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Rays Put Extra Effort into Win
The worst part of that victory tonight is that a host of the well-wishers who wanted to toast to the Rays victory had to drive over to Hillsborough county to do it. Becuase the game ended after 1:30 a.m. local taverns and lounges had already put the tills to bed and were doing the final prep work to leave and re-open in the morning for the football crowds. I heard people upset that they should suspend the county ordinance stopping the flow of beer and alcohol as a show of support for the Rays.
Really, the show of support for the team is based on a bubbly beverage with a frothy head? I thought the team was about confidience and energy and emotional willpower, not of it was cold-aged, or comes in a green bottle. I know the game went too long for most people to enjoy a post game beverage, but sometimes that happens in the world of sports. But the straw that stirs the drink is the amount of people who stayed in their seats until that last out.
But for you people who stayed until B J Upton hit that 160 foot fly ball to right…Thank You. To the people who worried more about the team going 0-2 than when "last call" was that night………..Thank You too. But the people I really want to thank are the multitudes of Red Sox fans who came down here and had class during the game and actually cheered both teams after the effort.
They did not only cheer as the Red Sox left the field, but gave the Rays their due in the marathon match.I am not afraid to clap or cheer for maximum effort by a team. Sweat, blood and the energy expelled last night hit an all time high in both dugouts. Rays' fans showed their exuberance and passion by clapping and banging their cowbells all night long. But it was the Boston fans applauding the Rays effort that showed the true class of the night. Baseball has been blessed with great fans for a long time, but when another team shows their repsect for the efforts of their opponents…………………..priceless, truly priceless.
Records Everywhere
Everywhere you looked last night a record was about to fall, be tied, or broken like a pane of glass. 435 pitches is amazing enough, but the 19 strikeouts and 13 walks played a major role the win and loss last night. For 5 hours and 27 minutes both team fought, clawed and scraped to put together enough to win this match.
Both teams hit enough long balls to tie a longstanding home runs per game record that should stand for a long time. 17 runs is amazing in the game between these 2 teams, considering this waqs suppose to be a pitchers' duel. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett lost the lead 3 times in the contest for the first time in his great career.
4 Boston players had 3 hits in the game, but no other Boston hitter had a single hit. It is the first time in postseason history that a team had more than 1 player with at least 3 hits in a game, and those 4 players accounted for ALL of the Red Sox's hits.
Dustin Peroia tied ex-Red Sox Todd Walker's 2 homer night in last night game. Walker hit his dual homers in the 2003 ALCS serie against the Oakland A's. It was only the 3rd time in the ALCS history that at leats two homers were hit in a game. Adam Kennedy of the Angels hold the all-time mark with 3 homers during the 2002 series against the Minnesota Twins.
Scott Kazmir
One of the big questions on Rays fans this season is, "Which Scott Kazmir will show up tp pitch tonight?" On a night when both starters' were suppose to be the duel of the night, it's became the bats from both teams that took the spotlight and shine bright into the night for both teams. Kazmir went to the mound with his 21st career start against the Red Sox. He is 6-7 lifetime against them with a 3.62 ERA.
In 2 starts against Boston this year, Kazmir is 0-2, with a 9.00 ERA. In his last home start against the Red Sox, he endured his worst home start by giving up 9 earned runs and 4 home runs , and allowed only his 2nd homer of the year to a leftie when David Ortiz homered to right in the game.
Kazmir got into early trouble in the game walking David Ortiz, then giving up a single to Kevin Youkilis to put 2 on base with 2-outs. Jason Bay hit a ball off the leftfield wall to score both runners and put the Red Sox up 2-0 early in the game. In this 1st inning, Kazmir threw 38 pitches.
In the 3rd inning, Kazmir gave up a lead-off homer to Dustin Pedroia to put Boston up 3-2. Coming into the at bat, Pedroia was 15-27 against Kazmir this year. Kazmir got through the inning and did not have another bad inning until the 5th inning.
This inning would be the longest of the night, and featured Kazmir giving up 2 homers in 3 at bats. Both Pedroia and Youkilis hit the 2nd pitches they saw from Kazmir for solo homers and Youkilis's shot tied the game at 5-all in the inning. After that, Kazmir left the game after throwing 98 pitches over 4.1 innings. On the night, Kazmir also got only 2 strikeouts and issued 3 walks in the contest.
B J Upton
For a guy who has been playing hurt since a shoulder injury in May of this year against Baltimore, you could not tell that B J Upton's power has been diminshed at all at the plate. With the game on the line, and the Rays almost exhausting all their relievers out of the Bullpen , Upton hit a 160 foot fly down the rightfield line that was the mightiesy hit of the night. His sacrifice fly to J D Drew was far enough away from home plate to score speedster Fernando Perez from third base and end the marathon game for the Rays.
But that was not the only contribution from Upton tonight. He went 1-4 in the game, but his one hit was a solo homer in the 3rd inning off Red Sox starter Josh Beckett to tie the game at 3-all. He also got on base in the twice on a walk in the 5th inning and stole second base. He then came home on a single to right by Carlos Pena to bring the Rays within 1 run, 6-5.
Evan Longoria
Tampa Bay's rookie third baseman went a combined 3-5 last night with 3-runs and 3 RBI's on the night. But it was his 2-run homer on a change-up up in the strikezone that tied the game for the Rays in the 1st inning. Longoria hit a drive deep into rightfield and scored Pena on the play to tie the game 2-all. Longoria was not done as he came up in the 3rd inning and hit a ball to the base of the leftfield wall for a double.
He ended up scoring on Carl Crawford's rightfield gap shot from second base to put the Rays up 4-3. Then in the 5th inning Longoria again hit a liner down the leftfield line and scored Pena. Longoria was again driven in by a Crawford single to put the Rays up 8-6 in the game. With his homer and 2 doubles, Longoria became only the 3rd rookie to ever have 3 extra base hits in a playoff game
The 3 C's Have a Big Night
The three members of the Tampa Bay Rays with "C"s in their names went a combined 5-12 on the night , with 4 RBI's and scored 3 runs for the Rays. Cliff Floyd made a statement early in the 4th inning by hitting a blast 400 feet over the dead centerfield fence to put the Rays up 5-3. Floyd's blast had Red Sox centerfielder Coco Crsips climbing the wall trying to get the ball before it went over the green wall.
