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Fiers struggles in loss to White Sox
Starter allows seven runs over three innings; Braun hits inside-the-park HR
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Maybe it was the Arizona air.
Or maybe the White Sox lineup, featuring every starter but Tyler Flowers, just had another exceptionally good day at the plate.
Whatever the reason, it was not a positive outing results-wise for Brewers starter Mike Fiers in the 8-3 White Sox victory at Camelback Ranch. Fiers, penciled in at the back end of Milwaukee's rotation, allowed seven runs on eight hits over three innings. He struck out one, walked two and allowed home runs to Jeff Keppinger and Gordon Beckham.
"I had no idea where the ball was going," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Fiers' performance. "He's got one more outing, hopefully he looks better. Couldn't command, couldn't throw strikes for anything."
Keppinger's solo shot in the second and Beckham's two-run, two-out drive in the third were both no-doubters. Alejandro De Aza and Alex Rios, who were gone for the last three weeks as part of the World Baseball Classic, knocked out two hits apiece in their return.
White Sox Opening Day starter Chris Sale was efficient through his seven innings of work. The southpaw needed just 59 pitches to get through the first five frames. He yielded three runs on four hits, including Ryan Braun's inside-the-park homer in the first inning and Donnie Murphy's homer in the third.
"He's a good pitcher," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said of Sale. "Today, he just goes out and I think it's kind of the classic stuff you'd see from him. Again, getting him ready for Opening Day. I'm happy with his progress right now."
Braun's home run hit off the top of the center-field wall 410 feet away and bounced back on the field. He circled the bases, beating the throw to the plate by a few steps. Sale fanned three and walked one, also getting the help of three double plays.
Keppinger had two more hits on the afternoon, leaving him 16-for-31 (.516) during Cactus League action.
Up next: The Brewers will host the Cubs on Friday at Maryvale Baseball Park at 3:05 p.m. CT, live on MLB.TV and Gameday Audio. Yovani Gallardo will get his second-to-last spring start before taking the mound on Opening Day. With Martin Maldonado expected to catch the Milwaukee ace, the Brewers may send Jonathan Lucroy over to Minor League camp to get extra at-bats. Carlos Villanueva will get the nod for the Cubs.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'm very interested in B&W A5 becouse A7 is too much powered for my bedroom. Have you plans to review it? Can anybody that has listened it talk about it? Thanks
Review coming soon – we're waiting to receive a sample from Bowers and Wilkins
Tomorrow is black friday and i have intention to buy it for less money but i haven't read reviews. Should i buy other airplay speaker? Could you advice me?
When do you think b&w is going to give you a5 for test it? Could the review be done this week?
That's a bit ambitious for the review to be done this week! In any case, most reviews are published in the magazine first, before making appearance online.
Check some customer reviews here:
Sorry, we've just done the B&W A7 review so we won't be doing the A5 just yet. Certainly won't be this week I'm afraid.
Any news of the b&w a5 review? I'm waiting to decide between a5 and zeppelin air. Thanks

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Not a drop in popularity, mind you, but a drop in the price. Dollar slices are out and 3/4-dollar slices are in (maybe we should call them 6 bits slices?), at least around Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. A price war sprang up between Bombay Fast Food/6 Ave. Pizza and neighboring Joey Pepperoni's. While Joey's isn't really entangled in the thick of it, it initiated the first price drop from $1.50 to $1. Bombay, a family-run Indian pizza parlor and candy shop, had no choice but to slash its prices as well. But things get really nasty when an all out Game of Thrones–style power/price struggle began to escalate with the arrival of a third slice shop, a 2 Bros. Pizza outlet. The New York Times had this to report:
Price stability at a buck all around persisted until eight days ago, when both 2 Bros. and Bombay/6 Ave. Pizza began selling pizza for the eye-catching price of 75 cents a slice, tax included — three slender quarters.
But how the pizzerias wound up at the 75¢ mark isn't so cut and dry.
First the Bombay/6 Ave. side of the story:
They said that 2 Bros. was trying to drive them out of business, that 2 Bros., unprovoked, slashed the price to 75 cents, forcing them to follow, that things were miserable, that Ramanlal Patel has serious kidney problems, that property in India had to be sold to keep the place going.
But the 2 Bros. owners had a slightly different take on the situation:
On Thursday evening a week ago, Bombay/6 Ave. -- unprovoked, and without warning -- cut its pizza price to 79 cents. The next morning, 2 Bros. retaliated by moving to 75 cents (its owners felt it was easier to make change from a dollar than at 79 cents). Bombay/6 Ave. matched the 75 cents, and that's where everything sits.
"We don't sell pizza at 75 cents," Eli Halali said. "But if they think they're going to sit next to us and sell at 75 cents, they've got another think coming."
So who's to be believed? Turns out that 2 Bros. could back their claim with footage from their security camera. Bombay had made the first move. When asked why they hadn't mentioned the 79¢ price drop (oh, man, this is classic) they replied, "They did not realize there had been interest in talking about 79-cent pizza." Oh, that's just rich!
The 2 Bros. group claims that they have enough power to wait the little guy out. Bombay, however, is not going down without a fight. They claim that they'll never return to the $1 slice and are willing to take their prices down to 50¢! Take that, 2 Bros. Pizza!
For those of you that are familiar with the quality of the dollar slice, does that mean a 50¢ slice would only be half as good? Oof.
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nice...bella speak spanish...HA-HA! lol....
and yes... very very cute...:)))
Love to see this kind of stuff! He's a totall cutie!
He has a ring on his left ring finger, you can see it around the 4:30 mark, then he starts playing with it...he's not married is he? How old is he??
What else do you need besides a crazy talented, funny, BRITISH, sweetheart?
I'm allllll over that!
I could listen to Jamie's voice all day. oh I already do that though...haha. he is only 20 CurvyAmazon(he's younger than me, not by much though...haha) and this might answer that "married" question, http://twitpic.com/jtykn..look at the finger...no ring. I laughed at the spanish Bella and Edward's voices because I am so used to RPattz and Kstew's. anyone looking for better sound quality for Heartbreaker: (same show): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPXV6OoLm4
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When I was little, my Mom and I used to go to this local diner that was 50s themed, and I would always insist on ordering grilled cheese and either a malt or strawberry rhubarb pie. The pie was amazing, but the grasshopper malt was super delicious! Dreamy mint ice cream in liquid form with chocolate fudge drizzled throughout and whipped cream on top... every 8 year old's dream! Come to think of it, whenever we went places that had malts, that was what I ordered because they were always so good. It had to have the fudge though and lots of it, because that is what made it over the top. I have not had a malt in ages, probably at least a good 14 years, but I have good memories of them. I should totally remake it vegan sometime, but for now I have another grasshopper themed dessert to tell you about. Since this week it is all about all things green for St. Patrick's Day, I decided to make a grasshopper pie. I have been wanting to make a cream pie for a while now, but got into a cake baking rut. Yes, I tend to get into ruts sometimes...but when things are so good, it is hard to take a chance and branch out. But I took a chance and made a pie. And a delicious pie it was! I thought about making a mint french silk, but then it dawned on me how delicious those grasshopper malts used to be.
