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Mr. Freeman,
Thank you so much for such a well-written investigative look at how many poor minority youth are faring within our failed government systems ("The children left behind," cover story, May 7). Sadly, many of the people doing the most harm to these children are middle- and upper-income minorities, especially African-Americans. Many have been placed in pivotal political positions, yet choose to do very little to ensure successful outcomes for the majority of children entrusted in their care. Georgia's departments of Juvenile Justice and Family and Children Services, along with various school systems, are cases in point. Commissioners at both DJJ and DFACS are both African-Americans and the departments reek of colossal failures.
The recidivism rates of DJJ, the cycle of poverty that persists within DFACS, and the high dropout rates of African-American students in urban and rural schools beg us to question the capabilities of those chosen to steer the ships. I guess we keep forgetting the Titanic and the futility to rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking ship. All we seem to do is transfer administrative failures from one system to another, but then we are not expecting real change because the victims are just poor minority children and who really cares!
Unfortunately, Atlanta Public Schools, Clayton County Schools and many others where African-American students are not performing well suffer oftentimes under the "leadership," or should I say "bleedership," of African-American superintendents and principals. Silence is accepted simply because the majority of these children are poor and minority and, therefore, expendable. Alarms are never sounded loudly when this is the population in peril. Especially not by the middle-class benefactors of the Civil Rights Movement who now make a handsome living promoting failed policies for poor minority children. Many of these African-American political pawns have done as much damage to black progress as the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. I can barely tell the difference between them.
By the way, I am an African-American child advocate and have spent more than 25 years fighting for the survival and success of poor and minority children. Oh, the stories I can tell you about failed systems and the children they destroy! Perhaps one day soon we can talk.
– Lula M. Gilliam, Fairburn


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Fluid Dynamics International Ltd
based in Maidenhead, UNITED KINGDOM
Fluid Dynamics is the original manfacturer of Catlaytic water treatment systems to stop scaling caused by hard water A truly green water treatment method proven to save energy For over 40 years we have supplied our wide range of non-chemical scale prevention products to every sector of industry,commerce and the home that suffers from hard water. Our unique products ...
Kirton Engineering Limited
based in Shepshed, UNITED KINGDOM
Kirton is a specialist company at the forefront of water treatment. We have developed a range of processes and equipment including: Membrane Technology (Ultra Filtration and Reverse Osmosis), Desalination, River Water Abstraction, Vehicle Wash Water Recycling, Centriguge Separation (Effluent Treatment) and Electrical Control Gear.
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based in Fort Wayne, INDIANA (USA)
The Superior Water Conditioner has been utilized since 1964 to control lime/scale and corrosion without chemicals in boilers, cooling towers, food service equipment and many other commercial and industrial applications throughout the world. Test sites around the world have shown proven results. On over 400 different types of applications, the outcome was the same... ...
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Verhoeve Milieu & Water
based in Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS
OrganizationOver 25 years of experience in the industry of soil and water generates a wealth of expertise within our organization. The staff of Verhoeve Environment & Water is a healthy mix of experienced professionals and enthusiastic young performers. With this mix we are well equipped to develop and execute the most divergent projects. Our business is fully certified.
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based in Nederweert, NETHERLANDS
Waste water treatment for the automobile and transport industry. Also expert in water recycling equipment for washing processes. Carwash, truckwash, washequipment trains, busses etc.
Lenntech Water Treatment
based in Delft, NETHERLANDS
Lenntech Water Treatment is a manufacturer and solutions provider for industrial water purification. Lenntech always offers its clients a spectrum of environmentally friendly technologies for each issue. Each proposed technology is compared both technically and economically with each other. Lenntech supplies water and air treatment systems for disinfection, filtration, ...
Genesis Water Technologies, Inc
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Genesis Water Technologies, Inc. is a USA based manufacturer of advanced, innovative and sustainable treatment solutions for applications in process water, drinking water, water reuse and waste water to our valued clients and collaboration partners worldwide.
Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.
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Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.`s mission is to serve our customers worldwide and be our customers` single source for their water resource equipment needs. Stevens designs, manufactures and supports a broad range of instruments and accessories that provide water level, water quality, ground water, soil moisture, and weather information. These products are easy to ...
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This is the second version of the first comic strip on You need to login to view this link , redone a year later after I kinda almost knew what the **** I was doing. First version was uploaded to FunnyJunk immmediately before this one, if you'd like to compare the two. By Josh Maynard.


text: DSpace Community: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/3570 2015-07-04T05:18:18Z Evaluation and assessment of professional skills in the Final Year Project http://hdl.handle.net/2117/25101 Title: Evaluation and assessment of professional skills in the Final Year Project Authors: Sánchez Carracedo, Fermín; Climent Vilaró, Joan; Corbalán González, Julita; Fonseca Casas, Pau; García Almiñana, Jordi; Herrero Zaragoza, José Ramón; Llinàs Audet, Francisco Javier; Rodríguez Hontoria, Horacio; Sancho Samsó, María Ribera; Alier Forment, Marc; Cabré Garcia, José M.; López Álvarez, David Abstract: In this paper, we present a methodology for Final Year Project (FYP) monitoring and assessment that considers the inclusion of the professional skills required in the particular engineering degree. This proper monitoring and clear evaluation framework provides the student with valuable support for the project implementation as well as for improving the quality of the projects, thereby reducing the academic drop-out rate. The proposed methodology has been implemented at the Barcelona School of Informatics at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech. The FYP is structured around three milestones: project definition, project monitoring and project completion. Skills are assigned to each milestone according to the tasks required in that phase, and a list of indicators is defined for each phase. The evaluation criteria for each indicator at each phase are specified in a rubric, and are made public both to students and teachers. Thus, the FYP includes an exhaustive evaluation method distributed throughout the whole project implementation, thereby facilitating project organization for the student as well as providing a clear and homogeneous assessment framework. The methodology for the FYP organization, assessment and evaluation was launched and piloted over two semesters. We believe the experience to be general in the sense that it has been conducted as part of an ICT engineering degree, but may easily be extended to any other engineering degree. 