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Under the new health care law, those who like their current health plans will be able to keep it. "I have been as clear as I can be. Under the reform I've proposed, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you keep your health care plan. … and if you've got health insurance, we're not going to ask you to change it." (President Obama, Town Hall Meeting, Raleigh, NC, 7/29/09)
New draft regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimate that most employees with employer-based health insurance will see changes forced onto their plans in the next three years. (Federal Register, "Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Relating to Status as a Grandfathered Health Plan under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 6/17/2010)
"Over and over in the health care debate, President Barack Obama said people who like their current coverage would be able to keep it, but an early draft of an administration regulation estimates that many employers will be forced to make changes to their health plans under the new law. In just three years, a majority of workers—51 percent—will be in plans subject to new federal requirements, according to the draft." ("Health Overhaul to Force Changes in Employer Plans," AP, 6/11/10)
Many part-time and temporary workers could lose their employer-based health insurance.
"Part of the health care overhaul due to kick in this September could strip more than 1 million people of their insurance coverage, violating a key goal of President Barack Obama's reforms. Under the provision, insurance companies will no longer be able to apply broad annual caps on the amount of money they pay out on health policies. Employer groups say the ban could essentially wipe out a niche insurance market that many part-time workers and retail and restaurant employees have come to rely on." ("Health Law Could Ban Low-Cost Plans," Politico, 6/8/10)
According to experts at HHS, "enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans will be lower by about 50 percent," squeezing out nearly half of seniors who currently participate in the popular program. (CMS Report, "Estimated Financial Effects of the 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act' as Amended," 4/22/2010)
"The report projected that reductions in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans would trigger an exodus from the popular alternative. Enrollment would plummet by about 50 percent. Seniors leaving the private plans would still have health insurance under traditional Medicare, but many might face higher out-of-pocket costs." ("Report Says Health Care Will Cover More, Cost More," AP, 4/23/10)
The health care law will bring down overall health care costs. "The plan I'm announcing tonight … will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government."(President Obama, Remarks To Joint Session Of Congress, 9/9/09)
Experts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) conclude that national health care spending will increase by $311 billion in the next decade. ("Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Amended," CMS Report, 4/22/10)
"But the analysis also found that the law falls short of the President's twin goal of controlling runaway costs, raising projected spending by about 1 percent over 10 years. That increase could get bigger, since Medicare cuts in the law may be unrealistic and unsustainable, the report warned." ("Report Says Health Care Will Cover More, Cost More," AP, 4/23/10)
A CMS report found that the law's new fees and taxes on health services will, "generally be passed through to health consumers in the form of higher drug and device prices and higher insurance premiums" and will generally increase health costs. ("Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Amended," CMS Report, 4/22/10)
"We anticipate that these fees and the excise tax would generally be passed through to health consumers … with an associated increase in overall national health expenditures ranging from $2.1 billion to $18.2 billion in 2018." ("Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Amended," CMS Report, 4/22/10)
Young adults will see a 17 percent hike in their health insurance premiums. "Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans - a shift expected to raise insurance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect. Beginning in 2014, most Americans will be required to buy insurance or pay a tax penalty. That's when premiums for young adults seeking coverage on the individual market would likely climb by 17 percent on average … The higher costs will pinch many people in their 20s and early 30s who are struggling to start or advance their careers with the highest unemployment rate in 26 years." ("Health Premiums Could Rise 17 Percent For Young Adults," AP, 3/29/10)
There will be no tax increases to the middle class. "If You Make Under $250,000, You Will Not See Your Taxes Increased By A Single Dime. Not Your Income Tax. Not Your Payroll Tax. Not Your Capital Gains Tax. No Tax." ("White House Steadfast On Pledge Of No Middle-Class Tax Increase," CNN, 8/3/09)
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) predicts 14.7 million taxpayers who earn less than $200,000 a year will be affected by new taxes by the time the law is fully implemented. ("The Effects of Health Reform on the Federal Budget," Joint Committee on Taxation, 4/2010)
"Taxpayers earning less than $200,000 a year will pay roughly $3.9 billion more in taxes - in 2019 alone - because of healthcare reform," ("Healthcare Law Socks Middle Class With A $3.9 Billion Tax Increase," The Hill, 4/12/10)
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that nearly 4 million Americans will pay fines for not having health insurance by 2016. (CMS Report, "Estimated Financial Effects of the 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act' as Amended," 4/22/2010)
"Nearly 4 million Americans - the vast majority of them middle class - will have to pay the new penalty for not getting health insurance when President Obama's health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional estimates released Thursday. The penalties will average a little more than $1,000 apiece in 2016, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report. Most of the people paying the fine will be middle class." ("Nearly 4M To Pay Health Insurance Penalty By 2016," AP, 4/22/10)
Seniors will not see changes to their Medicare coverage. "Nobody is talking about trying to change Medicare benefits." (President Obama, remarks during AARP Townhall Teleconference, 7/28/09)
The Administration's own experts at HHS conclude the law's Medicare cuts could seriously jeopardize care to seniors. ("Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Amended," CMS Report, 4/22/10)
"The report projected that Medicare cuts could drive about 15 percent of hospitals and other institutional providers into the red, possibly jeopardizing access to care for seniors." ("Report Says Health Care Will Cover More, Cost More," AP, 4/23/10)
"Many insurance companies are planning to increase costs for a range of services for seniors next year, according to consultants who have helped prepare their bids. Dozens of Medicare Advantage providers plan to cut back vision, dental and prescription benefits. Some plans are eliminating free teeth cleanings and gym memberships, and raising fees for hearing aides, eye glasses and emergency-room visits." ("HHS Warns Medicare Insurers On Rates," The Wall Street Journal, 6/7/10)
The health care law will protect jobs and the economy. "We can build a health care system … creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, making take-home wages thousands of dollars higher, and growing our economy by tens of billions of dollars more every year." (President Obama, remarks at an American Medical Association Meeting, 6/15/2009)
The government-takeover of the student loan industry snuck into the law will cause thousands to lose their jobs. "Sallie Mae says a new law that cuts banks out of the federal student loan business is costing 2,500 workers their jobs. The nation's largest student lender has told 1,200 staffers in service centers in Killeen, Texas, and Panama City, Fla., they will lose their jobs by year-end." "Sallie Mae Job CUTS: 2,500 Jobs Slashed After New Student Loan Law," AP, 4/22/10
CMS Experts predict businesses will pay billions in " play-or-pay penalties; we estimate that the penalties would total $87 billion in 2014-2019." (CMS Report, "Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as Amended," 4/22/10)
The health care law's new taxes on medical device equipment will move American manufacturing jobs overseas. "A dire warning from Bay State medical-device companies that a new sales tax in the federal health-care law could force their plants - and thousands of jobs - out of the country has rattled Gov. Deval Patrick, a staunch backer of the law and pal President Obama. 'This bill is a jobs killer,' said Ernie Whiton, chief financial officer of Chelmsford's Zoll Medical Corp."("Beware The 'Jobs Killer'," Boston Herald, 3/25/10)
Tax credits in the health care law encourage small businesses to stay small, not hire. "A study by the National Center for Policy Analysis shows that tax credits in the new healthcare law could negatively impact small-business hiring decision. The new law provides a 50 percent tax credit to companies offering health coverage that have fewer than 10 workers who, on average, earn $25,000 a year. The tax credit is reduced as more employees are added to the payroll. The NCPA study finds the reduction in tax relief to be a cost concern for companies looking to hire additional workers, but operate on slim profit margin yet still provide employee health coverage" ("Report: Healthcare law tax credits encourage small businesses to stay small, not hire," The Hill, 5/23/10


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"We are very pleased with these outstanding financial results," said magicJack VocalTec President and CEO Gerald Vento. "For the year, we grew total revenue by 43% and had $43.6 million in operating income and $55.9 million in net income. We generated $65.0 million in free cash flow for the year, used $54.3 million of cash to repurchase 3.0 million shares. We ended the year with $38.3 million in cash and marketable securities and no debt."Vento added, "We have a terrific business with recurring revenue, a strong balance sheet and a robust pipeline of products under development. We are excited about our 2013 product roadmap which we expect will further differentiate the company in the marketplace. We are very pleased to be launching the new Magic Jack Plus with many expanded features. We are also very excited about the adoption rate of our MagicJack APP which has experienced over 8 million activations since its launch in 2011. Looking forward, we believe that the combination of our technology advantage, continued product innovation, efficient cost structure and strong balance sheet and free cash flow generation, position us well to continue to gain market share."
