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A semiconductor thin film formed over a substrate and having drain and source regions each being of a conductivity type and a channel region of another conductivity type defined between the drain and source regions, a gate electrode(s) formed over and/or below the channel region of the semiconductor thin film through an insulating layer(s), a pair of electrodes being connected to the drain and source regions of the semiconductor thin film, in which said source region is placed in a self-aligned manner and adjoined to said channel region, while a drain-offset region is defined between said channel region and said drain region in a self-aligned manner.
1. A method of making a thin film transistor having a self-aligned asymmetrical structure, said method comprising:
forming a semiconductor thin film over a substrate, said thin film being formed to include a drain region, a channel region and a partial source region, said drain and partial source regions being of one conductivity type and said channel region being of another conductivity type;
forming a gate electrode over said channel region and a pair of electrodes including a drain electrode and a source electrode, said drain electrode being concurrently formed with the formation of said gate electrode by the same layer forming said gate electrode, whereby a drain-offset region is formed between said gate electrode and drain electrode;
completing the formation of the source region in a self-aligned manner by ion implantation using said source electrode and gate electrode as a mask.
2. A method as in claim 1, said method further comprising:
forming a second gate on said substrate prior to forming said semiconductor thin film over said substrate.
3. A method as in claim 1 in which said semiconductor thin film has a thickness of 20 to 60 nm.
4. A method as in claim 1, wherein an ion is implanted in low concentration in said drain-offset region using said gate electrode and drain electrode as a mask after completing the formation of the source region.
5. A method as in claim 1, wherein said drain-offset region is formed between said channel region and said drain region in a self-aligned manner by ion implantation using said gate and drain electrodes as a mask.
6. A method as in claim 1, wherein said source is formed concurrently with the formation of said gate electrode and drain electrode by the same layer forming said gate electrode and drain electrode.
7. A method as in claim 1, wherein said drain-offset region is covered with a mask upon completing the formation of the source region.
8. A method as in claim 7, wherein said drain-offset region is of the same conductivity type as said drain region.
9. A method as in claim 7, wherein said drain-offset region is of the same conductivity type as said channel region.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/679,273, filed Apr. 2, 1991, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a metal oxide semiconductor thin film transistor (MOS thin film transistor), and more particularly to a MOS thin film transistor comprising a polysilicon layer and a SOI structure. The thin film transistor of the present invention is useful particularly as a load device for Static Random Access Memory (SRAM).
2. Description of the Related Art
MOS thin film transistors (called hereunder MOS-TFT) are widely used in large size LSI for LCD (Liquid Crystal Displays) and, as load devices, in Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs). These devices are mainly composed of a polysilicon thin film formed by deposition and therefore have defects of very high density in the film. As a result, leakage current through P-N junction observed in the film is much larger than that obtained in single crystals.
A typical structure of polysilicon MOS-TFT and drain current-gate voltage characteristic (Id-Vgs) thereof are shown in FIGS. 5(a)-(c), wherein S is a source, G is a gate, and D is a drain. Off current (I Off) is defined by the drain current observed at a zero gate voltage (Vgs=0) with a nominal drain-source voltage (Vds=Vdd), and On current (I ON) is defined by the drain current (Id) observed at a nominal gate and drain-source voltage (Vgd=Vds=Vdd).
The OFF current, i.e., leakage current, depends in a complicated way on the recombination-generation mechanism in the drain depletion region. In addition, in polysilicon, or semiconductor films with high level of crystalline defects, this mechanism is enhanced in the depletion region by the drain-gate electric field. The dependence of the OFF current can be represented by the following equation.
IOFF =qkTπσvth ni (NTS /Sg)Wtp (.sub.εS Eo/qNd)exp(Em/Eo)ν [I]
______________________________________q: Electronic charge σ: Effective capture crossk: Boltzman constant sectionT: Absolute Temperature Vth : Thermal velocityNTS :Traps density ni : Semiconductor intrinsic(eV/cm2) carrier concentrationW: Transistor channel width Sg : Polysilicon grain sizeεs :Dielectric Constant tp : Polysilicon thicknessNd: Donor concentration Eo: Constant (1 � 105 V/cm)ν:exponent factor (�1/2) Em: Depletion layer maximum electric field______________________________________
The above maximum electric field (Em) can be expressed by
Em=E1 +E2
E1 =√2qNeff Vd/.sub.εS1
E2 =α[(Cox/εS)(Vgs-Vds-VFB)]
wherein α is a fringing field factor (�0.5), and Cox is the transistor gate oxide capacitance per unit area. The effect of the electric field Em is given by the exponential enhancement factor: Fe=exp (Em/Eo).sup.ν, and this exponential dependence with the gate and drain voltages strongly increases the OFF current of the device.
For applications requiring Static Random Access Memory (SRAMs) to operate with battery, it is essential to have a very low standby power dissipation. For this purpose, such a polysilicon PMOS TFT has been proposed as the load device in the SRAM cell as shown in FIGS. 6(a)-(d) being a plan view, a sectional view taken from the line Y--Y', a sectional view taken from the line X--X', and a diagram of the equivalent circuit, respectively. In the Figures, reference numeral 21 shows a first intermediate oxide film, 22 a second intermediate oxide film, 23 a third polysilicon layer, 24 a second polysilicon layer, 25 a first polysilicon layer, 26 a WSix layer, and 27 a P-MOS FET, and Q1 to Q6 specific portions constituting the device.
However, for high density memory, with more than 1 Megabit capacity, a 1 μA total standby current should be specified. This requires that the OFF current of the polysilicon PMOS TFT to be less than 0.1 pA. To meet this requirement and in accordance with the equation [I], various attempts have been made for improving the quality of the polysilicon film by using such a growing technique as enabling a film formation with a larger grain size (Sg�1 μm). In this respect, a very thin polysilicon film (tp�10 nm) has been formed and proposed to use for the device. However, such a film is very difficult to be produced with good reproductivity in mass production.
Another proposal to reduce the OFF current is to apply the drain-offset structure as shown in FIGS. 7(a) and (b). In this case, the TFT channel region must be defined directly by the pattern of a photoresist mask, because the gate electrode is under the TFT channel, or the device body. The problem with this technique is the difficulty to align the channel with the underlying gate electrode, specially in submicron size devices as required in high density SRAM. As illustrated in FIG. 7(c), supposing the bulk NMOS transistor of being minimum channel length (Ln), the alignment tolerance is approximately DM=Ln/2. That is, the channel length of the polysilicon PMOS transistor, under the gate (GP), will vary between 0 and Ln (See FIGS. 7(d) and (e)).
Also, an LDD (Lightly Doped Drain) structure with source and drain-offset (Rs and Rd as shown in FIGS. 8(a) and (b)) is proposed to reduce OFF current and improve the ON/OFF ratio. This structure is symmetric, in the sense that both the source and drain are lightly doped regions. However, this creates a series resistance with the source electrode which reduces the transistor drain ON current.
