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When the Cardinals took an 11-point lead in St. Louis with 1 minute, 53 seconds left in the third quarter, the Bruce Arians Era looked like it was getting off to a good start.
Then it all started to unravel.
First, the Cardinals let Rams quarterback Sam Bradford orchestrate an 80-yard drive capped by a two-point conversion. Then Arizona's offensive line woes continued, leading to a strip-sack of Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer. The Rams recovered and four plays later they tied the game at 24. All it took was 7:46.
St. Louis' game-winning field goal with 45 seconds left came after the Cardinals failed to convert two crucial third downs.
But Arians wasn't dejected Monday morning.
"You never accept losing, but there are some very good things and some very correctable things," he said. "I think disappointed? Yes. Discouraged? Not at all, would be the way we describe where we're at right now.
"We wanted that win desperately. It's a big win in the division on the road. We had it on our grasp."
And part of the reason the Cardinals lost was that they literally let the Rams out of their grasp. Arians identified the following three areas of concern stemming from Sunday's game.
Here's how they impacted the Cardinals' 27-24 loss:
"Really poor tackling"
The Cardinals' inability to bring down the Rams wasn't just an isolated incident that happened a time or two. It was an issue all game. Cornerback Jerraud Powers missed a tackle on Rams running back Daryl Richardson on the first drive, which led to a 15-yard gain. Arians pointed out another missed tackle on Richardson in the right flat two plays before St. Louis' game-winning field goal.
In all, 184 of the Rams' passing yards were after the catch, according to Pro Football Focus.
Eight Cardinals missed at least one tackle in the game and they finished with 10 total, according to PFF. Powers and Jasper Brinkley had two each.
This was an issue for last year's team, as well, which is ironic considering the amount of turnover on defense. Like Arians pointed out with almost all the concerns after the game, these are correctable mistakes.
2-minute defense
Arians said Monday the Cardinals prided themselves on being a good situational football team, but that wasn't the case in the final 2 minutes of each half.
In the second quarter, the Rams had gone 40 yards in 3:23 when the 2-minute warning hit. Then they went another 40 yards in six plays in the last two minutes with three plays of 9 or more yards.
In the fourth, the Rams regained possession with 1:45 left at their own 20. They only went 50 yards in 1 minute to set up kicker Greg Zuerlein's 48-yard game-winner.
When the Rams were pressing, the Cardinals couldn't respond and let medium-sized chunk plays lead to scores. The Cards gave up a total of 10 points inside the 2-minute warning Sunday. Hold the Rams to either a field goal or no points, and the Cardinals leave with a win.
Pass rush lacking
Arians was pleased with the drive Calais Campbell and Dan Williams provided up the middle, but he was less than thrilled with the edge rush from the rest of the defensive linemen.
Darnell Dockett played 58 snaps -- 25 runs and 33 passes -- and managed just one quarterback hurry, according to PFF. Just six of the Cardinals' 17 total hurries came from the edge. Arians chalked up the underwhelming pass rush to the need for better technique and fatigue from the starters.
It was also the defensive line's first game in defensive coordinator Todd Bowles' new one-gap system, which allows the front three to attack the line instead of reacting to which way the center moves.
The line, however, did pave the way for the linebackers. Lorenzo Alexander had five quarterback hurries in 16 pass rushes, while Brinkley hit Rams quarterback Sam Bradford three times.


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GRAPEVINE -- New details are emerging in the capital murder case of a Fort Worth man accused of killing a Texas Woman's University student.
An arrest warrant for Charles Dean Bryant, 30, states that Jacqueline Vandagriff, 24, was found dismembered and set on fire inside a blue kiddie pool in Acorn Woods Park near Grapevine Lake the morning of Sept. 14.
According to her Facebook page, Vandagriff was walking to a bar near her home in Denton the night before. Surveillance cameras show her meeting Bryant and leaving Fry Street Public House with him. The pair goes to Shots and Crafts next, before leaving together at 9:46 p.m.
Surveillance video obtained by WFAA shows capital murder suspect Charles Bryant leaving Denton bar "Shots & Crafts" w/Jacqueline Vandagriff pic.twitter.com/aR43bGAHN9— David Goins (@dgoins) September 21, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Charles Bryant & Jacqueline Vandagriff seen leaving Denton bar 9pm on Tue 9/13 - (time stamp is off) @wfaachannel8 pic.twitter.com/Jx9gceze5x— David Goins (@dgoins) September 21, 2016
Surveillance video obtained by WFAA shows capital murder suspect Charles Bryant leaving Denton bar Shots & Crafts, w/Jacqueline Vandagriff pic.twitter.com/WTOtEWxvyc— David Goins (@dgoins) September 21, 2016
Police tracked Vandagriff's cell phone and found that it traveled down to 2084 Blue Mound Road in Haslet before the signal was lost at about 1:32 a.m., the warrant states.
Grapevine police learned that Bryant had a protective order out against him by his ex-girlfriend for complaints of harassment and stalking. The suspect's ex-girlfriend told officers that Bryant owned a blue plastic kiddie pool.
Bryant was arrested on Sunday at about 2:30 p.m. on a warrant for violating the protective order out of Denton. While being interviewed, he initially denied leaving the bar with Vandagriff, according to the warrant.
The FBI and police searched Bryant's home at 14017 Sand Hills Drive, near where Vandagriff's cell phone was last pinged. They found a blue kiddie pool similar to the one used in the park, and Vandagriff's purse was found in the trash.
