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Cuyahoga County corruption probe key figure Frank Russo may not be headed to prison anytime soon
Key corruption figure remains free until next year
CLEVELAND - A key figure in the federal corruption probe in Cuyahoga County may not be headed to prison anytime soon.
Former auditor Frank Russo, convicted of multiple corruption counts and facing 22 years in prison, could remain free until the end of February.
Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi to grant a motion asking that Russo's prison report date be delayed until February 29, 2012. He was scheduled to report to prison June 30.
Prosecutors argued that Russo will be needed to testify against both Samir Mohammed, a former employee in the auditor's office and former commissioner Jimmy Dimora, whose trial date was rescheduled for January 4, 2012.
Prosecutors argued that delaying Russo's prison report date will save significant government resources that would require agents to travel to a federal prison in Pennsylvania and transport Russo to Cleveland, as well as "insurmountable logistical and security problems."
Although the motion has not been ruled on, it is unopposed by defense attorneys and is expected to be granted.
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Black Friday is upon us – make sure you're prepared before you head out the door. WTOP has your ultimate guide to the best sales and shopping strategies.
At a Paris train station, the zap of a pigeon getting electrocuted on the tracks is enough to send some jittery people scurrying for cover. A psychologist says, "In a time of uncertainty, we may interpret these signs of safety instead as reasons to be fearful."
Thanksgiving and Black Friday mean traffic and transit changes in the D.C. area, including some on Friday that could cause serious confusion. Here's what you need to know.
There are several treatment options for Stage I ductal carcinoma of the breast. Which particular option is available to you depends on certain factors – your age, tumor size and other characteristics, your breast size and shape, and your personal goals of treatment.
A statement posted on his Twitter account said Trump doesn't know the reporter personally or what he looks like and was only mocking his journalism.
It's no surprise that many of us see our waistlines expand during the holiday season, but these tips can help you stay on track and stay fit.
Want to avoid the overly crowded stores this Black Friday? There's a lot more to do than shop. Here are some local ideas.
WASHINGTON — A man was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash in Prince George's County, Maryland, police said. The incident happened at around 4:45 a.m. in Capitol Heights, at the intersection of Walker Mill and…
School Board Compromise on Stratford History — While opposing efforts to designate the former Stratford Junior High a historic district, the Arlington School Board has adopted a renovation plan that keeps its facade intact and has…
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New Jersey state departments and agencies provide financial assistance for a variety of programs through grants. The state provides citizens and organizations funds through grants for everything from educational projects to public health initiatives. Information available on the Web about state government grants can be accessed from this page.


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Game 8 vs. St Louis: Pavelec and Entries
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October 19 2013 04:50PM
The Jets managed to steal a win from a tough Blues squad last night to get themselves back to .500 on the season. Let's take a look at the zone entry stats and evaluate how Pavelec did in this surprising win.
The Fake News: Winnipeg's New PK a Success
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October 19 2013 01:56PM
Winnipeg wearing their new third jerseys next week
Evander Kane earned another gold star next to his name in Claude Noel's playbook. The Jets' star winger took five penalties in two games this week against the Canadiens and Blues, showing a commitment to his team's new penalty kill strategy. Coach Claude Noel ruffled feathers last week unveiling a plan to bolster the Jets' PK by taking as many penalties as possible.
Early Returns: Defence
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October 19 2013 03:04AM
"Seriously, Mark?"
Up and down, up and down. The Jets have completed just a tenth of their schedule, sitting 4-4-0, and I'm already exhausted.
On Thursday we looked at how Claude Noel is deploying his forwards and the success they're having with their assignments. Today we turn to the defence group.
We only have so many ways to evaluate coaches, and one of them is how they use their players. We'll look at another player usage chart, and the hope is to see both the success of indivduals and pairings as well as the success of Claude Noel in putting his players in a position to succeed and responding to their performance on the ice.
Jets Post-Game 8: Have to be Lucky to be Good
Kevin McCartney
October 18 2013 09:57PM
From start to finish, this game was about confusion, desperation, and luck.
JGD 8: Singin' The Blues
Kevin McCartney
October 18 2013 02:51PM
The St Louis Blues are in town, and the anxiety about meeting a Central Division opponent couldn't be higher. Ryan Blight over at Arctic Ice is (very reasonably) calling for major changes to a franchise that has been re-building since expansion. Two lucky wins to kick off the year aren't fooling anyone, and Claude Noel's seat is being heated by the torches of Winnipeg's expanding mob. It's not like ex-Atlanta coach Bob Hartley could have gotten more wins out of this club. I mean, look at Calgary! Wait, Calgary is doing better than us? Oh, the shame.


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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) threatened to filibuster the remainder of amendments to the defense bill until he gets a vote on his own amendment.
"I will object to any further unanimous consent agreements to protect the rights of those who protect this country," Coburn said late Thursday night on the Senate floor.
Coburn's amendment, 3254, would prohibit a mental illness diagnosis from stopping veterans from owning guns, unless they are deemed mentally ill by a judge.
Coburn said he's concerned that a VA social worker could deem a veteran mentally ill and that veteran would no longer be able to possess a gun. His amendment would ensure this doesn't happen.
Coburn's amendment was going to be brought up for consideration, but Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) objected.
"If you are adjudicated for being mentally infirmed, you are barred from buying a gun," Schumer said. "If you are mentally ill, even if you're a veteran … you should not have a gun."
Schumer said that unlike, Coburn, he has objected to legislation only a handful of times.
"The number of times that I've objected are on a single hand over here," Schumer said. "I suspect his amendment was even on that list because [Coburn] said he'd do exactly what he's doing now … that he'd object to everything else."
Coburn said his amendment is only protecting the Second Amendment rights of veterans.
"There is no one we should want to protect the rights of more than the person who's protected this country," Coburn said.
Coburn did allow Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who is managing the amendment process, to bring up four more amendments before he started his filibuster.
The Senate will resume work on the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 3254, Friday morning at 9:30 a.m., where Coburn will presumably start filibustering amendment votes. The defense bill funds U.S. military operation.