Carlos Pena went 2-5 on the night, with 2 RBI's and a run scored in the game. Pena hit a double into deep left center to start the Rays' rally in the 1st inning. He then scored on Longoria's homer to left. Pena then moved Upton over with a single to right in the 5th inning, and both players scored on Longoria's double to left. Pena then hit a hard liner to Mark Kotsay at first that was destined for the rightfield corner in the7th inning.
Carl Crawford got into the game in the 3rd inning with an RBI single to the gap in rightfield to score Longoria and put the Rays up 4-3 at the time. Crawford then was picked off even before the next pitch when he was glancing away from the pitcher Beckett, and was tagged easily for the 3rd out in the inning. It was an unusual play for Crawford to not even be looking at the pitcher when he stepped off the base.
Crawford then faced Javier Lopez in the 5th inning in the middle of the Rays huge rally. Lopez was brought in just to face Crawford, and Crawford got a RBI single to score Longoria and send Lopez to the dugout. In the 10th inning, Crawford hit a drive back into the middle that struck Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon right below his right arm, near his side that deflected straight to Pedroia who completed the play for an out at first base.
Dan Wheeler
The Rays had great success from their Bullpen in the regular season and during the ALDS. But during this ALCS with Boston, the Rays Bullpen has run into some trouble and was again put to the test tonight. Grant Balfour came in and replaced Kazmir in the 5th inning and promptly gave up a solo shot to Jason Bay. Balfour then gave up 2 quick walks before being replaced by J P Howell with 2 men on base.
Howell got the last 2 batters' of the inning to close out the Red Sox threat. In the 6th inning, Howell got Jacoby Elssbury to fly out to Pena before issuing a walk to Pedroia. He the struck out Ortiz before leaving the game. For their time tonight Balfour went 0.0 innings and gave up a run on 1-hit and also gave up a walk. Howell was credited with 1-run on 1-hit and got 2 strikeouts.
Chad Bradford then came on to relieve Howell and gave up two straight hits to Youkilis and Bay before getting Jed Lowrie to fly out to center to end the inning. Bradford threw for 1.1 innings and gave up 1-run on 4-hits before Trever Miller came on to face Pedroia in the 8th inning. Miller gave up a single to Perdroia and was replaced by Dan Wheeler.
Wheeler ended up throwing 38 pitches last night in his 3.1 innings of work. It was one of the longest relief appearances of his career. Wheeler quickly got Youkilis to ground into a double play, but Pedroia moved over to third on the play. With 2-outs in the inning, the Rays looked like they might get out of the inning without a hitch.
Bay came up to bat and Wheeler threw 3 straight pitches outside for balls, before sailing a pitch over Dioner Navarro's head to the backstop. Navarro sprinted to the backstop and tossed a errant ball towards Wheeler covering home. The ball did not get within Wheeler's glove in time and skipped away from him, letting Pedroia score and tie the game at 8-all in the 8th inning.
It was only the 2nd Wild Pitch given up by Wheeler all year long. Wheeler then got the next 3 Red Sox batters in order before Coco Crisp put a ball in the air in centerfield that shifted on Upton in the air and he watched as it skipped over the centerfield wall for a Ground Rule Double.
Wheeler then got Ellsbury to strikeout to end the 9th inning. He then came out again in the 10th inning and got 3 quick outs on 10 pitches to set the Red Sox down in order. Wheeler then came out in the 11th inning and got a quick strikeout of Bay before issuing a walk to Lowrie and giving the Red Sox a baserunner.
Rays rookie David Price then came on to pitch and quickly issued a walk to Drew before getting Kotsay on a strikeout and making Crisp hit into a 5-4 ground out to finish the inning. By being the pitcher of record in the 11th inning, Price earned his first postseason victory in the game. It was his first major league victory, and marked only the 3rd time a play earned either a win or loss for his first in the postseason.
11th inning
The 11th inning started with Navarro walking on 3 straight balls after getting a 1-2 count in the at bat. Boston's Pitching Coach John Farrell was ejected right after the at bat when he was arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Sam Holbrook. Speedster Fernando Prez then came on to run for Navarro and gave the Rays a dose of speed on the basepaths.
Ben Zobrist then walked on 5 pitches to give the Rays another baserunner with no outs in the inning. Perez was stealing 3rd when Jason Bartlett hit a hard grounder to Youkilis who could not get Perez in time and had to go to first base for the 1st out in the inning. Akinora Iwamura was then Intentionally Walked to load the bases for the Rays.
Then Upton came up and quickly got an 0-2 count on him before hitting his 160 foot fly into shallow right to Drew. He quickly threw the ball into the infield, but the throw was off line and was about 5 feet up the line towards third as Perez slapped his hand on the plate for the winning run.
Please Come to Boston
The Rays will board a charter to bean-town on Sunday morning because of a late work-out schedule in Boston on Sunday. They will have a 6:30 p.m. work out before retiring for the good nights sleep in Boston before Monday's 4 p.m. start.
Here are a few facts heading into the 3-games in Boston:
This is only the 19th time in 39 American League Championships that the series was tied 1-1 at this point.
37 players who were used in last night's game, tied the American League record for the most ever used in a playoff game of any length.


text: Hey all. Saw Into Darkness for a 3rd time last nite and: In the scene where K says he will destroy the Enterprise life support system "located behind the aft nacelle". HUH? Anyone else notice this? I know its stupid to knitpick stuff like this but I have to admit it bugs me a little bit. Theres a port and starboard nacelle. You could say that the nacelle's are located aft on the ship, i guess. Also saying aft nacelle sounds like theres a for nacelle? The truth is, there is no aft nacelle. Lazy writing maybe? ?

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Kirk Hammett: 'Metallica have run out of excuses to delay new album'
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is positive the band will be back in the studio in the coming weeks as they have "run out of excuses" to delay work on a new album. The Enter Sandman hitmakers last released a full-length album in 2008 with Death Magnetic, and fans have been clamouring for their 10th studio record ever since.
However, the rockers are now preparing to create new music, as Hammett tells Billboard.com, "When we start, that's going to be our main priority, and we're pretty excited about it because we've been saying we need to start working on this album, but we've been procrastinating greatly with it.
