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ReRAM Startup Bets on Silver
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According to briefing materials supplied by Crossbar, the memory is based on a silver top electrode over amorphous silicon over a polysilicon bottom electrode. The principle of operation is that a writing voltage causes silver ions to migrate through the silicon to form a filament that eventually can connect the top and bottom electrodes. A reverse voltage causes the ions to move and break the connection. Lower voltages can be used to "read" the connection as a 1 or 0.
There are some similarities to the programmable metallization cell technology licensed to Adesto Technologies Corp. and others and being brought to market under the term conductive bridging RAM or CBRAM. (See: Altis upgrades embedded non-volatile memory.)
Crossbar's demonstration array is substantial at a size of 1K by 1K, and was fabricated in a commercial wafer fab using a 110-nm minimum geometry, Minassian said. He declined to name the fabricator. However, the company also has experience of making devices at geometries below 30nm and the filaments are thought to be less than 10nm in diameter, Minassian added.
Voltages are modest, all below about 3.5 volts, and scale with geometry, Minassian said. The performance claims for the memory include 20 times faster write, 20 times lower power consumption, and 10 times the endurance of contemporary NAND flash memory. The read latency is about 20ns. The retention and endurance are tunable to a degree but Crossbar is quoting 10 years and 1 million cycles of endurance at sub-10nm geometry.
An inherent blocking diode within the cross-point structure also helps avoid "sneak-path" problems while reading bits and keep the device structure simple and potentially close to the 4F2 theoretical minimum cell size.
Other benefits include its simple construction, which means the memory is inherently capable of layered stacking -- and more easily than 3-D flash, which requires a tapered vertical channel.
Crossbar reckons that monolithic integration of up to eight memory layers on top of CMOS memory access circuitry should be "easy" and will allow multi-terabyte memory ICs. The company has already designed a memory controller circuit for a triple layer non-volatile memory as part of its development activity.
"We've developed the CMOS controller logic and put memory layers on top," said Minassian. The technology is also capable of multi-level cell configuration whereby multiple resistance points can be set and detected allowing multiple bits to be stored in a single cell.


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While everyone was focused on the launch of Apple's new iPod, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle, iriver slipped a new
portable audio player under the radar screen. iriver's
tiny new S10 measures just 1.65" x 1.18" x 0.43" and weighs
in at a feathery 0.62
ounces. For comparison, the newly announced second
generation iPod Shuffle measures 1.07" x 1.62" x 0.41" and
weighs 0.55 ounces.
The iriver S10 is available in capacities of 1GB and 2GB and
is rated at 8 hours of playback (compared to 12 hours for the iPod Shuffle).
Where the S10 trumps the Shuffle, however, is with its 1.5" color OLED
screen, SRS WOW technology and support for MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG. And for good
measure, iRiver has also tossed in an FM tuner.
Pricing and availability hasn't been announced yet, but we'd
take a gander that pricing will be competitive with Apple's 1GB iPod Shuffle
which retails for $79.

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In 1995, the automaker posted its
first profit in seven years. However, it quickly slid back into
losses as its lineup weakened and failed to appeal in the luxury
market against the likes of Lincoln, Lexus, Buick, Acura, Infiniti,
and Cadillac. Nonetheless, GM loaded Saab onboard in 2000,
buying the remaining half of the shares on the market, in line with
its 1989 vision.
The future looked promising. New models
like the 9-3 and 9-5 pleased many luxury buyers and sales started to
show signs of life as it entered the turn of the century.
However, the economic downturn that hit starting in 2007 and
continued in earnest through 2008 into 2009 would eventually spell
doom for the Swedish veteran.
In June of 2009 the seemingly
inevitable happened -- GM filed
for bankruptcy. With that filing came talks of selling --
or closing Saab. A deal was brokered with Swedish
supercar maker Koenigsegg, but the optimism driven by that deal
rapidly evaporated when the final
negotiations collapsed last month for unspecified reasons.
That failure, in part, cost
GM CEO Fritz Henderson his job.
And it was the beginning
of the end of this Saab story. GM tried to sell Saab to Dutch
supercar-maker Spyker, but in the eleventh hour the promising bid
fell flat, leaving Saab Automotive with a final ride into the
twilight. GM announced Friday that it would not be selling
Saab's remaining assets or continue the brand, but
would instead "wind down" its operations.
A blow
to the Swedish economy, the decision is a hard pill to swallow, but
it was expected. And for Saab enthusiasts, there's still an
extra wrinkle to consider. GM has reached a deal with Beijing
Automotive Industry Holding Corp to sell the Chinese automaker
technology and assets behind its popular 9-3 and 9-5 lineup.
That means that while the Saab nameplate may die, its image will live
on for some time in Chinese-branded clones. For some who miss
Saab, that's a comforting thought, for others, a final affront in the
ill-fated Saab story.


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Future CEO Dan Berger Predicts Business as Usual Post-Becker
NAFCU Executive Vice President of Governmental Affairs Dan Berger said when he takes over for retiring President/CEO Fred Becker this summer, it will be "business as usual", and he has no plans to make any major changes to the trade association.
Berger said NAFCU's current strengths in advocacy, education and compliance will continue to be top priorities after he takes over on Aug. 1.
Two equally weighted issues to challenge credit unions in 2013, Berger said: regulatory burden and protecting the credit union tax exemption.
Credit unions can expect more regulations from the NCUA and CFPB, and in anticipation, NAFCU beefed up its compliance division, hiring new attorneys to provide assistance to members.
He also said NAFCU will continue to be vigilant cementing support for the credit union tax exemption as Congress considers tax reform and ways to increase revenue. The tax study NAFCU commissioned last fall has been well received among lawmakers, the veteran lobbyist said.
"When we've visited Capitol Hill, members of Congress said we love our credit unions, but you have to prove the value of your tax status to the American taxpayer," Berger said. "So, that's why we did a qualitative and quantitative analysis, to protect the exemption."
Berger has big shoes to fill replacing Becker, said Independent Community Bankers of America President/CEO Camden Fine. However, Fine said Berger has a terrific personality and is well liked on Capitol Hill.
"They won't miss a step," Fine said of Berger taking over for Becker. "They couldn't have picked a better person."
The leaders of two of the largest NAFCU member credit unions, the $51.5 billion Navy FCU and the $15 billion Pentagon FCU, both praised Berger as their trade's new chief.
Navy FCU's President/CEO Cutler Dawson said he knows Berger well and he has every expectation he will be "excellent" in the top position.
Frank Pollack, PenFed president, echoed that sentiment and added that his team was "particularly pleased that they were able to draw from within the NAFCU family for the job."
Becker called Berger the right choice at the right time.
"He is a creative, strong leader respected for his integrity and can-do attitude. I'm confident he will lead NAFCU to further success and I know I am leaving the association in good hands," Becker said.


