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Brazil's Sugar-Cane Sector Shrinks
Brazil's sugar processors are downsizing.
The fewest mills in six seasons — 377 — will be processing cane into sugar and ethanol this season, said Plinio Nastari, president of consulting firm Datagro.
It would be the third consecutive season of declines in the number of mills, highlighting trouble in the sector in Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar cane and the top exporter of sugar.
A smaller cane crop due to Brazil's worst drought in decades and the country's energy policy are driving the declines, Mr. Nastari said.
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras supports gasoline prices, providing a subsidy that makes it harder for ethanol to compete.
"They are competing with a subsidized product," Mr. Nastari said, referring to ethanol producers.
Since the subsidies are part of the government's effort to combat inflation, the measure is unlikely to go away any time this year, particularly ahead of October presidential elections, industry members have said.
"It is unlikely that there'll be any major policy changes this side of the election in Brazil," Bunge Ltd. Chief Executive Soren Schroder said in a call with investors last week.
It is the latest in a string of challenges for Brazil's sugar-processing sector. Mills had already been grappling with low sugar prices. In late January, raw sugar traded on ICE Futures U.S. settled at 14.74 cents a pound, the lowest since June 2010, due to a global glut of sugar.
Bunge has said has put its sugar-milling business under "strategic review." The company's sugar and biofuels segment lost $64 million in the first quarter.
Smaller production is another problem for mills, Mr. Nastari said. The cane experienced extremely dry weather at a time when it needed moisture to produce sugar. Producers in Brazil's center-south, where most of the country's cane is grown, will likely reap 575 million metric tons of cane this season, down from 596 million tons last season, Mr. Nastari estimated.
While expectations of a smaller crop has helped drive world sugar prices up nearly 20% from January's lows, Michael McDougall, a senior vice president and head of the Brazil desk at brokerage Newedge, said it hasn't been a game-changer for mills.
"The current prices just aren't enough," he said.


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The solubility of hydrogen gas in steel in terms of its mass fraction is given as where PH2 is the partial pressure of hydrogen in bars and T is the temperature in K. If natural gas is transported in a 1-cm- thick, 3-m-internal-diameter steel pipe at 500 kPa pressure and the mole fraction of hydrogen in the natural gas is 8 percent, determine the highest rate of hydrogen loss through a 100-m- long section of the pipe at steady conditions at a temperature of 293 K if the pipe is exposed to air. Take the diffusivity of hydrogen in steel to be 2.9 × 10–13 m2/s.
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Endgame: Penguins 5, Capitals 2
Thursday, 02.7.2013 / 10:01 PM ET / Features
By Michelle Crechiolo
|Post Game: Coach Bylsma
Post Game: Sidney Crosby
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Washington's unbeaten streak in Pittsburgh (they had gone 9-0-1 in their last 10 games here) ended Thursday night at CONSOL Energy Center as the Penguins, buoyed by their power play, got a 5-2 win over the Capitals to extend their winning streak to five straight games. The Penguins scored all five of their goals in the second period.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin both finished with three points (1G-2A) to lead the Penguins while Pascal Dupuis, James Neal and Matt Cooke also scored for Pittsburgh.
Alex Ovechkin and Mike Ribeiro scored for Washington.
Washington went into the first intermission with a 1-0 lead. But they were reeling entering the second intermission, as the Penguins blew this game wide open in the second period when they scored five consecutive goals to take a hefty 5-1 lead into the third period and had the crowd roaring.
Malkin, Dupuis, Neal, Cooke and Crosby scored in that order for the Penguins.
"That doesn't happen every night," Crosby said. "And especially to be at home, to be putting goals in like that and capitalizing, it's a lot of fun. You could feel the energy in the building and guys were really working off that. Every line was hopping over there expecting to create a chance and make something happen, and it's nice to see everyone get rewarded."
After Pittsburgh's penalty kill excelled in their last game, a win over the Islanders on Tuesday, on Thursday it was the power play's turn to dominate as they converted all three of their power-play chances (more on that below). And two of their goals came just 11 seconds apart with about three-and-a-half minutes left to play to give the Penguins a 4-1 lead, a sequence that deflated the Capitals.
Pittsburgh's first goal came on the man-advantage 6:59 into the frame when Malkin absolutely sniped a gorgeous shot top shelf, far side from the left circle past goalie Michal Neuvirth off a perfect cross-ice feed from Crosby. Neuvirth didn't even react to it even though he wasn't screened since it was so fast and precise, and it gave the Penguins needed momentum after a slow first period.
"He makes a great shot there and we're right back in the game," Crosby said. "I feel like it gave our power play a boost, too. It looked like we were pretty confident from there on in on the power play. Nice to get an early one there and build off of it."
"That first goal was as good of a shot as I think you're going to see," head coach Dan Bylsma said. "Was a pretty impressive shot."
Dupuis made it 2-1 at the 12:49 mark when he beat Neuvirth five-hole with a bouncing shot on even strength, which resulted in Caps coach Adam Oates pulling his goalie and replacing him with Braden Holtby. Both young netminders have been struggling for the Caps, who have now lost nine of 11 games.
With 3:27 left, Neal scored on the power play and 11 seconds later, Brandon Sutter won a faceoff back to Cooke, who promptly ripped a wrister past Holtby.
Crosby wrapped up the scoring frenzy on the power play with 21.2 seconds left in the period to elicit roars from the 18,650 in attendance.
"In the first we probably played a 50-50 game, and then in the second we took control," Crosby said.
Though the Penguins were without usual power-play quarterback Kris Letang on Thursday (he missed the game with a lower-body injury) Paul Martin did an excellent job filling in on the first unit and the Penguins' power play operated on another level against the Capitals.
The Penguins and their top unit of Martin, Crosby, Malkin, Neal and Kunitz went 3-for-4 on the power play, converting all three of their opportunities in the second period.
"Guys are going to be in different spots, obviously injuries happen," Neal said. "We're going to have some different looks. But we moved the puck well and shot it with every opportunity we got. Some good individual efforts from Sid and Geno there."
Malkin and Crosby each scored on the man-advantage and got the primary assist on the other's goal. Neal also scored when he slipped a gorgeous forehand-to-backhand move past goalie Braden Holtby. It was his first point on home ice – his previous seven (6G-1A) had all come on the road entering Thursday's game.
