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August 2014Dear friends/watchers
I hope you are all keeping well, I missed by 8th anniversay on DA back in June so I want to thank you for all your support, help, inspiration and advice, I would not be here had it not been of the incredible artists I have come across on this site . It is time I move on to a proper camera but I need your help buying one, I have a budget £500 and my brand of choice is Canon, if you have any suggestions please note me. I am under pressure, my Sister's wedding is less than 4 weeks away and I will need to have mastered my camera by then, If that means going on a crash course then I am up for it!
I apologise for my lack of activity I am snowed under at work and at home, summer is also a dead season for me, I am just glad we are in August, July was most unpleasant and depressing, the hot sweaty commute to work, the sleepless nights, I am looking forward ro autumn.winter!
Apologies for my absence.Dear all
I have been busy over the past two weeks as Im sure so have many of you, I think I might have missed important birthday for which I am terribly sorry, I will try to be around more often this week although the summer period tends to be my most uninspiring time!
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AWWWho are Angel without Wings?
That are those fellow deviants:
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July Features and updates.Thank you all the for the recent favs and watches, still very busy with work and everything else, not had time to go on a shoot or anything else. Heatwave an absolute nightmare to top it all Hope you are all keeping well
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Features 210513Dear friend/watchers
I hope you are alll well, I'd like to thank my new watchers for the watch and I will eventually drop by you page to have a nose through your galleries. Work is just crazy at the moment a lot of things going on and I am hoping things will calm down soon . One of my images was recently used by a band called XYUnlimited in one of their videos, check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3eIVT-YOd0&hd=1 have a great week
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Few artists have so definitively reflected the lives of average Americans as Norman Rockwell.
He began his lifetime dedication to being the "America's Illustrator" as the 19-year-old art editor for Boys' Life, the house publication of the Boy Scouts of America. A few years later he assumed his more famous position at The Saturday Evening Post, though he never broke his ties with the Boy Scouts. His first great achievement painting everyday scenes of America in his signature hyper-realistic style was
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"I am like a falli
Bill Murray: Can A Painting Save A Life?
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The faces of Ethan Hawke, Johnny Depp, Jon Hamm, Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Hardy, Jared Leto have been click bait for a thousand sites waiting for news of the star of the next Marvel movie franchise. According to Mike Fleming over at Deadline it now looks like Marvel have finally landed their perfect Doctor Strange in Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch.
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"What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow"
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Historical Traveler Reviews Zephyr Hotel Hanoi
Loved it
We stayed here in april 2006 for 4 nights we had a fab time here. The hotel is in a great position easy to walk to the lake and the old town where you can get a fresh beer with the locals for around 7p.
The staff are very friendly and helpful although dont rely on wake up calls.
There is an atm not too far from the hotel if needed anz bank but you have to get across the road first just go for it and keep going the bikes will try to miss you!!! great fun tho
We would stay here again.
Loved Hanoi & loved the Zephyr
Nearly 2 weeks at the Zephyr in Apr 06. So glad we picked this hotel (from the net). Very clean, well appointed room, staff excellent - helpful & friendly, and food just great - comprehensive breakfast selection,(every morning) and a very enjoyable dinner (x2-we skipped lunch). The hotel is well located for exploring the Old Quarter, walking around Hoan Kiem Lake, and a choice of many interesting eating places that offer an international menu. My partner and I loved Ha Noi and the people and when we go back we hope to find the Zephyr Hotel much as we left it.
Good and bad experiences
Stayed there in March 2006 for 5 nights.
Good: Great fresh delicious breakfast, nice little well kept hotel in a great location
Since there was no room reservation for a superior room available for all nights, we had booked a deluxe room for the second night hoping we could sort out things once we were there. To avoid to much moving around we got a deluxe room ( spacious, clean, front windows overlooking the hoan kiem lake) for two nights and then had to move to the superior.
They showed us a smoky little dark chamber on the first floor with a window facing a small side street. I asked the front desk staff if this really was a superior and not a standard room. They said "yes, its a superior room". Then we stayed 2 nights there.
Afterwards we went on a 2 day cruise on halong bay. We were able to leave our baggage and valuables ( which were wrapped into a plastic bag, sealed and then put into a drawer at the front desk- seems they dont have a hotel safe) in the hotel.
Coming back we again checked into a superior room, and - wonder- got a well-sized room with a nice view.
Upon checking out we asked the front desk staff if we could see a standard room. We were shown the smoky little box we had stayed in a couple of days before! Feeling cheated this of course initiated a discussion with the staff. I had to ask for the general manager to get a refund.
Well, it seems the front desk staff is not well trained ( due to lack of language skills?). You should make all appointments and orders through the front desk manager to make sure you get what you are paying for.
Classy little hotel
I chose this hotel coz of the reviews and they are all true! The great location, the staff's warm hospitality without being intrusive, the wonderful breakfasts, in fact even their a la carte menu was pretty neat and really cheap (like US$1.90 for a very good lobster bisque!!!), the cleanliness of the room and bathroom and evening turn-down service with chocolate mints! Though this last might be coz we were in a suite which was actually a very big room with a settee area so it was ok for the price paid.
