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The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is today a museum with two hearts.
The first is the Museum's connection to the past. Its cultural history is intertwined with that of the Italian State which achieved complete political unity only in 1870 with the establishment of Rome as its capital. The first half of the 19th Century was a period of great political and cultural ferment and this is the foundation upon which the Museum stands.
On the other hand the Museum, since its founding in 1883, has always looked to the present. It's mission being to represent "living" art.
As a State institution the Museum was born in 1883 and as such belongs to a significant historical moment when newly unified Italy undertook the founding of national institutions. The government did not fail to show a timely and appropriate interest in supporting a 'national' art.
The Museum's first three decades were spent at the Exposition Palace constructed by Pio Piacentini in 1883. The Museum's current seat goes back to 1915. Monumental, but spacious as well, the building was created by Cesare Bazzani for the exposition celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Italian unification in 1911. The site's suburban area, beyond the city walls and Porta del Popolo, began its development at that time, taking the name Valle Giulia.
The collection was presented following a criteria organized around regional schools but allowing for the exposition of important foreign artists as well. The works were acquired at the great National Expositions and at the international Biennale of Venice. Such works represent the best of what was at that time officially admitted: a great deal of Symbolist, Neo-renaissance Decadentist, Italian verismo and a few nods towards the Secessionist movement as well.
Additionally there were a number of important donations and bequeaths by protagonists of the then recently ended 19th century; works prevalently of the Southern schools by Morelli, Palizzi and Celentano.
In the years ensuing the end of the First World War to the end of the Second World War the panorama of the Contemporary collections accented a national and a regional nature. Acquisitions regarding the 19th century also focused on the 'national' artists critically favoured at that time. These were oriented towards romantic intimacy: Macchiaoli, Divisionists and the sculptural work of Medardo Rosso. In 1933 and 1934 the architect Bazzani returned and expanded the building but until 1945 these new spaces were devoted exclusively to works celebrating the tenth anniversary of Fascism.
Soon the Gallery would acquire the autonomous status of Superintendent and from the mid 1940's until 1975 was under the supervision of Director Palma Bucarelli (1910-1998). These were fertile years where the Gallery was closely allied to the methodologies of the Roman University school. First with Lionello Venturi, and later with Giulio Carlo Argan the Gallery acquired international prestige thanks to a museography of wide breadth encompassing timely and relevant expositions by the likes of Picasso, Mondrian and Pollock, to mention only a few. There were new acquisitions of works by international masters of the Twentieth century,such as Mondrian, Modigliani, Moore and Pollock, for example, as well as essential Italian artists like Burri, Colla, Capogrossi, Fontana, Manzoni and the Kineticists. In the 1960's the collection was re-ordered, underscoring its abundance and even its apparent completeness.
Paradoxically the departure of Bucarelli along with the birth of the new Ministry of Culture deprived the Gallery of its independence regarding acquisitions. Reduced to the level of its fellow Superintendents, the following twenty years were characterized by a notable decline in promoting the contemporary in art. However this was compensated by a noteworthy policy of acquisitions geared towards filling in the missing blanks regarding pre-unification Italy; the first half of the 19th century. Such were the works acquired: historical, romanticist and purist by artists such as Palagi, Koch, Gastaldi, Ciseri and Franchi. Important donations followed one another in quick succession with series of works by Italian masters of the 20th century - above all Balla, De Chirico, Guttuso. There were new museums acquired as well: house-museums of collectors of the 19th and 20th centuries such as the Praz and Boncompagni museums and artists' studios of the 20th century such as those of Manzù and Anderson.
A first sign of renewed attention to the contemporary came in 1995 under Minister Paolucci with the acquisition of a group of works from the 1980's by exponents of the Transavanguardia movement. Regarding the generation of the 1990's Superintendant Pinto promoted the initiative "Partito preso" (Taking sides) a program with roots going back to Bucarelli's time which focused on the encouragement of young artists.
The National Gallery of Modern Art has thus acquired the status of "mother museum", that is to say the museum of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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recording industry can be very aggressive with matters such as music piracy and
licensing rights. For instance, the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) spent $64 million between 2006
and 2008 to win $1.4 million from pirates, and just this year, the
RIAA won $105 million from Limewire, a
free peer-to-peer file sharing program. Record labels also flipped out when
cloud-based music services were released such as Amazon's Cloud Drive and Google Music.
Now, licensing companies are targeting restaurants. Just like food costs and
rent, restaurants must pay thousands of dollars a year to play copyrighted
music in their establishments as well. If they don't, a huge bill could find
its way to their doorstep, and the rules do not strictly pertain to music
played through a stereo; it also applies to bands playing live. If a band
covers an unlicensed song, the restaurant could be fined.
Recently, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) sued a Raleigh, North Carolina restaurant
called Fosters American Grille to the tune of $30,450 for playing four
copyrighted songs without licenses according
to WRAL News. A federal judge
also ordered that the restaurant pay $10,700 in attorneys' fees.
"We've been attempting to resolve this for two years now," said
Robbin Ahrold, BMI's vice president of corporate communications and marketing.
"It is our obligation when we sign an agreement with these songwriters to
be diligent and do what we can do to collect their royalties."
BMI collects license fees from businesses that play copyrighted music, and delivers the
royalties to artists and copyright owners. Currently, BMI licensing fees are
$6,060 per year, and it sends employees into local bars to see what music is
playing inside to make sure the establishment is complying with these fees.
That is how Fosters' owners, John Powers and Ralph Nelson, were caught. Their
restaurant had played Michael Jackson and R. Kelly songs as well as a song
called "Aeroplane" illegally when the BMI employees made their way
into Fosters. The restaurant is now closed, but according to copyright attorney
Rick Matthews, Powers said the music lawsuit is not the reason Fosters closed.
Apparently there were sewer and water issues in the building, and that was the
reason for closing. But a $30,000+ music licensing fee probably didn't help
"Oh, it will close a business, you know, having a bill of that magnitude immediately,"
said Matthews.
On the other hand, some restaurant owners feel that it is best to pay up to
avoid such legal problems in the future. "It's very important to us to
have the right music because of the atmosphere, and there are expenses that go
along with that," said Royster who owns a Ruckus Pizza restaurant in
Other North Carolina bars/restaurants that BMI has sued includes Alley Cat,
Andrew Blair's, Sharpshooters Sports Bar, Forty Rod Roadhouse and White Owl.
According to WRAL News, there have been a total
of 38 lawsuits across the country this year alone.

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*I bolded the stuff I thought you'd find interesting if you just want to skim through
Hey everyone. I was recently employed part-time for MLSE and as such I received an invite to Town Hall 2012. For those who don't know Town Hall is an event to celebrate new and current employees of MLSE.
At this event MLSE talked about they're new vision or "The New Era" as they put it. In the past MLSE was accused of only having profit on mind and not caring what happened on the court. This "New Era" under new ownership is now focused on the direction of winning on the ice, court, and field.
Anyways enough boring you and onto the stuff you want to hear. At the event GMs of all 3 Toronto teams (Maple Leafs, Toronto FC, and the Raptors) were there to speak to us as well as Dwayne Casey being a special guest speaker. I'm just going to point out some of the interesting stuff they said regarding the Raptors, some you already know and some you may not.
Bryan Colangelo:
- Raptors envisioning playoff spot this season, not guaranteed or promised, but with the young talent they feel a playoff spot is not out of the equation
- Jonas will be the center of the future. Will not be putting up monster numbers right away, will have a similar role to that of his role on Lithuanian national team in first year (energy, run the floor, athletic around the rim)
- Lowry will be pushing Jose for the starting spot (meaning they will compete for the starting spot during training camp)
- Fields is a great character guy that fans will love and embrace. His personality is one of a kind.
- Raptors and other teams around the league feel highly about Terrance Ross, and he has received a few trade offers for Ross in which he was the main piece teams wanted.
