CP is most commonly classified by its anatomic distribution (Box 72-1). Diplegic refers to involvement of both lower extremities. Hemiplegic is involvement of one upper and one lower extremity on the same side. Triplegic is involvement of one upper and both lower extremities. Quadriplegic is involvement of all four limbs. The type of muscle tone is attributed to manifestations of CNS dysfunction and further classifies the disorder to include spasticity, dystonia (athetosis), flaccidity, or mixed patterns.
* Most elbow problems occur in spastic hemiplegia, although occasionally those with quadriplegia develop fixed contracture.
Life priorities for individuals with CP differ due to their motor system disabilities. According to Bleck, the top four self-reported life priorities for individuals with CP were, in order of importance, (1) communication with others; (2) ability to perform activities of daily living, particularly personal hygiene; (3) mobility in the community; and (4) walking.2 As our society becomes more technologically sophisticated, use of the upper extremities becomes more critical. Care of the patient with CP has shifted toward an increased emphasis on improved upper extremity use.
CP is most commonly diagnosed at around 1 year of age due to delayed development of normal pinch motor milestones. Normal children develop two-handed activity and bilateral grasp, and progress from two-handed manipulation of objects to one hand at the age of 18 to 24 months. Early hand dominance is often a presenting sign in children with CP. In this scenario, a complete neurologic evaluation is necessary, including evaluation of their lower extremities, before a diagnosis of CP can be made.
CP is a disorder of the CNS that manifests itself in peripheral motor dysfunction and joint malpositioning. In spastic hemiplegia due to CP, the most common peripheral manifestations in the upper limb are shoulder internal rotation, elbow flexion, forearm pronation, wrist flexion/ulnar deviation, finger clenching (flexor spasticity), swan-necking, and thumb-in-palm deformity, as shown in Figure 72-1. Increased muscle spasticity causes muscle imbalance across joints, which initially leads to impaired function and eventually causes joint contractures with skeletal deformity. The typical elbow deformity of CP is elbow flexion and forearm pronation. Occasionally, it results in posterior dislocation of the radial head,32 which requires no treatment unless in adult life it results in a painful bursa; then the radial head may be excised. Flexion-supination contractures of the elbow can occur but are rare in CP.
Assessment of the patient with spastic CP starts with the history and physical examination. Because CP is associated with low birth weight and prematurity, associated medical problems should be noted, particularly seizures and mental retardation, which are indicators of more global CNS involvement.
Physical examination includes assessment of passive range of motion, active range of motion, muscle tone/control, and overall function of the limb (including hand function assessment). The limb is first examined for passive range of motion of the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand, evaluating for joint and muscle contractures. Even if only the elbow is to be treated, the shoulder, forearm, wrist, and hand need to be assessed because they are essential for the individual to effectively use the upper limb. Muscle tone is noted through the passive evaluation of joint mobility. Passive range of motion needs to be done slowly to overcome muscle spasticity with gentle sustained resistance. Assessment for muscle and joint contracture by passive mobility of the joint and passive stretch of the muscle is performed. The tightness and contracture of some of the muscles around the elbow can be easily palpated, particularly the biceps, brachialis, brachioradialis, and pronator teres.
Active range of motion is assessed next, including specific muscle testing for voluntary motor control, particularly of elbow flexion/extension as well as pronation/supination. Overall use of the upper extremity should be characterized both from history obtained from the parents as well as by direct physician observation. The dynamic positioning of the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, fingers, and thumb are noted, particularly for grasp and release, as well as pinch function. Age-appropriate tasks or toys that require two-handed use are helpful in this assessment.
Functional tasks that should be tested in every child are dressing, toileting, feeding, two-handed assisted work, grasp and release, and pinch. The functional goals for the limb should be established so that it can be determined whether the anticipated function is being accomplished by the patient. Goals for elbow surgery are different for a highly functioning hemiplegic versus a lower functioning quadriplegic. In a higher functioning child, common goals for elbow surgery include improved arm swing with gait, improved positioning of the hand in space, and improved cosmesis. For the lower functioning child or adolescent patient, common goals are decreased elbow contracture for better joint positioning and better hygiene.
In the past, sensory deficiencies of the hand were believed to be a contraindication to surgery in CP. If tested carefully, sensory deficiencies are present in nearly all children with CP.42 Several recent studies have shown that impaired sensation is not a contraindication to surgical intervention in the patient with CP.6,8,42 Appropriate consultation or multispecialty approach to care should be considered before considering surgical intervention. Several alternatives to surgical intervention exist and should be considered. Exploration of the treatment pros and cons may require discussions that include the rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, and neurosurgeons to adequately explore the options of tone reducing medications (diazepam [Valium], baclofen), tone-reducing injections (botulinum toxin, phenol), tone-reducing neurosurgery interventions (selective dorsal rhizotomy), or therapy interventions (splinting, stretching programs). At many institutions, a spasticity management team of specialists is involved with patient evaluation for tone-reducing interventions, and helps guide the orthopedic surgeon as to other treatment alternatives.
Irreversible surgical procedures should not be performed in children with acquired brain damage in the first 2 years after the insult. During this period, serial casting or splinting can be combined with botulinum toxin or phenol injections to deal with elbows with significant flexor tone. Another problem in children with acquired brain injury is heterotopic bone formation, usually about the anterior aspect of the elbow.35 Unlike adults, most children eventually resorb the heterotopic bone. Therefore, we recommend gentle motion and re-evaluation at least 6 months before any attempt is made at excision.
Cerebral vascular accidents commonly involve the middle cerebral artery or its branches in the region of the cerebral cortex supplying the upper extremity. Consequently, the upper extremity usually is affected more frequently–and more severely–than the lower extremity. Elbow flexion contractures are nearly always preventable in stroke patients if standard preventive measures are instituted early. In contrast, head injury is often associated with excessive elbow flexor tone because of decerebrate or decorticates rigidity. The spasticity may be so severe that nonoperative measures alone may not prevent elbow deformity.
Substantial neurologic recovery generally follows strokes and head injury. In stroke patients, most neurologic recovery is completed in the first 6 months; in head trauma, patients' substantial recovery extends over the first year and a half.17 Definitive surgical procedures to improve function are deferred until after the patient's neurologic condition has stabilized and he or she has learned to cope with the disability and has received appropriate nonoperative therapy.
Prevention of elbow muscle and joint contractures is paramount. Nonoperative therapy should include passive range of motion, splints, and serial casts; if progressive elbow flexion deformity develops before neurologic recovery, then botulinum toxin of the biceps and brachialis or phenol injection of the musculocutaneous nerve is performed.13 Elbow flexion contracture due to spasticity is the most common problem that ultimately requires surgical attention, because it commonly affects patients with nonfunctional hands. Surgery is indicated to correct contracture deformities that interfere with hygiene or cause pain; rarely, it is used to improve cosmesis. Operative intervention is usually deferred until neurologic recovery is complete, which is in 6 to 18 months.
After a thorough medical history investigating the etiology of the elbow spasticity and a documentation of related medical conditions, a physical examination is documented. Range of motion is determined by quickly and slowly extending the elbow. Quick stretch excites the velocity-sensitive components of the muscle spindle and may elicit clonus if spasticity is severe. Consequently, a greater range of extension often can be obtained by slow extension (often over 1 or 2 minutes) with the patient relaxed. Even with excellent patient cooperation, definitive differentiation of muscle tone versus muscle contracture is difficult. Ultimately, spasticity can be differentiated from fixed contracture only by preoperative nerve block or examination under general anesthesia.
Dynamic electromyography19,38,41 is becoming increasingly useful because it enables surgeons to determine more precisely which flexor muscles are responsible for a deformity (Fig. 72-2) or whether surgical ablation of a given muscle will be effective.26 Kozin et al reports its use in distinguishing spasticity patterns of the brachioradialis, biceps, and brachialis. This information is particularly valuable for patients with functional elbow motion because it enables the surgeon to release or lengthen only the muscles most involved and to preserve those that are less involved. Slow and fast volitional elbow flexion and extension are assessed. Attempts to move the elbow rapidly enhance an abnormal flexor response.
Anterior and posterior radiographs of the elbow are taken before any surgical procedure. Arthritis and other conditions common in the adult patients may be responsible for intrinsic joint restriction and can decrease the probability of a successful surgical outcome. For patients with traumatic brain injury, skeletal trauma to the elbow needs assessment. Presence of heterotopic ossification should also be assessed as this is a known complication of head injury.
Last, preoperative evaluation always includes a detailed assessment by a therapist and/or cooperation with a spasticity management team: evaluation of motor and perceptual function of the elbow, hand, and shoulder and examination of cognitive, vocational, and social factors that are important determinants of arm function and treatment goals.


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Q: How can I use one ImageList control for all forms in my project? I've an imageList control with a bunch of icons in my main form. I want to use these icons on other forms as well. How can i do this? Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks

A: Create a user control. They are valuable for reuse like this.

