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SPEEDY calculations and a love of numbers have helped Aaron Herrmann beat almost half a million students nationwide in an online maths competition.
Aaron, 14, who has an autism spectrum disorder, came first in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Maths Challenge, ahead of 449,315 primary and high school students across the land.
The Seaford 6-12 student, who has limited speech and works at a Year 5 level for other subjects, took part in the Mathletics challenge on September 4 and 5.
Maths teacher and mentor Alicia Read said Aaron's passion for solving mathematical equations has resulted in him excelling in class and at "Mathletics", where he regularly ranks among the top in the world.
"With his autism, (maths) is an obsession," Ms Read says.
"He just loves his Mathletics."
Ms Read, who helped introduce Mathletics to the school this year, teaches Aaron twice a week.
"This is a huge focus for him," she says.
"I'm super-excited. We're so proud of him."
Aaron and his family travelled to Sydney on October 18 to receive the gold medal for SA and a commendation for his overall ranking.
His parents Nigel and Melinda and sister Holly, 9, said they were pleased with his efforts.
"(We are) just unbelievably proud," Mr Herrmann said.
"I've said to a few people that words can hardly describe it," Mr Herrmann said.
Mrs Herrmann urged other parents with a special needs child to persist in finding activities for them to embrace.
"There's talent in there ... it's just untapped and we didn't even know that Aaron had this ability until Year 7," Mrs Herrmann said.
"It's a very special gift ... I actually got my first kiss (from Aaron) last November and a couple of hugs before that.
"I just want to get it out to parents, please do not give up."
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REDDING, Calif. - The Redding Police Department and City Council are taking on the initiative to put more eyes and ears on the streets.
City Council Member Patrick Jones and Chief of Police Rob Paoletti will meet weekly to introduce a 'Volunteer Auxiliary Program.'
The program would ask volunteers to patrol city streets and report suspicious information to the police.
"If we can stop crime before it happens it will be a win, win, win," said City Council Member Patrick Jones.
Stopping the crime before it happens also poses a potential threat to the volunteer's safety.
For Chief Paoletti, the safety of the volunteers needs to be carefully addressed.
"That is one of my major concerns, saying that volunteers are going to go out in early morning or dark hours and look for bad guys," Paoletti said. "If they find the bad guy and they are calling for help, I don't have the police officers to be able to protect their safety."
Jones also agrees.
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The volunteers will wear a uniform and some may drive older patrol cars.
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Discussion in 'Cuttlefish Care' started by Thingymabob, Aug 22, 2004.
what do you do when your cuttlefish does not eat?
How long have you had him, maybe he is just adjusting to his new enviroment if you just got him.
Also, are you offering some live food?
Normally they inly stop eating whem they are full!
Are you using live crabs?
im feeding it live shrimp and live fish. ive only had it for a few days. the second day it started eating but the third day it stopped.
Give the cuttle a break, don't feed him for about a day and he should be hungry by then, sometimes my cuttles will ignore food thats just in front of their faces. How large are the fish and shrimp?
the fish are about 2 cm and the shrimp are about 2 cm as well. If it doesnt eat could that also mean it's dieing?
it's not really good at aiming though because it has to try at least three times to get the fish or shrimp. for shrimp it usually takes around 5 times.
that will get better as time goes on :)
Where is he sat in the tank?
If he is at the surface then he is hungry and hunting, if he is sat on the botton and buried then he is nice and content!
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Maximilian Maria Karl
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Royal Bavarian general officer
Max Graf Montgelas was born in St. Petersburg, Russia as the son of
Bavarian diplomat Ludwig von Montgelas. His grandfather, also named
Maximilian, served as Bavaria's Foreign Affairs Minister (Bavarian Head
of Staff) from 1799 to 1817. Max von Montgelas entered military service
in 1879, and as a battalion commander in 1900 took part in the quelling
of the Boxer Rebellion in China. He subsequently
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Intel GMA x4500 wrong resolution
I have a Lenovo G550.I has a Intel GMA x4500 .I use Debian Lenny 5.0.0 .Changing resolution is not supported.Actually Graphic card is not installed.I have searched in packages but there is not anything in repos. I have asked my question in a forum, they told me add backports and installed the latest driver.I did , but it didn't work too. I asked abrotman and he told me : Lenny >> squeez:D. But I don't want to upgrade my debian to squeez because squeez is unstable and I don't want to see crashing!
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Can anybody exactly tell me what I have to do?
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I just went to intel.com and searched for linux x4500. After a couple of pages I found this.
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We bought our Dimension 3000 PC new from Dell in 2005. About a year/year and a half ago I added additional memory. Other than that we have done nothing to it.
Everything had been fine with it until last Monday night. Now when we start it up, we can only get as far as the blue screen (of death). We get a "STOP: 0x00000024" error message, which I understand is the hard drive (or maybe the memory).
I've tried starting in 'Safe Mode'; tried starting with last working configuration, etc. Nothing has worked, though I've read that I may be able to start it up with a Windows XP boot disc, which would allow me to run the check disk and possibly repair what is wrong. Unfortunately, Dell did not send an operating system disc with the unit - only a set of Works Suite discs. I still have the packing slip, so I was able to verify that it did not come with a Windows XP disc. Not a good practice in my opinion...but anyway...
Is there something else I can try to get it working? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
Borrowed a USB keyboard and mouse from work, and was able to run the repair. That fixed what was bad - at least for the time being. Then I plugged the PS/2 mouse and keyboard back in and after a couple of days the unit seems to be working fine. No data lost.
Our IT Mgr. at work thought perhaps the part of the hard drive that had the PS/2 driver on it was the section that needed repair (or words to that effect), so that was why the keyboard locked up at that crucial time.
Anyway, thanks for all help everyone, and thanks for sticking with me Ron.