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6 Qualities of Successful Social Entrepreneurs
6 Qualities of Successful Social Entrepreneurs
In How to Change the World, a book that the New York Times calls "A bible in the field," David Bornstein explains six qualities of successful social entrepreneurs, as discovered through years of research and hundreds of case studies. These include the following:
• Willingness to Self-Correct
• Willingness to Share Credit
• Willingness to Break Free of Established Structures
• Willingness to Cross Disciplinary Boundaries
• Willingness to Work Quietly
• Strong Ethical Impetus
Willingness to Self-Correct
"It is inherently difficult to reverse a train once it has left the station. It takes a combination of hard-headedness, humility, and courage to stop and say, 'This isn't working' or 'Our assumptions were wrong,' particularly when your funding is contingent on carrying out a preauthorized plan. However, the entrepreneur's inclination to self-correct stems from the attachment to a goal rather than to a particular approach or plan."
Willingness to Share Credit
"For entrepreneurs, a willingnes to share credit lies along the 'critical path' to success, simply because the more credit they share, the more people typically will want to help them. But this quality, like willingness to self-correct, also grows out of motivation. If an entrepreneur's true intention is simply to make a change happen, then sharing creddit will come naturally. However, if the true intention is to be recognized has having made a change happen, sharing credit may run against the grain."
Willingness to Break Free of Established Structures
"Social entrepreneurs can cause change by redirecting existing organizations. Most of the time, however, the citizen sector is where social entrepreneurs find the greatest latitude to test and market new ideas. To be sure, there is considerable freedom in the business sector. But businesses are limited to marketing products and services for which it is possible to capture profits within a relatively short period of time. Many organizations that produce great value for society do not generate profits or take longer to break even than investors are willing to wait."
Willingness to Cross Disciplinary Boundaries
"Independence from established structures not only helps social entrepreneurs wrest free of prevailing assumptions, it gives them latitude to combine resources in new ways. Indeed, one of the primary functions of the social entrepreneur is to serve as a kind of social alchemist: to create new social compounds; to gather together people's ideas, experiences, skilles, and resources in configurations that society is not naturally aligned to produce.
"Faced with whole problems, social entrepreneurs redialy cross disciplinary boundaries, pulling together people from different spheres, with different kinds of experience and expertise, who can, together, build workable solutions that are qualitatively new."
Willingness to Work Quietly
"Many social entrepreneurs spend decades steadily advancing their ideas, influencing people in small groups or one on one, and it is often exceedingly difficult to understand or measure their impact. Often they become recognized only after years working in relative obscurity…
"A person must have very pure motivation to push an idea so steadily for so long with so little fanfare. In his Memoirs Jean Monnet, the architect of European unification, observes that 'one cannot concentrate on an objective and on oneself at the same time.' To Monnet, people of ambition fell into two groups: those who wanted to 'do something' and those who wanted to 'be someone.'
"'The main concern of many very remarkable people is to cut a figure and play a role,' he noted. 'They are useful to society, where images are very important and the affirmation of character is essential to the administration of affairs. But, in general, it is the other kind of people who get things moving — those who spend their time looking for places and opportunities to influence the course of events. The places are not always the most obvious ones, nor do the opportunities occur when people expect them. Anyone who wants to find them has to forsake the limelight.'"
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"One day I sent Fabio Rosa an email. 'Why do you work on the kind of project you do?' I asked. 'Why don't you just want to make a lot of money?' I waited a month for his reply.
"'I am trying to build a little part of the world,' responded Rosa, 'in which I would like to live. A project only makes sense to me when it proves useful to make people happier and the environment more respected, and when it represents a hope for a better future. This is the soul of my projects.
"'Looking back, many times I have asked myself exactly the same question — since there are easier things to do. But this has been the only way I feel happy.
"'Working on the kind of projects I do means to dream with a new world in mind. My projects always renew my faith in an harmonic way of living, without misery. With our intelligence, knowledge and culture, it is not necessary to destroy the environment to build. When people work together they are powerful; there is friendship. In the end, there is peace, harmony, tranquillity, optimism.
"'If there is a deeply human motivation in all of this, it is that my projects are related to practical, doable work. We need to actuate and cause change. Even if the inspiration is romantic, it desires material results, a re-colored reality.
"'About money — I need money. Money is very important to accomplish my projects. But money only matters if it helps to solve people's problems and to create the world I described above. My projects help people around me to acquire wealth and in some ways this comes back to me.
"'Creating projects, implementing them and succeeding, witnessing one's dreams come true, is happiness. Money just makes it easier. For all these reasons, I work the way I do. I am a slave to my dreams, thoughts, and ideas. That is all.'"
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The General Assembly police arrested crowds of people at last years Moral Monday demonstrations but didnt gather evidence that all of those individuals broke the law.
Confusing? Maybe. But this much was clarified in Wake County District Court Tuesday: People cant be convicted for being part of a crowd. Charges must be proven against each one.
Five protesters on trial Tuesday were acquitted because the prosecutions witness, General Assembly police Chief Jeff Weaver, could only recall generalities about the demonstration last May 20. He could not give specific testimony about the actions of the five defendants.
Wednesday, the Wake County District Attorneys Office dismissed charges against the 52 other people arrested May 20.
This has been bungled from the start. Demonstrators who gathered in the second-floor lobby of the Legislative Building on Monday evenings last year never should have been arrested. They were expressing their disapproval of Republican policies but did not impede legislators from going about their business.
Instead, over the course of the General Assembly session, 945 people were taken into custody and charged with trespassing, failing to disperse and violating building rules.
Outcomes have been mixed: 26 people were convicted on some or all of the charges against them; 31 were acquitted; a few dozen agreed to perform community service and pay court costs in exchange for having the charges dropped. Most cases have yet to be called.
Its time to call them off. The judge whos handled most of the cases has found some of the building rules vague and others such as prohibiting signs unconstitutional. But she has found some defendants guilty where Weaver could provide testimony about individual actions. One of those convicted was the Rev. William Barber II, president of the state chapter of the NAACP and the leader of the Moral Monday movement.
All convictions are being appealed, as they should be. Citizens have a right to assemble peaceably as long as they dont interfere with business.
In the meantime, the next legislative session is in May. It might bring more protests. General Assembly police should first adopt sensible building rules that respect constitutional rights, and they must come up with protocols for handling potential demonstrations without making mass, unnecessary arrests.
