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Quarterback Nick Fitzgerald (7) graduated Richmond Hill (Ga.) High School only a few days ago. This week is he getting reps at Mississippi State.
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Thursday Nick Fitzgerald sat in a Richmond Hill (Ga.) High School classroom and took two finals. While his classmates celebrated with the final weekend before holiday break, Fitzgerald dealt with the rush of 6-2, 340, Nick James.
Saturday, a green jersey protected the now Mississippi State freshman as James ran past Fitzgerald, high stepping and screaming, knowing he had an easy sack.
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Kan Jam Disc Game
Product Information:
Kan Jam ® is a 4 player disc game, similar to bean bag toss played with a disc instead of bean bags that uses teamwork to score. The object of the game is to score points as a team by throwing the disc in the goal ("kan"). Instead of just throwing the disc back and forth in the backyard, Kan Jam ® provides hours of fun with a target to throw toward and the challenge as a teammate of redirecting an errant toss on the other end.
Kan Jam® just got that much cooler. Download the Kan Jam® app to get rules, how-to videos and a super easy to use scorekeeper! This set is lightweight and easily portable, making it the perfect game for tailgating, camping, backyard, and the beach.
How to play:
Set up the goals ("kans") 50 feet apart.
Two teams of two.
Teams take turns throwing/deflecting the disc toward the goal.
Play to 21 points.
Instant win: Throw the disc inside the kan through the small front slot opening
2 points: Throw the disc to strike the kan, unassisted by teammate
3 points: Teammate deflects the disc throw inside the kan
1 point: Teammate deflects the disc throw to hit the kan
How to play:
- 2 durable official goals ("kans")
- Custom designed 168 gram disc
- Detailed scoring guide and instructions
Country of Origin: United StatesWeb ID: 3996124
Customer Reviews:
Rated 4.6 out of 5 by 250 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by BonScott78 Good Stuff! Such a GREAT game, we all love to play! Good to have camping, river lot, tailgating, exc. Having a tournament this year as a fundraiser... Only downfall I have is the price, could be more in the $25 range... May 7, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by fightingpandas AWESOME FUN - KIDS LOVE IT Kids love it, can't get them away from the game. Teamwork, strategy, and excitement for kids of all ages. December 15, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cam Better than bag toss and horseshoes!!! From the kids to the grandparents my whole family got into Kan Jam more so than bag toss and horseshoes at out last get together. The fact that both players are active on each throw are a big hit. While shoes and bag toss are a more skill and experience game "The Jam" rarely has many missed points since your partner can alter a lack of precision on your throw. And the hole in one takes all factor keeps it exciting in an otherwise blow out. I'm still a fan of the shoes and bag toss but for including the whole Fam Kan Jam has proven to be the game. Well played Kan Jam, well played indeed. November 4, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by MomOf4 Best Group Game Ever Bought this after having fun with a family members Kan Jam at the beach... We took our new Kan Jam camping....Our site was non-stop Kan Jam Action for 5 straight days. Fun for all ages and skill levels. We had a blast and had competitions every day for hours. Easy to pack and store. Simple rules: you throw the Frisbee toward the can - if you get it in, instant win for your team. If your teammate helps by hitting the Frisbee and it goes in you get 3 points. If you hit the outside of the can unassisted you get 2 points, if your teammate helps and you hit the outside of the can you get 1 point. Pairs take turns throwing like innings in baseball. You have to get 21 exactly to win. Very fun, very addictive. October 19, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by none Fun family game, quality lacking Easy to understand and play a bit expensive for the quality of construction July 16, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Katie Fun Game Kan Jam is a great, fun game and is well made, however for what you are getting I think it should be cheaper then it is. September 5, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by boshk fun game, but not worth the price the game is fun, easy to learn, and the games go pretty quick. but, the game is also very expensive for a couple of sheets of plastic and a frisbee that probably cost $1 to make. June 23, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Timpat Way overpriced Ridiculously overpriced. Buy a Frisbee and make your own. July 2, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by MikeF Fun game for all ages I like games that are quick to set up, with few pieces, & not too "rulesy", yet fun for all. KanJam fits the bill. My Grandchildren, ages 6-8 love playing it. It really is a fun game & those with excellent frisbee skills will also have fun with it. Very pleased with this purchase. September 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Blaze Best BBQ Game Great game to play at a BBQ, picnic, the beach, or anywhere. I first played this while waiting overnight for the iPhone 5. Someone brought it from home and we played for hours. I got 2 kanjams my first time playing and now I'm hooked. The cans are easy to put together except for the sticker labels. Just make sure you lay the cans flat before putting the stickers on. The frisbee is good but I've used better. Storage of the cans is not good. They tell you to use the original box. I think they should have included some type of bag or case. There is an app for keeping score that works well if you remember to use it after each turn. All in All, this is a great, fun game and you'll have no regrets buying this game even if you could make your own at home. October 17, 2012


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Customers shopping Tuesday at IGA — the last central city grocer in town — were shocked and disappointed to learn the store will close by month's end, although company officials did not return calls requesting confirmation on the issue.
"That's what they said," in the store, customer Myrtle Cavin said as she got into her car Tuesday morning after shopping.
"I just live over the hill," and the closing will create a hardship for her, she said. At least Cavin has a vehicle which she uses to shop special sales at other grocery stores in town.
For customers like Pam Warren and Melinda Scott, who live nearby and walk to the store, the closing came as a shock and a sure future problem for them.
"It's going to be hard on me 'cause I don't have a car," Warren said as she pushed a small cart with groceries down the sidewalk. "This is the closest one for me."
Warren said she does have the ability to take city transit to get places, but doing that for her grocery trips will extend the chore.
"To go anywhere else we have access to the transit, but still you have to wait an hour for the bus to go through," she said.
Scott said she's heard IGA will merge with another low-cost grocer, but the North Roan Street location will be shuttered.
Messages left for officials at the IGA headquarters in Chicago and Houchens Industries, which apparently owns the IGA brand, were not returned Tuesday.
The local store manager said he was "not allowed to say anything about it."
Scott and Warren, like most customers who talked with the Johnson City Press Tuesday, use IGA as their primary grocery store because of its prices and convenient location.
"I've always come here," Scott said about the IGA. "It's to hard to get to the Price Less," located on South Roan Street near the Salvation Army store, she said.
"This is going to be hard for me because I walk with a cane," she said. Walking to IGA is a short distance for Scott, but the added wait for a bus to go to a store further away will be more physically taxing.
Pamela Lewis does not live nearby, but shops at IGA while she waits on the bus to get home after her shift at McDonald's on University Parkway.
She takes the bus to the store, shops and walks to the transit station. It cuts down her hour-long wait for her ride home, she said.
Brice Light and Kelley Cundy said they frequent IGA everyday to pick up small amounts of groceries they need.
"It's going to cost more gas," to travel to a store farther away, Light said. The couple just live a few blocks from IGA and Light works nearby so it's very convenient for them, they said.
