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Volume 83, Issue 5, May 2012
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The characterization of pyroelectric materials is a necessary stage in the design of a large variety of pyroelectric-based devices ranging from intrusion alarms to IR cameras. The sample configurations and measurement techniques currently in use vary widely and require careful attention in order to avoid artifacts. In this review, we provide a practical guide to the measurement of the pyroelectric coefficient, paying particular attention to the new instrumental possibilities (fast sinusoidally modulated light sources, low impedance broad band current meters, and fast averaging oscilloscopes) that have become available during the last decade. Techniques applicable to bulk specimens, substrate-supported films, and self-supported films are described in detail. The most commonly used procedures are classified according to the type of thermal excitation: continuous ramping, heat pulse, and continuous oscillation. In the appendices, we describe the practical realization of these measurement schemes and provide mathematical descriptions for the extraction of the pyroelectric coefficient from the measured data.
Invited Review Article: Practical guide for pyroelectric measurementsa)
View Description Hide DescriptionThe characterization of pyroelectric materials is a necessary stage in the design of a large variety of pyroelectric-based devices ranging from intrusion alarms to IR cameras. The sample configurations and measurement techniques currently in use vary widely and require careful attention in order to avoid artifacts. In this review, we provide a practical guide to the measurement of the pyroelectric coefficient, paying particular attention to the new instrumental possibilities (fast sinusoidally modulated light sources, low impedance broad band current meters, and fast averaging oscilloscopes) that have become available during the last decade. Techniques applicable to bulk specimens, substrate-supported films, and self-supported films are described in detail. The most commonly used procedures are classified according to the type of thermal excitation: continuous ramping, heat pulse, and continuous oscillation. In the appendices, we describe the practical realization of these measurement schemes and provide mathematical descriptions for the extraction of the pyroelectric coefficient from the measured data.
Optics; Atoms and Molecules; Spectroscopy; Photon Detectors
Detection of nanosecond-scale, high power THz pulses with a field effect transistor
View Description Hide DescriptionWe demonstrate detection and resolution of high power, 34 ns free electron laser pulses using a rectifying field effect transistor. The detector remains linear up to an input power of 11 ± 0.5 W at a pulse energy of 20 ± 1 μJ at 240 GHz. We compare its performance to a protected Schottky diode, finding a shorter intrinsic time constant. The damage threshold is estimated to be a few 100 W. The detector is, therefore, well-suited for characterizing high power THz pulses. We further demonstrate that the same detector can be used to detect low power continuous-wave THz signals with a post detection limited noise floor of 3.1 μW/. Such ultrafast, high power detectors are important tools for high power and high energy THz facilities such as free electron lasers.
Realization of autofocusing system for laser direct writing on non-planar surfaces
View Description Hide DescriptionThis paper presents an autofocusing system for laser direct writing on non-planar surfaces, including focus error signal detection and focusing control. The focus error signal detection is based on modified confocal techniques, which features easy implementation, independence of the tilt angles of non-planar surfaces, and excellent suppression of common-mode noise or variable system factors. We also present a macro/micro dual-drive mechanism and its synchronous operation for focusing control on non-planar surfaces. Finally, a performance evaluation of the autofocusing system is presented. The uniform line width of 2.1 μm for a pattern on a convex spherical substrate with a curvature radius of 100 mm shows the autofocusing system performs well.
Enhancing photocurrent transient spectroscopy by electromagnetic modeling
View Description Hide DescriptionThe shape and duration of photocurrent transients generated by a photoconductive switch depend on both the intrinsic response of the active material and the geometry of the transmission line structure. The present electromagnetic model decouples both shape forming contributions. In contrast to previously published work, it accounts for the particular operating mode of transient spectroscopy. The objective is to increase the time resolution by two approaches, by optimizing structural response and by deconvolving it from experimental data. The switch structure is represented by an effective transimpedance onto which the active material acts as current generator. As proof of concept, the response of a standard microstrip switch is modeled and deconvolved from experimental data acquired in GaAs, yielding a single exponential material response and hence supporting the validity of the approach. Beyond compensating for the response deterioration by the structure, switch architectures can be a priori optimized with respect to frequency response. As an example, it is shown that a microstrip gap that can be deposited on materials incompatible with standard lithography reduces pulse broadening by an order of magnitude if it is provided with transitions to coplanar access lines.
An in situ set up for the detection of CO2 from catalytic CO oxidation by using planar laser-induced fluorescence
View Description Hide DescriptionWe report the first experiment carried out on an in situ setup, which allows for detection of CO2 from catalytic CO oxidation close to a model catalyst under realistic reaction conditions by the means of planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) in the mid-infrared spectral range. The onset of the catalyticreaction as a function of temperature was followed by PLIF in a steady state flow reactor. After taking into account the self-absorption of CO2, a good agreement between the detected CO2fluorescence signal and the CO2 mass spectrometry signal was shown. The observed difference to previously measured onset temperatures for the catalytic ignition is discussed and the potential impact of IR-PLIF as a detection technique in catalysis is outlined.
Response of large area avalanche photodiodes to low energy x rays
View Description Hide DescriptionFor an experiment to study neutron radiative beta-decay, we operated large area avalanche photodiodes(APDs) near liquid nitrogen temperature to detect x rays with energies between 0.2 keV and 20 keV. Whereas there are numerous reports of x ray spectrometry using APDs at energies above 1 keV, operation near liquid nitrogen temperature allowed us to reach a nominal threshold of 0.1 keV. However, due to the short penetration depth of x rays below 1 keV, the pulse height spectrum of the APD become complex. We studied the response using monochromatic x ray beams and employed phenomenological fits of the pulse height spectrum to model the measurement of a continuum spectrum from a synchrotron. In addition, the measured pulse height spectrum was modelled using a profile for the variation in efficiency of collection of photoelectrons with depth into the APD. The best results are obtained with the collection efficiency model.
