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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 342329, 5 pages
Study on Vibration Behavior of Doubly Clamped Silicon Nanowires by Molecular Dynamics
Key Lab of MEMS of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Received 25 February 2012; Revised 1 April 2012; Accepted 19 April 2012
Academic Editor: Sergio J. Mejía-Rosales
Copyright © 2012 H. Yu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The vibration behavior of doubly clamped silicon nanowires with square cross sections is studied by molecular dynamics method. Silicon nanowires have lengths ranging from 4.888 to 12.491 nm and cross sections ranging from 1.22 nm × 1.22 nm to 3.39 nm × 3.39 nm. The size dependence of the resonant frequency is studied in detail. The results show that the vibration behavior of Si nanowire is quite different from the macroscopic beam, and the resonant frequency is much higher than the result based on the continuum theory, but close to the theoretical result based on the semicontinuum approach. Surface reconstruction can strongly affect on vibration behavior. These results demonstrate that the classic theory may not be suitable for analysis of performances of nanostructures, and the conclusion of the study has a certain practical significance on related fields.
1. Introduction
In last decade, resonant nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMSs) have been found in a variety of important applications, including ultrasensitive mass and force sensing [1, 2], ultralow-power radio frequency (RF) signal generation, timing [3–5], and switch [6]. Silicon-based nanowires and nanobeams with very small dimensions and high-performance form the basis of most experimental demonstrations in these applications, where the nanowires or the nanobeams appear either in cantilever or in doubly clamped beam resonators. Nanoscale cantilevers are preferred to be resonators in mass sensing and ultrahigh frequency applications. For example, the nanothick resonant cantilever is used to detect ppm level trace trimethylamine vapor via specific molecular adsorption by measuring the resonant frequency shift of the cantilever [7]. On the other hand, doubly clamped silicon nanowire or nanobeam is another type of resonators in nanomechanical systems. They are also very attractive to researchers. As early as the year 2007, the fundamental resonance of 215 MHz of the doubly clamped silicon nanowire was demonstrated by Feng et al. [3]. The demonstration of mass spectrometry based on single biological molecule detection by using a doubly clamped silicon resonant nanobeam was reported in 2009 [8]. Therefore, the resonant or vibration behavior of the silicon nanowire is very important to the mass sensing and other applications and has been widely studied by researchers.
In the aspect of theoretical study, some of researches applied equations and software based on continuum assumption to nanowires when they studied the resonance of silicon nanowires and the relationship between resonant frequency and Young's modulus [3, 9, 10]. However, because of the low dimension of the nanowire, the mechanical properties and thus the vibration behavior may deviate from their microscopic and macroscopic counterparts. It means that classical theories based on continuum assumptions or computational design tools, which have been developed for microstructures and macrostructures, may not be directly applicable for the nanostructures. Some approaches have been proposed to extend classical continuum theories to nanostructured materials. By considering the discrete nature of nanomaterial, Sun and Zhang developed a semicontinuum model to calculate Young's modulus of the ultrathin film with a simple cubic lattice [11]. This approach was then developed to study Young's modulus of silicon nanoplate [12]. Based on this approach, a multiscale model was built to analyze the deflection and resonant frequency of silicon nanobeam [13, 14]. On the other hand, molecular dynamics method is often used to study and simulate the mechanical and resonant properties of nanowires. Park et al. and Kim et al. [15, 16] simulated the flexural and longitudinal vibrations of silicon nanocantilevers by molecular dynamics method. They deduced the elastic modulus and Young's modulus for nanothick silicon cantilevers from the natural frequency equation based on the continuum theory.
In this paper, we study the resonant behavior of doubly clamped silicon nanowires by using a specific computer code, Forcite, which is based on molecular dynamics method. Our results are in well agreement with the results based on the multiscale model but much higher than those based on continuum theory.
2. Construction of Simulation Model
Simulation model of one doubly clamped silicon nanowire with a square cross section is built as shown in Figure 1(a) (yellow atoms). The red atoms at two ends of the silicon nanowire are clamped. The cross section and the orientation of the silicon nanowire are depicted in Figure 1, too. Periodic boundary condition is used in the longitudinal direction of Si nanowire, and lateral surfaces are under free boundary conditions in vacuum. The simulation has been carried out at the average temperature of 298 K with a time step of 1 fs. Compass (Condensed-phase Optimized Molecular Potential for Atomistic Simulation Studies) force-field is selected when simulation is performed.
To actuate the nanowire, an AFM probe is constructed above the nanowire, which is denoted by green atoms in Figure 1. After structure optimization, the nanowire begins to deflection as shown in Figure 1(b), because Van der Waals force exists between the AFM and the nanowire. Then the AFM is removed and the simulation starts. Because of the initial deflection, the nanowire will vibrate freely.
3. Simulation Results and Discussion
Figure 2 shows the kinetic and potential energy of the silicon nanowire when the nanowire is vibrating. It can be seen that after undergoing very short transient oscillations, the kinetic energy and potential energy start oscillating almost in one uniform period. At the maximum point of the kinetic energy, the potential energy reaches to the minimum, and vice versa. Exchange between the kinetic energy and the potential energy occurs during one period.
