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RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals Results - Day 2
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- For the second year in a row, Chris Acosta is an RMISA/NCAA West Regionals champion as the Lobo senior won today's giant slalom event in Bozeman, Mont. Acosta, a native of Ashland, Wisc., won the slalom at last year's Regionals. It's his second victory in 2013 and his third of his career.
The Lobos moved up one spot and sit in fifth after the second day of competition. New Mexico has 523 points and sits ahead of Alaska-Anchorage, who has 477.
Colorado leads all teams with 711 points, Utah is second with 625 and Denver is third with 616. Montana State sits within reach of the Lobos in fourth with 550 points.
"I am very happy for Chris Acosta who had an awesome race today," head coach Fredrik Landstedt said. "It was a little bit better day for the Nordics and we had some other great results for the Alpine team."
Nordic events concluded on Saturday with a 15/20K mass-start freestyle race. The RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals conclude tomorrow with the slalom.
Alpine - Giant Slalom
Acosta propelled a second-place finish by the Lobo men in the giant slalom. UNM's women finished third and collectively, New Mexico was second in the giant slalom.
Michael Bansmer was the Lobos' second point placer as he finished seventh. The sophomore had the fastest time of the field for the second run.
Sean Horner was next and finished 18th. Joonas Rasanen, Mark Miller and Juho-Pekka Penttinen also raced and placed 20th, 21st and 30th, respectively.
Sophomore Mateja Robnik led the Lobo women and earned her first podium finish in RMISA competition as she finished third. Seniors Kate Williams and Mary Rachel Hostetter placed 11th and 18th to round out UNM's scoring.
Freshman Courtney Altringer finished 25th.
Nordic - 15/20K Mass-Start Freestyle
Mats Rudin Resaland led all Nordic Lobos on Saturday as he placed sixth in the men's 20K mass-start freestyle. The sophomore finished the course in 59:21.1.
Junior Christian Otto and senior Eivind Odden Solberg were the other two Lobos that competed. Otto placed 22nd (1:03:07.5) and Solberg finished 27th (1:09:29.6).
Sophomore Clara Chauvet led the Nordic Lobo women with an 11th-place finish, completing the 15K mass-start freestyle in 53:23.9. Senior Linn Havelsrud Klaesson was 14th (54:46.6) and junior Anita Kirvesniemi was 23rd (57:39.3) to round out UNM's scoring. Senior Ingrid Leask finished the course in 1:00:08.2 and placed 26th.
"Mats had a real shot at the podium but fell one kilometer from the finish," Landstedt said. "Clara finished in ninth but got a 15 second penalty for skiing out of the trail for a few yards and was moved down to 11th. She skied a good race, and Linn also had a better race today."
2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals - Day 2
Overall: 1. Colorado (711) 2. Utah (625) 3. Denver (616) 4. Montana State (550) 5. New Mexico (523) 6. Alaska-Anchorage (477)
Alpine Point Leaders: DU 235, UNM 209, CU 201, UU 185, MSU 178, UAA 130
Alpine Women: DU 113, CU 99, UNM 98, MSU 94, UU 86, UAA 57
Alpine Men: DU 122, UNM 111, CU 102, UU 99, MSU 84, UAA 73
Nordic Point Leaders: CU 510, UU 440, DU 381, MSU 372, UAA 347, UNM 314
Nordic Women: CU 282, DU 211, UU 180, MSU 177, UAA 176, UNM 149
Nordic Men: UU 260, CU 228, MSU 195, UAA 171, DU 170, UNM 165
Men's Point Leaders: UU 359, CU 330, DU 292, MSU 279, UNM 276, UAA 244
Women's Point Leaders: CU 381, DU 324, MSU 271, UU 266, UNM 247, UAA 233


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Release Date: September 07, 1999
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By Navy Lt. Jennifer CraggEmerging Media, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2010 Air Force Lt. Col. Ed "Hertz" Vaughan is spending 50 days in colder conditions than most will ever experience to promote scientific research.
Vaughan -- commander of McMurdo Detachment 1 and deputy commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group, Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica -- is braving temperatures that often dip below minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit to support the U.S. Antarctic Program, the National Science Foundation's science mission in Antarctica.
In a Nov. 3 "DOD Live" bloggers roundtable, Vaughan discussed the Defense Department's support role in the interagency effort.
Defense Department officials asked the commander of U.S Pacific Command in 2005 to take the lead and be the supported command for the effort, he said, and Pacom created the joint task force to execute the mission.
The task force supports the National Science Foundation's research and exploration in Antarctica through Operation Deep Freeze, a U.S military operation unlike any other. It is among the military's more difficult peacetime missions due to the harsh Antarctic environment, Vaughan said. The military is uniquely equipped and trained to operate in such an austere environment, he added, and has supported the U.S. Antarctic Program since 1955.
Vaughan is no stranger to serving in harsh conditions. He first deployed to the Greenlandic icecap in 1992 and began flying Operation Deep Freeze missions in Antarctica in the 1993-94 time frame. He subsequently participated in six more Operation Deep Freeze seasons in both flying and nonflying roles.
LC-130 transport planes from the New York Air National Guard -- equipped with skis as well as wheels -- fly to some Antarctic outposts, such the South Pole, as well as numerous scientific stations around the continent that are manned on a seasonal basis, Vaughan said. The biggest hurdle they face is dealing with Antarctica's formidable weather changes, he added.
"The weather is noncooperative," he said. "You start getting into situations where you have a very narrow window to launch a mission or a narrow window to recover a flight."
He added that sometimes it's not the weather at McMurdo Station that matters, but rather the weather at wherever the crews are headed, such as the various field camps scattered throughout the continent.
While the temperatures in Antarctica are harsh, Vaughan said, he is taking advantage of Antarctica's austral summer, which provides 24-hour daylight. "You do have opportunities to get outside. … There are some hiking trails around here, if the weather permits," he said, but he added that the inherent focus of everyone stationed there is working to support science.
"If you were to just walk through McMurdo any time of the day or night, you'd get a sense that the people here are focused on work, and their job and the mission is the primary focus," Vaughan said.
About 10 percent of the 1,200 people working out of McMurdo Station are military, Vaughan said, and the mission reflects a high level of interservice and interagency cooperation.
"McMurdo is truly a joint mission, with members from the Air Force, Navy, the Reserve and Guard, as well as one member of the U.S. Army that participates each year, as well as the Coast Guard, who supports the mission through their Department of Homeland Security role," he said.
Vaughan said the task force's primary role is supporting various National Science Foundation-projects that are headed by some of the world's leading scientists.
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Recipe by Jennifer
"A great side dish or appetizer with a little kick. I got this recipe from my mother."
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jalapeno peppers
1 pound
2 cups
all-purpose baking mix
1 (16 ounce) package
Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon
crushed red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon
garlic salt
1 (16 ounce) package
Monterey Jack cheese, cubed
My husband and I had a wonderful time preparing these together. We were a bit unsure if the sausage needed to be cooked ahead of time and from our experience it does not have to be cooked. They are so yummy! If you do not like really spicy foods you can substitue the whole jalapeno for a green chile pepper instead. You can also stuff the jalapenos with 1/2 cream cheese mixture and 1/2 montery jack cheese mixture. You have got to try this recipe anyway you decide to make it...
These were good but next time I don't think I will make 'eggs'. I think I will just roll out the sausage dough with a greased roller and put green chili peppers and shredded pepper jack cheese on half of the dough, fold over, seal, and then cook. Let it cool enough so the cheese doesn't run, then slice into bite size pieces. I left out the pepper flakes because I didn't want 'hot'. I also only used 2 teaspoons of garlic salt and that was plenty. As another reviewer stated, had to add 1/3 cup of milk to get the extremely dry mixture to mix.
88 Ratings
This was very dry and hard to handle. I added 1/3 cup milk to the batter and it worked very well. Also tried with Cream Cheese in the jalepenos and it was wonderful!
The batter needs about 1/2 cup of milk to make the it stick to the pepper and cheese. Just the right amount of spiciness for me.
This dish has been a hit! Now I'm "told" what to bring to pot-luck dinners. I've modified the recipe by using garlic powder instead of the salt. To save time, I chop up the jalopeno's and place with the cheese on top of the coating mixture. Then I roll into logs and bake. After they cool, I slice and serve with ranch dressing. They usually disappear within minutes!
