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Whether you get around Samui by foot, elephant, motorcycle or car, you will find a wealth of natural beauty and cosmopolitan luxury. The island is small enough to drive a car around in about an hour. But it is big enough to still discover new things and beautiful places even if you stay for weeks. While the most visited areas have roads lined with shops and businesses, much of the island remains covered with coconut groves, rice paddies and forest. A sense of adventure and a bit of exploratory effort will be rewarded with everything from sophisticated shops and restaurants to serene hikes, jungle drives and spectacular tropical views.
Chaweng. Chaweng is the longest beach and biggest town on Samui. There are dozens of hotels and bungalows along its fine white sand beach. You can find anything from 5-star luxury to the few budget bungalows that remain from Samui's days as a backpacker's haven. Accommodation prices are higher than elsewhere on Samui but Chaweng remains party central and has the highest density and widest selection of clubs, bars and restaurants on the island.
Lamai. Lamai is Samui's second-largest beach and some say its most beautiful. The water is excellent for swimming at the bays southern end and is studding with elegant granite boulders. Nightlife in Lamai Town tends to be of the girly bar variety, although there are a few decent expat watering holes and a couple of decent clubs. There are also some high quality out of town eating, drinking and accommodation options.
Nathon. All government offices and banks are located in Nathon and it is the primary point of connection with the mainland and the other islands. Shopping here is less expensive than in Chaweng or Lamai, and there are lots of interesting knick-knacks for sale. Most shops are on the inland road, which is one-way heading south. However, the ocean road has a number of good restaurants for breakfast or lunch, and the teak shophouse lined middle road gives a decent glimpse into Samui's local world.
Maenam. Accommodation on Maenam's long sedate beach is mainly of the cheap bungalow variety, although there are now several four and five star resorts as well. The number of good restaurants and businesses along its main road is steadily increasing. There are numerous high-quality holiday and residential home developments and a growing community of long-term visitors.
Big Buddha Beach. Its proximity to the airport makes Big Buddha very convenient if you're flying in. The resorts here tend to be well-spaced and laid-back beachside affairs attracting long and short-term guests alike. Prices remain relatively low and they're a great place for a party, as Secret Garden proves with its weekly festival. There are a growing number of fine dining options too.
Bophut. Bophut is easily the most charming village on Samui and is made up of a single strip of old Chinese shophouses, many converted into restaurants, bars, shops and guesthouses. Altogether, a great spot for a romantic beachside dinner. Both the cuisine and the architecture lend a distinctly Mediterranean feel to the village. Popular with the French for the past eight years or so, Bophut is now attracting a growing number of British tourists and bar/restaurant owners.
Hua Thanon. At the 90-degree turn just south of Lamai is the Muslim fishing village of Hua Thanon. There are a few new restaurants on the main road, but the main attraction is the artistry of the local fishermen. Their intricately painted boats dock just offshore from the thriving market. The beach is not good for swimming, but a stroll along it affords a glimpse into the real life of one of Samui's main economic activities.
Lipa Noi. Just south of Nathon is one of the best places to catch the sunset. There are a couple of good bungalows on Lipa Noi and some excellent seafood restaurants. But the real wonder of Lipa Noi is the shallow water. You can wade out for 200m and the water is still no higher than your waist. The velvety feel of the ocean bottom here attracts local children as well as visitors in the late afternoons
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AMHERST, Massachusetts -- Joe Roberto (Endicott, NY) scored the game winner for Trinity College as the Bantams posted a 5-3 victory over host Amherst College. The Bantams scored three goals in the third period to pull away from the Jeffs and post Trinity's second upset in Amherst, the first coming in the Championship game of the Ben McCabe Tournament last November in a 3-2 decision.
Amherst had tallied the lone goal of the opening period off the stick of senior captain Mike Noone (Swampscott, MA). But Trinity answered early in the second with a pair of scores by Ryan Southard (Woburn, MA) and Dan Lyons (West Haven, CT) to take a 2-1 lead. Rookie Robbie Hill (Averill Park, NY) notched an equalizer just three minutes later before senior Tim Kelly (St. Johnsbury, VT) tallied a go-ahead goal to give the Jeffs a 3-2 edge heading into the second intermission.
Mikko Auvinen (Heinol, Finland) began the Trinity run in the final stanza, which was wrapped up by an empty net tally by Tim Rath (Concord, NH) with just two ticks left on the clock. Bantam keeper Jeffrey Blair (Grand Island, NY) made 43 stops in the winning effort while Chris Addesa (Andover, AA) had 21 saves for the Jeffs.
Trinity improves to 8-9-1 overall, 6-7-1 in the ECAC East, while Amherst falls to 9-8-1, 7-6-1 ECAC East. The Bantams will travel to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Saturday while Amherst hosts Wesleyan at 3:00pm.
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Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt" debuted at #1 on the Country Digital Singles chart and #2 on Top Digital Songs for sales of 182,929 tracks in the first week. Additionally, "Dirt" scored the #1 spot on both the all genre Digital Songs and Country charts in Canada. The lead track from their forthcoming sophomore album on Republic Nashville shot to #1 on both the iTunes all genre and Country charts in the US and Canada, while also sitting atop the Country chart in Australia shortly after release. "Dirt" earned the highest one-week add total in Country Aircheck history with 130 stations on in the US beating Taylor Swift's previous record.
Jason Aldean is gearing up for his first set of stadium dates this weekend with back to back sold out shows at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday. These are the first of five MLB stadiums for Aldean that will also see him play Nationals Park in Washington, DC, PNC Park in Pittsburgh, and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia over the next two weeks. Jason says, "This stadium run is something I've been looking forward to all year. I dreamed of playing MLB stadiums since I was six in Little League and watch games at these stadiums every season. It's wild to stand on the mound during load in and watch an empty park totally come alive with our production and crazy, loud fans. These next two weeks will definitely be something I look back on with unbelievable pride and gratitude."
Turns out the three Connecticut 20 something's charged with causing a disturbance at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island mansion are not your average law breakers. The trio - Michael Horrigan, 29, Tristan Kading, 28, and his sister Emily Kading, 26 - pleaded not guilty this week to hurling beer bottles and shouted expletives at security officers patrolling Taylor's seaside property. According to TMZ, Tristan Kading studied chemical oceanography, graduating from MIT. He also received the Richard Montgomery Award for Achievement in Mathematics. Emily Kading is a nuclear scientist specializing in agriculture and natural resources. She's also studying to be a nuclear physicist. Both Tristan and Michael Horrigan have been given citations for heroism after saving a 12-year-old girl's life when her canoe capsized. Swift was not home at the time of the June 14 disturbance.