Levin had said he hoped to conclude work on the defense bill by the end of the week, but with Coburn's filibuster it is now unsure.


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Grand Final rematch set for Good Friday
The NRL's Grand Final rematch between the Brisbane Broncos and the Queensland Cowboys has been scheduled for Good Friday.
Arsenal keeps finals hopes alive
Arsenal has kept their Champions League finals hopes alive with 3-0 win over Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb.
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Lyon backs five-day Tests
Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has thrown his support behind the five-day Test match format, amid talk from officials of shortening games to four days.
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Carlton has secured defender Jacob Weitering in the first pick of this year's AFL draft.
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Addington Manor is situated off the A413 between Buckingham & Aylesbury.
Thank you for your application to attend the Judges Conference at Addington Manor on Sunday 29th January 2012.
Coffee will be available from 9.00am and the conference will begin at 9.30am.
Lunch will be provided and the conference is expected to end at approximately 4.45pm. Associate Judges who have requested to take their exam will finish later than this.
As there will be practical work in the indoor arena I suggest you bring suitable warm clothing as well as your judging equipment. If possible, could you bring your copy of the Officials Brief that was sent out in November, although we will have copies available if you do not have one.
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THE 4TH NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (NNS2011): An International Symposium
Front Matter1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/v1415.frontmatterView Description Hide Description
Preface: The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Symposium (NNS2011)1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3670105View Description Hide Description
New Strategies on the Development of Nanoparticle Technology1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667208View Description Hide Description
Processing of nanoparticles and nanocomposites has great potential for use in the application of various industrial fields including environmental remediation and renewable energy conversion. It is very important to develop their synthesis methods in which nanoparticles having controlled characteristics including size distribution, morphology, and composition can be produced. To be industrially relevant, the process needs to be simple, low in cost, and have both continuous operation and high production rate. In this lecture, after briefly introducing of the gas‐phase and liquid‐phase synthesis methods for nanoparticles, the new strategies on the development of nanoparticle technology will be reviewed as shown in the following: Strategy 1: Determination of impurity and optimum size of nanoparticles. Determination of the optimum size and minimizing the impurities are key steps for the synthesis of best performance nanoparticles. Strategy 2: Selection and use of environmental‐friendly materials. Consideration on the cheap materials having high performance is inevitable. Strategy 3: Consideration on nanoparticles health effect (nanorisk). Design of particles in submicron‐sized having nanoparticles properties (e.g. nanostructured or nanocomposite) will be desirable. Detoxification operation becomes important. Strategy 4: Optimization of synthesis process, including nanoparticles nucleation, growth, transport, deposition, and sintering is important aspects for reactor design. In addition, the nanoparticles dispersion using beads mill with very small media would be essential for nanocomposite preparation process. Strategy 5: Micro‐controlled composite particles. Micro‐controlled composite particles for multi‐ purpose application is important, especially in medical application. Our recent researches will be introduced based on the above strategies.
Few Carriers Injection and Local Transport Characteristics of Si Based Quantum Dots Probed by Atomic Force Microscopy1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667209View Description Hide Description
Electronic charged states of hemispherical Si dots with different sizes formed on ∼4 nm‐thick have been studied using a non‐contact Atomic Force Microscopy / Kelvin probe technique. After electrons injection to and extraction from Si dots larger than 20 nm in height, a unique surface potential image was observable in each of dots namely torus‐shape image, in which the surface potential change caused by charging or discharging is much higher in the peripheral region rather than in the center of the dot. Since the observed surface potential change corresponds to a few electrons and holes retained in the dot, such a torus‐shape potential image is attributable by Columbic repulsion among the stored charges in the dot. Correspondingly, surface potential changes induced by electron charging and discharging at each of isolated Si quantum dot with Ge core also have been measured. The Surface potential change confirmed the injected electrons are stored in the Si clad and holes are stably retained in Ge core, as expected from the energy band diagram of Si/Ge heterostructure. Furthermore, the distinct current images through Si dots with and without Ge core have been measured using conductive AFM probe in both bias polarities. Under the positive bias condition, valence electrons can be extracted from Si clad and Ge core, resulting in the generation and collection of holes in the Ge core, and accumulated holes can recombine by electron tunneling from the Si substrate through the bottom layer. For the negative tip bias, current is rate‐limited by electron tunneling through the bottom oxide from the conduction band of Si clad rather than electron injection from the tip to the Si clad.
Application of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) of an Experimental Tumor1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667210View Description Hide Description
Nano‐sized particles has been used for the photodynamic and sonodynamic treatments of pre‐clinical cancer study in previous studies [1–7]. In this study, the 5‐aminolevulinic acid (5‐ALA) solution mixed with nanoparticles was oral‐administrated into the nude mouse transplanted under the skin with a human prostate cancer cell line. The experimental tumor model tissue was measured of the size at different times after the photodynamic therapy (PDT) by laser to take a growth curve of the tumor. The treatment efficacy was jugged from the growth curves comparing different conditions. In the presence of the nanoparticle, the PDT treatment effect was enhanced those in the absence of the particles. Furthermore, the sonodynamic therapy (SDT) effect also enhanced with the nanoparticle to produce more OH radicals by ultrasound irradiation. These combination therapy of PDT and SDT with nanoparticles was very effectively resulted to be useful as a clinical use in future.
Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Titanate and Nanostructures Loaded with Silver Nanoparticles1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667211View Description Hide Description
Sodium titanate nanostructures loaded with nanoparticles were synthesized from anatase doped with and NaOH(aq) under hydrothermal conditions. Presence of ions in reaction mixture prevented the growth of sodium titanate nanotubes. Instead of nanotubes half rolled sodium titanate slabs were formed. HAADF‐STEM characterization revealed that nanoparticles are homogenously distributed on titanate matrix. By an ion exchange process sodium ions were exchanged with in a solution of acetic acid. Further thermal treatment at in a reductive atmosphere transformed protonated titanate slabs into slabs loaded with nanoparticles. The ion exchange process slightly reduced the average diameter of nanoparticles when compared to the diameter of nanoparticles in the as synthesized sample. The samples were characterized by high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF‐STEM), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X‐ray diffraction (XRD).
