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I'm working hard on bringing a couple of my projects together that will enable domainobjects on the client without Entity Framework references. I thought I'd give a small update on how that's working out for me.
What I want is one visual studio project: 'Domain' that holds business objects for me that I can use on both the client and the server. What I do not want, is to have to think about EntityFramework contexts on the client. Since I do not persist my objects on the client, I see no reason to actually create a context on the client, just to be able to do changetracking. Nor do I want to see any EF specific plumbing in the messages between that client and server: I lose interoperability if I do that. Also, if my client is Silverlight (for instance) I might not want to bring the EF assemblies over (if that's even possible?).
So, the endresult should be an easy way to serialize and deserialize objects on the client and server, and a way to build up the object correctly on the server so it can be attached to the context again.
Please check Daniel's EntityBag sample for a very sophisticated way of serializing your context. He does go down the route of serializing the objectcontext, which does mean you need the entityframework on the client. Read about his motivations for doing this here.
I'll first show some code and then walk you through it.
We start out on the serverside. On line 17, we have just saved an object to the database. We continue using that (attached, and thus changetracked) object and change a property (just for the fun of it). On line 27 we serialize it like you've seen me do in previous posts.
On line 32, we pretend to be on the client, which uses the message to deserialize to a compatible type. Note, that this type does not need to be 'IPoco' enhanced. It does need to be enhanced for serialization and editing.
We change a property 'on the client' on line 38. Notice that this object does not have a context attached at all. At line 43 we have once again serialized this new object and on line 46 we pretend to be on the server again.
There we create a new context and deserialize our message to an object. Then we call an extension method of context to attach this version to the context. Note that I have to pass the setname (working on somehow getting to this information differently). Finally we save.
Only the changed properties are flagged as dirty, so efficient SQL can be generated by EF.
The extension method is shown here:
You see I have quite a bit of functionality in the IEditableBusinessObject interface.
The deserialized version of the object has a 'loaded' state (or better: original state) and a 'current' state. Before attaching at line 20, I first set my object to be in 'original' mode. Then I have a replay method that will compare the current values to the loaded versions and touch the setters of the properties of the changed versions. This notifies the changetracker of EF to flag a property as dirty.
This all works fine, but both code and api are pretty crude. I have no complextype or relationshiptype support, but that will come, if I don't run into major problems along the way.
I hope you are as excited about this as I am. Let me know!
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L To R: Drashta Sarvaiya Fall 2008, Hard Kaur At 'Ugly Aur Pagli' Event, Grazia Dec 08
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Hard Kaur looks adorable! I like the one on the far left best, though…
i like how it's worn in the far right pic.. hard kaur looks great in it too! i think she's a bit short for it tho. the dress looks best on the taller ones, ie the two models.
I agree, the dress looks better on the taller and the thinner'
Hard still looks good though
i love it in all the avatars…
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As a pilot moves through various certificates and ratings, it is often necessary to "time build" to meet certain FAA experience prerequisites. For example, you need 50 hours of PIC cross country before you can take an Instrument checkride. How much time building you need depends on the type and extent of flying that you have done. Those who go through accelerated training often need more time building then ones who spread their training over an extended period of time.
Regardless of why you may need it, Monarch Sky has set up a competitive program that allows you to build as much time as you need at a fraction of the cost. We do this by pairing you up with other students in such a way that you both can log the time. This requires one of you to "be under the hood" as simulated instrument and the other pilot acting as safety observer and PIC. The upshot is that you both get to split the costs of time building.
If one or both of you wish to become a Flying Club Member, then you can save even more money since you will be able to fly at Gold or Silver rates. If neither of you are Members, then you will be charged at Non-Member rates. You can time build in any Monarch Sky aircraft in which you are current and checked out. See the Rental Rates and Minimums page for current prices.
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No Discipline For Richland "Letter" Removers
The staff members involved in the decision to remove the "letters" from Fran Rish Stadium and Carmichael Hill recently will not be disciplined by the Richland School District. Below is a memo sent out by Dr. Rick Schulte, the Richland superintendent.
The school board requested information regarding who was responsible for removal of the three concrete letters last week. I have completed my inquiry into who made the decision to remove the "H" and "R" letters from Fran Rish Stadium and the "C" from Carmichael hill, and why.
The following Richland School District staff played a role in the decision that the letters should be removed if an opportunity arose: the principals of Hanford High School, Richland High School, and Carmichael Middle School; the Richland High athletic director; the Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Instruction; and the Executive Director of Support Services.
The staff mentioned above cited safety and supervisory concerns as the main reasons for removing the letters. Since the hillside including the visitor bleachers is scheduled for significant excavation work with large equipment, and since there is concern the letters could be damaged or would have to be moved in conjunction with the work, this seemed like a good time to proceed. Our Director of Facilities, Operations & Grounds carried out his understanding of requests from these staff by hiring a firm to remove the letters. There was no written work order or other written documentation requesting removal of the letters.
School administrators and maintenance staff have the responsibility and authority to maintain, replace, remove, repair, or construct projects of this scale and scope necessary or desirable to the effective functioning, safety, and durability of their school facilities. As a general rule, projects of this size do not require advance approval from the superintendent or school board.
Nevertheless, given the unique nature of the letters and the strong attachment many people have for them, better judgment would be to seek broader involvement in the decision. This should have included the superintendent and school board along with any interested students, staff, alumni, boosters, and families.
These staff are excellent employees who work hard to help RSD students succeed. They are long-term residents of Richland, and most of them are graduates of Richland High School who value the history and traditions of the school. They are committed to working with all of us to protect, preserve, and restore the valued traditions connected to the three letters. We are ready to move forward with constructive solutions.
The board also requested that we examine board policy to see whether any additions or revisions are desirable to prevent any similar incident from happening in the future. We are still conducting a review and analysis of the policy
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According to a show rep, the staff kept the show a secret from Ellen so that it was all a big surprise.
