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General election recommendations
Mail ballots have gone out and early voting for the Nov. 8 General Election begins Monday.
While the presidential race is the big ticket item for many voters, there also are a number of key local, state and federal offices on the ballot this year as well as four state constitutional amendments and a local, non-binding referendum.
Breeze recommendations on the amendments appeared on these pages last week and our recommendation on Conservation 20/20 – the very last item on the ballot – appeared the week before. (Our summaries are included at the end of this editorial.)
While The Reporter believes every race is important, we do not do blanket endorsements and always endorse in every race. We have, however, offered – and will continue to offer – recommendations where we believe another viewpoint can be helpful.
To that end, in the General Election, we targeted three non-partisan races – Lee County Supervisor of Elections and the at-large, everyone-votes Lee County School Board seats 6 & 7 – for possible endorsement. We will endorse in all three.
Our recommendations:
Supervisor of Elections: Vote Tommy Doyle
A promise of change is all well and good but a candidate who challenges an incumbent must demonstrate something more: The ability to not only do the job but the potential to do it better.
We believe Tommy Doyle, candidate for Lee County Supervisor of Elections, has that potential.
A lifetime resident of Lee County with a strong business background, Mr. Doyle says he will improve both the service and the processes at the Supervisor of Elections Office by implementing a business-based, cost-analysis approach that includes written procurement policies with appropriate safeguards. The process overall would "focus on excellent customer service, scrutinize every dollar and embrace innovation" with careful study first.
Mr. Doyle is also open to ideas that puts voters before operational habit of ease.
That includes the idea of actually again allowing municipalities to select their own election cycles.
Communities like Cape Coral were bumped from the even year, General Election election cycle more than a dozen years ago by the previous supervisor of elections, Philinda Young, who determined that ballots had gotten "too long."
Off-year election turnout has since been abysmal for city elections throughout Lee County, but the incumbent, Sharon Harrington, continues to maintain it is not an option to "go back" due to ballot length. Instead, she would like to see the state Legislature give cities the option for all-mail ballot elections.
The option of all-mail ballot elections is certainly an idea worth consideration.
But so is giving municipalities back the ability to control their own election timing – something Mr. Doyle said he would consider given two facts. The first is a majority of voters are now opting for mail ballots anyway, making ballot length less of a consideration.
The second is cost to the taxpayers. Pushing municipal elections off the cycle that includes federal, state and county races not only decreases turnout, it forces cities and towns to bear hefty election costs.
We endorse Tommy Doyle for Supervisor of Elections. He has done his homework, he is willing to listen to the needs of the community, and he is ready to go to work.
Also running: Sharon L. Harrington, incumbent
School Board Member District 6: Vote Jane Kuckel
This is a critical time for public education in Lee County. Leadership – proven leadership – is needed at the top.
For the new at-large District 6 seat, we believe the candidate who has best demonstrated that ability is Jane Kuckel.
Ms. Kuckel, who holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education, a master's in education leadership and supervision, and a doctorate in curriculum and education leadership, previously served 12 years on the board.
Ms. Kuckel, who opted not to run again four years ago, says she decided to seek the newly established seat's two-year term because she was asked to by members of the community who told her, "I think we need your help back here again."
Saying she is proud to have earned a reputation as a "voice of reason," Ms. Kuckel stresses what she says is her proven ability as a team builder and mediator.
These two things, she believes, will help the district through its transition from a five-member, all-elected-at-large board to one that has seven members, five to now be elected by district, with only two elected by voters countywide. Team building skills and the ability to mediate difference of opinion also will help the district refocus on academics and a return to the grade A designation the district lost in the last few years.
We agree.
We endorse Jane Kuckel, for school board member, District 6.
Also running: Don H. Armstrong
School Board Member District 7: Vote Cathleen Morgan
In 2014, when the Lee County school board threw the district into upheaval with an ill-conceived, knee-jerk vote to "opt out" of unpopular state-mandated testing, there were two voices of reason on the board.
One was Jeanne Dozier.
The other was Cathleen Morgan.
Although she says, in her bid to secure the new at-large District 7 seat that she does not support certain aspects of what has come to be known as "high stakes" testing, Ms. Morgan took heed of the advice of School Board Attorney Keith Martin, who warned against the action, and then-School Superintendent Nancy Graham, who implored against it.
Immediately faced with the possibility that students would not be able to complete state graduation requirements needed for a high school diploma and would not be able to receive class credits, and facing funding cuts for students most at need, the board reversed less than a week later.
Kudos to Ms. Morgan, who thought of kids, not politics, who urged the development of a replacement plan rather than the black hole of a blanket "no."
This is the kind of thinking that has value anywhere and it is the kind of thinking sorely needed on a transition board that has numerous challenges before it.
Her background and experience are also assets.
Ms. Morgan holds a bachelor's degree in political science and two master's, one in business administration and the other in education. She has the experience garnered in her four-year term in the District 3 seat, now districted in the voter-mandated restructuring.
She has focused her current platform on achievement – quality governance, fiscal responsibility, innovative classroom methods and effective teaching and learning techniques that lead to at-grade-level accomplishment on the part of students. She recognizes that Lee County cannot reach its long-stated goal of becoming a world class school district without providing students with a strong educational foundation and preparing them well for the challenges ahead.
It is for these reasons we endorse Cathleen Morgan for school board member, District 7.
Also running: Chris Quackenbush
Earlier Recommendations recap:
At a glance, our recommendation on Conservation 20/20 Non-binding Referendum (Note: this local issue is the last item on the ballot; it appears after the races and below the state constitutional amendments. The entire recommendation may be found online at cape-coral-daily-breeze.com under opinion, editorials))
– Simply put, Conservation 20/20 is a stellar success story.
We urge a resounding "YES" vote on the Conservation 20/20 Non-Binding Referendum.
Our environment – and our children and grandchildren who will enjoy its preservation in the future – deserve no less.
At a glance, our recommendations on Amendments 1, 2, 3 & 5: (Note:?The entire recommendations may be found online at cape-coral-daily-breeze.com under opinion, editorials)
-? Amendment 1, Rights of electricity consumers regarding solar energy choice: Do not be fooled by this ballot initiative: it is NOT pro-solar. Vote NO on Amendment No. 1, solar energy.
-? Amendment 2, Use of marijuana for debilitating medical conditions: As we did in 2014, we urge a YES vote for Amendment No. 2, medical marijuana.
– Amendment 3: Tax exemption for totally and permanently disabled first responders & Amendment 5, Homestead tax exemption for certain senior, low-income, long-term residents; determination of just value. Both are expansions of exemptions already on the books. Although we have some concerns philosophically, we are comfortable with a YES votes for Amendments 3 & 5.
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Recently, one of my readers acquired a Vajrapani Ruel(1), and she and her partner are happy about it because she immediately felt the change in her luck. You see this was an interesting case because she was besieged by negative energies on different fronts. First, the Feng Shui of her place is not very nice, then she seems to be besieged by negative entities as confirmed by Guru Lama and other clairvoyant friends she has. Then she may have been a target of an 'evil eye' caused by a jealous 'friend'. So it was a struggle for her to get the Vajrapani Ruel(2), but when she got it she experienced some immediate noticeable change in her luck.
