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Today we painted using fall leaves, went the park and the library, read books, and built things using a given number of legos. Except for a few books read at bedtime, all of this great stuff happened before about one in the afternoon. After which I was exhausted and by three or four I was counting the minutes until bedtime. While trying to make dinner, Luke's questions and comments on everything I was doing were non-stop. I finally said, "Stop! Just relax and be quiet for a minute! My brain is going to explode!" About 10 minutes later, with genuine concern, the poor kid asked if my brain really might explode and if it was better now. Oh man!
One other interesting thing today, I read an article, "Attention Span: Our National Education Crisis" by Oliver DeMille. (http://www.tjed.org/2011/09/attention-span-national-education-crisis/) It's a good read. It talks about the attention span of the general public during the time of Abraham Lincoln and the attention span that dominates our present society. Entertainment, computers, television, and prevailing attitudes about work and fun are all implicated. Attention and focus are definitely traits I want to be a key part in the education of my children. In my disorganized notebook of things I want to remember about education, I found scribbled notes about Socrates, Plato, and Charlotte Mason that relate to ideas in the article I read today.
Socrates said, "wisdom begins in wonder." Plato was student to Socrates and had a school in Athens. The word school comes from Ancient Greek and meant leisure. Plato's school had a garden and the purpose of the garden was to provide a tranquil place for deep thought, pondering, wondering. Real thinking is hard work and it requires time, leisure time. Dictionary.com defines leisure as "time free from the demands of work or duty." Ancient Greeks valued leisure time as purposeful time for valuable activities, such as thinking. Charlotte Mason wrote about the importance of teaching children to really see things, to observe and focus. She said this comes naturally to young children who see a new bug or something else in nature for the first time and are completely engrossed. As adults we are often too quick to rush children along because after all, the new discovery is something commonplace in our minds. We should take advantage of and nurture this intent focus and curiosity. Back to Socrates' quote, this wonder is how true learning happens. Cultivate that attention span; point out details or relationships; let children develop a habit of observation and deep thought. I hope that my children will not be afraid of hard work (mental or physical) because they experience a joy that comes with it. I hope that keen skills of observation grow out of time spent watching a butterfly or walking through a field that will one day benefit all of their studies. And I hope for more book time, less screen time, and attention spans of Lincoln's day. And none of this sounds easy to me! I read it all and love it but it is not the habits my mind has been trained in and I have a big aversion to hard work!


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Off With Her Hair! OMG Moments: ANTM Cycle 16, Season Finale
Well, they weren't going to leave us without a few good ones, right? Even with just two finalists left, we still spotted five OMG moments in the Cycle 16 finale. Check 'em out.
5. Someone's got a potty mouth.
Not that we mind. Molly's language has been, let's say, colorful throughout the cycle, but we couldn't help but laugh/cringe when she referred to herself as an a**hole in front of her parents and Tyra Banks, the three people in the world who can send her to her room with no TV for it.
4. Lunch is wrong. The cold is wrong. Everything's just wrong.
Bummed by her performance at the commercial, Molly was down and out during the Beauty in Vogue shoot, complaining about minor annoyances that she might have considered ignoring until she, um, beat Brittani. That the photographer and stylist both picked up on her lack of energy spelled doom for her.
3. Why you shouldn't throw things on people from overhead.
Can we talk about how preventable Brittani's fall was? Yeah, models have to be able to work in all conditions, kind of like postal workers, but honestly, were the rose petals even necessary? These girls had mile-wide hair, metallic pants, and two different color eyeshadows. The theatrics were covered.
2. Everybody just wants to talk to their mom.
Britt knew her mom wouldn't be in Morocco because of medical reasons, and seeing Molly's parents there was obviously tough. She won, so we guess it doesn't matter, but couldn't they have gotten a friend of hers to fly out instead? Did it have to be a parent? (BTW, Molly's mom rules. Super sweet.)
1. Time to chop everyone's hair off for no reason.
What we would give to see the footage of these haircuts. Why did this happen? And why in the last five minutes? The new short 'dos were much more edgy and editorial, but Andre kind of hit the nail on the head when he said he'd wished Molly's makeover had happened before she shot the commercial. Yeah, that would have made some sense, right, ATL? Instead, Tyra just complimented them on the new looks and then proceeded to exclude them as a factor in the final decision. 'Kay.

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CHARLOTTE It was Jeff Gordons championship to lose just a week ago after his record fifth win at the Brickyard. Then Dale Earnhardt Jr. completed a season sweep at Pocono and now hes the guy to beat.
Jeff and Junior, two of NASCARs biggest stars heating up during this lazy summer stretch of racing. NASCAR really couldnt ask for anything more.
Well, it wouldnt hurt if Tony Stewart threw his hat into the ring, too. As of Tuesday, it will be one year since the broken leg that ended his season, and Stewart has now gone 14 months without a victory. He is on the outside looking in on the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field.
Stewart is one of the very few drivers who move the needle for NASCAR, and he has just five races remaining to grab a win he desperately needs to make him automatically eligible to race for the championship. For now, the only noise Smoke is making on the track is his constant sniping against blocking (do as he says, not as he does), but it might be time for him to block his way into Victory Lane.
That would give NASCAR the trifecta for its highly anticipated Chase, which for the first time will feature elimination rounds and a winner-take-all finale. Picture the glee on Brian Frances face in Phoenix if its some combination of Junior and Jeff, Smoke and Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick all jockeying to make the Final Four showdown at Homestead.
Maybe Stewart makes it, maybe he doesnt and really, he needs to be in the Chase because the intensity is always higher when Smoke is involved but thats just another element of this win-win time for NASCAR.
The powers that be cant ask for anything more than the 24 and 88 flexing their muscles right now, when neither team has anything to lose. They are playing with house money, having fun seeing what they are made of before the 10-race Chase.
For Gordon, the points leader for 14 of the last 15 weeks, its about building the confidence of his team and making them believe a championship is possible. There was no doubt after the Brickyard victory, and he followed it by leading a race-high 63 laps Sunday at Pocono before finishing sixth.
The win went to Earnhardt, who used crew chief Steve Letartes strategy to complete the Pocono sweep. It was his third win of the season the same amount of victories Earnhardt earned all of 2006 through 2013 and came just four days after Hendrick Motorsports announced Letartes replacement for 2014.
It showed the 88 team isnt letting up, and Letarte is determined to guide Earnhardt to his first championship before he turns him over to Greg Ives at the end of the season.
Both will have to contend with Hendrick teammate Johnson, who may or may not be playing possum. He doesnt have a top-10 finish since the last week of June, but its not unusual for Johnson, much like a swimmer, to taper off before turning it up several notches when everything is on the line.
Then theres Harvick, who seems to be up front and in contention every week, and Team Penskes Keselowski and Joey Logano. Theyve got a combined seven wins and eight poles between them, and all three are locked into the Chase and looking ahead to September.
But there are many drivers who dont have that luxury just yet, including Matt Kenseth, who fell just short of winning the title last season.
Hes winless so far this year, and like his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin, not at the same performance level they were last season. While Kenseth should get in on points hes fourth in the standings with five weeks to go no one can take anything for granted.
Same goes for Clint Bowyer (ninth in points), Greg Biffle (13th) and Kasey Kahne (14th). They are all perennial Chase qualifiers, but could all be bumped if some longshots see: Aric Almirola at Daytona start winning some races. A coveted Chase spot could vanish if road course ringer Marcos Ambrose makes it to Victory Lane at Watkins Glen on Sunday.
NASCAR also could see hotshot rookies Kyle Larson, a success story from its diversity program, and Austin Dillon, the grandson of team owner Richard Childress, sneak their way into the Chase. Both are currently ranked inside the top 16 in the standings, and should there not be 16 race winners, theyve got a shot at making the final cut.
The story lines are changing every week, and in these dog days of summer, a time when nothing used to matter in NASCAR, everything is going right.
Jeff Gordon, center, signs autographs for fans after a practice session for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Pocono Raceway, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)×
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The Com Tam Dac Biet is a Mama Pho special. It is a pork chop served with a fried tofu sheet, wrapped shrimp cake, sunny-side egg, egg pork cake and fish sauce. Like all the rice plates, it's served with Jasmine broken rice.