What we'll see: Pink gets the surprise party started by serenading Ellen onstage during the opening monologue. First-time guest Julia Roberts gives Ellen a necklace and Colin Farrell presents her with a T-shirt featuring a photo of him kissing Ellen. Jaden Smith stops by. And the band One Eskimo performs. Happy B-day, Ellen.
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In this dish, eggplant's slightly bitter note is softened by the pepper's sweetness and the tangy explosion of the extraordinary chili sauce. The slender, deep purple Japanese eggplants are ideal here, but chunks cut from a large globe eggplant, or golf ball-sized Thai eggplants halved lengthwise would work as well.
Trim off the stems from the eggplants. If using Japanese eggplants, cut each one in half lengthwise and then cut each half crosswise into 1-inch pieces. If using Thai eggplants, quarter lengthwise. If using one or more globe eggplants, cut into 1-inch chunks.
Heat a wok or a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil and swirl to coat the pan. Add the garlic and onion and cook, tossing often, until the onion is shiny and softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggplant pieces and cook, tossing often, until they are tender but still hold their shape, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the chili paste, sugar, water, soy sauce, and salt and toss well. Add the red pepper and cook, tossing often, until it is shiny and beginning to wilt, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot or warm.
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"There'd be an awful lot of guys on base, that's for sure. The guy hitting behind those two would have 300 RBI opportunities in one season."
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"Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches."
"I can't give free passes away. Walking guys and hitting a guy, that's uncalled for. I can't do that. That just plays out of my game; I'm a control guy, getting quick outs. When I give out free passes, it makes it tough for me. It's inexcusable."
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Triple H spoke with Moviefone.com this week to promote WWE Studios' Inside Out. Here are some highlights:
Hugh Jackman is guest-hosting an upcoming episode of Raw, and he joins a long list of celebrity guest hosts — but was there ever a host that had a pedigree coming to them?
"I'd like to give one to Bob Barker, just 'cause it's Bob Barker. But you know who I would have liked to pedigree is Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton was the guest host and he showed up ten minutes before he did his thing, he did it, and he left five minutes later. He couldn't have cared less, he phoned it in. It was the worst appearance ever.
Most of the guys come on the show and they know what we are and they want to have fun. Dennis Miller came on and he was hilarious on-camera, hilarious off-camera. Dennis came up to me and he goes, "My life is complete. I just got comedy advice from Vince McMahon." Vince would literally be like "Dennis, come here. You need to say your jokes slower 'cause…" Vince will give anybody direction."
What does WWE Studios have planned next?
"We just finished a movie called 'No One Lives,' that's a straight up horror, R-rated. It's funny, if we say we've got a few kid's movies, now it's: "all WWE does is kids movies."
I don't think anyone expected us to make 'That's What I Am' either. A movie about prejudices and bullying and the story of a teacher and a kid that gets bullied. It's completely different for us. But Vince read it and felt passionate about the story and said "this is a really great story. Is it gonna make us a ton of money? Nope." We're trying to think bigger picture and longer term."
Triple H also played the name game and had to think up a movie for 80′s and 90′s stars. Here's what he came up with for the following stars:
Hulk Hogan: "Oh god, anything cheesy."
Jake Roberts: "Western villian."
DX: "Comedy."
Vince McMahon: "Wall Street"
Bill Goldberg: "Any movie that took itself too seriously."
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Lions upset by Arlington Seguin
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The Ennis Lions (4-5-2, 0-1) faced an unexpected 8-3 loss to the Arlington Seguin Cougars on Tuesday.
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Today I saw some changes on the marketplaces and thought I'd share them with you pals.
I don't know what others think about these changes but I think they are great and they bring hope that the staff is listening us! Looking for more improvements.
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"Pirates of Caribbean" turns 4, seek fountain of youth
By Iain Blair
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For the past four years, "Pirates" fans everywhere have been languishing in the doldrums. But relief is finally on the horizon.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," the fourth movie in the lucrative Disney franchise, sets sail in U.S. theaters on Friday as one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the summer.
Shot for the first time in 3D, Johnny Depp is back as Capt. Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush returns as Barbossa in a new quest -- for the elusive Fountain of Youth -- that involves old rivalries and plenty of new attractions, including beautiful, semi-nude vampire-mermaids and zombie pirates.
Newcomers Ian McShane (the evil pirate Blackbeard) and Penelope Cruz (his bad ass daughter Angelica) take over from Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, while Rob Marshall comes in as director from three-timer Gore Verbinski.
In a summer packed with superheroes and sequels, producer Jerry Bruckheimer said that "On Stranger Tides" is one of the first big adventure films to shoot in 3D on location, rather than against a green screen or entirely on sound stages.
But it's Depp's character, partially modeled after Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards (who once again plays Sparrow's father) whose larger-than-life persona holds the enterprise together.
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise has made $2.7 billion at the worldwide box office so far, and turbo-charged Depp's career.
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Tax Paperwork: Important Documents or an Identity Thief's Dream?
(ARA) - If you're like most people, you spend more time organizing the closet than your financial records. After all, knowing when to get rid of clothes is a lot easier than knowing the rules for how long to keep tax returns, or better yet, whether or not you should be keeping receipts and credit card statements.
Unfortunately, as identity theft crimes continue to grow, we're living in a time where one person's trash is another person's treasure. As Americans sort through mountains of paperwork this tax season, it's important to not only understand IRS rules, but also protect personal information from would-be identity thieves. Last year, consumers lost nearly $57 billion to criminals who stole their identities -- a scary thought as we discard old documents and fill up our garbage cans prior to April 15th .
Although it may seem easiest to keep financial records indefinitely, an overflowing desk drawer or filing cabinet makes it nearly impossible to access documents when they're needed. It also increases the likelihood of accidentally misplacing sensitive documents that can lead to identity theft.