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Incumbent Cements Ties to White House While Claiming Tax Hikes Would Have "Little Impact" on District
Congressional candidate Matt Doheny of Watertown says incumbent Rep. Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) is playing politics with the decision to extend or end the so-called Bush-era tax cuts -- and that his belief that raising taxes on wealthier individuals "has little impact in the north country" shows a disturbing lack of knowledge on how small businesses work and what they need.
What is not lacking, Doheny said, is Owens' allegiance to the Obama administration and its failed economic policies. He referred to a September 19 fundraiser in New York City for Owens headlined by Rahm "Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste" Emanuel, Obama's controversial chief of staff, prime Congressional strategist, and possible Chicago mayoral candidate. The event was held at the Park Avenue apartment of top Democratic fundraisers Jane Hartley and Ralph Schlosstein and was also to raise funds for incumbent 20th District Rep. Scott Murphy (D-Glens Falls).
Doheny pointed to the fundraiser as proof positive that the White House will be going all out to get Owens re-elected, and that if that happens the incumbent will return the favor when it comes time to vote on such matters as healthcare, increased federal spending, and the Bush-era tax cuts.
Owens' comments on the tax cuts appeared in a September 16 story in the Watertown Daily Times.
"Mr. Owens is apparently in favor of raising taxes on those who make $200,000 or more, or perhaps $500,000 or more, or perhaps he'll just be in favor of tax credits -- but don't hold him to that," Doheny said, referencing the interview with Owens. In the story, the incumbent says "I need to remain flexible" given that "many things are floating around out there."
The story by Times' Washington, D.C. correspondent Marc Heller continues: "And while raising taxes on the wealthiest households has little impact in the north country, whether the income threshold is $250,000 or $500,000, the definition is more meaningful in other places, Mr. Owens said."
"The threat of these tax hikes is very meaningful to the small business owners across the 23rd Congressional district who are trying to stay afloat," Doheny said. "This isn't just about individuals -- it's about individuals who are also entrepreneurs, who are also employers. It's disturbing that our Representative doesn't acknowledge that fact or just doesn't understand the economic impact of a tax hike."
Doheny said that the prospect of higher taxes has put many small businesses at home and across the country "on hold, at a time when their growth is needed most." Uncertainty about tax hikes is a serious concern among small businesses, according to statements from the National Federation of Independent Business. "To paraphrase the late Jack Kemp -- you can't love jobs and hate the job creators, " Doheny said,
With virtually every economic indicator on a downward spiral, Doheny has said that the Bush-era tax cuts for all income levels -- including low and middle incomes -- should be extended and ideally made permanent.
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Sadie's Apple Spice Pie
Updated 12:30 am, Saturday, July 7, 2012
Makes 8 servings
21/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup Crisco vegetable shortening
1 tablespoon dairy sour cream
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoons chilled water
2 cups peeled and sliced Pink Lady apples
31/2 cups peeled and sliced Granny Smith apples
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder
Dash of salt
2 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
1 egg combined with 1 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon sugar combined with a sprinkle each of cinnamon and nutmeg
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For Crust: Heat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl, sift flour and salt. Using an electric mixer on low speed, add shortening and mix for 1 minute until mixture looks like coarse meal. Add sour cream to mixture and mix with your hands. Gradually add the chilled water and continue to mix with your hands until the dough holds together. Form dough into two round balls, flatten and wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Remove dough from refrigerator and place on lightly floured surface. Roll one disc into a circle large enough to fit inside the pie pan.
For Filling: Combine the apples and sprinkle with the lemon juice. In a small bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, vanilla powder and salt. Add mixture to apples and stir. Pour fruit filling into crust. Scatter butter evenly over apples. Roll out remaining dough and place over fruit mixture. Fold the top crust over the bottom crust and crimp together. Whisk the egg and water mixture and brush the top crust with the egg wash. Sprinkle lightly with the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg mixture. Bake until golden brown, about 40 to 45 minutes.
Per serving: 450 calories (43.6 percent calories from fat), 22 g fat, 35 mg cholesterol, 180 mg sodium, 60 g carbohydrates, 3 g dietary fiber, 5 g protein.
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Beimel scratched from outing
BRADENTON, Fla. — A left elbow injury to Pirates reliever Joe Beimel might affect his readiness for Opening Day.
On Saturday, Beimel was scratched from his scheduled one-inning outing against the Boston Red Sox due to what the team described as discomfort in his left elbow.
Beimel was shut down March 1 after feeling tightness in his left forearm near the elbow. The left-hander pitched one inning March 14 and another inning Thursday, allowing a total of six runs and seven hits.
Beimel said he felt some pain while pitching Thursday, and it got worse Friday. He awoke yesterday morning with severe tightness in his biceps.
"It's not the same spot that was hurting before," Beimel said.
An MRI exam March 1 showed no acute damage in Beimel's arm. Beimel said no new tests were scheduled.
"I've been icing and did three rounds of treatment to try to kick (the inflammation) out of there," Beimel said. "Hopefully, that will work, and everything will be fine very shortly."
A 10-year veteran, Beimel is expected to be the Pirates' top left-handed reliever this season. He's in camp as a non-roster player but will make $1.75 million if he makes the big league team.
With only 12 days until Opening Day, is there enough time for Beimel to recover and get into game shape?
"I'm not sure what to say about that at this point," Beimel said. "It's definitely frustrating. I want to be out there pitching. But at the same time, I don't want to push it too hard to get ready for Opening Day and have a setback and be out for a lot longer. It's better to take care of it now and go from there."
On Friday, the Pirates claimed lefty Garrett Olson off waivers from the Seattle Mariners. Yesterday, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said his decision to acquire Olson wasn't influenced by Beimel's injury.


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2013 Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards (IELDS) provide reasonable expectations for children's growth, development, and learning in the preschool years.
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New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Two Tibetan youth staged a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday over the release of Tenzin Delek Rinponche's body.
The duo put up banner in front of the Chinese embassy to express their views and anger.
Earlier, Tibetans in-exile held a massive protest march against China on the fifth day after Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's death in prison.
The protest march was aimed at highlighting Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's sudden death in Chinese prison on July 12, the suspicious circumstances surrounding it and the cremation of his body in prison against the wishes of his family and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
The United States, the European Union and International Rights groups had called for the release of the 65-yeard-old, who was serving a 20-year sentence on charges of 'crimes of terror and incitement of separatism'. (ANI)


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The 47th annual Maurice Shulman family reunion was held June 22-26 in Vandalia.
Celebrated with the reunion were Maurice's 94th birthday (June 23) and Maurice's grandson Joe's recent master's degree graduation from Boston University (June 18).
