitive damages.
At the Press deadline, it was uncertain if the government will appeal Gilmore's decision. However, even though he won, Payne plans to file an appeal of his own. He concedes that $1.5 million is a tidy sum, but Payne expected -- and wants -- more than $1,000 in punitive reparations.
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"There seems to be a decimal point in the wrong place," says Payne. "I'm not sure $1,000 will really deter the IRS from doing this sort of thing again."
Payne hopes, but doubts, that the United States Attorney's Office will see fit to file charges against agent Batista for violating federal law by releasing confidential information. The attorney also comes away from his 11-year ordeal with a belief that Congress should go further with its purported effort to reform the federal tax agency. And he has a new appreciation of what ordinary folks -- people without law degrees or knowledge of the ways and means of revenue agents -- face when they find themselves accused of tax violations and up against the deep pockets of the IRS.
"People who don't do this for a living and who are subjected to illegal acts by the federal government -- those people are pretty well doomed," Payne says.
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Seattle's historic SODO district welcomes the Seattle Indies Expo (SIX) tonight. A FREE event for exhibitors and attendees, SIX is devoted to Seattle-based independent game developers and their current projects. SIX will take place in loft space just south of Safeco and CenturyLink Fields.
If you are an independent game developer on a small budget or a devoted gamer who likes being in the know, SIX is for you. Come share your project (and a beer!) with like-minded, local developers and gamers.
SIX will be covering the cost of the loft space, utilities, Wi-Fi, and beer. Donations of cash and party food will be graciously accepted.
While there is no guest list, exhibitors are encouraged to RSVP as soon as possible. Read below for further information.
SIX Details
Date: Monday July 18, 2011
Time: 7:00pm – Midnight
Location: 1534 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 98134
SIX Exhibitor Registration
If you are an independent game developer and want to show off your latest game, please RSVP to paul (at) hauntedtemplestudios (dot) com with the following information:
- Your full name, and a guest count
- A description of your project(s)
- Whether you need an Exhibitor Package
* Optional Exhibitor Package: 1x card table and 2x folding chairs (Cost = $10)
Confirmed SIX Exhibitors
The following list is taken from Skulls of the Shogun and is likely to be updated prior to the event.
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|Carbon Games
|9 Colonies
|XOR Gaming
|Air Dagger
|Elbert Perez
|Bootsnake Games
|Michael and Barbara Crick
|Greg Hastings Paintball 2
|Super X Studios
|Hero Generations
|Heart Shaped Games
|Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
|Fuelcell Games
|Caffeine Monster Software
|Alex Schearer, Jason Lust
|Shadegrown Games
|Power Defense
|Thomas O'Connor
|Skulls of the Shogun
|Haunted Temple Studios
|Zachtronics Industries
|The Fourth Wall
|Logan Fieth
|Universe Sandbox
|Giant Army
|Strange Loop Games
|Where I Go At Night
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I have a bank account in England that I have been using with paypal for 7 or 8 years. Four and a half years ago I moved to Holland. My English bank has my Dutch address and I still bank with them as well as in Holland. I already have a Dutch paypal account for my Dutch card.
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And now you are at the helm of the ship UsingEnglish. :wink:Originally Posted by Red5
Interested in Language
Ever seen the film Star Wars? Red5 was the name of the ship (an X-wing) that Luke Skywalker used to destroy the Death Star in.Originally Posted by Beeuurkes
And now you are at the helm of the ship UsingEnglish. :wink:Originally Posted by Red5
Use the force, Red. ;)
O please... forget me for my lack of education.
For pity's sake, not Star Wars fanatics again....
Um, that should be forgive me for my lack of education. You don't want us to forget you, do you? :wink:Originally Posted by Beeuurkes
(I've seen Star Wars and I didn't remember Red5. Perhaps I'll have to watch it again. :wink: )
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I was sure that I heard it somewhere "Red5", now I remember!! May the force be with you Captain... :wink:
My name does not come from Star Wars.
Nor does mine. Mine comes from New York! 8)Originally Posted by tdol
Mine comes from my mother. ;)
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Dunedin, Fla. — The Astros' future will be on display Wednesday.
Prospects George Springer and Delino DeShields Jr. are scheduled to start in a 12:05 p.m. spring training game against the Blue Jays. Springer will bat eighth and play center field, while DeShields will bat ninth and play second base.
"We have to make sure our young players get the experience at this here level," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "So that even if they don't make our ballclub, they know what it takes to play here and then go down to the minor leagues and work on all those aspects."
Records: Astros (2-2-1), Blue Jays (2-3)
Astros' starters: Greene SS, Grossman LF, J.D. Martinez RF, F. Martinez DH, Dominguez 3B, Corporan C, Springer CF, DeShields 2B.
Blue Jays' starters: Reyes SS, Cabrera LF, Bautista RF, Encarnacion 1B, Lind DH, Lawrie 3B, Rasmus CF, Arencibia C, Bonifacio 2B.
Pitching: Astros – R Alex White, R Cosart, L Wright, R Cruz, R Fields. Blue Jays – R Brad Lincoln, R Germano, R Jeffress, L Hinshaw, L Hottovy, R Vargas, R Brummett, R Storey.
Watch for: White. The righty is making his first spring training start. Philip Humber and Erik Bedard are the early favorites to win spots in the back end of the Astros' starting rotation. White could make the 25-man roster as a long reliever if he doesn't beat out Humber and/or Bedard.
Springer has impressed the Astros during the early part of spring training. He could begin 2013 at Class AA Corpus Christi but a start in Triple A Oklahoma City is also being considered. Springer will be given a full chance to prove himself during spring training, general manager Jeff Luhnow said Wednesday.


