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I dunno? Easy to hate when your record is worse only to the ****ing Nets.
I dunno? Easy to hate when your record is worse only to the ****ing Nets.
Lawson looks dirty...reminds me of Nate but better...i'd still pick Curry and Jennings over him.
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Iono man.
Hill seems a lot of like Chandler to me.
Raw with a low ceiling.
But its too early to doubt him on what he can do individually.
Fact is, drafting him over Lawson will always be a failure.
Lawson's contributions to the NBA will vastly has a more vital impact than Hill can ever have.
Point guards > Big men.
Mock drafts are mock drafts. Before the draft Hill wasn't even a first round pick. Similar to Frye who came out of no where and ended up in the lottery.
You need to do your research and realize how highly talented and a special prospect Rasheed Wallace was. Jordan Hill is no where near that class man.
Man have you played sports at all in your life?
Saying theres no stress for a rookie playing behind an all star PG....expectations and standards are HIGH, and its a first impression.
I just think you're trying to be stubborn.
Lets see you play in that position and see how stress free you are.
Lawson would be better off on a **** team like the Knicks where he can play more FREE as a starter.
Example is my man Carlos Arroyo.
**** bench player, but a godly starter.
When he starts, he's more loose and isn't afraid to play without mistakes.
On the bench, he's more tense and caution of error. Its just a different role with a different mindset, especially at PG.
Rookie stats don't mean ****, right...
IONO, I just can't really **** with what you're talking about right now, it makes no sense. Hill as talented as Jordan? Lawson not ready to start on a NBA team, especially the Knicks?
My man is 5th on the team in scoring and almost has an assist to turnover ratio as good as Billups.
Paul, Lawson is an actually point guard who's efficient at scoring and don't waste opportunities or take bad shots.
Jennings and Curry are chuckers.
I REPEAT, not drafting Lawson will fail the Knicks for years to come.
I'm always right about these things.
BTW, just because Lawson is a rookie doesn't mean he can't start.
Look at Brandon Jennings and Tyreke Evans.
And Lawson is more experienced and skilled and NBA ready than both of those guys.
Hey New New....check this out for your flava.
The Bucks are 5-2
The Kings are 5-4
Both .500 teams, teams expected to finish below .500
Both lead by Rookie PG's, Jennings and Evans.
Its not about being a rookie, its about what you bring to the table.
Guys like Jennings, Evans, Lawson bring more to the table than bum ass starters like Duhon.
The new trend in the NBA is young PG's
Lou Will
Maynor(starter now)
Collison(starter now)
Lawson could of been on this list.
But Knicks don't like to follow trends and remain on the bottom.
Now Lawson is liting it up in Denver to assist Denver on top of the West.
Lawson is a 6'1" guard too, so you contradict yourself there. Secondly, I think we needed an interior presence and Blair not a great defender.
I really think HIll will start to look better as the season progresses and if Curry plays at all, Hill will be open for 12-14 ft jumpers all year.
David Lee is a nice player, but lets face it he isn't that good. All good power forwards help their teams win games but Lee is just a guy with good numbers.
There is a reason no one wanted to pay for Lee because he isn't worth big money. Sure he gets a lot of offensive rebounds (with Knicks bricks) but that point of this is that I am happy with Jordan Hill so far and Douglas can be the perfect backup Point Guard for the next 7 years.
???????????????????????? what contradiction ???????????
I said Douglas is a 6"1 SG...terrible match up.
Lawson is a 6" anyway, and he's a point guard.
Huge difference.
Hill hasn't done anything for you to be happy with....why are we drafting back ups???
This post is full of low expectations and failures.
Some Knick fans seriously need to wake up and see the big picture.
Lawson is like 5'11" according to the article I read about him recently...
Just putting it out there...
Its hard to question his height when he did what he did in that video in the first post.
As I recall, most posters liked Lawson but believed that he would reman on the board long after the 8th selection. He did last well beyond number 8, but it does not appear we made any effort to acquire him.
I believed that Curry, or anyone selected before him, would have been a good pick at 8. I did not anticipate that Golden State would take Curry, given that they had Ellis long term. I thought their likely pick was Hill.
Hill might turn out to be a good player, but we should not have picked him. We needed a point guard. Jennings, though perhaps risky, had a great potential upside
Just for the sake of analysis, let us assume that, knowing what we now know, we could do it over. I think our 8th pick would be Brandon Jennings and not Ty Lawson.
He has not yet revealed any diva eccentricities. In fact, I read that he drives a Ford Escape. Nobody in Milwaukee is complaining and he is playing like a young Allen Iverson.
I think the current trade value for Jennings is off the charts. Although Lawson has played well and looks like the real deal, his current trade value does not come close to Jennings'. As matters now stand, excusable or not, we blew this draft. We needed a point guard, and clearly we do not have one. I like Douglas. He is a great defender and a reasonably good, though small, shooting guard. But he does not appear to be a distributor who excels at managng an offensive flow.
I have a feeling that in time we will have Rubio. Unless we get LeBron, which I doubt, we have a couple more years before respectability.
If you want scoring, draft Jennings.
If you want scoring and PASSING, draft Lawson.
I think we have to face the real facts - we're going to suck for quite a while.
We're going to be a lottery team this year and the Jazz have our first round pick. It seems like the only way out of this mess is to just tank it for the next 4-5 years and rebuild our team through the draft. With the way our team has been playing right now, we have no chance at attracting any big name free agents to be our new franchise player. It sucks, but that's what Isiah does to you, I suppose.
and bout the post, i agree lawson is the better passing, but you make it seem like jennings and lawson are equal in scoring. thats where i got to disagree, i believe jennings will be the best pure scorer outta this draft. not saying lawson cant score i just believe jennings is better at that. jennings is also more flashy, but flashy doesnt always produce more wins. i like what lawson brings to the table, but ive seen more from jennings personally and i jst think hes gonna be starbury like(more speed, less strength) so i like him as a better prospect.
Jennings can score obviously, but Lawson is just as athletic and fast and flashy as Jennings, be serious man, Lawson was the top PG out of his HS class and has been the best NCAA PG in his time there.
Just because Lawson has skill and PG IQ doesn't mean hes not flashy...
Lawson is Jennings with skill and PG ability.
When did I say Hill was as talented as Jordan? Or did you mean Wallace....in which case those words never left my mouth either! I made a comparison between rookie PF's who stuggled early into their rookie year in my comparison of Hill and Wallace. Washington got grief for drafting Wallace in front of eventual ROY PG Damon Stoudamire, the same way NY is catching Grief for selecting Hill over players who are better than him right now. So Wallace's skill level has nothing to do with nothing, just a history lesson is all I am giving!
I guess we are going to have to agree to disagree on the pressure or lack there of on a player playing behind an All Star or being a full-time starter on a bad team in a major market.
