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It seems remarkable that a strategy involving a more aggressive use of a larger number of troops could result in fewer fatalities, but that appears to be the case. I don't know how to explain it other than by the hypothesis that the surge has been even more successful in degrading enemy capabilities than has commonly been recognized.
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There is something wrong with what passes for an economic development strategy in Memphis and Shelby County.
We argue about PILOTs and whether the highest property tax rate in the state contributes to an exodus from Memphis or whether it is the inability of city and county government to provide more government jobs with benefits that last a lifetime.
Meanwhile, in Mississippi, there are repeated success stories like the Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park in Marshall County with three major manufacturing and distribution tenants.
Those plants will almost certainly hire Memphians along with workers from Fayette and Marshall counties, all of whom need the jobs.
The point here is the jobs, isn't it?
We ask the question because our economic development strategy seems to be aimed at something other than jobs. It seems to be aimed at calculating revenue streams and government hoops to jump through.
Meanwhile, North Mississippi is prospering with not just private ownership but a coalition of private owners in the case of Marshall County's industrial park. The government sector focuses just on infrastructure and let's not forget Mississippi is pulling this off with a state income tax.
For all of our talk on this side of the state line about the regional nature of economic development, Mississippi is providing the jobs that will draw workers from the region, including Memphis. The goods made at the industrial park near Byhalia will move through Memphis intermodal facilities.
Proximity to Memphis is the key to the success in Marshall County, yet being in Memphis is not.
The lesson is we still aren't doing this right – even after all of the mental gymnastics in the last two years that created EDGE (Economic Development Growth Engine) – a one-stop shop that really isn't one stop but all of the old stops plus a new one under an umbrella.
It's not like we are without the ingredients for this kind of success. We have Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park in Southwest Memphis, its access dramatically improved.
Presidents Island could grow by 1,500 acres in terms of developable real estate as it builds railroad capacity – a doubling of developed space in the industrial area.
There are a few important points to remember about what is happening in Marshall County. It took 15 years of work for leaders of the effort there to see results. Those 15 years included the recession we are still recovering from – the recovery our leaders continue to say we want to be ready for.
The industrial park is being marketed on several levels by the owners and by government entities using a common set of standards.
There is a strategy that is working to provide good paying jobs for Memphians and others in the region. The strategy is on the other side of the state line.
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Two sculptures dedicated to the TWU Library in September 1996 by Valerie M. Bentz, former associate professor in sociology at TWU. The artist, David Shipley, is from Lubbock, TX. He attended the Dallas Art Institute, the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, the University of Texas and Texas Tech University.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lewis Neal scored in stoppage time and D.C. United beat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Saturday night to clinch its first playoff berth in five seasons.
Marcelo Saragosa and Nick DeLeon also scored for United (17-10-6). The Washington club ran its unbeaten streak to six games and helped eliminate the Crew (14-12-7) from playoff contention.
The win also pushed United's club home unbeaten streak to 16 (12-0-4). United won the last of its four MLS titles in 2004.
Eddie Gaven and Jairo Arrieta each scored their ninth goals of the season for Columbus.
But the Crew failed to preserve two leads, and saw their playoff hopes end when the Houston Dynamo sealed a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union about 15 minutes later.
United would've clinched one of five Eastern Conference playoff spots with a draw, but can now finish no worse than fourth and is guaranteed at least one home playoff game.
They moved ahead of the Chicago Fire and into second place in the Eastern Conference, and could win the conference with a win at Chicago and a Sporting Kansas City loss in the season finales next weekend.
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Also in the former category, Matt Labash has a piece written from a believer's perspective with a good-natured "interfaith dialogue" on the film in the new issue of the Weekly Standard: "Popcorn and passion." (I'd like to do the same with Rocket Man on Power Line if I could, but I don't share the warm feelings of Labash's Jewish interlocutor toward the film.)
In the latter category, Rabbi Lapin's National Review Online piece on the insipid response of Jewish organizational spokesmen to the film is excellent: "The dividers." As far as his column goes, Rabbi Lapin speaks for me. As Rabbi Lapin suggests, the efforts of these organzational spokesmen directed at a phenomenon such as "The Passion of the Christ" frequently seem calculated to alienate the closest friends and allies of the Jewish people. Rabbi Lapin, however, does not appear to have seen the film as of the time he wrote the NRO column.
I didn't read Jon Meacham's Newsweek cover story on the film until after I went to see it last night. His article summarizes the historical context of the story and the gospel accounts on which the film is based: "Who killed Jesus?" It's a useful article if you, like me, need some reminders to help differentiate Gibson from the gospels in the film's details.
As I wrote in "The passion of Billy Jack," I went to "The Passion of the Christ" wanting to like it, but I didn't. My purpose in that post was to come indirectly to Gibson's defense (not that he himself needs it) against the mean-spirited attacks on him from enemies of Christian belief.
I hope that the film renews the faith of lukewarm Christians and deepens the faith of believers. However, the praise bestowed on the film by Novak and other intelligent viewers did not accord with my experience (as a nonbeliever) viewing the film, and I want to make a few observations in the spirit of inquiry suggesting why.
First, I found the depiction of the temple establishment throughout the movie to be revolting. Caiaphas and the rest are extraordinarily crude and cruel figures. They are all bearded bigwigs dressed in finery and look remarkably alike. The fabricated elements of the trial scene that are specified in Meacham's article made me extremely uncomfortable. Gibson in addition shows Caiaphas following Jesus around to witness his suffering and death. Why?
Second, I found the depiction of Pontius Pilate to be somewhat weird. If there is responsibility to be apportioned among humanity for the death of Jesus, this film shifts it away from the Romans and in the direction of the Jews. Given the fact that crucifixion was a solely Roman punishment, Pilate is an unbelievably reluctant executioner. To Pilate's initial reluctance and hesitation Gibson adds the discouragement by Pilate's wife Claudia of Jesus' execution.
Claudia looks on the proceedings soulfully from the wings. Unlike the "filthy [Jewish] rabble" vociferously demanding the crucifixion of Jesus, Mrs. P. sees that Jesus is a holy man (I believe it is Mrs. P. who says "sanctus est" — "he is holy"; the Latin is intoned here in the accent of the traditional Catholic mass). If I am not mistaken, the evidence to support this characterizaton is pretty skimpy. What's going on here?
Third, I found the film's depiction of the pre-crucifixion torture of Jesus to be an absurd artifact of Hollywood. The repeated beating, scourging, whipping, and flaying inflicted by the film's Romans would have disabled or killed him long before he reached Golgotha. The depiction of the filleted flesh of Jesus likewise seems absurd. The slow-mo, repeated falls that Jesus takes carrying the cross look like something out of the late "Rocky" sequels.
