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where is the f*** no button?
To......Whom it may concern.
I was wondering if this great site might consider having a parole hearing behind closed doors in an effort to get 10 days of parole for Tex. I understand that Tex would not win any popularity contest here at JI, yet here I stand here before you, hat in hand.
Tex knows his NFL, anyone here for 3 years or more would agree that he could hold his own on any NFL subject with anyone. I enjoyed reading his opinion "most of the time"
Maybe that ship has sailed. Either way, if you feel strongly enough about the issue please chime in with your opinion.
Just yes or know.
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where is the f*** no button?
Hahahah, well he was spot on with Sanchez. (see sig)
Believe it or not, I actually miss Tex's posts. Mostly for their comedic value, but when the man wasn't acting like a delusional Patty fan, he could hold his own with anyone when it came to football knowledge. I say give him parole, at least long enough for us to see his response to the Jets victory next Monday night.
I think he's already back under a different name.
ok people the ball is rolling, keep er goin.
On a related note, what do you all feel about trolls being able to start threads?
I have no problem with TX, or with him being reinstated. Actually, I like the insanity he brings to the board.
I think he died anyway.

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The reporter recounted a conversation with the monarch where she said she had previously raised the issue with a senior Cabinet minister.
A BBC spokesman said: "This morning on the Today programme our correspondent Frank Gardner revealed details of a private conversation which took place some years ago with The Queen.
"The conversation should have remained private and the BBC and Frank deeply regret this breach of confidence. It was wholly inappropriate. Frank is extremely sorry for the embarrassment caused and has apologised to the Palace."
Gardner, the BBC's security correspondent, had told the radio programme: "This is a conversation we had a little while ago and she did say that she had mentioned to - I don't know which Home Secretary it was at the time - that was there not some law he had broken?
"I wouldn't say she was necessarily lobbying, that's not for me to say, but like anybody she was upset that her country and her subjects had been denigrated by this man who was using this country as a platform for his very violent, hateful views."
A Buckingham Palace spokesman declined to comment.
On Monday, Hamza and four other terror suspects were told they could be put on a plane to the United States within days after Europe's human rights judges rejected their bid for an appeal.
A panel of five judges threw out their request to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, clearing the way for extradition.
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Art is everywhere—and can be seen encapsulated in a gilded frame or in the simplicity of the single stem of a daisy. Art can be welcomed—even encouraged—to be infused into every aspect of life! Art Lives hopes to share with you some of the creative approaches and applications we have created for utilitarian and decorative presentations at The Cottage at Rooster Ridge. Join us as we incorporate new, vintage, refurbished and re-purposed pieces being used in artistic ways.
Symbolism Abounds
You are welcome—to travel alongside—in creative thought; excerpts from Lessons from the Trumpet Vine and the paintings from the volume will be shared in this section. Also, in Symbolism Abounds the observations, thoughts, awakenings and growth continues to transpire.
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You are invited to experience the beauty of The Cottage at Rooster Ridge and enjoy—the displays, table settings, place cards, themes, invitations and greeting cards that are being created in The Cottage at Rooster Ridge. How very delightful it would be if you became inspired to welcome your family and friends in new ways to your own—cottage!
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Congratulations on the book, the blog and whatever you try next.
I do want a signed copy of your ". . . Trumpet Vine".
I enjoyed reading your inspirational lessons, written resolutely to give your readers pause to reflect. Your book video trailer is excellent.
Congratulations for launching your first book!!!!!
The wait was worthwhile
I enjoyed reading your book.
Moreover, I think it could convey inspiration to many people throughout different stages in their life
Thank you Jeri for sharing your labor of love and insight. I keep Lessons from the Trumpet Vine on my bedside table as it is a daily inspiration through life's journey. The lessons are not only of great comfort but also motivation. xo Pj
I love "Lessons From The Trumpet Vine" and the gifts of your blog….. it is my daily read and go -to book for simplicity, honesty and direction.
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Jeri, I love coming to vist you and Steve & I feel privileged to be welcome to stay in the "Cottage at Rooster Ridge". . I love visiting your website and seeing the new ideas you've have had and Steve executes. Each time I visit the site I get a warm comfortable feeling. You are so creative and I'm very proud of you and all that you have accomplished. Keep creating. I can't wait for the next new thing. Love, Your Sister
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Greek, Spanish riots shatter European market calm
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Europe's fragile financial calm was shattered Wednesday as investors worried that violent anti-austerity protests in Greece and Spain's debt troubles showed that the region still cannot get a grip on its financial crisis and stabilize its common currency, the euro.
Police fired tear gas at rioters hurling gasoline bombs and chunks of marble Wednesday during Greece's largest anti-austerity demonstration in six months — part of a 24-hour general strike that was a test for the nearly four-month old coalition government and the new spending cuts it plans to push through.
The brief but intense clashes by a couple of hundred rioters participating in the demonstration of more than 60,000 people came a day after anti-austerity protests rocked the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Hundreds of Spanish anti-austerity protesters gathered again Wednesday, ending near parliament in Madrid amid a heavy presence of riot police. In Tuesday's protest, police arrested 38 people and 64 were injured.
Spain's central bank warned Wednesday the country's economy continues to shrink "significantly," sending Spanish stock index tumbling and its borrowing costs rising.
Across Europe, stock markets fell as well. Germany's DAX dropped 2 percent while the CAC-40 in France fell 2.4 percent and Britain's FTSE 100 slid 1.4 percent. The euro was also hit, down a further 0.3 percent at $1.2840.
The turmoil Wednesday ended weeks of relative calm and optimism among investors that Europe and the 17 countries that use the euro might have turned a corner. Markets have been breathing easier since the European Central Bank said earlier this month it would buy unlimited amounts of government bonds to help countries with their debts.