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 30 January, 2012 – Beng Chin Ooi, professor of computer science and dean of the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore, has been named winner of the IEEE Computer Society's 2012 Tsutomu Kanai Award.
Beng Chin, director of NUS's Interactive Digital Media Institute and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering editor in chief, was recognized "for pioneering research in distributed database management and peer-to-peer-based enterprise quality management."
The award recognizes major contributions to state-of-the art distributed computing systems and their applications. It consists of a crystal model, certificate, and $10,000 honorarium. The seminal nature of the achievements, their practical impact, breadth and depth, and the quality of the nomination are all considered.
The Kanai Award was established in 1997 by a generous endowment from Hitachi Ltd., and named in honor of Tsutomu Kanai, who served as Hitachi's president for 30 years.
Beng Chin will receive his award at the Computer Society's 2011 awards ceremony in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday, 13 June.
Beng Chin's research interests include database system architectures, performance issues, indexing techniques and query processing, in the context of multimedia, spatio-temporal, distributed, parallel, P2P, and cloud-based database systems and applications.
He has served as program chair for numerous international conferences such as the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), VLDB, WWW, and the Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD).
Beng Chin was an editor of VLDB Journal and co-chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Jim Gray Best Thesis Award committee. Besides being editor in chief of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), he serves as an editor of Distributed and Parallel Databases Journal, is an advisory board member of SIGMOD, and a trustee board member and executive of the VLDB Endowment.
He is the recipient of the ACM SIGMOD 2009 Contributions award, co-winner of the 2011 Singapore President's Science Award, and an ACM and IEEE Fellow. To find out more about the award or view previous recipients, visit http://www.computer.org/awards.
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In India , we can get to see a lot of historical places.These historical places are of much educational and historical value.It is therefore very important for students to visit atleast a few of them.
Delhi , the capital of India is a place of great historical value.Within Delhi, there are several such places to visit, like the Qutab Minar,Red Fort, Humayun's Tomb etc.Last Sunday , the principal of our school arranged a trip for the senior students to visit the Red Fort.Most of the students had already visited the place, but such was its attraction that they wanted to visit it again.
The Red Fort is a 17th century fort complex constructed by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the walled city of Old Delhi. It served as the capital of the Mughals until 1857, when Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled by the British Indian government. The British used it as a military camp until India was made independent in 1947. It is now a popular tourist site, as well as a powerful symbol of India's sovereignty: the Prime Minister of India raises the flag of India on the ramparts of the Lahori Gate of the fort complex every year on Independence Day. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007
We reached the school at 8a.m in the morning.By 8.30 we set out from school in our school bus, and reached the Red Fort by 9a.m. At first sight itself, we were bowled over by this majestic structure.
The walls of the fort are smoothly dressed, articulated by heavy string-courses along the upper section. They open at two major gates, the Delhi and the Lahore gates. The Lahore Gate is the main entrance; it leads to a long covered bazaar street, the Chatta Chowk, whose walls are lined with stalls for shops.he southern end of this street is the Delhi Gate.
Ther are many important buildings and sructures within the red fort premises.Beyond the Delhi gate is another, larger open space, which originally served as the courtyard of the Diwan-i-Aam, the large pavilion for public imperial audiences with an ornate throne-balcony (jharokha) for the emperor. The columns were painted in gold and there was a gold and silver railing separating the throne from the public.
The pavilions are connected by a continuous water channel, known as the Nahr-i-Behisht, or the "Stream of Paradise", that runs through the centre of each pavilion. The water is drawn from the river Yamuna, from a tower, the Shah Burj, at the north-eastern corner of the fort.
Then we went to the 'Diwan-e-Khas',the hall of private audience where only select persons could meet the king.
Finally we went to the War Memorial museum where weapons used in the First World War are exhibited.
By noon , we had completed the tour of Red Fort and started our return journey back to school. It was really an unforgettable experience, which apart from being intellectuaaly rewarding , gave us a glimpse of our countries proud history.
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Acoustic Microscopy
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What is Acoustic Microscopy?
Acoustic Microscopy is a nondestructive method used to detect and localize surface and subsurface flaws and cavities. Acoustic Microscopy has been used for several decades to inspect large metal structures, such as long steel shafts and rotor forgings. During the last decade, acoustic imaging has successfully located areas of poor die attachment and subsurface anomalies during IC analysis .
The scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) was first developed by Lemmons and Quate in the early 1970's. It was originally developed for biomedical imaging purposes and specifically improved imaging contrast in tissue samples. Contrast in the SAM is determined by the large variation in elastic properties in these samples compared to a relatively small variation in dielectric properties, which determine optical contrast. Tissue samples normally require complicated chemical staining for optical microscopy. In years following its discovery, the frequency of the SAM was continuously increased until the lateral resolution was comparable to that of optical microscopes.
Acoustic Microscopy works best as an FA tool for localizing delaminations and/or cracks in plastic packaged ICs. Delaminations and cracks usually result from mismatched coefficients of thermal expansion in the packaging materials. Figure 1 shows the thermal coefficients of expansion for various materials in an IC package and where delaminations and cracks may result.
Figure 1 - Thermal coefficient of expansion mismatches in plastic packages.
Theory of Acoustic Microscopy
Acoustic imaging uses the interactions between high frequency beams of transverse sound waves (1-50 MHz) and the test sample to localize areas of different acoustic impedance. Sound waves are reflected at interfaces of different acoustic impedance and attenuated as they travel through the sample material. Almost complete reflection occurs at interfaces where the difference in the acoustic impedance is large, such as the interface between metal and air. No reflection occurs at interfaces where the acoustic impedance does not change. By analyzing the transmitted or reflected sound beam, subsurface flaws may be localized.
Three modes are used to display pulse echo information. In the A mode, the transducer is not x-y scanned, and the acoustic information is generated from a spot. In the B mode, the transducer is scanned along a line. A 2-dimensional image is generated in which one axis is the x-position of the transducer and the other axis is the time of flight for reflected pulses. The amplitude of the reflected pulse is mapped as intensity on the time of flight axis. Images created in the B-mode resemble cross-sections of samples. In the C-mode, the transducer is moved in a raster fashion. A 2-dimensional image is generated in which the x-y position in the image corresponds to an x-y position of the transducer. The intensity of a given x-y position on the image is proportional to the amplitude of the reflected signal at a given time of flight. Using this time window, a C-mode image can be generated to the extent of the flaw at a particular depth in the sample.
Acoustic Imaging, as used for microelectronic failure analysis, comprises three techniques that utilize ultrasonic imaging technology. The three acoustic microscopy technologies are the Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope (SLAM), the Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM), and the C-Mode Scanning Acoustic Microscope (C-SAM). All three techniques are nondestructive.
The Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope (SLAM) is a transmission microscope system that uses a transducer to generate an ultrasonic wave and a laser beam to detect the transmitted waves. Because ultrasonic waves attenuate rapidly in air, a liquid medium such as water or Flourinert™ is used to provide better acoustic transmission characteristics. As the acoustic waves propagate through the sample, voids and dissimilar interfaces will reduce the transmission of the acoustic waves. The laser detector on the back side of the sample then detects the waves as they hit the interface between the coverslip and the fluid couplant. Voids, dissimilar interfaces and other defects that alter the transmission properties of the acoustic waves can then be detected as regions of poor acoustic transmission. This signal can be turned into a map by scanning the laser detector.
The Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM) is a surface measurement system that looks at the reflected image from the surface of the sample. At very high acoustic frequencies, one can obtain an image of the surface to be examined similar to that of an optical image. This technique can also yield information about the elastic properties of the material. A complete image can be produced in approximately 10 seconds. This technique is not widely used for IC failure analysis.
