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Housing construction sites are popping up all over the Tri-Cities and that means lots of jobs for local workers.
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With all the action going on in the casino industry, I decided to take a look at the companies that make the games that go on the casino floors.
What got me curious about the sector is the recent buyout activity going on. First, Scientific Games (NASDAQ: SGMS) agreed to buy WMS Industries (NYSE: WMS) for $1.5 billion. Then this month Bally Technologies (NYSE: BYI) agreed to buy SHFL Entertainment (NASDAQ: SHFL) for $1.3 billion. These companies have their eye on more than just the casino floor. They're looking to capitalize with online games as well.
The thinking behind the deals
Consolidation in the gaming sector makes sense for these players. By combining their operations, it not only reduces costs, but gives them a greater footprint to challenge the biggest company in the sector, International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT). The combined companies can now offer nearly all the products required to run a casino.
Scientific Games and WMS
Scientific Games expects to achieve significant synergies with the WMS acquisition. Annual cost savings are expected to be $90 million and cash flow savings could add another $20 million due to lower capital expenditure needs. Without anticipated synergies, the combined companies had revenues last year of approximately $1.6 billion and combined EBITDA of $579 million.
The deal is especially positive for Scientific Games in that by acquiring WMS, it will return to profitability. The deal also combines Scientific's businesses that make instant lottery tickets, lottery and video gaming systems with the businesses of WMS that supply gaming machines and interactive gaming content. Scientific CEO A. Lorne Weill said of the transaction:
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The acquisition of SHFL Entertainment, which makes the popular Shuffle Master product that shuffles cards, gives Bally a bigger presence on the casino floors. The acquisition will especially strengthen Bally's presence in Asia where casino gaming is growing the fastest.
The acquisition will benefit SHFL after the company dropped its purchase of online game company Ongame. Prior to being acquired by Bally, SHFL was looking to develop its own platform. Now it can direct its resources to working with Bally on its iGaming platform.
The combined company will have revenues of approximately $1.3 billion with $644 million being recurring revenues. EBITDA will be roughly $415 million and cost savings are expected to be about $30 million.
The target competitor
International Game Technology is the world's largest manufacturer of slot machines. The company has been buying companies as well to increase its online gaming offerings. Last year the company bought DoubleDown Interactive for around $500 million, which makes social games for Facebook. Active users at DoubleDown jumped 25% to 1.7 million in the most recent quarter and surpassed Zynga poker as the top-grossing casino game on Facebook.
In its earnings report this past week, the company reported that revenues increased 9% to $579 million. Earnings per share rose 43% to $0.33. Slot machine revenues increased 12% to $259.2 million. Online gaming revenue increased 69% to $72.5 million. The gross margin for this sector in the quarter was 63%. For the full year, the company is forecasting earnings of $1.26 to $1.32 per share. This implies growth of 22% to 28% over last year.
Going forward, International Game Technology has about $520 million remaining on its share repurchase program. The company plans to use up this authorization within the next two to four years. The company also just increased the dividend for the third consecutive quarter. The company now pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share for a yield of 1.8%. The dividend payout ratio is only 27%, so there's room to increase the dividend in the future.
Foolish assessment
My recommendation is to go with the market leader and own International Game Technology. The other four companies are going to be busy integrating their respective companies while International Game Technology focuses on growing its business and market share. International Game Technology is also the cheapest with a PEG ratio of 1 and a P/E of 18. For these reasons, International Game Technology is the best bet.
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Twerking, just like everything else that is specifically known to Black women is the latest thing for Whites to try to appropriate while simultaneously trying to police and shame its originators for doing it at all. Whites (and some Blacks as well) are approaching it with the typical White supremacist approach of overly applauding and worshiping whomever is the latest popular spoiled irritant of a White human being to try to do it, which in this case would be Miley Cyrus. Unlike when something Black men, or both Black men and Black women created/do is appropriated, where some Black men are bothered by the appropriation (i.e. The Harlem Shake), once it's specific to Black women, some Black men no longer care and applaud and worship any and all non-Black (and especially White) women engaged in the appropriation. The latter is also a facet of White supremacy (and male privilege).
While the sheer act of someone who isn't Black woman twerking doesn't bother me theoretically, I don't like its practical manifestation in a White supremacist society. The typical worship (by EVERYONE, even including some Black women) of anyone who isn't a Black woman doing it, the mocking of Black women's distress about it and indulging in entitlement and arrogance about the appropriation is the problem. It's never just people "having fun." Their "fun" always comes at a huge price for Black women (and Black culture)—reinforcing race and gender hierarchies.
Cultural appropriation itself is a cycle and also a tool of psychological warfare and erasure in a White supremacist society. As Paulo Freire writes:The oppressor consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination. The earth, property, production, the creations of people, people themselves, time—everything is reduced to the status of objects at its disposal.
Once the conversation is about Black women and twerking, the bigotry comes out in full force. I do not accept this bigotry.
No, I do not accept the sexism—the belief that something of interest to women irrespective of male attention or valuation/devaluation is automatically stupid and not worth doing or discussing.
No, I do not accept the misogyny—the notion that twerking can only be self-degrading since it cannot exist for any purpose outside of the dehumanizing gaze of men who choose to only see women as sexual objects, not full human beings engaging in a creative dance with a long Black history.