If you are in the US you can request a set of Discs (includes Windows) HERE from Dell.
There are Dell diagnostics accessed by F12 at power on. You can run the diagnostics to see if there is a hardware problem.
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I did request a set of discs right before I posted...thought it couldn't hurt, and hoping maybe there was something else I could try.
I actually try F12, though I don't recall exactly what happened; there didn't seem to be any information that told me what the problem was. I'll try again.
Hi Bobga57,
If you hit F12, it should bring up a boot menu. What you want is the utility partition. From there, select the 32-bit diagnostics.
Please post back and let me know if you need more help.
When you get your Windows disk from Dell, boot from that CD and press R at Welcome screen to launch the Recovery Console
At the prompt, type in:
chkdsk c: /r
Press Enter and go take a nice long nap. When it's done, remove the CD and reboot normally.
If that doesn't fix it, you'll need to run a Repair/Reinstall of Windows. Personal files will be OK, but you'll probably have to install a bunch of Windows updates and fixes again after the Repair/Reinstall is done.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Osprey.
Unfortunately, when I try this it goes right back to the blue screen (as does everything I've tried). Hopefully Dell will come through with a boot disc and I'll at least be able to run the check disc repair.
Thanks for the suggestion Ron. Do you think I have a pretty good chance of getting the disc I need from Dell?
May depend on where you live. For US residents, completing their online form typically gets the disks shipped in a day or 3. Ex-US, I have no clue.
Note that Dell may be charging for the disks now.
My fear is that Dell will charge for the disks - which isn't altogether fair in my opinion. An IT guy I know, who deals mostly with Dell products, says someone he knows was charged $90 for disks.
Thanks, Bob
I don't believe "$90" for a Windows disk.
Dell said they'd start charging S&H for the disks which would probably be less than $10. I've not heard anyone say they got charged after filling out that form.
If the request form didn't ask for your credit card info, they can't charge without contacting you first. And if they want some unreasonable amount, you can always refuse. But at some point you're going to need those disks...
Thanks, Ron, that seems to be the case. I heard back from Dell this morning and they are going to send me "Windows XP Home with latest service pack 3 and dvd software disks." One wrinkle...my system did not come with a DVD drive in it, only CD. I would think they would be able to tell that from my Service Tag number, and the information associated with it. I replied to Dell's e-mail questioning this.
The e-mail Dell sent me also included links to "the basic system hardware drivers which you can burn on a cd and can make drivers cd of your own." There weren't any further instruction on this, so I'm not sure if I put each of the five driver .exe files on separate CDs, or on one CD; and I don't know if these drivers will definitely need to be installed after Windows is installed or if they are to be used only on an "as needed" basis if running Check Disk does not fix things. Do you know about this?
Thanks again for your time.
XP Home will likely come on a CD, not a DVD. That's the way they sent me XP pro SP3 when I requested it. Not sure what the DVD disks will be, but to do what you need, they're not necessary, so I wouldn't worry.
Unless you're planning to do a clean install, you won't need the drivers right now. But if you ever do need them, you can download and burn them all onto a single CD or just copy them all onto a USB memory stick, assuming it has enough space. And you only need the specific drivers for the hardware installed in your system, so you don't have to download every single driver listed for this model.
Thanks, Ron, I'm hopeful that will be the case.
It looks like I need a little more help. Dell overnighted the discs to me - which was great of them.
I booted to the CD, some files loaded, then I eventually got the Windows set up screen. The choices are Enter=Continue; R=Repair; F3=Quit.
I hit R and nothing happened. In fact the keyboard now seems dead. I then hit F3 just to see if anything would happend. I even hit 'Caps Lock' and 'Num Lock' just to see if I could get those lights to come on...but nothing happens. Does anyone have any suggestions?
USB keyboard?
Power off, unplug and press/hold power button on tower for ~15 sec. Then reboot from the hard drive. Do the lights flash on the keyboard?
You might have to try all the USB ports on rear of the tower to see if you can get into Recovery Console after booting from the CD. Only one port may be active when you boot from the CD.
If you boot from the Resources disk, which I presume they sent, does the keyboard respond?
BTW: The 3000 has that dumbOS Install mode feature in BIOS setup
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. You may have to go into BIOS setup and turn that on before you can do the repair reinstall and turn it off again when the repair is done. Some people claim OS Install mode isn't necessary to install Windows, but since you're having a problem, you may need to try all the options...
No, it's not a USB keyboard (or mouse). It's the other kind (OS2?).
Other discs sent were: One for Reinstalling Dell Tools System Software (Antivirus, Support, Multimedia, Internet); a disc for Installing Dell Dimension and Dell XPS Computer Software (device drivers, diagnostics and utilities); a Roxio Disc; and a disc for reinstalling Cyberlink Power DVD software (I only have a CD drive). Is one of these the Resources disc you refer to?
Should I still try what you suggested?
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Effective immediately for new subscribers and starting Sept. 1 for current ones, the company will split its streaming and DVD services, offering each for $7.99. The company had providing streaming and DVD rentals together for as low as $9.99, so the rate hike is almost 60 percent.
The company may lose customers in the short term, judging by the anger Netflix's decision has generated on the Web.
On Facebook, the company's post announcing the change has more than 20,000 comments — and few of them are positive. Most take issue with the fact that the company isn't adding services to justify its rate hike.
"Nothing like doubling your price and adding no value," commented Facebook user Tim Smith.
CNET reported that several people seem to have "liked" the Netflix page only to share their displeasure with the company.
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It's the third straight subpar start for the right-hander, who now owns a 7.47 ERA and 2.04 WHIP on the year. He's a better real-life pitcher than fantasy pitcher, and when he's struggling like this it makes him virtually unusable. His next start, Sunday in Colorado, doesn't bode much better.