The camera seems to revel in the blood of Jesus. His blood is spattered liberally throughout the final 45 minutes of the film, a kind of Passion a la Tarentino. All in all, the Passion portrayed in the film comes across to me like a Biblical spaghetti epic. The failings here seem both artistic and intellectual.
Fourth, I found myself wondering how this movie would be seen by Arabs and Muslims — the kind of Arabs and Muslims that surround Israel. I think Gibson's film is crude in ways that would make it popular viewing on Arab television outlets that otherwise specialize in 45-part serializations of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
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A burglary suspect being held at gunpoint by officers stole a car at knifepoint at a convenience store and led officers on a high speed chase in North and South Carolina before being taken into custody Sunday, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said Chad Hollingsworth, 34, of 280 S. Lee St., Chesnee, was arrested near Lake Blalock following the incident and taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A Chesnee police officer fired shots at Hollingsworth but he was not hit. The suspect was hit with Tasers during a confrontation with Chesnee police, Wright said.
Hollingsworth was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Facility about 7:50 p.m. and was charged with aggravated assault and battery, blue light violation, reckless driving, second-offense driving under suspension and a Pacolet magistrate court bench warrant, according to online jail records.
According to a written statement and incident report from the sheriff's office, a deputy responded to assist a Chesnee officer with a burglary suspect. The deputy arrived on Highway 221 to find the officer standing in the middle of the highway with Hollingsworth, who was holding a knife. The officer and deputy drew their guns on Hollingsworth, the incident report states.
Hollingsworth tried to get into a truck there, but then went to a house on North Alabama Avenue in Chesnee, though officers had him at gunpoint and ordered him to stop, according to the report. Hollingsworth tried to open the front door of the house and the deputy shot him with a Taser. The Taser seemed to have no effect on Hollingsworth, who ran to the Hot Spot on Highway 221 near the Cherokee County line, Wright said. At the gas station, he succeeded in taking a Monte Carlo parked at a gas pump with the keys in the ignition. Officers again ordered Hollingsworth to drop his knife,
Hollingsworth got into the Monte Carlo and both the sheriff's deputy and Chesnee officer tried to get him out of the car, the report states. Hollingsworth began to drive away and the deputy removed himself from the car. The report states that the Chesnee officer was still in the driver's side as Hollingsworth drove away, and the deputy heard two gunshots before the officer got away from the car.
Hollingsworth led deputies from Spartanburg, Cherokee and Rutherford County in North Carolina on what Wright called a high speed chase, before he drove back into Spartanburg County. Deputies lost him, but one deputy checked known drug areas in the northern part of Spartanburg County and found Hollingsworth, and the chase began again, according to Wright.
Two Spartanburg deputies were able to hit the Monte Carlo, causing Hollingsworth to crash on Casey Creek Road. Hollingsworth climbed out of the car window and ran, but deputies hit him with a Taser again and he was handcuffed, Wright said.
"This potentially could have been as ugly as you wanted it to get," Wright said. "I'm glad the suspect didn't die. Deputies had two opportunities to shoot the guy, but they didn't. I'm proud of these officers, and this is why I'm always asking County Council for a pay raise for them. They do more than what we pay them."
The State Law Enforcement Division is also investigating, which is standard when officers fire their guns.
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- Runners who have previously completed the Two Oceans Half, Ultra and Trail Runs can enter from Thursday, 1 November 2012 (limited to 10 000).
- Runners who have not previously run the Two Oceans Marathon (all novices) and previous runners who missed the first entry batch can enter from Tuesday 15 January 2013 (guaranteed 6000 entries will be made available).
- Substitutions, upgrades and seeding changes can be done from Tuesday, 15 January until Wednesday, 20 February manually (5 March online).
- Entrants seeded in block A, B, C & D will start at 06:00, E batch starts at 06:10. Friday runners start at 06:00.
- Entry fee remains at R95 (Africa entry fee is R300, International R500).
- Temporary licence fee is R35.
- Substitution fee is R80 - upgrade fee is the difference between entry fee + R80 admin fee.
- RaceTec timing chip is R120 for those who don't own one.


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I'm a British Citizen. I'm honest, hard working, and only ever perform to the best of my ability. All work I carry out is always to a high standard and all working areas are left clean and tidy. If I can't do every aspect of the job I will know a man who can!
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BJM-FENCING AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN55 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
BJM-FENCING the most friendly and reliable fencing and landscaping company in essex and surrounding areas. family business. free and reliable no obligation quote. 20+ yrs experience. you wont be disappointed, very professional and reliable. realistic prices
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Level Construction41 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
Hi my name is Mike my partner Andy and i are the owners of Level Construction. We are a respectable company have been trading 15 years we have many satisfied customers we are competitive with prices and professional with our work. All works and materials supplied by Level...
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MP Fencing30 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
I'm Mark Phillips, owner of MP Fencing. A small, trustworthy company, offering an excellent level of service at a sensible price. We also do hard landscaping, giving the customer a variety of options for their outdoor living space.
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Bell fencing32 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
A well-established local business based in the heart of the north Essex countryside specialising in all varieties of domestic, commercial and agricultural fencing, as well as gates (including automated gates), decking, garden sheds & car ports. Bell Fencing Ltd will be...
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Charfleets Fencing30 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
Charfleets Fencing Ltd is a family run business that caters to all fencing requirements. From Feather Edge to picket fences - we offer a supply only service as well as a supply and fit service. Our installations team are courteous and the fencing we install is made with care...
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MTH Fencing19 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
MTH Fencing are a popular Fencing Company in Clacton. We are an established fencing company with a dedicated team of Fencers in Clacton, Colchester & Ipswich. We are committed to transforming your outdoor space with the highest quality of fencing, gates, trellises, posts,...
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FJ Landscapes44 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
We offer a wide range of Landscaping, Fencing and Gardening services in Braintree and surrounding areas including: Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, Silver End, Cressing, White Notley, Black Notley, Great Notley and other local areas. We offer a friendly and professional...
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Woodham Fencing and Landscapes14 Feedback reviews, 93% positive
Woodham Fencing is owned and managed by Peter Knight and Josh Rolfe. With over 20 years of combined fencing & landscaping experience, we offer a high quality supply and installation service. We are passionate about their work and are committed to delivering excellent...
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J E Contractors66 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
As a family business we have spent 25 years taking pride in creating some of the finest driveways and patios throughout the UK. JE Contractors have enjoyed every landscaping design challenge we've had and takes pride in being one of the best.
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TS Fencing & Landscaping15 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
TS Fencing & Landscaping undertakes the jobs you don't want or cannot do. Our aim is to warrant a professional service for less, to improve your garden on a budget with the ideas created by you. We carry out garden renovations from small to large projects, including general...
