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Hurricane Camille: August 1969
With wind gusts exceeding 200 miles per hour and a 20-foot storm surge, Camille was the second category 5 hurricane to hit the United States. The massive storm struck along the mouth of the Mississippi River and flattened nearly everything along Mississippi's coastline. After pounding the Gulf Coast, Camille moved inland and caused heaving flooding and landslides in Virginia. In total, Camille caused more than $1.4 billion in damages and 259 deaths.


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Save Your Vision Month: Counsel patients about digital eye strain in the workplace
According to AOA's 2015 American Eye-Q® survey, 58 percent of adults surveyed have experienced digital eye strain as a result of time spent on a computer.
The average U.S. worker spends seven hours a day on the computer either in the office or working from home. And according to AOA's 2015 American Eye-Q® survey, 58 percent of adults surveyed have experienced digital eye strain or vision problems as a direct result.
Each March, the AOA reminds Americans of the importance of eye health and regular, comprehensive eye exams through an AOA House of Delegates-designated optometry awareness campaign to educate the public. Known as Save Your Vision Month, this national health observance is the one yearly observance that the AOA truly calls its own, and one that's been a staple in the profession and public eye for nearly 90 years.
As part of this year's campaign, the AOA encourages both employees and employers to make eye health a priority. Symptoms of digital eye strain, also known as computer vision syndrome, include eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision, dry eyes and neck and shoulder pain.
"As more people spend their days at work on a computer and their free time on handheld devices, doctors of optometry are seeing more patients who are experiencing digital eye strain," says AOA President Steven A. Loomis, O.D. "The problem can be relieved by taking simple steps. Just looking away from the computer for brief periods of time throughout the day can help with discomfort and long-term eye problems."
Take advantage of Save Your Vision Month resources available to AOA members. The tips below can be shared with your patients and easily implemented in most office spaces.
5 steps to relieve digital eye strain at work
- Follow the 20-20-20 rule. Take a 20-second break, every 20 minutes and view something 20 feet away.
- Keep a distance. The AOA recommends sitting a comfortable distance from the computer monitor where you can easily read all text with your head and torso in an upright posture and your back supported by your chair. Generally, the preferred viewing distance is between 20 and 28 inches from the eye to the front surface of the screen.
- View from a different angle. Ideally, the computer screen should be 15 to 20 degrees, or about 4 to 5 inches, below eye level as measured from the center of the screen.
- Decrease glare. While there is no way to completely minimize glare from light sources, consider using a glare filter. These filters decrease the amount of light reflected from the screen.
- Blink often. Minimize your chances of developing dry eyes when using a computer by making an effort to blink frequently.
Click here to access more AOA member tools and resources for the Save Your Vision Month campaign, including a customizable press release, social media posts and an infographic, and let them help you boost awareness of your practice.
Click here to learn about the evolution of Save Your Vision Month, and how you can leverage the national campaign locally.

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I recently encountered a virus on my Dell Studio laptop which I got rid of using MalwareBytes software. This eliminated all the annoying pop-up messages and blocked applications. However, since then I have been unable to use any application that accesses the internet (other than Firefox for some reason). Applications like iTunes store, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome are all unable to display web pages. My laptop also is now unable to download Windows updates as it cannot access the internet.
I've checked all of the programmes that are blocked by my Firewall and these are all checked as allowed programmes. I've tried restoring my laptop to a previous point where it was functioning properly but this has no effect on this.
Also I'm not sure if this is related but when I restart my laptop, I get the error message that "STLog.dll" cannot be found and that the ST service is unable to run.
I've tried restoring this file using the method recommended by Microsoft (a programme called "MicrosoftFixit50203") but this hasn't solved the problem either.
I'd really appreciate your help with this problem!
I can't help you with iTunes or Chrome, but see if this fixes IE.
- open an IE window, click Tools, then Internet Options
- click the Connections tab, then LAN settings
- is there a check in the box for "use a proxy server"? If there is, remove the check, click OK, close IE, then reopen it.
Thanks for the reply jam. Unfortunately that hasn't managed to get IE working. I think the problem may be more general than the individual programmes as this is affecting all incoming connections except firefox.
You could remove IE using add remove windows components. After it is removed you install it using your xp CD.
Thanks for the help guys. I'm at work at the moment but will try using that Winsock XP Fix when I get home.
I'm not so worried about IE as I hardly use it, I just want to get the problem with the internet fixed rather than IE.
Thanks again


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I was disappointed to miss DDD Scotland this this year, as I was looking forward to catching up with everyone and giving my talk. I'll have to do the catching up another time, but if anyone wants me to give the talk, I'm available for conferences, user groups, weddings christenings…
There's still a few discussion points I want to have around the talk, so I'm going to be posting some themes from the talk over the next few weeks to see what you think.
I wrote the talk as a catharsis for a project with 3 very bad APIs. I don't want to name them in the talk because none of them were the first time I'd seen the problem, and I'm trying to list general anti-patterns so that other developers can avoid the pitfalls. The key one being that for all the user experience research, most people still think of users and interfaces as graphical, not programmatic.
Before I start the rants though, I want to start with 2 thoughts about making an api that sucks less.
The best way to think of the user first, is to be the user first. That's why I like Test-Driven Design. Write the API you want to use, then figure out all the horrible contortions behind the scenes to make it happen. That way you're far less likely to introduce unexpected preconditions, because they're harder to test. You're far less likely to expose internal domain terms and models so long as you're not thinking about them yet. And you get to experience any frustrations first hand when you're best placed to fix them.
Use BDD, use xUnit, use Postman, use the wonderful new .Net core
. Keep using them. Don't accept any pain in your interface tests.
Rest, and be thankful
The talk unashamedly focuses on Web technology, and REST, for all the trial warfare, is a great way to think about the interface, and some of the basic lessons apply to other interfaces too:
- Be open for extension – where you can, build extension points into the interface. Use dynamic models if you can, allow discoverable interaction (I've got my order, what can I _do_ with it?)
- Use the standard – if you're building on top of http, use headers, content-type, appropriate verbs, because existing clients and test frameworks support them, developers have learned how they work from other interfaces. Don't be the stone in their shoe.
- Minimise state transfer – don't ask clients to remember, don't ask clients to send or receive large amounts of data. Scope requests to the smallest sensible unit, and only ask for what you need.
Sometimes it will go wrong, and you will make developers cry. I'll start talking about those next time but feel free to add your own below.


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Cuban diva Omara Portuondo to perform in Romania next year
Omara Portuondo, the Cuban Grammy-awarded diva from Buena Vista Social Club, will celebrate music and life in a special tour around the world, next to her numerous guests. Omara Portuondo's 2017 tour dedicated to her 86th anniversary and to her 70 years of artistic activity will take music lovers back to youth, while reviewing the love for the cabaret, from the Buena Vista Social Club days up to the present days.
Romanian fans of Afro-Cuban music will now have the opportunity to se the internationally renowned diva at Sala Palatului in Bucharest on April 25, 2017, at 8 p.m.
Tickets have been put up for sale for prices ranging from RON 65 to RON 300 and can be purchased at Sala Palatului's booking office, TUI Travel Center and Eurolines agencies or online at www.ticketnet.ro, www.iabilet.ro, www.bilet.ro, www.bilete.ro, www.myticket.ro and www.eventim.ro.
A founding member of the popular vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida, Portuondo has collaborated with many important Cuban musicians during her long career, including Julio Gutierrez, Juanito Marquez and Chucho Valdes. Although primarily known for her rendition of boleros, she has recorded in a wide range of styles from jazz and son cubano.
Since 1996 she has been part of the Buena Vista Social Club project, touring extensively and recording several albums with the ensemble.
In 2004 the International Red Cross appointed her International Ambassador, the first Cuban musician to hold this title.
Omara Portuondo & Buena Vista Social Club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dru5j_CHWlI.


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September 14, 2012 (Friday) Deadline for submitting invited speaker suggestions for DMP Focus Topics. DMP online nomination at http://go.aps.org/dmpinvited or communicate directly with one of the focus topic organizers.
November 9, 2012 (Friday) Abstract deadline for the 2013 APS March Meeting. Submission is via the web at http://abstracts.aps.org
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March 18 - March 22, 2013 (with tutorials, etc., March 17): APS March Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland
It is a pleasure to extend a welcome from the Executive Committee of the Division of Materials Physics. This Summer Newsletter contains important information for the upcoming March Meeting in Baltimore (March 18 - March 22, 2013).
This year, the DMP Executive Committee has been continuing to work with the Executive Committee of the Division of Condensed Matter Physics and other APS Units to systematically revisit and update numerous sorting categories for the March Meeting. These updates are aimed toward better sorting of abstracts, and will further improve the organization of what is already a spectacular contributed program of talks. We will naturally welcome feedback and advice for further improvements in years to come, since the field is dynamic and constantly evolving.
