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My LG G4 does not recognize an external HDD with USB OTG. Why?
If external HDDs or fans with USB connection is high power consuming,
they cannot be recognized when connected via OTG.
Note: If the momentary power consumption when connected via OTG is 600mA or greater,
connection will be lost.
How to fix
Standard USB rating is 500mA. Please note that devices are supported if their power consumption is higher.
1.Previous models from LG and competitors did not have this restriction and worked with such devices.
However, it was one of concerns that battery consumption increases (more than four times faster than normal)
and device may power off due to a drained battery.
2.In this case, the device operation may become unstable and product performance can also be affected.
Now new LG models do not support connection with high power consuming devices to secure stability of product use.


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Dragon over water: Envisat monitors China's largest lake, rivers flooding
Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode rapid-revisit images employed as part of ESA's Dragon Programme have charted the hydrological cycle of China's largest freshwater body, Poyang Lake, whose area fluctuates more than threefold annually.
Poyang Lake is situated in Jiangxi Province, around 50 kilometres north of the city of Nanchang. The Lake's basin is one of the People's Republic of China's most important rice-producing regions, but local inhabitants must contend with massive seasonal changes in water level, topped by regular severe floods.
Poyang Lake is connected to the Yangtze (Chiang Jiang) River through a narrow channel. In the dry season of a normal year, the area of the Lake shrinks to less than 1000 square kilometres, but by the end of the rainy season its size can grow up to 3500 square kilometres.
Improved understanding of Poyang Lake's annual dynamic could help with flood mitigation as well as improved ecological characterisation of the surrounding landscape. Accordingly a radar sensor aboard Envisat was used to regularly monitor the Lake during 2004 to 2005.
Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument records the signal reflectivity of the Earth's land, sea and ice surfaces, and works on even through clouds, rain or local darkness. ASAR functions in various different modes – Global Monitoring Mode (GMM) data being acquired continuously over the land as part of the satellite's background mission.
GMM images have a comparatively low spatial resolution of one kilometre, but with a swath of 400 kilometres they have very wide coverage and a frequent revisit time, useful for tracking dynamic features.
Up until now GMM has mainly been utilised for monitoring icebergs but Strasbourg-based rapid mapping specialists SERTIT began investigation of its potential for following seasonal water level changes on Poyang Lake as part of the Flood Rapid Mapping element of the Dragon Programme, a joint undertaking between ESA and the National Remote Sensing Centre of China (NRSCC), part of China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
SERTIT employed 14 GMM images acquired between January 2004 and April 2005, covering a hydrological year in the life of Lake Poyang - radar images being particularly sensitive to standing water. The Envisat results were used to distinguish three major types of land cover within the Poyang basin: permanent water bodies throughout the study period, areas of seasonal water variations and wet, typically marshy lowlands.
The images were processed and analysed, the results being checked against a reference database of optical Landsat mosaics and a Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) as well as local ground-truth information.
Spatial analysis of the results throws up a lively picture: less than 10% of the maximal Lake surface is made up of perennial water bodies, with 38% of the surface covered by water more than six months a year, and a little more than 50% covered by water for less than six months. Some 20% is under water less than 36.5 days – a tenth of the year. Major cities in the region were also charted, showing up briefly in the radar signal return.
GMM data acquisition will continue into subsequent hydrological years, and higher-resolution ASAR Mode images are also been acquired to add detail to the picture so far, plus images from Envisat's optical Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor as well as local hydrological and meteorological data.
Now this ASAR GMM technique has been established, SERTIT believes it could be applied to similar water bodies in China, such as flood-prone Dongting Lake – the country's second largest freshwater body – in Hunan Province as well as elsewhere across the world.
Dragon demonstrating operational flooding response
Flooding is classed as the world's most costly type of natural disaster. As part of Dragon, Envisat ASAR and MERIS images have also been acquired and processed in near-real time for mapping of flood events and as inputs for flood risk management.
China saw major flooding during the 2005 season, including a more than once-in-a-hundred-year flood that occurred in the middle and upper reaches of the Xijiang River of the Pearl River Basin. The Hanjiang and Weihe Rivers experienced autumn flooding and flood-induced landslides took place in Hunan and Heilongjiang Provinces.
Some 1247 people were killed and another 331 left missing following these floods and landslides. At least 15 million hectares of cropland has been destroyed and 1.17 million houses ruined, with direct economic losses estimated to be as high as 136 billion Yuan (14.2 billion Euro).
However throughout the flood season, Envisat ASAR imagery was rapidly made available in near-real time to Dragon Rapid Mapping Principal Investigator Professor Li Jiren, of the Remote Sensing Technology Application Centre of China's Ministry of Water Resources, as a means for the authorities to identify floodwater extent and coordinate mitigation efforts.
Speaking at an October Dragon progress meeting, Prof. Li stated that ASAR had proved very useful in flood monitoring during the season, with near-real time data acquisition being particularly important. The sensor's rolling data archive was also utilised. Next season the aim is continue this real-time monitoring demonstration for China.
Dragon land applications training in Beijing
The purpose of the Dragon Programme is to encourage increased exploitation of ESA Earth Observation space resources within China as well as stimulate increased scientific co-operation in the field of Earth Observation science and applications between China and Europe.
Flood monitoring is only one of numerous Dragon Programme research themes, which range from agriculture and forests to seismic activity and landslide monitoring, assessing drought, air quality, oceanography and climate. Dragon formally began in April 2004. Since then more than 4000 radar images from Envisat and ESA's ERS missions have so far been delivered to Dragon teams.
Most recently, an Advanced Training Course in Land Remote Sensing took place at the Capital Normal University (CNU) in Beijing, co-sponsored by ESA, NRSCC and CNU. The five-day event started on 10 October: the seven lecturers present came from five European countries, and addressing more than a hundred participants representing more than 50 institutions from several different Chinese regions.
The course had a particular focus on the use of Envisat ASAR as well as optical and thermal sensors, and also included briefings on future Chinese and ESA Earth Observation missions for land applications.
Subjects covered included forest and crop mapping and forest fire tracking, drought monitoring plus advanced techniques called SAR Interferometry, used for detecting very slight volcanic or tectonic land motion and SAR Polarimetry, employed to add multi-polarised 'colour' to radar images for enhanced land-cover mapping.
This year's Training Course will be followed by an Advanced Training Course in Atmosphere Remote Sensing planned to be held in Beijing in fall 2006.

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Montreal Impact sell out Olympic Stadium, setting Canadian record
The Montreal Impact will set a Canadian record for attendance at a soccer game after selling out the CONCACAF Champions League final at Olympic Stadium.
The Impact are the first Canadian club to play in the continental final, and managed a 1-1 draw against Club America in the first leg last week at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
The MLS team sold 2,000 additional tickets this weekend to push the total over 61,000 for Wednesday's second leg, breaking the previous Canadian record of 60,860...