Then one day she went to a wake of a relative whose death occurred during the Hungry Ghost Month, and she left her Vajrapani Ruel(3), thinking that she shouldn't bring it because it will cause bad luck. I think she might have gotten this impression because of some Feng Shui consultants who commercially sell some Feng Shui items or charms, and they warn people not to bring their charms and amulets in a wake or funeral or even to the hospital because these items may absorb some negative energy.
As a result, after that she again experienced some bad luck! Why is this, it is because she is dealing with a lot of negative energies, and her Vajrapani Ruel(4) is just starting to work for her and then she went to yin place or yin event without her Vajrapani Ruel(5). It means it has to start cleansing her again from all the negative energies she is dealing with.
But what about the warning of most Feng Shui experts that one should not wear charms or amulets in a wake or funeral or when visiting a sick person in the hospital?
My response to this is…WHAT THEN IS THE USE OF GETTING A PROTECTION WHEN IT CAN'T PROTECT YOU AT A TIME THAT YOU NEED IT MOST?
At the onset of this blog, I already have written and discussed whether we can and whether we should bring our amulets or charms to Yin places such as an hospital, a wake or a funeral, but it is worth writing about it again.
If you take a closer observation, you will notice that the Feng Shui experts who warn against wearing charms and amulets in a yin place or event are mostly commercialized Feng Shui experts. By commercialized I mean somebody who is more focused on selling rather than helping. But it doesn't mean that all Feng Shui experts who has commercial store act this way, because the world's most famous Feng Shui consultant doesn't stop her followers from bringing the amulets or charms into a yin place.
So going back to the 'teaching' of some Feng Shui consultants not to bring charms and amulets to a yin place. I have never fully understood the logic of this, because all the more you need to get protected if you are going to a yin place. And so come to think of it there is no logic to this statement or instruction.
When going to the a wake, funeral, hospital or any yin place, all the more you should wear your amulets and charms, because you have to be protected from the negative or yin energies of the place. Not wearing them will deprive you from getting protected thus affect you in a negative way. Amulets like the Vajrapani Ruel(6), Illness Suppression Amulet, Surangama Mantra Amulet, Traditional Sutra Amulet, Kalachakra, Vaisravana – Dzambhala Wealth Amulet, now the Special Gold Piyao, and even the Wish Fulfilling and Buddha's Blessing Mantra Amulet (this is no longer available) are all self – cleansing and self – energizing amulet. This is especially true for other amulets that have a mantra in it, like those that were released by a famous Feng Shui consultant and expert.
Feng Shui charms and crystals should be cleansed after wearing them in a Yin place. There are crystals that are also self – cleansing and self – energizing, but to take away the confusion, one can simple cleanse these items after visiting a Yin place. You do this simply by putting them on top of a rock salt (or sea salt, pink Himalayan salt, black lava salt) for 7 hours to overnight! That's it.
So next time you go to a Yin place, please make sure you are protected by wearing your amulets or charms. If you're Feng Shui consultant or if you're seller tells you that you can't wear it in a Yin place, drop them and look for another consultant, or don't buy the amulet or charm.
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As such, with the addition of a battery pack and DC load center, these inverters make for a highly effective "UPS" (uninterruptible power supply) to keep select circuits hot in the event of a power failure. This can be a far more cost-effective technique than attempting to power your whole house from a battery bank. While these inverters can't bank energy on the grid, they can be used as the UPS, and with the addition of a transfer switch and a grid-tie inverter with a "secure power" feature, you'll be the only one on your block not running a generator in case of extended power outages!
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When recently migrating the DeeEm.com site I needed a way to be able to organise the tutorials section so that each tutorial was easily accessible. This meant creating an index of blog posts so that visitors could browse through each category so see if there were any mods that applied to their site. Whilst EasyBlog makes provision for listing category titles, there is no way to list the blog posts without additionally showing an intro portion from the post itself. This is achieved using the 'Latest Blogs' module, and whilst there is a setting to control the length of text displayed, even setting this to the minimum possible value, you will still display a couple of newlines in the output.
Whilst digging though the code to see if there was a way that I could modify the CSS or core code to force the list to display as I wanted, I discovered that there is a hidden value within the administration settings for the module that hides the intro text. The solution is to manually apply this value by directly editing the database table.
The value in question is for the 'introtext' variable: (Content be taken from). This will only allow you to select between 'introtext' or 'main content'. What you cannot see is there is a third value 'Hidden'. I assume that this does not display, due to it having the value '-1', or at least it does not display in the browsers that I am using.
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Famous dead pop legend Michael Jackson intended to construct an eerily-lifelike robotic duplicate of himself, according to reports. Detailed three-dimensional scans of the deceased globo-celeb's body were made, and the super-accurate body maps are now said to be on sale for a million dollars.
The story was reported yesterday by the Daily Star, which says that the occasionally troubled dead overlord of pop had the scans made in 1996 "in a bizarre bid to build a robot twin... [Unidentified] scientists say following his death on June 25, the eerie images could be used to bring him back".
The paper quotes an unnamed man purporting to be the late superstar's roboticist, who says that the Jacko body-template scans are still in existence and can be had by anyone willing to cough up $1m.
"The data has been in our archives and vault since 1996," the incognito robo-twin builder told the paper.
"The thing about this data is it immortalised him at the age of 37, before his nose was disfigured and when he was in the prime of life."
The story seems as credible as one could reasonably ask for in a case of this type: Jackson was well known to have a fondness for robotic duplicates of himself. Just two years ago, The Reg reported on plans by the pop titan to have a gigantic 50-foot-tall mechanoid duplicate of himself built, equipped with lasers and accompanied by an unspecified number of "human cyborgs".
On that occasion, Jackson was said to have "looked at the sketches and liked them", though in that case the plans never bore fruit. Doubtless the 1996 body-dupe maps would have been employed in building the Jacko-colossus machine had the scheme gone ahead.
It seems inevitable that the data vaults will eventually give up their secrets, and that the late megastar will once again walk among us (or possibly in the case of the 50-foot model, upon us) in robotic form.
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The first computer on the show (1,1).
Combining endurance performance art and media studies, artist Jeff Thompson captured over 11,000 images of the show Law & Order while watching the complete original series over the course of 18 months, often at an increased frame rate in order to save time. Through these images, he tracked the computer's changing role on the show from its debut as a static background prop to its starring role as the focus of characters' attention and the basis of plotlines. Those images have been published to a Tumblr on an ongoing basis since the launch of the project; the final post went up today.