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D&G Paving8 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
I have over 30 years experience in the construction industry, specialising in paving for the last 10 years. The majority of the work I have undertaken in this time has been "word of mouth" and have a good reputation in this area within Essex. I have full public...
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S. Temple Landscapes27 Feedback reviews, 89% positive
Hi I'm Shane Temple I'm part of a family run business, which has been trading for over 25 years. We provide polite, friendly and reliable service. All aspects of landscaping and building work. References available on request if required.
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DND Fencing10 Feedback reviews, 100% positive
DND Fencing offers over 15 years experience in the fencing trade. All aspects of fencing undertaken. All of our materials are handmade to the highest quality. From new installations to repairs and maintenance on existing fences, gates, posts and gravel boards. We also do...
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Ely Green115 Feedback reviews, 99% positive
Ely Green are professional experienced Landscapers who specialise in groundworks, fencing and driveways. We take pride in our work and work closely with all of our clients to develop accurate and practical designs. We always offer a professional, friendly service. Free...
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CME Group Inc., the owner of the world's largest futures market, applied to create a new kind of venue known as a swap execution facility that will initially focus on trading commodities derivatives.
The Chicago-based exchange operator said today that it's seeking U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission permission to form the market. Other companies that have asked for or received approval to create one include IntercontinentalExchange Inc., ICAP Plc, Tradeweb Markets LLC, GFI Group Inc. and Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP, according to the CFTC website.
The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 has provisions designed to shift swaps, which helped fuel the 2008 credit crisis, from largely unregulated transactions negotiated off exchanges to more transparent trading on systems including SEFs, which the CFTC and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission oversee. CME Group is seeking to tap into that market after the CFTC completed rules governing the trades in May, opening up competition in the $633 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market.
The exchange operator has focused more heavily on guaranteeing swaps with its clearinghouse than it has on providing execution services, though it never closed the door to venturing into creating a SEF, Rich Repetto, an analyst at Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP in New York, said in a telephone interview. The dealer banks that created the over-the-counter, or OTC, market 30 years ago have pushed back against some of CME Group's past efforts to offer trading services, he said.
'Fine Line'
CME Group's application "doesn't come as a complete surprise to me, but it's a step up in their OTC strategy," he said. "It gives them a broader opportunity set, but they're walking a fine line in maintaining a strong relationship with the dealers."
CME Group has stumbled in past efforts to offer trading for OTC derivatives. In 2009 it said it would provide both trading and clearing of credit-default swaps through its CMDX platform, a joint-venture with Chicago-based Citadel LLC.
Leo Melamed, CME Group's chairman emeritus, said in 2009 that bank customers resisted that proposal to offer both trading and clearing through CMDX. The banks wanted to trade the contracts among themselves or with clients and then bring them to CME Group to be cleared, he said.
"We started a little wrong," Melamed said at the time.
Trailing ICE
That led to a delay in CME Group's credit swap service that gave competitor IntercontinentalExchange, known as ICE, time to take the lead. CME Group has cleared $372 billion in credit swaps since it first offered the service in December 2009. That compares with $44 trillion for ICE since it began its service in March 2009.
In 2008, CME Group and Thomson Reuters Corp. ended their FXMarketSpace joint venture, which offered currency trading, after it faced difficulty attracting business for cleared OTC products from the investment banks that dominate the private transactions.
"In registering as a SEF, we're providing our customers with the greatest operational flexibility possible," Damon Leavell, a CME Group spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement. "That has always been a goal. And, even in the early days of Dodd-Frank, we always said we reserved the right to operate a SEF depending on how the market evolved."
Unlike with futures, swaps users will be able to trade the contracts on one venue and clear them at the clearinghouse of their choice. In futures, exchanges control both the execution and clearing of trades.
The requirement that swaps trade on SEFs becomes effective on Oct. 2. The CFTC has so far approved applications from Bloomberg, GFI, MarketAxess Holdings Inc., State Street Corp. and Tradeweb, which is majority owned by Thomson Reuters Corp., to operate the markets, according to the regulator's website.
Before trading can start on a SEF, the operator must submit a request to the CFTC for the specific swaps it wants to offer, known as a made-available-to-trade application. That process may take up to 90 days to receive CFTC approval.
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text: Okay, so this whole pump weaning thing is so unnatural for me since I have been obessed with my supply for the last year and it makes me very nervous. DD will be a year on Wednesday and I need and want to stop pumping during the day. Prior to my weaning I pumped at the following times and got the following amounts: Nursed at 5:30am, pumped 2oz at 7:30am, pumped 3-4oz at 10:30, pumped 3-4oz at 2:00pm, nursed upon returning home at 5, nursed baby to sleep at 7:30-8pm, and nursed as needed throughout the night. Prior to pump weaning DD was pretty much sleeping through the night entirely w/o waking at all till morning for a little over a week. Now that I'm pump weaning she has been waking at least once sometimes twice during the night. This week I've dropped the 7:30am pump and changed the other two pumps to 9:30am and 2:30am. So I've basically gone from pumping approximately every 3 hours (other than the first which is 2 hours after 1st nursing session of the day) to pumping every 5 hours. The first day my breasts didn't feel uncomfortable full but I did sense something different about the way the felt especially after work right before I nurse baby. From the second day on I don't feel a thing. Definitely not any uncomfortableness at all. Now in the 2 sessions of pumping I'm getting about 4oz or so. This seems too easy. Next week I planned on going to 1 pump a day right before or around lunchtime. Could DD be waking more often again because my pump weaning is so successful and my supply is dropping altogether? I think she may have also triggered my supply to decrease last week during our extended weekend due to not wanting to nurse as often or as long as she used to. I'm just so afraid of losing the only tool I have to get her to sleep at night. She is usually wide awake around bedtime until I take her into the bedroom and start nursing her. And the only way I have known to get her to sleep again in the middle of the night is nursing. Everybody thinks we're going to be completly done nursing once she turns a year and tries to give me tips on how to get her to sleep without it (i.e. holding her close and giving her a bottle). Granted this is coming from people with formula feed babies so they don't realize that it is just as much if not more trouble for me to get up in the middle of the night to get a bottle ready and give it to the baby. I can at least rest my eyes while she nurses with her cradled safely in my arms versus having to hold a bottle to her mouth. I'm also worried about whether or not she likes cow's milk but from other posts it sounds like if I continue our 3 normal nursing sessions during the week and on demand on the weekends she should be fine with other added dairy. This whole concept just makes me nervous because it goes against everything I've been doing for the past year. I guess I just need some assurance that DD will be fine with whatever supply I have left after the pump weaning and that I am going about it the right way. Sorry I rambled!


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Woodworkers are always looking for a better way to flatten the top of their workbench after they finish building it, or when the top has gone out of truth for some reason.
I like using a handplane to flatten benchtops, which takes about 45 minutes on average. Other people build a special router jig that attaches temporarily to the bench.