A: Do you want to reuse the entire ImageList, or would it be enough to just reuse the images themselves?
Usually you would do the latter, for which there is a very easy way built-in.
Under your project node in the Solution Explorer, expand Properties and double-click Resources.resx. Click Add Resource > Add Existing File. Browse to your icons/images and add them. This is the preferred way to add resources to your project.
Now anywhere you want to use an icon/image, from the forms designer you'll be able to select these files in the "Select Resource" dialog that pops up when you click the ... button on an image property in the property grid.
You can also access them in code, e.g.
   BackgroundImage = Properties.Resources.MyImageFile;

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The guys are back and this week they continue their discussion on the theology of God, specifically His providence. The guys will discuss the overarching theme of this attribute along with how it affects our lives as believers.
Have a listen and be encouraged.
Next Entry Morning = John 19:28-30: It Is Finished!


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/* Nous allons utiliser la bibliothèque animate.css
(http://daneden.github.io/animate.css/) pour animer
un bouton d'envoi de mail lors de la soumission. */

// On démarre avec une IIFE classique sur `sendmail`.
(function (win, element) {
  "use strict";
  var animateButton = function(event) {
    // On ne souhaite pas que l'utilisateur soit
    // redirigé lors de la soumission.
    event.preventDefault();

    // Lorsque le bouton est soumis on le fait
    // clignoter et on le désactive pour éviter la
    // double soumission.
    element.classList.add("flash");
    element.innerHTML = 'Mail envoyé !';
    element.disabled = true;

    // Après un moment, on affiche un message.
    setTimeout(function(){
      var p = document.createElement('p');
      p.innerHTML = 'Vous recevrez une réponse.';
      document.body.appendChild(p);
    }, 1000);
  };
  element.addEventListener('click', animateButton);
}(this, document.getElementById('sendmail')));

/* Comment faire en sorte que le message s'affiche
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Discussion sur les `promises` ? */

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PTC and Geomagic Announce Strategic Agreement to Offer Customers Increased Reverse Engineering Capabilities Pro/ENGINEER and ICEM Surf
PTC Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to Providing Industry Leading Styling and Surfacing
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 9, 2001- PTC, the product development company™ (NASDAQ: PMTC), today announced a strategic licensing and development arrangement with Geomagic of Research Triangle Park, NC. According to the terms of the agreement, PTC will incorporate Geomagic's technology into future versions of Pro/ENGINEER, PTC's market-leading mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) software, and ICEM Surf, PTC's premier surfacing system. The agreement demonstrates PTC's ongoing commitment to providing its customers with the world's best styling and surfacing capabilities.
Geomagic's technology simplifies the process of reverse engineering, which entails capturing a physical object and creating a digital model of it to automate the design, engineering and manufacturing loop. Traditionally, the process required specialists and yielded inaccurate results. Geomagic enables users to automatically process a 3D-scanned part, turning it into a surface model that is directly useable within Pro/ENGINEER or ICEM Surf.
The incorporation of Geomagic technology within PTC products will allow customers to quickly and very accurately reverse engineer parts of any complexity, including those with organic shapes that are often considered too time-consuming or difficult to process in traditional CAD/CAM environments. The proposed integration will allow this process to be completed entirely within Pro/ENGINEER or ICEM Surf without the need for external data transfer.
Pro/ENGINEER and ICEM Surf users are looking forward to the ability to rapidly surface a scanned model.
"Rapid surfacing is an important step in our manufacturing process. Being able to quickly create freeform and complex surfaces from a physical model inside Pro/ENGINEER is something we always wanted," said Robert Kolich, manager, Design Service, Fisher-Price. "We are happy to know that Geomagic and PTC will work together to create an integrated solution for rapid surfacing inside Pro/ENGINEER."
For AUDI AG, one of the major requirements is fast surface generation based on scanned data in early design stages. "Rapid surfacing functionality in conjunction with ICEM Surf will be a major step forward in AUDI's design process," said Klaus Schallé, manager, fairing process exterior and interior, AUDI AG.
"Our partnership with Geomagic expands PTC's ability to service our customers with a rapid surfacing solution," said Jon Stevenson, executive vice president and general manager, MCAD solutions, PTC. "Rather than waiting for the development of Class A surfaces, customers can rapidly and accurately surface a scanned physical model and provide data for early feasibility studies in body engineering, analysis and manufacturing. This makes the existing process at many companies better and faster, allowing for the exploration of more design alternatives upfront, resulting in better products for the market."
"Our focus is to fully automate reverse engineering processes and integrate them into mainstream design, engineering and manufacturing," said Ping Fu, president and CEO of Geomagic. "The partnership with PTC is a major step in helping companies turn physical parts into digital assets that can increase design efficiency, reduce inventories and enable new manufacturing options."
PTC plans to offer an initial implementation of Geomagic's technology in the next releases of Pro/ENGINEER and ICEM Surf.
About ICEM Technologies
ICEM Technologies, a subsidiary of PTC, is focused on driving the development and advancement of styling and surfacing solutions. This industry-leading technology combined with interoperability of PTC's MCAD software, provides customers the solutions they need to produce industry-leading products. Additional information on ICEM styling and surfacing solutions can be found at www.icem.com.
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help manufacturers get superior products to market before their competitors. PTC is the world's largest software company with a total commitment to product development and servicing more than 30,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is available at www.ptc.com.

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Q: permission denied with exec and composer I tried to execute a function to update composer or not.
But, the result display that the permission is denied
my composer.json is in 777
my composer.lock is in 644
thakn you
public function update() {
  $cmd =  static::$root . ' composer update 2>&1';

  exec($cmd, $output);

  return $output;
}

result :
array(1) { [0]=> string(59) "sh: 1: /home/www/demo/shop/: Permission denied" }

A: I am assuming that because there is a space before composer where static::$root is being prepended that you are specifying a path or env variable in static::$root.  This will not work as you cannot rely on composer being in the path.  You probably want to use something like exec("/usr/bin/composer update", $output); or /bin/bash -c /usr/bin/php /path/to/composer.phar update or some combination of the two commands.