Clunky monitors slowly move to the front of the desk (5, 89)
Computers on Law & Order was created per a Rhizome commission in 2012 — an apt time to analyze the ongoing interdependence of technology and daily life. As Thompson immersed himself in television drama's interpretation of the rise of the internet and the appearance of the Blackberry, real-world consumers were being influenced by appification and the mainstream prevalence of the cloud. The ability to "binge watch"—coupled with the power to stream comfortably with near immediacy—is what ignited Thompson's initial interest in the project; after obsessive detailing and the creation of logical infographics, his ultimate findings sound like an anthropological study of American culture:
"Law & Order is an even more interesting cultural artifact than I could have ever expected. The show forms a unique database of images and speech, and one that reflects the fascinations, fears, and biases of its time. Law & Order's long run and its 'ripped from the headlines' content makes it a useful lens through which to look at a period of great political and economic change in the United States."
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Apache, WestJet, Tervita, Enmax and PSAC lead their industries in supporting innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility
Calgary, AB – November 19, 2012 – The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC), the only national organization that actively participates in the search for missing children, today announced the launch of the groundbreaking CodeSearch Program. CodeSearch combines technology with philanthropy to deliver unique partnerships between MCSC, corporate partners and law enforcement nationwide. CodeSearch gives MCSC the power to engage corporate resources and workforces to assist law enforcement in a timely manner when a child goes missing.
MCSC's CodeSearch partners wanted to contribute more than finances in a way that would resonate with their employees and improve the communities they serve. CodeSearch allows organizations to make a difference using the tools they already possess: human capital and physical resources. CodeSearch engages corporate partners' employees as field agents who can be eyes and ears on the ground when a child goes missing in their local area. If law enforcement requires additional support in the search, CodeSearch partners have committed to providing resources such as ATVs, helicopters and scuba equipment.
"We know that Corporations want to give back to their communities in meaningful ways and this program allows them to use the expertise they already possess to make their communities safer," explains Amanda Pick, Executive Director of the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC). "By providing law enforcement with effective tools and a connected network in the search for missing children, I know we can significantly change the landscape of missing children in our country."
The Calgary Police Service is pleased to be partnering with MCSC in their efforts to find new and innovative ways to more quickly locate missing children and reunite them with their families. Strategic use of existing and emerging technologies and effective community partnerships are invaluable when it comes to keeping all our children safe.
"Not everyone watches the 6 o'clock news. Having access to members of the community through non-traditional means of communication can only help in the search to locate missing children," said Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson. "The more eyes we have on the lookout, the greater the chances we can quickly locate a missing child and safely reunite them with their family."
CodeSearch is powered by the RallyEngine™ emergency response and crisis communications platform, developed and donated by MCSC partner Strut Creative. CodeSearch allows corporate employees to register field agent profiles with their skills and corporations to register available resources. In the event a child goes missing, MCSC can mobilize communities via geo-targeted alerts to any field agents in the area where a child went missing or is expected to be located. These targeted communications deliver critical, time-sensitive information to all personnel in the immediate area. CodeSearch personnel are already in the field, working in their communities, and now they will be part of a connected community helping to keep children safe.
On August 2nd, 1993, Lindsey Nicholls disappeared from Courtenay, British Columbia. Her mother, Judy Peterson, has seen the continuing progress MCSC has made through their existing programs. "When Lindsey vanished nearly two decades ago, I went all over town with my own posters and a roll of scotch tape," said Mrs. Peterson. "I believe that if this type of technology had existed, we may have been able to find her. It's incredible that information about a missing child can be distributed instantly and directly into the hands of a network of Canadians. The 'not knowing' has been so difficult, but I am hopeful that CodeSearch will help other families find answers."
Currently, MCSC has four founding corporate partners: Apache, WestJet, Tervita, and Enmax. Each partner brings unique resources and expertise to the program and is committed to rolling out the program over the next few months. The technology has been fully tested and is in the early stages of being implemented to the specific requirements of each partner.
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has committed to being an Association partner and advocating for their member organizations to adopt the CodeSearch program as one of their corporate social responsibility commitments.
If you are interested in becoming a CodeSearch partner, please contact MCSC at 1-800-661-6160. For more information on the program, visit www.mcsc.ca/code_search.
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About MCSC
Since 1986, MCSC has been reuniting missing children with their searching families through professional investigations, public awareness and family support programs. MCSC is the only non-profit organization in North America that employs an in-house team of former police detectives to work closely with law enforcement while conducting frontline, hands-on investigative and search activities.


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Can Stress Be Beneficial?
Dr. Jeffrey Janata answers the question: 'Can Stress Be Beneficial?'
-- Question: Can stress be beneficial?
Answer: Actually stress can be quite beneficial. In fact, I think when most people think about stress, they think of something they need specifically to reduce, when in fact what the research shows is that we need to optimize our stress, not necessarily to reduce it. Because there is an ideal level of stress in which we're most likely actually to be able to accomplish the things we need to accomplish.
So for example, when we work with medical students here who feel stressed, if they're overly stressed by their exams or by the tasks that they're asked to perform, if they attach lots of significance to doing well on exams, and put themselves under a lot of pressure, their stress level is too high, and their performance isn't optimal at all.
On the other hand, if we have a medical student who feels as though he or she has learned this material before and doesn't get stressed enough about it, their job performance, or their exam performance, is likely to suffer as well. So there's a critical middle ground where stress actually helps us to perform at our best.
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N.C. State's star point guard was heckled by visiting fans during the Wolfpack's overtime win against Tennessee State on Saturday afternoon.
He heard them, and let them know he heard them.
Then he ended the evening with a nasty windmill:
N.C. State's star point guard was heckled by visiting fans during the Wolfpack's overtime win against Tennessee State on Saturday afternoon.
He heard them, and let them know he heard them.
Then he ended the evening with a nasty windmill:
INDIANAPOLIS — With the coronavirus pandemic already forcing changes for college basketball, a bubble may be brewing in Indianapolis.
Indiana Sports Corp. released a 16-page proposal Friday that calls for turning the city convention center's exhibition halls and meeting rooms into basketball courts and locker rooms. There would be expansive safety measures and daily COVID-19 testing.
The all-inclusive price starts at $90,000 per team and would cover 20 hotel rooms per traveling party, testing, daily food vouchers ranging from $30-$50 and the cost of game officials. Sports Corp. President Ryan Vaughn said the price depends on what offerings teams or leagues choose.
"The interest has been high," Vaughn said. "I think as conferences figure out what conference and non-conference schedules are going to look like, we're we're a very good option for folks. I would tell you we've had conversations with the power six conferences, mid-majors, it's really kind of all over the Division I spectrum."
Small wonder: The NCAA this week announced teams could start ramping up workouts Monday, with preseason practices set to begin Oct. 14. Season openers, however, were pushed back to Nov. 25 amid wide-ranging uncertainty about campus safety and team travel in the pandemic.
There is already scrambling going on and some of the marquee early-season tournaments have already been impacted.
The Maui Invitational will be moved from Hawaii to Asheville, North Carolina, with dates still to be determined and organizers clear that everyone involved "will be in a bubble environment that limits their movement and interaction outside the venue." The Batttle 4 Atlantis has been canceled. The Cancun Challenge will be held in Melbourne, Florida, not Mexico.
