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A tony farmhouse in Chattarpur that became the site of a shootout on Saturday between Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep was more than a symbol of high social status worth fighting over: it had emerged as a battleground of egos. Faizan Haider reports.delhi Updated: Nov 19, 2012 17:16 IST
A tony farmhouse in Chattarpur that became the site of a shootout on Saturday between Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep was more than a symbol of high social status worth fighting over: it had emerged as a battleground of egos.
It was their big egos that spurred on the brothers, who owned a business empire with a turnover of Rs 6,000 crore, to spar over a Rs 100-crore farmhouse.
The brothers had an argument late on Friday over the possession of the Chattarpur farmhouse. The next day, Ponty or Gurdeep Singh Chadha, went to the disputed property along with 30-40 men.
Sources said Hardeep was in possession of the farmhouse but his brother wanted to "gift" it to a friend. A "For Sale" sign had been hung outside the farmhouse as well.
On Saturday, Ponty's men took over the property and forced Hardeep's associates out of the farmhouse. Hardeep reached the farmhouse after he was informed that Ponty and his men had gone there.
A police officer pointed out that it was difficult to ascertain who had fired first.
"Hardeep is the accused if he shot Ponty first. But then, he is also dead. The security officer of the chairman of Uttarakhand government's minority commission fired at Hardeep to save himself. Others had also fired in self-defence," the officer said.
Ponty was stepping out of his Land Cruiser when Hardeep shot him. There are two bullet marks on the wall on the right side of the farmhouse, three on the wall on the left side and one on the bonnet of the vehicle. In the middle seat of the vehicle, there are four bullet marks.
The police, however, are still not sure about the sequence of events. This is because the security personnel attached to the brothers have been changing the statements frequently.
"We have found seven guns, which include an AK-47, a 9mm carbine and a .32 and .30 bore pistol. Only a ballistic expert can say which guns were used to fire the bullets," the officer said.
Ponty, who suffered 12 bullet injuries, had been fired at apparently using .32 and .30 bore pistols, while Hardeep's body had bullets from a 9mm carbine. Hardeep had suffered four bullet injuries.
The police have lodged two FIRs, one for trespassing against Ponty's men and another for murder, attempt to murder and kidnapping.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union says in a new report that local police departments are amassing millions of digital records on the location and movement of Americans using automated license plate scanners.
The report, released Wednesday, found that there are tens of thousands of license plate scanners scattered across the United States. The scanners are affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings and capture images of passing or parked vehicles. The police dump that information into databases that can be reviewed weeks, or even years later.
Law enforcement officials say the practice is legal and helps to automate work the police were already doing. The ACLU says stricter rules are needed, such as immediately deleting records not tied to an investigation.
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Google released its One Today charity app for Android quite a while ago, but up until now it was by invite only. Today, the free app is open for all at the Play store. One Today is a do-good, feel-good app that lets you donate to charities with as little as $1.
One Today showcases a different project every day, across animal, education, health, environment, and humanitarian causes. It's a convenient way to discover charities you'd like to support and make a difference with your pocket change. The app tells you how your money is being used for that project.
You can post your donations on Google+ to encourage others to donate as well.
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Tess Vigeland: Yesterday the Atlanta city council voluntarily gave up about $400,000 of potential revenue. Not something you hear a lot in these austere days of government budget-cutting. They voted to suspend parking meter enforcement for 30 days because residents complained about the aggressive tactics of a private company that runs the meters.
But coin isn't the only benefit meters bring to cities, and the businesses that line their streets. From WNYC in New York, Andrea Bernstein has more.
Andrea Bernstein: I'm walking on Sixth Avenue, in Greenwich Village, a place famous for limited parking. About a year ago, the city Department of Transportation decided to do an experiment here. They started charging more for parking during peak periods.
Dr. Rachel Weinberger is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of a recent study on parking. She says one way to get more parking spots is to get people to leave faster.
RACHEL Weinberger: Which means make it more available for more people to use, and if you make a price that's a little bit closer to what the demand is, then you'll see people share better.
On the street it costs $2 an hour at a meter, $3 an hour during peak periods. But it costs $17 an hour to park in a garage, so it's hard to believe that an extra dollar an hour for a meter can be much of a disincentive. But I notice several open spots as we walk.
Bernstein: I'm shocked.
Weinberger: I was a little shocked myself.
But Weinberger adds...
WEINBERGER: People are actually quite price sensitive to very small increments in price. This can be a very effective tool for effecting different kinds of behavioral changes in how people transport themselves around.
As we're walking, I see a man putting money into a machine to pay for parking.
Bernstein: Hi, how are you?
Mechanic Victor Duran says he drove down from his home in Upper Manhattan to shop. Finding parking, he says, was a breeze.
Bernstein: Was that worth it to you?
VICTOR DURAN: Nah, it's too much.
Bernstein: So would you rather drive around and look for a spot, or would you rather pay the dollar?
Duran: It's better to pay the dollar.
Weinberger says no one likes paying for parking, but paying can influence behavior. When spots are more expensive, they open up more quickly. Drivers circle less. Congestion eases, pollution drops. Paying for parking can push people to carpool or take transit. But making parking more expensive isn't exactly popular.
Greg Ninyasov runs a hair salon. He says the new fees are discouraging his customers.
GREG Ninyasov: Nobody wants to park because everybody's complaining because it's too much money. All my clients, they're like complaining why so much?
But the city liked the results of its Manhattan experiment. Last fall, it launched another pilot in Brooklyn.
Hardware store owner Victor Chabbad is pleased with the results there.
VICTOR Chabbad: Well, make it easy for customer. This way people park, and they move on, and what happen. It's much better.
Business owners in Pasadena, Calif., also came to like the idea of collecting all those quarters.
Steve Mulheim heads up the shopping district. To get the local merchants to embrace the plan, he said, a promise was made. The parking revenue would go right back into the streets.
STEVE Mulheim: The city on a normal basis would sweep streets about once a quarter.