Why not turn one of those into pie form"! I have not made anything with a crust in ages. It has been too long so it was perfect. I made a crunchy chocolate crust using one of my raw recipes I perfected a while back and it was perfect. What gives it the crunch is the sprouted, dehydrated buckwheat groats. I keep them on hand already made in my freezer at all times. If you have not heard of them, they are pretty easy to make. You just buy raw buckwheat groats (most health food stores sell them in the bulk section), soak them in filtered water for 30 minutes, then dehydrate them on a tray until dry (about 24 hours) or if you do not have a dehydrator, place them on a lined sheet pan and bake them in the oven at the lowest temperature (170F or so), for about 5-7 hours until completely dry. Then you may use them for recipes. I like them in my raw crusts so that I don't have to use so many nuts. They are great for adding crunch to things. Anyways, they worked perfect in this crust!
For the filling, I made a creamy coconut based mint cream, and it was so luscious I could have eaten it like that. But I saved it for the pie, because I knew when combined with the rest of it, it would be even better! I tinted the pie a lovely green with spinach. I love natural food coloring! Don't worry, you don't taste it at all, just the delicious mint and vanilla. I then made a gooey fudge swirl in the spirit of the malt, and it was perfect! Lastly I topped it off with a billowy coconut cream and more fudge. It was beautiful, but it tasted even better than it looked. If you are in search of a green dessert for St. Patrick's Day, this might just be perfect ...
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#RSL Nation - Welcome the "Demolition Man" @bmcdonald4 to the Wasatch Front http://instagram.com/p/b35klQsFTU/
#RSL sends #DCUnited a 3rd round pick for McDonald. McDonald will help at depth at the Center Back spot where #RSL has been depleted.
McDonald has a long relationship with #RSL striker Robbie Findley. Both Arizona natives. McDonald is expected to train today with #RSL
#RSL acquires defender @BMcDonald4 in trade with #DCU. Nice little pick up. //www.realsaltlake.com/news/2013/07/real-salt-lake-acquires-brandon-mcdonald-dc-united …
Welcome to the squad B-Mac, I know 1 certain individual is extremely happy @RobbieFindley #teamdime
Kreis has said in the past he likes guys coming from less than ideal situations, feels #RSL has helped revive some careers.
Just taped an interview with new #RSL man Brandon McDonald that airs tonight #OnFrame on @ESPN700. #RSL fans, you're gonna like this move!
RealSaltLake.com: Reserves Highlights: RSL vs Vancouver Whitecaps
ESPN 700: Jason Kreis on The Bill & Hans Show
MLSsoccer.com: MLS Save of the Week Nominees: Week 20
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Real Salt Lake acquires Brandon McDonald from D.C. United
RealSaltLake.com: Gold Cup Recap: Saborio features as US defeats Costa Rica
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RealSaltLake.com: Attinella up for Save of the Week
RealSaltLake.com: Horton: Snubbed Morales deserved All-Star recognition
RealSaltLake.com: By the Numbers: RSL 3-0 FC Dallas
The Salt Lake Tribune: Real Salt Lake acquires defender from United
The Salt Lake Tribune: Schuler could be back within a month
The Salt Lake Tribune: Kreis says RSL has more than 3 all-stars
Deseret News: RSL defender Chris Schuler should be back within a month
MLSsoccer.com: Real Salt Lake acquires veteran defender Brandon McDonald from DC United
MLSsoccer.com: No time for pain: Real Salt Lake's Carlos Salcedo delays gall bladder surgery to take part in Dallas win
MLSsoccer.com: Central Winger: Who's the better box-to-box USMNT midfielder, Kyle Beckerman or Mix Diskerud?
Pro Soccer Talk: Spinning the Kyle Beckerman-U.S. national team argument wheel
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RSL Soapbox: RSL signs DCU center back Brandon McDonald to ease injury crisis
RSL Soapbox: Player Ratings: RSL Reserves vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
RSL Soapbox: Schuler receives recovery boost, could return in month
RSL Soapbox: Goal Breakdown: Grabavoy's goal against FC Dallas
RSL Perspective: Real Salt Lake bolsters their defense by adding Brandon McDonald
From the Upper Deck: The COR score – RSL offensive ratings
MLS, Other News & Notes
MLSsoccer.com: Gold Cup Match Recap: USMNT 1, Costa Rica 0
MLSsoccer.com: Life never been better for US national team after 8th straight victory in Gold Cup
MLSsoccer.com: Gold Cup: Jurgen Klinsmann says roster changes coming before quarterfinal
MLSsoccer.com: Gold Cup: USMNT bemused by Costa Rica's defensive tactics with top spot on the line
MLSsoccer.com: Gold Cup: Brek Shea earns redemption against Costa Rica, immediate future uncertain
MLSsoccer.com: USMNT Player Ratings: Landon Donovan, Sean Johnson drive Yanks to win
Pro Soccer Talk: Jurgen Klinsmann working hard to establish a "No complacency!" zone in USMNT camp
Pro Soccer Talk: Weekly MLS rankings
Pro Soccer Talk: What we learned from USMNT Gold Cup win over Costa Rica
Pro Soccer Talk: USMNT sets new record after eight straight wins, but what does it really mean?
Pro Soccer Talk: Breakdown: Let's take a look at the Gold Cup quarterfinals
SI.com: Klinsmann's faith pays off in win over Costa Rica
SI.com: Late Brek Shea goal propels U.S. past Costa Rica in Gold Cup
SI.com: Three thoughts on the U.S.' late win over Costa Rica
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The laser is now fifty years old. The field of nonlinear optics is often taken to have started with the observation of second-harmonic generation by Franken and coworkers in 1961, just one year after the construction of the first working laser. In this talk, we first present a review of the development of the field of nonlinear optics, and we then survey some areas of recent research including quantum imaging and implications of the ability to control the group velocity of light.
Professor Boyd was born in Buffalo, NY. He received the B.S. degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 and received the Ph.D. degree in Physics in 1977 from the University of California at Berkeley. His Ph.D. thesis was supervised by Professor Charles H. Townes and involved the use of nonlinear optical techniques for infrared detection for astronomy. Professor Boyd joined the faculty of the Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester in 1977 is presently the M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics.
Professor Boyd research interests include optical physics, nonlinear optical interactions, nonlinear optical properties of materials, and applications of nonlinear optics including quantum and nonlinear optical imaging. Professor Boyd is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
He is author of Radiometry and the Detection of Optical Radiation (1983), Nonlinear Optics (1992), is co-editor of Optical Instabilities (1986) and Contemporary Nonlinear Optics (1992). Professor Boyd has published approximately 170 research papers, has been awarded four U.S. patents and has supervised the Ph.D. theses of 16 students.
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Nonlinear optics is the study of the interaction of intense laser light with matter. The third edition of this textbook has been rewritten to conform to the standard SI system of units and includes comprehensively updated material on the latest developments in the field.
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This kernel vulnerability could allow a local attacker to cause a system crash, leading to a DoS (Denial of Service)
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While it is bad it is not to serious if it really is limited to a local attacker
I would not recommend upgrading the kernel as Elyssa is Beta and it will literally break everything
The upgraded kernel should of course preferably be in the final version, but it is impossible at this late stage. We would have to start from scratch...