Light said he's seen the store change hands from White's to IGA and now will apparently see it go away altogether.
"People in Keystone will have to get a cab now," to get groceries, he said.


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MSI includes 8, 15, and 24 percent overclocking presets, which can be activated by just by hitting Fn+F10 with the laptop hooked up to AC power. The folks over at Electric Vagabond have put the freshly released v1.09 BIOS update to the test, and found it provides up to a 30% boost in performance which means the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor is pushed up to almost 2GHz.
It certainly sounds like a must-have update, but we should note that MSI says it takes no responsibility for any damage caused by improper use or lack of technical expertise, so while this is an official BIOS you should use it at your own risk.


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County board formsThe Macomb County Board of Commissioners has approved eight newly-formed committees for the 2013-14 term.
committees for 2013-14
Six of the committees will meet in the weeks prior to each month's full board. They are:
Finance (committee of the whole), government operations (committee of the whole), economic development, health and community services, infrastructure, justice & public safety. An audit committee will meet as needed, and a rules committee is currently working to establish meeting rules for the board. There will also be additional full board meetings to insure items can be considered and responded to in a timely manner.
"We will be moving forward with strong and knowledgeable leadership and membership on each of these committees," said Board of Commissioners Chair David Flynn. "Each chair was carefully chosen because of the depth of knowledge and expertise that he/she brings to the board."
"Our committees were also structured to best address areas we have identified as key issues during the first two years under our re-structured county government," he added. "I believe we can function more efficiently within these committees."
Committee leadership is as follows:
Finance<Fred Miller, chair; Toni Moceri, vice chair (committee responsibilities: county budget, equalization, finance, human resources/labor relations, risk management, purchasing policies, retirement, treasurer, contracts)
Government Operations<Kathy Tocco, chair; David Flynn, vice chair (Committee responsibilities: resolutions, boards & commissions appointments, ethics, codification of ordinances/resolutions, BoC office operations, independent counsel, corporation counsel, rules, clerk/register of deeds, executive office).
Economic Development<Robert Mijac, chair; Jim Carabelli, vice chair (committee responsibilities: Planning and Economic Development Department, MI Works/Workforce Development, regional affairs).
Health and Community Services<Toni Moceri, chair; Michael Boyle, vice chair (committee responsibilities: Community Services Agency, DHS, Martha T. Berry Medical Facility, Veterans Services, Community Mental Health, Health Department, Prosecutor's Environmental Unit, Senior Services, MSU Extension).
Justice & Public Safety<Kathy D. Vosburg, chair; Bob Smith, vice chair (committee responsibilities: Juvenile Justice Center, emergency management, Sheriff's Office, Circuit Court, District Court, Probate Court, Friend of the Court, Prosecuting Attorney, Probation, Community Corrections).
Infrastructure<Jim Carabelli, chair; Bob Smith, vice chair (committee responsibilities: facilities and operations, information technology, parks & recreation, Department of Roads, Public Works, Solid Waste Planning Committee).
Audit<Joe Sabatini, chair; Veronica Klinefelt, vice chair (committee responsibilities: board duties under Section 8.3 of the Macomb County Charter)
Rules<Kathy Tocco, chair; Don Brown, vice chair (committee responsibilities: determine rules of operation for the board).
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Very-light jet developer Adam Aircraft has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, but its assets could soon be acquired another company.
"There has been significant interest demonstrated," says Jeffrey Weinman, trustee for the bankruptcy case. "I would anticipate that the company's assets will be sold or auctioned within 30 days."
The Denver, Colorado-based manufacturer of the A500 piston twin and developer of the A700 VLJ suspended operations on February 11, laying off all of its 800 employees after sending one third home on January 17.
Company officials had hoped to cut costs and line up at least $75 million in investment to continue producing the A500 and to earn certification for the A700 this year.
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According to Adam's court filing, the board of directors met on February 11 to accept the resignation of chief executive John Wolf. The company filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on February 15 after failing to secure additional funding.
The bankruptcy filing list assets worth as much as $10 million and liabilities of $50-$100 million. The court quickly demanded a statement of financial affairs and warned the case could be thrown out if its not provided by March 3.
The senior secured lenders are Bank of America, Bear Sterns Asset Management, Drake Offshore Master Fund, Kenmont Investments Management, Morgan Stanley, Ore Hill Fund, Permal Capital, Platinum Grove Asset Management, Sandler Capital and Spectrum Investment Partners.
Adam's 800 former employees are being actively recruited in job fairs across the Denver area by Bombardier Learjet, Gulfstream and Cirrus Design. The 50 former employees of Aviation Technology Group, the bankrupt developer of the Javelin VLJ that was also based at Denver's Centennial Airport, are also being recruited.
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Oilers vs. Senators Post-Game: Finally, The Oilers Deserved to Win
Jonathan Willis
November 10 2009 10:18PM
Edmonton Oilers:3
Ottawa Senators:4 (SO)
GDB XVIII: Injury woes on the Senate floor
Jason Gregor
November 10 2009 11:43AM
The injuries just keep coming for the Edmonton Oilers, as they get set to take on the Ottawa Senators tonight.
Steve MacIntyre on Waivers
Jonathan Willis
November 09 2009 11:35AM
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Edmonton Oilers have put Steve MacIntyre on waivers.
The wide-open West?
Jean Lefebvre
November 09 2009 10:04AM
Here's a question for the new week: As we close in on the quarter-pole of the 2009-10 National Hockey League campaign, what Western Conference team scares you? And by scare, we mean what outfit creates genuine spine-chilling, blood-curdling, bowel-evacuating fear?
Oilers vs. Avalanche Post-Game: How 'Bout That Power Play?
Jonathan Willis
November 09 2009 07:32AM
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1. Spring officially arrived yesterday. Thank the lord. I don't know if it's here for very long but it was beautiful yesterday and it looks like we've got a few nice days ahead of us. I can't even remember the last time I've seen this much sun--I actually think I walked around for an hour yesterday squinting because my eyes were so unaccustomed to sunshine.
2. And the warm weather reminds me... oh, shit. It's almost bathing suit season. I guess it's time to quit eating (and drinking) junk and stop making excuses to skip runs. Yuck.
3. And in more related news, this week I found a recipe for Jalapeño Pimento Cheese. Of course. Two weeks after I gave up cheese for Lent. I can totally bring these to Easter dinner, right?
4. "A trip to Target is a lot like how I imagine heroin must be. There's always a rush of excitement when you first walk inside, and most times you're not even sure why you're there to begin with, yet almost every time you leave with a feeling of remorse, guilt and a set of new track marks on your arms."
If you haven't already, you must read this article: " Inside a Woman's Head at Target". It's scary-and hilarious- how ridiculously true it is.


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|NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCCCP)
St. Francis Cancer Treatment Center was selected to be a part of the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) in 2014. NCORP is a national network of investigators, cancer care providers, academic institutions, and other organizations that provide care to diverse populations in community-based healthcare systems across the United States.