About me playing backup to an All Star PG and caving under pressure.....I am not too sure where to go with that one....there is no logic to that point.
Again.....Hill will be better than what he has shown and about his "low ceiling" only time will tell
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
The thing with Hill that upsets me is his whole demeanor and the way he carries himself.
I hate to judge people because I would hate it if someone judge me like that too, but as a professional, you gotta carry yourself better.
Hill just doesn't look interested in dominanting, just doing enough to get it in...if that makes sense.
I mean this is a 6"11 guy who can run the floor, has a jumpshot, skills and can rebound at a high rate.
Just his whole mental aproach to the game is mad noticeable.
IONO....i just dont know.
If it changes, thats great because he can be like Rasheed Wallace and surprise us.
ITS JUST SO HARD...I was dying for a point guard to be drafted, and we didn't get one.


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The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War
Tadeusz Borowski, a wartime poet writing for the Polish underground press, was twenty-one in 1943 when he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz. The English title of his horrifyingly clear-eyed account of Auschwitz and Birkenau is This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.1 Less well known is his book about life just after the war, in a "displaced persons" (DP) camp near Munich. He was kept there after being freed by the US Army from the Dachau concentration camp. Entitled World of Stone, this short book is perhaps the most brilliant and harrowing piece of writing to have come from that squalid world in limbo.2
One of Borowski's sketches begins with the capture by concentration camp survivors of a German kapo who tried to get away. No sooner is the culprit nabbed than their barrack room is inspected by a nice young American soldier, crisply turned out in his spotless uniform, who informs the men, through an interpreter, that the Americans will make sure that German war criminals will be punished. The men smile, to demonstrate their goodwill, and applaud the soldier's fine intentions. Under no circumstances should they take justice into their own hands. Please trust the US Army. Again the men smile and thank the kind American. The soldier wishes them a good evening, turns around, and leaves the barrack. The moment the door closes, the German is dragged out from under a pile of blankets and kicked to death on the concrete floor.
Borowski was one of roughly eleven million foreigners stranded in Germany, often in ghastly conditions, after surviving years of hard labor and imprisonment in labor camps, concentration camps, death camps, and POW camps. This human detritus of war, slavery, forced labor, and genocide included Jews from all over Europe and the Soviet Union. But many more were non-Jewish Yugoslavs, Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Balts, Italians, Dutch, Belgians, French, and others.
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We're talking about a show, after all, that turned seemingly motionless Gothic angel statues into perhaps the scariest monsters ever seen on TV. But that's the charm of "Doctor Who": from unlikely villains to unlikely heroes, the writers disrupt the ordinary to create some extraordinary television.
Which is why we can't wait to wrap our eyes around "The Snowmen," the "Doctor Who" Christmas special, which airs Dec. 25 on BBC America. The holiday brings gifts for all: a new human companion for The Doctor – and a long-awaited new episode for fans.
It's been nearly three months since the last installment of "Doctor Who," and we're still recovering from the mix of heart palpitations and heartbreak. The Doctor defeated – at least for now – the Weeping Angels in an epic New York-set showdown. He also permanently parted – or at least for now – from his beloved human companions, Amy Pond and Rory Williams.
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Everyone has experienced it, and no one enjoys it: the airport delay. Missed connections, weather cancellations, and equipment problems make travel a less-than-glamorous experience. But there are some airports where you might decide that a longer-than-expected layover is not such a bad thing. Take, for instance, the Marrakech Menara Airport, where mosaic-tiled ceilings and gleaming glass ornaments evoke Moroccan royalty. In recent years, some of the biggest names in architecture have proven that airport design can be both practical and innovative — and improving passengers' travel experience.
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An outlandish observation to use on those who are beside themselves when they lose something precious to them, and they need someone to help them get a hold of themselves.
Elaine and Jerry accompanied George to a dinner party where they got stuck and she got bored. Crowd-watching from a settee, Elaine beheld a woman carrying on mawkishly about her fiancée, Where is my fiancée? "I have lost my fiancée," she exclaimed to Elaine, "the poor baby!" As if reading a placard, Elaine delivered this "baby"-on-bored reply.
Think "the dog ate my homework." But where "dog" is a story made up to cover up one's own laziness, "dingo"—a type of Australian dog—is a true story, brought up here to point out another's craziness over their "baby," whatever it is that, when they lose it, makes them lose it ("Maybe the dingo ate your strongbox key"). Elaine's line stems from the real-life account of an infant death in Australia at the hands—er, jaws—of…well, you get the picture. Check out the Meryl Streep motion picture A Cry in the Dark to see the story immortalized.
The prospect that the "baby" of the person you're ding-o-ing was eaten by some wild animal is, of course, so over-the-top as to be as down-under mythological as the subject of that Streep flick. That's the point. Some mythology is obviously at work here in that person's mind, to make them act all "Baby can't live without me." They must be there for baby. "Nobody puts baby in a corner."
As with quoting a movie (even a famous one), the risk of dumb looks or backlash is high with this line, but a high five is also not altogether out of the picture. You might kill it, as they say in comedic circles about a bit well done. Or you might be killed—the bit flops.
Either way, "dingo" is worth it*, to let them know you're killing me.
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Julak-Doom is a rare elite that wanders the northeastern area of the Twilight Highlands. He has a long respawn timer (exact time unknown).
Attacks and abilities
Massive Shockwave (uninterruptable - 3 second cast) appears to do damage in front, and behind, in a cone effect. Hits for approximately 125k-150k if taken directly. Indirect hits land for varying amounts depending on position and distance.
Black Breath (instant cast) lays a patch of black oil on the ground that seems to act much like Defile on the Lich King fight in ICC. Players standing in it increase the size of the patch with each tick of damage done to a player standing in it.
Dark Whispers (undispellable - instant cast) mind controls random people (including tanks) during the fight and targets should be CC'ed immediately, much like the Lady Deathwhisper fight in ICC. (breaks when players reach 90% health)[citation needed]
Tanking Julak is fairly straightforward (tank & spank); two tanks are required to ease the healers job as he can almost one shot a tank with his Massive Shockwave. Players with dispel abilities have GOT to keep an eye on the tanks (at the very least) to ensure that non-CC'ed targets don't immobilize tanks or healers while Julak is casting Massive Shockwave. Tanks should move to Julak's immediate right or left (depending on the location of Black Breath) and continue hitting Julak. Tanks also need to be mindful of Black Breath so they can reposition Julak, thus moving melee DPS out of it.
If one or both tanks go down, Julak can be kited around a rather large area until the tanks can return from the nearby graveyard (approximately a 5 second flight in wisp form) to pick him back up. It is HIGHLY recommended that tanks that die should eat a food buff and ensure that their raid buffs are reset before jumping back in the fight.
Melee DPS should be mindful of Black Breath so as not to take avoidable damage and increase the size of the patch on the ground, thus limiting the tank's options for movement.