During the workbench-building class last week at Kelly Mehler's School of Woodworking, I joked with student Andre Strzembosz that it was a shame we couldn't just run the assembled bench (all 350 pounds of it) over a jointer and be done with it.
Then Andre got a funny look in his eyes.
Andre has a friend with a Martin jointer that is about 20" wide, which is perfect for these benches, which came out at just under 20" wide.
Here's what happened when Andre returned home with his bench in his truck.
"I backed my truck to the door of the shop, slid the bench onto a hydraulic lift cart and then moved the bench on to my friend's jointer," Andre wrote in an e-mail. "We made two passes, at 2 mm each, and the top is as flat as I could wish it. We pushed the bench back to the door, and slid it down into the bed of my truck, and headed back home."
He sent these photos. All I can say is: dang.
— Christopher Schwarz
Read the other stories in this series:
• French Workbench – Monday
• French Workbench – Tuesday
• French Workbench – Wednesday
• French Workbench – Thursday
• French Workbench – Friday
• French Workbench – Saturday
P.S. Oh, and if you like this workbench, the complete plans for it are in my latest book, The "Workbench Design Book," which is available for $34.99 in our store with free domestic shipping.
And here's a link to a PDF, "Flatten a Workbench's Top," click here.


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Title: Nanometer-scale Thermometry of Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Phase Change Memory
Speaker: Kyle Grosse, Graduate Student in Mechanical Science and Engineering with Prof. William P. King
We report improvements in quantitative thermometry with resolutions of 50 nm and 10 mK, and the application of this thermometry to study the temperature field in new and novel electronic materials, including graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST). Graphene and CNTs are candidates for post-silicon electronics, and GST has promise for phase change memory (PCM) applications. Thermometry is accomplished by an atomic force microscopy (AFM) based technique known as Scanning Joule Expansion Microscopy (SJEM). We directly observe Joule heating across a graphene grain boundary due to inter-grain transport. We have measured the temperature field arising from individual semiconducting and metallic CNTs. Finally, we report measurements of Joule and thermoelectric heating in GST.
Title: Heated AFM Microcnatilever Arrays: Thermal Crosstalk and Diamond Tip Integration
Speaker: Joon Kim, Graduate Student in Mechanical Science and Engineering with Prof. William P. King
Heated atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilevers can be scaled to large arrays for high throughput imaging and nano-writing. Two key challenges of heated AFM cantilever array are thermal crosstalk and tip wear. First, we report detailed characterization and analysis of thermal crosstalk in a heated microcantilever array, where the heating of a single cantilever can induce temperature rise in a neighbor cantilever. The fabricated heated cantilever array consists of five identical independently controlled heated cantilevers. We analyzed thermal crosstalk in either steady or transient operating conditions while the array is either in contact with a substrate or freely suspended in air.
In addition, we report wear-resistant ultrananocrystalline (UNCD) diamond tips integrated onto arrays of heated AFM cantilevers. The UNCD tips are batch-fabricated and have apex radii of approximately 10 nm and heights up to 7 μm. The tips were shown to be wear resistant throughout 1.2 m of scanning on a single-crystal silicon grating at a force of 200 nN and a speed of 10 μm/s. Under the same conditions, a silicon tip was completely blunted. We demonstrate the use of these heated cantilevers for thermal imaging in both contact mode and intermittent contact mode, with a vertical imaging resolution of 1.9 nm. The potential application to nanolithography was also demonstrated, as the tip wrote hundreds of polyethylene nanostructures.
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Real estate courses designed to help students prepare for broker and salesperson licensure in Maryland are being offered in January by the continuing education division at Wor-Wic Community College on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.
Real estate agents interested in becoming licensed brokers or associate brokers can benefit from taking "Commercial, Investment and Industrial Properties," which will meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 20 through Feb. 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This course, in combination with "General Real Estate Law," which begins Feb. 24, and "Maryland Law and Property Valuation," which begins March 24, provides the mandated 135 hours of training to meet the education requirements to become a licensed real estate broker or associate broker.
Anyone interested in a career as a real estate salesperson can benefit from taking "Real Estate Principles and Practices," which is designed to help students develop an understanding of finance, insurance, contracts, settlements, real estate law, ethics, appraisal techniques and regulations. The class will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 25 through April 7, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This course provides the mandated 60 hours of training to meet the education requirements to become a licensed real estate salesperson.
For more information, call (410) 334-2815.


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C. Electronic and paper applications must be received by April 8, 2018. Application deadline may be extended. (See details of Schedule and Contact). Students who miss this deadline may still apply, but should contact the LL.M. Coordinators in advance. Students also have the option to apply at another point in the calendar year and commence with one of the other components of the program. For more information contact firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
D. Applicants must complete the Cover Page as part of the application.
E. Only typed or printed material will be reviewed.
F. The diploma and the transcript of the academic record must be official copies prepared by the university. If the document is not in English, a certified translation is required. The Applicant must sign the paper version of each Essay and the CV.
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Sony Vaio Pro SVP-1x21
This document will guide you through the process of installing Arch Linux on the 2013 Sony Vaio Pro Haswell based Ultrabook. From what we've seen, this laptop seems to be very Arch friendly! :)
- 1 Features
- 2 Pre-installation
- 3 Installation
- 4 Post-installation
- 5 Hardware support
- 6 Summary of known issues
- Intel Haswell Series CPU (4200U/4500U)
- 4/8GB of DDR3 1600MHz RAM
- 128 to 512GB SSD with read speeds over 1GB/s
- 11/13" LED-backlit 1080p IPS screen
- Optional touchscreen
- Backlit keyboard
- Webcam
- Wireless: WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth, NFC
- Sensors: ambilight
- Ultra low weight; around 1.1kg for the 13" model
BIOS Configuration
Get into the BIOS by pushing the assist button when the system is shut off and then hitting Start BIOS Setup. Do not try to boot from your usb key using recovery mode, instead change the boot order in the BIOS. Make the following changes:
Intel(R) AT Support System [Disabled] Secure Boot [Disabled] External Device Boot [Enabled] Select 1st Boot Priority [External Device]
If you want to use the legacy boot (non-EFI), change:
Boot Mode [Legacy]
Install media
- Important! Do NOT use the usb port labelled with a lightning bolt, you will never get it to even boot.
- When booting from USB you might need to append
libata.force=noncqto the kernel parameters to avoid problems with the SSD. You may even need to make this a persistent kernel parameter when booting from the SSD after installation.
- When installing via UEFI from USB create an UEFI bootable USB from ISO
Internet connection
Works as expected as of kernel version 3.11
Picking a bootloader
Inside the chroot UEFI variables might not be available. To make them available for installing the bootloader, run
mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
Works as expected. Make sure to mount
/dev/sda3 under
/boot to install Gummiboot to the existing EFI system partiton.
