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There are so many online word processors including Google Docs, Office 365, iWorks and many others that one may wonder 'do we need another one?' I think we do.
The biggest problem with all these solutions is none support ISO approved ODF standards. No matter which one you choose you are in a way locked to that provider. Google does offer export to ODF but it doesn't have the same kind of support as it has for Microsoft's controversial OOXML format.
Organizations looking for open standard based ODF formats are out of luck. This lack of support of ODF has created a huge demand (need) for an online editor which allows users to create and edit documents in ODF format.
In a recent interview with Google's Director of Open Source, Chris DiBona, when I asked about bad support for ODF across Google properties he said the reason was demand – there is no demand for ODF. Well, that's a Catch 22 situation – there is no demand because no one, including Google, is enforcing or encouraging it as much as it is encouraging docx or its own WebP or WebP formats.
There are a lot of organizations and individuals who want to use a standard based, open source online editor to avoid any vendor locks but there are no solutions. The Document Foundation is said to be working on an online version of LibreOffice but there are no concrete announcements.
Enters ownCloud, a fast growing company and community with very strong roots in free software.
ownCloud is working on a web-based editing software which offers native support for ODF formats and works across platforms and applications.
The upcoming release of ownCloud, version 6, will come with ownCloud Documents.
Frank Karlitschek, the founder of ownClouds says, "People can view and edit their ODF text documents directly in the browser, inside your ownCloud. Another cool thing is that you can invite users from the same ownCloud to work collaboratively on the same document with you. Or you can send invitation links by email to people outside your server to collaborate with you on the document."
That sounds like the first true open source killer of Google Docs, iWorks and Office 365.
Yet another major company from Germany KO GmbH is working with the ownCloud team. KO are responsible for office suites like Calligra and apps like Krita.
Karlitschek added,"The browser part is based on WebODF with a new ownCloud backend to load, save, share documents and a system to distribute the document changes.
So how different would this be from other commercial solutions? One of the most important factor which differentiate the service from the rest is that it's not owned or controlled by 3rd company. You run it on your own server and you are in control. Which also means that it's out of the prying hands of NSA and GCHQ as you can host your server in a pro-privacy country like Switzerland or Iceland.
These are some of the features of ownCloud Documents:
- It runs purely on your server. No communication with centralized services like Google — so your data is always protected against surveillance.
- We didn't introduce any new server requirements here. Just take ownCloud and put it into your web server document root and you have your own collaborative editing server. This is far easier to install and run than for example Etherpad.
- All the documents are based on ODT files that live in your ownCloud. This means that you can sync your documents to your desktop and open them with LibreOffice, Calligra, OpenOffice or MS Office 2013 in parallel. Or you can access them via WebDAV if you want. You also get all the other ownCloud features like versioning, encryption, undelete and so on. This is very unique I think.
- All the code is completely free software. The PHP and the JS components are released under the AGPL license. This is different than most other solutions. Some of them claim to be open source but use creative commons as a code license which is not free software.
ownCloud Documents can be game changer as online document editing is a mess at the moment. They don't work with each other – you can't edit or work on files created by iWorks using Google Docs; Office 365 won't talk to Google Docs files and the vicious cycle continues. Imagine a world where Gmail customers can't read mails sent from Hotmail accounts or Yahoo! users can't open mails sent by Gmail users!
Online editing services are a disaster zone.
ownCloud is offering a solution which is free of any vendor lock and can be used from any platform – Windows, Macs, GnuLinux, Android or iOS.
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Cloverbuds is an age appropriate, non-competitive experience for youth grades K-2. The Cloverbud information sheet for parents, guardians and mentors, outlines the program options and characteristics as well as the rules that apply in competitive settings. Learn more at: http://www.extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-H/be-a-4-H-member/docs/4-h-cloverbud-parent-fact-sheet.pdf
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Take a minute and check out Adventures On The Gorge ! In Wild Wonderful West Virginia. Just spent 4 days there with family. Some of the best white water rafting in the world! a 3100 foot zip line where you'll hit 60 to 65 mph! And tree top zip lines thru the forest. We made some lifetime memories and you can too! Look for my wild and wonderful wife on the zip line to my right...so calm! LOL
So what other vacation destination guarantees you and your family a good time rain or shine? At Adventures On The Gorge mother nature will not get in your way! When we woke up to cloudy grey skies and steady rain I knew it wasn't going to be a problem, because we were going to go whitewater rafting. This rafting experience is already the thrill of a lifetime, with it's class III, IV and V rapids, but throw in a torrential down pour, and there is a whole new level of excitement! And when we were not paddling our way through the rapids, we were cracking up from the stories and jokes of our guide. This rafting trip is an all day activity, and we were lucky enough to a break in the rain long enough to enjoy an amazing lunch along the New River. Working together as a team through the rapids and experiencing the thrill of getting to the other side of the rapid, created a lifetime bond and memory for us all! I would without hesitation recommend AOTG…..click here to see some of the fun and enter to win a free vacation to Adventures on the Gorge in Wild Wonderful West Virginia! www.barryonthegorge.com


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Will Wright has had a very busy month thanks to his upcoming game, Spore. Everyone that saw the gameplay video from GDC '05 knew that the real highlight of this May's E3 would be Wright's presentation. Although his presentation at E3 didn't reveal too much that we didn't already know about Spore, the slightly more mainstream appeal of E3 has resulted in some well deserved coverage from the mainstream media. The positive endorsement by Robin "Sniper" Williams can't have hurt either.
