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Execution Date Set For White Supremacist Convicted For 1994 Oconee County Murder
Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker offers the following information in the case of William Mark Mize, who is currently scheduled to be executed on April 28, 2009 at 7:00pm.
Scheduled Execution
On April 13, 2009, the
Mize's Crimes
On direct appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court found the evidence at trial established the following:
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial showed that Mize was the leader of a small group, similar to the Ku Klux Klan, called the National Vastilian Aryan Party (NVAP). Witnesses testified that Mize made all the decisions for the NVAP. Several witnesses also testified that Mize displayed a single-shot 12-gauge shotgun at an NVAP meeting and told the members that the shotgun was the kind of weapon that the group would use because it could not be traced. Several of Mize's friends and co-workers were members of the NVAP, or in the initiation process. Eddie Tucker, the victim, had filled out an application form but was not a full member.
On Saturday, October 15, 1994, several NVAP members and applicants gathered at Mize's home after Mize got off from work. Those present were Mize, Mark Allen, Chris Hattrup, Brian Dove, Samantha Doster (Mize's girlfriend), and Tucker. Mize told Doster that the group was going camping that night and they all got in Mize's car. When they were driving, Mize told the group that there was a crack house in
After spending an hour at a bar, Mize drove the group to a wooded area in
Dove and Doster ran back to Mize's car. Mize emerged from the woods holding a shotgun and trying to break it down. Once in the car, Mize asked everyone if they knew why it was done. Everyone nodded in agreement. Mize told the group that the same thing could happen to them if they ran their mouth. Mize also told the group that, if asked about Tucker, they should say that they had dropped him off at a convenience store. While they were driving, Allen and Hattrup noticed that the barrel of the shotgun had shattered so they stopped at a bridge and threw the gun in a river. Later, Mize confided to Doster that he had finished Tucker off by shooting him in the head.
The police discovered Tucker's body several days later. He had been shot in the back, chest and head with a shotgun. The medical examiner testified that the back and chest wounds were inflicted by a shotgun fired at close range. The victim's head exhibited widely scattered pellet wounds that failed to penetrate the skull; the head wounds were consistent with a close-range shotgun blast that had shattered the barrel. The medical examiner further testified that the shots to the back and chest tore through the victim's right lung, but that none of the wounds were immediately fatal. The victim's death was due to blood loss, and it could have taken him several minutes to die. A fragment of the shotgun barrel was discovered about two feet from the body's location; the gun was not recovered.
After the body was discovered but before anyone was arrested, Chris Hattrup showed his roommate, Paul McDonald, the newspaper article about Tucker's death and told him what had happened. When the crack house failed to burn, Mize asked how Tucker had done and Hattrup responded that Tucker "didn't do what he was supposed to do." Mize then said, "you know what we have to do." Hattrup admitted to McDonald that he shot Tucker in the back and chest, but that Tucker was still alive. He was out of ammunition, though, so he asked Mize for another shotgun shell and Mize gave it to him. Hattrup then shot Tucker in the head. Hattrup also boasted to McDonald that he was now a "hit man for the Klan."
Brian Dove told the police what he had seen and heard that night, and he later testified at Mize's trial. The other four NVAP members involved in Tucker's death were arrested. After spending a year in jail, Doster agreed to testify against the others and her charges were dropped.
Mize v. State, 269
The Trial (1995)
Mize was indicted in the Superior Court of Oconee County, Georgia on January 11, 1995, for the malice murder of Eddie Tucker. On December 12, 1995, a jury found Mize guilty of malice murder. The jury's recommendation of a death sentence was returned on December 13, 1995.
The Direct Appeal (1998-1999)
The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously affirmed Mize's conviction and death sentence on June 15, 1998. Mize v. State, 269
State Habeas Corpus Petition (1999-2001)
Mize, represented by John Matteson, filed his first petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County, Georgia on March 3, 1999. Mize subsequently discharged Mr. Matteson, and he filed, acting pro se, a second petition for writ of habeas corpus on March 19, 1999. In filing his second state habeas petition, Mize repeatedly made it clear that he was not represented by Mr. Matteson and that any pleadings filed by Mr. Matteson were to be withdrawn immediately. On April 7, 1999, Mr. Matteson filed a notice to dismiss the petition for habeas corpus previously filed by him on Mize's behalf.
Mize then informed the state habeas corpus court that he wanted Bruce Harvey to represent him. As such, Mr. Harvey entered an appearance as counsel for Mize on April 9, 1999. Mize subsequently informed the court that he no longer wanted to be represented by Mr. Harvey. On October 8, 1999, the state habeas corpus court allowed Mr. Harvey to withdraw as counsel from Mize's case. Thereafter, Mize informed the state habeas corpus court that he wanted to dismiss his state habeas corpus petition. On October 27, 1999, the state habeas corpus court entered an order dismissing Mize's state habeas corpus petition without prejudice.
Mize, acting pro se, filed a third petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County, Georgia on December 28, 1999. Again, Mize continually asserted his pro se status; however, Thomas H. Dunn of the
In July of 2000, during the pendency of his state habeas corpus petition, Mize filed an extraordinary motion for new trial in the
Prior to the commencement of an extraordinary motion for new trial hearing, an evidentiary hearing was held on Mize's third state habeas corpus petition on February 1, 2001 with Mize acting pro se. At the close of the evidence, the state habeas corpus court entered an order closing the evidence and held that it would reserve ruling on his state habeas petition until the trial court ruled on Mize's extraordinary motion for new trial.
Subsequently, Mize, with the advice of counsel, withdrew his extraordinary motion for new trial on July 2, 2001. Thereafter, the state habeas corpus court entered an order denying relief on January 10, 2002. Mize's application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal filed in the Georgia Supreme Court was denied on July 15, 2002.
Federal Habeas Corpus Petition (2002-2007)
Mize, acting pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, on October 31, 2002. Counsel was subsequently appointed by the court, and he filed an amended petition for writ of habeas corpus on July 21, 2003.
