關於 get consensus ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

疫情跟我們共識的渡過了超過一年多了！
此刻請大家不要恐慌，因為很多國家都很努力的在幫人民注射疫苗了，如果還沒輪到你的話，請大家給點耐心和等待，一定會注射到的，不要太過於擔心，更不要批評或是氣餒。
在這個時候大家應該互相體諒，互相加油！

The covid epidemic has passed our consensus for more than a year!
Please don’t panic at this moment, because many countries are working hard to vaccinate the people. If it’s not your turn, please be patient and wait. You will definitely get the shot. Don’t worry too much, let alone criticize. Or discouraged.
At this time everyone should be considerate of each other and cheer for each other!

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目前新冠肺炎疫苗在全球的施打已經超過一億劑，我們期待新冠肺炎病毒感染的速率持續的緩和，能讓世界各地的生活盡快恢復正常，然而國外也陸續傳來施打疫苗後產生不良反應的案例，針對接種疫苗的利弊風險，各國的政府和專案也開始有許多討論。

在台灣，AZ疫苗已經開打幾週了，在這段期間有很多病人問我能不能去接種AZ 疫苗，我想從一位婦產科醫師的角度出發，跟大家分享自己的觀點，讓大家在跟醫師們討論需不需要接種時，能先有初步的觀念。

AZ疫苗可能造成的不良反應

目前國際上接種AZ 疫苗後出現嚴重不良反應的案例有兩種最受矚目：一種是嚴重的過敏反應；另外一種則是凝血過多或不足的反應。

這兩種不良反應的發生率都小於10萬分之一，很難在疫苗臨床試驗階段被發掘出來，因此只能在疫苗流通到市場後，依靠健全的通報系統蒐集更完整的數據，才有機會分析疫苗與不良反應之間的關聯。

以嚴重過敏反應來說，任何疫苗都可能因為載體的關係產生嚴重的過敏反應，所以病人在施打疫苗過後的30分鐘內，一定要留在施打的醫療院所接受觀察。AZ疫苗中使用的為Polysorbate80 或類似的分子，如果你之前曾經因為接種疫苗而有過敏反應，應該要在接種前詢問醫師AZ疫苗的載體與該次引起過敏的疫苗載體是否相同，以利避免風險。

另外一種不良反應與與血液相關，這一點比較受爭議。在2500多萬個施打的個案中，出現86 個血液異常的不良反應，大部份的這些個案都是女性而且發生在施打的頭2個禮拜。德國、法國和義大利等20幾個國家因此一度暫停施打AZ疫苗，雖然機率不大，但誰都不想冒這個險。但有些歐洲國家和澳洲最近又恢復施打，但建議50歲以下接種其他疫苗 (也有國家說30歲以下) 原因是不同專家對於這些異常凝血的不良反應與AZ疫苗的相關性有不同的見解。

婦女接種AZ疫苗前宜停看聽

對於目前正在服用避孕藥或女性荷爾蒙的女性來說，施打AZ疫苗會不會增加血栓的風險呢? 坦白說，目前資訊還不是非常完整，所以我暫時無法評論，但後續會密切注意最新的研究報告，有進一步消息，會再跟大家分享。

對於目前正在備孕，或是即將成為準媽媽的女性來說，更是需要持續追蹤這款疫苗的不良反應，因為如果病患在懷孕期間不幸感染新冠肺炎，因此發生嚴重呼吸道疾病的機率高達未孕女性的3倍，而且因為媽媽發燒或肺炎病毒造成胎兒發育不良的機率也大幅增高。相對的，在AZ臨床試驗中施打疫苗後發現懷孕的女性約有一萬人，正接受持續的密切追蹤，截至目前為止尚無證據顯示AZ疫苗會對母親或胎兒健康造成嚴重影響。這些案例和研究資訊告訴我們，女性朋友們在施打這個疫苗前更需要審慎的個別的情況，才能跟醫師有充份的溝通和討論。

誰該接種AZ疫苗?誰需要小心?

