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I said to myself it had to be Farried, it had to be, we need size but of course since Dantoni is the coach of this team= Guards over what makes sense
I said to myself it had to be Farried, it had to be, we need size but of course since Dantoni is the coach of this team= Guards over what makes sense
not only does he blow but teams KNOW why he's out there when we put him out there
I take it, some aren't happy...
man Shumpert, first round pick?
June, 23, 2011
By Eamonn Brennan
OK, NBA draft. I give up. You win.
For all the faux-confusion I frequently direct at the NBA draft -- especially around Seebpomd time -- typically, I get where NBA general managers are coming from. (Except Timberwolves GM David Kahn. Kahhhnnn!) You're drafting players on potential. You're filling needs. You're stockpiling for the future. All of these things aren't mutually exclusive to selecting productive, successful college basketball players, but those interests don't always align. I get it.
Still, sometimes you look at a mock draft board, and you see Iman Shumpert being projected as a first-round pick ... and the cognitive dissonance is enough to make you dizzy. What on Earth is going on here? Iman Shumpert? Are we talking about the same player?
As of this writing -- which is just a few hours before what should be a wild and wacky NBA draft; no one really seems to know what's going to happen -- ESPN Insider Chad Ford's mock draft lists Shumpert as the No. 20 overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft, a pick that belongs to the Minnesota Timberwolves. (Kahhhhnnn!)
That's momentous news for Shumpert, who seemed certain to go low in the second round (or even undrafted) when he decided to forgo his senior season at Georgia Tech and enter the draft this spring. It's also difficult to fathom. Ford's reasoning (read: the reasoning of the NBA general managers who Chad talks to about these things) goes like this:
The Wolves added some serious offensive pop with the arrival of Ricky Rubio and, in this mock, Derrick Williams. Shumpert would give them a major defensive presence in their backcourt. While he's not the most offensively gifted player in the draft, his ability to guard both backcourt positions, combined with his elite athleticism, make him an interesting choice at No. 20.
I suppose I can understand that reasoning. Shumpert is a solid, versatile defender. Fair enough.
Still, there are a handful of other solid, versatile defenders out there, and they happen to be players -- Nolan Smith, Shelvin Mack, Tyler Honeycutt, Jimmy Butler, E'Twaun Moore, even DeAndre Liggins! -- who are also a) able to play offense and b) likely to be available in the second round, via trade, or as undrafted free agents. All of those players experienced much greater levels of success in college than Shumpert did. All of them actively made their teams better, which is not something we could always say for the Georgia Tech guard.
In his defense, Shumpert did improve during his junior season, and his 25.7 percent assist rate was encouraging. But it's hard not to feel like Shumpert is the beneficiary of that age-old draft red herring: workouts. Shumpert tested well at the draft combine. Scouts were impressed by his athleticism in individual sessions. "Hey, he jumps higher than we thought. Maybe he's not so bad after all!"
The problem -- and college hoops fans already know this -- is that Shumpert has always been a great athlete. He's always "tested well." Between the lines, though, he's never played up to potential. He's never shot the ball well. He's never been an effective distributor. With Shumpert at the helm -- and this isn't entirely his fault; Paul Hewitt shares this blame, too -- Georgia Tech's offense has often looked downright lost.
At the risk of sounding like an old, stodgy baseball writer, winning does matter. Shumpert's career record at Georgia Tech? 48-50. Twenty-three of those wins came in 2010, when Derrick Favors, last year's No. 3 overall pick, patrolled the paint next to 2010 second round pick Gani Lawal. And the Yellow Jackets were still pretty mediocre.
Anyway, this isn't meant to pick on Shumpert. Honestly, if he goes first round tonight, good for him. No, this post is for the NBA scouts and general managers who overlook three years of reliable data and game footage and hastily ignore it for the chance to give an elite athlete a guaranteed first-round contract. It's as valid here as it is when a team selects a foreign prospect thanks to a few exciting shots over the outstretched arms of steel folding chairs. Yes, this is a weak draft, and yes, there's something to be said for filling a need ... but really? Iman Shumpert? A first round pick?
Somebody hold me. The NBA draft is always wild, and the Timberwolves are the Timberwolves (Kahhhhhnn!) but if Shumpert is a first round pick, then tonight can't possibly be anything less than totally insane. Frankly, I can't wait.
Singleton sizes up draft process and Knicks
June, 23, 2011
By Jared Zwerling
Earlier this morning at the Westin Hotel, I met up with green room invite Chris Singleton, who's been high on the Knicks' prospect radar since the pre-draft process started in May. His defensive shut-down skills, long-range shooting ability and athleticism (he has a 37.5" vertical leap) would be great additions to the Knicks. Singleton and I spoke about many topics, including his experience the past two months working out and interviewing with teams, and thoughts on teaming up with Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony in New York.
I really wanted Vucevic -- too bad the Sixers beat us on him by one pick..WTF happened to moving up in this draft??? Let's see what else happens...Hopefully we acquire an extra pick or two and add some more talent.
Like Spike Lee said I trust Donnie Walsh judgement.
I was also shocked with Faried, Hamilton and Singleton still on the board. I also felt if the Knicks were going to draft a sg it would be Marshon Brooks. Another person I was high on was Klay to bad he's just that good and got picked earlier.
Exactly. We could have signed Javaris Crittendon to a minimum-level contract. Then we could've picked up Chris Singleton or Marshon Brooks.
I know Shumpert is a good defender but Singleton was a good defender too and let's not forget Singleton actually had some offensive game. I know Shumpert is athletic and strong but other than that...
I dunno. At the end of the day if he ends up being the next Tony Allen I won't complain about it.
I wanted Faried. A guard.. really?
Agree. I like Brooks a lot more than Shumpert..I'm surprised Brooks is still available..Continues to slip.
yeh but bro iman wasnt at the draft lol he knew he didnt htink he would go in the first round, maybe its payback for not listening to walsh idk maybe walsh ****ed us over , u never know
If he turns out to be as good as Gerald Wilkens we'll be lucky. But defending college kids in the ACC doesn't mean you can defend Wade, Kobe, Rose and Allen. Nobody in the world can lock those guys down. I seriously doubt Chumpert will be effective. Another Fields, but this time we got that at 17 instead of the second round.


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MnCUN Honors Retiring Hiway CEO Schwalen
Jeff Schwalen, president/CEO of the $915 million Hiway Federal Credit Union in St, Paul, Minn., has been honored with the Minnesota Credit Union Foundation Credit Union Builder Award, which recognizes those who have been dedicated to building the credit union movement.
Schwalen, who will retire in October, led Hiway FCU to steady growth in membership and assets over his 10-year tenure, according to MnCUF. Under his leadership, the credit union also developed a reputation for offering innovative products and services to members, the league said.
"I have had the pleasure of working with Jeff throughout my entire time on the board and supervisory committee for Hiway," said Pam Tschida, board chair for Hiway FCU. "He takes his job very seriously. Jeff is committed to the prosperity and well-being of the credit union, his staff and our members and has made a significant positive impact to the community and credit unions in general. I truly appreciate and admire his commitment."
Active in the Minnesota credit union movement, Schwalen has served as a table officer and member of the Minnesota Credit Union Network board of directors from 2007-2013. He was also an active member and past chairman of MnCUN's Political Involvement Committee and CENCOPAN Partnership Steering Committee, a group active in international credit union development in Paraguay.
On a community level, Schwalen has served as a scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts of America, as a member of the Minneapolis Builders Association, as a participant in the Junior Achievement financial education program, and as a member of the finance commission for his local church.
He also has been a longtime proponent of Credit Unions for Kids, serving on Minnesota's steering committee and leading Hiway to becoming a fundraising force for Children's Miracle Network and the local Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare.
"Jeff embodies the credit union philosophy of 'people helping people,' as evidenced by his long resume of accomplishments and achievements," said MnCUNF Board Chair Pat Brekken. "It is my distinct pleasure to acknowledge Jeff as a Credit Union Builder, and I wish him well in his retirement."
Schwalen joins 20 other individuals who have been honored over the past six years with the MnCUF's Credit Union Builder Award. The names of the recipients and the contributing credit unions are permanently displayed in the Minnesota Credit Union Network's lobby as a tribute to their accomplishments.

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I have to admit I do see where you are coming from. I've been there, but it's too late. It's finished. No one can undo the damage the Jets have done to Sanchez by never expecting him to play like a real NFL QB. When you pick a guy at number 6, you hand him the ball and tell him to go out there and win some games. Only the Jets draft a guy 6th and then tell him to play not to lose the game. They embedded a losing mentality in his training. In his mind, his actions equate to losing.
And on top of it all, they saddle him with the worst QB coach (perhaps in the history of) the NFL. The boy is done. Whatever he can salvage of a career is nothing we want to be part of.


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Kaiser Permanente in Southern California has again topped a state list of best HMOs based on clinical performance and patient satisfaction.
Kaiser was the only health plan to receive an excellent rating. The state's other largest plans, including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California, were all described as good.
In the PPO category, two health plans were ranked as good – Cigna and United Healthcare. The others, including Anthem and Blue Shield, were rated fair. None received the highest rating.
Among Orange County medical groups, only two were ranked excellent: Edinger Medical Group in Fountain Valley and Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group.
