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A gas inlet (3), a substrate holder (10) with a substrate (11) and a gas outlet (5) are located on a common axis (4) in the vacuum casing (I) of a cathode sputtering system. This results in a symmetrical flow inside the cathode station (2) and a concentric uniformity of the gas pressure. These conditions result in a particularly even coating of the substrate (11) by means of sputtering.
1. Cathode sputtering system comprising
an outer casing which serves as vacuum chamber, said casing having opposed ends,
substrate holding means between said ends and having a central axis through said ends,
at least one cathode with an associated target located symmetrically with respect to said axis,
gas inlet means located symmetrically with respect to said axis at one of said opposite ends, and
gas outlet means located symmetrically with respect to said axis at the other of said opposed ends.
2. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 1 comprising two said cathodes with associated targets located, on axially opposite sides of said substrate holding means.
3. Cathode sputtering system as in claim further comprising a masking located concentric to said axis between each said cathode and said casing, thereby creating an annular outer flow channel between each said masking and said casing.
4. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 3 wherein each said masking has open axially opposed ends, thereby creating an annular inner flow channel between each said masking and said flow channel.
5. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 3 wherein said gas inlet means comprises a ring manifold formed integrally with said masking.
6. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 1 wherein said gas inlet means comprises a bore hole through the center of each cathode and the associated target.
7. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 1 wherein said casing is cylindrical, said casing having a central axis which coincides with the axis of said substrate holding means.
8. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 1 wherein said gas inlet means comprises a ring manifold located between each target and said substrate holding means.
9. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said inlet means and said outlet means comprises a hole in said casing on said axis.
10. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 9 wherein both said inlet means and said outlet means comprise a hole in said casing on said axis.
11. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 1 wherein said casing has a circular cross section between said ends.
12. Cathode sputtering system as in claim 11 wherein said casing has a cylindrical shape.
The invention relates to a cathode sputtering system with at least one cathode station, which is encased by an outer shell and designed as a vacuum chamber and has at least one cathode with a target. A substrate holder is located in this cathode station in order to hold a substrate that is to be coated, such as for instance a data storage diskette, and this cathode station has at least one gas inlet and at least one gas outlet that is to be connected to a vacuum pump.
A cathode sputtering system of this type is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,558,388, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the case of this system, a substrate is being held in the center of the cathode station on an axis, and a cathode with a target is located on either side of the substrate in order to coat both sides of the substrate simultaneously by means of a sputtering process. In order to produce the required vacuum, a gas outlet is provided in the outer casing of the cathode station in a direction perpendicular to the axis. This gas outlet runs through the cathode and is connected to a vacuum pump. The gas inlet is located above the cathode on one front side of the outer casing. Usually substrates have to be coated extremely evenly. When dealing with data storage disks, the thickness of the aluminum layer applied must for instance be less than one ten-thousandth of a millimeter. An uneven coating would lead to a decrease in storage locations for the digital information that needs to be stored.
In order to achieve the desired evenness in the coating, measures were primarily taken in the case of known cathode sputtering systems to ensure that the substrate is oriented exactly toward the cathode and the target and that the physical conditions influencing the progression of the sputtering process are optimized and kept as constant as possible.
The object of the invention is to increase the evenness of the coating of the substrate even further when compared to known cathode sputtering systems.
The gas inlet, the substrate holder and the gas outlet are located on one common axis or that several gas inlets and/or gas outlets are located symmetrically to the axis of the substrate holder.
This design results in a very even pressure of process gas in the cathode station. In any case one has ensured that the pressures at equal distances from the substrate are absolutely identical. This concentric uniformity of pressure in combination with the overall considerable uniformity in pressure leads to particular uniformity as the sputtering process progresses and therefore to an even coating of the substrate. The cathode sputtering system as outlined in the invention is therefore particularly suitable for the coating of compact disks, magnetic disks and opto-magnetic disks. When substrates are to be coated on both sides at the same time, a cathode with a target can be provided on either side of the substrate holder in the cathode station as a beneficial further development of the invention.
The large gas flow surface area required to allow for the quick suction of the cathode station and an even supply of gas can easily be achieved by the fact that a ring-shaped flow channel is formed between the outer masking of the cathode and the outer casing. This flow channel is directed to the substrate which is held by the substrate holder.
The supply of gas is automatically diverted by the outer masking toward the substrate if, in accordance with a very favourable further development of the invention, an inner flow channel is formed between the cathode and the cathode masking for the gas supply in the cathode station in addition to the flow channel on the outer side of the cathode masking.
