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The Sony DSLR-A390 is an entry-level digital SLR camera that can take great pictures, but it's not high on usability.
It has a 14.2-megapixel, APS-C sized sensor and, despite being a fully fledged D-SLR with a mirror box, it has a narrow body that makes it feel cramped. It also feels a little heavy.
It's a digital SLR that's aimed at people who don't have a big budget and who are perhaps new to digital photography but don't want a camera with a smaller Micro Four Thirds–based system. Unlike a Micro Four Thirds camera, the Sony DSLR-A390 has an optical viewfinder that you can use to frame your photos, or you can switch to Live View mode, which allows you to use the 2.7in LCD screen. Live View is implemented well: you can see what effect your exposure settings will have on your subject, and it also allows you to focus in real-time. However, the image is fuzzy during Live View and pictures look vastly different compared to when you play them back.
The screen is hinged but can only be angled up or down. It's useful for taking high-up or low-down shots.
The Sony DSLR-A390 can use Sony A-mount lenses as well as Konica Minolta AF lenses and the DSLRA390Y kit ships with two lenses: an 18-55mm and a 55-200mm. The 55-200mm lens is a good one and we particularly like its ability to shoot at a shallow depth-of-field; it was also able to capture very clear shots. Additionally, there is barely any chromatic aberration and the camera captures vibrant colours. It's fair to say we're quite impressed with the image quality served up by the DSLR-A390 with the 55-200mm lens.
The Sony DSLR-A390 captures vibrant images and with very good clarity. This was taken indoors in aperture priority mode.
Using manual focus, you can focus past foreground images to make your desired subject stand out more.
The 55-200mm lens gives the Sony DSLR-A390 good reach for close-ups and it's useful for outdoor photography as well as portraits. It has an aperture range from f/4 (at 55mm) to f/5.6 (at 200mm), but it's not stabilised — image stabilisation happens in the A390's body. It focuses rather loudly, but it's accurate and in our tests we had no problems focusing on our intended marks. The camera has a feature in it called Eye-Start AF, which automatically start focusing when it detects that your eye is up against the viewfinder. It's intended to make focusing less of a chore, but we found it to be frustrating. We preferred the old method of half-pressing the shutter to focus.
At 200mm, the DSLR-A390 has adequate reach that even plane spotters can take advantage of.
You can further crop your fully zoomed image to hone in on fine details; as long as the lighting is good and the shutter is fast enough, you should notice reasonably clear results.
In dim situations where you have to bump up the ISO speed, noise will become a hindrance when you hit ISO 800. But even then, the discoloured speckles that are produced are only noticeable when you view the images at their full size. If you just use your images for Facebook or on other online sites, then you probably won't even notice the imperfections — they will be much more noticeable at ISO 1600 and at ISO 3200 your pictures will be close to useless.
The ISO performance of the A390 is very good up to ISO 800.
While the picture quality of the Sony DSLR-A390 — especially with the 55-200mm lens — is very good, we're put off by some of the camera's physical aspects. The buttons on the rear of the camera are not as tactile as we would like them to be and the camera could use an extra button or two. There is no dedicated button for opening the flash — it will pop up only after you enable it and then when the camera deems that a flash is needed (that is, when you press halfway down on the shutter). In manual mode to change the aperture you have to keep the +/- button pressed while simultaneously rotating the dial — this is very uncomfortable.
The camera body lacks dedicated buttons for zooming in to photos during playback mode; instead, you have to press the +/- button, which shows you the image at 100 percent size and you can use the directional control pad on the rear to view the area you want. We wish there were dedicated zoom buttons.
Something we like about the camera — apart from its image quality — is the menu system, which has a few useful tips for learning photographers. For example, if you're just learning what the aperture and shutter speed can do, you can change to a screen mode that shows you where the settings need to be for a particular scenario.
The menu screen can show you what type of aperture and shutter settings you need to use for various scenarios: move the aperture value towards the left to blur the background while keeping your subject crisp, and move it to the right to make the whole scene sharp. Move the shutter towards the right to freeze motion, and move it towards the left to capture more of a blur.
The Sony DSLR-A390's body has been designed to be as small as can be for a conventional D-SLR — although it's not as small as the mirror-less Sony NEX cameras) — so we understand Sony's need to compromise on the number of buttons and dials. If it wasn't for the great picture quality we observed, we'd give the camera a lower rating, however. As it stands, we could definitely get used to the control structure because the end results are so good for the price you are paying. However, the lack of a video mode is a disappointment when you consider that many cameras at the same price point can shoot HD video.
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Mississippi church refuses to marry black couple
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Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson in their home in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. (WLBT TV/Associated Press)
A Mississippi couple says the church where they planned to get married turned them away because they are black.
Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson say they had set the date and mailed invitations, but the day before their wedding they got bad news from the pastor of predominantly white First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs: Some members of the church complained about the black couple having a wedding there.
The Wilsons, who live in nearby Jackson, said they attend the church regularly although they are not members.
Pastor Stan Weatherford told WLBT TV in Jackson he was surprised when a small number of church members opposed holding the wedding at the church.
"This had never been done before here, so it was setting a new precedent, and there are those who reacted to that because of that," Weatherford said.
Weatherford performed the July 21 ceremony at another church.
"I didn't want to have a controversy within the church, and I didn't want a controversy to affect the wedding of Charles and Te'Andrea. I wanted to make sure their wedding day was a special day," Weatherford said.
WLBT reported that church officials now say they welcome any race. They plan to hold internal meetings on how to move forward.
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Zimmermann leads Nationals past Giants 2-1
SAN FRANCISCO Jordan Zimmermann wanted to go deep in the game to give Washington's bullpen a rest. He turned in a performance that showed why fill-in manager John McLaren believes the right-hander could one day be the ace of the Nationals' staff.
Less than two years after having Tommy John surgery, Zimmermann pitched seven impressive innings and drove in the tiebreaking run with a safety squeeze to lead Washington over the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Tuesday night.