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Today, the Duke Blue Devils travel to South Bend to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first game of ACC play. This will be the first ever ACC game for Notre Dame and it will be a tough task as they face the #7 Blue Devils. Duke will be in a tough and hostile environment in Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. The Fighting Irish come in at 9-4 but do not have a marquis win, while Duke comes in at 11-2 and have played many good opponents in Kansas, Arizona, Michigan, and UCLA. Here is a breakdown of Notre Dame's starting lineup:
In their last game against the Canisius Golden Griffins, Notre Dame's starting lineup looked as follows: junior Pat Connaughton (6-5 guard), senior Eric Atkins (6-2 guard), freshman Demetrius Jackson (6-1 guard), senior Tom Knight (6-10 forward), and senior Garrick Sherman (6-11, 255lbs center). This is a big matchup problem for the Blue Devils. They can handle the guard play, but there are two men down low in Knight and Sherman who have size and muscle on Duke's "bigs". Duke does catch a break though, as Notre Dame's leading scorer, Jerian Grant, has been suspended by the school for academic violation. The 6-5 senior from Bowie, Maryland was averaging 19 PPG and 6.2 assists per contest.
Their next leading scorer is Garrick Sherman with 14.5 per game and he also leads the team in rebounds with 7.6 per game. Guard Pat Connaughton is the next leader with 7.2 rebounds a game. Grant was the leader in assists as aforementioned and the next leader is Eric Atkins with 4.5 per game. Atkins is coming off a career performance in their last game, finishing with 30 points and 7 assists in the OT win. The Fighting Irish have not played against a lot of quality competition, but did have contests at #23 Iowa (98-93 loss) and a home loss to #3 Ohio State by only a slim margin of 3 points.
This is going to be a tough game for Duke and they key is going to be the post play. As previously stated, Notre Dame has two true big men in their starting lineup who will test Josh Hairston, Amile Jefferson, Jabari Parker, and Marshall Plumlee. If Duke can hold their own down low, I feel they can be very successful. If they can't, it could be a long day for the Blue Devils. I do feel that Duke has the advantage in guard play, with Quinn Cook, Tyler Thornton, and Rodney Hood as well as the shooters like Andre Dawkins, Rasheed Sulaimon, and others coming off the bench. With the size and strength of the starting 4 and 5 of Notre Dame, Coach Krzyzewski might have to play Marshall Plumlee, which he has been more and more lately, to combat the size. I see the matchups to look as follows:
Cook-Jackson, Thornton-Atkins, Hood-Connaughton, Parker-Knight, and Hairston-Sherman. If Duke boxes out and limits second chance opportunities, they will have a very good chance at winning this one in their first true road game of the season. Duke is also a very young team, so they will have to rely on guys like Dawkins, Hairston, Thornton, and Cook to make sure the younger guys don't get rattled by the crowd early on in the game.


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Letter 44 starts out bold, it quickly sets the scene but doesn't skimp on the detail. We know what we need to know when we need to know it and the story moves forward at a nice pace. The opening to Letter 44 is very sci-fi and the short monologue would feel right at home within a space opera.The art style is very animated and boldly colored, it's not exactly to my taste, I prefer a more refined realistic look but it works well enough for this book and nothing should be taken away from that overall.
One of the things I liked most about the first issue is that right from the get go the new President is conflicted and faced with a monumental problem that he could never have prepared himself for. He is a honest and down to Earth character and it is clear he wants to do right by the people but when faced with the grim reality that we are not alone in the universe and that someone or something up there is in the advanced stages of building what we can only imagine is a devastating weapon honesty my not be the best policy.
There is a very nice transitional section where President Blades reads the namesake Letter 44 and we fluidly switch from Blades reading to ex President Carroll writing, this for me was a nice touch and worked really well, it was like the two President's were talking to one another though time and it wasn't an easy conversation for either of them.
The space crew from the off seem to be in a extremely dire situation, hundreds of millions of miles from home they have bound together to survive the harsh environment of deep space, they seem to have accepted that they are on a suicide mission and are committed to finding out as much about the alien construct as possible. It will be interesting to see how the President and the Crew work together with their limited communication abilities and the many unknowns that the mission will undoubtedly throw their way.
The final page leaves us with a taste of what to expect and what the crew and ultimately the entire human race are up against and I for one am definitely eager to learn more. Issue one is out now at a discounted price so their is no excuse for not picking it up and giving it a chance.


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Chicken Scallopine
If you're looking for a classic, no modifications, authentic recipe for Chicken Scallopine/Scallopini, this probably isn't it.
If you're looking for a dadgum delicious pasta dish that's perfect for either family or company, you've landed in the right spot.
The Cast of Characters: Olive Oil, Butter, Linguine, Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasteses, Flour (not pictured), Lemons (or lemon juice), White Wine, Cream, Parmesan Cheese, Parsley, Capers, and Chicken Broth (optional)
Cook the linguine according to package directions. You'll want it al dente—not too mushy; with a nice bite.
First, we're going to flatten the chicken breasts. The butcher at the tiny grocery store in my small town offers these perfectly trimmed chicken breasts and I love them. If you don't have them available, just buy regular boneless breasts and either trim them yourself OR cut them into manageable pieces AFTER you flatten them.
One at a time, place the chicken breasteses between two sheets of waxed paper. This will keep minuscule bits of raw chicken from hitting you in the eye or flying across the room and landing on your TV screen.
With a mallet or a rolling pin, whack the heck out of the chicken breast so that it's a uniform thickness. It doesn't have to be paper thin; the point is to even it out so the entire breast cooks evenly.
As you flatten the breasts, place them on a separate plate.
Wash and slice 2 packages (about 12 ounces) white mushrooms pretty thinly.
Season both sides of each chicken breast with salt and pepper…
Then place each chicken breast in a bowl of flour, just to dredge.
Press the chicken into the flour to adequately cover. Repeat with all the chicken breasts and have them ready on a plate.
In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons olive oil and 4 tablespoons butter. The butter will give the chicken a nice golden color, and the olive oil will allow the oil/butter mix to get hotter than it could if it was straight butter.
Whew. That was exhausting.
When it's sizzling (but not burned), place four chicken breasts into the pan. If your stove gets hot, decrease the heat to medium-low so the butter won't burn.
Cook for about two minutes on the first side…
Then flip them to the other side and continue cooking for two to three additional minutes. Because the breasts are thin, they really won't take long to cook. Also keep in mind that they'll continue cooking just a bit after you remove them from the pan. So don't overdo!
Remove these from the pan when they're done, then fry the other two breasts until golden. The whole time, monitor the butter/oil and make sure it's not turning black. Remove the pan from heat if the butter starts to burn.
After you remove the chicken, throw in the mushrooms. Note that my butter/oil is nice and brown…but I wouldn't have wanted it to get much darker than this. There's dark and flavorful…and then there's charred.
And charred doesn't work too well.
Stir around the mushroom to coat them in the butter and oil.
Notice the good stuff in the bottom of the pan.
Pour in 1 cup of dry white wine. (If you're not a wino, you can use low sodium chicken broth.)
Not that anyone cares, but in case there's a secret Lenten Police Force watching: I didn't drink any. Just ask God.
Right after that, squeeze in the juice of half a lemon. If it's not really juicy, go ahead and squeeze in the other half, too.
Stir this around, scraping the bottom of the pan, then allow the mushrooms to cook vigorously for about a minute.
In no time at all, the liquid will reduce and become darker in color.
I can't tell you how good my kitchen smells right about now.
I cant tell you how much I love mushrooms.
Reduce the heat to low and pour in 1/2 cup heavy cream. If you're wanting to go a little lighter, I SUPPOSE you could use half-and-half. Or, for a much lighter approach, just splash in some chicken broth to make it a little soupier.
Me? I'm sticking with the cream. It's a middle child thing.
Or is it a ranch wife thing?
Or a mother-of-four thing?
I'm always confusing which labels I use for which rationalizations.
