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The housewives may have received elaborate presents on Valentine's Day, but it was Victoria Gotti who delivered the best gift of all: A rumor about Teresa and Rino Aprea that left even the most controversial housewives speechless!
On Sunday night's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, new girl Teresa and her husband Rino celebrated the holiday by going out to dinner with her family.
During the dinner, Teresa was asked to share her sweetest moment with her husband, as viewers learned more about Teresa's relationship with her once ex-hubby.
"My first sweet moment was when Rino you first met me," the twin said. "It was at Angelo's. I went to the restroom and the restroom attendant was like, 'You're going to marry Rino upstairs.'"
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Teresa shared more about their relationship in her confessional: "I was with Rino when I was 18 years old and we were divorced at 28. I know we took each other for granted, but you know what? Rino and I got married again because he always loved me and I always loved him."
Teresa then went on to explain how Rino "screwed every stripper possible" during their divorce, and that she didn't care because "he's a guy."
Meanwhile, Teresa and Joe Giudice spent their Valentine's Day discussing how their legal troubles are harming her businesses.
Teresa told her husband, "We have a lot of legal bills to pay. Every meeting counts and every appearance counts."
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Joe consoled her by saying, "We're around a good group of people right now. I'm staying on top of everything."
"At the end of the day, I'm working for the family," Teresa said. "Everything Joe and I have done since we had kids, it revolves all around our daughters."
During an appearance to promote her Fabellini sparking wine line, Teresa's friend Victoria Gotti stopped by to surprise her. Victoria then invited Teresa and Amber Marchese – who showed up to surprise her as well – to her home to catch up.
Victoria explained how she met Rino while out to dinner at his restaurant. After only knowing him for two weeks, he gave her a diamond Rolex watch while she was recovering from surgery in the hospital. Despite thinking that he was insane, Victoria continued a friendship with him.
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She then shared with Teresa and Amber a rumor no one expected to hear.
"One night we were all out as a group in his restaurant. He started talking about his divorce and he tells me this crazy story.
"He said, 'It's something that she will never forgive me for'… and I said, 'You cheated?' And he went, 'Yeah.' And I said, 'If the love is strong enough she'll get over it' and he went, 'No.' I went, 'So you cheated more than once?' And he said, 'No, it's who I cheated with… Her mother.'"
A shocked Teresa replied, "Was he drunk?!"
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Amber responded to the news in her confessional, "I don't necessarily know if it's true or not, but the thought that Rino slept with Santa, it would have been better if I would have heard Rino slept with Nicole. I get that, it's not too shocking. Twins, it's understandable."
Victoria continued: "I don't know if he was pulling our leg, but I wasn't the only one that heard this. He just looked at me and went, 'I'm not joking.'"
Amber, the housewife who infamously made a name for herself in New Jersey by getting into a hair-pulling fight with Teresa Aprea and her sister, Nicole Napolitano, opted to stay out of the drama.
"Nicole and Teresa, they have a lot of family issues, and now here I am being told something yet again. This is twice now. I don't want to hear any of this!"
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Teresa then began to discuss her legal issues with Victoria.
"My businesses are getting affected right now. Some businesses are not taking in my Fabulicious Desserts because of what's going on."
Victoria consoled her by saying, "It's okay, you're stronger than that. Rise above it."
Teresa then shared with Victoria a text her daughter Gia wrote her: "Mommy I love you so much. You are the strongest, most loving, caring and supportive person I know. As long as we are together as a family nothing can break us… This is my Valentine's Day gift from my heart to yours."
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Ashley Cole has completed a free transfer to Italian club AS Roma.
The 33-year old English left-back has joined the Giallorossi on a two-year deal after coming out of contract at Chelsea earlier in the summer.
Former Arsenal defender and England international Cole underwent a medical on Monday before putting pen to the contract which is expected to land him around £3.65million in wages.
A Roma statement read: "AS Roma have acquired Ashley Cole's playing registration on a two-year deal which expires on June 30, 2016.
"The agreement also gives the club the right to extend the contract into a further season."
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New York Red Bull star Thierry Henry admits it is an ongoing battle for the MLS club to gain notoriety in a city which boasts some of the biggest sporting clubs in the world.
The Frenchman, who is one of New York's three decorated Designated Players, is used to playing at a club which is the centre of attention in their city but finds it is not the same in the US.
"Competing with the Yankees and the Giants and everybody else, it's a tough one, we're trying to do what we can," said Henry.
"I played in England (with Arsenal), I played in Italy (with Juventus), I played in Spain (with Barcelona), I played in France (with Monaco) and the pressure is always around. As you know it's kind of difficult to get in front of Yankees if you talk about front page. Even if you win, whatever you win, at the end of the day that's the way it is."


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Camp Allegheny / VA Border - Rt 250 - Pocahontas Co
Both of these markers were posted by Madstrom (Post #153) but I'll post mine also since I was "in the neighborhood".
Located on Rt 250 at the WV/VA border.
Westbound on Rt 250, entering WV. (Sign #1, Side #1)
Eastbound on Rt 250, entering VA (Sign #1, Side #2)
Three in a row! (Sort of, if you count the VA marker) The first marker on the right is the WV/VA Marker, the next is Camp Allegheny, and the 3rd is the VA Marker with VA on 1 side and WV on the other. (The 4th sign is just a regular sign - I think it was "Don't Litter") That's the VA/WV border at the top of the hill.
Looking westbound back into WV. The Camp Allegheny Marker is first on the left, then the WV/VA Marker. Welcome to Pocahontas Co.
Closeup of the Camp Allegheny Marker. For more information, click on the link in my previous post on Travelers Repose (Post #301).
The VA Marker entering VA eastbound. Formerly part of Pendleton Co.
View of the VA Marker eastbound entering WV.
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Efficient establishment of primary fibroblast cultures from the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
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The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered species at a risk of extinction. Preservation of the genomic and cellular information of endangered animals is important for future genetic and biological studies. Here, we report the efficient establishment of primary fibroblast cultures from skin tissue of the hawksbill sea turtle. We succeeded in establishing 19 primary cultures from 20 hawksbill sea turtle individuals (a success rate of 95%). These cells exhibited a fibroblast-like morphology and grew optimally at a temperature of 26°C, but experienced a loss of viability when cultured at 37°C. Chromosomal analysis using the primary cells derived here revealed that hawksbill sea turtles have a 2n = 56 karyotype. Furthermore, we showed that our primary cell cultures are free of several fish-related viruses, and this finding is important for preservation purposes. To our knowledge, this report is the first to describe primary cell cultures established from normal tissues of the hawksbill sea turtle. The results will contribute to the preservation of biodiversity, especially for the sea turtles that are critically endangered owing to human activities.