The invention has been achieved under the above circumstances. An object of the invention is to provide a new MOS thin film transistor which does not require a very thin film difficult to be produced and comprises a TFT structure having a new self-aligned and asymmetrical drain-offset structure with lower OFF current.
According to the present invention, there is provided a MOS thin film transistor which comprises:
a semiconductor thin film formed over a substrate and having drain and source regions each being of conductivity type and a channel region of another conductivity type defined between the drain and source regions,
a gate electrode(s) formed over and/or below the channel region of the semiconductor thin film through an insulating layer(s),
a pair of electrodes being connected to the drain and source regions of the semiconductor thin film,
in which said source region is placed in a self-aligned manner and adjoined to said channel region, while a drain-offset region is defined between said channel region and said drain region in a self-aligned manner.
The thin film transistor (TFT) of the present invention has an asymmetrical drain-offset structure. According to the structure, (a) the maximum electric field, at the drain reverse biased junction depletion layer, generated with a junction by inversion voltage, is decreased due to the drain-offset between the gate electrode and the drain region, and therefore (b) the field enhancement factor and the OFF current can be reduced. Also, the self-aligned source region ensures the direct application of the gate voltage to the channel region without causing ON current reduction by the parasitic source resistance, and (c) the self-aligned drain-offset region precisely defines the distance between the gate and drain electrodes which results in simplifying the steps in the fabrication of the TFT device.
FIGS. 1 to 3 are sectional views each showing a structure of an example of the thin film transistor of the present invention.
FIGS. 4(a)-4(h) are sectional views sequentially showing a fabrication process of the thin film transistor of the present invention.
FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) are sectional views each showing a basic structure of a conventional MOS-TFT and FIG. 5(c) is a graph showing a drain current-gate voltage characteristic (Id-Vgs), thereof.
FIGS. 6(a)-6(d), 7(a)-7(e), and 8(a)-8(b) are sectional views each concretely showing a construction of the conventional MOS-TFT.
Typical MOS thin film transistors of single gate type with self-aligned asymmetrical drain-offset structure of the present invention are illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. The thin film transistor may be a double gate TFT as shown in FIG. 3.
The thin film transistor of the present invention may be NMOS or PMOS type. Hereinafter, a PMOS type TFT as shown in FIG. 2 is typically illustrated.
As shown, the PMOS-TFT of an example of the present invention comprises a substrate 1 made of a semiconductor or an insulating material such as quartz, on which an insulating layer 2 (made, for example, of SiO2, SiN and the like) is formed by CVD process or thermal growth. A semiconductor thin film transistor body 3 (for example, a polysilicon layer) is deposited on the insulating layer 2 and a MOS gate oxide layer 4 is also deposited by CVD process or thermal growth. Contact holes 5 and 5' are made in the gate oxide layer 4 by etching, and the film (3) is heavily doped P-type through these holes by ion implantation of Boron ions.
A top electrode layer made of either polysilicon or metal is deposited and patterned to form the gate, source and drain electrodes 6, 7 and 8, respectively. By using a photoresist mask, which overlaps the gate and drain electrodes, ion implantation (boron) is performed to form a self-aligned source region S and drain offset region 9 as shown in FIG. 2. By removing the photoresist and performing an additional low concentration boron ion implantation, an asymmetrical LDD offset structure (LDD region 10) is formed as shown in FIG. 1.
Characteristics of the above TFT structure are: (a) the top gate electrode configuration, (b) the offset region of low concentration p-type or n-type semiconductor between the gate and drain, (c) High concentration doping of the drain through the contact hole, and (d) the source-gate self-aligned structure with heavily doped source to reduce parasitic source series resistance.
It is in general suitable that the thickness of the body 3 be about 20 to 60 nm and the width be about 0.5 to 1.0 μm, the width of the gate electrode be about 0.6 to 2 μm, and the width of the drain-offset region be about 0.5 to 1 μm.
Further, in the FIGS. 1 and 2, the concentrations of impurity are suitably about 1014 to 1015 /cm2 for the P+ -type source and drain regions, about 1012 to 1013 /cm2 for the N-type channel region and the N-type drain-offset region, and about 1012 to 1013 /cm2 for the P-type drain-offset region.
Next, the self-aligned asymmetrical drain-offset MOS TFT of the present invention is detailed with referring a fabrication process of a double gate TFT as shown in FIGS. 4(a) to (g).
First, as shown in FIG. 4(a), on a silicon substrate 1A, an insulating silicon oxide layer 2A (about 0.5 μm in thickness) is grown or deposited by CVD process and a bottom gate electrode 6A (polysilicon, about 0.3 μm in thickness) is deposited by LPCVD process and patterned by photoetching.
Then, as shown in FIG. 4(b), a silicon oxide layer 4A (about 50 nm in thickness) is thermally grown or deposited by CVD process to form a dielectric for the bottom electrode 6A, and a contact hole 5' is made by photoetching. Thereafter, a second polysilicon layer 3A (about 50 nm in thickness) is deposited and patterned by photoetching to form a polysilicon transistor body as shown in FIG. 4(c).
Next, an oxide layer 4B (about 30 nm in thickness) is thermally grown or deposited by CVD process to form a dielectric for top gate electrode, and a contact hole 5 is made by photoetching using photoresist mask 11. After this etching, the photoresist mask 11 is used as mask and ion implantation is performed as shown in FIG. 4(d) to dope the transistor drain region D and a part of the source region, typically with about 5�1015 cm-2 concentration of boron ions. After this implantation, the photoresist 11 is removed.
Alternatively, the ion implantation of the drain region D may be carried out before the formation of the hole 5' in the oxide layer 4B. In this case, the photoresist mask 11 is delineated, boron ions are implanted through the oxide layer 4B, appropriately inhibiting channeling. After implantation, contact hole 5', in the oxide layer 4B, are opened.
Then, as shown in FIG. 4(e), a layer of metal or a third polysilicon layer is deposited and patterned by photoetching to form a polysilicon top gate electrode 6B, a source electrode 7 and a drain electrode 8. As shown in FIG. 4(f), a photoresist mask 12 is then formed to cover the drain-gate offset region 9 and a Boron ion implantation with high concentration (�5�1015 cm-2) is performed to form a self-aligned source region S (FIG. 4(g)). Then, the photoresist mask 12 is removed to complete the formation of the self-aligned asymmetrical drain-offset TFT of the present invention.
In this example, following the photoresist removal, an ion implantation with low concentration impurity is performed as shown in FIG. 4(h) to form a self-aligned asymmetrical lightly doped drain (ALDD) TFT structure. This concentration is adjusted to optimize the device characteristics to be exhibited, but typically of about �1013 cm-2 in the case of boron.
Polysilicon TFT is an inexpensive device and widely used in LCD, SRAM, 3-D integrated circuits and the like. However, the high density of defects in the thin film transistor body makes the TFT very leaky as compared with transistors fabricated in a single crystal semiconductor. The leakage current in polysilicon MOS TFT is due to the electric field enhanced generation-recombination at the drain P-N junction induced by the high electric field which is capacitively coupled with the gate electrode. According to the self-aligned asymmetrical LDD or self-aligned asymmetrical drain offset TFT structure of the present invention, the enhanced generation-recombination of electric field is remarkably suppressed which results in decreased OFF current.
