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Latest ISSCC 2013 news on ElectronicsWeekly.com
ISSCC: Cortex-M0 sleeps on nothing and wakes in 400ns
Texas Instruments has developed an ARM Cortex-M0 that can sleep on zero power and wake in 400ns, intended to run on harvested power. Key to the chip is ferroelectric RAM (FRAM) non-volatile logic (NVL), where the state of flip-flops is held without power.
ISSCC: Class-G and H vie to track 4G RF envelopes
Latest-generation mobile phone modulation schemes like WCDMA and LTE-Advanced produce very peaky RF signals that need transmit power amplifiers that are linear, wideband and low power.
ISSCC: IBM's 5.5GHz 36 core processor
IBM revealed details of its 5.5GHz System z microprocessor chip in 32nm high-k CMOS at ISSCC this year. Each chip has six processor cores, compared with four in its 45nm predecessor and, to form a plug-in processing element, six chips are mounted on a 96x96mm ceramic tile, along with two memory chips.
ISSCC: Power is king at ISSCC this year
ISSCC 2013 – 60th Anniversary. Held every year in February in San Francisco, the IEEE's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is the world showcase for innovative circuit design. This is the 60th conference, and year's theme is 60 years of (em)powering the future. Amongst power supply papers, three papers on high-frequency operation stand out, two using on-chip energy storage and the third employing GaN transistors.
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ISSCC: 5.8GHz wake-up radio needs only 15µA
Korean engineers have implemented a 15µA 5.8GHz active wake-up radio using mixed signal processing.
ISSCC: 'Fast' organic transistor DAC works at 5V
Researchers in Stuttgart have made a 6bit DAC using organic semiconductors, claiming that it is "1,000 times faster and 30 times smaller than the currently fastest 6-bit DAC in organics".
ISSCC: 3GPP-LTE radio needs no SAW filters
Belgian research lab IMEC and Renesas have revealed a reconfigurable transceiver that eliminates the need of surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters.
ISSCC: TI and MIT see DSP running off 0.6V
Texas Instruments and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented the design of 28nm mobile applications processor at the 2011 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).
ISSCC: IMEC and Holst bio chip gets accolade
A biopotential acquisition chip from IMEC and its Netherland partner Holst Centre has been singled out for praise at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.
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Toshiba enables low-power SOC
Toshiba is showing a low-voltage SRAM technology at the ISSCC this week which reduces memory cell failure rate by four orders of magnitude at 0.7V, so overcoming the main challenge in achieving practical, low voltage SRAM.
IMEC unveils plastic electronics at ISSCC
Belgian research lab IMEC is unveiling a flexible organic ADC at ISSCC this week, and the fruits of other development programmes.
Intel, AMD detail 32nm high-k metal gate MPUs at ISSCC
Intel and AMD will present details of their 32nm high-k metal gate x86 microprocessors at the IEEE's International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), which opens this week in San Francisco.
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Last year's events can provide a taster of what attendees can expect from the 2008 conference. At the 2007 conference, AMD
presented its first quad-core x86 processor. The 'Barcelona' Opteron was subsequently released in September. Coinciding with AMD's 2007 announcement, Intel showed an 80-core parallel processor array.
Previous conferences offered differing points of view regarding the future of SoC. Leading presentations at ISSCC 2006 proved that SoC integration is a long way away from the simple march to chip singledom that has often been predicted.
A highlight from the 2006 conference, Cornell University announced it had made a 20nW power source using micromachining and a radio-isotope with a half-life of 100 years.
AMD describes first quad-core processor
A launch at ISSCC 2007 where AMD has described its quad-core x86 processor.
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Intel has revealed a 1.28Tflop single-chip number cruncher at ISSCC 2007.
ISSCC offers divergent views of SoC future
Keynote addresses and papers at the 2006 ISSCC showed that SoC (system-on-chip) integration is far from the simple march to a single chip that has often been portrayed.
Highlight of ISSCC is 20mW power source
Cornell University have made a 20nW power source using micromachining and a radio-isotope with a half-life of 100 years.
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Veteran Cab Driver, 59, Found Slain In Lincoln Square A disturbing discovery was made behind a Chicago Public Library in the Ravenswood neighborhood Monday morning: the body of a man shot to death in a cab.
Commentary: McCarthy's Firing Doesn't Even Begin To Fix Chicago's ProblemsChange won't come from the the Mayor's Office. Change will come from Chicago's citizens, and the Mayor will be lucky if he's allowed to help.
19-Year-Old Man Shot To Death In AuroraA 19-year-old man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in west suburban Aurora.
According To FBI Statistics, Chicago Lags Behind National Murder DecreasesWhile Chicago's murder totals have seen small declines, robberies and aggravated assaults have gone down at a faster rate than the nation as a whole.
FBI's Violent Crime Statistics For Every City In AmericaThe FBI's violent crime report is not a ranking — there are no winners, no losers. Mostly, these statistics are here to help individual cities track their crime over long periods of time...
FBI's New Rape Definition Leads To A More Comprehensive Look At Chicago CrimeAfter years of partially unreported violent crime statistics in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Chicago's numerical quirks have finally been hammered out...
Cook County's Rate Of Gun Deaths Low Compared To Some Neighbors, Southern StatesCook County, home to a city so infamous it has multiple nicknames inspired by its murder totals, has a smaller rate of gun deaths than many would expect.
Body Found In Gary Identified As Woman Reported Missing Last WeekThe body of a woman found outside an abandoned home in northwest Indiana on Tuesday night has been identified as a missing 61-year-old woman.
Police: Man Wanted In Grayslake Homicide Killed Himself In ChicagoA man wanted for questioning in a north suburban homicide died of a self-inflicted gunshot in Chicago's River North neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Police Searching For Person Of Interest In Connection With Homicide Near GrayslakePolice are searching for a person of interest in connection with a homicide near Grayslake Tuesday morning, according to the Lake County Sheriff's office.
Gurnee Police Searching For Person Of Interest In HomicideGurnee police are searching for a person of interest in a homicide investigation, police said.
Last Of Three Deaths Tied To Nursing Home Ruled NaturalRobert Rundin, 88, was one of six residents of Holland Home who were hospitalized on Feb. 3. While three of those people have since recovered, Rundin and two others later died.


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Since the earliest times, writers have not hesitated to express their personal opinions of the medical profession. In these writings, doctors have been pitilessly abused and extravagantly praised. The British authors have apparently collected from many sources proverbs and writings about doctors, and they are here offered in a handsome little book nicely printed for those who wish to have easily available these classical quotations. It is not of course strange to observe that the same ideas have been reported from century to century in different words. For example: "A physician who professes to cure for nothing is often worth nothing," "The most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor," and "Doctors, when the cause of a disease is discovered, think that the cure is discovered." The last quotation is from Cicero around 60 B. C. and is just as true now as it was then.