The supply of gas streaming in optimally reaches the central area of the substrate and then distributes evenly toward the peripheral areas if, in accordance with another variation of the invention, a gas supply bore hole is provided that runs centrally through the cathode and through its target whose flow is connected with the gas inlet.
In the case of such a central gas supply one can also provide for large suction cross sections for the space behind the cathode by establishing a connection between the gas inlet, the gas supply bore hole and the ring-shaped flow channels. In order to further increase the evenness of the distribution of the gas supply it is beneficial if several gas outlets are provided on an axis parallel to the axis on a shared portion of a circle between the target and the substrate holder.
From a design standpoint, a gas supply by means of several gas outlets is particularly simple to realize if the gas outlets are located in a ring channel that runs coaxially to the axis.
The ring channel can be realized fairly easily without great expense if the gas outlets are provided on a ring channel located on the inner mantle surface of the outer masking, coaxially to the axis.
FIG. 1 is an axial section of a first embodiment of the cathode system;
FIG. 2 is an axial section of an embodiment with a flow-through mask;
FIG. 3 is an axial section of an embodiment with gas supply through the target;
FIG. 4 is an axial section of an embodiment with a concentric manifold gas supply.
FIG. 1 shows a cathode station 2 surrounded by an outer casing 1 which preferably has a circular cross-section between opposite ends. The outer casing 1 has a gas inlet 3 at one end and in true alignment to this inlet it has a gas outlet 5 on a joint axis 4 located at the opposite end. This gas outlet 5 has a substantially greater cross-section than gas inlet 3. This gas outlet 5 is to be connected with a vacuum pump that is not shown in the illustration.
In the interior of the cathode station 2 two cathodes 6, 7 with their respective targets 8, 9 are located coaxially to axis 4.
Between targets 8, 9 there is a substrate holder 10 located on axis 4 which is holding a substrate 11--in this case a data storage disk--that needs to be coated. Both cathodes 6, 7 with their respective targets 8, 9 are surrounded by an outer masking 12, 13.
The outer maskings 12, 13 each leave a clearance for an annular flow channel 14, 15 between their outer mantle surface and the outer casing 1. The cathodes 6, 7 are held at a distance from the outer casing 1 by means of insulators 16, 17, 18, 19. As a result of this, the gas flowing in through gas inlet 3 can flow on the paths marked by arrows past the outer side of the outer masking 12, 13 to the substrate 11 and then on a corresponding path to gas outlet 5.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 there are several gas inlets 3a, 3b in even distribution on a common portion of a circle that is located coaxially to axis 4, and correspondingly in the lower front area on a common portion of another circle there are several evenly distributed gas outlets 5a, 5b. Furthermore, in contrast to FIG. 1, in this variation of the invention the outer maskings 12, 13 do not cover the cathodes 6, 7 toward the gas inlets 3a, 3b or the gas outlets 5a, 5b respectively.
This creates annular inner flow channels 20, 21 that are respectively located between the cathode 6, 7 and the inner side of the outer masking 12, 13 in addition to the outer flow channels 14, 15. Through these additional flow channels, gas is able to flow symmetrically toward the center of the substrate 11. It should be noted that these inner flow channels 20, 21 have a more favorable effect if the cathode station 2 only has one gas inlet 3 and only one gas outlet 5 as shown in FIG. 1.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3 a respective gas supply boring 22, 23 is located coaxially through the cathodes 6, 7 and their respective targets. A partial flow of gas can move in a direct path from gas inlet 3 to one side of substrate 11. Gas flows from a second gas inlet 3c through a pipe 24 to the other side of substrate 11 via a gas supply borehole 23 through cathode 7 and target 9.
As FIG. 4 shows, a ring manifold 25 is located inside the outer masking 12 in the upper part of the cathode station 2 . This manifold has gas outlets 26, 27 that are facing inward and that are distributed evenly through its circumference. As a result, gas flows to the substrate il from gas inlet 3 on one hand, on the other hand from gas outlets 26, 27.
In the lower part of FIG. 4 an alternative to manifold channel 25 is illustrated. This alternative encompasses the design of a manifold channel 28 on the inner mantle surface of the outer masking 13. This ring channel 28 also has radially located, inward-facing gas outlets 29, 30.