That is, in the structures of the present invention, the drain region and the channel region are isolated by the drain-offset region, so as to reduce the electric field intensity thereby decreasing the OFF current.
Also, the top gate electrode allows the source region to be defined in self-aligned manner thereby eliminating the source parasitic series resistances which reduce the ON (drive) current of the TFT.
Furthermore, the drain offset region is easily and precisely defined in self-aligned manner by the use of a photoresist mask which overlaps the previously formed gate and drain electrodes.
In summary, using the TFT structures of the present invention allows a high performance polysilicon MOS TFT with lower OFF current, high ON/OFF ratio and good controllability of its characteristics, to be realized and fabricated with improved yield and reduced cost.
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Any suggestions on a good website for free three in one credit report?
Here is I believe to be the official site. You can get them on line or by calling an 800#.
Someone suggested getting one every 4 months from one of the 3 credit unions, so one can keep an eye on things throughout the year, as opposed to once a year if all 3 are pulled at the same time.
Here is a link that might be useful: FTC Annual credit report site
At least here in Minnesota, you can log on to the Web site below for the free credit reports you are entitled to every year.
Here is a link that might be useful: Free annual credit reports
You can go to the Equifax Canada site and download a form that you fill out and send to them for a free report.
Here is a link that might be useful: Equifax Canada
ThereÂs only one online source authorized to provide you with a free copy of your credit report. ThatÂs annualcreditreport.com. Beware of other sites that may look and sound similar.
ONE note of issue; The free reports do not come with valid (or any, for that matter) calculated FICO scores... just the raw liability history & data.
This is not UNuseful... but be aware that if you want your credit reports to use as benchmarks for any kind of actual credit applications you'll need to have a regular tri-merge (industry specific) pulled so you know the actual FICO scores.
Further, be aware that different industries subscribe to different FICO algorithms... so a set of mortgage scores won't help for a car loan, or insurance grading, or consumer credit.
OK... that's my "public announcement" for the weekend.
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I am at https://www.annualcreditreport.com/, trying to receive a free credit report.
What I don't know is who will be providing me a report, Equifax. Experian, or TransUnion? I don't want all three reports at once.
What I don't know is who will be providing me a report, Equifax. Experian, or TransUnion? I don't want all three reports at once.
Once you fill out the extensive form, and enter (or continue) somewhere it will then ask which credit reporting agency you want the report from. You can then check one, two, or all three of them.
I used the site a couple of weeks ago, and got my report from TransUnion.
Here is a link that might be useful: Annualcreditreport.com
I am still worried about entering my SSN online. Have you had any problems in terms of identity theft?
No problems. If you don't want to do it on line, you can also make your request via phone or via mail after printing out the form.
Here is a link that might be useful: REQUEST YOUR FREE ANNUAL CREDIT REPORT ONLINE, BY PHONE OR BY MAIL.
Get your free annual credit reports from https://www.annualcreditreport.com/
But DON'T pay any attention to the credit scores! They are fakos (just a guesstimate and can be off by as much as 100 points!)
And yes, you should pull your credit reports from all three bureaus! Click on the links and it will basically walk you through it. Be prepared to answer verification questions about loans, payments and such. If you enter the wrong info, you will have to then get them by mail, possibly.
To pull all three credit reports after getting the freebies, you can go with either http://www.truecredit.com for 14.95 per month (you are allowed to update reports every 24hrs and 1min). Another place to get them with your real fico scores are http://www.myfico.com
I'm on the free forums there at myfico and absolutely love it!
I only skimmed, so forgive me for any repetition:
Your free annual report is extremely helpful, but you will not get your actual FICO scores, you have to pay for those. If you want to pay for those, be sure and check for online coupons. I saved 20% last week when I pulled mine.
Re: FAKOs. I have subscribed to True Credit for a few years. While it is good for catching things on your report, and getting emails alerting you to new inquiries or problems, the FAKO scores can REALLY be off. I paid for my FICOs last week, and they are much higher than what True Credit says, 44/52/65 higher - that is very significant.

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New toilet leaking?
Thought my project was finished, but now I see marks on the floor next to the toilet that suggest it's leaking.
I had problems fitting it, the flange was broken, and also crooked. I used a repair ring over it, and it sat nice and firm, but this leak is just the last straw...
With the repair ring, it's now quite high, especially on the high side of the flange. I thought I was okay since the toilet seated on the floor all right, but this mark (a pee mark off to the side of the toilet, people living in the house didn't mention it, but I saw it.)
So I'm not going to feel comfortable until I remove the thing and see what's what.
Flange sits above a concrete basement floor, more or less without gap on one side, a fair amount of gap under the flange on the other. I did put silicone under the repair ring but it didn't sit all that well on the flange, but it was as good as I could get it to sit - didn't have a lot of time to choose repair flanges, I literally got into Home Depot a few minutes before closing on a Sunday night.
I assume the only way to be sure is to replace the flange?
Would an extra height wax ring help? Bear in mind the top of the flange sticks up a fair bit, quite a bit on the high side. I assume the taller wax ring just squishes more wax around the thing, hopefully sealing it.
Am I going to have to replace the flange, and if so, how can I be sure it's going to sit any flatter? I assume the elbow within the floor is crooked, so is there some sort of shallow repair flange that's going to nestle in there with some wiggle room, and, presumably, some sort of seal?
Presumably you use a dremel-type inside pipe cutter, and hammer drill away some concrete? Bathroom is all nice and new, so I'd like to avoid messing things up. Flooring is vinyl.
If you can get the flange and flange bolts secure so the toilet sits proper with no rocking...
Then look for a Fernco Waxless Toilet Seal. They have a 3" and 4" model.
When you have to stack wax rings, you increase the likelihood of a side load blowout or the wax ring if the toilet is ever plunged or if there is a backup in the waste line. The other nice thing about the FTS-4 (or the FTS-3) is that once it's set on the bottom of the toilet porcelain (with adhesive), you can set and pull the toilet repeatedly. Unlike wax rings, the FTS is reusable.
Plus, most of my construction has radiant floor heat, so this takes away the problem of the floor heat softening the wax ring.
That looks interesting..thanks for those. I think that would HAVE to fix it.
I guess I have to clean the wax off the toilet really well, for the adhesive to work.
The drain in the floor seems quite shallow to me; how much straight vertical penetration do these adapters need? By the look of the barbs/seals on the side, it looks like there's a little wiggle room, which I guess I need, since the pipe's a little crooked.
There is wiggle room with the Fernco, they generally extend a couple of inches down into the waste pipe.