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It is conveniently located near all public transportation along Broadway, just a short ride to the theatre district, Times Square and NYC's many attractions.
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From FT.com, Morgan Stanley is trying to raise cash to pad next months results. This past quarters results were essentially a loss sans the sale of operating assets. Morgan Stanley has few to no untainted assets left to sell, and the macro and operating environment is getting worse, not better:
Morgan Stanley, hammered by credit crunch losses, plans to sell half its remaining stake in MSCI, the portfolio analytics and equity indices company, for about $850m.
The move comes after Morgan Stanley boosted its second quarter profit with a $732m gain on a secondary offering of shares in MSCI, which went public last November. Morgan Stanley and other banks have been moving aggressively to raise cash after credit crises losses and declines in revenue.
Morgan's second quarter profit of $1bn would have been essentially wiped out without one-time gains from MSCI and the sale of a Spanish wealth management business. I forecasted this back in January. This next quarter may be a doozy, and there very well may be a major bank failure in the next two quarters. Trichet will probably raise rates, which will make the marginal banks (nearly all of them) even sicker. I am looking very closely at the risk management of even more I banks, and if my investment thesis pans out I will push my bearish reach even farther and deeper. I will keep the blog posted.


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What makes one car more efficient may not work when you apply it to a city.
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For years, progressive urbanists and environmentalists have advocated for synchronized traffic lights. Syncing lights, theoretically, makes everyone's lives easier: They promote a sense of flow and easiness on the road, and they reduce pollution, because a car running smoothly runs cleaner than a car stopping-and-starting.
So, the need to sync traffic lights has become somewhat well-known. The Baltimore Sun's transportation reporter wrote in 2010 that the "most common source of complaints" he heard from readers was out-of-sync lights. In 2011, a libertarian think tank praised Georgia's effort to syncronize lights, citing statistics about reduced drive times and gasoline usage. And sometime this year, according to an LA Daily News report, Los Angeles will complete its three decade-long effort to syncronize traffic signals across the city.
Except synchronizing traffic lights may not actually work. Todd Litman, of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, writes in a recent post that efforts which increase flow, like signal-syncing or expanding-road-capacity, only theoretically reduce emissions:
[R]esearch suggests that at best these provide short-term reductions in energy use and emissions which are offset over the long-run due to Induced Travel. Field tests indicate that shifting from congested to uncongested traffic conditions significantly reduces pollution emissions, but traffic signal synchronization on congested roads provides little measurable benefit, and can increase emissions in some situations.
(I've stripped that quote of its citations.)
Why? Because if you make it easier and cheaper and faster for people to drive, more people drive. It's Jevons paradox, applied to the city -- if you make it more efficient to use a resource, more of that resource will get used.
There's a fun fallacy at work here. Changing the conditions of traffic flow changes the entire environment of the city. And re-creating conditions across the scope of a city which make one car more productive fail to account for the fact that, in a city, you're never just dealing with one car. You're not even dealing with one car many times. You're dealing with a whole environment of cars, and traffic-light-syncing, while it leads to many single cars having a faster trip, doesn't account -- as a policy -- for changes to the whole environment.
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So I can get 500 more damage than anyone else on the battlefield, reds and greens, and LOSE 25 points? This is ridick. Rank me based on my performance not that of a potato team...period.
Also, what's the point of ranked games if I'm playing in mixed company and not with players in my league?


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A man who planned to burn a Quran in Amarillo, Texas, on Saturday didn't get very far when his copy of the Muslim holy book was snatched out of his hands by a skateboard-toting 23-year-old, according to local media reports.
The Amarillo Globe-News reported that Jacob Isom grabbed a Quran from the hands of evangelist David Grisham, director of Christian activist group Repent Amarillo, as he argued with residents about burning the Quran in an local park.
Local television station KFDA-TV reported that a group of protesters made up of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and atheists gathered at Sam Houston Park in order to challenge Grisham's plan of setting the Quran on fire in a grill.
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"I snook up behind him and took his Quran," Isom told KFDA-TV. "He said something about burnin the Quran. I said, 'Dude, you have no Quran,' and ran off."
The station reported that the Quran was doused with kerosene.
The Amarillo Globe-News reported that Isom gave the book to a religious leader from the Islamic Center of Amarillo afterwards.
A Facebook group called "Amarillo Citizens Against Repent Amarillo" posted a picture of what appeared to be Isom with his skateboard standing next to the Muslim leader, who was holding the Quran.
Isom was wearing a T-shirt that had the words "I'm in Repent Amarillo No Joke" written on the back, the Globe-News reported.
Isom said that Grisham was "just trying to start Holy Wars," the Globe-News reported. Grisham said he was exercising his right to freedom of speech.
Grisham reportedly left the park without burning the Quran. "I kind of expected the reaction," he told the Amarillo Globe-News.
His thwarted Quran-burning event came on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and fell on the same day that a controversial Florida pastor had planned to burn Qurans in protest to the building of an Islamic center in New York City.
Pastor Terry Jones called off his plan on Saturday, following an outcry from a number of high-profile personalities, celebrities, the White House and General David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who said it would endanger U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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When Paula Abdul left "American Idol," the reality competition's judges' panel lost a genuine pop "Idol" of its own – a singer with No. 1 hits and real-life experience. So with Ellen DeGeneres, a comedienne and talk show host, taking her spot alongside Simon, Randy and Kara, what does that mean for "Idol?"
"It's just going to be a different show," Paula told Phoenix, Arizona's Johnjay & Rich on 104.7 KISS FM on Thursday.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Ellen DeGeneres
Paula announced her decision to leave the top-rated FOX program on her Twitter page earlier this summer, but making that choice wasn't easy.
"I was making that very difficult decision, where I was fighting with myself back and forth," she said, implying she had been unhappy with the status of the show. "Am I willing to go against what my beliefs are? Should I just do it and – have the same outcome? You guys know what it's like down there, you've been there many times. You're well aware of the energy that's around that."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: 'Straight Up' Photos Of Paula Abdul!
As for the future, though, Paula said she's got some big announcements just around the corner.
"I'm doing so many things, I can't wait to tell you," she said. "I've been such a part of helping other people realize their dreams and I've only scratched the surface with the things I want to do. I'm going to be producing my own shows, not just for television content and not just in America. I will be creating a show in Vegas. I'm going to be pretty soon announcing very big, exciting stuff with network and production companies, so I'm actually getting to do all the things that I not only wanted to do but represent who I am."
And one of those things includes getting back to her roots as a Laker Girl for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers with one of her future ventures, she revealed.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: The Verdict Is In! Judges Of Reality Television
"I'm going to be doing a project with that!" she exclaimed.
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text: Thursday, April 19, 2012 BlogTalkRadio Guests to Discuss Low Back Pain APTA will host its first BlogTalkRadio show, a live, online radio broadcast, on April 23 at 7 pm ET. You can listen live online here or dial 646/564-9841 to listen by phone. APTA spokesperson Mary Ann Wilmarth, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, will frame the issue of low back pain, discuss some of the key findings of APTA's Low Back Pain Survey, and explain how to prevent and manage the condition with the help of a physical therapist. She will be joined by 2 guests—APTA member Mike Ryan, PT, ATC, athletic trainer for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and AARP Georgia volunteer Colette Morgan, MD, with Emory University. They will discuss low back pain as it relates to pro and non-pro athletes and the aging population, respectively. Listeners will have the option of calling into the show to ask questions of the guests or submitting questions to Move Forward's Facebook or Twitter pages in advance or during the show. Listeners also will be encouraged to visit www.moveforwardpt.com for more information and to find a physical therapist in their area. (See related article titled "APTA Responds to Chiropractic Segment on Dr Oz Show" posted April 19.)


