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A process is described for the formation of high temperature superconducting materials from perovskites by inductively coupled plasma assisted oxidation. An inductively coupled plasma reactor is used to oxidize oxygen deficient perovskites in less time and at lower temperatures than previously possible. High power densities are created within the plasma reactor. This is thought to contribute to the rapid and low temperature phase change during oxidation from tetragonal to orthorhombic crystal structure apparently required for superconductivity at temperatures greater than approximately 77° K. The low temperature and rapid processing time permits the application of conventional lithographic semiconductor manufacturing techniques to be applied to the potentially high temperature superconducting perovskite materials.
1. A method for plasma assisted oxidation of a perovskite material comprising the steps of:
placing the perovskite material in a toroidally shaped inductively coupled plasma reactor;
operating the plasma reactor with an alternating current power supply at a frequency below 5 MHz;
operating the plasma reactor with a power density between 0.1 and 10 W/cm3 ;
providing an oxygen reactant gas during operation of the plasma reactor at a flow rate between 1 and 1,000 standard cubic centimeters per minute;
maintaining a pressure within the plasma reactor during operation between 0.1 and 10 Torr;
maintaining the perovskite material at substantially room temperature; and
maintaining operation of the plasma reactor until the perovskite material achieves an oxidation state causing a phase change from tetragonal to orthorhombic symmetry resulting in high temperature superconductivity with less thermal energy and more quickly than other methods of plasma assistance.
2. A method as in claim 1 wherein the starting perovskite material is an oxygen deficient perovskite material.
3. A method as in claim 1 wherein the starting perovskite material is selected from the Y-Ba-Cu-O system.
4. A method as in claim 1 wherein the starting perovskite material is selected from the Ba-La-Cu-O system.
5. A method as in claim 1 wherein the starting perovskite material is selected from the La-Sr-Cu-O system.
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/408,843, filed Sept. 18, 1989, now abandoned.
This invention relates generally to the processing of oxygen containing perovskites for obtaining superconducting properties and more particularly to low temperature plasma assisted transformation of such perovskites into high critical temperature superconductors by plasma assistance of the oxidation.
It is known that many materials exhibit superconducting properties when they are cooled below "the critical transition temperature". Materials have been discovered recently that exhibit superconducting properties at increasingly higher critical transition temperatures. One family of materials that exhibit this type of superconducting property are the perovskites. Included in this family are compositions in the Ba-La-Cu-O, the La-Sr-Cu-O, and the Y-Ba-Cu-O systems. In particular, compositions in the Y-Ba-Cu-O system have been observed to have a superconducting transition temperature as high as 90° K.
The as made Y-Ba-Cu-O perovskite has a oxygen deficiency and or a tetragonal crystal structure and does not exhibit superconductivity at as high a transition temperature. It is only when this material is further oxidized and changes phase to an orthorhombic crystal structure that the high critical transition temperature (90 K) is exhibited.
In order to reach the required oxidation state for such high temperature superconductivity, they are conventionally annealed by cycling its temperature to above 550° C. These high processing temperatures have frustrated attempts to develop practical applications of these superconducting materials because such temperatures are incompatible for maintaining the minimum feature sizes of the range of semiconductor electronic devices required to implement superconductor devices. This incompatibility at such processing temperatures is caused by interdiffusion or alloying of the various materials used to fabricate both semiconducting and superconducting microelectronic devices. Additionally, the high processing temperatures constrain the application of conventional microlithographic techniques, such as photoresist patterning of such electronic circuits and magnetic structures.
In one attempt to reduce the high temperatures necessary to oxidize the perovskite materials to obtain high temperature superconducting properties plasma oxidation in a cylindrical reactor was tried. This was reported in an article entitled "Plasma Oxidation Of High Tc Superconducting Perovskites" by Bagley et.al., published in Applied Physics Letters on Aug. 24, 1987. Therein, Bagley et.al. discloses the use of a cylindrical reactor having a power density of less than 0.005 W/cm3 with an oxygen pressure of 0.7 Torr operating at a frequency of 13.56 MHz. The heating of the sample was constrained to less than 80° C. but the required exposure to obtain a reasonable degree of superconductivity in the sample was in excess of several hundred hours. The application of direct and capacitively coupled plasma reactors in oxidizing the potentially high temperature superconducting materials has not achieved the desired result of permitting their practical applications. Therefore, there exists a need to advance even further in bringing these potentially tremendously beneficial materials to practical and commercial applications.