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no the "team" folded when Bosh was out he averaged 20 points and 6 rebounds in april and if u remember was one of the only players that showed up in that game against chicago when he led the team with 18 points derozan got a total of 0 points turk got 6 points.. im not saying he's a star or a franchise player not even close but he's definately an above average role player with a good contract for the production we get
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What do you have wrong?? Are you kidding? 4th stringer?? How many players in the league average 17 points, 6 rebounds and almost 2 blocks?? All while playing in a half court system designed around a player that gets the majority of touches on offence, and sat under the glass on defense while Bargnani was forced to cover the pick ad rolls at the top of the key since our guards could not break through a paper wall. You either know very little about the sport, or you just hate the guy for the fact he's Italian as you've shown your coloursthere too.
inbreed000 - Andrea is the best player as the Raptors team stands right now. And if BC will not bring another star player, the offense will run thru Andrea, we shall see a jump on his PPG. Defensively, Andrea may be confused as far as team defense goes, but at one-to-one defense Andrea was the best even last year. He may look lazy sometimes, but Andrea is capable of getting a block/rebound/steal in the crunch time. I believe that if Andrea gets the right coach who is able to motivate him, Andrea could be a perennial all-star.
put him with a legit center, and make him your third best player and he wont seem as bad
Remember the nj series?Bargs was good, showed me he can play under pressure.Maybe, maybe, when he puts together everything he's been learning the last few years he can return to that intensity, where it ll comes second nature. I don't think you can argue he can score the ball with consistency.
"team him with a centre and he'll be great" funny but none of the Bargs Boys was saying that for Bosh....... cause he was teamed with, guess who?
Oh I forgot, Bosh was 'stealing' his rebounds trying to pad his stats. lol. Pathetic excuses.
Bargnani has talent but it is limited to shooting the ball. he is a 7ft'er that is lazy, unmotivated, doesn't want to rebound, has a limited post game and doesn't get to the line but he's going to be great cause he's developing!
I can't wait to see how he 'develops' understanding team defence and rotations. It's an embarrasment that he has been in the league this long and still struggles with these things. In a way I'm glad there is no Chandler to mask his deficincies cause I want #7 to step into the role his supporters keep on claiming he's perfect for.
He's been coddled and babied by Colangelo since day 1and when Mitchell did the right thing by limiting his playing time he got fired cause poor old Bargnani wasn't allowed to play through his mistakes. No player has more excuses, or has received this type of a free ride on this squad.
Play hard, try to be the best player you can and develop your game, and earn the accolades before your fanactical supporters claim you're the next coming of Dirk Nowitzki and you haven't shown it, let alone proven it.
He has not shown that type of desire or heart to be given this much leeway and I love to hear the 'star' projections for a guy that has yet to accomplish a damn thing in this league.
Maybe this year though? lol
this post is awesome, glad to see the real raps fans representing.
bargs is our best player by far, and is our lock for all star this year.
nubuck had some great points on why bargs is our true star, but forgot some essentials:
best hair
has like three time as many cars as nuline
takes the ttc just for fun
best defensive power forward in the eastern conference
leading shot blocker on the team, with or without cb
best basketball camp in italy
best friends with tim w
killer inside out game and expanding arsenal of offensive weapons
best twitter and website
true lover of toronto and the raptors
bona fide leader
can't stand cb ball washers
nubrain is right man, without stealing his thunder, bargs is our true star, and will lead this team of young gunners to the playoffs this year and beyond
ps we will face miami first round and make all the cb balldreadwashers cry
all u raptor haters go post on the miami site with all the other fairweather fans, we dont need u on our squad to win
So just by reading around the web its obvious that people are torn between whether Bargnani is really Dirk Nowitzki 2.0. Or if he is just some inconsistent offensive player who only gets minutes because of his draft status. Its always hard to predict how a player will do in the future but Bargnani's game is so unique that he will not be a double double machine because he shoots perimeter more than post ups (Unless someone brings up some stats to prove me wrong). But this has so many advantages to us, his defense IMO has made huge improvements since he was a rookie and there is no reason (barring injuries) that it shouldn't continue to improve.
Im not sure if anyone else noticed this but his English improved this year as well. This translated into Bargnani showing more emotion to his team and even at one point pulling a CB4 primal scream when he dunked in NY on David Lee. I never expected that from him which just shows he is getting more comfortable and is not so shy as he usually is on court. This could also mean that his communication (which often goes unnoticed by fans) on the defensive end has improved although not where it should be but again English has a lot to do with it. For myself knowing another language as my first, in times of stress and physical exertion i find myself thinking in my native tongue rather then in English. I cant say thats how Bargnani is but it is a known factor for Euros coming here to play with Americans. My point is give him another 2 years to show what he has to offer as a #1-2 option on a team with limited expectations. I think people just need to give him a solid chance this year and not be pissed because realistically this team isnt winning a championship this year so whats the harm in letting Bargnani be hyped up?
Barg's is a 7ft stretch 4 playing center as Bosh found out for a couple of years. BC never had a real center play next to Bosh san JO, but now he wants to try and acquire one in order for Barg's to move to PF?lol Barg's should be traded away along w/ Calderon and build around the YG'z w/ quality vets.
Barg's is BC's last stand as Raptor GM.....
Lol nubreed, I understand where you're coming from. It's one thing to be a fan of someone and therefore wanting that person to do well, it's another to have completely unrealistic expectations, claiming those expectations to be inevitable or obvious, and then base the reasoning for those expectations on absurd justifications that are even more irrational than the initial expectations to begin with (ie. Barg's boards and points will naturally go up because he was hindered by CB-hog).
Like Apollo said, next season Bargs will likely be the first option, but that just illustrates how pathetic the Raptors are. That's not to say I don't want Bargs to do well, get better, become an allstar, or even develop (somehow miraculously) into a franchise player. In fact, I desperately wish Bargs was great, that way Toronto wouldn't suck. All I ask is for your justifications to be realistic enough so I don't feel like I'm reading blind faith.
It's not only Bargs though, I often find myself scratching my head when people associated DeRozan with MVP or Alibi with Kareem. Not that I think it can't happen, just that it's unrealistic. Maybe I'm just a pessimist.
That being said, if I was Bargs I would wish all my fans were like multipaul and if I was Amir, all my fans be buddahfan.
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announced earlier this week that EA has invested over $80 million in the
development of BioWare's first MMO "Star Wars: The Old
Wars: The Old Republic" is a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game
that is currently under development by BioWare and LucasArts. The game takes
place 300 years after the events of "Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic" and thousands of years before Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, which is a
fairly unexplored era of "Star Wars" chronology.
will be able to choose from many different character roles such as Jedi or
Sith, and give context to their personal story with the option to follow the
light or the dark side of the Force. In addition, players can join friends
through the game's battles.
Now, EA
has reported that its total investment in the "Star Wars" MMO has
reached $80 million in development alone.
contribution from the 'Star Wars' MMO is significant,"
said Michael Pachter, Wedbush Securities analyst. "Under the terms of its
deals with LucasArts, EA is required to pay a royalty, but was required to
front all of the development, marketing and distribution costs, as well as the
costs of building out servers for the game. We estimate that LucasArts' share
is 33 percent of revenues, after EA recoups its investment in game development.