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy approach for measurements of photoluminescence and electroluminescence in mid-infrared
View Description Hide DescriptionAn improved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy approach adapting to photoluminescence and electroluminescence measurements in mid-infrared has been developed, in which diode-pumped solid-state excitation lasers were adopted for photoluminescence excitation. In this approach, three different Fourier transform infrared modes of rapid scan, double modulation, and step scan were software switchable without changing the hardware or connections. The advantages and limitations of each mode were analyzed in detail. Using this approach a group of III–V and II–VI samples from near-infrared extending to mid-infrared with photoluminescence intensities in a wider range have been characterized at room temperature to demonstrate the validity and overall performances of the system. The weaker electroluminescence of quantum cascade lasers in mid-infrared band was also surveyed at different resolutions. Results show that for samples with relatively strong photoluminescence or electroluminescence out off the background, rapid scan mode is the most preferable. For weaker photoluminescence or electroluminescence overlapped with background, double modulation is the most effective mode. To get a better signal noise ratio when weaker photoluminescence or electroluminescence signal has been observed in double modulation mode, switching to step scan mode should be an advisable option despite the long data acquiring time and limited resolution.
A versatile and reconfigurable setup for all-terahertz time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy
View Description Hide DescriptionA versatile optical setup for all-terahertz (THz) time resolved pump-probe spectroscopy was designed and tested. By utilizing a dual THz pulse generator emitter module, independent and synchronized THz radiation pump and probe pulses were produced, thus eliminating the need for THz beam splitters and the limitations associated with their implementation. The current THz setup allows for precise control of the electric fields splitting ratio between the THz radiation pump and probe pulses, as well as in-phase, out-of-phase, and polarization dependent pump-probe spectroscopy. Since the present THz pump-probe setup does not require specialized THz radiation optical components, such as phase shifters, polarization rotators, or wide bandwidth beam splitters, it can be easily implemented with minimal alterations to a conventional THz time domain spectroscopy system. The present setup is valuable for studying the time dynamics of THz coherent phenomena in solid-state, chemical, and biological systems.
An apparatus for immersing trapped ions into an ultracold gas of neutral atoms
View Description Hide DescriptionWe describe a hybrid vacuum system in which a single ion or a well-defined small number of trapped ions (in our case Ba+ or Rb+) can be immersed into a cloud of ultracold neutral atoms (in our case Rb). This apparatus allows for the study of collisions and interactions between atoms and ions in the ultracold regime. Our setup is a combination of a Bose-Einstein condensation apparatus and a linear Paul trap. The main design feature of the apparatus is to first separate the production locations for the ion and the ultracold atoms and then to bring the two species together. This scheme has advantages in terms of stability and available access to the region where the atom-ion collision experiments are carried out. The ion and the atoms are brought together using a moving one-dimensional optical lattice transport which vertically lifts the atomic sample over a distance of 30 cm from its production chamber into the center of the Paul trap in another chamber. We present techniques to detect and control the relative position between the ion and the atom cloud.
Multiplex and simultaneous measurement of displacement and temperature using tapered fiber and fiber Bragg grating
View Description Hide DescriptionA simple method to work out the multiplexing of tapered fiber based sensors is proposed and demonstrated. By cascading a tapered fiber with a fiber Bragg grating(FBG), the sensor head is provided with a wavelength identification, different FBGs provide the sensor heads with different reflective peaks and they can be distinguished in optical spectrum. By compositing several such sensor heads with a multi-channel beam splitter, a star-style topological structure sensor for multipoint sensing is achieved. At the same time, the output intensity at the peak wavelength is sensitive to one external physical parameter applied on the related FBG-cascaded tapered fiber and the central wavelength of the peak is only sensitive to temperature, so that that parameter and temperature can be measured simultaneously. A sensor for dual-point measurement of the displacement and temperature simultaneously is experimentally demonstrated by using a 2 × 2 coupler in this paper. Experiment results show that the sensor works well and the largest sensitivities reach to 0.11 dB/μm for displacement in the range of 0–400 μm, and ∼0.0097 nm/°C for temperature between 20 °C and 70 °C.
Time-resolved near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy on photo-induced phase transitions using a tabletop soft-x-ray spectrometer
View Description Hide DescriptionWe present a table-top soft-x-ray spectrometer for the wavelength range λ = 1–5 nm based on a stable laser-driven x-ray source, making use of a gas-puff target. With this setup, optical light-pump/soft-x-ray probe near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure(NEXAFS) experiments with a temporal resolution of about 230 ps are feasible. Pump-probe NEXAFSmeasurements were carried out in the "water-window" region (2.28 nm–4.36 nm) on the manganite Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3, investigating diminutive changes of the oxygen K edge that derive from an optically induced phase transition. The results show the practicability of the table-top soft-x-ray spectrometer on demanding investigations so far exclusively conducted at synchrotron radiation sources.
Simultaneous translational temperature measurements of different atomic species in plasma flows using scanning Fabry-Perot interferometry
View Description Hide DescriptionA revised scientific instrument to measure simultaneously kinetic temperatures of different atoms from their optical emission profile is reported. Emission lines are simultaneously detected using one single scanning Fabry-Perot-interferometer (FPI) for a combined spectroscopic setup to acquire different emission lines simultaneously. The setup consists in a commercial Czerny-Turner spectrometer configuration which is combined with a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer. The fast image acquisition mode of an intensified charge coupled device camera allows the detection of a wavelength interval of interest continuously while acquiring the highly resolved line during the scan of the FPI ramp. Results using this new setup are presented for the simultaneous detection of atomic nitrogen and oxygen in a high enthalpy air plasma flow as used for atmospheric re-entry research and their respective kinetic temperatures derived from the measured line profiles. The paper presents the experimental setup, the calibration procedure, and an exemplary result. The determined temperatures are different, a finding that has been published so far as due to a drawback of the experimental setup of sequential measurements, and which has now to be investigated in more detail.
A Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering spectrometer for ultraviolet wavelengths
View Description Hide DescriptionA spectrometer for the measurement of spontaneous Rayleigh-Brillouin (RB) scattering line profiles at ultraviolet wavelengths from gas phase molecules has been developed, employing a high-power frequency-stabilized UV-laser with narrow bandwidth (2 MHz). The UV-light from a frequency-doubled titanium:sapphire laser is further amplified in an enhancement cavity, delivering a 5 W UV-beam propagating through the interaction region inside a scattering cell. The design of the RB-scattering cell allows for measurements at gas pressures in the range 0−4 bars and at stably controlled temperatures from −30 °C to 70 °C. A scannable Fabry-Perot analyzer with instrument resolution of 232 MHz probes the RB profiles. Measurements on N2 and SF6 gases demonstrate that the high signal-to-noise ratio is achievable with the instrument at the 1% level at the peak amplitude of the scattering profile.
Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature by integrating an external Fabry-Perot cavity with a fiber Bragg grating
View Description Hide DescriptionA fiber sensor for simultaneous measurements of refractive index and temperature based on the integration of a fiber Bragg grating(FBG) with an external Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity is presented. The fringe contrast of the interference spectrum generated by the F-P cavity is used to determine the external refractive index, while the wavelength shift of the FBG is used to measuretemperature. The result showed that the refractive index and temperature sensitivity for the integrated sensor is 8.1 × 10−6 and 0.01006 nm/°C, respectively.
Geometrical factor correction in grazing incident x-ray fluorescence experiment
View Description Hide DescriptionThe geometrical factor in the grazing incident x-ray fluorescenceanalysis is an important angle-dependent term, which can have a great effect on the measured data. In this paper, the effects of the geometrical factor on the florescence yield have been demonstrated. A formula is presented to estimate the geometrical factor, which includes the experimental parameters of the beam and setup. The validity of this formula is proven by the good agreement between the calculated fluorescence yields with the experimental results in grazing incident x-ray fluorescenceanalysis.
Noniterative algorithm for improving the accuracy of a multicolor-light-emitting-diode-based colorimeter
View Description Hide DescriptionWe present a noniterative algorithm to reliably reconstruct the spectral reflectance from discrete reflectance values measured by using multicolor light emitting diodes(LEDs) as probing light sources. The proposed algorithm estimates the spectral reflectance by a linear combination of product functions of the detector's responsivity function and the LEDs' line-shape functions. After introducing suitable correction, the resulting spectral reflectance was found to be free from the spectral-broadening effect due to the finite bandwidth of LED. We analyzed the data for a real sample and found that spectral reflectance with enhanced resolution gives a more accurate prediction in the color measurement.
Particle Sources, Optics and Acceleration; Particle Detectors
Experimental investigation on focusing characteristics of a He-Ne laser using circular Fresnel zone plate for high-precision alignment of linear accelerators
View Description Hide DescriptionWe experimentally investigate the focusing characteristics of a He–Ne laser at the focal region for the high-precision alignment of long-distance linear accelerators using a circular Fresnel zone plate. The laser wave passing through the Fresnel zone plate having a focal length of 66.7 m propagates for a 268-m-long distance at atmospheric pressure. A new laser-based alignment system using Fresnel zone plates as the alignment targets is discussed. The transverse displacement of the focused spot of the laser is measured as a function of the displacement of the target by a detector installed at the focal point. Systematic studies on the focusing characteristics and alignment precision have been successfully conducted in this experiment. The experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical calculations, and the alignment precision of the target is determined to be less than ±30 μm. In this study, we perform a detailed experimental investigation on the laser propagation and focusing characteristics using the circular Fresnel zone plate at the focal region along with theoretical calculations.
Demonstration of charge breeding in a compact room temperature electron beam ion trap
View Description Hide DescriptionFor the first time, a small room-temperature electron beamion trap (EBIT), operated with permanent magnets, was successfully used for charge breeding experiments. The relatively low magnetic field of this EBIT does not contribute to the capture of the ions; single-charged ions are only caught by the space charge potential of the electron beam. An over-barrier injection method was used to fill the EBIT's electrostatic trap with externally produced, single-charged potassium ions. Charge states as high as K19+ were reached after about a 3 s breeding time. The capture and breeding efficiencies up to 0.016(4)% for K17+ have been measured.
Plasma ion source for in situ ion bombardment in a soft x-ray magnetic scattering diffractometer
View Description Hide DescriptionA new plasma ion source for in situ keV He ion bombardment of solid state samples or thin films was designed and built for ion fluences between 1 × 1012 and 1 × 1017 ions/cm2. The system was designed to be mounted to different diffraction chambers for soft x-ray resonant magnetic scattering. Without breaking the vacuum due to He-ion bombardment, structural and magnetic modifications of the samples can be studied in situ and element specifically.
Supersonic gas jets for laser-plasma experiments
View Description Hide DescriptionWe present an in-depth analysis of De Laval nozzles, which are ideal for gas jet generation in a wide variety of experiments. Scaling behavior of parameters especially relevant to laser-plasma experiments as jet collimation, sharpness of the jet edges and Mach number of the resulting jet is studied and several scaling laws are given. Special attention is paid to the problem of the generation of microscopic supersonic jets with diameters as small as 150 μm. In this regime, boundary layers dominate the flow formation and have to be included in the analysis.