It is a serious vulnerability, but it can only be performed by a local attacker, not over the internet, so the danger may not be all that high.
I will do an update on a nvidia system and see how difficult it is to get back after an update


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LunarEclipse, the normal waiting time for a story to be moderated is between seven and ten days. If the tenth day has passed with your submission still in the queue, you should contact the moderator in charge of the category you submitted to.
LunarEclipse, the normal waiting time for a story to be moderated is between seven and ten days. If the tenth day has passed with your submission still in the queue, you should contact the moderator in charge of the category you submitted to.
harrypotterfangirl21: To follow up on what Marauder by Midnight said, the rules for posting in the Beta Wanted and Beta Services, For Sale or Rent are clearly posted at the top of each forum. The user in question has been contacted by PM and advised that they need to review those rules before reposting.
I can't find the daily prophet classifieds forum on my forum list. I realized this when i needed i beta reader( for the 1st time) and that was the first time i realized i didn't know where to request for one. so, i checked out the FAQs and clicked on the link there. the page that appeared said that i am not privileged to see that page. Then, i searched 'beta reader wanted' and found the thread 'betas for rent/sale'. This was a forum under the daily prophet classifieds forum and when i clicked on that, again the page said i wasn't privileged to see it. this has happened to me before too. When i was new to this site (after being sorted) i couldn't see a majority of the forums. only when i used the "contact us" opton and asked about it, the rest of the forums appeared. Please help! i'm sorry if what i am doing is really stupid or if it's something that i am ignoring or doing, but i am really confused!
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Well, for the past two weeks or so, I have been watching what a certain member is doing, as I am waiting to receive a PM back from them. But, whenever I go to their profile, it says, for the WHOLE DAY that they are doing the same thing. It has been that same way for two weeks, the exact same thing the whole time. Is this normal? I understand it may be a cowinkydink, but I doubt it. I don't want to say the user or what they are doing, as it is privacy.
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witch6, it appears as though you did not respond to an email sent from MuggleNet to verify your email address. If you did not receive that email, please contact me by PM with your email address.
bertiebott12, you will need to PM me the user's name so I can check into this. I've never heard about that before, but I don't check on people's activity by checking their profile.
I've posted in the Quotes in Fanfiction thread but my post exceeded the word limit and that cost my House 5 points...*sobs*
I am really sorry. But before posting, I wondered whether we were allowed to alter the quote a teensy bit to fit in the word limit, like writing I have as I've, etc. But I was uncertain so I left the quote as it was. And the result is before me. So, I wanted to ask, are we allowed to change the wording of the quote to fit the word limit?
Again, I am very sorry for losing my house points and disregarding the forum rules...
When quoting another author's work, even in fanfiction, it's best not to alter anything.
I went and looked at the quote you chose, and there really isn't anything you could have cut out from the beginning or the end. It was all necessary to explain the tension. But, therein lies the fun and the challenge of that thread - trying to find a 100-word quote that fully explains why you like that story so much, or what words particularly spoke to you. So, upon finding that the quote you wanted exceeded the limits, a different quote should have been chosen.
Thank you for your apology. There are several places throughout the forums where you can make helpful, solid posts and earn back those points plus many, many more.
If we are posting a story on the archive that *implies* rape/abuse, but the rape does not actually happen, does that still need a Non-Consensual Sex warning? Or would that be a Dubious Content warning?
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Hermione_rocks - That story would need a Dubious Content warning so long as it isn't depicted.
I don't know if this has been asked before and I seriously doubt this sort of question would find its way into the FAQ, but..
Just out of curiosity, which of our four Houses holds the most users?
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Late wildness hurts Phils in defeat
Victorino draws praise for fearless dive into stands
By Ken Mandel / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Shane Victorino realizes the recklessness of his actions, and has the ice-wrapped sore ribs and left quadriceps muscle as evidence. But in the moment -- a bases-loaded, two-out situation of a one-run game -- what else could he do? "I appreciated that effort," said reliever Brian Sanches, who would've benefited from the spectacular grab. "I ran back there to see if he was OK. An effort like that is what this team is about." "I give him an A for effort," added Aaron Rowand, who nearly brought a Carlos Beltran home run back two days earlier at Citizens Bank Park. Had Victorino coaxed that ball into his glove, perhaps the Phillies' ninth-inning rally would've counted for something, instead of two hollow runs in Monday night's 7-5 loss to the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Victorino's attempt came on pitch eight of an unfortunate 18-pitch, two-batter span that saw Sanches and Jose Mesa each issue a bases-loaded walk, providing back-breaking insurance runs and a disappointing start of Philadelphia's final first-half road trip through Houston and Denver. Trailing, 4-3, in the seventh, Sanches relieved Jamie Moyer (7-6) and loaded the bases on two walks and a hit, a poor effort by his own admission. Eric Bruntlett worked a 3-2 count before fouling off three straight pitches. The third headed toward the cut in right field. Victorino, running at full speed and knowing the score and situation, hurled his 5-foot-9, 180-pound frame headfirst into the stands, with little regard for his well-being. "When I was going after it, I wasn't thinking [about hurting myself]," Victorino said. "I was trying to make the catch. After I looked at it, it was stupid play." Fans cleared out of the vicinity, leaving only the plastic seats to break his fall. "I hit my ribs on the seat," Victorino said, adjusting the ice. "It's fine. Nothing a little ice can't heal. I left my feet because I thought I could make the play. The fact that I just didn't catch it is more frustrating than anything. If I catch that ball, it's a 4-3 ballgame. I didn't reach out far enough. If I was six feet, I might have caught it." He stayed in the stands for several minutes, as teammates and athletic trainer Mark Andersen rushed to his aid. He climbed out and within seconds, he was joking with teammates. He stayed in the game, and Sanches walked Bruntlett on the next pitch to force in a run. Mesa relieved and battled for nine pitches with Mark Loretta before losing him to force in another run. The leakage allowed by the bullpen proved costly when the Phillies loaded the bases in the ninth inning and scored two runs. "It was a pretty good battle there, but I of course walked him," Sanches said. "That's unacceptable. It's like being a quarterback after you throw a pick. You have to move on." If the Phillies had done more damage to Woody Williams -- he of the pregame 5.58 ERA and a 3-10 record -- Sanches and Mesa's walks might have had less sting. The 40-year-old Astros righty turned in a solid effort, recording 11 ground-ball outs. Philadelphia took a one-run lead twice, but Houston answered each time. The hosts took the lead for good on a two-run homer off Moyer by National League Rookie of the Year candidate Hunter Pence. Victorino homered in the sixth to pull the Phillies within a run at 4-3. "That was a mistake," Moyer said of the pitch to Pence. "Too much of the plate." While unhappy with having challenged Pence, there was a reason. Manager Charlie Manuel and Moyer felt home-plate umpire Brian Knight maintained a tight strike zone, forcing Moyer to hit the plate, rather than starting just off it, and going from there. "He made some close pitches, but anytime he gets the ball on the plate and up, that's when they have success on him," Manuel said. If only Victorino made that catch.
