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Saints Index
Oct 23 - St. John of
Capistrano 1385-1456
the end of the 14th century the kingdom of Naples was the scene of many wars.
Among those who had been drafted to serve in the army was a German knight -
others say he came from France - who married a young woman of great piety in
Capistrano and then took up his abode there. St. John was born of these
parents on June 24, 1385, and was later identified as Capistran, from
Capistrano, the place of his birth.
After he had completed his studies in law at the
University of Perugia, he became a lawyer in Naples, where he gained so
admirable a reputation for his honesty and ability that King Ladislas
frequently called him in for advice.
John was not yet 30 years old when the king made
him governor of Perugia. Having tasted of the good fortune of this world, he
was soon also to experience its instability. He had repaired to a neighboring
town, where war had broken out, in order to arrange for a peaceful settlement.
He was treacherously seized, loaded with heavy chains, and thrown into prison.
No one bothered about releasing him. Then, quite strangely, a Franciscan
surrounded with light appeared to him, and invited him to leave this unstable
world and enter his order. Capistran replied: "I had never thought about
embracing such a life; still, if God so wills it, I will obey."
At a great price he now obtained his freedom and
begged for admission at the convent of the Franciscans in Perugia. After a
rigorous trial of his humility, he received the holy habit on October 4, 1416.
Form the very first he was earnestly minded to put off the old man and put on
the one in justice and holiness. Because of the extraordinary circumstances
surrounding his call to the religious life, he was frequently subjected to
severe trials; but his virtue and divine calling always shown forth in
increased brilliance. Rigorous mortification, perfect obedience, and a fervent
devotion to the bitter Passion of Christ distinguished him among his brethren.
He was also a devout client of our Blessed Lady, and felt certain that without
her assistance it would not be possible for him to obtain the palm of
When he began the study of theology under St.
Bernardin of Siena shortly after he had pronounced his vows, it seemed as if
he acquired his holy science more through divine inspiration than through
human reflection, so that his saintly master once said: "John achieves more in
his sleep than others who study day and night." St. James of the March was one
of his fellow students. It appears that God caused to be brought together
these three great men, who were faithfully to join their forces throughout
their lives to promote the perfect observance of the rule in the order, as
well as to combat the immorality of that time. Capistran was destines,
however, to be the most conspicuous hero in this fight.
While still a deacon, he was sent out to preach in
1420; but not until 1425 did he begin his apostolic ministry. He began in
Italy by taking up the struggle against vice. His former position in the world
made him acquainted with the enormity of the evil, against which he now rose
like another Elias. His burning words, his ardent zeal, and the holiness of
his life caused veritable miracles of conversion. People came from every side
to hear him, soon no church was large enough to accommodate the crowds.
Sometimes 50,000, 80,000, and even more than 100,000 persons would gather
about his pulpit in public squares and broad fields to listen to his sermons.
His very appearance touched their hearts.
The holy orator could portray the glories of God
and His justice, the depravity of vice and the beauty of virtue, the Passion
of Christ, the power of the name of Jesus, and the charity of our Blessed Lady
so marvelously that the most hardened sinners were converted, while apostates
and unbelievers turned to God and the Church. His presence was requested
everywhere, and he was received like an angel from heaven. But amid the
demonstrations of honor, the servant of God would always say: "Not to us, O
Lord, not to us, but to Thy name give glory."
The pope once entrusted him with the mission
against a certain heretical sect, and the eminent success of his labor caused
him thereafter to be sent by Popes Martin V, Eugene IV, Nicholas V, and
Callistus III as apostolic nuncio to northern and southern Italy, to Sicily,
and other countries, to preach against the enemies of the Church.
The last five years of his active life were devoted
to missionary labors in Germany. Emperor Frederick III begged the Holy Father
in 1451 to send the renowned missionary to him to put a check on the
scandalous advances of the heretical Hussites. John wended his way through
Carinthia and Styria to Vienna. From there his progress led him to Bohemia,
Moravia, Silesia, Bavaria, and Thuringia; and then back again to Poland,
Transylvania, and Russia. The most astonishing miracles confirmed his words.
He cured innumerable sick persons, raised dead people to life again, and with
only his mantle spread upon the waters, crossed rivers with several
companions. Seeing these prodigies, some of the most obdurate heretics were
converted, and hundreds of young people asked for admission into the
During his mission against the enemies of the
Church at home, great dangers arose abroad, threatening Christendom itself.
Mohammed II had captured Constantinople in 1453, and was determined to force
all Christians in the West to submit to Mohammedanism. His first objective at
this time was Germany. He had already reached Hungary and was advancing on the
fortress of Belgrade. There seemed to be little chance of saving it; the only
hope of salvation seemed to lie in the hands of Capistran. He would lave to
rouse the princes and the people to a crusade against the Turks. Pope
Callistus III proclaimed the crusade and appointed Capistran to preach
Although he was now 70 years of age, and so reduced
by labor and austerity that he seemed to be nothing but skin and bone, the
saint rushed, like the flying messenger of Christ that he was, about Germany
and Hungary, summoning volunteers for the war against the enemy of the
Christian name. With the troops he had assembled, he then hastened to Belgrade
to aid the gallant warrior Hunyady.
An army of several thousand Turks was encamped
before the fortress, but Capistran did not allow that to frighten him. Filled
with confidence in the holy name of Jesus, which was given the soldiers as
their standard, and holding aloft the cross with the banner on which was
inscribed the holy name, while frequently calling on the holy name with a loud
voice, he led the troops against the enemies, who were at least ten times
stronger than the Christians. But the power of the Lord of Hosts and the
efficacy of the holy name were to be marvelously manifested. More Turks were
slain in the attack by the enthusiastic warriors of Christ than the number of
the Christian soldiers, and the rest fled in panic. Once more Christian Europe
was saved.
This glorious victory on the feast of St. Mary
Magdalen in 1456 was destined to be the crown of John's activities. He fell
ill soon afterwards, and died in the Franciscan convent of Illok in Hungary on
October 23rd. Glorified by God after his death with numerous miracles, he was
canonized by Pope Alexander VIII in 1690.
THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN IS WARFARE1. As St.