Figure 3 shows the vibration traces of the nanowire in the successive time moment during one oscillation period. It is seen that the vibration mode is the first mode and the motion of the nanowire in one oscillation period is different from that of a macroscopic beam.
The frequency response of the silicon nanowire can be obtained by performing FFT of the kinetic energy or the potential energy. Figure 4 shows the frequency response of the nanowire with a length of 9.232 nm. The cross section is 1.22 nm × 1.22 nm. It can be seen that the fundamental frequency is about 179.4 GHz.
The vibrations of nanowires with different thicknesses are studied. The fundamental frequency as a function of thickness of the nanowire is shown in Figure 5 (black).
As we have known, the first mode frequency and the mode frequency for a doubly clamped Euler-Bernoulli beam can be written as [17] where is Young's modulus, is mass per unit length, , is the density of the beam, is the area of the cross section, and and are the beam length and the mass moment of inertia, respectively. Now we apply this model to calculate fundamental frequencies of doubly clamped silicon nanowires. Young's modulus in (1) takes the value obtained by Park et al. [15, 16] for silicon nanowire. The results calculated from (1) for nanowires with different thicknesses are also shown in Figure 5 (green).
It is noticed that there is a big deviation between simulation results and calculation results based on (1). The deviation is larger than 60%. This means that the classic theory may not be suitable for analysis of performance of nanostructures, since (1) is built based on continuum assumption, and the discrete nature must be considered in the model for nanostructures. By considering the discrete nature in thickness direction of nanobeam, a multiscale model is proposed to study the vibration frequency of silicon nanobeam [14]. In this model, the fundamental frequency of the doubly clamped silicon nanobeam is described as where ,, and are the length, the density, and the lattice constant of the silicon nanobeam, respectively. is the number of lattices in thickness, is the spring constant between two silicon atoms, , and is the relaxation constant. For nonsurface relaxation, . Based on this multiscale approach, resonant frequencies for silicon nanowires are calculated and compared with our simulation results, as shown in Figure 6. It is clear that the discrepancy between them is smaller than the deviation in Figure 5. The deviation here is smaller than 20%. This figure shows that our results are in well agreement with the multiscale model results.
When the length of the nanowire is changed, the vibration behavior will change, too. The fundamental frequencies of doubly clamped silicon nanowires with different lengths are studied. Figure 7 shows the resonant frequency as a function of length of the silicon nanowire. The fundamental frequency decreases monotonically with the length increasing.
When the width is changed, the frequency response of the nanowire does not change significantly, as shown in Figure 8. This concludes that the transverse vibration frequency is not related to the width of nanowire too much, which is similar with the result based on continuum theory.
Surface reconstruction can strongly impact on the elasticity of silicon nanoplate [18–20]. Therefore, the effect of surface reconstruction on vibration frequency of silicon nanowire is also studied in detail. The (2 × 1) dimmer reconstruction is considered on four of lateral surfaces of the silicon nanowire. Figure 9 shows the vibration frequencies with and without reconstruction for nanowires with different cross sections. It can be seen that the frequency under surface reconstruction is much higher than that without reconstruction. The frequency is almost doubled by surface reconstruction for the nanowire with the cross section of 1.488 nm2. Because of the surface reconstruction, the nanowire becomes stiffer, and Young's modulus becomes larger, resulting in the resonant frequency increasing significantly. The size of cross section is smaller, the change of resonant frequency is greater, since the surface-to-volume ratio is higher for the nanowire with a smaller cross section.
4. Conclusions
Vibration behavior of doubly clamped silicon nanowires is studied by molecular dynamics software. The results are different from those based on classic continuum theory but are close to the results obtained from semicontinuum approach. Resonant frequency of doubly clamped silicon nanowires strongly depends on the length and thickness of the nanowire. Surface reconstruction has strong impact on the vibration behavior of the silicon nanowire, especially on the nanowire with smaller size. The results show that the classic theory may not be suitable for analysis of the vibration of silicon nanowires.
This project is supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 61001044).
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This week, The U. S. Department of Health and Human sent some 310,000 notifications to individuals nationwide regarding discrepancies in citizenship or immigration data, 3,800 of those here in Tennessee. These discrepancies include "data matching issues" reported on consumers' applications, such as a missing or incorrect digit in a social security or permanent resident card number. The deadline to submit correct information is fast approaching, as consumers have only until September 5 to do so or risk losing their coverage by September 30.
Consumers have been sent reminders through email, postal mail service or by phone.
"It is absolutely critical that consumers who purchased a plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace, especially those who provided immigration documentation during the application process, check their mailboxes, phone messages and email in the coming days for this important notice," said Kyle Kordsmeier, an Organizer for Get Covered America-Tennessee. "If you receive one, act quickly to correct the data so there is no interruption in your health coverage."
The discrepancies affect about 2.5% of the more than 150,000 Tennesseans who purchased coverage through the Marketplace during the six month open enrollment period ending March 31 of this year.