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Monday, February 18, 2013
Ethical Dilemma
10 comments:
- Jen said...
I have a hard time feeling sorry for this individual. His crime and his lack of remorse? Yeah...Sorry pal. Where's the ethical dilemma? He's being fed and most likely kept alive by being kept away from the general population. You know they'd shank his ass in a heartbeat if they knew what he did.
- February 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM
- melifaif said...
Not.at.all. YOU?
- February 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM
- Claire Kiefer said...
I doubt you will be surprised to hear that I think solitary confinement in general is totally ridiculous and barbaric. I understand that there are some incredibly dangerous, sociopathic people who need to be kept isolated from society. But solitary confinement is a form of torture (as documented time and time again), and it seems to exemplify hypocrisy to me that the U.S. government enacts exactly what it purports to be punishing.
What is the harm in having this guy in general population--perhaps under close watch? Keeping someone in a dark, cold cell for 23 hours a day is a gross misuse of power, in my opinion. I don't think any human should be treated so cruelly, regardless of what they've done. There are so many factors involved: 1) people don't choose to be born/become sociopaths; 2) if this guy was related to the 9/11 mastermind, then he was likely groomed for this life from early childhood; 3) there are various aspects of 9/11 that make me suspicious.
What do you think??
- February 18, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- Improbable Joe said...
Yeah, you let him out. Prolonged solitary confinement is torture, and torture is ethically wrong no matter how "evil" you consider the victim to be. The restrictions on behavior of the government exist because it shouldn't have the power to pick and choose who is worthy of humane treatment.
- February 18, 2013 at 1:42 PM
- Jen said...
@ Claire. I think if you tried to put yourself in places of the people that died, probably suffered trying to breath or from being on fire? And the feelings of their families and loved ones sick of heartache at the deaths and HOW they died? There's no way you could think for a second that this person deserves any mercy. I think he's shown that doesn't give a shit and doesn't want therapy or to become a better person. Do you also know how much money it would cost to have him under "close watch" in a sea of crazies that LOVE their country? Come on...
- February 18, 2013 at 1:47 PM
- Annabelle Archer said...
I like to fancy myself a compassionate, wise humane human being. But at the end of the day I am fundamentally a primal, Your Choices = Hard Consequences individual.
At the end of the day though, this newly passed NDAA legislation scares me to pieces and I worry that it will absolutely lead to innocent people being treated unconscionably. Maybe we should all build up a little prisoner Karma, just in case we all need a little compassion should we be on the wrong side of the power.
- February 18, 2013 at 1:52 PM
- Alisa said...
I have to side with Claire Kiefer and Improbable Joe. Two wrongs...
- February 19, 2013 at 10:09 AM
- Lorena said...
Nope, not sorry.
He's got good behavior because he is on his own - he is alone.
I am actually surprised he did not get the death sentence, he is alive, being maintained by tax payer's money- I may go to hell for this, but, I think he should stay where he is.
- February 19, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- Jo said...
i read this post a couple of days ago, and i read all of the responses. i wanted to comment then, but i keep going back and forth on the issue, for the very same reasons the bloggers who responded feel so strongly about either side. this one is really haunting me!
- February 21, 2013 at 3:24 PM
- lara said...
I've been torn on this as well. I think his arrogance was revealed in the other requests and that bothers me.
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Unless you're bracketed with the world's most amorous adventurers – Casanova, Romeo, Cyrano de Bergerac, Alan Titchmarsh – Valentine's Day can be a period of furious anguish for the male masses.
Mournfully queuing in the all-night garage to purchase a bottle of anti-freeze and a withered bunch of carnations, that look as if they have been plucked from a hanging basket outside the Gates of Hades, is hardly one of the great romantic gestures.
Stephen Gallacher probably will have no such problems. Having recently bought his other half, Helen, a new car, the Scot was already in the good books before he won a Mercedes-Benz for a hole-in-one during his highly profitable Omega Dubai Desert campaign which earned him £164,433.
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The 37-year-old's share of second place alongside Lee Westwood, in a field featuring three of the world's top four, was his highest finish since he recorded a similar result in the 2006 British Masters at The Belfry and provided further proof that the Scot is not far away from bridging his eight-year title gap.
Of course, we've been saying that for a while now. The fact that Gallacher's cv contains just a single European Tour triumph continues to baffle. Since that maiden success, in the 2004 Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews, Gallacher has managed four podium finishes and five other top-10s in that time. In terms of ball striking, there are not many finer on the tour, while his application and mental approach all add to the impressive package. As ever with the Scots, it is the problem of getting the ball in the hole that continues to hinder progress.
"There are guys who have won majors who would love to strike the ball as well as he does," said the veteran Scottish swing guru Bob Torrance. "I actually think he has underachieved on the European Tour when it comes to victories. He should have won more, but he will win more."
Those words were uttered by Torrance during last summer's Open at Royal St George's and they still ring true. During the 2011 campaign, Gallacher finished 18th on the greens in regulation table but he averaged more than 30 putts per round and was down in a lowly 126th on the rankings for putts on those greens that he had found with approaches.
You don't need to remind the former Walker Cup player of the statistics, though. Gallacher has tried a host of putters and techniques in an attempt to change his fortunes on the greens. As he observed, if he can sort that area of his game out, then "the sky is the limit".
His raking putt of some 40-feet on the 13th hole of the final round on Sunday, which dropped in the very centre of the cup, galvanised his title tilt. There were chances too, at 17 and a tricky 15-footer from above the hole on the last to force a play-off and they are the ones that make the difference. Gallacher continues to knock on the door of that so far elusive second European Tour win. As each year passes, it gets harder and harder but if he can just make that final decisive step and get the monkey off his back you feel there will be far more to come.
With Gallacher sharing second, Dubai also offered further positive signs with Scott Jamieson claiming a tie for fifth to maintain the sparkling early season run of form for the home contingent.
In addition to Paul Lawrie's Qatar Masters triumph recently, there has been at least one Scot in the top-10 in all six events played on the circuit so far. Let's hope this blossoming love affair with the European Tour continues in India this week.
Have a peer around these days and there are signs galore telling you what you can and can't do and what perils abound in everyday life. 'Contents of Cup May Be Hot', 'May Contain Traces of Nuts', 'Tiredness Kills', 'The End Is Nigh' . . . it's a non-stop stream of dire warnings.
In these cosseted, tut-tutting times, when every move comes with a health warning, officials of the third-tier Alps Tour have proudly announced that they have 'taken the courageous decision to uphold the reputation of the game' by becoming the first pro tour to ban smoking and the chewing of tobacco by players and caddies.
Give it time and the ban will no doubt filter through to all levels of the game. Darren Clarke and Miguel Angel Jimenez, two popular figures who can often be seen waddling down the fairways wreathed in smoke, will be wheezing themselves into a lather.
As a "healthy" non-smoker, it has never bothered this correspondent whether a playing partner lights up on the course and enjoys an earthly pleasure amid the misery of triple-bogeys and missed putts. We all need something to keep the morale up. And we are in the freedom of the great outdoors after all.
They'll be banning belly putters next . . .


