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What is your favorite TV Family of All Time? No, no, your other other favorite cartoon TV family that makes about as much sense as … hmm a goat flying around with a jetpack strapped to its back? Ladies and gentlemen,
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BBC Worldwide released their newest game for the Android platform, hoping to reach out and attract all the fans of the Top Gear show. Featuring no other than "The Stig" himself and "iconic vehicles from the TV show", should be a reason enough to get your hopes up for an exciting racing experience.Read More
Here is something you don't see every day. A game that actually requires you to throw your Android device in the air to rack up points and win the match. How? It uses the build in accelerometer to calculate and award you with points that can be shared for everyone to see. Catchy is also "DANGEROUSLY FUN", well at least according to the developers from "Orbit Games" it is.Read More
The developers from the independent studio "Playrise Digital" announced that Table Top Racing, the game that was included in iTune's 'Best of 2013' festive app selection in multiple countries and won the TIGA 2013 award of best start-up, is finally ready to be downloaded from the Play Store for free.Read More
Ever since the dawn of arcade games, one particular title keeps returning in many forms and variations. The breakout game is perhaps a genre of its own and needless to say, one of the most popular arcade games ever created. Neon Beat is a nice remake developed by " Gripati Digital Entertainment " that tends to change the rules – just a bit – to keep you interested and waste considerable amounts of your time.Read More
As game developers and publishers start waking up from their winter hibernation (holidays, sobering up), new games started appearing on the Android Play Store. One of those titles is Rapid Blocks by " SoumiDelRio", a brand new puzzle game that seems to be completely free.Read More
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Originally developed by Technōs and published by Taito as coin-op arcade game in 1987, Double Dragon set couple of standards that were later adopted by many arcade games in the years to come. Almost 23 years later, Billy and Jimmy will complete their mission(s) once again on our portable devices in Double Dragon Trilogy by DotEmu.
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Lauryn Hill would like to clear up some recent rumors regarding her tax evasion charges and signing a new record deal with Sony music. It looks like the mom of six will not be facing jail time courtesy of her Sony deal. The singer has just confirmed news she has signed a recording deal with them and that source of income may very well be what will allow her to pay off her millions in back taxes.
On the news Ms.Hill took to her official Tumblr blog to say,
It has been reported that I signed a new record deal, and that I did this to pay taxes. Yes, I have recently entered into an agreement with Sony Worldwide Entertainment, to launch a new label, on which my new music will be released. And yes, I am working on new music.
I've remained silent, after an extensive healing process. This has been a 10+ year battle, for a long time played out behind closed doors, but now in front of the public eye. This is an old conflict between art and commerce… free minds, and minds that are perhaps overly tethered to structure. This is about inequity, and the resulting disenfranchisement caused by it. I've been fighting for existential and economic freedom, which means the freedom to create and live without someone threatening, controlling, and/or manipulating the art and the artist, by tying the purse strings.
It took years for me to get out of the 'parasitic' dynamic of my youth, and into a deal that better reflects my true contribution as an artist, and (purportedly) gives me the control necessary to create a paradigm suitable for my needs. I have been working towards this for a long time, not just because of my current legal situation, but because I am an artist, I love to create, and I need the proper platform to do so.
The nature of my new business venture, as well as the dollar amount reported, was inaccurate, only a portion of the overall deal. Keep in mind, my past recordings have sold over 50,000,000 units worldwide, earning the label a tremendous amount of money (a fraction of which actually came to me).
Only a completely complicated set of traps, manipulations, and inequitable business arrangements could put someone who has accomplished the things that I have, financially in need of anything. I am one artist who finds value in openly discussing the dynamics within this industry that force artists to compromise or distort themselves and what they do, rather than allowing them to make the music that people need. There are volumes that could (and will) be said.
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There are a few universal expressions that every parent has uttered since the dawn of time. "Boy, they sure grow up fast," is likely a contender for the number one spot for parents of older children. On the other end of the spectrum (ie. parents of young children), it's likely, "things were a lot simpler back when I was a child."
Of course, more often than not, it is the culture that has changed, while children remain the same. After all, if every generation since the dawn of our species was now faster at growing up than the previous generation, we would now be starting careers before we learned how to crawl! Some things just won't hurry up, no matter how much it looks like they do.
Everyday parenting is not the same as it used to be just a few years ago. The Tom Sawyer style of raising a child by letting him or her bang around the neighborhood on their own, exploring wild places, and meeting friends on their own has become more restrictive.
There are the soccer moms who guide their children from one organized activity to the next. There's also the helicopter mom or dad who are so-named because they hover protectively over their child.
In addition, we now have an entire digital universe to influence growth. There will always be that mom who drives kids around in a largely silent car, as each child probably sits mesmerized either by games or text messages.
This is the new dialogue: An odd disconnect with the person sitting next to you and an electronic attachment to distant voices.
Can these gadgets help children learn to socialize?
Of course, they are doing just that. It just looks different in comparison to how we socialized as children, which is why it seems something is lost and very little is gained.
You may know nothing of the quality of conversation that is sent out with a percussion of thumbs into these electronic devises. The car you drive in may remain silent as your kids use their phones and tablets. You can't even eavesdrop if you wanted to.
But yes, gadgets can help a child socialize. They are not the maw of vacuous development which they appear to be.
This was first noticed in the not-so long ago past when personal computers (remember them?) were still finding a purpose in our culture. One of the primary excuses for buying or for even making one was the promise that they would be great devices for teaching. The promise, of course, was that families would rush out to buy programs to teach their young children to read or do mathematics. They could teach math and science – whatever was preferred.
To a point, this is true. It has not been proven otherwise, but the average family simply turned to pursuits offering faster gratification. Just to make a point, Grand Theft Auto likely outsold all the math, language, and spelling learning programs put together by a factor of 50.
Yes, people buy learning programs, but they are not easy to find. The local Best Buy isn't known as a source for digital learning; it is known as an entertainment center.
But computers did surprise educators in one unexpected way: Children learned quickly using computers and were afforded new opportunities as a result. And it was soon theorized that the reason they worked so well is because computer programs were non-judgmental.
Even though a computer voice would say "right," "wrong," "yes," or "no," children saw them as impartial. Even a teacher with good emotional control betrays an emotional expectation when they teach. Teachers show disappointment in the child, even unwittingly. Computers don't do that.
Examples of the opportunities afforded as a result of advancing tech are as simple as the ability for a child to be included in larger projects. In the past, an adult would need to be heavily involved in something as common as creating a yearbook. Now, children with a working knowledge of design programs can work with design templates from online publishers like Memorybook Publishing, with little guidance from adults.
In addition to "straightforward" or "classroom type" learning, "benign neglect" styles of teaching can also help a child with developing social skills, overcoming fears, learning constructive methods of dealing with stress, etc. There are computer programs which help with these things - sure. But more often than not, children absorb this type of information through metaphor and the examples that they get from sources of entertainment.
