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Lab talk
Aug 21, 2014
Putting a twist in molybdenum diselenide
Molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) is a promising transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). It has a lower bandgap than molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) – the most extensively studied TMD – yet the synthesis of it is more challenging due to the lower chemical reactivity of selenium compared with sulphur. Reporting in Nanotechnology, the synthesis of twisted few-layer MoSe2 by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is investigated. Different twist angles can form, which could provide a means with which to tune the properties of few-layer MoSe2.
Left to right: Monolayer MoSe2; TEM micrograph of few-layer MoSe2; how two rotationally disordered layers add to yield the resultant Moiré pattern
The CVD of monolayer and few-layer TMDs is a rapidly developing area of materials science. Like graphite, TMD bulk crystals are formed of monolayers bound to each other by van der Waals attraction. These materials in their monolayer or few-layer form offer exciting electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties that differ from their bulk form. This makes the fabrication and investigation of TMDs important so that their potential can be understood.
One can separate layers by micromechanical cleavage. Its use in real applications however would be a time consuming and inefficient approach. CVD is a much more attractive option as it can deliver high yields and high-quality material. Furthermore, it is already well established in industry.
The promise of MoSe2
One of the more promising TMD materials for applications is MoSe2. To date, fewer than a handful of research groups been able to demonstrate its synthesis via CVD. Moreover, only oriented few-layer MoSe2 has been made synthetically using CVD. The fabrication of turbostratic or twisted few-layer materials is of interest as the physical properties of twisted-layer TMDs differ from oriented few-layer TMDs. This is because the coupling between layers changes. Thus, the fabrication of twisted few-layer MoSe2 is of fundamental interest.
Twist angles
Here, researchers have achieved this. They synthesize twisted few-layer MoSe2 using CVD. Using both Raman spectroscopy and state-of-the-art aberration corrected transmission electron microscopy the presence of twisted few-layer was confirmed. They also observe the formation of different twist angles, which may provide a way to tune the properties of few-layer MoSe2 and make it even more applicable.
More information about the research can be found in the journal Nanotechnology 25 365603.
Further reading
Manipulating boron-nitride nanotubes unconventionally (Feb 2014)
Tweaking the magnetism of molybdenum sulphide nanoribbons (Mar 2014)
Selective electrochemical biosensing using molybdenum disulphide (July 2014)
Enhancing dielectric growth with two-dimensional materials (Aug 2014)
About the author
Alicja Bachmatiuk studied Chemical Technology at Szczecin University of Technology, Poland, where she continued her studies for her PhD. She then joined the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany, first as a Marie Curie Fellow and then as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. Currently she is a research professor in the Structural Analysis Group at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute of Basic Sciences (IBS) in South Korea. She also heads the graphene group at the Laboratory of Carbon and Polymer-Carbon Materials at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Zabrze in Poland.


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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
|Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium
Archidioecesis Brundusinus-Ostunensis
Brindisi Cathedral
|Ecclesiastical province
|1,253 km2 (484 sq mi)
- Total
- Catholics
|(as of 2006)
272,000 (99.2%)
|Catholic Church
|Roman Rite
|4th Century
|Cattedrale della Visitazione e S. Giovanni Battista
|Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
|Current leadership
|Domenico Caliandro
|Emeritus Bishops
|Rocco Talucci
Settimio Todisco
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium (Latin: Archidioecesis Brundusinus-Ostunensis) in Apulia, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce.
The historical archdiocese of Brindisi was promoted from a diocese in the tenth century. The territory of the diocese of Ostuni was added to it in 1821. The archdiocese lost its status as metropolitan see in 1980.[1]
According to a local legend, the first Bishop of Brindisi was St. Leucius, about 165, who later underwent martyrdom. There is no historical proof for early beginnings of Christianity, except the account given by Arnobius of the fall of Simon Magus, who according to him withdrew to Brindisi and cast himself from a high rock into the sea.
The Diocese of Brindisi at first embraced the territory comprised within the present diocese of Oria. In the tenth century, after Brindisi had been destroyed by the Saracens, the bishops took up their abode at Oria, on account of its greater security.
From 1572-1591, during the tenure of the Spanish Bishop Bernardino de Figueroa movements were made to separate Oria as seat of a new diocese. This occurred in 1591, with Vincenzo del Tufo being appointed the first bishop of Oria in 1596.[2] In the reorganization of the dioceses of the Kingdom of Naples in 1818 Brindisi was combined with the Diocese of Ostuni, formerly its suffragan.
Brindisi has been an archiepiscopal see since the tenth century. The ancient cathedral was located outside the city, but in 1140 Roger II, King of Sicily and Naples, built the present cathedral in the centre of the city.
Among the bishops of Brindisi were:
- St. Aproculus (Proculus), who died in 352 at Ardea, when returning from Rome, and was buried at Anzio;
- St. Cyprian, who died in 364;
- Andrea, murdered by the Saracens in 979;
- Eustachio (1060), the first to bear the title of archbishop;
- Guglielmo (1173), author of a life of St. Leucius;
- Galhard de Carceribus (Galardo, 1346–1348)
- Girolamo Aleandro (1524), humanist, and papal nuncio in Germany in connection with Luther's Reformation, and later Cardinal;
- Pietro Caraffa, Bishop of Chieti, and afterwards Pope Paul IV, for some time the Apostolic administrator of this diocese;
- Francesco Aleandro (1542);
- Giovanni Carlo Bovio (1564–1572) from Bologna, who translated the works of Gregory of Nyssa, and was at the Council of Trent;
- Bernardino de Figueroa (1571–1591) former choirmaster of the Royal Chapel of Granada;
- Paolo de Vilanaperlas (1716);
- Andrea Maddalena (1724), who restored the cathedral after it had been damaged by the earthquake of 1743.[3]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Carmelo Turrisi La diocesi di Oria nell'Ottocento. Aspetti socio-religiosi di una diocesia p108
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article Brindisi
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

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Deadlands 2 Takes the Prize!
by Pravin on August 17th, 2010 in news.
Thanks to all of your support, (and that of many, many others) Gary Ugarek's Deadlands 2 won the People's Choice Award for the 2010 World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC.
Gary worked hard to round up votes from this and many other websites and was able to garner over 53,000 votes, winning by a margin of 16,000 votes over The Mountain Music Project, a documentary about mountain music from Appalachia to the Himalayas.
