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Transition from hunting to agricultural society parallels development of woodworking tools, TAU research reveals
A polished axe from thePPNB period.
During the Neolithic Age (approximately 10000–6000 BCE), early man evolved from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, living in larger, permanent settlements with a variety of domesticated animals and plant life. This transition brought about significant changes in terms of the economy, architecture, man's relationship to the environment, and more.
Now Dr. Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations has shed new light on this milestone in human evolution, demonstrating a direct connection between the development of an agricultural society and the development of woodworking tools.
"Intensive woodworking and tree-felling was a phenomenon that only appeared with the onset of the major changes in human life, including the transition to agriculture and permanent villages," says Dr. Barkai, whose research was published in the journal PLoS One. Prior to the Neolithic period, there is no evidence of tools that were powerful enough to cut and carve wood, let alone fell trees. But new archaeological evidence suggests that as the Neolithic age progressed, sophisticated carpentry developed alongside agriculture.
Evolution of axes
The use of functional tools in relation to woodworking over the course of the Neolithic period has not been studied in detail until now. Through their work at the archaeological site of Motza, a neighbourhood in the Judean Hills, Dr. Barkai and his fellow researchers, Prof. Rick Yerkes of Ohio State University and Dr. Hamudi Khalaily of the Israel Antiquity Authority, have unearthed evidence that increasing sophistication in terms of carpentry tools corresponds with increased agriculture and permanent settlements.
The early part of the Neolithic age is divided into two distinct eras — Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Agriculture and domesticated plants and animals appear only in PPNB, so the transition between these two periods is a watershed moment in human history. And these changes can be tracked in the woodworking tools which belong to each period, says Dr. Barkai.
Within PPNA, humans remained gatherers but lived in more permanent settlements for the first time, he says. Axes associated with this period are small and delicate, used for light carpentry but not suited for felling trees or other massive woodworking tasks. In PPNB, the tools have evolved to much larger and heavier axes, formed by a technique called polishing. The researchers' in-depth analysis of these tools shows that they were used to cut down trees and complete various building projects.
"We can document step by step the transition from the absence of woodworking tools, to delicate woodworking tools, to heavier woodworking tools," Dr. Barkai says, and this follows the "actual transition from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture." He also identifies a trial-and-error phase during which humans tried to create an axe strong enough to undertake larger woodworking tasks. Eventually, they succeeded in creating a massive ground stone axe in PPNB.
Home makeover
Whether the transition to an agricultural society led to the development of major carpentry tools or vice versa remains to be determined, says Dr. Barkai, who characterizes it as a "circular argument." Whatever the answer, the parallel changes led to a revolution in lifestyle.
Beyond the change from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural economy, a new form of architecture also emerged. Not only did people begin to live in permanent villages, but the buildings in which they lived literally took a different shape. The round and oval structures of earlier domiciles were replaced by rectangular structures in PPNB, explains Dr. Barkai. "Evidence tells that us that for each home, approximately 10 wooden beams were needed. Prior to this, there were no homes with wooden beams." In addition, humans began to produce limestone-based plaster floors for their homes — which also represented a growing use of wood, since plaster is manufactured by heating limestone.
These architectural developments, along with building pens and fences for domesticated animals, also necessitated the felling of trees in large quantities.
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MSNBC just played the Sen. Larry Craig arrest tapes, and my friend Ken Walsh of U.S. News just said Senator Craig is in "very serious political trouble." We'll have some of that audio on the broadcast tonight. We'll also report on the Virginia Tech investigation, the tremendous heat wave out West (new Arizona record: 29 days of temperatures over 110), domestic politics, Iraq and a major anniversary worldwide.
40 years ago today
On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as the 96th Justice -- and the first African-American Justice -- of the United States Supreme Court. The vote was 69-11. Among those voting against confirmation: Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who remains a Senator to this day, and Sam Ervin of North Carolina, who became a national figure six years later as chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee.
Marshall, whose great-grandfather was a slave, had argued and won dozens of civil rights cases before the Supreme Court in the years prior to his nomination -- most notably Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. He served as a Supreme Court Justice for almost a quarter-century. When Justice Marshall retired in 1991, President George H.W. Bush chose to replace him with Clarence Thomas.
