text: 23. - 25. 10. 2012, Brno, Czech Republic, EU SURFACE NANOTREATMENT OF SILICON AND POLYAMIDE BY MEANS OF ATMOSPHERIC MICROWAVE PLASMA JET Jaroslav Hnilica, Lucia Potočňáková, Vít Kudrle, Dana Skácelová Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic, [email protected] 1. ABSTRACT The exposition to plasma can modify surface layer of various materials, typically with penetration depth around several nanometres. In this paper, the atmospheric pressure microwave argon plasma jet was used as the plasma source. Surface modification is caused, among others, by highly reactive species like O, N, OH, which are formed by mixing the plasma excited argon gas with surrounding air. We report on the results of the plasma treatment of silicon wafers and Polyamide 12 foils. We analysed selected parameters like surface energy and surface roughness of the samples by contact angle measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. We observed an increase in surface energy and therefore an enhanced wettability (water contact angle as low as 5 degrees) after the plasma treatment. This was accompanied by slight changes in roughness, too. We found that our plasma treatment process is quite fast, as significant changes of surface energy were observed for very short exposition times (tens of milliseconds). We performed also a study of the ageing of the treated samples. Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) was used as plasma diagnostics tool during the nanotreatment process, giving such results like the relative abundance of various species or the temperature of the plasma itself. 2. INTRODUCTION Microwave (MW) discharges at atmospheric pressure, especially surface wave sustained discharges, have been investigated over the last decades both experimentally and theoretically [1]. Surface wave discharges 5 can generally operate in a broad range of experimental conditions: pressures from 1 Pa to 10 Pa, -3 frequencies from 200 kHz to 10 GHz [2], discharge dimensions from 10 m to 1 m and in various gases [3]. Flexible operating conditions provide a wide range of processing applications such as thin film deposition, gas decontamination, plasma sterilisation, light sources and lasers, particle production, materials processing etc. [4, 5, 6, 7]. Surface wave driven atmospheric discharges can be also used for plasma surface treatment which induces e.g. chemical changes, activation, cleaning, grafting, cross-linking, dangling bonds, wettability changes etc. These changes in surface properties can be induced by plasma generated species (electrons, ions, radicals, UV radiation etc.) [8]. Typical uses of microwave atmospheric jets are the localised or elevated temperature treatment, for rough and structured materials, and in surface modification accompanied by deposition. For this purposes it can be advantageous (economy, low electromagnetic interference, etc.) to use the microwave discharges over competing types as they have generally higher power density, which can positively influence both homogeneous and heterogeneous plasma-chemical reactions. Silicon surface plays important role in current technologies, including micro-electronics and photovoltaics [9, 10]. The process of surface cleaning, smoothing, etching etc. includes almost always a rather complicated ``wet'' chemical process [10, 11, 12]. Recently, there is a tendency to replace these steps by plasma based technology which could provide an environmentally attractive alternative. Polyamides are important engineering materials with wide range of applications in domestic and housingrelated outlet [13]. Polyamide 12 (PA12) is a thermoplastic that is rigid, hard wearing and is resistant to oils, solvents and alkalis. A known problem with the polymers is their weak hydrophilic properties, which affects 23. - 25. 10. 2012, Brno, Czech Republic, EU their wettability, printability, adhesion, etc. This can be solved by increasing the surface energy by a convenient method of surface modification [14, 15]. In this work we focused to find the conditions for which the surfatron plasma treatment would lead to sufficient hydrophilisation of the silicon and the polyamide. Other important parameters for plasma treatment are the exposure time and the ageing effect. 3. EXPERIMENTAL We have used one particular type of atmospheric pressure microwave jet – the surfatron [16]. The surface wave discharge is produced by applying a high frequency electric field intensified by narrow slit to a gas flowing in a discharge tube. The microwave generator (frequency 2.45 GHz) is operated in sinusoidal amplitude modulated mode with the mean power of 250W and amplitude modulation frequency of 260 Hz. The wave launcher (surfatron) is fed via ferrite circulator and coaxial cable. The surfatron device is a modified SAIREM Surfatron 80 with integrated matching. Using this matching we maintained the reflected power below 10 W, which is the lowest limit of our power sensor. Thermal management is carried out (see Figure 1) by water cooling of the generator, circulator and surfatron itself. Additionally, the fused silica discharge tube (1.5 mm and 4 mm inner and outer diameter, respectively) is cooled by compressed air. The end of the discharge tube is 2 cm from the launching gap. The flow of working gas, argon, is maintained at 1.45 slm (standard liter per minute) by a flow controller. Fig.1 Schematic drawing of the experimental setup. For diagnostics, the optical plasma emissions are collected by optic fibre, placed perpendicularly to the plasma axis and measuring the middle of the flame, and analysed by spectrometer FHR 1000 monochromator Jobin-Yvon Horiba (1.0 m focal length, Czerny-Turner type, grating 2400 gr/mm, CCD camera, specified resolution 8 pm). The surface roughness is analysed by AFM Auto Probe CP-Research from TM Microscopes, maximal vertical resolution 0.025 A. The Gwyddion [17] software was used to render images of surfaces. -3 We used silicon substrates (polished N-type, doped with antimony, Si (100) cut) having resistivity (5-18).10 Ω.cm purchased from ON Semiconductor. Before the plasma treatment experiments all samples were 23. - 25. 