For example: You can tell your kindergartner over and over again that he will absolutely have fun in first grade, but it won't have the same impact as seeing a show about kids having fun or looking through an older sibling's yearbook. Why else do you think shows like Sesame Street are so easily able to "hit home" for your kids?
The practice of "benign neglect" in parenting is a significant idea that proves very hard to master in practice. It is so tempting to hover. It is so rewarding to micro-manage. But judging a child is implied just by walking in a room. A smile, a pause in a conversation – emotions are conveyed with very little effort when all is said and done.
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How well does the system currently respond to citizens with complex needs ? (CHECK)How might we better respond to citizens through a holistic approach mobilising the efforts of a broad range of agencies? (PLAN)
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We assembled a core team covering all partner agencies, we had:
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The Story of 'B'…… complex needs ? (CHECK)
Social Care
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66- assessments undertaken
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Total Assessments B
Total No. of assessments - 74
Different assessment types - 29
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What complex needs ? (CHECK)matters to 'B'
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'I really don't want to go into
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'I want to go out and about, but
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'She dumped me last week, she doesn't like me like this'
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The system doesn't adapt standard processes
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Referral system is so complex
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We focus on freeing up beds, not restoring function
We have an episodic culture Assess/Do/Review/Close
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Limited line of sight
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What does the system look like complex needs ? (CHECK)
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I need help!
I've had all these assessments and my problem still isn't sorted!
During the most recent full calendar year:
During year of care April 11 to March 12:
Exceptional / Unlucky?? complex needs ? (CHECK)
So what happened when we started to do things differently? complex needs ? (CHECK)
Feedback from Plan
…..for some we need to stabilise the situation before being able to help….
The presenting 'what matters' is not always as important as first appears, but…..
Understand what matters
…..it can help the citizen and us understand 'what really matters'.
…but delivering help allows us to further understand 'what really matters'
'Finding' people was hard…… complex needs ? (CHECK)
Triangle of complexity / need
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The Burns Curve complex needs ? (CHECK)
'Z' starts to wobble- Eventual Cancer diagnosis
Living well, delivering
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April 10
June 11
November 11
May 12
December 10
May 10
January 11
November 12
January 12
Historical consumption
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4 A&E costing £388.07
2 bed days costing £1799.48
3 A&E costing £259.62
38 bed days costing £9,803.50
8 A&E costing £1122.45
2013 - on going
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6 A&E costing £822.48
October 12
January 13
February 13
December 12
March 13
April 13
C+ Intervention
Multiple missed opportunities before intervention
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= A&E attendances
Deterioration or
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What matters to 'Z' complex needs ? (CHECK)
Understand 'What Matters'
Arranged 'day sit' to avoid admission
Traced daughter
Arranged urgent medications
Empowered daughter regarding palliative care
Purchased clothes, food, fruit etc….
Made home environment safe, clean and accessible
Help & Problem
Facilitated C Health Care (CHC) funding
Arranged a haircut!
Arranged fast-track Benefits review
Situation at home was inherently risky – he could have come to serious harm at any point – fire/exacerbation of COPD. But this aside……
Robust plan for COPD/CA management may not have been put in place = further exacerbations/hospital admissions
An appropriate support solution may not have been found so early
He would not have stopped smoking so soon
His psychological/emotional/familial issues may not have been addressed in time for a 'good' End of Life
Economic impact complex needs ? (CHECK)
Note acute costs stabilisation
Intervention with 'Z'
PLAN was hard (TREACLE, CULTURE complex needs ? (CHECK)etc …) but we learnt…
From the service users point of view – this approach works!
This will give us a true understanding of demand and commissioning requirements
We are starting to understand workforce/skills requirements
We can see opportunities for more appropriate/sustainable resource utilisation
For our people – this is liberating, inspiring, more meaningful
The 'Good Stuff' – Customer complex needs ? (CHECK)feedback
You have given me faith in the system again
I know you'll do your best for me
Before CT+ I wasn't living, I was existing
'I know if I struggle or feel down or need a chat I can just pick up the telephone'
I was raving mad in my flat. Look at me now!
You've put my mind at rest
People have helped give me reassurance. I now feel cared for
I wanted a tidy up, not a make-over!
I thought I was going to die in a hospital bed when I didn't want to
I don't usually ask for help but with you I can…
'What matters' compendium understanding…..
Clinical – understanding condition & meds
Carers & their wellbeing
Blockages Encountered – T&F understanding…..
Treacle log (or what we need to fix…)
The skills we will need….
The 'Good' Stuff – Our understanding…..Staff
People have boundless energy when set free to make a difference.
I have developed new skills and grown in confidence!
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3 weeks down, 20 more to go! Hah! Seems like a long time but the last few weeks have gone by super fast and I have no doubt that summer training is going to fly by. Last week we increased my mileage a tiny bit and I'm pretty happy with how thing went.
Monday: 4 miles @ 8:27 min/mile
Tuesday: OFF
Wednesday: 7 miles @ 8:54 min/mile
Thursday: OFF
Friday: 4 miles @ 8:32 min/mile
Saturday: MY FIRST "REAL" BIKE RIDE!
Sunday: 8 miles @ 8:53 min/mile
Total: 23 miles
So I don't have much to say about my running miles except that they all felt really good and it was a nice change to run in some great temperatures. I'm enjoying working with Mat Nark and love that we use Final Surge. I talked a bit about this app here. Basically everything from my Garmin automatically gets uploaded to Final Surge and I can log on to add comments that get emailed directly to Mat. I also get daily emails with my scheduled workout for that day (as well as the next). This makes things super easy and convenient so I don't have to keep looking at a calendar to remind myself how many miles I have to run on which days.
Now let's talk about my RIDE! Guys, I was equally excited and nervous to head out on Saturday. Nervous mostly because of the whole clipping in and out situation. I was certain that I'd fall 100 times but the good news is, I only fell once. The way it happened was so silly too. I was only clipped in with one foot and so when I went to stop, I put the unclipped foot down and everything was great until I just unexpectedly lost my balance and tipped over. It was like slow motion. No serious injuries – just a couple of bruises and a banged up elbow! I jumped right back on and got the hang of riding with both feet clipped in. The riding part was nice and easy! How convenient would it be if we never had to stop? 😉 You cyclists make it look so effortless! I can't wait until the day where I don't have to concentrate so hard on my feet! The BF was really great at coaching me and giving me little tips along the way, all while running beside me on my bike. I felt like a kid learning to ride all over again!
All this practice was done on a pretty deserted path and I think it will be a little while until I am confident enough to ride on the road. Hoping the weather is decent this afternoon so we can head out again after my 4-miler! I'm really looking forward to improving and going on some long rides this summer.
