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Volume 104, Issue 3, 01 August 2008
Chemical sensors can be used to analyze a wide variety of environmental and biological gases and liquids and may need to be able to selectively detect a target analyte. Different methods, including gas chromatography, chemiluminescence, selected ion flow tube, and mass spectroscopy, have been used to measure biomarkers. These methods show variable results in terms of sensitivity for some applications and may not meet the requirements for a handheld biosensor. A promising sensing technology utilizes AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors(HEMTs).HEMT structures have been developed for use in microwave power amplifiers due to their high two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) mobility and saturation velocity. The conducting 2DEG channel of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs is very close to the surface and extremely sensitive to adsorption of analytes. HEMTsensors can be used for detecting gases, ions, values, proteins, and DNA. In this paper we review recent progress on functionalizing the surface of HEMTs for specific detection of glucose, kidney marker injury molecules, prostate cancer, and other common substances of interest in the biomedical field.
Surface relaxation effect on the distributions of energy and bulk stresses in the vicinity of Cu surface: An embedded-atom method study104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2958330View Description Hide Description
Molecular statics simulations combined with an embedded-atom method potential were performed to calculate the distributions of energy and bulk stresses in crystalline and amorphous Cu slabs and to examine the effect of surfacerelaxation on the distributions of energy and bulk stresses in the surface region. The results reveal that a release of energy and bulk stresses in the surface region occurs upon surfacerelaxation. The profile of energy release upon surfacerelaxation of a crystalline Cu slab exhibits oscillatory damping from the topmost layer to the interior layers, while that of an amorphous Cu slab exhibits monotonic decreasing. A great diversity of patterns was observed in the profiles of bulk stresses released upon surfacerelaxation, which may exhibit anisotropy according to the symmetry of the surface considered. Both the profiles of energy release and bulk stress release exhibit surface-orientation dependence. The present results may provide useful information to analyze different phenomena at Cusurfaces.
Electrical, thermal, and elastic properties of the MAX-phase104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2959738View Description Hide Description
We report on the electronic, thermal, and elastic properties of the layered ternary, . Resistivity, Hall effect, and magnetoresistance were measured as a function of temperature between 2 and 300 K and at fields up to 9 T. The Hall coefficient is negative and roughly temperature independent. The transport results were analyzed within a two-band framework, with electrons as the dominant charge carrier. The room-temperature thermal conductivity is the highest of any MAX phase measured to date, with a substantial phonon contribution. The specific heat was measured from 2 to 300 K, yielding a Debye temperature of 765 K and in agreement with the Debye temperature of 745 K found from ultrasonic time-of-flight measurements. Young's, shear, and bulk moduli from the latter measurements were 290, 125, and 145 GPa, respectively. The calculated values of the lattice parameters ( and ), and Young's, shear, and bulk moduli (329, 138, and 179 GPa, respectively), based on the results of density functionaltheoretical simulations, compare favorably with measurements.
Direct observations of thermally induced structural changes in amorphous silicon carbide104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2960342View Description Hide Description
Thermally induced structural relaxation in amorphous siliconcarbide(SiC) has been examined by means of in situtransmission electron microscopy(TEM). The amorphousSiC was prepared by high-energy ion beam irradiation into a single crystalline substrate. Cross-sectional TEM observations and electron energy-loss spectroscopy measurements revealed that thermal annealing induces a remarkable volume reduction, so-called densification, of amorphousSiC. From radial distribution function analyses using electron diffraction, notable changes associated with structural relaxation were observed in chemical short-range order. It was confirmed that the structural changes observed by the in situTEM study agree qualitatively with those of the bulk material. On the basis of the alteration of chemical short-range order, we discuss the origin of thermally induced densification in amorphousSiC.
Classical disordered ground states: Super-ideal gases and stealth and equi-luminous materials104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2961314View Description Hide Description
Using a collective coordinate numerical optimization procedure, we construct ground-state configurations of interacting particle systems in various space dimensions so that the scattering of radiation exactly matches a prescribed pattern for a set of wave vectors. We show that the constructed ground states are, counterintuitively, disordered (i.e., possess no long-range order) in the infinite-volume limit. We focus on three classes of configurations with unique radiation scatteringcharacteristics: (i) "stealth" materials, which are transparent to incident radiation at certain wavelengths; (ii) "super-ideal" gases, which scatter radiation identically to that of an ensemble of ideal gas configurations for a selected set of wave vectors; and (iii) "equi-luminous" materials, which scatter radiation equally intensely for a selected set of wave vectors. We find that ground-state configurations have an increased tendency to contain clusters of particles as one increases the prescribed luminosity. Limitations and consequences of this procedure are detailed.
The influences of substrate and metal properties on the magnetic response of metamaterials at terahertz region104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2961327View Description Hide Description
The metamaterials (MMs) with planar metal arrays of split ring resonators were fabricated on quartz and silicon substrates; the influences of substrate permittivity and metal conductance on the magnetic responses of in the terahertz region were investigated. The electromagnetic (EM) responses of the metamaterials were characterized by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The experimental result reveals that there is a 0.39 THz redshift in the transmission spectra for the magnetic response when the substrate changes from quartz to silicon, which is in consistence with the finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) simulation. Based on the simulation and experimental results, and taking into account the EM properties of substrate materials, a modified model is presented to understand the MM system in terahertz domain.
Nucleation energetics during homogeneous solidification in elemental metallic liquids104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2961329View Description Hide Description
The solidification of a liquid by nucleation is an important first order phase transition process. It is known that in order for elemental liquids to solidify homogeneously, it is necessary to supercool the liquid to a characteristic temperature below the thermodynamic melting point . Approximately 60 years ago Turnbull [J. Appl. Phys.21, 1022 (1950)] established the empirical rule that is approximately given by for several elemental metallic liquids. We show here that the magnitude of and for the metals can be accurately predicted from classical nucleation theory (CNT) provided the excess volume resulting from the density difference between liquid and solid be accounted for. Specifically, the density change accompanying the formation of a microscopic nucleus of the solid from the liquid results in a volume change in the surrounding liquid. When this is included in the free energy calculations within CNT, the resulting predictions for and for several metals with ranging from to 2900 K are in very good agreement with experimental measurements. This theory also shows that there is a universal character in the minimum nucleation barrier energy and the critical radius. The minimum barrier energy occurs at temperature for all the elemental liquids investigated, while the temperature dependencies of the barrier energy and the critical radius appear identical when expressed as a function of the scaled temperature .