Roughness Reduction in AISI 316L Stainless Steel after Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment (SMAT)1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667212View Description Hide Description
Surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) enhances the strength of metals by generating nanocrystallites at the surface layer. During the treatment, multiple impacts of milling balls are subjected to the treated surface. Consequently, the structure and roughness of the treated surface are also modified. In this paper, the effect of SMAT on the surface structure and roughness of an initially rough AISI 316L stainless steel is investigated. The SMAT was conducted for 0–20 minutes. The surface morphology, roughness, and volume loss due to the SMAT were studied. The result shows a decreasing roughness by the SMAT. An apparently deformed structure is also observed after 15 minutes of the treatment. However, no significant change in the volume loss is reported due to this treatment. Deformation by the multiple impacts is proposed to be the mechanism of the roughness reduction instead of microcutting by the milling balls during the SMAT.
Electron Tunnel Current through / Nanometer‐thick Layers with a Trapped Charge: Effects of Electron Incident Angle and Silicon Substrate Orientation1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667213View Description Hide Description
A model for describing the electron transmittance and tunneling current in anisotropic MOS devices with a high‐k dielectric stack is studied by including the off‐diagonal effective‐mass tensor elements and the effect of coupling between transverse and longitudinal energies. The dual ultrathin layer is used as the gate oxide in an poly‐Si/oxide/Si capacitor. The main problem of using is the charge trapping formed at the interface that can influence the performance of the device. In addition, without taking into account the effect of trap, the tunneling current in the ‐poly Si/ /Si capacitor is almost zero at low bias voltage regime. Therefore, it is important to develop a model taking into account the presence of electron traps at the interface in the electron transmittance and tunneling current. In this paper, the effects of the electron incident angle and silicon substrate orientation on the transmittance and tunneling current are studied by utilizing the developed model.
Gold Nanoparticles Assisted Silicon Nanowire Growth using Vapor Liquid Solid Method1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667214View Description Hide Description
Silicon Nanowires (SiNWs) are promising 1D semiconductor nanostructures which are intensively researched in many countries due to its potential applications in various fields such as MOSFET channel, and/or wiring, solar cells, chemical and biological sensors. We used gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) which has low eutectic temperature, such as a metal catalyst in Vapor Liquid Solid (VLS) method to grow SiNW on top of Silicon 〈100〉 substrates. AuNPs are synthesized using Turkevich method and then deposited on the Silicon substrate using dip coating method. To grow SiNWs, we placed the sample inside a Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) reactor with temperature around the Si‐Au eutectic temperature after the temperature is stable we flowed Silane gas diluted in Nitrogen gas to the chamber for several minutes. We found that the SiNWs are grown with AuNPs as the nanowire cap on the top of it. SiNWs have an average length around 500–800 nm with diameter proportional to its gold catalyst. By optimizing the growth parameter, we aim to achieve vertical SiNWs that can be used for practical devices such as chemical sensors.
Study of Colloidal Gold Synthesis Using Turkevich Method1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667215View Description Hide Description
The synthesis of colloidal gold or Au‐nanoparticles (Au‐NPs) by reduction of chloroauric acid with sodium citrate was done using Turkevich method. We prepare solution by dissolving gold wires (99.99%) into aqua regia solution. To initiate the Au‐NPs synthesis 0.17 ml of 1 % chloroauric acid solution was heated to the boiling point and then 10 ml of 1 % sodium citrate was added to the boiling solution with a constant stirring in order to maintain a homogenous solution. A color of faint gray was observed in the solution approximately one minute and in a period of 2–3 minutes later, it further darkened to deep wine and red color. It showed that the gold solution has reduced to Au‐NPs. The effect of process temperature on the size of Au‐NPs prepared by sodium citrate reduction has also been investigated. With increasing temperature of Au‐NPs synthesis, smaller‐size Au‐NPs were obtained. The higher temperatures shorten the time needed to achieve activation energy for reduction process. The resulting Au‐NPs has been characterized by scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), showing the size of Au‐NPs average diameter is ∼20–27 nm. The resulting colloidal gold will be used as catalyst for Si nanowires growth using VLS method.
A New Approach for Sustainable Energy Systems due to the Excitation of Inner‐core Electrons on Zinc Atoms Induced by Surface‐ion‐recombination1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667216View Description Hide Description
The crisis of Nuclear power plants due to the March 11, 2011 Tsunami in Japan suggests an increased need for sustainable science and technology in our society. The authors propose a new physical approach with surface‐ion‐recombination (SIR) due to the inner‐core excitation of zinc atom that brings no magnetic moment. Condensed material indicated the energy dependence of X‐ray diffraction intensity, in which exists strong diffuse scattering intensities at 10 eV, 90 eV, 100 eV and 230 eV. These energies are strictly corresponding to zinc of electron systems (3s,3p,3d and these combination). Our approach may have the potential of techniques for future nanotechnology, especially for hydrogen storage systems.
Effects of Microemulsion Preparation Conditions on Drug Encapsulation Efficiency of PLGA Nanoparticles1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667217View Description Hide Description
Emulsion solvent evaporation technique is widely used to prepare nanoparticles of many organic polymer drug carriers. The mechanism of nanoparticle generation by this technique involves oil‐in‐water (O/W) microemulsion formation followed by solvent evaporation. Various microemulsion preparation conditions can affect the encapsulation efficiency of drug in the nanoparticulate carrier. In this study, emulsifying speed, emulsifying temperature, and organic‐to‐aqueous phase ratio were varied and the resulting encapsulation efficiency of a model drug in Poly(Lactide‐co‐Glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles was determined. The organic phase containing PLGA and a model drug dissolved in chloroform was first dispersed in an aqueous solution containing 0.5 %(w/v) Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), which was then homogenized at high speeds. The resulting O/W microemulsion was subsequently subjected to stirring at room temperature for four hours during which the solvent diffused and evaporated gradually. The fine white suspension was centrifuged and freeze‐dried. The model drug loading in the PLGA nanoparticles was determined using UV spectrophotometry. Results showed that the encapsulation efficiency of a model drug, salicylic acid, ranged from 8.5% to 17% depending on the microemulsion preparation conditions. Under the same temperature and homogenization speed (19000 rpm) conditions studied, a relatively high organic‐to‐aqueous phase ratio (1:5) provided salicylic acid loaded PLGA nanoparticles with significantly higher drug encapsulation efficiency. In addition, under all microemulsion preparation conditions, PLGA nanoparticles obtained after solvent evaporation and freeze drying were spherical and aggregation between the nanoparticles was not observed under a high power microscope. This indicates that PLGA nanoparticles with desirable amount of drug and with anticipated size and shape can be realized by controlling emulsification process conditions.