"Tonight we just worked pretty hard," Crosby said of their success. "We executed well. Next game we could go out and do the same things and maybe not score as many goals or it may not go in at all. But you've got to give yourself the best chance to score, and I thought our work ethic and our execution did that for us."
Bylsma liked the puck movement, saying "we moved the puck crisply and we were dangerous with the seam pass from Crosby to Malkin. ... Paul was great at getting to the middle. He had Geno and Sid on each side of them and distributed the puck really well, and that was a big factor. Paul was outstanding on (the power play) tonight. It was the difference in the game."
Crosby's goal was redemption for a similar opportunity he missed just minutes earlier that Holtby made a miraculous save on.
On the first one, Crosby crashed the net to get his stick on a pass from Kunitz and it looked like he had a sure goal with Holtby out of position. But the Caps goalie dove back and corraled it with his blade.
But not soon after, Crosby drove to the crease again and knocked a Malkin shot out of mid-air and into the back of the net.
"Sid gets a single up the middle, which is a pretty outstanding goal," Bylsma joked after the game.
"I think it was going to miss the net anyway," Crosby said of his first attempt. "'Kuni' made a great play to put it through a couple guys. I didn't pick it up till late. Didn't get a lot of wood on it. I think that was a tough one to miss. You don't get too many of those and that was a great pass. It was nice to be able to get one pretty soon after.
"We work on rebounds and stuff (in practice) and a lot of times rebounds end up in the air at some point. I think it's just making sure you're aware around the net and ready to jump on those. You kind of have fun with those sometimes in practice. Usually you don't have to use it too much, but it was nice I was able to use it there."
Growing up in Pittsburgh, Dylan Reese dreamed of donning the black and gold as a member of his hometown Penguins.
His dream became a reality Thursday night when the 28-year-old Upper St. Clair native took the ice as a Penguin in front of a packed house of 18,650 fans at CONSOL Energy Center.
The 6-foot-1 defenseman, recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday night following a trade that sent Ben Lovejoy to Anaheim for a 2014 fifth-round draft pick, played 14:07 minutes for the Penguins and saw time on Pittsburgh's second power play unit.
Full story here.
The Caps struck first on an odd sequence 4:12 into the first period. Wojtek Wolski and Brooks Orpik were tied up right in front of Marc-Andre Fleury, and it looked like one of them made contact with the Penguins goalie. He then fell backward onto the ice and his helmet flew off as a result. Mike Ribeiro picked up the loose puck and put it in the open net with Fleury down and helmetless.
Although many people told us on Twitter they didn't like that play continued even though the goalie lost his helmet, the refs made the right call according to the official NHL rule book. If the Penguins had possession of the puck, play would have been stopped. If the Capitals had possession of the puck and there was no immediate and impending scoring opportunity, play would have been stopped. But since the Capitals had possession and there was an immediate and impending scoring opportunity, play was not stopped.
Here's the exact wording of NHL Rule 9.5:
"When a goalkeeper has lost his helmet and/or face mask and his team has possession of the puck, the play shall be stopped immediately to allow the goalkeeper the opportunity to regain his helmet and/or face mask. When the opposing team has possession of the puck, play shall only be stopped if there is no immediate and impending scoring opportunity. This stoppage of play must be made by the Referee. When play is stopped because the goalkeeper has lost his helmet and/or face mask, the ensuing face-off shall take place at one of the defending team's end zone face-off spots."
Coach Dan Bylsma said following the game that defenseman Kris Letang, who missed Thursday's game, is "day-to-day at this point in time with a lower-body injury."
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Thibodaux Regional Medical Center will host a National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration from noon to 1:30 p.m. May 30 in its multipurpose room.
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Last week Amazon announced their refreshed Kindles including a new HD tablet that is closer in size to the iPad. Even as an avid Apple advocate I have to admit that Amazon's progress with the Kindle Fire product line impressed me
Amazon will never be an iPad killer. Only Apple can do that. However, I'm glad Amazon continues to innovate and invest in the tablet market because competition fosters innovation. The Kindle Fire could not have existed without the iPad and without the iPhone we'd all still be stick with a Motorola RAZR.
One reason I think Amazon even stands a chance of going toe-to-toe with Apple is their content ecosystem.
Amazon has wisely avoided innovating in a vacuum. Instead of being a closed system (like Apple) they have embraced other platforms and have apps for both iOS and Android. Amazon's ability to deliver content to the consumer regardless of whether the device is Amazon branded or not enables them to remain a player in the tablet market where other hardware companies have failed.
The Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ model boasts some impressive features
- 1920×1200 resolution (though not Retina quality)
- Dolby dual stereo speakers
- Two Wifi antennas with dual band support
- Free access to a wide array of content (via Amazon Prime)
- Buy once, enjoy everywhere (across Xbox, Apple & Amazon devices)
- X-ray and WhisperSync for books, movies and games
- FreeTime parental controls with multiple profiles
Again, I don't think the Kindle Fire HD is an iPad killer, but the price and features will give consumers more options and provide Apple an incentive to up their game for the next iPad (mini or otherwise).
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|Late 1960s daytime, saw round light followed by 2 airforce jets. All 3 came back the opposite direct minutes later.
