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Didn't Louisiana rank #1 recently for being the happiest state? This new poll seems like a bit of a contradiction compared to the other poll. It is true that Louisiana people are generally more out of shape more than the majority of other states. That needs to change because it makes health care costs rise and being overweight is just gross. You don't have to be a professional athlete or anything, but you should get out there and drop a few if necessary. In Louisiana's defense though, the state and particularly south Louisiana knows how to have a good time. That should be commended, not dissed on. Why do outsiders love coming here again? Oh that's right, most other states are boring.
I was never a huge fan of Reggie Bush and this ordeal makes me respect him even less. He might be more mature than he used to be, but he is still Hollywood Bush. I will never forget that face when he was drafted by the Saints. Go look at footage. He was absolutely disgusted.
The time is now for us to change our ways. Stop being selfish and greedy. Stop taking everything the earth provides for granted. Stop thinking just because you won't be here in 30 years that makes it okay not to care. Stop buying ridiculous s**t that you know you don't need. There are plenty of small things one can do RIGHT NOW to help us get this oil addiction under control. You just have to start caring about something other than yourself.
PattonAU, since you like to play armchair quarterback so much, why don't you just march on up to Washington and have a go at it. I have been reading your bs for days now and it has gotten old. You bash Obama about everything man. THIS ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS! THIS ISN'T ABOUT DEMOCRAT VS. REPUBLICAN! This is about a region, environment, wildlife, and people suffering because of THE WORST CORPORATE DISASTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!
Wow, DarkQuark you really convinced me. "Do you know how hard that is and how far away we are from it"? Anything in life worth living for and achieving is hard. Being hard is NOT an excuse for NOT getting off our behinds and doing it! We could use your excuse for generations man. In fact, people have been using that excuse for over 40 years now. I'd be willing to bet you have kids and you care about what kind of world they will be living in. Do you want to look them in the eyes when it's all gone and say, "I'm sorry I didn't try to leave a better world for you, it was simply too hard"? Recognizing that we have a problem is the first step to a solution. Enough of the excuses because whether you want to admit it or not, we have a serious addiction and it is killing us.
The oil industry will continue to exploit Louisiana and the world as long as we allow them. People have picked up on the "production" comment by Thad Allen. That says it all right there. And you guys want the oil industry to go on as usual? THE INDUSTRY KNOWS IT HAS THE WORLD IN THE PALM OF ITS HAND! This is a wake-up call. Don't allow yourselves to be pushed around any longer! ALTERNATIVES are available and let's demand that they be used. Demand that they are made viable. Demand that the proper amount of R&D go into alternatives. Demand a clean energy economy! This is for the future of your children and the future of the planet!
This is the wake-up call Louisiana. This is the future of the state on the line. Short-term pain COULD lead to long-term gain. Now is the time to step up and develop a 21st century economy. Alternatives are better than is being reported. Did it ever occur to anyone that there might be a smear campaign against alternatives? Why would that be, I wonder?
Maybe the reason why we have no viable alternatives right now is because WE THE PEOPLE haven't demanded them. The US government gives huge support to the oil/gas industry. Concerned citizens and conservationists have been speaking out for years about how we need to change our ways. Do many people listen?? Nope, those people just get called treehuggers. To think that we have no viable alternatives is lazy, unimaginative, selfish and short-sighted. People are too self absorbed to be bothered with making adjustments in life. It's sad really because the people who do care about making changes will go down with the ship like the rest of 'em. You can't win for losin'.
I am talking about the EPA allowing BP to use Corexit 9500. It is a very toxic dispersant that has been banned in England for 10 years.
Any day now BP, Any day. No rush.
As for people defending the oil industry by making statements like "don't drive, don't buy products, don't eat, we don't need jobs etc", give me a break! We have intelligent people in the state and the southeast who can invent new industries. The southern states should ban together and throw everything they can into new industries. Louisiana is too one dimensional, which is the main reason the oil/gas industry continues to get away with murder! Talk about an imbalance.
Easy cop-out reply janjon. America used to be leaders and innovators. Americans of yesteryear would invent their way out of our oil mess.
How many more disasters are we going to tolerate before we change our ways? The gulf is in critical condition right now.
