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|Jul 17, 1990
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|Lawrence L. Kazmerski
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|Midwest Research Institute
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The United States Government has rights in this invention under Contract No. DE-AC02-83CH10093 between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Solar Energy Research Institute, a Division of Midwest Research Institute.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is generally related to microscopic analysis of structures and components of solid materials and more specifically to a method and apparatus for directly imaging and distinguishing among atomic species on the surface of a solid material.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It has been a long-time goal of scientists and researchers to be able to "see" or directly image individual atoms of a substance, particularly of a solid material, with enough resolution to not only spatially resolve their respective locations in relation to each other, but also to distinguish and identify exact atomic species and bonding characteristics on a real-time and a real-space basis. Prior to this invention, no such method or apparatus was capable of doing so.
The most primitive technique of analyzing materials used simple visual observation and the sense of touch. Optical microscopes provided much greater optical resolution for smaller particles and features; and various hardness comparisons and other physical, chemical, spectral, and electrical property analyses were developed to improve recognition of material characteristics. However, even with the best optical instruments, the limits of direct, optically enhanced, visual resolution were reached many years ago.
More sophisticated devices, such as electron microscopes, were developed to achieve better resolution of tiny particles or features, but vertical resolution is limited, and direct atomic imaging remained beyond the resolution limits of electron microscopes. Other devices, such as secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), have been developed with capabilities of resolving surface structures and distinguishing between atomic and molecular species present in the solid material. However, such materials detection and analysis devices do not provide real-space visual images of the individual atomic species in the material.
The introduction of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in the early 1980s has provided both the spatial resolution and the analytic capabilities to image atoms on surfaces of solid materials. U.S. Pat. No. 4,343,993, issued to G. Binning et al. in 1982, describes such STM apparatus, which is now available commercially from at least four manufacturers, including Microscience, Inc., of Norwell, Massachusetts; McAllister Technical Services of Berkeley, California; RHK Instruments of Rochester Hills, Michigan; and V. G. Instruments, of Danvers, Massachusetts. The article entitled "Analysis and Characterization of Thin Films: A Tutorial" by Lawrence L. Kazmerski, published in Vol. 24, pages 387-418 of Solar Cells, based on a paper presented at the 8th Photovoltaic Advanced Research and Development Project Review Meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 15-18, 1987, shows how such STM apparatus can be used to show the effects of hydrogen processing in borondoped silicon grain boundaries and to provide three-dimensional molecular imaging of a CuInSe2 crystal surface. An even more recent article entitled "STM Studies of Molecular and Chemical Properties of Surfaces" by Mark J. Cardillo, published in the January 1989 issue of physics. Today shows similar three-dimensional STM images of a silicon crystal surface before and after reaction with NH3, which are produced in simulations based on molecular orbital calculations and demonstrates a way that STM can provide a picture of the electron density of specific orbitals of surface molecules.
However, the above-described STM apparatus and analysis techniques still lack the ability to differentiate directly between individual atomic species present in an image or to indicate their bonding to other atoms. Therefore, those STM apparatus and techniques still have not fulfilled the goal of being able to directly image the individual, respective atomic species and their bonding that exist in the surface layer of a solid material on a real-time analysis basis.
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide enhanced STM analysis capabilities by which actual surface atomic structures of solids can be imaged.
It is a more specific object of this invention to provide a method and apparatus with the ability to differentially and selectively image specific atomic species in the surface layer of a material and to indicate their bonding.
Another specific object of this invention is to provide a method and apparatus for directly imaging the individual atoms of a substance, including the identity of each atomic species, as well as their spatial locations with respect to each other, on a real-time and real-space basis in either two-dimensional or three-dimensional image depictions.
A further object of this invention is to provide a spectroscopic scanning tunneling microscope (SSTM) that has the ability to image all atomic species, including the lighter atomic species, such as hydrogen, helium, oxygen, and the like, as well as the bonding of such atomic species, in semiconductor host materials.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a SSTM method and apparatus with the ability to perform analyses under a continuous wide range of temperature biasing conditions, from 10 to 400K with no vibration problems.
Additional objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention shall be set forth in part in the description that follows and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned by the practice of the invention. The object and the advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and in combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
To achieve the foregoing and other objects and in accordance with the purposes of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the method of this invention may comprise positioning an STM probe adjacent a sample of material, electronically biasing the material to produce a tunnel current, and photon biasing the material with a light having a wavelength and frequency that resonates with the wavefunction of an atomic species in the material. It is preferred that the electronic bias be a voltage bias between the surface of the material and the STM probe, and it is preferred that the voltage bias be modulated over a selected range such that density of state calculations from tunnel current and voltage bias relationships and rates of change can be used to determine bonding of atoms in the material. When such relationships with and without specific photon bias wavelengths are compared, the specific atomic species of the atoms involved in the bonding can be determined. Therefore, the method of this invention can utilize the STM rastering and spatial resolution capabilities along with the atomic species and bonding identification techniques described above to produce a visual topographic image of the atomic structure of the surface of the material, including visual identification of the specific atomic species present. Temperature biasing, normally cooling the material to very low temperatures, is also used to stabilize the atoms, particularly the lighter atoms, to get the desired differential detection and species resolution.
