ChrisMannixInside The NBA Playing point guard for Larry Brown is not a job for the timid. Oct 31, 2009
But under the tutelage of the man former North Carolina coach Dean Smith once referred to as "the gold standard of point guards," Billups developed into a savvy floor general and NBA Finals MVP.. "As a point guard, he opens your eyes," said Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who played for Brown with the Clippers in 1992. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Researchers question anemia drug benefits Oct 31, 2009
This study design is considered the gold standard of drug trials. It found that patients who took the drug were just as likely as patients taking a placebo to have a heart attack, develop congestive heart failure, progress to end-stage renal disease and need dialysis, or die. (Boston Globe)
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Oct 30, 2009
The production team will celebrate the Nov. 17 release of "The New Gold Standard 2" with a DJ set at the Ghost Ship Halloween bash, with Dutch producers Kraak as co-headliners. Other sensory treats include recycled art, "mutant vehicles" and other weird installations straight out of Burning Man. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Almost the Truth Oct 30, 2009
For many, the cult comedy troupe represents the absolute best in sharp British wit as well as the gold standard in irreverent sketch comedy. For others, Python represents a line they're simply not willing to cross in order to laugh. (IGN FilmForce)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer Oct 30, 2009
The study participants were compared with other groups of rheumatoid arthritis patients, including 61,160 not taking medications, 4,015 taking methotrexate (the gold standard of treatment) and 4,105 taking combinations of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (other than TNF blockers). According to the study authors, 240 first cancers were diagnosed during follow-up among patients who had no history of cancer when they began anti-TNF treatment. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Terps Host Virginia Halloween Night Oct 29, 2009
THE GOLD STANDARD Maryland established several school-records on its way to the national title last season including wins (23) and shutouts (15) in a season as well as a program-best 16-game winning streak ... SEASON SNAPSHOT After establishing the `Gold Standard' in 2008 with an NCAA National Championship, an ACC Tournament title and a school-record 23 wins and 15 shutouts, the Terps have a tall task ahead to repeat the kind of success they achieved just a year ago. (Umterps.com)
ASK DR. H: Needle biopsy should be gold standard Oct 29, 2009
In fact, a panel of leading breast surgeons at the 2009 International Consensus Conference on Image Detected Breast Cancer III unanimously agreed that needle biopsy should be the gold standard for the initial diagnosis of breast abnormalities. Dr. Melvin Silverstein, chairman of 2009 International Consensus Conference, commented that since only 15-20 percent of abnormalities found by mammography turn out to be cancer, a significant number of women with benign lesions are undergoing... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
The One Thing Oct 29, 2009
So you can't go back to the gold standard; you need something to buy stuff with we can't barter forever. So, we have to have money and we have to base it on something. (Fox News)
Ivanka ties the knot Oct 27, 2009
I think Ivanka has is the gold standard for all of the rotten silver spoon brigade. She is a brilliant business person, that handles her self with class and dignity. (The Palm Beach Post)
Week 7 studs, duds & Fantasy Revelations Oct 26, 2009
Fantasy Clicks: Week 7 Revelations - SI.com - Fantasy. Fantasy Football, Fantasy Baseball and More. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
How to learn a language online Oct 25, 2009
The gold standard of computer-based language learning seems to be. Here's what I love: It forces you, like a real situation in a foreign country, to stretch the limits of your understanding but gives you feedback so that you learn and progress. (CNN)
'Apps of the Week: Batter Up!' Oct 25, 2009
Developed by , this is the gold standard of baseball apps. At $10, it better deliver -- and it does. (CNN -- Tech)
* Ale and hearty: Aging Trappist monks pray, work and brew Oct 25, 2009
A gold standard for beer connoisseurs, the Trappist ale in Westmalle Abbey streams through state-of-the-art equipment with not a monk in sight. Its thoroughly in accord with strict criteria X that brewing be carried out within the walls of a Trappist abbey and controlled by monks X but shows the changes wrought on the potent ales by modern life and aging monastic populations. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Ethanol a lifeline in Nebraska Oct 25, 2009