The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for oxidizing materials that are potential high critical temperature superconductors. An inductively coupled plasma reactor, such as the one disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,431,898 entitled "Inductively Coupled Discharge For Plasma Etching And Resist Stripping" issuing on Feb. 14, 1984 to Reinberg et.al., is used to oxidize the perovskite materials at low temperatures. The topologically toroidal oxygen discharge reactor is inductively coupled to a primary winding connected to a radio frequency power supply, typically operating at a frequency below several MHz and having a power suitable to achieve a power density between 0.1 and 10 W/cm3 in the toroidal discharge. The electrical breakdown in the toroidal reactor forms the secondary of the transformer. Oxygen flowing through the reactor between 0.1 and 1000 SCCM and having a pressure between 0.05 and 10 Torr oxidizes the material to achieve the superconducting oxidation state without the need to heat the material to high temperatures.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide low temperature oxidation of perovskite materials to avoid the diffusion mechanism which limits minimum feature sizes and causes alloying and other performance limiting phenomena.
It is yet another object of the present invention to avoid sputtering within the plasma reactor when requiring high plasma power densities.
It is yet another object of the present invention to shorten the processing times to achieve the oxidation state required for high critical temperature superconductivity in the perovskite materials.
It is yet another object of the present invention to permit the use of conventional microelectronic lithography to fabricate superconducting devices.
These and other objects will become more readily apparent in view of the drawings and detailed description.
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating apparatus used in practicing the invention.
FIG. 2 is a graph comparing oxidation rates.
FIG. 3 is a graph comparing apparent activation energy.
FIG. 1 illustrates an apparatus used to oxidize the potentially superconducting perovskite materials. A similar device, used for a completely different purpose, is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,431,898 entitled "Inductively Coupled Discharge For Plasma Etching And Resist Stripping" issued to Reinberg et.al. on Feb. 14, 1984 which is herein incorporated by reference. In FIG. 1 an alternating current power source 10 is used to power primary winding 14. The power source 10 can be selectively switched on and off by switch 12. Core 16 inductively couples the primary winding 14 to the plasma chamber 28. Plasma chamber 28 is formed by a closed path toroidally shaped chamber or loop 40 having a top leg 18, a right side leg 20, a bottom leg 30, and a left side leg 34. The legs 18, 20, 30, and 34 form a closed path chamber. This closed path chamber forms the secondary of the transformer 38. Core 16 of the transformer 38 is coupled to the top leg 18 through opening 36 in the plasma chamber 28. Bottom leg 30 is formed on one side by jacket or cover 26. Jacket 26 is sealed to bottom leg 30 by an O-ring 24. Jacket 26 can then be removed from bottom leg 30 so that the processing materials can be placed within plasma chamber 28. An inlet 22 is formed in the right side leg 20 for the introduction of oxygen to be reacted with the perovskite material to be processed. An outlet 32 is formed in left side leg 34 permitting the flow of reactant material therethrough.
In operation, when switch 12 is closed an alternating current will flow through primary winding 14. Loop 40 acts as a secondary coupled to the primary 14 by core 16. Current will then flow within loop 40 generating a plasma within plasma chamber 28. The plasma is generated from the gases within the plasma chamber 28 as introduced by inlet 22.
In the plasma reactor described in FIG. 1 of the present invention the alternating current power supply 10 operates at a frequency below several megahertz (MHz). The power supply also has a power suitable to achieve a power density within the plasma chamber 28 between 0.1 and 10 W/cm3. The reactant gas used for the oxidation of the perovskite materials is oxygen. The flow through the plasma chamber 28 ranges from 1-1000 SCCM (standard cubic centimeters per minute) at a pressure roughly between 0.1 and 10 Torr. The perovskite materials, requiring oxidation to obtain high temperature superconductivity, are placed within the plasma chamber 28 by removing jacket 26 and placing the perovskite material therein. Jacket 26 is then replaced over bottom leg 30. A seal is formed between bottom leg 30 and jacket 26 by O-ring seal 24. Oxygen flow is then established through inlet 22. Current is permitted to flow in primary winding 14 by closing switch 12. This results in an oxygen plasma being created within plasma chamber 28. The plasma then reacts with the perovskite material placed within the plasma chamber 28. Resultingly, the perovskite material is oxidized quickly and at low temperature forming a compound that exhibits high temperature superconductivity.
FIG. 2 illustrates the increased oxidation rate when plasma is used. Data was obtained from the plasma treatment of the potentially superconducting perovskite material YBaCuO at 250° C. The oxygen pressure within the plasma chamber was 0.2 Torr and flowed at rate of 0.1 SCCM. Points along the abscissa represent the processing time in hours. Points along the ordinate represent the extent of oxidation. The lower line represents the oxidation due to the elevated temperature. The upper line represents the oxidation due to the plasma in combination with the elevated temperature. FIG. 2 clearly shows that the plasma reduces the time required to obtain a specific oxidation state. However, some degree of increased oxidation is a result of the heating of the material by the plasma itself. To more clearly indicate the extent plasma assists in the oxidation rate of the perovskite material reference to FIG. 3 is necessary.
