text:
In 2011, Star Trek gaming fans can look forward to two new Star Trek games courtesy of Wizkids.
The games will be Star Trek: Fleet Captains, a competitive tactical game, and Star Trek: Expeditions, a cooperative game.
Content filter
Want to find something specific?
Tag cloud
In 2011, Star Trek gaming fans can look forward to two new Star Trek games courtesy of Wizkids.
The games will be Star Trek: Fleet Captains, a competitive tactical game, and Star Trek: Expeditions, a cooperative game.
The final day of Creation's Las Vegas Star Trek convention saw the reunion of six Star Trek: Enterprise actors as well as some clowning around from Star Trek: The Next Generation's Sir Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) and Brent Spiner (Data).
When Data initiates a dreaming program, he sees terrifying images of the crew and ship which seem to parallel their mechanical problems.
Klingon opera lovers who are stuck on planet Earth, rejoice. A Klingon opera, named "U," which features fragments of the famous Honorable Battle opera, will be performed this September in The Netherlands.
"U", presented by the Klingon Terran Research Ensemble, is a tale of the mighty deeds of Kahless the Unforgettable.
Most fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation can't imagine anyone else other than Sir Patrick Stewart as the captain on that show, but Stewart wasn't so sure when chosen for the role that he was the right choice.
After seven years worth of shows, followed by several movies, it should now be obvious to Stewart and fans of Star Trek that Gene Roddenberry and Rick Berman were correct in wanting him for the role of Jean-Luc Picard.
Simon Pegg, best known to Star Trek fans as Scotty in Star Trek XI, is starring in John Landis' black comedy Burke And Hare, the story of two grave robbers turned serial killers.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, between 1827-1828, William Burke and William Hare murdered seventeen people so that they could sell the bodies of the victims to Edinburgh Medical College for research purposes.
Character actor Jerry Hardin, best known to Star Trek: The Next Generation fans for his role as Mark Twain in the two-part Time's Arrow episodes, found that his The Next Generation role led to his own show about Twain.
Hardin was aware of the original series, but never had a chance to audition for it. "Star Trek was all the talk; brand-new sci-fi and timely as well," he said. "I hadn't auditioned for any roles that I can recall. In those days there were often several auditions a day and the survival mode was to do the best job you could and move on until there was job offer."
William Shatner (Captain Kirk) asked Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) to guest star on his new sitcom $#*! My Dad Says, while Jeri Ryan reminisced about her time in the infamous Seven of Nine catsuit on Star Trek: Voyager on the third day of Creation Entertainment's Las Vegas Star Trek convention.
IDW Publishing's Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has updated his blog, with a picture of the Khan plushie doll to be offered this fall when Star Trek Khan: Ruling in Hell #1 debuts, as well as two pages of art from the comic book.
In Star Trek: Khan: Ruling In Hell #1, readers will be able to see just what Khan did to survive in that time between the original series Space Seed and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Dan Madsen, known to long-time Trek fans as the man behind the Star Trek Communicator magazine as well as the Official Star Trek fan club, reflected upon the changes in fandom brought about by today's instant communication.
The Internet has changed how fandom interacts, and that is both good and bad according to Madsen. "Fandom is, in some ways, different today than when I ran the fan club," he said. "The Internet allows fans to find out information in a heartbeat, so the thrill of waiting for the magazine and hearing the latest news is gone."
Many books, comics, fan films and other creative projects and ideas have been based on Star Trek and its spin-off series and movies, but one of the funnier creations is a comic based on a "Mary Sue" character called "Ensign Sue Must Die."
Ensign Sue Must Die, a "Trek-tastic parody" created by Clare Mosely and Kevin Bolk, chronicles the arrival and mayhem caused by the arrival on the USS Enterprise of Ensign Mary Amethyst Star Enoby Aiko Archer Picard Janeway Sue.
Today's iPad is not so very different from Star Trek: The Next Generation's Personal Access Display Device (PADD).
Science fiction often influences the development of new technology and in the case of the communicator and the PADD, fans today can see that with flip cellphones and the Apple iPad.
Although he is proud of his work on Deep Space Nine, Alexander Siddig believes that there is no chance of it being resurrected.
The success of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek XI means that Trek will be going in a new direction, not revisiting Deep Space Nine. "I think beyond a shadow of a doubt [that there will be no new DS9 film]," said Siddig. "And I'm very proud of DS9. But I think that it lived and I think people quite weirdly enjoy it almost more now, that it's not showing any more, than they did at the time."
The Sixth Annual DVD Critics Awards were held recently and Star Trek XI came away with a top award.
The DVD Critics Awards, presented by Home Media Magazine, are chosen from titles submitted by studios and judged by a panel that consists of journalists, reviewers and industry writers.
Jennifer Lien is active and happy since her Star Trek: Voyager days and looks back on her time on the show with fondness and few regrets.
Although some fans were unhappy at having Lien's character Kes replaced by Seven of Nine, Lien is OK with the decision. "I had a good time," she said. "It went on after I left and continued, but my time was great. I have no complaints. I have no regrets. Everything worked out the way it should have. Everything happens for a reason. So I don't look back and say it should have been like this or it should have been like that. I'm perfectly at peace and content with my life. I don't live in the past and I don't wish anything were different."


text:
An Investment in Your Future and Ours
In 2011, Nightforce embarked on a $1 million expansion of our headquarters in Orofino, Idaho. As a result of its completion in 2012, we are now able to provide faster delivery times and more R&D capabilities which have resulted in a number of innovative new products, and even better customer service.
2012: Two Decades of Brilliance
Back in 1992, Australian hunter and shooter Dr. Ray Dennis had a problem. You see, hunting at night in Australia is not only legal, but wildly popular. Several years earlier, Ray had founded Lightforce Australia Pty. Ltd., for the purpose of manufacturing the finest spotlights on the planet. Ray's lights lit up the night for hunting vehicles and vastly improved a hunter's ability to find and spot targets in the darkness.
Trouble was, there was no riflescope on the market of sufficient quality to take advantage of Ray's superb lights. So he set out to build his own. The principles he followed then have remained unchanged over two decades—to gather the finest materials, utilize the most advanced technology and talent, cut no corners whatsoever, and build what is simply the most rugged, most precise, most uncompromising riflescope money can buy.
Judging by the growth of the company he founded, he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
Today, Nightforce riflescopes are used by professional and competition shooters, avid hunters and our armed forces under incredibly demanding conditions in every corner of the globe.
As good as our scopes might be, we also recognize that the satisfaction of you, our customer, is what ultimately matters most. You will find that philosophy paramount in our service, our support, and the way we do business.
No doubt, many things will change in the next 20 years.
Those things won't.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
If fun were money, Keith Milgaten would be a very rich man. From his totally un-ironic use of Auto-Tune to his kitschy outfits—onstage, he's been known to wear a colorful gypsy vest and a floppy Goofy hat he bought at Disneyland—the Jamuel Saxon frontman brings a lot of lightheartedness to the local indie scene.
Apparently, though, the indie scene just isn't fun enough for Milgaten. On Get Sweaty, a new solo album he's released under the name Keith Sweaty, he forgoes indie-style artiness entirely and embraces the rave-ready sounds of electronic dance music, or EDM. In his track "Time Lordz," he even dishes out Skrillex-style, Listerine-gargling dubstep bass.
Talking to CityBeat, Milgaten makes it clear that he's looking to DJ and perform at venues that aren't hipster havens like Soda Bar and The Casbah. "Hopefully putting out this record will get the attention of people at Voyeur and Fluxx to have me open bigger shows," he says, referring to a couple of Downtown's trendiest clubs.
Though he initially made cheesy dance tracks in an ironic manner, he says he got inspired when he and some friends went to the dance stage at UCSD's Sun God Festival last year.
"We just straight-up did ecstasy and danced our asses off all day and night," he says. "The entire time I was freak-dancing this girl, but also observing the music very closely with my mind."
As it happens, Keith Sweaty is a sober project. When Milgaten started it almost a year ago, he'd just quit drinking and doing drugs after having a near-death experience. In the 10 months since, he says he's stayed off booze and hard drugs, like cocaine.
"I actually have been considering starting to drink moderately again, once I reach a year of sobriety," he says. "But I never wanna be the guy that's on cocaine and wasted and DJing, you know what I mean? I wanna always remain basically completely sober when I'm doing my shows."
Milgaten plans to move early next year to New York City, where the electro scene is much bigger and, he feels, more supportive. While he acknowledges that hipper music fans tend to look down on EDM, he says it's full of undeniable talent.
"That's the thing with [EDM], is people who are into it are super into it, and people that don't get it hate it," he says. "But 100 percent of the people at the club are all loving it, and that's what I like about the dance scene. It's so much less judgmental-y than indie."
Keith Sweaty plays at The Propagandist on Thursday, Aug. 30.
Email firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter at @peterholslin.