Bryant's roommate told police that he had recently seen two blue kiddie pools in the backyard. It was also discovered that Bryant had purchased a shovel on Sept. 14 just before 5 a.m. at the Walmart in Haslet.
The warrant says evidence was also found in the backyard that someone tried to dig a hole in the ground.
Bryant is currently in custody and charged with capital murder. His bond has been set at $1 million.
It was recently discovered through social media that someone posted to Vandagriff's Twitter account after her murder, and Bryant posted strange messages to his Facebook account after her body was found. His Facebook account also indicated that he frequented Acorn Woods Park, where Vandagriff's body was found.
Arrest warrants were also released Tuesday in regards to the stalking and harassment charges filed by Bryant's ex-girlfriend.
They reveal that the ex called UNT police on Aug. 24, Aug. 31, and Sept. 6 after Bryant showed up to her dorm room and place of work. She told police she was "in fear of" Bryant. He was arrested for criminal trespassing on Sept. 6.
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By Bellegeste
A/N: Here we are at the last chapter already. Don't think too badly of Lily - she may be manipulative, but she haseveryone's best interests at heart...
Chapter 5:CRUEL TO BE KIND
"Madame Pomfrey!"
"Oh, there you are, dear. How are those blisters? Not found any more splinters? They can work their way up after a day or so, you know. I'd keep an eye on them. And I'd watch that Swamp-Fly sting too - they can get infected, even after you've had the antidote."
"I'm fine, honestly. Good as new, thanks to you," Lily assured her with a radiant smile. "Madame Pomfrey, have you seen James?"
"Mr Potter? Oh yes, dear - he was down here first thing this morning looking for you. Though I'm not sure if he knew you were here, or whether he'd popped in on the off-chance. Biggest bunch of red roses I've ever seen. You're a lucky girl! He was quite put out when I said I hadn't seen you. That was right, wasn't it? You did say not to tell Mr Potter…?"
The matron didn't, as a rule, allow herself to be dragged in to the students' love lives, though she was the soul of discretion when it came to the number of prohibited and mis-brewed love potions, Hate Hexes and Jilted Jinxes she was called upon to reverse on an almost daily basis. But for Lily Evans she was prepared to bend the rules a fraction.
"Have you two had a quarrel?" she inquired in a motherly way.
"Something like that." Lily's expression was unusually severe. Red roses! She snorted to herself in disgust. Pink or yellow roses, please, but never red! Or freesia, her favourite… a few stems of scented freesia were preferable to a whole bucketful of red roses.
"How's Severus?"
A flicker of disapproval glinted in Madame Pomfrey's eyes, but she kept her opinions to herself. Evans and Potter made such a lovely couple! It would be a shame if anything were to spoil it.
"The poor boy's still asleep. He was completely exhausted."
"But is he…?"
"I'll be recommending he gives Quidditch a miss for a few days, and he'll need to be careful, but apart from that - nothing rest, fresh air and a couple of square meals won't put right."
Lily's relief must have been all too apparent. Madame Pomfrey pursed her lips.
"Far be it from me to pry into what you get up to in your free time, young lady, but if that Slytherin has been putting ideas into your head… Dark Arts indeed!" She tutted.
"What do you mean?"
"That wasn't a common or garden slipped disc I've been Healing. That boy had severe spell damage. It could have been very nasty. And from what you've told me, you got off very lightly yourself. It doesn't do to dabble in these things, dear."
"I'm sorry. It won't happen again." Lily apologised - for the time-being it was easier than protesting her innocence and getting embroiled in explanations. Dark Arts? She'd 'Dark Arts' James when she saw him!
"Can I sit with him?" She nodded to the far end of the ward, where the screens were pulled around Snape's bed. "I want to be here when he wakes up. Oh, Madame Pomfrey? If James comes back…"
"My lips are sealed," the matron vowed. She clicked into her office shaking her head, not at all sanguine about this turn of events.
Lily sat by the bedside thinking about James, alternately missing him and seething with indignation. How dare he? For she was now convinced that Snape's interpretation had been correct: a thoughtless prank. She was equally sure that James would never have intended her to get involved. Not her, just Snape. Her stomach clutched when she imagined what might have happened if she hadn't been there and Snape had ended up in the hut alone…
James needed to be taught a lesson. So did the others - Peter and Sirius - but she had a more immediate influence over James. She'd begin with him. What could she do? Tell Professor Dumbledore? No, she didn't want to get James into that much trouble, especially with exams coming up, and then reports and references… Break up with him then? Shout? That would be a start. But no amount of shouting would ever really get through to James - they'd had rows before and arguments just rebounded off James like hexes off dragon-hide. Nor did she want to provide him - and the others - with any more ammunition to use against Snape. If they knew he'd been so badly injured it would give them just one more ignominy with which to taunt him.
Lily could see James now - contrite, anxious to please, eager to make up for his mistakes, but with no genuine remorse, not fully comprehending the extent of the damage - like a puppy caught chewing on a slipper, realising it has been naughty but not understanding what all the fuss is about.
Oh James! Lily was awfully fond of that puppy! But even puppies sometimes have to be taught a lesson.
A sixth sense, a self-conscious awareness made her look up and she turned towards the bed to find that Snape's eyes were open and he was quietly observing her. How long had he been awake? Lily felt uncomfortable, unnerved by that strange, silent scrutiny. She jumped up, not wanting him to realise how worried she had been.
"I made it, you see. You didn't think I had it in me, did you? Blisters like you wouldn't believe, but - well, we're here, aren't we?" Too bright; too breezy. Still the dark, brooding eyes absorbing her.
