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sfcrazy (1542989) writes "KDE Software is often criticized for being too complicated for an average user to use. Try setting up Kmail and you would know what I mean. The KDE developers are aware of it and now they are working on making KDE UI simpler. KDE usability team lead Thomas Pfeiffer Thomas prefers a layered feature exposure so that users can enjoy certain advanced features at a later stage after they get accustomed to the basic functionality of the application. He quotes the earlier (pre-Plasma era) vision of KDE 4 – "Anything that makes Linux interesting for technical users (shells, compilation, drivers, minute user settings) will be available; not as the default way of doing things, but at the user's discretion."
184 comments | about two weeks ago
sfcrazy writes Developer Vratislav Podzimek has announced the next-gen partition manager for Fedora, blivet-gui. It is eventually going to replace GParted, the most popular GUI based partition manager, found in all major distros. The new tool is named blivet-gui after the blivet python library (originally Anaconda's storage management and configuration tool). The need of a new partition manager stems from the fact that none of the existing GUI partitioning tools supports all modern storage technologies. Fedora's Anaconda base supports all, though, and is hence chosen as the back-end for this new tool. The application is only a few months old but is already looking nice and useful. Features like RAID and BTRFS support are being worked on. Vojtech Trefny is the other developer working with Vratislav on blivet-gui. Here's the announcement.
170 comments | about three weeks ago
stephendavion writes Looks like Chinese device maker, Xiaomi, is taking its "Apple of the East" tag too literally. First, their CEO brazenly copies Steve Jobs' signature look, sitting cross-legged on the floor. And now, Xiaomi's latest version of Android shamelessly rips off iOS 7. MIUI 6, which is Xiaomi's upcoming edition of Android for its latest phones and tablets, looks almost exactly like Apple's operating system for iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch. It features the same bright color palette and a flat design. Heck, it even does away with Google's "app drawer" and puts all apps on your home screen. It's like the CEO handed iPhones to the design team and barked: "Here, copy this!"
181 comments | about a month and a half ago
An anonymous reader writes "Google is toying with a complete revamp of the user account system in its browser. Google is essentially pulling the user management system from Chrome OS back into Chrome. The company's thinking is likely two-layered. First, it wants users to stay in the browser for as long as possible, and thus it wants the switching process to be part of Chrome as opposed to Windows, Mac, or Linux. Second, if it can teach users to have accounts in Chrome (as well as use incognito and guest modes), the learning curve will have been flattened for when they encounter Chrome OS."
68 comments | about a month and a half ago
New submitter fpodoo writes "We are going to launch a new version of Odoo, the open source business apps suite. Once a year we release a new version and all the documentation has to be rewritten, as the software evolves a lot. It's a huge effort (~1000 pages, 250 apps) and it feels like we are building on quicksand. I am wondering if it would be better to invest all our efforts in R&D on improving the user experience and building tools in the product to better help the user. Do you know any complex software that succeeded in avoiding documentation by having significantly improved usability? As a customer, how would you feel with a very simple product (much simpler than the competition but still a bit complex) that has no documentation?"
199 comments | about a month and a half ago
jjoelc (1589361) writes One year after their last release "Luna", Elementary OS (a Linux distribution with a very heavy emphasis on design and usability which draws a lot of comparisons to Mac OS X) Has released the public beta of their latest version "Freya." Using core components from Ubuntu 14.04, "Freya" sports many improvements including the usual newer kernel, better hardware support and newer libraries.Other updates include a GSignon-based online accounts system, improved searches, Grub-free uEFI booting, GTK+ 3.12, an updated theme, and much more. This being a beta, the usual warnings apply, but I would also point out that the Elementary OS Team also has over $5,000 worth of bugs still available on Bountysource which can be a great way to contribute to the project and make a little dough while you are at it.
209 comments | about 1 month ago
Lucas123 (935744) writes "A new company has just opened a crowdsourcing campaign for a heads-up display that plugs into your car's OBD II port and works with iPhones and Android OS-enabled mobile devices via Bluetooth to project a 5.1-in transparent screen that appears to float six feet in front of the windshield. The HUD, called Navdy, works with navigation apps such as Google Maps for turn-by-turn directions, and music apps such as Spotify, Pandora, iTunes Music and Google Play Music. Using voice commands via Apple's Siri or Google Voice, the HUD can also write, read aloud or display notifications from text messages or social media apps, such as Twitter. Phone calls, texting or other applications can also be controlled with hand gestures enabled by an infrared camera."
142 comments | about 2 months ago
An anonymous reader writes with news that, after a six year journey, Qt will once again be maintained by a standalone company. From the Digia weblog: ... Even though the open source project and the commercial side of Qt are highly dependent upon each other, they have over the last years drifted apart. ... Because of the separation between the open source and commercial offerings, we often end up competing against ourselves instead of competing against other technologies. ... We are now starting a conscious effort to overcome these problems. As you might have read, Digia has decided to move the Qt business into a company of its own. Thus we will soon have a company (owned by Digia), that will focus 100% on Qt. At the same time we would like to take the opportunity and retire qt.digia.com and merge it with the content from qt-project.org into a new unified web presence. The unified web page will give a broad overview of the Qt technology, both enterprise and open-source, from a technical, business and messaging perspective.
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Milo_Mindbender writes I'm trying to find a bulletproof near zero maintenance video conferencing client for shared use in an Alzheimers living facility. It's used so the patients can regularly see their relatives who are often out of town. Most everything I've tried on PC or Mac requires tweeks/updates from time to time to keep it working, not good in a place where there are no computer savvy people. It looks like most of the low cost dedicated boxes have died out too. The ideal setup will be turnkey with little-to-no maintenance and if possible support auto-answering calls from approved users. It needs to be compatible with video conferencing apps the relatives can easily get on phone/tablet/pc such as Skype, Facetime, Hangouts...etc. Any suggestions?
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jones_supa (887896) writes It's been a while since a new ScummVM release, but version 1.7.0 is now here with many exciting features. New games supported are The Neverhood, Mortville Manor, Voyeur, Return to Ringworld and Chivalry is Not Dead. The Roland MT-32 emulator has been updated, there is an OpenGL backend, the GUI has seen improvements, AGOS engine is enhanced, tons of SCI bug fixes have been applied, and various other improvements can be found. This version also introduces support for the OUYA gaming console and brings improvements to some other more exotic platforms. Please read the release notes for an accurate description of the new version. SCUMM being the language/interpreter used by many classic adventure games.
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New submitter David Hames (3763525) writes Would you like to test drive the newest release of the Macintosh operating system? Apple is opening up the beta for Mac OS X Yosemite starting Thursday to the first million people who sign up. Beta users won't be able to access such promised Yosemite features such as the ability to make or receive your iPhone calls or text messages on your Mac, turn on your iPhone hotspot feature from your Mac, or "Handoff" the last thing you were doing on your iOS 8 device to your Mac and vice versa. A new iCloud Drive feature is also off-limits, while any Spotlight search suggestions are U.S.-based only. Don't expect all your Mac apps to run either. Ars has a preview of Yosemite.
165 comments | about 2 months ago
This interview with Googler Pete LePage took place at Google I/O 2014, where Pete and coworker Matt Gaunt set up a Device Lab with 46 different devices on their display wall. The point wasn't to show off Google's coolness as much as it was to let developers see how their websites displayed on as wide a range of mobile devices as possible. This is reminiscent of the last century's Any Browser campaign, which was set up to encourage developers to make sites that worked right in any browser instead of having a WWW full of sites "best viewed in Exploroscape" that displayed poorly in other browsers.