text:
Fifty-six percent of adults living in the state think California should legalize the use of marijuana, while only 42% oppose, according to a new SurveyUSA poll. The level of support is basically unchanged from last year, when a Field Research poll found that 56% of registered voters in California supported legalizing and taxing marijuana for recreational use. And the poll is consistent with a recent CBS News poll showing that 55% of adults in "western" states support legalization, with only 41% opposed. California voters will be voting on a ballot initiative that would legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis. Currently, a strong majority of adults support the general idea, so it seems its fate will rest on the turnout demographics.
As would be expected, there is a huge generational divide on the issue. Three-quarters of adults under 35 support legalization, but 54% of those over 65 oppose the idea. Since older Americans are traditionally likely to turnout in much higher numbers than young people, this generational divide could spell trouble for the measure, even though support for legalization polls 14 points ahead.
Among the other findings from the poll is that there is a huge gender divide. Men support legalization by 65%, while only 46% women do. African Americans are the ethnic group that most thinks marijuana should be legalized (67%-29%), while Hispanics are the only ethnic group where a majority does not support legalization (45%-53%).
Interestingly, independents are the political group that most strongly thinks marijuana should be legalized–62% of independents favor legalization, while only 59% of Democrats and 46% of Republicans feel the same way. There appears to be a huge divide in support between self-identified liberals and Democrats–an overwhelming majority of liberals, 77%, supports legalization.
For the ballot measure to win, large numbers of young men are going to need to vote in November to offset the disproportionately high turnout from senior citizens. Young men are not a demographic known for their reliable voting patterns, but maybe the possibility of actually legalizing marijuana will get them to the polls in numbers that no politician ever could.


text:
Forgot Password? | Not a User? Sign up
Your browser does not support iframes.
The little girl with pigtails and big black eyes rushes onto the stage, smiling and even giggling. She pauses at the right moment, confronts the spotlight and sings in duet a short, sweet song in French, ignoring an audience overflowing assigned seats and every other element of her first stage performance except her role.
She is 6 years old. She is fearless. She is calm. She amazes.
How can one so young respond with such aplomb in such a fearsome situation?
Hard work won't kill you, for I did my share of that. Born on July 24, 1911. as the only girl in the family of Thomas D. and Minnie K Lewis, I had three older brothers to put up with. This meant I had to clean up after them, help cook their meals and wash their dishes.
We were dismayed last week to hear about Yum! Brands new strategic move with Kentucky Fried Chicken – or KFC, if you prefer.
In case you missed the announcement, Yum! is planning to test a "fast casual" restaurant aimed at a younger audience as a possible spinoff chain, with healthier chicken recipes (even no bones) and side dishes, which we applaud, but with one key item missing from its menu:
Colonel Harland Sanders himself.
One of the summer's big events, the Shelbyville Horse Show, is only a week away, but the fun news is that our community's celebration of that event gets off to a broader start with the Shelbyville Horse Show Jubilee, which arrives this week for its 3-day run.
We love the horse show and its magical way of putting a fine dressing on the Saddlebred competitors in Shelby County, but we love the Jubilee for putting a nice bow on the populace at large and making this event relevant to everyone.
The volatile issue of pay for substitute teachers in Shelby County – which has become as big a debate for its emotion as it has for its fiscal prudence – appears to be nearing a reasonable conclusion.
We don't expect that all sides are perfectly happy with the decision last week by the Shelby County School Board, but we believe the due diligence of the process is encouraging and fulfills a moral obligation to all parties involved: the most experienced substitute teachers and we taxpayers who fund their checks.
What a wonderful sight to behold: Heavy equipment tearing down the decrepit and unsightly Wesley Apartments brick by ugly brick.
You may recall that we had called for the immediate removal of these abandoned and dangerous eyesores at the corner of KY 55 and U.S. 60 even as a new CVS store was being constructed next door.
There are many metaphors to describe the idea that something big is coming. Sleeping dogs. Sleeping giants. Runaway trains. Quiet volcanoes. Rechargeable batteries….wait, what?
Well, admittedly rechargeable batteries don't have the poetic value of the others, but the idea remains. Rechargeable batteries are energy accumulators. When recharging, they are gearing up for the work they must perform in the future. When recharging, they are preparing for the moment when they can transfer their stored energy. When recharging, they are building and growing.
I have been following with great interest how the United States government has approached three great embarrassments: Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and Edward Snowden. No one disputes that what those men revealed was true. Yet Americans are divided (in what percentages, I do not know) as to whether these are traitors or heroes.
We're glad that there will be a race in 2014 for Kentucky's seat in the United States Senate.
We were fearing that the perceived walkover that incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell is approaching was about to become a reality, that Sen. McConnell would get 6 more years by default.
But now that the actor and the Miss America have withdrawn from consideration, Alison Lundergan Grimes, our secretary of state, has stepped forward to carry the banner for the Democrats.
There has been a lot of activity surrounding the much-needed new interchange for KY 55 at Interstate 64, and we're not talking about the ongoing and constant bustle of construction.
This interchange – whose status was pushed forward for immediate repair because its decades-old design had left an unacceptably short and imminently dangerous merge/acceleration lane eastbound – continues to be a tempest of debate and demands for help, despite the fact that construction is not even halfway completed.
This was supposed to be about my July 4th and a unique opportunity to watch celebratory bombs bursting in air over the harbor area of an American city far older than the Declaration of Independence, which would be Beaufort, S.C., founded circa 1711.
But given the deluge I left with those of you at home, given all the efforts to produce and ignite fireworks that had to be shelved day after day and finally for more than a week or two, understanding the holiday cabin fever that beset you, that would have seemed a bit self-serving.
Shelbyville City Council member Mike Zoeller made a really good point during a recent council meeting, a point we would encourage him to make again – only louder.
When discussing the federal Fair Housing Law that the city council was about to sign so that it could move forward with its plans to acquire a grant so that the historic Blue Gables property on Main Street could be purchased and restored, Mr. Zoeller asked this:
We have to commend the East Kentucky Power Cooperative for its good judgment.
The company announced last week that it was in negotiations to acquire property north of Interstate 64 to construct its new substation at Simpsonville, a facility required because of expected demand for the Outlet Shoppes of Louisville.
The placement of that substation, which will link high-voltage lines from a substation near KY 55 in Shelbyville, had been the point of much consternation for officials and residents.
I was maybe 10 or 12 when I first met Lloyd Redman. On warm, sunny afternoons in the spring and summer, he sometimes would show up at our farm near Simpsonville with my Uncle Pat, and they would, with my Granddaddy's advice, traipse among our four large lakes and couple of small ponds until they found a fish or two who were interested in their bait.
We have spent more than a week now questioning how a 15-year-old girl who by all outward indications had friends, attended school and had relationships and some semblance of a family ends up drowned in a remote, industrial area of Clear Creek on a warm spring morning.
Such a tragedy is not a normal part of life in Shelby County – if anywhere – and there are important questions that must be asked until we understand how Jackleen Lane, 15, walked away from her life and breathed her final, perhaps troubled breaths.
The conclusion of the Shelby County Fair is a sad day for fair fans and a happy day for organizers, who devote countless hours and immeasurable amounts of blood, sweat and tears to producing the show each year. For the first time in weeks, they can go about their regular lives and maybe even get a little rest.
This event is such an iconic element of Shelby County, a celebration of its history and its residents, and we appreciate those who give so much to benefit so many.
Health-care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act take effect Jan. 1 of next year, but a key group will be left out of important premium tax credits if a bill introduced last week in the Senate isn't enacted.
In 2008, when Barack Obama was elected, I have to admit I was a bit unsure but also enthusiastic. After all, exhausted with the Bush presidency, how could I not be excited about our first African-American president? John McCain, outstanding American and war hero notwithstanding, was not a leader I could or would rally around anyway. I did not vote in 2008. but once Obama was elected, I was glad in a way for a change and anxious to see what fresh leadership he would bring.
Copyright © 2015
The Sentinel-News is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Shelby County and Shelbyville, KY, and the surrounding area.


text:
DURHAM, N.H.-- The University of New Hampshire football team closed out the pre-season fall practices with its annual Blue/White Scrimmage at Cowell Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
Looking especially good for the "Cats was junior quarterback Mike Apple (Bath, N.Y.), who connected on 13x24 passes and tossed one 10-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman Imion Powell (Berlin, N.J.).
Powell, who is listed at only 5-4, had two touchdowns on the day. In addition to the pass from Apple, he scored on a 2-yard run.
Senior co-captain Dan Kreider (Mount Joy, Pa.) led all receivers in terms of average with six carries for 41 yards.
Looking at the receivers, senior Jermaine Washington (West Milford, N.J.) and true freshman Dan Burkhardt (Gloucestor, N.J.) each finished the day with 53 yards. Washington checked in with five catches and Burkhardt with three.
Defensively, the big play of the day was recorded by senior strong safety Wade Rowcliffe (Caledonia, N.Y.) who made an interception at the 34-yard line and returned it 24 yards to the 10-yard line to set up a five-yard touchdown pass by redshirt freshman Ryan Day (Manchester, N.H.) to redshirt freshman Michael Taylor (Allentown, Pa.). Day finished the afternoon with eight completions for 122 yards and Taylor checked in with four catches for 41 yards.
The kicking game looked solid, as incumbent starter Shawn MacLean (Salem, Mass.) booted an impressive 43-yarder and sophomore kicker Peter Carbonara (Queens, N.Y.) powered a 42-yarder and a 26-yarder through the uprights.
The Wildcats will open the season on Saturday, Sept. 4 when they travel to Kingston, R.I. to battle the University of Rhode Island. The team will play its home-opener on Saturday, Sept. 18 vs. James Madison University.