"How are you feeling?" she asked more softly. "Can you sit up?"
Very gingerly at first and then with more confidence, Snape pushed himself upright.
"You OK?"
He nodded.
"Want to try standing? Walking?"
Lily took his arm as he slid his long legs out of the bed and tentatively levered himself to his feet. For a moment she felt his weight leaning against her, not trusting in his recovery, and then he straightened and took a couple of steps.
"Still feeling OK? Back to normal? No pain?"
"No," he murmured, monosyllabic, mistrustful. It was almost as though he knew.
"That's good," she said decisively, giving him a shove in the chest which sent him sitting back down on the bed in a hurry. "Because there's something I want to get absolutely straight with you, Severus Snape."
He scowled at her.
"I can guess. Potter."
"Got it in one. When we were… in that place, you agreed to leave James to me." Lily brought all her assertive powers to bear and stared at him, unblinking and determined, dominating him physically as she stood before him, and hoping to win a victory through sheer force of personality.
"I did nothing of the sort," Snape retorted coldly. "You may have asked me to. Did you hear me agree?"
"But, in any event, you are going to… leave James to me?" Hypnosis would have come in handy here, Lily reflected.
Snape returned her gaze sullenly, black eyes versus green, meeting a resistance and a will as stubborn as his own.
"Look, Snape," Lily exclaimed in exasperation, "If you retaliate against James now, this whole feud is going to escalate again - and then where will we be?"
"I'll kill him." A statement, not a threat.
"Oh, yes, well, that's very grown up! And what - spend the rest of your life in Azkaban? That's one way of solving your career problems." Lily had no patience with the kind of male bravado which reduced every disagreement to a test of magical skill or actual fisticuffs.
"He deserves it," snarled Snape, refusing to be deprived of his revenge.
"Maybe he does! I'm not trying to excuse what he did. It was horrible. I'm just saying that there are ways of punishing people which don't resort to violence. I know how to handle James."
"Withdrawal of privileges?" suggested Snape unpleasantly.
Lily angrily counted to ten. And then another ten. Why was she even bothering to protect them? Because she suspected that, if it came to a duel, dear James would be no match for the devious and dangerous Snape?
With an award-winning sigh, she sat down next to him on the bed, not touching but close enough to be distracting. For several minutes she gazed at her hands folded peacefully in her lap. Snape waited for her to make her move - for once he couldn't predict what it might be.
"It had occurred to me," she began at last, speaking calmly and conversationally as though she were discussing the plot of the latest best-seller, "that when we talk to James about what happened yesterday, it might be advantageous to be somewhat economical with the truth. For instance, it might be better if he didn't realise quite how effectively his spell worked." She turned to face Snape directly. "I wasn't going to tell him," she said pointedly.
"If you don't tell him, I will. That idiot almost paralysed me," Snape growled.
"But, Severus, do you really want James to know that?" cried Lily, putting her hand on his arm. All of a sudden she wasn't quite sure whose side she was on. Then she remembered - her own.
For a second Snape wavered; he looked undecided and Lily thought she might be going to get away with it.
"So you think I should tell James everything?" she asked innocently, but with the emphasis on 'everything'.
"Tell him what you damn well like." Snape wasn't going to make it that easy. "You're not conning me into silence just so you can get your darling Potter off the hook. You don't tell me what to do. Do you think I'm afraid of a bit of Gryffindor gossip? You're blackmailing me to lay off Potter, so that you can save his thick skin!"
"And yours," Lily added significantly.
She'd been hoping that she wouldn't have to resort to blackmail, but, if it came to a choice between Snape's ego and James' life, she was prepared to be cruel - very cruel…
"I imagine James and Sirius would be rather interested to hear that you spent your weekend whimpering on the floor…"
"You wouldn't!"
"Try me. Or…" Lily went on, hating herself for what she was about to say, knowing that it was going to wound him - and she honestly didn't want to hurt him, or anybody, if she could help it - knowing also that it was the ultimate weapon in her peace-keeping strategy. "Or they might like to know how you nearly wet yourself… or, Snivellus, how I saw you crying…"
Snape was white with anger.
"You bitch! You scheming, manipulative, f------ bitch!" he hissed.
A bitch defending her puppy!
Lily stood up, relieved that Snape, fists clenched, was staring fixedly at the ground, not meeting her eyes, and couldn't therefore see her shaking.
"Get dressed and meet me outside in ten minutes," she ordered. "Oh, and brush your teeth."
Punctual to the second, Snape appeared through the archway. He was 'walking tall', Lily noticed at once but slowly and a little stiffly. When he wasn't slouching, she thought, he had quite a commanding presence of his own - never mind Lucius Malfoy.
"I've sent James an owl to meet me at the lake," she declared without preamble. "Come on. Or is that too far for you to walk? Are you sure your back's all right? Madame Pomfrey said you had to take it easy to begin with. Let me know if you need to rest."
The unexpected swing from dominatrix to concerned carer threw Snape and he couldn't think of a suitably barbed reply.
"I'm not going anywhere with you," he objected.
"No? Oh, OK then. I'll just tell James where you are and he'll come to find you. Is that what you want? Whatever was I thinking - that you might like me to be there when you confront James? I mean, he only thinks we spent the night together… He'll probably want to shake your hand. Severus, for Merlin's sake, you haven't even got your wand! Don't be silly. Come on."