Effect of off stoichiometry on Raman scattering from epitaxial and polycrystalline grown on MgO(001)104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2961332View Description Hide Description
Group-IV transition-metal nitride layers, with , are grown on MgO(001) and analyzed by Raman spectroscopy. Samples with are single-phase epitaxial NaCl-structure , while layers with higher N concentrations are two-phase mixtures containing N-rich inclusions. All samples exhibit both first- and second-order Raman scattering. The presence of first-order scattering indicates that symmetry, a characteristic of the NaCl crystal structure, is broken even in stoichiometric HfN. As decreases in understoichiometric samples, corresponding to a decrease in the number of valence electrons per unit cell from nine to eight , the positions of the acoustic lines shift to higher frequencies. This provides an indirect probe of phonon anomalies in acoustic mode dispersion curves and signifies an increase in N vacancy concentration. The persistence of strong first-order acoustic scattering from overstoichiometric samples indicates that adding more N does not substantially reduce the average defect density around Hf sites. The absence of a frequency shift in the acoustic modes of overstoichiometric , with , also shows that the local order around Hf sites does not change significantly, while the observed shift of the first-order optical modes to higher frequency with increasing is characteristic of increasing lattice disorder adjacent to N sites. The Raman results, together with the nature of the variation in the lattice parameter, the electron carrier concentration, and the superconducting transition temperature as a function of , can be explained by the presence of N vacancies for , both N and Hfvacancies in stoichiometric HfN(001), and the combination of N vacancies and antisite defects for .
Optical pump-probe measurements of sound velocity and thermal conductivity of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963366View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we report the measurements of the thermal conductivity and longitudinal sound velocity of four types of hydrogenated amorphous carbonfilms. The measurements were made with an ultrafast optical pump-probe apparatus. The films were deposited at various temperatures by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The films are of a low density and are found to have sound velocities that range from as low as 3 km/s to as high as 10 km/s. The thermal conductivities are between 0.6 and 1.4 W/mK which are low compared to amorphous but are larger than published measurements of thin films of similar composition and density by a factor of 2–3.
Competition between InP and islands during the growth of InP on104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963484View Description Hide Description
A study of the growth of InP islands on (STO) substrates is presented. The nature and crystal orientation of the islands strongly depend on the growth temperature: below , both InP and islands coexist, while InP islands alone are formed above this temperature. InP islands are randomly oriented in the low growth temperature range and adopt an equilibrium orientation defined by in the growth direction and in the growth plane between 410 and . This study highlights the complexity of the growth of InP on STO, which results from a combined influence of interface chemistry and crystallographic properties as well as of the nucleation kinetics.
Graphitization of nanocrystalline carbon microcoils synthesized by catalytic chemical vapor deposition104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963712View Description Hide Description
Graphitization, a common process involving the transformation of metastable nongraphitic carbon into graphite is one of the major present-day challenges for micro- and nanocarbons due to their unique structural character and highly unusual thermal activation. Here we report on the successful graphitization of nanocrystallinecarbon microcoils prepared by catalytic chemical vapor deposition and post-treated in argon atmosphere at temperatures for 2 h. The morphology, microstructure, and thermal properties of the carbon microcoils are examined in detail. The graphitization mechanism is discussed by invoking a model of structural transformation of the carbon microcoils. The results reveal that after graphitization the carbon microcoils are prominently purified and feature a clear helical morphology, as well as a more regular and ordered microstructure. The interlayer spacing of the carbon microcoils decreases from 0.36 to 0.34 nm, whereas the mean crystal sizes in the - and -directions increase from 1.64 to 2.04 nm and from 3.86 to 7.21 nm, respectively. Thermal treatment also substantially improves the antioxidation properties of the microcoils by lifting the oxidation onset temperature from 550 to . This process may be suitable for other nongraphitic micro- and nanomaterials.
MgO-codoping effects on the spectroscopic properties of -doped104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2957060View Description Hide Description
Optical absorption, spectrally resolved polarized upconversion fluorescence, and time-resolved luminescencespectra are used to investigate the spectroscopicproperties in a series of congruent crystals codoped with and MgO ( , , 2, 4, 6, and 8). The absorption spectra indicate that the transition cross section of ions decreases with increasing MgO concentration; it is explained as the improvement of the -site symmetries. A new energy site with low energy, which appears in the long wavelength side of the polarized fluorescence spectra for the samples heavily codoped with MgO, is demonstrated in the time-resolved luminescencespectra. An important finding is that mild codoping with MgO clearly does not facilitate the formation of clustered sites, whereas heavy codoping clearly does facilitate it in -doped crystals. These results are important to those who consider the material as a laser or fiber optical cable.
Phase-field simulation of thermal conductivity in porous polycrystalline microstructures104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2964116View Description Hide Description
Mesoscale computer simulations are used to study the effective thermal conductivity of two-dimensional polycrystallinemodelmicrostructures containing finely dispersed stationary voids. The microstructural evolution is captured by phase-field modeling in which the competing mechanisms of curvature-driven grain-boundary (GB) migration and Zener pinning due to the void/grain-boundary interactions control the grain-growth kinetics. We investigate porosity fractions between 0% and 8% by systematically increasing the number of voids in the simulation cell. The temperature distribution throughout the microstructure at progressive instances in time is calculated by solving the solid-state heat-conduction equation. The thermal conductivity of each grid point is assigned a value according to the microstructural feature it represents (grain interiors, GBs, and voids) as determined by the phase-field order parameters. The effective conductivities of the microstructures are analyzed with respect to average grain size as well as porosity fraction, and good agreement with theoretical models is obtained.