The two most notable examples of MSM picking up this story are featured in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) and the BBC. The Beeb covered Spore and Wright from an angle of user generated content, comparing it to current and past titles that have popularized the concept (e.g. Second Life, The Sims and the popularity of mods like Counter-Strike). The quirky video interview with Wright that runs alongside the article also gives a good idea of how much Wright values user generated content (i.e. a lot).
The WSJ picked up the story from a more general "profile of Wright" viewpoint, although it was displayed very prominently. If you picked up last Saturday's edition of the paper it's possibly the first article you would have seen, it being on the front page and all. One of the world's most recognizable and respected business publications profiling a game developer on the front page: they've finally wised up!
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Submitted by joeinmo on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 09:58To our Mothers everywhere.
Thank You for what you do!
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Love won! Deliverance from Tyranny is on the way! Col. 2:13-15
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Thank you. I truly appreciate the sentiment, this day is so bitter for me it is hard to describe.
My mother has been dead quite a while now, I still miss her and love her. Her birthday is in a couple days, so this was always a BIG celebration in my family.
My children believe having a mother is a great burden, they will not wish me happiness on any day. I hate this day, and will feel ever so much better tomorrow, when all the "Happy Mother's Day" stuff goes away.
I wrote myself a poem this morning, it is pretty dark, but it actually is helping me laugh my way through this. I was not going to post it here at all, but what the hell.
Here's to the women with men in their bed,
Making babies who grow up, and wish they were dead.
They try to make children grow upright and strong,
But whatever they do, they do it all wrong.
Still without them, our species would be out of luck.
So here's to bad mothers, at least they're someone to fuck.
Love or fear? Choose again with every breath.
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and keep them sound, safe and happy forevermore!
I MISS MY MOMMY!!!! She passed away in 2010 and I miss her with all my heart.
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This is type of level that should b on pg 1. Nice creepy music to complement the dark landscape. Gj hope it does well.
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Five agencies gave out the majority of the rewards in 2008. GAO also finds
Five agencies and departments that paid billions in contractor award fees are not being consistent in how they apply those rewards, a Government Accountability Office executive has testified.
The Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security departments and NASA awarded 95 percent of the contractor award fees in 2008, John Hutton, GAO' director of acquisition and sourcing management, told a Senate subcommittee August 3.
From fiscal 2004 to fiscal 2008, agencies spent $300 billion on contracts that included award fees, GAO has found. The auditing agency said it examined 645 evaluation periods for 100 contracts in which contractors were paid a total of $6 billion in award fees.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in guidance issued in 2007, said the award fees are to be linked to favorable acquisition outcomes that involve costs, schedules and performance. OMB also said agencies should eliminate "rollovers" in which contractors are given second or third chances to earn an award, motivate excellent performance and prohibit payments for unsatisfactory performance.
However, some of the five agencies examined by the GAO have implemented those guidelines more effectively than others, Hutton said.
"By implementing the revised guidance, some DOD components reduced costs and improved management of award fee contracts. Potential changes at NASA — such as documented cost-benefit analyses — are too recent for their full effects to be judged. At [Energy], DHS and HHS, individual contracting offices have developed their own approaches to executing award fee contracts which are not always consistent with the principles in the OMB guidance or between offices within these departments," Hutton told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Committee's Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security Subcommittee.
However, all those agencies and departments have difficulties evaluating whether the awards inspire better contractor performance, Hutton said.
"None of the five agencies has developed methods for evaluating the effectiveness of an award fee as a tool for improving contractor performance," Hutton said. "Instead, program officials noted that the effectiveness of a contract is evident in the contractor's ability to meet the overall goals of the program and respond to the priorities established for a particular award fee period. However, officials were not able to identify the extent to which successful outcomes were attributable to incentives provided by award fees versus external factors such as a contractor's interest in maintaining a good reputation."
Officials also said it would be difficult to develop performance measures that could be used for multiple programs, Hutton added.
Jeffrey Zients, deputy director for management at OMB, testified that the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council is preparing to release a new FAR rule on contractor award fees to be published in the next 30 days to 60 days.
Meanwhile, officials from DOD, DHS and NASA said they are following guidelines and making improvements in use of award fees. Edward Simpson, director of the office of procurement and assistance management at Energy, said the agency will make changes to improve the use of award fees for motivating excellence and ban award fees for unsatisfactory performance. "DOE will address GAO's concern immediately," Simpson testified. HHS officials were not represented at the hearing.
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This is a non-story, but quite in keeping with the current administra-tion's and Liberal goals of demonizing contractors in their quest to re-federalize all government work. First, speak the $$ scare word -"billions" - to give the reader scale of money that he cannot really fathom. Forget that the award fee calculates - using the figures provided - of 2%. This is certainly lower than award fees given in non-government contracts. So the government is getting a fine deal to begin with. Second, award fees are negotiated BY CONTRACT depending on the complexity of the work. There can be no standard other than guidelines - but guidelines are exactly that - guides to help. Also, how does anyone develop tools to measure how much better a contractor might be? And trying to standardize such procedures removes any value of innovation to get better results - standardization stifles innovation. Last, trying to tie better performance with the contractor wanting a good reputation is specious. Reputation follows performance. It costs money to ovverreach, to stretch into new boundaries, and this extra performance is the reason for the award fees. Overall, I see nothing in the article that should be taken negatively, yet the tone is "Something is wrong with award fee contracting and contractorsd are getting away with taxpayer money."
