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COULD'VE SPENT LESS AND GOT MORE by DECEIVED IN GEORGIA on 09/25/2010. Trim: 2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 Double Cab, Owned 4 years.
Pros: LOOKS VERY NICE, HAS ALOT OF POWER, IS ROOMY ENOUGH, DRIVES WELL
Cons: PAINT QUALITY IS POOR (CHIPS EASILY), PAINT FLAKED OFF GRILL (REPLACED IT 2 OR 3 TIMES),NOT ALL BUTTONS INSIDE LIGHT UP, LEATHER ON DOORS PEELING OFF (GLUED ON 2 MORE TIMES), INTERIOR IS PLAIN JANE (DASHBOARD), DAY ONE, WATER BLOWING OUT A/C VENT, ANGLE TIES BATTERY DOWN SEVERE CORROSION, 1 RECALL, SENSATION OF BEING BUMPED FROM BEHIND (TOLD LOOSE BOLT IN TRANS. MOUNT. WITH A/C KICK IN WAS CAUSE,AFTER 3 TRIPS TO SERVICE DEPT.) TURNING RADIUS-HARD TO PARK, WAS TOLD TRUCK SHAKES AT45MPH BUT BY ALIGNMENT GUY BUT I MUST BE USED TO IT. PEOPLE WHO RATE THIS TRUCK 10 ( AFTER 4MONTHS-LESS 1 YEAR) COME AND RATE AGAIN. MY PROBLEMS 6MONTHS-3YEARS.
Overall review: LOOKS GOOD, FUN TO DRIVE (WHEN NOT AT THE SERVICE DEPT.), 1ST TOYOTA AND DISPOINTED, BOUGHT BRAND NEW-PAID ALOT DIDN'T GET MUCH, SOME PROBLEMS ARE SMALL BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS MANY ON A NEW TRUCK. TOYOTA SERVICE DEPT. NEED NOT ACT LIKE THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THESE COMMON PROBLEMS BASED ON READING THESE REVIEWS. I LIKE MY TRUCK IN SPITE OF. HOPE FOR NO MORE PROBLEMS. DON'T THINK I'D BUY ANOTHER. IF YOU BUY A CHEAPER TRUCK AND IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT YOU HAVEN'T LOST MUCH.
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WELCOME TO TUNDRA COUNTRY by RONBO FROM PA. on 06/11/2010. Trim: 2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 Stepside Access Cab 4WD, Owned 3 years.
Pros: I get 23 mpg on the highway and for a V8 4WD truck that's great. I NEVER had a problems with my truck. I did install a K&N CAI and a BORLA dual exhaust which is why I get 23 mpg at 60 mph.The Tundra rides very smooth on the road.
Cons: The only thing I dislike is that there is not alot of aftermarket performance parts or accessories.
Overall review: If you want a reliable, safe, good looking truck the Toyota Tundra is a great buy. I will buy another in 20 years when this one gets to old.
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Great Truck - just not for heavy towing by An MSN Autos Consumer on 11/23/2005. Trim: 2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 Double Cab, Owned less than 1 year.
Pros: This is my second Tundra. Easy cabin for 4 of us to get in and out of. Smooth engine and transmission. No wind noise. Easy ride even with the TRD package.
Cons: Poor quality OEM tires. These were on my last Tundra and were shot by 30K miles. Turning radius is poor, but expected as this truck is very long.
Overall review: If you are purchasing for heavy towing, move to the Dodge, get the hemi and get rid of it after the warranty runs out. If you want a well built truck to last 100K plus, go with the Tundra. This thing is easy to drive. Expect a combined 15-17 mpg and nothing more.
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Great truck, simple and straightforward! by TRD lover on 01/16/2014. Trim: 2006 Toyota Tundra Darrell Waltrip Edition, Owned 4 years.
Pros: I have owned this truck for 4 years now. I purchased it with 71,000 miles on ti. It now has 130,000 and runs, looks, and acts the same as it did the day I test drove it. Mine is the Daryl Waltrip edition and it is the best truck I have ever owned. So far I have only had to perform routine maintenance , absolutely no issues. I love this truck!
Cons: Turning radius is wide and troublesome in tight spaces. The interior is simple and kind of bland.
Overall review: Better than the competition by a mile!!!
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"A welcome relief from domestics" by in2ba8 on 12/13/2007. Trim: 2006 Toyota Tundra Limited Double Cab 4WD, Owned 1 year.
Pros: Driving this truck is a deceiving. It drives like a car, a very comfortable feeling vehicle. Though, the riders position is commanding. A solid ride. A few squeaks here and there, but nothing like the domestics. Fit and finish are impressive.
Cons: The paint on this truck does not take much to chip. The gas mileage is OK , probably in line with most trucks this size.
Overall review: I am surprised that it did not receive better ratings.
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Florida Police Want New Uniforms For RNC
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TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) — Police in Tampa, Fla., said the City Council is being asked for $516,200 to buy special uniforms for officers working Republican National Convention security.
Police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said police will ask the council Thursday to approve spending for the uniforms, which would be made from khaki tan cotton materials instead of the usual midnight-blue polyester to protect officers from the August heat during the convention, the Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, reported Wednesday.
"This is the hottest time of the year for us, so we want officers to be in uniforms that breathe," McElroy said.
She said the uniforms would also be worn by law enforcement personnel traveling to Tampa to help with convention security.

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While data exist regarding the frequency and timing of the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order in children, little is known about clinician attitudes and behaviors regarding this order.
To identify clinician attitudes regarding the meaning, implication, and timing of the DNR order for pediatric patients.
Physicians and nurses from practice settings where advance care planning typically takes place were surveyed regarding their attitudes and behaviors about DNR orders.
In total, 107 physicians and 159 nurses responded to the survey (N = 266). There was substantial variability in the interpretation of the DNR order. Most clinicians (66.9%) believe that a DNR order indicates limitation of resuscitative measures only on cardiopulmonary arrest. In reality, however, more than 85% believe that care changes beyond response to cardiopulmonary arrest, varying from increased attention to comfort to less clinician attentiveness. In addition, most clinicians reported that resuscitation status discussions take place later in the illness course than is ideal.
Conclusions and Relevance
Clinicians use the DNR order not only as a guide for therapeutic decisions during a cardiopulmonary arrest but also as a surrogate for broader treatment directives. Most clinicians believe that DNR discussions should take place earlier than they actually do. Interventions aimed at improving clinician knowledge and skills in advance care discussions as well as the development of orders that address overall goals of care may improve care for children with serious illness.
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On Thursday night's edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live! , actor/rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson proved he wasn't too tough to poke fun at himself -- thanks to the widely-seen video of his recent ceremonial first pitch at a New York Mets game, which went well wide of the plate.
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Over a Decade of Accomplishments
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The New Year is a natural time of reflection and as I look back not only over the last year but the last decade I can't help but feel pride in what our small group has accomplished. These accomplishments are nothing short of astounding given industry challenges and our resource dearth. We could have followed the herd, taken the easy way and developed simple form filling software along with the industry requisite reports and statistics and made wads of cash. However, it was the realization that this approach would not have contributed anything of value. Worse it would reinforce the status quo with all the inherent problems and further contribute to unnecessary suffering. As a group we were adament that we would not be complicit in propagating further tragedy. We turned our backs on immediate rewards and instead opted for a long-term investment strategy.
We shifted our business into what I can only describe as a private think tank directed both to understand traditional safety and its failure points, and importantly, to create new models to embrace risk management as a substitute for traditional activity-based safety. Our mission: to change an entire industry and mindset. Immediately we found ourselves in a pitched battle with various groups who refused to admit there was any problem; maintained that all was well despite fatality rates, and had a vested interest in promoting the status quo. Remember this was over a decade ago and lots of money was being made doing more of the same and hoping for different results. There were many heated debates and to be honest it felt like we were shouting into a hurricane with too few people willing to listen. In additon, pissing off potential customers didn't help cash flow.