NCORP will design and conduct trials to improve cancer prevention, cancer control, screening, and post-treatment management. The new program will have an emphasis on cancer care delivery research, focusing on diverse and multi-level factors (e.g., social, financing systems, process, technology, and others) that affect access to and quality of care in the community.
Only 34 community cancer centers in the nation were granted NCORP funding, and CHI Health is the only healthcare network in Nebraska that provides this community-based research infrastructure.
NCORP replaces two previous NCI community-based clinical research programs, including the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), which funded research-based cancer care in several CHI markets. The new program builds on the strengths of the previous programs and aims to better address the most pressing issues affecting the conduct and delivery of care in communities across the nation.
The overall goal of NCORP is to bring cancer clinical trials (cancer control, prevention, screening, treatment, and imaging), as well as cancer care delivery research (CCDR), to individuals in their own communities.
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Artist and Architect
I didn't fit in in high school at all. And I don't know if it was because I was different. I think it was my age. I looked much younger than most of my classmates, and in a way they were really nice to me, but almost as a baby sister. I think as a little girl there was a bit of a China doll sort of syndrome. They were friends and they were friendly, but I didn't date. I didn't really even begin to understand. I was really naive. So I studied and I loved getting A's. I think I had the highest grade point average in my high school. And I loved to study, but I had no extracurricular activities. My activities were absolutely isolated. I would make anything artistic at home. And I think creativity and my artistic drive emanates from that childhood. In a way I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world. View Interview with Maya LinView Biography of Maya LinView Profile of Maya LinView Photo Gallery of Maya Lin
The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. It's almost a percolation process. I don't want to predetermine who I am, fanatically, in my work, which I think has made my development be -- sometimes I think it's magical. Sometimes I think I'll never do another piece again. But basically you don't know who you are. But yet I feel much better as I've hit the 40's, so to speak -- it's sort of frightening to say -- that I'm more whole because I understand. I'm more at peace. I'm not fighting it. I was fighting it in my 20's, really hard. I mean, it was a real -- there was an anguish in that. I mean ironically, the work is much more peaceful. All my work is much more peaceful than I am, and maybe the work, in that sense, is trying to find a resolution between what was probably a struggle. View Interview with Maya LinView Biography of Maya LinView Profile of Maya LinView Photo Gallery of Maya Lin
The idea is there. It happens overnight sometimes. It happens when I'm at a site sometimes. I know it right away. And I knew it when I saw the site. I wanted to cut it open and open up the earth and polish the earth's edges. Then came the embellishment of the names having to be chronological, which had to be key. And it turns out a lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. Because I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time. So time plays out in a lot of my works. View Interview with Maya LinView Biography of Maya LinView Profile of Maya LinView Photo Gallery of Maya Lin
I think what makes art valuable is: it is about an individual expressing what they think is a part of them, and variety and difference and clashes is what makes art valuable, that there is no one defining idea of what art is or what it should do. And that's what makes it art, that it has no rules, that it's so individualized in that sense. And yet, because we are born and we come from a very specific time, it is a reflection of exactly who we are at this time without ever having to be consciously thought of that way. It just is. View Interview with Maya LinView Biography of Maya LinView Profile of Maya LinView Photo Gallery of Maya Lin
One of the key things in the architecture is that I want always to have you feel connected to the landscape so that you don't think of architecture as this discrete isolating object, but in a way it frames your views of the landscape, which is a very Japanese notion. So that the house is a threshold to nature, or basically begins to explore our relationship to nature. So again, this love of the environment comes back through all the work. View Interview with Maya LinView Biography of Maya LinView Profile of Maya LinView Photo Gallery of Maya Lin
Creator of "Star Wars"
I made a pact with myself that I was going to make all three (Star Wars) movies, and in order to do that, as I stated to make my deal with 20th Century Fox, I acquired the sequel rights, because I didn't want them to bury the sequel. I wanted to make these movies and I was determined to make these movies regardless of whether they wanted to, or the movie made any money or not. And then I got the merchandising rights, which weren't anything at the time because there was no such thing as merchandising on movies. Some TV stuff, but not movies. Their life span is just too short. But I figured I could make posters. I could make t-shirts and, you know, I could publicize the movie and, hopefully, people would go see it. And because the studio -- everything is sort of a struggle again to survive, which is -- the studio won't put enough money into your movie to get it into the theaters, to do the advertising. So I said, "Well, I can't. I don't have any money. I don't have any money, but I can maybe make a t-shirt deal and I can maybe make a poster deal, and I can maybe get these out at science fiction conventions and things before the movie comes out, and promote the movie." So I did it as sort of self-preservation. View Interview with George LucasView Biography of George LucasView Profile of George LucasView Photo Gallery of George Lucas
Engineer of the Century
I did recall, with no special emphasis, this £50,000 prize that Henry Kremer had put up 17 years earlier. And then, one day I happened to notice that at that time the pound was worth just two dollars. Suddenly, this great light bulb just glowed over my head: the prize was $100,000, my debt was $100,000. There just may be some interesting connection between these two. So my interest in human-powered flight zoomed up to high level, and I fussed away at it, and eventually it worked. View Interview with Paul MacCreadyView Biography of Paul MacCreadyView Profile of Paul MacCreadyView Photo Gallery of Paul MacCready
I was doing the scaling laws for all of these different flight devices, natural and artificial, in my mind. The scaling laws are pretty simple. And while working on that, I thought back about human-powered flight and realized, why yes, there was a very simple, straightforward way of doing it. Which was merely, you can take any airplane, conceptually, keep the size the same -- I mean, keep the weight the same -- but let the size just get bigger and bigger and bigger in all dimensions, and the power goes down and, conceptually, you can make it big enough so it can get by on the tiny power that a person puts out. View Interview with Paul MacCreadyView Biography of Paul MacCreadyView Profile of Paul MacCreadyView Photo Gallery of Paul MacCready
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Undergraduate Admissions
Freshman Requirements for UT Tyler
High School Preparation:To be eligible for admission to the university as a freshman an applicant must be a high school graduate or equivalent. A high school record that demonstrates achievement in the most challenging academic course work available is the best single predictor of academic success. Beginning freshmen must submit an official high school transcript before classes begin in order to verify graduation and completion of required courses.
Minimum high school units required for admission include:
- Language Arts: Required: Four units of English.
- Science: Required: Three units of science to include at least one unit of Chemistry or Physics.
- Foreign Language: Required: Two units in a single language effective fall semester 2001.
- Mathematics: Required: Three units at the level of Algebra I or higher, e.g., algebra, geometry, elementary analysis, probability and statistics, solid geometry, calculus with analytical geometry. Informal geometry and pre-algebra will not fulfill this requirement. Strongly recommended: Students planning to enter scientific, engineering and similar technical fields are advised to take at least four units of math in preparation for entering the first university calculus course in their first semester at the university.
- Social Studies: Required: Three units.
Electives: Required: Additional courses in the areas above and/or in fine arts and/or computer science to satisfy high school graduation requirements.
