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A few posts about preferred settings. There is a reason why we don't use the default settings. We never have to tinker with Fragmentation, Beacon Period, etc, but must broadcast the SSID or suffer drops.
If we stay with WEP or less we run the risk of others swatting our connection down. WPA2 may suffer from being too new.
There is a reason why the networking forum advice is the way it is.
If you follow that advice and at 2 feet it disconnects then there is broken hardware. Swap what you can out.
Here are my settings/hardware:
I am using a DLINK DIR-655 Router, hardware version A3, firmware 1.21
--Macbook Pro, OSX 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard)
--Wireless G only
--Router settings: Auto Channel scan enabled, Transmission Rate set to Best, Advanced Settings (Fragmentation, Beacon Period, etc), all remain at default values.
Description of the problem: I have been using the DLINK DIR-655 router with no problems for approximately 1 year. Suddenly, I began experiencing continuous disconnection issues is various areas of my home. My router is no more than 1-2 feet from my primary workspace (which is my desk).
I have tried changing the settings from Auto Scan enabled to setting to a specific channel, but it has not resolved the problem. I also disabled the Short GI setting -- that did not solve the problem either.
I purchased a spectral analyzer, and found neighboring networks on channels 1 and 11, while the auto channel scan generally positions me on channel 7. There were also high-amplitude, steady signals being broadcast at frequencies 2426 and 2452.
I also purchased a Mac Time Machine wireless router to try. I could work at my workspace with the Time Machine wirelessly (while I can't with the DLINK), but I lost wireless capabilities in other parts of my home.
I get the disconnection error messages in the router log.
I have disconnected my cordless phone, and the problems persist.
--What are the optimal advanced settings for overcoming these problems?
--Is this an interference problem or hardware problem? If its an interference problem, why does the Apple Time Machine work in some areas, while the DLINK does not, and vice-versa?
Thanks for the help!


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Dec 10, 2002
|Filing date
|May 3, 2000
|Priority date
|May 4, 1999
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|Anil Mankame, Anthony Florindi, Fredrick Arnold Goodman
|Original Assignee
|Ade Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (19), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (20), Classifications (15), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/132,455, filed May 4, 1999, entitled EDGE GRIPPING END EFFECTOR FOR SILICON WAFER HANDLING, incorporated herein by reference.
Not Applicable
Silicon wafers for semiconductor production pass through many steps in transitioning from a slice of silicon to a collection of functional integrated circuits on a silicon wafer. Between many of these steps the wafers must be removed from a cassette, have their orientation changed, be placed in fixtures and be transported to the next step. All of these operations are performed in a clean room. One of the present technologies in wafer handling uses backside contact by vacuum grippers. This technology requires that there be a front side of the wafer and a backside with the backside subject to being handled by the vacuum grippers. A second technology in wafer handling grips the wafers by the edges but is subject to sudden exertions of force and mechanism wear that cause contamination. Both of these technologies have suffered from wafer jams when inserting and removing the wafers from the cassette, the wafer protrusion problem—misalignment of the wafers in the cassette, and contaminants getting on the wafer from breakdown of the transport mechanism.
The present invention relates to handling of silicon wafers and in particular to edge grip handling of silicon wafers.
A stable edge grip on a wafer can be maintained if there are at least three points of contact between the gripper and the wafer. The force imparted by the three points of contact must be sufficient to counterbalance the weight of the wafer, but must not be so large as to bend the wafer significantly. At least three edge gripping fingers are mounted on a paddle such that the entire paddle/finger assembly can fit between wafers in a cassette. At least two of the edge gripping fingers are fixed at one end of the paddle in a separated relationship and passively respond to pressure brought to bear on them by the wafer. A single finger is mounted on the other end of the paddle and exhibits linear motion. The arrangement of the fingers on opposite sides of the wafer leaves the edges along the axis of the paddle arm free. The movable finger is brought into contact with the wafer by a flexure hinge driven by compressible fluid. Because there is no rubbing motion in the mechanism of the flexure hinge, the mechanism does not wear, does not have backlash or creep-like error motions, and no particulate contaminants are generated. In addition, the use of a compressible fluid mechanism assures that a smooth steady motion is imparted to the moving finger.
In picking up a wafer, the paddle/finger assembly is slid beneath the target wafer until the two fixed fingers are just past the edge of the wafer. The assembly is then raised so that the wafer and gripping surface of all the fingers are approximately aligned. The moving finger then moves toward the wafer until it exerts sufficient force on the wafer to bring the far side of the wafer in contact with the fixed fingers. The moving finger is maintained in the contact position throughout the withdrawal from the cassette and during any transport.