Stir the mixture together, THEN…add 1 heaping tablespoon of capers.
Honestly, I try not to like capers. I want not to like capers. They're weird little greenish-brownish mystery pellets.
But the flavor—OH, the flavor they impart. They're tangy and special. Trust me.
Throw in a generous amount of chopped Italian parsley—probably two to three tablespoons.
Now stir it together and turn off the heat and just look at the sauce you have created. It's tangy. It's creamy. It's lemony. It's savory.
It's good. Oh, is it ever good. *IMPORTANT: Be sure to taste the sauce at this point, and add plenty of salt and black pepper. Make sure it's adequately salted!
Now, it's REALLY impressive to serve the linguine, chicken and sauce in a big heap on a gigantic platter. But you can also just plate it up individually. I'm doing two chicken breasts on this plate. Marlboro Man and I will share it, just like the doggies do in Lady and the Tramp.
Only we smell better. Most of the time.
And I'll eat his mushrooms. Marlboro Man doesn't do mushrooms.
Spoon the mushrooms and sauce all over the top, making sure you get plenty of liquid on the pasta.
And please, for my sake, don't skimp. This is good stuff, people. It's to be enjoyed.
Notice the golden brown color of the chicken. And the crunchy crust is a delicious contrast to the soft pasta and shrooms.
Don't forget to sprinkle plenty of grated Parmesan over the top.
Because a-pasta without a-cheese is like a-kiss without a-squeeze.
Don't you forget it.
You'll love this one. It's a keeper.
People will fall in love instantly.
They'll like the pasta, too.
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Chicken Scallopine
- Prep Time:
- Cook Time:
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Servings:
- 6
- 1 pound Linguine
- 6 whole Boneless, Skinless, Trimmed Chicken Breasts
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- Flour
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 4 Tablespoons Butter
- 12 ounces, weight White Mushrooms, Sliced Thin
- 1 cup Dry White Wine
- Chicken Broth (optional)
- 1 whole Lemon
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream (can Use Half-and-Half)
- 1 teaspoon (heaping) Capers
- Chopped Fresh Italian Parsley
- Parmesan Cheese, For Topping
Preparation Instructions
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Flatten chicken breasts to uniform thickness. Salt and pepper both sides, then dredge in flour. Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry chicken breasts until golden brown. Remove to a plate and set aside.
Throw mushrooms into the pan and stir. Immediately pour in wine and chicken broth (optional), and then squeeze juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon. Stir to deglaze the pan, and then cook vigorously for 1 minute, until sauce reduces.
Pour in cream and stir, then add capers and parsley and stir. Turn off heat. Stir and add salt and pepper to taste. Don't under salt!
Place pasta and chicken on a platter and top with every last drop of sauce. Generously sprinkle Parmesan Cheese over the top.
414 Comments
Bev On Tuesday, November 10 at 5:13 pm
Looks yummy! Glad you're home!
Tracy On Tuesday, November 10 at 5:22 pm
Sandy Economou On Tuesday, November 10 at 10:38 pm
Looks yummy! I love Martin Yan. Yan Can cook.
Tish On Wednesday, November 11 at 5:13 am
Nigel Slater for the writing more than the recipes.
Joan On Wednesday, November 11 at 8:46 am
Lawdy Lawdy……..don't know about my skirt flying up but that will put my knickers in a twist for sure!!!!! Making it tomorrow, already c omitted to Lasagna tonight.
Julie On Friday, November 13 at 8:06 pm
made this for dinner tonight, it was fantastic and a definite keeper – just about the start on the chocolate sheet cake I baked today also! mmm mmmm thank you
Gillian On Monday, November 23 at 3:44 pm
I just put my plate down from eating this, and now I can't stop smiling. SOOOO good. Definitely going into my weeknight-quick-meals repertoire. My Own Man is patting his stomach and looking contented. Yum.
joy On Monday, November 23 at 7:45 pm
Made this for dinner, substituted shrimp for chicken. So very yummy!
caroline On Friday, November 27 at 7:20 pm
this looks fantastic. will try asap!!
Jasmin P On Monday, January 4 at 7:50 pm
Wow! I don't cook, didn't think I liked capers, and HATE to touch raw chicken…. It turned out wonderful! My husband, the cook in the family, even ate my leftovers! Thank you so much Ree!!!!!
Hollie Bella On Wednesday, February 3 at 2:46 pm
I made this last night and it is wonderful and easy to make!
Pam R On Friday, February 12 at 11:10 am
Love this recipe. So so good!!!
Paula On Saturday, February 20 at 3:50 pm
A friend gave the link to this recipe and WOW!!! I'm in love!
Jessica K On Wednesday, March 10 at 6:17 pm
I have made a few of your recipes and this was my least favorite. the sauce was just not good at all. the chicken was good though!


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Plymouth Devils team boss Lee Trigger asks fans for their patience this season
Posted: February 23, 2013|
PLYMOUTH Devils boss Lee Trigger has asked fans to be patient with his new team.
Trigger has assembled an array of talent which he believes can pull up trees in the Premier League this season.
But the Devils team manager conceded it might take a while for his squad to gel on Plymouth's notoriously short track.
Devils have just been bought out by a new consortium which includes former captain Seemond Stephens.
Trigger has been allowed to assemble his own squad for this season's task of doing better – much better – than 2012's dead last finish.
The Devils boss is confident his team will do well, but he added: "It's always nice if you get a bit of patience with a new team, as it may take one or two races at home for the team to gel together.
"Our new number one, Ty Proctor, for instance, hasn't raced the track, so it's a bit unfair to expect him to start pulling up trees from day one.
"Ty has got big boots to fill, as we had (Great Britain international) Ben Barker at number one last season and a lot of supporters will be expecting the same.
"It will take Ty one or two meetings to get dialled into the track, but I think by the end of the season, he will have a better average (average number of points scored per meeting) than Ben Barker."
Only three riders from a disappointing 2012 season have returned to St Boniface for 2013.
Cory Gathercole, Todd Kurtz and Ben Reade join Australian team boss Mark Lemon, Proctor, Chris Schramm and Ricky Kling.
Trigger said the riders were all raring to go.
The Devils team manager is arranging an 'extra' pre-season meeting against an Exeter Falcons side at the St Boniface Arena on March 22.
Plymouth also take on Premier League rivals Somerset Rebels on a friendly basis shortly afterwards.
Trigger said: "The riders are all buzzing and ready for the season to start. (Australian) Cory Gathercole is now in the UK and I believe Mark Lemon is riding here this weekend.
"I'm in pretty regular contact with the riders and they are all fired up.
"I'm pleased with the line-up we've got this season and I can't really see a weak link.
"We've got good heat leaders and we could, if we had to, carry a few riders in a meeting if they're having an off day, although I can't see that happening."


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Back at the gala Colby, Opal, Evelyn, and Celia trade barbs about the auction. Meanwhile, AJ warns Hunter off of Miranda. JR backs AJ up but can't throw Hunter out because of his parent's potential investment in Chandler Media. AJ knows JR has worked hard on his presentation and admires that. Meanwhile, David has something to say to Angie but Joe interrupts and Dixie shoots him the evil eye. Zach joins AJ at the bar and they talk about Miranda. AJ admits she is the most beautiful girl at the gala. Later, David apologizes to Angie for letting slip to Jesse about the abortion. Angie blames herself for the abortion because she was with Jesse instead. He assures her this isn't her fault. JR and Cara check on Oliver upstairs. JR lingers and injects himself while Cara runs into Dixie downstairs. Dixie hasn't been able to reach Tad to tell him JR is out of his coma. She misses him but has faith he'll be back soon. Cara offers a sympathetic ear if it isn't too uncomfortable. Dixie thinks whoever Tad loved had to be pretty special. Meanwhile, Zach encourages Miranda to talk to AJ about her feelings. If she doesn't open her heart she won't know how beautiful it could be. Brooke takes the stage and introduces Jason Derulo. While he sings, Heather kisses AJ and Miranda looks sick. David stares at Cara. After, Brooke introduces JR's presentation. The file is corrupted so she fires up her backup reel. JR loudly accuses her of setting him up. Adam silences him and David looks overjoyed.