FIG. 3 more clearly illustrates the effect of the plasma to improve the transformation of the oxygen deficient perovskite starting material Y-Ba-Cu-O to a high critical temperature superconducting material. FIG. 3 is a so-called Arrhenius plot. The natural logarithm of the oxidation rate, R, ln(R), is plotted on the ordinate and the reciprocal of the temperature in degrees Kelvin, 1/T, is plotted along the abscissa. The effect of the processing pressures (approximately 760 Torr for oxidation without the plasma and approximately 1 Torr with plasma) has been normalized by assuming that the oxidation rate is linear in oxygen pressure. The slope of the straight lines formed by the data points in FIG. 3 represent the activation energies applicable to the purely thermal and plasma processes. Referring to the lower line in FIG. 3, the experimental oxidation without plasma exhibits a relatively large negative slope indicating a large activation energy, Ea for the thermal process. The upper line is for the plasma assisted process and exhibits a smaller negative slope, equivalent to a smaller activation energy in the presence of the plasma. This shows that, at a given temperature of the material, the plasma speeds up the oxidation process independent of the heating of the material.
Prior attempts to use plasma assisted oxidation to transform the perovskites into a high temperature superconducting material have resulted in very slow oxidation rates, requiring as much as several hundred hours for such transformation. However, the present invention using the inductively coupled plasma, makes possible near room temperature oxidation of the perovskite with substantially reduced processing times.
The use of the inductively coupled plasma assisted oxidation permits high power densities without high energy induced sputtering. In contrast, previously used methods cause contamination due to sputtering of the reactor walls and destruction of the superconductivity due to energetic ion bombardment of the perovskite material. Therefore, the present invention permits a high power density discharge, yielding a high density of ions, electrons, and neutral radical species while minimizing the effects of bombardment of the surfaces in the reactor. The high density of the above species increases the rate at which the oxidation occurs while the inductive geometry avoids destructive effects that otherwise accompany such high densities.
Therefore, the present invention provides many advantages not achievable by the prior art. Additionally, while several embodiments have been illustrated and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.
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Press release from CNW Group
Encanto Announces Closing of $2.5 Million Convertible Debenture
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Encanto Announces Closing of $2.5 Million Convertible Debenture19:02 EST Wednesday, November 28, 2012TRADING SYMBOL: TSXV:EPOVANCOUVER, Nov. 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Encanto Potash Corp. ("Encanto" or the "Company") (TSXV: EPO and OTCQX: ENCTF) is pleased to announce the completion of an aggregate $2.5 million principal amount 5% secured convertible debenture. The principal amount of the debenture is convertible in whole or in part at the option of the subscriber into common shares of the Company at a price of $0.25 per common share until November 28, 2014.Provided the weighted average trading price of Encanto's common shares are in excess of $0.50 for 20 consecutive days, the Company may prepay the instrument in whole or in part prior to the maturity date by providing 60 days written notice to the subscriber. A finders' fee of 5% of the gross proceeds was paid in connection with the financing. The Company intends to use the proceeds to further develop the Pre-Feasibility Study on the Muskowekwan First Nation property ("PFS") and provide general working capital for the Company. The securities issued in connection with this Offering are subject to a 4-month "hold period" as prescribed by the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable securities laws expiring March 29, 2013.The investor is a prominent Kuwaiti businessman who has significant investments in the automotive, financial and natural resource sectors.Encanto expects the delivery of the PFS in early Q1 of 2013. Encanto anticipates the additional 3D Seismic Program on the Muskowekwan TLE lands will be completed in early December 2012. North Rim Exploration Ltd. will be recalculating an upgraded resource estimate with this additional data. This new resource estimate is anticipated in early 2013. The Company is confident the previous drill holes on the TLE lands, combined with the findings of the additional 3D seismic data, will result in a significant movement of the Inferred Resources into the Measured and Indicated Resource category thereby increasing the corresponding mine life associated with the Measured and Indicated Resource.About Encanto:Encanto Potash Corp. is a TSX Venture Exchange listed and OTCQX traded Canadian resource company engaged in the development of potash properties in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, the largest producing potash region in the world. Through the joint venture agreement with Muskowekwan Resources Ltd. on our flagship property, Encanto has been successful in adding a 3.5 fold increase to the project land package, which now totals approximately 58,300 acres. A Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), based solely on the Home Reserve Lands (15,500 acres), was released in August of 2011 and an updated NI 43-101 report describing the increase to the compliant