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Estrada, Brewers blank Braves
Milwaukee, WI – Marco Estrada pitched into the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers took a 5-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in the second of a three-game set.
Estrada (3-6) gave up just four hits and a walk with six strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings for the Brewers, who have won four of their last five to move to .500 since they were 9-9 back on April 24.
"He had such great command of all his pitches tonight," said Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke about Estrada. "His changeup, especially, was really on and he can really confuse hitters when that pitch is working for him."
Rickie Weeks and Aramis Ramirez each hit a solo home run in the win for Milwaukee.
Tim Hudson (14-6) gave up four runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings for the Braves, who have dropped their past two. Andrelton Simmons had two of the five hits.
"We swung the bats hard but couldn't get off the wall or in front of the wall," said Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez. "We're not feeling too good right now with the way we're swinging the bats, but we have a chance to go 4-2 on this road trip and we'll take it."
Weeks got the scoring started in the first with his one-out shot to center, his 18th round-tripper of the season.
The score stayed that way until the Brewers opened things up in the seventh. Aramis Ramirez and Jonathan Lucroy each singled to start and were moved up a base on a sacrifice bunt from Travis Ishikawa. After Carlos Gomez was hit by a pitch, Jean Seguera drove in one with a fielder's choice. Taylor Green then singled home a run and Norichika Aoki doubled in another for a 4-0 lead.
Ramirez homered in the eighth, his 23rd of the season, for a 5-0 advantage.
Atlanta left a man on second in the third then were retired in order in the fifth and sixth.
Estrada stranded a runner in the sixth then was pulled with two outs and a man on base in the seventh. Jim Henderson got Simmons to groundout.
Francisco Rodriguez pitched a 1-2-3 eighth while Brandon Kintzler left a man on in the ninth to close the game.
Game Notes
Atlanta had swept a three-game set against Milwaukee at home in early April ... The Braves left six men on base ... Estrada improved to 2-1 in eight games against the Braves ... Hudson fell to 4-4 in 10 games against the Brewers.


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Spectacular Spaghetti Squash
I wanted to make dinner in a hurry and I remembered this recipe in an old cookbook. I made it for my family and my husband now requests it often.—Jean Matuszak, Madison, Wisconsin
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 50 min.
Makes10-12 servings
- 1 medium spaghetti squash (about 3 pounds)
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 medium zucchini, sliced
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, julienned
- 3 cups sugar snap peas
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Cut squash in half lengthwise; scoop out seeds. Place squash cut side down in a baking dish. Fill pan with hot water to a depth of 1/2 in. Cover and bake at 375° for 50-60 minutes or until tender.
- When cool enough to handle, scoop out the squash and separate strands with a fork. Place squash in a large serving bowl and keep warm. Discard shells.
- Meanwhile, in a skillet; saute mushrooms, zucchini, red pepper, peas, onions and garlic in oil and butter for 15 minutes or until tender. Add tomatoes, basil, garlic salt and pepper; heat through. Pour over squash. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 117 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 6mg cholesterol, 195mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 4g fiber), 5g protein.
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This was an OK recipe. Not sure if I would make it again. Tasty but too much work for me.
Jun 13, 2015
Tasty way to serve veggies. My husband enjoys some meat with his meals, so I have also made it adding some cubed chicken breast and it was very good.
Apr 11, 2014
Very tasty. I tossed the sautéed vegetables in with the spaghetti squash instead of serving on top of the squash to incorporate the flavor better into the squash.
Jan 11, 2014
This was really good! I usually just make spaghetti squash with prepared pesto or marinara, but the fresh veggies really added a nice flavor. I didn't add the peas, but I added everything else and it was great.


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Above is the Standard 'GL' with 5-1/4" throw into tree (heavy thread left end), 6" pirch for attachments (right end finer thread). Available on Parts & Plans page.
The way I remember it- It all started with the first World Treehouse Conference in 1997. Peter Nelson got together with myself, Michael Garnier, and convinced me to put on a Treehouse conference. The purpose of which was to study, share and promote safe and better Treehouse building. In October 1997 at the first World Treehouse Conference we (the main participants were myself, my Engineer Charley Greenwood and arborist Jonathan Fairoaks) tested all kinds of tree fasteners and found them all to be wanting in one manner or another. Metal brackets bolted to the tree held the most weight. My first treehouses were built by lag bolting metal brackets to the trees then bolting the beams to the metal. This in my view by itself was an advance in Treehouse technology over just nailing or bolting a beam directly to the tree.
(of early prototypes, these were disappointing) (discontinued powder coated GL, hole & bit illustrated)
(illustrated need for a better fastener over time, flat bracket & lag bolts is not good for the tree or the metal)
I built my first Treehouse in 1990 to last 20 years and it has passed that 20 this May, 2010. The tree naturally reacted to the new load and grew extra wood below the bracket (bolster blocked it). The beam has fared well because there was no wood to wood contact for the first 18 years (no place for moisture and bugs to hide out). The problem with this method is that each year this bracket eventually becomes more intrusive to the tree. Trees grow a new ring of wood every year. The bolted metal brackets do not allow this. This helps the Treehouse by bolster blocking, but ends up hurting the tree by not allowing the bark and cambium to expand. J-lag hooks and straight lags did not even hold their recommended working load limits.
After the discouraging results were in from the testing we did, the idea of simulating the design in a limb of a tree was entertained. I thought this was a great idea being that trees hold massive loads out away from their trunks on the branches. The search for a better Treehouse fastener was on.
Later that year I met and befriended Scott Baker, a consulting arborist. It was his opinion, and it became mine, that it would be best to allow the tree more room to grow. This meant that the attachment point needed to be larger and or stronger to account for leverage. It is also our opinion that it is better to make one larger clean wound than numerous smaller ones.
(all these were all disappointing as well, but we learned a lot)
There were three basic designs presented at the 1998 World Treehouse Conference, Fairoaks (who did a lot of cabling of treehouses) brought a 12'' long 2'' diameter stainless steel mammoth with a channel on the end for a cable, Garnier had collared bolts and Greenwood's inserted pipe (picture of pipe prototype in the above built by Garnier, not Greenwood).
The Fairoaks' Limb won hands down and was so massive that at 10,000 pounds test weight, it started lifting the tree out of the ground. The problem with it was the difficulty of actually putting it in the tree, its size and therefore impact on the tree.
Greenwood's design proved disappointing to say the least. Theoretically it had enough diameter of 1 ½", and depth at 2-3" to allow enough surface area for weight bearing.
I brought my 1 ½" bolt with a collar welded onto 1 ¼" and 1 ½" (grade 2) machine bolts by my welder Kevin Coopee (pic above). The 1 ½" bolt held 3000 pounds applying the force at the 2" away from the tree mark. The 1 ¼" bolt with the a 2 ½" collar welded on held 6500 pounds tested at the same mark. From these results and consulting with others in the Treehouse community, I decided to increase the grade of the bolt and diameter of the collar to 3".
I worked out the first schematics on this new design with a machinist by the name of Michael Birmingham. The first batch of product I originally called artificial limbs was produced in Medford, Oregon in December of 1998. The first test of these units showed that they held up to 8000 pounds.
An added benefit to the new GL's superior weight bearing capacity, it proves to be far less intrusive to the tree overtime.
(showing tree adapting over time, this installation is over 15 yrs. old, early versions have been finer tuned, older install shows purchase into tree.)
In 2002 Greenwood developed the first HL or heavy limb. Greenwood and others have continued to make modifications to the Original Garnier Limb®. I never tried to patent the Garnier Limb® and welcome all and any improvements, and certainly thank all that I asked and received help from, paid for or not. The one thing that I ask is that you do not sell a Garnier Limb® . I developed (invented) the artificial limb known as Garnier Limb®. I spent a lot of time and money on developing the original. I continue to develop better ways to produce and implement the product. I don't mind open sourcing, but do not expect me to give away my registered trade mark rights or trade secrets. There are a few other sources where you can pay more now, but get less quality than you will with the original improved Garnier Limb® I produce.
To the very best of my extensive knowledge, I was the sole developer and manufacturer until 2002. In late 1999 Jake Jacob started calling my Artificial Limb a 'Garnier Limb' or 'GL' and it stuck.