To Nebraska, however, it is the direct source of roughly 1,000 jobs at ethanol production plants across the state, many of them located in small towns where those 40 to 50 plant jobs are the local gold standard. Jeff Shaner said the impact on corn prices from ethanol adds 10 percent to 15 percent to his bottom line, and without a doubt contributed to Nebraska's comparatively low unemployment rate. (CNN)
Sunday Morning: Size Matters Oct 25, 2009
Rita Braver travels to the Duke Diet and Fitness Center, perhaps the gold standard in treating obesity, to examine the latest advances in dealing with an obesity epidemic. Obesity used to be a problem mostly associated with adults. (CBS News)
Sartell controls ball and Warriors Oct 24, 2009
Beating Brainerd, that's the gold standard for us, and we feel great about that. " Sartell received the opening kickoff and breezed 85 yards in four plays, culminating with Jenkins' 44-yard TD pass to tight end Tony Schmitz, which turned out to be the only score of the half. "We get contributions from different people all the time," Ross said. "Our tight end, Tony Schmitz, is a pretty good blocker. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Tracker: Recessions compared Oct 24, 2009
Unemployment more than doubled and the government was forced to abandon the gold standard, to reduce the value of the pound in a bid to aid economic recovery. BACK {current} of {total} NEXT. (BBC News -- Business)
From Top To Bottom Laurence Griffiths/Getty ImagesJean Makoun (bottom left) and Lyon have been sensational, but Steven Gerrard and Liverpool haven't gotten going.It's been a rough go for the traditional powers in the Champions League, while upstarts have been inspirational -- SI.com's Gabriele Marcotti passes out midterm grades for all 32 teams. Oct 23, 2009
Sevilla: Right now, it's the gold standard in the Champions League. A settled team with a clear identity and players who've been together for ages, it's the toast of the Spanish contingent. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Nero's ghost in Istanbul Oct 23, 2009
By 1936, there was no economic power that was still on the gold standard ... John Maynard Keynes formulated his famous plan for an international clearing union that would issue a common reserve currency called "bancor" without calling any individual country to restore the gold standard ... The IMF was created by 44 nations as a critical component of the alternative proposal put forward by White, and was seen to restore the gold standard (albeit with added flexibility to allow slight divergences... (Asia Times Online)
Scientists create NICE solution to pneumonia vaccine testing problems Oct 23, 2009
"NICE obtains results that agree well with manual counting, the current gold standard," says Matthew Clarke, who developed the program algorithm and code in Hwang's group. "There's a mean difference of only 3 percent between the two methods.". (EurekAlert!)
Virtual money of the future Oct 22, 2009
"You'd have a tough job convincing me that the pound (sterling) is any more 'real' than World of Warcraft gold. Where is your starting point? Britain hasn't had a gold standard for the past three generations.". It's not the first time virtual currencies have been mooted as the future of online payments. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Sen. Rockefeller warms to public option compromise Oct 22, 2009
Rockefeller's purported interest in this compromise is notable given his staunch support for the liberal gold standard for the public option: a nationwide program that would pay medical providers based on Medicare rates, a proposal Rockefeller said would save the government more than $50 billion over 10 years. "An opt-out would still save money," Rockefeller said. (TheHill.com)
Since When is Froot Loops a 'Smart Choice'? Oct 22, 2009
The says it will analyze labels to make sure they are not misleading and is hoping to develop a nutritional gold standard for products that manufacturers want to label as healthy. That may not be such a bad move, some experts say. (ABC News)
Dems Try to Put Clamps on Health Insurers Oct 22, 2009
And honestly, schmitty, the dollar started turning to junk when we were taken off the gold standard, long ago. by Orlandojon October 21, 2009 9:55 PM EDT. (CBS News -- Politics)
Do Cancer Screenings, H1N1 Vaccine Work? Oct 22, 2009
" asked Susan from Westchester County, N.Y., via Skype. "Two important things - the gold standard for treating seasonal allergies are a medication called Singulair, which stops the symptoms before they start. So they should ask about Singulair. (CBS News -- Early Show)
The AIDS Vaccine: Modest Results, but a Sign of Hope Oct 22, 2009
At a press conference at the Paris meeting, Dr. Nelson L. Michael, a virologist with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program, which helped run the $105 million trial, defended that statistical analysis, the "modified intent-to-treat, as the gold standard.". Perhaps, but the release of the trial's full data has not quelled the early that bubbled up around it. (Time.com)
'North 40' leads to terror in small town Oct 22, 2009