- Bryan Colangelo is referred to as "Tall Bryan" by Brian Burke and other suits in MLSE
Dwayne Casey:
- Raptors goal is the playoffs, have their eyes set on it
- Talked about improvement on defence in which the Raptors were top 5 in many categories and had the #1 most improved defence in the league (30th to 7th overall)
- Teams foundation and focus remains defence and toughness, but knows offence must improve to get wins. Looking to push the tempo on offence fueled by defence
- Lowry brings toughness on both ends of the court that the Raptors need and feels it is a great improvement ("Lowry is a pitbull at PG")
- At the teams first meeting (for the season) Andrea Bargnani was the first person to step up and speak on what he and the team need to do to improve on (Casey says he nearly fell out of his chair)
- Each player on the team receives a card that has 5 roles (e.g. scorer, stopper, finisher, hustle, passer, etc) that each player must do every night on the court
- The team always wears their Raptors gear on the road when entering hotels and stuff like that to show pride for the organization and the team
Unrelated stuff:
- Brian Burke knew that the time for last calls in Halifax (where Raptors will be for training camp this year) is at 4am
- Burke is the funniest of the 3 GMs that spoke, he was the most interesting and really spoke the truth about players and other topics
- Leafs looking to be a hard hitting tough team
- Toronto FC not afraid to spend big dollars to go after key players. Feels it is only a few pieces away from competing (for a playoff spot I assume)
All in all it really seems like the organization is going in the direction of being dedicated to fans and providing winning products. I hope this helps since news around is kinda slow this time around.


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I'm so pissed off about this pick I may actually move out of my parent's basement.
Eh follow my TWITTER!
Derozan is a bench player, he has no business starting with that shot and that defence.
Ed hasn't played enough but has bust written all over him, he plays as well as Ronny Turiaf.
Bargnani is......well he's Bargnani, no need to write what everyone knows.
JV hasn't played yet, so let's hope he's as good as the BCo hype machine has made him out to be.
This idea that BC is a good drafter is based on a lot of nothing. Isiah Thomas was a good drafter, if only we could have him draft and then immediately leave before he ruins and rapes everything in site.
Here is a rundown of the picks he made - I included notable 2nd round picks. Draft slot is in brackets:
1994 - Wesley Person (24)
1995 - Michael Finley (21)
1996 - Steve Nash (15)
1997 - Stephen Jackson (42)
1998 - [no picks]
1999 - Shawn Marion (9)
2000 - Jake Tsakalidis (25)
2001 - [no picks]
2002 - Amare Soudemire (9)
2003 - Zarko Cabarkapa (17)
2004 - Luol Deng (7)
2005 - Nate Robinson (21)
- Marcin Gortat (57)
2006 - Andrea Bargnani (1)
2007 - [no picks]
2008 - [no picks]
2009 - DeMar DeRozan (9)
2010 - Ed Davis (13)
2011 - Jonas Valanciunas (5)
2012 - Terrence Ross (8)
Bryan isn't perfect.. no one is.. but he's made some good decisions with the cards that were dealt.
Now if you want to complain about the fact that he does not know how to trade up or down in a draft, I would have to agree 100%. He absolutely sucks at it. In fact I don't believe he's ever done that his whole career.
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I dont create controversies. Theyre there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
-- Charles Barkley
All you're doing is basing your argument only on the player's negativs.
Ed isn't a bust, he led the team in double-doubles the year before this past season.
Derozan is averaging 16.7 points on the season, and 14.1 in his short three year career. The guy is improving his skills from year to year. Dwane Casey stated the fact that his defense improved, and his ability to do other things such as rebound and get others involved has come along. Watch the raptor games and you'll see. When Demar Derozan is acting aggressive, and the team is putting him in the right positions, he can be a hard guard. Dwane Casey stated the fact that he looks Demar to be the eventual closer in games, and that he has gotten stronger, and bulked up in a recent interview post-draft.
The two players' development were stunned because of they shortened season. No training camp, no coaching connection, no consistent practice time. Plus the team was undergoing a culture change, putting the development of players under the priority of establishing defense.
Jonas has had hype, but watch his games overseas, and you'll see he is nearly as good as people put him out to be.
10.8 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 63.4% FGP, 1.6 BPG, 80% FT%. Great numbers in the 2011/2012 Eurocup, he dominated the tournament, and still getting stronger and better as time goes on.The second European player off the board in the 2011 NBA Draft, Jonas Valanciunas spent the summer continuing to build his resume across the pond by leading Lithuania to a U19 World Championship victory and playing rotation minutes for the nation's Senior National Team, which finished 5th at the 2011 Eurobasket.
Returning to Lietuvos Rytas for the 2011-2012 season, the Lithuanian 7-footer has continued to make small, incremental strides, leaving plenty of room for optimism for his future arrival in the NBA.
Though he could not help Rytas advance out of the Euroleague qualifying round and has not shown tremendous improvement in any one area, Valanciunas is having a solid season in a bigger role that better reflects what the Raptors are likely going to expect from him long-term.
His efficiency as a scorer has not wavered significantly this season despite playing next to a more scoring oriented guard in Tyrese Rice who doesn't create pick and roll opportunities quite as well as Sarunas Jasikevicius did a year ago.
Seeing a much higher rate of touches with his back to the basket compared with last season, Valanciunas continues to score both prolifically (19.5 points per-40) and efficiently (66% FG%, 83% FT%) through 20 games –a trend worth keeping an eye on as he matures offensively.
Valanciunas still hasn't had the time off needed to properly work on his body due to his incredibly busy summer schedule, and thus remains underdeveloped physically.
He continues to foul at a high rate as well, but is showing more flashes of midrange jump shooting potential—which will surely serve him well in the future. His new role has had somewhat of an impact on his proficiency on the offensive glass and passing numbers, but Valanciunas continues to stay true to his game, and execute, two big reasons why he was selected to play in last summer's Eurobasket.
Considering his increased playing time and usage this season, the fact that he continues to score with deft touch in the paint, make an impact with his work ethic on both ends, and play with impressive efficiency are all promising signs for a 19-year old only scratching the surface of his potential.
From DraftExpress.com http://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz1zDpdQUKP
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
I knew before new orleans made their pick that it was highly unlikely harrison barnes would get past g state.
But, i just hoped.
Oh well, i was a bit cofused about the pick. Like wait who is this?
I wasn't upset but confused. lets see what this guy can do anyways.
If the punditry was so convinced with Ross being rated as a late teens-20s pick, how come he was invited to the Green Room? Isnt that by invite only for potential lottery picks.
The Raptors may have been the author of that request.
6'7 shooting guard with game i am happy, even more happy rivers wasnt taken
Terrence Ross has all the tools we want from a wing player: athleticism, 3 point ability, mid-range, defensive instincts.
He also has an "average" dribbling ability at the very least. He has a nice right to left cross-over, a nice step back jumper. In perspective, he has more tools than DeRozan, to be honest. Although DeMar has the ability to slash and finish around the rim.
Honestly, DeRozan, being a 6'7'' athletic wing, with a 6'9" wingspan, would be suited for the 3 spot, especially since he can't really shoot. If they aren't talking sh!t and DeMar actually has since been putting on muscle, I have a lot to be excited about. DeMar finished last season at 216 lbs. If he can put in a solid 10 lbs of muscle, I see him as a fit to play the 3 for longer stretches than last year. To put that into perspective, Amir added 20 lbs last year, and Ed added 16 lbs. 10 lbs of added bulk should not be a stretch.
I dont create controversies. Theyre there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
-- Charles Barkley
from what i can find, this was the green room lineup
Harrison Barnes (UNC)
Bradley Beal (Florida)
Anthony Davis (Kentucky)
Andre Drummond (UConn)
John Henson (UNC)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Kentucky)
Jeremy Lamb (UConn)
Meyers Leonard (Illinois)
Damian Lillard (Weber State)
Austin Rivers (Duke)
Terrence Ross (Washington)
Dion Waiters (Syracuse)
Tyler Zeller (UNC)
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DailyTech has learned that JMicron will be unveiling a new NAND flash controller for use in Solid State Drives (SSDs) in the near future. The JMF612 chip uses an ARM9 core in a 289-ball TFBGA package, and will support the use of up to 256MB of DDR or DDR2 DRAM as an external cache.
The new chip was designed to remedy stuttering problems during random write operations, which has plagued SSDs using the JMF602 flash controller. JMicron rushed out a JMF602B chip to address shortcomings, but was only partially successful. Several firms decided to combine two JMF602B chips and an internal RAID chip from JMicron to boost performance. Although it raised costs significantly, it was still cheaper than controllers from Samsung and Indilinx, which were not yet available at the time. It was for this reason that SSDs like OCZ's Apex and G.Skill's Titan series were born.
The JMF612 chip is designed especially for a new generation of NAND flash chips built using smaller process geometries that will be entering the market soon. The new flash chips will be smaller, faster, and cheaper to manufacture. IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between Intel and Micron, is already building 34nm NAND, while 32nm NAND from Samsung and Toshiba will soon be entering production. The use of a cheap single-chip controller and new higher density flash chips could cut prices in half by the vital Christmas shopping season.