Capistran fought for the Church of Christ, so must every Christian fight for
his soul. Christ Himself has said: "I came not to send peace but the sword"
(Matt 10:34). With the sword of Christ, that is, with His doctrine and His
means of grace, as well as with His merits and His promises, we must do battle
against the world and not let it attract us with its allurements. "Know you
not, says St. James (4:4), "that the friendship of this world is the enemy of
God?" Hence, keep on your guard against the children of this world. Thank God,
inasmuch as He keeps you from mingling with this wicked world, even if it be
through suffering and affliction. "We are chastised by the Lord, that we be
not condemned with this world" (1 Cor 11:32). -- What are your sentiments
concerning the world?2. Consider that even though we may have withdrawn
ourselves from the world, we shall still have enemies. "A man's enemies, "
says Christ, "shall be they of his own household" (Matt 10:36). At times our
own relatives stand in the way of our salvation and perfection with selfish
interests. Hence our Lord adds: "He who loves father or mother more than Me,
is not worthy of Me" (Matt 10:37). This may seem a hard saying to some, but it
is God's word. In reality, we are our own worst enemy. Self-love, vanity, and
sensuality seek to destroy our soul, that they may have their gratification.
That is the tinder supplied by original sin; it came from hell and leads to
hell. "If you live according to the flesh, you shall die" (Rom 8:13). Hence,
die now to your inordinate desires so that you may not die the eternal
death.3. Consider that the devil, who led our first parents to commit sin,
continues to assail the human race. "Our wrestling is not against flesh and
blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world
of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places" (Eph
6:12). As invisible as the air that surrounds us, the wicked enemy struggles
against us. Sometimes he incites wicked persons against us, sometimes he stirs
up the passions in our hearts: revenge, impatience, pride, avarice, impurity.
Let us then, "take the shield of faith," remembering whither sin leads, and
"take the helmet of salvation" in the hope of eternal bliss, which the true
soldier of Christ looks forward to, and draw "the sword of the spirit, by all
prayer and supplication" (Eph 6:16-18). -- With the battle-cry of St.
Capistran, "Jesus and Mary!" you, too, can rout the enemy and win the
PRAYER OF THE CHURCHO God, who didst
marvelously exalt Thy Church through the merits and teachings of St. John, and
through him didst lead the faithful to triumph over the faithless tyrants by
the power of the most holy name of Jesus; grant, we beseech Thee, that through
his intercession, we may obtain the victory over our enemies here upon earth,
and merit to receive with him the reward in heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
The Franciscan Book
of Saints, ed. by
Marion Habig, ofm., © 1959 Franciscan Herald


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The click clique: Online shoppers get ready for Cyber Monday
Quick, minimize that online shopping cart — your boss is coming.
Online retailers have dubbed the Monday after Thanksgiving "Cyber Monday" in honor of the uptick in online shopping from holiday gift-givers, and they consider it the beginning of the online holiday season.
About 38 percent of Americans will shop online for holiday gifts this year, and nearly 55 percent of office workers with Internet access will shop online at work, according to the New York-based research group The Conference Board and the National Retail Federation.
In Naples, the independent bookstore Bigkatts The Book Trader already has noticed the increase in online holiday sales, co-owner Chris Kobzina said. She and her husband, Bob, got 37 online book orders Friday, she said.
The shop, on Airport-Pulling Road, ships about 80 to 100 books a day this time of year and about 30 percent of the bookstore's profits come from online sales at eBay.com, Amazon.com and Half.com, Kobzina said.
"A lot of people don't want to go to the stores ... or there are a lot of people who are working more than one job at this time, so they don't have time," she said. "... Online you don't have to be standing outside Penneys at 4 a.m. ... and you don't have to pay $3.39 for gas for your car, either."
Shop.org, an online retailer organization, coined the term Cyber Monday in 2005 to draw attention to online shopping and the uptick in online shoppers in November and December.
This year, just over 70 percent of online retailers are planning Cyber Monday sales, according to Shop.org and the National Retail Federation, up from just over 40 percent two years ago.
Those deals include e-mail campaigns, deals, one-day sales and free shipping.
"(eBay, PayPal and Shopping.com) see a really healthy spike in shopping on Cyber Monday," said Jim Griffith, spokesman for the companies, which are all owned by eBay.
But the second Saturday in December is the biggest online shopping day of the year, for revenue and consumer traffic, he said.
And, of course, there is a name for what follows the weekend, too: Green Monday.
Mondays are particularly busy because shoppers traditionally go to the mall on the weekends and then go online to finish off their shopping lists, he said.
"It's the day after the traditional running around like a chicken with your head cut off mall day," he said.
Online shopping accounts for about 10 to 15 percent of Gloria Kovacs' business at The Name Game gift shop on Fifth Avenue South in Naples, she said.
"I think a lot more people shop online than they used to. A lot of people at first were concerned about giving personal information online ... but there's been a tremendous improvement in the security," she said.
It reaches people across the country, and allows her to continue to serve customers who may have moved away or are seasonal residents, she said.
Chris Kobzina at Bigkatts The Book Trader agreed.
"It allows you to address a wider market than our currently semi-depressed area," she said. "... When you're using Amazon or another online store you have a store that's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
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The Magazine
They Took the Pledge
Whatever became of the term-limiters of '94?
Feb 9, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 21 • By KATHERINE MANGU-WARD
One of Coburn's closest allies in Congress was Mark Sanford, now firmly ensconced outside the Beltway as the governor of South Carolina. Though united by their disdain for the ceremony and self-importance of Washington legislators, Coburn and Sanford reminisce fondly about their amendment spree on the 1999 agriculture appropriations bill. Coburn devotes a whole chapter in his book to his effort to eliminate pork by using the House equivalent of a filibuster. Sanford, through a slight haze of nostalgia, remembers the 115 amendments Coburn offered as "nearly 200." But this is perhaps forgivable. Both men were in their last term. They were more or less indifferent to what the leadership thought of them. They were simply, says Sanford, trying to "keep the R in Republican." Or as Coburn prefers to put it, "to keep our commitment to the American people." They say they "felt free" for those two years.
One of the hobbyhorses of the term-limiters is the sticking power of incumbents. Jacob laments that "you can break a pledge, set buildings on fire, do all kinds of terrible things, and still keep your seat." George Radanovich of California recently announced that he would run again, despite a 10-year pledge. And George Nethercutt of Washington--who has long since missed the deadline he set for himself--is living proof that it takes more than a broken term-limit pledge to get booted from a safe seat.
Sanford, warming to the subject, says, "Someone told me the other day that the turnover rate in Congress is less than in the Soviet Duma!" Then he catches himself and sighs, "I don't know if that's true, but I certainly could believe it."
When asked about what might have been, the former congressmen repeat that they have no regrets. They say that the Republican revolution might not have happened if they hadn't won the races where term limits were a divisive issue.
But perhaps more tellingly, they also doubt whether the class of '94 could have carried on being revolutionaries. Human nature being what it is, they say, the old axiom about power corrupting holds true. And while human nature never changes, people do. "If the class of '94 were still in Congress," asks Sanford, "would it still be the class of '94?"
Katherine Mangu-Ward is a reporter at The Weekly Standard.