Ken Mandel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Stockton (Calif.) Lincoln four-star running back Justin Davis can begrudgingly recite the national perception of Northern California by outsiders on-demand because he has been hearing it for so long.
"It's all about [Concord (Calif.)] De La Salle," he said. "And this is a dead area for recruiting. And we have good coaches but no talent to put on the field for them.
"It is always the same thing about NorCal. No talent."
He has heard it for years but hopes to be part of a group that can change the way the area is viewed.
"The truth is that there is a whole bunch of underrated kids up here," he said. "People are going to start seeing more kids out of this area on the next level and I hope to be a part of that."
A trip to Atlanta's Lakewood Stadium from June 22-24 for the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge figures to be a launching pad for Davis - and he hopes the reputation of the NorCal area.
"I am the only running back from the West," he said. "That is a responsibility I take seriously and I have to represent myself and this region.
"I hope my talent stacks up out there. I want to give myself a real evaluation and see what kids are like in the rest of the country."
Davis is ranked as the No. 5 running back in the Class of 2013 and the No. 48 overall player in the country. At 6 feet 1 and 195 pounds, his size and speed are prototypical and his highlight reel would indicate his success will translate from NorCal to national competition.
But as Davis attests there is only so much you can gain from tape and his excitement is to see those rated ahead of him in action.
"I watch their videos but that doesn't really show it as well as in-person," he said. "I hope we are all as good as we are supposed to be, it would make for a great experience."
Being a part of the inaugural, invitation-only event is something that even Davis didn't think would be a possibility as recently as this school year.
"Being from Stockton, there is not a lot of respect for us," he said. "I would have never thought I would have the chances that I do being from here. I was surprised at the beginning of my junior year when I started getting offers, and getting ranked, and getting all this attention."
Davis said that he was just as surprised to be at a point that he would have more than 20 Division I football programs recruiting him.
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"It has been something else," he said. "All the people up here know me and there are not many guys that have been able to get ranked so I am representing everyone."
His representation of NorCal at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge is something that Davis hopes will continue to raise awareness to the quality football being played in his region.
"I am going to put our area on the map."
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Davis is a guy I really want to see in space. He's a guy who works hard, he can shake people even in touch situations it appears, and he has excellent quickness. His ball skills will be interesting to gauge. In 7-on-7 play, catching the ball smoothly while getting upfield is key and he has shown that ability at times. He could be the most polished of the four running backs we have selected overall and possibly the best fit for this type of environment, so he could be a major weapon for his West squad.
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While he was never afraid of wilding out back in his Oingo Boingo days, multifaceted musician and composer, Danny Elfman, is known for his reticent personality when it comes to live performance. The talented artists has won a Grammy and an Emmy, but never an Academy Award (although he was nominated for four), and he's perfectly fine with that.
"I think I'm probably the only one in Hollywood who sighs a big sigh of relief when they don't get an Oscar," explained Elfman to KROQ Los Angeles hosts Kevin & Bean on Thursday morning (September 12). "I don't want to go up there. I really don't want to go up there. More terrifying than performing in front of a zillion people is ever talking in front of a microphone."
That's why Elfman's upcoming plans to perform 15 of his original soundtrack songs for Tim Burton's films on Halloween at the Nokia Theatre is even more rare. Elfman will be performing a handful of songs from Nightmare Before Christmas, including singing the parts of Jack Skellington—which he hasn't done in 20 years and has never done live. Elfman laughs, saying he backed himself into that decision and "there's no way out."
"First off I've never sung any of these songs publicly ever, so it's not like I'm doing an Oingo Boingo song," Elfman explained. "I only sang these in front of a microphone twenty years ago."
For Elfman's rare appearance, he will be performing at least one song from every Tim Burton movie he's scored including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Frankenweenie, and more. He will be accompanied by the 87-piece Hollywood Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri and the 45-member Page L.A. Choir.
The grandiosity of the performance is something which has held the constantly busy Elfman back in the past; he equates organizing two decades worth of music (which he adamantly decides not to re-listen to unless he has to) to cleaning out a dirty attic full of your ancestors' relics.
"The best way I can describe it, is that you live in an enormous house with an enormous attic and that attic is filled with generations of stuff and it's really dusty and you know that you need to go up there and spend three months to clear it all up and organize it," elaborated Elfman. "You know that if you did it, you'd be really happy with yourself. But getting yourself to commit to that, you put it off forever."
It might not help that Elfman estimates that he's scored over 80 films over the span of his career, trying to do a healthy mix of big ones with grand orchestras and smaller ones where he gets more creative freedom, throughout the year. He says he's only supposed to be doing three or four projects a year, but has ended up doing about six in the last few years. He tries to balance himself with different kinds of projects including non-film ones like Iris for Cirque Du Soleil.
Elfman told Kevin and Bean that when he starts to create music for a movie, he starts "experimenting."
"I call it taking it in the laboratory. I start coming up with the ideas and I start thinking, 'What can I do with those ideas?' I start putting them in test tubes and throwing acid on them and think, 'What can I do with this theme?' Can I make it quirky; can I make it happy; can I make it sad? Will I do what I need to do?"
Elfman works without re-listening to his old stuff; he has a "pathological" philosophy of just moving on from project to project and not looking back, he says. He claims he doesn't even know if he's "copying himself" even though he can remember melodies really well. Lyrics are a different story.
"I have a terrible, terrible memory, Like really bad. Brain damage bad when it comes to names, when it comes to words, when it comes to lyrics, I used to to just be horrible back in the Boingo days. I'd black out all the time. Black out on lyrics," he said, clarifying he doesn't mean alcohol. "I'd walk into a void, like I'm singing and suddenly there's nothing there. Like chorus number two, what happened? It's nothing. One fraction of a millisecond like the breath before that chorus it would come to me. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't. But when it comes to melodies, I really can remember stuff."
Movement and focusing on his art seems to be Elfman's forte. Despite his boisterous performances and his nostalgic recall of his Oingo Boingo in the sweaty show Whiskey days, Elfman doesn't miss being in a band at all and his constant allusion to his stage fright might have something to do with it. "My biggest fear in any show was the moment where something would go wrong or a guitar string would break and I'd have to go and talk," said the shy singer. "I've never missed being on a big stage. I'm pathological about this. Once I record and mix that film score, I never want to hear it. I'm allergic to it."
Which means if we are ever going to get the chance to see Elfman performing his amazing musical works, there is no better time than now.
And if you have plans to make it out to Nokia Theatre on Halloween, "For godsakes, come in costume," says the once-dramatically dressed Oingo Boingo frontman. Duly noted, Elfman.
Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton will take place on Halloween night at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles.
— Nadia Noir, KROQ, Los Angeles


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There was Prepaid and Postpaid, and now T24 has launched a new concept mobile connection – 'Unpaid' which is launched by Future Group in association with Tata tele services India.
How to get an unpaid mobile connection from T24
Getting a mobile connection from T24 is similar to that of other networks, and the procedure is same for this one too. You fill up a mobile connection application form and submit it along with your passport size photograph, ID Proof, and address proof at any of the Future Group outlets.