As in previous years, DMP is organizing interdisciplinary Focus Topics for the March Meeting that will cover many different facets of materials physics. The process is being coordinated by Chair Elect, David Cahill, and all the members of the Executive Committee helped to select the topics and to invite the organizers. The Focus Topics are a major contribution of DMP to the March Meeting, and we encourage you to review the topics, suggest invited speakers to the organizers, and plan to submit contributed aspects to the topics that overlap with your interests. Your input of invited speaker suggestions is particularly important to the success of the meeting, and we hope you will be able to offer your advice to the organizers of the various topics.
Student presenters are invited to apply for an Iris Ovshinsky Student Travel Award, available to students whose abstracts are placed in DMP-sponsored contributed sessions. Information is included below.
While the deadline is not immediate, we also encourage all members to plan nominations for APS Fellowship. Nominating a deserving colleague is a great way to acknowledge their contributions. While the deadline is February 1, 2013, starting early is always a good idea, and detailed instructions are available on the DMP website.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the DMP Executive Committee who have recently completed their service, for the generous donation of their time and expertise in carrying out the work of DMP. These are David J. Sellmyer and Nicola Spaldin, who have stepped down as Members at Large. And a special thanks to Robert Nemanich, who has completed four years of leadership as Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past-Chair of the Division of Materials Physics.
Looking forward to seeing you in Boston!
Darrell Schlom, DMP Chair
The Iris Ovshinsky Student Travel Awards have been established to assist the career of student researchers. The Awards are named after Iris Ovshinsky who had a very strong interest and commitment to scientific education. The awards have been endowed by the Ovshinsky family, their colleagues at Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) companies and all their numerous friends from many social, intellectual and business relationships.
We anticipate that there will be eight $500 awards each year to enable students to participate in the APS March Meeting sessions, which are sponsored by the Division of Materials Physics. The selection committee will consist of the following officers of the Division of Materials Physics: Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chair and Past Chair.
Students interested in being considered for an award must apply online.
The Iris Ovshinsky Student Travel Awards for the 2012 March Meeting were presented to: Lyudmyla Adamska (University of South Florida), Erik Haroz (Rice University), Xiaoxiao He (University of California, Riverside), Halyna Hodovanets (Iowa State University), Bin Li (The Ohio State University), Jian Liu (University of Arkansas), Kathleen McCreary (University of California, Riverside), Duming Zhang (The Pennsylvania State University)
Pictures taken at the 2012 March Meeting Awards Reception
A DMP election will be held late in 2012 to elect a Vice-Chair, and two new at-large Executive Committee Members. The Nominating Committee shall nominate at least two candidates for the ballot for each office. Suggestions for candidates for these offices can be made to the Chair of the Nominating Committee, Peter Schiffer. In addition, candidates can be nominated directly to be placed on the ballot, by petition of five percent of the membership of the Division. Such petitions must be received by the Secretary-Treasurer (Chris Palmstrøm) by September 11, 2012.
With this issue of the Newsletter, the Division of Materials Physics announces the program of DMP Focus Topics for the 2013 APS March Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland, March 18 - March 22, 2013). A Focus Topic generally consists of a series of sessions, each of which is typically seeded with one invited talk, the remainder of the session being composed of contributed presentations.
September 4, 2012 is the deadline to submit suggestions for DMP Focus Topic invited speakers for the 2013 March Meeting.
DMP is sponsoring or co-sponsoring 31 different Focus Topics for the 2013 March Meeting. DMP members are encouraged to make suggestions for invited speakers for these Focus Topics via the web --> http://go.aps.org/dmpinvited
Your nomination will go to the organizers of the Focus Topic you suggest an invited speaker for and will aid the organizers in their selection of invited speakers. A complete listing of DMP-sponsored Focus Topics and their descriptions are given below.
In suggesting speakers please keep in mind that speakers who gave an invited talk at the previous March Meeting are ineligible.
Thank you in advance for your help in making the March Meeting a success.
Finally, note that the contents of this Newsletter will be available electronically on the DMP website. In case of any need for corrections or updates, these will also be posted at this location.
01. Polymers and Soft Matter Physics
01.1.2 Polymers for Energy Storage and Conversion (DMP/GERA)
Co-organizers: Enrique Gomez (Pennsylvania State University)
Michael Chabinyc (The University of California, Santa Barbara)
Advances in the development of polymeric materials and polymer based devices for energy applications have generated new knowledge, concepts and strategies for energy conversion, generation of light and energy storage. This symposium covers recent progress in these fields. Contributions are solicited for research related to the above topics such as utilizing multijunction polymer-based devices for solar energy conversion or light emission, polymer – nanofillers or multilayers for energy capture and conversion schemes including thermoelectrics, polymers as variable band gap materials, and polymeric materials for energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries or capacitors. Theoretical, computational or experimental approaches are welcome.
01.1.8 Organic Electronics and Photonics (DMP/ DPOLY)
Co-organizers: Richard Lunt (Michigan State University)
C. Daniel Frisbie (University of Minnesota)
Michael S. Arnold (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
01.1.30 Assembly and Function of Biomimetic and Bioinspired Materials (DMP/DBIO)
Co-organizers: Mark Stevens (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Jim DeYoreo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Alex Noy (University of California-Merced)
04. Biological Physics
04.1.21 Structures and Dynamics of Biomembranes (DBIO/DCOMP/DMP)
Organizer: Mu-Ping Nieh (University of Connecticut)
Amphiphilic molecules such as lipids, surfactants, polymers or their mixtures can selfassemble into a variety of structures, one of which is bilayered membrane. Because of their similarity to the structure of cell membrane, bilayered membranes can serve as a native substrate for membrane-associated proteins to study the structures, dynamics and interactions of membrane proteins and their host membranes. Moreover, in many cases, fundamental physics of self-assembly, exchange and kinetics of the amphiphilic molecules in aqueous solutions are not well understood. This session will include the presentations in regard to the structural and dynamic studies of amphiphilic molecules forming membranes and their applications and implications to the associated biomolecules.
07. Insulators and Dielectrics
07.1.1 Dielectric and Ferroic Oxides (DMP/DCOMP)
Co-organizers: Nicole Benedek (University of Texas-Austin)
Albina Y. Borisevich (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Gustau Catalan (Centre d'Investigacions en Nanociencia i
Nanotecnologia (CIN2);
This topic focuses on dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric phenomena in oxides, their characterization by a broad range of techniques, and the growth of such materials in bulk, thin-film, superlattice, and nanostructured forms. Experimental results as well as theoretical, modeling/simulation, and materials-by-design approaches will be discussed. Specific areas of interest include domain structure and dynamics, lattice dielectric properties, physics of phase transitions, the coupling and/or interplay between (anti- )ferroelectric, piezoelectric, optical, transport, elastic and magnetic properties and the effect of interfaces and nanoscale geometries on these properties. Contributions addressing the design and synthesis of dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric oxides for energy conversion and storage devices are particularly encouraged, as are those addressing the design or investigation of the previously mentioned properties using interdisciplinary, e.g. solid-state chemical, approaches. As there is potential overlap with other focus topics in the areas of energy, multiferroics and interfaces, the organizers will share information to group abstracts in a consistent fashion. In general, authors in these areas are encouraged to submit their abstracts to this topic if the presented work focuses on ferroelectric or piezoelectric properties.
07.1.2 Topological Materials: Synthesis and Characterization (DMP)
Co-organizers: Nicholas P. Butch (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Jagadeesh Moodera (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
There has been rapid growth in the study of topological insulators, materials in which the combined effects of the spin-orbit interaction and fundamental symmetries yield a bulk energy gap and novel gapless surface states. Moreover, the field has expanded in scope to include superconductors and semimetals with nontrivial topology. The observation of theoretical predictions depends greatly on sample quality and there remain significant challenges in identifying and synthesizing the underlying materials having properties amenable to the study of the surface states. This topic will focus on fundamental advances in the synthesis of candidate topological materials in various forms including bulk single crystals, exfoliated and epitaxial thin films, epitaxially modulated heterostructures, nanowires, and nanoribbons - as well as theoretical studies that illuminate the synthesis effort and identify new candidate materials. Of equal interest is the characterization of these samples using structural, electrical, magnetic, optical and other techniques, with particular focus on identifying samples whose properties are dominated by the surface states.