As the hotel building has a narrow frontage, we were 1 of 2 rooms on the 7th floor with windows to look out of (Suites 705 and 706)which provided nice slivers of the lake to look at. But what was surprising was that the incessant honking of Hanoian motorists was really very low and pretty much shut out when the drapes were drawn. And this was at all times during the day as we had 5 relaxing days here.
Bobby Chinn restaurant is literally a stone's throw from the hotel and has to be the best fusion (French- Asian) restaurant in Hanoi and not to be missed. Besides a fantastic drinks selection and an exciting menu, which included this item: Signed copy of menu and we tell you "You are beautiful" all night long - $5". We had 3 great meals here but the best was having the wait staff, servers etc tell my husband "Happy Birthday Gorgeous! every time they approached our table.
Beware the "Deluxe" room
Just got back from a 4 night stay at the Zephyr Hotel in Hanoi. The positives: Best location in center of town on the lake, near shopping, Bobby Chinn's restaurant. Also terrifically helpful and pleasant staff. Very clean and well maintained throughout. Breakfast was quite tasty.
The negatives: Many rooms have no exterior windows! Rather they face an closed interior staircase. I had booked for 2 "deluxe" rooms which were advertised to be on a higher floor and with a view for a higher price than their "superior" rooms. When we arrived we were given 2 rooms on the 3rd and 4th floors with staircase views. When I complained, the next day they moved one of our rooms to the 4th floor on the street (ok view and remarkably quiet) but denied any other rooms on higher floors would come available during the remainder of our stay. When I pointed out I had paid for a deluxe room to avoid this situation, I was told there were two levels of deluxe and ours was the lesser level. When asked what the price difference was, I got a long winded, rambling explanation that made no sense.
Suggest that anyone booking here ensure that you have in writing that you want outside window if that is important to you in a hotel room.
A good choice in Ha noi
I stayed 1 week at the zephyr.
Perfectly situated.
The hotel, and its rooms are quiet, clear, nice and comfortable. You can even find calm there and that's not an easy task in Hanoi.
Clean bathroom.
European standard, not luxe but comfortable.
Great breakfast.
The service is good and the staff is young, nice and helpful.
Just a bemol : rooms and corridor's fitted carpet are a bit stained.
A good and comfortable Hotel to stay.
Loved the Zephyr!
Location location location! The Zephyr Hotel is right next to Hoan Kiem Lake. Very quiet room! Clean, comfortable, good service, complimentary bottled water & fresh fruit every day, good bar on top floor, good restaurant, friendly staff. Plenty of restaurants within walking distance. 8 min walk to the Old Quarter for great shopping and people watching. Very reasonably priced for the location and the excellent room.
Beautiful hotel, wonderful staff
We stayed at the Zephyr for a couple of nights at the beginning of our holiday in Vietnam and this place is simply the best. Not only are the rooms spotless and the location right by the lake and near all the main amenities that Hanoi has to offer, but the staff was just wonderful and made us fall in love with the Vietnamese people. The service was impeccable and always delivered with a smile. The bar at the top floor had lovely views of the lake and the crazy traffic below and the staff would bend over backwards to make us feel welcome. Beautiful! Highly recommended.
A Gem
We had a day in Hanoi before catching a train to Sapa and walked past this little boutique hotel thinking it would be out of our price range called in anyway. They had an internet special on at US$65 per night and let us have that so we reserved a room for 4 nights on our return. This hotel was in a great location close to the lake, French Quarter etc. We were able to walk virtually everywhere from here, the staff were delightful, the food excellent (breakfast was included and was only sorry we couldnt do more damage at breakfast time), the rooms were spotless, couldnt fault this hotel and would be happy to recommend it.
Excellence Acclaimed (now renamed Zephyr Hotel)
The Hotel was restructured and renamed Zephyr Hotel. Impeccable Facilities & Services, including location. Highly recommended for all business travelers & leisure visitors alike!
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... to sit on many benches (poor lamb) while she was fed the most valuable information concerning power struggles, womens role at home and in the war, there was a special exhibition on street vendors and even a part just dedicated to tribal textiles! Argh. GO.. also we went to Hoa Lo prison sometimes dubbed the "Hanoi Hilton" which housed both American POWs and Vietnamese during the war. Interesting, and powerful.. but I think I still liked the Womens museum more.
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Heaven in a cup
... a couple of sneaky photos, they spotted us and encouraged us to go over and join in on some of the exercises. If I'm honest, we didn't really need much encouragement. The first exercise we did was basically a little platform that you stand on and just twist. It was quite funny and with all three of us girls on there at once, we were trying our hardest not to fall off from laughing too hard. I then got involved in some sit-up's and quickly noticed that we ...
Hanoi and Halong Bay
... selling food, jewellery, fabrics, many exactly the same. Crossing the road is a challenge with the many bikes, we are almost mowed down once or twice. The trick is not to hesitate!
Found a rooftop bar for lunch which overlooks the whole city. The weather, although muggy, is quite warm. After this, we continue to stroll around and also visit the Hanoi prison, which provides us with a very one-sided view ...
Kayaking and Cooking
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Everyone really enjoyed the trip, the staff were really helpful, the scenery stunning, the junk ...