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i have 2 mic's linkt to a black box end the black box has a usb link to the wii.
my problem is that the wii only sees 1 of the mic's
the mic's or from : speedlink (Company)
is ther somting to do to make it work whit 2 mic's
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By Sgt. Heidi Agostini | DVID | Dvidshub.net | November 11, 2011
Camp Pendleton, Calif. – More than 20 cyclists participated in the 4th Annual Padre Pedal Power Ride from Camp Pendleton to San Diego, Nov. 11.
Navy chaplains, along with religious program assistants and friends pedaled their bikes from the I Marine Expeditionary Force Command Element building to the commanding generals building aboard the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Veterans Day to raise money for the Semper Fi Fund.
"Four years ago my son and I decided we wanted to do something for Veterans Day," said Navy Capt. Irving Elson, a chaplain with 3d Marine Air Wing. "We had just gotten into cycling again and we decided to ride from Camp Pendleton to Balboa Hospital. Sadly that's the journey that a lot of our veterans take."
Fifteen riders joined the father and son team on the inaugural ride. The group grew over the next three years to include seven chaplains and four religious program assistants this year. Elson is already planning for next year's ride.
"It's just a great way to observe Veterans Day, by doing stuff with our feet and our legs, he said." The first half of the ride is gorgeous because we come down the coast to Torrey Pines. We're lucky that we're able to get out there and ride and we hope that by raising money for the Semper Fi Fund, others who have been injured will be able to ride again someday.
More than $5,400 was raised to support the Semper Fi Fund, a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance and quality of life solutions for injured or severely ill service members. The fund provides relief to qualified service members and their families for immediate financial needs that arise during hospitalization and recovery, as well as perpetuating needs such as home modifications, customized transportation and specialized equipment. The Semper Fi Fund has awarded more than 36,000 financial grants totaling more than $55 million in grants given to injured and ill service members and their families.


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COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Columbus County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting death late last night.
The Sheriff's Office says officers responded at about 11:43 p.m. to 631 Evergreen Church Rd. in Delco to reports of a person shot. They found the body of Livis Charles Owens, Jr., 46.
Deputies had responded to the area about an hour earlier to reports of multiple shots fired, but there were no reports of injuries at that time.
Investigators have not said if there are any suspects or if anyone has been arrested.
An autopsy on Owens is scheduled for Raleigh tomorrow.
We'll hear from friends and family of the victim tonight on WWAY NewsChannel 3.


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This fascinating argument from Jonathan Hill presents the case for the significance and importance of the immaterial in architecture.
Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it unarguably creates, but what of the spaces it creates? This issue drives Hill's explorative look at the immaterial aspects of architecture. The book discusses the pressures on architecture and the architectural profession to be respectively solid matter and solid… (more)
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Taipei based Team Group Inc has released the Fusion F108 series of flash drives. Measuring 59 x 17.7 x 7.7mm, the compact flash drives feature a "sandblasted and anodized" finishing, USB 2.0 interface, and support data transfer rates up to 15/ 25/ 30Mb/s (read) and 5/ 10/ 15Mb/s (write) for 2/ 4Gb, 8/ 16Gb, 32Gb variants respectively. They are available in silver, black and brown colors and are backed by a lifetime warranty. Pricing and availability has not been announced yet so stay tuned for more updates.
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The Fusion Flash Drive Series from Team Group Inc is one of the global bestseller USB. Continuing with the clean cut design of the previous generation, the Fusion F108 delivers a maximum capacity up to 32GB, which can store up to over 40 movies in AVI format or 6,000 songs in MP3 format. The big capacity of Fusion Flash Drive can give user a worry free storing experience.
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Inheriting the features from the globally bestselling Fusion family, the F108 catches the user attention with its sandblasted and anodized finishing. With the well-tempered color silver, black and brown, the F108 becomes an indispensable mobile storage for mature user seeks for reliable storage.
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Equip with the USB2.0 transfer interface, support 2-32GB capacity, and provide fastest transfer rate is up to 30MB/s (read) and 15MB/s (write), F108 can give endless fun to daily life by integrating work, creativity and multimedia for users. F108 is also designed for saving energy, which shows Team's dedication in creating an environmental friendly consumer electronic product.
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Ahmadinejad comes within shouting distance of Israel
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged rhetorical jabs as Ahmadinejad's Lebanon tour came within shouting distance of Israel's border.
"The entire world should know that the Zionists will disappear," Ahmadinejad said Thursday in the town of Bint Jbeil, a town within two miles of Israel, in a speech that was audible to Israelis along the northern border. "Today the Zionist occupiers have no choice but to surrender to reality and return to their homes and countries of origin."
Ahmadinejad, whose government is the principal backer of Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist group, has repeatedly expressed his desire to see Israel disappear.
Netanyahu chose to respond in the hall in Tel Aviv where David Ben Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, declared independence in 1948.
"We heard today the cursing and the language of contempt from the Lebanon border," Netanyahu said, Ha'aretz reported."We will continue to build our country and we will know very well how to defend it."


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Stocking up on a keepsake
Deloris Bowers' creations can be found coast to coast. They're usually seen around Christmas -- but are treasured throughout the year.
Bowers has made 71 Christmas stockings for close family members, including her eight children, 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandkids.
She's made 11 more stockings for friends, acquaintances and other relatives, for a total of 82.