I love how the one dude in the article says 5000 barrels was just an "estimate" when BP has been steadfast for a month saying it was 5000 barrels. Next will be the truth about the destruction from the dispersants and that will likely be more damaging than the oil in the long run. At least the oil is a natural compound and will be somewhat cleaned up naturally.
No Papa Smurf, we do not need to increase drilling in Alaska. You want another environmental catastrophe? The energy industry cannot be trusted to do anything right. Oil tankers are responsible for 70% of oil spills in our oceans and there most certainly ill be more tanker spills. Why don't we think about our future and start getting serious about alternatives. Enough of the oil/gas industry spin.
Too late because the damage has already been done. It's sad that an agency called the Environmental Protection Agency has a hand in destroying what it is supposed to protect.
What is your deal PattonAU? You have it out for me it seems. I am a fellow Auburn grad so lighten up. I never meant it will get totally cleaned up, although every possible measure should be taken to ensure it does.
Hey Patton, I know more about this leak than you think I do. There were a couple of New Orleans haters on this thread. Young man, are you an Auburn fan?
How about stop the leak, cleanup, assets seized and jail.
Liquidate BP after they cover ALL cleanup costs.
rself777, sometimes the government stepping in to take control is necessary. This is clearly one of those times. BP can't be trusted to do anything right at this point so how can you back them? They have royally screwed the Gulf and possibly 4 states in the process. They have killed 11 people. BP should be liquidated with the assets being divided equally among the effected states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and possibly Florida) and the federal government. That money should then be used to pay the families of the workers who died, pay the survivors, pay for total wetlands restoration, pay for levee protection, pay for an alternative energy industry to get off the ground in the 4 states and pay every business that is losing money right now because of this. A punishment like this would likely ensure no company would screw up to this magnitude again.


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A Bolt of Excitement for Nissan and Its GT-R Supercar
Bolt, who also has been named honorary director of excitement for the Nissan brand, helped inspire the development of a one-of-a-kind "Bolt performance" gold-painted GT-R for Nissan that will be auctioned on eBay later this month. The sporty 4-passenger coupe, which is made in Japan, will feature Bolt's signature and interior fittings that are finished in gold. Proceeds from the auction will go to the Usain Bolt Foundation to create educational opportunities for young people in Jamaica.
Bolt became a spokesperson for the Nissan brand during this year's London Olympic Games. Currently, the famous athlete will work with Nissan product specialists on a limited-edition GT-R that can be ordered in markets where the GT-R is available. The GT-R has a top speed in excess of 190 mph and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.7 seconds, according to Nissan.
Through September of this year, Nissan has sold 968 GT-Rs in the U.S. market, which is down from 1,102 sales in the same 9-month period of 2011, according to J.D. Power research. The GT-R is one of six models in the midsize premium sporty segment, which is led by the best-selling Chevrolet Corvette. Even though GT-R sales have declined this year, the segment's sales are up in double digits (+22.5%) from a year ago.
At the brand level, however, Nissan deliveries in the U.S. market advanced by 11.5% from 2011 to 866,484 unit sales vs. 774,079 units a year ago. The brand's market share was down a fraction of a point to slightly less than 8% through the first 9 months of the year.


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Editorial: Making end-of-life decisions in advance reduces uncertainty
People who want a say in their own medical care even if they are incapacitated have a new tool at their disposal starting this week.
The West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care is launching a statewide registry for advanced directives. The registry will allow a person to place documents spelling out his or her end-of-life wishes into a statewide database that can be accessed by health-care providers anywhere in the state. That means even if someone is away from his or her own doctor when unable to make decisions about medical treatment, his or her wishes can be looked up and known by whoever happens to be providing the care.
This is a good, added step for those who have taken the time to figure out their end-of-life wishes and completed the appropriate documents, as many West Virginians have done. In fact, about half of adult West Virginians have completed at least one advance directive, such as a living will or medical power of attorney. That proportion is significantly higher than any other state, according to Dr. Alvin Moss, director of the Center for End-of-Life Care, an agency established by state law 10 years ago to provide resources related to end-of-life planning.
Those who have not completed advance directives may want to strongly consider doing so. They not only specify your wishes for end-of-life care, but they also serve as a road map for family members who otherwise may be confused about what to do if someone becomes seriously ill or injured and unable to communicate their wishes at the time of the life-threatening event.
