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Select Italy was just fine, getting the tickets I requested. I would however prefer to have the tickets mailed instead of having to pick them up. As a regular opera goer, my wife and I were very disappointed with the staging of Aida. The modern presentation did not make any sense, other than trying to "wow" us with the vastness of the stage. The mechanical animals made me laugh; people walking around the stadium with glowing balls were totally mechanical. Finally, absolutely do NOT book side seats... they were hard, harsh and cramped, making usual airline seats appearing roomy! Few years back I was seated in the center orchestra, but they were either way too low below the stage, or too far from the stage. In short, for those regular theater goer, the arena should be used for gladiators. Nevertheless, it is still a venue to be experienced at least once.
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I booked tickets for Aida well in advance. We altered our itinerary slightly to accommodate the date for the opera. I stumbled upon this service searching for "performances" while we planned to be in Italy. What a terrific service and what a peak moment for me, my husband and our 20 year old daughter. Opera the way it is meant to be experiencedand Select Italy was just right. Incredible seats and the ease which we reserved the tickets and paid was fabulous. I have told many friends about "Select Italy".
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We used Select Italy to book our tickets to see the opera Nabucco at the Arena di Verona. The site was easy to navigate, and our first preference for seating was confirmed within a week of ticket purchase. The tickets were easy to pick-up, but just be aware that you must pick-up your tickets hours prior to the performance, as the office closes well before the start of the opera in the evening. We will definitely be using Select Italy on our next trip.
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The Arena di Verona experience at AIDA was beyond our expectations. We loved every minute of the experience - such wonderful musicians, dancers, and artistic designer. Grazie! Molto Grazie!! Thank you for your help with this dream trip given to me by my school. We had tickets for four opera performance when we arrived, two at the Puccini Festival (LA BOHEME and TURANDOT) and LA TRAVIATA and AIDA at the Verona Festival. We bought tickets for THE BARBER OF SEVILLE for July 19th while in Verona. Every minute of all five operas was breathtaking in every aspect. I would recommend your service to any who travel to Italy. Barbara Sanders
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I loved the opera and the select italy it was very good. Than I to go in arena, the staf in Arena to sent me for 3 places, than i saw in voucher the adress, I took the ticket easy in agency. In 10 July the opera finished early because the whether, but it's ok.
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Aida is Verona opera festival's signature piece, and we were there during their opening weekend. It's just spectacular. Moon passing over Roman centurions guarding over the stage holding candles at midnight. One of the most memorable opera moments, I will never forget. Can't say enough good things about how Maria at Select Italy helped to procure all our opera tickets. Best seats. I'd strongly advise opera lovers to try to get to Verona's opera festival in their open arena.
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Q&A: Judith Hill on Her Shocking Elimination From 'The Voice'
Judith Hill performs on 'The Voice', Photo by Tyler Golden/NBC
Judith Hill auditioned for The Voice hoping for a shot at fame just like everyone else, landing on coach Adam Levine's team after a four-chair turn during the blind auditions. She quickly moved to the head of the class because of her stellar powerhouse vocals, seasoned stage presence and her close connection to Michael Jackson. (Before Jackson's death, she landed a gig on his ill-fated This Is It tour as his duet partner and sang at his memorial service.) Labeled a frontrunner early on, Hill was eliminated from the competition in a shocking upset earlier this week alongside teammate Sarah Simmons.
Hill called Rolling Stone while in New York to speak about getting the boot, Levine's controversial "I hate this country" remark and how working with Jackson may have sealed her fate on the show.
Were you shocked by your elimination?
I had such a blast during Monday night's performance [of will.i.am's "#thatpower"]. I felt like it was really the first time I could let my hair down. I was really happy I got to do that, so I went into Tuesday's elimination more confident and feeling like, "OK, I gave a great performance last night." So, yeah, it kind of took me by surprise.
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In retrospect, would you have changed your song selection?
Honestly, no. I chose that song for many reasons. One, the lyric really stood out to me and, especially coming off of doing the Michael Jackson song the week before, I wanted to do something very celebratory, and "#thatpower" is so positive. Just the words, "I'm alive, I can fly, I got that power," it was the perfect lyric for me and I really connected with it. Also, the song gave me a chance to really stretch out musically and do something unique onstage. I felt like it was an important moment for me.
Is that the type of music you'd like to do going forward?
That's my style. When I do uptempo songs, I like to bring in the funk and world music and different elements. That song in its raw form is not particularly my style, because I'm not a dance artist, but it gave me a chance to create more of a soul-funk vibe, which is definitely my style.
Right before you and Sarah were eliminated, Adam was caught muttering, "I hate this country." What do you think about that whole controversy?
Adam is a very passionate guy. I think he was just speaking in the moment with the frustration of Sarah and I leaving. I don't think he meant it literally. It was just that Team Adam took a really hard hit.
What did he say to you right after you got eliminated?
He was like, "Don't forget, this is a game show. It has no bearing on who you are as an artist. Don't let this stop you." He was very encouraging.
Who do you think will win?
Oh man, at this point, anything can happen, as you can see. Michelle [Chamuel], Danielle [Bradbery], Sasha [Allen]. . . but really anyone could win. Amber [Carrington]. It's hard to say. All of them are great.
Is there an artist whose career you'd like to emulate?
Lauryn Hill's always been a hero of mine. And Bruno Mars, Janelle Monáe and Adele, those are the current artists I would reference in terms of who's been able to do really amazing pop records with really cool, organic throwback elements of soul in there as well.

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A series of hearings across the state will give lawyers, community leaders and citizens an opportunity to discuss what works with the present conservatorship law, and how practice and procedure in conservatorships could be improved. The series begins on Sept. 20 at the Tennessee Bar Center in Nashville, with a 1 to 5 p.m. hearing. Other events are scheduled in Memphis Oct. 23, and East Tennessee locations Nov. 13-14. Hearings are being conducted by the TBA Special Committee on Conservatorship Practice and Procedure under the leadership of chair and Jackson lawyer Pam Wright. The committee welcomes written comments and brief testimony on the merits of the present conservatorship law found at TCA Title 34, Chapters 1 and 3, as well as suggestions for modifications that could improve its fairness, respect for rights, administration and procedure. Learn more about the hearings
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Court: TN Court of Appeals
Patricia T. Demarest, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Pro Se.
A. Ensley Hagan, Jr., Lebanon, Tennessee, for the appellee, Estate of Ronald Joseph Kroll, and Administrator, Jennifer M. Porth.
Judge: CLEMENT
Alleged creditor filed a claim against the decedent's estate seeking $524,160 for personal services she claims to have provided to the decedent during the last ten months of his life. She claims the decedent agreed that she would reside in his home and provide the decedent with around the clock care. Upon motion for summary judgment filed by the administrator of the estate, the probate court denied the claim, finding there was no contract or quasicontract between the alleged creditor and the decedent because the decedent was mentally incapable of entering into a contract, and that the family service rule barred the alleged creditor from recovering because the alleged creditor and the decedent were engaged to be married at the time of the decedent's death. We affirm.