There were many opportunities to just quit and the fact that we didn't give up is a testament to our passion and unrelenting commitment to make meaningful change. We discovered the degree to how truly creative and innovative we are in our thinking. We became your sterotypical idea guys looking for solutions fed by passion; an unbeatable combination. Even our lack of resources acted in our favour and is a testament that "necessity is the motherhood of invention". It forced us to look at practical value based solutions that are both simple and inexpensive to implement. While we can't measure success in dollar figures our accomplishments are substantive and are capable of a game changing impact on a global scale:
- Risk aware control centric management system which reframes safety management systems utilizing a cognitive behavioural and organisational behavioural approach that:
- Ensures all workers go home at the end of the day,
- Protects business from loss, and
- Enhances business operations.
- Methodology to cultivate a risk aware culture in which all stakeholders are aligned to program objectives. Key behavioral component is a preoccupation with failure incessantly asking what if something should go wrong. This behaviour allows for a high degree of vigilance in seeking out and mitigating risks creating an ongoing "find and fix" process to reduce the risk profile; the probability of a serious or high consequence event from occurring.
- Risked based performance metrics that goes beyond simple correlation to demonstrate "cause and effect" through an interdependent relationship mechanism which measures how the safety program is functioning. Metrics are designed to align all stakeholders i.e. based upon minimal safety management performance expectations providing a common objective in which to strive. This mechanism reflects and measures "effective process of safety" in order to drive find and fix behaviors to reduce risk. This provides a simple objective measure of culture which encourages reporting of hazards before they manifest and an impetus to strive for excellence. The metrics are easily consumable for corporate governance and oversight.
- Primary control which builds upon several under utilized safety program elements and integrates them into one comprehensive process. It is how the process works together i.e. "the sum of the whole" that produces outcomes for both culture development and risk identification and mitigation. The process provides a necessary mechanism by which to re-engage employees rebuilding trust and belief in the safety management system. This process provides high quality documentation that reflects the process and supports culture statements against terms of reference. Process is aligned with regulatory bodies and provides the ability to speak to culture and demonstrate effectiveness of program and why it works.
- Control and system failure analysis for investigations which simplifies the investigation process and elevates analysis beyond root cause identification to enforce examination of safety systems, management activities and primary control processes.
- Functional evaluations tools which measures how a program is functioning rather than what activities are being done. These tool examine 4 critical audit-able processes; investigations, corrective actions, primary control processes and training.
- Safety stress tests to effectively evaluate the safety management systems' ability to ensure high consequence risks are effectively controlled to lessen the probability of manifestation. Test provides objective measures and scoring along with a pure pass/fail component. Stress test also provides an effective quality assurance protocol against which to measure incident investigations.
- Software solutions that epitomize an evolutionary shift in thinking. Developed two core tools to provide an economical and easy entry point which encourages optimal risk management through a process of stealthy safety and cyclical improvement. Software is designed to provide practical value first and always and provides a natural graduation into the full fledged risk management application that integrates across the enterprise. This provides the ability to answer questions no "safety" system can, such as what a company's risk exposure really is, what is being done to manage those risks, and whether the management efforts are really successful. We show the power of modern cloud-computing to deliver unique business tools. We prove the cloud for enterprises, because we were successfully delivering value before "the cloud" even suffered that moniker.
- Achieved success of products and concepts in partnership with a key client utilizing management systems and software applications with dramatic results in hazard risk management performance. Immediate culture change with a 437% increase in high consequence hazard seeking behaviour by employees. 92% completion of critical corrective actions reducing risk profile. ZERO high consequence hazards impacting workers. Achieved 90% reduction in time loss claims resulting in a WCB premium savings of $215,885.
- Compilation of a data set through a contractor management project with Alliance Pipeline that can only be described as mind blowing with the number of false positives with current health and safety evaluations. The data set reaffirms the need to think and operate differently.
Looking at this list I am proud and amazed at what we have been able to accomplish. We go into the New Year confident that we now possess the right solutions and the right tools. This coming year will be a transformational year, a year in which we transition from intensive research to a promotion focus encouraging mass adoption of the processes elevating them to an industry standard and accomplishing our mission of changing an entire industry and mind set.
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Reading in Li Po
how "the peach blossom follows the water"
I keep thinking of you
because you were so much like
Chairman Mao,
naturally with the sex
and the figure slighter.
Loving you was a kind
of Chinese guerilla war.
Thanks to your lightfoot genius
no Eighth Route Army
kept its lines more fluid,
traveled with less baggage
so nibbled the advantage.
Even with your small bad heart
you made a dance of departures.
In the cold spring rains
when last you failed me
I had nothing left to spend
but a red crayon language
on the character of the enemy
to break appointments,
to fight us not
with his strength
but with his weakness,
to kill us
not with his health
but with his sickness.
Pet, spitfire, blue-eyed pony,
here is a new note
I want to pin on your door,
though I am ten years late
and you are nowhere:
Tell me,
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Annual Garage Sale this weekend
This Saturday our annual garage sale will be held in Folsom in conjunction with the Broadstone community garage sale. Our flyer is below so come on out and see what treasures you can't pass up.
The garage sale is one of our fundraisers that support our service grants to the community. All proceeds will be given back to the community. Any items not sold by the end of the day will be donated to Snoline Hospice.
Please come out and visit with us. We will also have refreshments for sale and these funds will also go into the service funds.Read more
Community Service Grants awarded
On March 25, 2014 our annual March On for Community Service event was held. At this event we invite the organizations who were chosen to receive service grants for projects they requested assistance for.
The organizations receiving service grants were:
Compassion Planet
People Reaching Out
River Oak Center for Children
We also invited a representative from Wind Youth Services to present them with 50 comfort kits that club members made. This included toiletries and sundry items for homeless youth that use their facility.Read more
Successful Crab Feed
The annual Crab and Pasta Feed was held on February 7, 2014 by our club in partnership with the Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis. The hall was filled to capacity with close to 600 hungry customers. Again this year, the key club youth from 3 local high schools volunteered by serving food and helping with the raffle.Read more
SISN Award 2013 Service Grants
On the evening of Tuesday, March 12, 2013 the women of Soroptimist International of Sacramento North hosted a dinner for the winners of our Community Service Awards. We call the evening "March On for Service" and we enjoy handing out the grants but also hearing from the agencies and what they will be doing with the grant they are receiving.Read more
Community Service Grants
The following organizations received service grants from Soroptimist International of Sacramento North in March 2014.
Compassion Planet
People Reaching Out
River Oak Center for Children
Wind Youth Services - received comfort kits for homeless youth that stay overnight.
Many organizations have received funds over the 60 years of service. Here is a list of those organizaitons, although not complete by any means.Read more
Soroptimist at the Movies - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Our next movie night will be held at the Guild Theater on Saturday, May 4, 2013. We had such a great time at our last movie and we've got some fun & different things planned for this one.
We will be showing My Big Fat Greek Wedding and part of the proceeds for this event will be going to Wellspring Womens Center as well as other community service projects in our local area.Read more
Comfort Kits donated to Wind Youth Services
Wind Youth Services - Sacramento
Our speaker today was Lisa Campodonico, Development Director for Wind Youth Services. She shared with us some of the services that they offer the homeless youth in Sacramento. There were some pretty scary statistics given but she also let us know about their many successes.
The club members made up comfort kits to be given to young girls who end up in their program. They are filled with toiletries, a pair of gloves, panties and other items to make their stay with Wind a little easier.Read more
Successful Bunco
Thanks to all who came out to play Bunco Saturday, January 21. Everyone brought coffee mugs and feminine hygiene to donate to Wellspring Women's Center where we hold this event. Sister Judy was there to accept the donations and welcome us to the center.