High School Rank in Class and SAT (ACT) Score
- An applicant who graduates from an accredited high school in one of the two years preceding the academic year for which the applicant is apply for admission and who has a grade point average in the top 10%of the applicant's high school graduating class will be admitted automatically (subject to applicable enrollment limit). SAT (ACT) scores must be submitted.
- An applicant who does not qualify for admission under #1 above but meets the following criteria also qualifies for regular admission:
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Home schooled students: Requirements for home schooled students entering as freshmen are as follows:
- SAT or ACT test scores.
- THEA, if applicable.
- HS transcript or GED scores.
Additional Criteria: In addition to the current university requirements for admission, applicants must also have either: successfully completed the curriculum requirements for the recommended or advanced high school program or its equivalent; or satisfied ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks on the ACT assessment application to the applicant, or earned on the SAT assessment a score of at least 1500 out of 2400 or the equivalent.
The above requirement may be satisfied if the applicants official high school transcript or diploma states that the applicant completed the portion of the recommended or advanced curriculum or its equivalent that was available to the applicant, but was unable to complete the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the applicant at the appropriate times in the applicant's high school career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment capacity, or another cause not within the applicant's control.
An applicant may be given additional consideration based upon an evaluation of the individuals' involvement and level of responsibility in extracurricular activities; involvement in responsible non-academic affairs while attending high school, including employment and family responsibilities; status as a first general college student; English not first language; and socioeconomic background.
Application: Submit a completed undergraduate application for admission.
Application Fee: A non-refundable $40 application fee is required for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. A non-refundable $75 international application fee is required for all non-U.S. citizens. Applications will not be processed without the application fee.
Scholarships: All freshman applicants are reviewed for scholarship eligibility.
High School Transcript: An official high school transcript with high school graduation verification is required for final admission.
College Transcripts: Official transcripts are required from each college or university attended. Photocopies and faxed transcripts will not be considered for final admission. Course work from one college posted on the transcript of another college will not be considered for final admission.
TSI: Texas Success Initiative: Unless a student is exempt, the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requires all undergraduate students entering a public college or university in Texas to be assessed for readiness to enroll in freshman-level academic coursework. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved the following four testing instruments to be used to determine a student's readiness to enroll in college-level courses. The UT Tyler Testing Center offers the THEA and ACCUPLACER tests. Check their web site for more information.
- Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA)
- ASSETransfer Credit: Credit earned at other accredited colleges or universities may be transferred by students presenting official transcripts describing such credit. Courses are acceptable for transfer at the level at which these courses were classified by the institution granting the credit. Only courses in which a student has earned a grade of "C" or better will be acceptable for transfer. The only exception will be if a student transfers to UT Tyler core complete from another college or university, and the transferring institution recognized a "D" as satisfying its Core Curriculum requirements.
College Credit by Examination: Credit by examination may be established through testing programs such as the Advanced Placement Program (AP), the College Level Examination Program, (CLEP) and International Baccalaureate (IB). Guidelines for credit by examination are listed below. CLEP, AP, and IB credit received from a prior college or university will transfer as credit was awarded.


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Recommended use: Use to improve strength, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, and range-of-motion. Folds and rolls for easy storage.
Material: Steel frame
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Through the month of December, the Upstairs class spent time preparing for our Night Tree celebration. We began by reading the book Night Tree by Eve Bunting. Some of the children remembered our Night Tree celebration from last year and began making plans for this year's celebration right away. We took a walk in the woods to look at our tree from last year but decided on a new spot and a new tree for this year.
The next step was to think about decorations for our party and edible decorations for the animals in our woods. For our family party we made candle holders and little pine cone "trees" as well as lengths and lengths of paper chains. For the animals it was a little more complicated.
Who lives in our woods? We had to think about and do some research to decide who might eat the treats we hang on our Night Tree. Our original list included every kind of animal imaginable: from monkeys and zebras to chipmunks and "allocorns" (some sort of flying horse?). After looking through books about Maine, we decided our woods might have deer, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels, wild turkeys, porcupines, skunks, coyotes, crows, chickadees, and possibly even a bear.
Making treats for the animals became the project work this month. We made birdseed cookies, frozen popsicles of cranberries and evergreens, strings of Cheerios and apple slices to hang in the tree branches. in the fall we had filled the sensory table with dried corn kernels to use with the construction trucks and that entire table of corn was emptied into little bags so that visitors to the Night Tree could scatter corn under the trees.
The classroom was constantly humming with the busy work of children preparing for the big event. The combination of snowy weather and a series of December birthdays made this season especially festive this year!
All of this work toward our big celebration fulfilled goals we have set for the children relating to the Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines. Below is a partial list of how the work in our classroom met the MECLG standards:
Personal and Social Development:
*As a group, the children listened to each others' ideas and remembrances during conversations about the Night Tree. It is hard when we all have great ideas at the same time, but we spent time learning to take turns and listen respectfully during important discussions.
*Children and teachers worked together as a community to plan a party for our families and make treats for the animals in our woods.
Approaches to Learning:
*Children were given opportunities to reflect on last year's Night Tree celebration – thinking about old friends as well as the things we need to do to get ready for this year's celebration. We remembered as a group and then used the computer to revisit photos of last year's Night Tree event.
*We worked together as a classroom community to accomplish tasks in preparation for the celebration.
*Some of the children worked hard to thread a needle to string the apple slices. As you can see in the photographs, this work takes persistence and concentration! It takes similar focus and concentration to make a long paper chain or stick with stringing Cheerios for an extended amount of time.
Creative Arts
*The children used art materials and new techniques to create the beautiful centerpieces for the party.
*With the support of a teacher, the children planned a dramatic story to share with the parents and friends at the pot-luck.
Language and Literacy
*We introduced some vocabulary related to our event, including: celebration, invitation, community, habitat, evergreen
*The children listened to, enjoyed, and retold the story Night Tree and also Bear Noel. We took time to compare and contrast the two stories to think about similarities and differences.
*Children thought about and created invitations for the families – we had to decide what information was important to go on the invitation and then used letters and words to make it work.
*We compared fiction and non-fiction books as we thought about the stories we read and learned about animals that might be in our woods.
*We made lists as a class: What do we need for a Night Tree celebration? Who lives in our woods?
*We remembered last year's Night Tree event and revisited old photos to bring our memories into focus.
Health and Physical Education
*Fine motor work: stringing Cheerios, threading needles to string apple slices, making paper chains, cutting snowflake decorations.
*Gross motor work: walks in the woods in deep, deep snow!
*We had a great time making a game of counting the Cheerios that can fit on a needle.
*It is much more fun to make a paper chain when you begin comparing it to the height of various children and teachers and comparing it to the length of the classroom (using non-standard units of measure).
*We needed to think about and follow recipes to make birdseed cookies for the animals in our woods.
*Venn diagrams were constructed in deciding what kind of animals we thought might live in the woods as well as what kinds of activities we like to do on a snowy day.
*We learned about habitats and which animals were more likely to live in our Maine woods.