If your flange is set far down, Saniseal makes a waxless ring, it's sort of like a big oversized polyurethane donut. The problem I've heard with that one is that it's a compression seal, and if it's a real tight fit between the horn of the toilet and the toilet flange, the saniseal ring can't compress enough and the toilet sort of "floats" on the saniseal ring and you need to shim the toilet to keep it from wobbling.
With your flange being set deep, the Saniseal might also be be worth taking a look at.
I use the Fernco quite often. I've never used the Saniseal or the Fluidmaster. The Fluidmaster sort of looks like the Fernco but it's a more rigid material with "O" rings instead of flexible like the Fernco with built-in barbs.
Good luck with it. Wonky toilet flanges are such a pain to remediate.
They appear to be self-adhesive, I'm guessing some sort of double sided rubber gasket type of thing.
Here's a link:
Here is a link that might be useful: Wax free toilet seal
Sounds good to me. What a pain though, I've got to remove the tank and go through all that again.
Provided my flange plate holds, I guess the beauty of that gadget means there won't be any issues with it leaking, since the water/waste is directly run into the drain.
Can those tailpieces be trimmed? The drain is pretty shallow....I'm assuming it's a flexible product, by the look of those barbed seals.
I suspect I will have to order one in, unless my wholesaler actually carries them. Problem is, I have to remove toilet to find size...which means it may be out of commission again for a while. Sigh, rinse, repeat.
This post was edited by alan_s_thefirst on Thu, Nov 29, 12 at 14:03
The Fernco fitting is great. I'm a convert. If I'd known about them, I would have used one on my upstairs toilet.
Cost me around $6. I realised they'd used an offset flange, even though there was enough room to get the toilet in without it.
The Fernco waxless seal doesn't work with an offset...so I cut away the highest part of the flange, and put one of those repair metal pieces on that straddles the flange.
The toilet wouldn't sit flat then...part of the underside was sitting on the flange, I could hear it grinding.
As an 11th hour thing, I used a diamond tile blade in an angle grinder to grind the ridge down - it's not glazed, and I assume the glazing on the inside of the toilet takes care of the waterproofing.
It sits better now, but rocks slightly. I'm also worried how well the seal is working because it's been detached and reattached from the toilet a few times, with me removing it. I don't know if you can replace the adhesive, or if it's designed to do that, but it grips the drain really well and parted from the toilet before it came out.
It's back in place and I caulked it to help steady it.
I'm probably a fool but am considering redoing it yet again when the people living in my house are away.
Since the offset flange isn't necessary (to my relief, the tank still fits when the toilet's back directly over the drain) I am thinking, remove old flange, put new, conventional flange in with same or new Fernco, sleep well knowing it's perfect.
How hard is re-doing a flange in concrete? I don't want to break up concrete etc, I need to save the floor! I'm assuming you put some mortar around the new flange.
I don't see a lot of flanges screwed down or ANYTHING barring the ABS cement, which seems a bad idea.
If you're cementing a new one down, can you set bolts or screws into it? I'm thinking screws, since I don't want ANYTHING sticking up that might make the thing rock.
Should I shim the toilet and leave it? I can cut away the silicone to do so.
I've probably bent the repair plate trying to torque it down, I bottomed the toilet screws so the caps stick up a bit.
I suppose the fernco seal itself might be what's holding it high....I pressed it down as much as I could.
Thoughts? I don't think I can afford a plumber right now....and I think I can make it work, after Xmas I can stay in the house and work at my own pace.
Ironically, I don't know if it was leaking or not. Turns out the guy living there has incredibly bad aim.
That being said, the concrete around the thing seemed quite damp.
This post was edited by alan_s_thefirst on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 14:54
I think I want one of these:
I don't even mind the price...Mine is ABS, though. I don't know how much difference that would make. Both ABS and PVC "three inch" pipe is ~3 1/2" O.D, are they not?
Here is a link that might be useful: Flange-Off
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Crackle glaze not crackling
I used the crackling glaze by plaid but when I painted over it only a portion of the paint crackled. I used the same plaid brand acrylic paint but it didn't work out so well. Should I have used a different type of paint. I have some leftover white latex ceiling paint. Should I try again with this thinner paint?? Any other suggestions? All help is appreciated. Thanks!
I have only seen the crackling done on tv. But a thinner paint is not what is required I would think. Try HGTV.com
I think it is in the application of the crackle medium that determines the final crackle paint layer. For example I have heard it said do not go over and over with brush strokes of the medium. How thick or thin the medium is may make a difference in the final paint application cracking.
As previously stated how thick you apply the medium determines how definitive the cracks are. And you can not streak the paint color over more than once. I use a wide brush loaded heavy and make one swipe till the paint runs out, reload and do it again. If you recoat the paint it will not crack through more than one layer of paint. You can do it again if you put the medium down and start over. The drying time of the medium can make a difference as well; each brand usually has it's own recommendation. I usually let it sit a couple hours. Good luck


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Scott A. Olson, 60, and Alexander Voigt, 16, were killed while sightseeing Friday, the St. Cloud Times reported.
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After defeat at Wigan Athletic, Sunderland boss Roy Keane admits he's returning to the market this week.
Keane has already spent £27million in a bid to add enough depth and quality to the Sunderland squad to keep them in the Premier League, but with Carlos Edwards, Grant Leadbitter and now captain Dean Whitehead out injured, there could be more signings before the transfer window closes.
"We were looking at that anyway, likes lots of clubs, but that's not a knee-jerk reaction to this defeat," Keane said. "We definitely need a bigger, stronger squad.
"With Deano getting injured and Grant missing, it gives other players an opportunity, and some take that, some don't."


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• Audio playback
• Video control
• Lighting control
• Heating and A/C control
• Movie & album artwork
• IP camera viewing
• Playlist creation
• Anywhere Access (4Sight subscription required)
PLEASE NOTE: A Control4 controller and automation system must be installed at your home or business prior to the use of the Control4 MyHome app. See www.control4.com/myhome for more information.
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Chamberlain MyQ Home Control
*** Note: Requires Chamberlain MyQ hardware. Learn more about the compatible products at www.chamberlain.com
The Chamberlain MyQ Home Control App empowers you to easily and confidently monitor and control your home from anywhere.
MyQ technology brings you peace of mind, security and control when you forget to close the garage door, want to open it from afar to let people in, or just keep a closer eye on your home by turning on lights to make it look like you are home.
The Chamberlain MyQ App combined with any one of the Chamberlain MyQ accessories allows you to monitor and control your garage door opener and light controls with your smartphone. And with push notifications enabled, the device can receive alerts that the garage door is open or a light was left on.
- Monitor and control multiple garage door openers
- Turn lights on or off
- Customize to receive alerts when the garage door or lighting status has changed
- Modify security levels or add a passcode of your choice
Learn more about Chamberlain MyQ enabled garage door openers, Chamberlain MyQ Garage™ and Chamberlain MyQ lighting products at www.chamberlain.com.
Be at home even when you're not
WeMo is a family of products that you can use to control just about anything in your home – from anywhere. Monitor your space heater's energy consumption, cool down the house before you get there, make sure the kids' TV turns off at bedtime, and light up a dark room before you walk in. WeMo is designed to make your life a whole lot easier.
