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WASHINGTON How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal for them?
With the nation still split about President Barack Obamas health-care law, the administration has turned to the science of mass marketing for help in understanding the lives of uninsured people, hoping to craft winning pitches for a surprisingly varied group in society.
The laws supporters will have to make the sale in the run-up to an election the 2014 midterms. Already, Republicans are hoping for an Obamacare flop that helps them gain control of the Senate, while Democrats are eager for the public to finally embrace the Affordable Care Act, bringing political deliverance.
It turns out Americas more than 48 million uninsured people are no monolithic mass. A marketing analysis posted online by the federal Health and Human Services Department reveals six distinct groups, three of which appear critical to the success or failure of the program.
Theyre the Healthy & Young, comprising 48 percent of the uninsured, the Sick, Active & Worried, (29 percent of the uninsured), and the Passive & Unengaged (15 percent).
The Healthy & Young take good health for granted, are tech-savvy, and have low motivation to enroll. The Sick, Active & Worried are mostly Generation X and baby boomers, active seekers of health-care information and worried about costs. The Passive & Unengaged group is mostly 49 and older, lives for today, and doesnt understand much about health insurance.
The challenge for the administration is obvious: signing up lots of the Healthy & Young, as well as the Passive & Unengaged, to offset the higher costs of covering the sick and worried.
Uninsured middle-class Americans will be able to sign up for subsidized private health plans through new insurance markets in their states starting Oct.1. Uninsured poor people will be steered to safety-net programs such as Medicaid.
Coverage under the law takes effect Jan. 1. Thats also when the legal requirement that most Americans carry health insurance goes into force. Insurance companies will be barred from turning the sick away or charging them more.
The new law is mainly geared to the uninsured and to people who buy coverage directly from insurance companies. Most Americans in employer plans are not expected to see major changes.
Administration officials say they see an opportunity to change the national debate about health care. They want to get away from shouting matches about the role of government and start millions of practical conversations about new benefits that can help families and individuals.
The HHS marketing materials reveal some barriers to getting the uninsured to embrace the law.
The Healthy & Young lead busy lives and tend to be procrastinators. Plus, why would they need health insurance if theyre full of vigor? The Passive & Unengaged fear the unknown and have difficulty navigating the health-care system. The Sick, Active & Worried dread making wrong decisions.
Marketing for the new system will start this summer, going into high gear during the fall after premiums and other plan information becomes public.
Theres already widespread concern that the new coverage costs too much, because of a combination of sicker people joining the pool and federal requirements that insurers offer more robust benefits. A recent study by the Society of Actuaries forecast sticker shock, estimating that insurers will have to pay an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies.
The administration says such studies are misleading because they dont take into account parts of the law that offset costs to individuals and insurance companies, along with other provisions that promote competition and increase oversight of insurance rates.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says Democrats have been predicting for years that Americans would learn to love the health-care overhaul and that has not happened. McConnell had his picture taken next to a 7-foot stack of Obamacare regulations recently to underscore his disdain.
I agree that it will be a big issue in 2014, said McConnell. I think it will be an albatross around the neck of every Democrat who voted for it. They are going to be running away from it, not toward it.


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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor may also do a mental health evaluation and search for physical causes of depression. These findings will be used to make the diagnosis. There is no blood test or specific diagnostic test for depression.
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- Thoughts of death or suicide
- Family members who have or have had depression
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- Physical exam—Your doctor will give you a thorough physical exam. Certain medications, as well as some conditions, can cause the same symptoms as depression. Your doctor can rule out these possibilities through a physical exam, interview, and lab tests. The physical exam may include a mental status exam to determine if your speech, thought patterns, or memory have been affected. This may indicate a neurological cause of depression.
- Psychological evaluation—A psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or mental health counselor can give you a psychological exam. You may take a special screening test for depression, such as the Beck Depression Inventory or the Hamilton Rating Scale. These tests have limitations however, and must be interpreted in the context of your symptoms and personal situation.
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Can someone please tell me why everyone wants Demar traded NOW that we have Gay, without having to trade our best wing player before the deal? I'm a little shocked at the number of posters wanting to get Derozan out of town. I get the fact for that it is to trade for a guy like Milsap, but if BC can get Rudy Gay for Ed Davis and Calderon WITHOUT Derozan and Ross, he sure as hell can get a deal involving Bargnani + player without that player being Derozan/Ross.
Some posters calling him a waste of cap space? C'mon now, he's arguably having his best season as a pro, only 23 years old too. Him and Rudy Gay can really do well if they co-exist, which is likely because Derozan isn't an ego unlike many of the other scorers in the league.


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According to the New York Times, Falcon 1 Flight 3 failed to reach
orbit. Reports say that around two minutes into the flight the rocket was seen
to be oscillating before the live signal from an on-board camera went dead and
the rocket was lost.
Mission Manager Max Vozoff and launch commentator said, "We are hearing
from the launch control center that there has been an anomaly on that
vehicle." SpaceX's Elon Musk wrote in a blog post on Saturday at the
SpaceX website, "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit
on this flight [Falcon 1, Flight 3]. On the plus side, the flight of our
first stage, with the new Merlin 1C engine that will be used in Falcon 9, was
picture perfect. Unfortunately, a problem occurred with stage separation,
causing the stages to be held together. This is under investigation and I
will send out a note as soon as we understand exactly what happened."
Musk continued writing, "The most important message I'd like to send
right now is that SpaceX will not skip a beat in execution going forward.
We have flight four of Falcon 1 almost ready for flight and flight five right
behind that. I have also given the go ahead to begin fabrication of
flight six. Falcon 9 development will also continue unabated, taking into
account the lessons learned with Falcon 1. We have made great progress
this past week with the successful nine engine firing."
Falcon 1 Flight 3 is not the first failure for SpaceX. DailyTech
reported in March 2006 that the first
Falcon 1 flight failed 20 seconds after liftoff. It was later determined
that the failure of the rocket was due to a fuel line leak. In March 2007, DailyTech
reported that the second
Falcon 1 flight had failed about five minutes into launch.
The payload on Falcon 1 Flight 3 was varied and included the Trailblazer
satellite developed for the Jumpstart Program from the Department of Defense's
Operationally Responsive Space ORS Office. Two small NASA satellites were also
onboard Falcon 1 Flight 3 including PRESat -- a micro laboratory for the Ames
Research Center -- and the NanoSail-D -- a test project to study propulsion for
space vehicles using an ultra-thin solar sail.
The New York Times reports that the rocket was also carrying
the ashes of 208 people who wished to be shot into space. Among the
cremated remains were those of astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan
of Star Trek fame.
SpaceX's Falcon 1 launch facilities are on Omelek Island and part of the
Reagan Test Site (RTS) at the United States Army Kwajalein Atoll in the Central
Pacific. SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket was designed from the ground up in
Hawthorne, California and is a two-stage, liquid oxygen and rocket-grade
kerosene powered vehicle.
SpaceX says that the first stage of the Falcon 1 is powered by a single
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Nassau Financial Makes Move to Symitar Episys
The $393 million, 27,200-member Nassau Financial Federal Credit Union plans to convert to the Symitar core processing platform from Jack Henry & Associates, the Missouri-based company said Wednesday.
The Westbury, N.Y., credit union has been running on the Fiserv Spectrum platform, according to the Technology Survey from Callahan & Associates.
The credit union "decided to change core vendors when the provider of the system it has used for more than 20 years halted development," JHA said in its announcement.
Frank Cordano, the credit union's president/CEO, said, "Nassau Financial is committed to providing advanced technology and competitive financial services that meet our members' ever evolving needs. This mission requires that we have a strong, yet nimble core platform. Symitar will meet our needs both as a technology provider and a long-term partner."
Ted Bilke, Symitar president, said, "The addition of Nassau Financial to our client roster represents an important milestone. Robert Reh, Nassau Financial's chief information officer, is now the seventh, out of 10, credit union executive on the CUNA Technology Council to select Episys."
More than 700 credit unions now run on JHA's core platforms for credit unions, the company said. It also offers its clients PowerOn software development tools and apps store.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney have chosen their weapons a laser beam for Romney, and a shotgun for Obama.
In Tampa, Fla., last week, Republicans focused sharply on the message that Obama has failed to rescue the economy.
On Thursdays closing night of the Democratic National Convention, Obama and his allies blasted out reasons why he should win another term among them a successful auto bailout, the death of Osama bin Laden, increasing gay rights and reducing the countrys oil imports.
Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known, Obama said.
His speech was a mix of celebration of his accomplishments, criticism of his opponents and a plea for patience.
I wont pretend the path Im offering is quick or easy. I never have, Obama said. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades.
The president mocked Republican plans for the economy as nothing more than calls for more tax cuts no matter what the situation.
Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning, Obama said.
He portrayed Romney as a foreign-policy amateur and noted a gaffe the Republican made on the eve of the Olympics by questioning how ready London was for the Games.
You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you cant visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally, he said.
Obama mixed his attacks on Romney with an expression of humility.
The times have changed, and so have I, he said. And while Im proud of what weve achieved together, Im far more mindful of my own failings.
Obama also touted his energy policies that rely on wind, solar, biofuels, advanced coal-burning technologies and natural-gas drilling.
If you choose this path, we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone, he said.
Republicans set up shop in the NASCAR museum in downtown Charlotte and offered a pre-emptive rebuttal Thursday afternoon to Obama.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said he expected to hear an eloquent speech. But he and other Republicans, such as Texas state Rep. Stefani Carter, turned the message back to the economy.
It will be an evening when people finally realize, I think, that hope and opportunity have come to an end, Carter said. If you do not have jobs, you do not have hope. Weve lost hope.
Inside the Time Warner Cable Arena, the mood was anything but glum. Musical acts James Taylor, Mary J. Blige and the Foo Fighters warmed up the crowd, but it came alive when former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head nearly two years ago, delivered the Pledge of Allegiance.
The evening also featured the last of seven Coloradans to speak at the convention, retired U.S. Army Capt. Jason Crow.
Crow fought in Iraq and supported Obamas repeal of the militarys dont ask, dont tell policy for gay and lesbian troops.
It was wrong that men and women I served with could be told they werent good enough just because of their sexual orientation. Soldiers who I trusted with my life, and fought alongside with, could be discharged because of who they loved, Crow said.
Vice President Joe Biden also spoke, portraying Obama as a president who makes courageous decisions, such as the choice to send a special forces mission to kill bin Laden.
Bravery resides in the heart of Barack Obama, and time and time again Ive witnessed him summon it. This man has courage in his soul and a spine of steel, Biden said.
A few hours before he spoke, Obamas campaign announced he will return to Colorado next Thursday for a campaign event in the Denver area.


