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This application claims priority, in part, under 35 U.S.C. �119 to British application serial number GB0316306.0 filed Jul. 11, 2003 and entitled �FRESNEL ZONED MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER AND LENS.�
The present invention relates to a microstructure for an optic fibre and a similar structure for a lens.
Optic fibres are used to guide light over meters to many kilometers. They work by confining the light to a central core. Examples of known structures for optic fibres are briefly described below.
In the commonly used single mode optic fibre, the core that carries the light is surrounded by a layer of cladding, as may be seen in
In recent years, photonic waveguiding structures have been proposed, such as the so-called �OmniGuide� fibre (see
Another proposal has been to radially grade the refractive index from a high value at the centre of the fibre to a low value. This serves to refract the light rays at the boundary between each layer (which can be considered infinitesimally thin if the refractive index variation is continuous). This serves to bend rays on trajectories away from the axis of the fibre back towards that axis. A graded index or �GRIN� fibre is illustrated in
Another problem that has been under consideration in the area of photonics is the coupling of light between waveguides of different width. Single mode glass optic fibres and also polymer waveguides have relatively low refractive index, making the core width relatively large (to obtain the single mode operation), whereas silicon waveguides (silicon being used because photonic devices are often manufactured in silicon) have a relatively high refractive index, and so have a relatively small waveguide width. There is, therefore, a difficulty in efficiently transferring light from optic fibres and polymer waveguides into silicon waveguides.
Another proposal is to use a short section of graded index fibre as a lens to concentrate light from the wide exit aperture of the fibre or polymer waveguide into the smaller aperture at the end of the silicon waveguide. The action of such a lens is illustrated in
The present invention provides a new structure for confining light to the core of an optic fibre. The structure is also useful for making a lens.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an optical device having an optic axis along which light propagates includes an optical material having a refractive index that changes continuously with distance from the optic axis except for at one or more discontinuities dividing the device into a plurality of zones.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, an optical device having an optic axis along which light propagates includes an optical material having a number of discontinuities in the refractive index of the optical material that divide the device into a plurality of zones. Furthermore, if the zones are consecutively numbered from the optic axis with a zone number (m) such that a central zone bounded by a first discontinuity nearest the optic axis has a zone number equal to 1, the distance of a second and any other discontinuities from the optic axis is a distance of the first discontinuity from the optic axis times the square root of the zone number of the zone for which the second or other discontinuity forms an outer boundary.
It will be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention may include some, all, or none of the enumerated technical advantages. In addition, other technical advantages of the present invention may be readily apparent to one skilled in the art from the figures, description and claims included herein.
Examples of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
The refractive index variation with radius is shown in
From equation 1, and the constraint (in this example) that n1 and n2 are the same for each zone, it follows that:
In some ways this structure is reminiscent of the Fresnel zone plate, which of course is a plate having a number of concentric zones. As will be seen below the zoned structure of the invention has a focussing property, as does the Fresnel zone plate, and also the Fresnel zone plate has a square root variation for the radii of its zones, which this particular example of the invention having the parabolic refractive index variation does as well (see equation 2). Based on these similarities the inventors have decided to call the zoned microstructure of the invention a Fresnel zone microstructure. However the present invention is not a Fresnel zone plate; the Fresnel zone plate diffracts light through its apertures and then the light propagates through free space to its focus, whereas in the present invention light is refracted continuously as it passes through the material of the device.
The usefulness of this structure as an optic fibre waveguide and as a lens can be seen by considering the trajectories of light rays passing through it. Equation 3 is the general equation of a geometric light ray trajectory (i.e. light considered as a particle) through a medium in accordance with the �principle of least time�.
Solving this equation numerically for the structure of
Both sets of rays show paths oscillating about the axis of the device. This oscillation confines light propagating along the device to a region about the axis and so the structure may be used for an optic fibre, i.e. waveguide. (The fibre waveguide using the structure would of course be much longer than the lens shown in
Further, the device will bring rays injected parallel to the axis to a focus on the axis after one quarter of a period. Therefore a section of the structure a quarter of the period long will make a lens having a focal length equal to that length. A use of this, to couple light between optical devices, is given later. Usefully for a lens the period of the sinusoids is very nearly independent of the radius of injection (focal length f=4.42 μm for rays injected on axis and f=4.21 μm for rays injected at 4.5 μm from the axis, so rays parallel to the axis over a wide aperture will be brought to the same focus, with minimal aberration.
As noted above a simple unzoned rod lens having a refractive index graded with radius according to a parabola has been proposed previously.