Advanced directives come in several forms. A living will allows an individual to state whether life-prolonging medical intervention is wanted under circumstances of a terminal disease or a withdrawn, vegetative state. A medical power of attorney allows a person to designate someone else to make medical decisions when he or she is rendered unable to make one. A patient and his or her physician also may want to consider a "Do Not Resuscitate" card that indicates no cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be given when the heart stops. And a POST form (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) converts a person's wishes into medical orders that are to be honored in all health care settings.
For many people who have taken the time to complete advanced directives, the prospect of lengthy suffering near the end of life is a key consideration. In a 2010 survey conducted by the Center for End-of-Life Care, about three-quarters of the respondents said they would rather live a shorter time to avoid suffering and life-prolonging machines. That's one consideration. Other factors are eliminating the uncertainty for family members and avoiding expensive life-prolonging treatment when there is no hope that the individual will recover.
To learn more about the new electronic registry and advanced directives, go to the website http://wvendoflife.org. Thinking ahead about your end-of-life options could bring peace to you and your loved ones both now and later.
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Don't miss the annual fundraising event put on by Delores and Rich Person to support maintenance of the Clipper City Rail Trail. Come on out for a great summer evening and show your support of this worthy cause.Read More
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It has been almost a year since thousands of residents from Greater Newburyport and surrounding communities streamed to the newly opened Clipper City Rail Trail to celebrate the completion of its first 1.1 mile stretch from the MBTA station to the Harborwalk. On Sunday, May 22 from 1 to 4 p.m., the city will celebrate the Clipper City Rail Trail's first birthday, complete with tasty tidbits from local businesses and birthday cake.Read More
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New Bridge for the Newburyport Rail Trail
The Rail Trial bridge is in! We had just about given up on getting to see it installed. We went by the site several times over a three hour period and the bridge had still not arrived a little after 9:00 PM. So off to bed we went when Paul Kelly called to say we should head back down…Read More


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"James Laurinaitis" maki is a combination of tuna, cucumber, avocado and soy paper, topped with seared salmon, spicy crab, eel sauce, spicy mayo and tobiko.
This week's RFT features a review Takaya New Asian (634 Washington Avenue). Read Ian Froeb's review, "Takaya or Leave Ya."
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NASA researchers believe they have found bits of ancient stars in small particles gathered in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The researchers revealed their findings in a paper released today.
For more than two decades, NASA has collected interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) in the Earth's stratosphere using a modified U-2 aircraft, the ER-2. These tiny particles include the only samples of comets that can be studied in the laboratory.
"The stardust grains we discovered are typical of the kinds of dust that were available at the beginning of our solar system, these were the building blocks of the sun and planets," said Dr. Lindsay Keller, an author of the paper and a researcher in the Office of Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. "Comet samples are the logical place to look for preserved stardust. They formed in a region of the solar system where they escaped the extensive processing that affected other solar system materials," he said.
Before the sun formed, our solar system was a swirling cloud of dust and gas, the remnants of dead stars from other parts of the galaxy. Some of this dust survived the formation of the solar system unchanged to end up in comets. These comets contain the ingredients of the early solar system, the ingredients for which came from the remnants of early stars in the universe.
"The fact that these IDPs are rich in stardust and molecular cloud material suggests that they have remained essentially unchanged from the time the solar system formed, 4.5 billion years ago," said Dr. Scott Messenger, lead author of the paper and an astrophysicist at Washington University in St. Louis.
The discovery was made possible by using a new kind of ion microprobe at Washington University, which measures isotopic ratios on scales much smaller than previously possible. This is essential for identifying stardust grains, because, "they have isotopic ratios very different from anything in the solar system," Messenger said. Most collected IDPs range in size from 5 to 50 millionths of a meter, and often contain crystalline grains clumped together in sizes of 100 to 500 billionths of a meter.
The paper is on the Internet at: http://www.sciencemag.org/sciencexpress/recent.shtml
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Low dielectric loss ceramic materials useful in dielectric resonators comprise alumina doped with a minor amount, preferably below 2% by weight of a metal or semi metal oxide, preferably an oxide of titanium, niobium, yttrium or zirconium. The compositions can be made by sintering the powders together below their melting point and materials with a with a Q value of greater than 35,000 at 9-10 GHz and at 25° C., can be obtained.