Hope everyone had an awesome weekend…and if you're Canadian, enjoy your holiday Monday!


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This application is a continuation of PCT Application No. PCT/US00/03573 filed Feb. 11, 2000, designating the United States, which claims priority from provisional U.S. application Ser. No. 60/120,023, filed Feb. 12, 1999.
Carbon nanotubes consisting of seamless and atomically perfect graphitic cylinders generally only a few nanometers in diameter have been synthesized in bulk quantities. The unusual combination of their molecular nature and micrometer-size length gives rise to the uncommon electronic properties of these systems. Electrical transport measurements for individual nanotubes indicate that these systems behave as genuine quantum wires, nonlinear electronic elements or transistors.
Computer simulations indicate that nanotubes containing at least one charged particle, otherwise referred to herein as bucky-shuttles, exhibit an unusual dynamical behavior making such mechanisms useful for nanoscale memory devices. Such nanoscale memory devices combine high switching speed, high packing density and stability with non-volatility of the stored data.
The nanoscale mechanisms including at least one charged particle, generally in the form of a fullerene molecule contained within at least one carbon nanotube can be produced by thermally annealing diamond powder of an average diameter of 4-6 nm via a detonation method reported by Toron Company, Ltd. According to this detonation method diamond powder is heated in a graphite crucible in an inert argon atmosphere at 1800° C. for 1 hour. This treatment transforms the diamond powder into graphitic nanostructures as seen in transmission electron microscope images. Interestingly, a large portion of the material produced under this method consists of multi-walled capsules.
Alternative bucky shuttle structures sometimes referred to as "nano-peapod", similar to the structure shown in FIG. 5 can be synthesized by acid purifying carbon nanotubes produced by the pulsed laser ablation of a graphite target impregnated with 1.2% of Ni/Co catalyst as reported by Smith et al. NATURE, 396, 323 (1998). Similarly, nano-peapods have been produced by carbon arc discharge using ˜5% of Ni/Y catalyst as reported by Luzzi et al., Science and Application of Nanotubes, p. 67 (2000).
FIG. 1 is a structural model of a nanomechanism including a K@C+ 60 charged nanostructure contained within a C480 nanoassembly;
FIG. 2 is a chart illustrating the potential energy of K@C+ 60 as a function of its position with respect to the nanoassembly in a zero field (solid line) and switching field ES=0.1 V/Å (dashed lines);
FIG. 3a is a top schematic view of a high-density memory board;
FIG. 3b is a side schematic view of a high-density memory board illustrating a switching voltage applied between conductors b and C, wherein the corresponding bit information is stored in memory element "bC";
FIG. 4a shows a molecular dynamics simulation of the switching process from "bit 0" to "bit 1" when a constant electric field of 0.1 V/Å is applied along the axis of the nanoassembly, wherein the position of a charged nanostructure with respect to the nanoassembly is a function of time;
FIG. 4b illustrates the changes in potential energy and kinetic energy as a function of time, wherein the top line is kinetic energy, the bottom line is potential energy, and the middle line is the kinetic energy of the charged nanostructure with respect to the nanoassembly;
FIG. 4c illustrates the vibrational temperature of the nanoassembly and charged nanostructure as a function of time;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view of an alternative nanomechanism configuration useful as a data storage element in accordance with the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a side view of an alternative nanomechanism configuration useful as a data storage element in accordance with the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a side view of a nanoscale memory device including a nanomechanism having distinct conductive and non-conductive segments and a dual electrode activator to accomplish a switching between states;
FIG. 8 is a side view of a nanoscale memory device including a nanomechanism having distinct conductive and non-conductive segments and a triple electrode activator to accomplish a switching between states;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a nanoscale memory element including a plurality of nanomechanisms extending between a dual electrode activator;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a four-bit array of nanoscale memory elements;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the circuitry used to address a nanoscale memory device in accordance with the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element including an electrode attached at a first end to nanomechanism and at second end to a power source;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element including a laser activator to generate a net current to displace the nanostructure within the nanoassembly, thus switching between states;
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element including a detector to measure electrical resistance to distinguish states;
FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element including a polarity detector to measure polarity to distinguish states;
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element including a nanoprobe detector to measure local changes of electron distribution or elastic deformations to distinguish states;
FIG. 17 is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element in the "bit 0" state where the opaque nanostructure obstructs a light beam from transmission through a transparent section of the nanoassembly; and
FIG. 17A is a schematic view of a nanoscale memory element in the "bit 1" state, where the opaque nanostructure does not obstruct a light beam.
Referring to FIG. 1, a nanomechanism 10 for use in a nanoscale memory element is illustrated as including a first element 12 in the form of a nanoassembly 14 having a cavity 16 and a second element 18 in the form of a nanostructure 20 which is movably disposed within the cavity.
While the nanomechanism will be described in terms of moving the nanostructure relative to the nanoassembly, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the nanostructure can be held in a fixed position with the nanoassembly being moved relative thereto to effectuate a change in state as will be described below. Additionally, it is fully comprehended that the nanostructure and nanoassembly can be configured to both be movable. For illustrative purposes, the nanoassembly is demonstrated as a C480 capsule and the nanostructure is demonstrated as a charged C60 fullerene molecule. It should be noted by those skilled in the art that the nanostructure 20 can also be in the form of other charged particles, molecules or nanotubes provided such can be housed within the cavity of a nanotube nanoassembly. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, two or more nanostructures represented by reference numerals 20 and 20A, may be disposed within a single nanoassembly. It has been determined that the above described nanomechanism can be utilized in nanomemory elements 30 such as those illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3, 7, 8 and 9 to write and read information fast and reliably. Additionally, the data can be readily analyzed and stored in a non-volatile manner.
The energetics of the C60 molecule within the C480 is demonstrated in FIG. 2. The ends of the outer capsule are halves of the C240 fullerene, a preferred structure to hold a C60 molecule at an inter-wall distance of 3.4 Å. These end-caps connect seamlessly to the cylindrical portion of the capsule, a 1.5 nm long segment of the nanotube. The interaction between the unmodified C60 molecule and the enclosing capsule is similar to that found in graphite, C60 crystals and nanotube bundles; that is, it is dominated by a Van der Waals and a weak covalent inter-wall interaction that is proportional to the contact area between the constituents. An additional image charge interaction, which is nearly independent of the C60 position, occurs if the C60 molecule carries a net positive charge, as will be discussed below. It should be recognized that the Van der Waals interaction stabilizes the C60 molecule at either end of the capsule, where the contact area is largest. This is reflected in the potential energy behavior shown in FIG. 2, and results in the likelihood of C60 to be found near the ends of the capsule. In view of the foregoing, the concept of utilizing a nanomechanism, as an information storage medium will now be described.