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This Wikipedia page includes last year's captains for most teams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...A_team_rosters
No real surprises; however, Damian Lillard was a co-captain in his rookie year. Pretty interesting given the other vets on that team (Batum, Matthews), but he definitely appears to have some good leadership qualities.
Also, at first, I was like "What?! Goran Dragic, captain?!", but then I looked at the rest of Phoenix's roster... #poorsuns
edit: For a good laugh, check out Sacramento's supposed captain.


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"It's really a trickle down and he's been able to work with those young guys really well and bring them along in the process, and they've really benefited from him."
"Whoever stole the helmets obviously didn't know that the quarterback helmets were the most valuable because they have the speakers in the helmets. The other helmets are $150 to $200 but our helmets are like $3,000. So whoever stole them must not have known that."
"Ike was open. I had to hold the ball a little bit longer for him to clear. It was a blitz. I just overthrew him, and they picked it off."
"He's been hurt a little this year, ... and that's kind of kept him from being the type of player he was last year. But I fully expect him to get healthier and [regain] the form he [had] last year."
"I don't see last year as being representative of me as a player, ... I just haven't thrown interceptions like that [19, one more than in his entire college career]. As the year went on, I found myself trying to make plays that weren't there. In this league you can't use injuries as an excuse, and I won't. I know I have to play better."
"I'm going to weigh the options, ... The only thing I can control right now is to get in the best shape I can and be ready for an opportunity if it presents itself."


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Deutsche Bank Provides Color on PetSmart, Hold
Deutsche Bank provided color on PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) after a meeting with its management. In a research report published today, Deutsche Bank remained optimistic about the company's prospects. It did not change its rating from Hold and price target from $46, however.
In the report, Deutsche Bank states, "We believe the biggest long term opportunity for PETM is in gross margins as it relates to inventory management. In particular, we see opportunity in optimizing store allocations and pricing as presently every store is assorted similarly and product is priced the same throughout the country, with the exception of hotels. PETM will need these drivers to achieve their 7%-12% EBT growth goal on 4%-7% sales gains over time. We expect a modest price increase in hotels this summer which should help margins in the back half and help offset higher occupancy costs as PETM has less incremental gains from lease renegotiations than in the past years."
In today's trading, PetSmart lost 0.11% and is currently trading at $44.83.
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Mickey Mouse Bean Machine - 1 / Box
Jelly Belly jelly beans have always been a favorite of kids and adults, alike. They're the perfect mix of sweet and chewy, and there just never seem to be enough. If you're one of those people who can't seem to keep your hands to yourself, and out of the candy bowl, then the Mickey Mouse Bean Machine is right up your alley.
The Mickey Mouse Bean Machine stands a foot tall and dispenses Jelly Bellies, while honoring all of the classic Disney characters with its fun design. Perfect on any candy lover's desk, or bedside table, all it takes it the push of the Mickey Mouse lever to bring the sweet satisfaction of jelly beans to you.
Each machine holds 23 ounces of jelly beans and comes with a one ounce sample bag of 20 assorted flavors. So you'll never be without your Jelly Belly fix again.