With a friendliness that Snape found completely disconcerting, Lily took his arm. Matching her pace to his, she led him to the spot on the shore where several paths converged, from where they would have a clear view of anyone approaching. Small groups of sunbathers, making the most of the afternoon sunshine, looked up with interest to see the Head Girl strolling with the tight-lipped, straight-backed Slytherin. By now Snape was regarding her with a bemused mixture of animosity and grudging admiration.
"What did that Hat think it was doing, sorting you into Gryffindor?" he muttered at one point.
"Look, there they are," she said, spying three figures in the distance. "He's brought the troops. Now, remember, leave them to me if you want to get out of this with your balls intact."
Snape would never have imagined such language coming from the mouth of the lovely but, as he had supposed, unworldly Lily Evans, and he had to acknowledge that he had been guilty of underestimating her.
When the three Marauders were about five hundred yards down the path, Lily turned to Snape and slid her arms round his waist, pulling him against her.
"Kiss me," she whispered.
"Are you mad?"
"Just do it. Now!" she told him, urgently. "Trust me."
Trust you? You're blackmailing me into being here, into facing up to Potter in some contrived revenge ritual - Merlin knows why I'm here at all! I must be the one who's mad – and you expect me to trust you? He was both astounded and deeply impressed by her nerve and effrontery. She was utterly shameless, and indecipherable - like the Sphinx.
"You trusted me last night," she murmured. The memory of soft, warm hands worked on him like Persuading Potion, and he felt himself succumbing to her touch.
"Oh, come on, Snape." Discarding the sultry siren act, Lily was suddenly impatient. "I know how James' mind works. Seeing is believing. This 'll save time. Actions speak louder than words."
That's what worries me! I'd rather save my neck! Snape leaned forwards and, his eyes still anxiously tracking the approaching figures, gave her a guarded peck on the forehead.
"No, not like that," she complained. "Is that the best you can do? That's not going to convince James of anything. This is your big chance, boyo, so you might as well make the most of it. Kiss me properly! I assume you do know how? Or is that too much to expect? And please to goodness try to pretend you're enjoying it!"
"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF HER, YOU BASTARD!" James roared.
More flustered and a great deal more breathless than she had originally intended, Lily disengaged herself from Snape's willing lips. She collected herself and smiled sweetly at James.
"Hi! Thanks for coming. Isn't it a super day? I was rather hoping you'd let us have our wands back. You do have them?"
"Lily!" James howled. "What's he done to you? Put you under Imperius? What are you doing - letting yourself be mauled by that psycho? I don't believe it!"
"Believe it."
"Where've you been all this time? I've been looking all over for you. I've been out of my mind! If he's touched you… or hurt you… so help me, I'll… I'll… And as for you, you foul, disgusting, slimy… Wait till I get my hands on you - you'll wish you'd never been born, you stinking, rotten… you, you…" He fell into clichés of blustering abuse.
Lily smartly side-stepped in between them.
"Well, we've just come from the hospital wing," she informed James, blithely ignoring his ranting. Snape glanced at her sharply, but she went on, "I ended up with a few blisters - my shoes were completely wrong; you could have warned me - but it was worth it. The views up there on Cairnmhor are simply stunning! And the sunset! Oh, you should have seen the sunset, it was breathtaking! It was such a wonderful night we decided to take the scenic route home. Honestly, it was so clear we could see all the stars - there were the most amazing shooting stars too, weren't there, Severus?"
Snape, who had been gaping at the girl as though she had just Apparated in from an asylum, shrugged weakly and gave a strained smile. Lily leaned back against his chest and, almost without thinking, he placed his hands protectively on her shoulders. He was breathing in the musky sandalwood scents of her hair.
James gulped and spluttered.
"You needn't worry, James - Severus has been looking after me. He's been really considerate." She raised her eyebrows suggestively, pressing herself just that bit closer. Snape knew he was lost, enslaved. "In fact," Lily gushed, "Severus has been fantastic! I'm sorry, James, but your little joke seems to have backfired!"
Snape, anticipating imminent decapitation or dismemberment, and aware that he was in no shape to make a run for it, clung on to Lily, holding her before him like a human shield. Lily had been playing emotional roulette with James, but she had placed her bets wisely: the wheel spun through outrage, anger, disgust, aggression, violence, jealousy, guilt, humiliation and surrender, and came to rest on dismay. James' whole body sagged in defeat, but he tried to salvage some dignity from his trampled pride. He motioned to Sirius.
"Give them the wands."
"But James, you're winning on points - take advantage of it while you can! How often do you get a chance like this? Surely you're not going to throw the whole match now!" Sirius looked as though Christmas had been cancelled(1). He shook his head in disappointment, decrying James' easy capitulation. "We've got his wand, for Merlin's sake - he's a sitting duck! At least send him for a quick swim in the lake, or fly him round the pitch and post him through a hoop! How many points do you get for a Slytherin own goal?"
"What do goals matter when he's already caught the Snitch?" James replied morosely. "Give them the wands."
Lily tensed as Snape reached out his hand. This was a potential flashpoint. Frowning, she caught his eye and, reluctantly (and somewhat meekly, she noted with satisfaction) he returned the wand unused to his pocket.
"James!" Lily launched her ultimatum. "I want you to think very carefully about which is more important to you: the feud with Severus, or me. Because you can't have both. And another thing - I don't think much of amateurs playing at Dark Arts and practising on my friends. Come on, Severus."
Taking Snape by the hand she led him away, through the tittering gaggle of onlookers and towards the castle.
"There you are!" she smiled triumphantly. "Reputation and balls intact! Actually, I'd say your reputation may have just gone up by several notches… Poor old James! I'll let him stew for a few days and then I'll think about forgiving him. On condition that he drops the feud."