The move by the ECB helped lower borrowing costs for indebted governments from levels that only two months ago threatened to bankrupt Spain and Italy. Stocks also rose. Media speculation about the timing and cost of a eurozone breakup or a departure by troubled Greece faded.
However, the economic reality in Europe remained dire. Several countries have had to impose harsh new spending cuts, tax rises and economic reforms to meet European deficit targets and, in Greece's case, to continue getting vital aid. The austerity has hit the countries' populations with cut wages and axed services, and left their economies struggling through recessions as reduced government spending has undermined growth.
"Yesterday's anti-austerity protests in Madrid, together with today's 24-hour strike in Greece, are both reminders that rampant unemployment and a general collapse in living standards make people desperate and angry," said David Morrison, senior market strategist at GFT Markets.
"There are growing concerns that the situation across the eurozone is set to take a turn for the worse."
Spain has struggled for months to convince investors that it can handle its debts. The government is to unveil an austere 2013 draft budget and new economic reforms Thursday. Many believe they could be a precursor to a request for financial help from the ECB. The government has already introduced €65 billion in austerity measures designed to bring down its deficit.
The country is suffering its second recession in three years, with a predicted 1.5 percent economic contraction in 2012, and has 25 percent unemployment. The Bank of Spain warned Wednesday the recession could be deeper.
Spain has come under pressure to tap the ECB bond-buying program that has been partly designed to keep a lid on the country's borrowing costs. So far, the government has been reluctant to ask for help for fear of the conditions that may be attached.
Spain's IBEX stock exchange fell in 4 per cent on Wednesday while the interest rate on its 10-year bonds rose 0.26 percentage points to 5.99 percent on concerns about the country's economy and that it is taking too long to make up its mind about applying for ECB assistance.
"The demonstrations remind us that central bankers cannot solve the crisis alone. The ECB's plan to intervene in sovereign bond markets can only succeed if governments in crisis countries can convince their electorates that ongoing austerity and reform are necessary to avoid bankruptcy," said Martin Koehring of the Economist Intelligence Unit.
"This, however, is increasingly challenging without the return of economic growth."
Greece, meanwhile, has been dependent since May 2010 on billions of euros in two rescue loan packages from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund. In return, it slashed salaries and pensions and hiked taxes in an effort to reform an economy derailed by decades of overspending and corruption.
Although Greece accounts for only about 2 percent of the eurozone's total economy, its crisis has shaken the euro and led to concern it could destabilize other, much larger economies in the 17-nation bloc. Greece is in its fifth year of recession, with unemployment above 24 percent.
Shortly before Greece's strike got under way, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras hammered out a €11.5 billion ($14.87 billion) package of spending cuts for 2013-14 demanded by the country's international lenders, along with another €2 billion in improved tax collection.
The government has struggled to come up with austerity measures acceptable to the country's creditors, with disagreements arising between the three coalition parties. The next payment of €31 billion hinges on the further cuts.
Stournaras was briefing the other two party leaders Wednesday, and Samaras was to meet with them Thursday morning. If they agree, the package will be presented to Greece's debt inspectors.
Wednesday's strike shut down Greece's famed Acropolis and halted flights for hours. Ferry services were suspended, schools, shops and gas stations were closed and hospitals functioned on emergency staff.
While the demonstration began peacefully, a couple of hundred protesters broke away to smash paving stones and marble facades to use as missiles against riot police, leading to clashes that petered out after about an hour.
Eight policemen were injured, including one hit by a gasoline bomb, and 21 people were arrested, police said. At least two demonstrators were also injured.
Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said the limited violence and what he called a smaller turnout than opposition parties had hoped for showed that "Greek society understands what the government is doing is the only possible solution."
Pan Pylas in London, Nicholas Paphitis and Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, and Alan Clendenning, contributed to this report.


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Classic Episode Review--Hell House
"Hell House" is another of the episodes on my iPod. Initially I loved the "monster of the week" storyline (and I always love it when ghosts aren't simply ghosts) but it turned out to launch an arc of its own with the Ghost Facers.
But why is this episode on my iPod so I can watch it over and over?
I love the pranks, of course. I can just imagine young Sam and Dean driving John crazy with such things on the endless road trips of their youth. Can you picture Dean, in particular, sitting still for any extended period of time when he was a kid? Maybe that's just the teacher in me who can just see that absolutely.
The fumbling paranormal investigators who have never seen a ghost and ask themselves "What would Buffy do?" are hilarious while they're endearing. I can almost feel the same contempt Dean and Sam feel for their methods, but as someone who has dreams that seem pretty out of this world to normal people, I can relate to their passion for the job. I love how the two amateurs end up instructing Dean and Sam in "It's a Terrible Life."
There's the monster of the week, the tulpa. I loved that it was CREATED by the beliefs of people on the internet. I mean, isn't that so true? "I saw it on the Internet, it MUST be true!"
And there's the towel scene.
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After years of neglect, the theme of employment has returned to the forefront of the international development agenda, following on the heels of the global financial crisis and its aftermath. Prominent examples include recent reports by UNCTAD, UNRISD, the World Bank, in addition to the extensive work by the International Labour Organization. The social value of employment has been recognised within this revived attention, bringing the theme close to the heart of the human development approach.
However, there is a danger of reducing the 'social' into a utilitarian framework. For instance, the 2013 World Development Report treats the 'social value' of jobs as the individual value of a job (presumably the wage) plus its various spillover effects, which can be negative, such as environmental costs, or positive, such as social identity, sense of fairness, or gender equality. This idea of spillovers comes from modern welfare economics – an influence that leading thinkers of the human development approach have tried to critique and overcome since the origins of the approach.