THere is zero new with the above discovery. Same finddings 20+ years ago. I am certain it is cyclic like many new Govt. discoveries. I have been close to the pulse and continue to work in teh arena.


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Be free from work, school, or some other regular occupation, as in The secretary is off today, but perhaps I can find it. [Mid-1800s]
Decline, as in The industrial stocks are off 50 points today. This usage, nearly always applied to securities or other prices, was first recorded in 1929, the year of the great stock market crash.
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The Middle Ages. Before the dawn of firearms, they just had good old swords, axes and daggers. This game will plunge into the world of the Middle Ages! You play as a team of three characters, and your task is to kill soldiers that come at you. The first character is very strong, and can cut an enemy with one swing! The second character is like walking armor, and his armor is almost impossible to break. The third character is a girl, and she is ve
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Turbonika 3.4
Turbonika offers dynamic and fun arcade racing. The main feature of the game is speed. Speed, and the ability to shred opponents left and right, using a gun or a mill, which literally breaks the enemy vehicles apart. 15 runs, each of which will serve you up new kinds of obstacles, enemies and traps. Take part in races driving at breakneck speed, jump on the springboard and introduce the enemy vehicles to unbridled firepower.
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Gold Ball 3.5
Another iteration of the timeless Arkanoid with interesting graphics, special effects, and many types of blocks and bonuses. But this time it's not so simple. A distinctive feature of the breakout from the others is the ability to buy upgrades for the platform and for the world. Number panel is to the right of the screen. Collect money from the blocks to enhance gameplay!
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Now Breakout takes place out in space! Destroy neon blocks to go further. With each level experience more interesting new and IMPROVED pleasant music, bright neon graphics, blur effects and game play!
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Greencase is a simple arcade game. The goal is to break up as many bags per minute as possible. Money drops from a broken suitcase. A bonus flashing suitcase impacts the "flow" of suitcases for a moment. Type all the earned money and record the results in the online high score table!
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Stylish rock-n-roll ball where you fight zombies, just like in those pictures you drew daydreaming in school. This fun Arkanoid-style game is fun for all ages. Accompanied by a quality soundtrack...you'll fall in love! Enjoy an unforgettable adventure in the style of " Breakout." All told, the classic gameplay , organic musical number and a special attention to the graphics are the main ingredients of any great game.
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The sycamore is a grand, stately shade tree for a larger site. It has broad green leaves but is most recognizable by its peeling bark, with patches of white and gray. Native to the Chicago region, sycamores have very high wildlife value, attracting a wide range of birds that use the tree for many purposes.
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A large deciduous tree reaching 60 to 75 feet high and wide in home landscapes, it can be larger in the wild.
Thick, massive trunks with wide spreading crowns. Forest grown trees have narrower crowns and longer trunks.
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Plants grow best in moist, deep, rich well-drained soil in full sun. Does not tolerate shady sites.
Soil pH adaptable, moderately salt and drought tolerant
Do not grow sycamore near septic fields.
Can be a messy tree since drops a lot of leaves, twigs and fruit.
Disease, pests, and problems
Can be affected by anthracnose, leafspots, aphids, plant bug, scales, bagworm, and borers.
Young plants can be susceptible to frost cracks.
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Tolerant of black walnut toxicity.
Tolerant of high pH soil
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Native to eastern U. S. along rivers and streams and rich bottomland.
Occassional grows in upland sites.
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High wildlife value, fruit attracts purple finches, American gold finches and pine siskins.
Provides nesting cover to many birds. Many midwestern great blue heron colonies occur in blottomland sycamore stands.
Bark color and texture
Unique, gray-brown flaky scales that shed to expose mottled peeling patches of white, gray, and green. Trees become nearly white near the top of tree.
Leaf or needle arrangement, size, shape, and texture
Alternate, 4 to 9 inch wide leathery leaves have 3 to 5 lobes, similar to maple.
The leaf surface is bright green and paler underneath., margins are broadly toothed.
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Monoecious, with separate male and female flowers. Flowers appear in early springs with the leaves as dense globose balls on long stalks (peduncles).
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Lone Star College¢Montgomery student Ruben Garza was recently named, "Rookie Teacher of the Year" at Anderson Elmentary in Spring ISD. Garza just completed the college's increasingly-popular teacher cerification program, which is currently enrolling students for the upcoming fall training cycle.
Montgomery College student Ruben Garza has made a big impression on the students and teachers of Anderson Elementary.
Just a year ago, Garza was a bilingual teacherÆs aide on the Spring Independent School District campus, and just this April, Anderson Elementary mentor teachers and administrative staff honored him with their Rookie Teacher of the Year Award.
The journey from apprentice to pro was a short one for Garza, thanks in part to the Montgomery College alternative teacher certification (ATC) program.
