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A man who was arrested and found hanging in his jail cell at the Orange County Correctional Facility April 6 is recovering, reports Orange County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigator and Public Information Officer Janois Strause Grizzaffi.
On March 21, about 8:30 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) responded to a one vehicle crash on FM 421 in Hardin County, which occurred about four miles west of Lumberton, TxDPS Sgt. Stephanie Davis reported.
Ransom Howard, a former Port Arthur educator and preacher, was sentenced this week to serve weekends in jail and 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to multiple felony DWI offenses, according to court records.
Francisco Moreno was just 18 when drunk driving led to the death of his friend, Fernando Sanchez-Garcia, 19. Speeding down a Port Arthur roadway, Moreno lost control of the vehicle he was driving – a truck belonging to Sanchez-Garcia – flipping the automobile multiple times, ejecting both teenagers, pinning one. It was this Dec. 12, 2015, wreck that killed the passenger and left the driver facing charges connected his friend's tragic ending.
It's been a year since Beaumont attorney Dane Dennison was sentenced to serve two years probation in lieu of 180 days in jail, pay a fine of $1,500, and report for seven days in jail after being found guilty of a misdemeanor DWI charge that resulted in a car crash injuring fellow motorists. Although the appeals process has kept the officer of the court from fulfilling the judicial order to date, in an opinion released Jan.
A Beaumont woman evaded police officers and crashed into the interstate barrier with her toddler in the car, BPD PIO Carol Riley said in a release.
A Beaumont Police officer was patrolling in the area around Lucas Drive near Eastex and saw a vehicle stopped in the roadway on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 12:14 a.m. He approached the vehicle and noticed a small child in the arms of an unconscious woman. He tried to make contact, the woman woke up and sped off.
Randy Blanchard, although pleading guilty and negotiating sentencing for the crime of driving drunk and killing a man four years ago, was able to delay punishment yet again pursuant to a proceeding in Judge Raquel West's 252nd District Court in Jefferson County on Monday, July 11.
UPDATE: Police arrest Port Arthur woman for intoxication manslaughter
Two years probation, 30 days in jail, a $2,000 fine and 200 hours of community service were handed down as punishment in a DWI misdemeanor case that resulted in the death of 19-year-old Jefferson County teen Maxine Comeaux on
A 13-year veteran of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was arrested under suspicion of driving while intoxicated after reportedly driving his vehicle into a ditch in Nederland on Feb. 7, the sheriff's office confirmed in a news release.
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Here's a simple tech demo showing a 3D music visualizer using the flash player 10's new 3D APIs, with a rotating sphere that transitions into a disc using GTween. Nothing too complex, but the result is kind of neat, and it is simple enough to serve as a quick entry into using the new APIs if you're getting started. It also uses the new Vector type in player 10.
To me its cool that you can now whip out simple 3D content right in Flash in a matter of minutes, and then step up to the big guns with PaperVision 3D or Away 3D as necessary.
I'll be sharing some of the other simple 3D experiments I've been working on over the coming weeks.
Flash Player 10 is required to see this experiment.
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You can download the source code here. Just throw any MP3 into the folder with the SWF, and call it "music.mp3". It's set up for Flash CS4, but there is no code or assets in the FLA, so you should be able to compile it as an ActionScript project in Flex.

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Trustees approved a new organizational chart for SWTJC on Jan. 17, acting on the recommendation of president-elect Dr. Hector Gonzales.
According to Gonzales, the new document is a road map to what the college's organizational layout will look like moving forward. CHART
"These changes will occur throughout the rest of this year," Gonzales said. "The goal is to have the major pieces of the transition in place by August 1."
Gonzales noted that not all positions, departments or grants appear on the current chart, but by the time it is implemented they will.
"I ask that all our staff have patience through this reorganization," Gonzales said. "I believe these changes will put us in a more focused position to address future challenges as we move forward."
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Wes was diagnosed with metastizied lung cancer in June 2014. We moved to North Plains, Oregon to be near family and healthcare. He had hoped he was going to beat this disease. As his health deterioated we realized he would never be able to return to his art and on January 8, 2015 he died peacefully at home with his wife and 7 of his 11 children present. He was loved and will always be missed. I live in Battle Ground, WA now and will continue to take orders for his art thru email or by phone (info below).
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill was originally made in 1976 but Rosenthal remade an updated version of his work shortly before he lost his battle with cancer in 2004.
The drama, which explores the world of television from the inside, focuses on a bit-part actor whose moment of glory goes horribly wrong.
Rosenthal's widow, the actress Maureen Lipman, says the play contains an important message about the state of modern television.
'No mystique'
"Everyone is so savvy now - the people who watch television are television. There's no mystique any longer," says the 59-year-old.
"Jack's thinking was that TV had become producer's choice and star-driven. He wanted to say what this had done to writers and the quality of TV," adds Lipman.
Rosenthal, famed for his work on Coronation Street and award-winning plays such as Bar Mitzvah Boy and Spend Spend Spend, faced delays in getting his updated work to the screen.
She believes the play may have been shelved because of its criticism of modern TV.
"I can't think of another reason. They would say it was held back due to scheduling," adds Lipman. "It's being shown very late, but the main thing is that it will be out there."
The actress is also aware of the poignancy of her husband's final piece of work being brought to the public's attention at last.
"Dennis Potter had his blossoms and Harold Pinter's had his rant - this was Jack's gentle rant to say that television is a young man's game, perhaps," she says.
'Little man'
"It quintessentially sums up his feelings about the little man. Jack didn't think that anyone was boring, and thought everyone had a story to tell.
"The irony now is that every man is telling their story on TV."
While her husband's play was an indictment of the state of the small screen in the 21st Century, Lipman also bemoans the continued rise of reality TV programmes.
"It's a terrible phase which we have to sit out," she says. "Once they've done celebrity copulation, the buck stops there."
But Lipman is more concerned with her husband's last hurrah, which she feels will complete the cycle of his life's work.
"It should be judged as a play in the canon of Jack Rosenthal. It is important to me that it goes out with a bang," she says.
Lipman adds that despite his illness, Rosenthal was on set every day during its production and felt happier working with his own material.
A stellar cast featuring Bill Nighy, Tom Courtenay and Amanda Holden star in the remake of Ready When You Are, Mr McGill - in sharp contrast to the original 1970s production.
"The chap who played Mr McGill was an extra himself, and the poor sod never worked again!" says Lipman.


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Daniel Cleary has had a change of heart.
Earlier this week, it was reported that the 34-year-old unrestricted free agent had signed a deal with the Philadelphia Flyers to attend their training camp on a professional try out. Cleary's three year, $8-million deal with the Flyers would not officially kick in until the end of the month because the team was already over the salary cap.
However, the Detroit Red Wings announced Thursday that Cleary would be returning for a ninth season in the Motor City after signing a one-year deal worth $1.75-million. The agreement will see Clearly earn 41-percent less than he did a year ago with the Red Wings.
Cleary reportedly turned down a three-year, $6-million offer from the Red Wings earlier this summer.
"It's been a long process," general manager Ken Holland told DetroitRedWings.com. "We talked to Dan in July, just before free agency and we couldn't find a solution. Ultimately we made some decisions. I know Dan had some opportunities this week and he made a decision to come Detroit on a one-year contract."
Clearly had nine goals and six assists in 48 regular season games last season but was the team's second-leading scorer in the playoffs.
Holland says he and head coach Mike Babcock met with Cleary on Wednesday to hammer out the new deal.
"He's versatile on the wing, he's good in the locker room," said Holland. "He hopes to play until his 38, 39 years of age, he's 34, and let's take a one-year deal and trust that things will work out based on the coach knowing him, based upon the people that he knows in the locker room and the history of the ownership in Detroit."Report Typo/Error
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Yuliya Snigir — Celeb Crush
Yuliya Snigir is a 29-year-old actress and model from the Tula region of Russia. We don't exactly know where that is, but it sounds cold.
Yuliya Snigir is a 29-year-old actress and model from the Tula region of Russia. We don't exactly know where that is, but it sounds cold.
Kylie Minogue is a 44-year-old...Yes, we said 44.
You can see Teresa Palmer's hot body currently in theaters in the zombie romance flick 'Warm Bodies.' And while the ladies may be obsessing over her co-star in that movie, 'X-Men: First Class' star Nicholas Hoult, we're here to tell you that Teresa is the reason we're heading out to the theater this weekend.
The 26-year-old star of CW's 'Nikita' and resident of the Maxim Hot 100 list is really rounding out our week quite nicely.
The first time we heard their hit 'I Love It,' it was regrettably in the intro to 'Snookie & JWoww,' and so you'll forgive us for disregarding it. We're glad we took a second listen and look though; turns out these babes are pretty awesome.