Sighting Location
|Chula Vista
|United States
Sighting Specifics
|Viewing Distance
|501 Feet - 1 Mile
|Sighting Duration
|Object Features
|Object Flight Path
|Straight-line path,Path with directional change
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|Weather Factors
Sighting Details
This was in the late 1960s (approx. 1968-69), and I was 9-10 years old, walking to or from school with 2 friends in the daytime. We heard aircraft noise and looked up. Moving from our right to our left were 1 round (silent), white glowing orb, followed closely by 2 military jets. About 5-10 minutes later the 3 objects came back in the opposite direction. On both occasions, the flight speed was relatively slow, and the flight altitude was low. If I had to guess, the speed was 200 MPG at 1,500 ft. The 2 military jets followed about 1 or 2 lengths behind the orb on both occasions, flying side-by-side with each other. The orb was not small. I'd estimate that the radius was just below the width of the jets' wingspan. I could tell because the 3 objects were close to each other. I'd compare the glow effect of the orb to using a flashlight on the ceiling of a room - but in the daytime. The area was flat, no hills. We watched both occasions until they flew out of sight. I don't recall if we made a big deal about it with our families. I think in those days, there were a lot of sightings. We were kids, but not really scared. It was more the feeling of awe, especially since 2 fighter jets trailed it tightly. Chula Vista is a suburb of San Diego, and was full of military. Sorry, I have no proof. Perhaps there are similar sighting records for this time and place. I thought I should finally make a report since the sighting involved 2 military jets tailing it closely. The sighting never bothered me. I never had nightmares, and in fact forgot about it for years. Now that media programs have brought it front and center, I can tell my story. When I hear about other sightings, I am open-minded and believe these UFOs exist because of my sighting. Thank you for allowing me to file this report and for providing this service. I will be happy to contribute too!
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NEW YORK — A $1 billion shopping mall planned for the parking lot of the Mets' stadium would spearhead a major transformation of a blighted neighborhood, developers testified Wednesday.
But opponents argued that the 1.4 million-square-foot mall and other plans for their Queens neighborhood would simply benefit developers while pushing out local businesses.
"They're the most vulnerable citizens, and, most likely, they'll go bankrupt and die," said attorney Edward De Barbieri, of the Urban Justice Center, a nonprofit advocacy group.
Both sides testified at a hearing before the City Planning Commission. The commission has to vote on the project before it heads to the City Council for a final decision.
Before any real work can begin, the polluted, neglected neighborhood must undergo environmental testing and cleanup that could take several years.
Then comes the first phase: construction on a 23-acre swath of land where the city expects to start demolition to prepare for construction of the mall.
A parking lot adjacent to the stadium would be converted into a vertical shopping complex with 200 stores, a movie theater, restaurants, entertainment venues and a 2,500-space parking garage.
Another 40 acres of mostly parkland would be used to expand the National Tennis Center and build a 35,000-seat professional soccer stadium. In addition, office space, a hotel and a school are envisioned. That could take at least another decade.
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Learn to bulk up just like the [guys who play] gladiators do!
Why so many parodies of the 300 trailer? The trailer was awesome and made us all very excited for the movie, the parodies are payback for watching the actual movie.
Beeping out cirse words not enough for ya? How about getting rid of any hints of violence? Okay then.
Get it? Cause you can only see half her ass in the photo, and it doesn't look like she's trying very hard.
We debated posting this video for the last couple weeks because we didn't know whether it was pornographic enough for you.
What can we say, the 80s were a confusing time? We're glad she's wearing her workout gear though because it can get really sweaty when you... blink.
It's Olympics time and everybody's getting the workout bug, even the world's most cutest, roundest and hungriest kid, the Fat Kid. Check out his Olympics training and find your greatness, too!
While taking a dump on your friends, it is always polite to bring reading material for both you and your toilet.
This is a shot from an upcoming workout video starring Lisa Rinna. The perfect gift for aging cougars who need a boost to their physical self-esteem.
Ok. So, basically, driving in Russia is f*cking terrifying. There are TONS of accidents and it is nearly impossible to receive any sort of compensation for damages (manage to catch the offender, get insurance coverage, then you have the corrupt officials to deal with) unless there is concrete evidence; hence the recent (and brilliant) serge in constantly recording dash board cameras. Oh, and Russians REALLY like to take out their aggression on fellow drivers. Well, the men do. Notice there are no women pictured. It's called civility. If you are wondering about the "poor" fellow who seemingly falls down in front of the car around 1:13 and then gets his ass kicked for it, well, apparently that's a common ploy in those parts. That fall was no accident. It's a straight up wild west out there. And it makes for some damn good footage! Enjoy! PS. If anyone can tell us what the heck is going on around 2:33 we'd LOVE to know...


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Volume 9, Issue 3, May 1991
The gold/high temperature superconductor interface; metallicity of the near surface region and a search for the proximity effect9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577418View Description Hide Description
We have used high resolution photoemission spectroscopy to probe the electronic structure of a wide variety of gold/high temperature superconductor interfaces, the majority of which were formed by low‐temperature (20 K) gold evaporations on cleaved high quality single crystals. For c‐axis interfaces formed on the 123 family of superconductors, we find that the gold deposition essentially destroys the metallicity of the superconducting substrate in the near surface region (∼5 Å), while the near surface region of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 remains metallic. We have also used photoemission spectroscopy to search for a proximity‐effect induced superconducting gap in gold overlayers on c‐axis single crystals and a‐axis thin films, though no such effect was found.
Characterization of bilayer‐metal contacts to high T c superconducting films9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577419View Description Hide Description
Low resistivity normal metal contacts to YBa2Cu3O7−x (YBCO)films have been investigated. It has previously shown that the contact resistivity of Au contact exhibits a strong temperature dependence, decreasing 2–3 orders of magnitude at a transition temperature near T c of YBCOfilm. Other metal contacts, including Pd and Nb, do not show this effect. The contact resistivity of metal contacts has been correlated with interfacial reactions and disruption studied by x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In this work we demonstrate that a thin interlayer, specifically 10 Å of Au, between the YBCO and a metal contact such as Nb can allow the formation of a low resistance contact. XPS of the effect of the interlayer is presented, and the implications for carrier coupling are discussed. These results indicate a methodology for low contact resistance bilayer‐metal structures for supercondcuting device applications.
Studies of the behavior of the ''123'' superconductor system during changes in atmospheric condition9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577420View Description Hide Description
The properties of the YBa2Cu3O7−x (''123'') superconducting systems are generally determined by metal ratios, crystal structure and oxygen concentration. In order to obtain the correct oxygen content and crystal structure, it is normally necessary to subject the material to a high‐temperature annealing process in which the temperature and oxygen pressure must be controlled in order to avoid oxygen loss and prevent the formation of second phase material, while maintaining the correct cation stoichiometry. For materials with the optimal cation stoichiometry, poor performance as a superconductor is generally assumed to be the result of improper annealing. Recently, we have performed a detailed study of the resistivity of an optimal ''123'' ceramic system, as measured by a four‐point probe in the presence of controlled atmospheres of oxygen and other gases ranging in pressure (at room temperature) from ∼1 mTorr to 70 Torr. These studies were conducted in a closed cycle He refrigerator, during both cooling and heating cycles.