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President Obama invokes Bill Clinton's economic record and tax rates as "a rebuttal" to Republicans who oppose tax increases during a recession, his spokesman said today, even though he himself held that position in 2009.
Obama talks about Clinton's tax rates as "a rebuttal to Republicans who say this [tax increase] is terrible for the economy," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters today.
But Republicans, per Carney's characterization, are agreeing with the 2009 version of Obama. "You don't raise taxes in a recession," Obama told NBC in his first year in office. "We haven't raised taxes in a recession."
Carney explained why Obama thinks it is acceptable to raise taxes on people making over $250,000 a year. "The dollar-for-dollar benefit of those tax cuts to the economy is much less than tax cuts that go to working Americans," Carney said.

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John Paul Jones
(1747-1792), naval officer. Jones was born in Scotland and was apprenticed in 1761 to a merchant. At thirteen years of age he began his career at sea, as a ship's boy on the Friendship sailing between Britain and Virginia and the West Indies. Over the next fourteen years he learned the ways of the sea, sailing on merchant ships, including slavers. By age twenty-one he was the captain of a merchantman sailing between the West Indies and British ports. On one of these voyages in 1769, he had the ship's carpenter whipped; not long afterward the carpenter died and Jones faced a charge of murder but was later freed. In 1773, he put down a mutiny, running his sword through the ringleader in the process, and fled to America to avoid trial in a civil court.
Shortly after the Revolution began, he was in Philadelphia and through the friendship of Joseph Hewes, a delegate to the Continental Congress, was commissioned as first lieutenant on the Alfred in the Continental navy. Jones proved himself a capable officer in action on the Alfred and on the sloop Providence which he commanded in 1776. The next year Congress sent him to France as captain of the Ranger with orders to attack enemy commerce in British waters. His greatest success on the Ranger came in April 1778 when he sailed from Brest for the Irish Sea and then to Whitehaven. This superb foray saw him fail in his attempt to abduct the Earl of Selkirk, whom he intended to exchange for Americans held by the British, but he captured the sloop of war Drake in a fierce struggle. By May 8, the Ranger was back at Brest with seven prizes and many prisoners, having created a furor in the British press.
The French now took note of Jones and sent him off in August 1779 in command of a fleet of five naval vessels and two privateers. This voyage carried Jones and his ships clockwise around the British Isles. Jones's ship was the Bonhomme Richard, around nine hundred tons and slow, but the most heavily armed vessel he had commanded. Prizes were taken, but an attempt to extort ransom from Leith, Edinburgh's seaport, failed. The fleet sailed on until September 23, when Jones fought one of the great battles of the Revolution off the Yorkshire coast. The enemy was the Serapis, one of the British escorts of a large convoy. In the battle, mostly fought in moonlight, the Bonhomme Richard grappled with the Serapis. With the two vessels lashed together, the British captain asked Jones if he wished to surrender and received the famous reply, "I have not yet begun to fight." Indeed Jones had not, and when the night's work was done, he accepted the surrender of his enemy.
This victory was the high point of John Paul Jones's war--and life. After the war, he served in the Russian navy in the Black Sea in a war with the Turks. He died in Paris, still an American citizen and one of the great heroes of the U.S. Navy.
Samuel Eliot Morison, John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (1959).
The Reader's Companion to American History. Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, Editors. Copyright © 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA The amazing truth about Queen Raquela is that she's constructed from clichés, infected by media-borne dictates of insipid faggotry that have, unfortunately, circled the globe and made near-insufferable creatures out of too many queers. The not-quite-amazing truth about this "documentary" is that it's actually mildly engrossing, building to a final-act clash between First and Third worlds that is riveting and highly uncomfortable to watch. The quotation marks around "documentary" are because writer-director Olaf de Fleur Johannesson employs dramatic re-creations and staged moments in the telling of the real-life story of his subject, Raquela, a Filipina lady-boy who, playing herself in the film, pines for Europe, a white knight and real womanhood. Anyone who's seen any of the endless documentaries on Third World trannys can tick off the checklist of items found here: hooking to make a living; repeated cycles of disappointment at the hands of "real" men who ply fantasies then flee payoff; vapid bitchiness passed off as queer wit; really bad plastic surgery. It's a bleak, often grim, fairy tale. But there are powerful moments of insight, too, as when, explaining in voice-over why she prefers unsafe sex, Raquela states that the feel of the unsheathed dick inside her is "one way to make us feel like women." (Regent Showcase) (Ernest Hardy)
GO AUGUST EVENING There are stories that depict how resilient family bonds are in times of duress, and those that reject such rosy ideals in order to show how tenuous even blood relationships can be, First-timer Chris Eska's Spanish-language drama (and Independent Spirit Award winner for Best Feature Under $500,000) quietly and bittersweetly validates both notions. In the rural southern Texas of some long-lost Terrence Malick film (where it's always magic hour!), graying paterfamilias and illegal farm worker Jaime (Pedro Castaneda) loses his wife, then his job, provoking him to hop a bus with his widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe (Veronica Loren), to see his surviving kids in San Antonio. Passed off between the proud, working-class son who never told him about his grandchild and the annoyed, suburban daughter who hooked up with a white man, Jaime's only security is Lupe, a guarded introvert who feels overly pressured to remarry by a family she's not even related to. Perhaps Eska didn't have to write all of his characters into overlapping crossroads of crisis, but he's more nuanced than overt, and his cast (especially Loren and the nonprofessional Castaneda) sells it. We see exactly how the older and younger generations let each other down as their time together ticks slowly away — and boy, does it ever: Eska's visual digressions are lyrical in the moment (think early David Gordon Green) but ultimately indulgent at more than two hours. (Sunset 5) (Aaron Hillis)