2014-12-19T10:13:13Z A computer-guided approach to website Schema.org design http://hdl.handle.net/2117/25095 Title: A computer-guided approach to website Schema.org design Authors: Tort Pugibet, Albert; Olivé Ramon, Antoni Abstract: Schema.org offers to web developers the opportunity to enrich a website's content with microdata and schema.org. For large websites, implementing microdata can take a lot of time. In general, it is necessary to perform two main activities, for which we lack methods and tools. The first consists in designing what we call the website schema.org, which is the fragment of schema.org that is relevant to the website. The second consists in adding the corresponding microdata tags to the web pages. In this paper, we describe an approach to the design of a website schema.org. The approach consists in using a human-computer task-oriented dialogue, whose purpose is to arrive at that design. We describe a dialogue generator that is domain-independent, but that can be adapted to specific domains. We propose a set of six evaluation criteria that we use to evaluate our approach, and that could be used in future approaches. 2014-12-19T09:27:26Z Fixing up non-executable operations in UML/OCL conceptual schemas http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24883 Title: Fixing up non-executable operations in UML/OCL conceptual schemas Authors: Oriol Hilari, Xavier; Teniente López, Ernest; Tort, Albert Abstract: An operation is executable if there is at least one information base in which its preconditions hold and such that the new information base obtained from applying its postconditions satisfies all the integrity constraints. A non-executable operation is useless since it may never be applied. Therefore, identifying non-executable operations and fixing up their definition is a relevant task that should be performed as early as possible in software development. We address this problem in the paper by proposing an algorithm to automatically compute the missing effects in postconditions that would ensure the executability of the operation. 2014-11-28T12:34:44Z Verifiable UML artifact-centric business process models http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24882 Title: Verifiable UML artifact-centric business process models Authors: Calvanese, Diego; Montali, Marco; Estañol Lamarca, Montserrat; Teniente López, Ernest Abstract: Artifact-centric business process models have gained increasing momentum recently due to their ability to combine structural (i.e., data related) with dynamical (i.e., process related)aspects. In particular, two main lines of research have been pursued so far: one tailored to business artifact modeling languages and methodologies, the other focused on the foundations for their formal verification. In this paper, we merge these two lines of research, by showing how recent theoretical decidability results for verification can be fruitfully transferred to a concrete UML-based modeling methodology. In particular, we identify additional steps in the methodology that, in significant cases, guarantee the possibility of verifying the resulting models against rich first-order temporal properties. Notably, our results can be seamlessly transferred to different languages for the specification of the artifact lifecycles. 2014-11-28T12:18:41Z Quality measures for ETL processes http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24623 Title: Quality measures for ETL processes Authors: Theodorou, Vasileios; Abelló Gamazo, Alberto; Lehner, Wolfgang Abstract: ETL processes play an increasingly important role for the support of modern business operations. These business processes are centred around artifacts with high variability and diverse lifecycles, which correspond to key business entities. The apparent complexity of these activities has been examined through the prism of Business Process Management, mainly focusing on functional requirements and performance optimization. However, the quality dimension has not yet been thoroughly investigated and there is a need for a more human-centric approach to bring them closer to business-users requirements. In this paper we take a first step towards this direction by defining a sound model for ETL process quality characteristics and quantitative measures for each characteristic, based on existing literature. Our model shows dependencies among quality characteristics and can provide the basis for subsequent analysis using Goal Modeling techniques. 2014-11-09T22:50:53Z Towards next generation BI systems : the analytical metadata challenge http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24622 Title: Towards next generation BI systems : the analytical metadata challenge Authors: Varga, Jovan; Romero Moral, Óscar; Pedersen, Torben; Thomsen, Christian Abstract: Next generation Business Intelligence (BI) systems require integration of heterogeneous data sources and a strong user-centric orientation. Both needs entail machine-processable metadata to enable automation and allow end users to gain access to relevant data for their decision making processes. Although evidently needed, there is no clear picture about the necessary metadata artifacts, especially considering user support requirements. Therefore, we propose a comprehensive metadata framework to support the user assistance activities and their automation in the context of next generation BI systems. This framework is based on the findings of a survey of current user-centric approaches mainly focusing on query recommendation assistance. Finally, we discuss the benefits of the framework and present the plans for future work. 2014-11-09T20:40:08Z Incremental checking of OCL constraints through SQL queries http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24593 Title: Incremental checking of OCL constraints through SQL queries Authors: Oriol Hilari, Xavier; Teniente López, Ernest Abstract: We propose a new method for efficiently checking OCL constraints by means of SQL queries. That is, an OCL constraint is satisfied if its corresponding SQL query returns the empty set. Such queries are computed in an incremental way since, whenever a change in the data occurs, only the constraints that may be violated because of such change are checked and only the relevant values given by the change are taken into account. Moreover, the queries we generate do not contain nested subqueries nor procedures. In this way, we take advantage of relational DBMS capabilities and we get an efficient check of OCL constraints. Ejecución de operaciones de un esquema conceptual de forma persistente y consistente http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24482 Title: Ejecución de operaciones de un esquema conceptual de forma persistente y consistente Authors: Oriol Hilari, Xavier; Teniente López, Ernest Abstract: El objetivo de la presente tesis es la ejecución de operaciones de un esquema conceptual de forma persistente y consistente. Es decir, los efectos de las operaciones son persistidos automáticamente en una base de datos a la vez que se garantiza que su ejecución no conlleva, en ningún caso, la violación de restricciones de integridad definidas en el esquema. De esta forma, se automatiza la construcción de las capas de dominio y persistencia de un Sistema de Información requiriendo únicamente la implementación de un interfaz gráfica para su uso. 2014-10-25T19:01:54Z Verifiable UML artifact-centric business process models (Extended Version) http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24224 Title: Verifiable UML artifact-centric business process models (Extended Version) Authors: Calvanese, Diego; Montali, Marco; Estañol Lamarca, Montserrat; Teniente López, Ernest Abstract: Artifact-centric business process models have gained increasing momentum recently due to their ability to combine structural (i.e., data related) with dynamical (i.e., process related) aspects. In particular, two main lines of research have been pursued so far: one tailored to business artefact modeling languages and methodologies, the other focused on the foundations for their formal verification. In this paper, we merge these two lines of research, by showing how recent theoretical decidability results for verification can be fruitfully transferred to a concrete UML-based modeling methodology. In particular, we identify additional steps in the methodology that, in significant cases, guarantee the possibility of verifying the resulting models against rich first-order temporal properties. Notably, our results can be seamlessly transferred to different languages for the specification of the artifact lifecycles. Description: This is the extended version of "Verifiable UML Artifact-Centric Business Process Models", to appear in the Proceedings of CIKM'14, Nov. 3–7, 2014, Shanghai, China. ACM http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2661829.2662050 2014-10-03T06:09:44Z Logic foundations of the OCL modelling language http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24169 Title: Logic foundations of the OCL modelling language Authors: Franconi, Enrico; Mosca, Alessandro; Oriol Hilari, Xavier; Rull, Guillem; Teniente López, Ernest Abstract: In this paper we define the first-order fragment of the Object Constraint Language (OCL), the declarative language for describing rules that apply to conceptual schemas in the Unified Modelling Language (UML). This fragment covers the whole of OCL without arithmetic operators, aggregation functions, iterators, and recursion. We give the set theoretical formal syntax and semantics in an elegant, concise, and clear way. This fragment has the same expressivity as domain-independent first-order logic (aka relational algebra), in the sense that any relational algebra expression can be reformulated as a logically equivalent OCL expression, and vice-versa. 