The 2013 rankings were done by the California Office of the Patient Advocate. The rankings take into account everything from checking for cancer to mental health care.
To see more, visit reportcard.opa.ca.gov/rc2013.
Flu cases falling
Flu cases continue to drop in Orange County since the peak in late January, public health officials report.
Six residents under age 65 have died this season, according to the county's Health Care Agency. The state requires tracking of deaths only for that age group.
Flu cases are also on the decline across the state and country.
Los Alamitos doctor surrenders license
Lawrence Hansen, a Los Alamitos doctor, has surrendered his medical license to resolve state medical board allegations against him.
In 2011, he agreed to accept 35 months probation after a patient died after undergoing plastic surgery at an unaccredited outpatient surgery center in Anaheim Hills.
Last year, he was accused by the board of working at an illegal medical marijuana clinic in Venice.
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Negative responses to stress and everyday irritation could result in poorer mental health years later, according to a new UC Irvine study.
Susan Charles, a UCI psychology professor, led a research team that found that negative emotions tied to traffic, waiting in line or conflict at home or work, predicted distress and anxiety 10 years later.
"How we manage daily emotions matters to our overall mental health," Charles said in a news release. "We're so focused on long-term goals that we don't see the importance of regulating our emotions. Changing how you respond to stress and how you think about stressful situations is as important as maintaining a healthy diet and exercise routine."
The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, was based on surveys of more than 700 adults.
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I found the following on the beach in Hayburn Wyke. The block of shale was loose, in the shingle close to the cliffs, on the southern side of the entry point to the beach. At 1st, I thought it was a fish scale, as it looked like black enamel. Only a few mm (at the upper end as seen in the 1st pic) were visible: the 2nd photo shows it after prepping. The shine is water - I found wetting it brought out the striations.I don't think it's a fish scale now, but I'm not sure whether it's a tooth of some sort, or a fragment of a fin spine from something like Hybodus. I've never encountered anything like this before in twenty years, so identification would be much appreciated.
I can't tell from the photos but it could be a water worn pychodus tooth.
Could it be part of a gill?
Very strange but a good find! well done.
It does look like a gill, but when I go fishing, when I catch carp, for example they look to have thin gills, although fish have changed since millions of years ago.
Thanks for your thoughts. It's been so long since I posted the pic I'd forgotten I'd done it. I now suspect it's a piece of wood. When I gently rubbed a piece of paper over the end, it left a black streak. That makes me think it's plant material, as it seems to be carbon.
Bearing in mind what you've send, I'll have another look at it, and let you know.
I don't think it's wood but still a nice find.


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There is a continuous tension between allowing gas and oil development in Colorado and ensuring that it takes place in a way that does not unduly harm public health, the environment, wildlife and communities where drilling occurs. Ensuring that the tension does not lead to either ramrod development practices or obstructing access to gas and oil resources is the important work of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. It is a function that the COGCC largely performs well, particularly after a 2008 revision of its governing rules and makeup.
A measure pending in the Colorado Legislature would tweak those guidelines with the intention of further protecting public health and the environment. House Bill 1269 would redefine the COGCCs mandate to not waste petroleum resources by leaving them in the ground, instead allowing gas and oil to remain untapped if accessing the fuel would be harmful to the environment. It also would prohibit any future commissioners from being gas and oil industry employees while they serve on the COGCC. While well-intended, these provisions are not necessary.
There was a time when they would have been, though, but the imbalance in industrys favor was addressed relatively effectively in a 2008 rule-making process that broadened the scope of the COGCCs makeup to include those representing public health and environmental perspectives, and diluting industrys strength on the commission to just three of nine COGCC members.
Despite criticisms that industry representation puts the fox in charge of the henhouse, it is wholly appropriate for those with expertise in gas and oil production to be involved in making decisions about how it takes place in Colorado provided they are not the only ones doing so. The current composition of the COGCC meets this test, and there is no obvious need to alter it as significantly as HB 1269 would.
The measure, sponsored by Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, seems to imply that gas and oil production is a nefarious undertaking that requires disproportionate controls to keep it from running roughshod over Colorados landscape and communities. While in their heart of hearts, some in the industry might fantasize about a Colorado that has no checks on drilling and while some environmentalists would love a no-drilling-anywhere-ever rule, both sides of the spectrum seem to recognize that balance is essential to regulating any inherently divisive practice. While the current COGCC rules and composition are not perfect from any one sides perspective, they are not sufficiently flawed as to demand so dramatic a change as that which Foote proposes.
The 2008 rule rewrite was an exhaustive process that left both ends of the spectrum feeling as though they lost some things and gained others. It was about as close to consensus as such a polarized issue could have reasonably come.
The makeup of the commission is relatively balanced, and the operating environment for industry requires consideration of and mitigation for a broad spectrum of issues that the gas and oil operators would rather not concern themselves with. There certainly are places where the rules do not go far enough to please neighbors to gas and oil production, but those would be better considered on a case-by-case basis than by an impulsive overhaul of the COGCC. Now is not the time for House Bill 1269.


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The cabinets are all original, white metal and have the original handles on them.....the top corner cabinets are the Lazy Susan style.
The bottom cabinets are also white, with all original hardware and the smaller corner cabinets are also Lazy Susans.
Finally, the original oven! Take a look! If you are interested, I would prefer to sell all the cabinets at once, the oven, really doesn't matter to break that up. If you just need portions, please let me know and I will see what I can work out! As for price, make me an offer....I have no idea how much any of this is worth!
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In five games last week, Higginson batted .556 (10-18) with a 1.278 slugging percentage, a .667 on-base percentage, six runs, a double, four home runs and 12 RBI. The veteran outfielder posted 10 RBI overall in a three-game series at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field last week, including two multi-homer efforts. Those two games helped lift Detroit to 11-8 and 8-4 victories, respectively. He now has 15 multi-homer games in his career. This is Higginson's third career weekly award (he won twice in 2000).
Other contenders were Oakland's Erubiel Durazo (.478, 4 HR, 10 RBI); Boston's Jason Varitek (.474, 3 HR); Aaron Rowand (.545, AL-best 10 R) of the Chicago White Sox; Minnesota's Shannon Stewart (.520, AL-high 13 hits); Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki (AL-best .571); and Gary Sheffield (.435, 4 HR, 8 RBI) of the New York Yankees.
Pitchers on this week's ballot were Brad Radke (2-0, 0.64 ERA, 14.0 IP) of the Twins and Tampa Bay's Dewon Brazelton (2-0, 2.92 ERA). Radke has not lost since July 16, going 4-0 with three no-decisions in that span for AL Central-leading Minnesota.
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- Two coastlines
- Large population (almost 50 million)
- Abundant natural resources (agriculture, minerals)
- Considerable tourism potential
- Cautious economic policy
- Institutional stability
- Sound banking system
- Sensitivity to commodity prices and US economic cycle
- Road and port infrastructure shortcomings
- Problematic security situation linked to drug trafficking
- Educational and healthcare shortcomings
- Large informal sector (60% of jobs)
- Lack of skilled labour and low productivity
- Legislative, judicial and administrative delays
- Structural unemployment, poverty and inequalities
Towards an improvement in activity in 2017
In 2016 economic activity was hit by weak commodity prices, particularly those of oil, and by the downturn in household consumption due to the increase in inflation and the rise in unemployment. In 2017, the country's economic performance is expected to improve somewhat, driven by the rise, though modest, in oil prices. This is because Colombia's external trade is very dependent on hydrocarbons (almost 50% of the country's exports) and to a lesser extent on mining and agriculture. Public investment spending is likely to be limited in order to offset the weak rise in income, but the government is expected to continue its programme of infrastructure improvement through private/public partnerships (PPP). Private investment, mainly directed towards the energy sector, is expected to remain sluggish. The expected decision on second round of PPP projects could, however stimulate investment. Private consumption is expected to pick up a little thanks to a recovery in household purchasing power linked to lower inflation resulting from the dissipation of the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon, which pushed prices up sharply in 2016. However, private consumption will remain constrained by weak consumer credit growth due to high interest rates. The central bank, determined to dampen the pressure on prices, is likely to cut its rate only gradually.
Continuation of fiscal austerity policy
In 2016 the fiscal balance continued to widen, hit by the drop in revenues resulting from weak oil prices, despite cuts to spending, particularly on investment. In 2017, the public deficit is, however, expected to improve on the back of the expected rise in non-oil income. The government is committed to conducting a fiscal consolidation policy which is primarily aimed at maintaining the country's sovereign debt rating. It is, therefore, relying on the effective implementation of its tax reforms intended to bring in additional revenues estimated at 1% of GDP from 2017. These include, namely: raising VAT from 16% to 19% on some products and services, broadening the tax base by lowering the tax threshold, which will bring almost 440,000 new taxpayers into the system, and gradually cutting corporation tax in a bid to attract new start-ups and stimulate activity by existing businesses. The government's plans also include a provision to create a new tax on fuel, tobacco and sugary fizzy drinks.