The game started after some donated Starbucks coffee and pastries. If you haven't played bunco before it can be very lively. It's a simple dice game but there is plenty of excitement when the right die are rolled.Read more
Soroptimists serve Christmas Cheer to Seniors
Stanford Settlement Senior DinnerRead more
Soroptimist sponsors Live Your Dream art contest
Encourages students ages 4 to 18 to draw a fictional woman from literature who inspires them
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Soroptimist, an international volunteer organization for business and professional women whose mission is to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world, invites schools to participate in its Live Your Dream Art Contest by encouraging students draw a fictional woman from literature who inspires them.Read more


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Police are investigating a drive-by shooting at a West Valley City gas station that wounded one person.
West Valley City Police Sgt. Amy Maurer said the shooting occurred a few minutes after noon at a Tesoro gas station, 4018 W. 4100 South. A 53-year-old man was hit in the leg and taken to a local hospital in serious condition.
There is apparently no relationship between the victim and the shooter, and it was a matter of his being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Maurer said.
"There appeared to be another intended target," Maurer said.
Maurer said police are trying to find the shooter and the vehicle — a white or silver Toyota Tundra — that carried him.
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2007 & Beyond - Doin' It To Death
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Sorry I did not manage to get any comments up for RAW. Here are some brief ones for Smackdown, Mac Daddy...
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I'm pretty sure this Regal/Booker angle with Punk entwined is awesome. I love Regal and Punk, and mildly hate Booker. Regal to go over in any sort of feud plz.
I LOVE that you did not have Daniels dismiss the Cruiserweight division. Would have been foolish to do so after all he did in the division over a period since No Mercy last year. Thumbs up all around.
Chavo/Rey, whilst an overhased feud, it still a good one. I have said it once, I will say it again, Chavo needs to go over and get pushed. Sounds funny for me to say but Mysterio does nothing for me and should be nothing but a glorified mid-carder.
Sabin.Noble/Kash? Can anyone say 'fucking amazing match coming up'?
Punk/Regal at GAB? My fucking god.
You had me for Hunter's last promo. I truely had the thought he was being serious, whilst thinking it did not sound like Hunter. Me loves some manipulation, classic Hunter and probably one of the best promos I have read in a long-time, right up there with WCW Rules Orton promo from his last edition of RAW. Just awesome, and great to see that Hunter is slowly...but surely starting to return to the fold.
Hunter/Kennedy? Maybe, have a slight feeling Kennedy may win at GAB and something happens which leads to the two meeting at SS. Just a feeling.
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It's better to be over the hill...
It's better to be over the hill than to buried under it.
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- It's better to be over the hill than 6 feet under it!
- You may not be over the hill yet, but you have a great view!.
- When you are over the hill you pick up speed!
- You are not over the hill. You are on top of it and the view...
- Over the hill. Never, just on top enjoying the view.
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Popular Demonstrations in Porto Alegre Reverse Increased Bus Fares
Weeks of popular demonstrations in the city of Porto Alegre in favour of reduced bus fares have precipitated the decision to return to the previous rate.
11 February 2013
Brazil Gets Into Carnival Mood to the Afro Beats in Salvador
The biggest party on the planet, Brazilian carnival, has grown to such an extent in Salvador, Bahia, that it's now spread over three main points in the city, attracting half...
7 February 2013
Solidarity Rises from Southern Brazil's Sunday Flames
One day after the tragic fire in the Kiss nightclub, in Santa Maria, which wiped away the lives of more than 230 young people, a siren went off at Vila...
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Since the beginning of the year, thousands of students have been protesting against the increase in bus fares in the capital of the state of Piaui. The demonstrators are forcefully...
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It's a pricey piece of equipment that's giving doctors clues about the body's brain that they need to save lives. The only problem is there isn't one in Central Texas. Dell Children's Medical Center is working to change that.
"It's tiring and annoying and that feeling isn't very fun," Breanna Nielsen, 20, of Nebraska explained about what having a seizure is like.
The feeling is one Breanna's body could not control for nine years. She was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 11 years old. It's a disorder that caused her brain cells to short circuit.
"You couldn't see it," she said about her seizures. "People think that when people have seizures their eyes jerk back in their head but most of the time I'd look normal and I'd just have that feeling."
She's been to countless doctor appointments and medication simply wasn't enough. Doctors in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska operated but her seizures only became more frequent. Her mom, Kim, feared the worst. Determined to do anything for her daughter the Nielsens brought Breanna to Dell Children's Medical Center.
"I honestly felt like she was going to die if we didn't do this surgery," Kim Nielsen said.
"In Breanna's case it was severe," explained Dr. Dave Clarke, a pediatric epilepsy specialist. It was his job to find the small part of Breanna's brain that was causing such a big problem. Dr. Clarke ordered a magneto encephalography scan. T
"It can help us identify and narrow down areas where the seizures are coming from and the areas of function in the brain to avoid," Dr. Clarke explained about the significance of what the MEG can do.
The advanced technology gives doctors a detailed map of the brain. The only problem is the MEG isn't at Dell Children's. The Nielsens had to travel to Alabama for the scan. There are only five pediatric hospitals in the country that have the machine.
The MEG results helped Dr. Clarke and the rest of Breanna's team at Dell Children's develop an aggressive medical plan to make the seizures stop. Her journey is well documented in a family video.
In February, doctors operated for a second time but this surgery focused on a different part of her brain. Since the operation she's worked to gain her strength back.
"We'd practice taking steps and I walked with a cane and finally I threw it away and now I'm running," Breanna said smiling. "I feel like I'm just starting life."
"I think they got the spot, it's a miracle," her mom said.
Since the operation Breanna has not had a single seizure.
Dell Children's hopes to raise the $4.1 million to bring a MEG machine to Central Texas, not just for epileptic patients like Breanna, but for other complicated conditions involving the brain.
"For them to have the MEG machine here and put the technology together with the minds of the men and women here is priceless," Kim Nielsen said.
One way Dell Children's plans on raising money is through an online gaming day on October 20th. You can play for a good cause by signing up at www.extra-life.org
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Work function
In solid-state physics, the work function (sometimes spelled workfunction) is the minimum thermodynamic work (i.e. energy) needed to remove an electron from a solid to a point in the vacuum immediately outside the solid surface. Here "immediately" means that the final electron position is far from the surface on the atomic scale, but still too close to the solid to be influenced by ambient electric fields in the vacuum. The work function is not a characteristic of a bulk material, but rather a property of the surface of the material (depending on crystal face and contamination).
- 1 Definition
- 2 Applications
- 3 Measurement
- 4 Work functions of elements[10]
- 5 Physical factors that determine the work function
- 6 References
- 7 Further reading
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The work function W for a given surface is defined by the difference[1]
where −e is the charge of an electron, ϕ is the electrostatic potential in the vacuum nearby the surface, and EF is the Fermi level (electrochemical potential of electrons) inside the material. The term −eϕ is the energy of an electron at rest in the vacuum nearby the surface, and the meaning of the term −EF is the thermodynamic work required to remove an electron from the material to a state of zero total energy. In words, the work function is thus defined as the thermodynamic work required to remove an electron from the material to a state at rest in the vacuum nearby the surface.
In practice, one directly controls EF by the voltage applied to the material through electrodes, and the work function is generally a fixed characteristic of the surface material. Consequently this means that when a voltage is applied to a material, the electrostatic potential ϕ produced in the vacuum will be somewhat lower than the applied voltage, the difference depending on the work function of the material surface. Rearranging the above equation, one has
where V = −EF/e is the voltage of the material (as measured by a voltmeter, through an attached electrode), relative to an electrical ground that is defined as having zero Fermi level. The fact that ϕ depends on material surface means that the space between two dissimilar conductors will have a built-in electric field, even when those conductors are in total equilibrium with each other (electrically shorted to each other, and with equal temperatures). An example of this situation is depicted in the adjacent figure. As described in the next section, these built-in vacuum electric fields can have important consequences in some cases.
