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Pop's bold move and Stern's harsh reaction
Oh, that zany Gregg Popovich.
In case you missed it, Pop sent Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Danny Green home before the Spur game in Miami for no reason other than to give them a night off to rest and recuperate at the end of a long road trip.
Good? Bad?
I'd say far more bad than good but I can certainly see his point.
It is disrespectful of the game, the opponent, the paying customers to pull such a prank.
There is a covenant between franchises and the people from whom they take money: You give us a lot of cash and we will entertain you; athletes are as much performers as athletes and I honestly think teams owe best efforts every night. It's basically cheating the people to do otherwise.
But it's not like Pop hasn't done this before and, truth be told, I can see his point at some low level. He has to do what he thinks is best for his franchise and if we've come to learn anything about Popovich over the years, it's that he doesn't give a rat's ass what people think.
Now, we can debate whether a night off in November will have any consequences in April, May or June – I'm quite dubious of that – and the Spurs did take the Heat to the final seconds before losing so the game turned out to be quite entertaining.
Was Popovich right to do what he did? I don't think so. But there is a "plausible basketball rationale" for sitting four starters, I guess.
However, it was David Stern's rather harsh rebuke – "I apologize to all NBA fans. This was an unacceptable decision by the San Antonio Spurs and substantial sanctions will be forthcoming" – that got me.
While it is entirely within his purview to levy fines and if he's ticked off there's no reason not to let people know but I'm wondering why now?
Where was he when the Heat were taking "maintenance" days for their best players down the stretch of last season?
Where was he on other nights in other seasons when Pop gave his best players the night off for no reason? Remember the night in Toronto when Duncan didn't play, a move chalked up to DNP-Old in the boxscore?
Where's the commissioner late in every season when teams blatantly tank games, an egregious slap in the face of fans who paid money to see games.
But maybe that's it?
Maybe, since there is no appetite to change the format for determining lottery odds, Stern is firing an early-season shot across the bow of all 30 teams, a very public warning that tanking games late in the season will not be tolerated.
I don't know that to be true but I can see it being a small bit of the reasoning for all of a sudden coming out and publicly rebuking an organization that's done almost exactly the same thing with no repercussions in the past.
Now I find out this has been National Peanut Butter month?
We all know these salient facts about peanut butter, which is often the snack sandwich of choice around Casa Doug.
It should be smooth, not crunchy.
It shall be eaten on bread, not toast or crackers.
And it should be eaten on its own, not encumbered by jam or bananas or even butter or margarine on the bread.
I'm right, right?
Yes, Mickael Pietrus (and I apologize now for the number of times I will type his first name incorrectly in the future) will officially sign his new deal with the Raptors today; the second that Dom McGuire clears waivers and there's a roster spot for him.
I don't know if he'll be in uniform tonight – I would suspect yes – but no, he will not make a major difference. He is, however, an upgrade and teams should always be looking to upgrade their talent.
And, no, he's not going to take minutes away from Terrence Ross so don't sweat that. He is going to replace McGuire, who gave them nothing and it will allow Dwane Casey to use Ross where he's best suited – at the other wing position, where he can guard shooting guards.
It's a good move, not a great one, he's not exactly the dynamic break-down three they've needed for, well, for ever, but he's probably better than what they had.
Even as I type this, I'm sure there are stock boys in grocery stores all over crazily putting out new supplies of razor blades.
And all I can say is: Thank whatever deity it is that you worship that this month is coming to close.
Yes, I understand entirely that the fund-raising for Movember is significant and we all know that every dollar counts.
But how about this:
Today, sometime, everyone who grew a moustache but shouldn't have takes a picture of himself.
And on Halloween next year, he – or she – shows that picture to all their friends and loved ones and says: "If you donate the same amount as last year, I promise I won't grow another one of these things?"
Sound like deal?
Mail? Please.
Long flight to Denver tomorrow to work on stuff for Sunday so it'd be nice to have something to do.
Oh, and I don't know who told me about Homeland other than Not Grace Kelly but thanks.
I'm about 30 minutes of the last episode before I'm finished season one – Brody was about confront Carrie at the police station when the flight attendant made me shut the iPad Mini down – and can't wait to see what season two is like.
Pretty busy day for David Stern, as it turns out.