08. Semiconductors
08.1.2 Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors (DMP)
Co-organizers: Mary Ellen Zvanut (University of Alabama-Birmingham)
Matt McCluskey (Washington State University)
Impurities and native defects profoundly affect the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor materials. Incorporation of impurities is nearly always a necessary step for tuning the electrical properties in semiconductors. In some cases, as in dilute III-V alloys, impurities even modify the band gap. Defects control carrier concentration, mobility, lifetime, and recombination; they are also responsible for the mass-transport processes involved in migration, diffusion, and precipitation of impurities and host atoms. The control of impurities and defects is the critical factor that enables a semiconductor to be engineered for use in electronic and optoelectronic devices as has been widely recognized in the remarkable development of Si-based electronics, the current success of GaN-based blue LED and lasers, and the emergence of ZnO for nanoelectronics sensors, and transparent conducting displays. The fundamental understanding, characterization and control of defects and impurities are essential for the development of new devices, such as those based on novel wide-band gap semiconductors, spintronic materials, and lowdimensional structures.
The physics of dopants and defects in semiconductors, from the bulk to the nanoscale, including surfaces and interfaces, is the subject of this focus topic. The electronic, structural, optical, and magnetic properties of impurities and defects in elemental and compound semiconductors, SiO2 and alternative dielectrics, wide band-gap materials such as diamond, SiC, group-III nitrides, and oxide semiconductors are of interest. Abstracts on experimental and theoretical investigations are solicited.
09. Superconductivity
09.1.1 Fe-based Superconductors (DMP/DCOMP)
Co-organizers: John Tranquada (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Igor Mazin (Naval Research Laboratory)
Wai-Kwong Kwok (Argonne National Laboratory)
Substantial experimental and theoretical progress has been made toward understanding the unusual normal and superconducting state properties of iron based superconductors. Yet, many challenges and controversies exist, some driven by recent discoveries of new materials that differ radically from the original set. This focused session will cover the latest experimental and theoretical issues pertaining to the normal and superconducting properties of Fe-based superconductors and their parent compounds. The goal is to understand the relationship between different crystalline, magnetic and electronic structures related to the high critical temperatures and to cultivate the potential for discovering new superconducting systems.
09.1.2 Search for New Superconductors (DMP)
Lead organizer: Horst Rogalla (University of Twente)
Co-organizers: Warren Pickett (University of California-Davis)
Ivan Bozovic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
James N. Eckstein (University of Illinois)
This topic will focus on fundamental advances in the growth, characterization, and experimental as well as theoretical understanding of new superconducting materials with the exclusion of the recently discovered magnesium diborides, pnictides, and calcoginides. The main goal of this focus topic is to explore non-conventional ideas in superconductivity, and to foster the exchange of information about discoveries that may conceive a change in our understanding of superconductivity. Its purpose is to promote interaction among theorists and experimentalists and seed new directions in superconductivity research, especially in areas cutting across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Areas of interest include new approaches in the study of superconductivity in complex materials, metamaterials, heterojunctions, and hybrid structures. The focus topic will cover a wide range of novel superconductors such as organics and intercalation compounds. The creation of superconducting nanostructures with atomic scale control using physical and chemical methods is also of interest. The focus topic will specifically include research on understanding of mechanisms for improvements in superconducting materials, engineering superconductors with ab initio methods, empirical approaches in the search for novel superconductors, and theoretical predictions leading past serendipitous discovery to predictive design.
10. Magnetism
10.1.1 Magnetic Nanostructures: Materials and Phenomena (GMAG/DMP)
Co-organizers: Kristen Buchanan (Colorado State University)
Z. Q. Qiu (University of California at Berkeley)
This topic focuses on magnetic nanostructures and the novel properties that arise in magnetic materials at the nanoscale. Magnetic nanostructures of interest include thin films, multilayers, superlattices, nanoparticles, nanowires, nanorings, nanocomposite materials, hybrid nanostructures, spin phenomena in nanoscale organics, magnetic point contacts and self-assembled as well as patterned magnetic arrays. Sessions will include talks on the methods used to synthesize such nanostructures, the variety of materials used, and the latest, original theoretical and experimental advances. Synthesis and characterization techniques that demonstrate nano- or atomic-scale control of properties will be featured. Phenomena and properties of interest include: magnetization dynamics, magnetic interactions, magnetic quantum confinement, spin tunneling and spin crossover, proximity and structural disorder effects, strain effects, microwave resonance and microwave assisted reversal, magnetic anisotropy, and thermal and quantum fluctuations.
10.1.2 Emergent Properties in Bulk Complex Oxides (GMAG/DMP)
Co-organizers: Laurent Chapon (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Tsuyoshi Kimura (Osaka University)
Jeff Lynn (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
The emergence of exotic states of matter from the intricate coupling of the electronic and lattice degrees of freedom is a unique feature in strongly correlated electron systems. Included in this class are the complex oxides of 3-, 4-, and 5-d transition metal compounds that exhibit a wide range of novel physical properties stemming from the complex nature of the competing interactions and nearly degenerate multiple ground states. Associated with this complexity is a tendency for new forms of order such as the formation of stripes, ladders, checkerboards, or phase separation, and an enhanced response to external influences. This Focus Topic explores the nature of various exotic states observed in bulk specimens of complex oxides and their competing interactions, the ways in which the spin, lattice, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom respond on a variety of length scales, and how they interact and compete with each other to produce novel phenomena. It provides a forum to discuss recent developments and results covering basic aspects (new materials synthesis, experiment, theory and simulation) of bulk systems. Note there is some overlap in topic with other DMP and GMAG sessions on oxides. The organizers of all of the related focus sessions will share information and work together to make an optimal meeting program.
10.1.3 Magnetic Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures (GMAG/DMP)
Co-organizers: Anand Bhattacharya (Argonne National Laboratory)
Chris Leighton (University of Minnesota)
Yayoi Takamura (University of California Davis)
Magnetism in complex oxides has long been a rich field of study in condensed matter physics due to the strong interactions between the spin, charge, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom. When magnetic oxides are prepared in the form of thin films they can exhibit additional effects due to epitaxial strain, reduced dimensionality, interfacial charge transfer, electronic reconstruction, proximity effects, etc. These effects generate exciting new prospects both for discovery of fundamental physics and development of technological applications. This Focus Topic is dedicated to developments in the understanding of the electronic and magnetic properties of oxide thin films, heterostructures, superlattices, and nanostructures, with an emphasis on synthesis, characterization, theoretical modeling, and novel device physics. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to, growth of oxide materials, control of their magnetic properties and ordering, magnetotransport, strongly correlated or "Mott" systems, strong spin-orbit coupling effects, and recent developments in theoretical prediction and materials-design approaches. Advances in techniques to probe and image magnetic order in complex oxide thin films (including optical and electron-probes, and neutron/synchrotron-based techniques) are also emphasized. Note that overlap exists with other DMP and GMAG focus sessions. As a rule of thumb, if magnetism plays a key role in the investigation or the properties observed, then the talk is appropriate for this focus topic. The organizers of all of the related focus sessions will share information and work together with the March Meeting Program Committee to ensure an optimal meeting program.
10.1.4 Spin Transport and Magnetization Dynamics in Metals-Based Systems (GMAG/DMP/FIAP)
Co-organizers: Jordan Katine (HGST)
Joo-Von Kim (CNRS)
Jonathan Sun, (IBM)
Spin-related effects in metals and in ferromagnetic heterostructures are generally robust and observable at room temperature. Discoveries such as giant and tunnel magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque are moving from discovery to applications rapidly. Fundamental spin-dependent transport physics, novel materials and thin film structures are being actively explored in metallic multilayer-based junctions and magnetic tunnel junctions for deeper understanding and potentially new functional materials and devices. This Focus Topic aims to capture new developments in these areas, including experimental and theoretical aspects of spin transport and magnetization dynamics in mostly metal-based systems, such as ultrathin films, lateral nanostructures, perpendicular nanopillars, and tunnel junctions. In particular, contributions describing new results in the following areas are solicited: (i) The interplay between spin currents and magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures; spin-transfer, spin pumping and related phenomena, including current-induced magnetization dynamics in heterostructures and domain wall motion in magnetic wires; (ii) Theoretical predictions and/or experimental discovery of half-metallic band structures, both in bulk solids and at the surfaces of thin films. Spin transport and magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures (e.g. TMR, CPP-GMR and lateral spin valve structures) based on half-metallic materials; (iii) Effects of spinorbit interaction on steady-state and dynamic properties of nanostructures including: the (inverse) spin-Hall and anomalous-Hall effects, microscopic mechanisms of magnetization damping, the effects of interface spin-orbit interaction, and spin-orbit interaction as a means for spin-current generation; (iv) Electric field control of magnetic properties (e.g. anisotropy, phase transition, exchange bias,…), including but not limited to: hybrid metals/oxide structures, piezoelectric layer coupled to ferromagnetic films, electrolyte/ferromagnetic systems; (v) Ultrafast magnetization response to (and reversal by) intense laser pulses; magnetization dynamics at elevated temperatures and thermally assisted magnetization reversal; (vi) Thermoelectric spin phenomena such as giantmagneto thermopower and Peltier effects, spin-Seebeck effect, spin and anomalous Nernst and Ettingshausen effects (spin caloritronics); (vii) Thermal gradient and/or RF driven magnonic magnetization dynamics in nanostructures including spin wave excitation, propagation, and detection. Interactions between electronic spin-current and magnon propagations in thin film and device structures; (viii) General considerations of spin-angular momentum current flow, energy flow, and entropy flow, conservation laws and Onsagar-reciprocal relationships.