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FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Here are some of the stories that topped the news in Fairfield this week:
- A man was found dead in a Fairfield home at 32 Clinton St. during a Hazmat incident. He was identified as Allan Banks, 69, and his death has been ruled a suicide.
- Two runners alerted the Southport Fire Department to a blaze at Sammy's Southport Pizza shop.
- An accident involving two tractor-trailers and a spill of rolls of paper onto the highway jammed traffic on Interstate 95 northbound in Norwalk.
- An 18-year-old Easton teen was arrested on charges of violating a protective order after she contacted a Fairfield man.
- Fairfield police charge a Bridgeport man with assaulting his girlfriend in BJ's parking lot.
A Fairfield university student was charged with littering for flinging newspapers on the southbound side of Reef Road and onto a front yard.
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TUSC: Rolex 24 GTD class preview
Jan 22, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship premieres this weekend with the Rolex 24 at Daytona. We'll have sporadic posts and updates for the season opener of the unified series, which brings together the GRAND-AM Rolex Series and American Le Mans Series.
Last in our list of class previews is the GTD class.
WHAT IT IS: The second GT class, but the most heavily-populated class in the field. GTD, standing for GT Daytona compared to GTLM for GT Le Mans. Open cars, Continental tires, and like PC, requires at least one Silver/Bronze driver for three-driver lineups and two for four or five-driver lineups. SRT, BMW, Ferrari and Aston Martin have GT3-spec or close versions of their GTE-spec cars in this class; Porsche has a brand new customer car built specifically for the TUDOR Championship while Audi features five strong entries to round out the class.
WHO THEY ARE: 29 cars strong, from six different manufacturers, driven by a mix of sports car veterans, IndyCar interlopers and gentlemen drivers.
A QUICK BREAKDOWN: Porsche leads the field with 12 of the 29 entries; there are eight Ferraris and five Audis to make up 25 of the 29 cars. Two Aston Martins and a single BMW and SRT Viper apiece make up the grid.
Other than the pair of Muehlner Motorsports America Porsches, which have a primarily gentlemen lineup, or several of the Ferraris, which feature the same strategy, there's upwards of 20 cars likely to battle for even top-10 positions in class. Picking a winner from there is nigh on impossible.
WHO TO WATCH: A mix of factory drivers, talented Silvers (who may be rated lower than they deserve, due to results), and emerging talents moonlighting from overseas all have the potential to star at Daytona.
In no specific order, some of the names you'll likely be hearing from over 24 hours… Leh Keen and/or Shane van Gisbergen (No. 22), Marco Holzer (No. 23), Marc Lieb and/or Andrew Davis (No. 27), Jeroen Bleekemolen (No. 33), Filipe Albuquerque (No. 35), Andy Lally and/or Wolf Henzler (No. 44), Spencer Pumpelly and/or Markus Winkelhock (No. 45), Oliver Jarvis (No. 46), Rene Rast (No. 48), Davide Rigon (No. 49), Matt Griffin (No. 51), Jan Heylen (No. 58), Toni Vilander (No. 63), Timo Bernhard (No. 71), Mikhail Aleshin (No. 72), Kevin Estre and/or Connor De Phillippi (No. 73), Damien Faulkner (No. 81), Dane Cameron (No. 94) and James Davison (No. 007).
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Air space in the Kattegat temporarily closed
A major air and sea search is currently under way in the Kattegat to try and find two 18-year-olds who are believed to have sailed into the waterway on Monday evening and who have not been seen since.
Admiral Fleet Denmark (SOK) has closed the airspace in the area due to the large number of search aircraft.
"We closed the airspace in the area of the search about an hour ago as we have so many search aircraft in the area," Capt. Jesper Rasmussen, press officer at SOK said just after noon.
The area of the search is around Juelsminde, Æbelø and Samsø.
"Our patrol vessels Freja and Nymfen ave been deployed. The Royal Yacht Dannebrog is also taking part as well as rescue helicopters from Skrydstrup, Aalborg and Roskilde as well as a Challenger aircraft and an F-16," Rasmussen said, adding that many other vessels, aircraft and authorities were also taking part in the search.
The two young men are believed to have sailed into windy weather with choppy seas on Monday evening in a small black rubber dinghy.
"The weather has not been good. It's been windy and we believe they sailed out in a two to three metre black rubber dinghy," Rasmusen says, adding the size of the dinghy makes searches difficult as it is a small craft and difficult to see in the dark.
"If you are unlucky, it can capsize," he says. It is not clear whether the two were wearing life jackets.
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Alfred Rosenberg, the leading Nazi ideologue, kept a diary. The diary, which had been lost for years, has been found and published by the Holocaust Museum in Washington. The 425 pages of a handwritten diary provide a unique insight into decisive historical events. As the first newspaper in the world, Politiken has studied the Rosenberg manuscripts.
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Mazen is the brother of the girl who has been writing her Diary from Damascus for Politiken. He has been en route as a refugee from Syria for two months. His life has been in danger and his future uncertain. But the journey has turned the boy who left Damascus into a man. Politiken has visited him somewhere in Sweden. His 17th home since he fled Syria.
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Now that you've had a chance to use the service, did it meet your expectations, or are there features you would like to see added?