No, I do not accept the misogynoir—the notion that Black women twerking is "lewd" and "degrading" but White women doing (or trying to do) the exact same dance is "cute" and "classy" and that they should cash in, in attention, praise or actual money (i.e. teaching classes) on twerking while pretending that they do not know the racial double standard here. White privilege is why they can both appropriate and feign ignorance over the magnitude of what this appropriation is. White privilege is why they can continue to dehumanize Black women (while some simultaneously demand loyalty to a White supremacist feminist agenda, versus the intersectional feminism/womanism that we know) by pretending that we are solely objects to emulate—costumes to put on out of interest and then take off if situations get too sticky or portraying a certain form of Whiteness becomes more important or profitable. (See: Justin Timberlake, the male version of this).
No, I do not accept the misogynoir and predictable hypocrisy by Black men—the same ones who were angry about Whites appropriating The Harlem Shake (since Black men do this dance too) but write Black women off as "jealous" for commenting on the double standard regarding twerking (since Black men view this as a dance for women). Male privilege. The same ones who only have an issue with Whites when it is perceived to specifically impact Black men or all Black people, versus solely Black women, are the type of Black men that I'm speaking of. The same ones who endlessly excuse racism from famous White women (but never from a White man of any status) simply because they chase and sleep with non-famous White women are the type of Black men that I'm speaking of.
No, I do not accept the racist sexist classism—the idea that only "poor" and "ghetto" Black women dance this way, thus making it a "shameful" dance unless absolutely anyone of a different social status does it.
No, I do not accept the ageist sexism—the idea that only women of a certain age should dance this way and anyone arbitrarily too young is being a "whore" and anyone arbitrarily too old is being "immature."
No, I do not accept the framing through the politics of respectability—the idea that this "shames" Black women in front of White people, and nothing matters more than the White gaze (which is racist because of WHO we are, not WHAT we do or do not do, anyway) and the pathway to White approval, which never comes nor should be a goal in the first place.
No, I do not accept the Christian theist idea, shaped by patriarchy, sexism and misogynoir—that somehow twerking—a dance with African roots no less—is somehow "evil" and thus wrong, when it is in fact White supremacist religious views, originally force-fed, now willingly embraced, that shapes Black intraracial opinions on dancing and writes off anything with Black roots, especially precolonial roots as "evil."
No, I do not accept the White supremacist feminist rhetoric—that autonomy over one's person, expression and sexuality as a woman, should only apply to White women, and in the case of Black women, doing the same thing is "unfeminist" (not a real concept in the first place as it implies feminist absolutism as a destination, not the journey and praxis that it is) or anti-feminist (which would only be true if feminism is solely gendered White supremacy). I reject the idea that Black women should exist solely as objects for White women to emulate or disdain while simultaneously shaming, to mask their White supremacist thought and endless White privilege, especially considering the history of Black bodies as objects of White power, profit and pleasure.
A part of Alice Walker's definition of womanism includes "loves dance" because of the very freedom that comes with creative and cultural expression with meaning and history, that's also fun and includes the confidence that comes with physical, sexual and emotional autonomy.
How rare is it for twerking to be discussed…or actually anything involving what Black women do, think, say, write, create, believe or are…without bigotry, and sloppy, one-dimensional bigoted ideas as the basis of the discussion or the "critique?"
For Miley, appropriation is "fun" and games; Black women are costumes or "big booty hos" to her, not human beings. For Whites and Blacks/other people of colour, it can be viewed this way too, without context and disregarding the truth because of White supremacy; it allows such ignorance. I don't have the luxury of disregarding the truth since I, as a Black woman, am the target of such bigotry. And, it will never be acceptable.
Related Posts: White Responses To Black Creativity, Regarding The White "Harlem Shake", White Women and White Privilege: Telling Them NO
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other things im never getting over include the first time i told my mom about the last guy i dated her first two questions were
and when i was like "what why does being part black even matter??" she said "white people don't like to be surprised by blackness" and seemed genuinely extremely concerned bc richard is from texas and she didnt want me going to visit and getting straight murdered by his family or some shit.
and she told me about how when she married my dad her family was all worried and shit
like this is why i get pissed when people try to police my fucking identity
white peoples mamas dont get scared for them when they bring white people home, okay?
OH I just remembered something that pissed me off
I went to the doctors this morning to get my vyvanse prescription rewritten and it was his white nurse lady who rewrote it and she asked how to say my name
and then she said she messes up so many names "you know all the… black children that come here, their moms give them such"
and I was hoping she woulda used ANY other word
"weird names"
warsan shire is right:
"give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right."
I'm just getting madder and madder
that's true
i am as white as barack obama
congrats 4 ur facts
i have not once denied that i have passing privilege but i do not and will never identify as white
i dont know shit about my white family members ive met some of them a couple times when i wasl ittle and i dont know anything about them
what family do i spend every christmas and new years with? my belizean family. where was my family reunion held christmas/new years 2004-2005? belize. does your family have rice & beans and powder buns at thanksgiving? because mine does.
the only white member of my family that i have any close connection to is my dad
don't you DARE come to my goddamn blog and ask box trying to police MY identity
bear with me as I work out my thoughts in this post—this may not be the most coherent or articulate thing, but I want to try to dump out some thoughts that have been swirling about in my head on this topic.
