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Fighting Game Community. A world-wide network of gamers dedicated to fighting games like Street Fighter, Tekken, Marvel vs. Capcom, etc., who typically keep in touch via social media or online forums.
Arcades are an important part of the FGC. They allow players to actually meet up, play against each other in person and discuss strategies.
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Fat Girls Club. An unofficial society comprised of fat girls worldwide.
Person A: "Damn, that girl is huge"
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Improper Acronym for Florida Gulf Coast University. Seen in comments about the schools rise to fame in 2013 NCAA March Madness. The proper acronym is FGCU. Seems to occur due to the fact that the school is named as Florida Gulf Coast in articles.
This is how all schools are named. We don't call Florida State FS.
This is how all schools are named. We don't call Florida State FS.
"Have you heard of that FGC school?" "The ones that kicked Georgetown's ass? Of course. I think it is in the Everglades."
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Fat goth chick
I went to the Type O Negative show but couldn't move a muscle because I was stuck between two FGCs.
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Here's the Colts Gameday Follow list.
We'll have post-game coverage here on CA, but also check out Todd, Kyle and me at Bleacher Report today as well.
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MARTINSBURG - With regional jail bills rising every month, identifying regional jail costs as the Eastern Panhandle's greatest legislative concern was easy for county government representatives and legislators attending the sixth annual Legislative Summit.
In fiscal year 2011-12, the Eastern Panhandle contributed approximately $5 million toward regional jail costs: $3 million in Berkeley County, $1.5 million in Jefferson County and $500,000 in Morgan County.
"The Regional Jail Authority provided a handout on the regional jail costs by county. For Berkeley County, over the last three years, there's been a 24 percent increase in costs; for Jefferson, it was a 5 percent increase; and for Morgan County 18 percent," said Vivian Parsons, executive director of the County Commission Association of West Virginia.
The Regional Jail Authority has already begun efforts to reduce the strain of jail costs on counties by forming a Regional Jail Steering Committee and through the recent reduction of the daily per diem rate by 55 cents.
Additionally, the CCAWV is currently renegotiating the rate the federal government currently pays to a higher, which that Parsons said will result in savings for counties.
Of the incarcerated, between 70 and 80 percent are in jail due to substance abuse-related issues, Parsons said.
To help curtail drug-related incarcerations, Stacy Dugan, Morgan County commissioner, suggested counties be more administratively involved in regional jails. Dugan also suggested developing an in-jail drug treatment program which could potentially save counties money in the future by reducing repeat offenders.
While a list of legislative options were included as potential ways to combat the rising costs, state Sen. Herb Snyder relayed a new legislative option to pursue - offering 24-hour arraignment with a magistrate at each regional jail.
The solution most supported by county government representatives was redirecting one-third of property transfer tax to counties to offset jail costs, or half of the property transfer tax to counties who do not have a Farmland Protection Board, which is funded by the same tax.
"We are drowning in our regional jail costs, and it is going to get worse if the trend continues. There is probably no one perfect solution, no 'silver bullet,' but we need to raise visibility," said Bill Stubblefield, Berkeley County Council president.
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7 Things I Wish I Knew About Men Before I Got MarriedJulianna Miner
If I had known anything about men or life or marriage, I may not have jumped into matrimony as young as I did. I was 22 when we started dating and 24 when we got married, so not crazy young, but young enough to have generated some disapproving sniffs. There was no shotgun or anything, it just seemed like a really good idea at the time — he was super cute, and I was in luuuuurvvve.
But I must admit, I got lucky, because looking back from my current advanced age, I had no idea what I was getting into. We've now been together for more than 15 years and we're actually still happy. Happiness that took a lot of work on our part. So for those of you who, unlike me, want to think about taking the plunge before actually taking it, here are some things you should know about men that I had to learn the hard way …
He will think you're spending too much money 1 of 7
I'm a low-maintenance woman who hates shopping. But that truth is irrelevant, because my husband constantly thinks I'm spending too much money.
And here's why: most men react to certain expenditures like someone who has just woken from a 30-year coma.
"Milk costs $4 a gallon? Has the world gone mad?!"
Here it is in a nutshell: it costs my husband about $20 to get his hair cut — and that's with a generous tip. I once told my husband how much my best friend pays to get her hair done at a fancy salon, and he nearly passed a brick. I pay half what she does and I go to a place in the Walmart shopping center. But when he found out how much I was paying, I swear he needed to breathe into a paper bag to keep from passing out.
He will want sweet, sweet lovin' 2 of 7
It continues to be a very big deal. What would once count as a foul becomes pretty normal. Especially after the arrival of offspring. Particularly if one of them is a light sleeper.
Your body may look different, you may be exhausted, or you may be preoccupied with unpaid bills or the fact that the house has caught on fire. Not important. Sexy time remains a critical priority for the health and happiness of the male species.
You will learn stuff you didn't want to know 3 of 7
You will be forced to learn a lot about things that you may currently feel are boring as hell. It's whatever your husband is interested in. After a while, you'll discover that you're an expert by default. I once found myself debating a stranger on the best baseball team in the 20th century, vigorously defending the Big Red Machine of the mid 1970s.
I would say that I resent this, but my husband has been forced to sit through so many episodes of House Hunters International that he now claims a 100% success rate in predicting which abode they'll choose. It's an uncanny talent and one he wishes he never knew about, as he hates every minute of HGTV he is forced to watch.
He will say things 4 of 7
Things that will make your blood boil. And he will have no bloody idea that he's just said something that triggered an eye twitch and a severe episode of the raging B. Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
[Husband comes home from work to me cooking dinner and kids running around like unmedicated, rabid squirrels.]
Husband: "HOLY CROW — what's that smell?!"
Self: "Your dinner. And that's an extremely rude and disrespectful thing to say to me as you walk in the door."
Husband: "What are you talking about? It smells like a turd in here. I'm not making an editorial comment about your cooking. It literally smells like poo in this house."
Self: "Do you have any idea what it's been like here for the past two hours? Your kids are insane and the dog knocked over the TV and I have a deadline tomorrow. I do NOT need you walking in here at the 11th hour to tell me the house is disgusting and your dinner is gross."
Husband: "There's a poopy diaper in the trash right here. A really big one." [points to a trashcan about twelve inches from me, where sure enough an extremely ripe diaper is sitting right on top.] "Would you like me to take it out? It's like a grown man did this."
Self: "Ummmm … Yes."
There will be piles 5 of 7
When I was growing up, my grandmother in NJ would tell me that you would get "the piles" if you sat on the front stoop too long. She was talking about hemorrhoids. I'm talking about the stack of baseball books, alumni magazines, newspapers, and random other stuff that are literally formed into piles and left all over the house.
Let's be clear on one thing: both are a pain in my ass.