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£6.99 a month.........seems expensive for a product that various other people offer for free
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A novice user might find this usefull but at £83.88 a year its a lot to pay.
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If it is £6.99 a month, then this is quite expensive even when you factor in the helpers on the phone / via the web.
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Underground emcee Madchild of Swollen Members fame has unleashed his latest full-length collection of solo material, Lawn Mower Man. The Vancouver veteran's fourth album in total, the set follows 2012's Dope Sick. The project will feature 14 fresh records, among them Booth-approved singles "Nature of the Beast," "Underground King" and "It Gets Better." Bishop Lamont, JD Era, Prevail, Slaine and Sophia Danai are just a few of the many notable artists to make guest appearances throughout the LP, which boasts production from the likes of C-Lance, Chin Injeti, Rob The Viking and The iKonz.
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Muscat: Over 50 family members, including women and children, of the activists on a hunger strike urged the Majlis Al Shura President Shaikh Khalid Bin Hilal Bin Naseer Al Maawali to intervene in their case and ask the Supreme Court to quickly take up the appeal by the detainees.
Among the family members were two accused, Khalfan Al Badwawi and Hathim Al Malki, who are facing charges of insulting Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed and violating the country's cyber laws. Both are out on bail pending hearing of their cases in the primary court.
"Our next hearing is on February 27 as the case keeps dragging on and on," Al Badwawi told Gulf News.
Al Badwawi did most of the talking during the meeting with the Shura chairman Shaikh Al Maawali. Two Deputy Chairmen — Salim Bin Ali Bin Salim Al Ka'abi and Abdullah Khalifa Bin Khamis Al Majali — and four other elected Shura members also attended the meeting that lasted for over three hours.
"We have told the Shura chairman and the other members that they were our elected representatives and must take up the cause of activists on hunger strike in Sumayil prison," he said.
Al Badwawi, a management graduate, informed Gulf News that midway through the meeting the Shura chairman went out to make a call. "He came back and said that he would have a meeting with the Supreme Court authorities on Monday and the following Monday a decision would be conveyed to us," he added.
He was optimistic that within the fortnight a decision would be taken to take up the appeal by those who have been convicted by the Appeal court and are spending their time now in the tight-security Central Jail in Sumayil.
He, however, said that the hunger strike, in its eleventh day, would continue.
Meanwhile, three other activists — Mukhtar Al Hinai, Ahmad Al Kharusi, Bassam Abu Qasida and one more unidentified activist — were taken to Sumayil Hospital after they took ill during the hunger strike.
Gulf News has learnt that writer and human right activist Saeed Al Hashemi was moved on Tuesday from Royal Hospital to the Central Prison in Sumayil. Al Hashemi was brought to the Royal Hospital in Muscat after his health deteriorated, allegedly in solitary confinement, after he went on hunger strike with 17 others.
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Corkita Antra McClinnick, 31, 1391 Mahaffey Line Drive, was arrested Oct. 8 and charged with strong arm robbery, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
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The vodcast this week (which was recorded last Saturday) was taped in a library and focused on the Frankfurt Book Fair which started this week.
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Ravi Sawani, the former head of the ICC's Anti-corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), has been roped in by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to head its new domestic anti-corruption agency. The BCCI, during its working meeting in Chennai on May 12, decided to set up an Anti-Corruption Unit on the lines of the ICC's ACSU. "We want our own ACU unit because at the moment, for tournaments like the IPL, we need to hire people from the ICC and then there is also a lot more domestic cricket played in India," said senior BCCI official and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla. "So the BCCI felt we should have our own watchdog," he added. While India will be the fourth country after Pakistan, Australia and England to have an independent ACU unit, the ICC Executive Board has already made it mandatory for all member boards to have a domestic anti-corruption code of their own. The unit will be formed to keep a close watch on IPL and India's domestic tournaments and keep betting and match-fixing at bay. Sawani retired last year from his full-time post in the ACSU after holding it since November 2007. He went on to become a consultant at the ICC, but his term ends at the end of this month. Sawani has 30 years of experience in the Indian Police Service, including seven years with the Central Bureau of Investigation. In the CBI, as Joint Director in charge of Special Crimes, he worked on the enquiry into match-fixing in cricket. Besides the IPL and domestic duties, Sawani and his team are also likely to educate young players at the various BCCI state academies about the anti-corruption code.
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NORWEGIAN CONSERVATIVE LEADER Erna Solberg 370.
