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By now, every Marylander who owns a TV set knows that gambling expansion is on the Election Day ballot. Competing casino interests are spending a combined $34 million on ad blitzes.
Likewise, same-sex marriage is a red-hot ballot question pitting the gay lobby against organized religion. And, now, in the election's final month, both sides are about to unleash their TV ad barrages.
Another ballot question, the Dream Act (college in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants), has sparked rallies, marches and a spirited public debate.
But what about that other ballot question, the orphan no one is talking about?
Last October, in special session, the state legislature approved Gov. Martin O'Malley's congressional redistricting map, which rearranges Maryland's eight congressional district lines in accordance with U.S. Census population shifts.
The U.S. Constitution says that each state must reapportion its congressional boundaries every 10 years so that each district has the same number of residents (i.e., "proportionality").
But proportionality is the only requirement states must follow. That opens the door to wholesale gerrymandering — redrawing district lines for the sole purpose of protecting the political party in control and eliminating its enemies.
And that's exactly what O'Malley and the Democratic legislature did last October when they shifted thousands of Montgomery's Democratic voters into western Maryland's 6th District to defeat the Republican incumbent, Roscoe Bartlett.
As a result, the new map looks like an explosion in a paint factory. The Washington Post calls it a "ludicrously drawn … mockery of democracy" and a federal judge likened it to a "Rorschach-like eyesore." Common Cause and the League of Women Voters also oppose it.
But redistricting isn't sexy like the other ballot questions and doesn't involve special interests willing to spend millions on TV ads. Politicians care intensely about redistricting, but voters, numb to politics, take a "pox on both your parties" view. The only kind of redistricting normal people care about is when someone starts messing with their child's school boundaries.
But wait, there's a glimmer of hope, a murmur of protest from, of all places, wonkish, wussy Montgomery County. Here's what's going on:
Every county has a Democratic Central Committee, elected by Democrats, and a Republican Central Committee, elected by Republicans. Their jobs are to organize their respective parties at the grass-roots levels to win elections.
But no one takes this mission more seriously than Montgomery's Democratic Central Committee. For instance, it's the only committee that sends out a sample ballot to 240,000 Democratic voters and, this year, that sample ballot has become a political battleground.
You see, Maryland's voters have never faced four complex, contentious ballot questions before, and the level of voter confusion is expected to be sky-high. So, the Democratic sample ballot's guidance on the ballot questions may prove all-important, even decisive.
Typical of issue-oriented, process-obsessed Montgomery County, the Democrats established a ballot question study commission that held public hearings, pored over the merits and issued a detailed report. And that's when the trouble began.
Being ultra-liberals, the commission unanimously supported same-sex marriage and the Dream Act, but recommended against the congressional map, 11-1 (and opposed gambling expansion, 9-4).
Then all hell broke loose. O'Malley, state party leaders, Congressman Steny Hoyer and Montgomery County's subservient state lawmakers began bombarding Montgomery's Democratic precinct officials and the central committee with pleas and threats to support the map.
If they didn't knuckle under, local Democrats wouldn't be reappointed to state boards and commissions and, if the sample ballot didn't endorse the map, the state party would withhold its usual $30,000 contribution toward the mailing costs.
But a spirited effort led by Montgomery County Councilman Phil Andrews, a former head of Common Cause, resulted in the sample ballot taking a "no position" on the map, Question 5.
"Don't cover your eyes, hold your nose and swallow this map," Andrews implored precinct officials, pointing out that loyal Democrats could have their cake and eat it, too.
If voters reject the map on Election Day, the congressional election results still stand. If John Delaney beats Roscoe Bartlett, Delaney still goes to Congress.
But a defeated map goes back to O'Malley for a makeover and, hopefully, sparks a statewide reform movement taking redistricting away from the politicians and placing it in the hands of an independent, nonpartisan commission, as a growing number of states are doing.
Angry at the sample ballot's "no-position" on Question 5, and accustomed to pushing around Montgomery County's notoriously weak-willed lawmakers, O'Malley and state leaders now are withholding the state's $30,000 sample ballot money.
Aside from being petty and petulant, O'Malley is shortsighted. Maryland's redistricting process is a corrupt, indefensible conflict of interest. If Maryland's Democrats refuse to reform it, one day the Republicans will wake up, seize the issue for themselves and become the party of good government by Democratic Party default.
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The final day, and my last talk too. The afternoon began with the Lightning Talks. I've not featured all the presenters here, as I videoed a few. They will be online as soon as I get the chance to convert them to a more manageable format. Later that evening was the Speakers Party, featuring Uri on Barbeque Grill. Geoff Avery introduced me to The Great Dalmuti, and a good night was had by all.
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Vater is one of the most recognizable names for any drummer. They're famous for their huge variety of drumsticks and percussion mallets, and they also make a ton of other accessories and drumming essentials to help you get the most out of your drum set. Whatever percussion gear you're looking for, there's a good chance you'll find it here in Vater's selection.
For all of the different products that come out of Vater's warehouse doors, however, their sticks are still the core of the brand. From the simple Junior Sticks, splashsticks and nylon tips to their signature Mike Wrengen and Virgil Donati sticks, there are plenty to choose from to get the tip and material you prefer. Vater also has brushes for every drum and style, including the Monster and its smaller brother the Little Monster, as well as cajon brushes, fixed and retractable wire brushes and more. For something punchier than a standard brush while remaining softer than a hard stick, check out the Vater Whip varieties. You can also get whatever mallets you need for the tenor, timpani, vibraphone, marimba, gong, bass drum and anything else that uses a felt beater. Read More >


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Glass Negative - St John's Roman Catholic Church, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Jul 1893 Reg. No: MM 030109
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- St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Queen's Parade, Clifton Hill, Victoria, July 1893. Photograph taken by Thomas Beckett.
Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Lincoln Middle-High School's Visual Arts program, the Steel Drum Band and Poetry students will feature their artwork and performances on May 14, during the seventh annual Pre-Piccolo Spoleto community, school block party event at the McClellanville Arts Center located at 733 Pinckney Street in McClellanville.
Lincoln's amazing Steel Drum Band will kick off the event with an outdoor concert beginning at 6 p.m., followed by poetry recitals and ending with the young artist's Wild at HeArt opening reception catered by Lincoln's Culinary Arts students.
Wild at HeArt features fractured cubist guitars, local wildlife created for Bulls Bay Nature Festival, award winning Junior Duck Stamp art and senior student works from REDUX Summer Art Institute and AP Studio Art.
For more information regarding this event please contact the school at 843-887-3244 extension 20520.