And if you try to "clean up" these piles, you will have invariably thrown out something critically important, like tax documents or a birth certificate. Because a pile in the family room is a terrific place for essential documents. The piles make no sense and they crap up your house, but they are sacred.
I just read this to my husband, who raised one eyebrow and then looked meaningfully at a stack of Pottery Barn catalogues and Real Simple magazines.
::coughs, clears throat::
He will not want to fight with you 6 of 7
And if he's smart, he won't. But it took me a very long time to learn to pick my battles. It took him almost as long to mentally chart my menstrual cycle in order to figure out why I was behaving as if I was mentally unbalanced two days a month.
As much as you may despise a big fight, he probably hates it more. Especially if you're a crier. Trust me, this is good information to have.
He will get better with age 7 of 7
Look at Connery, he's geriatric and still a pimp. I know that there's a lot of discussion about mid-life crises and red sports cars and things like that. I also hate the idea that somehow men get better with age and women just get bigger pants. As a whole, I reject both notions as being universal. There are plenty of women, for example, who can't handle the fact they're aging, and react to it worse than men.
And maybe it's just me, but I think people become more of who they are as they get older. So if you suspect that the dude you're with is kind of a dick at his core, be prepared — he will only get more dickish.
Since I liked my husband enough to marry him in the first place, seeing how the best parts of him have distilled into an even more interesting person has been pretty great. Add in watching him become a father and seeing him handle the good and bad that life has thrown at us, and I come back to the same conclusion I started with.
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A Sanborn man wore his Army Reserve uniform and lied to bank tellers about being deployed in order to steal thousands of dollars he actually spent for gambling, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.
Steven Burns, 22, of Ward Road, pleaded guilty to first-degree scheme to defraud, as charged, before Erie County Judge Michael D'Amico, the office announced Wednesday.
Burns admitted cashing checks from his personal account between June and November of last year, when he had insufficient funds to cover them. He cashed the checks at local banks, falsely telling the tellers that he was taking care of a sick relative and needed the cash in order to be deployed, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Burns received slightly more than $4,000 in the scam.
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Celia: Simon Coates (left); Rosalind: Adrian Lester; Director: Declan Donnellan; Designer: Nick Ormerod; Opening Date: 23 January 1995, Albery Theatre.
"Here again is Adrian Lester's captivating Rosalind, hesitant, trembling, sweetly impulsive, sheltering a book between cupped palms as though it were a newborn puppy...On a beige box set props are minimal. Long after we have entered the Forest of Arden no trees are visible - until they are actually wanted, so that sonnets can be pinned to them, whereupon green streamers roll down from above." Jeremy Kingston, Times, 27 January 1995
Despite such praise, Lester was too simply feminine in the role, losing the detachment required to sustain the role's levels of deception. Coates was much tougher and more authentic. HMR
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... Free Comic Book Day!
"Superman" will be among the thousands of free comic books given away today at participating comic book stores in Western New York as part of Free Comic Book Day, a national promotion that takes place each year on the first Saturday of May to "[spread] the good word of comics to potential readers everywhere."
"It's a great way to get comic books into people's hands," said Don Wynecoop, owner of Don's Atomic Comics & Collectibles on Transit Road in Lancaster. "It's a smart promotion. It gets people excited."
Here's how it works: Sponsoring publishers offer 50 different comic book titles at drastically reduced prices – around 20 cents to 50 cents per copy. Store owners order and pay for the reduced-price comics, then hand them out free to people who visit their shops.
All of the most popular titles, such as "The Walking Dead," "Batman," "My Little Pony" and "Star Wars," are on the list. Any other given day, the comics would retail for up to $5.
Wynecoop spends a "couple hundred" dollars on a variety of comics and lets people take three titles each. It's a small price to pay for the free advertising and buzz that surround the event each year – especially since many patrons linger and shop, even though no purchase is necessary to snag the freebie.
"I sell easily four or five times what I do on a regular day," Wynecoop said.
The promotion also brings in lots of new faces, many of whom become regular customers, store owners said.
Sales of comic books have fallen since their heyday in the 1960s, competing for attention with television, computers and video games. Comic book stores have struggled as more readers begin viewing comics digitally on e-readers and the Internet.
Free Comic Book Day drives traffic to stores and introduces new generations to printed comics. Many of the free titles are geared toward young children, such as "Sesame Street," "Spongebob" and Disney's "Tinker Bell." Indeed, store owners say they see more children in the store on Free Comic Book Day than they do all year.
"It's a good way to introduce people to comic books, to remind people that comic books still exist," said Paul Bene, owner of House of Fantasy Comics and Games on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls.
In addition to Wynecoop's and Bene's stores, participating shops include Queen City Bookstore on Main Street in Buffalo, Seeley & Kane's on Elmwood Avenue in Kenmore, Collector's Inn on Delaware Avenue in Kenmore, and Halley's Comics and Games on Oliver Street in North Tonawanda.
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Scientists have developed a method for converting human fibroblast-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into genetically corrected mesoangioblast-like cells that improved muscle function when subsequently transplanted in mice with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. The method could feasibly provide a platform for generating enough mesoangioblasts for use as autologous cell therapy in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2D (LGMD2D), and possibly other recessive muscular dystrophies, claim the developers at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, and University College London (UCL).
The U.K. University's Giulio Cossu, Ph.D., and Francesco Saverio Tedesco, Ph.D., report their methods and experiments in Science Translational Medicine in a paper titled "Transplantation of Genetically Corrected Human iPSC-Derived Progenitors in Mice with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy."
Mesoangioblasts (MABs) are a cell population derived from alkaline phosphatase–positive (AP+) human skeletal musclepericytes, which has been shown to colonize and contribute to the regeneration of dystrophic muscle when administered systemically. However, human MABs have a limited life span, and generating huge quantities of such cells for treating all the skeletal muscles in muscular dystrophy patients isn't feasible, the authors note. The problem is compound because patients with LGMD2D, for example, produce lower than normal numbers of AP+ pericytes, so collecting and expanding enough MABs for use as autologous therapy becomes even less viable.
As an alternative, the Italian and U.K. researchers developed a protocol that allowed them to derive and genetically correct MABs from patient-derived iPSCs as a means of generating potentially unlimited numbers of myogenic progenitors for autologous therapy. Their approach essentially involved generating iPSCs from the skeletal muscle cells of LGMD2D patients, prompting these cells to differentiate into MABS that could then be expanded in vitro, and transducing the MABs with a lentiviral vector carrying the wild-type human α-sarcoglycan gene (SGCA) under the control of a muscle-specific promotor to correct the gene defect that is responsible for LGMD2D, but ensure it is only expressed in striated muscle.