Effect of Boundary Slip on The Load Support in A Lubricated Sliding Contact1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667218View Description Hide Description
In recent years it has been shown experimentally by a number of researchers that, for certain engineered surfaces, the no‐slip boundary condition is not a valid one. Moreover, researchers demonstrate that slip patterning can considerably improve the performance of lubricated contact. In nano‐electro‐mechanical system (NEMS) containing moving components, there is a need to achieve low friction and high load support by lubrication. However, many researches were focused only on how to reduce the friction without paying much attention to the hydrodynamic pressure, i.e. load support. In this paper, the Reynolds model with slip boundary is presented for investigating the effect of slip boundary on the load support in a lubricated sliding contact. A finite volume method analysis is proposed in order to study the influence of boundary slip over the load support and friction. Numerical results of the extended Reynolds equation show that a homogeneously distributed slip boundary applied on a surface has a disadvantage with respect to the load support. It is found that in a lubricated system one of the lubricated surfaces is treated as homogeneous slip boundary, a lower load support with a reduced friction force is obtained. However, if that surface is designed as heterogeneous slip, i.e. partly boundary slip, the load support is about twice that of corresponding traditional sliding contact, even when there is no wedge effect.
Observation the Distribution of Titanium Dioxide Nano‐particles in an Experimental Tumor Tissue by a Raman Microscope1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667219View Description Hide Description
One of the most important technologies of the century is nanotechnology. Many researchers will have been focusing to employ nanotechnology for medical purpose. Our team was interested in focusing to the application of titanium dioxide as nano‐particles, for medical purpose especially drug delivery for the cancer and tumor. The administrations of nano‐particle via the oral administration of the interface layer particles into the mouse transplanted squamous‐cell‐carcinoma (SCC) have already conducted. Histology study and Raman spectroscope data were applied to the serial section of frozen tumor tissue in order to observe the distribution of nano‐particle within the SCC tissue. We used near infrared laser Raman microscopy system, the wavelength is 785 nm. Hematoxyline & eosin stained image and the Raman microscopy system were also used for analyzing the photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5‐ALA and ‐particle‐sol [ ]‐ALA‐treated tumor samples. As the result, we demonstrated the distribution of where particles were detected to be distributed in the blood vessel at the bleeding in the SCC tumor tissue. PDT with nano‐particles that is presented in the SCC‐transplanted mouse tumor model can cause the enhancement of photodynamic reaction by nano‐particles. Therefore, the combinations of PDT with nano‐particles may have a possibility to be introduced to the human body in near future for diagnose and PDT treatment of the tumor.
How We Can Produce Sustainable Society from Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Next Generation ‐ Prospects of Excited Dimers with Long Lifetime ‐1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667220View Description Hide Description
In this report we propose a new idea to improve electron configuration of an atom and show the first apparent experimental data, which applies long‐lifetime excited states of the inner‐core electron system of atoms. For the next material‐revolution from Carbon and Nuclear society to Hydrogen society, development of a high efficient and low cost hydrogen storage system is one of the most important key technologies. The surface reaction processes between hydrogen atoms and hydrogen storage alloys system are controlled by the number of d‐electrons of transition elements, that is, perfectly or partly occupied. We confirmed the idea to change the number of d‐electrons of zinc atoms by using the excitation of inner‐core electrons due to surface‐ion‐recombination (SIR) process. Average density of was controlled by the electrostatic potential energy of a sapphire substrate and that of ions was controlled by the collision frequency between Zn atoms and incident electrons. After SIR process, unique excited structures were confirmed at 10 eV, 90 eV, 100 eV, 140 eV, and 230 eV in XRD and ESR. These discreet energies are combination of binding energies of a zinc atom, 3d (10 eV), 3p (90 eV), and 3s (140 eV). From the selection rule we can decide which ions are excited. Strong diffuse scatterings of X‐rays show oriented defect structure due to excited molecules.
A Simple Chemical Route for the Synthesis of Low Cost UV‐sensor Using CdMgS Nanocrystalline Films1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667221View Description Hide Description
Nanocrystalline CdMgS films were deposited on glass substrate by chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique. A solution of cadmium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, trisodium citrate and thiourea were used to deposit nanocrystalline films. The preparative parameters like ion concentration, temperature, pH and stirring rate have been optimized for getting good quality thin films. The deposited nanocrystalline films are annealed in the air atmosphere for 1h at The prepared films were characterized by X‐ray diffraction (XRD) technique, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV‐Vis spectroscopy and Photoluminescence spectroscopy. X‐ray diffraction studies revealed the formation of face centered cubic structure. The crystalline size was determined using Scherrer formula which is found to be 26 nm and the dislocation density was evaluated using the high intense X‐ray diffraction peaks. The surface morphology studies showed that the film consists of nanocrystals. The films have high absorption in the UV‐A region (315–400 nm). A Photoluminescence spectrum shows an intense green emission at around 528 nm. The optical band gap of the film has been estimated to be 3.48 eV for the annealed films. The experimental results show that, CBD method allows the synthesis of nanocrystalline CdMgS films with high absorption of UV radiation in the UV‐A region.