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Performance Consulting Explored in New Book
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— William Rothwell, a professor of education in Penn State's College of Education, recently wrote a book on performance consulting in order to improve organizational performance in the workplace. Rothwell said that performance consulting is essential because it helps organizations uncover problems with human performance that are occurring and what could be done in response.
The book, titled "Performance Consulting: Applying Performance Improvement in Human Resource Development," was written by Rothwell along with coauthors G.M. (Bud) Benscoter, a North Carolina-based consultant, and some of Rothwell's doctoral students: Woocheol Kim, Taesung Kim, Aileen Guerrero Zaballero and Jong Gyu Park.
"The world is filled with problems and opportunities for improvement," said Rothwell. "Some problems are caused by issues associated with people. Performance consulting focuses on the problems or opportunities for improvement having to do with people."
According to Rothwell, performance consulting focuses on analyzing the causes of problems and selecting the best solutions to address the cause and thereby solve the problem, much like a medical doctor does when it comes to diagnosing medical problems.
"Performance consultants are experts at diagnosing problems with human performance," said Rothwell. "They analyze an organization's problem, diagnose it, and suggest the solution to solve the root cause."
Rothwell illustrated this with an example of an organization dealing with high turnover.
"Turnover is not the real problem, but is instead a symptom of one or more root causes," said Rothwell. "Such root causes might include low pay, poor treatment from supervisors or unreasonable work assignments. A temptation of managers is to apply simplistic solutions to complex problems and confuse causes and effects. Performance consulting tries to change that."
According to Rothwell, performance consulting is important because it focuses attention broadly on the causes of performance problems or on issues in which human performance can be improved.
"Performance consulting is geared to increase productivity and decrease needless expenses," said Rothwell. "It helps organizations build an environment that is conducive to performance, and it matches the most appropriate solutions to problems."
The book is aimed at performance consultants, human resource professionals, and leaders who want to develop more productive workers and create a competitive organization. It offers the strategies and information needed to become a dynamic performance consultant.
"The book includes guidelines for implementing performance improvement solutions, which are often identified as performance improvement interventions, which can include options such as training, changing job requirements, giving people better tools, clarifying desired work goals and results or changing how people are rewarded for what they do," said Rothwell. "It explains which approaches can offer the solutions that are likely to be most cost-effective, timely, ethical and socially responsible."
Published in 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the book is available on Amazon.
--by Kevin Sliman (February 2014)


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Our current referral services include board certified specialists in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, Critical Care, Medical and Radiation Oncology, and Rehabilitation. Our Cincinnati location is 21,000 SF with state-of-the-art equipment including Varian Trilogy CFRT and SRS radiation, in-house CT, radioactive iodine therapy, digital radiography, ultrasonography, echocardiography, minimally invasive surgery and interventional radiology. Our Centerville location just celebrated its 10th anniversary and is commemorating this milestone with a brand new, 15,000 SF location with all the latest equipment including CT and MRI. Both locations are AAHA Accredited, earning both Traditional and Referral Accreditation - the only veterinary hospitals in the region that hold such distinction of dual-accreditation.
We consider our greatest asset to be the exceptional staff who make Care Center an enjoyable, stimulating and professional, yet fun work environment. At Care Center, all disciplines work together to care for our patients. We believe an integrated approach to patient care benefits our patients, clients, referring veterinarians, and our staff. Please visit our website at www.carecentervets.com and view our social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to learn more about us.
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What's The Verdict: Will FIFA officials win their challenge to dismiss conspiracy/ criminal charges and the 2nd civil case based on lack of jurisdiction?
Posted by Ahouraian Law in EntertainmentLaw, Entertainmentlawyer, EntertainmentNews, FIFA, Legal, LegalBlog, LegalNews on June 10, 2015
What's The Verdict: Will FIFA officials win their challenge to dismiss conspiracy/ criminal charges and the 2nd civil case based on lack of jurisdiction?
The Department of Justice has brought a criminal indictment against current and former executives of FIFA for bribery, money laundering, wire fraud, and more. While there is a criminal case based on the indictments being handled by a federal judge located in New York, there is a civil lawsuit taking place in California. A California federal judge Phyllis Hamilton is being asked to take a closer look at this action in response to a very large, international body of soccer-fans are quite angry with the DOJ claiming both harassment and seeking sanctions. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton will be handling the civil case regarding claims that FIFA has been negligent in the monitoring and treatment of head injuries.
The civil suit was filed in August 2014 after a bundle of concussion-related litigation against other professional sports leagues. (I can assume this likely included American football) The complaint at hand alleges that "FIFA presides over this epidemic" of head injuries "and is one of its primary causes. By this lawsuit, Plaintiff seek to require FIFA to become part of the cure."
From the get-go, the class action suit would inevitably face a jurisdictional challenge and in response, FIFA, of course, moved to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. In other words, it would be very difficult to convince a judge that Switzerland based company was susceptible to a tort lawsuit inside a California courtroom. Then, in the beginning of May, Judge Hamilton suggested that FIFA would released based on lack of jurisdiction.
So, the civil suit was filed in August 2014 then just a couple weeks ago, FIFA officials were arrested in Switzerland and charged for racketeering conspiracies, amongst other criminal acts. Controversy erupted. Many debated whether or not the Justice Department even had the authority to bring action against foreign nationals. The U.S. attorney general Loretta Lynch made a statement that, "In many instances, defendants and their co-conspirators planned aspects of their scheme during meetings held here in the United States; they used the banking and wire facilities of the United States to distribute the bribe payments; and the planned to profit from their scheme in late part through promotional efforts directed at the growing U.S. market for soccer." The key here is that some 'conspiracy' occurred on American soil, which does give the federal court system jurisdiction.
All in all, it appears that the federal court has jurisdiction of the criminal case, but it may be the case that the civil lawsuit is not subject to general jurisdiction. In addition, FIFA's attorneys are making it crystal clear that there is no connection between the allegations of corruptions and the lawsuit addressing head injuries. With that, FIFA attorneys are arguing that the plaintiff's claims are purely harassment and completely unrelated. This is what I mentioned first about a large, international body that is very upset.
What's going to happen next? It may be the case that the foreign national challenge the jurisdiction for the criminal indictment, but in the meantime the CA judge will determine whether the court is authorized to preside over the civil lawsuit. Do you think the case will stay within jurisdiction? Stay tuned for updates on What's The Verdict!


