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Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2010
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Effects of dopant ion and Mn valence state in the colossal magnetoresistance films28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3256197View Description Hide Description
The structural and electrical properties of Mn-based colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) thin films with controlled tolerance factor and Mn ion valance ratio were studied using crystal structure and chemical bonding character analyses. , , and thin films with different contents of divalent cations and ratios were deposited on amorphous substrate by rf magnetron sputtering at a substrate temperature of . The films showed the same crystalline structure as the pseudocubic structure. The change in the sheet resistance of films was analyzed according to strain state of the unit cell, chemical bonding character of Mn–O, and ratio controlling the conducting path. Mn -edge x-ray absorption spectra revealed that the ratio changed according to different compositions of Sr or Ba and the Mn core level x-ray photoelectron spectra showed that the Mn binding energy was affected by the covalence of the Mn–O bond and ratio. In addition, O -edge x-ray absorption spectra showed covalently mixed Mn and O states and matched well with the resistivity changes of CMR films. Temperature coefficient of resistance values were obtained at approximately −2.16%/K to −2.46%/K of the CMR films and were correct for infrared sensor applications.
Study of phase formation by magnetron sputtering film deposition at low temperature onto Si substrates and buffer28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3256200View Description Hide Description
Film deposition of phaselike alloy by radio frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering was performed onto bare Si(100) substrates and (LNO/PZT) ferroelectric buffer layer near room temperature. The prepared samples were characterized using conventional x-ray diffraction (XRD), superconducting quantum interference device, and electron dispersive x-ray spectroscopy from scanning electron microscope observations. The optimized films deposited under high rf power and low argon pressure present good surface quality and highly textured phase crystallization. The positioning distance between the substrate and the target-holder axis has some limited effect on the film's composition due to the specific diffusion behavior of each element in the sputtering plasma. Extended four pole high resolution XRD analysis allowed one to discriminate the intended Ni–Mn–Ga tetragonal martensitic phase induced by the (100) LNO/PZT oriented buffer. This low temperature process appears to be very promising, allowing separate control of the functional layer's properties, while trying to achieve high electromagnetoelastic coupling.
Etching characteristics and mechanism of indium tin oxide films in an inductively coupled plasma28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3256226View Description Hide Description
The investigations of etch characteristics and mechanisms for indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films using inductively coupled plasma were carried out. The ITO etch rate was measured in the range of 0%–100% Ar in the mixture at fixed gas pressure , input power , and bias power . Plasma parameters and composition were examined with a combination of plasma diagnostics by double Langmuir probe and global (zero-dimensional) plasma model. It was found that the ITO etch rate follows the behavior of Br atom flux but contradicts with that for H atoms and positive ions. This suggests that the ITO etch process is not limited by the ion-surface interaction kinetics and appears in the reaction-rate-limited etch regime with the Br atoms as the main chemically active species.
Effects of Al doping and annealing on chemical states and band diagram of gate stacks studied by photoemission and x-ray absorption spectroscopy28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3259869View Description Hide Description
The authors have investigated the effects of Aldoping and annealing on the photoemissionspectra and thermal stability of gate stacks by photoemissionspectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. They have found that the components diffuse into the layer by annealing, resulting in the formation of Y silicate; however, the formation of metallic Y silicide is not observed. The changes in valence- and conduction-band offsets by doping with Al with respect to both Al concentration and annealing temperature have been systematically investigated. With an increase in the Al concentration, the band offsets and band gaps increase and the conduction-band edges change nonlinearly.
In situ x-ray diffraction study of Ni–Yb interlayer and alloy systems on Si(100)28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3259875View Description Hide Description
The phase formation in the ternary Ni/Yb/Si system was studied for Ni–Yb alloy and interlayer structures on Si(100) substrates using in situx-ray diffraction measurements. Yb was treated as an alloying element in the Ni–Si system with Yb concentrations varying between 0 and 40 at. % of the Ni concentration. Independent of the initial structure of the sample, a Ni–Si or Ni–Yb compound was detected first which suggests that Ni is the dominant diffusing species during the solid state reactions. No pure Yb silicides were identified but a ternary phase formed in all samples after the Si atoms became mobile. Information about the distribution of the phases throughout the thin silicide film was obtained using ex situRutherford backscattering analysis. Independent of the Yb concentration, the NiSi phase formed at the substrate interface. As a result, the immobile Yb atoms shifted toward the sample surface and no detectable amount of Yb atoms was left at the Ni-silicide/Si interface after annealing.
Effect of methane addition on ultrananocrystalline diamond formation: Morphology changes and induced stress28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3259885View Description Hide Description
The morphology and structure of ultrananocrystalline diamondgrown on Si substrate by chemical vapor deposition are systematically studied by varying the methane concentration in the precursor mixture. The films, analyzed by field-emission-gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM), showed a nanocrystallite cluster morphology that decreased its grain size as a function of the addition in the gas phase. From Raman spectra, the induced stress of nanodiamond films was analyzed by the peak shift associated with the defect incorporation and bond enhancement. The compressive stress increased as a function of addition, which also promoted the broadening of the transpolyacetylene peak as indicative of film amorphitization. The nanodiamond crystallinity was confirmed from high-resolution x-raydiffractograms, where Scherrer's equation was applied to (111) and (200) x-ray peaks resulting in grain- size values ranging from 8.5 to 4.0 nm as the methane concentration increased, also corroborated by FEG-SEM images.
Microstructure and temperature coefficient of resistance of thin cermet resistor films deposited from targets by S-gun magnetron28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3259847View Description Hide Description
Technological solutions for producing nanoscale cermetresistorfilms with sheet resistances above and low temperature coefficients of resistance (TCR) have been investigated. thick cermetfilms were sputter deposited from targets by a dual cathode dc S-gun magnetron. In addition to studying filmresistance versus temperature, the nanofilm structural features and composition were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and electron energy loss spectroscopy. This study has revealed that all cermetresistorfilmsdeposited at ambient and elevated temperatures were amorphous. The atomic ratio of Si to Cr in these films was about 2 to 1. The film TCR displayed a significant increase when the depositedfilm thickness was reduced below . An optimized sputter process consisting of wafer degassing, cermetfilm deposition at elevated temperature with rf substrate bias, and a double annealing in vacuum, consisting of in situannealing following the filmsputtering and an additional annealing following the exposure of the wafers to air, has been found to be very effective for the film thermal stabilization and for fine tuning the film TCR. Cermetfilms with thicknesses in the range of deposited using this technique had sheet resistances ranging from and TCR values from to near zero, respectively. A possible mechanism responsible for the high efficiency of annealing the cermetfilms in vacuum (after preliminary exposure to air), resulting in resistance stabilization and TCR reduction, is also discussed.