"I had a good curve and a good fastball and I felt like I could throw (them) whenever I wanted to," said Zimmermann, who scattered five hits to beat the Giants for the second time this season. "There were a couple hard-hit balls, a couple bloopers that could have fell, but we got good breaks on them."
The game was in stark contrast to Monday night's 4 1/2-hour marathon in several ways.
Washington hit into three double plays and left the bases loaded twice but held on for the win by getting a solid effort from Zimmermann (4-6) and two scoreless innings from the bullpen.
Zimmermann, the 25-year-old righty who had elbow ligament replacement surgery on Aug. 19, 2009, went seven innings to match his career high and had three strikeouts and a walk. He also beat the Giants on May 1 when he pitched six innings and allowed two runs.
McLaren, the bench coach who managed the Nationals while Jim Riggleman served a one-game suspension, didn't flinch when asked if Zimmermann could eventually develop into an ace.
"Absolutely," McLaren said. "The definition of a No. 1 starter, for me, is being able to stop a losing streak and pick your team up. That's what he looked like. He's come back a long way."
Ian Desmond had an RBI single and Wilson Ramos added two hits as the Nationals rebounded from Monday's frustrating 13-inning loss to win despite stranding 11 runners.
Nate Schierholtz doubled in San Francisco's only run in the second.
"We had a tough time scoring runs," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "We woke up in the second inning but we couldn't get another hit. The bats got quiet in the later innings."
Aubrey Huff, who made an error in the first inning after colliding with second baseman Freddy Sanchez while chasing Desmond's short popup, tripled leading off the second and scored on Schierholtz's double to left-center to give San Francisco an early lead.
Zimmermann was dominant after that and didn't allow another Giants runner past first base. It marked the sixth time in his last seven starts that Zimmermann has held an opponent to fewer than two runs.
The Nationals' bullpen, which gave up all five runs in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Giants, made a 2-1 lead hold up.
Tyler Clippard walked pinch-hitter Cody Ross leading off the eighth, then retired the next three batters. Drew Storen pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Desmond singled home Laynce Nix in the third to tie the game but San Francisco starter Jonathan Sanchez struck out Ramos with the bases loaded to end the inning.


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The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 78 points in opening trade today on emergence of buying by funds and retail investors at prevailing levels ahead of the release of Economic Survey later in the day. The global markets are showing a major slump as Sensex gained +13.34 at 10:30 am IST.
While businessess hoped for a positive impact after the Rail budget announcement, the markets fell gradually on the back of profit taking. By the time markets closed, the index BSE sensex had fallen by 517 points.
#RailBudget: Sensex down by 517 points as Nifty rallies lower. Rail stocks down by 20% @dna
— Vishal Manve (@vishmanve12) July 8, 2014
Asian equities extended losses into a third session on Wednesday following a selloff on Wall Street overnight and steady Chinese inflation data. Consumer prices in the mainland rose an annual 2.3 % last month, versus estimates for a 2.4 % rise and softer than May's 2.5 % rise.
Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a fresh one-week low on Wednesday morning as U.S. stocks beat a retreat before the start of the earnings season, and the stronger yen hurt exporters. Nikkei stood at 15239.17 with -0.49% fall. Producer prices meanwhile, declined an annual 1.1 %, falling for the 27th straight month.
Singapore's Straits Times slipped 13.30 points or 0.41 % to 3,270.04 and South Korea's Seoul Composite was down 9.36 points or 0.47 % to 1,997.30. Taiwan Weighted lost 48 points or 0.50 % to 9,482.98.
The sectors that showed major gains were banking and finance sector while power and infrastructure were losers. HPCL stood with +11.50% gains while rating agency CRISIL showed gains by +2.84%. Indian Oil, Max India and Allahabad Bank also showed positive gains.
Meanwhile, Apollo Tyres showed losses by -5.95% followed by GMR Infra and Torrent power.
The 30-share index, which had lost 518 points yesterday, its worst drop in 10 months, recovered by 78.30 points, or 0.31 %, to 25,660.41, with stocks of capital goods, oil & gas, consumer durables and PSUs, leading the recovery.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.69 % lower in yesterday's trade.
Also read: Sensex breaches 26,000 mark as Nifty shows gains on hopes of positive #Budget2014
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Lentil Salad with Apples
This make ahead salad is better if allowed to marinate for a bit so that all the flavors develop. It's worth the wait.
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Black Rice Salad with Miso Dressing
Save time by using pre-shredded carrots and frozen edamame. If black rice is hard to find at your local grocery store, brown or wild rice will make solid substitutes. If cilantro is a battleground ingredient in your house, serve it on the side so diners can enjoy it to taste.
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Colac Otway Shire Council - Youth
FReeZA overview
FReeZA is an innovative youth development program providing young people between the ages of 12 to 25 with the opportunity to attend affordable and accessible music and cultural events. FReeZA attracts over 140,000 young people each year to events that take place in safe, fully supervised, drug, alcohol and smoke-free venues across Victoria.
By participating in the FReeZA program, committee members are given the chance to make decisions and lead the staging of events, whilst also broadening their networks within the community by connecting with local businesses, schools and other organisations. Being a part of a FReeZA committee also builds self-confidence, creates and develops professional relationships, and provides opportunities to explore various education and employment pathways in the music industry.
Colac Otway Shire FReeZA Involvement.
Colac Otway Shire FReeZA Committee is named LAC & Co Productions. Committee members learn how to successfully run meetings, take minutes, become involved in the promotion of the event, source headline acts, develop posters and participate in relevant training opportunities.
At events, young people can be involved in staging and production, MC, stage management, taking money at the door, canteen, cloak room, video production (if required) and looking after headline acts.
How to get involved
The FReeZA committee meets once a week during the school term on Tuesdays at 4pm at COPACC. If you are interested in becoming a FReeZA committee member fill out the attached form.