On November 17, 2006, the district court denied Mize federal habeas corpus relief. The district court then denied a motion to alter and amend judgment on January 17, 2007. Thereafter, the district court granted Mize a certificate of appealability on specific issues on March 22, 2007.
11th Circuit Court of Appeals (2008)
The case was orally argued before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on February 25, 2008. On July 2, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion which denied relief. Mizev. Hall, 532 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 2008). Mize filed a petition for panel rehearing, which was denied on August 27, 2008.
Mize filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on January 23, 2009, which was denied March 23, 2009. Mize v. Hall, 2009


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A cancer cell breaks away from a primary tumor and settles in a new location, where it once again divides. Pharmaceutical companies typically use simplistic two-dimensional assays for this process, which is known as metastasis, to evaluate anti-cancer therapeutics. In these assays, cells crawl across the surface of a matrix, traveling in a single plane. But a new study indicates that this approach misses some crucial phenomena.
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From the Boulder Daily Camera (Carol O'Meara):
"It's a case of we don't know what we don't know," says Russ Sands, City of Boulder's Water Conservation Program Manager. "It's way too early to say if we'll have restrictions. If we have a few good storms, we won't have to; everything is so dependent on late winter, early spring."
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Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District isn't ready to push the panic button either, says Brian Werner, public information officer for the supplier of water to 33 cities and towns and 640,000 acres of farmland in northeast Colorado. "We're always cautioning people to wait until March and April, because those are our wettest months."
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"We track our water over a two year period and manage it conservatively, in case of dry year scenarios," said Ken Huson, Water Resources Administrator with the city. "We project having 144-percent of need for 2013 and 136-percent for 2014. Our drought trigger is 135-percent or less, so right now we're not projecting going into mandatory water restrictions."
From The Washington Post (Brian K. Sullivan):
Forecast models suggest an area from parts of western Kansas south into Texas and west to New Mexico will probably see the drought continue until at least March, said David Unger, a meteorologist at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
"The climate models have been quite consistent for below- normal precipitation amounts," Unger said today in a conference call with reporters. He said he wasn't confident about what will happen in other parts of the country, though there may be some relief in the Ohio Valley…
The drought reduced the corn harvest to the smallest in six years and sent prices up as much as 68 percent since June. The dry conditions also lowered the waters of the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers, shrinking shipping channels and crimping the flow of goods along the nation's largest inland waterway, which carries more than 14.5 million tons of agriculture products, chemicals and coal.
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Drought conditions now cover 61.79 percent of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and 51.7 percent of the entire country, including Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor in Lincoln, Nebraska…
The drought is one of 11 natural disasters that cost more than $1 billion in 2012, said Adam Smith, an applied climatologist at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
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While the additional snowfall has helped, Colorado Springs Utilities said it is not enough to bring the state out of the drought. "It has helped some, but we are still in drought, and so we're still looking at a very dry year," said Abby Ortega, Colorado Springs Utilities water rights administrative supervisor.
Ortega said reservoirs that serve Colorado Springs are at 49 percent of capacity, adding that ideally they should be at 75 percent of capacity.
According to Ortega, the mountains would need to receive several feet of snow to prevent water restrictions this spring. She said that while the forecast indicates below-average precipitation chances for the first couple of months, there is still a chance the season could take a turn for the better. "We're not running out of time at all. Typically, Colorado sees most of our snowpack in March, April and sometimes even in May.


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Twins Capitalize On Error, Edge White Sox In 10 Innings
CHICAGO (AP) — The Twins took advantage of an error to beat the Chicago White Sox. Still, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire knows why they were in position to come out on top.
"It starts with your starter," Gardenhire said after a 2-1 victory over Chicago in 10 innings Saturday. "He went deep in the game and got himself out of trouble. . He did a nice job of going out there and settling everything down and he got his last hitters."
Vance Worley bounced back from a poor outing in which he allowed nine runs in an inning in the shortest start of his career. This time he gave up a run and five hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
"I had it figured out," Worley said. "I pitched. It wasn't me trying to overdo anything out there. It was just going after hitters and trusting my mechanics. Thus (it) made pitching a little easier."
Ryan Doumit doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning on Alexei Ramirez's throwing error.
Doumit led off with a double off Hector Santiago (0-1). After Aaron Hicks popped up a bunt attempt, Eduardo Escobar hit a slow grounder that shortstop Ramirez fielded cleanly but bounced his throw to first base. Escobar was safe on an infield hit and Doumit scored to help Minnesota snap a four-game skid against the White Sox.
"I was aggressive and I missed the fastball l was looking for — twice," Escobar said through a translator. "And then I got a changeup and was lucky enough to put it in play."
Casey Fien (1-1) got one out for the win.
White Sox starter Jake Peavy was also effective. Peavy allowed one run and six hits, struck out nine and walked four in seven innings.
"It was a well-pitched game on both sides — Peavy as advertised. We know he's always tough," Gardenhire said. "He seems to ad-lib and kind of figure things out as he's going along during a game. He can come from so many angles and throw so many pitches. And Worley matched him, did a heck of a job."
Peavy received little help from his offense, which struck out 13 times and had six hits.
Alejandro De Aza's home run off Worley in the first inning put the White Sox ahead 1-0. The drive to right field was De Aza's fifth career leadoff homer.
"I was frustrated by that," Worley said. "I threw him a changeup the second pitch of the inning and he swung right through it. I said, 'All right, why not? I can go back to it.' And he was sitting right on it. It happens."
The Twins tied it 1-all on Josh Willingham's single off Peavy in the third. Brian Dozier scored after reaching on a single and advancing on a walk.
Tyler Flowers drew a one-out walk in the 10th before De Aza struck out and Jeff Keppinger popped out to end the game.
The teams combined for 22 strikeouts.
"I was able to command both sides of the plate today and everything broke the way I wanted it to and (I got) better results," Worley said.
The White Sox had won 12 of their last 14 against the Twins.