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Board of Contract Appeals General Services Administration Washington, D.C. 20405 _____________________________________________________ MOTION FOR SUMMARY RELIEF GRANTED: May 16, 2005 _____________________________________________________ GSBCA 16321-COM INTEGRAL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Respondent. Richard D. Lieberman and Karen R. O'Brien of McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., Washington, DC; and Albert Alderete, General Counsel of Integral Systems, Inc., Lanham, MD, counsel for Appellant. Mark Langstein, Terry Hart Lee, Richard S. Brown, and Kenneth A. Lechter, Contract Law Division, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent. Before Board Judges DANIELS (Chairman), NEILL, and DeGRAFF. DeGRAFF, Board Judge. Pending is respondent's motion for summary relief. We grant the motion, which disposes of part of the appeal. GSBCA 16321-COM 2 Background 1 On March 19, 1998, the Department of Commerce awarded a contract for the Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite Backup Acquisition, Command, and Control Station (GBACCS) to Integral Systems, Inc. (ISI). The contract contained thirty contract line item numbers (CLINs), including CLINs 29 and 30, which were for two option years of station on-call support. Exhibit 1. On December 8, 2000, ISI's project manager and Commerce's contracting officer's technical representative signed a document acknowledging final acceptance testing had been completed and Commerce accepted the systems required by the GBACCS contract. Exhibit 30. For the first year after acceptance, station on-call support was to be provided by CLIN 28, which was not an option CLIN. The period of performance of option CLIN 29 was to be the year following the performance of CLIN 28, and the period of performance of option CLIN 30 was to be the year following the performance of option CLIN 29. Exhibit 1. Section I.5 of the contract is headed, "Option to Extend the Term of the Contract," and reads, in part, as follows: The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 60 DAYS; provided, that the Government shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. Exhibit 1. In a letter dated September 12, 2002, the contracting officer told ISI, "You are hereby notified that Option Items 29 and 30, for Station On Call Support, will not be exercised by the Government." Exhibit 7. 1 The following facts were contained in the uncontested facts put forward by appellant when it filed its March 18, 2005 motion for summary relief and incorporated by respondent into its motion for summary relief, and were contained in the uncontested facts put forward by respondent when it filed its motion for summary relief. Cited exhibits are contained in the appeal file. GSBCA 16321-COM 3 Discussion In its motion for summary relief, Commerce says it never exercised option CLINs 29 and 30 because it never sent ISI the written notice required to be sent by contract section I.5 in order to exercise an option. In opposition to the motion, ISI acknowledges Commerce did not "formally" exercise the option CLINs. Appellant's Opposition to Government Motion for Summary Judgment at 8. However, ISI argues, Commerce exercised the option CLINs by asking ISI to perform work in February, March, April, June, and July 2002. ISI says Commerce wanted this work done "under the two option CLINs," which shows Commerce "constructively" exercised the option CLINs. Id. at 6. Summary relief is appropriately granted when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is clearly entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 247 (1986); Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986); US Ecology, Inc. v. United States, 245 F.3d 1352, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2001); Olympus Corp. v. United States, 98 F.3d 1314, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 1996). A fact is material if it will affect our decision, and an issue is genuine if enough evidence exists so the fact could reasonably be decided in favor of the non-movant at a hearing. John A. Glasure v. General Services Administration, GSBCA 16046, 03-2 BCA ¶ 32,284 (citing Celotex Corp.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574 (1986)). Regarding the argument set out in Commerce's pending motion for summary relief, there are no material facts in dispute and Commerce is entitled to relief as a matter of law. An option clause does not obligate the Government to exercise an option. The clause simply gives the Government the discretion to decide whether to exercise an option and unless the contract says otherwise, the Government's discretion is nearly complete. Government Systems Advisors, Inc. v. United States, 847 F.2d 811 (Fed. Cir. 1988); LaSalle Partners v. United States, 48 Fed. Cl. 797 (2001); Aspen Helicopters, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, GSBCA 13258-COM, 99-2 BCA ¶ 30,581, aff'd, 243 F.3d 561 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (table); Mid-Eastern Industries, Inc., ASBCA 53015, 01-2 BCA ¶ 31,471. In addition, "the Government must exercise the option in exact accord with the terms of the contract." Freightliner Corp. v. Caldera, 225 F.3d 1361, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2000). The exercise of an option, "to be effectual, must be unqualified, absolute, unconditional, unequivocal, unambiguous, positive, without reservation, and [strictly] according to the terms or conditions of the option." Civic Plaza National Bank v. First National Bank in Dallas, 401 F.2d 193, 197 (8th Cir. 1968); Holly Corp., ASBCA 24975, 83-1 BCA ¶ 16,327. GSBCA 16321-COM 4 The terms of the contract between ISI and Commerce unambiguously required Commerce to provide ISI with written notice in order to extend the term of the contract to include the optional years of on-call support, and Commerce never provided ISI with any such written notice. Although ISI asserts Commerce "constructively" exercised the options, we have been unable to find any legal authority to support ISI's position that the Government can exercise an option by doing something other than strictly complying with the terms of the contract which created the option. Because the contract required Commerce to provide ISI with written notice in order to extend the term of the contract to include CLINs 29 and 30, and because Commerce never provided ISI with any such notice, Commerce did not exercise option CLINs 29 and 30 and Commerce's motion for summary relief is granted. Granting Commerce's motion does not dispose of the entire appeal, however. In its complaint, ISI asked for an award of $324,728, which is the sum of the amounts set out in the contract, as awarded, for CLINs 29 and 30. ISI put forward four theories of relief. First, it alleged Commerce constructively exercised the options for CLINs 29 and 30. By granting Commerce's motion for summary relief, we reject this argument. Second, it alleged Commerce entered into an implied in fact contract with ISI for the work covered by CLINs 29 and 30. Third, it alleged Commerce constructively changed the GBACCS contract by requiring the work covered by CLINs 29 and 30. Fourth, it alleged Commerce treated the GBACCS contract as part of one single fixed price effort including CLINs 29 and 30. This fourth argument was the subject of ISI's March 18, 2005 motion for summary relief, which we denied on April 14, 2005. Because Commerce's motion does not address all of ISI's theories of relief, granting the motion does not dispose of the entire appeal. Decision Commerce's motion for summary relief is GRANTED, which disposes of ISI's first theory of relief. __________________________________ MARTHA H. DeGRAFF Board Judge GSBCA 16321-COM 5 We concur: _________________________________ __________________________________ STEPHEN M. DANIELS EDWIN B. NEILL Board Judge Board Judge
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A programmable element that has a first diode having an electrode and a first insulator disposed between the substrate and said electrode of said first device, said first insulator having a first value of a given characteristic, and an FET having an electrode and a second insulator disposed between the substrate and said electrode of said second device, said second insulator having a second value of said given characteristic that is different from said first value. The electrodes of the diode and the FET are coupled to one another, and a source of programming energy is coupled to the diode to cause it to permanently decrease in resistivity when programmed. The programmed state of the diode is indicated by a current in the FET, which is read by a sense latch. Thus a small resistance change in the diode translates to a large signal gain/change in the latch. This allows the diode to be programmed at lower voltages.
