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Effects on sidewall profile of Si etched in BCl3/Cl2 chemistry8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585024View Description Hide Description
The sidewall profile of Si etched in BCl3/Cl2 chemistry from a single‐wafer plasma reactor was found to depend on pressure, presence of resist, BCl3flow rate, and the addition of CHCl3. In a RIE type of single‐wafer plasma reactor, higher pressure and higher power density are used to achieve a higher etch rate. In this case features such as corner trenching, sidewall bowing, and tapering occur more frequently. The correlations between these features and the etch parameters are discussed with a particular emphasis on sidewall passivation effect.
Development of a chlorofluorocarbon/oxygen reactive ion etching chemistry for fine‐line tungsten patterning8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585025View Description Hide Description
Tungsten patterning by reactive ion etching has been studied in batch and single‐wafer reactors using photoresist as the etch mask and a chemistry comprised of CHF3/O2 with CF2Cl2. Tungstenetch rate and patterned profile were found to depend upon energetic ion levels and reactor loading, as well as on the basic reactor control parameters of power, pressure, and gas composition. Process conditions suitable for fine‐line anisotropic profile formation through a single layer of resist were demonstrated for the low‐pressure batch reactor. At the higher pressure and power density typical of the single‐wafer reactor, multistep processing was required to balance the competing reactions of etch and deposition of ''polymer'' in order to maintain process control.
Plasma etching of III–V semiconductors in CH4/H2/Ar electron cyclotron resonance discharges8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585026View Description Hide Description
We have investigated the etch rates, residual lattice damage, surface morphologies, and chemistries of InP,InGaAs,AlInAs, and GaAsplasmaetched in electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) CH4/H2/Ar discharges. The etch rates of InP and InGaAs increase linearly with additional rf biasing of the substrate, and are approximately a factor of 2 faster than for GaAs. Under our conditions the etch rate of Al0.52Ga0.48As is very low (∼25 Å min−1) even for the addition of 100 V rf bias. In all of these materials the residual damage layer remaining after dry etching is very shallow (∼20 Å) as evidenced from Schottky barrier height and photoluminescence measurements combined with wet chemical etching.InP shows significant P depletion with the addition of rf biasing during the ECR etching while GaAs retains a near‐stoichiometric surface. Hydrogen passivation of shallow donors in n‐type GaAs occurs to a depth of ∼3000 Å during exposure to the CH4/H2/Ar discharge for long periods (60 min). The surface morphologies in the In‐based materials become roughened for etching with the addition of rf biasing while GaAs displays smooth, residue‐free surfaces under these conditions.
Reactive ion etching of GaAs, AlGaAs, and GaSb in Cl2 and SiCl48(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585027View Description Hide Description
High rate (≤10 μm min−1 ) etching of GaAs, Al x Ga1−x As, and GaSb in Cl2/Ar or SiCl4/Ar discharges is reported. The etching was investigated as a function of discharge pressure, power density and composition, and changes in the etching rate of Al x Ga1−x As when SF6 was added to the gas mixtures. Highly anisotropicetching was achieved with SiCl4 for all materials, whereas a greater degree of chemical etching was evident with Cl2. Provided self‐biases were ≤50 V, excellent Schottky diode characteristics were exhibited by TiPtAu contacts on SiCl4 or Cl2etchedGaAssurfaces. Energetic‐ion bombardment caused carrier compensation up to 2200 Å from the surface in n‐type (1017 cm−3 ) GaAs, with this depth being less for lower self‐biases. Photoluminescence decreases of 2–25 times were observed after reactive ion etching of GaAs for both types of discharge. Chlorine residues were typically present to a depth of <20 Å after etching, with cleaner surfaces obtained with SiCl4 than with Cl2.
Thermal stability of ohmic contacts to n‐GaAs formed by scanned electron beam processing8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585028View Description Hide Description
Alloyed Au–Ge/Ni and sintered Au/Pd/Ge and Au/Pd/Ni/Ge ohmic contacts were formed on n‐GaAs using scanned electron beam processing. Thermal aging studies at elevated temperatures in the range 150–500 °C reveal that sinteredohmic contacts have a much higher resistance to thermal degradation than conventionally alloyed Au–Ge/Ni contacts. Activation energy plots of failure time as a function of aging temperature indicate that sintered Au/Pd/Ni/Ge ohmic contacts have much longer operating life (∼106 h for an eightfold increase in ρ c at 300 K) than both alloyed Au–Ge/Ni and sintered Au/Pd/Ge ohmic contacts. Studies on the effects of polyimide and rf sputtered SiO2 passivation layers on the stability of ohmic contacts reveal that polyimide surface passivated contacts exhibit better stability than those passivated with SiO2 . From Arrhenius activation energy analysis, there is strong evidence to suggest that a single degradation mechanism is responsible for ohmic contact failure over the full range of aging temperatures from 150 to 500 °C.
Formation of quantum wires and quantum dots on InSb utilizing the Schottky effect8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585029View Description Hide Description
The formation of quasi‐one‐ and zero‐dimensional electron systems on InSb (111) by Schottky barriers has proven to be a very successful method. The lateral confinement underlying these structures is achieved by a metalgrating deposited directly onto the surface of the semiconductor. A large number of metals, ranging from strongly reactive alloys like NiCr to less reactive metals like Au is used to study the formation of the lateral confining potential. The confining potentials are characterized by their intraband resonances using far‐infrared spectroscopy. Discussing our results we take advantage of previous results for the Schottky barrier formation.
Rapid electron beam annealing of tantalum films on silicon8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585030View Description Hide Description
The reaction of tantalum with silicon to form tantalum silicide has been studied using rapid electron beamannealing which gives well controlled time–temperature conditions. Tantalum layers were deposited on single crystalsilicon substrates, and annealed at temperatures between 750 and 1100 °C for times ranging between 0.1 and 90 s. The films were studied using sheet resistance measurements, Auger electron spectroscopy depth profiling scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and transmission electron microscopy(TEM). The diffusion of silicon into the tantalumfilm , and subsequent formation of a stable silicide, was investigated as a function of temperature and time of anneal. It was observed that at a peak temperature of 900 °C, lasting for a time of 0.1 s, only partial silicidation of the depositedtantalum layer had taken place. These conditions establish the minimum thermal processing requirement which must be met for complete silicide formation.
Repair of transparent defects on photomasks by laser‐induced metal deposition from an aqueous solution8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584988View Description Hide Description
This paper describes a newly developed technique for repairing transparent defects on photomasks. After the uniform application of a thin transparent TiO2film on the entire mask, a noble metal is photodeposited locally on the mask from an aqueous plating solution. The rate of photodeposition, and thereby, the structure and adherence of the deposited metal, depend on the preparation conditions of the TiO2film, the composition of the plating solution and the incident light flux. These parameters can be selected in such a way that opaque metal metal pads can be deposited in sufficiently short illumination times (∼5 s). By means of laser projection through a variable rectangular aperture, it is possible to deposit rectangular metal pads with micron‐sized dimensions and sharp edges and corners in a controlled and reproducible way. Since deposition is induced photochemically, thermal broadening of the deposit does not occur. It is shown that the repair process meets the requirements with respect to spot definition, photolithography, mask cleaning, and laser trimming.