"You, Lily Evans, are an evil succubus!"
"It's all part of the service. And you…"
"You, Severus Snape, may not be my type, but I was wrong about one thing - you do know how to kiss!"
End of story. Aaah! A happy ending! (of sorts)
We know from canon that Lily and James got married soon, so we have to assume that he was a good puppy…
Do you think James really reformed or is JKR not telling us the whole story?
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High-performance miniature gyroscopes would be fabricated by established micromachining techniques.
A micromachining-based fabrication process has been proposed for low-volume production of copies of a mesoscale vibratory gyroscope. The process would include steps of photolithography, metallization, deep reactive-ion etching (RIE), Au/Au thermal-compression bonding, and anodic bonding. In the present state of the art, these process steps are well established and the process as a whole would be considered reproducible.
The basic designs and principles of operation of micromachined vibratory gyroscopes were discussed in several prior NASA Tech Briefs articles. For the purpose of the present discussion, the relevant micromachined components of the mesoscale vibratory gyroscope to be fabricated would be a baseplate; a resonator to be mounted on the baseplate; and a post to be affixed to (and thereby become part of) the resonator.
The figure depicts the last joining steps. The resonator would be joined to the baseplate by thermal-compression bonding of surface gold layers on their mating metal bonding pads, at a temperature of 350 °C. Top and bottom parts of the post would be joined to the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the resonator by anodic bonding at a potential of 4.25±0.25 kV and temperature of Å400 °C.
This work was done by Kirill Shcheglov of Caltech for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For further information, access the Technical Support Package (TSP) free on-line at www.nasatech.com/tsp under the Manufacturing category.
In accordance with Public Law 96-517, the contractor has elected to retain title to this invention. Inquiries concerning rights for its commercial use should be addressed to
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Refer to NPO-30288, volume and number of this NASA Tech Briefs issue, and the page number.
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GuideToTheDark 4 years ago#61
See: Too Human
Before all else you must build muscle. Then you must become hero to children everywhere.
MatrixAndrAIa 4 years ago#62
Escort Missions - I ****ing hate them with a burning red passion. Protecting a stupid NPC that blows your cover when you're being stealthy, or runs out into the open and forcing you to not be methodical to save his stupid ass. I'm glad these types of missions seemed to have fallen out of favor since last gen.
Video game stories taking themselves too seriously while being ridiculously stupid - Metal Gear Solid 3 is a perfect example of this. Don't get me wrong - the game itself is fun. But the Cobra Unit? Laughably bad. In fact, the MGS series is pretty much why I wrote off video game story barring a few rare exceptions.
Unskippable/Too many cut scenes - same as above. If I already don't care about your lame story, please don't force me to watch the ****ing thing or not let me skip it.
I can get behind the idea of lives in games though because I spend a lot of time playing Run 'N Gun and Shoot Em Up games.
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beautifuldreams 4 years ago#63
QTEs, the only game i played that did it well was Just Cause 2
King_Akeela 4 years ago#64
Another cardinal sin of game design is shmups..............WE NEED MORE OF THEM!
GorillaOnRoof 4 years ago#65
1. Quests: Why the f should I be the one to always have to do stuff
3. Multiple choices: If I wanted to answer a ****ing multiple choice question, I'd go back and finish school.
4. Fighting: Wow, it's 2012, we're still endorsing violence? This is what we want our kids to learn? GG.
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#1 has always been the lack of fully customizable controls
QTE's , this is not gameplay this playing Simon Sez during an action scene
Button mashing for anything , what is this SNES Track and Field to open a door? stop it.
Leaving out characters and gimping level caps of SP games to sell as DLC , maps and missions are one thing but planning to gimp out on the guts of the game is another.
TheBlueStig 4 years ago#67
Bad analog calibration has to die, no more "curving ramp" calibration settings.
Turning Point Fall of Liberty has to have the worst analog calibration ever, you move the stick half way through it's travel range and get nearly no movement at all, then you move just a hair farther and the crosshair is racing across the screen at 90mph.
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Just thought of another one I HATE that I've been running into a lot recently.
*Games with characters that speak different languages that require you have subtitles activated to understand anyone foreign language.
Fr example, Nier and Binary Domain. I play in a quiet environment, so I don't need to have subtitles for anyone speaking english, but it would be nice to be able to have them pop-up when someone is speaking Japanese!
I went through half of Nier before I realised I was meant to understand the desert tribe. Then I had to play the rest of the game with distracting subtitles just in case anyone else that didn't speak english popped up.
AssCreed 2 and GTAIV do this as well.
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jorgestevenson 4 years ago#69
Can't believe we've had so many posts without the actual cardinal sin of all cardinal sins -
QTEs as boss fights.
This is literally the most anti-climactic way to move the story. The whole game, you're seeing how scary and strong the boss is. You're practicing on his henchmen thinking, "Man, if THESE guys are tough I wonder how insanely tough the boss is gonna be!" You see the scen approaching and you go hunting around the level for last minute health packs, ammo, and upgrades. You finally walk into the cutscene and
It's a QTE boss fight! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
(here's a great example: Uncharted Golden Abyss - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCfff28t6Jc)
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A handful of people have inquired about a possible opening for a new Athens-Clarke County manager, but it's too soon to tell who will hold that job at the end of the year, Mayor Doc Eldridge said Wednesday.
Eldridge said he's received ''about a half-dozen'' calls from people across the Southeast who have heard about a possible vacancy in the position currently held by Al Crace.