10. 2012, Brno, Czech Republic, EU cleaned by isopropyl alcohol-cyclohexane mixture (1:1), dried by flow of air, then immersed in 1% HF solution at room temperature for 45 s for native oxide removal and finally dried by flow of air again. Polyamide (PA 12) samples were cleaned by isopropyl alcohol-cyclohexane mixture (1:1) before the plasma treatment. The silicon and polyamide samples are placed on motorised sample holder and conveyed into a direct contact with the plasma jet. We determine surface free energy (SFE) of the samples by sessile drop technique, i.e. from the contact angle between the solid surface and the surface of a drop of liquid placed on it. The contact angles are measured directly from the images of the sessile drop (1.5 µl volume) taken with digital camera of Surface Energy Evaluation System [18]. Surface free energy of silicon samples are calculated using Owens-Wendt two liquids model [19]. 4. RESULTS The plasma has elongated form, starting in the discharge tube and ending in diffuse flame outside the discharge tube. The optical emission spectrum is recorded in the range of 250 – 750 nm. The result is shown in Figure 2. Despite the discharge being ignited in a pure argon, the spectrum is dominated by OH system 2 + 2 nd 3 3 (A Σ → X Π) and consists of argon lines, 2 positive system of nitrogen (C Πu→ B Πg ), and molecular bands of NO. These impurities come from the surrounding air as it is mixing with the plasma flame. The OES cannot fully determine the composition of the plasma as some species can be in the ground state or their emission lines (or bands) are outside the observed wavelength range. E.g. the ozone, despite being produced by the jet, is not observed in our emission spectra. Fig.2 Overview of the emission spectrum in the surfatron atmospheric plasma jet at input mean power 250 W and in 1,45 slm of argon. The left graph in Figure 3 shows the dependence of water contact angle on exposure time, the right graph shows the corresponding values of the surface free energy calculated by Owens-Wendt two liquids model. It is evident, that prolonging the exposure from 0,019 s up has no increased effect, as the water contact angle 2 (5±1)° and SFE (72±1) mJ/m stay constant. The plasma surface modification is not entirely permanent as OH groups slowly disappear from the surface. The ageing effect is one of the significant parameters for the evaluation of the quality of plasma treatment. 23. - 25. 10. 2012, Brno, Czech Republic, EU Fig.3 Plasma treatment on silicon wafers for different exposure times (1,45 slm Ar, mean power 250W, AM sinus, 260Hz). On the left graph there is water contact angle of untreated, treated and of 4 days old treated samples. On the opposite side there is a surface free energy for the same conditions calculated by Owens-Wendt two liquid model. Another set of samples were treated with plasma for different exposure times and then left untouched for four days in air (23°C, humidity between 20% and 40%). After that, the samples were measured to determine the ageing. The results (Figure 3, red triangles) reveal an increase in the water contact angle (26±2)° due to the aging but even after four days the samples did not show any influence of different treatment durations. Figure 4 shows treated and untreated parts on silicon and polyamide samples. Left picture in Figure 4 even reveals approximate diameter of treatment spot on silicon (10 mm). The spot is considerably larger than inner diameter of the discharge tube (1.5 mm). Fig.4 Plasma treatment of silicon wafer (on the left) and polyamide (on the right). Figure 5 and Figure 6 represent AFM images of sample morphology (before and after plasma treatment) on silicon and polyamide. Silicon surface is not ideally cleaned (Figure 5a) but most of the surface shows no roughness. After 1 s of plasma treatment the silicon surface is measurably roughened (Figure 5b). 23. - 25. 10. 2012, Brno, Czech Republic, EU a) b) Fig.5 Comparison of surface morphology of the silicon before plasma treatment (a) and after 1s plasma treatment (b). a) b) Fig.6 Comparison of surface morphology of the polyamide before plasma treatment (a) and after 1 s plasma treatment (b). 5. CONCLUSION The atmospheric pressure surface wave driven argon plasma was successfully used for a plasma surface treatment of silicon and polyamide. Significant increase in wettability was observed for both materials. In the case of silicon samples, we found that surfatron plasma induces the chemical changes very fast - in a time interval shorter than 19 ms. AFM measurements have shown that surface morphology of both materials is influenced by exposition to the plasma jet. The experimental results show that despite relatively high temperature of the jet [20], it can be successfully used even for the treatment of temperature sensitive polymers like polyamide thanks to a high speed of the treatment. 23. - 25. 10. 2012, Brno, Czech Republic, EU ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research has been supported by the project CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0086 'R&D center for low-cost plasma and nanotechnology surface modifications' funded by European Regional Development Fund. REFERENCES [1] Schluter, H., Shivarova, A., Travelling-wave-sustained discharges, Physics Reports, 2007, vol. 443, pp. 121— 255. [2] Margot-Chaker, J., Moisan, M., Chaker, M., Glaude, V. M. M., Lauque, P., Parascczak J., Sauve, G. Tube diameter and wave frequency limitations when using the electromagnetic surface wave in the m=1 (dipolar) mode to sustain a plasma column, J. Appl. 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STEVE KEAN was last night battling to keep his job as Blackburn boss.