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Don't touch that dial. Here comes a new musical wave that's as old as your grandmother and twice as lively. It's called The Music of Your Life, a syndicated radio show of big-band oldies and laid-back pop hits that has brought failing rock, country and religion stations back into the black. In Chicago, Boston, Denver and more than 150 other cities, some six million swingers are snapping their fingers and tapping their Hush Puppies to that old-time sound. "We used to make good records and nobody bought them," says songster Steve Lawrence, "but now we're being received like never before." Lawrence receives plenty of air time on Music of Your Life, along with fellow crooners Perry Como, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.
But the real winner in this musical renaissance is the show's founder, Al Ham. "This music never did die," insists Ham, 57. "It just stayed in the closet all these years." Now that it's out in the open, Ham finds himself with a multimillion-dollar business. The show, which costs radio stations from $650 to $4,000 a month (depending on the size of the market), runs on top AM music stations in L.A., Cleveland and Milwaukee and on Long Island, winning listeners with such all-time favorites as Stardust, My Way and In the Mood.
The secret of Ham's success? Part timing, part hard sell and part demographics. He started the show in 1978, but when his first station, WDJZ in Bridgeport, Conn., dropped it the following year "because the music was too old," Al used his own funds to re-launch the program. He convinced radio stations they could snatch what Madison Avenue types call the "Upscale Maturity Audience" with big-band dances and his personal selection of hit songs from more than 10,000 recordings. Advertisers eventually caught on to the spending power of Al's new market. Now even some baby boomers tune into the music of Ham's life. "There's a big search for traditional values these days," notes Ham.
Growing up in West Haven, Conn., the son of a clock company executive, Albert Ham practiced his string bass as much as 12 hours a day until he won a spot with the Artie Shaw Orchestra at age 17. After serving as a bombardier in World War II and studying math and music for a few years at Amherst and Columbia, Al took up with Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra; he met and married the band's singer, Mary Mayo. In the '50s Ham produced records for the likes of Johnny Mathis, Ray Conniff and Mitch Miller before moving on to arranging various commercial jingles. Unfortunately, Ham's most recent radio success brought on his 1979 divorce. "When I met my wife, I thought we'd stay together for the rest of our lives just like in the old songs," he says. "But in the end I got so possessed with the music, I blew my marriage." Since 1975 Ham has been working nonstop on the show (the first three years on research), often sleeping in four-hour spurts. But that doesn't mean his life lacks pleasures. He owns a secluded Tudor home near Bridgeport, has taken up jogging and last August married stewardess Tamara O'Malley, 33.
Already boasting a contract from Columbia to start an old-fashioned music label, Al hopes to build on the radio program with a touring orchestra and a weekly TV show. But for now his graying listeners seem content with his no-frills approach. As one Tulsa retiree relates: "On our 48th wedding anniversary, do you know how my wife and I entertained our guests? We tuned in The Music of Your Life, turned up the volume and danced till midnight!"
Big Band Means Big Bucks for Al Ham, Whose Syndicated Oldies Show Has Made Him Radio's Monarch of Mellow
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Lewis Black bringing comedy back to Summerfest
In addition to drum fills, guitar solos and the cheers of thousands, jokes and laughter have been a recurring part of the Summerfest soundtrack. Bob Hope was one of Summerfest's first big headliners, with two shows at County Stadium in 1969, and in the decades since then Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Lewis Black and others have been booked to play a Summerfest stage or tent.
After 2007, the funny stuff appeared to be over at Summerfest. But Friday, comedy makes a comeback. Fest favorite Black is bringing along comedians John Bowman and Mike Wilmot as part of a special comedy day at the BMO Harris Pavilion. »Read Full Article(8)
Hofbräuhaus proposed for former Bavarian Inn in Glendale
By next summer, the Milwaukee area might have a new place to grab its gemuetlichkeit.
A Hofbräuhaus brewpub and beer garden — large enough to accommodate several hundred patrons — is being proposed for the former Bavarian Inn in Glendale. »Read Full Article
WMSE Food Slam with live auction is Sept. 13
More than 25 restaurants and other vendors will be dishing up samples at this year's Food Slam to benefit WMSE-FM (91.7), from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday.
It takes place in the Grohmann Museum on the Milwaukee School of Engineering campus, 1000 N. Broadway. Food Slam guests can view the museum's art collection focused on the evolution of human work, including the rooftop statues. »Read Full Blog Post
Neko Case, Metric among new Pabst Theater group show announcements
There's a lot of news coming from the Pabst Theater group Monday morning. First came the announcement that Sheryl Crow is coming back to town with a show at the Riverside Dec. 5. Now the local venue organization has not one but four more show announcements to share.
Among them are Neko Case, playing the Riverside Oct. 18. Case, well known for her solo work in addition to her role in indie pop supergroup the New Pornographers, just released her mouthful of a solo album last week, "The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You." No doubt her longtime backing vocalist, Wisconsin resident Kelly Hogan, will be there. »Read Full Article
Opening day for Slice N' Dice sushi restaurant in Pewaukee is Tuesday
Slice N' Dice, the sushi, seafood and steak restaurant that's been in the works on Pewaukee Lake, is set to open Tuesday.
It's at W279-N221 Prospect Ave. in Pewaukee, in the former Daniel's Grill and Baja Grill building. »Read Full Blog Post
Day 48: Why Time Warner claims Channel 4 gave up dial location
In 1947, WTMJ-TV became the first commercial television station in Wisconsin and the 15th nationally to broadcast commercially, according to "Milwaukee Television History: The Analog Years," by Dick Golembiewski. But it did not begin life at the now familiar Channel 4 dial location.
It was first assigned Channel 3, in 1940. »Read Full Blog Post(118)
On Tap Today: Finding a cool one, or a cool place, for the last hot days of the year
Summer's not quite through with us yet - Monday and Tuesday are gearing up to be what could be the final scorchers of the year.
Take time to cool off at the beer garden in Estabrook Park, or in any of the great patio spots in Milwaukee (check ahead, though - some restaurants close on Mondays). Or get yourself a cone at Northpoint Custard, Kopp's, Leon's or any of the spots in town that sell Milwaukee's version of frozen ambrosia. »Read Full Blog Post(1)


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UNHCR Reports on Climate Change, Disaster, Displacement and Migration in Africa
December 2009: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has published a working paper titled "Climate change, disaster, displacement and migration: initial evidence from Africa," based on evidence from Burundi and Somalia, which are among the most vulnerable countries in the world.