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Lakers News: Steve Nash's Latest Injury Prognosis Puts LA in Terrible PositionDecember 11, 2012
Go ahead and keep those fingers hovering over the panic button in Lakers land.
The Purple and Gold's record is sinking and Steve Nash's return from his fractured leg keeps getting pushed further back.
Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports hit us with this troubling bit of news on the Nash injury front.
Steve Nash's delayed return to the Los Angeles Lakers has more to do with nerve irritation in his lower left leg than the fracture he suffered, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Nash appeared set to return from a non-displaced fractured left fibula about three to four weeks ago. His fibula has healed well, but what caused the setback was a nerve irritation that surfaced in the leg during his rehabilitation, sources said. The nerve caused Nash pain any time he put pressure on it.
The irritation is steadily improving for Nash and he is expected to play before the end of the month, sources said.
So, at least the report ends with some semi-good news, but who's to say Nash won't experience a further delay? After all, that is the kind of thing that happens to 38 year olds.
Still, even if his healing goes according to plan, this puts the Lakers in a hole.
It's far too early in the season to get too deep into playoff forecasting, but obviously, the Lakers have their work cut out for them if they want to have the home-court edge in any series. And if things don't start improving soon, they will have a hard time simply making the playoffs.
L.A. has lost four of its last five and seven of its last ten. This has them at 9-12 on the year, and tied for 11th in the Western Conference.
The Lakers have nine games remaining this month. So if they continue at this pace, which is a strong possibility without Nash, they will wind up being 11-19. That means they'd have to go 30-22 the remainder of the way just to finish at .500.
Nash's return from injury will undoubtedly help this offense gel, but that is going to take some time; and every passing day he misses while being injured, that amount of time shrinks.
Also, in Nash's absence, a huge burden is put on Kobe Bryant. The Mamba is turning in just over 37 minutes a night, and he is doing a lot of heavy lifting in those minutes. This is going to take its toll on Bryant, and the Lakers are going to need him—and everyone else—at full strength come playoff time if they want this season to be anything but a disaster.