No births, deaths or marriages occurred in the family this past year.
Twenty-seven of the 36 descendants of Maurice and Golda Shulman attended.
Present were Maurice Shulman of Vandalia;
Marion and Roslyn Torbeck of Vernon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday, July 14.
Marion Torbeck and the former Roslyn Meador were married on July 14, 1961, in Hagarstown.
They are the parents of one son, Kent and his wife Debbie Torbeck of Shobonier.
They have two grandchildren, Braden and Breanne.
Cards may be sent to them at: 2119 Burks Road, Vernon, Ill. 62892.
Don Adams of Vandalia (center) receives a certificate and pin from Temperance Lodge No. 16 Worshipful Master Tim McMillan (left) and Chaplain Winfred "Bud" Morrison in recognition of his 50 years of membership in the Masonic fraternity. As a 50-year member, Adams is now exempt from any further dues payments.
Gretchen Schaible and Mitchell Smith, both of Brownstown, have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Metro Church plans Kids Bible Kamp
Metro Community Church will host a Kids Bible Kamp next Monday through Thursday at Rogier Park in Vandalia. The daily camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon for children from age 4 years through sixth grade.
Under the theme of a "safari adventure," the event will include Bible stories, an obstacle course, sno cones, music and games.
For more information, call 283-3465.
Mother of Dolors plans rummage sale
Bond Christian Camp in Mulberry Grove hosted an all- day camp for first and second graders on Saturday, June 25.
"For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ" (1 Corinthians 12:12).
Enumerators representing the Illinois Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service will soon begin collecting data that will be used to estimate the corn and soybean yields that Illinois farmers will harvest this year.
Illinois USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Callahan announced that applications are being accepted for grants to provide financial assistance to independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives, majority-controlled producer-based business ventures and agricultural producer groups through the Value-Added Producer Grant Program.
Many area corn fields resemble rolling waves as the plants' height varies from 18 inches to 6 feet – depending on where the crops are in the field.
Standing water in low-lying fields has stunted plants, or, in some cases, killed them. Conversely, corn in well-drained fields is entering the silking phase.
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5: Heinz S.Amdt.5; To express the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense make provisions to ensure the protection of children of military families and single parents assigned to Operation Desert Storm.
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for Advanced Interconnect Systems Technologies
Supported by SRC (Semiconductor
Corporation), New York State, and IBM. SRC funding
comes from semiconductor industry manufactures and their suppliers.
Electron Scattering at Cu-interconnect Surfaces
Daniel Gall and Hong Guo
Daniel Gall, Department of Materials Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy , NY 12180
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Hong Guo, Department of Physics, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec , Canada H3A 2T8
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This is a combined theoretical and experimental study focusing on electron-scattering at the interfaces between Cu-interconnect and barrier layers. The resistivity will be calculated using ab inito density functional calculations based on a non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. Complementary experiments measure electron scattering using single-crystal Cu-layers. The primary goal is to understand specular versus diffuse electron scattering and to propose and test novel barrier configurations that reduce the size effect, that is, yield high-conductivity Cu lines at reduced length scales.
1. Problem to be addressed:
The electrical resistivity of Cu interconnects increases with decreasing line width. This so called "size effect" becomes important when the line width reaches length scales comparable to the room-temperature electron mean free path, determined by electron-phonon scattering, which is 39 nm. The resistivity of Cu lines in the 45 nm technology node are expected to be a factor of two above the 1.67 μ W-cm bulk resistivity value, if no technologically viable schemes can be developed to reduce the size effect. This resistivity increase, which becomes even more dramatic for nodes beyond 45 nm, represents a major challenge for the continuous device scaling as specified in the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. The proposed work will address some fundamental scientific issues that need to be resolved in order to suppress the size effect.
Electron scattering that contributes to the size effect can be divided into three processes: surface scattering, surface roughness, and grain boundary scattering. All three processes will need to be understood and controlled since each of them causes a contribution to the resistivity which is inversely proportional to the line width.
(a) Electron-surface scattering is not well understood and is the primary focus of the proposed investigation. In a classical (particle) view, the conduction electron follows a slightly curved trajectory (due to the applied field), scatters at the Cu surface (i.e. the Cu-Ta interface) and continues its path in a new direction. The scattering may be specular, that is, the electron momentum parallel to the surface is maintained. Alternatively, the scattering may be partially or completely diffuse, which means that the electron travels in a partially or completely random direction after scattering from the surface. The key issue for Cu-interconnect technology is to engineer surfaces which lead to specular rather than diffuse scattering. This will suppress the resistivity increase due to surface scattering.
Little is known about the quantum mechanical processes at the Cu surface that lead to specular versus diffuse scattering. The primary parameter of importance for such considerations is the distribution of the surface density of states (DOS) near the Fermi energy E f. Localized surface states with DOS(E f) > 0 are expected to yield non-specular scattering since momentum conservation is relaxed by the localization within the surface plane. A non-zero DOS(E f) outside of the Cu-line, as is the case with Ta adhesion/barrier layers, complicates the structure since scattering may occur not at the Cu surface but also within the barrier-layer, typically increasing the non-specular contribution as experimentally observed when comparing the effect of a Ta barrier layer with that of insulating Ta oxide. 5 In contrast, specular scattering occurs when coherent scattering from multiple centers within a plane causes constructive interference yielding momentum conservation parallel to the scattering plane. This process would be comparable to the reflection of light from a mirror. It requires a low probability for inelastic scattering at individual centers and also a planar distribution of scattering centers. It is the desired process for low-resistivity Cu-lines.
(b) Surface roughness increases the resistivity and becomes increasingly important as the line width decreases. This has been shown by Rossnagel and Kuan, 1, 2 using a Monte Carlo approach which is based on simple geometrical arguments to simulate classical electron trajectories. The simulation showed that a 5-nm-amplitude surface roughness will cause a ~30% increase in resistivity for a 60-nm-thick layer, but a 40% increase for a 20-nm-thick layer. Thus, it is clear that the surface roughness of Cu-interconnects will need to be controlled below a few nanometers in order to not compromise its good conductivity.
However, in addition to the geometrical effect of surface roughness mentioned above, there is also an atomistic effect of surface roughness that increases electron scattering. For example, a one-atom-high step at the surface will result in localized surface states which scatter conduction electrons. The surface step will also cause a strain-field which penetrates several atomic layers into the Cu-line and causes additional electron scattering. Almost nothing is known about the magnitude of this atomic-level roughness effect on resistivity. It will be addressed in the proposed investigation with the goal to provide (a) an estimate of its importance and (b) proposed ways to limit its effect.