But now...
Mulheim: We sweep every street, every alleyway, every night.
Mulheim says without the parking money, the district faced cutbacks in maintenance.
Mulheim: It really makes a big difference to even our consumer base when they know that money isn't just going into a big bottomless pit somewhere.
Mulheim acknowledges there are still unhappy drivers.
But as more cities face drastic cutbacks, parking revenue looks sweeter and sweeter.
Janette Sadik-Khan is New York City's transportation commissioner. At a recent conference, she had this to say...
JANETTE Sadik-Khan: I think, in a way, in 50 years, people are going to think we were insane to give free space to parking on city streets because it's such a valuable resource.
Arrayed around the table were transportation officials from Houston, Philadelphia, Washington, and elsewhere. Their heads were nodding up and down vigorously in agreement.
In New York, I'm Andrea Bernstein for Marketplace.


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Tiger Woods did his best to "let it all hang out." OK, that was bad, but you get it. He really wanted to show he was ready to face most of his problems in his first press conference in over five months on Monday. He gave strong (but clearly rehearsed) responses to a variety of questions, revealing that his wife Elin will not be joining him this week at the Masters, and that he suffered numerous Achilles injuries in the last couple years.
He vehemently denied any connection to HGH, PEDs, steroids, and any other illegal drugs, insisting that his connection to a tainted Canadian doctor was for healing his torn-up knee with a procedure known as platelet-rich plasma (PRP).
"I've never taken any illegal drug in my life," Woods said.
The most revealing, and perhaps ridiculous thing he said came later on in the presser.
"Look at what I was engaged in," Woods said. "When you're living a life that is a lie, life isn't fun … that's been stripped away. It feels fun again."
Really Tiger? You weren't having fun? You're living in a dream world my friend. I refuse to believe that "seeing" all those women wasn't a good thing in your mind at the time. Pff.
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July 11, 2012 -- Upon first glance, it looks like any other poorly Photoshopped pic posted on Facebook, but this is no ordinary snapshot.
Uploaded nearly twenty years ago, it's actually the first photograph ever uploaded to the World Wide Web, according to Motherboard, which tracked down the photo's wild and crazy past. "When history happens, you don't know that you're in it," Silvano de Gennaro, who snapped the shot, told Motherboard.
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The pretty ladies in the image are members of a parody band comprised of CERN laboratory employees -- yes, the same lab in Geneva responsible for the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson. Adoringly known as Les Horribles Cernettes (The Horrible CERN Girls), the group shares its initials with a certain particle accelerator.
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It just so happens that Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web was working at CERN at the time. When Berners-Lee and his team were looking to test a new version of their "Web" system -- one that supported photos -- he went to de Gennaro, who passed along the now historic photo.


text: by Douglas B. Clark Aug 31, 2011 Comments (3) AIChE Topics: Energy Share This Post: Marcellus shale drilling rig in Roulette, PA (click to enlarge) The latest debate over Marcellus shale gas isn't about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, but over how much gas there is to be removed. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently published its estimate of how much gas is trapped in Marcellus shale and can be extracted with current technology, but the figures differ dramatically from past estimates. Technology Review reports that the USGS's estimated volume for the shale deposit is 84 trillion cubic feet (TCF), a figure which is approximately 80 percent lower than the estimate released earlier this year by the Energy Information Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Question of how much gas dependent on technology The shale formation in question lies beneath portions of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, and may be the largest deposit of shale gas in the United States. But the question of exactly how much gas lies there is a continuing debate. The new USGS figure is the latest figure in a history of dramatically differing estimates. The previous USGS estimate from 2002 was set at only 2 TCF, but improvements in fracturing and drilling technology as well as 3D seismic imaging were in part responsible for the increase in figures. Whatever the figure, deposit is highly significant Other sources have estimated the recoverable gas deposits to be as significant as 489 TCF. Regardless of how much gas is actually available, Francis O'Sullivan, an engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative who analyzed supply issues for a study of the future of natural gas released by the initiative in June, told Technology review that regardless of which figure is correct, there is a very sizable amount of recoverable gas in the shale formation. O'Sullivan estimates: [...the Marcellus formation] could, at its peak, contribute 10 to 15 percent of the gas produced in the U.S. "What that means is that whether or not you have 200 TCF, 400 TCF, or 80 TCF of recoverable resources is quite moot at this point, and will be moot for 20 years." Marcellus Shale Deposit. Click to enlarge. Not volume, but safety--a challenge for chemical engineers Commenting on the evolution of technology that will continue to increase how much gas is actually recoverable, O'Sullivan also noted in the interview, "The 20-year time horizon is a very long time in the context of technology in the gas space, and in the context of broader energy technology." While the debate on fracking may continue, there is little debate that there is a significant deposit of natural gas that could be incredibly important to the country's future. It will be up to chemical engineers and others to find new ways to capture the gas through environmentally sound practices. If you didn't see the amusing but informative music video about fracking and the environment featured on ChEnected earlier this year, check it out here. Will shale gas be as significant as predicted, or will new energy alternatives change this? Photos: Drilling rig, Wikimedia Commons/Laurie Barr Illustration: Marcellus shale deposit, USGS Log in to post comments Comments May (not verified) Aug 31, 2011 Interesting... Robert S (not verified) Sep 3, 2011 This could be such a game changer and there is still so much uncertainty. "This American Life" did a really interesting piece on this focusing on the two professors on opposite sides of the issue and the town at the epicenter. All the money coming from industry makes it really hard to have any opinion other than there is a lot of easy gas. Douglas Clark (not verified) Sep 3, 2011 I feel the same way, Robert. I know that many of the people in this region are confused and have mixed feelings as well. My parents live in SW Pennsylvania, so I've seen a bit of this firsthand. There are farmers who have supposedly become millionaires when a well produces gas, and that is certainly alluring. At the same time, people worry about the environmental dangers. I'd personally like to think that recovering this gas could be done safely with current techniques if done properly, but I'm concerned there aren't enough safeguards and checks to keep drillers from either making serious mistakes or simply foregoing safe practices to quicken or cheapen the process. I wasn't aware of the episode on This American Life but thought I'd post a link for anyone interested: . Log in to post comments


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73% of online shoppers agree that their path to purchase is more complex and less direct than it used to be, according to [pdf] an About.com study. As the traditional purchase funnel has been upended and turned into more of a "loop," per the study, shoppers indicate that shopping has taken on a more personal nature. That is, 79% agree that their relationship with brands is much more personal than ever before, and 68% agree that shopping today is less about the brands/products themselves and more about them (what they're feeling or needing).