Also, as
Another notable advantage of the zoned device (whether for use as a lens or an optic fibre waveguide) is that the refractive index needs only to be varied over a narrow range (2.1 to 2.5 is used in this example) compared to the unzoned case (in the comparative unzoned example above the range was 1 to 3.5). Layered optic fibres are usually constructed by assembling a large preform of glass (or other material) of cylinders of the appropriate refractive indexes, and the preform is then drawn into a fibre. If the refractive indexes are very different then very different materials will have to be used, which may well differ in their mechanical and thermal properties, which will make this process of construction difficult. With low index differences such problems are less likely, for example, it may be possible to use one family of materials varying some composition parameter to obtain the variation of refractive index. A lens can be made by drawing a fibre and then taking a short section of that. The section can be in length just a single quarter period of the sinusoidal oscillation but an odd integer multiple of that would also work and may be useful if it is difficult to obtain such a short length or if the devices coupled by the lens are an inappropriate distance apart.
In this example the designer of a fibre or lens has several parameters to determine, namely n1 and n2 (the maximum and minimum refractive indexes), the total number of zones and the total radius of the fibre, although considering equations 1 and 2 these are not all independent.
The period of the sinusoids is not key for the design of an optic fibre, although probably if it is too long it will limit the ability to bend the fibre without loss of the light. For a lens, however, the focal length (and hence the period of the sinusoids) is usually of interest.
(The dotted rays near the axis in
In the application of
However, establishing a desired focal length places a constraint on the parameters of the zoned lens. The period of the sinusoid was determined numerically for a particular case but since it is refractive index variation which refracts light rays, and considering equation (1), the parameters to change are n1 and n2 (i.e. the refractive index contrast) and the number of zones (thus changing rN). Also as will be seen later in a discussion of the solutions of equation 3a these can be used to give some indication of the values to use for these.
As mentioned above, the zoned lens matches the power from the single mode fibre into the photonic crystal better than the simple unzoned graded index rod lens. This is because it has an average refractive index of 2.3 (n1 and n2 being 2.5 and 2.1) which is close to the ideal for power matching, which is given by:
In contrast, the equivalent simple unzoned graded index rod lens described above has a wide range of refractive index but for this purpose the value can be taken roughly to be that at the axis (where the light is concentrated), namely 3.5, which is far from the ideal value and significant reflection into the single mode fibre results. It is difficult, however, to make this figure lower because the refractive index at the edge of the fibre is already low, i.e. 1.
A second example of a zoned optical structure according to the invention is shown in
Again the structure comprises a number of concentric zones with a discontinuity in refractive index between each zone and a continuous variation of that within each zone. Also again the refractive index at the beginning of all zones is the same and the refractive index at the end of all zones is the same. In this example, however, the refractive index in each zone is a segment of a Gaussian function (again centred on the axis, i.e the form is exp(−Kr2), where r is the radius from the optic axis). In particular the form of the refractive index is:
Substituting equation (6) for the central zone m=1 (and Δn1=0) into the ray trajectory equation under the paraxial approximation (equation (3a)) leads to the simple harmonic motion equation:
For the next and subsequent zones substituting equation 6 into equation 3a yields the following (the left hand equality):
If sinusoidal trajectories of the same period are obtained in all zones then it should be possible to have minimal aberration, because all rays irrespective of their radius or angle of injection will have trajectories of that period. Sinusoids of the same period are obtained if the right hand approximation of equation 8 is true, which in turn is true if:
This was evaluated using, as a first approximation, r equal to the radius of the previous zone, i.e. rm−1. Once κm is known for a particular zone it can be used to determine the radius of that zone (so that the refractive index equals n2 (equation (6)), which can then be used to determine κm for the next zone.
Unfortunately κm is in both the numerator and in the exponential in the denominator of equation 9, which therefore has to be solved iteratively. Values obtained for the case where n1=2.4 and n2=2.2 and choosing κ1 such that the focal length f, or quarter period, =5 μm (κ1=π/2f) were as follows:
The iteration used converged for the first four zones but did not do so for the 5th zone and so the values of κm for that and the following zones are sub-optimal choices (the values for zones 5 to 8 simply being the reverse of the values for zones 4 to 1, in view of the appropriate reversal of the curvature of the Gaussian, and then for zones 9 and 10 the value was simply reduced slightly).
It would be possible at each zone, once its outer radius is known to set r in equation 9 to the average radius of the zone and then redetermine κm, and then consequently re-adjust the outer radius of the zone, and so on iteratively, which conceivably might give different or better results.
Numerical simulation of the ray trajectories through the structure defined by the values given above gives the trajectories shown in
For the Gaussian zoned structure equation 7 shows that perfect sinusoid ray trajectories are possible. Substituting the parabolic zone structure defined by equations 1, 1a and 1b (for the first zone) into the ray trajectory equation 3a results in:
Here nm(r) is not quite a constant but is not far off because zoning leads to a low refractive index contrast (i.e. n2≈n1) and so again sinusoids result. (Note that this equation gives a way of setting the focal length for the lens application of the parabolic zoned example since the spatial frequency of the sinusoidal ray trajectories will be: )
The examples of the zoned microstructures given were for parabolic and Gaussian refractive index variation. The Taylor expansion of the Gaussian has terms in r2 (quadratic i.e. parabolic), r4, r6 and so on, so there will be functions having, or having Taylor expansions having, the quadratic plus certain amounts of the higher order terms that will produce sinusoidal trajectories. These functions can be zoned using the procedures described above. Further examples of possible functions are the hyperbolic tangent function (tanh) and the hyperbolic secant function (sech).
