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I recently imported a '96 Transalp from Germany to Canada which in the end proved to be a fairly simple process. Of course you first have to meet the 15 year rule and also ensure that you have the original title (official documentation paperwork) of the m'cycle from the country it came from. Also a 'bill of sale' in which the following form should work in any province.
That's it. You then pay the man at the Canada Border Services the GST in which they stamp the paper work giving you the clearance to go pick it up and in my case it was Air Canada Cargo. Besides the cost of shipping their was a $59 brokerage fee.
If anyone here is planning a trip to Germany and is serious about importing a motorcycle using the above rule you can PM me as I have contact in Frankfurt who can help you with logistics. The closer the bike is to Frankfurt the better. He is also a motorcycle enthusiast who happens to own an Africa Twin.
Again...if your serious...drop me a PM.
That's all very helpful GSPD and I might hit you up for some info. I'm lucky to be right by the port of Barcelona and have found a transport company willing to work with me. The agen
I spoke said I could ride the AT to their warehouse and work there to palletize it, and also told me to really enquire with Canada about the legalities because he didn't want me to move the bike for nothing. I have the 2 only official Spanish documents for the bikes: the technical card and the licence to circulate, further to that I have the original receipt from the shop in Barcelona where I bought the bike used in 2006, so it´s looking good.
I will ask inmate Africa_Twin, who works for Honda if he can email me the printout from the Honda intraweb he showed earlier, because I can´t seem to access it myself.
I should end up with one of the cooler bikes in Vancouver and a great backroads explorer!
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2008 Miami Defense Preview
2008 Miami Depth Chart
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2006 CFN Miami
What you
need to know:
You're not in Kansas anymore, Bill Young. Young was lured away
from the Jayhawks to coordinate a defense that allowed an
un-Miami-like 120 points over last year's final three games. A
master of the zone blitz, the new coordinator will be working
with more talent than he's ever had at his disposal. While you
certainly don't get better by losing DE Calais Campbell and S
Kenny Phillips, the 'Canes have stocked the cupboard deep enough
in the last two winters to rebound in a hurry. LB Colin
McCarthy has the right makeup to evolve into the anchor of the
defense. If, as he's declared, S Anthony Reddick is ready to go
after suffering a serious knee injury, Phillips' departure is a
little easier to digest. DT Marcus Forston and LB Arthur Brown,
a couple of recruiting coups, are destined to be special.
Tackles: Colin McCarthy, 74
Sacks: Eric
Moncur, 6
Interceptions: Randy Phillips, 2
Star of
the defense:
LB Colin McCarthy
Player who has to step up and become a star:
Senior DT Antonio Dixon
Unsung star on the rise: Sophomore DE Allen Bailey
Best pro prospect: McCarthy
Top three all-star candidates: 1) McCarthy, 2)
Senior DE Eric Moncur, 3) Dixon
Strength of the defense: Veteran depth, run
Weakness of the defense: Pass defense, lack of a
shutdown corner
Defensive Line
Projected Starters: Miami's biggest concern
heading into the season will be to find an adequate replacement
for pass rusher Calais Campbell, who left early for the NFL
Draft. A fixture on one side is senior Eric Moncur, a
speedy and powerful edge rusher that can shed tackles
effortlessly. The 6-2, 250-pounder had his breakout season as a
sophomore, collecting 48 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, and six
sacks, and is expected to grow into something special.
Pushing to fill the void on the right side is sophomore Allen
Bailey, a converted linebacker who bulked up to 6-4 and 287
pounds and is a freakishly explosive athlete. Coming off a
fantastic spring, he's an explosive rusher with scary closing
speed. Blessed with a rare combination of power and quickness,
Bailey has the opportunity and the skills to deliver a
breakthrough season for the Canes.
While senior Antonio Dixon is expected to handle one
tackle spot, the other opening probably won't be filled until
August. Miami is still waiting for that breakthrough season
from Dixon, a 6-3, 328-pound wide-body that's had trouble
staying on the field for an entire season and keeping his weight
in check. A classic space-eater that moves well for his size,
he started four games as a junior, making 21 tackles for 3.5
tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks.
Junior Joe Joseph and senior Dwayne Hendricks both
started games a year ago, but haven't turned enough heads to
guarantee anything more than a spot in the rotation. At 6-3 and
304 pounds, Joseph is a penetrator that chipped in 25 tackles,
two tackles for loss, and quarterback hurries in the first
action of his career. Hendricks is a little smaller at 6-4 and
298 pounds with the lateral speed and footwork to make plays
down the line. In an injury-riddled season, he played in just
six games, making 13 tackles and a couple of tackles for loss.
Projected Top Reserves: If the tackles don't have
their acts together, true freshman Marcus Forston is
liable to pass them on his way to the first team. Already a
spring participant, the nation's top-rated prep tackle showed
some of the burst and quickness that's creating comparisons to a
young Warren Sapp. At 6-2 and 309 pounds, he'll be too
disruptive to keep off the field this fall.
Competition at end will come from 6-3, 267-pound junior
Courtney Harris and redshirt freshman Adewale Ojomo.
While Harris has an edge in experience, Ojomo is a 6-3,
244-pound blur around the corner and the reigning Defensive
Scout Team Player of the Year.
Watch Out For ... Dixon to make a salary run
in his final year of eligibility. Athletic, 330-pound run
stuffers from the state of Florida make NFL scouts drool. That
should be enough for Dixon to stay in shape, and finally put
together a complete season for the Canes.
Strength: Edge rushers. Yeah, you don't get
better by losing Campbell, but Moncur is taking the baton and
Bailey looks like the real deal on the other side. Plus, Harris
is a solid veteran on the second team and Ojomo has a chance to
be a disruptive situational pass rusher.
Weakness: Run defense. The 'Canes were
surprisingly soft inside last year, a situational that's being
muddled by the uncertainty at tackle. Mr. Forston, opportunity
is on line one.