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If you enjoy chick lit novels that are based around serious issues but still somehow keep that personal, readable tone that the genre is known for, then you will love Elasticity. We have three main heroines in this book: Brooke, a shopaholic who can't seem to get her spending under control, which is a problem since she's running out of money… and fast. There's Whitney, who can't seem to lose weight and keep it off, no matter what diet she tries – and she's tried them all. Then there is Tripp, who can't break her addiction to pills, which she basically needs to actually function.
It's one month before their 10-year high school reunion, and all three women vow to one another that they will use that month to get their problems under control so they can attend the reunion at their best. Continue reading Review: Elasticity


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Heavy Bag Hanger
This is probably way over engineered, but I want to make sure that the weight is distributed across a fairly wide area to reduce stress on the porch rafters.
Laying the project out. I decided to use 4x4 to screw the eye-bolts into in order to reduce the chance of splitting the wood when the bag swings.
I set the space between 4x4s based on the length of the springs that I will be using. I'm using porch swing springs rated to 350lbs each. The heavy bag is 135lbs, but I want each spring to be able to bear the full weight of the bag plus the force of kicks swinging the bag. Here is a video of the same bag at our old house in Hillsboro and why I'm worried about possible damage to the rafters if I don't over engineer this. http://www.youtube.com/Pendraeg#p/u/14/8ydJX-2_yqg
I'm going to hang the springs down from the bottom and have two pieces of 2x4 braced across each pair of 4x4s to provide a little extra torsional stability.
The 2x4s on top. I'll put in another screw on each 4x4 once I have them set between the rafters.
My dang cordless drill ran out of juice before I could finish up the project. This is one of the 4x4 pairs. I'm going to screw a 2x4 lengthwise down the middle of the entire set once I have the other pair in, just to spread the load out a bit more.
This is what one pair of springs looks like hanging down off the pair of 4x4s that I already have in place. Another pair will be space equal distance from these so that they form the four corners of a square. The heavy bag will hang down from the springs once I draw the lower ends together in an inverted pyramid.
Close up on one pair of springs.
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I'll post more pics after I finish up tomorrow. I'm making sure my cordless drill has a full charge and I want to get back up in the attic in the morning before it gets hot. I was sweating like a pig up there this afternoon.
WTF? I just posted an update to this thread and it looks like it got deleted.
Oh well, once again.
I charged the cordless drill up over night, so it had a good full charge this morning. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to get back up in the attic to work on this until 11:00 AM, by which time it was already pretty sultry up there. We've had a lot of rain over the last two days and the porch roof is a S/SW exposure, so it was like a sauna.
Cordless drill all powered up and I've screwing in the metal brackets now.
Don't know what's up with my posting today. It's not going well at all. Maybe the heat in the attic has baked my brain.
Yes, that's sweat.
A bit more over engineering - I screwed two 2x4s in across the top of the whole rig to more evenly distribute the weight across the top of the rafters.
Now I just need to clean my back porch off a bit.
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On a side note I like the heavy bag pulley system to remove the bag when not in use. It looks like it could also double as a "Home Alone" style anti burgler trap, all you need is some marbles on the floor.
For a while I was trying to figure out some sort of sliding track and pin system that would allow me to slide my bag into a corner when it wasn't in use, but my local Lowe's didn't have the gear to build this so I figured just lifting the bag and hanging it myself wouln't be bad for me-of course my bag was only an 80lb-er.
Did a bit of a bag work out today after I cleaned off the porch and am feeling it in my chest, arms, shoulders, hips and thighs. I haven't worked out really at all since we moved into our new house back in December, so I'm really out of shape.


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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Brandt Snedeker is headed into the weekend at Pebble Beach with another chance to win, this time without golf's biggest stars in his way.
Snedeker played bogey-free at tough Spyglass Hill on Friday for a 4-under 68, giving him a share of the lead with Ted Potter Jr. in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Hunter Mahan was among those one shot behind. With one more round before everyone has played all three courses, the leaderboard was a big traffic jam.
Snedeker has been runner-up the last two weeks – four shots behind Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines, four shots behind Phil Mickelson in Phoenix. Woods is not playing this week, while Mickelson stumbled down the stretch at Spyglass Hill for a 71 and was six shots off the lead.
Langer, Pernice tied for Champions lead
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bernhard Langer and Tom Pernice Jr. each shot 6-under 66 to tie for the first-round lead at the Allianz Championship on Friday.
Langer, who holed out a bunker shot to win here in a playoff in 2010, birdied three of the last four holes at Broken Sound.
Pernice was even through eight holes, but played the next six holes in six-under, including an eagle at No. 5 when he holed a pitching wedge from 128 yards, to charge into contention.
Defending champion Corey Pavin, Roger Chapman, Fred Funk, Scott Simpson and two players making their Champions Tour debuts – Rocco Mediate and Bart Bryant – were a shot back after 67s.
Fisher Jr., Sterne lead in Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG — Trevor Fisher Jr. shot a 9-under 62 and Richard Sterne had a 65 Friday to share the lead after the second round of the Joburg Open.
Fisher had an eagle and seven birdies, including a run of three straight in his back nine on the West Course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.
Sterne went bogey-free for the second consecutive round on the East Course.
The South Africans were 15 under at the European Tour event.
"My last three or four years have been good on the (South African) Sunshine Tour. But I need to get to the next level now," Fisher said. "It's been good for me in terms of the steppingstones I've taken in the last 10 years. But I've stepped on a lot of stones. I need to get to the top now."
George Coetzee (64) was three shots back and two-time winner Charl Schwartzel (65) trailed the leaders by five strokes.
Defending champion Branden Grace, No. 10 on the European money list, missed the cut after rounds of 72 and 70 for a 1-under total.
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The son of Steve and Lisa Setian... born 11-23-89 in Springfield, Mass.
2012 Statistics
Carried the ball 5 times for 23 yards and had one reception for a TD in win at Georgia State... carried the ball 11 times against CCSU, covering 81 yards and one touchdown adding to the Wildcats second victory... Rushed six times for 33 yards (long carry:16 yards) and one TD at Minnesota... started opening game at Holy Cross and carried 12 times for 56 yards (long carry: 16 yards) and a TD (two-yard carry); added two catches for 16 yards... rushed six times for 20 yards in fall Blue-White Game...finished the season with 490 total rushing yards and 185 receiving yards...averaged 5.9 yards per carry and 40.8 yards per game...tallied 5 rushing touchdowns and 4 receiving touchdowns.