The apparatus of this invention can include STM apparatus modified to include photon biasing means, modulating surface voltage biasing means, and preferably also including temperature biasing means.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram in perspective of spectroscopic scanning tunneling microscope apparatus according to this invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic representation in elevation showing the electrical, photon, and temperature biases and the parameters output;
FIG. 3 is a graphical representation of the density of states, (V/I) (dI/dV), plotted versus voltage bias at various photon biases to indicate the bonds present at the selected probe locations;
FIG. 4 is a two-dimensional representation produced by the SSTM of this invention of the existence and locations of three atomic species in a silicon host semiconductor with the silicon atoms, the boron atoms, and the hydrogen atoms represented in respectively different, distinctive symbolic hatching;
FIG. 5 is a two-dimensional representation produced by the SSTM of this invention of the existence and locations of a different three atomic species in an indium-selenium host lattice, showing the indium atoms, selenium, and oxygen in respectively different, distinctive symbolic hatching.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the control software used with this invention; and
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the data and image processing software used with this invention.
The spectroscopic scanning tunneling microscope (SSTM) according to the present invention is illustrated in schematic in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is essentially a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) similar to that described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,343,993, issued to G. Binnig et al. and which is available commercially from the companies listed in the background section above, with several significant modifications that will be discussed in more detail below. For purposes of assisting in the understanding of this invention, some of the rudimentary features of the STM systems will be described. However, a more detailed description of the structures and theories of operation of STM systems can be obtained from U.S. Pat. No. 4,343,993 or from any of the commercial manufactures listed in the background section of this application.
Essentially, the SSTM apparatus of this invention used the STM principles for the capability of mapping the atomic structure terrain on the surface of a solid material sample, such as a semiconductor, with sufficient resolution to determine the relative spatial locations of individual atoms with respect to each other. However, this invention adds the additional parameters of selected and tunable electrical, photon, and temperature biasing to distinguish specific atomic species and the atomic bonds between the atoms at each location.
As shown in FIG. 1, the SSTM apparatus 10 of the present invention includes a refrigerated cooling stage 12 for holding a sample material workpiece S to be studied. A pointed electrode or probe 14 is mounted in a block 16 such that the distal point 18 of the electrode probe 14 is positioned very close to, but not touching, the sample S.
Three orthogonal drives, such as piezoelectric elements 20, 22, and 24, are mounted and connected to the block 16 in such a manner as to move the electrode probe 14 in any of three orthogonal X, Y, and Z directions in relation to the sample S. As shown in FIG. 1, piezo drivers 20 and 22 are positioned to move the electrode probe 14 in the X and Y directions, respectively, which X and Y directions are preferably orthogonal to each other and parallel to the surface of the sample S. Piezo driver 24 is positioned to move the electrode probe 14 in the Z direction, which is orthogonal to both the X and Y directions and perpendicular to the surface of the sample S. Thus, the X and Y piezo drivers 20, and 22 can be used to raster the point 18 of the electrode probe 14 over the surface of the sample S, while the piezo driver 24 can be used to move the point 18 of the electrode probe 14 toward and away from the sample S.
The proximal end 32 of piezo driver 20 is anchored at 26 such that when an electric potential is applied across piezo driver 20, it strains and elongates longitudinally to move the distal end 33 and the electrode mounting block 16 in the X direction. Likewise, the proximal end 34 of piezo driver 22 is anchored at 28, such that application of an electric potential across piezo driver 22 causes it to strain longitudinally to move its distal end 35 and the electrode mounting block 16 in the Y direction. Similarly, with the proximal end 36 of piezo driver 24 anchored at 30, application of an electric potential across piezo driver 24 causes it to strain longitudinally to move its distal end 37 and electrode mounting block 16 in the Z direction. The electric potentials for the X, Y, and Z directions can be applied by computer control 100 to the piezo drivers 20, 22, and 24 through respective leads 40, 42, and 44. According to conventional STM technology, it is preferred that lateral X and Y and vertical Z direction movements be controllable in fractions of Angstrom units by the X, Y, and Z piezo drivers 20, 22, and 24 to obtain the desired microscopic spatial resolution necessary to image individual atoms.
Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2 simultaneously, the temperature bias according to the present invention is preferably provided by a cooling stage 12 cooled by a Joule-Thompson type refrigerator 46, such as those manufactured by MMR Technologies, Inc., in Mountain View, California. Although this invention will work with other kinds of cooling systems, such as compressor or cryogenic systems, this Joule-Thompson type of refrigerator eliminates the need to provide vibration isolation from a compressor, which could be very detrimental to the extremely close required spatial tolerances if not eliminated, or to handle bothersome liquid cooling agents.