I want to use childish gambino as a case study, a concrete example I can return to in my discussion.
so—when I call out childish gambino, a black man, for fetishizing asian women, what exactly is that call-out encompassing, and how do I approach my motivations for such a call-out?
first, I do not think it's possible to talk about his fetishization of asian women without talking about antiblackness and white supremacy. this isn't just about asian women, and to call him out with only the intent of protecting asian women totally ignores the other people who are thrown under the bus by the implications of that fetishization and is, imo, an antiblack act.
blackfoxx, freshmouthgoddess, and frank-e-fighting-words have talked some about these dynamics: when black men fetishize non-black women of color, that fetishization is often not just at the expense of those non-black women of color, but also at the expense of black women. non-black women of color become preferred over black women—this fetishization, this problematic valuing of non-black women of color, is not just about non-black women of color, but also about the devaluing of black women.
I think this dynamic of antiblackness & white supremacy and this idea of black women being devalued becomes really obvious in this excerpt of the lyrics to childish gambino's "kids (keep up)", emphasis mine:
Finding you is like finding Asians I hate
But they say I got a fetish, nah I'm skipping all of it
Black or white girls come with a set of politics
That's all I was saying
asian women become an alternative to white women and, more importantly, black women—while childish gambino, as a man, has the power to be misogynistic and sexist, as a black man, I don't believe that he has the structural and institutional power to be oppressive to and devalue white women in the same way that he can be oppressive to and devalue black women. white supremacist society as a whole will find ways to value white women (over women of color), whereas white supremacist society and internalization of that white supremacy will find ways to further marginalize black women. childish gambino's fetishization of asian women at the expense of black women, then, cannot be separated from white supremacy or antiblackness.
second, while I do not excuse any of childish gambino's words or actions regarding fetishization of asian women, I still do not pin him as the originator of any of this fetishization—he bears the responsibility for what he has done in perpetuating stereotypes about asian women and perpetuating fetishization of asian women, but it is white supremacy here that is the ultimate root cause of the problem. fixating on how black men perpetrate anti-asian acts is a fixation on the symptom and not on the fundamental problem. the symptom is still something that needs to be addressed, but fixating only on the symptom does not tackle or address the actual problem and further serves the cause of white supremacy by playing into its divide-and-conquer rhetoric that pits poc against one another.
third, while calling out people of color who fetishize people of color is not, in itself, an anti-[poc group] action, there's still a fine line between a fair call-out and an anti-[poc group] call-out. if I were to fixate on childish gambino's fetishization of asian women without paying similar attention to white fetishization of asian women? that'd be sketch. which is not to say that there's some sort of quota system, but things start becoming antiblack when we focus only on how black people perpetuate x without considering how whiteness perpetrates, perpetuates, or originates x, for instance.
so—when poc fetishize other poc, the call-out is insufficient in just addressing the fetishization in itself: we need to consider how white supremacy and antiblackness play into that fetishization, how that fetishization is a reflection of both. if people are fetishizing black people, that fetishization, imo, still comes with white supremacy and antiblackness: what's the root of the ideas of desirability? where do the stereotypes about black sexuality and physicality come from? imo that fetishization will be tinged with antiblackness that needs to be addressed.
racial fetishization in the united states is indivisible from white supremacy and antiblackness, and when we talk about fetishization, especially intra-poc fetishization, we must talk about whiteness and antiblackness. we must talk about how whiteness has constructed hierarchies of desirability that impact different groups differently, particularly along black & non-black lines. we must talk about how whiteness has a hand in originating stereotypes about sexuality and physicality. we must talk about antiblackness and how antiblackness structures desirability/nondesirability, how antiblackness shapes the stereotypes that fetishizers have about black folks.
I don't think it's possible to decenter antiblackness, because it's impossible to decenter the hand that white supremacy has in desirability politics, and it's impossible to separate white supremacy from antiblackness.
but, well. these are just some preliminary thoughts, and I'm really open to discussing them, making corrections, making amendments, making addendums. I doubt I've fully covered the full sense of discomfort that I got over many of the replies to this post or the feeling of discomfort I got over the follow-up post, but I guess this is a start.
(and yes, I haven't touched on colorism—that's a whole, huge issue in itself that probably merits a separate post.)
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The white man-boy is the most important cultural figure in America today.
Hyperbole? Maybe.
But, allow me to make a case that the 'white man-boy industrial complex' is producing ways of being and knowing the world, particularly for white men, that threaten the social interests (if not rights) of women and people of color in contemporary American culture and little critical attention is being given to this phenomenon.
What do I mean by 'the white man-boy industrial complex'?
I mean the lucrative constellation of industries that produce movies, television shows, music, books, magazines, advertising, and a range of other products that have made popular the idea that white guys today are refusing to grow up, retreating to fratriarchal spaces and 'man caves,' reviving racist and sexist humor with irony, and seeking liberation from women they imagine as trying to castrate them (usually metaphorically).
The white man-boy market was initially a niche, but now must be seen as defining 'the mainstream.' The white man-boy industrial complex sells its wares to white men of various social classes. Socialized around the idea that masculinity is a style performed through conspicuous consumption, these men range in age from awkward teens, to twentysomethings who may imagine themselves caught up in a quarterlife crisis, to thirty- and fortysomethings who may be trying to ironically hold onto their youths while denying that that is what they're up to.
it's not okay
cultural appropriation is never okay
i remember in october there were still hipster pictures of black girls dressing up as ~native americans~ for halloween
still not okay
when you get kpop/jpop groups blatantly ripping off black american styles/dances
not okay
but i think people, well particularly white people are less likely to call that out because they don't want to come off as racist or they don't know how to approach it or w/e but it's still not okay.
and while some cultural exchange is natural the problem with the harlem shake thing is bigger bc it's being completely plucked from its context and is eclipsing the actual record of the thing & white ppl are profiting off of this decontextualized thing
here's an article i wrote about it cuz im kinda braindead rn but i explained it better — http://tmblr.co/ZCKrWyeOPsai
and i have no idea about voguing but
is that like a significant part of your life
idk i'm tired but i hope some of that answered something
& the harlem shake situation isnt technically cultural appropriation bc it's not even the original thing that's being appropriated, it's more like cultural co-opting & rebranding but its still problematic


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A family favorite, I make this about every other week. I do double the marinade/sauce part of the recipe though, I like a lot of sauce.