Outlook: The line will be good, but to become
great it's going to need regular appearances from someone other
than just Moncur. For starters, it's a must that Bailey's not
just a spring sensation and Dixon can evolve into a beast on the
Rating: 7
Projected Starters: While leading tackler Tavares
Gooden will be missed, Miami believes it can make up the
difference with a couple of blue-chip recruits and the return of
senior Glenn Cook, who was granted a sixth year of
eligibility. Cook missed all of last season with a foot injury,
but was a starter in 2006, and had the best spring of his
career. At 6-0 and 235 pounds, he's versatile enough to play
any of the three positions.
At strongside, speedy junior Colin McCarthy has evolved
into the headliner of this group. An athletic 6-3, 230-pounder,
he displayed keen instincts in his first season as a starter,
making 74 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, and a pair of sacks. As
much as any player on the defense, McCarthy is on the verge of a
breakthrough season that ends with All-ACC honors.
Junior Darryl Sharpton may be only 5-11, 232 pounds, but
he plays with great explosion, leverage, and
sideline-to-sideline speed. Although he made 57 tackles and six
tackles for loss as a part-time starter, even more production is
expected from one of the unit's most athletic defenders.
Projected Top Reserves: Squaty senior Spencer
Adkins has limitations, especially in pass defense, but
there's nothing wrong with a three-time letterwinner on the
second team. A hard working 5-11 and 230 pounder, he had 52
tackles and three tackles for loss with five starts on the weak
Heralded true freshmen Arthur Brown and Sean Spence
are the future at linebacker in Miami. Scrap that. The way
they played in the spring, the pair may be the present on
defense. Spence, in particular, was a revelation making plays
all over the field with his quickness and instincts. Although
just 6-0 and 202 pounds, he reads and reacts like a veteran,
blowing up plays before they can develop.
Rated by many as the country's top linebacker, Brown had a
team-high eight tackles in the spring game, showing no
unnecessary respect to his elders. An explosive playmaker, he
closes in an instant and buries opposing ballcarriers.
Watch Out For ... Spence and Brown to contribute
immediately. Sure, they'll make rookie mistakes, but both are
too athletic and disruptive to be caged up on the sidelines for
a season. Plus, besides McCarthy, this is not a vintage 'Cane
linebacker unit that'll force a talented freshman into a
redshirt year or a season on special teams.
Strength: Tomorrow. The linebackers will be good
this season, but if all goes as planned, they'll among the best
in the ACC by 2009. McCarthy and Sharpton are juniors and
Spence and Brown haven't even left the starters' block.
Weakness: Size. It's not as if the Miami linebackers
will get pushed around, but this is an undersized ensemble that
could have trouble against physical offensive lines that get to
the second level. The 'Canes also aren't very tall, which
presents problems when trying to cover tight ends on passing
Outlook: There's plenty of upside for a group that
has a star to revolve around, a veteran supporting cast, and the
next generation waiting in the wings. If nothing else, Brown
and Spence are going to force their teammates to keep getting
better or get out of the way.
Rating: 7.5
Defensive Backs
Miami is mortal in the secondary for the first time in years, a
microcosm for the program's recent decline. The big loss is
All-America S Kenny Phillips, who coaches hope can be replaced
by oft-injured senior Anthony Reddick. Seemingly headed
to becoming the next great Cane safety, he has played in just
seven games in two years suffering ACL tears in 2005 and 2007.
Declaring himself at full strength in the spring, Reddick is a
6-0, 208-pound wild-card capable of softening the blow of losing
Reddick will likely be joined by fellow senior Lovon Ponder,
a spot starter and three-time letterwinner who has seen plenty
of time in nickel and dime packages. At 6-0 and 219 pounds,
he's sound in run support, but like so many of the defensive
backs, needs to keep the play in front of him.
While it's a fluid process, the front-runners at cornerback
heading into the summer are sophomore DeMarcus Van Dyke
and senior Bruce Johnson. Van Dyke received some on the
job training as a true freshman, starting eight games and making
14 tackles to go along with a bunch of predictable rookie
mistakes. A rangy 6-1, 174-pounder with blazing speed and an
explosive burst out of his stance, he's got a high ceiling once
he tightens his coverage and improves his tackling.
The 5-11, 172-pound Johnson is a veteran of 30 career games and
eight starts from last season. While not the consistent
lockdown corner that the 'Canes are craving, he brings
experience and savvy to a position that's still green at this
time. In his most extensive playing time, Johnson had 28
tackles and broke up six passes a season ago.
Projected Top Reserves: One of the big surprises
of the spring was junior CB Chavez Grant, who played as
if he plans to challenge for a starting assignment in the
summer. A year after playing the nickel and making 26 tackles
in six starts, he's positioned for an expanded role. At 5-11 and
180 pounds, Grant makes nice breaks on passes and shows good
ball skills.
Adding more veteran depth at cornerback is senior Carlos
Armour, the biggest defensive back at 6-3 and 206 pounds and
a player that can jump out of the building. He started four
games in 2007, making 30 tackles and breaking up four passes,
while proving to be an occasional liability in coverage.
After failing to handle life as a corner, senior Randy
Phillips will provide some much-needed depth at safety. A
6-0, 208-pounder who hits like a linebacker, he made four starts
last season, chipping in 34 tackles, two forced fumbles, and a
pair of interceptions.
A number of underclassmen will be battling for a spot on the
second team, the best of which could be 6-1, 200-pound sophomore
JoJo Nicholas. He used an outstanding spring session to
create space between himself and Damien Berry and
Jared Campbell.
Watch Out For ... the secondary to struggle again
versus better passing teams. As tough as this is to process,
Miami doesn't have a single defensive back that's a lock for
postseason honors or a corner that can shut out top receivers on
the schedule, such as Percy Harvin, Hakeem Nicks, or Greg Carr.
Strength: Experience. Hey, it might not be the
most air-tight secondary in school history, but it sure does
have a lot of familiar faces. A whopping seven defensive backs
have started at least one game in their 'Cane careers.