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Even by Senate standards, the provision was a triumph of devious verbosity. It granted a special tax break on corporate debts "if such indebtedness was originally incurred before May 30, 1985, by a domestic corporation which was incorporated on March 18, 1983, in Delaware, and which indebtedness was subsequently transferred to a domestic affiliate which was incorporated on October 17, 1890, and whose principal place of business is in California . . ." and so on and on through 131 words. The purposes of this lush verbiage: 1) to make certain that the favor would go to just one company, Unocal,...
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Guidelines for the Implementation of STI Prevalence Surveys. WHO/WPRO 1999.
6. A Rapid Assessment of Health Seeking Behaviour. [pdf 82kb]
A Rapid Assessment of Health Seeking Behavior in Relation to Sexually Transmitted Disease (Draft protocol)
SEF/PRS/STD-GPA/WHO June 1995 (unpublished)
7. Global Prevalence and Incidence of Selected Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections: Overview and Estimates
8. Overview of the HIV/AIDS/STI Situation in the WHO European Region
9. Antenatal Clinic STI Surveys in WHO Western Pacific Region
10. Antimicrobial Resistance Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
11. Antimicrobial Resistance Information Bank
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STI surveillance:
In addition, the following components of STI surveillance systems are required to provide effective management of STI patients:
Why it is Important
Epidemiological information collected from STI surveillance system enable national HIV/AIDS/STI programme managers to conduct efficient planning, monitoring and evaluation of intervention activities for STIs including HIV. In addition, the evidence-based information on transmission patterns of STIs and potential impact of planned intervention activities is required to make appropriate political and programmatic decisions at local as well as international level. Therefore, a quality STI surveillance system is an essential element of HIV/AIDS and STIs program.
How it is Done
The core components of STI surveillance include conducting:
STI surveillance has a special role in Second Generation HIV Surveillance (SGS), because trends in the incidence and prevalence of STIs reflect the occurrence of risky sexual activities. STI incidence and prevalence data can thus contribute to monitoring trends in riskiness of sexual behaviour, and potential exposure to HIV infection. Strengthening of STI surveillance is therefore an important component of Second Generation HIV Surveillance.
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The HIV/AIDS Department, working through its regional offices and country support activities, provides technical and financial support to countries scaling up their efforts in improving quality and completeness of STI surveillance information.
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LOS ANGELES – It is customary for Phil Jackson to give his players time to themselves on the bench while he stands out on the court alone with his clipboard early in timeouts. He'll then approach the bench before play resumes and face his players, showing them what he has doodled on a board under the names of who will be staying in or entering the game.
This time, Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher were on their feet while their Lakers teammates remained clustered by the bench. It was early in a timeout, but it was an important timeout in an important game that the Lakers had done a lot to lose and now needed to do a little to win.
So Bryant and Fisher stood over Jackson's clipboard late Sunday night … 2:20 left … Lakers 76, Trail Blazers 76.
They could not wait to do something.
Sometimes the assistant coaches help out as Jackson mulls strategy in timeouts. Occasionally, a player strolls nearby and peeks over in search of early news that he is going into the game. But this?
Doesn't happen. Yet Bryant and Fisher stood there with Jackson, quickly ascertained what he was thinking and drawing and talked to each other about it before Jackson was even done – and Jackson could be seen smiling about it. Fisher talked more with Jackson before the coach went back to speak to the rest of the team.
Then, as it turns out, Bryant and Fisher went out there and made plays that the legendary Lakers coach could never have scripted anyway.
Yes, Bryant and Fisher did it again, and there are few things more respectable in the world of sports than being clutch.
Andrew Bynum, suspended by the NBA and not allowed to be at Staples Center with the team, celebrated via Twitter from afar by writing that Fisher and Bryant "are the best two closers in the game!"
And when you look back on it, their eagerness in that timeout offers as much insight into what makes them so good as their steals or their shots in this Lakers victory. If there is a secret to success in the clutch, it lies right there.
They could not wait to do something.
"You could fail," Fisher said later, "but you fail more by not trying."
And there you go. That's the mind freak that Bryant and Fisher could reveal to you a time or two and then act out for you in live plays that become classic replays – and it might still get lost in translation because it boils down to whether you have a personality under extreme pressure to come through pretty often or very rarely.
Just ask George Mumford, who has been Jackson's trusted sports psychologist with both the Bulls and Lakers. It was Mumford who essentially turned the Lakers' season around with how meaningfully he advised Bynum last month in Boston. (I'll have much more on that later this week in another column.)
Mumford has meditated with Bryant and Fisher, as well as Michael Jordan – except he is on the inside enough to refer to him as "M.J." And about Jordan and Bryant, whom Mumford acknowledges are different animals than even most excellent achievers, he sums up their will this way: "Their drive to succeed is greater than their fear of failure."
Part of their legend, if you think about it, is just that: Jordan dared to walk away from basketball and try baseball. Bryant launched all those air balls as a rookie in that playoff game in Utah. They are not afraid of how it might go wrong or how it might look bad.
The reality is that a lot of us walk around with fear of failure filling our pockets and our hearts. We often think more about what might be lost than what could be gained – and maybe that's because some of us aren't as confident about what we're doing as Bryant and Fisher because we aren't as dedicated as they've been to maximizing their respective basketball crafts.
At this point in their careers, Bryant and Fisher have even less reason for fear.
"Experience does create a lot of situations when it allows you to think clearly," Fisher said.
The outcomes are not ensured, of course. There was one game in Denver last season when Bryant was injured that Jackson trusted Fisher to create the winning shot … and no shot ever did get created in a Lakers loss. Bryant has missed plenty of times and taken more heat than anyone for trying to do things himself.
But they want to try.
And that's why Bryant and Fisher were standing there, plotting it out with Jackson in the timeout.
They stand up when others stay seated.
They get ready when others don't think ahead.
They assure their bosses they can do it and then go try their best.
It's an admirable way, really, for the best of us to go about any business.


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Chevrolet Metro Parts and Chevrolet Metro Accessories
A Getting-to-Know Session with the Chevrolet Metro
- The Chevrolet Metro actually had a different name prior to its release in 1998. Before it used the Chevrolet nameplate, the model was called the Geo Metro, which was a Suzuki-made model that was an evolution of the Suzuki Cultus. During the 50-50 joint venture between General Motors and Suzuki, all Metro models were produced at Canadian Automotive Manufacturing Inc., one of GM's initiatives to learn Japanese automotive practices.
- The station wagon version of the Chevrolet Metro appeared in two video games, namely, the Simpsons: Road Rage and The Simpsons: Hit and Run. The action-adventure video games were developed by Radical Entertainment and were released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. The Metro used in the games was owned by the character named Nedward Flanders, a next-door neighbor to the Simpsons who was loathed by Homer for having a perfect family.
- Like other stylish cars, the Chevrolet Metro was also desired by Hollywood movie creators. The model appeared in several movies and TV series, including Grey's Anatomy (2005-2012), Criminal Minds (2005-2012), Ginger Snaps (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Superbad (2007), and Bowfinger (1999).
- The Chevrolet or Geo Metro models became one of the popular car choices around 2008 when gas prices reached their all-time high. According to US News and World Report, internet searches for fuel-efficient cars greatly increased. About the said phenomenon, the same newspaper said: As gas prices spike and consumers increasingly look for ways to get to work more efficiently, heavy media coverage has spurred interest in one particular old car: the Geo Metro.
- In virtue of its commendable fuel mileage, the Chevrolet Metro was named by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy as one of the top vehicles (along with the Suzuki Swift) in their Top 12 Greenest Vehicles in 1998 and 1999. The Metro received high scores from the body on exhaust emissions, fuel economy, and other categories.
- The third-generation models did not appear in public without some flair. During the 1995 release, General Motors had a car carrier drive the units to college campuses around the US. Aside from this, Metro University conducted a half-day seminar for local writers with some of the teams included in the production of the model.