"We've pretty much come up with every sort of excuse we can not to start work on the album, but we've run out of excuses, so we pretty much have to start work on it now."
He adds, "We're a band that never has a shortage of ideas. You hear about these bands that are sitting in the studio and they don't have any songs, what are they gonna do? That's not Metallica. Metallica's problem is the total opposite. We have too many ideas. James (Hetfield) has, like, 800 ideas. I have 400. Those number alone are just crazy. That's formidable."
In the meantime, fans can tune in to the Grammy Awards on 26 January (14), when Metallica will perform with classical pianist Lang Lang at the annual music prizegiving.


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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by RAFA2005RG, Nov 13, 2012.
Not gonna happen.
He will never be sensible and play there. He will go where the money is like he always does.
People are realizing that tennis without Nadal has become a joke and they are desperate to have him back.
That's not what people are realizing.
A 31 year old father reaches the finals of the WTF and is barely beaten by the "#1" in the world. Before that, a guy explains (before a match) why he can never beat the 31 year old father, and then dutifully loses.
Time for Nadal to come back and raise the bar.
What was the score when Nadal played Fed at the WTF last year? I seem to have forgotten
He wins Slams, not round-robin Christmas tournaments
These opening posts, they remind me of another Rafa fan who got banned a while back.
Sureshs has clearly declined.
Rumor is nadal got manhandled 6-3 6-0 but ssssh!!!!
6-1 6-3 -6-0 in a slam final is much worse than losing a three setter at the WTF,where Fed only won one more game in a 5 set match. But ssssshhh,don't say anything. :lol:
Nadal beating Federer 8 times in majors at 3 different venues is the biggest "ssssshhh" :twisted:
Nadal losing 7 times in a row to Djokovic (6 being finals, 3 of those finals being grand slams) is an even bigger "sssssssshhhhhhhh":twisted:
Federer, the supposed GOAT, crying over like a baby girl in a trophy presentation is an even bigger sssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......:twisted:
Since when is losing 6-3 6-0 even remotely comparable to Federer getting absolutely pounded 1-6 3-6 0-6 by Rafael Nadal? I'm glad Nadal gave him that well-deserved beating, particularly because he really sent out a message that Federer is his puppet and that Federer doesn't stand a chance against him in 5 sets. The mental gap was now insurmountable, and Federer winning only 4 games in a grand slam final showed the world that he will never, EVER beat Nadal in a slam again, much less Roland Garros. It's Nadal's payback for the Federer-fan vitriol, and the hearts and souls of Federer fans will ache as it no longer becomes a joke as to whether or not Nadal will pass Federer's slam count. It's all fun and games until Nadal hits 16. And then 17. Reality hits. 18. 19. Suddenly Federer just becomes another talent, like Nastase.
Did their World Tour Finals meeting send out that message? Nope. This was on one of the biggest stages in mens' tennis. A SLAM.
It's not a rivalry. It WASN'T a rivalry. It was, and IS, utter domination.
Wow, this thread turned out great.
Again, interesting posting pattern between Nadal fans. I have seen this before. Was it an Attenborough documentary?
Knew you'd show up precisely why I did it :lol: but hey at least federer won RG looks like Rafa can't even win what you call a "Mickey mouse" tournament
All 7 were finals. Never mind, Nadal has now won 3 in a row against Djokovic :twisted:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and all that.
Nadal want$ to play Abu Dhabi and Kooyoung?
I wonder why that i$$$?
Probably because when Nadal can play exhibitions and when he loses 6-0 6-0 in January he can laugh it off saying it was only an exhibition?
Most of them seem pretty much true for now.
His knees will give in, his career wont last, his serve is too weak, his volley sucks..seems pretty spot on - kudos to that guy.
Gee, ya think?
IF(a big if) Nadal is ready to go by that time, I don't see what the problem is. He needs some quasi-serious matchplay(I assume that some good players will be there) with little consequence for him and the money couldn't hurt.
The way some of you are talking, you expect him to enter AO without any matches under his belt, and after six months of not playing at pro level.
I am tired of hearing of these offers and events. Will Rafa play, will he not? :-?
Nadal probably won't even be playing the AO the way things are going. He did say before he didn't care about his ranking, after all.
Oh boy! :-?
Well, at least we don't have to worry about such poster of Federer.
There is no big enough screen or poster, that can accomodate all the dumb predictions from even one *******, no matter how small the letters are.
that was cold. but true.
people here dismiss the fact that nadal ruined federer. forget his own health issues. doesn't matter. that's his playing style, and his own loss. he beat federer in the final of wimbledon, then in the final of australian open, and has always beaten federer in the french. but somehow, those are flukes. despite nadal's devastating consistency. i realize most of the people here are probably teens and early 20s not 30 year old dinosaurs like me. but, seriously, the general aptitude on this forum from most of the users is seriously low. i'd love to get the SAT 2 math/science scores for some of the posters. the way they interpret data is profoundly poor.
With all due respect to what I am sure are your very high Math and Science scores, I am not sure what the point of your post is given your writing style. I don't think anyone would say that Nadal beating Federer, especially on clay or other slow courts, is a fluke. Obviously, Nadal is a very bad match up for Federer which is exacerbated on slow courts. You quote with glee the previous poster who noted that Nadal "only wins slams...", but neglect to point out that Federer has won 6 more slams than Nadal.
Again, not sure what you point is. If it was to point out the alleged superiority of Nadal over Federer, I am afraid you failed.
Hope he comes. It's just down the road and I play club games there every year. Would be fun to see him bottle wrangling and snarling in my backyard.
Not so. If Nadal was a better hard court player he'd have met Federer many more times in other GS finals but because he's not he just doesn't make it that far. Ironically his weakness is interpreted as a strength by the true believers here who hold on to the illusory grail of "H2H" stats as proof of divine intervention rather than a quirk of statistical probability. I did quite well in school by the way.
Nadal beat Federer in this year's Australian Open. Federer blew match points against Djokovic to face Nadal in both the 2010 and 2011 US Opens. Recently, it's been Federer not getting to the stage to meet Nadal.