A review of simplified photolithographic techniques for image transfer in planarized very large scale integrated circuits technology8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584989View Description Hide Description
This paper reviews recent publications concerned with simplifying photolithographic techniques for image transfer into planarizing polyimide layers in very large scale integrated (VLSI) technology. The primary purpose of the reviewed papers is to reduce the complexity of the more commonly used trilayer technology. To achieve the same results conventionally obtained with a trilayer process, bilayer schemes are discussed, as well as techniques employing photosensitive polyimide. An attempt is made to assess the success of these techniques on the basis of the reported resolution capabilities. Because patterning and etching planarizing layers is still a dynamically growing technology at the present time, only tentative mechanisms can be suggested, and only in some cases.
Free molecular transport and deposition in cylindrical features8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584990View Description Hide Description
A Clausing‐like integral equation is derived which applies to both low pressurechemical vapor deposition(CVD) and physical vapor deposition(PVD) in cylindrical contact holes; i.e., over the full range of sticking coefficient (0–1). A steady state assumption is implicit in the formulation. In the absence of film deposition, the flux to the surface is spatially uniform. Analytical expressions are presented for the initial deposition profiles for PVD (unity sticking coefficient). Numerical inversions of the integral equations provide initial deposition profiles for CVD (low sticking coefficients). Initial deposition profiles exhibit poor uniformity in PVD and high uniformity in CVD, in agreement with empirical evidence. The results provide a test for proposed Monte Carlo simulations which are based on the same assumptions.
I n s i t u removal of native oxide from silicon wafers8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584991View Description Hide Description
In many integrated circuit fabrication steps, it is important to be able to ensure that there is no native oxide on a siliconsurface before the next layer is deposited. For example, when tungsten is deposited by chemical vapor deposition(CVD) by silicon/hydrogen reduction of WF6, attack of the siliconsurface can be extensive (i.e., wormholes) if there is a native oxide layer.1 Similarly, growingepitaxialsilicon on a single‐crystal substrate at a low temperature also depends critically on the removal of such a native oxide. The standard procedure for attempting to remove any surface oxide involves various wet etches, generally concluding with a dip in dilute HF. However, exposing a clean wafer to the atmosphere for even a short time allows some oxide to regrow, since silicon is an extremely reactive material. Accordingly, it would be desireable to develop an i n s i t u procedure for cleaning of native oxide, and that will be the subject of this brief note.
Empirical interatomic potentials for compound semiconductors: Application to superlattice stability8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584993View Description Hide Description
We present the first systematic attempt to develop an empirical potential for compound semiconductors. Based on our earlier theoretical work on a universal interatomic potential for semiconductors, we obtain an explicit many‐body interatomic potential that employs very few parameters. We confirm the validity of our potentials by calculating elastic constants and cohesive energies (as functions of atomic volumes and displacements), showing that our calculated results compare very well with the available experimental data and a b i n i t i o calculations. We apply our empirical potentials to the calculation of excess energies, equilibrium structural, and lattice parameters for several different monolayersuperlattices (e.g., AlAs–GaAs, GaAs–InAs, GaP–InP, and GaAs–GaSb) getting very good agreement with the available first principles calculational and experimental results. Finally, we report on molecular dynamics simulations of various III–V defects using our potentials.
The growth of bismuth and antimony overlayers on InP(110)8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584994View Description Hide Description
The adsorption of Bi and Sb on clean cleaved InP(110) surfaces has been studied with soft x‐ray photoemissionspectroscopy at the BESSY synchrotron radiation source in Berlin. Bi and Sb were deposited onto ultrahigh vacuum cleaved InP(110) surfaces at substrate temperatures of 300 K [room temperature (RT)] and 120 K [low temperature (LT)]. In this paper we focus on the evolution of the overlayer emission intensities as a function of coverage. Spectra of the Bi 5d and Sb 4d core level emission lines were taken from the submonolayer regime up to coverages of approximately 60 and 20 monolayers (ML) of Bi and Sb, respectively. The spectra were then deconvoluted using a core level fitting routine. In all cases, good agreement between the experimental and fitted curves was achieved by introducing two chemically shifted components of the Bi 5d and Sb 4d core level emission which are interpreted in terms of Bi(Sb)–substrate and Bi(Sb)–Bi(Sb) bonds. However, for RT deposition, the evolution of the Bi 5d and Sb 4d spectra is significantly different in the coverage range below 2 ML. In the Bi case the adatom–substrate component grows first, and only after about 0.5 ML is the Bi–Bi component observed. The two components have equal intensity at about 2 ML. In contrast, the two components in the Sb 4d spectra grow with equal intensity until 1 ML. The spectra for higher coverages for both systems are dominated by the component assigned to adatom–adatom bonds and the overlayer is found to be semimetallic. The LT spectra do not have the easily resolvable features seen in the RT spectra which may indicate that the growth is much more disordered. However, the overlayers at LT are more laminar. In addition, we present the band bending versus coverage behavior for the Bi/p‐InP(110) interface, which is compared to that of Sb/p‐InP(110).
Thermal stability and Schottky barrier of Sb overlayers on GaAs(110) and InP(110)8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584995View Description Hide Description
The adsorption of thin Sb overlayers on GaAs(110) and InP(110) and their behavior during thermal annealing were studied with Raman spectroscopy, soft x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy,Auger electron spectroscopy, and low‐energy electron diffraction. When deposited at room temperature, Sb forms a fairly well ordered monolayer with amorphous Sb on top. Upon annealing, the Sb forms crystalline islands which desorb at temperatures above 475 K leaving a well ordered monolayer of Sb behind. On InP(110) this monolayer is stable only up to around 500 K, whereas on GaAs(110) it remains stable to annealing temperatures above 580 K. For this well ordered Sb monolayer, the Schottky barriers are found also to be different for GaAs and InP. On GaAs, the barrier is low on both p‐ and n‐type substrates, whereas on InP we find a low barrier on n‐type and a barrier of 0.6 eV on p‐type substrates. The differences in Schottky barriers and thermal stability of the ordered Sb monolayer leads to the conclusion that Sb bonds differently to GaAs and InP.
Synchrotron radiation assisted metalorganic layer epitaxy8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584996View Description Hide Description
Experiments of the photodissociation of tetramethyltin by synchrotron radiation and the epitaxial atomic layer growth of diamond structured α‐Sn films are reported. We used surface sensitive core and valence band photoemission spectroscopy to study the temperature dependence of the condensation and desorption behavior of tetramethyltin on CdTe(100). A quantitative analysis of the deposition and photodissociation of tetramethyltin including the work function change and the evolution of the substrate Te 4d and overlayer Sn 4d intensities during the overlayer deposition suggests that individual monolayers can be grown by the technique of synchrotron radiation assisted metal organic layer epitaxy. The photofragmentation process does not cause a significant carbon build up in the overlayer film. The photodissociated hydrocarbons seem to recombine and desorb from the surface.
Distributions of growth rates on patterned surfaces measured by scanning microprobe reflection high‐energy electron diffraction8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584997View Description Hide Description
Microscopic distributions of growth rates on GaAs(001) layers next to (111)A and (111)Bsurfaces were measured in real time during molecular beam epitaxygrowth by scanning microprobe reflection high‐energy electron diffraction. The increase in the growth rate on the GaAs(001) surface near the edge of (111)Asurfaces is observed and the decrease in the growth rate on the GaAs(001) surface near the edge of the (111)Bsurfaces is found out. The exponential variation of the growth rate as a function of the distance from the edge, reflects surfacediffusion of Ga atoms. The diffusion lengths along the [110] and [1̄10] directions are estimated to be about 1 and 8 μm at 560 °C, respectively.