The Twins loaded the bases with three walks against three different pitchers in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Wilkin Ramirez hit a grounder to third, and third baseman Conor Gillaspie threw home to prevent a run from scoring. Dozier popped out in foul territory to end the inning. Matt Lindstrom, Donnie Veal and Nate Jones each allowed a walk in the inning.
The Twins were coming off three straight days off. They were rained out on Wednesday against the Angels, scheduled off Thursday and postponed due to cold and windy conditions on Friday against the White Sox.
"I think everybody's rested, everybody's available," Gardenhire said. "That's pretty easy to say. Three days is not what you look to, but Mother Nature decided it was time to take a break."
Joe Mauer singled in the first inning, extending his hitting streak to 10 games.
The White Sox returned home after losing seven of 10 games on the road.
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Do You Refuse to Watch Black & White Movies?
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Jun 30, 2013 - 10:30 AM
It seems to me that most people have a schizoid attitude towards black and white in the movies. Most people would rather watch a colorized version of an old black and white movie. But these same people have no issue with watching a modern movie purposefully filmed in black and white
Well, there are reasons for that beyond the color issues. For instance, I saved a pair of texts from my little brother a few years back that read: "These old black and white movies have the most annoying and loud music and sound effects. How do people watch them and not get a headache?" and "The movies have like no ambient noise so there's no good volume balance. mastering sound is crucial to a good movie and all these old films have terrible sound work." So his problem was not that the movies are in black and white, but that both the aesthetic and technology behind the sound design didn't work for him.
And there are plenty of other differences. Acting has changed, dialogue has changed, whole new cinematic dialects have come and gone. Regardless of any objective measure of the quality of good old films, a participant needs a context to appreciate something and that context, for many younger folk, probably doesn't extend much past the 70s now, with a few exceptions from earlier on. Kind of like how someone who's never read anything besides American bestsellers published since the 80s would probably bounce of Tolstoy or Hugo or Dickens on a first try, no matter how much it had been impressed upon that person how good they were.
Jun 30, 2013 - 10:30 AM
I turn 35 in December. I've never had an aversion to B&W movies. As a kid in the '80s, I grew up on reruns of things like
I Love Lucy
The Adventures of Superman
and The Three Stooges. I was always watching old westerns and war movies with my dad, and other films such as
The Thing From Another World
When I was a teenager in high school, I "discovered"
The Dick van Dyke Show
, and it became a nightly staple for me during the week. Around the same time, I also saw
and fell in love with it.
One of the things I like about B&W movies is that they transport me back to a simpler time. The whole "when women wore dresses and men wore hats" kind of thing. I know whenever I watch a Stooges short, for example, I always love seeing the exterior shots of '30s and '40s era Los Angeles.
There are just as many bad B&W movies as there are color. To be fair, I only have probably a handful of B&W films in my 300+ DVD collection. But as long as it's well-made and entertaining, that's all I care about.
Jun 30, 2013 - 10:40 AM
dan the man
For DIVERSITY DAN it does not mean a thing to me one way or another. In my life and to this very day I could watch both in one sitting. Not to get off the topic but I was going to at one time call myself DIVERSITY DAN instead of DAN THE MAN, but I like the rhyme.
Jun 30, 2013 - 11:13 AM
I all depends on the film itself.
Colour makes it easier to recognize things and to make an inventory of what's going on.
B&W can be crucial to the atmosphere of a film. The examples are plenty.
It can be a gimmick that kills a film immediately too. Of that there are also examples.
To not watch a film because it's B&W is utter stupidity and laziness.
Then there is the colouring in stuff. That is for children. I have the "Sledge Hammer" season 2 box and in that Alan Spencer vents his disgust of colouring in. Rightly so I hastily add. He even has the ending of an episode parodying that stuff. He was right on many things and this is one of them.
I love the Guy Williams "Zorro" tv series (the ONLY Zorro in my opinion, everything else is second class at best to me and as for the Bandeiras/ Hopkins stuff: the less said about that the better) I have the DVD box but it irritates me that it has been coloured in. Especially as it is done with 90's technology and thus it is not very good. The worst thing is that when you turn the colour down to get a black and white again, the picture is fuzzy as a result of the digital manhandling.
Discrimination is not a good thing but in B&W productions I want black and white as seperated as Cape Town in the 70's.
Kind regards.
Funny but this brings to mind a bigger discrimination. MY favorite ZORRO was Douglas Fairbanks. He had tons of charisma, a sly wink-of-the-eye performance style and did his own stunts like Jackie Chan. But if you guys have any problems getting the uninitiated to see B&W films try silent ones. I don't know if it is the reading of intertitles or the sometimes heavy melodrama, but many a "golden age of cinema" fan I know have expressed the same or heavier prejudice against silent films that the youth reflect for the B&W ones. To be fair I shared the same prejudice until I saw Emil Jannings Oscar winning performance in THE LAST COMMAND. I sat there and was flabbergasted. "This would win an Oscar today!" I said. After that I have continued to have a number of spectacular silent movie experiences, many with full orchestra (my two favorites were Delerue conducting CASANOVA and Carmine Coppola on NAPOLEON). Through them I learned how the power these films had when they first came out. The visual sophistication they attained just before their downfall was amazing! Just saw the first BEN-HUR again last Wednesday and it continues to impress me more then the remake in many ways. Thank god for THE ARTIST and some spectacular screenings that continue to this day (LACMA is doing 9 Hitchcock silents as we speak).
Every time I see an impressive silent film I think about how many of the over 80% of those now lost might have been comparable.
Jun 30, 2013 - 11:52 AM
dan the man
Indeed and if it was not for TV coming into popularity in the early 50's the same probably would have happened to 80% of all b/w old movies.
Jun 30, 2013 - 12:33 PM
We've been talking about B&W and color on this thread for some years now.
I have been thinking about an issue which has been coming up more often now and I wonder if any of you have experiences and opinions and can answer my question.
With modern video transfer technology, and the enhanced digital and chemical restoration abilities of the studios, it has often been possible to see films quite close to the "first generation" way in which they were originally photographed and presented.