1. A doped alumina ceramic composition having a Q value greater than 25,000 at 9-10 GHz at a temperature of 25° C. which comprises a major part of alumina containing less than 165 ppm impurities, and a dopant of less than 5% by weight of a metal oxide having a cation ionic radius of about 0.55 to 1, and an alumina particle size of about 0.01 to 2 microns, and a density of at least 98% theoretical, and wherein said dopant is an oxide of titanium, niobiums, yttrium or zirconium.
2. The composition of
3. The composition of
4. A doped alumina ceramic composition having a Q value greater than 32,000 at 9-10 GHz at a temperature of 25° C. which comprises a major part of alumina containing less than 165 ppm impurities, and a dopant of less than 5% by weight of a metal oxide having a cation ionic radius of about 0.6 to 1, and an alumina particle size of about 0.01 to 2 microns, and a density of at least 98% theoretical, and wherein said dopant is an oxide of the group comprising ZnO, CuO, MgO, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Y2O3, ZrO2, TiO2 and Nb2O5.
5. The doped alumina ceramic composition of
6. A method of producing a dielectric of sintered alumina of extremely low dielectric loss comprising the steps of providing a substantially pure alumina powder having a total impurity level of less than 165 ppm and a particle size in the order of 0.01 to 2 microns, homogeneously mixing said powder with less than 5% by weight of a dopant selected from metal oxides, with a dopant consisting of oxides of titanium, niobium, yttrium, and zirconium, sintering the mixture of alumina and dopant at a temperature of 1500° C. to 1600° C. until the density is 98% or greater and the Q value in greater than 24,000 at 9-10 GHz at 25° C.
7. A sintered alumina produced by the process of
8. A doped alumina ceramic composition having a Q value greater than 25,000 at 9-10 GHz at a temperature of 25° C. which is formed from a mixture comprising a major part of alumina containing less than 200 ppm impurities, and a dopant of less than 5% by weight of a metal oxide having a cation ionic radius of about 0.55 to 1, and an alumina particle size of about 0.01 to 2 microns, and a density after sintering in the order of at least 98% of theoretical, and wherein said dopant is a metal oxide and said mixture is sintered in a non-reducing atmosphere.
9. The composition of
10. A doped alumina ceramic composition having a Q value greater than 30,000 at 9-10 GHz at a temperature of 25° C. which is formed from a mixture comprising a major part of alumina containing less than 200 ppm impurities, and a dopant of less than 2% by weight of a metal oxide having a cation ionic radius of about 0.6 to 1, and an alumina particle size of about 0.01 to 2 microns, and has a density after sintering of at least 98% of theoretical, and wherein said dopant is an oxide of the group comprising ZnO, CuO, MgO, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Y2O3, ZrO2, TiO2 and Nb2O5.
11. The doped alumina ceramic composition of
12. The doped alumina ceramic composition of
13. A method of producing a dielectric of sintered alumina of extremely low dielectric loss having a Q value greater than 25,000 comprising the steps of providing a substantially pure alumina powder having a total impurity level of less than 300 ppm and a particle size in the order of 0.01 to 2 microns, homogeneously mixing said powder with less than 5% by weight of a dopant comprising metal oxides, sintering the mixture of alumina and dopant in a non-reducing atmosphere until the density is at least 98% and the Q value is greater than 25,000 at 9-10 GHz at 25° C.
14. The method of
15. A sintered alumina produced by the process of
This Application is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 09/101,986 filed Jul. 13, 1998, now abandoned, which is a 371 of PCT/GB96/03150 based upon G.B. Application 95/26339.8 having a Priority Date of Dec. 22, 1995.
This invention relates to the production of low dielectric loss ceramic materials, particularly ceramic materials useful in dielectric resonators. In current microwave communication, technology dielectric resonators (DRs) are key elements for filters, low phase noise oscillators and frequency standards. DRs possess resonator quality factors (Q) comparable to cavity resonators, strong linearity at high power levels, weak temperature coefficients, high mechanical stability and small size.