Peter J. Strianse, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Cynthia Farrar.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young, Solicitor General; and Rebecca Lyford, Senior Counsel, Civil Rights and Claims Division, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: MCCLARTY
This appeal involves the forfeiture of property that had been either used or furnished in violation of the Drug Control Act. The property at issue was subject to a lien held by Citizens Bank. Following the forfeiture of the seized property, Citizens Bank notified the State of its lien and requested the return of the property. The State directed Citizens Bank to file an appeal with the chancery court. Instead, Citizens Bank sued Claimant for the balance owed on the property and an order of judgment was entered against Claimant. Claimant filed suit against the State in the Claims Commission, alleging that the State was negligent because it failed to notify the proper lienholder of the forfeiture. The State filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted by the Claims Commission. Claimant appeals. We affirm the decision of the Claims Commission.
Theresa L. Critchfield and Harold L. North, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Thomas Edward Rodgers.
Sandra J. Bott, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellee, Bonnie Faith Rodgers.
Judge: SWINEY
This appeal arises from a divorce. Bonnie Faith Rodgers ("Wife") sued her husband, Thomas Edward Rodgers ("Husband"), for divorce in the Circuit Court for Hamilton County ("the Trial Court"), alleging inappropriate marital conduct and irreconcilable differences. Wife and Husband had been married for more than 40 years. Husband answered and counterclaimed for divorce, also alleging inappropriate marital conduct. After a trial, the Trial Court divided the marital estate and awarded Wife periodic alimony. Husband appeals, arguing that the Trial Court erred in a host of ways, including its classification and division of the marital estate and its award of periodic alimony to Wife. Husband also appeals the Trial Court's extending Wife's Order of Protection against him for an additional five years. Wife raises her own issue regarding the allocation of certain vehicles. We affirm the judgment of the Trial Court in its entirety.
Duncan E. Ragsdale, Memphis, Tennessee for Plaintiff/Appellants Stephanie and Eddie Woodard
Katherine M. Anderson, Memphis, Tennessee for Defendant/Appellees Lawrence B. Gross, M.D. and Eduardo V. Basco, M.D.
Leigh M. Chiles and Quinn N. Carlson, Memphis, Tennessee for Defendant/Appellee Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals
Judge: KIRBY
This is a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff patient presented at the hospital emergency room with chest pains; a stent replacement was performed. Three months later, the plaintiff's treating physician told the plaintiff that she had suffered a heart attack during the stent replacement. The plaintiff obtained all her medical records and filed a lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the stent replacement. This lawsuit was later dismissed without prejudice. After the plaintiff substituted counsel and the plaintiff's substituted attorney reviewed the medical records, the plaintiff filed a new lawsuit against the emergency room physicians, asserting that they were negligent prior to the stent replacement. The emergency room physicians filed a motion for summary judgment, based in part on the three-year statute of repose. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant emergency room physicians, finding that the statute of repose had run on the plaintiff's claim. The plaintiff patient appeals, arguing that there is an issue of disputed fact as to whether the defendant physicians engaged in fraudulent concealment, so as to toll the time limit under the statute of repose. We affirm.
Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals
Chad Davidson, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Freddie L. Osborne.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy Wilber, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. (Torry) Johnson, III, District Attorney General; and Rob McGuire, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WOODALL
Petitioner, Freddie L. Osborne, appeals from the trial court's summary dismissal of the pro se petition for habeas corpus relief filed by Petitioner. After a thorough review of the record and the briefs, we affirm the judgment of the habeas corpus trial court.
John Jay Hooker on Friday told The TNReport that he expects to file a motion challenging Special Court Justice Andrée Sophia Blumstein's impartiality to hear his case on the constitutionality of the state's judicial selection method. Gov. Haslam appointed Blumstein and four others to sit on a Special Supreme Court to hear the matter. Three of them recused themselves last week. Hooker says Blumstein's role on the editorial board of the Tennessee Bar Journal, a publication of the Tennessee Bar Association, poses a conflict because the association is in favor of the Tennessee Plan.
In an order made public today, Senior Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood wrote that he has not lost his objectivity and will not step down in presiding over the torture slayings of a Knox County couple. "The court concludes that a person of ordinary prudence in the court's position, knowing all the facts known to the judge, would not find a reasonable basis for questioning the judge's impartiality," Blackwood wrote. The Knox County District Attorney General's pushed Blackwood to recuse himself from the cases of three of four defendants in the January 2007 slayings. The News Sentinel reports
Kevin Balkwill, disciplinary counsel in the Litigation Division of the Board of Professional Responsibility, is the new president of the Tennessee CASA Association. Meagan Frazier Grosvenor steps down from the position after serving two years.
Gov. Bill Haslam issued Executive Order No. 20 last week on "ethics policy and disclosures" in the executive branch of state government. While spokesman David Smith said the new order brings "clarity by combining everything from the two (previous orders) into a single executive order," it does not open up information on private meetings held by the governor as had been requested by the online news service TNReport. "There's just a lot of discussions that we have, that any governor needs to have, as part of the decision-making process that we go through on so many different issues," the governor told TNReport, though adding he might "revisit" his stance at some point. The News Sentinel reports
Judge Don Ash talks with the Daily News Journal as he prepares to step away from the Circuit Court and into a new position as senior judge. Ash says he wants to travel the state and take on new responsibilities, especially with appellate opinions, while preparing for an opportunity to spend more time with his family.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear a case Sept. 21 that explores how far a judge can go in curbing expression in a courtroom. The issue arises from pro se litigant Robert Peoples' reaction after a South Carolina federal district judge dismissed his lawsuit last year. That caused Peoples to tell a clerk that the judge should "get the f--- off all my cases." The next day the judge, Cameron McGowan Currie, gave Peoples a four-month stint behind bars. The National Law Journal looks at obscenity and courtroom expression.
Division IX of Shelby County Circuit Court will be closed this week, after the sudden death of Judge Robert L. Childers' daughter, Lisa Kay Childers Dickerson. She died Friday from complications of leukemia. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. For more information, contact court clerk Carlyse Nevels.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals is expected to issue an opinion this week on the recall of Mayor Ron Littlefield. But no matter how the court rules, the Times Free Press points out, city voters still will be considering changes to recall rules in the City Charter in the Nov. 6 election.
The Hamilton County Courthouse will celebrate its centennial anniversary in 2013, and there are many events planned to commemorate it. Events include a Christmas Open House, an Armed Forces Day Celebration in May, and Fourth of July festivities on the courthouse lawn that will include a laser light show and music. Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger is also planning a mini-museum featuring photographs of the current courthouse and its predecessors. The Hamilton County Herald has details
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We've all heard the pitch from professional investors, "Sure you can grow on your own -- but you can grow a lot faster with our money." Makes sense right? To grow fast, you need growth capital, often more than the business can generate internally. So we were surprised to learn that of the top nine breakthrough companies identified in our study, not one of them was financed during the startup stage by professional investors (Scott Cook of Intuit accepted a small amount of venture capital right before he went public -- but that was mainly to get famed VCs John Doerr and Burt McMurtry on his board).