The temperature bias, which typically can be adjusted anywhere in the range of 10 to 400K or even down to about 4K if necessary, provides a stabilizing effect, particularly for lighter elements, such as those with atomic numbers below that of nitrogen. Critical or optimum temperatures for each specific element can be determined empirically. For example, it has been found that about 20K is optimum for hydrogen.
A base electric bias VB, such as preferably 9 VS between the base 46 of the sample S and the electrode probe 14, can be set by leads 48 and 49 in a conventional STM manner. However, according to this invention, an additional surface electronic bias is also preferably accomplished by the application of an additional, separate electric potential VS, between the tunneling electrode tip 18 and the sample surface 50. It is important that this surface electronic bias VS be applied to the sample surface 50, rather than the base bias VB of conventional STM, because, according to this invention, a specific electronic bias VS complemented with a specific, single wavelength photon bias can provide the basis for imaging and identifying the atomic species of any atom at the sample surface 50. However, the electronic bias VS must be exactly the potential between the sample surface 50 and the electrode probe tip 18; otherwise, the interrelationship between the photon bias and the electrical bias can lead to erroneous results, especially for contaminated samples. Therefore, an electrode contact 52 is preferably positioned on the sample surface 50 proximate the electrode probe 14, as shown in FIG. 1.
It is also preferred that this surface electronic bias VS be a controllable modulated signal for purposes described below. This modulated bias signal VS can be controlled by computer 100 and applied by lead 51 and electrode contact 52 to the sample surface 50, and it will typically be in the range of plus or minus 10 V, although most bonding elements of interest will require a positive voltage between 0 to 1.5 V.
The photon bias is preferably provided by a pulsed-tunable mode lock cavity laser system 54, although a chopped spectrometer using xenon light will also work. The laser system 54 is more expensive, but it provides the ability to tune the wavelength bias over a wider range to cover all the elements in the periodic table. The ability to tune and chop the bias light allows the system 10 to operate with the light on for definite, observable intervals at various desired wavelengths as well as off for definite, observable intervals, during which tunnel current is detected and recorded, as will be described in more detail below. An optical fiber light pipe 56 can be used to direct the photon bias light 58 to the sample S at the tip 18 of electrode 14.
In operation, the fine metal tip 18, usually an electrochemically prepared tungsten or platinum-rhodium, is brought within 3 to 10 Å of the surface 50 sample S to permit electron tunneling 60 between the tip 18 and the sample surface 50. The tunneling currents are typically on the order of 1 nA. At these extremely small distances, the wavefunctions of the atoms at the sample surface and on the fine probe overlap, and, by applying a bias voltage between them (usually in the range of 1 mV to 1 V), the electrons can tunnel from the probe tip 18 to the sample S (or vice versa). The tunneling is actually between a single atom on the electrode tip 18 and a single atom on the sample surface under desired conditions. As discussed above, the piezo drivers 20, 22, and 24 can move the tip 18 horizontally in the X and Y directions and vertically in the Z direction with respect to the surface 50.
Two common modes of operation are used. The first mode monitors changes in the tunnel current I to reflect changes in the distances between the tip 18 and the surface 50. Such distances d, d', and d" shown in FIG. 2 between the tip 18 and various atomic species, such as silicon 62, boron 64, and hydrogen 66, in the sample surface, can be measured in this manner. The second mode is more common and can be used to derive the same topographic information of the surface 50. In this second mode, variations in tunnel current I are monitored by a feedback circuit, which applies a feedback voltage to the vertical control piezo driver 24 in FIG. 1 to vary the distance so that a constant tunnel current I is maintained while scanning. This voltage correction is measured during the horizontal raster scan and presented as a real-space image of the surface 50 corrugations, providing a topographic replica. Lateral resolutions of about 1.7 Å and vertical resolutions of about 1.1 Å can be achieved. These data can further be processed to provide three-dimensional images of the atomic arrangements as has been previously reported in this art. The specific STM electronic control and monitor circuits discussed above are not shown in the drawings because they are available from the STM manufactures listed in the background above and are not necessary to describe this invention.
Combining complementary electronic and photon biasing according to this invention with appropriate temperature biasing can also yield information about the bonding, as will as about the atomic species involved in the bonding. With the tip 18 positioned at a certain location over the surface 50, as shown in FIG. 2, the voltage bias VS between the tip 18 and the surface 50 is modulated over a selected range, such as between the range of about -11 to +1.5 V, as shown in FIG. 3. This modulated voltage bias VS is plotted as a curve 68 against a calculated factor defined as (VS /I) (dI/dVS), which is indicative of the density of states, i.e., a true representation of the respective densities of the atoms present in the bonding at the tunneling location 60. The increased density-of-states value at certain bias voltages VS on the curve 68, such as at about -9 V, -0.3 V, 0.3 V, and 1.0 V, indicates that there are various atoms in bonding states at the location of the tunneling 60. However, this curve 68 by itself does not provide information to distinguish the specific atoms involved in the bonding, particularly where the density-of-states curve at a particular bias voltage VS can indicate the possibility of several kinds of atoms that can be bonding, i.e., where there may be lines or curves of specific atomic densities that are close or overlap on the FIG. 3 chart.