- Non-uniform electrical field in vacuum chambers: An important implication of the work function is that there will be spatial variations in the vacuum electrostatic potential inside a vacuum chamber, if it is not lined with a material of uniform work function. These equilibrium variations in ϕ (known as Volta potentials, contact potential differences, patch fields, or patch potentials) can disrupt sensitive apparatus that rely on a perfectly uniform vacuum. For example, the Gravity Probe B experiment was significantly impacted by variations in W (and thus ϕ) over the surface of a free spinning gyroscope, as the resulting electric dipole torques resulted in precession and slowing due to dissipation by the induced currents. Critical apparatus may have surfaces covered with molybdenum, which shows low variations in work function between different crystal faces.[2]
- Thermionic emission: In thermionic electron guns, the work function and temperature of the hot cathode are critical parameters in determining the amount of current that can be emitted. Tungsten, the common choice for vacuum tube filaments, can survive to high temperatures but its emission is somewhat limited due to its relatively high work function (approximately 4.5 eV). By coating the tungsten with a substance of lower work function (e.g., thorium or barium oxide), the emission can be greatly increased. This prolongs the lifetime of the filament by allowing operation at lower temperatures (for more information, see hot cathode).
- Conductor-insulator work functions: In many ways an insulator behaves analogously to the vacuum, with the bottom of the conduction band in the insulator playing the role of the vacuum level −eϕ. The "metal–insulator work function" of a given metal–insulator interface differs greatly from the vacuum work function of the metal, however the difference of this "work function" between two materials separated by an insulator may be equal to the vacuum work function difference of those materials.[citation needed] In insulated gate electronic devices (such as MOSFETs) the built-in electric field in the insulator influences the threshold voltage required to form an inversion layer, and is strongly influenced by the work function of the gate material.[3]
- Band bending in semiconductors: In conductor-conductor junctions where at least one conductor is a semiconductor, there are heuristic rules that predict the degree of band bending based on the thought experiment of two materials coming together in vacuum, such that the materials must equalize their work function upon contact. For a semiconductor-semiconductor junction the resulting heuristic rule is known as Anderson's rule and is reasonably accurate.[4] For a metal-semiconductor junction the resulting heuristic rule is known as the Schottky-Mott rule and gives poor accuracy, due to a phenomenon known as Fermi level pinning.[5]
- Contact electrification: If two conducting surfaces are moved relative to each other, and there is potential difference in the space between them, then an electrical current will be driven. This is because the surface charge on a conductor depends on the magnitude of the electric field, which in turn depends on the distance between the surfaces. The externally observed electrical effects are largest when the conductors are separated by the smallest distance without touching (once brought into contact, the charge will instead flow internally through the junction between the conductors). Since two conductors in equilibrium can have a built-in potential difference due to work function differences, this means that bringing dissimilar conductors into contact, or pulling them apart, will drive electrical currents. These contact currents can damage sensitive microelectronic circuitry and occur even when the conductors would be grounded in the absence of motion.[6]
Certain physical phenomena are highly sensitive to the value of the work function. The observed data from these effects can be fitted to simplified theoretical models, allowing one to extract a value of the work function. These phenomenologically extracted work functions may be slightly different from the thermodynamic definition given above. For inhomogeneous surfaces, the work function varies from place to place, and different methods will yield different values of the typical "work function" as they average or select differently among the microscopic work functions.[7]
Many techniques have been developed based on different physical effects to measure the electronic work function of a sample. One may distinguish between two groups of experimental methods for work function measurements: absolute and relative.
- Absolute methods employ electron emission from the sample induced by photon absorption (photoemission), by high temperature (thermionic emission), due to an electric field (field electron emission), or using electron tunnelling.
- Relative methods make use of the contact potential difference between the sample and a reference electrode. Experimentally, either an anode current of a diode is used or the displacement current between the sample and reference, created by an artificial change in the capacitance between the two, is measured (the Kelvin Probe method, Kelvin probe force microscope).
Methods based on thermionic emission[edit]
The work function is important in the theory of thermionic emission, where thermal fluctuations provide enough energy to "evaporate" electrons out of a hot material (called the 'emitter') into the vacuum. If these electrons are absorbed by another, cooler material (called the collector) then a measurable electric current will be observed. Thermionic emission can be used to measure the work function of both the hot emitter and cold collector. Generally, these measurement involve fitting to Richardson's law, and so they must be carried out in a low temperature and low current regime where space charge effects are absent.
Work function of hot electron emitter[edit]
In order to move from the hot emitter to the vacuum, an electron's energy must exceed the emitter Fermi level by an amount
determined simply by the thermionic work function of the emitter. If an electric field is applied towards the surface of the emitter, then all of the escaping electrons will be accelerated away from the emitter and absorbed into whichever material is applying the electric field. According to Richardson's law the emitted current density (per unit area of emitter), Je (A/m2), is related to the absolute temperature Te of the emitter by the equation:
where k is the Boltzmann constant and the proportionality constant Ae is the Richardson's constant of the emitter. In this case, the dependence of Je on Te can be fitted to yield We.
Work function of cold electron collector[edit]
The same setup can be used to instead measure the work function in the collector, simply by adjusting the applied voltage. If an electric field is applied away from the emitter instead, then most of the electrons coming from the emitter will simply be reflected back to the emitter. Only the highest energy electrons will have enough energy to reach the collector, and the height of the potential barrier in this case depends on the collector's work function, rather than the emitter's.
The current is still governed by Richardson's law, however in this case the barrier height is does not depend on We. The barrier height now depends on the work function of the collector, as well as any additional applied voltages:[8]
where Wc is the collector's thermionic work function, ΔVce is the applied collector–emitter voltage, and ΔVS is the Seebeck voltage in the hot emitter (the influence of ΔVS is often omitted, as it is a small contribution of order 10 mV). The resulting current density Jc through the collector (per unit of collector area) is again given by Richardson's Law, except now
where A is a Richardson-type constant that depends on the collector material but may also depend on the emitter material, and the diode geometry. In this case, the dependence of Jc on Te, or on ΔVce, can be fitted to yield Wc.
This retarding potential method is one of the simplest and oldest methods of measuring work functions, and is advantageous since the measured material (collector) is not required to survive high temperatures.
Methods based on photoemission[edit]
The photoelectric work function is the minimum photon energy required to liberate an electron from a substance, in the photoelectric effect. If the photon's energy is greater than the substance's work function, photoelectric emission occurs and the electron is liberated from the surface. Similar to the thermionic case described above, the liberated electrons can be extracted into a collector and produce a detectable current, if an electric field is applied into the surface of the emitter. Excess photon energy results in a liberated electron with non-zero kinetic energy. It is expected that the minimum photon energy required to liberate an electron (and generate a current) is
where We is the work function of the emitter.
Photoelectric measurements require a great deal of care, as an incorrectly designed experimental geometry can result in an erroneous measurement of work function.[7] This may be responsible for the large variation in work function values in scientific literature. Moreover, the minimum energy can be misleading in materials where there are no actual electron states at the Fermi level that are available for excitation. For example, in a semiconductor the minimum photon energy would actually correspond to the valence band edge rather than work function.[9]
Of course, the photoelectric effect may be used in the retarding mode, as with the thermionic apparatus described above. In the retarding case, the dark collector's work function is measured instead.