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Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment fasten themselves with harnesses on an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalion's Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
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We enjoyed the event. The theater is warm and inviting and there is not a bad seat in the house. The local talent was amazing. It's a very sweet, simple play and just plain fun. An enjoyable night out.
This sparkling romantic music and dance extravaganza follows the jazzy whirl of New York high society in the Roaring '20s. Popular but penniless Susy and her friend Nick devise a get-rich-quick scheme to marry and live off their wedding presents while they help one another look for suitable millionaires. The plan works perfectly… until they fall in love. Based on Edith Wharton's 1922 novel, this delightful Jazz Age romp asks the age-old question: marry for love… or for the love of money?
Book & Lyrics by Tajlei Levis
Music by John Mercurio
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Just south of Hampton, GA and well south of Atlanta, GA. Experiment is the stereotypical Georgia experience – Not quite suburb and not quite rural. There is a Walmart, Chik-fil-a and about 12 Waffle Houses. And of course the whole reason I was there was the Atlanta Motor Speedway and the annual Labor Day NASCAR race.
Here are few fun facts about the Atlanta Motor Speedway, it was at one time the fastest running track in all of NASCAR. Meaning drivers could get those wheels to go faster on this track then any of the others in the NASCAR circuit. Also, The opening scenes of the classic Smokey and the Bandit II were filmed at the track. What could be better then a Burt Reynolds sequel movie that was filmed at the Atlanta Motor Speedway!
If you know me, you know I enjoy a cool car as much as the next guy – but I have no interest in NASCAR. I am sure it is real tough on those drivers and they need all kinds of skill and talent – but I live in and commute daily in LOS ANGELES. So I am not really impressed by someone driving a car in a semi-circle.
So Jetpack is a set of widgets with a cool logo? In a matter of speaking yes, but these are nicely grouped to make Jetpack a simple one stop shop for some of the most popular utilities. For example you get WordPress stats, a Twitter Widget, WP.me Shortlinks and one of my favorites After the Deadline which helps you write better by adding spell, style, and grammar checking to WordPress.
There is something that makes me think this is a move by Automattic to monetize the free and widely available WordPress platform. On each of the modules of Jetpack there is a little "Free" tag, of course most of these tools are available in some shape or form as free widgets or Plugins developed by 3rd parties. So I am guess at some point we will see a small cost associated with some of the more robust tools, possibly a move to scale to enterprise offering. Alternately this could be Automattic's version of an App Store for the 32.5 million downloads of WP. A smart move since WordPress is used by over 13% of the 1,000,000 biggest websites.
Details on the new WP release below….
I personally like #5, while you see fewer and fewer "Social Media Experts" there are still way to many snake oil sales men out there.
I've actually been asked, "But how come your facebook page status is not updated?"
Simple, I prefer to work at a higher level, spending my time working on larger strategies for mass audience acquisition and appeal – hard to do if you are unable to see the forest for the trees. I'm not as concerned about my personal daily participation in Social Media as much as I am understanding users, customers and making some money while doing it.
The prices break down with the iPhone 3G 8GB going for $499, the iPhone 3GS 16GB comes to $599 and for the top 32GB model you'll have to pay $699.
This is not a new move by Apple; in fact we've seen this before and I think that it signifies there is a new iPhone on the horizon!
I know that I am not alone; in fact there are several other Kyle Ellis(es) out there in the world. I know because I've Goggled my own name, its OK to admit that you've done it too.
Things started getting awkward when coworkers would send me links to the 3 year old kid who had a tracheotomy. I felt bad for the little guy because he clearly had health issues but I was also a little mad that his parent bought the domain before I could. I recall thinking "Hey I've been Kyle Ellis longer then this kid, I should be able to claim my right to the domain." Ok, that might be a little misplaced entitlement.
Years went by and my professional career began to take shape; I had been interviewed by Billboard Magazine, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, among others. Each time I was asked a common Press question "do you have a bio or a personal website." While the bio was easy enough to forward along, I would recall the little kid with my name and the sad photos his parents posted online.
I wanted my name back and simply wanted to take control of my own personal brand, so I made a concerted effort to check the renewal date on the domain kyleellis.com. I did this every time I happened to be purchasing another domain, which was often. The strategy paid off and I was able to grab the domain while the registration had lapsed, or more likely the little kid with the same name got older and didn't want his baby pictures online for the world to see.
I won! Or so I had thought… Check the Project: SEO page for updates.
WordPress.com powers alot of blogs, millions and all those blogs are about to get a new real-time feature, thanks to alot of Hubbub.
WordPress recently announced that the company has pushed support for PubSubHubbub live, a new technology that will push blog content to RSS and ATOM services much more quickly.
This is a very clever way to allow WordPress blogs to distribute content as it's published to 3rd party services, rather than waiting for those services to check each feed for new posts. It's on and live for all WordPress.com blogs, though self-hosted blogs must add a simple plugin, here to go real-time with this feature.
PubHubSubbub as highlighted in the video above. However those of you who want to find out more about the new protocol can do so over at the PuSH project site, here.
As Sony continues to makes moves to ensure the PlayStation 3 is winning the console wars, the system has finally started to find its niche as an all-in-one home media system. Today, Netflix has announced the new Netflix support and is accepting Pre-orders of the required disc and the PlayStation Blog also announced that Netflix is coming to US-based PlayStation 3's but added an additional time line of next month.
The PlayStation 3 will join an ever-increasing number of devices that support Netflix Watch Instantly streaming. Last year, Microsoft and Netflix announced a partnership that brought Netflix support to the Microsoft X-Box 360 console. Netflix support on the X-Box 360 and on stand-alone players like the ROKU box, TiVo or Blu-ray players (like the LG Blu-Ray player) has been typically software based, with the software hardwired into the system's firmware. This means that the devices almost always ships to retailers with the Netflix Watch Instantly feature already built in.
As many of you already know from previous posts part of spending time in Brazil was to launch a new travel site to build on Brazil's growing tourism industry. While many millions of people travel to Brazil, few first time travelers are able to find comfortable accommodations with international standards. It is not because they don't exist, but it is largely a symptom of an emerging market and simple cultural differences. Travelers from North America and Europe rely heavily on the internet to find and book travel, while Brazilians often still use Travel Agents and retail outlets. I would imagine that with these 2 high profile events, Brazil's Travel industry will quickly modernize and find ways of using the web and mobile to facilitate easier travel.