"It's just something I enjoy," said the 80-year-old Lake Park woman.
Bowers began making the stockings in 1989.
The first stocking went to a grandchild, who later told Bowers she should make one for his mother, Bowers' daughter.
That led to requests from other family members.
Each stocking's pattern is a little bit different, although all share a Christmas theme.
It takes about two weeks to make one stocking.
She's made as many as four or five stockings per year. She makes them now when there's a new addition to the family.
She's ahead of the game, recently completing a stocking to give to the next family member born.
Bowers has sewed since childhood. She continues to enjoy sewing, even while watching her beloved Minnesota Twins on TV.
"I'm not someone who can just sit around and watch TV. I have to be doing something else, too," she said.
Sewing has taken on extra significance in her life recently. Bowers is fighting cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, which reduces the feeling in her hands and feet.
"Sewing is great therapy for her hands," said Bowers' daughter, Connie McDougall of Hawley.
Bowers does other sewing projects for her family as well. For instance, she sends a cross-stitched wedding picture to each grandchild who gets married. Cross stitching is a type of embroidery.
Bowers said her large family gets along well. "When we get together, there's no arguing, no fighting," she said.
This summer, Bowers celebrated her 80th birthday in Lake Park. Most of her family was able to attend, and they brought along 75 of the stockings she made.
"There's such a great keepsake," McDougall said. "Each of these stockings is cherished by our family."
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Iomega ration has announced the REV 120GB Backup Drive, the third generation of its REV technology.
Iomega will unveil the new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive and REV 120GB disks at CeBIT 2008, the international technology tradeshow beginning today in Hanover, Germany, and running through March 9.
The Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive is expected to be available worldwide in April as external USB 2.0 and internal SATA interface models; a REV 120GB ATAPI interface model is planned for mid-year.
Iomega introduced its REV technology with the first generation REV 35GB Backup Drive in 2004, followed by the second generation REV 70GB Backup Drive in 2006.
REV aims to reinvent the hard drive by dividing its components into a drive bay and a low-cost removable disk. The sensitive drive heads and electronics reside in the REV drive; a hard disk platter and fluid-dynamic bearing motor are located in the REV disk. The REV disk is designed for zero maintenance, sealed against outside air contamination while in operation and when not in the drive. The virtual clean room environment of the REV system is supported by automatic head-cleaning, air filtration, and two-stage error correction for automatic data verification.
Iomega's new REV 120GB Backup Drive features transfer rates of up to 35MB/second, extensive third-party software support, and an estimated 30-year archival life, while REV 120GB disks have an estimated one million rewrite durability. And while tape products require frequent head cleaning, tape retensioning, and an expensive tape replacement regime, REV drives and disks are designed for continuous reliable use with zero maintenance.
The new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive will be read backwards compatible with REV 70GB disks, meaning a REV 120GB Backup Drive will be able to read a REV 70GB disk, allowing REV 70GB drive users a straightforward migration path to the new REV 120GB drive and disk platform. The REV 120GB Backup Drive can't read or write to the first generation, 35GB disks.
Pricing for the Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive and Iomega REV 120GB disks will be announced closer to product availability.


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Doing that is to abdicate responsibility for critical thinking, and it also relies on an invalid argument from authority.
Your whole attitude is nothing more than a pose and an excuse not to think. The result of this is ignorance.
It should also be interesting that almost no reputable scientist or medical professional backs the claims made by many conspiracy sites.
I am saying we should listen to educated professionals over some tin foil hat sites where the collective IQ doesn't crest 100.
It's easy to say that whistleblowers, and alternative media have low IQ levels but according to your own standards there must be a peer reviewed scientific journal proving this otherwise you are not even being consistent with your own claimed methodology.
Frankly, your thinking is a mess.