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6:00pm Friday 6th December 2013 in Hyndburn By Michael Morrison, Hyndburn reporter
A PETITION has been launched in Hyndburn to restrict the amount of money that punters can spend on betting machines, dubbed 'the crack cocaine of gambling'.
MP Graham Jones backed calls for the government to include restrictions on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) and has long campaigned against machines The machines are available in betting shops across the country, and allow punters to stake £100 on every spin.
Critics have claimed they lead to an increase in crime and are addictive.
Only four machines are allowed in each shop, but there are thought to be around 32,000 in Britain and betting shops are a common sight on the modern high street.
Mr Jones launched the petition a week after the Labour party blocked government plans to let the machines continue to allow £100 maximum bets.
The Labour MP said: "The government had the chance to reduce the maximum stake on FOBTs to £2 and has once again tried to kick the issue into the long grass.
"These machines have been multiplying on our high streets for over ten years with increasing concerns about their dangers, not just here but in Ireland where they have already been banned. It can't go on any longer.
"And I will support any more that leads to the government taking immediate action on this issue."
Several councils have recently passed motions calling for the machines, which can feature casino and racing games, to be banned, or for greater powers to be given to local authorities to control them.
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Johann Hari: A personal apology
Thursday, 15 September 2011
I've written so many articles over the years laying bare and polemicising against the errors and idiocies of other people. This time, I am writing an article laying bare and polemicising against the errors and idiocies of myself. If you give it out, you have to take it. If you demand high standards of others, you have to be just as damning when you fail to uphold them yourself.
I did two wrong and stupid things. The first concerns some people I interviewed over the years. When I recorded and typed up any conversation, I found something odd: points that sounded perfectly clear when you heard them being spoken often don't translate to the page. They can be quite confusing and unclear. When this happened, if the interviewee had made a similar point in their writing (or, much more rarely, when they were speaking to somebody else), I would use those words instead. At the time, I justified this to myself by saying I was giving the clearest possible representation of what the interviewee thought, in their most considered and clear words.
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But I was wrong. An interview isn't an X-ray of a person's finest thoughts. It's a report of an encounter. If you want to add material from elsewhere, there are conventions that let you do that. You write "she has said," instead of "she says". You write "as she told the New York Times" or "as she says in her book", instead of just replacing the garbled chunk she said with the clear chunk she wrote or said elsewhere. If I had asked the many experienced colleagues I have here at The Independent – who have always been very generous with their time – they would have told me that, and they would have explained just how wrong I was. It was arrogant and stupid of me not to ask.
The other thing I did wrong was that several years ago I started to notice some things I didn't like in the Wikipedia entry about me, so I took them out. To do that, I created a user-name that wasn't my own. Using that user-name, I continued to edit my own Wikipedia entry and some other people's too. I took out nasty passages about people I admire – like Polly Toynbee, George Monbiot, Deborah Orr and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. I factually corrected some other entries about other people. But in a few instances, I edited the entries of people I had clashed with in ways that were juvenile or malicious: I called one of them anti-Semitic and homophobic, and the other a drunk. I am mortified to have done this, because it breaches the most basic ethical rule: don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. I apologise to the latter group unreservedly and totally.
If it was the other way round – if a journalist I disapprove of had done something analogous – I'd be withering. I'd say, it's not hard: get your quotes right, and don't be mean about other people in a way you find painful when it's directed at you. Spare me the self-pitying excuses. Plenty of people have your problems and pressures and none of your privileges, and they don't do anything half as awful.
After it emerged that I had done this, some defenders of the powerful people I had taken on over the years for their wrongdoing saw an opportunity to try to discredit what I had written about them. Amid legitimate criticism of what I had done wrong, there were lots of untrue statements, but I'm hardly in a position to complain that some people saw it as an opportunity to take a free kick.
In 2007, I travelled through the Central African Republic to report on the fact the French government had been bombing the country. An anonymous claim was made that I had exaggerated the extent of the French bombing, and that I had fabricated a quote from a French soldier on the ground. Two representatives of the NGO that I travelled with came forward to The Independent's investigation into my journalism and they said my description of the bombing damage was entirely accurate, and that they have photographs of it. They also explained that they witnessed me speaking to several French soldiers when the person making these charges was otherwise occupied.