*We thought about the changes that winter brings and why winter might be hard for the animals in our woods.
*On a walk to find our Night Tree, we observed some animal tracks in the woods. We made some predictions about whose tracks they could be based on the size of the tracks and the fact that some tracks seemed to disappear at the base of a tree.
Social Studies
*Planning for a big event helps children understand themselves as part of a community.
*The idea of revisiting last year's event and planning for the one this year helps children develop a sense of past, present and future.
As teachers, we love that a community project like our Night Tree Celebration gives us opportunities to cover so many standards in a completely authentic manner. No skill seemed forced. In the context of our work toward a celebratory goal, the work was important and valued and the children were eager to learn and participate. We are eager to begin our time in January with a trek to the trees to see what has become of the treats we left for the animals and to find out where our learning will take us from there.
This morning we read "Night Tree" by Eve Bunting and then took a walk in the woods to find the tree we used for our night tree last year. The snow isn't deep, but it is lovely in our woods.
This year, our Night Tree Celebration will begin at 5:00 on Thursday, December 19th with a potluck supper at Chestnut Street Church (on the village green in Camden). After the pot luck, we will convene at Peopleplace for our walk in the woods. Please plan to dress warmly and bring a flashlight or headlamp!
On our first Monday back after Thanksgiving, Mika's family joined us to share the Hanukkah story and their Hanukkah traditions. Mika showed us her menorah and then we made our own menorah with the children in the class as the candle holders. Mika was in charge of the shamas candle. We sang Mika's favorite Hanukkah song played with dreidels and then ate latkes with applesauce and sour cream for snack.
Many thanks to the Gilat family!]]>
Just before we started our Thanksgiving vacation, the Upstairs class read a few different versions of the story "Stone Soup." The children were interested in how the people did not want to share their food when the story started, but ended up having a celebration together over the soup they had made from a stone! Really? From a stone?! No… they realized, there was some trickery involved, but the end result in each story is a happy meal with people who shared and worked together. Do you think those people will be willing to share next time a stranger comes to town? We all hope so!
On the Tuesday before break a little snowfall dusted the playground and made our classroom feel extra cozy. We spent the morning preparing our own stone soup (we did wash the stones first), making biscuits, and even making our own butter. Near the end of the morning, we set a beautiful celebration table and then came together to share our feast.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! What are YOU thankful for? We here at Peopleplace are so thankful for the children we work with every day and the families who make this special place possible!]]>
Block room explorations are important for many reasons, but today they were all about learning to work together and trying to figure out that other people have different ideas and plans. This work isn't easy for many of our three year-olds but the provocation of block building is the perfect challenge for discovering ways to interact kindly and respectfully and to develop the art of compromise.]]>


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A large area slab laser, wherein disharge is confined between two large area electrodes. A two dimensional array of inductors is placed across the electrodes so that the standing wave patterns associated with the propagation of the high frequency driving current are corrected. In one embodiment, the electrodes are planar, in another, the electrodes are annular.
1. A laser, comprising:
first and second electrodes disposed adjacent each other to form a gap between them, each of the first and second electrodes extending laterally between a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge;
a laser gas disposed within the gap;
means to provide electrical excitation to the first and second electrodes and generate a laser discharge within the gap;
mirrors defining a resonator disposed at opposed ends of the gap; and
a two-dimensional inductor array disposed across at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode to reduce lateral discharge non-uniformities, the two-dimensional inductor array comprising at least a first set of inductors closer to the first lateral edge than the second lateral edge, a second set of inductors closer to the second lateral edge than the first lateral edge and at least one interior inductor between the first set of inductors and the second set of inductors.
2. The laser of
3. The laser of
4. The laser of
5. The laser of
6. The laser of
7. The laser of
8. The laser of
9. The laser of
10. The laser of
11. A gas slab laser, comprising:
electrodes disposed to form a gap between the electrodes, the electrodes forming a light guide for light travelling through the gap and including a first electrode and a second electrode;
an electrical power source applied to the electrodes for creating a gas discharge in the gap;
a laser gas disposed in the gap;
an unstable resonator disposed about the electrodes for guiding light within the gap in combination with the electrodes; and
a two-dimensional inductor array connected to the first electrode and to a ground or reference plane, the inductor array extending across the first electrode, the first electrode being disposed between the ground or reference plane and the second electrode, the inductor array including inductors connected between an interior part of the first electrode and the ground or reference plane.
12. The gas slab laser of
13. A gas slab laser, comprising:
electrodes disposed to form a gap between the electrodes, the electrodes having an interior extending between lateral edges of the electrodes, the electrodes forming a light guide for light travelling through the gap;
an electrical power source applied to the electrodes for creating a gas discharge in the gap;
a laser gas disposed in the gap;
an unstable resonator disposed about the electrodes for guiding light within the gap in combination with the electrodes; and
plural inductors connected in a two-dimensional array along the lateral edges of the electrodes and to the interior of the electrodes to reduce lateral discharge nonuniformity.
14. The gas slab laser of
15. The gas slab laser of
16. The gas slab laser of
This application claims the priority of provisional application Ser. No. 60/251,520 filed Dec. 7, 2000.
Prior to the slab gas laser, diffusion cooled gas discharge lasers were characterized by output power per unit length of discharge and were typically limited to a maximum output power of 100 watts. The invention of the slab gas laser meant for the first time that the output power from diffusion cooled lasers could be scaled by discharge area rather than length only and could be characterized by a new figure of merit, watts output power per unit area of discharge. CO2 slab lasers of over three kilowatts are currently available commercially.
In order to maximize discharge cooling, the planar discharge of the slab CO2 laser is only typically one to two millimeters and the discharge electrodes are used as an optical waveguide. In order to stabilize the thin gas discharge and to maximize laser output power, the slab laser is driven at high frequency, which is typically 100 MHz. With this discharge driving frequency the electrical wavelength is typically comparable to the dimensions of the laser structure. Standing waves of current and voltage occur across the discharge electrodes and the resulting discharge non-uniformity causes serious degradation of laser power unless corrective measures are taken.
A method of reducing discharge non-uniformity resulting from electrical standing waves, well known in the art, is a linear array of inductors connecting the discharge electrodes along the length of the discharge. This inductor array is placed on one or both sides of the electrode. This method is limited because it is linear and eliminates the standing wave only along the length of the electrodes. State of the art slab lasers are typically long and narrow so that this linear discharge method has been adequate. Attempts to scale slab lasers to very high power to meet the requirements of modern material processing machinery has resulted in the commercialization of slab lasers of large discharge area. Maximum output power of state of the art slab lasers is however limited by the area of discharge that is currently practicable. The length of the electrodes is limited by mechanical and thermal distortion of the waveguide to about 100 cm and the width is limited by standing wave induced discharge non-uniformity to about 20 cm.