Towards an improvement in the current account deficit
The current account deficit is expected to reduce gradually thanks to lower imports due to weak internal demand and the increase, though modest in oil prices. Energy imports (oil derivatives) are projected to decline with the end of expansion work at the country's largest refinery. Imports of consumer goods are expected to remain sluggish, hit by the peso's weakness against the dollar. Energy exports, on the other hand, are likely to benefit from the increase, though modest in oil prices, while the weakness of the peso will sustain non-traditional exports. Profit transfers by foreign companies are likely to be smaller than in previous years and also to contribute to the decline in the current account deficit. The balance of services deficit, meanwhile, is set to remain relatively stable; the rejection of the FARC peace deal is not expected to lead to deterioration in the country's security situation which would impact tourism revenues.
A government which is losing popularity
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the conflict with The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), President Santos is in a precarious position after voters rejected the FARC peace deal in the referendum held in October 2016. A new agreement was, however, signed in November and will be subject only to the approval of the Congress. Despite various amendments made to the first version of the deal, the opposition, led by former president Uribe, is expected to continue to push for a "No" to the deal considered to be unsatisfactory, particularly regarding punishment of the rebels. An end to the conflict would, however, be a huge step forward for Colombia. The Colombian authorities estimate that an improvement in the security environment could have a positive impact on the economy of between 1 and 2% of GDP, thanks to a stronger institutional framework and increased investment. In the meantime, the unpopular nature of the fiscal reforms (higher taxes and duties) is expected to continue to affect the Santos government's popularity. Drug trafficking, the presence of armed criminal gangs and crime levels will continue to affect the business climate.
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The Colombian laws that talk about payment guaranty have been developed under general guideline known as "Proyecto INTAL" which is LATAM based. It has been slightly modified, taking into account orientation of AngloSaxon system of general law of Geneva 1930.
The rules of securities in Colombia, ruled under title II of decret 410 of March 27 1971 became effective in January 1/ 1972 known as "Codigo de Comercio".
The invoice is the security tittle which is most frequently used as main for debt collection inColombia. In event of default, as long as invoices contain all law regulations it should be effective for Collection. In case of refusal payment from debtor is mandatory original invoice to legal processes.
When a sale has been done the seller ought to issue one original invoice and two copies. The original one must be kept by the seller to be used for legal issues, other copy handed to buyer and the other is used for accounting record.
Other securities that could be used are bill of exchange, Check, promissory note, payment agreement, bond, bill of landing, or waybill. By invoices or any other security an executor procedure can be started by lawsuit before a judge who issues a writ of execution. Then debtor is notified, if the debtor refuses to pay up the court officer will issue a property order attachment, this order can also be executed on vehicles, bank accounts, shares or some contracts.
For transactions of high value, payments are made through a national interbank network called SEBRA (Electronic bank of the republic) It uses a system of real time settlement. SEBRA turns use two systems CEDEC (Check Clearing System) and CENIT (National Electronic interbank compensation.). For low payments cash and check are used primarily, although the use of electronic payments has had high growth in recent years.
Recovery for the extra-judicial form begins with telephone contact to the debtor, along with sending a letter by e-mail or certificated mail, we request the payment of the debt immediately. In this first phase we indicate to the debtor that if he pays in this moment he will be saving the penalty interest, charges and legal fees.
In this instance we get the payment of the debt or else the signing of a settlement agreement, which is best option considering the cost and complexity of the legal Colombian system.
If debtor is not contacted by telephone or written, we review the feasibility of a visit to the debtors address in order to verify the physical condition of his company and initiate the study of a legal process if the payment is refused.
When debtor does not make the payment of the debt, we do the study of the securities, estates, bank accounts of the debtor or his co-debtors, legal budges study, and judicial history of the debtor.
The case is submitted to the attorney who is responsible for establishing the executive process making a seizure of property prior to the notice of demand.
For the application of the demand, the lawyer is responsible for delivering the judge all the facts and documents justifying the debt, which then the debtor will be required to conciliation. In these processes the defendant may appeal and for that reason the process is long and costly in Colombia.
The code of civil procedure, in the third book rules the presentation of claims classifying them according to minimum account, lowest amount and highest amount. According to that classification it designates the instance that is going to handle the claim.
In case of insolvency or bankruptcy, the process must be filed with the "Superintendencia de Sociedades"with the requirements of the law 1116 of 2006, who ought to assign the case to an agent or liquidator according to the situation of the debtor company.


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James Van Allen's space instrumentation innovations and his advocacy for Earth satellite planetary missions ensured his place among the early leaders of space exploration. After World War II, Van Allen begin his atmospheric research at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory. He went on to become the Regent Distinguished Professor and head of the University of Iowa (UI) Department of Physics and Astronomy. Drawing on his many talents, Van Allen made tremendous contributions to the field of planetary science throughout his career.
Van Allen used V-2 and Aerobee rockets to conduct high-altitude experiments, but the lift was limited. He devised a 'rockoon,' a rocket lifted by hot air balloons into the upper atmosphere where it was separated from the balloons and ignited to conduct cosmic-ray experiments. The rockoon, shown with Van Allen in the image above, achieved a higher altitude at a lower cost than ground-launched rockets. This research helped determine that energetic charged particles from the magnetosphere are a prime driver of auroras.
Thorium (232Th), the chemical element named after the Norse god of thunder, has a history that is as colorful as its namesake. Although discovered in 1828 by the Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius, thorium had no known useful applications until 1885, when it was used in gas mantles to light up the streets across Europe and North America. Then in 1898, physicist Marie Curie and chemist Gerhard Schmidt observed thorium to be radioactive, and subsequent applications for thorium declined due to safety and environmental concerns. The scientific community would later find that the element thorium held promise for the planet to have clean, safe, cheap, and plentiful nuclear power as an alternative fuel to plutonium-based nuclear power plants.
One of the research programs managed by the Department of Energy (DOE) is the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, created in 1989 to address scientific uncertainties related to global climate change. ARM's Climate Research Facility, a DOE scientific user facility, provides the world's most comprehensive 24/7 observational capabilities to obtain atmospheric data specifically for climate change research. The ARM facility includes fixed, mobile, and aerial sites that gather continuous measurements used to study the effects and interactions of sunlight, radiant energy, clouds, and aerosols and their impacts on the global climate system. The ARM program serves as a model and a knowledge base for climate change research endeavors across the globe.
Scientific and technical information, or STI: It's in OSTI's name. It's in the language of our most recent statutory authority, section 982 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005: "The Secretary, through the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, shall maintain within the Department publicly available collections of scientific and technical information resulting from research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications supported by the Department." A DOE policy directive, DOE Order 241.1B, entitled "Scientific and Technical Information Management," requires DOE offices, contractors, and grantees "to ensure that STI is appropriately managed as part of the DOE mission to enable the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological innovation." As provided in the directive, OSTI spearheads the DOE Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), a collaboration of STI managers and technical information officers from across the DOE complex responsible for identifying, collecting, disseminating, and preserving the results of DOE-funded research and development (R&D). STI is the heart of OSTI and its mission.
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is working with a researcher in the High Energy Physics (HEP) community to register scientific datasets produced by a domain collaboration, a recent blog post has reported.
OSTI offers a service for registering datasets to help increase access to digital data from DOE-funded scientific research. Through the DOE Data ID Service, OSTI assigns persistent identifiers, known as Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), to datasets submitted by DOE and its contractor and grantee researchers and registers the DOIs with DataCite to aid in citation, discovery, retrieval, and reuse. OSTI assigns and registers DOIs for datasets for DOE researchers as a free service to enhance the Department of Energy's management of this important resource.


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It's not just the Taliban that destroys schools, Mohammed Hanif points out.
Last week, a girls' high school was set ablaze in Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore. And no, the Taliban were not the culprits. A mob, enraged after allegations of blasphemy against a teacher, carried out the attack. Instead of taking action against them, the police arrested the school's 77-year-old owner.
The accused teacher, who allegedly committed blasphemy by photocopying the wrong page of a book for homework, is in hiding.
We make fun of ourselves by saying "first world problem" – sometimes when we're misdirecting our attention or worry, sometimes when we're addressing an admittedly smaller-than-genocide item. What can ironists in Pakistan say about items like torching a school because a teacher photocopied the wrong page of a book for homework? What can ironists in a country with way too many uneducated religious fanatics say about religious fanatics torching a school for ludicrous religious fanatic reasons that in fact don't even apply because the alleged "blasphemy" was just a matter of copying the wrong page by accident? "Third world problem" doesn't quite seem ironic, somehow.
What is conveniently ignored in the debate over Malala is the fact that every 10th child in the world who doesn't go to school is Pakistani. The Taliban are not the only ones keeping kids out of school. Some fairly secularly minded people think of Pakistan's children as someone else's children – not deserving the education that their money buys for their own kids. As such, Pakistan is a booming marketplace for private education. Ask anyone on the street, and they'll tell you it's the biggest business in Pakistan.
Hanif doesn't mention madrassas. There are a lot of them in Pakistan, partly because public education is so neglected. They don't teach anything – they just train children in rote recitation of the Koran in Arabic. Most of them are very conservative.