Ceramic dielectric materials are used to form thermally stable DRs as key components in a number of microwave subsystems which are used in a range of consumer and commercial market products. These products range from Satellite TV receiver modules (frequency converter for Low Noise Broadcast (LNB)), Cellular Telephones, PCN's. (Personal Communication Networks Systems) and VSAT (Very Small Aperture Satellite) systems for commercial application to emerging uses in transportation and automobile projects, such as sensors in traffic management schemes and vehicle anti-collision devices. Dielectric Resonators may be used to determine and stabilise the frequency of a microwave oscillator or as a resonant element in a microwave filter. New systems of satellite TV transmission, based on digital encoding and compression of the video signals, determine the need for improved DR components. The availability of advanced materials will also enable necessary advances in the performance of DRs used for other purposes as referred to above.
In this specification, the term 'ceramic' means any solid inorganic particulate material, the particles of which can be caused to sinter together by the application of heat. The term ceramic has been used also to describe single crystals of inorganic materials such as alumina, titania, etc.
Low dielectric loss materials are highly desirable in the area of communications over a wide frequency range. As an example, resonators using dielectric sintered ceramics may be used in base stations required for mobile communications. The materials used are often complex mixtures of elements.
One of the earliest resonator materials was Barium Titanate (BaTiO3 or BaTi4O9 see, for example, T Negas et al American Ceramic Society Bulletin, vol. 72, pp 80-89 1993). The dielectric loss of a material is referred to as the tan delta and the inverse of this quantity is called the Q (Quality Factor). The Q factor of a resonator is determined by choosing a resonance and then dividing the resonant frequency by the band width 3 dB below the peak.
The losses in ceramic materials may be associated with molecules or defects which can be spatially oriented (Debye loss), due to the inertia of free charges, e.g. electrons in a metal or resonant absorption at certain frequencies. It is considered that extrinsic factors such as impurities and e.g. oxygen vacancy concentration as well as microstructure are of overriding importance. Single crystals or 'perfect' crystals have a lower loss than corresponding poly-crystalline materials. The difference between a 'perfect' single crystal and a polycrystalline ceramic are thought to be due to the huge differences in microstructure and perfection between the two and are clear indicators why it is considered impossible to achieve a dielectric loss approaching that of single crystal counterparts in sintered materials.
A single crystal is made from a melt. The melting temperatures of these crystals is extremely high. For example, the melting point of alumina is 2072C, of magnesia 2852C, of zirconia 2700C, of yttria 2410C and titania 1850C.
The particulate ceramic material can be shaped in a variety of ways, for example, by uniaxial powder pressing, by isostatic pressing, by slip-casting or by polymer processing and extrusion. The resultant shape is then sintered at high temperature and this is associated with a shrinkage and a decrease in the volume of the body. The sintering step can take place in air or in special atmospheres be they oxidising, reducing or inert.
Sintering a ceramic involves taking a fine powder of the material, pressing it into the desired shape and then heating it to temperatures less than their melting point (usually about 75% of the melting point). The powders sinter together in an effort to reduce surface energy and this is accomplished by the reduction in surface area until the porosity is reduced substantially or entirely. The sintering process involves less expensive capital equipment and is less energy intensive.
The major problem with dielectric ceramics is that their dielectric loss is much higher than single crystals. Single crystal materials can exhibit very low loss and this is usually attributed to the absence of grain boundaries and the greater perfection in their structure. The problem with single crystals is that they are time consuming to manufacture and they are extremely expensive. For example, a single crystal of alumina in cylindrical form is around 10,000 times more expensive than an identically shaped sintered alumina.
We have now discovered sintered ceramic materials with a low dielectric loss and a method for making them.
The object of the invention is to provide a doped alumina ceramic which has a high Q value. The object is achieved by forming the ceramic from a homogenous mixture of alumina containing less than 165 ppm impurities, less than 1% weight of a metal oxide of a metal of cation ionic radius of 0.55 to 1, in which the alumina has a particle size of 0.01 to 2 microns and a density of at least 98% theoretical.
The metal or semi-metal oxide, which forms the minor part of the materials of the invention, are preferably oxides of elements of Group III and IV of the periodic table such as Ti, Nb, Y and Zr. The minor part is preferably present in an amount of less than 2% by weight of the total weight of the composition and, more preferably, less than 1% by weight.