In conclusion it should be noted that the variations of the invention each show cathode sputtering systems with two opposite cathodes 6, 7 in the cathode station 2. If a substrate is to be coated only on one side, which could be the case for instance with magneto-optical data storage disks, one can provide only one cathode 6 in every cathode station when designing a cathode sputtering system in accordance with the invention, so that, as a result of omitting cathode 7, the cathode station is built in a more compact way.
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Oct 19th, 2004, 05:34 PM
:sad: That is all I have to say.
Oct 19th, 2004, 05:36 PM
What is up with Maggie?!?!
Good win Patty...
Oct 19th, 2004, 05:38 PM
Maggie :sad:
I mean, she wasted like 1 million chances.
The commentator said she didnt sleep well. I think she does one thing wrong: When she goes for winners, she misses them by not more than a cm, always down-the-line. If those balls were all in, she would have won it easily. :(
It is a mental thing. I think Maggie needs a break!!!!
Oct 19th, 2004, 05:39 PM
Maggie again threw it away :fiery:
Patty never arrived in the 1st set did in 2nd then couldn't decide in the 3rd and yet Maleeva still failed to take advantage :mad: :o :sad:
Another 1st set won another 6-4 3rd set loss
Well the end of an very inconisensent year :rolleyes:
Oct 19th, 2004, 05:40 PM
Wasted GP to make 3-0, wasted double break point to make 4-1, wasted 30-0 to hold to make 5-4 :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Typical, typical, typical... :sobbing: :sobbing: :sobbing: :sobbing: :sobbing:
Dementieva should talk to her, so that they could decide whose REALLY needs to seek a psychologist, cuz I'm sure it's not Alyona :rolleyes:
Oct 19th, 2004, 05:41 PM
Patty had 0-3 record against Maggie prior to this match
Oct 19th, 2004, 06:00 PM
Patty :)
Oct 19th, 2004, 06:03 PM
Strange match....congrats to Patty anyways.
Oct 19th, 2004, 06:10 PM
Congrats Patty
Oct 19th, 2004, 06:16 PM
Congrats Patty
But a :rolleyes: @ Maleeva and her attitude. It was awful!
Oct 19th, 2004, 06:52 PM
Congrats Patty
But a :rolleyes: @ Maleeva and her attitude. It was awful!
Whats the :rolleyes: about
The person with the attitude problem was Patty :confused:
Oct 19th, 2004, 07:10 PM
Maggie :mad:
Just when I was starting to like you alot...:sad:
Oct 19th, 2004, 07:13 PM
goddammit mags.
Oct 19th, 2004, 09:12 PM
Maggie :o :sad:
:eek: Thats what? 6 times shes won the first set in a row and still losing :mad: :rolleyes:
Oct 19th, 2004, 09:31 PM
She won one match in between; she lost set 1 6-2 there. :p
And lost to Haynes 2 and 3. Since the Olympics she is not the same player...
She was up a break and a set in each occasion, too.
And her attitude was bad. Really, she didnt seem to be determined about winning.
Venus Forever
Oct 19th, 2004, 09:37 PM
Patty :banana: :bounce: :yippee:
But, Magdalena :sad: :help: :o
What's going on with you??
Oct 19th, 2004, 09:52 PM
very happy with patty. she really puts in an extra effort in front of her home crowd. she used to struggle so much here.
she's got a really great opportunity now i think.
although i find zuluaga i scary prospect still for patty. please makes it 3 straight years in the quarters of this tournament.
Oct 19th, 2004, 11:01 PM
Patty :woohoo:
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The Oakland Fire Department will be shuttling Santa around this weekend. According to Oakland Fire Chief Robert Knapp, "In addition to being a drop off point for the Oakland Police Departments PBA Toy Drive we will also
be a drop off point for the Oakland Woman's Club Food Drive @ each stop.
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Saturday, Dec. 22
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- 10:40 a.m. Stone Fence Rd. & Martha Pl.
- 11 a.m. Grove St. & Nielsen Ave.
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In a desperate attempt to keep his family together, Sanskrit tells just one small lie. And for a while it seems to be working. Because people start coming back. Sanskrit might even get the family he always wanted.
There's just one little thing in his way. The truth.