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Owning racehorses is a huge financial commitment for most people. Like us, they choose to put some money into their passion for racing. Yet every year owners are being driven out of the sport because they just can't stop the tide of racing's financial realities sweeping over them. And if owners leave the sport in significant numbers, the jobs of countless people in the industry are either lost or become less secure. I believe particular attention needs to be paid to the situation in relation to stable staff. I have been hugely disappointed that hardly anyone, amidst the acres of newsprint and airtime that have been devoted to discussions on racing's finances in recent years, has sought to make stable staff a priority.Again and again, we hear from trainers that the biggest problem they face is recruiting good staff. Why? Because they are often poorly paid, are offered only a limited career path, and have pension arrangements that might be said to belong to a bygone age. The historic underfunding of the sport is largely responsible for this appalling situation. But it will shame everyone involved in British racing if the current opportunity is not seized and significant steps are not taken to put the situation right as quickly as possible. The truth is that underpaid stable staff are subsidizing the sport in exactly the same way as owners are. That is not just unacceptable, it is immoral.Like many stables, we are fortunate at Godolphin to be able to pay our employees more than the agreed minimum rates. Staff are the key to producing top-class horses. Without high-quality staff, it is impossible. That is why I believe we now need an action plan aimed at improving the pay and conditions of stable staff in Britain. It is time racing's leaders spoke up for stable staff; time that tackling the problem was made a priority; time that decisions made at the BHB and elsewhere were tested to see how they impact on stable staff. Time, in short, for a new deal for stable staff.So far tonight I have concentrated on the way racing is organized and funded and the way its participants and key workers are rewarded. But I believe it is also vital for racing to look out to the wider world, to consider how we can encourage more people to share our passion for this great sport.When I go racing in England, I am always struck by the composition of the crowd. Where are the young people and the families? More must be done to widen the appeal of our sport, to make racing a sport that attracts young people and families. Racing can be too closed, too inward looking. We need to broaden its appeal.Racing must sell itself to the wider public. The Discover Racing initiative has been a disappointment, but rather than give up on centralised marketing, racing should redouble its efforts. A coherent, ambitious plan to market our sport to young people and families must be produced as a matter of urgency. We need a new audience, a new customer-base for the 21st century.That way more and more people may come to learn what a wonderful, compelling, fascinating sport this is. I have been involved in British racing for 25 years. I have had some great days and, of course, many more disappointing days. That is the nature of horseracing. Godolphin is now the focus of my racing ambitions. People said we couldn't train Classic winners from Dubai, but we have done and we hope to go on doing so. Now we want to take Godolphin to the next stage of its development, to consolidate and enhance our position as the world's only truly international racing stable, to win more of the world's best races. My personal challenge for the next 25 years and beyond is to take Godolphin to new peaks of achievement. Our ambitions are global. Much as we love racing here, it is true to say that we no longer focus predominantly on racing in Britain. It is inevitable that you will see less and less of our blue silks on British racetracks because the whole point of Godolphin is to challenge for the best races all over the world. That obviously limits what we are going to achieve in Britain, but it provides us with a range of global challenges that are as exciting as they are daunting. I wish British racing well with its challenges. For the sake of those who work in the many branches of the industry and for the sake of all those who love horseracing, I hope that the sport's leaders will rise to those challenges and pave the way for British racing to enjoy a prosperous and healthy future.
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Discussion in 'Tank Talk' started by clownfish, Apr 25, 2005.
What should I do I dont now check my poll to help me figure out
My opinion: I think you should learn with your 30 gallon tank. Keep invertebrates such as crabs. Get a featherduster and a few other smaller inverts and live rock. Raise lots of amphipods. Learn how to do tests and water changes well. While you're doing this, look into the tank and equipment you'll need for the next stage. Price all the equipment and note shipping charges.
When you are ready, set up a 50-75 gallon tank with live rock and the filtration you need. Let it cycle for 3-4 months. Then get a bimac.
I'm with Nancy on this one. Get some practice with other marine inverts then go for the Bimac. I've never had one (cos I live waaaaaaay down south) but they seem to be about the most keeper friendly (excepting our Squidgy of course....he knows how much we like to play get the octi out of the drains, the neighbouring tank, the walkway, the other neighbouring tank, the drains........so he tries to play it most days ....just for us!!)
Hey Jean, how about some Squidgy stories? - sounds like you have a lot of material!
Iv been doing this for about 5 months but Iv read up alot of books and threads looked on the web alot to I now alot about the marine tank and am just geting in to octopus so I have done some water tests and water changes but more practice would help alot thanks
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Tigers earn first win
Detroit dropped the first two games in Texas before turning to Fister, who won the decisive fifth game of the division series at Yankee Stadium last week. He was sharp again, allowing two runs and seven hits with no walks in 7 1-3 innings.
Jose Valverde, after pitching a season-high two innings the day before, worked around a leadoff double in the ninth for his third playoff save. He got some help from Cabrera, who made a diving play at first base.
�It�s going to be a long series,� Cabrera said. �Nobody (said) it�s going to be easy.�
Game 4 is this afternoon. Matt Harrison starts for Texas against Rick Porcello�both went 14-9 this season.
Cabrera�s double in the fifth put the Tigers ahead 2-1 and he added a towering solo homer in the seventh.
Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta also went deep for the Tigers. Austin Jackson broke out of his postseason slump with three hits, including an RBI single.
Texas right-hander Colby Lewis, who entered 4-0 in five postseason starts, allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.
�He throws strikes and every now and then he�s going to give up some long balls. I thought it was a pretty good ballgame,� Rangers manager Ron Washington said. �He kept us in the ballgame. It was Fister that did the job out there tonight.�
Stung by Nelson Cruz�s game-ending grand slam Monday, the Tigers returned home hoping to shake out of their offensive funk. They fell behind 1-0 when Fister allowed three consecutive singles to start the game, but the 6-foot-8 right-hander held the Rangers in check after that, even striking out Cruz to end the seventh as the towel-waving crowd at Comerica Park roared its approval.
After leaving 22 runners on base in the first two games, the Tigers struggled again early on against Lewis. Detroit had two on with one out in the second, but Alex Avila and Ryan Raburn both struck out.
Lewis struck out five in the first three innings, but Martinez led off the fourth with a homer to right to tie it at 1.
Martinez, who hit .330 this season despite groin, knee and back problems, appeared to hurt himself on his home run swing, laboring slowly around the bases after the ball cleared the fence. When he returned to the dugout, his head still down, he slammed his helmet down as he descended the steps toward the clubhouse.