Ranged DPS should be somewhat grouped together for ease of CC's on mind controlled targets; this also allows the tank more freedom of movement if needed. Ranged DPS should also keep an eye out for the normal mobs that spawn in the area, as they can be very irritating to healers who are trying to focus on healing tanks and the raid, and eliminate them as soon as they appear, much like adds in any other boss fight.
Healers should be within range of at least one CC'er in case they get mind controlled, as the very first thing they do upon Dark Whispers is start healing Julak. Obviously, this can drag the fight out longer than is necessary.
One more thing that should be covered: for those who play on PvP servers, it would be a good idea to have a team in your raid group specifically to deal with opposing faction incursions. They can wipe your raid rather quickly if not dealt with.
Drop chances as of 4-Oct-2011 from Wowhead.
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Reds manager Dusty Baker was a member of the panel that recently discussed the status of African American players in baseball, and he was taken aback by quotes attributed to Angels center fielder Torii Hunter in a national publication.
"I must have left before any of that," Baker said. "I didn't hear it at all. I know Torii was probably trying to make light of the situation – and that's not Torii Hunter, how it came out in print.
"He's one of the most respected players around the game by everyone in the game. All I know is that whatever way it came out, I refuse to believe Torii believes that. He's a unifier. He's always treated everybody the same, with respect. That's one of the reasons why he has such a great reputation in the game, along with the way he competes."
Hunter was stunned and hurt by how the story portrayed his perception of the racial balance in the game. He said he was merely trying to point out that "black kids from America are different from kids growing up in Latin America, with different cultures, but we all share a love of the game.
"I've spent my whole career trying to get young kids involved in this great game," Hunter said, "and that's not going to change. It's hurtful when something like this causes perceptions that are not accurate."
>>>>>>Kazmir ready to go
Snuffed by the Reds, 6-0, on three hits on Wednesday, the Angels got some good news on the pitching front. Southpaw Scott Kazmir, whose spring started slowly with residual pain from a right hamstring strain, made it through 31 pitches in a camp game and is set to go in the rotation. His turn comes up on Monday when the Dodgers visit Tempe Diablo Stadium.
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Tori Hunter needs to get needs a lesson in history. Latin players with dark skin have ancestors who were brought in to the new world by the Spaniards. They sailed through Africa and picked up slaves to man their ships and slave them, during the trip as they reached areas of the Caribbean and South America these slaves jumped ship and made their way into the land and made them their country. The Spaniards sailed as they reached certain Islands they lost a considerable amount of Slave (black Africans). Now a days you see a balck latin player, such as Vladimir, Roberto Clemente(Walker) and many, many more and these guys derived from African slaves, they are not just Latin American ball players, they are not latino, they have African blood. So for Tori to say that these guys because they are dark skin and come from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Cuba that they are not Africans he's totally wrong. I must say that they are more African than he thinks. It is astounding how these blacak players think that they are the only ones who can be black, that they are the only ones who came from Africa, or I should say their ancestors came from Africa. Tori, please research history and the latin culture and see where these dark skin baseball players ancestors came from. These same Island/countries have people with green, blue eyes blond and some are brown and those folks ancestors came from Spain and Europe and made their country in the Caribbean. So for Tori to say such a ridiculous thing is compltely wrong. I don't care how much he loves these guys, and how he says they are family, the fact of the matter is that they are also AFRICAN. Ozzie is right, too many black kids want to be basketball players, there are many more sports to participate in not in the latin countries where baseball is predominant, kids here want to be a pro immediately they don't want to go to the minors and work to achieve such status. You see in the minor they'll tell them as it is….. your good and have talent for the majors or you're good but not good enough for the major, thus they pick basketball because they can hit the pro market fast whether they are good, average or not. Study some more Tori and get informed where those dark skin latin baseball players ancestors come from, just like you, your ancestors came from Africa, but you where born here, they were born in an Island/country but their ancestors came from AFRICA. Roberto Clemente WALKER his ancestors were from AFRICA and his parents were born in Puerto Rico but since his ancestor were of AFRICAN origin his still had an non latino last name. WALKER.
i never heard or read anything about torii hunter. Ihad no idea that he felt this way. thanks for the info. karentheclassifiedsgirl.


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* The Miscellany has some new and updated entries involving GREEN and WINGROVE. Have you reviewed the Miscellany for any snippets relating to your Wing families?
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The Arabs did it so can we. Spring is past, make this a Summer that goes down in history -wear black - protest begins at 2:30 at the UVa Rotunda. Come one, come all - men women and children, and don't forget the dogs.
Its Arab Spring for UVA and public Universities all over the country. Its now or never. Show up for today at the Rotunda at 2:30. SHow up in the next weeks as this gets even more conflictual. We live in a Republic and it doesn't work unless everyone participates and not just at the ballot box. 99% of democracy occurs after the voting is over.
Showing up today is a ballot box. Make your voice heard.
No more corporate take overs of public institutions
No more CEO immorality and private self interest as governing principles
Reinstate Sullivan
Dismiss the BOVs
Change the BOV appointment process now-no more corporate appointments in exchange for Govs' campaign contributions
Raise corporate and wealthy tax rates to pay for public higher education
Show up, write letters to Gov, legislators, BOVs, newspapers.
We are now presented with a Win-Lose proposition.
If the BOV attempts to appoint an Interim President, then faculty, staff, student, and alumni voices will have been silenced, the University will be perceived (rightly) to be under the control of a few people without academic credentials. UVa's reputation will suffer.
If the BOV reinstates the President, then faculty, staff, student, and alumni voices will have been heard and will have prevailed, and Virginia will stand as a beacon for those who value open, thoughtful, and honest debate and dialogue. Senior scholars and administrators will see Virginia as a place where their voices can be heard. The reputation of the University will improve, not suffer.
For the good of the University, one hopes the BOV makes the right choice.
Now they've done it: Dragas and her good squad have pi$$ed off John Doe/Kevin Spacey.
This cannot possibly end happily.
Statement of Faculty Senate Executive Council Concerning Meeting with Rector Dragas
June 18, 2012
This morning, the Faculty Senate Executive Council met with Rector Dragas to discuss the recent resignation of President Sullivan. We invited the Vice Rector, but he did not attend. The purpose of the meeting was to allow the Council to ask questions raised by the University faculty concerning recent events, and to hear the Board's perspective.
We asked the Rector about the process and the reasons behind President Sullivan's resignation; the principles of shared governance between the faculty, administration and the Board; the Board's desire for a strategic plan; and the Board's justification for the speedy and secretive nature of its actions.
We had a cordial discussion. Based on extensive input from our faculty constituents and the Rector's responses to our questions, we made the following requests:
1. That the Board delay the naming of any interim president to provide an opportunity for shared governance;
2. That President Sullivan be reinstated;
3. That the Board recommend representation by UVA faculty on the Board as voting members; and
4. That the Rector and Vice Rector resign in the best interests of the University.
Email the Governor . He may not be reading but they're counting.