During the rebound ace era, the Kooyong Classic was seen by players such as Federer, Agassi, Roddick, Nalbandian and Safin as the best preparation for the Australian Open, instead of playing in one of the lead-up ATP tournaments. The guarantee of 3 matches against quality opposition and being able to set up base in Melbourne for a bit longer must have been attractive to them.
Hewitt always felt he should be loyal to the smaller Aussie tournaments Adelaide and Sydney (plus Adelaide was his home city tournament where he made his memorable 1998 breakthrough) and would decline invititations to play at Kooyong every year until 2011.
However after the Aussie Open changed surface to plexicushion in 2008, and the money spinning Abu Dhabi exho was set up in 2009, the Kooyong exho has suffered big-time. Nadal playing there next year would give it a huge boost.
People have different stengths. My weakness is Mathematics and English. My strengths are Biology, Chemistry(non-math part), Kinesiology( excluding Biomechanics) and Sociology.
There are 6-7 different types of intellgence. Being smart in math will not save you from death. Common sense, and perception will save you from stupid actions.
A guy with Masters of Science went on to threaten women in colleges here in Canada. People did not think he was that kind of person because of his Degree.
SAT scores aren't viable proof to a person intelligence. It just a score to determine your entrance to a University. Plus University teaches you how to read information and process it. It does not make you a better learner and does not teach you how to survive in this world. We have to learn that stuff on our own.
I agree to why you said that statment. There is a lot of immaturity and dumb statements. Some like me like to do this on purpouse. It is rare to have serious discussion on the general pro player section.
I personally think Nadal made Federer better. He did not ruin Federer....he made Federer more likeable. I would not watch a guy who wins everything without any stiff competition. The fact that Nadal owns him makes me a fan of Federer. Seeing Federer trying to overcome Nadal....is exciting. Nadal wins aren't fluke either, but all his wins barring 2008 FO weren't easy wins. Federer could have turned many the matches to his favor. Just like Nadal could have beaten Federer in 2007 Wimbledon and many of the encouters Federer won barring 2011 WTF.
True dat. But surely you'd expect that at this stage of his career. It's simply amazing that he's still competitive in, and winning, Slams at this stage of his career. I imagine he couldn't give a toss about head to head statistics and such stuff though and is playing on because he's sure he's still got it in him to win big competitions. Things like head to head stats and he level of consistency is certainly heading in only one direction now. That's fine. I'd enjoy watching him as a top 20 swashbuckler only making quarters but still upsetting big names years from now. Statistics are interesting but ultimately boring - poetry is illuminating and heartstopping. That's why we all watch and play isn't it?
"His knees will give in": Nope, he's practicing again.
"His career won't last": Nope, he's practicing again and extending his career by playing more clay-court tournaments, less hard-court tournaments, including no 'band-aid solutions'.
"His serve is too weak": Nope, Nadal holds the record (with Roddick) for the fewest service breaks en route to the title, and Nadal only dropped one service game en route to the final at Roland Garros 2012. Nadal has one of the most dominant serves of all time.
"His volley sucks": Ever seen Nadal play at Wimbledon and Roland Garros?
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2010 events: Leonard Sax MD PhD
January 13/14, Grand Coteau,
LA: Dr. Sax spoke to parents (1/13), and
led a two-day workshop for teachers, hosted by the Academy of the Sacred Heart. This workshop was attended by educators from
across south
January 15,
January 19,
January 21,
February 8, Paget, Bermuda: Dr. Sax spoke at Bermuda College to public school counselors and administrators about sex differences in the propensity to delinquent behavior: girls and boys both get into trouble, but they often get into different kinds of trouble.
February 8/9, Devonshire, Bermuda: Dr. Sax spoke to more than 600 parents (2/8),
and led a full-day workshop for teachers (2/9), hosted by
February 20,
February 20,
March 18 – 19,
March 27,
April 13 – 14, Los Angeles, CA: Dr. Sax led a two-day workshop on gender-specific best practice, for teachers at the Young Oak Kim Academy, a public charter school; he also spoke to parents (4/13).
April 16,
April 16 (evening),
April 17,
April 18,
April 26: Dr. Sax was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio, to discuss Boys Adrift and Girls on the Edge. Streaming audio is available online (40 minutes' duration) at http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/mlr/mlr100426f.rm.
April 29, New
May 3: Dr. Sax was a guest in the studio for Minnesota Public Radio to discuss Girls on the Edge. Streaming audio (45 minutes) is available at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/03/midmorning2/.
May 10: Dr. Sax was a guest in the studio of CNN's American Morning to discuss Girls on the Edge with Kiran Chetry; streaming video is available online at www.leonardsax.com and at http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/10/teen-girls-coping-with-drugs-alcohol-sexting/.
June 3, Jamestown, ND: Dr. Sax was a keynote speaker for a statewide conference hosted jointly by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. He also led two breakout sessions, on "Girls on the Edge" and "Boys Adrift."
June 17, Madison, WI: Dr. Sax gave the keynote presentation at a conference on gender differences in the propensity to delinquent behavior, hosted by the Gender Studies Project at the University of Wisconsin Madison, www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/boysandgirls/index.html.
June 21 - 22,
July 22,
July 26/27,
July 27,
July 29/30,
August 2/3,
August 5,
August 6, Auckland, New Zealand: Dr. Sax was a guest in the studios of TV New Zealand for the morning news program, "Breakfast," discussing some of the challenges facing girls today such as texting and Facebook.
August 11 – 12,
August 13,
August 16,
August 20: Dr. Sax was a guest in the studios of CNN's American Morning, discussing recent research on the over-diagnosis of ADHD in American schoolchildren. Streaming video at http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/20/1-million-kids-misdiagnosed-with-adhd/.
August 26,
August 30, Guelph, Ontario: Dr. Sax gave a keynote address, and led breakout sessions, on gender difference in education, at a conference hosted by the Upper Grand District School Board.
September 1 – 2, Temperance, MI: Dr. Sax led two days of workshops on gender-specific best practice for the content areas, for Bedford Public Schools.