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- Efficient establishment of primary fibroblast cultures from the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
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In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal
Volume 48, Issue 10 , pp 660-665
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- 2012-12-01
- 10.1007/s11626-012-9565-1
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- 1071-2690
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- Springer-Verlag
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- Hawksbill sea turtle
- Cultured cells
- Critically endangered animals
- Chromosome analysis
- Industry Sectors
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- Tomokazu Fukuda (1)
- Jun Kurita (2)
- Tomomi Saito (3)
- Kei Yuasa (2)
- Masanobu Kurita (4)
- Kenichiro Donai (1)
- Hiroshi Nitto (4)
- Makoto Soichi (4)
- Katsuhiko Nishimori (1)
- Takafumi Uchida (1)
- Emiko Isogai (1)
- Manabu Onuma (5)
- Hideko Sone (6)
- Norihisa Oseko (2)
- Miho Inoue-Murayama (7)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi Aobaku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
- 2. National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency of Japan, Watarainakatuhamaura, Mie, Japan
- 3. Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Kami, Kochi, Japan
- 4. Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- 5. Ecological Genetics Analysis Section, Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem, National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan
- 6. Health Risk Research Section, Center for Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
- 7. Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan


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An Israeli teenager was seriously injured by a rocket fired from Gaza that landed in Ashkelon.
Another Israeli man was wounded in the rocket strike on Sunday afternoon in a residential area of the southern Israeli city.
"Hamas has chosen to attack our cities with massive and indiscriminate rocket fire," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday at the beginning of the regular Cabinet meeting. "I said from the outset that we would respond in strength against this criminal firing at our citizens and this is what we are doing."
Early Sunday morning, four Israeli Navy commandos were injured in a ground battle on a beach near Gaza City, where they destroyed long-range rockets and its launcher, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Three Hamas fighters reportedly were killed in the clash.
Also Sunday morning, nearly 700 Palestinians with foreign passports, including dozens of dual Palestinian-Americans, left Gaza for Israel. From there they will travel to their other home locations.
Since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge early on July 8, more than 800 rockets have been fired from Gaza on southern, central and northern Israel, according to the IDF. Some 147 rockets have been intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
The IDF said its forces have struck 1,320 of what it calls "terror targets" across Gaza, including 735 concealed rocket launchers, 64 training bases and militant compounds, 58 weapons storage and manufacturing facilities, 32 Hamas leadership facilities, 29 communications infrastructures and additional sites used for terrorist activities.
Cities throughout northern Israel on Sunday checked and opened public bomb shelters following two salvos of rockets fired from Lebanon since the start of Protective Edge.
Also Sunday, the Temple Mount was closed to visitors after Palestinians rioted, throwing rocks and explosives at Israeli policemen. Two officers were injured in the unrest.
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Liberia's press secretary Jerolinmek M. Piah has said that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will not sign into law any bill supporting same sex marriage. "This government opposes gay rights," he said.
Sirleaf has not commented herself on the recent anti-gay bills, which would have to be approved by both the Senate and the House of Representatives before landing on her desk.
Local newspapers began publishing anti-gay editorials in December, not long after US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a government-wide policy to push for the decriminalization of homosexuality overseas.
Liberian media outlets have consistently reported that the policy calls for the revocation of foreign assistance in countries that don't guarantee gay rights, despite assurances from U.S. officials to the contrary. Liberia receives more than $200 million annually from the U.S. government.
The U.S. Embassy in Monrovia has remained silent on the issue, even as gay rights campaigners have come under attack.
In an interview last week, outgoing US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she was concerned that further comment from the Embassy might only inflame anti-gay sentiment, especially in light of "occasionally irresponsible" reporting by local media.
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In June, I traveled to Sweden with IKEA for their "Democratic Design Days"; an unmissable chance to learn about their company culture and design philosophies. One of the highlights was a visit to their museum, located in Almhult, near the site of the original store. I snapped a gazillion or so photos, especially of the room settings, which are organized by decade, creating a true time capsule of affordable, modern style and design, Swedish-style...
The Making of an IKEA Billy Bookcase
Factory Tour
This was made entirely on my iPhone using iMovie
Two weeks ago I was given an incredible tour of the Billy bookcase factory in Falkoping, Sweden. After a three hour drive directly out into the heart of the country, we came to a long low building in which every Billy bookcase is made. Owned and operated by a family that has worked with IKEA since 1952, the operation was the cleanest and most efficient I've ever seen. Running 24/7, the factory makes 25,000 bookcases a day and was warehousing nearly a million to have in stock for the summer holidays.
10 Ways to Make Cinderblock Furniture (That Doesn't Look Totally Terrible)
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DIY Decor: 5 Projects Using a Skateboard Deck
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A Sneak Peek at IKEA's New 2015 Collections
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Sweden with a group of editors, writers, photographers and journalists from all over the world for a one-of-a-kind visit with IKEA's creative teams. Called "Democratic Design Days", it was an opportunity to learn about their work processes and to get an early sneak peek at some of what they have in store for us in the year to come. They plan to launch multiple collections on a rolling basis starting this fall and continuing throughout 2015. Here's a quick look at what they shared with those of us who made the (glorious!) trek to Almhult...
High and Low: The New Classics, Super Budget Edition
A while ago, we wrote about The New Classics — contemporary designs that remind us of ubiquitous classic pieces, but with new twists that make them unique. We followed that up with The New Classics: Budget Edition, where we searched out lower-priced designs reminiscent of the classics. But we got a little feedback from some of you that even the budget-minded items weren't quite in your price range — so we're back once more, with The New Classics: Super Budget Edition. None of the 'budget' items you see here will set you back more than $200, and most are less than $100.
Design Q&A with Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams
"Surreal" is Bob Williams' description of how it feels to be celebrating 25 years in business for Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams. The partnership, which began with a meeting in New York bar 27 years ago, has progressed from romance, to a business focused on creating dining room chairs and occasional tables, to a full line of furniture, case goods, accessories, and art. I talked to Gold and Williams while touring their new store in Beverly Hills, two floors and 12,000 square feet of comfortable, modern furniture in inviting vignettes. I asked them about how they got started, what's important to them and, of course, their favorite decor tips.