Set it, forget it, and get notifications
Don't ever worry that you left your porch light on by setting a rule to turn off at sunrise, set alerts to let you know when your dryer cycle is done so your clothes won't get wrinkled, and have your lights and electronics deter intruders by simulating occupancy while you are lying on a beach.
These are just some of the things you can do with the WeMo app.
Integrate WeMo with IFTTT
With IFTTT (if this then that), you can connect your home to the web for endless possibilities. Set your sprinklers to stay off when rain is in the forecast or have the lights come on when you approach your front door. You can even have the lights flash when your favorite team scores.
If you can think of it, you can probably WeMo That.
Check out what else you can do with WeMo at:
Property Search
- Search properties for sale, to rent, commercial property, holiday homes in Ireland and overseas
- Refine your search by location, price, bedrooms and other criteria
- Lightning fast search results
- View property photos, map, features and contact details
- Easily contact the seller by phone or email directly from your phone
- On View: See properties on view by location
- Price Changes: See recent property price changes
- Commercial Leases: View recently leased commercial property
- Sold Properties: See recently sold properties by location
- Recently Added: See the latest property added to MyHome.ie
- Recently Sale Agreed: See the latest property on MyHome.ie to go sale agreed
My Account
- Favourite property
- Saved searches
LiftMaster MyQ Home Control
*** Note: Requires LiftMaster MyQ hardware and a compatible garage door opener, gate operator or commercial door operator. Learn more about compatible products and find a LiftMaster Dealer at LiftMaster.com.
The LiftMaster® MyQ® Home and Property Control App empowers you to easily monitor and control your home or business from anywhere with your Android phone or tablet.
Imagine receiving an alert if you left your garage or gate open. Or being able to turn on your lights before you get home. LiftMaster MyQ Technology does this by letting you monitor, open and close your garage door or gate from anywhere and control home lighting. And with push notifications enabled, you can receive alerts that a door is open or a light was left on.
- Monitor and control multiple garage door openers, gate operators and commercial door operators
- Turn home lighting on or off
- Customize to receive alerts when the door or lighting status has changed
- Modify security levels or add a passcode of your choice
Learn more about LiftMaster at LiftMaster.com.
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XFINITY Home
Key features include:
- Remote arm and disarm
- Real-time text and email alerts when alarms are triggered and motion is detected*
- Remote video monitoring*
- Lighting and thermostat control*
*Purchase of additional hardware may be required
Disclaimer: Not available in all areas. Restrictions apply. Service and equipment sold separately. Services and features vary based on service package.
- Wi-Fi or 4G cellular internet connection
- Android phone or tablet running Android 4.0.2 and higher
- XFINITY Home service
- Comcast ID or Comcast.net email address and password (Need your Comcast ID? go to http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/xfinity-apps/get-your-comcast-id-or-user-name/)
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Features :
User interface with the same look and feel of the operating system.
No need of additional devices, only a standard BTicino/Legrand gateway that support the OpenWebNet protocol is required.
Manageable devices :
Thermoregulation ( 4 and 99 zones )
Sound system ( mono and multichannel )
Also available in free version limited to 2 device per type and 1 cam.
Extended address management
Configurations sharing
Widget for voice command (experimental)
Discovery of gateways on the local network
When you like to control you installation through the internet, GPRS or 3G connection, it's opportune to guarantee a the safety of communication. For this it's recommended to use a VPN connection versus your router.
My Dream Home Interior Design
***Data connection needed to initially load images. Live wallpapers only work on phones that support live wallpapers***
Addicted to browsing beautiful interiors? Need a little inspiration on a design project? This HD image gallery collects the most amazing interior design ideas and applications, organizing them by rooms and elements.
***Save and share images for living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, home offices, loft spaces, and nooks. Even browse design elements like fireplaces and stairs.
***New images added daily with an option for rotating image live wallpaper.
***Rotating Live Wallpaper image option for your home screen background
***Set any image as your wallpaper background
***Slideshow option to scroll through pics hands free
***Save any image to your phone or share via text, facebook, or twitter.
This app was built for the bored home owner looking for a change, new home owners needing some ideas, architects, interior designers, builders, developers, and anyone else who loves spending time browsing through beautiful spaces. Photography enthusiasts will also love browsing the incredible HD interior shots!
Tons of images... tons of ideas... Enjoy!
**Disclaimer... this app uses the Tumblr API to fetch images directly from Tumblr blogs via tags. We claim no ownership to any of the work displayed and are operating under the assumption that all work posted on Tumblr has been granted permission as is required by their Terms of Service when posting. If you see any work not compliant with copyright usage, please contact Tumblr directly. We'll gladly help in showing where the images are fetched from. Once removed from Tumblr, our app will no longer load it. We'll gladly help in any way we can.
Home Design 3D - FREEMIUM
[Discover the free version of the reference application Home Design 3D.
In this version, you can test the features of the application and explore its possibilities.
This version can be used without limit. But be careful, projects can not be saved in this version. However, projects created can be saved by obtaining the full version directly from this one.]
✔ "Now apps offer a quick and powerful way to indulge your home design fantasies. Home Design 3D is one of the better ones" - NY Times.com
✔ "Designers have used complex software to help plan renovations for years, but with this app anyone can do it" - #2 best property app by The Telegraph
✔ Selected by Buzzfeed as one of the best Handy Apps Every Home Design Lover Needs
✔ "A brillant app" Stuff
Home Design 3D is that perfect balance between ease of use and extensive features.
With Home Design 3D, designing and changing your home has never been so intuitive and quick. Whether you want to redecorate, redesign or create the home of your dreams, Home Design 3D is the perfect app for you!
★ Undo/Redo so no more mistakes!
★ A new 3D mode: add, edit and move rooms, walls and furniture in 3D too
Floorplan and room layout:
★ Save and edit all your projects easily
★ In 2D, you can draw rooms, create openings, and now add single and small walls.
★ You can just as easily change the height or the thickness of the walls, the shape of the room itself, ...
★ By simply dragging/dropping, make your choice from among hundreds of objects and pieces of joinery proposed and change both the interior and exterior of your home.
Customization and 3D visits:
★ New 3D engine for a photo-realistic rendering
★ Choose from the textures to customize your project.
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• Easy to use and intuitive interface
• Drag and drop any object or piece of furniture where you want (windows, doors, tables, desks, carpeting, etc…. This applies to textures too.
• An enormous variety of features (magnetism, single walls, wall height adjustment,…)
• More than 800 different objects and joignery available for the house and the garden
• Select the dimensions of every element of the house (walls, objects, furniture, ...)
• Visit your home in 3D with 2 navigation modes (First Person view and Observer mode)
• Save and edit all your projects easily
• No internet connection
Calling all professionals! We can make it possible to see your products in Home Design 3D. Contact us at email@example.com
Follow us on Twitter @homedesign3d
Join us on facebook.com/homedesign3d
User interface with the same look and feel of the operating system.