These are good hot from the oven or cold from the fridge. Great appetizer for casual get togethers. I have a couple of time saving tips:
Cut the stem off of the jalapeno and scoop out the seeds and membrane with the tip of your potato peeler. Rather than cubing the cheese, cut it into rectangles and just slip it in from the end that you cut the stem from.
For the reviewer who wanted more zip: toss the balls into Shake and Bake for Pork, the hot and spicy type. That ups the heat without hiding the flavor.
This is a very time consuming and tedious recipe, but as with many other things in life, the finished product is worth the wait! I have made these several times exactly as the recipe states. Next time, I may follow another viewers advice and cut the peppers in half. That should cut down on the pepper prep time. These armadillo eggs are a family favorite.
These were really tasty! I agree that next time I might just cut up the peppers and make more of a log out of this just for easier making. My jalapenos were large and I had no idea how this was supposed to look, so I was only able to make 9 "eggs". That's a pretty far cry from the 24 that the recipe said it would make. I loved the spice in these - it was perfect for us. I did add some cream cheese to the stuffing of the peppers, which was yummy. I also had to add one egg to the "breading" in order to make it sticky and hold together around the peppers. I would grab a handful of the sausage/breading mixture and then flatten it in my hand (like a hamburger patty, but VERY thin) and then put the jalapeno in the middle and roll the patty around the pepper. It would then take a little smooshing to make it perfectly fit around, but I think this method seemed to work well. All together a very good recipe. I have included a few before and after pics so others can see what it looked like for me.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Armadillo Eggs
Serving Size: 1/12 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 541
Calories from Fat: 380
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If you are getting Error 720 when you try to connect to Sprint's 3g network on a Sierra Aircard 250U USB modem, then don't worry- here's how to fix it.
Problem: When you click connect in Sprint's utility you get Error 720.
This issue may occur if the TCP/IP protocol has become unbound from the
dial-up adapter, or if a conflict is created when a second WAN Miniport IP
device driver loads."
Fix: (Thanks to harrisb on Lenovo's forums: source)
Step 1: Uninstall the WAN Miniport (IP) and WAN Miniport (PPTP)
You'll have to modify the registry in this step so make sure you back it up. (To restore, double click your exported file) – More info about the registry
To resolve this issue, uninstall the WAN Miniport IP and PPTP devices.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
3. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices.
4. Under Network adapters, you will see WAN Miniport IP
devices. If a WAN Miniport IP device is listed, continue to the
following step. If no WAN Miniport IP device is listed, go directly
to step 16.
5. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK."
Use regedit at your own risk (if you mess up, you may need to reinstall windows!)
6. Locate the following registry subkey:
7. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File, type backup-key in
the File name box, and then click Save.
Note You can restore the changes that you make to this registry key. To do
so, double-click the backup-key.reg file that you saved [but do not do so now]
8. Click each of the registry subkeys under this key, and then view the Data
column of the DriverDesc value to determine which of the subkeys
corresponds to WAN Miniport (IP). For example, the 0005 subkey.
9. Right-click the subkey whose DriverDesc value data is WAN Miniport (IP) or
WAN Minport (PPTP); (for example, right-click 0005), and then click
Delete. Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the key.
10. Quit Registry Editor.
11. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
12. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
13. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices.
14. Under Network adapters, right-click WAN Miniport (IP) and then click
Uninstall. Click OK to confirm that you want to remove this device.
15. Repeat for the WAN Miniport (PPTP).
Step 2: Reinstall the WAN Miniports
1. Find netrasa.inf in c:\windows\inf
2. Make a copy of the file and name it netrasa.inf.save
3. Open the original copy of netrasa.inf and place a semicolon
in front of the line that starts "Excludefromselect=\" and
and continue with all following lines and then end with
"MS_NdisWanNbfIn,MS_NdisWanNbfOut" under the [ControlFlags]
section. (all lines between)"
Step 3:
1. Start a Add new hardware session (from Control Panel) and choose
that the hardware is already installed. Choose to "Add New Hardware"
and then select "Network Adapters" followed by "Microsoft" and then
both the PPTP and the IP Wan miniport one at a time.
(NO need to reboot between these steps)
2. After you finish both then reboot.
3. Select Start -> Run and type: netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
(For details, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357)
4. Reboot and try your connection.
5. Delete the modified netrasa.inf and rename the original (which was saved as netrasa.inf.save) back to netrasa.inf
That's it. Worked perfectly on my T60. Hope this helps, visit the source for more detail.


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April 14, 1970 GARWlN ETAL 3,506,545
METHOD FOR PLATING CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION Filed Feb. 14. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 -1 3 FIG.1B 1
amen- 10 2 T0 #5104 E 10 Z 102 '5 300 400 500 TC E TEMPERATURE OF THERMAL TREATMENT 10% SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE DURING VAPORIZATION or GERMANIUM 17 FZA INVENTORS RICHARD L. GARWIN ARTHUR S. NOWICK ZWW/MVK M ATTORNEY April 14, 1970 R. GARWIN ETAL 3,506,545
METHOD FOR PLATING CONDUCTIVE P ATTERNS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION Filed Feb. 14. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v H 42 I 12 21 f: 22A
United States Patent 3,506,545 METHOD FOR PLATING CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION Richard L. Garwin and Arthur S. Nowick, Scarsdale, N.Y.,
assignors to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Feb. 14, 1967, Ser. No. 616,094 Int. Cl. C23b 5/48 U.S. Cl. 20415 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A solid state material is used as an electroplate substrate which has both amorphous and crystalline states possible at ambient temperature. By heating the amorphous substrate locally via a focused and programmed electron beam or laser beam, a line of demarcation is obtained in the substrate between regions which remain in the amorphous state and regions which are transformed to the crystalline state with higher conductivity. The transformation of contiguous regions permits preferentially electroplating of metallic conductive patterns on the higher conductivity region which effectively short circuits the underlying electroplate substrate.
INTRODUCTION This invention relates generally to a method for plating a pattern, and it relates more particularly to a method for establishing conductive patterns with higher resolution on a semiconductive material.
In the art of electronic circuitry, it is important that conductive paths be established between predetermined points on a substrate. Such conductive paths are especially useful in integrated circuits where it is desirable that they be readily established and finely demarcated. Of special importance for such conductive paths is that they interconnect points on the substrate and short circuit the underlying portion of the substrate. If such short circuit does occur, the underlying portion of the substrate can itself serve a beneficial function in the performance of the circuit configuration of which the conductive path forms a part.
It has been determined for the practice of this invention, based on data in the literature, that the Fermi level in an amorphous semiconductor is pinned by the large number of defects that are present in the structure of this material. Therefore, the Fermi level cannot be varied through the presence of donor or acceptor impurities in the same Way as this level is conventionally varied in the crystalline material. A dopant is thus relatively ineffective in an amorphous semiconductor material for altering its conductivity by comparison to a crystalline semiconductor material with the same dopant concentration. Background literature concerning the effect of different dopant concentrations on the conductivities of a semiconductor material in the crystalline state includes the following:
(a) The book Modern Physics, 2nd ed., R. L. Sproull, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1963, p. 398, table of data entitled Conductivity of n and p-type germanium.
(b) The article Electrical Properties of N-Type Germanium, P. P. Debye et al., Physical Review, vol. 93, 1954, pp. 693-706.
An amorphous material lacks a periodic structure of its atomic components and is of the nature of a supercooled liquid. Some amorphous materials, e.g., Ge and Si, remain so at ambient temperature, e.g., 20 C., unless a considerably excess heat is added thereto which causes it to become transformed to a crystalline state. The following are exemplary background articles concerning amorphous semiconductors:
(a) Non-Crystalline Amorphous, and Liquid Electronic Semiconductors, A. F. Ioife et al., Progress in Semiconductors, vol. 4, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1960, pp. 230-291.
(b) Study of Short Range Order in Amorphous Semiconductors by the Electron Diffraction Method, L. I. Tatarinova, Soviet Physics-Crystallography, vol. 4, No. 5, September-October 1959, pp. 678-683.