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O'Neill Replaces Hughes on NASCUS Board
NASCUS announced Wednesday that Chairman Orla Beth Peck has appointed Connecticut regulator Mary Ellen O'Neill to the organization's Board of Directors. O'Neill is currently director of the Financial Institutions Division for the Connecticut Department of Banking.
Peck, the supervisor of credit unions for the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, called O'Neill "a respected veteran of state financial regulation" and said NASCUS is grateful to have her wealth of experience on the board.
O'Neill's term will end in September 2015. She is filling the unexpired term held by Mary Hughes, Financial Institutions Bureau chief, Idaho Department of Finance. Jenny Champagne, vice president of Regulatory Development and Government Relations, told Credit Union Times that Hughes "had priorities at the Idaho agency that led her to the decision" to relinquish her board position.
"NASCUS expresses its appreciation to Mary Hughes for her service to NASCUS both as a board member and as executive committee member. We look forward to working with her in the future and we are grateful for the time and energy she has contributed to NASCUS and the state system," said NASCUS President/CEO Mary Martha Fortney.


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Following the recent school shootings in Connecticut, measures are being taken to increase school safety across the nation.
Districts nationwide are adopting new procedures, updating old ones, adding security systems and looking at increasing police presence on school grounds.
With the implementation of lockout and lockdown drills in the Cortez middle and high schools, a team of fire department officials, police officers and school district employees are now addressing preschools as well.
Preschools in Montezuma and Dolores counties have been asked to consider putting a plan of action in place for their facilities. In front of the Montelores Early Childhood Council Monday, Feb. 4, the District Safety and Security Team (DSST) discussed a need for a standard response protocol, in case any threats are found in or outside of their buildings. This response protocol would be the same used in the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1, so law enforcement agencies can react similarly.
In Montezuma and Dolores counties there are approximately six preschools or child-care centers. These preschools are not a part of the school districts, therefore they are not required to conduct fire or tornado drills unless deemed necessary. The Cortez Middle School and the Montezuma-Cortez High School must conduct these drills at least twice a year or quarterly.
Each Re-1 facility is different in size, structure and how many students are enrolled.
Most recently, Kemper Elementary School was on lockout after a suspicious person fled down a nearby alley. The school was contacted to immediately go into lockout, making sure normal daily activities proceeded inside. Buck Woodman of the Cortez Police Department said the situation was different from a lockdown and is a more probable scenario for our community.
Lexy Hudson of The Children's Kiva, located at 1204 E. Empire St., expressed her concerns.
"We don't deal with safety issues and concerns the way the fire department and the police department does," Hudson said, to the council. "We deal with little children. The preparation is what is so scary for me to hear."
At the Kiva, children enrolled are between 2-and-half and 6 years old. Hudson believes that if a standard response protocol were placed in any of the county preschools, teachers would know how to present that in a positive way and children would not be greatly affected.
"None of these teachers would ever tell a student, 'we have to do this because of a bad man,'" Hudson explained. "We would use some sort of symbolism to make it less terrifying."
The DSST urged teachers to consider all aspects of a threatening situation and have a plan put in place. Tips for stockpiling water and snacks, how to handle children with special needs or health problems and keeping activities around for preoccupation, were a few suggestions the team gave the council.
Retrieved from the 'I Love You Guys' website dedicated to a victim of the 2006 shooting at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colo., the information gave clear and concise instructions on how to formulate proper lockdown and lockout drills.
With the simple terms - lockdown, lockout, evacuate, shelter - students should be able to immediately understand the command and perform the necessary drill. According to the SRP operational guidelines found on the website, the actions administered should be explained to the students, keeping it more tempered with elementary or preschool children. Middle school students and older need more accurate information to minimize panic and to mitigate recovery.
The DSST is available to those schools wanting to take efficient action. Tammy Hooten, facilities coordinator at the Re-1 school district, is in charge of coordinating evaluations of safety corridors, rooms, exits and entryways at any center wishing to adopt a standard response protocol.
The Tree House Learning Center located at 300 N. Elm St., has already made an effort to increase the safety at their school. Vangi McCoy, coordinator for MECC, said the information presented to the group was educational but it is up to the individual to proceed.
There is currently no call-list for law enforcement agencies to contact preschools or childcare centers.
Another fact was that police and fire departments are both granted key access to every elementary, middle and high school in the county should a lockdown occur. They do not have the keys for any preschool.
Charles Balke of the CFPD said that preschools could place keys in a Knox Box, which is virtually indestructible secure box. Facilities would have to purchase the box on their own. These secure boxes can begin at $200 and go up to $600.
"We are a non-profit organization. We are not funded by the school district," Hudson said. "This is something we have to do on our own so I feel like we need a plan for everyone to be on the same page."
Hudson sees this opportunity as a great chance to protect early childhood centers. She plans on taking the information she gained back to the Kiva and applying what she has learned to their original protocol.
Preschool teachers and childcare providers were encouraged to download the SRP from the "I Love You Guys" website to learn more information. There are also forms to notify parents of any drills their children will be taking part in.