Everyone, including the office of public affairs at Uva now reports directly to Dragas. She is the de facto president of the University. Unbelievably scary!
How to reinstate Sullivan : Donors unfortunately it's all about the money --so pull your donations contingent on Faculty demands. Hopefully it's the faculty that you care about.
It worked at Georgetown and it will work here too !
"As Yogi Berra would say, "It's deja vu all over again." This happened before, at Georgetown Law Center, when the University tried to ease out an excellent woman Dean. Aside from the uproar at the school itself, the big donors threatened to pull millions of dollars in development money and the response was quick: the Dean was left in place to continue her work and the University President who started the mess suddenly "disappeared." Something very unsavory is happening at UVA. Eventually, the truth will come out. The folks at UVA should take a page from the Jesuits at Georgetown: admit the mistake and do not waste time and money fixing the problem. Don't let it fester;It's not worth it."
How stupidly self absorbed to compare a UVa spat with people who had been oppressed by a regime well known for torture. Yeah, I am guessing your silly little "Arab spring" does not involve you risking your lives...or your dogs.
Could this town be more ego centric?
And hey, make sure you have the rich donor keep all the money they provide the Universities. Because, well, they will just fine with everyone hugging each other and no one actually having enough money.
BOV= Board of Visigoths, plundering the Classics department, et al. But one thought--when was the last time there was this much interdisciplinary accord? As wrenching and wrong as this mess is, perhaps it will get everyone focussed on the proper goals that Pres. Sullivan outlined in her recent report on the state of the University.
If the rich donors pull out maybe we, the taxpayers, will have to fund Higher Ed. Sounds like a plan to me
Only about half of the wealthy donors give money that doesn't have strings attached, that the University can use as it sees fit. When it's not directed to some project that the University specifically wants, like a building, it's often aimed at some vanity project like the yoga center that doesn't fit with the University's overall goals and pre-existing strengths. The $100M donation that PTJ kept dangling at them was similar, it was to set up something (I'm not sure exactly what) according to *his* plan that *he* had to approve, and that probably would have added additional administrative and cost burdens. I'd like to know whether universities actually come out ahead in the intermediate to long term when they take donations with strings. I wonder whether anybody's studied that. Similarly, there is controversy over whether, if we did the accounting honestly, it is actually costing universities money to run the farm teams for the NFL and NBA, for instance. It has been established pretty well that alums who donate only to athletics very rarely give to the overall academic program.
Thank you Jimi and Parent. Everyone needs to get a grip and think about the ramifications to their selfish "protests". Just because the BOV acted thoughtlessly and carelessly, doesn't mean those concerned with the best interests of UVA have to..........And again with the politics, still waiting to see how the C'ville liberals insert GW into this mess......or better yet, George Allen, The Tea Party, Daily Caller. I mean obviously this is some GOP conspiracy by McDonnel and Romney......like I said, get a grip. Cooler heads always prevail.
Rebellion,no. Vandalism, yes.
Your guitar skills notwithstanding, the fact remains that you have been dead lo these 41 years. so kindly behave like a good dead person and shaddup, unless you resurrect yourself and immediately manifest some common sense.
That's terrible (writing on the columns). That's not helping anything.
Supposedly the other side of the bridge quotes UVA '12 alum who wrote letter to the provost which was quoted in yesterday's Faculty Senate emergency meeting.
@wahoofan, I'm all for protest, but what I'm saying is -if the funder of the Yoga Institute ( Contemplative Science Center), or Wallstreet MBA/Darden grads choose not to buy UVa, we are better off raising taxes and owning it ourselves, last I heard it was a public university and had not been sold to Paul Tudor Jones.
The Board of Visitors would be foolish to grovel before the faculty by meeting even one of its demands. These whiny, pampered academics, apparently unsatisfied with their comfortable sinecures, now seek to use the firing of one of their own as a pretext for an unprecedented power grab. If the BoV acquiecses to their demands, it will be the most humiliating, emasculating defeat a governing body has been subject to since Chamberlain surrendered to Hitler at Munich.
The Faculty could leave tomorrow and where would UVa be? In big trouble
The BoV could all leave tomorrow and UVa would be just fine.
Bartleby: Could you be any more melodramatic? Nancydrew: Could you make a more offensive comparison?
Things are never as simple as they seem people. Never. Life and people are much more complicated. The truth doesn't lie to the right or to the left in this. The answer is somewhere on the narrow - and only a few people are ever willing to look for that road. Everyone else prefers to fight it out. Sad.
"The Faculty could leave tomorrow and where would UVa be? In big trouble
The BoV could all leave tomorrow and UVa would be just fine."
"The Faculty could leave tomorrow and where would UVa be? In big trouble
The BoV could all leave tomorrow and UVa would be just fine."
(Sorry for the doublepost)
Oh my my.
Bartleby must have been beaten up by a nerd in middle school. Why else would he have such a chip on his shoulder about academics?
Bartleby, who I would be willing to bet dollars-to-donuts is actually a paid consultant for Dragas:
If "whiny, pampered academics" do not have the right to be the definitive voice over the fate of higher education in our country, who does? And how did these other people earn the right that those of us who have dedicated our lives to the profession did not?
If you hate higher education so much that you consider its experts and leaders to be so whiny and pampered that they are not to be trusted, why exactly should we trust your prescription for changing it? What did you do to earn that trust?
By your logic, since I consider many very rich corporate executives to be "pampered" and "full of themselves" and "arrogant," by dint of my critical eye and (IMHO) better analysis of the functions of corporations, I should be allowed to step in and run their corporations as I see fit. Funny how rarely I see anyone express an opinion like that.
Or, we could let parts of society be run by people who dedicate their lives to the things they do.
"Bartleby, who I would be willing to bet dollars-to-donuts is actually a paid consultant for Dragas."
Paid for out of UVa money too.
i actually doubt that Bartleby is paid for much of anything, given his level of invective. A paid consultant is likely to sound much more intelligent, or at least less rabid.
Students and faculty keep citing the UVA Honor Code. Where is the honor in defacing University property?
All the protests are a perfect illustration of herd mentality. People are acting based solely on emotions. Jump on the bandwagon and protest, as this is the latest fad.
Neither the BOV or President Sullivan have shared the bottom line reason for the action. Statements from the BOV, administration and news articles hint at financial issues, but no one knows with certainty what the root cause was, which could have been something very serious, defiance of a board edict, immoral, or illegal for all we know. Yet the BOV has been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. Dragas and Kington are the prime scapegoats, but remember that a majority of the BOV agreed to the decision.
I am extremely disappointed in the faculty behind these protests, particularly the Law School faculty who seem to have forgotten the basic tenet, "Innocent until proven guilty".