Listen to the Taliban, not to their cuddly intellectual friends, and you begin to get a clearer picture. Their apologists in political parties may try to prove that girls' education is an invention of the infidels, but the Taliban seem to know what they are talking about. An educated female population is more threatening to them than armies equipped with all-seeing drones. Every girl who crams for a high-school exam, every woman who runs a hospital, and every semi-educated mother who makes sure her daughter gets a better education than she herself received, is a mortal threat to the Taliban's declared ambition that every little girl who talks about school gets it in the head.
By abdicating its responsibility to educate our children, to protect those who manage to go to school and those who teach them, Pakistan is making it that much easier for the Taliban's mission to succeed.
A third world problem. Irony is nowhere in sight.


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Part 1: Guards
The Raptors may not have had the busiest summer in their history, but that doesn't mean that there won't be plenty of turnover in their roster heading into next season. The question is, is there depth chart any better than the one that finished with a .348 winning percentage? Over the next three days we'll take a look at the guards, the wings and the bigs to see what's changed and if the club is better off year over year. Today, we start with the guards, the position that generated the most talk (and change) for the Raptors this summer.
Last Season: Jose Calderon
This Season: Kyle Lowry
This was really a case of the Raptors importing more of what they needed into the starting five rather than criticizing what Calderon brought to them last season. This club needed more of a defensive presence at the point of attack, and there are few in the league as capable in that regard as Lowry. He is a ferocious defender at the position, which is vital in this point guard rich era, and he'll set the defensive tone for a team in need of a defensive leader. He is also better equipped to mesh with returning starters DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani because he can create off of the dribble, rebound the ball and make plays for others - all areas where DeRozan and Bargnani struggle.
It also helps that Lowry pushes himself to get to the free throw line (4.2 attempts per game last year) and makes free throws at at a stellar clip (.864). While Calderon is a tremendous free throw shooter as well, he simply doesn't get to the stripe often enough for it to matter. Toronto was 20th in the NBA last season in free throw attempts per game and for a team that also shot just 44% from the floor (seventh-worst in the NBA) they need all the easy shots that they can get as they look to improve their offensive output this season.
While the Raptors leave a little on the table when it comes to playmaking by swapping Calderon for Lowry in the starting five, the improvements that Lowry brings in several other areas more than makes up for the discrepancy.
Verdict: UPGRADE
Last Season: Jerryd Bayless
This Season: Jose Calderon
This is an unqualified upgrade while it lasts. Bayless had his moments as a starter in Toronto, but as a reserve he was consistently unreliable. He simply never found a way to look comfortable controlling the offense with the second unit like he did when he played with the starters. Calderon, on the other hand, has had tremendous success as a reserve in Toronto, and has posted a career average of 4.8 assists per game (in 20.6 minutes per contest) as a backup in 187 games for the Raptors. The Raptors will need that kind of playmaking, too, to make the most of the incomplete offensive skills offered by Toronto's very young second unit.
That's really what makes Calderon better suited to bench duty than Bayless. While each has their supporters and detractors, Calderon's experience and leadership will be a boon to a unit that includes guys like Terrence Ross, Ed Davis and Jonas Valanciunas. The latter will benefit even more than the rest as his primary offensive skill - being a roll man in the pick-and-roll - is perfectly complimented by Calderon's primary offensive skill - being the ball handler in the pick-and-roll. No one can say how long Calderon will be with Toronto (he has requested a trade that Toronto is amenable to granting) but so long as he's with the club he'll make Toronto's point guard position one of the deepest in the NBA.
Verdict: UPGRADE
Last Season: Anthony Carter/Ben Uzoh
This Season: John Lucas III
Lucas played in 49 games last season for the Chicago Bulls, and he played a healthy 14.8 minutes per game thanks to the consistent unavailability of Derrick Rose. He's definitely an offensive-minded guard, he shot a tremendous .393 from three last season on three attempts per game, and he'll be a great asset to the Raptors if Lowry or Calderon falls victim to injury at any point this season. He's certainly a more NBA-capable player than the aged Carter or inconsistent Uzoh.
If Calderon is traded, though, and Lucas becomes the team's backup point guard things aren't quite as rosy. He's certainly capable of handling that responsibility, but he and Lowry make for a very small backcourt and Lucas is really more of a three-point specialist than a true point guard. Again, you'd take him over Carter or Uzoh in a heartbeat, but it's unlikely that the Raptors expect the 29-year-old Lucas to be their longterm answer behind Lowry if Calderon is moved along.
Verdict: UPGRADE


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Cruz enjoying torrid stretch on offense
By Nate Sandell / Special to MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- Nelson Cruz has a reputation for being a streaky hitter, and right now he is in the middle of a notable hot stretch.
The Rangers outfielder laced a single into center field Thursday in the second inning of Texas' 2-1 series-opening win against the Twins to bring in his 12th RBI in five games. That put him one game shy of tying the longest RBI streak of his career.
The reason for Cruz's recent torrid success is obvious, Texas manager Ron Washington says.
"Look at where he's getting his big stuff -- in the big part of the field," Washington said. "Even his singles have been over the shortstop's head or they have been little bloops into right field. Then his big stuff has been left-center. When he stays in the big part of the field he is at his best."
Young hurlers showing promise in Rangers rotation
MINNEAPOLIS -- There's been very little letdown for the Rangers in the first month of the season.
An efficient 2-1 victory on Thursday in the first of a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins pushed the Rangers to their 15th win, maintaining one of the best starts in baseball (15-7). Having yet to lose a series this season, Texas is the only team that has not lost back-to-back games.
A surging pitching staff that has shown impressive depth in the season's early goings has rooted the Rangers' furious start. From ace Yu Darvish's near perfect game in the second game of the year onward, the Rangers have allowed three runs or fewer in 15 of their 22 games and hold the lowest ERA in the American League.
And they've done it with young starters Nick Tepesch and Justin Grimm, who entered the year with little to no big league experience.
But their lack of experience has barely shown. Both have provided tremendous stability on the back end of the Rangers' rotation, with a combined 2.60 ERA in five starts.
Grimm, who pitched in five games last season, has a chance Friday to further lower his 2.70 ERA in his third start since being called up in early April to fill injured left-hander Matt Harrison's spot.
His start comes one day after Tepesch carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning of his fourth career appearance en route to a one-run, five-hit performance Thursday against the Twins.
Manager Ron Washington has been measured with his responses when asked if he's surprised with how well his pitching staff has fared, given the youth that dots both the starting rotation and the bullpen.
"We had to give these guys a chance, and by giving them a chance, we had to set up a boundary or an atmosphere," Washington said Friday. "I don't care if you're young. You have to get it done. It's that simple …They're earning their stripes."
Grimm labored through his first start as he made it through only four innings at Seattle, despite only surrendering two runs. But Washington noticed Grimm was starting to establish a comfort level by the time his next start rolled around 10 days later. Facing Seattle once again, Grimm struck out nine Mariners batters in six innings while allowing just one run.
"I was telling him to quit fighting himself," Washington said. "He said, 'Yeah, I was out there competing against myself instead of Seattle.' So I said why don't you change that and start competing against Seattle. The location of his pitches were better ... He still got into some trouble, but he was still able to make a pitch to get out of it."
Worth noting
• Texas utility man Jeff Baker, who has been nursing a bruised right knee since Tuesday, is still at least one day away from returning to the starting lineup.
Washington had hinted Thursday that the right-handed-hitter would be used to counter Twins southpaw Scott Diamond on Friday, but Washington decided to hold off from reinserting him into the lineup until Saturday.
"He moved around and worked out out there so we'll have him go through BP, and if he says he's ready to pinch-hit I'll get him back in there tomorrow," Washington said.
• Ever since Texas catcher A.J. Pierzynski was traded away from the Twins in 2003 in a deal with San Francisco, he has been welcomed back to Minnesota by jeers from the local fans.
Without fail, Pierzynki received a smattering of boos when he headed to the plate in the first game of the Rangers' four-game series with the Twins on Thursday. Even 10 years after his six-year stint with the team that drafted him, the unfriendly welcome still amuses Pierzynski.
"I just laugh, because we just came from Anaheim, so we were joking earlier that we're on my standing ovation tour around the country right now," Pierzynski said with a slight grin. "I think a lot of people forget I actually did play here once, but it's part of it and I understand. I get a kick out of it and a nice chuckle."
Nate Sandell is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Software Engineering in the Twenty-First Century
There is substantial evidence that AI technology can meet the requirements of the large potential market that will exist for knowledge-based software engineering at the turn of the century. In this article, which forms the conclusion to the AAAI Press book Automating Software Design, edited by Michael Lowry and Robert McCartney, Michael Lowry discusses the future of software engineering, and how knowledge-based software engineering (KBSE) progress will lead to system development environments. Specifically, Lowry examines how KBSE techniques promote additive programming methods and how they can be developed and introduced in an evolutionary way.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v13i3.1012
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My favorite part of Christmas is always the stocking. I loved it so much as a child because you just never knew what you would find in there. My parents really went out of the way to find unique, but inexpensive items to fill it with. Of course, it is always nice to have something other than candy in the mix as well!
HEXBUG has come out with a 12 legged robotic creature called the Nano. It honestly looks like a real bug when you start it up and let it go. We were sent an orange Nano to review (they come in 5 different colors). The batteries are included and it comes in this sleek looking test tube. Your child will definitely be surprised to pull this out of their stocking! The Nano behaves like a real bug once you flip on the switch. Tiny vibrations send the Nano scampering over various surfaces. It even flips over by itself. It uses the physics of vibration to navigate different items in its path (avoiding items, flipping over, etc).