(0) Sur les Properties Electriques de Couches Minces de Germanium, M. P. M. Dunoyer, Journal de Physique, vol. 17, May 1951, pp. 602-606.
OBJECTS It is an object of this invention to provide a conductive pattern on a substrate.
It is another object of this invention to provide a configuration of conductive paths on an amorphous substrate with high resolution,
It is another object of this invention to provide demarcated zones of a material in one conductive state adjacent zones of the material in another conductive state with a conductive path established on one of the zones of higher conductivity than that of either of the zones.
It is another object of this invention to utilize metallurgical and energetic beam technologies to establish extremely small and shaped conductive patterns on demarcated zones of a substrate.
It is another object of this invention to utilize semiconducting doping, energetic beam heating, and electroplating techniques to establish conductive paths on an amorphous substrate.
It is another object of this invention to provide a configuration of metallic conductive paths on a semiconductor substrate wherein the paths are established on crystalline regions by electroplating and the crystalline region itself is established in the substrate from a preconditioned amorphous state by a traversing energetic beam such as an electron beam or a laser beam.
The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1A is a graph of the resistivity of germanium with resistivity plotted versus temperature of the support substrate during vaporization of the germanium thereon, the resistivity being measured at ambient temperature.
FIG. 1B is a graph corresponding to the graph of FIG. 1A and shows resistivity of a sample of Ge measured at ambient temperature, which had been deposited at relatively low temperature, e.g., 250 C. and then heated to successively higher temperatures.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use of an electron beam focused and programmed for traversing a substrate of amorphous semiconductor to transform local regions therein to the crystalline state.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the finished structure of FIG. 2 established in an electro-plating bath for electroplating a metallic conductive pattern on the crystalline regions in the amorphous substrate.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a technique for making electrical contact with the crystalline regions in an electroplating bath by metallic connection plated on the amorphous layer.
DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION Generally, this invention provides conductive paths on a substrate by defining the locales for these conductive paths by a traversing energetic beam such as an electron beam or a laser beam. After the substrate is thus sensitized to different conductivities in adjacent regions, an electroplating bath is utilized to establish a metallic deposition preferentially on the portion having the greatest conductivity. With greater particularity, this invention provides a conductive pattern with high resolution on an amorphous substrate of semiconductor material through utilizing traversal thereon of a finely focused electron beam or laser beam which transforms by local heating amorphous material to crystalline material. As the crystalline material can have a much higher conductivity than the amorphous material and the degree of conductivity differential between adjacent amorphous region and crystalline region can be controlled by the dopant concentration established during the growth of the amorphous layer, the electroplating of the conductive path configuration by metallic deposition on the substrate is readily controlled.
Since an electron beam is a stream of charged particles, it can be deflected controllably both by electrostatic and magnetic fields and can be focused in a conventional manner to heat regions down to dimensions of the order of one micron in diameter. Laser beams can also be used to heat a substrate locally. A conventional system for programmed deflection also is used with a laser beam. For both an electron beam and a laser beam in the practice of this invention, the programmed deflection can readily be obtained with a fixed direction beam on an electroplate substrate which is moved mechanically relative to the beam in the desired pattern.
FIGS. 1A and 1B provide exemplary data concerning establishing a semiconductor film of germanium in the amorphous state and the transformation thereof to the crystalline state by heating. The data is from the noted article by M. I. M. Dunoyer, Journal de Physique, vol. 12, May 1951, pp. 602-606. As shown in FIG. 1A, the resistivity of germanium in the amorphous state is significantly different than it is in the crystalline state. There is a resistivity differential of a factor between the amorphous state and the crystalline state. FIG. 1B shows what temperature must be achieved to produce transformation of amorphous state Ge to the crystalline state. It is clear that temperatures of at least 425 C. are required and must therefore be attained during the heating by the electron beam or laser beam. The corresponding temperature for the transformation of amorphous Si to the crystalline state is somewhat higher than for Ge.
There are only two requirements for the preparation of suitable amorphous films for the practice of this invention beyond those for producing thin films of any material. One requirement is that a source be used which is the semiconductor of interest, and this starting material may be doped as desired. The second requirement is the maintenance of a support substrate temperature below a critical value at which the material becomes crystalline. Illustratively, in FIG. 1A the support substrate temperature during deposition of germanium thereon has a critical temperature of approximately 300 C. Clearly, any support substrate temperature below 250 C. will, during deposition of germanium, give rise to the amorphous state.
The doping of an amorphous semiconductor for the practice of this invention can be accomplished in several ways. One procedure involves simultaneous evaporation from two sources; source one containing the desired semiconductor and the other source containing the dopant. This procedure requires the use of rate monitoring devices to maintain the proper ratio between the two evaporations. Another procedure uses a source material which is already doped. In this case, the deposited film will have a different composition from the starting material due to the difference in vapor pressure between the semiconductor and the dopant. However, the starting composition can be adjusted taking this fact into account. An exemplary background text on evaporation of materials is: Vacuum Deposition of Thin Films, L. Holland, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1958.
The practice of this invention for an embodiment thereof will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 of which FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of the structure of FIG. 2.
There is shown in FIG. 2 a support substrate 10, e.g., of quartz, on the surface 11 of which there is vacuum deposited an amorphous layer 12 of Ge, i.e., an electroplate substrate, which maintains that state at ambient room temperature, e.g., 20 C. An illustrative thickness of the layer 12 is one micron. Layer 12 of Ge can be transformed from the amorphous state to the crystalline state by the suitable addition of heat. In the practice of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, the substrate 10 and layer 12 thereon are established in a vacuum system having a vacuum in the range of 10 torr, where 1 torr equals a pressure of 1 mm. of Hg. An electron beam source 14 provides a focused electron beam 16 which is programmable on the surface 17 of layer 12 at points 18 therein. The electron beam 16 is programmed to traverse the surface 11 in paths 21 to 23 and to heat the surface so as to transform the amorphous state to the crystalline state. By cooling the substrate 10 in a conventional manner, heat added to the layer 12 for the transformation from the amorphous state to the crystalline state is rapidly dissipated by a diffusion thereof outside the pathway defined by the traversing electron beam without significant rise in temperature of the material outside the margin of the beam.
Exemplary background books and articles on electron beam technology are:
(a) The book, First International Conference on Electron and Ion Beam Science and Technology, R. Bakish, editor, particularly, Some Observations on the Formation of Tracks on Thin Supported Metal Films Produced by an Electron Beam, .P. A. Einstein, pp. 205-219.
(b) The book, Introduction to Electron Beam Technology, R. Bakish, editor, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1962.
(c) The article, The Preparation of Microcircuit Stencils and Patterns by Photomechanics and Electron Beam Machinery, P. L. Hawkes et al., Journal of Microelectronics and Reliability, vol. 4, 1965, pp. -79.
As shown in FIG. 2A, the pathways. 21 to 23 of transformed amorphous material to crystalline material penetrate completely the depth of layer 12. In some circumstances, for the practice of this invention, the amorphous material is transformed to crystalline material only partially in the entire depth of layer 12. It is usually not necessary to cool the support substrate 10 during heating of amorphous layer 10. If the support substrate is a good insulator, the heat from the beam does spread or diffuse significantly, which is sufficient to maintain a narrow zone being heated.
The amorphous layer 10 should be of such thickness that the crystalline regions produced through local heating are sufficient to carry the electroplating current and make possible the electroplating. In practice, it is sometimes difficult to achieve an amorphous film which is only partially converted in depth during the local heating to crystalline layer unless it has considerable thickness. It is preferable for the practice of this invention to convert the amorphousfilm 12 to crystalline material down to the surface 11 of the underlying support substrate 10 which if it is a good insulator, tends to localize the heated zone to the resolution of the heating beam at the point of junction, between amorphous layer 12 and support substrate 10. By having the support substrate 10 of thick material which is a very poor thermal conductor, heat is mainly retained near the heated junction of the semiconductor and insulator and the desired heating is achieved efficiently and in a localized manner.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an electroplating bath for establishing by electroplating metallic conductive depositions on layer 12 at crystalline regions 21 to 23. The structure comprising substrate 10 and layer 12 thereon is established in container 24. A conventional electroplate bath 26, e.g., an aqueous cyanide solution, is established therein which is electroplating a metal on the crystalline region 21, e.g., copper or silver, on germanium. Conductive patterns 22A and 23A are shown as already deposited on crystalline regions 22 and 23."Exemplary background articles and books are: I
(a) Electroplating Metal Contacts on Germanium and Silicon, D. R. Turner; Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 106, September 1959, pp. 786-790.