The paper indicates that the frequency of climate-related disasters has increased in the past two decades and that, in 2008, over 26.5 million people were affected by droughts and over 20 million people were displaced by climate disasters. The paper emphasizes challenges - including food, water, shelter, healthcare and sexual and gender-based violence - faced by people displaced by climate-related disasters and conflict.
The paper, written by Vikram Kolmannskog, also underscores that disasters and environmental degradation can trigger displacement and conflicts, which can further accentuate environmental degradation. Somalia, a water-stressed, low-lying and war-torn country, is facing its worst humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by food insecurity. Most Somalis are pastoralists and climate change is increasing competition over fertile land and resources.[The Working Paper]


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Institute of Internal Auditors Atlanta Chapter awards $50,000 grant to KSU's School of Accountancy
Submitted by tdemel on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 12:05pm
KENNESAW, Ga. (Feb. 19, 2013) — The Atlanta Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has awarded $50,000 in grant funding to Kennesaw State University's School of Accountancy. The grant represents the organization's continued support of the University's Internal Audit Educational Partnership (IAEP) program with the IIA and overall activities of Kennesaw State's Internal Audit Center.
"We are proud to continue our association with Kennesaw State as it develops programs that helps students prepare for the internal audit profession which in turn helps in our State's economic development, providing companies and organizations the ability to recruit internal audit talent right here in Georgia," said John Fuchko III, CIA, CRMA, president of IIA's Atlanta chapter. "Our organization was able to do this because KSU demonstrates continued commitment to the Atlanta Chapter, the internal audit profession, and the IAEP as evidenced by the implementation of a curriculum in its Master of Accounting program that reflects many of the elements of the IIA Global Recommended Curriculum".
KSU has gained recognition as a leader in the field of internal auditing, which refers to a systematic approach that firms and organizations use to evaluate and improve operations, internal controls, governance and risk management.
"We thank the Atlanta Chapter of the IIA for their support," said Kathryn Epps, director of the School of Accountancy. "The field of internal auditing provides excellent career opportunities to students in the School of Accountancy, and our internal auditing curriculum and other initiatives will be greatly enhanced by the Chapter's investment."
The Coles College of Business established the Internal Audit Center in 2008, one year after it started offering internal audit courses. The Atlanta Chapter of the IIA played a key role in launching the center and has worked closely with the School of Accountancy in developing the internal audit curriculum. KSU students who have taken internal audit courses have earned internships at organizations such as the Board of Regents, Georgia Pacific, Mohawk Industries, PRGX, Suntrust, UPS, and WellStar.
"Through our partnership with the Atlanta Chapter of the IIA, we have increased our profile among industry leaders by working to ensure that our programs are relevant to the issues facing those in the internal auditing field," said Richard Clune, director of KSU's Internal Audit Center. "This grant is a testament to the benefits of our partnership, to the work we have done to date and to the future of what we can accomplish together."
This is the second time the Atlanta Chapter of the IIA has awarded funding to Kennesaw State's School of Accountancy. In early 2012, the Chapter matched a $50,000 grant from the Internal Auditing Academic Advancement Fund for curriculum development.
"Kennesaw State's IAEP program has exceeded the expectations of our 2006 Strategic Plan to have an IAEP program here in Georgia. KSU was and is our partner in going from no focused internal audit education to the top 40 colleges and universities in the world. Their efforts in this regard and enthusiasm helped us in being selected to host the IIA International Conference in 2010 that had a $3 million economic impact to the State. Now being able to give back to KSU makes us feel good," said Bill Mulcahy, CIA, CPA, Chairman of the Atlanta Chapter's Board of Governors from 2006 to 2010.
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Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering 80 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including doctorates in education, business and nursing, and a new Ph.D. in international conflict management. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing population of 24,600 students from more than 130 countries.


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Fourth Draft of Asia
ASIA. In wave after wave, peoples flooded out from the disturbed heartland of Asia. In the pre-literate world the sea of languages was protean, an unreformed elemental source. The legendary gate of Alexander stands like a door upon the chaos of the potential, of all that has not been recorded. Just where the hero on the verge of his given godhead would invade and conquer the source – there, not only the orgies of megalomaniac splendor and the new wisdom of naked masters of Yoga but also the desolation of a spectral storm in which sweeping the vacant plains the sound of perishing armies rang.
The rage of Love appeared to me to be a convulsion of the sea, driven by storm winds or shaken by upheavals of the under Earth, itself an ocean of rock and fire. War, love, and the poem shaped by history as expressions of the deepest forces and cleavings (adherence in their being kindred) of Man's inner Nature Hidden. In 1950, America had become possest by a demonic necessity, the hidden content of her victory in the Second World War – it was a nightmare: the phantasm of a blinding fear of communism and of the depths of Asia.
And from China, in the inspired poetry of Mao-Tse-Tung, there were signs of the ancient empire of the Mongols reawakening. Working in sections from an essay by Robert Payne on Mao's poetry which had appeared in Horizon and quotes from his translations of Mao and consulting a fifth of Cutty Sark, in An Imaginary War Elegy I began to compose in terms of this obsessional war that today, sixteen years later, has taken over the soul and spirit of America. But this phantasm empire of Asia was for me the ambitious extension of a personal identity held "so that there is a continent of feeling beyond our feeling" as it came to me in Apprehensions. After the inspiration of William Carlos Williams's Paterson in 1946, 1948, 1949 had opend the way with its great images of the roaring waters, the divorce, the geologic strata of a history, and the consuming and welding flames, in which extensions of meaning were generated, I tried in An Essay at War to draw from and set into motion the elements of my own life-experience – the death of Jamie de Angelo in 1950 and a rock crystal pitcher see in the Hapsburg Exhibition of 1951, the form of elements in commotion, clouds, fire, smoke, the sea, and the house hold kept (the work of art) in the midst of catastrophe.


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Which Calibers SHOULD our Military be using?
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December 29, 2002, 04:38 PM
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December 29, 2002, 04:58 PM
Which calibers?