Garza, who has a computer systems engineering degree from the Center for University Studies in Monterrey, Mexico, said he didnÆt realize he wanted to teach until after he had already graduated from college.
ōAfter college I came to Texas to visit my mother who has a business here, and I decided that I wanted to be a teacher,ö said Garza, who then enrolled in the Montgomery College ATC program. ōI knew that it was an abbreviated program, but I had no idea that in just a few months I would actually be teaching in an internship and getting paid as a teacher. It has been an incredible opportunity for me.ö
Garza finished his internship this month and has been hired as a full-time bilingual second grade teacher for the fall, said principal Kathy Morrison.
ōWe really hit a homerun with Ruben. His personality is contagious and he is very enthusiastic--so consequently his students share that enthusiasm,ö said Morrison. ōWhatÆs wonderful is the students he has now during his teaching internship are those that he worked with as an aide last year, so he had developed bonds and a good relationship with them. Now he will have that foundation to continue to build upon with his future students.ö
ōI think that second grade is so much fun to teachö Garza said. ōMy students and I have a great time in the classroom and we work hard together to make learning fun. I am really moved by the fact that I am helping these students build their future.ö
That mentality doesnÆt stop with GarzaÆs students. As the biggest cheerleader for the Montgomery College ATC program, Garza has been doing some ōunofficialö recruiting for the college during his time off.
ōMy wife is now in the program working toward becoming a bilingual teacher, as well,ö he said. ōAnd my sister who is a teacher in California is thinking about moving to Texas. I told her if she does, she must come to Montgomery College to get the certification she needs here.ö
The Montgomery College ATC program offers a non-traditional route to becoming a professional teacher through the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) in 12 highly sought after areas of teaching including all levels of bilingual, math, various sciences, and foreign languages, said Christie Smith, program coordinator and professor of education.
The program, which is a training program for individuals who already have a bachelor's degree or higher, began in 2004 and was ōtailor made to fit the hiring needs of area school districts,ö said Smith.
ōWe keep a pulse on needed areas through an advisory committee comprised of college faculty members and representatives from the Spring, Conroe, Magnolia, Montgomery and Willis Independent School Districts.ö
Kathy Clark, Conroe ISD director of communications, said the school district receives a great return on its investment in the program.
ōConroe ISD recognizes that the need for bilingual teachers will continue to grow and values its partnership with Montgomery College to help fulfill this need,ö she said. ōThe bilingual alternative certification program at Montgomery College is of great benefit to Conroe ISD as it gives the district a top priority in interviewing and hiring trained candidates,ö said Clark. ōTogether, Conroe ISD and Montgomery College are æplanting seedsÆ for the future.ö
The ATC program takes between 18 to 24 months to complete, including the year-long paid teaching internship within a participating school district, said Smith. The Montgomery College program is currently seeking approval for a student teaching option for those who would like to ease into the teaching role and who donÆt need the paying job that the internship offers, said Smith.
ōThe student teaching option offers alternative certification in a lesser amount of time and also provides the student the support of working under a supervising teacher, which the internship does not provide. As interns they have their own class,ö said Smith. ōWe are really hopeful that soon we will be able to provide both options because there are benefits to both.ö
The Montgomery College ATC program conducts three training cycles each year--fall, spring and summer. Applications are accepted year-round with training beginning shortly after the deadline. Training for the June 30 application deadline will begin in August; training for the October 31 deadline will begin in January 2008.
Montgomery College hosts ATC information sessions regularly throughout the year with the next two being held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, and Thursday, July 19, in Building A, Room 102. The presentation will cover admissions criteria, tuition, training, testing, and the internship.
More information on the Lone Star College¢Montgomery ATC program can be found at http://montgomery.lonestar.edu/tcp.
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What's Lindsey Williams' big announcement going to be?
Submitted by vincebodie on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 13:08Yesterday Alex Jones had Lindsey on and was promised a huge announcement today, presumably based around the globalists' plans for using the oil markets as an economic weapon. Considering Williams' past accuracy in predicting oil markets, I'm very curious to hear what the news is. I just tuned in to Alex's show, but so far he hasn't spilled the beans. Lindsey will be on soon.
Anyone care to venture a guess as to what the news will be?
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I listened and thought it was
I listened and thought it was informative, if not then refreshed things I've heard/read before:
1. Dollar dead at the end of 2012.
2. US double crosses Saudi Arabia and leaves them and the world hanging with our debt--Saudi's cuts off oil supply.
3. US oil fields will be slowly tapped when oil is around 200bbl.
4. China not future player involved with Middle East oil crises because it will be supplied from Russia.
5. New global currency offered to solve issues.
6. No food shortages but food prices will be through the roof.
7. US's wealth will be soaked up because of this major transition.
8. The rebirth of the US.
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OMG... I can't believe what I just found...
I'm looking for the clip that Lindsey removed from his web site regarding the tsunami, and found this old clip instead with him on Alex Jones:
Alex is showing a diagram of volcanoes and magma chambers and thinks that the Horizon drilled into a magma chamber. Lindsey agreed. This is just the dumbest conversation that I've ever heard. I'm just stunned with the ignorance of these two guys...
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
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We shouldn't need Lindsay
We shouldn't need Lindsay Williams at this point. We all pretty much know where this is going. The Dollar is dying and it's just a matter of time.