Miso Chicken
Photo: Johnny Autry; Styling: Mary Clayton Carl
If you can't find miso, substitute 2 teaspoons anchovy paste and 1 teaspoon tahini instead. With miso, the darker the color, the more pronounced the salty flavor.
Yield: Serves 4 (serving size: 1 breast half)
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Recipe Time
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Total: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 314
- Fat: 9.1g
- Saturated fat: 1.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
- Protein: 41.5g
- Carbohydrate: 15.7g
- Fiber: 1.3g
- Cholesterol: 99mg
- Iron: 1.9mg
- Sodium: 608mg
- Calcium: 29mg
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
- 2 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons white miso
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chile paste (such as sambal oelek)
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
- 2 tablespoons dark sesame oil, divided
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
- 1. Combine first 6 ingredients, stirring well with a whisk. Stir in 1 tablespoon oil. Place chicken in a zip-top plastic bag. Add vinegar mixture; seal. Marinate in refrigerator for 1 hour, turning once.
- 2. Preheat oven to 400°.
- 3. Remove chicken from bag; reserve marinade. Place marinade in a small, heavy saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Boil 2 minutes or until syrupy, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; divide mixture in half. Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil; swirl. Add chicken; sauté 4 minutes. Turn chicken over; brush chicken with half of marinade mixture. Place pan in oven; bake at 400° for 6 minutes or until done. Remove chicken from oven; brush with remaining half of marinade mixture, turning to coat. Sprinkle with cilantro, if desired.
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Volleyball takes roadtrip to Northern Arizona and Southern Utah
Northern Colorado Volleyball faces Northern Arizona at 8 p.m. Thursday in Flagstaff, Ariz., and Southern Utah at 7 p.m. Saturday in Cedar City, Utah.
In a nutshell
* The Bears split their matches this past weekend with Portland State and Eastern Washington. Northern Colorado lost to Portland State in four sets on Thursday and beat the Eagles in four sets on Saturday to earn its second Big Sky victory of the season.
* Sophomore outside hitter Kendra Cunningham had a career-high 21 kills against Eastern Washington and paired them with 15 digs, giving her five double-doubles on the season.
* Freshman setter Ashley Guthrie also had her fifth double-double of the year, but hers came against Portland State with a 49-assist, 15 dig performance.
* The Bears are one of five teams in the Big Sky with four players who have at least 100 kills so far this season, along with Montana State, North Dakota, Portland State and Thursday's opponent, Northern Arizona. The Bears with at least that many kills are Alyssa Wilson (139), Andrea Spaustat (172), Brianna Strong (190) and Kendra Cunningham (198).
* Northern Colorado is 10-4 against Northern Arizona since joining the Big Sky Conference in 2006, and prior to last splitting last season's meetings with the Lumberjacks, the Bears hadn't lost to NAU since 2008.
* The Bears went 2-0 against Southern Utah in 2012, the first year the Thunderbirds were in the Big Sky Conference. Northern Colorado had faced SUU seven times prior to last season and won each meeting. In all nine meetings, the Bears have never lost a set.
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* Following this set of matches, the Bears will have completed half of the conference schedule. They start the second half by hosting Montana State on Oct. 24 and Montana on Oct. 26.
Record Watch: 2013
* Junior middle blocker Andrea Spaustat sits fifth on Northern Colorado's Division I career records list for block assists (248) after passing Allison Raguse's total of 247 from 2006-09. Ahead of Spaustat for fourth is former teammate Kelley Arnold, who had 257 from 2009-12. Spaustat also has 269 total blocks, which is sixth in UNC's Division I history behind Raguse's 278.
* Senior libero Merideth Johnson is fifth on Northern Colorado's Division I list of career digs with 900. To get to fourth, she'll have to pass former teammate Kelley Arnold's total of 964 from 2009-12. Johnson is also in 10th place for service aces in UNC's Division I history with 52. Spaustat isn't too far behind with 51.
* Junior middle blocker Brianna Strong is in sixth place on Northern Colorado's Division I record list with 27 solo blocks in her career. Strong is tied for ninth place in total blocks in UNC's Division I history with 200 with former teammate Brittany Crenshaw (2009-12). Danelle Angus (2003-04) had 230 in her career and is in eighth place.
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* NAU also lost in four sets, despite winning game one, against Cal State Northridge, a team that is currently 15-3 and receiving votes in the AVCA coaches' poll.
* The Lumberjacks are third in the Big Sky in hitting percentage (.233) and are holding opponents to a league-best .156 percentage. NAU is also leading the conference in blocks per set at 2.60.
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The last 3 seasons were ****. He didn't want to do them. He asked for the money to get out of it, but they gave it to him to stay.