In 2014 the FReeZA committee have run the following events:
- BSW League Skate, BMX & Scoot Heat – 15 February, 2014
- Fast Track Talent Quest – 10 May, 2014
- Battle of the Bands - 1 August, 2014
- The Cool Awards - 12 September
For more information contact Emma Clark, Events Officer on 5232 9574 or
The COOL Awards 2015
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Colac Otway Shire Youth Council
The Colac Otway Youth Council intends to make the Colac Otway District a better place for today's youth and for the future generations, by honourably representing the youth within the district, initiating youth projects, enhancing existing youth activities and promoting youth involvement in the community.
The Youth Council meets twice each month with the exception of school holidays. The aim of the Youth Council: • To provide a forum for the Colac Otway Shire Council to consult with and receive advice from youth in order to ensure the provision of a high quality, affordable and flexible youth program.
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Coryell County Genealogical Society, Coryell County, Texas, Families, 1854–1985 (Dallas: Taylor, 1986).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "HUBBARD, TX (CORYELL COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrh70), accessed May 26, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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I've been noticing a lot of the new people from my fleet come from this site, so I just felt I should post a few basic helpful facts to anyone who is going to try the game out, are lost, or need someone to help show you the basics.
To access the Tutorial - You must make a Starfleet character. In the career path when creating your character select Starfleet Cadet, you will have several divisions you can specialize in. By selecting cadet and starting as a starfleet officer you will start on the U.A.S. Simulator, and this will begin the tutorial.
If you're looking to play with a group of people, there are many factions that are interested in training new players. The two main player fleets in the Starfleet are the 2nd and 7th fleets.
More information about fleets, and the game in general, can be found in the SQO Galactopedia (wiki).
If you're ever lost, you can try to contact someone using the chat program, most people will be in Chat 1. Or, try the in game mail. You can even mail a ship by selecting the ship in the Faction window.
You can also access the forums here.
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Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulators
Meanwhile, a second pharmacy connected to the New England Compounding Center in Framingham has shut down for state and federal inspection.
The New England Compounding Center made a steroid that was used in injections for back pain that were later found contaminated. More than 130 people in 11 states have been sickened. Twelve have died.
On Wednesday, Patrick told reporters that state and federal agencies "may have been misled by some of the information we were given" by the New England Compounding Center.
The company was licensed to fill specific prescriptions for specific patients but exceeded that, he said.
"What they were doing instead is making big batches and selling them out of state as a manufacturer would, and that is certainly outside of their state license," he said.
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Ed Markey seized on Patrick's statement, and sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, asking if it believes it was misled by the company.
"This company may have disregarded federal guidelines, and we need to know from the FDA whether the company misled regulatory authorities and if sanctions against the company are available or warranted," Markey said.
A company spokesman declined comment beyond a statement that company officials are focused on cooperating with the investigation. The company has shut down operations, recalled the fungus-contaminated steroid and is cooperating with investigators.
On Wednesday afternoon, the state announced that the pharmacy Ameridose has agreed to temporarily shut down, pending inspection by state and federal regulators. Ameridose was founded in 2006 by Greg Conigliaro and Barry Cadden, who opened the New England Compounding Center eight years earlier.
Ameridose said in a statement that its shutdown ends Oct. 22, though the agreement with the state allows the shutdown to be extended or shortened. The company said that as part of the agreement, Cadden has resigned all corporate positions with the company, where he has not had a day-to-day role.
Ameridose compounds drugs at one of its two facilities in Westborough, but also provides medication in prefilled oral syringes to hospitals nationwide.
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Takes a lot of expertise. Obviously, if you don't have it then it will take time to develop. But it's cheap to do. We started on a shoe-string budget and now high-quality cameras are incredibly cheap. Starting a website is free. .
Starting a website isn't free and hosting a website with all the data traffic that that consumes through multiple HD video streams/downloads isn't free either. Expertise comes from time and experience. FYB seems to have been around since the dawn of time, and I'm sure that you've made alot mistakes along the way and changed things year on year to figure out what works and doesn't work. FYB also had '1st mover' advantage. The stuff you produce now is very different to what produced when you first started.
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DNO and our other concepts resonate with a particular segment of the market.
The beginner segment. They don't know any better. DNO can be explained in 5 minutes, and in any event, its something a developing player would learn naturally as their game progresses. It's not something that needs several 1hr+ HD videos to explain.
But you're right - some people like that sort of thing. They seem to think that the longer the video the more or better content they're getting, which isn't necessarily the case.
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Those are the folks that buy our stuff. Don't fall into the trap of thinking because there's free information out there that people won't or shouldn't pay for coaching. People pay for results.
People will pay for stuff if they
it can get them results. And there's not a insignificant proportion of people who (mistakenly) think that by watching an hour long HD video, their game will suddenly go up 2 levels. I don't doubt that you are very successful with your sales towards a certain segment of the market. But there's no substitute for time on a tennis court. Salzenstein is much more realistic in my view and focuses more on the player's individual development, their progressions, and the work that they would have to put in.
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Sure, some or maybe all of the information a paid course is derived from might be free, but
it's the packaging
the sequencing, the way it's explained
that gets someone a particular result. That's what people are paying for. Very important distinction..
I am so glad that you've said that because it confirms my view of FYB. One of the critcisms of FYB, rightly or wrongly, is that its simply repackaged material. I still don't know what ninjas have to do with tennis. In my view alot of the stuff is unnecessarily strung out. I for one - and I know many others who would be of a similar mindset - would not wish to listen to you talk for an hour with a chalkboard behind you about something that's very simple eg. DNO with you talking formulas etc. It's a very basic concept. But like you say, some people go in for that sort of stuff. I'm just not one of them.
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I know an avid surfer who owns like 10 - 15 surf boards. Funny thing is, at any given time he can only use one. But because he loves surfing he keeps buying boards. Kind of like hardcore tennis players. They are constantly buying new rackets, shoes, and other gear..
Depends on what you mean by 'hardcore tennis player'. I don't know any higher level tennis player for example that buys a new racquet every few months. But you are right - there is a certain crowd who will buy a new racquet every few weeks, new bag, new Federer shirt, bandana, etc
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Constantly taking lessons. And what I've found is that many of our most loyal customers also buy from other online coaches. So the anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise.