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Pro-Israel groups in Norway hailed Monday's national Norwegian elections that
will bring to power a center-right government expected to be considerably more
sympathetic to Israel than the outgoing coalition."Among pro-Israel
supporters in Norway there is generally a sense of relief that the Norwegian
people voted out of power those who have very little understanding for Israel
and some of whom worked for a boycott of Israel," said Conrad Myrland, head of
With Israel for Peace (Med Israel for Fred), the largest non-religious, pro-Israel organization in the country.Norway's opposition Conservatives,
headed by Erna Solberg, swept to victory on Monday. They are poised to form a
coalition with the populist right-wing Progress Party and two small centrist
parties, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals.Myrland termed both
the Progress Party, which has an anti-immigration and an anti-tax plank, and the
Christian Democrats as pro-Israel.The new coalition will replace the
center-left government of Labor Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who ruled as
head of a "Red-Green Coalition" that included the Centre Party and the Socialist
Left Party.According to Myrland, each of the four parties now likely to
form the new government issued statements saying they would advocate a more
understanding policy toward Israel.In August, the national Christian
daily Vart Land published statements by the different parties regarding
Israel.Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, the Conservative party head of the
Foreign Affairs Committee in the outgoing parliament who is touted as a possible
foreign minister candidate, said her party's policies on Israel and the Middle
East would be marked by "a little less dogmatism and a little more realism and
understanding of self. That should be the basis of Norwegian policy in
the Middle East."Progress Party's Peter Myhre said his party would
"reduce the criticism that the current [outgoing] government has used when
Israel wants to defend itself. The country's right to defend itself is very
important."The Christian Democrat's Hans Olav Syversen, who was head of
the Friends of Israel group in parliament from 2009 to 2011, said one of the
changes that would be brought about by the election of a new coalition would be
a "new rhetoric" on Israel. "You will not see us asking for boycotts [of
Israel]," he said.Myrland said that while the newly elected prime
minister was not "generally occupied with foreign affairs, she and her people
will be more understanding of the Israeli perspective than the outgoing
government."He acknowledged, however, that foreign policy played little
role in the campaign.He also downplayed a quote attributed to Solberg
in 2011 after the Breivik murders to the effect that anti-Muslim sentiment in
Norway was similar to the anti-Semitism in the 1930s.Solberg said that
she was misquoted, and Myrland said that sentiment – which raised some eyebrows
– was never repeated.In 2008, when Myrland's organization asked Solberg
to write a greeting in a book it had published in honor of Israel's 60th
birthday, she wrote, "Culturally, historically and politically, there is no land
in the Middle East that is closer to Norway than Israel."Myrland said
that all of the likely parties in the new coalition have said they would review
Norway's non-critical economic support of the Palestinian Authority. Norway is
one of the PA's biggest donors, giving some $52 million annually."Even
the Conservative party has been strongly critical of the former government for
giving money to the PA to pay salaries to terrorists sitting in Israeli jails,"
he said.According to Myrland, the overall tone of Norway-Israel
relationship is now likely to change. "There will still be criticism," he said.
"They will still criticize settlement construction, but it might be done in a
more understanding way and will not be lifted up as the main hindrance – as some
in the government do now – to world peace."
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The story of Nadya Suleman and her octuplets is all over the news these days. As I'm sure you've heard, Nadya, who was unable to conceive naturally, turned to fertility treatment and got whole lot more than she bargained for.
Her eggs were removed from her ovaries and fertilized with sperm donated from her friend, and whether it was right or wrong, she had all six embryos transferred into her uterus (two split, and that's how she ended up with eight babies). In an effort to defend her decision to plant all six, she recently argued with her mother saying, "The only thing you can do with frozen embryos is use them or destroy them." Nadya considered those frozen embryos to be lives, and felt that destroying them would be just like having an abortion. To that, her mother responded with, "The other option is, give them up for adoption."
I know this is an emotional and heated topic of discussion, but since we talk about things like pregnancy and abortion on DearSugar all the time, I thought you'd all have something to say about this too. So tell me, if you went through fertility treatments, what would you choose to do with your frozen embryos?
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Article: Probing microelectromechanical systems in an environmentally controlled chamber using long working distance interferometry.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: It is well known that the environment in which micromechanical systems operate significantly affects their performance. It is, therefore, important to characterize micromachine behavior in environments where the humidity, pressure, and chemical composition of the ambient can be precisely controlled. Achieving such a level of environmental control presents significant challenges in view of the required instrumentation. To that end, a custom micromachine characterization system is built that allows for full environmental control (pressure, humidity, and gas composition) while retaining full micromachine characterization techniques (long working distance interferometry, electrical probe connectivity, actuation scripting capability). The system also includes an effective in situ surface cleaning mechanism. As an example of the system's utility, a microcantilever crack healing experiment is conducted and surface adhesion energy measurements are tracked over time after a step change in humidity is applied.The Review of scientific instruments 07/2013; 84(7):075006. · 1.52 Impact Factor