Rovers owners Venky's set a target of 16 points from the first seven matches — and Kean fell two short.
Talks took place over the weekend with several officials intent on bringing to an end his turbulent 20-month reign.
The final decision lies with Venky's chairwoman Anuradha Desai — and Kean was last night pleading for more time.


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So Umber was now stuck with a six foot seven bat man thing that could destroy the city if he felt so inclined, and a half-wolf girl who could easily do just as much damage if given the proper incentive. So what do you do when you've got two characters who have been near and dear to your heart since you were a child right in front of you?
Why, you ask them for details on their world of course.
"So, I know you guys are my creations, but even so, you can't just do the actions I write for you. I mean god, if that were the case, you," she said, pointing at Cren. " Would still be 7. And you" she said, pointing at June. " Would still be 10."
"Very true. Well, ma'am-"
"Call me Umber, i'm only 17 for crissakes!" she interrupted.
"Right. Umber. See, there's a whole lot of stuff that you don't write about. Like June's minor addiction to erotic illustrations."
June let loose and indignant gasp and punched Cren in the arm. " I am NOT addicted to erotica, you horrible man!"
"Are too. Explain away that pile of 'research' I saw under your bed?"
"Pfff. Shut up." June's cheeks were a bright enough red to match her hair. She huffed and shouted. "Well maybe you should tell her about your stuffed toy collection!"
"I do not have a stuffed toy collection. " Cren retorted. "I have a collection of stuffed Antiquities."
" 'Miss. Dory the Cutesy Wootsy Dragon'?" June said. Eyebrow raised. "How is that an antiquty?"
Cren was so flustered he couldn't manage a response. While they had bickered, Umber had been writing down the entire thing. If she kept them around forever, their story would be easy to finish!Or would it? Umber stopped her hurried scribbles as a thought struck her.
"So if you're here, what's happening in your story?"
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A Magistrate Court in Kano on Monday remanded a 32-year-old businessman, Kamal Rabiu, in prison for allegedly strangling a two-month old baby to death.
The accused was charged with culpable homicide. Chief Magistrate Muhammad Idris ordered the remand of the accused following an application by the Police prosecutor, Insp. Badamasi Ya'u.
He said the accused should remain behind bar pending an advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Ya'u had told the court sitting in Normans land, that on Dec. 21 2015, the Commander of Hisba, Kano command, reported the case to the Commissioner of Police.
He said the accused of Goron Dutse Quarters Kano sometimes in Feb. 15, impregnated his female friend, Malama Kaltume Tijjani of Unguwa Uku Kano. He said Kaltume gave birth to a baby boy named Muhammad Kamal.
Ya'u told the court that on Dec. 21, 2015, the accused went to Nasarawa Hospital to collect the two month old Kamal from Kaltume.
``In a struggle that ensued, Rabiu strangled the baby to death,'' Ya'u said.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge.
The Magistrate adjourned the case till Feb. 8, for further mention.


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Liberals Should Shutter Nuclear Plant Well Past Its Prime
Ontario could save money, increase public safety and create jobs if it closes the Pickering Nuclear Station when its operating licence expires on Aug. 31, 2018. Yet, the Liberal government has approved plans to extend Pickering's operating life to 2024.
Pickering is already 15 years past its best before date. It's the fourth oldest nuclear station in North America and the seventh oldest nuclear station in the world. Given its age, it is not surprising that Pickering is one of the most unreliable and poorest performing nuclear plants in North America. Or that is has the highest operating costs of any nuclear station in North America.
Best before dates are important -- not only for the milk you drink but also for the nuclear plant you live by. Pickering is surrounded by over 2.2 million people who live within the 30-kilometre high-risk zone. The Liberals are rolling the dice on a nuclear station that is surrounded by more people than any nuclear plant in North America.
While it is possible to eat food past its best before date -- my kids complain about my inability to waste dated food -- it might not be such a great idea to gamble with the best before date of one of the largest nuclear stations in the world. This doesn't pass the sniff test.
While Kathleen Wynne chooses to gamble on Pickering, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for the closure of Indian Point nuclear station north of New York City. It's Number 2 on the nuclear population list. Governor Cuomo is putting safety first.
The Liberals argue that extending Pickering beyond its best before date is necessary to keep the lights on. Although I support utilizing nuclear facilities until their end of life date, the Liberal argument for Pickering simply doesn't add up.
The Liberals seem more interested in making the nuclear lobby happy than in making smart energy choices for the people of Ontario.
Ontario is currently selling excess electricity at a loss. Ontario's total electricity exports (22.6 billion kWh) exceeded the total output of the Pickering Nuclear Station (22.6 billion kWh) in 2015. Ontario's peak hour demand for electricity has declined by 17 per cent in the past decade.