A T24 connection is lifetime UNPAID, is what the company claims.
T24 (Talk 24) Unpaid Mobile service – is that totally a free mobile service?
Well, the concept says it as an unpaid mobile connection, you earn the airtime credits by virtue of your shopping spend on the retail and consumer network of Future Group such as Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons, Brands Factory etc.
As per the current plans offered, if you spend a total of upto 351 Rs to 500 Rs at Big Bazaar or Food Bazaar, you can get a talk time of Rs 10. The company is offering a 20% extra talk time as an introductory offer.
At Food Bazaar or Big Bazaar, you can ear a talk time credit of Rs 150 with a spend amount of 4,001 and above. Does that interest you?
T24 Talk time credits, is that enough for you?
Suppose you would like to use T24 mobile connection alone and would like to use only the earned talk time credits alone, then conclude that you have to spend a lot of money for shopping in Future Group outlets.
The maximum talk time credit of 350 Rs comes to you if you spend 30,001 or more at Hoem Town or EZone! With the introductory extra credit of 20%, you can earn 420 Rs talk time credit for now.
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By Ann Flynn
I remember the wonderful mix of fear and excitement created in 1964 with the opening of Southwood Elementary School in Pine Bluff, Ark. I was among the lucky ones because my street was the new boundary line and my parents were able to choose whether I remained in my original school or if I would be part of the new school community. As a child, I was not exposed to what I know now must have been long debates about exactly where to place those boundary lines and who was exerting influence on those decisions.
The shifting demographics of a community's school-age population creates an ongoing need for the expansion of new facilities, while declining numbers are often met with sadness and the painful recognition that building closures are inevitable. In either case, emotions can run deep. Today, unlike 1964, a district's goals to support diversity are among the many factors that go into deciding where to set attendance boundaries.
While technology solutions cannot eliminate the emotional impact on students of making new friends, creating new traditions, and meeting new teachers, innovative technology applications have emerged to take some of the mystery away from how boundary decisions are made. Industries from defense to ecology have benefitted for years from geospatial analysis (the ability to layer two or more maps with a set of pre-defined rules) to see information in new ways to identify patterns, explore relationships, or communicate data.
Each June, thousands of educators gather for the annual technology conference hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education. While dozens of companies struggle to get the attention of educators to support the development of better literacy and math skills, offer more robust networks, or effectively engage students, few have solutions intended to support the work of school board members.
This year in San Diego, however, a new company specifically offered a solution that addresses one of the most challenging tasks facing school board members -- establishing school boundaries. GuideK12, currently the only geovisual analytics company serving the education sector, has adapted the technology engine used in its work with the U.S. Census Bureau. It created a product specifically designed for K-12 decision-makers that had many of the country's education technology leaders buzzing because they know what a painful process redistricting can be for their districts. The buzz was apparently well-deserved, since GuideK12 was named as one of the 10 "most innovative education technology products and services" by the Software & Information Industry Association's Innovation Incubator for 2012.
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Rays complete trade for D-backs' Qualls
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
The D-backs will not have to include any cash in the deal, with the Rays picking up the roughly $1.6 million Qualls is owed for the rest of the season.
Arizona has actively shopped Qualls, who began the year as the team's closer, but has struggled to find any consistency and is 1-4 with an 8.51 ERA in 42 games. The right-hander, who makes $4.185 million this year, will be eligible for free agency at the end of the season.
The D-backs acquired Qualls along with Juan Gutierrez and Chris Burke from the Astros in December 2007 in a deal that sent Jose Valverde to Houston.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For the first time in my career covering Egypt's art scene, I can take pride in having known an artist who lived and died for his country. Ahmed Basiouny, 31, visual and multimedia artist, musician and teacher at the Faculty of Art Education at Helwan University, was killed during protests on the "Friday of Anger," January 28, 2011.
Basiouny was killed with a single shot to the head in Tahrir Square when peaceful, defenseless protestors were ambushed by the police. He, like many of the demonstrators on that day, was beaten up earlier yet refused to surrender to police brutality or return home. His last Facebook status, posted one day before, read: "If they want war, we want peace. We are better: I'll practice restraint till the end."
The perseverance we've been seeing as the revolution unfolds, was nothing new to Basiouny. An artist known for encouraging his students and peers to work freely and without limits, Basiouny was talented, upbeat and above all, giving.
Trained as a painter and draughtsman, he also dabbled in many art forms, including installation art, before finally settling on sound, interactive and performance art in 2007. His last art project, which he discussed with me at the 11th Cairo International Biennale in 2008, was exhibited in "Cairo Documenta," an independent contemporary art exhibition at the Viennoise Hotel in Downtown Cairo last December.
The work was a digitally interactive installation that used open source software that constructed words in the Arabic language, that in turn relayed conceptual messages written by the movements of the participants. Although the concept sounded difficult to digest, the piece was genuinely intriguing.
Most of Basiouny's work banked on the viewers' curiosity, denying them the position of idle receivers and pushing them to be active creators in their own right. His work was simply a medium through which his viewers became more involved and aware of his artistic constructs. He was so enthralled by digital arts that involve viewers that he worked on a PhD thesis on interactive electronic art and the ideology behind open source programs. His students have vowed to continue the research he started.
Perhaps it was his love for sharing knowledge and experiences that led Basiouny to be more interested in interactive art and it was certainly what propelled him to become a teacher at the faculty from which he graduated.
Not only is Ahmed Basiouny remembered as a devoted friend to his students, he was known as a man who genuinely wanted to spread the knowledge about his new-found interest and craft. For the last five years, Basiouny has been running an independent sound art workshop for free. He was the first artist/teacher to organize such a progressive workshop in a city where no university program formally introduced classes in significant digital or contemporary electronic art forms.
Basiouny was not the brooding, philosophic type: he was a fun, lively and spirited man who had his finger on the pulse of what was contemporary yet relevant in electronic music. His last performance, which I had the pleasure of attending, was staged at the '100 Live Electronic Music Festival' at Darb1718 in May 2010. He had already started a new direction in his work, incorporating 'shaabi' singing with electronic music. Subtle yet memorable, the catchy song "Abu Asala al Dish" was as entertaining to watch live as it was to hear on the 100live radio — currently paying homage to the artist with a compilation of his songs.
One can speak volumes about Basiouny's work and life as an artist and his genuine belief that sound and music can help bridge the gap between creators and audience in our society. It's devastating to know that had he not been martyred so suddenly, we would have enjoyed more of his inventive, exceptional and adventurous musical creations.
All of his students, friends, family and his two children Adam and Salma, must know that their teacher, friend, relative and father did not die in vain. He was a true Egyptian who died for the same reason he lived. Ahmed Basiouny died trying to make others listen. As homage to his life and cause, we must get them all to listen.
By Mariam Hamdy
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/


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Justin Adelmann, an English teacher in Newfolden, Minn., and a soldier in the Minnesota National Guard is facing three felony counts for taking and sending pornographic photographs of a 16-year-old student.