Flexible indium zinc oxide/Ag/indium zinc oxide multilayer electrode grown on polyethersulfone substrate by cost-efficient roll-to-roll sputtering for flexible organic photovoltaics28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3264464View Description Hide Description
The authors describe the preparation and characteristics of flexible indium zinc oxide (IZO)-Ag-IZO multilayerelectrodes grown on flexible polyethersulfone (PES) substrates using a roll-to-roll sputtering system for use in flexible organic photovoltaics. By the continuous roll-to-roll sputtering of the bottom IZO, Ag, and top IZO layers at room temperature, they were able to fabricate a high quality IZO-Ag-IZO multilayerelectrode with a sheet resistance of /square, optical transmittance of 87.4%, and figure of merit value of on the PES substrate. In addition, the IZO-Ag-IZO multilayerelectrode exhibited superior flexibility to the roll-to-roll sputter grown single ITO electrode due to the existence of a ductile Ag layer between the IZO layers and stable amorphous structure of the IZO film. Furthermore, the flexible organic solar cells (OSCs) fabricated on the roll-to-roll sputter grown IZO-Ag-IZO electrode showed higher power efficiency (3.51%) than the OSCs fabricated on the roll-to-roll sputter grown single ITO electrode (2.67%).
Influence of annealing and Ag doping on structural and optical properties of indium tin oxide thin films28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3264478View Description Hide Description
Indium tin oxide (ITO) and Ag-ITO films with the thickness of were deposited on glass substrates at room temperature by dc magnetron sputtering and postannealed at the temperature range of . By calculating the x-ray diffraction data, the lattice constants of all samples were obtained and the results show that the annealing led to the smaller lattice constants and the Agdoping resulted in the further lattice distortion. The refractive index and extinction coefficient of all samples were extracted from the transmittance spectra by means of the spectroscopic ellipsometry optimization method. Ag-ITO filmannealed at has the high transmittance of 80%–90% in the visible wavelength range. Agdoping dramatically increased the extinction coefficient of ITO films in UV wavelength range but almost without change in it in visible band. Meanwhile, by contrast with ITO films, Ag-ITO films show much higher values than that of ITO films. Finally, the optical band gaps of all samples were determined, and it has been found that there is almost no difference of band gaps between ITO and Ag-ITO films. The reasons of the influence of annealing and Agdoping on structural and optical properties of ITO thin films are discussed.
Nanocrystalline cobalt-based films with high thermal stability from a single molecule28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3264480View Description Hide Description
Thin nanocrystalline hcp Co-based films are grown by chemical vapor deposition on . Tetrakis(trimethylphosphine)cobalt(0), , is a single-source precursor that forms Co films that incorporate both P and C when the substrate temperature ranges from 225 to , and feature crystallites sized . The P within the depositedfilm is mostly elemental with some being phosphidic, and the C exists mostly in the carbidic form along with some being graphitic. The Co is correspondingly predominantly metallic. Upon annealing to for 3 h, some extent of both crystallite precipitation and minimal allotropic transformation to fcc Co is observed, and the amount of carbidic C is reduced relative to graphitic C, but the nanocrystalline microstructure of the film is preserved, still primarily composed of hcp Co-based crystallites.
Effect of anion-to-cation supplying ratio on the surface morphology of AlN films grown on ZnO substrates at low temperature28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3264479View Description Hide Description
The authors investigated the evolution of surface morphology of AlN filmsgrown on ZnO substrates at low temperature (LT) as a function of anion/cation supplying ratio (V/III ratio). Unlike the well-known favorable growth conditions for high-temperature growth, smooth-surface LT-AlN layers were obtained under the O-polar surface, stoichiometric, and N-rich conditions. LT-AlN layers revealed smooth surface (roughness in root mean for AlN on O-polar ZnO and for AlN on Zn-polar ZnO) and quite low etch-pit density ( for -polar ZnO).
Highly selective etching of silicon nitride to physical-vapor-deposited mask in dual-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3268624View Description Hide Description
A multilevel resist (MLR) structure can be fabricated based on a very thin amorphous carbon layer and hard-mask layer . The authors investigated the selective etching of the layer using a physical-vapor-deposited (PVD) mask in a dual-frequency superimposed capacitively coupled plasmaetcher by varying the process parameters in the plasmas, viz., the etch gas flow ratio, high-frequency source power , and low-frequency source power . They found that under certain etch conditions they obtain infinitely high etch selectivities of the layers to the PVD on both the blanket and patterned wafers. The etch gas flow ratio played a critical role in determining the process window for infinitely high etch selectivity because of the change in the degree of polymerization. The etch results of a patterned ArF photoresisit/bottom antireflective coating/ MLR structure supported the idea of using a very thin PVD layer as an etch-mask layer for the hard-mask pattern with a pattern width of and high aspect ratio of .
Microstructure and chemical wet etching characteristics of AlN films deposited by ac reactive magnetron sputtering28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3268620View Description Hide Description
The influence of the surface morphology of a molybdenum underlayer on the crystallinity and etchability of reactively sputtered-axis oriented aluminum nitridethin films was investigated. Atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, high resolution x-ray diffraction, and defect selective chemical etching were used to characterize the microstructure of the Mo and AlN films. thick films of AlN with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the x-ray rocking curve ranging from 1.1° to 1.9° were deposited on thick Mo underlayers with a FWHM of around 1.5°. The Ar pressure during the Modeposition had a critical effect on the Mofilmsurface morphology, affecting the structure of the subsequently depositedAlN films and, hence, their wet etching characteristics. AlN filmsdeposited on Mosputtered at a relatively high pressure could not be etched completely, while AlN filmsdeposited on low pressure Moetched more easily. Postdeposition etching of the Mosurface in Ar rf discharge prior to deposition of the AlN film was found to influence the formation of AlN residuals that were difficult to etch. Optimal rf plasma etching conditions were found, which minimized the formation of these residuals.
Optical emission spectroscopy as a tool for studying, optimizing, and monitoring plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition processes28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3256227View Description Hide Description
In this note it is demonstrated that optical emission spectroscopy(OES) is an easy-to-implement and valuable tool to study, optimize, and monitor thin film growth by plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition(ALD). The species in the plasma can be identified through the analysis of the light emitted by the plasma.OES provides therefore information on the reactant species delivered to the surface by the plasma but it also yields unique insight into the surface reaction products and, as a consequence, on the reaction mechanisms of the deposition process. Time-resolved measurements reveal information about the amount of precursor dosing and length of plasma exposure needed to saturate the self-limiting half reactions, which is useful for the optimization of the ALD process. Furthermore, time-resolved OES can also be used as an easy-to-implement process monitoring tool for plasma-assisted ALD processes on production equipment; for example, to monitor reactor wall conditions or to detect process faults in real time.