SSDs using the chip will also be able to support Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which was designed to increase performance of SATA hard disks by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order in which read and write commands are executed. NCQ is used in SSDs when there is latency due to high CPU usage. It also supports 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) protocols for full disk encryption. This provides data security mandated for classified and/or privileged information in government and corporations.
While most drives using the new chip will be designed for its SATA II interface in mind, it does have a USB 2.0 interface for data transfers and firmware updates. The JMF612 has an ARM9 embedded processor with 32KB of ROM and 128KB of RAM at its core. Data integrity is provided by BCH ECC in hardware, with the ability to correct up to 24 random bit errors per 1024 bytes. Dynamic and static wear leveling technologies, along with updated bad block management software help to ensure long life of the drive.
The first terabyte SSDs on the market could end up using this controller chip. It uses eight memory channels to access its storage quickly and without lag.
JMicron will be showing engineering samples of its latest controller at Computex 2009 at the beginning of June. Mass production of the new chip is expected to start in July. The company is also working on a flash controller that will work at SATA 6Gbps speeds, but it is not expected to be ready for mass production until the middle of 2010.


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Now that we have Gay (happy we got Gay, sad we lost Jose) and everyone is taking more trades. Who should the Raps keep ... players who we should keep as our core going forward.
In my opinion:
1)Gay - We just traded for him and he is our new leader.
2)Valanciunas - Can be our starting C for years to come if he keeps developing.
3)Ross - Can be our future SG or one hell of a bench player. Too much up side to trade away.
4)Lowry - Friends with Gay and now this is HIS team to lead. Deserves a shot to prove that he can lead a winner.
5)Johnson - Amir is the type of player every club needs. He gives everything to every play ... I value him a lot more then most.
6)DeRozan - I want to see what him and Gay can do as a team. I say keep him for another year or so and see how him, Ross, and Gay mesh.
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This is the cut off line. Everyone from here can be traded without hurting the team.
I would like to keep Lucas, Acy, Gray because I think they are good value for what they have.
C: Valanciunas
PF: Johnson
SF: Gay
SG: DeRozan, Ross
PG: Lowry
C: Gray
PF: Acy
SG: Ross or DeRozan
PG: Lucus
Trade chips:
2)Anderson and Pietrus (Expiring contracts and Anderson is playing pretty well)
3)Kleiza and Fields (Might have some value. Kleiza more next year as one year left on his contract)
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Let's see if Ross is even good enough to knock Demar out of the 2 (not that hard of a task) but if we put demar on 3s, we better hope it's not a scorer or someone that can bang in the paint or else they'll have a monster night.
More money, more production
Was worth the money last season, so repeat that
Let's see if Ross is even good enough to knock Demar out of the 2 (not that hard of a task) but if we put demar on 3s, we better hope it's not a scorer or someone that can bang in the paint or else they'll have a monster night.
Demar is barely a decent SG & struggles defending 2's aswell, the problem is hed be an even worse SF for the same reasons, then add in the fact hed get punked on a nightly basis by guys who out muscle him
DeMar doesn't rebound well because he doesn't like contact. At SF he has to do more than hold his own. he would have to hold his own as well as help out with Bargnani's man. He's not my first option at SF and I think the SF position would have to be addressed via free agency or trade.
Why are people calling Demar a barely decent shooting guard? Goodness, this fan base is the model of underrate and overrate.
Demar is a solid shooting guard only going to get better. He's got solid numbers for a player who was drafted so raw and drafted as a project. Let him develop, one good off-season with Casey should really bump things up for him, especially being part of USA's Select roster.
BC: "I don't know if you've seen Demar lately, he's either wearing tighter shirts, or he's gotten bigger."DC: "Demar kind of looks like a power forward now."
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Hmmm. Tougher to find. The press conference of the introduction of Acy and Ross is where Casey makes his quote on Demar.
I can't find the BC one, but I watched it on NBATV Canada. He was addressing to the media post-draft about the picks, and someone asked about the complimentary of Demar and Terrence playing together. BC discussed the idea of Demar playing the 3, and mentioned Demar has bulked up. Sorry, can't find the link to the media address of BC, but I swear none is false.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
I do remember the quote about Demar looking like a power forward, it sure did stick out to me. Maybe having Demar guarding the 3 spot may be a good thing, sure he may get posted up by the "bigger" 3's in teh league, but he wont be chasing around the D-Wades, Mota Ellis', Kobes, and the Eric Gordons, of the league either.
with Atlanta now officially blowing it up.. there will never be a better time to ask about josh Smith trade
Demar Derozan can play the 3 as well as he plays the 2. The only threes he will have trouble against is Durant, James, and Carmelo Anthony. The reality is no one in the league can cover them so it doesn't even matter who we put on them.
On offense he will have an easier time scoring against 3s and slashing to the rim I am looking forward to seeing him and Ross on the floor at the same time and getting alley oops from Steve Nash.
Demar's game actually translates better to the 3 than it does SG. his body however,
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of 2008 was set to be a landmark year for the physics community.
The Large Hadron Collider, a massive 17-mile-long track beneath the
Franco-Swiss border was coming online and promised to at last allow
physicists to glimpse the long theorized, but never observed Higgs
boson, nicknamed the "God particle".However, a
malfunction killed
those hopes, pushing the launch back to 2009. A cold winter
slowed repairs and it was August 2009 when the repairs finally
wrapped up. In November the collider was brought back
online at last. Within days it recorded its first
collisions and before long set a new
world record -- despite operating at a mere fraction of its
prospective power.Amid a winter shutdown, researchers are now
planning their next move, even as they sift through a wealth of data
collected from the initial collisions. This week they laid out
an ambitious
plan for the collider.In 2010 and 2011 they plan to
operate the collider at 3.5 TeV per beam, much more than 1.18 TeV per
beam recorded in November, and significantly more than the previous
record holder, the U.S.-based
Fermilab, which has achieved 1 TeV beams. To put these
numbers in context, a mosquito has about 1 TeV in kinetic
energy -- but it has 1023 to
1024 atoms
in them, many with dozens of protons. The LHC is packing all
this energy into a single proton -- a feat akin to packing all
the people in the world into a square smaller than the tiniest
transistor.According to the LHC road map, the collider will
shut down in 2012, skipping "mid-range" collisions of
around 5 TeV per beam. Instead, it will receive a circuitry
upgrade to help it handle its peak designed power -- 7 TeV per beam.
In 2013 it will begin collisions at a record combined energy of about
14 TeV -- about 14 mosquitoes per proton pair, in layman's
terms.Until the LHC achieves peak power in 2013, FermiLab
still has a chance to beat it and be the first to observe the Higgs
boson. However, if the particle is less lightweight, it will
likely not be observed until the LHC cranks up the juice.


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Trout, Harper, Posey land cover of Men's Health
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
Gain muscle. Crush calories. Sweat buckets.
Win a World Series ring and an MVP Award. Lead the Majors in runs, steals and OPS+.
Steal home. Make an All-Star roster. Produce more total bases than anyone younger than 20 ever has.
All of that will go together in the April issue of Men's Health magazine, which will focus on Major League Baseball's wave of electrifying young talent by putting Giants catcher Buster Posey, Angels left fielder Mike Trout and Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper on the cover. The issue goes on sale nationwide and on iTunes on March 12.
"Three brilliant new stars of the national pastime are right here, right now and they are making history on the field and on the cover," reads the magazine.
For the first time in its history, the No. 1 men's mag on newsstands is offering four distinct covers -- three "RIPPED RIGHT NOW!" covers, each bearing a power portrait of one of baseball's hottest young stars, and a fourth featuring the trio together in their familiar home whites.
"Having me, Trout and Posey on there was a pretty cool deal," Harper said, noting that they were "Photoshopped" together in the group-cover version. "I think, of course, Trout is one of the best guys in the game right now. And also Posey, one of the best catchers in the game. So it was cool to be on the same cover with them, and it was good for the fans also."
When asked if he was happy with how his solo shot came out -- pointing his bat at the camera -- Harper said: "Yeah, I love it. I absolutely love it.
"It was quick, easy. Men's Health is a lot fun to work with. Everybody is really easy with things. To be able to do that, to be on the cover, I really thank them for that. It was a blessing, really."
For the April issue, Posey, Trout and Harper open up about getting started in Major League Baseball, and also share personal and professional tips to live and play by. The issue further expands the reach of MLB into a world of men who turn to the publication for advice on fitness, women, health, nutrition, weight loss and style.
Posey, 25, was drafted out of Lee County High in Leesburg, Ga., as a pitcher but opted to play shortstop at Florida State. Men's Health covers not only the journey from his devastating 2011 ankle injury to his 2012 glory, but also his journey to catcher, which happened when an FSU coach suggested he try the position for the first time since Little League. It was obviously a sage idea, and his work ethic offers many lessons.