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* Pay-for-delay deals relate to perindopril medicine
* Servier faces a fine up to 10 pct of its turnover
* Second EU antitrust case against pay-for-delay deals
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS, July 30 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators charged French drugmaker Servier, Israel's Teva and four other firms on Monday with blocking the entry of a cheaper generic medicine to market as part of a crackdown on a key business practice in the industry.
The European Commission had flagged the move last week after charging nine drug companies including Germany's Merck and Danish peer Lundbeck for a similar offence related to another generic medicine.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have warned drugmakers against "pay-for-delay" deals, where brand-name companies pay generic companies to abstain from putting their rival medicines on the market.
The EU regulator's cases against the companies are the first since a damning 2009 report into the industry said consumers could be paying 20 percent more for drugs because of such deals.
The Commission said on Monday that Servier had made illegal agreements with Niche, which is a subsidiary of Unichem , Matrix - which is now known as Mylan Laboratories Limited - Teva, Krka and Lupin.
"At this stage, the Commission takes the view that the patent settlement agreements concluded by Servier ... as well as Servier's acquisition of key competing technologies were aimed at delaying or preventing the market entry of cheap generic versions of perindopril, in violation of EU antitrust rules," the EU watchdog said in a statement.
Perindopril is a blood pressure medicine.
Teva, the world's biggest maker of generic drugs, said in a statement that it had not yet received the Commission's charge sheet or statement of objections.
"Once it is received, we will take some time to read and consider the document, but we do not believe that Teva entered into any anti-competitive behavior and we will co-operate fully with the authorities with their enquiry," Teva said.
The company recorded $18.3 billion in 2011 revenues.
Servier, which had 390 million euros in revenues for the 2010/2011 financial year, said in a statement that it had not yet received the formal complaint from the European Commission. The company said it planned to respond to the complaint because it was convinced it had not breached competition rules.
The companies could face a fine of up to 10 percent of its global turnover if found guilty.


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Great Northern Radio Show fills Bagley audience with laughter
BAGLEY — Either Aaron Brown got the memo from mother nature early, or he's simply seen enough northern Minnesota months of March to know what to expect.
Regardless, he was dead on in his description of the 31-day stretch during the Great Northern Radio Show's live broadcast at Bagley High School Saturday night.
See if you agree.
"When you live in northern Minnesota it's not January that gets you, because you know what to expect. It's March that fools you," he said. "But when the light starts glinting through the window a little differently, you think 'spring is here.' And then, you get another foot of snow."
The crowd in the school's auditorium laughed. A knowing laugh.
The show - two hours in length - is an old-fashioned variety hour. Brown and over a dozen musicians, actors, stagehands and sound technicians put on the show Saturday, despite competition from some fresh, March snow, and what he called "a certain hockey game of some interest in Bemidji." This led to a discussion of the two teams' - Bemidji State and the University of Minnesota - mascots. That, in turn, led to a staged fight between a beaver and a gopher. Or at least their beaver and gopher noise-making human equivalents.
It's one thing to hear a battle between rodents piped through your car's speakers, but it's quite another to see two adults scrunch up their mouths, lean toward a microphone and re-enact a battle between two rodents. Put simply: the faces that were made to achieve such sounds were unnatural, and hilarious.
The crowd laughed.
With Brown as emcee, artists performed original music between skits. These included a group of college co-eds on a misdirected spring break to Bagley (there was a mix-up between "birches" and "beaches," thanks in no part to an iPhone autocorrect); a visit from a nun who worked with loggers in the 1900s; and a father teaching his children to tap for maple syrup (fingers were bruised in jest only).
Brown also provided plenty of geographically topical humor, specifically jokes about and at Bagley's expense.
But the crowd still laughed.
"I have seen your stoplight," he said. "It's a nice stoplight. I hope you don't think this is pandering, but I've been to other counties with only one stoplight and yours is nicer."
No discussion of Bagley, or Shevlin or Solway or Bemidji, would be complete without mentioning U.S. Route 2 - the "Highline Road," Brown said. For lonely truckers and weary travellers rolling down the highway - which spans more than 2,500 miles from the peninsula of Michigan to Everett, Wash. - Saturday's show provided two hours worth of listening, a throwback to days when such programs were more prevalent.
And the words of Ian and Teague Alexy, brothers who make up the Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, might have given some of those roadway rovers a chance to slow down.
"Running in the cold and the rain and snow, holding on to the dream I'll never let it go," they sang. "I'm runnin', singin' in a travellin' show."
Along with the music, and the Alexy brothers' stomps, the crowd clapped. The show was over.