Weakness: Cover skills. While you still don't
want to cross over the middle on the Miami defensive backs,
going deep on the them has become a safe haven. Van Dyke
certainly has upside, but collectively, this is not a premier
group of pass defenders.
Outlook: If Reddick can turn back the clock and a
couple of the cornerbacks overachieve, Miami will make 2007 look
like an aberration. More likely, however, the 'Canes will be
the 'Canes against weak passers, but get exposed by the ACC's
more developed attacks.
Rating: 6.5


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American Renaissance
The authors who began to come to prominence in the 1830s and were active until about the end of the Civil War—the humorists, the classic New Englanders, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and others—did their work in a new spirit, and their achievements were of a new sort. In part this was because they were in some way influenced by the broadening democratic concepts that in 1829 triumphed in Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president. In part it was because, in this Romantic period of emphasis upon native scenes and characters in many literatures, they put much of America into their books.
Particularly full of vivid touches were the writings of two groups of American humorists whose works appeared between 1830 and 1867. One group created several down-east Yankee characters who used commonsense arguments to comment upon the political and social scene. The most important of this group were Seba Smith, James Russell Lowell, and Benjamin P. Shillaber. These authors caught the talk and character of New England at that time as no one else had done. In the old Southwest, meanwhile, such writers as Davy Crockett, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson J. Hooper, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, Joseph G. Baldwin, and George Washington Harris drew lively pictures of the ebullient frontier and showed the interest in the common man that was a part of Jacksonian democracy.
New England Brahmins
Although Lowell for a time was one of these writers of rather earthy humour, his lifelong ties were to a group of New England writers associated with Harvard and Cambridge, Massachusetts—the Brahmins, as they came to be called—at an opposite extreme. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Lowell were all aristocrats, all steeped in foreign culture, all professors at Harvard. Longfellow adapted European methods of storytelling and versifying to narrative poems dealing with American history, and a few of his less didactic lyrics perfectly married technique and subject matter. Holmes, in occasional poems and his "Breakfast Table" series (1858–91), brought touches of urbanity and jocosity to a perhaps oversober polite literature. Lowell, in poems descriptive of the out-of-doors in America, put much of his homeland into verse. His odes—particularly the "
Harvard Commemoration Ode" (1865)—gave fine expression to noble sentiments.
The Transcendentalists
Concord, Massachusetts, a village not far from Cambridge, was the home of leaders of another important New England group. The way for this group had been prepared by the rise of a theological system, Unitarianism, which early in the 19th century had replaced Calvinism as the faith of a large share of the New Englanders. Ralph Waldo Emerson, most famous of the Concord philosophers, started as a Unitarian minister but found even that liberal doctrine too confining for his broad beliefs. He became a Transcendentalist who, like other ancient and modern Platonists, trusted to insights transcending logic and experience for revelations of the deepest truths. His scheme of things ranged from the lowest objects and most practical chores to soaring flights of imagination and inspired beliefs. His Essays (1841–44), Representative Men (1850), and English Traits (1856) were thoughtful and poetic explanations of his beliefs; and his rough-hewn lyrics, packed with thought and feeling, were as close to 17th-century Metaphysical poems as any produced in his own time.
An associate of Emerson with a salty personality of his own and an individual way of thinking, Henry David Thoreau, a sometime surveyor, labourer, and naturalist, was closer to the earthy and the practical than even Emerson was. He also was more of a humorist—a dry Yankee commentator with a flair for paradoxical phrases and sentences. Finally, he was a learned man, widely read in Western classics and books of the Orient. These qualities gave distinction to A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) and to Walden (1854). The latter was a record of his experiences and ponderings during the time he lived in a hut by Walden Pond—a defense of his belief that modern man should simplify his demands if need be to "suck out all the marrow of life." In his essay "
Civil Disobedience" (1849; originally titled "
Resistance to Civil Government"), Thoreau expounded his anarchistic views of government, insisting that if an injustice of government is "of such a nature that it requires injustice to another [you should] break the law [and] let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine."
Associated with these two major figures were such minor Transcendentalists as Bronson Alcott, George Ripley, Orestes Brownson, Margaret Fuller, and Jones Very. Fuller edited The Dial, the chief Transcendental magazine, and was important in the feminist movement.


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Insurance companies hate paying to defend claims they believe may not be covered - especially where the defense fees are significant. But when they do pay for the defense of claims they feel they should not have to defend, insurance companies can reserve the right to seek reimbursement from their insureds. These reimbursement claims are increasingly common, and insurers are stretching the boundaries of these actions. Indeed, some are even filing suits against those who were never parties to the insurance contract, and who have no relationship at all to the insurer.
Are an insurer's direct claims against such independent counsel or uninsureds ever justified? A case pending before the state high court may answer that question. Hartford Casualty Insurance v. J.R. Marketing, S211645.
Suppose an insurer is defending a potentially covered lawsuit but suspects that its insured may have made fraudulent representations to secure the policy in the first instance. Generally, the insurer will be unable to litigate a coverage suit before the underlying suit is finished, especially if there are disputed issues of fact which overlap the factual issues in the underlying suit. Such coverage suits would be stayed to avoid prejudice to the insured, who would otherwise be facing a two-front war. Montrose Chem. Corp v Superior Court, 6 Cal. 4th 287 (1993). In the meantime, the defending insurer may pay millions in defense fees. Yet the insured may not have money to refund the defense payments if a reimbursement claim is successful.
Even in these unusual circumstances, is there justification for a direct action for recovery of the funds paid to independent Cumis counsel? (So-called because of the Court of Appeal decision establishing the right of California policyholders to employ independent counsel: San Diego Federal Credit Union v. Cumis Ins. Society, 162 Cal. App. 3d 358, 364 (1984). The right to independent counsel was later codified at Civil Code Section 2860.)
No, there isn't.