In the art, large area annular waveguide lasers have been disclosed as an alternative to planar slab lasers. A cylindrical structure is intrinsically more mechanically stable than a planar structure and a large area of discharge may be contained in a physically smaller structure than in a slab. However the annular laser has not emerged as an alternative technology to the Slab laser because of practical difficulties. The formation of standing electrical standing wave along the length and around the circumference, the structural difficulties of driving and cooling coaxial cylindrical electrodes and the difficulties associated with obtaining a coherent laser beam from an annular waveguide has thus far prevented the practical use of annular waveguide gas lasers.
A new method of electrical excitation of a slab discharge is disclosed. A two dimensional array of inductors is used to eliminate standing wave field patterns along the length and across the width of the electrodes. This method may be used to generate uniform gas discharge intensity for electrodes of arbitrary length, width and shape. The application of this new discharge balancing technique permits larger electrode area electrodes than is possible with prior art slab lasers and hence higher power.
Therefore, according to an aspect of the invention there is disclosed a laser, comprising first and second electrodes disposed adjacent each other to form a gap between them, each of the first and second electrodes extending laterally; a laser gas disposed within the gap; means to provide electrical excitation to the first and second electrodes and generate a laser discharge within the gap; mirrors defining a resonator disposed at opposed ends of the gap; and an inductor array disposed across and along at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode to reduce lateral discharge non-uniformities. The inductor array is connected to the electrode and to a ground or reference plane.
According to further embodiments of the invention, the laser is a gas slab laser with planar and preferably parallel electrodes. The resonator is preferably an unstable resonator. The inductor array is preferably connected to an external conductor acting as the ground or reference plane. In a still further embodiment, the electrodes are cylindrical and have an annular discharge gap between them. In operation, the inductors cause a distributed parallel plate resonance between the electrodes, resulting in voltage variation across the width and length of the electrodes being less than 5%.
These and other aspects of the invention are described in the detailed description of the invention and claimed in the claims that follow.
There will now be described preferred embodiments of the invention, with reference to the drawings, by way of illustration only and not with the intention of limiting the scope of the invention, in which like numerals denote like elements and in which:
FIG. 1 is a side section schematic illustrating an embodiment of the invention with planar electrodes;
FIG. 2 is a side section schematic illustrating a second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a side section schematic illustrating a third embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention illustrating a light path through an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 is a section through an electrode showing distribution of inductors in an array across the interior of the electrode between the edges of the electrode;
FIG. 6 is a cross-section through an annular laser according to the invention; and
FIG. 7 is a cross-section through an annular laser showing inductors on the inner electrode of an annular laser.
In this patent document, "comprising" means "including". In addition, a reference to an element by the indefinite article "a" does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present.
The embodiments of the invention shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 each include a first electrode 10 and a second electrode 12 to which are connected in conventional fashion a high frequency excitation source 14 with a gap 11 between them. A common feature of these various embodiments is a two dimensional array 16A, 16B and 16C of inductors 18 connected to the high voltage electrode 10. The array extends across and along the electrode 10, with inductors 18 connected to the interior of the electrode 10 between lateral edges of the electrodes 10, 12. The inductors 18 connected to the high voltage electrode 10 are also connected to a ground or reference plane 20, which may be a continuous sheet or grid of conductors. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 the inductors 18 are connected by feedthroughs 21 to the ground plane electrode 12. Unlike prior art lasers, in which inductors are linearly arranged along an electrode, the inductor array 16A extends across the electrode width as well as the electrode length. FIG. 4 illustrates the distribution of the balancing inductors 18 with respect to the laser optics.
A disadvantage of this embodiment is that the connections 21 of the inductor array 16A to the ground electrode 12 presents an optical obstruction to the laser resonator. It is hence necessary in this embodiment to segment the resonator into parallel paths divided by the line of inductor connections. Possible resonators include an oscillator in one optical segment followed by amplifying stages in the remaining segments.
Another possible resonator, which is illustrated in FIG. 4, is a folded unstable resonator in which folding mirrors 22, 24, 26 and 28 are placed at opposite ends of the electrodes 10, 12. The folding mirrors 22, 24, 26 and 28 create multiple paths between the line of inductors 18 for the light to pass through the gap 11 between the electrodes 10, 12. The light reflects between the resonator mirrors 30 and 32 until the light discharges in conventional fashion at the output resonator mirror 32.
An advantage of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is that the inductor connections 21 to the grounded electrode 12 are insulated, typically with a ceramic insulator able to withstand the adjacent gas discharge. This insulator may also act as a support for the electrodes 10, 12 so that the problem of mechanical sagging that may occur in wide electrodes may be avoided.
FIG. 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the invention where the discharge balancing inductors 18 are not connected to the ground electrode 12 but are connected to another ground plane 20 disposed on other the side of the ground electrode 12 from the high voltage electrode 10. This embodiment avoids the obstruction of the optical path by inductor connections such as feedthroughs 21. A disadvantage of this embodiment is that no supporting structures are positioned between the sides of the electrode so that in a wide structure where sagging may occur, strengthening structures will be required to maintain the electrode discharge gap uniformity across the electrode width.
The embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are referred to in the high frequency electrical art as unbalanced structures. One electrode is held at high voltage and the other is held at a reference or ground voltage. FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of this invention, which is referred to in the electrical art as balanced. In this embodiment both electrodes 10, 12 are held at high voltage and both are connected to adjacent ground planes 20 by inductor arrays 16C. This embodiment shares the same advantages and disadvantages as the embodiment of FIG. 2.
The disclosed inductor array does not share the limitations disclosed in prior art linear inductor arrays. The inductors 18 are of equal value and may be placed close to the electrode edges without causing non-uniformity of the discharge. The inductors are preferably disposed in an equidistant uniform pattern as illustrated in FIG. 4. The shape of the electrodes 10, 12 may be rectangular but they also may be irregular as may be required for folded optical resonators. The total inductance of the inductor arrays 16A, 16B, 16C and the total electrode capacitance preferably resonates close to the driving electrical frequency of the excitation source 14. This is not necessary for the generation of a uniform discharge but is desirable because the net reactance seen by the driving electrical circuit is minimized when the resonant condition is achieved. The inductor array disclosed in this invention behaves in a similar manner consistent with distributed parallel plate resonance.
In an embodiment of the large area laser shown in FIG. 2, the electrodes are 35 cm long and 35 cm wide and are spaced to from a gap of 3 mm. The relative position of 16 inductors 18 connected across and along the high voltage electrode 10 is shown in FIG. 5 with inductors connected to the interior of the electrode, that is, the portion of the electrodes between the lateral edges. The rectangular spacing of the inductors 18 is 11.5 cm and inductors are placed about one centimeter from the electrode lateral edges 34. The electrode capacitance and the total inductance of the parallel inductors 18 resonate at a frequency of about 70 MHz, the driving frequency. The ground plane 20 which is disposed next to the high voltage electrode 10 is connected to the ground electrode 12 with a low impedance copper strip on the side of the electrodes 10, 12 opposite the driving point 36 (FIG. 2). The distribution of voltage across the high voltage electrode 10 was measured using a high voltage high frequency voltmeter. The voltage was uniform at all point on the electrode 10 to within the 5% measurement error. This occurred despite the fact that as much as 10% variation in the inductance values of the inductors 18 was measured.
