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|26 mai 2009
|Date de dépôt
|17 févr. 2005
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|24 févr. 2004
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|Konstantinos Adam
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|Konstantinos Adam
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The present application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/062,513, filed Jul. 26, 2004, and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications No. 60/591,560, filed Jul. 26, 2004, titled "OPC SIMULATION MODEL USING SOCS DECOMPOSITION OF EDGE FRAGMENTS," and No. 60/547,129, filed Feb. 24, 2004, titled "PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING," which are herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to photolithography general and the modeling of layout designs in particular.
To produce modern microdevices such as integrated circuits with photolithographic techniques, most photolithographic reticles or masks employ some sort of resolution enhancement technology (RET). Examples of RETs include optical and process correction (OPC, sometimes also called optical proximity correction), phase shifters, subresolution assist features, off-axis illumination and other techniques that, in effect, allow for precompensation of distortions that occur in a lithographic patterning system in order to improve the ability of the system to print a desired pattern of objects on a semiconductor wafer.
To apply these RETs, the effect of these distortions on the actual geometric structures of a microdevice must be predicted. This prediction is usually done using simulation tools that correspond to the various aspects of the imaging and pattern process, including the lithographic imaging, the development and baking of the photoresist, and etching or deposition to form the final device structures. For the application of conventional RETs to semiconductor integrated circuits, the data for each critical layer of an IC is examined using various simulators, and the impact of the distortions assessed. When the resulting features are predicted to be outside of predetermined tolerance ranges, the data defining the layer is altered to compensate for the distortions.
These alterations or corrections are typically carried out at the time the device design undergoes final physical verification. As shown in
In a conventional image intensity model, the light passing through various portions of the mask is modeled as a binary process with 100% light transmission occurring in transparent areas 60 on the mask and 0% transmission occurring in opaque areas 62 of the mask. Alternatively, if other types of masks are used such as alternating and attenuating phase-shifting instead of chrome-on-glass (COG), a simplistic model is generally assumed where the mask model is still "binary" but the transmission and phase of the various mask areas receive appropriate values (6% transmission with 180 degree phase for attenuating PSM and 100% transmission with 180 degree phase for alternating PSM).
In fact, phase-shifting masks can have fairly complicated 3-dimensional structures, and are far from "binary". Common phase-shifting structures are created by creating topographic structures in the surface of the mask. These are illustrated in
The topographic patterns on the mask, however, can also have unintended properties. For the phase shifting structure shown in
Various techniques can be used to compensate for these effects. One is to use a more complicated etch procedure, in which an "undercut" behind the opaque material is formed. This is illustrated in
It is known that applying the simplistic "binary" model of the mask transmission will not accurately describe the images of the mask, and therefore produces errors in the application of RETs to the mask layout. While more sophisticated mask models for computing accurate 3-dimensional electromagnetic fields at photomasks are known, such as the product TEMPEST developed at UC Berkeley and now offered for sale by Panoramic Technologies, they have not been implemented in software for the verification and RET processing of full chip integrated device designs because the models are computationally intensive. Using such a solver for all the millions of feature edges in a typical IC layout would take an impractically long amount of time—days or even weeks. Results are desired in minutes or hours at the longest. Given these problems, there is a need for a system for improving the accuracy of image intensity calculations without significantly increasing processing time.
To address these and other concerns, the present invention is a method for computing the image intensity within an area of a wafer when using partially coherent illumination of three-dimensional features on a mask.
In one embodiment, the image intensity on a wafer is calculated within an area referred to as a window of relevance. Features or portions thereof that correspond to the window of relevance on the wafer are decomposed into a number of two-dimensional areas and into a number of edges using a Sum Of Coherent Systems (SOCS) algorithm that associates lookup tables that store data related to the contribution to the image intensity from each area and from each edge. Each lookup table contains data that is calculated under different illumination and coherency conditions or mask fabrication parameters. The various lookup tables are addressed and data combined to determine the overall illumination intensity within the window of relevance.
The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will become more readily appreciated as the same become better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
As indicated above, the present invention is a system for estimating image intensity at any position on a wafer due to illumination of a mask containing three-dimensional features during photolithographic processing. The invention can be used prior to or during the application of one or more resolution enhancement techniques (RETs) that improve the ability of a photolithographic imaging system to print a desired pattern of objects on a wafer.
σK is a weight and hK is a kernel, and m is the binary mask model discussed above. Equation 1 is also known as a "Kirchhoff decomposition." Because multiple kernels are used in estimating the image intensity, there is a separate lookup table of the type shown in
A complete description of the more accurate mask model used to produce the graphs in
To better simulate the image intensity on a wafer due to the illumination of a three dimensional object on a mask for the real time use in OPC or other RET enhancement tools, the present invention also considers the effects of the edges of the mask features on the image intensity calculated in the window of relevance.
To produce a more accurate estimate of the image intensity at any given point on the wafer, the present invention takes into consideration the effects of the horizontal, vertical or diagonally oriented edges of the one or more features in the window of relevance when exposed under different illumination conditions (field polarization and coherency properties). The SOCS algorithm decomposes the one or more features in the window of relevance into a number of areas and into a number of edges that may be vertical, horizontal, diagonal or oriented in some other direction within the window of relevance and uses lookup tables that are pre-calculated for the exposure conditions for each area and edge in order to calculate the overall image intensity.
Unlike the conventional SOCS decomposition, the Kirchhoff model decomposition shown in
In addition to computing the Kirchhoff decomposition as shown in
For the example shown in
As with a conventional SOCS algorithm, the process is repeated using lookup tables populated with data for each kernel used in the calculation.
The following equations define how the partial results computed as shown in
i=(i xx +i yy)/2 (Eq.2)
i xx(x,y)≈Σi xxk(x,y), where i xxk(x,y)=σxxk |h xxk(x,y){circle around (×)}m x(x,y)|2 (Eq.3)
i yy(x,y)≈Σi yyk(x,y), where i yyk(x,y)=σyyk |h yyk(x,y){circle around (×)}m x(x,y)|2 (Eq.4)
where i is the intensity in the window of relevance and ixx is the intensity due to the illuminative light that is linearly polarized parallel to the x direction in the window of relevance and iyy is the intensity due to the illumination light that is linearly polarized parallel to the y direction in the window of relevance, mx is the mask transmission function under linear-x polarization that includes the additional correction signals per edge as shown in
The convolution products that constitute the lookup tables (convolution of mask primitives with respective kernels) are best computed in the Fourier domain where the spectrum of the kernels and the spectrum of the primitive mask transmission function are utilized. Other ways can be used for the computation of such convolution products such as direct numerical computation of the convolution operation
As can be seen, the present invention utilizes the SOCS algorithm to produce a more accurate estimate of the image intensity at any point on a wafer in a way that is not computationally intensive by utilizing lookup tables associated with each of the horizontal and vertical edge fragments of the feature within a window of relevance.
Although the present invention is shown and described with respect to edges in the window of relevance that are parallel and perpendicular, it will be appreciated that other edges can be calculated such as diagonal edges or, in general, edges of arbitrary orientation in the layout. Lookup tables for each edge orientation that is present in the layout can be created similarly according to the methodology shown in
The computer system 300 may be a stand-alone system of a distributed computer network. Furthermore, the computer system 300 may be located in another country and may transmit the file 306 into the United States or its territories.
Although the invention has been described as a technique for improving the computation time of intensities arising from 3D structures such as phase shifters on photomasks for the fabrication of integrated circuits, it will be appreciated that this may be useful for the fabrication of any device where these process distortions can be corrected using these techniques. These devices may include the photomask itself, integrated optical devices, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), optical recording and data storage devices, biochips, and any other application where fast and accurate computation of an image is needed.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be appreciated that various changes can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be determined from the following claims and equivalents thereof.
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Harvy Organ's: The Daily Gold & Silver Report
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Today's commentary will be rather on the short side.
Gold closed today down $46.50 courtesy of a massive raid by head banker JPMorgan. The comex closing price was $1809.80. The silver price followed suit falling by $1.41 to $40.16. Today we woke up with all of Europe's bourses in the red:
German Dax: down 117.60 or 2.27%
London FTSE: down 74.17 or 2.70%
Paris CAC: down 119.78 or 4.03%
Portugal: down 253.00 or 4.19%
Belgium down 64.81 or 3.06%
the Dow which was down most of the day over 100 points did another Hail Mary and finished up 69 points which is quite laughable.
The European banks are in severe trouble. Here are some of the percentage losses of the major banks in Europe:
Deutsche Bank( Germany's largest bank) down 8% today.
Societe Generale (the second biggest bank in France) down 11%
BNParibas (France's largest bank) down 11%
Credit Agriole: (France's third largest bank) down 12%
Nation Bank of Greece down 7%
The Greek 1 yr bonds are now trading at a one yr yield of 111%.
Europe is burning to the ground!!
courtesy (zero hedge)
Greek 1 Year Bond Yield: 111.7%
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/12/2011 07:42 -0400
For those of you who were wondering why the Dow went from minus 100 to positive 69 in a few minutes.
Here is the reason courtesy of zero hedge: (China bailing out Europe???..give me a break!!)
Market Soars Following Latest "China Bails Out Europe" Rumor: Expected Rumor Half Life – 15 Minutes
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/12/2011 14:48 -0400
Let head over to the comex and assess the damage today.
The pundits were talking about liquidation of all assets as markets tumbled. They even mentioned that there was gold and silver liquidation. The problem here is that is just not true.
The total gold open interest rose by 3960 contracts to 518,158 from 514,198. The front options expiry month continues to baffle everyone. The OI for September actually rose again from 221 to 256 for a gain of
35 contracts despite 32 deliveries on Friday. For the 5th straight day, the bankers provided physical metal out of comex inventory to investors who badly needed the metal. This is the real story of the day..not the big downdraft in the gold price. I have highlighted this to the CME/CFTC officials. The Oct open interest which is 3 weeks away hardly budged falling by a tiny 200 contracts to 32,808. The big December contract OI
rose by 6000 contracts to 346,032 and no doubt that this will be the ultimate battleground for supremacy of gold metal. The estimated volume at the gold comex today was quite high at 210,290 considering that we had tiny switches. The confirmed volume on Friday was huge at 290,539 as the bankers are pulling no punches.