Bend Wire Seating + Pendants
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4th Annual Small Project Award Winners
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Last week, AIA Chicago announced the winners of their Small Projects Awards. The program recognizes exceptional works that are in the spirt of 'small', meaning they can be designed by a small architecture firm, on a small budget, or with a small footprint. Each year the winning submissions get better and better, and serve as a great example that small is cool.


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I'm excited to report, that after years of waiting, my application for citizenship has been approved:
"il decreto di concessione è stato firmato; sarà contattato dalla Prefettura per la notifica del provvedimento e dopo la notifica dovrà recarsi presso il Comune di residenza per il giuramento. Se risiede all'estero sarà contattato dall'Autorità consolare competente."
I am awaiting notification from the Washington, DC consulate. On the very sad side, my wife will be away for an unknown period of time taking care of my mother-in-law who has been recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.
In my research, I read in some places where the spouse must be present for the Giuramento and in other places where he/she does not. My wife provided me with self-certified declarations of "Existence of Life" and "Validity of Marriage" and we also requested updated certificates of our Marriage in the US and the registration of that Marriage in Rome. We are hoping these will satisfy the consulate in her absence.
If the Consulate insists on the presence of my spouse for the Giuramento, how shall I respond?
I read on other postings that people have made demands on the Consulate invoking the 1992 and 2009 laws that fail to state neither here nor their re: the presence of the spouse at the Giuramento. I do not want to be confrontational with the consulate, but I also don't think its reasonable to ask my wife to fly back from Brazil (where my mother-in-law lives) for the swearing in.
Any and all advice is welcome!
Thank you in advance


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An apparatus comprises one or more pairs of mutually coaxial and opposing linear measuring devices including movable, biased fingers for simultaneously determining the thickness and warpage of a substrate such as a circuit board passing between the fingers. Each measuring device is calibrated to a zero point by bringing the ends of the movable fingers together and recording the distance or position thereof. Data for computation of substrate thickness and warpage measurements is obtained by recording displacement distances or positions of the movable fingers in contact with opposing surfaces of the substrate with respect to the zero point, the thickness and warpage then being calculated. The apparatus may be integrated with an assembly line, including incorporation with an existing piece of equipment, so that substrates exhibiting out-of-specification thickness or excessive warpage may be reworked, discarded or downgraded during the manufacturing process.
1. An apparatus for determining at least one warpage characteristic of a substantially planar substrate, comprising:
a carrier configured for holding and positioning a substantially planar substrate in a plane, the substantially planar substrate having first and second substantially planar opposed surfaces parallel to the plane;
a first linear measuring device including a first movable caliper disposed on one side of the plane and configured for measuring a plurality of first linear distances, each first linear distance being the distance from a zero point location to a location on the first surface of the substrate;
a second linear measuring device including a second movable caliper disposed on an opposing side of the plane and configured for measuring a plurality of second linear distances, each second linear distance being the distance from a zero point location to a location on the second surface of the substrate; and
a calculation device for calculating the plurality of first and second linear distances and the at least one warpage characteristic from the plurality of first and second linear distances.
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placing the substantially planar substrate parallel to a plane;
measuring a first linear distance from a common zero point location located within the substantially planar substrate to a first side of the substantially planar substrate in a location along the substantially planar substrate;
measuring a second linear distance from the common zero point location to a second, opposing, side of the substantially planar substrate in the location along the substantially planar substrate;
measuring another first linear distance and another second linear distance in another location along the substantially planar substrate; and
determining any warpage of the substantially planar substrate by comparing differences in at least the measured first and second linear distances in the location and the another location.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/642,921, filed Aug. 18, 2003, pending.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the manufacture of semiconductor device assemblies. More specifically, the invention pertains to a method and apparatus for measuring the thickness and warpage, or nonplanarity, of substrates for carrying semiconductor devices and the like.
2. State of the Art
In the electronics industry, as well as in many other fields, the suitability of a particular planar member for use may be dependent upon its planarity, i.e., the degree to which a major surface or surfaces are planar. For example, many electronic components are formed as assemblies using semiconductor devices mounted on thin substrates, e.g., circuit boards such as conventional FR-4, FR-5 and BT resin circuit boards. Exemplary semiconductor devices include dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices, static random access memory (SRAM) devices, flash memory devices, imagers, and many other devices. An exemplary semiconductor device assembly may comprise a memory module comprising a plurality of DRAM semiconductor devices mounted to a substrate in the form of a circuit board.
The thickness of many circuit boards used for such assemblies is generally from about 0.02 inch to about 0.125 inch. The steps in circuit board fabrication generally leave inherent stresses in one or more directions within a circuit board panel from which individual circuit boards are cut. Cutting of a large board panel into smaller discrete circuit boards relieves some of the inherent stress, resulting in some degree of warpage of each circuit board. The attachment of semiconductor devices to a circuit board may also introduce stresses, such as when flip-chip configured semiconductor dice are mechanically and electrically connected to terminals on the circuit board using solder reflow. Although a limited amount of warping may be generally acceptable, as may warpage in particular directions, excessive warpage or warpage in other directions (individually and collectively "unacceptable warpage") causes several problems. Unacceptable warpage may make installation of a completed assembly into test fixtures or higher-level packaging, such as a motherboard, difficult because of board curvature and nonalignment of electrical connectors. Also, unacceptable warpage affects the assembly packaging process in terms of difficulty in satisfactorily positioning the assembly into an encapsulant mold assembly, and nonuniformity of distribution of encapsulant material on the assembly surfaces and about the base of the semiconductor devices and their connections to circuit board terminals. As a result, completed but defective semiconductor device assemblies may need to be reworked (where possible), discarded or downgraded into products of lower value, reducing overall productivity.
Warpage may occur in any direction. For example, significant warpage may occur simply along an X-axis and/or Y-axis of a substrate. Additionally, warpage may occur in directions noncongruent with the conventional X, Y, and Z axes. Warpage in multiple planes or in directions oblique to planes may be termed "complex" warpage.
Current inspection methods for determining whether a substrate is excessively warped (or otherwise misshaped) generally utilize visual systems. Such systems are characterized by the use of either human vision or machine vision, the latter generally providing a faster and more reliable quantitative measurement of warpage. An example of such a machine vision-based apparatus is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 6,522,777 of Paulsen et al. Such systems are complex, fairly slow, very expensive, and have a degree of accuracy which is generally beyond that required in determining warpage. Use of such machines in determining thickness and warpage of semiconductor device assemblies such as memory modules adds significantly to the cost of production.