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Wanted: Blue Bonnet Margarine Vintage Dolls
I've been collecting the Blue Bonnet Margarine promotional dolls for a few years now and my collection is almost complete. The had 3 different promotional collections called, Dolls of All Lands, American Heritage Dolls and Storybook Dolls. I've completed the first two mentioned, but I'm lacking a few from the Storybook Dolls collection. I need: Contrary Mary, Scheherazade, Little Nun, Liza and Red Rose. I search Ebay and Etsy almost everyday as well as a general internet search, but if anybody out there wants to sell these or knows of where I can find them, I'd greatly appreciate that. Thank you very much!
(PS: The picture is of some of my dolls, I need to take a new pic that shows them all!)
Both, actually. I've had the ARCO collection (see pic), "12 Beautiful Dolls of the World" since I was very young and found a many of my Blue Bonnet dolls at a local thrift store in their original boxes and in great shape. I never knew they had them, my ARCO dolls look virtually identical to Blue Bonnet's only there are 30 in theirs called, "Dolls of All Lands". I've been collecting them for a few years now and sometimes I do bit of restoring on them, but for the most part for as old as they are, they are remarkably durable! Thank you for the comment!
I am so glad I found you. I was about to start listing my mom's dolls for sale on ebay. I have a dozen or so of these dolls. I think you may already have a few of the same ones. When I get home from work today, I will take pictures of the ones that I have so I can show them to you. Then if you like what you see you can let me know which ones you would like and make your offer on them.
Thank you for posting your pics. I had some of these dolls (the international ones, I remember Dutch, Spain, German, a Scandanavian one, maybe Danish?) Played with them daily when I was about 10 years old. Brought back memories! Were they all female, though? Seems like I remember having at least one fellow.
@raee, yes, they were all female, but in my search to complete my collection, I found VERY similar dolls that are called, "Carlson Dolls". They had both male and female in their collection and from what I can tell, no collection name, just many various dolls like George Washington, Paul Revere and Native American dolls, also male and female. They also had some international type dolls, but those seem a bit more rare. They look like they have the same body as Blue Bonnet and ARCO dolls, but the people that put them together made little leather or faux leather shoes for most of them. The Scandinavian doll you mention could be Holland, or Dutch Amsterdam or Little Goose Girl, or possibly some other name, I'd need to see a pic to be sure. I played with my ARCO girls a little bit too!
I went on a google/bing search (see what you started!) and found an advertising flier for the promotion which shows that there were Danish, Norwegian and Swedish versions. Maybe they had more than one version of the series?
We didn't have ARCO stations, but I came across a reference to Shell dolls of the world -- the pictured Shell Scottish doll was the one that I had! So I must have had a mix of Blue Bonnet and Shell dolls.
LOL!! Do you have the link to that ad flyer? I like keeping up on the various collections and I do recall something vague about Shell also having these kind of dolls. Did you know Kraft Cheese and Redi-Wip also did this? I have those too and I'll post pics of them soon!
Looking at them again, actually only one of those dolls looks familiar. Wish I could find a pic of the entire Shell collection; now I'd bet most of mine came from there.
No, never knew of the cheese or Redi-wip. I vaguely remember my mother sending away for the Blue Bonnet premium, which is why I though all my dolls were from that.
Here is a link that might be useful: here is the link
Now I'm going to be on the look out for the Shell dolls! I agree, you must have a combination of both. Either way, even though it seems they aren't highly desirable, I personally think they are so lovely! And I've seen that flyer before, but thank you for the link. Have a great day!
PS: If you ever get a chance, I'd love to see pics of your dolls.
This post was edited by beckame on Fri, Mar 14, 14 at 12:00
Update: I found Red Rose, Little Nun and Queen of Sheba! So I'm still on the lookout for Contrary Mary, Scheherazade and Liza! Thank you again for all the nice comments. Here are links to what they look like:
Contrary Mary:
Scheherazade: http://alturl.com/cmypv or
http://tinyurl.com/nq2qt7b (2nd pic, doll in upper left corner, pink dress)
Liza: http://tinyurl.com/poqxhbl
I've actually had pretty good luck selling on Ebay any duplicates I got. I do agree with you about the value as many Ebayer's overprice them; I've seen Scheherazade on Ebay, but I won't ever pay what that Ebayer has her listed for. They usually learn by that and lower the price. The ones I do have, I have no intention at all to sell them.
I still have some dolls I can't sell. Occasionally I check them out on Ebay to see if they are selling. I check the "completed" sales, that tells you if they sold or not and for how much. The only dolls I see that are valuable are the extremely rare ones that were collectable before everyone and his uncle started collecting years ago.