Cooling the ''123'' material, in the presence of an ambient oxygen background equivalent to several Torr at room temperature, produced a metallic R versus T behavior with T 0 (onset) of ∼103 K and T c of ∼91 K. As long as this atmosphere was maintained above the ''123'' material, only minor differences were detected in the resistance versus temperaturecharacteristic upon reheating and repeated temperature cycling. Lowering the oxygen pressure, followed by repeated temperature cycling however, produced a continuous reduction in T c to an eventual value of ∼60 K at 1 mTorr. Reintroduction of various doses of air or O2 (at any point in the cycle) immediately increased T c , with apparent total restoration to the optimal resistance values at ∼5 to 12 Torr. Atmospherically controlled changes of oxygen concentration or reordering of oxygen vacancy sites are suspected to be responsible for these variations in T c , which occur with out annealing and with no apparent changes in structure.
A variety of other reproducible alterations in the R versus T behavior of this material (including unique humps and shifts) have been induced (and removed) through controlled changes in the ambient atmosphere. There are reasons to suspect that these surface‐oriented effects originate in the grain boundaries of these materials.
Reduced thermal budget processing of Y–Ba–Cu–O high temperature superconducting thin films by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577421View Description Hide Description
Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD) has the potential of emerging as a viable technique to fabricate ribbons, tapes, coatedwires, and the deposition of films of high temperature superconductors, and related materials. As a reduced thermal budget processing technique, rapid isothermal processing (RIP) based on incoherent radiation as the source of energy can be usefully coupled to conventional MOCVD. In this paper we report on the deposition and characterization of high quality superconducting thin films of Y–Ba–Cu–O (YBCO) on MgO and SrTiO3 substrates by RIP assisted MOCVD. By using a mixture of N2O and O2 as the oxygen sourcefilms deposited initially at 600 °C for 1 min and then at 740 °C for 30 min are primarily c‐axis oriented and with zero resistance being observed at 84 and 89 K for MgO and SrTiO3 substrates, respectively. The zero magnetic field current densities at 77 K for MgO and SrTiO3 substrates are 1.2×106 and 1.5×106 A/cm2, respectively. It is envisaged that high energy photons from the incoherent light source and the use of a mixture of N2O and O2 as the oxygen source, assist chemical reactions and lower overall thermal budget for processing of these films.
Properties of large area ErBa2Cu3O7−x thin films deposited by ionized cluster beams9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577422View Description Hide Description
ErBa2Cu3O7−x films have been produced by simultaneous deposition of Er, Ba, and Cu from three ionized cluster beam (ICB) sources at acceleration voltages of 0.3–0.5 kV. Combining ozoneoxidation with ICB deposition at 650 °C eliminated any need of post anneal processing. The substates were rotated at 10 rotations per minute during the deposition which took place at a rate of about 3 to 4 nm. ErBa2Cu3O7−x films with areas up to 70 mm in diameter have been made by ICB deposition. These films, 100‐nm thick, were deposited on SrTiO3(100) substrates at 650 °C in a mixture of 6 at. % O3 in O2 at a total pressure of 4×10−4 Torr. They had T c ranging from 84.3 to 86.8 K over a 70 mm diameter and J c above 106 A/cm2 at 77 K. Another set of three samples, deposited within a 50 mm diameter, was examined by magnetization measurements. These samples had J c ranging from 8.2×106 to 1.1×107 A/cm2 at 4.2 K and from 2.4×105 to 5.1×105 A/cm2 at 70 K. X‐ray diffraction measurements of the three samples showed preferential c‐axis orientation normal to the substrate surface. Rocking curves showed small variation in grain misorientation with sample position relative to the center of the substrate holder. Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the three samples also show some texture dependence on sample position. For the three samples, there is a correlation between SEM texture, full width at half‐maximum of rocking curves and J c versus temperature curves.
Growth and characterization of ferroelectric BaMgF4 films9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577423View Description Hide Description
Experimental data are presented that confirm ferroelectric thin films of BaMgF4 can be grown by ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) sublimation on semiconductor and metallized substrates at temperatures below 500 °C. Hysteresis properties of the films are shown to be qualitatively consistent with those measured on thinned single‐crystal samples cut perpendicular to the ferroelectric (orthorhombic) a axis. Loops from weakly oriented films on Si(100) display a P r /P s ratio of approximately 0.84, with P s =1.6 μC/cm2 and E C =150 kV/cm. These values are explained on the basis of the film orientation and the measured properties for the bulk crystals. Metal–insulator–semiconductor structures formed with fluoride layers grown on lightly doped Si substrates yielded C–V switching properties indicating their suitability for use in high‐performance ferroelectric field‐effect transistor memory structures. In particular, switching attributable to polarization charge reversal i n s i d e the ferroelectric layer, rather than by tunnel injection of carriers from the Si into the ferroelectric, has been achieved for the first time with this material.
Ferroelectric thin films for electronic applications9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577424View Description Hide Description
This is a review paper on the history of ferroelectric thin films, current practices in their fabrication, characteristics of interest which relate to their use, and the application of these films to memory and electroopticdevices.
Effect of deposition conditions on the properties of thin permalloy film9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577425View Description Hide Description
The saturationmagnetostriction λ s of thin Permalloyfilms, used in magnetoresistive reproduce heads, has to be strictly controlled to be negative and less than 3×10−7. The value of λ s for NiFe is a strong function of film composition. [E. Klokholm and J. A. Aboaf, J. Appl. Phys. 5 2, 2474, (1981).] [R. M. Borzorth and J. G. Walker, Phys. Rev. 8 9, 624 (1951).] Since the composition of the target material could be controlled to only ±0.2% of Ni, the potential changes in λ s could have been as large as 6×10−7, which exceeded the material specification. Therefore, the effect of substrate bias (0 to −60 V), sputtering pressure (2 to 20 mTorr), and target voltage (200 to 1000 V) on magnetostriction has been investigated to identify the best process control parameter. Sputtering has been performed in an argon atmosphere using a triode source. The target was vacuum cast NiFe. Thermal oxide‐coated Si wafers were used as a substrate. It was found that the substrate bias has a strong effect on λ s ; however, the thickness uniformity becomes unacceptable. The target voltage has been found to have no effect on magnetostriction. The value of λ s however, can easily be modified by varying the sputtering pressure. Varying the pressure from 4 to 10 mTorr can change λ s as much as 4×10−7 without degradation of the other film magnetic properties, such as anisotropy, coercivity, and magnetoresistance. Therefore, this method has been successfully used in control of λ s in our thin‐film magnetoresistive heads.