When I was much younger, in the late 1940s-early 1950s, double-bills of features were a common occurrence, and sometimes those double-bills contained two color features. Occasionally one of the films was in 3-color IB Technicolor and the other was in one of the much-older developed 2-color processes---Magnacolor, Trucolor, CineColor---printed on duplitized film stock with an emulsion on BOTH sides of the film.
The Technicolor film always had the complete full-color range and was usually beautiful to look at, but the 2-color film was limited to certain colors in the spectrum, and the printing stock was poor enough, that the film usually looked---failing a better term---"icky". As a discerning audience you usually sucked up the horrible, incomplete color palette and bore with it until the screening was over and you could get back to the Technicolor.
Today, with modern transfer technology, many of those 2-color films look quite acceptable, and sometimes even excellent, though in their still limited way.
Many of today's filmmakers are descending into the past, and although they now have really excellent full-color capabilities with their stocks, they are often choosing to present their films via limited color palettes---either by way of really poor photography, or by graphic design.
My question is this:
When you see an early color film on television or video---say from 1945 to 1960---and you don't know the color process in which the film was photographed---are you able to IMMEDIATELY ascertain, positively and certainly, that you ARE or ARE NOT seeing the full 3-color range of information???
I have my suspicions that because of the way modern films are photographed, most viewers don't have a clue about the older films' color values.
I also have a suspicion that a colorized B&W film---if done patiently and expensively (.....we're talking about a superb, creative job here)---can rarely be discerned by an unknowing and youthful eye.
Jun 30, 2013 - 12:52 PM
Incidentally.....this thread from the past has been a fascinating read.
I read it from the top, all over again, and didn't even remember much
of what I---or anyone else---had previously posted, so it was new to me!
I learned a lot, particularly when, at 73, you've forgotten what you
remembered before!!!
Sadly, we don't have such enjoyable threads like these much any more.
Special thanks to all those who posted here.
Jun 30, 2013 - 1:22 PM
dan the man
TO MANDERLEY- My friend, there is always something interesting to talk about , talk about the history of theatre on THEATRE TALK?
Jun 30, 2013 - 11:55 PM
I'm recently 37, but I still love B&W movies though I very rarely get to see any as we don't have a TV input (and if we did it would be in German). I grew up watching the older movies that the UK channels (Channel 4 & BBC2) used to show in the day time and I feel that it helped me appreciate films more. Two of my top 5 fav movies are Duck Soup and Arsenic & Old Lace.
I'd kill for a Internet site where I could subscribe and be able to watch again movies like Topper, The Ghost & Mrs Muir, Hobson's Choice, Kind Hearts & Coronets, The Man in the White Suit, Whisky Galore, the many British and American war movies, PI movies, the movies of the bloke whose name currently escapes me but plays the banjo, Marx Brothers movies. *sigh* the list goes on and on.
It saddens me a bit that, likely, my kids won't grow up to see many of the classics, to appreciate films that relied more on story & acting over spectacle or gore. Remakes generally fail (The Ladykillers, I enjoyed Hanks but wasn't a patch on the original) and colorization is unneeded, the movies should be left as they where made.
I should note that my wife doesn't like B&W movies, or older stuff in general. I suggested watching ST:TOS recently and her response was "that's too old".
Jul 1, 2013 - 12:05 PM
Mr Greg
Fascinating thread...
I'm 38...in my younger years I owned my little B&W set and hid out in my room at silly hours watching movies, movies and more movies....did this shape the way I don't give a toss about whether a film is B&W or colour today? Possibly...just as happy watching a 30's B&W as I am a 2013 colour movie...I just hate it when ANY movie is presented badly on an archival edition such as DVD etc.
I have a particular love of the 50's/60's sci-fi B&W potboilers, btw...
Jul 1, 2013 - 1:55 PM
I do draw the line at silents, however. I have difficulty adjusting to the different look and style of pre-sound films and generally I've found it's not worth the effort. I'm sure I'm missing some fascinating films, but that's okay. There are more than enough sound movies to watch that don't have the technological creakiness and distracting performance techniques of silent cinema.
That's interesting, because I am far more fascinated with silent films in all forms and shapes (from the early pioneer stuff to the traditional feature films to the 'art' directions) than I am the b/w films of Hollywood's Golden Age. I love the experimentation with the medium in this period and the conscious use of b/w for effect. That's not to say that there aren't many Golden Age films I like too, but I don't have that deep fascination for it -- neither academically nor emotionally.
Jul 1, 2013 - 2:05 PM
I do draw the line at silents, however. I have difficulty adjusting to the different look and style of pre-sound films and generally I've found it's not worth the effort. I'm sure I'm missing some fascinating films, but that's okay. There are more than enough sound movies to watch that don't have the technological creakiness and distracting performance techniques of silent cinema.
I'm the same way. Whenever I watched a silent movie in one of my film classes, most of the time I found it a challenge. Sitting through the 3+ hour epic
The Birth of a Nation
or the 2+ hour
was quite a chore.
On the other hand,
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
wasn't too bad. I recall it was pretty short, and at least visually it was great to look at. But otherwise, I just never really developed a taste of silent films. (That said, I do still want to see the original
some time.)
Jul 1, 2013 - 2:28 PM
I've been watching a lot of b/w movies lately. I've started watching double bills at home, always starting with a b/w film. Last night was a strange double bill, Kind Hearts & Coronets & after that witty & mannered film I fancied something stupid & violent, so I went with Sly's The Expendables 2 (maybe a bit too stupid, but I enjoyed it). I've been going through the Hope/Crosby "Road" movies, & Hope's The Ghost Breakers. Dunkirk (that was a bit long, so I didn't bother with a second film). And there's the Preston Sturges box to see. Favorite b/w's are old war movies, I saw Battan the other night, Robert Taylor is just so good in it (reading a John Ford biog. I see he was first choice for They Were Expendable, but he couldn't do it, so the part went to John Wayne). I love British 50's b/w war movies & British 50's b/w comedies. And then there's all those 40's serials. I have DVD's of quite a few of them: King Of The Rocketmen, Phantom Empire, Zorro's Fighting Legion, & many more. My 83 year old mother doesn't like b/w movies, in fact the whole family takes the micky, "you were watching what! That's yonks old...& it's b/w!".