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I listened to some of it..
In essence:
"Arabs used to but US's T Bills, but that the agreements written on the paper are about as worthless as the paper they were written on." Arabs will get double crossed"
"Complete dollar collapse by end of 2012"
"Get out to the grocery store and buy your 1 to 2 yrs worth of food NOW."
"Russia is now largest producer of oil because of their super deep wells, and will be supplying China once OPEC goes under." "China will not be affected by middle east conflict"
Russia and China will only trade oil in their own currencies, not the dollar"
"Muslim Brotherhood taking over in all regions of middle east." (sounds like Beck)
"Once oil has reached 200/barrel US will start tapping its own reserves which have been known about since the 50's"
"Bakken, North Alaska, and apparently under the Rocky Mountains" will be tapped.
Says there "wont be a food shortage, you will just not be able to afford it"
"All of this will be used to bring in their NWO"
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thanks for the overview!
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I bet it will be about,
the coming food inflation and shortage.
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a fiat currency lasts forty
a fiat currency lasts forty years . only two exception that i know of one is the dollar. i think its 42. thats since the gold window was closed. the big question is what is it going to be replaced with. a few states see the need to create their own currencies but how long will it take them to finish the job .
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Lindsey says when we closed
Lindsey says when we closed the gold window in the seventies we struck a deal with the arabs. they would buy t bills we will buy the oil. thats what backed up the dollar so to speak. thats why we didnt refine our own oil. now since they are going to a basket of currencies our number 1 export the dollar is history. yes i take it seriously.
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Makes sense.
Makes sense.
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crazy oil prices and riots
like we don't all see that coming. I'm pretty sure everyone here is expecting inflation on the rise and uprest all over. The revolution is spreading and people have heard the good Docs ideas and they are fed up with the central banks, the wall st robbers, and the beaurocrats destroying society and stealing all our wealth.
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The Big Announcement Wil Be.....................
We should all listen very carefully to Alex Jones, because everything he tells you is the truth.
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I have known Lindsey
for 5 plus years and I can tell you exactly what he will be explaining.
Here is whats going on. It's pretty explosive information.
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That's just
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Be vewy vewy quiet, we're hunting wabbits.
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I don't have a problem with anyone selling anything
If we're going to embrace truly free markets, then we shouldn't bash people for gaining profit from putting out information. Should we expect Alex or Lindsey to put stuff out for free? The internet has a way of making everything seem open source, when in fact it costs a lot to manufacture and produce DVDs, books, videos, etc.
If you find fault with someone or what they are selling, don't buy their stuff. I've bought a few AJ DVDs, and I've downloaded and copied a lot of them, as well as many others such as "What in the World Are They Spraying?" and "Hijacking Humanity". When I feel the output is worthy of my FRNs, I send some their way. It's the only true form of democracy... wallet voting as Ernest Hancock calls it.
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I don't blame anyone for
I don't blame anyone for selling stuff, but consumers are best served when making informed decisions, and my opinion of this guy is that he is a clown and a fraud with nothing much of value to say. So... keep your money and don't let him waste hours of your time to essentially say that oil is going to become more expensive. Lots of other people who don't know much of anything can tell you the same for free and in a fraction of the time.
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I agree Dave
And note that I didn't make any specific statements about the content that AJ and Lindsey produce, only that they every right to produce and sell it. There's no way in this world that I would buy any of Lindsey's stuff. I was just curious to check the DP's pulse about what he might have to say.
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besides gold /silver and 150 oil what has he said
different in years.I have never seen anybody take 1 hour to essentially state 3 sentences. I also have an issue with a religious man saying trust me.
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true, true, and even more true...
but i am still glad he is ringing the bell!
its 'cos I owe ya, my young friend...
Rockin' the FREE world in Tennessee since 1957!
9/11 Truth.
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Bingo. This guy doesn't know
Bingo. This guy doesn't know jack and he wastes lots of time babbling to boot. Wish AJ wouldn't pump him up as a source and important guest when he is neither.
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Agree Dave...
though doesn't this kinda say something about Alex?
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
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Yes. But he sometimes has
Yes. But he sometimes has good guests on, like Ron Paul, Larry Pratt, Stefan Molyneux, etc. After a while, one knows how to separate the good guests from the crap guests like Williams, Tarpley, Icke, etc.
I can tell at a glance when to bother tuning in and when not to based on the guest list -- sometimes I wonder if this is why it usually isn't posted in advance.
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I thought he said his
I thought he said his super-informed insider died.
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He also says my DVDs aren't
He also says my DVDs aren't copyrighted and to create 100s to copy and give to friends.
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Myra Albert Wiggins (1869-1956) was a Salem photographer and early member of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secessionist Group. At the turn of the last century, Wiggins was considered one of the foremost women photographers in America. A major exhibition of her work will open February 14 and continue through April 26, 2015, in the Study Gallery and Print Study Center at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art.