No need of additional devices, only a standard BTicino/Legrand gateway that support the OpenWebNet protocol is required.
Manageable devices:
This is the free version limited to 2 device per type and 1 cam.
Extended address management
Discovery of gateways on the local network.
Widget for voice commands.
When you like to control you installation through the internet, GPRS or 3G connection, it's opportune to guarantee a the safety of communication. For this it's recommended to use a VPN connection, versus your router.
BTicino Wiring Devices
Supported languages: english, dutch, french, italian, spanish, chinese, czech.
Pocket Keypad for Control4®
NOTE: This app is NOT yet optimized for tablets. Pocket Keypad will function ok on tablets, but the GUI will not scale very well. Some 7" tablets scale ok and some don't. Almost all 10" tablets don't scale very well. Optimized tablet GUI's are planned for a future release.
See below for a list of features that Pocket Keypad supports:
1. External Access! Have you ever left your home and forgot to lock your door? With Pocket Keypad, just pull out your phone and quickly lock your door! Why spend all the time, money and effort on perfecting your Control4® fully automated home...just to leave it all behind when leave your house? With Pocket Keypad you can control your home from anywhere!
2. Push Notifications. With Pocket Keypad, you can easily receive any text-based notification directly to your phone about any event in your home that you'd like to be notified of. Wouldn't it be nice to receive a notification directly on your phone if your water heater started to leak or to be notified immediately when your child arrived home from school while you were running errands?
3. FAST. Pocket Keypad is amazingly fast! Everything you do in the app happens instantly. Changing rooms, opening your watch or listen lists...all instant with Pocket Keypad!
4. Legacy support. Have you been enjoying your Control4® system for several years now? Have you asked your dealer if its possible to control your home with your phone and they told you it was possible but you'd have to upgrade many parts of your system to enable this cool feature? If upgrading your Control4® system wasn't an option for you then you'll be happy to know that Pocket Keypad supports older installs too!! Pocket Keypad works on almost every Control4® system!
5. Four 6-button keypads. 6-button keypads are awesome! Sometimes having dedicated buttons for some of the most used tasks can prove to be the most efficient and easy way to control your system. So why not throw a few 6-button keypads in your pocket that can be used inside and outside your home?? All keypad buttons in the app are customizable in style and label.
6. Remote Control. In today's world, everyone tends to carry their phone with them all the time. Try out the included remote control. No more lost remotes...just reach for your phone!
7. Lights. It's always a good idea to be able to control your lights from anywhere. With Pocket Keypad, its never been easier to access your lighting.
PLEASE NOTE: The Pocket Keypad app for Android is free and you can download it and use the app on your phone. If you like how the app works and the features it provides, you MUST obtain a Pocket Keypad Control4® driver and purchase a license for that driver in order to allow Pocket Keypad to connect to your Control4® system and control your home. Please contact your local Control4® dealer or email@example.com to obtain more information on how to download and purchase a license for the Pocket Keypad Control4® driver. Note that there is also a Trial license available for the driver as well.
Pocketware and Pocket Keypad is NOT affiliated directly with Control4® Corporation or with the Control4® MyHome Android App. Pocket Keypad is developed by Pocketware, LLC and is a third party application that integrates into a Control4® system.
Using MyHome an Individual maintains all data about his/her home in an organized manner.
Modules include People, Utilities, Bills, Assets, Appliances and Maintenance.
Each module include very pertinent data about home needs.
Contact details of your Relatives, Friends and Neighbours can be stored in MyHome.
In MyHome one can keep a list of Handy Contacts like the doctor, pharmacy, electrician, plumber, taxi service, water supply, etc.
While in MyHome, directly make a call or send a message to a contact.
Get alerts on birthdays & wedding anniversaries of your friends and family members and also get alerts on pending bills.
MyHome does not require Internet or Wi-Fi connection.
It works on any Android Phone/Tab, from OS 2.3.6 onwards.
Data is kept private in your phone/tab always.
MyHome Use:
- Create and maintain details of immediate family & extended family members, friend and neighbours .
- Save a copy of important document and IDs of yourself and your family in MyHome.
- Open and view the copy of the document and IDs.
- Store the contact details of all handy contact in an organized manner.
- Store all necessary info on utility services from bank, credit card, electricity, water, mobile service, etc.
- Keep track on utility bills paid along with the copy of the receipt.
- Convenient to keep information about assets in a home like Gold & Jewellery, Silverware, Vehicles, etc.
- Photos of the Jewellery can be attached to the respective item.
- Maintain a list of Gadgets, Home & Kitchen Appliances and Furniture & Fixtures.
- Maintain a log on the maintenance work carried out at home.
Features of MyHome:
- No Internet is required.
- App and data are Private and Secure in phone.
- Works on entry-level Phone too.
- Backup Data or export to Excel files
- Ability to directly make calls to Suppliers or Farmhands from MyFarm.
- No limit on the amount of data that can be stored.
- Option to purge/delete old or unwanted data.
- Option to change login password.
- Option to create a new login user.
- Consistent screen layout across profiles for easy data entry.
MyHome keeps track of all home aspects - family, house, utilities, bills and more.
InControl Home Automation Free
- Page dashboard with assignable shortcuts
- Cloud Support & Direct Connect options
- Check to see if your lights are currently turned on or off
- Turn lights and devices on and off
- Control light dim level
- Control Z-Wave Thermostats (fan on/off, cool/heat & temperature)
- Create a graphical floor plan of your home and interact with z-wave devices from the floor plan
- Scene setup and activation
- Scene triggers and conditions
- Scene & Device Widgets (device widgets do not show status updates in the free version)
- Create events -- like Sunset and Sunrise -- and turn on or off lights
- Advanced Rule creation
- Window/Door Sensor support
- Open/close garage doors
- Device Timer
- Z-Wave Support
- Z-Wave lock support
- Sonos Support (Control Zone Players & Z-Wave devices in a single scene)
- Belkin WeMo switch support
- Multi-User security
- Clipsal Support
Please note: Requires free PC software available at www.moonlitzwave.com and a compatible USB ZWave controller. Some features require paid version of InControl server software.
For a list of restrictions when using the free version, please see the following information: http://goo.gl/FMukv
For support, questions or to request new features visit http://www.moonlitzwave.com/forums/
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Control4® for Android
PLEASE NOTE: Prior to using this app, you need a Control4 controller and automation system running Control4 OS 2.6 at your home or business. If you are unsure of the software version on your system, please check with your Control4 dealer or login to your Control4 account at https://customer.control4.com for more information.
Use the Control4 app and enjoy the convenience of controlling and viewing the status of your entire smart home, including audio, video, lights, thermostats, security system and cameras, door locks, sensors, pools, and much more.
Quickly browse your own music collection or find a favorite track on streaming music services like Rhapsody--and listen in one room or across every room in your home. Adjust your lights with interactive dimmers or use a lighting scene as a single button press to control lights across multiple rooms. Fire up the heater on your pool or spa. Open garage doors or an electric gate, or use the app to unlock a deadbolt on a door.