Same here, it seems the country dolls aren't as popular as the storybook or heritage dolls. But I still think they're so pretty! I did find Mary Contrary and Liza on another site, but again, this person is asking WAY too much for them, so I'm still on the lookout for the 3 above mentioned dolls, thank you for all your input!


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Steam-train excursion
A bit OT, but took a steam-train excursion from Cumberland MD to Frostburg (& back) during the Thanksgiving holidays. Here I am at Frostburg -- appropriately w/some snow on the ground. This is the #734 Baldwin 2-8-0-- designed for steep grades instead of speed.
The mountain forests along the route were interesting. Black cherries make up a surprising amount of the forests.
I'll bet that was a fun ride!
I'm a RR guy too and am old enough to remember steam locomotives on the mainline of the Great Northern RR in the late 40s. We lived two blocks from the mainline on Puget Sound north of Seattle.
I was a RR Depot Agent on the extra board for the Union Pacific in the mid 60s. My territory was eastern Washington State, northern Idaho, and northern Oregon along the Columbia River.
If I had the time and money, I'd have a garden railroad. It would be fun using dwarf conifers and rock outcroppings for scenery.
Guys, the ride was as smooth as glass, tho we never exceeded 25 mph going uphill. There were bridges and even a mountain tunnel to go thru. In the summer you can store bikes in one of the passenger cars up to Frostburg, then follow the train downhill along the adjacent bike trail back to Cumberland. I think the steepest grade is almost 3 degrees. You get to see the land/mountains from a perspective you never get on the highways.
The old coal-burning Baldwin #734 is a bit over 2000 hp, but w/massive wheel-torque. It was built ~1920.
Though not steam-driven, I did take Amtrack from Milwaukee to Seattle back in my youth. You are so right-a train rider can see things from so different a perspective than the highways offer. On that trip, we of course had to get through the Rockies, the Cascades, and finally into the Coastal Range (I think-that was in 1974!). At any rate, we had the opportunity to really see the mountains! Nice report.
For some closer details on the locomotive, here it is back at the Cumberland station.
I perked up when I saw this thread. I lurk a lot on this forum and learn a lot. I live with a railfan who publishes a rail magazine. He has had a photo of the Western Maryland scenic in the magazine. He also has a model layout in our basement and garage (Allagash Railway) so I am immersed in trains!
I think its perfectly natural do that, poaky! It gets really interesting when you actually meet someone from this forum =) The two I have met have certainly become good friends and it is nice to put a face with the username. Beng is another regular I would enjoy meeting if our paths were ever to cross.
The only person I've actually seen from garden web is Dax , from his posts with huge trees he posts here. He usually stands or squats down beside the trees. Ken has posted a pic or 2 of his son with red hair, so Ken is likely Caucasian, fair skinned. And I think there is a older guy with white beard and has a mature or near mature conifer forest, and comes here sometimes to the tree forum, but is a conifer guy. He posted his pic and his trees have huge roots that grow over boulders, down into the soil . That's all I remember. The rest, the imagination guesses.
I'm a RR buff, particularly of steam. I'm jealous.
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The editorial staff of the Greensboro News & Record issued a strong condemnation of yesterday's convictions [1] in Wake County District Court of 12 Moral Monday protesters including state NAACP leader, Rev. William Barber. According to the N&R:
"Wake County District Court Judge Joy Hamilton brushed aside constitutional claims Wednesday and convicted a dozen Moral Monday demonstrators of trespassing and violating legislative building rules. The defendants should prevail on appeal….
There should have been no arrests. The protests were peaceful. Participants didn't damage property or attempt to occupy the premises or stop lawmakers from entering their chambers and conducting business. They were expressing their views — and, yes, praying — inside a government building at a time when it was open to the public….
The problem is that the exercise of rights is sometimes disorderly. The people's right to gather in public places means their presence must be tolerated by government officials who would prefer they go away.
Moral Monday protesters did not go away. All North Carolinians, no matter their political views, should stand with them, because all hold the same rights. The courts should defend them."
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Another Middle East cock-up
Let's be fair: there does seem to be some sort of pattern here, but it is not very consistent. Five times in Israel since 1980, a right-wing government has called an election without launching a complementary military operation. The right lost two of those elections outright (1992, 1999), more or less tied two others (1984, 1988), and won only one of them decisively (2006).
On the other hand, critics of Israel point out, three times since 1980, right-wing Israeli governments have combined an election campaign with a major military operation against some Arab or Palestinian target. And this combination, it has been argued, yields decisive electoral success for the right.