In order to move the nanostructure 20 from one end of the nanoassembly 14 to the other (the molecular analog of writing) and to determine its position within the nanoassembly (the molecular analog of reading) most efficiently, the nanostructure contained within the nanoassembly should carry a net charge. This net charge can be accomplished, for example, by utilizing a K@C60 complex, which can be formed spontaneously under synthesis conditions in presence of potassium (K), wherein the valence electron of the encapsulated K atom is completely transferred to the C60 shell. The K@C60 complex, when in contact with the neutral C480 nanoassembly, spontaneously transfers this valence electron from the C60 shell to the enclosing nanoassembly, thus resulting in a K@C60 + ion enclosed in the C480 nanoassembly.
The writing process corresponds to switching the state or equilibrium position of the C60 + ion between a first end 22 of the nanoassembly, hereinafter the "bit 0" end and a second end 24 of the nanoassembly, hereinafter the "bit 1" end. To accomplish a change in state, an electric field must be applied within the cavity 16 of the nanoassembly 14. Preferably, the nanoassembly 14 is provided with one or more electrodes 26 which are attached during the formation of the nanoassembly to reduce the field screening by the nanoassembly.
The energetics of C60 + in absence of an applied field and in the switching field of ES=0.1 V/Å, generated by applying a voltage of ˜1.5 V between the nanoassembly ends, is displayed in FIG. 2. One of the local minima becomes unstable above a critical field strength, causing the C60 + ion to move to the only stable position. Since the switching field ES=0.1 V/Å is relatively small, it should not have a dramatic effect, if any, on the integrity of the nanomechanism, since graphitic structures disintegrate only in fields greater than 3.0 V/Å.
An alternative way to displace the nanostructure within the nanoassembly could be achieved by irradiating the nanoassembly by a laser beam, FIG. 13, thus inducing an electric current capable of dragging along the nanostructure, as reported by Kral and Tomanek in Physical Review Letters 82, 5373 (1999), which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
Another method to displace the nanostructure within the nanoassembly would make use of the tip of a Scanning Probe Microscope, such as Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), illustrated in FIG. 16. Locally applied force would deform the nanoassembly in such a way to cause the nanostructure to move from one end to the other.
The information, physically stored in the position of the nanostructure, i.e., C60 + ion contained within the nanoassembly, is stable and does not change unless a field greater than the switching field is present in the cavity 16 of the nanoassembly 14, resulting in non-volatility of the stored information. In view of the data storage capability of the nanomechanisms of the present invention, the information generated by the nanomechanisms can be read in a number of ways. By way of a non-limiting example, a read function can be carried out by determining the state of the device by examining its polarity, detecting the movement of the nanostructure or examining its resistance.
Examining the polarity of the nanoassembly would indicate the proximity of the charged nanostructure within the nanoassembly and, thus, its location. The polarity can be examined by measuring the difference in the electrochemical potential between the ends 22 and 24. To measure the polarity, a voltage meter can be connected to the nanomechanism along both ends as shown in FIG. 15. The voltage meter would detect different polarity depending on the position of a nanostructure.
A destructive read process would involve measuring the current pulse in the connecting electrodes, caused by the motion of the charged nanostructure due to an applied probing voltage. The total charge transfer associated with the current pulse (which is one electron in the present example) may be increased by connecting several nanoassemblies in parallel to represent one bit as shown in FIG. 9, and by using higher charged complexes such as La@C82 3+ carrying a net charge of +3e, instead of the K@C60 + ion that carries a net charge of +1e. The current pulse can be measured by using a current amplifier similar to the differential amplifiers used in DRAM cells. While it may be difficult to precisely detect the current caused by the motion of a single electron change, this becomes much more accurate when multiple charges cause the current pulse as in the array embodiments described below.
Another method of carrying out a read function involves utilizing a nanoassembly having alternating conductive and non-conductive segments 28 and 28A, respectively. By using this type of nanoassembly, the resistance of the entire nanomemory device would be made to vary based upon the location of the (conducting) nanostructure within the nanoassembly. If the nanostructure is located along the first end 22 (on the left), as shown in FIG. 7, the resistance of the nanomemory device is less than when the nanostructure is at the second end 24 (on the right). When the nanostructure is at the first end, it acts as an electrical bridge allowing current to flow between the ends of the nanoassembly. In contrast, when the nanostructure is on the right, no conducting path exists between the ends of the nanoassembly, thus yielding a higher resistance which can be measured. The conductive and non-conductive segments of the nanoassembly 14 can be made of different materials or may optionally be made from the same material but differ in atomic arrangement, which in case of nanotubes is referred to as chirality. The resistance can be measured in a number of ways including, for example, attaching a resistor to the electrodes in series with the nanomechanism. A small potential difference would then be applied across both the resistor and the nanomechanism, with the difference between the resistor and nanomechanism being measured.
The read function can also be carried out by employing a plurality of spaced apart electrodes attached to a nanomechanism as illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 14. First and second electrodes 26 and 26A would be located at opposite ends of the nanoassembly 14 and separated from each other by one or more insulating segments 28A; a third electrode 26B would be disposed along the midpoint 40. The three electrodes are operationally associated with control logic 43. Preferably, each of the electrodes are equidistantly spaced from adjacent electrodes. When the nanostructure is at one end, it provides a low-resistance connection between this end and the electrode at the mid-point, whereas the resistance between the mid-point electrode and the other end remains high. Therefore, the location of the nanostructure is detectable by comparing the resistance between the mid-point electrode and one end to the resistance between the mid-point electrode and the other end using a resistor as described above.
Another method to detect the location of the nanostructure within the nanoassembly would make use of the tip of a Scanning Probe Microscope, such as Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). Due to the fact that the nanoassembly is locally less compressible near the nanostructure, as illustrated in FIG. 16, the Scanning Probe Microscope would show a different deflection when in the vicinity of the nanostructure.
Still another way to detect the position of the nanostructure within the nanoassembly relies on the fact that the opaque nanostructure, when located near the left end ("bit 0") of the nanoassembly, may obstruct a beam of light from transmission through a window consisting of a transparent section of the nanoassembly, as shown in FIG. 17. When the nanostructure is located near the right end ("bit 1") of the nanoassembly, as shown in FIG. 17A, the beam of light is not obstructed, but rather transmitted through this window and can be detected.
Unlike in most conventional solid state random access memory elements (such as DRAM or SRAM) where information has to be sustained by an external power source, the non-volatility of the stored information, mentioned above, results from a relatively deep trap potential near the "bit 0" or "bit 1" ends of the nanomechanism and thus does not rely upon external power. Thermal stability and non-volatility of data depend on the depth of this trap potential, which in turn can be adjusted by changing the encapsulated fullerene complex. For example, the calculated trap potential depth of 0.24 eV for the K@C60 + ion near the ends of the nanoassembly in zero field suggests that stored information should be stable well beyond room temperature and require temperatures on the order of 3000 K to be destroyed. Further improvement of the thermal stability can be achieved using higher charged endohedral complexes containing di- or trivalent donor atoms, such as La@C82 3+ as mentioned above.