More changes almost certainly will be coming, including what to do with the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
"I think we're past the guesswork on whether we play 20 conference games or more than that," Purdue coach Matt Painter said Friday. "We're trying to get everybody set like in terms of MTEs (multi-team events), figuring out when to play the ACC-Big Ten challenge."
Painter, who was part of the NCAA committee that recommended how to start the season, noted part of the uncertainty stems from differing protocols imposed by campus, city and state officials.
In Indianapolis, Vaughn believes the convention center, nearby hotels, restaurants and downtown businesses, many within walking distance of the venue, could safely accommodate up to 24 teams. The 745,000-square foot facility would feature six basketball courts and two competition courts.
Anyone entering the convention center would undergo saliva-based rapid response testing, which would be sent to a third-party lab for results. Others venues could be added, too, potentially with more fans, if the case numbers decline.
If there is a taker, the event also could serve as a dry run for the 2021 Final Four, also slated for Indy.
"It's not going to hurt," Vaughn said. "I can tell you all the planning we're doing right now is the same for a Final Four that's been scheduled here for any other year. But it would be nice to have this experience under our belt to see if it can be done."
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Maui Invitational is moving to the mainland during the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the premier preseason tournaments on the college basketball schedule, the Maui Invitational will be played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.
Dates for the tournament announced Friday have yet to be finalized. The NCAA announced Wednesday that the college basketball season will begin Nov. 25.
This year's Maui Invitational field includes Alabama, Davidson, Indiana, North Carolina, Providence, Stanford, Texas and UNLV.
All teams, staff, officials, and personnel will be in a bubble environment that limits their movement and interaction outside the venue.
LUBBOCK, Texas — Junior guard Jamarius Burton has been granted a waiver from the NCAA that makes him eligible to play this season for Texas Tech after starting 52 games the past two seasons for Wichita State.
Texas Tech coach Chris Beard announced the waiver Thursday, which came five months after Burton signed with the Big 12 team.
Burton has two seasons of eligibility remaining, as well as a redshirt season he could utilize. He averaged 10.3 points and 3.4 assists per game as a sophomore at Wichita State, where he played 67 games overall.
Burton is from Charlotte. He helped lead Independence High School to a 31-1 record and the North Carolina Class 4A state championship as a senior there.
The NCAA men's and women's basketball season will begin on Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving.
The Division I Council voted Wednesday to push the start date back from the originally scheduled Nov. 10 as one of several precautions against the spread of coronavirus.
The later start date coincides with the decision most schools made to send students home from Thanksgiving until January out of concern about a potential late-fall and early-winter flareup of COVID-19. Closed campuses could serve as a quasi bubble for players and provide a window for non-conference games.
The maximum number of regular-season games has been reduced from 31 to 27. The minimum number of games for consideration for the NCAA Tournament was cut from 25 to 13.
Teams can start preseason practices Oct. 14 but will be allowed to work out 12 hours per week beginning Monday.
No scrimmages against other teams or exhibitions are allowed.
In other action, the council voted to extend the recruiting dead period for all sports through Dec. 31. In-person recruiting is not allowed during a dead period, though phone calls and other correspondence are allowed.
The men's and women's basketball oversight committees had jointly recommended a start date of Nov. 21, which would have allowed for games to be played on the weekend before Thanksgiving. The council opted not to do that to avoid a conflict with regular-season football games.
The council is scheduled to meet again Oct. 13-14 and could delay the start date and change other pieces of the basketball framework if circumstances surrounding the virus warrant.
STORRS, Conn. — UConn swingman Tyrese Martin, who transferred from Rhode Island in April, has been granted a waiver that will allow him to play for the Huskies this season.
The 6-foot-6 junior averaged 12.8 points and 7.1 rebounds and started every game last season for URI, where he was recruited by current UConn coach Dan Hurley.
NCAA rules require undergraduate transfers to sit out a season, but the organization has been more lenient in granting waivers during the pandemic.
Martin, 21, is expected to compete for playing time at UConn on the wing as both a guard and small forward.


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This question is a follow-up to How can I speed up my slow hot water?.
I have a tankless water heater, and it takes over 90 seconds to get hot water to my kitchen. (This is not acceptable as I'm not renting out this property.)
I'd like to install a "unit" close to the kitchen faucet. Ideally, this unit would not store water, but would heat the water as it passes through. This way, when the hot water finally reaches the sink from the main water heater, the local unit could stop working and let the main water heater do the work.
But, as I type this, I'm thinking that this may not be the ideal solution. The problem is that, to get hot water, the sink has to be turned on full blast (to trigger the water heating mechanism in the tankless water heater). So maybe I should have a 5gallon water heater near the kitchen sink to handle all hot water that the kitchen sink will need. If I went this route, would the kitchen sink ever be able to use hot water from the main hot water heater? Put another way, would turning the hot water on the kitchen sink on full blast trigger hot water to come from the main water heater?


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Recently the idea of taxing billionaires out of existence was brought up by Elizabeth Warren as part of her run for president. She wants to use the proceeds from this tax to fund her idea of Medicare for everyone, so she thinks that a tax that discriminates against some people is a good idea, even though it would be a statutory taking and a violation of due process. Such ideas have come up in the past, but the basic problem with it still is that removing the incentive to be successful will stop
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What do healthcare workers know about antibiotic resistance?
Healthcare professionals play a fundamental role in tackling antibiotic resistance. The results of survey released on the occasion of EAAD 2019 show gaps in knowledge about the issue.Find out more
First-of-its kind survey on knowledge and attitudes about antibiotics
Knowledge and awareness of antibiotic resistance is generally high among European healthcare workers, according to the results of the survey.See the survey results
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Hvert år dør 33 000 mennesker av infeksjoner forårsaket av bakterier som er resistente mot antibiotika. Det er like mange som er smittet av influensa, tuberkulose og HIV/AIDS til sammen.Se infografikk
Design contest for global Antibiotic Resistance Symbol
The Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI) launches a design contest to find a symbol of the threat against antibiotic resistance. This contest is not about creating another logo, but finding something tangible that anyone can make at home and everyone, anywhere can wear; like the AIDS ribbon. The contest is open to individuals no matter their background or age.
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I don't like being sold to. But I like information and I like entertainment. Trainline (2) has a bit of both.
Open on a calm train carriage. A stressed-looking man bursts in: "I don't want to alarm anyone, but I just found out that booking tickets in advance at thetrainline.com could save you a heap of cash!"
People look slowly at their tickets, then the full horror of what they've done hits them. All hell breaks loose as everyone starts screaming. It's as if they've been told they're all going to die. Great.
Oh, hang on ... it's not finished ... it's still going ... the screaming panic continues for another ... 40 seconds. It gets sillier, but not necessarily funnier. It's a really good 30-second and a slightly weird 60-second.