"I can still picture it now, in the cage at FSU," Posey says in the article. "The gear felt natural. I just kind of went from there, and fell in love with it."
Trout, 21, was the obvious American League Rookie of the Year choice in 2012, and he probably would have added MVP honors had it not been for a rare Triple Crown from Detroit's Miguel Cabrera. The article states that the Angels star "looks more natural for football" and asks him for the secret to his nonpareil baserunning and plate discipline.
"I just run as hard as I can," Trout says in an excerpt. "I used to get made fun of in the Minor Leagues. I'd be 0-for-2, and then in my last at-bat, I'd hit a chopper that wouldn't even reach the shortstop, and I'd get a hit out of it. The guys would be all over me, but a hit's a hit. I'll take 3,000 of 'em."
Harper, 20, was called up by the Nationals during the 2012 season, became the youngest position player to make an All-Star roster and helped the club bring postseason baseball back to Washington. His 254 total bases and 57 extra-base hits were the most ever for a player under age 20, and his 22 homers, 98 runs scored, .340 on-base percentage, .477 slugging percentage and .817 OPS were the best regular-season totals for a teenager in the past 45 years.
After his sophomore year of high school, Harper earned his GED so he could be eligible for the Draft a year early, and Men's Health delves into the way he "turned the tables" on those who doubted he would be mentally ready for the rigors of big league ball. As the article states, he "stepped up and studied each movement, making long-term Major Leaguers look like unfocused 19-year-olds. Now, at age 20, Harper continues to thrive."
"Mentally, you have to be as strong as you can be," Harper tells the magazine. "I had a lot of veteran guys who really helped me out this year with that. All year long, not just on the field but off the field."
Want more of the future now? Watch hundreds and hundreds of MLB.com video highlights of Posey, Trout and Harper, and order tickets to see them at a ballpark near you in 2013.
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. Read and join other baseball fans on his MLB.com community blog. Paul Hagen contributed to this story. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR): Etiological and Prospective Family Study in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Baseline Data, 1990-2011 (ICPSR 33444)
Principal Investigator(s): Tarter, Ralph E., University of Pittsburgh
The Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR) conducts research on 775 families enrolled in the Center's prospective investigations into the etiology of substance use disorder (SUD). The pro-bands are men with lifetime presence/absence of SUD consequent to use of an illicit drug who have a 10-12 year old biological son or daughter. The biological children of SUD men are assigned to the high average risk (HAR) group whereas offspring of men without SUD, having neither axis 1 disorder ("normal") nor SUD psychiatric disorder, are assigned to the low average risk (LAR) group. A second control group (Psych control) was also collected, in whom the fathers had a lifetime DSM-III-R diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder not related to substance use. The sample sizes are as follows: HAR = 344, LAR = 350, and Psych = 81. The children are currently in varying stages of follow-up evaluation conducted at ages 12-14, 16, 19, and annually thereafter until age 30. CEDAR has already shown that they can predict in 10-12 year old youth cannabis use disorder by age 22 with approximately 70 percent accuracy, thereby substantiating the paradigm, subject recruitment strategy, and measurement protocols. Multidisciplinary research is conducted on family members (father, mother, children) with the objective of elucidating the genetic, bio-behavioral, and environmental factors on development of SUD consequent to use of illegal drugs. Research protocols are organized into three thematically connected research modules (Neurogenetics, Developmental Psychopathology, and Translation) linking etiology and prevention. The research components thus align with the NIH Roadmap model such that basic science informs clinical research leading to prevention guided by an understanding of etiology. In addition to module-level research, faculty also participate in three organizational aims: (1) Devise a practical scale to quantify the transmissible liability to SUD; (2) Empirically test a bio-psychological theory of SUD etiology focusing on off-time maturation leading to psychological dysregulation predisposing to SUD; and, (3) Delineate SUD liability variants within an ontogenetic framework.
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Tarter, Ralph E. Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR): Etiological and Prospective Family Study in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Baseline Data, 1990-2011. ICPSR33444-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-08-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33444.v1
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Subject Terms: aptitude, attitudes, child health, children, cognition, cognitive functioning, domestic relations, drug abuse, drug use, families, family relations, health, mental health, parent child relationship, parents, participation, personality assessment, psychiatric services, psychological evaluation, psychological wellbeing, psychosocial assessment, social attitudes, social behavior, social life, substance abuse
Smallest Geographic Unit: Census tract
Geographic Coverage: Pennsylvania, United States
- 1990--2011
- 1990-01-05--2011-01-14
Unit of Observation: individual; household
Universe: Fathers, mothers, and biological children ages 10-12 in 1990 in Southeastern Pennsylvania whose father had a lifetime presence/absence of substance abuse disorder consequent to use of an illicit drug.
For more information regarding the CEDAR study measures, users are encouraged to see the Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR) Web site.
Study Design: Three groups of male and female children are studied for a 20-year period: (1) Offspring of substance abusing fathers, (2) Offspring of normal fathers, and (3) Offspring of psychiatrically disturbed fathers. The three groups are longitudinally tracked from age 10-12 until they reach age 30 using the following assessment schedule: age 10-12, age 12-14, age 16, age 19-30 (with annual evaluations).
Sample: The sample uses a high risk paradigm, in which the families were selected based on a DSM-III-R diagnosis of substance use disorder in the biological father of the index child (High Average Risk, or HAR group) versus NO DSM-III-R psychiatric disorder (Low Average Risk, or LAR group). A second control group (Psych control) was also collected, in whom the fathers had a lifetime DSM-III-R diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder not related to substance use. The sample sizes are as follows: HAR = 344, LAR = 350, and Psych = 81. Citation: Tarter, R.E., Vanyukov, M.M. (2001). Introduction: Theoretical and operational framework for research into the etiology of substance use disorders. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 10 (4):1-12.
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The Mercury News'
Dean Takahashi reports
that the first Xbox 360 CPUs manufactured on the 65nm process are now on ships
in the Pacific bound for North America. Should the consoles, which are made in
China, arrive soon, then they could be on retail shelves sometime this fall.
Last month, Takahashi reported that the
65nm Xbox 360 chips would come in a revised hardware version that Microsoft has
coded "Falcon." The new chips are not only smaller and roughly 50 percent
cheaper to produce than their 90nm counterpart, but they are also cooler – and
presumably less prone to the
Red Ring of Death defect.
Those expecting the 65nm die shrink to affect the two main
chips inside the Xbox 360 will be disappointed to learn that only the console's
main processor will be the manufactured on the new process.
"Falcon is the name for the board that houses the
65-nanometer microprocessor from IBM," wrote Takahashi. "The board does not
include a 65-nanometer version of the ATI graphics chip for the Xbox 360. That
version of the graphics chip is coming later."
The new 65nm chip from IBM will work with both the current
90nm and the future 65nm iteration of the 65nm ATI GPU, according to Takahashi.
Oddly enough, it appears as though the main culprit behind
the Xbox 360 reliability woes may be linked to the ATI GPU rather than the IBM
CPU. As part of a recent fix to all 90nm-based consoles, Microsoft has been
adding additional cooling measures into the Xbox 360. Found first in a repaired
European Xbox 360 was a new heatsink with a
heatpipe that leads to a secondary "daughter" heatsink helps to further
cool the GPU.
The latest Xbox 360 Premium consoles with the HDMI-enabled "Zephyr"
motherboard also features
the extra heatsinks, providing further evidence that an overheating GPU is
the main cause behind the Red Ring of Death.


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BleachBit deletes junk to recover disk space and maintain privacy. It rids your system of old junk including cache, Internet history, temporary files, unused locale files (better than localepurge), logs, and cookies. Designed for Linux systems, it wipes clean 50 applications including Adobe Reader, Bash, Firefox, Flash, OpenOffice.org, Opera, Real Player, Skype, and more. It shreds files so that they cannot be recovered, and it wipes free disk space to hide insecurely deleted files. It offers both a simple PyGTK GUI and a command line interface for automation.
The goal of Cheix USB is a Linux image executing from a USB storage device into a running OS, either Linux or Windows, so that the host machine does not have to support booting from the USB device. The root filesystem and boot partitions are read-only to preserve the USB device. All writes are done in a tmpfs. The only writes to the USB storage device are those explicitly made by the user. Cheix's ISO can currently be used to create either a bootable USB or a hard-drive installation.