I n s i t u low‐energy ion scattering analysis of InP surface during molecular‐beam epitaxy8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584998View Description Hide Description
Low‐energy ion scattering (LEIS) is introduced as a new analytical technique for i n s i t u molecular‐beam epitaxy (MBE) monitoring. LEIS is highly sensitive to the atomic structure of topmost layers, and offers an ideal i n s i t u monitoring system. We have built a coaxial impact collision LEIS spectrometer, which is combined with a MBE system. Well‐collimated He+ ion beams are provided through the ion beam line and scattered by the substrate surface under MBE growth, and detected by a time‐of‐flight energy analyzer. When the incident direction of the primary beam with respect to the substrate crystal is aligned to a major channeling direction, scattering is limited to the topmost layers, and gives us information on the coverage and epitaxial quality. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of LEIS, we have made i n s i t u analysis of MBE growth on InP surfaces. During the layer‐by‐layer growth of InAs/AlAs on As‐stabilized InP(111)A surface, we have observed characteristic variation of the 〈111〉 aligned scattering intensity.
Effect of GaAs surface reconstruction on interface state density of epitaxial ZnSe/epitaxial GaAs heterostructures8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.584999View Description Hide Description
Epitaxial ZnSe/epitaxial GaAsinterfaces have been grown using molecular beam epitaxy and evaluated by capacitance–voltage measurements and transmission electron microscopy. The GaAs surface stoichiometry was systematically varied prior to the nucleation of ZnSe. A significant reduction of interface state density occurred when the GaAs epilayer surface was As deficient. The resulting interface state densities of as‐grown structures are comparable to values obtained with (Al,Ga)As/GaAs interfaces.
Photoemission study of the novel Sn/GaAs(110) interface structures8(1990); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585000View Description Hide Description
Synchrotron radiationphotoemissionspectroscopy is used to study the electronic structure and growth mechanisms of Sn on cleaved GaAs(110) surfaces. Detailed core‐level analysis, along with the substrate intensity attenuation and valence‐band information, indicate that Sn forms nondisruptive bilayer patches on cleaved GaAs(110) surface for coverage θ between 0≤θ≤ 1 monolayer (ML). In the 1<θ<2.5 ML coverage range, the bilayer growth atop the substrate is accompanied by the initial growth of Sn‐based structures on top of the bilayer. The bilayer and Sn‐based structures are semiconducting. The substrate is completely covered at ∼2.5 ML. Continued deposition above 2.5 ML results in Sn clusters. A Sn‐induced density of states progressively fill in the region between the valence‐band maximum (VBM) and the Fermi level (E F ) with Sn deposition. At coverages above 3 ML, Sn derived states show emission at E F . The electronic structure changes during the interface development leads to the continuous band bending towards midgap. The total amount of band bending at 8 ML is about 0.67 eV.


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While temperatures are hovering around the freezing mark in northern Wisconsin, southern parts of the state are sweltering in record warmth.
The National Weather Service says temperatures on Tuesday reached 60 degrees in Milwaukee and 54 in Madison. Both cities topped previous records set in 1914 -- Milwaukee by 4 degrees, Madison by 1.
Meteorologist Morgan Brooks says temperatures from Green Bay northward were in the lower 30s.
Earlier in the day freezing rain in north-central Wisconsin prompted school closures, detoured highway traffic and canceled Gov. Scott Walker's trip to Wausau.
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All in one is a compromise as said before.
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I am sure that I am not the only one who receives phone calls and mailings from charities requesting donations, and I am sure that I am not alone in feeling uneasy about the economy and the future. While many of us cannot afford to give more right now, we can educate ourselves to give smarter. I have three main criteria that I use to sort out the charities that I will support from those I will not.
First off, I will not donate to any organization that might use my money for animal research. The only way I can be sure that they are cruelty-free is if they have been approved by the Council of Humane Giving. I refer organizations to PETA's Caring Consumer Web site and tell them that if they are on the approved list of organizations that do not test on animals, then I will consider donating to them. Otherwise, they should not contact me again until they have received the Humane Charity Seal.
Second, I will not donate to any animal or environmental organization that is pro-hunting, pro-trapping, or pro-fishing. These groups include the African Wildlife Foundation, the Nature Conservancy, Safari Club International, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, and the World Wildlife Fund. I continue to receive membership requests from these groups, and I always send them back with "meat's no treat for those you eat" PETA stickers on the donation form.
Third, I will not donate to any organization that pays its president, CEO, or staffers huge annual salaries. This information can be found on Charity Navigator. Enter the organization's name in the "charity search" box and scroll down until you see the compensation of the top executives. It's quite eye-opening to compare the $37,000 compensation of PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk to the salaries of the leaders of other groups.
These are my personal criteria. I am sure that every reader has their own preferences based on their own experiences, but I think that PETA should be at the top of everyone's list. PETA puts animal rights on the map and continues to be the most effective at uncovering injustice, putting pressure on animal exploiters, and helping us all to be better, kinder, and more compassionate people.
What's your personal criteria for giving?
Wow what a great article. I get mass mailings from animal welfare organizations and it can be really overwhelming. I would love to give to them all but haven't won the lottery yet. The information I received from reading this really helps me decide the best organization to give to.
Thank you giving me more criteria to use when selecting charities to donate too. I have a stack of requests from over 30 organizations and to realize that some i have already supported promote hunting makes me mad. I guess not every charity that promotes nature and animal conservation values it as much I as do. The stack will now get smaller and in the future the amount of money I have donated in the past will go to more deserving organizations.
This is all really good to know- please add "Ducks Unlimited" to that list! Thank you. I am a founding member and the unpaid president of the board of directors for our no-kill animal shelter, Haines Animal Rescue Kennel.
Perfect! These criteria are brilliant, especially the mentioned search tools. I hope they also work for UK charities. Keep up the good work!
This is great information and shall share it with my family and friends!
EXCELLENT! And SO important! I totally agree, you need to know the values and ethics behind the people & charities you support. Remeber when Mitt Romney tied his dog's kennel to the top of his car and drove for 14 hrs.? And then the dog "disappeared" on their vacation? I would NEVER vote for him just on that fact alone, depite the fact that my values are way different from his. Always go to the deeper levels when making decisions.
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A UK-based organization called the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which serves as the "worldwide arm for the music recording industry," forgot to renew its .com domain and it got snatched up by one of its top targets, torrent search engine The Pirate Bay. While the IFPI still controls ifpi.org, ifpi.com now points to a Pirate Bay page that reads: "International Federation of Pirates Interests."
The two are about to battle over the domain, and it ain't gonna be pretty.
The Pirate Bay was given the domain by a cyber-squatter who bought it after it expired.
"We have not done anything illegal or even immoral," the Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde said. "I can't see why we shouldn't be able to keep the domain name. We're not going to bash IFPI on it, we're going to host our own IFPI on it."
And that, my friends, is what we call sweet justice.
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SYMETRIES IN SUBATOMIC PHYSICS: 3rd International Symposium
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We review the latest experimental results in searching for "direct" CP-violation by measuring the CP-violating parameters in neutral kaon decays. Recent result from Fermilab-KTeV and new preliminary result from CERN-NA48 are presented. Both experiments, though using very different techniques, have now performed very well by collecting millions of events for all four relevant decay modes of to and simultaneously. The current world average on this important measurement is with a establishing the existence of "direct" CP-violation. The experimental status of such crucial measurements and the future prospects are also discussed here.