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KENDRO MOVED NEARER his open office window, once again watching their dying sun setting for the night, too tired even to think—three days too tired. Rubbing his eyes, he stroked down the sides of his temple. A blue tinge of Croex energy from his fingers lit his royal birthmark in a rainbow of colours, the energy not reaching his weary mind. His broad shoulders seemed to have shrunk over the past three days.
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We're witnessing a significant increase in demand for premium properties downtown because of tremendous job growth in the city but also because the surrounding single-family home markets have recovered such that would-be sellers can finally make a move.
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) September 03, 2014
Realogics Sotheby's International Realty, the Pacific Northwest's largest affiliate for the global real estate network, announced today an exclusive listing agreement with Six Degrees Capital Development, LLC to sell the two remaining luxury residences at 202 and 212 West Highland Drive across from the famed Kerry Park on Queen Anne. The three level residences range in size from a 2 bedroom and 2.5 bathroom offered at $3,400,000, to a 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, plus media room, offered at $4,500,000. Both homes have expansive 1200 sf rooftop terraces. The properties will be represented by Carrie DeBuys and Ric Dieu, who have been behind recent project market successes such as Carbon 56 and The Sanctuary.
"These extraordinary homes are in a category of one – there is no comparable," says DeBuys for Seattle-based Realogics Sotheby's International Realty. "We offer a coveted in-city location across from Kerry Park with Seattle's quintessential views of the downtown skyline, Elliott Bay and Mt. Rainier, inspired floor plans, refined finishes and a lock-and-leave lifestyle. The only compromise is that only three were built and just two remain."
The residences, which are modern interpretations of the East Coast brownstones, were constructed over the past several years and are officially listed for sale at a time of rising demand for such unique homes, say industry observers. To be sure, it has become increasingly common recently for luxury condominiums to fetch $900 to more than $1,400 per square foot at premium buildings such as Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue, The Four Seasons Private Residences, The Concord, First Hill Plaza, The Continental and Hillside Court. In August two penthouse condominiums at 111 West Highland, a 1974-built high-rise adjacent to Kerry Park, turned heads when they were snapped up within a week on the marketplace for $5 million. Comprising 2,572 and 2,764 square feet, the pricing equates to more than $925 per square foot before renovations.
"We're witnessing a significant increase in demand for premium properties downtown because of the tremendous job growth in the city but also because the surrounding single-family home markets have recovered such that would-be sellers can finally make a move," adds DeBuys. "In many cases, these down-sizing homebuyers aren't content with the status-quo condominium or town home because they want the penthouse, the big view and grand entertaining spaces. At The Residences at West Highland, we offer all of the above and the distinction that there will never be another community quite like it. This location and the opportunity cannot be duplicated."
DeBuys also believes the residences will be of specific interest for Californian's seeking to secure a Washington residence for income tax purposes.
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Holistic Dentistry is a philosophy that recognizes that the teeth and associated structures are a part of the whole body. Because of this important relationship we offer a wide range of healthy treatment options. Because of his advanced training and emphasis on total health, Dr. Mark takes a unique Whole Body approach to oral health care; combining sound dental science and technical experience with a deep concern for his patients' physical and emotional well-being and comfort.
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As your Oral Health Doctor, Dr. Mark is aware that mercury vapor and dental infections can have a negative impact on overall health. Because of this concern, we focus on patient education and strive to remove mercury amalgam (silver) fillings in a safe way. For information about why it's important to use a mercury safe dentist, Click Here.
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Young people taking the next step in their life are being invited to sign up for a life-changing personal development course.
The Prince's Trust team programme - run locally by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue - offers people aged 16 to 25 a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop the skills essential for success.
Team members are taken on a 12-week personal development programme involving action-packed outdoor activities like caving and climbing, as well as team challenges, community work, a job placement, and careers guidance.
The programme will not affect entitlement to Jobseeker's Allowance.
Kim Jones from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the programme was a great opportunity for young people gains skills and have fun.
"The Prince's Trust team programme is a fantastic opportunity for young people to develop skills, as well as get work experience and qualifications," she said.
"Around 70 per cent of those who take part go on to make great achievements in work and education. And it's great fun."
The course is designed to boost young people's confidence and motivation, help them uncover hidden talents and develop skills that are crucial to the world of work.
Many of the participants often come from disadvantaged backgrounds and the course helps them to turn their lives around.
Almost three-quarters of the people who take part go on to jobs, training or education within three months of completing the fun and challenging course.
Dates for 2014 have been revealed, with eight courses available at different times and locations throughout the year.
Places are currently available in Gainsborough, Lincoln, Sleaford, Skegness, Grantham and Boston.
The programmes starts in Lincoln on 13th January and 19th May and in Gainsborough on 5th May.
The dates for another four courses around the county starting in September are set to be released shortly.
For more details about the team programme, including how to apply for a place on one of the courses, visit the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue website at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lfr.
Alternatively, call the Youth Engagement Team at Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue on 01522 582285.


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Angelina Jolie's story puts focus on genetic screening for local women
JANESVILLE — A genetic test showing Kay Petkoff had an increased chance of breast and ovarian cancer left her worrying about her children.
"All I could think of in the immediate future is my kids. I need to be here for them," the 43-year-old Clinton woman recalled thinking after her December 2011 test.
She was told the results meant she had about an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. Being with her 7- and 8-year-old boys is her highest priority, she said.
"I just couldn't see not being here for them," she said.
She remembered the chemotherapy and radiation treatments her mother, Vicky Tislau, endured to treat three kinds of cancer, including two types of breast cancer.
Petkoff immediately went ahead with a hysterectomy to help rid her body of the estrogen that feeds breast cancers.