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Three-star defensive end Sha-ki Holines decommitted yesterday from Massachusetts. The 6-foot-3, 240-pounder reconsidered after landing his dream offer recently and made a pledge tonight for the Big East.
"I decommitted yesterday from UMass," he said. "I got an offer from my dream school, which is Connecticut. I've committed there tonight."
Holines discussed what made Connecticut stand out.
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"I knew I was going to get the offer from Connecticut, but they offered me after I went to camp last month," he said. "I'd say it's the facilities first. I also like how the defense is and their defensive line coach. I love Coach Brown and the program. They are in a higher division than UMass and the education is good too. It's close to home as well."
Holines went further on what made them his dream offer.
"Well, I've been going to practice there for awhile and I always grew up liking them," he said. "They send a lot of defensive linemen to the NFL."
Regarding the coaches, the No. 6 prospect in Massachusetts is very fond of the staff.
"They are all good people up there," he said. "They kept it honest with me. The only thing I was waiting for was an offer. Even when I was committed to UMass, they kept in contact and treated me like I was not committed."
Holines noted he is trying to graduate early, but that remains up in the air.
The defensive lineman posted 132 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, six sacks, four fumble recoveries and one forced fumble as he earned defensive player of the year for the conference last season.
"As a player, I can go sideline-to-sideline, I can tackle, I can block and catch. I've got good pass rushing skills and I like to hit."


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County–$20 million plus in uncollected fines, 8,000 plus of unserved warrants
County–$20 million plus in uncollected fines, 8,000 plus of unserved warrants
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Winnebago County has in excess of $20 million in uncollected fines and thousands of unserved warrants. That was confirmed Tuesday by States Attorney Paul Logli.
A lot of money is owed to the court system from the last 10 or 15 years. I would say it is more than $20 million, Logli said. He added that the problem is not confined to this county, but is a problem statewide and nationally.
Logli said some delays in processing the fines were caused by a changeover from one computer system to another in the circuit clerks office, but a lot of it is due to the fact that many of those who owe the fines are indigent. We are limited in what we can do (to collect). The Supreme Court says we must show willful failure. Thats hard to show, he said.
Willful failure means the individual has the means to pay the fine but does not do so.
We started a financial compliance unit about a year and a half ago, Logli said, but it has not been as successful as I had hoped.
He explained that this is a group of five or six employees who begin collection procedures the first day that a defendant is given a fine. Both felony and misdemeanor crimes are included. Logli said the local office is one of the first of this size in the country. He said payment plans have been devised to make it easier for individuals to pay the fines.
Logli said there are two principal avenues for making collections. We use collection agencies and court calls, he said. We lack a detailed history of these people (defendants) in many cases, he said. He said there still is a lack of manpower to process all the people who are fined.
As the number of cases grew, conventional means became less effective, Logli said. Conventional means of dealing with delinquent payments are to haul the person back into court, there is a hearing and they are found in contempt if they cannot produce a valid reason for not paying, then lodged in the jail. As jail crowding became more and more of a headache for the sheriff, these cases only compounded the problem, he said.
Logli said under the new system set up in his office, his staff and the circuit clerks staff are better able to keep current with the fines imposed by the courts and, at the same time, are making some headway in collecting past-due fines.
I think weve taken a positive step, he said.
As to outstanding warrants, Logli said: There are a lot of warrants out. I dont know how many. I wouldnt be surprised if it was several thousand. Youd have to ask the sheriff. Its a constant problem.
Winnebago County Sergeant Brad Fitz, head of the legal process department, which is charged with service of warrants and subpoenas, said that he is aware of at least 8,000 unserved warrants. Fitz also alluded to the changeover of computer systems in the circuit clerks office. He said the changeover contributed to a delay in processing warrants and tabulating totals.


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There was a time, and it wasn't very long ago, when city officials would routinely skirt Florida's open government laws.
In 2008, a Duval County grand jury issued a stinging report demanding that "Jacksonville's public leaders finally understand the importance of conducting the public's business in a transparent and forthright manner."
The grand jury report followed a major Times-Union investigation into the various methods City Council members would use to circumvent open meeting laws that require the public to be properly informed about the governing process.
How extensive was the Times-Union investigation?
It found such blatant, defiant disregard for open meeting laws that even before it was published, the General Counsel's Office and City Council rushed to write and approve the Sunshine Law Compliance Act in 2007.
It was sweeping legislation designed to hold our local officials to much higher standards of accessibility in how they govern.
And it eventually led the city to create the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Oversight, an independent watchdog agency, to help keep public officials accountable.
Now seven years later, there's a real sense that city officials understand the importance of operating in the sunshine when conducting the public's business.
The latest promising evidence came in a just-released Council Auditor's report measuring City Council's performance during the past year in complying with the 2007 Sunshine Law legislation.
The report, which included a review of 678 public meetings scheduled and held by City Council between May 2013 and April 2014, found council overall did a good job of abiding by the rules and maintaining transparency.
It determined that the assorted missteps that did happen during the past year — like scheduling one meeting in an inaccessible location and making various paperwork mistakes — were unintentional and correctable.
"When you consider that there are hundreds of meetings taking place over a year, (the performance) is overall very good," said Carla Miller, director of the city's ethics, compliance and oversight office.
Miller noted that City Council's relatively high level of compliance was particularly impressive because in some cases, Jacksonville's Sunshine Law standards are more demanding than what the state requires.
"To go through a year with one or two minor violations here and there is pretty amazing," she said.
It's another encouraging sign that a culture of compliance is becoming ingrained now.
This culture needs regular reinforcement, though, so public officials don't slip back into bad habits.
It is also refreshing that the term "noticed meeting" is used regularly now.
This refers to two or more City Council members meeting to discuss the public's business. These meetings must be properly noticed so that anyone may attend.
And minutes must be taken at meetings so that those unable to attend can read a reasonably thorough summary of what took place.
A recent state law also provides that the public should have a right to speak during meetings. The law, however, is vague enough that it does not require public comment at every public meeting.
But the spirit of Florida's open government culture implies as much.
That was the case during the meetings of the pension task force. Bill Scheu, leader of the task force, regularly offered the public a chance to speak.
The growing culture of openness in our city government will require constant vigilance.
But as the new council auditor's report suggests, progress is being made and it's being embraced.