Dislocation nucleation from a sharp corner in silicon104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963487View Description Hide Description
By combining molecular dynamics simulation with reaction pathway sampling, we have observed the nucleation of a three-dimensional dislocation loop from a sharp corner in silicon and investigated the shear stress dependence of the activation energy and saddle-point configuration. The nucleated shuffle-set half-loop consisted of two segments and one screw segment, each lying along a Peierls valley. The half-hexagonal shape is in good agreement with experiments at low temperature. Under high stress (90%–95% of athermal shear stress), the dislocation embryo is far from perfect, with half-size Burgers vector (about 0.2 nm) and a 0.4–0.7 nm radius forming a diffuse core region. A consequence is that the Rice–Thompson theory gives incorrect predictions regarding the activation energy and saddle-point configuration. With decreasing applied stress (less than 70%), the embryo approaches that of a perfect dislocation.
Full-spectrum phonon relaxation times in crystalline Si from molecular dynamics simulations104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963721View Description Hide Description
The lattice vibrations of a periodic silicon crystal are simulated by a molecular dynamics simulation. The history of atomic displacements and velocities obtained is used to compute the amplitudes of all phonon modes supported by the lattice. The phonon amplitude autocorrelation coefficients are found to decay exponentially in time, in agreement with single-mode relaxation timemodels for phonon scattering. However, the relaxation times extracted from the correlation curves are found to differ significantly from the empirical formulas currently used in models for microscale thermal transport, suggesting that improved relaxation timemodels are needed for accurate predictions in complex small-scale heat transfer systems.
Bandgap renormalization in titania modified nanostructured tungsten oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique for solar cell applications104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2953070View Description Hide Description
Pure and titania modified films are prepared using pulsed laser ablation technique in an oxygen ambient of at a substrate temperature of . Titania incorporation effects on the microstructure, optical, and electrical properties on the tungsten oxide films are systematically investigated using techniques such as x-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, micro-Raman spectroscopy, and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy measurements. The resistivity measurements of the pure and titania modified films are done at room temperature. The variation of resistivity with temperature for the range of is also investigated. The microstructural analysis indicates that titania addition strongly perturbs the tungsten oxide lattice and suppresses the grain growth. Optical measurements revealed a bandgap renormalization in tungsten oxide films for higher titania concentrations. Bandgap values of the films decrease from for pure to for modified films. The shifting of photoresponse of films to visible range by titania incorporation throw light on the feasibility of their application in visible-light-driven photocatalysis and in solar cells. All the films show semiconducting behavior in their temperature dependence of resistivity.
Adsorption of oxygen atoms on the surface104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2961312View Description Hide Description
Based on the density functional theory, the stability of three possible surfaces is investigated, and the structural and electronic properties of O adsorption on the most stable surface are studied. The calculated results show that the most favorable adsorption site is the hollow site, and the adsorptionenergy decreases as the coverage increases. At low coverage O atoms prefer Nd atoms to Mg atoms as nearest neighbors. When the coverage increases to a full monolayer, some O atoms sink into the alloy surface and stay between Nd and Mg atoms. The electronic structures of the adsorption system show that for all coverage the interaction between O and the alloy surface mainly arises from the hybridization of states and states, while the interaction between states and states becomes noticeable at the high coverage. The present study reveals that during the initial oxidation stage of the alloy, Nd atoms can get a priority of oxidation, followed by Nd rich oxide film.
Boron segregation in crystallized MgO/amorphous- thin films104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963709View Description Hide Description
We have investigated the crystallization process of an amorphous ribbon and a thin film to simulate the segregation of B in the magnetic tunnelingjunctions that use CoFeB ferromagnetic electrodes and a MgO tunneling barrier. Both types of samples show the same crystallization sequence: a primary crystallization of bcc-FeCo from an amorphous precursor followed by boride crystallization at a higher annealing temperature. Three-dimensional atom probe analysis has shown that very little boron is dissolved in the bcc-FeCo crystals . A transmission electron microscopy observation of an annealed bilayer thin film has shown clear evidence of MgO serving as heterogeneous nucleation sites for bcc-FeCo grains. Energy filtering transmission electron microscopy has shown strong boron segregation at the MgO/FeCo interface after the crystallization of the bilayer film.
Surface crystallography and electronic structure of potassium yttrium tungstate104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2963957View Description Hide Description
Structural and electronic characteristics of (KYW) (010) crystal surfaces have been studied using reflection high-energy electron diffraction(RHEED) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). The results indicate that the crystal structure and chemical composition of the mechanically polished pristine surface is stoichiometrically well maintained as expected for KYW crystals. Combined measurements of RHEED and XPS as a function of 1.5 keV ion irradiation of the KYW (010) surfaces indicate amorphization, partial loss of potassium atoms, and partial transformation of chemical valence state of tungsten from to a lower valence state, state predominantly, which induces electronic states at the top of valence band.
Electron paramagnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy of Er-doped104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2948936View Description Hide Description
Conducting single crystalsdoped with were grown using the floating zone method. Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR) showed that conduction electrons can coexist with the dopant. Optical and EPR characterizations of samples nominally doped with 0.5% and 1.5% were performed at low temperature showing that erbium substitution into can only be achieved effectively at the lower concentration because of the appearance of an erbium gallium garnet phase when the erbium concentration is increased. Despite the existence of two cationic sites in , EPR measurements demonstrate that Er incorporation occurs at a single crystallographic position. Optical spectroscopy of 0.5% doped samples of the transition allowed us to determine some crystal field levels of the and multiplets. A lifetime of about was found for the emission, indicating a high quantum yield for the multiplet.
Nanocrystalline for ion beams dosimetry104(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2955459View Description Hide Description
Nanoparticles of have been irradiated by 48 MeV , 75 MeV , and 90 MeV ion beams with a fluence range of . The thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves along with the response curves of this nanophosphor have been investigated and compared with those of the corresponding microcrystalline samples. TL glow curve of the nanophosphor exposed to -rays has also been included in the letter with the aim of reporting some of the comparative measurements. The glow curves of the ion-beamirradiatednanomaterials are similar in their shapes to those induced by gamma rays, with a shift in the peak positions to the higher temperature side by around 30 K. The TL intensity of the ion-beamirradiatednanomaterials is found to decrease, while going from low to high atomic number ions (i.e., ). Similar trend was also observed in the linearity of the TL response curves. The response curve of Li ion irradiatednanomaterials is sublinear in the whole range of studied fluences. C ion has also a more or less similar response, while the O ion has a sublinear response over a shorter range of , and above this range the response saturates. These results for the nanomaterials are much better than that of the corresponding microcrystalline sample irradiated by ions. The curve was sublinear up to the fluence and then saturates at higher fluences. The wider sublinear TL response of the nanocrystalline makes it superior to its corresponding microform and thus makes it a suitable candidate as a dosimeter to be used for detecting the doses of ions, especially the Li and C ions for their application in cancer radiotherapy and radiation biology.