The information about the species of atoms involved in the bonding, thus, about the identity of specific atomic species at the location of the tunneling 60 under the tip 18, can be obtained by the addition of the photon biasing and then observing the voltage bias VS versus density-of-states curve 68 at the bonding indicators in FIG. 3. The most effective photon bias for the purposes of this invention is to provide light with a wavelength or frequency that matches the wavefunction of an atom present in the bond at the tunneling location. The wavefunction is a measure of the density of the atomic species. When such a match is obtained, the atom will resonate with the light, thus dramatically increasing the energy of the atomic wavefunction and resulting in a dramatic increase in the tunnel current. Therefore, the dI/dVS factor increases dramatically causing a large, very noticeable increase in the density-of-states value on the curve 68 at the bias voltage VS where bonding is indicated.
Actually, a selected photon bias is set on the surface 50 of the material sample S. The bias voltage VS is then modulated over a selected range. As the bias voltage VS nears an optimum for atomic species identification, particularly where there is an atomic species present with a wavefunction that resonates with the bias light, the tunneling current increases drastically. The computer 100 constantly monitors these inputs and calculates the dI/dVS, which is the instantaneous change in tunnel current I per instantaneous change in bias voltage VS. This dI/dVS value is multiplied by the value of VS /I to get the density-of-states value for the given instantaneous bias voltage VS. These density of states values VS /I) (dI/dVS) plotted against the bias voltage VS form the basis for the graph in FIG. 3 and for identifying specific atomic species in the material.
In the example of FIG. 3, the host lattice of the solid sample S is silicon (Si), and it is doped quite heavily with boron (B) atoms (approximately 1021 /cm2). Also, the sample S has been processed with hydrogen (H) for electrical neutralization of some shallow acceptors. Therefore, the sample S was also exposed to photon bias light having wavelengths or frequencies that correspond to the work functions of those respective atoms of Si, B, and H, for short, sequential intervals. This process can be programmed and controlled by the computer 100.
Essentially, the electronic biasing VS can be used to tune the curve 68 to the atoms in the bonding states. The photon biasing can then be used to differentiate which atomic species are present at the tunneling location where the respective curves 68 for each atomic species are very close or overlap under just electronic biasing with no photon biasing (e.g., to distinguish Si from Si:Si and B from Si:B). In other words, the electronic bias provides the spectroscopic information on the bonding, and the application of the light in each case distinguishes the atom involved in the bonding.
These distinguishing characteristics of the photon bias are illustrated in FIG. 3, which shows several photon biased curves superimposed over the non-photon biased curve 68 for contrast and comparison. All these photon biased curves for three different atomic species bonds would not necessarily show up from one tip 18 position, since there would not usually be all those atomic species present at one bonding location. However, they are combined on the graph in FIG. 3 for illustrative and comparative purposes.
For example, at about 0.3 V electronic bias VS, a wavelength λH to match the resonant wavefunction of hydrogen, as shown by the heavy dark does not change or vary the density-of-states curve from the non-photon biased curve 68 at the same voltage bias VS. However, when light with the wavelength λB of resonant boron wavefunction frequency is directed onto the tunneling area with the same 0.3 V electronic bias VS, the density-of-states curve 71 increases dramatically over the non-photon biased curve 68 at the same voltage bias VS. This dramatic increase of the density-of-states curve 71, illustrated with the area under the curve 71, indicates the presence of a boron atom in the bond.
At a slightly higher bias voltage VS of about 0.35 V, a photon bias with light having a wavelength λSi or frequency resonant with the wavefunction of silicon atoms produces a dramatically increased density-of-states curve 72 over the non-photon biased curve 68 at that same voltage bias which shows the presence of a silicon atom in the bond at that tunneling location. This silicon atom in the bond along with a boron atom identified as described above would show a B:Si bond. If the silicon atom showed alone in the silicon host in the absence of a showing of another atomic species at that bond location, it would indicate a Si:Si bond. The silicon is illustrated in FIG. 3 with the area under the curve 72.
At the bond presence shown by the rise in the density-of-states (VS /I) (dI/dVS) VS electronic bias VS curve 68 at the range of VS of about 1.0 V, photon bias is tried again at the resonant frequency or wavelength λH of the hydrogen atom wavefunction. At the range of this 1.0 V bias VS, the λH photon bias produces a dramatic increase in the density-of-states curve 73 over the non-photon biased density of states curve 68, thus showing the presence of a hydrogen atom in the bond at that bonding location. The area under curve 73 indicates the presence of hydrogen. When the presence of hydrogen is shown in the bond along with the presence of silicon, a H:Si bond is indicated. On the other hand, if only boron and hydrogen were shown at that bonding location, a H:B bond would be indicated. Actually, in the experiment from which this example was taken, hydrogen was shown to be bonded only with silicon and not with boron, which was the first time it had been actually shown that hydrogen processing to neutralize boron acceptors at grain boundaries in silicon semiconductors was really resulting in the hydrogen bonding with the silicon instead of with the boron. That experiment illustrates the capabilities of this invention.