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The evolution of the shopping experience means that for 87% of respondents, there's more to it than simply "identifying a need, exploring options and purchasing." Instead, consumers identify 6 common behaviors along the path to purchase:
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UK Handel exhibition to explore man behind music
By Catherine Bosley
LONDON (Reuters) - London's Handel House Museum, where the German-born composer died, will host an exhibition in 2009 focusing on his passion for food and his finances to mark the 250th anniversary of his death.
The museum, located in the Mayfair townhouse where Handel wrote "Messiah," aims to unmask the man behind the music by focusing on the little-known details of his personal life.
"The personal aspects of Handel are very shadowy and it would be nice to fill out the man," said Edward Blakeman, program editor for BBC Radio 3.
The BBC will also air special Handel programs throughout the year, including a performance of the Messiah in Westminster Abbey on April 14, the day the composer died.
For the first time it will also broadcast all of George Frideric Handel's 40-odd operas, Blakeman added.
Many legends surround German-born Handel, who moved to London in 1713, Handel House curators said. According to one story, he played his harpsichord so much its keys were hollowed out like spoons.
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Liane Rossler continues this excellent Happy Shopper week with a visit to Shelf/Life and Planet furniture! Both stores are especially beautiful and have an environmental conscience, but I particularly love the details about the community that create the Dharma Door jute bags. – Jenny x
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Follow your nose to the scent of coffee from Single Origin and you will find Shelf / Life.
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Dharma Door jute bags and totes are timeless in design and are useful for so many things. Made in Bangladesh. The women in this 20,000 strong collective get together everyday to weave bags, baskets and homewares so that they can afford to be independent, educate their daughters and give them greater opportunities. Empowering through design.
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I've been pocket carrying a Leatherman for 15ish years? I started out with the first one, carried it a number of years, and decided to get a new one. My new one is a KICK, I don't know what the first one was, it's here at the house somewhere?
I'm a farmer and I probably use it everyday, it saves me a lot of steps. For my needs, I don't care for the one's that are full of gadgets and are bulky. I sure don't need a wine-opener, though for camping or other endeavors, I can see the need for one with more stuff.
My KICK is only about a half inch thick. It has a needle-nose pliers/wire cutter, knife, one phillip and two flats, and a bottle opener which I've never used (most stuff is twist top anyway).


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Forget that Justin Bieber chump. Two of Tacoma's most popular indie bands, the Nightgowns and Wheelies, actually did get ripped off, to the tune of 20 grand worth of gear.
Band members say a whole slew of instruments went missing from the Nightgowns' downtown Tacoma practice space early Monday morning, putting the kibosh on recording sessions for Wheelies' forthcoming CD, among other things. That album's producer, the Nightgowns' Kyle Brunette, posted this rant on Facebook:
"Someday you might want to see a Nightgowns show? Not happening now. Our keyboard with all our sequences got stolen. You want to see the Wheelies again? They don't own guitars now, and all of Tom's hand built pedals are lost. Sunday night, my practice got robbed all my guitars were stolen. All my guitars were budget guitars, but I knew the magic of them and how to record them. I personally bought most my instruments working dead end minimum wage jobs. These instruments were part of the Nightgowns, the Wheelies, the Make Up Monsters, the Night Beats, Paris Spleen recordings. Tacoma music got robbed."
Top of Tacoma has turned its annual Pray for Snow party into a benefit for the bands. The event is scheduled for 10 p.m. on Nov. 30 with Mighty High headlining. There is a $5 suggested donation, and it's probably safe to assume more benefit shows are in the works.
A new Facebook group has also been started, aimed at catching a-holes that steal local rockers' gear. Check out descriptions of missing items at https://www.facebook.com/groups/121704567884841/.
Meanwhile, the Nightgowns Cody Lee Jones provided this list of his band's stolen gear to look out for:
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Reverse angle parking FAQ.............
Frequently asked Questions
Written August 2008
Q: Why reverse angle parking (RAP)?
Parallel parking is not sufficiently meeting our parking demand.
The community has a parking shortage. We are short more than 900 spaces when comparing on-street parking. Fells Prospect has a lot of so called "alley homes" that do not have on-street parking, their own garages, or parking pads.
Reverse angle parking has put a dent into our parking deficit.
Q: Why reverse angle parking instead of head-in angle parking?
Safer due to better visibility for the driver when the car pulls out of the parking space, even when parked next to large vehicles or vehicles with tinted windows.
o Eye-to-eye line of sight between parker and approaching road-use,
reducing accidents involving oncoming motorists or bicyclists.
Allows for quicker entry into traffic flow
Simpler than a parallel parking maneuver
Trunks/tailgates can be unloaded at the curb (safer).
Safer unloading of children and pets because the open vehicle door guides them towards safety zone of the sidewalk.
Safer on inclines because it forces drivers to curb their tires
Safer for disabled parking, since disabled parking stalls are close to the existing curb ramps, and allows the wheelchair-using drivers to unload out of the way of traffic.
Vehicle headlights do not shine into homes.
Q: How do you reverse angle park?
Signal when slowing to approach the space
Pull past space
Back into space on angle
Q: Is backing into the stalls difficult?
• The backing maneuver may be unfamiliar, but certainly is much easier than parallel parking, a common task on city streets.
Q: Will headlights shine into homes across the street?