September 24,
September 29,
October 9 – 10,
October 14,
October 19,
October 20,
October 22,
October 25:
October 26,
October 27,
October 29,
November 1,
November 3,
November 8,
November 9 – 10,
November 11, Wisconsin Dells, WI: Dr. Sax provided the keynote address at a
conference for juvenile justice professionals, hosted by the
November 12,
November 15 and 16,
November 17,
November 24, Port
November 29,
December 6,
December 8, Columbus, OH: Dr. Sax led the first of a three-day strand of professional development for teachers with Columbus Public Schools; subsequent days will be February 9 and May 11, 2011.
To go to Dr. Sax's personal web site, click on www.leonardsax.com.
To go to the web site of the
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Overturned call at second goes Braves' way
By John Jackson / Special to MLB.com
CHICAGO -- In the bottom of the eighth of the Braves' 11-6 win over the Cubs on Saturday at Wrigley Field, an overturned call ended the inning and a potential Cubs rally.
With the Braves up by three runs and Chris Coghlan on first, Luis Valbuena grounded to second baseman Tommy La Stella, who tossed the ball to shortstop Andrelton Simmons to get the runner at second. Simmons then threw to first for the double play.
However, Coghlan was called safe at second. Simmons appeared to be close enough to the bag -- the so-called "neighborhood play" -- but second-base umpire Dan Bellino said he was off the base. Instead of the inning being over, Coghlan was at second with two outs.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez came out to argue, and after review, the safe call was overturned.
It's the second time in less than a week that the Braves were part of a replay that involved the neighborhood exception.
On Monday, with the Braves and Mets tied in the bottom of the ninth, New York's Juan Lagares bunted down the third-base line, hoping to move Eric Campbell to second. Braves third baseman Chris Johnson fielded the ball and threw to Simmons, covering second base, who stretched to receive the throw and quickly moved out of the way to try for a double play. Campbell was ruled out at second base, while Lagares beat the relay to first.
Mets manager Terry Collins successfully challenged the out call at second, arguing that Simmons didn't keep his foot on second as he caught the ball. Collins argued that the neighborhood play wasn't applicable, because Simmons took the throw more like a first baseman and wasn't trying to avoid a collision.
Gonzalez strongly disagreed with the final outcome, calling it "one of the worst calls I've ever seen."
"Good for [Collins], I don't blame him whatsoever," Gonzalez said. "He's trying to win. Whatever explanation he gave the umpires worked. I've learned so far that if you go to the headsets, you have no idea what is coming out of it. Good for Terry. I'm going to find out how he actually got them to do that."
Saturday's play was more a traditional turn at second base.
"I didn't go out there to question the neighborhood play; you can't review that," Gonzalez said. "Once he said, 'He's safe off the bag,' I'm thinking maybe he's on the bag and maybe we'll get the benefit of a doubt because it is a neighborhood play.
"But I didn't go in particularly to say it was a neighborhood play, because you can't challenge that."
John Jackson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Black tea is a variety of tea that is more oxidized than the oolong, green, and white varieties. All four varieties are made from leaves of Camellia sinensis. Black tea is generally stronger in flavor and contains more caffeine than the less oxidized teas. Two principal varieties of the species are used, the small-leaved Chinese variety plant (C. sinensis sinensis), also used for green and white teas, and the large-leaved Assamese plant (C. sinensis assamica), which was traditionally only used for black tea, although in recent years some green has been produced.
In Chinese and Chinese influenced languages, black tea is known as "crimson tea" (紅茶, Mandarin Chinese hóngchá; Japanese kōcha; Korean hongcha), perhaps a more accurate description of the colour of the liquid. The name black tea, however, could alternatively refer to the colour of the oxidized leaves. In Chinese, "black tea" is a commonly used classification for post-fermented teas, such as Pu-erh tea. However, in the Western world, "red tea" more commonly refers to rooibos, a South African tisane.
While green tea usually loses its flavor within a year, black tea retains its flavour for several years. For this reason, it has long been an article of trade, and compressed bricks of black tea even served as a form of de facto currency in Mongolia, Tibet, and Siberia into the 19th century. It was known since the Tang Dynasty that black tea steeped in hot water could also serve as a passable cloth dye for the lower classes that could not afford the better quality clothing colours of the time.[citation needed] However, far from being a mark of shame, the "brown star" mark of the dyeing process was seen as much better than plain cloth and held some importance as a mark of the lower merchant classes through the Ming Dynasty.[citation needed] The tea originally imported to Europe was either green or semi-oxidized. Only in the 19th century did black tea surpass green in popularity.[citation needed] Although green tea has recently seen a revival due to its purported health benefits, black tea still accounts for over ninety percent of all tea sold in the West.
The expression "black tea" is also used to describe a cup of tea without milk ("served black"), similar to coffee served without milk or cream.
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text: It's an annoying habit when someone constantly self-coaches, telling themselves after each and every shot what they "should have" done, as opposed to what they did do, which was make a lousy shot. (An occasional brief self-dialogue is okay, like, "move your feet!" or "get under the ball!") But one thing I don't need is for my partner to try to provide a tennis lesson for me, while we're playing a match. I have a coach who tells me all the time why I suck, and what I do well - plus I think each player should be paying attention to his own game and how he's playing, not focused on why I missed a low volley. Also - this partner-coach is generally someone who is not a better player than me, and generally the "advice" is either painfully obvious, or nonsensical. While these comments are well-meant as constructive criticism, I normally respond with a curt "sorry, this is a no coaching zone". Am I just a big crab?


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Singer/songwriter Mat Kearney has always infused his songs with a bit of spoken word and a penchant for hip-hop. In a recent chat with Marcus D, the Oregon born performer explained his musical roots.
"As a punk 14-year-old, skating around, graffiting trains, I was more of a hip-hop kid."
Kearney said he was a late comer to the music scene, starting to write and play in college at California's Chico State University. The then sophomore English major would steal his roommate's guitar and head to the school's racquetball courts and write songs using the two chords that he knew. Storytelling rather than skill fueled his first forays into music.
"The hip-hop influenced stuff really allowed me to express myself more profoundly than my musical ability," he said.
In the end, Kearney divulged that it was his love of writing that got him through high school and into college — leading him to music.
"It was the beginning of me realizing I was good at something. [I] picked up a guitar and all of a sudden it was this glove that kinda fit me well."