Modulation of Endosomal Escape of IRQ‐PEGylated Nano‐carrier1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667222View Description Hide Description
The novel IRQ peptide is one of cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) that has ability to induce endosomal escape. It has been demonstrated that IRQ ligand had ability to facilitate an escape of liposomes encapsulating siRNA from the endosomes presumably by fusion‐independent mechanism [1,2]. In the present study, we attempted to modulate the intracellular trafficking of IRQ‐modified nano‐carrier in term of escaping process by changing the lipid composition. The peptide was attached to the terminal end of maleimide group of polyethylene glycol‐modified liposomes (IRQ‐PEG‐Lip). The liposomes were composed of DOTAP, DOPE and cholesterol and it was labeled by water soluble sulpho‐rhodamine B (Sr‐B). The escape of PEG‐coated liposomes was then observed by confocal laser scanning microscope after the endosomes were stained with Lysosensor. The results exhibited that IRQ‐PEG‐Lip was escaped from endosomal compartment after 1 h transfection when 40% of DOPE was incorporated into the nanostructure comparing to that of PEG‐Lip. These results are consistent with the previous results that the IRQ facilitates endosomal escape via independent‐mechanism. However, IRQ‐PEG‐Lip were then completely co‐localized in the acidic compartment when density of DOPE was reduced approximately 20%. These results indicated that the utilizing of DOPE is important for the escape process even in the presence of hydrophilic PEG polymer. In conclusion, the regulation of endosomal escape ability of the PEGylated‐IRQ nano‐carrier was induced by fusion‐independent manner as well as fusogenic lipid.
Simulation of Electron Tunnel Current through / Nanometer‐thick Layers with a Trapped Charge of a MOS Capacitor Using a Transfer‐Matrix Method1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667223View Description Hide Description
The electron transmittance and tunneling current in poly Si/ /Si(100) capacitors with an electron trap created at the interface between and layer have been calculated by using a transfer‐matrix method. The electron motion was considered not only in a longitudinal direction but also in a transversal direction. The trap was modeled as a quantum well. It has been found that as the trap becomes deeper and wider, the transmittance and tunneling current get higher. It has also been found that the quantum well is able to generate a resonant tunneling and this resonant tunneling will result in an oscillatory behavior in the tunneling current.
An Analysis of Electron Direct Tunneling Current through a High‐K MOS Capacitor by Including the Effect of a Trap between and Interfaces1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667224View Description Hide Description
An analytical model of electron transmittance and tunneling current in an anisotropic poly‐Si/ /Si (100) metal‐oxide‐semiconductor capacitor by including a trap between and interfaces has been derived. It considers the coupling of electron transverse and longitudinal motions and uses an Airy‐wavefunction approach. It has been shown that the tunneling current density increases as the trap becomes deeper or wider because many resonant states available in the quantum well.
Formation of 13‐nm‐Pitch Block Copolymer Self‐Assembled Nanodots Pattern for High‐Density Magnetic Recording1415(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667225View Description Hide Description
In this work, we demonstrated the fabrication of 13‐nm‐pitch block copolymer self‐assembled nanodots using high‐etching‐selectivity polystyrene‐poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PS‐PDMS) block copolymer for high‐density magnetic recording device. We adopted PS‐PDMS block copolymers with four different molecular weights of 30,000–7,500, 13,500–4,000, 11,700–2,900 and 7,000–1,500. With lowering molecular weight, the pitch of nanodots decreased from 33 to 22, 20 and 13 nm, and the diameter correspondingly decreased from 23 to 12, 10 and 6 nm. Surprisingly, we found that the etching time for removing the very thin top PDMS layer is longer when the used molecular weight of PS‐PDMS is lower than 13,500–4,000 in experiment. It means that PS‐PDMS with molecular weight lower than 13,500–4,000 forms thicker PDMS layer on the air/polymer interface of PS‐PDMS film after microphase process. This work promises to open way up to magnetic recording device with low‐cost production.


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[In this opinion piece, former Westwood Studios/EA executive Steve Wetherill, currently running mobile game firm Uztek, weighs in on "poor QA processes" that he's seen, offering eight major steps to improving the speed and efficiency of game testing.]
Over the years, I?ve dealt with many different video game development QA departments. At Westwood Studios the QA director reported to me for several years, and we shipped many significant titles, the Command & Conquer series, etc.
I?ve also been a customer of various QA departments, ranging from independent developer working for many different publishers, to dealing with platform owner (Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft) test departments, to dealing with ?uber QA departments? within large publishers who would QA the work of the QA department (sometimes called QC - Quality Control). So, I?ve been around the block a few times.
Most recently, my work has been focused on mobile game development, and as an independent developer I get to deal with the internal test groups of mobile publishers. Testing mobile games (ie, games for mobile phones) is particularly tricky due to the variation between handsets which often causes bugs specific to each handset.
Testing games can be a thankless task at the best of times - after all, your job as a tester is to find fault with the work of others. With mobile phones the job is even tougher because, over and above any actual bugs, there are many ?certification? issues to deal with, different phone carriers demand different things, from UI to specific API variants.
As a developer, you?re targeting all of these different carriers, you might have 5 different ?reference builds? which will correspond to 5 different devices, but those devices might run across three or four different carriers each with different requirements. So, both the test department and the developer need to have an encyclopedic knowledge of the certification requirements.
This makes it even more important that the QA department follows best industry practices, otherwise projects can easily get mired down in testing hell. That?s bad news for everybody because margins are tight in mobile development, and the last thing publisher or developer needs is to spin wheels in test.
I originally started writing this article a while back out of sheer frustration at the way some publishers seem to literally abuse their external development teams through the QA process. I hoped that things would get better, and that the bad experiences I was having were just anomalies. In fact, that?s far from the truth and in reality poor QA processes seem to be indigenous to mobile development.
With this in mind, here are some thoughts based on recent experiences with mobile dev. Actually, these comments probably apply to video game testing in general. And, please excuse me if I seem to be stating the blindingly obvious! If you think that I am, that?s probably a good thing because it means that your experience with QA is better than mine, but remember these are based on recent real world examples. Throughout this article, I?ll refer to an ?issue? as a single item tracked in issue tracking software, and as a ?bug? as a single product defect. The two do not always coincide, as you?ll see.