December 29, 2002, 06:49 PM
Ulterior motive
I just wanna see the price of .308 ARs drop! :D
December 29, 2002, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by DMK
Ulterior motive
I just wanna see the price of .308 ARs drop! :D
it's a good motive. I put down .223 (assuming he meant 5.56 NATO), .270, and .308. They're all very good, especially if used/deployed properly.
December 29, 2002, 07:37 PM
7mm Kurtz, or 7 mm-08. Should be a 7 mm with a muzzle velocity of 2850-2900 with a 140 grain bullet. Would be well flatter than the 223 past 300 yards, and hit like a train on people at any distance.
December 29, 2002, 07:46 PM
7.62 and 5.56 are fine by me. I just wish they'd give me a SAW instead of the full-auto M-16 that I carry now.
For pistol caliber I'd stick with the .45 ACP.
December 29, 2002, 08:20 PM
Complicated question... Many believe the 7.62 in the sniper role should be replaced. 257 Weatherby would ideal or even the 270 Weatherby. The 6-284 has certainly proven itself in long range competition.
For the grunt, I don't know... something a little bigger than the 223. Maybe something like the 6x45 which is a 6mm in a 223 case. Still could carry just as much ammo but leaving a bit bigger hole. Would function in all roles where the 223 does with different barrels and a bit of tweaking.
For handguns, I'd certainly prefer a 45 ACP for most purposes. And supressed 22 pistols are still very handy. ;)
December 29, 2002, 08:40 PM
I had trouble choosing. I think the biggest problem our troops
have with our current cartridge selection is that we take one
round and try to make it work in all senerios. I think the .223
works great at short to intermediate ranges. Flat shooting,
low recoil, carry lots of ammo. Just the thing for close in fights.
.308 or 25-06 would make more sense in the desert or mountain
areas. The interchangable upper idea makes a great deal of
sense here. If not, similar weapon systems like the ar-15 / ar10
idea may work better. We have the logistics in place for .223 and
.308 already and heaven knows they take enough of my tax
money to buy a few extra rifles. You wouldn't take a mini-van
on the race track and an indi-500 car just won't get the
family to disneyland - why make one rifle do everything?
December 29, 2002, 09:13 PM
The ideal assault rifle cartridge would have the superior ballistics of the 7mm or 6.5 mm bullet, with a short OAL.
In other words, the 7mm-08! Far superior to the .223 in all respects, and it even has the edge on the .308.
Andrew Wyatt
December 29, 2002, 11:47 PM
I think the Army should have two types of units, light and heavy.
Light infantry get red dotted .223 squirtguns(and M249 saws) (noncombatants also get .223s)
heavy infantry get Ar-10s with ACOGS. (and .308 caliber SAWs)
then, you'd have guys who can go and clear houses and whatnot, and guys who can run around and shoot afganis at 500 yards and whatnot.
I voted for .223 and .308.
December 30, 2002, 12:04 AM
I am both amazed and yet..the cynicist within me is not surprised at the current polling results.
It reflects a decided bias towards the .223 and .308 based upon familiarity and less upon ballistic performance.
In terms of ballistics a 6.5mm round is suitable as both a sniping round and as an infantry round.
The sectional density of the 6.5mm round allows for the superior penetration and performance at the same time it is lighter and has less recoil than the .308
The 6.5mm round if made with identical bullet construction as the M855 round will have greater penetration and wounding ballistics than the .223 round.
December 30, 2002, 01:25 AM
Not Listed!
7.62X39MM case necked down to 6MM.
90% of .243 Winchester Power out of a round a bit lighter than 7.62X39MM.
December 30, 2002, 12:45 PM
6mm PPC. Yes..it is a necked down 7.62x39mm round but it has been blown out so there is no taper. A round used for semi-automatic rifles needs some taper to the case to insure reliable extraction.
Ballistically the 6mm PPC is outstanding.
Other good alternatives would be a 257 Roberts which is nothing more than a 7x57 round necked down to take a 25 caliber bullet
December 30, 2002, 01:06 PM
Hehehe... 2 guys said 45/70Govt. :D
Covering fire with a 45/70Govt is heavy cover.
December 30, 2002, 01:09 PM
I never claimed to be a ballistician, but for a service round I'll take a popular, hard-hitting, and easy to obtain round like .308/7.62 over a wildcat necked-down anything anyday.
December 30, 2002, 06:14 PM
In either a .308 case (6.5-08, aka .260 Remington)
Or to keep it light and in an AR or AK platform, put the 6.5mm bullets in a 7.62x39 case, such as the popular IHMSA 6.5x39.
December 31, 2002, 12:31 PM
.223 (submachine gun)
.308 (general battle rifle)
.22lr (training aid & silenced applications)
.50BMG (long-range sniping)
December 31, 2002, 11:08 PM
There should be a choice of "other" to make it interesting.
If you have to go for a one size fits all round it could be something in the vein of the new short magnums. Lots of power for the size, so you could carry plenty. Maybe a 6.5 with a little more case capacity the the 7.63 x 39, but less than the .308.
If you want seperate long and short range how about 7-08 for long and .50AE for 100 yards or less. Should be pretty effective with a 14-16 inch barrel.
December 31, 2002, 11:46 PM
Ballistically speaking computor model says 6.8 mm 120 grains at 2700fps does it and can be fired in existing platforms with existing case head size(.223). I say convert uppers to .50 Tromix (or whatcha call it) and blow the bad guy in two. I think the third worlders would have more respect.:neener:
January 1, 2003, 08:56 PM
I'm in the 308 or 243 camp. The virtues of the 308 have been talked about enough, so I'll let it rest.
Don't over look the humble 243. Plenty fast enough to punch body armor, the 6mm bullet is not a slotch power/penetration wise and the round is darn flat shooting. If the bullet mass is around 80 grains, it will do the job well past 300 meters.
Art Eatman
January 1, 2003, 09:47 PM
Seems to me that a lot of this is putting the cart before the horse: "Gee, we've got this slick rifle package! Now, what will be our philosophy about its use?"
I keep reading that there would be less of the WW II massed armies vying over a large area. More "brushfires" and small-unit actions.
What sort of weaponry would be most useful in air-mobile small-unit actions, in open country? To a great extent, I see this as what's going on in Afghanistan, albeit not all that well thought out. And, when one reflects upon Somalia and Afghanistan, it looks like something more potent than a .223 is needed.