The total silver comex OI continues to trade in a narrow band of 113,000 contracts. Today the OI rose by 170 contracts to 113,383. These are all in strong hands and I doubt if any silver leaves will fall. They can huff and they can puff but no silver leaves will fall from the silver tree. The front delivery month of September saw its OI fall from 615 to 530 for a loss of 85 contracts. We had only 1 delivery on Friday so we lost 84 contracts to cash settlements.
It seems that all settlements are done by cash and not actual metal. The big December contract saw its OI
remain relatively constant at 77,220 contracts. This next data point is totally amazing: the estimated volume today was 39,067. The confirmed volume on Friday is 43,288. It seems many are just abandoning the silver comex due to its high margins. It thus is becoming a truly physical bourse.
Inventory Movements and Delivery Notices for Gold: Sept 12.2011:
Withdrawals from Dealers Inventory in oz
Withdrawals fromCustomer Inventory in oz
32 (Manfra)
Deposits to the Dealer Inventory in oz
Deposits to the Customer Inventory, in oz
No of oz served (contracts) today
5600 (56)
No of oz to be served (notices)
20,000 (200)
Total monthly oz gold served (contracts) so far this month
241,900 (2419)
Total accumulative withdrawal of gold from the Dealers inventory this month
98 oz
Total accumulative withdrawal of gold from the Customer inventory this month
43,233 oz
The gold vaults had very little activity today.
Again the dealer had no deposit of gold and no withdrawal of gold.
The customer only had a very tiny withdrawal of 32 oz from Manfra.
We had a very tiny adjustment of two ounces added to the dealer HSBC, and one oz removed from the customer at an HSBC vault. The registered gold inventory rests tonight at: 1.851 million oz.
The CME notified us that today we had 56 notices or 5600 oz served upon our longs today.
The total number of gold oz served thus far total 2419 or 241900 oz of gold.
To obtain what is left to be served upon, I take the OI standing (256) and subtract out today's deliveries (56) which leaves me with exactly 200 contracts left to be served upon or 20,000 oz.
Thus the total number of gold oz standing in this non delivery month is as follows:
241,900 oz (served) + 20,000 (oz to be served) = 261,900 oz or 8.146 tonnes.
On Friday we had 255,200 oz standing or 7.937 tonnes.
We have been advancing for the past 5 days despite this being on an options expiry month.
There are many entities out there wishing physical metal and they are raiding the comex.
|Withdrawals from Dealers Inventory
|Withdrawals fromCustomer Inventory
|119,646(Delaware, HSBC, Scotia))
|Deposits to theDealer Inventory
|Deposits to the Customer Inventory
|1,174,358 (Brinks, Scotia)
|No of oz served (contracts)
|5,000 (1)
|No of oz to be served (notices)
|2,645,000 (529)
|Total monthly oz silver served (contracts)
|5,050,000 (1010)
|Total accumulative withdrawal of silver from the Dealersinventory this month
|Total accumulative withdrawal of silver from the Customerinventory this month
Let's commence with the silver activity.
Again the dealer had no deposit of silver and no withdrawals. The entire action was with the customer.
The customer had the following deposit of silver into the various vaults;
1. 574,200 oz of silver entered Brinks
2. 600,158 oz entered Scotia.
total deposit: 1,174,358 oz
There were 3 withdrawals of silver from the various vaults;
1. 1064 oz from Delaware
2. 15,154 oz from HSBC
3. 103,428 oz from Scotia.
total withdrawal: 119,646 oz
there was an adjustment of 1 oz out of the customer.
The registered silver inventory rests tonight at: 32.048 million oz
The total of all silver (eligible and registered) totals 104.08 million oz.
The CME officials announced today another biggy delivery: ONE CONTRACT only.
And this is a delivery month!!
The one notice of a delivery equates to 5000 oz. The total number of notices filed so far this month total
1010 contracts or 5,050,000 contracts. To obtain what is left to be served upon, I take the OI standing
(530 ) and subtract out today's deliveries (1) which leaves me with 529 notices or 2,645,000 oz left to be served upon.
Thus the total number of silver oz standing in this delivery month is as follows;
5,505,000 (oz served) + 2,645,000 (oz to be served) = 7,695,000 oz.
we had a reading on Friday of 8,115,000 so we lost again considerable silver to cash settlements.
And the world is totally oblivious to this fraud. All contracts must be settled in real silver and real gold.
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Emanuel Bowen was a print and map seller by trade, he was also engraver to both George II and Louis XV of France. From 1714 onwards he worked in London and began to produce some of the finest and most appealing maps of that era. He had great plans to publish a complete County Atlas, however he simply did not have the means to achieve this alone; so he joined forces with another map-maker, Thomas Kitchin, and together they published 'The Large English Altas'.
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Rangers close deal with Vizquel
ARLINGTON -- Omar Vizquel, who has played more games at shortstop than anybody in Major League history, is officially with the Rangers and coming to camp as a candidate to be their utility infielder. The Rangers announced on Wednesday that Vizquel has agreed to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. He will earn a base salary of $1 million if he makes the team, plus incentives. The Rangers' signing of Vizquel comes after they announced last week that Michael Young was moving to third base to make room for 20-year-old shortstop Elvis Andrus. Vizquel gives the Rangers an option at shortstop if Andrus, who has yet to play above Double-A, is deemed not ready for the Major Leagues. But it's more likely that Vizquel will be looked at as a utility infielder, even though he has spent his entire career as a shortstop.
"He's a possible Hall of Famer and a winner," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He's somebody who cannot only help us on defense, but he's somebody who can teach guys how to play fundamentally sound. He brings a lot." Vizquel, 41, is a three-time All-Star and an 11-time Gold Glove winner who is entering his 21st season in the Major Leagues. He was originally signed by the Mariners in 1984 and made his Major League debut in 1989. The Mariners traded him to the Indians on Dec. 20, 1993, and he spent 11 years in Cleveland as the shortstop on six division championship teams. John Hart traded shortstop Felix Fermin to the Mariners for Vizquel and once said it was the best trade he made as the Indians general manager. Vizquel left as a free agent after the 2004 season and spent the last four years with the Giants. He won two Gold Gloves with the Giants and is second all-time among shortstops to Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, who won 13.
Vizquel has played 2,654 games at shortstop, the most in Major League history, but has played just one game at second base. That was back in 1991. He has never played third base at the Major League level.But the Rangers need a backup shortstop more than they need somebody at third or second. Young and second baseman Ian Kinsler play every day while Vizquel can give Andrus days off against tough pitchers and keep the rookie from being overexposed offensively. Vizquel is renown for his superb defense but has been a productive offensive player in his career. He is a lifetime .273 hitter with a career high of .333 in 1999. He is currently the career active leader with 2,082 singles and 239 sacrifice hits. He is third with 2,657 hits, fourth with 385 stolen bases and 14th with 1,361 runs scored. He hit just .222 for the Giants in 2008 after beginning the season on the disabled list because of surgery on his left knee, his lowest average since his rookie season in 1989.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mac is back and the fans just love it
John McEnroe is a tennis legend.
His fiery appearances as a player at Wimbledon during the 1970s and 80s were as entertaining as they were successful and yet the crowds always relished the chance to get behind his opponents.
Since retiring from professional tennis, 'Mac' has combined a thriving career playing on the Senior Tour and his responsibility as the US Davis Cup captain with a flourishing broadcasting role.
Youngest player
McEnroe was 18 when he first qualified for Wimbledon and went on to become the youngest player to reach the semi-finals in 1977.
A few years later he ended Bjorn Borg's reign at the All England Club, winning the singles title for the first time in 1981 and repeating the feat in 1983 and 1984 to add to his five doubles titles at Wimbledon.
As McEnroe rampaged through the Grand Slam tournaments, winning four US Open singles and doubles titles, so his profile grew in stature.
Controversial side
Undeniably talented, the controversial side of the Irish American's character attracted both fans and critics on and off the court and this factor was what appealed most to the media world.
After Jimmy Connors fell out with American television network CBS over payment for his contributions, the broadcaster offered McEnroe his first real chance in front of the cameras.
His straight talking won more contracts with other networks, before the BBC stepped up.
Mixed response
His lively and informative commentaries have been well received by British audiences, although he continues to draw a mixed response to his subjective views on the game.
This has been evident from the many emails filling BBC Sport Online's inbox, though the overwhelming majority seem to be in his favour.
But, as ever, McEnroe does not seem to have let whatever anybody else feels affect him in any way.
So far he has stopped short of calling anybody "the pits of the world"... but the tournament has only just begun.
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Not too many years ago it was considered risque to wear tight-fitting clothes while pregnant, let alone show off your gorgeous baby bump in its flesh!
Let's take a moment to thank Demi Moore who single-handedly changed this archaic way of thinking. While pregnant with her second daughter with Bruce Willis, Demi posed for the August 1991 edition of Vanity Fair baring her baby bump. This groundbreaking picture – dubbed "More Demi Moore" – had a lasting impact on society.
Since then, many other pregnant celebs have proudly displayed their baby bumps.
Click below to see who later bared their bumps….
- Britney Spears (Q Magazine, Nov. 2006)
- Monica Bellucci (Vanity Fair [Italy], Jul. 2004)
- Cindy Crawford (W, Jun. 1999)
- Christina Aguilera (Marie Claire, Jan. 2008)
- Halle Berry (InStyle, Feb. 2008)
- Eva Herzigova (Vanity Fair [Italy], Feb. 2007)
- Paz Vega (ELLE [Spain], Aug. 2009)
- Myleene Klass (Glamour [UK], Aug. 2007)
- Britney Spears (Harper's Bazaar, Aug. 2006)
- Lisa Rinna (Playboy, Sep. 1998)
- Monica Bellucci (Vanity Fair [Italy], Mar. 2010)
- Britney Spears (yes, again!) (ELLE, Oct. 2005)
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Have Pat Robertson and The 700 Club been informed? A major bookstore chain is encouraging parents to initiate their children into the world of wizardry and magic. To celebrate the release of the fourth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Borders stores around the Valley are hosting various mystical occult rites.
Borders Books & Music/Phoenix (Biltmore Fashion Park, 24th Street and Camelback, Suite 200) hosts "Hogwarts School is Now in Session!" -- with a Wizard from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the opportunity to have one's picture taken with a Harry Potter "standee" -- at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 8. Admission is free.
The most elaborate celebration is at Borders Paradise Valley (4555 East Cactus Road, Suite #2), which, à la Toys "R" Us and the Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace toys, stays open until midnight on Friday, July 7, to account for the sales. The store then reopens an hour early, at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 8, with the whole store dressed up all day as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Festivities for kids ages 6 to 12 kick off at 10:30 a.m. with a buffet lunch for the kids, featuring such dishes as "Sorcerer's Sandwiches," "Potter's Potion," "Enchanted Chips," "Witches' Sticks," "Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans" and "Pepper Imps." The store also will use "The Sorting Hat" to put each kid into his or her "class." (I'm assured that anyone who reads the Potter books will understand what all this means.)
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Borders is also partnering with Amazing Magic Shoppe at Christown Mall; staff from that store will be performing and conducting classes in magic, and there will be a chance to win a professional-quality magic set. The lunch costs $6 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and younger. Classes and materials are free. Reservations are required; call 602-953-9699 by noon Friday, July 7. Each kid receives a report card and a Harry Potter lightning bolt temporary tattoo, as well as a graduation certificate from the school. The curriculum will include such classes as Illusions, Divination, Potions and, in a topic The 700 Club would no doubt approve of, Defense Against the Dark Arts.