Connect to your system at home over your own Wi-Fi network. You can also use the app to access and manage your home from virtually anywhere in the world using 3G/4G or remote Wi-Fi networks when the app is enabled with a Control4 4Sight subscription.
Highlighted Features:
- Audio playback and distribution
- Video control and distribution
- Lighting control and scene editing*
- Heating and air conditioning control
- Security system management and camera viewing
- Feedback from sensors and control through relays
- Cover art for movies and music
- Playlist management
- Anywhere Access (4Sight subscription required, contact your dealer)
*Scene editing is only available on Tablets
Control4® Composer Express
Key Features:
- View and add new customer accounts
- Register controller to a customer account
- Automatically add and identify a new controller into the project
- Set all project properties (date, time, timezone, location, locale & language, etc.)
- Discover and add zigbee and IP/SDDP devices
- Add devices from local and always current online database with audio, video, lighting, comfort, and security devices
- Create connections between devices (AV Inputs, AV Outputs, Control and Room)
- View Network status of all zigbee and IP devices (signal, battery, associated zserver)
- Update controller operating system to latest version
- Refresh Navigators and clear projects
1. Composer Express is available exclusively to authorized Control4 Dealers.
2. A dealer user account is required to be in the same dealer account as the customer account to register a controller or for remote access.
3. Composer Express 2.7.0 works with Control4 OS v2.6 and later. If accessing a 2.6 controller, you will be prompted to update the controller to OS 2.7 or if you cancel, then you will be prompted to update to the minimum required controller API to use Composer Express. No restart is required.
4. Remote access support is limited to controllers with OS version 2.7.0 and greater and requires a Composer Pro license enabled on the installer's account.


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Long time collaborator of Brad Paisley, Cris DuBois, talks about his experience working with top country musicians in Nashville. "We Danced"; "Mud On The Tires"; "Water" and most recently, "Beat This Summer" and "Southern Comfort Zone" are a few examples of the chop charting hits he's written for Brad Paisley. "19 Somethin" started off as just a song about one decade. Cris DuBois takes you on a journey explaining the evolution of this song as well as others. In addition to Brad Paisley, Cris DuBois has also written hit songs for Sheryl Crow, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker and Josh Turner. He also provides advice for new songwriters trying to break into the business. He emphasizes the expectations for writing with an experienced performers and the advantages of working with an up and coming artists. You don't want miss this episode.


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Rewiring Feasibility
I'm thinking of purchasing a home with a washer/dryer hook up in the kitchen. However, they space they have it in isn't normal. It's not against a wall or in a closet. It's across from the sink/counter space with its own surrounding counter.
There is a washer/dryer hook up in the basement I'd rather use. Therefore opening up the space for actual kitchen improvements.
I have an electric range/oven combo I'd like to put in place of the dryer. It is against an outside wall (ability to vent). What is the feasibilty of rewiring the dryer location for an electric range/oven AND not shorting out my kitchen every time I cook?
Also, I would like to construct a working island with a dishwasher where the washing machine is (since there is a water source/wastewater return). What is the feasibility of this?
The home was built in 1890, has 100 amp circut breaker (not knob and tube wiring). I have the ability to hire an experienced electrician. I am just wondering if these ideas are even possible before I look into the remodel. The space where the appliance would go is empty so I do have the ability to look at what the wiring is like (labeled) if someone could advise what I should be looking for/what they need to be to make my changes.
Thanks for any feedback!
It's almost certainly feasible, especially if you have access from below. You'll probably need to upgrade both the breaker and wiring as a dryer is typically a 30 A circuit while a range is 50 A. If you have other high demand loads (AC compressors, for example on top of running the range and dryer), you could be looking at upgrading the service to 200A--again very feasible and often done--it's only money. Your electrician can tell you exactly what will be required. Chances are the plumbing will work as-is.


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WWAY's Tuesday night sports - August 14Submitted by John Rendleman on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 11:32pm.READ MORE:
On Tuesday we checked in with the lone NFL player who calls Bladen County home. Desmond Bryant is entering his fourth season in the NFL.... On Tuesday we also previewed the upcoming season for Hoggard Vikings football... Plus more! Full story...»
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The National Weather Service is clearing the air about yesterday's funnel cloud over Wilmington. UNCW alerted students by issuing a tornado warning, even though one was never issued by the NWS. The storm cell caused a lot of ruckus in Wilmington monday, but with the wild weather there was some confusion. Full story...»
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The dream season for Wilmington Post 10 ended on Monday afternoon. Scott Sandlin's squad had hopes of being the first Post 10 team to go the American Legion World Series since 1970.... Johnny Pesky died on Monday. WWAY 5th Quarter co-host Trot Nixon was extremely close to the Boston Red Sox legend... Plus more! Full story...»
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On Wednesday night two of the Post 10 baseball players showed off their singing skills for us. They say their "chants" were an integral part of their recent state title.... We also provided an update on the Burgaw Dixie Belles state champion softball team. Unfortunately the local squad didn't get the outcome they were hoping for on Wednesday... Plus more! Full story...»
Yearbooks from 51 NC colleges, universities archived together onlineSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 11:01am.READ MORE:
Yearbooks from 14 of the 17 UNC system institutions – plus 37 other schools – are now archived together online, thanks to a project based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library. Full story...»
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MANHATTAN CAMPUS, 2 Washington Street, 22nd floor – Room 2241, New York, NY
Thursday, August 28 (begins at 9:00 a.m.)
- Get an intro to Life at Nyack
- Learn the role of the Office of Student Development
- Meet members of the Nyack staff
- Meet club presidents
- Breakfast and lunch will be served
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ROCKLAND COUNTY CAMPUS, 1 South Blvd, Nyack, NY
Sunday, August 31
New Residential Students – Residence Halls (Christie, Simpson, and Moseley) open 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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Monday, September 1
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As Yankee fans may now begin to understand, their team can't live forever on past successes.
An era ended Monday night when Joe Torre's Yankees went down to a hungry young Cleveland Indians club, making it the seventh year in a row the Yankees failed to win the World Series.
Frankly, I'm not disappointed. The Torre Era, which began in 1996, tracked perfectly with New York's revival under Rudy Giuliani. But the last seven years have been a reprise. Instead of rolling on to the next thing, New Yorkers -- led by George Steinbrenner -- have desperately tried to maintain the status quo by buying marquee players from other teams. It was only fitting that the Yanks lost this time because 45-year-old Roger Clemens couldn't make it through the second inning and because the late-season collapse of 40-year-old Mike Mussina left them without a fourth game starter. Instead, Torre was forced to rush his best pitcher, young Chien-Ming Wang, back into the fray on only three days rest -- always a death rattle for a team about to be eliminated in the post-season.
There's a lesson here for everyone -- you can't live forever on past successes. At some point you have to start anew.