1. A method of forming an integrated antifuse circuit having one programmable element and one FET semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
forming the programmable element horizontally directed on a substrate having a first electrode and an insulator disposed between the substrate and said first electrode, said insulator having a first value of a given parameter to provide a low breakdown voltage:
forming horizontally directed the FET semiconductor device next to the programmable element on the substrate having a second electrode and the insulator disposed between the substrate and said second electrode, said insulator having a second value of said given parameter that is different from said first value to provide a high breakdown voltage;
said programmable element and FET device are formed by forming a first dielectric for both the FET device and the programmable element on the substrate;
masking areas on the substrate where either programmable element or FET device is to be formed, so as to expose a portion of said insulator where either the selected programmable element or FET device is to be formed such that the both the programmable element and the FET device are self-aligned with the first dielectric and the insulator;
coupling said electrodes of said programmable element and FET device to one another; and
coupling a source of programming energy to the programmable element.
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/652,534 filed Aug. 29, 2003 which is now U.S. Pat. No. 7,098,083 that was a division of application Ser. No. 10/064,375, filed Jul. 8, 2002 which is now U.S. Pat. No. 6,753,590.
1. Technical Field
The invention relates generally to semiconductor integrated circuits, and more particularly to antifuse elements.
2. Background Art
In the field of semiconductor integrated circuits, it is generally known to construct fuse elements that can be programmed (either optically or electrically) to provide an electrical open circuit in a link that normally provides a conductive path when activated. Such elements are used for example to set a sequence of address bits for a redundant line of memory cells, or to set product information that is subsequently read when a system is first powered up.
It is also known to provide an "antifuse," which is a programmable element that provides a selective short circuit. This is typically done by providing a stimulus that decreases the resistance of a programmed element. See for example U.S. Pat. No. 5,242,851, "Programmable Interconnect Device and Method of Manufacturing Same," which teaches the use of a line of intrinsic polysilicon that decreases in resistance from 10G ohms to 500 to 100 ohms when programmed. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,557,136, "Programmable Interconnect Structures and Programmable Integrated Circuits," two titanium-tungsten layers are separated by amorphous silicon, which breaks down during programming to form a conductive filament where it is thinned. Selective silicide formation as an antifuse is taught in U.S. Pat. No. 6,051,851, "Semiconductor Devices utilizing Silicide Reaction." Conductor-filled vias as a programming element are taught in Re. 36,893, "Anti-Fuse Structure For Reducing Contamination of the Anti-Fuse Material."
A particular type of antifuse that has been used more recently is the "insulator antifuse," in which reliance is placed on dielectric breakdown of an insulator between conductors to provide the decreased resistance. U.S. Pat. No. 5,909,049, "Antifuse Programmed PROM Cell," discloses a composite insulator of oxide, oxide-nitride, oxide (or O—N—O) that breaks down at an applied voltage of 10-18 volts to program the cell by melting the silicon below the insulator. U.S. Pat. No. 6,020,777, "Electrically Programmable Antifuse Circuit," teaches a MOS capacitor that is programmed by Fowler-Nordheim tunneling current when the applied voltage is 2� Vdd.
All of the above teachings rely on high programming voltages or currents to substantially alter the physical or electrical properties of the programmed element. With increasing device integration, applying these high stresses to elements to be programmed increases the possibilities of damaging non-programmed circuit elements. For example, a programming voltage of 18 volts will impart electrical fields that will damage other integrated circuit elements in adjacent circuits. At the same time, it is important for the antifuse to undergo a large resistance change so that it can be reliably sensed.
Accordingly, a need has developed in the art for antifuses that can be programmed at lower applied programming energies, while still creating an indication of its programmed state.
It is thus an object of the present invention to provide antifuses that can be programmed at voltages and currents that reduce the possibility of damaging non-programmed circuit elements.
It is another aspect of the invention to provide antifuses that can be programmed at such lower applied energies while still being reliably sensed.
In a first aspect, the invention is a programmable element that has a first device having a first electrode and a first insulator disposed between the substrate and said electrode, said first insulator having a first value of a given parameter, and a second device having a second electrode and a second insulator disposed between the substrate and said second electrode, said second insulator having a second value of said given parameter that is different from said first value. The first and second electrodes are coupled to one another, and a source of programming energy is coupled to the first device to cause it to permanently decrease in resistivity when programmed. The programmed state of the first device is indicated by a conductive state of the second device.
In another aspect, the invention is a programmable element, comprising a programming device comprised of a first integrated circuit element having a first dielectric breakdown voltage and a gain device comprised of a second integrated circuit element having a second dielectric breakdown voltage higher than said first dielectric breakdown voltage, said first and second integrated circuit elements each having at least one electrode, said electrodes being electrically coupled together and to a source of programming energy, said second integrated circuit element conducting current when the first integrated circuit element has been programmed.
In a third aspect, the invention is a method of forming an integrated circuit including a programmable element, comprising the steps of forming a first device on a substrate having a first electrode and a first insulator disposed between the substrate and said first electrode, the first insulator having a first value of a given parameter; forming a second device on a substrate having a second electrode and a second insulator disposed between the substrate and the second electrode, the second insulator having a second value of the given parameter that is different from the first value; coupling the first and second electrodes to one another; and coupling a source of programming energy to the first device.
The foregoing and other features of the invention will become more apparent upon review of the detailed description of the invention as rendered below. In the description to follow, reference will be made to the several figures of the accompanying Drawing, in which:
In the invention, the programming energy is decreased by making the fuse elements more susceptible to programming than the other devices on the chip. As such, the programming element can be programmed at the normal chip supply voltage (e.g., Vdd). The invention utilizes a latch that can sense small changes in resistance, such that the "result" of a large resistance change can be achieved without actually producing a large resistance change.