Instead, the idea of 'social value' arguably needs to be anchored in a more nuanced sociological understanding, such as the social nature of basic needs. Like happiness, but unlike objective human development metrics, social values are inherently relative and subjective, such as the sense of security and dignity that people derive from work. These perceptions can adapt over time and to changing contexts. The perception of certain types of work as enhancing dignity in a rural agrarian context, for instance, might not persist through the course of urbanization. Structural and institutional transformations associated with development add even further complexities, particularly in a globalised setting where perceptions are conditioned by factors that extend far beyond the local.
Unemployment is a good example of these complexities. There is a consensus that unemployment must be generally avoided not only because it is detrimental to incomes and demand, but also to dignity and social cohesion. However, many policies that address unemployment have been controversial because, for example, they can often result in detrimental effects on peoples' dignity or social status by forcing them to accept substandard employment mismatched with their skill sets, or else by being used to discipline welfare recipients. On the other hand, sufficient social security can allow the unemployed to avoid situations where they are forced to accept any work at any wage. If affordable and accessible schooling options are also available for mature students, spells of unemployment might encourage reskilling and result in increased social mobility, esteem and income. Under such circumstances, the ability to be unemployed could become a source of dignity and advantage. In most developing countries that lack generalized social security, unemployment is generally a status that only relatively well-off people can afford.
The relationships between social and economic values are hugely debated on empirical, theoretical, ideological and even epistemological grounds. The utilitarian argument that the social value of employment is more or less imputed by its monetary market value is particularly problematic in a world in which people are compelled to work and are not necessarily free to withdraw from a hypothesized labour market bargain, whether their compulsion is driven by absolute poverty or else by more nuanced social needs. The lack of freedom to be excluded in this sense can lead to exploitation.
We might also question whether the processes that drive modern economic growth reinforce the social values of employment. The classical Marxist answer is that capitalist processes are fundamentally alienating for labour; the class conflict that follows is what makes capitalism so dynamic, rather than a harmony between social and economic values. As pointed out by Giovanni Arrighi, even Adam Smith viewed the division of labour within production units and the specialization of work into monotonous and uniform tasks as harmful to the moral and intellectual qualities of the labour force. This tension between productivity and social value can be observed today within increasingly complex and atomized factory systems of production and distribution, such as in the 'Walmartization' of retail stores across the globe.
Bearing these complexities in mind, it is nonetheless useful to focus on the conditions that might allow for sufficient and sustained social values of employment within development. Redistribution is a hugely important condition given its role in socializing the wealth produced by increasing productivity in order to support forms of employment that would be deemed socially valuable and that would reinforce other human development gains, such as in education. In the absence of such socialisation, the perpetual quest for increasing worker productivity might well exacerbate certain structural aspects of vulnerability, thereby undermining the social valuation of objective (or absolute) gains made in human and economic development.
Dr. Andrew M. Fischer is Associate Professor of Development Studies and convener of the master of arts major in social policy for development at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, part of Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
This blog post was drawn from the Human Development Report Office 2014 Occasional Paper entitled: The Social Value of Employment and the Redistributive Imperative for Development.
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Power restored to Cambridge after outage leaves thousands in dark
Power has returned to Cambridge after an outage that plunged a large swath of the city into darkness this afternoon, including buildings at Harvard University and MIT.
NStar officials said the outage, which happened at 4:30 p.m., affected about 17,000 customers at one point. Shortly before 7 p.m., the NStar outage tracking site reported that power had been restored to all customers.
NStar spokeswoman Caroline Pretyman said NStar believes the outage was caused by a "transmission line issue'' but no details were immediately available.
Cambridge police said in a tweet that power was beginning to return, but streets were still clogged after the outage extinguished traffic lights during rush hour. Police suggested people seek alternate routes.
A Globe reporter driving into Cambridge during the blackout found traffic signals out just over the Massachusetts bridge from Kendall to Central squares, with police directing traffic. Traffic was congested heading into Cambridge but moving a bit better in the other direction.
The outage prompted cancellation of a forum focused on recapping the 2012 presidential election at Harvard's John F. Kennedy school, according to a Globe staff member at the event.
Top Obama and Romney advisers were slated to speak. Inside the school itself, classrooms were darkened but hallways were illuminated with emergency lighting.
MIT police said a "major power outage'' had affected the campus. The police said they were responding to outage-related emergencies, including people trapped in elevators.
The outage caused delays on the Red Line trains from Park Street Station to Alewife Station. The MBTA said in an official tweet at 6:21 p.m. that normal service was resuming.
Boston officials also said during the blackout that they they were closing the Gilmore Bridge, which links Cambridge and Charlestown, to Cambridge-bound traffic. They also reported that traffic was clogged at Leverett and Charles circles.
Some areas had power restored early on. Around 5 p.m., in some areas of East Cambridge, near the Twin Cities shopping plaza, power flickered back on. The outage had briefly left the Cambridge Rindge & Latin hockey team in the dark as it wrapped up practice at the local ice rink.
The blackout brought back unpleasant flashbacks of a March power failure that plunged nearly 22,000 NStar customers into darkness after a fire at a Back Bay substation that was sparked when a connection between a power line and a transformer failed.
The utility installed a new transformer at the station in May, following a second power outage at the same substation that month.
The outages contributed to criticism of NStar, which had already come under heavy scrutiny – along with other utilities in Massachusetts – following a poor response last year to Tropical Storm Irene and a rare October snowstorm, which both downed power lines across the state.
Attorney General Martha Coakley, the state's ratepayer advocate, recommended fining NStar $9.7 million for its performance in those storms. She also requested a record $16.3 million fine for National Grid, and a $4 million fine for Western Massachusetts Electric Co. However, state utility regulators have not yet acted on those requests.
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NBC ranks #1 on Monday night among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 for a 9th week in a row, last night winning six of six half-hours among those networks.
NBC won its ninth consecutive in-season Monday night in adults 18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, NBC's longest Monday winning streak in-season in the 25-year history of Nielsen's people meter sample (since September 1987).