2014-09-26T08:10:59Z UML profile for MIF static models http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24044 Title: UML profile for MIF static models Authors: Villegas Niño, Antonio; Olivé Ramon, Antoni Abstract: This article summarizes our contribution to the 2012-2013 HL7 Tooling Challenge "Produce a UML Profile for MIF Static Models". The main goal of the profile is to enable the representation in UML of the MIF static models. This representation allows all members of the large software engineering community to understand those models without requiring additional training. Furthermore, the healthcare community can benefit from existing UML-based modeling tools and methodologies. Among others, there are tools that generate a significant part of the final code of a software system from its UML model. In what follows, we first briefly describe the proposed profile, and then we illustrate its use by means of a small example in the transformation of MIF models into equivalent UML models. 2014-09-12T09:27:07Z Concurrent technology masters degrees across the Atlantic: innovations, issues, & insights http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24028 Title: Concurrent technology masters degrees across the Atlantic: innovations, issues, & insights Authors: Dyrenfurth, Michael; Murphy, Mike; Bertoline, Gary; Herrick, Robert; Newton, Kathryne; O'Donnell, Gareth; McHale, Donal; Castell Ariño, Núria; Barceló García, Miquel; Ferrer Balas, Dídac; Sancho Samsó, María Ribera; García Almiñana, Jordi Abstract: A transatlantic degree consortium to implement a four-semester dual masters degree initiative across a three-institution consortium consisting of Purdue University (USA), the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) is presented in this paper. This initiative, while focusing on graduate (Masters) student mobility, also includes faculty mobility, language instruction and assessment, project evaluation and other services to insure ongoing success. Effective existing collaborations, i.e., an active undergraduate exchange semester and collaborative faculty activity established a solid foundation for the new dual/concurrent technology degree program and enabled it to get off to a fast start. Two of the new consortium members are already partnering in an Atlantis undergraduate student mobility project that is working well and which has generated considerable student and faculty traffic and collaboration well in excess of the funding requirements. The partners have invested considerable amounts of their own monies in building the relationship and thus evidence the sustainability of the new dual transatlantic technology masters degree program. 2014-09-10T09:04:03Z Integrating ETL processes from information requirements http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24001 Title: Integrating ETL processes from information requirements Authors: Romero Moral, Óscar; Jovanovic, Petar; Simitsis, Alkis; Abelló Gamazo, Alberto Abstract: Data warehouse (DW) design is based on a set of requirements expressed as service level agreements (SLAs) and business level objects (BLOs). Populating a DW system from a set of information sources is realized with extract-transform-load (ETL) processes based on SLAs and BLOs. The entire task is complex, time consuming, and hard to be performed manually. This paper presents our approach to the requirement-driven creation of ETL designs. Each requirement is considered separately and a respective ETL design is produced. We propose an incremental method for consolidating these individual designs and creating an ETL design that satisfies all given requirements. Finally, the design produced is sent to an ETL engine for execution. We illustrate our approach through an example based on TPC-H and report on our experimental findings that show the effectiveness and quality of our approach. 2014-09-08T12:04:03Z A requirement-driven approach to the design and evolution of data warehouses http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23697 Title: A requirement-driven approach to the design and evolution of data warehouses Authors: Jovanovic, Petar; Romero Moral, Óscar; Simitsis, Alkis; Abelló Gamazo, Alberto; Mayorova, Daria Abstract: Designing data warehouse (DW) systems in highly dynamic enterprise environments is not an easy task. At each moment, the multidimensional (MD) schema needs to satisfy the set of information requirements posed by the business users. At the same time, the diversity and heterogeneity of the data sources need to be considered in order to properly retrieve needed data. Frequent arrival of new business needs requires that the system is adaptable to changes. To cope with such an inevitable complexity (both at the beginning of the design process and when potential evolution events occur), in this paper we present a semi-automatic method called ORE, for creating DW designs in an iterative fashion based on a given set of information requirements. Requirements are first considered separately. For each requirement, ORE expects the set of possible MD interpretations of the source data needed for that requirement (in a form similar to an MD schema). Incrementally, ORE builds the unified MD schema that satisfies the entire set of requirements and meet some predefined quality objectives. We have implemented ORE and performed a number of experiments to study our approach. We have also conducted a limited-scale case study to investigate its usefulness to designers. 2014-08-29T11:00:35Z Using UML to specify artifact-centric business process models http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23693 Title: Using UML to specify artifact-centric business process models Authors: Estañol Lamarca, Montserrat; Queralt Calafat, Anna; Sancho Samsó, María Ribera; Teniente López, Ernest Abstract: Business process modeling using an artifact-centric approach has raised a significant interest over the last few years. One of the research challenges in this area is looking for different approaches to represent all the dimensions in artifact-centric business process models. Bearing this in mind, the present paper proposes how to specify artifact-centric business process models by means of diagrams based on UML. The advantages of basing our work on UML are many: it is a semi-formal language with a precise semantics; it is widely used and easy to understand; and it provides an artifact-centric specification which incorporates also some aspects of process-awareness. 2014-08-29T07:39:14Z


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SULTHAN BATHERY: Kannur women, with eight experienced stars from SAI, Thalassery, overcame Ernakulam 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-13) to set up a semifinal clash with title favourites Thiruvananthapuram in the 42nd Kerala State Senior Volleyball Championship at Sulthan Bathery floodlit stadium on Friday.
In the other quarterfinal match, Kollam women got the better of Kasaragod in straight sets 25-20, 25-20, 25-23 to make it to last four stage. They will face Kozhikode in the semis on Saturday.
Poornima MS, Kannur's international star who bagged majority of points for her side, was the star of the match. Back in the side after finishing her exams, Poornima showed her all-round skills. They took a narrow lead at 6-5 but never looked back thereafter and maintained the lead till the end of the first set.