Jul 1, 2013 - 2:34 PM
And then there's all those 40's serials. I have DVD's of quite a few of them: King Of The Rocketmen, Phantom Empire, Zorro's Fighting Legion, & many more.
Now those are something I've always wanted to explore. I've never seen
King of the Rocketmen
, but I actually have a mini-poster on my wall because I love the look of it. But I would love to check out a lot of those great serials of the '40s. (Sometimes they just seem daunting because of the total length. Almost like watching a whole season of a TV series.)
Jul 1, 2013 - 2:49 PM
And then there's all those 40's serials. I have DVD's of quite a few of them: King Of The Rocketmen, Phantom Empire, Zorro's Fighting Legion, & many more.
Now those are something I've always wanted to explore. I've never seen
King of the Rocketmen
, but I actually have a mini-poster on my wall because I love the look of it. But I would love to check out a lot of those great serials of the '40s. (Sometimes they just seem daunting because of the total length. Almost like watching a whole season of a TV series.)
Yeah, I saw them all in the late 50's & early 60's at what we used to call Saturday Morning Pictures: cartoons, a short, serial & main film. I used to live for those serials, it's what started me loving films. Having them on DVD I have found that you can't see all the episodes back to back, it doesn't work, they weren't made to be seen like that. I'd say no more than two episodes at a time. Oh, & two big favorites I left out: The Adventures Of Captain Marvel & of course, Flash Gordon. I suppose they have high camp value now, but with me it's a magical part of my childhood. Back in the late 60's I did go to a Flash Gordon all nighter at the NFT in London's South Bank, but I think I fell asleep around 2.30am!
Jul 2, 2013 - 4:28 AM
Ray Faiola
My kids grew up watching B&W movies. Fortunately many of my prints are struck directly from 35mm negatives and look incredibly gorgeous on the big screen. Over the years, my son and daughter would bring friends over to see movies and many of them were perplexed by the absence of "color". Manderley's musings on the camera negative impact on printing is quite correct. I remember seeing a nitrate print of SILVER RIVER at MOMA. It had lines and splices and I could hear people squirming in their seats. But I was amazed at the profound beauty and texture of the print, obviously struck the year of release (1948). Just a penny dreadful western, but indicative of what films used to look like back in the day.
For years I tried sitting through Gaumont's THE GHOUL but just couldn't make it due to the awful dupes that were extant. Then the camera neg was unearthed and, lo and behold, what an extraordinary viewing experience - augmented by an unfiltered variable density soundtrack that had incredible dimension and dynamics even for 1933.
Jul 2, 2013 - 5:54 AM
I find that I do not agree that black & white film has a quality that color cannot achieve.
That said, no approach is inherently superior to any other... you go with what suits the subject. Thats as true of b&w as it is of hand-cam work, CGI, greenscreen, the absence of score, close-ups, or anything else.
If an artist of sufficient ability sets forth to craft a piece of entertainment and they employ X tools, then the potential for good art is there: whatever tools they are, they can be bent together to form something that works.
I prefer color but I have nothing more than that preference to b&w.
Jul 8, 2013 - 4:27 AM
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Comments on CM Punk:
"I know there's been a certain amount of dissatisfaction from Punk backstage according to the rumor mill anyway. He seems like he's always got some level of dissatisfaction but it never occurred to me that he would walk away. I'm 70 percent sure this is not a work, that he has really walked away. Which isn't to say he can't be brought back but there is a chance that this some sort of high level story telling that they're trying. Presuming it's real i kind of understand it. His body's all banged up, he's looking at the same creative we are and probably feeling a very similar sense of dissatisfaction. I can understand walking away. It makes sense to me. It also makes sense to me though like i can articulate a story where in which this is a work and we get him together with Hunter and we can all sort of telescope that this is a work version of the story out and if that's the case i just feel like this is the 2nd time we've gone to this well with this character so it doesn't make sense to me that you would tell that story again which is one of the reasons why i think the preponderance of the evidence is that he's actually walked away and i can feel it cause just as a fan i'm going to walk away for a little while."
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With James Ammons' departure as president, Florida A&M University finally is wiping the slate clean in its effort to deal with the hazing death of marching band drum major Robert Champion.
In June, university trustees gave Ammons an emphatic vote of no-confidence. Yet Ammons remained on the job, and until last week, he was planning to step down in October. But with A&M buffeted by an accreditation probe, a lawsuit stemming from Champion's death and continuing negative publicity associated with a "culture of hazing" that some say existed in the famed Marching 100 band, trustees negotiated a deal with Ammons that resulted in his immediate departure from the president's post.
Ammons did quite well in the agreement: He will continue to earn his $341,000 salary next year while he remains on sabbatical. He plans to return as a member of the FAMU faculty. Ammons also will receive $98,000 in performance bonuses from his last two years in the president's office.
The bonuses rankled some of Ammons' critics. Those last two years did not add any luster to FAMU's reputation. And it may take the university years to fully recover from the battering its image took in the aftermath of the brutal, fatal hazing of Champion.
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Henry will not serve a suspension for his actions.
Moments after New York's Mehdi Ballouchy scored in the 2-2 tie, Henry attempted to kick the ball into the net as a form of celebration. However, Hartman's foot was positioned behind the ball at the time, and the goalkeeper suffered a knee injury as a result.
Hartman will miss two to three weeks with an MCL strain.
The referee did not issue a foul or a yellow card to Henry at the time. The New York Designated Player had already received a yellow card earlier in the game and another caution would have led to his ejection. Had he been ejected, he would have been missed the Red Bulls' tilt against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Friday.
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Firstly, the committee must be unanimous that the incident was a clear and unequivocal booking offense. Secondly, the action must be egregious enough that the committee feels it necessary to "act to protect the integrity of the game."