Some users are unable to run the install.
Dual-boot Windows 8
Windows 8 fast boot mode overwrites your EFI variables. To keep your bootloader in working order, fast boot needs to be disabled. In cmd.exe as Administrator:
powercfg /h off
The laptop firmware seems to have a preference to boot Windows even when other bootmanagers are present.
A solution is to move your bootloader to a recognised location such as
/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi [1]
Works as expected.
- For a faster boot, don't forget to undo these BIOS settings:
External Device Boot [Disabled] Select 1st Boot Priority [Internal Drive]
- If you want all the power from the Haswell CPU, install a RC of the 3.12 kernel (linux-mainlineAUR).
Hardware support
Issues regarding getting full performance are being fixed in Linux kernel 3.12. 3.11 is working fine, just has no turbo.
Works good with the xf86-video-intel driver. For instuctions on installing and configuring, see the Intel Graphics article.
As the Installation guide suggests, install alsa-utils and follow this guide to get started. Works out of the box, although main sound card may have index 1, making it non-default (index 0 is taken by Intel HDMI). To fix this, edit /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf (near line 68):
defaults.ctl.card 1 defaults.pcm.card 1
The Intel 7260 WiFi card is supported in Linux kernel 3.11 or newer.
Touch screen
Tapping works out of the box. Multitouch gestures do not work.
Keyboard backlight
Works out of the box. Enables in low amblient light and a key press, turns off after about 20s.
Can be customized by modifying
kbd_backlight and
kbd_backlight_timeout found in:
A simple shell script for toggling the backlight, bind to a keyboard shortcut for easy use:
#!/bin/sh path="/sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/kbd_backlight" if [ $(<$path) -eq 1 ] then newval=0 else newval=1 fi echo "$newval" > $path
Make sure that you can write to this file without root privileges:
# chmod 777 /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/kbd_backlight
Monitor backlight control
Works out of the box with xorg-xbacklight. By default the backlight is only adjusted by 1% per button press. This can easily be fixed by binding those keys to a xorg-xbacklight command. DM:s like Xfce does take larger steps by default.
With KDE 1% adjustment can be fixed by kernel module parameter video.brightness_switch_enabled=0. This will disable kernel driver 1% adjustment, then KDE PowerDevil correctly adjust brightness by 10% and shows gauge window. There is no need to bind keys.
Works great with the xf86-input-synaptics driver. A good base config can be found here.
Works very well out of the box.
Toggle TouchPad via Fn+F1
The hotkey that toggles the TouchPad can be configured using acpid. Create the following two files to do so:
event=button.fnf1 FNF1 action=/etc/acpi/actions/toggle-touchpad.sh "%e"
#! /bin/sh PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin" # Modern method, for Linux 3.11 or later. sys_enable_file=/sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/touchpad if [ -r "$sys_enable_file" ]; then read -r is_currently_enabled < "$sys_enable_file" echo > "$sys_enable_file" $((1 - $is_currently_enabled)) else # Older method: have the X11 driver do it export DISPLAY=:0 USER=`who | grep ':0' | grep -o '^\w*' | head -n1` if [ "$(su "$USER" -c "synclient -l" | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{print $3}')" == "0" ]; then su "$USER" -c "synclient TouchpadOff=1" else su "$USER" -c "synclient TouchpadOff=0" fi fi
Fan control
Works well out of the box. It stays quiet during normal load. Change profile by editing
thermal_control found in:
Available profiles can be found in
thermal_profiles in the same directory.
Set the maximum charge to 50/80/100% by modifying
battery_charge_limiter found in:
In order for changes to take effect, it may be necessary to execute:
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/battery_care_limiter
USB ports
Some users are having issues with the usb port labeled with a lightning bolt not working for anything but charging. This is a known issue for many Sony laptops.
SD card slot
Works out of the box.
Works out of the box with neardAUR.
Works out of the box.
Works out of the box.
Internal mic
Not working for some users. A fix has been committed to the kernel in 3.12-rc5.
Summary of known issues
- Haswell turbo is not supported in kernel 3.11.
- Some users are having trouble with the internal Mic showing as "Unavailable" to pulse and not working. (fix is merged linux 3.12-rc5)
- Only one usb port fully working for some users.


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Taiwanese Animators Render Our Terrafugia Flying Car Dreams
My enthusiasm for the Terrafugia Transition flying car has never waned, but after seeing it through the eyes of Taiwanese's Next Media Animation I'm even more excited about the prospect. Imagine flying around with Gary Busey and his weird Back To The Future shirt. Just remember to alwa—- OMG WATCH OUT FOR THAT PLANE!


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Endurance Test: Lie-Nielsen No. 4-1/2 Smoothing Plane
Heavy, precisely made and surprisingly easy to wield.
By Christopher Schwarz
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From the August 2005 issue #149
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Woodworkers tend to get obsessed with their smoothing planes. No other plane requires as much tuning and no other plane rewards its user with the same gossamer shavings. I have 10 smoothers (I can quit any time, dear) and so it's always interesting to observe which one I unconsciously reach for.
In all honesty, it's not this plane. For most smoothing tasks I favor the Lie-Nielsen No. 4 in bronze, equipped with a high-angle frog.
But whenever I have a tabletop or large cabinet side, the No. 4-1/2 is the plane I grab. And as I put it to work I always wonder why I don't use it more. It is a jewel.
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Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong Welcomes Back General Manager Franz Donhauser
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong welcomes back Franz Donhauser to succeed Wolfgang Krueger as general manager.
Mr. Donhauser is no stranger to Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, where he held the same position from 2002 to 2008. Marking his return, Mr. Donhauser will oversee the overall hotel operation, which includes an extended family of over 850 colleagues, 565 guestrooms and 8 distinct restaurants.
An experienced hotelier, Mr. Donhauser grew up in Austria, where his ancestors owned and operated a small family hotel for many generations. Most recently, he was general manager of Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, which he led to achieve notable awards and improvements.
Prior to joining the Shangri-La group, Mr. Donhauser was the general manager of ANA Grand Hotel Vienna, Austria. He has held several key positions with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, both in Asia and overseas, gaining exposure in both city and resort hotels. Earlier in his career, he worked in various positions in Switzerland, Thailand, Korea, Singapore and Australia. He commenced his professional career at the Hotel Bristol, Vienna and was educated at the Hotel Management School D. Speiser, Tegernsee, Germany.
"I think what makes Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong a great hotel is the fantastic, helpful and extremely efficient people working here," said Mr. Donhauser. "It's an absolute honour and pleasure to be back working here again and I look forward to leading the team into much greater heights, guided by Shangri-La's unique brand of hospitality – hospitality from the heart."