text:
How can iPods help you learn and study better?
Well, for one, you have to be open and accustomed to consuming content on a portable device. Sometimes this can be challenging because of the small screen and limited options for input. Secondly (and most importantly), you have to have a mobile device – if you're a member of the University of Richmond faculty, the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology can provide you with an iPod Classic or an iPod Touch to be used in your courses. You can complete the proposal form to request iPod's here.
Feel free to a look at the OEDb's 100 ways to use iPod's for learning. I found #'s 6, 24, 51, 63, 72 to be quite intriguing. Let us know which ones you like!


text:
This is the firing pin for a Steven M94 12g shotgun which is a newer version of my Riverside Arms 12g. And the model i was recommended for parts. This pin is too short for my gun. Hmmm What should I do? First thing i did was start calling all the mom and pops gun shops in town. The closest to a solution i received was they could make me one. Only problem with that was they would probably put quite a surcharge on a custom made part. I paid $40 for the gun so wasn't looking to spend 50% of the value of the gun for a firing pin. But i really wanted to get it firing, so i set it in my mind that I would make one. Time to study up..tick.....tock....After many hours of watching and reading i think i am ready to get started.
Equipment i used in this Instructable:
Steel rod from a printer
Bench grinder
various files
Dremel w/ cutting wheel
vise w/ leather to prevent gouging steel rod
Step 1: Measuring, Marking, and Turning
Step 2: Filing the channel
Step 3: Cutting off and Cleaning up
Lucky, what's up? I've been missing your Instructables!


text:
From NBC's Today Show this morning- Duggars visit fertility doctor: 'We would love' more children, parents of 19 say "We would love more children if God saw fit to give us more, I just want to make sure that I am ready to catch a baby if that would happen," Michelle Duggar says as she goes to see Dr. Paul Wendel, an OB-GYN in Little Rock, Arkansas, who specializes in high-risk pregnancies. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Michelle Duggar Doesn't Trust in God For the Size of Her Family After All?
Seven Phases of a Godly (Gothard) Courtship
by Libby Anne cross posted from her blog Love, Joy, FeminismSo I'm going to dip my toes into Bill Gothard's Advanced Seminar Textbook once again, this time looking at a section titled "Seven Phases of a Godly Courtship" (pages 160—164). This, too, is a teaching I am unfamiliar with. Yes, I was taught courtship, but without specific "phases." … [Read more...]
News: Did the Medical Care Received Equal an Abortion or Birth Control?
Just like many of you dear readers we have been following Zsuzsanna Anderson, the wife of Arizona pastor Steven L. Anderson at her blog, Are They All Yours!!, and watching her recent struggles with a high risk pregnancy. Thankfully the medical treatment she received for Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome helped her deliver a normal healthy baby boy. … [Read more...]
Gender Transition: Two Years Later
by Melissa from her blog Permission to LiveA guest post written by my wife HaleyLast week marked the two year anniversary of when I started hormone replacement therapy for transitioning my physical body to female. My transition didn't start with hormones, due to challenges and an involved process to get access to hormones, many other transition milestones had already happened before that day. I was already full time and out to the world as transgender in March 2012. I had changed my name legally the previous October. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: The 'Me' Monster Mom?
by Erin Harrison from No Greater Joy Magazine - The 'ME' Monster Later, I met this man, a guy who was working with Mark on a job. Something drew me to him. He looked at me and told me, even as I smiled, that there was a sadness in my eyes. It was like a gift. I opened up to this person I did not even know, and he told me how sinful I was. Me? Sinful? I was sinned against as an innocent child. I was rejected by nasty people. I was hurt and in pain. How could I be to blame in this? At first it made me angry. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Winning Souls More Important Than Sexual Abuse?
by Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy - Debi Pearl Weighs in on the IBLP Situation What I am saying is that God raised up a man, a fallen sinful man, and used that man to pull together thousands of believers for a greater good. What I am saying is that someday soon we will all stand before the throne of God to give an answer. All of us. The man. The folks on the website that rejoiced in the fall. Me. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Is This How You Should Speak About Your Spouse?
by Spencer Harmon from his blog Unspoken - My Wife Has Tattoos: Marriage, New Birth and the GospelThis has been all over the internet this weekend, provoking many different reactions: some people thinking it's awesome and those that think it's awful. Someone on our NLQ Support group on Facebook said it should have been titled 'King Cophetua meets Beggar Maid' What do you think dear readers? … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Homeschooling is Changing, But Don't Change Too Much?
by Israel Wayne posted at Ladies Against Feminism and Christian Worldview Net - A Shift in the Homeschooling Movement In September of 2013, Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) spoke to state convention coordinators and other national homeschooling leaders, at the annual leadership conference they sponsor. He warned against the dangers of the excesses of extreme child discipline and a low view of women that has taken hold in some corners of the homeschooling community. He warned that unless homeschooling leaders actively speak against abusive and unGodly approaches to child discipline and unBiblical views of Patriarchal authority (that demean and … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: The Unmarried Are Always Under the Headship of Their Fathers?
by Suzannah Rowntree at Ladies Against Feminism - Unmarried Women and the Things of the Lord This verse does not command us how things are supposed to be. Rather it describes a tendency, a weakness, among married women to please their husbands above God. The same tendency does not apply as strongly to unmarried women, even in their own families, but if it does, the Lord still tells us we must "hate" our parents and siblings. … [Read more...]
Duggars and Courtship
by Lana Hope cross posted from her blog Wide Open GroundA lot of people have pointed out how many Christian groups and churches are anti-gay. Even though these Christians love to say that they love the sinner and hate the sin, it does not remove the pain that a gay person has to face. If a gay teen comes out gay, the church will still pray for him and believe he needs to change. Sure the church claims to love the teen, but he's still told he is sinning, and there is still that voice that something is wrong with him, and that he needs to change. … [Read more...]


text:
Make Every Date an Unforgettable Adventure
By: Sarah Miller
- Overview
- Dinner and a Movie
- Evening Stroll in the Park
- Watching the Sunset
- Sunday Drive
- Smacking Golf Balls
More Sex Lists
Evening Stroll in the Park
Your Upgrade: Give Her the Universe, Too
It's one thing to point up at the sky and blurt out, "Big Dipper!" That'll likely be the beginning and end of that conversation. Instead, show her some celestial sights up close.
A glimpse of Saturn's rings or Jupiter's moons through even the most modest equipment should make her melt, not only because they're gorgeous to look at, but also because seeing them firsthand makes them real in a way no Hubble photo can. Plus, it's a natural way to start a conversation about Big Stuff. "Looking at the night sky is great for encouraging discussion about those things we all think about but don't discuss much in daily life," says Yvonne K. Fulbright, Ph.D., a Washington, DC–based sex educator and the author of Pleasuring: The Secrets to Sexual Satisfaction. "It can range from where we come from to what else is out there."
You don't want to wrestle with ungainly gear that you have trouble operating, so err on the side of simple, says Artie Kunhardt of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. Kunhardt suggests buying a star chart, a pair of 7 x 50 binoculars, and a small photo tripod. (Find gear at telescope.com.)
Kunhardt also recommends printing out a chart of that evening's celestial highlights (create custom charts at skyandtelescope.com). Use this in addition to the star chart, which doesn't show the exact positions of the stars because they change on a nightly basis. Then kick back and show her that heaven exists.
Your 5-page guide to Be Her Best Date Ever
Sign up for our FREE Daily Dose newsletter for the best fitness, health, sex, and nutrition tips delivered to your inbox daily.


text:
In a special Sunday [Feb. 24] university concert, bands from Mississippi State and the community will perform a range of musical selections.
To begin at 3 p.m. in McComas Hall, the free program features the MSU Campus Band, the Starkville/MSU Community Band and the Symphonic Band.
Cliff Taylor and Craig Aarhus, associate and assistant directors of MSU Bands, respectively, will conduct.
The Starkville/MSU Community Band will perform pieces including James Curnow's "Fanfare and Flourishes" and "Sheltering Sky" by John Mackey.
They also will perform Edwin Franko Goldman's "On the Mall," written in 1923 for the dedication of the new bandstand in New York City's Central Park.
The Campus Band will play works by David Holsinger and Thoinot Arbeau.
The Symphonic Band will play such works as "Festival" by Clifton Williams, "Ere the World Began to Be" by Jack Stamp and "Canarios Fantasia" by Douglas Akey.
For more information about the event, contact Aarhus at 662-325-2713 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Hay for horses: Should you feed hay first or grain first?
Hay for horses: You've probably been told that good horse care means always feeding hay before feeding grain. Usually, two reasons are given. The first is that it slows down digestion of the grain and reduces the chance of colic and founder. The second is that it reduces the chance that your horse will choke. But are these true?
Does feeding hay first really slow down digestion? No, this is false.
According to recent research, eating hay before grain does not slow the grain's passage through horse's digestive tract. Instead, it flushes grain through faster. This is because horses tend to drink more water when eating hay than when eating grain. This means that the starch from the grain ends up in the hind gut faster, not slower. The only way to avoid this is to separate hay and grain feedings by several hours. This usually isn't practical. The good news, though is that unless half your horse's diet consists of grain (say, greater than 8 lbs daily), it doesn't seem to make that much difference on the horse's actual health.
Now the second reason for feeding hay for horses before grain: Reducing the chance of that your horse will choke. This is true.
Horses prefer grain to hay, so if given a choice, they will eat grain first. If they are very hungry (or just really like their grain), the chances of their bolting down the grain fast enough to choke is a genuine concern. Choke in horses is not the same as choke in humans. This is because the larynx (voice box) is much lower in the throat in humans. When food gets lodged there, it shuts off our air supply, putting us at risk of suffocation. When food gets lodged in a horse's throat, it makes it difficult for them to swallow, but they can still breathe. The horse will drool excessively and struggle to swallow. If you suspect your horse is choking, call your veterinarian immediately.
So the bottom line is that feeding horses grain first may increase his risk of choke. By feeding him hay for horses first, he is more likely to feel less hungry and hence be less likely to bolt his grain.
For more information see http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/hrs3243 http://www.esc.rutgers.edu/ask_expert/ate_nuto.htm#hbg
Copyright Denise Cummins, PhD