"It's important to understand which documents need to be kept and which need to be shred to avoid having personal information fall into the hands of an identity thief," says Kristen Gehrig, senior marketing manager for Fellowes, Inc., the leading shredder manufacturer. "Shredding sensitive documents has become a home necessity these days."
To conquer the stacks of paper that inevitably accumulate in every household, it's important to understand what you need to keep and what you can safely shred:
* Tax returns: The IRS has three years to challenge information in your return and six years to conduct an audit based on unreported income. Keep tax returns and supporting records, like W-2s and 1099s for at least seven years.
* Investment statements for taxable accounts: Most brokerage firms and mutual fund companies send annual statements summarizing the year's transactions. Once you have these, you should shred your monthly and/or quarterly statements.
* Bank statements: Keep statements that back up information on your tax returns for up to seven years. Other bank statements can be shredded after reviewing for errors.
* Credit card statements: Keep statements for big purchases, like jewelry or large appliances. You might need them for warranties. If you put charitable contributions on your credit card, keep the statement for your tax records. Other monthly statements can be shredded once you've reviewed them for errors or unauthorized purchases.
* Pay stubs: While many people say to save these, it's a huge mistake. They contain everything an identity thief needs to open an account. Keep three months of history only if you are applying for a mortgage.
* ATM receipts: Shred all receipts after you balance your bank statement.
* Canceled checks. With no significance for tax or other purposes, these should be destroyed after one year.
* Retirement plan contributions: Keep records of contributions to non-deductible individual retirement accounts, such as a Roth IRA, indefinitely. Without them, you may find yourself paying taxes again when the money is withdrawn. Some financial institutions keep records of IRA contributions, but it's best not to count on it.
* Insurance policies, wills and other legal documents: These documents should be kept indefinitely.
For documents you need to keep, consider storing them in a safe and accessible place, such as a fireproof box that is well hidden in your home. When destroying records, it's best to use a shredder that can slice credit cards and has cross-cut (also known as confetti-cut) capabilities, such as the Fellowes' Powershred DS1. Identity thieves can't steal what they can't read, and cross-cut shredders ensure that private information is reduced to small, unidentifiable pieces. The Fellowes DS1 is recommended by groups such as the Good Housekeeping Institute because of its Safe Sense technology, which shuts down the shredder when it senses that hands are too close to the paper opening, thus alleviating child safety concerns with a shredder in the home.
Additionally, a few more protective measures against identity theft should be taken during tax season. Take tax forms directly to the post office; do not leave them in a private mailbox where they're accessible to a potential neighborhood thief. Also, be sure to shred any paperwork needed to calculate taxes such as receipts, bank records and various forms. If you choose not to do your own taxes, be very selective of who you hire. Conduct research on tax companies and ask questions, including how information will be stored, shared and disposed or destroyed.
For additional identity theft prevention tips and information on how long to keep financial records, visit www.fellowes.com or check with your tax professional.
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I don't know man. There are signs of the apocalypse, right? I mean you hear about them... This may be one of them!
I don't remember the Bible mentioning this in it's description of the Apocalypse....
I bet it tastes great though!!!
Sorry, donuts and cooked meat. No-Way
I might try a bite... but wouldn't eat one... Assuming you have a fair sized soda with it, ill use 36oz of pepsi, thats 1500 calories for the burger, 450 for the soda, and what a cheese burger without fries... thats more than your daily intake, in one meal...:blink:
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Uhm, I'm just not sure about a burger on a doughnut?
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That's awesome, RugerGirl... I'm losing weight just looking at that...
But ya gotta admit... a few of those make ya think, "I should try that..."
How about a tofu burger on flaxseed bun, washed down with one of these:
Worst summer treat: Cold Stone Creamery Gotta-Have-It-sized Lotta Caramel Latte
1,790 calories; 90 grams fat (57 grams saturated, 2.5 grams trans); 175 grams sugar
Thats the caloric equivalent of 10 slices of Pizza Hut Thin n Crispy Ham and Pineapple pizza!
I see a lot of uber-yuppies who scoff at a burger and a beer carrying around these containers of coffee flavored FAT.
Only problem is that they are loaded with almost as many calories as you should eat in an entire day. :aargh4:
I think I'll stick to eating grass and twigs!
Fair food at it's finest! (I'll pass)
I was watching Paula's Party a few days ago, and she made Fried Butter.
Yes, fried butter. Here's the recipe
Be sure to check out RugerGirl's link, and go a few pages deep... makes my burger look like it's off the "Healthy Choices" menu...


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OK so in the last few days I have been doing more OB with Titan than usual and realized I have become bored with it.. lol if I'm bored with it, I'm sure he is too.. It's the same stuff over and over again.. nothing new.. well one new thing, that I'm sure is getting old. lol.
Anyways.. I always see videos or pictures of people's dog's holding things in their mouth? Whether it's the "dumbell" for sport or just somethign fun, I think it would be fun to teach Titan but I have absolutely no idea where to start. He won't hold anything in his mouth for more than it takes to bring it to me. Tried to get him to hold one of his toys last night and he wouldn't take it from me. He just wanted me to throw it. If he does take it, he will take it and drop it immediately for me to throw.. :help:
Second.. anyone have any fun training activities for us that we can do at home? Currently we do all the basics, sit, down, stay, recall, heel, down mid heel, down mid recall, wait on the way to retrieve, eyes, go around, stand, up, touch, crawl, play dead, and I'm sure I am forgetting something. We do games too, "find it" is a big one. Inside and outside, day and night. "Which hand," is another. I just need more ideas for stuff/training for him... anyone care to share?
EDIT: I forgot to mention that our training sessions are usually toy reward, there is play mixed in too.