Given that the game was in development for over four years, with an estimated
200 full-time developers working on it, we estimate that EA's investment exceeds $80 million.
for investors, the company expenses R&D spending, meaning that its revenues
on sales of the 'Star Wars' MMO DVD will be pure profit. EA will be required to
spend marketing dollars on the game, and we estimate total manufacturing,
marketing and distribution spending will total around $20 million, meaning that
at two million units sold, EA will generate $60 million of operating profit on
the DVD sales."
also noted that EA will not need a certain number of subscribers for "Star
Wars: The Old Republic" to make a profit.
estimate that EA will cover its direct
operating costs and break even at 500,000 subscribers (actual number
is closer to 350,000 subscribers), meaning that with 1.5 million paying
subscribers, EA will have 1 million profitable subs," said Pachter.
"We estimate that the incremental operating cost for each subscriber above
break even is around $5 per month, so if the revenue split is 33 percent to
LucasArts ($5 per subscriber per month), EA will be left with $5 per subscriber
per month in operating profit. At 1 million profitable subscribers over the last
six months of its fiscal year, EA should generate $30 million in operating
profit from subscribers."
EA also
announced this week that the launch of "Star Wars: The Old Republic"
may be delayed until January 2012.


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What Disney's Frozen teaches us about childhood
"Do you want to build a snowman?"
What Disney's Academy Award-winning animated musical Frozen teaches us about childhood, love, and the importance of protecting children.
I've seen Disney's Frozen at least four times now. I like it even more each time; I still get chills every time "Let It Go" plays on the radio.
So many of my adult friends — who don't even have kids — love this movie, and it's got me thinking about childhood. We talk about there being a kid inside each and every one of us, but the more I think about it, the more I think we're still the same people we were as kids — just older and with more responsibility.
Maybe that's what childhood really is. Rather than a range of ages, it's a time in our lives when we're cared for by someone else. Loved. Protected. And then when we grow up, we care for and protect ourselves (more or less).
Revise that: Maybe childhood is a time in our lives when we're supposed to be cared for and loved.
In the beginning of Frozen, we watch two sisters grow up separated from each other: best friends at first, but separated by their parents – to "protect" them, essentially, but focusing on fear instead of love. This beginning really sets up the dramatic arc of the story as these sisters journey to rediscover how to love the way they should have as children.
The sad truth that I see every day through World Vision's eyes is that there are far too many children around the world who don't get to have a real childhood, this time of protection and love. They're children only in the basic sense of age — too young to be adults, but still carrying the burdens that actual adults have learned to carry.
Girls forced to marry early haven't learned how to be wives and mothers, and yet they are. Children forced into labor — often at dangerous jobs — belong in school, and yet they're working. Children trafficked know only exploitation, not love, and because of that, they're missing a vital element of the essence of childhood.
World Vision has a new program called Childhood Lost, which aims to address child trafficking and slavery in Bangladesh. And we do this kind of work all around the world. Working for World Vision, I hear amazing stories every day of children who have been protected from early marriage and slavery and other tragedies children face everywhere. This is a big deal, because child protection issues exist all around the world: Guatemala, Uganda, Tanzania, and in every other country — even here in the United States.
I was fortunate enough to have had a loving and protected childhood. But somehow I'm actually able to imagine (I think) what it might be like not to have had that. And that scenario is devastating to me. I'm passionate about so much of World Vision's work, but the issues that our child protection work addresses are the ones that actually get me angry inside.
That's why I'm so thrilled — relieved, even — every time I hear a success story of a child who is now protected after facing unimaginable neglect, abuse, exploitation, or trauma.
One thing I really love about Frozen is that it shows a character who grows up during the movie, but rather than becoming an evil antagonist as an adult, she turns toward love. Adulthood doesn't mean that we stop loving or being loved; it means we're responsible to turn back and love the next generation.
It means we're responsible to protect childhood for the next generation.
Frozen is speaking to so many adults because it strikes a chord with a warm and safe time in our lives that we remember, when we were loved and protected.
But many children grow up early without such memories to look back on fondly.
That's why we celebrate Salmina and Melka, who escaped from early marriage …
… and 3-year-old Sharon, whose pierced ears help protect her from child sacrifice …
… and Su Su, who was able to break free from the sex trade …
… and the 6-year-old girl in Tanzania whose community stepped up to say no to her very early marriage.
If you're ready to help save a lost childhood with love, you can sponsor a child here.


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Ocala residents discuss politics, golf and regulation.
Potter's Master's win
Some of the major championship winners who Ted Potter gets to join as the 2013 Masters Par 3 Contest champion: Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Davis Love III, David Toms and Padraig Harrington.
Potter will be part of Masters lore even if he never wins another tournament.
Steve Schonberg
Ridiculous politics
Three and a half years prior to the next presidential election, the Republican Party is scrambling for ways to win back the White House. They are holding all sorts of meetings, second guessing why they have failed, and in the process spending millions to come up with the answer for success.
I have a simple solution for them. Forget running two stiff white guys for president and vice president. That ship has sailed. At least one of the candidates must be a minority. There are well-qualified minorities in the Republican Party.
If elected to the office, make promises you could never keep. Promise that everybody on welfare will receive double the benefits they're currently receiving. Same promise goes for the people receiving food stamps.
The government will provide health care for everybody.
The 14 million-plus illegal immigrants will be given instant citizenship. You can go either way on abortion or gay marriages; the country is well divided on both.
Seem ridiculous? Of course it is? Ridiculous equals politics. Throughout history many advanced societies have been fooled by false promises.
Hitler promised the German people every German family would have a Volkswagen and every pot a chicken in it. He sure lived up to his promises.
A-la-cart President Obama, after winning the 2008 election, stated publicly that if he can't balance the budget at the end of his first four years he doesn't deserve to be re-elected. In four years he never had a budget. He ballooned the national debt by $5 trillion. Regardless of what he said, he got re-elected anyway.
So Republicans, go for it. Watch what you wish for. In four years you could be dealing with an American disaster. Your only out will be to blame the previous administration.
God save America.
Joseph A. Nagy
Common mistake
In a recent article, one your reporters makes a debatable claim about Common Core: it is "heavily based on research," he wrote.
Actually, all of the academics on the Common Core validation team refused to sign off on Common Core because the people who wrote it refused to give any evidence Common Core is backed by research. In addition, not one school or school district field tested Common Core before states decided to throw it at all their kids. Pilot testing is an essential part of researching any social program.
And this statement is outright false: "The Common Core standards are used internationally. When fully implemented, the benchmarks in Florida can be compared to those in other Common Core states or countries."
Early on, Common Core promoters promised the academic requirements would be "benchmarked" to international norms. But Common Core's creators also refused to provide their own validation committee any evidence they had done so. Now the Common Core's website merely claims the standards are "informed by" international education standards. And not one other country uses Common Core, as it was created within the U.S. and is an original document.