Detroit was already playing without injured outfielders Delmon Young, Magglio Ordonez and Brennan Boesch, and it wasn�t clear whether Martinez�the designated hitter�would be able to continue. But he was back in the fifth, standing near the on-deck circle with Cabrera at the plate.
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GLASTONBURY — — The next interactive broadcast at Congregation Kol Haverim will tackle the subject of science and religion.
The congregation is again partnering with the 92 St. Y and the Jewish Community Relations Council to bring the latest live, interactive broadcast. "The Future of God: The Merging of Science and Religion" will be held on April 14 and will look at recent trends in theoretical physics and the response of contemporary theologians to scientific theories.


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Do women prefer men who are attached?
"Everything was the same across all participants, except whether their ideal mate was already attached or not," says Burkley.
The most striking result was in the responses of single women. Offered a single man, 59 per cent were interested in pursuing a relationship. But when he was attached, 90 per cent said they were up for the chase.
Men were keenest on pursuing new mates, but weren't bothered whether their target was already attached or not.
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Patron: His Eminence, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
President: Most Revd. Peter Smith, Archbishop of Southwark
CAPPELLA FEDE: Lost Catholic music to be premiered Several recently discovered pieces of eighteenth century music are to be given their first modern airings during a concert at Ushaw's historic St Cuthbert's chapel.The concert will showcase Catholic music from the break with Rome in the sixteenth century to the eve of nineteenth century Catholic emancipations, exploring the ways in which the music developed to fit the frequently clandestine environments in which it had to be performed.
The programme of sacred and secular vocal and instrumental music associated with the British Catholic recusant community will include works by William Byrd, Matthew Locke, Innocenzo Fede, Nicola Matteis and some exciting first modern performances of new discoveries. The music will be performed by Cappella Fede, whose leader, Peter Leech, recently discovered several pieces of music that were performed at the court of Bonnie Prince Charlie's brother, the Cardinal Duke of York."We are very lucky to have Peter Leech and his superb group premiering these recent discoveries at Ushaw," said Dr James Kelly of Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies. "Those who were lucky enough to have seen the performance by Dr Leech and Cappella Fede during Liverpool's city of culture celebrations will know that this is an event not to be missed. It is also a chance to hear an often forgotten part of the history of music in this country and to do so in the spectacular setting of Ushaw's main chapel."The concert is on Saturday 29 June, starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are £10 each and can be obtained from Dr Lucy Underwood at Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies (
The concert is taking place at Ushaw, the former seminary outside the city of Durham, as part of a major international conference on English Catholicism in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.Further informationOn Saturday 29 June at 7:30pm in Ushaw College Chapel, Cappella Fede – a specialist Early Music ensemble formed by conductor Peter Leech in 2008 – will perform a concert of music associated with the British Catholic community from the 16th to 18th centuries, as part of the 'What is Early Modern English Catholicism?' conference organized by Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies. Part of the concert will be devoted to music of the Stuart court-in-exile, based at Saint-Germain-en-laye from 1689-1719, then (via Urbino) at Rome from 1719 until 1807, the latter year seeing the death of Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart at the age of 81. A keen musician from his earliest years, and made a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XIV at the age of 22, Henry Benedict spent much of his considerable ecclesiastical income on music, yet the legacy of his 60 years as a patron has faded into oblivion. Recent research by Peter Leech in Roman, German and Danish archives has revealed a wealth of previously unknown secular and sacred music written for Henry by highly talented composers such as Giovanni Zamboni (fl.1700-50) and Sebastiano Bolis (1750-1804). Some of these works will receive probably their first modern performances for more than 200 years at the Ushaw concert, revealing the musical splendour and magnificence at the court of the last Stuart monarch of the direct line from James I.
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RAMONA —— There are four sheriff's deputies today at the Ramona High School campus because someone with a gun was on or near the campus Friday, Sgt. James Bovet said.
Bovet said authorities don't think the young man intended to shoot anyone, but he was looking for someone.
The incident led to weekend rumors that there might be a shooting, so school authorities notified parents about the incident Tuesday and sheriff's deputies were assigned to the school today, the sergeant said.
"We take everything seriously," said Bovet. "We don't think it's necessarily a direct threat."
He said deputies think they know who the person was, and they are looking for him.


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Firstly I need to thank Alex for most of these photos, my point and shoot doesn't quite compare with the SLR - cheers mate - they really capture what a mad but amazing week this has been.
It was sad saying goodbye to Leeann in Fairbanks - she had been so good to us (and me again) and fed us wonderful meals (halibut kebabs freshly caught down at the Kenai by Maureen - thanks Maureen!!). We really hope Leeann and Randy come over to Europe to visit one day. We arrived as strangers and left as firm friends. Thanks Leeann and Randy - this won't be the last time we meet!
It took us a good hour to cycle from the northern end of Fairbanks, through the city on the bike trail to the westside where we met the George Parks Highway, the only road going through the spine of Alaska for 400 miles connecting the two largest cities Anchorage and Fairbanks. It also runs past Denali National Park and I was looking forward to seeing the mountains in all their glory again.