Cumis counsel only represents the insureds; they have no attorney-client relationship with the insurers themselves, and thus can have no obligations to the insurer. By allowing insurers to sue Cumis counsel, a court would be creating a legal obligation running from the counsel to the insurer. A Cumis counsel with obligations its client's insurer is no longer the "independent" counsel envisioned by the Cumis court. That case was decided precisely to prevent insurers from compelling their insureds to accept a defense by attorneys beholden to the insurer.
There is no reason the insurers should not be limited to whatever remedies they may have against their own insureds, including rescission, restitution and damages. After all, the underwriting risk assumed by the liability insurer was freely undertaken, based on the submitted application for insurance. The insurer was free to ask any questions and conduct any inspections of the potential risk.
And yet in Hartford Casualty, which is fully briefed and awaiting a date for oral argument, the issue raised is whether an insurance company forced to pay for Cumis counsel can later sue that same counsel to get back fees the insurance company believes were "unreasonable or unnecessary." Or is the insurance company limited to suing its insured to get back such "unreasonable or unnecessary" fees?
The Court of Appeal in Hartford Casualty had affirmed the dismissal of insurer Hartford's reimbursement claims against both the Cumis counsel and an individual who was not an insured, but who Hartford was compelled to defend pursuant to prior court rulings.
After Hartford initially refused a defense, the insured, J.R. Marketing, filed a bad faith suit. Hartford agreed to defend thereafter, but not from the date of tender and only with its panel counsel. However, the trial court later ordered Hartford to defend from the date of tender and to pay for Cumis counsel. The decision was affirmed on appeal, and Hartford was ordered to pay all fees through the conclusion of the underlying litigation, subject only to reimbursement if Hartford could show the bills were unreasonable or unnecessary.
Hartford brought suit against J.R. Marketing, the Cumis counsel and the uninsured individual asserting causes of action for reimbursement, rescission and unjust enrichment. The trial court sustained all the defendants' demurrers on unjust enrichment. The court also sustained the Cumis counsel's and uninsured individual's demurrers on all claims and dismissed them from the lawsuit. Hartford appealed the dismissals.
The Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal of the claims against the Cumis counsel, holding that, "it is clear California law bars an insurer, like Hartford, in breach of its duty to defend from thereafter imposing on its insured its own choice of defense counsel, fee arrangement or strategy. This court now takes the law one slight step forward by holding Hartford likewise barred from later maintaining a direct suit against independent counsel for reimbursement of fees and costs charged by such counsel for crafting and mounting the insureds' defense where Hartford considers those fees unreasonable or unnecessary.
"To hold otherwise would effectively afford the insurer that has waived ... protections ... through its own wrongdoing more rights in a fee dispute with independent counsel than an insurer that has not waived such protections. Specifically, while the insurer in compliance with its duty to defend would be limited ... to arbitrating a fee dispute, the insurer in breach of its duty could bring the fee dispute to court."
As to Hartford's effort to recover from the uninsured individual, the Court of Appeal found that Hartford failed to cite to relevant authority for its direct action and failed to allege any fees or costs which were incurred solely for the defense of this uninsured. Both of these failures could not be remedied, and were fatal to Hartford's appeal.
This is a matter that has attracted amicus briefing from the insurance industry as well as from the policyholder side. The state Supreme Court will likely address this small step forward made by the Court of Appeal, and in doing so hopefully will clarify the boundaries applicable to reimbursement claims.
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Bell County's kids did not fare as well as many across the state in the recently released 2013 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book.
This was the 23rd annual release of the data by the Kentucky Youth Advocates.
Bell County ranked near the bottom — 113th out of 120 counties.
"Economic security has a vast impact on child well-being, and it heavily influences other factors such as health, education, and family and community strength. We know that when there are limited jobs in eastern Kentucky due to factors such as the decline in the coal industry, it can directly impact the economic security of families," said Terry Brooks, executive director of the Kentucky Youth Advocates.
"We need to invest in programs and create policies that inspire job creation in eastern Kentucky such as incentive programs that encourage health care professionals to graduate and return to serve the Appalachian part of the state. The truth is, there are innovative solutions in Eastern Kentucky counties; we just have to create an environment where that creativity is the catalyst for change and inspires solutions that have never been tried before."
Brooks said there are state level solutions that need to be implemented to ensure that kids in all counties, "no matter what family they are born into or what challenges they face, have the opportunity to succeed and grow into productive members of society. For example, restoring cuts to the Child Care Assistance Program will both keep child care businesses thriving in eastern Kentucky, but it will also ensure parents who are working have a quality child care provider for their kids."
"Overall, Bell County ranks 113 on child well-being and each domain ranking — economic security, education, health, and family and community strength having similar rankings. When you look at the Bell County data, a boost in economic security will help move the indicators; however, there are some low-cost solutions that can vastly improve the well-being of Kentucky kids," said Brooks.
Brooks said that in Bell County, some 37 percent of births from 2009-2011 were to mothers who smoked during pregnancy.
"Smoking during pregnancy is the single most major cause of low-birth-weight which has a major impact on health and education outcomes among children who were exposed to smoking during pregnancy," he said. "We know that smoke-free ordinances reduce smoking during pregnancy and a statewide, comprehensive smoke-free law would ensure all kids experience protections from secondhand smoke in public places. This would ultimately reduce health care costs for smoking related diseases across the state."
Some of the areas assessed included data for multiple years, while others were were for a single year.
The breakdown of data which led to the low ranking for Bell County includes:
- Economic security: Children in poverty, 39.7 percent; teens not in school, 11.6 percent; parental unemployment, 9.1 percent; and high rental cost burden, 66 percent.
- Education: Children not in preschool, 67.7 percent fourth graders not proficient in reading, 56.9 percent; eighth graders not proficient in math, 66.2 percent; and high school students not graduating on time, 11.3 percent.