That's right, the nine Inc. companies in our study that increased revenue and profits the fastest over a 22-year period started out with friends and family money -- and financed themselves internally well into maturity. Not that outside capital is bad. In our fieldwork with 52 companies over a five-year period, we came across a number of examples of how the right financial partner at the right time can make a real difference in a company's growth trajectory. But you should accept outside capital when and if it makes sense to you -- and not because someone tells you that it is a necessary requirement for success. Our research suggests it isn't.


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TAMPA, Fla. – The W-League is pleased to announce that the 2013 W-League Championship presented by Nike will be held July 26-28 at the world-class facilities of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. With the introduction of the W-20 league for 2013, the premier North American under-20 women's league will hold its championship alongside the W-League Championship July 25-28 at IMG Academy.
Hosting the W-League Championship at IMG academy is another step in the process of restructuring the W-League and W-20 to distinguish adult women's soccer throughout North America. The W-League and W-20 continue to be best positioned to prepare players and clubs for the next levels of adult amateur and professional women's soccer, and each step advances their alignment with U.S. Soccer's newly formed women's professional league, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
The W-League also announced a change in its alignment that will allow four conference champions to travel to the 2013 championship in Bradenton. While the Central Conference and Western Conference will remain intact, the two divisions within the Eastern Conference will become their own respective conferences – the Northeastern Conference and the Southeastern Conference.
"Bringing the W-League Championship to IMG Academy is a significant step forward in raising the profile and overall experience of the W-League's signature event," W-League Senior Director Amanda Duffy said. "In addition, having the W-20 Championship run side by side with the W-League Championship allows us to expose our younger players to the next level of women's soccer in North America while creating a better scouting environment for W-League and professional coaches.
"We are also excited to make the W-League alignment change to provide better competitive balance for final four qualification," Duffy said. "Creating two conferences from the Eastern Conference allows us to offer a true championship final four featuring the top team from each geographic region."
The 19th W-League season will see nine teams qualify for the postseason with one champion advancing from each conference to the 2013 W-League Championship presented by Nike. The four conference champions will meet July 26-28 in a 'final four' format championship. The semifinals will be played on Friday, July 26 with the winners meeting for the 2013 W-League Championship on Sunday, July 28. The 145-game W-League season slated to kick off on Saturday, May 11.
Eight teams will earn a trip to the inaugural W-20 Championship in July, with playoff allocations based on the number of teams in each division. The North Atlantic Division, which features eight teams in 2013, will receive three spots at the W-20 Championship. The Midwest Division (six teams) and New England Division (five teams) will each have two championship qualifiers, while the four-team South Atlantic Division will have one.
As the premier U-20 adult-amateur women's league in North America, W-20 provides the necessary platform for top 17- to 20-year-olds in the United States and Canada to compete at an elite level, while also serving as a reserve system for professional and senior adult-amateur women's teams. W-20 utilizes the W-League's operational infrastructure that emphasizes quality ownership, league standards and player development to maintain itself as the leader in under-20 women's soccer in North America.
The world's largest and most advanced multi-sport training and education complex, IMG Academy regularly hosts top soccer teams from throughout North America and the world. For more than 30 years, IMG Academy has helped countless youth, adult, collegiate and professional athletes reach their full potential in and out of sport, by providing world-class coaching, tailored programs and professional facilities within an energetic environment across a 450-acre campus.


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I would like to add my name to the growing list of leaders and citizens demanding the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
At the very least he has been less than forthright concerning the firings of the eight U.S. attorneys. And even in the absence of legal wrongdoing, his prevarications in public and private greatly compromise what should be an impartial and honest office.
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Jada Pinkett Smith candid on family, projects
This April 4, 2013 photo shows actress-filmmaker Jada Pinkett Smith posing for a portrait to promote the documentary, "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," in New York. The film is about activist Angela Davis. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith may have started as an actress, but these days her list of jobs includes author, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, successful businesswoman — and, of course, wife and mother.
With husband Will Smith, she started Overbrook Entertainment, which has produced many of Smith's films, as well as the upcoming remake of "Annie." But Pinkett Smith's more recent focus has been the documentary "Free Angela Davis and Other Political Prisoners," which marks the 40th anniversary of the acquittal of the 1970s political activist who once on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
Davis was removed from her teaching job at UCLA in 1969 because she was a member of the Communist Party. A year later, she was charged with murder and kidnapping in a shootout in front of the Marin County, Calif., courthouse, then acquitted by an all-white jury.
"I watched it and I thought I knew the Angela Davis story, and I even thought that I knew a lot about that era, and I didn't," she said. "And I was just amazed that I didn't know more, that it was my right to have a thorough understanding of such a pivotal figure like Angela Davis and what that era was."
Pinkett Smith says she not only learned a lot from spending time with the Davis, who was by her side for this interview, but she grew as a person. Pinkett Smith is trying to spread that kind of growth to others, especially via social media, where she frequently posts on thought-provoking issues, like blended families, bullying and more.
In a recent interview, the 41-year-old spoke candidly about her many roles, from the acting world to the one she's most proud of — as family matriarch.
AP: What did you know about Angela Davis growing up?
Pinkett Smith: Oh absolutely, I knew that she was a pivotal part of the movement and I knew that she was powerful and I knew that she was intelligent, but what I didn't receive was the beauty of her feminine side, you know, and her softness, and the strength in her vulnerable nature... I've learned a lot just simply being in her presence in that way, knowing that even in my own experiences, to be able to obtain a perspective that allows me to allow my experiences to deepen me and broaden me and make me more and not decrease me. So I would say that has been a gift.


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Images and external specifications for the so-called ASUS N10 leaked Friday, confirming rumors of the hard drive-bearing, non-Eee branded micro laptop. The simply-detailed N10 offers users a 10.2 inch widescreen monitor (rated at 1024 by 600 pixels), encased in a sandy colored shell, with a chrome polished hinge - Blogeee.net observes that the result is a very sturdy overall design. Confirmed are storage capacities up to 320GB, with supposed options for Windows Vista or Linux.
The keyboard is said to be vastly improved over previous models, with split function keys, as well as nicely proportioned modifier keys. It also features a sizeable track pad, with two chromed buttons, and a fingerprint reader at the bottom-center.
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Two men didn't make it very far after Lexington police say one fired a shot at two other men just outside Arby's on South Broadway near Legion Dr.
An off-duty KSP Sergeant was getting food at the drive thru window when he heard the shot and called for help. Two Lexington police officers were also in the parking lot and heard the shot. Seconds later, police say the two men ran right toward the officers who took them to the ground. At first, there was thought to be a victim, but one was never found. The gun was recovered on one of the men.