Petkoff said she's happy Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has brought more awareness to the stress and tough decisions faced by her and others with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer.
Jolie recently shared her story of her preventive double mastectomy after learning she tested positive for the mutated BRCA1 gene, which increases a person's cancer risk, as does a mutated BRCA2 gene.
"It was very cool that she decided to go through this and to speak out about it," Petkoff said. "We're just everyday people. We can advocate as much as we want to our friends … (but) she gets global awareness going. That was very awesome."
Jolie wrote an essay in The New York Times on May 14 describing her family history and her decision to have the preventive surgery in hopes of helping other women.
Local patients seek answers
Over the last five years, Linda Brethauer, an oncology nurse practitioner at Mercy Health System in Janesville, has seen "a huge growth" in the number of people referred to her for genetic counseling.
"I've seen an increase in the number of people who do not have cancer but are referred by primary care physicians or gynecologists who realize that they (patients) have a big family history of breast or ovarian cancer and know how important that is," she said.
Since she started at Mercy in 2004, she's done BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene testing for about 220 women, probably half of those in the last three years, she said.
Oncology Dr. Michael Frontiera of Dean Clinic has seen an increase in interest for the testing over the last decade.
"I think it's because awareness has been raised," he said. "Women are becoming more educated about the risks of development of cancer. More women are being proactive."
He anticipates more women will be asking about testing either for themselves or family members in light of hearing Jolie's story.
Because Brethauer works in the oncology clinic, the majority of patients she sees for genetic counseling and testing already have cancer.
"It used to be those were the only people," she said. Now, 15 to 20 percent of her referrals are people who do not have a cancer diagnosis but have a family history.
Brethauer said she already recognizes Jolie's story will have a positive effect.
"A lot of women with a gene mutation feel kind of lonely," she said. "I think that her just going public is really going to help."
She estimated about half of her patients who tested positive for the gene mutation have gone ahead with a bilateral mastectomy, both with and without a cancer diagnosis, though far more made the decision after learning they had cancer.
The genetic test is run on a blood sample and can cost $3,000 or more. Local doctors said insurance usually covers the test if the patient fits the national guidelines for testing.
Petkoff is thankful her coverage allowed preventive surgery.
"If I would have done this 10 years ago, I probably would have been paying out of pocket," she said.
Her twin sister, who also tested positive for the gene mutation, is holding off on treatment because her insurance coverage isn't as good, Petkoff said.
Brethauer attributed the increase in testing to two factors: increased awareness for genetic testing and a 2009 federal law prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating against people based on genetic test results.
A couple decades ago, doctors also didn't have a recommended treatment for someone with the gene mutation outside of a clinical trial, she said. Now, women and men—who also can get breast cancer—have options to reduce their cancer risk if the test is positive, Brethauer said.
Not for everyone
The younger the woman is when she's diagnosed with breast cancer, the higher her risk of having the gene mutation, Frontiera said. Most women don't meet the testing criteria because most women diagnosed with breast cancer are 40 or older, he said. Testing typically is not covered for those 40 or older, he said.
Only 5 percent of breast cancer patients were between ages 30 to 39, while about 17 percent were 40 to 49 years old, according to Mercy's data on local patients. The remaining patients were 50 and older.
The majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer don't fit into Jolie's category, said Sandra Mascari-Devitt, a breast health patient navigator at Mercy. More than 90 percent of breast cancers are not hereditary, she said.
After the rough recovery from her hysterectomy, Petkoff is still on the fence about having a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, but she guesses eventually she'll "probably" do it.
The hysterectomy reduced her chance of breast cancer to less than 50 percent, she said.
Still, "the odds are against you," she said.
"All I could think of when I got the information was 'I need to get this stuff out of my body so it doesn't get infected,' " she said.
"It's just nerve-racking. It's not worth the stress."
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FlawedPerfection EMERITUS (5)...SowingSeason STAFF (4)Muse explodes out of their Radiohead shell with a bombastic statement of originality....scyther (4.5)A story of wandering and unfortunate discovery....Flashmobba (5)15 years on, Muse's masterstroke retains its cutting edge....
Burning_October (5)Origin of Symmetry combines all of the best elements of Muse to create a masterpiece of an...Jawaharal (4.5)...IAmInsect (5)...DarthMann (5)'You know I don't want you and I never did.
I don't want you and I never will.'
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manuscriptreplica (4.5)...aniym20 (5)Bombastic, pretentious, depressing, uplifting (in a Radiohead sort of way). Screenager isn...innerdark (5)...Lachlan (4)This is Muse at it's rawest - sometimes a good thing, sometimes a bad thing....
RamblinHamblin (3)Although it is flawed and some of the creative decisions left me underwhelmed, Origin of S...FlippantCitizen (5)Masterpiece....
Album Rating: 4.5Yes this was a rant. It was a review, though, too. Take it as you will.
Album Rating: 4.5yah this album rocks
Album Rating: 4.5I agree with what you have to say and think it is very well written (I don't mind reviews having a personal point of view).
I also agree that Arcade Fire isn't great but I do feel that muse is extremely pretentious... js
Album Rating: 4.5Pitchfork gets away with personal points of view. The best way to get people to read them in my opinion.
Album Rating: 4.5Some people don't like it and open criticism is the norm here so before you get the inevitable "make it less personal" crap i thought i'd give you some props. ;^)
Album Rating: 4.5Oh I know. People were giving me crap for being personal on my NIN review.
Album Rating: 5.0Muse has gone shitty now, but yeah this album is too fucking good. My personal favorite track here is Microcuts.
I still don't like Muse very much but this was a great rant/review, plus it took a few punches at trendy-rock sacred cows Arcade Fire and Radiohead. Good show.