10.1.5 Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors (GMAG/DMP/FIAP)
Co-organizers: Jean Heremans (Virginia Tech)
Hideo Ohno (Tohoku University)
Jairo Sinova (Texas A&M University)
The field of spin dependent phenomena in semiconductors shows rapid advances as well as challenges in a widening range of new effects and materials systems (e.g. heterostructures, III-Vs, Si and Ge, diamond, graphene and organics), and new structures (e.g. semiconductor quantum structures and nanostructures, wires and carbon nanotubes, hybrid ferromagnetic/semiconductor structures). This focus topic solicits contributions aimed at understanding spin dependent processes in magnetic and non-magnetic structures incorporating semiconducting materials. Topics include: (i) electrical and optical spin injection, spin Hall effects, spin dependent topological effects, spin interference, spin filtering, spin lifetime effects, spin dependent scattering, and spin torque; (ii) growth, characterization, electrical, optical and magnetic properties of (ferro- )magnetic semiconductors, nanocomposites, and hybrid ferromagnet/semiconductor structures, including quantum dots, nanocrystals, and nanowires; (iii) spin dependent transport, spin dependent thermal effects, and dynamical effects in semiconductors with or without spin-orbit interactions; (iv) manipulation, detection, and entanglement of electronic and nuclear spins in quantum systems such as dots, impurities and point defects; (v) ferromagnetism in semiconductors and semiconductor oxides; and (vi) spin dependent devices and device proposals involving ferromagnets and semiconductors.
10.1.6 Frustrated magnetism (GMAG/DMP)
Co-organizers: Collin Broholm (Johns Hopkins University)
Andreas Läuchli (Universität Insbruck)
Ashvin Vishwanath (University of California at Berkeley)
Simple antiferromagnets on bipartite lattices have well-understood ground states, elementary excitations, thermodynamic phases and phase transitions. At the forefront of current research are frustrated magnets where competing interactions suppress magnetic order and may lead to qualitatively new behavior.
Frustrated magnets may realize novel quantum-disordered ground states with fractionalized excitations akin to those found in one-dimensional antiferromagnets, but with a number of novel features. They are also sensitive to nominally small perturbations and interact in a non-trivial way with orbital and lattice degrees of freedom. This Focus Topic solicits abstracts for presentations that explore both theoretical and experimental aspects of the field. The themes to be represented are united by geometrical frustration: valence-bond solids and other exotic orders, spin ice, quantum spin liquids, order from disorder, magnetoelastic coupling, and novel field-induced behavior. Also of interest are the effects of strongly fluctuating spins on properties beyond magnetism including transport, thermal transport and ferroelectricity.
10.1.7 Spin-Dependent Physics in Carbon-Based Materials (GMAG/DMP)
Co-organizers: Christoph Boehme (University of Utah)
Gernot Guntherodt (Aachen University)
Minn-Tsong Lin (National Taiwan University)
This focus topic is on spin transport, spin dynamics and exchange phenomena in carbonbased materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, diamond as well as organic and molecular solids, organic radical systems, and π-conjugated organic/polymeric systems. These issues are of great current interest because of advances in spin relaxation times in graphene and breakthrough results in the field of 'organic spintronics', a new research area focused not only on the traditional topics of spintronics such as spin-polarization and spin-orbit effects but more importantly on spin-selection rules and spin-permutation symmetry effects. Research at the intersection of several forefront areas in condensedmatter and material physics will be covered: spin injection at the metallic ferromagnet to graphene and inorganic to organic interface, the degree of spin polarization attainable by organic based solids, spin coherence and relaxation related to extrinsic spin-orbit coupling effects, hyperfine interaction between the electronic spin and nuclear magnetic moments, as well as magnetic exchange, magnetic ordering and correlation effects. Phenomena, materials of interest and the application for advanced devices include hybrid ferromagnetic/organic structures, spin transport in graphene and carbon nanotubes, spin qubits in diamond, quantum tunneling of the magnetic moment, magnetic field effects (e.g., organic magnetoresistance), singlet/triplet issues, spin resonance in organic semiconductors, organic spin valves and spin-polarized organic light emitting diodes.
10.1.8 Low-Dimensional and Molecular Magnetism (GMAG/DMP)
Co-organizers: Stephen Hill (Florida State University)
Stefano Carretta (University of Parma)
Sebastian Loth (Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
The control and manipulation of spin and charge degrees of freedom in nanoscale systems has become a major challenge during the last decades, triggered by exciting applications in emerging technologies such as quantum computation and spintronics among others. For this goal to be accomplished, a complete understanding of the quantum behavior of interacting electronic and even nuclear spins in solid state systems is necessary. For conventional three-dimensional magnetic materials a robust framework for describing the low temperature structures, phase transitions, and excitations exists. However, when fluctuations are enhanced by low dimensionality, qualitatively new behavior can emerge. Low dimensional magnetic systems have become prototype systems in this direction. For example, the synthetic flexibility of molecule-based magnets allows the magnetic quantum response of the system to be engineered. This Focus Topic solicits abstracts that explore inorganic and organic molecule-based as well as solid state systems, and both theoretical and experimental aspects of the field. Topics of interest include: magnetism in zero, one, and two dimensions (e.g. quantum dots, single molecule magnets, spin chains, lattices), order by disorder, the role of magnetoelastic, spin-orbit and exchange couplings, quantum critical low dimensional spin systems, topological excitations, quantum tunneling of magnetization, coherence phenomena and novel field-induced behavior.
12. Complex Structured Materials, Including Graphene
12.1.1 Graphene: Synthesis, Defects and Properties (DMP)
Co-organizers: Jun Zhu (The Pennsylvania State University)
Luigi Colombo (Texas Instruments)
Graphene continues to attract strong interest within the scientific community because of its unique physical and chemical properties and prospects in a wide range of applications from RF transistors to supercapacitors. A number of scalable approaches have been developed to produce single- and few-layer films of graphene. Two major synthetic routes are epitaxial growth on SiC wafers and chemical vapor deposition on metal and non-metal substrates. This graphene focus topic will cover (i) experimental, theoretical, and computational studies illuminating various aspects of the growth process including e. g. layer number and stacking geometry control, the formation of topological and structural defects, grain size and grain boundary control, and the effect of substrate chemistry, crystallography and strain (ii) methods of doping (iii) templated growth of nanostructures and bottom-up integration with other materials (iv) characterization and modeling of the structural, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties of the synthesized graphene, and (v) methods for transferring synthesized graphene to other substrates and the impact of the transfer process.
12.1.2 Graphene: Structure, Stacking, and Interactions (DMP)
Co-organizers: Debdeep Jena (University of Notre Dame)
Randall Feenstra (Carnegie Mellon University)
The study of graphene, a single atomic plane of graphite, remains a rapidly growing field of research. This topic will focus on the materials physics of graphene produced by mechanical or chemical means, including single layer, bilayer, trilayer, and higher multilayer graphenes as well as structurally or chemically modified graphenes. We invite experimental and theoretical contributions in the following areas: (i) the physics of structurally or chemically modified graphenes, including the effect of defects, edges, adatoms, adsorbates, and strain on graphene's material properties, (ii) the physics of epitaxial graphenes, including the properties of multilayer graphene films, (iii) interactions of exfoliated or chemically grown graphenes with different substrates and the environment.
12.1.3 Graphene Devices: Function, Fabrication, and Characterization (DMP)
Co-organizers: James Hone (Columbia University)
Michael Fuhrer (University of Maryland)
Deji Akinwande (University of Texas-Austin)
The unique properties of graphene have led to great excitement about its potential device applications. However, numerous open questions surround the challenges and promise of creating such devices at a practical level. This Focus Topic relates to experimental and theoretical studies of devices based on single- and multi-layered graphene. The devices considered include (but are not limited to) electronic, optical, mechanical, thermal, and chemical graphene devices. We invite contributions on topics including: (i) the fabrication, measurements, and modeling of graphene devices, (ii) proposals for or tests of devices that exploit the unique properties of graphene, and (iii) materials, environmental, or other issues that enable or limit graphene devices.