(b) Modern Electroplating, F. A. Lowenheim, editor, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1965.
(c) Electroplaters Process Control Handbook, D. G. Faulker et al., editors, Reinhold Corp., 1963.
In the practice of this invention, an anode 28 is connected to a battery 32. The negative terminal of battery 32 is connected via conductor 34,'variable resistance 36, and switch connector 28 to conductive probe 40. An insulator mount 41 sustains firmly conductive probe 40 which has a sharp point contact 42 for contacting the surface of layer 12. As depicted in FIG. 3, the layer 12 has already had established thereon at regions 22 and 23 metallic depositions 22A and 23A. In order to establish a conductive metallic deposition on the crystalline region 21, probe 42 is caused to contact region 21, and a suitable current is caused to flow by adjustment of resistance 36. Since crystalline region 21 is of significantly greater conductivity than the adjacent amorphous regions, there is preferentially deposited thereon a metallic layer of uniform thickness.
Although the crystalline pathway 21 is of considerably greater conductivity than the adjacent amorphous regions, the metallic deposition established thereon by electroplating is of such higher conductivity that it effectively short circuits the underlying portion of layer 12. The crystalline material is effectively short circuited by the metal because the resistivity of the electroplated metal is in the range of to lotohm-cm., while the crystalline semiconductor material can be limited to resistivity of 10- to 10* ohm-cm. The highly conductive metallic patterns 21A, 22A, and 23A are utilized in a conventional manner for communicating current or otherwise making contact between required positions on layer 12 after the structure consisting of substrate 10, layer 12, and the metallic depositions is removed from the electroplate bath 2'6.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram representing a technique for making a contact to crystalline pathways 21 to 23 in a special manner. A conductive metallic connection 44 is established on layer 12 in a conventional manner, e.g., by masking and vacuum deposition, with probes 46 to 48 which make contact respectively with crystalline pathways '21 to 23. The structure comprising substrate 10, layer 12, and conductive metallic connection 44 is then immersed in the electroplate bath 26 of FIG. 3, and the contact 42 of probe 40 is caused to make contact at some point with metallic pathway 44. Subsequently, the probe connection portions 46 to 48 are removed, as by etching, if they are not required for the operational performance for which the conductive patterns 21A to 23A are to be used.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Through the practice of this invention, conductive paths are established by plating, e.g., electroplating, on an insulating substrate. The substrate is characterized by at least two physical conditions between which there is a transformation through application of heat whereby regions adjacent a line of demarcation defined by the heating have sufficiently different conductivities that one preferentially receives the plate and the other does not.
In carrying out the pratcice of this invention, a substrate is provided which initially is an amorphous condition that remains so at ambient temperature of operation of any consequence device utilizing the substrate. The
substrate should either be a good thermal insulator, e.g., fused quartz, or externally cooled so that heat absorbed in the substrate raises the temperature only locally. There is obtained a line of demarcation in the substrate separating one region of relatively high conductivity from another region of relatively low conductivity by applying a focused electron beam or laser beam of sufficient energy. Thereafter, the region of relatively high conductivity is electroplated by making it the cathode for electroplating of a metallic deposit. Illustratively,'for semiconductor component technology with Si and Ge materials, an amorphous layer thereof is deposited on a substrate by conventional procedure; and it is exposed to a focused and programmed electron beam or laser beam which delineates a pattern in the substrate of transformed regions from the amorphous state to the crystalline state. Thereafter, the substrate with the delineated regions of crystalline material is established in an electroplating bath and a pattern of conductive stripes is established on the substrate over the crystalline regions. These conductive patterns may be used conventionally for communicating electrical paths between terminal positions on the substrate such as binding posts or active devices which are themselves grown by conventional techniques on the substrate. The conductivity of a semiconductor material such as Si or Ge is largely determined by the dopant concentration therein which causes it to be either n-type or p-type conductive material. The semiconductor Si or Ge has its conductivity significantly more affected by a given dopant concentration in the crystalline condition than in the amorphous condition. Therefore, by controllably doping the amorphous substrate during its deposition, through the procedure of this invention, the effective conductivity differential between adjacent amorphous material and crystalline material may be controlled.
In the practice of this invention for integrated cir cuitry, the amorphous electroplate substrate may also be established as a region having the desired circuitry of active and passive components. The conductive paths obtained by the practice of this invention provide the desired conductive interconnections among the components.
While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and other changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed is:
1. Method of establishing a pattern of current conductive interconnection metallic paths on a substrate comprising the steps of:
doping controllably and forming an amorphous layer of semiconductor material on a substrate, said amorphous material being effectively nonconductive for electroplating current;
heating locally said layer by a radiation beam to transform permanently by a phase transformation said amorphous material thereat to crystalline material adjacent lines of demarcation therein defining a pattern, said crystalline material being effectively conductive for electroplating current; and
electroplating preferentially metallic depositions on said crystalline material of higher conductivity than either said amorphous material or said crystalline material to establish said pattern of current conductive interconnection metallic paths.
2. Method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said radiation beam is an electron beam.
3. Method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said radiation beam is a laser beam.
4. Method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said semiconductor material is germanium.
5. Method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said semiconductor material is silicon.
7 6. Method of establishing a pattern of current conductive interconnection metallic paths on a substrate comprising the steps of:
forming an amorphous layer of semiconductor material on a substrate, said amorphous material being effectively nonconductive for electroplating current; heating locally said layer by a radiation beam to transform permanently by a phase transformation said amorphous material thereat to crystalline material adjacent lines of demarcation therein defining a pattern, said crystalline material being effectively conductive for electroplating current; and electroplating preferentially metallic depositions on said crystalline material of higher conductivity than either said amorphous material or said crystalline material to establish said pattern of current conductive interconnection metallic paths.
7. Method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said radiation beam is an electron beam.
8. Method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said radiation beam is a laser beam.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,013,955 12/1961 Roberts 20415 3,345,274 10/1967 Schmidt 204-15 3,397,278 8/1968 Pomerantz 20415 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,295,071 7/1961 France.
998,386 7/1965 Great Britain.
JOHN H. MACK, Primary Examiner T. TUFARIELLO, Assistant Examiner
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Tommy Milone
|Tommy Milone
Milone with the Oakland Athletics
Minnesota Twins – No. 33
February 16, 1987
Saugus, California
MLB debut
|September 3, 2011 for the Washington Nationals
Career statistics
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|Earned run average
Tomaso Anthony "Tommy" Milone (born February 16, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Washington Nationals and the Oakland Athletics.
Professional career[edit]
Washington Nationals[edit]
Milone was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 10th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of Southern California, where he played for the USC Trojans baseball team.
Milone made his major league debut on September 3, 2011, against the New York Mets.[1] Milone struck out Angel Pagan of the New York Mets for his first career strikeout, and later hit a three-run home run on the first pitch of his first Major League at bat, becoming the 27th player in major league history to do so. He left the game after pitching four and one-third innings.
Oakland Athletics[edit]
On December 23, 2011, Milone was traded with A. J. Cole, Derek Norris and Brad Peacock to the Oakland Athletics for Gio Gonzalez and Robert Gilliam.[2]
Milone started the regular season in the #3 starting rotation spot behind Brandon McCarthy and Bartolo Colon. Milone was the only starting pitcher in the A's rotation to last all season without getting injured and had started the most games for the A's during the 2012 season. He pitched his first complete game of his career on June 20 defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers. Milone had started game 2 of the ALDS, but the A's had lost to a no decision in the bottom of the 9th inning. Milone finished the season with a 13–10 record and with 137 strikeouts and an era of 3.74
Milone was optioned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats on August 3, 2013.[3] Milone finished the season with 12 wins in 28 games, 26 of them starts.