Before lashing out at the Spurs, he hit Boston's Rajon Rondo with a two-game suspension for his fight with Hump the night before and levied a handful of fines, too.
I think Rondo got off easy, too easy. I understand the heat of the moment nature of those scraps but the underlying facts in my contention that he should have been suspended for at least five games is that he wasn't even involved in the original Hump on Garnett foul (I guess I could more easily accept Rondo's reaction if he'd been fouled) and the recidivist nature of his behaviour.
Precedent would have suggested a longer suspension, too.
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As U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, I joined Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer to lead the U.S. delegation at UNESCO's WSIS+10. This review meeting brought together governments, private companies, civil society groups and individual experts to discuss a whole range of Internet-related issues, from cyber-security to e-learning, and press freedom to e-business. The United States was well-represented across all these categories, with participation by the U.S. government; companies such as Verizon, the Walt Disney Company, Google, and PayPal; non-governmental organizations such as the Center for Democracy and Technology; and academics from U.S. universities.
UNESCO's WSIS review meeting was successful for three reasons. First, it helped heal some of the divisions that crystallized during the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) last year. The same countries that diverged at WCIT were able to converge at UNESCO and agree by consensus to a Final Statement.
Second, the UNESCO meeting reaffirmed the importance of a "multi-stakeholder" approach to Internet policymaking, which is based on the principle that Internet-related issues must be addressed through dialogue and cooperation between all stakeholders, not just governments. The WCIT conference raised concerns that enthusiasm for the multi-stakeholder model was waning in certain corners, but the UNESCO meeting showed that "multi-stakeholderism" is alive and well. AT&T called UNESCO the "shining example" of the multi-stakeholder approach, because of efforts to make the WSIS review meeting as open and inclusive as possible. Also critical was the emphasis placed on this model in the meeting's Final Statement, which calls multi-stakeholder processes "an essential and unique approach" to addressing information and knowledge society issues.
Finally, the UNESCO meeting addressed a central concern that freedom of expression will suffer as certain countries tighten their control over the Internet and hide behind legitimate issues, such as cybersecurity, to try to justify their repression. UNESCO has vigorously opposed such attempts, prompting Google to call it a "steadfast ally in the battle to keep the Internet free and open." With support from the United States and other participants, UNESCO won an unequivocal victory on this issue during the WSIS review meeting. The meeting's Final Statement highlights freedom of expression several times and states plainly that "freedom of expression off-line applies online."
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When the young William Shakespeare went to London, almost a hundred miles away from his hometown of Stratford Upon Avon, to look for work, he was doing something unusual.... more »
Read Hamlet's"Now might I do it pat" soliloquy below with modern English translation & analysis.
Spoken by Hamlet, Hamlet Act 3 Scene
Now might I do it pat, now he is praying;
And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven;
And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd:
A villain kills my father; and for that,
I, his sole son, do this same villain send
To heaven.
O, this is hire and salary, not revenge.
He took my father grossly, full of bread;
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;
And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
But in our circumstance and course of thought,
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When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
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As hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays:
This physic but prolongs thy sickly days.
"Now Might I Do It Pat" Soliloquy Translation:
As Hamlet passed the chapel on his way to his mother's room he saw the light in the chapel. He paused and stood silently at the door. He saw the still form of his uncle kneeling before the altar. He drew his sword and tiptoed into the chapel and stood at the back. He could do it, right now, easily, while he was praying. And he would. Right now. He took a step forward then stopped. And so he would go to heaven, and what kind of revenge would that be? That was something to think about. A villain kills his father; and for that his son sends that villain to heaven. Oh, that would be a service he was giving that villain, not revenge. He killed his father most grossly, full of unresolved sins himself, with all his crimes in blossom, like the flowers of May. And no-one knew how his father's audit stood in heaven. As far he knew it stood seriously. So would he be revenged if he took his uncle while he was purging his soul, when he was fit and ready for his death? No! He put his sword back. He would find a more suitable occasion, when he was drunk, or asleep, or in a rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed, or gambling, swearing, or some other act that had no taste of salvation in it. Then he would trip him so that his heels would kick out at heaven. His soul would then be damned as black as the hell it was destined for. His mother was waiting, but this delay would only prolong his uncle's last sickly days. He turned and went out quietly.
