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Lincoln Metropolitan Planning Organization
Technical Committee
Thursday, February 6, 2014
1:30 p.m.
County/City Building, Room 113
Roll call and acknowledge the "Nebraska Open Meeting Act"
- Review and action on the draft minutes of the November 7, 2013 Technical Committee meeting.
- Rotation of the Technical Committee Chairperson. The Chair position is to be filled by one of three Committee Tri-Chairs for a one-year term; the Director of Lincoln-Lancaster Planning Department, the Director of the Lincoln Public Works & Utilities Department, or the Lancaster County Engineer.
- Review and action on amendments to the MPO Public Participation Plan based upon the FHWA/FTACertification Review of Civil Rights requirements and resulting recommendations.
- Establish the Title VI coordinator, contact, and complaint process
- Implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title VI requirement
- Update the Limited English proficiency (LEP) requirement
- Briefing on the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 2013 Triennial Review of the City of Lincoln StarTran. The review determines whether a grantee is administering its FTA-funded programs in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53, Federal transit law provisions. It assesses grantee management practices and program implementation of the Urbanized Area Formula Program (U.S.C. 5307), Capital Investment Program (49 U.S.C. 5309), Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (49 U.S.C. 5316), and New Freedom Program (49 U.S.C. 5317), to ensure that the programs are administered in accordance with FTA requirements and are meeting program objectives.
- Review and action on proposed amendment to the Lincoln MPO FY 2013 2014 Unified Planning Work Program to include the Transit Development Plan Study in the Transit Planning Work Program (Section 6700).
- Review and action on revisions to the FY 2014 2017 Transportation Improvement Program.
- Nebraska Department of Roads
- Lincoln Public Works & Utilities Department
- StarTran
- Parks & Recreation
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Time for French Fridays with Dorie! Our recipe today is Saint-Germain-Des-Pres Onion Biscuits, I am not an onion fan so left off the onions, cut me a little slack, please, I did make the Cheese Topped Onion Soup a couple of weeks ago :)
These were a pretty simple and straight forward biscuit. I went "rustic" and cut my patted down biscuit dough with a pizza cutter and separated them on the baking sheet.
These were nice and fluffy and had a good texture and flavor. My four year old and I enjoyed them as lunch with some strawberries, Anjou pears, and absolutely yummy Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A game-high 17 points from Jamie Simmons coupled with 15 points and 11 rebounds from Cheryl Kwinn would not be enough as WPI, the 2009 NEWMAC regular season champion, recorded a 72-48 victory over MIT in women's basketball action on Saturday. Kristen Whaley tallied six points, six boards, and three assists while Alice Yeh posted seven points and five caroms. Simmons tacked on two blocks as Kwinn added two steals. The Engineers finished the season with an overall record of 4-19 and a 0-13 mark in the NEWMAC.
WPI inched out to a six-point advantage on two occasions, the last at 17-11 with 12:12 remaining in the opening frame. Three-pointers by Simmons and Yeh quickly evened the contest, but WPI went ahead courtesy of a free-throw. Kwinn gave the Engineers their first lead (19-18) on a pair of free throws at the 10:32 mark. Following two minutes of scoreless play, WPI claimed a one-point edge, however, a put-back by Kwinn swung the lead back to the Engineers (21-20).
A three-pointer and two shots from the charity stripe put WPI in front for good. Yeh drained another trey, which brought the Cardinal and Gray within one (25-24). WPI responded with 13 straight points to break open the game. Simmons ended the run with 11 seconds remaining on a three-pointer, which was matched by WPI right before the buzzer sounded for a 41-27 advantage.
Each side traded baskets to start the half, as layup by Kwinn brought the Engineers within 14 points. WPI denied any hopes of a momentum shift as it drained another trey on its next possession and maintained a comfortable cushion throughout the remainder of the game.


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Sarah's dog Elmo has been invited to compete, as has Jill's dog Zuma!
Jill's username is Zuma. she and her sister run Over Rover where the Bull-ympics was held.
The new AKC Agility Invitational will be held in conjunction with the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship and the National Obedience Invitational in Long Beach, California, at the Long Beach Convention Center at 300 E. Ocean Blvd., December 2-3, 2006. The qualifying period for this new event is July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006.
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|2004-04-22, 06:24
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Netherlands, Maastricht
Age: 32
Think about how your life would be if you haven't gone to any schools, including elementary school or anything prior to that. Think about how your life would be, not knowing how to write, how to read or make simple calculations. Think about how your life would be without any of the friends you met when you were in school. Think about how your life would be if you can't get a decent job later in life. What are you going to do all day when there's no school? When you've done all that, be thankfull that there are such things as schools.
|2004-04-22, 06:45
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Location: some where
Age: 30
|2004-04-22, 07:17
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Laidback Luke
Join Date: Mar 2004
Personally, I think I skipped half the year and I'll be pretty freakn lucky if I pass. I got exams in a few weeks. I know what the consequences are, I know it's a problem.
|2004-04-22, 07:32
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, England
Age: 35
And where would they learn how to read and write?
Anyhow, school is a very, very important aspect of life. I left school about 5 years ago, and when i was there i hated it and stuff. Now i look back on it as being very important, and sometimes wish id have done better (although i did quite well when i was there)
When you finish school and start working, its horrible. The responsibilities, no more lengthy school holidays, no more messing about without a care in the world. I look back and wish i was there.
|2004-04-22, 08:11
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A complex "maybe"
/dies/ Wow. This is one of the stupid thing I've heard. Ever.
Dear, you NEED school, or else you won't ever learn how to spell. >>;;
|2004-04-22, 08:29
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Yes, school can bite the big one. but you do get alot out of it. It builds and helps develop social skills. You interact with different people and 'pending on where you go different backgrounds. Of course you get the read/write/math thing hopefully but you can pick up on other things as well. I've been in school since I was 6, currently 24, yup K-12 plus 6yrs of college. I really can't take any more but I think that I would feel a little out of place w/o it b/c this has been my life. So...suck it up...and get back to your homework!!
|2004-04-22, 08:56
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Coordinated Insanity
Since I've gone through middle, high and a decent amount of college I'll tell you what school is good for.
Elementary school, coordination and precision/precedures.
Middle school, Basic math and writing.
High school, social skills.
High school is a big place where you gather a bunch of hormone filled kids in one place and make them get along with each other. Other than that, all the vital things you've pretty much learned in the two previous schools.
Also, you don't hate what you're good at(although in some cases you find it so boring because you are too good at it) so I'm going to guess your grades aren't the best... school isn't too bad. In fact after going to college you'll miss how easy it was.