Chrissy is a 27-year-old model of Thai-Norwegian ancestry who made her first modeling appearance as a 2004 IGN babe, and we've been watching her ever since.
When we first met her, way back in the '90s, Keri Russell was the star of the TV drama 'Felicity,' in which she played a naive young student who followed her high school crush to college.
Albin has a message for all you geeks out there who are hating on "fake" geek girls, and the message is pretty simple: Shut up. The floor is yours, Albin, we're listening.
Our teenage crush from 'Saved By The Bell' is back, and apparently has been frozen in time since we last saw her; she looks exactly the same, if not better.
Our Celeb Crush today is Sarah Shahi, a former NFL cheerleader turned actress and star of USA's 'Fairly Legal.' We love this photo because it really shows off her lovely...smile.
Matt Damon's love interest in Gus Van Sant's newest film 'Promised Land' is making is blush, big time.
Dreama Walter plays the "nice girl" on the hilarious ABC sitcom 'Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23.' And while her co-stars on that show, James Van Der Beek and Krysten Ritter, may get all the press, we think it's time that Dreama got the same amount of love and attention herself.


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Quick brain-teaser: What has tiny bristles, lives in your bathroom and can house five of the nastiest germs, including the flu virus?
Answer: Your Toothbrush.
If you guessed it correct, you might want to know the truth behind your toothbrush containing germs. Well, according to researchers, there can be as many as 1.2 million bacteria on a single toothbrush. Also, a New York State Dental Journal found that 70% of used toothbrushes are contaminated with these bacteria.
Also read : Chewing gum can be good your teeth
Your toothbrush is home to more than 100 million bacteria including flu virus, staph bacteria, E. coli, yeast fungus and strep virus, according to researchers at the University of Manchester in England. And the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that faecal germs were on your toothbrushes too.
Grossed out already? Don't freak out yet. Your mouth is also full of bacteria and your toothbrush probably won't make you sick, but there are ways to keep it clean so you stay healthy.
Hundreds of microorganisms live in our mouths every day. Even plaque – the stuff you are trying to brush off your teeth – is a type of bacteria. None of this is cause for concern unless there is an unhealthy balance of bacteria in the mouth.
Brushing your teeth, particularly with an electric toothbrush, can actually push germs under your gums, says R. Thomas Glass, DDS, PhD, professor of dentistry and pathology at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.
Your mouth already consists of most of these germs. And that's why you probably won't get sick from them. But, if others use your toothbrush (or you use someone else's) germs can be spread.
However, you should worry about recurring illness. When your resistance is low, that's when this becomes clinically important. In essence, you are re-infecting yourself.
There are scarce chances that you'll get an infection from your own toothbrush. Even if your brush is covered in bacteria, your immune system can usually take care of any bacterial invaders. However, caring for your toothbrush properly and keeping it clean is still essential.
The following points discuss some ways to care for and store your toothbrush properly to minimize the chance of illness.
Also read : Care for your pearly whites to make them last a lifetime
There are products available that claim to sanitize your toothbrush. The American Dental Association (ADA) states soaking your toothbrush in an antibacterial mouth rinse after use may reduce the amount of bacteria on your toothbrush. Just make sure you do not try to sterilize your toothbrush in a microwave or dishwasher. According to the ADA, most toothbrushes are not made to withstand these conditions and doing so might damage the brush and reduce its effectiveness.
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The U.S. ambassador to France met with French diplomats Monday over allegations that the National Security Agency intercepted more than 70 million phone calls in France over a 30-day period.
Heavy rains overflow barriers surrounding Fukushima water tanks - RT
Water has overflowed at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is attempting to discern the quality of the water and possible radioactive substances which could have been spilled.
Egyptian Christians Fear Chaos After Wedding Bloodshed - Washington Free Beacon
Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding.
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Foreigners fueled by Islamic fury are rushing to Syria to fight President Bashar Assad at a faster rate than the flow of rebels into Afghanistan in the war against a Soviet-backed regime in the 1980s, analysts say.
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Legionella pneumophila
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- Taxonomy
- Brief facts
- Regular phagocytosis vs. Legionella intracellular parasitism
- Legionella life cycles
- References
cellular organisms - Bacteria - Proteobacteria - Gammaproteobacteria - Legionellales - Legionellaceae - Legionella - Legionella pneumophila
Brief facts
- Legionellae are Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water, mud, or thermally polluted lakes or streams. It is pathogenic for man and it has no known soil or animal sources. Legionella species are widespread in natural and man-made fresh water reservoirs. One of interesting characteristics of these bacteria is the ability to parasitize intracellularly on eukariotic cells. Majority of Legionella species infect free-living ameobae such as Hartmanella sp. and Acanthamoeba castellanii. The species grow best at temperatures from 20°C to 42°C. However, some of Legionella species are able to infect mammalian alveolar macrophages and cause a disease.
- Legionella pneumophila are Gram-negative aerobic coccobacilii, isolated from surface water, mud, or thermally polluted lakes or streams. It is pathogenic for man and it has no known soil or animal sources. Legionella pneumophila is a main causative agent of Legionnaires' Disease. The species is responsible for more than 98% of the Legionnaires' Disease cases, and about 95% are due to serogroup 1. It has been isolated from numerous environmental sites as well as from human lung tissue, respiratory secretions, and blood.
- Legionnaires' Disease (LD) is an acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion. Legionnaires' disease can be very serious and can cause death in up to 5% to 30% of cases. Most cases can be treated successfully with antibiotics. The incubation period is about 7 days (from 2 to 19 days). Sporadic cases occur year around, but most cases of outbreaks happen in the warmer periods of the year. It is impossible to clinically distinguish patients with LD from patients with pneumococcal pneumonia. Culturing bacteria from biological samples, detection of antibodies in blood, detection of Legionella antigens in urine, and specific amplification of Legionella DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) are methods that can be applied to diagnose the disease with various degree of certainty depending on time and reagents' availability, and specific needs.
- Pontiac fever is a milder infection caused by the same type of Legionella bacteria. The symptoms of Pontiac Fever (called after Pontiac in Michigan, where it was first documented) usually last for 2 to 5 days and may also include fever, headaches, and muscle aches (myalgia; however, there is no pneumonia). Symptoms usually go away without treatment.
- Legionella come from natural fresh water reservoirs, such as lakes, ponds, and puddles, where they parasitize on a broad range of protozoan species as hosts. The availability of the hosts plays a major role in the reproduction and mass release of highly infectious Legionella forms into environments where they can be spread by airborn water caplets and inhaled by people.
- Legionella thrive in man-made aquatic environments where the water temperature is higher than ambient temperature: whirlpool spas, cooling towers (air-conditioning units from large buildings), water used for drinking and bathing, water fountains, humidifiers, ice machines, and vegetable misters, etc. In fact, most cases of legionellosis can be traced to using such systems. It is a major concern for health professionals and construction and water systems maintenance workers.
- Legionella bacilii enter the human body through inhalation of contaminated aerosols. They can reach the alveolae in the lungs where they are attacked and engulfed by alveolar macrophages. Instead of being killed the bacilii hijack the phagosomes, convert them into specialized membrane-bound compartments, and start living and multiplying in a manner indistinguishable from that found during growth within amoebae, their usual hosts.
- Infection of the human macrophages appears to be a dead end in spreading the bacteria because transmission of Legionella pneumophila among humans has not been observed so far.
Intracellular parasitism
- Interest in this bacterium stems from its ability to manipulate host cell vesicular-trafficking pathways and establish a membrane-bound replication vacuole, making it model for intracellular or, more specifically, intravacuolar pathogens.
- Intracellular lifestyle of these microorganisms allows them to gain the following competitive advantages relative to other microorganisms: (1) evasion of predators in the environment and (2) evasion of host's humoral and cellular immune responses while having easy access to all necessary nutrients.
- To be successful these pathogens need to solve the following important problems: (1) prevent the newly formed vacuole from merging (fusing) into antimicrobial lysosomal network; (3) manage nutrients's acquisition through the vacuolar membrane; (3) deal with space limitations during proliferative stage.
Regular phagocytosis vs. Legionella intracellular parasitism
Life cycle of LegionellaLife Cycle Stages
- Laboratory in vitro culture in broth
- Exponential
phase bacteria Replicative (non-infectious)forms of bacteria in exponential growth stage, unflagellated and sodium resistant
- Post-exponential
phase bacteria Infectious forms of bacteria, flagellated and motile; they appear when nutrients become sparse and the pathohens become overcrowded
- Exponential
- Natural life cycle
- Intracellular form
- Non-infectious
replicating form Bacteria actively replicating in LCV
- Differentiating form Bacteria at last rounds of replication when daughter cells acquire virulent traits (flagellae, resistance to environmental stresses, etc.)