Further, zoning of continuous refractive index profiles (not just the ones described above) for waveguiding gives the advantage that it reduces the refractive index contrast and so makes them easier to fabricate. Zoning will nonetheless maintain further properties of interest�e.g. interesting non-linear optical properties. The examples have been of refractive index functions that decrease monotonically within the zones, which is useful to refract rays back towards the axis. Using increasing functions would appear to direct rays away from the axis, which may be useful, for example, for constructing a diverging lens. Equally although the examples have shown the value of the refractive index on the axis to be high this is not essential.
In each of the structures discussed above all the zones have started at the same value of refractive index and all the zones have finished at the same value. This is not essential, however, the refractive index curve for each zone can be reduced in width or extended arbitrarily (its slope or κ having been determined) and the jump in refractive index at the zone boundary can also be determined arbitrarily. Adhering to the rule of constant upper and lower refractive indexes across the zones, however, keeps the overall refractive index contrast low, and is easier to fabricate.
Returning to the parabolic and Gaussian zoned microstructures in particular (and related profiles that produce sinusoidal trajectories), these structures can also be approximated to give broadly similar results. For example once the zone radii are determined for a particular profile (parabolic etc.) the gradation of refractive index in each zone could be approximated by a linear segment. However this may not be much easier to fabricate than the parabolic (etc.) variation itself.
Another approximation would be to have the refractive index constant within a zone (again the zone radii are determined using the parabolic (etc.) variation), but changing to a different value at the zone boundary. Preferably that would be one particular value for odd zones and another for even zones. Preferably the central zone would have the higher value, but it could have the lower value. An exemplary binary refractive index profile of a fibre with a higher refractive index in the central zone is given in
An exemplary binary refractive index profile of a fibre with a lower refractive index in the central zone is given in
A particular type of fibre with a lower refractive index in the central zone is a hollow core fibre.
The core of this type of fibre may be filled (as is known in the art) with air; providing a reduced attenuation compared to solid core fibres due to reduced material absorption losses.
The core of hollow core fibres can also be filled with a microfluid, to enable the fibre to be used as sensor. The guiding properties of the fibre (for example absorption, degree of evanescence, modal field diameter) may then be influenced by the phenomena being sensed. The behaviour of the sensor can be defined by the material used to fill the central zone of the fibre.
All the structures above have been described as having cylindrical symmetry. This is not essential; for example in cross section the zones could be rectangular (including square) or elliptical and so on. Usually in these shapes the distances to the zones boundaries along any particular direction perpendicular to the optic axis will be in proportion to those along another such perpendicular direction.
Further, the examples described have been given for confinement of light in two dimensions (so that it can propagate along the remaining dimension). Similar devices in which the confinement is in one dimension and the light is free to propagate in the other two are also possible. The zones then comprise planes of optical material at distances from a central plane (as opposed to cylinders of material around a central axis as described above).
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The so-called "Zero Chapter" of Yoko Taro's new manga series entitled Thou Shalt Not Die (Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / 君死ニタマフ事ナカレ) has just been published in the November Vol. 11 Issue of Big GanGan.
It's only an 8-page introduction, but it seems like it will be quite interesting. I'll try to get to work translating it later today and into tomorrow if I need more time. Here are some quick images from the chapter.
I've now completed my translation of these pages, which you can find here in the Image Gallery.
In other news, there was no new chapter of Utahime Five this month either due to the illustrator's poor health recently, according to IsII's official blog post. Get well soon!! <3
Lastly, I cannot think of this series without this song playing in my head…
* EDIT: After doing a little more research thanks to a friend, I've learned more about the writer Akiko Yosano who had written a poem of the same name. She lived through three different eras in Japan's history: Meiji, Taisho, and a portion of Showa. Her poem "Kimi Shi ni Tamou koto Nakare" was written in 1904, which talks about younger brother having to go fight in the Russo-Japanese War and wishing him to stay safe–aka, not die.
As it is stated on this page, this title uses an archaic reading of the common katakana, and therefore the title ought to be read as "Kimi Shi ni Tamou koto Nakare" (きみしにたもうことなかれ) rather than "Kimi Shi ni Tamafu koto Nakare" (きみしにたまふことなかれ). This is usually translated as "Thou Shalt Not Die".
Yoko Taro also confirmed a couple things for me tonight. I asked him whether it was correct to read the title as "Kimi Shi ni Tamou kot Nakare" and whether or not it was an allusion to Akiko Yosano's poem, and he answered them both with a firm "YES".