I bought the Salzenstein serve course because I was intrigued by his background, his back story, the work which he had done on his own serve, the level of tennis which he played, liked his approach to coaching, his innovation (as opposed to repeating cliches), his focus on real world application, and wanted to see what he offered in terms of technique development. Nothing shiney in the packaging, no marketing at the expense substance, but once you starting digging into the content and peeling away the layers, you see that alot of thought has gone into what he's produced, that he has excellent eye for technique issues and detail.
I've subscribed in the past to the Yandell site as well. Some good articles and videos on there (apart from the video from a certain member on these forums).
There's nothing else that I've seen online that I would pay money for. It certainly wouldn't be any of the FYB courses. I just don't see anything on there that would be useful to me, and as you've confirmed in responses, your focus seems to be on packaging and presentation. I do like the visual quality of the videos you produce though. Seems to be a good resolution and the slow motion videos have a good FPS rate.
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Aerodynamic theory explains that the more perpendicularly the airflow crosses or leaves the trailing edge the more efficient the total aerodynamic effect.
A roach extends the sail's area in the upper section so that this area more approximates or approaches the above. (and because it more
rapidly transitions
the 'tip' geometry toward that desired 'perpendicular to exit flow' geometry)
Iceboats carry radically raked masts to approximate the same - leech almost dead perpendicular to the horizontal.
The latest modern racing rigs have extended 'flat head' mainsails for the same reason --- more perpendicular flow 'off' of the leech; for more maximized efficiency and more optimized lift. The more efficient the mainsail, …. the jib becomes more aero-efficient, too … when sailing 'aerodynamically'.
The absolute master of aerodynamic design for similar wind speeds, does the same ---- the albatross' wing.
(So don't be at all surprised when someday in the future you might even see mainsails with extended 'primary feathers' along the top of that big 'square-ish' & 'flat top' mainsail.)
BTW ... fabric sails dont have 'thickness', and therefore much of what you learned from sailing books about what causes 'lift' doesnt happen in that manner, and yet the Wright Brothers original wings were essentially sails with essentially
thickness …… hmmmmmm.
More confusing to sailors, and some pilots, some of the airflow circulates 'around' a wing/sail (even 'thick' wings) ... there is a flow 'component' on the 'windward side' that is going --- FORWARD, due to the circulation flow 'around' the wind/sail!
Aerodynamics is definitely NOT an intuitive science, and your (US) high school 'science' teacher's explanation of 'lift' was almost DEAD WRONG
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Southern Sudan Needs Agriculture Boost to Ease Crisis, UN Says
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Southern Sudan should invest in agriculture to feed its people and help ease a humanitarian crisis gripping the oil-rich region, the top United Nations humanitarian official said.
Failed rains, poor harvests, cattle raids, and population displacements have compounded the region's chronic poverty and underdevelopment to create a "toxic mix," John Holmes said yesterday in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr el-Ghazal state. That has led to "severe food insecurity and very alarming rates of malnutrition, particularly among children."
Southern Sudan has the highest maternal mortality and lowest immunization rates in the world, according to the United Nations. The number of "severely food insecure people" in the region rose to 1.5 million this year from a million in 2009, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
"But what we're seeing is a spike which is what's worrying us," Holmes said. He cited studies showing that acute malnutrition rates are above the so-called emergency threshold of 15 percent.
Southern Sudan is scheduled to vote in January on whether to secede from the rest of Sudan. The referendum is part of a 2005 peace agreement between the mostly Muslim north and the south, where Christianity and traditional beliefs dominate. The accord ended a 21-year civil war, the longest-running in Africa, during which 2 million died.
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"Unless addressed, the humanitarian crisis in Southern Sudan could jeopardize the final stages of the peace process," OCHA said in a briefing paper handed to reporters.
Oil fields in Southern Sudan account for most of the nation's oil output, which, at 480,000 barrels a day, is the third-biggest in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.
Holmes said he and Southern Sudan's vice president, Riek Machar, discussed the need for people in the region to boost agricultural output and for investment projects.
"The government has to be in the lead," he told reporters today in the semi-autonomous region's capital, Juba.
Machar said the government will spend $35 million on food relief and pledged that long-term agricultural development is a government priority, without providing specifics.
"Agriculture is certainly possible here," Holmes said yesterday in Wau. "There's no shortage of water or fertile land."
Cattle theft and ethnic clashes are compounding the crisis in the region. OCHA said that on May 3 and 4, raiders captured 30,000 head of cattle in Warrap state, leaving 8,250 people without their only source of livelihood.
Ethnic clashes and cattle raids have claimed 612 lives and forces 72,464 people to flee their homes this year, according to OCHA.
Anging Mapuol, a mother waiting with her baby outside a World Vision-run nutrition center in Warrap town, said all her cows were taken in a raid last year and she had no food.
People haven't been able to grow food after they fled their homes because of the cattle raids, said Yeer Yal, a mother who walked for a whole day to reach the Warrap town nutrition.
During his inaugural address on May 21, the region's first elected president, Salva Kiir, promised to direct the region's oil wealth to generate a "rural transformation" in Southern Sudan.
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In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip includes a silicon layer of a predetermined thickness overlying an insulator layer. A multiple-gate fully-depleted SOI MOSFET including a strained channel region is formed on a first portion of the silicon layer. A planar SOI MOSFET including a strained channel region formed on another portion of the silicon layer. For example, the planar SOI MOSFET can be a planar fully-depleted SOI (FD-SOI) MOSFET or the planar SOI MOSFET can be a planar partially-depleted SOI (PD-SOI) MOSFET.