The resulting iPSC-derived MABs, or HIDEMs (human iPSC-derived MAB-like stem/progenitor cells) resembled human MABs in morphology, AP expression, and proliferative capacity, were genetically stable through multiple passages, and demonstrated equivalent gene-expression profiles.
To test the potential therapeutic value in vivo, the researchers generated a dystrophic and immune-deficient triple mutant mouse model, the SGCA-null/scid/beige mouse. These animals show absence administered either intravenously or directly into the muscle of juvenile SGCA/null/scid/beige mice. Both routes of administration resulted in the engraftment of GFP+ cells in the dystrophic skeletal muscle and the associated generation of clusters of SGCA+ myofibrils.
Engraftment was even more pronounced when the experimental mice were given transplants of murine iPSC-derived MABs (MIDEMs), rather than human-derived cells. Animals treated with MIDEMs either intra-arterially or intramuscularly demonstrated five- to sixfold more SGCA+ fibrils than mice given HIDEMs, and showed a marked reduction in fibrotic-adipose tissue in transplanted muscle. The higher level of MIDEM engraftment was also associated with animals that demonstrated significant improvements in motor capacity using a treatmill test. At four months after treatment tests in addition showed that the titanic force was significantly higher in the tibialis anterior muscles of treated animals than untreated animals, and GFP+ muscle fibers exhibited greater contractile force. Interestingly, the transplanted cells also contributed to replenishing the population of pericytes.
"Although very preliminary, our study suggests that genetically corrected MABs generated from iPSCs derived from the fibroblasts or myoblasts of LGMD2D patients could be useful for autologous transplantation and that this approach might also be applicable for treating other recessive muscular dystrophies," the authors conclude.
Independent research has separately led to the derivation of myogenic progentiors from human iPSCs, which may have utility in treating localized forms of muscle disorders that can be addressed by direct intramuscular transplantation when there aren't numerous affected muscles, the investigators add. However, they stress, "the advantage of HIDEMs is that they can be delivered through the arterial circulation and thus are able to reach muscles throughout the body."
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He assured Eichenwald that the city will not be using that money to pay fines because it has not been fined by either agency. And he anticipates it won't be fined "unless we don't do what they want us to do."
He said if more extensive work that costs millions of dollars is required by EPA or DEP in future years, the city will float a bond, which surrounding "signatory" municipalities would help pay.
Bill 49
Acting as a committee-of-the-whole, the five council members at the meeting unanimously recommended the full council pass Bill 49, a proposed ordinance that Schweyer defined as "an official accounting measure."
Schweyer explained the city is required to put the more than $182 million remaining from the lease into its water and sewer funds to comply with its annual audit.
City Council will do that by giving final approval to Bill 49 when it next meets during the first week in November.
On paper, more than $114.7 million will be transferred the city's water fund and more than $67.3 million to the sewer fund. But the entire $182-plus-million will just pass through those funds on its way to being transferred back into a restricted account in the city's general fund.


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While rummaging through some of the darker corners of the office, we discovered a small stash of classic Compass releases, many of which haven't been available in stores for some time. Smiles lit our faces as we revisited some of these old favorites, from buoyant Brit-pop to propulsive prog-grass. We could easily have held onto this treasure trove ourselves, but after much debate we have decided to share the riches with our loyal listeners.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
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Description: Wood Wall Adornments, 'Giraffes':
- Hand-carved decorative wall adornments of giraffes on a large-scale fork and spoon
- Hand painted design
- Crafted from sese wood
- Spoon measures 3 9/10 inches in width by 2 inches in depth by 20½ inches in height
- Fork measures 3½ inches sin width by 2 2/5 inches in depth by 20 inches in height
- Wipe with a damp cloth
Due to the hand-crafted nature of this product, size and color may vary.
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Material: Sese wood
Brand: Novica
Origin: Imported


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Butterfly Map Art
- Overview
Vintage maps create the imaginative wings of twelve butterflies on this framed artwork. A mix of soft colors and a variety of topographies make this a fun and decorative piece for the nursery or bedroom.
- 23.5" wide x 31.5" high x 1.5" thick
- Printed artwork is framed and has a glass window.
- Artwork is printed onto paper; mat is acid- and lignin-free.
- Butterflies are created using topographical maps.
- Comes with picture wire on back of frame for hanging.
- Mounting hardware is included.
- Dimensions & Care
- Artwork is removable from frame.
- Overall: 23.5" wide x 31.5" high x 1.5" thick
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Dust often with a soft, dry cloth.
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Big, teased up hairdo popular with young American women in the 1980s. Best described as a perm/mullet with a clump of hair up front that resembles the claw of a large animal - a bear, for example. Owes its names to a town north of Atlanta, Georgia.
Sheila is excited about attending her first concert tonight. She plans to accessorize her acid-wash denim and Reebok high tops with a stylish Kennesaw Claw.
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1. 4 x 4 Health Rules for Mountaineers
2. AMS, HAPE, HACE - Emergency field management
Acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral oedema (HACE) are the most important and most common altitude related diseases. Primary prevention is considered the gold standard to avoid altitude illness. Learn how to diagnose, treat and most important how to prevent.
3. Portable Hyperbaric Chambers
A portable hyperbaric chamber is a small inflatable chamber made of fabric, which can fit one person. When it is inflated, pressure is created inside the chamber which simulates a descent of 1500-2500 altitude meters. It is used to stabilise patients with serious altitude illness, so that their condition improves and they can descend to lower altitudes to recover. This paper gives advice on the use of such chambers.
4. Nutritional Considerations in Mountaineering
There are many additional nutritional issues that must be considered when preparing for any mountaineering pursuit, especially those of longer duration. Therefore the aim of this paper is to briefly outline evidence-based nutritional considerations and strategies that can be adopted to minimise weight loss, and improve health and performance.
5. Traveller's Diarrhoea
Traveller's diarrhoea is one of the most important medical problems for trekkers and those taking part in expedition mountaineering. Although the details of the data are still being discussed there is no question that the loss of body water and electrolytes impairs the physical and mental capacity significantly and dehydration increases the risk of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)...
6. Water Disinfection in the Mountains
Infected water is the most common risk for diarrhoea. This UIAA MedCom recommendation summarises advantages and disadvantages of the several procedures of water disinfection with special regard to the situation in the mountains or at high altitude; and will advise mountaineers on how to prepare safe water while minimising the environmental damage.
7. How to Check the Quality of a Commercially Organized Trek or Expedition
As the number of mountaineers who are joining organised treks or expeditions continues to increase, so too does incidence of altitude-related diseases. The following recommendations should assist the mountaineering tourists to check as far as is reasonably possible, whether their organisation has taken into account potential health risks when planning the trip itinerary.