After connecting all of the required wires I launch the Router page and start the config. First I replace the ISP DNS with the OpenDNS, this ISP is notorious for lagging "waiting for domain.com" issues.
I launch all of the machines that will be on this network and I immediately encounter both the PS3 "DNS ERROR 80710102″ and the OSX error "Your wireless network appears to have been compromised…" These are 2 semi-well documented issues with anecdotal work-arounds supplied by mostly other end users.
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I'm having the same issues as the other folks upgrading the plugin and WP. I just upgraded to 3.3.2 this weekend and I can browse the site (logged in, as a user) but whenever I use an admin feature, like an "edit this page" link at the bottom, or in the admin bar, I get the login loop.
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Read and rate Travel Journal Entries for Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Jul 20, 2011 - Down time
The pickup needed some attention so today I went in to town and found a red neck garage for an oil change. After checking for a cool breeze off the water (wasn't there) we went back into town for a meal. The air conditioner just barely keeps up under these conditions. Not a problem if we travel north during the summer. I have wired for a second AC if we decide we need it. BillJump to full entry
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Jul 19, 2011 - Got an erie feeling
Traveled to Erie, Pennslavania. We traveled interstate most of the way on some really good roads and really bad roads. We are backed into a site looking out on Lake Erie. The utilities are on the wrong side so I had to run extensions for everything underneath the trailer. The view is nice but am not sure it is worth the trouble. The heat finally caught up with us and the AC is working hard. As the sun is dropping, we are picking up some shade. BillJump to full entry
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May 30, 2011 - Erie, Pennsylvania
Today is our final day in Erie, Pennsylvania. We have had a lot of rain, and the Park we are in is a mud hole!!! Our lack of planning regarding the Memorial Day weekend is the reason we are stuck in the mud. We did visit Presque Isle and the Presque Isle State Park which is truly a magnificent State Park. Thelma, our dog that hates water, actually they both do, was trying to get her sister to chase her across the sand, and was shocked when she found out the sand ran out at the water's edge. She went clear in and was not a happy dog. I just...Jump to full entry
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Aug 9, 2010 - Sightseeing
We went for a drive today up to Lake Erie at Erie PA and along the coast west then back home here. Saw several more of horse and buggies on the road and farmers cutting hay using horses. Saw some of the new wind chargers up there and no dead birds around. We had a good day for sightseeing.Jump to full entry
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Jul 14, 2010 - Ohio! Garmin Nuvi
I remember when we could have made this trip without stopping! Not now! Stopped in Erie, PA! Now we are in Ohio, land of those Buckeye fans in my life! Our GPS, "Garmin Nuvi" says we'll get to my parents' at 2:20! Cannot wait! Uh oh, construction!-don't see anyone working! We bought an EZ pass! Good in 14 states! Let's hope the construction doesn't slow us down! Listening to our 70's medley!Jump to full entry
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May 1, 2010 - Driving into the unknown
I am having an unknown crisis. Since January, 25 2010 my life just seems as if I am going from one uncertainty to the other and April 18, 2010 when I thought that I had it all together it came apart once again. Is my health 100%? Who knows, but one thing for sure I cannot spend the rest of my life worrying about when the scar tissues in my abdomen is going to act up again. The world is a great place and there is so much for me to see, so hence this trip or some might say, "Diana why is it taking you 7 days to get to Memphis, TN? I want to...Jump to full entry
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Apr 8, 2010 - Erie, Pennsylvania
Tonight we are in Erie, Pennsylvania. We traveled north from Summersville, West Virginia on Hwy 19. We then followed I -79 north through Pittsburgh to Grove City. As I've mentioned in the past, Grove City is home to Glenna's favourite mall. This afternoon we stopped in for a few hours so Glenna could visit some of her favourite stores, while I updated my blog using the mall wifi. Luckily she came back bagless!! We always try to stay at campgrounds with wifi. Our campground directory lists all the campgrounds and all the amenities they have....Jump to full entry
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Aug 7, 2009 - Week 10 already!
Wednesday, August 5: A great start with sunshine, cool temperatures, and clean bikes! The morning ride was slow and rural with nothing outstanding as far a scenery. I am now a witness to the dairy farms going west into Ohio. After riding for two hours and forty-five minutes, we finally stopped for gas with only 98 miles on the tank for the day. It gives you a sense that we were not on the highway! A math mental giant can figure out the MPH. Just say slow. Lunch was a shared sub, but a bit too greasy for my taste (see Jeff's photo). Out...Jump to full entry
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Aug 5, 2009 - Eastbound and Gittin' It
Left Mich. this AM headed to Niagra Falls. Got this far and decided to stop. Learned of a casino close by so will stay for 2 nights instead of 1. Had dinner at a TGI Friday's just like at home, made a stop at Wal-Mart and came back to camp. Cable TV available so no need to use satilite. Beautiful warm day. Windows open and no A/C.Jump to full entry
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Aug 4, 2009 - Service in Erie
Sunday 8/02 Back to "work". We load up and just as we leave it starts to rain. Hey, it's only 5 minutes to the ferry dock so no problem. Yes, we're wearing the suit. We get within one block and the traffic is completely gridlocked. It's Sunday morning so what's up? There is a triathlon this morning and all the roads to the ferry are closed to cars but there are no signs up. Hundreds of folks want to cross a bridge that's also closed. What a mess. It takes us 45 minutes in the pouring rain to go 2 blocks to get in front of a cop who lets us...Jump to full entry
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Aug 4, 2009 - Greg, my son, to the rescue in Erie!
Monday, August 3: Rochester, NY to Erie, PA was a treat, especially when we got to Rt.5 along Lake Erie. The road was great for bikers with little traffic and the vineyards went on for miles, even in PA. A whole day without rain gear with pleasant temperatures. We arrived at the Harley Dealer in Erie who took our bikes right away and the HD tech came out to personally speak to Jeff about his old bike, the carborator, the tire, and the new wobble Jeff noticed in his front tire at highway speed. My bike just needed the 10,000 service. The...Jump to full entry
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Jul 29, 2009 - Day 51 Erie, Pennsylvania
We left the Herkimer, New York campground about 8:30am and drove about 300 miles to a campground in Erie, Pennsylvania. All of the driving was on the New York Thruway and the condition of the roads are not that great. The toll charges for a motorhome towing a car was almost $70.00 for driving all the way across New York state on the Thruway. You would think with the expensive toll charges and with a steady stream of traffic using the Thruway, the toll revenue could be used to build the smoothest road in North America, but that money is...Jump to full entry
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|27 déc. 1988
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|20 mars 1987
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|22 févr. 1983
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|Numéro de publication
|Rene A. M. Pluijms, Pieter van der Ree, Gerrit J. Koel, Jan G. J. Peelen
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 758,586, filed July 25, 1985, now abandoned which is a continuation of Ser. No. 580,976, filed Feb. 16, 1984 now abandoned.