It may be noted in FIG. 3 that the silicon atom's presence can also be shown by a λSi photon bias at about -0.3 V electronic bias BS, and that the presence of hydrogen can also be shown by a λH2 photon bias at about -9 V electronic bias VS. It may also be noted, however, that a λB photon bias at -0.3 V electronic bias did not produce an increase in the density-of-states curve 68.
The actual complementary electronic biases, photon biases, and temperature biases at which each atomic species can be shown in a bond can be determined empirically, and, once known, tables could be provided based on host lattices and giving the exact light, electronic, and temperature inputs to assist users in focusing onto specific atomic species of interest. For example, it has been determined empirically that the λB for boron is about 2424 Å, the λSi for silicon is about 3827 Å, and the λH for hydrogen is about 3132 Å or 2514 Å. Also, the λp for phosphorus is about 4468 Å, and the λAl for aluminum is 5898 Å. The temperature bias is not as critical, but it is preferably targeted to stabilize the lightest element, which, in the example above, is hydrogen. It has been found that optimum stabilization of hydrogen occurs at about 20 K. Also, as already shown in FIG. 3, the bonding for Si:Si and B:Si have been found to produce increased tunnel current I and increased dI/dVS slope of a current-voltage curve relationship or plot, thus a noticeable density-of-states increase at a surface-to-point electrode bias VS of about 0.3 V. A similar bonding indication for H:Si has been shown at about 1.0 V bias VS. Thus, a person working with these elements in a silicon host matrix can tune directly to those electronic, photon, and temperature biases as he or she scans or rasters the surface with the electrode point 18 to "tune in" those atomic species. If the atomic species are not known, then a survey of simultaneous scanning of broad ranges of wavelengths and electronic biases VS, possibly also with variations in temperature biasing, might be necessary to identify bonding sites and atomic species present in the material. Such survey scanning of broad ranges would, of course, take much longer than would targeted scans.
The SSTM apparatus of this invention can be controlled by a desktop computer 100, such as a Macintosh II™ with a large RAM capacity. The data reduction can be accomplished by the same computer 100. The data can also be obtained, stored, and processed on a real-time and real-space basis during the raster over a selected surface area and then displayed in a composite visual representation of the atomic surface structure. Such a display of the sample in the experiment described in the example above produced on a plotter 102 (shown in FIG. 1) is shown in FIG. 4 with the boron atoms 64, the hydrogen atoms 66, and the silicon atoms 62 illustrated in respectively distinct hatchings to correspond with the hatchigs used in the FIG. 3 curves, although in practice these respective hatchings could be replaced by distinctive colors printed by a color plotter or the like. As shown in FIG. 4, the actual spatial locations as well as the specific atomic species identities of the various atoms present can be shown visually. The computer 100 can also be programmed to display the atoms in a three-dimensional depiction or in other formats.
FIG. 5 illustrates another two-dimensional topographic view produced by the SSTM of this invention. In this FIG. 5 view, a lattic of In and Se is shown with oxygen penetrating the surface at a grain boundary.
A flow diagram for an example control software for the SSTM of this invention is shown in FIG. 6. A flow diagram for data and image processing with a Macintosh II™ computer is shown in FIG. 7. These programs can be readily understood by persons skilled in this art, and they are not claimed as the invention per se; therefore, they will not be described in greater detail herein.
The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalence may be restored to falling within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims which follow.
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"We don't trust anyone any more".
As they toasted each other at avoiding bankruptcy after a landmark Supreme Court decision, elderly victims of the failed Blue Chip property scheme last night agreed they had learned the harshest lesson of their lives.
For others the advice - and the court ruling in their favour - has come too late: they have lost their homes, their health and, in some cases, their marriages.
More than a dozen Waikato Blue Chip investors are thought to be in line to get their deposits in Auckland apartments back and be relieved of the obligation to settle on apartments they never intended to own, as a result of the ruling.
They are among 250 investors who put their money into convoluted products marketed by the Blue Chip property investment group, founded by Mark Bryers.
The scheme involved the investors signing sale and purchase agreements on units in three yet-to-be built Auckland apartment buildings. But it was never the intention that they would actually end up purchasing them. However, when Blue Chip collapsed in February 2008, the developers of the apartment buildings tried to enforce the agreements.
In the case of one Hamilton couple, who would not be named, at age 68 and 76 they were faced with having to find nearly $1 million to settle two apartment purchases, after taking a $91,000 mortgage on their freehold home as a deposit.
Led by barrister Paul Dale, the investors' case unsuccessfully went to the High Court and then the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, has now thrown out the lower courts' rulings.
One investor, now 72, said she had had to go back to work, and she and her husband, now 80, had downsized into a retirement village to pay lawyers' bills while the spectre of bankruptcy hovered.
"We're over the moon. It's been 4 years of absolute hell. I'm going to hand in my notice at Christmas. When we drove away from our house yesterday morning [shortly before the court ruling was due] we asked ourselves: would it still be ours in the afternoon?