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Well Done Marketing necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 61 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Sustainable Communities
The logo should emphasize a focus on neighborhoods and partnerships.
You can go with 'Sustainable Communities' or 'Indianapolis Sustainable Communities'. The logo should look contemporary rather than retro or nostalgic. It should work well in tandem with the LISC logo (attached) or as a stand alone logo. It will be used anywhere from banners, to print collateral, to websites, tshirts, you name it.
The sustainable communities cover 5 neighborhoods, (crooked creek, near west indianapolis, near east indianapolis, southeast indianapolis and west indianapolis), but may include more in the future.
WHO: neighborhood stakeholders (businesses, residents, nonprofits, etc.); LISC Indianapolis; other city stakeholders such as City, philanthropy, business community (collaborative endeavor)
WHAT: comprehensive community development (see http://www.lisc.org for more language) targeted to challenged neighborhood with the vision and partnerships necessary for change
WHEN: over the next three years or so
Attached are some logos that we like in style for inspiration. The stylized city grid in a circle could be cool, or something using the Indy Circle and star from the flag. The stylized people working together imagery could be good if simple. Some kind of image signifying urban vitality but not a house would be great.
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SYRACUSE — With the last part of October (before the hurricane, of course) bringing us a few mild days with temperatures in the mid 70s, it's easy to forget winter is just around the corner. But, like clockwork, the arrival of November once again means the arrival of wall-to-wall Christmas music on at least one local radio station.
Listeners who already have visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads can tune to Sunny 102.1 (WZUN). As they've done every November 1st for the past several years, the folks at WZUN, owned by Galaxy Communications, have set aside their regular classic hits playlist to run holiday music around the clock for the next 55 days.
The Sunny 102.1 website reflects the change, with snowflakes in the background and Santa's hat perched atop the station logo.
Mix 102.5 Holds Back
For the past few years (at least as long as the current incarnation of CNYRadio.com has been around, anyway), Galaxy had been known to go all-Christmas on Mix 102.5 in the Utica-Rome market at the same time as Sunny 102. But this November 1st, Mix 102.5 is sticking to its hot AC format.
Our thanks to Mimi Griswold, Galaxy Vice President of Programming, who quickly responded to our inquiry about WUMX this morning. She confirmed for CNYRadio.com that Mix 102.5 has not switched to Christmas — "yet." We'll keep an ear open for any changes on that front.
Expected Later this Month…
We'll also be keeping an ear on a few other stations that have built a reputation for going all-Christmas at some point during November.
For several years, Syracuse's Y94FM (WYYY) and Utica-Rome's Lite 98.7 (WLZW) have been known to flip the all-Christmas switch, usually somewhere closer to the middle part of the month. And for HD Radio users, WCNY-FM's HD3 channel offered holiday jazz around the clock last year, starting just a few days before Thanksgiving.
We haven't yet heard of any exact dates for these three stations, but we'll keep you posted if and when we learn more. (Stations: We'd love to hear about your holiday plans, even if you want to issue the details under an "embargo" to be held until a certain later date. The address is email@example.com.)


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In a low interest rate environment, a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) can serve as a powerful estate planning tool to allow your high-net-worth clients to transfer assets with minimal — and, in some cases, zero — tax liability.
Clients with swiftly appreciating assets can transfer these assets and escape both gift and estate taxation on almost all of the appreciation using a combination GRAT–life insurance strategy in connection with the steep gift tax valuation discount available today. Despite this, the Obama administration has often threatened to eliminate the tax benefits that can be realized using a GRAT strategy, so the time for clients to lock in these tax savings is today.
See also: Endangered trusts: Bring them up with clients now
GRATs: The basics
Though the current low interest rate environment may present a problem in many planning scenarios, some planning vehicles actually benefit from low interest rates. One such vehicle is the GRAT, the success of which can actually thrive on low interest rates.
A GRAT is typically established in order to transfer assets while minimizing estate and gift taxes, yet allows the client to continue to receive a steady income stream in the form of an annuity over the life of the trust. When a client creates a GRAT, he retains the right to fixed annual payments for the term of the trust's life, which is either an established period of time or for the client's life. The remaining trust assets pass to his beneficiaries at the end of the trust term.
Typically, a GRAT will be funded for a relatively short period of time and with assets that are likely to appreciate in value over that term.
The interest rate factor
The value of the taxable gift to the GRAT beneficiaries is equal to the fair market value of the property transferred into the GRAT minus the grantor's retained interest. The grantor's retained interest is the actuarially calculated value of the annuity stream he will retain over the GRAT's life, based on the Section 7520 rate in effect for the month in which the GRAT is created.
Because a lower Section 7520 rate will increase the present value of the grantor's retained interest, and the current rate is locked in for the life of the GRAT, a low interest rate will reduce the taxable value of the beneficiary's gift. For the GRAT to succeed, tax-wise, the assets placed into the trust only need to outperform that locked-in Section 7520 rate.
In some cases, a low interest rate, when combined with the set annuity payout to the grantor, can even reduce the grantor's gift tax liability to zero.
Estate tax liability
The primary downside risk of a GRAT is that the grantor will outlive the established trust term, causing inclusion of all or a portion of the GRAT assets in his gross estate. While it is possible that some of the trust appreciation will escape the estate based on regulations issued in 2011, which would only include the GRAT assets that are necessary to satisfy the remaining payouts to the grantor using the Section 7520 rate in effect at the time of the grantor's death, for high-net-worth clients, a life insurance strategy may still be necessary to offset the additional estate taxes.
The grantor may wish to form an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT), which will purchase a life insurance policy on the grantor's life to protect against the risk that the grantor will not outlive the trust's term. Because the ILIT itself will not generally be included in the grantor's estate, those tax-free proceeds can be used to offset estate tax liability or replace any benefit to the GRAT beneficiaries that has been lost.
In the alternative, the GRAT beneficiaries themselves could purchase a life insurance policy on the grantor's life. In this case, the grantor could fund the premiums by making annual gifts to the beneficiaries, using his per-donee annual gift tax exclusion of $14,000 (in 2013).
Though the GRAT thrives on low interest rates, clients should be aware that government proposals in recent years have frequently sought to eliminate the tax benefits of this type of trust. Because any currently existing GRATs would be grandfathered into the current treatment if any new laws are passed, the time for clients to act is now.
For more on estate planning, see:
How the permanent estate tax will impact life insurance ownership
Is premium financing right for your high-net-worth client?