Kannur's Elizabeth Paul, Reshma PP and Athira Sreedharan joined the party in the second set and they were well supported by their setter Bhagyalakshmi PC. Ernakulam fought back and levelled the score at 17-17 but they failed to stop Kannur from clinching the set.
Poornima, scoring nine consecutive points through her serves in the third set, was outstanding and guided her side into semis.
In Thursday's men's quarterfinal matches, hosts Wayanad and Kannur advanced to the semis beating Kottayam and Kasaragod respectively.
In the first match, Wayand men, loaded with Kerala Police stars, got the better of Kottayam in straight sets 25-23, 25-19, 25-22 while Kannur beat Kasaragod with ease 25-18, 25-22, 25-20.
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Jenny Kutner reports at Salon on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's belief that the United States would quickly adapt to nationwide same-sex marriage.
At The New Republic, Brian Beutler asserts that the conservative case against the Affordable Care Act has reached the point of absurdity.
William Greider considers in The Nation whether 2016 GOP presidential candidates would try to follow the example of Alabama's Chief Justice Roy Moore.
At The Atlantic, Inimai M. Chettiar discusses a new report that shows how incarcerating more offenders may be counterproductive to reducing crime.
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A magnetic-ring structure includes at least two states, and at least one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
1. A magnetic-ring structure comprising at least two states and at least one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
2. The magnetic-ring structure of
3. The magnetic-ring structure of
4. The magnetic-ring structure of
5. The magnetic-ring structure of
6. A magnetoresistive readback mechanism for retrieving magnetic information comprising:
a spacer layer;
a pinned magnetic layer that is coupled to said spacer layer;
a magnetic storage layer that is coupled to spacer layer that includes a magnetic-ring comprising at least two states and at least one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
7. The magnetoresistive readback mechanism of
8. The magnetoresistive readback mechanism of
9. The magnetoresistive readback mechanism of
10. The magnetoresistive readback structure of
11. The magnetoresistive readback structure of
12. A method of operating a magnetic-ring structure comprising:
providing said magnetic-ring structure with at least two states; and
providing at one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
13. The method of
14. The method of
15. The method of
16. The method of
[0001] This application claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60/446,307 filed Feb. 10, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
[0002] The invention relates to the field of magnetic memory, and in particular to ring-shaped memory elements having twisted states comprising 360° domain walls in the ring structure.
[0003] The use of magnetic memory that incorporates thin-film ring-shaped memory elements is known in the art. In such structures, each ring can store a bit of information depending on its magnetic state. The rings are written by applying magnetic fields (the fields are produced by passing currents through adjacent conductive lines). The data-bit in the rings is read back by detecting the rings' electrical resistance, which depends on their magnetic states. The dependence of resistance on magnetic state is called magnetoresistance. To use magnetoresistance for data readback it is most convenient to make the memory element out of a magnetic multilayer, for instance two magnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic spacer. In such a multilayer (called a spin-valve or tunnel junction), the resistance can vary by up to about 10-50% depending on the relative magnetization directions of the two magnetic layers and the structure of the multilayer.
[0004] The idea of using multilayer magnetic rings for data storage has been suggested previously, e.g., Zhu et al, J Appl. Phys. 87 6668 2000. In this case, two possible magnetic states of the rings have been identified, called "onion" and "vortex" states. The idea is to use the two vortex states to store a bit, e.g. a clockwise vortex represents a 1 and a counterclockwise vortex is a 0.
[0005] However, there is a need in the art to have a twisted magnetic state, which consists of a 360° domain wall in the ring. This state has not been reported by any other groups. It would be useful for data storage in rings, because it is quite a stable state. Also, it could allow more than one bit to be stored on a single ring. The twisted state only occurs in very small rings, which is relevant for high density storage.
[0006] According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a magnetic-ring structure. The magnetic-ring structure includes at least two magnetic states, and at least one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
[0007] According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a magnetoresistive readback mechanism for retrieving magnetic information. The magnetoresistive readback mechanism includes a spacer layer and a pinned magnetic layer adjacent to the magnetic-ring. A magnetic storage layer is coupled to the spacer layer and includes a magnetic-ring comprising at least two states and at least one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
[0008] According to yet another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of operating a magnetic-ring structure. The method includes providing the magnetic-ring structure with at least two states, and providing at least one twisted state that includes a 360° domain wall that can exist over a wide range of applied fields.
[0009]FIGS. 1A-1D are scanning electron micrographs of Co rings having varying diameters and widths;
[0010]FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram illustrating the onion, twisted, and vortex states in a ring structure; FIG. 2B is a atomic force micrograph of an inventive ring structure; FIGS. 2C-2G are MFM images of the inventive ring structure.
[0011]FIG. 3A is a graph illustrating a remanent hysteresis loop of an array where the rings have diameter of 520 nm. FIG. 3B is a graph demonstrating remenant hysteresis loops for two arrays with ring diameters of 360 nm and widths of 110 nm and 160 nm.
[0012]FIGS. 4A-4B are micromagnetic simulations of magnetization patterns in 520 nm diameter, 110 nm wide and 10 nm thick Co rings.
[0013]FIGS. 5A-5D are micrographs demonstrating the complex twisted states formed in a 520 nm diameter ring, imaged at remanence;
[0014]FIGS. 6A-6D are schematic diagrams illustrating the association between the states of a ring to a bit arrangement; and
[0015]FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a readback mechanism used in accordance with the invention.
[0016] The invention involves using magnetization states and hysteresis behavior of small ferromagnetic rings with diameters below about 500 nm and thicknesses of a few nanometers. These structures can be engineered to display different stable magnetized states depending on their shape, dimensions, and composition. An understanding of the stability of different states, and the ability to control the switching field, enables magnetic rings to find application in high-density magnetic random access memories, magnetic logic or other magnetoelectronic devices.
[0017] Data storage has previously been carried out using magnetic discs, wires or bars, but thin ring-shaped magnets have recently been the subject of several theoretical and experimental studies. To date, micron-diameter rings and 300-800 nm diameter octagonal ring structures have been produced. Experimental results on these structures support the existence of just two different magnetic states: one being the flux-closure or vortex state and the other a bi-domain state with two 180° domain walls, called an onion state. However, in smaller diameter rings, a new metastable state called a twisted state has been found, in addition to the expected onion and vortex magnetization states. This twisted state contains a 360° domain wall and can exist over a wide range of applied fields. Micromagnetic modeling shows that the twisted state is stabilized in small diameter, narrow rings. Additionally, more complex configurations such as double twisted states with two 360° walls have been observed.