- Health: Smoking during pregnancy, 36.5 percent; low-birth weight babies, 10.4 percent; inpatient asthma hospitalizations per 1,000 ages 0-17, 108.5; teen births per 1,000 ages 15-19, 68.7.
- Family and community: Births to mothers without a high school degree, 25.2 percent; children living in high-poverty areas, 97.2percent; children in out-of-home care per 1,000 ages 0-17, 18.7 and youth incarcerated in the juvenile justice system per 1,000 ages 10-17, 39.5.
The index used in the data book is modeled after one created by the National KIDS COUNT project sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
A heavy concentration of low performing counties were clustered in eastern Kentucky. Most eastern Kentucky counties fell within the bottom half.
Clay ranked at the bottom — 120th. Clay was followed by Fulton at 119, Martin at 118, Elliott at 117, Knox at 116, Owsley at 115, Wolfe at 114, Bell at 113, McCreary at 112, Bath at 111, Menifee at 110, Perry at 109, Jackson at 108 and Carroll at 107.
Rankings for other counties in the area included Leslie County at 62, Pike County at 77, Whitley County at 82 and Harlan County at 106.
The seven counties with the highest overall well-being were Oldham, Boone, Calloway, Spencer, Woodford, Washington, Meade, Oldham, Spencer, Washington and Woodford. Their scores were much higher than the state's other counties.
The Kentucky Youth Advocates cited the need for stronger investments in Kentucky's youth.
The report highlights that more than one in four children in Kentucky lived in poverty in 2012.
The report offered recommendations for smart investments to improve economic security among families such as a state earned income credit to help families keep more of their hard earned income, restoration of the Child Care Assistance Program to help parents pay for quality care while they work, and support for the growing number of relatives taking care of children.
"Investments that promote strong families will not only help children succeed as the workforce of our future, but will also increase economic development in the present," said Brooks. "It is time to make children and families a top priority in our state by investing in programs that keep parents working and promote economic security."
Brooks said, "The 2013 County Data Book is a call to action for local, state and federal leaders. Budgets always require tough choices, but especially now, Kentucky cannot afford to fail to invest in kids."


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As state budget cuts force community colleges to reduce class offerings and turn away students, two candidates competing for a seat on the San Diego Community College board both said they have the right approach for dealing with fiscal issues.
Scott Hasson and Bernie Rhinerson want to replace Bill Schwandt, who held the board's District B seat for the past 12 years. This is the first run for public office for both.
Hasson, 50, works as a manager with a renewable energy company and previously served on the Tierrasanta Community Council.
Rhinerson, 61, is an administrator at the San Diego Unified School District and a part-time instructor at San Diego State University. Before going to work for city schools in 2008, Rhinerson owned a public relations company for 25 years.
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Serving on the college board pays $897 per month. Board members also receive health insurance and $100,000 in life insurance coverage.
Hasson said his business background gives him a different perspective than other trustees. He said he would ask tough questions about how the district is prioritizing and managing its spending and would scrutinize contractors when they seek change orders on construction contracts. Voters approved bond measures in 2002 and 2006 that raised more than $1.5 billion for new construction and renovations in the district.
"Somebody needs to get on this board who has a different view," Hasson said. "I'm sort of a numbers guy with a business background from about the past 25 years. These people are not looking outside the box."
Rhinerson said he's developed a passion for education since working for San Diego Unified and said one of his top priorities would be to push for public education to receive adequate funding from state and federal sources.
"Community colleges cut back literally thousands of classes and 20,000 students can't get the classes they need and with tuition tripling over the past few years, we are taking away the opportunity that those most in need have to get a successful future or job training and moving on to college," Rhinerson said.
Rhinerson also said he would help build partnerships between community colleges and the business community to ensure that job-training programs are successful.
Hasson said he'd like to see seniors about to graduate from high school get priority in enrolling for community-college classes. He also would like to have the district's newly built classrooms utilized by 11th- and 12th-grade students who need remedial classes to boost certain skills and provide them with college credit. "The student numbers are down by 20 to 25 percent," he said. "I don't know what they are going to use the classrooms for."
Rhinerson came in first in the June primary, garnering 15,601 votes compared with 10,203 for Hasson.
As of the end of September, Hasson raised more than $14,500 for his campaign, including $500 he loaned himself, according to finance disclosure documents.


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- by Robin Fullard
June 2004
Interesting concept - take old Canadian Airlines 737's. Paint them day-glo colours on the
outside, but don't change the interior at all. Flew from Calgary to Vancouver check in was fine
(using automated machines) but plane was 30 minutes late. I guess this is what happens when you are
shuttling on short hauls and you get delayed one end. Seats were tight, service was sparse but it
was only a 90 minute flight. Biggest bone of contention - overhead bins were not very tall and
passengers tend not to check luggage these days the consequence is it takes almost 40 minutes to de-
plane if you are at the back!
- by Paul McClure
October 2003
I have flown Zip three times and they get better each time. The legs have always been Calgary to
Victoria but the most recent trip I returned Air Canada and AC Jazz and would have to say Zip can
teach a lot to AC & AC Jazz. I recommend Zip to anyone and WestJet as well over AC and AC Jazz.
- by Bob Gendron
October 2003
I am very surprised to see all the bad comments about Zip. I flew on Zip from Montréal to Winnipeg
continuing to Edmonton. It was during the Toronto blackout followed the next day by the "computer
virus" which grounded the entire Air Canada network. I was lucky to have my flight reserved on Zip,
Air Canada's codeshare partner (and 100% owned by Air Canada !). So I was on one of the only few
flights which actually left Montréal this day. Although we had to pay for everything except
refreshments on board, I was served by young and courteous flight attendants. The atmosphere
was very pleasant. The crew changed in Winnipeg, and we got a even "funnier" crew (as they called
themselves), who did not hesitate to make little joke and collaborate with people. It is obvious
that these two crews did not come from the regular Air Canada's crew who may look more professional,
but who also looks very bored and unpleasant ... sometimes even rude. This trip was very pleasant
and what made the difference was the positive and outgoing attitude of the staff.