BATTLE IN SEATTLE Written and directed by Stuart Townsend, Battle in Seattle reanimates the recent past — namely the late-1999 street actions that, as the largest organized protest of the Clinton era, successfully shut down the World Trade Organization's "Millennium" round of negotiations. While the rest of the developed world quaked in fear of the dreaded Y2K "virus," tens of thousands of costumed demonstrators danced in the streets of downtown Seattle. Billed the "Battle in Seattle" before it even happened, this was the first Internet protest in history, as someone explains in the movie with reference to the demonstrators' uncanny ability to coordinate blockage of the city's pressure points. For his part, Townsend is rather more labored in orchestrating the ensemble. His protagonists are taken from all sides of the event, including glamorous demonstrators of various persuasions (notably OutKast's André Benjamin), a police officer (Woody Harrelson) and his pregnant wife (Charlize Theron), a feisty TV-news reporter (Connie Nielsen), and Seattle's beleaguered mayor (Ray Liotta). Their intentions, like Townsend's, are mostly good, but Battle in Seattle is too frantic to make more than a transitory impression, yet too responsibly hackneyed to achieve pure tabloid hysteria. In that sense, it's true to the actual event. The impression the movie leaves is less what the French activist Yves Frémion termed an "orgasm of history" than a hiccup. The world held its breath and moved on. (The Landmark) (J. Hoberman)
CALLBACK: THE UNMAKING OF BLOODSTAIN Whoever came up with the phrase "write what you know" probably never realized just how many aspiring actors would take it way too much to heart, resulting in an unending stream of low-budget movies in which relatively unknown actors play really annoying unknown actors looking for work. Thankfully, in Callback, some of them end up dead or severely injured, which goes a long way toward winning back some audience goodwill. Peter (Johnny Moreno) is a pretentious would-be star who likes to overdo it on the warm-up exercises, questions about his motivation, and so forth; Carl (Michael DeGood) is a pathetic excuse for a criminal whose producer uncle gives him the chance to become an equally pathetic excuse for a thespian; and Tony (Jeff Parise) is a recently released mental patient who's like Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor in reverse — once he goes off his meds, he quits being a sad schlub and becomes a handsome devil with a dark streak (and a fake Latino accent). All three awkwardly cross paths before being cast in the same film, and once they figure out the connections, things get dangerous. Director Eric M. Wolfson handles the tension of the climactic sequences deftly and manages some earlier nonlinear bits effectively too ... it's just that the story itself isn't that interesting, and the cast looks way too clean and made-up to be living in their sleazy surroundings. (Sunset 5) (Luke Y. Thompson)
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There are no widely recognized primary or middle school leaving qualifications in the United States. School-level education is considered to be comprehensive from year 1 through year 12, and there are no intermediate awards prior to the completion of secondary school. Some schools and school districts will issue certificates to students who complete kindergarten, elementary or middle school, but these do not have significance other than as achievement markers for having completed the specified grades. Students who do not complete secondary school are considered to be drop-outs, as there are no recognized qualifications issued to students who do not complete secondary education through the 12th year. The only significant exceptions to this practice are the Individual Education Plans for some special education students, which may – depending on the plan – result in certificates of completion representing a different standard than the high school diploma.
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The high school diploma is the basic U.S. qualification awarded to students who graduate from secondary school after 12 years of formal instruction. High school diplomas are issued by states or local districts to public school graduates, and by the school to private school graduates. Homeschooled students may or may not be issued a diploma depending on state policy and parental preference. Some diplomas may state "high school diploma" and others may state "secondary diploma (or certificate)" or simply "diploma."
There are usually at least three types of program, or track, that secondary graduates follow.
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International Baccalaureate (IB) programs are increasingly popular in U.S. primary and secondary schools, and IB Diplomas may now be earned by U.S. students along with, or instead of, U.S. high school diplomas.
NOTE: International exchange students who enroll in U.S. public secondary schools on J, or exchange visitor, visas are not allowed to receive U.S. high school diplomas. Instead, they will receive a Certificate of Completion of Studies or an award will a similar name that certifies they have completed a semester or year or more of study at a satisfactory grade level.
Recognized Rigorous Secondary Programs of Study provides links to lists of secondary qualifications for each state and territory that have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as providing rigorous academic preparation. Graduates holding these qualifications are eligible to qualify for federal merit-based student assistance.
Table of State Graduation Requirements appears in the annual Digest of Education Statistics (NCES) and displays state secondary graduation requirements in Carnegie Units.
CCSSO Key State Education Policies Guide is a compendium of state policies on enrollment, content standards, graduation requirements and teacher certification.
IDEA Individual Education Plan (IEP) Page provides a detailed overview of regulations governing Individual Education Plans (IEPs), which are individualized study programs developed for students with disabilities and lead to completion of a secondary education program or the equivalent.
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From the AP: LOUISVILLE – Democratic newcomer Alison Lundergan Grimes, who rose from a well-connected family and featured her grandmothers in one of the season's most memorable political ads, was elected Kentucky's next secretary of state Tuesday.