Influence of oxygen partial pressure on microstructure and discharge properties of Mg–Zr–O protective films deposited by magnetron sputtering28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3259879View Description Hide Description
Mg–Zr–O protective films for plasma display panels were deposited on soda-lime glass substrates by magnetron sputtering. The effects of oxygen partial pressure on both the discharge properties (i.e., firing voltage , minimum sustaining voltage , and memory coefficient ) and the microstructure of the Mg–Zr–O films were investigated. The results show that the deposited Mg–Zr–O films retain the NaCl-type structure as the pure MgO crystal and the doped Zr exists in the form of substitutional solid solution in MgO crystal lattice. The grain of the films is very fine and the mean grain size is about . As the oxygen partial pressure increases from , the Zr content increases and surface roughness of the films decreases. However, when oxygen partial pressure further increases, the film shows a decrease in Zr content and an increase in surface roughness. At oxygen partial pressure of , the Mg–Zr–O film has the lowest and and the largest , exhibiting the best discharge properties. The improvement of the discharge properties is thought to be related to the energy-band structure and the surface conditions of the Mg–Zr–O films.
Irregular Au profile on the surface and at the interface and the oxidation kinetics of thermally oxidized Au-contaminated (001) surfacesa)28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3259906View Description Hide Description
The authors have studied the Au profile near the interface as a function of oxidation temperature and clarified the oxidation mechanism. Clusterlike Au granules were observed on the surface of the film (the Ausurface concentration was ) of thermally oxidized Au-contaminated Si wafers, oxidized between 823 and . As the oxidation temperature was increased, the Au granular clusters grew competitively. The clusters were observed to be both on the surface of the film and at the interface. The Au clusters were found not to bond with other elements such as O, H, and Si. The existence of a depleted or weakly inverted layer at the Si surface indicated the formation of a Schottky barrier. Regarding the oxidation kinetics between 823 and , Au rapidly enhances the growth rate of (for thicknesses of less than ). This result shows that Au acts as a catalyst to promote the initial growth of on Si (001) surfaces.
Multilayer high reflectance coating on polyethylene terephthalate film consisting of layers that are not quarter-wave thickness28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3269736View Description Hide Description
A multilayer high reflectance coating consisting of Ag,, and with of 99.3% was successfully designed by simulation based on Maxwell'sequations. The authors found that providing the low refractive index layer with non-quarter-wave thickness (0.14 of for 550 nm light) near the Ag layer made a leading contribution to this high reflectance. They successfully made a multilayer high reflectance coating of on polyethylene telephthalate film with of 99.4% based on that simulation. A backlight unit with a coating of exhibited high luminance 1.04 times that of Ag alone. Ag atoms are mixed with Si atoms upon deposit of a layer on Ag in an atmosphere with . A layer deposited under free conditions from a ceramic target and a layer deposited from Ti work well for protection of the Ag layer from oxidation upon deposit of .
High power impulse magnetron sputtering using a rotating cylindrical magnetron28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3271136View Description Hide Description
Both the industrially favorable deposition technique, high power impulse magnetronsputtering (HIPIMS), and the industrially popular rotating cylindrical magnetron have been successfully combined. A stable operation without arcing, leaks, or other complications for the rotatable magnetron was attained, with current densities around . For Ti and Al, a much higher degree in ionization in the plasma region was observed for the HIPIMS mode compared to the direct current mode.
In situ plasma diagnostics study of a commercial high-power hollow cathode magnetron deposition tool28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3271132View Description Hide Description
Using a newly designed and built plasma diagnostic system, the plasma parameters were investigated on a commercial high-power hollow cathode magnetron (HCM) physical vapor deposition tool using Ta target under argon plasma. A three dimensional (3D) scanning radio frequency (rf)-compensated Langmuir probe was constructed to measure the spatial distribution of the electron temperature and electron density in the substrate region of the HCM tool at various input powers and pressures . The was in the range of , scaling with decreasing power and decreasing pressure. Meanwhile, was in the range of scaling with increasing power and decreasing pressure. As metal deposits on the probe during the probe measurements, a self-cleaning plasma cup was designed and installed in the chamber to clean the tungsten probe tip. However, its effectiveness in recovering the measuredplasma parameters was hindered by the metal layer deposited on the insulating probe tube which was accounted for the variation in the plasma measurements. Using a quartz crystal microbalance combined with electrostatic filters, the ionization fraction of the metal flux was measured at various input power of and pressure of . The metal ionization fraction reduced significantly with the increasing input power and decreasing gas pressure which were attributed to the corresponding variation in the ionization cross section and the residence time of the sputtered atoms in the plasma, respectively. Both the metal neutral and ion flux increased at higher power and lower pressure. The 3D measurements further showed that the ionization fraction decreased when moving up from the substrate to the cathode.
Molecular thin film chemical modifications under vacuum ultraviolet irradiation28(2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3271134View Description Hide Description
Spacecraft molecular contamination can be increased under vacuum ultraviolet irradiation because of contaminant sticking induced by photochemical reactions. Tridecan-2-one was experimentally studied as model contaminant. Thin films were irradiated by a deuterium lamp in order to investigate the quantitative formation of different volatility molecules. In this article, on the basis of a parametric irradiation study the authors highlight the formation of three populations of irradiation products. More volatile species come from photolysis that is showed to be strongly temperature dependent and fitted by an Arrhenius law (27 kJ/mol). Less volatile species are initially formed and eliminated afterward when photolysis stops. Nonvolatile species are continuously formed until saturation amount. With tridecan-2-one saturation occurred when 80% of the initial deposit was removed by photolysis and 20% stuck. Complementary gas chromatography coupled mass spectrometry results interpretation lead to a mechanism corresponding to primary molecular dissociation into free radicals followed by addition of radicals forming molecules of various volatility.


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A couple of days ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish official who bitterly complained about the New York Times' choice for its new Jerusalem correspondent. He didn't even mentioned the name, as far as I remember, just told me she had no experience in the region and no knowledge of Middle East and Israel matters (late update: Rudoren did write about Israel in the past, something he did not know or did not think was enough to be considered as "experience"). The New York Times' relations with official Israel are pretty bad already, and sending a rookie writer – rookie on such sensitive matters – will make relations even more troublesome. I thought he was probably overreacting – that's one's usual reaction to any complaint from Jewish professionals, isn't it? – and now I am awaiting his "I-told-you-so" call.