I had originally liked calling Yoko Taro's new manga "Thou Shall Not Die" rather than "shalt"… but now with such a direct allusion to an already existing poem of some great significance, I'm starting to go back on what I had originally said. What do you think? Which title sounds better to you? Thou Shall Not Die or Thou Shalt Not Die? Hmm…
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I Humbly submit the following prayer presented at the 2011 Ames, Iowa Straw PollSubmitted by rxgrote on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 07:04
The following prayer was spoken by Pastor Doug Holmes of Sovereign Grace Church, in Dows, Iowa, at the Iowa Straw poll this year. I ask that you consider it and keep our humble candidate and our fellow Iowa Ron Paul caucus goers in your thoughts and prayers today for this historic occasion.
Our Father & our God, we come before you this morning to offer testimony to our faith in your sovereign Being, care and purposes. We acknowledge that You alone are God, and as God, deserve all Glory and Honor in all that we say, do, & think. Your purposes far surpass our limited and finite perspectives. Remind us of our Place!
We come before you today at a political event in which we will have the opportunity to visit, meet with and perhaps debate various candidates for the highest civil office in our land, along with their supporters & to make our preferences known in an informal ballot. We anticipate a profitable, informative and enjoyable experience here with family, friends & others from around our state. We would ask that you would keep us safe during this time & keep our passions checked by the recognition of our own limitations in these very important matters.
We pray especially for our friend Ron Paul and his campaign for the Presidency of our country. Many do not regard him as a serious contender, and he is sometimes not given the attention his views deserve. We pray that that would change & through his efforts you would re-awaken the hearts and minds of our fellow countrymen that they might discover the truly dangerous plight in which we find ourselves and grant him success in so far as his endeavors reflect your own sovereign purposes.
Many of us are fearful and wary of what appear to be difficult days ahead. There are economic & monetary concerns in much of our world today which translate into personal difficulties for many. In many places these issues are prompting violence and rioting. Many Christians don't believe that money and economics are moral issues. But with all that Your Word teaches about the dangers and abominations of unjust weights and measures we realize that such thinking is mistaken & short-sighted in the extreme. We realize that these and other important concerns are not just a matter for political theatre between political parties. Both Republicans and Democrats have unclean hands in these matters.
As we assess the situation more honestly we find that the problems start with us. Among our deficiencies is a tendency to neglect the personal responsibility which must accompany true liberty; there is further a loss of meaning & trust when officials who vow to uphold the Constitution sponsor & vote for legislation which mock it; we forget that theft can be committed by governments and other public institutions, as well as by individuals. In our foreign policy we think that because we are strong, that makes us Right! There has clearly been a collective loss of humility before You as Sovereign God, before your Word as true & authoritative and before your Son as not only Redeemer but Lord as well.
In all of this we recognize that if we are to seek Your blessing while neglecting your commands we will reap Your wrath. Cleanse our consciences and forgive us our sins, grant us the humble courage of our convictions and steel our hearts for a journey which, though it prove difficult, frustrating and fraught with unknown perils, will, under-girded by Your Blessing & Grace, result in final Victory!
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Pastor Holmes, having attended the straw poll, I am sorry I missed this in person.
A beautiful prayer.
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Thanks so much to everyone who helped me choose this as a travel destination. Grand Cayman ended up being an excellent destination for us and our toddler son. I was so relieved to find that it was very different from Jamaica, a place I would never choose to go again.
We stayed at Comfort Suites on 7MB, which is right next to the Marriott resort. Although I am typically used to more luxurious accomodations, this hotel was perfect for our needs with a young child, and having a "suite" room that had a separate bedroom off the living room/kitchenette area was perfect. The included breakfast was really nice, the pool (although on the small side) was very nice as was the poolside restaurant, Stingers. The path directly to the beach takes not even a minute to walk, and we spent most of our time on the beach. The hotel is very clean, there and the staff were super-friendly. All in all a great stay. I will say that right now, there is a tall condo building going up directly behind the pool area (slated to be done in June 09 according to the sign). The Marriott next door is also renovating their balconies so the construction noise at the pool was pretty bad. It didn't seem to affect us at all at the beach though, thankfully. Other than that, no complaints.
Grand Cayman's beaches are incredible! I am not typically an ocean swimmer but how can you not swim in water of this perfection? I could still see clear to the bottom up to my neck. Next time I will definitely buy some snorkel gear, I regret not doing that. The water there is amazing and the weather was perfection.
We did rent a car one day (Andy's rental car is directly across the street - very convenient) and visited the Boatswain's Turtle Farm and just did the shorter tour. I still found that to be a little pricey, but it's not often you get to see/handle sea turtles so we enjoyed the experience a lot. We explored the island a bit on the west side and then visited Georgetown, which i didn't care for at all since it is your typical cruise ship-tourist town.
As for restaurants, we pretty much stuck to the casual outdoor places because of our 2-year old. Coconut Joe's has a great jerk chicken sandwich, and Aqua Beach has a great grouper topped with pecan/crab dressing.
We've never vacationed before in the middle of winter, but I think we may need to make this a yearly habit! Absolutely loved it there and had a wonderful time.