One side of the street always retains parallel parking, so those vehicles will block the headlights from reverse angle parking cars from entering the homes across the street.
Q: Isn't it harder and take more time to reverse angle park?
It takes longer for most people to parallel park than to reverse angle park.
Reverse angle parking has fewer steps than parallel parking
Q: Wouldn't it be easier to just to pull forward into an angled spot? Doesn't this convenience make it the best parking method?
It boils down to safety and when you want to have your convenience. With standard angle parking, it's simple to pull in but can be difficult to pull out. You may have to back your car entirely out into the traffic lane before you can even see the oncoming traffic (not very safe.) With back-in angle parking, getting into the stall is more difficult than going front-in but exiting the stall is more convenient because you don't have to pull out very far at all to see the oncoming traffic. In addition, if you have packages to load you can stand on the sidewalk while loading them into your trunk. That's a nice convenience!
Q: How do you communicate with cars behind you that you backing into a parking stall?
The law requires you to signal when slowing and backing into a parking spot. You should signal just as you would when parallel parking.
Q: Won't reverse angle parking increase the number accidents?
Actually, one of the most common causes of accidents is people backing out of standard angled parking without being able to see on-coming traffic. Reverse angled parking removes this difficulty. The initial stopping and signaling required for back-in angle parking is already an everyday occurrence throughout the city with parallel parking. Because of this familiarity, we do not expect accidents to increase. In fact, both Seattle and Tucson reported a decrease in parking-related accidents after back-in angle parking was implemented.
Q: Will we still be able to park on both sides of the street?
Yes. On streets that are converted, one side of the street retains parallel parking and the other side becomes reverse angle parking.
Q: Why do we need to mark the pavement?
Marking the pavement
o prevents wasting valuable parking spaces
o protects off-street parking access
o maintains visibility at intersections
o motorcycles and scooters will have designated parking spots
o disabled parking is protected
Q: Why is the street becoming a one-way street?
To safely implement angle parking, two-way streets must become one-way streets
Q: Will I still be able to double park?
The goal is to increase spaces so you won't need to double park. However, no one can guarantee that a space will be open right in front of your home at exactly the time you need it.
In the event you need to double park to unload groceries for example, another car will be able to pass as long as you don't stop in the middle of the street.
Our neighbors on Chester Street, who already have angle parking, have said that temporary double parking is not a problem. Even when the semi-tractor trailor pulls up for deliveries to the little store there, vehicles are able to continue onto Eastern Avenue without delay.
Q: What if I don't like one-way streets?
Consider the benefits of one-way traffic:
o It increases safety by reducing speeds
o It limits the number of cars entering challenging intersections, such as
• Eastern Av and S Collington Av
• Bank St and S Collington Av
• Bank St and Gough
• Bank St and S Washington St
• Bank St and S Wolfe St
• Pratt St and S Collingtion Av
• Baltimore St and S Collington Av
o One-way streets are less likely to become part of a bus route
o It prevents commuters from using our neighborhood as a speedway
Q: Isn't speeding a problem on one-way streets?
Baltimore's Department of Transportation (DOT) states that speeds slow when converting two-way streets to one-way streets with one lane of traffic. In addition, speeds are reduced in areas that have stop signs at each intersection, like most in our neighborhood.
Q: Don't you remember Pratt and Lombard as one-way streets? Cars were flying!
Pratt and Lombard were one-way streets with two lanes of traffic that had parallel parking on both sides, like Wolf and Washington are now. DOT says blocking the second lane of traffic with angle parking is an effective traffic calming measure and reduces speeds dramatically.
Q: Isn't it ugly or tacky?
Here's what is uglier.
o The amount of gas wasted circling for parking and our carbon foot print when we spend 20, 30, 40 minutes searching for a space.
o Our bumpers from squeezing into spaces we shouldn't
Q: Don't you realize this type of backing maneuver is very difficult for seniors?
We know of no evidence to suggest age, gender, race, etc. plays any role in the ability to back or park a vehicle.
Q: Won't it hurt by business/restaurant?
Lack of parking close to retail and commercial establishments is a deterrent to customers
Q: Where can I see reverse angle parking in action?
Hampden, hon!
Q: Are any other cities using reverse angle parking?
Arlington, VA
Bethlehem, PA
Birmingham, AL
Burnaby, BC (Canada)
Burlington, VT
Charlotte, NC
Chico, CA
Everett, WA
Honolulu, HI
Indianapolis, IN
Knoxville, TN
Marquette, MI
Montreal, QC (Canada)
New York, NY
Olympia, WA
Plattsburgh, NY
Portland, OR
Pottstown, PA
Salem, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Tacoma, WA
Tucson, AZ
Ventura, CA
Washington, DC
Wilmington, DE
Baltimore, MD
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Magnetic and Cytotoxicity Properties of La1−xSrxMnO3(0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) Nanoparticles Prepared by a Simple Thermal Hydro-Decomposition
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This study reports the magnetic and cytotoxicity properties of magnetic nanoparticles of La1−xSrxMnO3(LSMO) withx = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 by a simple thermal decomposition method by using acetate salts of La, Sr, and Mn as starting materials in aqueous solution. To obtain the LSMO nanoparticles, thermal decomposition of the precursor was carried out at the temperatures of 600, 700, 800, and 900 °C for 6 h. The synthesized LSMO nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, TEM, and SEM. Structural characterization shows that the prepared particles consist of two phases of LaMnO3(LMO) and LSMO with crystallite sizes ranging from 20 nm to 87 nm. All the prepared samples have a perovskite structure with transformation from cubic to rhombohedral at thermal decomposition temperature higher than 900 °C in LSMO samples ofx ≤ 0.3. Basic magnetic characteristics such as saturated magnetization (MS) and coercive field (HC) were evaluated by vibrating sample magnetometry at room temperature (20 °C). The samples show paramagnetic behavior for all the samples withx = 0 or LMO, and a superparamagnetic behavior for the other samples havingMSvalues of ~20–47 emu/g and theHCvalues of ~10–40 Oe, depending on the crystallite size and thermal decomposition temperature. Cytotoxicity of the synthesized LSMO nanoparticles was also evaluated with NIH 3T3 cells and the result shows that the synthesized nanoparticles were not toxic to the cells as determined from cell viability in response to the liquid extract of LSMO nanoparticles.