Wednesday, I was tweeting my day through the barrage of reaction to Adam Kredo's story on Jodi Rudoren's, well, rookie mistake. "The New York Times' newly appointed Jerusalem bureau chief played Twitter footsie on Tuesday with some of Israel's most extreme non-terrorist critics," he wrote. And later added that Rudoren also "took to Twitter to praise Peter Beinart's forthcoming The Crisis of Zionism which she called 'terrific: provocative, readable, full of reporting and reflection'."
Thus, Rudoren's stint in Jerusalem ended before it even started. Well, not officially ended. But for all practical matters this is going to be an uneasy assignment for her to successfully navigate. I'm sure she's a good writer and a fine reporter, I'm sure it didn't mean much, or maybe she didn't understand it did. The problem is that "when you have just been named the Times Jerusalem bureau chief, that may be a good time to hold off" tweeting, as Tablet's Marc Tracy explained. And she didn't "hold off", and it is too late to give her such advice.
Yesterday, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote and tweeted about Rudoren's mistake. She has to stop acting as if she were a J Street official, he wrote, but later tweeted that she "can un-tag herself as a J Street-proxy pretty quickly by doing a good job reporting".
No, she can't.
She can write from Jerusalem of course, as I expect she might still do. She can write fine stories from Jerusalem, she can have sources and can gain more knowledge and can even break some news. What she will not be able to do is to pretend to be unbiased. What she will not be able to do is to have good sources at the very top – at the offices of government in which people are already quite suspicious of the Times and will now be even more suspicious. Wouldn't you be? With these people she's probably toast, and without them she can't be as good as a NYT Jerusalem reporter could be.
So here's what's going to happen: Rudoren will be told by her superiors to lay low and restart her period of Israel education. The decision to send her to Israel will not be reversed – a matter of journalistic independence and pride. The watchdogs of such matters will be alerted, they will constantly heckle her, every word interpreted, every nuance parsed. Letters to the editor will be sent. Complaints will be filed. No one will ever give her any benefit of the doubt. If her stories are critical of Israel, it will be a sign that she really is biased. If her stories are more positive, people will start whispering that she's pandering to win back the confidence of official Israel.
All this is probably unfair to Rudoren. She doesn't seem like the archenemy of all things Israel, she doesn't seem like someone deserving of all the animosity and the acrimony and resentment. She made one foolish mistake, and can't take it back since people already know what she really thinks, how she really feels. And she will not be easily forgiven for being honest about it (Rudoren was interviewed yesterday by Dylan Byers and said that "maybe six months from now I'll decide that you can't tweet as the Jerusalem bureau chief of the New York Times, but I think that would be really sad, because a lot of people get their news from Twitter").
If she were to ask my advice (which I do not expect to happen even if she ever reads this post) I wouldn't know what to tell her. Not to go? To go and do her best under these miserable circumstances? Once in a while a writer would like to be proven wrong – and this is one such case for me. I wish I could write again about Rudoren a year from now, and I hope I'd be able to apologize and take back my prediction about her.
Good luck Jodi Rudoren. And welcome to Israel.
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Thanksgiving Maple Cake
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|Ground clove
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2. In a saucepan, place together all the dried fruits, apple cider and cinnamon, and stir well to mix.
3. Heat and bring to a boil, allow to simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
4. In a bowl, prepare the cake mix as per packet instructions.
5. Add in the ground spices, and maple syrup.
6. In 2 lightly greased baking tins, pour in equal amount of cake mix.
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8. Remove the cake and allow it to cool in tin for 10 minutes.
9. Loosen the cake but moving a knife around the edges of cake tin.
10. Invert both the cakes on a wire rack and allow them to cool completely.
11. In a bowl, put the frosting and stir in the maple syrup.
12. Place 1 cake up side down on a cake platter.
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Total Fat 14 g21.3%
Saturated Fat 3.2 g16.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 586 mg24.4%
Total Carbohydrates 118 g39.4%
Dietary Fiber 1.3 g5.1%
Sugars 93.8 g
Protein 2 g4.8%
Vitamin A 4.2% Vitamin C 0.92%
Calcium 6.1% Iron 3.6%
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The family and friends of the late Dorothy Gudger helped to kick off Nana's Kids Campaign this week in Oak Orchard. Dottie Gudger's daughter, Carol Taylor, made the inaugural contribution from her family and friends – with a pile of toys that Santa would envy – and a check for over $7000. The annual Toy Drive has been renamed for Dottie, who would buy toys year round for the children – along with school supplies and other needed items. You can donate to the campaign by the donation receptacles at County Bank Long Neck, the Parade of Trees at Grotto Pizza Long Neck. You can also donate directly to the Boys & Girls Club of Oak Orchard/Riverdale, Indian River Volunteer Fire Company, County Bank or Community Church of Oak Orchard.
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Magomed Saadulaev is coming to Bellator, as the once-beaten Russian is expected to join the 155-pound division for the fight promotion.
Saadulaev (14-1) had competed at welterweight previously in his career, racking up eight wins via submission. He is currently on a three-fight winning streak. While his exact debut is unknown, Saadulaev is not expected to compete in Bellator's upcoming lightweight tournament. It is likely he will make his debut and be considered for future fields depending on how he does.
MMA Junkie was the first to report the signing.
Bellator Season 6 fires up on March 9 with Bellator 60, a card featuring UFC veterans Sean McCorkle and Shamar Bailey as well as the opening round from the promotion's featherweight tourney and a title-fight between 145-pound champ Joe Warren and rising star Pat Curran.


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Deciphering the Trend: It's All a Matter of Perspective
by Richard Evans
Nearly every investor has heard of that venerable stock market saw, "The trend is your friend."
It makes sense. The trouble is, though, for most investors, deciphering the trend is often an effort in futility.
However, it does not have to be so, as trends have identifiable characteristics, patterns that repeat time and time again.
The Characteristics of Trends
The first characteristic of trends is duration and extent: the minor or day-to-day trend; the intermediate or month-to-month trend; and the major trend, lasting a year or more. Although the intermediate and the major trends are most important, most investors seem to be mesmerized by the day-to-day trend.
A second characteristic of trends is that they have three phases: An uptrend shows accumulation, mark-up, and speculative phases; a downtrend shows distribution, mark-down, and distress selling phases.
Running concurrent with the phases of trends is momentum. Accumulation (in the uptrend) and distribution (in the downtrend) usually proceeds at a steady pace, whereas most of the price movement occurs quickly during the mark-up or mark-down phases.
One final principle is that the trend is shaped by support and resistance levels. Support and resistance levels are levels of actual trading areas, and the greater the volume, the greater the support and resistance. Put simply, a downtrend is determined by a breakdown below support, and an uptrend is determined by a breakout above resistance.