The release of the wafer is accomplished by reversing the steps of pickup. The moving finger breaks contact with the wafer, releasing the force on the wafer. A flexure tip on the fixed fingers nudges the wafer away from edge gripping surfaces of the fixed fingers. Then the paddle/finger assembly is lowered and withdrawn from the proximity of the wafer.
The invention as disclosed herein will be more fully understood by reference to the following detailed description and drawings, of which:
FIG. 1 shows the paddle, fixed fingers and moving finger;
FIG. 2 shows the paddle, fixed fingers and moving finger securing a wafer;
FIG. 3 shows a fixed finger flexure fixture;
FIG. 4 shows the moving finger tip;
FIG. 5 shows a flexure hinge supporting the moving finger with a bellows attached;
FIG. 6 illustrates the flexing of the flexure hinge when the bellows applies force;
FIG. 7 shows the effector mechanism mounted in a housing with the moving finger led outside the housing; and
FIG. 8 shows an alternate embodiment of a flexure hinge.
The advantages of edge gripping silicon wafers come about because gripping by the edge frees both surfaces for processing. The surfaces are not contaminated nor are they obscured by the gripping fingers. In addition, by gripping the edges of a wafer, the wafer itself can be precisely placed in a fixture without the probability that it will shift.
The general concept of the invention is that fingers will be used to grip the edge of the wafers. Such fingers are to be spread around the periphery of the wafer. Only one finger will be actively driven by any mechanism. The mechanism is based on the bending of a structure that causes no rubbing or other friction. The fixed fingers utilized to grip the wafer will have a passive response rather than being inert. An implementation of such an invention is illustrated in FIG. 1. The paddle arm-finger assembly 10 is composed of a paddle arm 12 upon which are mounted a plurality of fixed fingers 16 and the mechanism 20 for moving a movable finger 18. The paddle 12 has a throw sufficient to place the fingers on opposite sides of a wafer. The paddle arm/finger assembly 10 height is compact enough to allow the paddle to be placed between wafers or beneath a wafer and engage the wafer from below. p The implementation illustrated in FIG. 1 utilizes two fixed fingers 16 at the distal end 15 of the paddle 12 in a spaced relationship so that the two fixed fingers 16 and the moving finger 18 form a triangle of contacts around the edge of any wafer. At the proximate end 17 of the paddle, arm, the moving finger 18 is attached to a mechanism covered by a housing 20, the mechanism being permanently fixed to the proximate end 17. The moving finger 18 is moved such that the distance between the moving finger 18 and the fixed fingers 16 is decreased when the mechanism is actuated.
When a wafer 15 is engaged by the paddle arm/finger assembly 10 as illustrated in FIG. 2, the edge of the wafer 14 is engaged by the fixed fingers 16 and the finger tip 40 mounted on the moving finger 18. Once the fingers 16 and 18 have gripped the wafer, the entire paddle arm/finger assembly 10 can move to transport the wafer as needed and as programmed into a robot which moves the paddle arm.
The detail of the fixed finger 30 that is fixed at the distal end 15 of the paddle arm 12 is shown in FIG. 3. The fixed finger 30 is composed of a body 35 and a flexible portion 37. The body 35 is positioned on the paddle such that a first face 33 faces the wafer. The face 33 is composed of two parts; a notch 34 in the top portion and inclined plane 32 in the lower portion. The body 35 is secured to the paddle 12 by its bottom surface 31. In FIG. 3, the mounting means illustrated is a set of holes 36 for bolts to pass through, securing the body 35 to the paddle 12. The flexible portion 37 of the fixed finger is parallel to the back radial face 29 of the body 35. The flexible portion 37 has a fixed end 28, fixed to the body 35 on the back radial face 29 and spacing the remainder of the flexible portion 37 from the body 35 by a distance. The flexible portion 37 runs parallel to the back radial face 29 of the body 35 and a flexible finger 39 extends perpendicular to the flexible portion 37 and runs parallel to the side 27 of the body. The flexible finger 39 extends at least to the outer edge of notch 34 and is terminated in a flexure tip 41.
The entire fixed finger is made of a resilient material so that a force pushing against flexure tip 37 will displace the flexible portion. In a preferred embodiment, the fixed finger is a molded piece of polymer, preferably Poly Ether Ether Ketone (PEEK). Alternately, the fixed finger can be machined from PEEK. Using PEEK to manufacture the fixed finger is preferred because it does not deteriorate, which could create particulate matter to contaminate wafers, and because it exhibits a suitable springiness to implement the flexure tip.