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an inductor array is applied to a large area annular discharge laser. The disclosed structure is physically less complex than prior art annular discharge lasers and the diameter of the discharge, and hence the laser power, may be scaled to high values. Prior art annular lasers are constructed using two coaxial cylindrical electrodes and the laser gas discharge is formed in an annular gap between the inner and outer cylindrical electrodes. Larger diameter annular prior art lasers require an outer electrode, which is split in order to achieve a uniform discharge around the circumference. FIG. 6 shows a schematic of an embodiment of this invention. This annular laser has a triaxial construction and is made up of an inner cylindrical electrode 40 and an outer cylindrical electrode 42 and the laser discharge is formed in an annular gap 44 between these electrodes in a similar manner to prior art annular laser. The outer discharge electrode is connected to the laser enclosure 45 and held at ground.
Unlike prior art annular lasers, a third cylindrical conductor 46, which surrounds the outer electrode 42, is used in the discharge excitation process. This cylindrical conductor is connected to the outer electrode 42 by an array of inductors 48 and is also connected to ground by a low impedance connection. The outer discharge electrode 42 is insulated from the laser structure and is connected to the high voltage driving electronics 50 by an insulated electrical feed-through 52. Cooling fluid, such as distilled water, is passed through both electrodes using insulating liquid flow tubes, which are not shown but are conventional for annular lasers. The three conductor coaxial assembly is mounted in a vacuum enclosure 45, which is used to enclose the electrodes 40, 42 in low pressure laser gases. This enclosure 45 may also be cylindrical but not necessarily. The inductors 48 are arrayed across (that is, around) the electrode 42 and along the length of the electrode 42 to form a two dimensional array with a typical spacing of 10 cm. Annular laser resonator mirrors 54 are mounted proximal and adjacent to both ends of the annular discharge 44 in conventional fashion. The mirrors 54 may be suspended from adjustment mechanisms mounted either on the ends of the laser enclosure 45 or on a thermo-mechanically stable resonator frame within the laser enclosure 45. This frame, the resonator mirrors 54 and the vacuum enclosure 45 are held at ground potential. Laser light outputs the laser enclosure 45 through an output window 56 in conventional fashion.
A cylindrical electrode construction is electrically different from the large area planar slab laser. Electrical waves reflect from the edges of the electrodes 10, 12 of the slab laser and the reflected waves form complex standing waves, which are dependent upon the electrode shape. Unlike the slab laser, electrical waves will propagate unimpeded around the circumference of a cylindrical electrode and counter propagating waves form a standing wave and a non uniform discharge driving voltage. It is for this reason that prior art annular lasers with large diameter electrodes have split outer electrodes. In the disclosed annular laser, an array of inductors 48 disposed around the electrode perimeter and along the length of the electrodes is used to correct the standing waves. Notwithstanding that this annular structure is both mechanically and electrically very different from the large area planar slab laser an inductor array will reduce the electrical standing waves across the cylindrical electrode surfaces.
In one example of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, an annular discharge structure had an inner cylindrical electrode diameter of 170 mm and an outer electrode diameter of 172 mm, which formed a discharge gap of 2 mm. The electrodes were precisely aligned to form a uniform discharge gap with variations of no more than +−0.1 mm. Inductors of equal value were disposed across the electrode surface in a square array of inductors 89 mm apart, resonated at 72 MHz. The inductance value of the inductors was adjusted to enable an impedance match between the discharge and the high frequency power source used to drive the discharge. The electrical voltage distribution across the electrode surface, without the inductors in place, varied by as much as 40% with a driving frequency of 100 MHz. With the inductor array in place the electrode voltage variation was reduced below the measurement accuracy of the instruments. The visible glow from the laser discharge, which is an established indicator of discharge uniformity, was constant within measurement accuracy around the circumference.
The inductors could be mounted inside an inner electrode 60 as shown in FIG. 7. An outer electrode 62 is concentrically mounted around the inner electrode 60 within vacuum enclosure 70 to form an annular discharge gap 64. The electrode 62 may be machined as part of the enclosure 70, and is grounded. The inner electrode 60 is supported within the enclosure 70 on electrical insulating mounts 78. Mirrors 66 disposed at either end of the discharge gap 64 form a resonator with an output window 67. Inductors 68 are distributed in an array across and along the inside of the inner electrode 60 and are connected to both the inner electrode 60 and a grounded conductor 72. The conductor 72 may also be formed as part of the vacuum enclosure 70. Inner electrode 60 is supplied with electrical energy from power supply 74 connected to the electrode 60 by electrical feed through 76. Such a design is less convenient. The inductors 68 cannot span the electrodes 60, 62 or they would block the beam. A central rod acting as a high voltage conductor 72 may be used if it were not too skinny and inductive. In this case the outer electrode 62 would be at ground, which is a desirable feature. The inner conductor 72 does not have to be a continuous plate.
Whatever electrodes are used for a large area slab laser, whether planar or annular, the laser is easier to build if the outer conductor, to which the inductors are connected, is a grid of conductors rather than a solid because it is then possible to measure the voltage across each inductor. The outer conductor for the annular laser and the large area slab with planar electrodes is a low impedance conductor connecting the electrodes through the inductor array. The preferred embodiment is one where the array of inductors does not span the gap and cause obstruction of the resonator. Just so long as the inductor array is balanced, typically to give equal inductance values, then the outer conductor could be any shape that is convenient as for example, square.
Large, in the sense of large area inductor array, means a laser whose transverse dimensions are sufficiently large, that lateral discharge non-uniformities are sufficient to have a noticeable effect on beam quality.
The electrodes 60, 62 may also have the form of segment of a cylinder, or follow any surface that is suitable for laser light propagation and that are large enough to form standing wave patterns, and are preferably parallel to each other.
This annular discharge method is useful for any discharge structure where the size of the structure is comparable in size with the electrical wavelength of the discharge power supply so is not limited to waveguide structures.
The laser gas may be that typically used in CO2 lasers, and may for example be a mixture of carbon dioxide, helium and nitrogen. The excitation frequency may be for example 10 MHz to 200 MHz and is chosen to generate a laser discharge within the laser gas.
While FIGS. 6 and 7 show sections in a plane that includes both the central axis and a diameter of the structure, it will be appreciated that a section perpendicular to the axis would show equally spaced inductors around one or both of the electrodes, as for example 89 mm apart in the example disclosed of the structure of FIG. 6.
Immaterial modifications may be made to the invention described here without departing from the essence of the invention.
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Move It: YMCA Fitness Games offer variety of challenges
By Jessica Belasco : December 5, 2012 : Updated: December 5, 2012 12:28pm
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Personal trainer R.J. Delagarza practices his tire-flipping skills at the Braundera YMCA in preparation for the inaugural YMCA Fitness Games, which includes tire-flipping. Courtesy photo
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YMCA members and nonmembers alike can sign up to compete in the inaugural YMCA Fitness Games. The competition will consist of 10 events, including kettlebell toss, tire flipping, two-mile run and bike sprint.