Seems like 6mm to 8mm bullets are most useful. The issue is then dealing with recoil, and the weight of a probable need of a "combat pack" of ammo.
From a military standpoint, absent the sniper-rifle category, a semi-auto in something near the 6.5mm or 7mm in a .308Win-sized case would work. It would be quite controllable in firing, and would be quite human-effective to at least 500 yards.
Seems to me that in a jungle-type environment, ranges would generally be more like the Nam. However, in an ideal military structure, fire suppression during a radio call to ground or airborne artillery would be the primary tactic. In other words, M16s and better commo/support.
$0.02, Art
January 1, 2003, 10:47 PM
None of the above (calibers).
Ideal caliber will be about 6mm, and fire aprox 100 grn round in the 2900-3000 fps region, from an AR-sized platform. This round will be considerably smaller than current "main battle rifle"/sniper/GPMG rounds.
This round will perform without undue recoil for the typical grunt, and match ammo and platforms will enable accurate long-range use.
(Incidentally, the Chinese have come to a similar conclusion.
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/individual/rifle_88.asp )
January 2, 2003, 08:02 AM
While the .223/5.56 isn't a bad round I do think it needs to be replaced. As far as the stories of Somalis not going down, keep in mind that we killed quite a few over there and no caliber will kill or even knock someone down anywhere near 100% of the time (even the powerful cartridges of WWI and WWII wounded far more than they killed). It does have the advantage over the .308 when it comes to full-auto in a light rifle and carriabilty. However, at longer ranges (as in Afganistan) it is far from ideal and the perception of being underpowered is a disadvantage (psychologically it is important that the troops have confidence in their equipment). For that reason I vote for a new cartridge that splits the difference between a .223 and .308 maybe tending closer to the .223 (I actually voted 7.62x39 since there was no such animal in the poll and the Commie round is somewhat more powerful than the 5.56 with slightly better range yet is well suited to full-auto and is very carriable).
I agree that multiple calibers to specialize in different needs would be best but that isn't really the way the military does things. True, currently the 5.56 and .308 are officially stocked and in some cases troops can be outfitted with M14s but it is rare. For all practical purposes the military likes the one size fits all approach with the 5.56/M4.
For sniping I said .270 just because I like it's flat trajectory, it is more powerful than the .308 used for that now and it has a longer range. I'm sure there are other good choices, some maybe better, but I choose this since I know more about it than some other choices.
I also listed the .22lr. I understand from my reading that in Vietnam snipers and some others sometimes used .22 rifles (especially suppressed .22s) for some close in sniper missions. Currently, the Israeli Defense Forces uses Ruger 10/22s for some jobs. It is quiet, even in non-suppressed set-ups, and using sub-sonic rounds and suppressing it would make it almost impossible to figure where the shot came from. A .22 can certainly kill so I think this would be a useful addition.
January 2, 2003, 12:21 PM
I vote .223 but also note that mil-spec ammo should be used (M913 in 5.56MM). Lighter ammo, carry more ammo, effective out to 200 meters or so (combat efficient), ballistic coefficient equal to .243 calibur. Yaw and framentation very good.
J Miller
January 2, 2003, 07:48 PM
OK, Disclaimer time. I have never been in the military. So my opinions are based on what I have seen, done, read, and the conversations I have had with combat vets.
I voted for the 308 (7.62 NATO).
I voted this way because it is a proven battle rifle round. It will do the job when it is used by riflemen that can shoot. It is easily acquired anywhere in the world, everyone makes it.
My second comment is this. I believe that with the exception of the squad machine gunner, all rifles should be semi-auto ONLY!
And I believe that our military troups should be taught marksmanship. The spray and pray technique with the M-16's is wastefull and useless. As for the M-14 or other rifle being a big heavy weapon, yes it is. But if a soldier is so small they can't be made fit enough to cary it, then they shouldn't be in combat.
I grew up with footage of the military action in VietNam on the TV news every night. The one scene of the US soldier behind a wall putting a fresh magazine in his M-16 then holding it up over his head and emptying the magazine still is imprinted in my minds eye. As an early teenager I though it was wrong then, I still think it was wrong.
OBTW, I think we should ditch the Berreta M whater and go back to the 1911A1 too.
January 2, 2003, 08:19 PM
I think we had it right, with the 308. Stupid move going to 5.56.
Glock Glockler
January 3, 2003, 12:02 AM
Battle Rifle - .260 Remington
Assault Rifle - 6.5mm Glockler:) It's a 7.62 Russian necked down to a 6.5mm pill weighing 120gr going as fast as you can push it.
Hey, G98
How fast could you get one to go out of a 16-20 inch barrel?
January 3, 2003, 01:32 AM
They already use the 270 Weatherby for sniping duties.
January 3, 2003, 02:05 AM
Man, I've seen some crazy things in this topic! 270 Wtby for sniping? Never seen it, never even heard of it, and I try to follow this game pretty close;)
Ladies and gents, if the USG fields a round, you can guarentee it will be commercially successful. So all this stuff about how the 308 is already available so we may as well use it, yada yada, is bunk. The 30-40, 30-06, 308 Win and 5.56(223) were all created for the military and went on to be successful commercial rounds. What makes you think that something new and better would not be? This 6.8mm round will fly commercially if it is adopted by the USG. I guarentee it. That being said, I don't think it's an all purpose round. It's too light for GPMG use. Something like 7mm-08 would be better, but now you're talking an AR-10 sized rifle.
I think that standardizing on the bore of 6.8mm would be a good start. You can field this 6.8x45 thing for the AR series of rifles for general infantry use with about a 120gn bullet, you can field a 6.8x51 for the GPMG and sniper use, with about a 155gn VLD type bullet. How about a Lapua D46 style FMJ for the 6.8mm MG load? Then your MG ammo might just be useful for your snipers. S/F.....Ken M Scout-Sniper Platoon 2/24
January 3, 2003, 02:08 AM
A high school friend of mine was a Marine sniper and his lightwieght gun was a Model 70 in 270 Weatherby, I'm not exactly sure about the gun model, I'll see him next week. He said the ammo they used was hot even for that round.
January 3, 2003, 12:10 PM
January 3, 2003, 12:14 PM
Forgot to add 1000 rounds of .22lr with a scoped, bull barrel pistol in aircraft and navy survival packs.