2011 Statistics
Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... played in all 12 games... rushed 80 times for 338 yards (28.2 yards/game; 4.2 yards/carry)... ran for three TDs and season-long of 27 yards... caught 15 passes for 125 yards (8.3 yards/catch; 10.4 yards rec./game) and TD... season-high catch went for 14 yards... made 11 tackles, nine solo, on special teams... recovered a fumble (at Montana State) and forced a fumble (at Richmond)... carried seven times for 31 yards and caught three passes for 16 yards in win over Maine... rushed nine times for 59 yards and TD (four-yard run) and caught five passes for 49 yards, matching career high with 14-yard catch, in loss at Towson... rushed eight times for 39 yards, including 26-yard gain, in win vs James Madison... rushed 10 times for 27 yards and scored on one-yard plunge in win over Rhode Island; also made career-high three tackles... had six rushes for 21 yards and caught six passes for career-high 56 yards in loss at William & Mary; set career high with 14-yard reception... rushed eight times for 64 yards and a TD (one-yarder) in win over Holy Cross; set career high with 27-yard rush... ran seven times for 35 yards and caught two passes for 11 yards, including three-yard TD (first career catch), in loss at Toledo... tallied four carries for 11 yards in spring Blue-White Game; also made one catch for seven yards
2010 Statistics
Received 2010-11 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... played in all 13 games... carried the ball 36 times for 184 yards and one touchdown, averaging 5.1 yards per carry (best among RBs) and 14.2 yards per game rushing... season-high run was for 24 yards... only UNH ball carrier with at least 10 carries not to have a rush for negative yardage... was team's leading rusher with career-best 13 carries for 65 yards and scored his first career TD (five-yard carry) in NCAA D-I second-round victory at No. 13 Bethune-Cookman... rushed nine times for 32 yards in triumph over Towson... carried three times for 15 yards in inaugural Colonial Clash victory over UMass at Gillette Stadium... carried once for one yard in win over Lehigh... rushed 10 times for career-high 71 yards, including 24-yard rush, in first collegiate game against Central Connecticut State
Redshirt Season
Career Highs:
Yards 71, vs CCSU, 2010
Carries 13, at Bethune-Cookman, 2010
Longest 27, 2x, last at Towson, 2011
Touchdowns 1, 5x, last at Holy Cross, 2012
Yards 56, at William & Mary, 2011
Receptions 6, at William & Mary, 2011
Longest 15, at Old Dominion, 2012
Touchdowns 1, at Toledo, 2011
Fumbles Forced 1, at Richmond, 2011
Fumbles Rec. 1, at Montana State, 2011
Before UNH
Carried the ball 174 times for 1,529 yards and 23 TDs at Suffield Academy (Conn.) in 2008 for coach Drew Gamere... helped guide Suffield to 2008 Super Bowl Championship... received the J. Edward Tryon Award as the outstanding football player of the year... also lettered in wrestling and lacrosse at Suffield... ran for 2,023 yards and scored 29 TDs at East Longmeadow H.S. for coach Scott Raymond... also made eight receptions for 58 yards and a TD and notched 95 tackles with three INTs, including two TD returns... also lettered in lacrosse and basketball at East Longmeadow... as lacrosse player, notched 44 goals and 26 assists in final season


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The Chicago Wolves have many players on their all-time roster who have made it big in the National Hockey League. Among them is Rick DiPietro, who was one of six goaltenders to backstop the Wolves during the 2000-01 season.
DiPietro was selected by the New York Islanders with the first overall choice in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, becoming the first goaltender and just the fourth American to be selected first overall. The young netminder made his NHL debut in the 2000-01 season and played in 20 games, accruing a 3-15-1 record, before being assigned to the Wolves for seasoning.
During his short time in Chicago, DiPietro played in 14 games, recording a 3.39 goals-against average, .880 save percentage and a 4-5-2 record.
After leaving the Wolves in 2001, DiPietro spent two seasons with the Islanders' AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers before competing in his first full NHL season with New York in 2003-04.
In Sept. 2006, DiPietro signed a 15-year contract extension with the Islanders – the longest NHL contract ever to be signed. Shortly after signing that contract, DiPietro was named the starting goalie for the United States hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
On Nov. 19, 2007, DiPietro picked up his 100th career-NHL victory when he backstopped the Islanders to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers. A month later, he was named to his first NHL All-Star game. Unfortunately, DiPietro injured his hip prior to the game and was unable to compete. He has battled injuries ever since and has appeared in just 13 NHL games over the last two seasons as a result.
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President pardons 17 felons in fourth act of clemencyThe New York Times | March 03,2013WASHINGTON President Barack Obama issued pardons on Friday to 17 convicted felons, making the first use of his clemency powers in his second term.
Their offenses were largely small-scale crimes many years ago, and 12 of the people had not been sentenced to serve time in prison.
As he has in past years, the president granted these individuals clemency because they have demonstrated genuine remorse and a strong commitment to being law-abiding, productive citizens and active members of their communities, said Matt Lehrich, a White House spokesman.
Under the Constitution, the president has clemency powers to forgive convictions as a check and balance on the criminal justice system. For a felon who is already out of prison, a pardon can mean erasing the stigma and negative consequences associated with a criminal history, like restrictions on gun ownership, certain licenses and doing business with the government.
Obama did not issue any commutations, which shorten the sentences of inmates currently in prison.
During Obamas first term, he exercised his clemency powers three times, issuing a total of 22 pardons and one commutation. He also denied 1,019 applications for a pardon and 3,793 applications for commutation. His rate of approvals was unusually low, by historical standards, based on statistics dating to 1900 on the Justice Department website.
Margaret Colgate Love, a former U.S. pardon lawyer who now represents clemency seekers, including two of the 17 people who received pardons on Friday, said she was pleased that Obama had quickly granted a number in his second term and hoped he would do so more regularly in coming years.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri and Illinois couldn't agree on what to name a new Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis, so Congress is settling the divide by affixing the name of late Cardinals baseball great Stan Musial to the region's first span across the Mississippi in more than four decades.
The U.S. House on Tuesday voted 395-2 to name the Interstate 70 span the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge — a compromise, given that Missouri lawmakers had sought to dub the crossing after that late baseball Hall of Famer while their Illinois counterparts had wanted to name it after military veterans.
Musial, who died in January at age 92, covers all those bases: the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient was a Navy veteran of World War II.
The congressional resolution, backed by several House members from both states, now heads back to the Senate, which in March unanimously passed a bill to name the span after Musial. The three-time MVP and seven-time batting champ spent his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals and help guide them to three World Series titles.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said she expects the measure to be on President Barack Obama's desk, perhaps within days.
"This effort has always been about honoring a St. Louis hero, and I'm thrilled we're on the cusp of doing just that," McCaskill said in a statement after Tuesday's House vote.
Long having bickered over how to fund the sorely needed bridge, lawmakers in Missouri and Illinois have parried in recent months over what to call the four-lane, cable-stayed bridge meant to relieve the 50-year-old Poplar Street Bridge, one of just two in the nation that accommodate three freeways.