The body 35 of the fixed finger is secured to the paddle using bolts passing through holes 36 to fasten the body 35 to the paddle 12. The inclined plane 32 serves as a lead-in to guide the edge 14 of the wafer 15 toward the notch 34. The notch 34 has a span greater than the thickness of the wafer 15 and a depth sufficient to grip the wafer 15 at two points on the notch 34.
The flexible portion 37 of the fixed finger 30 is fixed to the body 35 and spaced apart from it by a small bridge portion 28. The center of the bridge portion 28 serves as a pivot point for the flexible portion 37. The flexible portion 37 extends the width of the body 35 and when it has cleared the body, a flexible finger 39 extends perpendicular to the flexible portion 37. While a 90� angle may be used to join the flexible finger 39 to the flexible portion 37, more complex curves serving the same function may be used such as the one illustrated in FIG. 3. Such complex curves are designed to allow the springiness of the flexure tip 41 to be calibrated to respond to the force that will be applied by the opposing moving finger 19. The length of the flexible finger 39 is selected to be approximately flush with the edges of the notch 34. When the paddle 12 is brought in contact with a wafer 15, the flexible tip 41 is in contact with the edge 14 of the wafer 15.
The moving-finger tip 40 is illustrated in FIG. 4. It has a body 48, mounting holes 46, inclined plane 42 and an upper portion 44 of its radial face. In a preferred embodiment, the moving-finger tip is a molded piece of polymer, preferably Poly Ether Ether Ketone (PEEK). Using PEEK to manufacture the moving-finger tip is preferred because it does not deteriorate, which could create particulate matter to contaminate wafers. The mounting holes 46 secure the moving-finger tip 40 to the moving finger 18 that is connected to the mechanism that will move the finger tip 40. The inclined plane 42 serves as a lead in, like the lead in on the fixed finger, and leads the wafer to the upper portion 44 of the body 48. The upper portion 44 of the body 48 can be shaped as a notch identical to the notch of the fixed finger 30 or can be an alternate shape. In a preferred embodiment, the upper portion is shaped as a V-shaped notch.
The moving-finger tip 40 is mounted to an effector mechanism 50 as shown in FIG. 5. The effector mechanism 50 is composed of a flexure hinge 55 and bellows 52. The flexure hinge 55 is composed of a set of stable ends 56 and 60 connected by a pair of flexible arms 58 forming a rectangle when no force is applied. Flexible arms 58 are composed of a straight length 57 terminated at each end by a flexure notch 53. A bellows 52 is mounted on one flexible arm 58 near the junction with a stable end. First stable end 56 mounts the flexure hinge 55 and second stable end 60, has mounted to it the moving finger 18. Depending on the orientation of the mechanism to the moving finger, the moving finger 18 may incorporate a right angle 19 that causes the moving finger tip 40 to travel in the same direction as the second stable end 60. The flexure notches 53 in the flexible arms 58 permit the flexible arms 58 to be deflected. Bellows 52 has a sealed end 51 and has a compressible fluid input port 54 at the second end. Sealed end 51 is mounted to one flexure arm 58 at the junction with first stable end 56. If the bellows input port 54 is held fixed when a compressible fluid enters bellows 52 sealed end 51 exerts a force on flexible arm 58 deflecting it from perpendicular to first stable end 56. The deflection near the first stable end 56 translates to a larger horizontal deflection at the second stable end 60. This deflection is mirrored in the movement of the movable-finger tip 40. The only parts of the effector mechanism 50 that move are the bellows 52 which expand slightly to exert force on the flexible arm 58 and the second stable end 60 which moves because the flexible arms 58 deflect. Therefore, this movement is free of any friction that could create particulate matter that could contaminate the wafer.
The flexure arms and stable ends 56 and 60 form a parallelogram that is a rectangle at rest. Because of the flexible notch 53, the flexure arm/fixed end junction can be flexed when the compressible fluid in the bellows 52 applies pressure. FIG. 6 illustrates how the bellows 52 moves the flexure arm 58. The flexed end 56 has corners 72 35 and 74. At rest the flexure arms are in position 82 and 84 attached to the movable stable end 60 having corners 76 and 78. When the parallelogram is flexed, points 72 and 74 remain stationary while points 76 and 78 are moved to new position 76′ and 78′ displaced and slightly lower than the position 76, and 78. Finger 18 is shown in its relaxed position 80 and its displaced position 80′. It can be seen that a small initial displacement of flexure arms 82 and 84 near the fixed end 72/74 causes a larger displacement 76 to 76′ at the far end of the arm. Displacement of the tip is given by:
where theta is the displacement angle at the fixed end, theta is defined by the material from which the effector mechanism is fabricated,
E is the Young's modulus of the material and M is the bending moment of each of the notches expressed as
The remaining variables are illustrated on FIG. 5.