12.1.4 Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (DMP)
Co-organizers: Eric A. Stach (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Aaron Franklin (IBM Yorktown Heights)
Boris Yakobson (Rice University)
12.1.5 Van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials (DMP)
Co-organizers: Per Hyldgaard (Chalmers University)
Roberto Car (Princeton University)
Jacqueline Krim (North Carolina State University)
Van der Waals bonds occur in all materials and are particularly important in regions with low electron concentration. van der Waals forces impact material structure and behavior, both when they dominate the binding, and when they compete with other binding mechanisms like covalent or ionic binding. This topic session will focus on the materials physics of van der Waal interactions. It will highlight recent advances in theory, and applications that lead toward a deeper understanding, more quantitative descriptions, or establish links between van der Waals bonding and materials properties. Experimental work that details a van der Waals nature in cohesion or function and theoretical treatments of specific materials problems are featured to stimulate further experimenttheory exchange and open possibilities for stronger tests of materials modeling.
12.1.6 Computational Discovery and Design of Novel Materials (DMP/DCOMP)
Co-organizers: Richard Hennig (Cornell University)
Kristin Persson (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Advances in theoretical understanding, algorithms and computational power are enabling computational tools to play an increasing role in materials discovery, development and optimization. For example, recently developed data mining techniques and genetic algorithms enable the "virtual synthesis" of novel materials, with their properties being predicted on a computer before ever being synthesized in a laboratory. This focus topic will cover recent methodological developments and applications at the frontier of computational materials discovery and design, ranging from quantum-level prediction to macro-scale property optimization. Of particular interest are computational and theoretical studies that features a strong connection to experiment. Topics include but are not limited to first principles materials discovery, algorithm to search structurecomposition design space, data mining techniques, innovations that improve the scope, accuracy, and efficiency of computational materials discovery and design, and applications ranging from energy conversion and storage materials (thermoelectrics, batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaics), to novel materials for data processing (spintronics, 2D materials).
13. Superlattices, Nanostructures, and other Artificially Structured Materials
13.1.1 Nanostructures and Metamaterials: Synthesis, Fabrication, and Characterization (DMP)
Co-organizers: Matthew Pelton (Argonne National Laboratory)
David Smith (Duke University)
Shaping materials on the sub-wavelength scale allows for an unprecedented control over light-matter interaction. Carbon nanomaterials, quantum-confined semiconductor nanostructures, and plasmonic metal nanoparticles all have size- and shape-dependent optical properties, while metamaterial structures provide unique opportunities to control electromagnetic radiation at all frequencies, from optical and infrared to terahertz and microwave. This focus topic aims to bring together experimental and theoretical colleagues from different disciplines to advance our understanding of novel optical phenomena in nanosystems and engineered composite media.
13.1.3 Electron, Ion, and Exciton Transport in Nanostructures (DMP)
Co-organizers: Blanka Magyari-Kope (Stanford University)
Seungbum Hong (Argonne National Laboratory)
Most of the novel device technologies rely on processes involving charge, mass, or energy transport through layered materials system. This focus topic will address fundamental challenges and new opportunities to understand and control electron, ion, and exciton transport in nanostructures, with a particular interest in the influence of interfaces between different materials and phases. Contributions are solicited in areas that reflect recent advances in experimental characterization and theory of transport mechanisms in inorganic nanoscale structures. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: experimental and theoretical studies of transport properties of nanostructures and ultrathin films, understanding the dynamics of interfacial charge transfer processes, electron and ion transport through interfaces between metals, oxides and/or semiconductors, and studies addressing memory effects in resistive and capacitive systems.
13.1.4 Complex Oxide Interfaces and Heterostructures (DMP)
Co-organizers: James Rondinelli (Drexel University)
John Freeland (Argonne National Laboratory)
Guus Rijnders (University of Twente)
The ability to achieve atomically precise interfaces between complex oxide compounds provides a platform to explore novel ground states through advances in materials physics, chemistry and theory, providing exciting directions for fundamental and applied research. Successes include stabilizing phases at the interface, which are absent in the bulk constituent oxides combined to create the heterostructure: magnetism, superconductivity ferroelectricity, orbitally ordered states, and two-dimensional electron gases along with examples of electric-field control over metal-insulator transitions. Crucial features of these artificial materials include elastic strain, cation ordering, changes in symmetry and superlattice periodicity—features that modify the stability of new phases emerging in proximity to an interface due to interface-mediated interplay between the electronic, orbital, spin, and structural degrees of freedom. This focus topic aims at bringing together experimental and theoretical researchers working on all aspects of interface-related behavior in complex oxide materials. This includes the growth and characterization of oxide heterostructures, development and application of new interface-related measurement techniques, experiment and theory related to interface-induced changes in physical properties and new or modified interface-mediated macroscopic responses or collective states. Especially welcome are abstracts focusing on the search for new interface-related phenomena and the use of oxide interfaces as a test-bed for rational design of materials with desirable electronic, magnetic, and transport properties for technological applications.
There is some overlap in topic with other focus topics related to complex oxide materials; as a rule of thumb, if the interface plays a key role in the investigation or the properties observed, then the talk is appropriate for this focus topic.
13.1.6 Thermoelectric Phenomena, Materials, Devices, and Applications (DMP/GERA/FIAP)
Co-organizers: Li Shi (University of Texas-Austin)
Austin Minnich (California Institute of Technology)
David Singh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Solid-state thermoelectric devices can directly convert energy between heat and electricity and can be used for either cooling or power generation. For conventional thermoelectric devices based on the Seebeck effect and Peltier effect, the energy conversion efficiency depends on the thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of the material, which is defined as ZT = S2 T/ρ k where S, ρ, k, and T are the Seebeck coefficient, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and absolute temperature, respectively. Although there is no fundamental upper limit to ZT, over the last 50 years the ZT of commercially available materials has increased only marginally, from about 0.6 to slightly above unity. The goal of this session is to bring together scientists working on both bulk and nanostructured thermoelectric materials to examine the approaches and infuse cross-disciplinary themes for increasing ZT of thermoelectric materials and to discuss other solid-state thermoelectric energy conversion approaches. Topics will range broadly from the fundamentals to the applications of thermoelectric transport phenomena and materials physics and chemistry.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
13.1.7 Mesoscopic Materials and Devices (DMP)
Co-organizers: Ivan K. Schuller (UC-San Diego)
Yvan Bruynseraede (Catholic University-Leuven)
Mark Ratner (Northwestern University)
14. Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
14.1.2 Nanostructure Control, Novel Stabilizing Mechanisms, and Collective Dynamics in Epitaxial Growth (DMP)
Co-organizers: Michael C. Tringides (Iowa State University)
Shirley Chiang (University of California-Davis)
Bene Poelsema (University of Twente)
This focus topic encompasses the ongoing investigation of epitaxial growth and nanostructure formation at surfaces and interfaces. The search to grow predictable nanoscale structures requires finding robust ways to control their dimensions, morphology, stability, and electronic properties. New properties can emerge on the nanoscale because of the reduced dimensionality, electron confinement, and low atom coordination. Ultrathin films, nanoislands, and quantum dots can be widely used in many areas in physics and material science relevant to microelectronics, spintronics, nanocatalysis, photonics, sensors, energy conversion, and computer memories. Hence, the session will be of interest to different communities aiming at nanostructure control.
A particular emphasis this year regards the recognition that building these nanostructures using fast and error-free methods requires efficient mass transport; but conventional random-walk type diffusion is stochastic and based on the motion of single atoms. Recently, novel collective processes were found in several systems, with nanoislands and nanoscale complex patterns built exceedingly fast and in some cases well below room temperature. The characterization of these processes with several experimental techniques (LEEM, STM, surface diffraction, TEM, etc.) and their theoretical modeling will lead to better understanding of nanostructure formation. It will also stimulate the search to discover other systems where collective transport, nanostructure selforganization, and predictability of structural and electronic properties of nanostructures become attainable.
16. General Theory/Computational Physics
16.1.8 Materials in Extremes: Bridging Simulation and Experiment (DCOMP/DMP/GSCCM) [same as 18.5]
Co-organizers: Ivan Oleynik (University of South Florida)
Tim Germann (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
The behavior of matter under extreme conditions of high pressures, high temperatures, high strains, and high strain rates is a scientific issue of fundamental importance, which requires understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of materials response at the atomic, microstructural, and continuum levels. Recent developments in the experimental realization of such extreme conditions in the laboratory, advances in ultrafast and ultrahigh spatial resolution characterization, extensive efforts to extend simulations to experimental time and length scales by utilizing both the enormous increases in computational power and new simulation methods, all promise new scientific discoveries and important technological breakthroughs.
This focus session, consisting of several invited and contributed talks, will assess recent experimental and computational efforts towards exploring the fundamental properties of materials at extreme conditions, including (1) high-pressure and high temperature synthesis and characterization of novel materials; (2) high strain rate phenomena occurring upon ultrafast energy deposition; (3) properties of matter in the warm dense regime; (4) ultrafast laser-matter interactions; (5) static high pressure and shock-induced materials behavior, including plasticity, phase transitions, and chemical reactions; (6) static and dynamic properties of energetic materials, including detonation phenomena; and (7) new computational methods including development of interatomic potentials and multi-scale simulations.