- by Harry Kramer
September 2003
I had a reservation to fly Zip Winnipeg to Vancouver and my flight was cancelled
as they said due to mechanical reasons. My protected flight was later in the day. The flight was
full of other people who also had other flights cancelled for the same reason. Once onboard the plane was filthy with garbage
throughout the plane. The aisle carpet was so dirty that it looked like nobody cleaned it in weeks. So much for
a clean plane. My seat was in an emergency exit row. The cold air poured from the side of the plane's skin.
The gentleman who was sitting by the window tried to block the freezing air with a blanket but it was hopeless.
If Zip wants their customers to sit in a filthy aircraft with freezing air pouring in, along with cancellations of a lot
of their flights then this customer will use another carrier. One of the worst flying experiances in 30 years.
- by Don Zuykic
May 2003
A ZIP flight from Calgary to Winnipeg - crew only passed through the cabin once, then hid.
So much for inflight service. They were very slow and did not appear to
know what to do. The seat pockets were full of trash and the plane half full. I took Westjet back
and I will stay
off ZIP.
- by Matt Liaw
April 2003
I had a chance to fly Zip from Vancouver-Edmonton during the Christmas holiday 2002. On my way to
Vancouver I took Westjet. Comparing these 2 airlines, I have to say that
Westjet provided a better
in-flight service. My trip with Zip was served by 3 flight attendants who didn't seem familiar with
the equipment on board. The flight attendants worked in a very slow pace. Because of their slow pace, I paid extra attention to the time when the FA's
returned to their seats before landing. They fought to get on the seats and fastened up just seconds before we touched down. Along
with their slow pace, on my flight to Vancouver with Westjet, I was asked for refills and cookies.
with the same amount of money for airfare, I only had one orange juice on my way back on Zip. The
trip was during the christmas holiday. I am not sure if Zip has improved the services or not. From
where I stand, Zip still has a long way to go to catch up with westjet.
- by N Soran
November 2002
Zip is Air Canada's discount answer to Westjet.
Airport Check in is handled by Air Canada agents. The
check in was prompt with only a short wait in line.
At the gate we waited for our departure which was
20 mins late. The gate departure sign said ZIP and the flight
number. Once the plane had arrived a few people got off and
boarding commenced. The 737 200 series aircraft were old
with a facelift of a bright paint job, new carpets and covered
seats. The cabin was littered with newspapers and lots of
garbage in the seat pockets. The inflight mag was Air Canada's and the inflight crew welcomed us
aboard Air Canada. Not a word about Zip. Only drinks were served
and snack had a charge of a dollar for a pitiful size bag of
nuts or a candy bar. Not worth it. The flight was almost
empty with only thirty of us aboard. There is no inflight music and the plane had that
bleak look about it. Soon we
arrived at YWG. Bags were prompt due to the light load.
I would probably fly Westjet in future as the people running
things seem not to know if they are Zip or Air Canada. At times they appear to be disorganized in
doing things.
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A process of forming silicon epitaxial refilled pockets in a thick oxide layer, three to five micrometers thick, on a substrate. Pockets are selectively formed in the thick oxide layer by plasma etching. The pockets are filled using a silicon tetrachloride source.
1. A process of forming a plurality of epitaxial refills in thick oxide layers using a continuous flow reactor for use in producing semiconductor devices, comprising the sequential steps of:
forming a silicon substrate for supporting said epitaxial refills;
treating said substrate with a first standard silicon cleaning solution;
immersing said treated substrate in a first acid;
rinsing said acid from said substrate with distilled water;
forming an oxide layer on said substrate, said oxide layer comprising densified silane oxide layers;
forming a silicon nitride layer on said plurality of densified silane oxide layers;
selectively forming a photoresist layer on said silicon nitride layer;
etching to a predetermined depth selective areas of said photoresist layer, said silicon nitride layer, and said silane oxide layers;
removing the remaining photoresist with an asher;
applying a common oxide echant to the exposed silane oxide layer;
removing the remaining silicon nitride;
treating said etched oxide layer with a second standard silicon cleaning solution;
immersing said treated etched oxide and substrate in a second acid;
rinsing said second acid from said etched oxide layer and substrate with distilled water; and
filling pockets formed by etching in said silane oxide layers with said refill, said refill being substantially level to the surface of said silane oxide layers.
2. A process as defined in claim 1, wherein a (111) silicon wafer substrate is used.
3. A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said first and second standard silicon cleaning solution comprises piranha, water, nitric acid, and water, applied in sequence.
4. A process as defined in claim 3, wherein said first and second acids are 10% hydrogen fluoride, said first acid applied for about one minute and said second acid for about 10 seconds.
5. A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said forming of said oxide layer uses a silane oxide deposition process, said densifying uses a steam process and said densified silane oxide layers result in a thickness ranging from three to five micrometers.
6. A process as defined in claim 5, wherein said forming a silicon nitride layer uses a vapor deposition process between reacting monosilane and ammonia at about 900� C. to form a layer about 1000 A thick.
7. A process as defined in claim 6, wherein said etching uses a plasma process so that edges formed in said thick oxide layer are substantially straight and uniform.
8. A process as defined in claim 7, wherein removing the remaining silicon nitride employs a phosphoric acid solution at about 150� C.
9. A process as defined in claim 1, wherein said filling step uses a silicon tetrachloride source having a concentration from about 3% to about 5% with a growth time of about 160 seconds at a temperature of about 1130� C.
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty thereon.
This invention relates generally to a method of producing a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to a method of electrically isolating individual devices sharing a common substrate.