In the invention the dielectric 14A is intentionally fabricated to have a lower breakdown voltage than a normal FET gate dielectric (14B). In practice, the differential in breakdown voltage should be such that upon application of a source voltage Vdd the dielectric 14A breaks down without dielectric 14B breaking down. This result can be achieved in several ways. One way is by thickness; the dielectric 14A is thinner (15-25 angstroms in thickness, in a 0.13 micron CMOS technology) than the dielectric 14B (30-50 angstroms in thickness, in that same technology). These measurements are given in terms of a technology generation for the simple reason that as technologies scale below 0.13 microns, gate dielectrics will become even thinner; in general the 2:1 ratio in respective thicknesses should be maintained, although that differential may decrease with decreasing channel lengths. A feature of the invention is its scalability; because the devices are programmed at the supply voltage, they scale with supply voltage and hence scale with the technology.
In addition to varying the respective thicknesses of the dielectrics, this differential in breakdown voltage can be achieved by implanting the "weaker" dielectric with ions (such as cesium) that physically damage the film to make it less dense, so as to make it more susceptible to breakdown. Another way would be to implant the dielectric with conductive ions to reduce its insulative value. Or multiple implants could be carried out to achieve both physical damage and conductivity increase. Yet another way would be to provide dopant regions above and/below the dielectric. For example, heavy N+ ions placed above and/or below the dielectric will enhance the programming field to reduce its insulative value.
Of these, the option of introducing a variable thickness is most attractive and is thus preferred, simply because it can be best controlled and reproduced in a volume manufacturing environment.
An embodiment for manufacturing the antifuse of the invention will now be described with reference to
In a first alternate embodiment of the method of the invention, as shown in
In a second alternate embodiment of the method of the invention, as shown in
In addition to the techniques set forth above, by which oxidations are carried out under normal conditions such that the oxide for the different dielectrics grows at the same rate, this differential in thickness could be provided by carrying out an implants to either retard or enhance oxide growth rates. For example, by implanting a species such as nitrogen prior to gate oxidation, one can alter the oxide thickness in the implanted region to be by 20 to 70 percent thinner than a region not implanted with nitrogen. This is a direct result of retarding the oxidation growth rate. Or, one could enhance the oxidation rate of area 14B relative to 14A by using an oxygen implant in 14B (while masking 14A). Subsequent oxidation would result in a thicker oxide in region 14B relative to 14A.
Then as shown in
Implants can now be performed into the polysilicon, either masked or unmasked (masked is preferred, for control reasons). This process facilitates custom implants to the polysilicon electrodes without affecting the source/drain regions or other portions of the silicon, since they are protected by nitride 22. Implant 1 to the fuse element will be a phosphorous or arsenic implant with a concentration ranging between approximately 5�10 e 15 per cm2 (5E15/cm2) and 5E16/cm2, and Implant 2 to the FET gate will be a conventional source/drain implant at a lower concentration than Implant 1. This will locally enhance the applied electric field for the fuse dielectric relative to the dielectric for the FET, enhancing the differential between the two at a given applied gate bias. Note that in general the implants can be of the same dopant and dopant type, or they may be different.
Note that the implant to form region 20A is masked from all other diffusion implants, and only opened in the region of 16A. The resultant is shown in
As will be described in more detail below, when programmed, the antifuse element 200 drives the gate of the read transistor 31, such that the read device off-state (no Ids current) is defined as an un-programmed fuse, and a read device on-state (Ids current flow) is defined as a programmed device. Note that transistor 31 could also be configured as a NFET device, having the property of normally being on (un-programmed state), and off for a programmed device.
The operation of the antifuse circuit 300 will now be described relative to
A) Read un-programmed fuse:
1) Pulse fuse plate 24 to Vp=V1 (normal read voltage. This may in fact be "ground").
2) Current source 35 is enabled, charges gate of fuse latch input PFET 31.
3) Fuse read device 31 pulsed to V2, and held for the rest of the cycle.
Result: Fuse gates 16A, 16A1, 16A2 are charged, forcing the PFET 31 to an off state (i.e., a bypass path through the anti-fuse 200 does not exist in the un-programmed state).
4) Fuse Latch remains in this initialized state.
B) Program Fuse:
1) Pulse fuse plate 24 to Vp=Vdd. Note that the fuse program level for the thin dielectric is the conventional supply voltage Vdd, which is 1.5-2 volts in a 0.13 technology.
2) Transistor 36 is turned off, such that the input 26 to the fuse elements is floating.
Result: The fuse read device 31 and the current source device 36 do not break down. The Vdd voltage on diffusion 20A causes the gate oxide beneath one or more of the gates 16A, 16A1, 16A2 of the antifuse 200 to break down, producing a low resistance path at the inputs 28A-28C to the antifuse 200. Note that during this time transistor 31 is turned on, causing latch 33 to change state. Thus, a feature of the invention is that programming can be monitored by monitoring the state of latch 33 during program time; if latch 33 changes state, the antifuse element 200 was properly programmed.
In the above description, fuse read transistor 31 operates as a switch where a programmed or unprogrammed fuse modulates the gate overdrive enough to turn on or cut off transistor 31 completely. In an alternate embodiment, read transistor 31 can be biased as an amplifier with a first source-drain current dependent on an unprogrammed fuse impedance, and a second source-drain current resulting from a change in fuse resistance after programming. With read transistor 31 biased as an amplifier, fuse state can be read as a change in voltage on, or a change in current through, its drain.
As set forth above, the antifuse of the invention relies on low programming voltages to set the state of the fuse, due to gate doping and selective gate oxide degradation. An antifuse circuit has been taught that sets a latch as a function of the state of a transistor that operates as a switch or an amplifier, such that the programmed state can be reliably read independent of the actual fuse programmed resistance.
While the invention has been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the spirit and scope of the invention is not limited thereby. Rather, various modifications may be made to the invention as described above without departing from the overall scope of the invention as described above and as set forth in the several claims appended hereto.
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Relaxing Drive
There are many great videos of Highway driving in Tokyo which remind you of Ridge Racer. Here is a nice peaceful drive in the countryside at dusk which reminds of heading out to golf in the evening to be ready early for the next days play.
It also reminds me I need to get the video camera out and do some driving.
Car Parks from Kingofpunk on Vimeo.
From Mos Burger to Tengetsu Restaurant with a Nikon D90 with a 18-105 mm
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You can see the whole selection of kingofpunk videos on vimeo.
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Ridge Racer sure seems to be apopular theme for music to drive with. Danny Choo is always listening to Ridge Racer when he's out driving. Never played the game, but my son played it often when he was younger. You'll have to have Rilakkuma hold the camera while you drive. Don't want to get stopped by one of those Japanese motorcycle cops, like the one in your previous picture posts.