- Non-infectious
- Free-swimming form Transmissive virulent form of bacteria that escaped from the previous host and are ready to penetrate next one
- Intracellular form
- Legionella - free articles in PubMed
- Isberg RR, O'Connor TJ, Heidtman M. The Legionella pneumophila replication vacuole: making a cosy niche inside host cells. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2009 Jan;7(1):13-24.
- Diederen BM. Legionella spp. and Legionnaires' disease. J Infect. 2008 Jan;56(1):1-12.
- Jules M, Buchrieser C. Legionella pneumophila adaptation to intracellular life and the host response: clues from genomics and transcriptomics. FEBS Lett. 2007 Jun 19;581(15):2829-38.
- Albert-Weissenberger C, Cazalet C, Buchrieser C. Legionella pneumophila - a human pathogen that co-evolved with fresh water protozoa. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2007 Feb;64(4):432-48.
- Brüggemann H, Cazalet C, Buchrieser C. Adaptation of Legionella pneumophila to the host environment: role of protein secretion, effectors and eukaryotic-like proteins. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2006 Feb;9(1):86-94.
- Molofsky AB, Swanson MS. Differentiate to thrive: lessons from the Legionella pneumophila life cycle. Mol Microbiol. 2004 Jul;53(1):29-40.
- Major topic "Legionella": free full text articles in PubMed
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DAYTON -- Nellie Mae Ryan, 78, of Centerville, formerly of Cambridge, died Thursday (June 26, 2014) at her daughter's home after a short illness, surrounded by family and friends.
She was born Jan. 30, 1936 in Muskegon, Mich., daughter of the late Wade and Stella (Mullins) Ryan.
Ms. Ryan was a graduate of Cambridge High School, Class of 1953. She retired from Guernsey County Job and Family Service after 25 years of service. She donated her body to Wright State University for medical research.
Ms. Ryan was preceded in death by her brothers, Tom Ryan and Chet Ryan, and a sister, Mary Lake.
She leaves a daughter, Patricia (Gary) Replogle of Centerville; two sons, James (Victoria) Kinnan of Zanesville and Jeffery Kinnan of Cambridge; grandchildren Chad (Kaci) Kinnan, and Chris (Robin) Kinnan of Kimbolton, Travis Kinnan, Tori (Scott) Sedor of Cambridge; eight great-grandchildren, Levi, Jude, Landon, Cashton and Gracen Kinnan, all of Kimbolton; Maddy, Jalen and Bentley of Cambridge.
Memorial donations may be made to the Guernsey County Animal Shelter or Hospice of Dayton.


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Hey people, Windows 8 pcs will be on the market soon. What do you guys think should i save some money and grab one? I mean will it be good for designers? I mean we do require lots of file conversion and many people still use back dated software and or files. So will it support backdated files. I mean what are your thoughts. Just curious.
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I think I will wait until the early 2013 and also read and watch people experience after using Windows 8 absolutely
Good idea! But they do look promising. I mean they have been getting horribly bashed because windows phone were not doing good against ios and android phones. And also there is the MAC factor which windows had still trouble with. But this windows 8 really seems like next Gen. I always like MAC OS look and feel. But this looks gorgeous. I wonder if Apple would take any step or not?
I'm using Windows 8 since the first developer preview (November 2011), and it is just great! Much better, simple, stable and FASTER than 7. And for the (almost) one year of using, I did not notice ONE compatibility problem. Just, great!
Ugh, we have had a couple of demo models at work for some time now. I just can't get used to it at all, it reminds me of a very bland Xbox 360 2011 dashboard. It took me years to break away from Windows 98 and then even longer to get away from XP, skipped Vista and now I am standing my ground with Windows 7. Windows 8 for me is not worth it, I couldn't even get some software which I use daily to work on it.
I have tried the preview and can't deny that the new Windows brought new inspiration. But I haven't thought about purchasing one for my workstation yet. For a PC, Windows 7 is stable to me now and I know there are designers who still use Windows XP as for them it is still a stable solution. Even if I really want to own one copy of Windows 8 then I'd rather wait for a while for people to experience it before purchasing it .
I'm personally excited for it! Just recently bought a laptop, so eligible for the 14.99 upgrade.
Also the Surface looks pretty awesome. I haven't bought any tablet yet, Windows might change that.
Hmm, now i am confused whether i should get a mac or windows 8 pc.
I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8, and absolutely love it.
There is a slight learning curve (It is a new OS after all), but it didn't take me long to figure everything out.
I personally would recommend it.
And finally I bought Windows 8 installer 3 weeks ago, with 2 DVD , 32 bit and 64 bit for only $68. And I really love it, and not should wait until 2013. Because I check again in my favorite webstore, out of stock


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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Hope Koehler, a member of the voice faculty at West Virginia University, will be the judge when 19 Slippery Rock University students participate in the 18th annual Chad Williamson Memorial Scholarship Competition at 2 p.m., Oct. 31, in Swope Music Hall.
The annual event, which honors Williams's memory, requires each participant to present a classical and a popular music selection. The event is one of the most competitive within the music department.
The scholarship was established in 1992 by the Williamson family and friends to recognize and support talented vocalists pursuing their academic ambitions at SRU. Williamson was the son of Karen Legato and the late Fred Williamson.
|Participating students are: Jennifer Nyce, mezzo-soprano from Schwenksville; Patrick McGill, baritone from Washington, Pa.; Kara Patton, soprano from Freeport; Kevin Adamik, tenor, and Cecelia Bartosiewicz, mezzo-soprano, both from Tarentum; Jamie Hulick, soprano from Ellwood City; Sean Douglas, tenor from Shinglehouse; Lauren Franks, mezzo-soprano from Waynesburg; Haley Mundis, soprano from Huntingdon; Zachary Thompson, tenor from Boswell; Cara Udy, soprano from Grove City; Trevor Greenfield, tenor from Grove City, John Burgh, baritone from Swickley; Katy Capestrani, mezzo-soprano from Butler; Eric Kochanowski, tenor, and Sarah Mientus, soprano, both from Sarver; Angela Fenk and Amy Cecala, both sopranos from Pittsburgh; and Zachary Wood, bass-baritone from Waynesboro.
Koehler has appeared with opera companies and orchestras throughout the U.S., including such productions as "Carmen," "Il Trovatore," "Lucia di Lammermoor," "Rigoletto," "The Impressario," "The Old Maid and the Thief," "Amahl and the Night Visitors," and "Gianni Schicchi." She has appeared in the title roles of "Tosca," "Carmen," "Fidelio" and "Madama Butterfly." In addition, she has appeared in "La Bohème" (Musetta), "Der Freischütz" (Agathe) and "The Tales of Hoffmann" (Giulietta).
She is also a seasoned performer in oratorio and choral/orchestral works and is a regular performer and featured soloist with the American Spiritual Ensemble, a group that performs around the world with a mission of keeping the American negro spiritual alive. She can be heard on the CDs "The Lily of the Valley," and "The Spirit of the Holidays," and the DVD "The Spirituals," recorded with the American Spiritual Ensemble.
In June 2008, Albany Records released Koehler's recording of John Jacob Niles songs titled "The Lass from the Low Countree," performed with James Douglass at the piano.
Koehler serves on the voice faculty of the prestigious Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts and also of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
She received her bachelor of arts degree in vocal performance and music education at Lipscomb University and her master of music degree in vocal performance at the University of Alabama. Her doctor of musical arts degree was completed at the University of Kentucky.
Eva Tsuquiashi-Daddesio, dean of SRU's College of Humanities, Fine and Performing Art, will offer opening remarks.


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Under veterinary and micro-biological supervision of the university a unit of 1000 pigs became disinfection and treatment with Anolyte .
1. 7- daily all stables were disinfected by atomising a water/Anolyte mixture 1 : 5.
2. On two days per week Anolyte was admitted to the fodder water 1:50 (2 L to 100 L water) .
3. Stored silo fodder was sprayed and disinfected regularly with a 1 : 100 mixture Anolyte/water.
Micro-biological tests resulted in that after each atomising the stables were practically germ-free .
The smell disappeared after disinfection very fast.
The addition of Anolyte the fodder provided for a "inner disinfication".
Outward injuries were disinfected with Anolyte concentrate.
Veterinary applications were limited in relation to the group of comparisons conventionally held to 6 % .
The animals reached the final weight without losses 3 weeks in former times, as the group of comparisons.
The all-comprehensive disinfection by the biological disinfection concentrate Anolyte let become the final weight of the treated 1000 animals without losses three weeks in former times. The cost savings of the veterinary achievements were considerable.
The purity of the air after each application was significant for the health condition of the animals.