These concepts of trend are so basic as to how stock prices behave that I simply cannot fathom how any investor can buy or sell stock without some knowledge of where a stock stands within its trend. Not developing an awareness of trend is akin to taking a cross-country auto trip without a roadmap. The comparison may seem extreme, but that is how many investors still choose to buy and sell stocks.
The Dow Jones Utilities
As an example of trend analysis, I'll follow up an earlier column of mine in the July 1994 AAII Journal ["Technical Clues From an Uncommon Source: The Dow Jones Utilities," page 19], which discussed a trend of much importance to all investors, the interest-sensitive utilities. Since the 1994 stock market reaction was largely due to rising interest rates, a correct analysis of the trend of the utilities would be paramount in deciphering the trend of the overall market.
At the time of last July's column, the Dow Jones utilities average was in a steep downtrend, the mark-down phase, having fallen from a high of over 255 in September 1993 to a low of about 175 in June 1994. Technically, I highlighted the channels and pointed out 190 as being a significant resistance level.
Subsequent to the July article, the downtrend was broken and the utilities average began to advance. I'll describe the change in trend and what it implied for the overall market.
But first, consider what it means to affect a change in trend. When I am asked what to look for in a change of trend, I always reply that investors should look for a trend that has been in a long decline, but is beginning to flatten out.
The concept of a trend beginning to "flatten out" after a long decline does not sound too technical, and it is not. But it is highly useful in identifying opportunities. This trend analysis is not applicable to all stocks, but by definition works quite well in spotlighting opportunities in low-priced and depressed stocks, as well as groups of stocks, such as the utilities.
So, technical analysis at this juncture is how to measure when a trend is beginning to flatten out and turn up. Since the best buying opportunities are when a trend is in the process of moving from distribution to accumulation, investors don't want to wait too long to buy and, invariably, analysts do not turn bullish on these turnaround situations until the trend has long advanced from the lows. We'll see if we can provide some insights to allow investors to get a jump on the crowd.
One bullish definition of a change in trend is a series of lower lows reversing into a series of higher highs, or a series of rising zigzags following a period of lower zigzags. A change in trend is also often thought of as breaking a trendline. Breaking a descending trendline, for instance, is considered bullish. However, these zigzag and trendline patterns develop due to interacting support and resistance levels.
For instance, throughout the February-May 1994 decline, the utilities just kept dropping through support levels. Support failure is obviously bearish. Each time a support level was broken, that level in turn would become resistance for the next advance. Support and resistance levels are just concentrations of trading associated with reversal areas. Whether one particular level of trading acts as support or resistance depends on which side the stock (or index) is trading.
Consider the 190 level. On the decline into early April last year, 190 acted as support. However, after the utilities broke under 190 in May during the decline to 175, 190 would then act as resistance. The 190 resistance level explains why and where the rally in late May and early June would top out at 189, it explains what shape the utilities "zigzag" takes, and it explains why and where the trendline is drawn.
In any case, through June the utilities average was acting in a perfectly orderly downtrend. However, in the decline following the June highs, support at 175 held. Hence, the trend began to change.
During the following rally into July, the utilities advanced until it hit resistance as it approached 185. The resistance at 185, of course, was due to the immediately preceding late May-early June reversal level, where the utilities traded between 185 and 188 for about three weeks. After hesitating for a couple of weeks, the utilities moved up past that earlier resistance level to a new high. In doing so, the utilities had now traced out a bullish zigzag and had broken a down trendline. The advance would be short-lived, as the rally took the utilities right up to the 190 resistance level and a larger declining trendline. The utilities dropped back to 175 by September, where it would trade between support at 175 and resistance at 185 for four months.
Now, a valid question here would be: How do you know when such a zigzag advance will be the start of a sustained uptrend, and when it will be a dud?
Well, my experience is that when a stock, or a group of stocks like the utilities, has been down and depressed for an extensive time, the first rally off the lows will be more of a rebound from oversold conditions, and maybe some short covering, rather than the start of a sustained uptrend. Quite simply, the length of time a stock takes to "base" after a decline is directly correlated with the extent of the decline.
If a stock rebounds off the lows in a "v," it is more likely the preceding decline was more intermediate in nature, and there are not that many investors hoping to "get out." When the preceding decline has been extensive, and, therefore, more investors are holding issues at a loss, the bottoming out process will be more of a sideways drag as it takes more time to absorb resistance. As it was, the utilities would trade at support for the next three months. Mid-November would be the turning point.
During the week of November 21, the stock market was in a mini-panic. "Stocks Plunge 91.52 on Worries Over Rates" was the Section C lead headline in the November 23, 1994, Wall Street Journal. In the panic, the utilities average likewise edged lower, and closed slightly below 175, for three straight sessions. However, on November 23, the utilities reversed sharply and closed up 3.56 on the day to 177.50. Sellers had attempted to send the utilities lower, but there was a bullish reversal instead. In the days and weeks following that reversal, the utilities continued to edge higher, while the rest of the market moved lower.
One reason I had written the column last July on the utilities average was to relate how the utilities had operated in similar interest-rate tightening conditions in 1984, and to alert readers to look for similarities in 1994 as to how the overall market decline might end. And here it was: Déjà vu all over again.
Following the late November reversal, the utilities began to trace out the most bullish of patterns—the minor trend zigzag pattern, just like walking up a flight of stairs. When a sustainable trend begins, the accumulation phase typically is characterized with just a very quiet and orderly bullish minor trend pattern. In the process, the utilities had quietly broken above a long-term down trendline.
After the first of the year activity began to pick up, and the utilities began to gather momentum as analysts turned favorable. However, right when investors turned very bullish on the utilities, in late February, on positive interpretations of comments made by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, the resistance levels associated with April 1994 trading levels took the wind out of the utilities' sails once again. The utilities declined to support at 185. Note that the top of the March trading range was 190.
In early April the utilities advanced smartly, but fell back at resistance at 195. Nonetheless, the advance did absorb considerable resistance at those levels, and the next move will set the tone for the market.
Time changes, but trend patterns remain the same.
A little knowledge of trends and their characteristics can significantly enhance the individual investor's buy and sell decisions.
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Justin Bieber has been in the news a lot lately, now the neighbors are complaining about him driving his $230,000 Ferrari recklessly around the gated community where little kids play.
According to TMZ the Biebs has been spotted driving around at ungodly speeds putting lives at risk. His Ferrari can go from 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds and neighbors say he is flying past.
Reports are that former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson was one of the callers who called police to complain about the music star. He tried to take pursuit in his Prius, which obviously is no match for the Ferrari.
Over the weekend, there were several residents that called to say that they had spotted the white Ferrari 458 Spider racing at dangerous speeds in the residential area.