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What is it like to work for Hunt Country Vineyards?
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We recently asked, Andy Marshall of Hunt Country Vineyards on the west side of Keuka Lake, what is it like to work to the winery. His story may surprise you.
I was invited to write this guest blog for
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with the only real guideline being make it interesting.
Nothing like being put on the spot.
So, I agonized over being interesting and what I could share that would captivate your minds.
Easy task right?
But of course!
I hope.
I got to thinking, what was it that I was most curious to learn about when I started working at
Hunt Country Vineyards
six years ago.
What wines I liked?
How to taste those wines properly?
How to grow grapes?
Actually, no.
What I really wanted to know was what made this place tick.
What it took to actually get the grapes out of the vineyards and into wine in your glass.
The hazard of being a business major, I guess.
What did I find out?
That it takes a lot of hard work, perseverance, a few choice words and every bit of enthusiasm and pride that being here generates.
I honestly wasnt expecting to still be working here six years later when I first started in March 2006.
And yet here I am.
And Im still enjoying myself.
Whys that?
Because every single day is different; working for a family run business means that everyone chips in whenever and however they can.
One day, Ill be in my office,
like a madman; the next Ill be helping out in the tasting room. One time (being infinitely short isnt always a blessing) I was stuffed in a tank to scoop out the pomace.
Ive been known to help worm the horses, brush and bathe the dogs and horses, and put on my game face to give a tour of our winemaking facilities.
But the task that gives me the single greatest pleasure here, is the filing of out-of-state taxes.
Yes, Im kidding.
Dont worry.
Im weird, but not completely off the rails.
And yes, I really
report and file all of our out-of-state taxes for the twenty-six states were currently licensed to ship to.
Yes, thats really as boring as it sounds.
Good thing its only takes about twelve days out of my year to complete!
All that was my long-winded way of telling you what makes this place tick.
Honestly, there is so much that goes into every single day and every single bottle of wine.
We all have to pull together to make it happen.
And because youve stayed with me this long, Ill share a bit about my favorite event at Hunt Country Vineyards.
Annual Dog Walk
, a benefit for the local
Humane Society
The first Saturday in June we host this event that brings together dog lovers from all over to help raise money for the Shelter of Hope.
This will be our 4
Annual and weve raised over $1000 each year so far.
Im a dog lover; youve probably seen pictures of my 11 month-old Bernese Mountain Dog, Pax, if you follow me on Twitter.
More than that, though, is the sense of community and selfless giving that embodies this winery and its founders and owners, Art and Joyce Hunt.
Its not just that they, and all of us, like to give back to the community that supports us...its that we
to do that.
Its such a fundamental part of what makes us, us.
Andy was raised in Upstate New York, living in a variety of towns over the years; most recently, and for the longest, in Penn Yan. A December 2005 graduate of Keuka College, he holds a B.S. in Business Management (summa cum laude) with a minor in Computer Technologies. As Hunt Countrys resident vegan, Andy has been helpful in developing and promoting the winerys vegan-friendly initiatives. A life-long animal lover, he currently has four cats - all of which were rescues - and has a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, Pax (Latin for peace). Andy is an avid reader with an impressive library of more than 3000 books! and also enjoys music, hiking, horseback riding, football (soccer to most Americans), and is a diehard fan of NCIS.
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Yeah those Xonars work lol I have the lovely HDAV 1.3 POS, actualy i have 2, there is a reason why they pulled them from the shelves....
I doubt this is helpful to the OP, but whatever. In Windows 7 I use WMP for protected DVDs, in Ubuntu and Gentoo (did not try it in other Linux distros) it works fine with VLC in combination with a CSS decryption program (GPU acceleration and the use of "system" codecs off, in VLC*). I suppose that the same is true for XMBC, the suport for encryption via such a decryption program. * In Ubuntu, I did not think of enabling "system" codecs to be able to use the UVD of my HD 4850 and in case of Gentoo I was not using the factory driver but an open-source one so no UVD support was there. GPU accelleration would mean increased clock speeds so on higher midrange and high-end cards it is probably more efficient to run on the CPU (may not be the case with BR, though).
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Than you everyone for saving the theater. A great community effort (including Zack Braff) and treasured resource.