Grimes wins secretary of state race
11/08/11 at 10:18pm by Scott Wartman | Comments
Election Preview
11/05/11 at 6:26pm by Scott Wartman | Comments
The lack of local races and no presidential race portends a low voter turnout, county clerks say, but candidates and the political parties hope to get more people to the polls on Tuesday. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday where voters will elect a governor and others to […]
More states looking at voter IDs
09/27/11 at 9:05pm by Scott Wartman | Comments
FRANKFORT— The public's fear of voter fraud has led more states in the past 10 years to require photo identification of voters, a national expert testified before state legislators Tuesday. Whether Kentucky should require a photo ID at the polls has become a campaign issue in the Kentucky secretary of state race and has been […]
Ethics Commission declines to rule on homeless voter issue
09/21/11 at 5:42pm by Scott Wartman | Comments
Republican Secretary of State candidate Bill Johnson doesn't expect he will get a decision from the Executive Branch Ethics Commission on his ethics complaint over allowing homeless people to vote without requiring an address. Johnson said the ethics commission executive director John R. Steffen told him his complaint against Secretary of State Elaine Walker and […]
Photo ID at ballot box big issue in Secretary of State debate
09/20/11 at 11:00am by Scott Wartman | Comments
AP Reporter Bruce Schreiner reports on the KET debate between Republican Bill Johnson and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes int he race for Secretary of State: LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Republican Bill Johnson supported requiring people to present photo identification before voting, while Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes denounced it as a "barrier to the ballot box" […]
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Secretary of State Elaine Walker and Boone County Clerk Kenny Brown will address state legislators Tuesday afternoon on the issues surrounding homeless voter registration. They will speak before the Interim Task Force on Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs to talk about the concerns raised over a memo last month from the Kentucky Board […]
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From the Associated Press wire: FRANKFORT, Ky. – Republican secretary of state nominee Bill Johnson has filed an ethics complaint over allowing homeless people to vote without requiring an address.Johnson contends in the complaint filed Thursday that Secretary of State Elaine Walker and the State Board of Elections are violating the state constitution by registering […]
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August 12, 2010 - think for yourself
In 2005 Philip Tetlock wrote a book called, "Expert Political Judgment: How Good is it? How can we know?"
To find out, he did something extraordinary. He went back and studied 50 years of writings by various media pundits and commentators who made predictions about politics and economics. Then he carefully tracked the results.
What did he find?
Experts don't do so good.
They were worse than random. As one reviewer noted: "Human beings who spend their lives studying the state of the world... are poorer forecasters than dart-throwing monkeys." It didn't make any difference if they were conservative or liberal.
The reasons for this appalling performance are many.
Reasonable people with modest opinions aren't that much fun to read. People who say outrageous things command more attention. But that doesn't mean they're right. In fact, the wilder they get, they less likely that is.
It's a twist on the old "hedgehog versus the fox" fable. The simple hedgehog knows One Big Thing (how to roll up into a prickly ball and ignore outside threats). The clever fox knows many things.
Most experts are hedgehogs. They fall in love with their own perspectives and are impervious to all the evidence to the contrary. It becomes a kind of arrogance.
Or as H. L. Mencken once said, "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."
Foxes, on the other hand, are wary of big ideas that explain everything. They are less grandiose.
But foxes make better guesses about the future. The future is nuanced.
People get fooled by their own supposed expertise. They get deeper and deeper into arcane knowledge and think it really tells them something. But Tetlock concluded that more general perspectives - taking into account the information from multiple areas of study, and more than one perspective - gives people a better read on the likely future.
And isn't this depressing? It turns out that simple mathematical models are often far better at predicting the future than people who are supposed to be experts. Take the stock market. If you put your money into the standard index funds and leave them there, over 15 years or so you'll make some money. This simple model outperforms nearly every financial advisor.
But people love their illusion of insight. And even in the middle of our hedgehog posturing, we make things more complicated. We think combining two unlikely events ("we will invade Iraq and the people will hail us as heroes!") is somehow more likely than one ("we will invade Iraq").
So what does this tell us about the wise heads who show up on TV, opine on talk radio, or write syndicated columns?
It tells us that the more demogagic the pundit may be, the more certain that there's one great truth that explains everything, and the more confident the prediction about a sweeping change a-coming, the smarter we would be to think for ourselves.
And here's my prediction: knowing that won't change things much.
LaRue's Views are his own.


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Ahead of the commencement of the 30th Olympiad, Grammy award-winning artiste Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley delivered a massive showcasing at London's O2 Arena. His appearance was associated with the 'Respect Jamaica 50th' tour in London.
Subsequent to his dazzling the overwhelmingly large number of supporters at the venue, there has been a blast of raving reviews via the Internet.
Internet reviews support the review from the London Evening Standard newspaper stating that, "Bob's son steps out of his father's shadow bringing a relentless energy to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jamaican independence."
The night began at 9:30 p.m. in the busy London city, and the O2 Arena kept its audience captivated until the event's very end with performances from the talented members of the Ghetto Youths International family.
The opening acts included reputable performances from Christopher Ellis, and Wayne Marshall. Then, it was time for Jr Gong to take the stage.
The hardcore Reggae artiste was seen "bouncing away to a bass-heavy reggae rhythm" after the band warmed the hearts of the audience members with a smooth rendition of Bob Marley's Sun Is Shining.
The 90-minute set was filled with rich representations from each of his albums, bringing forth many favourites like Hey Girl, Beautiful, and Land of Promise.
As Jr Gong neared the end of his set, he invited his brothers, Stephen and Julian Marley, to join him on stage.
The three jammed as Jr Gong continued to deliver his high-level performance, also reeling out his 'real' sound and lyrics in Welcome to Jamrock.
He concluded the outstanding set, paying tribute to his father through song, by chanting the lyrics of Bob Marley's hit, Could You Be Loved, which also saw Marley sister, Cedella, join the three Marley men on stage.
Earlier this year, Jr Gong released Affairs of the Heart, a deviation from his social commentary. The song has planted itself in the minds of its listeners, much in the same way Bob Marley's Turn Your Lights Down Low did at the time.
Jr Gong has been stirring up the reggae music airwaves since the release of his debut album, Mr Marley, in 1996 but is best known for his timeless hits It Was Written, Half Way Tree, Welcome to Jamrock, Road to Zion, and The Mission.