There exist various types of equipment for measuring thickness. The common manual caliper may be useful for product development but is too time-consuming for production operations. The web measuring gauges common in the paper industry are useful for determining thickness of sheet materials moving at high speed. Such machines are shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,791,367; 5,132,619 of Typpo, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,145,211 of Typpo et al. None of these machines is designed for, or capable of, measuring warpage in a substantially rigid substrate.
It would thus be desirable to provide an apparatus and method for determining unidirectional or multidirectional warpage in a substrate such as a circuit board.
It would also be desirable to provide an apparatus and method for simultaneous measurement of the warpage and thickness of a substrate.
It would be further desirable to provide an automated apparatus and method for determining the warpage of each of a stream of substrates passing through an assembly line or other continuous manufacturing environment and which, if desired, may be incorporated into existing equipment.
In addition, it would be desirable to provide an apparatus and method for determining linear and/or complex warpage of a stream of substrates in a single measurement pass for each substrate.
The present invention comprises, in exemplary embodiments, an apparatus and method for determining at least one dimensional value of a substantially planar substrate. More specifically, the present invention enables determination of a degree of warpage in a substrate with opposed surfaces which are normally (or desirably) planar, or flat. The apparatus and method are useful for determining both substrate thickness at various locations on a substrate and nonplanarity (warpage) of any substrate with desirably flat surfaces.
In the present invention, at least one caliper gauge including two linear measurement devices having opposed, movable fingers is mounted in coaxial fashion, finger to finger. A contact member on each finger is configured and positioned to contact one of the two opposing surfaces of an intervening substrate disposed transverse to the fingers. One or more position readings for each finger is recorded while in contact with, and displaced by, the substrate. A zero reading for calibration of each finger is subtracted from the respective measured value. The two resulting displacement differences are added to determine the substrate thickness. By obtaining a plurality of measurements along the X, Y, or Z axis, linearity may be determined along the axis. Nonlinearity, i.e. warpage, may be characterized along the three axes or in directions oblique to any axis.
The apparatus for measuring substrate thickness and warpage may employ conventional commercial linear measuring devices such as those with fingers having terminal contact members which slide or roll on the substrate surfaces. A substrate carrier for disposing and moving a substrate between the linear measurement devices may comprise a robotic gripper of an assembly line for semicontinuous or continuous measurement and determination of warpage in combination with substrate thickness.
The apparatus is simple yet robust, uses conventional linear measuring devices, is easily calibrated to zero in a manner such that the accuracy thereof remains unaffected by wear of the contact members, and is easily incorporated into an automated assembly line or other continuous manufacturing environment.
The nature of the present invention as well as other embodiments thereof may be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description of the invention, to the appended claims, and to the several drawings herein, wherein:
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In the present invention, an apparatus and method have been developed which measures the warpage of a pseudo-planar substrate, enabling determination of an unacceptable substrate before further manufacturing/packaging/testing operations are conducted and increasing yield and overall productivity while decreasing manufacturing cost by eliminating processing of defective substrates. The apparatus is configured to take measurements from which both the substrate thickness and warpage may be determined of the method of the present invention. The apparatus may be combined with or incorporated in, for example and not by way of limitation, an apparatus for severing substrates such as circuit boards from a larger panel so that warpage of each substrate may be determined before the addition of semiconductor devices thereto. Alternatively, or in addition, an apparatus according to the present invention may be placed in the manufacturing sequence immediately after semiconductor devices as well as other electronic components have been placed on and secured to the substrate.
In one embodiment of the invention, depicted in
A calibration zero point 66 (see
The linear measuring devices 50A, 50B which may be used in the invention are commercially available in a wide variety of capacities and precision. Such devices 50A, 50B may comprise devices often designated as linear encoders. In this invention, each of the coaxial fingers 60A, 60B is biased toward the substrate 10 by, e.g., a spring having a force which is sufficiently large to achieve repetitively accurate results, yet small enough to avoid undue damage or wear on the contact members 52A, 52B or any flexure of or damage to substrate 10. Associated with each linear measuring device 50A, 50B may be a finger retractor (not shown) to retract the fingers 60A, 60B with attached contact members 52A, 52B from contact with the substrate 10.
The contact members 52A, 52B may take various forms. Each of the contact members 52A, 52B may simply be an end of a finger 60A, 60B. Four of many possible contemplated configurations enabling biased continuous-contact sliding or rolling movement across a substrate surface 20A, 20B are shown in
Turning now to
The measured substrate thickness 16 is then calculated by the following equation:
Where D′ is the linear position of finger 60A at zero point 66 and Da is the linear position of finger 60A at a selected measurement location in contact with a substrate 10, D″ is the linear position of finger 60B at zero point 66 and Db is the linear position of finger 60B at the measurement location in contact with substrate 10. The foregoing presumes that finger displacement, as recorded, is maximized in a direction away from zero point 66. If this is not the case, then finger displacement in contact with substrate 10 would be subtracted from finger displacement at zero point 66. In either instance, it is the difference between a zero point and a displaced location of a caliper finger 60 which provides the desired measurement data. When at least three measurements are made at points 56 in a path 28 across the substrate surface 20A, as shown in
Continuing in the example, a straight line through the measured distances at locations 56A and 56C along path 28 on surface 20A yields a theoretical distance value of 2.1341. The measured value at location 56B, however, is 2.1381. The difference comprises a warpage displacement 26A of 0.0040. The warpage displacement 26A may also be calculated for the opposed surface 20B and is 0.0039. The measurements of thickness 16 at locations 56A, 56B and 56C also indicate a slight variation (0.0001) in thickness 16 of substrate 10.
While it would be possible to measure warpage by contact of a contact member 52 of a movable caliper finger 60 from just one side of a substrate 10, this may cause the substrate 10 to deform, particularly if the substrate is very thin or otherwise of marginal rigidity. However, by placing substrate 10 between two equally biased contact members 52A, 52B, for example, caliper fingers 60A, 60B will track the natural curvature, if any, of substrate 10. Further, by using two measurements from opposing sides of a substrate 10, obviously erroneous measurements may be easily detected if the linear distances measured from one side of the substrate 10 do not closely track each other within a predetermined thickness variation tolerance for the substrate 10. In other words, the curvature of warpage measured from each side of a substrate 10 should coincide but for variations in substrate thickness.