The nation's favourite tattooed professor, or Professor Green to his chums, has a message for his fans: "STOP LISTENING TO MAI MUSIC! I'M NOT JOKING." Obviously, this news will confuse and concern the young Prof-ites - "But surely you stand to gain from us listening to your music, bruv?", "What you saying, bruv?", "We can't believe our soon-to-be-Prof-Green-less ears, bruv."
The Prof continues: "People have died already this year, died because they didn't take their headphones off at level crossings." So we can still listen, just NOT at level crossings. Phew, that's a relief.
"Lose your headphones, not your life."
Which, when you think about it, is true. Life is way more valuable than headphones. Even those sick Dr Dre Beats ones.
It's paid for by Network Rail (4) and it's for a good cause and, to be fair, I'm sure my kids will listen to the Prof more than me.
Open on a speedboat. Title: "Somewhere in the Caribbean Sea."
The playboy driver of the speedboat starts to sing: "Dum, der der der dum, der der der dum." We see another speedboat filled with cocktail-shaking waiters. We cut to a whole range of speedboats filled with everything from sexy nurses holding ointment to pizza-delivery boys, from ninjas to pillow-fighting girls.
Title: "Axe Anarchy Island. Chaos comes to paradise. Enter at Facebook.com/Axe to win your spot on the island." It was weirdly entertaining and I learnt that Lynx (5) has its own island, which is cool.
A few years ago, Enterprise (3) came to Britain looking for an agency and visited my last one, CDD. The DRTV Americans trying to understand us Brits ("Why are those horses in the sea?"), us Brits trying to understand them ("Are you required to warn epileptics before you flash through such a barrage of prices at them?"). It was a complete culture clash. We didn't have a second meeting.
Unlike Dare, which turned its meeting notes into a script.
A large, toothy American salesman stands next to his small,weasly British counterpart as they sell to us in a way that conforms to their national stereotypes. It's pretty entertaining and nicely directed.
The only information I can remember is that Americans can't pronounce "aluminium" correctly. But I come away liking Enterprise more than I did a few years ago.
The current McDonald's (6) campaign has been running for a while now - the latest execution is linked to the Paralympics: "the back-for-round-two-ers", "the take-in-the-view-ers", "the anthem-sing-on-ers" etc, etc. I can't say they're fresh, I can't say they're exciting or funny - they just make me feel warmer towards McDonald's. Which is no mean feat.
Plan (1). We see a girl drop to Earth from the sky. She hits the ground. Suddenly, lots of weird spiky things start to grow; the spikes then transform into buildings.
But it looks like a PlayStation game, which undermines the message. It feels fake, like it's all made up, which makes the goal seem unattainable, like a fairytale.
It's a shame as it's a goal I'd like to believe could be realised. I wish they'd given me a reason to believe. Like some information.
Andy Fowler
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Brothers and Sisters
The Great British sporting summer runs out of gas as we towel ourselves down, put our clothes back on and trudge wearily away from the stadium, the setting sun framing us in a halo of orange light.
And, suddenly, success in life can only be measured against the efforts of these new Goliaths who have thrust themselves into our culture. Every task, every achievement can only be relative to the distance they've thrown, the force of their wrestle, the stretch of their seated volleyball. These Olympians are our new benchmark.
Lynx (5) has a statuesque quality, all rippling muscles and artful tattoos, the US basketball Dream Team. Kobe Bryant driving a powerboat, LeBron James applying the lotion.
No expense spared, a triumph of individual performance, yet the whole still greater than the sum of the dazzling parts. Oh, to inhabit one of those singlets, to follow them on Twitter.
I want to be on that island. And I believe it's real. And so will millions of twentysomething men across the land, I have no doubt.
Did you see the Paralympic sprinter with the wide-swinging prosthetic legs that whirl round like helicopter blades, who starts really slowly and piles past everyone on the home straight? Ungainly, effective and oddly memorable.
Like this Trainline (2) ad. About as subtle as a brick, utterly farcical, leaving you unsure how you're meant to react. If you're going to do something, do it to an extreme. Keep running and keep running with it, long past the finishing line and, if people don't respond, shake them violently until they do.
They have a nice, big simple idea and, by God, they're taking it to its illogical conclusion. We watch with curious fascination.
Network Rail (4). Brings to mind the GB Olympic football team. A bunch of overpaid, preening stars trying to convince us they "get it" and they care, but we can see through their lies. They don't want to be there. They stick out like a sore thumb in a world of real.
What's sport without the massive paycheck, the girls waiting in the Baby Bentley? Glory is for pussies. Absolutely no idea. Just Professor Green.
McDonald's (6). Not the best in the family, but part of a really fine family nevertheless. Like when Venus Williams crashes out early, but still sits in the stand as her sister vanquishes all before her. And they get to play together in the doubles. And they work in perfect sisterly harmony. But, by then, Serena has already taken the main prize and most people have gone home and no-one cares any more. And they were better when Neil Gorringe shot them.
Some things aren't possible.
A girl with half an arm can't win a swimming race against a girl with a whole arm. But now we know this isn't true. The girl with half an arm can win. Underdogs can do great things. Quiet can be better than loud. Smart can beat brash.
We are a little island, but we can beat the whole of America at any sport you want to mention because we are Britain and we are Great. The huge differences between our countries are a wonderful thing.
And so I like this Enterprise (3) ad. But not as much as when we beat the Yanks at sport.
Storytelling makes the world go round, right? There are only seven stories in the world. Mo Farah was definitely one of them. I cried. I'm not ashamed. If I watched it again now, I would cry again.
A great backstory, perfect narrative, with a lovely reveal and style to burn.
I had to get Mo in here somewhere and Plan (1) fitted perfectly.


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"PBS KIDS is committed to using the power of media to encourage children to learn and explore, on- and off-screen," said Lesli Rotenberg, General Manager, Children's Programming, PBS. "The PBS KIDS Writers Contest allows kids to experience the hands-on process of developing their own stories and illustrations, which builds language skills such as reading, grammar and syntax, and encourages creativity."
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PBS stations throughout the country will collaborate with schools, public libraries and other community-based organizations to present the PBS KIDS Writers Contest in local communities. Each station will select local winners and award prizes.
The local winners will then be entered into the national contest, when a panel of esteemed judges will rank the top 12 entries. National winners will be announced during the summer of 2014, and the winning stories will be featured on pbskids.org/writerscontest.
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Billy Aronson, creator, PEG + CAT
Jeff Kinney, author (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series), online game developer and designer
Martin Kratt, creator and co-executive producer, WILD KRATTS
Chris Kratt, creator and co-executive producer, WILD KRATTS
Joseph Mazzarino, head writer, director and puppeteer, SESAME STREET
Jennifer Oxley, creator, PEG + CAT
Vince Vawter, author (PAPERBOY)
To learn more about the judging panel, visit pbskids.org/writerscontest.
Creative Writing Resources
To help young writers get started, PBS KIDS offers a robust set of resources for children, parents and teachers. Story ideas and activity sheets, along with the previous winning entries, are available on the contest website to inspire children during the brainstorming process. PBS LearningMedia is also offering a collection of online teacher resources for use in classrooms nationwide.