In one embodiment, using 70-79 T6 Aluminum and variables of L=2.5 in., R=0.375 in., t=0.0125 in., b=0.25 in., L1=0.602 in. and F=5 lb., the tip will move 0.707 in.
The above equations apply when bellows 52 are mounted further away from the fixed end 56 than shown in FIG. 5. This may be desirable for a modified mounting arrangement and alternate compressible fluids.
An alternate embodiment of the effector mechanism is illustrated in FIG. 8. Here, the flexure hinge 50 is no longer machined from a single piece of material, and the flexible arms 92 are made of thin flexible metallic material. The stable ends 56 and 60 can be implemented essentially as implemented in the previous embodiment, while the flexible arms 92 are now attached to the stable ends 56 and 60 such as by brazing, or being bolted on. In this embodiment, the bellows are mounted to the movable stable end 60. The operation of this flexure hinge is similar to other implementations. When the bellows 52 expands, it places force on the movable stable end 60. When the flexible arms 92 are made of leaf spring material, the force of the bellows displaces the movable stable end. The flexible arms assure that the displacement is along the correct axis and that the movable end returns to the rest position when the force is removed.
A mounting mechanism 20 is provided for the effector mechanism 50 as illustrated in FIG. 7. The fixed stable end 56 is mounted to one wall 85 of the mounting mechanism 20. A slot 82 in the opposite wall 81 of the mounting mechanism 20 allows the moving finger 18 to pass through the enclosure. The bellows 52 is mounted between a flexure arm 58 and a sidewall 54 with the intake 54 passing through the sidewall 88. When compressible fluid is forced into bellows 52, the flexure arm 58 is deflected and the moving finger 18 holding the moving-finger tip 40 is deflected a larger amount engaging the wafer edge 14 and pushing the wafer 15 into the notches 34 in the fixed fingers 16. The force exerted by the moving-finger tip 40 is sufficient to displace the flexure tip 39 holding it in tension until the moving-finger tip 40 releases the wafer edge 14. The paddle arm assembly provides a suitable platform for the mounting of sensors such as ones to detect a wafer, detect closed fingers or detect open fingers, as may be needed to assure correct operation of the apparatus.
It will now become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that other embodiments incorporating these concepts may be used. Accordingly, it is submitted that the invention should not be limited by the described embodiments but rather should only be limited by the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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|U.S. Classification
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Oct 15, 2002
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|Oct 7, 2003
|Certificate of correction
|Jun 12, 2006
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|Jun 10, 2010
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|Fee payment
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Energy conference for schools set
Published: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 12:43 a.m.
ASHEVILLE -- The WNC EnergySmart Schools Conference is coming to the N.C. Arboretum near Asheville on May 17 thanks to the State Energy Office, N.C. Department of Administration and the NEED Project.
The conference is open to school administrators, school business officials, curriculum directors, school board members, custodial staff, energy and facilities managers, parents and community members.
Attendees will hear about the best practices found in school districts and learn more about the resources that state is offering to help schools reduce energy costs.
The workshop is free, and breakfast and lunch are provided. For more information, call Mary E. Spruill at the NEED Project at (800) 875-5029. The registration deadline is Monday.
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Too many real estate agents?
With listings scarce, we have lots of real estate agents out there chasing the same deals.
With the number of homes for sale down roughly 20 to 30 percent across Greater Boston compared to last March, it's tough out there.
There's a core group of agents who are true professionals and make a comfortable living providing a valuable service.
But they have the misfortune to work in an industry where the barriers to entry are markedly low, with licensing standards in Massachusetts particularly light.
While appraisers have taken their share of abuse over the last few years, they have to spend many more hours in the classroom and out in the field before they are certified.
Inman News contributor and appraiser Hank Miller raises some sharp questions about why real estate agents have such minimal licensing standards compared to many other fields, including barbers and cosmetologists.
You can recover from a bad haircut but a bungled real estate is another thing altogether.
Here's Miller:
The requirements to obtain a real estate license are laughable. To obtain a license to sell real estate in Georgia, one is required to pass a background check, sit and pass a 75-hour prelicense course, then sit a 25-hour post-license course within a year. There are no experience requirements for a salesperson?s license.
What about Massachusetts? Well here's what I wrote a couple years back in my weekly Banker & Tradesman column. Sadly, not much has changed.
Want to be a real estate agent here in Massachusetts? No problem. Park your body in a classroom for a couple days, take a ridiculously easy test, and you're good to go. After a year's worth of tutelage under a veteran agent, you can then take the harder brokers' test.
The 24 hours of classroom instruction would-be real estate agents here in Massachusetts are required to take can be packed into a weekend, and are the third-lowest in the country, according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR).