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Thanks so much to everyone who helped me choose this as a travel destination. Grand Cayman ended up being an excellent destination for us and our toddler son. I was so relieved to find that it was very different from Jamaica, a place I would never choose to go again.
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Thanks for your report and the construction news. Did you visit any other beaches (other than 7MB?)
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No, basically I didn't see the need - 7MB is fantastic and I didn't move for 6 days LOL. I did take a peek at the different coastal areas when we had the rental car that day. At the tip of the western side I was surprised to see murky surf & significant waves, and much more rocky shores in other areas.
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My sons are 27 and we have traveled there with them since they were age 10. I wish we would have found that island when they were infants. Safe, clean, and a chunk of heaven. Last year we bought a home there and will call it home the moment of retirement. The people are the kindest and warmest I've ever met. There are many other places for you to see. Please drop me a note and I'd love to share them with you. We have a time share at present next to the comfort suites. We found that a good place to start our life with the island. They too are friendly and it's nice to have a regular place to stay. CHeck it out next time you go. Its called seven mile beach resort.
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How did you get to and from the airport? Cab? Was one day with a rental car enough? It sounds like a perfect, low-stress getaway.
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I am planning a honeymoon aug 2009.. Thinking of Grand Cayman.. there are some good deals and I am alot about saving $$$$ these days. I see that the comfort suites offers free breakfast.. is food expensive there? We were really wanting all inclusive... any recommendations for a honeymoon there ?
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For all inclusive, you have two options in Cayman.. Beach Club Colony and The Reef Resort.
I can't say more other than having pointed you to research those two.. as I run The Reef, but suffice to say we have a LOT of honeymooners stay with us
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Thanks tom!! I love the pics of the Reef. Any great deals being announced soon?
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CHICAGO--U.S. wheat futures settled at a 13-month low Monday, pressured by uncertainty about export demand and declines in corn prices.
Chicago Board of Trade September wheat settled down 15 1/4 cents or 2.3% at $6.45 1/4 a bushel, the lowest close for the front-month contract since June 2012.
KCBT September wheat fell 11 1/4 cents or 1.6% to $6.95 1/2 a bushel. MGEX September wheat fell 7 1/2 cents or 1.0% to $7.33 3/4 a bushel.
While export demand for U.S. wheat has been strong in recent weeks, price competition is tough from other major wheat exporters, and traders are worried about slower global demand.
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Wheat also fell on expectations for possible rain to benefit wheat crops in Argentina, and on increasing expectations for wheat output in the Black Sea region, Mr. Reilly said.
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You've probably been joining study groups of one sort or another for years. But let's cut to the chase — should you join a study group for the LSAT? It's not a small decision — the LSAT is important, and if you waste your time in an group that's not effective you'll miss the opportunity for effective self-study.
The truth — there are some people that will greatly benefit from studying the LSAT in a group, and there are some that will waste their time. If you can be in the first group, you should absolutely join a study group — but plenty of folks fall into the second group and would be better on their own. Here are some things to consider.
A LSAT study group moves at the pace of the slowest participant.
No, I don't mean "slow" like not smart. But when you've worked in groups before you know that some folks want to spend a ton of time on topics before moving on. You'll also run into the challenge that nearly everyone will have a couple topics they get stuck on — so you'll be faced with spending an hour going over a topic like basic conditionality even if you've mastered it.
This is one of those places where being the smartest kid in class is a big disadvantage.
You need to find a group of your LSAT score peers.
The initial scores of LSAT students varies tremendously. Even within a single college, there's huge variance. This is why I'd suggest each potential member of a group take a practice test before committing. You want to see that the scores of each member roughly fall in a 10-point spread. It's tough to tell Paul he can't come because his diagnostic was a 125, but the alternative is that the entire group slows down and never spends time on the more challenging topics.
This is ultimately the biggest disadvantage of a study group. You either have to make hard choices about who can participate or half the group will get nothing out of it. This is important — your time studying for the LSAT is too valuable to waste if you're helping other members of the group more than you're being helped. If it's clear that you're the highest-scoring student in the group, you're often better on your own (or finding a different group).
A group can keep you on schedule — if you have a schedule.
The best kind of study group is one that sets a specific course of action at the first meeting and follows that course through to test day. That means that you'll agree to do specific homework between sessions and review that homework along with specific topics at each class. (Yyou're working just like a prep course).
The absolute worst kind of group is the one where folks just arrive and discuss whatever is on their mind. Don't fall into this trap. Make sure your group has as schedule and sticks to it. That means that if Dan misses week 2 of the group, week 3 is moving on to the next topic anyway. If you're in a group that can't or won't stick to a schedule, don't participate.
Don't fall into scheduling hell.
The LSAT is important enough that serious students set aside specific time to study. Set a weekly time and place for your group, and set the expectation upfront that you're meeting then and there no matter what. If a couple folks have to miss that time, that's ok. If someone has to be 30 minutes late, no problem — they just come late. You want to avoid situations where the last 20 minutes of every session is people fiddling with their phones looking for times (and then inevitably trying to move those times when something comes up).