Today, the trick is to make a site that is fully functional across a wide range of devices with different size screens that a user might decide to view in landscape mode one day and portrait mode the next. Google is happy to share their MiniMobileDeviceLab with you to help set up multi-unit displays. Pete also suggests checking out PageSpeed Insights and Web Fundamentals even if you're a skilled and experienced Web designer, because those two Google sites are chock full of information on how to make sure your site works right on most devices and in most popular browsers. (Alternate Video Link)
60 comments | about 3 months ago
New submitter trogdoro (3716731) writes with an excerpt from Linux Cookbook author Carla Schroder's enthusiastic introduction to what looks like a tempting tool, combining elements of GUI and text-mode interfaces: Command-line lovers, allow me to introduce you to Xiki, the incredibly interactive, flexible, and revolutionary command shell. I do not use the word "revolutionary" lightly. The command shell has not advanced all that much since the ancient days of Unix. Xiki is a giant leap forward. If you're looking for the Next Big Thing in FOSS, Xiki is it. It's not the first tool meant to combine text and graphic interface, but from the screencast demo, Xiki looks like it gets a lot of things right.
176 comments | about 3 months ago
An anonymous reader writes Developed as part of a university master thesis is this "truly 3D" windowing system environment. The 3D desktop was developed as a Qt Wayland compositor and output to an Oculus Rift display and then controlled using a high-precision Razer mouse. Overall, it's interesting research for bringing 2D windows into a 3D workspace using Wayland and the Oculus Rift. The code is hosted as the Motorcar Compositor. A video demonstration is on YouTube.
72 comments | about 3 months ago
An anonymous reader writes "Many years ago, I was a coder—but I went through my computer science major when they were being taught in Lisp and C. These days I work in other areas, but often need to code up quick data processing solutions or interstitial applications. Doing this in C now feels archaic and overly difficult and text-based. Most of the time I now end up doing things in either Unix shell scripting (bash and grep/sed/awk/bc/etc.) or PHP. But these are showing significant age as well. I'm no longer the young hotshot that I once was—I don't think that I could pick up an entire language in a couple of hours with just a cursory reference work—yet I see lots of languages out there now that are much more popular and claim to offer various and sundry benefits I'm not looking to start a new career as a programmer—I already have a career—but I'd like to update my applied coding skills to take advantage of the best that software development now has to offer. (More, below.)
466 comments | about 4 months ago
jones_supa (887896) writes "The PC-BSD project is developing a new open source (BSD license) desktop environment from scratch. The name of the project is Lumina and it will be based around the Qt toolkit. The ultimate goal is to replace KDE as the default desktop of PC-BSD. Lumina aims to be lightweight, stable, fast-running, and FreeDesktop.org/XDG compliant. Most of the Lumina work is being done by PC-BSD's Ken Moore. Even though Lumina is still in its early stages, it can be built and run successfully, and an alpha version can already be obtained from PC-BSD's ports/package repositories."
148 comments | about 5 months ago
First time accepted submitter DeathByLlama (2813725) writes "Years ago I made the switch from DD-WRT to Tomato firmware for my Linksys router. I lost a couple features, but gained one of the best QoS and bandwidth management systems I have seen on a router to date. Admins can see graphs of current and historical bandwidth usage by IP, set minimum and maximum bandwidth limits by IP range, setup QoS rules, and see and filter graphs and lists of current connections by usage, class or source/destination — all from an elegantly designed GUI. This has allowed me to easily and intelligently allocate and adjust my network's bandwidth; when there is a problem, I can see where it's coming from and create rules around it. I'm currently using the Toastman's VPN Tomato firmware, which has about everything that I would want, except for one key thing: support for ARM-based routers (only Broadcom is supported). I have seen other firmware projects being actively developed in the last few years, so in picking a new 802.11ac router, I need to decide whether Tomato support is a deal-breaker. With solid bandwidth management as a priority, what firmware would you recommend? Stock Asuswrt? Asuswrt-Merlin? OpenWRT? DD-WRT? Tomato? _____?"
104 comments | about 5 months ago
theodp (442580) writes "GeekWire reports that a Microsoft researcher's 1991 video could torpedo Apple's key 'slide to unlock' patent, one of 5 patents that the iPhone maker cited in its demand for $40 per Samsung phone. Confronted with what appears to be damning video evidence of prior art that pre-dates its 'invention' by more than a decade, Apple has reportedly argued that the sliding on/off switch demoed by Catherine Plaisant is materially different than the slide to unlock switch that its 7 inventors came up with. Apple's patent has already been deemed invalid in Europe because of similar functionality present in the Swedish Neonode N1M." The toggle widgets demoed in the video (attached below) support sliding across the toggle to make it more difficult to swap state (preventing accidental toggling). The video itself is worth a watch — it's interesting to see modern UIs adopting some of the idioms that testing in the early 90s showed were awful (e.g. Gtk+ 3's state toggles).
408 comments | about 6 months ago
tippen writes "The management user interface on most networking and storage appliances are, shall we say, not up to the snuff compared to modern websites or consumer products. What are the best examples of good UX design on an IT appliance that you've managed? What was it that made you love it? What should companies (or designers) developing new products look to as best-in-class that they should be striving for?"
114 comments | about 7 months ago
sfcrazy writes "Google's Chromium team is working on an alternative of Gtk+ for the browser, called Aura. Elliot Glaysher, a Google developer explains, 'We aim to launch the Aura graphics stack on Linux in M35. Aura is a cross-platform graphics system, and the Aura frontend will replace the current GTK+ frontend.' The Free Software community is debating: is Google trying to do Canonical? Couldn't Google just switch to Qt, which is becoming an industry standard?"
240 comments | about 7 months ago


text: Food Revolution: Kids Cookbooks in Jamie Oliver's Huntington Kitchen Food Revolution: The Kids Cookbook in Huntington's Kitchen by POPSUGAR Moms 5/04/10 0 Reactions 0 Shares Print 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Oliver's concept is still hot in Huntington, so residents are pouring into his kitchen. Though the British chef is famous for putting the West Virginia town on the map by encouraging its citizens to make healthier decisions concerning their diets, the father of soon-to-be four had to head home to his native England. But while the cook's away, the stove tops are still firing food, and even kids are cooking. We recently got the inside scoop on one of the children's cookbooks stocked in the center — the Handstand Kids collection. The $25 texts are fun and have recipes that are easy for small hands to execute. Funnily enough we recommended them as a way for families to start their own food revolution! If you're looking for some festive Cinco de Mayo dishes, check out Handstand Kids Mexican cookbook and teach your child some Spanish while making the meal! Read More Handstand Kids CookbooksFood RevolutionMexican FoodJamie OliverCinco De Mayo Jamie Oliver A 5-Course Fall Feast in Under One Hour 9/12/13 How Food Stars Rang in the Fourth of July 7/05/13 Sienna Reveals Naughty Gift From Godmother — That Led to Pregnancy! 12/23/12 A British Treat: Cornish Pasties 7/31/12 Sit Down to Jamie Oliver's Fall Feast in Just One Hour 10/11/11 Get the Ultimate Caprese Salad With One Simple Tip 9/09/11 Link Love Mom forced to stop feeding baby homemade formula — BabyCenter Blog The easiest ways to save on organic food — The Stir A look inside Fergie's second baby shower — Celebrity Baby Scoop Danielle Jonas debuts her baby bump — People Moms & Babies 7 light and fresh recipes to take you through Summer — FitPregnancy Does where you live affect your risk for PPD? — The Bump Where to find the best deals on school supplies — Real Simple Now this is how you announce a pregnancy! — HuffPost Parents

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POST FALLS-- An 11-year-old boy received extensive medical care, including a new leg in Post Falls on Wednesday.
Nearly three years ago, Rahim and his cousin stepped on land mine near their home in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The cousin was killed and the blast severed Rahim's left leg, sent shrapnel ricocheting into his body, and punctured over half of his eardrum.
Thanks to Solace for the Children, Tony and Jill Ledford of Coeur d'Alene, and numerous health care providers, the vivacious youngster received a new leg, reconstructed ear drum, dental treatment, blood work, inoculations and plastic surgery.
Solace for the Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing children from strife-torn areas to the United States for medical treatment.
Solace for the Children has brought over 150 Afghan children to the U.S. Rahim is the first child to come to the Spokane/Coeur d' Alene area.