The Illinois House voted 109-0 on a resolution that would call the span the Veterans Memorial Bridge, never mind that Missouri lawmakers and key members of Congress from both states insisted the bridge, scheduled to open next year, should bear the name of Stan "The Man" Musial —"the Stan Span," for short.
But a spokeswoman for Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, has said that whatever the states decide may be moot, insisting that Congress and the president hold naming rights because the $670-million project involves some $240 million of federal aid.
Tuesday's votes of approval came from House members from both states, including Republican Rodney Davis, Democrat Bill Enyart and Republican John Shimkus of Illinois and Republican Ann Wagner and Democrat William Lacy Clay of Missouri.
"Stan Musial was simply one of the greatest baseball players of all time," said Clay, of St. Louis. "In his own quiet way, Stan Musial was also on the vanguard of fighting discrimination and changing America. When some white players on the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to boycott the game if they were forced to play with blacks, Musial stood tall for justice and stopped the boycott before it started. When Stan died, stories from those difficult days were told with great reverence and respect."
Thirty-seven House members did not cast a vote on the matter Tuesday, while the only "no" votes came from Republican Reps. Justin Amash of Michigan and Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
"Stan Musial was more than just one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was an ambassador for the game of baseball, a veteran and a kind, upstanding person," Davis said. "Naming the bridge that links these two great states is another way we can honor both the brave men and women who have served this country and 'Stan the Man.'"
(Editor's Note: Stan Musial started his pro baseball career in the old Mountain State League here in Williamson, West Virginia. He played for the Williamson Redbirds. He played his first two years of minor league baseball in Williamson, before moving up the ladder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization


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HEVC is being developed by the Joint Collaborative Team-Video Coding (JCT-VC), involving the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and the ISO/IECE Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). It was issued as a Draft International Standard in July 2012. Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) is due January 2013, which is the start of formal ratification.


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A memory device having a vacuum jacket around the first electrode element for improved thermal isolation. The memory unit includes a first electrode element; a phase change memory element in contact with the first electrode element; a dielectric fill layer surrounding the phase change memory element and the first electrode element, wherein the dielectric layer is spaced from the first electrode element to define a chamber between the first electrode element and the dielectric fill layer; and wherein the phase change memory layer is sealed to the dielectric fill layer to define a thermal isolation jacket around the first electrode element.
1. A memory device, comprising:
a first electrode element;
a dielectric fill layer surrounding the first electrode element, wherein the dielectric fill layer is spaced from the first electrode element to define a chamber between the first electrode element and the dielectric fill layer; and
a phase change memory element which is in contact with the first electrode element and the dielectric fill layer and extends across and seals the chamber to define a thermal isolation jacket around the first electrode element.
2. The device of
3. The memory device of
4. The memory device of
5. The memory device of
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/738,883 entitled "Vacuum Jacketed Electrode for Phase Change Memory Element" filed on Nov. 21, 2005. That application is incorporated by reference for all purposes.
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation; Macronix International Corporation, Ltd., a Taiwan corporation; and Infineon Technologies AG, a German corporation, are parties to a Joint Research Agreement.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is generally related to the field of non-volatile memory devices, and more particularly to the field of memory devices that employ phase change materials.
2. Description of Related Art
Phase change based memory materials are widely used in read-write optical disks, and such materials are seeing increasing use in computer memory devices. These materials have at least two solid phases, including for example, a generally amorphous solid phase and a generally crystalline solid phase. Laser pulses are used in read-write optical disks to switch between phases and to read the optical properties of the material after the phase change, and electrical pulses are employed in the same manner in computer memory devices.
Phase change based memory materials, like chalcogenide based materials and similar materials, also can be caused to change phase by application of electrical current at levels suitable for implementation in integrated circuits. The generally amorphous state is characterized by higher resistivity than the generally crystalline state, which can be readily sensed to indicate data. These properties have generated interest in using programmable resistive material to form nonvolatile memory circuits, which can be read and written with random access.
The change from the amorphous to the crystalline state is generally a lower current operation. The change from crystalline to amorphous, referred to as reset herein, is generally a higher current operation, which includes a short high current density pulse to melt or break down the crystalline structure, after which the phase change material cools quickly, quenching the phase change process, allowing at least a portion of the phase change structure to stabilize in the amorphous state. It is desirable to minimize the magnitude of the reset current used to cause transition of phase change material from crystalline state to amorphous state. The magnitude of the reset current needed for reset can be reduced by reducing the size of the phase change material element in the cell and of the contact area between electrodes and the phase change material, so that higher current densities are achieved with small absolute current values through the phase change material element.
One direction of development has been toward forming small pores in an integrated circuit structure and using small quantities of programmable resistive material to fill the small pores. Patents illustrating development toward small pores include: Ovshinsky, "Multibit Single Cell Memory Element Having Tapered Contact," U.S. Pat. No. 5,687,112, issued Nov. 11, 1997; Zahorik et al., "Method of Making Chalogenide [sic] Memory Device," U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,277, issued Aug. 4, 1998; Doan et al., "Controllable Ovonic Phase-Change Semiconductor Memory Device and Methods of Fabricating the Same," U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,253, issued Nov. 21, 2000, and Reinberg, "Chalcogenide Memory Cell with a Plurality of Chalcogenide Electrodes," U.S. Pat. No. 5,920,788, issued Jul. 6, 1999.
A specific issue arising from conventional phase change memory structures is the heat sink effect of conventional designs. Generally, the prior art teaches the use of metallic electrodes on both sides of the phase change memory element, with electrodes of approximately the same size as the phase change member. Such electrodes act as heat sinks, the high heat conductivity of the metal rapidly drawing heat away from the phase change material. Because the phase change occurs as a result of heating, the heat sink effect results in a requirement for higher current, in order to effect the desired phase change.
One approach to the heat flow problem is seen in U.S. Pat. No. 6,815,704, entitled "Self Aligned Air-Gap Thermal Insulation for Nano-scale Insulated Chalcogenide Electronics (NICE) RAM", in which an attempt is made to isolate the memory cell. That structure, and the attendant fabrication process, is overly complex, yet it does not promote minimal current flow in the memory device.
It is desirable therefore to provide a memory cell structure having small dimensions and low reset currents, as well as a structure that addresses the heat conductivity problem, and a method for manufacturing such structure that meets tight process variation specifications needed for large-scale memory devices. It is further desirable to provide a manufacturing process and a structure, which are compatible with manufacturing of peripheral circuits on the same integrated circuit.
One aspect of the invention is a memory device having a vacuum jacket around the first electrode element for improved thermal isolation. The memory unit includes a first electrode element; a phase change memory element in contact with the first electrode element; a dielectric fill layer surrounding the phase change memory element and the first electrode element, wherein the dielectric layer is spaced from the first electrode element to define a chamber between the first electrode element and the dielectric fill layer; and wherein the phase change memory layer is sealed to the dielectric fill layer to define a thermal isolation jacket around the first electrode element.