Kelvin probe method[edit]
The Kelvin probe technique relies on the detection of an electric field (gradient in ϕ) between a sample material and probe material. The electric field can be varied by the voltage ΔVsp that is applied to the sample relative to the probe. If the voltage is chosen such that the electric field is eliminated (the flat vacuum condition), then
Since the experimenter controls and knows ΔVsp, then finding the flat vacuum condition gives directly the work function difference between the two materials. The only question is, how to detect the flat vacuum condition? Typically, the electric field is detected by varying the distance between the sample and probe. When the distance is changed but ΔVsp is held constant, a current will flow due to the change in capacitance. This current is proportional to the vacuum electric field, and so when the electric field is neutralized no current will flow.
Although the Kelvin probe technique only measures a work function difference, it is possible to obtain an absolute work function by first calibrating the probe against a reference material (with known work function) and then using the same probe to measure a desired sample. The Kelvin probe technique can be used to obtain work function maps of a surface with extremely high spatial resolution, by using a sharp tip for the probe (see Kelvin probe force microscope).
Work functions of elements[10][edit]
Below is a table of work function values for various elements. Note that the work function depends on the configurations of atoms at the surface of the material. For example, on polycrystalline silver the work function is 4.26 eV, but on silver crystals it varies for different crystal faces as (100) face: 4.64 eV, (110) face: 4.52 eV, (111) face: 4.74 eV.[11] Ranges for typical surfaces are shown in the table below.
|4.26 – 4.74
|4.06 – 4.26
|5.1 – 5.47
|2.52 – 2.7
|4.53 – 5.10
|4.67 – 4.81
|5.00 – 5.67
|4.36 – 4.95
|3.95 – 4.87
|5.04 – 5.35
|5.22 – 5.6
|5.12 – 5.93
|4.55 – 4.7
|4.60 – 4.85
|4.00 – 4.80
|3.63 – 3.90
|4.32 – 5.22
|2.60 [12]
|3.63 – 4.9
Physical factors that determine the work function[edit]
Due to the complications described in the modelling section below, it is difficult to theoretically predict the work function with accuracy. Various trends have however been identified. The work function tends to be smaller for metals with an open lattice, and larger for metals in which the atoms are closely packed. It is somewhat higher on dense crystal faces than open crystal faces, also depending on surface reconstructions for the given crystal face.
Surface dipole[edit]
The work function is not simply dependent on the "internal vacuum level" inside the material (i.e., its average electrostatic potential), because of the formation of an atomic-scale electric double layer at the surface.[2] This surface electric dipole gives a jump in the electrostatic potential between the material and the vacuum.
A variety of factors are responsible for the surface electric dipole. Even with a completely clean surface, the electrons can spread slightly into the vacuum, leaving behind a slightly positively charged layer of material. This primarily occurs in metals, where the bound electrons do not encounter a hard wall potential at the surface but rather a gradual ramping potential due to image charge attraction. The amount of surface dipole depends on the detailed layout of the atoms at the surface of the material, leading to the variation in work function for different crystal faces.
Doping and electric field effect (semiconductors)[edit]
In a semiconductor, the work function is sensitive to the doping level at the surface of the semiconductor. Since the doping near the surface can be also be controlled by electric fields, the work function of a semiconductor is also sensitive to the electric field in the vacuum.
The reason for the dependence is that, typically, the vacuum level and the conduction band edge retain a fixed spacing independent of doping. This spacing is called the electron affinity (note that this has a different meaning than the electron affinity of chemistry); in silicon for example the electron affinity is 4.05 eV.[13] If the electron affinity EEA and the surface's band-referenced Fermi level EF-EC are known, then the work function is given by
where EC is taken at the surface.
From this one might expect that by doping the bulk of the semiconductor, the work function can be tuned. In reality, however, the energies of the bands near the surface are often pinned to the Fermi level, due to the influence of surface states.[14] If there is a large density of surface states, then the work function of the semiconductor will show a very weak dependence on doping or electric field.[15]
Theoretical models of metal work functions[edit]
Theoretical modelling of the work function is difficult, as an accurate model requires a careful treatment of both electronic many body effects and surface chemistry; both of these topics are already complex in their own right.
One of the earliest successful models for metal work function trends was the jellium model,[16] which allowed for oscillations in electronic density nearby the abrupt surface (these are similar to Friedel oscillations) as well as the tail of electron density extending outside the surface. This model showed why the density of conduction electrons (as represented by the Wigner-Seitz radius rs) is an important parameter in determining work function.
The jellium model is only a partial explanation, as its predictions still show significant deviation from real work functions. More recent models have focussed on including more accurate forms of electron exchange and correlation effects, as well as including the crystal face dependence (this requires the inclusion of the actual atomic lattice, something that is neglected in the jellium model).[2][17]
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- ^ Lin, R.; Qiang Lu; Ranade, P.; Tsu-Jae King; Chenming Hu (2002). "An adjustable work function technology using Mo gate for CMOS devices". IEEE Electron Device Letters 23: 49. doi:10.1109/55.974809.
- ^ Debbar, N.; Biswas, Dipankar; Bhattacharya, Pallab (1989). "Conduction-band offsets in pseudomorphic InxGa1-xAs/Al0.2Ga0.8As quantum wells (0.07≤x≤0.18) measured by deep-level transient spectroscopy". Physical Review B 40 (2): 1058. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.40.1058.
- ^ http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/tung/Schottky/systematics.htm
- ^ Thomas Iii, S. W.; Vella, S. J.; Dickey, M. D.; Kaufman, G. K.; Whitesides, G. M. (2009). "Controlling the Kinetics of Contact Electrification with Patterned Surfaces". Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (25): 8746–8747. doi:10.1021/ja902862b. PMID 19499916.
- ^ a b Helander, M. G.; Greiner, M. T.; Wang, Z. B.; Lu, Z. H. (2010). "Pitfalls in measuring work function using photoelectron spectroscopy". Applied Surface Science 256 (8): 2602. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.11.002.
- ^ G.L. Kulcinski, "Thermionic Energy Conversion" [1]
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- ^ Dweydari, A. W.; Mee, C. H. B. (1975). "Work function measurements on (100) and (110) surfaces of silver". Physica Status Solidi (a) 27: 223. doi:10.1002/pssa.2210270126.
- ^ Nikolic, M. V.; Radic, S. M.; Minic, V.; Ristic, M. M. (February 1996). "The dependence of the work function of rare earth metals on their electron structure". Microelectronics Journal 27 (1): 93–96. doi:10.1016/0026-2692(95)00097-6. ISSN 0026-2692. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ http://www.virginiasemi.com/pdf/generalpropertiessi62002.pdf
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- ^ Bardeen, J. (1947). "Surface States and Rectification at a Metal Semi-Conductor Contact". Physical Review 71 (10): 717. Bibcode:1947PhRv...71..717B. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.71.717.
- ^ Lang, N.; Kohn, W. (1971). "Theory of Metal Surfaces: Work Function". Physical Review B 3 (4): 1215. Bibcode:1971PhRvB...3.1215L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.3.1215.
- ^ Kiejna, A.; Wojciechowski, K.F. (1996). Metal Surface Electron Physics. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080536347.
Further reading[edit]
- Ashcroft; Mermin (1976). Solid State Physics. Thomson Learning, Inc.
- Goldstein, Newbury; et al. (2003). Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis. New York: Springer.
For a quick reference to values of work function of the elements:
- Michaelson, Herbert B. (1977). "The work function of the elements and its periodicity". J. Appl. Phys. 48: 4729. Bibcode:1977JAP....48.4729M. doi:10.1063/1.323539.
External links[edit]
- Work function of polymeric insulators (Table 2.1)
- Work function of diamond and doped carbon
- Work functions of common metals
- Work functions of various metals for the photoelectric effect
- Physics of free surfaces of semiconductors
*Some of the work functions listed on these sites do not agree!*


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If only life could be so easy this week.