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text: Updated: How much has the cookie crumbled across the EU? Intellectual Property Update 19 MAR 2012 By: Paul McCormack In December 2011, DLA Piper published a summary of the way in which the law relating to cookies had been implemented across EU Member States. Since 5 December 2011, there have been updates in respect of: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom, details of which are set out and can be viewed in the updated table. For example, on 13 December 2011, the UK's Information Commissioner (ICO) published an updated cookie compliance guidance note which: sets out examples of compliance measures to adopt provides business with clarification over concepts such as third party cookies and sites which use analytic only cookies, and includes a section on frequently asked questions. View the ICO's guidance Summary The amended E-Privacy Directive1, which was to be implemented by all EU member states by 25 May 2011, requires the user to consent to the use of cookies. View the 2009 E-Privacy Directive Please refer to Article 2(5) (at page 30), which amends Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC. Article 5(3) of the E-Privacy Directive provides that 'the storing of information, or the gaining of access to information already stored, in the terminal equipment of a subscriber or user is only allowed on condition that the subscriber or user concerned has given his or her consent, having been provided with clear and comprehensive information, in accordance with the Data Protection Directive2 about the purposes of the processing.'3 This change requires that consent to the use of cookies must be 'opt-in' (rather than 'opt-out'). However, there has been some uncertainty as to how the measures would be implemented into national law by the different EU member states and whether the law would, in practice, require additional measures to be taken to ensure the lawful use of cookies. View the table which illustrates how Article 5(3) of the E-Privacy Directive has been implemented into the law of the applicable EU member state, together with a summary of the current position regarding the implementation of the E-Privacy Directive generally Previous DLA Piper cookie alerts: UK Alert - updated July 2011 EU Wide Alert - as at June 2011 DLA Piper EU Cookie table - (as at 5 December 2011) What should businesses do? Businesses are advised to start assessing their cookie use now and developing their IT systems to make sure that they can properly comply. In essence, the more the use of a cookie relates to the personal information of a user, the more robust the procedures to obtain consent will have to be. DLA Piper's EU Information Law team have developed a robust methodology to assist organisations through the complex rules relating to compliance with cookies and can assist organisations by undertaking a cookies audit, suggest compliance options and assist in the implementation of the most effective option. ________________________________________ [1] As amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/22/EC, Directive 2002/58/EC (concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector) and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004. [2] Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. [3]Article 2(5) of Directive 2009/136/EC.


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Still Wild and Free, New Mexico's Gila River is Again under Threat
Posted Sep 28, 2011 by Sandra Postel
[Excerpt] In today's world where most rivers are turned on and off like plumbing works, the Gila in southwestern New Mexico is a rare gem: one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the United States and the only one in New Mexico.
The Gila (pronounced Heela) spotlights what a river can be when it flows not according to human demands for water and energy but rather to Nature's time-tested rhythms. Its seasonal highs and lows and gentle meanders across a broad floodplain create a rich mosaic of habitats that are home to a splendorous array of life – including some 280 species of birds. Among them are the rare western yellow-billed cuckoo, the Mexican spotted owl and perhaps the largest population anywhere of the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher, which fancies the gracious Goodding willows that shade the Gila's banks.
Within minutes of reaching the river on a bright September day I spied two kingfishers skimming the water, on the hunt. Then, there came a flicker of red – perhaps a vermilion flycatcher. And what sounded, improbably, like a shrieking seagull, but I had learned the day before was the call of a common black hawk, a stocky bird with a white-banded tail that lives in the riverside woodlands and preys on frogs, small fish and other aquatic creatures.
In the background was the music of the Gila's riffles, where the river bubbles over cobbles in its bed, adding oxygen to the water. It was a sensory feast – the sights and sounds of the Gila, alive.
But the river is once again at risk. Over the last twenty-five years, tireless advocates have blocked the construction of two dams. Today, the threat is a proposed diversion to siphon off 14,000 acre-feet of water per year. By skimming peaks off of modest floods, and piping the water some 25 miles to an off-channel reservoir, the project would weaken the river's critical connection to its floodplain and the galleries of cottonwoods and willows that provide the habitat so crucial to the area's rich diversity of birds and wildlife.
While there is no identified need for this extra water supply, the diversion would help New Mexico stake its claim to the Gila before the river flows into neighboring Arizona. There, it gets sucked dry before it reaches its confluence with the Colorado River near Yuma.
Originally published September 27, 2011 at National Geographic
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Rasmussen College Hosts Campus Preview Day For Prospective Students At New Appleton Location
Informational Event Highlights Degree Offerings and Introduces Faculty and Staff
November 4, 2010
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APPLETON, Wis., (November 4, 2010) – Celebrating the completion of its new 12,000-square-foot campus in Appleton, Wis., Rasmussen College invites prospective and enrolled students and the local community to attend Campus Preview Day on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Enrolling now for January 2011 classes, the Appleton campus will offer local students on-campus Bachelor's and Associate's degrees tailored to high-growth career fields through its School of Business, School of Technology and Design, School of Justice Studies, School of Allied Health, and School of Education. The new campus is one of 21 Rasmussen College locations throughout the Midwest and Florida.
Faculty and staff will be on hand during Campus Preview Day to provide tours of the facility and information about educational opportunities. Prospective students and those currently enrolled in online classes are encouraged to take campus tours, learn about various degree programs and course offerings, browse Rasmussen apparel, and meet other students. All guests will also be entered to win a variety of exciting prizes.
"We are excited to open our third Wisconsin Rasmussen College location and encourage area residents to celebrate with us and tour the new campus," Rasmussen College Appleton Director of Admissions Tony Possley said. "Our Appleton campus will continue to uphold the standard of quality educational experiences and enrichment events that communities have come to expect from Rasmussen College. Campus Preview Day is designed to help prospective students learn about these offerings and find a degree program that meets their needs, providing the tools to succeed in the ever-changing job market."
Earlier this month, Rasmussen College in Appleton also announced an articulation agreement with Fox Valley Technical College that allows maximum transfer of credit for Associate's degree students to begin Bachelor's degree studies at Rasmussen College. Prospective students interested in this agreement are encouraged to attend Campus Preview Day to gather additional information.
Rasmussen College Appleton Campus presents "Campus Preview Day"
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For more information about programs and events offered through Rasmussen College, visit www.Rasmussen.edu.
Rasmussen College is a regionally accredited private college and Public Benefit Corporation that is dedicated to changing lives through high-demand educational programs and public service. Rasmussen College offers Certificate and Diploma programs through Associate's and Bachelor's degrees online and across its 24 Midwest and Florida campuses in a supportive, student-centered and career-focused environment. Since 1900, Rasmussen College has been dedicated to being a primary contributor to the growth and development of the communities it serves. As a Benefit Corporation, Rasmussen College is committed to helping change lives through education and making a positive impact on society through public service and a variety of community-based initiatives. For more information about Rasmussen College, please visit www.Rasmussen.edu.


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More states have floated legislative proposals to use alcohol excise taxes to fund substance abuse treatment and prevention programs, but the plans face significant opposition from the alcohol industry and lawmakers reluctant to raise taxes.
Ten states currently dedicate some portion of excise-tax revenues to fund alcohol treatment programs, according to Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, a George Washington University think tank that tracks alcohol-tax issues. Oklahoma, Missouri, Massachusetts and Oregon are among the states that have recently debated similar proposals.
By increasing alcohol taxes, states can significantly reduce alcohol consumption and its associated negative consequences, particularly among underage and underprivileged populations, according to Assessing State Readiness to Act on Alcohol Tax Research Findings (PDF), a report by the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
"The price of alcohol matters, especially with teenagers," said Dr. Richard A. Yoast, Director of the AMA Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. "Higher alcohol prices are proven to reduce everything from violent crimes to rape."
States facing financial pressures may be more receptive to tax increases to help reduce deficits, and "most state budgets coming out of this recession severely weakened," says the SAPRP report.