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Looks like Hasbro attempted some kind of update this AM, but none of the pictures work.
Hmmm...Wave 4......Battlestar Galactica Cylon Warrior
Uh, pardon me? It's cool and all, but what? Did I miss something?
And, since the rumor mill was right about Bossk/Sandtrooper being Wave 2, I guess we can expect IG-88 and a Clone Trooper in wave 3.
Quote from: Morgbug on January 31, 2006, 05:10 PMUh, pardon me? It's cool and all, but what? Did I miss something?No. Apparently Hasbro is going to start to mix other lines in with the Titanium Series. There are reports of that Cylon and then some other Galactica and Stargate stuff working it's way into the line as well...
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Sweet Home Chicago
I'm heading home to Chicago this weekend for some family gatherings and won't be at the ballpark again until next weekend. I'll be covering the Draft on Tuesday and will be back at Rogers Centre for the Jays' Interleague set against the Marlins. I'll blog if warranted and will likely still be updating twitter (@MLBastian) over the next week. Until then…
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to anyone who has any respect left for alex rios check out the youtube video of him refusing a child an autograph and swearing at fans. Low class move by a man who doesnt care anymore since he has made it rich. He used to be one of my favorite players but now he is close to least favorite.
Congrats to Randy Johnson's on his 300th win .
My understanding is the youtube video only put Rios ugly part but neglected to add in the part of the fan harrassing Rios all night about his plate performance . I am not condoning what Rios did , it was wrong , but the heckling the fan did was also wrong . Everybody has a bad day / night at the job and I wonder if the fan who did the heckling ever loses it when/ if somebody harrasses him . Rios did make a public apology , its even on the Jays site …..live and learn
Romero did a great job tonight . It was nice to see the Jays bats come alive . Lets keep it going
92bluejays93, go have someone yell at you all day long at your place of work then yell at you some more when you're out in the evening, and see how you feel about it. Fans like the ones in the video deserve to get ripped into by the players. But rather than the "low class" guy you accuse him of being, Rios showed some real class by taking the high road and apologizing for the incident even if he wasn't the one who instigated it. Good on him.
Indigo, jabalong
I had just watched the video and was speaking from an overly emotional state of mind. It was overly rash to bad mouth Rios. Again not condoning what he did but acknowledging that his is still a young man and was put into a compromising position by the fan. His apology was sufficient so lets hope everyone can move on and Rios can be a major contributer for the remainder of the season.
92 ,
I agree with you Rios was out of line with what he said but the fans was also out of line . I think sometimes we forget ball players are human , they have ugly days like all of us . Unfortunately this ugly day came back to bite Rios . I know he is not the first one to lose it and he won't be the last . It might be a good thing he was caught on video , it will make him think the next time and maybe laugh it off .
Jordan, the plugs they get to fill your spot when you're off make your absence so terribly noticeable, kind of like what Frank Thomas did to our DH spot between 2007 and 2008.
What Rios did last night was absolutely outrageous, and perfectly plain to see. Over the first agonizing seconds of a 33-second video, Rios awkwardly and clearly ditches an autograph-seeking elementary school kid (who very likely could have been in the most memorable encounter of his life); so then a fan/parent/bystander, let's call him the portly man, says pretty straightforwardly upon witnessing the scene, you're lucky you even got asked the way you're swinging the sticks (including that very night's dubious and disinterested golden sombrero turned platinum by our no3 hitter). So then Rios responds instantly and aggressively, who $#%#ing cares! he screams (as if his off-base wondering, outfield grass picking crank needs to tell us fans that have watched him under-achieve and pad his stats in meaningless situations for more than 750 games).. It is ONLY THEN that the portly man says correctly and traditionally, "you're a bum." To which Alex proves it wasn't a mistaken moment, repeating again and again his aggressive curse-laden vent that he doesn't care at all, he doesn't care at all. At that point, the portly guy says, you forget where you came from, which was clearly a reference to the fact that baseball is supposed to be for the fans, the peeps, and that he, Rios, wasn't born making tens of millions of dollars but was gifted it by fans that pay hard earned money to watch Rios loaf. It's an obvious scene, a pathetic scene and one that makes me cry for Reed Johnson. Too bad MLB.com did such a terrible job covering the situation, hopefully this is not the last of it. Here's hoping this isn't the last we hear of this. It's time to bring in a culture of winning. Ask yourself, What Would Doc Do?
i think the fan is lucky rios didn't give him a shot in the mouth!he shouldn't have to listen to someone yapping when he's away from the field.sure,if you pay your money,and want to holler, go ahead.but rios isn't getting paid to be out there,its out of his own free time.
Rios was wrong to lose his cool. His contract will stipulate that he attend these events as part of the Jay's community involvement program, so yes, he was representing the Blue Jays Baseball Club on this outing. He should have had more class. The other side of the coin is that he was at the end of a VERY long day, and everybody has their breaking point. No Jay wants to win more than Alex Rios, and had he gone 3/5 that afternoon, the story likely would not have happened.
I like what Kelly Gruber had to say about his own popularity – something like: It's a simple game, and we get paid a lot of money to go out there and play it. The fans pony up their cash to pay our salaries, so if they want an autograph or something, I was always glad to give it. He also said that for the amount of money he was getting paid, there was no reason that he would not leave everything he had on the field. That's class.
i'll still argue that fans have no right to harrase a player away from the field.
IMO, Rios was completely wrong to do that. If he didn't want to sign an autograph, so be it – maybe he was in a rush for something. But when the heckler yelled back, he should have shut his trap and got into the car. By the way, right or wrong, I'd have been pissed too if I saw a player like Rios refusing to sign an autograph for a young fan.
It was something Rios did without thinking I'm sure. Reminds me of the way he plays sometimes – not always thinking.
You know, if Rios could focus better, he'd be that .300 30-30 guy everyone thinks he can be. Maybe he needs to get slapped around a little bit in the minors – the way Mel Queen did to Halladay in his earlier years.
As far as what would doc do, I have met him and I hate to burst his godlike status but he isn't exactly Mr. Personality with the fans. It was after a game and leaving the stadium, our 11 year old asked him for his autograph and it was all he could do to sign it and walk away. He said nothing to us. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy as a player, but he was hardly impressive off the field. We travelled a long way to see him, would have been nice that he acknowledged us.
I must say that most of the other players were outstanding – Casey Janssen, Dustin McGowan and AJ Burnett were interested, thankful, talkative and friendly. It was nice to witness, despite our disappointment at the good doctor.
To be fair, here is a short clip of Rios signing autographs in Seattle. He spent a lot of time with the kids doing this
Congrats to Halladay on his MLB leading 10th win . It was nice to see Greinke ( sitting at the very top of the dugout )watching Doc's every pitch .
It's onto to Texas and a very good hitting Rangers' team . Jays' bats will have their work cut out for them the next 4 days , Texas just took a series from Boston . Those of you who dislike the Jays' announcers need to listen to Boston's Orsillo and Eckersly , they are enough to make you appreciate all other team's announcers…..lol… Take care all and have a great day …..Go Jayssssss
I've heard the Boston guys and agree with you. They are terrible. I think I complain just because I remember listening to Dan Shulmen and Buck Martiniz. Those two on TSN were fantastic, I miss hearing them.
As for Rios, the man had a bad day and apologized for it. It's over now. If he does it again then rip away but for the time being let's hope he learned from it and that it never happens again. Amazing how I can't find the apology on youtube. I also agree with Michael that fans have no right to harass a player away from the field.
I've been to the past 2 photo days and both times McGowan was the only one whom I saw actually come up close to people to take photos with. The rest sat on the bench. He even signed a few things afterwards behind the bullpen so it doesn't surprise me that he would be amongst those who were friendly.