1. A method of forming a silicon-on-insulator device with a strained channel, the method comprising:
providing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of silicon fins electrically isolated from each other by shallow trench isolation, each silicon fin of said plurality extending between first and second ends and overlying at least one portion of an insulator layer, and each of said silicon fins defining an active region having a top surface and a pair of sidewalls;
forming a gate dielectric layer, over an intermediate portion of said top surface and said pair of sidewalls of said plurality of said silicon fins;
forming a gate electrode covering the gate dielectric layer;
forming source and drain regions in each of said silicon fins, one each of said source and drain region adjacent to one of said first and second ends and each adjacent to the gate electrode;
forming a high-stress film covering the gate electrode, source region, and drain region.
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providing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, the substrate comprising a silicon layer overlying an insulator layer;
defining at least one active region in the silicon layer, said active region having rounded corners, said rounded corners having a radius of about 10 angstroms to about 200 angstroms;
forming a gate dielectric layer in the active region;
forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer;
forming source and drain regions adjacent to the gate electrode; and
forming a high-stress film covering the gate electrode, source region, and drain region.
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This invention is a divisional of Ser. No. 10/426,566, filed April 30, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,867,433.
The following U.S. patents and/or commonly assigned patent applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
The present invention relates generally to the fabrication of semiconductor devices. More particularly, the preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to semiconductor-on-insulator chips incorporating partially-depleted, fully-depleted, and multiple-gate devices, and the introduction of strain in the channel of these devices.
Semiconductor device geometries have dramatically decreased in size since such devices were first introduced several decades ago. Since then, integrated circuits have generally followed the two year/half-size rule (often called Moore's Law), which means that the number of devices on a chip doubles every two years. Today's semiconductor fabrication plants are routinely producing devices having 130 nm and even 90 nm feature sizes.
The desire for higher performance circuits has driven the development of high-speed sub-100 nanometer (nm) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. In SOI technology, metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) are formed on a thin layer of silicon overlying a layer of insulating material such as silicon oxide. Devices formed on SOI offer many advantages over their bulk counterparts, including reduced junction capacitance, absence of reverse body effect, soft-error immunity, full dielectric isolation, and absence of latch-up. SOI technology therefore enables higher speed performance, higher packing density, and reduced power consumption.
There are two types of conventional SOI devices: partially-depleted SOI (PD-SOI) devices, and fully-depleted (FD-SOI) devices. Conventional PD-SOI MOSFET is one in which the body thickness is thicker than the maximum depletion layer width Wd,max, and a conventional FD-SOI MOSFET is one in which the body thickness is thinner than Wd,max. The conventional PD-SOI and FD-SOI devices are planar devices, i.e., they are formed in the plane of the wafer.
It is noticed that remarkable progress has recently been achieved in PD-SOI technology. Although PD-SOI devices have the merit of being highly manufacturable, significant design burdens are faced by its users because of floating body effects. In PD-SOI devices, charge carriers generated by impact ionization near one source/drain region accumulate near the other source/drain region of the transistor. When sufficient carriers accumulate in the floating body, which is formed right below the channel region, the body potential is effectively altered.
Floating body effects occur in PD-SOI devices because of charge build-up in the floating body region. This results in kinks in the device current-voltage (I-V) curves, thereby degrading the electrical performance of the circuit. In general, the body potential of a PD-SOI device may vary during static, dynamic, or transient device operation, and is a function of many factors like temperature, voltage, circuit topology, and switching history. Therefore, circuit design using PD-SOI devices is not straightforward, and there is a significant barrier for the adoption of PD-SOI technology or the migration from bulk-Si design to PD-SOI design.
One traditional way to suppress floating body effects in PD-SOI devices is to provide an extra electrical connection to the body by adding a contact to the body for collection of current due to impact ionization. Various methods of making a contact to the body of a SOI transistor are known, but various disadvantages are known to be associated with these methods. One method for the suppression of the SOI floating-body effects is to use a linked-body device structure. However, the method is limited by a high body contact resistance.
Blake et al., in U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,799, described a process for making a body node to source node connection, where a contact region of the same conductivity type as the body node is formed within the source region in a self-aligned fashion, thus eliminating the floating body effects. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,387,739 issued to G. E. Smith III et al., a method for forming a body contact structure for SOI transistor is described.
Another way of avoiding floating body effects in SOI devices is to adopt a fully-depleted SOI (FD-SOI) technology. FD-SOI devices do not suffer from floating-body effects due to the fact that the body is fully-depleted. FD-SOI technology is therefore design-friendly since floating-body effects need not be accounted for in circuit design.
In a FD-SOI technology, devices with a low body-doping and/or a thin body thickness are used. Additionally, for good control of short-channel effects in ultra-scaled devices, the device body thickness is usually reduced to less than one third of gate length. Such a thin body thickness would require raised source/drain technology for series resistance reduction. However, raised source/drain formation, currently performed by selective epitaxy, is immature, expensive, pattern-density dependent, and may result in reduced manufacturing yield. In addition, SOI substrates with uniform ultra-thin Si films, as required for the manufacture of FD-SOI devices with ultra-thin body, are currently unavailable. Non-uniformity of the Si film thickness will result in significant fluctuations in the device characteristics and negatively impact the ease of manufacture.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,222,234, issued to K. Imai, describes a method for the fabrication of FD-SOI and PD-SOI devices on the same substrate. U.S. Pat. No. 6,414,355 issued to An et al. described the structure of silicon-on-insulator chips with an active layer of non-uniform thickness. U.S. Pat. No. 6,448,114 issued to An et al. described several methods of forming silicon-on-insulator chips with an active layer of non-uniform thickness. In these three patents, a SOI substrate with two different silicon film thicknesses is provided, where the FD-SOI devices reside in a region with a thinner silicon film, and the PD-SOI devices reside in a region with a thicker silicon film.
Other techniques have also been used to enhance transistor performance. For example, strain may be introduced in the transistor channel for improving carrier mobilities. Therefore, strain-induced mobility enhancement is another way to improve transistor performance in addition to device scaling.