CP violation 2000: Status and perspectives539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330897View Description Hide Description
We summarize the present status of CP violation discussing in particular the standard analysis of the unitarity triangle and the ratio including most recent developments. The perspectives in this field include in particular B decays, rare K decays such as and and the improved standard analysis of the unitarity triangle through the measurement of mixing.
Latest results from Super-Kamiokande539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330898View Description Hide Description
Recent data from Super-Kamiokande on solar and atmospheric neutrinos and their constraints on the neutrino mass and mixing are presented. Also results on proton decay searches are presented.
Additional isospin-breaking effects in539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330899View Description Hide Description
Isospin-breaking effects, in particular those associated with electroweak-penguin contributions and mixing, have long been known to affect the Standard Model prediction of in a significant manner. We have found an heretofore unconsidered isospin-violating effect of importance; namely, the u-d quark mass difference can spawn components in the matrix elements of the gluonic penguin operators. Using chiral perturbation theory and the factorization approximation for the hadronic matrix elements, we find within a specific model for the low-energy constants that we can readily accommodate an increase in by a factor of two.
Isospin breaking in the extraction of isovector and isoscalar spectral functions from539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330900View Description Hide Description
A finite energy sum rule (FESR) analysis of the isospin-breaking vector current correlator is used to determine the isospin-breaking electromagnetic (EM) decay constants of the low-lying vector mesons. These results are used to evaluate the corrections required to extract the flavor diagonal 33 and 88 resonance contributions from the full resonance EM contributions to the EM spectral function. A large (∼15%) correction is found in the case of the ω contribution to the isoscalar spectral function. The implications of these results for sum rules based on the isovector-isoscalar spectral difference are considered.
Neutrino mixing and CP violation in matter539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330901View Description Hide Description
Within the framework of three lepton families I present a transparent analytical relationship between the neutrino mixing and CP-violating parameters in vacuum and those in matter. Such a model- and parametrization-independent result will be particularly useful to recast the fundamental lepton flavor mixing matrix from the future long-baseline neutrino experiments.
Tritium decay, neutrino mixing and neutrino interactions539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330902View Description Hide Description
Recent Tritium beta decay experiments continue to exhibit an excess of counts near the end point. The representation of the data in terms of the extracted mass squared can be reproduced by allowing interference between the Standard Model V-A current and other Lorentz currents allowed by existing experimental limits. This is true only if the electron antineutrino is nearly, but not exactly, a single mass eigenstate with a mixing probability to other mass eigenstates of the order of a few parts per thousand, and if the mass of that eigenstate is a few electron volts. In conjunction with double beta decay constraints, this precludes a solitary Majorana neutrino in the electron family. Combining this with solar neutrino results leads to pseudo-Dirac neutrinos and implies that neutral current events in SNO will suffer the same suppression as charge current events.
Constraints on a parity-even/time-reversal-odd interaction539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330903View Description Hide Description
Time-Reversal-Invariance non-conservation has for the first time been unequivocally demonstrated in a direct measurement, one of the results of the CPLEAR experiment. What is the situation then with regard to time-reversal-invariance non-conservation in systems other than the neutral kaon system? Two classes of tests of time-reversal-invariance need to be distinguished: the first one deals with parity violating (P-odd)/time-reversal-invariance non-conserving (T-odd) interactions, while the second one deals with P-even/T-odd interactions (assuming CPT conservation this implies C-conjugation non-conservation). Limits on a P-odd/T-odd interaction follow from measurements of the electric dipole moment of the neutron. This in turn provides a limit on a P-odd/T-odd pion-nucleon coupling constant which is times the weak interaction strength. Limits on a P-even/T-odd interaction are much less stringent. The better constraint stems also from the measurement of the electric dipole moment of the neutron. Of all the other tests, measurements of charge-symmetry breaking in neutron-proton elastic scattering provide the next better constraint. The latter experiments were performed at TRIUMF (at 477 and 347 MeV) and at IUCF (at 183 MeV). Weak decay experiments (the transverse polarization of the muon in and the transverse polarization of the positrons in polarized muon decay) have the potential to provide comparable or possibly better constraints.
What can we learn from QED at large couplings?539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330904View Description Hide Description
In order to understand QCD at the energies relevant to hadronic physics one requires analytical methods for dealing with relativistic gauge field theories at large couplings. Strongly coupled quenched QED provides an ideal laboratory for the development of such techniques, in particular as many calculations suggest that—like QCD—this theory has a phase with broken chiral symmetry. In this talk we report on a nonperturbative variational calculation of the electron propagator within quenched QED and compare results to those obtained in other approaches. We find surprising differences among these results.
CP violation in SM vs new physics539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330905View Description Hide Description
I discuss CP violation in comparing the standard model expectations with what could happen in new physics scenarios. I point out that Fermilab experiment E871 is sensitive to some of these scenarios.
Quark mixing angles and CP-violating phase from flavor permutational symmetry breaking539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330906View Description Hide Description
Different Ansätze for the breaking of flavor permutational symmetry according to give different Hermitian mass matrices of the same modified Fritzsch type, which differ in the symmetry breaking pattern. A clear and precise indication on the preferred symmetry breaking scheme is obtained from a fit of the predicted to the experimentally determined absolute values of the elements of the CKM matrix. The preferred scheme leads to simple mass textures and allows us to compute the CKM mixing matrix, the Jarlskog invariant J, and the three inner angles of the unitarity triangle in terms of four quark mass ratios and only two free parameters: Z and the CP violating phase Φ. Excellent agreement with the experimentally determined absolute values of the entries in the CKM matrix is obtained for and The corresponding computed values of the Jarlskog invariant and the inner angles are and in very good agreement with current data on CP violation in the kaon-antikaon system and oscillations in the B-antiB system. It is also shown that the theoretical mixing matrix derived from the breaking of the flavor permutational symmetry and the standard parametrization advocated by the Particle Data Group are equivalent, up to a redefinition of the unobservable phases of the quark fields in the mass representation. From here, we derive exact explicit expressions for the three mixing angles and the CP violating phase in terms of the quark mass ratios and the parameters and characterizing the preferred symmetry breaking pattern. The predicted values for the CP violating phase and the mixing angles are: and which coincide almost exactly with the central values of the experimentally determined quantities.
Atomic theory and tests of the Standard Model in atomic experiments539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330907View Description Hide Description
Measurements of the weak charge characterizing the strength of the electron-nucleon weak interaction provide tests of the Standard Model and a way of searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model. Atomic experiments give limits on the extra Z-boson, leptoquarks, composite fermions, and radiative corrections produced by particles that are predicted by new theories. To extract the accurate value of the weak charge from atomic experiments one has to perform high precision atomic calculations of the PNC effects.
Precision tests of the Standard Model at electron colliders539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330908View Description Hide Description
We review electroweak physics studies in high-energy collisions at CERN and SLAC. Studies of couplings of the boson to many of the fundamental fermions are now quite detailed, and those of the bosons are well under way. Sensitivity to radiative corrections due to the massive top quark, the as yet undiscovered Higgs boson, and new physics at the TeV scale has been achieved. The Standard Model is consistent with all data, although further studies are indicated in several areas. In the absence of new physics, the Higgs mass is limited to <188 GeV/c2 at 95% C.L.