[Photos: Mat Kearney In The Alice Lounge]
Kearney's latest album Young Love is out now on Universal Republic and he will be hitting the road supporting Train this summer. Complete tour dates below.
Train with Mat Kearney and Andy Grammer:
JUL 26 – Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC
JUL 27 – Raleigh Amphitheatre Raleigh, NC
JUL 28 – Stars In The Park Des Moines, IA
AUG 4 – Indiana State Fair Indianapolis, IN
AUG 5 – The Woods at Fontanel Nashville, TN
AUG 7 – Meadow Brook Music Festival Rochester Hills, MI
AUG 8 – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Cincinnati, OH
AUG 11 – Ravinia Festival Highland Park, IL
AUG 12 – Ravinia Festival Highland Park, IL
AUG 14 – Toledo Zoo Amphitheater Toledo, OH
AUG 15 – Illinois State Fair Springfield, IL
AUG 16 – Jacob's Pavilion at Nautica Cleveland, OH
AUG 18 – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
AUG 19 – Mohegan Sun Uncasville, CT
AUG 21 – Wolf Trap Vienna, VA
AUG 24 – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center Canadaigua, NY
AUG 25 – Champlain Valley Expo Essex Junction, VT
AUG 26 – Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion Gilford, NH
AUG 30 – MAC Center – Monmouth University West Long Beach, NJ
AUG 31 – Tanglewood Lenox, MA
SEP 1 – Borgata Atlantic City, NJ
SEP 5 – Mizner Park Amphitheatre Boca Raton, FL
SEP 6 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre St Augustine, FL
SEP 7 – Chastain Park Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA
SEP 9 – Downtown Revival Music Festival Dayton, OH
SEP 11 – Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre Tuscaloosa, AL
SEP 12 – Mud Island Amphitheatre Memphis, TN
SEP 13 – Oklahoma City Zoo Ampitheatre Oklahoma City, OK
SEP 15 – Verizon Theatre Grand Prairie, TX
SEP 16 – Whitewater Amphitheater New Braunfels, TX
SEP 19 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
SEP 22 – Edgefield Amphitheatre Portland, OR
SEP 23 – Western Washington Fair Puyallup, WA
SEP 28 – Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA
SEP 29 – Nokia Theatre Los Angeles, CA
SEP 30 – Comerica Theatre Phoenix, AZ
– Bradford Hornsby, firstname.lastname@example.com/San Francisco


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The House on Thursday approved the two measures by Democratic Rep. Nate Steel of Nashville that would prohibit prospective and current employees and students from having to provide access to their personal social media accounts.
One bill would prohibit an employer from asking a current or prospective employee to provide access to his or her social media account or change the privacy settings on the account. It passed 92-0.
The other bill - which passed 94-0 - would prohibit a college or university from asking for access to the social media account of a student or prospective student.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Madison Shipman hit the game-winning RBI single down the right field line and Raven Chavanne tallied three hits and two runs on her birthday to lead No. 8/8 Tennessee to 5-4 win on Sunday and a series sweep of No. 5/4 Texas A&M for the weekend.
To start SEC play this year, Tennessee has now gone 6-3 against No. 1/2 Alabama, No. 3/3 Florida and No. 5/4 Texas A&M.
Tennessee (27-6, 6-3 SEC) scored four runs over the first two innings to seize control of the game early on. Texas A&M (26-5, 4-4 SEC) scored two in the second and two in the fifth to even the game at 4-4 before Shipman knocked the walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh with the bases loaded.
Shipman finished 2-for-4 with one RBI. Chavanne went 3-for-4 with one double, one RBI and two runs. Kat Dotson was 2-for-4 with one run. Lauren Gibson reached base three times with an RBI single and two walks. Melissa Brown drove in two runs.
Ellen Renfroe was tough in the circle, striking out five while allowing four runs (two earned) over 6.1 innings. Ivy Renfroe (12-3) earned the win, striking out two to get the final two outs of the top of the seventh.
UT jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. With two outs and runners on second and third, Brown hit a two-RBI single up the middle.
Texas A&M tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the second when Dumezich and Cali Lanphear scored with two outs following an errant throw from third base that allowed Emily Albus to reach.
The Lady Vols pulled back in front, 4-2, in the bottom of the second. With one out and Rainey Gaffin on second, Chavanne clubbed an RBI double to left field. Two batters later Gibson hit an RBI single to right field and advanced on the fielding error, bringing home Chavanne on the play.
The Aggies plated two runs in the top of the fifth to knot things at 4-4. Albus legged out an infield single right in front of home plate to lead off the inning. In the next at-bat, Meagan May swung at the first pitch she saw and hammered a two-run homer over the wall in center field.
Tennessee escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the sixth when Ellen Renfroe induced a groundout to third. UT dodged an Aggie runner on third base in the top of the seventh when Ivy Renfroe entered in relief and fired a pair of strikeouts.
Chavanne led off the bottom of the seventh with an infield single to short. Dotson followed with a single to first base. Gibson drew a walk on a full count to load the bases. Shipman sent a 1-0 pitch to right field to plate Chavanne for the game-winning run.
Tennessee will next host Eastern Kentucky on Wednesday at 6 p.m.


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The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have acquired guard/forward Jim Jackson and forward Bostjan Nachbar from the Houston Rockets in exchange for guard David Wesley.
"Jim and Bostjan are going to fit well into our system and should be able to help us with their offensive skills," said Hornets General Manager Allan Bristow. "We're optimistic that the addition of these two players and the return of some of our injured players will give us a great boost on the court."
Jackson, currently in his 13th NBA season, holds career averages of 15.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 805 games. The 6-6 swingman has spent time with Dallas, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Golden State, Portland, Atlanta, Cleveland, Miami and Sacramento in addition to Houston (where he signed as a free agent prior to the 2003-04 season). He had averaged 13.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 24 games with the Rockets this season.
Nachbar (whose name is pronounced "BOAST-jon NOCK-bar) was selected by the Rockets with the 15th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. The 6-9 Slovenian forward averaged 2.8 points and 1.4 rebounds in his first two seasons with Houston and had averaged 3.1 points and 1.9 rebounds in 16 games with the Rockets this season.