The C-Mode Scanning Acoustic Microscope (C-SAM) is an instrument that examines reflected waves from interfaces external and internal to the sample. The transducer acts as both the sender and receiver (see Figure 2). A very short acoustic pulse enters the sample and return echoes are produced at specific interfaces within the part (see Figure 3). The return times are a function of the distance from the interface from the interface to the transducer. This can be seen in Figure 4, where an echo from the initial interface shows up as a signal after about 0.5 microseconds, and the echo from an internal delamination shows up as a signal about 1 microsecond later.
Figure 2 - C-mode inspection of an IC package.
Figure 3 - Pressure wave reflection and transmission at bonded interface and at a delamination.
Figure 4 - Typical acoustic echo signals (15 MHz) from good adhesion (red) and delaminated area (blue) on a 68 pin PLCC (after Moore).
An electronic gate can be set to examine a specific period of time corresponding to echoes from a particular interface. In the C-Mode of operation, the transducer can produce a map of the interface. This data contains information as to the quality of the interface within the package. This mode is most useful for examining delaminations, voids, and cracks, as well as die attach quality, in packaged ICs.
The lateral resolution (d) of a spherically focused probe for sub-surface inspection can be estimated by the following equation:
Here, l is the acoustic wavelength, F is the focal length, and D is the diameter of the lens. Typically, the effective F/D ranges from 1 to 1.6 for plastic package inspection. At a center frequency of 20 MHz, the wavelength is approximately 170 ?m, and the calculated resolution is 270 ?m. This is an ideal resolution that does not account for attenuation. The observed resolution is roughly 400 ?m at a depth of 1.6 ?m (or 3.2 ?m round trip) in a standard PLCC package. Mold compound attenuation varies considerably from one formulation to the next and this dramatically affects the lateral resolution. Both the penetration and resolution are noticeably degraded by temperature shock damage to the molding compound.
The acoustic attenuation in mold compound has been reported to be 40 dB/cm at 15 MHz and increases rapidly with increasing frequency. The package preferentially attenuates the higher frequencies. As a result, acoustic inspections of standard PLCC packages are limited to roughly 20 MHz. However, thin plastic packages (mm) are often inspected at frequencies up to 90 MHz.
Attenuation also affects the depth resolution, especially in plastic package inspection. The decay period for a broad-band echo pulse is roughly 1.5l, which creates a "dead zone" after each reflection. In the "dead zone," later reflections cannot be temporarily resolved without the use of frequency domain analysis methods. This dead zone becomes thinner as the center frequency is increased.
In ceramic packages, the attenuation is much less (<.05 dB/cm), but the speed of sound is almost three times greater than that of mold compound. Hence, one wavelength at 50 MHz is Al2O3 is 200 mm and roughly equivalent to one wavelength in mold compound at 20 MHz. A lateral resolution approaching one wavelength is observed at a center frequency of 50 MHz and a depth of 1.6 mm in Al2O3.
The sensitivity of reflection acoustic imaging is superior to the lateral resolution of the technique. For example, 25 mm (1 mil) bond wires are often seen in 20 MHz C-SAM at 1.6 mm in plastic package inspections with an acoustic wavelength of 170 mm. A weakly reflecting object with lateral dimensions much larger than a wavelength that is easily detected in reflection may produce only a negligibly small contrast effect in transmission. However, the apparent size of a small, non-specular reflector in the image will be determined by the lateral resolution available.
The sensitivity of reflection mode acoustic imaging to thin cracks with lateral dimensions much larger than a wavelength is an important aspect of C-SAM inspection. Sound is a matter wave and depends on molecular vibration for propagation. Theory predicts that crack openings should be detectable if they are greater than the particle displacement amplitude produced by the interrogating sound wave. Experiments with steels, for example, indicate that air-filled cracks on the order of 10nm are detectable.
Other than acoustic impedance, the major variable of acoustic analysis is frequency. At higher frequencies, sensitivity in detecting small cavities is increased. Unfortunately, the maximum depth of useful information is reduced at higher frequencies. Normally, a compromise is needed to optimize sensitivity and sound beam penetration. For silicon IC examinations, frequencies of 30 to 50 MHz are used. This yields a maximum theoretical sensitivity of 20 microns; therefore, the depth of cavities and flaws cannot be located more accurately than 20 microns. The x-y resolution of acoustic microscopy depends upon a number of variables, including frequency, sample absorption, scattering, and the x-y scanning step size of the transducer.
Figure 5 shows a table of acoustic parameters for differing types of packaging materials.
Figure 5 - Acoustic Parameters
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Figure 6 shows the acoustic reflectivity versus impedance for both ceramic and acoustic packages
Figure 6 - Acoustic reflectivity vs. impedance of the second layer for plastic packages and ceramic packages
Why Perform Acoustic Microscopy?
Acoustic Microscopy is a non-destructive test for locating delaminations, voids, and cracks in packaged ICs and examining die attach. Acoustic Microscopy can yield this information without the need for delidding the IC. Acoustic Imaging can also image voids and delaminations more easily than x-ray imaging can.
How is Acoustic Microscopy Performed?
Acoustic Microscopy is performed using an ultrasonic piezoelectric transducer. The transducer sends out signals and the reflected signal is sensed with the piezoelectric material. Several manufacturers make commercial instruments for acoustic imaging of integrated circuits. The two biggest manufacturers of acoustic imaging equipment for integrated circuits are Sonoscan and Sonix. Both companies offer turn-key systems with easy-to-use software interfaces.
When is Acoustic Microscopy Performed?
Acoustic Microscopy is normally performed before delidding the IC; however, if you need better spatial resolution while examining for voids or delaminations in the die attach, you can remove the lid to examine the IC.
Figure 1 - Graph showing a C-mode time window with a good IC and a delaminated IC (the delaminated IC signal is dashed).
Figure 2 - Photograph showing delaminations at each of the corners on a PLCC package.
Figure 3 - Photograph showing extensive delamination in the lead frame on a PLCC package.
Figure 4 - Photograph showing a difference in delaminations between two PLCC packages.
Figure 5 - Photograph showing good adhesion (on the left) and bad adhesion (on the right) for a TO-220 package before and after thermal cycling.
Figure 6 - Screen shot of C-mode scanning acoustic microscope. (Figure courtesy Sonix Corp.)
Figure 7 - Screen shot of C-mode scanning acoustic microscope. (Figure courtesy Sonix Corp.)
Figure 8 - Screen shot of C-mode scanning acoustic microscope. (Figure courtesy Sonix Corp.)
Figure 9 - Screen shot of C-mode scanning acoustic microscope. (Figure courtesy Sonix Corp.)
Figure 10 - Screen shot of C-mode scanning acoustic microscope. (Figure courtesy Sonix Corp.)
References on Acoustic Microscopy
- R. A. Lemmons and C. F. Quate, Applied Physics Letters., Vol. 25, 1974, pp. 251-253.
- R. A. Lemmons and C. F. Quate, Proc. 1973 IEEE Ultrasonic Symposium, 1973, pp. 18-21.
- L. W. Kessler, Proc. IEEE, Vol. 67, 1979, pp. 526-536.
- L. A. Kinsler, et al., Fundamentals of Acoustics, John Wiley and Sons, 1982, p. 125
- Ultrasonic Testing, J. Szilard ed., John Wiley and Sons, 1982, pp. 1-23.