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One question before I (waste more cash on nonRPG and ) buy it - are those vehicles you mention required to drive in missions? I uninstalled Mafia because of stupid formula mission as I despise car simulators. On the other hand, I adored Mako (jumps) in ME.


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Dr. Greenberg's plastic surgery office is equipped with the latest technology to provide the most advanced, specialized cosmetic surgical procedures. With a highly trained staff of more than 30, each patient can achieve their ultimate goals in a relaxed, beautiful setting. Dr. Greenberg is renowned for his comprehensive plastic surgery offerings, and provides additional care at his attached MedSpa.
What I strive for as a practicing cosmetic plastic surgeon is getting those outstanding natural results, but doing it in such a way where the patient has a great experience. My office is so unique. I have a staff of over 30 people working for me on a daily basis to make that experience something that the patient is so happy with, and that they not only come through the experience saying they have a great result, but they had an amazing experience while doing it. My office is not only a comfortable environment, but it is state-of-the-art and high-tech. I use the latest in technology to get the best results. So it's not only about having a gorgeous office with a great experience, but using the technology to get us those outstanding results. One of the things that sets my office apart from other offices is not only my training, but my trained staff are unbelievable. They're able to work in this very nice environment, but more importantly, they're trained to take care of the patients from the start of the procedure through their entire experience. This is a very super-specialized office, and all I do and all my staff does is cosmetic surgery. I do on a daily basis a variety of procedures including breast augmentation, liposuction, tummy tucks, facial cosmetic surgery, nose jobs, eye lifts, body lifts, gynecomastia, so a whole host of cosmetic surgery procedures in which my office is specifically geared to take care of these patients. Not only do I do a variety of cosmetic surgery procedures right here in my state-of-the-art office, but I also have a MedSpa attached to my office which offers a complete range of facial and body services including such things as wrinkle reduction, intense pulse light to get rid of fine lines and wrinkles and marks on the face, tightening the skin, permanently getting rid of sweating, CoolSculpting to freeze fat away, and so many other technologies to give us a non-surgical alternative to improve the face as well as the body. With my full-time seven aestheticians working in my office at all times, we can offer just about any non-surgical alternative to the patient. Patients ask me all the time why should they choose me over any other cosmetic plastic surgeon, and I think it has to do with a lot of things. Not only is it my unbelievable Ivy League training, but it's experience. It's what I do on a daily basis and how many of these that I do. It's my drive to get that best possible result and it's my state-of-the-art office and staff that gives us great results. It's my drive and ambition to try to get the best possible results utilizing the tools that I have. One of the best compliments that I can get on a daily basis is my referral base. When I see and operate on a patient they send tons of other patients to me, and that's really a testament to how great they feel about the experience and how great they feel about their cosmetic surgery result. And in turn, that makes me feel good. That's what I'm trying to do. My whole goal in my practice is to strive to make people look better and to feel better. One of the unique aspects of my practice is we address the whole body. Because I'm super-specialized in cosmetic surgery, we can address not only the surgical aspects but non-surgical aspects in the MedSpa, full-time dietitian here on staff to help patients lose weight, psychologists to help patients get through an entire procedure if they have any questions or issues, coordinating with certain exercise routines and basically putting this package together so patients can easily make themselves look better and feel better. It's all about not only the surgery, but a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diet as well.
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How To Carve A Canyon, Two Wheels At A Time
Canyon carving, aka tickling your knee, isn't for the motorcycling noob. Many a would-be Valentino has found himself soaring headlong into the Santa Ana winds, on the way to being smashed into anchovy paste on the granite face of a San Jacinto batholith. Here's how not to do that.