You can also get involved online! Each HEXBUG Nano is assigned it's own unique serial number and point value system. Simply register your Nano online and take quizzes about scientists in history to achieve more points, build your own virtual Nano, and see how other players are doing.
The best part? The HEXBUG Nano retails for only $7.99! You can find them at Toys R Us as well as Radio Shack.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A Republican-dominated Kansas House committee has approved GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to shift projected savings from an overhaul of the state's Medicaid program to in-home services for the disabled.
But the House Appropriations Committee added a new provision Thursday that's likely to frustrate advocates for the developmentally disabled.
The new language says there won't be extra money for services for the developmentally disabled unless the services are brought into the Medicaid overhaul. Advocates want those services to remain separate.
Medicaid covers health care for the disabled and needy. Kansas has turned the program's administration over to private insurance companies, except for in-home services for the developmentally disabled.
Brownback has proposed using $8 million in savings from the Medicaid overhaul for services for the physically and developmentally disabled.


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This has been brought up a few times there, but I just wanted to make a formal suggestion.
(If this is the wrong place for it, please tell me and I'll leave )
The Poetry, Anyone? forum has recently gotten a lot more active (thanks to you, Roxy), and every post there is constructive - I'd say 90% of the posts in that forum are critique on other people's poetry. And I was wondering if that made it worthy of actually increasing our post count? It's a bit like the Excerpts of Murtlap forum where, if I'm correct, the posts do count.
This is a thought I've had since my newer days, when I actually did worry about post count and all those fun things. Just something to ponder. It doesn't really affect anything of anything.
(This all sounded much more pertinent in my head. v_v)


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Standing on the perimeter exceptionally alone, a predicament in which he found himself often on Monday, Duke's Andre Dawkins watched action unfold in the lane. He was poised for a pass that never came, but this was fine. Amile Jefferson powered through traffic and to a bucket, also drawing a foul, as the Blue Devils continued an emphatic second-half surge at Pittsburgh. When the score counted and the whistle blew, Dawkins jumped up and down, kicking his heels back like he was double-dutching.
No shortage of successes and leaps made to celebrate after an 80-65 victory before a volatile record crowd at the Petersen Events Center, Duke's fifth straight win overall. Even if results underlined the doubts about Pittsburgh as a legitimately elite team – the Panthers still have yet to beat a top-50 RPI team – the tenor of a road win revolving around defense and grit and peripheral contributions underscores that the Blue Devils may yet actually be capable of what most assumed.
So, yes, to begin with, they made three-pointers. A lot of three-pointers. Like three-pointers by the barge-load. In all, 13 of them, on 52 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Dawkins came off the bench and went thermonuclear for 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting from long distance after hitting the 20-point mark just once this year and posting single-digit outings in three of six ACC games. He spent the second half with a smile basically engraved on his face, a very nice story indeed, but especially so because Duke had someone other than Jabari Parker or Rodney Hood ringing the bell.
Parker and Hood were in no way auxiliary. Parker had another double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds, and his assertiveness kept Duke afloat in the first half. (Whatever the coaching staff said after yanking Parker early for a bad pass into the first row proved a fairly effective piece of advice.) Hood had 13 points and clamped down on ACC Player of the Year candidate Lamar Patterson, with the Pittsburgh senior struggling to 4-of-14 shooting and – most stunningly – just one assist on the night. The Panthers' premier playmaker, and one of the best in the league even as a 6-foot-6-inch forward, was stifled rather comprehensively.
On a broader scale, this should provide Duke's greatest satisfaction leaving Monday and eyeing a showdown at Syracuse on Saturday. The Blue Devils' defense shows signs of now stretching beyond acceptable and into what's required to thrive at a high level.
Entering Monday, Duke's previous three opponents posted .87, .81 and .89 points per possession, respectively. Pittsburgh wasn't asphyxiated on Monday and, for a time, kept pace with the Blue Devils' unrelenting shooting, but eventually, Duke stiffened enough. The Panthers shot 41.2 percent, a good dip from a league-leading 48.8 percent rate coming into the game. It was especially notable given the friendly confines and the fact that Pittsburgh had the No. 9 offense in the country, according to kenpom.com's adjusted efficiency rankings. Duke kept a very good attack down. It's a step forward in any context.
Duke's rebounding effectiveness (36-32) might be overstated given that Pittsburgh isn't exactly blessed with size, but it's a nice touch nonetheless. Emerging from the Petersen Events Center unscathed requires some level of grit, no matter how good or bad the hosts truly may be. Duke got everything it needed on Monday and will need every night from here on out: Big tertiary scoring, reliable defense and some resolve. One sweeping glance at the schedule provides reason for optimism, too, all the way into March.


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The Blackberry Still Going Strong In 07
Who totes the Blackberry 8700 around just as much as celebs? Friends of celebs! Shown here is Jamie Lynn Sigler recovering from her New Year's festivities by soaking up some rays with friends on January 1st in South Beach Miami. Also shown here is Gabrielle Union celebrating Taye Diggs's birthday at Miami's hot spot Mokai on January 2nd. Both Jamie and Gabrielle are hanging out with people who stay well connected with their Blackberry's.
Does your Blackberry go everywhere with you? The beach, drinks with friends and parties? Leave your comments below and let me know all the random places your Blackberry has been. Want to see more celebrity Blackberry shots? Be sure to check out this geeksugar post called Blackberry Tribute: Celebs Love Them Too


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Ivy Bridge didn't create the splash we hoped for on the desktop, providing a modest performance increase over existing Sandy Bridge processors. That said, looking back on it, Intel only anticipated a 10 -15% boost, so many enthusiasts -- including us -- probably had unfairly high expectations.
Instead of breaking new ground in performance, Ivy Bridge improves efficiency, marking the arrival of Intel's 22nm design process which uses new 3D transistors. This allows the flagship quad-core 3.5GHz Core i7-3770K to consume less power than the more modest Sandy Bridge i5-2500K.
Granted, the 19-watt power savings we recorded in our tests probably won't excite desktop users, but it does present a tangible benefit for battery-bound mobile machines. Ivy Bridge's improved fuel efficiency should grant laptops a little more mileage away from wall chargers.
Read: Intel Core i7-3720QM: Mobile Ivy Bridge Review
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Williams pitching at his best down the stretch
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- Right-hander Jerome Williams sure has picked a good time to pitch his best baseball.
Whether it's enough to stick around in the future remains to be seen.
After twirling seven innings of one-run ball against the Astros on Sunday, Williams has now won three straight starts despite giving up six runs in five innings to the Blue Jays in the middle outing.
Since Aug. 21 -- immediately following a nine-start stretch in which he went 0-6 with an 8.34 ERA -- the 31-year-old has seen the results of throwing more offspeed pitches to set up his dangerous sinker, posting a 3.74 ERA in six games (five starts) to lower his ERA to 4.65.
Like Tommy Hanson, Williams -- arbitration-eligible for a third year and slated to make roughly $3 million -- faces the possibility of being non-tendered in December.
"I'm not worried about that," Williams said. "I'm just going to try to do the things I need to do to be successful and just let everything play out. I just want to pitch to my best capabilities and let things fall out. I have no control over it, nobody does. At the end of the day, if I go out there and do my job, someone will see it and hopefully something will happen."
Hanson back in bigs, but future uncertain
OAKLAND -- Tommy Hanson will spend the next two weeks with the Angels. Beyond that, it gets very uncertain for the 27-year-old right-hander, the once-promising young starter who could very well get non-tendered in December.
"I'm not worried about that right now," said Hanson, slated to make roughly $4.5 million as a second-year arbitration-eligible player. "All I can control is what I do today. That's where my head's at. Obviously, not the funnest season, but I want to finish strong and just keep working to try to do better. That's all I can do right now."
With the Minor League playoffs now over, the Angels finally made their September callups on Monday, with Hanson joining right-handed starter Matt Shoemaker, right-handed reliever Robert Coello, infielder Tommy Field and left-handed-hitting first baseman Efren Navarro.
Hanson has had a rough season since being acquired from the Braves for reliever Jordan Walden in November. His step-brother died suddenly in April, prompting him to spend a week on the bereavement list and then another 18 days on the restricted list. He strained his forearm in late June, forcing him to be sidelined for more than three weeks. Throughout, he struggled with his command, velocity and ability to hold runners.
On Aug. 7, Hanson had a 5.59 ERA in 13 starts and was sent down to Triple-A Salt Lake.
"It has been frustrating, the ups and downs," Hanson said. "But, that's the way it is sometimes. You have to deal with it. Sometimes, you have to roll with the punches and keep working."
Hanson was hit and miss in the Pacific Coast League, ultimately posting a 4.50 ERA in six starts. During that time, he's been working on "simplifying" his delivery. And over his last two outings, both in the playoffs, Hanson found some success, combining to give up four runs in 12 1/3 innings.
But Angels manager Mike Scioscia didn't sound like a guy who will go out of his way to give Hanson another start in the big leagues. The Angels' skipper left open the possibility, but also said that he has "five guys in our rotation pitching well right now and I know they want to finish on a good note."