The 29-year-old appeared in state district court Tuesday in Warren, Minn., on a charge of using a minor in a sexual performance, carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison; and of possessing such pornography and disseminating it, each charge carrying a maximum penalty of five years.
Adelmann allegedly told the student he was making a modeling portfolio for her and would give her money for the photos. Her mother alerted law enforcement on Monday, according to the Marshall County Sheriff's Office.
The school put Adelmann on paid administrative leave the same day when informed by law enforcement, said Superintendent Scott Vedbraaten on Wednesday.
Adelmann started his first teaching job in August teaching English in grades 8, 9, 10 and 12 at Marshall County Central High School in Newfolden, about 17 miles northwest of Thief River Falls, according to Vedbraaten.
The school district has 406 students in grades K-12.
Adelmann remains in jail in Warren, under a bail of $150,000 surety, or $30,000 cash without conditions or $15,000 cash bond with conditions, according to a deputy.
Modeling website
According to the court complaint filed by the sheriff's office, a woman in Newfolden called on Monday to say her daughter's boyfriend told her that someone had taken nude photos of the daughter.
A deputy went to speak with the mother and her daughter and was shown three e-mails the daughter received from Adelmann's email address. The emails contained 10 photos, about six of which showed the girl "to be nude in such a manner that her genitals or private parts were exposed," according to the court complaint.
The girl said Adelmann told her to come to his apartment in Newfolden and that he "would take pictures of her, make a portfolio for her and give her money for the photos."
After school on Friday, she said, she posed for him in the bedroom and living room, "both naked and with clothes on." She said she felt pressured by him to pose naked.
Adelmann did not give her a portfolio or any money, she said.
He told her "not to tell anyone about these incidents because he believed they both would get in trouble for it," she said.
"She had heard that Adelmann had asked other girls to do the same things, but was not sure if any of them had occurred," the court complaint said.
The girl said Adelmann set up an email account for her on the Model Mayhem website, which touts itself as the "#1 portfolio website for professional models and photographers." He would contact her via that email account.
The mother told the deputy she did see a photo of her daughter on the website under "Jadelmann Photography," but the photos were gone the following day.
Iraq vet
As with all new hires, Adelmann was the subject of an extensive background check and he cleared it, Vedbraaten said. There is no indication that any information was missed in the background check, he said.
Vedbraaten said he's not certain if the student involved in the photographs was in class this week.
No school-wide meetings or communications have been made about it, he said. "We have talked to law enforcement and are making sure we do not hinder their investigation."
Adelmann is a specialist with the Minnesota National Guard's 834th Air Support Battalion, Alpha Company, based in St. Paul, according to spokeswoman Lt. Melanie Nelson.
"Civilian authorities are the lead on this one and pending the outcome of that investigation, the military will decide to take action," she said.
Adelmann joined the Guard in September 2006 and worked in motor transport as well as volunteering to do public affairs work, writing articles and taking photographs of soldiers. In June 2008, he deployed to Iraq with his unit for a year, said spokesman Maj. John Donovan.
Adelmann is a 2011 graduate of St. Cloud State University and a 2005 graduate of Bethel University, a private Christian school in St. Paul. His online resume said he student taught in Sartell, Minn., near St. Cloud, last May.


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Custom-made Halloween costumes all the rage this year
PITTSFIELD -- The seasonal Halloween shops in the Berkshires are bustling with people looking for that one special costume, whether they want to look scary, weirdly funny, or just plain weird.
Kara Demler, who owns Berkshire Costume Co., a year-round shop at 31 South St. in Pittsfield, said her business offers an "eclectic mix" of costumes.
This year, Demler said folks are visiting her shop to look for couple's costumes, such as Raggedy Anne and Andy, but there are also the reliable get-ups, such as gangster, saloon girl, cowboy, fairy tale, and medieval and renaissance outfits.
Her custom costuming also outfits anyone looking to be witches and vampires, and there are always the obscure requests, which Demler aims to procure. Those requests can range from obscure Star Wars to animé characters.
Many of the costumes Berkshire Costume Co. offers are money-saving rentals since costumes are typically one-time wears. Rentals are less expensive.
"People are more interested in renting than buying," Demler said. "The packaged costumes don't tend to me as nice."
Open year-round for costumed occasions besides Halloween, Bespoke Costuming, at 146 First St., focuses on custom-made swag rather than manufactured costumes and accessories. Bespoke Cos tuming has mostly clothing that the owner, Kathy Kearns, has either made, bought or found herself since opening her business last fall.
"You'll win every time with with a custom-made costume," Kearns said. "Some people really get into Halloween and want to be the best ones at the party."
Kearns showed off the custom "steampunk" look available at Bespoke Costuming. The look, modeled after the recent big-screen incarnation of Sherlock Holmes, is one of the more popular custom get-ups this year, Kearns said.
"The biggest thing is that you won't pay that much more for something that's custom than something that's trademarked and in a bag," Kearns said.
Party Barn, at 525 S. Main St. in Lanesborough, has seen a demand for costumes that will inspire howls of laughter as opposed to shrieks of terror.
"The requests are less scary and more grown men in tooth fairy costumes," said Party Barn co-owner Marcia Paris, motioning to such a costume on a store rack. "A lot of people like to have fun making fun of different actors with their costume, too."
Group-themed costumes, like different colored M&Ms or "The Brady Bunch," have been a big draw at Party Barn too, Paris said.
With the success of AMC's "The Walking Dead," and the zombie apocalypse theories, zombified Berkshire residents can expect to be seen roaming the streets on Halloween night.
Luckily, the guidelines for what a zombie should wear are very vague, so any of the custom clothes that Kearns showed off -- ranging from blazers for the men to flapper-style dresses for the ladies -- could be worn as a zombie.
"That's the beauty of the zombie, you can wear whatever your heart wants," Kearns said. "It's all about the makeup."
Gnarly-looking prosthetics and fake blood to zombify yourself are some of the manufactured materials available at the local costume shops.
Pop culture has a certain pull over the Halloween season's hottest costumes, as indicated at Spirit Halloween Super Store, at 690 Merrill Road in Pittsfield. The season outlet sells many products licensed after movies, television or books.
The full-body costume modeled after the foul-mouthed teddy bear in this year's hit movie "Ted" has since sold out. A pseudo-S&M section is a nod to the "50 Shades of Grey" phenomenon.
"I had someone ask me if we carried a pregnant belly for children," said Tanya Weeks, a sales associate and guru on costuming. "I guess that had something to do with the MTV show."
Weeks showed off each section of the store, including the clown costumes which don't get much interest, to the occasional crude-humored adult costumes, the wildly popular "Monster High" gear for the tweens, and the superhero costumes for the kids.
Cow and pig costumes are giving Batman and The Avengers a run in terms of costume popularity this year, Weeks said.
"We can't keep cows and pigs in stock," she said.
Business at Spirit Halloween is split evenly between children and adults interested in getting dressed up -- or down -- for Halloween.
"We've sold more and more plus-sizes over the years," Weeks said. "I think companies are starting to recognize there's a demographic there."