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Man dies after being shot by 3-year-old son
At approximately 9:55 PM on Friday, July 13, a 911 call came from 3603 West Vincennes Trail in Salem, IN, in reference to a man being shot. A trooper from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg and a deputy from the Washington County Sheriff's Department responded to the call. When officers arrived they located a deceased male, Michael A. Bayless, 33, from Waverly Road in Martinsville, IN, who was at the residence with his wife, three children and another juvenile family member.


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Money Moves
Opening more doors
Grace Chan
In collaboration with the School of Continuing and Professional Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUSCS), the HKIB will in June this year launch a new Diploma in Financial Planning programme which is a qualifying programme for the professional qualification Certified Financial Management PlannerTM (CFMPTM) accreditation conferred by the HKIB. Holders of the diploma will be able to articulate to the second stage of the CFMPTM pathway.
"Hong Kong is well-recognised as an international finance centre, with a competent judicial system, top-notch professionals and close ties with mainland China," says CUSCS director Victor Lee.
"A robust talent pool is the very key to the sustainable development of Hong Kong's banking and finance industry. The HKIB shares with us a common vision, which is to promote continuous professional education in order to raise the overall industry professional standards."
New talent fuels industry growth, notes Carrie Leung, chief executive officer of the HKIB. She adds: "The majority of banks and financial institutions in Hong Kong are looking to their human resources for future business growth. While the new diploma programme allows articulation to the second stage of the CFMPTM, it was indeed designed to groom the next generation of wealth management professionals."
Brandon Ng, the CUSCS' associate director, explains that the joint diploma programme in financial planning comprises three modules, including essentials of banking and financial planning, investment products and markets and regulatory environment for banking and financial planning. The diploma qualification will be awarded to students who have completed at least two of these. Students who have obtained exemption from two modules and completed one module in the programme will be awarded a certificate of completion and may articulate to the second stage of the CFMPTM.
The programme also provides an ideal banking career entry point to aspiring individuals who have no previous work experience in the field as well as those who look for a career shift into the dynamic world of financial planning. According to Ms Leung, a handful of the city's major banking institutions are ready to offer internship opportunities to top graduates of the new diploma programme.
Recognised widely by the banking communities in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, the CFMPTM prides itself for for being the first and only professional qualification in Hong Kong that underscores the importance of all-round banking practices.
Under a mutual recognition arrangement between the HKIB and the China Banking Association (CBA), CFMPTM Stage 1 diploma holders in Hong Kong who have passed the Certification of China Banking Professional's Banking Fundamental Certificate examination will be awarded the CBA's Personal Wealth Management Certificate.
"The opening up of the mainland market is creating a wealth of opportunities for local banking and financial professionals. Young people eyeing a finance career should equip themselves for the future. Continuous learning can be a good investment," advises Stanley Wong, chairman of the HKIB membership and professional development committee.
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Woman found dead over weekend allegedly connected to FBI investigation of cases handled by former D.A.
Kyle Barnett - Feb 14, 2013
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office is asking the public for information surrounding the circumstances of the death of a Destrehan woman who may be connected to the F.B.I. investigation into cases handled by former St. Charles Parish District Attorney Harry Morel.
The Herald-Guide reported earlier this week 27-year-old Danelle Keim was found dead in her home on Stanton Hall Drive in Destrehan early Saturday morning.
Keim's death came less than a day after a NOLA.com/Times-Picayune report revealed the F.B.I. investigation into former cases handled by Morel were connected to allegations of his granting leniency to those charged with crimes in exchange for sexual favors.
District Attorney Joel Chaisson said his office had not been contacted by the Sheriff's Office concerning an investigation into Keim's death.
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Thursday June 4, 2009
By Todd Venezia of the New York Post: Mason Reese is back.
Who? Well, if you don't remember him, then you probably weren't around in the early 1970s.
The cherub-faced, fire-haired child actor was the king of TV pitchmen before he even reached puberty -- most famous for doing commercials for Underwood Deviled Ham, in which his adorable "borgasmord" mispronunciation of smorgasbord charmed the nation.
Today, the 44-year-old New Yorker is about to start a new business in the East Village, an Avenue A lounge called Destination Bar and Grille.
"I've always enjoyed nightlife, I've always found it to be really magical," he told The Post.
He said he has no regrets about his time in the limelight in the early 1970s, when he appeared on the Mike Douglas talk show and graced the cover of TV Guide (inset).
As Reese grew up in the 1980s, he became a regular on the New York club scene, passing the velvet rope each night at hot spots like China Club and Limelight, where he says he lost his virginity to the women's bathroom attendant.
In the 1990s, he opened up his own lounge called Nowbar and co-owns a restaurant called Paladar on the Lower East Side.