The 2-0 Utes know their Pac-12 opener against Oregon State (1-1) Saturday at 8 p.m. at Rice-Eccles Stadium is a challenge on an entirely different level.
Oregon State, picked to finish third in the North Division behind Oregon and Stanford, represents Utah's chance to win its first league opener since it joined the Pac-12 two years ago.
To do so, the Utes need to display the effective offense they showed against the Wildcats, and they must find a way to slow Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion and his high-flying passing game.
It's a tall order for a young team, but the Utes are extremely motivated, said safety Eric Rowe.
"We've got a lot of confidence, and if we can pull off another win and go 3-0, that would be special," he said. "To go 3-0 with a win over a Pac-12 team, that would be even bigger."
The Utes haven't enjoyed such a start since the 2010 season, when Utah won its first eight games and finished 10-3. That season was the last for the Utes in the MWC, a league in which some wins could be taken for granted.
That isn't the case in the Pac-12, where Utah is just 7-11 combined in two years.
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"You always play as hard as you can, but this is a conference game, so it does feel like it counts more," defensive end Trevor Reilly said.
The second half of Utah's schedule is loaded with ranked opponents and road games, so this one at home against a beatable opponent is an opportunity the Utes don't want to miss.
The Beavers have some key injuries along their offensive line and in the linebacking unit that could make them vulnerable. While Utah coach Kyle Whittingham discounted the impact the injuries could have, saying "everyone is beat up," he didn't discount the need to win this game.
"It would be great to get started on the right foot," Whittingham said. "We haven't done that in the first two years in conference, and we've had some great weeks of practice and momentum on our side with victories, so it should be a great game."
Finding a way to slow Mannion would go a long way in helping the Utes reach their goal.
The 6-foot-5, 220-pound junior ranks near the top of all passing categories in the NCAA.
Like Utah State's Chuckie Keeton, he'll do his best to exploit Utah's young secondary.
Keeton threw for 314 yards against the Utes in the opener and also rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown.
While Mannion doesn't pose the same kind of running threat, he does plenty of damage with his arm, Whittingham said.
"We have to get a pass rush and not let him get comfortable and have all day to throw the ball," Whittingham said. "When he does, he's very effective."
Last year, the Utes were very effective against the Beavers, with their defense holding Oregon State to just 226 yards, including 52 rushing.
However, the Utes were done in by four turnovers, including two interceptions by Travis Wilson.
That game, which was Wilson's second start, remains vivid in his mind.
"It was just me being nervous and unsure where to go with the ball," he said. "I have a great sense of our offense this year, and hopefully I can correct my mistakes and make sure it's a great game."
The Utes need more than just a great game — they need a win.
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Records • Utah 2-0, Oregon State 1-1
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Last meeting • Oregon State, 21-7 (Oct. 20, 2012)
About the Utes • The Utes are looking for their first 3-0 start since the 2010 season. … Backup running back Karl Williams injured his foot against Weber State. … Last year the Utes held OSU to just 226 yards of offense, but lost the game due to four turnovers. … This is the earliest homecoming game in the program's history. … The Utes are 57-31-4 in homecoming games. … Quarterback Travis Wilson has dedicated the game to his former childhood friend Nick Pasquale, a receiver for UCLA who died after he was hit by a car last week.
About the Beavers • Coming off a 33-14 win over Hawaii in a game that was tied at halftime. … Has one of the league's best passing offenses (436.5 yards) and one of the worst rushing offenses (81.0). … Coached by Mike Riley, who is 82-86 in his 12th year. … Jovan Stevenson has been suspended for the first half of Saturday's game for delivering a late hit in the Beavers' win over Hawaii.
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Both teams come in struggling with FSU posting just an 8-5 nonconference performance and the Heels struggling to find an identity all season and dropping their first two ACC match ups. Defense is usually the staple of all Leonard Hamilton teams but his squad struggled on that end of the floor early this season after leading the nation in field goal percentage defense in 2010 and 2011. UNC has yet to learn how to defend the three point shot and if they could be in for another long day if they aren't able to correct that against FSU, the Seminoles are shooting 38.2% from three which would rank them among the best shooting teams in program history if they are able to keep that mark this season.
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- 1/2 cup frozen green peas, thawed
- 12 ounces asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 8 ounces uncooked cavatappi pasta
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated pecorino Romano cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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- 4 slices center-cut bacon, chopped
- 1 cup chopped seeded red bell pepper
- 1. Cook peas and asparagus in boiling water for 3 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice water; drain. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain pasta in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid. Combine pasta and vegetables.
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It's been barely a month – actually one day short of a month – and Microsoft has already updated their iOS Xbox Smartglass app. Don't get too excited, though, since this iteration of the app is largely targeted at iPhone 5 owners.
First and foremost, those annoying black bars at the bottom of the screen are now gone, meaning the iPhone 5′s entire display is utilized in all its glory. Word is that Microsoft has fixed some bugs, but what those are are anyone's guess. Perhaps you had some problems with your iPhone 5 and the iOS Smartglass app. If so, drop a comment below and let us know what else has been improved.
In case you forget, the Smartglass app is designed specifically for the Xbox 360, and provides additional movie and game info on your handsets or tablets, a second screen device that doesn't detract from your gaming experience. Hopefully, games such as Madden, where secret play calling is paramount, will use this tech, and give you just the edge you need to finally win against your arch enemy.


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By Tayleigh Davis - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Law enforcement crews were out on South Georgia roads tracking down drunk drivers and other traffic violators. 11:00 Friday night, Dougherty County Police set up a road block at Radium Springs and Redbud Road.
Police officers, sheriff's deputies, and state troopers from twelve counties in Southwest Georgia are working together to keep innocent drivers safe and to put dangerous ones where they need to be.
Lieutenant Tom Jackson and other officers set up a rush hour road check on North Westover Boulevard. Dougherty County police set up road checks on the 3100 block of MLk Jr. Drive, and Mobile and Mitchell Avenue.
"That's the only thing," said driver Leneury Betances. "I had to wait a while like 30 minutes."
Officers are checking for suspended licenses (the most common violation), seat belt violators, drugs, alcohol, and car insurance.
"The worst thing you want is someone who's uninsured to hit you," Lt. Jackson said. "Your insurance has to pay for your vehicle to be fixed. "
Police pulled over Towanda Wright. They thought her daughter Lauren's car seat wasn't installed properly. It turns out it was.
"I bought a manual to read to make sure she's strapped down correctly," Wright said.
Officers still wanted to take precautions. In doing that, one car was towed for having a suspended license.
That's a minor case, but drinking and driving on a Friday night could make situations a lot worse.
"It's our job to make the public safe. We need to identify people who shouldn't be on the roadway. Those are the ones who are having wrecks and hurting family members," Lt. Jackson said.
It's their job to keep loved ones safe by pulling traffic violators off the road. Dougherty County police made 49 uniform citations Friday night. They made four drug arrests, two DUI arrests, and three suspended licenses. Next month's traffic enforcement network will continue in Baker County.
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Finding Alexander Graham Bell in Baddeck
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It's twins…at Zoo Atlanta
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Snakes, spiders, and monsters in wine country
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Bentley Polo Team
Bentley Polo Team
Coming up on the Bentley Polo tournament schedule for 2012:
Last appearance for the Bentley Polo Team in this year's German Polo Tour: The team will play at the famous Hoppegarten in Berlin from September 21 through 23. History of the legendary turf dates back to 1868 and it during its time as the centre of the social and political life in Berlin, it attracted up to 40,000 spectators. Bentley Berlin will be displaying the current Bentley models including the new Bentley V8-Models Continental GT V8 and Continental GTC V8 during the event and looks forward to welcoming guests and spectators alike.