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President of India Graces International Gita Seminar
November 29, 2022 Lucknow Tribune
New Delhi: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, graced the International Gita Seminar in Kurukshetra, Haryana today (November 29, 2022). She also launched the 'Mukhyamantri Swasthya Sarvekshan Yojana'; and Haryana e-ticketing projects for all public road transport facilities as well as laid the foundation stone for a Medical College and Hospital in Sirsa through virtual mode.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that Shrimad Bhagavadgita is a global book in true sense. It has been translated into many languages. This is the most popular book of India. The number of commentaries that have been written on Gita would hardly have been written on any other book. Just as Yoga is India's gift to the entire world community, Gita is the spiritual gift of India to the entire humanity. The Gita is a life code and spiritual beacon for humanity.
The President said that Gita teaches us to work hard and not worry about result. Working hard without self interest is the right path in life. Life becomes meaningful in doing work, renouncing both inaction and desire. To be alike in happiness and sorrow, to accept gain and loss with equal sense, not to be affected by honour or dishonour, and to maintain balance in all circumstances – is very useful message of Gita.
The President said that Shrimad Bhagavadgita is a book that promotes fervour in adverse circumstances and communicates hope in depression. This is a life-building book. She urged the organizers of the International Gita Mahotsav to make continuous efforts for promotion and dissemination of the message of Gita. She emphasized that putting the teachings of Gita into practice is more important.
The President said that she was happy to launch the health survey scheme and Open Loop Ticketing System and lay the foundation stone for Medical College and Hospital in Sirsa. She said that these initiatives remind us of the saying in the Gita 'sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ' which means those engaged in the welfare of all beings deserve the grace of God. She appreciated the Government of Haryana for these people-welfare initiatives.
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First Editions presents the bookworks by 1st year Queen�s undergraduate students in professor/artist Ted Rettig�s Design and New Media course offered through the Fine Art Program. Within this collection in the Project Room, the book becomes a site of creative revisioning, one where multiple stories, compositions and ideas can co-exist.
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GCN is part of Play Sports Network: the world's leading creator of cycling digital video distributed on YouTube and Facebook. Emma will be joining the current GCN team consisting of Simon Richardson, Dan Lloyd, Matt Stephens, Jon Cannings, and Tom Last. She will be involved in all things GCN including racing news and reports, training tips, 'how-to' guides', pro bike checks and bike tech.
Emma said:"It's wonderful to have the chance to join the fantastic team at GCN, who do such great work bringing cycling to a wider audience. I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences of the sport with GCN's viewers, using my background in engineering to discuss technology, and creating some exciting content this season. I'm incredibly lucky to have had a career in sport, and to have had the chance to take part in some epic events. I'll always be grateful for that and for the opportunities I've had. This new and different direction is exciting and a little frightening - but it won't stop me riding my bike and running! I'm hugely thankful to the sponsors who have supported me over the last years racing in multi-sport: NGI, Bond, GS Astuto, Sense Composites, OORR, Rotor, 3T, Healthspan Elite, 720 Armour, Salomon, and Wahoo.
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Sonoma Foie Gras Lobbies for — and Gets — SB 1520, the California Foie Gras Bill
Advocates Take Direct Action in Support of Vegetarian Restaurants
We have a big cheer today for California, which this week became the first U.S. state to ban commercial and sport trapping of bobcats, amid growing controversy over hunting the predators whose pelts can fetch hundreds of dollars.
The California Fish and Game Commission voted 3-2 to approve the measure, which was supported by Project Coyote and other conservation groups that gathered 30,000 signatures in an online petition.
The move comes less than a year after California took pioneering action by banning contests that award prizes for killing animals like coyotes that are not subject to hunting regulations.
We commend the state's willingness to lead the way in predator conservation and stewardship. Back in 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown had signed into law The Bobcat Protection Act, which was originally intended as a ban on the commercial trapping of bobcats. But it was amended before he signed it only to prevent traps around wildlife refuges, national and state parks and wildlife areas in California.
According to media reports there are approximately 100 licensed recreational and commercial trappers in California, who in recent years have tapped a market for fur used in coats and other apparel in China and Russia.
Apparently China and Russia have not evolved enough to recognize that fur is a thing of the past. It's not cool or modern to wear fur, in fact it's unnecessary, indulgent and an affront to non-human animals.
Bobcats, named for a short – or bobbed – black-tipped tail, are roughly twice the size of an average house cat and, although rarely seen, are the most abundant wildcat in the United States and has the greatest range of all wild cats in North America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
More proof that plant-powered athletes are taking the world by storm…we have a #cheer for David Carter, known as the "300 Pound Vegan", who signed a one-year contract last week with the Chicago Bears! Though he has played for the Arizona Cardinals during 2011–12 and the Dallas Cowboys in 2013, this upcoming season with the Bears is the first Carter will play on a vegan diet.
He has said in interviews that going vegan has drastically improved his performance both off and on the field, explaining to Plant Built magazine, "Before being vegan I suffered from tendonitis, arthritis, a dislocated finger from college that never healed correctly, nerve damage to my right hand and arm, muscle fatigue in my right arm (in football these are small injuries). In just two months of a plant-based diet all of those small injuries have gone away."
Carter is also an animal rights activist and campaigns for veganism on a regular basis. His website, The300PoundVegan.com, details his journey to a completely vegan diet and explains that not only has going vegan helped him physically, it's given him greater purpose as well:
"Converting to a whole foods plant-based lifestyle was the best decision I could have ever made for my body, mind, and spirit. The average lifespan of a professional football player is only 56 (due to extreme consumption of animal products which leads to heart disease, stroke, cancers, and other chronic illnesses), by making this one small change not only have I saved my own life but the countless lives of voiceless and defenseless animals everywhere. Not to mention veganism is great for our planet as well. Becoming vegan has given me a greater purpose, something bigger than myself to fight for, and fight I will"
We're glad to see vegan athletes getting the recognition they deserve in the professional sports world…which is why we're dedicating the feature article in our upcoming edition of ActionLine Magazine to notable and inspiring vegan athletes! Learn about their journey, what motivates them, and how veganism has changed their life. You can sign up for our print magazine by becoming a member with us today, or sign up for our email newsletter to receive a digital copy as well.
Friends of Animals (FoA) is disgusted by the slaughter of Africa's beloved lion Cecil (shown to the right in the last photo of him ever taken), a tragedy that only inflates the ego of yet another well-heeled trophy-shooting tourist. But we hope that the public awareness and backlash from this bloodshed can boost support for the African Big 5 Bill, drafted by Friends of Animals' (FoA) Wildlife Law Program Director Michael Harris. The bill would stop trophy hunting in its tracks!
The bill, introduced by N.Y. state Sen. Tony Avella in April, would ban the import, possession, sale or transportation in New York of five species of animals native to Africa. The legislation would protect the African elephant, lion, leopard, black rhino and white rhino, all of whom are threatened by illegal poaching and sport hunting. The African Big 5 bill passed in the NY Senate this past session, but it still needs to pass in the Assembly, so it will be reintroduced in January. If you want to help end trophy hunting…contact New York Assembly members and tell them to vote yes to the African Big 5 bill.
"The primary reason that each of the African Big 5 species is facing extinction is human sport hunting," Harris said when the bill was introduced. "Many of these hunts are purchased by Americans, and the trophies are imported into or through the state of New York. Domestic legislation like that being proposed today is vital to any hope of long-term survival of these species."
Too many Americans continue to see sport-hunting as romantic, or for that matter as ethical. Until we can get national bans put in place to reduce the number of sport-hunted African big 5 species brought into this country, it is vital that state's like New York, where a large number of these trophies are imported into because JFK airport is a major point of entry from Africa, take action on their own.
Dr. Walter Palmer is the dentist from Bloomington, Minn., who has been identified as the hunter who paid $55,000 to hunt 13-year-old lion Cecil, living in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. The beloved animal, known as Africa's most famous lion, was allegedly lured with meat out of Hwange National Park—a protected area that bans hunting—into an adjacent hunting zone where he was shot with an arrow on July 1. The lion was then followed for 40 hours before he was ultimately killed with a rifle.
The Facebook page for the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association posted a statement noting the guide who led Palmer and the campaign against Cecil was a member of its group and that he has since been suspended indefinitely. The guide/hunter, identified as Theo Bronkhorst, was placed under arrest earlier this month after reporting the "mistake," along with the landowner of the hunting area. Both are due in court on Aug. 6 for poaching charges.
Currently the African lion is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and classified as moderately protected under CITES—an international wildlife protection agreement—but is allowed to be hunted in some countries. Trophies can be easily imported into the U.S. as long as a CITES export document is obtained from the country the animal was killed in.
However, if there is any evidence to show a trophy was illegally obtained, a hunter could be found in violation of the Lacey Act, and face civil fines and criminal sanctions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
According to media reports, this isn't the first time Palmer has come under fire for his hunting techniques. In 2008, he was placed on probation for one year and fined $2,939 after lying to federal authorities twice about where he shot a black bear in Wisconsin.
1. If you want to help end trophy hunting…contact New York Assembly members and tell them to vote yes to the African Big 5 bill. This bill would ban the import of hunting trophies through NY airports which are major point of entery from Africa, and the passage of the bill will help other states enact similar legislation. Find the list of Assembly Members here to choose who you'd like to contact and after doing so, leave a comment below to complete the pledge!


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Home Jim Baggott - Atomic (The First War of Physics & The Atomic Bomb) (2nd Hand Paperback)
Jim Baggott - Atomic (The First War of Physics & The Atomic Bomb) (2nd Hand Paperback)
Format : Standard, Very Thick 2nd Hand Paperback.
Category : Non-Fiction - War & Civil War
Published : 2009 (This Ed. 2015)
Spanning ten historic years, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939 to 'Joe-1', the first Soviet atomic bomb test in August 1949.
Atomic is the first fully realised popular account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union to build atomic weapons.
Drawing on declassified material such as MI6's Farm Hall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives, Atomic presents a brilliant new account of the race to build humankind's most destructive weapon.
Rich in personality, action, confrontation and deception, Jim Baggott's book tells an epic story of science and technology at the very limits of human understanding.


"You Call It" is where the writers at WreckEm247, as well as a few friends, pick the winners of the Texas Tech game, the other Big 12 games and some of the top national games each week. They try to bring on a former Red Raider every week or sometimes a Tech commit to try his hand at calling each week's games. Here are the Week 1 predictions.


The only thing I would like to repeat is that yes, there are some clans can be quite infamous due to their frequent racist or/and elitist remarks and yes the T-22 sr. missions were widely rigged but people lose the right to complain once they start giving reports when those players are not misbehaving or there is no proof that they indeed rigged.
Created this topic to gather your suggestions and opinions about the in-battle report system.
1: How would you improve the report system?
2: Are 10 reports sufficient?
3: What suggestions can you give as an alternative to the report system?
We wait for your impressions!
-Just to be clear, this isn't a EU staff coordinated feedback gathering, its Dellroh's.
-And please understand that smaller language communities are friendlier and easier to control hence why EN wasn't so open as ES.
-If you do not speak Spanish please refrain from typing in Dellroh's topic (Google translator wont work!), you can however, give a constructive opinion on the comment section bellow here. I will be reading and I'm offering to compile and properly translate your feedback to him!