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Why I Think Apple Is Heading To $400
I can already imagine the dislike mail that's coming my way, but before you tell me how amazing this stock
is has been, realize that we always and will always have darlings and they all eventually succumb to selling. I'm not saying Apple is done, but I am suggesting it's in need of a deeper correction and if my analysis on the general market is correct we should get it over the coming months.
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text: Between art and science... This exhibition intitled "Ammonites and predators" reveals for the first time, the richness and fossil diversity in Southern France subsoil through : - the introduction to a unique paleontological patrimony : first worldwide collection of heteromorph ammonites associeted to predatory fauna. - the use of revolutionary technics of excavation giving to the exhibited items an unprecedented artistic dimension. - an outstanding scientific potential feeding researches and permanent studies (more than 30 publishings deal with the displayed items). More informations here : http://www.luc-ebbo.com


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Shop for a New or Used Car at Any Time from Any Web-Enabled Phone
DAYTON, Ohio – August 31, 2010 – Car shoppers now can access a mobile version of the CarLocate.com (www.carlocate.com) new and used vehicle search website from any Web-enabled mobile device, on any cell phone carrier.
"We've built CarLocate.com from the ground up to make the features on the site easy to use for car shoppers," said Nicole Case, general manager, CarLocate.com. "The goal is to help you locate the car that best fits with what you want to buy and how you want to buy. Now, those features include the ability to browse the site on your preferred form of Web access – computer or mobile."
The CarLocate.com website also includes these new communication features:
"As Web and mobile technologies continue to evolve, the ways consumers shop for cars and connect with dealerships also are rapidly changing," Case concluded. "We expect to keep CarLocate.com in front of those changes and continue to lead in the Web and mobile space for consumers using the site and the dealerships listing their vehicles on it."
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CarLocate.com (www.carlocate.com) combines the best in search technology with the best in site design to make the experience of locating and buying a car simpler, easier, faster, and more effective. With CarLocate.com, anyone can quickly search new and used cars from thousands of dealerships, conveniently narrowing their search by a dozen criteria – Green, location, model, price – until they locate the car they want to buy. Consumers also can connect with CarLocate.com on Facebook (facebook.com/carlocate.com), Twitter (twitter.com/carlocate), or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In the strategy mode you have a turn based map in which you can move your enemy troops. You can also buy units, invest in different types of technology or magic trees and you can play your cards.
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COLUMBIA, Mo., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Jabari Brown scored 22 points and Jordan Clarkson added 20 for unbeaten and unranked Missouri Saturday in its 80-71 win over No. 17 UCLA.
It was the fifth consecutive 20-point game for Clarkson, who was one of four Missouri (9-0) players in double figures.
Ernest Ross hit 5-of-11 shot from 3-point range in the victory. The Tigers, who trailed by eight points at halftime, made 10-of-26 shots from beyond the arc and shot 41.8 percent from the field.
The visiting Bruins (8-1) were led by Jordan Adams, who scored 22 points and had 10 rebounds. The loss ended a 14-game winning streak dating back to last season.
UCLA shot 37.7 percent from the field but made 5-of-20 3-point shots.


text: BANGKOK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Monday led by oil and gas stocks and palm plantation shares amid lower crude prices, sending the Malaysian index to its lowest in 15 months while Thailand's top energy firms saw more sell-offs. Crude oil prices fell more than a dollar and approached a five-year low hit early this month after Morgan Stanley cut its price forecast for Brent crude. Malaysia's key share index traded down 0.72 percent at 1,736.81, the lowest since September 2013. Shares of Petronas Chemicals Group and IOI Corporation were among the biggest losers. The ringgit hit a five-year low as lower crude prices raised concerns over Malaysia's current account and fiscal deficit. The Thai SET index was a tad lower as losses in energy shares overshadowed gains in airline stocks such as Thai Airways International, which jumped almost 3 percent. Shares of energy explorer PTT Exploration and Production extended losses for a third session, down 2.7 percent at 128.5 baht, the lowest since December 2009. Brokers expect Thai market sentiment to remain weak, mainly due to external factors. "Globally, investors are now concerned with the growth stories of major economies, and Japan's weaker-than-expected growth will hurt regional equities today," the broker said. Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday after sobering data highlighted the sluggishness of the region's key economies and tempered the lift from much stronger-than-expected U.S. employment numbers. Japanese stocks were steady as a downward revision in third quarter GDP figures balanced hopes for exporters due to a weaker yen and optimism over the U.S. economy. In Jakarta, shares of palm plantation firm Astra Agro Lestari were down 1.7 percent, bringing Jakarta's composite index 1 percent lower to a one-week low. The Philippine stock market is closed on Monday due to heavy rains and strong winds caused by Typhoon Hagupit. For Asian Companies click; For South East Asia Hot Stock reports, click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS Change at 0655 GMT Market Current Prev Close Pct Move Singapore 3319.50 3324.39 -0.15 Kuala Lumpur 1736.81 1749.37 -0.72 Bangkok 1597.53 1597.76 -0.01 Jakarta 5137.77 5187.99 -0.97 Ho Chi Minh 574.84 578.76 -0.68 (Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Sunil Nair)


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I installed the free version awhile back and it was working fine but I decided to uninstall it because I thought it might be causing problems with another program (Mailwasher). I found out it wasn't Zone Alarm causing the problem but ever since I reinstalled it, it looses it's settings (what programs I want it to allow) every time I reboot. So everytime after I reboot I have to go through telling Zone Alarm to allow different programs to operate. I uninstalled it again because it was a hassle, any ideas on how I could get it working right again so I can reinstall it? Thanks!
I'm not sure what version it is I was having trouble with (since I already uninstalled it) but whatever version that was available to download within the last couple of weeks.
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ApproachThe approach to the first camp was one of the most tiring. Our group had met up with our AAI Guides and they led the hike to "High Camp" Hiking along the morain for 5 hours and going constantly uphill was something that i was occustomed to, however, for some reason, i felt like i was going to collapse. after getting to "High Camp" we set up our tents and prepared our gear.
The next day we were taught belay and prussicks, something that, as a rock climber and an employee at a rock gym, I already knew. Rain moved in later in the day, so we retreated back to our respective tents.
Day 3:
We got set up in our rope teams and hiked up to a nearby snowy area to practice self arrest, walking with crampons, and crevass rescue. Although most of the techniques were pretty straight forward, most of the group took most of the day to "master" self arrest techniques.
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we hike up to our makeshift High Camp, the weather moved in a few minutes after we started, and after hiking the morain ridge for a few hours and scouring nearby areas for possible campsites, we were thrilled when we located one. visibility was around 5 meters, and after we set up camp and ate the weather cleared up. it was only then that we noticed our tents were set up within 10 ft of a 200+ ft cliff.
"Note to self: for a late night pee, immediately turn left after exiting the tent, Right would end badly"
Day 5 (summit Day)
We awoke at 1:30 am and wolfed down ramen noodles before tieing into our rope teams. thirteen of us were put into two teams and we began making our way up baker.
visibility was low until an hour or so after sunrise. Most of us hadn't noticed the fact that we had risin above the clouds until i heard a gasp behind me. I turned and saw... everything.
spires and peaks surrounded us, and we took a few minutes to snap some pictures before setting out for the closest summit, Mount Baker.
Crossing Uncountable ice bridges over bottomless crevasses, we finally reached the crater. The smell of sulfer urged us to eat quickly before our last push up the roman wall to the summit. I must say, having to number 2 into a bag, while on a rope team is definately awkward, "Everybody Look! Mount Rainier is very interesting right now, and will be for the next 5 minutes, keep looking at it!"
After Climbing the Roman Wall, we reached the chilly plataue below the actual summit. air pockets in the snow kept us on edge, and in fear of hidden cravasses, we finally reached the summit.