Anomalous magnetotransport in epitaxial TbSi2−x9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577426View Description Hide Description
Recent advances in heteroepitaxy have produced novel structures allowing the detailed investigation of material properties of the heterostructure components. We examine transport phenomena in 120 Å thick films of the rare earth silicide TbSi2−x . These films are epitaxial on Si(111) with channeling minimum yields below 10% as determined by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Electrical resistivity decreases linearly as the temperature is lowered to 38 K, where a rapid drop is observed due to magnetic ordering near the antiferromagnetic‐paramagnetictransition. Hall constant data show that the majority carriers are electrons, with anomalies at 38 and 16 K. We measure for the first time the transverse and longitudinal magnetoresistance down to 4 K in magnetic fields up to 10 Tesla. At temperatures below 38 K the longitudinal magnetoresistance has a cusplike anomaly near 8 Tesla resulting from the magnetic field‐induced suppression of the antiferromagnetic component of the structure. This anomalous behavior does not occur when the magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the c axis of the epitaxial layers, indicating that the antiferromagnetic structure is along in‐plane directions.
Structural and magnetic properties of ion beam sputtered deposited Cu/Fe multilayers9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577427View Description Hide Description
Fe/Cu multilayers have been deposited using the ion assisted/ion beam sputtering technique. X‐ray diffraction and selected area transmission electron diffraction show that Fe is in the body‐centered‐cobic phase. These results were in agreement with extended x‐ray absorption fine structure measured at the Fe K edge using synchrotron radiation. Magnetic measurements using vibrating sample magnetometer and ferromagnetic resonance show nominal moment of the Fe, but moderate out of plane anisotropy.
Low‐energy (∼100 eV) ion irradiation during growth of TiN deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering: Effects of ion flux on film microstructure9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577428View Description Hide Description
Cross‐sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) has been used to investigate the effects of variations in the low‐energy ion irradiation flux during the growth of reactively sputter‐deposited TiN. The films were deposited on steel substrates with a negative bias of 100 V at 350 °C in mixed Ar–N2 discharges at a pressure of 5 Pa (37 mTorr). The ion‐to‐Ti arrival rate ratio Jion /JTi at the substrate was varied between 0.3 and 7.1 through the use of a variable external magnetic field.Filmsgrown with Jion /JTi ≲2 had a columnar morphology with a highly underdense microstructure. Increasing Jion /JTi ≳4 was sufficient to cause the growth of dense films with a more equiaxed grain structure due to renucleation. Further increases in Jion /JTi ≳7 resulted in increased TiN grain size and local heteroepitaxy between TiN and the martensitic phase of the substrate.
Effect of post‐deposition annealing on structure and chemistry of the TiN film/steel substrate interfaces9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577429View Description Hide Description
This study deals with solid‐state phase transformations occurring at interfaces between a TiN film and an AISI M50 steel substrate during postdeposition annealing at 500 and 1000 °C. Cross‐sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) was used to investigate the nature of phase transformations at these interfaces. The TiN films were ion plated onto M50 steel with an initial Ti underlayer at 100 °C. XTEM and electron energy loss spectroscopy of the interfaces indicated that the ion‐plated Ti underlayers transformed into a TiC phase during annealing at 500 °C and into a Ti(C,N) phase during annealing at 1000 °C. In addition, the density of defects within grains was significantly reduced during annealing and the grains themselves became larger.
The preparation of microcrystalline silicon (μc‐Si) thin films by remote plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577430View Description Hide Description
We have used remote plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition (remote PECVD) to deposit both intrinsic and doped μc‐Si thin films at temperatures between 100 and 400 °C. Two different deposition pathways have been studied: (i) plasma excitation of He/H2 mixtures with downstream injection of silane, SiH4, and the dopant gases phosphine, PH3 or diborane, B2H6; and (ii) plasma excitation of He, with downstream injection of SiH4 and H2, as well as the dopant gases. We have observed that the second pathway, (ii) readily promotes nucleation of μc‐Si on a number of different substrate materials, including crystalline Si, fused silica, and silicon dioxide, SiO2, deposited by the remote PECVD process. The other pathway, with the H2 coexcited with He, frequency results in the deposition of a thin amorphous silicon transition region between the substrate and the μc‐Si film, which then nucleates within the a‐Si material, rather than at the substrate itself. The properties of μc‐Si films deposited by remote PECVD have been characterized by Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dark conductivity, and photoconductivity.
Preparation and characterization of amorphous SiC:H thin films9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577431View Description Hide Description
Siliconcarbidefilms were deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition utilizing monomethylsilane (CH3SiH3). Silicon (100) and polycrystalline gold were used as substrates. A mass spectrometric analysis of the monomethylsilane plasma showed that the majority of the Si–C bonds were preserved in the gas phase. The composition, the density and morphology of the amorphous SiC:H (a:SiC:H) films were studied as a function of substrate temperature, composition of the ion flux bombarding the surface and the kinetic energy of these ions. The surface science techniques utilized for these investigations include x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and Raman spectroscopies.
The influence of ultrathin predeposited platinum layers on the formation of iridium silicide9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577432View Description Hide Description
An investigation was made of Pt–Ir silicide films on (100)Si prepared by deposition of submonolayer thickness of Pt followed by 20–30 Å of Ir. Submonolayer coverages of Pt induce a crystalline texture approaching an epitaxial relationship between the normally amorphous IrSi film and the crystalline (100) Si substrate. Films were prepared using e‐beam deposition, substrate temperature of 350 °C, and pressure at deposition ∼10−7 Torr. Rutherford backscattering,transmission electron microscopy, and Auger electron spectroscopy are used to characterize composition and thickness. Grain structure and crystallinity as well as film and substrate interface characteristics are functions of predeposition conditions. Simple diode measurements illustrate the effect of predeposited Pt on the emission coefficient and cutoff wavelength. Data suggests a model where the predeposited Pt acts as nucleation sites for crystal growth.