Article: Mono and dialkoxysilane surface modification of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for application as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this study, we have developed and characterized two previously unstudied alkoxysilane surface chemistries for use with superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. We modified superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) using aminopropyl triethoxysilane and two analogous alkoxysilanes, aminopropyl dimethylethoxysilane and aminopropyl methyldiethoxysilane, to compare a mono- and dialkoxysilane, respectively, to a more commonly used trialkoxysilane as two new SPIO surface chemistries capable of forming ultrathin functional surface coatings. The ligand densities of the mono- and dialkoxysilane-modified SPIO produced in this study are consistent with near monolayers of ligands on the SPIO surface. We studied the chemical stability of the mono-, di-, and trialkoxysilane-modified SPIO in neutral and acidic media to evaluate the viability of these surface chemistries for use in long-term intracellular applications. The mono- and dialkoxysilane-modified SPIO demonstrate comparable chemical stability to the trialkoxysilane-modified SPIO, indicating that the mono- and dialkoxysilane are both viable new SPIO surface chemistries for future applications requiring minimally thick alkoxysilane surface coatings.Journal of Materials Research 07/2012; 27(14):1846-1852. · 1.82 Impact Factor
Article: Single-crystal-silicon-based microinstrument to study friction and wear at MEMS sidewall interfaces[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Since the advent of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, friction and wear are considered as key factors that determine the lifetime and reliability of MEMS devices that contain contacting interfaces. However, to date, our knowledge of the mechanisms that govern friction and wear in MEMS is insufficient. Therefore, systematically investigating friction and wear at MEMS scale is critical for the commercial success of many potential MEMS devices. Specifically, since many emerging MEMS devices contain more sidewall interfaces, which are topographically and chemically different from in-plane interfaces, studying the friction and wear characteristics of MEMS sidewall surfaces is important. The microinstruments that have been used to date to investigate the friction and wear characteristics of MEMS sidewall surfaces possess several limitations induced either by their design or the structural film used to fabricate them. Therefore, in this paper, we report on a single-crystal-silicon-based microinstrument to study the frictional and wear behavior of MEMS sidewalls, which not only addresses some of the limitations of other microinstruments but is also easy to fabricate. The design, modeling and fabrication of the microinstrument are described in this paper. Additionally, the coefficients of static and dynamic friction of octadecyltrichlorosilane-coated sidewall surfaces as well as sidewall surfaces with only native oxide on them are also reported in this paper.Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 01/2012; 22(2):025008. · 1.79 Impact Factor
Article: Characterization of gas-expanded liquid-deposited gold nanoparticle films on substrates of varying surface energy.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Dodecanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were deposited via a gas-expanded liquid (GXL) technique utilizing CO(2)-expanded hexane onto substrates of different surface energy. The different surface energies were achieved by coating silicon (100) substrates with various organic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). Following the deposition of AuNP films, the films were characterized to determine the effect of substrate surface energy on nanoparticle film deposition and growth. Interestingly, the critical surface tension of a given substrate does not directly describe nanoparticle film morphology. However, the results in this study indicate a shift between layer-by-layer and island film growth based on the critical surface tension of the capping ligand. Additionally, the fraction of surface area covered by the AuNP film decreases as the oleophobic nature of the surfaces increases. On the basis of this information, the potential exists to engineer nanoparticle films with desired morphologies and characteristics.Langmuir 10/2011; 27(2):651-5. · 4.38 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Commercialization of a whole spectrum of useful MEMS is still hindered by surface phenomena that dominate at the micron scale. Altering the roughness and surface chemistry of MEMS surfaces by depositing nanoparticles on them is being considered by the MEMS community as a useful strategy to address tribological issues. Although, gold nanoparticle monolayer is reported to reduce adhesion in MEMS, determining its surface coverage still remains a challenge [1]. A technique to determine the surface coverage of deposited gold nanoparticles is needed, so that its effect on the tribology of MEMS surfaces can be studied.05/2011: pages 67-68;
Article: Self-Assembled Monolayer-Immobilized Gold Nanoparticles as Durable, Anti-Stiction Coatings for MEMS[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Self-assembled monolayer (SAM) films of p-aminophenyl trimethoxysilane (APhTS) and 3-mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane (MPTS) were used to immobilize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on silicon substrates and silicon-based microdevices, which created robust nanoparticle coatings that reduced microstructure adhesion. The terminal groups of APhTS and MPTS have both been previously shown to strongly interact and/or bind with metals and metallic nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis indicated that APhTS and MPTS monolayers improved the adhesion of gold nanoparticles deposited on silicon substrates and microstructures. SEM analysis also showed that the gold nanoparticle/organic monolayer (AuNP/APhTS or AuNP/MPTS) films were more robust than non-immobilized AuNP coatings toward both cantilever beam mechanical contact and water erosion testing. The combination of the rough, lower-energy surfaces of AuNP/APhTS and AuNP/MPTS films also effectively reduced the adhesion exhibited between microstructured surfaces by nearly two orders of magnitude as measured by the apparent work of adhesion. Smooth native oxide-coated Si(100) in-plane surfaces typically have an adhesion energy in excess of 30 mJ/m2 while AuNP/APhTS and AuNP/MPTS coatings reduced the adhesion energy to 0.655 and 1.66 mJ/m2, respectively.Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 05/2011; · 2.13 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Tribology remains an active area of research for the Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) community. At the micron scale, which is the scale relevant to commercial MEMS, a number of factors namely roughness, apparent contact area, surface topography, surface chemistry, etc. are known to have a significant impact on the tribological properties. Historically, researchers have found it difficult to study the effects of these factors individually. We report on a test platform designed and fabricated using a single mask scheme within a relatively smooth SOI wafer. The test platform includes several different micromechanisms on the same chip so that a systematic investigation of the factors that influence tribology in MEMS can be carried out. The test platform is therefore an ideal stage for testing and comparing the various strategies that can be used to address the tribological issues that are presently plaguing the MEMS community.03/2011: pages 85-95;