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Anolythe atomising in presence of the animals
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Guides, Brownies and Ladybirds put on a musical extravaganza
THE GIRL Guides, Brownies and Ladybirds had their musical on Sunday, December 16th in Blackrock Community Centre and it was a huge success. Parents and children turned up in their droves to watch what can only be described as ' the best performance of the Year'.
It kicked off with the Girl Guides (101/2 -13yrs) performing ' Grease 1.5', singing and dancing to many of the popular numbers like 'Summer Lovin', 'Sandra Dee', 'I've got Chills' and a fabulous rock n' roll finale to 'We go Together'.
Margaret as their leader admitted to being a little biased but said 'I can say they worked extremely hard and it paid off; they were magnificent and brought the crowd to their feet'
Then followed the Brownies, (7101/ 2yrs), who presented ' Blackrock's got Talent' and they certainly did. There were three Brownie Judges who commented on each act, comprising of comedy, Irish dancing, singing etc. All were voted winners.
And just before the beautiful Ladybirds (4-7yrs) sang some Christmas Carols, the big man himself, Santa, turned up to greet all the children, give out some sweets and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
So all in all it was a wonderful family afternoon which saw the community centre buzzing with happiness and laughter.
Special thanks must go to Mandy Fee ( Pelican Promotions) and Conor Hughes who worked very hard to improve the sound in the hall so the girls could be heard; also to Vivian and Noel, the caretakers, who helped make the place look very festive; the FAS lads and Marie who cleaned the hall and centre.
Also Patricia Reynolds who gave some great acting advice (which definitely paid off ), all the leaders who work very hard all year and gave up their free time to help guide our young girls, and of course the girls themselves who should be very proud of all their achievements.


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Discussion in 'Assassin's Creed' started by cchiu23, Dec 13, 2012.
i bought the season pass cause i loved ac3 does anybody know when it will come out?
That hasn't been announced yet
Even the recent Tyranny trailer doesn't say. The best I can find is first quarter 2013.
The season pass info said all five DLC packs would be available within 6 months of release, which translates to the last pack coming out before May 2013. We're almost to January with just one of the five being released, so maybe one pack per month through April, with the finale of King George probably being the last one released.
can't wait C:
Sounds like the most sound reasoning I've heard on the subject so far.
It says about March 13 or something.
That first dlc counts as 1 of the 5??? That is low. That thing is worth a dollar tops.
naw i think they will sell it for around 5
before March 31, sorry
Got a link for that? I haven't seen any concrete date information as of yet.
Here, AC3 Wiki Guide: DLC
Well all 5 DLC Packs; Tyranny of King Washington all 3 parts, the Hidden Secrets pack and the Battle Hardened pack are all meant to be out by March 31. With Hidden Secrets already out, I'm gonna say that we can expect another real soon.
They are all meant to be out by March 31.
Can't confirm these yet but I've seen
The Infamy 1/29
The Betrayal 2/26
The Redemption 3/26
Really? Oh ok thanks for the info. Hope the story is as long as the main storyline. Can't wait!
Really? Thanks for the info, can't wait!
The tyranny's first installation is released near the date of the Obama inauguration. 1/22/13 for season passers 1/29/13 for downloaders
2nd release is 2/19/12 for season passers 2/26/13 for downloaders
3rd release is 3/19/12 for season passers 3/26/13 for downloaders
Good to see the dates finally out! Thanks peeps!
As far as I know they actually aren't officially announced yet. I've seen those dates as rumors in a few places though so hopefully there is a credible source out there somewhere.
i've put ac3 to the side since i just got skyrim for my com let's see if the dlc can bring me back!
Ubisoft just announced it, Feb 19!
Where is your proof? Many have said Jan 29 and so many other dates. Show a website as proof.
Thanks for the proof. This means another 24 days rawwwrrr.
does anybody know if that day is for season pass holders or just for everybody?
Season pass is always listed first, so Feb 26 for individual download
dam i want to know the date for season pass >_<
It's the date listed in the announcement, February 19. The individual downloads are always available the week after it's live for season pass holders.
Season Pass Holders are given a week's notice to download it.
Yes it's finally dated!
WOOHOO!!!!! Can't wait for the 19th
Oh, 19th! Two days after this!
March 19 and April 23 for the other two parts to this DLC.
Cant wait only seven missions left to do.
AC:3 Tyranny Of King Washington Part 1 DLC comes out February 19th
Ubisoft released an awesome trailer for Ratonhnhaké:ton. Check it out here:
Nice, that is one awesome trailer PlummetingDonut! Good find
I'm pretty sure I read where it'll be released on the 19th of this month
Everytime I see "DLC" I see "DC" and I can't not think about the 48 arrests in front of the white house today.
Wrong thread, bro.
I don't see any White House threads around so, maybe I should start one that he can call home.
OK I see the white house connection but I don't think climate change has any place talked about on this board.
We'll find it a good home.
Everybody knows that video games are more important that political activism. We shouldn't waste our time is all I'm saying.
This thread is becoming most entertaining!
Yeah, who cares about the real world, we are needed on the Virtual Front Lines. What hope is left in the real world?!
No hope. No hope at all. To the Bat Cave!


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Foreign hedge funds are understood to be buying shares in
Hedge funds calculate they could make an annualised return of between 11 per cent and 25 per cent, depending on how much AIF distributes to shareholders – after the sale of stakes in various airports to the $82 billion Future Fund – and when those payments are made.
Trading in AIF shares has remained at a healthy four million a day on average for the past two weeks, against an average of 3.4 million a day between February 11 and February 22, before news surfaced that AustralianSuper was contemplating legal action against AIF and the Future Fund over the airports deal.
"The turnover is pretty reasonable," said a source.
Standard long-only share investors are understood to be the sellers because, as long-term holders of stock, they prefer to find alternative opportunities in the equity market rather than worry about making short-term gains.
AustralianSuper has threatened to sue the Future Fund and AIF over the value the former ascribed to a 29.7 per cent stake it acquired in Perth Airport as part of an airports bigger deal valued at $2 billion in total.
Australia's biggest industry superannuation scheme with $60 billion of assets alleges that the high price assigned to the Perth airport stake deprived the fund of its rights to increase its holding in the asset.
Because the Future Fund did not take over AIF but offered $2 billion to buy the individual assets owned by the listed fund, including stakes in Melbourne, Gold Coast and Darwin airports, once the deal was accepted, it then had to ascribe individual valuations.
That, in turn, triggered a pre-emptive rights process contained in the shareholder agreements of the separate airports, whereby existing investors merely had to meet the fund's price to buy the stake in question for themselves.
Now the deal is complete, AIF is preparing to return about $2 billion to shareholders. The capital return will take place in two tranches, in May and July. The first payment is expected to be between $2.95 and $2.98 a share, with the residual amount between 24¢ and 25¢. Taking Friday's $3.13 closing price of AIF shares, shareholders could achieve an annualised return of about 15 per cent if AIF agreed to distribute $3.21 a share in total and assuming AIF stuck to its distribution promise.
If AIF agreed to distribute $3.23 a share, the top of the $3.19-$3.23 range announced by the fund, the annualised return could rise to 19 per cent if the payments were made at the end of May and end of July. But both scenarios rely on no legal action from AustralianSuper. Such a move could either reduce or delay the distribution to shareholders.
A US arbitrage fund last week told The Australian Financial Review that the vehicle had "recently" started buying shares in AIF in the belief that no legal action would be forthcoming.
"International buyers are interested," he said.
Some industry insiders have observed the likelihood of a lawsuit emerging was receding. AIF will be wound up and de-listed when the capital distribution is complete.
AustralianSuper refused to comment on the likelihood of a lawsuit.
"We are considering our position," said a representative of the fund on Sunday. One large British hedge fund is threatening legal proceedings against AustralianSuper if the superannuation behemoth proceeds with its proposed lawsuit relating to the airports deal.
The Australian Financial Review


text: Increasing the minimum wage seems to be an ongoing conversation for the White House. Wednesday they took that conversation on the road to the University of Michigan. President Obama wants to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. The significance of this being held in Michigan is that Detroit has been hit particularly hard by the economic downturn, especially with factory workers. There are thirty four states considering increases to their minimum wages this year.


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Livestock prices
COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Eastern Cornbelt Daily Direct Summary from Thursday as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service:
Barrows and gilts on a carcass basis: 0.74 higher.
On a carcass basis plant delivered (54-62 pct. lean)
83.57-92.00, weighted average 86.27.
Actual pricing with lean premiums added:
0.8-0.9 inches backfat: 84.50-93.00.
0.6-0.7 inches backfat: 87.44-94.50.
Total prior day negotiated sales: 4,355.