The worst part of this for me has been thinking about two sets of people. The first are all the readers over the years who have come up to me and told me they like my articles and believe in the causes and the people I've been championing. I hate to think of those people feeling let down, because those causes urgently need people to stand up for them, and they need their defenders. The second are the people here at The Independent, whom I have watched for the past eight years working phenomenally hard to get their stories right and to produce world-class journalism. I am horrified to think that what I have done has detracted from the way they get it right every day. I am sorry.
But offering words of apology is not enough. Christopher Hitchens once wrote: "If you don't want to sound like the Pope, who apologises for everything and for nothing, then your apology should cost you something." I agree. So first, even though I stand by the articles which won the George Orwell Prize, I am returning it as an act of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews. But this isn't much, since it has been reported that they are minded to take it away anyway. (I apologise to them for the time they've had to spend on this.) So second, I am going to take an unpaid leave of absence from The Independent until 2012, and at my own expense I will be undertaking a programme of journalism training. (I rose very fast in journalism straight from university.) And third, when I return, I will footnote all my articles online and post the audio online of any on-the-record conversations so that everyone can hear them and verify they were said directly to me.
In my work, I've spent a lot of time dragging other people's flaws into the light. I did it because I believe that every time you point out that somebody is going wrong, you give them a chance to get it right next time and so reduce the amount of wrongdoing in the world. That's why, although it has been a really painful process and will surely continue to be for some time, I think in the end I'll be grateful my flaws have also been dragged into the light in this way. I would like to apologise again to my readers, my colleagues and the people hurt by my actions. I know that some of you have lost faith in my work. I will do everything I can now to regain it. I hope, after a period of retraining, you will give me the chance.
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I saw this bandied about on twitter. Personally, I really dislike Johann. He's no fan of Islam either. I'm glad he's been humbled because he certainly hasn't spared anyone else in dishing it out. I hope journalism school works out for him.
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Grey Sauble Conservation has been selected to participate in the Shell's Fuelling Change Program. GIS (Geographic Information System) Coordinator, Gloria Dangerfield submitted a grant application to acquire a 3-D Mapping System. This will create high quality elevation data and improve the base data. This base mapping will include the accurate mapping of over 1400 watercourse tributaries, that run through Grey Sauble Conservation's jurisdiction in Grey & Bruce Counties and the watershed catchment areas through which these tributaries flow. We will also calculate environmental hazards such as slope and erosion hazards and flood prone areas using the new elevation information.
This new mapping system will assist staff in promoting the protection and enhancement of our natural resources
The easy-peezy-way-to-start: (even if this first part is all you choose to do, that's great- we need you today!)
1. Register at http://www.fuellingchange.com - click on red box in upper right hand corner to LOG-IN/REGISTER (not associated with any nasty junk mail).
2. You will be granted 10 votes just for registering! Use them towards Digital Mapping
for watershed conservation - Grey Sauble Conservation in the $25,000 category.
3. If you joint today you will receive a 100 extra free votes - this limited offer expires January 4.
4. If you link to your Facebook and Twitter account, you get 40 extra votes... use 'em!
The "I-want-to-keep-helping-and-playing-the-voting-game" steps:
5 a. From then on... every time you buy gas or anything at Shell you can go on line and redeem 10 more votes towards your favourite project (hopefully Grey Sauble Digital Mapping Project. All you need to do is go to "Redeem Codes" and type in this info from the Shell receipt: Date, Store # (ST) and Transaction # (TRAN) on the bottom of each receipt.
The "I-have-information-to-help" steps:
5 b. Do you have any old receipts kicking around for the period November 1, 2012 to present? If you don't want to play the voting game yourself, Grey Sauble can use your receipts for votes if you will please pass on the information ... type the Date, Store # (ST) and Transaction # (TRAN) from each receipt into an email, or just give us a call!


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Lorient v Evian Thonon Gaillard: Preview
Evian manager Pascal Dupraz has hailed opposite number Christian Gourcuff ahead of tomorrow's Ligue 1 meeting at the Stade du Moustoir.
Lorient are sitting comfortably in eighth position in the overall standings, a vast improvement on their finishing spot last year which was just one place and one point above the relegation zone.
Their current situation is in direct contrast to Evian, who finished ninth last term but now find themselves one place better than the bottom three.
``Christian Gourcuff done an excellent job. His team is better classified as ours,'' Dupraz told etgfc.com.
``This was not the case last season. We are not enemies. Instead, we would like them to do well, in their approach to football and their economic approach. It is a healthy club, where there is not much turmoil and do good things in post training.''