- A. J. Miller, Journal of Acoustic Imaging, Vol. 12., 1982, pp. 67-78
- J. A. Michael and W. W. Fultz, "Non-Destructive Evaluation by Acoustic Microscopy as Applied to the Failure Analysis of Microelectronics," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1985, pp. 181-186.
- N. J. Burton and D. M. Thacker, "Practical Applications of Acoustic Microscopy in Failure Analysis," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1985, pp. 187-192.
- S. Okikawa et al., "Stress Analysis for Passivation and Interlevel Insulation Film Cracks in Multilayer Aluminum Structures for Plastic-Packaged LSI," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1987, pp. 75-81
- K. Sharai, K. Kobayashi, T. Noguchi and T. Goka, "Non-Destructive Inspection of Voids in Silver Hard Solder Layer of Power Transistor," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1988, pp. 47-52.
- M. J. Mirasole, "Characterization of Die Attach Integrity Using Destructive and Nondestructive Techniques," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1988, pp. 77-88.
- J. E. Semmens and L. W. Kessler, "Nondestructive Evaluation of Thermally Shocked Plastic Integrated Circuit Packages Using Acoustic Microscopy," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1988, pp. 211-215.
- T. M. Moore, "Identification of Package Defects in Plastic-Packaged Surface-Mount ICs by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1989, pp. 61-67.
- A. van der Wijk and K. van Doorselaer, "Non-Destructive Failure Analysis of ICs Using Scanning Acoustic Tomography (SCAT) and High-Resolution X-ray Microscopy (HRXM)," Proc. Int Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1989, pp. 69-74.
- T. M. Moore, R. McKenna, S. J. Kelsall, "The Application of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy to Control Moisture/Thermal-Induced Package Defects," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1990, pp. 251-258.
- L. W. Kessler and S. R. Martell, "Acoustic Microscopy Technology (AMT) Analysis of Advanced Materials for Internal Defects and Discontinuities," Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1990, pp. 491-504.
- T. M. Moore, R. McKenna, S. J. Kelsall, "Correlation of Surface Mount Plastic Package Reliability Testing to Nondestructive Inspection by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy," Proc. Int. Reliability Physics Symp., 1991, pp. 160-166.
- T. M. Moore, "Reliable Delamination Detection by Polarity Analysis of Reflected Acoustic Pulses, Proc. Int. Symp. Testing and Failure Analysis, 1991, pp. 49-54.
- T. M. Moore, "Inspecting IC Packages with C-Mode Acoustic Microscopy," Microelectronic Failure Analysis Desk Reference, 3rd Edition, T. W. Lee. and S. V. Pabbisetty eds., 1993, pp. 41-50.


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MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER: 1. Plaintiff Bleid's Motion for Leave to Amend Plaintiffs Complaint 14 is DENIED; 2. Defendant NCAA's Motion to Dismiss all counts in Complaint 9 is GRANTED. Signed by Judge Karen K. Caldwell on 9/26/2013.(STC)cc: COR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION AT LEXINGTON BLEID SPORTS, LLC, Plaintiff v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:12-374-KKC MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court upon two motions: the motion to dismiss filed by Defendant National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA") (DE 9) and the motion to amend filed by Plaintiff Bleid Sports, LLC ("Bleid") (DE 14). Having considered the motions and relevant law, the Court will deny Bleid's motion to amend and will grant NCAA's motion to dismiss. I. Background Bleid filed the initial complaint in this matter on December 13, 2012. Bleid was an LLC in the business of promoting and organizing high school and middle school basketball tournaments. The NCAA is an unincorporated, voluntary association that adopts rules that govern the athletic programs of its many university members. The relevant bylaw in this case is bylaw 22.214.171.124, which states: An institution . . . shall not host, sponsor or conduct a nonscholastic basketball practice or competition in which men's basketball prospective student-athletes . . . participate on its campus or at an off-campus facility regularly used by the institution for practice and/or competition by any of the institution's sport programs. (DE 1, Complaint). Bleid alleges in its complaint that the first Bleid tournament of the 2011-2012 season was "Rumble at Rupp," scheduled for November 25, 2011 at Rupp Arena. Bleid also alleges that it had contacted the NCAA in advance of Rumble at Rupp to ensure that the tournament would comply with the bylaw. Bleid asserts that a Rupp Arena representative also contacted NCAA to ensure that the event complied with the NCAA rules. On both occasions, Bleid alleges the NCAA assured all parties that the event was in compliance. On November 23, 2011, the University of Kentucky filed a Legislative Relief Waiver with the NCAA to again ensure compliance with the NCAA rules, but the NCAA denied the University's request. Rupp Arena officials then refused to hold the event. Bleid relocated the event to a local high school, but alleges it suffered lost sales and registration fees because of the move. (DE 1, Complaint). Bleid made several state law claims against the sole defendant, the NCAA, in its complaint. Counts one, two, three, and four are Kentucky state law claims of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, tortious interference with contractual relationships, and tortious interference with prospective business relationships, respectively. In count five, Bleid alleges that "[t]he NCAA's unreasonable and arbitrary interpretation of bylaw 126.96.36.199 with respect to Bleid Sports has limited competition in this market," in violation of the Sherman Act 15 U.S.C. § 1. (DE 1, Complaint). On January 22, 2013, the NCAA filed a motion to dismiss on all counts of the complaint. (DE 9). In its motion, the NCAA argues that Bleid's state law claims fail as a matter of law because the NCAA is a voluntary unincorporated association and lacks capacity to be sued under 2 Kentucky law, and that the federal antitrust claim fails as a matter of law because the NCAA recruiting rule is not commercial. (DE 9). In response to the NCAA's motion, Bleid seeks to amend its complaint (DE 14). Because Bleid's proposed amended complaint largely incorporates the same facts and allegations in its original complaint and because its proposed addition of Murray State University ("MSU") as a representative defendant would be futile, the Court will deny the motion to amend and grant the motion to dismiss. II. Motion for Leave to Amend Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) provides that a party may amend its pleadings with the court's leave, which "[t]he court should freely give . . . when justice so requires." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). A court, however, need not grant leave to amend under Rule 15 if the amendment would be futile. Miller v. Calhoun Cnty., 408 F.3d 803, 817 (6th Cir. 2005); see also Riverview Health Inst. LLC v. Med. Mut. of Ohio, 601 F.3d 505, 519 (6th Cir. 2010) (citing Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962)). "Amendment of a complaint is futile when the proposed amendment would not permit the complaint to survive a motion to dismiss." Miller, 408 F.3d at 807 (citing Neighborhood Dev. Corp. v. Advisory Council on Historic Pres., 632 F.2d 21, 23 (6th Cir. 1980)). Bleid's tendered amended complaint largely incorporates the allegations of the original complaint, but adds MSU as a party to cure its amended defects as to its state law claims. (DE 14, Proposed Amended Complaint, Memorandum). In the original complaint, the NCAA was the only named defendant. (DE 1, Complaint). Under Kentucky law, an unincorporated voluntary association like the NCAA is an aggregate of its members, and therefore lacks the capacity to be sued in its own name. Future Fed. Sav. and Loan Ass'n v. Daunhauer, 687 3 S.W.2d 871, 873 (Ky. Ct. App. 1985); Bus. Realty, Inc. v. Noah's Dove Lodge No. 20, 375 S.W.2d 389, 390) ("They [voluntary associations] are not legal entities and in Kentucky they cannot properly sue or be sued as such.") (DE 14, Memorandum at 2). Thus, Bleid seeks to add MSU, a member of the NCAA, as a defendant. (DE 14, Memorandum). MSU is a public university and is immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment. Therefore, allowing Bleid to add MSU as a party would be futile. The Eleventh Amendment states: The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state. U.S. CONST. amend. XI. "The Supreme Court has held that the Eleventh Amendment prohibits federal courts form entertaining suits by private parties against the states." Stigall v. Univ. of Kentucky Hosp., 2009 WL 3739385, at *2 (E.D. Ky. Nov. 6, 2009) (citing Kentucky v. Graham, 473 U.S. 159, 167 n. 14 (1985)). The Eleventh Amendment's grant of immunity "is far-reaching and bars all suits, whether for injunctive, declaratory or monetary relief, against the state and its departments, by citizens of another state, foreigners, or its own citizens." Lanier v. Kentucky Com'n on Human Rights, 2007 WL 2407274, at *2 (W.D. Ky. Aug. 20, 2007). Bleid contends that it has no intention to treat MSU as a "party" for purposes of this case. (DE 21). It is of no relevance, however, that Bleid calls MSU a "representative defendant." The Eleventh Amendment is concerned not just with the state's purse, but also with the idea of subjecting a sovereign state to the "'coercive process of judicial tribunals at the instance of private parties.'" Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Auth. v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., 506 U.S. 139, 146 (1993) (internal citations omitted); see also Jackson v. Murray States Univ., 834 F. Supp. 2d 609, 613 (W.D. Ky. 2011) (rejecting the argument that the Eleventh Amendment does not apply 4 in a suit against MSU because MSU would not suffer financially since it carries insurance). Further, Bleid states no legal reason why a successful suit against MSU and the NCAA would not entitle Bleid to monetary relief from both MSU and the NCAA. Kentucky public universities are state agencies and are protected under the Eleventh Amendment. Jackson, 834 F. Supp. at 613; see Hustell v. Sayre, 5 F.3d 996, 999 (6th Cir. 1993) (holding that the University of Kentucky is an "arm of the state under state law. . . ."). Thus, MSU is entitled to sovereign immunity as a public university. Jackson, 834 F. Supp. 2d, at 613. An individual may successfully sue a state for monetary relief under two circumstances. College Sav. Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Educ. Expense Bd., 527 U.S. 666, 670 (1999). First, Congress may authorize suit under its power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment, and second, a state may waive its sovereign immunity by consenting to suit. Id. Bleid has provided no indication that either exception applies. Bleid argues that this Court should allow it to add MSU as a party and then allow MSU to assert its own sovereign immunity defense if MSU chooses to do so. (DE 21). Essentially, Bleid argues that MSU might choose to waive its defense of sovereign immunity. (DE 21). Some courts have indicated that a failure to raise a sovereign immunity defense waives that defense. See, eg., Akers v. Cnty, 498 Fed. Appx. 483, 490 (6th Cir. 2012). However, even assuming that sovereign immunity can be waived by defending a case on the merits, this contention fails under the circumstances of this case for a number of reasons. First, Bleid's argument assumes MSU would choose not to raise a valid defense. Second, it degrades the Kentucky State Constitution, since the only claims that Bleid would assert against MSU would be state law claims. The Kentucky Constitution provides that immunity cannot be waived, except by legislative action. Ky. Const. § 231; Commonwealth, 5 Dept. of Highways v. Davidson, 383 S.W.2d 346, 348 (Ky. 1964); Dept. of Corr. v. Furr, 23 S.W.3d 615, 616 (Ky. 2000). In fact, under Kentucky law, sovereign immunity can even be raised for the first time on appeal, because waiver can only occur through legislative action. Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. Dev. v. Commonwealth Sec., Inc., 2013 WL 3237480 at *3 (Ky. Ct. App. June 28, 2013) (internal citations omitted). "Certainly the constitutional mandate would be of small stature if its precepts could be waived by any state officer or agent other than the general assembly." Commonwealth Sec., Inc., 383 S.W.2d at 348. Because Bleid's claims against MSU would be state law claims, MSU would be unable to waive its sovereign immunity without legislative action, and Bleid has not pointed to any Kentucky Statute that would waive MSU's immunity. Finally, Bleid also contends that the NCAA has no standing to assert a sovereign immunity defense on behalf of MSU. (DE 21). This Court need not address that concern, because even if Bleid is correct, the Sixth Circuit has held that federal courts may, sua sponte, raise the issue of sovereign immunity because "'it implicates important questions of federal-court jurisdiction and federal-state comity.'" Cady v. Arenac Co., 574 F.3d 334, 344 (6th Cir. 2009). Thus, the Court rejects the addition of MSU as a party not because the NCAA asserts the sovereign immunity defense on MSU's behalf, but because it would be futile to allow Bleid to add an obviously immune party. While adding MSU as a party is the most notable proposed amendment in Bleid's motion for leave to amend, all of Bleid's proposed amendments are futile in that they would not allow Bleid to survive a motion to dismiss. (DE 14); Miller, 408 F.3d at 807. Few additional facts were alleged in the proposed amended complaint. (DE 14). Because MSU would be immune from suit and because Bleid's state law claims cannot go forward against the NCAA under 6 Kentucky state law, this Court denies Bleid's motion for leave to amend as to both issues. Finally, for reasons discussed below, this Court denies Bleid's motion for leave to amend to clarify the geographic scope of the market in its antitrust claim, because the few additional facts it alleges in the proposed amended complaint would not alter the Court's ruling on the motion to dismiss. III. Motion to Dismiss To survive a motion to dismiss, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). The Court "must construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and accept all allegations as true." Keys v. Humana, Inc., 684 F.3d 605, 608 (6th Cir. 2012). "The purpose of Rule 12(b)(6) is to allow a defendant to test whether, as a matter of law, the plaintiff is entitled to legal relief even if everything alleged in the complaint is true." Mayer v. Mylod, 988 F.2d 635, 638 (6th Cir. 1993). In the instant case, even accepting all of the factual allegations as true, Bleid has failed to state a legal claim upon which relief can be granted. A. Kentucky State Law Claims In its complaint, Bleid asserts four Kentucky state law claims against the NCAA: fraud, negligent misrepresentation, tortious interference with contractual relationships, and tortious interference with prospective business relationships. Under Kentucky law, "an unincorporated association cannot be sued solely in its own name." Am. Collectors Exch., Inc. v. Kentucky State Democratic Cent. Exec. Comm., 566 S.W.2d 759, 761 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978) (holding that a motion to dismiss was appropriate since the defendant was an unincorporated association); Bus. Realty, Inc., 375 S.W.2d at 390. Bleid does not deny that the NCAA is not a legal entity capable 7 of being sued under Kentucky law, but instead attempts to add MSU as a representative defendant (DE 14, Memorandum, "Because the NCAA is an unincorporated association that is not otherwise subject to suit under Kentucky law, it is necessary to add Murray State University as a representative defendant."). Because this Court has determined that adding MSU as a party would be futile, and because the NCAA cannot be sued under Kentucky law, Bleid's state law claims fail as a matter of law. Thus, the NCAA's motion to dismiss is granted as to the first four counts of the complaint. B. Federal Antitrust Claim Finally, in count five of the complaint, Bleid alleges that the NCAA has violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 by arbitrarily interpreting bylaw 184.108.40.206. (DE 1, Complaint). This claim also fails as a matter of law. To state a claim under the Sherman Act, the rule at issue must be commercial in nature. Bassett v. Kentucky Athletic Ass'n., 528 F.3d 426, 433 (6th Cir. 2008). The Sixth Circuit has held, "[s]imilar to the eligibility rules in Smith, NCAA rules on recruiting