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January 16, 2014
The GIA has established the Tawfic Farah Memorial Scholarship, honoring the institute's former vice president of international operations.
Carlsbad, Calif.--The Gemological Institute of America has introduced the Tawfic Farah Memorial Scholarship in honor of the institute's former vice president of international operations who died last year.
The annual scholarship will award full tuition to an on-campus student at GIA to pursue their Graduate Gemologist diploma, including the required Diamond Grading, Colored Stone Grading and Gem Identification lab classes.
The first scholarship will go to a student at GIA's Mumbai campus, and will rotate throughout the global campuses in the following years. The institute has campuses in Carlsbad, Hong Kong, London, New York, Moscow, Bangkok, Mumbai, Taipei, Taiwan, Seoul, South Korea, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.
It will be offered beginning June 15 on the GIA website. Every year the application process will run through Oct. 31.
Farah died in May after 10 years with the GIA.
As the vice president of international operations, he made a lasting contribution to the institute's mission by building relationships in the Middle East and Africa, expanding education and beneficiation efforts in Africa, and supporting the global expansion of the GIA's services.
"Tawfic helped countless people, both students and members of the trade, by working to bring GIA's education programs to communities involved in the gem and jewelry industry throughout the world. He helped build GIA's relationships with governments and to create opportunities and choices where few had previously existed," said GIA president and CEO Susan Jacques.
"In keeping with the vision Tawfic gifted to GIA, we honor him in a way that reflects his personal passion and continues the great contributions he made to the communities that are part of our industry. His always positive and effervescent presence will be greatly missed."
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Lawrence Roberts, who said there were as many as 449 towers in the state at any given time, sent us this photo of the High Knob tower.
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Pop Warner Tackles Concussions by Limiting Practice Contact
The Pop Warner youth football organization is limiting contact in practices to try to reduce the risk of concussions.
Pop Warner, which provides youth football along with cheer and dance programs in 42 U.S. states, has implemented safety changes that include limiting contact to no more than one-third of practice time. It's also eliminated drills in which players hit each other head-on or at full speed beyond three yards.
"The two areas of highest concern are the quantity or volume of hits to the head and full-speed head-to-head contact," Pop Warner Executive Director Jon Butler said in a telephone interview. "Our two new rules directly address both of those points."
The organization said about 285,000 children participate in its football programs for ages 5 to 14 years.
"This upcoming season is the 83rd season for Pop Warner football and the No. 1 goal has always been to reduce any risk and keep the kids as safe as we can keep them," Butler said.
Pop Warner said it's the first youth organization to limit contact in practice. The changes at the grass-roots level come as the National Football League, the most popular U.S. sports league, seeks to improve player safety while facing more than 80 lawsuits filed by more than 2,000 former players seeking damages for head injuries sustained on the field.
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A recent editorial in the Cape Cod Times highlighted the ever-growing budgetary pressures on the Cape Cod National Seashore. Having a national treasure like this in our midst on the Cape brings with it a duty for all Cape Codders to ensure its continued success. A cynic might say that it is too important to leave the job to the federal government! But, in truth, there is an opportunity for all of us to do our part, to show our pride in the privilege of hosting one of the country's most popular national parks.
Beginning this year, the local nonprofit land trusts of the Lower and Outer Cape hope to lead an effort, funded privately and coordinated by The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, to encourage landowners to learn more about the ways and means and tax advantages of preserving part of their land. Some 600 private property owners live within the confines of the National Seashore, and thousands more live along its periphery in Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown. All of these homeowners can contribute to the integrity of the natural habitats, scenic beauty, water quality and historical values in and around the Seashore.
Some might be able to sell or donate a portion of their property to the town or local land trust — there are cash and tax incentives to do so. Others might place a rear acre or two under a conservation restriction, protecting the natural woodland. Still others might think to reduce the size of their lawn, or set some land aside for wildlife.
Cumulatively, these small acts of kindness to the native habitat can make a difference on their own and create encouragement for still more people to consider "living lightly on the land." That's the theme of a new booklet and video produced by The Compact as part of the voluntary, educational effort.
Peter and Gloria Watts of North Wellfleet live in a small antique Cape house in the Seashore. They owned a buildable vacant lot across the street. Rather than sell it for development, the Wattses first placed a conservation restriction on the parcel and later donated it to the Wellfleet Conservation Trust. Each time, the Wattses were entitled to receive major tax advantages — locally and at the state and federal levels — for making these land-saving decisions. The Park Service was happy to have the land protected in the Herring River watershed, without the high administrative costs the service would have incurred to take the land in itself.
At a meeting on Monday, Feb. 3, The Compact and the Seashore will sponsor a free and public meeting to launch the landowner outreach effort, "To Live Lightly on the Land." Speakers will represent the Seashore, The Compact, Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore and local land trusts, along with private landowners who have made decisions to do their part to help the Seashore. Join us.
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Barney Larry, (from left) executive director of Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation, Ron Peterson, chief executive officer of BRMC, and Ivan Holleman, chief financial officer, talk about new health care regulations that are affecting the bottom line at the hospital.
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Matthew Stafford says he plans to play 16 (or more) games this season. We love his optimism -- both in that he believes he can stay healthy for the first time in his pro career and that there will be a full slate of games in 2011.
Not that the Lions are skeptical, but it's safe to assume that they're glad to have a reliable veteran backup like Shaun Hill. Hill, who started 10 games last season, recently had some injury issues of his own: back surgery. However, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports that just six days removed from the procedure, Hill has already returned to offseason workouts with teammates (albeit on a limited basis).
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Congratulations Steve and Simon! Nice trophy, isnt it? Rumour has it that you'll have to defned it in Waldringfield Larks' back yard next year, good luck. Im looking forward to it already.
I confess I was not missing this years nationals one bit as I was keeping busy - happy [pregnant] wife, happy life etc. That was until my friend Mr Krailing reminded me. After a moments reminiscing, the whip came back down again and it was back to work. But I spent the last day itching to find out the outcome of a 3-way finale, which you won. About time too! I promised Alan that Id start training for a Ferry good event next year.
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Date Posted: 06 Jun 12 15:16
Steve and Si have certainly put the work in and are worthy and deserving winners, that they were run so close is a credit to the other contenders.
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I've always wondered what chemistry tastes like. Wait… is that a thing that people say? No. You're right.
A lot of things are chemistry in the kitchen, but this honeycomb situation is burning hot, boiling chemistry all up in your face. It's not like that time you threw in cayenne pepper with your olive oil and corn kernels to make popcorn and gassed yourself out of the house. That's homemade pepper spray and I've definitely never done that… but I know someone who has.
When sugar is boiled down with a bit of water and vinegar, things seem pretty benign. When baking soda and vigorous whisking are added to the mix, things change, on the quick. The result? Fluffy sweet, crunchy sweet, completely addictive sweet CANDY!
I love this life.