That's a far cry from Texas, where aspiring members of the real estate profession are required to put in 210 hours; or California, where its 135.
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North falls to Maiden in Round 2
Published: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 12:00 a.m.
MAIDEN The Maiden High Blue Devils dream volleyball season continues.
Bolstered by a performance from Casey Schell that Blue Devils head coach Susan Drum called amazing, Maiden beat visiting North Henderson 3-1 on Tuesday night in the second round of the state 2-A volleyball playoffs.
The Blue Devils (17-5), the top seed from the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A/3A Conference, won the opening two games then shook off a loss in the third game to win the best-of-five series.
The victory advances Maiden to the third round for the first time in school history. Next up is East Henderson (17-7), a 3-0 winner Tuesday over Mountain Heritage, at Maiden on Thursday.
A victory on Thursday would net the Blue Devils a fourth-round match on Saturday at home against Bandys or on the road at West Henderson.
My goal was for our kids to play their game, said first-year Maiden head coach Susan Drum. And I knew that if we could do that, it didnt matter what North Henderson would throw at us.
The Knights (16-8), the No. 3 seed from the Western Athletic 2A, fell behind 2-0 after Maiden won back-to-back games 25-16 and 25-19.
Maiden never trailed in the first two games.
The Blue Devils jumped to a 7-1 lead in each game before the Knights stalled their momentum.
North responded with a 25-17 triumph in the third game before Maiden closed out the eighth playoff victory in its history by winning 25-13.
Brittany Freeman paced the Knights with five aces and 13 kills, while Bailey Dalton posted nine kills and three blocks.
Ashlee Sims led all North Henderson players with 25 assists.
They have some great players, especially (Freeman), and we knew they were tough, but we gave everything we had and hung in there, said Drum.
My team has been incredible all year. And when we get in a rhythm, were hard to stop.
Drum said Schell had at least 20 kills, while Nkaujshua Lo had a great defensive presence for us.
With 17 wins, Maiden is well ahead of last years pace (10-12) and two rounds deeper into the playoffs, too.
The attitudes have changed this year, and honestly the fan support has really boosted us, Drum said.
Sure, we play the game for ourselves and to make each other proud, but those fans in the stands are the ones that deserve a lot of credit for motivating us all season.
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Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 12:38 a.m.
Drowning victims vigil tonight
HOUMA -- Children who have drowned will be remembered during a candlelight vigil set for tonight in the downtown Houma Courthouse Square.
The 7 p.m. vigil is part of a month-long campaign to stress swimming- pool safety.
Poems and prayers will be read, as well as a list of names of local drowning victims.
The vigil is being held in honor of Hayden Davenport, a Houma boy who drowned last year in a backyard swimming pool. Saturday would have been the boys third birthday.
For information, call 868-9995.
Robbery suspect caught in Houma
HOUMA -- A man wanted in Jefferson Parish in connection with a string of robberies last month has been arrested and jailed in Terrebonne Parish.
James Kevin Ziegler, 37, 3812 Johnson St., Metairie, was found by Terrebonne Sheriffs deputies executing a warrant charging him armed robbery.
Reports from the Jefferson investigation say Ziegler became a suspect in the May 31 armed robbery of a taxi driver after investigators tracked down the cell phone used to summon the cab.
Investigators said the robber had called the cab to take him from his hotel to a casino. Enroute on I-10, the man held a knife to the drivers throat and demanded money. Taking the cash, he escaped by crossing a roadside fence to access a service road.
Water aerobics now offered
HOUMA -- Water aerobics classes are now available at the Bayou Black pool throughout the summer.
Classes begin July 7 and will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. If enough people sign up, a 7 a.m. class may be offered.
The cost is $1 per session. All participants will be required to sign a waiver.
For information, call the Bayou Black Recreation Center at 876-4270.
Houma group gets anti-smoking grant
HOUMA -- The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana will use a $30,000 state grant to help prevent kids from smoking and for similar programs.
The Houma-based group was awarded one of 10 anti-smoking grants from the state Health Department.
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THIBODAUX -- A series of anger-management sessions aimed at young 12- to 17-year-olds begins July 9.
The classes, called "Fire and Ice," will teach kids to control their negative emotions in five 90-minute sessions.
The classes, offered by the Bayou Council on Alcoholism, are scheduled for 3-4:30 p.m. July 9, 16, 23, 30 and Aug. 13 at the groups office, 504 St. Louis St. in Thibodaux.
There is a $25 enrollment fee, and the deadline to sign up is July 7. Call 446-0643.
Catholic musicians perform
HOUMA -- Catholic musicians will perform Sunday during the Adore 2097 Worship Night at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center.