8. Model Contract for Health Care on Trekking and Expeditions for Doctors
Being an Expedition or Trekking Doctor is more than being merely a member which advises others in case of a health problem during the trip and who may get a discount on organized trips! An expedition doctor has specific responsibilities, has to provide special skills, and must always accept responsibility for any diagnosis made, whether right or wrong. This contract document attempts to clarify the rights and obligations of the tour operator, the expedition doctor and the expedition, to avoid trouble and misunderstandings during the trip.
9. Children at Altitude
Each year many thousands of lowland children travel to high altitude uneventfully. The majority of these ascents involve trips to mountain resorts, especially in North America and Europe. While altitude travel is without incident for most, some of these children develop symptoms that may be attributed to altitude exposure. The following consensus view described here provides the conservative recommendations that should be helpful for mountaineers and physicians who are required to offer advice about ascent to high altitude with children.
10. The Effect of Extremes of Temperature on Drugs
Harsh environmental factors "especially heat and cold" can significantly affect drugs, the substances as well as stabilisers, solvents etc. Temperatures inside emergency medical bags have been reported to be between -40°C and +80°C. Such temperature extremes may be even harsher in a mountaineering environment. The following recommendations are given on how to handle drugs under such circumstances, side effects and other drug related matters in the mountains.
11. The Use of Hiking Sticks in the Mountains
Hiking sticks have become popular among many who walk in the mountains. This document explains the right technique for using telescopic sticks and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of hiking with them. It also explains the correct walking techniques which make the use of sticks unnecessary for healthy hikers.
12. Women Going to Altitude
This document gives advice to women about their risk of altitude illness, the effect of altitude on the menstrual cycle and the use of birth control pills. It also gives advice to pregnant women about the effects high altitudes can have on their health and gives recommendations on how to prevent complications.
13. People with Pre-Existing Conditions Going to the Mountains
This document gives advice to people with medical conditions who want to go to the mountains. It describes the affects altitude can have on conditions such as asthma, heart problems and migraine. It also takes into consideration other risk factors connected to mountain holidays, such as strenuous exercise, lack of nearby medical facilities and change of culture and lifestyle.
14. Contraception at altitude
A large proportion of women do not principally use contraception during their travel for contraceptive reasons but for regulating and controlling their periods.This paper focuses specifically on the use of contraception during altitude sojourns and reflects the official standard recommendation of UIAA MedCom, which is based on current literature.
15. Work in Hypoxic Conditions
Until recently only mountaineers and high altitude residents were exposed for prolonged periods to a low oxygen (hypoxic) environment. Over the last decade artificial hypoxic rooms have been built as a fire preventative environment for libraries and are now also used for Hypoxic training for athletes and other purposes.
16. Travel to Altitude with Neurological Disorders
The present review examines several neurological conditions and the problems posed by travelling to high altitude, and in particular whether the underlying disease is likely to worsen. The neurological conditions include migraine and other types of headaches, transient ischemia of the brain, occlusive cerebral artery diseases, intracranial haemorrhage and vascular malformations, intracranial space occupying mass, multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathies, neuromuscular disorders and epileptic seizures.
17. Injury Classification for Mountaineering and Climb
In the past 20 years several studies (pro- and retrospectively) were conducted to evaluate the injury and fatality risk of rock, ice and mountain climbing. A simple and common protocol was developed, by the UIAA MedCom to report injuries in mountaineering and climbing studies. This protocol includes the use of a single climbing grade reference that converts UIAA climbing grades into a standardised metric form.
Travel at high altitude
An easy to understand leaflet for people going to high altitudes. It gives advice on how to avoid serious altitude illness and other health problems. The leaflet is prepared by Medex with support from the UIAA. It describes going from sea level to anywhere above 2,000m.
This booklet is available here in many languages.
This booklet is available here in many languages.
18. Blood Borne Infections in Climbing
Climbing often involves travel to foreign and remote destinations, whether for competitions or personal pursuits. Sustaining cuts, abrasions or lacerations, typically on the fingertips in contact with holds, is a common occurrence in climbing.
Therefore what is the risk of blood borne infections being transmitted to the climber following - i.e. whether seconding or in a competition?
Therefore what is the risk of blood borne infections being transmitted to the climber following - i.e. whether seconding or in a competition?
19. Recommendation for prevention and control of Legionella infections
Legionnaires' Disease or Legionellosis is the term used for infections caused by Legionella pneumophila and other related bacteria. Legionella bacteria are only dangerous in respirable form and generally only in susceptible individuals for whom inhalation of the bacteria in aerosols or water droplets (showers) may cause severe pneumonia and, in extreme cases, death.
21. Cardiovascular diseases
Mountain activity is one of the most adictive, therefore mountaineers and climbers usually cross the barrier of confort to achive goals and to be on the mountain. Going to high altitude can be a risk for those which suffer from cardiovascular diseases because of the low pressure, oxigen and extreme weather conditions.
22a. Drug Use and Misuse in Mountaineering
NEW: The UIAA Medical Commission has developed a new layperson's advice sheet on drug use in the mountains. This paper, which you can ready by clicking on the flag below, is the result of five years of discussion and consensus building between experts on the Commission and the international mountain medicine community.
Disclaimer: The UIAA is signatory of World Antidoping Code and does not tolerate the use of drugs and methods that are on the Prohibited List among UIAA registered athletes.
24. Zika Virus
In the early weeks of 2016 media led with stories of the increasing awareness that infection with the Zika virus may be linked to an increase in children being born with birth defects such as microcephaly in some South American countries. This advice sheet is approved by the UIAA MedCom and is based on the current best advice from the UK's National travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), NHS Scotland, The World Health Organisation (WHO), The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in the USA and the Robert Koch Institute in Germany.
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the number after eight and before ten in the americal numeral system
anyone who uses "nine" as in the 9mm pistol is a fucker, and is 9 times as wrong as if they were a taker.
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Not the definition of the "girth" of the barrel, but rather it's bore - the width of the hole that goes through the barrel. Also, not coincidentally, the diameter of the bullet - 9mm.
Refers to a pistol, usually a semi-automatic, ostensibly a 9mm.
Aside: The U.S. Army's standard pistol is a 9mm semi-automatic.
Refers to a pistol, usually a semi-automatic, ostensibly a 9mm.
Aside: The U.S. Army's standard pistol is a 9mm semi-automatic.
"I was about to pull out my nine and bust a cap."
by Rob Hruska February 06, 2004
A 9mm handgun
i shot him twice with my nine
by Anonymous March 23, 2003
A firearm, usually a semi-automatic pistol, chambered for the 9x19mm parabellum cartridge.
Glock 17, Glock 18, Glock 19, Beretta 92F, FN Browning Hi-Power
by Spock July 12, 2003
A semi-automatic handgun designed to fire cartridges in caliber 9mm Parabellum, aka: 9mm Luger, 9x19 NATO.