Milone started the 2014 season in the A's rotation as the fifth starter. Despite owning a record of 6-3 and a 3.55 ERA in 16 starts, Milone was sent down to AAA. After his demotion he demanded a trade.[4]
Minnesota Twins[edit]
On July 31, 2014, the Athletics traded Milone to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for outfielder Sam Fuld.[5] Milone started in five games for the Twins before being shut down with a neck injury.[6]
Pitching style[edit]
Milone's four-seam fastball ranges from 87–89 mph, and he complements it with a cutter (84–86), curveball (75–79), and changeup (79–82), as well as a rare two-seam fastball. Milone's repertoire against left-handed hitters tends to be fastball-cutter-curveball, while against right-handers it is fastball-changeup-cutter. He uses his changeup heavily in 2-strike counts against righties. His curve is his best swing-and-miss pitch with a whiff rate of about 33%.[7] Milone has shown good control early in his career, with a walk rate under 2 per 9 innings.[8]
See also[edit]
- ^ Lefty Milone scheduled to pitch first big league game Saturday
- ^ Nationals Press Release (December 23, 2011). "Nationals acquire All-Star lefthander Gio Gonzalez from Athletics as part of six-player trade". Nationals.com.
- ^ Schlegel, John (August 3, 2013). "Milone optioned to Triple-A, Scribner called up". MLB.com. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
- ^ http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_26197123/oakland-pitcher-tommy-milone-not-softening-trade-demand
- ^ Cotillo, Chris (July 31, 2014). "Athletics, Twins swap Sam Fuld for Tommy Milone". bleacherreport.com.
- ^ http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/275032781.html
- ^ "Brooks Baseball · Home of the PitchFX Tool – Player Card: Tom Milone". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "Tommy Milone Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- USC Trojans bio
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Washington Nationals players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Minnesota Twins players
- USC Trojans baseball players
- Vermont Lake Monsters players
- Hagerstown Suns players
- Potomac Nationals players
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- Sacramento River Cats players
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Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet's Castle 1 - 9 August 2015
Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet's Castle is a grand annual Danish event, celebrating Shakespeare in the magical settings of Kronborg – Hamlet's very own castle.
When the August sun sets over the historic town of Elsinore you are in for spectacular and startling open-air performances in the courtyard of Kronborg Castle, presented by the finest theatre companies in the world.
Walk along the banks of the torch-lit moat and prepare yourself for intense emotions, as you make your way to the atmospheric courtyard. Here you will find the stage and the audience tribune, in the most authentic scenography one can imagine: the walls of Kronborg Castle.
Anticipate world-class interpretations of Shakespeare by some of the most prestigious theatre companies and widely acclaimed artists of their time. The tradition goes 200 years back: Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet's Castle was established at Kronborg Castle in 1816.
Program 1- 9 August 2015
"Hamlet" by Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 1 - 4 August 2015
Shakespeare's phenomenal tragedy of revenge, Hamlet, is brought to life in an unrivalled potpourri of video, rock and dazzling acting. Christian Friedel plays the role of Hamlet, when the internationally acclaimed theatre company, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, performs at the Shakespeare Festival.
"Diagnosis: Hamlet" by Companyia Pelmànec, 5 – 6 August 2015
Diagnosis:Hamlet is wonderful adult puppet theatre, performed by the Spanish theatre company Companyia Pelmànec. Experience a therapeutic meltdown of Shakespeare's classic drama, Hamlet.
"The Merchant of Venice", Open Air Cinema, 8 August 2015
Enjoy an evening of Shakespearean cinema with the classic film version of The Merchant of Venice, featuring the Oscar-winning actor, Al Pacino.
"Shakespeare In Concert", Frans Rasmussen and Greve Concert Orchestra + soloists, dancers and singers, 9 August 2015
Take a musical tour of Shakespeare's universe, in the company of the internationally acclaimed conductor, Frans Rasmussen, Greve Concert Orchestra and acclaimed singers and dancers. Shakespeare In Concert presents works by Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Prokofiev, all inspired by Shakespeare.
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Casey Blake: Bearded Enigma.
There are generally two opinions of Blake, as many believe he has been a key cog to the Dodgers success over the past handful of years, while others loathe the way he came to be a Dodger in the first place. I am firmly in the camp of the latter, though I simultaneously recognize he's been one of the better third basemen in the club's history.
Of course, part of that speaks to the lack of quality third basemen this franchise has put on the field. In his short tenure with the Blue Crew, Blake managed a .338 OBP and a .431 SLG, with an injury-plagued 2011 as the culmination of what was a mediocre stint with the team. His fantastic 2009 of 4.9 WAR was followed by a decent 2010, but 2011 saw Blake injured and unproductive when on the field, posting a triple slash line of .252/.342/.371 to go along with a lackluster .314 wOBA and 1.1 WAR. He played in just 63 games as the aging Iowan's health failed him.
Always solid with the glove (2011 UZR/150 of 8.5), Blake was counted on for far too much production by management and many loyal fans of his. Why, then, did I start this Season Review with a 38-year-old who barely suited up this season? Well, the Dodgers just declined the option on his contract for 2012, so Casey heads to free agency. Or retirement. Either way, I feel safe in saying that whatever path Blake chooses, his time starting at the hot corner in Los Angeles is over.
If, however, he were to return – and I'd be shocked if Ned Colletti didn't consider bringing back Casey in some capacity, because, you know, he's Ned Colletti – Blake's ability to hit lefties (career .271/.360/.486/.846 versus southpaws) and play solid defense would portend to a role as a super-sub at all four corner spots, but primarily at third. Of course, the calls for that scenario have been ringing for well over a year, and we all saw how well that plan came to fruition in 2011.
The fact that Aaron Miles made the squad to start the season was disheartening enough to begin with. That he got so much playing time was even more unsettling.
Though he had a hot month of June, hitting .419/.418/.500/.918 (and yes, that is an OBP lower than his BA), which garnered a whole hell of a lot of attention and simultaneously made him the apple of Steve Lyons' eye, Miles was the same old mediocre Aaron Miles that he has always been and will likely continue to be.
While starting 61 games at third, Miles hit .249/.321/.321/.642 while playing beyond shoddy defense (-12.1 UZR/150). He was worth 0.8 WAR on the season with his almost five hundred (!) plate appearances, but could be in line for the Jamey Carroll multi-year deal regardless.
Miles is clearly not worth that, as he will turn 35 in December, is not exceptionally talented at any aspect of the game of baseball, and is simply taking up a roster spot from a younger player who could bring more upside and talent to the table.
53 games started at third (59 in total), a remarkably putrid triple slash line of .199/.262/.270/.532 in those games, a cumulative wOBA of .250, 0.4 WAR on the season, and 20.3% of his plate appearances ended in a strikeout. He walked in just 5.8% of his trips to the dish, put up an abysmal .089 ISO, and ate up more of the Dodgers payroll than he did the post-game spread (actually, that's an arguable point).
Sadly enough, he's likely the leading candidate to man the hot corner in 2012.
Juan Uribe is a terrible player. He had an atrocious 2011. If I write anything more about Juan Uribe, I'll be the one on the disabled list with a detached head.
Fun Fact: Juan Castro started a game at third. Juan Castro.


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I religiously tell people to buy fish oil online from Omega Direct or Carlson Nutritional Supplements. Buying direct from a manufacturer who only sells fish oil ensures that the product is kept at a low temperature and isn't rancid when you open it. My whole family has taken fish oil for two years now without a problem, but recently I decided to try buying the fish oil from Whole Foods and then from Fairway.
I usually tell people to order the fish oil from the internet, figuring an oil with a fresh lemon taste that has no fishy taste would be easier to introduce to kids. But, I thought after two years of taking fish oil, maybe we wouldn't be as sensitive. Boy was I wrong. We threw away the regular Carlson Cod Liver Oil without the lemon taste I purchased from Fairway. And today I tossed the 3-6-9 I bought at Whole Foods.
While Carlson Lemon Flavor Cod Liver Oil is award winning, the Regular flavor Cod Liver Oil is truly disgusting. I guess if you are allergic to lemon, love fishy oil and there was a gun to your head you MIGHT want the regular flavor, but short of that I would go with the award winning lemon flavor. My son, who has been taking cod liver oil for two years went screaming "That isn't OIL--it's FISH OIL" after I gave him the regular flavored Carlson Cod Liver oil bought from Whole Foods.