Album Rating: 3.5holy unnecessary review
Album Rating: 3.5Ridiculous review, but great to read. I do like Absolution better than this, but this does have quite a few phenomenal moments. Agreed with your remarks about Plug In Baby; one of my favorite rock songs.
"I prefer Bellamy's vocals as his are far more lively" I guess you can do that when your lyrics don't hold any significance.
Album Rating: 4.5Great review of Muse's best album.
Album Rating: 3.5I just un-fived this :[
Album Rating: 5.0i've un-fived this a couple times but you'll come around eventually
Album Rating: 3.5knew rabbit would get in there with a Thom Yorke defense, tho I do like Radiohead more than Muse. I do get tired of the comparisons between the two, though.
Album Rating: 4.5I do too, that's why I kept it to vocals & Citizen Erased vs. PA
Album Rating: 4.5I don't believe there is any comparison. Radiohead already has the longevity especially if Muse
doesn't bounce back from The Resistance.
comparison is a poor word more like blatant copying then dumbing it done to appeal to the masses.
Album Rating: 4.5I agree Matt's voice is somehow reminiscent of Yorke's early years, however instrumentally speaking both bands are nothing alike. The bass for example, on Muse is much more influent. Keys have different roles on both bands too, I'd say Muse use them in a very classical way, and radiohead more atmospheric.
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Part III In The Continuing Series, "Back To Basics".
How To Hold The Handgun Is Foundational To How Well You'll Shoot It.
The grasp of the handgun is the interface between you and the machine. If it isn't right, you'll never shoot your best. It's only the gun hand that really controls the pistol or revolver; if the support hand gets there at all, it's stabilizing the firing hand more than it's stabilizing the handgun itself. Let's look at key elements of the primary hand grasp, sometimes called "master grip" or "firing hand hold."
Virtually every shooting coach and master shooter agrees that your gun's barrel should be in line with your forearm, and the web of your hand should be high on the backstrap of your revolver, or high and tight into the grip tang of your semiautomatic pistol. The higher the hand, the lower the muzzle vis-à-vis the arm(s) behind it. The closer the axis of the gun barrel is to the line of the radius, the upper bone in your forearm, the less leverage the muzzle will have to climb upon recoil.
Because most designers built their handguns to be held this way, this also means the higher the hand, the more straight-back the natural movement of the trigger will be, reducing downward "jerks" that send the bullet south of its intended point of impact. With auto pistols, a too-low hand position allows so much handgun movement upon recoil that momentum, which should have been running the slide against the rigid abutment of a firmly-held frame, is dissipated, and the slide runs out of momentum. This can result in ejection failures and "stovepipes," and failures of the slide to return to battery, either of which can prevent the next shot from being fired.
Having the barrel in line with the forearm is important for similar reasons. In that grasp, there are literally feet of flesh and bone directly aligned against the recoil impulse, resulting in surer auto pistol cycling and faster return of revolver or pistol alike to the point of aim. If the hand is twisted on the gun and only the thumb joint is aligned behind the line of recoil—called the "h-grip," because the hand in this awkward position describes a lower-case letter "h"—the shooter has only a fraction as much "hand and body into the gun." Recoil once again goes out of control, and reliability of autoloaders will suffer.
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Rod Stewart and Beastie Boys Adam Yauch were both forced to pull out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony with illness this weekend.
Yauch, who suffered Cancer in 2009, was unable to join his Beastie Boys bandmates at the event - issuing the following statement ahead of the ceremony on Saturday (April 14).
"Beastie Boys regret that Adam 'MCA' Yauch will be unable to join Mike 'Mike D' Diamond and Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz at the band's induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
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Ali, Syed Zeeshan, De Luca, Andrea, Hopper, Richard, Boual, Sophie, Gardner, J. W. and Udrea, Florin. (2015) A low-power, low-cost infra-red emitter in CMOS technology. IEEE Sensors Journal, 15 . pp. 6775-6782. ISSN 1530-437X
Grant, Wyn. (2005) The provision of fire services in rural areas. Public Policy and Administration, Vol.20 (No.1). pp. 67-79. ISSN 0952-0767
Karavasilis, Theodore L.. (2016) Assessment of capacity design of columns in steel moment resisting frames with viscous dampers. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 88 . pp. 215-222. ISSN 0267-7261
Lewis, W. J. (Wanda J.). (2008) Computational form-finding methods for fabric structures. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering and Computational Mechanics, Vol.161 (No.3). pp. 139-149. ISSN 1755-0777
Mottram, J. Toby and Zafari, Behrouz. (2011) Pin-bearing strengths for bolted connections in fibre-reinforced polymer structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings, 164 (5). pp. 291-305. ISSN 0965-0911
Qureshi, Jawed and Mottram, J. Toby. (2013) Behaviour of pultruded beam-to-column joints using steel web cleats. Thin-Walled Structures, 73 . pp. 48-56. ISSN 0263-8231
Shahabpoor, E., Pavic, A., Racic, V. and Živanović, Stana. (2017) Effect of group walking traffic on dynamic properties of pedestrian structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 387 . pp. 207-225. ISSN 0022-460X
Tamainot-Telto, Zacharie. (2016) Novel method using Dubinin-Astakhov theory in sorption reactor design for refrigeration and heat pump applications. Applied Thermal Engineering . ISSN 1359-4311 (In Press)
Tkachenko, Nataliya, Bricker, Stephanie and Jarvis, Stephen A.. (2015) To dig or not to dig? Place and perception in subsurface housing. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability . ISSN 1478-4629
Tzimas, Angelos S., Kamaris, Geordios, Karavasilis, Theodore L. and Galasso, C.. (2016) Collapse risk and residual drift performance of steel buildings using post-tensioned MRFs and viscous dampers in near-fault regions. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 14 (6). pp. 1643-1662. ISSN 1570-761X (In Press)
Zafari, Behrouz and Mottram, J. T.. (2015) Characterization by full-size testing of pultruded frame joints for the Startlink house. Journal of Composites in Construction , 19 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1090-0268
Zhou, Dan, (Researcher in engineering), Zhao, Chang-Ying and Tian, Y. (Yuan). (2012) Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications. Applied Energy, Vol.92 . pp. 593-605. ISSN 03062619
Živanović, Stana and Pavić, Aleksandar. (2009) Probabilistic modeling of walking excitation for building floors. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol.23 (No.3). pp. 132-143. ISSN 0887-3828
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Marshall, Paul, Cain, Rebecca and Payne, Sarah R. (2011) Situated crowdsourcing : a pragmatic approach to encouraging participation in healthcare design. In: 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 , Dublin, 23-26 May 2011. Published in: Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 pp. 555-558.