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I have no doubt the Sartor is considerably illuminated by your faithful labour upon it.2 I will with great pleasure read a Proofsheet (and send you my remarks) if you can get me one in time.
If I knew the extent of that Ms., I shd now go ahead for the conclusion of this First Part of Frh. whh will be a deliverance indeed, to the weary human soul!—
We hope to see you on some occasion before long.
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Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.
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Remains is certainly about as uncharacteristic as its reputation suggests. Waters has made it sufficiently clear that this album was written and recorded during a period of isolation and identity crisis on his part, and as a result a menagerie of outside elements began to seep in to the writing process. On the surface, this is hardly a reason for unease or even atypical for Annihilator, who have always proudly done their own thing with little concern of fitting a specific overarching mold. The problem begins to take shape in the form of multiple "Walk" rehashes that end up constituting nearly half of the album. Annihilator has tried so often to groove in the past, but they never seem to be able to pull it off convincingly. Maybe it is the quasi-technical riff delivery that precludes the band from achieving a truly bouncy subtext. Maybe it is the fact that these songs just suck, but looking forward all the way through Waking the Fury, it remained a sizable monkey on Waters' back that he was never fully able to shake off until much later.
It's difficult not to toss some respect in Waters' direction by virtue of the fact that Annihilator was nothing more than a one-man band at this point. As such, the cohesive nature of this material is quite impressive, and Remains certainly has its moments when it feels like giving a damn. "Reaction" nearly breaches the space-time continuum in the speed category, rightfully immolating any sense of stagnancy accrued by the meager first half of the album. "Tricks and Traps" is more mid-paced and atmospheric, but it gets the job done and hails back to "Bats in the Belfry" from Set the World on Fire. Speaking of Set the World on Fire, Waters attempts to completely ape Randall's delivery on virtually all fronts. Whether it is the gritty atonal barking or the silky smooth cleans, his approach and tone is virtually identical to Randall's. As such, those who were not fond of Annihilator's more mainstream-oriented approach that began in earnest on their third album will certainly find Remains equally revolting - if not more so.
At any rate, the aforementioned lame duck first half of Remains is a hard beast to love, no matter how dedicated an Annihilator fan one may be. "Murder", "No Love", "Dead Wrong", and especially "Sexecution" (seriously?) are all abhorrent blends of churning stop-start riffs, extremely dated electronic undertones, and whispered-so-my-mom-won't-hear-me angsty vocals that make you feel embarrassment and pity for the band. The normally enterprising crunchy Annihilator guitar tone tries to salvage some of the riffs, but even it finds itself reaching levels of self-parody through excess. Listen to the beginning of "Human Remains", that tone is so excessively overdriven that it sacrifices virtually all of it's bottom end, diffusing into a wall of garbled noise that clash mightily with the irritating pinch harmonics. Just unappealing no matter how you slice it.
As strange at this may sound, some of Remains' best moments are centered around the two acoustically-textured, power ballad efforts in "The Wind" and the bonus track "It's You". On an instrumental level alone, Waters always delivers on songs like this, and his insistence on ganking Randall's saccharine delivery could certainly be a lot worse. The otherwise faceless drum machine is much more digestible here, and the melodies are rather searing and memorable. "Bastiage" is also passable for what it is, which is an atmospheric keyboard-driven number that stands out like a store thumb in the album's procession. The clacking approach to the drum machine may sound like a metronome, but it isn't too bad and manages to squeeze by without offending.
Remains has its particularly vile moments, but it still isn't the worst thing I've ever heard, or even the worst Annihilator record. Most uncharacteristic? Certainly, but for a record composed entirely by one individual, it is alright. Falls in line with most of the band's '90s material, and has it's place.
Remains will be always remembered (or probably it won't) as the most bizarre Annihilator record ever. And it was a mistake from Jeff Waters to use the identity of Annihilator, as he admited lately. Yes, he did the same before. For example, in the debut Alice In Hell he took the role of guitarist, song-writer and bassist. Same with King of The Kill, but this time he became the singer too. Refresh The Demon was a similar release, although I'd swear that the drum parts were programmed again (or it was really Randy Black...?). But in Remains he got probably too far, because only Mr.Waters himself appears in the credits. But this time it didn't really work...
Yeah the boy can sing, play all guitar parts, also bass but he always needed a drummer, since the old times and the demos with Paul Malek. This time he uses a drum machine, and that makes the sound get kinda fake, overproduced, cold and ehm "robotic". On other hand, the original thrash is gone too, for a long while as you can check in "Never", "Dead Wrong" or "Human Remains". I admit Jeff still sounds heavy, aggressive and technical, but the music direction changes a looot since Never Neverland or Refresh The Demon. In fact, it's hard to describe briefly the sound of Remains, I would label it as something similar to groove metal, modern (crappy) thrash, with a whole bunch of guitar effects that make the result get even more experimental and strange.
But hey, as I said there's still a little little bit of Jeff's heavy artillery: raw guitar riffs, fine solos, his amusing voice and, of course, the always efficient but sometimes funny and ridiculous lyrics. If you don't believe me check "Sexecution" or "No Love" (whose titles say it all), the melodic "Wind" or, in my opinion, the few fine moments of the record: "Murder", "Tricks And Traps" or "Reaction". And of course, if you have the chance to get the reissued cd of remains just SKIP "It's You", because it's a cheesy worthless ballad that you'd better forget about, although Jeff can't help doing songs like this ("Innocent Eyes", "The One", "Phoenix Rising", uh...). The rest of the tunes, the catchy "I Want" and the abysmal dance pop instrumental "Bastiage" ain't nothing I would highlight at all.