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In each of the above embodiments of the invention, it may be noted that while following a distance measurement, the caliper fingers 60A, 60B . . . 60N may be retracted and the substrate 10 moved to the next measurement location. Alternatively, and more preferred for speed and the capability for continuous measurement, the contact members 52A, 52B . . . 52N of fingers 60A, 60B . . . 60N are not retracted between measurements, but are displaced against their respective biases by passage of substrate 10 and simply slide or roll on the substrate surfaces 20A, 20B as substrate 10 passes therebetween. A program in computer 70 may be used to control the operations of the substrate carrier 32 and linear measuring device(s) 50. The program may include retraction of the caliper finger(s), for example, where there are interfering components such as semiconductor devices mounted on the substrate 10, where a portion(s) of the substrate is cut out, or when a substrate 10 approaches for measurement by the apparatus.
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As already shown, the apparatus and method of the invention offers many advantages. First, accurate measurements of substrate thickness and warpage in more than one direction may be performed. The apparatus may be placed as part of an assembly line using automated substrate handling equipment. Zero calibration of the linear measuring devices 50 is simple, i.e., merely bringing the corresponding contact members 52 together and recording the distance or position measurements of fingers 60 within the two linear measuring devices 50. These measurements comprise the calibration zero points 66 for each linear measurement device. The apparatus of the invention may be formed from commercially available linear measuring devices 50, computer 70, memory 68 and output devices 74, such as a computer screen, printer, video, etc.
While the present invention has been disclosed herein in terms of certain exemplary embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize and appreciate that it is not so limited. Many additions, deletions and modifications to the disclosed embodiments may be effected without departing from the scope of the invention. Moreover, features from one embodiment may be combined with features from other embodiments. The scope of the instant invention is only to be limited by the claims which follow.
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Alkenes are commonly prepared via one of two routes. The first route to alkenes is via dehydrohalogenation. This involves loss of HX from an alkyl halide. The second synthetic route is dehydration, the loss of water from an alcohol.
A common issue faced in these reactions is that a mixture of products can be formed. For instance, the treatment of 2-bromo-2-methylbutane with KOH in ethanol yields two alkene products, 2-methylbut-1-ene and 2-methylbut-2-ene.
The mechanisms to form each of these species are shown below:
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Black worker at Memphis cotton plant banned from 'whites only' water fountain, or 'we hang you'
Antonio Harris and Marrio Mangrum say their supervisor referred to them as "monkeys," and said a water fountain and microwave at the plant were for whites only. "He pulled his pants down in front of us and told us to kiss his white tail," Harris told a local news reporter.
"Put your sign on the wall then, because I am feeling to drink it," said Harris. "What would they do when they catch me drinking your water?"
"That`s when we hang you," said the supervisor.
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The Minnesota Vikings have ruled Christian Ponder out for Sunday's game at Baltimore, because the quarterback has not yet passed all of his post-concussion tests.
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Coach Leslie Frazier said Friday that Ponder will not suit up against the Ravens, with Matt Cassel starting and Josh Freeman backing him up per the plan set at the beginning of the week.
This is Ponder's third significant injury of the season. He had a broken rib that paved the way for Cassel to start against Pittsburgh on Sept. 29, and dislocated his shoulder at the end of the third quarter against Washington on Nov. 7. Ponder took a hit to the head late in the second quarter last week against Chicago.
Running back Adrian Peterson returned to practice Friday after taking the last two days off to rest his sore groin, following the pattern that has developed in the second half of the season to keep him fresh.
''No real need to burst or go 100 miles per hour today, but just something to make him feel comfortable about Sunday,'' Frazier said.
Peterson was listed as questionable on the injury report, but there's no indication of doubt about the NFL's leading rusher's participation in Baltimore. He has 1,208 yards through 12 games.
Safety Harrison Smith is still on injured reserve because of the turf toe injury he suffered nearly two months ago, but he practiced all week and is on track to return to the active roster and play Dec. 15 against Philadelphia.
Also, wide receiver Greg Childs, working his way back from bilateral patellar tendon tears, took part in consecutive practices this week for the first time. Frazier said he's ''really improved.'' Childs is on the physically unable to perform list, and the Vikings must decide by Monday whether to place him on the active roster, put him on injured reserve or cut him.
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Nicholas Winton
Nicholas Winton
Winton in Prague in October 2007
|Nicholas George Wertheim[1]
19 May 1909
Hampstead, London, England
|London, England
|Grete Gjelstrup (1919-1999)[2][3]
|Nick, Barbara, Robin (deceased)[4]
Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE (born Nicholas Wertheim, 19 May 1909) is a British humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669, mostly Jewish, children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War, in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for the children and arranged for their safe passage to Britain.[5] The British press has dubbed him the "British Schindler".[6] On 28 October 2014 he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic, the Order of the White Lion, by Czech President Miloš Zeman.
Early life[edit]
Nicholas Winton was born on 19 May 1909 in Hampstead, London, a son of German Jewish parents who had moved to London two years earlier.[7] The family name was Wertheim, but they changed it to Winton in an effort at integration.[1] They also converted to Christianity, and Winton was baptised.[8]
In 1923, Winton entered Stowe School, which had just opened.[9] He left without graduating, attending night school while volunteering at the Midland Bank. He then went to Hamburg, where he worked at Behrens Bank, followed by Wasserman Bank in Berlin.[7] In 1931, he moved to France and worked for the Banque Nationale de Crédit in Paris. He also earned a banking qualification in France. Returning to London, he became a broker at the London Stock Exchange. Though a stockbroker, Winton was also "an ardent socialist who became close to Labour Party party luminaries Aneurin Bevan, Jennie Lee and Tom Driberg."[10] Through another socialist friend, Martin Blake, Winton became part of a leftwing circle opposed to appeasement and concerned about the dangers posed by the Nazis.[10]
Humanitarian work[edit]
Shortly before Christmas 1938, Winton was planning to travel to Switzerland for a skiing holiday. He decided instead to visit Prague and help Martin Blake,[7] who was in Prague as an associate of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia,[11] and had called Winton to ask him to assist in Jewish welfare work.[12] Winton single-handedly established an organisation to aid children from Jewish families at risk from the Nazis. He set up his office at a dining room table in his hotel in Wenceslas Square.[13] In November 1938, following the Kristallnacht in Nazi-ruled Germany, the House of Commons approved a measure to allow the entry into Britain of refugees younger than 17, provided they had a place to stay and a warranty of £50 was deposited for their eventual return to their own country.[14]
The Netherlands[edit]
An important obstacle was getting official permission to cross into the Netherlands, as the children were destined to embark on the ferry at Hoek van Holland. After the Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Dutch government officially closed its borders to any Jewish refugees. The border guards, marechaussee, searched for them and returned any found to Germany, despite the horrors of Kristallnacht being well known: from the border, the synagogue in Aachen could be seen burning just 3 miles away.[15]
Winton succeeded, thanks to the guarantees he had obtained from Britain. After the first train, crossing the Netherlands went smoothly. A Dutch woman, Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer saved another 1000 Jewish children, mostly from Vienna and Berlin via the Hook, though it is not known whether she and Winton ever met. In 2012, a statue was erected on the quay at the Hook to commemorate all who had saved Jewish children.