Where did the name Conservation 20/20 come from?
It was a slogan developed during the original campaign to signify 20/20 hindsight and 20/20 future vision – to learn from past decisions that resulted in Lee County having the lowest percentage of conservation lands on the Gulf Coast and moving into the future with a clear vision to balance growth with conservation.
How much land has been purchased to date?
Nearly 30,000 acres as of December 2017.
How much is currently in the Conservation 20/20 acquisition fund to purchase more land?
Approximately $45 million as of January 2018.
How are the properties maintained in perpetuity?
How much does 20/20 currently spend on annual maintenance?
Does the County need to keep buying conservation land?


People are more likely to try to break up a bar fight when they believe the conflict is too violent, or has the potential to become more violent, according to an international team of researchers.
Bystanders break up about a third of the fights that occur in bars and are most likely to intervene in conflicts between males, said Michael Parks, who recently earned his doctorate in sociology at Penn State.
These bystanders used nonaggressive interventions to break up about 65 percent of the fights between two aggressive males. Most bystander interventions were classified as nonviolent interventions, which included verbally stopping the fight, or separating the fighters, according to the researchers.
Parks said the threat of severe violence between males may be a cue for bystanders to intervene.
"Male-to-male aggression between two actors is usually considered by third parties to be the most severe, the type of incident that can lead to severe violence," said Parks.
Fights between males also receive the highest amount of aggressive interventions, when people enter the conflicts themselves as fighters, according to the researchers, who report their findings in the current issue of Aggressive Behavior.
The researchers said that incidents that pitted males against females, which was the most common type of aggression in the study, also received the lowest amount of intervention, with only 17 percent of those incidents broken up by third parties.
Despite the abhorrence that most people have for violence between men and women, the researchers theorized that bystanders may not intervene because they do not believe the encounter will escalate to severe violence, said Parks, who worked with Wayne Osgood and Richard Felson, both professors of criminology and sociology, Penn State; Samantha Wells, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, University of Ontario, and Kathryn Graham, associate professor of clinical public health, University of Toronto.
Third parties were also more likely to intervene when the fighters appeared to be more intoxicated, said Parks.
Social psychologists in the 1960s theorized that bystanders avoided intervention for a number of reasons, such as a person not acting because he or she believes someone else with intervene, according to Parks. The phenomenon is usually referred to as the bystander effect, he said.
"These results support recent research showing that the bystander effect may not be as dramatic or as strong as once thought in emergencies or dangerous situations," said Parks.
The researchers examined data from 860 relevant incidents from the 1,057 incidents of violence recorded in a 2004 survey of bar violence in Toronto. For the survey, 148 trained observers collected data over 1,334 nights at 118 Toronto bars with a capacity of more than 300 people. Each observer was screened for observational skills and had 25 hours of training to classify violence that included practice sessions in bars.
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Nobody wanted to be there. Not even one person. However, they were all there, and in a strange way, glad they were.
When a person is critically injured, when one's life is hanging in the balance due to some traumatic event - the family should always attempt to see to it that it's injured loved one goes to a Level One Trauma Unit, if it's possible.
The first few days, as a rule, the families keep to themselves. However, as time passes by, the families usually get to know each other - they share the joy when there is good news for a family, and they also share their sorrow when there is poor news for a family. The Unit's many families become a 'support group' for each other.
I have seen it often. As one of the social workers for the hospital I understand the dynamics of hope and the importance of support. I have seen families volunteer to take a family from out-of-town to their homes so that they could rest and shower. I have also seen strangers pray for the recovery of someone whom they did not even know 24 hours earlier.
On one occasion, a young man was severely hurt and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury and was rushed to our hospital. For days, his prognosis was in doubt. His mother was always in the waiting room and I am sure she experienced a roller coaster of emotions, and of course, she breathed a huge sigh of relief when the doctors gave her reason to hope.
Then she saw another mother in the waiting room whose daughter had not been given that hopeful prognosis. The daughter, she was told by the doctors, would probably soon pass away as a result of the severe injuries that she had sustained in a car accident.
The two mothers were soon linked together, strangers joined forever by a universal magnet - motherly pain. They became very close, supporting each other in both good and bad times. Ironically, the predictions for the two mothers were eventually reversed. The young man who was supposed to survive, unfortunately passed away, while the girl who was supposed to die is now making progress in Florida, in her home.
Families in the waiting room can eventually develop very close relationships and begin to care for each other. For example, there were two patients - one elderly gentleman and the other a teenager, who had been in the Unit for quite some time. Their families got to know each other, and became close.
Everyone burst out in deep laughter. Humour can be a great coping mechanism.
Yes, life can be very difficult. However, it can also be tempered if one has a support system to help and assist during those strenuous and exacting moments.
Support is very important - especially in the waiting room.


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Syria troops fire on protesters against president
This image, made from amateur video released by Shams News Network and accessed via The Associated Press Television News on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, shows a protest march in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Credit: AP
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 12, 2011
Syrian soldiers opened fire Friday on tens of thousands of protesters who flooded the streets shouting for the ouster — and even the execution — of President Bashar Assad as his embattled regime tries to crush a 5-month-old uprising despite broad international condemnation.
The calls for Assad's death were a dramatic escalation of the opposition movement's rage and frustration following a deadly week of military assaults on rebellious cities.
At least 11 protesters were killed after Friday prayer demonstrations: Five outside the capital, Damascus, one in the central city of Homs and another in Hama, two in the major northern city Aleppo and one in Deir el-Zour in the east, and one in the northwestern province of Idlib, according to activists. Military raids earlier in the day killed at least two people.
State-run news agency SANA said two policemen were killed in the Damascus suburb of Douma when they came under fire.
Friday has become the main day for demonstrations in Syria, despite the near-certainty of a government crackdown with bullets and tear gas. The latest rallies were largest in Homs and the outskirts of Hama in central Syria, Deir el-Zour in the east, Idlib province near the Turkish border and Latakia in the north.
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The protests in Deir el-Zour and outside Hama were significant because government forces took control of both areas during the past week during deadly military assaults. The fact that protesters still turned out was a strong sign of defiance and the latest signal that Assad's forces cannot terrify them into staying home.
Syrian troops opened fire on thousands in Deir el-Zour, according to two main activist groups.
Protesters struggled to turn out in great numbers inside Hama, however, due to the widespread deployment of soldiers and snipers stationed on rooftops, witnesses said. Syrian troops surrounded mosques and set up checkpoints to head off any protests.
"There are security checkpoints every 200 meters (655 feet), they have lists and they're searching people ... the mosques are surrounded by soldiers," a Hama-based activist told The Associated Press by telephone, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
He said dozens of soldiers were stationed in the Assi square in Hama, which had been the main converging point for hundreds of thousands of protesters in recent weeks.
In Homs and Idlib, where tens of thousands turned out, protesters shouted: "The people want the execution of the president!" The chant was the latest sign of how much the protest movement has grown since it erupted in March, seeking minor reforms and democratic change.
In the town of Qusair, near the border with Lebanon, authorities detained poet Abdul-Rahman Ammar, 68, in order to force his activist son to hand himself over, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the London-based Observatory for Human Rights in Syria.
Syria has banned most foreign media and restricted local coverage, making it impossible to get independent confirmation of the events on the ground. The government has justified its crackdown by saying it was dealing with terrorist gangs and criminals who were fomenting unrest.
The military offensive reflects Assad's determination to crush the uprising against his rule despite mounting international condemnation, including U.S. and European sanctions.
In Washington, presidential spokesman Jay Carney stopped just short of calling for Assad's ouster, saying that Syria "would be a much better place without him."
"We believe that President Assad's opportunity to lead the transition has passed," Carney told reporters traveling on Air Force One with President Barack Obama to Michigan.
On Friday, Syrian activists said troops and tanks stormed the town of Khan Sheikhon in the northern province of Idlib amid heavy gunfire that killed one woman.
The raid is part of a military operation in the restive area near the Turkish border in the past few days. Intense protests in the region triggered a harsh government response in June and forced thousands of Syrians to flee across the border to Turkey.
Many of those who fled are still living in several refugee camps across the border.
A flurry of foreign diplomats have rolled through Damascus urging Assad to end a campaign of killing that rights groups say has left about 1,700 civilians dead since mid-March.
But Assad has brushed off the reproach. In a continuing nationwide campaign of arrests, Syrian activists said security forces detained Abdul-Karim Rihawi, the Damascus-based head of the Syrian Human Rights League. A longtime rights activist, Rihawi had been tracking government violations and documenting deaths in Syria.
He was picked up from a cafe in central Damascus along with a journalist who had been interviewing him, according to rights activist Ammar Qurabi.
France on Friday condemned the arrest and called for his immediate release.
"By its brutal and symbolic character, the arrest of Abdul-Karim Rihawi constitutes a new unacceptable decision by the authorities of Damascus," a French Foreign Ministry statement said.
The statement said the arrest goes against the expectations of the international community and said the violent repression and political arrests must cease in Syria.
The Syrian uprising was inspired by the revolts and calls for reform sweeping the Arab world, and activists and rights groups say most of those killed have been unarmed civilians. An aggressive new military offensive that began with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the start of August has killed several hundred people in just one week.