So, I personally don't get really (completely!!!) disappointed with this record but it's so different from the original thrash of the band. Probably this album ain't that bad, as you can read in these reviews below mine, but anything really exciting or remarkable either. As conclusion, if you're an Annihilator maniac give it a try, if you're not just not pay ANY attention on it.
Jeff Waters had a rather unique place in the musical wasteland that was the mid to late 90s groove metal scene. When he took complete control of vocal duties and began what many refer to euphemistically as his experimental period, he didn't fully morph his music into an all out crap fest the way Sepultura and Machine Head did, but instead took the concept of half-thrash to a more literal place. Instead of simply dumbing down the thrash style into a slower, more primitive and less aggressive version of its former self in every song, he took the road of thrashing out for a few songs and then loading up the rest of the album with whatever was happening at the time. "Remains" lives up to its title, as it basically functions as a collection of decayed remains of what made "Alice In Hell" and "Never, Neverland" good, mixed in with the most decrepit stench guising as music that one could imagine.
Despite there being a collection of moderately listenable to respectable metal songs on here, what fills up most of this is so utterly gay and revolting that it occasionally dwarfs "Supercharger" in terms of crappy mallcore tendencies. There's a bit of everything terrible about this era of music drenched all over the first half of this album, including some techno-like beats courtesy of Rammstein, plenty of homoerotic whispered vocals in line with Nevermore, dumb ass tough guy vocals that try to be Hetfield, Flynn and Anselmo all at the same time, and plenty of boring, repetitive 2 note chug riffs played at mid-tempo that only someone with a 60 IQ could truly appreciate. One actually has to marvel at just how eclectically terrible this thing gets within the first five songs, from the Pantera inspired groove drones to the somniferous and cybernetic percussion which almost flirts with Ace Of Base territory.
The crappiness commences with the groovy "Murder", which only really succeeds in murdering the concept of aggression. Basically you throw in this really annoying "Walk" riff with some abrupt silence, later substituted with some single note chugging, and pile on the technology and whispered narrations like pepperoni on a meat lover's pizza. Waters sounds like he might as well be going to an authentic German microbrewery and ordering mineral water during the whispered verses, to speak nothing for the comical pseudo-Hetfield yells going on around them.
Next enter "Sexecution" and "No Love", loaded with even more annoying grooves and mechanical beats, and Waters continuing to threaten to make out with every male listener of this album with his pansy sounding whispering. Things get a little once we arrive at the middle of the album with "Dead Wrong", as the breathy same-sex foreplay leaves and we are left with a merely bad imitation of Phil Anselmo with another groove drone inspired by "Walk", this one even more overt of a direct homage to the song.
Once you get past this, what remains on "Remains" (that pun was definitely intended) is a smattering of moderately enjoyable early era Annihilator. The weakest of this collection is the ballad "Wind", which suffers from having a groove mentality being superimposed on its main riff and sounds like a sad version of a children's song Silverchair style. It picks up a bit for the last minute of so and throws in some fairly solid lead parts, but there were two better versions of this song on "Set The World On Fire".
The real meat and potatoes of what is good on here manifest themselves in two solitary songs, "Tricks And Traps" and "Reaction" respectively. Both highlight riffs and segments of well realized, thrash-happy and technical aggression that are reminiscent of "Alice In Hell", the latter of the two really getting close to the majesty of "Human Insecticide". Waters' vocals are a fairly decent Hetfield imitation here, but there are so many really good riffs thrown into these two that you don't really care what the vocals are doing. If you took most of the rest of the music on here and ignored these two songs, you'd assume that Waters' creative well had completely run dry, but these two songs definitely offer an explanation as to how he was able to turn this disaster back into something viable a few years later.
This isn't something that I can recommend purchasing in its entirety, even to core Annihilator fans that were able to tolerate "King Of The Kill" and "Refresh The Demon". The bulk of the contents on here don't really qualify as groove metal when compared with the first pure manifestations of the style in Pantera and Machine Head's earlier 90s releases. It's stylistically confused, at times extremely painful to listen to unless you like techno-pop (I don't), and vocally about as annoying as can be. Jeff Waters had the good fortune of releasing a near complete musical abomination only once, which is more than I can say for some of his contemporaries at this stage of the game. The advent of legal individual song downloads via itunes and amazon.com has made it possible to obtain "Tricks And Traps" and "Reaction" by themselves, so simply do that and forget the rest of this album ever existed.
Originally submitted to (www.metal-observer.com) on February 28, 2009.
I got this album after being impressed by two songs I had downloaded from it. Two songs really owned, so getting it should have been a safe bet. Alas, it was nothing more than cruel irony, as I later found out that I had somehow downloaded not only the album's best two songs, but the only two songs that could be considered good.
Apparently dissatisfied with the last few Annihilator releases, which were kind of mediocre, but not bad, main man Jeff Waters figures that it's the other members of the band that are holding him back. So he decides to do it all himself. Well, he pretty much did it all to begin with, but now he has a drum machine. The result is an album that is highly industrial influenced, with more in common with Rammstein than Annihilator. Waters' usually outstanding playing is muddied down with effects, shitty industrial/groove riffs, and unbearable repetition. His lead work is half-assed at best, minus the two good songs. Those two songs I'll stand by are "Tricks and Traps" and "Reaction." The former is a riff masterpiece, reminiscent of Never Neverland era Annihilator, while the latter is an all out thrasher, a modernized version of "Human Insecticide". But these two are late in the album. Much of it is made up of shitty repeated riffs interplayed with the very predictable and synthetic sounding drumkits. And if the music wasn't unbearable, the vocals/lyrics make it so. Waters actually has a good voice, when he's not doing that horrid whisper-singing he does through pretty much all of this. The lyrics are retarded and inconsequential, even at their best. So besides the two above songs, there's a few infrequent riffs, leads, and vocal lines that are nice.