1. Make issues specific.
I?ve often seen issues written like this:
Summary: AUT (application under test) exhibits various choppiness and lagginess.
In principle, this is a valid issue. However, issues like this are not ?fixable?. Or, if they are, they can only be fixed once the game reaches ?gold master? (once the whole game has reached a certain approved level of performance, through optimization or other means). Even though it?s a valid issue, it needs to be restated in a more specific way. The issue needs to name the specific areas where ?choppiness and lagginess? occurs, and it needs to provide specific steps to repeat.
In fact, this issue may not even warrant a ?defect? report as such. It may be more appropriate to include notes on performance as a general application summary report from the QA department to production and development staff rather than try to pin it down as a defect with a too-vague definition.
Solution: Make issue definitions specific, with specific steps to repeat.
2. Report one bug per issue.
I?ve too-often seen issues reported as follows:
Summary: Menu system exhibits various problems (listed).
Again, this could well be a valid concern. However, a developer addressing bugs must rely on the summary to know what the problem is. Having one issue contain 5 or 10 bugs, or defects, might seem like a more optimal use of test resources, but in practice this will lead to issue that can take forever to close. A developer might address 9 out of 10 sub-issues, but then come across one item that cannot be addressed immediately, so the issue remains open and now the summary is inaccurate, causing the developer to have to maintain his own notes for each such issue. Again, it?s not an efficient use of resources to do this. Even though it is going to cause some bloat in the number of bugs, it?s best to report one bug per issue.
Solution: Report one ?bug? per ?issue?.
3. Do not morph bugs.
This is one of the most insidious QA anti-techniques. It goes like this:
Summary: AUT crashes on loading screen when pressing the OK key.
So far so good, one issue reported, seems pretty specific, OK, so the developer fixes the bug and marks it as ?fixed?. Then, to the dismay of the developer the bug comes back as ?open (verify failed)? or whatever parlance is used for such things. So, the developer runs the application again, and cannot duplicate the bug. What the unwitting developer did not realize is that this bug has morphed! If only he were to look in the comment field that is no doubt tucked away somewhere within the detail of the bug report, he will see a comment like this:
Tester: this issue seems to be resolved; however, the AUT now crashes when pressing the OK button on the main menu.
In other words, the bug summary now summarizes some other bug than the one this issue is reporting, and that is not sane!
Solution: Close the bug. Open a new one.
4. Don?t report ?placeholder? or ?catch-all? bugs.
This issue occurs especially with Code Review (where a publisher reviews source code submitted by an independent developer to make sure it meets certain coding standards) or Certification (carrier or publisher) related issues. It goes like this:
Summary: Code Review section 4.3 use of API Methods.
The summary does not tell the developer much about the specific issue. A better summary might be
Summary: Code Review section 4.3: Use of prohibited Timer class.
So, on to the detail of the issue, which would go something like this:
Application is using the Timer class inside the CGame.doStuff() function, and this is specifically prohibited by CR 4.3.
Fine, so that will need to be addressed. The developer duly replaces Timer with something else, marks the issue as fixed. But it comes back as open (verify failed). Developer checks his code to see what he might have missed, seems OK. What happened is similar to #3 Morphing Bugs. Digging into the details, we find
Comment: The Timer class has been replaced, but now we have noticed that all methods do not have Javadoc comments, and this is also specifically prohibited by CR 4.3. Additionally, we?ve noticed that the morphGame() function is using internal exception handling at a low level, and also the tab spacing is set to 4 rather than 3.
This is a variant on the Morphing Bug anti-technique. It?s too easy for these things to become adversarial dialogs where the code reviewer just does not want to let go of the issue, so will make efforts to find some other reason to keep the issue open. I?ve even been told, ?Oh yeah - we just keep those open until the end, just in case?.
Solution: Just report one bug per issue, with a clear summary, and don?t morph the issue as new bugs come along. Just close issues that are fixed and open a new one for new bugs.
5. Do not subvert bug classification.
A conversation happens, it goes something like this:
Developer: So, once all Critical A issues are resolved you guys will approve the (insert milestone) candidate, correct?
Publisher: Well, we?d like you to address any (insert category) issues too.
Developer: Of course, but that is not required for this milestone, correct?
Publisher: Technically, no. But it will really help me (insert reason) if you can address those (insert category) issues.
Developer: We will address them, but contractually we?re only required to fix all Critical A issues for (insert milestone).
Publisher: OK ? well we?ll review the bug database and make sure any issues we need to be fixed for (insert milestone) are marked as Critical A
Developer: OK ? pause ? but you are not just going to upgrade everything to Critical A for this are you ? ?
Publisher: Laughs ? haha no, don?t worry.
Later that day, the developer inspects the bug database, and finds that indeed all ?wish list? issues have been upgraded to Critical A, taking the critical list of issues from a handful to 30 or 40. Another conversation happens:
Developer: You said you would not do that.
Publisher: These are the ones we really need fixed.
Regardless of why this happens, it just makes any notion of bug classification meaningless.
Solution: QA Departments - stand your ground! Do not allow production staff to subvert the bug categorization process!
6. Do not economize on bug tracker software licenses.
This one is particularly intrusive, and yet it has happened to a greater or lesser degree with more than one well known mobile publisher over the past 18 months. In one case, the publisher was ?in the process? of switching out the bug tracker solution. This is fair enough, but over the 3 month period where this particular project went through the critical alpha-beta-gold master phase, here?s what happened on a daily basis:
8:00 AM: Access to the bug tracker is working fine, start to get the day?s first progress on the bug database, reviewing issues found by the overnight test crew.
8:06 AM: Log into bug tracker again because the session timeout is set to 5 minutes. The reason for this is explained below.
8:12 AM: Repeat previous step.
- etc -
9:00 AM: Attempt to log into bug tracker. Error message, ?Number of users exceeds license limit. Please contact your administrator.?
9:15 AM: ?Number of users exceeds license limit. Please contact ??