However, while Dupraz accepts Lorient will go into the match as favourites, he recalled their meeting in September when Gilles Sunu snatched an 85th-minute equaliser to cancel out Saber Khelifa's early goal for Evian.
ETGFC will also be boosted after they claimed a 1-1 draw against nine-man Marseille last weekend.
``The predictions of favourites will logically go to Lorient, but a game is a game and we'll play, I hope, in the same vein as the last,'' Dupraz said.
``Saying that, with a much better quality of play and our defensive solidity increased. We hope to claim victory.
``We should have won against Lorient. Lorient players have confessed they have rarely felt as rushed as they were that day.''
Jonathan Mensah and Mohammed Rabiu will be back in contention for Evian after returning from the African Nations Cup.
Lorient midfielder Mario Lemina expects a tough meeting against the Ligue 1 strugglers.
``We know that this team is very difficult to play,'' Lemina told fclweb.fr.
``It will be a very difficult game for us because we have a lot of trouble against teams from the bottom of the table.
``If we win against Evian, I think we can aim for other things than just survival.''


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Aurorans seeing savings with new electric system
By Matt Brennan For The Beacon-News November 9, 2012 12:54PM
Updated: December 12, 2012 6:28AM
Aurora resident Erica Packer was skeptical when she first found out about the city's electrical aggregation plan through a mailing to her home.
She was not sure that the plan to keep ComEd lines, but change power providers to a lower bidder, would help her. She stuck with it though, and in October, saw the results. Her bill dipped from $130 a month to $55.
The mother of two couldn't be happier about it.
"When you're a single-income family, every dime helps," she said.
Aurora was one of several area municipalities that offered their residents the option for cheaper electricity via referendum last March. The referendum asked voters if they wanted the city to bid for a lower-cost electricity provider for residents and small businesses. The power would then be delivered through ComEd's infrastructure.
The electric bills coming out to customers this fall are the first to show the savings from the new power process.
When Aurora's referendum passed, the city began looking at potential sources and found First Energy Solutions in Ohio.
As of this fall, 81.5 percent of Aurora residents and small businesses are taking advantage of the program.
The city conducted a public information campaign to educate residents between the spring and when the switch went into effect, according to city spokesman Kevin Stahr.
Residents did not have to do anything to become part of the program. Instead, they were given two opportunities to opt out, if that's what they desired, he said.
The average household taking part in the program saves about $300 annually, and the residents taking part are expected to save $30 million collectively over two years, Stahr said.
Between the high participation rate and the amount of money saved, Stahr said that the program has been a success. The city has also received posts on Facebook, and anecdotal stories of happy customers thanking them for the arrangement.
"We believe that the program has been well received in the community," he said.
Greg Vandeventer of Aurora was pleased to find out about the potential savings on his electricity bill. "If it lowers the bill, that's good news," he said.
Residents of Oswego, Montgomery, Plano, Yorkville, Big Rock, Maple Park and Newark all approved similar referendums in the spring, while Sugar Grove, North Aurora and Elburn gave their OKs a year earlier.
On Tuesday, the referendum was on the ballot in Aurora Township, Kendall County, Sandwich and Somonauk, but only Somonauk residents gave their approval.


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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – With just one week left in a productive spring season, the Chippewas hosted a full-scale live scrimmage in their indoor turf bay Saturday morning.
Designed to put players through a variety of game situations, the scrimmage was moved indoors at the last minute in order to take advantage of ideal conditions instead of adding a strong wind and rain/snow mix into the evaluation equation.
Four quarterbacks - Cody Kater, Alex Niznak, Cooper Rush, and A.J. Westendorp - rotated possessions with the first and second team offense against the first and second team defense.
"All of them have done a good job," said head coach Dan Enos after the scrimmage. "We are trying to get each of them enough reps to evaluate them, but this isn't a sprint to figure out who the starter is going to be. We'll see who wins it over the long haul, meaning the spring, off-season conditioning, summer time, and then fall camp."
Using a modified scoring system that awarded points for special offensive and defensive plays, in addition to touchdowns and field goals, the offense took an early lead with scores on three of their first four possessions. On the very first drive, Deon Butler broke a tackle and turned a short pass from Kater into a 45-yard gain which set up a pair of runs by Anthony Garland that got the offense into the end zone.