The materials of the present invention can be made by homogenously mixing the alumina powder and the dopant powder. In order to achieve homogenous mixing the particle size of the dopant should be the same or less than that of the alumina powder. Alternatively homogenous mixing can achieved by precipitating from solution. The mixed powders can be formed into the ceramic by mixing the powders of alumina and the minor component, for example, of particle size of 0.01 to 2 microns and pressing the mixture into a shape and then heating to a temperature below its melting point, typically 75% of the melting point. The powders sinter together until the porosity is substantially or entirely reduced. Preferably the temperature of sintering for powders such as alumina is less than 1600° C. and more preferably between 1500° C. and 1600° C. In place of the metal oxide used as the dopant a salt of the metal which forms the oxide on the conditions of forming the ceramic can be used e.g. the metal carbonate.
It is very surprising that the addition of dopant oxides with a low Q factor to alumina can increase the Q factor of the resulting material very considerably and can approach the value of single crystals. It was considered that any material with grain boundaries must inevitably show high dielectric loss.
The dielectric loss of polycrystalline sintered alumina has been measured by several workers and the results vary widely. For example, Ceramic Source, vol. 6 1990, American Ceramic Society (publ) reports the loss of alumina as Q=1000 at 10 GHz and 25° C.
The highest Q previously measured in alumina at room temperature (i.e. approximately 25° C.) is by Woode et al (R A Woode, E N Ivanov, M E Tobar and D G Blair 'Measurement of dielectric loss tangent of alumina at microwave frequencies and room temperature' Electronics Letters, vol. 30 no. 25, Dec. 8, 1994) who measured a Q of 23,256. This Article noted that purity alone was a poor indicator of the dielectric loss tangent. We have found that although an impure alumina will give a poor Q, a very pure alumina is not a guarantee of a high Q. Pure alumina can have compounds added to it in order to assist the sintering process. These additions should not adversely influence the Q. So, for example, magnesia may be added to a very pure alumina and this will assist the sintering but will not adversely affect the Q if added in small quantities. However, adverse effects are observed with impurities such as alkali salts (sodium and potassium) and metallic elemental impurities such as iron.
The invention also comprises a sintered ceramic material comprising an alumina and minor amount of a metal or semi-metal oxide which has a Q value greater than 25,000, more preferably greater than 30,000 and even more preferably greater than 45,000 at 9 to 10 GHz and at 25° C.
The invention is described in the following Examples.
The aluminas used were commercially available aluminas and the analyses of the powders used in the examples are given in Table 1 with the impurities given in parts per million based on the total weight of the sample.
The aluminas used had a particle size of 0.01 to 2 microns.
Examples 1 to 3 are comparative examples.
Powders A-C inclusive were pressed in a 13.5 mm diameter stainless steel die press at a pressure of 100 MPa. The pressed samples were sintered in air at a temperature of 1550° C. for 300 mins. The sample density was then measured and the dielectric constant and dielectric loss experiments were carried out using a parallel plate resonator and employing a modified Haaki-Coleman technique described in B. W Haaki and P. D Coleman 'A dielectric resonator method of measuring inductive capacities in the millimeter range', IFEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. Vol. 8, p.402-410 (1960). Here the dielectric puck is placed not directly onto the lower copper plate but onto a low loss material with a much lower dielectric constant. We have used a quartz crystal 4 mm thick and 10 mm in diameter. The sample dimensions were approximately 10 mm diameter, 4 mm thick discs. The measurements were made using a Hewlett Packard HP8719C vector network analyser with 1 Hz resolution and the TE011 mode was examined. All dielectric measurements were carried out at room temperature in air at a relative humidity of approximately 30%. No special precautions were taken to prevent the adsorption of water to the sample surface. The loss measurements are presented in terms of the Q factor, i.e. tan delta−1, the measuring frequency was 9-10 GHz at a temperature of 25° C. The density of the sintered products was in the range 98% to 99.5% theoretical i.e. they had a porosity of 2% to 0.5%.
Sample A showed a Q of 3,500 while B had a Q factor less than 1000
The chemically purer powder C was made into dense discs. Sample C2, was subjected to a sintering temperature of 1600° C. for 300 mins.