Take the dog to a Schutzhund club
Not only will you learn new things but you'll be going back and reworking things the dog already knows because suddenly you're now demanding precision and focus
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If we had one that was closer than 1.5 hrs.. I so would. I used to train SAR but when I moved it became a 1.5 hr drive and I just can't do that every week.
Just for some fun Whitney, and in real general terms, you put something in his mouth and you don't exactly take it from his mouth, but you let him release it into your hand. Patiently and calm, put it in his mouth, calmly praise, calmly have him release it. The putting it in his mouth helps show him he has to do it. Reward him calmly as soon as he releases it, move him around to relieve the stress.
Later on you expand it to him being allowed to take it, but you want to spend a lot of time on the initial place and hold. Thats kind of a thumbnail version from part of Ivan B's retrieve.
For the hold I would just stick the item into his mouth and physically hold it shut. The moment he stops fighting immediately mark and reward. Then you slowly add time to him holding still. Then you add being able to take your hands away and him holding it himself. Then you add just saying hold and he bites down on the item without your help.
Break and down into steps. Mark and reward each step.
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Oh cool. Thank you both! Should I start with a certain object? should I use a toy he loves?
Not something he loves. Part of showing him he has to is using something he doesnt love. PVC, a dowell, pipe. I got the idea to not correct or hold his mouth closed when he has something in it. I used to, but I saw this and then started looking into the idea:
A little pop under the chin if he drops it or later on when I'm actually trying to slip it from his mouth.
I did basically what Steve explained. But my dog knows the wait command. I would calmly say 'wait' (and used a hand signal) and then when I released him, he dropped the object (it was his toys). I'm not training him for sport - I'm just adding more useless parlor tricks to his resume. We are now working on "Take it to....."
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So if he won't take it.. how do I get him to? Last night, he would not even put the toy in his mouth at all. I wonder if it was because I had treats in the other hand..
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Will and Jada Smith gave each other a smooch during a press outing in Norway on Thursday (December 10). Will Smith is one of Hollywood's biggest stars and he continues to pump out the movies. Pictures of Will Smith with his wife Jada available at Gossip Center.
She was all set to star in the film musical adaptation of the classic orphan tale "Annie," and all of sudden Willow Smith decided to pull out of the gig.
And her father Will Smith explained that he's learned a ton from his daughter's desire to not get buried in her career.
He's making his big return to the big screen this summer, and Will Smith's new teaser trailer for "After Earth" has just hit the internet!
The "Enemy of the State" stud, who starred in "Men in Black 3" back in May, will be joined by his son Jaden under the direction of M. Night Shyamalan.
He cut his teeth on the 1980s rap game, and Will Smith showed off his spitting skills at Gabrielle Union's 40th birthday party in Miami, Florida this weekend.
The "Big Willie Style" star teamed up with fellow rap great Doug E Fresh for the performance, treating guests to a rare treat.
On opposite coasts, Smith boys Will and Jaden each enjoyed a night out on the town.
Decked out in Pittsburgh Pirate colors and baseball cap, the elder Smith went to Prime 112 in South Beach, Miami for a steak. Outside, he was joined by Michael Jordan's girlfriend, while the Chicago Bulls legend made a sneaky exit.
Taking time out to support a promoter of peace, Will Smith took younger son Jaden to the "I WILL Be Great" Leaders Ceremony: Honoring Charles "Charlie Mack" Alston, a longtime friend and former bodyguard of the Philly native.
The father-son acting duo were at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA on Friday (July 20) to support non-violence and encourage a healthy lifestyle to area youth at the Charlie Mack Party for Peace Weekend.
It's always fun to see our favorite celebrities let loose and get a little wild, and earlier this week Katy Perry did some noteworthy karaoke rapping.
The "Hot N Cold" songstress dropped by a Catalina Island karaoke bar on Monday (July 16) where she signed up to sing under her name Katheryn.
Making her way to Capitol Hill, Jada Pinkett Smith talked about ways to stop human trafficking during a testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with her husband Will Smith and daughter Willow Smith by her side on Tuesday (July 17).
Showing off her natural curly hair, the "Hawthorne" actress kept her look casual in a tan blazer and a white t-shirt that read "Free Slaves", which Willow and Will were also spotted wearing for the testimony.
So much of her life has been lived in the spotlight as of late, so it's great to see that Willow Smith is still her daddy's girl.
The 11-year-old "Whip My Hair" singer was pictured in a post from her mom Jada Pinkett Smith's Twitter page, sleeping on her dad Will Smith's lap during a private jet excursion.
What a nice birthday gift! In spite of the recent negativity following his divorce from Katie Holmes, Forbes just announced that Tom Cruise tops its list of highest paid actors this year.
From May 2011 to May 2012, the "Top Gun" actor earned a whopping $75 million making him the richest actor in Hollywood. This money will play a huge role in the current divorce proceedings, especially when dealing with child support for Suri.
Looking thrilled to be back in their hometown, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were spotted arriving at LAX airport on Tuesday (July 2).
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I told Adam afterwards that I was a little sad for her that they let her off the hook so easily. It's so hard, however, to figure out the right balance of pushing her to overcome her fears and NOT forcing her do ever do anything she really doesn't want to do, especially because I know how she feels in hating to be the center of attention. Parenting is flat-hard y'all. Even in the "easy" stuff like dance recitals and stage fright.
After a busy week of dance rehearsals and recitals and what-not, we decided to head to camp this weekend so I could take some pictures for my cute preggo-friend Carrie. Jayci has also been begging us to go to camp, since we've been recruiting kids to bring along this summer. We're bringing 45 kids from our neighborhood to camp over the span of three weeks. And Jayci doesn't quite understand that when we tell them about camp and sign them up, we dont get to go see "Coco, my favorite girl" RIGHT THIS MINUTE. For Jayci, everything is immediate because she doesn't quite grasp the whole concept of "in three weeks" yet. Some of the older boys aren't sure they want to come to camp (because NO GIRLS and NO TV?!) and Jayci has been trying to convince them by explaining that "sometimes we pretend Caden is baby Jesus" (at Christmas this year). Shokcingly, her argument doesn't seem to be helping the cause.