Joy Pullmann
Heartland Institute
Chicago, Ill.
Regulation does cost
Rep. Ted Yoho is correct about the cost of regulation. Most regulation is imposed because of fear and unfair treatment. When it comes to the environment, we need to use correct and accurate science, not Al Gore's scare tactics of global warming. History is a good teacher.
In response to the recent letter "Deregulation cost," I totally disagree. The problem with the economy since 2007 was caused by regulation of the banking business in America.
The Community Redevelopment Act of the Carter administration, then the Dodd-Frank Act later, caused the banking business to grant unqualified loans so everyone could own a home.
President George W. Bush tried in 2002 to change the wreck but was voted down by the Democratic Congress — and here came the wreck, which we have not recovered from as of today.
Regulation will kill the economy as we know it in America. Our economy grows and creates jobs best when we have the freedom to invest without government requiring unnecessary regulations.
Yes, Rep. Yoho, you have the right idea, so let's get it done.
Richard Barber
In the April 9 Opinion section there was a column by Carl Hiaasen, "NRA taking its fright tactics to another level." Mr. Hiaasen clearly doesn't know enough about the subject of guns to comment.
An AR-15 does not have clips. It has magazines, and even a basic writer who did any research would have known that. The only assault weapon in the category of the AR-15-is the M-1 rifle used in World War II and Korea, and limited use in Vietnam. The M-1 had an eight-round clip that was ejected when the last round was fired. There are no 30-round clips that I have ever heard of.
So my message to Mr. Hiaasen is to at least know which end the round goes out of and the difference between a clip and a magazine. He is typical of today's commentators that write knee-jerk solutions on a subject that they know nothing about.
Gary Webber


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I really do like where The Pistons are going. They have some really solid pieces for the future. Charlie V has got to go and Ben Gordon has to find whatever it is he left in Chicago.
This winning culture/losing culture stuff is entirely dictated by quality of the players, not by a magical, invisible aura that plagues rosters from one season to the next. Even the Raptors were able to go from 27 wins to 47 wins over one summer.
Improve the roster, and the wins will come. It's as simple as that. Until then, hope for as many losses as possible to finish off this season.
I agree with the idea of talent is needed to win first and foremost. But I am struggling with the other aspects.
Looking at the Celtics for example. The roster was completely overhauled with the C's essentially cashing out all their chips for Allen and Garnett. They then rounded out the roster with veterans and young rookies. However, through all that roster overhaul, the front office remained the same as did the coaching staff. Would they be considered losers before Allen and Garnett? Did the addition of Allen and Garnett suddenly make them winners? In some regards yes but in others no.
Looking at the Raptors there certainly has been a change in the people associated with the team. People have been reassigned while others have been brought in. McKechnie has a championship pedigree associated with the Lakers. Casey was a championship winning lead assistant coach. Colangelo assembled great regular season teams and deep playoff teams in Phoenix. Stefanski was associated with NBA Final teams in New Jersey. Now the roster doesn't have much to brag about - or does it? Calderon has won quite a bit on the world stage as an important part of Spain. And that is about it unless we want to bring NCAA or high school in to things (which we don't). So yes the roster certainly needs an infusion of talent and winning NBA experience to lose the loser tag.
I'm not sure where the prefix of "winning" was added to the idea of culture change. To get to winning some important things have had to happen in Raptorland. First off, the mentality has been changed from an offensive focus to a defensive one (front office to coaching and now down to players). Secondly, accountability has been brought in which has sadly lacked for a long time (BC calling out Bargnani, Casey versus Triano). Thirdly, the total professional mentality is taking hold; the concept that being a good NBA player is more than pickup games in the summer. Weight, flexibility, and core training, diet, and conditioning are all needed to reach maximum potential.
All of the above is for not without talent. However, even with the talent but none of the above success is hardly guaranteed. More talent is coming and once it gets here it should be in an environment with a culture ready to thrive.
So in conclusion, talent is absolutely needed to succeed and without it, forget it. Defense, accountability and training are necessary components to winning. This year is all about adding defense, accountability, and training. This off season is all about adding more talent. Hopefully next year the talent enters an environment conducive to winning.
Garnett and Allen are perfect illustrations of guys who have talent and also play defense, hold themselves and others accountable, and are notorious for their training regimes.
Food for thought... if the Raptors had won one or two additional games last year, they would have ended up with the 6th or 7th player in the 2011 draft. Bye, bye JV. Hello Brandon Knight?
Excellent point!
I see this as the biggest incentive to tanking and perhaps the easiest fix.
What is the thinking behind having only the top three picks up for grabs?
I think all the positions for non playoff teams should be subject to some form of weighted lottery.
You need to be ethical and make the most out of your opportunities. The Lakers current superstar was drafted 13th overall. The guy they're grooming to take over was drafted 10th overall. Stars go later in the draft all the time. Colangelo drafted Steve Nash 15th overall. He drafted Amare Stoudemire 9th overall. He drafted Shawn Marion 9th overall. He drafted Michael Finley 21st overall. He drafted Stephen Jackson 44th overall. He's proven many, many times that no matter where he is in the draft he can land a really good player.
What kind of sportsfan wants to see his team suck and lose intentionally? Why watch a sport if all you are interested in is winning a trophy later in the future?
Tanking is a big no-no for me.
Bottom teams play hard to fight relegation because with relegation you lose a percentage of your wages, tv money and all the bonuses. So the players and management have everything to lose by tanking. This way other cities can have a shot at NBA too and the D-league gets more significant. Imagine teams like Seattle and Vancouver back in NBA even if it is only for a season because of promotion and relegation.
There is already too little talent throughout the league. Bringing up D-League teams only makes things worse.
The worse NBA team would absolutely destroy a D-League team.
Some of the markets in the D-League are smaller than Moose Jaw.
I like the concept but it would never fly.
Does tanking even work?
From True Hoop's Henry Abbott, source: http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...king-even-work
If tanking is a great way to win a title, then quick, name a team that has done it.
Anyone? Anyone?
We're looking for a team that had a horrible record, won one of those magical, coveted top-three draft picks the Bobcats are after, and celebrated a title in the following four years because of that special player.
If you said the San Antonio Spurs, congratulations ... kind of. In the history of the lottery, which goes back to 1985, it's the only technically correct answer (ignoring Detroit and Darko Milicic, who barely played).
OK, let's expand the limits beyond four years. According to Devin Dignam of the Wages of Wins, there is still a shocking lack of further examples. We can disregard multi-team players like Jason Kidd, who won a title with the team that drafted him (Dallas) only after toiling for 17 years for the Mavericks, the Suns and the Nets. A slightly more pertinent case is the that of David Robinson, who overcame years of frustration by winning a title with San Antonio 12 years after the Spurs made him the No. 1 pick. But Robinson needed Duncan to get it done.
In other words, NBA history has awful news for bad teams hoping to become great through the magic of a high pick.