The same alumina powder as used in C, was sintered at 1500° C. for 300 minutes.
Examples 4 and 5 and 10 to 12 are examples of the invention and Examples 8 and 9 are comparative examples.
The dopant powder of particle size smaller than that of the alumina powder was homogenously mixed with the alumina powder and formed into a ceramic as above.
In the second series of experiments, Alumina C was doped with TiO2. The addition of TiO2 influences the sintering temperature at which the material achieves high density and for this reason the aluminas doped with TiO2 were sintered at 1500° C. To check the effect of a reduction in the sintering temperature on the pure alumina, alumina C was also sintered at 1500° C. TiO2 sintered in air to full density displays a very poor Q which was measured at 1,500. This is due to the fact TiO2 is easily reduced. Small deviations from stoichiometric TiO2 causes a random distribution of point defects. As the defect concentration increases, their interaction increases and ordering can occur. The dielectric loss has suffered in comparison with the single crystal Q value which was measured at 7,000.
A pure alumina (alumina C) was doped by 0.5% weight of Titanium dioxide powder. (Sample name CT0.5). The mixture was sintered at 1500° C. as in Example 3 and the Q measured as in Example 1, and was found to be 47,000.
A pure alumina (alumina C) was doped with 1% by weight of TiO2 (sample name CT1.0) and sintered at 1500° C., i.e. at the same temperature as that used for samples C in Example 3. The Q was found to be 35,000.
A pure alumina (alumina C) was doped with 5% by weight of TiO2 (sample name CT5.0) and sintered at 1500° C., i.e. at the same temperature as that used for samples C in Example 3. The Q was found to be 12,650.
A pure alumina (alumina C) was doped with 10% by weight of TiO2 (sample name CT10.0) and sintered at 1500° C., i.e. at the same temperature as that used for samples C in Example 3. The Q was found to be 7,300.
A pure TiO2 was sintered to full density in air at 1400° C. The purpose of this example is to demonstrate that the Q of TiO2 is much lower than the Q of Al2O3 and hence demonstrate that it might be expected that any addition of TiO2 to Al2O3 would have the effect of decreasing the Q rather than enhancing the Q. Using a mixtures rule, common in the description of dielectrics, it might be expected that at 0.5% TiO2 in Al2O3 the Q should be 33,500 when in fact the measured Q is 47,500.
By was of comparison, three single crystals (SC1-3) of sapphire (Al2O3) were tested under identical conditions. As expected, the Q of the single crystals was higher than the Q of the sintered aluminas but, surprisingly, the Q factors for the sintered aluminas were only a factor of approximately two lower.
Dopants other than TiO2 close to Ti in the periodic table, i.e. Nb, Zr and Y, were also added to alumina C. The dopants were added at the 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 5 wt % level a total of 12 different compositions. All samples were sintered at 1500° C. for 300 mins in air. In none of the measurements did the Q factor exceed the highest value for the TiO2 addition. However, there are indications of increases in the Q which is surprising as all three dopants have a higher dielectric loss in comparison with Al2O3.
The effect of cation ionic radius was determined by forming a series of ceramics with a range of metal oxides. In some case the carbonates were used for convenience, these form the oxides under the conditions of forming the ceramics. The ceramics were made as above and their Q values measured and the results shown, in Table 2
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The gun range has sparked debate between school and city leaders. Some say it will help the local economy, while the district's superintendent is concerned about the proposed location.
The proposed "Osseo Gun Club" would be built less than two blocks from Osseo High School.
About 100 citizens showed up to a meeting Monday night, and 26 spoke during the public input phase. Most who spoke were in favor of allowing the gun range.
"You can look out the second floor window and the first floor window of the high school, straight down the block, where I believe that it's going to be located," said Dr. Kate Maguire, Superintendent of Osseo Area Schools.
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I came to Graduate School after a 1 year experience in a biotechnology company. I chose Dr. Robert S. Hodges lab because it is a good opportunity to know more about drug development which is more closed to the industry area.
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Development of antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents.
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Biotechnology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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I'd like to watch movies, hiking, and picnic.
What is your favorite thing about Colorado:
Hiking and Camping, which is amazing in summer and fall here.