January 3, 2003, 01:20 PM
I would vote for .308. Heck, the .223 is so INEFFECTIVE in making a clean-kill that my state will not allow it for deer hunting.
Chris Rhines
January 3, 2003, 01:50 PM
The 6.5 Christopher II, of course. (Perhaps I should rename that cartridge...)
- Chris
Glock Glockler
January 3, 2003, 03:14 PM
Have you even figuered out what the 6.5mm Christopher II is? You don't think that the 6.5mm Glockler is powerful enough, so do you want a Czech 7.62x45 necked down to a 6.5mm?
Also, I gather this is for your assault rifle caliber, what do you want to use for your battle rifle caliber?
January 3, 2003, 04:03 PM
I am a really big fan of the 6.5 x 55 cartridge. I think a medium sized, but high power round like this would be a good solution.
July 17, 2003, 10:27 AM
I've read recent reports from troops in Iraq that said that their .223 rounds where actually quite effective as long as the BGs were hit COM or in the head. I think that .223 bullet design has finally come of age with the advent of the 75gr and 77gr OTM bullets that some of our units are using. Heck, Black Hills is even developing a 100gr round. I've read the review of this load over at AR15.com and its ballistics were pretty impressive.
I wouldn't look unfavorably on an upgrade to a 6.5mm bullet, but it seems like we would be moving on from the .223 just as we were getting it right...
July 17, 2003, 11:07 AM
.223 and .308
Why? Ammunition is already available almost anywhere. Main rifle should be chambered in .308. Carbine sized rifles for close quarters in .223. If it has to be one or the other, then .308.
July 17, 2003, 11:43 AM
None of the above. Something like the 6mm SAW, but I have some specific cartridge diameter and downrange performance preferences which it may or may not fully meet.
A 6 or 6.5mm for rifle and GPGM, .50 BMG for big stuff, and a SMG & PDW in the same caliber (Maybe like .40 S&W if we could get it to shoot accurately more reliably instead of as flukes!). Simplifies the supply lines, TO&E, and squad organization. No more of this SAW-MINIMI or whatever/M60/FN MAG or whatever mess of TWO different GPGMs being deployed as they are now.
We can beat the performance of the 7.62x51, especially at longer ranges, without being much bigger than the okay 5.56 NATO. That one's great, but we now have one rifle caliber, two MG calibers (one duped w/rifle), one primary PDW caliber, and a FIFTH caliber for the SOCOM pistol.
Have things really improved much since Korea and the "problems" the M14 was supposed to "solve"?????
July 17, 2003, 01:35 PM
i voted .308 only because .260 Remington wasn't there. i think it would be the perfect round for a combat weapon. i'd love to see an H&K G36 or the new XM8 (whatever its going to be) in .260 Remington. somewhere around 100grain bullets at 3000 fps-ish from a 20 inch barrel. perhaps a bull-pup. probably not ideal for all situations but the best compromise for an all arounder in my opinion.
July 18, 2003, 02:42 PM
Andrew wyatt, I like your idea but I think that the guys that do the close in fighting should have something that will leave a little bigger hole, so I voted for .30 Carbine. It doens't have the range of the .223, but for close up, it should hit a little harder.
For longer range troops, the .308 is the way to go. Maybe we could use the M14 again? Whatever we'd use, if it's a .308 is should be Semi auto only...
July 18, 2003, 04:02 PM
6.5 PPC, yes 6.5 PPC. Watch the press, you will be soon hearing more about this special round....
July 18, 2003, 04:29 PM
I think the 5.56 Nato round is ideally suited for the role of our military general purpose rifle/carbine.
July 19, 2003, 03:01 AM
I love the .243, but if you are going to use it; why not a .223 since it's already a standard? If you want more umph, then 308. So I voted for 3:
.22LR (subsonic, will give a good snipering job; also SWAT seems to like the Ruger 10/22 as does the Israeli military :D )
.223 (Just an ok round to me, I'd say out to about 175 yards, it's ok. past that, I start to question it.. but flat.. not enough umph
.308 Good umph. I think that 200-500 yard range is well covered by this.
.50Cal BMG should be next in line.:D
Who voted 45/70?? Awesome. :cool:
July 19, 2003, 03:23 AM
I saw potential in the new .223 WSSM for a nice semi-auto, imagine the power... Colt should definatley look in to making an ar-15 chambered for 223 wssm :evil:
July 19, 2003, 10:00 PM
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A friend reminds me last week, how gratitude is an act of defiance–wielding a sword against the struggles of this world. She searches for beauty, knowing she will find it if she searches for it with God's heart, eyes focused on Him rather than the pain and suffering the world wants her to focus on–and be pulled down by– instead.
And then another friend, a friend who lives across the waters, this morning–this morning that I am up hours earlier than usual because it is Thanksgiving break here and I feel I have a million things to do and a million things to accomplish before the house stirs. (Because it is launch week for Loop, and did you hear that Loop is releasing earlier–this Friday, November 28–and you're going to need to come back on Friday to find out some additional fun news? ) And she speaks on the radio (scroll to 26.:13 to hear Nicky's segment) about how gratitude is what pulls us out from a posture of survival and to one of joy. It is where we see Jesus' face.
I needed to remember these things.
So, with the voices of my sisters as a balm for my heart, I am reminded of how God sees me–and how it is difficult for me to see what He sees–and be grateful for it–when I don't confess to Him my insecurities and my distractions by this world. Below are words I wrote in January. They are ones I needed to read again today. I am eager to hear how you are this day, and how He is reaching for you, too.
"You have to confess it. You have to say the lie aloud. You have to throw it to the throne of Jesus. You have to reject it even if you still believe the lie." My friend looks me straight in the eye, and I hold her gaze for a half second before staring at my mug, wishing I were small enough to hide under the table. Now what? I think she's right.
I know I had better not stall.
When you recognize a lie as a lie, even if you can't imagine no longer believing the lie, throw it up to heaven.
Renounce it. Reject it.
I heard this message again the other day, on my metal folded chair in church, grasping paper coffee cup fast in my hand: Jesus knows the way out of hell. God's plan, His desire, is to save us from hell, save us from separation from the Father. And God sent his Son to die and take on every single one of our sins so He could lead the way out. He is the way out for us, sisters. Jesus knows the way out. He knows the way out of whatever you are facing.