KeywordsManganite Nanoparticles Synthesis X-ray diffraction Magnetic properties Electron microscopy Cytotoxicity
The perovskite manganites La1−xSrxMnO3 have recently attracted much attention because of their technical applications [1, 2]. Sr-doped LaMnO3 or LSMO is particularly of interest due to its good magnetic, electrical, and catalytic properties and nowadays is increasingly becoming an attractive possibility in several biomedical applications. A variety of methods has been attempted for the preparation of highly homogeneous and fine powders of these perovskite manganites, including the citrate-gel process [3], sol–gel route [4], molten salt method [5], autocombustion process [6], and hydrothermal synthesis [7], to name just a few. Among these established synthesis methods, it is still critical to find simple and cost effective routes to synthesize LSMO nanocrystalline with a well controlled, reproducible, and narrow size distribution of ferromagnetic nanoparticles with large magnetic moment per particle by utilization of cheap, nontoxic, and environmentally benign precursors.
In this paper, we report a simple and cost effective synthesis of La1−xSrxMnO3nanoparticles withx = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 by using the decomposition mechanism of metal acetate salts in water at various temperatures of 600–900 °C. The influence of Sr concentration on the structure and the morphology of the samples was characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, and TEM. Magnetic properties of the samples were investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The effects of Sr concentration and thermal decomposition temperature on the magnetic properties were also discussed in detail. The last part of the investigation concerns the result of cytotoxicity testing of the synthesized sample by MTT assay.
Experimental Details
Magnetic nanoparticles of La1−xSrxMnO3(LSMO) withx = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 were prepared via the thermal hydro-decomposition method. In this process, high purity acetates of La(CH3COO)3 · x H2O (99.9%, Aldrich), Mn(CH3COO)2 · 4H2O (>99.9%, Fluka), and Sr(CH3COO)2(99%, Aldrich) were used as starting materials. In a typical procedure, 0.007 mol metal acetates with a mole ratio corresponding to the nominal composition of La: Sr: Mn ratio of 1−x: x: 1 were dissolved in deionized water (DI water) at a ratio of 5:1 (volume/weight) of DI water to total acetate salts. The mixed solution was stirred with a magnetic stirrer at room temperature for 15 min, and was thermally decomposed in an oven under normal atmosphere at different temperatures of 600, 700, 800, and 900 °C for 6 h and left to cool down to room temperature before being ground to obtain LSMO nanoparticles.
The crystal structure of the synthesized LSMO nanoparticles was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) (Philips PW3040, The Netherlands) with the crystallite size calculated from the broadening of the XRD peaks using Debye–Scherrer method. The functional groups present in the samples were studied using the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy technique (FT-IR) (Spectrum one, Perkin Elmer Instrument, USA). The samples were incorporated in KBr pellets for which the FT-IR spectra were obtained in the 1000–450 cm−1wave-number range. The morphology of the samples was revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (LEO 1450VP, UK) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (JEOL 2010, 200 kV, Japan). The selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns from TEM and high resolution TEM (HRTEM) images were analyzed to identify the phase and crystal structure, and to confirm the results obtained from XRD. The magnetic properties were investigated by Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) (Lakeshore 7403, USA) at room temperature (20 °C).
The cytotoxicity of LSMO nanoparticles was evaluated with NIH 3T3 and cell viability was determined by MTT colorimetric assay (Sigma, USA). Cells were seeded on the 96-well culture plate (1 × 104 cells/well) for 24 h. The extracted LSMO liquid was taken by boiling LSMO particles in sterile distilled water at 121 °C for 1 h with concentration of 0.2 g/mL. Cells were incubated with 20 mL extracted LSMO liquid or sterile water (control) for 24 h. After removing the medium, 10 mL of 12 mM MTT solution was added and incubated for a further 4 h. Blue formazan crystals, metabolized MTT in mitochondria of viable cells, were dissolved in 50 mL of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO; Sigma, USA) and measured at 550 nm by the plate reader (Biorad, Japan). The average value of four wells was used for each sample and two repeats were done in each experiment. The control NIH 3T3 cell viability was defined as 100%. Statistical comparison was performed using one-way ANOVA with SPSS software version 11.5 (SPSS, Germany).
Results and Discussion
Structural and Morphology Characterization
Properties of prepared LSMO
Thermally decomposed in the range of 700 → 900°C for 6 h
Sr content
Crystal structure
Cubic → Rhombo
Cubic → Rhombo
Cubic → Rhombo
Cubic → Rhombo
Crystallite size (nm)
Magnetization (emu/g)
Coercivity (Oe)
Magnetic Characterization
LSMO nanoparticles with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5 have been synthesized by a simple thermal decomposition method using acetate salts in DI water. Structural characterization shows that the structure transforms from cubic to rhombohedral in the prepared samples withx ≤ 0.3 when decomposed at 900 °C, while the others remained cubic in structure. Study of magnetic properties at room temperature shows thatMSdepends strongly on the thermal decomposition temperature for samples ofx ≥ 0.2, and has no exact dependence on Sr concentration. There is a variation ofMSwith Sr content with the maximum atx = 0.3 for decomposition temperature of 900 °C, and at temperature below this the maximumMSof 40.4 emu/g is found atx = 0.2. In addition, the magnetic nanoparticles show no toxicity to the tested cells, NIH 3T3, as determined from the result of cell viability in response to the liquid extraction of the magnetic nanoparticles. This will be useful for medical applications. The present work has shown that the thermal hydro-decomposition is a new useful method for preparation of manganite nanoparticles, and gives a potential avenue for further practical scale-up of the production process and applications.