16.1.11 Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage (DMP/GERA/FIAP/DCOMP)
Co-organizers: Chris Johnson (Argonne National Laboratory)
Shirley Meng (University of California-San Diego)
The worldwide demand for energy storage continues to grow at unprecedented pace. Consumer and transportation applications dominate the market, but grid-storage needs are increasing as green energy technologies such as wind, and solar energy conversion become more prevalent. To meet these needs, electrochemical power sources that include batteries are providing a solution, but new advanced energy materials in such devices are needed to push beyond the barriers of current technologies. In this regard, the subject areas for this focus topic will cover a variety of electrochemical phenomena that encompass energy storage, but specifically new batteries that are lithium-ion, lithiumsulfur, lithium-air, redox flow batteries, as well as alternative multivalent and sodium-ion batteries. Other technologies such as ultracapacitors are included in the topic as these electrochemical devices are critical for absorbing or releasing power quickly. New chemistry and physical insights in materials for energy storage are especially encouraged. Other areas of interest to the topic that are also receiving recent attention: nanoarchitectures for energy storage, intercalation processes, modeling, new trends and techniques for measurements in-operando, and organic cathodes and anodes.


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Do Americans Support Abortion? A New Poll Shows Stunning Results About Voters
By Hannah Golden
July 30, 2018
As voters are preparing to head to the polls in November for the midterm elections, the fates of a handful of senators are tied up in the nomination of a new Supreme Court justice. The stance of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the seat, on abortion in particular has caught the attention of voters, according to a new poll. The findings of the survey, released Monday, July 30, make it clear just how much Americans support abortion and indicate how this might play out in November.
The poll was conducted by Civis Analytics on behalf of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPFA). The online survey, conducted on July 25, included responses from 2,438 likely voters, including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.
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MATCH REPORT: 2008/2009 Season
13 December 2008: LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
|Reading: Stephen Hunt (84 mins, pen), Long (86 mins).
Norwich: -
| Half Time: 0-0
Attendance: 19,382
Federici, Rosenior, Ingimarsson, Duberry, Armstrong, Matejovsky, Cisse (Henry 69), Harper (Gunnarsson 74), Stephen Hunt, Doyle, Noel Hunt (Long 80).
Subs Not Used: Kelly, McCarthy.
Norwich: Marshall, Otsemobor, Doherty, Kennedy (Omozusi 89), Bertrand, Croft, Clingan, Pattison (Cort 54), Bell, Fotheringham, Russell. Subs Not Used: Hoolahan, Lupoli, Nelson.
Reading: Harper.
Norwich: Bertrand.
Ref: Trevor Kettle (Rutland).
Just when it looked as if the match was going to peter out into disappointing draw, referee Kettle gave a highly controversial penalty six minutes from time. Stephen Hunt picked the ball up, and after a brief discussion with Shane Long, scored from the spot. It was not the most convincing conversion, being a nice height for the 'keeper, who did manage to get a hand to it. City might well argue with some justification they were worth a point, but Reading without doubt put the visitors under more pressure in the second half and in the end it paid off.
City could easily have been two goals up in the opening fifteen minutes. An burst of one touch passing ended with a dangerous ball into the box which found Russell unmarked, but his finish was weak and Federici gathered, Soon after Pattison missed a golden opportunity when Armstrong was caught in possession and Croft crossed. The City forward failed to make sufficient contact with his head in front of goal and he ball glanced wide. Doyle had an appeal for a penalty but Reading's best effort came from Harper who pounced in a loose ball and prodded it narrowly wide. Reading had good brief spell of pressure on the half hour, but it was fairly dull and scrappy first half.
Reading showed greater urgency from the start of the second half and City conceded several free kicks in quick succession which were on the whole wasted. Ingimarsson came very close sidefooting wide from a low corner which surprised everyone. Matejovsky had been allocated the right side of midfield which clearly did not suit him and he frequently drifted inside which at times deprived reading of the width needed to get round City's resolute defence. That all changed in the last twenty minutes when Cisse came off possiblbly with an injury, to be replaced by Henry, Noel Hunt and Harper soon followed and were replaced by Long and Gunnarsson. With Henry out wide and Long up front Reading looked a lot livelier. Federici had a sound game but in truth had little to do. His best moment was a great catch at full stretch from a corner followed by an accurate kick which found Henry making a well timed crossfield run deep into City territory resulting in a corner to Reading.
As the game entered the final phase Fotheringham's raised hand clearly made contact with the ball. City manager Glen Roeder claimed he was pushed, and that may have been the case, but I was sitting right behind the referee's assistant and from that angle it was not easy to detect a shove from behind. The referee gave the penalty and there can't have been many Reading fans feeling confident as Stephen Hunt picked up the ball following his miss from the spot on Tuesday night. A long and heated debate and a booking delayed the kick adding to the tension but Hunt squeezed the ball inside the post off Marshall's hand. The goal demoralised City and another incisive run from Henry took him across the field to pick up a loose ball. His accurate cross was met brilliantly at the near post by Shane Long's head and it was all over. Next week's away fixture at Birmingham was set up perfectly a couple of hours later as the Blues went down one nil at Preston leaving the Royals only one point adrift and looking hungry for another away win.
John Wells


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An unexpected snowfall in late March prompted me to take my two daughters, Paloma and Ava, for a memorable afternoon of sledding and hot chocolate. However, before leaving home, I unplugged a cord from the standard 110-volt wall socket in my garage and did likewise from the port on the back of my 2007 Toyota Prius. I rolled up the cord, placed it in my trunk, and smoothly drove off. Nestled in my vehicle's spare tire well, a 200-pound lithium-ion battery pack allowed me to go up to 30 miles on electric power before recharging.
Yes, I'm fortunate to be one of the only private owners of a plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle (PHEV) in the nation, and maybe the only one with toddler and booster seats in the back. PHEVs, of course, are touted by policymakers across the political spectrum as a central near-term solution for kicking our oil jones.
Despite the current hype, not long ago, even hybrid-electric vehicles(HEVs) were akin to the original Sundance Film Festival: quirky, low-key and no competition for the established order. But just as Sundance has come into its own, hybrids have swiftly evolved into a juggernaut, gaining force with each new oil price shock.
HEVs marry a conventional internal combustion engine with an electric motor. This happy union produces many benefits, including low emissions, greater fuel economy and the range and easy fueling of traditional vehicles. PHEVs take it to the next level, "amping" up the battery power and conferring additional benefits to consumers and the nation. Since electricity costs less than gasoline, PHEV owners enjoy fuel savings by tapping into the electric grid. And since PHEVs use less gas, that translates to greater energy security and less reliance on imported oil.
PHEVs can also significantly reduce carbon emissions if the electricity's source is efficient power plants, resulting in improved public health and cleaner air. Even better, PHEV owners taking part in a renewable energy program through their local utility can take to the road with electricity drawn from wind, biomass and solar power. I joined such a program before my Prius was converted into a PHEV last July, so 100% of the electricity recharging my additional battery pack is from renewable sources.
Unfortunately, the high cost of advanced-technology batteries has kept automakers from mass-producing PHEVs (but some should be available soon). Meanwhile, a few entrepreneurial "conversion" companies take stock vehicles and add an aftermarket battery pack, paving the way for when PHEVs will be on showroom floors.
In fact, one of those companies converted my Prius on-site at a festival last summer in Madison, Wisconsin. That's when my wife Brenda and I joined the very limited number of PHEV owners nationwide. Other than a few who have converted their own vehicles, PHEV owners are almost exclusively utilities or fleets participating in research projects.
Good fortune enabled me to be one of the nation's first PHEV owners. I helm Wisconsin Clean Cities, a nonprofit organization housed at We Energies, Wisconsin's largest utility. The utility offered to cover the $11,000 cost to convert my Prius last year, enlisting me as a one-unit demonstration project on how PHEVs might enhance our area's electrical generation and distribution system. For instance, it is best for me to charge my car at night, when demand is low and wind power tends to be the strongest.
While it's great to "drive the talk" as a PHEV owner, I still must eco-drive to maximize my fuel savings and air quality benefits. And while it's very cool to glide in "stealth mode" when I'm all-electric for much of the 30-mile PHEV's range, I still love to take my other hybrid for the seven-mile daily commute. That hybrid is from my friendly neighborhood bike shop. You just can't beat zero emissions, better health, and big fun.