Everyone says to themselves "I don't wanna goto school... it sucks..." but we do it anyway. Bite the bullet and get it done. You'll regret it big time if you don't.
|2004-04-22, 08:59
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: NYC
That's an odd thing to say... I'd say that my college days were my best days I've experienced in school. You get to learn what you like, meet a lot of new and very different people from different cultures/countries, and the most important of all... you get to have sex / party / booze.
|2004-04-22, 09:49
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nashville TN/ Valencia California
Age: 34
Ah...well if I've learned anything in college - its that school is different for different people. I go to Vanderbilt which is = 70% rich white trash. (or at least that's what everyone around me says...) Therefore I must conclude that school is not necessary and only stupid people go to school.
Seriously though...I believe that there are only two reasons to go to school. The first is to have fun. It seems to me if one fits in, school is fun. If one does not, school chuppas grande. The other is to learn. If you don't want to be in school, your probably wasting your time taking school.
But thats only what I believe in. Of course, I'm an idealist - not a realist.
|2004-04-22, 10:00
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Age: 39
Anyone who complains about how terrible school is hasn't tried working. No more long vacations, no more goofing off as much as you want, no more freedom from (most) responsibilities... just working your ass off and give most of the cash to the government, who manages to throw it all down the drain while schools, hospitals and institutions deteriorate.
I'm attending school again now because I didn't get my act together back in '96. It's like a damn vacation colony, I have almost top grades while hardly making an effort at all. In '96 I was lousy. A few years of experience sure puts things in perspective...
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Speaking of moments when I hated school: last quarter this is all the crap I HAD to lug around everyday minus the day planner every so often
|2004-04-22, 10:41
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Anyway, think better, when you'll leave school, you'll have to work to live and it's harder than school
|2004-04-22, 13:17
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Afflicted by the vanities
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fish-shape Paumanok
Age: 31
The following things are useful to learn in school, and are the reason why school exists:
English class: In this class, you should learn how to write lovely, gramatically correct English, good enough to give speeches or write novels, so that you'll never say something like the following: "yes but your mam and Dad would tech you to read and right". If taught correctly, this class is invaluable.
Math class: In this class, you should learn various types of mathematical problems and the steps you should take to solve them. People usually rat on math class the most, but math is really useful for solving complicated problems.
Science class: In this class, you should learn about unanswered questions you had as a child, like "Why is the sky blue?" or "Why don't the bridges fall down?" This class could be fun if it were taught properly.
History class: In this class, you should learn important events in world history that are relevant to what's going on in the world right now. Hopefully, understanding different cultures and world news is an end in itself.
Language class: In this class, you should learn a language that is interesting to you, and how to talk with people and read writing in that language. Everyone should be able to speak at least two languages fluently.
The following things are actually taught in school for some dumb reason:
English class: In this class, especially if the teacher is bad, you learn how to overanalyze boring poetry and totally destroy the entertainment you might gain from reading great works of literature by having to take tests and quizzes about minor details.
Math class: In this class, you learn how to do obscure problems that nobody cares about except for a few professional mathematicians.
Science class: In this class, you learn to parrot vague, useless statements that are often very hard to connect to reality. What does any of this mean?!
History class: In this class, you memorize unimportant names and dates. (Luckily, improvements have been made here, but in public school history is still memorization AFAIK.)
Language class: In this class, none of the languages you want to learn are available, so you end up taking Latin, which nobody speaks any more, has no works left untranslated, and is extremely difficult and annoying.
|2004-04-22, 13:27
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Join Date: Nov 2003
So p3psi is a reincarnation of Kimura???
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A man whom police are hailing as a hero in Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Seattle's cafe braved gunfire to hurl barstools at the suspect. Identified by police only as "Lawrence," the man says he didn't hesitate to put his life in danger, emboldened by the memory of his brother, who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
(PHOTOS: A shocked community mourns the victims of the Seattle cafe shooting)
"I just threw the frigging stool at him, legs first," he told police according to a report on the Seattle Police Department's website. "My brother died in the World Trade Center. I promised myself, if something like this ever happened, I would never hide under a table."
Lawrence's actions allowed three customers to escape, according to police. Four others died when Ian L. Stawicki, 40, allegedly unleashed a barrage of bullets inside Café Racer, a University District joint popular with music fans and artists. Two of the men killed were folk musicians and best friends; an aspiring actress and an urban planner also died. Half an hour after the slayings, a mother of two was shot and killed downtown. Police believe Stawicki was responsible for both shootings; the mentally ill man fatally shot himself Wednesday afternoon as police cornered him in West Seattle.
(MORE: Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience)
Stawicki, who was unemployed, had struggled with mental illness since his 20s. His father, Walter Stawicki, told the Seattle Times that his son was angry and unpredictable, informing his girlfriend that he was married with six children and telling some people that he worked for the CIA. "We knew he had issues," says Walter Stawicki.
The violence capped a week of gang-related and random shootings that has the city on edge. Last week, a father was struck by a stray bullet as he ran errands with his children and his parents. On Saturday, a man was hit in the leg as he walked near the Space Needle. Seattle is considered a fairly safe city for its size, but Wednesday's deaths nudged the number of homicides this year to 21 — the same as in all of 2011.
Lawrence, who didn't want his last name released because he's not ready to talk to the press, offered a chilling description of a typical overcast Seattle morning gone awry. A regular at Café Racer, Lawrence had hewed to his routine and gone to get his morning coffee. Shortly before 11 a.m., Stawicki arrived. He'd apparently caused problems in the past and was informed Wednesday morning "in a very polite manner," according to Lawrence, that he'd been "86'd" from the café.
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Lawrence glanced at his phone then looked up when he heard gunshots. According to the police, he said:
"I hear the pop, pop, and people scrambling. I couldn't make sense of it. I didn't expect the gun to be that quiet. I thought 'this is really happening.' As Stawicki opened fire in the café, Lawrence grabbed a bar stool and used it to try to fight off Stawicki and defend his friends:
"[Stawicki] looked at me like he didn't [care] at all. He just moved towards the rear of the bar instead of dealing with me at all, and I just brushed past him. He was on a mission to kill my friends."
"I wasn't a hero," Lawrence says, pointing out that a café employee who was wounded in the shooting was able to call 911 and "lucidly" give police information about the shooting. "He's the hero," Lawrence says.
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Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he will propose an increase of $1.2 billion in the K-12 education budget, a roughly $400 per student increase.
"We are in a position to invest," Scott said during a morning address to newspaper editors at the Capitol.
In Scott's first year in office, he cut K-12 education by $1.3 billion. Last year he sought a $1 billion increase, which paid for the cost of growth in the system.
This proposal would return education funding close to the level it was before he assumed office.