Born and raised in Salem, Oregon, Wiggins was a painter, poet and singer, as well as an instructor, essayist and speaker on art topics. But it was as a photographer that she established herself as an internationally recognized artist. From the late 1890s until 1910, her photographs were exhibited throughout the United States, as well as Paris, Vienna and London. More exhibition information EXHIBITION RELATED EVENTS Lecture A Life in Pictures: Myra Albert Wiggins Carole Glauber Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 2 p.m. More information
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Given the amount of AoE slows and pulls available and the relative useless nature of the Decoy versus any decent player, I would like to see a buff to Wukong's W such as an immunity to slow effects while in stealth or simply a movement buff. Currently, it's a waste of mana.
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decoy is fine
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Other team has important skill shots = Decoy is never bad.
Decoy is good, you can stop juke, initiate (press s all the time while sieging to fake it.), tank jungle creep, be immune to click to wins, and block skillshots with it. It shouldn't be a pseudo slow cleanse as well. Also Wukong has something like a 54% win rate in solo queue. He doesn't need buffs.
Decoy is not just a defensive ability. It has many more uses. It fine
I think that, while the decoy itself may not be very useful against a more skilled player it allows for interesting play for lower skill/knowledge players and at higher levels of play the stealth allows for interesting play/counterplay through things like skillshots and prediction in 1v1 scenarios. With small skirmishes like 2v2s and 3v3s there is interesting play for wukong with stealthy entrances/escapes but counterplay requires a certain level of attentiveness that can make it frustrating for players unfamiliar with wukong's skillset who don't understand why a champion could just magically appear next to them. I would say leave it where it is.


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Wondering if anyone cracked and made a razr rom, with steps to root it. Dont see a reason to root it if there are no roms right?
Oh.... there are some great root apps out there. You dont have to put a ROM on a phone after you root it. Rooting a phone just gives you more control of your phone. Its like running a PC as Admin. Root Explorer, Titanium Backup, Light Flow, Adfree, SetCPU are some root apps I use on a daily basis. Used SetCPU to underclock it to see if it helps with battery life. Didnt really do extensive testing.
Just freezing apps and stuff could also do the same thing. Just wanted to say it doesnt necessarily have to go hand in hand: rooting and custom ROMs. One could just root their phone and thats it. Thats basically what I did to my Droid X1. And what I wound up doing with my Droid 1 after Froyo came out and I tried a few ROMs. Would be nice to get back into the ROM scene to see the great things the different developers do. But I've been content with just root for awhile now.
My biggest concern is the lack of an SBF file. (Or whatever it is called these days) Until I can go back to stock, No ROM for me.


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Mark Bordenca, M.D., is a board certified ophthalmologist specializing in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Alabama and his medical school degree is from the University of South Alabama. He completed residency training at the University of Alabama and his fellowship training at Eye Consultants of Atlanta. Dr. Bordenca joined Eye Consultants of Atlanta in 2001 and practices at the Scottish Rite, Marietta locations, and Gwinnett-Lawrenceville locations.
• Pediatric Ophthalmology
• Adult Strabismus
Board Certified:
American Board of Ophthalmology Certified
Eye Consultants Office Served:
• Children's Hospital of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, GA - 404-255-2419
• Marietta, GA - 770-422-4055
• Duluth, GA - 404-255-2419
• Cumming, GA - 404-255-2419
Medical Memberships & Affiliations:
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
• 2001 James Hall Eye Center/ Zane Pollard, Marc Greenberg Pediatric Fellowship
• University of Alabama Birmingham/Eye Foundation Hospital, Ophthalmology residency, 2000
Medical School:
• University of South Alabama, M.D., 1996
• University of Alabama, B.S., 1992


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US 7001785 B1 Abstract A capacitance probe for thin dielectric film characterization provides a highly sensitive capacitance measurement method and reduces the contact area needed to obtain such a measurement. Preferably, the capacitance probe is connected to a measurement system by a transmission line and comprises a center conductive tip and RLC components between the center conductor and the ground of the transmission line. When the probe tip is in contact with a sample, an MIS or MIM structure is formed, with the RLC components and the capacitance of the MIS or MIM structure forming a resonant circuit. By sending a driving signal to the probe and measuring the reflected signal from the probe through the transmission line, the resonant characteristic of the resonant circuit can be obtained. The capacitance of the MIS or MIM structure is obtainable from the resonant characteristics and the dielectric film thickness or other dielectric properties are also extractable.
Claims(8) 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
depositing a dielectric film;
contacting the film with a resonant sensor, the resonant sensor comprising a conducting probe and resistor, inductor, and capacitor components electrically connected to said probe;
determining a characteristic of the dielectric film using the conducting probe to detect a total capacitance of the resonant sensor, wherein at least a portion of the total capacitance is attributable to a capacitance between the probe and the film; and
using the characteristic of the dielectric film to control the manufacturing of the dielectric film.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. A method of making a capacitance and a voltage measurement on a semiconducting wafer prior to deposition of a contact pad comprising:
providing a resonant sensor, the resonant sensor comprising a conducting probe and resistor, inductor, and capacitor components electrically connected to said probe;
providing a semiconductor wafer;
contacting the semiconductor wafer with the probe;
applying a DC bias signal to the wafer; and
measuring the capacitance and the voltage prior to deposition of a contact pad onto the semiconducting wafer, wherein at least a portion of the capacitance is attributable to a capacitance between conducting probe and the semiconductor wafer.