I am also greatly dissapointed in President Sullivan, who continues in her position until August 15, albeit with limited responsibilities, for the fact that she has not issued a statement to the UVA community. If she truly is a leader and has the university at heart, she would release a simple statement to the effect that she regrets that things didn't work out here, thanks for the support, and now it is time to move forward as an institution. That would not violate confidentiality clauses, and it would do a lot to ease the tension and put us back on the road to excellence.
To those who think that she should be reinstated, Really? Even if the Governor dismissed 3/4s or all of the BOV, how would she ever develop a solid working relationship with them again? Despite faculty's sense that there should be "shared governance", that is not the way it works and the BOV doesn't have the power to change it, so you are barking up the wrong tree.
Time for all stakeholders to let logic, reason, and principles of fairness rule the dialogue, rather than gut emotions.
Oh and before everyone tries to dismiss my ideas by claiming I am Dragas, a member of the BOV, or are posting this on their behalf, rest assured, I just a non-adminstrative employee, speaking my own mind.
why doesn't the faculty go on strike. as bad as unions are in many ways they are successful through the powerful strike method. the ultimate voice. the university faculty is weak until it unites in the most powerful manner...if only to remove the rector and the bov. they have the ability to truly clean house. the university cannot possible ignore a strike or continue to operate under Dragus leadership without a faculty. anything short is noise and they know the noise will eventually go away. they are all ear plugged now with only their arrogant mental driving forces to listen to . they have been driven by their own voices of power and dreams of new money to reinforce the power for weeks......since they were so easily seduced by 2 rich alums who want to occcupy the university as they have occupied wall street.
Bartelby, are you an idiot?


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UH OH! Someone kept digging, (not the news media apparently) until they found a photograph. We thought the party crashing about a month ago was the first time the Obama's and the Salahi's had ever laid eyes on each other. Nooooooo . . .
I knew there had to be a "Paul Harvey" version to this story. See the white guy in the white suit? Now see the blond in the white dress? See the guy in the middle…hmmm-m-m. This picture was taken June 9, 2005. It seems Obama has known these two phonies for awhile, at least from the time he was a Senator. They're getting all the press now as being "party crashers" and the Secret Service is taking the fall. Funny how this hasn't come out in the press, don't cha think?
No wonder the couple who crashed Obama's State dinner a few weeks ago keeps insisting they were invited guests. They know Barry from way back when he was still an Illinois Senator. Is Obama trying to throw the Secret Service under the bus?
Tareq and Michaele Salahi snapped the pic above with Obama at a "Rock The Vote" event on June 9, 2005 (also attended by John McCain…with whom the Salahi's also took a pic). McCain won an award for his work on campaign finance reform. Obama won an award for "forming a multiracial coalition in winning his seat."
Michaele Salahi is getting quite a ribbing in the press for lying about being a Redskins cheerleader, but Tareq is the more interesting of the two to me. He has ties to Palestinian terrorists… Tareq is a board member of the ATFP- American Task Force on Palestine, which has quickly scrubbed its site of the fact. Thank the Lord for Google cache.
And just who are the ATFP?
The ATFP has ties to Chicago, ties to Muslim radicals, ties to Hamas, and ties to Saudi Wahhabists. It is arguably the American wing of Hamas. The group's co-founder is Rashid Khalidi, the guy purported to have helped finance Obama's Harvard education and who was also instrumental in getting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia University. During the Beirut war, Khalidi was a PLO spokesperson. After the war, he came back to teach at the University of Chicago. He is a virulent critic of Israel, and [was] a strong supporter of Fatah terrorist Yasser Arafat. Obama has referred to Khalidi as someone who challenges his "own biases."
Why do the same dubious tentacles seem to continually surround Obama?
The fact that the ATFP is scrubbing information on Salahi from their website suggests possible damage control coordination between the ATFP and the White House. If the ATFP was acting independently, there would be no reason to scrub Salahi's name from their site. It looks like Salahi was an invited guest to the dinner, that he was "outed," and the administration had to come up with a rational excuse for his presence. Now the Salahis want to sell their story…they're a little broke these days, but they still live VERY high on the hog.
The Secret Service has already apologized for the incident, but they may clear their names if the Salahi's start singing… If someone with ties to the American wing of Hamas can get face to face with the President without the Secret Service realizing it…that is a major security lapse. However, if Obama's people knowingly allowed Salahi in and are now throwing the Secret Service under the bus to cover themselves, that would be a major scandal. Some in Congress are calling for an investigation.
Something is VERY fishy in this White House, AND THE SMELL GETS WORSE EVERY DAY!


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While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On the curiously combustible mix of weddings and vegetables:
I am a major meat-eater, but I think if the couple getting married do not feel it is ethical to spend their money on meat, they should not be asked to serve it. One meatless meal is not going to kill anyone. My niece was not only a vegetarian but a vegan. Before her wedding, my brothers and I joked that we might be running out for a burger after the reception, but actually the food was delicious.
The couple's parents may think it is rude for the couple to impose their dietary restrictions on others. Well, I think it's rude for the parents to impose theirs on the bride and groom. If the dietary restrictions were for a religious reason, I don't think anyone would be trying to tell the couple what should be served.
— Accepting Carnivore
On prenups:
I did not have one in my first marriage; in retrospect, I wish I had — not because I would have emerged with more of our resources when we divorced, but because it would have greatly reduced the combat into which I was forced, and its cost, when my former wife left, rejected mediation and employed a take-no-prisoners attorney. I had to hire an expensive attorney to obtain the settlement terms that two reasonable people would have reached, or would have been reached in mediation, and both of us were the poorer as a result — a foolish and unnecessary outcome.
I believe two honest, caring people can go into marriage with the best of intentions, having done loving, due diligence to determine if either is a wolf in sheep's clothing — and still have one become somebody very different, for any of a number of possible reasons: social pressures, health or psychological problems, career problems, parenting problems, latent insecurity brought out by unequal success, etc.
All people change over time; life NEVER stands still for anyone. A prenup, if fairly drawn in good faith by both partners, can protect the one who remains reasonable.
I think it would be far healthier if executing a prenup became an accepted part of a mature couple's preparation for marriage. It would help catalyze a thorough conversation about finances that every couple should have before marriage, but that too often gets consigned to abbreviated treatment amid the euphoria and wedding preparations.
— Learned
On being happily married and unhappily pregnant:
These days we seem to work from the assumption that just the thought of a baby is an unmitigated joy to its parents; maybe we ought to get some perspective by recalling when family planning was not so common. I remember mom telling me about a late-stage miscarriage she'd had: "I was of course dismayed to think I was pregnant again, but after a few months I started thinking about how nice it would be to have a baby in the house again. … " Note, "of course dismayed."
The whole point of birth control is that this blessing we have, our fertility, is not always convenient or 100 percent welcome. If the only possible reaction to a pregnancy from a happily married woman could be joy, there would be no happily married women on the pill.