student athletes, specifically those rules prohibiting improper inducements and academic fraud, are all explicitly non-commercial." Id. (emphasis added). The Sixth Circuit went on to say, "[i]n fact, those rules are anti-commercial and designed to promote and ensure competitiveness among NCAA member schools." Id. The NCAA bylaw at issue in this matter states: An institution . . . shall not host, sponsor or conduct a nonscholastic basketball practice or competition in which men's basketball prospective student-athletes . . . participate on its campus or at an off-campus facility regularly used by the institution for practice and/or competition by any of the institution's sport programs. (DE 1, Complaint). On its face, this bylaw is clearly a recruiting rule. The rule references, "prospective student-athletes" and "nonscholastic . . . competition[s]," both of which would 8 obviously indicate its recruiting nature. Further, Bleid concedes that, "Bylaw 22.214.171.124 is technically classified as a 'recruiting' rule." (DE 13, Response to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, 10). Bleid's contention that the bylaw is technically a recruiting rule, but still has a commercial effect, is flawed. The Sixth Circuit has reasoned, "[i]f the rules themselves and the corresponding sanctions are not commercial . . . then the enforcement of those rules cannot be commercial." Bassett, 528 F.3d at 433. As the Sixth Circuit indicated in Bassett, "violation of the . . . NCAA rules gives the violator a decided competitive advantage in recruiting and retaining highly prized student athletes." Id. Violation of the bylaw in this matter would give violators the advantage of having prospective student-athletes be exposed to the violator's competition venues and allow for a recruiting advantage, both as to the student-athletes' exposure and as to the violator's ability to recruit on the violator's home court. A plain reading of the bylaw indicates that it is a recruiting rule rather than a commercial one. Despite the holding in Bassett, Bleid argues that the bylaw in this matter is commercial because of the Sixth Circuit's dicta in Worldwide Basketball and Sport Tours, Inc. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association 388 F.3d 955 (6th Cir. 2004). (DE 13). In Worldwide Basketball, the Sixth Circuit simply noted that the NCAA's "Two in Four" rule "has some commercial impact" to allow the Court to proceed to evaluate whether the district court's dismissal was appropriate on other grounds. Worldwide Basketball and Sport Tours, Inc., 388 F.3d at 959. The "Two in Four" rule was a NCAA rule that restricted the number and type of games individual schools were permitted to play. Id. at 957. While the "Two in Four" rule did have a recruiting component, the plaintiffs in World Wide Basketball alleged that the rule "was adopted purely to deny outside promoters the opportunity to make money from the certified events." Id. at 958. In the instant case, Bleid alleges only that the NCAA's "arbitrary 9 interpretation of bylaw 220.127.116.11" has caused it and others commercial harm, (DE 1, Complaint) and thus, Bleid makes no allegation that the rule exists purely for commercial reasons. As already noted, if the rule at issue is not commercial, than the enforcement of the rule is also not commercial. Bassett, 628 F.3d at 432. Moreover, the dicta concerning the commercial nature of the "Two in Four" rule in Worldwide Basketball was not a holding of that case, and it was decided four years prior to Bassett's clear ruling. Worldwide Basketball and Sports Tours, Inc. 388 F.3d at 959. At least one other court in the Sixth Circuit has already noted that, "[i]n Bassett, the court found that Section One of the Sherman Act did not apply to the NCAA's enforcement of its rules on recruiting student athletes." Brentwood Acad. v. Tennessee Secondary Schools Atl. Ass'n, 2008 WL 2811307 at *3 (M.D. Tenn. July 18, 2008). Thus, to the extent that there is any conflict between Bassett and Worldwide Sports, Bassett is controlling. For these reasons, the NCAA bylaw at issue here is not commercial in nature, and therefore Bleid fails to state a claim under the Sherman Act. Bassett, 528 F.3d at 433. IV. Conclusion Accordingly, for the above stated reasons, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows: 1. Plaintiff Bleid's Motion for Leave to Amend Plaintiff's Complaint (DE 14) is DENIED; 2. Defendant NCAA's Motion to Dismiss all counts in the Complaint (DE 9) is GRANTED. This 26th day of September, 2013. 10


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Mother Earth Father Sky is the name of the first novel in Sue Harrison's Carver Trilogy and was chosen as among the best books, for young adults, by the American Library Association.
But this Mother Earth Father Sky is a spectacular oceanfront home with three lovely decks, four beautiful bedrooms (two of which are master suites), basketball goal, high speed internet and satellite television. Wish upon a shining star while relaxing your
cares in the six person hot tub or the brand new private swimming pool. You'll love the outstanding panoramic views from two floors of sparkling glass windows.
Let the worries of weekend traffic just melt away. Because Mother Earth Father Sky is a Friday to Friday rental allowing you to spend more time enjoying the beach and less time sitting in the car. Rover is a welcomed guest too!
Property Bedding: 2 Queens, 4 Twins, 1 Daybed with Trundle in Loft.
Top Level: Master with Queen and Bath with Shower, Master with Queen and Bath with Shower, Loft with Daybed and Trundle (Sleeps 2).
Mid Level: Kitchen, Dining Area, Living Room, Bedroom with Twins, Bedroom with Twins, Full Hall Bath, Laundry Closet with Washer and Dryer, Hot Tub on Deck.
Ground Level: Dog Pen/Kennel outside under home.
The private pool is 12x27. The pool depth is 3'6" to 5'6".
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a guest from Falls Church, VA recommends this vacation rental
A great location and comfortable house. Enjoyed the pool very much. Great ocean views from upper decks, although dune interferes with view from main level.
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Mother Earth Father Sky met our vacation needs very well--two families with four adults, five kids and dogs. On the plus side, the interior living and sleeping spaces were roomy the beds were comfy, the pool and hot tub were great, the gas grill was handy,
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Raleigh Audio Extreme Preamplifier
I can't believe it has been over ten years since the first version of the Raleigh Audio Line Stage saw the light of day. It hasn't changed much and it has changed greatly - this seeming contradiction means that the basic concept is the same but the implementation has been constantly improved through literally hundreds of hours of experiments and subsequent enhancements.
In my mind, the purpose of an audio system is to enjoy a musical performance and since this is a personal experience, it cannot be measured by meters. Thus, the only way to design the electronics to reproduce the musical performance is not analytically, but rather empirically by personal experience. Design - build - listen - repeat.
But I don't want to have all of the fun - since I know that many of you are DIY enthusiasts, I want you to share in the experience of developing a superb audio system. To that end, I have structured the Raleigh Audio products into two categories. First is the "Premium" version which has benefited from all of the many hours of experiments and subsequent enhancements. Second is the "Standard" version which offers the basic, functional, design without all of the enhancements. This gives you the opportunity to experiment and find the changes which you like best. An added benefit of the Standard version is that, because most of the enhancements are more expensive, the Standard version is cheaper than the Premium version.
So let's take a look at what we have in the line-up for the Line Stage and Extreme Preamplifier.
The Extreme Preamplifier consists of an attractive enclosure containing two sections; an analog input selection stage and a differential line stage (described below.) The analog input selection stage provides the circuitry to interface with both single-ended RCA jacks and balanced XLR jacks, and relays to connect the selected input to the differential line stage.