When targeting high storage densities, the addressability of the stored information becomes important. One possible way to realize a high-density memory board is presented in FIG. 3. Maximum density is achieved by packing the nanotube memory elements in a honeycomb fashion. Rows of nanoassemblies can be connected at the top and at the bottom by "nanowire" electrodes in such a way, that a single memory element is addressed at their crossing point. Applying a switching voltage between two crossing electrodes [e.g. the bC pair in FIG. 3(b)] will generate a field sufficient for switching only in that memory element [e.g. labeled bC], whereas fields inside other memory elements, in particular the rows of elements connected to electrode c and electrode B, are too small to initiate switching. As in most solid-state memory devices, many memory elements can be addressed in parallel using such an addressing scheme. This arrangement applies both for the writing and the reading processes described above, and allows for multiple bits to be written and read in parallel.
In a similar fashion, a matrix of single bit nanoscale memory elements, as illustrated in FIG. 10, can also be employed as a nanomemory device. A large quantity of nanomechanisms per unit area, i.e., such as those described in articles by A. Thess et al., SCIENCE, Vol. 273, pg. 483 (1996); G. Che et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Vol 37, pg. 605 (1988) and S. J. Tans et al., NATURE, vol. 393, 49 (1998) can be attached to the electrode. A similar technique could be used to create a high quantity of nanomechanisms per unit area disposed between two conducting layers to form a single bit element as illustrated in more detail in FIG. 9. In general, the number of nanomechanisms per bit will depend upon the minimum line size of the lithography process used for the electrodes. For example, for lithography processes employing a 70 nm wire width there could be nearly 1,000 nanomechanisms used to store a single bit of information. Writing can be done by assuming that a voltage differential of 2.0 V will move the nanostructures from one end of the nanoassembly to the other (field of about or exceeding 0.1 V/Å, needed to move a C60 + ion within the nanoassembly, will thus be achieved if the distance between the two ends is below about 2 nm). Thus, as shown in FIG. 10, in order to write the information "bit 0" to memory element "4" one applies a +1.0 V potential to wire B while applying a −1.0 V potential to wire D. If all the other electrodes are held at ground, only at the addressed element will there be a strong enough electric field to move the nanostructures across the nanoassemblies. A "bit 1" information would be written to that element by reversing the voltage at the same electrodes and holding all others at ground. Writing to an entire row (or column) would be a two-stage process, as the "bit 0" and "bit 1" information would have to be written at different times.
The memory arrays of the present invention, which are random accessible in nature, can be fabricated to replace traditional DRAM capacitor/transistor memory cells with a memory-cell made of one or more nanomemory devices. FIG. 11 illustrates a contemporary memory array employing an array of nanoscale memory devices rather than DRAM cells which are now commonly used in microelectronic applications. As shown, the decoder 50 selects the appropriate wire(s) 52 for reading and writing as described above. The multiplexer (MUX) 54 collects the signals from the nanoscale memory devices for output. The decoder and MUX are conventional devices which can be fabricated using conventional VLSI techniques or can be fabricated from nanotubes.
Now, consider a destructive read with a large number of nanoassemblies per unit area. A "forest" of nanoassemblies would result in movement of a large number of charged ions whose movement would be detectable. While the data will have been destroyed in the process of doing the read, the data can be written back later, similar to how data are handled in a traditional DRAM.
The above described nanomemory devices have a number of useful features. They are non-volatile; the device itself switches very quickly; and they appear to be useful in modern lithography processes.
Under an alternative embodiment, nanomemory devices can be fabricated wherein the metal or polysilicon electrodes are in whole or in part replaced with "carbon nanowires". These so-called nanowires are in the form of conductive carbon nanotubes. Each bit of memory would now use only a single nanoscale memory device. The reading and writing of the data in the nanomemory devices would be achieved as described above and as illustrated in FIG. 11, by way of non-limiting example.
To study the efficiency of the writing process, we performed a molecular dynamics simulation of the switching process from "bit 0" to "bit 1" in the microcanonical ensemble of the C60 +@C480 nanoassembly. We used a parametrized linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) total energy functional augmented by long-range Van der Waals interactions. Our approach to determine the forces on individual atoms had been previously used with success to describe the disintegration dynamics of fullerenes and the growth of multi-wall nanotubes. A time step of 5×10−16 s and a fifth-order Runge-Kutta interpolation scheme was used to guarantee a total energy conservation of ΔE/E˜<10−10 between successive time steps.
The results of our simulation are shown in FIG. 4. Initially, the nanostructure 20 (C60 + ion) is equilibrated near the "bit 0" position on the left. At time t=0, a constant electric field of 0.1 V/Å is applied along the axis of the nanoassembly 14. The originally stable "bit 0" configuration becomes unstable in the modified total energy surface as depicted in FIG. 2. The C60 + ion is subject to a constant acceleration to the right, and reaches the "bit 1" position only 4 picoseconds (ps) later, as seen in FIG. 4(a). During this switching process, the potential energy lost by the C60 + ion is converted into kinetic energy, as seen in FIG. 4(b). Due to the small (albeit non-negligible) interaction between the nanostructure (C60 + ion) and the nanoassembly (nanotube), the kinetic energy gained initially occurs as rigid-body translational energy of the nanostructure. A nearly negligible energy transfer into the internal degrees of freedom due to atomic-scale friction, manifested in a very small increase of the vibrational temperature, shown in FIG. 4(c), is observed during this initial stage of the switching process.
Approximately four picoseconds (ps) after the switching field is applied, the nanostructure reaches the opposite end of the nanoassembly, having gained 1.5 electron-Volts (eV) of net kinetic energy. This kinetic energy is too small to damage the nanoassembly, as inelastic collisions involving C60 require energies exceeding 200 eV to occur. Upon impact onto the enclosing nanoassembly from the inside, a substantial fraction of this energy is converted into heat, thus increasing the vibrational temperature of the nanoassembly by 10 K and that of the C60 + ion nanostructure by 2 K. Due to the high heat conductivity and melting temperature TM˜4,000 K of graphitic nanostructures, this modest heat evolution is unlikely to cause any significant structural damage even at high access rates.
As seen in FIG. 4(b), the net kinetic energy of the nanostructure with respect to the nanoassembly is significantly reduced during this collision. The C60 + bounces back towards the middle of the nanoassembly, slowed down by the opposing electric field, and finally turns again towards the "bit 1" end. FIG. 4(c) indicates that thermal equilibration in the system after the collision is achieved stepwise. The step period of 1 ps results from the beats between the low-frequency quadrupolar deformation modes of the colder encapsulated C60 + ion and the hotter enclosing nanoassembly, which have been excited during the quasielastic collision.