- etc -
12:00 PM: Attempt to log in, log in works, frenetically scramble to review open issues.
- etc -
01:00 PM: Attempt to log in. Log in fails, ?Number of users exceeds ? ?.
- etc -
05:00 PM: Attempt to log in, which works. The bug tracker continues to work into the night ..
What had happened was that, clearly, the publisher had more users, which included internal producers and external developers, than they had licenses. Cunningly, the publisher made session timeouts really short - so short in fact that it was hard to even read the detail contained in a new issue before you?d be logged-off the system.
Then, once the production staff rolled into the office @ 9:00AM, they would hog the bug tracker until lunchtime, whereupon they?d leave for lunch and the bug tracker would become available again. Until 1:00PM, whereupon internal production staff returned to their desks and hogged the bug database until clocking-off time. Our producer had no power to fix this, his advice, ?Just check the bug database at lunchtime and in the evenings.? When you?re in a phase of development where the majority of time is spent fixing bugs, clearly this is only going to hurt the schedule.
Solution: This is not rocket science, and cheaping-out on licenses is just being pennywise and pound-foolish - just buy the licenses you need to make things work. Alternatively, if you are a publisher and your bug tracker is buckling under the weight of use - just get one that works!
7. Implement sane versioning.
I don?t know why, but it seems that publishers often do not have a valid way for developers to mark bugs as ?fixed? in a particular version. The cycle then goes like this:
a) Developer fixes issue and submits code to CVS, etc.
b) Developer goes to bug database to mark issue as fixed.
c) When entering the fix info, developer pauses at the ?version fixed? input box. He knows what the last version being tested was, but does not know when the next build will be made (because builds are generated at the publisher), so he guesses at the current QA version plus one. He enters this number in the version field, and submits his bug fix to the bug tracker.
d) Meanwhile ? unknown to the developer, the production department just made another build. This could be for any number of reasons, perhaps there are other developers working on ports and the application is using a global versioning system; perhaps there is an automated build process using something like Cruise Control that automatically revs the version number; perhaps the version number was bumped by hand by a producer making versions for his boss.
e) Now, the QA department sees the bug fix, and grabs the appropriate test version of the code, except the developers code fixes are not in the build, because his CVS check-in came after the build. QA sees the error still exists, and marks the issue as ?open (verify failed)?.
f) Let?s assume that the developer is pretty much in bug fixing mode, and had fixed 10 issues, all of which will now bounce back to him as ?open (verify failed)?.
g) Developer checks the issues, marks as fixed again, rinse, repeat.
This results in all sorts of wasted time, and all manner of attempts to work around the system. Personally, I would just mark issues as fixed three build revisions into the future, which generally worked, but what a waste of time! In one case, the publisher told me that I needn?t worry about what version the issue was fixed in, and that QA would figure it out. Well, they didn?t.
Solution: QA departments - just give developers a way to tell you what version they have fixed issues in. It?s really easy, and there are any number of ways of doing this, such as tagged CVS submits, etc, etc.
8. Don?t test before ?alpha?
Alpha is technically described as ?feature complete?. While there are mitigating circumstances for doing *some* testing pre-alpha, it just kills me when I see issues like this reported:
Summary: application has no sound, or
Summary: application fails to build for [insert device], or
Summary: application has no splash screen, or
Summary: application does not have correct legal text on [insert screen], or
Summary: application has not implemented [insert feature] feature, etc, etc
Really, what is the point? Reporting that features are not implemented in a version that is not supposed to be feature-complete is just an exercise in futility, and it wastes everyone?s time.
Solution: Please, don?t test before alpha. If you really need to do pre-alpha testing, make it focused on specific areas that are useful to the developer or production team, and please don?t put these issues into the bug database where they will sit ignored by everyone, just taking up space and bloating bug counts.
To me, all of this stuff seems pretty obvious. Which is why I just can?t understand the mentality of publishers who persevere with such a backward approach to what is, after all, not something that is tremendously complicated. Needless to say - I?m not too impressed with what I?ve seen lately.
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Republican Dierdre Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for the New York House and is encouraging supporters to embrace Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman.
Campaign spokesman Matt Burns says the State Assemblywoman thinks dropping out of the 23rd Congressional District race is in the best interests of the party.
The announcement comes after a Siena College poll found she was in third place with 20 percent of the vote in the heavily-Republican district, while Hoffman and Democratic nominee Bill Owens were too close to call, with 35 percent and 36 percent, respectively.
The election is to fill the House seat vacated by Republican Congressman John McHugh, who was appointed by President Obama to become Secretary of the Army.
The election is Tuesday.
Quickly after Scozzafava's announcement, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said the RNC is endorsing Hoffman, saying the change of course is effective immediately and will include financial backing and get-out-the-vote efforts for the Conservative Party candidate.
Steele called Scozzafava's move a "selfless act."
The race has pitted conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party as political leaders seek to stake out the future of the GOP. Some are pushing for an inclusive, moderate future, while the more conservative wing is willing to risk a Democratic win to send a message to Washington.
Scozzafava's critics said she's too moderate, even liberal.
"Conservative Republicans will undoubtedly claim victory in sidelining the moderate GOPer Scozzafava," said CBS News' director of political coverage Steve Chaggaris.
"This has been a big fight among Republicans over the past few weeks, with prominent Republicans such as Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty coming out in favor of the third-party candidate Hoffman, and Newt Gingrich supporting the GOP-backed Scozzafava."
Scozzafava had also received an endorsement from the National Rifle Association.
Other Republicans who have endorsed Hoffman include former N.Y. Governor George Pataki, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes.
CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder said Republicans will derive two lessons from the results of this race: "One is that the activist base of the party is becoming increasingly powerful in the one area that had eluded them: candidate selection. Other conservative Republicans may now feel more comfortable if they decide to challenge incumbents in primaries."
The second lesson, Ambinder says, is that "populist, regular-guy candidates can win in supposedly 'moderate' districts."
He also said Democrats will take the sidelining of Scozzafava as a positive trend for the long-term, believing that the Republican Party will conservatize itself to death demographically.