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In December 2011, Kelley Blue Book ran a feature about the best redesigned cars for 2012. The automobiles varied from Mercedes-Benz convertibles to Honda SUV's to Volkswagen Beetles, and the descriptions were festooned with words like "bolder" and "sexier" and even "grrrr."
This kind of language is what car companies hope to hear when an automobile is redesigned. They want to hear that old flaws have been addressed and new elements have been introduced that will make it more desirable to the consumer.
Unfortunately, not all redesigns win accolades. In fact, some garner outright hostility for their "improvements." What follows is a list of redesigned cars, provided by Karl Brauer, CEO and editor-in-chief of TotalCarScore.com, an online review aggregator and information resource for cars currently on the market.
The redesigns on this list not only didn't improve on the existing models, but may have made buyers wish they could have the old models back, according to TotalCarScore.com. Far from including words like "bold" or "sexy," the list was dotted with less desirable terms, such as "uninspired" and "thud."
Read ahead and see which cars made TotalCarScore.com's list of car redesign failures.
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AAPT was established in 1930 with the fundamental goal of ensuring the "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching." Founders, Homer L. Dodge, Paul E. Klopsteg, and William S. Webb, led the effort to organize the first association dedicated to improving physics education. Today that vision is supported by members around the world.
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Speaking to Cornell audiences about my suggestions for seniors and talking to my own students, I began to realize that students need to focus on planning at a much earlier stage than their senior year. Colleges and universities are becoming increasingly proactive about providing resources to help your planning. For example, the Cornell College of Arts and Sciences now has an Assistant Dean Director of Career Services. So drawing upon my 46 years as a professor since arriving in 1968 at Cornell, and realizing that others will have additional suggestions, here I go with nineteen suggestions for sophomores who more often than not are nineteen years old. I would foreground my first three suggestions but after that there is no order.
1) Sophomore year is a time to think about the future—whether it be employment or further education or a combination of both. With the future in mind, you should choose your college major, your summer employment and internships, your community service, and at least some of your extra-curricula activities. Think about preparing yourself for graduate school—medical, law, masters or Ph.D.—and find out what the requirements are. Many MBA programs prefer some years of work before graduate school.
Develop your character in terms of self-knowledge, integrity, leadership, compassion, and judgment. Who you are becoming is as important as what skills you are developing.
2) Do not think of your career plans or even your choice of major in terms of future earnings but in terms of future satisfaction. Joy in work and joy in personal life are what give life meaning.
3) If you are in the wrong program, think about changing it because after the sophomore year you will have invested even more time and energy in a program. If you are in the wrong college, think about transferring. After your sophomore year, such changes become more difficult.
4) Be sure to choose an advisor who is interested in you and meet with your advisor regularly. Do not limit yourself to email communication. If you advisor doesn't keep his or her office hours, get another one. I recommend that if possible you choose an advisor who has been your teacher because those who have taught you will know you better than an assigned advisor.
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U.S. stocks rose, snapping a four-day slump and halting a global slide, as retailers led gains after reporting better-than-estimated earnings. Ten-year Treasury yields retreated from the highest levels since 2011 and the dollar weakened.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 0.6% to 1,656.03 at 2:37 p.m. in New York, rebounding from a six-week low. The MSCI All-Country World Index was little changed after erasing a drop of as much as 0.7% while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index slid 0.8% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index tumbled 1.2%. Ten-year Treasury yields slid six basis points to 2.82% while oil slipped 2%. The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index retreated 0.3%.
Best Buy Co., Urban Outfitters Inc. and TJX Cos. led gains in the S&P 500 after earnings beat estimates. Investors withdrew $8.4 billion from emerging-market exchange-traded funds this year as weakening economies from India to Indonesia fueled pessimism in markets already concerned the Federal Reserve will start cutting bond purchases in September. The central bank publishes minutes of its July meeting tomorrow.
"We had some pretty good retail earnings, it just shows the consumer is not dead and that things are moving in the right direction," Frank Ingarra, head trader at Greenwich, Connecticut-based NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, said in a phone interview. His firm manages about $1.7 billion. "Everyone is still focused on Fed tapering. We remain cautiously bullish with pretty full exposure to stocks."
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Benefits of more bond purchases "are likely to be negligible," Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said in an interview in Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper on Aug. 18.
Retailers in the S&P 500 rallied 1.4% as a group as 30 of 32 companies advanced. Best Buy jumped 10% after posting results that exceeded projections and its largest quarterly profit in more than two years. J.C. Penney Co. added 6.1% amid signs the company's sales slide is slowing and after Bloomberg News reported that a person familiar with the matter said hedge-fund manager J. Kyle Bass is betting on a comeback by the company in credit markets.
Urban Outfitters jumped 9.7% after earnings-per- share beat estimates by 6.7% and Wedbush Securities Inc. raised its rating on the stock. Zillow Inc. dropped 4.2% after the operator of the largest U.S. real-estate website announced a share sale.
About four shares declined for each that advanced in the Stoxx 600. CRH Plc sank 2.2% in London after the cement maker cut its second-half earnings guidance, citing weak demand from the euro region. HeidelbergCement AG lost 2.5%. John Wood Group Plc, a U.K. oil-services provider active in Africa and the Middle East, tumbled 8% after cutting the profit outlook at its engineering division.
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How to Save Money: Small Cutbacks that Add Up
You often hear stats about how if you give up that morning cup of coffee at Starbucks, you'll be saving x dollars per year. That's great, but some of us just aren't ready to give up that shot of energy in the morning. That's okay! There are many other small changes you can make in your life that can add up to big savings over time. Here are a few to consider.


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Republicans push for hearings on immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their GOP colleagues working on a bipartisan immigration bill of operating in secret, saying in a letter Friday that "the time for transparency has come" and pushing for briefings and full hearings before any votes.
In response, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member of the Senate group developing a sweeping bill that could be released as early as next week, said he agreed on the need for hearings and planned to brief all Senate Republicans next week. He disputed the claim that the immigration bill process has been more secretive than any other and said he's worked to incorporate suggestions from all senators.
The back and forth was the latest dispute over the timing and process of legislation that would usher in the most sweeping changes to immigration law in a quarter century and put an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally on a path to citizenship. Some Republicans have been pushing for an open process with multiple hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, while some Democrats accuse them of trying to slow-walk the matter to death.
In the clubby Senate, openness about negotiations and timing can be important to satisfy the concerns of individual senators and ensure that legislation stays on track. And the dispute is a sign of how contentious the bill is becoming even before its release.
The issue has become a particular focus for Rubio, who's proceeding with caution as he tries to act as a bridge between the immigration group and conservatives suspicious of its plans, who have begun to complain that Democrats are trying to ram the legislation through without sufficient debate.