Opal interviews JR and Cara as they hit the red carpet at the gala. Colby and David arrive next and Colby touts her hand at pulling the gala together while David promotes his new bio-sensor. Billy Clyde watches from the bushes and imagines Opal introducing him on the red carpet. Inside Dimitri is impressed with Brooke. She helps him with his cufflinks and they share a moment before they are interrupted by a flower delivery from Adam to his dearest Brooke. Then they hit the red carpet and question why Colby brought David. Pete is up next, promoting CorTech and the new job openings to come. Next up is AJ and Heather but Miranda decides to avoid it. She chats with AJ and Heather as Hunter arrives with his parents. Hunter tells Miranda she looks hot in her dress but she plays it off so AJ won't get in trouble.
Back at the party Dimitri puts a diamond necklace from the auction on Brooke. She would bid on it if it wouldn't be inappropriate. Meanwhile, David approaches Cara while Colby gives JR a boost about his reel. He is more concerned about her date choice, as is Brooke. JR returns with champagne for Cara who is shaken that David and her son are in the same house. Outside Opal insists Miranda walk the red carpet considering the center is named after her. Zach arrives with her shoes and Heather is impressed with his hotness. Miranda tosses her old shoes, inadvertently clocking Billy Clyde in the head. Dixie takes the carpet next and she mentions the generous donation while Billy Clyde beams. Inside Hunter taunts Miranda about her sexuality. Dimitri and Brooke dance while David tells Colby it's time to cool it. Her heart is with someone else and maybe his is too. Outside, Celia hits the red carpet and Opal is speechless as she sees Celia's vision. She calls Pete onstage for the auction and the bidding begins at $500. Colby battles but Opal won't call on her so David bids on Pete for her. Meanwhile, Evelyn encourages Celia to bid. Dimitri gets a bid via phone for $10,000. David backs out and the winner is – Celia! She denies bidding but Colby rages on her.
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20 years of design projects by Tikkurila and sculptor Antero Toikka
Early in the year 2011, the results of many years of design cooperation between Tikkurila and the sculptor Antero Toikka were displayed at Galleria Sculptor in Helsinki. In many of the works seen at the exhibition, titled Day and Night, the artist used steel treated with Tikkurila industrial coatings. Tikkurila experts supported him in the selection of products and surface treatment solutions.
The extremely popular exhibition described how the artist experiences two different realities, by day and night, and dreaming and awake. Influences from years gone by were brought to bear on this three-year project. Southern light, Spain and natural forms provided the chief inspiration. Materials such as stone, plastic, wood and steel were used. 'The works' variation between a matt and gloss finish creates a sensual reaction in viewers,' comments Mr Toikka.
Antero Toikka, sculptor, artist and environmental artist, premiered in 1976 and has since had numerous exhibitions of his own, participating in group exhibitions and festivals both in Finland and abroad. His art is included in the collections of several Finnish museums, including the Amos Anderson Art Museum, Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and those of many companies and institutions. A number of his public works of art are located outdoors.
Antero Toikka began painting his sculptures in search of a 'more poised expression'. He seeks to play with forms and colours – in this, painting provides a myriad of possibilities. Appropriately designed lighting, particularly indoors, provides an additional effect.
Tikkurila and Toikka design projects go back to the early 1990s, when a steel Himmeli ('straw mobile'), weighing 2,000 kilos, toured various locations in Helsinki. In the end, it was installed in the playing field of the Puotila suburb. Cooperation continued in the 2000s with sculptures for the City of Helsinki's Winter Garden. In 2004, the massive steel sculpture Tempus rubrum was unveiled by the entrance of Tikkurila Oyj's headquarters in Vantaa, Finland.
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Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. During the 2013-14 season, the California native's impressive calendar includes John Adams'sThe Gospel According to the Other Mary with Grant Gershon conducting the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the world premiere of John Harbison's Crossroads with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart, Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Joana Carneiro, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic. Miss O'Connor joins Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra for an international tour of Beethoven's Mass in C, a work that also serves for her return to the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. She collaborates with Vladimir Jurowski for the first time in performances of Adams's El Niño with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The artist returns to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Brahms' Alto Rhapsody led by Donald Runnicles as well as to the National Symphony Orchestra in performances of El amor brujo conducted by the venerable Spanish maestro, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
Highlights of recent seasons include performances of Ravel's Shéhérazade with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival, Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony, Stravinsky's Les Noces with David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony, Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony with Donald Runnicles and the Atlanta Symphony, Elgar's Sea Pictures and Britten's Spring Symphony with Edward Gardner and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Mozart's Requiem with Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, as well as with Iván Fischer leading the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall. Miss O'Connor's role debuts as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Boston Lyric Opera, Ursule in Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict at Opera Boston, and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Canadian Opera Company.
Her discography includes Lieberson's Neruda Songs and Golijov's Ainadamar with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony as well as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon.
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Within the span of two days, both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced initiatives meant to assuage the European Union's concerns over trans-Atlantic data flows and to secure Europe's future commitment to the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor initiative.
On June 25, 2014, the FTC approved final orders that settled charges with 14 companies that had falsely claimed their participation in the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program. Under the terms of their settlements, each of the 14 companies is prohibited from further misrepresenting its participation in any privacy or data security scheme, including Safe Harbor.
One day before the FTC's announcement, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced in Athens that the Obama administration would ask Congress to enact legislation granting EU citizens the right to bring claims in U.S. courts under U.S. privacy laws if they believe their personal data had been misused. This measure is intended to resolve one of the major sticking points in the broader negotiations for the Data Protection Umbrella Agreement, a framework with the EU to enhance anti-terrorism efforts by providing U.S. law enforcement authorities access to the personal data of individuals living in Europe. However, EU Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, was quick to point out that the U.S.'s intent to introduce legislation is not enough to resolve this issue: "Words only matter if put into law. We are waiting for the legislative step."
The announcements by the FTC and Attorney General Holder are seen as active attempts to rebuild the EU's trust in trans-Atlantic data flows and to ensure the EU's further commitment to the Safe Harbor program, both of which had been badly shaken in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks last year. In October 2013 Commissioner Reding gave the U.S. a 13-point list of "recommendations" to improve the Safe Harbor scheme and to restore Europe's faith that the U.S. is earnestly fulfilling its responsibilities under the initiative. The EU's recommendations address issues of transparency, redress through alternative dispute resolution (ADR), enforcement, and the degree to which data from Europe is accessible by U.S. authorities.
Commissioner Reding has previously said that whether "Safe Harbor can be safe again" and avoid further action from the European Parliament depends on the U.S.'s attention to and implementation of the EU's recommendations by this summer. Otherwise, she will need to discuss the future of Safe Harbor with the Parliament, which has discussed scrapping Safe Harbor altogether.
In addition to criticism from the European Parliament and several European data protection authorities, the Safe Harbor Framework faces a legal challenge on the basis of violations of fundamental privacy rights. On June 18, 2014, the Irish High Court referred to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) several questions around the legality of the Safe Harbor Framework in a case involving the Irish data protection authority, Facebook Ireland and the NSA's PRISM program (Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner). While a decision from the CJEU will not be issued for some time, the pending legal review puts additional pressure on negotiators for the European Commission and the U.S. government to strengthen the Framework in order to preserve it as a mechanism for international data transfers.
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It always makes me nervous when a book is pitched to me as "the next Hunger Games" for a few reasons: first, I don't think any book can ever truly be "the next _____," no matter what the title; second, my expectations are then set either sky high (if I liked the book in comparison) or quite low (if I didn't); and finally, it doesn't let the book stand out for its own qualities. We don't get a real pitch for the book and what makes it stand out from everything else.
Fortunately, when I was hand-pitched Blood Red Road at Midwinter, I got more than a standard pitch of "the next Hunger Games." It was sold to me as having the adventure of Collins's book, but the main character, Saba, was supposed to be a hundred times more kick ass, and the story totally absorbing, different, and addictive. Then there was the added bonus of being told some of the "behind the writing" stuff, too -- that Young turned the manuscript in at the end of 2010 and the book would be published in June 2011 (a pace not found in publishing) because the writing was so tight and that this book didn't follow traditional conventions of punctuation. Okay, so the last part made me a little skeptical, but there was enough to build up this book for me. And then I put it off. And put it off. And put it off.