"The most important thing about this is we get to keep our home. And our marriage survived."
She said the couple had vowed "to go down fighting" but they did not trust anyone now.
Another older Hamilton couple said the relief was "tremendous". They had been faced with selling their home.
A Hamilton man, now 78, who has lost a $200,000 deposit and will never get it back because the apartment turned out to be a car park, said the past five years had been "sheer agony". The health of he and his wife had badly suffered.
"I don't trust people now."
He said there had been no prospectus for the property investment scheme and he blamed himself for not doing his homework.
While the ruling will not benefit him personally it was still a relief.
"It has opened a Pandora's box. Everything has been quiet until now, but cages are starting to be rattled. A lot of people will have to come to the party and come clean now."
But Aucklander Tony Collingwood, named in the decision as representative of Blue Chip investors, said the courtroom result is 12 months too late for him.
He has lost his family home and his marriage is over. "It would have been all right if it was a year ago, but it's been too long. It's too late for people, it's far too late. It p..... me off in the respect that it means nothing to us now."
Last year, Westpac put Collingwood's Massey home to mortgagee sale. He had borrowed against it to put a $150,000 deposit on three Blue Chip apartments.
Since then he has lived in six different rental homes, split from his wife and been left caring for his twin 13-year-old daughters.
He now faces imminent bankruptcy after the Inland Revenue Department began proceedings against him and his wife.
Collingwood blames the stress of the forced sale and the battle over his Blue Chip investment for his lack of attention paid to taxes.
In North Canterbury, Owen Dawe greeted the news from the Supreme Court with more optimism.
"It's been a long march, quite a long march, but we're delighted for our legal team that took on the challenge," he said.
Dawe has been co-ordinating with several other local Blue Chip investors, and he said reaction to the court decision ranged from stunned to ecstatic. "The ones I've spoken to today are just overjoyed. One old lady told me 'I'm not dreaming, am I?' "
Dawe said the decision would allow many investors to move on with their lives. "For our guys, we can get on with living. It's as simple as that, this has been hanging over our heads for five years," he said.
A Waikato pensioner who did not want to be named was also pleased to hear word of the court victory. "I can hear the champagne corks being popped from here!" he said.
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Lato Hotel, Crete Island
- Free WiFi and free parking
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- 37 guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Internet in the lobby
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- In Agios Nikolaos Town
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Lato Hotel, Crete Island
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- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
This property does not have elevators.
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Hotel registry number: 1040K012A0070100
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Skyservice Airlines announced on Wednesday that it is shutting down its operations following the appointment of a receiver by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
The airline, which cancelled several departing flights out of Lester B. Pearson International Airport earlier in the day without explanation, said in a statement later that the cancellation of operations was due to "recent changes in the Canadian vacation tour market combined with Skyservice Airlines' debt level have rendered the company unable to maintain profitable operations."
"As a result, one of the company's secured lenders applied for the appointment of the receiver," the statement added.
Skyservice, however, said that only one flight had been affected by the cancellation on Wednesday including "all remaining flights scheduled to depart Canada during the balance of the season in April."
The affected flight was to depart for the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, the airline said.
The return leg of that flight has also been cancelled.
"The company has requested, and the receiver has agreed, to work with the company's tour operator customers and other lift providers to ensure that passenger issues are resolved promptly."
Founded in 1986, Skyservice Airlines was the "number one requested airline for the charter industry with customers that include tour operators, corporations, professional sport teams, governments, relief agencies, and travel incentive companies," said their website.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Lincoln with free breakfast and indoor pool
Situated in Lincoln, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of International Quilt Study Center, Bob Devaney Sports Center, and Nebraska Wesleyan University. University of Nebraska State Museum is 3 mi (4.9 km) away.
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This smoke-free hotel features an indoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and dry cleaning.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Fairfield Inn & Suites Lincoln provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A 24-hour business center is on site. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Lincoln hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Ten years is the maximum allowed under a plea agreement signed by Joseph Caramadre (kah-rah-MAH'-dray), who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy.
Prosecutors said in papers filed Monday that Caramadre deserved the sentence because of the nature of the crime and his lack of remorse. He's scheduled to be sentenced next week.
Caramadre's lawyer did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Caramadre illegally used personal information from terminally ill people to purchase bonds and annuities that would pay out when a person died.
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ORLANDO, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 06/05/13 --
- Awards highlight companies and organizations reaping the benefits of building communication, collaboration and customer service strategies on Avaya
- Six visionary companies cited for creative use of unified communications, contact center and/or data solutions and commitment to excellence.
Avaya and the International Avaya Users' Group (IAUG) today announced the winners of the Innovation Awards at Converge 2013 -- the annual IAUG Conference being held this week in Orlando, Florida.
This year, many of the winners exemplify the benefits of "building a house on a strong foundation." Using a solid, flexible, Avaya infrastructure, these organizations were able to cost effectively evolve deployments and create innovative -- often unique -- solutions with the addition of Avaya customer experience management, unified communications and collaboration and third party applications.