"The committee deemed that the first condition was not met," Rodriguez told MLSsoccer.com. "It was decided that the action was reckless enough as it resulted in an injury, so it had to be recognized with one of the largest fines the committee has handed out."
Dallas midfielder Brek Shea, who received a red card in the game after a hard tackle on Chris Albright earlier in the match, was further cited by the committee.
Shea was handed an additional one-game suspension and fined $750 after the committee ruled that the tackle was reckless enough to warrant extra punishment. In making its decision, the league also considered his "unsportsmanlike behavior" as Shea initially refused to leave the field following the ejection.


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Do we take the welfare and safety of our children seriously as a society? Taken at face value the answer has to be 'yes'.
Firstly, despite the recent economic difficulties, the last century has seen huge rises in wealth and opportunity for children. More young people stay in education or training post 16 than ever before. When I was at school foreign holidays were rare but now they are the norm, most children have access to a family car, a TV, computer and a library. Children are vaccinated against disease, get free dental care, subsidised travel on public transport and their families receive money from the state to help with the costs of parenting. So as overall wealth has increased there has been a conscious decision by successive governments to invest in children. The result has been that the health, material comfort and wellbeing of children have improved.
And secondly, as a society we have also invested in supporting a safe and nurturing environment for all children. Laws have been passed that both state that children are entitled to be safe, and define what, who and how this will be ensured. Structures have been developed around schools, GPs and social services that support families and intervene to protect children when there is a problem. The message has been clear - safe and nurtured children are all of our priority. And successive Governments have consciously chosen to legislate to try and achieve just that.
All good so far. As a society, at face value we do take the welfare of our children seriously. But scratch beneath the surface and it is not so clear. In 2011, almost 45,000 people across the UK contacted the NSPCC with concerns about a child - a 29% increase on the previous year. But 56% of people whose call to the NSPCC was so serious it needed further action said they had been concerned about the child for at least a month. Over a quarter had waited at least six months to report their concerns.
To address this reluctance to take action we have launched a campaign today - 'Don't Wait Until You're Certain' - to encourage people to report concerns about child abuse sooner.
The reality is that all too often we send out very mixed messages about our level of seriousness. Take the recent horrific cases of Roshane Channer and Ruben Monteiro. Both 21, they raped an 11-year-old girl in Bedfordshire. And for good measure they videoed the attack. Their justification? They thought that the victim was 14. And for this vile attack they received a 40 month prison sentence. Forty months; what sort of signal does that send about how seriously we take the welfare of our children? The Attorney General, following calls from the NSPCC and others, has now referred these sentences to the Court of Appeal - but the damage has been done. And this is far from being an isolated case.
And then there is the fact that in many ways, despite the hard work and dedication of those working in child protection, much of what we currently do as a society barely scratches the surface. Just look at the numbers. As of March 2010, 46,705 children were subject to child protection plans or on child protection registers because they are thought to be at risk of harm.
And yet the NSPCC research study Child Cruelty in the UK 2011 found that 18.6% of 11 to 17-years-olds had been severely maltreated during childhood. In other words, the number of children being protected by the state is a tiny proportion of those who actually need protecting. Silently and unheard thousands of children are being abused and hurt and no one has noticed. Or if they have then they haven't let anyone know that they are worried.
The NSPCC Helpline service allows any adult who is worried about a child to contact the NSPCC anonymously with their concerns. Some contacts lead to advice and support being given or signposting to other local services. But after careful assessment, just under half of all contacts are considered so serious (21,000 in total) that a referral to the local social services or the police is made.
Over the past five years contacts to the NSPCC about abuse (neglect, physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse) have doubled overall. But people are still delaying letting others know about their concerns. And they delay because they are worried about whether they are right and about whether they will be taken seriously.
Take the case of Jessie. A distressed neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, contacted the NSPCC to discuss issues and concerns she had about Jessie, aged nine. They had frequently heard Jessie's mother shouting awful things at her, such as, "you have spoilt my life" and "you are a useless, horrible girl".
They had been concerned for some time but had never felt able to do anything. But what finally made them put aside any doubt was when Jessie's mum locked Jessie out of the house until 10:30pm in the middle of winter for misbehaving. The caller went on to say she had noticed bruises on Jessie's face, arms and legs that she thought had been caused when her mother had hit her. The NSPCC contacted the local social services who quickly assessed the situation and took Jessie into the care of foster carers.
But Jessie had been made to wait for help. And for tens-of-thousands of children the wait will be longer with the abuse only ending when they grow up and leave home. So if you are a child today looking around you how will you feel in answer to the question 'is the welfare of children taken seriously?' Well, with our criminal justice system sending mixed messages and more children being abused and hurt than the systems designed to protect them can cope with, you would have every right to feel that the seriousness with which children's welfare is taken can be patchy.
But there are no easy answers here. Fundamentally the system of child protection needs to be reviewed so that it reflects the reality that the statutory agencies alone cannot possibly hope to identify and tackle the extent of harm actually happening to children. And each and every one of us has to decide that if we are worried about a child that we will not wait until we are certain. Because taking the safety of our children seriously should not be taken at face value.
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Vol. 3, No. 17
Tom Brokaw Asked Clinton About China, But NBC Regularly Skips Reporting New China Revelations
If Only The Chinese Wore Trench Coats...
Read the MRC's Special Report: Network
Apathy Toward Chinese Contributions and Espionage
Brokaw interviewed President Clinton for last night's NBC Nightly News. Unlike
Dan Rather's syrupy 60 Minutes II Q&A on March 31, he actually asked a
question about Chinese espionage: "Your critics say the Clinton doctrine is we bomb
the small countries, Iraq and Kosovo, but when the big countries begin to give us trouble
we turn the other way. China and nuclear secrets is the most recent example of that. Isn't
that a bigger risk really to the long term history of the United States than
The networks haven't given China a tiny fraction of the news from Kosovo, despite major
new print revelations. For example:
April 28: The New York Times reported "A scientist
suspected of spying for China improperly transferred huge amounts of secret data from a
computer system at a government laboratory, compromising virtually every nuclear weapon in
the United States arsenal, government and lab officials say." Network coverage? ABC's
World News Tonight aired a full story. CBS Evening News mentioned it
before its own exclusive report on nuclear lab security. CNN's The World Today
aired two reports. But NBC aired nothing.