* From 8-10:01 p.m. ET, "The Voice" (3.7 rating, 9 share in adults
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* At 10:01 p.m. ET, "Revolution" (2.6/7 in adults 18-49, 7.0
million viewers overall) equaled last week's 18-49 rating and ranked #1 in the time period on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49 and most other key demographics. "Revolution" is currently delivering an 18 percent margin of victory in 18-49 (with a 2.6 rating vs. a 2.2 for CBS's #2 "Hawaii Five-0"). "Revolution" is up 63 percent versus NBC's average in the time period last season in 18-49 rating (2.6 vs. 1.6, L+SD non-sports) and up 38 percent in total viewers (7.040 million vs. 5.106 million).
* Note that "Revolution" has established itself as a highly
time-shifted show, with last week's telecast delivering a 50 percent gain going from "live plus same day" ratings (2.60) to "live plus three days" (3.91).
In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night (the New York market is excluded from these averages):
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.2/8; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.6/5.
* In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results
were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.8/4; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3.
* At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.4/5 in
metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) tied "Late Late Show" (0.4/2).
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McEnroe Defaulted in Senior Tennis After Abusing Umpire, Crowd
"Has anything changed?" said opponent MaliVai Washington. "I guess he has one of those explosive personalities, you could say. There are a lot of things I can deal with, disputed line calls, stoppage in play. I have an issue when my opponent starts berating people, fans, and umpires. I said something to the official. As players, we are in control of the match. Officials are in charge of the integrity of the game."
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ANDREWS, Texas (AP) -- Republican mega-donor Harold Simmons' remote hazardous waste dump in West Texas began accepting low-level radioactive material Thursday from a federal lab in New Mexico — the latest step in Simmons' vision of a site that accepts all types of waste.
The first two containers carrying radioactive waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico were placed into an 8-inch-thick, reinforced concrete canister at the bottom of a new burial site.
"We wanted to be a one-stop shop with everything in," Waste Control Specialists President Rod Baltzer told U.S., Texas and New Mexico officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. "We're proud to have a large and very robust complex."
The 90-acre site for federal waste is part of the company's 1,380-acre operation near Andrews and close to the New Mexico border. Waste Control Specialist began accepting low-level radioactive waste last year from Texas and Vermont members of a compact, and about three dozen other states. That waste is buried at a 30-acre site at the operation.
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Simmons, who did not attend the ceremony and is one of the world's wealthiest men, has given Republican Rick Perry's campaigns $1.1 million during his time as Texas' governor. The governor is responsible for appointing environmental commissioners.
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The MPAA has taken it upon themselves to ban the poster for the upcoming Stevan Mena movie "Bereavement". The poster depicts a child walking with his father while holding a butcher knife. Apparently the MPAA isn't a fan of toddlers walking around with murder weapons. I don't get it.
Aaron Echhart has officially confirmed the heartbreaking news that Two-Face will not being appearing in "The Dark Knight Rises". And when I say heartbreaking I really mean to Eckhart because last week it was confirmed that Heath Ledger would be making an appearance as The Joker and he's dead. Got to be a blow to the old ego.
Finally! "Beastly" is back in the spotlight with a new trailer and a big thumbs up from me. For those of you not familiar with the film all you need to know is that it stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris and Peter Krause. The movie was delayed months ago for being so awesome that the studio worried that people's heads would explode from excitement if it was released in the summer months.
Universal Pictures "The Thing" prequel has gained some muscle as Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje signs on to the cast. You may know Mr. Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko from ABC's "Lost" or as Simon Abedisi in HBO's "Oz".
"Buried" director Rodrigo Cortes is starting to turn Hollywood heads despite the fact that his first film hasn't even been released yet. Signing on for his next project, the director will be tackling "Red Lights", a paranormal thriller involving the human brain. He continues to draw the star power as well with Sigourney Weaver signed on to star.
Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, the film makers responsible for the likes of "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie" are aiming their sights on "Twilight" for their next sendup. Could this be the first of their movies that people actually flock to see?
In case you were one of the three people looking forward to CBS Film's "Beastly" this July, I have bad news for you; the darker rendition of "Beauty and the Beast" has been bumped from its July 30th release date.


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Winter 1997 Newsletter of the Land Margin Ecosystems Research Program
Contents: "All scientists' meeting, cross-site comparisons are valuable parts of the LMER program" by John E. Hobbie; "Analysis of the Satilla River Watershed: Land use, water discharge and nutrient ouput" by Ting Dai, Alice G. Chambers, and Richard G. Wiegert; "River forcing of planktonic net metabolism: extremes in Chesapeake Bay, 1995-96" by Erik M. Smith, Lawrence W. Harding, Michael E. Mallonee, W. Michael Kemp; "Biochemical characterization of suspended particulate material in the Columbia River" by Frederik G. Prahl, Lawrence R.Created: 1997
Spring 1996 Newsletter of the Land Margin Ecosystems Research Program
Contents: "The LMER program today" by John Hobbie; "LMER sites compare utilization of river-borne dissolved organic carbon" by Charles Hopkinson, Jr.; "Workshop developed paradigms on estuarine food web structure" by Linda Deegan; "Residence times workshop links physics and ecology"by Bill Boicourt; "GIS grop asseses nutrient flux calculation methods" by Jack Finn; "Scanfish allows TIES researchers to quickly map shallow estuarine areas"; "Chesapeake Bay site extends work of firs LMER project to higher trophic levels" byCreated: 1996
Fall 1998 Newsletter of the Land Margin Ecosystems Research Program
Contents: "LMER begins transition to LTER program" by John E. Hobbie; "Dominance of particle-attached bacteria in the Columbia River Estuary" by Byron C. Crump, John A. Baross, and Charles A. Simenstad; "Influence of baroclinic pressure gradients on vertical sheer estuarine tidal currents" by Julie Amft and Jackson Blanton; "Seasonal and spatial patterns in stable isotopic composition of Chesapeake Bay food web components" by James D. Hagy and Walter R.Created: 1998
Example of a simplified nutrient cycle from Ecosystems Center 1979 annual report
Caption reads: "Figure 1. The biotic systems that have built and now maintain the biosphere also influence the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfer, and other elements. The general pattern of movement is a series of exchanges between the atmosphere, the land, and the sea. Human activities worldwide have mobilized significant additional quantities of biotically important substances, including toxins, and have modified the natural cycles."Created: 1979
A data logger at one of the Ecosystems Center's LTER sites
A Campbell CR21x data logger at one of the Ecosystems Center's LTER sites.