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Other than the hole for the bolt being off center by between 1/8" to 3/16" (a quick fix was no problem) it's perfect for dressing up the rear fender on my '14 Indian Chieftain for solo riding!!
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New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Delhiites continued to shiver as a bone chilling cold settled over the city and the minimum temperature settled three notches below average at 4.4 degrees Celsius Thursday, the morning after the national capital recorded the coldest day in 44 years.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast a clear, sunny afternoon. However, the evening will be chilly accompanied by icy winds. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around the 13 degrees Celsius mark.
A light blanket of fog enveloped the city early Thursday. Visibility at 8.30 a.m. was 500 metres, while the humidity was 100 percent.
Wednesday's maximum temperature settled at 9.8 degrees Celsius, 11 notches below the average for the season, while the minimum was 4.8 degrees -- two notches below average.


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A winner was selected from 10 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
We need a complete relaunch of our website http://www.bleibfit.at
This website is one of the biggest sports and fitness portals in Austria. We want to come up with a very fresh and dynamic site, transporting sports, movement and health.
Design requirements:
- Design of homepage
- Design of one inner page
Please read the description if you want to participate.
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The website is one of the biggest sports and fitness portals in Austria with around 100.000 unique visitors a month. We want to redesign it completely - transporting sports, movement and health.
Please integrate our new created logo and make sure it is clear visible for the user.
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By the way, the domain name "bleib fit" means something like "stay fit" in English.
Target Audience
We have two large target audiences:
One are young fitness-oriented people (mostly men) aging 15 to 30 - you know, those who spend every day in the fitness center.
The other one are overweight people (men and women) up to an age of around 50 who want to inform themselves about diets and about how to lose weight efficiently without risking their health.
Please use pictures for motivating people to do some sports and to get addicted to a wellnes oriented lifstyle!
The site should reflect sports and fitness. Use pictures for motivating people to do some sports! Try to transport the wealth oriented lifestyle.
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The Mad Italian
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It's been four whole decades since the Mad Italian first began slingin' some of the best Italian sandwiches this side of Philly, and ever since this eatery opened its doors, folks have made pilgrimages from near and far to get a taste of the stuff.The year 1973 was a golden age for civilization. Not only did the universe manifest treasures like this fine specimen and this little ditty—it also gave Atlanta a landmark restaurant famous for its cheese steaks, hoagies and rather dapper mustache. Indeed, it's been four whole decades since the Mad Italian first began slingin' some of the best Italian sandwiches this side of Philly (that's approximately a century-and-a-half in Atlanta restaurant years, we'll have you know), and ever since the shop opened its doors, folks have made Philly pilgrimages from near and far to get a taste of the stuff. This year, the crew that's been proudly rockin' the 'stache since '73 is celebrating a pretty big-deal birthday. And we can't think of a better way to help 'em commemorate the Big 40 than diving headfirst into one of those meaty, melty, delicious cheese steaks. (Way tastier than plain old birthday cake, we'll have you know.)
While the cheesesteaks are some of the best around, and the 'stache is certainly (ahem) part of the Mad Italian's charisma, this isn't just a place to get good grub: it's a place where the love and loyalty from regulars runs deep. For lots of folks, the "Mad I" isn't just about putting the perfect hoagie rolls on their sandwiches, or serving old-school homemade meatballs, or whipping up a creamy Italian dressing so deliciously addictive, we wouldn't mind bathing in it—it's also about the stories that are born in a place with such deep roots in the community. Of course, crack-like salad dressing and juicy, meaty sandwiches don't hurt, either, which is why some folks have driven from out-of-state just to get their paws on the goods. We suppose there's a reason some classics endure the test of time—and we're pretty sure these guys will be sticking around for quite a while.
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Mad Mozza Bread, $5.49
Italian Chef's Salad, $7.49 (small) / $9.49 (large)
Philly Cheesesteak, $6.49 (6") / $14.49 (Big Daddy)
Meatball Cheese Hoagie, $6.49 (6") / $9.49 (10")
Chicken Cheesesteak, $6.49 (6") / $10.99 (10")
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Bernanke to Market: We Are Not Stopping
Market watchers were hoping for a dovish message from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ... and they got exactly what they wanted. Steve Russolillo joins Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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I throughly laid out that that the bond buying coffees are going to remain in place for now this is the eighty five billion dollars a month and ... end on mortgage backed securities and Treasury bonds that the Fed is buying each month ... and he said that the benefits outweigh the risks and so there's been a lot of chatter here about OK the economy is getting a little better maybe the Fed doesn't need to keep doing as much as it's doing right now ... and he says no at selina daily slow the death penalty ... for those to ... the minutes of the January meeting last week ... he saw couple the hall would retain Jurgensen current you write with what they're saying ... that these risks are ... real they are material in their defense would have to worry about them ... but now we know that that was been Anqi was not one of those people think that the SEC is not one of the people and since he's the head honcho is usually the most important figure to consider and if ... there is a discussion going on within that there are several people who say you know for a little bit worried maybe it doesn't look too much leverage to pull back ... there are other people that say the Fed to keep going keep plowing ahead with its current plans in place right now ... and some just that discussion is happening in yes ... that discussion spook some people because now it means that something could happen certainly there but ... as that city's brownie points out that Rene Kyi still ... this is staying with this that is well ... still thinks the Fed should keep moving ahead with what it's doing ... and it really doesn't think rate now at the time that the sort of slowdown in the entourage especially given what's going on in DC right with Congress which with the budget battle which he addressed what's going on in your up ... what's going on in the Markets element ahead of the market responded ... to the burn Anqi testament because is anything right the rest of the world equities are down for the U S theory ... they were ... all ... there are up an entire two adapters this week about ten am so we also got a bunch of economic data that came out this morning New home sales were up ... so here we have to keep an eye that but ... really it has has received for quite some time now what the Fed does will start to hear how the market goes here ... and ... you know as you mention the slots from one Italy right now the European debt crisis meeting flaring again ... rate now at least here in the U S Denver Nanking made the statement here that could talk of a better time because it's a was the biggest drop of the year ... ends and outs of eight reversing to the moon walk into the merger of them are exactly sectors the doubts about reversing some of that today right and look this is not quite any of its critics but I mean you know the people were saying or risks to the Fed policy director armrests conceded out there now it's not as much was lost ground on Friday right right at that any among all the didn't have the burn Anqi headlined to only gallon MLP ... you know ... you were come up this to all before the show ... how much of which one of the market right now is the markets markets being overbought maybe how long run ... how much of it really is in the euro ... is the economy what I would not take Italy lately right now we know that Italy is a sign that the European debt crisis is going to start coming back to the corporate parent that is clearly not a good indicator so ... if they ever since last summer when ... your kids that the bank has the merit right the meat is ... no common will do whatever it takes ... to save the euro ... the European debt crisis is kind of moved off people's radars and so you've seen ... stock markets end higher ... just a general no more it's been cold here over the last six seven eight months or so when the water in large part because the European debt crisis has not been the state of shock ... or so we thought so we thought and so now ... I you have you know if Italy is really going to spark ... you know where so every new to the underlying everything and fragile already has the will of the wealthy on that front not it's possible we'll see but ... breakouts from securing U S ... rebounding a little bit today and Ben Rene Kyi is the heart of hearts he was a little tinkering what a stupendous ... I let's listen in with the same number hanky for a couple of minutes two seconds ... economic growth and stability ... without unnecessarily impeding the current recovery ... significant progress has been made recently toward reducing the federal budget deficit over the next two years


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Maternal TDF and FTC to Reduce NNRTI Resistance Mutations After Intrapartum NVP (TD-2)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00204308
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 20, 2005
Last Update Posted : May 31, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Pregnancy
|Drug: Combination tenofovir-emtricitabine
|Phase 2
Single-dose intrapartum and neonatal nevirapine (NVP), either alone or in combination with short course zidovudine (ZDV) is in widespread use to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission throughout the developing world. Though the public health benefits cannot be overstated, widespread use of NVP in this fashion may come at a cost. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) resistance mutations are induced in at least 20% and probably a larger proportion of women exposed to NVP in this fashion. Addition of short-course ZDV does not appear to mitigate this effect substantially. The full implications of these NVP resistance mutations are yet unknown, though there is concern that they may result in reduced efficacy of the NVP or other NNRTIs in long-term, therapeutic regimens.