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a solid perform for drawing optical fibers. The method starts with a hollow preform having a central duct extending in the longitudinal direction of the hollow preform. At least the part of the hollow preform bounding the duct consists of quartz glass doped with a dopant which is more volatile than silica. In the method, the hollow preform is heated, while passing a fluorine-containing gaseous etchant through the duct, to a temperature at which the duct starts closing spontaneously so as to form a solid preform of the same length as the hollow preferom. In its specific embodiment, the invention is a method of manufacturing a solid optical preform, the method consisting essentially of the steps of providing a hollow optical fiber preform having a longitudinal direction, said hollow preform having an inside wall bounding a central duct, the central duct extending in the longitudinal direction, the inside wall portion of the hollow preform comprising quartz glass doped with a dopant, said dopant being more volatile than quartz glass; heating the hollow preform to a temperature at which the duct closes spontaneously to form a solid preform; and pasing a gaseous etchant through the central duct while the duct is closing and without the formation of a plasma in the duct, said gaseous etchant consisting of oxygen and C2 F6.
Hollow preforms which have a central duct extending in the longitudinal direction occur as intermediate products in various proceses for manufacturing optical fibers. For example, such hollow preforms may be produced in a process in which vitreous particles are deposited on a mandril, until the desired quantity of material has been deposited, after which the mandril is removed. In other processes (e.g. MCVD and PCVD) quartz glass tubes are coated internally with vitreous material to produce hollow preforms.
Nowadays it is common practice to close the longitudinal duct in a separate manufacturing step before starting to draw the fiber. This presents important advantages over processes in which fibers are drawn directly from hollow preforms. Solid preforms can be stored, for example, for longer periods of time without contaminating the inner layers which will be come the light-propagating cores of the fibers.
When closing the central duct, the procedure is, for example, as follows. The preform is heated by a burner which is reciprocated at a uniform speed along the length of the rotating preform. Under the influence of the surface tension of the softened preform material, the diameter of the duct gradually decreases until the duct closes entirely on passing the burner for the last time. This method is used in particular in closing hollow preforms obtained by means of an MCVD or PCVD process.
In this case of porous preforms which are constructed from vitreous particles, the duct closes during the consolidation or vitrification of the particles.
A generally used dopant in the manufacture of optical fibers from quartz glass is germanium dioxide (GeO2). When collapsing preforms containing quartz glass doped with a comparatively volatile dopant, for example germanium dioxide, a part of the dopant may evaporate from layers adjacent the central duct. This results in a disturbance in the refractive index profile. In this case, the diffusion of the dopant from parts of the preform situated further away from the central duct also plays a part. The profile disturbance has an adverse influence on the bandwidth of the optical fiber.
It has already been suggested to reduce the profile disturbance by flowing a fluorine-containing gaseous etchant through the central duct when collapsing the hollow preform. The gaseous etchant reacts with the layer which has been depleted of dopant by evaporation, while forming gaseous etching products. (See, for example, GB No. 2,084,988 A and FR No. 2,504,514). Gaseous etchants mentioned are mixtures of oxygen and dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl2 F2), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), carbon tetrafluoride (CF4), trichloromonofluoromethane (CCL3 F) and monochlorotrifluoromethane (CCLF3).
It has been found in practice that the known etchant compounds do not give satisfactory results. It has been found tht the disturbance of the refractive index profile can be reduced, but it cannot be avoided. (See, French patent application No. 2,504,514).
It is an object of the invention to collapse a hollow preform into a solid optical fiber preform without disturbing the refractive index profile of the preform. It has been found that this object can be achieved by a method in which the fluorine-containing etchant consists of a mixture of oxygen and one or more gaseous fluorocarbon compounds, selected from the group consisting of hexafluoroethane (C2 F6), octafluoropropane (C3 F8) and decafluoro-n-butane (n-C4 F10). By using these compounds, the available fluorine concentration per standard unit of volume is substantially larger than with the known etchant compounds, including SF6. Although SF6 per standard unit of volume comprises an equal amount of fluorine as, for example, C2 F6, it has been found in practice that at the collapsing temperatures used the quantity of SiO2 etched-away does not correspond to the theoretically calculated quantity based on the quantity of available SF6. The incomplete reaction impedes control of the etching process, and the reproducibility is bad. This is not the case with, for example, C2 F6. The fluorine content of C2 F6 is used completely. The compounds C3 F8 and C4 F10 have a still higher fluorine quantity in standard conditions.
When the fluorine etchant compounds according to the invention are used, the fluorine is presented in a more concentrated form so that a smaller supply (volume of gas which is supplied per unit time) will produce sufficient etching than is the case with compounds which comprise less fluorine per molecule. The etching process may now be carried out in the last stage of hte collapsing process. The inner surface of the duct is then so much smaller that the evaporation of dopant only plays a minor role. The quantity of evaporating dopant is proportional to the surface area of the duct.
It has consequently been found that it is possible to completely remove the so-called dip in the refractive index profile of gradient index fibers when etching with hexafluoroethane. The gaseous etchant preferably comprises 5-30 vol. % C2 F6, the remainder being oxygen. The etchant pressure may at most be equal to the pressure of the ambient atmosphere. The gas supply during the collapsing process may be 50 to 60 standard cubic centimeters per minute (sccm).
Preferably, oxygen is passed through the central duct in the first stage of the collapsing process until the diameter of the duct has decreased to at most 1 mm. The fluorine-containing etchant is then passed through the duct and the duct is closed.
When etchants are used in which the fluorine is present in a concentrated form, small quantities of etchant will suffice. The actual etching takes place in the very last stage of closing the duct. Since the inner surface is then small, the quantity of dopant evaporated from the doped layer exposed during etching is proportionally small.
FIG. 1 is a graph showing the radial refractive index profile of an optical fiber drawn from a nonetched preform.
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the radial refractive index profile of an optical fiber drawn from a preform etched with CF4 according to French Patent Application No. 2,504,514.
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the radial refractive index profile of an optical fiber drawn from a preform etched with C2 F6 according to the invention.
FIG. 4 is a graph showing attenuation as a function of wavelength for optical fibers which are drawn from a nonetched preform (curve A) and from a preform etched with C2 F6 (curve B).