April 29: In response to the Times, Energy Secretary Bill
Richardson gave an interview to The Washington Post admitting "a serious
security breach that is unconscionable." The front-page Post article
reported that Richardson signaled the possibility that Lee "may have made available
to China far more sensitive information than previously imagined," including during
the Clinton years. Network coverage? Nothing.
April 30: The Washington Post front page reported that
Congress "erupted" with criticism against the FBI and the Justice Department.
"After grilling FBI Director Louis J. Freeh for nearly three hours in a closed-door
hearing, members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from both parties appeared
equally outraged at what they depicted as lax handling of past and present investigations
into suspected leaks of classified data. Their concern was aroused in particular by
Freeh's testimony that the suspect, Wen Ho Lee, had been cited for suspicious actions
going back almost 20 years." Network coverage? Only CNN aired a story on the hearing.
May 2: The New York Times added new details about when the
Clinton team learned about espionage: "A secret report to top Clinton
administration officials last November warned that China posed an 'acute intelligence
threat' to the government's nuclear weapons laboratories and that computer systems at the
labs were being constantly penetrated by outsiders." Network coverage? Only ABC noted
it, for 40 seconds.
May 5: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard from
nuclear lab directors and probed delays in warrants for Wen Ho Lee. Officials admitted
Lee's security file was lost at one point. Network coverage? Only ABC aired a story. Bob
Woodruff simply relayed the Justice Department's claim that it twice turned down warrant
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No joy for Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt was unable to cause another upset at the US Open as he went down in straight sets to sixth seed Tomas Berdych in the first round.
The 2001 champion knocked out Juan Martin del Potro last year and went on to reach the fourth round but he found the power of Berdych too much to handle.
Hewitt led 4-1 in the second set but lost the next five games and Berdych eased to a 6-3 6-4 6-3 victory - his 100th in grand slams.
Lleyton Hewitt fell at the first hurdle at Flushing Meadows (AP)
The Czech said: "I feel pretty good. It's a tough opponent, a big challenge.
"The conditions were extremely tough today. The heat, the wind, and facing Lleyton for the first round, it's nothing that what you really want to have.
"But when you are prepared and feel good, that's a perfect start."
It has been a strange season for Hewitt, who has won multiple titles for the first time in a decade but has only won one match across the four slams.
The 33-year-old was predictably asked whether he would be back at the US Open, giving the non-committal answer of: "I don't know. I get asked that every week."
Seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov began his first grand slam as a top-10 player with an impressive 6-2 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 victory over American Ryan Harrison.
Dimitrov is a dark horse for the title after his exceptional season, highlighted by beating Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, but this was his first ever win at the US Open.
The Bulgarian, who lost in five sets to Portugal's Joao Sousa last year, said: "I'm really happy to win my first round. It means a lot to me coming to this tournament as a seed. I have high expectations for myself."
Eleventh seed Ernests Gulbis beat Frenchman Kenny de Schepper 6-1 6-4 6-2 while 14 th seed Marin Cilic had a light workout, with opponent Marcos Baghdatis retiring through injury when trailing 6-3 3-1.
Feliciano Lopez, the 19th seed, was also the beneficiary of a retirement in the fifth set of his clash with Ivan Dodig.
The Croatian had his thigh strapped but decided he could not continue and handed Lopez a 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-4 1-1 victory.
Kevin Anderson, seeded 18th, was staring at a first-round loss when opponent Pablo Cuevas served for the match in the fifth set but he recovered to clinch victory on a deciding tie-break.
There was a painful end to American Steve Johnson's hopes against qualifier Tatsuma Ito.
Johnson was leading by two sets to one and 1-0 in the fourth when a leap for a smash brought on an extreme bout of cramp.
He lay on the court unable to move for a number of minutes, with the umpire having no choice but to penalise him for slow play.
After losing a point and a game he climbed back to his feet and attempted to carry on but every movement made the cramp worse and he eventually retired in tears, although he refused a wheelchair and managed to walk off court.
Wednesday's defeats for Johnson and Harrison mean only three American men have reached the second round - John Isner, Sam Querrey and Tim Smyczek.
Third seed Stan Wawrinka dropped a set against Thomaz Bellucci in the final match of the night session but recovered to reach round three.
The Australian Open champion looked completely in control when he won the first two sets but he was unable to sustain the same level in the third.
Brazilian Bellucci fought back and a decider looked on the cards when, with the time ticking past midnight, he went a break up in the fourth set.
This time it was Wawrinka's turn to fight back and, although Bellucci saved two match points in the 10th game, he was well beaten in the tie-break as the Swiss number two came through 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/1).
In the third round Wawrinka will meet Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic, who upset 30th seed Jeremy Chardy 6-2 7-6 (8/6) 6-3.
Lleyton Hewitt was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the first round of the US Open
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Family found dead in Arlington
Family found dead in Arlington
A single rose was on the front steps of 45 Newland St. in Arlington on Tuesday.
Relatives of Mei Kum Jones arrived at 390 Highland Ave. in Malden.
A mail deliverer walked past 45 Newland St. on Tuesday.
Scott Jones and Mei Kum Jones, both 43, and their sons, Colt and Cameron, were found dead in their home Monday.
Neighbors said Mei Kum Jones was a shy woman who was very attentive to the children.
Twin boys Colt and Cameron would have been 1 on Nov. 26.
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan described the deaths as a "very troubling," but assured the public there was no threat to public safety.
Authorities would not address how the family died or what weapons may have been used.


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Segment Routing (SR) leverages the source paradigm. A node. steers a packet through an ordered list of instructions, called ' segment '.State is kept in the packet header, not on the router, with Segment Routing.
Resources such as the CPU and Memory are saved.