那麼在實務上究竟應不應該建議接種AZ疫苗呢?我認為決定的因素有幾個:

病人接觸新冠肺炎的風險
台灣目前沒有社區感染，感染病毒的機會並不高，只是境外移入仍存在風險，短期來說，若是爆發社區感染才開始接種疫苗，也需要等三個禮拜以上才能形成有效地保護力。而長遠來說，國人還是需要接種疫苗達到一定比率才能安全的開放國門。若是因為工作需要出國的朋友，就應該依目的地的盛行率做決定，像是在歐美地區，接種疫苗的好處明顯的大於壞處；而像我一樣的醫護人員，在工作上比較有可能接觸到病毒帶原者，感染的風險也會較高，也應該考慮接種疫苗，增加保護力。

病人是否罹患慢性病
研究顯示有高血壓、糖尿病或BMI >30的病患在感染新冠肺炎病毒後，更容易而產生嚴重的呼吸道疾病，因為健康上的風險高，上述慢性病的病患也可以考慮接種疫苗。若有上述問題但懷孕的婦女，則應與婦產科醫師討論其利弊。

備孕或懷孕中的婦女
接種AZ疫苗後，有超過半數的人反應接種處疼痛、倦怠或頭痛的問題，而且大約有1成的人會發燒，雖然這些不良反應都是暫時的，很快就會消失，若希望盡可能避免懷孕初期發燒的情況，計劃懷孕或孕期中的女性可以考慮懷孕初期避開接種疫苗。有些證據顯示若接種第一劑後懷孕，在生產後才接種第二劑也能提供相同的保護，不需再重打第一劑。若孕期間接種其他疫苗如百日咳與流感疫苗則與AZ疫苗的施打需考慮間隔約兩個禮拜。

接種AZ疫苗有利有弊，除了關切衛福部及相關專家提出的建議，我們也可以就自己目前的狀態先想一想，在做決定前停看聽，如果有其他的問題，千萬別忘了跟你的醫師作討論喔！

The global “COVID-vaccinated” population has reached 100 million. In the process of reaching herd immunity via mass vaccination, more rare but serious adverse effects from these vaccines are being reported in the mass media. Discussions about the safety of vaccines arevigorous at both government and the community levels.

The AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine has been used for COVID vaccination in Taiwan for a few weeks now. Many of my patients asked me if they are suitable for vaccination. So here I would like to share my thoughts with you as an obstetrician and gynaecologist.

Adverse reactions associated with the AZ vaccine

There are two types of adverse reactions being discussed the most in the international community: severe allergic reactions and blood-clotting problems. Both of these adverse reactions occur in the order of one in ten thousand, which were difficult to discover during the clinical trial stage. Therefore most of the data we see now are an accumulation of real-time data as we proceed with global vaccination.

The severe allergic reaction (such as anaphylaxis) can occur with any medication being administered to the human body. For vaccines it is usually the vehicle or the excipients molecule with which it is used to carry the active vaccine that incites the allergic reactions. Polysorbate 80 is a suspected culprit excipient used in the AZ vaccine. So if one has had severe allergic reaction in other vaccines that uses polysorbate 80 as its vehicles then it is possible the person can also be allergic to the AZ vaccine.

The abnormal blood-clotting reactions associated with the AZ vaccines are being discussed vigorously in both the scientific community and the media. In about 25 million recipients of the AZ vaccine, 86 cases of serious abnormal blood-clotting cases were reported by March 2021. Most cases occur within first 2 weeks of vaccination and most are women. Although the AZ vaccination was temporarily stopped in some European countries earlier in March, it has resumed since with some countries recommend vaccination in those 50 yo or above (some say 30 or above). Currently there is no international consensus amongst the experts.

Many professional bodies of obstetrics and gynaecology around the world have issued statements regarding vaccination against COVID19 in women planning pregnancy or breast feeding. Thus far most have only cautioned against the vaccination if there is serious concurrent comorbidities such as those who are immunocompromised or organ transplant. There does not seem to have report of additional risks of the vaccination during pregnancy. There is insufficient evidence to conclude if oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy are risk factors for developing vaccine-related blood clotting events. More time and data are required to tell.

So should women receive the AZ vaccine? These factors should be considered and discussed with your doctors.

Risk of contracting COVID
Contracting COVID during pregnancy is associated with 3-fold risk of serious complications. So immunisation against COVID should be prioritised if the area you live in carries high risk of infection.