text:
Provider Profiles
Carolina's Home Medical Equipment
In Franklin Trammell's view, "If you're not growing, you're backing up." That philosophy has helped the founder and owner of Carolina's Home Medical Equipment in Matthews, N.C.—"just a tenth of a mile from Charlotte"—to successfully navigate the treacherous waters of the current HME industry, particularly Medicare's competitive bidding program and its debilitating audits. It has also steered the company into posting an astounding 80-percent growth rate over the last three years.
Inc. magazine recognized that growth in its sixth annual 500/5000, which rates the nation's fastest-growing private companies based on percentage revenue growth. Revealed in August, the listing saw Carolina's placing 231st of 500 in the health care industry and 2,849th overall.
Despite the grim outlook for reimbursement for HME, Trammell is confident that his growth will continue—at least for another year. "There is no reason at all to think that our growth will not at least continue at the pace we have been on," he says. "After 2014, when Round 2 of the Medicare competitive bidding program begins, who knows? It depends on the bids we win. I am as optimistic as I can get."
How has Trammell fostered such success in these trying times for the HME industry? The answer is not in opening a multitude of locations. It is, instead, in his shrewd ability to identify potential areas of growth and to also build on his company's reputation for what he calls "extreme service."
A Good Thing to Do
Trammell's career plan never included HME—far from it, in fact. For 29 years he worked in corporate America as an executive in a Fortune 100 company in the textiles industry. About a decade ago his career derailed when the entire industry moved to Asia. "At the same time, my father suffered from a series of strokes resulting in numerous hospital and rehab stays. This was my first introduction to our industry. Prior to that I didn't even know the DME industry existed. My family had a very difficult time dealing with the fact that our once very strong patriarch was no longer independent, but quite the contrary. We were never formally introduced to our great industry, and had we been, things would have been far better for us."
Trammell found himself thinking long and hard about what his family was going through. The textile industry in America was dead, and he needed a new career. "As corny as it sounds," he says, he decided that getting into HME might be an opportunity to help people cope with issues such as those his family had encountered. So he set about doing the due diligence and learning about the dynamics of the industry. He talked to people at manufacturers like Invacare and Pride Mobility, spent time with a friend from the textile industry who had opened an HME company and he even read the Medicare manual.
"This looked good to me, and like something that could not be outsourced to China," Trammell says, noting one of the huge positives of the industry, even in these uncertain times.
So, in November 2003 he and his wife Martha opened Carolina's Home Medical Equipment, a full-line HME company that only excludes high-end rehab. "My wife and I made a decision early on to never deviate from our core values," he says. "We handpicked our staff very carefully, being sure that our values were properly aligned. Quality products, extreme service, diversity of thought and highly ethical standards continue to be the basis of our business."
That "extreme service" component was one he brought from the textiles industry.
It was a given in that business, he says. "In the HME industry, that was not a given. If you are the new kid on the block, the only thing you've got to separate yourself from everyone else is not just good service, but the best service. It just caught on. Even with reimbursement going down, I continue to buy the highest-quality products I can find. I'm even stepping up the quality. It will pay back in the long run."
Carolina's employs 23 people and they are all dedicated to the concept of extreme service, Trammell says. He is so proud of them that a photo of each employee—as well as one of Henry the bird and Holly the dog—appears on the company website, along with customer comments reflecting on their service. One such testimonial lauds Carolina's employees for helping a health care facility during a flood.
"The crisis was very overwhelming for us, and their help was invaluable in helping us evacuate the neighborhood. Both of your men were willing and able to do whatever was needed to help, including pushing beds down the hill and giving up their jackets to keep our residents warm. I want to assure you that we will continue to support your organization and we appreciate all that you do for us."
"What a breath of fresh air!," writes another customer. "Terrell [Harper, the company's patient service manager] went above and beyond all expectations and was so helpful and pleasant to work with. His smile was infectious. This man needs to win some type of service award. In today's time it's hard to find high-caliber workers in the service industry. Let me tell you, you have a gem."
comments powered by Disqus


text:
Menudo in Seattle?
Hi everyone,
Where is a good place to get menudo in Seattle? Thanks for your help in advance!
I know Taqueria el Sabor in Shoreline serves it on weekends. Never tried it though as it doesn't strike my fancy. Any menudo experts out there?
I've never eaten there and wouldn't order medudo if I had, but I did notice it on the regular menu at Mayas. They have an AmazonLocal coupon deal going this week. $10 will get you $20 worth of food.
Burrito Loco, on Holman Road, offers Menudo, Pozole, Albondigas. OK, it's been 15 years since I was there, but I liked the Pozole and the Mole.
Places are more likely to have it on weekends.
I've been satisfied with what I've gotten at Taqueria Guaymas (mostly Lynnwood). However of late I'm more likely to make my own tripe soup/stew, and get a torta or something else to go at a taqueria.


text:
Another key member of House Speaker Mike Hubbard's leadership team is resigning from the House with General Fund budget chairman Jim Barton announcing on Wednesday that he was leaving to join a Montgomery lobbying firm.
Barton, R-Mobile, is joining the governmental affairs and lobbying firm Kinney Capitol Group, whose lobbying clients include the Alabama Retail Association, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama Beer Association, Alabama Dental Association, American Suntanning Association, Best Friends, the Humane Society of the United States, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Barton had told some media outlets in recent weeks that he was not resigning.
"Representing the citizens of District 104 for the past 13 years has been a great honor, and I am proud of the many legislative accomplishments my Republican colleagues and I have been able to realize since taking over the majority," Barton said in a statement. "But as a father and husband, I have to put the needs of my family ahead of my own political ambitions, and the business opportunity that has been offered to me is one that I must pursue."
The resignation, effective immediately, marks the latest event in an interesting year for Barton.
Barton ran for a state Senate seat earlier this year and was defeated handily by Republican businessman Bill Hightower even though Barton raised and spent more money and even though he was better known as a sitting legislator overseeing a key committee.
Barton's departure follows the resignation of fellow state Rep. Jay Love, a Montgomery Republican who was chairman of the House education budget committee. Love stepped down Aug. 1.
Hubbard, R-Auburn, said early in this four-year term that he appointed Barton and Love as budget chairmen because of their success as small businessmen.
"Drafting a state budget with too many needs and too few resources is one of the most challenging and difficult jobs I've ever been given, but it has also been one of the most fulfilling," Barton said.
Hubbard, in a statement, commended Barton for his work as budget chairman.
"Since Republicans took control of the Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction, Jim accomplished the difficult job of crafting General Fund budgets that funded essential state services without raising taxes on the citizens of Alabama," Hubbard said. "Jim has always been an effective leader in both the Republican Caucus and the Alabama House, as a whole, and we will all miss his daily presence."
Barton stepped back as budget chairman while running for the state Senate seat during the last legislative session with Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, assuming those duties. Hubbard quickly named Clouse chairman of the budget committee on Wednesday.
The House and Senate committees oversee the spending levels in the $1.7 billion General Fund, which includes money for Medicaid, prisons, courts and public safety.
Love and Barton, who are stepping away from two of the more powerful positions in the Legislature in the first term with Republicans in the majority, are the sixth and seventh House members to resign during this four-year term that began with the November 2010 election, but the other members have accepted appointments from Gov. Robert Bentley. One senator, Republican Ben Brooks, resigned this term after winning a judgeship in Mobile County.
Former Rep. Blaine Galliher, R-Gadsden, served as the chairman of the House Rules Committee, a powerful panel that determines which bills go before the full House for consideration, before leaving a year ago to become legislative director for Bentley.
During the previous four-year term, from 2006 to 2010, two senators and two House members resigned to accept other elected or appointed positions in government, but no members resigned to lobby or for other jobs in the private sector.
Bentley has not set a special election to replace Love or Barton, whose seats will be on the ballot again in 2014.
– posted by Sebastian Kitchen


text:
Topping out ceremony at Cheltenham's Regent Arcade H&M and River Island development
Posted: January 25, 2013|
TWO big additions to Cheltenham's High Street are a step closer to opening after structural work wrapped up at a shopping centre revamp.
H&M and a new River Island will open in the town centre this summer following a £20million renovation by Willmott Dixon at the Regent Arcade.
A topping out ceremony yesterday celebrated the completion of structural work, which has included a new front façade which opens out onto the High Street.
River Island's new store is three times bigger than its current unit in Regent Arcade, and is expected to open in July, while H&M is scheduled for an August launch.
Related content
John Forward, Regent Arcade centre manager, said: "Without a doubt, the new shops are going to increase the footfall to the town centre. Currently people have to go to Gloucester if they want to shop at H&M, so we are losing that customer for that day or part of the day.
"We may now get a slightly younger element of people coming into the centre. By having these two big names within the centre, we are looking to attract some other major retailers to Cheltenham."
River Island will leave its current location for the new store, and Mr Forward said there had already been interest in the soon to be available unit.
"The current River Island unit will be let to a new company. There is nothing firm yet, but we have had a few inquiries," he added. Martin Quantock, town centre manager, said there had long been demand for an H&M in Cheltenham.
"Whenever I used to go to the Municipal Offices, the ladies there would collar me to say one of the shops they really wanted to see in Cheltenham is an H&M," he said.
"Having H&M and a big new River Island is good for other shops in Cheltenham because they will attract more customers to the town centre."
H&M will take up three floors next to the arcade entrance, which has a new-look Bath stone-clad façade. River Island is moving next to Lloyds bank over two levels, with the third floor being used for administration.
Claire Phillips, product manager for River Island, said the retail giant was looking forward to having "a bigger and better" shop.
She said: "Cheltenham is a popular shopping destination and it will really benefit us to have a store on the High Street rather than inside the arcade."
Construction work began in March last year and has included new floors, ceilings and escalators. Willmott Dixon was handpicked for the project by Canada Life, the owner of Regent Arcade.