Lorentz and CPT tests in atomic systems539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330909View Description Hide Description
A review of Lorentz and CPT tests performed in atomic systems is presented. A theoretical framework extending QED in the context of the standard model is used to analyze a variety of systems. Experimental signatures of possible Lorentz and CPT violation in these systems are investigated. Estimated bounds attainable in future experiments and actual bounds obtained in recent experiments are given.
New clock comparison searches for Lorentz and CPT violation539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330910View Description Hide Description
We present two new measurements constraining Lorentz and CPT violation using the Zeeman maser and atomic hydrogen masers. Experimental investigations of Lorentz and CPT symmetry provide important tests of the framework of the standard model of particle physics and theories of gravity. The two-species Zeeman maser bounds violations of CPT and Lorentz symmetry of the neutron at the level. Measurements with atomic hydrogen masers provide a clean limit of CPT and Lorentz symmetry violation of the proton at the level.
Charges, parity doublets and Parity-Non-Conservation539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330911View Description Hide Description
Charges and Parity-Non-Conservation are two ingredients that, at present, are introduced by hand in the description of particles and their interactions. We elaborate on a suggestion which was made in the past by Landau and tends to relate them. Particles and their antiparticles are associated here to the parity partners appearing in a model with chiral and parity symmetry realized in the Wigner-Weyl mode, i.e. with parity doublets or, equivalently, states of opposite chiral charges. Parity-non-conservation in such a model is ascribed to the non-commutativity of the parity and the (chiral) charge operators, preventing one to have eigenstates of both at the same time.
Enhancement of parity and time invariance violation in heavy atoms539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330912View Description Hide Description
Parity (P) and time (T) invariance violating effects are enhanced in atoms with close states of opposite parity, large nuclear charge Z, and collective P, T-odd nuclear moments. We have performed calculations of the atomic electric dipole moment (EDM) induced in radium by the electron EDM and the nuclear magnetic quadrupole and Schiff moments. We have also calculated the effects of parity nonconservation in radium produced by the nuclear anapole moment and the nuclear weak charge. Our results show that the values of parity and time invariance violating effects in radium are much larger than those considered so far in other atoms.
Symmetry motivated estimation of nucleon delta-excitation539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330913View Description Hide Description
Long-range correlations in nuclear excitations and binding energies are compared with empirical relations in particle mass spectrum.
Pion-baryon couplings and SU(3)539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330914View Description Hide Description
We have extended and applied a general QCD parameterization method to the emission of pions from baryons. We use it to calculate the strength and sign of the coupling of pions to the octet and decuplet of baryons. We first use SU(3) and then include SU(3)-breaking effects.
Direct CP violation in charmed hadron decays via mixing539(2000); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330915View Description Hide Description
We study direct CP violation in the charmed hadron decays and via mixing. The CP violation parameter depends on the effective parameter, which is relevant to hadronization dynamics of each decay channel. It is found that for fixed the CP violation parameter reaches its maximum value when the invariant mass of the pair is in the vicinity of the ω resonance. For most of the parameter space explored the CP violating asymmetry is of order However, over a small range, and the asymmetries for and (respectively) can exceed 1%-at the cost of a small branching ratio, and respectively.


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I remember this map, invisiclues, New Zork Times, etc...
Very good stuff!
Is Zork still operational?
This might answer your question: http://www.ironrealms.com/zork
But the original Zork was a single-player game, and can be pretty easily and freely obtained with a google search.
Neat! Thanks for pointing that out.
zork, maybe something I should look up.
Never heard of it.
Visual aides like this are stimulating.
Wow. I hadn't thought about Zork in ages.
I feel like a youngling, not having heard of this before.
That's an impressive map. Very nice!
never tried it the first time around. Good to see it has found a home on IRE!
I've always liked a nicely drawn map.
This brings back memories.
Very nice map. Good job


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Wirefly Rebates Don't Fly - Buyer Beware!
After months of following up my $200 rebates for a Motorola RAZR V3
phone from Wirefly, I still have not received my promised rebate from
InPhonic, Inc., which appears to be their mother company. They claim
they are reprocessing my submission with a new service provider, but so
far, nothing. These are the Customer Loyalty rebates for $100 and
Customer Appreciation rebates for $100.
They have a number (866)-607-9877 which is always busy, which means
either they left it off the hook or the number is disconnected. I tried
calling in the evening and I get the standard "all operators are busy,
your call is important to us", and I wait for an hour and nobody ever
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Has anyone had the same frustrating experience and is there anything I
can about short of going postal? http://InPhonic.rebatestatus.com and
www.cellphonerebates.com and www.rebate-zone.com all are
non-responsive. And I'm disappointed with Cingular, because these
rebates are supposed to be rewards for my being loyal to them,
stringing me up for a six-month wait and a 2-year service contract, yet
they claim they have nothing to do with Wirefly.
I tried e-mailing Wirefly directly and no response at all.
I am an attorney and I am thinking of suing these *******s and I want
to know from fellow lawyers out there which court(s) have jurisdiction
over this matter, who should I name as defendants, how much and what
kind of damages should I seek, etc. But if someone has a less drastic
approach to getting this matter resolved, I am listening eagerly.
Thanks for any guidance.
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> I am an attorney and I am thinking of suing these *******s and I want
> to know from fellow lawyers out there which court(s) have jurisdiction
> over this matter, who should I name as defendants, how much and what
> kind of damages should I seek, etc. But if someone has a less drastic
> approach to getting this matter resolved, I am listening eagerly.
> Thanks for any guidance.
You are a practicing attorney? Hopefully not in New York State.
Basic premise is to first contact the rebate house (you listed above) for a
physical address. If not based in your home state you are SOL. If they are
in your home state you can do the "Small Claims Court" you pay a small fee
based on your suite.
If others are involved you could press a class action in a federal/state
supreme court citing fraud etc. on the part of the rebate company. You could
also if Cingular was the company that offered the rebates via their website,
customer service department or some other venue take them to court for not
honoring their rebates.
Again any "attorney" would simply send a certified letter on their office
letterhead alerting the legal department of your impending actions. But
don't just threaten, do it! Barratry is also a no no when doing these
You could also pursue the matter with your states Attorney Generals Office
(Consumer Frauds and Protections Department)
Elector (Non-attorney)
contact me
Hi, Indio Bravo:
I'm sorry to hear that you've had difficulty contacting Wirefly through
our dedicated hotline. I invite you to contact me directly, via e-mail,
and I'll immediately look into your specific rebate case. If you
provide me with your order number, I'll be able to track down your
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I hope I'm able to help,
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About "Stains Are the New Black" by briancook
Stains Are the New Black
Design by briancook
For the TechnoCRAFT challenge I thought it would be fun to make a shirt that was completed by the wearer through the entire life of the shirt. I wanted to make a shirt that you could wear and stain and not worry about people judging for being such a slob.
You can stain it on purpose, or just wear it and let it happen naturally - either way, no need to bleach it cause stains only make you look cooler!
There is a fast-food checkbox incase you need help finding stuff that will stain!
5 buy
Awesome take on this!
too much like tonteau's I think :(
wowrainbows on Jul 22 '10 too much like tonteau's I think :(
I know :( - I'm so bummed because when I was working on this last weekend I checked all the subs and couldn't find anything stain related that was close, but after I submitted it, squintygirl directed me to tonteau's which had gone up (which is GREAT by the way!).
At least the concepts are KINDA different (thankfully cause at one point I had something drawn out almost EXACTLY like his!)