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There is not enough propane, a byproduct of natural gas production and crude oil refining, to heat their homes and keep their farms running. Even while production of the fuel is up 15 percent over a year ago, inventories are now nearly 50 percent lower than last winter and millions of Southerners and Midwesterners who depend on the fuel are angry and confused. In North and South Dakota, the shortage has become so acute that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has opened shelters to serve its population, most of whom rely on propane. Several states have moved to help ease delivery problems, and a number of attorneys general have called for investigations into price gouging.
"It's not a good subject right now," said John Flanagan, a retired truck driver who uses propane to heat his home in Iowa, where the federal government said the price of a gallon had increased by nearly $2 since November. "Everybody you talk to, they're just devastated. They're disgusted by the whole situation."
Hundreds of miles to the southeast, at the Del-Ray Ranch here in Calhoun County, Ala., the concerns were just as intense in the state's $15-billion-a-year chicken business. Ray Bean began his week with the realization that the propane supply that helps him and his wife to raise more than 500,000 chickens a year had dwindled to zero.
"You know that within four or five hours, if that temperature starts to fall, those birds are going to pile up against the walls to try to maintain body heat," said Bean, whose farm quickly received an emergency delivery, but only for 20 percent of normal capacity. "You know what's going to happen."
With the higher costs straining family budgets, Midwesterners like Charlie Ward, 53, are doing what they can to save money.
"My wife and I walk around in sweaters in the house," said Ward, who lives in Ryan, Iowa. "We try to cut back as much as we can."
Energy experts are also struggling for answers about why the propane delivery system of supply truckers and pipelines broke down so badly for the rural homeowners who depend on them for portable electrical generation and home heating.
The experts point out that propane production has been soaring in recent years, leading to some record monthly surpluses. Demand had been steady until this winter, opening the way to profitable exports for energy companies. But like diesel, gasoline and other fuels, propane is not customarily stored in great amounts at local levels, and so localized shortages are always possible.
"You don't design church for Easter Sunday," said Clifton Linton, a natural gas liquids specialist at Oil Price Information Service, a consultancy. "Well, guess what happened this year? In the Midwest, it was a double Easter Sunday."
Still, he added, the problem is one of logistics rather than production.
The higher price for propane is the consequence of three principal factors, according to experts, including the onslaught of frigid temperatures over the past two months that has led to a surge of demand.
The insufficient propane inventories have also been caused by five times more propane being used to dry corn in recent months than normal because of a bumper crop of wet corn at the end of last year — the result of excessive rains at the end of the growing season.
Meanwhile U.S. propane exports exceeded 400,000 barrels a day for the first time in October, according to a recent report by the consultancy RBN Energy, helped along by booming domestic production and the completion of several port dock expansions. Propane exports have been steadily rising from just more than 150,000 barrels a day in January 2012.
Although prices have moderated slightly in recent days, the Energy Department reported this week that residential propane was selling for an average of $3.89 a gallon, up from $2.31 at the same time last year.
State officials, increasingly alarmed as costs have climbed higher, have been spurred to action.
In addition to the mainstay warnings by attorneys general against price gouging in times of crisis, at least 20 states have declared emergencies or suspended certain transportation regulations as they try to cope.
Some states are opting for — or are at least weighing — more aggressive tactics.
Indiana lawmakers are considering a plan that would allow consumers to avoid sales taxes on bulk propane purchases when prices rise past $2.50 a gallon, while a legislative committee in Missouri voted this week to support a resolution seeking a federal investigation into the price increases.
"We want to take every action possible to protect Missourians from what many fear is blatant price gouging," the speaker of the state's House of Representatives, Timothy Jones, said last week. "We know our local suppliers are not at fault, but we want the United States Justice Department to get involved and get to the root of this problem as quickly as possible."
The Illinois authorities were among the state-level officials who offered some households additional credits for energy costs.
In Minnesota, where there are about 250,000 propane-heated homes, officials started an emergency hotline to dole out advice and aid.
"It's an all-hands-on-deck approach," said Commerce Commissioner Michael J. Rothman, who brought cookies one day this week to thank workers. "We continue to get a large volume of calls from people who are in desperate situations, turning to the hotline for help and assistance. We're doing everything we can."
Still, operators have occasionally become the target of frustration as average prices peaked at $4.61 a gallon in Minnesota.
"People are so upset about this that they're not listening all the way through," a hotline worker in St. Paul said after putting a caller on hold.
Part of the reason is fear.
The energy and transportation industries have struggled to respond to the crisis. Last month, during the worst of the cold, pipeline companies seeking to stretch their supplies restricted the amount of propane that private distributors could buy to no more than their contracted amounts.
But there are also signs that the industry's answer could soon become more forceful. Oneok, the pipeline giant, told federal regulators last week that it could reverse the flow of a propane pipeline to bolster supplies at a Kansas storage hub with supplies from Oklahoma. The company, however, did not say when it might act.
An Oneok spokesman, Brad Borror, suggested that the company would reverse the pipeline if extra supplies were needed in regions suffering from bone-chilling temperatures.
"This filing is an example of us trying to get as much propane as we can in the regions where it is desperately needed," Borror said. "It would give us a little bit more flexibility and remove some constraints."
Even as prices recede, the consequences of recent weeks could linger, and some propane customers said they were looking for possible alternatives.
In northeastern Nebraska, Andrew Freudenburg said he had chosen that route ahead of price increases for his home in Stanton County. He prefers to chop and burn wood.
"It's a lot of wood and a lot of work," said Freudenburg, 29.