To enter the contest and for more information on entry rules and contest resources, visit pbskids.org/writerscontest or your local PBS station website.
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PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, online, mobile and community-based programs. Kidscreen- and Webby-award winning pbskids.org provides engaging interactive content, including the PBS KIDS video player, now offering free streaming video accessible on computer- and mobile-device-based browsers. For more information on specific PBS KIDS content supporting literacy, science, math and more, visit pbs.org/pressroom, or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter and Facebook.
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Through WNED-TV, ThinkBright and Well/WORLD TV, WBFO-FM 88.7 and Classical 94.5 WNED, member-supported WNED|WBFO provides high-quality programming and services to local, regional and national audiences that enlighten, inspire, entertain and educate Western New York and Southern Ontario communities. Additional information about WNED|WBFO can be found at wned.org
About LeapFrog
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. is the leader in educational entertainment for children. For nearly 20 years, LeapFrog has created award-winning learning solutions that combine educational expertise, innovative technology and a child's love for fun. With experiences that are personalized to each child's level, LeapFrog helps children achieve their potential through LeapFrog's proprietary learning tablets, learn to read and write systems, interactive learning toys and more, all designed or approved by LeapFrog's full-time in-house team of learning experts. LeapFrog's Learning Path, the ultimate guide for parents on early childhood, is designed specifically to help support and guide their child's learning with personalized ideas and feedback, fun activities and expert advice. LeapFrog is based in Emeryville, California, and was founded in 1995 by a father who revolutionized technology-based learning solutions to help his child learn how to read. Learn more at www.leapfrog.com.
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Devoted to "Fun with a Purpose," family media brand Highlights for Children, Inc. has helped children become their best selves for generations. In addition to the flagship magazine, Highlights' other offerings include a preschool magazine (High Five), an infant magazine (Hello), a children's book company (Boyds Mills Press), puzzle book clubs and a variety of digital products.
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Photo Report: The Central European Deep Sky Imaging Conference
The historic city of Linz in Austria becomes a beating heart of astrophotography in Europe by holding a major event each two years in March that provides a unique meeting opportunity for dedicated astrophotographers in Europe to share ideas. The Central European Deep Sky Imaging Conference (CEDIC) is a growing event that sees more international attendees each time. The second CEDIC in 2011 for example had more than 150 participants from 20 countries, including lecturers from South and North America, and the Middle East.
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Out interview and the controversial letter of criticism from its editor Aaron Hicklin accusing Adam of de-gaying himself by turning down the cover and doing a hetero Details photoshoot. Adam has since revealed that the AMA performance was in part an angry response to that criticism. It had been a rocky ride for our formerly reluctant poster-boy.
While it's unfair to expect every gay person in the spotlight to automatically take on the responsibility of leading the charge when all they want to do is go about their business like anyone else, Adam has come to the conclusion that it does play a part in his business, and now that he's in a position to make a difference, he's trying to use it in the fight for equality. Though the way Hicklin attacked Adam and his management in that letter was out of order, he effectively laid down a challenge which Adam has quietly stepped up to, with positive repercussions still making their mark. In an unpleasant and roundabout way, Hicklin got the result he wanted, to the benefit of many.
ACIGC in LA signalled a shift in his degree of involvement with politics and we've seen this via the Trevor Project through the "It Gets Better" campaign and the Aftermath Remix. Although he still seems uncomfortable getting up on his soap-box to speak up about issues, I think he's in his element when expressing it through music — not on a political level where he isn't yet at ease but on a personal, emotional level as a consequence of those policies — in Outlaws of Love.
There are four designs here, which I created to reflect the role Adam has adopted. I wanted my illustration to parody a political propaganda poster with him as a stoic revolutionary, regal and exuding power. I went for a slightly ironic and humorous take (depending on how you see him), depicting him as the Gay Messiah / poster boy that some people have demanded of him. Who knows, history could well remove the irony.
The first design is of Adam against the backdrop of the rainbow flag with a simple word: "Proud". It could mean many things; Adam being out and proud and gay enough, thankyouverymuch; his support and contribution towards LGBT rights; pride in him for being publicly out and leading by example; pride for his working hard towards a dream inspiring millions along the way; pride for just being uncompromisingly himself. There was also something in the Advocate article about people being reluctant to admit to liking him as he sees himself as uncool:
"I pick up this kind of energy among young people that it might not be the coolest thing to say you like Adam Lambert's music. People don't think that I'm cool."Well the design is also a response to that. It's a way of showing that you are an out and proud Glambert, proud to be uncool (and therefore post-cool?) if that's what liking him makes you.
I've used a lyric from Strut as the slogan for the other designs, retaining the informal spelling to keep it light-hearted. The second one has a subtle rainbow flag in Adam's hair for those of you who aren't fond of wearing too much colour, and the last two are variations; one with a vertical flag, the other without any rainbows. It could well be that Adam will grow into a revolutionary figure for equal rights but for now, the revolution is closer to home. How many of us have changed, feel braver, stronger, happier within ourselves? In how many of us has Adam effected a personal revolution? I hope these are designs you'd be proud to wear in support of Adam, whether for counter-protests or as a constant reminder from him that the power for change is in each and every one of us.
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She's a world away from the fears and pains of her leukemia.
The tiny ballerina happily dances away wearing a pink tutu and delicate new ballet slippers. Three-year-old Cassandra enjoys her ballerina bliss pointing her toes among other dancers dressed in flowing blue tulles. She's a world away from the fears and pains of her leukemia.
Make-A-Wish® North Texas arranges a glamorous day of dance for this young girl as she struggles to keep her poise during her treatments for her critical illness.
Finally, it's the morning of her wish and Cassandra follows a red carpet to a limousine with her family. They stop at Merle Norman Cosmetics where Cassandra squirms excitedly as a make-up artist applies eye shadow, blush and lipstick.
Now it's jewelry. Cassandra selects a glittering golden necklace and a ballet slipper charm.
A costume fitting then completes Cassandra's prima ballerina look and the family sets off to Longview Ballet Theatre for her debut.
A group of dancers, dressed like Cassandra's Barbie dolls, from the Longview Ballet junior are excited to share the power of a wish® as they prepare to dance alongside Cassandra.
This young wish kid's eyes sparkle when she enters the dance studio and begins twirling around the room with all the dancers. Her eminent joy brings tears to the audience because they know this is the spectacular experience Cassandra deserves.
Cassandra bows to heartfelt applause accepting a bouquet, even though she doesn't want to leave all her new friends.
Her wish experience is an unforgettable moment for her family as they are able to simply enjoy Cassandra's beautiful dancing spirit. It not only touches their lives though, it impacts the lives of volunteers and businesses involved.
After Cassandra says goodbye, Pat George Mitchell – dance studio owner – tells a reporter from the Longview News-Journal, "This has been the most meaningful experience of my career."