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has been much talk about Google's
decision to pull
out of China while Microsoft has remained
directly complicit in Chinese internet censorship.
Today a bipartisan U.S. Congressional panel praised Google's actions,
while admonishing
Microsoft.Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D warned, "China
wants to participate in the marketplace of goods but keep the
marketplace of ideas outside their country. Only when China
respects human rights and allows the free flow of ideas ... only then
will they be treated as a full member of the international
community."Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. praised Google,
commenting that the company's decision to uncensor its Chinese search
was "a remarkable, historic and welcomed action."GoDaddy,
the popular domain registration service, also was praised by Rep.
Smith for pulling
out of China due to privacy violations. Microsoft,
however, received a rebuke from the Representative. He stated,
"They [Microsoft] need to get on the right side of human rights
rather than enabling tyranny, which they're doing right
now."Microsoft insists it is merely following the local
law. A company statement read, "We appreciate that
different companies may make different decisions based on their own
experiences and views. At Microsoft we remain committed to
advancing free expression through active engagement in over 100
countries, even as we comply with the laws in every country in which
we operate."The statement echoes the words of Microsoft
former CEO, co-founder, and renowned philanthropist Bill Gates, who
in January remarked,
"You've got to decide. Do you want to obey the laws of the
countries you're in, or not?"China agrees. Its
China's State Council Information Office comments, "Foreign
companies need to abide by China's laws when they operate in China.
Google violated it's promise."The issue is made
more complex by the fact that Google has in the past censored search
results in other countries, such as Thailand, Turkey, France [see
the Wikipedia
page on Google's past censorship for more info].
Google has made no suggestion that it will reject censorship in the
future. Nonetheless, its uncensoring of its Chinese search is
perhaps the highest profile example of defiance against online
censorship in terms of number of people affected.Microsoft,
on the other hand, says it is opposed to Chinese censorship, but
continues to participate in it. It enjoys a wonderful
opportunity to capture more of China's close to 400 million internet
users with Google out of the pictureA new law may make it
more embarrassing for Microsoft to stay this course. The Global
Online Freedom Act, a bipartisan initiative pending in Congress,
would force U.S. firms to disclose what materials they are censoring
in foreign nations -- including China -- in effect airing search
firms' dirty laundry to the public.Back in China, the
government imposed backlash against Google picked up in earnest with
China Unicom and other business officially giving the Google search
engine the boot. China Unicom, the nation's second largest
carrier, did not announce and immediate replacement. It has
been speculated that it may stop selling Android handsets or at least
stop releasing new models, however, those claims have yet to be
validated. It seems clear, however, that the Chinese government
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What an idiot I am! I buy my fresh mozz. from an Italian grocery called Russo's. The other day, I stopped in for some and dang if they don't carry, not only the Tutto Calabria chile peppers, but everything else they make as well, and at $4.99 a jar, no less! At least now I know. http://www.russofoodmarket.com/
My house isn't too far off that map.
Add me to the list of people loving this oil. Upon reading everyone's advice, I ordered two jars and made my first batch the day they came in. I made a second batch today for tonight's pizzas and, can I tell you? This may be my favorite pizza sidekick EVER! Thanks, Craig - you're the man!
Craig one other question on that pie in first post, about how much of the original batch (12 peppers chopped & cooked in 2/3C EVOO) do you use on a 12-13" pie?
Craig at the end of the process do you separate the oil from the chili peppers or just jar them together?
Once it is bubbling heavily, turn the heat down low and let it simmer for about four or five minutes then turn the heat off and let it cool. That's all there is to it. Don't let them go longer than that on the heat. You don't want them to get crispy. After it is cool, taste and add a little more oil if it is too spicy for you then pour it all into a container and put it in the fridge. It will keep for a long time. Enjoy.
Mixed up a batch, going to try it on a simple pie with basil. Just from the bit I've had from the spoon I think the flavor is a bit muted by that of the Olive oil. I'm using bertolli EVOO, not sure how that stacks against other olive oils. On the first pie I make I'm going to throw on a few teaspoons and see how it plays. After that I may end up tossing in a few more peppers (I used 12 in 2/3 cup evoo) and pureeing it in the vitamix, followed by a quick re-simmering on the stovetop, or I may even try my hand at microwave extraction ala Red November.In any case, I'm excited to give it a shot.