About Bentley Polo:
The relationship between man and horse has existed for at least 7,000 years. No other animal has influenced man like the horse – by lending us its strength and speed, it became an incubator for human evolution, allowed us to travel and migrate, to cultivate our fields and became vital to history played out on the battlefield. This fascinating symbiosis has also been central to the sport of Polo, the unique speed and power of horses on the field is the reason why Polo has survived for millennia.
We are proud to have Mr Hans-Albrecht Freiherr von Maltzahn, President of the German Polo Association, as patron of the Bentley V8 Polo Team in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Berlin.
Remaining Bentley Polo Dates 2012:
- Bentley Stuttgart: 10th Polo Emotions Cup - 7-9 September 2012
- Bentley Berlin: Bucherer Polo Cup - 21st-23rd September 2012
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Putnam - Searchable Map, Aerial Photos & Driving Directions
Putnam is an incorporated place (Class Code P1) located in Dewey County at latitude 35.8556 and longitude -98.9684. (Putnam Panoramio Photos). The elevation is 1,962 feet. Putnam appears on the Putnam U.S. Geological Survey Map. Dewey County is in the Central time zone (GMT -6). Observes DST? Yes. Current Time. | Putnam, OK ZIP Code Maps | Putnam local area photos
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Putnam had a population of 43; a land area of 0.1 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 430.00 people per sq. mile according to the US Census Bureaue estimate of July 1, 2009. Latest Census Estimates for all incorporated places in Oklahoma.
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- Offbeat Guides develops customized travel guides with up-to-date information for individuals.
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Offbeat Guides makes customized travel guides with up-to-date information related to your trip. After a user enters answers to 5 questions (name, home town, destination, travel dates and where they are staying), Offbeat guides creates a personalized guide for the user's trip using data from both open (wikipedia, wikitravel, Flickr and Google Maps) and proprietary sources. Guides can be purchased in two formats - full color printed guides are available for $24.95 or downloadable guides in PDF format can be had for $9.95. Guides include maps, events in the city you are visiting when you're there, the most current exchange rates, key phrases in the city's language, a weather forecast based on your travel dates and much more.
Offbeat Guides was founded by Dave Sifry, who previously founded Technorati.
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Yeah, now we don't have to tell everyone who talks about copyright that Canada is the odd duck out. It will save us a lot of typing.
Depending, of course, on how they now also intend to treat legacy [photographic] work. The devil is always in the details.
it's not retroactive. far too many people would be royally screwed if it were.
The Royal Assent detailed in this release fixes (as in establishes) certain dates in section 63 (P.C. 2012-1392 October 25, 2012) of the (Canadian) Copyright Modernization Act given Royal Assent on June 29, 2012.
The purpose of this Order is to fix (as in establish) the date the Act came into force, being June 29, 2012.
(see Canada Gazette: http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2012/ … 5-eng.html)
The (Canadian) Copyright Modernization Act of June 29, 2012 (Bill C-11) is detailed here:
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In which I shall attempt to explain how I think entitlement/privilege is related to docentry/tokenism, reverse racism and how I think you can use your entitlement/privilege for good.
Updated: To try to clarify a bit.
In review, for the purposes of my discussion about privilege and entitlement, social position is your place in society's hierarchies based on your appearance (looks, dress, fashion, behavior, etc.). Privilege is what you have, what is afforded you, unasked, by society at large and by individuals in society, based on your social position. Entitlement is what grows in you in response to that privilege, based on the frequency of the privilege being made available to you over the years.
The idea is that while in general except with individuals you see frequently, you probably can't do much about the privilege you get, you can do something about your entitlement. You can nip that entitlement right in the bud, and instead of being an entitled asshole about your privilege (for instance, demanding that privilege even when it's not volunteered for you), you have the power to overcome that entitlement and instead use your position of privilege to do good for society. From my perspective as an anti-racist, this is where the rubber meets the road. I know I have a duty to overcome my entitlement and use my position of privilege to improve upon the social inequalities between races. I think everyone who claims to be anti-racist should be doing this work too.
To review basic assumptions in the anti-racist community, there is a tried and true maxim that white people shall not engage or encourage people of color (POCs) to explain oppression or to be the museum docent to the POC's life, lifestyle or living conditions. Why is this maxim so supported among POCs? I think I have part of the answer.
I know, from my Honorary Whiteness, from my privileged upbringing as a highly assimilated half-Asian, half-white guy, that among the many possible unexamined privileges and entitlements of being white is an entitlement to (social) safety. There is an expectation I know from my own upbringing as an Honorary White Guy that there will always be a safe path through any social interaction, one where I will not be taken to task for having made any sort of mistake. This entitlement exists even though that path to safety is often a myth and any safety you are afforded is derived directly from social expressions of your privilege.
In contrast, unless POCs want to and do assimilate and are extra careful and extra good, unthreatening and unopinionated, we rarely get to be socially safe. At any moment in the mixed social sphere, POCs are at the disadvantage of being called out simply for being different. Many times this hinges on aspects of appearance that cannot be effectively managed by anyone who is not unimaginably rich (and who can to some extent shape their own appearance, their own social circles, and engineer a situation where difference will either be ignored or celebrated).
To try to make this idea more clear, consider one social dynamic: In the greater social contexts (i.e. the public sphere) there's generally a lot more social effort involved in calling out a white guy, or for that matter, a white woman, when sie is being an asshat and racist than there is in calling out a POC for violating the same sorts of rules. I think that this dynamic is a direct expression of this privilege of social safety.
I believe that socially liberal/progressive white folks feel instinctively guilty and desperate (with respect to wanting, having or finding a safe path through it where guilt is minimized) about social and economic inequality as exhibited by troublesome POCs who refuse to seek/attain equality. In this kind of environment, the urge to find a native guide must be overwhelming. This is how I think the urge to nominate a token and demand docentry is probably nearly impossible to manage or overcome.
As H said to me this evening, it's also important to consider that the systems that create the -isms, the social inequalities in our society are so vast that there is really no one who has all of the pieces in control or understood, and it's something we activists hardly ever talk about. Simply put, we know there's a problem, but we don't have a clear idea of how to fix it.
We have developed a lot of mitigation strategies and identified a lot of problem behaviors that contribute to making the problems we see and experience about social inequalities worse, but we, as far as I know, simply do not know how to fix the total underlying problems. At best we tend to hope that if the folks who are being *-ist would fucking stop, maybe we'd know where to go from there.
It should then be obvious that even a POC docent won't help you find that safety you're looking for. In some cases a willing POC docent might hinder you by providing you only a partial solution to a social problem or providing you one that only works with a very small, very specific population.
I come around again to something I've written about before. In a situation of lack of safety, your best strategy is to try your best and be prepared to take your lumps when you fuck it up. And you will fuck it up. Without a lot of experience under your belt, you will not be able to think of every aspect of what you write or say, and you may learn a lot by the school of hard knocks. Learning not to fuck it up is a little like being a child and learning how to be polite – you just cannot hope to properly navigate it all the time until you get a lot of experience under your belt.
As a thought leader in my corporate setting has said many times in the past to me, when you are stuck and see no clear way out, sometimes the best action is just to take action, get moving, and do the steering out later. Like ships with no momentum we are stuck. The rudder only works when there is motion as well. Over analyzing the situation to find another position of safety may only leave you stuck in the dock, not having gained a thing.
Like I have said before, this mythological safety is not afforded those of us who are not white. When we fuck up, we know it immediately. The social inequalities are built that way – immediate feedback for those on the short end of the stick who fuck it up. The fact that white people can even start in a position of safety or relative safety already exposes your privilege in that space. How you choose to use that position is up to you, and I think it will say a lot about your character.