[0018] The invention uses fabricated circular rings with diameters of approximately 50 nm and above, and widths of approximately 30 nm and above. These nanorings are fabricated by a liftoff process from ring-shaped patterns written into a resist layer by electron-beam lithography. To create shapes as close as possible to a perfect ring, the electron beam was deflected in a circular trajectory with a precision of 2 nm. Magnetic films comprising of 2 nm or more of Co or Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) or other magnetic materials, coated with 3 nm Cu to prevent oxidation, are deposited onto the resist patterns. The films are made either by electron-beam evaporation in a chamber with a base pressure of 10−6 Torr, or by ion-beam sputtering at 0.1 mTorr in a chamber with a base pressure of 10−9 Torr. In each case the films were polycrystalline with grain size of approximately 10 nm, and substrates were oxidized silicon. FIGS. 1A-1D are scanning micrographs of Co rings having varying diameters and widths. FIG. 1A shows four ring structures 2 having diameters of 180 nm and widths of 50 nm. FIG. 1B shows ring structures 4 having diameters of 360 nm and widths of 160 nm. FIG. 1C shows ring structures 6 having diameters of 190 nm and widths of 30 nm. FIG. 1D shows ring structures 8 having diameters of 360 nm and widths of 110 nm.
[0019] The magnetic states of the nanorings 2, 4, 6, and 8 are imaged by magnetic force microscopy (MFM), using a Digital Instruments Nanoscope with a low-moment commercial tip. The tip height during scanning was 35 nm. The nanorings 2, 4, 6, and 8 are saturated in an in-plane magnetic field, applied using permanent magnets attached to an adjustable fixture, then the field was removed and the rings imaged at remanence.
[0020]FIG. 2A shows a schematic diagram of the onion 10, twisted 12, and vortex 14 states in a ring structure. The arrows represent magnetization directions within the rings. Two 180° domain walls 11 are present in the onion state 10. One 360° domain wall 13 is present in the twisted state 12. FIG. 2B shows a topographical image of one 520-nm diameter Co ring. FIGS. 2C-2G show the evolution of the magnetic states of the same 520-nm diameter Co ring as a function of reverse magnetic field. After saturation, the ring is present in an onion state, as shown in FIG. 2C, which is characterized by dark and light contrast at opposite sides of the ring originating from the two 180° domain walls 16 and 18. At a certain reverse field, in this case 299 Oe, the ring disappears from the image as a vortex state forms, as shown in FIG. 2F. The vortex state has zero external field so it does not produce any MFM contrast. Both the onion and vortex states have been identified previously in rings. However, over a range of fields smaller than that needed to produce the vortex state, a new state is visible, which is called a twisted state. This state, which can be seen in FIGS. 2D and 2E, is characterized by adjacent light and dark contrast 20 at one side of the ring.
[0021] There are four possible variants of the twisted state, depending whether the dark-light contrast is on the left or right of the ring, and whether the dark spot is above or below the light spot. All of these variants have been observed in our rings. This behavior contrasts with that seen in larger rings where a direct transition from an onion to a vortex was reported. Although FIGS. 2B-2F show a 520 nm diameter ring, similar magnetization states can be seen in 180 nm and 320 nm rings.
[0022] The twisted state is formed from the onion state by the movement of one 180° wall around the ring until it reaches the other 180° wall. Significantly, the resulting twisted state can have an extensive range of stability with respect to applied field, for example they can exist over fields of several hundred Oe. The twisted states do not represent a configuration where two 180° domain walls are coincidentally pinned next to one another by an irregularity in the ring. If that were the case, it might be expected to see other examples where 180° walls are pinned at different positions around the rings. All of the twisted states have the same MFM contrast, and thus appear to represent a distinct magnetic state containing two interacting 180° walls that do not annihilate each other, but instead form a single 360° domain wall. At sufficiently high fields, the twisted states turn into vortex states and eventually into onion states of opposite orientation to the starting onion state, as shown in FIG. 2G.
[0023]FIGS. 3A and 3B show hysteresis loops for arrays of rings. FIG. 3A corresponds to an array of rings with 520 nm diameter and 175 nm width. FIG. 3B corresponds to arrays of rings with 360 nm diameter and 160 nm width 24, or 360 nm diameter and 110 nm width 26. Two steps can be seen in each hysteresis loop, as reported for larger rings: a low-field step corresponding to the destruction of the positive onion state, and a high-field step corresponding to the creation of the reverse onion state. Between these steps is a plateau region 28 corresponding to the existence of onion or twisted states. The steps occur at higher fields for rings with narrower widths or smaller diameters, and the plateau regions 28 are wider for rings with narrower widths. FIGS. 3A and 3B therefore show that the magnetic field needed to form the onion, twisted or vortex states can be controlled by changing the geometry of the ring, which is useful in designing data storage devices based on rings.
[0024] Twisted states can conveniently be formed by introducing asymmetry into the ring. For instance, notches are known to pin walls in rings. If a small notch or other asymmetry such as edge roughness or microstructural variation is present, then when a reverse field is applied to a ring in an onion state, one of its 180° walls will begin to move at a lower applied field than the other, leading to the formation of a twisted state, instead of a direct transition from one onion state to the other by the simultaneous movement of the two walls. Asymmetry can be deliberately introduced into a ring by creating a small notch which pins one of the 180° walls in the onion state. Application of a reverse field is then very likely to result in the formation of a twisted state. The twisted state, which contains a 360° wall, is metastable, but it cannot relax into a vortex state unless it is perturbed. This makes it useful for data storage.
[0025]FIG. 4A shows a micromagnetic calculation of the magnetic configuration in the onion-state of a 520 nm diameter, 110nm wide, 10 nm thick Co ring in which the two 180° walls 30, can be seen. FIG. 4B shows a calculation of the magnetic configuration in the twisted-state for the same ring, in which the 360° wall 32 can be seen. The small arrows represent the local magnetization directions. Modeling shows that smaller rings can more easily support twisted states.
[0026] More complex configurations such as a double twisted state have also been observed in nanorings. FIG. 5A shows a 520 nm diameter ring that was originally saturated to form an onion state. The two 180° walls 36 and 38 can be seen. On application of a reverse field, a double twisted state containing two 360° walls, 41, was created, shown in FIG. 5B. At an even higher field, as shown in FIG. 5C, a configuration containing a 540° wall, 41, and a 180° wall, 42, was formed. At even higher field a reverse onion state, with two 180° walls, 44, was formed. This behavior was reproducible and shows that a large number of complex states can exist in rings.