FIG. 5 is a graph showing the radial refractive index profile of an etched preform, as determined by a so-called preform analyser.
The experiments described below were carried out with a "Heralux" quartz glass tube having an outside diameter of 21 mm and an inside diameter of 17 mm. The glass tube was coated internally with a layer having a thickness of 450 μm. The layer was built up from 900 sub-layers, each having a thickness of 0.5 μm. The layer had a varying refractive index and consisted of quartz glass doped with an increasing quantity of germanium dioxide. The layer was provided by means of a nonisothermal plasma deposition process such as that described in U.S. Patent Re. 30,635. The hollow tube was collapsed by reciprocating a burner past the rotating tube.
FIG. 1 shows the refractive index profile of an optical fiber obtained by drawing a preform into a fiber having a diameter of 125 μm. The width of the dip at the level x is 4.8% of distance p-q. The depth of the dip is 78.5% of the distance from the peak of the curve to the point y. FIG. 2 shows the influence of etching a preform with CF4, as described in French patent application No. 2,504,514, on the refractive index profile. The depth of the dip after etching is still half the depth of the dip if no etching is carried out (curve A without etching, curve B with etching).
FIG. 3 shows the refractive index profile of an optical fiber obtained by drawing a preform etched acccording to the invention. For that purpose, oxygen was first led through the central duct while the burner was moved past the tube. The supply of oxygen gas was reduced proportionally with the decrease of the diameter of the central duct. At the instant the inside diameter was approximately 1 mm, C2 F6 was added to the oxygen. The gas mixture now had the composition 48 sccm O`+ 10 sccm C2 F6. It appears from FIG. 3 that there is no dip in the refractive index profile of the finished fiber.
FIG. 4 shows two curves which indicate the dependence of the attenuation of the transported light signal on the wavelength thereof. Curve A relates to a fiber obtained from a nonetched preform. Curve B relates to a fiber obtained according to the invention. It has been found that the so-called water peak at 1380 nm is significantly reduced by etching with C2 F6.
FIG. 5 shows the refractive index profile in a preform. From this it appears that due to the etching with C2 F6 the so-called dip in a preform is eliminated.
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Why are public and private organizations still readily being hacked or breach? Simple. Security isn't. Many organizations focus on securing data being stored, but not data in-flight within or across campuses or data centers. For hackers, data in-flight is great. They don't have to go looking for the data, the data comes to them.
As optical networking becomes more and more prevalent and as the speeds have increased the importance of creating and maintaining a clean optical infrastructure has become paramount.
In 2010, Brocade first announced and launched the solar-power project for the company data center (as well as other major green initiatives). I am one who is quite often in awe of these technology marvels and especially regarding the story of what actually goes on behind the curtains. Now that a few years have elapsed and we are coming up on the half way point of 2014, I thought it would nice for a revisit.
As this market gains more adoption, operation agility and performance must be a part of the future of the virtualized desktops experience.


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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin sees no malicious intent by Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Gov. Mary Fallin doesn't believe members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board acted maliciously, but her staff will be meeting next week with the agency's officials to discuss a variety of ways to make their meetings and agendas more open, top aides said Thursday.
"The implication is that it was secret because there was less information provided than should have been provided, according to D.A. (David) Prater," said Denise Northrup, Fallin's chief of staff. "There's a distinct difference between someone ineligible for parole and what they're doing, which is actually commuting a sentence."
Parole board members don't list the names of offenders proposed for commutation under the agenda item "docket modifications" during their monthly meetings; instead they bring the names up during that point of the meeting.
If three of the five members vote to consider any for commutation, the board schedules a hearing and lists their names as well as notify prosecutors and victim family members who signed up for notification at least 20 days in advance, said Alex Weintz, Fallin's communications director.
If the board recommends commutation, it's up to the governor to grant it, according to the state constitution.
"The governor doesn't think there's malicious intent in anything the Pardon and Parole Board was doing," Weintz said. "However, there are improvements that can be made and we're going to work on those."
The board has a docket listing inmates being considered for eventual paroles and pardons but none for commutations.
Northrop said the governor respects the fact that the board is an independent panel.
"I don't think we look backward and question their legal authority to act," she said. "Some of the ones that came to us we rejected."
Weintz said he is unaware of the governor or anyone in her office asking the board to consider early release for an inmate.
Fallin appoints three of the five parole board members.
"They consider who they want to consider, send us the recommendations, which we then act on," he said. "The governor views her role as she gets these recommendations from the Pardon and Parole Board and then says either yes or no.
"When the governor's looking at these cases, her priority is to make sure that everyone is treated fairly and that justice is served and that she makes the right decision for the safety of our communities," Weintz said. "And that's one of the reasons why her approval rate has been very conservative because we want to make sure that people who should be behind bars stay behind bars."
Fallin reviews all parole board recommendations, Weintz said, spending an estimated eight to 10 hours a month reviewing an estimated 100 to 150 cases. Since taking office in January 2011, the GOP governor has approved about 51 percent of the inmates who have been recommended for parole by the parole board, considerably less than the 85 percent rate of her Democratic predecessor during the first 18 months he was in office.
Prater, Oklahoma County's district attorney, said earlier this week the parole board's actions on docket modifications violate the state's Open Meeting Act.
Fallin is taking Prater's concerns "very seriously" and has asked parole board members to place a moratorium on the practice of docket modifications, Weintz said.
The governor believes the actions by the board should be as open as possible, he said.
Prater also questioned whether board members have the authority to recommend early release or commutations for inmates serving 85 percent sentences.
Certain felony convictions of violent crimes, including murder and manslaughter, carry the requirement that an offender serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
State law, however, doesn't state that inmates serving 85 percent sentences can't be granted commutation, said Rebecca Frazier, Fallin's deputy legal counsel.
The state constitution gives parole board members the power to recommend commutations, pardons and paroles except in cases regarding convicts sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. It also gives the governor the authority to commute sentences after a favorable recommendation by a majority vote of the board.
The governor is seeking a formal request to Attorney General Scott Pruitt for an official opinion on whether inmates serving 85 percent sentences are eligible for commutation.
The governor doesn't think there's malicious intent in anything the Pardon and Parole Board was doing. However, there are improvements that can be made and we're going to work on those."
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Clean-Energy-Signs-Joint-bw-1250835516.html?x=0When this is completed we will fly. I would expect someone to make a serious run at acquiring this company as another poster has speculated.