A novel deposition technique for switchable vanadium sesquioxide (V2O3) thin films9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577389View Description Hide Description
V2O3 is a phase transitionmaterial, which, like other oxides of vanadium, undergoes large changes in optical and electrical properties upon switching from the semiconductor to metal state. The transition in V2O3 occurs at temperatures well below that of oxides in the same family, namely near 150–170 K, making it attractive for a number of low‐temperature applications. This material has been deposited by a variety of methods, including chemical vapor transport, rf sputtering of a stoichiometric target, pyrolysis, and heat treatment of a sputteredvanadium oxide film. Thin films of this material have also been prepared by the reduction of predeposited VO2thin films, requiring the flow of hazardous gases such as hydrogen or carbon monoxide over the sample, which is held at high temperatures in excess of 700 °C. A direct synthesis method for the deposition of high quality V2O3thin films with low infrared absorption and resistivity change of more than six orders of magnitude is described. Optical, resistivity, and morphological characteristics of this material are discussed.
A magnetically confined and electron cyclotron resonance heated plasma machine for coating and ion surface modification use9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577390View Description Hide Description
A new coating system which generates a magnetically confined plasma via microwaveheating in an electron cyclotron resonance zone has shown much promise in several coating applications. The system is used to produce high density plasmas of gas and/or metals ions. With metalplasmas, many of the depositedcoatings are made exclusively from singly ionized, ion depositions. For many metals the system produces fairly high deposition rates (greater than 1 μ a min for many metals) using a sputter plate as the source of neutrals to be ionized. The use of evaporative neutral sources should produce higher densities and deposition rates. The operation of this system and its use in several interesting coating applications is discussed. These applications have included the generation of multilayered coatings for x‐ray optics, the effect of surface bias on metal ion depositions, low voltage (50 to 60 eV)/hi current (30 mA/cm2 ) sputter etching, and depositions from metal‐reactive gas plasmas.
Characterization of electronic and optical properties of device quality a‐Si:H and a‐(Si,Ge):H grown by remote plasma electron cyclotron resonance deposition9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577391View Description Hide Description
The electronic and optical properties of device quality a‐Si:H and a‐(Si,Ge):H filmsgrown by remote plasma electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) deposition were studied together with the plasmacharacteristics during growth. 100–350 W microwaveplasmas, which were formed by introducing hydrogen and helium into the ECR chamber, were used to decompose silane and germane downstream of the ECR source. Use of hydrogen allows selective etching of the growth surface by reactive ion species. The plasma properties near the deposition surface are characterized using movable plane and cylindrical Langmuir probes and are correlated with the light and dark photoconductivity, optical gap, stability, and silicon–hydrogen bonding distribution of the depositedfilm in an effort to understand the influence that plasma species have on film quality.
Silicon nitride formation from a silane–nitrogen electron cyclotron resonance plasma9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577392View Description Hide Description
Good quality, low temperature silicon nitride and oxynitride films were deposited downstream from an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma source using SiH4 and N2 gas mixtures. The Si/N ratio and H content in the depositedfilms were determined using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and elastic recoil detection. The H concentration was minimum for films with compositions closest to that of stoichiometric Si3N4. The optimum conditions for producing a stoichiometric Si3N4 were a SiH4/N2 flow ratio between 0.1 and 0.2, and an electrically isolated sample far from the ECR source. Infrared absorption spectra showed that as the film composition changed from N rich to Si rich the dominant bonds associated with H changed from N–H to Si–H.
Using a design of experiments approach for characterization of undoped plasma‐enhanced chemical‐vapor deposited SiO2 film properties9(1991); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.577393View Description Hide Description
RS/Discover, an experimental software package, was used to construct a Plackett‐Burman screening experiment to relate the filmproperties of a silane‐based undoped plasma‐enhanced chemical‐vapor deposited(PECVD) SiO2 to the deposition parameters in a Novellus PECVD reactor. Temperature, pressure, power, and gas flows were simultaneously varied to study the effects that the deposition parameters had on the physical, chemical, and electrical filmcharacteristics. A linear model was developed from the data collected. The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra revealed that the asymmetric Si–O–Si peak position correlated to several film parameters including the destructive breakdown voltage, the wet etch rate, and the index of refraction of the deposited oxide. The highest deposition rates (>0.6 μm/min) and film thickness uniformity (<1.0% nonuniformity) were obtained when the Novellus system was operated at high silane flows with low power and pressure values. The particulate level was found to be directly related to the nitrogen carrier gas flow rate.


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Trio of thieves target country club, smash their way insidePublished 9:16 PM EDT Jun 18, 2014
The manager of the Blush Hills Country Club in Waterbury says they're out $500 dollars in stolen liquor plus the damages from the break in, and this isn't the first time the small, member-owned club has been targeted.Video Transcript
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HILLSVILLE ― U.S. Marshals caught up with a 23-year-old Woodlawn man, who was wounded in an attempt to steal a car in Hillsville Jan. 9, after he was released from the hospital but not turned over to police custody.
Richard Austin Williams was found at his cousin's house in Smyrna, Dela., last Thursday, according to Hillsville police. Williams was shot when, after taking a test drive of a Chevrolet Impala in Hillsville, he allegedly attempted to steal the car.
The car owner and his brother struggled with Williams, police said, and the brother shot Williams.
William E. Flippen, 39, who listed addresses in Galax and Statesville, N.C., was arrested on Feb. 19 after a traffic stop on a felony drug charge.
Sgt. Shawny Jones of the Galax Police Department had stopped a vehicle operated by Flippen for exceeding the posted speed limit.
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HILLSVILLE — A Rochester, Minn., man was arrested Wednesday evening after an attempted robbery at the Shoney's restaurant near Interstate 77's Exit 14 in Hillsville.
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The police department recorded 18,951 calls for service last year — an 18.7 percent increase from 15,965 in 2010.