But then, it met and exceeded my expectations when I did read it.
Saba and Lugh are twins, and they live in an extremely remote place with no one else around except Pa and their younger sister Emmi; there is a guy who lives nearby, but Saba's always had weird feelings about him, and Pa says it's best to stay away. Saba feels resentment toward younger sister Emmi and isn't afraid to voice this; Emmi's the reason her mother died. Oh, and there's a crow that Saba's raised for many years, despite her father's disapproval. In this remote place, experience a lot of storms -- dust storms caused by a lack of rain -- and when the book begins, we're tossed right into a huge storm on the horizon. It's a storm that they survive, but that doesn't mean what comes about the corner after is any better: it's four men on horses here to take Lugh away from the family. Saba can't stand by and let this happen, and in the midst of a battle, there is death, destruction, pain, and the loss of Saba's twin brother to these bandits.
She's not going to let this be the end of him, though, and she promises Lugh she will rescue him; little does she know how much work this will be, especially when younger sister Emmi has to tag along with her. Saba knows where Lugh's been taken, though she knows nothing about Hopetown. That is, until she herself becomes a victim of kidnapping and quickly learns that Hopetown is nothing like the name may promise. Saba's been sold into a fighting ring (think Hunger Games here) as a way for her captors to make money, which buys them more drugs. Hopetown, it turns out, is a mega drug town, and people will do anything for another fix, including pillage and steal and sell innocent people into battle. It is here Lugh's been taken, too, as the chosen boy to be sacrificed by the King. And Saba's not going to let this happen. No way.
This is what happens in the first 150 pages of the 500 page book.
Blood Red Road is an incredibly fast paced book, and it begs to be read in one sitting. Saba is a killer character, and she's not necessarily that way because she's the smartest. In fact, I think Saba's a bit of a dumb character, and she needs to be that way -- if she were more intelligent, she wouldn't have followed her brother, wouldn't have fought with the raw power inside her, and she wouldn't have been so open about her resentment toward Emmi. That last part is important, since it plays a huge role in the structure of the story and the pacing, as well. I believed Saba from the beginning, and I knew she had something inside her that would drive her to achieve a lot despite her upbringing. But as the story progressed, it was wonderful to see Saba begin to believe in herself and begin to understand the raw power within her to do good things and to make things happen herself. She's not reliant upon a male to be powerful; she relies upon herself, which is something there isn't enough of in YA lit.
In fact, one of the things I appreciated about Young's book is that there is virtually no romance. Jack, a guy Saba saves following an incident in the arena, is absolutely in love with Saba from the beginning of their time together. But Saba's both a little ignorant of the fact and a little bit frustrated by it. She knows he's interested, but she doesn't know how interested, but even that slight interest is infuriating. Yes, there will be a kiss, but Saba will not linger on it. She's got bigger dragons to slay, and even when those beasts have been slayed, well, Jack's a secondary thought.
There's a lot of symbolism piled up in the story, and it's easy to latch onto. The world Young's created is believable, and it's easy to picture, as well. It's desolate and deserted and red. It feels a bit like a story that could be set in the Great Depression, but it's futuristic, rather than historical. With some of the clues dropped in the story, it felt like it may take place in Europe, though the location really isn't that important. What is important is how important the setting is to the story, and how scary believable it is because there are places similar to Hopetown existing in our world.
To the writing -- this is a book written in a dialect. It's not standard English, and some of the words dropped aren't necessarily in English either. That was part of what made me believe this book may be set in Europe. Unlike many books written in a dialect, the use of it in Young's book is well-placed. It really gives a strong character to both the setting and to Saba, and it enhances our knowledge of who she is and what makes her such a powerful character. As a reader, I had no problem diving into it, and even found myself believing it made the story read faster. I think if it had been done without the dialect, much of the story would be lost. Likewise, I had no problems with the lack of punctuation in dialog, as it made the story read more naturally. Teens and adults will certainly have no problem with this, either.
Perhaps my favorite part of the book is that fact that it can stand alone. Don't get me wrong: this isn't a stand alone book, but rather the first in a series. But the story line and characters are completely developed and come to full resolutions at the conclusion of the book, meaning readers can walk away entirely satisfied having read just this volume. I would absolutely read the second volume of this book because I think that this one was engaging and exciting enough I want to know what else Young can come up with, but it makes me thrilled to know I can hand this to a reader and let them know it can be read all on its own and they don't have to wait a year to find out what happens. It all happens right here.
Hand Blood Red Road to your fans of fast paced, action packed dystopians, including The Hunger Games and Veronica Roth's Divergent. Readers of post-apocalyptic stories will eat this one up, as well. Thriller fans, too, will fall into this world without problem. This has wide appeal to males and females, and I think it certainly deserves attention. Will I call it "the next Hunger Games?" No. But I will say it appeals to that fan base, and that it's a book for readers looking for adventure, high stakes, and a powerful main character who refuses to take crap from anyone who gets in her way.
Bound manuscript handed to me at ALA midwinter. Blood Red Road will be published by Simon & Schuster June 7 -- just in time for summer reading!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
It always makes me nervous when a book is pitched to me as "the next Hunger Games" for a few reasons: first, I don't think any book can ever truly be "the next _____," no matter what the title; second, my expectations are then set either sky high (if I liked the book in comparison) or quite low (if I didn't); and finally, it doesn't let the book stand out for its own qualities. We don't get a real pitch for the book and what makes it stand out from everything else.
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I, too, hate whenever publishers or reviewers or anyone pitches books as "the next" anything. One of my teens has my ARC copy right now, they've been passing it around since I gave it to them!ReplyDelete
Loooooooved this one!!! :DReplyDelete
Thanks for the review. SOunds great! I'll be looking for it.ReplyDelete
Oh goodness. *tosses onto TBR list* And you don't think a sequel is necessary? *claps*ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM
OMG this is the best book ever it had adventure romance and a threatning love of familly wow I absoloutly loved it I can not wiat for the sequel its a good thing I am from England we get releases early lol.ReplyDelete
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Altvater: Youth prevails: Ko wins Marathon Classic, McIlroy wins British OpenWritten by Fred Altvater | | email@example.com
Teenage sensation Lydia Ko collected her second win of 2014 at the Marathon Classic in Sylvania.
Ko is ranked No. 2 in the world and is gaining on No. 1, Toledo-born Stacy Lewis.
Ko is so far ahead in the LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year race, they may as well just give her the trophy now.
Ko fired a final round 65 to best 2012 Marathon Classic winner So Yeon Ryu by one shot.
Ryu had a birdie putt at the last hole to tie, but missed wide right and had to settle for second place.
The win will put Ko over $1 million in earnings for the year. She, Lewis and Michelle Wie seem to be the leading candidates to win the $1 million bonus that will go to the winner of the Race to the CME Globe.
Lewis finished T-25 at Highland Meadows this week for only her third finish outside the Top 10 on the LPGA Tour this season.
Wie played poorly and missed the cut on Friday.
The weather cooperated in Northwest Ohio this week and the Marathon Classic was able to bring another solid LPGA Tour event to Toledo.
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Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy added the third leg of a career grand slam to his resume on Sunday.
He began the final round of the British Open with a six-shot lead and fired a final round one-under-par 71 for the win.
McIlroy adds the Claret Jug to his win at the 2011 U.S. Open and the Wanamaker Trophy for winning the 2012 PGA Championship.
A host of serious competitors made a run at McIlroy on Sunday, but each came up short.
Sergio Garcia made three birdies on his first nine holes and added an eagle and two more birdies on the back nine, but a bogey at No. 15 sealed his fate. He finished tied with Rickie Fowler for runner-up at 15-under-par, two shots behind McIlroy.
For Fowler it was another high finish in a major championship this year. He finished T-5 in the Masters and has had consecutive runners-up finishes at the U.S. Open and now the Open Championship.