Anyway, hope you guys like it in it's own right :)
Likin' this idea man, different from Tonteau's methinks. I also like that people can get this shirt and do a Jackson Pollock on it with all the ingredients in their house to make their own stainy art project that goes along with the text. nice work!
Aha, I love this, I voted on this earlier, I'd totally wear it! 5$
Love it! 5$
Cute and clever! Fun stuff!
BUY! best idea ever!
It is definitely similar to Tonteau's, but this has so much more potential for the user to take it in their own direction, rather than just being "fill in the blanks". 5 and buy!
Thanks everybody! I appreciate your comments! :)
I love the coffee stain mock up. Awesome!
haha cool idea
i love it, probably buy it 4$
nice 5$
I would add little notes next to my stains so people would know how expensive organic wines and imported mustards I spill over myself!
If being a slob makes you hip, consider me Miles Davis.
Great idea man
craquehaus on Jul 25 '10 If being a slob makes you hip, consider me Miles Davis.
Ha! I like it!
Love this! I would never have to change my shirt when I was eating spaghetti again! :)
Voted, dude!
unusual idea, very clever.
did someone piss on that first guy?
i like it tho
m 2 designs
m 2 designs on Jul 25 '10 did someone piss on that first guy?
guilty! haha!
Chengui on Jul 25 '10 m 2 designs on Jul 25 '10 did someone piss on that first guy?
guilty! haha!
!!! We have another R Kelly in our midst!
Sometimes, mess is more
m 2 designs on Jul 25 '10 did someone piss on that first guy?
guilty! haha!
!!! We have another R Kelly in our midst!
at least this victim looks above the legal age to be pissed on
top idea and well executed bro!
hot mess
Thanks all! 2 more days left!
nice $5
Great concept.
kinda gross, but also really really cute. Great concept for sure
I wish this had printed. And I wish I had seen this. I would have given this a 5.


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text: The Yoshi's Island DS wiki last edited by DeF on 04/02/15 05:05PM View full history GameplayThe game's title and menu screen.The gameplay is more or less identical to the SNES Yoshi's Island. When Yoshi takes damage, the baby you're currently carrying will start to float away in a bubble and you have to save him before a timer gets to zero. If you don't, you will lose a life and start the level over unless you hit a middle ring to keep going. In the original game the only baby you carried around was baby Mario, throughout this game however, you pick up baby versions of Wario, Peach, Donkey Kong and Bowser(with Mario). They all have unique abilities, that aid in the puzzles throughout the game's levels. The game makes extensive use of the dual screen design, part of the world is shown on the bottom screen, the other part is shown on the top screen. Yoshi's Island DS does not use touch screen throughout most of the game. Yoshi can jump, run, eat enemies and then use them as weapons by transforming them into eggs then throwing them, and even transform into various Yoshi-vehicles that aid Yoshi in progressing through the levels in the game. Example of the games dual-screen design. There are five worlds in the game, each with its own theme. Each world gets progressively harder, with trickier platforming and harder puzzles. There are secret('extra') levels in the game, two for each of the five worlds. One set is unlocked by completing the game, the other set is unlocked by completing each level in all five of the worlds with a perfect score. You achieve a perfect score by collecting all of the flowers, stars and red coins throughout the level. These secret levels are extremely tough and combine many of the platforming attributes from the world the secret levels are attached to. (there's two secret levels for every world.)MinigamesAnother addition to the game is a series of five minigames you can access from the main menu, after you collect special coins called "character coins." You collect these coins throughout the game's five worlds, once you collect all the coins from any world, a new minigame is unlocked.


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Early last month, New Orleans city officials promised that they would comply with a court order to remove a fence on Newcomb Boulevard "without delay." More than a month later, the fence still stands, there is discussion about a City Council effort to make the street one-way, and the city still says it is working on the removal — "without delay." Continue reading »
If you've never traversed the Crescent City by foot, you are missing out. You can really dig in the cracked pavement and tiered landscape, plus there's a whole host of scents to engage traveling by bike or car one is likely to miss. Just the other night a group of us walked from Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop over to the Marigny and the wafts of equal parts liquor, urine, and pot made for a less-than-appetizing nasal gumbo. But while one wrestles over the legal and the sanitary, in the French Quarter the street surfaces historically remain level. To say the least, it's refreshing, especially if one is familiar with any other stretch within New Orleans where the mature oaks that pepper the streets over time have broken new ground, so to speak, giving the citizenry, say it with me: more broken sidewalks. Continue reading »
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After the recent publication of a letter from Archbishop Gregory Aymond saying that anyone involved in the construction of a Planned Parenthood clinic on South Claiborne Avenue is "cooperating with the evil that will take place there," pro-life activists believe the pressure they have created has delayed the start of construction since the May groundbreaking, according to a report by Monica Hernandez of our partners at WWL-TV. Planned Parenthood has said 90 percent of its services are health care other than abortions, and that it does not perform the procedure at its clinic on Magazine Street, Hernandez notes.
Outcome of runoff between Hedge-Morrell and Williams depends on Charbonnet voters
New Orleans City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell won over voters in far more precincts than either of her two challengers, but Jason Williams and Freddie Charbonnet together won far more voters than she did — making for a spirited contest with advantages on both sides between Hedge-Morrell and Williams heading into the March 15 runoff. Continue reading »
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When a first draft of that plan was presented for board approval Monday night, however, the conversation quickly turned to a question that speaks to the broader transformation of New Orleans's educational system: Do charter schools rely too heavily on fundraising efforts that can burden the families the schools are intended to serve? Continue reading »
Despite political differences, Stacy Head and mayor share similar voters, precinct maps show
Despite the well-known rivalry between Mayor Mitch Landrieu and City Councilwoman Stacy Head — she was the only incumbent council member he declined to endorse for re-election — the two were re-elected by very similar margins across the city, with support from very similar precincts. Continue reading »
The number of auto thefts occurring in the Sixth District plummeted from 12 to zero after a contraption known as a "tow wagon" was taken off the streets, New Orleans police said at a weekly meeting at headquarters Friday.
Police have videos showing the tow wagon lifting parked cars and being driven off, NOPD Sixth District Commander Bob Bardy said. The contraption lifted the cars up from underneath, hooked into their bottoms and towed them away, without having to break any windows or start engines, according to police.
"That has been our nemesis," Bardy said about the tow wagon and the number of auto thefts in the district. Continue reading »
Owen Courreges: The "can't-lose" runoff for sheriff
Sometime after the Iran-Iraq broke out in 1980, Henry Kissinger was quoted as saying: "It's a pity they can't both lose."
These words seem appropriate following the results of the Orleans Sheriff's election day this past Saturday. Incumbent Marlin Gusman received 49% of the vote, falling just short of the amount required to avoid a runoff. The runner up with 29% of the vote, Charles Foti, is also Gusman's predecessor. Each of these men have made their own contributions to a Sheriff's office that is beyond dysfunctional. Continue reading »
Which neighborhoods supported Mayor Landrieu's re-election?
Mayor Mitch Landrieu swept to re-election Saturday with 64 percent of the vote, easily outpacing his two challengers in his bid for a second term — but his support was not as evenly distributed across the city as it was four years ago, according to a map of precinct-level results. Continue reading »
A Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament will be held at Touro Synagogue on Saturday (Feb. 8) at 6 p.m., according to a press release.