One or few oscillations of the nanostructure inside the nanoassembly, damped by transferring energy from macroscopic to internal degrees of freedom, are necessary to stabilize it in the new equilibrium "bit 1" position, with a kinetic energy not exceeding the depth of the trap potential. As seen in FIG. 4(b), this situation occurs 10 ps after the initial onset of the switching field, thus resulting in an ideal memory switching and access rate close to 0.1 THz. In the slower sequential mode, this translates into a data throughput rate of 10 GB/s, many orders of magnitude faster than the data throughput achieved presently in magnetic mass storage devices.
In order to further reduce the switching time, the applied field may be increased to shorten the transfer time between the two states, "bit 0" and "bit 1", keeping in mind that the damping process would be prolonged in such a case. Unlike in our model simulation, there is no need to apply a constant switching field during the entire bit flip process. A 0.5 ps pulse of a 0.1-0.5 V/Å field is found to suffice to detach the C60 + ion from its stable position and thus to change the memory state. This approach may be of particular use if an increase of the trap potential, due to a different fullerene complex, is desired.
Mass production of nano memory devices such as the ones discussed herein can be accomplished in a cost-effective manner due to affinity of nanotubes and nanocapsules to form ordered, close-packed arrays. It should be noted that since any double-wall nanotube or nanocapsule with the enclosed structure shorter than the outer capsule behaves as a tunable two-level system, the functionality of the proposed nanoscale memory device is basically independent of the exact size and shape of the nanostructure and nanoassembly.
Instead of a closed nanoassembly as illustrated and described above, an alternative nanoassembly is shown in FIG. 5 as an open ended hollow tube/cylinder. Two tubes 34 and 34A, smaller in diameter and closed at one end, can be positioned inside the cavity 16 of the nanoassembly 14 in such a way that there is a near cylindrical void between the closed ends 36 and 36A of these two tubes. This cylinder/capsule contains at least one charged nanostructure 20 that can move along the axis of the truncated cylinder portion 38, once an electric field is produced inside by applying a bias voltage between the tubes 34 an 34A. With two equally stable equilibrium states in zero field, this is a two level system that can be used for binary data storage.
While it will be apparent that the preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed are well calculated to fulfill the objects stated, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation and change without departing from the spirit thereof.
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I have had 6 months of chemo dense (chemo every week) therapy. The first 9 weeks I missed 1-3 sessions due to blood counts. However the last nine weeks I have at least 6 sessions missed due to low blood or platelet counts. I have missed recently two weeks of chemo due to needing blood and low counts. I have noticed hair growth. A few weeks ago it was wispy white hairs on my chin. I didn't lose all of my hair on my head. Thin gray white hair stayed...but now on the top it feels thicker...the sides are still very thin. I've noticed pubic hair growth too. I'm not done with chemo yet. I have three more sessions. Has anyone experienced this? Kim
Sep 23, 2012 - 12:20 pm
I had a little bit of hair with the dose dense taxol. They told me that was normal.I actually had a good head start with it growing back when the chemo was done. Loved that!
Sep 23, 2012 - 12:53 pm
I had six treatments of carbo/taxol, every three weeks between December 2010 and March 2011. About two or three weeks in, I started noticing large chunks of hair coming out when I washed and combed my hair and in the morning on my pillow. Some of my hair, near the base of my neck, never came out on its own, so I ended up using an electric shaver to take off all of those wispy hairs clinging to my head. I also lost all of my armpit, arm and leg hair (which I was very happy about!) and lost eyebrows (which were very sparse already), eyelashes and pubic hair. My head hair started growing back about five weeks after my last treatment and the texture was different - softer and a little finer and it has maintained that texture even to this day. I don't remember when the other body hair started growing back but I do remember noticing some wispy short hair growing on the sides of my face - ugh like beard hair but not that noticable (I hope).
Sep 23, 2012 - 6:57 pm
I didnt get any hair growing until after my chemo was done. My hair is coming back in rapidly now. I finished the end of June and now I look like I have a long brush cut. My best friend was so surprised last night when I showed her how much grew in since I showed her about a month ago. I'm not sure if it is growing fast or if the folic acid vitaman my hair dresser suggested is making it grow faster. I too have noticed the little hairs on the side of my face. Almost like sideburns. lol. The my head and legs started back first. Right after that my brows and eyelashes started. I was more excited to have my brows and eyelashes back over my hair. I can wear a wig till that all comes back... I missed the lashes.


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About Pullman
Pullman among Sunset's top 10 college towns in the west
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Pullman is among college towns that "get straight A's for top-notch education and lifestyle beyond campus–places with a covetable food scene, plenty of outdoor offerings, solid real estate value, and above all, great-neighbor potential" according to Sunset.
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Safewise.com ranked Pullman number 8 of the 30 safest college towns in America for 2017. See the award certificate here. Starting with the FBI's most recent crime statistics from 2015, SafeWise security experts calculated the total number of crimes committed in each American city with at least one accredited, academic institution of higher learning. Next, Safewise weighed those numbers in relation to population numbers and other important factors. Finally, SafeWise identified relevant safety, security, and community outreach programs that help make each Safest College Town safer.
Touting Pullman's attributes, the Safewise sight said, "Pullman is one of the biggest little cities you'll ever visit. Full of cosmopolitan amenities and down-home charm, this eastern Washington gem is also home to the flagship campus Washington State University. The city has repeatedly been recognized as one of Washington's safest cities, one of America's safest college towns, and one of the best college-town neighborhoods for adults. Whether you're looking to go to school or relocating to the area, Pullman offers a diverse community committed to family values, sustainability, and a high quality of life. In academic year 2015–2016, more than 9,500 WSU students participated in community outreach, providing over 87,000 hours of civic service."
WSU ranked among top 100 of safest colleges in America
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The National Council for Home Safety and Security published its Safest Colleges in America 2017 report. Out of over 2,000 schools -- Washington State University ranked number 5 out of the top 100. Using the most recent data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting and the National Center for Education Statistics, the council assessed more than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities. Top-ranked colleges boast low overall crime rates (off campus) and maintain safe campuses with little or no crime.
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Updates for Monday, August 28
Notice to residents: Accelerated Streets Resurfacing project
Beginning August 28, work on the Accelerated Streets Resurfacing project will intermittently impact portions of High Street, McKenzie Street, and Pine Street on Pioneer Hill. Work is scheduled to be completed by November 3.