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Google allows its users to download their data for exporting elsewhere. But after their tough stance against Facebook not sharing its own data, they blocked that option. Facebook's cleverly circumnavigated the block, meaning Gmail users can still find friends there.


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WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI)-Sunday was the 11 year anniversary of the U.S. invading Afghanistan after the terrorist attack on nine-eleven. NATO will hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013. WCBI's Heather Black talks with some local soldiers who just returned home from Afghanistan and how they believe the change will impact Afghanistan's future.
Just a week after hundreds of National Guardsmen from the 223rd battalion returned home from a year of duty in Afghanistan, some concerns are brewing over the country's future once all troops are pulled out. For Staff Sargent Romerio Johnson, he believes the transition will be bumpy, but successful.
"They will be ready, but as contemplating with them it's going to be rough. They're dealing with the way we have been with the troops and it's going to be real hard for them to adjust once the troops are out of there," S/SGT Johnson.
The 223rd believe they have given Afghanistan the tools to succeed once troops are withdrawn in 2014.
Since the invasion 11 years ago, The U.S. Troops have been trying to prepare Afghans for long-term success.
"They try to make them see how to come together and to see we're not over there just totally against them we are trying to make a land of freedom for everybody," says S/SGT Johnson.
"We provided stability, gave them time to get their government and military and police force ready to take over and run their own country," says SGT 1st Class Howell.
While the relationships between Afghans and the U.S. Troops hasn't been perfect, most have appreciated all the support from the U.S.
"The 223rd engineer really stepped outside their boundaries and you have a lot of Afghanistan that really appreciate it and then you have some that really are not going to be with you regardless which way you go, but as a whole I think we made a big to the land of Afghanistan," says S/SGT Johnson.
"The majority of them, yes have appreciated what we have done for them, but you've got that group, those hard core individuals just don't want us there and that's all there is to it," says SGT 1st Class Howell.
11 soldiers form the 223rd battalion lost their lives while in Afghanistan and 70 were awarded the Purple Heart.


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Nanobiotechnology, the manipulation of extremely small particles of matter, holds big promise for North Carolina and for the world.
It's a sector of research and business capitalizing on a wide range of applications made possible because particles at such small sizes exhibit unusual, often useful properties.
A stack of about 100,000 "nanoparticles" equals the thickness of a piece of paper. Scientists can form them into shapes that perform specific functions — like hollow beads that transport therapeutic molecules through the bloodstream and deposit them where they're most effective at fighting cancer or infection.
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Big Business Starts with Tiny Particles
Advance Liquid Logic, a Research Triangle Park firm spun out of Duke University with the help of a Biotechnology Center loan, uses nano-sized droplets of blood for high-speed diagnostic tests. It's called "lab-on-a-chip" technology, because it shrinks big jobs into miniscule spaces.
Advance Liquid Logic is one of some 75 N.C. companies wielding nanotechnology applications. And because the possibilities for more are almost endless, North Carolina intends to be a big player in the nano world.
A few examples:
- The University of North Carolina System has launched a $65 million Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering in Greensboro. The school, a collaboration between North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is one of fewer than 10 schools nationally offering degree programs in nanotechnology.
- The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has helped launch the NC Center of Innovation Network (NC COIN) - an organization dedicated to helping accelerate the translation of nanobiotechnology innovations from academic and commercial labs across the state.


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Today's New York Times Magazine brings news from the forefront of the de-extinction movement, which hopes to use genome-editing technology to revive lost species, including "an Australian frog, extinct for 30 years, that gave birth through its mouth."
"Sometimes night revives a singular plant whose gleam breaks up rooms and their furniture into solid masses of shadow."
—Francis Ponge (translated by John Ashbery)
"If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy."
—Ralph Ellison
"The history of art is the history of revivals."
—Samuel Butler, Notebooks
"We had the experience but missed the meaning,
And approach to the meaning restores the experience
In a different form, beyond any meaning
We can assign to happiness. I have said before
That the past experience revived in the meaning
Is not the experience of one life only
But of many generations — not forgetting
Something that is probably quite ineffable."
—T. S. Eliot, The Dry Salvages
"Great ideas come into the world as quietly as doves. Perhaps then , if we listen attentively we shall hear, among the uproar of empires and nations, the faint fluttering of wings, the gentle stirrings of life and hope. Some will say this hope lies in a nation; others in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, revived, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works every day negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. Each and every one, on the foundations of their own suffering and joy builds for all."
—Albert Camus
"Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind independent of the one prevalent among the crowd and in opposition to it, a tone of mind which will gradually win influence over the collective one, and in the end determine its character. It is only an ethical movement which can rescue us from the slough of barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals."
—Albert Schweitzer
"Now we grow old and grey
and all we knew is forgotten
there comes alive in
the ash of today, memory! a god
who revives us! the apple trees
we climbed as a body
the caress on our necks of
a summer breeze."
—William Carlos Williams, Reverie and Invocation
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
—Psalms, 138:7
"It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living."
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AVON — Secret Santa took on new meaning Saturday at Walmart, where an anonymous benefactor paid about $8,800 in layaway bills for 23 customers.
"He said it was hard to pick one or two. I was like, whoa," store manager Tammy Pistore said Sunday. "It was just a little miracle yesterday. It was really cool."
The generosity is part of a nationwide trend in which anonymous Good Samaritans pay the bills of people who might not be able to afford them. The good deeds have been done at Kmarts in the Cincinnati area, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana and Nebraska, as well as Walmarts in Chicago and Joplin, Mo., The Associated Press reported Friday. The merchandise is usually Christmas toys or other Christmas gifts.
Pistore said the man, who paid for the merchandise with a credit card, told her he had read a newspaper account of the generosity and wanted to help customers who might not be able to afford the items they put down payments on. "He said, 'I just felt I needed to do something.' "
In Saturday's case at the Walmart at 35901 Chester Road, Pistore said a few of the customers, when called Friday by employees, said they were unable to pay for the items and were about to forfeit the 10 percent down payment and the $4 layaway fee. Purchases must be at least $50, and full payment was due midnight Saturday.
Pistore said Walmart stopped the layaway plan except for jewelry in 2005 but resurrected it for electronics and toys on Oct. 17 to help cash-strapped customers in the bad economy.
Pistore said some of the customers didn't believe it when Walmart workers called them Saturday to say their gifts had been paid for, and some customers and employees — seven of the people whose gifts were paid for were Walmart workers — were moved to tears by the man's generosity.
Pistore, a Walmart employee since 1993 and a manager at the Avon store for about 18 months, said Saturday was the first time she'd seen someone pay off other people's layaway bills. Pistore said she recognized the middle-aged man as someone who'd previously visited the store.
Layaway merchandise paid for by the man included a variety of children's toys and several boys' bicycles as well as CDs, DVDs, iPods and televisions. Pistore said the impact of the deed hit her as she watched toys being rung up for children who might not have received them.
"Talking about it is going to make me cry," she said. "That's all I did yesterday."
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Denmark's Jan Hoekstra is well-known for his innovative and elegant industrial designs. His creativity continues to glow in these beautiful little tealights. Jan Hoekstra's Mood Flame silicone tealights are an affordable luxury. The soft and flexible Mood Flame shell is flame-resistant silicone so users don't have to worry when they light the candle.
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Mexican food on a diet, especially a lower carb diet is difficult. I never realized how carbed-up Mexican food is – ha – no wonder I love it so much!
Since starting the Ideal Protein Diet I've been able to experiment with so many foods and learning how to alter my favorite recipes to be a low-carb solution.
Mexican food has been a difficult one to tackle, but my creative juices are flowing. My first Mexican food challenge was with chicken and rice. Chicken is low-carb but rice – a no-no, so Chicken Salsa Verde and Mexican Salsa Verde Rice (made from cauliflower) was born. A seriously delicious dinner with so much flavor.
Next, it was time to tackle tacos. Do I miss the corn tortilla shells? Of course, but I have to tell you – there is no lack of flavor with these tacos.
Ground turkey will make a leaner taco rather than using beef and still pack in the flavor.
Most taco seasoning has ionized salt and sugar so why not make your own? You can whip up this taco seasoning in minutes from spices already in your cabinet.
You can make tacos out of the turkey taco meat or toss into a fresh bed of greens for a taco salad, topped with tomatoes, cilantro, veggie or soy cheese, and for a different flair – drizzle Walden Farms Ranch Dressing.
- 24 oz Ground Turkey
- ½ red onion diced
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- ½ cup cilantro chopped
- 2 tbsp Taco Seasoning
- ½ cup water
- Sea Salt & Pepper to taste
- Romaine Lettuce
- Diced Tomato
- Soy or Veggie Cheese
- Heat pan on medium.
- Brown ground turkey.
- Add onions half way through browning to saute.
- Add garlic, celery, and bell pepper and cook until tender.
- Add cilantro, taco seasoning, and water and mix well. Use water sparingly. You only need enough to keep the taco meat wet so the taco season sinks into the meat. You don't want it to be soupy.
- Add sea salt and pepper to taste.
- Let simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Spoon taco meat into lettuce wraps then top with diced tomato and veggie or soy cheese.
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Church to host congregate meal
A congregate meal will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, at St. Joseph Cabrini Church in East Pleasant Plain.
The menu includes ham balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, bread, beverage, salad bar, pie and cream puffs. Bingo will be played after the meal. All ages are welcome, and an elevator is available.
Reservations are appreciated. Please call Caryl Smith at 319-694-2242, or Darlene Baldosier at 641-472-1828 by Wednesday morning.