It starts at 6:30 p.m. at the center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.
The event, open to the public, will feature Paul George Matt Maher, Kelly Pease and Josh Blakesly.
Tickets are available for $15 or $30 for a family of three or more. The event is being sponsored by Steubenville on the Bayous Catholic Youth Conference Office.
More than 3,000 teens are gathered at the Civic Center this weekend for Steubenville, a Catholic conference that centers on worship, Bible study and fellowship.
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and rape of a woman in Nelson on New Year's Day.
The 62-year-old woman was bashed and sexually assaulted in a
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Police arrested a Nelson man this morning after his DNA
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Detective Sergeant Ian Langridge said the man was already on
the police suspect list.
He was remanded in custody and would appear in Nelson
District Court later today on a number of charges including
kidnapping and sexual violation.
The victim was relieved to hear the news, Mr Langridge said.
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have put in some long hours since this terrible incident on
New Year's Day. I'm sure the people of Nelson will also be
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Good follow up to the first
Okay the first Nightmare On Elm Street film is a classic. And the second one sucked. As far as I'm concerned this part 2 should never have happened and this one part 3 should have taken its place for a sequel. This movie brings back Heather Langenkamp ,John Saxon,and of course Robert Englund, and was written by Wes Craven. Those 4 factors always seem to make a good Nightmare movie. Rent this or buy it because you'll want to see it over and over again.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
A good idea gone bad
After the crappy Halloween 3 the fans of the series thought that the Halloween series was really dead. But hey, they made this movie bringing back Michael, the great Donald Pleasence and an okay story line. However all these things can't make up for the bad acting and very bad ending. But if your a fan of the Halloween movies this one is better than "The Curse Of Michael Myers" right?
Man on the Moon (1999)
Jim Carrey's best
I have to say that I wasn't a huge fan of Andy Kaufman but after I saw this movie Jim Carrey kind of opened my eyes to Andy's creativness. This movie is a real eye opener and should be seen by everyone who enjoys a good comedy and drama too.
Halloween 5 (1989)
This movie is really far fetched
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The Faculty (1998)
Good sci-fi flick
The Faculty is a well written and directed science fiction movie. The acting is well done as well. Since the movie Scream came out movie studio's have done what they could to find the next "Scream" and all those studio's have failed. However Dimension Films (which also made the Scream movies) find original ideas and make the movie as good as they can and The Faculty is a fine example of that.
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Better than parts 2 and 4
First off there never should have been sequels to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre I think most fans of the film will agree with me on that. Second if I had to choose a good sequel that came out of the sequels I would have to say that this one is the best. It brings back elements from the original such as being stalked in the woods, and the killers have half a brain too. If you have seen the first one and want to check out any of the sequels, check this one out. Avoid the others. But if you can help it, avoid this one too.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Not a bad sequel
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 picks up where the first one left off which is something I like about sequels. But as this movie goes on, all we see is gore that we really don't need, and a confusing story. The ending is really bad, but hey what did you expect from the guy who helped write the next two very bad Hellraiser films. We as fans should have seen this coming.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
My second all time favorite movie
This movie is one of the best movies of the 20 century. This movie keeps the viewers on the edge of their seats until the ending credits. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster give great performences and the director gives us 100% of good movie making. This movie gets a 10 out of 10.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Freddy turns to comedy
I liked the first nightmare movie because Freddy was a dark evil man, and even though the second movie sucked Freddy still had that scary image. The 3rd one was good and Freddy had a few good jokes but for the most part he was still dark. Now we see a Freddy Kruger meets Jim Carry and it kills Freddy's image. Sure Robert Englund is great as Freddy, but they should have kept the evil image that Wes Craven gave to the character.
Drowning Mona (2000)
An OK comedy
This movie had a bunch of very talented actors at their best but I wondered if any of them read the script. Don't get me wrong this movie had some very funny scenes but that is it. Although Bette Midler and William Fichtner are very funny and give 100% of their skills. This is a movie to see on a rainy night or if your looking for a few laughs.


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April 1, 2015 Florida's manatees are at a crossroads. Well, actually, the agencies that protect manatees are at a crossroads, and manatees themselves are in the crosshairs. The U.S. more »»
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April 1, 2015 To the editor: ? Neighbor Lois thinks the first million to buy the bank building made financial sense as opposed to $150,000 a year for rent. Maybe. more »»
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April 1, 2015 To the editor: I just wanted to thank the City of Bonita Springs for supporting a loan to the Everglades Wonder Gardens. more »»
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March 25, 2015 With the beginning of a new legislative session, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and conservation partners are urging legislators to take advantage of a historic opportunity to buy land in... more »»
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A man is dead, and others received injuries, following two
vehicle ''rollovers'' on rural Otago properties yesterday.