This is actually a bit more bearable if you don't mind the heavy industrial sound and aren't expecting any real thrash metal on this, which is why my review is a bit more favorable than the others on here. But this is still undoubtedly one of the band's worst releases and easily one of the worst albums put out by a once great thrash metal band. Avoid unless you're really fucking open-minded or you like shit.
I'm sure many Annihilator fans were shocked when they purchased "Remains" which was released only half a year after the very good "Refresh the Demon". Most probably expected a continuation of the frenetic speed/thrash ideas showcased on the last album. Boy, were they wrong!
I heard about this album being two things: unbelievably bad and unbelievably weird. While I don't hesitate to agree with the latter, I'm not so sure about the former.
According to Jeff Waters, 1996 was a very hard year for him, Metal was pretty much dead in the USA around that time, so he decided to do some experiments.
"Murder" is the first track and Jeff's really digging in the groove box here. Remember the groove elements in "Pastor of Disaster" on the album before this one? Well, if you didn't like those, you can shoot you in the head now. This is even too much groove for my taste. The track remains fairly monotonous throughout, which gives you enough time to think about your opinion about the industrial effects that accent the track.
"Sexecution" doesn't differ much from "Murder", it's just even less guitar driven. When I heard the next track "No Love" which wasn't any better, I started losing all hope for this album.
Luckily, "Never" finally utilizes some riffs again and features REAL vocal work for the first time on the album (only whispering and .... weird singing was used before). Here the industrial elements lose importance and more space is used for guitar riffs. Nowhere close to their former work, but it's definitely noticeable. The next two tracks follow the same formula. "Wind" is the shittiest Annihilator ballad so far, even competing with "Holding On" from the "All For You" album. It sounds like Jeff was too lazy to sing in a right key and the guitars sound half-assed as well.
The next three tracks are the saving grace of this album. The industrial level is turned to almost zero, the riffs are cranked up to an almost "Refresh the Demon" - like level and the vocal work sounds like the one from the Jeff we're used to again (except for the chorus in "I Want" which sounds kind of shitty). "Reaction" is the best track of the three and it's main riff is very brutal for Annihilator, showing first signs of the sound that would later appear on "Criteria for a Black Widow".
The track "Bestiage" is an industrial instrumental outro with lots of effects and strange use of the drum machine. The guitar work is driven back to it's most primitive and monotonous. But for some reason it manages to not completely suck, despite it being undeniably forgettable.
Was this the Annihilator I've come to love? Definitely not.
Did this even remotely sound like Annihilator? Yes, at least in parts.
Did I enjoy some of the tracks here? Yes, I did.
A very strange record, but not without merit. You can clearly hear that Jeff wasn't really sure what to do with this, neither does it feel like as if he was very experienced with industrial music. That's probably the reason for it's inconsistency.
Recommended to Industrial fans and VERY open-minded metalheads.
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Raw sewage:
No Love
This album, for lack of a better term, is really fucking gay. From the technocore drumbeats to the whispered vocals, this sounds like the soundtrack to a homo-orgy rave. Not even Rammstein was ever this insipid.
So the first song is shit... I mean I couldn't listen to it in entirety. I figured, well, sometimes Annihilator takes a while to get going... because that song is eminently forgettable and I had to skip it halfway through. Then the second track, which is more of the same! Whispered vocals, percussive single-note riffs. Fucking mallcore, basically. Again, the band this sounds the most like is fucking RAMMSTEIN. If you like that band.... great! I for one couldn't get through this song either.
The third goes into distorted vocals, and the same plodding almost-a-quarter-to-half-thrash shit. WTF, I can't get through this one either. Throw in some homoerotic keyboard dripping a la Nine Inch Nails.
Track FOUR is where the song is almost guitar-oriented, but again... shitty riffage. Wow, okay, this album may actually NEVER get anywhere? Holy moly, this is Christian in its suckage. Track FIVE actually speeds up, but again it's basically fucking techno. Holy CRAP. Track SIX is groovecore techno.
At that point, the album actually turns mediocre... i.e. the Annihilator we have grown to ignore after all these years. Wind is half ballad, as though the Set the World Afire album came back to life... Tricks and Traps, I Want, and Reaction are all mediocre thrashers, but hey, they are thrashers at least. So there's three in a row, but really, you don't need to wade through this shit.
Oh yeah the last track is techno too, and I am not exaggerating.
HOLY COCKMUNCHING MONKEY FETUSES. This album is downright pathetic. How the FUCK did a metal band release this??


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – It's only fall and the Stanford lacrosse team has only trained together for a short time in preparation for a season that begins officially in February. But this weekend is significant for the Cardinal.
On Saturday, Stanford plays defending national champion North Carolina and NCAA semifinalist Syracuse, among other opponents, at the Navy Fall Invitational.
On Sunday, the Cardinal plays the U.S. national team in a game that will air nationally on ESPN3.com from the Stars & Stripes Tournament in Towson, Md.
Over two days, Stanford will play six shortened games in two events at two locations, against the best competition there is.
"It's a huge bonus for our team to play against the best teams in the country," Stanford coach Amy Bokker said. "We really get to put ourselves up against the best and see where we are, and how we compete."
The Navy tournament is a 15-team affair, and includes eight NCAA tournament teams from 2013. Stanford is among them.
The Cardinal opens against North Carolina (10:30 a.m. ET, 7:30 a.m. PT), and follows with games against Delaware (11:30 a.m. ET, 8:30 a.m. PT), Syracuse (2:30 p.m. ET, 11:30 a.m. PT), and Boston College (4:30 p.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. PT). Only Delaware did not reach the NCAA tournament last year. Also, games will be 45 minutes long.
"It's a great opportunity for our freshmen to get in right away and start to understand the speed at which the game at our level is played at," Bokker said. "Syracuse and UNC are known as two of the fastest teams in the country.
"Playing those four high-caliber games in one day gives us an opportunity to get better throughout the day and work on different things that we've been working on at practice.
"Definitely, we won't be results focused. We'll be working on things that we've been working on in practice and put them into place, and try them against opponents who are going hard and fast and compete at a high level."
On Sunday, Stanford heads to Towson University. Stanford will be one of four 2013 NCAA tournament teams that will play the U.S. national team that weekend. The others are Navy, Georgetown, and Towson.