The authors would like to thank the Department of Chemistry of Khon Kaen University for providing FT-IR and VSM facilities, the Faculty of Science Electron Microscopy Unit for providing SEM facilities, and the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) of NSTDA for providing TEM facilities. S. Daengsakul would like to thank the TGIST scholarship for the support of her Ph.D. study. This work is financially supported by The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) under the research contract no. PorKor/2550-287.


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First Human Case of West Nile in Central New York
(Cayuga County) The Cayuga County health department says an adult male has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. This is the first human case in Central New York this year. The man, an Auburn resident, was hospitalized between August 26 and September 9 and is recovering at home.
The most common way to contract the West Nile virus is from the bite of mosquito that carries the virus.
Health officials are urging precautions to reduce the mosquito population and avoid mosquito bites:
Remove or empty standing water from children's outdoor toys, flower pots, garbage cans, pails, old tires or any object that collects water.
Make sure roof gutters drain properly; clean clogged gutters in the spring and fall.
Keep swimming pools chlorinated and their covers free of stagnant water
Install window and door screens and keep them in good repair
Wear long sleeves, pants, socks and mosquito repellent when going outdoors. Repellents containing DEET and picardin provide longer-lasting protection (use as directed).
There have been confirmed cases of mosquito pools that have been positive for West Nile Virus in Oswego and Onondaga Counties. Anyone with questions should contact the Health Department at 315-253-1560.


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19Mario Danelo
93rd Rose Bowl: USC vs. Michigan (1-1-2007)
93rd Rose Bowl: USC vs. Michigan (1-1-2007)
USC vs. Washington
USC vs. Washington
2006: The accurate Danelo, coming off a record-setting 2005 performance, returns for his second season as USC's placekicker as a junior in 2006.
2005: Danelo earned a scholarship in the fall of 2005 and won the starting placekicking job as a sophomore in 2005, setting records in the process. Overall in 2005 in his first year as USC's kicker, he hit 83-of-86 PATs and 11-of-12 field goals. He set the NCAA, Pac-10 and USC season records for PATs (83) and PAT attempts (86). He was 17th nationally in scoring (8.9, sixth in Pac-10). He hit his last 11 field goals after missing his first-ever try. He made 2005 All-Pac-10 honorable mention. He won USC's Co-Special Teams Player of the Year Award. His career got off to a quick start as he tied a USC game record by hitting all 9 of his PATs at Hawaii in his first USC action (he missed a 42-yard field goal). Then, for the second week in a row, he set the USC game record by hitting all 10 of his PATs versus Arkansas. At Oregon, he hit his first career field goal (36 yards) and made all 6 PATs, then he hit a 36-yard field goal and all 5 of his PATs at Arizona State. He hit all 6 of his PATs against Arizona, 4-of-5 PATs (his miss was on a 30-yard try because of a penalty) at Notre Dame and 6-of-7 PATs along with a 30-yard field goal (at the first half gun) at Washington. He added a pair of field goals (27 and 22 yards) and all 7 of his PATs against Washington State, a 21-yard field goal and 6 of his 7 PATs against Stanford, all 5 of his PATs at California and all 3 of his field goals (25, 31 and 26 yards) and all 5 of his PATs to set the Pac-10 season marks for PATs and PAT attempts against Fresno State. He set NCAA season records for PATs and PAT attempts as he hit 9-of-9 PATs and a 35-yard field goal against UCLA. He nailed a career-long 43-yard field goal and hit all 5 of his PATs against Texas.
2004: Danelo did not see any action as a walk-on redshirt freshman reserve placekicker in 2004.
2003: Danelo redshirted as a first-year freshman walk-on placekicker in 2003, his first year at USC.
HIGH SCHOOL: He prepped at San Pedro (Calif.) High, where he played football (he was an All-L.A. City first team linebacker as a senior in 2002) and soccer. Current Trojan Zack Heberer also prepped at San Pedro.
PERSONAL: His father, Joe, was a placekicker at Washington State (1972-74) before playing in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers (1975), New York Giants (1976-82) and Buffalo Bills (1983-84).


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Developers who submit their BlackBerry 10 apps today will be able to have their work reviewed and tested by RIM in time to be added to App World before the launch of the new platform. This is a big advantage that many code jockeys should take advantage of. If an app is made for the new platform, the developer might be eligible for RIM's 10K Developer Commitment program, which guarantees revenue of at least $10,000 to developers who offer popular BlackBerry 10 apps. BlackBerry 10 apps submitted this month and next will get preferential treatment from RIM.
To get your BlackBerry 10 application submitted for BlackBerry AppWorld, and to get to the Vendor Potral, click on the sourcelink.
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What if you were a basketball coach who couldn't see the basket? Sounds absurd, but that is exactly what happened to University of Utah women's basketball coach Anthony Levrets. At the age of just 35 he found himself with the vision of a 70-year old in his right eye – due to a cataract. "It affected my depth perception: for three years, I quit shooting the basketball—I quit demonstrating to my players," Levrets said. It wasn't just his job that was affected either, "I was afraid to drive with my kids in the car. I love to fly fish—I couldn't see to tie a fly."
Blurry vision like that suffered by Levrets is just one of the symptoms of cataracts. Dim vision, even in bright light conditions, seeing halos around bright light, and extreme sensitivity to light and glare are other signs you may be dealing with cataracts.
A cataract is clouding of the lens of the eye. Often, cataracts develop gradually, and individuals don't realize their vision is affected until it they have difficulty driving or reading. Cataracts typically occur in people 65 and older, however, in Levrets case there was a mitigating factor. When he sought help, the doctor said "You are either 70 or have been doing steroids." Levrets cataract was a side effect of receiving steroid injections to relieve back pain from an injury three years prior.
If left untreated, Levrets would certainly go blind in his right eye. Untreated cataracts are the most common causes of blindness in the world. It doesn't have to be though — cataracts are easily curable, and the surgery can sometimes leave you with better vision than you had before the cataracts developed.