Even if electricity demand goes up because of the Ontario's efforts to electrify the transportation system, Ontario can purchase electricity from other sources at a lower cost.
We live next door to the world's fourth largest producer of water power -- Quebec. Quebec has a large and growing supply of water power available for export. On average, Quebec water power sells at one third the price of power from Pickering. Why not use this low cost source of clean power to meet possible increases in demand and to cover gaps from the anticipated temporary shut down of the Darlington Nuclear Station?
Ontario can also do more to stretch our energy dollars by investing in energy efficiency measures. The cheapest source of energy is the energy we save. According to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), large industrial energy efficiency programs save electricity at an average cost of 1.5 cents per kWh. Residential, commercial and small industrial energy efficiency programs save electricity at an average cost of 3.5 cents per kWh -- far below OPG's estimate cost of power from Pickering of around nine cents per kWh.
The Liberals seem more interested in making the nuclear lobby happy than in making smart energy choices for the people of Ontario. And while I understand why the nuclear lobby would fight to protect jobs at Pickering, I believe the Liberal government has a responsibility to make energy decisions that benefit all the people of Ontario even if it means cancelling their $100,000 dinners with the premier.
Moreover, what if we could convert operating jobs at Pickering into jobs decommissioning Pickering--making the area safer for residents while establishing Ontario's expertise in the decommissioning of nuclear plants. Doing this would create 16,000 person years of employment according to a study by Torrie Smith Associates. This could establish Ontario's global expertise in decommissioning nuclear plants. With a number of nuclear plants around the world reaching their best before dates, Ontario nuclear workers could benefit from becoming the global experts in shutting down nuclear plants.
The Liberals have a choice to make -- give the nuclear lobby what it wants or provide the people of Ontario with an affordable, clean electricity supply; a supply that doesn't include an old and aging Pickering Nuclear Station that is well past its best before date.
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Cancer: sell a painting
Okay. So it is one of those "I'm not gonna hit you, 'cause you're a girl" things. I didn't think there was anything so wrong with that, but apparently Gemme doesn't like that. So I told her it wasn't. So sue me. I've been tasered by a policeman and locked up in a cell for the day. Excuse me for not being in the mood for another argument just yet.
Anyways, Gemme moves the conversation on, showing me her latest sketch. Me, again, but I had a black wing folded around me in this picture.
"You drew me while I was asleep?" I whine, half appreciating the picture's artistic value, half embarrassed she had seen me while I was asleep at all.
"You were sweet." She replies, "a very rare moment," I take a last look at the picture.
"It's a good picture. Just... once again, shame about the subject, eh?" I smile and hand the pad of paper back.
"Don't. You have no reason to doubt yourself." She says defensively. I look at her sideways and arch an eyebrow.
"I'm only being honest, Gemme. My body's alright. I worked on that. Not much I can do to save my face, though." I shrug, following her up the path to her door. She pauses and turns to me, the key in the door.
"All of you is handsome. In fact I believe I like your face best." I make the key turn in the lock and usher her into the house, trying not to blush or look embarrassed. She turns and sees the blush on my cheeks and laughs.
"The blush just makes you cuter." I scowl and call her something foul, throwing myself down on the sofa in a huff. "I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself." She giggles. "Would you like something to eat?" I nod and refuse to look up until the heat leaves my face. "Okay. I'll leave you to calm down." I roll my eyes. I'm not pissed off, just embarrassed. There's a difference. She leaves anyways and cooks something.
The smell of pizza wafts into the living room as she brings it in, cut into slices on a plate. She sets it down on the coffee table and tells me to help myself. I do.
"I see you didn't get a new TV while I was in jail." I note as we eat.
"I'm still not gonna touch that money." I feel my eyebrow lift at her again.
"It's not like it's blood money or anything. And I gave it to you." I say through a half full mouth.
"It just doesn't feel right," she shrugs, finishing her slice of pizza. Picking up another one, she glances at her broken TV. I'm not bothered enough to hold my pizza any more and I drop my hand, wiping my fingers on my jeans. Taking a bite out of my floating pizza, I chew thoughtfully, wondering how she would react to coming home to a new TV after school next week.
"Fair enough. It's not like I even earned it, but there you go." I finish my own pizza and get the instant urge to light up, but I wait until she's done eating for a little while before I do.
"Mhm, I want to one day earn money like that." She says, going to clear the plate away. I lift it for her, putting it in the kitchen and smile as she watches the plate whizz out of the room.
"Sell a painting," I say.


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BuzzFeed August 2013 snapshot: 85 million uniques, profitable, 300 employees.
Adam Rifkin stashed this in BuzzFeed!
Stashed in: Brands!, Mobile!, Awesome, Monetization, Active Users, Bizzniss, Mobile Ads!
Mother of God, BuzzFeed is KILLING it:
BuzzFeed reached record traffic of 85 million unique visitors inAugust. We are 3X bigger than we were just one year ago, 8X bigger than we were two years ago, and we have served more web pages so farin 2013 than we have in the entire previous five year history of thecompany. By this time next year we should be one of the biggest sites on the web.