Chrubix installs the GNU/LInux distro of your choice - ArchLinux, Debian, Fedora, Kali, SuSE, or Ubuntu - onto a removable MultiMediaCard (MMC) on your ARM-based Chromebook. Chrubix supplies Guest Mode, full-disk encryption, Windows XP camouflage mode, MAC address randomizing, a panic button, additional checksums, and a variety of important security-oriented software applications such as Freenet, I2P, Tor, GPG, and LEAP-Bitmask. In addition, Chrubix offers you the option to tweak the software so that it will run on no hardware but yours (MMC and laptop must match). In this way, it transforms your ARM-based Chromebook into a fully functional, more secure laptop.
CloudUSB is an OS package that is intended to boot from a USB stick or other mutable removable media. Its purpose is to let you carry your whole computing environment in your pocket and let you use any computer available as if it were your own. It stores your personal data in encrypted form on the same medium as the OS and in an online storage space, thus granting you security and privacy. Local and remote data are synchronized, allowing work to continue even offline. CloudUSB currently uses Ubuntu as the OS and Dropbox as the online storage service.
Coquelicot is a "one-click" file sharing Web application with a focus on protecting users' privacy. Its basic principle is that users can upload a file to the server, and in return they get a unique URL which can be shared with others in order to download the file. Coquelicot aims to protect, to some extent, users and system administrators from disclosure of the files exchanged from passive and not-so-active attackers.
The Dynamic Router Lite II project is a router project by the Dutch national police agency that allows Web-based client-control over the next-hop router for the client. A Dynamic Router Lite II system is placed as a default gateway between one or more client networks and a router network with multiple gateway-routers on it. The Dynamic Router Lite II system does policy-based routing with policy-based DNS to match the routing policy. By default a client will have no active gateway, and any attempted HTTP traffic to any domain will lead the user to the router's Web interface, where the user can then pick an appropriate next-hop router. Once picked, all traffic for the client including DNS will be forwarded to the next-hop router the user picked.
Fluxfont is a specialized tool that attempts to tackle the privacy concerns raised by the possibility to collect information about the fonts installed on a system. Such information can be used to uniquely identify a system. With Fluxfonts, new fonts are randomly created and removed to prevent the same fingerprint from being recreated.
A multi-threaded scripting language targeting logic embedding and interface development.
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That's right folks, we are catching up on the Fake Canucks Season! This time it is the Fake Sports Centre: Halloween Edition, that shows what happened in the Fake Canucks game from last week against the Stars. (Please note I did them in the wrong order, as I am missing the Penguins highlights. I shall rectify this as soon as I can. Fake Budget isn't so great lately….)
Before we get to the highlights, I just want to let everyone know that a bunch of content is coming this week. We have a video on the mascot of the week for the fake season, we have a mailbag edition of the show where we answer questions from Twitter, and then we should have the Pens highlights as well as a video updating everyone on the league standings. THERE IS SO MUCH FAKE GOODNESS.
That being said, it's late at night, and I want to sleep, so let's jump into the highlights, shall we? A couple of notes, please remember that Andrew Ebbett has taken over for Jordan Schroeder in the lineup, and that tonight's game marks the return of SAMI SALO! Yes, that's right, Fake Salo is back on the Canucks. Curious as to how he did? Wondering how many injuries he got? You'll only find out one way!


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It turns out that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has calculated the odds of an earthquake causing catastrophic failure to a nuclear plant here. Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance that the core could be damaged by an earthquake, exposing the public to radiation.
In contrast [to the seismic core damage frequency], the containment performance analyses conducted under the IPEEE program did not produce sufficient quantitative information to allow the estimation of either LERF or public dose.
This seems to be a clear cut factual error that's misleading and disingenous -- be it intentionally or unintentionally so. It seriously discolors the estimates and makes them something they explicitly are said to NOT be by the NRC.
No, Jason, the article is about core damage, which the NRC says would release radiation. You've decided that I must have been talking about something else, which I wasn't, and now you're saying, why aren't about that something else...
Seismic CDF is the probability of damage to the core resulting from a seismic initiating event. It does not imply either a meltdown or the loss of containment, which would be required for radiological release to occur. The likelihood of radiation release is far lower.
The chance of a core damage from a quake at Indian Point 3 is estimated at 1 in 10,000 each year. Under NRC guidelines, that's right on the verge of requiring "immediate concern regarding adequate protection" of the public.
You're cherry picking. You've decided that the weighted average is the right column to use. Based on what? The NRC staff prefers the column that we've used, the "weakest link." That's the number it sent us, when it sent us one number for each plant. And as the report explains, the NRC has no basis on which to weight the averages, so it says a weighted average wouldn't be meaningful.
Do you have a contact at the NRC who can substantiate your claims? How can you weight data without having a factor to do so? If you get me this information I can [edit my article].
Virtually always weighted data is what you would use in a case like this, as the data is typically weighted by the frequency of occurrence of the event (e.g. a probability of the probability). It's possible your correct, that would just be a bit unusual.
Did an NRC spokesperson tell MSNBC's Bill Dedman that the weighted risk was invalid and to use the weakest link model?
The weighted average is not invalid (see Answer 5 below). All of the values in Appendix D were developed by NRC staff. Table D-1 in Appendix D uses the (2008) US Geological Survey (USGS) seismic source model, but the Seismic Core Damage Frequency results were developed by US NRC staff. The USGS seismic source model is the same one used to develop the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps.
Tables D-1 through D-3 in Appendix D of the US NRC study show the "simple" average of the four spectral frequencies (1, Hz, 5 Hz, 10 Hz, peak ground acceleration (PGA)), the "IPEEE weighted" average and the "weakest link" model. These different averaging approaches are explained in Appendix A.3 (simple average and IPEEE weighted average) and Appendix A.4 (weakest link model). The weighted average uses a combination of the three spectral frequencies (1, 5, and 10 Hz) at which most important structures, systems, and components of nuclear power plants will resonate. The weakest link is the largest SCDF value from among the four spectral frequencies noted above.
Most nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components resonate at frequencies between 1 and 10 Hz, so there are different approaches to averaging the Seismic Core Damage Frequency (SCDF) values. By using multiple approaches, the NRC staff gains a better understanding of the uncertainties involved in the assessments.
The weakest link model is a method for evaluating the importance of different frequencies of ground vibration to the overall plant performance. The model and its details are not integral to understanding the fundamental conclusions of the study.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission study, released in September, 2010, was prepared as a screening assessment to evaluate if further investigations of seismic safety for operating reactors in the central and eastern US (CEUS) are warranted, consistent with NRC directives. The report clearly states that "work to date supports a decision to continue …; the methodology, input assumptions, and data are not sufficiently developed to support other regulatory actions or decisions." Accordingly, the results were not used to rank or compare plants. The study produced plant-specific results of the estimated change in risk from seismic hazards. The study did not rely on the absolute value of the seismic risk except to assure that all operating plants are safe. The plant-specific results were used in aggregate to determine the need for continued evaluation and were included in the report for openness and transparency.
The plant-specific results were used in aggregate to determine the need for continued evaluation and were included in the report for openness and transparency. The use of the absolute value of the seismic hazard-related risk, as done in the MSNBC article, is not the intended use, and the NRC considers it an inappropriate use of the results.
I don't mind criticism at all, but twisting of facts...
How much risk is too much? Is a roller coaster safe only if no one ever dies? If one passenger dies every 100 years? Every year?
Plants have seismic margin and the results of the GI-199 Safety/Risk Assessment confirm that overall seismic risk estimates remain small. GI-199 is not an adequate protection issue.
The study is still under way and it is too early to predict the final outcome. However, the NRC staff has determined there is no immediate safety concern and that overall seismic risk estimates remain small. If at any time the NRC determines that an immediate safety concern exists, action to address the issue will be taken. The NRC is focused on assuring safety during even very rare and extreme events. Therefore, the agency has determined that assessment of updated seismic hazards and plant performance should continue.
Mr. Mink (sic) chastises me for using the weakest-link number in the NRC report, but that's the number the NRC staff provided to me. Several times I sent to Mr. Mick a copy of the spreadsheet the NRC sent to me, containing the weakest-link model as the single number it reported for the risk estimates. (We already had the eastern and central plant data from the report; this spreadsheet, for all plants, gave us the western plant data as well, as we told our readers.) Mr. Mink (sic) fails to mention this in his article. The point, as I told him, was that the NRC staff uses the weakest-link model as the best representation of the risk, and, as I explained to our readers, this is the most conservative estimate. I also pointed out to Mr. Mink that the NRC report describes that its actually has no basis for knowing how to weight a weighted average in this case; he fails to mention this.The NRC says, "the results were not used to rank or compare plants." Mr. Mink (sic) twists this: "In other words Mr. Dedman claimed the study looked at all plants and discussed what risk they were at. It did not." That's completely nonsensical. Yes, the NRC looked at all the plants, and made an estimate of the risk at each one. Did it rank them? No. We ranked them, from the NRC data, just as we explained in the original article.If the newspapers starts reporting the American League East standings in alphabetical order, the reader is free to arrange them by winning percentage.