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- Filtering and subscription management in the Server Explorer. Once you login within Visual Studio, you can filter which Azure subscriptions/regions are visible within the Server Explorer by right-clicking the "Filter Services" context menu. You can also use the "Manage Subscriptions" context menu to manage your Azure subscriptions.
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The cheering has stopped, the MTS Centre is empty and Winnipeg's NHL season is over. All that's left now is for the Winnipeg Jets' management, coaches and players to figure out what happens next.
There is much to ponder. Off the ice the Jets exceeded management's expectations in terms of fan support, ticket sales and revenue. On the ice the players failed to meet many expectations at all.
"No, it didn't," co-owner Mark Chipman said bluntly over the weekend when asked if the team lived up to his expectations in its first season. "While we have, clearly, a long-term plan to be successful in this league we also have a short-term plan and that was to make the playoffs. And we didn't do that so in that respect the season did not live up to my expectations."
The Jets not only didn't make the playoffs, the team didn't come close to head coach Claude Noel's objective of reaching 96 points, coming up 12 points short. In fact, the Jets have shown little progress in terms of point total from the club that moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta last year, finishing with about the same points in each of the last three seasons – 84, 80, 83. There are plenty of other issues as well. The team allowed 246 goals, among the worst in the league, played miserably on the road and managed just one win in the second game of a back-to-back all season.
"Everything externally was awesome," forward Blake Wheeler said Sunday just after the players packed up their equipment. "But internally we feel like we have more to give."
Wheeler's play was among the bright spots this season. He anchored the team's first line and had a career-high 64 points despite not scoring a goal in the first 18 games of the season. Other players hit career highs as well, including Evander Kane, Kyle Wellwood, Zach Bogosian and Alexander Burmistrov. But several were mediocre at best, such as Eric Fehr, Ron Hainsey and Antti Miettinen.
Some Jets have been good enough to merit selection to various national teams for this spring's world championships, including Kane and Andrew Ladd for Canada; possibly Ondrej Pavelec for the Czech Republic and Dustin Byfuglien for the United States (Bogosian was invited to join the U.S. team but declined to recover from injuries). But most will head back to various summer locales and contemplate their future.
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This protocol outlines the simulation, fabrication and characterization of THz metamaterial absorbers. Such absorbers, when coupled with an appropriate sensor, have applications in THz imaging and spectroscopy.
Date Published: 12/27/2012, Issue 70; doi: 10.3791/50114
Keywords: Materials Science, Issue 70, Physics, Engineering, Metamaterial, terahertz, sensing, fabrication, clean room, simulation, FTIR, spectroscopy
Grant, J. P., McCrindle, I. J., Cumming, D. R. Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of THz Metamaterial Absorbers. J. Vis. Exp. (70), e50114, doi:10.3791/50114 (2012).
Metamaterials (MM), artificial materials engineered to have properties that may not be found in nature, have been widely explored since the first theoretical1 and experimental demonstration2 of their unique properties. MMs can provide a highly controllable electromagnetic response, and to date have been demonstrated in every technologically relevant spectral range including the optical3, near IR4, mid IR5 , THz6 , mm-wave7 , microwave8 and radio9 bands. Applications include perfect lenses10, sensors11, telecommunications12, invisibility cloaks13 and filters14,15. We have recently developed single band16, dual band17 and broadband18 THz metamaterial absorber devices capable of greater than 80% absorption at the resonance peak. The concept of a MM absorber is especially important at THz frequencies where it is difficult to find strong frequency selective THz absorbers19. In our MM absorber the THz radiation is absorbed in a thickness of ~ λ/20, overcoming the thickness limitation of traditional quarter wavelength absorbers. MM absorbers naturally lend themselves to THz detection applications, such as thermal sensors, and if integrated with suitable THz sources (e.g. QCLs), could lead to compact, highly sensitive, low cost, real time THz imaging systems.
This protocol describes the simulation, fabrication and characterization of single band and broadband THz MM absorbers. The device, shown in Figure 1, consists of a metal cross and a dielectric layer on top of a metal ground plane. The cross-shaped structure is an example of an electric ring resonator (ERR)20,21 and couples strongly to uniform electric fields, but negligibly to a magnetic field. By pairing the ERR with a ground plane, the magnetic component of the incident THz wave induces a current in the sections of the ERR that are parallel to the direction of the E-field. The electric and magnetic response can then be tuned independently and the impedance of the structure matched to free space by varying the geometry of the ERR and the distance between the two metallic elements. As shown in Figure 1(d), the symmetry of the structure results in a polarization insensitive absorption response.
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1. Simulation of a Single Band THz Metamaterial Absorber
A 3D view of the simulation set-up is shown in Figure 2.
load("Jove_sim"); # loads the simulation file
f = getdata("r95","f"); # gets the reflection data and frequency data from the r95 monitor
R = transmission("r95"); # defines R as a matrix containing the reflection data
A = 1-R; # calculates the absorption
fthz=f/1e12; # converts frequency to THz
plot(fthz,A,R,"Frequency(THz)","Absorption","Reflection"); # plot data on a single graph
filename = "Jove_sim.csv"; # export data for excel import
rm(filename); # delete file if it already exists
lambda = c/f; # converts frequency to wavelength
for(i=1:length(lambda)) {
write(filename,num2str(f(i)) + "," + num2str(fthz(i)) + "," + num2str(R(i)) + "," + num2str(A(i)) + "," );
} # outputs a .csv file in column format of the frequency, reflection and absorption
2. Fabrication of a Single Band THz Metamaterial Absorber
Figure 3 shows the most important fabrication steps.
3. Characterization of a Single Band THz Metamaterial Absorber
Figure 4 shows the basic FTIR instrument layout.