Ps. If my last post on Chocolate Dipped Bananas left you feeling like I was engaged to be married, rest assured that I am not engaged. If I were, I probably wouldn't announce it in a Chocolate Dipped Banana post. I received a few congratulatory emails and I thank you… and that was awkward for me alone. …I'm going to go clean the kitchen now. I love you. Not weird.
I think every part of the world has a different name for honeycomb. Maybe you call it sea foam, hokey pokey, Violet Crumble, sponge toffee, crack candy, dangerzone, or Crunchie Rocks. Whatever you call it, it's really just granulated sugar + chemistry.
Here are the step-by-step tones and emotions you might go through with this recipe. These are the things that are important, but not indicated in the recipe instructions below.
The recipe goes like this:
– Ho hum… sugar is boiling. I'm waiting waiting waiting waiting. I knew this candy thermometer would come in handy. I'm so smart. Wait. Am I doing something wrong? Should this take so long? What's that burning smell? Oh my pot-holder is on fire. Pffft.
– AAHHHHH quickly whisking boiling hot sugar with baking soda is TERRIFYING WHY AM I DOING THIS CANDY BARS ARE SO CHEAP!
– AAAHHHHHHHHH!!! You want me to hold a heavy pot and scoop out boiling hot sugar HOW FAST!?!? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME DO THIS!? JOY THE BAKER IS SO DUUUUMB GAWD!
– Oh. That wasn't so bad. I probably didn't need to scream like that… but maybe it helped the process.
– Oh! It's fun to crack this candy! It's just like stabbing.
– CHOCOLATE!!!! Back to yelling.
– I ate the whole batch. I really did just eat the whole entire batch. I've already talked myself out of exercising for the day and NOW THIS!
– I need a salad with extra feta cheese. I think I just gave myself a sugar fever. Is that a thing? It is now. I'm also going to do sit-ups while I watch this rerun of Teen Mom that I've already seen. What? Don't look at me.
Can someone please write a cookbook with emotional instructions alongside technical instructions? I should do that. We go through emotions when sugar comes to a boil. It gets REAL!
This honeycomb is crazy crunchy. This honeycomb melts in your mouth. It's sweet like candy but the bittersweet chocolate and salt helps tone down the madness. If you're already in the know… you need no convincing. If you don't know… believe the hype.
Homemade Honeycomb with dark chocolate and sea salt
adapted from epicurious and food network
makes about 2 cups of candy
1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
6 tablespoons water
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4 ounces dark chocolate, melted
1/2 teaspoon sea salt, for topping
Line an 8-inch square baking pan with foil and lightly grease the foil. Set aside.
Fill an empty sink with about 2-inches of cold water Set up a whisk and the baking soda near the sink. Timing is everything.
In a medium, heavy bottom saucepan whisk together sugar, corn syrup, water, cream of tartar, and vinegar. Attach a candy thermometer to the side of the pan and heat over medium heat. There's no real need to stir the pan as it begins to boil. Swirl the pan if you'd like. Heat boiling sugar mixture to 300 degrees F.
When the mixture comes to 300 degrees F, quickly remove from heat and gently set the pan in the cool water in the sink. Immediately add baking soda and quickly whisk to combine. The mixture will become foamy and frothy and look pale. It will turn slightly golden as you whisk. Before the candy cools too much, quickly spread it into the prepared pan. It doesn't have to fill the pan completely… just get it in there. It cools and hardens quickly.
Candy will set within 20 minutes. Crack into big pieces. Dip and/or sprinkle with melted dark chocolate. Allow to rest in the refrigerator until chocolate hardens. Place in an airtight container. I store my honeycomb in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
161 thoughts on "Homemade Honeycomb Candy"
"It's just like stabbing" really got me going. Thinking I'm gonna have to make this. If it turns out well I'm thinking it's gonna be packaged up given out as favors at a wedding shower.
I so love the emotional instructions too. The recipe I followed for caramels had emotional instructions too and I actually found that just as helpful b/c melted sugar is a bit scary. Can't wait to try this recipe!
I love the idea of making a homemade candy!! This sounds lovely joy!!
Ohh my gosh this looks so addicting!
Omg. This post is hilarious. I snorted out loud reading your emotional run down. I totally wouldn't be able to stop myself from eating the whole batch. Peanut brittle dues the same thing to me! Love it!
you just summarized my exact emotions when i attempt to make honeycomb candy. except yours is beautiful and isn't on the ceiling like mine typically is. I'll be trying your recipe the next time i feel brave enough to attempt it.
I love love LOVE honeycomb!!! It is my favourite. I normally eat a bag of it to myself as well, followed by a lot of guilt. Oh well, I feel like the guilt is justified considering how good honeycomb tastes :)
Joy, you are my FAVOURITE!!!!! (And, yes, in Canada, "favourite" has a "u")
so incredible. i may or may not have snorted out loud while reading your emotional instructions. i'm up for the cookbook!
Yum!! I love honey comb! and even though going out to buy a crunchie is easier than making it, home made honey comb tastes sooo good!!
Oh man. I used to make this when I was a kid! We used to get forks and pull out globs of it when it was still just warm and eat them. Sounds so dangerous, but I loved it!
I need this candy in my life! I love the idea of writing emotional instructions along with technical stuff – it makes sense really:)
Joy this looks awesome. I love honeycomb candy and I love that you DIY'ed it! My post tomorrow is chocolate covered peanut brittle! It's got so many similarities to this! I love candy like this! And good call on dipping it in chocolate!
Hokey pokey! I love this candy! The best part for me is when you brale it and inhale the honey dust
Yes I snort candy, sue me.
"Oh! It's fun to crack this candy! It's just like stabbing." That may just be my fav line of your blog EVER. This looks both tasty AND stress relieving.
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN—Last Thursday the East Greenwich girls soccer team felt it left two points on the table when it settled for a 1-1 draw with Coventry.
Tuesday night at Curtis Corner Middle School, the Avengers were lucky to leave with any points at all.
East Greenwich (9-0-4 Division I) trailed by two goals late in Tuesday's contest but a pair of goals six minutes apart salvaged a 2-2 tie with South Kingstown (4-4-5 D-I).
Even with the tie, the Rebels left the game feeling pretty good about themselves as a 1-0 loss to La Salle on Oct. 3 is SK's only loss during the month of October in six games.
"They're a really good team and it's the reason why they haven't lost yet and we're re really playing well right now," SK coach Toby Gibbons said. "We're starting to get it going at the right time of year."
Each team came out of the gates pushing and early on EG had a number of chances to get on the scoreboard but couldn't convert.
"It's a little frustrating not to score at the beginning of the game and get up one, possibly two," EG coach Scott Douglas said. "Then it makes it a lot easier but we just don't seem to get the first one and it haunts us like against Coventry the other night.
"…We got lucky tonight to come back. The good thing is the girls didn't quit, they played all the way to the end, they almost scored to finish it and so that they have to be proud of."