Winton found homes in Britain for 669 children, many of whose parents would perish in the Auschwitz concentration camp.[16] Winton's mother worked with him to place the children in homes and later hostels.[17] Throughout the summer, Winton placed advertisements seeking families to accept them. The last group of 250, scheduled to leave Prague on 1 September 1939, did not reach safety. Hitler had invaded Poland and the Second World War had begun.[12][16]
World War II[edit]
Winton sought registration as a conscientious objector and served with the Red Cross,[18] but in 1940 he rescinded his objection to join the Royal Air Force, Administrative and Special Duties Branch. He was an airman, rising to sergeant by the time he was commissioned on 22 June 1944 as an acting pilot officer on probation.[19] On 17 August 1944 he was promoted to pilot officer on probation.[20] He was promoted to the rank of war substantive flying officer on 17 February 1945.[21] He relinquished his commission on 19 May 1954, retaining the honorary rank of flight lieutenant.[22]
After the war, he worked for the International Refugee Organisation and then the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Paris, where met and married Grete Gjelstrup, from Denmark.[10] He and Grete settled in Maidenhead, England, where they brought up their three children and he stood, unsuccessfully, for the town council in 1954.[10] Winton found work in the finance departments of various companies.[10]
That's Life[edit]
Winton kept quiet about his humanitarian exploits for many years, until his wife Grete found a detailed scrapbook in their attic in 1988.[23] It contained lists of the children, including their parents' names, and the names and addresses of the families that took them in. By sending letters to these addresses, 80 of "Winton's children" were found in Britain.[23] The world found out about his work in 1988 during an episode of the BBC television programme That's Life! [24] when he was invited as a member of the audience. At one point Winton's scrapbook was shown, and his achievements were explained. The host of the programme, Esther Rantzen, asked whether any in the audience owed their lives to Winton, and, if so, to stand – more than two dozen people surrounding Winton rose and applauded.[25]
Notable people saved[edit]
Winton has acknowledged the vital roles of Beatrice Wellington, Doreen Warriner, Trevor Chadwick and others in Prague. Winton was only in Prague for about three weeks before the Nazis invaded. He never set foot on Prague Station. As he wrote, "Chadwick did the more difficult and dangerous work after the Nazis invaded ... he deserves all praise". The full story is told in The Rescue of the Prague Refugees 1938–39,[26] with which Winton said he was "delighted".
100th birthday[edit]
To celebrate his 100th birthday, he flew over the White Waltham Airfield in a microlight piloted by Judy Leden, the daughter of one of the boys he saved.[27] His birthday was also marked by the publication of a profile in The Jewish Chronicle.[28]
Winton train[edit]
On 1 September 2009 a special "Winton Train" set off from the Prague Main railway station. The train, comprising an original locomotive and carriages used in the 1930s, headed to London via the original Kindertransport route. On board were several surviving "Winton children" and their descendants, who were welcomed by Winton in London. The occasion marked the 70th anniversary of the intended last Kindertransport, due to set off on 3 September 1939 but prevented by the outbreak of the Second World War. At the train's departure, a memorial statue for Winton, designed by Flor Kent, was unveiled at the railway station.[29]
In the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours, Winton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his work in establishing the Abbeyfield homes for the elderly in Britain, and in the 2002 New Year Honours, he was knighted in recognition of his work on the Czech Kindertransport.[16][30][31][32] He met the Queen again during her state visit to Bratislava, Slovakia in October 2008.[33] In 2003, Winton received the Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement.[34] Winton was awarded Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Fourth Class, by the Czech President in 1998.[35] In 2008, he was honoured by the Czech government in several ways. An elementary school in Kunžak is named after him,[36] and he was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence, Grade I.[36] The Czech government nominated him for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.[36][37]
The minor planet 19384 Winton was named in his honour by Czech astronomers Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý.[38]
A statue of Winton is on Platform 1 of the Praha hlavní nádraží railway station.[39] It depicts Winton holding a child and standing next to another one. Created by Flor Kent, it was unveiled on 1 September 2009 as part of a larger commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the last Kindertransport train (see also Winton train, above).[40]
There are also 3 memorials at Liverpool Street Station in London, where the Kindertransports arrived.[41]
In September 2010, another statue of Winton was unveiled, this time at Maidenhead railway station by Home Secretary Theresa May, MP for Maidenhead. Created by Lydia Karpinska, it depicts Winton sitting on a bench and reading a book.[6]
Winton was baptised as a Christian by his parents, but his Jewish ancestry disqualified him from being declared a Righteous Among the Nations by Israel.[42] In 2010, Winton was named a British Hero of the Holocaust by the British Government.[43] As an adult he didn't subscribe to any faith.[44]
In 2014 the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation established a schools' literary competition named after Winton. The contest is for high school students, who are invited to write essays about Winton's legacy.[45]
Winton was awarded the Freedom of the City of London on 23 February 2015.[46]
Order of the White Lion[edit]
On 19 May 2014, Winton's 105th birthday, it was announced he was to receive the Czech Republic's highest honour, for giving Czech children "the greatest possible gift: the chance to live and to be free".[47] On 28 October 2014, Winton was awarded the Order of the White Lion (Class I) by Czech President Miloš Zeman,[48] the Czech Defence Ministry having sent a special aircraft to take him to Prague. The award was made alongside one to Sir Winston Churchill which was accepted by his grandson Nicholas Soames. Zeman said he regretted the highest Czech award having been awarded to the two personalities so belatedly, but added "better late than never".[49] Winton was also able to meet some of the people he rescued 75 years ago, themselves now in their 80s. He said, "I want to thank you all for this enormous expression of thanks for something which happened to me nearly 100 years ago - and a 100 years is a heck of a long time. I am delighted that so many of the children are still about and are here to thank me."[47][50]
Popular culture[edit]
Winton's work is the subject of three films by Slovak filmmaker Matej Mináč: the drama All My Loved Ones (1999),[51] in which Winton was played by Rupert Graves, the documentary The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton (Síla lidskosti—Nicholas Winton, 2002), which won an Emmy Award.[52] and the documentary drama Nicky's Family (Nickyho rodina, 2011). A play about Winton, Numbers from Prague, was performed in Cambridge in January 2011.[53][54] Winton was featured in the 2000 Warner Bros. documentary written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris,and produced by Deborah Oppenheimer, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, which received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the film's accompanying book of the same name.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, on 28 October 2014, Winton said he thought he had "made a difference to a lot of people" and went on to say, "I don't think we've learned anything ... the world today is in a more dangerous situation than it has ever been."[55]
See also[edit]
- Individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust
- List of Righteous Among the Nations by country
- ^ a b "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ Munk, Eva (October 24, 2007). "Winton humbled by children's gratitude". The Prague Post. Archived from the original on 2013-11-19. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Grete Winton (1919–1999)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ If its not impossible... Life of Sir Nicholas Winton
- ^ "Sir Nicholas Winton, A Man Of Courage". auschwitz.dk. 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Statue for 'British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton". BBC News. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b c "Winton bio". Winton Train. České drahy. 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ ""Profile: Nicholas Winton", BBC News, 28 August 2009".