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Yesterday I suggested that President Bush use all the leverage we have to convince Beijing to disarm Kim Jong Il. The Chinese supply about 90 percent of North Korea's oil, 80 percent of its consumer goods, and 45 percent of its food. Pyongyang, as we know, has no more loyal supporter in the councils of diplomacy than Beijing. Without China, Kim "could neither bark nor bite." There would be no North Korean nuclear program, no North Korean missiles, and no North Korea. Jon S, a frequent contentions reader, has borrowed Lenin's words and asked the critical question: "What is to be done?"
We must first properly understand the "correlation of forces," if I may continue with Soviet-era lingo. In "China's century" the general assumption is that the United States must step out of the way of the rising giant. After all, the argument goes, the central government in Beijing owns about $387 billion in U.S. Treasury obligations and holds the bulk of its $1.5 trillion in foreign exchange reserves in dollar-denominated assets. We cannot afford to irritate the Chinese, especially because they have already threatened to exercise the so-called "nuclear option" and dump their dollars. As Hillary Clinton asks, "How do you get tough on your banker?"
Clinton is wrong because she ignores the reality of the financial markets. If the Chinese sold their dollars, they would have to buy something, as a practical matter, euros and yen. The values of those currencies would then shoot through the ceiling. The Europeans and the Japanese, to bring their currencies back into alignment, would then have to buy dollars. In short, our debt would end up in the hands of our friends.
And there's a couple more things that we need to remember about the balance of power between China and the United States. Beijing's spectacular rise has occurred in a period of sustained worldwide prosperity, but that era is now coming to an end, as the ongoing plunge in global financial markets indicates. China, the world's largest exporter, has built its economy on selling goods to the United States. Beijing's trade surplus with us for last year will exceed a quarter trillion dollars when the figures are announced. In short, the stability of the modern Chinese state largely depends on prosperity and that prosperity largely depends on access to American markets, capital, and technology.
Therefore, Beijing's leaders are not about to cross Washington if they thought we were serious about proliferation. So far, we have not vigorously enforced the trade promises that Beijing made to join the World Trade Organization in 2001. Should we do so, we could drive the Chinese economy into the tank—and Beijing's leaders know that. It's time to have a conversation with them about their support for rogues like Kim Jong Il.
Moreover, the United States has never made China pay any price for proliferant activities. We announce slap-on-the-wrist measures on state-owned enterprises every once in a while, but now it's time to levy real penalties on the Chinese government, which controls those businesses. Until we do that, Beijing's leaders will just laugh at us while continuing their support for the Kims of the world.
And there's one more thing. The United States needs to speak clearly to the Chinese, both in public as well as in private, about behavior that is, by any standard, unacceptable. The world looks to Washington for leadership, and we have not been providing it.


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Reggae royalty Jimmy Cliff kicked off the 34th annual Celebrate Brooklyn performance arts festival on June 5 with a 90-minute performance at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood.
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Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) engaged in a public conversation Monday evening with Anthony Falzone, director of the Fair Use Project at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS), on the broad subject of Internet freedoms and intellectual property. The event, entitled "SOPA, PIPA and Internet Freedom: Where Do We Go From Here?" was held at the Law School in front of a crowd of mostly graduate students and faculty.
Honing in on the heavily opposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), which failed in the U.S. Senate and House, respectively, Issa discussed the need for unambiguous laws in this domain.
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NOAA's Hollings Scholarships Awarded to Four Eckerd Juniors
Juniors Jacob Brock, Elise Coffey, Heather Hunsperger, and David Nagle have been selected as 2005 Hollings Scholars. Awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program is in its first year.
Hollings scholarhips were awarded to 110 students from 72 colleges and universities. Eckerd College shares the distinction of having four or more scholarship recipients with only five other schools - Penn State University, Cornell University, the University of Alabama, the University of Maryland, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
From the NOAA Hollings Web page: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings scholarship program is designed to: 1) increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities; 2) increase public understanding and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and improve environmental literacy; 3) recruit and prepare students for public service careers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other natural resource and science agencies at the federal, state and local levels of government; and 4) recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States.
The Hollings Scholarships provides over $28,000 to college juniors to be used during their junior and senior years. Recipients major in a discipline area related to oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education, supportive of the purposes of NOAA