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hmmm...upright...like standing a lot? some days (prior to the spotting that is), i find myself busy with things around the house, or whatever and standing and walking a lot...but I did try and sit and rest when I could. Now since the spotting I have been sitting with my feet up much more. I had no clue that being upright could do that. That means sitting too I take it. So far no more spotting...I am hoping that was it, but i guess i won't be surprised if i see it again...just hope it's not worse then it was. My nurse suggested maybe if my placenta was still low lying that it could be from that...she had it with her pregnancies. According to one scan they said my placenta doesn't seem to be so low now...so I don't know. I was thinking maybe it was because it was during a time when she once again changed positions...i had felt a lot of rolling..and it's got to be getting tight in there for those kinds of movements. I thought maybe she irriated something...i often feel like she is punching my cervix...all her kicks and punches are down in that region cause she was transverse, then breech and now transverse again. We'll get another position check friday..but it really doesn't matter in my case.
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Goldberg, Deja and Smith Talk Princess and the Frog
That's not to minimize the amount of anatomy and convincing physicality that goes into it as well. "One of the things that was a challenge on the character to make him feel lively was [the lack of extra bits] to make him look fluid. Many animated characters have a vest or floppy ears or hair or a hat with a flower on it. Louis had none of these things. All he had was his muscles, his bones, his fat and his flesh. And so we had to make him look lively using all of those things in a gator's construction and in his construction to make him feel as alive as possible. So, to a certain extent, I couldn't rely on a lot of tricks you could use like shape-shifting. We could invent things but he's real, flesh and blood alligator, even though he walks on two legs. You have to register that weight, that power, that physicality with him."
Of course, it's hard to do a character in love with jazz without the specter of Baloo hanging over your head, either. "That said, I didn't go back and look at Baloo specifically, but, like I say, we're all geeks, so we all have this stuff ingrained in us. But a lot of the humor is derived from Louis' enthusiasm and playing that against his weight and his construction."
Not surprisingly, given Goldberg's outstanding work on "Rhapsody in Blue" from Fantasia 2000, he was asked to work on the highly stylized "Almost There" sequence in which Tiana imagines her restaurant coming to life. "What they wanted -- and [Sue Nichols] provided many of the designs for it -- was a combination of Aaron Douglas, Harlem Renaissance, Vanity Fair covers from the 1920s: that kind of look that's stylish and of that period. And, yes, we're saying this is a magazine page come to life. One thing we wanted to do was not make it look like your standard Disney animation. We wanted to stylize the action more; we certainly wanted personality out of the characters, but in some cases, we'd do some stylistic choices like the crowd walking into the restaurant for the first time -- a block of people with their legs moving, which connects it back to the inspiration, if you will. Tiana is animated fully in a very stylized way as well.
"I think the thing that I enjoyed the most about this -- and the whole movie -- is animating to music and really determining the best cuts for the sequences, the best kind of movements for particular musical accents and so on and so forth. And there's a sense of liveliness to it, even though it's in a completely different style, still feels very musical to me. And we tried quite a few different techniques in order to get that on screen, too. It was a combination of hand-drawn animation and various other computer techniques to give it that kind of look. For example, all of them look like they're hand-painted. You can see the paint texture moving around within the characters. That's something that [TD] Eric Daniels devised with a computer program in terms of being able to have a painted texture that moved in synchronization with how the characters moved. Also, they made Tiana's feather feel more brush-strokey and then they tracked the drawn animation with the brush stroke feather in After Effects. And there were all sorts of techniques like that to composite it, to color it and to make it feel more hand done."
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From what I've seen already It looks visually stunning and the characters seem very interesting. I'm so glad Disney's decided to make a 2D film again, really can't wait to see the results.
Good article! I am sooo excited about Princess and the Frog and the fact its 2D! I love the handrawn becuase it seems that the animators to special care to make the film work and make this fan happy!
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Once fully cleaned of seeds, sprinkle rub garlic, salt, pepper, and a little bit of olive oil on the inside of the squash.
Place squash rind up in oven for 35-40 minutes, until you can easily create strands with fork.
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The media portrays sex as endlessly exciting, gratifying and straightforward. However, for many people and couples the reality is quite different. Sexual problems are very common, but because sex often involves complex emotions, patients (and doctors) can find these problems difficult to raise and discuss. The focus of this section is erectile dysfunction (ED), a common sexual problem in men with diabetes..
Definition of ED
ED is defined as the persistent inability to get or maintain an erection that is satisfactory for sexual activity. Most men will experience erectile problems during their life, but if the problem lasts for 3 months or longer, it is clinically defined as ED.
Although ED affects most men at some point in their lives, it is much more common in men with diabetes. In fact, in up to 12% of men with diabetes, ED is the first sign that leads to the diagnosis of diabetes. Fifty percent of men will experience ED within 10 years of diagnosis of diabetes. Older men with a longer duration of diabetes, poor blood glucose control, and who smoke, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease, are at highest risk.
Diabetes causes damage to the walls of the blood vessels, which affects circulation and blood flow to the penis. In addition, nerve damage can affect erection quality. ED can also be a side effect of drugs that are often prescribed to men with diabetes (these include some blood pressure-lowering drugs and anti-depressants).
Diagnosing ED — the first step in getting help
The first step is telling your doctor that you are having sexual problems. He or she will ask you specific questions about the quality of your erections and sexual intercourse. Your doctor may also do a physical exam, check your blood pressure, your heart function and order other tests for your eyes, kidneys, blood glucose control, cholesterol and testosterone levels. The Canadian Diabetes Association's 2008 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada recommend that all adult men with diabetes be regularly screened for ED with a sexual function history. If your doctor doesn't bring up the topic, you should.