What is the purpose of the SPE Competency Management Tool?
The SPE Competency Management Tool is available to its members to help them manage their professional and technical development, and in the process, help the industry deal with the impact of "Crew Change" by accelerating competency development.
What does the CMT do?
The CMT is quite versatile in that it not only offers the capability to perform a self-assessment, but also: a) defines the gaps relative to a job description in the model, b) identifies learning resources to bridge the gaps, and c) provides the user with a flexibility to develop and track a self-paced learning plan.
The tool was built over a number of years by pooling rich and diverse experiences of many people working in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry. The system upon which the tool is built is used by many companies in different parts of the world.
Yes, your personal results will not be shared with anyone. Only the SPE Administrator has access to assessments and that is only to monitor the system over time looking for ways to improve the tool and the user experience. Aggregate data is shared with SPE's Global Training Committee periodically to assess value and benefit of the tool.
Should I expect my assessment results to show skill and knowledge "gaps"?
Most users of the tool will discover that they have 'gaps' when they go to Step 2 in the tool, regardless of their job or the years of experience in the job. This may be concerning to some people, especially those who have many years of experience in their job. However, a gap in an assessment does not mean that the users are not good at their job, nor does it mean that the tool has failed. To understand why the tool may show a gap, please refer to the question and answer provided below.
Why might I have a "gap"?
All the jobs in the CMT have been defined very broadly, covering as many aspects of the role as the designers thought the job should appropriately cover. A few key soft skills and skills related to business acumen were also included in the job models in the CMT to improve analytical skills and communication. Based on the above information the users should be able to readily see that if they were to superimpose their own job description on the job description included in the CMT for their role, it would not align perfectly. To the extent that the user is doing only a part of the role defined in the CMT, the remainder that they are not doing, will show as a gap. There may in fact be gaps even if the roles match exactly, if there are deficiencies in user's skills. The gap can also manifest if the user has skills deficiencies in petrotechnical skills, soft skills, and business acumen skills included in the CMT job models.
What criteria should I use to decide whether to check off an assessment statement?
Can I assess myself against more than one job description?
Yes, you can assess yourself as many times as you like. You do not have to complete an assessment to start a new one, but if you do not submit a current assessment and start a new one, you will lose the current one. If you complete and submit an assessment and then start a new one, the last assessment will go into your assessment history report, which provides details of all the assessments you have completed.
How do you know the job level requirements (JLRs) were set accurately?
The JLRs were initially proposed by an experienced competency specialist and then reviewed and vetted by panels of subject matter experts with extensive industry experience.
Will I see my assessment results immediately?
Yes, your results – showing your assessment scores versus the job level requirement – will be available immediately after you press the "Submit" button.
What types of training are available and how will it be undertaken?
Learning plans will refer users to SPE training resources, along with resources offered by sister organizations, such as the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and also to generic course titles reflecting those offered by third-party course providers. The learning plan also may identify other resources such as SPE technical papers, books or other resources. In developing a learning plan, the user will be able to prioritize the competency gaps, select the most appropriate learning resources for each gap that they choose to work on, and determine the pace at which learning should take place.
How might I use the results of my assessment and Learning Plan?
The tool is primarily for your own use, to aid in steering your technical and professional development using the self-assessment and learning plan. However you may want to share the results of the assessment with your supervisor and enlist his/her help and guidance in selecting competencies to work on and learning resources to use. You might also include the results in your portfolio to show during a job interview, especially if you have entered relevant evidence to support your self-assessment.
Does SPE want my feedback on my use of the CMT?
Yes, because at the end of the day, any tool is only as good as its users find it to be – taking the time to provide feedback to SPE is the best way to make sure CMT is the best it can be and to help SPE better serve its members.
How does an "assessment" differ from a "performance appraisal"?
An assessment determines whether an individual possesses the skills and knowledge required to perform a job to a required standard, and highlights specific training and development needs. A performance appraisal is a review of an individual's actual performance during a specific time period.
The combination of awareness, knowledge, skills and attitude that an individual must demonstrate in order to meet the performance standards required of his or her job.
What is a "competency model (CM)"?
An aggregation of Competency Units – the set of tasks and responsibilities that a jobholder is required to know and have the skills to perform in order to be considered competent in the job. A model is typically grouped into five areas: Organizational Core, Functional Core, Support, Location Specific, and Behavioral and Soft Skills.
What is a "competency unit (CU)"?
A series of statements covering a specific topic. The CU topics describe specific business, technical and behavioral tasks, skills or knowledge. Each CU contains a general statement and a series of specific statements arranged in four levels of proficiency – starting with Awareness (Level 1) and moving to Mastery (Level 4).
What is a "job level requirement" (JLR)?
An indication of the expected level of performance of an employee in carrying out a specified task: Awareness (Level 1), Basic Application (Level 2), Skilled Application (Level 3) and Mastery (Level 4).
What is a "learning plan"?
A learning plan identifies the training needed to fill prioritized gaps between the employee's current skills and those required of the position, including the training type and expected time required, to fill the job requirement. Learning plans are composed of individual training events that have been matched to the competency units in each job competency model.


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Book Review: 'The Free' by Willy Vlautin
29/10/2014 / Lovewordsmusic
READ ON TO WIN YOUR VERY OWN SHINY, NEW COPY OF THE FREE!! (Competition closes Friday 14th November, 2014)
Holding The Free in my hands – before reading a single word – felt good. The ragged-edged pages felt lived in, worn-down, meaningful; reflecting the worn-down lives of the characters within. Pauline, Leroy, Freddie – oh my – how beautifully drawn they are.
Willy Vlautin at the Tuning Fork, Auckland, NZ. Image copyright Caroline Barron
I was lucky enough to chat to Vlautin when he was in Auckland this month with his new band The Delines. Click here to read more and to – wahoo! – be in to win a free copy of The Free.
I have two favorite things about The Free. Firstly, Vlautin's dialogue is some of the best I've ever read. I reckon you can tell he's a musician by his dialogue's perfect rhythm. You only have to read the conversation between street-kid Jo and nurse Pauline (154-164) to see he knows exactly where to go without (he mostly goes without tags) and where to add in (the only occasional action description between lines and lines of talk). The result is swaying, on-beat conversation in perfect real-life tone. Here, Pauline 'talks' to her useless, broken father:
"What are you going to do this weekend?" she asked again.
"What do you think?" he said and put his face back down to the soup. He held the spoon like a knife and began shoveling it in and again broth fell to the able.
In a man's voice she said, "What about you, Pauline? What are you going to do this weekend?"
"I don't know really," she answered in her own voice. "Maybe I'll go to New York and become a prostitute (22).
My second favorite thing about The Free is the italics sections. I eventually decided these sections were the inside of Leroy's waking/sleeping, it-doesn't-matter-which-it's-all-hell, mind. They are the nightmarish result of Leroy sinking further and further into his mind. The most interesting thing about the sections are that they subtly weave together three strands in a psychological braid: the sci-fi stories his mother reads out loud at his bedside, memories of the best time in his life – with Jeanette, and the horrors of fighting in Iraq. The title comes from these sections – 'The Free' are the vigilante group who caught people with 'the mark' (you'll understand once you start reading).
The Free by Willy Vlautin (Harper Perennial, 2014)
Vlautin cannot help shining his signature lamplight of hope down on his desperate characters. I sought out these moments like glimpses of gold in the pan. I loved his turning of the name of the vigilante group 'The Free' on its head in the scene where Freddie sits in his freezing cold, broken down car, thinking about all the bad things that had happened:
"But all these problems would be, they would always be in the shadows, and every person has their shadows. He'd keep his job and with his daughters back he had a home again and a purpose. His life wasn't a nightmare anymore. He was free" (291 – I've added the bold).
Pauline was a beautiful ray of hope throughout the whole book, embodying the book's dedication: "For the patron saint of nurses, Camillus de Lellis". I was listening to ZB (NZ talk-back radio) yesterday and was shocked to learn most elderly care workers in New Zealand are paid a paltry NZ$14 – $15 per hour – this for cleaning up feces, heavy lifting of patients and whatever else is required of them. To the woman who phoned in who worked in the community for this rate, and whose employer didn't even cover her petrol costs – kia kaha. You are my Camillus, my Pauline.
Oh, I almost forgot. Let's make it three favorite things. Thank you Willy Vlautin for introducing me to the music of Amália Rodrigues, also known as Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"). Wikipedia tells us that 'fado' is "characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics . . . and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fatefulness and melancholia. This is loosely captured by the Portuguese word saudade, or "longing", symbolizing a feeling of loss (a permanent, irreparable loss and its consequent lifelong damage)". What a beautiful and fitting soundtrack to the damaged lives of the characters in The Free.
Here's a spellbinding performance from Rodrigues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFgctURyGp4&list=RDHCqRrWQmZDLys&index=1
The Free is my best book of 2014 so far. And it's as good as November.
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dinoed out between both motors at approximately 1,400 horse power, Kavalar hull??????
Dinoed? Like getting knocked down and licked by the dinosaur character from the Flintstones....maybe?
Come on guys it's pretty apparent that the seller just has a problem with his zero key.
Nice lines on those old Scarabs.
With that kind of mind boggling power, it certainly must have peanut port heads.
With that kind of mind boggling power, it certainly must have peanut butter ported heads.
30,000th. I wonder what my old boss at the machine shop would do if I marked up a drawing like that.


