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Spin great Bedi tips hat to Mendis

FORMER India spin great Bishan Bedi says Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis has the potential to claim 500 career wickets, and is excited by the way the baffling bowler has invigorated the art of spin.

[Editors Weblog] SpinSpotter: A newsrooms tool for exposing bias and spin?

How objective and spin-free is our news? There is much conjecture that media spin is damaging the relationship newspapers have with their audience, with a recent UK survey indicating that just 43% of the population trust newspapers. With the armies of Communication Directors, PR professionals, lobby groups and political parties battling the press with dizzying budgets and ready-made press releases, is the truth getting through?

Software Spots Spin In Political Speeches

T.S. Ackerman writes "According to an article in NewScientist Tech, there is now software that can identify the amount of spin in a politician or candidate's speech. From the article, 'Blink and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US president Bill Clinton's face during his speech to the Democratic National Convention as he says "Obama" lasts for just a fraction of a second. But to Paul Ekman it was glaringly obvious. "Given that he probably feels jilted that his wife Hillary didn't get the nomination, I would have to say that the entire speech was actually given very gracefully," says Ekman, who has studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are thinking for over 40 years.' The article goes on to analyze the amount of spin in each of the candidates running for president, and the results

Lawson tells Australia spin not a major threat

Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach, has warned Australia against focusing too heavily on spin for the upcoming Test series against India. Australia will face the vast experience of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh while their own spin stocks are down to one uncapped man, Jason Krejza, with the news that Bryce McGain could be sent home with a shoulder injury.

Science closer to organic spin transistor

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say they've moved closer to making an organic "spin transistor" by controlling electrical current using the "spin" within electrons.

Warne in a spin over musical

Spin king Shane Warne has been critical of the producers of a musical based on his controversial life on and off the cricket field. The spinner says there should be a law that anyone should have permission to write about the life of another person.

Structural Biology Spin-out Tackles Major Diseases

A spin out company from basic structural biology, Asterion Ltd., has led to new technology that provides a way of creating therapeutic proteins to tackle major diseases such as cancer, diabetes and infertility.

Structural biology spin-out tackles major diseases

A spin out company from basic structural biology, Asterion Ltd., has led to new technology that provides a way of creating therapeutic proteins to tackle major diseases such as cancer, diabetes and infertility. The research was carried out at the University of Sheffield in laboratories supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). This work is reported in the current edition of BBSRC Business, the quarterly research highlights magazine of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

Tahir gives wrist spin bowling a boost

Afficionados of wrist spin bowling will be able to watch one of the best in action during the SuperSport Series this summer.

Hussey ton salvages pride as Aussies spin out

AUSTRALIA's struggles against spin loom as a major concern five days before the Bangalore Test, after a vigilant century from Michael Hussey narrowly saved his team the embarrassment of following on in the tour match yesterday.

Study puts solar spin on asteroids and their moons

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Asteroids with moons, which scientists call binary asteroids, are common in the solar system. A longstanding question has been how the majority of such moons are formed. In this week's issue of the journal Nature, a trio of astronomers from Maryland and France say the surprising answer is sunlight, which can increase or decrease the spin rate of an asteroid.

Ponting needs to show patience to tackle spin, says Chappell

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell says Ricky Ponting needs to change his technique and show more patience to succeed against spin in India.

Ponting needs to show patience to tackle spin, says Chappell

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell says Ricky Ponting needs to change his technique and show more patience to succeed against spin in India.

McGain bows out, leaving Krejza as top spin hope

BRYCE McGain's Test dream disintegrated on a hot afternoon in Hyderabad, leaving the uncapped and unheralded Jason Krejza now destined to carry Australia's fragile spin hopes for the first Test and beyond.

Between 1978 and 1998 something went wrong with English spin, it has not recovered

When Mushtaq Ahmed, of the whirling arms, whiskers and ready smile, retired this year after a career that brought him 1,407 first-class wickets and a glorious Indian summer with Sussex, he said a curious thing. Mushtaq said that he envisaged that his future in the game, helping youngsters and passing on his considerable knowledge, would be in England, rather than his native Pakistan, because this is where the future of spin bowling is brightest.

On the road to ultrahigh-density storage

The thermal stability of magnetic nanoparticles – crucial for making good spin-based data storage devices – can be improved by depositing a thin layer of aluminium onto the particles, say researchers at Cornell University and Hitachi in the US. The technique, which also reduces "magnetic damping" at low temperatures, could be used to produce nanoparticles for applications in spintronic devices, such as spin-torque nano-oscillators, and for ultrahigh-density data storage.

Warne spins for Clarke

Shane Warne may not be part of the Australian squad in the tour of India but the retired spin great is doing his bit to ensure that his compatriots come out with flying colours against Anil Kumble's men in the four-match Test series starting next month. Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke revealed he is taking lessons from the leg-spin legend to combat the spinner-friendly tracks in India.

Firefox Mobile Alpha Version Coming to Nokia N810 Tablet Next Week

Fans of Nokia's open-source internet tablets will be the first to take Firefox Mobile for a spin, reports PC Advisor, with an alpha release coming as early as next week (confirming what we saw earlier this week). The choice of the Linux-based N810 makes sense for the first dry run, as its hardware and open development platform already easily supports other Mozilla spin-offs, and the touchscreen will allow for fine tuning of FFM's touch-based interface for smartphones. The alpha will apparently feature Firefox 3's smart URL bar and support for add-ons. A more widespread beta is expected for 2009. [PC Advisor via CrunchGear]

Spin trio take trial in their stride

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Spin-flip speed is pushed to the limit

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Spin twins redundant?

Back in the days when batting sides dawdled along at two runs an over or less, Indian fast bowlers were a rare species, a ten-minute opening act whose only function was to take the shine off the ball before a trio of spinners went to work on the quickly softening ball. Those days are long gone, and while those run-rates certainly aren't missed, certain aspects of Indian cricket still appear to be stuck in a time warp. Sacrosanct tradition or fetish, playing at least two slow bowlers is one of them. Those that question it are considered heretics, and it's conveniently forgotten that India hasn't unearthed a Harbhajan Singh, leave alone an Ajantha Mendis, in over a decade.

Aussie spin weakness confirmed as nerves get to Krejza

Australia’s slow-bowling frailty was laid bare by punishing centuries from young batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as the Indian Board President’s XI strode to 6-371 at stumps on day one of the tour match in Hyderabad.

Disgaea spin-off coming to PSP

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Sussex spin king Mushtaq has to call it a day because of long-standing knee injury

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