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Vaughan calls for Cook to go
Michael Vaughan is calling on England to be ruthless by sacking captain Alastair Cook in order to salvage any chance of winning next year's World Cup.
Vaughan is convinced that if England continue with Cook in charge of their one-day international team they are doomed to failure when they take on the world in Australia and New Zealand in February and March.
Cook continues to be beset by increasing calls for his resignation, after leading England to three successive Royal London Series heavy defeats against India in the past week.
Michael Vaughan has called for Alastair Cook, pictured, to be replaced as England captain
Former Test and ODI captain Vaughan wrote in his Daily Telegraph column, published online: "Cook is a stubborn man. He proved it this summer when he defied people calling for him to go and made his point by winning the Test series against India.
"But one-day cricket is different. If he is not going to stand down then the tough call has to be made."
Vaughan, a former Ashes-winning leader but - like all others for England - a World Cup loser, does not want history to repeat itself as it did in his playing days.
"Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Andrew Strauss and myself thought we could do the job - but we were Test match cricketers and could not adapt," he added.
"Cook is cut from similar cloth and, at the moment, he is dropping players from the team who are better one-day cricketers than him.
"The captain is going up to players telling them they are not in the team - and they must be looking back wondering 'how are you still in it?'"
Vaughan advocates replacing Cook as captain with limited-overs specialist Eoin Morgan, and insists it is not too late for a rethink from England coach Peter Moores and his management colleagues.
"With six months to go, other teams are looking at this side and hoping that Cook remains as captain, and opens the batting at next year's World Cup - because they know if that happens England will not be a threat," Vaughan added.
"I am speaking out now because, with 13 games to go to the World Cup, there is time to make a difference."
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Well, i became a Raps fan because of VC. So i would say VC leaving is the most disappointing thing for me.
Still a huge VC fan by the way. I know the chances are slim but i hope he retires as a Raps and see #15 in the rafters one day.
Well, i became a Raps fan because of VC. So i would say VC leaving is the most disappointing thing for me.
Still a huge VC fan by the way. I know the chances are slim but i hope he retires as a Raps and see #15 in the rafters one day.
Easy for me. Hakeem signing. Worst move ever followed by the horrible return we got on vince. Fucking babcock worked one year and destroyed the team for a decade with the vince trade and araujo signing but glen and his fucking name grab with hakeem destroyed this teams chances of capitalizing on its' most successful year.
Fucking hakeem. I remember almost perfectly vince striding into that press conference smiling and hakeem smiling and straight faced telling us that vince was one of the big reasons for signing with us. The other offers he got as a horribly regressing old man are some i would love to be privy to.
Fuck kenny anderson
Fuck vince
Fuck mourning with a hot iron
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Where does one begin?
Lets go with the latest: coin flip.
T-Mac leaving might have been the the trigger for all of the VC/Babcock stuff. If T-Mac stays for his prime years (and they play well together), we are a finals contender. T-Mac leaves, it all goes to hell.
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For me it was definitely not being able to surround VC with better players and keep him happy and the team competetive. He made us such a relevant and exciting team to watch and I always felt like we had a chance to win almost any game with him in the line up.
Eventually though, even I got sick of watching the same play getting called for him time and time again (isolation at the top of the 3 pt circle) and he was starting to get worn out. What could have been if we just had a better coach and talent to surround him with?
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Like others have mentioned, there have been a ton of disappointments over the years, but the most heartbreaking has to be Vince's missed jumper vs. Philly in the 2001 playoffs. The Raptors were that close [pinching fingers] to a remarkable run....also known as getting stomped in the finals by LA.
Following that shot was the beginning of the end for Vince in Raptorland, and the franchise has yet to recover over a decade later (and counting).
i remember being ENRAGED with the vince deal and being similarly frustrated when they refused to entertain the idea of trading bosh.
trading for JO was a bad time for me too
So many moments:
VC missed J, VCs injuries or VCs quiting?
Babcock Hoffa and the VC trade?
Kevin O'neil?
There's more of course but lemme cut to the chase. My most heartbreaking moment as a Raps fan was the Chris Childs mental meltdown in the waning seconds of the decisive g5 loss in the first round of the 2002 playoffs vs Motown. The squad had overcome Vinces injury, a long losing streak and rallied to make the dance. They then came back from 2 down with half a Hakeem and an indifferent Lenny Wilkins on nothing but sheer will. That squad was like one from a movie: out manned and out coached they dug deep and wore their hearts on their sleeves. In the end they lost because one of the guys most key to that resolve lost his goddamned mind.
I think it had quite the impact on CC as well. He was a fat shadow of himself the next year in NJ and out of the league pretty quickly.
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the last 3 years
The entire Colangelo era.
I had very high hopes when he replaced Babcock. Finally, after a decade of poor management, they were finally getting a GM with a proven track record of success. Sure, he had his issues with some poor contracts but every GM does. He immediately brought in Gherardini, which seemed like an awesome hire at the time. More importantly, Colangelo seemed to recognize and embrace the challenge of getting players to Toronto. He was going to be creative. Innovative. They had a budding all-star in Bosh, a #1 overall pick, and Colangelo had free rein to do whatever he wanted.
And now, 7 seasons later, the team is no better off than it was when he got here and, in between, no playoffs series wins and 4, soon to be 5 years, out of the playoffs altogether. In fact, the last two years have combined for a worse winning percentage than the dark ages of the Babcock disaster.
had bosh hit a wide open layup to beat GSW we wouldve made the playoffs.
Sonny weems was a boss on that possession, Bosh was just a bosh.
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
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i8theball.com it's a website...about, you know....basketball.
However, I think my biggest disappointment was the entire Rob Babcock era. It started with him drafting Hoffa (@ #8) ahead of Iguodala in the 2004 draft, peaked with the absolutely dreadful VC trade during the 2004-05 season, which was followed by the drafting of Villanueva (@ #7) & Graham (@ #16) in the 1st round of the 2005 draft (ahead of guys like Granger).
To think that all those terrible moves happened within 2 seasons! The 2004 draft, trading away a superstar and the 2005 draft could/should have drastically changed the long-term outlook of the Toronto Raptors franchise for the better... instead, it was a 2-year clusterfuck, from which the franchise/fanbase has never fully recovered.
lets just say we were fucked from the start.
we didnt get iverson
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Maternal Lifestyle Study in Four Sites in the United States, 1993-2011 (ICPSR 34312)
Principal Investigator(s): Lester, Barry, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island; Bada, Henrietta, University of Kentucky; Bauer, Charles, University of Miami; Shankaran, Seetha, Wayne State University; Whitaker, Toni, University of Tennessee; LaGasse, Linda, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island; Hammond, Jane, RTI International
The Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS) was the largest of the NIH longitudinal studies of children with prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE). MLS was a longitudinal multi-site observational study of the long-term effects of in-utero exposure to cocaine on child development. MLS was conducted at four geographically diverse, collaborating university centers (Wayne State University, University of Tennessee at Memphis, University of Miami, and Brown University). Participants were identified during the newborn period while in the hospital. The MLS began enrollment of a longitudinal birth cohort of 1,388 infant/mother dyads in 1993. Subjects in the follow-up were seen from 1 month of age through 16 years of age. The overall purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of drug use during pregnancy on acute neonatal events and long-term physical health, social, behavioral and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
The study included five phases of data collection. The first phase examined acute effects of maternal substance use on infant health outcomes at birth. The four subsequent follow-up phases examined development across the following periods: Phase II -- 1-36 months; Phase III -- 4-7 years; Phase IV -- 8-11 years; Phase V -- 12-16 years. In Phase I, the study screened 19,079 infants between May 1993 and May 1995. Mothers at these centers were enrolled in the study within 24 hours after delivery. Initial screening included the mother's labor and delivery chart, the newborn admission chart, and a meconium sample. Infant meconium was collected and samples were express shipped to a central laboratory for analysis of metabolites of illicit drugs. Additionally, a drug use questionnaire that addressed the mother's use during pregnancy of nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, opiates, and other illicit drugs was given by research staff that were trained and certified in the reliable administration of all of the study interviews. A mother-child dyad was considered exposed if a mother admitted to using cocaine during pregnancy and/or there was a positive meconium assay for cocaine metabolites including gas chromatography/mass spectrometry confirmation. Nonexposed children were those who were born to mothers who denied cocaine use, confirmed by negative meconium test results. Acute outcomes evaluated in Phase I included: central nervous system (CNS) and autonomic nervous system (ANS) findings and symptoms, abruption placenta, fetal growth retardation, congenital malformations, respiratory distress syndrome, chronic lung disease, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, retinopathy of prematurity, and periventricular leukomalacia.
From the initial Phase I cohort of 8,627 dyads, 1,388 participants for the longitudinal follow-up were recruited at a 1-month visit. The sample included a cohort of exposed infants (n = 658) who were group matched within site with a group of non-exposed comparison infants (n=730) by gestational age categories (32, 33-36, and 36 weeks) and child gender, race, and ethnicity. At the 1-month visit, the biological mother was interviewed for a detailed inventory of her legal and illegal drug use during pregnancy using the Maternal Interview of Substance Use (MISU). Phase II examined the first 36 months of life for the sample of 1,388. Follow-up visits occurred at 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months (corrected age). Outcomes examined included physical health, developmental, behavioral, social, and environmental outcomes. Phase III followed children at 4, 4.5, 5, 6, and 7 years. In addition to outcomes examined in Phase II, school performance and neurodevelopmental measures of emotional and behavioral self-regulation were also examined. Phase IV covers ages 8, 9, 10, and 11 years of age. Outcomes in this phase were further expanded to include antisocial behavior, onset of substance use, psychopathology, and neuroendocrine function. Phase V assessed children at ages 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 years of age. The fifth phase of the study has a significant emphasis on psychopathology, school performance, peer relationships, substance use onset and risk taking behaviors, including risky sexual behaviors.
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Study Description
Lester, Barry, Henrietta Bada, Charles Bauer, Seetha Shankaran, Toni Whitaker, Linda LaGasse, and Jane Hammond. Maternal Lifestyle Study in Four Sites in the United States, 1993-2011. ICPSR34312-v9. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-03-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34312.v9
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34312.v9
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Administration on Children, Youth and Families
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U10-HD-27904, U10-HD-21385, U10-HD-21415, U10-HD-21397, U10-HD-36790, U01-HD-36790, U01-HD-19897, N01-HD-2-3159)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse (U10-DA-024119, U10-DA-024117, U10-DA-024118, U10-DA-024128)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: alcohol, birth, child development, cocaine, demographic characteristics, drug use, mental health, mothers, physical condition, pregnancy, respiratory diseases, risk factors, smoking, social behavior, social environment, tobacco use
Smallest Geographic Unit: Data collection site (city)
Geographic Coverage: Detroit, Florida, Memphis, Miami, Michigan, Providence, Rhode Island, Tennessee, United States
- 1993-05--2011-02 (Medical data, Mother/Caregiver Report, and Administrative data)
- 1993-06--2010-11 (Child Performance data)
- 1993-10--2008-10 (Examiner Evaluation data)
- 1997-07--2006-08 (Teacher Report/School data)
- 2000-07--2011-02 (Child Report data)
- 1993-05--2011-02 (Medical data, Mother/Caregiver Report, and Administrative data)
- 1993-06--2010-11 (Child Performance data)
- 1993-10--2008-10 (Examiner Evaluation data)
- 1997-07--2006-08 (Teacher Report/School data)
- 2000-07--2011-02 (Child Report data)
Unit of Observation: Individual, Dyad: Mother/caregiver and child, Matched pair of exposed and non-exposed infants
Universe: Mother and infant born from May 1993 to May 1995 at four participating centers, with longitudinal follow-up of mothers/caregivers, children and environment from 1 month to 16 years.
Data Type(s): administrative records data, census/enumeration data, clinical data, medical records, observational data, survey data
Release 1: Includes data on prenatal cocaine and opiate exposure, body mass index (BMI) measurements for the study participants, Phase I data, and Phase II data for months 1 through 12.
Release 2: Includes data from Month 18, Month 24, Month 30, and Month 36 from Phase III.
Release 3: Includes year 4, the first year in Phase III.
Release 4: Includes years 4.5 and 5 from Phase III.
Release 5: Includes years 5.5, 6, and 7 from Phase III and 8 from Phase IV.
Release 6: Includes years 9 and 10 from Phase IV.
Release 7: Includes year 11 from phase IV and year 12 from Phase V.
Release 8: Contains the data for the final waves of the study which include years 13 through 16 from Phase V.
Release 9: Contains updates including the addition of scoring variables to datasets 74, 80, 99, 112, 124, 128, 132, 142, 147, 151, 155, 160, 161, 163, 167 and 170.
MLS was conducted under the auspices of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), with co-funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).
The Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS) enrolled 8,627 mothers shortly after birth from four geographically-diverse sites. Mothers provided informed consent, and a NIDA Certificate of Confidentiality was obtained by each site that assured confidentiality of information regarding the mothers' drug use. The recruitment strategy was designed to identify and recruit all women delivering very low birth weight infants of 501 to 1,500 grams. For mothers delivering low birth weight infants (1,501-2,500 grams) and normal birth weight infants (greater than 2,500 grams), recruitment varied by site. Exclusion criteria have been published.
The longitudinal follow-up was recruited from the original large sample. Exposed dyads were group matched within site to non-exposed dyads on race, infant gender and gestational age (less than 32 weeks, 33-36 weeks, and greater than 36 weeks). There were 1,388 dyads enrolled in the longitudinal sample at the 1-month visit, including 658 exposed (543 infants with prenatal cocaine exposed; 58 with opiate exposure; and 57 with both cocaine and opiate exposure) and 730 comparison dyads who were not exposed to either cocaine or opiates during pregnancy. To be included, the dyad had to participate in the 1-month visit (age corrected for prematurity). Potential matched comparison dyads not attending the 1-month visit could be replaced, but not exposed dyads, leading to uneven size groups.
Mode of Data Collection: audio computer-assisted self interview (ACASI), record abstracts, computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), coded on-site observation, coded video observation, cognitive assessment test, face-to-face interview, paper and pencil interview (PAPI)
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Standardized missing values.
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2014-04-01
- 2016-03-31 The ninth release of MLS is an update that included the addition of scoring variables to some datasets and confidentiality changes. Also, improvements were made to questionnaire and codebook covers.
- 2016-03-29 The eighth release of MLS includes data and documentation for years 13 through 16 from Phase V. These data are included in parts 172-203.
- 2016-02-02 The seventh release of MLS includes data and documentation for year 11 from Phase IV and year 12 from Phase V. These data are included in parts 154-171.
- 2015-12-21 The sixth release of MLS includes data and documentation for years 9 and 10 from Phase IV. These data are included in parts 136-153.
- 2015-12-08 The fifth release of MLS includes data and documentation for years 5.5, 6 and 7 from Phase III and year 8 from Phase IV. These data are included in parts 103-135.
- 2015-08-24 The fourth release of MLS includes data and documentation for years 4.5 and 5 from Phase III. These data are included in parts 84-102. The study level documentation for this study has been updated to include additional information about file merging performed by NAHDAP. Previously released data is not being updated in this release.
- 2015-08-10 The third release of the MLS study includes data and documentation for year 4 from Phase III. This portion of the study is contained in parts 73-83. The study level documentation for this study has been updated to include additional information about file merging performed by NAHDAP. Previously released data is not being updated in this release.
- 2014-05-19 The second release of the MLS study includes data and documentation for months 18-36 from Phase II. The study level documentation for this study has been updated to include additional information about file merging performed by NAHDAP. Previously released data is not being updated in this release.
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One popular series at DailyTech took an exclusive look at building a real-life Iron Man and the technologies needed to deliver both exoskeleton enhanced strength, speed, and flight. One conclusion of that series is that while impressive, modern exoskeleton technologies will need to advance greatly, before a superhero-like suit can be created.
Now new advances from Japan bring us a bit closer to that goal. Cyberdyne, a company just outside of Tokyo, has developed and is marketing a new exoskeleton which brings a lot to the table. The new device can help elderly and the disabled walk again. Even partially paralyzed people can walk with the new device. The suit's design was led by Tsukuba University engineering professor Yoshiyuki Sankai.
Japan, famous for its science fiction stories in which cybernetics technology has become so ubiquitous that man and machine become one, is perhaps an unsurprising home for such advances in exoskeleton research. The new device, the "hybrid assistive limb," HAL for short, attaches to the user's body at their thigh, waist, and calf. Based on how much (if any) movement the person can provide to their leg, the robotic legs will fill in the remaining force necessary to move the legs in a normal, albeit a bit slow, walking motion.
The device is remarkably light, considering its power, weighing in with battery at only 22 pounds. The battery carries a 5 hour charge. The exoskeleton's efficiency is enhanced by the fact that its architecture is self-supporting, so extra power does not need to be devoted to supporting itself, merely to turning the legs.
A person with normal strength would also get a boost from the suit. Someone who could leg-press 250 pounds would now be able to life 450 pounds with the help of the suit. The suit is making a splash thanks to a paralyzed Japanese quadriplegic, Seiji Uchida, who plans on climbing a Swiss peak by riding piggyback on an experienced climber that is wearing the suit to help him support the extra weight.
For now, only the Japanese get to enjoy this new device -- Cyberdyne has no plans currently announced to bring it to America. In Japan you can rent one leg for $1,500 or two legs for $2,200.00 a month -- a bit pricey, certainly. Similar, less efficient devices are near to reaching the market in America.
Mech junkies will also be pleased to note that Cyberdyne has also designed a full body suit, the HAL-5 Type B, which includes arm support, allowing users to lift heavy objects. The suit is currently unreleased and no pricing has been announced yet.
The full body suit is expected to weigh around 60 pounds, mostly self-supported (36 pound lower body, 34 pound upper body). It can currently operate for just under 3 hours on a single charge. Cyberdyne is suggesting it be used for "heavy labour support at factories, and rescue support at disaster sites, as well as in the entertainment field" as well as medical purposes.
Some have pondered at the curious naming of both the company and the robotic names. In perhaps a humorous homage, the company shares the name with the sinister company in the Terminator movie franchise, which is responsible for unleashing Terminator robots on the world. The device, HAL, also seems to pay homage to the malefic spaceship supercomputer featured in the movie 2001, A Space Odyssey.