Levrets put off getting the surgery after his initial cataract diagnosis. "I was told to see how long I could live with it," said Levrets. But failing his driver's test was the impetus to seek the expertise of Dr. Balamurali K. Ambati, the official ophthalmologist for the University of Utah Athletics Department. His cataract was quite severe," said Ambati. "He was essentially completely dependent on his left eye."
Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure, meaning the patient can go home the same day. The cloudy lens is removed through a small incision, and an artificial lens is inserted in its place. In Levrets' case Ambati performed an advanced technology cataract surgery, giving Levrets a corrective new multifocal lens. The lens splits light, giving half the light for distance vision and half for near. The procedure is available for patients with cataracts of any age and for people over 40 who do not have cataracts but who are interested in being independent of bi- and trifocals, if the rest of their eye is healthy. "We can explore options," said Ambati.
Most cataract patients see improved vision within the first few days after surgery. Levrets saw improvement almost instantly though. "Holy cow! I got up and could already see," he said, "It's awesome!" Today his vision is 20/15, perfect for shooting hoops. "The result is remarkable," said Levrets. "I'm a different person."
Published: Jun 3, 2014. By: Office of Public Affairs
Copyright © 2015 University of Utah Health Care


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I can't figure exactly why, but there is something brooding about Mizuwari (pictured) the Japanese whisky tory (den to you and me) on Old Compton Street. It's a bit Heathcliffy, if you know what I mean. Maybe because it's lamp-lit with dark Japanese wood jacketing the walls, or maybe it is the bartender cutting the ice for your drink with tools which would alarm a Spanish Inquisitor. Anyway, it's an atmosphere I can hunker down in.
Parked like a submarine under Bincho Yakitori, the Japanese grill restaurant, its name translates as "mixed with water". Which is exactly what most of the cocktails are. Prefer it straight? Suntory - Japan's oldest whisky distillery (90 this year) – have their Hibiki, Hakushu and Yamazaki on the shelf. If you're really serious, though, you can do as the Japanese do – buy your own bottle and have it kept behind the bar waiting for your return. bincho.co.uk/whisky-joint
Ramsay off the menu
So Gordon Ramsay has fallen off his perch at Claridge's hotel after 12 years with his name above the door, even if his body was frequently elsewhere. From 30 June a new chef will be installed. Why should we care? Well, getting Claridge's pushed Ramsay into the stratosphere – and changed the way we cooked and ate too. His successor can expect the same. New Yorker Danny Meyer has been touted but my fingers are firmly crossed for Simon Rogan.
Chances are the fact that we are two weeks into Lent hasn't really dented your consciousness. Six weeks of culinary asceticism in this weather seeming like the thin end of the wedge. One thing most of us might give up, though, is trips to the big supermarkets. Which is what the Mancunian campaigners behind Local4Lent are encouraging us to do. It's unlikely the movement will bring Tesco a-tumbling but it might give the vegman a fillip. More here: http://localforlent.blogspot.co.uk/
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I am embarking on a round the world(ish) trip on 4 January. I have got my ticket already but have to organise a flight from Bangkok to Delhi for 24 April. I'm hoping you can help by suggesting some budget airlines that fly this route. Furthermore, if I book it earlier will it be any cheaper or is time irrelevant to the price of a flight?
Ashley-May Cashwell
Air Asia is launching this route from 10 December, and is offering one-way fares for £49 including taxes, operated by Thai Air Asia. At a rate of just over 2p a mile I wouldn't hesitate too much before booking this fare even if it is non-refundable. Air Asia is the best known of the Asian budget carriers, but Jetstar Asia (the Singapore-based offshoot of Qantas-owned Jetstar), Tiger Airways and Bangkok Airways (both operating from Bangkok) offer useful connections around the region. In India, budget carriers are increasingly reaching out to neighbouring countries, with the excellently-monickered SpiceJet flying from Delhi to Colombo and Kathmandu. Other options on the subcontinent for cheap flights include Air India Express, IndiGo and Deccan Airlines.
I'm thinking of making a northern lights trip for my birthday with a group of friends. It will need to be on a tightish budget, and I'd prefer to avoid an organised tour. I also want to make sure that if it's not possible to see the lights, that the trip itself would be exciting anyway. I don't really have a preference as to which country to visit, but was mainly thinking Sweden or Iceland. I've had a bit of a look round, but mostly found packages...
Bex Singleton
Aside from the excellent suggestions in this week's Guardian Insiders' Guide to the northern lights I have two Swedish suggestions. The first and most economical option is to take advantage of SAS's new weekly direct three-hour flight (£175 return including taxes) from Heathrow to Lulea, in northern Sweden. The town is an excellent base for winter activities including husky sledding as well as being a lively base for exploring the surrounding area. Specific northern lights spotting trips aren't available, but simply by getting out and about you stand an excellent chance of seeing the lights. The Vandrarhem Kronan Hostel (vandrarhemmetkronan.se) set in woodland a couple of miles from the city centre has single rooms from £22 and its darker location makes it a smart and good-value option. There are also hotels to aim for in the city centre. Unless you go for a week, however, you'll need to add in the best part of a day to fly back via Stockholm.
Abisko Mountain Station (abisko.nu; singles from £62; cheaper hostel accommodation also available) offers basic but comfortable beds in the national park of the same name. Abisko has a reputation for clearer skies than other northern regions. It is surrounded by mountains and has less cloud cover. This beautiful, remote setting is perfect for aurora spotting as well as Nordic skiing, ice climbing and snowshoeing, all of which you can arrange when you get there. The Aurora Sky Station (auroraskystation.se), a viewing station reached by a chairlift, can be visited nightly giving you the best possible chance of seeing the lights. It costs £62 to go up for one evening or you can get access included in an accommodation package. Discounts on the above are available for YHA (Hostelling International) members (yha.org.uk). Visit Sweden (visitsweden.com) has more information on all of this.