We are conducting a clinical trial of tenofovir (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC), marketed as a fixed dose combination, Truvada ™, to reduce NNRTI-resistance post-delivery in the setting of NVP with or without ZDV for PMTCT. TDF and FTC are both Category B drugs and are approved for use in pregnancy. They have several characteristics that make them ideal candidate drugs for use in conjunction with NVP, including long intracellular half-lives and established safety profile among adults for HIV treatment.
Women will be enrolled between 28 and 38 weeks of gestation. As part of normal PMTCT services, they may choose NVP-boosted ZDV or single dose NVP for PMTCT; We anticipate that most (~80%) will choose the former. At arrival for delivery, they will be randomized to receive either the two study drugs (intervention) or no drug (control). A total of 400 women will be randomized, and followed, along with their infants, for 6 months.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|400 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Addition of Single-dose, Maternal Tenofovir and Emtricitabine to Reduce Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Resistance Mutations in the Setting of Zidovudine and Nevirapine for Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV Transmission
|Study Start Date :
|March 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2007
|Experimental: combination tenofovir-emtricitabine
Drug: Combination tenofovir-emtricitabine
Tenofovir disoproxil 300 mg / emtricitabine 200 mg taken as a single dose during labor
Other Name: Truvada
|No Intervention: control arm
- maternal antiretroviral drug resistance to non-nucloeoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
- maternal antiretroviral drug resistance to non-nucloeoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
- maternal hematological and renal function after TDF-FTC use [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Serologically confirmed HIV infection;
- Gestational age of 28 to 38 weeks;
- Previous selection of a NVP-based PMTCT regimen (with or without ZDV)
- Willingness to participate in a randomized trial;
- Willingness to follow up in a postpartum visit schedule;
- Willingness to allow her infant to participate in this trial;
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of antiretroviral medications before this pregnancy, even in a single dose.
- Current use of antiretroviral medications for treatment of advanced HIV disease and/or AIDS
- Illness or complication of pregnancy likely to warrant transfer to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), known at time of randomization;
- Known or suspected allergy to NVP or other benzodiazepine medications;
- History of known liver disease.
- Hemoglobin level of 7.9 g/dL or less
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00204308
|Kalingalinga Health Centre
|Lusaka, Zambia
|Kanyama Health Centre
|Lusaka, Zambia
|Principal Investigator:
|Jeffrey S A Stringer, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Study Director:
|Benjamin H Chi, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications of Results:
|Responsible Party:
|Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00204308 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 20, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 31, 2012
|Last Verified:
|May 2012
Keywords provided by Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Drug resistance
Nevirapine resistance
NNRTI resistance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers


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Santana picks up his fourth Player of the Week honor this season following a week in which he averaged 24.5 points, 4.5 assists, 4 steals and 3 rebounds in two games for Farmingdale State. Santana, who was 10-for-20 from 3-point range on the week, had 20 points and seven assists in a win over Polytechnic. He notched his ninth 20-point game of the season with 29 points in an 81-55 win over Maritime. The Rams have now won 12 straight games, a program record, with five games remaining in the regular season.
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Professors Take on Gettysburg Address
By Margaret Cipriano '15
November 8, 2013
One hundred and fifty years ago, it only took President Abraham Lincoln 272 words to make a historic attempt to unify a divided nation.
This year, Caterpillar Professor of English and Illinois Poet Laureate Dr. Kevin Stein and Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology Dr. Jacqueline Hogan were asked to write pieces that reflected the Gettysburg Address in the 150th anniversary of the famous speech. The speech and commemorative responses will be displayed at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield throughout November.
Dr. Stein noted the importance of the Gettysburg Address as he endeavored to write his own piece.
"Lincoln's Gettysburg Address sanctifies both those who gave their lives to redeem the American experiment and the ground upon which they gave their 'last full measure of devotion,'" he said.
In writing her reflection to commemorate "one of the most eloquent, most moving, and most recognizable speeches in American political history," Dr. Hogan noted that her own piece "made me admire Lincoln's address all the more."
The act of writing a commemorative reflection also inspired the analysis of address for Dr. Stein.
"What fascinates me is this: In Lincoln's 272 words, he repeats the word "here" seven times," Stein said. "Reading the address aloud, one notes Lincoln's compulsion to mark that hallowed ground in a manner that also elevates the idea of American nationhood, this 'here' then both local and national."
For both professors, the assignment was illuminating.
"Restricting my response to 272 words mirrors the formal constraints of many fixed poetic forms," said Dr. Stein. "Those forms' rules become a kind of vessel into which one pours one's fresh poem—one's imagination paradoxically girded and emancipated by the process."
"I think Lincoln's words are particularly significant today as we become more and more divided as a nation," said Dr. Hogan. "Lincoln's words remind us of the terrible cost of division, but also hold the promise of a more unified future."