Lee Stuart cottongrass seed in Alaska
Lee Stuart (grad student from San Diego State/UC Davis) collecting Eriophorum (cottongrass) seed, late 1970s. The location is probably along the Elliot Highway north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Researchers setting up greenhouse experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska
Researchers setting up an early version of "greenhouse" experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska.
A Sunday hike in the Brooks Range, Alaska
A Sunday hike in the Brooks Range, Alaska, about 1980-81. The woman is Barbara Lachenbruch (student of Terry Chapin's, Univ Alaska). Behind her is Tom and Ellen (last names unknown), working at Toolik Lake at the time.
Walt Oechel's early system for controlling variables in a field experiment
Walt Oechel's early system for controlling CO2/temperature/water/light in field cuvettes, on the hillside below our fertilizer plots.
Researchers counting seedlings in Alaska
Counting seedlings in small disturbed plots, around 1977-78 in Alaska. Lee Stuart (student, San Diego State/UC Davis) on the left, Pete Tryon (RA, Univ Alaska) and Terry Chapin (Univ Alaska) on the right.
Map of Gaius Shaver's data collection sites in Barrow, Alaska
Map of Gaius Shaver's data collection sites in Barrow, Alaska, from 1973Created: 1973
Terry Chapin sorting cottongrass tillers in the field at Sagwon, Alaska
Terry Chapin sorting cottongrass tillers in the field at Sagwon, Alaska, late 1970s.
Jim Laundre, Anne Giblin, Gus Shaver, and Knute Nadelhoffer, in a snowstorm at Toolik Lake, July 18, 1984
Left to right: Jim Laundre, Anne Giblin, Gus Shaver, and Knute Nadelhoffer, in a snowstorm at Toolik Lake, July 18, 1984. Jim was then an RA, Anne, Gus, and Knute were Assistant Scientists, all at the Ecosystems Center.Created: 1984
Note from David Kirchman to Ivan Valiela at the Ecosystems Center
Note reads: "Ivan- You & the MBL Marine Ecology course got me going in this field. Thanks. David Kirchman"Created: 2013
Winogradsky column used at the Ecosystems Center
This is a Winogradsky column that Joseph Vallino uses in a SES course on Methods in Microbial Ecology. Almost every bacterial metabolic process that occurs on Earth also occurs in these columns that are simply constructed by placing freshwater or marine sediments augmented with a carbon source (such as saw dust) and fertilizer (N and P) in a column and topping it off with either fresh or sea water. Julie Huber is a co-instructor in the course.
Methanotrophic microcosms used at the Ecosystems Center
These are methanotrophic microcosms that are being used to develop and test new approaches to modeling microbial biogeochemistry using thermodynamic approaches (namely, the principle of maximum entropy production).
Ecosystems Center researchers' model of nutrient flows in an estuarine ecosystem
Caption reads: "Figure 4: A diagrammatic model of carbon and nitrogen flow in an estuarine ecosysem that emphasizes inputs of organic carbon and nitrogen and inorganic nutrients from upland watersheds and processing by the estuarine food web. Compartments of the mathematical model are shown in the box. The inorganic nutrients compartment comprises both ammonium and nitrate. The organic matter compartment comprises three distinct components: labile nitrogenous material, labile carbohydrate material and refractory nitrogenous materal."Created: 1993
Ecosystems Center researchers' figure of element cycles in terrestrial ecosystems
Caption reads: "Figure 3. Major element fluxes within terrestrial ecosystems."Created: 1986
Brian Fry and Bob Michener at the Ecosystems Center's Mass Spectrometer Lab
Caption reads: "Brian Fry and Bob Michener in the new Mass Spectrometer Laboratory"Created: 1985
Map of Ecosystems Center researchers' forest watershed fertilizer study in Maine
Caption reads: "Figure 1: The dashed lines mark two catchments (watersheds) at the Bear Brooks Watersheds site in Maine. Both catchments are located on a southeast-facing slope and drained by streams that persist throughout the year (dark lines). The shaded catchment was treated with fertilized labeled with 15N during 1991; the other served as a control. Filled trianges show sampling locations in the fertilized area."Created: 1992
Simulation of global annual net primary production from Ecosystems Center researchers' Terrestrial Ecosystem Model
Caption reads: "Figure 2. Annual net primary production (NPP) for undisturbed mature vegetation of the earth's ecosystems as determined by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) for current climate at atmosphereic carbon dioxide levels."Created: 1992
Aerial photo of Plum Island Ecosystem LMER 2
Slide reads- "PIE 1"
Scientists sampling at Columbia River LMER 3
Slide reads- "Columbia River LMER, John Baross & Charles Simenstad setting up CTD-Pump Profiler in Estuary"
Scientists sampling at Columbia River LMER 2
Slide reads- "Columbia River LMER, Deployment of CTD-Profiling Pump [unreadable] Package During ETM Sampling"Created: 1991-07
Aerial photo of Plum Island Ecosystem LMER 1
Slide reads- "PIE 4"


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Hypogeum of Hal-Saflieni
Whoever built this three-level underground complex in Malta around 4000 BC and used it through 2500 BC is not only a mystery, but had skills that remain nearly as perplexing. The acoustics of the Oracle Room are so powerful that male voices (yes, usually just male voices) can reverberate throughout most of the entire complex. We're still not sure how this was achieved, especially considering it would have been carved with basic tools like antlers and obsidian. In this rare case, the purpose is potentially better understood than the method of construction: It was likely a necropolis. Seven thousand bodies were discovered within when the Hypogeum when it was unearthed in the early 1900s.