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Figure 5(a) shows the experimentally obtained and simulated absorption spectra for a MM absorber with a 3.1 μm thick polyimide dielectric spacer. This MM structure has a repeat-period of 27 μm and dimensions K = 26 μm, L = 20 μm, M = 10 μm and N = 5 μm. Experimental measurements were also performed on samples with no ERR layer to confirm that absorption was a consequence of the MM structure and not of the dielectric. The 7.5 μm thick polyimide sample with no ERR structure has a maximum absorption of 5 % across the frequency range of interest, see Figure 5(a), thereby verifying that at the resonance frequency absorption is a result of the MM structure. The experimental data shows a resonance peak at 2.12 THz of 77% absorption magnitude. This result is in excellent agreement with the simulated absorption maximum of 81% at 2.12 THz. Figure 5(b) shows the experimental data for MM absorbers with the same ERR geometry for different polyimide thicknesses ranging from 1-7.5 μm and for an absorber where the dielectric is 3 μm of SiO2. As the polyimide thickness increases from 1 μm to 3.1 μm the peak absorption increases, but at polyimide thicknesses greater than 3.1 μm there is a slight reduction in the peak absorption value. A distinct red-shift of 0.25 THz is observed as the polyimide thickness increases from 1 μm to 7.5 μm. Absorbers that had SiO2 as the dielectric instead of polyimide were also studied. A maximum absorption value of 65% at 1.90 THz was measured for such a MM absorber with a 3 μm thick SiO2 dielectric layer.
The effective permittivity and permeability can be extracted from the simulated data via inversion of the S parameters22. The retrieved parameters for the simulated MM absorber with a 3.1 μm thick polyimide spacer are displayed in Figure 5(c). As can be observed the real parts of the optical constants cross close to zero - a condition required for zero reflection, while whenever the real part of the permittivity is positive the real part of the permeability is negative and vice versa - a condition required for zero transmission. At the frequency of maximum absorption, ω0, there is a peak of the imaginary component of the permeability implying high absorption.
Lumerical FDTD can also be used to establish the location of the absorption within the MM structure. The simulated power absorption distributions for the ERR, dielectric and the ground plane layers are shown in Figures 6(a-c) while a cross-section of the power distribution in the xz plane at y = 3 μm is shown in Figure 6(d). From these plots it is clear that the majority of the energy is dissipated as Ohmic loss in the ERR layer and as dielectric loss in the first 500 nm of polyimide below this layer. The regions of maximum absorption loss occur between adjacent unit cells and around the inner edges of the cross.
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Table 1. Geometric parameters of the multi-layer absorber.
Metamaterial absorbers are inherently narrowband devices; the bandwidth typically being no more than 20% of the centre resonant frequency. Several applications, such as THz spectroscopy, require sensors that exhibit broadband THz absorption. We have developed two strategies to realize such broadband absorption. The first, depicted in Figure 7(a-c) is to stack alternating layers of metallic ERRs and dielectric layers on top of a continuous ground plane. In different layers we design crosses of differing lengths (L1 - L3) in order to support several resonant modes closely positioned together in the absorption spectrum. By tuning the dielectric thickness (h1 - h3) the multi-layer structure can be impedance-matched to free space at each resonant frequency and broadband absorption obtained. A standard electron beam registration process is used to align the ERRs on top of one another. Our second strategy is to incorporate four ERRs into a four "colour" super-pixel, see Figure 7(d), onto a single dielectric layer i.e. ground plane/dielectric/metallic ERRs. Such a device is much simpler to fabricate than the multi-layer absorber.
The experimentally obtained absorption spectrum and the simulated data for a multi-layer MM absorber, with dimensions stated in Table 1, are shown in Figure 8(a). Also plotted is the experimentally obtained absorption spectrum for a single ERR of arm length 17 μm and dielectric thickness of 2 μm. The one layer structure has a single resonance peak at 5.42 THz where 78 % of the EM radiation is absorbed. In contrast, the 3-layer device has three resonances at 4.32, 5.31 and 5.71 THz with absorption magnitudes of 66 %, 77 % and 80 % respectively. Owing to these three closely position resonant peaks we obtain a wide frequency band, from 4.08 THz to 5.94 THz, where the absorption is greater than 60 %. Taking the central frequency of the 3-layer structure to be 5.01 THz the full width half maximum (FWHM) of the absorption is 48 % of the central frequency. This is almost two and a half times the FWHM of the single layer structure (FWHM of the single layer is 20 %). The experimental data is in reasonable agreement with the simulated spectrum.
To understand the origin of the spectral characteristics the simulated absorption distributions in the x-z plane of the three resonances are plotted in Figure 9 (a-c). The resonance at 4.84 THz is primarily associated with excitation of the bottom ERR layer while the resonances at 5.16 THz and 5.70 THz are mainly a consequence of excitation of the middle and top ERR layers respectively. These distributions clearly reveal that each ERR contributes to the broadband absorption.
An SEM image of a four colour super-pixel THz absorber is shown in Figure 7(d). Figure 8(b) shows the simulated and experimental absorption spectra for a super-pixel with arm lengths of 17 μm, 15 μm, 13 μm and 11 μm and arm widths of 6 μm. The pixel period is 44 μm while the polyimide thickness is 2 μm. Four resonances are observed in both the simulation and experimental data. The disadvantage of such a super-pixel structure is that, as shown in Figure 8(b), there is some polarization dependence. For both polarizations the super-pixel absorber has greater than 50% absorption between 5.08 and 7.27 THz; a range of 2.19 THz. The FWHM for TE polarization is 37% while it is 41% for TM polarization, representing double the FWHM of the single pixel.
Figure 1. (a) Schematic of the ERR of the MM absorber and (b) cross-section of complete MM absorber. A current is induced in the sections of the ERR that are parallel to the E field (direction denoted by blue arrows in (a). An anti-parallel image current flows in the regions of the ground plane imemdiately below the cross, resulting in a resonant response. (c) SEM image of the unit cell and (inset) section of the array. (d) Simulated absorption spectra for different incident polarization angles showing polarization insensitivity of the MM absorber. Each successive plot from 0-90 ° is offset by one major unit of the ordinate axis.