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Or you can name the companion some variation of cat to really make Jm hiss like a cat when she next plays with you.
Corwin has already used the name Dhedkhat for his pet so that name is already taken.
I'm considering naming my panther companion Felis Horribilis.
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Mangaluru: The CPI(M) held a massive rally and protest against the Mangalore City Corporation for failing to address and solve the problems of the people in the city, here on September 14.
The rally orginated from five areas with people from all 60 wards in the city and culminated in front of the MCC where CPI(M) leaders spoke against the "blind, deaf and dumb City corporation".
Addressing the protesters CITU leader Sunil Kumar Bajal said that before the elections Congress corporators promised that tax would not be increased, but right on the next day after coming to power, they increased it. Concrete roads have been built but there are no footpaths for the pedestrians to walk on. 15 people have died in a year in accidents on the city roads, the majority of these victims being school children and women. Mangaluru is also marred by drainage problems to the extent that the city has started to stink.
He further said that in 30 years, the Congress has not done anything crucially beneficial for the people. "The Congress and the BJP don't care about the citizens. For one year, there was no Mayor for the city because of the hurdles created by the Congress corporators; for another one year, there was no commissioner. Due to all these problems created by our corporators, no development is happening. Hard working people of the working class – farmers, labourers, rickshaw drivers – bring pride to Mangaluru, and our corporators spoil its name. People should give up hopes that either the Congress or the BJP will do anything for their betterment."
Speaking on the Yettinahole project, he said, "We are people of one state, one country. We cannot say we won't give water without proper reasons. Only after we properly analyse the project, should we come to a conclusion that benefits us all."
In his inaugural address, Vasanth Achary said that every citizen of the country has the right to protest and express his/her views against the government if it is not doing anything for its people or making policies against them, irrespective of position or political allegiances. Before elections, some of the Congress corporators of our city did not have proper money to even travel by bus. They travelled in cycles, but after coming to power, they roam in big cars and have forgotten their promises to the people, he added.
"We have come across instances when members of a party speak against each other," he said, indicating the recent talks by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary against their respective party members, Sadananda Gowda and Verrappa Moily, on the Yettinahole river diversion project. "We have two MLAs and one MLC, and even they fight amongst each other. The MLC talks against one of the MLAs, and he replies by talking against him.
The leaders opted for concrete roads thinking that they could make lakhs of money as commission and started making concrete roads in the city without following proper scientific procedures and laying drains and footpaths. If the Congress corporators cannot solve the problems in the city, in the future they will also be thrown out of the MCC by the people like the BJP, he envisaged.
Krishnappa Konchadi, Muneer Katipalla, Vasudev Uchil, Bharati Ullal, DK Imtiaz and others were present at the protest.


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She didn't do anything overly extravagant after the $1.3 million got slashed in taxes. She bought a house, got a new wardrobe at the Salvation Army, cut work down to just one job and invested the rest.
And then came the phone calls: promises, marriage proposals, accusations, threats. People who used to volunteer to help her do things wanted money for their trouble. Family members, she says, tried to run her life, and control her money. ...
The owner of a bar in town won the lottery. Still, pesky "kids" where smoking outside the bar, the store owner next doors four year old son through a rock through the window, and I pee'd in the alleyway outside the bar (and got screamed at...Lord forgive me.) and all of that pretty much happened in the same day.
Oh, by the way, Acts 1:26 if one wants to look up th rest of the Barnes Commentary, which is really quite good on this topic of casting lots,
1Tim 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Albert Barnes wrote:The habit of appealing to it [the lot] engenders the love of hazards and of games; leads to heart-burnings, to jealousies, to envy, to strife, and to dishonesty. Still less does the example of the apostles authorize games of hazard, or lotteries, which are positively evil, and attended with ruinous consequences, apart from any inquiry about the lawfulness of the lot. They either originate in, or promote, covetousness, neglect of regular industry, envy, jealousy, disappointment, dissipation, bankruptcy, falsehood, and despair. What is gained by one is lost by another, and both the gain and the loss promote some of the worst passions of man: boasting, triumph, self-confidence, indolence, dissipation, on the one hand; and envy, disappointment, sullenness, desire of revenge, remorse, and ruin, on the other. God intended that man should live by sober toil. All departures from this great law of our social existence lead to ruin.


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Wow, the leaves unfurl to majestic proportions! I do love that about oolongs. :)
Light and delicate with some of those buttery notes that I like in oolongs. The pear is subtle – as with most pear teas I've had the scent is stronger than the flavor. I'll have to try this one at work with filtered water. And I perhaps had the temperature a tad too high as there are small bitter notes leaking in around the edges. I thought I let it cool down enough but I am fairly impatient. :)
No rating for now, but I have high hopes.