Niznak, using a balanced attack of passing and rushing on his first possession, matched the sustained drive led by Kater, and marched the offense downfield for a 26-yard field goal by Ron Coluzzi. Rush took over at quarterback on the fourth possession and promptly completed a 35-yard pass to Titus Davis on his first play from scrimmage. Two plays later running back Tim Phillips eluded several tacklers for a 30-yard touchdown run.
"We are so far ahead of where we were as far as the installation of the x's and o's," said Enos. "Having those 13 or 14 bowl practices really helped. We have seen a lot of carry-over from that going into spring practice."
The defense got back in the game and held a lead for a while after stringing together stops on seven of the next eight drives, including two interceptions, three sacks and three tipped passes at the line of scrimmage.
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View the complete interview with Coach Enos in the video above.
The annual spring game and kids clinic is scheduled for Saturday, April 13.
Scoring plays:
Anthony Garland, 6-yd run
Ron Coluzzi, 26-yd field goal
Tim Philips, 30-yd run
Ron Coluzzi, 23-yd field goal
Jesse Kroll 18-yd catch from Cody Kater
Tim Philips, 11-yd run
Titus Davis 22-yd catch from Cooper Rush
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UFC 158: GSP vs. Diaz Weigh-in Photos from Esther Lin
The wait is over and one of the most anticipated fights of the year is going to happen tonight. Georges St. Pierre will look to retain his title against a fierce challenger in Nick Diaz. A lot of smack talking has led up to this fight, but now it's up to them to show up tonight and bring it. Along with the main event, this may be a coming out party for Johny Hendricks if he's able to defeat top contender in Carlos Condit. Both are very dangerous wherever the fight goes, it looks to be an interesting one.


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Lung disease is something that affects everyone at some point in their life, whether it's asthma, bronchitis or lung cancer.
This weekend hundreds will hit the stairs inside one of Austin's tallest buildings to help in the prevention, control and cure of lung disease.
Miss Austin, Callie Thompson, and chair of the Fight for Air Climb, Mary Partridge ,spoke to KVUE about the event.
It will take place on Saturday, May 19 at the Frost Bank Tower. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The first climbers will go up at 9 a.m. For more information click here.
KVUE's Jessica Vess is on the Leadership Council for the American Lung Association chapter in Austin and will emcee the event.


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Thank you for
your interest in the work of the Transportation 2000 study group.
Governor Bill Graves
first convened the Transportation 2000 study group in June 1998
to review the state's transportation needs. The group's efforts
resulted in passage of the Comprehensive Transportation Program
(CTP) in 1999.
The Governor reconvened
the group in September 2002 because the state revenue shortfall
caused by the nation's economic downturn could impact the completion
of the CTP as originally envisioned by the 1999 Legislature. The
2002 Legislature did address transportation funding by passing House
Bill 3011, which increased motor fuels tax and vehicle registration
fees to shore up the CTP funding.
In his request for the
group to reconvene, the Governor told its members, "I believe
it is important for the public to understand how much the state
transportation program will be impacted should funding for the CTP
continue to be used to make up the State General Fund deficit."
Governor Graves asked the study group
Review CTP funding,
Confirm the future status of the CTP
Discuss these issues at several public meeting across the state.
Review CTP funding,
Confirm the future status of the CTP
Discuss these issues at several public meeting across the state.


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New one-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials such as nanowires and nanorods exhibit improved chemical and physical properties due to electron confinement and high-surface-area effects, and have enormous advantages for applications in energy storage devices such as dye-sensitized solar cells, batteries, fuel cells and capacitors.
A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSc or cDSC) is based on a semiconductor formed between a photo-sensitized anode and an electrolyte, a photoelectrochemical system. This cell is extremely promising because it is made of low-cost materials and does not need elaborate apparatus to manufacture and can be engineered into flexible sheets and is mechanically robust, requiring no protection from minor events like hail or tree strikes. Although its conversion efficiency is less than the best thin-film cells, its price/performance ratio (kWh/M2/annum) should be high enough to allow them to compete with fossil fuel electrical generation (grid parity).