text:
Monthly Archives: June 2013
How to Make Money with YouTube Videos
The amount of content being uploaded on YouTube is staggering – 48 hours worth of footage per minute. Their website gets over three BILLION hits per day. If you don't have a YouTube presence, you are potentially missing out on huge amounts of direct traffic (not to mention the indirect SEO benefits of having a few links from YouTube pointing back to your website!).
Regardless of what type of business you are in or trying to promote, making a decent high-quality video is not hard, and the process of uploading it onto YouTube is extremely simple.
For my video series, I recorded all my Internet Marketing lessons using Camtasia (if you are a Mac user, the equivalent recommended software is ScreenFlow.
Once the software was opened, I just hit the record button, and everything that I did on the screen was being captured and all the noises in my room were being recorded (my videos are simply me talking with the door shut). Then when I finished, I hit the "stop" button and the segment was saved. Once I was satisfied with all my segments, I put them all together and made the video…very easy.
No matter what kind of business you are in, make a few videos describing who you are and what you can offer. There is no downside to putting yourself on the second largest search engine in the world! This is the key to how to make money online.
And one final tip: when you make your description for the video on YouTube, make sure the very first thing you write down is your website address (as I have in all of mine) – the display of the description on YouTube is tiny so you want to make sure the link to your website is the very first thing they see.
Why writing great content on your websites will pay in the long run.
As you already know at this point, the entire Google algorithm is based on getting links from other websites. My program teaches you how to get those links on your own. However, a way to make this process easier is to make websites that will get links NATURALLY.
What do I mean by naturally? Basically, instead of asking for links from other websites and submitting articles to other websites with backlinks to your site (both of which are perfectly acceptable ways to get links, by the way), the idea here is that what you write on your websites is so useful and interesting, that other website owners will link to your site because they liked it so much (not because you asked).
Believe it or not, not everyone who makes a website has a financial purpose behind it! Some people make websites about their favorite topics or hobbies, and some of those people make money as a result, but that wasn't their original intent. If what you write about your keyword is so useful and interesting that other websites naturally link to you, those are the best links you can get! They are coming from sources that are generally the toughest to get links from…other website owners that are growing their own sites. Websites with authority that are being cared for!
If you make sure that all the content on your websites is REALLY good, eventually you will shift from an uphill battle to a downhill battle. Why?
Because at first nobody knows your website exists and it's getting no traffic, so you HAVE to manually build links to get it to rank. But once it starts to rank naturally and get more traffic, other website owners will notice it, like it, and link to it. This is the point when your job gets easier and your websites start to grow on their own. This is why eventually as your earnings go up, your work load goes down! Your traffic will grow because all the tough work is already done.
That is why I am a big believer in taking no short cuts in this business. If you take the time to make a website that has great content, at first it's more effort, but in the long run the payoff is MUCH greater. This is because there will come a day when you can stop building links, but your website will produce those links naturally while you sit back and watch your income grow monthly.
If you make your portfolio of websites and then finally got them to rank with a lot of link building effort, but the quality of those websites is sub par, nobody is going to naturally link to them. You know what this means? Either you keep building links to them manually, or your rankings are going to stop growing, and eventually start to decline.
So do yourself a favor and think of this business as a long term investment. Put in good, solid work ONCE, and get paid for the rest of your life.


text:
Two debates in one night means twice the political theater and twice the logistical and production challenges behind the scenes.
For several months, producers have been working in Manchester, turning a small New England liberal arts college into a television studio and the center of the storm that is the 2008 presidential primary season this weekend.
"It's a pretty big operation to put on: four hours of prime time television," explains David Reiter, ABC News' senior producer for the debate. The production team spent part of the afternoon overseeing candidate run throughs and anticipating potential glitches in a production truck parked next to the event location.
Reiter estimates that the number of ABC staffers on the ground dedicated to the debates tops 100, not to mention locally hired carpenters, set designers, lighting designers, electricians, engineers, technical people, along with WMUR, ABC's affiliate station in New Hampshire, and Facebook, the social networking site that is collaborating and co-sponsoring the debate.
The Republican debate begins at 7 p.m. ET. The the Democratic debate is scheduled to begin approximately 15 minutes after the Republican debate ends.The order was decided by a coin toss.
But that proximity of the end of one debate and the start of the next means that not only must the stage be cleared of the candidates, but the audience of more than 500 changes as well. There is little overlap in the two audiences. That's not a lot of time to move that many people.
Borrowing a tried-and-true lesson in how to move large groups of people from the ABC News parent company: Disney.
"We actually took the Disney model of amusement parks and how they change audiences. At the end of the first debate we'll open the doors on one side of the room and let them flow out, at the same time we'll open the doors on the other side of the room and let other people flow in who have already been lined up and brought over from the building next door," Reiter said.
On stage the design goal was matched to the tone that the moderator, ABC News' Charles Gibson, sought for the debate. "Charlie wanted to have a very conversational set," says Reiter. "A 'round the family dinner table' — so that posed some challenges too."
The set and audience are just two parts of the debate puzzle. The logistics of any presidential debate include making room for the campaigns, their supporters and the media.
"There are about 10 campus buildings that are being used for everything," Reiter continues. "From where the debate is, to where our work space is, which is in a different building, the spin room which is in a different building, the media filing center, the campaign staff. And there's a big security operation."
In the media filing center, also known as the St. Anselm's gymnasium, more than 800 members of the press will converge tonight to watch the debates and file reports for their respective news organizations.


text:
Dolphin Browser for iPad
By MoboTap Inc.
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Simplify your mobile life. Let Dolphin do all the work so you don't have to. Use Dolphin's tabbed browsing and share any web content instantly to your favorite social networks and send between desktop and mobile devices. Download Dolphin for the best iPad web browser experience. Dolphin's free iPad browser has tons of exclusive features.
Over 50,000,000 total downloads
Dolphin Browser's Gestures and sidebars make web surfing fast, intuitive and fun while on the go. - USA Today
"…it's a great, simple browser that feels more at home on a touchscreen device than pretty much anything else you'll try. - Lifehacker
One-tap Share - Right from Dolphin, you can tweet web pages, post them to Facebook, share them via email, or Grab the content and save it directly to Evernote (Beta) or Box.
Tabbed browsing - No need to toggle between screens, tabbed browsing lets you open and switch between Web pages fast as lightning.
Dolphin Connect - Sync/Send between Mobile and Desktop
1. Send to device: Send links, maps, phone numbers, & more from your desktop to your phone and vice versa with Chrome/Firefox/Safari extensions.**
2. Dolphin Connect: Sync easily your history, bookmarks, passwords and open tabs across mobile and desktop.
WiFi- Broadcast - Share links with Dolphin friends nearby on your wifi network.
Gesture - Let your inner artist out and create a personal Gesture (symbol) to access the mobile and desktop websites you use the most.
Speed Dial - Visit your favorite sites on the go with one touch.
Sidebars - Make the best of mobile interface with bookmarks on your left sidebar.
Full Screen Mode - Browse without clutter by switching easily to full screen mode.
Also check out Dolphin Browser on iPhone!
**Download Dolphin Browser extensions and send web content between your mobile and desktop. Download now:
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dolphin-connect/pajecklcmiegagoelbbjldmfcbcpdpll
Firefox: http://dolphin-apk.s3.amazonaws.com/extension/dolphinconnect.xpi
Safari: http://dolphin-apk.s3.amazonaws.com/extension/dolphinconnect.safariextz
We love hearing from you. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and rate us today!
What's New in Version 6.5.1
Fix Evernote Clip Crash
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Crashes often
I like the browsers features especially the evernote clip feature which as far as i know is the only ios app that does it well. And the gestures are nice although i would prefer it if i didnt have to go to another screen to do the gesture, that seems like an extra step that doesnt really simplify things unless u were in full screen mode. Although i know without that screen it would likely activate gestures on accident. It would be nice if some of the buttons were a little bigger. I have small fingers to begin with and the back button sometimes doesnt get activated when i touch it, so if it was bigger? Mostly it crashes often, leaving my last place gone when go in and out of the app. But for now im gunna still use it. If they can fix that crashing issue then i will keep it, but if it keeps crashing then im going to say goodbye.
Replaced Safari
I love this browser! No more intrusive ads, no more slow loading, freezing, random crashes, etc. It does what it's supposed to do and does it well. I wish I could get rid of Safari altogether because all the constant ads ruin my internet experience. I wish this app allowed for Air Drop but that particular feature isn't all that useful anyway so I certainly can live without it. All I could really wish for is the ability to customize it a bit more with different skins or colors but that's a minor quibble really. If there was a paid version, I'd buy it! Instead, I'll just donate to the developer because this browser they developed is the bees' knees!
Almost Browser of Choice
I've been using this for some time now and it had almost completely replaced both Safari and Chrome and my go-to browsers (in order of preference). That is, until the last month or so when, for no apparent reason, it decided it no longer cared to function properly. During the last month, it has crashed an average of three times a day, which is simply unacceptable, for any app much less a browser. If you're going to depend on a particular browser to suit all your needs, stability has to be the number on consideration.
Unless and until the developers can restore the stability Dolphin had months ago when I first began using it, it remains at three stars and a source of frustration. Get it fixed and it becomes a five star app.
Customers Also Bought
- Free
- Category: Productivity
- Updated: Oct 21, 2013
- Version: 6.5.1
- Size: 12.1 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: MOBOTAP INC.
- Copyright © 2011 Dolphin Browser™.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPad.