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There are a number of effective treatments for ED. It is important for sexual partners to be involved in any discussion about treatment choices.
Drugs called PDE5 inhibitors (available in Canada under the trade names Viagra, Cialis and Levitra) help a man achieve and maintain an erection. With sexual stimulation, these drugs increase blood flow to the penis, allowing an erection to occur naturally. They can be used safely in most men with diabetes, including select elderly men. However, they are not safe for men with certain heart conditions or men who take nitrates (which are often used to treat angina).
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Reviews by Halcyondays:HalcyondaysCalifornia 3.78/5 rDev +1.3% look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4 12 oz. bottle, A: Pours a clear goldenrod with a medium white head. Good retention with substantial lacing. S: Bready notes, light green grape, fruity hop character, berry. T: Sweet bready notes with light notes of citrus and melon. Light tartness in the finish; I like the notes of sugar cane. M: Light-bodied, crisp, fairly clean, easy drinking. O: The new one from Deschutes, quite a flavourful session beer. A good starter beer for the novice, but with enough flavour to interest the seasoned craft beer drinker looking for something lighter, light beer done right. Serving type: bottle 04-11-2013 04:36:05 | More by Halcyondays More User Reviews:angrybabboonRhode Island 3.61/5 rDev -3.2% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75 Cheers to Goblinmunkey7 for giving me a bottle of this Consumed 12/4/13 Appearance: A bit darker than I would have expected for a blonde, but I'll take it - mostly clear orange gold - some copper as well - small, white head, fades to borderline nothing, but leaves some nice lacing Smell: Definitely mild, but some nice citrus and light malts - fleshy oranges, with a hint of grapefruit - some floral and lightly grassy notes - light, pale malts and a touch of caramel - light bread and some light crackers Taste: About as mild as the aroma, with a lot of charm - floral citrus, with some light orange flesh and a hint of grapefruit - nice citrus flavors, virtually no bitterness - touch of mint - pale malts with some light caramel - lightly grainy - lightly bready with a side of crackers - nicely balanced, definitely drinkable Mouthfeel: Light body, smooth, nicely carbonated, extremely drinkable Overall: Best consumed while living in a van, down by the river! <Obligatory Deschutes makes drinkable beers joke here.> This is not the best thing I've had from Deschutes, but it's still tasty. I could drink a few dozen. Serving type: bottle 12-05-2013 06:03:11 | More by angrybabboon pallison123California 3.5/5 rDev -6.2% look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5 Style: Pale (Blonde) Ale Pour: A feathery, fluffy inch that stood up for a few minutes and effervesced to a solid white cap that covered the beer for the duration. No legs or lacing evident on the sides of the first glass, but subsequent pours left nice foamy chunks reminiscent of Hokusai's 'Wave'. Appearance: Golden, translucent. Ribbons of carbonation flow throughout. It's a 'clean' presentation for an ale. Flavor: Floral nose. Forward crisp, cascade hoppiness followed by a biscuity malt finish. It's clean and dry - not unlike a hoppy pilsener in its mouthfeel and overall zest. Session character: At 4.0 ABV this makes for nice, if not tame session beer. Serving type: Bottle poured into a pint glass. Serving type: bottle 11-09-2013 05:15:58 | More by pallison123 BookseebWashington 3.01/5 rDev -19.3% look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 Appearance has a orange hazy color with a thin dissipating head leaving spotting lace. Smell is refreshing with the sharp citrus hops balancing with the malt. Taste is kinda dissapointing with what tastes like having more bittering hops with the malt with not much flavoring. Mouthfeel is medium light with good carbonation. Serving type: bottle 10-10-2013 01:08:43 | More by Bookseeb kangarooAdam59Alaska 3.3/5 rDev -11.5% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 On the bottle - 11/08/2013 (best by date, I'm assuming): Into a pint glass: A: light hazy golden orange colored body with a two finger white foamy head that rises a bit and falls to a half finger coating the top of the body (nice show), foamy clingy spider web lacing graces the sides of the glass S: herbal, but spicy peppery citrus/lemon T: basically the same, but adds a decent malt presence, smooth sweet sticky aftertaste and finish M: light, sessionable, carbonation is good for the style and decent to me, nothing lacking and nothing really standing out O: Deschutes makes some awesome stuff, this is not one of their better offerings, however, its still solid. If you're wanting a blonde ale from the west coast, get this one, but this one isn't one to scream about Serving type: bottle 10-05-2013 19:53:53 | More by kangarooAdam59 SlatetankPennsylvania 4.01/5 rDev +7.5% look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4 I picked this up at Monde, enjoyed chilled from the 12oz into a goblet chilled. The color is a lightly hazed golden with thin off white cap with ultra fine bead head retention is good. The smell is fruity and has an herbal hop aroma with a slight citrus-lemon peel like scent. The feel is great, medium light body with medium carbonation with a milld bitterness and clean overall feel with a light yeast fruitiness. The taste is great with herbal hops and has a slight malt presence up front with a mild lemon zest and yeast flavor. The yeast brings a slight fruitiness to the taste which blends well with the mild citrus in the taste. The overall drinkability is great, I enjoyed this and for a 4% beer it is not lacking in flavor at all. Serving type: bottle 09-30-2013 01:03:49 | More by Slatetank |
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Great leaf pattern on this Stig Lindberg dish currently on Ebay. The dish is from 1950 and was created for Gustavsberg of Sweden. In addition to Stig's ceramic work he was an accomplished childrens' book illustrator. There is a great monograph on his work that came out in the 1960s. Sean flores was nice enough to include a photo of that book in our Designers Bookshelf series.
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