Crace's contract expires at the end of this year. Eldridge notified Crace in a May 22 memo that he would not recommend him for reappointment, following a dispute between the two about Crace's appointment of a director for the Human and Economic Development department.
Eldridge said Wednesday he would reconsider his decision not to recommend Crace for reappointment, but said there was no guarantee Crace would be recommended.
The mayor is responsible for recommending a candidate for county manager to the Athens-Clarke Commission. The commission must approve candidates by a majority vote.
Eldridge said all of the contact with potential candidates has been through unsolicited ''informal, off-the-record phone calls.'' He said calls have largely been from government professionals who attended recent sessions of the Georgia Municipal Association and the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and heard through the grapevine the position might be coming open.
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Eldridge said the callers typically ask questions about the workings of a unified government like Athens-Clarke County. There are only 34 unified governments in the country, he said, and people from other areas are sometimes unclear about how such entities work.
The mayor said he's made it clear to the callers that it's likely there will be a vacancy in the county manager position at the end of the year, but that it's too early to begin screening candidates.
''I tell them I've made a decision to go in a different direction at the end of the current manager's term,'' he said. ''The process is not yet done, and it probably will be in the near future.''
Commissioner Tom Chasteen acknowledged that commissioners have discussed the possibility of forming a search committee, but said there has been no formal move by the commission.
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Chasteen said he estimates the procedure would cost between $10,000 and $20,000 today.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/618,368, filed Nov. 13, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,843,284, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/009,527, filed Jan. 18, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,639,105, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/885,747, filed Jan. 19, 2007, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
This invention was made with Government Support under contract/grant DAAH01-1-R004 awarded by the US Army Aviation and Missile Command. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
The present invention relates generally to micromechanical resonators, and more particularly, to multi-frequency high-Q tunable micromechanical resonators.
In Asia, Europe, and North America, multiple frequency standards and infrastructures have been established with which cellular handsets must comply in order to provide connectivity for users. Thus, multi-band cellular handsets are required. Currently, the frequency standards in use are nominally 850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz. The latest technology also requires filters at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Although purely digital WCDMA networks are evolving across the globe, analog protocols at 850 and 900 MHz must also be supported for connectivity is less-developed areas. In the United States, the FCC mandates freeing the currently occupied 300-800 MHz analog (video) broadcast bands may enable mobile communications over this spectrum. For these reasons, cellular handsets will also require analog band and low-UHF compliance for years to come. Piezoelectric thin film resonators, which can be subcategorized into solidly mounted resonators and film bulk acoustic resonators, have been proposed for traditional surface acoustic wave filter replacement. However, since thin film resonators utilize the thickness dilation of a thin deposited film, obtaining resonators with widely dispersed frequencies would typically require film deposition at multiple thicknesses. The piezoelectric films are typically sandwiched on both sides with metal electrodes. One technique to provide frequency variance, although difficult to implement, is provided by selective deposition of metal electrodes. However, obtaining the 2:1 frequency ratio between 900 MHz and 1800 MHz is not feasible.
Independent groups have demonstrated bandpass filters at 900 MHz and 1900 MHz using thin film resonators. The 1900 MHz film bulk acoustic resonator filters, which are integrated with electronics, are currently in production for handsets which use a US-based PCS network. However, filter solution at multiple frequencies on a single die or single package are not known to exist. For this reason, single-chip integrated thin film resonator-based bandpass filters have not penetrated markets that utilize multiple frequency standards such as Asia and Europe.
With increasing demand for higher level of integration in existing electronic systems and emerging applications, alternatives to bulky frequency selective components and resonant sensors are necessary. Micromechanical resonators are choice candidates owing to their small size and ease of integration. Several demonstrations of capacitively transduced, silicon micromechanical resonators with high Q have been demonstrated. Typical capacitive UHF resonators require large polarization voltages and ultra-thin electrode-to-resonator gap spacing to achieve motional impedances (R1) less than 1 kohm. These two requirements pose additional demands on resonator fabrication and interface circuits. In contrast, piezoelectric resonators can be fabricated with relative ease using low temperature processes and have lower R.sub.1 due to greater coupling.
Examples of piezoelectric resonators include quartz crystal units, surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators and thin-film bulk acoustic resonators (FBAR). The main drawbacks of crystal units and SAW devices are their bulky size and incompatibility for microelectronic integration. On the other hand, FBARs can be integrated with on-chip electronics and have been demonstrated at GHz frequencies. Since FBARs utilize the thickness vibration of a thin film, obtaining multiple dispersed frequency standards on a single substrate is challenging.
It would be desirable to have multi-frequency high-Q tunable micromechanical resonators for use in multi-band cellular handsets, and the like. It would also be desirable to have composite bulk acoustic resonators implement dispersed-frequency devices simultaneously on a single substrate.
The various features and advantages of the present invention may be more readily understood with reference to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like structural elements, and in which:
Referring to the drawing figures, disclosed are multi-frequency micromechanical resonator 10 that simultaneously implements UHF resonators and filters with widely-dispersed frequencies while having the same piezoelectric film thickness.
More particularly, lateral and thickness mode low-impedance UHF resonators 10 are disclosed that implement dispersed-frequency devices simultaneously on a single support substrate 11 (
U.S. Pat. No. 6,909,221 assigned to the assignee of the present invention describes the basic structure and fabrication methods relating to piezoelectric on semiconductor-on-insulator microelectromechanical resonators, and in particular, generally describes bulk mode resonators and their fabrication. The contents of U.S. Pat. No. 6,909,221 are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The presently disclosed multi-frequency micromechanical resonators 10 improve upon the teachings contained in U.S. Pat. No. 6,909,221.