Perhaps you're naive. Perhaps you have a bias for nuclear power. Perhaps -- who knows? But for some reason, you've fallen for the oldest page in the government PR playbook: the non-denial denial.


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Several years ago, Intel showed off its
80-core Teraflops
Research Chip. That chip was highly experimental, with only
simple floating-point cores. Three years later, Intel has
something much more advanced.
Intel calls its new 48-core IA32
processor a "single-chip cloud computer" (SCC) because of
the way it resembles cloud datacenters, claiming that it "rethinks
many of the approaches used in today's designs". The SCC
consists of 24 "tiles", with two IA32 cores and a router
per tile creating a mesh network with 256GB/s of bandwidth.
tile (2 cores) can run at its own independent frequency, and
groupings of four tiles (8 cores) can each run at their own voltage.
The SCC can run all 48 cores at one time over a range of 25W to 125W
and is capable of selectively varying the voltage and frequency of
the mesh network as well. The SCC also features four integrated
memory controllers capable of addressing 64GB of DDR3 DRAM, and was
built on Intel's current 45nm high-K metal gate process.
datacenters currently run most of the internet, and can use tens of
thousands of computers connected by a physically cabled network. They
are capable of distributing large datasets and working them in
parallel. The SCC uses a similar approach, with all the parts
integrated on a single 567mm2 chip, which is approximately the size
of a postage stamp.
"With a chip like this, you could
imagine a cloud datacenter of the future which will be an order of
magnitude more energy efficient than what exists today, saving
significant resources on space and power costs," said Justin
Rattner, the head of Intel Labs and Intel's Chief Technology Officer.
"Over time, I expect these advanced concepts to find their way
into mainstream devices, just as advanced automotive technology such
as electronic engine control, air bags and anti-lock braking
eventually found their way into all cars".
Although the
hardware is impressive, it is the software
that will determine how well the SCC works. Creating software
with just a couple of threads is difficult enough, but applications
written for the SCC will have new capabilities like dynamically
managing which cores are used for a given task at a given time.
Related tasks can be executed on adjacent or nearby cores, and the
SCC is capable of passing results from one core directly to the next
in an assembly line. Voltage and clock speed can also be individually
controlled through software. Intel says that parallel programming
approaches used in cloud datacenter software have been applied when
designing the SCC.
Researchers from Intel, HP, Yahoo, and
several research institutions have been working on an open
cloud-computing research testbed project named Open Cirrus, which has
begun porting cloud applications to the SCC using Hadoop, a Java
software framework which supports data-intensive, distributed
Intel says that the long-term research goal is
to "add incredible scaling features to future computers that
spur entirely new software applications and human-machine
interfaces". The company plans to work with several dozen
industry and academic research partners around the world next
year by manufacturing and sharing 100 or more SCC chips for hands-on
research in developing new software applications and programming
models for future many-core processors.
"Microsoft is
partnering with Intel to explore new hardware and software
architectures supporting next-generation client plus cloud
applications," said Dan Reed, Microsoft's Corporate Vice
President of Extreme Computing.
"Our early research with
the single chip cloud computer prototype has already identified many
opportunities in intelligent resource management, system software
design, programming models and tools, and future application
The SCC was co-created by researchers working
at Intel Labs locations in Bangalore (India), Braunschweig (Germany)
and Hillsboro, Oregon research centers. More details on the chip's
architecture are scheduled to be published in a paper at the
International Solid State Circuits Conference in February.


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Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: 108th Congressional District Summary File, Sample (ICPSR 21742)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
This data collection contains information compiled from the questions asked of a sample of persons and housing units enumerated in Census 2000. Population items include sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, type of living quarters (household/group quarters), urban/rural status, household relationship, marital status, grandparents as caregivers, language and ability to speak English, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship status and year of entry into the United States, migration, place of work, journey to work (commuting), school enrollment and educational attainment, veteran status, disability, employment status, occupation and industry, class of worker, income, and poverty status. Housing items include vacancy status, tenure (owner/renter), number of rooms, number of bedrooms, year moved into unit, household size, occupants per room, number of units in structure, year structure was built, heating fuel, telephone service, plumbing and kitchen facilities, vehicles available, value of home, and monthly rent. With subject content identical to that provided in Summary File 3, the information is presented in 813 tables that are tabulated for every geographic unit represented in the data. There is one variable per table cell, plus additional variables with geographic information. The data cover more than a dozen geographic levels of observation (known as "summary levels" in the Census Bureau's nomenclature) based on the 108th Congressional Districts, e.g., the 108th Congressional Districts, themselves, Census tracts within the 108th Congressional Districts, and county subdivisions within the 108th Congressional Districts. There are 77 data files for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: 108th Congressional District Summary File, Sample. ICPSR21742-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-02-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21742.v1
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Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (state), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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This November, state and national leaders from the NIADA will gather to represent motor vehicle dealers from around the country to lobby key elected Congressional members and hold briefings directly with regulatory agencies that provide oversight to the automotive industry.
To provide feedback or input about what is happening in your state or community, please contact your NIADA Regional Vice President directly (see below) or your state association office.
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DUI Convictions
The following are convictions made for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher or by prescription or illegal drugs. All convicts were ordered to obtain and follow one or more of the following: drug/alcohol evaluations, Victim Impact Panel, Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving, Level II education and therapy, Alive at 25, inpatient and/ or outpatient treatment or therapy, and must submit to random tests for drugs and alcohol use. Suspended imposition of additional jail sentence (in parentheses) is conditional upon completing probation successfully and are awarded if all other requirements of the sentence are completed within one year. Dollar amounts are fines and court costs defendants were ordered to pay.
Mona Jimenez, 40, of Dolores. This is defendants 3rd alcohol-related conviction. Seventy-five days in jail, with an additional 365 days in jail suspended imposition, 24 months supervised probation, $1,333.50, community service 90 hours.
DWAI Convictions
The following are convictions for driving while ability impaired with a blood alcohol content between 0.05 percent and 0.08 percent or by prescription or illegal drugs. All convicts were ordered to obtain and follow one or more of the classes or programs listed above in the DUI category; additional listed conditions also apply
Christopher S. Begay, 37, of Teec Nos Pos, Ariz. This is defendants 2nd alcohol-related driving conviction. Ten days in jail with 1 day credit for time served, with an additional 365 days jail suspended imposition, 24 months supervised probation, $1,306.50, community service 48 hours.
Liana M. Cisco, 32, of Cortez. Ten days in jail with 2 days credit for time served, $184.50. She was also ordered to complete a drug and alcohol evaluation and comply with all recommendations, and provide proof to the court within 30 days that an appointment has been made.
Slim P. Whitehorse, 24, of Pleasant View. Ten days in jail with 2 days credit for time served, $184.50.
Colette D. Littlewhiteman, 19, of Towaoc. Possession of drug paraphernalia, $131.
Bryan J. Kellerman, 29, of Ruidoso Downs, N.M. Possession of marijuana under 2 ounces, possession of drug paraphernalia, $536.
In some cases, a sentence includes a deferred judgment. A deferred judgment is not a conviction; it is a sentence typically put off (deferred) for a specific period of time, typically a year. If the defendant complies with each of the conditions of the deferred sentence within the allotted time period, the defendants record is cleared of the charge.
George C. Schulte, 43, of Cortez. Driving after revocation prohibited (Habitual Traffic Offender), 150 days in jail, 65 days credit for time served, $214.50.
Ariel Belinda Rose McKinney, 23, of Cortez. Harassment strike/shove/kick. Deferred sentence of 12 months unsupervised probation, $261.50.
Tracy D. Alexander, 40, of Cortez. Criminal Mischief under $500, $234.50, Restitution is open for 90 days.
Shneice S. Ten, 18, of Cortez. Underage possession of alcohol, $56, community service 24 hours, alcohol and drug evaluation, proof of completion to be provided to the court within 2 weeks.
Val Tsosie, 36, Shiprock, N.M. Careless Driving, 10 days in jail with suspended imposition, 12 months supervised probation deferred sentence, $202.50.