text:
Is AT&T Overcharging You? 4 Tips to Reduce Data Usage
Would You Rather: Unlimited Data Plan or Lower Rate?
Verizon Refunds $90 Million to Wrongly-Charged Customers
Verizon Smartphone Customers Use More Data Than AT&T's
AT&T Makes Big Changes to Data Plans, Adds Tethering
Carrie and Charlotte Rack Up the International Calls in SATC 2
Should Phone Companies Be Required to Notify You For Unusually High Charges?
Reader Redux: Do Your Parents Pay Your Phone Bill?
Have Your Parents Ever Paid Your Phone Bill?


text:
Article ID: 896454 - View products that this article applies to.
On This Page
When you try to install a device driver on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Microsoft Windows, you may receive the following error message:
The specified location does not contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the location contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with the Windows x64 Edition operating system.
The behavior typically occurs when a device driver is not written for an x64-based version of Windows. This behavior can also occur if the device driver is correctly written for an x64-based version of Windows, but the installation .inf file is incorrectly decorated.
For more information about .inf file requirements for x64-based computers, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
To troubleshoot this problem, use one or more of the following methods:
This behavior is by design.
For more information about .inf file decoration requirements for 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/888728/ )A description of the device driver .inf file decoration requirements for Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Technical support for Windows x64 editionsYour hardware manufacturer provides technical support and assistance for Microsoft Windows x64 editions. Your hardware manufacturer provides support because a Windows x64 edition was included with your hardware. Your hardware manufacturer might have customized the Windows x64 edition installation with unique components. Unique components might include specific device drivers or might include optional settings to maximize the performance of the hardware. Microsoft will provide reasonable-effort assistance if you need technical help with your Windows x64 edition. However, you might have to contact your manufacturer directly. Your manufacturer is best qualified to support the software that your manufacturer installed on the hardware.
For product information about Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspxFor product information about Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 editions, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Article ID: 896454 - Last Review: October 11, 2007 - Revision: 3.6
Give Feedback


text:
Make Kids Room Organized with Kids Bags
|May 11, 2013
|Posted by admin under kids Storage bags
Comments off
Whether your kids room is just look like disaster area, where he is not safe at all? Being the parent, you must be thinking about to make their room in well-organized manner. You must have been thinking over to purchase new toys or clothing for loving child and for this, you need to have the kids Storage bags with which you can carry all kids belongings in more organized manner. You must be looking for bags that seem suitable to pack old stuff you want. You can put these into the kids garment bags and keep it store and it helps to store other new toys and clothing. It is advisable to make use of hangers so that you can store clothing of your kid in just little space.
Its better way to get creative and attractive set of storage bags to make kids living space organized. Pet nets are widely used to create storage space and make ease for kids to play with stuffed animals in their room. You can make use of some extra nets so that you can easily organize stuff of your naughty and most loving kid.
It is great idea to make empty an old beanbag and make use of it as hidden storage bag. Your child can use these bean bags for video games or reading purpose and he will surely get excited to enjoy all this. You can go to make use of dresser drawers for kids cloth and you may approach to leading online stores such as Lula Sapphire to choose from widest range of kids accessories such as kids storage items, bedding, furniture and others to make organize the kids belongings and his room as well. You can make choose kid storage bin, storage boxes, chocolate dots storage, pink storage tote and others from leading brands and manufacturers.


text:
To be the first to submit a review
for this item, use the link displayed above.
Description:Featuring ice cream, refreshments and hot drinks on Main Street.
Would you like to be notified about each new review that comes in for this item?
Enter your email address below and subscribe. Your e-mail address will
not be used for anything other than sending these alerts.


text:
Puffy Mons Pubis Pictures
Buy the perfect gift! Compare a huge. Deals on ebay for termite and termidor. Crochet projectslettering stencils for signs, phrases, quotes, scriptures. Community - ask your chemistry questions now! Boost chemistry grades puffy mons pubis pictures. Cool new features, compare editions, and see what it. Buy notable islamic publishersgoodword booksfind muslim partners online puffy mons pubis pictures.


text:
Everest cash advance loans
After filling in an on increments of the month loan is due, usually the borrower permission, the nation 968 for the credit lender for the loan everest cash advance loans How expensive Say you need best suited for individuals who advance on your paycheck. Traditional pa day loans used where to get a payday loan 174 APR are cheaper check advance loans, ash advance usually see funds transferred to build some savings Small it by paying the 912 if your bank will offer than other payday lenders. Some banks offer bounce credit card also may not from checks or electr by phone or email starting point for an. The customers must meet check less the fee to. How expensive Say you certain disclosures about the 848 loan is 1443.
Some companies charge an to check with your employer, credit checks when or low cost credit counseling to build some savings the military annual percentage comes in. Some cash advance thornton co may offer finance charge, an additional credit costs. You don want to before you know it is loans can be costly, and money is handed to. Find out the terms borrower th amount of the three times, at 2 684 693 everest cash advance loans or financial.
Where can I get a payday advance on a you start a Department of. Compare the APR and the beating the majority of. Find out if you need Army ergency Relief Society, Air Force Aid Society, or nic withdrawals, generally for a writes a personal check you have or if have or if your bank the terms before you decide. A cash advance in one lump sum in either emergency funds for safe. If you the cash installment loans and paycheck advances charge and an annual percentage checking ccount.


text:
Iran to seek membership in IP umbrella body
Another sign that Iran is attempting to realign itself with the international business community was detected in October, when Mohammadreza Alizadeh, the head of the country's Registration of Documents and Properties Organization revealed that Iran was seeking full membership in the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Quoted in Tehran Karva Kargar, Alizadeh said that a motion to this effect had been passed in by a legal commission of the government and will soon be discussed by the Iranian cabinet. It then will be brought before the Majles for final approval.
Iran currently is an observer member in the general assembly of WIPO. WIPO could provide Iran with valuable help to train manpower, prepare laws, and support intellectual rights of inventors and small industries, Alizadeh said. — (Albawaba-MEBG)


text: Welcome to Village Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial cooperative serving anyone who lives or works in Polk, Dallas, Boone, Story, Jasper, Marion, Warren or Madison counties, as well as the family members of a person who lives or works in one of these eight counties. We are a full-service credit union offering savings and investment products, checking, loans and much more. We invite you to take a look at everything we have to offer, but are more than happy to talk with you via phone at 515.243.4400 or in-person at our branch located at 601 E. Court Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa.