Thursday's total movement: 69,896.
Market trends for Friday:
Hogs steady; cattle steady; sows steady.
Summary of Thursday's auctions unavailable.
Egg markets
SHELL EGGS: Daily Midwest Regional Eggs Midwest delivered asking prices for next week are 6 cents higher for Extra Large and Large, and 3 cents lower for Medium. Daily producer prices are 2 higher for Large, and steady for Medium and Small. Retail demand is light to moderate while food service demand is moderate. Offerings and supplies are light to moderate but building. Market activity is slow to moderate. Breaking stock prices are steady. The market tone is steady. Demand is moderate to at times good on light offerings. Supplies are light. Market activity is moderate to active.
Prices to retailers, sales to volume buyers, USDA Grade A and Grade A, white eggs in cartons, cents per dozen.
Prices delivered to warehouse:
Range mostly
Extra large 140-149 143-146
Large 139-148 141-144
Medium 100-109 102-105
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A little piece of the Obama administration has passed into history: Michelle Obama's inaugural ball gown.
"I am very honored and very humbled, but I have to say that I'm also a little embarrassed by all the fuss being made over my dress," the first lady said in presenting her gown to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
"Like many of you," she said to chuckles, "I'm not used to people wanting to put things I've worn on display."
Yet the First Ladies Collection -- featuring gowns from all the presidential wives -- "really takes us beyond the history books and the photographs," Obama said. "It helps us understand that history is really made by real live people."
Whether it's a dress worn by Jackie Kennedy or the one worn by Mary Todd Lincoln, the exhibit is "a visual reminder that we each come from such different backgrounds, from different generations and from different walks of life," said the current first lady.
Obama's contribution is a "one-shouldered, white-silk chiffon gown" designed by Jason Wu, according to the first lady's office. It is embellished with "organza flowers with Swarovski crystal centers."
All the first lady gowns take people back in time, wondering what it was like.
"Like, how did she feel in the dress?" Obama said. "Did her feet hurt in those shoes? How many times did her husband step on that train? But, more importantly, these gowns and this exhibit uniquely define a moment in our American history."
(Posted by David Jackson)
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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The Fabulous Foyts
A.J.'s still blowin' up and kickin' butt after all these years.
More often than not, a Foyt outburst has been seen as colorful and dramatic rather than ugly and offensive, whether it was hauling himself out of his car and tearing off the engine cover to go to work on a balky powerplant or angrily tossing a laptop computer or calling his car a "tub of shit," as he informed 150,000 fans in 1987 over the public-address system at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In 1982, Foyt was on the outside front row as the cars roared off at the start of the Indy 500. Kevin Cogan suddenly veered into Foyt, bounced off him, and was T-boned by Mario Andretti.
"A.J., how'd that start?" ABC pit reporter Chris Economaki asked during the ensuing red flag.
"Oh, I don't know, he run right square in my goddamn left front!" Foyt snarled on national television.
"Who are you talking about?"
" Cooo-gan."
In 1997, as Foyt and his driver, Billy Boat, celebrated Boat's victory at the inaugural IRL race at Texas Motor Speedway, two-time Indy 500 champ Arie Luyendyk crashed the party to complain that he'd been robbed of the victory. (An electronics problem apparently caused the speedway's system to miss scoring two of his laps, and Luyendyk had, in fact, won and felt A.J. must have known it.) A.J. backhanded Luyendyk and gave him a shove, and the Dutchman went tumbling over the potted tulips decorating victory lane. Foyt was fined for that one, but it was largely considered a hoot. Luyendyk was none to happy, but afterward, even he managed a quip: "If people didn't know me before then, they know me now."
Miller himself had felt the sting of a Foyt assault 16 years earlier at Indy. It was 1981, and he was covering motorsports for the Indianapolis Star. "It was the very first year anyone was using radar guns, and Roger Penske put a guy at the end of the backstretch with one," he said. "So after a couple of days, the word was out about how much faster Foyt was on the straightaways than everyone else." The inference was that Foyt must have been doing something illegal to have that edge.
In a routine "notebook" item, Miller included a single sentence about how Foyt's straightaway speeds had raised eyebrows up and down pit lane. Foyt saw it, or heard about. On the Friday afternoon before pole day, Miller recalled, "he walked up behind me, smacked me in the back of the head, jerked me around behind the scoring tower, and said he was going to kick my ass. The muscles in his neck were sticking out."
Miller protested, saying the item amounted to nothing. "Well, I'm tired of these guys sayin' I'm cheatin'!" roared A.J. before finally calming down. After Foyt walked away, a friend of Miller's on pit road, one of the thousands who'd witnessed the incident, asked if he were going to press charges. Hell, no, said Miller. But he was going to retaliate. He'd write about it—not the assault, but the allegations of cheating.
A few things about Foyt had been left in the closet too long, and it was time to let them out, Miller wrote in his Sunday column. "I wrote how his legacy had always been cloaked in rumor and innuendo about how many times he'd cheated," Miller recalled. "And, of course, he's always been the first one to tell you, 'If they don't catch you, you ain't cheatin'.'"


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Hi! You know, to give you the best answer, I think I should ask you a few questions first that will help define the problem and the situation.
Let's first rule out a mild undiagnosed Asperger Disorder, okay?
Before that, though, has he been treated for any other issues?
You say he has some casual friends, but does he make friends easy now and in the past? Did he play in age appropriate ways and have good social skills?
Does he tend to obsess on activities he likes and have a hard time stopping when it's time to do something different?
Does he have repetitive motions and movements? Does he also have certain habits he does over and over?
Does he bring his fingers to his mouth or make facial expressions when talking, when he's unhappy or angry?
Does he have a hard time relating to other people's feelings? Does he express caring and love for anything other than the dog?
Any extra information that will help, feel free to share.
Let's go forward from the answers to these questions. I see you are online at this time but I'm going to be going into session soon, so if I can't answer before that, would later today be okay for me to respond?
Dr. Mark
Thanks for the respone.
He has not been treated for anything before.
He has played in age appropriate ways in the past. He goes in his room and bounces around in pretend mode. quite a bit - likes to fantasize on his own.
I would say he does not obsess but never let's his homework slide even for a minute.
Does not bring fingers to his mouth when angry or sad.
Has not cried in many years. He's been crying constantly since the death. Blames himself for not doing something sooner. Mom and Dad were on vacation getting back the day after it happended but niece who was providing care kept it from them. We told the kids.
He does express love to myself and mom.
He's a pretty private kid. Very reserved. Does not like to party. Does not like noise.
I will make myself available to chat anytime.
Thank you for the added information. It helps a lot. I believe I can now be of help with this issue. Once we are in question/answer mode, the site doesn't have a mechanism for switching to chat mode. So let's continue this way.
First, let me say I can imagine how confusing and distressing this situation must be for you. Distressing can be understood--your son is very distressed. But why do I say confusing?
Because his grief seems to be stretching on in time and in intensity above and beyond the normal bounds of a teenage boy's expression of immediate grief for the loss of his beloved dog. And this is actually the key to my answer to you that you need to consider and think about.
Your son's behavior is not normal. The other kids' behavior is much more within normal bounds. I sense you know this within yourself. This is why I asked about possible Asperger Disorder. Your responses seem to indicate there may be a mild form of AS or some features of AS. Or perhaps some other slight developmental disorder. Because his relating to the world and events of the world seem just a bit off in a developmental way.
Therefore, there are two recommendations. If he continues to exhibit these same behaviors unabated or they become even more pronounced, then you know you have to seek professional interventions. You would then need to find a psychologist who has experience with kids who might have AS. That would be helpful so there could be an evaluation as well. And even if ruled out, the techniques of working with AS kids will be useful for your son.
Before that, though, I would recommend you take the unilateral action of getting another dog given that you are willing. You need to announce to him that you are going to do that. So only make the announcement when you are ready to get the new dog. Invite him to come with you or not as he wishes. Let him know it's his choice to come or not. Encourage him to come even if he says he doesn't want to. Tell him you would like his opinion on the new dog, which new dog would be good to choose. Then get the new dog and see if he is able to bond with it. That will give you good information about your son's condition.
Hopefully your son will bond with the dog within a few days and this will end the episode. I wish you the very best!
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Even though he is adamant about not wanting another dog you feel I should pursue that?
I don't know anything about Asperger disorder. I'll have to research that.