In one approach, strain in the channel is introduced after the transistor is formed. In this approach, a high stress film 32 is formed over a completed transistor structure 30, as shown in
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method and system that overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art, and provides a highly manufacturable PD-SOI-like technology that produces FD-SOI type devices to eliminate floating body effects. Other embodiments of the invention provide a novel transistor geometry to magnify the effect of high-stress film on the channel strain. The present disclosure teaches a method of forming such a transistor.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip includes a silicon layer of a predetermined thickness overlying an insulator layer. A multiple-gate fully-depleted SOI MOSFET including a strained channel region is formed on a first portion of the silicon layer. A planar SOI MOSFET including a strained channel region formed on another portion of the silicon layer. For example, the planar SOI MOSFET can be a planar fully-depleted SOI (FD-SOI) MOSFET or the planar SOI MOSFET can be a planar partially-depleted SOI (PD-SOI) MOSFET.
In accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an SOI chip including a multiple-gate fully-depleted SOI MOSFET has an insulator layer and a silicon fin overlying a portion of the insulator layer. A strained channel region formed in a portion of the silicon fin and a gate dielectric layer overlying the strained channel region is also included. A gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric layer and a source region and a drain region is formed on portions of the semiconductor fin adjacent to the strained channel region, such that the source region is separated from the drain region by the strained channel region.
Another embodiment provides a method of forming a silicon-on-insulator device with a strained channel. In this method a silicon-on-insulator substrate that includes a silicon layer overlying an insulator layer is provided. At least one active region is defined in the silicon layer. A gate dielectric layer is formed in the active region and a gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric layer. Source and drain regions can then be formed adjacent to the gate electrode and a high-stress film covers the gate electrode, source region, and drain region.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures or processes for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:
The present invention is related to co-pending applications Ser. No. 10/305,841 entitled "Strained-Channel Multiple-Gate Transistor", filed Nov. 26, 2002 and Ser. No. 10/319,119 entitled "Semiconductor-on-Insulator Chip Incorporating Partially-Depleted, Fully-Depleted, and Multiple-Gate Devices", filed Dec. 12, 2002. Aspects of the present invention provide improvements.
For example, the preferred embodiment of the present invention teaches a method and architecture to incorporate partially-depleted SOI (PD-SOI) and fully-depleted SOI (FD-SOI) transistors in the same chip, and, to provide enhanced strain effects to improve carrier mobilities and device performance in ultra-scaled devices. Unlike other devices that utilize different silicon thicknesses to the achieve FD-SOI and PD-SOI transistors on the same chip, the preferred embodiment of the present invention employs a PD-SOI technology while implementing FD-SOI transistors by rearranging the transistor geometry, or by configuring the channel doping concentrations to achieve full transistor body depletion at selected channel lengths or channel widths. In this manner, it is possible to provide FD-SOI and PD-SOI transistors with similar silicon body thicknesses.
Two types of FD-SOI transistors are provided on the same chip: a planar FD-SOI type transistor where the depletion width is larger than the silicon thickness; and a non-planar multiple-gate transistor or FinFET-like FD-SOI transistor, which makes use of a novel device geometry to eliminate floating body effects. In general, planar FD-SOI transistors have widths of more than 50 nm while non-planar fully-depleted multiple-gate transistors have widths of less than 50 nm.
Concepts of the preferred embodiment of-this invention are more clearly illustrated in
Super-halo doping and light body doping are designed to achieve FD-SOI and PD-SOI devices at different gate lengths, as shown in
The buried insulator 110 is typically an oxide such as silicon dioxide. Other insulators, such as silicon nitride or aluminum oxide, may alternatively be used. In some embodiments, the buried insulator can comprise a stack of layers, e.g., an oxide, nitride, oxide stack.
Transistor device 100 is formed in a semiconductor layer 112 and includes a source region 114 and a drain region 116. A gate 118 overlies a channel 120 and is separated therefrom by gate dielectric 122.
Similarly long-channel transistor 130 includes a source 132, a drain 134, a gate 136, and a gate dielectric 138. The transistor 130 can be formed in the same semiconductor layer 112 as transistor 100 or in a different semiconductor layer e.g., a different island or mesa on the same chips.
One feature is the design of the super-halo doping 140 in
Referring now to
A gate electrode 160 is formed to surround the transistor active region, e.g., the channel region. Accordingly, an intentional recess 162 is formed within the isolation region 158 so that the semiconductor layer 155 includes sidewalls. The gate electrode 160 is adjacent to the top surface as well as the sidewalls of active layer 155. A gate dielectric layer 164 is formed between the gate electrode 160 and the active layer 155.
The source and drain regions of the transistor device 150 are not shown in the illustration of
One feature of the novel transistor geometry is the intentional recess 162 in the isolation region 158, as shown in
The resulting FD-SOI device has a non-planar geometry and is a multiple-gate transistor where the gate electrode 160 surrounds the transistor body 156 on multiple sides: the two sidewalls and the top surface. By having a gate electrode 160 that surrounds the transistor body 155, the multiple-gate transistor allows the encroachment of the gate electric field to the transistor body in the lateral direction, thus enhancing its ability to control short-channel effects.
The preferred embodiment of this invention teaches a unique way of incorporating PD-SOI and FD-SOI transistors on the same chip using the same process technology, with a distribution of FD-SOI and PD-SOI transistors according to transistor dimensions.
Planar PD-SOI and FD-SOI transistors typically have active region width of more than 50 nm, while non-planar multiple-gate fully-depleted transistors generally have active region width of less than 50 nm. The results in
The PD-SOI region is smaller for P-channel transistors (
It is clear that the advantages of PD-SOI and FD-SOI can be combined by using transistors with different combinations of W and Lg. For example, when converting a circuit design for bulk technology to a circuit design for SOI technology, critical portions of the circuits may employ FD-SOI devices to achieve minimal floating body effects while the remaining portions of the circuits may employ PD-SOI devices. For example, the critical portions of the circuits may include analog circuits and dynamic circuits.
The quasi-planar device structure or geometry of the multiple-gate FD-SOI transistor will now be described further.