Tanking, as a way to get good, is not tried and true. It is tried and tried and tried and tried and once-in-a-long-while kind of true.
More importantly, the Spurs are no model at all. Yes, they got the top overall pick that became Duncan by winning just 20 games in 1996-97 . But they weren't really a bad team. They were a great team, missing the injured Robinson. But that was just a timely blip. In the three seasons prior, the Spurs contended for the title, winning 55, 62 and 59 games. They had been among the league's top teams for seven years running.
Duncan didn't make a bad team amazing. He made an amazing team into champions.Continued bad luck for lottery teams
You have probably heard about the large number of people who win millions in the real lottery and are broke again a few years later.
The same is a little true in the NBA, where the good teams tend to stay that way, and the bad teams tend to stay that way, too.
The comments I made in this post a few weeks back still remain:
Are people really this fickle?
The problem here is that, generally speaking, most of teams in the lottery right now are smaller market or less 'desirable' teams.
All the national writers are based in larger markets. They are pushing their agendas because their hometown teams are not getting the Anthony Davis or Brad Beal or MKG or Barnes or Drummond or Robinson i.e. top young talent.
The critical thinking skills of people - writers and fans alike - is deplorable. Look at the teams currently in the playoffs and how they got there, generally speaking it was obtaining a talent via the draft and building from there:
Chicago - Rose, Noah - lottery picks
Miami - Wade - lottery pick
Orlando - Howard - lottery pick
Philadelphia - AI - lottery pick
Indiana - draft picks - only George is lottery and a high lottery at that
Atlanta - Horford - lottery (and imagine they had picked Williams or Paul instead of Marvin?)
Boston - Pierce - lottery (and lottery picks for other talent)
New York - big exception and they are 8th seed with limited options past this year
OKC - Durant/Westbrook/Harden - lottery/lottery/lottery
San Antonio - Duncan - lottery
Lakers - Kobe, Bynum - lottery trade, lottery
Clippers - Griffin, CP3 - lottery and assets from lottery
Dallas - Dirk - lottery
Memphis - Gay, Conley, Gasol - lottery, lottery, lottery pick traded
Utah - rebuilding team with young pieces based from lottery and trading Williams (lottery pick) - LOTTERY
Houston - purgatory team
So looking at the 16 teams above, only 3 teams can honestly be said they didn't get their foundation from the lottery (Houston, New York, Indiana). Yes, there were other factors (free agency and trades) but looking at each team, its core is comprised of a lottery pick(s).
The system is fine. The NY writers are bitching because the Knicks have f*cked up a 7 year rebuild in less than a season and they now have no other means of adding highly talented players.
.....from the guys over at Grantland.
grantland.com5. Toronto: 22 Wins
Personnel "Decisions": Last week, the Raptors announced that Andrea Bargnani had strained his left calf and would miss the remainder of the season. On Saturday, they announced that Jose Calderon would miss Sunday's game against Atlanta with a lacerated right eyebrow.
Recent Games: On Friday, the Raptors beat the Celtics in Toronto. Someone named Ben Uzoh played 32 minutes. On Sunday, the Raptors blew out the Hawks. Alan Anderson, who apparently played for Michigan State as recently as 2004, started his seventh game of the season. The Raptors had cleared a path to tank past Cleveland, but those two wins and a season finale against the Nets could bump them all the way down to the no. 8 slot.
On Monday, the Raptors lost to the Hawks by 22. Calderon, Linas Kleiza, and Jamaal Magloire all picked up DNP-CDs.
Remaining Schedule: @MIA, @DET, @MIL, NJN
Verdict: The Raptors have a ton of cap space for next season and will be adding Euro sensation Jonas Valanciunas. Bargnani and Calderon are quality NBA players. Amir Johnson could become a serviceable rotation guy. DeMar DeRozan seems to be teetering on the edge of the useless netherworld of Jordan Crawford, but still has the potential to become a high-energy Microwave Man. The problem is that none of the players projected to go between the no. 5 pick and the no. 9 pick makes much sense for the Raptors. Gun to head, I'd say they should be the team that takes the Bradley Beal gamble, but that's mostly because I don't believe in Jared Sullinger or Perry Jones.
Despite the author's ignorance towards Derozan, there's some good interesting points here.
if we land 5-9 and beal is up it doesn't seem like a gamble to me at all but a massive stroke of luck
The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show... and see if she likes the goods.
we still have a chance to get to #5! We have to lose every game from now on, most importantly to Cleveland and NJ. Cleveland still has Washington to play, so that would even out our records.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...tell-the-truth2005-06 Minnesota Timberwolves
The most spectacular tank job in recent memory occurred on April 19, 2006, in a Minnesota-Memphis game that is still a common punch line around the league.
Earlier that month, Chicago Tribune NBA writer Sam Smith had called out the Timberwolves and the league:
The NBA should take a look at this one in the interest of the game's integrity and paying customers. Minnesota needs to have one of the top 10 poorest records to keep its draft pick. Otherwise, it goes to the Clippers from the Sam Cassell-Marko Jaric deal.
In a 103-95 loss to the Jazz at home on Friday, [Kevin] Garnett sat out the fourth quarter after making all of his third-quarter shots. Garnett had 13 rebounds through three quarters, and Minnesota was outrebounded 18-6 in the fourth.
It's reminiscent of the game-throwing days before the draft lottery was started.
In the final game of the season, the Wolves sat Garnett and Ricky Davis, and then turned the game against Memphis into a joke by inserting Mark Madsen and letting him fire away. In six seasons, Madsen had made only one 3-pointer in nine attempts. But in that game he tossed up seven 3-pointers and missed them all -- they were his only 3-point attempts of the season. The Wolves lost the game in double overtime (Madsen started the second overtime with three 3-point bricks in less than a minute) and secured the draft pick.
After the game, Wolves coach Dwane Casey didnt deny that the team was less than serious about winning the game: "The guys were having fun with it. For what we've been through this season, I thought the guys deserved it. I hope what we did didn't make a mockery of the game."
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Someone once said that a picture is worth a thousand words -- but as I sit here looking through photos from my recent trip to the Horn of Africa, I don't think that's true.
This picture is of Falima, a 25-year-old Somalian who recently entered the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. She is holding her son, Abdullah, while her 3-year-old daughter, Fauhuya, hides behind her.
Falima and her 3-year-old daughter, Fauhuya. ©2011 World Vision
The happiness evident on Falima's face and the bashful grin from Fauhuya puts a smile on my face every time I look at this picture. I know that their meeting with me helped bring joy to their day. I was sitting in the dirt in front of them, trying desperately to get Fauhuya to grin while I talked to their family. This picture tells me they are happy, healthy, and full of life.
But there is a greater and deeper story that the picture won't tell you.
It won't tell you about Falima's 15-day trip from her home in Somalia to this camp. It won't express the pain she felt two years ago when her husband abandoned her and their five children, leaving her alone on their farm to battle the famine that eventually devastated their crops and killed their livestock. The inability to provide for her children -- and the decision she faced as a result -- created a fear in Falima that no camera could ever capture.