Then in the 31st minute the Rebels finally broke the scoreless tie on an incredible strike from senior Elecia Cardarelli, who put a ball on net from 35 yards out that perfectly went over the outstretched hand of EG goalkeeper Caroline Preston.
South Kingstown took a 1-0 lead into the break and in the 53rd minute scored what appeared to be a back-breaking goal on a beautiful strike 25 yards out from sophomore Isabelle Pesante.
"We've been talking about our structure and giving ourselves opportunities to get into those spaces so the shots will open up," Gibbons said. "Today a couple of them did. The kids did a good job, we would have liked to have gotten one more but we'll be happy with the two."
The Avengers couldn't get anything going over the next 10 minutes and seemed destined to suffer their first defeat of the season before junior Marissa McCann gave her team a chance.
McCann put a shot on net from the left side with 16:10 remaining in the game that appeared to be saved by SK's Bridget Montle, but in fact the ball just squirted under the Rebels' keeper to cut the deficit in half.
The score seemed to breathe new life into the Avengers and a little over five minutes later tied the game on a goal from senior captain Sarah Beaulieu.
In the final 10 minutes both teams had their chances.
With two and half minutes to go SK's Rachel Murphy got behind the EG defense and had a chance with only Preston in front of her but a fine tackle from behind by junior Alex Freeman prevented Murphy from getting a shot off.
The Avengers countered and 45 seconds later got a promising opportunity of their own but ultimately could not steal the full three points.
The good thing for the Avengers' is their ties over the past three games – extending back to a scoreless draw with Bay View Oct. 15 – is it is enough to lock up a first-round bye in the Division I playoffs.
Where EG finishes, however, is still to be determined.
The Avengers wrap up the regular season Friday at 6:30 p.m. when they host La Salle (11-0-2 D-I), who secured the top seed in the playoffs Tuesday night with their win over Coventry.
If EG can get a win Friday they will be the No. 2 seed no matter what but could fall to as far as No. 4 depending on what Bay View and Portsmouth do in their final games.
The Bengals play Cranston West (1-12-0 D-I) today in what in all likelihood will be a Bay View win, which would put them two points ahead of EG in the standings and bump the Avs to third.
The Patriots can tie the Avengers if they beat North Kingstown and EG loses to the Rams Friday. Since the two teams tied during the regular season it would come down to goal differential, which would likely go to Portsmouth.
As for the Rebels, too many ties have made things a little complicated as far as their seeding goes.
South could finish as high as the seventh seed or as low as the 10th depending on what happened in its game Thursday against Mt. Hope (results unavailable at press time), as well as what North Kingstown, Coventry and Cumberland do in their respective regular season finales.
Either way, the Rebels will have to play a preliminary round playoff game early next week and it will be at Curtis Corner if they're the No. 7 or 8 seed.
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Recently purchased the iPad. Never had any apple products so I'm kinda a noob. What are some functions of the iPad is there that I don't know about? Any secret stuff? I mostly just use it to browse Internet. Nothing else.
Also I'm bored today- what are some fun apps/games?
Tell us everything you know and then we will tell you the rest.
I don't know much of anything. just learned how to use the chat option for Facebook haha.
- double press the the button (the only one on your ipad) when you're finished using apps
- then, long press on the app - they will begin to shake and a red (-) will show up
- press that to fully close out of the app
will save mucho battery this way
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You can use a 4 fingered swipe to quickly switch between any running apps.
You can get a nice wallpaper for the iPad here:
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The only apps I have are Facebook tweetcastee and draw something haha. I'll definitely get a wallpaper tho!
Temple Run
The Weather Channel
Score Center
Cyclone Fanatic & Cyclones.com
Pandora/I Heart Radio
Groupon/Living Social
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- double press the the button (the only one on your ipad) when you're finished using apps
- then, long press on the app - they will begin to shake and a red (-) will show up
- press that to fully close out of the app
will save mucho battery this way
That's a little mean.
up-down-up-down-left-right-left-right-b-a deploys the internal keyboard.
Try flipboard
Am I not able to stream any tv shows from websites on an iPad?
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That's a little mean.
Why? I do this all the time.
there is an app called appstart. download that and it will tell you everything you need to know.
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text: Wade - Unregistered September 23, 2011 10:50 AM So basically Vettel has to win and none of the main drivers, that have been on almost every podium this year in different variations, can't be on there. Yeah, good luck with that. A Mercedes or a Renault would have to get on the podium for Vettel to get the championship here then. 1 agree 1 disagree


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Aluminum-doped zinc oxide ceramics with yttria doping (AZO:Y) ranging from 0 to 0.2 wt.% were fabricated by pressureless sintering yttria-modified nanoparticles in air at 1,300°C. Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, a physical property measurement system, and a densimeter were employed to characterize the precursor nanoparticles and the sintered AZO ceramics. It was shown that a small amount of yttria doping can remarkably retard the growth of the as-received precursor nanoparticles, further improve the microstructure, refine the grain size, and enhance the density for the sintered ceramic. Increasing the yttria doping to 0.2 wt.%, the AZO:Y nanoparticles synthetized by a coprecipitation process have a nearly sphere-shaped morphology and a mean particle diameter of 15.1 nm. Using the same amount of yttria, a fully dense AZO ceramic (99.98% of theoretical density) with a grain size of 2.2 μm and a bulk resistivity of 4.6 × 10−3 Ω·cm can be achieved. This kind of AZO:Y ceramic has a potential to be used as a high-quality sputtering target to deposit ZnO-based transparent conductive films with better optical and electrical properties.
Keywords:AZO:Y Ceramic; Nanoparticles; Coprecipitation; Sintering; Finer grain; Nearly full density; 61; 61.66.Fn; 61.72.uj
Transparent conductive oxides (TCO) as transparent electrodes have been widely used in thin-film solar cells and flat panel display devices [1,2]. The commonly applied TCO materials are In2O3:Sn (ITO), SnO2:F (FTO), and ZnO:Al (AZO) [1,2]. AZO has attracted much interest as a potential substitute for ITO due to the abundance of its constituent elements in nature, relatively low deposition temperature, and stability in hydrogen plasma [2,3].
The magnetron-sputtering ceramic target is one of the most widely used methods for AZO film deposition [3]. In the sputtering system, the target plays a major role in achieving high-quality films [4-7]. Generally, the target for sputtering TCO films should have a high density, finer grain size, and better conductance [7-11], which will be helpful for avoiding the formation of nodules to prolong the target lifetime [7,8], increasing the deposition rate and film uniformity [9] and meeting the requirement of direct current (DC) sputtering. The attempts to enhance the density of the AZO ceramic target become a crucial issue for both researchers and target manufacturers [7,8,12-14]. Sun et al. [12] fabricated an ultrahigh-density AZO sintered body (>99.7% theoretical density) after pressureless sintering at 1,400°C by adjusting the mass fraction of polyacrylic acid when slip casting a mixture slurry of commercial ZnO and 2 wt.% Al2O3 powders. Hwang et al.[13] found that the preliminary heat treatment under external pressure increased the density and uniformity after a final sintering. The maximum density value of 2 wt.% Al-doped ZnO sintered at 1,350°C was about 5.52 g/cm3 (approximately 98.9% of the theoretical density). Recently, Zhang et al.[14] used a two-step sintering process to obtain the AZO ceramic with a relative density of more than 99% by sintering the 30-nm sol–gel-synthesized AZO nanoparticles at the second-step sintering temperature of 1,000°C for 12 h. To our best knowledge, the nearly full-dense (namely, exceeding 99.9% of the theoretical density) AZO ceramic has rarely been reported and still kept a challenge as before, especially by a simple and low-cost pressureless sintering at a relatively low temperature.