The following discussion describes embodiments of the invention with particular reference to
The present invention concerns memory elements and memory cells. As used herein, and as is well known in the art, a memory cell is a circuit device designed to hold a charge or state to indicate the logic level of a single data bit. Memory cells are arrayed to provide, for example, the random access memory for a computer. Within certain memory cells, a memory element performs the function of actually holding the charge or state. In a conventional dynamic random access memory cell, for example, a capacitor indicates the logic level of the cell, with a fully charged state indicating a logic 1, or high, state, and fully discharged indicating a logic 0, or low, state.
A memory element 10, an embodiment of the present invention, is illustrated generally in
The memory element is formed on a substrate 12, which is preferably a dielectric fill material such as silicon dioxide. Other suitable materials include polyimide, silicon nitride or other dielectric fill materials known in the art. Extending through the substrate to make electrical contact with exterior circuitry (not shown) is a plug element 14, preferably formed from a refractory metal such as tungsten. Other suitable refractory metals include Ti, Mo, Al, Ta, Cu, Pt, Ir, La, Ni, and Ru.
Extending upward from the plug element are a lower electrode element 16, a phase change element 20 and an upper electrode element 22. The upper electrode element is in electrical contact with outside circuitry (not shown).
The phase change element 20 can be formed from a class of materials preferably including chalcogenide based materials. Chalcogens include any of the four elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te), forming part of group VI of the periodic table. Chalcogenides comprise compounds of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element or radical. Chalcogenide combinations denote chalcogenides amalgamated with other materials such as transition metals. A chalcogenide combination usually contains one or more elements from column six of the periodic table of elements, such as germanium (Ge) and tin (Sn). Often, chalcogenide combinations include one or more of antimony (Sb), gallium (Ga), indium (In), and silver (Ag). Many phase change based memory materials have been described in technical literature, including combinations of: Ga/Sb, In/Sb, In/Se, Sb/Te, Ge/Te, Ge/Sb/Te, In/Sb/Te, Ga/Se/Te, Sn/Sb/Te, In/Sb/Ge, Ag/In/Sb/Te, Ge/Sn/Sb/Te, Ge/Sb/Se/Te and Te/Ge/Sb/S. In the family of Ge/Sb/Te materials, a wide range of compositions may be workable. The compositions can be characterized as TeaGebSb100−(a+b).
One researcher has described the most useful combinations as having an average concentration of Te in the deposited materials well below 70%, typically below about 60% and ranged in general from as low as about 23% up to about 58% Te and most preferably about 48% to 58% Te. Concentrations of Ge were above about 5% and ranged from a low of about 8% to about 30% average in the material, remaining generally below 50%. Most preferably, concentrations of Ge ranged from about 8% to about 40%. The remainder of the principal constituent elements in this composition was Sb. These percentages are atomic percentages that total 100% of the atoms of the constituent elements. (Ovshinsky '112 patent, cols. 10-11.) Particular combinations evaluated by another researcher include Ge2Sb2Te5, GeSb2Te4 and GeSb4Te7. (Noboru Yamada, "Potential of Ge—Sb—Te Phase-Change Optical Disks for High-Data-Rate Recording", SPIE v.3109, pp. 28-37 (1997).) More generally, a transition metal such as chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt) and mixtures or combinations thereof, may be combined with Ge/Sb/Te to form a phase change material that has programmable resistive properties. Specific examples of memory materials that may be useful are given in Ovshinsky '112 at columns 11-13, which examples are hereby incorporated by reference.
Phase change materials are capable of being switched between a first structural state in which the material is in a generally amorphous solid phase, and a second structural state in which the material is in a generally crystalline solid phase in its local order in the active channel region of the cell. These materials are at least bistable. The term amorphous is used to refer to a relatively less ordered structure, more disordered than a single crystal, which has detectable characteristics, such as higher electrical resistivity than the crystalline phase. The term crystalline is used to refer to a structure relatively more ordered than in an amorphous state, which has detectable characteristics such as lower electrical resistivity than the amorphous phase. Typically, phase change materials may be electrically switched between different detectable states of local order across the spectrum between completely amorphous and completely crystalline states. Other material characteristics affected by the change between amorphous and crystalline phases include atomic order, free electron density and activation energy. The material may be switched either into different solid phases or into mixtures of two or more solid phases, providing a gray scale between completely amorphous and completely crystalline states. The electrical properties in the material may vary accordingly.
Phase change materials can be changed from one phase state to another by application of electrical pulses. It has been observed that a shorter, higher amplitude pulse tends to change the phase change material to a generally amorphous state. A longer, lower amplitude pulse tends to change the phase change material to a generally crystalline state. The energy in a shorter, higher amplitude pulse is high enough to allow for bonds of the crystalline structure to be broken and short enough to prevent the atoms from realigning into a crystalline state. Appropriate profiles for pulses can be determined, without undue experimentation, specifically adapted to a particular phase change combination. In the following sections of the disclosure, the phase change material is referred to as GST, and it will be understood that other types of phase change materials can be used. A material useful for implementation of a phase change element described herein is Ge2Sb2Te5.
The upper and lower electrode elements are preferably formed of titanium nitride (TiN) or similar material, such as one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Al, Ta, N, O, and C. It should be noted that, for purposes of reference only, the direction from the bottom toward the top of the drawings herein is designated "vertical", and the side-to-side direction is "lateral" or "horizontal." Such designations have no effect on the actual physical orientation of a device, either during fabrication or during use.
It is preferred that the thickness (that is, the dimension parallel to the long axis of the printed page herein) of the phase change element 20 be from about 20 nm to about 150 nm, and most preferably about 70 nm. The thickness of the lower electrode 16 should be from about 20 nm to about 150 nm, and most preferably about 100 nm. The width (that is, the dimension parallel to the short axis of the printed page herein) of the lower electrode 16 should be from about 10 nm to about 70 nm, and most preferably about 50 nm. The width of the thermal isolation cell should be from about 2 nm to about 20 nm, and most preferably about 10 nm. Thus, the total width of the phase change element should be from about 50 nm to about 120 nm, and most preferably about 70 nm.
The electrode elements and phase change element are surrounded by an upper insulation layer 26 a, preferably formed of the same or similar material as the substrate 12. Between the two insulation layers is a barrier layer 18, formed of SiN or similar material.
The upper insulation layer makes contact with the sides of both the phase change element and the upper electrode, but not with the lower electrode element. The phase change element extends laterally beyond the edges of the lower electrode, so that the ends of the phase change element, the sides of the lower electrode and upper insulation layer and a portion of the barrier layer define a thermal isolation cell 24 surrounding the lower electrode element 16.