Now the police are investigating the allegations. The singer lives in an exclusive gated community in Calabassas, California. Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, told ABC News Radio that a couple of people had spotted the star driving "extremely erratically, at high rates of speed." Local police responded after they received the call.
"Two witnesses have already come forward and filed a report," Whitmore said. "We're investigating this as misdemeanor reckless driving, and planning on presenting the case to the DA."
Whitmore also added that this was not the first time Bieber had been accused of driving erratically in his neighborhood.
Prosecutors are still reviewing an incident that involved the singer back in March when a neighbor confronted him about his reckless driving and he allegedly spit on him.
Bieber's reps had not responded to requests for comments on this latest incident. The young man has been plagued by bad press and by others in the business calling him unprofessional for showing up late at concerts. The latest celebrity to call him out on his behavior was Jon Bon Jovi, who said that you don't treat fans with such disrespect.
Bieber owns several expensive vehicles that total into the millions of dollars.
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Ray Charles' 1962 album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music is hailed in all corners as a masterpiece, but it leaves me feeling oddly unsatisfied. Here Charles covers a broad range of country classics – including three songs by Hank Williams – and performs with an orchestra and backup singers. Is it genius? Is it dated? Perhaps a bit of both…
THUMBS UP: Ray Charles earned the nickname 'Genius' and anyone achieving his level of artistic greatness should be allowed carte blanche to follow their musical whims (Sinatra and Dylan jump to mind). The orchestral arrangements and angelic backup singers used here might not track well to modern ears, but the Genius still shines through. 'You Don't Know Me' is one of his finest recordings in a career full of great ones, and hearing him sing "I was blind but now I see" on 'Careless Love' is a transcendent, goosebump-inducing moment. With this batch of country songs, Charles proved that he could take any type of song and coin a new and better version – the rarest mark of musical talent.
THUMBS DOWN: I love Ray Charles' music, and I thoroughly enjoy listening to him play piano and sing – and therein lies my fundamental problem with Modern Sounds…. The Genius is buried here beneath an avalanche of strings and spends just slightly more time singing than the canned backup singers that seem to hover over his shoulder. This album was important in Charles' career, because it expanded the scope of his music and the size of his audience, but those footnotes don't make me want to pull it off the shelf for a listen. To my ears, it doesn't hold a candle to the records he made for Atlantic in the late 50's. That music is much less polished and crossover-friendly than Modern Sounds…, but it's got twice the heart and soul.
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Barclays joins the charge for infrastructure partnerships
Investment banks with growing capital requirements and large debt and infrastructure teams are looking to launch infrastructure funds using capital from pension funds and asset managers, with Barclays set to lead the charge in the UK.
Incoming Basel III banking capital requirements are set to penalise banks for making long-dated loans needed by infrastructure projects. European-based projects secured just $68.3bn of financing during 2012, down 24.6% compared with 2011, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
But, according to four individual sources familiar with the situation, investment banks have been offering their banking expertise to pension funds, not only to source new deals, but also remain active in the trillion-dollar infrastructure market.
One European asset manager who has been approached by the banks, said: "Banks have been offering and managing infrastructure assets for a number of years. The problem is they have hired teams in their hundreds.
"These guys are no longer writing any business. So their plan is to use their expertise, without sacking the whole team. They are now speaking to pension funds and trustees and saying: 'We can't write new business, but we have all the skills required. Why don't we do that on your behalf?'."
Late last year, French bank Natixis set out plans to partner with institutional investors and co-lend to infrastructure projects.
Barclays, a billion-pound player in the UK infrastructure market, is now looking to raise capital alongside pension funds and long-term investors, according to a person close to the situation. This new strategy, with a potential launch date this year, will invest solely in new deals. It is understood Barclays will pocket a fee for originating the deals.
Last year, Barclays attempted to raise a £500m fund seeded with existing public-private partnership assets from its own balance sheet, alongside third-party assets. If the plan had come to fruition, Barclays would have earned both an origination and a management fee.
A source familiar with the situation said: "We had a cornerstone investor that got cold feet, once they left, we couldn't get traction."
The project was subsequently abandoned.
--This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated 18-02-2013


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DPS officials say the chase started in Clay County, east of Jolly, and finally came to a stop at the Bacon Switch Road exit of I-44 around 3:30 this afternoon.
According to DPS Spokesman Tony Fulton, the woman didn't pull over when the trooper turned on his emergency lights and siren. Officers put spike strips on I-44 near Missile Road, and when her front tires blew out, she pulled off on the Bacon Switch exit.
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Are you allowed to use software? A certain popular online "calculator" gives a result that's too long for me to type or derive.
First get rid of the complex fractions in the integrand. That gives
Now make the substitution x = ay. This gives (after some work)
This integral looks not too bad, but as I said, it's a picky one. I'll leave the details to WolframAlpha, but it's really not that bad, just tedious.
The procedure is simple enough. First let . After you've simplified that, then let . That gives:
which you can solve by partial fractions. Now backsubstitute to get
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Jack Bond - Trailer
By Alex Miller
Jack Bond is one of Britain's most radical filmmakers and over a fifty year career has redefined documentary, art-house drama, music video and television. Jamie Reynolds is lead-singer of Klaxons and a big fan of Bond's work.
In VBS meets Jack Bond, Jamie and Jack spend the day together in Hampstead pubs recounting Jack's tales of loosing 50 mental patients on a shoot, bumping into famous friends, and drinking Guinness. Eventually they end up at the fun fair, reciting poetry on the teacups.
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On the night of July 4th, 400 foreign diplomats and special guests will gather on the top floor of the State Department to watch the famous display of fireworks light up the Washington skyline. A relatively new tradition, the annual Independence Day celebration at the State Department became a regular event under Secretary of State Colin Powell and is hosted by the Department's Office of Protocol.
The event is a chance to engage with the foreign Chiefs of Mission of the embassies in Washington, known as the Diplomatic Corps. Throughout the year, these foreign officials host many cultural events at their embassies, sharing with Americans their countries' food, celebrations, and culture. The Fourth of July is the State Department's opportunity to reciprocate and share American traditions and history with the Diplomatic Corps.
The theme for this year's celebration is "Spirit of America," and the event will include food and drink from different regions of the United States. Guests will enjoy Southern barbecue, oysters from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, chocolate from Virginia, Sam Adams beer from Boston, and spirits from Philadelphia. Private donors and corporations, including the Coca-Cola Company, Mondolez International, and the Chevron Corporation, sponsor the event.
Hospitality and generosity are part of the American national character, so it is no surprise that communities around the United States come together to celebrate the Fourth and share traditions and celebrations with foreign visitors and recent immigrants. It is our honor to do the same, and share the "Spirit of America" with foreign diplomats living in the United States.