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I really struggled to hold down the lump in my throat as I read Cassandra's story; the pictures alone stole my heart. As a mother of a healthy 18 month old little girl, I can only imagine the anguish and helplessness that parents of ill children must experience, and I count my blessings daily. It's difficult to read these stories, but to families that don't encounter difficulties such as these this is a fantastic way to bring awareness! I've been inspired to do my part in making a difference in these fragile lives. Thank you for opening my eyes. God bless!
March 08, 2008 - 1:04 PM
This story made tears roll down my face. Earlier today, my teacher told our class a story about her nephew and his experience with Make-A-Wish. He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor when he was six years old, and the diagnosis was very sudden, and debilitated his walking, talking, hearing and vision. He had eight months to live. After his first round of chemo, he was well enough to walk, talk, run, and play normally, but not well enough to live. His wish was to go to Disney World, and he got it. They catered to his every whim, and the family didn't have to pay for a thing. He died a few months later, but the story of the little boy and how happy it made him inspired me so much that I went to the website to see what I can do to help. When I saw this story, and saw that the little girl in the story is the same age as my baby sister, I just lost it. I could not hold back the tears. My school recently started a fundraiser for Make-A-Wish, and we have already raised over $3,000. I hope that someday I can grant someone their wish too. Thank you so much for inspiring me.
March 20, 2008 - 10:26 AM
This story was so cute. I'm doing a re-search project for school and I chose the Make-A-Wish Foundation. I decided to read some recent wishes and saw Cassandra's story. It was very heart touching and I can't wait to do my project on this miracle organization.
March 31, 2008 - 12:55 PM
What a blessing your organization is to children! I have read many stories of the wishes you grant children and they always bring a tear to my eyes. This one touched me very deeply. I am a mother of 3 grown healthy children and 2 grandchildren. My 2 daughters started dancing when they were 3 years old. The joy I experienced watching them preform something that was their wish to do always filled my heart, I can only imagine how Casandra's family felt watching her. God Bless and may he continue to bless your organization for all the hope and love you give to these children!!!!
December 04, 2009 - 7:28 AM
The Make A Wish Foundation plays such an important part in these families lives. When I was six years old I myself was stricken with leukemia. My wish was going to Disney World. This would not have been possible without the wonderful support of all the sponsors and doners. Cassandra you keep on fighting and never give up. God is watching over you and remember that you can beat this! You are an amazing little girl. Always keep dance in your heart. Keep being the true spirit that you are. You can do it!
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Spie Press BookPlasmonic Optics: Theory and Applications
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Table of Contents
- 1 Optical Properties of Plasmonic Materials
- 1.1 Electromagnetic Waves Propagating through Materials
- 1.1.1 Fundamental equations of electromagnetic waves
- 1.1.2 Constitutive equations of inhomogeneous media
- 1.1.3 Isotropic and anisotropic media
- 1.1.4 Constitutive equations of dielectric media
- 1.2 Electromagnetic Properties of Materials
- 1.2.1 Permittivity and permeability
- 1.2.2 Loss tangent
- 1.2.3 Penetration depth and skin depth
- 1.3 Optical Properties of Metals
- 1.3.1 Free electrons and interband transitions
- 1.3.2 Harmonic oscillator model
- 1.3.3 Drude model and Lorentz model
- 1.3.4 Drude-Lorentz model
- 1.4 Optical Properties of Dielectric Materials
- 1.4.1 Dielectric function of dielectric media
- 1.4.2 Kramers-Kronig relation
- 1.4.3 Obtaining optical functions from physical observables
- 1.5 Effective Medium Approach for Composite Nanostructures
- 1.5.1 Effective medium theory
- 1.5.2 Topologies of metal-dielectric composites
- 1.5.3 Lorentz cavity model
- 1.5.4 Maxwell-Garnett theory
- 1.5.5 Bruggeman medium theory
- References
- 2 Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Planar Interfaces
- 2.1 Surface Plasmon Polaritons
- 2.1.1 Concepts
- 2.1.2 Dispersion relation
- 2.1.3 Requirements
- 2.1.4 Momentum mismatch
- 2.1.5 Dispersion relations in special cases
- 2.2 SPP Propagation Characteristics
- 2.2.1 Surface plasmon wavelength
- 2.2.2 Surface plasmon propagation length
- 2.2.3 Surface plasmon penetration depth
- 2.3 Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons
- 2.3.1 Evanescent waves
- 2.3.2 Prism excitation
- 2.3.3 Corrugated grating excitation
- 2.3.4 Near-field excitation
- 2.3.5 Coupling to integrated photonic elements
- References
- 3 Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances
- 3.1 Localization of Electromagnetic Waves in Nanocavities and Nanoparticles
- 3.2 Nanoparticles in a Quasi-Static Approximation
- 3.2.1 Quasi-static approximation
- 3.2.2 Potentials inside the particle and the surrounding medium
- 3.2.3 Electric fields inside a particle and surrounding medium
- 3.2.4 Resonance surface modes
- 3.2.5 Damping the plasmon resonance
- 3.3 Extinction Efficiency of Nanoparticles
- 3.3.1 Extinction efficiency in Mie theory
- 3.3.2 Electromagnetic normal modes in Mie resonances
- 3.3.3 Extinction efficiency for small spherical particles
- 3.3.4 Extinction coefficient for large spherical particles
- 3.4 Spectral Properties of Localized Surface Plasmons
- 3.4.1 Beyond the quasi-static approximation
- 3.4.2 Spectrum shifting due to surrounding medium
- 3.4.3 Shape-dependent plasmon extinction spectra
- 3.5 Surface Plasmon Resonance Affinity Biosensors
- 3.5.1 Fluorescence enhancement by metal nanoparticles
- 3.5.2 Localized surface plasmon resonance sensing
- References
- 4 Extraordinary Transmission through Subwavelength Apertures
- 4.1 Extraordinary Optical Transmission
- 4.1.1 Diffraction through subwavelength apertures
- 4.1.2 Extraordinary optical transmission phenomena
- 4.1.3 Fano resonance in hole arrays
- 4.2 Transmission through a Single Aperture
- 4.2.1 Transmission properties of an isolated circular aperture
- 4.2.2 Polarization transmission of an isolated rectangular hole
- 4.2.3 Field distribution inside isolated rectangular aperture
- 4.3 Transmission through Aperture Arrays
- 4.3.1 Transmission spectrum of circular aperture arrays
- 4.3.2 Shape and size dependence
- 4.3.3 Influence of material properties
- 4.3.4 Effective optical properties in homogenous anisotropic films
- 4.4 Aperture Surrounded by Periodic Corrugations
- 4.4.1 Slit aperture surrounded by a groove structure
- 4.4.2 Directional emission of an aperture surrounded by slit grooves
- 4.4.3 Aperture surrounded by concentric grooves
- 4.4.4 Other geometrical aperture arrays
- References
- 5 Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides
- 5.1 Guided Modes in Dielectric and Metal Waveguides
- 5.1.1 Plasmonic waveguides
- 5.1.2 Symmetric and antisymmetric SPP modes
- 5.1.3 General description for a multiple-layer interface
- 5.2 Dispersion Relation for Plasmonic Waveguides
- 5.2.1 Dispersion relation of TM modes
- 5.2.2 Plasmon dispersion in insulator-metal-insulator
- 5.2.3 Plasmon dispersion in metal-insulator-metal