Shallow trench isolation filling materials 158 such as silicon oxide, as shown in
The novel transistor geometry according to this embodiment of the invention not only provides for the encroachment of electric field lines from the sides of the transistor to obtain full-body depletion and/or enhanced short-channel immunity, but also provides for enhanced strain effects. The enhancement of strain-induced transistor performance improvement provides one feature that can be incorporated with the present invention.
The novel device geometry of this embodiments of the invention provides for enhanced strain effects as follows. The contact area between the silicon body and a stressor is increased by allowing the stressor to contact the silicon body on the sidewalls of the silicon body. As a result of the increased influence of the stressor on the active region, strain in a strained channel transistor is enhanced. This technique is illustrated more clearly in a three-dimensional perspective of the multiple-gate transistor in
The stressor 166 may be a high-stress material such as silicon nitride (e.g., Si3N4) deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The stress in the PECVD silicon nitride can be in the range of −500 mega-pascals (MPa) to 1500 MPa, where negative stress indicates compressive stress and positive stress indicates tensile stress. As the channel width W decreases, the sidewall contact area as a proportion of the total contact area between the silicon fin 155 and the stressor 166 increases. Therefore, the enhancement in stress effects is expected to increase with a reduction in W.
This prediction of enhanced drive current is confirmed by our experimental results as shown in
The silicon fin 155 of the multiple-gate transistor may have rounded corners 186, as shown in the three-dimensional perspective of
In another embodiment, as shown in
The radius of curvature of the round corner 186 is denoted by r. The value of r may vary from about 10 angstroms to about 200 angstroms in preferred embodiments. Corner rounding of the active silicon region 155 may be achieved by processes such as etching, oxidation, and/or annealing, performed after the active region definition. It is understood that the round corner in the sectional view are in fact two round top edges of the active region in a three dimensional view.
In addition, according to simulation and experimental results, the transistor performance enhancement due to the strain effects increases with reduced transistor dimensions such as gate length 184, spacer width 182, and silicon film 155 thickness. As shown experimentally in
According to the next embodiment of this invention, a method of providing the abovementioned semiconductor-on-insulator chip with strained-channel partially-depleted SOI transistors, fully-depleted SOI transistors, and multiple-gate transistors will be described. The starting material is a semiconductor-on-insulator wafer 200 as shown in
The method embodiment is more clearly illustrated in
In the preferred embodiment, a silicon-on-insulator wafer 200 is used as the starting material, as shown in
An active region or silicon fin 155 is formed by patterning the silicon layer 202, as shown in
A gate dielectric layer 164 is formed, as shown in
The gate dielectric 164 may comprise of any gate dielectric material such as silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, or nitrided silicon oxide. The insulating material 164 may also be a high permittivity material with permittivity larger than 5, such as aluminum oxide (Al2O3), hafnium oxide (HfO2), halfnium silicon oxynitride (HfSiON), hafnium silicate (HfSiO4), zirconium oxide (ZrO2), zirconium silicate (ZrSiO4) or lanthanum oxide (La2O3). In the preferred embodiment, the gate dielectric is silicon oxide, which may be formed by thermal oxidation in an oxygen ambient at temperatures ranging from about 500 to about 1000 degrees Celsius. The gate dielectric layer 164 can also be formed by chemical vapor deposition or reactive sputtering. The gate dielectric layer 164 covers the top 178 and the sidewalls 176 of the silicon fin 155.
With the gate dielectric layer 164 appropriately formed, the gate electrode 160 material can then be formed on top of the gate dielectric layer 164. The gate electrode 160 material can be comprised of conventional poly-crystalline silicon, poly-crystalline silicon germanium, metals, metallic silicides, metallic nitrides or other conductors. The gate electrode 160 material may be deposited by conventional techniques such as chemical vapor deposition. The gate electrode 160 may also be formed by the deposition of silicon and metal, followed by an anneal to form a metal silicide gate electrode material. An example, the silicide could be titanium silicide, nickel silicide or cobalt silicide.
The gate electrode 160 material is then patterned using photolithography techniques, and etched using plasma etch processes to form the gate electrodes.
Source and drain extensions 186 and 188 are then implanted using ion implantation techniques as shown in
The super halo implant creates super halo regions 190. A spacer 180 is formed using techniques known and used in the art, e.g., deposition of the spacer material and anisotropic plasma etching as shown in
Following spacer formation, the source and drain regions 172 and 174 are implanted as shown in
Next, a high-stress film or a stressor 166 is deposited over the completed transistor structure as shown in
The residual film stress impacts the strain components in the channel. The residual film stress can be tailored from a high state of tension, for stoichiometric silicon nitride, to one of compression, for silicon-rich films. The tensile or compressive nature of the strain in the channel region can therefore be adjusted by varying process conditions such as temperature, pressure, and the ratio of the flow rate of a precursor gas, e.g., dichlorosilane, to the total gas flow rate.
Following the formation of the high-stress film 166, a passivation layer 194 is deposited with a thickness of a few thousand angstroms, e.g., about 1000 to about 5000 angstroms. The passivation layer 194 is preferably comprised of silicon oxide (e.g., formed by decomposition of TEOS or doped silicon oxide e.g., PSG or BPSG). Contact holes are etched through the passivation layer 194 and the high-stress film 166 and are filled with conductive materials 196 to electrically contact the source region 172, drain region 174, and gate electrode 160 of the transistor, as shown in
In summary, one aspect of the present invention provides an improvement over PD-SOI or FD-SOI technologies. The present invention can selectively combine the advantages of PD-SOI and FD-SOI. For example, when converting circuit design from bulk to SOI, this invention can achieve minimal floating body effects at critical circuits like analog circuits using FD-SOI devices, and can also have the freedom to adopt multiple threshold voltage Vth devices in the PD-SOI region. Another noticeable improvement of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is its introduction of FinFET-like devices, which benefit scalability and control of short-channel effects. The semiconductor technology disclosed herein may be referred to as FinFET/FD/PD-SOI("FiP-SOI"). In yet another aspect of the invention is the provision of enhanced strain effects for improving transistor performance in the abovementioned transistors.