I'M a believer!!!CHK and it's cash infusion to help clne build out...Someone, Soon, will buy-out clne! And when they do you will be lookin at 30.00/40.00 per share. And the b/o will be soon, because the longer clne goes the more expensive it gets! Plus all the insider cats selling off may be part of the b/o deal, just sayin! GLTA
>insider sellings....part of the >buy out dealthat is rediculous on so many levels....
I agree. We also have a large short interest.If shorts get squeezed we could see a big move.
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Pregnant women, and even those who may become pregnant, are advised to take folic acid to prevent premature delivery and birth defects in their babies.
New evidence indicates babies who get extra folic acid while still in the womb may be protected from developing colorectal cancer later in life.
The research was done in lab rats. Rats whose mothers did not have folic acid supplementation had a nearly three-fold increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, compared with babies that did get the supplements in utero. It's unclear if human babies would be affected the same way.


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road - dry
burrito - wet
chain - dry lube
dog - dry
walk on the beach - wet
Those voices in your head aren't real, but they have some great ideas
depends... is it warm or cold?
Bring back the Sig Test!
weather - dry
Dry at first, getting it wet is the fun part .
"the bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began...there was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never-ever land."
Good thing I didn't say what I wanted to say, my first thought when reading the title wasn't weather.
Anyways... I like dry and sunny. The grey make me feel... bleh.
martini - dry
dogs nose - wet
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You disgust me.Originally Posted by jsharr
Dry martini.
I live in BC, what do you think?
Who me?...nope, I don't think so...hmmmm...nope, I am fine.Originally Posted by Weldman
I just find vague questions fun to answer with short and sweet answers. Whats there to elaborate on between wet and dry. I like my women, my weather, my food, my alcohol, my winters and my mountains all wet.
I don't like dust, I don't like beaches, I don't like dry martinis. I don't like dry wine and I don't like bitter foods. So...its all wet for me. Heck I don't even like areas where there are no trees (insinuating lack of moisture)...That and I live in a temperate rainforest...hmmmm
In search of what to search for.
of course! is there any other way?
Dry? Wet? I like it any way I can get it....
<realizing that was an out-loud thought>
*lookin' around and slinkin' away*


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Toy Story (Disney/Pixar Toy Story) (Little Golden Book)
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I chose this book as an e-book. It was fun, but rather disappointing. It included real footage from the Toy Story movie, but there wasn't much reading to do. However, the illustrations and animations were amazing, and the interaction between reader and characters is great because you can touch each character and watch them move. Genre is fantasy fiction
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I love toy story books because children can see themselves as a hero. You could use toystory books to discuss the importance of taking care of your toys, the importance of friendship, and the importance of never giving up on your dreams. Boys especially love toy story books. Some children could even relate themselves to Andy's toys.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0736425969, Hardcover)Of all the toys in Andy's room, Woody the cowboy is his favorite. But when Andy receives a brand-new toy for his birthday—a space ranger named Buzz Lightyear—Woody suddenly loses his number-one spot. While trying to regain his status as top toy, Woody sets in motion a rivalry that eventually lands him and Buzz in the home of Andy's mean, toy-torturing neighbor, Sid. Can Buzz and Woody work together to escape—and get back to Andy before he moves to a new home?
The classic Disney•Pixar film Toy Story is retold in this Little Golden Book—just in time for the theatrical re-release of the film in 3-D!
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Longtime Dallas actor Nye Cooper dies at 41
Nye Cooper, a longtime Dallas actor known for his quick, sardonic wit and his passion for the stage, died Monday night in hospice care, following a long illness. He was 41.
A native of DeQuincy, La., Cooper moved to Dallas in the 1990s. Terry Martin, artistic director of WaterTower Theatre, met Cooper in an audition for the part of the young Truman Capote in Holiday Memories, a play based on a collection of Capote's short stories, that Martin directed in the 1998-1999 season.
"It was the first production I directed here when I was applying for the job of artistic director and it was wonderful to have Nye in it," Martin recalls. "Being from the rural South as I was, it was great to have a kindred spirit to be part of the project. He was so young and handsome and vibrant, people didn't realize what an incredible character actor he was. He was so humble, he didn't realize how talented he was, either."
Cooper scored with his performance of Crumpet, the cynical department store elf in David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries at WaterTower Theatre in 2002. He did the show for WaterTower annually for a few years; his 2005 performance was especially meaningful to Martin because that marked the last visit Martin had with his mother in Dallas before she passed away and the only opportunity she got to see her son direct.
"It was great that I was working with someone I trusted so much."
He performed at many theaters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Uptown Players, Theatre Arlington and Stage West. The theater community flooded Facebook with memories of him Tuesday. Mark-Brian Sonna, founder and artistic director of MBS Productions, put up a collection of Cooper's Facebook quips, including one where he wrote he "doesn't know why he keeps buying sunglasses, because he's only paying for the experience of losing his sunglasses."
Dallas playwright Angela Wilson remembers Cooper for his passion for theater, the fun-loving spirit that inspired regular trips to Disney World and his courage in dealing with an illness that left him progressively weaker.
Wilson wrote two plays with parts for him in mind: Perchance in 2002 and Dim All the Lights in 2006, both performed at the Bath House Cultural Center. He was a hit in both, she says, although some of her favorite memories are of their off stage friendship.
"We would watch silent movies, drink ice cold vodkas and Nye would narrate silent films completely differently from how they were intended. Everything about him was total joy."
He would also tell you exactly what he thought, a quality his friends appreciated.
Sue Loncar, artistic director of Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, remembers the first time they met, he told her he had arrived prepared to not like her at all.
"Then he said, 'It wasn't ten minutes until I knew we would be best friends.'"
He was right. They bonded and he performed frequently at her theater. In one of the first shows they did together, she had the lead, while he had a small part, but he stole the show.
"He made me so mad," she says and laughs. "I was working my butt off, and Nye would come out eating potato chips and all the focus shifted to him. All he had to do was raise an eyebrow and the audience would clap."
Loncar picked shows that she could do with him years into a future that he didn't have. She had to cancel the final performance of The Santaland Diaries, which he performed at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas in 2010, because he had to go to the hospital.
It would be his last show, but their friendship continued. As sick as he was last year, he pulled himself out of bed to put together an elaborate slide show for her son's wedding. He stayed up two days straight to edit it without complaint.
"You don't get very many best friends and he was definitely one of them for me," Loncar says. "I don't know what I'm going to do without him."
He is survived by his parents and his sister in Louisiana. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. at the Celebration Worship Center in Sulphur, La. Donations may be made in his name to the church at 3231 Hwy. 27 S. Sulphur, La. 70665 or The American Cancer Society. A date for a memorial at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas will be announced Monday, Feb. 16.