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It's been on 8 seasons now. They are prob. running out of idea's too! A killer can only do so much before getting caught....I know he has been caught but nothing ever landed him in jail for life or death! plus it had a great run....All good things must come to an end too! :( I am really gonna miss it though!
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A polycarbonate polymer such as poly(cyclohexene carbonate) acts as a positive electron beam resist, is substantially transparent to ultra violet light and that depolymerizes when heated. The polymer acts as a positive electron beam resist at 5 kV, and depolymerizes at temperatures between approximately 200-300° C. The polymer is removable from underneath other layers by heating, facilitating fabrication of overhanging structures such as tubes by depositing layers on top of the polymer.
1. A method of forming nano-fluidic devices, the method comprising:
forming a layer of polycarbonate on a substrate;
patterning the polycarbonate using electron beam lithography;
coating the patterned polycarbonate with another material; and
heating to a temperature high enough to vaporize the patterned polycarbonate.
2. The method of
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7. The method of
dissolving the polycarbonate in toluene;
spinning the toluene/polycarbonate mixture onto a silicon chip; and
baking at approximately 100° C.
8. A method of forming nano-fluidic devices, the method comprising:
forming a layer of polycarbonate on a substrate;
patterning the polycarbonate;
coating the patterned polycarbonate with another material; and
heating the substrate to a temperature high enough to vaporize the patterned polycarbonate.
9. The method of
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11. A method of forming nano-fluidic devices, the method comprising:
forming a layer of polycarbonate on a substrate;
patterning the polycarbonate layer using electron beam lithography;
coating the patterned polycarbonate with another material;
forming holes in the material; and
heating the substrate to a temperature high enough to vaporize the patterned polycarbonate.
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dissolving the polycarbonate in toluene;
spinning the toluene/polycarbonate mixture onto a silicon chip; and
baking at approximately 100° C.
18. A method of forming nano-fluidic devices, the method comprising:
forming a layer of polycarbonate on a substrate;
patterning the polycarbonate using electron beam lithography;
coating the patterned polycarbonate with an oxide to form a lining material;
coating the patterned polycarbonate and oxide with a supporting material; and
heating to a temperature high enough to vaporize the patterned polycarbonate.
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This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/293,625, filed May 25, 2001, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention was made with Government support under Grant No. N00014-98-1-0377 awarded by the Office of Naval Research and Grant No. ECS 98 76771 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
The invention relates to polymers, and in particular to a heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate sacrificial layer
Fluid-handling structures with submicron dimensions have recently been used for DNA sorting. Nanofluidic devices also have potential for synthesizing and manipulating chemicals in extremely small quantities. Sacrificial layers have been created and covered with another material as a first step in attempting to create nanofludic tubes. The sacrificial layer is then removed by the use of solvents or acids.
A polymer acts as a positive electron beam resist, is substantially transparent to ultra violet light, and depolymerizes when heated. In one embodiment, the polymer is poly(cyclohexene carbonate). Other polycarbonates may also be used as a positive electron beam resist.
In one embodiment, the polymer acts as a positive electron beam resist at 5 kV, and depolymerizes at temperatures between approximately 200-300° C. The polymer is removable from underneath other layers by heating, facilitating fabrication of overhanging structures such as tubes by depositing layers on top of the polymer.
FIG. 1 is a diagram of the chemical structure of a polycarbonate material used as a sacrificial layer.
FIG. 2 is a representation of developed dose bars written at 5 kV in a polycarbonate film.
FIG. 3 is a process diagram illustrating the use of a heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate to form structures.
FIG. 4 is a process diagram illustrating the use of a heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate to form structures for connection to external channels.
FIG. 5 is a cross section of sputtered oxide tubes formed using a heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate.
In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural, logical and electrical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Many of the process parameters recited are with reference to a particular embodiment. Such parameters may be greatly varied for different embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limited sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.
A class of heat-depolymerizable polycarbonates such as poly(cyclohexene carbonate), an aliphatic polycarbonate, made from CO2 and an Epoxide is useful as a sacrificial layer in fabrication of nanofluidic devices on substrates by electron-beam lithography. In one embodiment, a catalyst such as (BDI)ZnOAc or (BDI)ZnOMe is used in forming the polycarbonate as described in an article by Cheng et al., "Catalytic Reactions Involving C1 Feedstocks: New High-Activity Zn(II)-Based Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides" J.Am.Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 11018-11019. Other aliphatic polycarbonates may also be used.
When solid films of these materials are heated to approximately 200° C., monomer units separate, generating a non-toxic vapor. Thus, a patterned thin film of the polycarbonate is useful as a temporary support for deposition of another coating material that is stable above the depolymerization temperature. In one embodiment, the coating material or capping layer is silicon dioxide, which is sputter-coated at low temperature, or other wise deposited on top of the polycarbonate layer at a temperature below the depolymerization temperature. Other polycarbonates may vaporize at temperatures higher than or lower than 200° C.
Venting holes are optionally formed in the coating material and the device is heated above 200° C. This removes the polycarbonate support, leaving a network of nanofluidic tubes. This sacrificial layer removal process avoids the use of solvents or acids. In one embodiment, the venting holes are square holes about 50 um across, and about 3 mm apart. Other sizes and spacing may be utilized to provide adequate venting of the vapor produced from the polymer. The holes are formed by etching through the backside of the substrate in one embodiment prior to photolithographic processing of the poly. The backside has a thin nitride membrane, and is patterned using photolithography to form the holes. In a further embodiment, the poly is heated while the capping layer is forming, when the capping layer may still be somewhat porous.