"David Wesley has always exemplified the very best in what a Hornets player represents on and off the basketball court," said Hornets Owner George Shinn. "He has been a part of some great memories with our club, both in what he has done for us on the court and what he has meant to the community.
"We wish him and his family the best."


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The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle is released here.
The games are
* Frozen Synapse;
* Trine;
* Shadowgrounds: Survivor;
* Shadowgrounds;
* Jack Claw;
* Frozenbyte;
* and Splot upon release
If anybody write up a PKGBUILD for Frozen Synapse before me let me know.
Arch x64 on Thinkpad X200s/W530
Any word on whether the source code for Frozen Synapse will be released?
All of these except Frozen Synapse were part of the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle. Of those, only the Shadowgrounds games were open‐sourced. (Open‐sourced games from previous bundles include Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, Penumbra, Revenge of the Titans. AFAIK nothing from the Humble Indie Bundle 3 was open‐sourced.)
Too much Humble Bundles in such a short time. It's starting to lose its effect. Plus there's only one game in this bundle making it feel more like a promotional stunt than an actual charity fundraiser. I still buy everyone Bundle with twice the average Linux price though.
Any word on whether the source code for Frozen Synapse will be released?
Frozen Synapse is highly unlikely to be open sourced. What I have heard related to this is that if, and this is very unlikely, something happens to mode7games so they can no longer run the servers, then they'd give it over to others so the game can still be played.
The linux client works well though. I'm told that it works on 64 bit if you have multlib installed. I don't have a 64 bit linux installation to test it on myself. The only issue I've had with the linux version is setting custom resolutions. On a dual screen setup it'll take both full screens. For now I solve this by disabling one screen, starting the game and re-enabling it. As a fallback the windows version works flawlessly through wine, which is how most of us linux people were playing beforehand.
Update: A fellow arch gamer pointed out you can tell Xorg the available resolutions, something along the lines of
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device_Nvidia_DualHead"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 0
Option "HWCursor" "on"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" #COMPIZ
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" #COMPIZ
Option "AddARGBVisuals" "true" #COMPIZ
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0, DFP-1"
## TWinView ##
Option "TwinView"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "rightof"
Option "MetaModes" "1920x1080,1920x1080; 1920x1080,NULL; 1680x1050,NULL; 1024x768,NULL; 800x600,NULL; 640x480,NULL;"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen_Nvidia_DualHead"
Device "Device_Nvidia_DualHead"
Monitor "SyncMasterXL2370-1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" "320x200"
If anybody write up a PKGBUILD for Frozen Synapse before me let me know.
I would love to maintain a FS package in the AUR. It is however not trivial as I cannot see a way to script the installer. If you set $DISPLAY="" then it'll run in text mode, but that's still not good enough for a PKGBUILD. Perhaps the files can be extracted from the setup file another way. It uses mojosetup.
Last edited by SidK (2011-09-29 10:38:39)
I'm having problems getting sound:
$ ./FrozenSynapse
ALSA lib dlmisc.c:236:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
AL lib: sdl.c:208: SDL_OpenAudio failed: No available audio device
It seems I have the lib installed:
$ ls -alF /usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18380 22 feb 2011 /usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so*
Any ideas? Sound is working in other apps.
@jofa: same issue on gentoo. i opened a post at their forum: http://forums.mode7games.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3653
The game was ported by icculus, so post it here instead: https://bugzilla.icculus.org/buglist.cg … en+Synapse. Can't help as I use PulseAudio myself. All I can say is, make sure you have the lib32's required.
Last edited by Cilph (2011-09-30 11:53:14)
You may need lib32-libpulse, I installed that and lib32-libvorbis and a bunch of other libs, and it worked.
Thank you! Arthur_D's suggestion got sound working, but it's really noisy. I'll look into it. Perhaps a PulseAudio, or lack thereof issue? Haven't really done any sound setup...
You may need lib32-libpulse, I installed that and lib32-libvorbis and a bunch of other libs, and it worked.
I can't play Shadowgrounds.. it complains about libGLU (I have the multilib repo enabled). Which package provides it?
./shadowgrounds-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
and the launcher:
./shadowgrounds-launcher: error while loading shared libraries: libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Last edited by el mariachi (2011-10-02 16:27:48)
I can't play Shadowgrounds.. it complains about libGLU (I have the multilib repo enabled). Which package provides it?
Install pkgtools and use pkgfile to find libraries:
~ > pkgfile libGLU.so.1
Last edited by skottish (2011-10-02 16:31:24)
It doesn't find anything for the libgobject one
Now it shows this (all libs installed: Got signal 11 at (nil) from 0xf613ddfb
Last edited by el mariachi (2011-10-02 18:43:32)
Is there a PKGBUILD for TRAUMA ?
I had some problems with Shadowgrounds. solved by preloading a failing library. LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
For trauma, I do not have a pkgbuild, but I got it to work by un tar.gz-ing it
tar xvfz trauma.tar.gz
and then running the 'run trauma' file
./run\ trauma
which opens it up in Adobe Flash Player.
I don't know how to make a pkgbuild file, but maybe I'll try it out for this one. Let me know if you beat me to it. :)
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SpaceChem was just added to the bundle. I've created a PKGBUILD, though I'd appreciate a quick glance from others before it goes into the AUR.
# Maintainer: Sid Karunaratne <sakaru at gmail dot com>
pkgdesc="an obscenely addictive, design-based puzzle game about building machines and fighting monsters in the name of science"
build() {
cd $srcdir
ar x SpaceChem-i386.deb
tar xzf data.tar.gz
package() {
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
cp ${srcdir}/opt/zachtronicsindustries/spacechem/readme/LICENSE.txt ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/
cp -r ${srcdir}/usr ${pkgdir}/
mv ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/zachtronicsindustries-spacechem ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/spacechem
cp -r ${srcdir}/opt ${pkgdir}/
I think it'll work on x86_64 as is. There is a script inside the original .tar.gz which converts the .deb to 64 bit however it only converts the control files, not any actual data. So I think it'll work without bothering with that.