(c)Grain boundary scattering increases with decreasing line width because the grain size typically scales with the feature width. This effect is a technological challenge and requires the growth of Cu grains that are longer than the line width, which may be achieved by secondary grain growth or directional (single-crystal) growth. Grain boundary scattering is, however, reasonably well understood and studied, , including recrystallization effects caused by Ostwald ripening 5 and the recently-reported low scattering coefficient on 111-twin boundaries. The proposed study will therefore not focus on grain boundary effects.
2. Objective
The overall objective of this research program is to develop a detailed understanding of electron scattering at the interface between the Cu line and various barrier-layers with the goal to provide the material and surface-structure requirements that lead to specular electron scattering.
3. Novelty
The primary novelty of the proposed work is to provide a clear understanding, from both experimental and theoretical approaches, on the electrical resistivity of nano-meter scale Cu lines, including attached barrier layers, from an atomistic point of view. Our theory will be completely from first principles using density functional theory (DFT) and state-of-art quantum transport formalisms, and will be applied to explain and predict experimental resistivity data of epitaxial single-crystal Cu layers, including Ta and TaN x overlayers, with surfaces that have been characterized on an atomic level by in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy.
The calculation will provide the quantum mechanical insight into scattering at the Cu surfaces, in particular the requirements for specular scattering. Such calculations have not been done before because (a) most DFT approaches are not well suited to self-consistently treat non-equilibrium processes like the proposed conductivity simulation which includes an externally applied potential, and (b) the magnitude of the system, approximately 1000 atoms for a 10 ´10 ´0.3 nm 3 2D-slab and ~100,000 atoms for a 10 ´10 ´10 nm 3, is only now beginning to become computationally feasible, due to increasing computer power, the emergence of O(N) methods, and the integration of multiple length scale techniques.
The complementary strength of theory and experiment will be exploited in parallel to maximize cross-fertilization, stimulation, and fast advancement of the project. For example, the experimentally measured atomic-level surface roughness will be included in the simulation and the resistivity of the identical conductor will be both measured and simulated. Also, the calculation will show novel barrier materials or arrangements that dramatically increase the specular scattering. Such a prediction could be quickly checked by experiment and further optimization by both theory and experiment would then follow.
4. Technical approach
(a) Simulations
We will employ DFT calculations within the Kedysh nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism, which is the most promising atomistic modeling technique for nanoelectronics. This NEGF-DFT technique was first developed by one of the PIs (Guo) and allows parameter-free analysis of devices with up to ~1000 atoms in the active region. It has been successfully applied to quantitatively predict transport properties in molecular, metallic, and carbon nanowires, and has lead to an understanding for electronic levels in molecular devices, vibrational excitations in transistors, tunnel junctions, , and non-equilibrium charge distribution in nanocapacitors. 9 This formalism is well suited for the proposed simulations since the transport problem, including open boundaries and external bias can be solved fully self-consistently and since the calculation cost for the Hamiltonian operator scales only linearly with the number of atoms involved, making this approach ideal for the calculation of large systems like a Cu-wire.
To simulate even bigger systems of up to one million atoms, we will use a novel tight binding (TB) model where the TB parameters are extracted from our NEGF-DFT calculation of smaller devices at non-equilibrium. Thereby, they reflect the transport boundary condition and external fields. This new "environmental" dependent TB model is being developed in our laboratory and is expected to be operational by the summer of 2005.
The described atomistic simulation techniques are the most state-of-the-art for transport modeling at the nanoscale and can simulate arbitrary atomic arrangements with any elemental composition, like the proposed Cu wires with specified atomic-level surface roughness and various barrier layers. Calculations will be performed using our in-house 700 node 1.3 Tflop Beowulf cluster computer.
(b) Experiments
Resistivity measurements will be done on epitaxial single-crystal Cu layers which will be deposited by ultra-high vacuum (UHV) magnetron sputter deposition on MgO(001) substrates. We will build on our ( Galls) expertise in the epitaxial layer growth on MgO(001) substrates - and the growth of single-crystal and polycrystalline Ta and TaN x layers for use as adhesion and barrier layers. - Single-crystal layers simplify the analysis of the size effect on resistivity since the absence of grain boundary scattering allows to more directly probe surface scattering.
We will employ in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to obtain atomic-level information on the surface roughness of the Cu and barrier layers. The surface roughness will be varied by the growth temperature as well as the ion-irradiation flux and energy during growth. These experiments are designed to measure the contribution of atomic-level roughness on the diffuse electron scattering at surfaces and interfaces which are expected to be related to localized electronic states as well as strain fields around surface irregularities.
We will utilize a UHV deposition system in Galls laboratory which is designed for epitaxial metal and nitride layer growth and also exhibits an attached STM chamber. It is very well suited for the proposed experiments which involve the deposition of Cu, Ta, and TaN x layers. The flexibility of the system, with ports for up to seven deposition sources, will allow to test new barrier layers that show promising specular electron scattering in the simulations.
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Pronunciation: kêm-praiz • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb, transitive
Meaning: 1. To include, contain, to be composed or made up of, as the whole comprises all its parts. 2. To make up, to constitute, as the parts of anything comprise the whole.
Notes: Today's Good Word has two senses, the first of which is the antonym of compose. while the second is a (near) synonym. Lack of awareness of the second meaning has led to the conclusion that in expressions like this, "The book is comprised of 12 chapters," comprised is misused. In fact, it is merely the passive participle of today's word correctly used in meaning No. 2, which has been around since at least the end of the 18th century.
In Play: Use comprise when you mean "contain" but wish to imply strict, precisely numbered or defined limits: "I think your plan comprises three discrete points that we should deal with independently" [not is comprised of]. We may also use this verb in the opposite direction, so to speak, meaning "make up": "Two of the three parts comprising your plan are already moot issues."
Word History: Today's Good Word is from the French compris, the past participle of comprendre "to include". This verb is the French version of Latin comprehendere from con "(together) with" + prehendere "to grasp". Prehendere may be broken down into pre+hend-ere, whose root, hend- comes from the PIE root ghe(n)d- "take, seize" with the Fickle N that comes and goes in Indo-European languages for reasons only it knows. Without the N it turns up in English get and guess, an attempt at getting it. (We are happy that William Strockbine, recently retired from SUNY Stony Brook, seized the moment and reminded us of the problems associated with today's word.)
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My pastor is at the apex of learning, especially in matters of interest to Alpha Agora. I know it was just a slip of the tongue, but last night he said his list of the main divisions of the Book of Acts compromised the entire book. Of course he meant comprised. instead of telling him, I am telling y'all.