Expect huge attrition.
Particularly if you're studying with folks you met online as opposed to acquaintances from school, lots of people will leave. Understand that upfront so others don't get discouraged. Frankly, a smaller group tends to be better than a big one, so begin with the expectation that you'll probably end up with 2-3 people even if you start with 10.
Pick one set of books.
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A study group is not an excuse for delay.
In an online forum I read, I've seen the same person looking for a LSAT study group for literally years. Creating a group can be an excuse for delay. "Well, first I'll put together my study group, then I'll start studying." That's backwards. Get your plan together and get started. If you can put together a good study group, great. But DON'T WAIT. And, if you're in a group and the group takes a hiatus, you keep studying. Ultimately any reason for not studying that starts with "My study group…" is just an excuse.
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Phillips-Medisize announces Wisconsin expansion; headquarters in Hudson
UPDATE: Fatal SUV-semi crash came moments after RAV 4 struck a deer
City approves 2015 budget; mill rate is down slightly
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State budget requests vs. reality; $2.2 billion gap; farm officials say Obama immigration orders fall short; 10 more Wisconsin stories
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OSSEO -- The driver of a Toyota sport utility vehicle had just struck a deer and was stopped in the right-hand lane at 6:49, Wednesday when it was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer rig, killing the SUV's driver and injuring her passenger, the State Patrol reported Thursday afternoon. Kay...
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Phillips-Medisize announces Wisconsin expansion; headquarters in Hudson
Phillips-Medisize has a lot to celebrate this year. Not only is the Wisconsin-based company with facilities in New Richmond and Hudson celebrating...
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November 21, 2014 - 12:42pm
City approves 2015 budget; mill rate is down slightly
The Hudson City Council approved a general operating budget of $8,467,733 for 2015 when it met Monday night. The expenditures are up $342,059, or 4.2 percent, from 2014. But because of an off-setting increase in the city's valuation, the mill rate paid by property owners will...
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River Crossing update: Dangerous ice conditions on the St. Croix River near Stillwater
The following is a weekly update from the Minnesota and Wisconsin transportation departments on the progress of the St. Croix River Crossing project at Stillwater, Minn., and the town of St. Joseph in Wisconsin. It is dated Nov. 20. A tug boat is continuously breaking ice on the...
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MADISON -- State government agencies have asked for $2.2 billion more than the money available to fund those programs over the next two years, according to Administration Department tallies released Thursday. Legislative leaders agree that the departments won't get everything they...
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Car-semi crash near Osseo claims a life; Walker joins GOP criticism of Obama's pending immigration rules; 13 more Wisconsin stories
OSSEO -- A passenger vehicle collided with a tractor trailer unit on eastbound I-94 near Osseo, claiming the life of one of two occupants of the car. The Wisconsin State Patrol reported the crash occurred about 6:49 p.m. at mile marker 85, about three miles north of Osseo. The Patrol...
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Hudson native Michael Weiler interned in Hong Kong
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Friends of the Hudson Library give fifth-annual $15,000 donation
At the monthly Library Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, the Friends of the Hudson Library presented a check for $15,000 to Library Director Linda Donaldson. When the library moved to its current location at 700 First Street in 2010, the Friends pledged their financial...
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A comparison of Affordable Care Act insurance rates released in October shows that St. Croix County has significantly higher premiums than in the neighboring Twin Cities and elsewhere around Wisconsin. The lowest-cost Bronze, Silver and Gold plans in St. Croix County in 2014 were...
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Wisconsin's first lady, Tonette Walker, presented the Wisconsin Heroes Award to Hudsonite Daryl Standafer during a ceremony at Mama Maria's Restaurant Wednesday, Oct. 29. The monthly award is designed to recognize the heroic and voluntary efforts of Wisconsin residents who...
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Carnegie Mellon's Smart Robots to Give Museum Visitors a Taste Of Exploring Mars as NASA Rovers Look for Water on Red Planet
Monday December 22, 2003PITTSBURGH—As NASA's twin robot geologists Spirit and Opportunity prepare to land on Mars in January, a cadre of 20 smart robots developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University with support from NASA and Intel Corp.
Friday December 12, 2003The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has elected Carnegie Mellon University professors Ralph Hollis, Mel Siegel, and Dan Stancil as IEEE Fellows for 2004. The IEEE, a technical professional association of more than 377,000 members, developed the grade of Fellow to recognize individuals who had demonstrated outstanding proficiency and had achieved unusual distinction in the profession. Hollis, a, research professor of Robotics in the School of Computer Science, was recognized for his contributions to multi-degree-of-freedom robotic devices.
Carnegie Mellon Researcher Develops Intelligent Technology That Automatically Enhances Underexposed Photographs
Tuesday December 09, 2003PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher Vladimir Brajovic has developed a tool that automatically improves the appearance of darkened or underexposed photographs by digitally adding light to dark areas. The Shadow Illuminator, funded through a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, was developed originally to help robots see better. Using principles based on the physics of how optical images are formed, Shadow Illuminator imitates the vision processes that take place in the human eye.