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Screening Guidelines for Central Obesity
When you have a physical exam, your doctor can measure your waist circumference.
Screening Guidelines for Blood Pressure
All adults should have their blood pressure checked during physical exams. If blood pressure is under 120/80 mm Hg, it can be rechecked in 2 years. For people with systolic blood pressure of 120-139 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure of 80-90 mm Hg, rechecks are recommended every year.
Screening Guidelines for Cholesterol
A fasting lipid panel analyzes total cholesterol, as well as LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels in the blood. Every adult 20 years and older should be tested. If your test results show a high risk for coronary artery disease, it is recommended that you get it rechecked within one year.
In people with less or no risk, retesting may only need to be done every 2-5 years.
Screening Guidelines for Blood Glucose
Glucose tests check your blood sugar levels to make sure they are within normal range. Glucose tests are used for screening and diagnosing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
The American Diabetes Association recommends screening in adults 45 years and older, every 3 years as long as the test result is within normal range.
People who are overweight or obese should be tested regardless of age if one or more of the following factors are present:
- Physical inactivity
- Family history
- African American, Native American, Latino, Asian American, or Pacific Islander ethnicity
- History of gestational diabetes or birth of baby weighing over 9 pounds
- Blood pressure at or above 140/90 mm Hg
- HDL cholesterol under 35 mg/dL or triglycerides over 250 mg/dL
- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome
- Previous glucose testing indicating higher than normal results
- History of cardiovascular disease
People with prediabetes should be tested every year.
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Visit by French Minister of Justice underlines strong ties between INTERPOL and France
Senior INTERPOL official receives France's highest decoration from minister
LYON, France – France's Minister of Justice, Michel Mercier, today met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body's General Secretariat headquarters, underlining the close relationship between INTERPOL and France which has hosted the organization since 1946.
The Minister discussed a range of law enforcement issues affecting national and international security with Secretary General Noble, in addition to being briefed on the world police organization's activities across its 190 member countries.
During his visit to Lyon, where INTERPOL has been based since 1989, Minister Mercier also formally presented the Légion d'Honneur to INTERPOL General Counsel Joël Sollier of France in recognition of his career achievements and of INTERPOL's initiatives in enhancing international police cooperation worldwide.
"I am delighted that we can today honour the brilliant career of Joël Sollier who, through his expertise, his experience and his professionalism, has played a very active role in improving the international legal framework for fighting organized crime and terrorism. We are all aware of the importance of improving our legal instruments in this connection, since it is only by having tools that are properly adapted to the changing nature of crime that we can provide a truly effective criminal justice response", said France's Minister of Justice, Michel Mercier.
Accompanied by Nicolas Guillou, Conseiller diplomatique du Ministre (Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister), Jean Trotel, Premier président de la Cour d'appel de Lyon (President of the Lyon Court of Appeal), and Jacques Beaume, Procureur général près la Cour d'appel de Lyon (Principal Public Prosecutor at the Lyon Court of Appeal), Minister Mercier was updated on initiatives to support INTERPOL member countries combat transnational organized crime threats such as cybercrime, drug and human trafficking and terrorism.
"Judicial cooperation and police cooperation are two facets of the same reality and the same battle: rationally and coherently planning an effective response to crime, and developing the tools needed to guarantee the safety of our fellow citizens," said INTERPOL Secretary General Noble.
"At INTERPOL, we are spearheading this battle by bringing together police expertise from different countries around the world, and also by means of partnerships with national and international institutions taking part in this action. "
INTERPOL has developed numerous partnerships with international criminal courts, including the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
"Minister Mercier's visit to INTERPOL provides us with another opportunity to highlight how France is a leader among INTERPOL member countries in providing INTERPOL constant support in our initiatives worldwide," concluded the INTERPOL Chief.
Key among these efforts is encouraging member countries to formally endorse the INTERPOL travel document initiative by granting visa waiver status to authorized personnel travelling on official business using the INTERPOL passport, thereby significantly speeding up any response to a request for assistance. To date 34 countries, including France, have formally recognized the INTERPOL travel document.