Kyle Cruzan, 42, of Cortez. Careless driving resulting in injury, $348.50.
Ganielle L. George, 18, of Towaoc. Careless driving, driving without a drivers license, failure to display proof of insurance. Deferred judgment 12 months unsupervised probation, $372.50.
John Linton Jr., 44, of Cortez. Careless Driving, 30 days in jail suspended imposition, 12 months supervised state probation, $723.50.
Michael N. Miranowski, 50, of Aurora, Colo. Careless driving resulting in injury, $485.50.
Ariana E. Ross, 21, of Boulder, Colo. Careless driving, $473.50, Restitution is open for 90 days.
Anthony M. Benoit, 47, of Cortez. Criminal Mischief under $500, $234.50, Restitution is open for 90 days.


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DailyTech last month reported that Great Britain was working on super steels. These ultra-strong steels would be made possible by preventing irregularities in steel, which weaken its internal magnetics, making it more susceptible to heat.
Now it appears that the Americans have beaten the Brits to the punch, unveiling their own completed super steel. The new steel was developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. ITER Project Office, which is housed at ORNL. The ORNL was recently in the news for inventing a new titanium manufacturing technique.
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The new steel will need to be ultra strong at high temperatures. One key goal of the project is to develop self-burning plasmas. Hundreds of tons of shielding will be needed to block heat and radiation from this plasma. The shielding, primarily composed of super steel, will be close to the plasma, which will be heated to 100 million degrees. While the shielding itself won't be this hot, it will get more than a little toasty.
ITER is being built at Cadarache, France. The United States, China, the European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation are all contributing components. The reactor will be of a tokamak design -- a torus of hot plasma contained by a magnetic field. The device is expected to produce around 500 MW of fusion power when functioning.
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The holes drilled in the steel will weaken it and will result in the loss of 30 percent of the material. While casting the shape would be more economical and efficient, cast steel traditionally is much weaker. However, thanks to recent breakthroughs the researchers are beginning to get the problem under control.
Explains Mr. Busby, "We're working to improve the materials' properties to reduce the amount of machining and welding and allow for better performance. The use of casting can have potential value engineering benefits resulting in cost savings on the order of 20 to 40 percent as compared to machining, so this could be a fairly significant economic issue, both for ITER and in other future uses."
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In order to strengthen the steel, scientists focused on fracture properties, tensile strength, microstructure properties, welds, impact properties, corrosion performance and radiation resistance. Through carefully controlled attempts using different casting techniques and varying the composition slightly, his team was able to almost double many key strength properties.
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Sensory exhibition with a chance to meet sharks
From Saturday 8 June, Oceanographic Museum
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The new exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, "Sharks," will open on 8 June 2013 (Sharks in Monaco)
The Oceanographic Museum is in summer mode and is offering a wealth of activities until 4 September 2013 (Activities at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco for Summer 2013)
On 14 August 2013 the eminent palaeontologist will lead a conference entitled "Man, Animal and Fear" as part of the Nocturnes at the Museum (Meeting with Yves Coppens at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco)
The MOM is organising a discovery course on the marine world for children aged 8 to 12 ("Snapper Club" at Monaco's Oceanographic Museum during the Autumn School Holidays)
The Museum is offering some exciting activities during the autumn school holidays, from 19 October to 3 November 2013 (It's Holiday Time at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco)
"Monacopolis" Exposition - Architecture, Urban Development and Decoration in Monte-Carlo
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Architecture, town planning and urbanisation in Monaco. Achievements and projects from 1858 to 2012 ("Monacopolis" – The New National Museum of Monaco's New Exhibition)
After two years of research, the Villa Paloma and the Villa Sauber are presenting an exhibition of architecture, town planning and urbanisation in Monaco, 1858 to 2012 (Opening of Monacopolis, the NMNM's New Exhibition)
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Sculpture and painting exhibition by Ana Tzarev
From Thursday 26 September to Saturday 26 October, Galerie Palazzo Leonardo
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Internationally renowned sculptor and painter Ana Tzarev is presenting an exclusive selection of her work ("The Life of Flowers" Exhibition in Monaco)
Italian Language and Culture month on the theme of "Research, Discovery, Innovation – The Italy of Knowledge" organised by the Embassy of Italy in Monaco
During the month of October, Principality of Monaco
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From 1 to 29 October 2013, Italy will be the country of honour in Monaco, with events on the theme of "Research, Discovery, Innovation: the Italy of Knowledge" (October is Italian Culture and Language Month in Monaco)
The film is being screened as part of "Italian Language and Culture Month" (Preview of "The Gardener of God" in Monaco)
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Exhibition by David Rodríguez Caballero
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Exhibition of photographs on the subject of "Paths of Faith" by Bruno Baccheschi
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Photographer Bruno Baccheschi is exhibiting in the Salle Quai Antoine Ier as part of Faith Year ("Path of Faith" Exhibition in Monaco)
"Territoires partagés" ("Shared Lands"): Exhibition of paintings and photographs by Nathalie Leger and Luli Barzman.
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Exhibition by Lamberto Melina
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The Scoutmaster is the adult responsible for working directly with the Scouts to help them create the program for the troop. The Scoutmaster trains boy leaders to run the troop by providing direction, coaching, and support.
|— Robert Baden-Powell
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Hey, I saw this [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?597694-BWS2EN-9-Paul-amp-Rayquaza] in serebii. What do you think? May it be a confirmed episode? [[User:Riox-Ibui|Riox]][[User talk:Riox-Ibui|***]] 01:16, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I saw this [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?597694-BWS2EN-9-Paul-amp-Rayquaza] in serebii. What do you think? May it be a confirmed episode? [[User:Riox-Ibui|Riox]][[User talk:Riox-Ibui|***]] 01:16, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
:I'm pretty certain that it's fake, considering there was no official confirmation, and it was posted by a banned user in a now locked thread nonetheless. Unless the episode is provided by a reliable source (which Serebii or his forums are not), assume it unconfirmed. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 01:30, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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Is it considered spam if a sockpuppet goes to a talk page and put something there that led the original user to get blocked in the first place? I was kind of wondering that regarding what this MichaelXD002 user did. PattyMan 15:21, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Dennou, did you reset your talk page? Every old message you had is gone. Mikoro (wanna talk?) 14:47, 1 November 2012 (UTC) 10:47, 1 November 12 (UTC)
Help in Floccesy Ranch
You recently edited floccesy ranch, removing the cleanup tag i added back when the encounter rates were bad. There was a discussion on the talk page about the encounter rates and how the original ones there were wrong. I put some placeholder ones in, which were then replaced by rarities from the official strategy guide. They have since been replaced by someone who has not bothered to comment on the talk page, and thus you thought the cleanp was resolved when those who havn't read the talk page put values in. Could you help, and reconsider the cleanup tag?----Aquatix (talk to me!) 12:00, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
John Loeffler
I undid the hiding, and put "according to john loeffler." all admins, leave me alone about this, because i was asked to put this there by John himself. the facebook accuont said that his name was John Loeffler, he lived in New York city and that he is a composer and singer, so that's proof that it's the real one. i do not know how to send links of the facebook conversation to you without revealing my realk name, (Christian Woods is my sudanym, like how Ted Lewis is Ed Paul) but i do know this: John Loeffler is going to try to check on this page within 24 hours, and i want him to see to his satisfaction that i did the edit, just to show that i kept my word, mmkay? side note: You can send Kenji girl after me, but i know that i'm not wrong, and that i'm not operating against pollicy, i swear on it. I'm nearly taking a request and allowing the information to be given out. it's not like john said "But don't tell anyone, it's a big big secret!" or anything, so don't try and make it a secret, mmkay? mmkay? thanks. and admins, i don't want any infractions because of this. i just want it to get out there and to let people see it, just as john asked me to. thanks. Christian Woods Azu! 01:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Dragon Rage in BW085
Why not include that error about Dragon Rage being a critical hit? Who determines which aspects of the games are adopted into the anime and which aren't? Because it seems like a helluva lot else does. In fact, we'd have to go back and remove roughly half of all errors ever added because the anime may work under different rules. The anime, which I need not remind, is based on the games. Heck, for all we know, the anime writers intentionally wrote that Electric doesn't affect Rock-types when they made that "error" about a half-dozen times in the first season. We should just go ahead and say that indeed, a Rhyhorn is vulnerable to Electricity in its horn and mouth. It's the same logic (rather, lack thereof). Water beats Fire, Pikachu's Static Ability causes Paralysis, and Dragon Rage does 40 damage. Even something as specific as a Pokémon's level is mentioned several times. Why does one person set the precedent for a piece of noteworthy trivia? I don't care if he or she's an admin, or even if there is a circle of admins who agree with him/her, clearly there are four people who made the effort to note that information. Let's not forget either that whatever precedents the Bulbapedia staff have established are not automatically what the writers intended. Also, you'd think that instead of complaining each time the same reasonable error was added, you guys could add a handy-dandy (hidden message) in the Error section. --IWannaBeTheVeryBest (talk) 07:10, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
There is a user named Marvin Gaye (it is in all caps) on here who is also a singer from the pre-80's. PattyMan 23:42, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
I did not assume Escavalier had Twineedle, I said it because Serebii himself said that it was used and that's usually a pretty good confirmation considering his status. Playerking95 (talk) 15:26, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that fix
I noticed you fixed the redlinks in my pokémon subpage. I should have known, but I am a mere beginner when it comes to templates; had to use a sample, but what I used for a reference never had a nickname parameter. Hopefully I'll remember that when I add more Pokémon to that page. Berrenta (talk) 19:47, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Since you can apparently use Japanese...