The road from Fairbanks to Nenana went uphill for miles - I had forgotten how far, so we trudged on to the top and slowly made our way towards Healy. We past the turn off for the Stampede Trail, the road made famous by Christopher McCandless in the book "In to the Wild". In Healy we met Karey Larson and her five year old son Finn. Karey was originally from New Orleans but had moved up to the tiny town of Talkeetna south of Denali about 14 years ago. She was on her way back from the Fair at Fairbanks where she had been selling her famous spinach bread and had stopped off for a night in Healy to break up the journey. We chatted for a while and she said she was going to her friend Ann Marie's house for the night and that she might know somewhere for us to camp. Ann Marie and her husband Ted run a fabulous B and B just off the main road in Healy a few miles from Denali National Park called Aspen Haus (www.aspenhaus.com). After less than two minutes of knowing us and finding out that we had cycled from Prudhoe and were on our way to Panama she promptly offered to put us up in one of her spare guest cabins. I thanked her sincerely for her kind offer and explained we couldn't afford the $120 tariff upon which she stated that it was for free - she wanted to help two strangers on their epic journey. As if this wasn't enough she then fed us a wonderful meal of homebaked scones and bread and deli meats and then made us a packed lunch for the following day. Amazing - thanks Ann Marie and Ted!
The next morning Alex and I packed up the bikes and headed towards Denali. Unfortunatelty, the weather was terrible, rain and strong winds and clouds covered the whole Denali Range. This made it tough to cycle against the howling head wind and even harder to film in the rain. We did our best and went inside the park to film as much as we could. There were hardly any tourists inside the Wilderness Access Centre where you get your permit to camp and enter the park so it seemed very empty compared to my last visit. The rangers explained they were winding down as the season was ending and they had curtailed the number of buses that enter the park. After some filming and a stop for a muffin and coffee, we pedalled on out of the park towards Cantwell where I knew the views of the mountains were better than from inside the park (ironic but true). I feared we still would not see anything due to the weather and sadly I was right - the same look out points where I had seen fabulous views of mount McKinley before were obscured by cloud and rain. According to locals, this is what Denali is like for 90% of the year so I guess I was very fortuante to see the mountain last time. I felt bad for Alex that he hadn't been able to witness the splendour of Denali. He vowed to come back and climb McKinley one day.....he can do that on his own!
Not long after cycling down towards Cantwell, suddenly my cranks and pedals ceased and everything jammed on the bike. I was on the hard shoulder of the busy highway and fear shot through me as I came to a sudden halt and struggled to unclip my cleats from the pedals. I just unclipped intime before the bike fell over on the ground. I looked behind to see the chain trailing along the asphalt - it had snapped in half. Alex and I wheeled the bikes to a slightly safer point away from the road and then set about replacing the broken chain. Upon closer inspection we discovered that the entire front gear derailleur had broken in half. This is the part that moves the chain from one of the chain rings on the front to the other using the gear shifters on the handlebars to enable you to pedal easier on different gradients. The alloy had fractured and broken the part into two pieces - I wondered how on earth this had happened and can only think a hairline fracture may have been caused when my bike fell down in the storm on night 7 on the Dalton. Anyway, the part was useless now so we removed it and refitted a new chain. The plan was to cycle without any front gears the 250 miles to Anchorage and wait to fix the bike there, as there was only one small town (Talkeetna pop 1000) on the way and it was unlikely there would be any bike shops or mechanics there.
After many miles, it became apparent that I was really struggling. Only having the rear gears made it difficult to manage the variations in gradient. On top of the rains storms and wind it was tough work. The new chain was also too long so didn't catch on the sprockets so every other pedal stroke the chain slipped and skipped.
After several hours, we heard a beep on the horn as a car passed us and pulled up ahead of us on the highway outside Cantwell. It was Karey and Finn on the way back to Talkeetna! "Everything alright?". We explained what had happened and she immedietly offered to take us and put the bikes on her bike rack, to Talkeetna where she thought there may be a chance of fixing my bike. Alex and I thought about it for a while and then decided that it would take us a long time to reach Anchorage as I couldn't pedal very well so decided to take Karey up on the offer. We stopped to film at various points down the road but the weather was so bad that there was not much to see until we reached the turn off the George Parks Highway to Talkeetna, about 100 miles north of Anchorage. The small town of Talkeetna is 14 miles at the end of the spur road where three rivers meet, the Talkeetna, Susitna and Chulitna rivers. The locals objected to plans for the highway to run alongside Talkeetna so won a battle for the town to remain 14 miles away at the end of a dead end road. For hundreds of years mountaineers have used Talkeetna as a staging post to climb Mount McKinley. It is a pretty town, with old pubs and restaurants with a very organic and sustainable vibe. Karey introduced us to her husband Ross who is an expert local iron sculpturer - too modest to show us his collection, Karey showed us some of his pieces, from wood burning stoves to mirrors and ornaments - beautifully crafted, I found myself wondering where he got his creativity and inspiration from. Ross told me his father used to be a theatre stage designer and building things has been in his blood. He had hand built their homestead in the middle of a forest too. I realise now that to live all year round in Alaska you need to be a 'jack of all trades', someone who can put their hand to anything and build, fix and maintain anything. I don't think I would last here through the winter even though I wish I could. I can't even fix my own bike!