Dawgz ain't want'n nun o' mee, cuz muh nine'z got muh back!
by John Dixon January 13, 2004
Nickname for girls rated 9 out of 10. The word is typically used by dudes lacking self confidence, and therefore would not deserve "10's"
"Make sure you invite those NINES to the potluck tonight and bring your gamefaces"
by Nipples Gurunt December 12, 2008
Street name for 9mm pistol.
I capped Ewok wit my nines.
by PHIR May 02, 2004
n. used by punk ass gangstas, means a 9mm pistol, (one would be smart to run ones ass off when hearing this word being used by such types)
Best watch out fo' i whip out my niiine, an' BUST a cap
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on October 1, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Apple is touting iPhone 5's larger display, but many of the most popular apps for the smartphone have yet to adjust to the 4-inch screen.
The new screen is about half an inch longer diagonally than that of its five predecessors, a fact that the Cupertino tech giant has been promoting in commercials showcasing the phone.
But while the expanded screen is a big improvement, a good number of popular apps have not been updated to work with the larger display, giving the apps a shortened look.
So instead of filling out the iPhone 5's 4-inch screen, the apps display the same size they do on the iPhone 4S. That means the iPhone 5 shows them in the middle of its screen with two black bars above and below the app.
What apps are these? Let's break it down.
. Netflix: This app more than needs an update. You can watch your shows and movies just fine, but Netflix teases you because you can't full-screen your video to fit the full four inches.
. Pandora: Screen size really doesn't matter with Pandora since it's about music, but it's surprising that such a popular app was not updated on Day One.
. Instagram: Instagram is one of the most popular social networks on the iPhone, so it's alarming that the app has not been updated. It's pictures will still be square-sized, but you could probably see more pictures at once if it was resized for the new display. Perhaps the lack of update might have to do with Facebook now owning the app, which takes us to...
. Facebook: The big blue social network has updated its app to fit the 4-inch screen, but you can't use the app horizontally in landscape mode. You're stuck using portrait. Also, none of the other Facebook apps - Instagram, Camera, Messengers and Pages Manager - have been updated. Those apps all show black bars.
. Google: Joining Facebook is Google, which also has not updated any of its apps. Chrome, Translate, Voice, Google+ - name a Google app and it hasn't been updated. This is especially inexcusable for the YouTube app.
. FourSquare: The popular check-in social network is also shamefully on this list.
. DropBox: The app that makes it so easy to transfer files from any device you use has yet to make the jump to the 4-inch display.
. Popular games: Along with video apps, the lack of 4-inch screen support is most painful with games, and there are many that have not updated. Among them are Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Flight Control.
There are a lot of popular apps that have been updated, including Instapaper, Shazam and Yelp, but hopefully, more apps will adapt to the 4-inch screen sooner than later.


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quote: Hardware profit margins are much lower than software profit margins.
quote: Fourth-quarter net income climbed 5.6 percent to NT$37 billion ($1.2 billion), according to data compiled by Bloomberg based on full-year results published yesterday. That's ahead of the NT$35.9 billion average of 14 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg."As they scaled up production of the iPhone and solved production bottlenecks, Hon Hai's profit margins improved and they may have had some room to push Apple for better pricing," said Vincent Chen, who rates the stock buy at Yuanta Financial Holding Co. in Taipei.


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Rumor about 4-inch screen on new iPhone gains more weight
50 Comments
1. ananya22 (Posts: 93; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
first!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont thik that would happen. apple think that 3.5 inches is the perfect size to hold in an average sized hand without any troubles and unless kids with larger hands are being born they'll stick with 3.5. i know we've seen apple add a few things like drop down notifications and wallpaper being inspired from android but they have been adamant on some of they're issues so i doubt the larger screen. and jobs loved the large bezel so its shortening is unlikely
8. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
Apple typically refrains from introducing the technology unless it was ready for mainstream. The biggest hurdle for Apple is the battery life -- if you want a bigger screen, you need a bigger battery (i.e. more mAh), and if you want 4G, then you also need a bigger battery, etc.
I believe Apple will introduce a both a bigger screen and 4G since it has been working on the battery technology -- as a corollary, the battery technology on the iPad 3 supports both retina display and 4G.
12. abdane (Posts: 494; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
lol, who said the next iPhone will be called iPhone 5 ??? maybe it'll be iPhone 4S2 ??? LOL ( and i dont mean as in GS2, i mean 2nd iPhone 4S :P )
18. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
No, it will be called "iPhone Lawsuit". :D
27. maryaaadil (Posts: 146; Member since: 07 Apr 2012)
or 4GS or the new Iphone. lol
31. xoutrageousx (Posts: 70; Member since: 22 Dec 2011)
nah, it will be called Samsung Galaxy S3 since...that's just a Samsung Galaxy S2 with just a few things changed.
37. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Wasn't the 4S just a 4 with a few things changed?
25. Phullofphil (Posts: 801; Member since: 10 Feb 2009)
If you take the fact that the phone does not have to bigger to have a bigger screen then every thing would fit into the same form factor. But any smart company that wants to compete in the future knows that sometimes you can't stick to an idea and think its the perfect one and will always stay the same. Any way there is so much unused areas on the iPhone unused. The other thing is weathe Steve jobs already designed this next iPhone is doubtful or likely. I think some of thes next round of apple products will have a little bit of a different view from wich comes from a company that has to prove that it can compete and thrive as good or better under new management
2. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
good boy. here is your potato)
4 is a reasonable size. I'm tired of those gigantic screens.
9. Phd_MSc_Eng (Posts: 3; Member since: 17 May 2012)
So true...
3. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
WOW how innovatively, innovative.
PHONEARENA? Listen up. You need to write on article on how well the rumors went from the last phone, the 4S, so that we can know who to actually believe on what the iphone will look like.
I would be shocked if the little phone did not have 4G LTE connectivity and at least a 4" screen.
I am guessing it will have the same normal underwhelming processor that works great in an iphone, unless you start asking it to do true multitasking.
I am taking bets as to the next model name - I say it will be the iphone 4GS.
Motto will be: The next iPhone - faster, bigger, better.
32. theruleslawyer (Posts: 108; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
I'd bet 4" screen- bigger but still small compared to Android
LTE absolutely
cpu- probably a a5x, maybe on a smaller process by now.
ram- most likely 1gb.
New case design.
I doubt we'd see quad cores or 2gb of memory. Apple will be trying to compensate for the power draw of LTE and a larger screen. I don't expect those move until the iphone 6.
I think the big question is software. Will apple ever update iOS to something more than pages of icons on a screen?
4. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
They won't do it. Apple cares about its customer and they wouldn't want their users to feel inadequate.