It is refreshing to hear the voices of RNs, the actual caregivers who work at the bedside and see first-hand the impact of the decisions of those working in the corner office. Health care services are shrinking, and privatizing, and becoming more expensive and exclusive, even in the face of Obamacare. Hopefully for the rest of us, Nurses like these will lead the way to a place where health care is a human right. Go Nurses!
Thank you to the Bohemian for the continuing coverage on this story. I pray to God that Andy Lopez's family would get the attention their story deserves.The other local news media outlets coverage of this story are neither informative or noteworthy with only a few seconds of their airtime. Please continue to have coverage of any upcoming events in Andy's honor.
Thank you again.
Merle Haggard is scheduled at the Uptown theatre on December 7, 2013. This coming Saturday December 7, 2013
WE DO LIVE IN A POLICE STATE SIR.. If u think we r free in this country u r str8 retarted.
They might as well call this country Nazi America..
As a friend of Mark's, I think there are other circumstances that came to play in this terrible tragedy. There was clear and irrefutable evidence that there was drug use involved with Houston, the son. It was never well established during the trial that Houston was free of the amphetamines that he had been using, or whether or not he was experiencing withdrawals.
At this point,those factors are no doubt irrelevant. But, they are worth noting to those of us who stood on the sidelines and suffered the loss of Mark's friendship and his wonderful music. God rest you Mark --- we mourn your loss, but celebrate your life and the joy you brought to so many of us.
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Thanks to today's society, video games and movies and pure ignorance... people can let their kids run around with replica assault rifles... Even when school and public shootings are becoming a almost more than a annual event. That toy was made to look exactly like a real ak-47. They make replica airsoft guns that even have real accessories on them. Now days everywhere else outside of our peaceful bubble we call America (even occasionally inside of our peacefull bubble) 12 year old boys pick up ak-47's that look exactly like Andy's toy gun and kill people. I have held, handled and operated many ak-47s including airsoft replicas and the only difference is the replicas don't go bang and shoot lethal projectiles. I would like to see all of you who slander the officer involved imagine yourself in simular situations and think what comes to mind... Your family to go home too? Your partners family to go home too? Or sit there and try to figure out when that person is going to raise their weapon and shoot you even after you gave them proper task direction to do so. Good luck with those few seconds of decion making. Unfortunately deadly force is the hardest decision to make no matter how experienced you are. Unfortunately there are plenty of cops who die because they made a different decision and waited 1 second to long and got shot to death... I guess no one or the media cares about those stories. My heart bleeds for Andy's parents and the officer who had to make that decision to shoot an innocent child and deal with that for the rest of his life. Shame on all of you folks and immature kids who live in Disney land slandering these people who protect you from all the real violence and fun things that go on right outside your border. Maybe you should go live in one of the many places where the cops actually just shoot, rape and slaughter people on a daily basis for kicks and thrills because their cartel police boss told them to do so. Back back to playing grand theft auto in your bubble.


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Original investor of Facebook: Globalist Peter Thiel. It's all a ruse, the NSA and CIA own that, it's the perfect tool for them to collect information on the whereabouts and friendships of every man woman in child in the US, and the people of the world hand it over WILLINGLY.
David Rockefeller has a German background, while Zuckerberg is Jewish. Case closed.


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Butch Otter (and others) courting Washington employers
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When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter published his "Love Letter to Our Neighbors," he touched off a political firestorm asserting his state is better for business.
Otter sensed a weakness in Oregon's business climate after lawmakers raised taxes on businesses and the wealthy by $727 million. Nike founder Phil Knight called it "Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law II." Perceiving Knight might be fed up with Oregon, Otter started putting incentives together to lure Nike across the state line.
With Washington's Legislature about to raise business taxes to balance its $2.8 billion revenue hole, Otter upped the ante by openly encouraging employers in both Oregon and Washington to move to Idaho.
We shouldn't be surprised, because it's happening everywhere. California, which has lost one-third of its manufacturers in the last decade, is driving businesses out with its high taxes, excessive fees and strangling regulations. It continues to be a target-rich hunting ground for out-of-state recruiters.