FIG. 1 shows the chemical structure of the polycarbonate material poly(cyclohexene carbonate), which is one example of a polycarbonate sacrificial layer. The polycarbonate is dissolved in toluene and spun onto silicon chips. It is then baked at approximately 100° C. to remove the solvent. Alternatively, the solvent is removed by letting it sit for a period with or without adding heat, such as overnight, to produce a film of polycarbonate between approximately 50 nm to 250 nm thick. Other thickness may be utilized as desired. In a further embodiment, low operating temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition is used to obtain the polycarbonate film.
The polycarbonate films are then characterized as electron beam resists over an accelerating voltage range of approximately 2 to 20 kV, or higher. Immersion in isopropanal removes material from exposed areas, but does not significantly disturb the unexposed areas. FIG. 2 shows developed dose bars written at approximately 5 kV in a 140 nm thick polycarbonate film. At 5 kV, the optimal electron dose for complete removal of the material was approximately 100 uC/cm2. The polycarbonate resist does not appear to crosslink at high doses (up to approximately 500 uC/cm2). An optional plasma-cleaning step is performed by placing the films in an UV ozone cleaner. The films are exposed to UV light for about 30 seconds, creating ozone that bombards the surface to remove organic compounds.
A low temperature oxide sputtering process is used to coat the patterned polycarbonate. Structures are coated with approximately 200 nm of silicon dioxide before the sample temperature is increased beyond the polycarbonate depolymerization temperature. The oxide coating need not be self-supporting. Instead, it forms a lining that may be supported by a thicker polymer film. This provides the structures with an oxide coating on all sides, leading to more predicable wetting characteristics. Parylene vapor coating is used to form an approximately 1 to 5 micron thick self-supporting polymer structures over the polycarbonate pattern. Many different types of structures may be formed. Some structures include parallel tubes with submicron dimensions and closely packed pillars as obstacles for flowing particles. Many more structures may be created using the polycarbonate and electron-beam patterning process.
In one embodiment, heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate films are produced by dissolving a polymer in toluene at an approximately 5% concentration by weight, filtering the solution with a 0.1 micron filter, and spinning on silicon, silicon nitride, or gold substrates at approximately 3000 RPM for 30 seconds. To promote adhesion, wafers are dehydration baked on an approximately 170° C. hotplate for five minutes prior to spinning the heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate. After spinning, films are baked for one minutes on an approximately 90° C. hotplate to remove remaining solvent. Resulting films are approximately 140 nm thick by ellipsometry. Other thickness may be obtained by varying the above parameters.
Electron beam exposures are performed in a commercially available LEO electron beam system equipped with a pattern generator. This system is optimized for low energy, such as below 20 kV, lithography. After exposure, samples are developed by immersion in isopropanal for 1 minute to remove polymer from the exposed areas. For 5 kV exposures, the exposure is incomplete below approximately 100 uC/cm2. At 10 kV, the dose for reliable removal of the heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate is typically 400 uC/cm2.
To provide venting ports for the heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate, and later, fluid inlet and outlet ports, films were spun on a silicon wafer patterned with silicon nitride membranes, which are later opened to provide access from the back side of the wafer. An 80 nm low-stress silicon nitride layer is deposited on both sides of the double-polished silicon wafer by low pressure chemical vapor deposition. Windows are opened in the nitride by CF4 plasma etching through a photoresist mask on the back side of the wafer. The wafer is then etched in KOH until the etch stops at the nitride film on the front side of the wafer.
Resulting 50 um by 50 um membranes are generally strong enough to allow spinning of uniform thickness heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate films that can survive subsequent processing steps. An alignment pattern is then deposited on the membrane wafers by evaporation of a thin (approximately 30 nm or less) metal film, which is then wet-etched through photoresist patterned by a contact mask. This pattern serves to align the electron beam pattern with the membranes, which were difficult to see at beam energies below 10 kV, and also allows long tubes to be created by aligning several neighboring electron beam exposures.
Following membrane fabrication and alignment mark deposition, heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate films are spun, patterned by electron beam lithography, and developed as discussed above. FIG. 3 is a process diagram illustrating heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate patterning. A polycarbonate film is spun on a substrate at 310, and patterned at 320. A capping layer or oxide or polymer is deposited at 330 and the polycarbonate is baked out at 340.
Because the heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate patterns are destroyed at about 250° C. in one embodiment, capping layer materials can be deposited at temperatures of up to approximately 250° C., or can be deposited at low temperatures. Spin coating is currently limited to materials soluble in liquids that do not disturb unexposed heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate, such as water and isopropanol. Techniques for depositing capping layers include methods such as evaporation, sputtering, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and other types of vapor deposition. In one embodiment, vapor deposition of a parylene polymer is used. The heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate was soaked in samples of acetone, rather than baking.
A low temperature oxide sputtering process is used to deposit a thermally stable capping layer if desired. Patterned heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate layers were descummed for approximately 1 minute in an approximately 0.7 millitorr oxygen plasma at 150 W to clean the exposed regions of any polymer residue remaining after development, then placed in a radio frequency (RF) vacuum sputtering system with a SiO2 target. Samples start at room temperature in one embodiment, and are heated up as the process continues.