Underlying chronic conditions
For those with hypertension, diabetes or high BMI, because higher risk of COVID related complications are expected, vaccination might offer risk-reducing benefits. but in women with diabetes or high BMI where high risk pregnancy is expected, one should discuss the risks and benefits with your own obstetrician.

Pregnancy
More than half of recipients will get injection site pain and about 10% will develop a fever. To avoid fever during early pregnancy one can avoid getting vaccination during this period. If one has become pregnant after the first dose, there is evidence that receiving a second dose after pregnancy still offers protection against COVID. for those who need flu or whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy, one should consider taking the COVID vaccine 2 weeks apart from the other vaccines.

Like all medicines/procedures, decision to receive the AZ vaccination is individualised based on the benefits and risks associated. It is important to review government updates on vaccination and this article hopefully provides some framework on which women can consult their physicians when considering the AZ vaccination.

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● Call a/the meeting 召開會議
✓ I would like to call a meeting to discuss the issue.
我想召開會議來討論這個議題。

● Open a/the meeting 開始會議
✓ “Since everyone is here, let’s get started!” is a good phrase to open a meeting.
「既然大家都到齊了，那我們就開始吧！」這句話是很好的會議開場白。

● Close/End a/the meeting 結束會議
✓ And on that note, we will close today’s meeting.
今天的會議就到這邊結束。

● Meeting minutes 會議記錄
✓ Can someone take today’s meeting minutes?
有人可以做今天的會議紀錄嗎？

● Reach a consensus 達成共識
✓ It seems that we’ve reached a consensus.
看來我們已經達成共識。

LYRIC
每天要把筆換到左手讓吉米寫四個字
Every day throw the pen to my left hand
Let Jimi write some words

讓吉米和瑪莉均衡一下均衡一下!!
Let Jimi and Mary have some balance~ have some balance~

我的上半身是男人下半身是女人
My upper part is a man, lower part is a woman

左半身是吉米.右半身是MARY
Left half is Jimi, right half is Mary

JIMI PLAY DRUMS ,MARY他PLAY GUITAR.
JIMI PLAYS DRUMS, MARY PLAYS GUITAR.


這樣的事其實不是很反常常常還覺得不夠
Actually it's not unusual
Sometimes not enough

早上吃素晚上吃牛排去抗議地球暖化晚上開冷氣
Greens for breakfast and steaks for supper
Protest for the warming and turn on the A/C at night

我的男人左手今天驚訝的發現.
My male left hand today found that

發現它愛上了自己的左腳
He falls in love with his left foot

左半身說喝吧右半身說不啦
The Left says drink it
The Right says I WONT

隨手捻來就是帥雖然有時沒有共識
Doing nothing but still looking good
Sometimes no CONSENSUS

整個人看起來歪七扭八歪七扭八!!
The body looks twisted~ twisted~

我的上半身她嗑了整個下半身就癱了
My upper have some turbo and lower body stoned

左手握著拳頭右手捏著奶頭
Left hand clenched
Right hand holding nipple

躺一下再說吧有個負責擦屁股的
Just rest, there is one to deal with the aftermath

在這個世界上我最愛自己不過JIMI和MARY恨我
In this world I love myself the most but Jimi and Mary hate me

沒差,反正就我們三個吧其他人都去死
Alright, only us is enough, everyone else go die~ go die go die~

我自己和我自己還有我自己組團和自己裡的自己和我自己對話
I play with me and I and me and I and talk with me and I and I in me and I

JIMI PLAY DRUMS, MARY PLAY GUITAR.
JIMI PLAY DRUMS, MARY PLAY GUITAR.

*當雙面人就很辛苦了現在還得當三面人
It's hard to be a double man and now I have to be a triple man

有好處的時候我們是一體的
We are one when there is benefit

但不要忘記我們只是你身體裡的兩個念頭
But don't forget we are only two thoughts in your body

有麻煩的時候可是沒辦法幫你呦
Cannot help when you get into troubles

好好加油吧你在爛掉之前多弄點爽的來吧
Come on, cheer up, get some high before messing it up

我自己和我自己還有我自己還有我自己還有我自己還有我自己還有我自己還有我自己
Me and I and Me and I and Me and I and Me and I and Me and I myself and Me and me

JIMI&MARY JIMI&MARY JIMI&MARY
JIMI&MARY JIMI&MARY JIMI&MARY
JIMI&MARYJIMI&MARYYYYYYYYYY!