"Your group has secretly met for months and not consulted with members of the committee about major changes to our nation's immigration laws," top Judiciary Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa wrote along with Sens. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. "We believe it is time for you to discuss the status of your negotiations, disclose what concessions have been made and provide details."
The letter went to Rubio and Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Rubio released a letter back that stressed his agreement on an open process.
"This proposal will be a starting point," Rubio wrote. "As members of the committee of jurisdiction I expect you to have ample opportunity to review, comment and amend as you see fit ... You can expect that I will continue to defend the rights of every senator, myself included, to conduct this process in an open and detailed manner."
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The Hoffman Estates High School boys varsity basketball team is being forced to forfeit three games after school district officials investigated a hazing allegation, according to district officials.
The allegation surfaced Friday afternoon, and after school officials investigated and interviewed the team's coach and players, games Friday night, tonight and Tuesday were cancelled, according to Township High School District 211 officials.
"Allegations of this kind are taken very seriously," said School Board President Robert LeFevre Jr. "Very seriously. Behavior like this will not be tolerated."
After the cancellation, District Superintendent Nancy Robb and Hoffman Estates High School Principal Jim Britton met with parents and players to let them know what the investigation had found, according to a release.
District 211 officials are not specifying the exact nature of the allegations or discipline against individual students. While Friday night's game was cancelled in part because of the need to complete the investigation, officials decided the suspension of play Friday would be part of a three-game penalty that is "in accordance with district athletic policy," according to the district release.
As part of the discipline, players "also will receive further training in hazing awareness andprevention and (hazing's) impact on others," according to the release.
Officials reported the hazing allegations to police and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, LeFevre said.
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The New Jersey Restaurant Association in Trenton launched an online campaign today to make the state's tipped employee wages easier to understand, which included sending information to New Jersey legislators regarding the enforcement of the current laws.
Marilou Halvorsen, president of the NJRA, wanted to clear up any confusion.
"New Jersey already requires tipped employees to receive at least the minimum hourly wage," Halvorsen said in a recent news release. "Federal law has a different, lower hourly wage that does not apply here."
By law, New Jersey tipped employees must receive a minimum of $8.25 an hour and $12.38 per every hour of overtime—if a tipped employee does not meet that wage during their shift, employers must pay the difference by increasing their base wage.
The federal law merely states that the minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13 an hour and $4.13 per every hour of overtime, regardless of how much income an employee makes in tips.
To further complicate matters, a Democratic bill now in the Senate hopes to raise the base wage for tipped workers to at least $7.10 an hour. President Obama has made eliminating low-wage work and closing the income inequality gap a focus for his second term.
Republicans oppose the bill citing job loss, higher prices and an inability to stimulate the economy. The NJRA also opposes raising the minimum tipped wage, stating that tipped restaurant servers already make a median wage between $16 and $22 an hour.
But the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics begs to differ—it calculated in May 2013 that servers make an average of $8.94 an hour.
According to the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the Labor Department, servers are three times as likely to experience poverty, and about half of all tipped workers would earn more under the proposal.
Both employees and restaurateurs are encouraged to visit www.njra.org/tippedemployees to ensure their place of business complies with current laws.
Employees or employers who would like to report wage and hour violations can contact the Wage and Hour Divisions in either the Federal or State Labor Departments. More information can be found at www.wagehour.dol.gov.
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Annual ozone holes still occur, but Earth's ozone layer is mending.
Arctic Sea Ice: The New Normal
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STOCKTON - A documented gang member has pleaded not guilty in a 10-year-old shooting, a murder that was part of a criminal street gang's notorious crime spree that landed one of the assailants on death row.
STOCKTON - A documented gang member has pleaded not guilty in a 10-year-old shooting, a murder that was part of a criminal street gang's notorious crime spree that landed one of the assailants on death row.
Rathana Chan, 30, is charged in the murder of 29-year-old Gounthavy Onethavong, who was shot twice in the head, and with the attempted murder of two other victims who survived the attack, officials have said.
"We're ready," Chief Deputy District Attorney Ronald Freitas said at Chan's arraignment Tuesday. "We've been waiting 10 years to try Mr. Chan."
Chan was transported to San Joaquin County and booked into jail early Saturday after having served a sentence at a Pennsylvania prison for aggravated assault.
On Tuesday, defense attorney Gary Hickey entered a plea of not guilty at Chan's first court appearance for the Stockton shooting and insisted a preliminary hearing be swiftly set.
Though it is unusual to move the trial process so quickly in murder cases, defendants do have the right to a speedy trial.
"We're going to be ready to go," Hickey said.
There is already "voluminous discovery" in this investigation, according to Hickey, and he demanded court documents from the previous trials of the other convicted co-defendants.
Mao Hin was sentenced to death in 2006, and Rattanak Kak, a juvenile at the time of the attacks, received life without the possibility of parole. Kak was not eligible for the death penalty.
Chan, Hin and Kak were part of a group from the Tiny Rascals Gang that carried out a series of violent crimes beginning with the Sept. 12, 2003, fatal shooting of Onethavong, authorities say.
Onethavong was killed in a drive-by shooting while riding in the back seat of a car on East Hammer Lane near Lan Ark Drive. An 18-year-old woman also was shot in the chest and a 19-year-old man was shot in the face, but both survived.
But garnering the most attention was the slaying of a 20-year-old man who was courting his new girlfriend at American Legion Park when the gang approached the couple on Oct. 10, 2003.
Alfonso Martinez and 17-year-old Debra Pizano were ordered to a dim part of the park, where they were robbed, Martinez was killed and Pizano was grazed by a bullet.
Police also linked the gang to another drive-by shooting that occurred in November 2003 in the 600 block of Bedlow Drive in which five men were struck by gunfire.
In the group's three-month crime spree, 45 people were injured, eight went to hospitals and two to the morgue, Freitas said in 2006, when Hin was sentenced. Freitas prosecuted Hin and Kak.
Chan, however, is charged in connection with only the first drive-by shooting at Hammer Lane.
While Hin and Kak were brought to justice in Stockton, Chan was arrested for committing aggravated assault in Philadelphia County, Pa.
Chan served in a Pennsylvania state prison from May 2, 2007, until his release July 1, said Susan Bensinger, the corrections department deputy press secretary.
Chan has been arraigned on one count of murder with special circumstances in San Joaquin County Superior Court. He also is charged with two counts of premeditated attempted murder and four gang and gun charges.
Judge Franklin Stephenson set his preliminary hearing for July 22 and transferred the case to Judge Bernard Garber for all purposes. Garber heard the dual jury trial of the other two convicted murderers.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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I am finally looking to start watching Basketball again. Still casually. For the NBA had fallen into a Thug Sport many years ago.
Thankful to the Bulls for cleaning up that image.
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DWade on Taj facial: "...A good one...but that's a great ratio for me. 1st time I've been dunked on all year. I'll take my 90-to-1 dunks.."