In operation, current flows through the memory element from plug assembly 14, to the lower electrode element 16, into the phase change element 20, and out through the upper electrode 22. Of course, the current direction could be altered by changes in element geometry, as will be understood by those in the art. In either event, the phase change material is subject to joule heating as current flows, as discussed above, resulting in a temperature rise in the center of the GST material. When the temperature exceeds the level required for phase change, a portion of the phase change material changes state. Temperature is not uniform throughout the phase change element, with changing values of current density producing significant variations. The temperature of the phase change material determines the effect produced, so the current is chosen to produce a temperature sufficient to create the desired result—either an amorphous state or a crystalline state—in the GST material. If it is desired to read the element status, a low current is employed for sensing purposes. The read operation is non-destructive, as the element temperature is kept below the threshold for a phase change.
The thermal isolation cell 24 functions to contain heat within the phase change element, which has several positive effects. First, by preventing the migration of heat away from the lower electrode element, this design reduces the total heat required to effect phase changes, which in turn reduces the current required for each SET or RESET operation. At the same time, retaining heat within the lower electrode element reduces the heat transferred to the remainder of the memory array, which translates directly into increased lifespan for the device. Given the vast numbers of memory elements within a complete integrated circuit—at least eight billion elements for a 1 GB memory device, for example—it can be appreciated that the effects of such a heat reduction will be significant. Thus, the illustrated design leads to reduced current consumption by the memory element.
An embodiment of a process for fabricating the memory device of the present invention is shown in
The etching step follows, with results shown in
Following the etching, a barrier layer 118 is deposited, composed of SiN, as discussed above, as seen in
The thermal isolation cells are formed in the next two steps. First, the portions of the barrier layer 118 lying next to the lower electrode elements are etched away, as shown in
Following the etching step, a two-stage deposition is undertaken to deposit a layer of GST material 120 atop the dielectric material, followed by a layer of electrode material (preferably TiN) 122, as shown in
The next step defines the pair of memory elements 10 a and 10 b.
The final two steps complete the fabrication of the memory element. In
An alternative process is illustrated in
The process begins with a base structure as seen in
The thermal isolation cells and the upper portions of the memory elements are formed in the next two steps. A two-stage deposition, illustrated in
The next step defines the pair of memory elements 210 a and 210 b.
The final two steps complete the fabrication of the memory elements. In
While the present invention is disclosed by reference to the preferred embodiments and examples detailed above, it is to be understood that these examples are intended in an illustrative rather than in a limiting sense. It is contemplated that modifications and combinations will readily occur to those skilled in the art, which modifications and combinations will be within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the following claims.
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We all lost a brilliant, interesting and dedicated friend rather suddenly on September 10, 2012, James Allison Hopper. Jim died peacefully at home with his beloved Kim at his side. His grown children James Benjamin, Mary Allison and Christian Vaughn Hopper as well as family members Fred and Suzanne Sherman, Doug and Pam Roehm, Beverly and Wilbur Creelman and all nine grandchildren plus one great-grandchild will miss him sorely as he spent a good part of every year participating in their lives. Jim was never one to skimp on sharing love with friends and family.
Jim was born in Boston in 1938 moving to St. Louis, MO, and then to Wichita, KS, as he grew up. He was proud to be appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1956 graduating as a second lieutenant in 1960. He joined the ranks of Special Forces and served honorably in Laos and Panama before temporarily leaving the military to go to law school. Returning to active duty, he served again in Japan and at the Pentagon until 1976. Jim then served as a civilian in Teheran, Iran, until the revolution when he finally took the second to last evacuation plane out. Civilian service continued in LaHore, Pakistan, in 1980 and in Saudi Arabia from 1981 to 2000.
Jim and Kim met in Heidelberg, Germany, and married in 1987. They lived happily together in Saudi Arabia for the next 13 years. While living and working in Saudi they bought a home in The Valley, Kim's 1970s stomping ground. Through all of his travels, Jim cherished his family and loved spending time with friends from "here, there and everywhere." Eventually, they moved into their home here full time in 2000.
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"The Prince of Paintball" – Will Clifford Visits Mayhem Big Game, The Pacific 3
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Mayhem Big Game – The Pacific 3
by: William Clifford
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On the weekend of the 31st August/ 1st September, I swapped my usual commute on the London Underground (the Tube) and made my way out of town to Romford, Essex to play the Mayhem Big Game – The Pacific 3. Having played the Mayhem Big Games for over 5 years in a row, I knew it was going to be a good weekend!
The Mayhem Big Game is awesome, since it offers something for everyone from: sneaky woods ball action in the lower wood, to the sup air and western field at the top, or even if you want to just check out all the cool vehicles they have all over the site, from tanks to helicopters, to the fighter jet in the staging area!
Its great to see a game that's grown so much over just a few years, with a lot of the major retailers in the UK attending too. DYE was offering people the opportunity to test drive the DAM in a real scenario, and see how it really holds its own. With all the available DAMs in use the whole weekend, it was clear that a lot of people seemed to be really enjoying themselves testing the marker. The feedback was great – everyone was so impressed by the DAMs versatility, accuracy and complete performance.
On the Saturday, it was great to catch up with lots of familiar faces and take the opportunity to walk around the site. In the afternoon the mini scenario game took place called the Band of Brothers, and there was plenty of sneaky action taking place in the thick woodland. I managed to hold a really strong position against a few pushes from the Japanese thanks to the Dye Cam that I was wearing head to toe.
On the Sunday, we started in the lower woodland and successfully completed almost all of our objectives in the morning. However in the afternoon, despite pushing the opposition right back into one corner of the whole site, we were unable to raise the flag come the end of the game and our win in the morning session wasn't enough to see us through as the overall winners.
Win or lose its irrelevant, the weather was amazing and everyone left with a smile on their face. Thanks to Mayhem Paintball for another fantastic weekend, for those of you that weren't there – I'd highly recommend it for next year when it will be held on the 30th and 31st of August in 2014. Thanks to Dye Paintball for the fantastic gear. It performed flawlessly all weekend, catch me on the following social networks and stay tuned for footage from the weekend with my DAM;
Next stop on my 'Ready for War Tour' will be StaarGate in just 10 days time.
Be part of the adventure!
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Mindy McCready Shot Family Dog Before Taking Own Life: Report
It just gets worse.
Country singer Mindy McCready, 37, took her own life on the same front porch in Heber Springs, Arkansas where her boyfriend, David Wilson, was found dead last month.