Taxi transfers can be arranged from Kiruna Airport for £140 per car – more reasonable if there are a few of you sharing, or there are train and bus options. Return flights from the UK to Kiruna go via Stockholm – charter flights are only available as part of a package – and start at £283.60 including taxes.
If you have more time you could also look into taking the night train (sj.se), which runs directly from Stockholm to the station at Abisko with no need for transfers. This would also give the possibility of cutting down on flight costs by taking a cheaper flight.
Me and my boyfriend are off to San Francisco for five days in early November for a wedding on the Friday and Saturday. We've both been before so have done all the touristy stuff and would love recommendations on good bars, restaurants and boutiques to check out. We want to hang out with locals rather than tourists if at all possible.
Claire Barry
Lonely Planet's American base is in Oakland, a short hop across the bay from San Francisco so I asked for a few suggestions from them. It's not hard to leave tourists behind in San Francisco – just steer clear of cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz and big-name chain restaurants.
If you haven't been for a couple of years you may have missed the reopening of the California Academy of Sciences (calacademy.org) a gorgeous museum with a full aquarium, a multi-storied rainforest – complete with wildlife - a state of the art planetarium, a living roof that is home to native plants and a cafe that only serves organic, local and sustainable food items. The new building was designed by Renzo Piano. It gets lots of families and school groups, but is adults only on Thursday nights.
A great street to shop and eat is Hayes Street in between Franklin and Laguna Streets, west of the Tenderloin. Arlequin (arlequincafe.com) and Bar Jules (barjules.com) are recommended for eating and drinking. If you don't get round to a reservation, an early-evening mooch around should take you past somewhere you fancy.
For dessert you can really go to town. SF is crazy for artisanal ice-cream right now with some marvellously odd flavours to try. Humphry Slocombe (humphryslocombe.com) located in the Mission is one place to head for, though you'll find other examples on your travels. Join the queue and pick up a few tips on flavours.
For a late drink aim for Bourbon & Branch (bourbonandbranch.com) on Jones Street close to Union Square. It's decor and speakeasy-style secrecy harks back to the Prohibition days and you need to call ahead for a password if you want to sit in the main bar area.
I am going to Paris in the week before Christmas. Is there anything in particular you would recommend to get into the festive spirit?
Eva Johnson
There are traditional Christmas markets all over the city, from the huge one lining the Champs-Elysées – itself festooned with an impressive lights display - to smaller ones at Place Saint-Sulpice and Place des Abbesses in Montmartre, and though these can feel a little cheesy they're pleasant places for a festive stroll.
You should aim for the Hotel de Ville in the evening – the winter ice rink there is no secret but remains one of the most beautiful locations in the city with a lovely atmosphere. Skating is free if you have your own blades or it costs €5 to hire a pair.
The window displays of stores throughout town are striking, but those of the huge department stores on Boulevard Haussmann are especially impressive. Smaller boutiques in the Marais and the streets between Place St Germain de-Pres and the Seine offer lower-key opportunities to pick up last-minute presents.


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The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
University of Chicago Press, 1977 - Science - 366 pages
"The Essential Tension" is a collection of previously published essays by Thomas Kuhn to which the author has added two hitherto unpublished articles and a splendid, partly autobiographical preface. These assembled studies shed much light on the early evolution and subsequent reformulations of Kuhn's provocative "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" (1962; revised edition 1970). Read as a group, they reveal a profound and subtle mind struggling to articulate and to resolve tensions between different modes of knowing and experiencing
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Don Yelton, a Republican county official from North Carolina, has resigned his post after his Wednesday night appearance on The Daily Show, in which he made meandering and awkward racial remarks while discussing new state voting laws. Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi had traveled to North Carolina to investigate the effects of the Supreme Court overturning a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, and Yelton was interviewed as a supporter of the state's new voter ID laws.
During their chat, Yelton claimed that the law was not racist, but when it came to discussing himself, Yelton wasn't so sure. Responding to a statement — not a question, but a statement — from Mandvi that Yelton was not racist, he paused before replying, "Well, I've been called a bigot before." However, "one of my best friends is black."
He then went on to reference "lazy blacks" and even mention the N-word more than once. He continued to talk until Mandvi finally stopped him with, "You know that we can hear you, right?" Yelton was well aware.
After the video went viral, the Buncombe County Republican Party asked Yelton to resign, in a statement:
"Mr. Yeltons comments are offensive, uniformed, and unacceptable of any member within the Republican Party. In no way are his comments representative of the local or state Republican Party.
'Let me make it very clear, Mr. Yelton's comments do not reflect the belief or feelings of Buncombe republicans, nor do they mirror any core principle that our party is founded upon,' said Chairman Mitchell. 'This mentality will not be supported or propagated within our party.'"
The call for resignation was quickly followed by one from the state GOP. Yelton, speaking with Pete Kaliner on WWNC-570 radio, said that he had resigned.
Watch the segment below, in which Yelton explains how the law will "kick Democrats in the butt":
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You may be using the products incorrectly.
I only use the no poo once or twice a week. The other days I use the one condition much as I would a shampoo focusing on massaging my scalp.
After I rinse the one condition - I place a small amount back into my soaking wet hair. I get a good smooth (small) coating that I leave in.
Never dry with a terry towel! Use a microfiber towel - it eliminates he frizz. Scrunch with the towel up toward the scalp to remove excess water.
Then I never brush or comb my hair. While its still wet I coat it with the angel. Experiment. It's easier to get a good even coat of this sealer if you do it in sections. Don't forget the nape area.
Then let it dry without touching it! It will curl up and find its rightful placement.
Then when it's completely dry (30-40 minutes for me) I scrunch my hair to release the bouncy curls!
That's it!
It shouldn't feel gummy. You may be scrunching it before its actually dry.
Use a diffuser if you need to speed up the dry time. But do not touch it as that releases that seal that helps the curls dry nicely.
Hope that helps!
Sometimes I spritz my dry hair with a spray bottle of distiller water and vegetable glycerin with a few drops of essential oil. It moisturizers my curls.