About the Author: Jessica Andrews works in the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the Department of State. You can follow the Office of Protocol on Instagram at @us_protocol and on Twitter at @US_Protocol.


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Tomalin, Emma (2009) Hinduism and international development: religions and development background paper. RAD Working Papers Series.
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Government of UtahLocation: Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)
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Laramie, Wy – Currently two proposed Wyoming Power plants have been running into permitting problems. The head of Wyoming Conservation Voters, Jason Marsden, says that is because they are using old technology to generate power. Marsden anticipates that the plants will have even more problems as stricter federal controls come into play. While it might be more expensive, Marsden is pushing the state and the companies to make sure the plants are as clean as possible.
Marsden says even the Western Governors Association is supporting the new technology. He's hoping that citizens get involved in the effort to make the plants as clean as possible.


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How To Turn Game Geeks Into Sport Dorks
Starting with Pong, evolving through Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One On One and Madden, and arriving at the wide array of choices available to today's gamer, sports games have been a significant and historic part of the industry. Without them, we wouldn't likely have seen the boom in overall gaming that we see today. However, even with that type of...
Old George Foreman Vs. Young George Foreman In Fight Night Round 4
I'm having a full-on existential crisis. I've been confronted with incontrovertible evidence of the inevitability of my own mortality by the below video from Fight Night Round 4. The video depicts young George Foreman facing off against Old George Foreman in some kind of nightmarish boxing ring of the damned. It's like my internal life in video...
New Fight Night Round 4 Button Controls Detailed, Coming August 27
A while back, it was revealed that EA Sports was planning to release a patch that would add traditional button controls to its acclaimed boxing title Fight Night Round 4, so as to supplement the game's touted thumbstick controls. Well, that update will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store tomorrow (August...
EA Sports Details Premium Boxer Pack And Free DLC For Fight Night Round 4
EA Sports has announced details on two batches of downloadable content for Fight Night Round 4. First up is a premium boxer pack. According to EA's press release: "Its first downloadable boxer pack for Fight Night Round 4 will be available in late August on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network for 800 Microsoft points and $9.99,...
Electronic Arts First Quarter Loss Only $6 Million
On one hand, losses are almost never a good thing, but Electronic Arts is probably happy about their first quarter performance this year. EA is reporting a loss of only $6 million for the quarter ending June 30, a substantial bump from last year's $135 million loss. The vast difference is attributed to cost cutting from earlier in the year...
Fight Night Round 4 Free DLC Pack Now Available On Xbox Live
The only thing better than downloadable content is free downloadable content. And at this very moment, Xbox Live Gold subscribers can get their gloved hands on the newest free DLC pack for EA Sport's undisputed boxing champ Fight Night Round 4. (The same DLC pack is expected to be released for the PlayStation 3 next week.) Included in...
EA Discusses Whether Fight Night Players Can Filter Out Button Users In Multiplayer
Broken multiplayer was the biggest concern about Electronic Arts' potentially game-changing decision to release downloadable content for Fight Night Round 4 in September that lets players ditch the analog-based fighting controls for a more conventional button experience. The analog controls help restrain traditional button mashing; adding...
Fight Night Round 4 Gets Free Updates, Button Patch Soon
It's no secret that I'm a fan of Fight Night Round 4. From the time I picked up the controller and got the crap knocked out of me, I knew that EA's next boxing iteration would be something special. And it seemed like a sequel designed to bring the series up to speed with other EA Sports franchises that came after Fight Night...
Mysterious Error Plagues Fight Night Round 4
As game systems get more complicated, errors become more mysterious. Back in the day, it was almost always dust on the connectors, so when Super Mario Brothers 2 didn't work, you'd blow on the cartridge, jam it back in your NES and bam, Luigi floats. But nowadays, it ain't that simple. Electronic Arts is having a hell of time figuring out why...
Fight Night Round 4 Developer Video Details Legacy Mode, Ya Bum
EA developer Mike Mahar details the robust Legacy Mode, which takes your custom character through the ranks of Boxing's greatest to carve out a place all your own in Fight Night Round 4 coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 June 25. Create, customize and battle through a gauntlet classic pugilist that you'll sort, order and rank all your own. Fight...
MaxBoxing's Gabriel Montoya Talks Fight Night, Clinching, Shoulder Rolls, And Robots
Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version EA Sports' Fight Night Round 4 is one of the highly anticipated sports games of 2009. Loads of G4 staffers are amped for the game and all signs point to it being a knockout. As the biggest boxing fan on the staff, as well as someone that has trained in the sport, I'm super excited for this title. My...
Fight Night Round 4 E3 2009 HD Direct-Feed Gameplay
It's Tyson vs. Ali in this gameplay demo from EA's Fight Night Round 4 that boasts several new fighting modes and a new physics engine to detect where your blows land. It's almost like the real deal! But without the pain of getting punched in the face. Check out the video from E3 2009 below. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version
Fight Night Round 4 E3 2009 Preview
Brian Hayes, gameplay producer for Electronic Arts' Fight Night Round 4, previews the game and talks about the realism in the gameplay, as well as some of the boxers that are playable within, including Manny Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson. Watch Larger Version of this Video
G4's E3 Game Demo Madness!
If you've been following our site over the last month or so, I'm sure you're already aware that G4 will be bringing you 22 hours of live coverage of E3 2009, as well as wall-to-wall, 24-7 web coverage of the show. I'm talking floor-reports, Steve Wiebe's world-record Donkey Kong attempt, live coverage of the major press conferences and way, way...
'Fight Night Round 4' Demo Gameplay Footage
The Fight Night Round 4 demo hit the PSN and Xbox LIVE for pre-order customers (and journalists with industry hook-ups) and we quickly downloaded the game to get some bouts on the books. Here now, a fight between myself (Pacquiao) and X-Play's Albert Iskander (Hatton): Fight Night Round 4 Demo Gameplay (PS3 Version) Watch Larger Version |...
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California wine. Now-quick, what do you think of? Napa? Sonoma? Santa Barbara or Paso Robles? Yes, yes, yes and…oh, yes. But these are not the only areas growing wine in the state and of course, even in this economy, places like Temecula in the south, Lodi in the north and Lake County in the north continue to produce some quality wines.