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OCZ, PC Power and Cooling showcase at CES 2008
Subject: Shows and Expos | January 11, 2008 - 04:17 PM | Ryan Shrout
CES 2008 might officially be over as of today, but we are still catching up on reporting about everything we saw at the show. OCZ and the newly acquired PC Power and Cooling companies had plenty of new and interesting things on display.
Here is one of two new 32GB flash drives that was on display - yes, 32GB in your pocket and all the associated jokes.
Perhaps more surprising is OCZ's entry into the solid state drive medium by offering both 32GB and 64GB discs. These have SATA data connections and performance is going to be great with reads as high as 120 MB/s and writes as high as 100 MB/s!
An updated version of the water cooled memory modules, which we reviewed last year, was shown that actually has water channels going over the memory chips themselves. This means the water cooling is no longer just cooling the memory heatsink and should provide for some great overclocking configurations.
Speaking of water cooling, OCZ was also showing the new HydroFlow CPU waterblock which we hope to be testing soon.
There are lots of new power supplies being shown, the first of which is a new OCZ-branded 1000 watt unit called the EliteXStream. This is a single rail power supply that will be cost effective compared to other 1 kw units but also is the first result of the PC Power and Cooling / OCZ merger. It should make for an interesting test subject.
The PC Power and Cooling Silencer 500 watt PSU marks the first high performance PSU from PC Power under $100. The company stated that the power supply will hopefully become the new benchmark 500 watt PSU that all other low-cost offerings will be compared to.
The new Turbo-Cool 860 watt model, available now, in a standard sized form factor, to become what I think will be the most popular PCP&C power supply yet. Able to push 3-Way SLI setups, still fit into all cases and provide the quality we have come to expect from the company, it could be the best price/performance power supply for gamers yet.
Finally, this beast is the modified 1200 watt Turbo-Cool model with NVIDIA ESA support - notice the green PCB attached to the bottom most portion of the PSU heatsink. The team on-hand said that developing for the ESA standard and getting it all to function correctly was a challenge and something that they don't see most other companies doing. It all depends on ESA's success I guess.
OCZ never seems to disappoint at shows like this - they always have new and innovative products on hand and CES was no exception. It looks like it could be another great for them.
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New IT mantra: Catch 'em young
Rajiv Shirali in New Delhi | June 21, 2007
Leading information technology players are taking a proactive approach to talent development.
There is a growing need for talent in niche areas of the information technology industry. Leading players realise that the best way to source the skilled manpower required to fuel their ambitious growth plans is to develop it themselves by working with leading education institutes.
EMC, a leader in information infrastructure solutions, has just inked a deal with the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, to bring the latter under the EMC Academy Programme.
Autodesk, a design software firm, has launched Centres of Excellence for Innovative Design and Research at IIT-Madras; National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad; Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai; and the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
Cisco Systems has a MoU with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University to offer the Cisco Networking Academy Programme in non-profit educational institutions across Andhra Pradesh.
JNTU Colleges of Engineering in Hyderabad, Anantapur and Kakinada will be accredited as Regional Academies. The latter in turn will identify and accredit 250 non-profit technical educational institutions which will impart networking education to 25,000 students a year, across 26 Indian states.
IIIT-B's agreement with EMC will enable it to offer a course in information storage technology to its second-year post-graduate students from July.
In return it will receive a storage technology curriculum, course content, learning materials, faculty training and software simulators developed by EMC. The company has forged such alliances with over 45 education institutions across India, at which over 1,500 students are enrolled in information storage courses.
Professor Sadagopan, director of IIIT-B, expects this will enable his students to gain cutting-edge knowledge of information management and storage -- one of the fastest growing segments within the IT industry-- and the institute to produce 'industry-ready' graduates.
According to Manoj Chugh, country manager of EMC India & Saarc region, the number of storage-related IT professionals has been dwarfed by the increase in average storage capacity. With the demand for new storage professionals set to soar to one million by 2012, EMC wants to sign on 100 education institutes by 2010.
Autodesk's CoEs are part of an education initiative aimed at equipping India's next generation design engineers and architects with world-class 3D model-based design capabilities.
Says Tom Joseph, Director-Worldwide Education Programme, Asia Pacific, Emerging & Central, at Autodesk: "Our education initiatives have helped create a talent pool of professionals not only for Autodesk but also for our customers and partners worldwide."
Autodesk's first MoU was with IIT-Madras, where it has invested Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) to set up the Design CoE. This offers the institute's engineering students (and those from other colleges in the vicinity) courses on product design and development. Autodesk will develop curricula for these courses which, says Joseph, will bridge the gap between the current engineering curriculum and industry's requirements.
Autodesk will also provide computing infrastructure, leading 3D design software and industrial design tools.
Cisco's NETACAD, kicked off in 2001, is a partnership between Cisco Systems, educators, businesses, governments and community organisations around the world, through which students are taught to design, build and maintain computer networks.
NETACAD is a four-semester programme on the principles and practice of designing, building, and maintaining networks, and features hands-on, project-driven training in high-demand job skills.
Says Lokesh Mehra, regional manager, corporate responsibility, Cisco South Asia: "NETACAD caters primarily to technical institutes which are four-year engineering colleges. It currently involves about 4,000 students, while some 5,000 have already graduated. The aim is to impart IT knowledge as well as networking skills, so that those graduating are useful in the knowledge economy."
Mehra says the shortage of networking professionals in India will reach 1.37 lakh by 2009. Hardly surprising, then, that Cisco is investing Rs 20-21 lakh (Rs 2 to Rs 2.1 million) on each of the 160 Indian institutes with which it has tie-ups. It plans to ramp up its head count in India from 2,300 to 6,000 in four years.
Says Mehra: "We want to make Bangalore a hub that can meet the global demand for Cisco equipment and services. Our education programmes will build the skill sets that will help us meet this demand."
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Arrest Report:Obama "fanatic" threatens to kill Sheriff Arpaio
~~By Jim Kouri~~January 31, 2012–(Jim will be our guest today on The Morning Zone at 7:07AM MST and will talk more about this)His postings read in part: I plan to kill Arpaio first. He will be filled with a thousand bullet holes before the year is out. I promise you this. He won't [expletive] with Obama. He will be buried 10 feet under and his whole family will be murdered along with him.Deputies in Knoxville, Tennessee working with Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant and seized computer and other evidence from the home of Adam Eugene Cox after an investigation into an internet death threat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio came to light, according to a report from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Friday.
The 33-year old Cox was arrested Friday and taken into custody on an unrelated arrest warrant for an aggravated assault and is currently being investigated as the prime suspect in the Arpaio death threat investigation.
In addition to repeatedly blasting Sheriff Arpaio, the Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Arizona asking a federal judge to order changes in the sheriff's office.
Critics of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama believe the Arpaio case is designed to coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court's hearing on Arizona's immigration law (SB1070), and as strategy to strengthen the president's position with the Hispanic voting base.
"It's not beyond Obama's bag of tricks to portray border security proponents as racist and xenophobic," warns former police commander Mike Snopes.
Meanwhile, Homeland Security Department Secretary Janet Napolitano wasted no time piling on Arpaio. She stripped his department of its authority to enforce immigration laws and regulations.
"Accordingly, and effective immediately, DHS is terminating (the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's) 287(g) jail model agreement and is restricting the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office access to the Secure Communities program," stated Napolitano.
Ironically, it was less than a year ago that a top Obama immigration official defended the Maricopa County Sheriff's program to crackdown on illegal immigration, which clearly triggered the DOJ racial profiling investigation, according to the Judicial Watch blog.
Dozens of illegal aliens with criminal records have been apprehended, restoring law and order in a large Phoenix business district rife with solicitation, trespassing, loitering and public health ordinance violations created by day laborers.
Earlier this year the assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (John Morton) said there was no evidence of racial profiling by deputies in Maricopa County and that the majority of the illegal immigrants arrested have been convicted of serious crimes, according to the Judicial Watch blog.
"Sixty nine percent of the people we receive in Maricopa County have been convicted of Level 1 and Level 2 offenses, which are serious felony offenses, drug trafficking, assaults, rape," Morton said during a meeting with editors of a local newspaper.
He added that the Maricopa program has been consistent with meeting his agency's priority of arresting illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes.