He can reveal to our hearts the lies we believe that separate us from the Father. He can reveal to our hearts the twisted truths we believe about ourselves. And here was mine: I don't want you to like me for who I am. I want you to like me for what I do. And my fingers pause now, as I write this, the tears spilling out. For it is hard, isn't it, to say the lie out loud? It is hard, isn't it, to be vulnerable? It is hard, isn't it, not to wonder, what will she think of me, now?
So I cling tight to Him, His love letter to His girls, reminding us about truth, the truth of us:
The truth of you cannot be articulated in just words. The truth of you is a name and not a name. The truth of you is more than a description of personality, a page of characteristics, a list of mannerisms and popular expressions.
There's something you must remember: you must live your truth. You must live, with determination and might, your truth. You must know who you are designed to be . . . if you want freedom, if you want liberation from lies, if you want joy.
So in the coffee shop chair, where I spend my Fridays, I push my ear buds into my ears so the guy in the armchair across from me doesn't think it's weird I don't have a laptop in front of me and my hands are open and my eyes are closed and my head is down, my hair shielding half of my face. 'Cause once my Father has pressed in and showed me glimpses of pain, glimpses of sorrow, glimpses of damage I cause when I believe lies about myself and about Him, I can't wait one more second to renounce the lie causing the whole darn mess. Jesus knows the way out of hell, not me. And I cause a lot of mess when I have let myself be separated from God because I think I know better. . . I think I know the way out instead of Jesus.
So I say it right there in that coffee shop on that Friday afternoon, less than a hour before I need to jump in the car to pick up the kids from school. "Jesus, I confess I want to be liked for what I do. I confess I care more about what people think about what I do rather than who You think I am. I want You, Father, to love me for what I do! I confess I don't want you to love me for who I am! I repent, and I reject this lie. I reject the lie that my value comes from doing rather than being. I reject the lie and I break the agreement I've made with the enemy that my value does not come from being a daughter of God. I give this lie to you, and cast it on the throne of Jesus."
And I stayed there. It was too good to not stay, this daughter He made, at Jesus' feet. And Jesus offered me his hand, and He took me where He always takes me, in the garden, by the river, through the path where the green grass tickles my legs and flowers perfume the air. I can feel the perfume now on my skin.
We walk up, up the hill, the grass blades leaning over the path so I can't see the ground, can't see where my bare feet fall. I see Jesus ahead of me, His looking back at me, smiling. He knows I love this, this walking through beauty, with water rushing fast, to my left, and sunlight shining bright through arches of trees. He knows I will love where we are going.
He leads me to the top of the hill where the waterfall is thundering, and He knows I want to jump. I want to jump right in. The water isn't cold and the sun is warm on my cheek. And I turn my face up, and I am in God's house and I am with my King and I am safe and I doing what I am made to do and where I am made to be.
And then I am alone. I am in a meadow, my back pressed into the soft earth. I lay in the flowers, eyes closed, the sun a blanket on my skin. Then the earth trembles beneath me. The soft ground shakes. I must rise. In front of me runs a giant white steed. It is huge and powerful and beautiful. Its eyes flash, and it whinnies as it stops right before me, its hooves stomping into soft earth. I want to ride it. I want to jump on and go, even though I've only galloped on a horse once, in my whole life.
But I can't.
Suddenly I am not in the meadow but in a dark, shadowy place where there are walls and I am standing, cold, alone. My hair is tangled and my clothes are dirty and tattered. Shredded pieces of linen, a grungy robe, filthy and brown, hangs from my shoulders. I lower my head, hands open at my sides.
Then, there are hands lifting each piece of clothing off of me. They were so heavy. I had no idea how heavy each piece was, as it hung on my tired frame. I then feel hands around my ankles, and strong fingers unfastening shackles around my bare feet, shackles I had never seen, attached to chains I never knew I wore.
And I am in the meadow once more. I am wearing a long gown and my hair is loose and clean, the sun shining bright and the air perfumed with light as it falls like love upon blooming flowers. I am on the steed. And I am wearing armor now, and I have a sword in my hand. This. This is the daughter He sees. This is the daughter I am. This is the daughter He calls me to be, the one who is free because she is willing to fight. The one who is dirty and broken and vulnerable and alone when she strives to be what she wants to create herself to be. The one who is actually beautiful and true when she lets herself know freedom, when she lives out the truth of the identity her Father sees.
Come on, sisters. Let's break these lies. Let's ride, wind in our hair.
You, my daughter, are made to be strong, with Me. You, my daughter, are made to do things I've prepared, just for you. You, my daughter, are made to go forward, not back. And to go forward, you must fight and break the agreements you've made with the enemy. You must know I have come to claim you, the daughter I made. You must know your life has been paid for. You must know you are free.
And sometimes, with my truth in your heart, you must reject lies about who I am. You must do this. Don't wait. Do it right now. This it what it means to fight—for freedom from lies. It is rejecting lies and surrendering to Me. It is fighting for your identity, the one the prince of this world wants to take from you.
So, when you are weary, when the world presses in, remember I am here with you. Know I am the warrior who never sleeps. Know I rescue and ask you to trust Me more than anything else. That is how you fight. That is how you know who you are. That is how you are set free.
Sister, how is He pulling you close now? Can you dare to let your heart imagine the wonder of you He has created?
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Lees-McRae Summer Theatre is committed to producing quality theatre experiences. We serve audiences who view our productions, students who are training in their craft, and we serve the High Country community as collaborators for the betterment of our area.
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From 1979 through 1987, Janet Barton Speer would direct in various venues from outdoor dramas to dinner theatres. The Dean of Lees-McRae College, James Stonesifer, asked if it was possible for her to stay in Banner Elk for the summer and created her own summer theatre. In 1985 Lees-McRae Summer Theatre (LMST) began and it has been a successful venture ever since. Never has LMST been "in the red," running a fiscally responsible organization with professional actors,
On July 17, 1985, Lees-McRae Summer Theatre opened the doors to its first summer production series with I Do! I Do!, The Mousetrap, Coming of Age, and a children's production, Where Are Friends When You Need Them?, two of which were written by Janet. The performances were held in Hayes Auditorium, with 3,403 audience members in attendance. The year-round production staff consisted of Janet Speer, Jim Stonesifer and Joyce Ratliff (who was Administrative Assistant for 20 years). The rest of the summer theatre staff consisted of nine paid technicians, 20 volunteers, Performing Arts faculty Jim Taylor and Steve Parrish (who performed and served as music directors), and long-time friends of summer theatre Allen Speer, Cindy Stonesifer, the late Cathy Lyon, Tim Hill, Tessa Willoughby Carr, Blackie Nelson, Helen Tester, Jo Ann Taylor, Linda Weldon, Rolland Mullinex, Charlotte D'Armond Talbert and Phil Teagarden to name a few.