The N. Grand Waterline Replacement Project is continuing on-track to reach substantial completion by the end of the month (that's right … next week!). The last significant traffic impact is scheduled for this coming Monday (August 28th) and is needed to allow for paving on N. Grand at the far north end of the project (just north of Golden Teriyaki). Traffic will be reduced to a single lane of travel on N. Grand Avenue between roughly Stadium Way and Turner Drive. Flaggers will be in place from as early as 5:30 am to mid/late evening to facilitate the alternating of south- and north-bound traffic through this single lane.
Pullman again among top 20 of Washington's safest cities
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SafeWise.com recently ranked Pullman number 8 (up from 15th) among the 20 safest Washington cities. The group reviewed the most recent FBI Crime Report statistics from 2015, along with population data, eliminating all cities with fewer than 3,000 residents and applying their safety formula to calculate the ranking. The safety formula looks like: (Violent Crimes/(Population/1,000)) + (Property Crimes/(Population/1,000))/2 = Safety Score.
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According to a two-page document obtained by Bloomberg, when General Motors Co. approached banks last May to seek proposals to manage its initial public offering, it also asked for help in selling Cadillacs and Corvettes.
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Joe Phillippi, principal of AutoTrends, a consulting firm in Short Hills, New Jersey, calls this practice as "hardball." He said that he finds it unusual that they "want another pound of flesh" after asking for really low fees.
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With tomorrow being Cinco de Mayo, several venues around town are gearing up to provide great food and entertainment. Here's a look at a few hot spots around town.
Telaquepaque will be hosting a Mariachi band from 1-4PM. They are offering these specials ALL DAY: half off margaritas, a bucket of Coronitas 5 for $5.50, $5 chicken wings and nachos supreme, as well as $4 beef nachos.
It's Margarita Monday at Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill. Margaritas start at $.99 until 9pm. Happy hour is from 2-7PM with draft beers half off. They're also running a special on ribs: full rack with one side $13.99, half rack with one side $9.99.
Over at El Maguey Mexican Restaurant, they're offering pitcher margaritas for $10.99, pitcher draft beer for $5.99, $1off Mexican bottle beer, and fajitas 2 for 15.99.
El Parian will be handing out free Parian t-shirts to every five to ten customers. They're offering specials on margaritas and mixed drinks all day and also accepting all 10% off coupons, which can be found in the Zanesville-Muskingum County ADvertiser.
Everyone remember to drink responsibly—OLE!
3090 Maple Ave, Zanesville · (740) 453-6465
Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill
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El Maguey Mexican Restaurant
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12.Feb.2012 Basketball: Washington @ Oregon State
Game thread!
Lady's birthday today, so no time for a writeup.
A Critical View of Oregon State Athletics
Game thread!
Lady's birthday today, so no time for a writeup.
Difference between this game being tied and a double digit Beavers lead is awful free throw shooting by the Beavers and them not being strong in the paint and finishing.
Seriously. During this off season I hope CR makes them shoot FTs until they can make them in their sleep. Our FT shooting this whole season has been ridiculous.
These refs are terrible. Cunningham has been laid onto the floor about 2-3 times and no foul. The fuskies are getting getting a lot of the calls and it might be cause we fans got a free aluminum water bottle with a caribeaner inside and used it as a noise maker and it passed off the refs. That's all I got so far.
Seems like CR can recruit, but not coach, Riley can't do either. Pat Casey and wrestling the only sports that do both?
When does the "president's brother in-law" effect wear off?
Beaver big guys yet again didn't get the job done. Collier and Brandt had a good day shooting from the field but Collier and Moreland were bad at the free throw line and Moreland and Burton blew key defensive assignments late. Frustrating how close they were to a big win but little things weren't executed and that was the difference.
it's also just bad fundamentals, throwing the outlet pass behind the guard, poor passes in the lane, no movement on offense, not knowing when to go for the block and when to keep your defensive assignments. They waste so many opportunities. That is coaching.
Hey Angry,
We (there are 3 of us) would like to apologize for almost pissing you off. You were never the target.
We have been spending a few days with a good friend of ours who is a beaver. He has posted on your blog for a long time and was telling us about Jack. It was decided to play a little game with him where one of us would take a turn posting something to try to get Jack to respond. Since Jack is supposedly known for exaggerating, over embellishing and sometimes just making stuff up, points were awarded based on the type of response that Jack gave.
It was an inside job, but basically Jack got punked. It was just too easy.
We had our laughs and we are through.
We attended the game today which was more of a struggle than predicted. We will give your team some credit for hanging in there. Now we are headed out of here to Arizona for spring training. After 3 weeks of spring training we are going to LA for the last UW series with UCLA and USC. At this point we are planning on staying for the Pac-12 tourney.
If we do, maybe we can actually meet you, if you are not too upset, at one of the games for a beer. Our beaver friend will let you know our final plans.
Thanks for hosting this site, we can see how it can be fun for many people. Since some of your posters seem to border on neurotic, maybe you should post "this site for entertainment purposes only".
P.S. Some of your bloggers do appear to have some issues.
GMAN seems to be homophobic from his "Q" response and KBEAV is paranoid of duck trolls. You probably already knew that. We happen to think diversity is important and has great value, so why those guys get so upset does leave one to wonder.
P.S.S. We spent all day Saturday racing on the Oregon Sand Dunes near Florence, if you have not done this, it is a must!
Take care,
the gang of Bow Down
Not much to say, it never seems like it's a Beav player that hits a huge shot when it counts. I had really high hopes for this team. I don't think there is another team that has a talent advantage on this team, but many have an intelligence advantage and it shows.
Their concentration level needs to be higher, they play nonchalantly, for too long of periods. That is coaching, the coach needs to keep the entire team engaged and knowing their assignments. I have not seen practice but it would be my guess that is how they practice as well. This team has lacked that Leadership to check the teamates into working hard for 40 minutes at a time. If your not getting touches on one end you should be concentrating on shutting down your opponent on defense and getting the rebound.
For example, UW shoots a three in front of their bench and Brandt runs out at him, but its a clear look and the shot is short, but Brandt doesn't block out instead ends up off the court and leaves the Huskie to easily gather the rebound and put up a second shot for an easy deuce. Another hustle play Brandt grabs the rebound falling out of bounds blindly throughs it behind him right at the UW player who is there to jam it.
Starks hits the big three from the top of the key, and then we get a stop and we come back down and JC gets the ball on the wing and passes it back to Starks who puts up another long three that misses. Coach has got to realize he needs to call a play for JC there, and JC has to understand he needs to be selfish and drive the ball to the basket that either draws a foul, or draws defenders to him at which point a kick out back to Starks is much better than just sitting beyond the arch and passing it to each other. This team lacks that knowledge of game time situations. They look unprepared for certain situations, and it looks like it could be a lack of practice or work on fundamentals. I think they could use some more structured offensive sets.