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Likely established as early as 100 BC, this Mesoamerican city's exact origins are unknown. What we do know is that at its height, the city was home to 100,000 people from a number of Mesoamerican cultures, including the Otomi, Zapotec, Mixtec, Maya, and Nahua, all of whom contributed to what made Teotihuacán one of the first great cities in the western hemisphere. Even the Aztecs, who arrived long after the city had been abandoned, gave the site its name (which roughly translates as "City of the Gods") as it's known today. It's clear that multiple cultures through history played a hand in the complicated construction of this once-epic city, but the city's initial architects remain a mystery, causing many to wonder what valuable knowledge may have been lost to time.
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Puma Punku
The creation of this sixth-century complex alone causes researches to scratch their heads. Stone slabs as large as 131 metric tons were hauled up a steep hill, then locked together like a jigsaw puzzle so precise that the Inca, who believed the site to be the place where the world was created, thought it was accomplished by gods. It's likely that the Tiwanaku assembled this impossibly heavy and perfectly aligned puzzle. Their skills not only continue to baffle modern researchers but the Inca, who emulated their mortarless jigsaw-puzzle style of engineering, though they couldn't match the Tiwanaku's advanced skills when it came to mass production.
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Moai Statues
Two thousand miles from its nearest neighbors, Easter Island remains the most remote inhabited island on Earth. Making it all the more difficult to comprehend how its famous monumental heads (and oft-overlooked subterranean bodies) were sourced, transported, and strategically placed around the small island. Not only aren't we sure how, but we don't really know why, or even who or what they represent. The 14-ton figures number around 900, and the vast majority of the Polynesian colonizers who created and arranged them mysteriously abandoned the quarries where the statues were made, so we aren't likely to find answers anytime soon.
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Nazca Lines
Possibly dating back as far as 500 BC, the Nazca lines are enormous geoglyphs ("drawings" made on the ground) that depict animals, humans, and precise geometric shapes, some extending up to 1,200 feet long. Though they were first reported by a Spanish conquistador, who mistook the lines a trail markings in the 1500s, it wasn't until the 1920s when they reported by Peruvian pilots and studied by archaeologist Toribio Mejía Xesspe that the lines sparked peoples' curiosity, leaving many to wonder how they were made, why they were made, considering these massive artworks can only be seen in full from the sky. Though their purpose is still debated by scholars (a common theory that they were meant to connect sacred sites, while others argue they indicated water sources, or that they served as astrological maps), it's been determined that they can be seen without taking flight by standing on certain hills. Still, even though most of the mystery surrounding the Nazca lines has been solved, the precision and size of these artistic spectacles continue to draw admirers year after year.
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Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek
The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek is a Roman temple, but it's what was on this site before the temple that catches the attention of the most curious. A previous temple was built here, likely by the Phoenicians, and the incredibly massive stones in the foundation are baffling to archaeologists. The blocks are the largest ever known to world history and weigh from 800 to 1,500 tons each, depending on whose calculated estimates you trust. How and why these unnecessarily gigantic and cumbersome blocks were cut and used is still unknown, and why this construction was so unique is equally mysterious. Most baffling of all is that there are no written, or even oral, records of why the Romans or Phoenicians built this singular site, so unlike any other from antiquity–though they left prolific, written explanations of just about every other aspect of their cultures.
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Ah, that relatively small circle of enormous stone slabs only about 13 feet high but topping the scales at around 25 tons each. We all know it for its astronomical accuracy, but many of Stonehenge's characteristics make it unique and mysterious, even among other stone circle "calendars" of its era. The site dates back about 5,000 years and has been built and rebuilt multiple times over the millennia, but the truth is we have no solid proof of how it was erected in its current form or what the site was ever actually used for, though plenty of bones have been found below it. Theories abound as to its origin and purpose, but because the civilization that built it left no records, we'll probably never really know for sure.
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The walls of Sacsayhuamán may not be the most famous landmark in Peru (Machu Picchu is the most Instagrammed spot in all of South America) but they sure do captivate. The site dates back to about 1100 BC, with some early sections believed to have been built by the Killike, but the Inca-built walls of the 13th century boggle most minds. They're massive, comprising 6,000 cubic meters of rocks reaching up to 200 tons each, and mysteriously arranged in a zig-zag pattern for purposes unknown. Still, it's the precision of their construction that inspires the most awe. Aside from the sheer scale of the rocks, they're assembled without any mortar and they're shaped and fit together so exactly that no space at all is detectable between them. The Incas were masters of this mortarless style of masonry and implemented it throughout their empire.
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Dear Dave,
I am from Seattle, WA, and am getting married in November. My fiancee is from St. Petersburg, FL, and we are getting hitched in Sarasota. Yesterday, for Easter dinner, my dad's family came over. I was talking with my Aunt Shelly, and asked her if she is coming to the wedding. She said (and I am not joking) "I don't want to go to Florida because Dave Barry makes fun of it so much." I asked her if she would make it if Dave Barry wrote a column or blog about how great Florida is. She said she would.
So give me a hand. I am a big fan, after all. I love your books, columns, blogs, and my new Dave Barry joke-a-day square toilet paper. I love my Aunt Shelly, and I want her at my wedding. It is a good prompt, too. A column on how good Florida is. Should be easy.