Carnegie Mellon Researchers and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Win Prestigious Gordon Bell Prize for High Performance Computing
Wednesday November 26, 2003PITTSBURGH -- A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon, the University ofPennsylvania and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) won the 2003Gordon Bell Prize, one of high performance computing's most prestigiousawards.The team was honored for developing earthquake computer simulations thatplay an important role in reducing seismic risk.The Quake Project's large scale model calculations and computer animationshave pushed the capability of existing hardware and software systems."The Bell Prize recognized our recent Los Angeles Basin earthquakesimulations on PSC's 3000-processo
Carnegie Mellon Receives Sloan Grant to Increase Number Of Women Studying Computer Science at the Graduate Level
Tuesday November 18, 2003PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (SCS) has received a $400,000, three-year grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to fund a program aimed at increasing the number of women studying computer science at the graduate level.
Monday November 10, 2003PITTSBURGH--Carnegie Mellon University will induct four famous robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame at 8 p.m., this evening, at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center.
Monday October 27, 2003PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University will induct four robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame™ in a ceremony at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10.The robots to be honored fall into two categories—robots from science and robots from science fiction.
Carnegie Software Partners Formed to Collaborate with Carnegie Mellon on Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Contracts
Friday October 17, 2003PITTSBURGH, PA. -- Carnegie Software Partners LLC, a new Carnegie Mellon University spin-off company, has been launched to commercialize technology developed by researchers at the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon. This technology will be applied in the defense, intelligence, homeland security and law enforcement sectors.
Tuesday October 14, 2003Mountain View, Calif. - October 13, 2003 - The Computer History Museum today announced that computer industry pioneer, Gordon Bell, will be inducted as a Fellow of the Museum at the annual Computer History Museum Fellow Awards Celebration to be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, at the Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Drive in Mountain View, Calif.
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Receive $2.5 Million to Develop Next-Generation, Integrated Systems for Bio-Molecular Imaging and Information Discovery
Wednesday October 08, 2003PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University scientist Robert Murphy has received $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a five-year, $9.4 million multi-institutional grant headquartered at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This grant for "Next-Generation Bio-Molecular Imaging and Information Discovery" was one of eight large grants made this year by NSF's Information Technology Research Program (see www.engineering.ucsb.edu).


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Our mission is to be a light, revealing God through Jesus Christ to women in the church and outside of her by encouraging them to find joy and satisfaction in Christ alone.
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Women's Prayer Group
All women are invited to an hour of prayer at 1:00 pm, in Room C, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.1 pm, Various
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Women's Prayer Group1:00 pm | 11/25/2014 | Various
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Gauravam movie preview: It's all about honour killings
Gauravam movie, which introduces Allu Arjun's brother Sirish to the big screen, is all set to be released tomorrow. Written and directed by Radha Mohan, Gauravam movie is a bi-lingual movie that will be released in Telugu as well as Tamil. Noted actor Prakash Raj has produced Gauravam movie. Also, Prakash Raj acted in the movie.
The sources close to Gauravam film unit have said that Gauravam movie deals with honour killing (killing daughters and sons who for inter-caste marriages). It is known that inter-caste marriages and subsequent honour killings have been hitting headlines for quite sometime. So, it looks like the director Radha Mohan has chosen a dark subject that aims to send across good message to the society.
Movies on dark subjects are actually need of the hour as we know how visual medium can drive home ideas. But then we need to wait and watch how director has handled the subject. To know the same, you need to wait for our Gauravam movie review.
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Will Ferrell's visit to CNBC's Power Lunch to promote the premiere of The John McEnroe Show as well as his movie Anchorman on July 7, 2004. (Will Ferrell's movie "Step Brothers" was in theaters then). This is how the skit aired on the McEnroe show later that night:
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Shawna is an interior designer focusing on green and sustainable design through her firm, Modern Haven Interiors. She helps clients create beautiful modern spaces using environmentally-friendly furnishings, finishes, fabrics and accessories. She's currently studying to pass the LEED Green Associate exam through the U.S. Green Building Council and will soon be certified through the REGREEN residential remodeling program. Although she was born in Kansas, she's lived in Alaska, the Ozarks, and spent most of her late childhood and teens on a working farm near St. Louis where she raised sheep, tolerated the chickens and loved her horses, dogs and cats. This early hands-on education gave her a love for sustainable agriculture and local food, which she nurtures through visits to her community farmers market in summer and her own backyard suburban garden. Shawna loves to cook, hike the trails near her house, travel abroad and photograph interesting people, places and wildlife.