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Are you afraid of cats? Just remember cats are lovely animals, and are lovely to roam around the house purring.
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1Call a friend that has a cat. Schedule a time to come over.
2When you go into their house, sit down on the floor (or couch) and watch the cat go by you. Do this once a week for 2 weeks.
3After 2 weeks, pet the cat. Just lightly, and remember take it slow. Do this once a week for 3 weeks.
4After those 3 weeks, simply start to play with the cat, and give it treats. Do this for at least 2 times a week for 1 week.
5Now that you are really comfortable with this particular cat, try it with another cat. Repeat the steps. Do at least 3 different cats.
6You can also visit a humane society. Ask someone who works there about the cats. If you can, volunteer for a day or two.
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- Also remember to ask the owner about the cat in question. Some cats are just plain crabby and don't like to be petted.
- You can also ask the owner about the cats preferences. Some cats like to be scratched on the belly, some don't.
- Cats aren't usually walked on the street like dogs, so don't be worried about running into one on the street, especially if you live in a place with a cold climate! :D
- Is there a specific reason why you don't like cats? Maybe a bad experience? Talk to someone about it and you'll feel better.
- Remember, cats are loved by many people and are NOT mean.
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Though fans might be lacking in confidence of the Zone Blocking Scheme (ZBS), Raiders coach Dennis Allen is not. "I've got all the confidence in the world in our running game," said Allen. "I've seen it work. It's been successful in this league, and we've got the right personnel to get it done."
"It's going to take some time to be a cohesive group where they can work together and understand how we're going to fit with certain fronts and stunts," Allen continued.
Allen's right: Time is key. ZBS is predicated on timing and quick-thinking. As Bob Davie, head coach of the University of New Mexico points out, "[ZBS] takes a lot of practice because it involves offensive linemen working in unison and decisions have to be made while the play is taking place. In zone blocking, you don't have a lot of different assignments, but you have a lot of techniques. It takes many repetitions to get the feel of working together as a unit."
The Raiders simply haven't had a wealth of time, game or practice, to perfect this system. And, it is showing on game days, as Raider offensive lineman are either not holding blocks or missing them altogether. Either way, one problem is constant: The lineman are not getting a solid push. According to former Denver Bronco Mark Schlereth, "[ZBS] is always predicated on pushing the line of scrimmage, which is the defensive lineman, to the linebacker. You want to push that line of scrimmage 2 or 3 yards up toward the linebackers before you get off your block."
This is not happening, as you can see below.
First Quarter
Run #1: Darren McFadden right guard for 2 yards (tackle by Jared Odrick)
Analysis: The Raiders attempted to block Jared Odrick (#98) with Derek Hagan. Odrick, who outweight Hagan by 100 pounds, won the battle.
Fault: Scheme.
Run #2: Darren McFadden left end for 3 yards (tackle by Koa Misi)
Analysis: Owen Schmitt assignment was to block Koa Misi. He
failed didn't pass.
Fault: Schmitt.
Run 3: Darren McFadden right guard for 3 yards (tackle by Cameron Wake)
Analysis: Stefen Wisniewski got beat by Paul Soliai, as Hagan does little to stop Cameron Wake.
Fault: Wisniewski.
Run 4: Darren McFadden right tackle for 2 yards (tackle by Karlos Dansby)
Analysis: Wisniewski again cannot contain Soliai, redirecting McFadden into traffic and Karlos Dansby.
Fault: Wisniewski.
2nd Quarter
Run 5: Darren McFadden right tackle for 3 yards (tackle by Randy Starks)
Analysis: Mike Brisiel just plain misses the block, allowing Randy Starks (#94) to make the tackle.
Fault: Brisiel.
Run 6: Darren McFadden for 3 yards (tackle by Richard Marshall)
Analysis: Mike Brisiel again is ineffective, as Kheeston Randall (#97) easily sheds the block to disrupt the play. McFadden would scamper back round to the left-side, only to be forced out of bounds after a modest gain.
Fault: Brisiel
Run 7: Darren McFadden right tackle for 2 yards (tackle by Koa Misi)
Analysis: The picture does most the talking here. Schmitt was supposed to block Misi, but he didn't.
Fault: Schmitt.
Run 8: Darren McFadden left end for 2 yards (tackle by Karlos Dansby)
Analysis: Gordon decides to help Cooper Carlisle on Odrick while Veldeheer helps Myers on 58, leaving McFadden with two options: 1) Go around Myers to the sideline, or 2) Go toe-to-toe with Karlos Dansby. He chose the latter, obviously.
Fault: Everyone.
Third Quarter
Run 9: Darren McFadden left end for no gain (tackle by Karlos Dansby)
Analysis: Brandon Myers cannot hold his block against Nolan Carroll (I think). As a result, McFadden has no where to run.
Fault: Everyone, but we'll blame Myers.
Run 10: Darren McFadden up the middle for 1 yard (tackle by Koa Misi)
Analysis: Schmitt doesn't get much push on hi s block on 56, but McFadden does a good job of finding the hole and gaining two yards.
Fault: No-one. The Dolphins just won this play.
Run 11: Darren McFadden left tackle for 4 yards (tackle by Randy Starks)
Analysis: Wisniewski doesn't hold his block on Starks, allowing Starks to make the stop.
Fault: Wisniewski.
Run 12: Darren McFadden left guard for no gain (tackle by Paul Soliai)
Analysis: Wisniewski again cannot hold Soliai, who tosses Wisniewski and makes the tackle.
Fault: Wisniewski.
Though Darren McFadden deserves some of the blame for failing to be patient and decisive, as Christopher Hansen points out, it would appear as though the greater fault belongs to the offensive line, specifically Stefen Wisniewski and Mike Brisiel, as well as the fullback Owen Schmitt. I'm not sure if these problems are scheme-induced, meaning if the players were more comfortable in the scheme, perhaps they wouldn't be having such difficulties, or if they are simply a problem of being outmatched–certainly Randy Starks and Jared Odrick are no slouches. In any case, I would expect the unit to improve with time. They were after all one of the better offensive lines in the league last season. As Greg Knapp said, "Let's keep things in perspective. We've had two different centers. We need some patience. You can't develop a scheme in two weeks."


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Walked forever to find it! But when we did, it was surreal! It's been re-done, but alas! No ice cream yet. The inside was still being remodeled. By far, the best attraction yet! 5 stars![Jill V., 07/03/2007]
Boston Children's Museum
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- At the Boston Children's Museum. I-93 exit 20. Follow signs to I-90E -- in the tunnel take exit 25 -- then follow the signs to "South Boston." At end of the ramp get into the left lane and turn left onto Congress St. Bottle is between the museum and the water.