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A domain name server.


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Toyota was the first to create a
mass-production hybrid, when it launched the Prius in 1997.
Since then it has seen strong demand for that vehicle as it has
evolved over three generations. Meanwhile, Toyota has fleshed
out its hybrid offerings with Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Lexus
GS 450h, Lexus RX 450h, and LS 600h hybrids. More hybrids from
Toyota and Lexus are also in the works.
Later this year Toyota
will launch the Lexus
HS 250h, a new luxury hybrid vehicle. The vehicle will join
13 hybrid vehicles currently in the company's lineup (though many of
these are Japan-only models). Toyota continues to advance on
its plan to by 2020 launch a hybrid version of every vehicle in its
lineup, as well as continuing to offer hybrid-only offerings like the
On May 31, 2007 Toyota topped one million hybrids
sold. Toyota estimates that since 1997 its hybrids have reduced
CO2 emissions by 11 million tons (based on a comparison of fuel
economy of sedans of similar size and class).
In the next
decade, Toyota hopes to be selling 1 million hybrid vehicles a
Toyota does face growing competition in the market.
Rival Japanese automaker Nissan will be launching an pure electric
vehicle, the Leaf EV in 2011. Both Nissan and Honda are also
expanding their hybrid lineups, with Honda's Insight posting modest
sales, despite lukewarm reviews. German automakers are also
pushing ahead with clean
diesel and hybrid offerings and the U.S. automakers all have
growing hybrid lineups, as well plans for electric vehicles.


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The new technology, developed by researchers at the Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, takes ordinary cellulose and puts it through special
processing. The end result is a paper, made out of normal wood pulp that
has an incredible
tensile strength of 1.6 times that of iron. The paper sports 214 MPa
of tensile strength, easily trumping iron (130 MPa) and heavy duty paper (103
MPa). Tensile strength helps to measure how resistant a material is to
ripping, and how much weight it can support.
The new paper is composed of nano-sized whiskers of cellulose. Cellulose,
the crystalline polymer of glucose, is what makes up cell walls and makes
plants so rigid. On a nanoscale, cellulose fibers beat steel and glass in
strength, but paper is composed of larger cellulose strands that are prone to
breakage under stress. Typical commercial paper has a tensile strength of
a mere 30 MPa, indicating its weakness.
To make super paper, researchers first had to make the cellulose fibers super
small. Head researcher Lars Berglund used enzymes and mechanical beating
to tear the cellulose fibers to a mere 1,000 of their original size. Then
the researchers added carboxymethanol, which coated the fibers in carbonyl
groups. These groups produced hydrogen bonds, further strengthening the
The research was published
in the current issue of Biomacromolecules.
Mike Wolcott, a materials scientist and cellulose fiber expert at Washington
State University in Pullman, labels the paper as "quite
interesting". He notes that the paper has large pores between
fibers. These pores make it dry quicker, saving in production costs and
making manufacturing easier. John Simonsen, a physical chemist and
nanocrystalline cellulose expert at Oregon State University in Corvallis, adds
that the new material is formed from the most abundant organic material on the
planet, so even with the extra treatment it should be cost competitive against
more exotic materials like carbon nanotubes.
The new paper may be even used in medical uses such as providing scaffolds for
growing replacement tissues or organs. However its most practical
application may be as simple as the shopping bag.


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Supposedly there is a new character called "Healthy Nagato" and hes way stronger then the Nagato who was alive. And this "healthy Nagato" is said to be on par with Edo Nagato.. And whether this "healthy Nagato" is a edo or alive doesn't matter to him, because he can do all his moves without getting tired at all and can own the Perfect Jinchurikis... because hes "Healthy Nagato".
Someone please explain to me what this "healthy Nagato" is?? Is he the same as Living Nagato, when he fought Hanzo??
I'm like so lost... :confused:


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I know we got alot of number crunchers on here, so I want to know the raptors plus/minus numbers when he is on the court.
From what I see he has been making all the right decisions while he was on the court help defense, man to man defense, taking open jumpers, aggressively going to the rim when he is suppose to, boxing out, making the extra pass, and crashing the boards on the defensive glass then sprinting down the floor.
could he start?


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you think of the words "compelling Android smartphone" and
"LG" in the same sentence its hard to bring an image to
mind. While the South Korean electronics maker does have a
of Android phones (namely, the Ally and Optimus One) it has
failed to keep up with Motorola, Apple, Samsung, and even much
smaller Taiwanese manufacturer HTC.That failure has cost Nam
Yong the chief executive position at LG Electronics. Mr.
Nam has been ousted in favor of Koo Bon-joon, the head of
trading firm LG International, another unit in the LG Group
conglomerate. The move echoes number one handset maker
Nokia's decision
to oust former CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo last week.
Seeking to overcome sliding performance in the mobile arena, Nokia
tapped Stephen Elop, a Canadian Microsoft executive, as Mr.
Kallasvuo's replacement.Lee Yong-jik, a fund manager at AIG
Investments in Seoul, was optimistic about the change in
leadership and the benefits it may bring LG's smart phone campaign.
States Mr. Yong-jik, "Koo is expected to reshuffle the
organization and actively cope with the fast-changing IT industry...
LG is expected to narrow the gap with Apple and other leading
smartphone markers."Even if the LG Group's LG
Electronics unit is struggling, its still accounts for a significant
portion of the group's revenue. In the second quarter the unit
accounted for one third of the groups total sales and one fourth
of the total revenue. That wasn't enough, though, to stop the
group from posting a 120 billion won (appr. $103M USD )
loss for the quarter.Mr. Koo, 58, attended South Korea's
top college, Seoul National University, and the University of
Chicago's business school. He worked at AT&T for some time,
then moved to LG. His older brother Koo Bon-moo is LG
Group Chairman's Chairman and CEO.Mr. Koo, who owns the
Korean professional baseball team the LG Twins, is reportedly
extremely focused on winning. When he took over LG Phillips LCD
(later renamed LCD Display), he would reportedly greet employees by
saying, "Let's become No.1."In 1999, after LG took
the display lead, he changes his catch phrase to, "Let's keep
our No.1 title."The new executive is reportedly
preparing to clean house, relieving much of LG Electronics top
ranks. KB Investment & Securities analyst Harrison
Cho comments, "Koo is expected to replace (mobile chief)
Skott Ahn and other top executives. Under the ownership
management, LG will speed up the decision making process and quickly
respond to the change of the market environment."The
company is preparing the successor to the low-end original Optimus
(Optimus One), a high-end model complete with a 1 GHz processor,
dubbed the Optimus Q. It is also prepping
Windows Phone 7 model(s) for launch. LG Electronics
thinks that the new Optimus Q phone, launching on as many as 120
carriers worldwide, is capable of selling 10 million units. That's
an ambitious goal, considering that no single LG model has yet sold
more that 1 million units.