After reading and re-reading Lincoln's address, Dr. Hogan decided to conclude her piece with this: "How do we mark this day? With words of praise and moments of silent reflection, yes. But who will take to the stage, as Lincoln did, to remind us that the struggle is not yet over? When the gap between rich and poor grows wider every day, when the rights and well-being of the most vulnerable are neglected, when social justice is an abstraction and equality a receding dream, we must recognize that while many battles have been fought and won, the struggle for justice and equality remains our solemn duty."


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Many ladies in the know tell me their all time favourite Japanese mascara comes from Majolica Majorca – their mascara's are extremely long lasting and are usually very dark and lengthening. I personally found that their mascara's didn't hold curl until I tried their last release, Lash King (I thought I reviewed this but I can't find the review so I concur that I am seriously going mad…).
I quite enjoyed that mascara however the fibers were too irritating for my eyes.
I ended up buying their newest mascara release, Lash Expander Edge Meister (I know, the name!) and Lash Jelly Drop Treatment Gel to try.
The Lash Jelly Drop was sold to me as a primer, which is isn't! It is a nightly treatment for conditioning the lashes and encouraging growth.
The package is pretty standard MJ with the black lid and little coin like emblem on the lid. It feels nice. The Lash Jelly Drop is in a smaller white tube.
Neither of these are that cheap at around £10 each.
The Lash Edge Meister mascara has two brushes, use the wider side on the top lashes and the shorter one on your bottom and corner lashes. It works quite well although the comb is quite fine toothed on my short fine lashes. Longer lashes may find it tedious wiggling the comb through over and over to build up length.
The formula is rich, thick and glossy. It is full of fibers are many MJ mascara's are. This one is MUCH better than Lash King in terms of fiber control as the previous formula became quite painful to use as they'd fall into my eye throughout the day. This one has very little irritation and is also slightly easier to remove.
This mascara is excellent for length – those fibers make a different but sucks at the volume part.
Lash Jelly Drop is a treatment gel with an interesting applicator that doesn't really feel any better than an average brush, but hey, it's interesting enough. I guess with this applicator there's no guessing if you got the transparent gel on your lashes – it leaves quite a lot of the gel-liquid on the lashes whereas sometimes with a black brush (say in a Talika lash conditioner) it can take a while to see if you have sufficient product on.
It's crap as a primer – it weighs the lashes down so not recommended.
I think the mascara is pretty good – I have been using it a lot and I do like it:
It works well for short lashes like mine and it will hold curl. Remember MJ mascara is always hard to remove. I wish it had more volume for OOMPH though.
Took this pic on my phone as I was impressed by how long my lashes were looking:
Good for straight Asian lashes that won't hold curl. Don't really see the point of using a mascara that is so hard to remove if you don't have length/curl issues to be honest.
The treatment gel is ok, my lashes look glossy but they aren't more plentiful to be honest so I wouldn't recommend.
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Waterfront views are enough to keep some from evacuating
Weather forecasters' predictions of an unprecedented weather event were not enough — at least in the morning — to force about 10 residents of the Elms Inn in East Lyme from abandoning their shorefront view.
Many of the hotel's occupants ignored a mandatory evacuation order as they settled into chairs in the front of the hotel, which is about 50 yards from Crescent Beach. They looked out large windows as they enjoyed breakfast, a few cigarettes and Bloody Marys.
"When it came to being here at the Elms, there's no way I'm passing up beachside, front-row tickets for a good storm like this," said one man who declined to give his name. "There's no way."
Debra DeBarros, another patron of the Elms, said she had been staying with her husband, Gerson, at the hotel since May as the two worked on painting jobs in the area.
DeBarros, from Oldsmar, Fla., about 12 miles from Clearwater, said she has plenty of experience dealing with Florida's hurricanes. She said she has witnessed wind gusts of up to 120 mph.
While she acknowledged this state poses a number of different concerns — "palm trees bend and maples don't, you know what I'm saying?" she said — DeBarros said the early signs of Hurricane Sandy were not enough to drive her out of the Elms.
"To be honest with you, so far, to me, this is really nothing," DeBarros said as she looked out at the waves. "However, we are anticipating bad weather. We're packed, we're parked outside and we will be leaving if we have to."
A number of cars circled on the streets outside the Elms but were kept from the beach by police tape that blocked off Atlantic Street and Crescent Avenue. The beach is near McCook Point Park.
The tape did not deter a few pedestrians. Paul Costa, who lives on Crescent Avenue, was out for a walk in his North Face rain jacket. He said his house is more than 200 feet from the beach and he was not required to evacuate the area.
Nonetheless, he said he would continue to monitor the situation, and a trip to the shelter at East Lyme Middle School remained an option. Asked what would prompt him to leave his home, he said, "If I saw water coming down the block."
"What we're hoping is basically it will be a lot of wind and rain and it will go away," Costa added. "I'm a little concerned about the duration of the storm, but we're staying put for now."
Some leave, some stay
Some residents on beachfront roads in Waterford also chose to stay and ride out the best of Hurricane Sandy.
"It's less threatening than Irene, the tide is higher but the waves are less," resident Steve Radway said. "I'm not planning to evacuate."
His family has been in the home on the end of Magonk Point since the 1940s.
"So we only missed the Hurricane of 1938. My mother was in her 90s and she didn't leave, but this seawall here has been replaced twice since then," he said.
Magonk Point neighbors plan to gather at Radway's house this morning to share in a "Sandy brunch."
"My house has the best view, so we'll get together and eat and watch the water," Radway said. "Whatever's in the fridge we'll cook it up on the burners."
Others, however, were leaving their homes.
Guy Joseph, who lives on Dimmock Road, took the time to help his friend remove the staircase that led down to the beach directly in front of the beachfront cottage.
The parents of his friend, Matt Durbois, live there and had evacuated.
"I'm just here to check in on the house again and make sure that everything that needs to be tied down or brought into the house is all set, but I'm not staying," said Durbois, a South Windsor resident. "My parents went inland already."
Durbois said that he's never been at his parents' beach cottage for a hurricane, but that his father stayed in the house during Hurricane Gloria.
The pair of friends eventually tied the staircase to the telephone pole in the middle of the circle at the end of the road and hoped for the best.
Many of the residents who live in the popular beach community are there only for the summer, but the year-round residents chose to leave. There were few cars parked in the driveways of The Strand and the adjacent Sea Meadows Lane.
"This is worse than it was in Irene," Joseph said, pointing to the vacant Seaside Sanitarium property on Shore Road. "See that jetty? It wasn't under water during Irene. You can barely see the top of it now."
He said that a surge of 8½ feet would put the lawn at his parents' house — behind the cottage — under water.
"This is going to be a bad one," he said.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Dodgers have made no bones about wanting to make a statement at AT&T Park this weekend after losing seven of their first 10 to the Giants this season.