He may have secured his spot on Tom Watson's Ryder Cup team that will meet Europe at Gleneagles in September.
Whatever Butch Harmon is teaching him is working.
The ageless Jim Furyk fired a final round 65 and was solo fourth.
Aussies Marc Leishman and Adam Scott finished T-5, with Charl Schwartzel and Eduardo Molinari joint seventh.
Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowell and Victor Dubuisson rounded out the top 10 at 10-under-par.
Royal Liverpool had unusually calm weather for the four days of the championship and soft conditions kept the scoring low.
McIlroy at 25 years old and Ko just 17 should be around to thrill golf fans for several years to come.
McIlroy already has three major championships and it should be just a matter of time before Ko adds her name to a women's major championship.
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Jon Voight is ecstatic that he's gotten back into the good graces of his daughter Angelina Jolie and her brood. After years of estrangement, Jon can now finally be a grandpa to her and Brad Pitt's six children.
The family is currently in Venice, Italy where Jolie is shooting her movie The Tourist, and Jon spoke with Us Weekly about the reunion. "It's nice to have something that's positive!" Voight said.
He also said their boat ride down the ancient city's Grand Canal was "lovely...the weather wasn't so bad for the journey. It's a very beautiful trip. A lot of fun."
Voight also added that he's hoping this won't be his only vacation with the fam. "I love the possibility of spending time with the family. It's a very beautiful thing," he said.
As for those Angie-Brad break-up rumors, Jon says they're nothing but "rubbish. Exactly right," Voight said. "Of course they are! You can see!"
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Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I'm spending it in Montreal with friends and family. We're testing a theory that turkey tastes as good in French as it does in English. I'm sure we won't be disappointed.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It is the only holiday that is celebrated by EVERY American. But this year we celebrate during difficult times. And I am reminded of the original Proclamation of Franklin Roosevelt establishing the National Holiday in 1933, during the midst of the depression:
"May we be grateful for the passing of dark days; for the new spirit of dependence one on another; for the closer unity of all parts of our wide land; for the greater friendship between employers and those who toil; for a clearer knowledge by all nations that we seek no conquests and ask only honorable engagements by all peoples to respect the lands and rights of their neighbors; for the brighter day to which we can win through by seeking the help of God in a more unselfish striving for the common bettering of mankind."
Thanksgiving is about thanks. And it's about giving. Each of us has something to give — to our families, to our communities, to our countries. Today is a day to ask how we might use those gifts in the coming year.
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Is Main Street making a comeback?
That's a question we ask on this week's front page, and frankly, it's a question that we hope we will ultimately be answered in the affirmative.
For years Hazard has sprawled well beyond the limits of its downtown, adding new businesses and jobs along the way. While that has, in the long run, been a good thing for Perry and surrounding counties, for Main Street it has meant that businesses like Sterling Hardware and the Family Theater are now only a memory.
Photos from the 1950s show Hazard's Main Street in its heyday, and it's an era that we here at the Herald have repeatedly written about for the past few years. We may risk romanticizing our city's former downtown a bit much, but when looking at those old black and white photos it's hard not to, seeing what seems to us like a bustling center of commerce that we have never known.
Today's Main Street looks much different. Though many of the buildings have survived, most of the businesses have not, and in some cases there's a few empty store fronts where a few decades ago local merchants would be selling wares or services.
But as we report this week, there are some people in the downtown area who think that preserving and pushing forward on Hazard's Main Street is an effort with some merit. And we couldn't agree more.
We think there's a blueprint out there for a resurgent Hazard and Perry County with a solid economic base that utilizes coal, but also looks beyond an extractive economy. We would really like to pretend that we're looking at that blue print as this piece is written and that we have all the answers, but in truth no one can lay claim to that.
But one thing we will hold true to is that one hope for a resurgent Perry County should include Hazard's downtown, which has a lot to offer. What Hazard is really missing is something akin to an arts district. Our city already has some infrastructure in place, like the outdoor amphitheater beside City Hall and the nearby Forum, and we also have a drama company in the Little Theatre which produces quality productions every year. We should be capitalizing on these assets which we already have, and then building upon them.
Downtown Hazard has room for an artisan center like the one in Hindman, and our county has a number of talented artisans whose work could find some much needed exposure beyond a handful of bazaars and craft sales held locally each year.
But like anything else these days, we're also aware that any new initiative is going to cost someone something, and there's isn't a lot of extra money to go around. But at the same time, these are worthy efforts, as are any that can bring more people to our downtown and help Hazard build a more robust economy.
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An inverted PCRAM cell is formed by plating the bottom electrode, made of copper for example, with a conductive material, such as silver. Chalcogenide material is disposed over the plated electrode and subjected to a conversion process so that ions from the plated material diffuse into the chalcogenide material.
1. A memory cell comprising:
a first line over a substrate, the first line comprising a first conductive material;
a second conductive material in contact with at least a portion of the first conductive material, the second conductive material being different from the first conductive material;
a chalcogenide material in contact with at least a portion of the second conductive material and completely separated from the first conductive material; and
a second line over at least a portion of the chalcogenide material, the second line comprising a third conductive material.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/302,119, filed Dec. 14, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,235,419 which is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 10/205,387, filed on Jul. 25, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,071,021 which in turn is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/853,233, filed on May 11, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,102,150. Each application being incorporated in its entirety hereby by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to the field of semiconductor devices and fabrication and, more particularly, to memory elements and methods for making memory elements.
2. Background of the Related Art
This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of art which may be related to various aspects of the present invention that are described and/or claimed below. This discussion is believed to be helpful in providing the reader with background information to facilitate a better understanding of the various aspects of the present invention. Accordingly, it should be understood that these statements are to be read in this light, and not as admissions of prior art.
Microprocessor-controlled integrated circuits are used in a wide variety of applications. Such applications include personal computers, vehicle control systems, telephone networks, and a host of consumer products. As is well known, microprocessors are essentially generic devices that perform specific functions under the control of a software program. This program is stored in one or more memory devices that are coupled to the microprocessor. Not only does the microprocessor access memory devices to retrieve the program instructions, but it also stores and retrieves data created during execution of the program in one or more memory devices.
There are a variety of different memory devices available for use in microprocessor-based systems. The type of memory device chosen for a specific function within a microprocessor-based system depends largely upon what features of the memory are best suited to perform the particular function. For instance, volatile memories, such as dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), must be continually powered in order to retain their contents, but they tend to provide greater storage capability and programming options and cycles than non-volatile memories, such as read only memories (ROMs). While non-volatile memories that permit limited reprogramming exist, such as electrically erasable and programmable "ROMs," all true random access memories, i.e., those memories capable of 1014 programming cycles are more, are volatile memories. Although one time programmable read only memories and moderately reprogrammable memories serve many useful applications, a true nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) would likely be needed to surpass volatile memories in usefulness.
Efforts have been underway to create a commercially viable memory device that is both random access and nonvolatile using structure changing memory elements, as opposed to the charge storage memory elements used in most commercial memory devices. The use of electrically writable and erasable phase change materials, i.e., materials which can be electrically switched between generally amorphous and generally crystalline states or between different resistive states while in crystalline form, in memory applications is known in the art and is disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,296,716 to Ovshinsky et al. The Ovshinsky patent contains a discussion of the general theory of operation of chalcogenide materials, which are a particular type of structure changing material.
As disclosed in the Ovshinsky patent, such phase change materials can be electrically switched between a first structural state, in which the material is generally amorphous, and a second structural state, in which the material has a generally crystalline local order. The material may also be electrically switched between different detectable states of local order across the entire spectrum between the completely amorphous and the completely crystalline states. In other words, the switching of such materials is not required to take place in a binary fashion between completely amorphous and completely crystalline states. Rather, the material may be switched in incremental steps reflecting changes of local order to provide a "gray scale" represented by a multiplicity of conditions of local order spanning the spectrum from the completely amorphous state to the completely crystalline state.