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Red berries create green opportunities
Red. Ripe. Delicious. That's how you might describe the baskets of strawberries you see at your local farmer's market or neighborhood store. What you don't see are the green opportunities behind the berry – both environmental and economic – long before the fruit lands on your shortcake. And farmers say this deserves some attention.


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The Optical Damage Threshold test station at NASA Langley Research Center.
"Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Battlestar Galactica" -- laser technology plays a pivotal role in science fiction movies and books. It's no doubt thanks to these sorts of stories that we now associate lasers with futuristic warfare and sleek spaceships.
Up Next
But lasers play a pivotal role in our everyday lives, too. The fact is, they show up in an amazing range of products and technologies. You'll find them in everything from CD players to dental drills to high-speed metal cutting machines to measuring systems. Tattoo removal, hair replacement, eye surgery -- they all use lasers.
But what is a laser? What makes a laser beam different from the beam of a flashlight? Specifically, what makes a laser light different from other kinds of light? How are lasers classified?
In this article, you'll learn all about the different types of lasers, their different wavelengths and the uses to which we put them. But first, let's start with the fundamentals of laser technology: go to the next page to find out the basics of an atom.
The Basics of an Atom
There are only about 100 different kinds of atoms in the entire universe. Everything we see is made up of these 100 atoms in an unlimited number of combinations. How these atoms are arranged and bonded together determines whether the atoms make up a cup of water, a piece of metal, or the fizz that comes out of your soda can!
Atoms are constantly in motion. They continuously vibrate, move and rotate. Even the atoms that make up the chairs that we sit in are moving around. Solids are actually in motion! Atoms can be in different states of excitation. In other words, they can have different energies. If we apply a lot of energy to an atom, it can leave what is called the ground-state energy level and go to an excited level. The level of excitation depends on the amount of energy that is applied to the atom via heat, light, or electricity.
Above is a classic interpretation of what the atom looks like.
This simple atom consists of a nucleus (containing the protons and neutrons) and an electron cloud. It's helpful to think of the electrons in this cloud circling the nucleus in many different orbits.
Absorbing Energy
Consider the illustration from the previous page. Although more modern views of the atom do not depict discrete orbits for the electrons, it can be useful to think of these orbits as the different energy levels of the atom. In other words, if we apply some heat to an atom, we might expect that some of the electrons in the lower-energy orbitals would transition to higher-energy orbitals farther away from the nucleus.
This is a highly simplified view of things, but it actually reflects the core idea of how atoms work in terms of lasers.
Once an electron moves to a higher-energy orbit, it eventually wants to return to the ground state. When it does, it releases its energy as a photon -- a particle of light. You see atoms releasing energy as photons all the time. For example, when the heating element in a toaster turns bright red, the red color is caused by atoms, excited by heat, releasing red photons. When you see a picture on a TV screen, what you are seeing is phosphor atoms, excited by high-speed electrons, emitting different colors of light. Anything that produces light -- fluorescent lights, gas lanterns, incandescent bulbs -- does it through the action of electrons changing orbits and releasing photons.
The Laser/Atom Connection
A laser is a device that controls the way that energized atoms release photons. "Laser" is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, which describes very succinctly how a laser works.
Although there are many types of lasers, all have certain essential features. In a laser, the lasing medium is "pumped" to get the atoms into an excited state. Typically, very intense flashes of light or electrical discharges pump the lasing medium and create a large collection of excited-state atoms (atoms with higher-energy electrons). It is necessary to have a large collection of atoms in the excited state for the laser to work efficiently. In general, the atoms are excited to a level that is two or three levels above the ground state. This increases the degree of population inversion. The population inversion is the number of atoms in the excited state versus the number in ground state.
Once the lasing medium is pumped, it contains a collection of atoms with some electrons sitting in excited levels. The excited electrons have energies greater than the more relaxed electrons. Just as the electron absorbed some amount of energy to reach this excited level, it can also release this energy. As the figure below illustrates, the electron can simply relax, and in turn rid itself of some energy. This emitted energy comes in the form of photons (light energy). The photon emitted has a very specific wavelength (color) that depends on the state of the electron's energy when the photon is released. Two identical atoms with electrons in identical states will release photons with identical wavelengths.
Laser LightLaser light is very different from normal light. Laser light has the following properties:
- The light released is monochromatic. It contains one specific wavelength of light (one specific color). The wavelength of light is determined by the amount of energy released when the electron drops to a lower orbit.
- The light released is coherent. It is "organized" -- each photon moves in step with the others. This means that all of the photons have wave fronts that launch in unison.
- The light is very directional. A laser light has a very tight beam and is very strong and concentrated. A flashlight, on the other hand, releases light in many directions, and the light is very weak and diffuse.
To make these three properties occur takes something called stimulated emission. This does not occur in your ordinary flashlight -- in a flashlight, all of the atoms release their photons randomly. In stimulated emission, photon emission is organized.
The photon that any atom releases has a certain wavelength that is dependent on the energy difference between the excited state and the ground state. If this photon (possessing a certain energy and phase) should encounter another atom that has an electron in the same excited state, stimulated emission can occur. The first photon can stimulate or induce atomic emission such that the subsequent emitted photon (from the second atom) vibrates with the same frequency and direction as the incoming photon.