Email Carolyn at tellmewashpost.com, follow her on Facebook at or chat with her online at noon Eastern time each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.


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I made a delicious recipe today for dinner, from the Food Network It was really easy. I read the reviews after I had made it, many people said they didn't like it and it was difficult. I didn't feel that way at all. I used the amount the recipe called for and it was the perfect amount for 3 large chicken breast. That feed the four of us and I had leftovers for Jose's lunch tomorrow. Also the kids had seconds, which is always a plus. :)
I did change a few things though. I did not have gorgonzola cheese, I used mozzarella instead. I also did not have bacon so I used a couple of slices of smoked ham chopped up. By the way I found this recipe by searching google the ingredients I had on hand.


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Corey Taylor Rallying Stone Stour Street Team Members for SXSW Support
Corey Taylor may be a well-established name in the rock world, but there's an awful lot of competition for attention this coming week at Austin's South by Southwest music conference. As such, Taylor is turning to the Stone Sour street team for support during the major music week.
In a posting at the Stone Sour website, it's revealed that the rocker will be in Austin March 14 and 15 and that help is needed spreading the good word about the upcoming 'House of Gold & Bones, Part 2' album and the coinciding 'House of Gold & Bones' comic. There is currently a form at the website where fans that will be in Austin for South by Southwest can submit their information and receive details on how they can promote both projects.
All confirmed participants will get a sweet prize for their actions, as Taylor himself will autograph copies of the 'House of Gold & Bones, Issue #1' comic book from Dark Horse Comics as a reward. For those who will be in Austin and wish to participate, visit the Stone Sour site here to fill in your details.
Taylor recently debuted some of the artwork from the upcoming 'House of Gold & Bones' comics here at Loudwire. The first issue in the series will arrive April 17 and it's available for pre-order here. The 'House of Gold & Bones, Part 2' album drops April 9, and the pre-order link for the disc can be found here.
The Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman will be in Austin to host a discussion titled 'What the Hell Was That?!: Corey Taylor and the Art of Making Mistakes.' It will take place at the Austin Convention Center March 15. He's also part of Dave Grohl's Sound City Players show taking place at Stubb's in Austin the night before (Mar. 14).


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Third Alliance
|Third Alliance
|Influence over most Germanic States in the Nehellenium Galaxy
|Akkadian Empire
Neo Prussia
Luchardsko Empire
Fynnland Imperyan (Bavarian vassal)
Hammersmith Empire
Akkan Dosh Unity
New Dutch Empire
The Police State of Venice
Duchy of Braunberg
|Allied Nations
|Uberkaiser Piltogg
Herr Direktor Man in the Top Hat
Zweitekaiser Klaus
Kaisermiestermeistermeister Scratch
After decades of civil war, Bavaria is united under Otto von Bavaria. As the leader of a new German power, he creates the Third Alliance in hopes of creating a "new Brikverse order". The original Alliance members were the Akkadian Empire, Bavaria and the Austrian Hedgemony.
Soon after, the mighty Republic of Independent Nations applies to join the Third Alliance. Otto Von Bavaria, believing the RIN to be lesser Aryans tries to stop them from joining, but the majority of the Third Alliance votes to have the RIN join.
A rift is created between Alec I of the RIN and Otto I von Bavaria. So when Piltogg and Von Bragg both refuse to be Uberkaiser of the Third Alliance, Alec I steps up, and Otto I rises to oppose him. The majority vote in favour of Alec, and he appoints Otto to Herr Direktor so that the two nations can co-operate.
Under the Uberkaiser, there are several skirmishes between the AN and the Third Alliance after Siri takes over Trattoria. After a miscommunication leads to an RIN ship firing on an Avalonian ship, Otto von Bavaria allies himself with several other nations, and attempts to become Uberkaiser. A civil war is avoided however as Piltogg comes back from his quest and demands to be Uberkaiser, and Otto is assassinated. Klaus, Otto's son inherits the throne and vows loyalty to the Uberkaiser, taking the title Zweitekaiser. Alec is made Herr Direktor.
Many nations join and millions perish as Neo-Prussia loses its Empire to the peach virus, and Avalon is destroyed.
The Battle of New York
Kaiser Klaus, tired of how long and drawn out the war on the Silvarian planet Bohem is, executes thousands of Britannian prisoners, including Admiral Byron DeSilva's Dad, James DeSilva. Bavaria then sends two bombers to destroy the Britannian capital, Pendragon. To the Third Alliance's chagrin, Queen Victoria V of the Britannian League turns out to be immortal, and declares war on the Third Alliance.
The RIN, Trattoria, Gerallden Mercenaries and Bavaria launch an attack on the Allied Nations headquarters on planet New York. It is hard fought with millions of casualties, but the AN is destroyed. Alec I died in battle, Night Owl barely makes it off planet and Klaus becomes MIA.
The Pwny War
The Pwny War started with Bavaria allying itself with the pwnies (Forum Thread). The reason for this was because Piltogg had announced his support for the pwnies, and Kaiser Klaus wanted to become the pwny's main ally to secure more power in the Third Alliance. The Trattorian Empire was then disgusted, as was the RIN. This created a civil war, which involved a lot of posturing and threatening, but the Trattorian Empire nuked the pwny capital (Forum Thread).
The Space Mafia then began mining pwnies for rainbow transparent and selling it to Trattorians. The effects of this drug were devastating (Forum Thread).
The Trattorian-Bavarian war was fought because of the pwny war I think. Bavaria's first move was to annex the Silvarian Empire, force a peace with the Britannian League and capture a lot of ships. The war was indecisive, with not much territory gained/lost for either side. Bavaria did acquire a powerful artifakt called the shovel though. An uneasy peace was formed between the two nations.
The Second Battle of New York
The Second Battle Of New York allowed the USA, Praetorians and Scythians to recapture the planet from the Third Alliance. Many other nations fought in the battle, and the Angel Sahaquiel was summoned.
After Siri was killed, the Trattorian Empire left the Third Alliance and joined a coalition against Bavaria. The USA joined the coalition to assassinate Klaus Jr. for war crimes including infecting a planet with an angel, the Praetorians joined to continue with there efforts after the second battle of New York, the Space Nazis joined because they're dumb, and the Scythians joined because they had been attacked by Bavaria and they lost a planet to an angel. To secure more power, Kaiser Klaus married off Prinz Karl to Venice. Klaus Jr. was killed by several mercenaries at the wedding.
Current Policies
The founding principles of the third alliance insisted on yellow ABS purity among all of its Germanic nation-states, and allowed for the sharing of teknology and rescources between member-states. Third alliance states are not required to defend each other in times of war, but may do so if they chose to or believe that it is to their advantage.