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what a nice video. I love the music. By any chance, do you know the name (artist and song title) of the music in this video. I really love it. Ridge Racer really seems popular and the sound suits those time lapse movies 😀
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let $(a_{j})$ be a sequence in $l^{2}$ and $(b_{j}^{n})$ be a sequence of sequences in $l^{2}$ such that $(a_{j}b_{j}^{n})$ is an $l^{2}$ sequence for each $n$. Suppose further that $(b_{j}^{n})$ converges to a sequence $(b_{j})$ in $l^{2}$ and also that $(a_{j}b_{j}^{n})$ converges in $l^{2}$. I would like to prove that $(a_{j}b_{j}^{n})$ actually converges to $(a_{j}b_{j})$. This is what I have done:
$$ \sum\limits_{j=1}^{\infty}| a_{j}b_{j} - a_{j}b_{j}^{n} |^{2} = \sum|a_{j}|^{2}|b_{j}-b_{j}^{n}|^{2} \le \sqrt{\sum |a_{j}|^{4}}\sqrt{\sum_{j=1}|b_{j}-b_{j}^{n}|^{4}}$$
where the last inequality follows by Cauchy-Schwartz inequality applied to the sequences $|a_{j}|^{2}$ and $|b_{j}-b_{j}^{n}|^{2}$ and using the fact that $l^{2} \supseteq l^{4}$.
Now as $(b_{j}^{n})$ converges to $(b_{j})$ we can make this term as small as we like.
However, I am not sure whether I am correct in all this analysis. Please point out the mistakes if any in the above.
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I don't know if I eat candy for emotional or hormonal reasons,don't know. I just know I will sit and eat half a bag of candy without even realizing it or unable to stop. Besides the candy, I don't eat healthy but I'm trying to get better with this. Chex or Fruity Pebbles in the morning;veggies,baked beans or sandwich in the afternoon with dinner similiar to lunch.
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Long time contributor Chris Del Plato reacted to my challenge
One of our long time contributors returned to me on the "link challenge".
Now you've asked for it... ;-)
Competely agree with your inclusion of Hans' page (of course) and Sexyloops (which I think is super and would have suggested had you not listed it).
Some others to check out:
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Chris, your list contained a couple more of my personal favorites, which are the excellent Swedish site Rackelhanen and FishBase. I also know Shmookler and Sils' page which extends their fantastic Rare and Unusual books.
The rest I know by name or reputation and might even have visited a time or two, but I would not claim knowledge of their content let alone call myself a regular visitor.
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How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching, learning and social practices that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege and access across different contexts? At this millennial point in history, questions of cynicism, despair and hope arise at...
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This was intended to be a sweet little prewar column about an artist I
admire, Rosanne Cash.
The thirteen self-declared "citizen weapons
inspectors" marching down a rain-swept road just
outside Baltimore knew they weren't going to be
allowed inside the US military's Aberdeen Proving
Who's the hack? I nominate The New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg.
He's the new Remington, though without the artistic talent.
Jonathan Schell, who last week compellingly argued "The Case Against the War" in these pages, this week assesses the power and meaning of the global antiwar demonstrations.
So this is what it feels like to be in the political mainstream.
So how do we resist "Empire"? The good news is that we're not doing too
badly. There have been major victories. Here in Latin America you have
had so many--in Bolivia, you have Cochabamba.
Optimism and antiwar fervor were both in evidence at the World Social Forum.
A clever new wave of feminist antiwar activism manages to avoid old clichés.
Although the Bush Administration acts as if the war train has already
left the station, the antiwar forces continue to grow, and they are
mobilizing in large numbers for a worldwide protest on
With up to 200,000 American and British combat troops already stationed
in or on their way to the Persian Gulf area, war with Iraq looks
increasingly imminent.


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1) Install this application on your Android phone!
2) Install the Tether software on your PC. If your PC currently has an internet connection, you can download it here:
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If your PC does NOT have an internet connection at the moment, start Tether for Android and use the Help button to easily download the PC software to your phone. You can then copy it to your PC and install!
Windows users will also need to install the USB/ADB driver for their phone. Tether's setup process will assist you through that step by step, or you can use the link below!
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HotSpot Tethering Free/WiFi AP
Some models are using the Android user interface comes, while you want to turn on WiFi hotspot, it takes several steps to go deeper network settings to turn on or turn off sharing features. This app helps you step directly into the tethering settings page, even toggle hotspot for saving your valuable time.
* Program Features
1. Easy to use
2. Allow the App to SD
3. You can create a desktop shortcut, click the shortcut directly into the settings page of network sharing
4.Can be displayed on the notification bar and Operation, and toggle hotspot
5. FAQ unit lets you easily know the mobile WiFi hotspots related concepts
6. Do not be evil: it never collects your personal privacy, nor show ads outside of its screen, please use at ease
* Future plans will add the following functionality (yet):
1. additional widget directly open or close hotspot
2. Scheduling function
!!! Other related functions in succession planning, so stay tuned !!!
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Tethering Shortcut
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** This application is a just ONLY shortcut menu. If your device DOES NOT SUPPORT Mobile AP (Wi-Fi hotspot) and USB tethering, the menu DOES NOT WORK.
** SC-02B, SC-01C: Mobile AP and USB tethering is disabled by default.
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USB Tether
The widget is active when the app is running and USB is connected.
In version 1.1 added data transfer rate.
In version 1.2 added data transfer rate widget.
In version 2.0 change style to material.
In version 2.1 change application layout and add network information.
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Wifi Tether Toggle
*This app does not provide tethering, it only turns on your existing tethering option.
*Does not require root.
Tethering Toggler
- One touch app with the simplest way.
- Tethering Toggler is a free tethering app for all tethering solutions.
- This application is a shortcut to Mobile AP (Wi-Fi hotspot), USB and Bluetooth Tethering..
- Compatibility: All mobiles having Android 2.2 and above.
- This application is just ONLY a shortcut. If your device DOES NOT SUPPORT Mobile AP (Wi-Fi hotspot) or USB or Bluetooth tethering, this application WILL NOT WORK.
SwitchPro Widget
★ Do not install on SD card.
★ I can't sort and delete the button when creating widget.
In the top of the preview window, click the button to delete, press and hold the button to sort.
★ Can not uninstall?
Please deactivate "Settings"->"Security"->"Device administration" before uninstalling.
Supported Toggle Actions:
• Wi-Fi
• Data Connection
• Bluetooth
• Brightness
• Auto-sync
• Auto-Rotate
• Screen Always On
• Airplane Mode
• Scan Media
• Vibration/Silent
• Battery
• Flashlight
• Unlock Pattern
• Reboot
• Speaker Mode
• Auto-Screen Lock
• 4G Toggle
• Mount SD
• Wi-Fi Hotspot
• USB Tether
• Bluetooth Tether
• Lock Screen
• Wi-Fi Sleep Policy
• Volume
• Task Manager
• Memory usage
• Storage usage
• NFC Toggle
WiFi Widget
The widget will show the name of your WiFi router (SSID) including the connection status of your WiFi and the link speed.