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Iain Robertson struck his maiden first-class century to boost Canterbury to a strong first-innings total of 469 for 8 on the second day against Otago at Christchurch. Michael Papps, overnight on 143, added 26 to his score before falling to seamer Matthew Harvey. Robertson led the lower-order resistance, adding 85 with Michael Davidson for the eighth wicket and another 44 for the tenth wicket with Willie Lonsdale. Robertson dominated both stands, bringing up his century before Chris Harris declared the innings. He brisk unbeaten 102 included eight fours and four sixes. Jordan Sheed led Otago's reply with 46 as his side ended the day at 96 for 2 when bad light curtailed play.
Wellington replied strongly after conceding a first-innings lead of 74 to Auckland at the Basin Reserve, ending the second day at 243 for 3. Following the batting failure on the opening day in which 17 wickets fell, the script took a different turn today as Luke Woodcock, Michael Parlane and Neal Parlane struck half centuries. Neal Parlane remained unbeaten on 87, giving his side a lead of 169 at stumps with seven wickets in hand. Earlier, seamer Iain O'Brien bagged his best figures in first-class cricket with 8 for 55, wrapping up the Auckland innings for 174.
An impressive showing by the Northern Districts top order gave them a first-innings lead of 25 on the second day against Central Districts at Gisborne. Chasing Central's first-innings score of 305, openers Bradley Watling and Brad Wilson put together a stand of 118. Wilson departed for a patient 56 while Watling carried on, adding a quick 57 for the second wicket with Hamish Marshall. Watling though was unfortunate to miss his ton, falling nine short when he was bowled by legspinner Robbie Schaw. James Marshall strengthened Northern's position with an unbeaten 86, taking the side past Central's score in the company of Grant Robinson who was seven short of a fifty at stumps.


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I recently had a mid-life crisis.
Sounds fun, huh?
Not so much.
During the emotional turmoil which was that season of my life, I discovered (and shared about how) I was a relational harlot – for years. The crisis is over, though, and life has thankfully moved on. I'm officially a recovering relational harlot at this point. From the messages I received after my post, it sounds like some of you are moving into that category, too. Good for you! I don't know about you, but I couldn't be happier. I pray the same for you, as well.
So, not only has life post-crisis moved on, it's changed – a lot.
Some days I willingly embrace my new-found relational freedom. Other days, like a drug addict in rehab, I crave my former life and wonder if I was really hurting myself as much as I have recently come to make myself believe. No matter if my feelings align or not, I'm daily left to make a conscious decision to still live as authentically as I always have (and always will) but not as transparently as I – and everyone else – have become accustomed.
After a few minutes of doubt, some prayer, and a lot of grace with myself, I feel confident in my decision once again…until the next time, when I repeat the process over and over again. I guess that is what people de-toxing from old, unhealthy habits do. As I "get healthy," I don't want to get so caught up in not going back to my old relational habits that I am tempted to move the complete opposite way, which wouldn't be healthy, either. That wouldn't be profitable and would just lead to another rehab program down-the-road. No, thank you.
I'm daily committed to finding the happy relational medium.
That means…
- I'm learning how priceless my marriage is and how much my husband means to me and deserves my undivided attention. I'm learning relationships are few and far between where both parties, whether in a marriage or a friendship, are being mutually transparent and giving; they may be rare, but they truly are a taste of Heaven on Earth. I am more consciously aware of these relationships' value and uniqueness. Moreover, I am more devoted to cultivating these few relationships, especially with my spouse, instead of giving so much of my heart to so many and not getting much (if anything) in return. I'm learning you can be loving without giving all of yourself to every single person.
- Furthermore, even though it feels so wrong to even say that, let alone do it, I'm learning self-preservation, at least in a way, is Godly and good. I'm left to show more wisdom and pursue "wide-open" relationships with people who don't question my heart (You want to really hurt a hyper-relational, honest-as-they come type of person ? Just question their motives.) and desire to reciprocate the transparency I've always so easily given. Moreover, because I've consciously preserved myself and not expended myself (even if sincerely) to the point of emotional depletion, I'm left with more emotional energy to "love" the masses from a healthier distance without unintentionally needing anything from them or getting hurt when they don't (for whatever reason) accept my genuineness.
- I'm on my phone a lot less. This is still a work in progress (ask my husband), but I'm slowly losing my desire to constantly "connect" with people via text, to "Like" everyone's latest status updates on Facebook, and everything else that can easily deceive you into thinking you have a close, mutually-giving relationship with someone when you have the furthest thing from it. My phone doesn't blow up nearly as much as before, because I'm intentionally taking a step back and not initiating contact with most. I've slowly realized that, because of my former propensity to live life wide-open with everyone and therefore share all my cards to anyone who breathes, I have been duped all along into believing this sentiment was mutually being practiced by far more than who actually reciprocated that level of transparency. Ouch. Admittedly, after years of being the pursuer, I'm wanting to be, and working on being, pursued. Though it's hard, I guess I'm learning that timeless lesson, "You teach people how to treat you." People are rightfully used to me being the pursuer; that's what I've always done and enjoyed, after all. Well, not anymore. I'm sure I'll increase my pursuit with time (never to the extent I did before), but during this time of transition, I'm not setting myself up for failure. I don't want to go back to bad habits, and they do die hard. In the meantime, I'm learning the few people who do regularly contact me, without me always having to contact them first, are the ones who deserve my attention the most. My love and appreciation for said individuals has only grown and matured.
- I spend time with Jesus a lot more. Since my phone hasn't been occupying my time as much, I have had much more time to devote to the Lover of my Soul, Jesus Christ, during this season. Not surprisingly, He hasn't changed. He has waited patiently for me to climb up into His lap, tell Him my troubles, and let Him slowly heal me to the core. I listen to sermons a lot more, in particular those on relationships and how most people function with each other (I'm realizing I really am rather strange). I review almost daily how the Lord ministered to (and very much loved) the masses, yet was obviously closer to the 12 disciples and even closer to the "inner circle" of 3. I am encouraged by the fact that, if Jesus didn't feel guilty for not giving Himself fully to every single person, I don't have to feel guilty either. I journal prayers and talk much more to the One who knows me better than I know myself. I love you, Jesus. Thank you for never giving up on, and believing in, me.
- I'm choosing to be more guarded with most, yes, but also refusing to become someone I'm just not, i.e. cynical and cold. Though I wish it were possible to healthily give so deeply of yourself to as many people as I'd like without hurting yourself, I'm learning it just isn't. No amount of sincerity can change that fact. On the other hand, becoming bitter and cynical isn't an option for me. Sure, I have my moments when I think about some past relationships and realize it wasn't really the way I perceived it and feel hurt. There's even past relationships that, now when I think about them, make me feel extremely burnt. That's when, though, I find myself having the most compassion, even for the people who caused me the most hurt. I find myself praying for them and their families. I find myself genuinely wishing them nothing but God's best. I told you before, I'm not very good (at all) at holding a grudge. I refuse to stop loving people. Doing so, would just deny a very large part of who I am — a very outwardly giving, caring person who loves very deeply very easily. I'm just learning I deserve to be loved, too, and that starts with me properly loving myself through putting up relational boundaries.
- I've realized that, for years, I haphazardly left so many more very personal pieces of me with a much larger population than whom has left valuable pieces of themselves with me. In a way, because of my carelessness, I'm left feeling like a prostitute who has given away her body far too many times. I wasn't just cordial with the masses. I didn't just "kiss" all of these people. I emotionally went to bed with humanity, exposing all my "goods" for the whole world to see. I'm now dealing with the consequences of my emotional promiscuity. I honestly still don't really know what to do with that fact but face it and move on; what else can you do?
Yes, as my good friends (a girl can dream, right? ;)) Rascal Flatts would say, I'm movin' on…


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St Edmund, or rather plain King Edmund of East Anglia as he then was, had had a bad day – his forces getting beaten by the Danish Great Heathen Army at the battle of Hoxne (Suffolk).
Fleeing the battlefield, he is said to have hidden under Goldbrook Bridge, near Hoxne. However, a newly married couple crossing the bridge saw the glint of his golden spurs reflected in the water of the River Dove, and betrayed him to the Danish troops who were out searching for him.
As he was dragged away to be executed, Edmund shouted out an angry curse on all bridal couples who should ever cross the bridge, and its said that until well into the 19th century wedding parties went out of the way to avoid doing so.
And they say that the gleam of his spurs can be seen from the bridge on moonlit nights….
For a while, Edmund got the top local job as Patron Saint of England… until Edward III in the 14th century replaced him by associating Saint George with the Order ofthe Garter. Edward III believed that England should have a fearless champion as its patron saint and not a king who was defeated in battle, or maybe executed after it.
It always amuses me somewhat that extreme right-wingers who proudly fly the St George's cross flag and fulminate about 'foreigners coming here and taking our jobs' fail totally to realise that St George was a foreigner who came over here and took an English saint's job…
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A gorgeous young woman gets into a taxi one day.