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ABSTRACT: Since the advent of Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, researchers have used surface texturing as one of the approaches to alleviate unintentional adhesion in MEMS. However, the conventional methods used for surface texturing are reported to reduce apparent in-plane adhesion only by a factor of 20. Further, the test surfaces used to-date are inherently rough, as a result of which, the effects of surface texturing could not be studied independently. We report on a novel method of texturing inherently smooth Si(100) surfaces by depositing dodecanethiol capped gold nanoparticles using a gas-expanded liquid technique. The dodecanethiol capping ligands are removed by exposing the treated surfaces to UV-Ozone atmosphere for an hour and the textured surfaces thus obtained are characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The textured Si(100) surfaces exhibit a significant reduction in apparent in-plane work of adhesion, which is determined using the cantilever beam array (CBA) technique, compared to untextured smooth Si(100) surfaces having only native oxide on them.03/2011: pages 181-187;
Article: An easy-to-fabricate improved microinstrument for systematically investigating adhesion between MEMS sidewalls[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This paper reports on a MEMS device that can be used to study sidewall stiction. Details on the design, fabrication, modeling and testing of the device are reported. The device is easy to fabricate and overcomes some of the limitations of other devices. The apparent adhesion energy of OTS SAM coated sidewalls is approximately 38 muJ/m2.Applied Surface Science 01/2011; 257(24):10917-10925. · 2.54 Impact Factor
Article: Experimental requirement of the error-compensating five-frame interferogram-collecting sequence used in phase-shifting interferometry.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Digital phase-shifting interferometry (PSI), a technique widely used in optical testing, requires interferograms collected at optical phase differences separated by a definite phase step. The five-frame interferogram-collecting sequence suggested by Hariharan et al. [Appl. Opt. 26, 2504 (1987)] is extremely effective in significantly reducing the errors in height profiles derived using PSI that are caused by phase-step errors. In this Letter, we report on a class of five-frame sequence that, owing to its mathematical equivalence with the one suggested by Hariharan et al. and its ease of execution, is more commonly used but is much less effective in reducing the height profile errors caused by phase-step errors.Optics Letters 01/2011; 36(2):214-6. · 3.39 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In an effort to improve the reliability of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), silica thin films deposited by chemical vapor deposition were used to encapsulate gold nanoparticle coatings. These composite coatings were shown to provide extremely durable films that significantly reduce the adhesion energy of silicon-based microcantilever beams. The results discussed suggest that encapsulating nanoparticle films with a durable silica thin film may lead to improved MEMS reliability.Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 01/2011; 20(5):1065-1067. · 2.13 Impact Factor
Article: A systematic investigation of the critical tribological properties of a gold nanoparticle coating used for texturing micro-electromechanical systems surfaces[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This paper reports on a novel gold nanoparticle (AuNP) coating, which is deposited on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) surfaces using a gas-expanded liquid technique and characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and several microinstruments. Surface coverage of the AuNP coating, which is determined using a resonating microinstrument; and the tribological properties including the work of adhesion, the coefficient of static friction and the rupture strength of the AuNP coating, which are determined using specific microinstruments, are reported in the paper. effect of nanoparticle (NP) based surface texturing, reported only moderate reduction in stiction between textured in- plane surfaces, we postulated that the effectiveness of the NP coating was reduced by the inherent roughness of the polysilicon test surfaces used in those investigations. Therefore, we investigated the effect of AuNP coating on stiction between relatively smooth single crystal silicon in- plane surfaces. Our investigations revealed that the effectiveness of AuNP based surface texturing not only depends on the inherent roughness of the test surfaces but also depends strongly on the surface coverage of the coating. In this paper, we report the reduced stiction between relatively smooth single crystal silicon in-plane MEMS surfaces textured using the AuNP coating with the most effective surface coverage. Further, the effect of the same AuNP coating on stiction as well as friction between sidewall surfaces is reported. Surface coverage and rupture strength of the studied AuNP coating are also reported in the paper.Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) 01/2011;
Article: Self-assembled octadecyltrichlorosilane monolayer formation on a highly hydrated silica film[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A MVD silica layer that consists of a highly hydrated surface favorable for organosilane surface reaction is investigated. The MVD silica layer lacks free surface silanol groups while supporting a more extensive adsorbed water layer as compared to oxidized Si(1 0 0). Octadecyltrichlorosilane monolayers (OTS) deposited on the MVD silica layer are found to follow the same mechanisms of growth and exhibit properties comparable to those formed on oxidized Si(1 0 0) surfaces. The growth process of octadecylsiloxane films is investigated as a function of immersion time and temperature by utilizing ATR-FTIR, ellipsometry, contact angle analysis, and AFM. The MVD silica layer is shown to support an ordered interfacial water structure that is more tightly bound due to a higher degree of hydrogen bonding associated with the hydroxylated surface. The importance of interfacial water on the OTS film formation process is highlighted and the role of free OH groups on the adsorption mechanism is diminished. It is shown that OTS films can be formed on a highly hydrated surface comparable to those formed on oxidized Si(1 0 0) surfaces.Applied Surface Science 01/2010; 256(22):6805-6813. · 2.54 Impact Factor