We live in a very competitive world, and others salivate over Washington's employers, especially plums like Boeing, Costco, Microsoft and Starbucks. In some cases, they have successfully lured them away.
The constant recruitment isn't going to stop. After convincing Boeing to move its second 787 production line to South Carolina, the state is investing hundreds of millions in new aerospace composite technology to move more Boeing production to Charleston. Like South Carolina, Idaho is a right-to-work state where employees are not required to join unions.
Otter's open letter is yet another wake-up call. Competitiveness is a moving target. Other states and nations will continue to enact laws and incentives to lure our businesses away. They starve for family-wage jobs and the increased tax revenues they bring with them. Today, especially in this economic climate, the competition is greater and the stakes are higher.
Washington, like other states, has its advantages as well as its drawbacks. We have a skilled, educated workforce, access to research and technology and an enviable quality of life. The problem comes when the disadvantages overshadow the advantages.
Washington is a high-cost state for businesses. We don't have a corporate income tax, but we do have the business and occupation (B&O) tax, which is assessed on gross receipts, regardless of whether you made a profit. Now, some lawmakers are pushing for an income tax on high earners, many of whom are small-business owners. We also have a very high sales tax, which the state Senate wants to raise.
In addition, workers' compensation costs and unemployment insurance taxes and benefits in Washington are among the highest in the nation. Nonetheless, many state legislators want to expand benefits and further increase employer costs, even as those employers struggle to survive.
Adding insult to injury, Washington lawmakers inserted language in the revised state budget that would impose an employer gag rule, something the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated two years ago.
The language prohibits private employers in certain circumstances from using state program funds "to assist, promote, or deter union organizing." While it is narrowly written to apply to only a small class of employers, it nonetheless denies those employers their constitutional right to free speech. Depriving employers of their constitutional rights — even a little bit — is still unconstitutional.
On the heels of Otter's outreach to Washington employers, inserting that language makes Idaho's offer look even more attractive.
In response to Otter's letter, Gov. Gregoire pointed out that Forbes magazine ranks Washington as one of the best states for business. True, but that didn't deter Boeing from picking South Carolina, ranked 25th by Forbes before the latest round of tax increases.
Employers look at their individual situations, the tax and regulatory burden, labor costs, labor strife, their ability to compete and whether the business environment in the state is likely to get better or worse.
Otter's letter struck a nerve because businesses in Washington are struggling. Faced with ever higher costs and regulatory hurdles in a down economy, many employers are looking for help. If they don't find it from the Washington Legislature, they may look elsewhere.
About the Author- Don Brunell is the president of the Association of Washington Business. Formed in 1904, the Association of Washington Business is Washington's oldest and largest statewide business association, and includes more than 6,900 members representing 650,000 employees. AWB serves as both the state's chamber of commerce and the manufacturing and technology association. While its membership includes major employers like Boeing, Microsoft and Weyerhaeuser, 90 percent of AWB members employ fewer than 100 people. More than half of AWB's members employ fewer than 10. For more about AWB, visit www.awb.org.
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been down for a long while . . . but, now that I have a quad - once I get my OS back up and tweaked how I like it, and stable (no OS errors, etc), I'll start running SMP in the back ground and make use of the cores that are just chillin. Hell, if I can ever get the GPU clients to work properly as they did before, I can fire both of those up while I'm just browsing online and what not . . . I might have to pick up an old, decrepit monitor out of the classifieds so I can "enable" the second GPU . . . the hot plug 'trick' no longer seems to work as of catalyst 7.12 or so, as I can't just plug my monitor into the second card and enable the desktop and swap the monitor cable back over to the primary card . . .
Nice to see a bit of competition between members,as it all goes to a good end... OK ...now chase me down..only a couple of hundred work units..you know you can do it... KEEP FOLDING!!