This picture can't describe the strength Falima bore as she packed up their few belongings and left home to trek across the wasteland of Somalia and into northern Kenya -- by foot, and sometimes truck. It won't tell you how fast Falima's heart must have been beating when bandits robbed her on the journey, taking all of her possessions, food, and money, leaving her more forlorn and helpless than ever.
The camera didn't capture the soft white bumps on Fauhuya's eye -- a complication from a case of the measles that has gone untreated. Without medical attention, this could cause blindness.
And it doesn't show the hunger that is gripping the childrens' stomachs -- the result of having lived on tea and bits of food begged from fellow travelers for the past several weeks.
This image certainly won't show you the hopelessness Falima expressed when I asked her what she looked forward to, now that she was in the camp:
"I have no hope for myself. I have no alternative," she said. "My hope is with the children."
Looking at this picture won't force me to feel the hurt and loneliness that must have gripped her heart when she heard her husband is now living in this very camp, with a new wife and family.
This picture is of me sitting in the dirt in front of Falima and her family. When I see this picture, I see a woman in her early 20s, dressed for a hike, taking copious notes. I look happy and intrigued.
Michele talks with Falima at the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. ©2011 World Vision
What this picture won't tell you is how shocked I was at the realization that Falima and I are the same age: 25. Yet our lives couldn't be more different. It doesn't explain the grief that filled me as I thought of being abandoned by the man I loved.
How I would feel watching my livelihood taken by the silent killer of hunger? What would it be like not knowing whether my daughter would survive the measles? And how would I feel once I made it to a desolate camp with absolutely nothing but my children?
More so, this picture doesn't show how hard I was fighting back tears, thinking of how Falima's life was now in the hands of people like you and I, donors and compassionaries far from this place.
Every day, we are surrounded by pictures meant to convey the devastation and pain taking place around the world. But behind every photo are stories we may never know, feelings we may never understand, and individuals who continue carrying on in their journey, even after we forget their faces. Their stories may be of hope, loss, sadness, pain, happiness, or love.
The pictures of Falima and I looking content and happy in the middle of the refugee camp is evidence that a photo can fail to capture the whole story. Falima has lived a life full of pain, grief, and fear -- harsh realities that these photos will never show.
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On the coastal stretches, the sight of monastic marvel of Skellig Michael out in the Atlantic could be THE camera moment of your trip. Jagged Valentia Island is unique in its importance: it's Ireland's prime weather station. The foodies of the Valentia Island's King Scallop Festival in July never have far to go for a forecast.
Time is of the essence on the Ring. The more of it you have, the more you'll enjoy it. As John Hickey explains, long lunches are a must:
"Should hunger pangs be making themselves noticeable, make for Waterville and the old-time luxury of lunch at The Butler Arms Hotel where a long lunch of lobster and shrimp accompanied by a light Pinot Grigio [if you're not behind the wheel, of course] corrects the imbalances caused by hunger."
While you're there, keep an eye to the walls for a clue to Waterville's most famous visitor.
"Pause to look at the photos that decorate the interior," advises John. "Several show Charlie Chaplin and family enjoying holidays in the town. The Chaplins spent several summers in Waterville and one of his daughters loved it so much, she settled here permanently."
Time also gives you the option of weaving off the Ring. You're free to jump off where the whim takes you.
Make the home of Daniel O'Connell – a 19th-century political figure often referred to as "The Liberator" – one such stop. Derrynane House, his childhood home, is a fittingly handsome abode for a man held as a hero because of his role in Catholic Emancipation. The countryside isn't bad, either.
Tony O'Callaghan is a native of Tralee and another guide to Kerry's unbeaten paths. He tells a story of his father taking him and a friend there as children. On seeing Derrynane in sunshine, the friend turned to Tony's father and asked, 'Uncle Tony, is this heaven?'"
In a place where weeds look like rhododendrons, it certainly comes close.
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In an interview [video]
with the CBS show 60 Minutes, the founder-and-chief of
the controversial secrets site Wikileaks discusses the recent
backlash against his site, following the release of U.S.
Military and State
Department secrets. He states, "The U.S. does not have the
technology to take the site down . ... Just the way our technology is
constructed, the way the Internet is constructed."
He adds, "We've had attacks on particular
domain names. Little pieces of infrastructure knocked out. But we now have some
2,000 fully independent in every way websites, where we're publishing around
the world. It is -- I mean, it's not possible to do."
Assange is referring to the fact that his site
lost its central domain name, most of its official hosting, and its donations
accounts. Volunteers, who host mirrors of the webpage, now sustain the
site. Attempting to access Wikileaks or searching for it in Google
results in visitors being redirected to one of these mirrored sites.
While the issue of what Wikileaks has
done is hot in the minds of many, much of the 60
Minutes interview focuses on the site's threats that it will release
damning information implicating a major
U.S. bank in wrongdoing.
In an October 2009 interview with the
International Data Group's publication ComputerWorld, Mr. Assange
claimed to possess a hard drive with a wealth of information from the Bank of
In an
interview with top business periodical Forbes, which
took place in late November, Wikileaks' Assange claimed to be preparing a
"megaleak", which would likely lead to a major U.S. financial
institution (presumably Bank of America) being investigated and potentially
charged by international authorities.
During the 60
Minutes special, interest was high on the topic, but the interviewer's
attempt to extract more info from Mr. Assange was largely rebuffed. He
states, "I won't make any comment in relation to that upcoming
But he did express that he gains pleasure from the
ill effects on the financial world his news is causing. He states,
"I think it's great. We have all these banks squirming, thinking maybe
it's them."
The interview did not touch on a significant point
in that regard -- the question of whether any Wikileaks members --
including Mr. Assange -- had profited off the stock shifts triggered by the
organization's new releases.
Some have suggested that Mr. Assange and Wikileaks may
be using its new releases to profit on the stock market. Using certain
mechanisms the site could selectively release news, dropping a commercial
entity's stock price, making money off the drop. Indeed, the Bank of
America's share price dropped 3 percent in late 2010 on speculation that it was
in Wikileaks crosshairs. The actual
release could drop stock further. It would be relatively easy for someone
affiliated with the site or its members to exploit the financial repercussions
of the site's actions.
Wikileaks is a relatively loosely
organized and regulated operation, with less than a dozen full time staff
members, by almost all accounts. The site publishes no details of its
operating procedures or finances.
Unfortunately, that question, like many others
(Mr. Assange's self-labeling
as an "anarchist" in the 1990s) went unasked in the 60
Minutes interview.
Update: Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011:
Some seemed to imply that we were making up allegations that Wikileaks was manipulating the stock market to profit itself or its financiers. This is absolutely not the case. Those capable of a quick Google search should be able to find a number of stories on this topic, such as:
"Wikileaks is harmful now, but could become even more destructive" -- Kansas City Star
Which writes:
Shares in Bank of America dropped 3 percent Tuesday. Although they recovered Wednesday, banking analyst Dick Bove said on CNBC that this may represent a new means of stock-market manipulation, by which the unknown funders of Wikileaks could profit by cratering shares in targeted companies.