I love the Lemon Flavor and you wouldn't believe the number of families with kids I have gotten to take it. But whatever you do make sure you buy the LEMON FLAVOR. And save yourself some money and buy it from Carlson Nutritional Supplements or from Omega-Direct which sells another reputable brand, Nordic Naturals. Both companies use oil that are well tested for mercury and other contaminants so there products are safe to use. I just ordered two bottles of the Carlson's Finest Fish Oil Lemon Flavor directly from Carlson Nutritional Supplement and Complete Omega 3-6-9 from Omega Direct. I kind of went overboard not wanting to ever end up having to buy it locally again. I bought EPAxtra capsules from Omega-Direct for my husband. While the fresh, liquid oil is the healthiest option, the capsules are easier and more convenient.
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Thank you so much for this information.Print this post
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- Betsy said...
Very informative. I may have to switch from our Nordic Naturals for children.Print this post
- December 8, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- J said...
I may have to try Lemon the next time we buy - I usually buy orange and it is not terrible especially mixed with a few sips of orange juice. Do you give the lemon oil by itself?Print this post
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Rapper DMX, who once was at the top of the music game, has been arrested AGAIN. Is he trying to break some record or just beat his personal best? He was picked up yesterday on an arrest warrant for driving on a suspended license. Aw, that's nothing! That's like G-rated, compared to all that dog abuse crap from last year. Maybe DMX is trying to make a comeback?
Anyway, now would be a fun time to guess how many time's DMX's been arrested. What do you think?
a) 3 times
b) 17 times
c) 10 times
d) all of the above
Answer under the jump!
The answer is c) ten times! Happy arrestiversary!


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|San Diego Unified app running on an Android phone.
San Diego Unified's new smart phone app, giving parents and the community quick access to locations of district schools, up-to-date news and other features, is now online.
Available for the Apple iPhone, as well as phones and pads running the Google Android system, the app was co-developed by the district and its web content management system contractor, Schoolwires Inc.
"This new mobile app will give on-the-go access to district news and information" said Bernie Rhinerson, Chief of Staff, "for all of our parents and the community at large who need timely information about our schools and who want to keep up with what is happening in our district."
The app is available for download from the iTunes app store for Apple products, or from the Google Play app store for devices running the Google Android system. There is no charge for the app, however the end-user may have to pay for data usage depending on his or her phone plan.
"San Diego Unified School District now will be able to effectively deliver its rich district experience powered by Schoolwires to community stakeholders using mobile devices," said Jason Coudriet, vice president of Product Design and Innovation, Schoolwires, Inc. "We are excited and pleased with the success of the project. "
Current features include access to the district's News section, which provides daily stories on student achievement, new programs and innovative school programs, an address and telephone number listing of all district schools, staff directory and links to the district's Facebook and Twitter pages. Additional features will be added to the app in the coming months, including an iPad version and Spanish-language support.
"As one of the first large urban school districts in the country to offer a mobile information application," said Rhinerson, "San Diego Unified continues to be on the leading edge in using new technologies to stay connected with our stakeholders."
For more information on the app, contact District Webmaster Geoff Smith at email@example.com.


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Tori Spelling: "Hateful" Divorce Story "Terrified" My Son
Tori Spelling just wrote an open letter in response to a new Star magazine story alleging she and her husband Dean are going through a $300 million divorce. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum has been in this business a long time and she said she's developed a thick skin about herself, but this cover story attacked her husband (claiming Tori caught him with other women, he has a porn obsession, and taunts Tori about her weight) and confused and terrified her children. So she responded not as a celeb, but as a mom.
As she wrote, in a portion of her open letter (via Gossip Cop):
"...At this point you might be wondering what I'm referring to while others have already seen the hateful story on the cover of this weeks Star magazine claiming that Dean and I are divorcing and many more horrible claims against my husband. Yes, the story will pass but what won't pass is what happened in a local supermarket check out line.
My son Liam is turning 6 in a couple weeks. His proudest achievement so far in his young life is that he is learning to read. Until now, when that pride turned to sorrow thanks to Star magazine. He first spotted me on the cover, then Dad, and then a picture of himself and his 3 younger siblings. He was able to read two things out loud, the word DIVORCE (which he proudly sounded out) and the caption above his picture which read 'Who will get the kids?' He became terrified.
I had to hurry him and his confused 4-year-old sister Stella out of the grocery store and into our car. By the time he was fastening himself into his car seat he was asking, 'Why is someone getting us?? Where are you and Dad going?' He was anxiously biting his lower lip and his big blue eyes were filled with tears. My heart sank. How would I explain to my children that what these 3 writers who have never even met us but who claim to know the ins and outs of our relationship and have proudly put their names on this article are flat out writing lies?..."
Poor little guy. Tori said she and Dean will continue to love each other and this story will pass, but "our children should never have to bear witness to lies and fabrications." Read her full letter here.
Source: Gossip Cop


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Reviews and news of films, foreign and mainstream
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Burning for Steenburgen
May my wife forgive me, but I have to pay homage today to one of my longtime crushes. Oh, the missus knows all about my semi-obsession, but it can't be easy for her to see me gush all over another woman in blog form (my gushing, not the woman). Oh well. Happy birthday, Mary Steenburgen! […] [Read More]


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Hand Pipes
Albert Einstein once said that "pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs." We have to agree. Lighting the bowl, taking a puff, holding it briefly then slowly exhaling... the smoking satisfaction can take you to some pretty philosophical places.
Smoking from a hand pipe is many smokers' favorite way to relax. Just holding a pipe brings delicious anticipation. At Grasscity.com, we've assembled a huge selection of hand pipes to choose from, made from a variety of materials, ranging from down-home corn cob pipes to one-of-a-kind glass art hand pipes. ... Read More
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Blue chips send shares tumbling
Profit-taking continued during yesterday's session, with shares ending in the red at lower trading value.
On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN Index shed 3 per cent, finishing at 455.65 points.
Market value decreased by 20 per cent compared to Monday's level, totalling nearly VND1.6 trillion (US$76.1 million) on a volume of nearly 97.2 million shares.
Only Sacombank (STB) amongst the 10 leading shares by capitalisation added 1.7 per cent, which failed to lift the index as the other nine stocks tumbled. Particularly, the largest share – Vietcombank (VCB) – along with Vietinbank (CTG) and insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) plunged to floor prices.
The VN30 tracking the bourse's 30 best stocks also lost 2.5 per cent to 522.90 points.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index slid 2.6 per cent, standing at 76.81 points. Losers outnumbered gainers by 268-37.
Around 78.2 million shares worth a combined value of VND806 billion changed hands, dropping 17.7 and 14.5 per cent against the previous trading day's figures, respectively.
The most heavily traded code was again Habubank (HBB) with 7.7 million shares changing hands.
A few days ago, there was information that Vietnam Electricity planned to increase electricity rates by 5-10 per cent. "This is one of the factors that has made investors more cautious recently, especially when the pressure of profit-taking becomes really strong after a 'hot' recovery," commented Kim Eng Securities Co analysts.
Meanwhile, according to Bao Viet Securities Co analyst Nguyen Xuan Binh, the correction could last for more than one month. "Investors may sell shares in their short-term portfolios when the indices turned green back," he wrote in a note.
Saigon Securities Inc analysts stated that the market would soon rally. "However, the rally will not retain if there is little support."
While the market needed more supporting information, yesterday's data about widening the cap on lending rates was not strong enough to give a boost.
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2006-2007: Did not compete. 2005-2006: Did not compete. 2004-2005: Did not compete. High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Brian Dickinson at Coyle-Cassidy High School in Tanuton, Mass. ... Served as team captain during senior season ... A two-time Eastern Athletic Conference All-Star ... Earned All-Scholastic honors from the Taunton Gazette following junior and senior years ... Placed second in the state tournament as a sophomore, and 10th as a junior ... Also a member of the track team at Coyle-Cassidy, and was part of the school-record setting 4x800 relay team.