The third alliance does not have an official stance on the Immortal War, because the member states agree that the teritorial expansion of the singular empire known as the Immortals really isn't of that much interest when compared to the glory of the fatherland.
There exists a fair amount of in-fighting between member states, and as such the alliance isn't a very strong one.
Membership Requirements under Piltogg
Things Important For Space Germans
- look cool
- have better engineering/tech than everyone else
- fanatical patriotism
- beer
- Good Beer.
- Real Beer.
- Not that shit the demockracies produce.
- Real Beer.
- Good Beer.
- awesome names
Third alliance tactics under piltogg
Here good sirs, is what we do. All of these star empires keep on constructing bigger and bigger SHIPs right? So why don't we focus on making very small ships that won't even show up on the big ships' radars. This shall be our wolfpack. It seems that both the Immortals and the AN have us outgunned when it comes to microspace and huge honking fleets of ships... SO WE BLITZKREIG THOSE FUCKERS! We are going to become an entire fucking nation of space pirates (in addition to the Piltogg stuff). We take out their supply lines, we isolate their biggest ships, we board them and we take them over. Then we use their own ships against them. This will work to our advantage, because while their space-shit is better than our space-shit, our foot soldiers are much better than their foot soldiers are, so we will be able to win most boarding encounters. Their greatest strength shall be turned into their greatest weakness.
I don't give a shit who you attack. Attack peaches, immortals, anti-immortals, AN, and anybody else who dares to get in our way. Be as the illuminati: infiltrate and destroy. Make a little count for a lot. Become one with the shadows. AND NEVER EVER SURRENDER!
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Attorney General Eric Holder brings justice to the nation's most important cases, and now he wants to bring it to "The Wire" fans.
At a press conference on crime attended by some of the show's actors, the nation's top lawyer couldn't help but ask the HBO crime series' writers for more episodes, according to Reuters.
"I want to speak directly to Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon: Do another season of 'The Wire," Holder said to a laughing audience, referencing "Wire" creators David Simon and Ed Burns. "That's actually a minimum. … If you don't do a season, do a movie. We've done HBO movies, this is a series that deserves a movie. I want another season or I want a movie."
He jokingly added, "I have a lot of power, Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon."
Actors Wendell Pierce ("Bunk"), Sonja Sohn ("Kima") and Jim True-Frost ("Prez") came by the Justice Department to draw attention to protecting children from drug crime and exploitation.
An intricate crime drama that wove together stories about cops, drug dealers, reporters, politicians, lawyers, and the rest of the citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, "The Wire" ran for five seasons on HBO from 2002 until 2008. Created by former journalist Simon and former homicide detective Burns, it is widely considered one of the best TV dramas ever made.


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The flash that lights up the front is coming in through a diffuser!
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Table of Contents
- What Is an HIV Test?
- Why and Whom to Test for HIV
- Where to Get Tested
- Which Test to Take and When to Take It
- Getting Your Test and Its Results
- Will People Find Out if I Test HIV+?
- Taking Care of Yourself
What Is an HIV Test?
An HIV test can tell you if you are infected with HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS. For some, getting tested for HIV can be scary. However, it can also be a very important way to say "yes" to your life and your health. The only way to know if you have HIV (to know your 'status') is to get tested. If you are worried because you think you may have been exposed to HIV, get tested. Then, if you learn that you are negative (not infected), you can stop worrying.
The bottom line -- it is important to know your HIV status and to get regular HIV tests. There are several types of HIV tests, which are described below.
Why and Whom to Test for HIV
Do you know your HIV status -- or your partner's HIV status? If not, it is important for you to get tested for HIV. Did you just have unprotected sex, use someone else's needle, have a condom break, or learn that a previous sexual partner is living with HIV (HIV+)? Are you pregnant or planning to become pregnant? These are also important reasons to get tested for HIV.
Getting tested for HIV is part of routine, regular health care in many countries. The Public Health Agency of Canada, for example, recommends that HIV testing be discussed as part of routine medical care. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends testing all people ages 13 to 64, unless they have already been tested. It is also recommended that you get tested for HIV before beginning a new sexual relationship, regardless of your age. This is just as important for teens as it is for older adults.
The World Health Organization (WHO) makes different suggestions based on where you live. Where HIV is widespread, it recommends that HIV testing be offered to anyone who goes to a healthcare facility. Where HIV is less common, it suggests that HIV tests be offered to people who may be at higher risk of having been exposed to HIV.
Certain groups of people are considered at higher risk of HIV exposure and therefore should be tested for HIV at least once a year:
- People who have multiple sexual partners or who have sex with someone who has multiple sexual partners
- Sexual partners of people living with HIV
- People who use injection drugs and their sexual partners
- People who exchange money or goods for sex or drugs
It is also important to get tested for HIV when:
- You are planning to become pregnant or learn you are pregnant
- You seek treatment for a sexually transmitted infection or disease
- You begin treatment for tuberculosis
- You were born to a woman living with HIV
Where to Get Tested
There are many different types of places for you to get an HIV test. These include health clinics, private health care providers' offices, HIV testing centers, and health departments. There are also HIV tests you can order online or buy over-the-counter at stores that have pharmacies (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Walmart). These tests are ones that allow you to collect a sample or complete a full rapid test (20 minutes) in the privacy of your home.
In the US, you can go to the National HIV and STD Testing Resources website or the AIDS.gov website to find a testing site near you. You can also call the CDC's information line at 800-232-4636 or call your state's HIV/AIDS hotline (numbers listed here). To find services across the world, visit AIDSmap's e-atlas.
Which Test to Take and When to Take It
The type of test that is best for you depends on when you might have been exposed to HIV. Most tests, including rapid tests done at testing centers and rapid tests you can do at home, are tests that detect antibodies to HIV. Antibodies are proteins that your body makes to mark HIV for destruction by your immune system. The body takes one to three months and occasionally up to six months to develop antibodies to HIV. This three to six month period between getting HIV and the production of antibodies is called the "window period." Therefore, the results of tests that detect antibodies are only reliable one to three months after your exposure to HIV.
If your HIV test is negative in the window period you could still be infected with HIV. If you want to get tested before the window period has passed, there are tests that look for pieces of the virus itself. These pieces of the virus or viral particles are called antigens. If an HIV antigen is your blood, there are tests that can identify HIV infection as quickly as two weeks after exposure to HIV.
HIV Tests
There are a few tests to identify HIV. The first tests are screening tests. If the screening test is positive, a confirmatory test is done.
Screening Tests
Screening tests are used first. If an antibody screening test is negative for HIV and you are outside the window period, then you do not have HIV. If an antigen screening test is negative for HIV, then you do not have HIV. If your screening test comes back positive, you will need a second test to confirm or make certain that you are truly living with HIV.