- ^ "The official opening of Stanhope House". Stowe School. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Moss, Stephen (9 November 2014). "'British Schindler' Nicholas Winton: I wasn't heroic. I was never in danger". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Nicholas Winton and the Rescue of Children from Czechoslovakia, 1938–1939". Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- ^ a b Jonathan Romain "A salute to the 'British Schindler' as he turns 104", guardian.co.uk, 17 May 2013
- ^ "Nicholas Winton, the Schindler of Britain". auschwitz.dk. 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Baruch Tenenbaum. "Nicholas Winton, British savior". IRWF. The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Dr L. de Jong: Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden inde Tweede Wereldoorlog, part 1
- ^ a b c Lahav, Yehuda; Nir Hasson (2 September 2009). "Jews saved by U.K. stockbroker to reenact 1939 journey to safety". Haaretz. Ha'aretz. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Nicholas Winton and the rescued generation Muriel Emanuel, Věra Gissing – 2002 "Many German refugee boys and some Winton children were given refuge in Christadelphian homes and hostels and there is substantial documentation to show how closely Overton worked with Winton and, later, with Winton's mother, "
- ^ Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, 17460
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36633. p. 3562. 28 July 1944. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36681. p. 4071. 29 August 1944. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36963. p. 1202. 27 February 1945. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40315. pp. 6200–6205. 27 February 1945. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Film documents 'power of good'". Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. Jewishaz.com. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ "The Power of Good". Archived from the original on 2013-11-19.
- ^ Sir Nicholas Winton – BBC Programme "That's Life" (1988) on Youtube. Retrieved 25 October 2011
- ^ Chadwick, William (2010). The Rescue of the Prague Refugees 1938–39. Matador. ISBN 978-1848765047.
- ^ "'UK Schindler' in birthday flight". BBC News. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ Porter, Monica (14 May 2009). "Sir Nicholas Winton: A reluctant Holocaust hero". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ ČTK (1 September 2009). "Train in honour of Jewish children rescuer Winton leaves Prague". České noviny. Neris s.r.o. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49375. p. 17. 10 June 1983. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56797. p. 2. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 57030. p. 10218. 15 August 2003. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ "Slovaks welcome Queen to capital". BBC News. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ The Pride of Britain Awards – Lifetime Achievement, Sir Nicholas Winton. Retrieved 14 October 2011
- ^ "List of holders of the Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order". Prague Castle site. Office of the President of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ a b c "Sir Nicholas Winton in the Czech Republic". Ministry of Defense, Czech Republic. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- ^ "UK | UK's 'Schindler' awaits Nobel vote". BBC News. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2 October 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ^ Dáin & Olík; sfwife (2011-01-20). "Sir Nicholas Winton statue, Praha, CZ". Waymarking. Groundspeak. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
Quick Description: Bronzova socha Sira Nicholase Wintona a dvou deti / Bronze statues of Sir Nicholas Winton and two children.
- ^ "Tisková zpráva – projekt Winton Train – inspirace dobrem vrcholí" (PDF). Winton Train, o. p. s. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Kindertransport - the arrival Memorial". n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Nicholas Winton". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ "Britons honoured for holocaust heroism". The Daily Telegraph (London). 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ "Profile: Nicholas Winton". BBC News. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Letter in The Guardian newspaper, 24 May 2014, signed by Eduardo Eurnekian and Baruch Tenembaum, chairman and founder of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
- ^ http://www.nicholaswinton.com/
- ^ a b "Sir Nicholas Winton at 105: the man who gave 669 Czech children the 'greatest gift'". Telegraph.co.uk. 21 May 2014.
- ^ ČTK. "Seznam osobností vyznamenaných letos při příležitosti 28. října". ceskenoviny.cz. (in Czech)
- ^ "White Lion goes to Winton and Winston". praguepost.com.
- ^ "BBC News - Nicholas Winton honoured by Czechs for saving children from Nazis". BBC News.
- ^ "Všichni moji blízcí (1999)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ "Síla lidskosti — Nicholas Winton (2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ The European Association for Jewish Culture, 2010 theatre grant awards.
- ^ "BBC News - Sir Nicholas Winton: I've made a difference". BBC News.
Further reading[edit]
- Winton, Barbara (2014), If It's Not Impossible... The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton, Matador, ISBN 9781783065202
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicholas Winton.
- Sir Nicholas Winton's meeting with many of the people he saved (BBC Programme "That's Life" aired in 1988)
- Nicholas Winton film wins Emmy Czech Radio interview
- The New York Times Review of All My Loved Ones
- Nicholas Winton – The Power of Good – web
- "Breakfast With Frost: Interview with Nicholas Winton & Alfred Dubs". BBC Breakfast. 5 January 2003.
- Interview with Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, one of the children saved
- "Retracing a life-saving journey". BBC News. 31 August 2009.
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I saw this coming. There been talk around my town of the 'riot' on Ole Miss campus after President Barack Obama's re-election. I personally don't think it was a riot, however it still makes the university look bad. For all my non-southern Kos family, Ole Miss has an unsettling reputation with African Americans. This goes back to 1962 when Ole Miss was integrated. This was a really ugly process, if you want to read about. I'm going try to stay on subject.