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For those who missed it, Steve Kondik, the founder and lead developer of CyanogenMod, along with several other members of the CM team gave a compelling talk in San Francisco at the start of Google I/O. Delivered during the SF Android User Group Meetup (hosted at Yelp), Kondik's talk took a look at CyanogenMod's role in the Android world, some of the project's goals, solutions, and the challenges the CM team faces in getting CM to new devices, explaining everything from conflicts with proprietary drivers to locked bootloaders and more.
I first saw Word Lens for iOS on TechCrunch back in 2010 and instantly fell in love with the concept - just point the camera at foreign words, and all of them get translated in front of your very eyes, live. Amazing, isn't it? If you haven't seen this promo video yet, watch it first:
Every month since, I searched the Play Store for Word Lens, hoping its developers brought it to our favorite OS, but found nothing.
We non-Jelly Bean plebeians have been envious of those with access to Android 4.1 for some time now, and a recent video from JLishere provides yet another reason to be jealous. The video, a demo of the much-anticipated Google Now, shows off just how accurate JB's voice recognition can be - in fact, it was able to pick up on the subtle differences between words like 'Worcester' and 'Wooster.' It also exemplifies the impressive number of commands Now (in cooperation with the Knowledge Graph) can register - from "call the Drake Hotel" to "do a barrel roll."
Enough balderdash, though - watch the 47-question demo for yourself:
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One last note: as JLishere notes in the video description, the demo was performed on an early build of Jelly Bean - this, in other words, should be considered a beta feature that will only get better with time.
One of the changes to the Play Store announced at Google I/O as "coming soon" was the ability for app developers to publish links to their privacy policies, thus making their intentions more transparent right out of the gate. By using Android apps, we allow a lot of personal information to travel through the tubes, and it's in everyone's best interests to disclose just what exactly happens to it in an open way.
The Android developers' tools team, headed by the usual suspects Xavier Ducrohet and Tor Norbye, led a session at I/O 2012 today dedicated to improvements and new features coming to the tools devs use to make apps - ADT for Eclipse and SDK Tools.
Everything they showed took around an hour of nonstop talking, arm flailing, and cracking jokes about the French, but among all the new goodies one prominently stood out - multi-configuration editing.
Google I/O 2012 kicked off yesterday with a bang, to be sure. Even after rounding up all of yesterday's news, there were still some things that can be better understood by listening to/watching the keynote speakers themselves (not to mention it was a pretty great show to watch). After all, yesterday saw a ton of news – from two new Nexus devices to the introduction of Android Jelly Bean, Google Glass, and updates to the Play Store and Google+.
Airpush and similar notification spammers, your days are numbered. The people have spoken - everyone universally hates these types of ads, and Google actually listened to our numerous complaints.
In Jelly Bean, you can not only figure out exactly which app caused a notification by long-pressing it and selecting App Info - you can actually disable notifications on a per-app basis altogether. That, my friends, is not just a slap in Airpush's face - it's a swift kick in its private parts.
Gingerbread had a creepy skeleton zombie painting, Honeycomb packed a "tron bee," ICS hid a Nyan Droid, and now Jelly Bean too has an Easter egg to call its own.
Indeed, the egg first presents itself as a smiling red jelly bean complete with antennae when the user repeatedly taps the Android software version in settings (this can be seen on the left). In the background is whichever picture you've chosen as your wallpaper.
It's kind of a tradition now for the Android team to create different boot animations for every Android release, and Jelly Bean is definitely no exception. Here's the boot animation from the Nexus 7 which is, as you all should know by now, the first device running Android 4.1:
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When air travel is good, it is very good. My flight from Philly to Indy last Thursday took off at 8:04 a.m. and by 10:20 a.m. I was in my sister-in-law's minivan. But the trip home was not so wonderful. They dropped me off around 9:15 a.m. for a 10:45 a.m. flight — a wee bit early, but I figured I'd get a few things done. Little did I know I'd be in that termi… read more »
Real Simple magazine has been around for about 15 years, and there are only so many aspects of daily life to be simplified. So the magazine turned its attention to laundry, again, for its August 2014 issue. The advice is perfectly reasonable and helpful: you probably need less detergent! But I'll admit that I was a bit puzzled by Kristin van Ogtrop's edito… read more »
For years, I've been planning my life by weeks. Before my work week starts on Monday, I write down my list of personal and professional priorities for the next 7 days. Then I can think about when, over the next 7 days, I will tackle those tasks.
Over the past year or so, though, I've started shifting when I do this weekly review/planning session. This is partl… read more »
I'm always on the look out for ways to be more productive. So I downloaded this book of essays on rituals, time management, and productivity produced by 99U — a website that takes its name from Thomas Edison's observation that "Genius is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration." It is 99 "U" because it aims to provide the miss… read more »
Today was day 2 of waking up at 6 a.m. to work. As with Sunday, I showered at night, so I could pop up and get straight to work. I put on my fleece and grabbed my glasses, came downstairs, turned up the heat, started the coffee, and opened my laptop. That meant I was working by 6:05. I processed 4 time logs before I stopped at 7:25. I am getting more efficient. The first o… read more »