Paul Graves
Dear Paul --
Tell Aunt Shelly she has absolutely nothing to worry about. Sarasota is in a very quiet, safe part of Florida, completely out of rifle range from Miami. It's a wealthy community with basically no crime, except for the occasional arrest for servant-flogging (a misdemeanor). So there should be no problem, as long as you are not so foolish as to hold your wedding during hurricane season (June through the following June).
p.s. I invite the blog commenters to add reasons why Aunt Shelly will enjoy Florida.


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I'm writing to you as a fellow White guy. I'm getting older but I can still remember lacing up my cleats in football and trying hard—and unsuccessfully—to dunk in front of the home crowd in basketball. I had to try. I still have my hiking boots, though they are more like a memento than something I wear. I'm writing because I'm confused and need you to help me understand this Trump love of yours.
When I played sports, we were taught not to find excuses when we lost or when we didn't play our best. The idea was simple: I'll do better next time. We were taught to respect our opponent, especially if they had played a good game. The way Red Sox and Celtic fans cheered for Jeter and Magic when they retired and how Yankee fans will cheer Big Papi next week.
We respect quality and effort. We hate people who don't give it their best. We love that Brady works his rear end off. We love the hustle guys, like Dustin Pedroia. We hate the guys who trot to first base or who give up on plays. We hate guys who focus on their individual statistics at the expense of winning for their team. We love team-first players because… because they represent us. At least, they represent the best in us, the people we want to be.
We aren't the naturals who make it to the big leagues. We have to hustle. We have to depend on our teammates. And we love our teammates. When we are playing, there is no closer bond. The closeness is visceral. Truth be told, that's one of the only place we can express that closeness without being considered a little less than the men we want to be. At least that was true when many of us were growing up.
We like guys who keep their own counsel and don't have to be told all the time how great they are. What a drag those guys are, with their faces always in the TV camera, their insincere smiles begging for praise. And when the praise isn't forthcoming, they do the work themselves. They boast and preen. They are braggarts because they are needy. They lack inner strength and faith in themselves.
Most of all, I think we respect courage. The ability to take on something that's hard, where we might fail, where we have to rise to the big moment. Watching guys like David Ortiz, bases loaded in the ninth inning in the World Series, we kind of know we wouldn't rise the way he did. But we dream of it and we admire it. Guts. That's what he has. That's what the cops that we love following on TV have. Guys like Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods.
We respect Frank Reagan not because he would take a bullet for a friend, though he would, but because he'll wrestle with morally complicated issues. Should he do the 'right' thing or should he favor his son. Should he take the easy way out to please the public or risk public opprobrium to do what he most believes is right. He struggles, he stays awake at night, he consults. He does everything in his power to follow his ethical compass. He's not a poll watcher. That takes courage and we admire him for it.
We would like to knock bullies on their rear ends. We've all known them on the playground and at work. Too many colleagues and especially too many bosses are bullies. They pay us and they think it gives them the right to push us around, yell at us, belittle us. We know that, in different circumstances, we could show them a thing or two. We have heard like everyone else the line "the bigger they are, the harder they fall." We'd like to help with the fall. We know that bullies are cowards. But when do we get to be in places where we can force them to show their true colors.
We despise cheats. Look at those guys who hit hundreds of home runs with the help of performance enhancing drugs. Keep those guys out of the Hall of Fame. Right? Look at Spy Gate. When Belichick and the Patriots stole signals from other teams, it turned the whole country against them. Think about the basketball players who flop when you brush them with your pinkie. They get fouls and points that way. They are despicable. Right? They're not our kind of guy.
These are all forms of lying. Lying is not what men do. We face the music. We'd rather not cheat—that's not what men do, either—but when we do and when we're caught, we face up to it. We like guys who, when they are wrong or when they let us down, they say something simple like "my bad." Then we're done with it. Guys who can't admit they've failed are cowards. They are weak.
Weak is not losing. It's losing without trying—for fear of losing. Weak is when we can't admit our own limitations. Weak is when we can't depend on others, just like point guards depend on big guys for rebounds and big guys need the guards to get them the ball in good position. I just read that Derrick Rose, once one of the premier talents in the National Basketball Association, said that his job was now to support Carmello Anthony. Rose had carried teams by himself until he began injuring his knees. He's still good but not great anymore. He could demand to be treated as the top guy, he could let his ego rule, but he wants his team to win. If that means recognizing his limitations and changing his role, he'll do it.
I can't speak for combat experience, but I can well imagine that guys who have been to war wouldn't have much time for a person who only values himself and his own success, who lies and cheats and bullies, a buy who has no guts. This is what puzzles me the most. How could guys with these values connect with such a blowhard and a coward as Donald Trump.
Imagine how people would react to Donald Trump if he were to say that he doesn't know that much about public policy but he'll try to learn and he'll surely depend on others to help him.
Imagine if Trump, upon being thumped by Clinton in the Debate, were to say that he lost fair and square and admires her abilities. He could even say that debating isn't leadership but still admit she's a better debater than he is.
Imagine if Trump said that he exaggerates a great deal, probably because he's afraid that the bare facts won't pump him up enough.
Imagine if he said he is, in fact, thin skinned, gets hurt pretty easily, and then gets angry when he feels attacked. He's sensitive guy but he's trying to stop that from ruling him.
Imagine if Trump were to admit that he's like lots of other people: biased against people of color because he doesn't trust them. It's hard, after all, to trust people he doesn't know—really doesn't know—and who look angry when he's in the room.
He'd be a different guy and some people might give him a second look.
But there's no chance that Donald Trump will fess up to the truth—because he is a coward. That's what's underneath. He lies, cheats, bullies, brags, and preens like an insecure little boy in search of a big blond mother to make him whole again. That won't happen either. He won't feel whole because he is looking outside, not inside, for the sources of his anxiety and fear and neediness. That makes him both pathetic and dangerous. Dangerous because he will do almost anything to try to reclaim his absent manhood.