Prizes will be awarded to the top male and female finishers in each event as well as the overall winners.
8 a.m.-noon Saturday, O.P. Schnabel Park, 9606 Bandera Road at Braun Road. Registration costs $35-$45 per person. Call the Braundera Family YMCA at 210-520-9700.


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Wesget Sipu hosts second annual Community Giveaway
Donat Cyr is Chief of the Wesget Sipu Tribe Based out of the St. John Valley area. The Wesget Sipu council along with the Maine Intertribal Alliance had the idea to have a community free give away. Offering free donated items to anyone dealing with financial hard ship's who have trouble clothing themselves as well as their families.
"Its hard to say well, you can go to the thrift store and pick up clothes for your kids, but what if you don't even have a dollar, for a shirt or a pair of pants." Said Cyr.
They began this program for the first time last year. Cyr told us that they never knew there was such a need for this in the community.
"When we opened the doors last year we gave away a tractor trailer full of clothes, furniture and food." Cyr told us.
It was so successful that they decided to open the doors again this year. Already they have surpassed the amount they gave away last year. Cyr told us that donations have been coming in from down state. Patient Airlift Services of Maine have also been flying in every other day or so dropping off food as well as clothes.
"When you have to buy fuel oil you have to make a decision as to buy fuel oil for your kids, or food for your kids how are you going to buy clothes?" Said Cyr.
This give away will be going on through October 30th, Cyr told us that last year over 500 families were helped. This give away goes on once a year currently, however in the future they plan to change that. Cyr said that he would like to start doing this at least twice a year in the near future.
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Actually here is another good question. Is there a particular title where it feels like the game is running slow?
One thing that would be note worthy is there are no minimum fps numbers shown. The cpu could potentially have a larger impact if you were being cpu limited and that was causing the slowdowns. The only game I can think of where I've seen cpu slowdowns is Far Cry 2. When the fire is on the screen during the benchmark I can see the SLI scaling shrink on the bars to very little while the fps drops. There are other times where I've seen the bars shrink, but usually the fps doesn't drop meaning that I'm already sitting on a frame cap or something else isn't scaling right.
Actually I can think of another time where that happens, if you play an MMO and there is a bloat load of characters on the screen.
If you read the report, i7 does benefit the 295...how much is relative to what you can justify for yourself as a purchase. Certainly in some situations, an overclock in quadcores seems to boost average fps. As you mentioned, min fps has been overlooked but, still average fps is still indicative as a form of measurement...not fool proof but still.
I hear your point about all the other intricacies of benching/gaming but, coming from a q6600@3Ghz and finding 400mhz more could benefit you (as I mentioned onionmarks). More specifically, for SLI reliant situations in which the 295 is an example, I would think (if you have cash/credit to burn for a 295...) you could probably consider such things. I hope you understand what I am trying to say.
I intend to bench crysis warhead and far cry2.
I play AoC a lot and will try to bench it with Fraps...but benching consistently in AoC is a problem. You probably have rely on feel, perception more than anything else and that is always subjective
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County officials are weighing a request from Lincoln Community Health Center for nearly $1 million to help pay for a new patient-records computer system tied directly to the Duke University Health System's.
Lincoln and Duke Health executives pitched the idea to County Commissioners this week, arguing it would promote efficiency and make it easier for doctors on both ends to collaborate.
"Most of our patients are [also] served by the Duke Health System, whether it's seeing consultants in the office, being served in the emergency department or being hospitalized there," said Howard Eisenson, Lincoln's chief medical officer.
Commissioners appeared receptive, but some were unhappy the two organizations want a quick decision.
Lincoln and Duke want to get the new system up and running by mid-August, to jibe with an already scheduled software changeover in Duke's labs and help Lincoln meet regulatory deadlines tied to Medicaid reimbursements.
It's possible to do all the installation and training work involved in three months, but that means working on tight deadlines and getting a decision from the commissioners by early May, said Tom Owens, Duke Health's chief medical officer.
That left Interim County Manager Lee Worsley, Commissioner Ellen Reckhow and Commissioner Fred Foster all feeling county officials had been presented a fait accompli, especially for having learned only last week the request was coming.
Worsley said county administrators would need "three to four weeks, at minimum," to analyze the proposal and negotiate a contract between the three organizations.
He also pointed out that they're already busy working on the county's fiscal 2014-15 budget, and that incoming County Manager Wendell Davis is scheduled to take over next week.
Reckhow, meanwhile, indicated she'd like to see some bargaining with Duke, which has offered to help pay for the new system.
"I'm very surprised that a request for $1 million has come in with an expectation of almost an instantaneous response," she said.
But the commissioners nonetheless agreed to schedule a discussion and likely vote on the request for May 5, the day of their next Monday morning work session.
The Lincoln clinic is on Fayetteville Road and for the most part serves a low-income clientele. One of its board members, Craig Savage, said 85 percent of its patients "have no funds to contribute to" paying for their care.
Commissioners Chairman Michael Page favored speedy action on the request.
"Until we spend some time really seeing the challenges you guys deal with, dealing with a special part of our population, I think we would realize the significance and importance of trying to make this happen," he said, nominally addressing Savage and the other Lincoln officials present.
Lincoln and Duke Health expect the new system to cost about $2 million. Duke would pick up the check for half that, leaving the county to cover the rest. Lincoln would shoulder the ensuing $250,000 or so in annual operating costs.
The system derives from and ties in with the Epic Systems patient-records database Duke Health began rolling out at its hospitals and clinics in 2012. Forbes magazine that year reported the database would cost Duke about $700 million over seven years.
The Epic system is proprietary software, written in a programming language used mainly in the health care trade and high finance. The system is nonetheless becoming a de-facto standard for hospitals and major clinics in this area, as UNC Health Care is in the midst of switching to it also.
Before it can go online at Lincoln, officials need to upgrade the clinic's computers and networking. They also have to train clinic workers on the new software, a coaching process that will continue a month or so after the "go-live" date in August.
But "what Lincoln would receive is everything we've built in the last three years, ready to be used," Owens said, arguing the proposed 50-50 cost split is fair. "Epic out of the box still requires a lot of work to get it to really meet all the needs of any community and of the providers. We have contributed a lot to that development."
County leaders have several places they can turn to for money to put into the deal, starting with the "community health trust fund" it accumulates from the rent Duke pays it each year for leasing Duke Regional Hospital.
The fund ended fiscal 2012-13 with $13.8 million in the bank.
Worsley cautioned, however, that only about $7 million of that is prospectively available for the Lincoln deal. The rest is earmarked for paying an assortment of debts, including some costs for the county's new Health and Human Services Building.
He added that officials also regard the health fund as a prospective source of money for purchases by the county ambulance service, including one coming up sometime soon of new cardiac monitors.