Police launched a search and rescue operation yesterday
morning, after the family of a 61-year-old spraying
contractor reported he had failed to return home the previous
The Mosgiel man was later found dead near a farm track on a
Taieri property, Acting Senior Sergeant Chris MacAulay, of
Dunedin, said.
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Initial indications were his death may have been caused by
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His death had also been referred to the coroner.
Police would not be releasing his name until all next of kin
had been contacted.
In another rollover incident, emergency services were called
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State Highway 1 near Balclutha.
The 4WD vehicle with three occupants was part of a convoy
when it rolled just after 3pm.
The female driver and male passenger were flown by the Otago
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Country ownership is now a key element of successful development projects. The most well-planned and well-intentioned interventions will fail if they lack buy-in from a country's decision-makers, or will crumble after completion if partners do not have a clear exit strategy.
As donor capacity to fund long-term projects shrinks, stronger local buy-in has become a key factor for effective transition plans. Country ownership truly exists when the government has sufficient will to implement and monitor projects, and the external partner takes the time to understand their background and development vision – even when the vision is not well articulated due to a lack of capacity.
This is particularly important for improving health outcomes, as governments must have a strong stake in their people's health and wellbeing. Here are four key questions about fostering successful country ownership to improve health outcomes:
Why is country ownership especially important for health systems?
In most cases, aid and technical assistance alone are not effective or sustainable if administered without engaging the project's stakeholders. This is particularly true for health projects, for which the smooth transition to full government control is crucial to maintain health outcomes and continue successful interventions. Engaging the government and other local players is more likely to deliver a sustainable project in both the short and long-term, as building political will is key to getting a project successfully off the ground.
Health issues are on-going while projects come and go. Ensuring project strategies are aligned to national systems is particularly important where issues of national medicine policy and therapeutic failures come into play. Before people are placed on treatment the sustainability of the action must be weighed, since unceremoniously removing some will have global repercussions (e.g. ARV-resistant HIV strains).
What does country ownership look like in practice?
When a country has a clearly articulated vision and strategy for health, partners' long-term focus should be helping to make that a reality. There should be no 'ours' and 'theirs' mentality. When a country has not yet reached the stage of development where there is a common policy framework, the external partners are looking to harmonise their own activities with a view to increasing the capacity of the country both human and institutional.
Because tailored programmes are the most effective, this will look different depending on cultural context and a country's level of development. Not all governments are ready for the same level of autonomy, but the goal should always be to move towards country-owned and country-led through basic information sharing, joint planning, joint implementation or even recipient-led implementation.
What are the challenges for implementing programmes with country ownership?
Building projects that allow for country ownership is not always a smooth process. Governments influenced by politics can put their own agenda before the international or country-specific agendas, creating obstacles for projects that help disenfranchised populations. Cultural beliefs can also play a role in project failures, such as promoting condom use in apostolic faith sectors.
Failing to recognise country-specific needs also prevents progress – such as funding only 'popular' diseases such as HIV/Aids, TB and malaria in a country that desperately needs family planning funds to curb high birth rates and maternal mortality. Without country buy-in and guidance, the populace are unlikely to have confidence in the interventions. Country ownership helps ensure that long-term goals are realised, not just short-term objectives that allow partners to tick a box.
What is an example of this working successfully?
On the Zimbabwe Health Services Fund project, Crown Agents is working with the government to improve maternal, new-born and child health by funding health facilities in 43 districts. Funds are being transferred directly to health facility accounts, and the day-to-day financial management, tracking and supervision happens within existing ministry of health and child welfare (MoHCW) systems and processes. The ministry co-chairs the programme's Steering Committee that oversees the project's operations, giving it formal control of activities.
Ultimately, this approach is helping to deliver a better project in the short term, whilst also strengthening MoHCW processes, systems and capacity for future operations. There is no point in creating shiny, perfect parallel systems which are parachuted in for three years and then disappear when donor funding ends.
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Three indicators of URSP student achievement in the past two years are the following . . .
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B. High ratings for our students who did internships in 2014-15. After they have completed the URSP required courses, our students are eligible to do the required internship -- a one-semester, 20 hour per week planning-related job with a public or private office or firm. Students choose their internships in organizations or businesses that do the type of planning that students think they are interested in pursuing for their first post-graduate jobs. At the end of the internships, each interning student's supervisor completes an evaluation form. The form asks the supervisor to identify the intern's major strengths, ways in which the student could improve job performance, and then rank the student on a 1 to 5 point scale -- with 5 being "outstanding" -- in each of the following categories: a) accountability; b) quality of work; c) communication skills; interpersonal skills; and e) initiative.