Karey cooked us homemade burgers - yum - and then Ross took me to meet Ralf about 5 miles down the road. It just so happened that in this tiny town in Alaska there is a small bike shop and mechanic - but not just any bike mechanic - Ralf Hoeppner is a highly experience cyclist with a massive workshop containing maybe 10-15 touring bikes - I couldn't believe my luck! He and his girfriend joined www.warmshowers.org (the website for cycle tourers needing accomodation) last year and this year had over 15 requests for accomodation in Talkeetna from touring cyclists riding through Alaska. He set up his shop 3 months ago and has been busy serving the various cyclists that come through the area. It was 730pm but Ralf was happy to reopen to help me fix my bike. Recently the exact same Shimano XT front derailleur that had broken on my bike, bust on someone else's bike, so he had ordered in some SHRAM replacements - a more robust and stronger component. Ralf fitted the new part and fixed my old chain with new links. He then discovered why my rear gears were skipping. On two occasions bike mechanics at shops in Anchorage had attempted to correct this problem but to no avail. Ralf spotted that the hang drop out for the rear derailleur was bent, perhaps from a fall or from air transport. He bent it back into shape with a special tool and readjusted the cables - all fixed within an hour - thanks so much Ralf - I don't know how I would have cycled back to Anchorage without your help.
I cycled the 5 miles back to Karey and Ross's homestead and they put Alex and I up in the cabin in the middle of the forest, a short walk from their place. By now it was dark and we were scared of bears. Our fear was not helped when Ross proudly showed us the huge black bear paw print on the window of the cabin. I shot gunned the bed upstairs and poor Alex was left to sleep on the futon next to the paw print window! It felt amazing to be inside another gorgeous cabin - the fact that we hadn't slept in our tents for several days felt fantastic, especially as the offers of accomodation had been completely random and given by complete strangers just wanting to help us guys out. I haven't felt this level of generosity and hospitality anywhere else in the World. They say the Pacific Islanders are some of the most hospitable and kindest people on the planet - this is true, they are very kind and generous and put my life in Europe to shame, but often my experiences of living for many years in the South Pacific and Micronesia, left me feeling that some locals wanted something back in return (not all of course). But here in Alaska it is very different - What is amazing, is that the hospitality and kindness that is being offered is being done in the full knowledge that we, poor cyclists, can give nothing back. Random acts of kindess in the full knowledge that it is not possible for us to give anything physical or material in form, back to them. I wonder if it will be the same in the lower 48 - perhaps not but maybe we will be surprised. But we are starting to realise that people up in Alaska are always willing to help people out whether it be complete strangers or their closest friend. We also are realising that they too, gain something from the impromptu meeting - sharing stories, experiences, and feeling good offering support and kindess. Perhaps its a bit like that feeling at Christmas when you prefer to give than receive. Still, everytime a stranger gives us food or offers us accomodation, it leaves us feel a pang of guilt that we can't do anything for them. We just hope that the times we spend together remain fond memories for a long time - indeed, the lasting impression on me now is to ensure I ALWAYS show the same level of kindness and generosity to people that has been given to me.
The next day Karey, Ross and Finn took us to a newly opened bakery, where we met Sarah in the queue - she recognised our accents and said that she had had dinner with Ron and Barb in Anchorage the night before who had told them we were nearing Talkeetna and if she saw two unshaven smelly cyclists around town say hello from them! Random!! As we were still 100 miles from Anchorage. Karey then guided us around Talkeetna and we did some filming - the weather had cleared a little but the clouds still covered McKinley. We also interviewed Karey for the documentary. At lunch we reluctantly said our goodbyes and cycled off towards Wasilla. Thanks to Karey Ross and Finn, you have enriched our journey and lives tremendously! Please come and stay in Edinburgh one day! The 70 mile ride took us from the end of Denali State Park into the urban areas of Wasilla - home of Sarah Palin. We passed Capital Speedway and took amusment at the stock car racing - locals look at us like we were aliens...and gawped in disblief upon hearing the route and length of our journey - 'What??!! on a push bike??"
That night we cycled to MP31 where I had met up with deepeei previously and got the puncture. I remembered there was an area near a lake away from the highway that should be ok to camp. We started to set up camp only to be ravished by literally millions of mosquitos - the worst we had had yet. See video below. The rain continued to bucket down and we were glad to get inside our tents to shelter from the bites and rain. The next morning we cycled mainly on bike paths towards Anchorage. It felt surreal to be cycling back into town...again, but upon returning to Ron and Barb's house I felt I was home - it has become my second home and they have become amazing friends so it is great to see them again. That night we went to visit Nancy in hospital - she is doing so well and I am looking forward to visiting her again tonight. We intend to stay here one more day and then head down to Whittier to Prince William Sound to hop on the ferry over to Valdez. Finally, Alex and I can cycle together and share new experiences as a team.
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1 comments. Tags: bike, denali, fin. Location: Anchorage, USA
Great to read your blog. Love the video! Good luck on new journey. All love M
Posted by M on 20/08/2009 9:13am (8 years ago)
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