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Welcome to Just Answer. I would induce vomiting to help remove some of the medication from her system. To get your little one to vomit:Three percent hydrogen peroxide is quite effective in making dogs vomit. Be sure to use three percent peroxide. Despite the label indicating that hydrogen peroxide is toxic, it is safe to give to dogs for this purpose. It is considered toxic since it induces vomiting and therefore does not stay in the body.The appropriate dose of hydrogen peroxide is one teaspoon per 10 pounds of body weight. One teaspoon equals 5 cc or 5 ml. Once the hydrogen peroxide is given, walk your dog around or gently shake the stomach area to mix the peroxide with the stomach contents. Vomiting should occur within 15 to 20 minutes.
1 acute dose at this range, shouldn't see much of a problem. Maybe some tachycardia and or agitation.
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:25:59 +1100, Fady Makar <fady dot makar at mapds dot com dot au> wrote:
> Hi All,
> This is the 2nd time it happened to me, I went to add a new rule and was
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> time it happens on a diiferent m0n0 to that of the first time, the first
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Ordinarily, civil servants have qualified immunity for actions arising from their official duties as government workers. But punishing a subordinate for testifying in a civil rights lawsuit clearly destroys that immunity.
Recent case: Martha was an administrative assistant for the Mountlake Terrace Police Department, primarily performing clerical duties such as answering the phone and making copies.
When a former police officer sued the department, alleging it violated his civil rights when he spoke out against the "war on drugs," Martha received a subpoena to testify under oath about what she knew. She told the court that the assistant police chief, who recommended firing the officer, had a reputation as a "back stabber."
Shortly after, the assistant chief told the police chief he thought Martha should be transferred and placed on probation. Soon, Martha found herself in a new job that required months of extra training. But just a few weeks later, the assistant chief recommended firing Martha for poor performance.
She sued, alleging that her termination was retaliation for testifying in a civil rights lawsuit. She added the assistant chief as a defendant. He claimed immunity.
The court rejected his request. It said that firing someone who testifies under subpoena in a civil rights suit violates that individual's free speech rights. Because that concept is well accepted, the assistant chief couldn't plead ignorance and wasn't entitled to immunity. (Karl v. City of Mountlake Terrace, No. 11-35343, 9th Cir., 2012)
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Inger Skjøstad of Arstad School in Hedmark, Norway, was one of the nominees in the Creative use of itslearning category during the Share & use Conference in Sandvika in 2010. She was nominated for her work with individual learning plans (ILPs) for pupils in 5th to 7th grade.
"In my opinion the ILP is the best feature in itslearning," says Inger.
The idea for the project came in the wake of a new assessment regulation that was introduced in Norway in 2009. With the regulation in mind, a group of teachers at Arstad School asked themselves: how can we use itslearning to cover the new criteria for on-going evaluation? Their creative solution was to use the ILP tool in itslearning as a digital work schedule.
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In itslearning, it is usually the mentor – or form teacher – that's responsible for maintaining the ILPs, while administrators are responsible for administrating the mentor's access to the ILPs.
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"Most teachers use the ILP as a plan for the competence and development based goals connected to the half-year assessment," Inger says. "But we wanted to use it on a daily basis as a working tool for the pupil, in which on-going assessment played a central role. We wanted to gather everything at the same place and make it as user-friendly as possible for pupils, teachers and parents."
The system used at Arstad enables teachers, pupils and parents to find all assessments for each week gathered at one place for all subjects – from languages to home economics.
Pupils are given permissions to edit two columns in the ILP called "I want to do this" and "Self-assessment". In the first column, the pupils select the tasks they want to do in order to reach the goal of the week in each subject. In the self-assessment column, the pupils describe their own work and tell the teachers what they have learned, what they have mastered and where they need more tutoring. This is done in all subjects, and result in a constructive dialogue between teacher and pupil.
The parents are happy too. They no longer have to search in bags, check different tests or search around in different courses in itslearning to find the teacher's comments or their child's assessments – everything is gathered at one place. Arstad School has created parent users, with their own username and password, so they can get full access to the ILP. As a result, itslearning enables teachers and parents to have an on-going dialogue about the child's goal achievements.
However, the system doesn't save Inger time – in fact, it's quite time-consuming. But, as she points out, instead of spending time on other tasks the workload is moved to assessment. Even though it requires some effort, teachers are rewarded with in-depth knowledge about each pupil, which makes it easy to adapt their teaching to suit their students' needs.
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Reflective Learning
Reflective learning skills
'It is not sufficient simply to have an experience in order to learn. Without reflecting upon this experience it may quickly be forgotten, or its learning potential lost. It is from the feelings and thoughts emerging from this reflection that generalisations or concepts can be generated. And it is generalisations that allow new situations to be tackled effectively.' (Gibbs 1988)
Reflective learning skills are often called upon as part of a practice-based assignment, project or work-placement.
Reflection is also a key element in Personal Development Planning.
Developing your skills of reflection enhances your learning experience, and reflection is increasingly used by employers in CPD (Continuning Professional Development) programmes, to enhance the performance of their employees. It involves stepping back from an event or experience to analyse it from different perspectives, with a view to improving future performance.
Learning Logs
A simple but effective way of getting to grips with the idea of reflection is to set 10 minutes aside each week to write a Learning Log - every Friday afternoon, for example. A learning log is a bit like a diary or portfolio, but it has set headings that encourage you to record key events/experiences since the last log, your reactions to them, and then reflect on them to draw out conclusions about what happened and determine any subsequent actions you should take.
Here are four things to record in a simple Learning Log :
- the experience/situation/event
- your initial reactions to it
- what you did
- what you learned from the experience/situation/event
Tips for using Learning Logs
- Make sure you keep your learning logs in a file or folder, so you can reflect on them again at a later stage. Reflection is better if it is a cumulative process.
- They may be very useful when compiling a Personal Development Plan or C.V., preparing for an interview, or for informing future assessment strategies based on your performance so far.
- Your perspectives change over time. What is really interesting is to go back and look at your observations once the dust has settled. You may identify patterns of thinking or behaviour, or come to different conclusions with the benefit of hindsight.
Reflection doesn't have to be done on your own in a darkened room! Talking over a situation or experience with someone can be an excellent way of starting to reflect – distancing yourself from it a little, breaking it down, looking at it from a different perspective, analysing what happened and why, and deciding how you would handle it differently next time.


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Two females from Albany, ages 21 and 17, are charged with stealing from Boscov's in Clifton Park Center, according to the New York State Police. They were arrested on Monday, March 24.
Aliza Sams, 17, and Lanesha Cancer, 21, are charged with Petit Larceny after security at the department store spotted the two shoving over $800 worth of merchandise into a Macy's bag. Sams and Cancer left the store without paying for the items and tried to run but were confronted and caught by Troopers almost immediately, police said.