[0027] The existence of a twisted state in nanorings can be used in magnetoelectronic devices comprising ring-shaped elements. It increases the possible number of observable states in a single-layer nanoring from the four previously known (two opposite onion states and two opposite vortex states) to at least eight (including four variants of the twisted state), or many more if complex structures such as FIG. 5B and FIG. 5C are included. If the ring consists of a multilayer such as a spin-valve or tunnel junction, with more than one magnetic layer, there is clearly an even larger number of possible magnetic states. The 360° walls in twisted states are expected to have larger magnetoresistance than a 180° wall, and are therefore suitable for magnetoresistive readback in a data storage or magnetic logic device.
[0028] As mentioned above, the twisted state is a higher energy configuration than a vortex state, so it represents a metastable configuration. However, it has been shown that the stability range of twisted states can be several hundred Oe, exceeding the stability range over which vortex states exist, so it is possible to create and manipulate twisted states in narrow rings or other useful geometries.
[0029] By using twisted magnetic states of rings to store data, more than one bit per ring can be stored, which increases storage capacity. It is found that the vortex states become less easy to form at small ring diameters, and the remanent state of the ring is an onion state. Therefore, using the onion and twisted states becomes easier for smaller rings. FIGS. 6A-6D illustrate a possible association between the states of a ring and its bit arrangement. The ring includes a small notch and when the notch in the ring breaks the symmetry it allows various twisted states to be formed controllably. Note this arrangement allows 2 bits per ring.
[0030]FIG. 6A shows a field being applied along the x-direction to generate an onion state. The onion state 50 is stable when the field is removed. This onion state 50 represents the bits 00. FIG. 6B shows a field being applied along the y-direction, which pushes the left-hand wall downwards, then along the −x-direction to generate a twisted state 52. This twisted state 52 is stable, and represents the bits 10. By applying a separate field along the −y and −x directions of the onion state 50, a twisted state 54 is formed to represent bits 01. Note the twisted state 52 is oppositely aligned compared to twisted state 54. Moreover, by applying a larger field to the twisted state 54 along the−x-direction, an onion state 56 is formed that is oppositely aligned to onion state 50. This onion state 56 represents bits 11. The x and y fields are applied using perpendicular conductor lines.
[0031] To detect the states described in FIGS. 6A-6B, a magnetic readback mechanism 60 can be formed, as shown in FIG. 7. The readback mechanism 60 is similar to a conventional magnetic random access memory architecture, and includes a magnetic storage layer 62, a non-magnetic spacer 64, a pinned magnetic or hard layer 66, and an antiferromagnetic layer 68. The pinned or hard layer 66 is always magnetized in one direction, due to the antiferromagnetic layer, or be cause it has a high coercivity. In addition, the pinned or hard layer 66 could also be a synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayer to reduce stray fields. The spacer 64 can include materials such as Cu, Al2O3, or the like. The storage layer 62 comprises a ring structure that is similar to the ring structure described in FIGS. 6A-6D and includes all the states recited therein.
[0032] The pinned or hard layer 66 is magnetized in the +x direction. With the storage layer 62 in the first onion state 50, the resistance is low and in the second onion state 56 the resistance is high. In twisted states 52, 54, the resistance is intermediate, but in these states can be distinguished by applying a small field along the y-direction and looking at the change in resistance, since twisted states 52 and 54 respond differently to y-fields.
[0033] Other variations are possible, for example, by applying a large enough y-field to twisted states 52 or 54 to create a vortex state so each ring can store six possible states instead of four. Note that onion, vortex, and twisted states can be formed in a single ring. For readback, the resistance of the vortex state will be similar to that of twisted states 52 and 54, but the response to a small perturbing y-field will be different.
[0034] This method is not limited to circular rings. Rings with elliptical or other shapes can also support twisted states and can therefore be used for data storage. Pinning of one wall can be accomplished by a notch at the inner diameter as shown in FIG. 6, or by a notch at the outer diameter, a constriction, or other asymmetry of geometrical, compositional, or microstructural origin.
[0035] Magnetic rings containing twisted states can also be used in magnetic logic devices that store and process data. For example, 180° or 360° or more complex walls can be formed in a ring as illustrated in FIG. 6, then the walls can be transferred into a magnetic line or channel contacting the ring by application of a magnetic field. By allowing the magnetic lines from several rings to intersect, this enables the walls from several rings to be combined, or transferred onto yet another ring. This enables digital logic operations to be carried out in addition to data storage operations.
[0036] Although the present invention has been shown and described with respect to several preferred embodiments thereof, various changes, omissions and additions to the form and detail thereof, may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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I suddenly started getting an "InPageError" crash in VS last week. The error happens when attempting to open a solution or when trying to create a new project. It also happens when using msbuild from the command line.
I've tried everything that comes to mind to fix this, including numerous hours of research on the web. I applied quite a few updates from Windows Update last week, including updates for VS and for MS Office. I went through and removed all these, I uninstalled iTunes which I had just upgraded, and I uninstalled another application which I installed around the same time. I tried running VS in safe mode, and I tried resetting all VS settings to default. I ran chkdsk /f on my drive and it did find a few bad sectors and fixed them.
None of this seemed to help, so I decided to leave everything alone for a while (Friday to Sunday) and what do you know, suddenly VS came up without the crash yesterday, and worked flawless. After things started working yesterday I did reapply my VS settings, I reapplied Windows Updates, and I reinstalled the application I previously uninstalled. VS continued to work.
This morning, though, I'm getting the crash again, and I'm back to square one, not having any idea what the source of the problem is. So, anyone with a solution or insights?
"Microsoft Visual Studio has encountered a problem and needs to close."
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: InPageError
Error Status Code: c00000b5
Faulting Media Type: 00000003
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
I find two entries in the Windows Application Event Log:
Faulting application name: devenv.exe, version: 10.0.40219.1, time stamp: 0x4d5f2a73
Faulting module name: clr.dll, version: 4.0.30319.1008, time stamp: 0x517a1be7
Exception code: 0xc0000006
Fault offset: 0x00006680
Faulting process id: 0x130c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ceef89e76ac906
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\clr.dll
Report Id: 389154b1-5b7d-11e3-a7f8-f0def11d2248
Windows cannot access the file C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v4.0.30319_32\Microsoft.Build\de24e9111354bdacab0e578fe8146d9a\Microsoft.Build.ni.dll for one of the following reasons: there is a problem with the network connection, the disk that the file is stored on, or the storage drivers installed on this computer; or the disk is missing. Windows closed the program Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 because of this error.