Tamainot-Telto, Zacharie (2016) Towards optimum specifications of adsorbent for heat pump and refrigeration applications. In: Heat Powered Cycles Conference 2016, Nottingham , 26-29 Jun 2016. Published in: Heat Powered Cycles Conference 2016 Extended Abstracts (HPC760). pp. 129-130.
Ascione, Luigi, Caron, Jean - François , Godonou, Patrice, IJselmuijden, K. van, Knippers, Jan, Mottram, J. Toby, Oppe, Mattias, Sorensen, Morten Gantrils , Taby, Jon and Tromp, Liesbeth (2016) Prospect for new guidance in the design of FRP : support to the implementation and further development of the Eurocode. Brussels: Publications Office of the European Union. (Report EUR 27666 EN).
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Abbaker, Abdelfattah Elnur (2006) Behavior of lightweight framing systems for buildings. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Brigham, Martin Patrick (2005) The organisation of technology and the technology of organisation: the Vehicle Mounted Data System and the provision of UK fire services. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Gooding, Dominic Edward Maxwell (1994) Improved processes for the production of soil-cement building blocks. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Khalifa, Abdalla (2015) Processing and characterisation of cementitious materials reinforced with fibres. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Kintingu, Simion Hosea (2009) Design of interlocking bricks for enhanced wall construction, flexibility, alignment accuracy and load bearing. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Mahdad, Sadeghi (2015) Achieving design quality in building projects : an evolving understanding of critical success factors and stakeholder attributes. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Millard, S. G. (1983) Shear transfer in cracked reinforced concrete. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Spillmann, Thorsten S. (2014) The performance and properties of novel desiccant coated heat exchange surfaces for solar air conditioning. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.


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This is a continuation application of Ser. No. 566,053 filed on Dec. 27, 1983 and now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to a method for producing metal/insulator composite materials (cermets).
2. Prior Art
Composite two phase materials consisting of finely dispersed mixtures of immiscible metals, materials with relatively high conductivity, and insulators, materials with substantially lower conductivity, have been studied extensively and are finding an increasing use in a variety of applications. These applications include film resistors for microelectronics fabrication, ferromagnets for magnetic core materials, optical materials for solar energy conversion systems and piezoresistive materials for pressure measurement. The microstructure and physical properties (e.g. electrical, optical, magnetic) of these composite materials, also known as cermets, depend very sensitively on the method of preparation.
Conventionally, cermet films can be prepared either by co-sputtering or co-evaporation of immiscible metals and insulators or by screen-printing of inks. Such inks have insulator and metal particles suspended in a viscous organic fluid and, after screen-printing, are dried and fired. A widely used method for preparing cermet films is by sputtering from a composite target 10 as shown schematically in FIG. 1A. A typical composite target includes a disc where part of the disc is composed of a metallic component and part is composed of an insulator 12. A plasma discharge in a low pressure gas (e.g. argon) is supported between target 10 and a substrate 13 by the application of a radio frequency (RF) electric field. The gas ions impinge on target 10 and sputter off target material. Both target 10 and substrate 13 are held stationary. The deposition rate of material from each component of target 10 is non-uniformly distributed across substrate 13.
Also, U.S. Pat. No. 4,021,277 to Shirn et al teaches forming a thin metal alloy film of nickel chromium by rotating a substrate under a plurality of sputtering cathodes. The substrate is alternately disposed directly beneath a chromium-plated target and a nickel chromium target. The sputtering rate of each target is individually controlled by adjusting an associated power supply level.
Determining the volume fraction of metal in the sputtered composite film requires measurement of the sputter yield of the two components of the composite target, shown in FIG. 1A. Given these yields and the dependence of the thickness of the film on a substrate location parameter, s, (see FIG. 1A), Hanak's model (see J. J. Hanak, H. W. Lehman, and R. K. Wehner, J. Appl. Phys. 43, 1666 '72) predicts the volume fraction of metal, f, as a function of s. The target configuration of FIG. 1A allows the preparation in a single run of samples with metal volume fraction, f, that spans a large part of the range from 0 to 1. On the other hand, the size of a sample with a given, uniform composition is very small.
A more uniform composition over a large area may be obtained with a composite target configuration 15 indicated in FIG. 1B. Composite films prepared by co-sputtering show a strong dependence of the composite particle size on the composite metal volume fraction.
The composite target method produces metal/ insulator composites which for a metal volume fraction, f, less than about 0.5-0.6, have metal particles with a wide range of shapes and a broad size distribution. Furthermore, the average size distribution is found to depend on the metal volume fraction as shown in FIG. 2. This means that the particle size cannot be changed independently of the volume fraction.
Since the physical properties of the two-phase metal and insulator composites, i.e. cermets, depend not only on the metal volume fraction but also on the average metal particle size and shape, the particle size spread and the type of distribution of the particles in the insulator, it would be desirable to have a method that provides uniform metal particle size and shape, provides uniform metal particle distribution in the insulator and allows control of particle size independently of metal volume fraction. These are some of the problems this invention overcomes.