The night of the election, which turned into re-election of President Barack Obama was as you may imagine a happy time for AA. The thought of a black man was too much for some whites to handle, it boiled over on Ole Miss campus. Ole Miss usually recruit from New Orleans, no surprise since we are near the school and kids want to stay close to home. When kids, even some of my friends or my mother's friend children thought on attending Ole Miss there were always hesitation. When those kids on the night of the election started using racial epithets and burning Obama/Biden's signs I thought this will hurt their athletic program(S). It's been in my local media about kids thinking about attending another University instead of Ole Miss. Brazley is a top football prospect from New Orleans:
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In 2004, Islands of Nasi-I and Nasi II in Gahirmatha used to be continuous, but now the space was fragmented, Mr. Choudhury said. "Smaller patches of beach are often submerged. But when these are exposed, there is very little space available for nesting by turtles." The area available for nesting was 1,80,000 square metre in 2004.
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Corinna Chapman is on holiday and looking forward to spending time with her lover, Daniel. Her assistant Jason is off surfing and her sometimes helpers have gotten bit parts in a film/soap opera called Kiss the Bride. Corinna's holiday is interrupted when she gets guilted into helping an old school mate do catering for the film production and Daniel gets offered a case to work on. Lena, an overweight accountant, has lost bearer bonds that her company wanted her to register and they are threatening her job if the bonds aren't found. Daniel agrees to take the case and tracks down one bond to a homeless man named Pockets. In the meantime, Corinna is dealing with an interesting cast of characters (pardon the pun) on the movie set. The film's star is a major diva and there have been a rash of pranks directed at her. There is a serial womanizer who is making up to the baker who is working with Corinna, a handsome but vain leading man, a harassed assistant to the star, and other assorted people who could be the culprits. Soon Corinna finds herself in the middle of the drama and pulls Daniel in. He gets asked by the diva to find her long lost son who she put up for adoption.
Corinna and Daniel are getting nowhere with Pockets and he starts them on a merry chase looking for clues that he leaves all over the city. The clues are based on popular nursery rhymes and Daniel has little to no experience with them so Corinna finds herself involved in his case. Added to the stress is the fact that her empty headed helpers have told Jason she has replaced him and Corinna is worried he will go back to drugs. A restful holiday it is not!
I really love this series (and the Phrynne Fisher series) written by Ms. Greenwood. Corinna is an interesting character, an overweight ex- accountant who became a successful baker. She and Daniel have a wonderful relationship and they work together well. The secondary characters always fit just right into the story and we learn a little more about them in each book. This mystery is totally believable and even the missing baby story has a very plausible resolution with an added twist. I enjoy the little tidbits about the culture of Australia in the books. This book is a great addition to the series!
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Another great read from Kerry Greenwood. Love the series.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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Prefer it over her tv series and borrowed those books including the complete dvd s. Who to cast as a tradionsl figured woman? Wonderful charactet parts make each book a really good read. These are not in Aussie outback. Receipes have english measures.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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This is a fsvorite series and i bought everyone a strong supporting cast spices every thing up the setting of building with stores and condos adds layers to the tales there are character cats an awful little fuzz mop dog we have all known and a good dog introduced later there are widows and widower transgender gay couple recovering aa and sa weavers and gardeners ethnic and religious mix happy family and sime not so nice o k love this series to pay over three dollars Page counter's momWas this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted July 13, 2012
Corinna Chapman, the less-than-svelte baker of bread, in this latest chapter in a long-running series, is supposedly on vacation (with Heavenly Delights closed as her apprentice is away learning how to surf) when she is "blackmailed" into helping out a school chum cater the film set of a TV pilot. Meanwhile, Daniel, her Israeli private detective lover, is preoccupied on a case involving a young girl who has lost $1 million of bearer bonds.
So the stage is set for each of them to solve a number of mysteries, including who is tampering with the star's food creating turmoil on the set. Since the title of the pilot is "Kiss the Bride," it is fitting that much of the novel reflects the soap opera-ish aspect of the simultaneous stories, especially the use of nursery rhymes as clues to the discovery of the location of the missing bonds.
Ms Chapman is a delightful character and has fulfilled the role many times. The plot presents the reader with enough alternatives to maintain interest, and the writing, as usual, is excellent. Whether the denouement is acceptable is the only question in this reader's mind, since it unfolds quickly and seems contrived to bring the episode to an end. But in total, it is an enjoyable read, and is recommended.
Posted June 12, 2012
This is a tasty read, the latest in Greenwood's Corinna Chapman series. This book finds Corinna at loose ends, in the midst of a break, or "stay-cation" from her baking duties. Jason, her Assistant Baker, is off on a real vacation, sending Corinna occasional text or e-mail messages which Corinna deciphers as being akin to Chaucer-ian Middle English. Her two Shop Girls, Kylie and Goss, have landed bona-fide acting roles on a soap-opera-ish production, and Daniel, her live-in love, is trying to untangle the lines of a problem involving valuable bonds. Some of the bonds have been mysteriously cashed, and seem to lead to a homeless man who was a former accountant at the company. The young woman who had been given the bonds to deliver, has been fired and later goes missing. Corinna, with extra time on her hands, assists Daniel in trying to track down the whereabouts of the roving homeless man and the missing girl.
Corinna, still bored with all the extra time on her hands, succumbs to the pleas of a former school mate, and finds herself the replacement baker on the set of the aforementioned film production, and also being drawn into the on-set mystery of who is trying to sabotage the production through a series of pranks played on the star, a Diva who is unlikeable but a real talent whose loss would mean disaster for the producers. Corinna is also requested by the Diva-actress to find her missing child, whom she gave up for adoption years earlier. There's some evidence that points to the child being one of the actors or crew on set, bent on getting revenge on mother for her desertion, so Corinna finds herself baking AND sleuthing again. A further complication arises with the ditsy girls sending Jason a communique telling him that Corinna has replaced him, and Corinna fears that Jason, a former heroin addict, will respond badly through a disastrous relapse. Will Corinna and Daniel be able to bring their cases to a satisfactory ending?
Readers will no doubt enjoy munching their way through this delicious mystery to find the dessert at the end. There's a delightful, scrumptious denoument too, with a tiger, Tabitha, or "Tabby" on the film set who goes "walkies" after one film take too many, and the resulting chaos and panic reveals a most clever Corinna, who tempts Tabitha with a treat of anchovies.
The only quibble I have with the book is Greenwood's overuse of fragmented sentences. I found so many of them, at first I thought perhaps a different author had been brought in on the book, but after I re-read one of the earlier Chapman mysteries, I found that this is part of Greenwood's style. There are many more of these unattached dependent clauses in this book, though, and I must note I found it irritating enough to temporarily distract me from the plot line, which is why I am giving this book a four instead of five star rating. Grammar purists, be warned. Other readers of mysteries who are not so fussy about sentence structure will find this book an unalloyed pleasure.
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