Program: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
File: C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v4.0.30319_32\Microsoft.Build\de24e9111354bdacab0e578fe8146d9a\Microsoft.Build.ni.dll
The error value is listed in the Additional Data section.
User Action
1. Open the file again. This situation might be a temporary problem that corrects itself when the program runs again.
2. If the file still cannot be accessed and
- It is on the network, your network administrator should verify that there is not a problem with the network and that the server can be contacted.
- It is on a removable disk, for example, a floppy disk or CD-ROM, verify that the disk is fully inserted into the computer.
3. Check and repair the file system by running CHKDSK. To run CHKDSK, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the command prompt, type CHKDSK /F, and then press ENTER.
4. If the problem persists, restore the file from a backup copy.
5. Determine whether other files on the same disk can be opened. If not, the disk might be damaged. If it is a hard disk, contact your administrator or computer hardware vendor for further assistance.
Additional Data
Error value: C00000B5
Disk type: 3
I found some details about the errors:
0xC00000B5 STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT {Device Timeout} The specified I/O operation on %hs was not completed before the time-out period expired.
0xC0000006 STATUS_IN_PAGE_ERROR The instruction at 0x%08lx referenced memory at 0x%08lx. The required data was not placed into memory because of an I/O error status of 0x%08lx.


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Some old acquaintances are never forgotMiranda James is back in the tiny prairie town of Chatsworth, Saskatchewan, to work on a video biography of reclusive writer Warren Addison. While she's there, she hopes to help her best friend, Chad English, whose wife has kicked him out of the house. But his wife has always been jealous of Chad's relationship with Miranda, so maybe her presence won't really improve the situation. More important, is fixing their marriage what Miranda really wants?Warren Addison went to school with Miranda and Chad. He knows about Miranda's feelings for her best friend. But Warren has his own ideas about what's best for this woman. He hopes he can convince her before Christmas, before a family is torn apart-and before his heart is broken again.
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Charles Ornstein, in collaboration with Tracy Weber, was a lead reporter on a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times titled "The Troubles at King/Drew" hospital that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for public service in 2005. His ProPublica series, with Tracy Weber, "When Caregivers Harm: California's Unwatched Nurses" was a finalist for a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Ornstein reported for the Times starting in 2001, in the last five years largely in partnership with Weber. Earlier, Ornstein spent five years as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. He is president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and a former Kaiser Family Foundation media fellow.
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Veryn Parks, street musician - Jan 2009 - 2
Note: this photo was published in an undated (June 2011) "Pro Guitar Store" blog titled "John Peel Day."
Veryn Parks is a street musician who plays on Manhattan's Upper West Side; I noticed him this afternoon on Broadway & 88th Street, just after I had left the Ritz Camera store with a miraculously repaired Nikon D300 18-200mm zoom lens, and a sudden urge to use it to photograph something -- anything! -- to enjoy the pleasure of using my camera again.
I've noticed Veryn in this area on a few previous occasions, but I never photographed him before -- because I usually take "candid" photos of people on the street, when they're not aware of my presence. Veryn seems to watch everyone while he's playing, and I figured he would object to my photographic antics, so I left him alone...
But this time, I marched right up to him, asked him if he would mind taking his picture, and dropped some change into his open guitar case. He was quite friendly and agreeable, asked if he should spruce up and comb his hair ("no!" said I), and then kept on playing. Arlo_Guthrie's "City of New Orleans" and Billy Joel's "Piano Man" were two of the numbers he played while I wandered around and snapped him from several different angles...
Afterwards, I gave him one of my cards, and told him he'd be up on Flickr by the end of the day ... he seemed quite pleased, and thanked me profusely. But indeed it was I who should be thanking him; he brightened up my afternoon, and I can still hear the words of the songs he sang...
Thanks, Ed for shring this and all your other pics for us to enjoy. This has special meaning for me as I worked in nYC for a few years as a Limo Driver and also in Hotel Guest Services. My favorite part of being on the streets while walking to and from the Port Authority was the musicians who provided all the music I could afford. I rarely left from these 'concerts' without leaving a generous tip since I could barely afford the good seats at 'real' concerts. To me these were real, raw spontaneous performances - the best kind. The only other place I have seen similar stuff is in New Orleans.
This photo is in 2 albums
- My published photos, 2011 1210 photos and 7 videos
- Veryn Parks, street musician - Jan 2009 7 photos


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Frasier is still in the building
Season three of "Frasier" didn't hit as many comic highs the series achieved in season two - the brothers don't let their egos destroy restaurants, for example. Instead, in these 24 episodes, we get the kind of acerbically funny, occasionally hilarious character comedy that we came to expect from the show. Niles, who in this season leaves Maris, finds his attraction to...
Published on May 24 2004 by Richard LeComte
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars not that great
The premises for the episodes aren't as good. We don't really need to see relationships overlapping between Roz and Niles and Frasier and Daphne. That's just the typical thing to do. That's why I hate Friends. But, there are some good episodes in there. Ray Liotta, one of the most underrated actors ever, is a guest voice. So, it's all good. I'd get season one if I wasn't...
Published on May 25 2004 by Red
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Frasier is still in the building,
Richard LeComte "richlec" (Tuscaloosa, AL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
Season three of "Frasier" didn't hit as many comic highs the series achieved in season two - the brothers don't let their egos destroy restaurants, for example. Instead, in these 24 episodes, we get the kind of acerbically funny, occasionally hilarious character comedy that we came to expect from the show. Niles, who in this season leaves Maris, finds his attraction to caretaker Daphne (Jane Leeves) intensifying, especially in the episode "Moon Dance," in which two two dance at a society bash. Meanwhile, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) has a prolonged fling with his boss (Mercedes Ruehl). In one memorable episode - "The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl," the two accidentally broadcast their tryst. Frasier also has a close encounter with Diane Chambers (Shelley Long), who left him at the altar in "Cheers." (The episode, "The Show Where Diane Comes Back," features a classic "Cheers" spoof.) The shows frequently shun cheap laughs to build to a riotous conclusion. The extras are going downhill from the earlier collections.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Smart and Witty,
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
Another great season.
Includes all 24 episodes and extra material on all 4 discs which include:
1. The Crane Brothers Remember Season 3: Features Interviews With Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce
2. A Conversation With Art Director Roy Christopher
3. Bulldog Crazy
4. The Mystery Of Maris: The Breakup Begins
5. Celebrity Voices: Including Matthew Broderick, Carrie Fisher, Teri Garr, Laura Dern, Cyd Charisse, Ray Liotta, Jodie Foster, Joan Allen, Jane Pauley, David Duchovny and More!