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Storytelling Game
Reviewed for Second Grade, 2008
Storytelling is an important activity for second graders, who are beginning to read more complex chapter books and write their own short stories. This fast-paced memory game is a great way to get the literary juices flowing! Each player goes around the circle and adds to the story using one of the five playing cards in their hand, which depict living or nonliving things. "Once there was a cheeseburger who fell in love with a lobster beneath a lighthouse. The cheeseburger made a beautiful bride and the lobster became a professional golfer." Seems zany enough, but there's another twist: before laying down a new piece to the story, players have to start telling the story from the beginning, using the cards as visual reminders. It's a race to see who can get rid of all their cards first, while making interesting contributions to the story! The best part of the game is its flexibility - if your child is still struggling with reading, he can use the pictures on the cards to guide him in his storytelling. If your child is already a confident reader in English, he can use the Spanish and French text at the bottom of each card to learn vocabulary in another language. This is one game where the cards are always stacked in your favor! (International Playthings, $14.99)


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Spectacular, remodeled Custom home updated to 2013 located in Convent Station section of Morris Township is nestled on 2.6 private acres with peaceful pond. 7 min walk to train. This large home features a 1st floor bedroom, beautiful sunroom, a large foyer, and a lower level spacious and gracious enough to be used as a mother-daughter or a separate suite. It is decorated to perfection and is of Architectural Digest quality. The gourmet kitchen is a chef's dream, the master suite is a luxury oasis and the entire home is practical yet elegant. Relax on the deck and overlook the bucolic grounds complete with pond. A hidden gem. 7 minute walk to Convent train.
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man SHODAN
SHODAN is a search engine that lets you find specific computers (routers, servers, etc.) using a variety of filters. Some have also described it as a public port scan directory or a search engine of banners.
Web search engines, such as Google and Bing, are great for finding websites. But what if you're interested in finding computers running a certain piece of software (such as Apache)? Or if you want to know which version of Microsoft IIS is the most popular? Or you want to see how many anonymous FTP servers there are? Maybe a new vulnerability came out and you want to see how many hosts it could infect? Traditional web search engines don't let you answer those questions.
So what does SHODAN index then? Good question. The bulk of the data is taken from 'banners', which are meta-data the server sends back to the client. This can be information about the server software, what options the service supports, a welcome message or anything else that the client would like to know before interacting with the server. For example, following is a FTP banner:
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:03:04 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) AuthMySQL/2.20 PHP/4.1.2 mod_gzip/126.96.36.199a mod_ssl/2.8.9 OpenSSL/0.9.6g
Last-Modified: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 08:51:04 GMT
ETag: "135074-61-3599f878"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 97
Content-Type: text/html
The Basics
Now that you know what a banner is, you can start searching for computers that match your interests. First, lets take a look at the user interface:
- Search input box: where all the magic happens
- Country map: click on a country to only see computers from there in the results
- Service filter: decide which services should be searched
- Options bar: click on it to see the above filters
The interface should be familiar to anybody who's used search engines before. Onwards to actually using SHODAN!
To get things started, search for computers that contain 'Apache' in their banner: Apache
- Search input: the query we used for searching, in this case 'apache'.
- Save: store useful search queries.
- Export: export up to 1,000 results in XML format.
- Result info: shows how many total hosts were found for the query.
- Country breakdown: highlights the countries that had the most matches for your query.
- Left side of results: contains the IP, operating system, date when it was added and the country the computer is in. If there's domain information available then that is shown as well.
- Right side of results: shows the banner with the search term(s) highlighted.
Now that you know the basics of searching on SHODAN, it's time to move on and check out the various filters you can use to narrow down your search results.Learn about filters and advanced queries.


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Hi there o/ I'm Morg, thanks for visiting my profile :'D I love cosplaying and always look for improve myself in a new one, working in every detail of it <3 ~Hope you enjoy my work! ☆ @morg_carolina on Instagram ☆
hi! I'm Aka Natsuka, called by Nacchi from Indonesia. I've been in this bussiness (cosplay) from 2009. My first cosplay is Hinamori Momo. I also did some original character beside cosplaying chara from anime, game and or manga. Please follow me and I'll follow you back ! ^_^
Hey, guys! I'm Noir, nice to meet you! I'm a recent Brazilian's cosplay, I'm counting on you! ■ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/noir.cosplay13?fref=ts ■ Instagram: http://instagram.com/nebiros_13
Hellooo! ヾ(。◕ฺ∀◕ฺ)ノ My name is Camila, but you can call me "Kami". I'm a cosplayer since 2012! Thanks for visiting my profile, you can also find me at: ❀ DeviantArt: http://kamiimak.deviantart.com/ ❀ Cure: http://en.curecos.com/profile/?ch=370717 ❀ Facebook Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/KaMisakiq
Hi, my name is Yuu and I am a Brazilian cosplayer I'm a cosplayer since July 2011, so I still do not have much experience, "But I want to continue improving my cosplays so they can look more like the characters Tumblr: http://yuu-hiko.tumblr.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patricia.p.pinheiro.5 Intagram: http://instagram.com/yuuhiiko twitter: https://twitter.com/Yuu_Hiko
Brazilian cosplayer and cosmaker. Cosplaying since 2010. My facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/octopusscosplay tumblr: http://octopusscosplay.tumblr.com dA: http://teodorak.deviantart.com
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My name is AkumaLing from China,hope to find many friends here 私の名前はAkuma翎中国からここで多くの友達を見つけることができることを望みます 新浪微博http://weibo.com/u/2122747101
Amateur cosplayer Tumblr:http://jumpscared-boy.tumblr.com/
Nice to meet you! I'm just a newbie cosfail (or cosplayer? idk it's up2u XD) from Brazil. I'm half japanese and half taiwanese...but can only speak in portuguese and english... sorry ...(I was born here so...have really few asian friends...) I hope to meet more people around the world that would like to gather to talk more about this wonderful hobby! See ya!
Hi! I'm Miki! :P I live in Brazil, am 17 years old and a cosplayer since 12! I hope I have good-enought things to post in here, haha! 8)


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Temples (Luxor:The Temple in Man)
The temples of ancient Egypt symbolized the focal point of each Egyptian settlement, the crossroads of the cosmos, where the divine and the earthly inhabitants of the mortal realm met in perpetual harmony. Priests, being an exclusive caste of high officials that often filled other important government posts and jobs, progressively became the "backbone" of Egypt in many ways. Historically, the priests collectively challenged the authority of the Pharaoh, and even invalidated his rule at several instances in ancient Egyptian history.
Such a secular influence attest to the strong beliefs in the religion that permeated the culture, a system of divine sciences integrated into the very fabric of the whole society through cosmological symbols and magical hieroglyphs the priests alone could transcribe and "cast".
The temple represented the apex of all the disciplines, unsurprisingly since the priests often functioned simultaneously as artists, literary scribes, architects, doctors, healers, mathematicians, astronomers, and government officials.
Signs and symbols riddled the temple walls, fusing into one inextricable whole all separate spheres of study, in contrast to our modern society that divides branches apart with little or no relationship to each other.
In ancient Egypt, those divisions meant little. As such, there was no art that wasn't religious, no religion that wasn't philosophical, no philosophy that wasn't scientific, no science that was not art.
The house of the gods reflected, through design and architecture, the principles of all the different studies of the universe, the sacred science, the timeless wisdom of the ancient mystery schools, enshrined behind a veil of harmony and architectural proportion, myth and symbolism. The initiate sought to unlock the keys to the invisible college wrought in the stones, and by comprehending the powerful magic of symbolism, practiced the necessary rituals within the temple, ensuring that the gods would in fact reside within its walls.
The Layout of Luxor Temple
No place is such a conceptual divine plan illustrated better than at Luxor. There, at a city that once was the capital of the Middle Kingdom onwards, Waset (Thebes), the cult of Amun dominated the minds of the ancient Egyptian peoples.
The Luxor Temple: House of Amun
Amun meant, the "hidden one", or the invisible science, the breath or spirit of life across the waters. Over time, as the temple stacked up in sections through 1000 years of slow and careful work done by architects, priests, artists and sculptors, the "body of Amun" (the temple) eventually stretched across the land; the living walls of Amun permanently channeled the magical powers of the "invisible one", a force felt, absorbed, and finally understood only by specially initiated persons who unveiled the secrets of the cosmos through years of study of symbols and "talismans" in the temple.
