Ms Pate claims she underwent a spinal fusion operation and has not been able to work since the accident in January 2009.

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Until recently he was Director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Culham, with responsibility for the UK fusion programme and operation of the Joint European Torus (JET).

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Hey, when Fusion-io launched, Facebook was a small operation, with its focus on the college market.

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