These memory elements are monolithic, homogeneous, and formed of chalcogenide material typically selected from the group of Te, Se, Sb, Ni, and Ge. This chalcogenide material exhibits different electrical characteristics depending upon its state. For instance, in its amorphous state the material exhibits a higher resistivity than it does in its crystalline state. Such chalcogenide materials may be switched between numerous electrically detectable conditions of varying resistivity in nanosecond time periods with the input of picojoules of energy. The resulting memory element is truly non-volatile. It will maintain the integrity of the information stored by the memory cell without the need for periodic refresh signals, and the data integrity of the information stored by these memory cells is not lost when power is removed from the device. The memory material is also directly overwritable so that the memory cells need not be erased, i.e., set to a specified starting point, in order to change information stored within the memory cells. Finally, the large dynamic range offered by the memory material theoretically provides for the gray scale storage of multiple bits of binary information in a single cell by mimicking the binary encoded information in analog form and, thereby, storing multiple bits of binary encoded information as a single resistance value in a single cell.
Traditionally, the operation of chalcogenide memory cells requires that a region of the chalcogenide memory material, called the "active region," be subjected to a current pulse to change the crystalline state of the chalcogenide material within the active region. Typically, a current density of between about 105 and 107 amperes/cm2 is needed. To obtain this current density in a commercially viable device having at least one million memory cells, for instance, one theory suggests that the active region of each memory cell should be made as small as possible to minimize the total current drawn by the memory device.
However, such traditional chalcogenide memory cells have evolved into what is referred to as a programmable metallization cell or a plated chalcogenide memory cell for use in a plated chalcogenide random access memory (PCRAM) device. Such a cell includes a chalcogenide material between opposing electrodes. A fast ion conductor material is incorporated into the chalcogenide material. The resistance of such material can be changed between highly resistive and highly conductive states.
To perform a write operation with the memory cell in its normal high resistive state, a voltage potential is applied to a certain one of the electrodes, with the other of the electrode being held at zero voltage or ground. The electrode having the voltage applied to it functions as an anode, while the electrode held at zero or ground functions as a cathode. The nature of the fast ion conductor material is such that it undergoes a chemical and structural change at a certain applied voltage level. Specifically, at some suitable threshold voltage, the metal ions within the chalcogenide material begin to plate on the cathode and progress through the chalcogenide material toward the anode. The process continues until a conductive dendrite or filament extends between the electrodes, effectively interconnecting the top and bottom electrodes to create an electrical short circuit.
Once this occurs, dendrite growth stops, and the dendrite is retained when the voltage potentials are removed. This results in the resistance of the chalcogenide material between the electrodes dropping by a factor of about 1,000. The material can be returned to its highly resistive state by reversing the voltage potential between the anode and cathode to cause the dendrite to disappear. Again, the highly resistive state is maintained when the reverse voltage potential is removed. Accordingly, such a device can, for example, function as a reprogrammable memory cell of non-volatile random access memory circuit.
As mentioned above, the variable resistance material disposed between the electrodes typically is a chalcogenide material having metal ions diffused therein. A specific example is germanium selenide with silver ions. Typically, to provide the silver ions within the germanium selenide material, germanium selenide is deposited onto the first electrode using chemical vapor deposition. A thin layer of silver is then deposited on the glass, for example by physical vapor deposition or another technique. The layer of silver is then irradiated with ultraviolet radiation. The thin nature of the deposited silver allows the energy to pass through the silver to the silver/glass interface to cause the silver to diffuse into the chalcogenide material. The applied energy and overlying silver result in the silver migrating into the glass layer such that a homegenous distribution of silver throughout the layer is ultimately achieved.
Unfortunately, chalcogenide materials are relatively delicate. The nature of the deposition technique used to deposit the silver can damage the chalcogenide material and, thus, adversely affect the resulting memory cell. Furthermore, it can be challenging to etch and polish chalcogenide materials. Accordingly, it would be desirable to develop memory cell fabrication methods that avoid steps that can damage such materials.
The foregoing and other advantages of the invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings in which:
Specific embodiments of microprocessor-based systems, memories, memory elements, and methods of making such memory elements are described below as they might be implemented for use in semiconductor memory circuits. In the interest of clarity, not all features of an actual implementation are described in this specification. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure.
Turning now to the drawings, and referring initially to
The device 10 typically includes a power supply 14. For instance, if the device 10 is portable, the power supply 14 would advantageously include permanent batteries, replaceable batteries, and/or rechargeable batteries. The power supply 14 may also include an A/C adapter, so that the device may be plugged into a wall outlet, for instance. In fact, the power supply 14 may also include a D/C adapter, so that the device 10 may be plugged into a vehicle's cigarette lighter, for instance.
Various other devices may be coupled to the processor(s) 12, depending upon the functions that the device 10 performs. For instance, a user interface 16 may be coupled to the processor(s) 12. The user interface 16 may include an input device, such as buttons, switches, a keyboard, a light pin, a mouse, and/or a voice recognition system, for instance. A display 18 may also be coupled to the processor(s) 12. The display 18 may include an LCD display, a CRT, LEDs, and/or an audio display. Furthermore, an RF subsystem/baseband processor 20 may also be coupled to the processor(s) 12. The RF subsystem/baseband processor 20 may include an antenna that is coupled to an RF receiver and to an RF transmitter (not shown). A communication port 22 may also be coupled to the processor(s) 12. The communication port 22 may be adapted to be coupled to a peripheral device 24, such as a modem, a printer, or a computer, for instance, or to a network, such as a local area network or the Internet.
Because the processor(s) 12 controls the functioning of the device 10 generally under the control of software programming, memory is coupled to the processor(s) 12 to store and facilitate execution of the software program. For instance, the processor(s) 12 may be coupled to volatile memory 26, which may include dynamic random access memory (DRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, etc. The processor(s) 12 may also be coupled to non-volatile memory 28. The non-volatile memory 28 may include a read only memory (ROM), such as an EPROM or Flash Memory, to be used in conjunction with the volatile memory. The size of the ROM is typically selected to be just large enough to store any necessary operating system, application programs, and fixed data. The volatile memory, on the other hand, is typically quite large so that it can store dynamically loaded applications. Additionally, the non-volatile memory 28 may include a high capacity memory such as a disk drive, tape drive memory, CD ROM drive, DVD, read/write CD ROM drive, and/or a floppy disk drive.
An exemplary memory device is illustrated in
A more detailed depiction of the memory matrix 34 is illustrated in
Turning now to
One method of fabricating the memory cell 40A is disclosed with reference to the various stages of fabrication illustrated in
A layer of dielectric material 54A, for example an oxide such as silicon dioxide, is formed over the substrate 56A, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
A fast ion conductive material is then disposed on the word line 42A. The fast ion conductive material is selected to cooperate with a subsequently applied layer of chalcogenide material to form the memory element of the memory cell 40A. In this embodiment, the word line 42A is plated with the conductive material 50A using an immersion plating process. In general, immersion plating replaces a less noble metal with a more noble metal. It is an ion exchange process that requires neither external electricity nor a catalyst. Immersion plating can be used in a self-limiting process, and it usually plates thinner films than other plating methods. Immersion plating depends on the base metal, i.e., the less noble metal. Many factors can influence immersion plating, such as the type of ligand used to take up the base metal and to keep the base metal in solution.