In a comics landscape where zombies are the topic du jour, one unassuming series is quietly emerging as the gold standard when it comes to tales of horror. North 40 made its debut in July and has been generating fan buzz and critical acclaim ever since. (USA Today -- Life)
Scientists Develop Novel Method To Generate Functional Hepatocytes For Drug Testing Oct 21, 2009
Presently primary human hepatocytes (PHHs) are the 'gold standard' cell type used in predictive drug toxicology. These cells are derived from dead or donor tissue. (Science Daily)
> Foundations research model aims to halve clinical trial time Oct 21, 2009
All of the disease organizations adopted the NIH model as the gold standard. The IP that does get developed doesn t get patented, and if the basic IP isn t protected, it slows things down. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
IPhones boost Apple profit 47% Oct 20, 2009
Analyst Brian Marshall with Broadpoint AmTech Research said the results solidify Apple's reputation as the gold standard among technology companies, achieving huge growth while its peers struggle. "I think it's all about the way the company continues to perform," Marshall said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Wonk Watch 10.19.09 Oct 20, 2009
Paul Krugman us against the gold standard mentality, which, he says, might lead to premature monetary tightening. He cites the cover story in this weeks Barrons that proclaims: Theres no need for short-term rates to remain near zero now that the economy is recovering. (Slate)
Microsoft brings in the new Oct 20, 2009
Not as much as Apple's Mac OS X, which remains the gold standard for mainstream operating systems, but enough that we can recommend it for almost any desktop or laptop in almost any home or business. It even runs like a charm on netbooks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Clinging to misguided mentalities Oct 20, 2009
"One lesson from the Great Depression is that you should never underestimate the destructive power of bad ideas. And some of the bad ideas that helped cause the Depression have, alas, proved all too durable: in modified form, they continue to influence economic debate today. What ideas am I talking about? The economic historian Peter Temin has argued that a key cause of the Depression was what he calls the 'gold-standard mentality'. By this he means not just belief in the sacred importance of... (Asia Times Online)
EBay to get power boost from electric fuel cell system Oct 19, 2009
The site, which is being built to the s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold standard in South Jordan, Utah, will deliver state-of-the-art efficiencies in cooling and power management, as well as in IT infrastructure and software. Mary Duan can be reached at 408. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Drug could provide first treatment for scleroderma Oct 18, 2009
Dr. Spiera said the findings of his open-label study need to be interpreted cautiously, and ultimately corroborated by evidence from a randomized controlled trial, the gold standard of clinical trials. Until now, no drug has been shown to be effective in treating scleroderma in a clinical trial. (EurekAlert!)
White Gold Web ad may woo to the moo Oct 18, 2009
Good news for the dairymen: David and Tiffany said that the Internet commercial met their gold standard -- it was worth the trouble of turning on the computer. They found the rock opera funny and memorable. (Fresno Bee)
Calipari gets welcome at packed Rupp Oct 17, 2009
"It's a vision where we are the gold standard, not just for college basketball but for all college athletics.". Smoke and pyrotechnics filled the air as Calipari -- decked in a gray shirt, not blue -- strolled across a huge stage erected at one end of the arena, flanked by three enormous video boards and surrounded by screaming fans. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Worthwhile shows for kids Oct 17, 2009
This is the gold standard of science-based series. It combines curiosity, ingenuity, science, danger and hosts Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage and Kari Byron (who are more than half the fun) in a series that nearly every channel has tried to rip off - oops, emulate - since. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Soprano family values Oct 16, 2009
Bondy: Joe Girardi gets judged anew against the gold standard of managing. Some classic big screen romances have been set right in NYers' backyards. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
First-of-kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used To Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance Oct 16, 2009
The problem is there is no independent, infallible gold standard to establish conclusions in forensic psychiatry, as there is in most other areas of medicine. If there were some way, however, to measure accuracy without a gold standard, mental health experts might be more credible, Mossman says ... Over the last two decades, statisticians have developed mathematical techniques that in some cases make it possible to estimate diagnostic accuracy without gold standards. (Science Daily)