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Yes yes you cretins, I've finally returned from a ridiculously long ban, which lasted a month.
I do have some sad news though; I shall not be as active on this website as I once was. I've sadly lost interest in the Naruto Discussion and even the RP. I'll only remain to exist in this place for reasons unknown. Let's see if you can figure them out, eh?
Well, I'll be playing Halo 4 in my absence. A lot. So, if you wish to add me PM me and I'll send you a friend request. :p
Sad times indeed, eh? Nope. I shall lighten the mood with this;
See ya. :b


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Zubcic in his debut for Lietovus Rytas started
O Pts 5 Rebs 2 Ast in 17 mins
After having watched a few games of his (mainly out of boredom before going to work, I admit) the thing I've noticed is how well he handles the ball for a guy his height, especially on the move. If he learned a good ball fake, and had a bit more confidence in himself, he could really score well in the NBA. Needs to get bigger, though.
Insights from Rockets fans, will sum up everything for you.
He could be included into Bargnani trade, Houston desperately needs legit PF. But what else Raptors could demand from that roster or picks they have, I got no idea.
Found this interesting interview randomguy would you be able to enlighten us.
I wrote you before:
"He refused to play with his national team in order to play at summer league with Rockets, well they turned their backs to him for such dedication. "
Concerning summer of 2011, he was cut because coach relied on veterans, experienced players and this position is almost always stacked in our NT, most important basketball event was organized in Lithuania, hoops crazy country, so it was a big deal, coach made that decision, in addition he made huge improvement after being cut during that summer.
The 2 years ago NT I am not sure. But I do know from watching JV this last summer, Lithuanian National Senior team is not easy on the young players. This past year was his choice. He probably would not have played but he wanted to further his NBA career. Personally, I love that. I understand the commitment to your country's program but I am a selfish Raptor fan. I'd love to see guys commit over the summer like that.
GUys draft stock drop all the time. Kawhi Leonard also dropped in 2011. GM's make mistakes with the best of them. I believe there was a similar issue with DM as JV with he would not come over right away.
He tore up Summer League. He showed promise in preseason. He has tore up D-League. Basically he has shown the adjustment to the NBA game is not a concern. Now adjusting to the talent may be.
His problem in Houston is they need a backup C and he is a PF despite being 7ft. Sounds like a familiar refrain for Toronto but he appears to have a bit of an edge and actually rebounds so that is unfamiliar territory for Toronto.
If the Raps are looking for a stretch 4, I'd love him.
I agree with one point. That his dominating the D League. He really shouldn't be there.
In 5 games 36 mins a night.
22.6 Pts 10.4 Rebs 3.2 Ast 3.2 TO 0.6 Stl 0.6 Blk .64 FT 52.2 FG 16.7 3FG
Looks like Tomislav had himself a game
31pts 9reb(5off) 0ast 0to 1stl 0blks in 22 minutes and 3 seconds of game time
11-15 2ptfg, 1-1 3ptfg, 6-6ft
NOTE, this was against worst team in the league, with 0 wins and basically no true centers.
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So in 2006, B.C. drafted Barg 1st and Houston drafted Gay 8 and shipped him to Memphis. Since then B.C. had been trying to land Gay and finally got him last week. Does that mean he wished long time ago he drafted Gay instead of Barg?
Fast forward 2013 and B.C. finally go his man. How is it that Gay is now worth almost double what Barg is making? Is it a question of the team he played for? After the Grizzlies were originally a Canadian team. Is it because he was and still is that much better than Barg or is it because he had Gasol and Randolph playing along side him.
How good could the Raps have been with Bosh and Gay instead of Bosh and Barg?
To finally get your guy at almost 9 million dollars more than the guy you thought was good enough to be #1 pick must really suck for B.C. Basically his pick cost the organization $9 million dollars when you put thing in the grand scheme of things.
What are your thoughts on this?