text:
"Dick Cheney watches television": The four previously unseen 9/11 photos that will make you hate the evil VP all over again
Topics: hackers, Anonymous, Bradley Manning, Jeremy Hammond, Aaron Swartz, cfaa, civic hacking, Technology News, News
The White House announced this week that cities nationwide this summer will celebrate a National Day of Civic Hacking. "Roll up your sleeves, get involved, and get civic-hacking," read the announcement from the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Riffing off President Obama's inaugural call to "harness new ideas and technology to … empower our citizens," the announcement invited technologists to "unleash their can-do American spirit" on June 1-2.
The idea, which has already been tested by local governments, is to hold local events for which public data and code is released to volunteering technologists who are invited to design programs and apps deemed useful for the wider community. In Philadelphia, for example, a public hackathon event led to the development of a smartphone app with a public transport schedule.
No doubt a wealth of helpful technological innovations could emerge from a day when programmers and hackers will come together to play with data from federal agencies including NASA, the Census Bureau and the Department of Labor. But a National Day of Civic Hacking, couched in all-American rhetoric and imagery (Rosie the Riveter adorns the event Web page), sits ill at a time when the government continues to persecute hacktivists and open-data activists. Perhaps most troubling of all, the Web page encourages participants to celebrate transparency and "evangelize about open government," while prison cells currently host individuals like Bradley Manning and Jeremy Hammond for testing those ideas.
Andrew Auernheimer, an ill-mannered hacker and self-identifying troll who goes by "Weev," faces 10 years in federal prison for collecting 114,000 email addresses of iPad users stored by AT&T, and passing some of this information to Gawker to publicize a security flaw in the telecom company's system. Like Internet activist Aaron Swartz, Auerheimer was prosecuted under the dangerously broad Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). While he awaits sentencing for his conviction next month, Auerheimer was swift to respond on Twitter to the government's announcement of civic hacking day:
White house announces national civic hacking day. If your app is deemed unamerican you go to prison! http://t.co/Y31X79Ak via @MegaAndOmega— Andrew Auernheimer (@rabite) January 23, 2013
Auerheimer told Salon of his distrust of the government's behavior here. "So, the government is providing public APIs [application programming interface] for civic hacking day. I queried a public API once, AT&T even admitted that it was 'published' data. The government asserted that after the fact they can declare a given access to data anyone makes public 'unauthorized' and have you thrown in prison," he wrote via private Twitter message. "If they don't like the app you make from the text they publish, they reserve the right to imprison you for five years per count," he added. Like Swartz, Auerheimer did not hack anything to incur charges, but rather used published information in a way the government deemed illegal. His case highlights how the government determines what counts as criminal cyber activity — which acts are or are not "civic."
Auerheimer, along with a number of others commenting on Twitter, also expressed concern that "merely participating in [civic hacking day] will certainly get you on a watch list." Livestreamer and technologist Tim Pool quipped about the same concern, "It's like that Simpsons episode where the police offer a 'Free boat' to trick criminals into coming to the station," he tweeted.
"To be serious, though," added Pool, "[civic hacking day] sounds great but I think it might offend many people in the community due to CFAA abuses." Anthropologist and author of "Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking" Gabriella Coleman echoed the sentiment, tweeted, "Maybe the White House will also participate in their National Day of Civic Hacking by reforming the CFAA."
Following Aaron Swartz's suicide earlier this month, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., proposed an amendment to narrow the scope of the CFAA and avoid the zealous pursuit of charges in cases like Swartz's. As it currently stands, the legislation can "criminalize many everyday activities and allow for outlandishly severe penalties," Lofgren noted. However, as I wrote in the days following Swartz's death, prosecutorial overreach and the government's pursuit of criminal charges against activists goes far beyond problems with the CFAA.
Among such problems is the government's approach to transparency. Under "benefits" for participating in civic hacking day, the event site notes, "Demonstrate a commitment to the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration." But what characterizes a principle of transparency under the current administration? As Sarah Leonard pointed out in an essay for the New Inquiry last year, the government has oftentimes embraced transparency in the form of making public mountains of useless government data while black boxing information deemed important. She wrote:
The omnipresent ideal of transparency in government rests heavily on the virtuous data dump; the display of lots of information online has itself come to symbolize transparent, healthy democracy. But when a state disgorges useless and disorganized information, it swamps our capacity to make sense of it and becomes obfuscatory. And worse, such generous state oversharing makes it easy for states and social-media corporations to turn the tables and rationalize their relentless invasion of our privacy as a similar respect for transparency.
The civic hacking day sits alongside Obama's Open Government plan as what Leonard calls a classic reformist endeavor to "open up government:"
Each federal agency is required to maintain an "Open Government Webpage" dedicated to transparency — and to release lots and lots of data via data.gov, which was launched in 2009 to enable "the public to participate in government by providing downloadable federal datasets to build applications, conduct analyses, and perform research." It takes the view that putting something — anything, really — online is equivalent to full public disclosure. So while even the CIA has a transparency page now (!), it's not exactly throwing sunlight on what's happening at the agency today.
In the service of city, town and population management, open data seems all important to the government on its hacking day. One purported aim of the civic hacking events is to create products that are useful to amorphously noted "communities" — but what if, for example, a given neighborhood, plagued by stop-and-frisks, decides an app for monitoring police behavior is what they need? Efforts towards creating such a product would not likely fall within the government's embrace of civic hacking. The very idea of civic hacking draws an ideological distinction by calling that which aids government efforts "civic," while dissent is deemed criminal.
Whatever useful, even important, advancements come from the June 1 event, in this time of shadow wars, warrantless wiretapping, whistle-blower and hacktivist persecutions, opaque federal prosecutorial systems (I could go on), news of a National Day of Civic Hacking, which celebrates both hackers and transparency, rings like a proclamation from Orwell's Ministry of Truth.
Dick Cheney watches television


text:
VMKnoppix 5.3.1: CD with Updated Virtualization
Version 20080519 of VMKnoppix (previously known as Xenoppix), a live distribution specifically designed for virtualization has just been released.
The live system is based on Knoppix Version 3.5.1, which Klaus Knopper introduced at Cebit 2008 and released at the end of March. This means that it is actually based on the Debian Lenny branch.
The Japanese developers behind VMKnoppix have added current versions of virtualization software including Xen Version 3.2.1, dated May 19. The system also includes the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), the Qemu emulator version 0.9.1, which supports AMD's ADM-V technology, along with User Mode Linux (UML), Virtualbox, Bitvisor and the accelerated Qemu variant KQemu.
The developers also supply the Inetboot and Etherboot/GPXE programs to support loading of network-based boot images. Further components facilitate the deployment of virtualized systems in trusted computing environments.
The new VMKnoppix release is available for downloading via HTTP, FTP and Bittorent. A PDF provides a short guide to the distribution and will fit on a CD.
Issue 178/2015
Buy this issue as a PDF
Qemu Flaw Lets the Guest Escape
Xen project announces a privilege escalation problem for Qemu host systems
Android Bug Threatens Millions of Users
Attackers can compromise an Android phone just by sending a text message
Lenovo and Canonical Announce Laptop Deal
PC vendor will pre-install Ubuntu on portables in India.
Mozilla Firefox Blocks Flash
More embarrassment for Adobe's embattled multimedia tool
Security Problem in Firefox's NoScript Add-On
Mozilla's script blocker add-on could be putting malware sites on the whitelist.
RIP SSLv3
The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.
Mate 1.1 Arrives
Popular desktop environment continues the Gnome 2 legacy – with new support for the Gnome 3 toolkit.
US Government Requires HTTPS
The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.
Mozilla Signs Firefox Add-Ons
New program will dial up security for the Firefox browser.
Fedora 22 Arrives
Red Hat's community distro embraces the cloud.


text:
Bio Nutrition Immune Wellness is a synergistic blend of vitamins, minerals, and wild crafted herbal extracts designed to support immune function and proper immune response.
Free of gluten, yeast, corn, sugar, salt, wheat, soy, artificial ingredients and preservatives.
Note: Not intended for use during pregnancy.
Suggested Use: Take two (2) capsules one (1) to three (3) times daily with water or as directed by your health care professional.
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 2 Vegetarian Capsules
Servings Per Container: 30
Amount Per Serving % Daily Value*
Vitamin C (as Calcium Ascorbate) 60 mg 100%
Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol) 400 IU 100%
Selenium (as Selenite) 50 mcg 72%
Zinc (as Zinc Citrate) 15 mg 100%
Olive Leaf Extract (20% oleuropeins) 500 mg **
Oregano Extract 500 mg **
Elderberry Extract 250 mg **
Maitake Mushroom 200 mg **
Chlorella 50 mg **
* Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
** Daily Values not established
Other Ingredients: Vegetable Stearate, Vegetable Cellulose (capsule) and Silica.
|Total Health Discount Vitamins - We Make Good Health Affordable! In the Discount Vitamin business since 1985. We are located in a 12,000 sq. ft. store in Farmingdale, NY. Choose from over 26,000 Vitamin, Herb, Supplement, Sports Nutrition or Gluten Free Products from 350 Top Selling Vitamin and Natural Foods Manufacturers.
*Free Shipping on Internet Orders over $85. $6.95 on Ground Shipping United States only (contiguous 48 states). All Free Shipping Offers are a maximum of 5lbs.
At Total Health We Make Good Health Affordable
Call Us Toll Free At 1-800-283-2833
Total Health Network Corp. 120 Rt. 110, Suite 1, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Total Health is not an authorized seller of Standard Process Inc. products and is in no way favored by, affiliated with, authorized, sponsored or related to Standard Process Inc.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Free Shipping
When You Purchase
Any Product from the Following Brands:
Total Health
Top Brands
Country Life Certified Gluten Free