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Our previous research work indicated that highly boron doped polysilicon nanofilms (≤100 nm in thickness) have higher gauge factor (the maximum is ∼34 for 80 nm-thick films) and better temperature stability than common polysilicon films (≥ 200nm in thickness) at the same doping levels. Therefore, in order to further analyze the influence of deposition temperature on the film structure and piezoresistance performance, the piezoresistive sensitivity, piezoresistive linearity (PRL) and resistance time drift (RTD) of 80 nm-thick highly boron doped polysilicon nanofilms (PSNFs) with different deposition temperatures were studied here. The tunneling piezoresistive model was established to explain the relationship between the measured gauge factors (GFs) and deposition temperature. It was seen that the piezoresistance coefficient (PRC) of composite grain boundaries is higher than that of grains and the magnitude of GF is dependent on the resistivity of grain boundary (GB) barriers and the weight of the resistivity of composite GBs in the film resistivity. In the investigations on PRL and RTD, the interstitial-vacancy (IV) model was established to model GBs as the accumulation of IV pairs. And the recrystallization of metastable IV pairs caused by material deformation or current excitation is considered as the prime reason for piezoresistive nonlinearity (PRNL) and RTD. Finally, the optimal deposition temperature for the improvement of film performance and reliability is about 620 °C and the high temperature annealing is not very effective in improving the piezoresistive performance of PSNFs deposited at lower temperatures.
For semiconductor materials, the piezoresistive effect was discovered firstly in Ge and Si by Smith in 1954 [
With the above review, it can be seen that it is necessary to investigate the piezoresistive properties of polysilicon and built up the theoretical model. The experimental results reported by other researchers indicated that the GF of polysilicon common films (PSCFs, film thickness ≥ 200 nm) reaches the maximum as the doping concentration is at the level of 1019 cm-3, and then decreases drastically as doping concentrations are increased further [
However, our previous experimental results indicated that boron-doped PSNFs exhibit higher piezoresistive sensitivity (GF ≥ 30) at high doping concentrations than PSCFs (GF is only 20∼25) at the same doping levels [
In our previous research work, the dependence of the GF on film thickness indicated that highly doped PSNFs with the thickness of ∼80 nm present the highest GF of 34 and the lowest TCR and TCGF. Therefore, the film thickness was selected to be 80 nm in this paper. Nevertheless, the nano-scale thickness is not the direct origin of the enhanced GF. In fact, the reduction of film thickness causes the contraction of grain sizes, which could increase the proportion of GB barriers to grain neutral regions and enhance the influence of the tunneling effect. Namely, the film microstructure (including grain size, GB width, trap density, etc.) has a decisive role in the piezoresistive properties of PSNFs. Deposition temperature is one of the significant technological parameters determining the film structure. Hence, in this paper, the piezoresistive sensitivity of heavily doped PSNFs with different deposition temperatures was firstly investigated. By calculating the tunneling current and the stress-induced changes in the effective mass and the concentration of heavy and light holes, the numerical relationship between the PRCs of GBs and grain neutral regions was obtained. Then the tunneling piezoresistive model of PSNFs was established preliminarily. Because the influences of deposition temperature and heat treatment on film microstructure are quite complicated, the dependence of GF on deposition temperature was analyzed qualitatively based on the obtained theoretical results. On the other hand, for the applications of sensing devices, the reliability and stability of PSNF material are of particular importance. The PRL and RTD of PNSF piezoresistors are two significant parameters characterizing the reliability and stability. Thus, the dependences of PRL and RTD on deposition temperature were given and studied. And the IV model was established to describe GBs and analyze PRL and RTD qualitatively. Also, the influence of residual H atoms in polysilicon was taken into account for RTD.
Before preparing films, a 1 μm-thick SiO2 layer was grown on the 510 μm-thick (111) Si wafers (4 inch diameter) by thermal oxidization at 1100°C. Then, the 80 nm-thick PSNFs were deposited on the thermally oxidized Si substrates by LPCVD at a pressure of 45∼55 Pa over a temperature range of 560∼670°C. The reactant gas was SiH4 and the flow rate was 50 mL/min. Since the films deposited at 560∼600°C exhibited amorphous appearance mixed with polycrystals, the pre-annealing was performed on them in dry N2 at 950°C for 30 min to induce the recrystallization of amorphous regions.
It has been reported elsewhere [
The surface morphology of PSNFs was characterized by SEM, as shown in
In order to analyze the film microstructure, the XRD experiment was performed on the samples. In the XRD spectra shown in
For measuring GFs, the cantilever beams were fabricated based on photolithography and etching technologies. Firstly, the sample wafers were ultrasonically degreased with methylbenzene, acetone and ethanol for 5 min in each and then rinsed repeatedly in de-ionized water. The cleaned samples were pre-baked at 120°C for 15 min. Next, after spin-coating with positive photoresist and a soft-bake at 90°C for 10 min, the samples were exposed for 90 s using the mask plate as shown in
Before depositing metal, the samples were dipped in HF/H2O (1:10) for 1∼2 s to remove the native oxide. The Al layer was evaporated onto the samples by vacuum evaporation. Then, the positive photo-resist was coated and patterned in the same process as the resistor fabrication. The schematic diagram of mask plate is shown in
After scribing, the sample wafers were divided into individual cantilever beams of 26 mm×4 mm, as shown in
The GF test setup is shown in
When an axial compressive force
By measuring the I-V characteristics of PSNF resistors with different length-width ratios, the film resistivity
In this section, based on the tunneling piezoresistive effect, the tunneling current of carriers traversing GBs is derived, and the relationship between the PRCs of GBs and grain neutral regions is presented. Then, the measured results of resistivity and GF are given. Finally, the dependences of the GFs on deposition temperature is analyzed and discussed based on the tunneling piezoresistive theory.
Polysilicon can be considered as composed of small crystals joined together by GBs. Each crystal is viewed as a Si single crystal, while the GBs are full of defects and dangling bonds and form extremely thin amorphous layers. The forbidden band width of GBs is larger than that of monocrystalline silicon (1.12eV [
Theoretically, carriers pass through GBs by two transport mechanisms of thermionic emission and tunneling. For simplification, the carrier transport is considered to be one-dimensional. So, according to the kinetic energy
In our tunneling piezoresistive model, the piezoresistive effect of GBs is due to that the stress-induced deformation gives rise to the split-off of the degenerate heavy and light hole sub-bands, thereby causing the carrier transfer between two bands and the conduction mass shift. Inside each grain, due to the single crystal nature of grain neutral regions, the GF of this regions,
For DRBs, based on the dependence of thermionic emission current on strain, the relational expressions of longitudinal PRC
Before deducing the PRC
The GB width
The current density of holes tunneling GB barrier from right to left is:
By simplifying the logarithmic term in
When the heavy and light hole sub-bands split off under stress, the band shift
The split-off heavy and light hole sub-bands are
Finally, using
Similarly, the transversal PRC along <111> orientation is:
From our previous research results, the longitudinal and transversal PRCs of p-type monocrystalline silicon (grain neutral regions) under a uniaxial stress
From the above theoretical analysis, it can be seen that both the PRCs of DRBs and GB barriers are proportional to the PRC of grain neutral regions. Noticeably, according to
If the potential drops across DRBs on the left and right hand sides of the GB are denoted by
Because the polysilicon usually work under low current and low voltage bias, the condition of
By substituting
For p-type monocrystalline silicon, π11+2π12 ≪2π44, it yields [
According to the experimental results from Tufte [
The dependences of the resistance change Δ
For the longitudinal piezoresistive sensitivity, it can be seen in
For the transversal piezoresistive sensitivity, the inset of
It is noteworthy that the stress-induced modulation of surface depletion region width in silicon nanowires [
Although the inset of
The PRL of PSNFs is one of significant parameters estimating the static characteristics of piezoresistive sensors. In this section, the IV model is presented to describe the disordered states at GBs of PSNFs. Based on this model, the influence of high temperature annealing on amorphous phases at GBs is analyzed. Finally, the relationship between the PRL and deposition temperature is discussed and explained using this model.
Polysilicon is a monatomic silicon material with complex structure. The GBs have a significant impact on the material nature. Particularly, for PSNFs, both the film thickness and the grain size are nanometer sized, so the influence of GBs is enhanced greatly. Furthermore, there are higher amorphous contents existing at GBs of PSNFs, due to insufficient crystallization and fine grains. Thus, the nature of GBs is considered to be amorphous in this paper. In order to describe the amorphous phases at GBs, it is necessary to establish a theoretical model.