20. OMGOMG (Posts: 2; Member since: 14 May 2012)
New IPHONE = IPhone FAT ASS(S)
5. AppleConspiracy (Posts: 637; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
The next iPhone will be small iPad.
iPhone is dead end for Apple. Acknowledging that they are just following competition would destroy them as a game changers, trend setters and industry leaders.
They are more likely to revolutionize the Industry again. First scenario that I can think of is shifting industry toward iPad, in which they are still untouchable, and leaving iPhone to his destiny, like they did with iPod when everyone else caught up, leaving it behing newly established iPhone that again revolutionized Industry like iPod did at the turn of the centuries.
6. ivanko34 (Posts: 617; Member since: 04 Sep 2011)
They are going to sue everyone else who uses a 4 inches screen?
10. Phd_MSc_Eng (Posts: 3; Member since: 17 May 2012)
Lame comment...
7. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
4inch is reasonable
11. Phd_MSc_Eng (Posts: 3; Member since: 17 May 2012)
What do you think about the name... it's gonna be " iPhone 5" or " iPhone "
17. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Probably just iPhone..it should be something like Jobs' heritage.
There are rumors he worked hard on this project.
13. SeniorEd (Posts: 15; Member since: 16 Feb 2011)
I sure hope they go to at least a 4 inch screen and keep the aspect ratio at 13.5 to 9 (or 3 to 2, 1.5 to 1, whatever you want to call it) as that ratio gives a good surface area for a given diagonal. In fact, if Apple goes to a 4.5 inch diagonal and stays with the iphone's current aspect ratio, the surface area is greater than the Nexus and almost as big as the Galaxy S III. That would be cool!
14. angelesmec (unregistered)
Then they will patent on the changes.
15. APPLE_R0YALLY (banned) (Posts: 73; Member since: 08 May 2012)
WE SAY™ no one knows till October.....!? WE THINK™ it will be a 4 inch.....!?
WE® assume this changes everything.....!? WE ROYALLYS™ will ask
Apple.....!? WE™ await.....!?
29. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Must say APPLE_R0YALLY, you post the most annoying to read comments...besides gallito and taco, that is.
39. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
why thank you sir
46. Sackboy117 (Posts: 178; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I love Apple Royally's comments :)
16. Alistaire (Posts: 132; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
the ipad is the bigger iphone. And when not in use, it double as a shiny cheese platter.
19. Gcombs (Posts: 133; Member since: 22 Aug 2011)
I think Apple is going to come out with an odd size screen. We all know their are 4 inch screens and 4.3 also which are normal for todays phones. With that being said I'm guessing somewhere in the 4.1 to 4.2 inch screen size.
21. shnibz (Posts: 300; Member since: 18 Sep 2011)
4-4.3 inch is perfect it think...nice to look at but still managable, my Nexus with 4.65 is awkwardly large and i'm a 6 foot tall dude. My droid Bionic feels much better
22. AppleConspiracy (Posts: 637; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
If it's going to be 4-inch screen:
1152x768 resolution, because:
- backward compatible with resolution of 3,5" Retina: (factor x1.2 for every pixel in vertical and horizontal resolution)
- same aspect ratio, that is 3:2 (1.5)
- 329 PPI (just like today's Retina)
- sort of compatible with iPad (only for smaller dimension, 768 pixels in iPad and iPad 2, factor 2 for iPad 3)
How does this sound?
23. Exile_One (Posts: 24; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
4 inch is to small for me, im 6 3 and i got big hands...I need something 4.5 and above...
24. kastor (Posts: 43; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
well i can use a 3.5 inch screen buti love bigger,4 is perfect size,and everything lower tahn 3.5 is for me too small
26. dcgore (Posts: 227; Member since: 24 Feb 2012)
A bigger screen is all good but really what apple should do is focus in changing iOS. Although it is intuituve and great, it is becoming boring. I am not saying they should add widgets but maybe change the launcher and visually make changes.
28. APPLE_R0YALLY (banned) (Posts: 73; Member since: 08 May 2012)
Sorry™ phonearena.....!
30. android1234 (Posts: 137; Member since: 09 Feb 2010)
I remeber 2 years ago when Android was just picking up momentum on Verizon with the OG Droid, and even a year past that. The drivign force was the apps. Android didnt seem to have quality apps, games, etc. But as of today they have almost all quality apps that youll find on the app store. So since apps doesnt add too much of a differentiation anymore, Android ICS takes over. I have the iPhone too and loved it, but the OS gets voring too fast. Now i have the Galaxy Nexus and its way better. I love the huge screen and the layout of Android ICS. But i cant wait to see what the new iPhone will bring, they shold anounce iOS6 in June i think..
33. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I think iOS 6 will mop the floor with android. Google's OS is already behind but the Apple update will just widen the gap.
36. Fallout09 (Posts: 421; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I know I shouldn't fall for it but what the hell are you talking about? Google's OS is already behind? What are you putting in your tacos that make you so delusional?
38. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
As usual he is full of s**t. Just because its not the same boring 4 tile app launcher its "behind"
34. thedarkside (Posts: 652; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
theyd have to go big or go home. yeah apple is doing pretty well with rockin the 3.5 but a lot of android phones are getting bigger screens (note, spectrum, etc). if apple wants to keep up with the competition theyll have to up the screen.
35. 9_HeLLs_oF_DrOid (Posts: 127; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
taco50 strikes again with his hard boiled facts!
40. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
this what I know.. the design whatever will be it will beautiful, a well polish OS and blazing fast..
42. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
But....but Apple already is blazing fast compared to laggy Android. How can you improve on its "magical" perfection anymore?
44. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) (Posts: 535; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
so ur an ifan now. mmm changed sides.
45. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Its called sarcasm but a foreigner like you doesn't know the difference unless you were sarcastic yourself then bravo
49. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
I definitely smelled the sarcasm on that one...
43. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) (Posts: 535; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
and also restrictions.....
41. valapsp (Posts: 557; Member since: 12 Aug 2011)
4 inch screen is THAT important? it's almost a year since we heard rumors about the next iPhone's screen size. stop talking about that please.
48. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
It seems that if it really happened, Apple would definitely be behind the curve on this one. But as we all know, it would be advertised as if it was another "magical" Apple innovation that has never happened before. And then we would start seeing the ridiculous lawsuits to stop anyone else from offering larger screen phones.
47. BattleBrat (Posts: 1458; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Wow an even bigger screen to plaster with its simple apps launcher OSI here by declare that iPhones are nothing more than advanced feature phones. My Android tablet has shown me the light! And iOS cannot compete, it is LIGHTYEARS behind. With a little tweaking, I'm pretty sure they could make Android apps that match their PC equivalents in features and functionality. As for the new iPhone, I plan on getting one, I'll be buying my buddies upgrade, and getting the largest capacity offering for $200 off, yes! But my RAZR shall remain my phone.
50. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
But since we are talking big screen, I think my 4"3 is as large as I would ever want it to be. I remember it did take me a little while to adjust to texting and browsing due to the larger size.


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quote: So they're either have Downs or have been living in a cave?
quote: Here is a question - what is the top selling food mixer in the US? The second most popular? What about trying to name the top four manufacturers of DVD players in order of market penetration?
quote: Outside of the small minority of techie obsessives Android has no brand presence
quote: Just stop. It's so silly how you Apple people constantly need to marginalize, segregate, or outright discriminate people to make your points.
quote: Great endorsement you have there for the typical iPhone user's intelligence and knowledge of current events lol.
quote: Right, that's a pretty impressive statement considering Android outsells Apple handsets. I guess more people are "techie non normals" or whatever. It doesn't matter why, it only matters that they aren't choosing Apple.
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Jeana A. Longo sees the value of an indoor civic arena - the one that Mayor Gabriel J. Campana and a private developer in Loyalsock Township are working to see become a reality at the YMCA on Elmira Street.
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She suspects an indoor arena with seating is something the city and area residents would benefit from not only for hockey, but for all sorts of activities, especially because it would be a controlled climate.
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That '74 Carrera RSR has a badass whale tail.
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The act of fucking a girl so hard, from any position, so long as the balls smack the female to the point that there is an unmistake, audible, and loud skin on skin popping sound resembling the sound of a breaching whale's tail smacking the water.
"Dude, I completely whale tailed that girl from the bar last night"
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A camel toe for guys.
That guy is sporting a huge whale tail
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The visibility of a woman's thong through her pants.
That woman needed some darker pants, because you could see her whale tail right through them.
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Sports headlines
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This year's biggest releases have already started dropping, and it's not going to stop until we're about ready to log off for the holidays.
PlayStation Experience Mega Post - all the headlines and trailers
Many game announcements occurred during the PlayStation Experience keynote today. Because most will fall off the front page soon, we rounded up the headlines and trailers for you in one lovely post along with the on-demand video of the keynote.
How did Tony Hawk's Pro Skater slam so hard?
From 900 highs to concrete crunch: the rise and fall of an iconic game series.
EA E3 2015: Star Wars Battlefront, FIFA 16, Mirror's Edge Catalyst – watch here
Are you ready for some Star Wars Battlefront, Mirror's Edge Catalyst and some football EA fans? Then buckle-up: the firm's press conference kicks off soon.
With new Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero, is Activision ushering back a golden era of games?
Guitar Hero. Tony Hawk. Is Activision leading us back to the good old days, the bad old days – or into the future?
FIFA 15 gets its first update on PS4
FIFA 15 has received the first post-launch update on PlayStation 4 as EA continues to work on eliminating stuttering issues reported by some users.
FIFA 15 reviews round-up - all the scores
FIFA 15 reviews are getting shot from all across the field and we've caught as many of them as we can.
FIFA 15: "We want to make a game that people enjoy playing"
FIFA producer Nick Channon on goalkeepers, FUT changes and Americans getting into the World Cup.
EA issues "technical error" statement on paid UFC & FIFA 14 demos
EA Sports UFC can be sampled in demo form on Xbox One, but as one reader has pointed out, the demo comes with a price tag on the Australian store.
PES 2015 gets first gameplay details for PS4 and Xbox One
PES 2015 publisher Konami has sent us a long list of new gameplay and feature details arriving this year on PS4 and Xbox One.
The best games on Xbox One
Xbox One launched in November 2013 and since then the format has been bolstered with several new releases. Join us as we run down the best games on Microsoft's new-gen format, and add to the list as other notable games release.
FIFA 14 Next-Gen - EG Expo 2013 Livestream - EA talks the next generation of football games
At 3pm EA Sports takes to the stage at Eurogamer Expo to talk about the next-gen versions of FIFA 14, its flagship sports title. You can watch the session right here.
FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: all the details direct from the devs
Sam gets an early look at FIFA 14's re-imagining of EA Sports' compelling Ultimate Team mode, and gets all the goss from lead producer Marcel Kuhn.
Football Manager 2013 interview: addiction returns
Football Manager 2013 was officially announced yesterday. Dave Cook talks to Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson about this year's 900 new changes, an all new Classic mode for casual players and much more.
WWE '13 interview: THQ gets ready to lay the smackdown
WWE '13 is back for another year of brawling and testosterone. Dave Cook asks THQ's Corey Ledesma about what's new this year, and why this could be the greatest entry yet.
FIFA 13 interview: Player Impact, First Touch, more
FIFA 13 is shaping up to be a bumper release for EA Canada. Dave Cook speaks with the developer to learn more about this year's significant changes, such as first-touch revised Player Impact and the most aggressive AI yet.
Sing when winning: Pro Evo 13's bid to recapture the title
As the titans of the video game premiership prepare for their latest head-to-head, Stace Harman speaks to the Pro Evolution Soccer team about the past, present and future of the beautiful game.
EA Sports: gamer 'interest' in single-plat declining
VG247 catches EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson on camera to discuss UFC, yearly updates, Kinect and the varied palette of today's gamer.
It's EA Sports Season: FIFA Street makes pro sport personal
The third of EA Sports' first quarter releases is the only one to overlap with an existing franchise, but even in a market dominated by the FIFA juggernaut, there's room for FIFA Street's more personal approach.
It's EA Sports season: SSX retains its Deadly Descents
The second of EA Sports' major titles dropping in a crowded first quarter has a ready-made fan base, but the challenge of progressing your rider and an engaging multiplayer suite mean there's more to SSX than 90's extreme sports fever.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - They're big - huge in some cases - they're skilled, smart and they move all over the place.
They also play for a coach who understands how to utilize their talents as effectively and creatively as possible.
That formula has led to Penn State's new nickname: Tight End U.
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Kyle Carter had 36 catches last season for the Nittany?Lions.
"I definitely feel like we'll be the quarterback's best friend this year," sophomore Kyle Carter said of the Nittany Lions' very impressive group of tight ends.
Everyone knew Bill O'Brien would place more of an emphasis on throwing to the tight ends when he came from the New England Patriots, but the difference turned out to be staggering in his first season.
Two years ago, PSU's tight ends combined to catch 15 passes.
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Penn State will play Virginia Tech in a home-and-home series in 2022 and 2023, the school announced Wednesday. The Lions will visit Blacksburg, Va., on Sept. 17, 2022, and the Hokies will play at Beaver Stadium on Sept. 16, 2023.
Bill O'Brien will give a training camp update for reporters on a teleconference today at 11:30 a.m. It would seem to be a bit early for him to name a starting quarterback, although that will be a primary point of interest.
Last year the total was 83, or 30.5 percent of all completions.
With a young quarterback this season, the tight ends indeed could be his best friends, with upwards of 100 receptions feasible.