In accordance with an embodiment of this invention, a method for forming a two-phase metal/insulator composite material (cermet) produces metal particles uniformly sized and uniformly distributed in the insulator. The method provides for separate control of the relative metal and insulator composition of the cermet and metal particle size. The method includes depositing a small amount of a first metal on a substrate from a metal deposition source and then discontinuing deposition of the first metal on the substrate. Subsequently, a small amount of an insulator is deposited on the substrate from an insulator deposition source and the deposition of the insulator is discontinued. The previous steps are sequentially repeated until the desired film thickness of the cermet is obtained. Each deposition of at least one of either the metal or the insulator is sufficiently small so that a discontinuous film of that material is produced.
Characteristics of the cermet sputtering deposition method in accordance with an embodiment of this invention are that (1) it supplies materials (with f<0.5-0.6) with well-defined metal particle size and shape and uniformly distributed within the insulating matrix, and (2) it allows separate control of cermet compositions (metal volume fraction) and particle size. Because of these characteristics, the method of this invention provides cermets with improved physical properties not only due to improved uniformity in the microstructure of the cermet but also because physical properties can be optimized by separate optimization of cermet composition and metal particle size.
Furthermore, the method of this invention offers additional advantages when compared with prior art co-sputtering or co-evaporation methods. These include the following:
(a) Preparation of large area cermets with uniform composition and film thickness is very conveniently accomplished.
(b) The average power dissipation in the substrate can be adjusted to be very low, which allows the use of heat sensitive substrate materials.
(c) The metal volume fraction of cermets can be easily changed by changing, for example, relative power applied to the two targets, whereas in the prior art co-sputtering method, the target composition must be changed each time it is desired to change the metal volume fraction.
(d) The metal volume fraction of the cermet can be very accurately measured and controlled.
FIG. 1A is a schematic perspective view of a sputtering system for the preparation of cermets in accordance with the prior art;
FIG. 1B is a composite target configuration that produces a cermet with more uniform composition over a large area in accordance with the prior art;
FIG. 2 is a graphical representation of the relationship between metal particle size and metal volume fraction of the composite for a number of different composites prepared in accordance with the prior art methods of FIGS. 1A and 1B;
FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of a sputtering system including two targets and a rotating turntable supporting a substrate in accordance with one embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 4 is a graphical representation comparing the metal-particle-size vs. metal-volume-fraction relationship of composites in accordance with this invention and in accordance with the prior art of FIGS. 1A and 1B and showing that in accordance with the method of this invention, particle size can be changed independently of the volume fraction; and
FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing of an evaporation deposition system having the targets and a rotating shutter selectively exposing a substrate on which a cermet film is deposited.
A cermet preparation method according to this invention involves the sequential deposition on a substrate of small amounts of each component of the composite. This process is repeated until a cermet film with the desired thickness is obtained using such a "tandem deposition" technique.
FIG. 3 shows schematically a sputtering system 30 suitable for carrying out the method of this invention. This system includes a metal base plate 31 and a metal bell jar 32 that seals on base plate 31 to form an enclosed space 33. Vacuum is created in enclosed space 33 with a pumping station 34. A turntable 35 is supported by a shaft 36 which is mounted on a rotary vacuum feedthrough 37 on the top of bell jar 32. Shaft 36 is driven by a motor 38 so that turntable 35 rotates. Motor 38 is driven by a controller 52 that can be programmed to move turntable 35 in a continuous rotation at a desired rate, in a rotation with stops or in an oscillatory motion through some portion of a full circle. A sample substrate 39 is mounted eccentrically on the top surface of turntable 35.
A metal target 40 is mounted several inches above turntable 35 and has a surface generally parallel to turntable 35. Target 40 is centered such that rotating substrate 39 passes directly underneath. An insulating target 41 is mounted symmetrically, preferably located 180� apart, from metal target 40. When turntable 35 is rotated, substrate 39 is alternately brought under metal target 40 and insulating target 41. Radio frequency power and monitoring circuits 50 and 51 are coupled to targets 40 and 41, respectively, so that the sputtering process can be adjusted, controlled and monitored. If a single radio frequency power source is used, the radio frequency power is distributed between the two targets with an appropriate adjustable power splitter circuit 54, shown in dotted outline. In the sputtering system of FIG. 3, turntable 35 is an integral part of the radio frequency target-plasma-substrate circuit and must rotate precisely and reproducibly.
In operation, a clean substrate 39 is mounted on turntable 35 with a surface facing targets 40 and 41. Bell jar 32 is sealed to base plate 31 and space 33 is evacuated. A sputter promoting gas, e.g. argon, is introduced into the system through a conduit 42 to establish a pressure of a few microns of mercury. Radio frequency power is applied to targets 40 and 41 and a plasma discharge is initiated between targets 40, 41 and turntable 35. Motor 38 is activated to rotate turntable 35 and bring substrate 39 successively under targets 40 and 41. The relative amount of material deposited on substrate 39 from each target 40, 41, which determines the composition of the cermet, is precisely controlled by the ratio of the powers supplied to each target 40, 41 by the power and monitoring circuits 50 and 51. On the other hand, the metal particle size in the composite is found to depend, in the present preparation method, on the amount of material deposited on substrate 39 during each pass under a target and the rate of deposition. Generally, metal particle size increases with decreasing turntable rotation rate. Thus, the duration of each deposition and the interval between depositions may have an effect on metal particle size. Therefore, this method allows for the metal particle size to be varied while holding the composition of the composite at a fixed value by varying the turntable rotation rate. In summary, the metal-insulator composition of the cermet is dependent on the relative rates of deposition of the metal and the insulator. The metal particle size is dependent on the duration of each deposition. When sputter deposition of the metal is discontinued before a continuous film is formed then a discontinuous metal film is formed so that at least some of the sputter deposited metal particles, not at the boundary of the substrate, have at least a side portion not touching another sputter deposited metal particle.