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The Box Inside the Box
Disassembling the PlayStation 3 is literally a process of starting from the simplest components to the most complicated ones. First, one must open the hard drive slot to remove the 60GB Seagate. Then comes the removal of the glossy front cover. A sticker warning of the catastrophic, warranty-voiding consequences if removed is quickly ripped off, exposing a Torx-head screw. Removal of the lone Torx screw allows the glossy cover to be removed, exposing another barrier to entry. Seven screws later, and the real cover gives way to the innards of the black box.
Immediately visible are the Blu-ray Disc drive (which looks similar to an internal PC slot-loading drive), a simple card reader and a reflective shielding box. Under this shielding is the power supply, which is completely internal in the PlayStation 3.
After removing the power supply, Blu-ray drive and flash card reader, the massive thermal backplate is revealed. The motherboard is mounted upside down under this backplate with all of the active cooling at the bottom of the console. A single 160mm fan and massive heatsink sit below the motherboard. Removal of the cooling unit reveals two exposed chips though metal shielding, both of which were directly connected to the cooling assembly's heatsinks and heatpipes. Then, all that's left to be undressed is the motherboard, which exposes its Cell, RSX, EE and GS chips in all their glory.
Disassembly requires no special tools other than the Torx-head and Phillips-head screwdriver.
Chips and Bits
The PlayStation 3 is by far the most complex consoles to date, and a look at the inside reveals that the thermal design is even more complex than that of notebooks and desktops today. On the motherboard of the PlayStation 3, there are a few key elements on the motherboard that immediately attract the eye: the two most prominent being the Cell processor and RSX graphics engine.
More than five years in the making, the Cell Processor was developed jointly by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. The processor's name originated from the idea for a chip that operated in a similar fashion of a complex organism. Multiple 'cells' capable of general tasks, but all devoted to achieving a greater goal.
The Cell is a multicore chip capable of multi-threaded, massive floating point calculation. It comprises of a 64-bit PowerPC-based Power Processing Element (PPE) and eight identical Synergistic Processor Elements (SPE) running at 3.2GHz. The Cell consists of 234 million transistors and is manufactured on a 90nm silicon-on-insulator process.
The PPE is a dual issue, multi-threaded, in-order processor. It features a 64KB L1 cache, a 512KB L2 cache and shares many design cues with other PowerPC processors (this also gives it VMA/Altivec-like features). Most modern processors are of the out-of-order type, Cell forgoes this in favor of power savings and excessive transistor count. Being confined to its in-order architecture leads to decreased performance in applications with multiple branches, though clever programming, elegant compilers and the sheer speed of Cell may be able to minimize the downside. In essence, the Cell follows much of the RISC processor philosophy.
Each SPE is an independent, single precision, vector processor with 128 128-bit registers and four single precision floating point units. Each SPE is able to take a single instruction and perform multiple operations, just like how Intel used MMX or SSE technology to add SIMD (single instruction multiple data) to its Pentium CPUs. SIMD processor technology is ideally suited towards media applications such as games, movies and other forms of digital content.
The first six SPE's are dedicated to intense computational tasks. The seventh SPE is dedicated to OS security, and an eighth is included to help improve production yields by following the "baker's dozen" rationale (i.e., only seven out of eight cores need to be functional in order to be a approved for use in PS3). It is optimized for computational intensive workloads and media applications, such as games, movies and other forms of digital content.
Unlike the PPE and most modern day processors, the SPEs do not contain any cache whatsoever. Instead of cache, each SPE unit has 256KB allocated for local stores. While cache operates independent from programmer control, anything placed into an SPE's local memory must be explicitly planned by the programmer. The advantage of this is that it takes the unpredictability of cache out of the equation, which leaves room for greater performance. The disadvantage of this, of course, is that it takes the complexity away from the processor and puts it squarely on the shoulders of software programmers. This is one of the reasons that developers are commenting on the challenges of working on PlayStation 3. But with smart programming, storing to local memory will yield faster performance than using a general cache.
At this time, very little information about the NVIDIA RSX (Reality Synthesizer) processor is known, however we can pick some information out from the assembly. The RSX is a 550MHz graphics engine based on the G70 architecture, the same architecture family responsible for the GeForce 7800 series GPU. However, several reports indicate that the RSX is actually running at 500MHz core.
Four 512Mbit GDDR3 DRAM modules are integrated onto the RSX package, providing a total of 256MB of on-GPU memory. The chips in our console are Samsung modules rated at 700MHz (at least, according to the chip labels) which is essentially in-line with what reports claimed earlier this year. Like the original Xbox, the PlayStation 3 incorporates a memory controller on the graphics engine. According to documents leaked earlier this year, developers are supposed to use the RSX to access the main XDR memory or the GDDR3 memory found on the RSX chip.
256MB of Samsung XDR DRAM composes of the system's main memory. The memory on our console is listed at 400MHz, or 3.2Gbps. Also found on the console is a single 128MB Samsung NAND, signifying that the PlayStation 3 utilizes flash memory in some way.
Like the Xbox 360, the serial connections between the processor and GPU are easily visible, although the complexity on the PlayStation 3 is also apparent. Whereas the Xbox 360 essentially had two main controllers, the PlayStation 3 also adds two additional chips: the PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine and IO bridge (CXD2973GB). However, the Emotion Engine featured on the PlayStation 3 is more than just a die-shrink of the chip found on the previous generation console since the entire PlayStation 2 Graphics Synthesizer is also present on this chip; a feature present since the V9 PlayStation 2. What was an entire console in 1999 is now a single, passively cooled chip. A pair of Rambus DRAM chips is configured close to the EE/GS chip, similar to how they were found in the PlayStation 2.
Outside of Sony and NVIDIA, the company with the most chips in the PlayStation 3 is undoubtedly Marvell. Marvell has been a long time ally with Sony -- virtually all of the PSP networking and storage is provided by Marvell. The traces from the Ethernet port to the Marvell chip are also easily visible.
The PS3 is cooled by a single heatsink that covers a large majority of the motherboard. Under this heatsink, four more heatspreaders are revealed. Two of these heatspreaders house the Cell processor and the RSX.
Heatpipes dissipate heat from the Cell and the RSX along the system heatsink. This heatsink is cooled by a single 160mm fan with an exhaust along the back and sides of the console. The Cell processor is clearly the largest source of heat for the console, and it is situated directly underneath the 160mm fan. The Emotion Engine and Southbridge are both passively cooled, yet appear to make contact with the backplate that houses the main PS3 fan.
The entire power supply is built into the PlayStation 3. The Xbox 360 requires an external "brick" that can be swapped out depending on the local regulations for electronic devices. The US and Japan uses 110-120V, 60Hz adaptors. We have confirmation from SCEA now that the power supply inside the
Playstation 3 is, in fact, universal. The power supply supports 100 to
240 volts at 50 to 60 Hertz, which is useable in all modern power grids
-- including Europe. Although European markers require a different physical plug for their infrastructure, there is no need to replace the power supply.
Additionally, the AC to DC step does not have any specific cooling on the PlayStation 3. Virtually all of the active cooling is handled by the single heatsink and fan on the other side of the backplate that houses the motherboard. It does not seem as though this upper half of the PlayStation 3 is hermetically-sealed, there appears to be very little airflow to the rest of the console here.
The PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 when DVD was just starting to hit the mainstream. With the price of the console being among the cheapest ways to buy DVD playback capability, many purchased the machine for movies instead of gaming -- and the situation may be mirrored again with the PlayStation 3, as it will be one of the most affordable Blu-ray Disc players this year.
Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format which could potentially replace DVD. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25 gigabytes of data and a double-layer will hold up to 50 gigabytes of data on a 12cm CD/DVD size disc using a 405nm blue-violet laser. With up to five times the storage space of a DVD, extra capacity enables for large data applications and 1920x1080p HD video quality.
Blu-ray currently competes with HD-DVD for ownership of the next-generation optical standard, with neither format yet taking a clear lead. PlayStation 3 may have a hand to play in the matter as every console sold will increase Blu-ray installed user base.
The BD-ROM found in the PlayStation 3 has a maximum read speed of 2x for Blu-Ray Discs, 8x for DVDs and 24x for CDs. The drive also supports the Super Audio CD format.
Seagate, who already supplies Microsoft with 20GB hard drives for the Xbox 360, scores another win by supplying Sony with 20 and 60GB drives for the PlayStation 3. The hard drive found in the 'fully loaded' version of the PlayStation 3 is a 60GB 2.5" Seagate Momentus 5400.2. The mobile drive runs on the SATA 1.5Gbps interface, spins at 5400 RPM and has average seek times of 12.5ms.
What's different from Microsoft's implementation is that the hard drive is easily accessible via a special compartment on the console. Just a flip of the lid and a removal of a few screws is all that's required to separate the hard drive from the system. What's even more interesting is that Sony explicitly states in its Safety and Support manual that the system will accept any 2.5" SATA hard drive, which will eliminate any user cries of storage limitations like what Xbox 360 owners are experiencing. People getting (or stuck with) the 20GB version of the PlayStation 3 could easily upgrade to a drive that would surpass its more expensive older brother. This also opens up the opportunity of upgrading to a faster, 7200 RPM drive. At DailyTech, we've already attempted to use a 3.5" 320GB hard drive (with some creative cabling), and had no problem utilizing the new drive.
The process in changing to another SATA drive is remarkably simple. All one needs to do in install the new hard drive in the reverse manner of removing it, and the system will alert the user on boot-up that a new drive is detected and needs to be formatted. After the format, the system fully recognizes the change in storage space and moves along with nary a hitch.
Other Odds and Ends
Situated on the underside of the BD-ROM is a controller board connected by several ribbon cables. Running the width of the drive, the controller board features custom chips designed by Sony.
Given that the 60GB version of the PlayStation 3 includes two features that the 20GB version does not, wireless LAN support and a flash memory card reader, it only makes sense that these two devices are modular.
The flash card reader, which accepts compact flash, Secure Digital and Memory Stick Pro, rests in the space provided next to the power supply and BD-ROM. It is connected to the system by a ribbon cable which reaches down towards the motherboard.
The IEEE 802.11b/g card sits directly below (in relative terms when the console is laid flat) the card reader and is connected to the system also via ribbon cable. The wireless card is home to a pair of daughterboards, which upon removal of the metal plates reveals one with chips from Sony and the other with a blue PCB with chips from Marvell.
All in all, the PlayStation 3 is one of the most takeapart-ready consoles we've ever seen, an enormous departure from the Xbox 360 mentality. We've already completed our first hack by attaching a 320GB hard drive to the console, and the system hasn't even launched in the US yet. The PlayStation 2 was one of the most difficult consoles to disassemble and hack, yet we're not even out the door yet and things seem to bode well for the brave hacker and the PlayStation 3.
Update 11/14/2006: We were originally mistaken that the Playstation 3 would need a different power supply for Europe. The power supply is universal.