Jun Yu, Ying Chen, and Alexey M. Glushenkov
Crystal Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9 (2), 1240-1244
Abstract: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have great potential for low-cost generation of renewable energy. However, diffusion of photo-generated electrons in existing highly porous films of oxide nanoparticles is slow and limits carrier collection efficiency, especially at red wavelengths. Titanium oxides (TiO2) nanorods and nanowires have substantial advantages in the applications in photocatalytic, nanoelectronic, and photoelectrochemical areas. These applications require a mass quantity of materials, but most current production methods can only produce a small amount of samples, suitable for laboratory research purposes only. We demonstrate here a new method for mass production of TiO2 nanorods from mineral ilmenite sands (FeTiO3). In this process, powder mixtures of ilmenite and activated carbon were first ball milled; the milled samples were then heated twice at two different temperatures. First high-temperature annealing produced metastable titanium oxide phases, and subsequent second low-temperature annealing in N2-5%H2 activates the growth of rutile nanorods. This solid-state growth process allows large-quantity production of rutile nanorods.
SEM images and XRD patterns showing sample morphology changes during the second annealing at 700 °C in N2-5%H2. (a) 4 h, (b) 8 h; (c) cross-sections of nanorods; (d) XRD pattern of the sample after second annealing.
Tao Tao, Alexey M. Glushenkov, Chaofeng Zhang, Hongzhou Zhang, Dan Zhou, Zaiping Guo, Hua Kun Liu, Qiyuan Chen, Huiping Hu and Ying Chen
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 9350-9355
A MoO3-carbon nanocomposite was synthesized from a mixture of MoO3 and graphite by a controlled ball milling procedure. The nanocomposite acts as a high capacity anode material for lithium-ion batteries and exhibits good cyclic behavior. Its initial capacity exceeds the theoretical capacity of 745 mAh/g in a mixture of MoO3 and graphite (1 : 1 by weight), and the stable capacity of 700 mAh/g (94% of the theoretical capacity) is still retained after 120 cycles. The high value of capacity and good cyclic stability of MoO3-carbon nanocomposite are attractive in respect to those of the reported MoO3 electrodes.
Alexey M. Glushenkov, Vladimir I. Stukachev, Mohd Faiz Hassan, Gennady G. Kuvshinov, Hua Kun Liu, and Ying Chen
Crystal Growth & Design, 8(10) (2008) 3661-5
Abstract: Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is an example of a compound whose nanostructures possess better properties than those of bulk crystals. This material is a traditional candidate for intercalation electrodes in Li-ion batteries and electrochromic devices. However, the performance of V2O5 is significantly limited by a slow rate of lithium diffusion in the lattice and low electronic conductivity. 1D nanostructures of vanadium pentoxide are able to solve these conventional problems and provide good electrode performance. A solid-state, mass-quantity transformation from V2O5 powders to nanorods has been realized via a two-step approach. The nanorods were formed through a controlled nanoscale growth from the nanocrystalline V2O5 phase created by a ball milling treatment. The nanorods grow along the [010] direction and are dominated by {001} surfaces. Surface energy minimization and surface diffusion play important roles in their growth mechanism. Real large quantity production can be achieved when the annealing process is conducted in a fluidized bed which can treat large quantities of the milled materials at once. The crystal orientation of nanorods provides an improved cycling stability for lithium intercalation.
Electrochemical testing in LiPF6 electrolyte. (a) Voltage vs capacity discharge curves of V2O5 electrode cycled between 1.5 and 3.5 V versus Li+/Li at a current density rate of 10 mA g-1. (b) Charge and discharge capacities as functions of cycle number
Tao Tao, Alexey M. Glushenkov, Hongwei Liu, Zongwen Liu, Xiujuan J. Dai, Hua Chen, Simon P. Ringer, and Ying Chen, J.
Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 17297-17302
Abstract: Pronounced and stable pseudocapacitance has been found in flowerlike FeTiO3 nanostructures that were synthesized from ball-milled ilmenite (natural mineral) under mild hydrothermal conditions. Each nanoflower is composed of many thin petals with a thickness of 5-20 nm and a width of 100-200 nm. The formation of these flowerlike nanostructures is attributed to a dissolution-precipitation mechanism involving an intermediate sodium-containing phase. Electrochemical properties of the obtained FeTiO3 nanostructures are evaluated in aqueous electrolytes. The capacitance of 122±14.5 F/g is measured in 1M KOH aqueous electrolyte at the current rate of 500mA/g, and 50±6 F/g is retained at 5 A/g. The material has good long-term cycling stability. According to our data, FeTiO3 nanostructures show functionality as an electrode material for supercapacitors.