Nowhere in the United States is a 40 hour work week on minimum wage enough to afford a 2 bedroom apartment.
Billy Batwinas, unable to work due to a severe case of cellulitis, could not make rent in East Boston. He had no choice to but to go to the streets. His wife, Geni, and son, Matthew, were able to stay in a motel that houses homeless families until they get back on their feet.
Unfortunately the motel would not let Billy to stay with his family until welfare recognizes their marriage.
Billy has no choice but to sleep behind the strip mall next to the motel.
This is a family of regular people. These are not drug addicts, they are not careless with their money, and they are not trying to live off the government. They are what so many families are facing today in America with no real sign of hope.


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Tesla model iks je prvi električni krosover kompanije Tesla. Prototip ovog modela predstavljen je u Los Anđelesu 9. februara 2012. godine, dok su prve isporuke počele već avgusta 2015. godine.

Dizajn
Predstavljanjem prototipa, 2012. najavljeno je da će model iks pozadi imati vrata koja se otvaraju nagore (Mask ih je nazvao "falcon-wing doors", a u istoriji automobilizma poznata su pod imenom "gullwing" - galebova krila), za njihovo otvaranje potrebno je svega 30 -{cm}- prostora sa strane, a senzori smešteni u njima mogu otkriti i ako su ograničena visinom te prilagoditi otvaranje tome (npr. u garažama). Teslin model iks sadrži i Tesla auto-pilot. Ovaj model takođe sadrži i specijalne senzor koji vide kroz metal. Tesla motors je saopštio da model iks spada u najsigurniji, najbrži i najsposobniji SUV u istoriji. Poseduje akumulator od -{100kWh}- i dometa od -{507km}- za jedno punjenje. Teslin automobil predstavlja kombinaciju klasičnog krosover vozila i minivena, pa je položaj vozača i putnika nešto viši u odnosu na limuzinu, uz dovoljno prostora između njihovih glava i krova. Model iks ima mesta za 6 ili 7 osoba, u tri reda sedišta, u konfiguracijama 2+2+2 ili 2+3+2. Sedišta u drugom redu pomeraju su električnim putem napred-nazad, nezavisno jedno od drugog, čime se ujedno olakšava ulazak putnika na sedišta u trećem redu.

Unutrašnjost modela iks, sa ogromnim ekranom od 17 inča na centralnoj konzoli preko koga se obavljaju sva podešavanja u vozilu, podseća na kokpit modela S. Luksuzan je i vazduh koji će putnici udisati, zahvaljujući deset puta većim i kvalitetnijim filterima HEPA u odnosu na standardne automobile, postoji dugme bio-hazard uz pomoć koje se aktivira filtriranje kontaminiranog industrijskog vazduhau sa minimalnim brojem bakterija. Ova opcija kod modela iks veoma je popularna u gradovima sa visokom stopom smoga. Automobil je opremljen vazdušnim sistemom oslanjanja, kao i bezbednosnom tehnologijom automatskog kočenja u slučaju opasnosti od sudara.

Specifikacije
Model iks teži za oko 8% više od Tesla modela S. Sadrži dve litijum-jonske baterije. Baterija -{Modela Iks dugi domet}- sa jednim punjenjem može da pređe -{507 km}-. Dok -{performans model}-, ima neznatno manju autonomiju u vožnji - -{487 km}-. Krosover ima pogon od dva elektromotora. Teslin SUV dobija pogon od dva elektromotora. Prednji raspolaže sa -{259KS}-, dok zadnji razvija -{503KS}-. Stoga je ukupni obrtni moment čak -{967 Nm}-. Svaki od motora prenosi snagu na odgovarajuću osovinu, čime se postiže pogon na sva 4 točka. Ukupni kombinovani obrtni moment dostiže za 967 -{Nm}-. Ubrzanje koje ovaj automobil ima u rasponu od 0 do -{100km/h}- je za 2,9 sekundi za performans model, sto je prema Ilonu Masku najbrži krosover na svetu. -{Model Iks dugi domet }- iz stanja mirovanja do brzine od 100 -{km/h}- stiže za 4,6 -{s}-. Maksimalna brzina oba modela je 250 -{km/h}- sa 967Nm obrtnog momenta. Tesla model iks će biti dostupan u nekoliko motornih verzija, a verzija sa najjačim električnim motorom će biti u stanju da proizvede snagu od 762 konjske snage. Cena ovog modela varira, u zavisnosti od motora i opreme, od $84990 do $124990.

Baterija
Baterije model iks su smeštene u podu što snižava težište, ali i ojačava konstrukciju automobila što prema navodima proizvođača čini ovo vozilo otpornijim na bočne udare.

Tehnički podaci

 Motor: Tečno hlađeni, trofazni asinhroni četvoropolni elektromotor
 Snaga: 762 -{KS}- od 5.000 do 6.700 -{o/min}-
 Obrtni moment: 600 -{Nm}- od 0,5 do 100 -{o/min}-
 Baterija: Litijum-jonska, 100-{kWh}-
 Pogon: 4x4
 Menjač: Automatski
 Ubrzanje 0-100-{km/h}-: 2,9 -{s}-
 Najveća brzina: 250 -{km/h}-
 Domet: 487 -{km}-
 Potrošnja goriva: ekvivalentna 2,4 l/100 -{km}-
 Garancija na bateriju: 8 godina
 Dužina: 5037 mm
 Širina: 2070 mm
 Visina : 1626 mm
 Međuosovinski razmak: 2.959 mm
 Težina: 2500 -{kg}-
 Prtljažnik: 744,7 – 1.645 -{l}-
 Cena: $84.990 (najjeftinija verzija)

Galerija

Reference

Spoljašnje veze
 Testiranje Tesla iks
 Zvanični sajt Tesla motorsa

Аутомобили
Tesla, Inc.
Електрични аутомобили
Теренски аутомобили
Никола Тесла

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At some point over the weekend, or perhaps sometime in the wee hours of this morning, you helped me hit a big milestone, guys. When I logged into my BDN blog dashboard this morning, I was most delighted to see that as of Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, Culture Shock, your source for the latest news in entertainment, nightlife and pop culture in Maine, crossed the one million page view threshold. Technically, I'm at 1,002,207, as of noon on Monday. While I didn't reach this point as quickly as my colleague and friend John Holyoke — he hit a million views in February of this year — I'm still only the second blog in BDN history to cross into the seven figure realm. That makes me feel real special, folks. Very, very special. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Seriously. Thank you. I love what I do and I'm so incredibly grateful to everyone for reading, commenting, sharing and being a part of what's going on. Whether it's writing about Maine's music scene (something I've done for nearly a decade and love doing more now than ever) giving you the lowdown on what's going on this weekend, announcing concerts or big events, or interviewing celebrities and interesting people, it's my job to keep you in the know about what's cool and fun in Maine.
And then I worried about how I could get my next million views — is it even possible? Can I do it? FEELINGS. UNCERTAINTY. FEELINGS. FEAR.
WILL YOU STILL LIKE ME NOW THAT I HAVE A MILLION PAGE VIEWS? I'M JUST A REGULAR PERSON STILL! CELEBRITIES ARE JUST LIKE NORMALS. PLEASE LOVE ME.
And then back to the party.
Thank you again. You make me feel like a million page views.