Season 3 (1995-96) Episodes:
She's the boss, Shrink Rap, Martin Does It His Way, Leapin' Lizards, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, Sleeping with the Enemy (part 1), The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl (part 2), The Last Time I Saw Maris, Frasier Grinch, It's Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave, The Friend, Come Lie with Me, Moon Dance, The Show Where Diane Comes Back, A Word to the Wiseguy, Look Before You Leap, High Crane Drifter, Chess Pains, Crane vs. Crane, Police Story, Where There's Smoke There's Fired, Frasier Loves Roz, The Focus Group, You Can Go Home Again
Great video and sound quality.
A witty show which keeps the laughter coming.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of The Few Good Sitcoms On TV These Days!!!,
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
Frasier is a terrific show and as a spinoff from Cheers which was also a good show I have to say that I prefer Frasier because I find the humor to be wittier. The third season is coming out on DVD on May 25 and I'm sure it will be great and I recommend it! It's a shame that the current season will be it's last season because this is one of the few good sitcoms on TV these days!
5.0 out of 5 stars Hands-down the best sitcom ever!,
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
First of all, let's get a few things straight. "The Simpsons", "Seinfeld", M*A*S*H", "Cheers", "All in the Family", etc. are all great landmark tv shows worthy of being called brilliant and some of the all-time greats. But there is no doubt that "Frasier" (1993-2004) is the most consistenly funny and brilliant sitcom in American TV history. The writing, acting, direction are all top-notch and reached their first creative peak with seasons 2&3. This set is ESSENTIAL for "Frasier" fans or anyone who wants to watch some of the best comedy writing of this century (not an exaggeration). Five consecutive Emmys speaks volumes of all this, but I cannot praise this show enough. I mean I love all the above named shows a lot, but once you've seen them 2 or 3 times they lose their value and laugh-out-loud quality (except for "Seinfeld"). "Frasier" on the other hand is timeless, and the episodes from this season can be watched over and over and over again 200 years from now and people will still be laughing because of the quality of writing and direction of this series. As far as international TV is concerned, I consider "Frasier" to be to the USA what "Black Adder", "Fawlty Towers" or "Only Fools and Horses" is to the UK, i.e. the best show the country has ever produced. I recommend getting seasons 1-2 first and then immediately purchasing this one. Trust me you will not be dissapointed. Long live the Cranes!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars A new beginning! Act 3, Scene 1 coming?,
Andrew Hoover "Top 1 billion reviewer" (Walnut Creek, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
Frasier's season finale marks the start of a new era in the life of Dr. Crane. Remember, he didn't re-marry or settle on a new career...there's much more to come. It's possible Frasier's headed for Roz's small Wisconsin hometown to settle down, then retire in Hawai'i (Act 4). Can you imagine the comedic episodes, Frasier's upper-class style adapting to rural farm-town life?...maybe never, but years of great material.
I bought season three. No regrets. Side-splitting humor redux.
The episodes:
She's The Boss
Shrink Rap
Martin Does It His Way
Leapin' Lizards
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Sleeping With The Enemy
The Adventures Of Bad Boy And Dirty Girl
The Last Time I Saw Maris
Frasier Grinch
It's Hard To Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave
The Friend
Come Lie With Me
Moon Dance
The Show Where Diane Comes Back
A Word To The Wiseguy
Look Before You Leap
High Crane Drifter
Chess Pain
Crane Versus Crane
Police Story
Where There's Smoke There's Fired
Frasier Loves Roz
The Focus Group
You Can Go Home Again
& Special Features.
4.0 out of 5 stars GIVE US BETTER EXTRAS NEXT SEASON!,
Mac in NYC (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
This is a wonderful collection for those who care only about seeing their favorite Frasier episodes or the ones they missed. Hands down, Frasier is the wittiest, most imaginative sitcom since the Dick Van Dyke show. Only the brilliant, much-missed MST3K made me laugh out loud as consistently. I own Frasier Seasons One through Three, and even though I love watching my favorite episodes a second or third time, the extras are disappointing. The Bulldog featurette and the Maris extras on this Season Three set are snooze-worthy. Why rehash the same material that's on the disc? We fans want behind-the-scenes footage, rehearsal footage, bloopers, deleted scenes, etc. We want to see John Mahoney flub his lines and crack everyone up! And we all know that Moose is hardly a one-take dawg. I'm sure the producers have plenty of outtake reels hanging around. More commentary, outtakes, bloopers, deleted scenes, please, for Season Four!!! Please listen to your fans, Kelsey!
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Sitcom!!!,
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
I used to watch Cheers when it was still on NBC and I sometimes watch the reruns on TVland. Cheers is a good sitcom that is very witty but I prefer this spinoff, Frasier which I find to be wittier and as they recently had the series finale of Frasier I will miss the loss of this show when the new TV season starts. Both Frasier and that other wonderful NBC sitcom Friends will definitely be missed but at least you can buy complete seasons on DVD! Frasier's Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin and Jane Leeves are all topnotch and make this show so enjoyable and I recommend this third season DVD box set.
5.0 out of 5 stars It is a really great show...and that's final!,
E. Mardoqueo Siliezar "Marduk72" (San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
Never mind people telling you something different about this show...Frasier is one of the best comedy series of all times. It is really hilarous, witty and a great family-and-friends portrait of modern life with its ups and downs. But most of all, the cast is superb. You really get to care about this people and their mutual relationships, like Daphne and Niles for instance. So then,I suggest we heed Dr Crane when he says "lets live for the little joys and surprises that life can afford us" and drink in this marvelous work of enjoyment. Don't you agree?
5.0 out of 5 stars Always Frasier Perfect,
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Any season of Frasier is excellent. My entire family loves them and my 15 yr old can recite most episodes verbatim by now. The bad part is not being able to decide who to love more: the arrogant but loveable snobby brothers...the craggy old fart ex-cop father...the chipper but naive housekeeper/personal trainer...or any one of the glorious personalities that make up the bulk f the characters. Perpetually witty and LOL funny and more charm and style than one could think possible. Clever clever clever...and did I mention funny and witty as hell?
5.0 out of 5 stars The quick wit lives on!,
Frederick A. Babb "An Author," (http://www.frederickbabb.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frasier: Season 3 (DVD)
Frasier marked the end of the shows that thrived on quick wit and the constant juggle versus the occasional belly laugh. This collection is some of the best of the series and another reminder of an era that is started out with the likes of the Cosby Show, Night Court, Cheers and now is sadly coming to an end.
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