Tao Tao, QiYuan Chen, HuiPing Hu, Ying Chen,
Materials Letters 66 (2012) 102-105
Abstract: A highly uniform nanocomposite of MoO3 and carbon with a weight ratio of 1:1 is prepared by employing a simple procedure of ball milling. Such composite as electrochemical pseudocapacitor materials for potential energy storage applications exhibits a high specific capacitance of ~179 F/g at a charge and discharge current density of 50 mA/g with excellent cycling ability over 1000 cycles. Compared with the capacitance of pure milled graphite (~22 F/g) and MoO3 (<10 F/g), an enhanced electrochemical performance of the composite with a weight ratio of 1:1 is attributed to its unique structure, in which MoO3 nanoparticles (with a size range of 1-180 nm) are uniformly dispersed in an electrically conductive carbon host.
Alexey M. Glushenkov, Denisa Hulicova-Jurcakova, David Llewellyn, Gao Qing Lu, and Ying Chen
Chemistry of Materials 22 (2010) 914-921
Abstract: Vanadium nitride (VN) is currently one of the most promising materials for electrodes of supercapacitors. The structure and electrochemical properties of VN synthesized by temperature-programmed NH3 reduction of V2O5 are analysed in this paper. Vanadium nitride produced via this route has distinctive structural characteristics and demonstrates capacitive properties in three different types of aqueous electrolytes, 1M KOH, 1M H2SO4, and 3M NaCl. The material has an acceptable rate capability in all electrolytes, showing about 80% of its maximal capacitance at a current load of 1 A/g in galvanostatic charging/discharging experiments.


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Top 100 Mom Blogs of 2012
The top mom bloggers — they make us laugh, they make us cry, and most importantly, they make us feel like we've got allies in this wonderfully weird world of parenting. Our Top 100 list is an annual salute to those who are brave enough to air their best and worst parenting moments, and includes blogosphere staples as well as newcomers. At Babble, we believe that all parents are in the business of raising the next generation together. We've brought people into the world who need us very deeply. And despite the "mommy wars" that hogged headlines this year, we need each other; we need to feel connected to those who are in the trenches with us. Here are the top 100 moms — narrowed down with the help of our esteemed panelists — who remind us that we're not alone. We realize this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the talent, humor, and kindness displayed daily in the blogosphere, and the way things are going, the talent pool of moms is only going to get bigger from here. So if you feel we missed a mom blog you love, please nominate it for consideration on next year's list. We want this list to reflect your opinions just as much as ours — Christina Couch
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After forming a couple of now-defunct mom blogs, Marsh is now focusing on any- and everything that catches her eye. Her namesake blog covers vast territory, ranging from fitness to sobriety, and largely focuses on Marsh instead of her three kids. These days, the former Air Force officer and current executive at Cool Mom Picks is also focusing on the bigger picture through her work with the child health organization Shot@Life and as co-founder of Blog With Integrity, a site that encourages the blogging community to follow good practices in terms of writing content and any brand relationships or sponsors.
Her three favorite posts:
Cry. Laugh.
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Furiously blushing.
Oh, and to add to my previous comment… if you DO try to click through the slideshow, at slide 46 or so it inexplicably jumps to the Top 50 Dad blogs and won't even let you see the rest of the Mom's list…
…the heck is going on?
I think you have mentioned some very interesting details , thanks for the post.
My name is Rob Buccheri. I'm looking for some feedback and a "mention" (if possible).
Preschool YouTube video story told by: Rob Buccheri
"Tommy Rocks". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxm4mWvdxwo
"Tommy Rocks" is a children's story presented in a preschool…"school readiness" television program learning style…much like that of "Sesame Street". VERY ORIGINAL. POSITIVE message TEACHES children to be a LEADER.
Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
I nominate Great Moments in Parenting, a new blog that celebrates the agony and the ecstasy of life with kids.
I nominate Life Through These Eyes, Tessa Rayannes blog! http://Www.tessarayanne.blogspot.com it's honest, talks about body image issues after having a baby, she's a therapist and has a ton of wisdom, first time mommy, fitness routines and goals, and even recipes and baby products!
I am also running a blog related to mother care and baby care – Me n Mom Health
Howdy! This is my first comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and say I truly enjoy reading your articles.
Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that go over the same
topics? Thanks!