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Quiet and clean Upon going there at 9pm, they charged a resort fee $15, which was not made aware at booking. Small room, not great view as described. Most of all the television was very small and was surprised to see that people still have these old televisions. The drive was good during the day, but on our way to the hotel at night, it was scary and the hotel entrance was not clear, so we drove past and had to come back.
We booked our stay on the way to the mountains. When we got there they did not have our type of room available so they upgraded our room! It was awesome! The view was breathtaking! The staff were all smiles and so friendly. The pillows were too firm. The ceiling fan in our bedroom did not work.
The staff was super friendly and went out of their way to make sure our needs were meet and they did it all in a sincere glad to do it manner. My mom has been sick for a long time and this was the first time she was able to travel and she had been wanting to go to the mountains . She said it was the best trip she ever took. I can't thank the staff enough for being so gracious. We will definitely be back.
Awesome serenity. Beautiful premises. Very professional staff. A real gem. There was an outdoor jacuzzi that was cold and not clean. I hoped we could use it. Balcony wood floors very slippery. Not enough dishes in the kitchen for the 5 of us.
The location. If yo have any sensitivity to mold, mildew or smells don't go here. The place was at one time, lovely but is in disrepair. There was paint peeling in the bathroom, the Jacuzzi did not work, window treatments were falling apart and the manager was unresponsive to complaints. The mold problems are unhealthy.
My husband and I had a wonderful stay at Blue Heaven Spa. The facility was very clean and had a calm environment. We both signed up for a couple massages during our stay and attended pottery classes. All of the staff were phenomenal. They were all very friendly, pleasant, and helpful throughout our stay. We left feeling relaxed and rejuvenated and hope that we can come back soon!
Location is great and it is rustic for the mountains. Price is pretty good. Bed comfortable. Only a sheer curtain on the window to the door leading outside shower took forever to get hot and it only was a trickle.No coffee refills left the second day. Walls were paper thin...heard a man cough in the room next door.
The location was nice. Water stains on the ceiling. Doors that wouldn't shut unless forced. Burns on the carpet. Broken ice machine. One completely flat, useless pillow each. Child sized bathroom. Shower that would go ice cold in the middle of my shower. Bed that doubled as a midevil torture device. We both came home with bachaches.
Everything was wonderful! Nothing! We have already booked our next stay!
The staff and food at the Bob Timberlake Restaurant were excellent! We did not have air conditioning in in our condo and sweated through our first 24 hours. We spent time we had planned for visiting in Blowing Rock standing in the lobby while the air condition problem was addressed. Then we spent more precious time packing up and moving to new accomadations in the resort.....probably should have received a free stay!
Comfy beds, magnificent staff, restaurant with a view onsite! Loved going swimming and sitting the Jacuzzi downstairs. Definitely a great place to visit during their off-season if you like having the place to yourself. Drains were slow, hot water took about 30 minutes to warm up (on the third floor), construction was happening during my stay.
location grounds rooms smell like wet dog poor tv's


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Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - The FBI admitted Thursday that a phrase it used to characterize the targets of prominent investigations has no defined meaning and that there are no official guidelines on its use. But the bureau denied it was trying to use the media to pressure a potential suspect.
A leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is pleased with the agency's candor, but not with its answers to his questions.
It was June 25, 2002 when the FBI got permission from former government bio-weapons expert Steven Hatfill to search his apartment in connection with the investigation of anthrax mailings that eventually killed five people. The bureau found nothing. Not convinced, investigators returned Aug. 1 with a search warrant. They again found nothing.
That did not, however, stop U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft from repeatedly identifying Hatfill to reporters and network television audiences as a "person of interest to the Justice Department."
Hatfill held two news conferences, against the advice of his attorney, to repudiate the "sort of" charges.
"I want to look my fellow Americans directly in the eye and declare to them, I am not the anthrax killer. I know nothing about the anthrax attacks. I had absolutely nothing to do with this terrible crime," Hatfill said Aug. 25.
"This assassination of my character appears to be part of a government-run effort to show the American people that it is proceeding vigorously and successfully with the anthrax investigation," he continued. "My life is being destroyed by arrogant government bureaucrats who are peddling groundless innuendo and half information about me to gullible reporters who, in turn, repeat this to the press under the guise of news."
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) - a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Justice Department - wrote Ashcroft Sept. 18 to determine what procedures the Justice Department had followed and what evidence it had examined in assigning the label, "person of interest," to Hatfill. Grassley received a response Thursday, from Assistant Attorney General Daniel Bryant.
"There is no formal definition for the term 'person of interest' to our knowledge, although we think that it is commonly understood to refer to an individual whom law enforcement officials seek to question in connection with a particular matter," Bryant wrote. "There is no formal or written federal policy governing the use of this term."
Bryant also responded to Hatfill's charge, that the Justice Department's use of the label was an attempt to deflect criticism of its fruitless investigation.
"The phrase was never used by the FBI or the Department of Justice to draw media attention to Dr. Hatfill," Bryant wrote. "On the contrary, the phrase was used to deflect media scrutiny from Dr. Hatfill and to explain that he was just one of many scientists who had been interviewed by the FBI and who were cooperating with the anthrax investigation."
Hatfill has completed his doctoral thesis, but not the actual degree and is frequently misidentified as "Dr. Hatfill" by both media outlets and government officials. He has publicly corrected the mistake on a number of occasions.
Grassley, in his Sept. 18 letter, also expressed his concern about the potential use of the phrase in the future.
"It is important that the government act according to laws, rules, policies and procedures, rather than make arbitrary decisions that affect individual citizens," Grassley wrote. "Does the DOJ/FBI intend to continue to publicly name individuals 'a person of interest?'"
Bryant noted that federal officials had used the term in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attack investigation, and would continue to do so.
"The department, including the FBI, will continue to provide information in matters of significant public interest," Bryant wrote.
But part of Bryant's justification for that decision seems to support Hatfill's contention, that the Justice Department named him a "person of interest" to convince the public progress was being made in the investigation.
"Our efforts in this regard are informed by concern for the confidentiality of our investigations, the privacy interests of the individuals who may be involved," Bryant concluded, "and the public's understandable need for reassurance that law enforcement is taking all appropriate steps to investigate criminal misconduct."
Grassley said he appreciates the Justice Department's responses to his questions.
"I also appreciate the department's candidness that the action regarding Mr. Hatfill and his employment is unprecedented, and that there is no formal policy, level of evidentiary standard, procedure, or formal definition for the term 'person of interest,'" Grassley said. Government agencies need to be mindful of the power they wield over individual citizens, and should exercise caution and good judgment when they use that power."