Well, L.A.'s opening remarks were pretty loud and clear Friday night, with Yasiel Puig serving as lead spokesman. The Dodgers ripped five triples among their 15 hits — an amazing three by Puig. Moreover, they scored a convincing fifth-inning knockout of Tim Lincecum and rolled to an 8-1 victory behind Ace 1-B Zack Greinke.
In short, the San Francisco debut of new second baseman Dan Uggla was an ugly one, though no real fault of Dan's. The Dodgers staged a thorough and convincing thrashing in every facet, and the Giants now must find a way to answer back against Ace 1-A Clayton Kershaw on Saturday.
The Giants were still leading the National League West by a half-game at the end of the day, but it hardly felt like it after this lopsided affair.
Puig set the tone early for L.A., crushing a ball to left-center field in the first inning that probably would have been a home run if a fan in a Dodgers jersey hadn't reached over the wall and fumbled it. It dropped on the field for a triple.
The five triples tied an all-time Dodgers franchise record, last accomplished in 1921, and Puig's three triples matched a feat last done by a Dodger 113 years ago, by a guy named Jimmy Sheckard.
For good measure, Puig also laced a double and hit a ball to the warning track in center for an out in his final at-bat. Quite a show, but not one manager Bruce Bochy was particularly keen to talk about in detail.
"I don't really want to. … He had a good night," Bochy said. "We made some mistakes, and good hitters take advantage of it."
It took that kind of offensive performance to outshine Greinke (12-6), who allowed four harmless Giants singles, plus a walk, over seven shutout innings before turning things over to the bullpen. He struck out 10.
The evening began like it might evolve into a real pitchers' duel between Lincecum and Greinke. Even though the Dodgers scored in the first inning when Adrian Gonzalez drove home Puig, Lincecum settled in and held the Dodgers at one run through the first four.
But after Lincecum got the first out in the fifth, the roof caved in. Greinke got things started with a single up the middle, and Dee Gordon ripped a ball to center that Gregor Blanco couldn't track down, and it rolled to the wall for a triple. Puig followed with his second triple to right-center, and Gonzalez delivered another RBI single.
Hanley Ramirez then shot a hard single to left, and suddenly Lincecum was done. The Dodgers weren't done, though, as Matt Kemp launched the third triple of the inning off the right field wall to make it 6-0 L.A.
Lincecum said he strayed from his pitch plan in the fifth inning and it cost him.
"I tried to overpower guys with fastballs and left them up in the zone," he said. "I know I could have been one pitch away from getting out of that inning. But they put it together on me."
It was a rough night for the Giants in more ways than one. A foul tip clunked starting catcher Hector Sanchez's mask in the third inning. A groggy Sanchez managed to finish the frame and take his at-bat in the third — he struck out — but left the game at that point and was replaced by Buster Posey behind the plate.
"Hector has a mild concussion, so he's going to miss some time," said Bochy, who said he had to confer with general manager Brian Sabean regarding a roster move to bring another catcher aboard.
As for Uggla, whose contract was purchased earlier in the day from Triple-A Fresno, he had a quiet Giants debut. He popped out to left field in the second inning and grounded into a force play with two on in the fourth. He was removed in a double-switch when Lincecum exited in the fifth.
A look at how the Giants and Dodgers have stacked up over the course of the season:
Date West leader Lead
April 15 Dodgers-Giants Tied
May 1 Giants 0.5
May 15 Giants 4.0
June 1 Giants 7.5
June 8* Giants 9.5
June 15 Giants 6.5
July 1 Dodgers 0.5
July 4** Dodgers 1.5
July 15 Dodgers 1.0
Friday Giants x.x
* — Largest Giants lead
** — Largest Dodgers lead
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|2004-05-29, 09:01
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Why Seichi doesn't translate 'hanbaagu' as 'hamburger'...
From another thread:
Now that you've seen what hanbaagu look like and how it is served, I'm sure you'll agree that translating 'hanbaagu' as 'hamburger' is somewhat misleading...
(I sure don't evisage hamburgers looking like that...)
|2004-05-29, 15:23
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In japanese language actually there are hanbagu and hanbaga.
- Hanbagu is patty of ground beef served on a plate with other side dishes. The pictures up there.
- Hanbaga is the regular hamburger with buns. McDonals hamburger.
So it's quite different when someone say she want to cook a hanbagu for you or a hanbaga.
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It's not quite the same as meatloaf either.
It's a very cultural thingy. In comparison like they call it anime in japan, while they call it cartoon in america. We know basically it's the same animation medium entertainment. But it's quite different when someone said he want to watch anime or watch cartoon. ^^
but I would say meatloaf would be a closer translation than hamburger. ^^
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it looks like the way my family eays burgers when we are lacking in the bun department
btw, "hanbaagu" is actually the original German way of making burgers, before it was exported to the states and put on a bun
thus why the names are so similar (Japan has almost as many German influences as it has American, look for the thread "German in Anime" in the general anime forum)
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hmm... foood.... yum
i think during a date, it's more romantic to have hanbaagu instead of hanburgers lol
i don't know whether it's an asian food or just a japanese one... have yet to see it in my country tho. Then again, we ate hamburgers a lot
|2004-05-30, 00:11
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I dont even remember what a Hamburger looks like anymore Been on a strict 1600 calorie diet (not that idiotic Atkins fad) since January, lost 35 lb, I've had maybe 2 burgers at the most, and no sweets to speak of. (Lots of lean turkey and chicken meat)
Its worth it though! Down to 160 and my old jeans fit again!
|2004-05-30, 02:32
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nephilim: that's almost unhealthy.
|2004-05-30, 03:31
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Meanwhile, that hambaagu looks great! I think I'll see If I can find a recipe and cook some.... (it looks better than any friipy macdonalds!)
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i dunno what it converts to in the metric system, but i'm 6' 2" and weigh around 200 lbs
anyway, like i said, even though the japanese gave it a unique name, it's still originally German food, not asian (though the style in which it is cooked in japan would definitely be considered asian, and an american translator, if MnH is ever licensed, would probably call it "hamburger steak"
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As valid viewer of "Dotch no Cooking Show", the best game/cooking show to come out of Japan (forget Iron Chef!), I often see Hanbaagu featured as one of the two dishes the 7 guests gets to vote on which one they'd want to eat.