I think this expectation of safety also an entitlement/privilege that makes complaints about "reverse racism" pretty toothless. If you happen to intersect, as a white person, with a strong community of POCs, and someone is biased against your white ass, too fucking bad. This entitlement to safety that makes you think there is a universal polite and PC path through any social situation also makes you a whiner, because you assume that everyone is safe all the time.
This assumption is essentially bullshit and it probably makes you feel justified in complaining about "reverse racism". No one except you is safe. If you only realize the lack of safety when someone in a strong POC community is biased toward you and refuses to provide you your accustomed privilege, then suck it up. No POC wants to hear your whining about how unsafe you feel. It is a problem that happens to a POC every day (and to some particularly abhorrent [to some white people] POCs much more frequently than that).
I think this privilege of safety also touches on something I've looked for a long time for within folks who are white and whom I'm still proud to call my staunch anti-racist allies. To me, one of the defining characteristics I look for in any skilled and ethical anti-racist activist (there are of course exceptions, but not with many close friends and strong allies nor with myself) is that almost we have accepted the idea that we are racist. The idea is that we acknowledge that we have enculturated (that we grew up with, that influences our decision-making every day) baggage that makes us have racist attitudes that must be intentionally overcome while we work to do good in society.
There are a lot of folks I've encountered in the wider world who consider themselves anti-racist activists who also consider themselves not racist. I don't know how that works, because when I interact with them, they are often very invested in demonstrating that they are not racist, and not so invested in the doing good portion of anti-racist activism.
To me, when an anti-racist activist accepts that their upbringing in this society is/was racist, not only have they intentionally surrendered that entitlement to safety (which is a good faith gesture that I appreciate), but they have also intentionally done away with having to justify and defend their mythical non-racist selves from charges of racism. The assumption is now that they're racist and that they should do good anyhow, if possible.
If you are my friend and you are white, I personally will try to give you a lot of useful feedback and a minimum of ass-kickings as you learn how to manage all of this. The harder you try to do good with your privilege the easier on you I will try to be. I cannot promise you any other safety than that, as I can't compel anyone else to be easy on you.
Updated: Both trying to provide more concrete examples of privilege as well as some notes at the end about how this entitlement makes me personally feel that charges of "Reverse Racism" are essentially bullshit whining, as well as how this ties back to good faith efforts I see in my strongest white allies.


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Cosmopolis minimalist movie poster by www.damienwake.com
An Israeli couple named Ronnie Edri and Michal Tamir, decided to cut across the growing anxiety and fear over the possibility of an Israel-Iran war, and address Iranian citizens directly. They created a slogan " Iranians We Love You"
Iranians Quickly responded back with messages of Peace to Israel
The Couples Website: israelovesiran.telavivnet
Awesome campaigns like this from the Israeli people, give you hope…
Also, I love that in a couple of the Iranian responses, they show off their own nations long-standing ties with Judaism off, with some pride; cutting through all that popular hysteria in both directions.
God I hope we don't destroy these people's lives.
Not that Paris-based graphic artist Pascal Witaszek hasn't come up with a bonne idée, especially now that Hollywood is awash in nostalgia about its own past. The pitch: a biopic about Walt Disney. Over the weekend, the Parisian dreamer uploaded a what-if movie poster, featuring a mustachioed Ryan Gosling hunched over a notepad, perched on a pink velvet train seat while scenic grasslands and puffy clouds rush by. (And if you squint not that hard at the puffy clouds, you'll spot a very famous mouse.)
(via Fan-Made Poster Imagines Ryan Gosling as 'Walt' | Movie Talk - Yahoo! Movies)
As part of Marvel Comic's Avengers Art Appreciation variant cover series set for release in April, artist Mike del Mundo created this beautiful homage to graphic designer Saul Bass for Amazing Spiderman #683. (via Saul Bass Does Spiderman… Well, Sort Of - Core77)
Back in February I called Chris Ware's poster "definitely an early contender for the best of 2011" and eight months later nothing has come close in terms of ingenuity, beauty and sheer graphic skill.
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In his flickr account Michæl Paukner notes about this image: Galactic Alignment 2012, Pole Shift, Mayan Calendar, Dark Rift are the most discussed topics nowadays.The Galactic Alignment is the alignment of the December solstice sun with the Galactic equator. This galactic alignment occurs as a result of the precession of the equinoxes. It occurs only once every 26,000 years, and was what the ancient Maya were pointing to with the Galactic Alignment 2012 end-date of their Long Count calendar.These are the astronomical facts of the matter.This much is agreed upon.
What is not agreed upon is what will happen when we reach the center. We do know that planets, stars and other heavenly bodies will align with the center of the galaxy and the super-massive black hole that resides there. Some scientists theorize that the Earth could experience one or more pole shifts from perturbations due to increased gravitational fields exerted on the earth from the alignment of galactic bodies. Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the twelfth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order or something like a rebirth of consciousness.
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The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On (by BarterBooksLtd)
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Dezeen writes up about new rules banning curves and unusual shapes in school buildlings: http://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/03/uk-government-bans-curved-school-buildings/
From the Dezeen article:
"These projects have been criticised for being too costly by education secretary Michael Gove, who in a conference last year said: "We won't be getting Richard Rogers to design your school, we won't be getting any award-winning architects to design it, because no one in this room is here to make architects richer.""
This hostility towards educated professionals and it makes me wonder if the government is hostile to education in general. Thus the move to restrict architecture isn't just about being unwilling to spend on education, it's hostility towards the more modern, more flexible, less authoritarian learning styles as accommodated by less rigid architecture. The ban rules out curves, indents, dog legs and notches in the plan, the kind of techniques that create implied division of space, that break down the more confrontational lecture style classroom. It also rules out curtain walls, lest students see the outdoors and suspect they're not in a prison, I guess?
Specifically it calls for "simple, orthogonal forms". Yes, ruling out notches/indents minimises the amount of perimeter wall, which is the most expensive. But school-sized, orthogonal, unarticulated buildings with small windows sound like hostile, authoritarian places to me. Hardly conducive to a curious mind.


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The upshot is that we had a group of physicists and philosophers who didn't believe that quantum mechanics represents reality but that it was all we could see of some deeper, more fundamental theory. A subclass of these scientists believed that the randomness of quantum mechanics would eventually be explained by some non-random, deterministic property that we simply couldn't directly observe (otherwise known as a hidden variable). Another group ended up believing that quantum mechanics did represent reality, and that, yes, reality was non-local, and possibly not very real either.
To one extent or another, these two groups are still around and still generate a fair amount of heat when they are in proximity to each other. Over the years, you would have to say that the scales have been slowly tipping in favor of the latter group. Experiments and theory have largely eliminated hidden variables. Bohm's pilot wave, a type of hidden variable, has to be pretty extraordinary to be real.
This has left us with more refined arguments to settle. One of these is about whether the wave function represents reality or just an observer's view of reality.via ArsTechnica


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picked a winning design in their t-shirt contest
For just $249, they received 39 designs from 18 designers.
From logos and business cards to websites and stationery, you can get anything designed by running your own design contest on 99designs.
Tshirts for Crossfit community. Sick designs only need apply.
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text: "Emotion Capture" – Directing Milo from John Dower on Vimeo. "What can a drama director bring to games? I worked on xbox 360 kinect project "Milo & Kate", developed by Lionhead studios & creative director Peter Molyneux. I was brought in to help develop a three dimensional central character and directed motion capture, animation and voice to achieve this. I was lucky to be so involved as an integral member of the team. As convergence becomes a reality, film makers and games designers must work together to enhance their respective fields. " Milo is a voice-and-motion-recognition game from Lionhead Studios that was first shown to the public when Kinect was announced last year. After more than year now, Milo was not yet released to the market. There were reports that Milo development was cancelled, but Peter Molyneux confirmed that the game is in development. The above video shows some ...Read More →