Also some challenged whether Assange was ever really an anarchist. Well he said he was, at least at one time, back in the 90s. In the book Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier by Suelette Dreyfus, which Mr. Assange edited, researched, and contributed text to, an autobiographical passage by Assange describes:
As he quietly backed out of the system, wiping away his footprints as he tip-toed away, Mendax [Assange] thought about what he had seen. He was deeply disturbed that any hacker would work for the US military.
Hackers, he thought, should be anarchists, not hawks.


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In an old dance studio in Paris Annette is a butterfly floating on golden points across the polished floor.
The afternoon sun is a silent voyeur peeping through the tall windows at this moment of extreme naked intimacy. There is nothing more evocative and sensuous than the sight of girls rehearsing their routines naked.
Annette made the journey from Maryland to dance for the Hegre camera and her performance in An American Ballerina in Paris is a two thumbs up mini-masterpiece.
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text: "Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, and finds it crammed with 10,000 years of fascinating historical bric-a-brac. Each room becomes a starting point for a free-ranging discussion of rarely noticed but foundational aspects of social life. A visit to the kitchen prompts disquisitions on food adulteration and gluttony; a peek into the bedroom reveals nutty sex nostrums and the horrors of premodern surgery; in the study we find rats and locusts; a stop in the scullery illuminates the put-upon lives of servants. Bryson follows his inquisitiveness wherever it goes, from Darwinian evolution to the invention of the lawnmower, while savoring eccentric characters and untoward events (like Queen Elizabeth I's pilfering of a subject's silverware). There are many guilty pleasures, from Bryson's droll prose'What really turned the Victorians to bathing, however, was the realization that it could be gloriously punishing'to the many tantalizing glimpses behind closed doors at aristocratic English country houses. In demonstrating how everything we take for granted, from comfortable furniture to smoke-free air, went from unimaginable luxury to humdrum routine, Bryson shows us how odd and improbable our own lives really are."Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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"Included in this great compilation is the Grammy-nominated Nnenna Freelon performing 'Better Than Anything' from her Soul Call release, [and] Diane Schuur and the esteemed Marion McPartland, respectively, presenting their renditions of 'Easy Living' and 'Take the 'A' Train'
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NCUA Assessments to Edge Up in 2013
A combination of growth in assets and a decrease in the overhead transfer rate means an 0.24% increase to the NCUA's 2013 operating fee scale for federal credit unions with more than $1 million in assets, according to a Letter to Federal Credit Unions posted on the regulator's website.
Additionally, the NCUA board in November eliminated operating fees for credit unions with assets of $1 million or less.
Federal credit unions with more than $1 million in assets can expect an invoice from the NCUA in March, with payment due by April 30. That invoice will include both the 2013 operating fee assessment and any additional amount required to bring a credit union's NCUSIF capitalization deposit up to the required 1% of insured shares, the agency said.
The letter includes a chart the agency said clarifies the new asset tiers and corresponding assessment payment. The NCUA has also provided an online calculator to help credit unions determine their operating assessment.


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Or the mins that some of the other rookies are getting this year like Davis and Lillard and MKG. What do you think his numbers would look like?
I just can't say enough how much i'm impressed with Ross. The guy is just getting better and better every game. Forget about his shooting and his leaping ability but his D is off the charts. He has the potential to be a lockdown defender down the road.
This guy's potential just like JV is mouth watering. These two could be really good in a couple of years.
That's why i'm not a fan of "tanking" i really believe the Raps have some solid pieces to build around. Led by DeRozan, JV, Davis and Ross(all 23 and under). Hopefully Lowry would buy in and be a part of that group.
Problem right now is the inexperience and the lack of veteran leadership and of course Bargnani.


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I feel for the kid. All he wants to do is play basketball, but his damn brain won't let him.
Good for him. I mean it sucks for the Rockets, but they chose him knowing what they were getting into. He's just looking out for #1.Before he's willing to start training camp, Houston Rockets rookie Royce White wants the team's permission to travel to some games by private bus, the former Iowa State star told ESPN.com on Wednesday night.
White, who missed the team's media day on Monday and the start of training camp in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday, said he hopes to reach an agreement with the team soon. He said he expects to join his teammates within "a week," if talks with the Rockets continue to progress.
"What it's going to look like is every game that's drivable, I'm going to get a bus for myself," White said. "And I'm going to make that bus feel like home so that there's a level of consistency in a job where inconsistency is very apparent because of the schedule. I'm going to try and level that out and make sure that my stress levels stay low and that my rest is regular and that my meals are regular and that as much as I can, draw consistency from a very inconsistent schedule. ...
"People with mental illness, one of the most important things is that they have that consistency and routine. The girth of (my request) was, 'Can I travel by bus to close enough games?' "
Earlier Wednesday, White released a statement that detailed his refusal to join the team until a plan to address his "long-term health" was in place.
"There are often negative consequences to mental illness when not given the proper support," said White, according to a statement released through his publicist, California-based China Myers. "Often, those consequences are more severe for the surrounding people than the sufferer him/herself. I am not willing to allow those consequences to befall on myself or others close to me.
"It causes me anxiety to know that serious consequences could happen if I do not express what I deal with, or if I am not truthful enough to ask for what I need to be healthy. For me, hiding is no longer a healthy option in treating my anxiety or OCD, so I have asked for some help from the organization to ensure long-term health for myself.
"It has been determined that without a specific plan in place, the current workplace is not healthy for me. I feel that it is essential to formulate the right plan for a better chance of execution, despite other timelines or agendas. The most important agenda to me is a plan that is healthy. Therefore, a plan has been requested that will support a healthy work environment. In addition to this, it has been requested that the standard requirements for players in regards to this plan be voided because it is not a standard situation.
"It is regrettable that I cannot be currently present, but long-term health obviously should be the most important thing. I will continue to champion the cause for mental illness being met with understanding; if not, the ramifications are dangerous.
"Mental illness is a very individual-based disorder -- very unique for each person. So for those who come forward and ask for help, a very unique support plan should be the solution, given the nature of mental illness.
"No blame is being placed on the Rockets organization."
White said he's unsure if he'll start training camp sans a written agreement with the team.


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Bachelor of Arts
Dance - unit set code MJ-A000025
Burwood (Melbourne)
Each unit within the Dance major sequence develops practical skills in contemporary technique and choreography and interrelates this learning with theoretical studies in dance history, analysis and aesthetics. There is an ongoing development of technique, craft, and theory over the three level levels, with class material becoming increasingly specialised and challenging as students' progress. Skills in oral and written communication, personal and group management, reflection and decision-making are developed over the three level levels in tandem with the development of physical, compositional and research skills. This learning intensifies at level 3 with production and research project units which not only place students' work in a public and professional context, but also focus on the development of specialised skills in the associated technical, production, marketing and administration areas.