Stanford opens against Towson (9:30 a.m. ET, 6:30 a.m. PT) and concludes with the U.S. (11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT). It will mark the second consecutive fall that Stanford has met the U.S. Last year, the U.S. team played at Stanford.
"It's awesome for our players to put themselves against the best," Bokker said. "Quite a few have aspirations of playing at that level. It's good for them to see what it takes to get there. They'll get a really good sense of the high level of play, and it can build a lot of confidence if you can make a play or score a goal a goal against the best players in the world. "
The connection between Stanford and the U.S. team is Bokker, who recently extended her duties as a U.S. assistant coach through the team's 2017 World Cup run. She helped the U.S. to the 2013 World Cup title.
Bokker will be scrambling to some extent. Her priority for the weekend will be her duties for the U.S. team, which means she will be on the U.S. sideline when the national team plays Stanford.
The weekend will serve many purposes, including this one: "It's important for our program to show that we're willing to put ourselves up against the best," Bokker said.
Plus, the exposure from ESPN certainly will help get the word out, particularly to the East Coast, that Stanford, winner of eight Mountain Pacific Sports Federation titles in nine years, is a rising power in the sport.
Stanford will return home for its alumnae game (Oct. 19), and the Stanford Play Day, involving six schools in a series of short games on Oct. 26 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The fall season concludes Nov. 1 with an intrasquad matchup (4 p.m.).
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The Florida Department of Education is making things quite interesting if you're an educator. Jacksonville.com is reporting today that the state has released hundreds of thousands of efficiency scores in an attempt to explain how it measures teachers' impact on their student's ability to learn. The students' parents will now have the ability to access these scores to see how their child is performing with their teachers. So what happens when the Department of Education releases your scores for effectiveness as a teacher? Could this put your job in jeopardy?
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The real question is… will these scores be accurate? There are some aspects of being an educator that may not have control over. What if the students don't devote the appropriate amount of time to their school work? What if they have problems at home? What if the school itself is preventing teachers from doing their job?
It seems to be a little unfair to solely saddle teachers with the success or failure of students when there are thousands of things that are incorporated into a child's education.
It doesn't really matter how much you try analyzing cases like these, even when you are doing your job. Big Brother is always watching, and now they'll have access to your evaluations.The value-added model (also known as the VAM system) aims to see how much, or how little, individual teachers contribute to their students' success over the course of the school year.
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The best in the west collide in tonight's 2014 NBA live stream schedule (game time), as the OKC Thunder and San Antonio Spurs collide in the first of an NBA double-header on ESPN. According to a Jan. 22, 2014 NBA report, the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, will be the site for this potential playoff preview.
Opening tipoff is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. EST (7:10 p.m. CST/6:10 p.m. MST/5:10 p.m. PST) and it will be broadcast live on big ESPN following the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.
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For the defending Western Conference champs, the (32-9) San Antonio Spurs come in sitting atop the Southwest Division, have a 17-6 home record, and have won of 8 of their last 10 games played.
For the (32-10) Oklahoma City Thunder, despite not having Russell Westbrook in the lineup, Kevin Durant & Co. they lead the Northwest Division, are 13-7 on the road, have won four in a row and 8 of their last 10.
According to NBA oddsmakers, Gregg Popovich's club is favored at home over Scott Brooks in the online ATS department. Las Vegas point spreads list the Thunder as +6½ underdogs versus the Spurs [-6½] and the OVER/UNDER is set at a combined total of 202½ points.
ATS Consensus Prior to NBA Schedule 2014 TV Game Time
- Oklahoma City spread: 57 percent.
- San Antonio spread: 43 percent.
- OVER: 70 percent.
- UNDER: 30 percent.
Betting Trends Prior to ESPN's Free Live Stream Online
- Thunder are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games versus teams with a winning straight-up records.
- Thunder are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall.
- Thunder are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games versus teams with a home winning percentage of greater than .600.
- Spurs are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games versus teams with road-winning percentages higher than .600.
- Spurs are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following an against-the-spread win.
- Spurs are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight-up win of more than 10 points.
- Thunder are 8-1-1 ATS in the last 10 meetings.
- Under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.


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Since I don't have a ton to say tonight, I will leave you all with a little video. This is a video of what happens when you let Mike take London to Walmart alone and without
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Busy, oh so busy!
Since I don't have a ton to say tonight, I will leave you all with a little video. This is a video of what happens when you let Mike take London to Walmart alone and without
10 comments:
- Kakunaa said...
LOL. Have fun!
- August 29, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- Sierra said...
Scarlett was laughing during the whole video! Have a great two weeks!!!! XOXO
- August 30, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Beth said...
I like the part at the end where Mike tells London that he won't get a motorcycle before he does!
- August 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Crossed Fingers said...
Enjoy your trip!!!
- August 30, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Erin said...
LOL!!! Is there something wrong with him pushing the cart?? M does that in target all the time!
Also, how does he already know what to do with that motor cycle???
- August 30, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- Stacie said...
Have fun, can't wait to hear how they go! And I loved the video :-)
- August 30, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Crazy Shenanigans said...
Hope you have safe travels! Can't wait to hear all about it!
- August 30, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- Lindsay Williams said...
Cute! Have a great time in Chicago! I know you will miss London, but try to enjoy yourself.
- September 1, 2010 at 5:52 AM
- Deanna said...
Your little man is so cute!
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Coyotes are interesting and intelligent animals. They are also an iconic symbol of the West and are an important part of the desert ecosystem. However, in Utah there is a bounty (without limit) of $50 for every pair of coyote ears a hunter turns in. Coyotes are not a danger and do not have large negative impacts on deer or livestock populations. They should be allowed to run free without the threat of being gunned down.
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Joseline Hernandez of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" may have started her very own cheating scandal. In the wake of claims that Stevie J cheated on her with ex-girlfriend Promise B Mae, some are saying that Joseline got her revenge. According to Mstarz on Tuesday, there's a chance that Joseline Hernandez hooked up with NFL baller Bryant McKinnie.