Two years ago BuzzFeed was at 10 million uniques. Where PandaWhale is today!
How is BuzzFeed profitable? Sponsored social content.
We also booked record profit in August. We've gone from zero revenue four years ago to a profitable company with over 300 employees. We've become the leader, and primary innovator, in social content advertising. Last year we ran 265 programs and this year we will do between 600-700 with more than half of the top 100 brands.
I believe that brands love social content advertising.
Anthony Ha of TechCrunch adds:
As far as I can tell, that's the first time Peretti has acknowledged that BuzzFeed is profitable, aside from mentioning "accidental" profitability in summer 2011 that was followed by a period of aggressive hiring.
Profitability is particularly impressive since it all comes from custom ad campaigns (such as the Pepsi-sponsored Listiclock that I wrote about last month), rather than all the other stuff that online publications (including TechCrunch) do to make money.
A person familiar with BuzzFeed's operations tells me that the site had planned on generating $40 million in revenue this year. But, since sales are booming, they are on track to do something closer to $60 million in 2013.
That windfall, provided by advertisers entranced by Buzzfeed's native ad pitch, is likely the main reason the site is in the black, though not by a huge margin.
Meanwhile, a different person familiar with BuzzFeed's operations said the site expects to keep booming next year, and is projecting $100 million in sales for 2014, while averaging something like 150 million uniques (Peretti said his site did 85 million last month).
BuzzFeed is also KILLING IT on mobile, despite having no real plan:
In August we had 100 million mobile visits to BuzzFeed's site and apps. But much of our success here has been based on luck, not skill. We are fortunate we don't have slideshows, banner ads, a complicated site design, or other features that don't work well in mobile. We are lucky that 100% of our advertising is social content marketing that works even better in mobile. And we are lucky that our audience is young and embraced mobile content sooner than the general public. But luck only takes you so far. We need to get good and then we need to be great. We will be investing heavily in mobile technology in the coming years with many new developments on the very near horizon.
Even so, the BuzzFeed app is consistently in the App Store top 5 news apps. Amazing.
In the future, BuzzFeed will not just be about lists.
BuzzFeed is famous, and sometimes infamous, for our lists. Lists are an amazing way to consume media. They work for content as varied as the 10 Commandments, the Bill of Rights, Google search results, ESPN's Sportscenter, and internal company emails. We will always do lists but we have the advantage of not being limited to a single format like many traditional media companies. We do long form, short form, quizzes, video, original graphic art, rubbable gifs, apps, and more.
In the coming years, we will continue our R&D focused on inventing and advancing media formats. This requires ongoing interdisciplinary effort combining product, tech, and editorial, and we are off to a great start with the weekly "canary ops" meetings and Alice DuBois' amazing collaborations between edit and product. We are just scratching the surface of possible formats for social and mobile content and there is so much more to do.
They have promised, however, not to build Yet Another Social Network. Thank goodness.
You mention PandaWhale is today where BuzzFeed was two years ago...is BuzzFeed a growth template for you? Are you trying to do what they are doing/done, or are you just anticipating the same 8x growth in visitors as a competitive baseline to keep in mind over the next two years?
Just trying to figure out a goal that is achievable.
It is hard to find good comp's.


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Postdigital Art
Via newyorker.com
Oct 2013
Artists used body scanners, 3-D printers, and an Xbox controller to create the works in MAD's new exhibition Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital. Curator Ronald Labaco proclaims, "The digital revolution is over, and it has now become commonplace."
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Via omnireboot.com
Oct 2013
Following up their last work, Webcam Venus—in which they asked sexcam workers to copy poses from art by the likes of Delecroix and Degas—Addie Wagenknecht and Pablo Garcia are back. They're aggregating sexcam streams, but only when the performers are absent.
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Print a Sculpture
Via npr.org
Oct 2013
All over the world people have posters of works by Van Gogh and Picasso, but what if you could have your own personal Rodin or Michelangelo? Advances in 3-D printing now allow you to take pictures of any sculpture in a museum and print a replica.
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House of GIFs
Via omnireboot.com
Oct 2013
What happens when everyone's favorite image format—the GIF—is used for something more than funny animals and WTF moments? Artist Tom Hancock is attempting to push the medium into a respected art form with an interactive GIF house titled IDLE SELF.
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Gamer in Residence
Via theguardian.com
Sep 2013
Next month the Victoria & Albert Museum brings on its first game designer in residence. Sophia George, the 23-year old chair of Swallowtail Games, uses the occasion to weigh in on that (information)-age-old question: are computer games art?
Station to Station: Doug Aitken's Polyphonic Culture Train
Paul Schmelzer
Sep 2013
"Human beings need a starting point." The motto for The Source, Doug Aitken's video series on creativity's origins, could easily be the slogan for Station to Station, the art train he's taking across the US this month. While the trip has its concrete elements—a starting point, an ending point, some really heavy train cars—he sees it as entirely open-ended: whatever happens along the way is anybody's guess.