- 5.2.4 Channel plasmon polariton waveguides
- 5.3 Examples of SPP Waveguides
- 5.3.1 Figures of merit for surface plasmon waveguides
- 5.3.2 SPP modes in a metallic stripe
- 5.3.3 SPP modes in nanowires
- References
- 6 Optical Nanoantennas
- 6.1 Elements of Optical Antenna Theory
- 6.1.1 Radio and optical antennas
- 6.1.2 Near field and far field
- 6.1.3 Engineering spontaneous emission
- 6.1.4 Power dissipation of a quantum dipole
- 6.1.5 Reciprocity theorem
- 6.2 Properties of an Optical Antenna
- 6.2.1 Efficiency, directivity, and gain
- 6.2.2 Purcell effect and field enhancement
- 6.2.3 Strong and weak coupling
- 6.2.4 Wavelength scaling
- 6.3 Examples of Optical Antennas
- 6.3.1 Spherical nanoparticle
- 6.3.2 Ellipsoid nanoparticle optical antennas
- 6.4 Field Enhancement Due to Resonance Effects
- 6.4.1 Local field enhancement of a nanorod antenna
- 6.4.2 Bowtie nanoantennas for strong field enhancement
- 6.4.3 Yagi-Uda nanoantennas for radiation emission control
- 6.5 Nanoantennas for Photodetection and Photovoltaics
- 6.5.1 Photon absorption enhancement by plasmonic nanoantennas
- 6.5.2 Photodetection with active optical antennas
- 6.5.3 Multiple-band plasmonic absorber
- 6.6 Optical Antenna for Nanoscale Sensor Imaging
- 6.6.1 Metallic tip antennas for nanoscale imaging
- 6.6.2 Tip-enhanced Raman scattering
- References
- 7 Nanostructure Fabrication and Optical Characteristics
- 7.1 Fabrication Techniques for Metallic Nanostructures
- 7.1.1 General process
- 7.1.2 Electron-beam lithography
- 7.1.3 Focused ion-beam milling
- 7.1.4 Ion-beam etching and reactive ion etching
- 7.1.5 Atomic layer deposition
- 7.2 Large-Scale Nanofabrication
- 7.2.1 Nanosphere lithography
- 7.2.2 Nanoimprint lithography
- 7.3 Chemical Synthesis for Metal Nanostructures
- 7.3.1 Polyol synthesis process
- 7.3.2 Seed-mediated growth
- 7.3.3 Light-mediated synthesis
- 7.4 Optical Nanostructure Characterization
- 7.4.1 Near-field optical microscopy
- 7.4.2 NanoFTIR for chemical identification in nanostructures
- 7.4.3 STEM and electron-energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)
- References
Plasmonic optics - an emerging research field - combines electronics and photonics with nanostructures. It studies the interactions between electromagnetic waves and matter at the nanoscale. The prominent feature of plasmonic optics is the coupling of electromagnetic waves into collective electron oscillations. This peculiar feature enables the localization and enhancement of electromagnetic energy in a novel family of nanodevices, nanoelectronics, and nanosensors. Plasmonics involves many subjects, such as optics, physics, materials, and even chemistry. So far, it has favorable applications in chemical sensors, high-resolution microscopy, photovoltaic cells, biological detection, communication, and medical diagnosis. Each achievement plays a significant role in improving the future.
Federico Capasso, while receiving his 2013 SPIE Gold Medal Award, said, "You can't go wrong becoming a very strong optical scientist because you can work in many different fields." Plasmonics is one such field. Many researchers have devoted themselves to it over the last few decades because it provides a compelling risk and promise. That is what makes science so attractive: we are eager to understand the unknown. In fact, we are attracted by the risk to find the next achievement around the corner.
To fulfill the promise offered by plasmonic optics, this book presents a brief introduction to the theory and applications. The first chapter introduces the optical properties of materials. An elementary description of electromagnetic theory is provided. Noble metals, dielectric materials, and semiconductors are frequently used in plasmonic optics; their optical properties are described in terms of the Drude and Lorentz theories. Although the effective optical properties of nanostructures deviate from those of bulk materials, the penetration depths and skin depths play a crucial role in defining plasmonic properties. The end of the chapter discusses the effective medium theory for composite materials.
Surface plasmon polariton (SPP) is a recurring term that requires a clear definition. In this book, SPPs refer to a collective electron oscillation and the associated wave fields that propagate along a metal-dielectric planar interface. Surface plasmon modes are sometimes used to describe the resonance cases of SPPs. When the electron oscillations occur on the curved surface of nanoparticles, these phenomena are called local surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) because, in most cases, only the resonance conditions of oscillating charges in nanoparticles are considered. Chapters 2 and 3 address the physical concept and typical applications of SPPs and LSPRs. The scattering and absorption properties of nanoparticles with various geometries are discussed in terms of the Mie theory.
The concepts of SPPs and LSPRs are applied to a series of unusual optical properties/devices: extraordinary optical transmission (OET) through a single aperture or hole arrays (Chapter 4), the waves guiding and confined by the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) and insulator-metal-insulator (IMI) nanostructures (Chapter 5), the radiation/emission enhancement, and the perfect absorption achieved by an optical antenna from visible to infrared wavelengths (Chapter 6). These chapters discuss nanostructures with various geometries for the purpose of achieving plasmonic sensors, including chemical sensors, biosensors, and surface-enhanced spectroscopy.
Chapter 7 briefly introduces the nanofabrication techniques aiming at plasmonic devices. Top-down material-removal methods for elaborate nanostructures, bottom-up synthesis for self-growing nanoparticles, and solution phase methods for assembly geometries are introduced. The optical characterizations of plasmonic nanostructures are briefly reviewed; characterization methods benefit from the significant progress of plasmonic optics and advance its progress in return.
A vast number of applications and various geometries for SPP-enhanced sensing are referenced throughout the text. There is extensive literature contributing to this field. References were selected because of their descriptions of a particular effect or their suitability for a beginner. I would like to thank the authors of the literature cited in this book.
I had to omit a few topics associated with plasmonics due to the scope of this book. These topics include but are not limited to plasmonic cloaking and transformation optics, plasmonic lasers, electromagnetically induced transparency, metamaterials, and metasurfaces; the latter two are huge areas that could be covered in their own texts. Numerical simulation methods are not provided in this book, but interested readers can find them in various available commercial and free software. This Tutorial Text should provide a readable introduction to plasmonic optics with distinct concepts, typical applications, and comprehensive knowledge. A modest amount of primary background knowledge in electromagnetism is sufficient to understand the concepts discussed here. I very much hope that more graduate students and young researchers pursue careers in this fascinating area. Their participation would further enhance the field and help plasmonic optics improve our future life.
Any comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.
Yongqian Li
November 2016
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