"We know that we can be dangerous," Carter said. "We're really just working hard to make every play that we can possibly make and for all of us to be versatile."
Whether it's Christian Hackenberg or Tyler Ferguson at quarterback, he will always have the safety valve of taking a shotgun snap, looking 7-10 yards to his right, left or middle of the field and seeing:
* Kyle Carter (6-3, 243), who caught 36 passes last year and, if not for a wrist injury late, likely would have broken the school's single-season record for a tight end of 41 set by Andrew Quarless in 2009.
* Jesse James (6-7, 257), a mountain of a man who came on strong late last year to finish with 15 catches and very well could turn out to be the best tight end of them all.
* Matt Lehman (6-6, 262), another huge target and unsung hero who pulled in 24 catches and three TDs last year.
* Adam Breneman (6-4, 235), a freshman who was the No. 1 tight end recruit in the country.
* Brent Wilkerson (6-3, 244), a redshirt freshman with a high ceiling who's battling through a back injury.
Any or all of those guys could wind up in the NFL down the road, giving Penn State an embarrassment of riches at tight end.
"The sky's the limit," Wilkerson said. "We have a lot of talent in that room, and it's just about going out there and producing."
That's where O'Brien's offensive schemes come into play.
The Lions don't just have a bunch of big receiving targets, they have a coach who puts them in position to succeed by relying on their versatility and using them in a variety of ways to keep defenses guessing. O'Brien demands a lot from his tight ends, which is a big reason for the success.
"That's one of the tougher positions in our program to learn, second only to quarterback, especially on offense I'm talking about," the coach said. "These guys are involved in all different facets of the game. They're involved in the running game, they're involved in protections sometimes, and obviously they're involved in the passing game."
There's a good chance on any given play this year that PSU will have three or even four tight ends on the field at the same time. And they could be lined up anywhere.
"We have a lot of motion, and then [O'Brien] just puts us in a lot of situations," Carter said. "Like sometimes we'll be out wide, sometimes we'll be in the slot, sometimes at running back, sometimes at fullback, sometimes on the line at regular tight end. The defense can't really pinpoint where you're going to be at every play."
Having one or two big guys with enough skill to do all that is rare. Having four or five is borderline remarkable.
"Being big and tall helps a lot," James said. "We're all big guys. Moving around is a big reason why we're having a lot of success on the field. The way coach uses us, he knows when to use us, where to use us."
The tight ends all have so much potential, and having each other to compete against every day in practice makes the entire group even better.
"Every drill, whether it's a blocking drill, working with coach, one-on-ones, it doesn't matter, we're always competing, trying to improve," James said.
"I like the competition," Wilkerson said. "It brings out the best in all of us, and it's good having a lot of good tight ends in the room."
Carter and Lehman finished with more catches last season, but James emerged as a big-time target in the second half. He finished the year with a huge 41-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter against Wisconsin that gave the Lions a 21-14 lead in a game they eventually won in overtime.
"It was a great moment for the end of the season," James said.
The newest tight end, Breneman, is the most heralded of the group as he was a prized recruit. He missed his senior season of high school with a knee injury but has impressed his teammates.
"Breneman's looking great," Carter said. "He's definitely doing a great job out there with the blocking and the receiving and everything. I tried to take him under my wing in the spring and tried to show him a lot of different formations, the plays and everything. All summer we were doing a lot of route running and stuff."
O'Brien gets most of the credit for the tight ends, but position coach John Strollo was called "an awesome technician" by James. He also said O'Brien has done great work teaching the tight ends how to navigate through the defensive zones and find spaces to get open.
It's pretty much just pitch and catch at that point, and with so many big targets available, the quarterback has all kinds of options at his disposal.
"They're big, tall, they can catch the ball, so they're a much-improved unit," O'Brien said, "and we're looking forward to seeing how they do this year. "


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Inspections on motorized and trailered vessels entering Donner Lake will be mandatory starting this spring as officials attempt to stay one step ahead in the battle to prevent invasive species from breaching popular water bodies in the Sierra.A fee schedule for inspections, possible through a town of Truckee ordinance adopted last summer, could be presented to town council for approval in March, said Dan Olsen, animal services/code compliance manager, with a program-launch goal of May 2013. Fees will be designed to completely offset the program's costs, Olsen said, and not generate revenue for involved agencies."The health of local waters is extremely important to the character, natural beauty and economic vitality of the town of Truckee," Olsen said.A steering committee composed of representatives from the town, Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District, Truckee River Watershed Council and Tahoe Resource Conservation District - with feedback from a working group of residents - is developing the program and fees.Teresa Crimmens, a spokesperson for TRCD, said it's too early to talk exact dollar amounts, but one idea being floated is to have separate monthly, seasonal and year-long fees in order to accommodate second-home owners and visitors.While inspections have been voluntary in previous years at Donner Lake and other regional reservoirs, they've been mandatory since 2008 at Lake Tahoe under an agreement between TRCD and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Inspections are done to prevent the introduction of invasive species like quagga and zebra mussels into Tahoe, as the locust-like mollusks and other invasives like Eurasian milfoil could damage the region's environment and hurt the economy in the form of decreased property values and millions in lost tourism dollars."During the involuntary inspections at Donner Lake over the past few years, we collected a lot of data of where boaters were coming from," Crimmens said Tuesday. "What we found is many had previously launched in bodies of water that were known to be infested. Because of that, we knew the risk was there, and we felt it was important to protect Donner Lake."According to data collected since 2010, zebra mussels or quagga mussels do not live in Donner Lake, Crimmens said. Other less-dangerous invasives, such as Asian clams and crawfish, have made it into its waters, however.The ordinance extends to other town reservoirs, including Donner Creek, the Truckee River and a pond in Glenshire, although Olsen said most enforcement efforts will focus on Donner Lake.Inspections will be conducted by TDRPD staff at the public launch ramp on Donner Lake, Olsen said; additional off-ramp locations will be announced as appropriate to accommodate increased boating activity.While there will be no fee for non-motorized watercraft such as kayaks and paddleboards, they will be subject to inspection if identified as high risk, according to the town.TRPA OKs 2013 Tahoe fee scheduleThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency this week approved a slightly modified fee schedule for its 2013 boat inspection.The schedule does not raise the fees for required invasive species inspections, but does include additional fees when boats with certain accessories require decontamination, as well as when deferred payments are required. The agency also approved shortened hours at inspection stations this week.The agency's Meyers, Spooner and Alpine inspection stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Each of these stations is scheduled to be open May 1 through Sept. 30.The agency's Northstar and Homewood inspection stations would be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and closed Monday through Wednesday under the staff proposal. The two inspection stations would be open from May 20 to Sept. 8.Learn more at www.tahoe boatinspections.com.
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