HILLSVILLE — A 21-year-old Claudeville man has been charged with dealing drugs and 195 Oxycontin pills were seized after a Carroll County deputy initiated a traffic stop Feb. 9.
Carroll Sheriff J.B. Gardner said that Phillip Christopher Sias, a passenger in the vehicle, faces a charge of possessing schedule II drugs with the intent to distribute after the traffic stop near St. Paul Elementary School.
A car collided head-on with a Galax school bus that was carrying eight students on Thursday afternoon.
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A $6,000 grant from Homeland Security funds the nationwide Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, which pays for training for the instructors and equipment to teach the course.
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Jeff O'Neill scored 237 goals and 496 points in 821 career NHL games with Hartford, Carolina and Toronto. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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In last week's THN.com Top 10, we ranked the best active NHLers to follow on Twitter. But there are also retired players who have been bitten by the social media bug. With that in mind, here are the top 10 former NHL players now on Twitter:
The former Canadiens, Bruins and Rangers right winger has fully embraced the Twittersphere, responding to all fan inquiries and weighing in on important hockey issues when they arise. And his Twitter picture looks exactly like Canadian icon Terry Fox.
Sample Tweet: "In a quick flash I popped over 5000 followers. Figured I would have that many enemies not fans. I guess keep friends close, enemies closer"
Although he was one of the game's most intimidating enforcers in his day, Laraque is widely known to be one of the friendliest, gentle guys away from the rink. That comes through loud and clear in his (bilingual) tweets.
Sample Tweet: "I'm in Montreal excited for the gay parade to start at 1pm, which means I'm gay for the day...Lol"
Another former enforcer, Simpson isn't the most regular tweeter, but when he does post his thoughts, they're hilarious.
Sample Tweet: "I just read an article today on the dangers of heavy drinking... Scared the hell out of me. So that's it, after today. No more reading."
Fleury was fearless during his fantastic career and pulls no punches on Twitter. He's as likely to try and promote his extensive charity work as he is to rip into fans who attack him.
Sample Tweet: "We need to pull our heads out of our asses when it comes to the subject of sexual abuse."
The Dallas Stars TV analyst and former NHL goalie is renowned for his sense of humor, which comes through in spades in his Twitter posts.
Sample Tweet: "Update on my feud with 3 yr old niece: She is relentlessly kicking my arm and giggling. I may retaliate with 'shock&awe' potty-talk barrage."
The veteran backup goalie has quickly and successfully made the transition to the media world, working as an analyst for Canadian network TSN. His lighthearted posts make you realize why his teammates loved having 'Noodles' on the roster.
Sample Tweet: "I don't see the big deal everyone is making about 'PLANKING', I've been doing it every weekend for years, It's called Passing out Blind Drunk"
Roenick was a fantastic ambassador for the game during his career and remains so on Twitter, engaging with fans virtually every day and putting his strong opinions out there for fans to consider.
Sample Tweet: "All u know it all experts make me laugh. I sucked in LA and I'm over it. Think it's time some of u losers stop living in the past! Lol"
Barnaby's active mouth made him no shortage of enemies on the ice, but it's that quality that makes him such a solid TV analyst for ESPN and TSN and such a must-follow on Twitter.
Sample Tweet: "My take on Kovalev. Flat out the most skilled player I ever played with or watched. Won series by himself at times. Worked very hard on his skill and when motivated was unreal. When things didn't go well - disappeared. To me, might be only 1000 pt guy to be an underachiever."
Another former-player-turned-TSN-analyst, Ward provides trenchant hockey observations with a healthy amount of laughter mixed in.
Sample Tweet: "If Zherdev/Kovalev on same line for Atlant of KHL, easy marketing ploy. "The Camouflage Twins": Hidden in D zone, never ever sure they're there!"
He regularly lit up opposing netminders with his scoring skills and in a very short period of time, O'Neill has lit up his Twitter feed with tons of good-natured chirping with former teammates and players.
Sample Tweet: "I just watched a grown man 5 putt the first green. Not sure of his name but it sounds like Brad May.
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ING Jumps the Gun on Share-Sale Release
ING Groep on Tuesday morning made an abrupt about-turn, first announcing a stock sale of 12% of its U.S. unit and then saying the information was released "prematurely and erroneously" and should be ignored.
The Dutch financial-services company on Tuesday morning said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it was selling 33 million shares in its U.S. unit, representing about 12% of ING U.S., which is rebranding itself as Voya Financial.
Then about an hour later, ING Groep put out a news release instructing investors to ignore information about the potential share sale "until further notice."
Raymond Vermeulen, an ING spokesperson, said Tuesday's initial announcement was the result of an error on the part of one employee with ING in Amsterdam.
He added that the company's plans to sell shares in its U.S. unit were "common knowledge" since ING last week said in a so-called S1 filing with the SEC that it was planning a potential sale of shares in the unit.
Last week's filing didn't specify the number of shares that ING was planning to sell. It showed that ING most recently owned 147.8 million shares, or 57% of the US. unit, which went public last year.
The ING U.S. IPO was mandated after a bailout of ING Groep, which was directed to shed overseas assets after a 2008 government rescue.
"We are looking for a further sell down of our stake in ING U.S.," said Mr. Vermeulen. When the company releases more information about the planned share sale, ING will issue a new news release in the form of regulatory filing in the U.S., he said. However he declined to comment on the timing of the planned update or how many shares the potential share sale could involve.
ING Groep is working to fully divest itself of shares in ING U.S. The unit, which provides retirement, life insurance and investment services to 13 million individual and institutional customers, is being split off from its Dutch parent.
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|Standard Model Review: Read section 1.1 of Manohar, and/or chapter 2 of Georgi; Also read 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 of Manohar
|Look at the paper handed out in class: Buchmuller, W., and D. Wyler. "dim-6 Operators." Nuclear Physics B268 (1986): 621.