resource estimate was filed on May 10, 2012.Encanto's Muskowekwan First Nation property has a current NI 43-101 resource estimate dated May 9, 2012 titled "2012 Potash Resource Assessment for the Muskowekwan First Nations Home Reserve Project South Eastern Saskatchewan, Canada" containing Measured and Indicated resources of 130.7MMt grading 29.6% KCl or 18.7% K2O and Inferred resources of 234.7MMt grading 28.3% KCl or 17.9% K2O.The Company has 100% interest in two additional potash properties in Saskatchewan: the 55,000 acre Ochapowace/Chacachas property and the 140,000 acre Spar property.The technical content of this news release has been reviewed by Ross Moulton, Vice-President of Exploration for Encanto, a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.For additional information about Encanto Potash Corp., please visit the Company's website at www.encantopotash.com or review the Company's documents filed on www.sedar.com.ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSPer: "James Walchuck"James WalchuckPresident and CEONEITHER TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.THE FOREGOING INFORMATION MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY. 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Arutz Sheva
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|Uzi Baruch
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Arutz Sheva (Hebrew: ערוץ שבע, lit. Channel Seven) is an Israeli media network identifying with Religious Zionism.[1] It offers online news in Hebrew, English, and Russian. Arutz Sheva offers free podcasts, live streaming radio, a daily email news update, streaming video and 24-hour updated text news. Arutz Sheva sees itself as "the only independent national radio station in Israel" and a counterbalance to " 'negative thinking' and 'post-Zionist' attitudes."[2][3]
In the 1970s an unlicensed radio station Voice of Peace was launched, broadcasting peace messages. In response, Israelis opposed to negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization launched their own offshore radio station, Arutz Sheva, in 1988.[4][5] The station was broadcast on the Israeli airwaves from the ship MV Hatzvi in the Mediterranean Sea.[6] While the broadcast was generated from the ship, the actual studio was in Beit El.[5] Arutz Sheva has been described as the voice of the Israeli settlement movement.[7] It was one of the first internet radio stations and was used as a Beta tester for RealPlayer. From 1996 to 2002, Arutz Sheva broadcast in Russian.
Legal dispute[edit]
In February 1999, the Knesset passed a law granting a license to Arutz Sheva and absolving it of earlier illegal broadcasting, but this was appealed to the Supreme Court of Israel, which ruled the law null and void in March 2002. In October 2003, ten employees of Arutz Sheva were convicted of operating an illegal radio station during the period 1995–98, both from inside Israeli territorial waters and from Beit El. The defendants were fined and sentenced to 3–6 months of community service. The prosecution appealed, attempting to get heavier sentences, but were strongly criticized by the appellant court for their handling of the case, and the prosecution was told to drop the appeal or face an investigation into their conduct during the entire trial.[8] Station director Ya'akov "Katzele" Katz was also convicted on two counts of perjury for having lied about the location of the broadcasts.[9][10] In 2006, Katz was pardoned by President Moshe Katsav. In 2008, Katz became chairman of the National Union party, and a member of the 18th Knesset. Arutz Sheva's operations became fully legal under media laws enacted in 1999.[11]
Arutz Sheva has been running its website since 1995. Editor-in-chief is Uzi Baruch. Today, three versions of the site are offered: Hebrew, English and Russian. It includes news articles, news briefs, videos, op-eds, a Judaism section, opinion polls and caricatures. Arutz Sheva offers online streaming videos in Hebrew and English with news anchor and producer Yoni Kempinski, Knesset reporter Hezki Ezra, overseas correspondent Eliran Aharon and others. Arutz Sheva's jukebox offers a selection of Israeli, Hassidic and Mediterranean music, including selections for Jewish holidays and special events.[12]
Israel National Radio is Arutz Sheva's English language internet radio station, operating in Beit El. It broadcasts primarily across the Internet, is simulcast on radio stations in the United States, Canada and South Africa, and affirms its purposes as being to spread the word of Israel to Jews and Israel-sympathizers in the English-speaking world as well as Anglophones living in Israel, and to be the archetypal "light unto the nations." During shows, people can phone in on international toll-free numbers or chat with other listeners. The station's slogan is "the largest independent newstalk network in the Middle East." According to professors Shlomo Deshen and Charles Liebman, the radio station promotes right-wing positions.[13]
Israel National Radio is made up of news on the hour and live and pre-recorded podcasts. These shows include current affairs commentaries, general talk shows, music shows, and Torah shows. The podcasts on the station include Tamar Yonah, Yishai Fleisher, The Struggle (with ZFA activist Yehuda HaKohen), Israel Beat (a music program), Walter's World (with veteran broadcaster Walter Bingham), Land Minds (with Dovid Wilner and Barnea Selavan), Temple Talk (hosted by Rabbi Chaim Richman, who works for the Temple Institute), A Light Unto The Nations, The Jay Shapiro Show, Torah Tidbits Audio (with Phil Chernofsky), and The Aliyah Revolution (co-hosted by Go'el Jasper and Daniel Esses).