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It's too bad that St. John's, because of the Big East's new divisional alignment, plays Georgetown only once this season. Allen Iverson seems to bring out the best in Felipe Lopez, and the two guards on the same court seem to make for some quintessential college basketball moments.

Consider this: Lopez, of the Red Storm, going one on one against the Hoyas' Iverson, with the game, perhaps, in the balance. Yesterday, Lopez won that battle, and though Iverson won quite a few others, it was St. John's that won the game.

Iverson (39 points, 1 shy of his career high) played marvelously at Madison Square Garden, especially during a 23-point first-half outburst. But finally, with an up-tempo pace to his liking, Lopez delivered his finest performance in what has been an up-and-down sophomore season.

Lopez scored 25 points, 2 shy of his season high, to go with 9 rebounds, not to mention many crisp passes. His teammate, Zendon Hamilton, fouled out with 20 points and 9 rebounds.

Lopez and Hamilton proved to be too much for Iverson's one-man show, as St. John's played one of its finest games of a so-far erratic season, upsetting sixth-ranked Georgetown, 83-72, before 13,882 fans.

"That's my game, basically," Lopez said. "Up tempo." And in control.

If one play could have summed up the contest's outcome, it came with just over five minutes to play and St. John's leading by 9. The Red Storm cleared out for Lopez, who was being guarded near the halfcourt line by Iverson. The crowd sensed the drama and the shot clock ticked away. Lopez feinted, drove and dished to Derek Brown in the right corner. Brown's 3-pointer gave the Red Storm a 12-point lead. Georgetown would never get closer than 9 the rest of the way.

"I see it every day in practice," said Brown, when asked if he had ever seen Lopez pass that well. "You guys just haven't seen it."

Coach Brian Mahoney wouldn't mind seeing more of it. The game had to leave Mahoney, his players and their fans wondering which was the real Red Storm: the St. John's team (8-8, 2-6 Big East) that thoroughly dominated Louisville and Georgetown (17-3, 7-2) here at the Garden, or the one that has been mostly disappointing the rest of this season.

"In the Big East, there are a lot of bumps along the way," Mahoney said. "I probably know better than anyone. This was a big one."

Georgetown now has lost two games on the Madison Square Garden floor this season, the other to Arizona in the championship game of the Preseason National Invitation Tournament. But the Georgetown-St. John's game didn't figure to be very close: The Red Storm had lost its last three games coming in and had not defeated an opponent ranked this high since the 1991-92 season.

"If you saw our practice yesterday, you wouldn't have slept," Mahoney said.

Despite Iverson's performance, St. John's hung tough and trailed by only 38-35 at halftime.

Iverson was everywhere. The whirlwind 6-foot sophomore had 19 points at the half, 4 shy of his season average of 23.4. He outleaped, out-hustled and outworked everybody on the floor, generating an extra surge of energy in the building.

"I enjoy coming here and playing," said Iverson, who scored 40 points in the loss to Arizona here. "I love the whole atmosphere. I like it when the crowd's into it. I'm looking forward to coming back."

There was Iverson's reverse alley-oop six minutes in. And his one-hand tomahawk jam. There were his floaters from all over the court. And there was a steal near the end of the half, followed by a coast-to-coast rush, ending with a layup to cap a 7-0 run and give Georgetown a 36-29 lead with 2 minutes 42 seconds to play.

The first half was like some sort of high school all-star game. And it was very evident that the pace was something Lopez liked.

The consensus high school player of the year two seasons ago seemed to thrive on the challenges thrust forward by Iverson.

Said Lopez: "A lot of people have to make it a Lopez-Iverson type of game, which it isn't. But yeah, I was pumped up even though I have been struggling. There are a lot of times when you want to take it personally. But you have to stay within the system. There was a time when I would have thought I had to outscore him for me to play well. But when I feel in the flow, I don't feel I have to shoot every time. Today, I was feeling like that."

St. John's looked finished near the end of the half. But the Red Storm rallied and went into the break with a chance. And, at least on this day, St. John's seemed to have all the answers and took advantage of the opportunity.