Few studies have also shown that a small amount of a rare earth element such as yttrium introduced into a ZnO matrix can obviously improve the properties of both ZnO films and the corresponding ceramic sputtering targets [15-18]. For example, Han et al.[16] have utilized an electrochemical deposition method to obtain a 3.7 at% yttrium-doping ZnO film with a resistivity of as low as 6.3 × 10−5 Ω cm after post-deposition annealing in nitrogen at 300°C. GfE Co. (Nuremberg, Germany) has produced a novel aluminum-doped zinc oxide ceramic with yttria doping (AZO:Y) target containing a small amount of Y2O3 besides Al2O3, which can be stably sputtered by pulsed DC sputtering technology due to the higher conductivity [17,18]. Using this kind of target, Tsai et al.[19] found that the thin AZO:Y film deposited at 300°C had the lowest resistivity of 3.6 × 10−4 Ω cm, the highest mobility of 30.7 cm2 V−1·s−1, and the highest carrier concentration of 5.6 × 1020 cm−3.
However, the above mentioned research results mainly focused on the properties of AZO:Y films; the detailed investigation on the influence of Y doping on the mircrostructure and densification of the AZO ceramic target itself is lacking. In this work, we attempted to fabricate highly dense AZO:Y ceramics by pressureless sintering by a coprecipitation process using Y and Al co-doped ZnO nanoparticles as raw materials, and the microstructure and densification of AZO:Y ceramic were investigated.
Synthesis of AZO:Y nanoparticles
Y-doped AZO (AZO:Y) nanoparticles were synthesized by a coprecipitation process, using an AR grade of zinc nitrate, aluminum nitrate, yttrium nitrate, and ammonium acid carbonate as starting materials (all purchased from Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China). A 1 M distilled water solution of Zn(NO3)2·6H2O, Al(NO3)3·9H2O, and Y(NO3)2·6H2O, whose amounts were determined by Al2O3/[ZnO + Al2O3] = 2 wt.% and Y2O3/[ZnO + Al2O3] = 0, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 wt.% (the corresponding samples being named AZO:Y0, AZO:Y0.1, AZO:Y0.15, and AZO:Y0.2), respectively, were added to 2 M NH4HCO3 solution drop by drop at a constant temperature of 30°C with stirring to produce a mass white precipitate. After aging for 24 h, the precipitate was filtrated and washed several times, followed by drying for 12 h in an oven at 100°C. Then, the precipitate was calcined at 600°C for 2 h to form AZO:Y nanoparticles.
Sintering of AZO:Y ceramics
The as-received AZO:Y nanoparticles were first granulated by spray drying to form larger sphere aggregations with a diameter of approximately 10 μm and then were pressed by uniaxial pressing (50 MPa, 3 min) in a stainless steel die with a diameter of 8 cm. The green bodies were subsequently pressed by cold isostatic pressing (250 MPa, 5 min) and sintered in air for 8 h at 1,300°C in an electric furnace. In order to clearly observe the microstructure and conveniently measure the conductivity, the sintered specimens were ground and polished with a 1-μm corundum slurry and then thermally etched at 900°C for 20 min.
The phases of the AZO:Y nanoparticles and sintered specimens were identified by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD, D8 Advance, Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany) with CuKα radiation (λ = 1.5406 Å) operated at 40 kV and 40 mA and a scanning step of 0.02°/s. The morphology, microstructure, and composition analyses of the AZO:Y nanoparticles and the sintered bodies were performed using a scanning electron microscopy(SEM)/energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) system (S-4800, Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). The average particle/grain size of the as-calcined nanoparticle or sintered ceramic specimen was estimated from a minimum of 100 particles/grains obtained from the SEM images by the linear intercept method proposed by Mendelson. The densities of the sintered specimens were determined by Archimedes's method with a densitometer (MH-600, MatsuHaku Electronic Co., Ltd., Taichung, Taiwan). The bulk resistivities were measured by a physical property measurement system (PPMS; Model-9, Quantum Design Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) at room temperature.
Results and discussion
The SEM images of the unmodified (Figure 1a) and different amounts of yttria-modified AZO (Figure 1b,c,d) nanoparticles after calcination at 600°C for 2 h as well as the plot (Figure 1e) of particle sizes estimated from the SEM images as a function of yttria content are shown. All nanoparticle samples exhibit a nearly spherical morphology, and the average particle sizes are 45.5, 21.6, 19.1, and 15.1 nm for the AZO:Y0, AZO:Y0.1, AZO:Y0.15, and AZO:Y0.2 samples, respectively, which show a trend of size decrease with increasing Y2O3 contents. The result of the SEM images suggests that a small amount of Y2O3 addition can remarkably retard the growth of AZO nanoparticles during calcination. In order to explore the phase of AZO:Y nanoparticles after calcination, a 0.2 wt.% Y2O3-doping nanoparticle sample was used to carry out the XRD analysis, as shown in Figure 2. It can be seen that all diffraction peaks are only labeled to the wurtzite ZnO structure (JCPDS card no. 036–1451) without any secondary phase diffraction peaks from Al2O3 and Y2O3 or their compound. According to the energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analyses of AZO:Y0.2 nanoparticles shown in Figure 3, Al species are found, while the trace of Y species cannot be detected due to its trivial content to the EDS detection. It can be summarized that the role of yttria doping in the calcined AZO nanoparticles is to decrease the particle size.
Figure 1. SEM images and the calculated particle sizes. Images of AZOY nanoparticles calcined at 600 °C for 2 h: (a) AZO:Y0, (b) AZO:Y0.1, (c) AZO:Y0.15, and (d) AZO:Y0.2. (e) The plot of the particle sizes calculated from (a to d) SEM images as a function of Y2O3 content.
Figure 2. X-ray diffraction pattern of nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction patterns of (a) calcined AZO:Y0.2 nanoparticles and (b) standard wurtziteZnO curve from JCPDS card no. 036–1451.
Figure 3. EDS pattern of nanoparticles. EDS pattern of AZO:Y0.2 nanoparticles.