Because of the ongoing criminal investigation, Grassley said he would reserve further comment because he cannot "have a fully-informed opinion about these matters."
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At a recent Saint Joseph's University event — one which was supposed to examine Israel's 60th anniversary from the perspective of Catholic-Jewish relations — the two participants actually spent a good part of the time discussing Islam, especially the struggle in the Muslim world between religious moderates and those extremists now calling for a jihad against the West.
The Jewish voice at the program, Rabbi Eugene Korn — who directs the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. — argued that the paramount question facing the Middle East is whether or not the majority of Muslims will be able to adapt to non-Muslims living in the region as equals.
Korn, who previously directed interreligious affairs for the Anti-Defamation League, said that such a development would obviously be important for Jews and the State of Israel, but also for Christians of all denominations, who in recent years have faced increased persecution in places like Egypt, Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
He cited the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, where, in the past 15 years, the Christian population has dropped from 80 percent of the total population to less than 20 percent, all due, he claimed, to hostility directed toward Christians.
"I would argue that the more Israel is accepted in the Middle East, the more the issue of equality and dignity of non-Muslims will be accepted," said Korn, author of the recently published The Jewish Connection to Israel, the Promised Land: A Brief Introduction for Christians.
The program's other speaker, Eugene J. Fisher — who for many years was considered the Vatican's point-person on Catholic-Jewish relations within the United States — retired last year, after serving for 30 years as associate director emeritus of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
He said that, while for centuries the Catholic Church steadfastly held to the notion that it was the one true faith and all others were inferior, such thinking began to change largely as the result of the experience of American Catholics with pluralism and diversity. These Catholics, he said, in turn, influenced and helped liberalize the Vatican.
Fisher expressed hope that American Muslims would ultimately have the same kind of impact on the practice and thought of Islam throughout the world, especially in the Mideast.
Roughly 100 people attended the program, according to Father Donald Clifford, director of the Jewish-Catholic Institute of Saint Joseph's University, which hosted the event.
"For me — for many in my Catholic community — this is a truly joyful affair," said Fisher, referring to Israel's 60th anniversary.
Of course, for most of Israel's existence, no formal ties existed between the Jewish state and the Holy See. The Vatican did not recognize Israel and establish diplomatic relations until 1994.
Oslo Changed Things
Fisher noted that the 1993 Oslo accords proved to be the catalyst for the Vatican. He said that once the Palestinians recognized Israel — which Pope John Paul II then visited in 2000 — there remained no obstacles to the Catholic Church doing so.
During the question-and-answer session, Burt Siegel, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, asked why the Catholic Church — which initiated a rapprochement with Judaism in the 1960s with the Second Vatican Council — maintains a much more positive view of the Jewish state than several mainline Protestant churches.
For example, next month the United Methodist Church is expected to consider divestment measures against businesses that deal with Israel when its policy-making body meets in Texas.


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United States Soccer Federation (USSF) president Sunil Gulati was elected to FIFA's executive committee by CONCACAF on Friday, defeating Mexico's Justino Compean by one vote.
Gulati replaces fellow American Chuck Blazer, whose term had ended and who opted not to stand again after allegations of financial mismanagement at the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation. Blazer denies any wrongdoing.
Compean, president of the Mexican Football Federation, received 17 of the 35 votes available from full FIFA members within CONCACAF at its congress.
Gulati will represent the North American part of CONCACAF within soccer's world governing body.
As expected, CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb, a FIFA vice-president, was elected unopposed from the Caribbean region of CONCACAF.


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When I go to games (and hopefully I'll be going to quite a few) and do my post-game quotes … I know Jane and Sam would put up audio. I don't know how to do that, and personally I'd rather read quotes than listen. But that's just me.
So, my question is, do you prefer written quotes or audio. If I could figure out how to put up the audio, it would probably be easier for me than transcribing … then again, given my tech aptitude, it might be harder. Just asking. Not promising. Thoughts?
I have a 10:30 appointment (no, not Mr. Titleist, darn it). The Rangers practice at 10. The appointment is about 20 minutes from practice. So I don't think I could possibly get from there to the rink and still catch any of the workout or interviews. But if I can, I will. Just don't bet on it.
I will get to a practice later in the week for sure.
Four days until the Opener.
4: Lou Gehrig. Robert Gordon Orr. Brett "I'm comin' back" Favre.
4: Ron Greschner. Kevin Lowe (I cannot emphasize enough what he meant to the Rangers in his brief tenure; and how influential he was in holding it all together when the Devils scored with 7.7 seconds left in Game 7).
We forgot to mention this anniversary yesterday:
I'll just give you the transaction line. You can figure it out yourselves.
October 4, 1991: Traded to NY Rangers by Edmonton with future considerations (Jeff Beukeboom for David Shaw, November 12, 1991) for Bernie Nicholls, Steven Rice and Louie DeBrusk,
Is it really 19 years ago?


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Global banking giant Citi plans to double staff in its trade finance business in Australia as it strives to double market share from 6 per cent to 12 per cent over the next three years.
Trade finance is attractive because global trade, particularly in the Asian region, is growing strongly. Australian imports are up an average of nearly 5 per cent over the past five years while exports are up 8 per cent.
But trade finance is attractive to banks for other reasons. Because the business is very secure and short term, banks won't have to hold much capital against it under new Basel III banking regulations.
Citi's Asia-Pacific region head of transaction services, Amol Gupte, told this column that the combination of market growth and capital efficiency made it an extremely attractive line of business. Citi is far from unique in this view.
Not only are the big four in Australia beefing up trade finance but they're screwing down on business lines that will incur higher capital weightings under the new regulations. As ANZ Banking Group's
Not so attractive, in fact nearly dead in the water, is a business like project finance, which requires a much longer commitment of funds, is higher risk and has very high capital backing. In the case of commercial property, it also has a high capital risk.
Last week's AFR Future Forum with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chairman
A sustainable return on capital, properly weighted for risk, should always be paramount for financial services companies but in the abnormal liquidity bubble before the crisis it was all too easy to forget.
The regulatory focus is now on real capital, basically equity and near equity, measured against assets more realistically weighted for risk. While there is no clear relationship between that ratio – a bank's leverage – and its risk profile, it is widely accepted the lower the leverage the safer the bank.
Australian banks, as Laker, Kelly and Hirst emphasised last week, are well capitalised, indeed more highly capitalised than most markets around the world. They are also better placed to grow capital organically because they are profitable – retained earnings are the simplest way to build equity.
Compare that with the debacle in Britain on Friday, where the Bank of England was rolled by other regulators and the government on the need for more capital. Not only do Britain's banks not have the capital of Australian banks, they don't have the earnings outlook. And because the government is a major shareholder in several banks, creating a massive conflict, it has caused regulatory infighting.