On the way, the cabby, fergus, asks her, "Hey baby, would you screw me for 25 dollars?"
Insulted, the woman asks, "What kind of a girl do you think I am??"
"Well," Fergus says, "If I was a multi-millionaire, and paid you a million dollars, and had the body of a famous movie star, would you do it with me then?"
"I guess I would," the woman says.
"In that case," Fergus says, "Will you screw me for 25 dollars?"
"What kind of a girl to you think I am??" the woman says again.
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November 28, 2016
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The listening session comes after several tribal governments requested clarity on the tax treatment on HEARTH Act lease rentals that are directly payable to a tribe. In June 2016, the IRS issued Interim Guidance that made clear the tax treatment of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved leases of tribal trust land set up as direct-pay leases was not taxable. The Interim Guidance represents a significant step in the right direction; however, it suggests that it only applies to BIA-approved leases, not leases approved by tribes under HEARTH Act leasing authority.
The HEARTH Act was passed as a way for tribal governments to negotiate and enter into their own land leasing process once their governing leasing regulations have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior. It allows tribes to develop and implement their own leasing regulations to drive revenue growth and community development. NAFOA strongly suggest tribes attend the listening session and have suggestions for the tax treatment of the HEARTH Act leases.
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Magazine article Issues in Science and Technology
National Science Education Standards Supported
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The National Governors Associations (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in July announced a project to establish a set of common core education standards in English and math. Meanwhile, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) reintroduced legislation to promote a voluntary effort by states to adopt standards in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
The NGA and CCSSO's Common Core State Standards effort involves 49 states and territories. The groups plan to develop and implement "research and evidenced-based math and English internationally benchmarked standards" to better prepare students academically. With U.S. students under-performing in international assessments, the NGA and CCSSO hope the core standards will bring U.S. math and language skills up to par with countries it lags behind, as well as addressing regional disparities that exist because of the patchwork of existing state standards.
The Dodd-Ehlers Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids (SPEAK) Act would create national standards for STEM fields, similar to the standards that are to be created by the NGA and the CCSSO. The legislation would amend the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, which currently only includes math and English, to include science as part of the assessments. The bill would also direct the NGA board to develop course content for grades K-12 and would provide grants to states if they adopt the voluntary standards and alter teacher certification criteria in order to meet the standards.
Meanwhile, other bills to bolster STEM education have also been introduced. The STEM Coordination Act (H.R. 1709 and S. 1210), sponsored by House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Sen. Edward Kaufman (D-DE), would establish a committee within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) to synchronize STEM education efforts across federal agencies. The legislation, which passed the House and is now being considered by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, calls for a new NSTC STEM Committee to evaluate all federal STEM education programs every five years. …


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Introducing…the Indian Premier League
Posted by wildkiwi25 on November 30, 2008
The Indian Premier League (also known as the "DLF Indian Premier League" and often abbreviated as IPL), is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and chaired by the Chairman & Commisoner IPL, BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi. The first season of the Indian Premier League commenced on 18 April 2008, and ended on 1 June 2008 with the victory of the Rajasthan Royals in the final at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai.
Teams play each other two times in a round robin system, with equal number of home and away matches. The top four ranking sides will progress to the semi-finals.
The inaugural 2008 tournament started on 18 April 2008 in Bangalore and lasted for 46 days, with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain
Television rights and sponsorship:
The IPL will bring the BCCI income of US$1 billion, over a period of five to ten years, reinforcing its status as the richest board in world cricket.
All of these revenues are directed to a central pool, 40% of which will go to IPL itself, 54% to franchisees and 6% as prize money. The money will be distributed in these proportions until 2017, after which the share of IPL will be 50%, franchisees 45% and prize money 5%.
Television rights:
On 15 January 2008 it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Entertainment Television network and Singapore-based World Sport Group secured the global broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League. The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of US $1.026 billion. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US $918 million for the television broadcast rights and US $108 million for the promotion of the tournament.
20% of these proceeds would go to IPL, 8% as prize money and 72% would be distributed to the franchisees. The money would be distributed in these proportions until 2012, after which the IPL would go public and list its shares. Sony-WSG then re-sold parts of the broadcasting rights geographically to other companies.
The official rules for the tournament are here. Some of the Team composition rules are:
The players accorded "icon" status are: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag . The total spending cap for a franchisee in the first player auction was US $5m. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US $20,000 while for others it is US $50,000. Icon players are to be paid 15% more than the highest paid player in their respective teams.
The winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced on 24 January 2008. While the total base price for auction was US $400 million, the auction fetched US $723.59 million. The official list of franchise owners announced and the winning bids were as follows.
Owned by: Reliance Industries Limited (Mukesh Ambani)($111.9 million)
Owned by: UB group (Vijay Mallya)($111.6 million)
Owned by: Deccan Chronicle (T Venkatarami Reddy)($107 million)
Owned by: India Cements (N Srinivasan)($91 million)
Owned by: GMR Holdings (Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao)($84 million)
Owned by: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur)($76 million)
Owned by: Red Chillies Entertainment (Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jai Mehta)($75.09 million)
Owned by: Emerging Media (A.R Jha, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)($67 million)
Future Expansion:
After the success of the first season, it has been reported that four new franchises will join the IPL in 2010-11, increasing the total number of teams to 12. The new confirmed franchises will be based in Ahmedabad and Kanpur, with Anil Ambani's name associated with the ownership of the Ahmedabad franchise, and Sahara Group is touted as the possible suitors to buy the Kanpur franchise. Other cities being linked with getting a franchisee are Patna-Ranchi joined franchisee or a team from the North-East to promote the sport in the region and possibly one team from the north-western states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand. A second Mumbai or Delhi team has also been proposed for future expansion of two teams to take place in the 2012-13 season.
Expansions- 2010-11 Season( 4 new teams)-
1. A Patna-Ranchi joined franchisee 2. A team from the North-East 3. A team from the north-western states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand
The unselected team from the 3 will be considered for the next set of expansions in the 2012-13 season.
2012-13 Season( 2 new teams)-
The IPL has been criticised by a few politicians and feminists for bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which is seen by many to not be in the traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian sensibilities. Two cheerleaders from London were asked to leave the ground at Mohali "because of the colour of their skin" by Wizcraft International Entertainment, which handles the team Kings XI Punjab. Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, both from London and of African ancestry were allegedly barred from entering the stadium by employees of Wizcraft International Entertainment on the pretext that "people don't like dark girls here". Both the girls also allege that an employee referred to them with the racial slur ″nigger″.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said a probe would be initiated by the IPL only if the two women officially complain to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
BCCI and IPL officials are surprised that the two cheerleaders did not complain about the alleged racist behaviour while they were in India and spoke about it only after they returned to London.
"We have not received any complaint from any cheerleaders that they were asked to leave by the Mohali-based Kings XI Punjab franchise recently because of the colour of their skin," BCCI joint secretary M.P. Pandove said in Mohali.
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Hello everyone! I'm planning on putting up some fresh reviews this week, but in the meantime I figured I should share two other reviews I completed for Vancouver Weekly.
The first was a review of the Crazy 8's Screening here in Vancouver at the beginning of April. It was tons of fun and there was some great talent on display.
The second was for a film I just watched last week called Story of Burqa: Case of a Confused Afghan. It's a very informative, though flawed documentary that looks at the history of the burqa in Afghanistan. It makes it's debut at this year's DOXA festival!


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Thursday, September 10, 2015
CHAOS MAGIC: "Chaos Magic"
Label: Frontiers 2015
Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom
"Sometimes all is lost. Wishing to sleep forever". Chaos and magic. Words that goes hand in hand with the bonker mad genius that is Timo Tolkki. The creator of Stratovarius and other side projects such as Avalon, Revolution Renaissance, etc. are returning to the scene of the crime with his latest project.
Tolkki is as always the creator, songwriter, producer, and musician behind it all. Chaos Magic speaks however volume of symphonic female fronted metal and the Chilean singer Caterina Nix. Appearing on Tolkki's Avalon's project, the soprano/classical trained vocalist take the spotlight with ease and delivers one half impressive note after the other. The booklet photos are rather one dimensional though and could have you thinking about the desperate housewife at the mansion. Very dated style-wise and doesn't exactly give the impression of the strong and independent woman. Anyhow, let's move on.
I believe this to be yet another decent Tolkki project since the days/daze of Stratovarius. Not because it's the unique experience or anything. It's got more to do with attitude and fighting against all those haters out there. It's one more chance to prove them all wrong. Sadly it's not quite up there with his best work and the music is so 2005 somehow? Female fronted epic symphonic power metal has been done to death. This is just one more in a long run of half decent albums in/of the genre.
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