Menachem Begin's government won the 1981 election three weeks after carrying out a dramatic attack on the Osirak research nuclear reactor that France had sold to Iraq. In the view of most outside observers, the reactor, which was closely supervised by both the French and the International Energy Agency, was not suited to the large-scale production of enriched uranium and posed no threat to Israel, but the attack was popular in Israel.
Ehud Olmert's coalition launched the "Cast Lead" onslaught against the Gaza Strip in December 2008-January 2009. The three-week campaign of massive bombardments and some ground incursions left 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead. The election was held a month later, and Binyamin Netanyahu emerged as the leader of a new right-wing coalition.
So here we go again, perhaps? Netanyahu is still the prime minister, and the next elections are due in January. What better way to ensure success than to go and bash the Palestinians again? A week later, with 86 Palestinians and three Israelis dead, his re-election is assured: Israelis overwhelmingly support the current military operation.
That's the case that is made against Israel. Does it hold water? Well, actually, no, it doesn't.
Begin's attack on the Osirak reactor in 1981 may well have been an electoral stunt, although he was clearly paranoid about the possibility of a nuclear weapon in Arab hands. But Ehud Olmert, though undoubtedly a man of the right, was not leading a right-wing government in 2008. He was the leader of a new centrist party, Kadima, that had been formed by defectors from both the right-wing Likud Party and left-wing Labour.
Moreover, Olmert had already resigned in mid-2008 over a corruption scandal, and was merely acting as interim prime minister by the time the "Cast Lead" operation was launched in December of that year. If it was an electoral ploy despite all that, it didn't work. It was the right that actually won the election in early 2009, and formed a government led by the Likud Party's Binyamin Netanyahu.
It is equally hard to believe Netanyahu is seeking electoral gain by attacking Gaza this month. Every opinion poll in Israel for months past has been saying he is going to win the January election hands down. For him, all the risk of "Operation Pillar of Defence" is on the downside: a major loss of Israeli lives in the campaign, while unlikely, could only work against him.
So why is this happening now? Historians traditionally split into two camps: those who see purpose and planning and plots behind every event, and those who think most events are just the random interaction of conflicting strategies, imperfect information and human frailty. This latter approach is known in the historical trade as the "cock-up theory of history," and it is very attractive as an explanation for the current situation.
Netanyahu, cruising home to an easy electoral victory in January, had absolutely no need for a little war with the Palestinians. Indeed, his strategy of continuously shouting "wolf" about Iran and its alleged nuclear weapons program has succeeded in distracting international attention from the Palestinians, leaving him free to expand Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank unhindered.
Similarly, the Hamas leaders who ruled Gaza had no interest in triggering a military conflict with Israel. They had every reason to believe the sweeping political changes in the Arab world were strengthening their position internationally, and they had no need to remind Arabs of their plight.
So how did this idiocy happen? Another cock-up, of course.
Hamas has been trying to maintain calm in Gaza and extend a ceasefire agreement with Israel, but it has little control over various radical jihadi groups who build popular support by making utterly futile rocket attacks on Israel. Even if they kill a few Israelis, so what? How does that serve the cause?
Hamas faces the permanent political danger of being outflanked by more extremist rivals, so it cannot crack down too hard on the jihadis. Israel, fed up with their pinprick attacks, was looking for somebody to punish, and since it couldn't locate all the jihadi leaders it decided to assassinate Ahmed al-Jabari, the head of the military wing of Hamas. Even though that was bound to end the ceasefire.
So then Hamas fired a few of its own rockets into Israel, and Israel retaliated massively, and we were off to the races once again. A complete cock-up, and a pointless waste of lives.
But since the mini-war doesn't really serve the purposes of any major player, it will probably be shut down again fairly soon.
Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 20, 2012 A10
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In October 2001, Hangzhou was selected for the Habitant Scroll of Honour Award by United Nations center for Human Settlement.
Regarded as one of the two paradises on earth by the Chinese people, Hangzhou offers an ideal destination for anyone seeking to live in China. As one of the most established and successful Franchises in the English First network, EF Hangzhou offers a wonderful working environment. We currently have 4 established schools in Hangzhou and can guarantee that for anyone looking to develop their career in the TEFL industry -- we have what you are looking for.
