| New nanotechnology fabrication techniques
A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes an important advance toward industrial-scale production of nanodevices (scroll down to item #4). With this new technique, 'zinc oxide nanowires are grown in the exact positions where nanodevices later will be fabricated, in a way that involves a minimum number of fabrication steps and is suitable for industrial-scale applications.' In fact, this technique only needs only three photolithographic steps. It could soon be used for mass fabrication of nanowire-based transistors and sensors. You can see on the left a schematic of the photolithography process used for this new scalable fabrication of nanowire devices. "(a) Gold pads and fiducial marks are deposited on the surface. (b) Nanowires (NWs) are grown selectively from the two sides of the gold pads.
Warmer days ahead
Tonight's low will dip back to near freezing, but Monday will see more sunshine and temperatures cracking the 60-degree mark, according to the National Weather Service. Don't break out the shorts and flipflops, however. A chance of showers returns on Tuesday, and highs will fall back into the lower 50s or upper 40s for the rest of the week, according to the forecast. .
Gearing Up Test-Driving a Sno-Park Maserati
The fancy-versus-cheap question is arising more often as sled makers veer toward one or the other extreme. Shoppers increasingly see their sled options limited to either the pricey, high-speed vehicles designed for ski slopes or the quasidisposable foam slabs and plastic saucers featured in mass-retail stores. .
Hip-Hop Rumors: Rihanna Calls The Cops! Should Jay-Z Retire? Illseed's ...
I don't know what's going on over there. Jay-Z has his whole “this is an audio album" thing with American Gangster. Well, why not sell it on iTunes? I heard that Jay-Z only wanted to sell the album as a whole piece and that's noble. I also heard a rumor that iTunes may not go towards SoundScan numbers. If that's the case, I am sure that Jay-Z wants people to go and cop the album so he can break Elvis' record!
Did you read about it? Jay-Z is set to tie with Elvis in No. 1 albums. But I say break it since Elvis is no longer with us to make No. 1 records. Read the story here.
Hey, help Jay break that record! A win for him is a win for Hip-Hop!
Buy the American Gangster album for $9.99 and cheaper right here!
SHOULD JAY HAVE STAYED RETIRED?
I was reading the paper and they are saying that Jay-Z should have stayed retired.
Overuse plagues young athletes
ST. LOUIS -- Elaine Gill, 16, wanted to run faster. So she started running more. A lot more. Sometimes she'd run 50 miles a week.At first the extra miles paid off, and Elaine cut several minutes off her 5K cross country time. Then, during a race, a bone in her foot broke. Now, she can't run at all.Such is the plight of a growing number of athletes, both male and female, who train their young bodies past the point of diminishing returns and right into injuries. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that more than 30 million children and teens participate in organized sports each year. Of those, about 3.5 million seek treatment for overuse injuries and chronic fatigue from overtraining. Though no data exist, local sports medicine specialists say they've seen a steady increase in the number of injured and over-trained athletes between ages 8 and 18 by as much as 25 percent in recent years.Experts attribute that increase to more and more children specializing in only one sport and playing it year-round for school, select and traveling teams.
SNP accused over £80m hotel plan
But Labour's Andy Kerr claimed the Government's handling of the issue was "inappropriate". First Minister Alex Salmond has admitted he contacted the Government's chief planner last month after an application for the Aviemore Highland Resort was delayed. .
Mottram betters Gebrselassie record
CRAIG MOTTRAM had the thrill of replacing Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie in the record books yesterday when he ran the fastest indoor 3000m ever seen in the United States. Mottram powered to victory at the Boston Indoor Games in 7min 34.50sec, erasing the American all-comers record of 7:35.24, set in 2004 by Gebrselassie, who is considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time. The tiny Ethiopian was a dual Olympic gold medallist in the 10,000m, a one-time world record-holder in the 5000m and 10,000m, and last year ran the fastest marathon ever. For Mottram, on the comeback after a disappointing 2007, the victory was also a personal best and new Australian record, bettering by nearly five seconds his previous mark of 7:39.25, which he ran at the same venue a year ago.
NRIs hop on airport buses for a ride home and back
Back from a 45-day stint in Holland to train for short and penalty corners, he is devoting at least an hour solely to perfect his penalty attack. The PHL is power play as no team can be written off and that is the charm of the tournament, feels Kanwal. Last year the Orissa team outplayed to prove how the best team on the day wins, remembers Kanwal. On his game Kanwal feels the rough patches are well behind him, the police games and the PHL are beginning of a new innings in his career. Wishing his fans to pray for him, Kanwals heart warms up at the thought of his greatest fan in his daughter Rehmat who will be cheering her dad heading the Sher-e-Jalandhar squad in the PHL. Josh with hosh is Tejbirs mantra Tejbir Singh has a penchant for coming back stronger than ever defeating every hurdle that he has had to face.
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