Described herein are exemplary UHF composite piezoelectrically transduced single-crystal-silicon (SCS) resonators 10 operating in lateral bulk acoustic modes that alleviate the constraints discussed in the Background section. A distinctive aspect of the resonators 10 lies in the use of thin-film piezoelectric material primarily for transduction of the resonator 10. An exemplary high order composite bulk acoustic resonator (CBAR) is shown in
More particular,
Resonator apparatus 22 is formed on the silicon-on-insulator substrate 21. The resonator apparatus 22 comprises a piezoelectric stack 20 formed on top of the silicon device layer 13. The piezoelectric stack 20 comprises a lower conductive metal layer 14, which may be gold, for example, formed on the silicon device layer 14. An oxide layer 15, such as zinc oxide, for example, is formed on the lower conductive metal layer 14. A plurality of interdigitated conductive electrodes 16, which may be aluminum, for example, are formed on the zinc oxide layer 15. The plurality of interdigitated conductive electrodes 16 are respectively coupled by way of tethers 17 to conductive pads 16 a, which may be aluminum, for example, formed on the oxide layer 12. One conductive pad 16 a comprises a excitation port 16 a that is electrically insulated from the substrate 21, and another conductive pad 16 b comprises a sense port 16 b that is electrically insulated from the substrate 21. The handle silicon layer 11, and buried oxide layer 12 are removed from beneath the device silicon layer 13 and piezoelectric stack 20 in order to release the resonator apparatus 22 and allow it to resonate. The conductive pads 16 a, 16 b and the structure under them form anchors 24 that anchor the resonator apparatus 22 to the substrate 11.
There are several advantages of utilizing silicon as a structural material, i.e., the substrate 21. The properties of single crystal silicon are stable and well-characterized to enable design for manufacturability. In addition, single crystal silicon has low acoustic loss and an energy density much greater than that of quartz for high Q and good linearity. The anisotropic properties of silicon provide clean mode shapes that lead to good piezoelectric coupling for low R1. Silicon also provides increased structural integrity to produce a relatively large suspended composite bulk acoustic resonator 10 as is shown in
In order to implement the multi-frequency aspects of the resonator 10, the piezoelectric film 20 has a single thickness (i.e., substantially the same thickness throughout its extent). The resonator apparatus 22 thus has a lithographically-defined resonant frequency. The plurality of interdigitated electrodes 16 are configured so that they excite predetermined lateral resonating modes in the piezoelectric film 20. The resonator apparatus 22 operates in a bulk acoustic resonant mode.
The currently used fabrication process for producing the composite bulk acoustic resonator 10 uses five masks, as illustrated in the flow diagrams shown in
Fundamental Mode Composite Bulk Acoustic Resonators
Initial reduced-to-practice embodiments of composite bulk acoustic resonators 10 were beams and plates that showed equivalent resistances less than 2 kilo-ohms. This composite bulk acoustic resonator 10 has good linearity as the 1 dB compression point occurs for a 10 dBm input. The motional impedance of this resonator 10 is 450 ohms. Similar structures incorporating low-loss single crystal silicon exhibited quality factors up to 12000 in low vacuum.
Using an electrical-equivalent model of the fundamental-mode composite bulk acoustic resonator 10, the motional resistance is,
where tSi and tf are the thickness of the device layer 13 and piezoelectric film 20, respectively, Ei and ρ are the directional elasticity and mass density of silicon, d31 and Ef are the piezoelectric constant and elasticity of the piezoelectric film 20, w is the width of the electrode 16 (normal to the direction of motion), and Q is the quality factor. Of particular interest is that the length (and frequency) can be changed without affecting R1. To reduce R1, the easiest solution is to increase the width w of the electrode 16.
Higher Order Mode Composite Bulk Acoustic Resonators
High-order modes are used to provide a further reduction in R1 for RF applications. For an nth-mode resonator 10, the transduction area is increased by a factor of n. The resonator 10 shown in
for odd n, when n>1. In addition to lower R1, a high-order mode resonator 10 provides improved dimensional control. The frequency sensitivity to process variations is reduced by a factor of n in an nth-mode resonator 10.
The composite bulk acoustic resonator 10 shown in
Resonators 10 were tested using a Suss RF probe station with an Agilent E5071B network analyzer at atmospheric pressure. SOLT calibration was performed using GSG probes. Two-port s-parameter measurements were taken, from which the motional impedance is:
where RL is the termination impedance.
The 9th-mode composite bulk acoustic resonator 10 shown in
To enable higher frequency resonators, the finger pitch is reduced. A 75 μm by 80 μm composite bulk acoustic resonator 10 with LP=5 μm is shown in
One attractive aspect is the ability to fabricate thickness mode resonators 10 next to lateral composite bulk acoustic resonators 10. A small composite thickness mode resonator 10 exhibited resonance at 2.5 GHz and quality factors of 1200 (
The technology disclosed herein offers a multi-standard single-chip solution that complements film bulk acoustic resonator technology. The technology disclosed herein permits implementation of combinations of filters for DVB, GSM, and WCDMA applications on the same chip in a post-CMOS process.
In addition, 1800, 1900, and 2400 MHz resonators 10 may be obtained by selectively depositing thicker metal electrode 16 for mass loading. Lower frequency resonators and filters (e.g., 900 MHz) may be obtained by the use of lateral vibration modes. Using a piezoelectric film 20 having a single thickness, a predetermined structural topology and electrode configuration excites lateral modes having a lithographically-defined frequency that differs from the higher frequency modes. Therefore, the same piezoelectric film 20 can be utilized to fabricate resonators 10 with widely-dispersed frequencies for multiple operating standards.