well . . . once I get WIN XP stable (again), I'll be running the SMP console, plus, I'll have one GPU console running for each of my 1950 PROs. The two of them together will make use of 1 whole CPU core, so that leaves 3 cores for the SMP. I figure, if I'm not gaming at the moment, might as well but the GPUs to work, and I'll leave SMP at idle so it'll work in the background without slowing down the OS too much. I've just been dealing with a butt load of OS issues since installing the new hardware . . . started with a corrupt XP installation that was preventing any changes to the registry (would lock up the OS). Took 3 clean installs to fix that (bad HDD partition ). Still in the mix of installing apps and what not when I had a spyware outbreak, took half a day to fix that. Turned on my rig this morning, and WIN wouldn't boot. HAL.dll went on a vacation from System32\ and I couldn't replace it; had to do a repair installation of WIN. Go figure after that, none of my hardware drivers work correctly, so all applications had to be removed so they could be reinstalled properly. Then HAL.dll dissappeared again WIN ME
that sucks, I just started again idk how long its been but its been long time lol but yours well get them done faster im thinking of just getting a Q6600 or a E8400 cuz the Q9450 has a 8x and the Q9550 has a 8.5 and I dont want to get a new mobo if I can ran all of them but the 9X well help get more of an OC but dont know yet got my income still need 1k to pay off the c card lol
I guess it just depends on what you're looking for, TBH. The higher multi will get you to higher CPU clock speeds for sure, but I kinda prefer lower multis as I tend to OC the BUS more. This mobo, I can lower the multi to 6 (IIRC), and the DDR3 should be able to support some insane SYS speeds . . . but I need a friggin stable OS before I can start OCing anything, ARRGGHHH!!! and one of my buddies responses was "just install Vista, man!" - :shadedshu
well thats why I use the mem divider running 450fsb and mem at 1125Mhz i didnt know you had ddr3 lol so do you need all those HD's why not just get one 750GB or 2 500GB
well, the 2 IDE are just old drives that only house media storage and whatnot. I prefer to seperate media files from the HDD housing the OS. 320GB is more than enough for my primary, as all it stores is WIN and any games I install. My reasoning is that the less stuff I have on the primary, the easier it is to keep the drive defragged and optimized. I was kinda stuck into getting DDR3 when I chose this mobo. I wanted a X38 chipset, and looked at quite a few different boards. I really wanted to stay with an ASUS, and couldn't really find any other brand that stood out from ASUS' offerings. But, all their DDR2 boards didn't have an expansion slot layout that I could work with, whereas this P5E3 was the best I could do. Oh well . . . the sacrifices we make, huh?
How you finding DDR3,just setting up my new system with DDR3 Patriot Viper memory and have to see how far over 1600MHz it will go...actually using F&H for stability tset
so far been alright - I'm running a pair of 1GB OCZ Platinum 1600, still stock timings at the moment. programs are rather responsive. Every now and then, though, I'll get a little bit of lag between when I command a program to open, and when it actually does. I think this is more from the CPU, though, as I've noticed it likes to throttle the clocks down when at idle.
I still dont get why your having problems with the OS are you sure its not the mobo ? not liking the old drives cuz are they in rad or just for storage ? but what do you think for 250 ould be better a card or Q
Well, the issue with the OS, I think I just limited down to the INF drivers, for this install. Nothing can access the hardware correctly, which usually says to me a flubbed driver - problem is, one can't just up and remove chipset drivers once theyr'e installed, unless they're out of date, or flagged for some reason. As to the disappearing HAL.dll, I'm attributing that to an over-ambitious program uninstall utility, that for some reason thought that library was part of it's install, and removed it, or, it mighta been a residual issue from the spyware outbreak I had yesterday/day before, as my rig hadn't been turned off up until last night. I only have one SATA drive, so no RAID config . . . not sure what you mean by a new card - you mean a new motherboard? TBH, considering you're already running a dual core, I'd recommend a mobo upgrade first. Sure, the quads are fast, and can multitask better, but the dual core still whip their ass in quite a few applications. There aren't a lot of programs yet that can truly make use of a quad core processor.
card "gpu" and whats wrong with my mobo idk cuz this cpu isnt going to OC more on a new mobo its time to eat laterz
s'all good, thought you meant mobo TBH, though, nothing wrong with a 965 mobo, and ASUS = w00t!!!11! I feel ya on that GPU, though . . . been planning on moving up from these xFired 1950s, too . . .
all stock, currently - way she's going, though, I do intend to run memtest as soon as I have everything stable again. I haven't had this buggared of a WIN installation since I attempted to run WIN 2k years ago. Right now, though, I attribute the loss of the .dll to the spyware outbreak Sat night/Sun morn, as I hadn't booted down the rig since clean up until last night, and woke up to errors this morning.