6. The method of
7. A method of analyzing reflectance for the characterization of a thin dielectric film on a semiconductor substrate comprising the steps of:
connecting a capacitance probe to a measurement system by a transmission line, wherein the capacitance probe comprises a center conductive tip and resistor, inductor, and capacitor components between a center conductive tip and a ground of the transmission line;
contacting a sample with the center conductive tip of the capacitance probe to form a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure;
forming a resonant circuit, wherein the resonant circuit comprises the resistor, inductor, and capacitor components and a capacitance of the metal-insulator-semiconductor structure;
sending a driving signal to the probe;
measuring a reflected signal from the probe through the transmission line;
determining resonant characteristics of the resonant circuit from the reflected signal;
determining the capacitance of the metal-insulator-semiconductor structure from the resonant characteristics; and
extracting a film thickness and dielectric properties of the thin dielectric film based on the capacitance of the metal-insulator-semiconductor structure.
8. The method of
Description The present invention generally relates to the field of film characterization in semiconductor devices. In particular, the present invention relates to a capacitance probe for use with a scanning probe microscope in determining a dielectric film thickness in semiconductor devices. The industry of semiconductor manufacturing involves highly complex techniques for integrating circuits into semiconductor materials. Multiple fine layers of metals and materials form these integrated circuits. To increase the speed and performance of devices utilizing integrated circuits, the size of semiconductor devices must be decreased. Due to the large scale of circuit integration and the decreasing size of semiconductor devices, the semiconductor manufacturing process is prone to processing defects. When the dimensions of semiconductor devices are decreased, the thickness of the various layers of metals and materials must be controlled more and more accurately. As semiconductor device film layer thickness approaches a few atomic levels, existing techniques for monitoring and measuring this dimension become very challenging due to measurement sensitivity scale. For example, measuring the thickness of a sheet of paper with a scale no finer than an inch is next to impossible; the difference in scale is too great to make a meaningful and accurate measurement. Testing procedures and measurement scale are therefore critical to maintaining quality control and accurately testing and measuring semiconductor devices. Because the testing procedures are an integral and significant part of the manufacturing process, the semiconductor industry constantly seeks more accurate and efficient testing procedures. Increasingly, this requires seeking testing procedures that are accurate and efficient at extremely small dimensions. There are several methods currently used to characterize thin dielectric films. For example, scanning force microscopes are known in the art. U.S. Pat. No. 5,902,928 to Chen et al., entitled, �Controlling Engagement of a Scanning Microscope Probe with a Segmented Piezoelectric Actuator,� discloses a scanning probe microscope that includes a segmented piezoelectric actuator having a course segment and a fine segment, the outputs of which are combined to determine the movement of a distal end of the actuator, to which the probe is mechanically coupled. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,318,159 to Chen et al., entitled, �Scanning Force Microscope with Automatic Surface Engagement,� the vibrating probe of a scanning force microscope is brought into engagement with a sample surface in an initial approach process moving the probe toward the sample surface until the amplitude of probe vibration at an excitation frequency is measurably affected by forces between the tip and the sample, and then in a final approach process in which a change in vibration amplitude caused by a dithering vibration superimposed on the excitation vibration exceeds a predetermined threshold limit. During approach and scanning, vibration amplitude is measured through a demodulator having an intermediate reference signal locked in phase with the tip motion signal. U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,103 to Slinkman et al., entitled, �Scanning Capacitance�Voltage Microscopy,� discusses an apparatus and method for generating microscopic scan data of C-V and/or dC/dV over a scan area. A scanning microscope is provided with a voltage biased tip that is scanned across an area to derive the data and the data can then be used to derive a plot of semiconductor dopant level across the scan area. A method for mapping a mechanical property of a surface of a sample with a scanning force microscope is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,700,953 to Hlady et al. The method comprises the steps of: (a) scanning a fine tip supported on a cantilever beam in contact with the surface of a sample; (b) applying a loading force on the surface of the sample by the fine tip; (c) oscillating the cantilever beam relative to the surface of the sample; (d) measuring a detector response of the fine tip; (e) determining the amplitude and a change in phase angle of the detector response; and (f) relating the amplitude and the change in phase angle to a property of the surface of the sample. A �Scanning Capacitance Microscope� is described in U.S. Pat. No. Re. 32,457 to Matey. Variations in topography and material properties of the surface layer of a body are observed in microscopic imaging using a scanning capacitance probe. Mazur et al., discloses a �Non-Invasive Electrical Measurement of Semiconductor Wafers,� in U.S. Pat. No. 6,492,827. A semiconductor wafer probe assembly includes a chuck assembly configured to receive a back surface of a semiconductor wafer and an electrical contact for contacting the semiconductor wafer. A probe having an elastically deformable conductive tip is movable into contact with a semiconducting material forming a front surface of the semiconductor wafer or with a front surface of a dielectric formed on the front surface of the semiconducting materials. A tester is connected for applying an electrical stimulus between the electrical contact and the conductive tip for measuring a response to the electrical stimulus and for determining from the response at least one electrical property of the semiconducting material and/or the dielectric. U.S. Pat. No. 6,172,506 to Adderton et al., entitled, �Capacitance Atomic Force Microscopes and Methods of Operating Such Microscopes,� discloses scanning a surface of a sample in intermittent contact mode with an atomic force microscope where the probe tip is electrically conductive and is electrically connected to a capacitance sensing circuit. The oscillation of the atomic force microscope probe modulates capacitance between probe tip and sample surface and the modulated capacitance is demodulated to yield the capacitance properties of the sample. Other methods for characterizing thin dielectric films are also known in the art. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,459,280 to Bhushan et al., capacitive film thickness measurement devices and measurement systems are described, including a device and technique for determining film thickness by suspending the film in a liquid dielectric. U.S. Patent Application Pub. No. 2002/0130674, discloses a steady state method for measuring the thickness and the capacitance of ultra thin dielectric in the presence of substantial leakage current. U.S. Pat. No. 6,388,452 to Picciotto, entitled, �Device for Sensing Media Thickness Using Capacitance Measurements,� discloses deriving the thickness of a media by electronically measuring the capacitance between the first and second electrodes of a variable capacitance capacitor. U.S. Pat. No. 6,465,267 to Wang et al., describes a �Method of Measuring Gate Capacitance to Determine the Electrical Thickness of Gate Dielectrics,� by connecting a meter to an integrated circuit gate structure and an active region located proximate the integrated circuit gate structure, applying forward body bias to the transistor at a gate inversion measuring point, and measuring capacitance from the meter while the transistor receives the forward body bias. U.S. Pat. No. 6,445,194 to Adkisson et al., describes a �Structure and Method for Electrical Method of Determining Film Conformality,� and, in particular, for measuring the sidewall deposition thickness of dielectric films. There are several drawbacks associated with the methods of the prior art. It is frequently difficult to obtain consistent measurement data. The probe methods of the prior art often are not highly sensitive, requiring a larger contact area that increases the chance of damaging the sample and also reduces the accuracy of the measurements. In addition, scanning capacitance microscopes are often sensitive to the change of capacitance when stimulated with an ac bias, i.e., dC/dV. In light of the foregoing, a capacitance probe for thin dielectric film characterization that is highly sensitive and obtains consistent measurement data is desirable. The present invention is a conductive probe having LCR (resistor, indicator and capacitor) components at the end of a transmission line. The LCR components and a measured sample form an LCR resonator. The resonant frequency of the resonator is a function of the capacitance of the measured junction structure. By measuring the resonant characteristic of the probe, the capacitance of the sample can be obtained and the dielectric film thickness can be extracted. In a preferred embodiment, a conductive probe is connected to the end of a center conductor of a coaxial cable or transmission line. RLC components are connected between the center probe and the ground of the coaxial cable or transmission line. When the center conductive probe is brought in contact with the sample surface, it forms an MIS or MIM structure. When the substrate is in the same ground as the transmission line, the RLC components at the end of the transmission line and the capacitance of the MIS/MIM structure form a resonant circuit. The resonant frequency of this resonant circuit is a function of the MIS/MIM capacitance. When this probe is driven by a signal generator, the reflected signal from the probe through the transmission line can be used to determine the resonant characteristics of the resonant circuit. Therefore, the MIS/MIM capacitance can be measured and the dielectric film thickness or its dielectric properties can be extracted. The objects of the present invention include characterization of thin dielectric film on semiconductor or metal substrate using a conductive probe to form metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) or a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structures and using a probe circuit with inductor, capacitor, and resistor (LCR) components at the end of a transmission line as a signal reflector for capacitance measurement on these structures. The above summary of the present invention is not intended to describe each illustrated embodiment or every implementation of the present invention. The figures in the detailed description that follow more particularly exemplify these embodiments. The invention may be more completely understood in consideration of the following detailed description of various embodiments of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the invention to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. The capacitance probe for thin dielectric film characterization of the present invention provides a highly sensitive capacitance measurement method and reduces the contact area needed to obtain such a measurement. A preferred embodiment of the capacitance probe of the present invention is connected to a measurement system by a transmission line and comprises a center conductive tip and LCR components between the center conductor and the ground of the transmission line. When the probe tip is in contact with a sample, an MIS or MIM structure is formed, with the LCR components and the capacitance of the MIS or MIM structure forming a resonant circuit. By sending a high frequency driving signal to the probe and by measuring the reflected signal from the probe through the transmission line, the resonant characteristic of the resonant circuit can be obtained because the reflected signal has minimum power at the resonant frequency of the probe circuit. The capacitance of the MIS or MIM structure can be obtained from the resonant characteristics and the dielectric film thickness or other dielectric properties can be extracted. Here, Γ(ω) is the reflection coefficient of the driving signal reflecting from the tank probe which is the function of frequency ω. ZL is the tank probe's impedance which is the function of probe's resistance, Rp, inductance, Lp, capacitance, Cp, and the sample's resistance, Rs, inductance, Ls, capacitance, Cs. Z0 is the characteristic impedance of the transmission line, usually has a value of 50 ohms. Γ(ω) is near one when the frequency ω is far away from the resonant frequency of the tank probe (almost all the driving signal power is reflected from the probe). However, at the tank probe's resonant frequency, the reflected power is minimum as shown in These tank capacitance probes can be integrated as a MEMS device to allow access small test area. The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential attributes thereof, therefore, the illustrated embodiments should be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being made to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention. Patent Citations
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