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C. URSP students on winning national urban design competition teams in both 2014 and 2015. On April 2015, URSP student Patrick Reed, along with three graduate students in the University of Maryland's Architecture Program and one in the School's Master of Real Estate Program, shared the $50,000 first prize in the Urban Land Institute / Gerald D. Hines Student Design Competition. The students won the top prize for their development plan for the two New Orleans neighborhoods. There were 160 teams entered in the 2015 national competition. The other semi-finalists included two teams from Harvard and combined team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 2014, URSP student Andrew Casavant was a member of the University of Maryland's winning team in a Nashville, TN based competition. The full story is available at http://www.arch.umd.edu/mapp/news/terps-win-uli-hines-competition-second-year
2. How well do URSP graduates do on the American institute of Certified Planners (AICP) professional exam, when they take the test within 3 years after graduation?
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3. What is the employment rate of URSP graduates in a professional planning or planning-related job within 1 year of graduation?
As mentioned above, for those 2014 URSP graduates who did not go on to do further graduate study, 100 percent were working in a planning-related by the summer of 2015. For students graduating in Spring 2013, 95 percent were working in a planning-related job within a year after graduating. For 2012 graduates the figure was 88 percent, the same percentage that it was in 2011.
4. What is the cost of the program for a full-time student for one academic year?
In the 2015-16 academic year, tuition is $632 per credit hour for an in-state Maryland resident and $1,363 per credit hour for a non-Maryland resident. Fees per semester total $423 per semester for both in-state and out-of-state students who take 8 or few credits a semester, and $760 per semester for both in-state and out-of-state students who take 9 or more credits in a semester. This means that, for a full-time student who is Maryland resident, the annual cost (Fall and Spring semester) will range from $12,896 to $16,688 depending on how many credits (between 18 and 24) that a student takes that year. For a full-time student who is a non-Maryland resident, the annual cost of tuition and fees will be between $26,054 and $34,232 depending on how many credits the student takes.
5. What are URSP student retention and graduation rates, and the number of degrees earned each year?
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graduate -- the data include those students who graduated within 3 years of when they started. (This data excludes those in dual degree program with Architecture, since it takes such students at four years to complete that program). In 2014 there were 24 graduates, which was 89.0% of those who started the program in 2011. In 2013, there were 24 graduates, which was 92% of those who started the program in 2010. In 2012, there were 23 graduates, which is 88.5% of those who enrolled in 2009.


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Emirates Team New Zealand CEO, Grant Dalton spoke with Sail-World's NZ Editor after the sponsorship announcement today.
Key points from the interview included the confirmation that Emirates Team NZ was definitely in the 34th America's Cup for the full campaign and with a raft of five sponsors - Toyota, Omega, NZ Economic Development, Nespresso and Emirates Airlines. 'We've made it', he told Sail-World 'I didn't think we would'. One more sponsorship spot remains with the team, however they are in a position where they can go forward.
In discussing the controversial contract with NZ Economic Development, Dalton confirmed that the clause remained requiring the America's Cup to be staged in New Zealand if the team were successful in their 2013 Challenge. That steps the event away from the six month venue bidding process which was started by Alinghi for 2007 and continued by Oracle Racing for the 2013 America's Cup.
Dalton confirmed that the team will continue to compete in the Extreme 40 series, noting that in their view they were disappointed that the AC45 competitors are relatively weak. 'That makes the Extreme 40 even more important', he added. When he AC72 comes on stream then team will drop the Extreme 40's and concentrate on the bigger boat.
Emirates Team NZ will only buy one AC45 yacht, claiming that their budgets can't stretch to a second.
A 30 strong design team has been announced, who have been working for Emirates Team New Zealand since October, some of these are not currently based in New Zealand, but will all be working from New Zealand in the near future.
Commenting on the logistics of sailing the wingsailed catamarans, Dalton said he though everyone was being lulled into a false sense of security around the AC45's, noting that to get the AC72's into the water would require a 'full sized building crane'. 'That's ridiculous', he added, 'but we have to live with it'.
Dalton didn't see too much changing in the crews for the boats, making specific comment on the contribution of BMW Oracle racing coach, Glenn Ashby. While Emirates Team NZ will be sticking with many of their crew from the 2007 campaign (and it seems that world champion rower and Olympic Gold medalist Rob Waddell will be aboard) he says of the Defender Oracle racing crew, 'it's quite ironic, they're all old. Our grinders like Rob Waddell, are very good athletes. Our guys aren't changing. But just look at Oracle with all their old guys on board.'
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