Washington awash with talent Oct 16, 2009
Long before there were Mariners and Seahawks and before the football team won a Rose Bowl, Washington crew set a gold standard in Seattle. Last Saturday, the four IRA champion boats were honored at halftime of the home game with Arizona, bringing their oars onto the gridiron as 60,000 people watched a HuskyTron video of the boat s massive late push that nipped favored California. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
How Popular Should America Want To Be? Oct 16, 2009
And in the highly unlikely event that U.S. policymakers were willing to make the approval of others the gold standard for successful policymaking, they would still find it impossible to put the pursuit of good international standing first. The reason is simply that others disagree on what the United States should do in order to win their approval. (CBS News)
Chinese herbs may help prevent diabetes Oct 16, 2009
The gold standard for proving a treatment's efficacy is a clinical trial where participants are randomly assigned to receive either the real treatment or a placebo, with both the researchers and participants unaware of who is taking the real drug. Grant's team found that those processes were often absent or not clearly detailed in the trials they reviewed. (MSNBC -- Health)
Ruiz: Keep America's 'store' open to immigrants Oct 15, 2009
Ruiz: If American Dream were a product, it would be the gold standard. Everybody wants to buy the product, but "stockholders" wary of chaos, he says. (CNN -- US)
Great expectations Oct 15, 2009
There are many proponents of gold as a backing for currency and a return to a "gold standard", and there are many other ingenious, but less credible proposals. I propose an entirely different approach, and that is to distinguish between the value standard we use, and the currencies we exchange by reference to the standard. (Asia Times Online)
Gold's true standard bearers Oct 15, 2009
From practically any time since the abandonment of the gold standard against the US dollar in 1973, back when gold was trading at almost any price, you can find the foundation stones of almost any argument you want. For instance, if you bought gold at its previous high of $850 in 1980, holding it through 20 years of price decline to its recent rally would have resulted in you losing almost two-thirds of your initial investment basis through inflation, not to mention your losses through storage... (Asia Times Online)
Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy Shows Advantages, But Also Certain Complications Oct 15, 2009
"Moreover, the widespread direct-to-consumer advertising and marketed benefits of robotic-assisted MIRP in the United States may promote publication bias against studies that detail challenges and suboptimal outcomes early in the MIRP learning curve. Until comparative effectiveness of robotic-assisted MIRP can be demonstrated, open RRP, with a 20-year lead time for dissemination of surgical technique relative to MIRP, remains the gold standard surgical therapy for localized prostate cancer," the... (Science Daily)
Dow crosses 10,000; on the right, crickets chirp Oct 15, 2009
If Opec has their way , we will be going back to the gold standard. In Magic the Gathering this would be an You get your whole deck in your hand till end of turn and all lands tapped , then the bubble pops as the reality of the fact there are no more cards to draw and you lose, that s the US econ at the moment. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Some college stars exceed expectations Oct 15, 2009
Tar Heels freshman defensive end Donte Paige-Moss even received the sites' gold standard -- a five-star rating. Highsmith was one of about a half-dozen players in North Carolina's class rated with two stars. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Feminism Ruined Womens' Lives? Not Really Oct 15, 2009
Happiness is, of course, a subjective state, but suicide is a cold, hard fact, and the suicide rate has been the gold standard of misery since sociologist Emile Durkheim wrote the book on it in 1897. As Stevenson and Wolfers report -- somewhat sheepishly, we must imagine -- "contrary to the subjective well-being trends we document, female suicide rates have been falling, even as male suicide rates have remained roughly constant through most of our sample [1972-2006]." Women may get the blues;... (CBS News)
Graymark Healthcare Announces Partnership With Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Edmond Based State of the Art Sleep Diagnostic Center Oct 15, 2009
Dr. Gasbarra is Board Certified in Sleep Medicine, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine and Critical Care and provides the Oklahoma City community with a comprehensive, gold standard of care. Nocturna also has the benefit of its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kevin Lewis, a Board Certified doctor in Sleep Medicine, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine and Critical Care. (Primezone Releases)
Democracy 2.0 Oct 14, 2009