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Appraising Amazon Art
Via gizmodo.com
Aug 2013
An art appraiser has some concerns about buying blue-chip art from Amazon's new art venture. The site doesn't list a work's provenance or condition, two factors that can greatly affect value, writes Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan.
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Bilingual Truisms
Via phaidon.com
Aug 2013
Jenny Holzer's Truisms will visit Hong Kong in September with an installation at Pearl Lam Galleries. Dubbed Light Stream, it'll feature marble benches engraved with phrases from past projects and a swarming mass of LED text, in both English and Chinese.


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App Information Bubble Shooting Mania
- App NameBubble Shooting Mania
- Package Namecom.gaminglab.bubbleshooting
- UpdatedSeptember 10, 2016
- File Size20M
- Requires AndroidAndroid 2.3 and up
- Version1.0
- DeveloperThe Gaming Lab
- Installs5 - 10
- PriceFree
- CategoryCasual
- Developer
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I went to a bar, ordered a shot of vodka and sat staring at it. It was a test. How much could I want something, and not lose my resolve?
I watched it, smelling it, tasting the fumes, seeing how the light from the bulb above my head winked and flashed in the clear liquid. I could feel the rush of it in my head and in my body. I could anticipate the shudder, the velvet ice slipping down my throat. I wanted it so badly I could felt like crying and if my hands hadn't have been pressed flat to the table they would have been trembling. I didn't just want it. I needed it. I needed it like I needed my next breath; to feel and to be alive. It wasn't just a drink, it was a part of me. It was what made me me. Without it, I didn't know who I was.
That's the language of addiction. No one should listen to that.
How much of a person is made up of memory? How much of yourself is bound up in a remembered past? Would you be the same without it? Would you be yourself?
I felt that I was half a person. Unreal as a dream.
Two years almost. Two years since I'd found myself without a memory. Generalities I hadn't forgotten. It was the personal details I had lost. I knew about families, for instance, but didn't recall my own. I knew geography, place names and rivers and mountains. I knew history; lines of Kings, wars and conflicts, politics and laws. But which place was home I couldn't have told you. What small, private events had shaped my own life I couldn't say.
All I had, back then, were cards, all with different names. Driving licenses, credit cards, ID cards, gym membership cards, store loyalty cards; no name appeared more than once. I thought I might have stolen them at first. But they were mine.
When I first began hunting, I was looking for myself. I scoured the missing lists in papers and on the internet, looking for my face. I searched back-issues in libraries, in registry offices, in records of graduates and school-leavers. I was convinced I had a criminal record so I searched there too, in parole documents and prison inmate lists, in court files and case-files. I looked at marriage records, births and deaths. I hunted in journals and magazines, in letters, statistics and census files.
There were reasons why I never approached the authorities: My belief in something other, in something hidden and different, things that couldn't be explained in ordinary terms. Like the touch of the girl in the antique shop. How she could see me. And I couldn't stand her having that knowledge. Knowing things about me I didn't know myself.
In my searches I found lots of people like myself. Right height, right age as far as I knew, right weight and coloring. So many like me, but none exactly right. No single one I could look at with certainty, no recognition. I could have stepped into the life of any of them, but by then wasn't so sure I wanted to. The search became my object and my reason, not the finding. Putting together a jigsaw, that's the tough part, the interesting part. What use is it, once it's done?
But someone knowing everything about me? No, that wasn't good. I would have to do something about that. Not now though. Not today.
I left the glass untouched on the table. I went and hired a car and sat in Eleanor Gordon's street, watching her door.


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The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Girls' Lacrosse
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März 2003
BeschreibungLacrosse is one of the nation's fastest-growing youth sports, and the girls' game is overtaking the boys'. Played with different rules and tactics, girls' lacrosse requires its own specialized guidebook. Friendly and encouraging, "Coaching Girls' Lacrosse "is the first book to provide the fundamentals every unprepared parent needs to teach and motivate a team of 6- to 12-year-olds.
InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction How to Use This Book Developing a Coaching Style Who We Are 1. Then and Now They Can Do It! Questions and Answers 2. Creating an Atmosphere of Good Habits Winning: An Afterthought Promoting Good Habits Questions and Answers 3. Before Hitting the Field: Girls' Lacrosse in a Nutshell Overview The Field The Ball Equipment Players and Positions Length of Game Scoring Getting Started Fouls Umpires 4. Setting Up the Season Details, Details Questions and Answers 5. Essential Skills: A Progressive Approach Basic Skills and How to Teach Them 6. The Fundamentals of Offense Designated Hot Spots The Restraining Line The Fast Break The Ball Carrier Off-Ball Players Settled Offensive Sets Clearing the Ball Questions and Answers 7. The Fundamentals of Defense Defensive Positioning in the Midfield Settled Defense Defending a Cut through the 8-Meter Arc Player-to-Player Defense Zone Defense 8. The Practice Preparation Is the Key The All-Important First Practice General Practice Format Practice Planners Sample Practices Specialty Practices Questions and Answers 9. Game Day Set a Good Example Overview of the Game Questions and Answers 10. FUN-damental Drills Are Fun! Warm-Up Drills Stick-Work Drills Passing and Catching Drills Ground Ball Drills Dodging Drills Shooting Drills 11. Offensive Drills 12. Defensive Drills 13. Goalkeeping Concepts and Drills Who's Right for the Job? Equipment Fundamentals Drills Appendix Umpire Signals Glossary Resources Index Acknowledgments About the Authors
PortraitJanine Tucker was an All-American lacrosse player for Division I powerhouse Loyola College, and became an assistant coach there after graduating in 1989. She has been the head coach at Johns Hopkins since 1994, where she has compiled a 101-32 won-loss record, including 33-16 since moving the girls' lacrosse program from Division III to Division I in 1999. Her team was ranked 16th nationally in 2000, and in 2001 was the ECAC Champion and was ranked 17th nationally. She is the director of the Johns Hopkins All-Star Girls Lacrosse Camp each summer and the co-director (along with the Loyola and North Carolina head coaches) of the Elite 300 camp, which brings together the nation's top high school players. Hometown: Towson, MD
Untertitel: 'Baffled Parent's Guides'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: RAGGED MOUNTAIN PRESS
Erscheinungsdatum: März 2003
Seitenanzahl: 192 Seiten
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This is a trend I have noticed in the past week. Over the weekend I saw that stock spam had been piling up but spammers were not just sending it as images – they were sending it as text. Normally ("normal" being a relative term), spammers compose image stock spam by typing up their pump-and-dump message in various fonts with various colors, copying that to an image with random background colors and then inserting random dots into the image.
This latest stock spam is just like that except that the text is not within an image, it's all HTML. It's image spam without the image. Similarly, last week they were sending stock spam with a link to a page that contained HTML stock spam just like what I got in my inbox – image spam without the image, just a link going to the imageless image.
I have some theories as to what is going on:
- These are newbie spammers who haven't figured out how to embed their spam in images yet but have heard great things from others who have done it.
- Spammers have some broken spamware.
- It's deliberate – spammers are mixing things up. They may have stopped having as much success with their image spam so they are going old-school back to plain old text spam. They are testing to see if this gets through filters any better.
If it is point 3, I would say that it's clever but probably not going to help very much. Spam filters build layers of protection on top of previous layers; previous layers are not stripped away when new ones are introduced. I am wondering just what they are up to, however. Stock spam is a problem but clearly spammers have figured out that sending stuff in images works (that is, it appears to work). To revert back to an older technique is unusual.


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SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Home personal computer and internet use has expanded dramatically over the past decade. The Internet enables health care consumers to access information and supports a shift toward patient-centered care. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to determine the frequency of which Long Island residents use computers and the Internet in order gather information on health care.
This prospective study surveyed consecutive patients seen in a single practioner's university-based office practice. Patients were administered computer and internet usage questionnaires.
There were 80 patients, median age 68 years, 60% male. 35% had coronary disease, 15% had heart failure, 10% had atrial fibrillation and 10% had valvular disease. 45% of patients owned a personal computer at home. Of the 20% of patients who were employed, 75% used a computer at work. 30% used the internet a mean of 3.7x/week and 3.8hours/week. The most common uses were: email:30% and shopping 20%. Health care information was accessed by only 10% and was more frequent among males, patients who were married, and those who were employed. 39% of the patients who did not access health care information had a first degree relative who did it on their behalf. Overall, 45% of patients either primarily or by surrogate used the Internet to access health care information.CONCLUSIONS: Although aprroximately half of cardiovascular patients own personal computers at home and some use computers at work, only 10% of patients access use the Internet to access health care information. This low utilization rate is in part counterbalanced by involvement of first degree relatives who access information on the patient's behalf.
Web based strategies designed to target patients with cardiovascular disease need to consider surrogates who use Internet to access health care information. Further study is needed to characterize specific ways in which Internet is used to assist patients make decisions regarding health care.
J.M. Lazar, None.
Monday, October 27, 2003
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Write a Review, Save the Children
Long-time members of our community will remember that I am a huge fan of the Save the Children charity. The organization does amazing things for kids at home and around the world, from building schools, to parent education, to clean water initiatives, you name it.
Of special interest to our community, of course, is their work in maternal support, including midwifery training. In many around the world (even here in rural North America), the nearest doctor or hospital might be a 4+ hour drive away... and that's if you have car. By training midwives in local communities, Save the Children is helping to save the lives of innumerable moms and babies.
So, to celebrate the launch of our brand-spanking-new website, we're running another "Write a Review, Save the Children" fundraising campaign!
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Placenta Encapsulation and Beyond: A NaturallyBorn Guide to the Placenta
Editor's Introduction: We get a lot of questions about the benefits of ingesting the placenta after giving birth, particularly placenta encapsulation. But did you know that there is a lot more to the placenta than just that? For starters, the placenta is the only temporary organ created by mamals. And, the placenta has been celebrated and honored throughout history by cultures around the world.
And yes, it can be eaten, too.
In this primer, you'll learn about this amazin organ. As a bonus, you'll find instructions for how to encapsulate your plancenta at the end of this article. Read on!