As discussed above, the silicon fin 155 can be stressed by stressor layer 166. The active area 155 can also be strained by way of the underlying layer. For example; the silicon active area film can comprise a silicon layer formed over a silicon-geranium (SiGe) layer. The SiGe layer will cause a strain in the silicon layer.
In another embodiment, the silicon film for active area 155 can be formed using techniques taught in co-pending application Ser. No. 10/379,873 (TSMC2002-1384), filed Mar. 5, 2003, and incorporated herein by reference. In this embodiment, the silicon layer 202 is formed on a donor substrate and attached above buried insulator 152 using wafer separation and bonding techniques. The various embodiments taught in the co-pending application can be utilized here.
In the foregoing specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, various modifications and changes can be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. It is understood that several modifications, changes and substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosure and in some instances some features of the invention will be employed without a corresponding use of other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the invention.
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Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (ēvän´ syĬrgā´əvĬch tōōrgā´nyĬf), 1818–83, Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer, considered one of the foremost Russian writers. He came from a landowning family in Orel province, and his cruel, domineering mother was a great influence on his life. Turgenev studied in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Berlin, and he became an enthusiastic advocate of the Westernization of Russia. His early writings were published in Nekrasov's journal The Contemporary. He won his first success in 1847 with
"Khor and Kalinich,"
a sympathetic story of peasant life, which was published later, with similar stories, in A Sportsman's Sketches (1852). In this book he attacked serfdom, and it is thought that this work helped induce Alexander II to emancipate the serfs. Turgenev's most fruitful period was the decade 1850–60, the latter half of which he spent in Western Europe. In his novels of this period, which include Rudin (1855), A Nest of Gentlefolk (1859), and On the Eve (1860), Turgenev is concerned with Russian social and political issues. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons (1862), deals with nihilist philosophy and personal and social rebellion. The novel was severely criticized, and Turgenev resolved to remain outside Russia, where he could continue his lifelong love affair with the French singer Pauline Viardot-Garcia. His last long works were Smoke (1867) and Virgin Soil (1877), both of which treated social themes. Turgenev also wrote several plays, including A Month in the Country (1850), in which he made several dramatic innovations that Chekhov later developed, and the comedy A Provincial Lady (1851). His superbly crafted novellas and short stories are considered his greatest works, including
"First Love"
"A Lear of the Steppe"
(1870), and
"Torrents of Spring"
(1872). His works remain enormously popular in the USSR. Almost all of them are available in English.
See his Literary Reminiscences (1958); his letters (tr. 1960); biographies by D. Magarshack (1954), A. Yarmolinsky (rev. ed. 1959), and J. A. T. Lloyd (1942, repr. 1971); study by R. Freeborn (1960).
Ivan Turgenev: Selected full-text books and articles
Ivan Turgenev; Harry Stevens.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1950
Ivan Turgenev; Constance Garnett.
Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1951
Richard Freeborn.
Oxford University Press, 1960
Avrahm Yarmolinsky.
Orion Press, 1959
Elizabeth Cheresh Allen.
Stanford University, 1992
Janko Lavrin.
D. Van Nostrand, 1954
Angus Calder.
Heinemann, 1976
Dennis Walder.
Routledge, 1995
Frank O'Connor.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1956
Michael Hanne.
Berghahn Books, 1994 (Revised edition)
Irving Howe.
Horizon Press, 1957
Myrick Land.
Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1963
William Lyon Phelps.
Macmillan, 1916
David Cecil.
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
How do i get the shooting poison darts?
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I bought the double blade hidden blade where do i go to also get the poison?
If life doesnt also give you sugar and water your lemonade is going to suck-Me
one of Leonardo's benches.
I believe you get the poison from a doctor.
how do i know if its a leonardo bench...
If life doesnt also give you sugar and water your lemonade is going to suck-Me
^it will be marked with a white capital "L".
On your map, there should be a L icon, just like Leonardo's machines icon except that it's white, that indicates where you can find Leonardo. It should be one of the inventions that you can buy from him.
TC never played other AC games i presume...
If you JUST bought the double blade, meaning that you just met Leonardo, I'm pretty sure you have to complete a Leonardo Machine mission to unlock access to him again.
Anyone confirm? I've seen these threads and that seemed to be the general consensus and I agree from my own experience but I'm not sure, could just simply be coincidence.
i only done 2 machines and bought all items i could so it would make sense, and what does playing previous games have to do with the leo system? it is new and nothing like it in the previous 2 games.
unless ofcourse you mean "double blade hidden blade" which could indicate lack of brain cells, inability to explain oneself fully or a number of other thingsnot linked to previous games...
Bad spellers of the world untie!
Dynomite93 posted...
i can confirm that you do not have to complete Leonardo's Machines to gain access.
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Pretty Panorama
Not gonna inline it, cuz it's huge, but I scored a pretty nice photo during our Wednesday night beer can race. The wind was nearly dead calm with a growing current, so most of the fleet(s) were at a standstill. The setting sun and the brewing storm on the Jersey side made for a pretty slick pic though, if I do say so myself. :D
That's the Delaware River, about a mile or two north of the Tacony Palmyra Bridge, looking West/downriver. If you look real close, you can see #15 at about 10 O'clock, and the Tacony Bridge and the Philly skyline beyond it at about 1.
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Very nice what did you use to take the photo?
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We should start a contest. Our son got this of us today
Charleston harbor returning from all day run through harbor up ICW, and back. The bridge is the Ravenel. The boat 1966 HR28.
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Jephotog: Plain old phone camera on my Motorola Razr.
rbyham: If this is a contest, I've already lost. That's gorgeous :D
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Here are my panoramas for the contest. This is a many shot stitch together of the Oceanside Pier of the big boats from the race. The boats are Bahamian moored. Right to left TransPac 52, J46 Beneteau 47, ?, Beneteau 42.7
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That is absolutely beautiful. Charleston is one of my favorite places.
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A pano from atop Culebrita lighthouse in the Spanish Virgins (Culebra) when we cruised through there a few years back.
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