A source close to Mindy told TMZ she shot and killed the family dog before shooting herself. Neighbors reported hearing two gunshots, and authorities said Mindy died from what appeared to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Last month, Mindy told Dateline her dog had found the bullet that killed her "soul mate," David. "I didn't find the bullet, the dog did. It was in the dog's mouth. I mean, that's a horrific things to say, but it was in the dog's mouth."
According to a statement from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office, Mindy's body "will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy and the matter will be fully investigated." She leaves behind two sons — one 6, the other not yet 1.
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Porsha Stewart is not one to be upstaged, but a new addition to her family may be stealing the spotlight.
Last night, she Instagrammed a sweet pic of her niece, who was born just a few days ago! Her older brother, Hosea, welcomed an adorable baby girl on Feb. 3, 2013 at 1:36 a.m., and Porsha spilled all of the details in the caption.
The proud Real Housewives of Atlanta star wrote, "Welcome to our crazy, fun, loving Williams Family!!! Our newest member Kamaya 8 lbs 11 Ozs 21 inches Born 2/3 1:36am Praise God @4Hosea #miracle #family."
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STATESBORO, Ga. --- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior Ashlen Dewart (Spartanburg, S.C.) matched her double-double from Saturday to lead the Lady Mocs to a 67-50 win over Georgia Southern Monday night at Hanner Fieldhouse.
Dewart scored 20 second-half points for the second straight game for a 24 point, 13 rebound effort against the Eagles and recorded her sixth double-double of the year. She was 9-of-14 for the game from the field and shot 70 percent (7-of-10) in the second half with three 3-point plays in the latter stanza.
Chattanooga improves to 23-3 overall and 16-1 in SoCon play while the Eagles fall to 5-20 on the year and 4-12 against the league. Chattanooga runs its win streak to 13 games, tied for fifth best in school history. Chattanooga's longest win streak was a 27-game stretch in the 2003-04 season.
The Eagles started the game getting out front by a 7-4 margin with scoring from three different players. Junior Alex Black (Memphis, Tenn.) drained a 3-pointer to tie it up at 7-7 at the 16 minute mark of the first. After a basket by each team saw the third tie of the game at 9-9, freshman Alicia Payne (Memphis, Tenn.) hit a jumper in the lane and Chattanooga would not trail again.
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Junior Meghan Downes (Newnan, Ga.) gave the Lady Mocs the lead for good on a 3-pointer from the right side with 3:33 to play until half and capped off the 10-0 run with a short jumper and Chattanooga led 34-24 at intermission.
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The Lady Mocs scored the next nine led by an old-fashioned 3-point play from Dewart and capped with a pair of free throws from freshman Tatianna Jackson (Atlanta, Ga.) who had six points and a game-high four assists, to give UTC a 48-33 lead with 12:24 to play.
After Georgia Southern's Maggie Davis drained a 3-pointer with 12:10 on the clock, the Lady Mocs held the Eagles without a field goal for more than 10 minutes with GSU scoring 10 points from the free throw line during the drought.
Senior Kayla Christopher (Oliver Springs, Tenn.) had nine points in the game and improved her career 3-point total to 218. Payne was 3-of-4 from the field and 1-of-1 from the 3-point line for a season-best eight points. Downes had a pair of 3-pointers and put up eight points in the win while Chattanooga's balanced attacked continued with seven points from Black who added two assists and two steals.
Georgia Southern was led by Meredyth Frye and MiMi DuBose with 12 points apiece. Knight had nine a team-high nine rebounds.
Chattanooga outscored the Eagles 30-16 in the paint and 22-9 off the bench. The Lady Mocs' reserves have outscored its opponents 161-52 over the last seven games. Chattanooga forced 21 Eagle turnovers and capitalized with a 25-4 advantage while outscoring GSU 23-4 on second chance points with 19 offensive boards. The Lady Mocs outrebounded Georgia Southern 37-31 after trailing that category 17-12 at the break.
UTC shot 42.4 percent (25-59) for the game and had just five 3-pointers, missing all 11 attempts in the second half. After going 1-of-4 from the free throw line in the first half, Chattanooga was 11-of-14 in the latter period. Georgia Southern shot 37 percent (17-of-46) for the game and was 6-of-18 from beyond the arc while making 10-of-11 free throws, all in the second half.
Chattanooga returns to the McKenzie Arena Saturday, Feb. 23 to host Western Carolina. The game is set to tip off at 5 p.m. as the first game of a double-header with the men's team. Wear PINK to show your support for the fight against breast cancer as Chattanooga participates in the "Play4Kay" campaign. The Lady Mocs will also honor seniors Kayla Christopher and Kylie Lambert (Etowah, Tenn.) as they play their final home games at McKenzie Arena next weekend.
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
Reply #20 on:
February 14, 2013, 05:46:21 PM »
Quote from: dmerger on February 12, 2013, 07:41:38 PM
Here are some more examples of camera vs Epson and drum scanner.
Easy set up and camera wins.
In that example it looks as if the Epson scan is bad. Sounds like they were using the stock film holder - mistake number one. There is no way of overstating the difference a betterscanning.com holder can make (depending on the individual scanner).
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
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February 14, 2013, 06:43:38 PM »
Sounds like it. Here is what the tester said: "The Epson film holder hight was calibrated, and I used also a piece of anti newton glass to keep the film flat."
The Epson example doesn't look as good as I would expect. Even so, two different testers both stated that they got better, sharper, results with their cameras than with their Epsons. Perhaps they both could have achieved better results with their Epsons. I don't know. One of the Epson examples in the link looked very sharp.
I don't know how well a camera does compared to Epson or other scanners. You need to be careful in drawing conclusions based on just a couple of tests posted on the internet. The testers, however, appear to be competent.
Bottom line, for me, is that using a camera instead of a scanner seems to be a viable alternative and
produce better results. I'd like to see more tests before I'd draw any firmer conclusion.
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
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February 15, 2013, 01:46:29 AM »
I got into my drum scanner(an aztek dpl8000) for a helluva lot less than one of these 'repro' systems costs. And it takes up less space too! Not trying to gloat, but I've shot some tests of different setups, and I keep feeling that film(especially 4x5 and 8x10) has more 'dimesnion' than ANY digital setup. And the entry cost is much lower than with an equally versatile digital setup.
Back to scanners: I'm with FredBGG on this one. For a high-volume, lower quality output system, the P1 repro system(or any similar derivation/system from another manufacturer) is a great option. But for those times when the HIGHEST quality results are req'd, I(and many others) feel that a proper drum scan of a well exposed piece of film still yields the best quality digital file.
And the good news is that if you're not using it day in and day out, then there are MANY high quality scanner operators out there who will HAPPILY scan your film to your desired resolution.