For those who were there at McDonough Gymnasium on August 4, 1994, few will forget the arrival of a 6-0 freshman guard who needed no introduction. The rumors of Allen Iverson's arrival to the Kenner Summer League were true, and by game's end, Iverson had scored 40 points. By the Sunday afternoon final, before an overflow crowd inside the gym and a crowd of those outside who could not get in, Iverson finished a combined 99 point effort in three days against some of the best collegiate talent in the city. This, of course, from a player that had not played organized basketball in over a year.

The Allen Iverson years had begun.

A brief profile can't do justice to tell the story of one of the greatest pure athletes ever to attend Georgetown, a man without peer in his talent over two years at the collegiate level. Just a year before his Kenner debut, few would have imagined Allen Iverson ever playing college basketball.

Iverson was not only a 31 point a game guard for Bethel HS, but a football player of tremendous skill. As a quarterback and defensive back his sophomore season, he produced nearly 1,600 yards offense and 13 INT's. By his junior year, he accounted for 2,204 yards, 21 touchdowns by rush or interception, and 14 touchdown passes. In a region which has produced NFL quarterbacks such as Michael Vick and Aaron Brooks, there are those who will still say "Bubbachuck" Iverson was better than both of them. Schools such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and three dozen other top programs across two sports were vying for perhaps the greatest two-sport star the Tidewater had ever produced.

When he led Bethel to the state title, someone asked what it was like to win the title. "I'm going to get one in basketball now," which he did. In late February, 1993, en route to the state title he had promised, Iverson was one of a large group of Bethel teammates at a Hampton bowling alley when a fight broke out between students from rival schools trading racial insults. Three people were hurt in the aftermath. Despite conflicting testimony from eyewitnesses and no clear evidence linking him to the crime, Iverson was one of four black students arrested.

Racial tensions were heightened when the prosecutors passed on a misdemeanor assault charge and charged Iverson with three counts of felony "maiming by mob", which carried a 20 year prison sentence. Despite video evidence which did not place Iverson in the crowd at the time of the fight, he was convicted in a racially charged case.

The 20 year sentence was later reduced to five, and Iverson was granted clemency by Gov. Douglas Wilder three months later, sending Iverson to a detention program at an alternative high school. (The original charges were thrown out by the Virginia court of appeals in 1995.)

In the spring of 1994, with Iverson still in detention, his mother approached John Thompson with a plea to help her son get to college and start a new chapter of his life. Though Thompson had passed on a number of troubled players in the past, he offered Iverson a scholarship in April of that season, contingent upon his completion of high school and his legal release, which was granted 48 hours before his Kenner debut.

By his debut in a Georgetown uniform in November 1994, Iverson had been the subject of intense national media attention. In the Hoyas' annual exhibition with Fort Hood, Iverson scored 36 points, five assists, and three steals in 23 minutes. Local columnists were in awe.

"Hang his number up in the rafters," wrote Tom Knott of the Washington Times. "He's better than most of the point guards in the NBA right now."

"I saw Lew Alcindor, Austin Carr, Moses Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Albert King, Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing play in high school," said the Post's Thomas Boswell. "Now, I have two memories on my first impression top shelf. The man who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Allen Iverson."

Iverson opened the 1994-95 season in Memphis, TN in a 97-79 loss to defending NCAA champion Arkansas, scoring 19 points. Six days later, he scored 31 in a nationally televised game with DePaul, followed by 30 four days later against Providence, leading the team in scoring 22 times that season. His only game under double figures for the season (and his career) was a game where he played only ten minutes in a loss at Villanova, a game Georgetown coach John Thompson threatened to forfeit when a group of Villanova students paraded through the Spectrum in black and white-striped prison garb, with a sign comparing Iverson to O.J. Simpson.

"You accept certain ribbing, but there is a line," Thompson said after the game. "I can condone any Christian university sitting and watching that happen...If that happens [again], I going to walk. It that simple." Such fan behavior was not seen thereafter.

Later in the season, with President Bill Clinton in attendance, Iverson scored 26 as the Hoyas routed Villanova, 77-52. He followed it up with 21 to beat Syracuse, 28 versus St. John's, 31 in a Big East tournament opener with Miami (a game that saw Iverson outscore the entire Hurricane team at the end of the first half), and 27 versus Connecticut in the semis. In the NCAA regional, he scored 24 in the loss, but held Jeff McInnis to 1 for 8 shooting. By season's end, Allen Iverson had been named Big East Player of the Week nine times, Rookie of the Year, a second team all-conference selection, and honorable mention All-America recipient. Having led the Hoyas in points and steals en route to the school's first NCAA regional appearance since 1989, Iverson was already a star. By 1996, he would become nothing less than a sensation.