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Early Sunday morning, runners took to the foggy streets of New Orleans for the annual Rock N' Roll Marathon. Beginning at the corner of Poydras St. and Camp St. downtown, the course went Uptown to St. Charles Ave., to Mid City and finished in City Park. Continue reading »
Guidry expanded her support from 2010 in re-election bid, analysis shows
Not only did City Councilwoman Susan Guidry win a larger percentage of the votes cast in her re-election bid than she did four years ago, she also won a larger total number of votes, an analysis of the results shows. Continue reading »
Mitch Landrieu easily won re-election to a second term as mayor of New Orleans over his two challengers Saturday night with 64 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Continue reading »
Susan Guidry re-elected to District A City Council seat without runoff
New Orleans City Councilwoman Susan Guidry was re-elected to represent District A, clearing the field of four challengers without the need for a runoff Saturday night, according to preliminary results.
The Secretary of State's office reported results showing Guidry got nearly 67 percent of the vote, with all precincts reporting. Continue reading »
The Mercy Endeavors Senior Center's second annual "Jazzin on Jackson" gala is slated for March 20, the center recently announced.
The event, which is to be held at St. Alphonsus Art & Cultural Center on 2030 Constance Street, will benefit the elderly living uptown, according to Cherie Moore, the center's Director of Development. Continue reading »
On election's eve, District A City Council candidates spar over taxicab reform (live video)
With the co-owner of a cab company one of the candidates in the race, it should come as little surprise perhaps that there are diverging opinions among the contenders for the District A seat on the City Council about the city's controversial new regulations on the taxi industry.
The issue rose to the forefront in a forum before Carrollton neighborhood leaders on Friday evening — less than 12 hours before the polls were to open — but served as a last minute reminder of just how different the approaches each of the candidates have. Continue reading »


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Katrina Ray was among 1,795 students who received degrees during graduation ceremonies Dec. 13 at Indiana Wesleyan University's main campus in Marion.
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Chrysler Group Grand Van Plan
FotograFFF / Shutterstock.com Chrysler Group recently announced that within a few years it will cull its current two-minivan-lineup to one model. The Dodge Grand Caravan survives; the Chrysler Town & Country departs to be replaced by a new cross-over. Ideally Grand Caravan will then capture all potential Grand Caravan buyers as well as would-be Town & Country buyers (and the new Chrysler brand crossover will capture an all new pool
Chrysler Pre and Post-Bankruptcy Analysis
Last week, former Chrysler CEO Bob Nardeli made a statement that the Obama administration didn't need to give control of Chrysler to Fiat SpA in order to save it in 2009, only to back off it days later. While we will never know what the condition of Chrysler would be today if Cerberus Capital Management LP was still in charge, we can examine how consumer demand for Chrysler, Dodge, and
Compete February 2011 Category Data Show Big Gains for Automotive Despite Short Month
Automotive: Traditional Behavioral Category Was up 13.5 Percent BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire) – Compete, a Kantar Media company, today released data for February showing that many sites within the Automotive: Traditional behavioral category thrived in February; this is noteworthy because many non-automotive categories and sites declined in February, the shortest month. As a whole, the category climbed 13.5 percent month-over-month (M-O-M) and 27.8 percent year-over-year (Y-O-Y). Chevrolet.com leads the category, with 3,224,185 UVs
Touchdown for Big Game Automotive Ads?
The Big Game arrived with great fanfare. And once again many brands touted that they were players in the Big Game ad arena. In 2011, many of those brands were automakers. Compete compared un-aided ad recollection with changes in in-market automotive shopper behavior to inform whether these ads are worth the effort—and help drive sales. First Down: Recollection Compete asked about 700 online consumers which auto brand first came to find when
Identity Crisis 2011: Automotive Re-branding During the Big Game
Each year, three product categories seem to garner a larger share of the Big Game's vaunted ad time; Beer, Snacks and Cars. 2011 was no different for automakers, as ten brands chimed in with a total of nineteen ads, and each spent about $100,000 per second to do so. Identity was the name of the game this time around, with several brands presenting either a reinforcement or complete change of


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Sound: On the surface The Devastated appear to be yet another run of the mill deathcore band and to a degree this is true; low tuned guitars, chugging riffs and double bass beats are not scarce on the quartets dbut full length. However there are certain aspects that may lead the "modern metal" fan to pay attention to this band.
The band (that includes ex-members of the somewhat criticized Christcore band Impending Doom and Southern Rock inspired Deathcore group Oblige) describe their sound as "GROSS. GRIMY. GROOVE." And this is true to some extent. The guitar/bass mix does away with the sterile, excessively gated guitar tones that have become popular in recent years (and seems to have come to an apex on the new Veil Of Maya record) in favour of a slightly rough around the edges approach, which even includes some clank of the bass guitar. Make no mistake however, there is still a lot of production work going on here; the guitars sound thick and chunky and the kick drum still clicks away in it's own space. It sounds just as the style should: heavy.
So what of the groove? There are certain tracks that showcase the bands groove perfectly, including (but not limited to) "Drip.Drip.", "Pseudo Smile Campaign" and the eponymous "Devil's Messenger"; these tracks include riffs which you can't help but nod your head or tap your foot to. However for every groovetastic riff you are treated to five riffs that chug their way into mediocrity, riffs that almost any band could of written.
It seems a shame as there really are some great moments on this album, which seem almost experimental considering how formulaic the genre has become. The doppler train sound at the beginning of "Devil's Messenger" which is then mimicked by the guitars and the fade out at the end of "Swallowing Tumors", which leads directly in the ambient intro of "Failure To Thrive" being two great examples of the originality this band does on occasion show. However these moments are drowned by the mediocre riffing that has really effected the albums quality and lasting appeal. // 7
Lyrics: Ex-Oblige singer Greg Wilburn takes vocal duty in The Devastated. As seems common with Deathcore, his vocals are extremely competent, but little above that, lacking anything that really singles him out amongst more recognisable vocalists such as (at least in this reviewers opinion) Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe or Heaven Shall Burn's Marcus Bischoff.
Mainly focusing on a more upper register style Wilburn's vocals take on a sneering quality which fits with there more "swagger" focused musical backing. The actual lyrics them selves are somewhat incomprehensible yet seem to follow the age-tested themes of anger, spite and violence. Sometimes even taking a more "Tough Guy Hardcore" approach as seen in the song "Zombies"; complete with Blegh!'s and gang chants. // 6
Overall Impression: This in an album that I really wanted to love, the idea was a solid. Take deathcore and add more of the groove elements found in bands such as groove metal titans Pantera. However while the idea was solid the actualisation of this concept was not fully achieved with The Devastated's "Devil's Messenger". There is an awful lot of potential on this record and it may still appeal to many. If you can get past the some what generic aspects that are scattered on this album then this could be an album that you really enjoy, but it will not be for everyone. If you feel that groove orientated Deathcore is something that would appeal to you then The Devastated are worth your time. Though if the idea fills you with disgust and rage then The Devastated are not going to change your mind.
To conclude, The Devastated's "Devil's Messenger" is an average album with some great stand out moments which sadly don't quite do enough to make the album great over all. // 7


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Coach Craft, of Hondo, Texas, is more than a coach. He is a mentor, motivator and inspiration to every student at D'Hanis High School. Now the students and faculty of D'Hanis want to show him how much he means to them. As a year-round coach for football, baseball and girl's basketball -- and a teacher of Health and Speech class -- Coach Craft has neither the time nor money to take care of his own home for his very special family. But through all of their hardships, the Crafts continue to push on and stay strong. Their only wish -- and the school's -- is for Coach Craft to continue to do his wonderful work at D'Hanis High School and not have to worry that his family is falling victim to their house. The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team will help score a big touchdown for this very deserving coach and his special family.