B'Sheva newspaper is currently Israel's fourth most widely read newspaper, according to the TGI survey, and holds 7% of the Israeli market.[citation needed] The paper is distributed free to over 150,000 homes weekly.
Political stance[edit]
Writing on Slate in 2014, journalist William Saletan described Arutz Sheva as more or less the equivalent of the American Fox News or the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency, offering constantly updated news of interest to a right-of-center audience. "For news," he wrote, "it's totally on the ball."[14]
See also[edit]
- ^ We Need To Put The Spirit Back Into The People: An Interview with Arutz Sheva's Yishai Fleisher, The Jewish Press, February 2010.
- ^ "Israel legalises religious pirate radios". BBC News. 1999-02-24. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "'We Need To Put The Spirit Back Into The People': An Interview with Arutz Sheva's Yishai Fleisher". The Jewish Press. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Sue Fishkoff (December 20, 1996). "Station With A Soul". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ a b Schejter, Amit (2009). Muting Israeli democracy: how media and cultural policy undermine free expression. University of Illinois Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-252-07693-0.
- ^ van der Ven, Martin. "Arutz 7". offshore-radio.de. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Shuman, Ellis (2003-10-21). "Politics: After court convicts Arutz-7 of illegal broadcasting, station goes off air". israelinsider. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ Arutz-7 Trial Is Over, 25 May 25 2004
- ^ Arutz Sheva senior personnel sentenced; israelinsider, Jerusalem Post, Dec 30, 2003
- ^ Arutz Sheva staff given jail, fines, Haaretz, 30 December 2003
- ^ "A Decade after Demise of his Alternative Station, MK Katz Alters Broadcasting Authority Law". The Jewish Press. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/Jukebox.aspx
- ^ Shlomo A. Deshen, Charles S. Liebman (1995-02-01). Israeli Judaism: The Sociology of Religion in Israel. p. 117.
- ^ Saletan, William (25 July 2014). "Skip the Commentary, Find the Reporting". Slate. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External links[edit]
- English-language media
- Former pirate radio stations
- Hebrew-language media
- Internet radio stations
- Israeli brands
- Israeli news websites
- Israeli political websites
- Jewish radio
- Jewish websites
- Media companies of Israel
- Multilingual news services
- Offshore radio broadcasters
- Radio stations in Israel
- Religious Zionism
- Russian-language media in Israel


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Today was a first for the Killer, she got to go to a mechanic. I've never handed her over to anyone before, but these guys definitely know what they were doing. The further away you live from a big city the more resourceful you must become when problems arise. This is the case everywhere I've gone and it shows in the locals abilities to problem solve any issue.
You can always tell you are in baja because of all the offroad rigs running around. Obviously many end up in the shops as well.
They scoped it out for a second and Damaso helped with the translation specifics. They then drilled and retapped both the peg and the mounting bracket and had her fixed up lickety-split. They even put in some much sturdier bolts. Gracias to the guys over at Tama Motorsports and muchos gracias Damaso for the great shop recommendation.
There are lots of great reasons to travel via motorcycle, the freedom, the versatility, the fun factor, etc. Another is how easy it is to explore. It's so simple to just cruise around, head on a swivel, and explore an area. I turned the GPS off, and took the rest of the day try to get a feel for Ensenada.
First stop, some much needed tacos. The lady running the street cart pegged me for a guy that didn't know much spanish yet. Is it the ginger beard?? She was correct. She asked "Un taco pescado?". "No, cinco, por favor." She looked at me suspiciously, questioning my understanding of 'cinco'. I nodded and held up 5 fingers. Don't worry this white boy can eat.
I meandered through neighborhoods which changed from housing, to work communities, to social gathering locations like parks packed with families playing with their kids. The ebb and flow of the cities different zones slowly being downloaded as I criss-cross across it's districts.
Not sure if this sculpture is made of whale bones or not, but I think it's formed into something that is most definitely not a whale.
Offroad racing is HUGE here, for obvious reasons, think Baja 500 & 1000 among the more famous races. Around every corner you hear the loud brraaappppp of dirtbikes cycling through the gears and there is no shortage of heavily modded trophy trucks, buggies, and ATVs.
This is where the Baja 500 and 1000 start. It's a big flag repping the well deserved pride of this special place and country. Girl from a cruise ship took my picture and said the flag was the size of a football field. She was drunk.