Sputter coating is carried out in stages with cooling periods of approximately 20 minutes after each stage. A thin (such as approximately 150 nm) oxide coating was deposited in two approximately 3.5 minute stages at a RF energy of approximately 0.5 kW, using 10 millitorr of argon as the sputtering ion. A final 12 minute stage at 1.25 kW brings the total oxide thickness to approximately 500 nm. The sputtering system is equipped with a rotating stage, but samples are kept stationary under the center of the SiO2 target for faster deposition.
After depositing the capping layer, the sample is inverted and the nitride membranes are etched through in a CF4 plasma. This provides access holes through the back side of the wafer for venting heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate. Finally, heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate is removed from the structures by heating them at about 300° C. for 30 minutes, cleaning out the tubes. In narrow structures (having air gaps of less than 400 nm), the heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate may need longer baking or higher temperatures to clear completely.
In the finished structure, the venting holes may be created by etching the membranes server as fluid inlet and outlet ports. These ports are suitable for fluid injection by pipetting, or for connection to a fluid manifold using small O-rings on the back side of the wafer.
In FIG. 4, a method of connecting channels to the outside world is illustrated. A resist 410 is spun on a substrate 415. The substrate comprises a KOH etched silicon wafer with a sacrificial layer 420, such as a 100 nm Si3N4 layer optionally coated with a thin metal layer 420 for electron beam processing. As in FIG. 3, the resist is patterned by photolithography or electron beam, and a top layer 430 is deposited. A RIE etch of the nitride membrane 420 from the backside of the substrate is performed as indicated at 435, and a wet-etch of the thin metal layer if present is performed. Resist is removed with solvents or by heating, and tubing systems are connected to the back side of the wafer at 440.
FIG. 5 is a cross section of tubes formed by depositing materials on an electron beam patterned polycarbonate. Tubes are formed as above using the heat-depolymerizable polycarbonate, and depolymerizing it by applying heat. A 450 nm layer of SiO2 at 510 is grown as by sputtering, on a substrate 520, containing tubes, such as tube 530.
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It's been thirty years since the debut of the crowd-pleasing MG Metro 6R4 (6 cylinder, 4 wheel drive) Group B rally car of 1984. Sanctioned by Austin Rover Group who, conscious of the worldwide publicity value of rallying, commissioned Williams Grand Prix engineering to create the AR challenger for the spectacular Group B rally series.
Forever afterwards known as the cars that were 'too fast to race' these spectacular monsters of 1980's world rally were built to virtually 'no holds barred' regulations.
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Paula Deen and The Hypocrisy of "Nigga" Culture
By JEFFREY LORD on 7.2.13 @ 6:09AM
Target, Walmart, Random House join network in monetizing racism.
The Food Network has fired celebrity chef Paula Deen.
So too Target. So too Wal-Mart. So too Random House.
Ms. Deen's problem?
In a deposition for a lawsuit Deen was asked by an attorney if she has ever used the N-word. To which Deen replied: "Yes, of course." Adding: "It's been a very long time."
Within a media cycle The Food Network had issued this crisp comment about its celebrity chef whose fame came from her extensive use of butter:
Food Network will not renew Paula Deen's contract when it expires at the end of this month.
Two abject, videotaped apologies followed from a contrite Ms. Deen, and now a tearful appearance on NBC's The Today Show. The Food Network was unmoved.
Shortly thereafter Target and Walmart fired Deen as well. Now comes the news that Deen's publisher, Ballantine, a subsidiary of Random House, has dumped Deen as well.
But there's more to this story than meets the eye.
The Food Network, Target , Walmart and Random House all have one giant-sized double-standard when it comes to the use of the "N-word."
Let's start with the Food Network.
The Food Network, owned and run by Scripps Networks Interactive, is more than the home to Paula Deen. It is the network that features a show called Home Made In America With Sunny Anderson. The show, which "scours the country in search of the best home cooks and discovers secrets and stories about the recipes that have made them famous, " features its African-American host Ms. Anderson — a former hip-hop radio host and Food and Lifestyle editor at Hip Hop Weekly. To produce music for Home Made in America the Food Network turned to 9th Wonder, the hip-hop rapper, record executive, and producer whose real name is Patrick Douthit.
Just another day in the life of American culture at the intersection of food, music, and business.
Until, that is, Ms. Deen was quite publicly dispatched.
Alas, it seems that 9th Wonder has exactly the same problem as Paula Deen — with one very considerable difference.
It hasn't been "a very long time" since 9th Wonder used the "N-word." In fact, 9th Wonder is famous precisely because he raps and produces songs that routinely employ the "N-word." The "N-word" is to 9th wonder what butter is to Paula Deen.
Here's a sampling of the lyrics from songs produced by 9th Wonder, with appropriate cleansing for a family publication:
S**t don't you snitch if you get caught
You already know if you do then you dead
And now n**gas in the hood trading cush for your baby mama throat
But suck it up b**ch deal with it huh
Ain't no glitch in my computer
Bangin beats for the gudda paper planes no hookahs yeah
I'm the driver and the shooter and the taxi
I dare you motherf***ers get at me
Seen a lot of n**gas knocked out over shoe strings….