The winners of the 2013 Innovation Awards for each category are:
- Enterprise Transformation for over 1000 employees -- Federal Justice Tribunal (TRIFE) - Mexico -- Centralizing Avaya Aura for main and remote locations was the first step on the road to greater efficiency and cost reduction. The TRIFE will now be able to segment its workforce among basic and high-level users and roll out mobile, unified communications and collaboration applications such as Avaya Flare for Apple iPad and Avaya integration with Microsoft Lync as appropriate to the individual workers job needs. Security will be assured for mobile devices with Avaya Session Border Controller for Enterprise.
- Enterprise Transformation for under 1000 employees -- Landmark Bank - US -- Avaya Networking was the fundamental component on which Landmark launched new applications to support their business model. The overall reliability and ease of migration allowed Landmark to cost effectively increase network throughput, exceed regulatory requirements, and deploy new banking applications onto the existing network with minimal disruption. One of those applications is Scopia video conferencing which has improved the quality of internal meetings while reducing company travel, and allowed bank directors to have a presence in each of their local communities without physically being there and improved customer service by bringing the right resource to the table regardless of location.
- Sustained Excellence -- George Mason University - US -- Evolving to simplification might be the headline for George Mason University, which has been streamlining its overall infrastructure into a new environment that is easier to support and maintain and which increases reliability. The result has reduced operational costs and resource requirements for day to day operations. This infrastructure will allow the implementation of new technologies and applications that can provide a greater overall impact based on the services the University will be able to deliver.
- Small Business - under 100 employees -- Florida State University College of Medicine - US -- On his 9th Medical Mission Trip to Panama, Dr. Mark Stavros engaged with Avaya and GlobalMed to utilize a cross platform of telemedicine products to facilitate medical care to those in need. The doctor spent 10 days in a remote town and used Scopia video conferencing for live collaboration with his colleagues at the Florida State University College of Medicine.
- Technology Innovation Best Practice -- Oi - Brazil -- Avaya Customer Experience Management solutions enable Brazil-based telecom provider, Oi, to build a next-generation contact center that gives them more power and flexibility to determine and manage how customers are best served according to company policies.
- Business Innovation Best Practice -- Essa Academy - UK -- Avaya Aura® Communications Manager provides Essa Academy with a core communications platform that supports multi-media collaboration and full unified communications. Avaya one-X® Communicator software clients for the MacBook Air notebooks used by the school's receptionists allows them to take and manage calls more easily, while Avaya Flare® for iPad Devices enables the teachers to handle all their telephony on their iPads. The Avaya-based solution is improving communication and collaboration between staff and having a real impact on staff communication with parents.
"These awards represent creativity, dedication and lots of hard work on the part of Avaya customers who strive to bring their companies the best services built on Avaya's industry-leading technology. With Avaya's solutions and services in the hands of IAUG members, we deliver unparalleled differentiation and competitive advantage for each of our companies and organizations."
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"Companies need a trusted partner that helps them understand the opportunities communications and collaboration tools can offer to solve many of the challenges they face today. We congratulate these forward-thinking organizations that have placed their trust in Avaya and created value-added services and solutions with tangible benefits as a result."
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WebRTC is bringing significant change to the communications landscape that will bridge the worlds of web and telephony, making the Internet the new standard for communications. Cloud9 took the road less traveled and used WebRTC to create a downloadable enterprise-grade communications platform that is changing the communication dynamic in the financial sector. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Leo Papadopoulos, CTO of Cloud9, discussed the importance of WebRTC and how it enables companies to focus...
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Enterprise networks are complex. Moreover, they were designed and deployed to meet a specific set of business requirements at a specific point in time. But, the adoption of cloud services, new business applications and intensifying security policies, among other factors, require IT organizations to continuously deploy configuration changes. Therefore, enterprises are looking for better ways to automate the management of their networks while still leveraging existing capabilities, optimizing perf...
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When building large, cloud-based applications that operate at a high scale, it's important to maintain a high availability and resilience to failures. In order to do that, you must be tolerant of failures, even in light of failures in other areas of your application. "Fly two mistakes high" is an old adage in the radio control airplane hobby. It means, fly high enough so that if you make a mistake, you can continue flying with room to still make mistakes. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Lee...
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Continuous testing helps bridge the gap between developing quickly and maintaining high quality products. But to implement continuous testing, CTOs must take a strategic approach to building a testing infrastructure and toolset that empowers their team to move fast. Download our guide to laying the groundwork for a scalable continuous testing strategy.