The leaser of a talented team that featured four future NBA stars, Allen Iverson dominated the 1995-96 season as no Hoya has done before or since. Adept at the crossover dribble that became his NBA trademark, lightning quick to the basket, and able to score on opponents at will, Iverson was largely unstoppable. Even more impressive was an effort to improve his shooting touch, for despite averaging 20.4 points as a freshman in 1994-95 (2nd all time for a Georgetown rookie), Iverson only shot 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three, and 19 percent from three in Big East play. For his sophomore season, his field shooting increased to 48 percent, his three point mark to 36 percent. The results were striking.

In the pre-season NIT versus Temple, Iverson shot 50 percent for 24 points and a career high 10 rebounds. After a 23 point effort against Georgia Tech, he scored a career high 40 against Arizona, one of two 40+ point games that season. In Big East play, Iverson could ring up points with ease, such as the game where he scored 21 points in only 20 minutes against Rutgers.

In the final three months of the season, Iverson led the team in 21 of the team's 25 games: 40 against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence. He scored 30 in a wild win over Memphis, and followed it up two nights later with 26 in an upset of #3 Connecticut. For the game, Iverson totalled 26 points, 8 steals, and 6 assists, including a soaring dunk past Ray Allen and the Huskies. It was the highest ranked team any Georgetown team had defeated since 1988. His best performance of the season might have been a 37 point, 8 rebound, and three steal effort against #6 ranked Villanova, playing only 27 minutes. The 106-68 win represents the sixth largest margin of victory and the largest margin ever by a Georgetown team against a top 10 opponent.

Iverson was capable of an off game; unfortunately, two came at particularly inopportune times for the Hoyas' hopes for a national title. Entering the 1996 Big East Final with a #1 seed on the line, Iverson shot 4 for 15 and the Hoyas lost by one, 76-75. As a result of the loss, Georgetown was seeded #2 behind top ranked UMass, and in the regional final between the two teams Iverson struggled with a 6 for 21 effort in the loss. For the season, though, his statistics were astonishing: his 926 points broke the then-record by 124 points. He set new single season marks in field goals, field goal attempts, three pointers, three point attempts, steals, minutes, and scoring average (25.0), the latter of which ranked 7th in the nation that season. The Big East's defensive player of the year, he was named a consensus All-American amidst numerous other awards.

If he could somehow have stayed four years, Iverson undoubtedly would have shredded the Georgetown record books. But whatever hopes existed for Iverson to resist the lure of the NBA were short lived, particularly with the news that one of his sisters had fallen ill. Seeing the opportunity to take care of his family's medical needs, Iverson announced for the NBA draft soon after the end of his sophomore season, becoming the first Georgetown player in the Thompson era to do so. The compact that had bound so many great Hoya players to a four year commitment--from Ewing to Williams, Mourning to Mutombo--had now been broken.

The first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, Iverson signed a $3.9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and a ten year, $50 million deal with Reebok. His effort on the court is well known and respected, but for all the media portrayals of Iverson as the anti-hero, an icon of a "Hip Hop Nation" that ran counter to the NBA's carefully constructed marketing image, or as a symbol of all that is allegedly wrong in professional basketball, he remains remarkably well-grounded.

Married for six years and the father of two, Iverson is fiercely loyal to his teammates and to his childhood friends. He considered it an honor to play for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 when other NBA stars passed on the offer, and maintains a number of charity events to benefit his local community. In comparison to his NBA career, his years at Georgetown were largely free of the intense media and personal scrutiny, providing at least two years where he could grow as a person as well as a basketball player.

His arrival and exit at Georgetown is still a source of debate in some circles, but his performance on the court is not. Allen Iverson found a home, even briefly, at the Hilltop, and remains one of its brightest stars. "In my heart, I know I'm a basketball player," Iverson said following his 2006 NBA trade, "being that I know I can play with the best of them."

From that first Kenner League game on 1994, no one has doubted it since.