In this exemplary embodiment, the base metal of the word line 42A is selected to be copper, and the more noble metal of the conductive layer 50A is selected to be silver. Of course, it should be recognized that other base metals, such as nickel, aluminum, or tungsten, for example, may be used in place of copper, and that alloys of such metals may be used as well. In addition, various "more noble" metals, such as gold, may be used in place of silver. However, for the purposes of this exemplary embodiment utilizing copper and silver, a silver immersion solution called "argentomerse" available from Technic, Inc. may be used. This silver immersion solution utilizes a cyanide salt chemistry, which essentially represents a general purpose immersion plating solution. A silver immersion solution such as argentomerse should suffice for plating silver on base metals such as nickel or copper. However, for immersion plating of silver on tungsten, it may be desirable to utilize another silver immersion solution in order to optimize the chemistry. The structure illustrated in
After the conductive layer 50A has been formed on the word line 42A, a layer of chalcogenide material 52A, such as germanium selenide, may be formed over the conductive layer 50A, as illustrated in
Once the layer of chalcogenide material 52A is formed over the layer of conductive material 50A, the structure illustrated in
After this conversion process, the layer of chalcogenide material 52A has metal ions in it, as illustrated in
It should be appreciated from the discussion of the structure and method of fabrication of the memory cell 40A that it represents an inverted PCRAM memory cell. As discussed previously, a typical PCRAM memory cell is fabricated by forming a layer of chalcogenide material on the Metal 1 layer, thus requiring the conductive layer, such as silver, to be disposed on the chalcogenide layer. However, because chalcogenide is a very delicate material as discussed previously, known methods of depositing silver on chalcogenide are difficult to control in a reliable and repeatable fashion. However, by inverting the traditional PCRAM memory cell so that the conductive layer, such as silver, is disposed on the Metal 1 layer, the delicate nature of the subsequently deposited chalcogenide material does not pose a problem.
One method of fabricating the memory cell 40B is disclosed with reference to, the various stages of fabrication illustrated in
A fast ion conductive material is then disposed on the portion of the word line 42B exposed by the window 62. The selection of the fast ion conductive material and the manner in which it may be applied does not differ from the previous embodiment. Accordingly, for the sake of clarity, in this exemplary embodiment, the base metal of the word line 42B is selected to be copper, and the more noble metal of the conductive layer 50B is selected to be silver. The structure illustrated in
After the conductive layer 50B has been formed on the word line 42B, a layer of chalcogenide material 52B, such as germanium selenide, may be deposited in the window 62 over the conductive layer 50B, as illustrated in
Once the layer of chalcogenide material 52B is formed in the window 62, the structure illustrated in
After this conversion process, the layer of chalcogenide material 52B has metal ions in it, as illustrated in
One method of fabricating the memory cell 40C is disclosed with reference to the various stages of fabrication illustrated in
A window 64 is formed in the layer of dielectric material 60C and in the layer of conductive material 44′C to expose at least a portion of the underlying word line 42C. The window 64 may be formed in any suitable manner, such as by the use of standard photolithographic techniques.
A fast ion conductive material is then disposed on the portion of the word line 42C exposed by the window 64. The selection of the fast ion conductive material and the manner in which it may be applied does not differ from the previous embodiments. Accordingly, for the sake of clarity, in this exemplary embodiment, the base metal of the word line 42C is selected to be copper, and the more noble metal of the conductive layer 50C is selected to be silver. The structure illustrated in
After the conductive layer 50C has been formed on the word line 42C, a layer of chalcogenide material 52C, such as germanium selenide, may be deposited in the window 64 over the conductive layer 50C, as illustrated in
Once the layer of chalcogenide material 52C is formed in the window 64, the structure illustrated in
After this conversion process, the layer of chalcogenide material 52C has metal ions in it, as illustrated in
As previously mention, chalcogenide material is somewhat susceptible to damage from planarization techniques, such as chemical mechanical planarization. However, it should be noted that the memory cell 40C is relatively immune to any "over planarization" of the chalcogenide material 52C within the window 64. Although the planarization step can remove some of the relatively delicate chalcogenide material 52C from the top of the window 64, the electrical path from the digit line 44C through the chalcogenide material 52C typically does not extend directly from the layer of conductive material 44″C. Rather, the shortest path typically extends from the edge of the layer of conductive material 44′C. Thus, for over planarization to affect the memory cell 40C adversely, chalcogenide material 52C below the level of the dielectric layer 60C would have to be removed. Since over planarization to such an extent is unlikely, the memory cell 40C typically provides for relatively repeatable and consistent memory operation.
While the invention may be susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments have been shown by way of example in the drawings and have been described in detail herein. However, it should be understood that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed. Rather, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following appended claims.
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How different is the world of apps. Apps are fun! They usually do one thing really, really good. It's not as if ground-breaking mobile apps are released everyday, but there's more innovation here than there has been in software land in the past five years. These apps vary in price from free to a couple of local currency. Only a few are what you would call "expensive". While it makes sense to have small, easy to use apps on your phone, I wonder whether it's a good thing the apps are now making their way to desktop land.
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Tim Acheson said:
"Apps" are overrated.
Most are either pointless gimmicks duplicating functionality already available in the web browser. Apps are popular on iOS partly because the web browser is so bad! (Flash doesn't work, etc.)
Please don't compare the "Apps (trademark)" on iOS and Android to the real software applications available on Windows including Windows 7 tablets.
This article sounds like it's written by somebody utterly brainwashed by Apple's marketing.
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"This article sounds like it's written by somebody utterly brainwashed by Apple's marketing."
That's why I wrote this article: because people are going on and on about apps (and it's not hard to see why) - not about new software. I don't think it is necessarily a good thing that the app model makes its way to our desktops (It's not just the Mac App Store, but also the Chrome App thing and future Windows Marketplace that try to cash in on the app hype). Still, software could learn something from the user-friendliness the best apps have to offer. Compared to some of the crap that lands on my desk every week, these apps are HEAVEN.
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"people are going on and on about apps"
That's so true. Of course, the word "app" is just an abbreviation of the term "application", but from Apple's marketing you could be forgiven for believing that Apple invented the concept of software installed on a base OS! Indeed, Apple is actually trying to copyright "App" in the context of their App Store.
"Still, software could learn something"
So true -- many of the apps I've seen look beautiful. I even think web apps could be improved by taking lessons from software apps on mobile devices. I asked a UX designer I work with about this, and he pointed out that the smaller screen real estate forces him to focus on the interface like never before.
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I have 2 things I am kinda worried about with ESO. Here they are..
1: The stupid plotline, i'm sorry but after how stupid skyrim was plot wise, they decided to do another fairly stupid sounding plot? It is your soul was taken and you bascally become a mass murderer to try to get it back.
The second and much MUCH bigger issue is how races are locked to certan factions, I'd much rather it be you pick your race, then join any faction you want, especally since humans are paired up with stupid looking orc's and human was the race i'd probally have been. It may change its only alpha, I dislike locking races to factions because it removes diversity from the game. Well that and I wanna be a nice looking race like the elves (assuming they don't look like the freaks they were in skyrim) or humans.
What are your worries? heres a vid with an alpha review you can check out. Watching thsi vid made me go from riting ESO off as another wow wannabe/clone to being a game that actually sounds like it might be good. I just hope they improve the combat, because there was a trailer on youtueb that showed combat and i'll be frank, it looked like crap.
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Your first comment is uninformed. That is not the plotline... that is the way they explain death and resurection in game. While it may be a little extra motivation, it is not the plot.
Faction lock is a good thing, but you can look up the other thread to find out why.
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Originally posted by Rukushin
I quoted a post I made in another forum because I believe it accurately conveys my biggest worries and fears about TESO. Simply put and paraphrased:
I am not a fan of being locked out of other factions territories and having to PvP only in Cyrodil. It completely takes away from the immersiveness for me. I was highly looking forward to complete open world PvP with the option of going into Cyrodil for more focused and objective oriented PvP which would add more structure to create an element of PvE within the PvP, open world exploration, and dynamic immersive changing environments.


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So far, not many people are using the Q&A system, even though it was requested by a lot of Xen users.
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That would probably be a good idea, and would generate some traffic. I plan to start asking more questions on here. I think this Q&A system looks great.Like Lars Kurth likes this post.
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A perfect position for a recent college graduate who desires research experience prior to pursuing a career in health care. The clinical research coordinator, working at CHOP within the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, is responsible for the research needs of the division. The clinical research coordinator will participate in research activities which may include: subject recruitment, confirmation of subject eligibility, informed consent process, completion of case report forms, data clarification, IRB preparations and chart abstraction. The research coordinator will also assist the physicians with research organization such as preparing manuscripts, making presentation slides and posters, performing searches in literature and patient databases, shooting photographs of patients in a clinical and operative setting. Manuscript preparation may include writing, referencing, editing, basic medical illustrating, statistical analysis, creating tables and charts, and preparing submissions for publication.
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