In the process of fabricating integrated circuits (IC), one of the more important considerations is the means of electrically isolating devices such as amplifiers from other circuit devices placed upon a common substrate. Isolation at lower frequencies can usually block all the direct current (DC) leakage, but as the operating frequency of the integrated circuit increases, the DC parasites coupling components, mostly stray capacitance, becomes very important to the designer of integrated circuits. For example, a one picofarade stray capacitance has an impedance level equal to about 150 kilo-ohms at one megahertz (MHZ). At one gigahertz (GHZ), the same capacitance has an impedance of about 150 ohms; therefore, in order to fabricate high frequency integrated circuits, great effort is directed to reducing coupling capacitance and, in addition, to control the DC leakage current.
The standard junction isolation technique used in ICs at lower frequencies is not suitable at higher frequencies because the coupling capacitance does not scale proportionately to the particular device size on the IC chip. By reducing the device size so as to increase the distance between the different components, the coupling capacitance tends to remain approximately constant. In the past, most high frequency ICs have used the oxide isolation technique to minimize the above problems.
The most widely used oxide isolation technique is the nitride mask selective oxidation process known by various trade names such as SATO, ISOPLANAR, and OAT. For example, the self-aligned thick oxide (SATO) process is more limited because an excessively long oxidation time is required to grow thick oxides: a one micrometer layer of oxide requires four hours of steam oxidation at 1000� centigrade and a two micrometer layer of oxide requires 16 hours at the same temperature; therefore, clearly, oxide thicknesses ranging from three to five micrometers would not be commercially feasible using this technique.
Another technique of forming a thick oxide is the anodic oxide process. The anodization results in a porous silicon layer in which the depth and porosity are controlled by the current density and etch time. The porous layer is quickly converted to a thick oxide by a conventional wet oxygen oxidation. Oxide films can be more than an order of magnitude thicker than for the same oxidation cycle of untreated silicon. The resulting oxide does have a level surface, as in the case of epitaxial refill. The short times and relatively low temperature (1000� C.) required of this technique are especially significant for shallow junction devices such as the x-band bipolar transistors. In spite of its advantages, this technique produced layers that were critically dependent on the anodizing current density and duration. If an insufficient amount of silicon was removed, the oxide created by the excess silicon could cause the slice to bulge.
The selective epitaxial process, in the past, was demonstrated for oxide thickness in the order of one micrometer, although much thicker oxide layers are preferred for even higher frequencies up to microwave frequencies. In general, epitaxial filling of thick oxide recesses has encountered numerous problems in the past such as (1) controlling the hydrogen chloride (HCl) etch back before epitaxial deposition: the HCl tends to damage the oxide mask and also undercut the silicon around the oxide opening; (2) controlling the spurious growth of silicon spikes on the oxide surface; and (3) controlling the silicon filling rate so that the epitaxial surface levels off with the oxide surface.
The above processes and problems clearly demonstrate a need for a process that overcomes these limitations.
In order to fabricate high frequency ICs, the present invention provides solutions to the problems noted hereinabove.
To take advantage of epitaxial refill to obtain ICs capable of operating at high frequencies such as x-band, a thick oxide layer in the order of three to five micrometers is deposited on a substrate layer. Silane oxide deposition and densification produce this thick oxide layer. Because silane oxide can be deposited at a rate of 1000 A�/min and densified at low temperature this procedure circumvents the drawbacks of thermal oxidation.
To achieve a uniform precision etch into the thick oxide layer, a nitride etching mask is used. The nitride mask is etched with plasma to achieve extremely smooth edges with edge roughness no greater than 0.1 micrometers. The epitaxial refill into the pockets resulting from the etchings is accomplished using a silicon tetrachloride source.
One object of the invention is to provide a process of epitaxial refill into pockets defined by thick oxide layers.
Another object of this invention is to provide a process of forming a device that minimizes parasitic capacitance between devices upon an IC;
A further object of this invention is to provide a process of epitaxial refill of a thick oxide wherein the resulting surface is substantially flat; and
A still further object of this invention is to provide a process of etching thick oxide layers for epitaxial refill purposes.
These and many other objects and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art of semiconductor fabrication from a perusal of the claims and of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the invention when considered in the light of the drawings.
FIGS. 1-5 are sectional views of a semiconductor wafer showing the pocket formation stages of the process of this invention; and
FIG. 6 is a pictorial view of a portion of a semiconductor transistor using the device formed by the process of this invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a portion 10 of a semiconductor wafer includes a substrate layer 12, doped or undoped, an oxide layer 14, doped or undoped, formed on substrate layer 12. Oxide layer 14 includes a plurality of intermediate oxide layers such as 16, 18, and 20 formed on substrate 12 to a predetermined depth.
The process of epitaxial refill involves the use of a continuous flow reactor. Epitaxial deposition in this reactor differs from conventional epitaxial reactor in that the substrate can be transported into and out of the epitaxial deposition zone as well as HCL etch zone continuously and in a controlled manner. The start and stop of pre-epitaxial etching and epitaxial deposition thus can be controlled precisely by the movement of the substrate. The precision control of the etching and deposition process is one of the most important factors for successful epitaxial refill.
Preparation of substrate 12 to take advantage of epitaxial refill requires that a thick oxide layer 14 on the order of three to five micrometers be deposited upon substrate 12. Further, a process to etch such a thick oxide layer 14 to have smoothly defined edges is required.
An attempt to grow such as thick oxide layer 14 with the standard steam oxidation process yielded an unusable product. First, the thick oxide layer 14 requires hundreds of hours to grow. Second, the steam oxidation tends to invert the substrate surface, particularly high resistivity P type substrates used for high frequency IC.
The preferred process of depositing a thick oxide layer uses a series of silane oxide deposition and densification applied alternatively to produce high quality thick oxide layers. Since both silane oxide deposition and densification are low temperature processes, these do not have the drawbacks mentioned above.
The preferred etching process of the thick oxide layer 14 employs a nitride etching mask process. It was found that a preferred thickness of 1000 A nitride mask could precisely etch a five micrometer thick oxide layer 14. Further, the nitride mask can be etched by plasma resulting in an extremely smooth edge with edge roughness no greater than 0.1 micrometer.