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BigBazaar has organised a mega shopping event called "Sabse Saste 3 Din" starting from today till 26th of current month. BigBazaar is a subsidiary of Future group and is primarily into ruuning a chain of hypermarkets across major cities in India.On the eve of Republic day and long weekend, BigBazaar has set up this event [ More... ]
Megamart outlet was inaugurated a couple of weeks back near my home. If you aren't familiar with this name here is a small info about it - Megamart is a pioneer in value retailing and the retail arm of India's largest integrated textile manufacturer and a leading branded apparel & retailer. Megamart belongs the Arving [ More... ]
Having been to most of the shopping places in Bangalore for groceries or otherwise, I decided to give Total (formerly known as Jumbo Saver) shopping mall on mysore road a shot last sunday. The groceries were well packed. Like any other shopping mall, this too had a wide variety of items ranging from home needs [ More... ]
I visited the eZone store in Jayanagar last week for shopping a cellphone and a music system. Mobiles display/sell zone was very small and not many models were available. Store attendees were not sure about the sale price for most of the mobiles. For some of the phones, they quoted more than what was there [ More... ]
This morning I had to purchase vegetables and fruits, soon after drawing some money from an ATM I found this Foodworld store near BSK 3rd stage. It was around 8:20AM and saw the board that indicated that the shop opens @ 8:30AM. Since it was only about another 10 minutes I stood there itself to [ More... ]


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Ryan Heindl makes his Goodman debut. His Chicago credits include The Glass Menagerie at Redtwist Theatre; Marat/Sade at the Right Brain Project; Punk Rock at the Griffin Theatre Company (Non-Equity Jeff Award Best Ensemble); Slaughter City at Jackalope Theatre Company; The Grapes of Wrath at Infamous Commonwealth Theatre; Frag and Faster at the Side Project Theatre Company and Stone Cold Dead Serious at Circle Theatre. Mr. Heindl holds a BA from Columbia College Chicago.
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Translation: Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
Location: Turrialba, Costa Rica
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Queens Of The Stone Age To Return
Rockers Queens Of The Stone Age are set to end their two-year hiatus by heading back to the recording studio in 2011.
The band has not released any new material since 2007's Era Vulgaris, and in 2008 they embarked an extended break which saw frontman Josh Homme form Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones.
Guitarist Dean Fertita also focused on a side-project, playing with Jack White's The Dead Weather, but the musician admits the No One Knows hit-makers are now ready to work together again.
He tells The Pulse Of Radio, "Things are going really good. Everybody seems excited and ready to go. We've got so many ideas started already that I guess we'll kind of see what turns out to be everybody's favorite. I think all of us really feel like we've found our space in it and can contribute to it."
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I don't think that you will consider our recent reviews of quad-core AMD Phenom processors optimistic in any way. Unfortunately, the micro-architectural improvements didn't help AMD achieve any parity with the competitor's solutions. That is why the AMD Phenom processors that have been in the market until this day were defeated by Intel Core 2 Quad in terms of performance as well as heat dissipation. Moreover, AMD Phenom didn't hit competitive working frequencies, too. However, the most frustrating drawback of the new quad-core AMD processors was the so-called "TLB-bug", which software fix affected the systems performance quite noticeably. And even though this bug didn't really show that often in desktop platforms, it still had a negative effect on the overall Phenom image. Especially, since it did flowing in the server market forcing AMD to even temporarily stop shipping their quad-core Opteron processors aka Barcelona.
That is why all the engineering effort was thrown to fix the notorious TBL-bus on the hardware level as soon as possible. And the resolution didn't keep us waiting for too long. Today AMD officially launched Phenom processors based on new B3 stepping that is free from this TLB issue. The core doesn't have any other improvements as of yet, but nevertheless, this announcement allows AMD to improve the consumer attractiveness of their solutions. Besides, the clock speeds get a little higher and the prices drop a little lower. As a result, refreshed Phenom processors now look much better and more attractive than before.
The new Phenom processor family on B3 stepping includes four models: 9550, 9650, 9750 and 9850 Black Edition. The youngest models replace Phenom 9500 and Phenom 9600, while the two top models push the clock frequency to 2.4 and 2.5GHz respectively. Note that the last two digits – "50" – in the CPU marking stand for the new processor stepping that doesn't have the TLB-bug anymore. Nevertheless, new Phenom processors shouldn't be any different from practical standpoint from the old ones working at the same clock frequency and with software TLB fix disabled. The advantage of the new processor stepping is mainly no need to use the patch that aggravates the performance. Especially since its enabling or disabling may require certain effort and qualifications. While most mainboard manufacturers made it possible to activate or deactivate the patch from their BIOS Setup, Windows Vista SP1 that also has a fix for this bug doesn't offer this flexibility and enables bus fix automatically, no matter what the user actually wants. In this case the only way for the owners of processors on old B2 stepping to avoid performance drop even at the expense of some system stability is to use special utilities such as AMD Overdrive, for instance.
Besides, AMD also officially announced their triple-core processors known as Toliman. At this time they will only be distributed among AMD OEM partners and will not get into retail, so we will have to postpone our review of these CPUs for a little while. Especially since at first they will still be using B2 processor stepping. However, we had to mention triple-core Phenom processors here, because AMD has once again changed their CPU marking strategy a little bit. Quad-core Phenom CPUs will now be called Phenom X4, triple-core – Phenom X3 and dual-core processors will remain Athlon X2.


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Today, Top Cow give the first issue of their Aphrodite XI away for Free Comic Book Day.
And it's a beaut! Digital/painted/heavy detail work, the kind of comic that Anomaly/Alex Ross fans should really enjoy.
But what comes next? Well, with the second issue a month away, here's a look at all their double spread pages from that issue…. how very Batwoman of them.


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Fire Closes West Carthage Highway
A house fire shut down part of North Broad Street in the village of West Carthage for about an hour and a half Tuesday morning.
"We had a quick knockdown onto it, our interior attack got it knocked down relatively quickly," West Carthage fire incident commander Gary Friot said. "Within 30 minutes, it was under control."
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The DROID DNA is perhaps the essence of the Verizon Android smartphone catalog (get it?). Despite having a massive 5-inch screen (simply .5 inches shy of the Galaxy Note II from Samsung), it has all of the specifications (specs, for short) that make it an attractive device: A 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor (APQ8064 paired with MDM9615m, to be specific) and 2GB of RAM, running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and HTC's Sense 4+ UI. To take fantastic images, there's an 8MP f/2.0 rear camera with 28mm wide angle lens, BSI sensor, ImageChip and 1080p HD video capture.
On the opposite side of the phone you can expect to see a 2.1MP f/2.0 front-facing cam that features 1080p HD video record and an 88-degree ultra-wide angle lens. All of this sheer excitement is powered by a 2,000mAh battery, with Qi wireless charging support. Additional little details include Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX support, NFC, MHL, dual mics for noise cancellation bundled with WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (dual-band). Its physical size measures 9.73mm thick and weighs 4.86 ounces (138g). Beats Audio integration and Verizon Wireless 4G LTE top off the whole package.