"I'm fighting for the heart and soul of the Republican Party," Hoffman told The Associated Press last week. "I believe the people in Washington, and the overwhelming response that I've been getting nationally from individuals, is showing that a lot of people feel like it's time for the Republican Party to go back to its base."
In response, Scozzafava spokesperson Matt Burns last week characterized Hoffman's supporters as carpetbaggers: "Everybody who has endorsed Doug Hoffman has something in common with him, and that is that none of them live in the district."
Running 3rd in N.Y. Race, GOP Drops Out
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Eurail Czech Republic-Germany Pass
Travel Bonuses for Eurail Czech Republic-Germany Pass
Please be sure to note that any bonus that is free will use a travel day on your rail pass. Discounted bonuses will not require the use of a travel day, but do require a valid rail pass. And all bonuses are handled locally and are subject to change.
Travel Bonuses in Germany
Private and Regional Rail Roads
- Free travel on the S-Bahn trains (local railways) that operate in the major German cities. The only exception is Berlin, where the Eurail Pass is only valid on the S-Bahn tracks that connect the DB railway stations of Berlin.
- 10% reduction on the mountain railroad Garmisch Partenkirchen - Grainau - Zugspitzplatt and on some cable cars in the summit area.
- Reduced fare on the Berlin Night Express Train from Berlin-Malmö which includes the ferry crossing from Sassnitz-Trelleborg. Reservation are required and are an additional cost.
Ferries and Cruises
- 20% discount on boats operated by the 'KD German Rhine Line' making regular runs on the river Rhine between Köln and Mainz and on the river Mosel between Koblenz and Cochem (except on boats making cruises of several days between Basel and Rotterdam or vice versa, or between Trier and Koblenz or vice versa). An extra charge is applicable for the use of hydrofoils.
- 50% reduction on boats on Lake Constance operated by BSB, SBS and ÖBB (from May to October).
- 30% discount is offered on the official fares on the ferry crossing from Travemünde-Helsinki operated by Finnlines. Port tax and meals are an additional cost and are paid locally.
- 20% discount is offered on the offical fares on the ferry crossing from Travemünde - Malmo operated by Finnlines. Port tax and meals are an additional cost and are paid locally.
- Various reductions on boat trips on the river Danube between Passau and Linz (Austria) or vice versa operated by Wurm & Köck.
- A 20% discount on the Europabus route EB 190/190A Romantische Strasse (May to October), Romantic Road, (Frankfurt am Main-Rothenburg ob der Tauber-Augsburg-Munich/Fussen). It is strongly recommended to reserve seats in advance by either sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or contacting Touring Tours & Travel by Phone: +49 69 719126 261; Fax: +49 69 719126 156.
International IC Bus Connections: Reservations required. Travelers with a Eurail Pass which is not valid for all the countries through which the bus travels need a reservation and a ticket for the portion not covered by the rail pass. Reservations and/or tickets are an additional cost and can be purchased locally.
- Berlin-Copenhagen/Wroclaw/Krakow/Szczecin
- Dusseldorf-Roermond-Brussels
- Dusseldorf-Eindhoven-Antwerp-London
- Munich-Ljubljana-Zagreb
- Strasbourg-Mannheim-Nurembourg-Prague
- Munich-Prague
- Frankfurt-Hahn-Trier-Luxembourg
- Munich-Zurich
- Munich-Vinkovci
- 10% discount on Meininger hotels at the following locations: Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Hamburg,.
- 10% discount on the daily rate at A&O hotels and hostels in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and other German cities.
- Hard Rock Cafe: Berlin, Kurfürstendamm 224, Cologne, Gürzenichstr. 8, Munich, Platzl 1: A complimentary Hot Fudge Sundae with any maincourse ordered in the Restaurant or a free gift in the Rock Shop with every purchase over € 25.
Travel Bonuses in Czech Republic
- Free access to the CD lounges located in several railway stations for 1st class passholders.
- 10% discount on the daily rate at the A&O hotel and hostel in Prague
- International IC Bus Connections - Munich – Prague/ Strasbourg-Mannheim-Nurnberg - Prague. Travelers with a Eurail Global Pass only need a reservation. Reservations are an additional cost and can be purchased locally. Travelers with a Eurail Pass which is not valid for all the countries through which the bus travels need a reservation and a ticket for the portion not covered by the rail pass.
Museums and Attractions
- CD Railway Museum: 20% discount on the museum located at Luzna u Rukovnika;
- CD Bike - Rent a bicycle at a special rate.
- Hard Rock Cafe Prague, Male Namesti, 142/3 receive a free gift in the Rock Shop with every purchase over € 25.
Bonuses for Passes that have Czech Republic and Germany
- Special service supplement "Pass" available for travel on the Expressbus from Prague-Nürnberg. Reservations are required and are an additional cost and can be reserved in Prague or Nuremburg.
Bonuses for all of Europe
- 20% discount on WiFi access with Trustive Mobile Internet Access. Trustive's WIFI coverage offers 300,000 premium hotspots in a 130 countries.


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Horse hit by car, limps awayThe Associated Press | September 23,2013MONKTON Vermont State Police say a horse suffered minor injuries but a motorist was unhurt after the animal broke free from its keeper and ran in front of a car.
Police said David Wood of South Burlington was driving with his wife on the Monkton Road in Monkton at 7:20 p.m. Saturday when his car struck a large horse that had run into the road.
Police say the horse, named Dan, had broken free from his caretaker who was trying to get him from a pasture to a barn for the evening.
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Just chilling out...
If you're not a surfer, there is good for chilling out.
Because there are many rocks on the seashore, it's hard to swim.But the beach is wide and quiet even though it's fine and hot. I went there on 2003, so there might change more touristic, but I highly recommend the beach.
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If you go to Santa Teresa you will have to take a surf lesson, a great experience. I did it with Frederic, Hotel Meli Melo owner, and it was just an incredible experience...After 1hour, I ride my first wave, such a nice feeling...Frederik is so sweet and a professional. I had a very secure and fun experience....
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