After the Baja races start they wind through town as they head for the mountains and then the open desert. One of the spots where they can start to open up their motors is this water viaduct that cuts through the center of town. The whole corridor is packed with people wanting to see the vehicles. The noise must be absolutely thundering from the motors, pinned wide open, tearing down the viaduct towards the end of town. I rode my bike down into it for a photo. It's just a water way, but an eery feeling lingers, as if you were stepping into a Colosseum and you can 'feel' the excitement of what happens there. It makes sense though. This is a coliseum of sorts. One for vehicular gladiators, on their way to battle mother nature and the clock. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing up imagining the event in full-tilt, the roar of the motors echoing off the banks.
If you're hartbeat is low while reading this RR, watch this video and take a visual injection of epicness straight to the dome.
After criss-crossing the city several times I pushed further out from the city/village/town(?) to explore other areas.
And then still further, out onto a peninsula that wraps out into the pacific, south of Ensenada. You can see Ensenada in the distance.
Fair amount of people out getting around on horses.
The next day Damaso invited me along to the Cochilocos Sunday breakfast ride. Riding and eating, two of my favorite things.
We took a winding mountain road outside of town that twisted and banked higher and higher until it leveled out and turned into a dirt road. At the end of the road was our breakfast destination.
Group shot, I'm super good at photography.
Roberto and Damaso both have KLRs, here is Roberto's good looking Gen2.
Great riding with and meeting all of you Cochilocos, thanks for showing me the best road in Ensenada.
After the ride back into town everyone peeled off to head in our separate directions. I pulled in the clutch to come to a stop light when it went, POP. No more clutch, cable snapped. I felt it going when we started the ride that morning. The ominous scraping vibrations transmitting through my fingertips on the lever as the cable strands individually give up, one by one. Roberto and his wife Coco where still behind me so they noticed and stopped as well.
I have a spare already routed and ziptied next to the original though so we just had to hook up the ends. Thanks for your help with the cable Roberto, ciao amigo.
Tomorrow I'm going to cross the peninsula and head towards the east coast of Baja and San Felipe. Should be able to find more dirt there. It's never far away in Baja.
"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
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MONKTON — Officials in Monkton say they've exceeded the capacity of their 1,200-square-foot town hall. According to the 2010 census, Monkton is one of Addison County's fastest growing towns, expanding at a rate of 12.6 percent in the last decade to a total of 1,980 residents.
MONKTON — Imagine if kids were the ones testing the boundaries of technology. Imagine if they were programming artificial intelligence into robots they built themselves. And imagine if, when widespread problems arose, students invented products to solve them.
Since September, a team of 10 Monkton youths has done just that: created and programmed an autonomous robot made of Legos and invented a prototype lunchbox to protect food from contamination in preparation for the 2011 First Lego League Robotics Competition.
MONKTON — The Monkton selectboard on July 25 announced that the bond taken out in 2002 to fund the 2003 fire station addition was refinanced by the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank at a lower interest rate. Meeting minutes indicated that this reduction in future interest payments will save the town money.
"Interest rate reductions don't kick in until 2015 … so the refinancing will only affect the last two years of bond payments and will only … range from $700 to $1,000 in savings," said Charles Roumas, town treasurer.
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MONKTON — Watch out world, a team of Monkton Central School first- and second-graders is poised to break a new record.
The students in Barbara Yerrick's second-grade class and Suzy Way's first- and second-grade class have joined forces to break the Guinness World Record for team finger knitting, currently held by a group of Austrian fourth-graders at 3.85 miles.
MONKTON — Officials in Monkton are taking a new look at how to solve the problem of lack of space in the town offices while also making for a roomier town library. They will discuss their plans and seek feedback at a meeting this Thursday evening.
MONKTON — Students at Monkton Central School recently got a special treat: Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, an author from the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, came by to do writing workshops with the students and judge the William C. Shattuck Farming in Monkton writing contest.
Contest founders Eugenie Doyle and Sam Burr run Last Resort Farm in Monkton on land that they purchased from Bill Shattuck. His family had owned the land for 150 years before he sold it, and after his death, Doyle said she and her husband wanted to find a way to memorialize him.
MONKTON — On Wednesday morning, fire ravaged the Bristol Road home of Tom Cousino in Monkton.
According to Monkton Volunteer Fire Department Chief David Layn, the call was made by firefighter Robert Howard, who noticed the house was on fire on his way to work, around 6:45 a.m.
Cousino was asleep in the house at the time, but awoke coughing from the smoke. He climbed out of his bedroom window and slid down the shed roof, according to Layn.
MONKTON — Longtime Monkton residents will notice a conspicuous omission on their Town Meeting Day ballot this year.