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XmlTypeAttribute Class
Controls the XML schema that is generated when the attribute target is serialized by the XmlSerializer.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
The XmlTypeAttribute type exposes the following members.
|Initializes a new instance of the XmlTypeAttribute class.
|Initializes a new instance of the XmlTypeAttribute class and specifies the name of the XML type.
|Gets or sets a value that determines whether the resulting schema type is an XSD anonymous type.
|Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to include the type in XML schema documents.
|Gets or sets the namespace of the XML type.
|When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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|Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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|Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
The XmlTypeAttribute belongs to a family of attributes that controls how the XmlSerializer serializes or deserializes an object. For a complete list of similar attributes, see Attributes That Control XML Serialization.
You can apply the XmlTypeAttribute to a class, structure, enumeration, or interface declaration.
Apply the XmlTypeAttribute to a class to specify the XML type's namespace, the XML type name, and whether to include the type in the XML schema document. To see the results of setting the properties of the XmlTypeAttribute class, compile your application as an executable or DLL, and pass the resulting file to the XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe). The tool writes the schema, including the type definition.
If you set the IncludeInSchema property to false, the XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe) does not include the type in the schema. By default, for each public class, the XSD tool generates a complexType and an element of that type.
For more information about using attributes, see Extending Metadata Using Attributes.
You can use the word XmlType in your code instead of the longer XmlTypeAttribute.
The following example shows two classes to which the XmlTypeAttribute has been applied.
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April 24, 2002: It's a boy!
An informal resume, with lots of links to various things.
A space for me to vent; my own little soap-box on the Web.
A short autobiography; a little about who I am and where I'm from.
I'm the CTO of ZForm. Not only do I get to work on fun software, but I get to feel good about what I'm doing. ZForm's mission is to create games that let blind and sighted people play together online. Our first product, ZForm Poker, is now available.
A while ago I created SkyPaint, a tool for painting 360-degree, wrap-around panoramas. Read all about it, or download a trial copy of it here.
* I changed my name from "Gavin Bell" to "Gavin Andresen" in 2000. Wonder why? Follow this link.
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Display kitchens are a trend that is here to stay. There is no doubt the open kitchen "wow factor" can be impressive and is now a very popular feature in many of the hottest restaurants and onsite station concepts. Open kitchens are popular for three main reasons. First, they provide a certain level of action or entertainment in a restaurant. People tend to be more comfortable where there is activity and the display kitchen offers the sizzle of the steak and flame of the grill. Second, ...
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We've finally found something Rick Bayless isn't good at: anticipation. You'd think a guy who'd just won the inaugural edition of Top Chef Masters and who owns two perennially packed Mexican restaurants (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo) in Chicago would know that his next place would be instantly mobbed. But even Bayless was overwhelmed by the initial reaction to Xoco, his new Mexican street food restaurant that fits the fast casual mode. His business plan addressed every possible aspect of ...
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Do you regularly leave a "Honey Do" that your spouse routinely ignores? Are emotionally-charged conversations often shut down with the words "Fine" and "Whatever?" If you and your partner communicate anger and hostility through undone errands and botched chores, then passive aggression might be the third wheel in your marriage.
Passive aggression is a deliberate and masked way of expressing covert feelings of anger. It involves a variety of behaviors designed to get back at another person without the other recognizing the underlying anger (Long, Long & Whitson, 2008). While some parents believe that squashing anger is the "socially appropriate" thing to do for the sake of the children, unexpressed anger in the long run is destructive to intimacy in a marriage and a poor model of self-expression. Do you recognize any of these passive aggressive phrases in your marriage?
I'm Not Mad
Passive aggression is motivated by a person's fear that his life will get worse if others know about his anger. To mask his feelings, the passive aggressive person relies on denial. Even when questioned directly about the emotions that his body language and angry smile often betray, a passive aggressive person will insist, "I'm not mad" rather than seize the opportunity to communicate in a direct and emotionally honest way.
Sulking and withdrawing from arguments are primary strategies of the passive aggressive person. Rather than talk about what is bothering him, the passive aggressive person uses phrases like "Fine" and "Whatever" to shut down communication and repress anger. The damage to the relationship occurs because there is nothing more powerful than an unexpressed thought over time.
I'll Take Care of It
Weekend "To Do" lists are a common source of resentment in families. No one relishes the thought of doing chores, yet everyone knows that in order to maintain a home and keep a family running smoothly, there are certain tasks that each family member must accomplish. To keep the (short-term) peace, a passive aggressive person verbally complies with task lists and chore requests, but behaviorally delays their completion. By procrastinating, postponing, and stalling, the passive aggressive person avoids getting into arguments but succeeds in frustrating others.
I Didn't Know What You Meant
For those passive aggressive spouses who want to take their hidden hostility to the next level, intentional inefficiency is the name of the game. Forget procrastination-performing chores in a timely but unacceptable manner is often a much more effective (and lasting) strategy for discharging anger in an indirect way and never being asked to perform that specific chore again. For example:
• Tom is watching football on TV when his wife asks him to run to the grocery store for a few staple items. She hands him a list. He agrees to go and turns off his game, in the last quarter. He returns home with six boxes of Pop Tarts and two gallons of chocolate-flavored soy milk (the list said "Breakfast Foods") along with a variety of other condiments and creatively wrong non-food items. He flashes his wife an angry smile and feigns shock when she grumbles over his purchases.
Sound like an exaggeration? True story: it happened to my neighbor. And guess what–she has never asked her husband to run to the store for her since!
Case in point; passive aggressive behaviors can be quite effective in the short-term when it comes to avoiding tasks and frustrating others. In the long-term, however, unexpressed hostility is dangerously destructive to marriage and intimacy. As the ultimate obstacle to honest communication and direct expression, passive aggression is the silent killer of healthy feelings among family members.


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Today's focus: Ms. H
Household members: 5
Children: 2
Special circumstances: "Ms. H's" husband is ill. He has been
hospitalized and transferred to both Lubbock and Dallas. She lost her
job due to her being with her husband while he was in the hospital.
They are struggling financially.
Her holiday hopes: For her children to have a merry Christmas.
Clothing needs: Boys shirt sizes 14. Boys pants sizes 14.
Toys list: Any boy toy.
The Empty Stocking Fund is a joint effort of the Salvation Army and
Freedom New Mexico. Recipients receive gifts and clothes for their
children and some may receive baskets of food with green beans,
stuffing, mashed potatoes and a meat voucher from a local grocery
store. Larger families may receive donated turkeys instead of the
voucher. The food baskets will also go to seniors on fixed incomes.
Who's helped: Around 600 families who've asked the Salvation Army to help make Christmas special.
Donations: Can be dropped off or mailed to either the Clovis
News Journal (521 Pile St.; P.O. Box 1689, Clovis, NM 88101) or the
Portales News-Tribune (101 E. First St.; P.O. Box 848, Portales, NM
Envelopes should be clearly marked "Empty Stocking Fund." Checks must be made payable to "The Salvation Army."
Contributions will be forwarded to the Salvation Army office, 317 E.
Second St., or gifts may be purchased for specific children by choosing
an Angel tag off trees located at North Plains Mall and Wal-Mart in
If you would like to help "Ms. H," call Capt. Tammy Ray at the Salvation Army at 762-3801.