Figure 2. 3D Schematic of the simulation set-up.
Figure 3. Fabrication of single band MM absorber. 1) A 20 nm/100 nm Ti/Au stack is evaporated onto a 15 mm by 15 mm section of silicon. 2) PI2545 is spin coated onto the sample, baked at 140 °C and then cured at 220 °C. 3) A bi-layer of 15% 2010 and 4% 2041 is spin coated and baked at 180 °C. 4) After exposure to a 100 keV electron beam the sample is developed in a solution of MIBK and IPA. The 2010 PMMA, owing to its lower molecular weight, develops faster than the 2041 PMMA. This results in the desired overhang profile required to attain successful lift-off. 5) A 20 nm/150 nm Ti/Au film is evaporated onto the sample. 6) Unwanted regions of metal are lifted-off by immersing the sample in a beaker of warm acetone.
Figure 4. Schematic of a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer27.
Figure 5. (a) Experimental and simulated data of a MM absorber with a polyimide thickness of 3.1 μm. Also plotted is the absorption of a 7.5 μm thick polyimide film. (b) Experimental absorption spectra for MMs with differing dielectric spacer thickness and type. (c) Extracted optical parameters from the simulated 3.1 μm thick polyimide MM absorber. Click here to view larger figure.
Figure 6. Energy dissipation in a MM absorber structure with a 3.1 μm thick polyimide spacer at a frequency of 2.12 THz. Energy dissipation in (a) the ERR layer, (b) the centre of the polyimide, (c) the ground plane and (d) xz plane at y = 3 μm.
Figure 7. (a) Plan view of the 3-layer MM absorber and (b) cross-section of the complete device. (c) SEM image of 9 unit cells of the multi-layer absorber and (d) SEM image of a single 'super-pixel' broadband absorber. The orientation for TE polarization is shown in the inset.
Figure 8. (a) Experimental and simulated (FDTD) data of the multi-layer absorber. Also plotted is the experimental absorption spectrum for a single layer absorber. (b) Absorption spectra for the 'super-pixel' broadband absorber.
Figure 9. (a-c) Absorption distribution in the x-z plane at y = 0 μm at the three resonant frequencies. The horizontal white lines denote Au layers.
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This protocol describes the simulation, fabrication and characterization of THz metamaterial absorbers. It is essential such sub-wavelength structures are accurately simulated before any effort is committed to costly fabrication procedures. Lumerical FDTD simulations provide information on not only the MM absorption spectrum but also the location of the absorption, essential knowledge to aid placement of a transducer and obtain the maximum response. In addition the optimization algorithm in Lumerical can be implemented to rapidly establish an appropriate absorber structure for a pre-defined figure of merit (e.g. frequency position, absorption maximum, absorption minimum, bandwidth etc). Simulation, fabrication and characterization of a single band MM absorber can be completed in less than 24 hr allowing rapid prototyping of any design. Our multi-layer broadband absorber consists of three separate electron beam write steps (two registration steps) and could be realized in less than 4 days. We have also fabricated absorbers which have SiO2 and Si3N4 insulating regions between the ERR and the ground plane. These layers were deposited by PECVD and ranged in thickness between 0.6 and 3 μm. The absorption magnitudes were similar to devices with polyimide dielectric layers however there was a red shift in the frequency position for absorbers of the same thickness.
The beauty of metamaterials is their inherent scalability - absorber structures have been demonstrated from the mm23 region through to infrared and optical frequencies24. These devices consist of the standard metallic ERR/insulator/metallic structure with the appropriate ERR feature size and insulator type and thickness. In our design the resonant frequency position is mainly dependent on the period, cross arm length of the structure and insulator type while the absorption magnitude is determined by the thickness of the insulating layer. The resonant frequency position of our cut-out cross design is blue shifted compared to more traditional whole cross designs (no-cut out sections). This allows the pixel period to be reduced for a particular targeted resonant frequency (e.g. 2.52 THz) and has important implications for THz imaging applications. A major advantage of our device is that in contrast to more complex and computationally intensive ERR geometries our ERR geometry is simple to understand and computationally undemanding. While we use effective medium theory to describe our metamaterial absorbers, a different explanation centering on interference theory has recently been proposed25.
Research into THz radiation, with wavelengths between 30 μm and 3 mm, has burgeoned in the last decade. This interest has been stimulated by the unique properties of THz rays; they can penetrate materials such as plastics, paper and many organic compounds, including human tissue, without the hazards or potential dangers associated with ionising radiation such as x-rays. Furthermore, THz may be used to identify specific materials via their characteristic spectra, including explosives, hazardous chemicals, drugs and DNA, as molecular rotations and vibrations occur in this wavelength range. Accordingly THz imaging has found applications in areas such as security, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, automotive, materials science and non-destructive testing.
However there are many unfulfilled opportunities owing to the lack of low-cost, compact and easily deployable equipment. Present THz imaging systems cost >£250k, use mirrors for optics and mechanically raster a single pixel. A further limitation of existing commercial systems is the time taken to produce an image from the mechanically rastered single pixel detector, taking minutes to hours to compile detailed images. IR focal plane arrays, typically comprising array sizes of 640x320 pixels read out at 30 Hz, have been used for THz imaging applications26 however these sensors have less than 5% absorption in the THz region and do not provide sensitive enough detection. Integration of our single band or broadband THz metamaterial absorber with a thermal sensor, such as a pn diode or resistive bolometer, into a focal plane array would realize a device capable of absorbing 80% of the THz radiation at the resonance frequency. Such a device would provide a highly sensitive, frequency selective, real time, compact, room temperature THz imaging sensor.
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This work is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant number EP/I017461/1. We also wish to acknowledge the contribution played by the technical staff of the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre.
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