For the first time since 1973, Carmelita Burritt will not be running for town clerk. It will indeed be the end of an era in Monkton and the beginning of a new one, as Sharon Gomez is likely to become the community's first new town clerk since the Nixon administration.
"It's more and more work," a smiling Burritt said on Monday. "I'm tired out."
MONKTON — After tromping in shin-deep snow through some of the 11 eco-zones on the Willowell Foundation's property off Stoney Meadow Lane in Monkton, we come to a clearing. I am sure I have stumbled upon some kind of Narnia, the fantasy land created by children's author C.S. Lewis.
A large shelter insulated in old sails looms like a giant's cave. The shelter's frame is built of cedar beams the students harvested from the woods — without a single nail. The imposing structure will be replaced with a cabin this spring.
MONKTON — Monkton writer Eugenie Doyle released her most recent children's novel, "According to Kit," in 2009. More than a year later, recognition for the book is still coming in.
When the Society of School Librarians announced its annual book awards in late 2010, "According to Kit," published by Front Street Books, was among nine novels for grades 7-12 given an "honored book" designation.
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June 2009 -- Abbotsford ? Feb 2010 -- Castelgar ? Feb 2010 – Squamish "BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME" …and play bingo? •Wrong FINANCIAL IMPACT Show Me the Money! SLOTS ARE UP BINGO IS DOWN Bingo Gross Sales/Slot Net Win $ Millions $250.0 $200.0 $150.0 $100.0 $50.0 $0.0 FY 2002/2003 FY 2003/2004 FY 2004/2005 FY 2005/2006 FY 2006/2007 FY 2007/2008 FY 2008/2009 FY 2009/2010 So How Has The Move to the CGC Model Helped the Bingo Industry ?Overall revenues have continued to climb. ?Net Income and Profit Margins have increased as slots yield a much higher profit margin than bingo. ?The CGC model has helped many of our Service Partners keep the doors open. So Now What Do We Have? ?We have modern facilities with 10,000 to 15,000 square feet of bingo space that's not being fully utilized. ?MAYBE IT'S TIME TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BINGO BOX. ?BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT. 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Non-combat rewards aren't new to MMOs, but for a long time they were entirely player-driven. In EverQuest the success of running guild or friendships within an online community were the primary non-mechanical motivators. Since then, and especially with the advent of Xbox Live, in-game achievement tracking has become a major factor in persistent games. We as players love to be rewarded for success, and pinning gold stars to our sashes is a lot easier (from a game mechanic perspective) than actual monetary or xp doles. Warhammer Online may have perfected this schema with the Tome of Knowledge this year, but way back in 2004 City of Heroes really got the party started with their Badge system.
Collecting badges is not only a fun and (often) relaxing alternative to leveling or instance-running, in recent years the NCsoft developers have made it worth your while as well. Supergroup badges, for example, stack up to allow your group the opportunity to teleport straight from your base into the field. There are a number of reasons to enjoy badge hunting, and the addition of this seemingly-simple gratification system is one of the reasons CoH as much fun as it is to play. Read on below the cut for more on how the City of Heroes developers give you more fun, with less grind.
Badges are simple icons, plaques almost, that you can take a look at in your character menus. Each badge doubles as a title, which is displayed above your head as you move about the game world. Finding and 'trying on' badges is part of the system's appeal. You can only have one title equipped at a time, but there's no limit to the number of badges you can collect. Theoretically you could collect every badge available to your side in the game on one character; that said, many badges were given out for seasonal or one-time-only events and are no longer available.
There are a couple of different types of badges, and hundreds of possible badges to find. The most straightforward varieties are Achievements and Accomplishments, which are exactly what they sound like. Achievement badges are handed out for getting something done, usually with a specific number attached to it or through killing an enemy. You earn the Adamant title for receiving 1,000,000 points of damage over the lifetime of your character, for example. Gearsmasher is handed out for killing 100 clockwork gears, and you can even get badges for earning badges; Explorer is one of the first of these titles you'll get for earning 50 badges. Accomplishments are similar, just with a broader scope and usually involving completing a series of quests or tasks. Honorary Peacebringer is your reward for completing Moonfire's taskforce, for example.
Accolades are another badge type in this theme, but often reward players for persistence or for going after specific activities. Achievements and Accomplishments can often be gained naturally over the course of play, but Accolades will probably require you to 'go after' something in specific. The Vanguard badge, an Accolade, demands you earn the Finder, Zookeeper, Savant, Ace, Portal Partner, and Seeker of the Unknown badges before unlocking it. Each of those badges in turn has their own requirements to unlock, creating a metagame-in-a-game for dedicated badgehunters. Accolades also tend to come with extra perks and powers – Vanguard's toggle power gives bonuses to status-effecting powers.