Just my experience, albeit not in a professional manner, yet
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
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February 26, 2013, 06:16:34 AM »
Quote from: RomanKulodzik on February 12, 2013, 07:19:41 AM
indeed something is wrong with the Phase one 45. All 39 Mln backs should be better that 4x5 inch scanned on Imacon. Maybe the focus is wrong.To the Screen 1045- it is a great scanner, easy to work with if you scann transparecies, hard to use with negativs- as the most drum scanners. There is also a problem of the right RBG color space of the older drumscanner. Screen use they own, that is similar to Color MatchRGB, therefore the scanns must be corrected when Adobe RGB is used.
To achieve real good scann on a drumscanner can be sometimes a long story, if you go into deep. Every scanner have they own way to work, it takes time to find it out. Imacon is very easy to use and the most people have no need for real good scan quality, it is sad but a fact.
I wouldn't be so sure - we compared the cameras in clinical conditions and a drum scan of 4x5 blew the pants off the P45. This is from Joe Cornish, a very respected UK large format and technical camera user. The IQ180 was pretty close to the 4x5 drum scan and in some ways was better (acutance, noise) and in some ways worse (resolution).
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
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April 14, 2013, 04:02:55 PM »
Quote from: dreidesq on February 08, 2013, 12:49:08 AM
I have the chance to buy (pick up for free for the cost of rental van) a stupidly large, fully working, 16bit drum scanner with an A3+ size drum and 8000 dpi optical resolution with everything included.
The deal has now passed me buy, someone came a bought with £250 cash while I waited and pondered.
Someone saw the same
ebay listing
which for reference was start price of £4.99 or £250 buy it now and never likely to be a take it away for the cost of a van the
most recent auction
that I could find went for £515.00. I kind of figured it was at least worth the buy it now price after spending about a day doing what research I could; fortunately the specific yahoo group for this scanner has a copy of the service manual and the "adjustment" mentioned in the listing (actually resetting up the lateral feed wire) was easy to do although anyone not up to it would be looking at £945 + VAT for Screen to do it.
I used to have/use a Howtek 4500 which used colour Quartet 4.2
A fairly unusal Howtek then as Colour Quartet is for the Scanmate scanners. Was it a Howtek or a Scanmate ?
The Screen has been humming away nicely to itself while I have been getting the hang of its ins and outs if any one is interested in pro's and con's compared to say the Howtek Scanmaster 4500 here are a few thoughts.
It's pretty much bomb proof there is no maintance as such which is very much not the case in comparrision to the Howtek, build quality is far superior too this is not to say that you should not consider sensible precautions such as replacing resivior caps.
Potentail productivity is much higher due to the larger drum area you can easilly mount two 10x8 or eight 5x4 sheets and set up to batch scan them with individual settings.
It seems to be one of the very few 16bit drum scanners the Howtek is 12bit as are most others of this era the only other 16bit machines I could find checking the literature are the bigger screen 8060SG and the Howtek Hiresolve 8000 / Aztek Premier not sure about the ICG machines note a lot of scanning software might be 16 bit it does not meant the units D/A's are.
Now a few cons you are stuck with PPC MAC's running OS9 as that is the latest thing the Screen software runs on also there is a limitation that the maxium scan can be no more than 16000 pixels a side which is irritating given the 8000dpi optical resolution this is possibly a limit of maxium file sizes at the time the software was written in relation to the MAC OS it is however possible to batch scan and stitch the sections and it does allow a 5x4 scan at say 3000dpi at once. Note one irritating but oft over looked limitation of the Howtek Scanmaster 4500 is its inability to scan beyond the first five inches of it's drum at beyond 2000dpi I know I have one and part of the reason for wanting the screen was the ability to do higher resolution scans of 10x8 than the Howtek is capable of granted it is not as convienant as a Aztek Premier which can do its whole drum without the need for stiching.
With regard to the digitail back set up suggestions the going rate for the Screen is way cheaper than a P45 back and while wet mounting is a pain the running / maintanance costs are not at all high also the power consumption of 200W is some what friendlier than say the Optronics Colorgetters that require 700w.
Tim Parkin's prices seem very reasonable for the results and certainly for most people that probably makes more sense than owning your own drum scanner.
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
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April 16, 2013, 06:51:14 AM »
THe Screen 1045 is an 12 bit scanner, as the most high end drummscanners as all heidelberg Tango, Chromagraph, also the new Aztek.
The logarithm give the file in 16 bit.
The scanview scanmate 11000 is 14 bit scanner, out 16 bit.
also the Screen 8060 II is 14 bit.
the small scanners like Screen 1030, 1015, some Howteks are 10 bit scanners, the sceens give oly 8 bit file, howteks 16 bit, a quastion of the software.
But dont worry about the numbers. All that A/D converters in drummscanners are better than 16 bit in CCD scanners.
to my experiences about the film agains digital comparisions:
- the comparision of the details only are mostly not really helpfull, the differences between the both media are much more than you could see it on the details.
- the digital files will always be cleaner and better looking on the monitor. When printed in big sizes film looks much better then on the computer, for digital pics that are printed big you need good software to interpolate, some files looks to clean, have a "plastik" look
- I would say that 39 mln back give theoretical better results than a standart 4x5 film, but there are a lot of situation or reason where the film is much better medium. And dont forget: with Film you can always also go the analoge way, that give superior results.
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Re: 16bit Drum Scanning
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April 17, 2013, 04:42:48 PM »
Quote from: dreidesq on February 08, 2013, 03:25:36 AM
I used to have/use a Howtek 4500 which used colour Quartet 4.2 with a dongle and ran on my very old PowerMac G3 but that was a loooong time ago.
This one is a Screen DT-S1045 AI. I think I'll go a take a look at it as it's only up the road. The guy who owns it runs a printing company and sounds like the guy he employed to run it has long since gone (dead or just left he didn't say). I also spoke to Dianippon Milton Keynes who didn't seem to be too fazed at offering advice though he also said that although these machines are bomb proof and he can't remember ever having to repair one, spares are scarce and for them to even come out and look at it would be about £1000 not including VAT of course.
I've heard of Tim Parkin I subscribe to his web magazine.
I'm thinking as it's only going to cost me the price of fuel to get home (stored in an air conditioned garage though everything else in there will have to be moved out) and it's 240v why the hell not.
If I can make it work, at the very least I'll be able to scan my own crappy 120 shots.
If I can then do a reasonable job of that I'll offer a scanning service to anyone who wants scanning.
If it breaks or doesn't work then I'll call some heavy lifting dudes to remove it for the price of a pint or two, though they will probably dump it in the nearest country lane, so I'm not sure I want that one on my conscience.
Hmmm Food for thought.
I had one of them, bought it off ebay for £750..
A great scanner, took ages to scan, the software takes some learning. There is a very good user group on yahoo, they can help with just about any problem. It weighs a ton and takes up a lot of space. I gave my one away in the end.
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