So far, however, the obstacles to raising alcohol taxes have largely trumped public-health arguments. For example, despite the prominent political and economic role played in the state by St. Louis based brewer Anheuser-Busch, Missouri poll respondents have shown support for a two-cent-per-drink increase on excise alcohol taxes. A proposed Missouri excise-tax increase would generate an estimated $44 million per year, which could help offset the $10.9-million 2006 budget reduction facing the state Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and the corresponding loss of over $33 million in federal funds over the next three years, supporters say. Without a revenue increase, state addiction-service providers fear many existing treatment programs will suffer or be eliminated altogether.
But Missouri Representative Bill Deeken's proposal to apply excise-tax proceeds towards treatment, prevention, and enforcement faces anti-tax opposition from lawmakers, and remains stalled in the state legislature. Despite the budget difficulties and public support, Missouri House Speaker Ron Jetton said the bill has little chance of passage, and he has not referred the measure to any legislative committee.
Oklahoma state representative Darrell Gilbert (D-Tulsa), frustrated over lack of progress for his plan to double the current state excise tax on beer and alcohol to raise $70 million a year in funds for substance abuse treatment and prevention, is proposing a constitutional amendment so that the issue can go to a popular vote.
"During [a] debate on increasing the cigarette tax, I got a lot of questions from my constituents asking why we weren't trying to do the same with beer and alcohol and taxes," Gilbert said. "It was their opinion that beer and alcohol bring more trouble to people's lives than cigarettes do."
Massachusetts State Senator Marian Walsh (D-West Roxbury) has also proposed an increase on excise alcohol tax, which she said could generate up to $58 million every year to fund treatment and prevention programs while adding one cent to the cost of a glass of wine and two cents to a bottle of beer or shot of liquor.
But lobbyists for the alcohol industry have dampened the reception for Walsh's bill, which failed in 2001 and 2003. The Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. argued that the increased tax would unfairly impact the 90 percent of consumers who drink responsibly.
The same arguments from the alcohol industry have daunted a similar bill in Oregon that proposes to raise beer taxes by up to 10 cents a bottle to generate $150 million a year for treatment and prevention of addiction.
Co-sponsors Representative Jackie Dingfelder (D- Portland) and Senator Bill Morrissette (D-Springfield) termed the legislation "an attempt to collect a long-past-due bill from the beer industry." But House Speaker Karen Minnis has indicated that Oregon Republicans have no interest in introducing new taxes.
While anti-tax sentiments abound, alcohol taxes remain generally popular among voters nationwide, especially if increased revenue is earmarked for treatment and prevention. A 2004 American Medical Association (AMA) poll of 800 voters showed that two-thirds of Americans favor a state tax increase on alcohol to fund prevention programs.


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Running through the Presidio early Friday morning, my camera banging against my knees, I learned what it meant to be apart of the Studio Velo biking community. Fearing I would be left behind, and regretting my decision to walk to the Sports Basement meeting place, I nearly ran past the friendly face that pulled over to offer me a ride. "Are you headed to the Coast Ride?" Not a question I would have thought to ask a disheveled bikeless sprinter - just one of the perks of representing Studio Velo. Thanks to my token Studio Velo black T-shirt and the caring SF bike community I was given a ride to the group and was able to begin my journey as SAG.
As a new California resident I hadn't had the opportunity to explore much South of San Francisco. The route and pace set by the bikers gave me ample opportunity to observe the light blue water of the central coast, already so much more welcoming than the darker seas up North. Following the trail of bright kits I was in awe as we moved in and out of the fog along the cliffs counting cows and bikers and taking green tinted photos through the windshield.
Having conquered Santa Cruz, a long swim, and feeling buoyant with warm weather energy- day number two brought more to absorb. Despite my momentary dismay when my crew of cyclists crossed the railroad tracks and disappeared behind the Santa Cruz boardwalk; I quickly realized you couldn't get too lost following the water. Sneaking through parts of towns I never would have known to look for, passing bustling beach breaks and farm stands advertising fried artichokes I determined I would have to come back and ride my bike along this route.
Having up until this point considered cycling an individual sport I found the community energy very appealing. As I drifted along behind the group or leap frogged ahead to take pictures, I took note of the constant motion as each person took turns pulling. As the cyclists shed layers and everyone stopped for water - I was starting, in my own way, to feel a real role in our team.
It was with renewed excitement that I reconnected with my group passing the electric pink coast in Monterey and on to 17 Mile Drive. Fortunately, my role as sag was hardly necessary, for the most part people were well prepared and strong. However, as Meredith Kessler one of the Velo Sf guides said, "It is much easy to relax and have a good time when you are aware support is available."
Driving a support vehicle for the Coast Ride was an awesome
opportunity to explore California, meet and get to know the people I see in the
shop, and get a better understanding of our cycling community. Last weekend I made my way South again. I parked my car and I did a little wandering on my bike. The pace, mobility, and the experience of propelling yourself along the coast is unique in the distance you can gain while truly experiencing the environment you are in. I'm sold!
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The USC Upstate Alumni Association is inviting all alumni to return to campus on February 13, 2010 to celebrate Homecoming! This will be a time to bring alumni together to reconnect, socialize and reminisce about their time at USC Upstate. As leaders in the USC Upstate community please mark your calendars and plan to join us for this exciting event. Can't make it? Then help us by spreading the word to other USC Upstate alums.
Though we are still in the planning stage, the events we have confirmed include:
Friday, February 12, 2010USC Upstate Happy Hour
Connect here before you reconnect on campus! Join us for a special USC Upstate Happy Hour from 6 – 10 p.m. (Location TBD)
Saturday, February 13, 2010Johnson College Alumni Reunion: 10:30 a.m.
Gather with faculty, students, and Business alums for a reception at the Spartanburg Museum of Art followed by a Hard Hat Tour of the new downtown building for the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics.
Alumni Hospitality Table: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Check in with Alumni Relations at the Hodge and pick up your complementary welcome bag.Face Painting and Coloring Booth: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Bring the kids to meet the Spartan Cheerleaders while having their face painted or coloring the Spartan's helmet.USC Upstate Doubleheader Basketball Game- Spartans vs. Belmont: Men's Basketball at 2:00 p.m., Women's Basketball at 4:30 p.m.
Come cheer for the Spartans and see the Hodge one last time before it undergoes renovations!Mix-n-Mingle Alumni Reception: 3:30pm
Come to the Administrative building to have cocktails and hors d'oeuvres between the games while reminiscing with classmates.