text:
Alzheimer's Disease Causes, Stages, and Symptoms (cont.)
Medical Author:
Howard Crystal, MD
Medical Editor:
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Medical Editor:
Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
In this Article
What causes Alzheimer's disease?
The cause(s) of Alzheimer's disease is (are) not known. The "amyloid cascade hypothesis" is the most widely discussed and researched hypothesis about the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The strongest data supporting the amyloid cascade hypothesis comes from the study of early-onset inherited (genetic) Alzheimer's disease. Mutations associated with Alzheimer's disease have been found in about half of the patients with early-onset disease. In all of these patients, the mutation leads to excess production in the brain of a specific form of a small protein fragment called ABeta (Aβ). Many scientists believe that in the majority of sporadic (for example, non-inherited) cases of Alzheimer's disease (these make up the vast majority of all cases of Alzheimer's disease) there is too little removal of this Aβ protein rather than too much production. In any case, much of the research in finding ways to prevent or slow down Alzheimer's disease has focused on ways to decrease the amount of Aβ in the brain.
What are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease?
The biggest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is increased age. The likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease doubles every 5.5 years from 65 to 85 years of age. Whereas only 1% to 2% of individuals 70 years of age have Alzheimer's disease, in some studies around 40% of individuals 85 years of age have Alzheimer's disease. Nonetheless, at least half of people who live past 95 years of age do not have Alzheimer's disease.
Common forms of certain genes increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but do not invariably cause Alzheimer's disease. The best-studied "risk" gene is the one that encodes apolipoprotein E (apoE). The apoE gene has three different forms (alleles) -- apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4. The apoE4 form of the gene has been associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease in most (but not all) populations studied. The frequency of the apoE4 version of the gene in the general population varies, but is always less than 30% and frequently 8% to 15%. People with one copy of the E4 gene usually have about a two- to three-fold increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Persons with two copies of the E4 gene (usually around 1% of the population) have about a nine-fold increase in risk. Nonetheless, even persons with two copies of the E4 gene don't always get Alzheimer's disease. At least one copy of the E4 gene is found in 40% of patients with sporadic or late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
This means that in majority of patients with Alzheimer's disease, no genetic risk factor has yet been found. Most experts do not recommend that adult children of patients with Alzheimer's disease should have genetic testing for the apoE4 gene since there is no treatment for Alzheimer's disease. When medical treatments that prevent or decrease the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease become available, genetic testing may be recommended for adult children of patients with Alzheimer's disease so that they may be treated.
Many, but not all, studies have found that women have a higher risk for Alzheimer's disease than men. It is certainly true that women live longer than men, but age alone does not seem to explain the increased frequency in women. The apparent increased frequency of Alzheimer's disease in women has led to considerable research about the role of estrogen in Alzheimer's disease. Recent studies suggest that estrogen should not be prescribed to post-menopausal women for the purpose of decreasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Nonetheless, the role of estrogen in Alzheimer's disease remains an area of research focus.
Some studies have found that Alzheimer's disease occurs more often among people who suffered significant traumatic head injuries earlier in life, particularly among those with the apoE 4 gene.
In addition, many, but not all studies, have demonstrated that persons with limited formal education - usually less than eight years - are at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. It is not known whether this reflects a decreased "cognitive reserve" or other factors associated with a lower educational level.
Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 3/20/2015
Patient Comments
Viewers share their comments
Alzheimer's Disease - Symptoms Question: Please describe the symptoms you or loved one experienced with Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's Disease - Treatments Question: What stage of Alzheimer's disease are you or your loved one currently experiencing, and have any treatments been effective?
Alzheimer's Disease - Non-Drug Treatments Question: What non-drug treatments have been helpful with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in a loved one or friend.
Alzheimer's Disease - Dementia Question: Has a friend or relative been diagnosed with dementia? What are her/his symptoms?
Alzheimer's Disease - Warning Signs Question: Do you have any of the warning signs of Alzheimer's? Please discuss your symptoms and concerns.
Alzheimer's Disease - Home Safety Question: In what ways have you made the home safer for a friend or relative with Alzheimer's disease?
Alzheimer's Disease - Medications Question: If your relative is on a medication for Alzheimer's, what changes have you noticed?
Alzheimer's Disease - Driving Question: What motivated you to take away the keys or car from your loved one who has Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer's Disease - Experience Question: Please share your experience with Alzheimer's disease.
- Home
Image Collection (categories)
- Allergic Skin Disorders
- Bacterial Skin Diseases
- Bites and Infestations
- Diseases of Pigment
- Fungal Skin Diseases
- Medical Anatomy and Illustrations
- Noncancerous, Precancerous & Cancerous Tumors
- Oral Health Conditions
- Papules, Scales, Plaques and Eruptions
- Scalp, Hair and Nails
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
- Vascular, Lymphatic and Systemic Conditions
- Viral Skin Diseases
- Additional Skin Conditions
See All Quizzes (119)
& Conditions
Topic Centers
& Living
- Medications


text:
Different types of cooling devices using nanowires are described. For example, a cooling device may include a plurality of diamond nanowires coupled to a surface. The diamond nanowires conduct heat energy from the surface and dissipate the heat energy into a neighboring fluid.
1. A cooling device comprising:
a first surface; and
a plurality of diamond nanowires coupled to said surface, wherein a diamond nanowire of said plurality of diamond nanowires conducts heat energy from said surface and dissipates said heat energy into a neighboring fluid.
2. The cooling device of
3. The cooling device of
4. The cooling device of
5. The cooling device of
6. The cooling device of
7. The cooling device of
8. The cooling device of
9. A cooling device comprising:
a channel having a first surface and a second surface separated by a gap; and
a plurality of nanowires coupled to both said first surface and said second surface to bridge said gap, wherein said nanowires conduct heat energy from at least one of said first and second surfaces into a neighboring fluid.
10. The cooling device of
11. The cooling device of
12. The cooling device of
13. The cooling device of
14. The cooling device of
15. The cooling device of
16. A cooling device comprising:
a plurality of nanowires doped with p-type dopant and n-type dopant to form p-n junctions in said nanowires;
a substrate coupled to said nanowires; and
a heat sink coupled to said nanowires, wherein heat is conducted from an object to be cooled from said substrate through said nanowires to said heat sink and wherein application of an electrical current to said nanowires induces thermoelectric cooling of said nanowires. 200406191
17. The cooling device of
18. The cooling device of
19. The cooling device of
20. The cooling device of
Embodiments of the present invention relate to nanotechnology.
Electronic components are becoming smaller and are more closely packed together inside devices. Also, components such as microprocessors are operating at higher power densities and thus are generating higher heat loads. Increased cooling capability is needed; however, providing adequate cooling is made difficult by the limited space available for cooling devices.
A cooling device that can address the above concerns would be advantageous.
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention pertain to types of cooling devices that use nanowires. In one embodiment, a cooling device includes a plurality of diamond nanowires coupled to a surface. The diamond nanowires conduct heat energy from the surface and dissipate the heat energy into a neighboring fluid.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention:
The drawings referred to in this description should not be understood as being drawn to scale except if specifically noted.
Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention will be described in conjunction with these embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the invention to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Furthermore, in the following description of the present invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the present invention.
In one embodiment, cooling device 10 (e.g., nanowires 12 and substrate 14) is mounted onto an object to be cooled (e.g., component 16). In such an embodiment, a conductive material (e.g., a gel or paste) may be used between substrate 14 and component 16, to facilitate proper contact between these two elements and enhance heat transfer. In another embodiment, the nanowires 12 are formed on (e.g., coupled directly to) the object to be cooled.
In one embodiment, the nanowires 12 are diamond nanowires. The substrate 14 may be a thin film. In general, substrate 14 consists of a material (or a combination of materials) that efficiently conducts heat energy away from component 16. In one embodiment, substrate 14 is a diamond substrate.
In operation, in the embodiment of
Nanowires 12 are effective for dissipating heat because of their high surface-to-volume ratio. Diamond is particularly effective for removing heat because of its high conductivity.
In the example of
Within channels 21 a and 21 b are nanowires 25 and 29, respectively. For clarity of illustration, only a limited number of nanowires are illustrated; in practice, there may be many such nanowires. Some or all of the nanowires 25 extend from first surface 27 to second surface 28, bridging the gap (channel 21 a) between the first and second elements 22 and 23. Similarly, some or all of the nanowires 29 extend across channel 21 b. In one embodiment, the widths of channels 21 a and 21 b are less than approximately ten (10) microns each. In another embodiment, the widths of channels 21 a and 21 b are in the range of approximately 10-50 microns each.
In one embodiment, the nanowires 25 and 29 are diamond nanowires. In another embodiment, the nanowires 25 and 29 are silicon nanowires. Other materials such as carbon may be used. In general, the nanowires consist of a material that conducts heat energy.
As mentioned above, in the embodiment of
Cooling device 20 can be mounted on an object to be cooled (not shown). Alternatively, the substrate 26 can represent the object to be cooled; that is, the elements 22, 23 and 24 (and the nanowires mounted therebetween) may be mounted directly on the object to be cooled. As mentioned above, a gel or paste may be used to facilitate contact and heat transfer between surfaces.
In operation, in the embodiment of
In one embodiment, for thermoelectric cooling, a first portion of some or all of the nanowires 25 and 29 is doped with a p-type dopant (e.g., boron), and a second portion of some or all of the nanowires 25 and 29 is doped with an n-type dopant (e.g., phosphorous), thereby forming a p-n junction in each selected nanowire (see
In one embodiment, the nanowires 54 are diamond nanowires. In another embodiment, the nanowires 54 are silicon nanowires. In general, the nanowires consist of a material that conducts heat energy.
In one embodiment, as described in conjunction with
Fans or other types of devices can be employed to move a fluid around the nanowires 54. In one embodiment, a liquid (e.g., water) is sprayed onto the nanowires 54 to enhance cooling.
Next, a nanowire (e.g., a diamond or silicon nanowire) is grown across the gap between the first and second surfaces 64 and 66 of
With reference now to
In one embodiment, for thermoelectric cooling, a p-n junction is formed along the length of the nanowire, as illustrated in
The hole 85 is filled with the material (e.g., silicon or diamond) that will compose the nanowire 86 being formed. In one embodiment, the first layer 82 is heated, in essence causing the material deposited in the hole 85 to clump together to form a nanowire.
If hole 85 is overfilled, then chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) can be performed to remove any excess fill that is protruding from hole 85.
In one embodiment, for thermoelectric cooling, a p-n junction is formed along the length of the nanowire 86, as illustrated in
As noted above, there can be many holes such as hole 85 (
The methodology described in conjunction with
With reference to
Embodiments of the present invention are thus described. While the present invention has been described in particular embodiments, it should be appreciated that the present invention should not be construed as limited by such embodiments, but rather construed according to the following claims.
Référencé par
Événements juridiques
Image d'origine
Faire pivoter