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Epinal International Piano Competition The Epinal International Piano Competition was created in 1970 by Madame Suzanne Chevalier. It was an emanation of the "Concours Artistique d'Epinal" (which still exists) at the instigation of Monsieur Albert Ehrmann, President of the Confédération Musicale de France and President of the Order of the Musicians. In 1972, it was decided that the competition would be biennal and the fourth competition, held in 1973, hosted twenty competitors. The first price was awarded to a young Filipino, Maria-Louisa Lopez-Vito. With the help of the Conservatoire's Professor Yankoff, the Competition became a real cultural event and, in 1979, the competition was granted the agreement of the World Federation of International Music Competitions of Geneva. In 1980, after the sudden death of Suzanne Chevallier, Madame Henry Najean took the competition over. Through her dedication, her competence and her personal patronnage, Madame Najean gave the Competition it's worldwide fame. In 1991, Jacques Grasser was elected president of the Competition, a duty he fulfilled for 20 years before handing it over to me in December 2011, whilst keeping important responsability in the association as General President. The aim of the Competition is obviously to give a chance to the competitors to make it into the list of award winners, leading to an international career. However, it is also an opportunity for the people of Epinal (some 4000 music lovers come to the City Theatre during the week) and a unique experience for the young pianists in contact with the piano schools from around the world. With the continued support of the City of Epinal, the Département des Vosges and the Région Lorraine among others, the competition became, across decades, a major french musical event. Fazioli will be partner of the 2013 edition of the Competition. The technical service will be curated by Pianos Ades (Ingersheim) |


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Plumas District Hospital recently released an economic impact study it commissioned, at a cost of $5,000, through the Center for Economic Development at California State University–Chico.
The study analyzes the economic impact of the district on the local economy and tries to estimate the economic effects of a hospital closure. It does not, however, look at what might lead to closure or whether passage of Measure B would or could lead to closure.
In its introduction, the CED study describes PDH as "a district hospital that relies on patient care reimbursement and payments provided through a hospital property tax assessment district."
The objective of the study "is to reveal possible consequences of losing this hospital and how that would impact the community's levels of population, income, and business revenues."
The CED reported, "Many of the negative effects on the local community, perhaps including some of the most important ones, are difficult to quantify ... while these potential impacts are impossible to quantify, it is quite possible that they are substantial."
Among the possible or potential adverse factors that are not quantified in the report are: quality of life issues and adverse impact to businesses, which in turn might "have additional consequences for property values and local tax revenues," leading to a downward spiral.
The CED then turned to those things it could quantify: "The gross economic impact of Plumas District Hospital, the impact of all operations, is nearly $30 million in revenue to businesses and organizations, $14.4 million in labor income (income to employees and business owners), and 288 (direct and indirect) jobs. "This includes the direct impact of the hospital, itself, and a secondary impact (often referred to as a multiplier effect) of over $8 million in revenue to businesses and organizations, nearly $2.4 million in labor income, and 70 jobs."
Having determined the economic benefits of PDH operations, the study then assessed its costs. PDH receives regular property tax payments ($349,460 in fiscal year 2008 – 09) and Measure A assessments (anticipated at $554,000 in FY 09 – 10) for a total of $903,460 in property tax payments.
The study points to $21.67 million in hospital expenditures that, if the $903,460 in property tax payments is subtracted, still shows a substantial positive impact to area households.
The study does not, however, address the question: Can the argument be made that PDH would not exist without the Measure A assessment?
The study considered "net migration to and from the district by age," especially in populations that need care the most — the young and the elderly.
It also looked at how many physicians the hospital could have supported in the year 2000, and then detailed "hospital health care alternatives available to county residents."
One item of interest is the population migration by age, which points to a large influx of people 60 years of age and older, and a concomitant decrease in every age group except, inexplicably, those in the 30- to 34-year-old age range.
"Older adults are an especially important demographic group for PDH," according to the study, and the hospital can "expect its potential market to grow in the near future."
The study offers a warning statement, as well: That population group might choose not to locate to the area if there weren't a hospital available.