To make the trip easier for our out-of-town alumni, a block of rooms at the Marriott Spartanburg has been reserved at a special group rate. If you plan on attending, would like to be a Class Agent or would like more information about room rates, please contact Leah Anderson at (864) 503-5240 or email@example.com. Hope to see everyone there!New Rose Garden for the Arboretum
He loved to grow roses, and he brought his wife roses twice a month during their 31 year marriage. Since Dave Davison, husband of Frieda Davison, dean of the Library, passed away last Thanksgiving, Frieda has been thinking of ways to honor and memorialize him. What better way than a rose garden in the Susan Jacobs Arboretum? Starting this spring, work will begin on an area near the bridge suitable for a 50 plant rose garden to be named the David D. Davison Rose Garden. If you would like to help make this project blossom, and to honor a wonderful man and a beautiful marriage, please contact Bea Walters Smith, director of Development and Foundation Scholarships for additional information at firstname.lastname@example.com or 503-5235.REFLECTIONS: Foreign Language Teachers Workshop 2010The Foreign Language Program at the University of South Carolina Upstate will host REFLECTIONS: Foreign Language Teachers Workshop 2010 "Integrated Language Assessment: Evaluating Real Language In Use" on Friday, March 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Great Room of the University Readiness Center, located on North Campus Boulevard. The cost of the workshop is $20.00 for students and $55.00 for teachers. "Participants will get to experience teaching and assessing their world language as they have always dreamed," said Dr. June C. D. Carter, professor of Spanish/Romance Languages at USC Upstate and founder/coordinator of the REFLECTIONS conference. "The purpose of this conference is to teach participants faster lesson planning, activities that flow and make sense, more responsibility on students, more evaluation information with less work for you, increased language and cultural understanding and use, and getting all students engaged and involved." More details about the conference, including information about the facilitator and how to register, are available here.Women's Basketball:
Upstate's Week Of Firsts Continue, As Spartans Down Lipscomb, 63-51, At Allen Arena: Wallace scores 21 points to lead Upstate to first win at Lady Bisons' home
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - With junior Chelsea McMillan (East Gadsden, Fla./Santa Fe C.C.) bogged down by double and triple teams on the inside, the USC Upstate women's basketball team turned to its outside game and sophomore Kendra Wallace (Hurricane, W.Va./Nitro) delivered with five 3-pointers, four in the second half, to finish with a game-high 21 points as Upstate outlasted Lipscomb, 63-51, for its first win in school history at Allen Arena on Saturday. The win improves Upstate to 9-6 overall and 3-3 in the Atlantic Sun Conference, the first time in school history that the Spartans improved to .500 in A-Sun play, and Lipscomb fell to 3-12 overall and 1-4 in the A-Sun. Here's the full story.Men's Basketball
Slater Leads Bisons Over Spartans: Posey finishes with his first career double-double
Nashville, Tenn. - Despite placing four players in double figures for the first time in two years, USC Upstate could not overcome a standout performance from Lipscomb's Josh Slater as the Bisons took an 80-66 victory over the Spartans Saturday night in A-Sun men's basketball action in Allen Arena. Upstate fell to 1-14 overall and 1-5 in the A-Sun with the loss. The Spartans return to the court Friday night in Spartanburg when Mercer comes to the Hodge Center in a game which will be televised on CSS as part of the A-Sun's television deal with the regional sports network. Lipscomb improved to 7-7 overall and 4-1 in the league with the win. Here's the full story.Optional Retirement Program Participants OnlyAn Optional Retirement Program (ORP) participant is an employee who is enrolled in one of the following retirement programs: TIAA-CREF, MetLife Resources, VALIC and The Hartford. To determine which retirement program you are enrolled in, go into your VIP, click on the "Employment" icon, then click on the "Benefits Profile" and scroll down until you find "Retirement Benefits." This will tell you what retirement program in which you are enrolled and if it is one of the four ORP programs listed above. If you have determined that you are not an ORP program participant, please disregard this email. If you are an ORP participant, please refer to the information about ORP Annual Enrollment. The enrollment period is from January 1 through March 1, with changes being effective April 1. The link provides details about eligibility to change from ORP to SCRS. If you elect to change from ORP to SCRS you are allowed to purchase the ORP time. If you switch to the South Carolina Retirement System (SCRS) , the ORP time is not automatically converted to SCRS. You may purchase service credit for your years of participation in the State ORP. The cost is 16 percent of current earnable compensation or career highest fiscal year earnable compensation in either SCRS or State ORP, whichever is greater, for each year of service purchased. After SCRS receives the documents, SCRS will send you a letter outlining payment options. SCRS will also invoice you. Additional information regarding a service purchase may be found at: http://www.retirement.sc.gov/scrs/active/purchaseservice/default.htm
Since there are forms to be completed, please call the Human Resources Office, ext. 5322, to set up a convenient time prior to March 1.Global Discovery Program Goes to ChinaUSC Upstate's Global Discovery Program is designed to provide support for selected university students to travel to other countries to learn about the culture and customs; political, educational and social systems, as well as religious practices. This year's trip itinerary will take students to China and is scheduled for May 16-28. More details, including the selection criteria, applicant requirements, expenses, and dealines are available on this flyer. Additional information about the program can also be found on the Center for International Studies' web site.Spring Programs at the World Languages InstituteThe World Languages Institute at the University of South Carolina Upstate offers classes in less commonly taught languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Irish Gaelic, Ukrainian, Russian, Biblical Hebrew, and German. There are also classes in Spanish for healthcare professionals and English for internationals. Classes start February 1 and run through April 12. The registration deadline is January 22. All classes are open to the public and no prior experience in the language is required for the beginning level. The cost for each class is $110 plus books and study materials. All classes are taught in the HPAC building on the USC Upstate campus. More information is available on the Center for International Studies' web site, by calling 503-5661, or on this flyer.Get Fit, Stay Fit With Walk Upstate
Healthy Upstate Carolina invites you to participate in the 2nd Annual "Walk Upstate," which begins on Monday, January 11, 2010 and concludes on Sunday, April 25, 2010. The 15-week program serves as a means of improving the health of employees and their immediate family members. The goal of the program is to motivate employees and their families to walk at least one mile a day or a minimum of 100 miles in 15 weeks (a maximum of 12 miles per week is permitted). Other forms of exercise are also encouraged. Each team member who completes a minimum of 100 miles will be rewarded with a commemorative t-shirt. The theme of this year's program is "Get Fit Stay Fit."
For more details about the program and to register online, visit www.uscupstate.edu/walkupstate. Registration for "Walk Upstate" will be held December 1 –January 8. Employees participating on teams with a designated team captain form and name their own teams. Participants log individual mileage and record it weekly, which accumulates toward the goal of a minimum of 100 miles. Weekly updates for team distances will be provided on the Web site. The cost of the program is $6.00 per individual.
Additional information can be found on the Web site at www.uscupstate.edu/walkupstate and questions can be directed to Amy Cantrell at 503-5553 or Tammy Cramer at 503-5379. Also, you can e-mail questions to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
As he does every year, Santa takes a break from his hectic December schedule to attend a Spartans game and mix and mingle with the kids (and the kid-at-heart).
Wednesday, January 13 … 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. … Wellness Center Gym, HECCome in from the cold! Join the Office of Student Life for the 2nd Annual WinterBlast Involvement Fair. FREE food, student organization booths, music, and fun activities! Contact the Office of Student Life at 503-5122 for additional information.Michael Watson: Recent Painting
January 15 – February 19 … Curtis R. Harley GalleryPainter Michael Watson will have his works on display this month and into February. Please join us for a lecture and reception on January 28 at 4:30 p.m. Contact Gallery Director Jane Nodine for additional information.MLK Commemorative Walk
Tuesday, January 19 ... 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ... CLC PatioJoin fellow students in this annual walk of remembrance of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., starting at the patio in front of the Campus Life Center.US Census Bureau Testing
Thursday, January 21 … 9:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. … CLC 309The U.S. Census Bureau will conduct preliminary testing for new census takers to begin work in March 2010. Paid census workers receive $13.25 per hour plus $.55/mile. All test takers must bring doucmentation that verifies they are elible to work in the United States (driver's license and social security card, or passport) Contact John Montemayor for details. When Lightning Strikes Training Seminar
Friday, January 22 … 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. … Rampey CenterUniversity Police will be showing the active shooter response video "When Lightning Strikes," a video that demonstrates how to respond to a shooting in the workplace. If you haven't seen this yet, make every effort to see this important safety video. Contact Christy Fisher for details.
It seemed to go by so quickly, but the holidays are over and it's back to work and class. In the event you missed it, the academic schedule for the spring semester is available here. Since it has been so cold, many of us turn our thoughts to summer, so if you're wondering, there are only 113 days 'till summer vacation! Hang in there!
Mileage reimbursement rates for University business travel on or after January 1, 2010, have decreased. For individuals who travel on University business using a personal vehicle, even though a state car is available, the reimbursement rate will be 46 cents per mile (decrease from 46.5 cents per mile). If a state vehicle is not available, the reimbursement rate will be 50 cents per mile (decrease from 50.5 cents per mile). These rates are due to IRS mileage rate changes. Please use these new rates when preparing Travel Authorizations (TAs) and Travel Reimbursement Vouchers (TRVs) for travel that will occur on or after January 1, 2010. If you have any questions about the mileage reimbursement rates please call Annette Jordan or Kim Griffin at 777-2602.
Sebastian van Delden conducted a demonstration of one of the University's Staubli robotic arms at his daughter's daycare (Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System) in December. One of the Staubli machines is small and compact, making it easy to transport to on-site demonstrations. Says van Delden, "Even kids as young as three and four years old can be taught basic robotic concepts in a fun, interactive environment using industrial robotics equipment." He adds that he would like to engage more children (of any age) in the Upstate area with such onsite visits (free of charge) and he asks the campus community to help spread the word by sharing this information with anyone who may be interested. "The earlier we can get our kids engaged in science and technology, the more our community will benefit," he says.