When the bottom edge colour of the widget shows:
RED - It means that your WiFi is switched OFF (WiFi mode disabled on your phone)
BLUE - It means that it's switched ON (this state could either mean "ON and connected" to a hotspot OR "ON and waiting" for a connection).
Please note that this is a widget and NOT an application, so you will not see it listed on your application list (app drawer).
After you have installed this widget from the Google Play store, you will need to navigate to your widget list in order to place it on your home screen.
To turn the WiFi on/off - Press on the circular section of the widget (on the LEFT half , where the signal strength graphic is shown)
To quickly navigate to the phone's WiFi menu (to see a list of WiFi hotspots) - Press anywhere on the text located on the RIGHT half.
As you can expect, we cannot test this widget on every available Android phone out in the market, so we can guarantee normal functionality only on the devices listed below mostly running on Gingerbread and JellyBean versions. Please do feel free to try this on other devices and give us your feedback if you have any issue so it will help us improve this further and support more devices.
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HTC One
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Motorolla Xoom
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Galaxy S2
Samsung Galaxy S3
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Sharp AQUOS SH80F
Sharp AQUOS Zeta
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Power Toggles
Note: Many toggle (GPRS, NFC, AirplaneMode...) are not working on Lollipop even with root. This is a known issue. I am still looking for a fix.
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**Call phone permission is required for adding direct call shortcuts on the widget.
Contains 40+ toggles including
Mobile Data (3G/4G)
Bluetooth (toggle, discovery and tether),
Custom application shortcut
Custom system shortcuts
And many more...
Supports homescreen widgets and notification widget. Also supports expandable notification widget on Jelly Beans and above.
Lockscreen widgets on android 4.2+
Many customization options like changing color theme and icons for individual toggles.
Backup and share widget settings from the widget configure screen (Menu > Import / Export) as well as various themes for multi-icon toggles and battery toggle.
android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER: Required for running root commands. No effect on non-rooted phones. Users will still get the prompt asking for permission when running root command. http://m.powertoggles.com/help.php?e=26
android.permission.CAMERA: Required for the flashlight to work.
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW: required to display a toggle choice popup when using notification widget (Only on gingerbread)
Note: on gingerbread, direct notification toggle is not possible. The clicking the notification widget, it displays a popup to choose an action.
Feel free to suggest more toggle button ideas.
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It is difficult for me to reply to each email individually, some of the emails may get lost in the huge list of unread mails. If you do not get a reply within a week, ping me again.
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A small Widget that gives control of the screen brightness and the sound volume directly from your home screen. You can easily manage those with the widget's slider or your hardware buttons. With a double click, you can also use the buttons to toggle. Slider Widget shows 6 Categories (e.g brightness or ring volume), which you can choose from 7 categories (more below). You can also change the order of the categories displayed in Slider Widget.
Slider Widget is - primary - a Widget. So you have to add it to your home screen.
✓ Displays brightness and volumes
✓ Control screen brightness
・ or set auto brightness (on/off)
✓ Control volumes
・ ringtone
・ media
・ notification
・ alarm
・ system
・ voice call
✓ 3 input options
・ change values with the slider
・ change values with hardware (up/down - buttons)
・ use buttons with double clicking to toggle (BETA)
✓ 4 widget sizes: 1x1, 2x1, 3x1 and 4x1
✓ Position of the slider can be changed (all 4 directions)
✓ Color theme can be changed
・ green
・ ICS blue
・ yellow
・ red
・ orange
・ white
・ black
・ transparent background (on/off)
✓ Categories to show in the widget and their order can be set
✓ Indicator shows if notification and ring volumes are connected // not with honeycomb and ics
✓ more Settings like
・ notification uses ring volume (on/off) // not with honeycomb and ics
・ play confirmation sound if volume changes (on/off)
・ toggle function can be de-/activated for each category
・ ...
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Slider Widget needs the following permissions
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INTERNET - to report bugs
VIBRATE - to vibrate if going into vibration mode
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NOTICE!: There is a - systemwide - Bug on some ICS devices that widgets aren't shown in the widget section after their installation. After a force close of the launcher or a reboot the widget should be shown. Sorry for that.
Gauge Battery Widget 2015
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- small, medium and large versions with high quality graphics
- battery percent in widget (shows percentage of battery life left)
- battery status in status bar (can be turned off!)
- configurable battery widget color options
- customize look of the widget (colors)
- shows temperature and voltage in status bar
- experimental support for Motorola 1% (one percent) change detection
* To improve your phone's battery you should kill running tasks, adjust screen brightness (volume), turn off wifi, gps, bluetooth and Auto-sync
* Uninstall task killer (to add into ignore list is not enough)
* Please note that very small set of features is donator only.
* Internet access permission is required for crash reports and anonymous usage metrics. Contact me if you need more details.
IMPORTANT: This app is home screen widget. Long press on home screen to install.
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If you miss some feature or see bug please DON'T RATE BAD but send me an email! I'll fix it!
Credits: Feature graphics contains http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiaralily/4197480024/in/set-72157619178753958 released under CC license.
Sticky Notes Widget
You can set: color and size of note, color and size of text, transparency, text alignment.
This application is not visible in applications list, but only in widgets list. Some devices need to be restarted to refresh widgets list.
Internet permission is used only to send crash/bug reports to developer.
Data Enabler Widget
NOTE: This is a WIDGET, please add from Home screen after installation.
* Internet permission: To display AdMob ads.
Digital Clock Widget
- Lots of customizations
- Changes take effect in real-time
- Select millions of colours for the time and date with a RGB color picker
- Select different backgrounds
- Show/Hide AM-PM
- Select widget click actions
- Tap on widget to load up alarm/calendar/widget settings page
- Supports multiple languages
- Supports Android 1.5-5.1
- Honeycomb tablet friendly!
If anybody would like to volunteer for translation, please don't hesitate to send me an email!
- Please exclude the widget from any task killers, this will resolve the time freezing issue.
- Please relaunch after update
- The widget is now available on the Amazon App Store!
- We are investigating the update issue on Gingerbread Droid X
Battery widget Z
- Add widgets characters
You can check the remaining battery widget and status bar notification.
Minimize battery drain.
(Only displays the remaining battery charge, does not detect when the battery is Screen Off Screen On when the gauge is a slight delay in the information display.)
However, due to other memory cleanup program at the end of the forced can malfunction.
In features
- The remaining battery
- Use widget (1x1)
- Status bar notification
- Memory cleaning
- Battery status information.
[[Now with Buzz Launcher support]]
Battery Widget Z can be restored exactly the way it has been packed using the Buzz Launcher. This way you can share your complete Homescreen easy with other Buzz Launcher users!