In 1990, Dr. Charlotte D'Armond Talbert became the company's first producer. Aside from performing, Charlotte laid the groundwork for new management structures, publicity and employee relations, and Theatre for Young People. Our current logo, summer theatre banner and playbill format were developed during her tenure with the assistance of Debby Bandy and Barbara Hosbein. In 1995, Paul Adamson joined our staff as the rehearsal and production pianist and holds these positions today.
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One afternoon, Janet Speer met with Budd and Nanette Mayer and the Advisory Committee was born, led first by Budd, and then by Ruth and Stan Etkin for several years. Currently the committee is chaired by Roy Krege.
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Just like today, Avery County was a catalyst for tourism in the mid 1980's. Summer in the mountains suggests wonderful opportunities to bring communities together; and what better way to do this than through Lees-McRae Summer Theatre? Our heritage, our commitment to the ideals of art and humanity, and our great attention to the heart have made our work special. As Janet says, "We may not have the bells and whistles, but we will always have the heart."
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His three sons and his artist wife, Kirsty, concur. "He superglued his fingers together," recalls 12-year-old William, "and when he phoned for help, his hand got stuck to the phone." Adds 10-year-old Ben: "He isn't very good at DIY [do-it-yourself]. My mom will ask me to put up the pictures."
Despite his klutziness, Chapman, a London advertising executive, remains a hero to William, Ben and Bertie, 7, along with children in 107 other countries, for creating Bob. The 9-in-tall hard hat with the red-checked shirt and sunny disposition is the driving force behind an animated armada of talking bulldozers, steam shovels and dump trucks.
"Bob has a great message, all about working together and helping each other—and kids are fascinated by machines," says Brown Johnson, Nickelodeon's head of preschool programming, who brought an adapted version of the BBC series to the U.S. in January, using American voice-over actors and dialogue. Since then Bob the Builder has become one of the highest-rated cable shows among children age 5 and under.
Bob is also big business. Across the pond, some 600 Bob products, including yogurt and cereal, are already being hawked, and plans are under way for a U.S. line of Bob-themed toys, dolls and clothes. Chapman, 42, who earns a percentage on every Bob item sold, estimates he's taken in several hundred thousand dollars so far, enabling him to buy his family a five-bedroom Victorian-era house in the upscale London neighborhood of Putney.
"It is a dream, isn't it?" says Chapman of his success. In fact, it began as a childhood daydream. Growing up in Essex, on the outskirts of London, the second oldest of five children, he spent his spare time drawing comic strips. "I used to think, 'One day my characters will be as famous as Mickey Mouse,' " he says.
Chapman's parents—Roy, now 68, a manager at a manufacturing company, and Pat, 64, a onetime maternity nurse—were less sure about their son's future, especially when they learned of his plans to attend Great Yarmouth College of Art and Design. "My dad thought I was completely mad," Chapman recalls. "He always used to say to me, 'Why don't you get a proper job?' "
Chapman did just that. After graduating in 1979 he signed on as a junior art director with an ad agency. Five years later he married Kirsty Asher, a Great Yarmouth classmate who'd been impressed by his can-do spirit. "Right from the beginning he said he would make a million," says Kirsty, 42, who works part-time as a day-care aide. "Everyone believed him because he was so determined."
Even as the couple struggled financially over the next several years, Chapman doodled on. In 1982 he began drawing the vehicles at a construction site near his home in Wimbledon. "Then I thought, 'They need somebody to look after them,' so I started sketching Bob," Chapman says. But it wasn't until the early '90s, when his sons were asking for new bedtime tales, that Chapman regaled the boys with Bob's adventures—such as rescuing a family of mice. Suddenly he realized the character's commercial potential. "Kids like diggers, they love scooping up sand," he says. "I didn't see why Bob couldn't be as big as Thomas the Tank Engine," another British phenomenon.
Producers at England's HIT Entertainment agreed, and Bob the Builder made its debut in '99. Though he ceded creative control on the show, Chapman, who retains royalty rights, reports, "They say I will be a millionaire over the next year or two."
Meantime he has quit his advertising job. "I can just sit home and be creative," he says. "I've got so many good ideas." With luck, none will involve knocking down bathroom walls.
Galina Espinoza
Eileen Finan in London
The Unbuilder
updated 06/11/2001 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 06/11/2001 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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"Mojave came out very competitive tonight," said Trinity head coach Mike Buchanan. "This was the summit of their schedule and they played to win."
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Thermoelectric refrigerators rely on compounds that are able to convert electricity into heat, and vice versa. In 1997, researchers in Japan discovered a new thermoelectric material with a cooling capacity nearly ten times larger than that of ordinary metals. Now, Phaun Ong at Princeton University and colleagues have shown that electron spin and electron-electron interactions are responsible for the high thermopower in this material. The result could help in the search for better thermoelectric materials (Y Wang et al. 2003 Nature 423 425).
The thermoelectric effect relies on the fact that the flow of electrons in a solid produces an entropy current as well as a charge current. The spin of the electrons could also be a source of entropy, although this does not happen in ordinary metals and semiconductors. However, in certain complex materials – such as the layered sodium cobalt oxide material discovered by the Japanese group – the spin might be important.
To prove that spin entropy effects are responsible for the enhanced thermopower of this cobalt oxide, the Princeton team applied a magnetic field in the plane of the material. "We observed that a magnetic field of 10 Tesla suppresses the thermopower completely to zero at temperatures below 4 K," Ong told PhysicsWeb. This suppression occurs because the magnetic field couples to the spins and traps them in one direction so they can no longer move. "This finding is exceptional because it is rare to see a field alter the magnitude of the thermopower, let alone suppress it to zero."
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