Brigitte Neary (Sociology) has been appointed for a three-year term to the Committee on Sociological Practice of the Southern Sociological Society. Established in 1935, the Southern Sociological Society is a society of professionals that promotes the development of sociology as a profession and scientific discipline by the maintenance of high academic professional and ethical standards, and by encouraging effective teaching of sociology, valid and reliable methods and research in the study of human society, diffusion of sociological knowledge and its application to societal problems, cooperation with related disciplines and groups, recruitment and training of sociologists, and development of sociology programs in educational and other agencies.Robert Easler (Landscape Services) and Jennifer Easler (Admissions) would like to say: "Thanks to all of you for your prayers, telephone calls, emails, cards, monetary gifts, food, flowers and visits during the death of Robert's father, Wayne Easler. Your thoughtfulness shall never be forgotten."Dr. Warren J. Carson, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was host for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the NAACP sponsored by the Spartanburg Chapter on Thursday, December 17, 2009, at the Marriott Hotel.Congratulations to Les Duggins (University Communications). One of his photos of the campus covered in snow was selected for publication in the Spartanburg Convention and Visitors Bureau 2010 Visitors Guide.
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My client came to me after she was convicted in Virginia Beach General District Court of driving on a suspended license (Va. Code 46.2-301). She noted an appeal so her case was pending in Virginia Beach Circuit Court. Unfortunately, this was her 4th offense since 2001 and it was her third offense within the last five years. A third or subsequent offense carries a mandatory minimum jail sentence of ten days. My client had no criminal record, and had only been convicted in the past of minor moving traffic violations, such as speeding. She received notice in June 2010 from the DMV that her license was suspended for lack of insurance verification. At the time of this offense, she was en route to the DMV. After being ticketed on June 14, 2010, she provided proof of insurance and got her license reinstated the following date, June 15th. Prior to my involvement, she went to General District Court and showed the judge her valid license. Still, the General District Court judge found her guilty and imposed a total of 20 days in jail, ten-days more than the mandatory minimum (15-active days to serve). The difficulty with today's appeal in Circuit Court was that if the judge found her to be guilty of driving while knowing her license was suspended, the judge's hand's would be tied insofar as the judge would be required to give her at least 10-days in jail, as required under Va. Code 46.2-301. Fortuntately for my client, there is another statute for driving on a suspended license where license resinstatement is conditioned upon proof of insurance. This code section is Va. Code 46.2-302. The officer probably could have originally written this code section on the summons, but perhaps just didn't think to do so. Unlike the statute for driving on a suspended license, Va. Code 46.2-301, a conviction under 46.2-302 does not carry any mandatory minimum jail time. The prosecutor was willing to amend my client's charge to Va. Code 46.2-302 and agreed to recommend a sentence of 1-day of active jail time. The judge approved the agreement.
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A couple weeks ago, Shelton and I were coming home with a hot dinner in tow when I saw this. This is the entrance to our apartment complex, and for a while now I've been waiting for the water to be still and glass-like like this so that I could take a picture of the trees perfectly reflected. Sometimes you wait and wait and then when you least expect it, things just happen. When they finally do, you let your dinner get cold so that you can experience them wholeheartedly. I'm sure that's a rule somewhere.
I'm doing a lot of re-thinking and reflecting in my life lately. Reassessing my priorities – asking myself questions like, "What is the most important thing to me right now?" and "Am I spending my time as I should be?" and "What makes me feel fulfilled?" and then most importantly… "Am I doing the things that make me feel fulfilled often enough?"
In case you were wondering, the answer to that question is "No."
When I started blogging in 2009 (I can't believe it's been almost four years), I did so because I needed a creative outlet and I craved attention. Only one of those is a good reason to start an endeavor like blogging, but hey. At the time both my professional and personal lives were extremely stressful and taxing, and I saw blogging as an escape. It was also around this season of my life that I drank just about every day and on the weekends I would listen to music and write aimlessly until 4 am. I would do things like this instead of working through my problems. I numbed my feelings like you wouldn't believe.
A lot has changed since then. Like, I don't even live on the same planet anymore. Which is very ironic, because my old blog was named Sarah Planet.
Why do I blog now? If you're a blogger reading this, or a hobbyist of any kind – I encourage you to ask yourself the same question. Why are you doing what you do? Has your motivation evolved or changed since you began?
Mine has. Every time I receive a comment, my heart flutters. I get the same feeling when I get a new "like" on Facebook. But blogging is not an escape from my life anymore – it's a way that I celebrate my life. All that being said, I continue to put way too much pressure on myself lately when it comes to blogging. I am incredibly driven by my firstborn mentality, most of the time to a fault. My inner critic is just so mean. I spoke about my tendency to self-shame in this post about fitness, and guess what? My inner-critic uses the exact same tactics to make me feel like shit about blogging and my creativity.
"Sure, that's a good post, but no one will read it."
"Emma and Elsie are so much smarter than you. Why can't you post as much as them?"
"You are doing this all for nothing."
So mean, right? These thoughts make me not want to post, cause me to think more about other blogger's styles than my own, and leave me feeling uninspired and numb. The truth is that I love my voice/writing style now more than ever because it is more open and honest. I think the projects I have posted recently are very inspired, and I'm proud of them. When I publish a heartfelt post, I feel like I am aligned with the Universe. And those are all good feelings.
But then comes the hustle of promoting my posts on Facebook, pinning my own images, tweeting, etc. and the good feelings dissipate because newsflash: the blogging community is huge and I'm not the only one pushing my content. There is so much focus on self-promotion within the community that it's become more important to me to receive feedback/praise on my posts than the actual act of posting.
That's sad. But, makes sense once the pieces are put together.
So, I have decided a few things based upon these realizations. I am going to create more and hustle less. If I am hustling more than I am creating, something is wrong and I should stop immediately and give myself a break. I am going to show up and be present in my own life, and always be proud of my successes both on and off the blog. I will do all of these things even if no one is watching, it seems like no one cares, or no one gives me praise.
I will create from a raw, honest place. Not a place that is driven by recognition. When I create good, honest, heartfelt content that I am sure will resonate with someone else, I will lightly promote it. And then I will post again when I am inspired, and so on and so forth. My hope is that this will be a healthy cycle of creation, not one where I constantly feel like I'm not good enough. Because that is simply not true.
I am good enough. My content is, too. And if this ever feels like work, I'm gonna back off. I'm gonna re-read this post. I am going to remind myself of all the things I'm doing well in my life outside the blog (work, relationships, personal development, etc.). I'm gonna keep being raw and keep being me.
I love the person I'm growing to be. It's shit-hard sometimes, but crazy worth it. Wouldn't change a thing.


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Andrew Wu Mitchell Starc was outdone by his fellow NSW quicks but, unlike injured Trent Copeland, he has another chance to earn a recall for the second Test in Adelaide.
Aussies prepare for Windies pace barrage
Andrew Wu Australia's batsmen are bracing for a baptism of fire from an emerging West Indies pace attack when the first Test starts in Bridgetown on Saturday.
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Andrew Wu Join Andrew Wu for coverage of the first Test between Australia and the West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Dropped catches and flat pitch leaves honours even on opening day
Andrew Wu Australia failed to take their chances against the West Indies as the hosts belied their lowly status to make life difficult for the tourists on the opening day of the first Test in Bridgetown on...
Windies to turn to spin to exploit Australia's inexperience
Andrew Wu in Bridgetown The West Indies will prey on Australia's lack of experience in Caribbean conditions on Monday by unleashing emerging spinner Devendra Bishoo on a pitch sporting numerous foot marks in Bridgetown.
Lyon faces the toughest test of his career in Caribbean: Watson
Andrew Wu Nathan Lyon has had to learn fast in his fledgling Test career and he will need to show that quality if he is to overcome his biggest challenge yet in the Caribbean.