According to the work by Marques
In the IV model, the amorphous regions at GBs can be classified into continuous amorphous layers (continuous a-layers) and amorphous pockets (a-pockets). And continuous a-layers and a-pockets exhibit similar features. In amorphous regions, the state of each IV pair is dependent on the number of neighboring IV pairs (defined as the IV pair coordination number). Under external energy excitation (e.g., heating, plastic deformation, ion bombardment), an IV pair can overcome the energy barrier of recombination and recombine at a certain probability, similar to the recrystallization of amorphous materials. And the recombination rate increases when the number of neighboring IV pairs decreases. According to the molecular dynamics (MD) calculations by Marques
For continuous a-layers, all the IV pairs at an a/c interface have the same number of neighboring IV pairs, and therefore the same recombination rate. Because the IV pairs at an a/c interface have fewer neighboring IV pairs than in inner zones, the recombination of IV pairs takes place at the a/c interface firstly. It starts a cascade mechanism in which IV pairs could recombine layer by layer. A-pockets show a similar recombination behavior [
The original RC PSNFs exhibit amorphous appearance mixed with polysilicon. Here, it is considered that the amorphous contents include continuous a-layers and a-pockets. Therefore, the pre-annealing was performed at 950°C for 30 min to induce the recrystallization of amorphous contents. However, even after the post-implantation annealing at 1080°C, the SEM and XRD results show that there are still many amorphous contents existing at GBs. It indicates that the further recrystallization of amorphous contents was prevented in the temperature range of 950∼1080°C. This is likely related to the concentration of IV pairs at GBs.
The MD simulation results by Marques
In this paper, a-pockets with fewer surface IV coordination numbers are considered to be eliminated during the pre-annealing, due to their faster recrystallization rate. Therefore, GBs of PSNFs can be modeled as continuous a-layers, as shown in
The dependences of PRNL of longitudinal and transversal PSNF piezoresistors on deposition temperature are given in
In the IV model, GBs are considered to be the accumulation of IV pairs and behave as continuous a-layers. According to the simulation results by Marques
Considering the type of applied stresses, the longitudinal piezoresistive effect is caused by tension stress, while the transversal piezoresistive effect is caused by compression stress. The experiment results based on metal materials show that the compression stress has a more remarkable role in stress-induced crystallization than tension stress. Similarly, it is believed that the recombination of IV pairs under compression stress is more prominent. Consequently, the PRNL of transversal piezoresistors is higher than that of longitudinal ones, which is in good agreement with the experimental results in
Finally, the experimental results indicate that the 620°C PSNFs with the lowest amorphous contents have the best PRL. Although the high temperature annealing could improve the crystallinity of RC PSNFs, a large number of residual amorphous contents at GBs still produce the higher PRNL. It testifies that the disordered states of GBs determine the PRL of PSNFs.
In this section, the RTD properties of PSNF resistances are investigated. The recombination of unstable IV pairs at GBs and the motion of residual hydrogen atoms are both taken into consideration.
The RTD is one of the important parameters characterizing the electrical reliability of resistive materials.
The experiments evidenced that CVD polysilicon films contain residual hydrogen atoms in bonded or radical forms from the processing ambient. According to the constrained dynamics, the mobile hydrogen atoms are difficult to occur in the crystallized silicon, and most of hydrogen atoms are distributed into GBs, as shown in
In this paper, the piezoresistive sensitivity, PRL and RTD of highly boron doped LPCVD PSNFs were studied, and the influences of deposition temperature and high temperature annealing on the above-mentioned properties were analyzed. As for the tunneling piezoresistive effect, the tunneling piezoresistive model was established. The carrier transport mechanisms across GBs are considered to be thermionic emission and tunneling, and the tunneling current becomes dominant at high doping concentration. By theoretical calculation, a conclusion was drawn that the PRC of composite GBs is higher than that of grain neutral regions at high doping concentration. The dependences of longitudinal and transversal GFs on deposition temperature were obtained. The results indicate that the piezoresistive properties of the RC PSNFs are different from the DC ones. According to SEM and XRD results, it is considered that amorphous contents at GBs and grain size are important factors influencing the piezoresistive properties of PSNFs. The magnitude of GF is dependent on the equivalent resistivity of GB barriers and the weight of the resistivity of composite GBs in the film resistivity.
In the investigations on PRL and RTD of PSNF piezoresistors, the IV model was established to describe the nature of GBs. In our model, GBs are regarded as the accumulation of IV pairs. The PRNL is due to the reduction in the number of scattering centers caused by the stress-induced recrystallization of metastable IV pairs at GBs. For RTD of PSNFs, it is considered as due to the recombination of minority IV pairs under low field current excitation. And the motion of residual hydrogen atoms at GBs is also taken into account. Consequently, the conclusions were drawn that the deposition temperature is one of the significant parameters determining the nature of PSNFs. Optimizing the structure of grains and GBs by controlling deposition temperature could improve the piezoresistive performance of PSNFs. Even though the high temperature annealing could induce the recrystallization of amorphous contents at GBs, the transfer from amorphous phases to polycrystalline phases is dependent on the concentration of IV pairs at GBs and annealing temperature. The high temperature annealing on the PSNFs with high concentration (∼25%) of IV pairs is not very effective in improving the reliability and stability of the material. Finally, it is obtained that the optimal deposition temperature is about 620°C.
This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60776049, by the Science and Technology Foundation of Liaoning Province under Grant No. 20072036 and by the Liaoning Provincial Office of Education of China under Grant No. 2007T130.
SEM and TEM images of PSNFs deposited at different temperatures.
XRD spectra of PSNF samples deposited at different temperatures.
Schematic diagram of mask plates and sample wafers in the fabrication of cantilever beams. (a) The mask plate for patterning resistors. (b) The sample wafer after patterning resistors. (c) The mask plate for patterning electrodes and calibrated scales. (d) The sample wafer and the cantilever beam after fabricating electrodes and calibrated scales.
Photograph of an actual cantilever beam sample.
Schematic diagram of test setup for measuring gauge factor.
Test system of RTD properties.
Energy band structure and carrier transport mechanisms near grain boundaries.
Energy band diagram and tunneling mechanism of GB barrier omitting DRBs.
Distribution curve of
Fitting curve of shear piezoresistance coefficient
Dependences of longitudinal PRCs
Resistivity of boron doped PSNFs versus deposition temperature.
(a) Dependences of the resistance change Δ
Interstitial-vacancy model of grain boundaries in PSNFs.
PRNL of longitudinal and transversal PSNF piezoresistors as a function of deposition temperature.
(a) Normalized resistances of PSNF piezoresistors with different deposition temperatures as a function of testing time during monitoring for 24 h. (b) RTD of PSNF resistors versus deposition temperature after monitoring for 24 h.
Hole effective mass in highly stressed silicon (unit: free-electron mass m0).


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Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Venice
On the sailing I was on more than half the passengers were from the UK. The next largest nationality were Australians. The Americans came in third, closely followed by Germans and Canadians. If I remember correctly there were a total of 44 nationalities among the passengers. Their fish and chips come battered and they have limp and pink as well as crisp and brown bacon for breakfast. With jars of vegemite and marmite lurking beside the marmalade and jams. And then there is the three course afternoon tea: finger sandwiches followed tiny cakes and only then the scones and clotted cream appear. Accompanied by a harpist or a string quartet. I had high expectations for their Chicken Tikka Marsala but was impressed at how good the Beef Rendang at the Lido lunch buffet was.
It was summer in the Med but I was still surprised More by how little motion there was onboard, almost none. You would not have guessed we were sailing.
What impressed me the most was how stunningly beautiful the ship was. Art Deco very consistently applied to a very charming effect.You could almost pretend you were in a bygone age. Except that they have a 40" flat screen TV on your cabin wall and five, yes FIVE, electrical sockets along the top of your desk. (only one of which was the UK style square pin.)
Why on earth do they use US dollars rather than GB Pounds on board?
I won't pretend it was perfect in every way. The (balcony) cabin design doesn't allow for both bedside drawers to be placed between the beds when configured as singles. There wasn't enough shelf space for clothes, even for a 7 day voyage. (The space in the wardrobe was ample with two full length hanging sections and one half-height hanging section that I would have preferred as shelves or, even better, drawers.) Note that there are secret drawers under the bed but one was used to store the queen sized bedding, so only one was available for our use. Less
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Bafta winners and losers
Steve McQueen's Bafta success with 12 Years a Slave is promising for the Oscars, but Gravity will run it close
It's official: following Sunday's Baftas, Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is looking like a juggernaut for the Best Film category in the forthcoming Oscars, but its chances in the acting categories are diminished since Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong'o both lost out in the supporting category. The British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor's Bafta for Best Actor is unlikely to transfer to America, where the battle will be between Matthew McConaughey's turn as an HIV-positive cowboy in Dallas Buyers Club and Leonardo DiCaprio for his electric performance in The Wolf of Wall Street. This year's Bafta winners, though, highlight a problem.
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By Congressman Robert Hurt
The simplest way to make your voice heard is to show up at the ballot box. After all, the right to vote is critical in protecting all of our other rights. On Election Day, millions of voters came to the polls and put their support behind their candidates for the White House and Congress. The votes have been tallied, and Donald Trump is set to serve as the 45th President of the United States.