Download Buzz Launcher here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buzzpia.aqua.launcher
* Battery saving tips
WIFI and GPS when not in use, put off.
To reduce the use of the same features of the application-driven service.
- Automatic data synchronization is used only when necessary.
- Reduce the number of the home screen widget update manually using the Time Stretch /
Super Widget - Switch
**How to add widget
1.Long press the empty place on home screen
2.Choose "Widgets"
3.Click "Super Widget - Switch" to add.
**What should I do if I cannot uninstall the app?
1. Open "Settings" in Home
2. Select "Location & Security -> Select device administrators"
3. Unchecked permission of "Super Widget - Switch"
4. UNINSTALL the switch widget as normal
1.Wifi,MobileNetwork,GPS,Brightness,Bluetooth,Auto-sync,Airplane mode,Auto-rotate,Vibrate,Ringer,ScreenTimeOut,Lock screen
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Savory Crescent Chicken Squares
Photo: bstrubel
Community Recipe from
- 1 whole(s) 3-ounce cream cheese softened
- 3 tablespoon(s) butter melted
- 1 tablespoon(s) chives or onion tops
- 1 whole(s) 8-ounce package crescent rolls
- 2 cup(s) chicken cooked and cubed
- 1 tablespoon(s) pimento chopped
- 2 tablespoon(s) milk
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) pepper
- 3/4 cup(s) seasoned croutons crushed
- Blend melted butter and cream cheese. Add pimento, milk, chives and seasonings. Divide crescent dough into 4 rectangles and brush with melted butter. Put 1/4 chicken mixture in the center of each rectangle. Take up the 4 sides of each rectangle and seal. Top with melted butter and sprinkle with crushed croutons. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
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50 miles. 50 states. 62 days.
Story | May 22, 2010
50 miles. 50 states. 62 days.
Story | May 22, 2010
Obama: Healthcare reform now or never
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Blog | Apr 28, 2009
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Daily from March 20, 2015 until March 22, 2015
Daily from March 26, 2015 until March 29, 2015
Daily from April 2, 2015 until April 4, 2015
Location: Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab Black Box, 300 E. Main Street
Phone: (260) 424-5220
Link: http://www.fwcivic.org
Event Description
This imaginative play follows a modern day musicologist diagnosed with ALS as she races to finish her research on Beethoven. Across time in 1819 Vienna, the ailing and deaf composer becomes obsessed with a simple waltz. Plagued by illness, but gifted with passion, their parallel journeys entwine as they learn to embrace the gift of time and find peace in letting go. Nominated for numerous Tony Awards, Broadway World called 33 Variations "one of the most satisfying new plays that Broadway has seen in a long while."
Friday, March 20 at 8 PM
Saturday, March 21 at 8 PM
Sunday, March 22 at 2 PM
Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 PM
Friday, March 27 at 8 PM
Saturday, March 28 at 8 PM
Sunday, March 29 at 2 PM
Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 PM
Friday, April 3 at 8 PM
Saturday, April 4 at 8 PM
no performance on Easter Sunday
$26 Adults
$22 Seniors (any performance!)
$17 Age 23 and under
Prices include ArtsTix Box Office fees
Buy online at www.fwcivic.org
Or CALL (260) 424-5220
Box Office Hours
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Saturdays from Noon to 4 PM in the front of the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main Street - Fort Wayne, IN
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The technology works by stimulating and accelerating the immune system, and showing the body's defence mechanisms of the parts of the virus that are more conserved and do not mutate as fast and as often, such as the molecules on the surface of the HCV.
Basically, traditional vaccines work by showing the immune defences an identikit image of the virus for which protection is desired. Antibodies then patrol all entrances with a copy of this image and are able to respond rapidly if the virus attempts to penetrate. But the influenza virus mutates its surface molecules and in the course of a single season it takes on a new guise so that it no longer resembles the original identikit image and the vaccine loses its efficacy.
Professor Randrup explains, "Mutations of the surface are Darwin at work, so to speak. The virus tries to outwit the immune defences and if it succeeds we get ill, and our response is new vaccines."
Associate Professor Pravsgaard Christensen says, "Viruses like HCV mutate so rapidly that classical vaccine technology hasn't a chance of keeping up. But the molecules inside the virus do not mutate that rapidly, because the survival of the virus does not depend on it."
New vaccine technology gives immune system information about virus' stable parts
According to Professor Randrup, the body's natural defences usually don't see these internal virus molecules until the virus has taken residence in the body.
"Our cells constantly show random samples of their contents to the immune defence patrols, and if there are enough foreign bodies among them, the alarm is triggered," says Professor Randrup.
The cells display fragments of the surface molecules and internal genes from the virus, and if you show the immune defences a kind of X-ray of
|Contact: Associate Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen
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Delacorte Books for Young Readers | Dec 22, 2009
| 288 Pages
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Delacorte Books for Young Readers
| Dec 22, 2009
| 288 Pages
| Middle Grade (8-12)
Follow the secret passageway . . . and discover the magic!In a world where locust fairies flutter and firebreathers burst from snowbanks, two children are having the adventure of their lives. Truman and his twin sister, Camille, have just met their grandmother . . . and she's a little strange. She whispers a tale about something called the Ever Breath, an amber orb that maintains the balance between our world and a dreamy one of imagination—and evil.Soon Truman and Camille find themselves in the Breath World, a magical place where ogres clash and a mouse holds the key to a mystery. Some creatures want to help them—and some want them D-E-A-D. That's because the Ever Breath has been stolen, and an epic battle is raging to bring it safely back. Can the twins save not only one world—but two?From the Hardcover edition.
Julianna Baggott grew up in Delaware — also known as Dull-a-were, because not much goes on there, and sometimes called Dela-where? because a lot of people don't know where the state is exactly. To combat boredom as a child, she… More about Julianna Baggott
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The Ellon-based brewer and bar operator said it was aiming to open its second store in Scotland's biggest city after launching its first in London today.
The inaugural BottleDog, based at 69 Grays Inn Road, stocks more than 250 different beers, including four on tap. Brewdog, which intends to open a string of bottle shops this year, hopes it will become a hub for beer aficionados in London.
It allows consumers to fill up flasks, known as growlers, to take home, and stocks home-brewing equipment and ingredients such as wet yeast, malt and hops. Tasting sessions and home-brewing classes will also be held.


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The addition of Higley Lodge to the amenities at the Park, and the winter skiing and related programs and events, couldn't be possible without all the volunteer hours generated through The Friends.
Our sincere thanks to all who have contributed their time and talents this skiing season.
But we must say, hopefully we'll be camping and not skiing come Memorial Week-end!
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