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The doubt of Thomas is proverbial. It is often said of someone who shows mistrust. "You're a Doubting Thomas."
Yet, in hindsight, he seems to have done nothing wrong. Was Thomas really the only one to have doubts, while the other disciples readily and immediately believed in the Risen One? It does not seem that's how things went.
The Gospel of St. Mark says that Jesus appeared to the eleven "and reproached them for their unbelief and stubbornness, in refusing to believe those who had seen him after he had risen" (16:14).
In Luke's gospel, the risen Christ addresses the amazed and frightened apostles and asks, "Why are you upset, and how does such an idea cross your minds?" (24:38)
In the last page of the Matthew's gospel it even says that when Jesus appeared to the disciples on a mountain in Galilee (long after the apparitions in Jerusalem), some still doubted (28:17).
All therefore doubted, not only poor Thomas. How is it then that the evangelist, John, seems to want to focus on him when doubt gripped others too? Let us try to understand.
When John writes (about the year 95AD), Thomas had already been dead for some time. The episode, therefore, is certainly not reported to put this apostle in a bad light. If his problems of faith were highlighted, there is another reason.
The evangelist wants to respond to the questions and objections that Christians in his communities raised continually.
They were third generation Christians, people who had not seen the Lord Jesus. Many of them had not even known any of the apostles.
They found it hard to believe; they were struggling in the midst of much doubt; they would like to see, touch and verify if the Lord is truly risen.
They wonder: what are the reasons that may lead to belief? Is it still possible for us to have the experience of the Risen Lord? Is there evidence that he is alive? How is it that he no longer appears?
These are the questions that we ourselves ask today.
Mark, Luke and Matthew respond to them by saying that all the apostles had hesitation. John takes Thomas as a symbol of the difficulty that every disciple meets in coming to believe. It is hard to know the reason why he chose this apostle, perhaps because he had more difficulty or took more time than others to have faith.
What John wants to teach the Christians of his communities (and us) is that the Risen One has a life that escapes our senses; a life that cannot be touched with bare hands or seen with the eyes. It can only be achieved through faith.
We say, "Blessed are those who have seen." For Jesus, however, blessed are those who have not seen, not because it costs them more to believe.
They are blessed because their faith is genuine and pure, indeed, it is the only pure faith.
• Father Fernando Armellini CMF
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The Women's Boat to Gaza, a transnational, all-female coalition of activists, is on its way to the besieged Strip.
"So it's good for us to see women coming to support us and to tell us we are not alone in the world. They believe what we believe: that we need to be free, and to live a life of dignity."
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One of the devices on display at CES that stirred a fair bit of interest was NVIDIA's Ion. The small reference systems combine an Intel Atom processor with an integrated GeForce 9400M and associated NVIDIA chipset. Atom has won accolades for its low power consumption when combined with Intel's 945GSE chipset, but graphics performance is the chip's Achilles heel. The 945GSE is based on Intel's aged GMA 950, and Intel graphics solutions don't have a reputation for providing anything more than bare-bones minimum performance, even today. In theory, an NVIDIA+Atom solution could hit Intel in weak spot, provided Ion lives up to its potential.
According to The Tech Report, it does. That website put a reference Ion platform under the microscope and came back impressed with the solution's video playback and overall performance. NVIDIA hasn't had a reputation for low power consumption to date, but the company may have turned over a new leaf in that regard. NVIDIA claims that the 9400M+Atom consumes just 3W of power at idle, compared to 2W for an idling Atom+9450GM+ICH7.
Check their coverage if you want the full scoop, but it looks as though NVIDIA has a very compelling solution in hand. Now all they need are design wins—thus far, none have been announced. There are rumors that we may see an Apple Ion as either a Mac TV update or a new Mac mini but Cupertino has yet to confirm any such plans.


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Bug Repellent
This story appears in the May 1999 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Much has been written about how the millennium bug may stop older computers from operating at the turn of the century. Billions of dollars are being invested to combat the problem. But even if you've already fixed your computers, your telecommunications equipment may still fall prey to the Y2K problem.
According to Leon Kappelman, a member of the International Y2K Cooperation Center's steering committee, long-distance and interoffice phone systems alike need to be evaluated for Y2K compliance since phone networks are powered by software programs similar to those used by computers. Kappelman recommends having your office phone system checked by a service representative or a computer consultant to make sure there are no Y2K-related problems. Also ask your long-distance carrier what it's done to alleviate the Y2K problem, especially if it's a smaller provider. A recent survey by the U.S. State Department showed that as of March 1998, of 113 international long-distance phone carriers, less than half had resolved their Y2K problems. That kind of unpreparedness could lead to a phone failure, which might seriously affect your business. Don't wait until January 1 to find out if you have a problem.
Gene Koprowski has covered the tech industry for 10 years and writes a monthly computing column for The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition. Contact him at email@example.com
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Chamberlin, Ralph
- Zhang, Tiantian
- Newman, Nathan
- Rowell, John M
- 1 Arizona State University
- 1 Singh, Rakesh K
- 1 Wang, Robert
- 1 English
- 1 Public
- Tunneling Behavior
- 1 Irradiation
- 1 Josephson Junctions
- 1 Materials Science
- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
The study of high energy particle irradiation effect on Josephson junction tri-layers is relevant to applications in space and radioactive environments. It also allows us to investigate the influence of defects and interfacial intermixing on the junction electrical characteristics. In this work, we studied the influence of 2MeV Helium ion irradiation with doses up to 5.2×1016 ions/cm2 on the tunneling behavior of Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb Josephson junctions. Structural and analytical TEM characterization, combined with SRIM modeling, indicates that over 4nm of intermixing occurred at the interfaces. EDX analysis after irradiation, suggests that the Al and O compositions from the barrier are collectively …
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- Zhang, Tiantian, Newman, Nathan, Rowell, John M, et al.
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- 2012