That's one of many reasons shareholders like Australian banks. Another is their return on equity remains above 15 per cent. But dividends are also a huge factor – the Australian banks have extraordinary dividend yields.
So some are thinking (the bank reporting season added fuel to this) that because the banks are growing capital and have already passed the Basel III requirements – while capital-demanding credit growth is weak and the banks are focusing on less capital-intensive businesses – maybe they have excess capital? Maybe even higher dividend payout ratios are possible?
The banks themselves implicitly encourage this line by focusing on "cash profits" in their results, stripping out what they say are accounting effects and abnormal profits and losses. It is real cash, after all, that determines the sustainability of dividends. According to KPMG's analysis, the majors had total cash profits of $25.2 billion for the 2011-12 year, up 3.7 per cent. And they have delivered steady cash earnings growth for three years.
However, Macquarie's banks research team headed by Mike Wiblin has taken a good hard look at this by analysing actual cash flow rather than bank statements. Macquarie calls it "adjusted operating cash flow" and while this adjusted number tracks the banks' reported cash earnings over the long term, there are significant periods when the reported earnings diverge from Macquarie's analysis of cash flow, often due to differing management definitions of "profit".
Critically, Macquarie's analysis shows a deteriorating trend in bank cash earnings, which will ultimately play into the capital debate and, most importantly from an investor's perspective, dividends.
"The sector's 'cash conversion' has been declining, driven by stalling cash flow from operations, rising write-offs and capex investment 'cash burn'. These symptoms are usually dividend sustainability warning signals," Macquarie says in a new report, Cash is King.
"While the banks have the ability to mask dividend sustainability issues via capital issuance [via dividend reinvestment programs] and delevering [reducing leverage], this analysis suggests there remains risk to dividends from rising write-offs, stalling demand and the fact that current capex is more about maintenance than growth in cash flow."
Macquarie defines cash conversion as the ratio of adjusted operating cash flow to reported profit. So the analysis demonstrates the gross cash dividend payout has increased to almost record levels, hence the concerns about dividend sustainability.
Using Macquarie's analysis, dividend payout ratios are sitting above 90 per cent of cash earnings and are indeed heading to 100 per cent.
"Effectively the dividend quality of the sector is not what it used to be two to three years ago," Macquarie concludes.
The focus on capital efficiency is one way banks can rebuild this buffer, as is lowering cash costs so those elements will obviously remain a focus.
The market is slowly and reluctantly coming to terms with its darling sector – even more so since the financial crisis – facing much tougher conditions with low system growth and higher regulatory costs.
Dividends were one of the buoys in those rough waters. Macquarie has delivered a solid warning that buoy may not be as secure as many investors have come to believe. And the prospect of any sort of capital return is far less likely.
Amendments to Australia's Privacy Act passed last week are a welcome tool to allow better decisions on credit in the community.
The debate between so-called positive and negative credit scores is long running. Australia has had the latter, which meant lenders only had access to "negative" data such as defaults but very limited access to broader data such as number of accounts, limits and other risk factors. For responsible lending to be a reality lenders must be able to properly judge risk. In so doing they can, as opponents have suggested, lend more but that will be to those better able to pay, and less to those less able to pay.
According to credit analysts Dun & Bradstreet chief executive Gareth Jones, "this important reform will permit financial institutions to record whether people are paying their financial commitments on time". The new regime, however, means missed payments as well as actual delinquencies will be tracked.
Monash University's Professor Steve Worthington has studied the issue and says "the new comprehensive credit reporting regime will hopefully help to reduce both irresponsible borrowing by consumers and irresponsible lending by credit providers".
"This co-destruction of value is demonstrated by three in-depth case studies in an article in The Marketing Review, which describes how individuals have been able to extend their credit into extreme debt and their various lenders have not always been aware of the full extent of their borrowings."
On a less positive note, last week we also copped the Senate Economics References Committee report into "The post-GFC banking sector", a collection of the bleeding obvious demonstrating what a waste of taxpayers' money so many of these inquiries are.
The recommendations were obvious, particularly the support of
It's not that these inquiries make bad recommendations, they just make obvious ones and studiously ignore the existing body of research – and other parliamentary inquiries – which make the work redundant.
Twitter: @cornellafr
The Australian Financial Review


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|NH pair named All-State
|Bobby "Butch" Burney | News-Telegram Sports Editor
March 27, 2004 -- Sophomore Katie Williams and senior Michael James each averaged a double-double for their North Hopkins teams this season, and those accomplishments didn't go unnoticed.
Williams and James were both voted to the Class 1A All-State Second Team by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, and they were two of five Hopkins County players to be named All-Region.
The honorary teams were released earlier this week after voting by the state's high school coaches.
In addition to the All-State honor, James was a First Team pick for the Class 1A, Region III squad after averaging 17 points and 13 rebounds per game this season. He was Co-MVP of the district as well.
Williams was a First Team selection for the Class 1A, Region III team. Joining her on the First Team was Sulphur Bluff junior Ashley Pettit, who helped the Lady Bears to a state quarterfinal berth. On the Second Team was North Hopkins junior Sara Weir, who led the Lady Panthers in scoring and shared the district MVP honor with Williams.
Sulphur Springs senior Brandi Crouch, the Lady Cats' top scorer, 3-point shooter, assist and steals leader, was a Second Team All-Region II pick in Class 4A after being named the district Offensive MVP.
Other area players on the All-State and All-Region teams included:
Class 2A boys -- Cooper senior Geoff Wall, First Team All-State and All-Region; Cooper senior Tristian Jeffery, Second Team All-Region.
Class 3A boys -- Mount Vernon senior Cameron Bogue, Second Team All-Region.
Class 3A girls -- Winnsboro senior Katie Cook, First Team All-State and All-Region; Winnsboro junior Whitney Huffman, Second Team All-State and First Team All-Region; Mount Vernon freshman Jayme Adair, Second Team All-Region.
Class 4A boys -- Greenville junior Justin Wilkerson, First Team All-State and All-Region.
Class 4A girls -- Greenville senior Brittany Barker, Second Team All-State and First Team All-Region.
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Active Launches Hyperlocal Activity Site
San Diego-based
, the operator of online sports and community activity registration sites, said this morning that it has expanded into the hyperlocal information market, with the launch of a new, local Bay Area activity guide. Active said the new, hyperlocal Active.com Bay Area site provides information on sporting events, fitness activities, and other things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as discounts on gear and activities through its Schwaggle program. Active.com did not say if it had plans for other hyperlocal sites.
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