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Beth Wheeler recently spent several weeks abroad in Germany and England precisely to further enhance her studies of calligraphy. Her show, "The Art of Calligraphy" opens at the Mancos Town Gallery (at the Visitors' Center on Bauer at Boyle Park in Mancos) on Friday evening, April 12, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. She will be showing new works and photographs from her studies in Europe. There will be refreshments and music for the enjoyment of all at the reception.
Beth is a multi-talented person in the arts. Besides her calligraphy work, Beth is a Master Teacher, musician (flute and conga drum) and most recently, a tap dancer. She also works summers as an interpretative guide at Mesa Verde National Park. The Mancos art community is glad to have her, and proud of her many facets.


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1. Darth Vader to compete at Le Mans
Audi's new LMP1 car has lasers! Though unfortunately not for ionising slower cars to their component molecules, but for lighting the road. The new laser headlamps will make their debut on Audi's new R18 e-tron quattro, and can apparently light the road up to 800m ahead. Or alternatively blind everyone on the traditional paddock Ferris Wheel. But, of course, the laser headlights just point to Audi's habit of trying out new tech at Le Mans.
In 2001, it used a V8 equipped with direct injection that eventually became the TFSI system you can find on a humble A3. The company has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times with a turbodiesel (unheard of up to that point), and 2012 saw the company's first victory with the R18 e-tron quattro with a hybrid: a TDI for the rear axle and an electric motor on the front. Suffice it to say, it is the LMP1 team to beat in 2014, and the new R18 e-tron quattro has been "fundamentally redesigned" to stay ahead of the newly ferocious pack.
The 'new' R18 looks a lot like the old, but new rules regarding fuel efficiency mean that it is actually 5 per cent narrower, and features a pair of hybrid systems to go with the V6 TDI powering the rear wheels. One is called Energy Recovery System Heat (ERS-H), and the other a more traditional KERS system, which Audi calls ERS-K. Both store energy in a new improved flywheel energy recovery system. We assume it will also be quite fast as well as clever.


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The program, which the Clarksville School Board approved in May. It will put several armed guards at each of the district's five campuses. The program is part of an security enhancement at the school district that includes upgrading cameras, push-button access to buildings and more.
Arkansas law prohibits guns on kindergarten through 12th-grade campuses unless they are possessed by certified law enforcement officers. Training the volunteers as commissioned security guards meets the requirements of the law, school district officials have said.
The guards are not intended to take the place of police response, but it could take a few minutes for police officers to arrive, and the guards will already be there.
The volunteers include Clarksville administrators, teachers, secretaries and janitors.
The volunteer guards received 54 hours of custom police-style training.
They underwent three courses of fire training, one of them the same as that given to law enforcement officers. They underwent low-light shooting training and dynamic target training in which the targets moved about and the guards had to determine who were the good guys and who were the bad guys.
They also underwent force-on-force training on the Clarksville campus, using Air Soft pistols and bringing in some of their children to play roles in several training scenarios.
The commissioned guards practice every other month, and they will undergo a refresher course annually.


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New to our shelves:
Clockwork Fairy Tales by Stephen L. Antczak and James C. Bassett, eds. F, SF, A (Fantasy Clockwork)
The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill A, SF, R
Lexicon by Max Barry SF, F, M
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes A, SF, M
Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe (2, Tufa) F
Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (2, Ender: The First Formic War) SF (SF Card)
Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey (3, Expanse) SF
Cold Steel by Kate Elliott (3, Spiritwalker trilogy) F, A
The World of the End by Ofir Touche Gafla, with Mitch Ginsburg, trans. F, SF, R, M
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman F
The City by Stella Gemmell F, M
Tarnished by Rhiannon Held (2, Silver) F, H, M, R
Hooded Man by Paul Kane (3: 6. 9, 10, The Afterblight Chronicles Omnibus) SF, M
(contains Arrowland, Arrowhead, and Broken Arrow)
Before the Fall by Francis Knight (2, Rojan Dizon) F, M
In Thunder Forged by Ari Marmell (1, The Fall of Llael) F, SF, M
Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh A, SF, R
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead (1, Age of X) A, SF, M, H, R
Limits of Power by Elizabeth Moon (4, Paladin's Legacy) F
The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven and Matthew Joseph Harrington SF (SF Niven)
Reviver by Seth Patrick (1, Reviver trilogy) H, M
The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (2, The Long Earth) A, SF (SF Pratchett)
Stoker's Manuscript by Royce Prouty H, M
Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer by Adam Roberts SF, M
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh (12, Psy/Changeling) F, SF, H, R
Eight Million Gods by Wen Spencer F, M
The Miss Education of Dr. Exeter by Jillian Stone (3, Phaeton Black) F, H, A, M, R
The Siege of Castellax by C. L. Werner (11, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Battles) SF, F
Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler F
In paperback:
Shapeshifted by Cassie Alexander (3, Edie Spence) F, H, R
Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur (5, Dark Angels) F, H, M, R
Crash by Guy Haley SF
Hunted by Kevin Hearne (6, 4.5, Iron Druid Chronicles) F, H
(contains Hunted and "Two Ravens and One Crow")
Other new titles of interest:
Siegfried by Alex Alice with Edward Gauvin, trans. (1, Siegfried) F, R (YA GN Alice)
The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence SF (Fiction Extence)
Medea by Kerry Greenwood (1, Delphic Women) R, F, M (Fiction Greenwood)
The Manhattan Projects: They Rule by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra (2, The Manhattan
Projects) A, SF, M (741.5973 Hickm)
Joyland by Stephen King M, H (Mystery King)
Below by Ryan Lockwood H, SF (Pbk-Fiction Lockwood)
A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, v.2 by George R. R. Martin, Daniel Abraham,
& Tommy Patterson (2, A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones GN) F, M (741.5973 Mar v.2)
Into You by China Mieville with Mateus Santolouco, et al. (1, Dial H) CB, SF, F (YA GN Mieville)
Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger F, M (741.5973 Niff)
Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick M, CB (Fiction Palwick)
The Shade by James Robinson, with Cully Hamner et al. (Shade) CB, F (YA GN Robinson)
Delphine by Richard Sala F, H, M (741.5973 Sala)
Strange Attractors by Charles Soule with Greg Scott A, SF (741.5973 Soul)
Angel City by Jon Steele (2, Angelus trilogy) F, H, M (Fiction Steele)
How to Make a Zombie: The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control
by Frank Swain SF, H (502 Swain)


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While Google Inc. (GOOG)
has a credible record when it comes to mobile operating systems -- having made
the booming Android operating system -- its track record when it comes to
flagship hardware is decidedly more mixed.
Every major OS release Google designates a
"flagship" hardware model. For example Android
"Eclair" 2.1 was fronted by the Nexus One. For Android
"Honeycomb" 3.0 -- Google's new tablet-specific Android distribution
-- that flagship model was the Xoom.
The Xoom has been billed in the media as a promising,
but unpolished product.
Set at a lofty
price of $599, it has failed
to compete not only with thinner,
lighter iPad 2 from Apple, Inc. (AAPL),
but also cheaper Android tablets. Yet another sales analysis has landed
and the picture sure isn't pretty.