The other key to a laser is a pair of mirrors, one at each end of the lasing medium. Photons, with a very specific wavelength and phase, reflect off the mirrors to travel back and forth through the lasing medium. In the process, they stimulate other electrons to make the downward energy jump and can cause the emission of more photons of the same wavelength and phase. A cascade effect occurs, and soon we have propagated many, many photons of the same wavelength and phase. The mirror at one end of the laser is "half-silvered," meaning it reflects some light and lets some light through. The light that makes it through is the laser light.
You can see all of these components in the figures on the following page, which illustrate how a simple ruby laser works.
Ruby LasersA ruby laser consists of a flash tube (like you would have on a camera), a ruby rod and two mirrors (one half-silvered). The ruby rod is the lasing medium and the flash tube pumps it.
1. The laser in its non-lasing state
2. The flash tube fires and injects light into the ruby rod. The light excites atoms in the ruby.
3. Some of these atoms emit photons.
4. Some of these photons run in a direction parallel to the ruby's axis, so they bounce back and forth off the mirrors. As they pass through the crystal, they stimulate emission in other atoms.
5. Monochromatic, single-phase, columnated light leaves the ruby through the half-silvered mirror -- laser light!
Three-Level LaserHere's what happens in a real-life, three-level laser.
In the next section, you'll learn about the different types of lasers.
Types of Lasers
There are many different types of lasers. The laser medium can be a solid, gas, liquid or semiconductor. Lasers are commonly designated by the type of lasing material employed:
- Solid-state lasers have lasing material distributed in a solid matrix (such as the ruby or neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet "Yag" lasers). The neodymium-Yag laser emits infrared light at 1,064 nanometers (nm). A nanometer is 1x10-9 meters.
- Gas lasers (helium and helium-neon, HeNe, are the most common gas lasers) have a primary output of visible red light. CO2 lasers emit energy in the far-infrared, and are used for cutting hard materials.
- Excimer lasers (the name is derived from the terms excited and dimers) use reactive gases, such as chlorine and fluorine, mixed with inert gases such as argon, krypton or xenon. When electrically stimulated, a pseudo molecule (dimer) is produced. When lased, the dimer produces light in the ultraviolet range.
- Dye lasers use complex organic dyes, such as rhodamine 6G, in liquid solution or suspension as lasing media. They are tunable over a broad range of wavelengths.
- Semiconductor lasers, sometimes called diode lasers, are not solid-state lasers. These electronic devices are generally very small and use low power. They may be built into larger arrays, such as the writing source in some laser printers or CD players.
What's Your Wavelength?
A ruby laser (depicted earlier) is a solid-state laser and emits at a wavelength of 694 nm. Other lasing mediums can be selected based on the desired emission wavelength (see table below), power needed, and pulse duration. Some lasers are very powerful, such as the CO2 laser, which can cut through steel. The reason that the CO2 laser is so dangerous is because it emits laser light in the infrared and microwave region of the spectrum. Infrared radiation is heat, and this laser basically melts through whatever it is focused upon.
Other lasers, such as diode lasers, are very weak and are used in today's pocket laser pointers. These lasers typically emit a red beam of light that has a wavelength between 630 nm and 680 nm. Lasers are utilized in industry and research to do many things, including using intense laser light to excite other molecules to observe what happens to them.
Here are some typical lasers and their emission wavelengths:
|Laser Type
|Wavelength (nm)
|Argon fluoride (UV)
|Krypton fluoride (UV)
|Xenon chloride (UV)
|Nitrogen (UV)
|Argon (blue)
|Argon (green)
|Helium neon (green)
|Helium neon (red)
|Rhodamine 6G dye (tunable)
|Ruby (CrAlO3) (red)
|Nd:Yag (NIR)
|Carbon dioxide (FIR)
Laser Classifications
Laser warning sign
Lasers are classified into four broad areas depending on the potential for causing biological damage. When you see a laser, it should be labeled with one of these four class designations:
- Class I - These lasers cannot emit laser radiation at known hazard levels.
- Class I.A. - This is a special designation that applies only to lasers that are "not intended for viewing," such as a supermarket laser scanner. The upper power limit of Class I.A. is 4.0 mW.
- Class II - These are low-power visible lasers that emit above Class I levels but at a radiant power not above 1 mW. The concept is that the human aversion reaction to bright light will protect a person.
- Class IIIA - These are intermediate-power lasers (cw: 1-5 mW), which are hazardous only for intrabeam viewing. Most pen-like pointing lasers are in this class.
- Class IIIB - These are moderate-power lasers.
- Class IV - These are high-power lasers (cw: 500 mW, pulsed: 10 J/cm2 or the diffuse reflection limit), which are hazardous to view under any condition (directly or diffusely scattered), and are a potential fire hazard and a skin hazard. Significant controls are required of Class IV laser facilities.
For more information on lasers and related topics, check out the links on the next page.
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- How CD Burners Work
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- How LASIK Works
- How Tattoo Removal Works
- How Light Propulsion Will Work
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- How does a laser speed gun work to measure a car's speed?
More Great Links
- Sam's Laser FAQ - Probably the best source on safety, construction and parts sources
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- Laser Eye Surgery - LASIK, PRK
- Laser Surgery for Snoring and Sleep Apnea
- Laser Show Technology
About the Author
Matthew Weschler holds an MS degree in Physical Organic Chemistry from Florida State University. His thesis topic was picosecond laser spectroscopy, and he studied how molecules react picoseconds after being bombarded by laser light.


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Ausmus apologizes for remark about beating wife
DETROIT (AP) Tigers manager Brad Ausmus quickly apologized for making a sarcastic remark after Detroit's latest loss when he told reporters that he beats his wife when his team isn't playing well.
Ausmus was asked after Detroit's 2-1 loss to Kansas City how his mood is when he heads home from the ballpark these days. The Tigers have dropped 20 of 29.
Ausmus, clearly trying to joke, said: "I beat my wife." After a brief pause, he said: "I'm just kidding around. No, luckily my wife and kids are fantastic. I do get a little mopey at home, but my wife and kids are good."
About a minute later, without being prompted, Ausmus said: "I didn't want to make light of battered women. I didn't mean to make light of that, so I apologize for that if that offended anyone."


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