The AZO:Y ceramic was fabricated by pressureless sintering the calcined AZO:Y nanoparticles at 1,300°C in air. Figure 4 shows the XRD patterns of the sintered specimens at 1,300°C. For all sintered specimens, except for the main diffraction peaks corresponding to the hexagonal wurtzite ZnO structure, other small peaks are assigned to the ZnAl2O4 phase. Similarly, the phase related to the yttrium dopant cannot be observed. Because the ionic radius of yttrium (approximately 0.90 Å) is larger than that of zinc (approximately 0.74 Å), yttrium is hardly doped into the ZnO lattice. Almost all yttrium will react with Al2O3 to form an Al2Y4O9 phase, as described in the patent [18] and the literature [20]. In addition, we also use EDS to detect a tiny area with Y aggregation around the grain boundary and further verify that the atom ratio of Y to Al is 2.2, which is close to the stoichiometric ratio of the Al2Y4O9 phase (not shown in this paper). Considering the fact that the solubility of the Al element in ZnO is about 0.9 at% as determined by Zhang [21] and that excess Al2O3 totally reacts with both ZnO and Y2O3 to transform into ZnAl2O4 and Al2Y4O9, respectively, the final composition of the sintered ceramic can be approximatively expressed as 97.4 wt.% ZnO:Al + (2.6 to 2.5) wt.% ZnAl2O4 + (0 to 0.2) wt.% Al2Y4O9 with varied Y2O3 doping . Taking the theoretical density (TD) value of ZnO:Al, ZnAl2O4, and Al2Y4O9 as 5.610 g/cm3, 4.640 g/cm3, and 4.520 g/cm3, the reasonable TDs of the final sintered AZO ceramics can be deduced to be 5.585 g/cm3 for the yttria-undoped ceramic and approximately 5.583 g/cm3 for the yttria-modified ceramics using a weighted average calculation. The measured densities and the TDs as a function of Y2O3 concentrations are plotted in Figure 5. Increasing the Y2O3 content, the density of the sintered specimen increased from 5.524 g/cm3 (98.90% of TD) without any Y2O3 doping to the highest one of 5.583 g/cm3 (99.98% of TD) with a Y2O3 content of 0.2 wt.%. So, the small amount of Y2O3 addition can obviously enhance the density to be close to the theoretical density. Furthermore, our research also reveals that the Y2O3 content beyond 0.2 wt.% will severely deteriorate the density of the AZO ceramic (not shown here). A doping content of 0.2 wt.% Y2O3 should be the most optimal one.
Figure 4. X-ray diffraction patterns of sintered ceramics. X-ray diffraction patterns of the 0, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 wt.% Y2O3-doped AZO ceramics sintered at 1,300°C.
Figure 5. The measured densities and the theoretical densities. The measured densities and the TDs as a function of Y2O3 concentrations.
In order to understand the effect of Y2O3 modification on the microstructure of the sintered AZO ceramics, SEM was employed to observe the polished sample surface, as shown in Figure 6a,b,c,d. For the AZO:Y0 sample, one can observe that the grain is not uniform with an average size of about 5.7 μm, and some small white particles with a size of approximately 0.5 μm uniformly disperse in an inner grain and/or grain boundary. These smaller white particles are deemed to be the secondary-phase ZnAl2O4, as described by Han et al.[22] and also determined by EDS analysis as shown in Figure 6e,f, where the abundant Al element in the white particles is much higher than that in the AZO:Y grain. In addition, there are some small cavities and microstructural defects in the sintered body. However, with increasing Y2O3 content (shown in Figure 6b,c,d), the grain size decreases to 2.0, 2.4, and 2.2 μm for AZO:Y0.1, AZO:Y0.15, and AZO:Y0.2, respectively, where the grains become more uniform than those in the AZO:Y0 sample. Meanwhile, the small cavities and microstructural defects almost disappear with the increase of the Y2O3 content, implying an increase in density. This result is also in accordance with the measured density shown in Figure 5. So, the observation on the microstructure demonstrates that the addition of a small amount of Y2O3 may also play a key role in increasing the density, refining the grain, and improving the microstructure uniformity. The reason for achieving a highly dense AZO ceramic with a fine grain can be ascribed to the following two factors: The first may be due to the use of finer AZO:Y raw nanoparticles, which possess a much higher sintering activity. Due to the smallest particle size, AZO:Y0.2 nanoparticles can be easily sintered to bemore dense at a relatively low temperature. The second may be due to the existence of the secondary-phase particles in the grain boundary. Besides ZnAl2O4 particles, the introduction of Al2Y4O9 into the grain boundary by Y2O3 doping can further refine the grain size by inhibiting the grain growth by pinning or dragging the migration of grain boundaries [22].
Figure 6. SEM images and EDS analysis of sintered ceramics. SEM images of sintered ceramics: (a) AZO:Y0, (b) AZO:Y0.1, (c) AZO:Y0.15, and (d) AZO:Y0.2. EDS analysis of a (e) white ZnAl2O4 particle and (f) AZO:Y grain in the AZO:Y0.2 ceramic sample.
Except for a high density and fine grain, a low resistivity of the AZO ceramic target will meet the requirement of DC sputtering with a high deposition rate [5]. To study the effect of yttria addition on the bulk resistivity of the AZO ceramic, PPMS was used to measure the resistivity; the results are listed in Table 1. It can be found that the Y2O3 addition in the AZO matrix does not change the resistivity to a great extent. It just varies from 2.1 × 10−3 Ω·cm without yttria addition to 4.6 × 10−3 Ω·cm for the AZO:Y0.2 sample, which is yet to meet the requirement of DC sputtering. The increase in bulk resistivity can be interpreted by the fact that more AZO grains are refined by yttria doping, resulting in more serious grain boundary scattering [23].
Table 1. Bulk resistivity
The main focus of this study was to improve the density and microstructure of the AZO ceramic target by introducing a yttria dopant with a low-cost pressureless sintering process. SEM, EDS, XRD, PPMS, and a densimeter were employed to characterize the precursor nanoparticles and the sintered AZO ceramics. Increasing the yttria doping to 0.2 wt.%, the AZO:Y nanoparticle synthesized by a coprecipitation process has a nearly sphere-shaped morphology and a mean particle diameter of 15.1 nm. With the same amount of yttria, a fully dense AZO ceramic (99.98% of TD) with a grain size of 2.2 μm and a bulk resistivity of 4.6 × 10−3 Ω·cm can be achieved. This kind of AZO:Y ceramic has a potential to be used as a high-quality sputtering target to deposit ZnO-based transparent conductive films with higher optical and electrical properties.
PPMS: physical property measurement system; TD: theoretical density.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
YY conceived the study and participated in its design and coordination. PL, MW, TW, and RT carried out the experiments on the fabrication and characterization of the nanoparticles and corresponding sintered ceramic. WS supervised the result analysis and conducted a paper modification as a corresponding author. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the supports from the National Science Foundation of China (20975107, 60806032), the 'Hundred Talents Program' of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation (Y4100169, Y4110463), and the Ningbo Innovative Research Team Program.
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