Antibody Tests
Antibody tests are the most commonly used tests to screen for HIV. They look for the presence of antibody to the HIV virus in your blood, urine, or oral fluid (not your saliva). Antibodies are proteins that your body makes to mark a germ -- in this case the human immunodeficiency virus -- for destruction by your immune system. If you have been exposed to the HIV virus, your body will produce antibodies to HIV after three to six months. The period between infection and your body's production of HIV antibodies is called the "window period." Having a negative HIV antibody test after the window period means you are not infected with HIV.
There are several types of screening antibody tests:
Rapid HIV antibody test: uses blood or oral fluid; results are available in 20 minutes. The OraQuick in-home oral HIV test is now available online or over-the-counter for at-home use. Rapid HIV tests are also available in clinics and testing centers.
Home testing kit: is not so much a testing kit as a collection kit for use at home. It tells users how to put a drop of blood on a card that they then mail to a licensed laboratory. Some kits use an oral swab, which customers must swipe along their upper and lower gums to collect a sample. Customers have an identification number to use when calling the laboratory for results. The 'Home Access HIV-1 Test System' is one such test; it takes about a week to get results.
It is important to know that at-home tests like the OraQuick and Home Access HIV-1 Test System do not provide in-person counseling or linkage to appropriate care and treatment for users who test positive for HIV.
Original blood tests: also called 'third generation' tests or enzyme immunoassay (EIA) tests, these tests look for antibodies. Results for an EIA can take up to two weeks. These tests are often no longer used where combined antibody-antigen tests are available.
Combined Antibody-Antigen Tests
Combined antibody-antigen tests (or 'fourth generation tests') combine antibody tests and antigen tests to screen for HIV. They are better at finding infection around three weeks while still preventing results that show a person is infected when they are not. Combined antibody-antigen tests are not rapid tests; they are processed in a laboratory.
Combined antibody-antigen tests use either blood or saliva, and are the recommended first-line test in the United Kingdom. New testing recommendations released by the CDC in June 2014 now list combined antibody-antigen tests as the first-line HIV test in the US as well.
Follow-Up or Confirmatory Tests
Any positive antibody or antibody-antigen test needs to be confirmed with a second test -- either another HIV antibody test or a test called the Western Blot.
- HIV-1/HIV-2 antibody differentiation immunoassay: this test looks for antibodies in the blood; there are two versions that give results in an hour or less. It can tell if you have strain one (HIV-1) or strain two (HIV-2) of HIV, which can be important information for your provider to know when deciding what treatment is best for you. This test is now being used as the recommended second, or confirmatory test in the US.
- Western blot: this test looks for antibodies in the blood
Viral Nucleic Acid Tests
These tests look for the presence of HIV's genetic material in the blood and can identify an HIV infection within two to three weeks of exposure. They are generally used in special circumstances, such as:
- Babies born to mothers living with HIV: since babies carry their mother's antibodies in their blood for up to 18 months, traditional antibody tests would produce results that are not specific to the baby
- Testing someone with a known recent exposure, before the HIV antibody can be identified in the blood
- Testing people who have participated in an HIV vaccine trial: these people will already have HIV antibodies in their blood
- Testing people for whom tests results have not been clear: for example, people who had a positive first test, and a negative second test (possibly because they were so recently infected)
Today's HIV drugs enable many people living with HIV to have long, healthy lives. Therefore, it is important for you to get proper care and treatment as soon as possible.
Getting Your Test and Its Results
If you have just been told you tested positive for HIV, it can feel like the worst news in the world. As upsetting as testing positive can be, you are better off knowing. Once you know you are living with HIV, you can take charge of your health and have the best chance to slow or prevent disease progression.
If you test positive for HIV, there are many things you can do to stay healthy. One important thing you can do is find a good health care provider. It is also important to begin taking HIV drugs, which will help keep your immune system healthy. The longer someone is living with HIV and does not receive treatment, the more likely she is to have a weakened immune system, and the harder the HIV drugs may have to work once she starts them. Learning about HIV and its treatment will help you make the best of your situation, as will setting up a support group or finding others who share your experience (see our community of women living with HIV at A Girl Like Me). For more information, see our Did You Just Test HIV+? article.
A person living with HIV who knows her status can also do things to protect the health of others. She can tell previous sexual partners that they might be at risk of HIV infection, practice safer sex to prevent spreading HIV, and take HIV treatment as prevention. In addition, if she is pregnant or wants to become pregnant, she can take steps to prevent her child from becoming infected. For more information, see The Well Project's articles on Pregnancy and HIV and Getting Pregnant and HIV.
Will People Find Out if I Test HIV+?
Laws about HIV confidentiality vary depending on the state and country in which you live. In the US, most states require that health care providers and testing clinics report the names of people living with HIV to that state's department of health. The state health department is required to keep that information confidential, and it is intended to help public health officials keep better track of the epidemic. Testing sites do not share your results with any other party, including your primary care provider or insurance company.
The federal HIPAA law (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) also protects the confidentiality of your HIV status in the US. It prevents health care or social service providers from sharing your HIV test results without your written consent.
While you are required by US law to disclose your HIV+ status to sexual partners, you are under no obligation to disclose your status to friends, family, coworkers, or your employer. For more information, see The Well Project's articles, Disclosure and HIV and Understanding Your Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace.
Taking Care of Yourself
Getting tested for HIV is one of the best things you can do for your health. If you test negative, you can stop worrying and have a wonderful opportunity to learn how to stay HIV-negative. If you just tested positive, it is common to feel angry, scared, confused, shocked, or depressed. These feelings are normal. Please get the help and support you deserve, and know that there are many things you can do to stay healthy, including taking HIV drugs.
If you need help, check out this website to find an organization near you, whether it is a support group, a health clinic, an HIV provider, or an AIDS service organization. You can also call the US national AIDS hotline at 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636; TTY: 1-888-232-6348), or the AIDSinfo hotline at 1-800-HIV-0440 (1-800-448-0440; TTY: 1-888-480-3739; outside U.S.: 1-301-315-2816). To find services across the world, visit AIDSmap's e-atlas.


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Slade Prestwich Wins The 2013 VQS Global Champs
18-year old South African surfer Slade Prestwich has won the 2013 VQS Global Champs! The powerful regularfoot from Durban used big turns and precision barrel riding to get past runner up Deivid Silva from Brazil.
"I'm so stoked to have won this," he said. "Thanks to all my friends back home, my sponsors, Volcom for putting on the event, and all the other guys in the comp—we've had the best time ever hanging out together at Smuggler's Cove!"
The Volcom VQS is a global series of contests that are free to enter, and culminate in regional championships. The winners of the regional championships were invited to Fiji to participate in the 2013 VQS Global Champs. Congrats Slade!
Results for the 2013 VQS Global Champs
1st: Slade Prestwich (ZAF) $10,000
2nd: Deivid Silva (BRA) $3,000
3rd: Taylor Clark (USA), Jordan Lawler (AUS) $1,000
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