I've been a baseball fan all my life but I've never experienced anything as transcendent as the rebirth of the Yankees in the 1990s. I was raising three boys in Brooklyn during the 1980s and we suffered through the Mel Hall-Bob Geren-Danny Tartabull Era. In those days you got excited if the Yanks won two games in a row. I remember sitting in the Bond Buyer one afternoon around 1992 and saying to my younger colleagues, "You know, it's really strange trying to convince your children that the Yankees were once a great team."
Things got so bad that Sports Illustrated finally ran a 1993 cover story, "What Ever Happened to the Yankees?" It compared the team to the Roman Empire, with its past glories and long decline. Then toward the end it tried to be upbeat. "The team now has a new center fielder, Roberto Kelly, who made the All-Star team plus a few other players who look promising. Who knows? In a couple of years they may be able to put something back together. After all, Rome wasn't built in a day."
It didn't take that long. As often happens, a sobriquet from Sports Illustrated turned into a boomerang. (The magazine was once famous for ruining players' careers by putting them on the cover.) Kelly didn't work out but that winter Yanks traded him to Cincinnati to make room for another promising rookie, Bernie Williams. In exchange they got Paul O'Neill, a journeyman who turned out to be a warrior. By July 1994 the Yankees were leading the league until the season was ruined by a strike.
In 1995 the Yankees made the wild card -- the first year this was instituted -- and played a rising Seattle Mariner team led by Ken Griffey, Jr. and Randy Johnson. I took my kids to the first two games at Yankee Stadium, the second a 13-inning affair won on a home run by Leyritz at one o'clock in the morning. People celebrated in the streets outside Yankee Stadium for another two hours.
NEW YORKERS WERE BEGINNING to realize something extraordinary was happening in their city. Giuliani had been elected mayor in 1993 and things were already transforming. For years people had been afraid to come to Yankee Stadium because of the crime. Motorists struggling through traffic to get back to New Jersey were accosted by Bronx teenagers "selling" beer at $10 a can. Say good-bye to your windows if you didn't cooperate. The Yankees were sixth in the league in attendance and Steinbrenner was talking about moving the team to New Jersey. Then all at once the streets were becoming safe and people filled the stadium every night.
After winning the first two in New York, however, the Yankees went out to Seattle and disaster struck. The Mariners won the next three. In the fifth and deciding game, manager Buck Showalter squandered a lead by sticking with an exhausted David Cone and letting him walk in the tying run. In the bullpen he had a young phenom named Mariano Rivera but was afraid to bring him in. (It was at this point I understood the genius of Casey Stengel, who was always willing to throw in some unknown who came through for him.) Twelve years later I still agonize over that game, but so does everyone else. Yankee announcers John Sterling and Susan Walman were just reminiscing about it the other night -- "If Buck Showalter had only known what he had in the bullpen!"
Showalter was gone the next spring -- mainly because of his tactical errors -- and Steinbrenner brought in Joe Torre, whose baseball savvy matched his ability to lead his players. Rivera was back, Andy Pettitte had become the new ace, and the Yankees had a promising rookie shortstop named Derek Jeter who proved to be one of the greatest competitors of all time. They breezed through the American League championship, only to face what everyone considered the Team of the 1990s, the powerful Atlanta Braves.
Once again I was able to get my three boys into the Stadium. Pettitte was bombed in the Saturday opener, but it rained Sunday and I figured someone's plans might get messed up for the make-up on Monday. We went up to the Stadium looking for scalpers. Nothing developed but around the second inning a young man walked up and said, "See that usher taking tickets? He's my uncle. Give me $200 and I'll give you fake tickets. He'll let you in."
Sure enough, it worked. In a few minutes we were inside the Stadium milling around with hundreds of others who had obviously made it in on the same scam. The ushers knew something was up and were checking everyone's tickets. In desperation, I took the boys to the upper deck, picked a row and climbed to the top. There in the next-to-last row, as if by magic, were four empty seats.
The owners showed up in the fifth inning. They were from New Jersey. When one of their party couldn't make it, they had tried to sell his ticket outside the Stadium -- at face value! -- and been arrested for scalping by an undercover cop. They had spent the first four innings at the police station. Like a true New Yorker, I figured that was their tough luck and refused to give up the seats. (New Yorkers think these things are deserved by people from New Jersey.) Somehow we all squeezed in and watched the rest of the game.
That was a different story. Greg Maddux was at his masterful best that night and the Yankees looked pathetic. (In a recap I saw later, batter after batter taps back to the pitcher.) Meanwhile the Braves threatened in every inning. By the seventh we were happy the score was only 5-0. Then something transcendent happened. The Yankees had lost the first two games in their home park, they seemed completely overmatched, yet the fans refused to accept it. Around the seventh inning the entire stadium started imitating the Braves' famous tomahawk chant with an obscene variation: "F--- the Braves! F--- the Braves!" As I sat there wondering what this must sound like on national television, I was struck by what seemed like a cosmic premonition. "I don't think this series is over," I thought. "People in New York play by different rules."
Sure enough, the Yankees rallied in Atlanta and swept the next four games.
SO BEGAN THE Great Torre Era. Except for one slip-up in 1997 (Rivera giving up a playoff home run), the Yankees won three more championships, setting a record for winning 13 World Series games in a row. The 1998 team was arguably one of the best of all time. The only thing anyone regrets is that the Mets somehow managed to win one game of the 2000 World Series.
Then came September 11th and the Yankee efforts became even more heroic. They struggled into the World Series of 2001 with a weakened team (O'Neill had retired) and carried the Diamondbacks into the ninth inning of the seventh game. (If only Torre hadn't had to use Rivera for two outs in the eighth!)
After that, however, it was all downhill. Somehow the Yankees stopped developing their own players and started buying the franchise players of other small-market teams. Jason Giambi from Oakland, Alex Rodriguez from Texas, Bobby Abreu from the Phillies -- every year it was someone new. All winter the sportswriters and talk-show call-ins would speculate on who we should buy next. It was as if the whole City of New York could splurge on George Steinbrenner's money.
For me it all ended the night Jim Kaat, the Yankee's announcer, was admiring the talents of Shawn Green, then a rising start with the Toronto Blue Jays. "You can't help but ask yourself," he said, "wouldn't this guy look good in a Yankee uniform?" It wasn't baseball anymore, it was shopping.
So it was nice to see it all come to an end Monday night. Once again, the Yankees' big names and overpaid free agents were beaten by a hungry young team that could play fundamental baseball. It was only fitting that Alex Rodriguez, after leaving runners on base for the last three playoffs, should hit a meaningless solo homer in the seventh inning. It will look good in the statistics, but the game was long gone by then.
In five years, the Yankees will be probably trying to buy the talents of C. C. Sabathia and Grady Sizemore. But by that time they will have lost their fire and other young players will be challenging them.
Somehow there's a lesson for everyone else in all this. You can't live forever on past glory. At some point you have to forsake the past and start anew. And don't expect it to happen quickly. After all, Rome wasn't built in a day.
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