FIG. 4 compares the metal-particle-size vs. metal-volume-fraction relationship of the composites according to this invention and according to the prior art (FIGS. 1A, 1B and 2). The comparison indicates the wide range of metal particle size that can be obtained for a given cermet composition with the present method. In addition, it is found that over a wide range of metal volume fractions (e.g. 0.4<f≦1), turntable rotation rates and radio frequency power levels, the cermets contain spherical metal particles with their size in a very narrow range and dispersed uniformly in the insulator.
Referring to FIG. 5, another embodiment 60 of this invention uses a rotating shutter 61 positioned between a substrate 62 and a metal target 63, a metal target 64, and an insulator target 65. Targets 62, 63 and 64 are heated so deposition of the target material occurs on substrate 62 when rotation of shutter 61 provides an unblocked path between substrate 62 and one of targets 63, 64 or 65.
Table I below provides an example of a cermet preparation according to an embodiment of this invention.
TABLE I______________________________________Au/SiO.sub.2______________________________________Sputtering gas ArSputtering gas pressure 4 microns of Hg (mercury)RF - power source Single 1 kW power supply with power splitterTotal RF - power supplied 100 wattsto targetMetal (Au)-target D.C. bias 200-650 V (depending on power splitter setting)Insulator (SiO.sub.2)-target 160-200 V (depending onD. C. bias power splitter setting)Substrate material Glass, sapphire, carbonSubstrate cooling Water cool the substrate tableMaterial deposited on 0.1-200 Å per passsubstrate for each passunder targets______________________________________
This cermet is made from gold (Au) as the metal and silicon dioxide (SiO2) as the insulator. The metal target is a 7.6 cm disc made from 99.99% pure gold. The insulator target is a 20 cm disc made from 99.999% pure SiO2. The distance between targets and substrate is about 5 cm. The conditions during sputtering are shown in Table I. The choice of the relative power to the Au and SiO2 targets determines the metal volume fraction f. The relationship between radio frequency power and cermet composition for a given metal/insulator combination can be established by experimentation. Because of the difficulty in accurately measuring the radio frequency power to each of the two targets, the system is calibrated in terms of the total radio frequency power and the D.C. bias voltage effectively applied to each target by the radio frequency source. The cermet composition can be determined by different known techniques.
Table II below shows the values of the D.C. bias voltage to the two targets and the sputtering deposition rate from the two targets (in Angstroms/minute) required to obtain cermets with the gold volume fractions shown.
TABLE II______________________________________Au/SiO.sub.2 CompositeMetalVolume D.C. Bias Voltage Deposition RatesFraction to Targets from Targetsof Composite Au SiO.sub.2 Au SiO.sub.2______________________________________0.35 240 volts 167 volts 13 Å/min 24 Å/min0.50 630 volts 200 volts 19 Å/min 19 Å/min______________________________________
Table III below shows an example of how the rotation speed of the substrate affects the metal particle size when the cermet composition is kept constant. One can also see in Table III that the particle size distribution is very narrowly centered around the average size.
TABLE III______________________________________Au/SiO.sub.2 Composite with Metal Volume Fraction f = 0.15 Tolerance for which 70%Frequency of Auof Amount of Material Au Particle ParticleSubstrate Deposited per Pass Average Sizes EqualRotation Au SiO.sub.2 Size Average______________________________________6.9 � 10.sup.-2 Hz 0.15Å 0.85Å 20Å 3Å4.3 � 10.sup.-3 Hz 1.5Å 8.5Å 30Å 3Å6.2 � 10.sup.-4 Hz 13Å 72Å 60Å 6Å______________________________________
From the above Table III, it can be appreciated that if the amount of silicon dioxide material deposited per pass is divided by the amount of gold material deposited per pass, the resulting quotient has a magnitude of from about 5.5 to about 5.6. For example, 0.85 angstroms of silicon dioxide divided by 0.15 angstroms of gold is about 5.6.
It is appreciated that the teachings of this invention including the use of sequential deposition of small amounts of each cermet component to obtain a cermet with the described improved microstructure can be carried out by means other than the ones described explicitely aboe. Some examples are the following:
(1) The substrate is kept stationary and the targets are rotated.
(2) Both substrate and targets are stationary and sequential deposition from each target is accomplished with an appropriate movable (e.g. rotating) shutter.
(3) Both substrate and targets are stationary and sequential deposition from each target is accomplished by sequentially turning on and off the power to each target.
(4) Instead of a continuous rotation of the substrate, the relative amount of material deposited sequentially from each target can be adjusted by using, for example, different rates of rotation during the passage of the substrate under each target, or by interrupting the rotation and leaving the substrate under each target for different lengths of time.
(5) Deposition sources other than sputtering sources can be used. In particular, two electron beam deposition sources, or two thermal evaporation sources or two ion beam sources, or two chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes, or a combination of these sources.
(6) The temperature of the substrate can be controlled (by heating or cooling) as to change the cermet growth conditions and thus affect the metal particle size and distribution.
The cermet preparation method of this invention can also be used to prepare cermets with more than two components, including multiple metals and multiple insulators. For example, in the embodiment of FIG. 3, a metal cermet can be prepared by adding a second metal sputtering target in a configuration similar to that of the two targets in FIG. 3. The three targets can be arranged to be equally spaced with respect to each other or in any other desired asymmetic arrangement. These and all other variations which basically rely on the teachings through which this disclosure has advanced the art are properly considered within the scope of this invention.
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