Chanderpaul defies Aussies to mark 25th Test ton
Andrew Wu, Bridgetown Shivnarine Chanderpaul set the example, and Australia's weary batsmen must follow his lead if the visitors are to avoid defeat in the first Test after another trying day in the field on Sunday in...
Harris goes from drinks waiter to hero
Andrew Wu Bridgetown, Barbados: Ryan Harris arrived in the Caribbean expecting to be a drinks waiter in the first Test but instead he played a starring role which may yet deliver Australia a stunning triumph...
Bowlers put Aussies in control as Windies fall into trap
Andrew Wu Michael Clarke laid the booby trap and the West Indies obligingly walked into it as Australia seized control of the first Test after a day of massive fluctuations in Bridgetown.
Clarke demanding all-round skills
Andrew Wu, Port Of Spain Australian captain Michael Clarke believes Test cricket is following the evolutionary process of its one-day international and Twenty20 cousins where players with all-round skills are coveted.
Live: 2nd Test - Australia v West Indies
Andrew Wu Join Andrew Wu for live coverage of the second day of the second Test between Australia and West Indies in Port of Spain.
Hussey dig gives Australia edge on testing pitch
By Andrew Wu, Port of Spain Michael Hussey leads his team out of jail as the visitors wiggle free of West Indies' hold to take control of the second Test.
Aussies take Lyon's share of the spoils
Andrew Wu, Port of Spain Nathan Lyon went from zero to hero in a hurry as he awoke from his Caribbean slumber to dramatically turn the second Test firmly back in Australia's favour.
Hussey the Windies target
Andrew Wu, Roseau, Dominica Michael Clarke might have started the series as the world's top-ranked Test batsman but it's Michael Hussey who the West Indies are sick of seeing at the crease.
Live: 3rd Test - Australia v West Indies
Andrew Wu Join Andrew Wu for live coverage of the first day of the third Test between Australia and West Indies in Dominica.
Standout stars leave Windies on the brink
Andrew Wu, Roseau, Dominica Outstanding performances by two of the country's most promising young stars left the West Indies teetering on the brink in the third Test and Australia poised to claim another series victory in the...
Wade turns blind eye to unwavering support for Haddin
Andrew Wu, Roseau, Dominica Matthew Wade showed throughout his maiden Test century he knows when to attack and when to let things go to the keeper. On the topic of Brad Haddin, he is clearly choosing the latter.
Live: 3rd Test - Australia v West Indies
Andrew Wu Join Andrew Wu for live coverage of the third day of the third Test between Australia and West Indies in Dominica.
Cowan and Ponting put Aussies in control but blow chance to shut out the Windies
Andrew Wu, Roseau, Dominica ED COWAN and Ricky Ponting both hit much-needed half-centuries but Australia blew a chance to slam the door shut on the West Indies in the third Test on Wednesday.
Scores only a part of story: Cowan
Andrew Wu, Roseau, Dominica Ed Cowan and Ricky Ponting are under the most pressure to retain their positions in the top six Australian batsmen.


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High-resolution x-ray spectra measured using tantalum superconducting tunnel junctions
The spectral response of a 100 x 100 micron² tantalum based superconducting tunnel junction to 5.9 keV x-ray photons from a
Fe source has been studied. In full illumination the energy resolution for the Mn K
line complex is 56 eV, dominated by spatial nonuniformity in the response of the detector. When illuminating selectively a 5-10 micron diam spot in the center of the detector, the energy resolution improves to 22 eV, corresponding to 15.7 eV for the individual Mn K
alpha 1
and Mn K
alpha 2
lines. This exceeds the predicted theoretical energy resolution of 7.3 eV for this type of device by only a factor of ~ 2.
Publication date: 22 Jun 1998
Single photon detection at visible and x-ray wavelengths with Nb-Al superconducting tunnel junctions
Photon counting experiments at wavelengths ranging from near infrared to x-ray with niobium based superconducting tunnel junctions with aluminium trapping layers are presented. Single photons can be detected up to a wavelength of 1 micron. The response in the ultraviolet to near-infrared region is characterized by a good energy linearity (< 2.5%), a capability to handle event rates up to ~ 3 kHz, and moderate energy resolving power (E/DeltaE = ~7 for E = 4 eV). The x-ray response at 6 keV is characterized by anomalously high signals compared to the low energy response, a severe energy nonlinearity and a relatively poor energy resolution of ~ 140 eV, full width at half maximum.
Publication date: 01 Jun 1998
NbN-Nb-Al superconducting tunnel junctions as photon counting detectors
Asymmetric NbN-Nb-Al-AlO
-Al-Nb superconducting tunnel junctions have been investigated as photon counting detectors at x-ray and ultraviolet (UV)-visible wavelengths. The inclusion of a thin NbN passivation layer on the top electrode of the devices in place of the natural niobium oxides has reduced the quasiparticle loss rates, thereby enhancing the probability of multiple tunnel processes. As a consequence, the detector responsivity has increased from 900e
/eV, up to values in excess of 2000e
/eV in the temperature range 0.30-0.8 K. Such a responsivity level has allowed single photon counting performance at wavelengths as long as 700 nm and at operating temperatures as high as 830 mK. The devices show a linear response in the UV-visible range, while at 6 keV the expected nonlinearities in the energy response and moderate energy resolution similar to that found in Nb-Al junctions are observed.
Publication date: 15 May 1998
Recent developments in superconducting tunnel junctions for ultraviolet, optical & near infrared astronomy
Some recent results associated with the development of tantalum based photon counting superconducting tunnel junctions (STJ) suitable for use as broad-band low resolution spectrometers for optical and ultraviolet astronomy are presented. A 20x20 micron square tantalum based STJ, operated at a temperature of 0.3 K, has demonstrated a limiting resolution of ~ 8 nm at 200 nm and ~ 80 nm at 1000 nm. The device is extremely linear in response with photon energy, and covers the waveband from 200 nm to 2 micron while measuring the individual photon wavelength and arrival time. The short wavelength limit is currently constrained by the current experimental configuration (a fibre optic) as well as to some extent the sapphire substrate. The estimated quantum efficiency for single photons is over ~ 50% between 200 and 700 nm with a maximum of ~ 75% at 550 nm. Such an STJ when packaged into an array could contribute significantly to many fields of near infrared, optical and ultraviolet astronomy being able to provide efficiently and simultaneously the broad band spectrum and photon arrival time history of every single object in the field over a very wide dynamic range.
Publication date: 01 Feb 1998
Superconducting tunnel junctions as detectors for ultraviolet, optical, and near infrared astronomy
We discuss the capabilities of superconducting tunnel junctions as detectors for ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared astronomy. Such junctions have recently been shown to allow the detection of individual optical and ultraviolet photons with an inherent spectral resolution related to the critical temperature of the absorbing superconductor. Limiting resolutions at 500 nm ranging from 5 - 40 nm (for materials with critical temperatures between 0.1 to 10 K) should be achievable. These detectors should have a high quantum efficiency (50 per cent) over a very broad wavelength range from the ultraviolet to the near infrared (100 - 2000 nm). The overall efficiency is limited by reflection from the superconducting film, and should be improved significantly by appropriate anti-reflection coatings. The devices function at very high incident photon rates - with count rates of order 10 kHz or higher being feasible, and photon arrival time datation possible to microsec-level accuracy. It is realistic in the future to envisage that these devices, of a size typically 20-50 micron², could be packaged into imaging arrays. These key characteristics imply that many areas of optical and ultraviolet astronomy could benefit significantly from their further development.