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As far as the series goes, like I feared, the Bulls have so much quality depth. Worst of all, most of it matches up well with the Big Three.
I consider myself an optimist but at this point, I just don't see how the Heat will win this series. The only way I think they can advance to the Finals is if the Big Three put together some amazing performances as a trio but I just don't see that happening with how good Chicago is defensively. Wade and/or LeBron may bounce back in Game 2 but it wouldn't surprise me if Bosh then shrunk into obscurity like he's prone to do. And with the Heat bench usually providing next to nothing offensively or on the boards, that may be too much to overcome for the Big Three.
|2011-05-18, 06:21
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Things will go as planned in both series until someone loses a home game. Whoever loses first in both series is doomed, imo.
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I mean, I have to admit that I'm an NBA noob. I don't watch that many games, to be honest. But what really really impressed me was how _intelligent_ the offensive game was, particularly from Dallas.
Example: Post up Dirk. Ask the defense where they'll open up their weakness.
1) Only single-defending Dirk, rest covering the paint normally. Dirk does his trademark fade-away jump shot and scores.
2) Dirk is two-teamed. Someone's cutting in, drawing the defenders, pass back, pass side, and a wide open three-pointer is made. This is what sunk LA.
3) Only single-defending Dirk, rest defending the shooters on the 3pt line. Pick-and-roll with Barea, cutting into the holes in the paint for a layup.
It's really a "pick your poison" kind of game, and they know what they're doing and why. Really impressive. And what I find especially noteworthy that Dirk is making his 48 points not by forcing almost every attack (Kobe-style), but only "when it fits". This dude missed a total of 3 shots the entire evening. I mean, WTF?
|2011-05-18, 08:40
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Oklahoma excels at scoring, particularly with Durant. Westbrook's major flaw is that he's not as good as creating good shots via cuts then dishing it like Rose or Kidd. They don't have the depth that Dallas has yet. Oklahoma got better at defense since the All-Star break but they seem to get into modes where they rely on Durant and Westbrook too much. If you look at a lot of OKC scoresheets, you'll see Durant, Westbrook and one other person doing nearly all the scoring a lot of the time. Their bench is better than most but it can be deficient at times. That game was a shootout and was close. But in the end, OKC have to be able to contain Nowitzki if they have any chance of getting any further this season. Thus far, the only team that has given Nowitzki trouble is Portland, due to having Camby at the rim and Aldridge guarding Dirk. Portland are a very good defensive team but lack offensive firepower. OKC is the opposite. So expect more shootouts but unless OKC get more assertive via Ibaka and Perkins, Dallas could end this quick.
Miami got smashed on the boards. 19 offensive rebounds by Chicago was a major reason in why that game blew out so big in the last quarter. You can't let a team have that many second chances. And they seem unable to contain Deng, who burns them every time they plaed this season. Bosh had a good game but he was the only one for Miami. If Miami are to secure multiple championships, Riley needs to guy buy a proper big man. Anthony has energy and determination but he isn't a scorer and not the ultimate workhorse. And their bench is not firing, which was always a big concern. But when you get three All-Stars, that's to be expected. It is possible to shutdown Chicago. Atlanta didn't let Chicago reach 100 points at all in their series. Miami leaked over 100 in Game 1. They had a bad night. They're not the type to just take it lying down. Atlanta kicked Chicago into gear. Miami aren't done yet but without a dominant big guy, they are at a major disadvantage versus Noah and Boozer.
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Right now, how you feeling you were the LA Clippers right now. Back during the trade deadline, they trade Baron Davis and their 1st round pick to Cleveland for Mo Williams, at that time everybody would had through that pick would be in the back since they had the 8th worst record in the league.
So last night, when they held the draft lottery was held, guess who picked up the 1st Overall Draft Choice - Los Angeles Clippers (2.3 %) but since they traded that pick to Cavs, so the Cavs got 1st and 4th Draft Choice. Concidence, hmm I dont know anymore, and I know that Wolves GM is calling foul on this as well.
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To Cleveland's detriment, with Jared Sullinger returning to Ohio State and (my homie) Harrison Barnes returning to UNC (CHAMPIONSHIP!!) for another year, this is considered one of the worse draft classes in years. But still, I hope the Bobcats can get there hands on Kemba Walker. That guy is a playmaker.
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Series tied!
I really didn't see Haslem's effort coming and it gives me hope for the rest of the series. Even if he's isn't as productive again, his rebounding and offensive potential will be huge.
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Yeah the Heat escaped an I loved watching it! On offense Lebron needs to do more cutting and less ball handling though...He can be a menace without the ball...He needs to play more offball and make that tuff Bull defense react...He's good enuff to get that 1v1 stuff to go sometimes, but ultimatley he's better when he's running around the court without the ball making the D work...
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Great game. Miami utterly clogged the pain and made it too hard for Rose and co. to get easy shots. Chicago shot 34% and only 15% from 3-point land. Noah was ineffective. Rose's shooting was poor. Deng couldn't land his long shots. Boozer didn't play much. Only Asik and Gibson kept them in the game. Seeing Haslem back at last was brilliant. The guy is a true workhorse and was a major difference. His hustle and energy lifted Miami. And James decided enough was enough and that he'd win the game for Miami in that last quarter. His hustle to get that shot he missed and push it back in was a gamebreaker. Miami got stung hard in Game 1 and are in the right mode now. They were never going to win both games in Chicago. They needed to win one. They got one. As James said, 'This series just started.' And that's exactly right. It starts when a road win happens. The onus is now on Chicago to get a road win back. But they will have to lift offensively because they are just not scoring enough. And if they were to even make the Finals, Dallas will score even more.
Honestly, I want the 2006 rematch. It would be fascinating. The Big Three vs The True Team. Kidd is running out of time and Nowitzki is in prime form. The Big Three are finally at the right level.
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And for some reason, I don't want the Bulls to advance to the Finals as their perfect 6-0 record could be blemished if they do.
Now that Cleveland has the 1 and 4 picks, what do you think do the Cavs need to become a post-LeBron playoff contender. I'm already seeing a Cavs-Heat playoffs matchup in the later years. So much for the hate of LeBron.
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North Carolina, USA
Age: 29
I think that Cleveland will be in the gutter for long time regardless of who they pick, which is why I'm happy that Harrison Barnes decided to stay a UNC. There are some teams that can draft the most talented players and still suck. Minnesota is the perfect example of this, top 8 picks the last four years, some years with multiple picks in the top 8, and they are picking no. 2 this year. Cleveland got lucky with LeBron, he was a rare entity that could play 4 different positions. Plus, Cleveland is considered one of the most miserable cities in the US, so it's always gonna be hard keeping talent there without LeBron as a selling point.
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