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Release Date:
December 7, 2010
Rating: r - Substance Abuse, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Profanity, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Teenage burnouts and post-modern slasher films are both raked over the satiric coals in the blood-soaked comedy Idle Hands. Anton (Devon Sawa) is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly (Jessica Alba), the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all; there's a demonic beast living in his house that has already decapitated Anton's mom and dad (though it takes him a while to notice), and now the Dark Lord Himself has taken possession of Anton's right hand. Before he's entirely aware of what's happening, Anton's demon hand has killed his two best friends, Mick (Seth Green) and Pnub (Elden Henson), though both come back as zombies to keep Anton company. Can Randy (Jack Noseworthy), local metalhead and expert on all things Satanic, figure out what the Evil One has planned next for Anton's digits? Will traveling demon slayer Debi (Vivica A. Fox) vanquish the possessed in time? And most important, will Anton get to go to the big dance with Molly before his hand starts causing trouble again? Director Rodman Flender certainly knows the genres he parodies here; he cut his teeth in horror working for exploitation legend Roger Corman and directed the film Bloody Mutilators as well as episodes of the TV series Tales From The Crypt, while more recently he immersed himself in teenage culture directing episodes of the TV series Party of Five and Dawson's Creek. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Genre: Comedy
- Category Teen Movie, Gross-Out Comedy, Horror Comedy
- Theme: Demonic Possession, Renegade Body Parts
- Studio: Image
- Run Time: 01 hr 30 min
- Language: English
- Subtitle Language: English
- Picture Format: pan_and_scan,widescreen
- Format: DVD
- Release Date: December 7, 2010
- Lead Actor: Jessica Alba , Devon Sawa , Christopher Hart , Seth Green , Elden Henson
- Supporting Actor: Jack Noseworthy , Mindy Sterling , Fred Willard , Katie Wright , Connie Ray , Nick Sadler , Vivica A. Fox , Sean Whalen
- Director: Rodman Flender
other Info.
- Online Item #: 13077123
- Store Item Number (DPCI): 246-06-1738
- Made in the USA or Imported


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"Staying at the Krafft is like coming home. The staff at Krafft are world class and very welcoming. In any season, the vibrant city life along the Rhine is one of the reasons I choose the Krafft Hotel, as well as watching the barges moving swiftly up or down the Rhine. In the summer months, floa..."
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The Lady - Bo Don wears a shock of frizzy hair for Boris Ovini's latest work featured in Vision China. Donning standout ensembles styled by Rich Aybar, Bo goes from outdoors to the studio in spring looks from labels such as Marc Jacobs and Prada. On beauty are hair stylist Vincent de Moro and makeup artist Morgane Martini. … [Read more...]
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Swimming Season - Victoria's Secret model Doutzen Kroes strips down to sexy swimwear looks for the June issue of Elle Russia. Photographed by Thiemo Sander with styling by Claire Sibille, the Dutch beauty goes from the pool to the beach in summer styles that enchant. A tangerine lip by makeup artist Delphine Ehrhart and soft beach waves by hair stylist Greg Everingham perfect … [Read more...]
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Generally speaking, late November is around the time of the season that moves involving roster players tend to start. A quarter of the way into the season, GMs can feel like they've seen enough of their club to know what's going right or wrong, while still having enough time to turn things around.
Last year the first major player movement of the season for the Leafs came on November 24th, after their 20th game of the season, when Fletcher traded Steen and Colaiacovo for Lee Stempniak. Struggling to find offense in their first half of October, the Leafs had only 7 wins heading into late November, while the Blues were dealing with injuries to key players and badly needed depth.
(Funnily enough, last year's Blues team is an example for why Leafs fans can still have hope about their season, a team with some emerging youngsters, and one that needed time to gel before tearing up the NHL in the second half en route to a playoff spot.)
Game #20 once again approaches, and the Leafs are about to embark on a stretch of games against teams that they should be able to win against (no offense meant to any team that isn't Ottawa). Whether they know it or not, these next two weeks will likely decide roster spots for our forwards, and like last year both the players and fans may be surprised as to who gets the axe.
Whether it's through trades or waivers, it's obvious that our current roster is suffering from an abundance of contracts. We need the flexibility to make call-ups, if only for the energy that youthful players can bring during their cup of coffee to the show. Like last year, I'd be surprised if any players brought in or up amount to more than depth, but I think player movement is just as important right now.
So who needs to watch out for their jobs? Stajan and Hagman have both found themselves into the doghouse this year, and Exelby and Finger have been unable to cement their roster spot in the eyes of Wilson. Whatever happens, I can't imagine this roster looking the same a month from now.
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Creating collages with gradient blending
Creating collages with gradient blending
Now I would like to show you how to create collage effects by combining two image layers non-destructively using layer masks and gradients. I'm currently in the Adobe Bridge application and I'm viewing the exercise files folder. I'm going to go ahead and scroll down here in the Control panel to the Chapter 12 folder. I'm going to double-click on that and then double-click on the seasonal_change.psd image. That's going to open up this image here in the Elements' Editing workspace.
All right, so here we're in Full Edit mode and you can see down here in the Layers palette that this is a layered file. We actually have the fall image at the top, I'm going to turn off its visibility for a moment, and then the winter image underneath. It was being hidden by the fall image. And then of course a white background, okay, which is acting like a white canvas for us. So I'm going to turn these layers back on. What we would like to do is to be able to create a trans...
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