Edit: Bah, never mind, it's already in the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=spacechem
Last edited by SidK (2011-10-05 23:55:17)
TRAUMA is now in AUR. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52962
It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain)
Does the claw beta run for somebody?
chris@chrisl ~/games/hb-frozensynapse/clawBeta3 % ./claw-bin
ALSA lib pcm.c:2104:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
Got signal 11 at (nil) from 0xf6aeadfb
chris@chrisl ~/games/hb-frozensynapse/clawBeta3 % LD_PRELOAD=lib32/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so ./claw-bin
Got signal 11 at (nil) from 0xf69cbdfb
chris@chrisl ~/games/hb-frozensynapse/clawBeta3 % LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so ./claw-bin
Got signal 11 at (nil) from 0xf69d1dfb
chris@chrisl ~/games/hb-frozensynapse/clawBeta3 %
I also wonder: What is the excuse for releasing software for only 32 bit in the year 2011?
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Does the claw beta run for somebody?
It ran for me last time I played it (when Humble Frozenbyte Bundle was released).
I also wonder: What is the excuse for releasing software for only 32 bit in the year 2011?
It's an unfinished game and they won't finish it. It was developed between 2006 and 2008, not until 2011. Also it is open-source.
i bought me a new laptop (until now ive used asus eee so i didnt play any games). Im running a 64bit archlinux. The installation of FS went allright, but when the game is running it uses all CPU and is rather slow. I have intel i5 2.6GHz with Intel HD graphics 4000 so i thought that it should run fine.. any ideas how can i fix it?
It should indeed run fine on that. You can turn off the animated backgrounds which should help. If you need further help specifically for FS I'd suggest you stick around on their IRC instead of posting here (you'll have to idle around a bit as responses aren't always immediate).
I have disabled the animated background but no difference... I'll try te irc channel...
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Research in solar energy collection has seen a flurry of results in recent months. Some companies are working on making panel installation easier. Others are pursuing novel techniques that could produce flexible photovoltaic sheets that can simply be printed with an inkjet printer.
While these technologies focus on improving the usefulness of solar panels themselves, the advancement of photovoltaic technology itself is not at a standstill. Last year, Harvard researchers announced a silicon nanowire which is not only cheap and durable, but photovoltaic, unlocking various possibilities for portable or wartime "disposable" collectors.
One of the most important properties of any solar collector is its efficiency. By improving efficiency, more power can come from less surface area. With large collector sites scheduled to come online in the next few years, even a single digit gain in conversion efficiency could make a large impact on the output of a system.
Part of the problem with current panel technology is something called electron-hole recombination. Rather than photon absorbing electrons and their hole counterparts finding their ways to their respective electrodes, they float around until they recombine, returning to being uncollectable and unusable. With current mass produced solar cells hovering in the mid-teens in solar energy conversion, recombination is more likely than not to occur.
Published in the online journal NanoLetters this February, researchers at the University of California at San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering have found a way to use nanowires to theoretically increase organic photovoltaic efficiency. When compared to a non-nanowire control cell, they observed a six to seven hundred percent gain in forward bias current in the nanowire-laden cell.
The UCSD cell is not the first to use nanowires in its construction, but it is the first published work to use nanowires grown directly upon the electrode. The nanowires in this case help capture and ferry freed electrons and holes to their specific collection electrodes, preventing them from recombining.
Part of the success of the UCSD's photodiode is in having found a method for growing the nanowires on an untreated metal surface. Most nanowire growth techniques involve special substrates, often seeded with catalyst materials like gold nanodrops. For their solar cell research, the group used an electrode made of indium tin oxide and grew nanowires of indium phosphide on it. The procedure, however, can be used on other untreated metals. It could help pave the way for next-generation collectors, as the technique is performable on cheap metals of most any shape or form.
Though the paper, titled "InP Nanowire/Polymer Hybrid Photodiode" does not specify actual conversion efficiency -- being a proof-of-concept project -- the large jump in forward bias current output seems to speak volumes about how much of an improvement it may be over standard organic polymer photovoltaics. It also opens doors to new types of collectors, perhaps "grown" right into buildings and vehicle sheet metals. Though solar energy is not without its drawbacks, constant research and improvement will certainly keep it a player in the global power production picture.


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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to suggest a simple feature that centers the guide/waypoint arrow in the screen. I prefer to have them both next to each other and find myself annoyed when they look off. This isn't too much of a problem, but enough that I wanted to suggest it. So just something that when clicked moves the two items over by a few pixels while keeping the vertical height the same.


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Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell reported $120,000 in jewelry went missing from his hotel this weekend.
Littrell and his wife Leighanne were staying at a hotel in Stone Mountain, Georgia. It wasn't until they checked out of the hotel that his wife realized she left her jewelry in the room.
The jewelry missing includes two rings, a 6 carat canary diamond wedding ring worth $110,000, and a pair of earrings.
Littrell told reporters from wsbtv.com, "It was kind of weird how it happened and how fast."
His wife agreed. "I kept my rings on the bedside table. We left the room and 15 minutes I came back and they're gone," she said.
Police said they're working a stolen property case but Littrell hints at the case being closer to solved.
"We were going to leave and come to find out there was a person, not to be named, on the housekeeping staff [who] had one ring we were looking for and one of the earrings."
The couple is devastated about the loss as Littrell designed both his wife's engagement ring and wedding band.
Meanwhile, Backstreet Boys fans are showing their support.
— Kat (@KaT2824) March 5, 2012
@KaT2824 I hope so too. We were so proud of Baylee this weekend, but to have my wives ring stolen put a damper on it. This is a sad chirp;(
— Brian Littrell (@brian_littrell) March 5, 2012
Thank u everyone for all your kind words Gonna go get some rest knyte chirpsters sigh…..
— Leighanne Littrell (@LeighanneReena) March 5, 2012
– Annie Reuter CBS Local


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The Mayor of Calderdale, Pat Allen joined a parade of civic heads from across the county as it made its way through the street of Moorthorpe and South Kirby for the official Yorkshire Day celebrations.
The procession, led by the Oughtibridge Brass Band began at Minsthorpe College and ended at All Saint's Church in South Kirby, where an hour long service was held.
South Kirby is the smallest area to be selected as an official host of the celebrations since the Yorkshire Society began overseeing the event in 1975.
Halifax is due to host the Yorkshire Day parade in 2016, to mark the reopening of the revamped historic Piece Hall.