The following illustrative example shows the steps necessary for epitaxial refill of pockets in thick oxide layers. A silicon wafer substrate 12 is doped with boron in this example. The particular dopants are determined by the type of semiconductor device such as a substrate isolated npn power transistor 30, shown in FIG. 6. Substrate 12 has, in this example, a resistivity of 0.12 ohms-meter, an orientation of five degrees off of the (111) axis, a diameter of one and one half inches, a thickness of 10 mils, and one side polished in a conventional manner. The preparation of thick oxide layer 14 on substrate 12 is hereinafter noted.
As shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings, silicon wafer substrate 12 is treated initially with a standard oxide cleaning solution such as PWNW (piranha, distilled water, hot nitric acid, and then distilled water). Substrate 12 is then immersed in a 10% concentration of hydrogen fluoride (HF) for one minute and then rinsed in distilled water for 30 minutes. A one micrometer layer 16 of silicon oxide is deposited using the silane oxide deposition process. Layer 16 is densified by the steam process wherein substrate 12 is heated to 1000 degrees centigrade for five minutes; steam is applied to substrate 12 and layer 16 for ten minutes, and then dried for five minutes. Another one micrometer layer 18 of silane oxide is applied followed by steam densification. This process is repeated again to result in a three micrometer thickness of silicon oxide composed of three layers 16, 18, and 20. This process can be continued to increased thicknesses of silicon oxide.
A silicon nitride (Si3 N4) layer 22, FIG. 2, of about 1000 A thickness is deposited at about 900� C. over oxide layer 20. The silicon nitride layer 22 is formed by chemical vapor deposition utilizing the reaction between silane and ammonia. A photoresist layer 24, FIG. 3, is applied over silicon nitride layer 22 so as to define selective areas to be etched using, for example, a plasma.
After the plasma etching, FIG. 4, an asher removes the remaining photoresist. At this point in the process, a plurality of pockets 26 (only one of which is shown in the drawings) are formed in the nitride layer and oxide layer to a predetermined depth. A common oxide etchant such as a buffered solution of HF is applied for about 30 minutes. The remaining nitride is removed by phosphoric acid solution at 150� C. Substrate 12 and layer 14 is then treated with the standard oxide cleaning solution after which a 10% contration of HF is applied for 10 seconds. This combination is finally rinsed in distilled water for 30 minutes. Substrate 12 with oxide layer 14 having a plurality of pockets 26 is then ready for epitaxial refill of the pockets.
The first attempt at epitaxial refill used a silicon dichlorine source at a temperature of 1130� C. This source resulted in unwanted polysilicon growths on top of oxide layer 20. Next, a silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) source was used. A 3% and 5% concentration of SiCl4 resulted in no unwanted growths. The total growth time in both cases is 160 seconds at a temperature of 1130� C.
Examination by a scanning electron microscope revealed that the epitaxial refill 28, FIG. 5, replicated the oxide edge roughness. Further, the epitaxial refill rate was determined to be 0.5 micrometers per minute for the 5% silicon tetrachloride.
To determine the degree of DC isolation one epitaxial refill was doped heavily with phosphorous to form an N+type refill. Since the substrate was doped with boron, refilled regions are isolated from substrate by pn junctions. The leakage current between two isolated adjacent refills was less than 10 microampers. The breakdown voltage of the pn junction was measured to be typically greater than 30 volts. Thus, it is clearly seen that this structure offers adequate isolation, and the thick oxide will improve high frequency performance.
Referring to FIG. 6, the pictorial shows a pocket of refilled silicon 26 in oxide layer 14 and on p- substrate 12 made into substrate isolated npn power transistor 30, appropriately doped. Thick oxide layer 14 is shown to surround the transistor 31. A plurality of these transistors can be placed upon a common substrate and are connected by means of metal strips 34 to form an amplifier.
Obviously, many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings and it is therefore understood that, within the scope of the disclosed inventive concept, the invention may be practiced other than specifically disclosed.
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While Daddy's out tilling the back-forty
She slips her overalls off
Dances around the farm
Nimble and sporty
Petite, somewhat skinny
Dips herself in a water trough
When left alone to mind the store
This freckled, bespeckled nymph
Behaves quite daring and naughty
Baring it all on the lawn
Darting through the sprinklers
Doing cartwheels in the sunshine
She was the one who taught me
This simple life of hers
One we could all be living
Is the nearest thing to divine
Fairskinned milkhouse maiden she is
Well aware that every Thursday
Promptly at ten-thirty five
I deliver eight bushels sacks of feed
My Dixieland farie, well .....
She just disappears when I arrive
I consider myself very fortunate
Whenever I catch a fleeting glimpse
A peek of her derriere
When my truck overheated last week
That's when I caught that rural pixie by surprise
Totally in the buff
Completely in the bare
Witnessing more than enough of my fair share
Hiking a mile up the road with an empty jug
My misfortune was indeed truly a blessing
That unicorn was meandering in the stables
So vibrant in spirit
Shimmering and sleek
While in the act of lazily undressing
A demi goddess from old world fables
I took note of every auburn fleck
And mole all the way down
To her muff tufted with red curls of hair
Where goosebumps adorned
The smooth virgin valley bordering her thighs
Stepping nearer in an error of judgement
A twig snapped snapped under my shoe
And the alarm went off in her eyes
Turned into rigid stone I was
In the presence of her essence
Exotic creature from ancient mythology
Curiosity little excuse for tresspassing
She took the jug from my hand
Leaving me fumbling for an adequate apology
She dipped it in the water trough
Flaunting her rear high up in the air
Saying, Monday, I go back to university
Blatantly arching her breasts outward
Adding, But I'll be home on weekends
She handed the water back to me
Like a mariner bespelled by songs of sirens
It took my brain a while to sort this out
Accepting the parting gift from my lovely water sprite
I then limped my ailing truck back to town
And begged for a rescheduling of my delivery route
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