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- Boston, Massachusetts - Hood Milk Bottle
The 40-ft Milk Bottle is only half of what it used to be -- at least for now. The wooden building has temporarily been disassembled as they repair the structure. A new foundation has been poured and the base of the bottle, which houses the concession stand has yet to be built. Unless they are now marketing it as "Half and Half" milk, this is all you will see until it is finished late in the fall of 2006.[Joe Tamony, 08/07/2006]
At the Wharf in Boston on the Plaza by the Childrens Museum in a Giant Hood Milk Bottle. The Milk Bottle is 40 feet high and made entirely of wood. There is large text on the bottle: "It's Hoods be Good." Currently the Bottle serves as a concessionaire selling hot dogs, ice cream and soda.[Howard Schoenfeld, 10/10/2004]
Mother "Mary" Goose is buried at the Granary Burial Ground in Boston.[Kirsten, 11/15/2013]
Always a bit confusing: Mary Goose was the first wife of Isaac Goose; after she died, he married Elizabeth Foster (Goose), and they had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Thomas Fleet, who wrote "Mother Goose's Melodies for Children" published in 1719. But Mary Goose's cool old Angel of Death tombstone is the Mother Goose tourist magnet.
Granary Burial Ground
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- Directions:
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- Hours:
- Dusk till dawn
- Boston, Massachusetts - Mother Goose's Gravesite
Some believe this to be the grave of the original Mother Goose. It is unclear whether or not her body is buried under this stone or elsewhere in the cemetery.[Alisa Johnson, 11/29/2004]
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So this is going to be the new "thing" for superhero movies now? One isn't enough, so hot on the heels of Joss Whedon's $1 billion-grossing "The Avengers," and whatever Zack Snyder's Batman/Superman team-up movie is going to be called, director Marc Webb, while talking up next summer's 3D web-slingi...Read More »
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Injured in 2011 accident at Oklahoma rodeo, North Carolina teen likes helping others
Out of the junior high student's mouth came the tough questions.
The teen, teachers said, had an unsettled life, living here and then there. He seldom talked to anyone about anything. But in this auditorium in a Georgia junior high, he looked right at Kelly Blanton, of Taylorsville, N.C., and spoke up.
Blanton sat before him in a wheelchair, the result of a spinal cord accident suffered when her horse bucked her off in a practice arena in July 2011 during the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee.
"Do you think people treat you different now?" he asked.
Before she could answer, he added another, "Are you the same person you were before you got hurt?"
Blanton didn't go to the school for pity. She came for questions like this. She believed the questions came from his heart and knew the answers would come from hers.
"Yes, I am the same person, but some people don't treat me the same," she said. "Some people who knew me before treat me differently because they knew the Kelly who could do whatever I put my mind to."
True, she can't do that physically. But there's still a lot that Blanton, 19, can accomplish when she puts her mind to it. Such as when she got off the ventilator in April or her plans to leave in August to attend North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.
Going to North Carolina State was part of her plans for life when she arrived in Shawnee for the rodeo two years ago.
Before and after
Before the accident, Blanton was involved in her church youth group, had served as the FFA president her senior year and was all-conference on the tennis team her senior year. She also threw the discus in track and field. But she really loved animals and wanted to study in the animal science program at North Carolina State.
But on July 11, 2011, while preparing to compete at the International Finals Youth Rodeo, Blanton was bucked off her horse. She had no movement from the sternum down.
However, her mind is now set on picking up where she left off on that dream, with a few variations. She took some classes in fall 2012 at a community college to make sure she could handle the college life. She determined it was possible.
Blanton may pursue a double-major at North Carolina State, studying animal science and psychology. The latter comes from life after the accident.
"I might want to be a counselor, counseling people with spinal cord injuries and brain injuries. I was inspired by my counselor at the Shepherd Center," Blanton said, referring to the rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta. "She is always so easy to talk to."
Blanton is easy to talk to as well. That's why she agreed to visit two junior highs in Georgia to talk to students about how they need to think before they act. For example, the time will come when they will be allowed to drive. And if they choose to text while driving, that decision could leave them or someone else with spinal cord or brain injuries or worse, she said.
"You really don't hear a lot about spinal cord injuries," Blanton said. "I think if I had, I would have thought differently about some of the choices I made."
She's not saying she would change her choice to rodeo. She loved it and loves horses.
"I just want them to think about what could happen and to be safe in whatever they do," she said.
She's made adjustments
A year ago, she returned to Shawnee to see friends and countless supporters from Oklahoma, who continue to be close to Blanton.
At that point, she could move her right arm and the fingers on that side with the exception of her index finger. Although unable to drive her chair with her right hand, her arm was getting strong. She could move her right leg some. And her goal was weaning off the ventilator.
In February, she was off the ventilator during the day. Then she took it off her chair at Easter and since April, she has been off it day and night.
She has a diaphragmatic pacing system that helps her breathe.
Still, the big improvements don't come as often as they did the first year.
So she's adjusted. She's set her mind on dealing with Monday on Monday, Tuesday on Tuesday and so on.
Her mother, Geri Blanton said, "She's buckling down to the realization, 'I've got to use what I've got right now and if something comes back it comes back.'"
Kelly Blanton added, "I do take it day by day, because some things happen during the day that makes them bad days. You just kind of have to handle it as the day goes by."
The mother and daughter share a friendship and faith. Rather than asking to be delivered from the storm, they're learning to live in it.
"You can tell she does appreciate being able to talk to people, being able to help somebody," Geri said. "She's had several people tell her 'You may have an avenue where you could be in a big hospital and be a counselor.'
"People listen to her. Like that little guy at the junior high in Georgia."


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Vikram feels that the actor within him would've still been dormant but for director Bala.
"I didn't know that the real actor within me was sleeping until I worked with Bala. After having worked with him in 'Sethu' (1999), I realised my potential as an actor. Had it not been for him, I'm sure I wouldn't have ever found the actor in me", Vikram told reporters here Sunday.
He was speaking at the audio launch of Bala's forthcoming Tamil period drama "Paradesi", based on the Tamil translation of Paul Harris Daniel's English novel "Red Tea".
The film is set in pre-independence India and the story of the film narrates the affliction of plantation workers in southern India. It is coming out Dec 21.
Meanwhile, Vikram, 47, who was one of special invitees at the function, is shooting for the Tamil romantic-thriller "I" and Tamil Hindi bilingual "David".
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