Do you think you can translate some of this? (or just put in the characters, because it's pretty late here so I am low on time and I wouldn't rather have enough time to type). These are only missing Japanese names (though some have just Japanese names without these being translated). Marked +-+-+ (talk) 22:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Too large?
For a while now, I was looking after the Pokémon.com online games article, as no one seemed to update it. It is still incomplete (needs info on a recently released game, etc.). Just now, I noticed something: it surpasses the Décor article, which has an oversize notice, by around 12k bytes, yet the former has neither an oversize notice nor an indication of suggesting separate pages. Also, I plan on incorporating some trophy tables that are in the works, which would make the article larger. Do you think there should be subpages for trophies and/or pre-revamp games? I asked on the article's talkpage and did not get a response yet. Berrenta (talk) 18:46, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Conquest and Cards
Were you able to double check everything from conquest already? I saw you add some things to a few pages. (On a side note, I love how observant and ambitious you are.) MaverickNate 15:02, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Making edits better for beginners
I am new and would like some advice on making better edits to this site (Icestar649 (talk) 00:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC))
Thanks for the help. (Icestar649 (talk) 21:30, 20 December 2012 (UTC))
Fantasy Serperior
Out of sheer curiosity: where did you find out about this fantasy/flashback Serperior in BW109? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 14:53, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Jessie's Frillish/James's Amooguss
May I help you by adding a bit more information in the articles that you created about Jessie's Frillish and James's Amooguss?Rioxemperte (talk) 14:51, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
I see you just reverted me, its OK, but which page should I place it then??
I mean, to me, it seemed good...?- unsigned comment from Latias1290 (talk • contribs)
File rename
Time ago I added a image in the Archives (File:N anime.png).As it is a screenshoot from BW110 I wanted you to change it's name in BW110.png , if you can ?カイオーガバージルみずタイプ 16:43, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Palpitoad currently doesn't know any physical moves.
Stop deleting my edit on Ash's Palpitoad triva section ,it is 100% true it came from reliable sources and anyone who watch the show, read the page, clicked on the links in the Moves used section and read those pages too they would see that Palpitoad has uesed 3 special moves 1 status moves and NO physical moves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--Doddman (talk) 00:16, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Hey,I did a page about N's anime counterpart,in case it will be necessary.Take a look there and add what you think it's important.As for the image I couldn't find an about his reshiram. Riox*** 17:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I respect your adminship and all, but I am not really sure what you did here was appropriate:
04:15, January 5, 2013 Dennou Zenshi (Talk | contribs) m . . (18,557 bytes) (0) . . (Protected "Marlon": Counter-productive edit warring ([edit=sysop] (expires 11:15, 19 January 2013 (UTC)) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
I only counted 1 revert; I wouldn't quite call that an edit war. Again, I'm not trying to have authority over a higher rank user like you, I just don't see why you had to protect that page for 2 weeks. サトシ101 (talk) 20:37, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
They're here!
Now that BW109 is officially out, could you move your "sub-articles" of Team Rocket's new Pokémon into real articles? Thank you. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 12:59, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Charizard's Unova Appearence
Why reason is there to wait? It's obvious he's gonna appear in the series, so I just figured to put some information down. --Firered16 (talk) 18:43, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Hey,I saw in the upcoming anime in bulbanews, that the PK26 wasn't created.May I create it? Riox*** 23:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Please tell me 6 steel type pokemon that are your favorites.I need them for the league. Riox*** 10:44, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
This may come a little late, but congratulations for your promotion! In case you are able to do "advanced stuff" now, could you do a little service for me? The image for BW108 has been protected, and has remained unchanged for weeks, even though the episode aired ages ago. Could you please update the image without the text or/and unprotect the page so that anyone could update it? In case you are unable to do that, I'm sorry I bothered you. Thank you. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 07:50, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Take a look in my userpage,please.I made a tag template party there.Add or remove what you want. Riox*** 22:27, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
If you want you can change also Samurott's moves.And can you make another tag template party with 6 pokemon 3.Put there three of you favorites.Riox*** 23:47, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Talk Policy
You removed my edit to a talk page as a breach of talk policy. Having taken another read through of the talk page policy, I am a little confused how suggesting trivia is against it? I was wondering if perhaps you could explain it to me, as it was my first edit on this particular wiki. Kind regards. Yleron (talk) 11:58, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I saw this [1] in serebii. What do you think? May it be a confirmed episode? Riox*** 01:16, 9 February 2013 (UTC)


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Just when I thought I couldn't dislike someone any more, this dipshit pulls off this 'do:
LMMFAO! GFY 'Drew!
Big Val gets to run this guy 4 times a year! YESSSSS!
Just when I thought I couldn't dislike someone any more, this dipshit pulls off this 'do:
LMMFAO! GFY 'Drew!
Big Val gets to run this guy 4 times a year! YESSSSS!
thiago splitters head freaks me out. and hump has the biggest douche face i have ever seen in my life
Dude was on Shaqtin' a fool tonight on Inside the NBA. Man oh man were they laughing hard at him!
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
That is the most god awful haircut I have ever seen
Lol, hes got freedom now, let the man live , but he does look like Cedric the entertainer from the Barbershop movies though.
he looks like a black einstein minus the brain and goatee
lol what an idiot! Good job. Doesn't look like he'll be playing much this season...Andrew Bynum suffered an unspecified injury this month while bowling, according to multiple sources.
"I had a little bit of a setback, and we're just working through some issues with the right knee," Bynum said on Friday. "I kind of have a mirror thing going on with my left knee. I don't know what's going on, but the doctors are saying pretty much that it's a weakened cartilage state."
Bowling is not an activity prohibited by standard NBA player contracts.
Bynum's debut with the Philadelphia 76ers has already been postponed multiple times.
He's an idiot for hurting his right knee, while rehabbing his left.
Seriously, I find him a repulsive character. Look at the channel 4 segment on Bynum parking in handicapped spaces. They try to get a word from him, but he physically denied the reporter.
Spoiled overrated brat.
who knows. Probably slipped on a banana peel. With that haircut, God wouldn't have missed the opportunity for hilarity.
Bowling is not an innocent sport.
You are handling a 14 lbs bowling ball.
You are handling it with velocity around a 7foot axis.
The forces of torque involved and that are placed on the knees are fairly intense.
You haven't played a single game this season because of your right knee, yet you go ahead and during rehab not only risk further damaging that knee, but instead damage your OTHER knee?!
This set back is selfish, avoidable, and unfair to Philadelphia fans.
That is why he is an idiot.
If I had a city counting on me to rehab an injury, and was getting paid millions to do so, I wouldn't be out bowling. Why take stupid chances with anything like that? Then again if he injured an healthy knee while bowling, his playing career may be done anyway.
LOL. Bowling. My goodness, the STUPIDEST reason for an injury since Carlos Boozer tripped over his bag and broke his hand...
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
How about coping too strong a feel your ulner nerve knocks out of place in your shooting arm? (As Matt suggested was the probable flow of causation)
Bynum is one of those stupid player's with great talent that may never achieve greatness because of their stupidity.
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Course Pre-Requisites
Renewal - Current BLS Course Completion Card
Renewal (does not include text) - $25
Text - $12
No registrations will be accepted less than 2 weeks before requested class date. No exceptions will be granted. Priority registration is given to Mount Nittany Health employees.
Download the 2013 AHA TC brochure
Location Details
Mount Nittany Medical Center 1800 East Park Avenue, State College, PA 16803
For More Information
- Jaimi Williams
- Phone
- 814.231.7174