Also, the C. Arzt paper discussed in class, hep-ph/9304230: Arzt, C. "Reduced Effective Lagrangians." Physics Letters B342 (1995): 189.
|Read 1.5 of Manohar. On assignment 2 there is a problem on renormalons. For reading on this subject see Section 4.6 of Manohar and also hep-ph/9807443: Beneke, M. "Renormalons." Physics Reports 317 (1999): 1.
|Read 1.6 of Manohar. For a more detailed discussion of this material see hep-ph/9512380 (sections III C, D, E, F): Buchalla, Gerhard, Andrzej J. Buras, and Markus E. Lautenbacher. "Weak Decays Beyond Leading Logarithms." Reviews of Modern Physics 68 (1996): 1125.
For those of you interested in learning more about evanescent operators read hep-ph/9806471 (sections 4.4 and 6.9): Buras, Andrzej J. "Weak Hamiltonian, CP Violation and Rare Decays." 1998.
|Read Georgi Section 2.6 and chapter 5 to complement our Chiral Perturbation theory discussion this week. The pion scattering loop from class is quoted with slightly more detail in 5.10. Donoghue et al. pp. 97-115 is also good reading.
|The equations of motion for Sigma in Chiral Perturbation theory are derived on pp. 104-105 of the review hep-ph/0210398: Scherer, S. "Introduction to Chiral Perturbation Theory." Advanced Nuclear Physics 27 (2003): 277.
|Reading for this week is chapter 2 and chapter 3 of Manohar.
|Reading for this week is chapter 3 and chapter 4 of Manohar.
|Reading on the OPE can be found in chapter 6 of Manohar. For further reading on quark-hadron duality look at the classic paper: Poggio, Quinn, and Weinberg. Physical Review Letters D13 (1976): 1958; and a more recent review on duality in B-decays, hep-ph/0212021: Bigi, Ikaros I., and Thomas Mannel. "Parton--Hadron Duality in B Meson Decays." 2002.
|Reading on the Two-Nucleon EFT, nucl-th/9801034 (fine-tuning): Kaplan, David B., Martin J. Savage, and Mark B. Wise. "A New Expansion for Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions." Physics Letters B424 (1998): 390.
hep-ph/9907448 (section 2.3 on the fixed points and beta function; also chapter 5 on why its one-loop exact for a certain class of operators and also details on ren. schemes): Stewart, Iain W. "Applications of Chiral Perturbation Theory in Reactions with Heavy Particles." 1999.
|Symmetries at the interacting fixed points, hep-th/9910025 (conformal invariance): Mehen, Thomas, Iain W. Stewart, and Mark B. Wise. "Conformal Invariance for Non-Relativistic Field Theory." Physics Letters B474 (2000): 145.
hep-ph/9902370 (the su(4) Wigner symmetry): Mehen, Thomas, Iain W. Stewart, and Mark B. Wise. "Wigner symmetry in the limit of large scattering lengths." Physical Review Letters 83 (1999): 931.
And finally nucl-th/9911001 (what goes wrong numerically when pions are included perturbatively): Fleming, Sean, Thomas Mehen, and Iain W. Stewart. "NNLO Corrections to Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering and Perturbative Pions." Nuclear Physics A677 (2000): 313.
The deuteron e.m. form factor, nucl-th/9804032: Kaplan, David B., Martin J. Savage, and Mark B. Wise. "A Perturbative Calculation of the Electromagnetic Form Factors of the Deuteron." Physical Review C59 (1999): 617.
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Musical Oscars: JHud, Kendrick, Jack Black & More to Perform
Manuel here bringing more news about the Oscar telecast. While some continue to ponder whether we'll really be asked to be Team BOYhood or Team birdMAN (and how's that for a an apt metaphor for contemporary Hollywood!), we'll be focusing more on what Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have in store for us during the sure-to-be-endless ceremony that shortchanges winning speeches for needless montages and musical performances.
Speaking of these, it looks like we're getting a full Best Original Song performance roster, with Adam Levine ("Lost Stars"), Tegan and Sara with The Lonely Island ("Everything is Awesome!!!"), Common & John Legend ("Glory"), Tim McGraw ("I'm Not Gonna Miss You") and Rita Ora ("Grateful") slated to sing their respective numbers on the big night.
"We're creating several musical sequences for the Oscars and we couldn't be happier that our friend, Jennifer Hudson, will be performing in one of them," say Zadan and Meron.
On top of this, last week came word that Jack Black would be performing, that Anna Kendrick would be part of a "special performance" and just this past weekend, Meron and Zadan confirmed that Jennifer Hudson would also be performing (my guess is she might be doing the In Memoriam number? That is, unless they've designed another "tribute to musicals" like they did in 2013, remember that?)
That already looks like quite a stacked schedule, especially once you add NPH's number, so maybe we'll be spared the montages that celebrate "Oscar's history" or some oddly specific genre rather than the year in film and the actual nominated films?
The Best Picture lineup may look quite oppressively manly, but with all these musical numbers (and NPH on hand), it'll be quite the glittery gay spectacle, no? Fingers crossed! My only hope is that Hudson wears something as cray-tastic as that cape from her Dreamgirls red carpet.


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Liberty's Maffei Says Karmazin Could Be Replaced at Sirius
Sirius XM Radio Inc. doesn't need Mel Karmazin to succeed, said Liberty Media Corp. Chief Executive Officer Greg Maffei, addressing speculation his company seeks the ouster of the satellite-radio carrier's CEO.
While Karmazin has done a "great" job running Sirius, plenty of people could replace him, Maffei said today at a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. conference in New York. Karmazin, whose contract ends Dec. 31, said Sept. 12 his instincts told him Liberty didn't need him at Sirius.
Liberty, which according to Maffei holds about 49.6 percent of Sirius shares, has informed the Federal Communications Commission it intends to take control of the company. Liberty Chairman John Malone said in July he plans to spin off the stake in New York-based Sirius, a move Karmazin said might increase his interest in staying.
It's unclear whether Karmazin wants to lead Sirius, which has gained 37 percent this year in New York trading through yesterday, under Liberty's management, Maffei said.
Karmazin, who received $10.7 million in salary and bonus last year according to data compiled by Bloomberg, said this month that Liberty may not want to retain him because he's "expensive."
Patrick Reilly, a Sirius spokesman, didn't immediately return a phone message today.
Liberty, based in Englewood, Colorado, probably won't increase its stake in Sirius past 50 percent until it wins approval from the FCC, Maffei said later in an interview.
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