The Nexus One wasn't
a sales blockbuster, and according to some estimates, the Motorola Xoom may
be doing even worse.
Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdry claims that
Motorola (MMI)
is sitting on an enormous overstock of Xooms. According to his estimates,
the company produced between 500,000 to 800,000 units, but has only sold
between 5 to 15 percent of them.
That estimate means that the best-case scenario is
that the Xoom has moved an anemic 120,000 units in the two months since its
release. And the worst-case scenario is simply crushing -- that only
25,000 Xooms have been sold.
And it may only get worse. South Korea's LG
Electronics is preparing to release
its G-Slate tablet, priced at $529 USD. And in June two new
Galaxy Tab models from Samsung Electronics (005930) land at
under $469 and $499. And that's not to mention Dell's Streak refresh and
other coming products.
Even more troubling for Motorola is the fact
that ASUS today
launched its Eee Pad
Transformer Honeycomb tablet that is priced at $400 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model
and $500 for a 32GB Wi-Fi model.
In short the outlook for Xoom isn't very promising.
The fact that analysts once estimated that the device would sell 3 to 5 million units
makes its sales even more embarrassing.
The tablet is boldly venturing into waters of
commercial disappointment seldom sailed before. Its flop may only look
graceful in light of the ultra low bar that Microsoft's infamous
Kin project set for a mobile failure. But that's not saying


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Wildeboer, Southern and Pankhurst published recently a paper about the reliable measurement of specific absorption rates and intrinsic loss parameters in magnetic hyperthermia. They also carefully reviewed how to cope with non-adiabatic measurement conditions. This paper might very useful for the novice and more experienced user, as they went pretty thoroughly through the methodologies, and have tried to make some recommendations for both the measurement procedure, and the analysis method, that anyone will be able to follow.
Check out this very useful paper here.
Our already 10th International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers took place in Dresden, Germany from June 10-14, 2014. It was a wonderful gathering of more than 330 participants from 41 countries, where we discussed all the different aspects of magnetic nanoparticles and microspheres, how they can be made, used and applied in new and ever more fascinating ways!
Check out all the details at
The research discussed at the meeting has now been published in full-size peer-reviewed papers in the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (JMMM). Check it out here.
In a recent review - called a perspective - Lucia Gutierrez and collaborators wrote a nice discussion of the current state of the art in making magnetic nanoparticles. They write that many different single-core and multi-core magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles are being made for biomedical applications. There are more examples of multi-core magnetic particles than single-core ones, especially since coating of particle aggregates within a matrix will result in multi-core particles. However, it is difficult to control the number of cores, inter-core distances and spatial distribution when generating multi-core particles.
Many parameters of the synthesis procedure may have a strong effect on the particles obtained, including temperature, reagent concentrations, surfactant concentrations, and stirring conditions. This is one of the reasons why scaling-up of some of these synthesis routes is extremely complicated. Indeed, one of the difficulties that particle synthesis faces is in batch-to batch reproducibility. This has led to recent work on alternative reaction platforms that can offer more consistent results. One such platform is the use of microwave irradiation as a heating source.
Check out this interesting paper here.
It is never fun to have to admit to a scientific error. However, it is truly appreciated by people discussing a specific paper and not being able to reproduce something. Ramachandran et al. just published a correction in an upcoming Langmuir paper. They had in an earlier paper reported about highly magnetic metallic nanoparticles. Which at the end turned out to be contaminations with iron, as seen by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray
spectroscopy (EDS) mapping. Thank you for being honest and pointing our magnetic particle community to possible problems with today's highly sensitive analysis methods.
Based on recent developments regarding the synthesis and design of Janus nanoparticles, they have attracted increased scientific interest due to their outstanding properties. There are several combinations of multicomponent hetero-nanostructures including either purely organic or inorganic, as well as composite organic–inorganic compounds. Janus particles are interconnected by solid state interfaces and, therefore, are distinguished by two physically or chemically distinct surfaces. They may be, for instance, hydrophilic on one side and hydrophobic on the other, thus, creating giant amphiphiles revealing the endeavor of self-assembly. Novel optical, electronic, magnetic, and superficial properties emerge in inorganic Janus particles from their dimensions and unique morphology at the nanoscale. As a result, inorganic Janus nanoparticles are highly versatile nanomaterials with great potential in different scientific and technological fields. In this paper, we highlight some advances in the synthesis of inorganic Janus nanoparticles, focusing on the heterogeneous nucleation technique and characteristics of the resulting high quality nanoparticles. The properties emphasized in this review range from the monodispersity and size-tunability and, therefore, precise control over size-dependent features, to the biomedical application as theranostic agents. Hence, we show their optical properties based on plasmonic resonance, the two-photon activity, the magnetic properties, as well as their biocompatibility and interaction with human blood serum.
Check this excellent review out here.
Accurate structures of iron oxide surfaces are important for understanding their role in catalysis, and, for oxides such as magnetite, applications in magnetism and spin physics. The accepted low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) structure for the surface of magnetite, in which the bulk surface termination undergoes an undulating distortion, has a relatively poor agreement with experiment. Bliem et al. show that the LEED structure is much more accurately described by a structure that includes subsurface cation vacancies and occupation of interstitial sites (see the Perspective by Chambers). Such cation redistribution occurs in many metal oxides and may play a role in their surface structures.
Check it out at Science 5 December 2014:Vol. 346 no. 6214 pp. 1215-1218, DOI:10.1126/science.1260556
Spinomix SA, a Swiss technology platform company announced the approval of two US patents while three others are pending approval. The two US Patents are number US 8,585,279 and US 8,870,446 relating to the manipulation and mixing of magnetic particles in microfluidics environments.Spinomix provides innovative sample processing solutions to the life sciences sector. The company's unique MagPhase technology enables homogenous handling of magnetic beads in microfluidics based systems, thus enhancing bioassay efficiency and in a further step, allowing for sample processing automation. MagPhase technology is currently applied in nucleic acid purification, a market estimated to represent over one billion dollars. The vision of the company is to expand the use of microfluidic cartridges into additional areas, such as protein purification or cell isolation.
To read more, check out Spinomix website.
Recent efforts between the University of Maryland (UMD) and Bethesda-based Weinberg Medical Physics LLC (WMP) have led to a new technique to magnetically deliver drug carrying particles to hard-to-reach targets. The method has the potential to transform the way deep-tissue tumors and other diseases are treated. UMD Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BioE) alumnus Dr. Aleksandar Nacev and BioE and Institute for Systems Research Professor Benjamin Shapiro have teamed up with WMP to exploit fast pulsed magnetic fields to focus nano-therapeutic magnetic particles to deep targets.
Pulsed magnetic fields allowed the team to reverse the usual behavior of magnetic nano-particles. Instead of a magnet attracting the particles, they showed that an initial magnetic pulse can orient the rod shaped particles without pulling them, and then a subsequent pulse can push the particles before the particles can reorient. By repeating the pulses in sequence, the particles were focused to locations deep between the electromagnets.
To find out the details for yourself, check out the Nano Letters paper which is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl503654t with a video showing the magnetic focusing at http://ter.ps/magnetic.
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