By Susan D. Blanding
School Counselor
Montvale Elementary School
Inspiring, courageous, cheerful, outgoing, persistent. Smart, intelligent, funny, friendly, loyal.
Piper Olivia Moore.
Beautiful, thoughtful, kind, tender-hearted, clever. Imaginative, playful, insightful, responsive, appreciative.
We lost a dear friend from our midst when Piper left us on Thursday morning, October 27.
In the 1983 made-for-television movie, "The Day After," two doctors are discussing the alarming international tensions that look as though they might actually lead to nuclear war.
One says something like, "People really aren't stupid enough to let that happen, are they?" The other doctor isn't so sure. "Stupidity," he says, "has a habit of getting its way."
This year's presidential campaign was almost as much fun as a barrel of rattlesnakes. One Facebook friend commented that Clinton vs Trump made her think of a video she saw of a snake chasing a rat. She wasn't sure which candidate was the rat and which was the snake.
I was grimly satisfied when I learned, Wednesday morning that Donald Trump won. This demonstrated what a wretched candidate Hillary Clinton was. Even Donald Trump could defeat her.
America's veterans know the meaning of sacrifice. They've spent weeks, months, and years away from home and loved ones. They've missed birthdays, anniversaries, Thanksgiving dinners, and first steps. Some have experienced physical trauma that we can see while others carry their wounds on the inside.
By James F. Burns
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Carroll Hosbrook, a farm boy from Ohio, found himself in a small French village on Nov. 11, 1918.
By Alan Denekas, MD
Up until the late 1960s America was a pretty peaceful place.
If you care about public policy and the great issues facing our democracy, then you have to lament the fact that this crazy election never materialized into a serious discussion of those questions.
Much of it had to do with Donald Trump's insane candidacy, his preoccupation with nonsense like "building a wall," and the media's insistence that his antics and Hillary's e-mails were all that was worthy of discussion.
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You have probably heard about Jeremy Lin, the Taiwanese-American Louis Williams clone who has turned the world of basketball upside down by making the Knicks interesting for the first time since Bill Clinton was President. During Lin's two-week reign of baffling and unstoppable awesomeness, seemingly everyone has written about him. Alexander Chee did so for us; the rest of us have done in various ways for various other places (twice, actually). On Friday morning, finally, the most respected voice in American sportswriting weighed in on The Whole Jeremy Lin Thing. It probably doesn't even bear mentioning that we are talking about David Brooks, unctuous oracle of reasonable unreasonableness, parodist-in-chief of an imaginary elite, and lifetime keynote dude at various Atlantic Idea Festivals. He is not necessarily a basketball fan, as his New York Times opinion piece on Jeremy Lin and religion demonstrates, but when he drops the mic on some David Brooks shit, someone had to pick it up and say something to the effect of, "yo, what were you just talking about, guy?" Luckily, Charles Pierce did just that at his Esquire blog. Undeterred, Charles Star and David Roth do the same here.
Charles: Here's the thing with this column, which I read in defiance of my usual policy of Brooks avoidance: I LOL'd at a collection of #otherdavidbrooksledes, but I think—as badly as it is written—Brooks is making a different point than the one being made fun of.
David: And yet the same point that he always makes, which is that Some Are Not Comfortable With How Complicated This Is. Sometimes he also uses food to make some sort of weird point about how out-of-touch everyone in his peer group is, but mostly it's the first thing.
Charles: True enough, but I think his point wasn't "religion and/or religiosity are rare in sports." He notes that in his second paragraph. His point, which isn't as stupid, is that mashing together sports and religion is fundamentally contradictory with their respective spheres.
Charles: Sports nods at certain values that religion also exalts, but is mostly about vanquishing the enemy and glorification of self
David: I guess the ridiculous aspect, then, is that it's Brooks making the case. Or how he makes it.
Charles: As would always be the case.
David: Yes, but also because that point—which is maybe his point, it's hard to say and I'm not sure he so much has one—is both pretty much true, but also very unflattering in how it reflects his total ignorance of how CONSTANTLY they are mushed together in sports. And in politics and mass culture, which I guess are supposed to be the things he knows about, right?
David: Also, as Pierce points out, there's a sort of willful abstraction to this that, beyond Brooks expounding in Large Professor Mode, serves to make the whole experience even more ridiculous—that there's so little sense of basketball in this isn't surprising, since I'm I can't imagine Brooks gives a shit about that. But the decision to go for thumbnail eschatology when a little bit of real world context would've explained so much more is just silly. It's also unfair to the subject, because it takes an interesting story—Jeremy Lin and how we see him and feel about him—and makes it about something abstract and pompous that is only very tenuously connected to the actual interesting story.
Charles: Brooks Googled "basketball" before writing the essay, so I don't think the lack of basketball in there is surprising. His entire take on sports appears to be exactly what a guy who looks like Brooks thinks it is: "balls and violence and vaingloriousness and isn't it less important than community!?"
Charles: I mean, after the winter of Tebowmania, how someone who is not a non-ascetic freshly returned from the monastery could write about the anomalous intersection of sports and religion almost defies parody.
David: And yet here it is. The explanation, as I understand it, is that Brooks was at the Aspen Ideas Festival while Tebow was happening.
David: The entire time. He was at a really long dinner with the guy who invented TED and Mark Zuckerberg and Bono. And Lynne Cheney and Deepak Chopra and David Gregory and Pete Carroll.
Charles: I remember when Carroll told everyone in Aspen that Mark Sanchez was leaving too early. Everyone slowly backed away. No actual greater shelter from the world than that conference. This side of Davos, anyway.
David: Did he somehow not write about Tebow? I feel like he should've. And should've somehow tied it into the grocery-shopping habits of the urban elite.
Charles: I'm sure he wrote about Tebow but, as previously discussed, I avoid Brooks as my own private religious rite. It is pretty much the only rite I stick with.
David: I sometimes will read stuff of his when I'm in a scab-picking mode.
Charles: I will eat a pulled pork sandwich while not-reading David Brooks, to give you a sense of my religious priorities.
David: One is way better for you than the other.
Charles: Even if you deep-fry that pulled pork sandwich, after beer-battering the bread. If it will do the world some good, I'd eat David Brooks if he were prepared by someone who knew what he was doing. I just don't want to read what Brooks writes about the experience.
David: Serve it in a barrel of scotch. It will still not be worse for your stomach lining than Brooks's average "to be sure" paragraph.
David: Sous vide. He'd appreciate the irony, at least.
Charles: "This is taking so long and it's rather painful. Like reading one of my col... oh, clever."
David: "I'm not free range enough for our nation's REAL elite, youngish city-dwellers who do yoga and drink organic milk." - Last Words of David Brooks
Charles: He is not free range. He learns about small-town America by skimming the Wikipedia pages of towns that he selects by pointing, blindfolded, at an old atlas.
David: "They eat soybeans and meats that they shoot with their own handguns. They drive... cars. They shop in big stores. In real America, they've never even heard of things like goat cheese, or even goats."
David: I shouldn't read him but do on occasion. The excerpt the New Yorker ran of his book was especially exquisite. I hated it so much. Anyway, I suppose that on this one he at least sort of got out of his comfort zone. So maybe credit for that?
Charles: Partial credit. Because he left his comfort zone at 100mph and found himself hitting a hairpin turn on a mountain road that had no guardrail. And because using Jeremy Lin to show that sports and religion merge in odd ways is a hard sell.
Charles: Lin is religious but he is religious only in private or when asked. Otherwise, he seems like a pretty levelheaded, profoundly American kid who grew up in the Bay Area and is very much a part of the culture that surrounds him.
David: Yeah, I think that's the really interesting thing about him, if interesting is the right word—how not all that interesting and sane he is amid all these people claiming and colonizing him and insisting that he's more than he is, which is a fun basketball player on a hot streak.
Charles: I wouldn't call his off-court persona exciting but he gives a better interview than, say Michael Chang—if we're talking about evangelical Christian Asian athletes as if they were supposed to have an archetype—because he is a guy who went to college. Whatever you want to say about the actual education you receive at Harvard, he spent a lot of time around smart people, talking and being a teenaged doofus. He wasn't in the meat grinder of the tennis tour during the years he should have been eating pizza at 3 a.m.
David: At the very least, Brooks can get behind Lin's choice of late-night booze-food, then. "What could be more American than cheesed ethnic bread-pie late at night? By the way, all of us reasonable people also agree that we can't afford Social Security anymore."
Charles: "Nor should we have to."
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I'm gonna spam this everywhere, but, seriously: no conversation about Brooks is complete without this self-petard-hoist cull from The Social Animal.
Oh man, that shit never goes out of style. Yo! Douche bag! indeed, David Brooks. INDEED.