Scioscia is still searching for the Hanson who showed up on July 23, right after the DL stint, when he threw his fastball in the mid-90s, featured a sharp breaking ball and, for one 5 1/3-inning start, resembled the pitcher of 2011 -- the one who had established himself as one of the best young arms in the National League.
"The one game he came back off the DL, his stuff was eye-opening, and he hasn't repeated that," Scioscia said. "So, to say he's fixed everything, no, because if he fixed everything, you're going to see a Tommy Hanson much more in line with the way he threw that one game and much more in line with when he first came up to the Major Leagues. There's some things he's gotten better at, there's some things he's gotten more consistent at, but his last couple starts he had with us and the starts he had in Triple-A were not where he was that one outing. There's still more room for improvement."
Cordero's comeback ends in Minors, for now
OAKLAND -- The Angels won't be making any more September callups past the five who were added to the club on Monday, and that means Chad Cordero's intriguing comeback attempt will not end in the Major Leagues in 2013.
Cordero, 31, made a name for himself as a closer for the Nationals, posting a 2.79 ERA and racking up 113 saves from 2005-07 and earning a spot in the 2005 All-Star Game. Then, shoulder surgery knocked him out for almost two years. Then, his 11-week-old daughter died in December 2010. Then, while struggling mentally, the Blue Jays released him in May 2011, prompting Cordero to spend most of the next couple of years as a retired father and husband.
But when he made an appearance at a Fullerton, Calif., scrimmage in early February, Cordero had shed about 40 pounds. And when Cordero's agent shared a cell-phone video of the outing with Jerry Dipoto, the Angels' general manager decided to give him a shot, signing him to a Minor League contract that essentially gave him a stage to pursue a comeback.
Cordero eventually earned an invitation to Spring Training, began the season at Class A Inland Empire, earned a promotion to Triple-A Salt Lake two weeks later and finished his first pro season in two years with a 5.53 ERA in 58 games.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Cordero's name came up "various times" this season, but the big leagues will have to wait until at least 2014.
"For being out for so long and coming back, I think it was an incredible journey for him," Scioscia said. "And I don't think it's over yet. I think he still has some more upside. I think he still has a chance to help some Major league teams.
"The Pacific Coast League is not an easy league to pitch in, especially with Chad being a fly-ball pitcher and trying to get stuff back. His stuff definitely picked up from Spring Training until the season ended, and I hope that he'll keep going and fill that little gap that's keeping him from getting to the Major Leagues again, because he's worked really hard to do it."
Worth noting
• Robert Coello missed nearly two months with inflammation in his right shoulder. But he spent two weeks pitching for Double-A Arkansas and said he feels 100 percent, after receiving a cortisone shot in his shoulder and a platelet-rich plasma injection in his elbow.
• In order to clear room on the 40-man roster for Matt Shoemaker and Efren Navarro, the Angels transferred center fielder Peter Bourjos (right wrist surgery) and reliever Kevin Jepsen (appendicitis) to the 60-day disabled list.
• Surprisingly, none of the Angels' callups included an additional left-handed reliever, leaving Buddy Boshers as the only southpaw in the bullpen for the remainder of the season. Nick Maronde (10 appearances) and Michael Roth (15) both spent time with the Angels this year and remained on the 40-man roster, but weren't brought up from Double-A.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Title: Documentary text, [7--] Subject: Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, very incomplete ; 6 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 5.6 x 4.7 cm. 2 lines. Written across the fibers on the recto; written along the fibers on the verso in a different hand and inverse to the text on the recto. Lower margin of 2 cm. P.Duk.inv. 1100 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 54 R. Documentary text from Egypt, written on papyrus. Verso has a receipt(?) in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 1100 V). In Coptic. Descriptive database available in repository.
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The Humble Music Bundle brings joy to your ears, as well as charity
I'm a huge fan of these bundles! I love that I not only get a bunch of games for cheap, but that the amount I donate also goes to help charity. But I don't have to tell you that, the Humble Bundle has been around for some time now.
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Rebecca Compton, Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology at Haverford College
Faculty at Bryn Mawr College
Douglas Blank, Computer Science (on leave semester II)
Peter D. Brodfuehrer, Concentration Adviser for Biology
Karen Greif , Biology
Paul Grobstein, Biology
Deepak Kumar, Computer Science
Leslie Rescorla, Psychology (on leave semester II)
Anjali Thapar, Psychology
Earl Thomas, Concentration Adviser for Psychology
Faculty at Haverford College
Rebecca Compton, Psychology
Andrea Morris, Concentration Adviser for Biology
Wendy F. Sternberg, Concentration Adviser for Psychology
The desire to understand human and animal behavior in terms of nervous system structure and function is long standing. Historically, this task has been approached from a variety of disciplines including medicine, biology, psychology, and physiology. The field of neuroscience emerged as an interdisciplinary approach, combining techniques and perspectives from these disciplines to yield new insights into the workings of the nervous system and behavior.
The concentration in Neural and Behavioral Sciences is designed to allow students to pursue their interests in behavior and the nervous system across disciplines. The concentration is offered by the Departments of Biology and Psychology at Bryn Mawr and the Departments of Biology and Psychology at Haverford College. Students undertaking the concentration must major in one of these four departments.
The concentration consists of two components. Students must satisfy the requirements of the department in which they major, with appropriate modifications related to the concentration (consult departmental advisers listed above). For the concentration itself, students must take a series of courses that represent the background in the neural and behavioral sciences and other sciences common to all approaches to the nervous system and behavior.
Concentration Requirements
1. One semester of introductory coursework in Biology and Psychology (with lab)
2. One of the following courses in neural and behavioral sciences:
Neurobiology and Behavior (BIOL 202 at Bryn Mawr)
Behavioral Neuroscience (PSYC 218 at Bryn Mawr)
Biological Psychology (PSYC 217 at Haverford)
Requirements 1 and 2 must be completed before the senior year.
3. Two semesters of senior research (BIOL 401, PSYC 401 at Bryn Mawr).
4. Senior Seminar for concentrators (BIOL 396, PSYC 396 at Bryn Mawr).
5. Participation in faculty-student concentration events (approximately two per semester).
6. Three courses from the list below or a course approved by the student's major department, with at least two courses drawn from outside the student's major department.
List of Courses
Note—not all courses are offered in a given year and two half-semester courses equal one full-semester course
B209 Abnormal Psychology
B212 Human Cognition
H213 Memory and Cognition
H220 Psychology of Time
H238 Psychology of Language
H240 Psychology of Pain and Pain Inhibition
H250 Biopsychology of Emotion and Personality
H260 Cognitive Neuroscience
B323 Cognitive Neuroscience
B350 Developmental Cognitive Disorders
B351 Developmental Psychopathology
H370 Neuroscience of Mental Illness
B395 Psychopharmacology
H187 Computing Across the Sciences
B250 Computational Models in the Sciences
B271 Developmental Biology
B303 Animal Physiology
B304 Cell and Molecular Neurobiology
H306 Inter and Intra Cellular Communication (half-semester course)
H309 Molecular Neurobiology (half-semester course)
H312 Development and Evolution (half-semester course)
B313/314 Integrative Organismal Biology I and II
B321 Neuroethology
B322 From Channels to Behavior
H350 Pattern Formation in the Nervous System (half-semester course)
B364 Developmental Neurobiology
Allied disciplines: Computer Science
B120 Visualizing Information
B250 Computational Models in the Sciences
B325 Computational Linguistics
B361 Emergence
B371 Cognitive Science
B372 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
B376 Androids: Design and Practice
B380 Developmental Robotics
H113 Introduction to Syntax
H114 Introduction to Semantics
H245 Phonetics and Phonology
H106 The Philosophy of Consciousness and the Problem of Embodiment
H251 Philosophy of Mind


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BryCo's speciality; the late lottery picks
I agree he was amazing at drafts in Phoenix. In Toronto.............not so much (in my opinion......obviously, who else would I be talking for?)
He hasn't been T-Wolves/Cavs bad, but he hasn't been Thunder/Blazers good either. For where he's drafted he's basically got a passing grade in Toronto.
In 2009, he could have drafted Jennings, but I thought DeMar was the right choice, as Jennings hasn't blown anyone away. Holiday/Lawson/Teague went 17/18/19 in that draft.. a lot of teams passed on them, and so I can't blame Bryan for doing that as well. Drafting Holiday or Lawson at 9 would have been a huge reach at the time.
In 2010, it was a pretty weak draft. I guess you could say Avery Bradley but he went 19th.
In 2011, I thought JV was the best pick.. still too early to say anything but I'd be surprised if he isn't going to have a better career than guys like Walker/Biyombo/Knight/etc.
In 2012, he could have drafted Drummond.. but I was scared to death of him. Ross is a safe pick not a sexy pick. But we'll see how that pick holds up in about 2-3 years.
i'm not really sure what better picks there were? a case could be made for lawson in the 2009 draft but that's about it.
my only issue with his drafting is he never moves up and gets a guy with obvious talent at a position of dire need.
BCs drafting in Toronto - whatever that grey area is between not terrible but not particularily good.