The origin of hanbaagu dates back to early meiji era, where Japan was just opening up to the West. Some of you may know, there was an imperial ban on eating land animals (cows, pigs, sheeps) for over a thousand years in Japan before Meiji Restoration, so there was no real tradition of consuming beef or pork in Japan (in fact, early American diplomats has to ask around for a cattle so they can slaughter it for steak). When Japan opened up for trade, one of the items Americans tried to export to Japan was of course, Beef. But the Japanese ate no beef, so what do they make with it? To help drive demand, some business men help invent western meat dishes that fits the Japanese pallet. One of these invented dishes was the hanbaagu dish you saw pictured (along with numerous other dishes, such as the Tonkatsu to sell pork, the Crockette to sell potatoes, and Gomu-Rice to sell ketchup). I forgot which company invented hanbaagu but it became a very popular simple-to-prepare meals for the housewife; almost all Japanese has memories of eating hanbaagu at home when they're a kid; it's one of the defining home-cooked meals and a must for the love-wives to cook for the man they love.
And the way to prepare hanbaagu is a little different than cooking a norml burger. If you've made a normal hamburger you know that a burger is just basic ground beef held together by egg or corn starch. A hanbaagu has lot more ingredients, such as diced onion, carrot puree, beans, and seasoning in the patty, and the sauce is usually soy-sauce-based. I know it sounds kinda like a meat-load but it doesn't taste like it at all. There's almost never a bun involved. It's is VERY, VERY good. Very juicy and tender, yet full of flavors.
Many people don't know this this but Japan has some great Japanese-western dishes. Whenver I can, I'll order stuff like Gomu-Rice or Mintaiko (kind of pickeled fish egg) Spagetti instead of traditional Japanese garbs. New things are constantly invented daily. A lot of people wanted to visit Japan for things like anime, but the things I wanted the most was just to eat the new and wonderful foods they come up with (that and an on-zen trip ).
For those who can read Japanese, here's a simple hanbaagu receipe:
|2004-06-01, 18:51
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On a side note, many Japanese people who visited America says that "everything tastes the same," "the stuffs are very 大味 (ooaji = blant?)," "they put way too much food on one dish," "I don't think Americans really care about Calories."
Anyone care to clarify?
On the other hand, an American that visits Japan and eats our stuff usually says "hmm...it tastes like chicken."
Is it me or are Americans' palate numb?
|2004-06-02, 08:00
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As I mentioned before, I did some research on this topic - 日本とオーストラリアの食習慣の変化
(And since I'm lazy I'll just paste some interesting bits from the report)
「『洋食』と聞いて/読んで最初に何を思い付くか」と聞いたら日本人の一番の応答は「ハンバーグ」で、二番は「油っ 濃い」。
What else... most Japanese respondants replied that Western food had too many flavours.
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HOUSTON — Dwight Howard is happy again.
He says he has put his disappointing and drama-filled season in Los Angeles behind him. He seems ecstatic about joining the Houston Rockets and helping the young team compete for a championship — and maybe, just maybe, he will return to form as the NBA's most dominant big man.
"I'm in a better place mentally, physically and spiritually now," Howard said.
His delight is evident in watching him interact with his new teammates. He wears a broad smile and fits of laughter are common as he chats with his fellow Rockets.
Howard spurned the Lakers to sign an $88 million deal with Houston, joining James Harden and a team that made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2009.
He wouldn't get into specifics about the problems in his short stint with the Lakers after he was traded there in August 2012 from Orlando as part of a four-team trade. But most agree that he had a strained relationship with Kobe Bryant in a season where he has admitted that he wasn't having fun at times.
The Lakers struggled all season and was swept in the first round of the playoffs. The Lakers could have offered him a five-year contract worth $118 million, but he chose to make the move to Houston with a four-year deal.
"The situation in L.A., what happened is over with," Howard said. "It didn't work out on both sides. So we have to move on. It happens in everyday life. People decide to do different things with their lives. It's just that when you're NBA and at the top of your game everybody wants to know what you're doing."
Howard lights up when asked about his new teammates and talks endlessly about the fun they've had in bonding both on and off the court. When asked if that aspect of the move was the most important to him after last season, his response was telling — even if he wouldn't specifically address the Lakers.
"For any team to be successful you have to have a great environment," he said. "You don't want to work in a bad place."
Whether simply perception or reality, his feud with Bryant had some wondering if he was the problem. There were questions if he might mess up the chemistry of a team that made marked improvement in the first year with James Harden on the roster.
The Rockets brushed off that notion, and everyone has raved about Howard's personality and work ethic.
"Dwight's a great guy," coach Kevin McHale said. "Plays hard, likes to have fun, so it's just been pretty seamless to add him to the team."
Harden, who was the fifth-leading scorer in the league last season, rolled his eyes when asked if he'd be able to coexist with Howard when Bryant couldn't.
"It's my job to make it work," the 24-year-old Harden said. "He's going to teach me some things that I don't know and I'll teach him some things he doesn't know. That's the kind of partnership and friendship we're going to have in order to be successful. That's the only way you can be successful is if you be 100 percent with each other."
Howard struggled last season after back surgery. He now knows that he came back too soon and said he never felt like himself. An entire offseason of rehabilitation and training has him feeling like the player he once was. He wasn't as dominant in 2012 as he has been, but still averaged more than 17 points per game and led the league in rebounding with 12.4 an outing.
Though he's left L.A., he knows that the glare of the spotlight probably won't dim much with the expectations surrounding the Rockets. That's OK with him. After last year, he's more equipped to deal with it.
"If you get caught up in the good, bad and the ugly, it messes you up as a person and as a player," he said. "I think some of that happened with me last year. I allowed the bad stuff that happened to really sit in my head, push myself away from people in different situations and that's not who I am. So you have to step away from all the negativity or whatever it might be and just focus on the task at hand."
Howard is just 27, but he's one of the older players on a Houston team that was the NBA's youngest a year ago. He enjoys the energy of his younger teammates, but joked that when they'd want to play 10 or 12 pickup games in a row, he'd beg them to slow down.
"I'm like, 'Guys, I'm almost pushing 30. I need a break,"' he said. "But I love it."
Howard stayed away from talking Lakers, but he couldn't stop talking about his other former team, the Magic. He referred to Orlando often when discussing why he likes the Rockets and how they've made him feel at home. Howard specifically talked about the bond he and his Magic teammates had in 2009.
"They're full of life and after practice everybody is together talking and I just love that feeling," he said of the Rockets. "It reminds me of the team in Orlando when we went to the Finals — we were always together. Everything that we did was together. It really makes the team better on the floor when you have that great chemistry off the floor."
Now, he's made the Rockets contenders after several lean years for the first time since Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady were on the roster.
"We're goofy. We have fun, but we like to work," Harden said, referring to himself and Howard. "That's the most important thing. We're not going to be all strict, we're young. We like to have fun. When it's time to get serious and when it's time to win, we'll be focused."


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OK, let's just assume both SF and we win our last games. I can't imagine San Francisco losing to the Arizona team I saw us play, even if they sat most of their starters. I think we'll beat the Lambs, but they are getting better and present more of a challenge than the lowly Tards.