Literally days before the premiere of the new season of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" news broke that Joseline may have some scandal of her own. Not to be left out of the limelight (and it's a big limelight this season) rumors have started circulating that Hernandez got back at Stevie J for his infidelity by having some fun of her own.
Although the rumor is unsubstantiated, pictures were leaked to Mediatakeout that make her look pretty guilty. As was pointed out, Joseline's hairstyle in the photos is one she wore last fall, while married to Stevie J. In the photos, the Puerto Rican Princess is makeup free and way up close to McKinnie. Wearing very short shorts, in the pictures Joseline is grinding up against McKinnie and sitting on his lap. Whether they actually had an affair or not, Stevie J cannot be happy with his wife all up close and personal with another man.
Is this payback for Stevie J's indiscretions? He was rumored to have cheated with his former flame Promise B Mae while he was with Joseline as well. Maybe she should have realized that you lose them how you get them. Don't forget Joseline was the other woman for a long time before marrying the music mogul.
In the case of Mae, she claimed to have gotten pregnant with Stevie J's child during their secret affair. She said that after a fight, a close friend of hers leaked the info that she was pregnant but that she had an abortion.
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AC/DC singer Brian Johnson couldn't give away too many details about Malcolm Young's health but said he's got his 'fingers crossed'. Photo: Edwina Pickles
AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young is in hospital, says bandmate Brian Johnson, who has also revealed work on the band's new album has been completed.
Johnson spoke of Young's health battles, reported earlier this year, during a recent interview with Classic Rock magazine to talk about the Australian rock band's 15th album.
The frontman said the album was now complete and said Young's absence from the recording studio had been missed, revealing his friend was in hospital.
Malcolm Young (right), from AC/DC, with now deceased rock manager Crispin Dye.
"We miss Malcolm obviously. He's a fighter. He's in hospital but he's a fighter. We've got our fingers crossed that he'll get strong again," Johnson told Classic Rock.
AC/DC regrouped in Canada in May this year to record their next record, with Stevie Young filling in for his ill uncle.
"Stevie, Malcolm's nephew, was magnificent. But when you're recording (a new album) with this thing hanging over you and your work mate isn't well, it's difficult," Johnson said on Wednesday.
AC/DC, with Malcolm Young at lower left. Photo: Guido Karp
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No further details about Young's health battle have been given.
The band was rumoured to be on the verge of a split earlier this year due to Young's health troubles but they vowed to press on after the musician decided to step down for a hiatus.
"After 40 years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health," the band said in a statement in April.
"Malcolm would like to thank the group's diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support," the statement read.
"In light of this news, AC/DC asks that Malcolm and his family's privacy be respected during this time. The band will continue to make music."
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In their own document it shows our emissions have dropped considerably in the last 20 years and yet they are hitting us with a Carbon Tax when we are achieving considerable pollution reduction without it. http://www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/climate-change/emissions/2011-12/NationalGreenhouseGasInventory-QuarterlyReport-December2011.pdf
THE trading system claims to reduce greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by putting a limit on emissions….. Ok this situation will then have it fixed, surely? Limit Emissions to a level where you want it and why hit the rest of us as well ?
Within this cap, 1000 of the nation's biggest polluters will have to buy permits for each tonne of emissions they produce……….. Now you are going to get increased price of goods to cover the Permit costs to big business and companies can trade unwanted permits. And worse the Heaviest polluters get compensation at the scheme's start and so it became the next heaviest polluters paying initially + us.
These are designed to act as incentives to reduce emissions….. This won't do anything as big polluters pass on the cost.
The carbon price – the cost of each permit – is $23 per tonne.
Under the Federal Government's model:
- Heaviest polluters get compensation at scheme's start, but it will be wound back later
- Limited assistance for coal-fired power stations
- Agriculture excluded until 2013
- Transport costs offset by reducing petrol excise…. This will not happen
Under the Opposition's model: Agriculture is permanently excluded
- Compensation for food producers such as milk- and meat-processing plants
- More compensation for heavy polluting industries such as aluminium
- More compensation for coal companies if they agree to reduce emissions
A few issues are around though, firstly will be the pricing, secondly, why have this when the science indicates there is a leaning towards the Climate Change Warnings as being a hoax. Can we afford to go this way when the Global markets are so fragile. When we have almost no Countries moving in this direction, and in fact even more countries that started this way have rolled back the damage.
When our Emissions are so little compared to the rest of the world, unlike a fabricated report recently released, and the biggest Polluter countries are not employing an ETS and not cutting down on Emissions.
I have no doubt they need to reduce emissions for pollution is never good, but that isn't the Global Warming debate, that is a clean and localised Urban air debate.
Our Government is so caught up on the issue, they went after CO2, the very gas we NEED, but then want us all to save the world, which shows the preschool mentality of this Government.
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California delays emissions trading
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Typical proofs of the Riemann mapping theorem are not terribly explicit (one maximizes a functional, or something equivalent, such as using Dirichlet's principle).
The theorem states that if $U$ is a simply connected open subset of the plane, then there is a biholomorphism between $U$ and the unit disk. I imagine, due to the wild generality of the result, no explicit construction can be expected in general. However, in many concrete cases, I would think a construction "by hand" should be possible; and in applications (to problems in engineering, for example), this would almost be a requirement.
Do you know of such a construction, or of a reference where these constructions are discussed? (The answer may of course only apply to certain families of open sets.)
I know of a very nice reference: "Schwarz-Christoffel Mapping", by Tobin A. Driscoll and Lloyd N. Trefethen, Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics (No. 8). The Schwarz-Christoffel Mappings explicitly give us biholomorphisms between the upper half plane and the interior of simple polygons. I am hoping for additional examples.


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Honey Biscuits Recipe
These lightly sweet biscuits are a great complement to all sorts of stews, soups, and chilies. Monterey Jack cheese adds an extra layer of flavor in these flaky bites.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
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- 1 teaspoon salt
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- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and cheese until mixture forms a ball.
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- 3. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine honey and remaining butter. Microwave on high until melted. Brush over biscuits. Bake at 450° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Yield: about 1 dozen.
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2 each: 314 calories, 18g fat (11g saturated fat), 50mg cholesterol, 714mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 7g protein
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