Jrue Holiday was a lottery pick in all but one of the mocks, Ty Lawson in half of them. They went 17 and 18 respectively
- 2006 - drafted Tyrus Thomas @ #4 (bad pick) --> they didn't draft Aldridge (picked #2 by Chicago) or Roy (picked #6 by Minnesota), both of those players were acquired via trade
- 2007 - drafted Greg Oden @ #1 (bad pick) --> instead of Kevin Durant
- 2012 - drafted Damian Lillard @ #6 --> it came down to Lillard, Barnes and Drummond. They already had Batum at SF and were planning to sign Hibbert in free agency (which they did, but it was matched by Indi), so it was a no brainer to fill their void at PG
- 2007 - drafted Kevin Durant @ #2 --> thanks to Portland passing on him
- 2008 - drafted Russell Westbrook @ #4 --> was really a no-brainer pick
- 2009 - drafted James Harden @ #3 --> thanks to Memphis drafting Thabeet @ #2, was really a no brainer
If anything, this history points out the difference in talent typically available in the top-5 and the remainder of even the lottery. The 2012 draft was another example of that, which was the very reason so many were in favor or 'tanking' last year, to avoid ending up with 2nd-tier talent like Ross.
Last edited by CalgaryRapsFan; Thu Nov 15th, 2012 at 12:11 PM.
Draft day trade is drafting. No one has ever traded players traded in the same draft and pretended it wasn't their draft pick.
Why are Thunder getting no credit for making the correct pick at a high pick? BC had a high pick too once, how'd that work out for him.
Also let's not forget they drafted one of the top defensive big men in the league at 21 I believe in Ibaka.
Even with 3 consecutive top-4 picks, the Thunder wouldn't be the team they are without lots of luck (not even counting luck with the lottery itself). Had Portland drafted Durant, the Thunder would likely be a bottom-feeder after drafting Oden. Had Beasley's issues been better known, there's a greater chance that Westbrook gets drafted top-3 (along with Rose & Mayo) instead of Beasley. Had Memphis taken Harden instead of Thabeet (everybody saw that bust coming), once again, the Thunder wouldn't have been the success story they became. Luck in the lottery, luck with picks ahead of their own... it makes drafting easy and makes drafters look like geniuses!
Here is a better understanding of Bryan's thought process during the draft:
Here is his reasoning for choosing Ross over Drummond:
Q: When evaluating a player, what really are you looking for? Does talent trump everything?
Colangelo: Theres a checklist: talent, physical tools, basketball IQ, how they perform, how we anticipate theyll perform. Character. Emotional make-up. Marketability. Each component is part of the process. The toughest is whats inside a player. You cant see the heart, the emotional aspect of things.
Picking eighth, I passed on somebody I consider a top-five talent in the draft because we felt like he didnt have the right mental makeup. I passed on someone we thought was a top-three physical specimen because we felt he wasnt the right fit for our team and didnt have the right mental makeup.
Who would've thought that any type of motivational technique, roster changes, positional changes, and coaching changes also don't faze him :|
And Russell Westbrook was a no brainer and would have come in at 3?
says something much different
(Plus ofcourse there is Ibaka.)
He drafted in the top of the lottery 3 times, because he built his team with the intentions to collect top draft picks (ie. he tanked) - and then killed the draft time and time again. How can one define doing what you set out to do as lucky?
I do agree that they have done well with later picks. Just don't point at consecutive #2, #3 and #4 picks as purely good drafting. And don't point to the Raptors draft picks at #9, #13, #5 and #8 as comparison and justification for arguing that BC is a poor drafter; that's just not fair.
So then the Valanciunas pick was lucky by BC. Let's take that one off his resume because Cleveland should've drafted him.
And Demar was only available because Thabeet was drafted at #2 and therefore would have otherwise gone higher
CalgaryRapsFans is just destroying Colangelo's draft choices here.
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Discussion in 'Racquets' started by TonyB, Sep 30, 2012.
any pros using this yet
Can anybody confirm this.TW said that VC 89 has Beam Width: 20.5mm / 20.5mm / 20mm / but on officail site i see Width Range: 20.0mm / 20.0mm / 19.0mm
Who is correct ?
I think TW is correct the only part of the frame that seems slightly larger is the hoop. It bulges out a little more up there.
The TW and the Official have the same profile .The only difference is that TW is 0.5mm wider.
Does anyone know exactly WHEN this racket came out? Also, are they looking to upgrade this puppy any time soon? Thanks!
Just bought a pair of this racket.
I was thinking of stringing it at 50lbs since it's supposedly "low power" but from
the posts in this thread it sounds that people are going even lower than that ...
Any recommendations for strings/tension?
how does 89T compared to rds 001 mid?
Softer, but still firm. Less power. More control and feel. Swings easier and faster. Just a better racquet overall, no doubt about it.
Dont know guys =)) This stick is good , but i have to lead it all the way up ,to be as stable as my k90 365 or I.PrestigeMid with lead 369 .89T weights around 386gr now this is huge for me , i can handle it but i dont want to=)) And fell is less then k90 or I.Prestige
I'm happy to announce that as of 1PM today, I am officially part of the Club.
errr, i still hesitating to get one cause demo is imposibble for my area.
any idea what is the swing weight after adding the leather grips ?
Reading stuff around here I learned that adding leather grip will not alter much of swing weight, maybe 2-3 units, but it will alter the balance to more head light hence taking some power out of the racquet.
Add me to the club. I just snagged a used one for a good deal. I'll be stringing it with MCS to start to get a feel for the racket, then I'll be switching to Dunlop Ice. :razz:
Hi guys
I played the vcore 89 for the last two months. Best raquet I've ever had. I played Wilson Pro Staffs for the last 20 years and thanks to this forum I gave the yonex a try. My best (tennis-)decision so far. In addition the raquet is very string-friendly, imho.
black strings do make this frame look fierce... super! what strings are these?
I don't know what those strings are, but I have Dunlop Black Widow 17 on mine. I agree, black does make it look mean!
Hi All
I am about to be a member of this club
Yesterday, I was introduced to this stick and spent quite some time poring over the specs and posts on this forum.
Problem was that I could not get a demo stick. So I did the next best thing ie by customising my Bio 100 to as close as the specs of YVC89T by adding lead tapes at 9 N 3 as well as stuffing 2 rolls of lead tapes inside the butt cap trapdoor. The resulting specs are as follows :-
Strung Wt = 357g (original 331)
Swing Wt= 336.3 (original 323)
Twist Wt = 12.7 (original 11.88)
Balance= 10.1 HL(original 5)
Compare this with the VC89T with leather grip and overgrip
Strung Wt = 358 (original 343)
Swing Wt= 335 (original 335)
Twist Wt = 13.3 (original 13.3)
Balance= 10.9 HL(original 8)
This morning, I played with the customised Bio 100 and man was I shocked with the crisp feel of the FH, BH, Slices, Serves etc. Immediately, I texted by favourite tennis shop to order a YVC89T
BTW as a comparision, I tried hitting with the Bio 100 customised to the specs of the WPS90 and I had a hard time hitting with it... lol
Why would you say that? You're not taking any weight from the head and, if anything, increase SW slightly, so its power or hitting weight should remain the same.
I am selling off my HYPPs and have been playing with my POG mid tour. After reading this thread I am considering demoing this stick. What tension should I use on my SPPP for the decrease in headsize when I order the demo?
Just a heads up that the Tour 89 has just been reduced to $179 and drops to $169 per racquet if you buy two or more. This offers runs till late December so that gives the savvy racquetholic time to demo before pulling the trigger.
Yonex VCORE Tour 89 Racquets 179.00
Chris, TW
Hi Chris
What was the original price ?
I hit with mine today, and it was fantastic! It hits such a heavy ball with no effort! I'd love to be able to be good enough to hit with it full time.
Absolutely no for sale or trade posts in this forum!!
fuji can you compare it to older yonex racquets? you have hit with a few right?
Sure! I've hit with all of them except for the RDiS 100 Mid. (The red one)
Which one(s) were you interested in me comparing?
mainly the rdis. bad luck. could you compare the rds001 90 or rqis 95? would like to know about the power level for an 89 inch head. also how demanding is an 89, tw says it plays larger than that what are your thoughs good sir.
I've played with the rdis 100 mid. The 89 has the same power level as my weighted up Head Liquidmetal MP. The 89t plays with the power of my Head Liquidmetal MP and more forgiving than the Head Youtek Prestige Pro and the Head Youtek IG Prestige MP. Also, the 89t serves as big as a Pure Drive. Control is the same as the Youtek Prestige Mid or the Yonex RD-Ti 70 mid 88.
The rdis 100 mid and 89t can produce the same quality of shots.
RDIS or VCORE
dont know if i should go for the Vcore 89 or the RDIS mid 100
both are the exact same specs but the RDIS is 93" and 10 lower on swing weight, which are better and "more realistic" specs for me.
any mid size yonex experts here to tempt me on the vcore, why is it better than the RDIS?
So I borrowed my friend's Vcore 89T and I noticed the grip felt a little big for a 4 3/8. Did anyone else have that same problem?
I can't wait to hit with them. I might buy it off of him (he ended up going back to his K 6.1 Tours).
I'm pretty sure Yonex has a true-to-size grip. I can't believe it's a little big.