Then there's this one, a riff on the old Tom Hanks movie Big:
Ah I'm a make it big
Ah I'm a make it big
I said I wan'na make it big
I'm a make it big
Like Tom Hanks n**ga I'm a make it big
Don't forget the song Threat which 9th Wonder produced for his hip-hop friend Jay-Z. The lyrics, sung by Jay-Z, including this verse:
Yeah, I done told you n**gaz
9 or 10 times stop f***n with me
I done told you n**gaz
9 albums, stop f***n with me
I done told you n**gaz
The 9 on me, stop f***n with me
You n**gaz must got 9 lives
9th wonder"
Recall that Jay-Z is famously a major-league supporter of President Obama, and along with wife Beyoncé has been entertained at the White House . The two hosted the President at Jay-Z's night club for a $40,000 a ticket fundraiser during the 2012 presidential campaign. Ms. Anderson, for whose show 9th Wonder was hired, counts herself a Jay-Z fan, writing up a Philadelphia Jay-Z concert and adding in tales of Philadelphia cheesesteaks.
9th Wonder has also been hired by Duke University in his native North Carolina, where the hip-hop producer was to teach a class called "Sampling Soul." He has been chosen by the Chancellor of North Carolina Central University to be the "Artist in Residence." And don't forget that fellowship at — yes — Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois Institute.
Then there's Target, the suddenly self-righteous department store chain that fired Ms. Deen while selling the music of — 9th Wonder. Specifically hawking five 9th Wonder CD's, which Target tactfully warns of containing "Explicit Lyrics."
Walmart? That's right, Walmart is big on 9th Wonder as well, selling his CD The Final Adventure. And yes, right off the bat there's a track that begins:
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Twenty years later, n**gas stuck in the same trap
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Colombia's peso bonds rose, pushing yields to a one-week low, after the central bank said inflation will end this year near the 3 percent mid-point target.
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Granola-crusted nuts! http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2012/11/granola-crusted-nuts/
have you tried re-toasting it in the oven? that might do the trick
I was going to suggest toasting it again. I've also seen recipes using it as a topping for fruit crisps and once I made a batch of granola cookies with old-ish granola.
You can try adding it to this recipe: http://www.bitesforbabies.com/recipes/baked-quinoa-apple-oatmeal-pie/
put it in a food processor to make crumbs and then bread chicken breasts with it. This obviously wouldn't work if it contained things like raisins or if it were anything more than the basic nut/honey flavor you described.
Granola muffins!
Put it in yogurt overnight- muesli!!
I just had to re-toast some granola as others have suggested. I made a huge batch of banana-nut granola a few weeks ago, and unfortunately we had a ridiculously muggy, humid end of summer here in CT. Even though my granola was stored in airtight containers, it lost all it's crunch - so I layed it out on a baking sheet and put in in the oven at 250 degrees for about 20-25 minutes - low enough that it doesn't continue browning and burn, but enough to get all that 'sogginess' out of it.
I would also suggest retoasting in the oven. Or use it at as instant fruit crisp/crumble topping? Maybe mixed into your usual topping ingredients...
Make cookies! http://kaleeats.blogspot.ca/2012/08/gluten-free-granola-cookie.html
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Re-toast. And then store it in an air-tight container with a food-safe desiccant bag. (You can get them on Amazon.) This will ensure it never gets soggy again.
Put it in some homemade bread and use some for topping the bread. I think this would work with quick bread and yeast bread both. All the other ideas are great, too.
kristen44 - I think it would be a fascinating mix of flavours with fruit granola - so long as it's not extra sweetened. The proper seasoning would curb the raisins well - perhaps a crusted curried chicken breast on a salad?
I would take my last jar of spiced apple slices from last year (or buy pie filling), throw the granola on top, and bake until bubbly. Healthy apple crisp you can eat for breakfast!
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Caroline annoyed me period.
Also I'm pretty pissed with the screeners who said TO's ending was shocking weeks ago. Oops Klaus did it again, make my jaw drop baby one more time.
The bad news was that Tyler extended his abscense. I think the deaths are Bonnie's dad and some random person.
Yeah that's true, Argon can't really act. She got more emotional as Quinns baby bump was getting bigger but psh I love her face. The thing is, Steroline will get teased, but that's still enough to create a fan following and you never know if twitter trends and tweets will overwhelm the staff like what happened with klaroline. So even if they'll never pull him out of the triangle, they could possibly deal with a whole new angry fanbase, unless I am just exaggerating and assuming steroline will go big.
idc about Steroline at all but whatever kills borewood again is fine with me. Amie PREACH. we've all said it.
Perhaps a better fitted actress would have saved it, but the character is cliche and boring either way. that's why I wanted a better actress, because even with cliche writing I could still like her if she was decent. idgaf for Marcel either. The hype is just because his behavior is what Klaus hasn't done in awhile, thus it helps fans with their bamf!withdrawal. or just another one of Paul's wishful thinkings Nah. ETonline: Like between Stefan and Caroline? That's something the fans have really wanted for a while.Wesley: Thus far it's been relatively platonic between them, but, again, some upcoming circumstances will cause Stefan to see her in a new light. I don't know how she's going to feel about him though... What was your dream casting Flora? Dianna Argon lmao.
I follow a few girls who make fun of her, then there's glenna and tri (and majority of FF thread lul) but I wasn't sure if it got heavy or not. I'm pretty sure this group is the only one with balls to call her fat (which Glenna started), I asked my friend Dan if she was and he screamed "YES FINALLY", lololololol the false age annoys me more than anything. Also that Angel costume did not go well with tumblr.
Bitches need to cast him another LI. I cry when I think about my dream castings for Camille, then they chose this chic and gave her a velma dinkley wardrobe.