The most commonly-sought badges, hunted by newbies and veterans alike, are the Exploration and History badges. They're effectively the same type of reward, but require different activities from the player. Exploration badges are handed out instantly when a player lands in a specific spot. Each zone in the game has a handful of exploration points, and you can find them without a map by looking for a small octagonal disc on the ground. That said, I suggest a map. Heavily. History badges require you to click on plaques scattered throughout the gameworld, each telling a piece of history behind Paragon City. Each plaque is connected to a badge, and each badge requires several plaques to complete. You don't have to read them 'in order' to get the badge and generally each plaque makes sense on its own. It's a fun and lore-heavy way of exploring the city, and of all the badges in the game History badges are the ones I enjoy collecting the most.
There are a handful of other badge types – badges that unlock Gladiator avatars and the aforementioned Supergroup badges. There are lots of badges to be had during holidays, and during the month of CoH's anniversary (May) you can usually get a badge just for logging into the game! Badge tracking and hunting is a fully-fleshed out mini-game, complimented nicely by the fun and rewarding feeling of moving about Paragon City as a superhero. It's one of the best parts of City of Heroes, and is definitely a compelling reason to play.
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Campbell was great and there's a reason he was making seven million per. Key piece that I wish nothing but the best for in Florida.
Brouwer had a bad playoff, understandable considering his father's poor health at the time. Outside of a solid series against the Sharks however, he was more or less invisible.
Burish is a quality fourth line energy guy that was great in the lockerroom. Certainly valuable, but far from irreplaceable.
Everyone knows I'm all about #82. His role on that cup team was to play spot minutes on the fourth line. Didn't really get his chance to prove his worth til the following season.
Sopel sucked. Have been saying it for three years now. Good riddance. Aaron Johnson would have been a better #5 then Sopel. Total warrior that left it all out on the ice, but he just wasn't a NHL caliber defenseman. He'd block three shots in a row, and then when he had the chance to clear the puck he'd make a tape to tape pass right back to the point.
Madden was another elite fourth line guy. Great signing, great mentor, great leadership. Would have loved to have had him back at a greatly reduced cost, which wasn't going to happen with our cap troubles.
Some of those pieces are nice, but outside of Cambell, all can be replaced every summer through trades/UFA without much difficulty outside of MAYBE Brouwer, and I'm not gonna prod that hornet's nest again.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers allowed free agent cornerback Keenan Lewis to leave uncontested this off-season because they are confident third-year cornerback Cortez Allen can easily fill his shoes. Allen was a guest Sunday morning on 93.7 The Fan and as asked about the confidence that he has in the team this upcoming season despite the losses that they've had. "I feel confident in our ability to compete," Allen said. "The environment within the locker room I think has not changed as far as what we expect from each other and what we expect for of this organization. We still do have the key Read more [...]
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YIELD: Makes 6 to 8 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 25 min
TOTAL TIME: 2 1/4 hr
Pat lamb dry and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in a wide 5-to 6-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Brown lamb on all sides in 3 batches until golden-brown, 4 to 5 minutes per batch, transferring to a plate with a slotted spoon.
Add onions to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden-brown, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in vinegar and cook, scraping up brown bits, until vinegar has evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes.
Return lamb with meat juices to pot. Stir in stock, chickpeas, preserves, and spices (including Maras and Urfa pepper) and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
Peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Add to stew (after 1 hour) and simmer, uncovered, until potatoes and lamb are tender, about 30 minutes more. Remove from heat and stir in currants, oregano, and lemon juice. Season with salt.
Serve sprinkled with additional Maras and Urfa pepper.
Cooks' note: Stew improves in flavor if made at least 1 day ahead and keeps up to 3 days.


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Grandma's Green Apple Pie
26 Sep 2009
|Tart green apples
|12 (Use Small And Hard Ones)
|Granulated sugar
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Ground cinnamon
|1 Teaspoon
|Ground cloves
|1 Pinch
|2 Tablespoon
|1 (For One Crust Pie)
Presoak a clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 10 minutes.
Core and peel the apples, slice them thin, and place in the bottom of the presoaked pot.
You should have about 5 cups of sliced apples.
Combine the sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and cloves and pour over the apples.
Stir the contents of the pot so that all the apples are coated.
Cut the butter into small pieces and sprinkle over the apples.
Make the crust, roll it out, and shape it over the apples.
Cover the pot with the lid.
Place the pot in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 480 degrees.
Cook for 45 minutes.
Check the pie for doneness, then remove the lid and return the pot to the oven for an additional 15 minutes to brown the crust.
Serve with a very sharp Cheddar cheese.
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Course:Dessert, Fruit Dessert
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Grandma's Green Apple Pie Recipe