So if we win tomorrow, that would put us at 11-5, but it would put SF at 11-4-1, plus their division record is better. So am I correct in the assumption that a wildcard is likely the best we can hope for no matter what?


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Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs @ Warriors 2013-05-12
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Guybrush wrote:That's a play we drew up for the last second shot, for the win?! Really?!
You always iso in that situation, I believe. Getting a shot up is equally as important as not letting the other team also get a shot up.
I wanted Curry to iso though. Just because a game winning shot by Curry would be ****ing awesome.
8th ave wrote:Gotta be more efficient than that, Barnes.
Kid took a lot on himself today, while others didn't start getting involved more. He created his own shots, posted up great, he just lucked out a bit with shots, so to say. A lot of them got out, and were really close. Add to that how long he played...kid did good in my book.
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Did watch the game entirely but it looked like the closing minutes they were going to barnes, he has now learned to post up smaller players, and took Giniboli of the dribble for the jumper. I only saw the closing overtime but I liked what I saw from him, plus hitting all his freethrows, and the 10 rebounds was nice also.
shooting 9-26, though, glad I only saw what he did at the end.
shooting 9-26, though, glad I only saw what he did at the end.
What a character win. The team has showed maturity beyond the young players years and the future looks mighty. It is any team's series as it stands right now.
Barnes shot pretty bad, but he stepped up and as I've said beofre, he looks like a star in the making.
Barnes shot pretty bad, but he stepped up and as I've said beofre, he looks like a star in the making.


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Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s.
Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss, Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself.
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Markets are currently up despite the government shutdown in Washington, however, trouble could be brewing if the stalemate continues. Daniel Alpert, Westwood Capital managing partner, joins MoneyBeat with a look at the long-term impact on the economy. Photo: AP.
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Senate majority leader Harry Reid and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell ... both spoke out this morning as talks continue on the budget stalemate in Washington welcome to MoneyBeat I'm Paul vignette is been just over ten half hours since the government shutdown ... after Congress failed to meet the midnight deadline pass a budget more gets ... interesting Lee enough are currently up despite the government shutdown Washington ... however ... trouble could be brewing at the stalemate continues ... joining us to explain everything going on this morning Daniel Alpert ... managing partner at Westwood capital ... although the new book The Egypt oversupply ... overcoming the greatest challenge to the global economy being of thanks for coming in this were to be here ... I'm you look at the market reaction to this yes markets are down pre sharply yesterday in the quarter ... but this morning ... and really no reaction to the actual shutdown itself ... how much does the market need to create tension what's going on Washington by arguably the market did price this and I mean based on yesterday's activity in some while pulling the last two weeks but the fact the matter is is that ... nothing really happens rather than a bunch of people not getting paid which is going to pass through if it's for tracked into GDP statistics fourth-quarter ... who make them very depressed ... but having said that ... the beginning understands that that's that that that's the play ... what's going to happen going forward he is ... that the big political question of of the debt ceiling and that's really going to stop Bell ... every discovered ... by my middle of the monthly milligram I'd you know ... how much of this bring me right now to look a lot of this political theater ... I just for the market has opened its top becoming political theater and at what point does it become something we really need to be concerned well obviously we hit the debt ceiling are a lot of people confusing the debt ceiling with default it's not a default it's as though your ... your paycheck goes down you can still pay the interest on a credit card to scan your laurels are easy ... prey you can afford groceries for it so other cuts need to be made in so that would cut federal spending even further I mean obviously you click to play that out eventually campaign did that but ... um that would never happen ... what this will do that when this is the real All chips on the table kind of that by the Republicans in two ways one is of course ... if God forbid Obamacare ... is successful God forbid the Republican whatever I ... um in a year from now when they hit the midterms they're gone yet right ... but the second thing is ... that really when you push this thing towards the debt ceiling issue ... you're going up ultimately confront the fact that ... they did that they will not be able to continue ... and assume that the president will not exercises executive before you think it's very clear ... he's been ... really keeping that in his back pocket for very very ones at the end of the fourteenth amendment ultimately the president can do what's best for the nation ... and certainly he can order ... the debt ceiling to be ignored ... and and and and things to go on as they as they should ... I've that will ultimately give him a lawsuit will be in from the Supreme Court it some point ... but really it's a shoot first ask questions later and that he and ultimately you do that I believe ... aam and that of course takes the whole debt ceiling issue ... chopped it into the court where Michael wait forever ... well I mean ultimately right ultimately the court will likely rule I believe ... that you can't ... budget ... expenses and then refuse to pay the ... rent not know the markets looking at this order through the prism of history so to the prism of what this means for Fed policy ... but to the historical aspect of this this and all that pesky shutdowns are very temporary ... on ... but this moment time is different from some of those too well because we have we first saw ... him in the nineties we have a government shutdown of the economy was booming was really into an even more moving ... back ... in nineteen ninety six ... so now we're in a situation we have very very tenuous recovery ... in fact we've been pursuing but only available policy because we have no governance in Congress ... the only villain policy being monetary which has really pushed the string at this point we're not getting a lot of bang for the buck ... on for the government for the monastery of purchases prompted the easing ... the Fed felt the need to continue to do it that should send a really strong signal that the Fed is concerned about this recovery ... answer consequently when you when you play that out ... you've got you've got a look at this ... the huge amount of money that's going to be sucked out of the economy ... even temper often ... in terms of payment obviously when people back to work to get their back pay all the stuff ... but this will ... hurt some business activity obviously velocity of money is so slow to appear that anything that slows that stream ... is is that the economy the long run ... course ... globally this is a this is a nightmare I mean we are we we are is a say in my book were fighting the last war the fall of this notion that somehow the private sector's going to rise up create lots of good well paying jobs ... when we've got an enormous oversupply of Libor ... of productive capacity in capital ... it's just not gonna happen and so we need other we need other policies in force even Republicans are not receptive to fight the awkward age of oversupply and that means for thank you for it


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Blake Lively Launching Lifestyle Brand Company!
Blake Lively has announced that she will be launching a new lifestyle brand in the near future!
"It's something that will be launching in a few months and that I'm really, really thrilled about," the 26-year-old actress told Vogue UK. "The main element of it is that it's about storytelling and it's about living a very one-of-a-kind, curated life, and how to achieve that. There's nothing like it out there — it's without a genre."
"I have so many passions outside of acting and things that I grew up being good at and that I don't utilize when acting. Acting was something that my family did so I just kind of got into it by default, but there was so much that I cultivated, thinking that I wouldn't be an actor," Blake added.
Another celebrity who actively works on a lifestyle brand is Gwyneth Paltrow, who runs her site Goop.