That being said, I'm in between a 1/4 and 3/8 grip size, so my 1/4-inch racquet has the stock grip replaced with a Gamma Hi-Tech grip that's slightly thicker and it worked out perfectly. My grip feels perfect now. You might want to try a 1/4 grip with a Hi-Tech replacement, it might be perfect for you.
Whoever designed this frame is a genius. Seriously... perfect feel, great control, decent power, and awesome comfort. I doubt we will see anything this nice out of Yonex for the next 10 years, if not more. I'm a long-time Yonex fan (since 1985!!!), and I've played with the R-22, R-7, RQ-180, and others, but this frame was designed by the Gods. I've strayed from Yonex in the last few years, going to Wilson, Prince, Pro Kennex, Fischer, and Donnay, but I'm finally back to Yonex since they actually came up with a frame worthy of their legendary name. The Tour 89 is pure gold. End of story.
I realized I didn't notice that he had two overgrips on till after I posted my comment. I feel stupid.
But yes it definitely feels true to size. I am afraid I may switch to this racquet after trying it out tomorrow. This thread and you guys are definitely persuading me to get it.
I do notice that it swings a bit better than my prestige mids. It feels rather nice!
well there is another vcore thread and where i already posted this, but i need the " Club " thread to be alive again and maybe get the information requested below , so ...
just ordered two of these vcore 89, based on alot of reviews around here and every where regarding this racket. i cant demo in my country so i had to go with my instinct as i'm really attracted to the specs plus the looks
got some questions for users of this stick and hopefully i can get some help
first, I bought them unstrung, i have a couple of sets of Alu Power and Pacific tough gut , which set up shall i go for ? full gut - full poly - hybrid ( which for mains and crosses ? )
i'm open for any other set up suggestions.
second, leaded or stock ? how do you people prefer it ?
i really hope that the vcore 89 is the one i was looking for after so many racket changes in such a short time. I dont wanna buy any moe rackets at least for another 3 years
Three used ones for sale at TW
I switched to the 89 Tour about 3-4 months ago and had three. Switched from the RDS Tour 002 and loved the new frames. I played around with the strings a bit and ended up liking gut mains at 55 with Luxilon Savage at 52 crosses. After a couple of months I started to have some shoulder pain and ultimately realized it was a problem with pain at the point of ball contact on serves. Was clearly not a rotator cuff or other structural problem as weight lifting was fine, just hitting serves. I switched back to my RDS 002 Tours and the problem was gone in a week. So, while I love the way this racket plays I decided to call a halt to the switch as it just isn't worth it to me to work through this really. I suspect I was altering my strokes a bit and putting something under stress and having spasm in one of the smaller muscles around the shoulder. I sold them back to TW and as of today they have them on their site - 3 great condition used ones 4-1/2 grip.
The point of the message isn't to scare anybody off (it is a lovely playing racket) but just to let anyone who cares know there are three for sale at TW for $125 each.
USTA 4.5 player in CA
i have a demo right now.
the vcore89 to me feels very similar to EVERY yonex mid i've used before. 001, 100, 95d, etc.
thats not a bad thing as backhands were as sweet as always and volleys were amazing too. slices & touch and feel shots were spot on too.
mine was strung close to 60lbs with wilson NXT and it didn't feel quite right on forehands. it was still very accurate and i could tee off with laser like shots that skimmed the net and went very deep into the court. but when i was on the run chasing low balls it was hard for me to get the racquet head speed to put enough spin on the ball to get a decent passing shot. i also tend to have to use a more western grip than usual with yonex mids because the racquet feels too heavy otherwise.
swingweight did not seem like 330 at all though. seemed more like 315.
at first all of my serves were going long with this racquet... but once i started getting used to it they had tremendous pop and kicked up wickedly.
i kept changing off between the Vcore89 and my usual racquet the head ig speed. when i changed back to the igSpeed with full poly, eventually i found my usual serve which i can place on a dime and has nice spin. my forehand is also MUCH easier to hit from on the run. backhands stay in the court and have decent spin but nowhere near the confidence and pace of the yonex.
the main thing that makes me always want to use a yonex mid is the "connection" i get to the racquet and the solid feeling on impact is just amazing. and when you hit a great shot with it... it combines with the perfect feeling in your hand to be a religious experience!
however, i am hopeful that i can find a string setup in the igSpeed that allows it to still play as spinny as it does now but gives me a better feeling in hand because my results will probably be better with it.
my wrist hurt after the demo.. which might be due to the weight of the yonex or just the switching back and forth. i think my "super spin serve" gets the spin from snapping the wrist rather than pronation so its not the racquets fault.. just something i need to deal with. anyway, i've tried using yonex mids for 10 years and when my wrist feels good there is no better racquet. but alas, with my ulnar tendonitis, im afraid i still cannot use one to the level ill need to be able to switch to it as my main racquet.
one dislike about it was the racquet flex from 2-10 feels like 65 but from 10-2 at the top of the frame feels like 45. i am sure it was done on purpose, but i think i like the consistent stiff flex of rdis100 better.
(edit: i restrung the racquet at 54lbs with multi mains/poly hybrid instead of the NXT@60lbs it came with and the racquet no longer feels so dead at the upper hoop and the flex doesn't seem as weird any more...)
i'm still torn on whether or not to switch to the vcore89. backhands and 1st serves are so good that it is tempting. volleys are an instant upgrade too from lighter racquets. but forehands and 2nd serves are so important and right now they just aren't as good for me. my main problem is lazyness. if i don't prepare for each shot with my legs and raquet take back with intensity.. the results are pretty crappy. but if get amped up and put a lot of energy into it... the results can be amazing. the lighter racquets allow me to be much lazier and still hit decent shots.
I'm looking to slow down the 89, it is super maneauverable, really really fast and really powerful, so I need it to be aliittle slow, if anybody has any tip to do it, where to add to some let me know.
I had used the pro staff 90 for a long time, than went to the 95 18x20, for a couple years, than wanted to use Pro Staff 85 again, but this reissue was garbage, so i went with Yonex 89 and 97, 89 is definitely the best mid I have put my hands on.
97T must be the best option for though, I'm trying to decide between them, I'll have this week only, before the training with Jrs start and the tournaments.
Can I ask what you mean by that or to clarify that statement? I currently use the RDiS 100 Mid and have previously used the RDS001 Mid and RDX500 Mid. I found each of them to play very differently.
sorry if this was confusing.
it certainly would not be a big adjustment for me from most of those frames. rdx500mid is a flexy frame that is definitely different from rds, rdis, vcore etc..
rdis10093 was very stiff and crisp hitting racquet and most different from the mids.
vcore95d was bigger head obviously and low swingweight for easy swinging.
vcore89 is kind of in the middle of all these frames.
the mids were getting stiffer and easier to swing but now the vcore tour to me is going back the other way.
to me, it feels like a combination of rdis100 and rds001.
hewitt currently using 89tour PAINTJOB but still a vcore95D.. not sure if he is just transitioning or if he just doesn't want to switch...
I added 3g on each side and it did what I expected, it is now a perfect racket.
I'm gonna give a go with 2 low power strings the Yonex Spin and the Yonex HS, and see how I like them, cheap prices. Luxilon Original lasts around 8-9 hours but doesn't play well after 4.
I had a little affair with the new Blade 93 2013, but I came back to the 89 tour, definitely a better racket for me!!!
The Blade 93 its a great racket but I had better movement and hitting with the 89 t , my hitting partner says that my ball was deeper and more heavy with the blade, but with the 89T i could return more shots and more placement.
So I decided to get back to my 89T and sell my new blade 93
I just tweaking around my 89 with lead.
Whats you new lead customization of the 89 ???
Mine are with lead and unstrung
Weight= 335.8 grams
Balance= 32.0
With lead of 5 grams ant 12, 11 and 1 and 1.2 grams at buttcap.
Set up is personal thing, what may work for someone may not work for someone else.
I noticed this racket was one of the best thing I have ever put my hands on, I don't know how reliable these tests are, but VCore 89 T trumps a BLX Blade 98 18x20 in sweet spot size, impressive!
VCore 89 Tour VS BLX Blade 98 18x20, Unheard of!
It also is more forgiving than:
Babolat Pure Storm Tour:
Head ig prestige MP 98
head ig prestige pro 98
head ig radical mp 98
Just might as well stick with a midsize that outperforms a mid plus.
Personally I knew this racket was very easy to use, but I didn't know about its performance, I also don't know how reliable this database is, but it's crazy how good this racket is.
But it pales compared to a Donnay Pro One 97 16x19....
i was very surprised to see this..
i can't believe Hewitt is sporting a Vcore Tour 97 paintjob!!!! wut????
i guess the headsize is closer to the 95D though.. but still, i thought they would market him as using the mid. weird.
my Vcore89T was stolen...so even the bad guys like it
i need a multi string recommendation for the vcore 89 ( looking for comfort and playability )
any one tried Bab Excel on this stick ?
Help needed urgently, i am about to enter a tournament and the Lux Alu power is really killing my wrist and shoulder.
what happened to this club anyway, wake up people
i liked pro supex maxim touch 17 mains and head sonic core 17 crosses best... 54/52lbs
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