Entrance of the Horizon
The twin peaks of the horizon hieroglyph with sun rising between, depicted in the form of the two architectural pylons guarding the temple entrance, symbolically demonstrates the unity of the universe dividing itself into the duality of the spiritual and manifested realms with each peak. Thus, by entering the temple, coupled with the performing of the rites, the reconciliation between the two worlds could be established through the multiplicity of the temple's many functions and "magical acts".
Luxor Pylons marking the "The Peaks of the horizon"
Between the two pylons, the third eye of the soul rested, so to speak, also seen in the Pharaoh's sacred and protective Uraeus cobra snake diadem atop the forehead, the place where the ka of each person's soul could leave or enter life and the afterlife.
Cobra Uraeus atop forehead (Note Similar shape of Nemes headdress with above Pylons)
R.A. Swchaller Lubiz noted that the pylon processional way heading into the complex exactly lined up with the star Vega in the year 3500BC. That date is irrational in conjunction with the temple's known dates of activity, as most of the structure rose up much later in the Middle and New Kingdom eras (2000-1200BC).
Such an early date may harken back to the oldest foundations of the temple, a simple shrine perhaps, during an older archaic epoch.
The Power of Amun
The forecourt beyond the main entry way, contains the relief of two mirrored images of the lord Hapi, god of fertility and the Nile, holding together the river. The unification of the two lands of Egypt on the relief, denoted by the Lotus (Upper Egypt) and Papyrus (Lower Egypt), simultaneously demonstrates the division between the mortal and spiritual worlds.
Hapi Relief
At the base of the two gods rests a pair of lungs, where the breath of Amun propels the river up through the two lands, moving that artery throughout Egypt, which the country relied on for communication and thrived upon through trade.
The Opet Festival Barque of Amun
The legs of Amun, rest at the forecourt, the force by which Egypt prospered through progress or movement. Here, at the important Opet festival, thousands of lay commoners and workers celebrated the divine birth of the King, a ceremony that established a connection with the current Pharaoh to the Gods.
When Pharaoh returned with the priests from the inner most sanctum to the forecourt, the people rejoiced. Then the King and priests paraded the barque with the inner sanctum statue of Amun down the Nile to Karnak with the people. Thus, the kingdom remained stable and capable of prospering into the future.
Interestingly, the temple runs parallel to the Nile river nearby, reemphasizing the visual nature of the Nile as the backbone, or the "skeleton" of Amun, indeed of all Egypt, quite literally the whole universe as far as the ancient Egyptians felt concerned.
The King is Born
In the wide hall where the stomach of Amun resided, the announcement of the birth of the King was made by the priests, evidenced by hieroglyphic inscriptions. The place of birth in the womb, clearly corresponds to the belly of Amun overlaying the whole temple layout at the court of Amenhotep.
At the place of the lungs, the hypostyle hall housed fluted columns inlaid on the ground with the phases of the moon, providing a monthly calendar the priests used to monitor the days of each month. The right and left wing of columns correlate with the two lobes or wings of the lungs. Within the portico just beyond the hall, the heart of Amun lay, marked by 8 columns, divided in half as well, corresponding to the two separate ventricles of the heart each.
Given the elaborate mummification processes the ancient Egyptians developed over the centuries, the familiarity the priests and builders displayed within the architecture of the temple mimicking the visual intricacies of the internal organs, is not a surprising one.
The Name of the King
Further up, the offering hall coincides with the vocal chords of the patron god. There the different names of the King are written in hieroglyphs lining a carved relief of Amun and wife Mut; a passage literally, "portrays the Annunciation [of a god] and creation through the [spoken] verb."
At the mouth of Amun lies the holiest inner sanctum, which enshrined the god's statue. From here, the earliest phase of the temple remained accessible only to the high priest, and symbolized the very seed or point of origin from which the temple grew forth the body of Amun over the centuries. The original shrine was later replaced with one dedicated to Alexander the Great c.300BC.
Amun Speaks
The mouth, obviously, is paramount in the sustaining of life and growth, as it allows one to eat, to breath, to speak, and to drink water. Here, the high priest prayed and "listened", hoping to hear the words of Amun. The inner sanctum also functioned as the place of "coronation" of the King by the priests.
Through the Eyes of Amun, the Universe Unfolds
Above the inner sanctum, lies the hall of hours, which contains 12 columns. The eyes of Amun directly hover over the hall of hours when the skeleton is superimposed over the overall temple layout. Altogether the columns represented the hours of the day, 12 in all.
A series of bulls carved into the west wall with backs to the observer, sit opposite another set of bulls facing forward the observer on the east wall. Thus, what one actually sees or perceives, back of bulls or front, greatly depends on ones own unique point of view, or one's position in space or time.
Once again, the 12 columns directly align with the 12 optical nerves occurring beyond the eye sockets, 6 on the left which connect to the right brain (the intuitive self), and the 6 on the right to the left brain (the logical/linear brain).
Through the construction of the hall, the priests believed that the opposing oddities between the linear rational mind of the sciences and the artful endeavors of non-verbal intuition might perhaps be reconciled with the secret magic of Amun.
The fluted columns contain arched designs on one half of the hall to the east, symbolizing duality and disunity, the separation between spirituality and the manifest, while the smooth ogival fluting on the western columns features completion and fluidity between spirit and man.
The sun's journey over the sky, horizon to horizon, in many ways symbolizes the journey of man or humanity, as the individual grows and matures over time, gaining wisdom as the initiate travels further and further into the temple.
The Highest Wisdom
At the very end of the temple, where the brain sits, the highest levels of enlightenment and wisdom and learning are sought. The internal organ of the brain wasn't viewed as important to the ancient Egyptians, as the organ usually was discarded in the mummification process.
Instead, the invisible "third eye", the rearing cobra atop the forehead, is seen as the ultimate point of the higher mind, the seat of the intelligence-of-the-heart below, the translator or communicator of the divinity of the heart (soul). The last sanctuary's unique geometry contains the exact proportions of the ratio 8:9, the designation of an important musical note at the beginning of the Egyptian scale, indicating the inner journey did not end with awakening.
Initiation into the Mysteries
Through study and contemplation, the initiate aimed to recognize the seat of the intelligence-of-the-heart, the embodiment of Amun, by understanding the united cosmology of the abstract "temple in man" which the physical temple attempted to reconstruct.
An initiate tried to fully comprehend the idea until the mind transcended the outer body with a new communion finally established as the true dweller in two worlds that alone held the dual intelligence of Amun, the "hidden one."
With the simultaneous wielding of the two types of intelligence, the formerly invisible world of Amun opened up to the initiate.
Due to the innate mysteriousness of the knowledge the priests held elite access to, the growth of the Amun cult collected greater and greater power over the people and even the Pharaoh into the New and Later Kingdoms, until the caste finally usurped larger control over the southern half of Egypt c.1000BC through vast land grants gifted by pharaoh and officials.
**All of the following information is based on the brilliant research of one John Anthony West, a bit of a rogue Egyptologist and also inspired from the earlier R.A. Swchaller Lubiz. I claim no ownership or credit for the research of these two brilliant researchers. Please check out West's book in the amazon link provided below called, Serpent in the Sky.
- Interesting bit of a doc on the science of chi energy, or bioelectric energy conducted through the lower dan tian... http://t.co/JrylkZ46Vs
- This is pretty amazing stone work, but the location is near the shore of the sea of Japan. During the Ice Age,... http://t.co/OpzW8cS9D8
- I think of the underground cave city of Derinkuyu, looking at these photos. Also reminds me of the cliff... http://t.co/ao88sDpUrC


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Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.
Author Unknown
If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job.
Donald D. Quinn
Modern cynics and skeptics… see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.
John F. Kennedy
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Brooks Adams
A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
Author Unknown
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Amos Bronson Alcott
A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism.
Louis A. Berman
We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.
John Sculley
Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.
Bob Talbert
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.
Author Unknown
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.
Karl Menninger
Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts.
Author Unknown
A cross-eyed teacher can keep twice the number of children in order than any other, because the pupils do not know who she's looking at.
Four Hundred Laughs: Or, Fun Without Vulgarity, compiled and edited by John R. Kemble, 1902
Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures.
Eugene P. Bertin
Teachers who inspire know that teaching is like cultivating a garden, and those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
Author Unknown
Teachers who inspire realize there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how we use them.
Author Unknown