The Extreme Preamplifier has six relay-switched inputs: four unbalanced (RCA) inputs and two balanced (XLR) inputs. There are two outputs; one RCA and one XLR outputs; that are switch-selectable to be either balanced or unbalanced. Note that the two outputs are not isolated from each other, so you may not be able to use them simultaneously and preserve the balanced operation of amplifiers being driven from the XLR/balanced outputs.
Extreme Preamplifier is suitable for anyone needing a versatile, high quality line-level preamplifier. It features moderate gain, low output impedance, wide bandwidth, and extraordinary sound quality.
Two versions of the Extreme preamplifier are available - a Standard version and a Premium version. Both versions are available either as kits or fully assembled and tested.
Standard Extreme Preamplifier
The Standard Extreme Preamplifier is intended as "entry-level" product that competes favorably with well-respected products selling in the retail high-end audio market for $3000-$4000. Furthermore, a Standard Kit is upgradeable to the sonic equivalent of the Premium Kit if you should choose to do so later, so your purchase is not a "dead-ended" investment.
Kit : $2299
Fully assembled and tested : $2599
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The Premium Extreme Preamplifier provides a high-end preamplifier comparable to the best on the market.
Kit : $3099
Fully assembled and tested : $3599
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For the DIY enthusiast who wants to build his own preamplifier, we have the parts to enable that endeavor - again in the two versions, Standard and Premium, to meet your needs.
The Raleigh Audio Line Stage is a state-of-the-art differential vacuum tube gain stage with integral power supply
This differential class-A triode parafeed output stage is a further refinement of the circuit, now in its fourth generation, first used in the excellent Raleigh Audio Line Stage detailed in the November 2004 issue of AudioXpress. The circuitry is fully balanced from input to output, accommodating both balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs.
The Input Isolation section of the Line Stage provides a passive phase-splitting circuit that uses a Lundahl transformer in each channel to accommodate both balanced and unbalanced sources and provides two equal signals of opposite polarity for the output section. As an extra benefit, the Input Isolation section provides a pristine ground reference for the input circuit.
The output section of the Line Stage provides a transformer-coupled circuit in a bridged parallel feed configuration that was used by Western Electric over 60 years ago. However, it employs a cascode connected depletion mode MOSFET constant current source (CCS) that is more effective than anything available to Western Electric engineers. The amplifying device is a robust Russian dual triode, one per channel. A Lundahl transformer in each channel provides for both balanced and unbalanced outputs.
The Line Stage provides an interface for a volume control. Either a standard 10K to 50K stereo audio potentiometer or K&K Audio's shunt attenuator can be used to control the volume. An optional volume control (not included) has also been accommodated (see Stepped Shunt Attenuator below).
Advanced Minimal Reactance Power Supply circuitry is incorporated into the Line Stage board is designed to work with a Lundahl LL1683 power transformer.
A 12VDC, 65mA, power supply is required to power the relay on the Line Stage board.
Two versions of the Extreme preamplifier are available - a Standard version and a Premium version. While the Standard version uses good, in many cases generic, parts, the Premium version uses top-quality parts throughout. The Standard version enables you to add your contribution to the design.
12V Relay Power Supply
This Standard regulator board is designed to provide the voltage needed to operate the relays used in the Line Stage and Analog Input. It requires a nominal input of 6.3VAC.
The size of the board is 3.5" x 2.2"
Since this provides only relay power and does not contribute to the quality of the audio reproduction, the Standard regulator is used for all versions of the Line Stage.
12V Relay power supply - Kit: $29
Fully assembled and tested : $39
With the purchase of a Line Stage : FREE!
Stepped Shunt Attenuator
Those of us who are using differential tube preamp circuits like the Raleigh Audio active output stages or Lynn Olson Raven-style preamps have had to use conventional audio potentiometers or their discrete resistor analogues, like the DACT or Goldpoint controls to provide control of volume. You can review the choices for volume control implementation in these types of preamp circuits below.
We prefer the implementation with one variable element per channel, the so-called "U" or balanced shunt attenuator. It is simpler and cheaper and has the significant virtue of causing no change in common mode rejection as different volume settings are used.
So what is special about our implementation of the "U" attenuator control? A standard audio potentiometer or discrete resistor analogue has a resistance profile (called a "law") that is configured for standard series attenuator use, not shunt attenuator use. You will probably have to trust us on this, but the math is not the same. Hence, when you use a smallish value of series resistance and a large value audio pot to make a shunt attenuator that won't cost you very much lost gain in the maximum volume position, you will get a control where most of the volume attenuation capability is in the first third of the rotation from zero volume to maximum volume. That's not really what you want, obviously. To fix this situation you can use a series resistor value that is approximately the same value as the pot and now the shunt attenuator performs more reasonably, so that attenuation is spread more evenly over the rotation of the pot, but you lose a fair amount of gain at maximum volume setting. (approximately 10dB in the case where the pot is the same value as the series resistors). Compromises, compromises.....
To avoid these compromises, we have designed the resistor values used for the stepped control to provide equal dB volume intervals (1.5dB) with 5K series resistors, which result in a reasonable 10K input impedance at minimum volume setting. Of course, any kind of volume profile can be implemented with discrete shunt resistors, however this one has proven to be useful for me for the 2 years I've lived with such a control (implemented in my case with a much bulkier (and slightly inferior sounding) array of Holco resistors). To be fair, there is a compromise inherent in these controls, too; that is price. Using Seiden 32NEG switches specially imported by us for this purpose, these are not inexpensive, but are reliable, sound excellent, and have a wonderful "feel". In my experience, no audio potentiometer provides the sound quality that these stepped attenuators do.
Note that you can also utilize these attenuators in single ended circuits with a single 10K series resistor per channel without any other changes.
We auditioned several candidate resistors for these attenuators and selected Vishay parts for their sonic properties. Surface mount resistors have the advantage of making a compact 23 step attenuator possible. The finished attenuator is little bigger than the Seiden switch that it is based on. The SM attenuator is not a kit; it is supplied with all of the SM resistors already soldered in place. Each attenuator is also supplied with 4 (2 for each channel) 4K99 Mills MRA-5 resistors for the series resistors, unless you have purchased the Combo Input Stage Kit, which already comes equipped with the appropriate series resistors..
We are also offering a kit of parts including the Seiden switch and PC boards that will accommodate standard through-hole leaded resistors (like Holco H4, Caddock MK-132, naked Vishay or Kiwame 1w resistors; Rikenohm or Allen Bradley 2w resistors are too large) so that you can use your favorite resistors and concoct your own shunt attenuation profile. Obviously these are considerably larger than the SM resistor-based attenuators.
23 step attenuator parts kit for your favorite standard through-hole resistors (includes switch, PC boards, and instructions, but no resistors) $129


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Red Bull and Pirelli to test at Barcelona
It has been reported that Red Bull will hold a tyre test alongside Pirelli later this month.
It is believed that Daniel Ricciardo, who was announced as Mark Webber's replacement for 2014 last week, will join Red Bull's reserve driver Sebastian Buemi for a 1000km test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, where according to SkyF1 they will concentrate on '2014 technology' for Pirelli.
In accordance with Article 22 of the Sporting Regulations, Red Bull will use their two-year-old 2011 car, the RB7 and will limit their running to 1000km.
This will remove any doubts over the legality of the test, unlike Mercedes' 'secret' 3-day run at Barcelona earlier this year, which resulted in a reprimand from the FIA for the Brackley-based-squad after they made use of their 2013 specification W04.
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