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Jim Goldsmith's curator insight, March 23, 9:21 AM
A handy infographic of blended learning application of the useful Five Moments model developed by Bob Mosher & Conrad Gottfredson.
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Quand hybridation rime avec professionnalisation.
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Thanks for passing this one on to your PLCs. I flip my History courses, and now I find we are enjoying being historians rather than learning about history. We analyze primary source documents. We create data overlays from census data and church records. We discover what happened, and enjoy arguing over the "Whys." Flipping my classed has changed how I teach for the better.
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How to implement a new classroom and learning paradigm: A nice outline
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Blended learning, despite our lack of clarity in defining it, is not only the future of education, but largely, the present. I think every teacher should check into this- Consider, "how can I use technology to increase the meaning of the content?" You don't have to be fancy to to present blended instruction.
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Integrating technology into learning in a meaningful way has always been a goal (and a challenge). The Flipped classroom is another iteration of the essential ideas of educational technology.
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i can't seam to find and any sulfate or chloride in the water report, can someone look at it and see if i'm missing something?
if you could help me even more could someone double check to make sure i have my numbers right. to put into beersmith.
Ca 3.6
Mg .7
Na 6
water reporthttp://www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us/Assets/...ity+Report.pdf
With the other numbers as low as they are and given where you live the sulfate and chloride probably don't amount to a hill of beans. Just use 0 for them.
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The highest either of those missing ions could be is about 8 ppm (assuming the other is zero). You could assume something like 3 ppm for each of them and the net effect is the same as AJ's answer...they are negligible.
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ok, that's what i was thinking, just didn't know if i could do that. to bad i hate pilsners....
if someone wants to double check my numbers that would be helpful.
Sorry for replying to an old post, but...
What effects a low chloride/sulfate water have on final beer?
Low chloride gives a sense of thin mouthfeel and somewhat insipid malt flavors. It is, in general, not desirable. Low sulfate results in less assertive hops bitterness. It is not desirable if you want assertive hops but if you want 'fine' bittering you want low sulfate.


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Posted by ESPN.com's Mike SandoThe 49ers hold the 10th, 43rd, 74th, 111th, 146th, 171st, 184th, 219th and 244th choices in the 2009 draft. For perspective, I've singled out the last four players chosen in those spots.
The Lions' selection of USC receiver Mike Williams with the 10th overall choice is enough to raise those familiar red flags for receivers drafted in that range. The last 10 receivers drafted between seventh and 10th overall were Ted Ginn Jr., Troy Williamson, the aforementioned Mike Williams, Roy Williams, Reggie Williams, David Terrell, Koren Robinson, Plaxico Burress, Travis Taylor and David Boston.
How many of those once-highly regarded wideouts would you want on your team right now? Not many. Only four have NFL jobs. For those hoping the 49ers might draft a USC quarterback [Mark Sanchez] in the first round instead, it's been done at No. 10 recently and with unconvincing results.
Justin Tuck at No. 74 in 2005 stands out as a terrific value, but I also credit the Giants for developing him.
The 49ers could use a young prospect at safety. They could do worse than the Ravens did when they made Dawan Landry the 146th player chosen in 2006. Landry became a starter as a rookie.
GM profiling: Graves and the running backs
The Cardinals would like to find a potentially dynamic running back in the upcoming draft, as we have discussed.
Their general manager, Rod Graves, will guide decisions on the matter with input from college scouting director Steve Keim, head coach Ken Whisenhunt and presumably others in the organization.
For perspective on decisions the team might make in the 2009 draft, I've singled out the halfbacks Graves' teams have drafted since 1993, when Graves was with the Bears. His teams also drafted fullbacks Joel Makovicka, Dennis McKinley and Ron Janes, but halfback is the position we'll consider for this exercise.
None of the players listed in the chart became long-terms starters for Graves' teams. Raymont Harris started most of three seasons for the Bears.
With that in mind, I checked the Steelers' drafting history at running back during the years Whisenhunt was an assistant for them.
Willie Parker was undrafted. Jerome Bettis entered the NFL with the Rams. The Steelers did not draft a running back before the fifth round (166th overall) while Whisenhunt was with the team from 2001 to 2006. The team did draft fifth-rounder Verron Haynes and seventh-rounders J.T. Wall, Noah Herron and Cedric Humes.
Perhaps the Cardinals and Whisenhunt can start a new tradition drafting for the positon in Arizona. Tim Hightower showed some promise as a rookie in 2008, but not enough to keep the starting job.


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