While PDH draws most of its patients from the larger Quincy area, it also has a substantial patient base in Indian Valley. The study addressed patient "leakage" to other facilities, but most of that is for specialty services that PDH is never likely to offer, such as "major head and neck procedures ... (and) cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures."
Finally, the study suggested, "Even if the hospital were to close, households may still lose all $903,460 of income (through regular and Measure A property taxes) annually in the near future." According to the study, that is a reason to make certain that the hospital stays open.
To see the full study, go to pdh.org and look under News and Events.
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Sunday, October 31st, 2010Nothing to do tonight except go trick or treating? Consider this party:
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center is having a Halloween Party, 5 to 8 p.m. at their lovely center at 1288 W. River Rd. (east of La Canada, north side).
Free admission to costume contest, games for the kids, candy (of course) for those who trick or treat. Pizza $2 per slice, drinks $1 (what a deal). All families are welcome.
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A powerful explosion rocked Aleppo, Syria's most populous city, late Friday, killing a guard at an office of President Bashar al-Assad's ruling Baath Party, opposition groups reported.
The cause of the blast was not immediately known. Heavy gunfire was heard in its aftermath, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Earlier, Syrian authorities foiled a suicide bombing in the city, state media said.
The action comes a day after suicide attackers killed dozens in the capital of Damascus, a strike that heightened tensions in a country caught in the grip of a popular uprising.
Authorities "intercepted a stolen booby-trapped minibus" that an attacker tried to detonate in Aleppo's densely populated neighborhood of al-Shaar, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
A SANA correspondent quoted a source in Aleppo province as saying that "competent authorities intercepted the terrorist after he hit two policemen, then he blew himself up with an explosive belt, killing himself," the news agency said. The source said that authorities searching the minibus found four tanks with "a big quantity of explosives."
An initial state TV report said the forces killed the bomber before he detonated his vehicle carrying 1,200 kilograms, or 2,645 pounds of explosives.
Damascus and Aleppo have been the scene of a flurry of attacks in recent months. Aleppo, a commercial center and long a bastion of support for al-Assad, had been largely spared in Syria's 14 months of bloody uprising. But recent protests and violence there could signal a significant shift.
Elsewhere Friday, a number of explosions were reported in cities across the country, including four in Daraa and several in Hama, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition group.
At least 20 people, including the Aleppo security guard, were killed across the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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The letters said that Damascus, Aleppo and other Syrian cities "witnessed several terrorist bombings over the last weeks" that left dozens of innocent people dead, the state-run news agency reported.
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"Syria will move forward to combat terrorism and defend its people and sovereignty and preserve security and stability in it," the letters said.
Syria blames "terrorists" for the attacks, the term it uses to describe the opposition and rationalize security forces' crackdown. Some analysts said the attacks raise concerns about the presence of jihadist elements in Syria, noting Thursday's Damascus strikes resemble suicide car bombings during the sectarian violence in Iraq in the past decade.
But opposition groups have said the regime is responsible for the violence that erupted after it began a crackdown on peaceful protests in March 2011. That fierce clampdown spurred a grassroots uprising against the regime.
The United Nations estimates that at least 9,000 people have died in the conflict, while opposition groups put the death toll at more than 11,000.
The opposition Syrian National Council said al-Assad's regime staged Thursday's deadly suicide bombings in Damascus "to spur chaos, disrupt the work of the international observers and divert attention away from other crimes being committed by its forces elsewhere."
"In orchestrating such acts," the council said Friday, "the regime seeks to prove its claims of the existence of 'armed terrorist gangs' in the country that are hindering its so-called 'efforts of political reform.' "
More than 55 people were killed and 370 were injured in Thursday's two car bombings near a military intelligence center in the Qazzaz neighborhood of Damascus, the nation's capital. It was the deadliest attack since the uprising against the regime began.
But the council questioned how the bombers could have made it past security to conduct the bombings.
"The security branch is heavily guarded and surrounded with cement barriers at a distance from the exterior fence. It would be reckless to carry out such an attack, because it would in no way impact the security building.
"One of the cars was loaded with a large amount of explosive materials. How is it possible that these explosives made it past hundreds of security checkpoints surrounding the entrance to the capital?"
With the focus on the attacks and their aftermath, "the regime carried out arbitrary arrests across the country, most notable in the Damascus suburb of Damir," the council said.