If you have 100 Edge Routers in your network and if you enable MPLS Traffic Edge to Edge, you would have 100×99/2 = 4950 LSP states on your Midpoint LSR. This is prevalent in many MPLS TE enabled network.
If you enable Segment Routing and if you evaluate the same midpoint case (since you assign a Prefix/Node SID for every Edge router), Midpoint LSR would have 110 entries instead of 4500 entries.
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Over on the Stamping Mad Forum www.stampingmadforum.co.uk I run a challenge called The Virtual Crafting Challenge. The idea is to have a go at something you haven't tried before or to rediscover something you tried and forgot about. It is all about fun and experimentation, rather than striving for a finished piece by the end of the month.
For September 2008 the theme is
Here are just a few options for ideas to get you started. This is your journey, do whatever you fancy as long as you have some fun and maybe try something different to what you always do.
- Foiling; This is the technique where an adhesive is applied to a surface and a foil sheet is then applied to the glued area.The foil is then transferred to your image.
- Gilding; This technique involves applying a size or adhesive to an area, you then apply metal leaf to the area. The metal leaf will stick to the area that had the size or adhesive.
- As a new surface to stamp onto; You can get metal sheets in a variety of weights and colours. It is a great surface to colour and stamp onto. Use solvent based inks, other inks will not dry on this surface.
- Embossing; You can get metal sheets in a variety of weights and colours. This is a great surface to dry emboss into.
This site has projects for most of the above mentioned options
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10 Affordable Wreaths to Use Every Year
Earlier this week I rounded up a bunch of green wreaths you can buy online — but if you're not keen on dropping cash on something you'll mulch up (or worse - throw away!) at the end of the season, perhaps one of these everlasting options is for you.
• Winter Woods Wreath from Pottery Barn $99
• Nordic Holiday Wreath from Frontgate $49.50
• Silver Bell Wreath with Ribbon from Williams-Sonoma $49.95
• Glitter 9.25" Wreath from Crate & Barrel $10.47
• Lavender Wreath from Harry & David $49.95
• White Sugar Pine Pre-lit Wreath from Frontgate $139
• Everlasting Lavender Wreath from White Flower Farm $54
• White Flower Wreath from West Elm $27
• Red Pinecone Wreath from Garnet Hill $108
• Silver & Gold Wreath from Lenox $59.95
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lehigh University grad C.J. McCollum scored a career-high 37 points, including six 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers opened the season with a 112-94 victory over the depleted New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.
It was Portland's 15th straight home-opening victory, surpassing Boston's record of 14 (1979-92).
Damian Lillard, Portland's only remaining starter left over from last season, had 21 points and 11 assists. The Blazers are the third-youngest team in the NBA this season.
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Everything you need to know: Your Third Amp from Yamaha. THR10 and THR5
Your Third Amp: The Concept
Yamaha have managed to come up with the "next big thing" in the world of guitar amplifiers. Many guitarists will agree that the uber-powerful, great sounding amps they use during stage performances are just not practical for off-stage use. Smaller amplifiers may be suitable for use at home or on the go, however, they do seem to have a reputation for being too much like "copycats" of the larger amps and do not compensate for their size difference in providing a sound suitable for their dimensions.
"An audio interface, a desktop amplifier, stick your electric guitar through it, your bass & your acoustic guitar!! The THR is a posh iPod dock which you can also use for your PC/Laptop speakers."
Created using Virtual Circuitry Modelling (VCM) to model a selection of high-end tube amps such as Fender Twin Reverb and Marshall JMP, the THR amps model exactly how the controls in the larger stage amps work, enabling guitarists to get the same premium sound and effects as a stage amp, without the inconvenient sound levels.
Yamaha THR10 and THR5 Features
The new THR amps from Yamaha combine the 'large' quality sound of a stage amp with the portability and practicality of a smaller product. With the option of both an AC power connection and battery power, it's the perfect amp for both at home and going mobile. Yamaha are releasing two models of the THR, the THR5 and THR10. Both of which are identical in terms of the innovative hybrid nature of the VCM concept, however the THR10 model is slightly larger and enables the use of stomp box effects such as flanger and chorus, which provide the performer with stage amp effects in a light and compact package. In addition to electric guitars, the THR also accommodates both electro-acoustic and bass guitars through audio modelling, so there's no need for additional amplifiers.
With four different USB outputs and a DI connection, The THR is the perfect recording interface for your computer. The amps are capable of recording directly into Cubase software with zero latency or monitoring issues, providing two USB outputs of modelled audio and two for DI recording, so you will always be 100% in control of your sound.
In addition to being a high performance amplifier and recording interface, the THR also enables stereo playback via iPod, mobile phone or computer. Via a jack connection, guitarists are able to play along with pre-recorded audio through the amps premium quality stereo speakers. With a THR amplifier, even when your volume may be low key, your distortion and effects don't have to be.
Dolphin's Verdict
The THR range is a perfect compromise for off-stage performing, and will surely be a much-appreciated addition to any guitar lover's kit.
The Yamaha THR5 and THR10 are both ready for pre-order now. Order yours for the first UK shipment!
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PEARL will have a small OxfordInstruments cryostat available from day-1 of operation. It's expensive to run the cryostat (consumption of He) and a CCR is to be ordered soon. Besides that, sample environment will grow gradually as the instrument is being used over the years. The instrument allows for a 400mm radius sample environment.
About this blogDiffraction is a technique to determine the atomic structure of materials very accurately. Most scientists use X-ray diffraction (XRD) for this, but hydrogen and neighbours in the periodic table of Mendeleev are sometimes hard to find or distinguish. Neutron diffraction can do precisely that! Moreover, magnetic structures can be revealed and atoms can be highlighted or masked by isotope substitution.
Since neutrons are difficult to generate, such a diffractometer is not avaible within 500km, so the Reactor Institute Delft (TU Delft) has taken up the initiative to provide such an instrument to Dutch users.
This blog is about the progress of the design and building of PEARL: the Dutch neutron (powder) diffractometer.
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