gov remains the "gold standard". In the UK, part of the impetus has come from the reverberations of the row over MPs' expenses. (BBC News -- Technology)
Bans 'do not cut abortion rate' Oct 14, 2009
Western Europe is held up as an example of what access to contraceptive services can achieve, and the Netherlands - with just 10 abortions per 1,000 women compared to the world's 29 per 1,000 - is held up as the gold standard. Ensuring women have the means to end their pregnancies is not liberating them. (BBC News -- Health)
TPAC presents world-famous Mariachi Vargas Saturday Oct 14, 2009
Mariachi Vargas has been called the best mariachi band in the world and the gold standard of Mexican folk music. The ensemble s history, musicianship and influence are unparalleled, said Kathleen OBrien, TPAC s president and chief executive officer. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
The gold standard at more than $1,000 Oct 14, 2009
Investors setting gold standard at over $1,000 an ounce. Search post-gazette. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Gold Has Shown Its Mettle, but How High Can It Go? Oct 13, 2009
FILE - In this May 13, 2008 file photo, gold standard bars are piled up at the gold smelter company. FILE - In this May 13, 2008 file photo, gold standard bars are piled up at the gold smelter company Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, Switzerland. (ABC News -- Wire)
The Gold Standard Announces Launch of Mobile Long Island Gold Buying Service Oct 13, 2009
With the highest payouts for gold in New York and 6 Long Island locations, The Gold Standard has risen to become New York's #1 buyer of gold and jewelry ... Showing commitment to exceptional customer service, The Gold Standard will now make house calls to customers selling broken, old, unused, or unwanted gold for cash ... With over 75 years of history in the jewelry industry, The Gold Standard bases its business on the strategy of providing each customer a safe and secure transaction, friendly... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
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The Gold Standard Announces Launch of Mobile Long Island Gold Buying Service - Yahoo ... The Gold Standard Announces Launch of Mobile Long Island Gold Buying Service ... With the highest payouts for gold in New York and 6 Long Island locations, The Gold Standard has risen to become New York's #1 buyer of gold and jewelry. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Terps Trek to Georgetown Tuesday Oct 13, 2009
THE GOLD STANDARD Maryland established several school-records on its way to the national title last season including wins (23) and shutouts (15) in a season as well as a program-best 16-game winning streak ... SEASON SNAPSHOT After establishing the `Gold Standard' in 2008 with an NCAA National Championship, an ACC Tournament title and a school-record 23 wins and 15 shutouts, the Terps have a tall task ahead to repeat the kind of success they achieved just a year ago. (Umterps.com)
An inconvenient admission Oct 13, 2009
Understand, there has been no greater media proponent of climate alarmism than the BBC. Its reach may not be as great in the U.S., but elsewhere in the English-speaking world it s considered the gold standard for journalism. If even the Beeb is now grudgingly acknowledging that other viewpoints on the issue may have some legitimacy after to deny this possibility in the past then perhaps we can finally have a rational debate. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Remaking Jesus in their own image Oct 13, 2009
Jesus was a monarchist who, most likely, favored the gold standard for every nation. Anything that smacked of socialism would have offended His free-market sensibilities -- according to the folks at the right-wing Web site Conservapedia. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
UBS Account Amnesty Deadline Adds Need for Therapy to Lawyer Consultations Oct 13, 2009
They were concerned about the U.S. abandoning the gold standard in the 70s, Sharp said. Some people were concerned about the Soviet threat. (Bloomberg -- US)
Selecting for BRCA1 testing using a combination of homogeneous selection criteria and immunohistochemical characteristics of breast cancers Oct 11, 2009
The BRCA1 molecular analysis, including Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA), was considered as the gold standard assay. Results. (BioMed Central)
When food doesn't 'SUIT' you Oct 10, 2009
Finally, a double blind placebo-controlled food challenge test - the gold standard for identifying food allergies - was done. In this, neither the doctor nor the patient knew what they were given to eat. (India Times, India)
Barrett-Jackson confirms Orange County auction Oct 10, 2009
Barrett-Jackson is the gold standard of collector car auctions, said Steve Beazley, CEO of the OC Fair & Event Center. In addition to being a signature event, we anticipate the auction having a positive impact on our local economy and tourism. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