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They just need to give it up -- it's how-many weeks into the season, and Hope still doesn't know how to balance herself while dancing. She just looks so lifeless out there. I don't think there's anything more Maks can do...
The judges are being polite. Expect more overscored 7's, I'd bet.
CA, Len & Bruno - liked Maks and Hope tonight - will wonders never cease!
Three 8's?
I guess they really really want to get rid of Nancy this week.
Oh, geez. Do they need to replay the whole Maks/judges bit from last week and then follow it up with Maks being all grumpy in the studio while Teddy is the "nice guy"? They really, really want M/H gone. Honestly, I know Maks can be stern, tough, grouchy etc. It's his style of teaching. Some people can work with it and others can't, and I don't mean that as a criticism. Everybody has their own teaching/learning styles.
Well, CA's being all sunshine and roses this week, Len's being nicer (and he has a point--the hair and makeup are pretty good for them), and Bruno's all rainbows and unicorns too. Pretty generous score (24), considering the highest this week is 27.
Unfortuantely for Hope, I guess she should have stuck to her guns, claimed she had two left feet (which she does-though not as bad as other left footed hoofers we've endured), and not done the show. I like her, love Maks, but I almost want them out of their misery. I'd be fine with Nancy or Rob leaving tomorrow, however.
I wonder if Teddy will be joining the show next season as a pro. Star magazine had a lovely little bit about how everyone hates Maks behind the scenes and that he got his brother involved, and Teddy (a former student of his), on the show. Just two weeks ago, Star was claiming it was Derek and Julianne everyone hated and that were the biggest divas. If they waited one more day, they never would have put the story out because I'm sure they're all over covering Kim's divorce.
Out of the two, I think Nancy was harder to watch this week than Hope, but let's face it: whichever one doesn't go this week probably will go the next week anyway, so it's all kind of academic at this point.
Of course the team dance scores could shake the standings up. Or make people even (maybe that's how they'll make J.R. the leader tonight?)
For the finals it's obvious that it's going to be between J.R. and Ricki thats already a given, I think the last spot would be either between Rob or David. Wouldn't be awesome (well, for me) if somehow Maks and Hope just got there from fan votees
I think tmr, it's going to be between Nancy or Hope.
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Stinson Lake Boat Ramp in Rumney Closed for Repairs through Nov. 30
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RUMNEY — The public boat access facility at Stinson Lake in Rumney is closed for repairs and improvements through November 30, 2013. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is making drainage improvements at the site, as well as installing stabilized surfaces and a concrete plank ramp. The lake is being drawn down to help facilitate construction.
New Hampshire's Public Boat Access Program is funded through boat registration fees and federal Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration funds.


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I have mixed feelings about this room. I heard some stuff that really didin't work for me, but the Decca CD of George Solti and the Chicago Symphonies rendition of Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique was impressive. But I have a hard time rationalizing spending $15K on two drivers mounted in a box that looks like it was built in someone's garage when I could spend $5K less and get those luscious Quads from Tim's wonderful room at Tone of Audio.
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When I entered the Audio Note UK room, someone was in the midst of auditioning a CD of exotic Chinese instruments. The strings sounded beautiful, the highs lovely. On solo piano, the system had a very quiet, enticingly crystalline purity. Soprano Elly Ameling's voice sounded equally beautiful, the voice clear and radiant, even though her piano accompaniment was strangely bloated and over-emphasized. That was no doubt due to room problems that other exhibitors tried to tame with ASC Tube Traps.
Auditioned were the Audio Note CD4.1 x ($9500), Jinro 211 SE integrated amplifier ($21,175), and E/Lexus Signature loudspeaker ($15,500/pair). The latter is a two-way rear-ported baby with a claimed 98dB sensitivity.
A major example of different strokes for different folks. Literally one minute after I met Stephen by the elevators in the Hilton, and he told me his mixed reaction to the Audio Note UK set-up, I encountered a female audiophile from Berkeley who told me that she thought Audio Note UK had the best sound at the show. Then again, she may have chosen different music for her audition.
These speakers did nothing for me . Oh dont get me wrong when i played small scale recordings it sounded pretty good but when i threw on anything with decent to high dynamic range it went down the toilet, they lost all of there focus and purity.