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9309.0 - Motor Vehicle Census, Australia, 31 Jan 2018 Quality Declaration
Latest ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/07/2018
Toyota the most popular choice for Australian drivers (Media Release)
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2018 KEY POINTS
There were 19.2 million registered motor vehicles in Australia as at 31 January 2018.
The national vehicle fleet grew by 2.1 per cent between 2017 and 2018.
Toyota topped the list of passenger vehicle makes for the 13th consecutive year with 2.9 million registrations.
Diesel powered vehicles constitute 23.4 per cent of the national fleet, up from 17.2 per cent in 2013.
STATES AND TERRITORIES
The number of registered vehicles increased in all states and territories.
The large increase in registrations for the Northern Territory is due to an identified undercount in 2017. Refer to TECHNICAL NOTE - Northern Territory 2017 Motor Vehicle Census Data Undercount.
Excluding the Northern Territory, Victoria reported the largest growth in registered vehicles increasing by 2.6 per cent.
Footnote(s): (a) See Technical Note regarding 2017 data.
Source(s): Percentage Change from 2017 to 2018 - By State-Graph_data 2018
Petrol powered vehicles decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 74.6 per cent of the national fleet.
Diesel powered vehicles increased by 1.3 percentage points to 23.4 per cent of the Australian fleet and remains the fastest growing fuel type.
Source(s): Proportion of Vehicles - By Fuel Type-Graph_data 2018
Light rigid trucks reported the largest growth rate of any vehicle type, increasing by 5.1 per cent, followed by Campervans with 4.6 per cent.
Passenger vehicles increased by 1.8 per cent however, their share of the national fleet fell 0.3 percentage points to 74.7 per cent of all registered vehicles.
Source(s): Percentage Change from 2017 to 2018 - By Vehicle Type (a)-Graph_data 2018
Average age of all vehicles registered in Australia was 10.1 years, unchanged since 2015.
Tasmanian vehicles reported the oldest average age at 12.8 years, whilst the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory had the youngest fleet with an average age of 9.4 years.
This publication presents statistics relating to vehicles which were registered at 31 January 2018 with a motor vehicle registration authority. Motor vehicle registration statistics reflect the information as recorded in registration documents and reported to the ABS by the relevant Motor Vehicle Registry. Unusual movements in registration counts are queried and confirmed with the relevant Motor Vehicle Registry.
Statistics are provided on vehicle types comprising passenger vehicles, campervans, light commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and motor cycles. Vehicle characteristic information includes make of vehicle, year of manufacture, type of fuel that the vehicle was registered as using, and Gross Vehicle Mass or Gross Combination Mass for trucks. The size of the motor vehicle fleet is also compared with the estimated resident population.
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.
This page last updated 27 July 2018


Journalist and editor focused on social features and multimedia storytelling. Graduated philosophy faculty at Belarusian State University, specialized in Media and Communication. Editor and co-owner of CityDog.by, one of the the most popular online citymagazines in Belarus. Her main specialization is rubrics on social issues: city activism, national minorities, creative industries development in post soviet city. A series of articles dedicated to the life of national minorities was awarded by UNHCR.
Recently, she worked on a series of articles devoted to the life of single-industry towns built around energy enterprises. For example, Ostrovets, where despite the history of the Chernobyl disaster, the Belarusian regime is building a nuclear power plant.
The founder of the multimedia historical project dedicated to the first decade of independent Belarus 90s.by.


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Jack Cutmore-Scott is an actor, known for the films Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life, The Go-Between, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Cabot College.
Theatre credits include his Broadway debut as Septimus Hodge/Gus Coverly in Arcadia (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) and Marquis de Cuigy/Christian/Others in Cyrano de Bergerac (American Airlines Theatre); Off-Broadway, as Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (Delacorte Theatre); and regionally, as Ken in Red (Pittsburg Public Theater), Nicholas Nickleby in Nicholas Nickleby (Lyric Stage), and Sloane in Entertaining Mr. Sloan (Plaza Theatre).


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Senate Won't Pass Health Care Bill Until House Agrees Not To Pass It
Yeah, it's weird.
Eric Boehm | 7.27.2017 6:21 PM
John Greim John Greim Photography/Newscom
In normal times, when Congress passes legislation, the two chambers are required to approve identical versions of a bill before it can go to the president's desk. It's one of the fundamental rules underpinning our bicameral legislative structure, where House and Senate are equal in importance and the consent of both is required to make law.
This isn't to suggest the process is clean and neat. This isn't Schoolhouse Rock. There are all sorts of political calculations that go into the legislative process and shape the outcome of lawmaking.
Sometimes, when the two chambers can't agree, a bill goes into a conference committee to iron out the differences and settle on a version both chambers can pass. Because, again, both chambers must agree on a bill's language before it gets to the president.
In normal times, when the Senate announces "we are going to pass this bill," and the House responds by saying "we would also like to pass that bill, exactly as it is," all the lawmakers who voted "aye" on that bill should be happy about the outcome.
These, of course, are not normal times.
And so we were treated to the spectacle of Senate Republican leaders Thursday asking a bizarre favor of their House GOP counterparts: an explicit promise NOT to pass the health care bill slated for a final vote in the Senate sometime in the next two days.
Here's how Burgess Everett, one of Politico's congressional reporters, put it on Twitter:
At GOP lunch, convo focused on whether they can be assured House won't pass skinny, will conference. Senate doesn't want it to become law.
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) July 27, 2017
Later in the day, Sen. Ron Johnson would specifically ask for "the assurance that whatever we pass tonight will go to conference." In other words, promise that the bill poised for passage on Thursday night will be rejected by the House.
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: The skinny bill "doesn't even come close to honoring our promise of repealing Obamacare" https://t.co/l2zkICQm90
— CNN (@CNN) July 27, 2017
How did we end up here? After attempts on Tuesday and Wednesday to pass vastly different versions of the Better Care Reconcilliation Act failed, it appears Senate Republican leaders want to go to a conference committee to settle on a final version of the health care bill. To get there, the Senate is prepared to vote on a so-called "skinny repeal" bill Thursday night or Friday.
The bill would repeal some of the Affordable Care Act's taxes and would dump the individual mandate and employer mandate that, respectively, require all Americans to carry health insurance and require all business with more than 50 employees to offer employer-based plans. The bill would maintain several other aspects of Obamacare, including the expansion of Medicaid eligibility. (At least, that's what is widely assumed will be included in the bill, though the actual text of the bill won't be clarified until after a long series of Senate floor votes on Thursday evening.)
It doesn't really satisfy anyone but has a chance of passing merely because senators know it would be worse to pass nothing, and because the reconciliation process being used to by-pass the Senate's 60-vote threshold has a time limit attached to it.
In other words, the Senate wants to pass a bill to avoid the embarrassment of not passing a bill. But under no circumstances does the Senate want that bill to become law.
There are four possible outcomes here.
The Senate could fail to pass the bill, at which point health care reform is dead, for now.
The Senate could pass the "skinny repeal" bill and the House could pass the same language, sending it to Trump (This is what the Senate leaders are apparently trying to prevent).
The Senate could pass the "skinny repeal" bill, followed by the House rejecting it. A conference committee develops a new bill, but one or both chambers fail to pass the conference report, at which point health care reform is dead (for now).
The Senate could pass the "skinny repeal" bill, followed by the House rejecting it. A conference committee develops a new bill, both chambers pass that new version and it goes to Trump. This is what Senate Republican leaders are trying to steer towards.
Even as a libertarian who usually takes comfort in disagreements between the chambers of Congress—usually nothing good comes of agreement—I have mixed feelings about all this. There's not a terrific limited government, free market solution in play, but the "skinny repeal" bill might not turn out to be a terrible compromise, even though it leaves in place the budget-busting Medicaid expansion and some of Obamacare's regulations. It's not great, but it's not awful either. Maybe the Senate will pass it and the House will pull a fast one, pass it too, and call it a day.
But if the Senate leaders get their way and pass this bill, the House rejects it, and something else gets hammered out in a conference committee, there's a chance it will be a better product (and a chance it gets worse).
The House Freedom Caucus, the closest thing Congress has to a libertarian voting bloc, will have an outsized influence on what the conference committee crafts. That's why liberal groups like the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities are warning that the "skinny repeal" bill is a Trojan horse that will be turned into a more robust repeal bill by the potential future conference committee.
Political considerations aside, the way this bill is being passed should concern everyone. Individual senators can bemoan the erosion of political norms and loss of "normal order"—as John McCain did on Tuesday, just as the Senate was about to tip over the edge into the health care abyss—but by passing a major piece of legislation in such haphazard and unconventional manner, they are contributing to that very problem.
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Eric Boehm is a reporter at Reason.
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Brandybuck
I am confused by this. I suppose that means I'm normal.
Charles Easterly
Senate Won't Pass Health Care Bill Until House Agrees Not To Pass It.
The asshole McCain was just on the radio barking his orders about how this illusion has to go down. Could the very public vacuum of ideas here implode the stupid party right here? I'm gonna need a bigger popcorn bowl.
Crusty Juggler :)
Could the very public vacuum of ideas here implode the stupid party right here?
It should, but remember the other team is just as retarded, so the GOP could still stay in power.
AlgerHiss
July.28.2017 at 5:27 am
"The asshole McCain…"
No one gives a rat's ass about McCain's Hanoi Hilton shit. He probably ended up there because he was a crap pilot with low skills.
God, I hate this guy.
McCain knows (or maybe he doesn't because of brain thing) that this is his last term as senator. He wants some legacy or has just lost his mind.
It does not seem like he wants any full repeal of ObamaCare and Medicaid expansion to come to the Senate either.
Ahem. These are the *new* normal times.
something something won't get fooled again, something something same as the old boss
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Longtobefree
So, upon reflection, and with the passage of the centuries, perhaps taxation with representation is not so much different after all.
How long does it take to get a permit in DC to build barricades?
Correction: The important adjective for the Medicare expansion isn't "budget-busting". It's murderous, having racked up an impressive body count.
Anonymous Bosch
Are you touched in the head? Skinny repeal would be the worst of all possible worlds. By leaving in place guaranteed issue for pre-existing conditions while stripping the individual mandate and not putting anything in its place, it all but guarantees acceleration of death spirals because healthy people will have no incentive to enter the nongroup market until they get sick. It pours gasoline on the dumpster fire and puts a Republican stamp on it ensuring the Democrats can run on health care and push through Medicare-for-all in 2020 (or 2018 if Trump flips back to the presumably genuine position he held before running for President).
Let's say the death spiral does accelerate. Doesn't that create pressure to stop it? Is that not a good thing?
Let's say they don't stop it, & health insurance is no more. Docs & hospitals will still be operating, & we'll just be back to where we were less than a century ago. Price of medicine no longer bid up. Problem solved, no?
You're assuming that a rational solution to the death spiral problem will actually be implemented. Repealing Obamacare IS the rational solution and it apparently can't be implemented now because the Republicans have no principles.
What's more likely to happen is the Republicans screw this up and lose in future elections, ensuring that the Democrats can save the day with single-payer.
Aloysious
How did we end up here?
We shoulda taken a left at Albuquerque.
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July.27.2017 at 10:39 pm
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*Jack Web.
Since when is Pismo Beach inside a cave!?
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"UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) ? Congressional Budget Office says 16 million more uninsured would result from GOP's pared-down health care bill."
"UPDATE: SAN FRANCISCO (SEVO) —- Congressional Budget Office says 16 million more won't get free shit from GOP's pared-down health care bill."
It's all in how you ask the question, isn't it?
Liberty =><= Equality
Congressional Budget Office says 16 million more uninsured would result from GOP's pared-down health care bill.
Seems like awkward phrasing, until you realize that they're including in that count people who would choose not to buy health insurance, once they don't have to worry about the indie mandate penaltax. So they can't say "16 million people lose their insurance", though that's clearly what they are trying to imply.
This is another example of why I don't want what the progs call by the bogus name "single-payer". Just imagine, if you will, that the Democrats had gotten "single-payer" through during the Obama administration, and thus we'd be in that system right now. This ridiculous clusterfuck is how the budget for all healthcare spending would be handled! And it would be administered by…a Trump appointee. Who would take his orders from…Trump.
If the progs think that's the definition of heaven they seriously need to find a new religion.
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Is Team Stupid TRYING to lose in the midterms to the identity politiking retards that Team Blue have become? This may be anecdotal, but when I was in line to vote during the last cycle I heard a couple couples discussing who and why they were voting. They were voting AGAINST the ppaca. Team Red better get a clue.
All the contortions and half- measures the GOP has put into its health insurance bills has been to appease McCain's fastidious notions of how the Senate is supposed to work. The unfortunate thing is that we are now stuck with this ACA, at least until it collapses.
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Our plan for including many academic partners in our research and classroom discussion process was quite ambitious, and the difficulties of sustaining engagement over multiple academic quarters proved challenging due to changing class structures.
Shifts in the focus of the Builders Association during their creative process, as well as unforeseen but required shifts in their schedule and scope of some of their creative residency time on campus, also proved difficult for some areas of our academic partners to remain on track. However, the deep engagement of the architecture class and graduate students from the dedicated theatre cohort, and the sense of theatre and performing arts having a viable role in the academic and community life of a large university were important outcomes. In the end, the greatest areas of academic impact resulted from capitalizing on the enthusiasm of particular faculty partners to spur greater involvement of their students, as well as the self-motivation of certain students who felt that the production's themes or sophisticated stagecraft resonated with their own interests to a high degree.
Cross disciplinary support for performing arts can lead to perceptual shifts among all involved and reinforce the value of cross-disciplinary learning opportunities which is of increasing importance in higher education. These shifts can range from small insights to profound change; likely, none of these shifts would have occurred had the process for the production not included the wide ranging cross-disciplinary/cross-departmental focus designed at the outset of our project.
The scope of this project was such that key participants engaging deeply were appropriate for the sake of the production and the process. In addition, we also directly experienced the impact of changes in leadership within our academic partners that affected the course of our project. Over the course of our project, we learned that more is not always better. Breadth and depth both come with a cost of personnel time, focus, and management. We also discovered how deeply rewarding it can be for artists to open their process to material derived from campus and community interaction that can take them in unexpected directions that ultimately contribute to making stronger work on stage.