It's funny….I was thinking the same thing on that Brandt non block out play (and granted Brandt finally showed some offense), but I also think it's interesting that announcers don't pay much attention to fundamentals anymore either as neither one mentioned that Brandt flying by the shooter like a maniac instead of blocking out led to a crucial bucket for the Huskies.
And to your point about concentration, I have yet to see another team who misses so many inside three point opportunities. Just because you are fouled doesn't mean you can't make the shot. It also hurts because Collier, Brandt and especially Moreland are not good foul shooters.
I wasn't picking on Brandt either (I just can't recall the specific plays), the WHOLE team does similiar things, Moreland had a similiar type of play, Collier and Burton makes passes that look like the game hasn't "slowed down" to them or the guards will dribble off their leg. We have seen all season. JC had a baseline drive that the defender trying to take a charge fell down and he just kept dribbling the ball out of bounds when he could've either slashed to the key or just pulled up for an uncontested jumper.
Coach took all the blame afterward, but he did acknowledge the team's effort, which I agree was there, they do play hard (except WSU or Colorado) they just dont play smart or soundly. Coach blames the youth, I can give him a little bit of pass there because they are young, however other teams have youth too and they don't make the same mistakes and it would seem to think they would show signs of improvement as the season goes, but they haven't.
youve GOT. TO. MAKE. YOUR. FREE THROWS. should have been up 6 or 7 points at halftime.
I agree, however the free throws were basically even. Both teams missed ten, UW had 6 more because we were fouling at the end. Your point is a good one, make free throws and be up by three possessions going into the second half gives you momentum. That goes back to the same lack of concentration that we have seen throughout this season. Discipline is not there.
We are that chronic underachieving team. I think that is our lot under CR. Guy is a great recruiter but an average (at best coach) who allows his team to suffer mental lapses and have so-so fundamentals. I think we got a couple guys who are dark horses for an NBA roster, problem is we can't translate that to wins at this level…
was at this game and its a sad sickening feeling when the game is tied with 2:00 minutes to play and you are thinking "well we aren't going to pull this one out" because you know we can't win a close game all season.
discipline and well executed set plays are the key mising ingredients.
Starks wasn't terrible today and Roberto did nothing to press him for more playing time with poor shooting and a lackluster defensive effort. Barton too.
Oregonian writes up the game… Anyone think that the players sounded like they were OK with how this game turned out? They should be ashamed of themselves.
in his post game radio interview with parker robinson seemed borderline happy. its the first time i was flat out disappointed with his stance on a game. couldn't help but think about the notion that a lot have put out there on this site that bdc and whoever else have such low performance demands that a loss like this one (good team, close game) doesn't have to rip him up the way it should have. he didn't even mention the atrocious first half free throw shooting, burton and nelson's awful games, the several turnovers in transition, etc. or really anything that they as a team did that kept them from winning, almost like implying washington's just too damn good or something.
I vote that OSU fans get behind the women's basketball team. Currently the team is in 3rd place. They have Stanford @ home this Thursday….HUGE GAME. Love to see this team get the appreciation and recognition it deserves. The past 4 weeks have been impressive.
Scott Rueck for Pac 12 coach of the year. Keep it up girls!
OH MY GOD!!!…. Bow Down killed Jack! No posts, in 36 hours!!
Has that ever happened in angrybeavs history? Has anyone thought to call 911? JB
Since Bow Down is a Zeta, Norteno or Sureno, Jack may be waiting for Bow Down to move down the I-5.
Fry=stiff back, Duke= offseason rotator cuff surgery and is still a month away from throwing.
Most people have Jorge Guiterrez and Jared Cunningham currently leading the race for Pac-12 POY. This factors in somewhat the belief that Tony Wroten and Terrence Ross cancel eachother out too much for either to be the likely winner. I compared stats and Jared is blowing away Jorge in the categories the Pac-12 has always valued most.
Pac-12 POY Comparisons:
I just got an email (that's right, Monday) advertising the WSU and UW games from this past weekend. "There's only one cure for Beaver Fever. More Basketball."
Eggers said (on Sunday) it would happen today.
I still worry about the recruiting angle… not so much that he can or can't do it, but whether or not he will have the energy required. He's definitely an upgrade on the coaching side.
There was a report somewhere about a presser at 12:30 with Perry. Anyone have that info?


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Over medium heat, boil butter, brown sugar, salt
Let cool before packaging in cellophane packages or transferring to an air-tight container...
Now get out your card stock and ribbon and
All ready to give out...
Another thing to add to my to-do list--make this recipe. Sounds yummyReplyDelete
I think my hub will love snickers popcorn! And I already am planning on the Sausage and peppers over the weekend. You rock, Lois! I love that movie- too! The pick of the colonel reminds me a little of Dinero (?) I think...ReplyDelete
I have made of a copy of this puppy! Looks delish and great gift idea. sandieReplyDelete
Yummilicious! I love snickers anyhow!
I don't know if any I made would reach the intended people as gifts!!
Have fun!
Have to make this popcorn, looks amazing, with or without the nuts! and your dinner tonight sounds so good.ReplyDelete
I'll be copying this recipe! Looks soooo good!
Have a good weekend!
This looks fantastic!!! I'm pinning this so I can make this! I love that movie too! Maybe I should make some of this and eat it (all by the way) while I watch! =o)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness glory, this looks like heaven.
Bite please!!!
I'm not to proud to beg...heehehehe!!!
God bless ya and have a marvelous weekend!!! :o)
This sounds REALLY good...How many people will that feed? Or did you say that already? This could be the perfect little gift for everyone at my hubby's birthday party. I am going to give that some serious thought. If I do I might have to bug you with a question or two as I can be somewhat of a rookie until I have done something at least once. Oh, and I LOVE that movie too. Have a wonderful week-end! HUGSReplyDelete
The photos tell the story, Lois, just love the looks on those family members of yours. I see a cook book in the making.
What a great idea! I always make our mail man something sweet for his route to go with his DD gift card and I am thinking Snickers popcorn just might be the thing this year!
Thanks for sharing!
I used to have an air popcorn popper...maybe I need to get one again! I have made home made caramel corn much the same way. Love what you did with the treat bags for Thanksgiving!!!ReplyDelete
Oh this looks so delicious and I am so excited to make this to go in the Christmas "treat" baskets that I make each year. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.ReplyDelete
My husband would love this! I'm pretty sure my kids would too :) I loved your family photos from Thanksgiving too.
Now that popcorn looks delicious! I have not seen Christmas with the Kranks. We will have to check it out this year.ReplyDelete
OH NOW YOU ARE TALKING DELICIOUS!! Snickers are hubby's fave. Copying this to make very soon.ReplyDelete
Ever since you posted this recipe I have been eager to try it. I made it today and it is just awesome!! So much so that I just finished doing a post on it. I put a link to your blog so that they would have to go to your post to get the recipe. I hope that is okay.ReplyDelete
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