On successful completion of the dance major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:
- an ability to demonstrate high-level contemporary dance technique
- an ability to demonstrate well-developed independent choreographic practice
- an ability to think and write analytically about dance and its values
- an ability to manage artistic and technical aspects of dance promotion
- an ability to learn and apply safe dance practices for maintenance of physical and personal wellbeing
Level 1
|Introduction to Contemporary Dance Practice A
|Introduction to Contemporary Dance Practice B
Levels 2 and 3
|Contemporary Dance Practice and History A
|Contemporary Dance Practice and History B
|Specialised Technique and Dance Performance
|Major Choreographic Project A: Process
|Major Choreographic Project B: Performance (2 credit point)
Note: the following may also be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.
|Communication and Creative Arts Internship A
|Communication and Creative Arts Internship B
|Dance Improvisation and Body Awareness


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DENVER - Colorado's youngest citizens got a boost Thursday when the state won a $29.9 million grant to improve early childhood education.
Four other states also won grants in this round of Race to the Top, the Obama Administration's initiative that gives money to states that undertake education reforms.
"That's about $30 million that will help us fulfill our commitment to young children in the state," said Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia.
Every year, about 65,000 Colorado kids enter kindergarten, but 16,000 of them are already behind their peers - an achievement gap that persists throughout a child's school life.
"It starts long before children ever show up at the schoolhouse door for the first time," Garcia said.
Much of the grant will be used to pay for better training for teachers. It also will pay to set common guidelines and standards for all licensed child care centers.
The state also plans to expand its kindergarten assessment to all children, to make sure each kid's personal needs are evaluated as soon as they start school.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said that people told his team that preschool is a priority during the recent TBD Colorado listening tour.
"One of the most consistent things we heard around the state was the belief in early childhood education and how important it is," Hickenlooper said.
Colorado has had a rough history with Race to the Top. After Obama publicly called out Colorado as a model of education reform, his Department of Education bypassed Colorado for the first and most lucrative grant.
To help compete in the second round, the Legislature then passed a bill that makes job protections for teachers dependent on how well their students perform. It was a wrenching debate, especially for Democrats, but the Department of Education again snubbed Colorado for the second round of Race to the Top in 2010.
In addition to Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin also won awards in this round.


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Tegra Graphics Debugger is a console-grade tool that allows developers to debug and profile OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.1, Android Extension Pack (AEP), OpenGL 4.3, OpenGL 4.4, and OpenGL 4.5 on Windows, OSX and Linux enabling game and graphics developers to get the most out of Tegra K1 or Tegra X1 SOCs. Built specifically for Kepler class GPU SOCs, Tegra Graphics Debugger is built from the ground up with a common UI with NVIDIA® Nsight™ Visual Studio Edition.
Linux for Tegra support is available under the NVIDIA Jetson Embedded Platform.
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Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, Web-based, multilingual, tightly integrated, all-in-one wiki, CMS, and groupware. Tiki can be used to create all kinds of Web applications, sites, portals, knowledge bases, intranets, and extranets. Tiki offers a very large number of features "out-of-the-box". It is highly configurable and modular. All features are optional and administered via a Web-based interface. Major features include a robust wiki engine, news articles, discussion forums, newsletters, blogs, file and image galleries, bug and issue trackers, a link directory, polls/surveys and quizzes, FAQs, a banner management system, calendar, maps, mobile access, RSS feeds, a category system, tags, an advanced themeing engine (Smarty), spreadsheet, live support, shoutbox, inter-user messaging, menu generator, advanced permission system for users and groups, internal search engine, external authentication support, and more. It was formerly named TikiWiki.
CloverETL is Java-based tool/framework for data integration and creation of data transformations. It is component based and follows the concept of transformation graphs which consist of individual nodes/components performing simple (or complex) operations on data. Any transformation can be defined as a set of interconnected nodes through which data flows. CloverETL can be used as a standalone application or be embedded into a larger project.
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Freehelpdesk is feature-rich help desk system designed from the ground up to meet the demands of help desk staff and their users. It is a Web-based system that can accept new calls from your users directly into the system. Calls can be tracked and searched to enable faster response times.
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police are watching you. If you're the
wrong religion, they'll spy on your every move. If you voice the
wrong political opinions they'll be watching you. According to Mike
German, a 16-year veteran with the U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigations, this is happening right in the U.S.
German has become the FBI's worst nightmare. Fed up with the abuses of
privacy he was seeing, he complain to higher authorities and was promptly fired by the FBI. Recently he became the ACLU's Policy
Counsel on National Security, Immigration and Privacy [press
release]. And he's speaking up about what he witnessed.
States Mr. German in a recent interview with Network
The most disturbing thing we've uncovered is the
scope of domestic intelligence activities taking place today. Domestic spying
is now being done by a host of federal agencies (FBI, DOD, DHS, DNI) as well as
state and local law enforcement and even private companies. Too often this spying
targets political activity and religious practices. We've documented intelligence
activities targeting or obstructing First Amendment-protected activity in 33
states and DC.
He says that this Orwellian atmosphere could leave the U.S. a far different
beast than the proud beacon of freedom it once was. He states, "The
biggest threat is that the increase surveillance of political activity will
create a chilling effect that will dissuade people from exercising their
rights, which will cause significant harm to participatory democracy."
He states that the "War on Terror" will continue to serve as an excuse
for federal agencies to trample civil liberties. He says that there
are no clear-cut guidelines as to when you get put on a "watchlist"
and are spied on by federal agents. It's impossible to find out if your
on a list and equally impossible to dispute or ask to be removed from a list.
He also blasts TSA
"enhanced pat-down" procedures and body scanners, calling them
"unreasonable invasions of privacy that do not enhance security."
Given the Supreme Courts interpretation that privacy is a
fundamental human right and thus Constitutionally protected by the Ninth
Amendment, and given the First Amendments protections concerning freedom of
speech and religion, Mr. German's claims are alarming. Are U.S. federal
employees deliberately spying on citizens and violating their rights, without
the slightest legal accusation?
It'd be easy to dismiss Mr. German's claims as the words of a disgruntled
employee. But consider Mr. German's story of his departure from the
I left the FBI when the DOJ Inspector General
failed to investigate an FBI cover-up of a failed FBI counterterrorism
investigation I reported, or protect me from official retaliation that
resulted. I reported the information to Sen. Grassley and resigned. Grassley put
pressure on the IG, so almost two years later the IG issued a report
that showed the FBI falsified and backdated records about the case and
retaliated against me for reporting it. I joined the ACLU two years later
because I knew from my counterterrorism work that protecting civil liberties
and keeping law enforcement accountable is what keeps America safe from
terrorism and other crime.
Mr. German was clearly vindicated in the case that led to his dismissal.
The fact that the FBI tried to cover up its own wrongdoing and then
punished Mr. German certainly damages its credibility and offers support for
Mr. German's claims.