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Jan Kudrna (né le  en Tchécoslovaquie) est un joueur professionnel de hockey sur glace. Il évolue au poste de défenseur.

Carrière de joueur

Carrière en club
Jan Kudrna commence sa carrière professionnelle à Písek en 1. liga. Il reste quatre saisons dans le club de Bohême du Sud avant de rejoindre le HC Bílí Tygři Liberec. Il participe à l'accession de son équipe à l'Extraliga tchèque lors de la saison 2001-2002. Entre 2004 et 2007, il intègre l'effectif du HC Slovan Usti nad Labem et obtient 2 titres de champion de 1. liga. Durant les saisons 2007-2008 et  2008-2009, il joue en Slovaquie dans les clubs du MsHK Žilina et du HC Nitra. Les 2 saisons suivantes, il fait son retour dans son pays natal au HC Tábor avant d'être recruté par les Rapaces de Gap au printemps 2011. Après une saison en Ligue Magnus, il est recruté par les Corsaires de Nantes en Division 2.

Statistiques

En club
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

| 1994-1995 || IHC Písek ||1. liga || -- || 2 || 5 || 7 || -- ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 1995-1996 || IHC Písek ||1. liga || 44 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 62 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 1996-1997 || IHC Písek ||1. liga || 30 || 2 || 6 || 8 || -- ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 1998-1999 || IHC Písek ||1. liga || 51 || 1 || 12 || 13 || -- ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 1999-2000 || HC Bílí Tygři Liberec ||1. liga || 38 || 4 || 10 || 14 || 42 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 2000-2001 || HC Bílí Tygři Liberec ||1. liga || 29 || 2 || 9 || 11 || 30 || 12 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 6
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| 2001-2002 || HC Bílí Tygři Liberec ||1. liga || 39 || 6 || 22 || 28 || 38 || 12 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 12
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| 2002-2003 || HC Bílí Tygři Liberec ||Extraliga tchèque || 34 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 22 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|rowspan="2"| 2003-2004||HC Energie Karlovy Vary||Extraliga tchèque|| 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|HC Oceláři Třinec||Extraliga tchèque|| 40 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 28 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 2004-2005 || HC Slovan Usti nad Labem ||1. liga || 49 || 4 || 11 || 15 || 26 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 10
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| 2005-2006 || HC Slovan Usti nad Labem ||1. liga || 48 || 6 || 9 || 15 || 44 || 11 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 10
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| 2006-2007 || HC Slovan Usti nad Labem ||1. liga || 43 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 34 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
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| 2007-2008||HC Slovan Usti nad Labem||Extraliga tchèque|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 2007-2008||MsHK Žilina||Extraliga slovaque|| 54 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 34 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 2008-2009 || HC Nitra ||Extraliga slovaque|| 58 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 71 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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| 2009-2010 || HC Tábor ||1. liga || 43 || 1 || 11 || 12 || 26 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 12
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| 2010-2011 || HC Tábor ||1. liga || 43 || 7 || 9 || 16 || 36 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|2011-2012||Gap Hockey Club||Ligue Magnus|| 25 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 28 || 9 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0
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|2011-2012||Gap||Coupe de France|| 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 25 || || || || ||
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|2011-2012||Gap||Coupe de la Ligue|| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
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|2012-2013||Corsaires de Nantes||Division 2|| 16 || 3 || 14 || 17 || 43 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 16
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|2013-2014|| Corsaires de Nantes ||Division 1
|| 23 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 26 || || || || ||
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| 2014-2015 || IHC Písek ||D4 tchèque ||9 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 8 || || || || ||

Palmarès
 Champion de 1. liga : 2001-2002, 2005-2006, 2006-2007

Notes et références

Naissance en juillet 1975
Naissance en Tchécoslovaquie
Joueur tchèque de hockey sur glace
Joueur du HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
Joueur du HC Karlovy Vary
Joueur du HC Oceláři Třinec
Joueur du HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi
Joueur du MsHK Žilina
Joueur du HK Nitra
Joueur du HC Tábor
Joueur des Rapaces de Gap
Joueur du Nantes Atlantique Hockey Glace
Défenseur de hockey sur glace