High-order lateral-mode UHF micromechanical piezoelectric resonators 10 with lithographically-defined frequencies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a piezoelectric stack 20 is deposited on top of a single crystal silicon (SCS) substrate 21. Single crystal silicon is a preferred material for fabricating the micromechanical resonator 10 since (1) Q values greater than 100,000 are possible, (2) it has an energy density three orders greater than quartz, (3) it has ideal extensional modes of resonance not found in any other materials, and (4) its material properties are stable, well-characterized and repeatable to enable design for manufacturability, and it enables a high-yield fabrication technology (described below). Finally, a piezoelectric transduction scheme is employed in lieu of capacitive transduction for its greater electromechanical coupling and enabling feature for the designs disclosed herein.
Although piezoelectric micromechanical resonators for UHF applications have been proposed for over two decades, the resonators 10 disclosed herein are superior because they preferably incorporates a single crystal silicon substrate 21 and piezoelectric films 20 that enable operational performance that has been previously unattainable. A primary aspect of the resonator 10 lies in the ability to lithographically-define its resonant frequency. The single crystal silicon substrate 20 together with the piezoelectric film 20 also enables resonator configuration and mode of operation that has superior power handling, a greater quality factor at UHF frequencies, and exceptional manufacturability. An optimized design, when integrated with electronics, is also more tunable than all existing UHF technologies.
In one embodiment, the design incorporates piezoelectric transduction to implement a high-order extensional-mode resonant structure (resonator apparatus 22) on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate 21. The resonator 10 may comprise alternative substrates 21 or the underlying substrate 21 may be removed during processing. Typically, a 1 GHz resonator 10 has a frequency-defining dimension of 4 μm. Since dimensional variation lead to frequency variations, frequency accuracy is normally difficult to obtain with geometries of this size. However, the use of a high-order mode addresses this issue. For example, the same 1 GHz resonator 10 operating in its n=50 mode has a lateral frequency-defining dimension of 200 μm Thus, the frequency accuracy is improved by a factor of n. The optimized configuration of the resonator 10 also reduces parasitic shunt, series, and parallel elements to enable tuning.
A method disclosed below may be used to fabricate the resonator 10 and allows for integration of the resonator 10 with microelectronics devices on the same substrate 21. In the prior art, there are two types of micromachining processes that limit their use on a prefabricated substrate: high temperature processes and device release processes. Liquid and vapor forms of hydrofluoric acid (HF) are typically used to remove sacrificial and buried oxide layers during processing. Since HF degrades most materials during prolonged exposure, removal of buried oxide for a device larger than 20 μm is difficult.
In producing exemplary resonators 10, a pre-processed SOI substrate 21 having a buried cavity 19 may be used. A handle silicon layer 11 is processed to form the oxide film 12 or layer 12 thereon. A cavity 19 is then formed in the oxide film 12 or layer 12. A device silicon layer 13 is then formed on top of the oxide film 12 or layer 12 to complete the SOI substrate 11. Then, metal films 14, 16 (interdigitated electrodes 14, 16) and piezoelectric films 15 are deposited and patterned on the device silicon layer 13 that are compatible with existing thin film resonator technologies. Prior to packaging, trenches are etched through the piezoelectric stack 20 into the device silicon layer 13 to define lateral dimensions of the resonator apparatus 22. Since the buried cavity 19 is present beneath the metal films 14, 16 and piezoelectric films 15 comprising the resonator apparatus 22, the resonator apparatus 22 is fully released.
Electrode Configurations for High-Order Odd Modes
Electromechanical coupling for high-order resonant modes of the resonator 10 may be optimized using different electrode configurations. From the strain function, it can be seen that regions with opposing phase are electrically connected using full-length electrodes interdigitated 16. Regions with different phase lead to charge cancellation. Therefore, to optimize the electromechanical coupling, the electrode configuration shown in
With this configuration, only electrode regions with equal phase are connected. Although the device is asymmetric, this is the optimized electrode configuration for a one dimensional extensional-mode block resonator 10. The electromechanical coupling coefficients are:
η1 =N 1(2d 31 E P b 1), η2 =N 2(2d 31 E P b 2),
where N1 and N2 are the number of electrode regions for the input and output electrodes, respectively. Arbitrarily defining that the input electrode area is larger,
N 1=(n+1)/2, N 2=(n−1)/2.
Therefore, the product of the input and output electromechanical coupling coefficients for this interdigitated electrode configuration is:
η1η2=(η1η2)INTERDIG=(n 2−1)(d 31 E P w)2.
η=d31EPw for full-length half-width interdigitated electrodes 14, 16, and (η1η2)full=(d31EPW)2.
The advantage in using the interdigitated electrodes 14, 16 is evident in the motional resistances:
Using the new electrode configuration, the motional resistances are reduced by a factor of n2−1 and can be expressed in terms of design parameters:
This equation shows that the motional resistance decreases as a function of mode number, Rx(n)αn/(n2−1). This is the case only because motional current increases with frequency. If the mechanical response from the input voltage is compared, then
Z(s)/V 1(s)=η1 M(s).
Thus, improved micromechanical resonators have been disclosed. It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of some of the many specific embodiments that represent applications of the principles discussed above. Clearly, numerous and other arrangements can be readily devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
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