How to Use Essential Oils Safely
As I was going through my training, I was horrified when I kept hearing story after story of people being told that it is perfectly safe to use essential oils indiscriminately. For example, a few drops of an oil on your tongue or in your drinking water; using essential oils for pregnant and/or lactating women, children and infants; essential oils in eyes, ears, and nose; undiluted on skin. This is remarkably irresponsible. And by the way, it has nothing to do with any particular brand. It has to do with chemistry and biology.
When Breastfeeding Hurts
When I found out I was pregnant (now almost a year ago to the day!) I had already made the decision to breastfeed exclusively. And it was funny how often that question came up, "are you going to breastfeed?" almost as often as "do you know what you're having?" And I would reply, yes, I hope. Because I knew it was hard and I knew a lot of people that didn't. The only thing I didn't know was really how hard it would be at first.
I read a lot before the baby came about how to breastfeed, how to get the best latch. Remember, the books said, the baby is learning to latch and you're learning to breastfeed but its a lot of instinct – she knows what she needs to do.
Leaking Breast Solutions
I am an overachiever. In my education, in my career, in my milk supply. I'm almost ashamed to say it, when so many mamas have such problems making enough milk or keeping their supply up. But I make milk and I make a lot of it. Even now, when she is starting to wean herself and only sporadically nursing there is plenty in there. My husband is sure that there's nothing left. Ah but there is, see? And this abundant supply led me to rebel against the two biggest don'ts of lactating women: underwires and plastic nursing pads. dun dun dun…..
How to Prepare for a Natural Birth
So, you want to give birth naturally? Wonderful! The benefits of a natural, unmedicated birth affect not only your baby, but you as well. In general, natural births boast of faster recovery rates for mom, and an easier time starting breastfeeding for mom and baby. Naturally born babies are more alert at birth and often are calmer.
However, there is more to giving birth naturally than showing up to the hospital in labor, or calling your midwife for your home birth. The more preparation that you do before hand, the more likely you are to successfully give birth naturally.
Why I Choose To Vaccinate My Kids
When my oldest was born, vaccines were not questioned nearly as much as they are now. My biggest worry was how to afford them. At the time (nearly 18 years ago) we had rather limited insurance that did not cover well-child visits. I quickly learned that the most expensive part of this visit was the administration of vaccines. His first such visit cost us over $600. I was shocked, to say the least. My first response though, was not to forgo the shots in the future, but to find a way to have them administered more affordably. The county health department was our choice.
Why, you may ask, was I so adamant about having my sweet, clean, pure, baby, injected with chemicals and toxins? Why would I want him to endure the pain of an injection?
Teething Frenzy: Do Amber Teething Necklaces Really Work?
When my now three-year-old son started teething (around 8 months old) we were hit with the "teething frenzy" which consisted of fevers, drooling, fussiness, colic and sleepless nights. I tried everything to calm him and soothe his gums. I felt like I was driving to Whole Foods every other night, looking for a new remedy to try.
I had never heard of amber teething necklaces and no one that I knew had tried them.
Now, less than two-and-a-half years later, many of my friend's children are wearing them and they are "all the rage".
I started to look into the research behind baltic amber teething necklaces when my daughter was born, 6 months ago. I learned that what made these necklaces effective was that the amber contains succinic acid, which, when warmed against the skin, releases an all natural analgesic (pain relief) which can help to ease teething pains, colic, gas and other ailments.
I was curious (and a little skeptical) about what all the hype was about. Two months ago my daughter started to drool a lot, was getting really fussy and irritable and was constantly putting her hands and objects in her mouth. I did not want a repeat of my son's experience so I bought her a 100% baltic amber teething necklace and I quickly saw her irritability and drooling subside....
Understanding newborn sleep, and tips for developing healthy baby sleep patterns
During the first six months of a baby's life there are numerous factors that influence the development of sleep. These factors highlight the way in which normal infant development and sleep interrelate. By having some of this knowledge, parents can have a better idea when to be more present with their little one at night, and when they can use gentle sleep methods to help encourage sleep.
Tips for a successful labor and delivery (CHALLENGE AND BOOK REVIEW)
Recently, we were asked to take a look at POP: 50 Amazing Secrets to a Successful Labor & Delivery or C-section, by Pamela Peery. We happily obliged, because who doesn't love a good secret?
And, we thought it would be fun to do our own, NaturallyBorn take on this theme. Our mamas are so prolific and generous with their advice that we thought we'd challenge our mamas as follows:
What is the ONE piece of advice, or the juiciest "secret" you could share, about childbirth?
Tell us below in the comments for a chance to win a copy of POP! Even if you are not pregnant now, it makes a great gift for an expecting mom in your life.
I'll even kick things off. See the first comment associated with this post. :-)
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MST (Mid-Season Technology - The MST (Mid-Season Technology) Series is built to handle the unpredictable days in the middle of the season. The MST line consists of different options to suit your hunting style, such as fleece-lined waterproof outerwear, windproof layers, and versatile insulating layers to keep you warm without adding bulk.
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