Publication date: 11 Jun 1997
On the detection of single optical photons with superconducting tunnel junction
We report the detection of individual optical and ultraviolet photons using a different approach to photon detection based on a superconducting tunnel junction. A 20 × 20 micron² junction, employing a 100 nm niobium film and operated at a temperature of ~ 0.4 K, has been used to detect individual photons with inherently high quantum efficiency (> 45%) over a broad wavelength range (between 200 and 500 nm), yielding high temporal (sub-ms) resolution, spatial resolution determined by the junction size, under conditions of minimal dark current, and in the absence of read noise. The quantum efficiency is limited by surface reflection, and could be improved by the deposition of antireflection coatings. The theoretical wavelength response range continues into the far UV and soft x-ray region, and is presently limited beyond 500 nm largely by the available signal processing electronics. The device intrinsically functions at very high incident photon rates - with count rates of order ~ 10 kHz or higher being feasible and again currently limited primarily by the signal processing electronics - thus providing a correspondingly enhanced dynamic range by several orders of magnitude compared with previous panoramic photon counting detectors. The measured charge output from the device is highly linear with photon energy resulting in an optical photon detection system with intrinsic spectral resolution, related to the critical temperature of the junction material and, in the current device, providing a limiting spectral resolution of about 50 nm. It is realistic in the future to envisage that these devices could be packaged into arrays, with the resulting system characteristics offering advantages over detectors based on semiconductors
Publication date: 01 Jun 1997
Mini-STEP: A Minimal Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle Experiment
The Mini-STEP concept was conceived from a desire by NASA to reduce the cost of the satellite test of the equivalence principle (STEP) experiment below that of the already downsized Quick STEP concept. The goal was for the total cost, including payload, spacecraft, launch vehicle, reserves and operations, to be in the 50 million US dollar range. Stanford University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied this simplified STEP concept between March and June 1995. A similar concept was developed in parallel by the European Space Agency (ESA) as an alternative to the M3 STEP mission.
Publication date: 15 Nov 1996
X-ray detection by superconducting tunnel junctions via phonon propagation in the substrate
The x-ray performance of Nb-Al-AlO
-Al-Nb superconducting tunnel junctions deposited on sapphire has been studied for phonon mediated detection of x rays absorbed in the substrate in the energy range 750 to 6000 eV. Two separate channels of phonon propagation can be identified. One produces a discrete signal peak, due to high frequency phonons originating from the x-ray absorption sites in a shallow layer below the junction. The other contributes to a monotonic signal tail, due to low frequency phonons, reaching the junction after diffusive or multiple scattering at surfaces.
Publication date: 01 May 1996
The suppression of phonon induced noise in niobium superconducting tunnel junction x-ray detectors
An investigation into the phonon contamination of x-ray sensitive superconducting tunnel junctions arising from the x-ray photoabsorption in various substrates has been conducted. Results are presented on the design of a superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) which substantially reduces or even eliminates phonon induced noise from the substrate. Such noise is the predominant feature in x-ray spectra from junctions due to the bulk of the photons being absorbed in the substrate rather than in the thin superconducting film. The design involves the choice of a suitable buffer sandwich between the substrate and the STJ. Such a buffer would appear not only to attenuate the phonons created in the x-ray photoabsorption in the substrate but also to scatter the phonons inelastically, introducing a frequency down-conversion. Such a process ensures that few phonons of energy sufficient to break Cooper pairs in the superconducting film of the STJ enter the junction.
Publication date: 01 Mar 1996
Transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy analysis of Nb-Al-AlOx-Nb superconducting tunnel junction detectors
The performance of photon detectors based on superconducting tunnel junctions are related to their current - voltage (I-V) curve characteristics and, ultimately, to the quality of the thin tunnel barriers (of order 1 nm) which separate the two superconducting thin films. Both the optimization of the spectroscopic performance of these detectors and the development of a reproducible and high yield fabrication route, require a better understanding of barrier quality and growth techniques. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) provide valuable tools for the investigation of the barrier region and for the control of the quality of the different thin films and related interfaces. In this paper, the results of a TEM and AFM evaluation of Nb-Al-AlOx-Nb tunnel junctions are reported, together with their interpretation on the basis of the I-V curve performance at low temperature (T >= 0.3 K). Thickness disuniformities of the Al plus AlOx overlayer and evidence of barrier defects have been found, which may place constraints on the spectroscopic performance of such devices. Through the use of TEM it has also been possible to confirm the epitaxial nature of the Nb base electrode. The junction counter electrode however appears to be polycrystalline, with a columnar morphology and an average grain width of 40 nm. The overall structure of the various layers may well place constraints on the tunneling characteristics of the device.
Publication date: 15 Apr 1995
Response linearity of Nb tunnel junction detectors for photon energies from 1.5 to 6.4 keV
Recent experimental results show a linear energy response in high quality Nb-Al-AlO
-Nb superconducting tunnel junction detectors for photon energies between 1.5 and 6.4 keV. The experimental data are based on both direct x-ray illumination and on the escape and re-absorption of fluorescent photons created in the junction electrodes and in the silicon substrate. The observed linearity of the energy response raises questions on the validity of some theoretical models which describe the relaxation process occurring in a superconducting thin film after x-ray photoabsorption. Such models generally predict nonlinear effects due to large quasiparticle number densities and short recombination times.
Publication date: 15 Aug 1994
Optimization of superconducting tunnel junction based x-ray detectors
Current research into x-ray detection using superconducting tunnel junctions indicates that the poor spectral resolution obtained so far, in comparison with theoretical expectations, is partly due to the excellent acoustic coupling of the junction and substrate. The substrate acts both as a source of noise and as a heat sink for the nonequilibrium junction, thus masking the intrinsic response of the superconducting electrodes to photoexcitation. A new design for a superconducting tunnel junction based on an x-ray detector is presented. The design effectively decouples the substrate and junction and should therefore eliminate many causes of spectral degradation, bringing resolution closer to that predicted theoretically, and thus allowing experimental investigation of the intrinsic superconducting film response to x-ray photoexcitation. An outline of the way in which the design can be optimized geometrically to achieve the decoupling is given. Further optimization of the intrinsic film response to x-ray photons is achieved through the introduction of specific absorbing and trapping regions to improve both the quantum efficiency and charge output of the new design. The use of "pairing potential barriers" within the electrode leads will also improve the intrinsic resolution of this device.
Publication date: 01 Dec 1993
Highly collimated photon detection using strongly coupled superconducting tunnel junctions
Preliminary results on the X-ray performance of Nb-based superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) with a highly transmissive barrier are reported. The results show that the energy resolution of these detectors can be improved by collimating the X-ray photons onto the junction barrier area, thus reducing illumination of the surrounding substrate and leads. A charge output of about 50% of the theoretical maximum has been recorded for these STJs, with full width at half maximum resolution of about 200 eV at 6 keV. Several mechanisms which are believed to degrade the energy resolution are also discussed. X-ray events are also detected by other junctions on the same chip which are not illuminated. This may indicate the presence of a marked phonon transmission along the sapphire substrate which acts as a phonon waveguide analogous to the light transmission mechanism in fiber optics
Publication date: 15 Mar 1993
A cryogenic test insert with a high vacuum sample space
An insert based on a top-loading, fully welded stainless-steel design, with a special steel-copper weld is described. It has been developed explicitly for pumped helium cryostats, down to a temperature of about 1.2 K. The principal characteristics of this insert are a large high vacuum sample space, the absence of any cold seal, and the reliability and flexibility of use. Typical applications are optical/UV/x-ray photon counting experiments based on cryogenic detectors and the development of advanced heterodyne receivers using Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor junctions as mixers in the millimeter and submillimeter regimes.
Publication date: 15 Jan 1993
The detection of 6 keV X-rays with Nb junctions
Refractory metal Nb/Al/Al-oxide/Al/Nb junctions are shown to be sensitive to 6-keV X-rays over the temperature range from 2.8 to
. For such junctions, which have an observed minimum ionizing energy of 12 MeV, a limiting energy resolution of 8 eV is predicted. Currently an energy resolution of 250 eV is observed at 1.4 K which is primarily dominated by system electronic noise. The Nb-based junctions are shown to be very stable with respect to thermal cycling while the nonequilibrium physics can be simply scaled from the theory of Sn junctions. It is concluded that on-chip arrays having a broad band pass and good energy resolution should be feasible to construct.
Publication date: 15 Mar 1989
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