Article: Enabling organosilicon chemistries on inert polymer surfaces with a vapor-deposited silica layer.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Given the large surface area-to-volume ratios commonly encountered in microfluidics applications, the ability to engineer the chemical properties of surfaces encountered in these applications is critically important. However, as various polymers are rapidly replacing glass and silicon as the chosen materials for microfluidics devices, the ability to easily modify the surface chemistry has been diminished by the relatively inert nature of some commonly employed polymer surfaces, such as poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polystyrene, and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). This paper describes the low-temperature, vapor-phase deposition of robust silica layers to PMMA, polystyrene, and PDMS surfaces, which enables the functionalization of these surfaces by standard organosilane chemistries. Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy, contact angle goniometry, ellipsometry, and atomic force microscopy are used to characterize the silica layers that form on these surfaces. Aqueous immersion experiments indicate that the silica layer has excellent stability in aqueous environments, which is a prerequisite for microfluidics applications, but for PMMA surfaces, low adhesion of the silica layer to the underlying substrate is problematic. For PDMS substrates, the presence of the silica layer helps to slow the process of hydrophobic recovery, which is an additional advantage.Langmuir 09/2009; 25(19):11541-8. · 4.38 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that in order for a surface to support an extensive water structure, it must possess sufficient Lewis cites so that water-surface interactions are favored over water-water interactions. In this paper we use ATR-FTIR to comparatively study, as a function of relative humidity, the water structure that exists on three surfaces: silicon, PEG-modified silicon, and a highly hydroxylated silica film which is formed from the room temperature, vapor phase hydrolysis of tetrachlorosilane. Results indicate that the PEG-modified silicon surface supports a water structure nearly 2.5 times as extensive as that which exists on unmodified silicon surfaces, which is an expected result in light of previous molecular dynamics simulations that indicate extensive hydrogen bonding between PEG monolayers and water molecules. The silica layer supports a water structure that is nearly an order of magnitude more extensive than that which exists on clean silicon surfaces and approximately 3.5 times more extensive than is adsorbed on PEG-modified silicon surfaces at similar relative humidities. Furthermore, the water layer on the silica surface exists mostly in an "ice-like" structure which is also more strongly hydrogen bonded than that which exists on clean silicon and PEG-modified silicon surfaces.Langmuir 08/2009; 25(19):11549-54. · 4.38 Impact Factor
Article: A gas-expanded liquid nanoparticle deposition technique for reducing the adhesion of silicon microstructures.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A gas-expanded liquid-based nanoparticle deposition technique was integrated with a critical point drying process to modify the surface of polysilicon microstructures in order to reduce the adhesion that ordinarily occurs due to dominant interfacial surface forces. Dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were deposited onto arrays of cantilever beams using gas-expanded liquid technology in an effort to increase the surface roughness, thereby reducing the real contact surface area as well as changing the chemical constituents of the contacting areas. Both AuNP-coated and uncoated (native oxide surface) arrays were actuated electrostatically in order to determine the work of adhesion. The results of this study indicate that while cantilever beams with only their native oxide exhibit apparent adhesion energies of about 700 +/- 100 microJ m(-2), cantilever beam arrays coated with AuNPs exhibit an apparent adhesion energy of about 8 microJ m(-2) or less. These results indicate that metallic nanoparticle coatings can be successfully applied to micromachines and provide a drastic reduction in apparent adhesion energy.Nanotechnology 06/2009; 20(18):185303. · 3.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A new method for calculating the apparent work of adhesion of microfabricated cantilever beams is presented and validated. This technique, based on popular beam mechanics, directly utilizes interferometrically produced deflection experimental data. The data are analyzed based on an energy minimization approach along the lines of a previous methodology. However, the new technique differs in that it does not rely on a priori knowledge of the shape of cantilever beams to evaluate work of adhesion. In order to validate the new method, both synthetic and empirical cantilever beam data were examined. The results show that apparent work of adhesion values calculated using this method agree well with values determined using a technique previously developed and widely accepted.Tribology Letters 01/2009; 35(1):9-15. · 2.15 Impact Factor
Article: Investigation of a vapor-deposited thin silica film: morphological and spectral characterization.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Surface modification reactions by organosilicon compounds have demonstrated great success in a wide variety of applications. However, they are of limited usefulness in that they only proceed appreciably on surfaces that have an abundance of reactive hydroxyl groups, thus preventing their application to some materials of technological relevance, such as plastics and polymers. A process capable of depositing a surface rich in reactive hydroxyl groups onto a wide variety of substrates could potentially enable the extension of organosilane surface modification reactions to new materials, but conventional processes for depositing oxide layers require temperatures that are too high for most polymers and plastics. It has been shown that silica layers can be deposited from the vapor-phase hydrolysis of tetrachlorosilane at room temperature, but little if any work has been done to characterize the resulting films. In this work, ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are employed to study the characteristics of films formed from this process. Interestingly, very different film morphologies can be obtained by changing key processing parameters. Furthermore, isotopic exchange experiments and dehydration studies show that the surfaces of the silica films obtained by this method are composed entirely of hydrogen-bonded silanol groups and do not exhibit any freely vibrating surface silanol groups, a result that is in contrast with conventionally prepared silica materials. Still, this layer has been shown to behave very similarly to conventional silica materials with respect to surface reactions. Finally, infrared spectral data and contact angle data demonstrate that this method can be employed to deposit silica layers onto poly(methyl methacrylate) and polystyrene surfaces.Langmuir 08/2008; 24(15):7947-54. · 4.38 Impact Factor
Article: Thermodynamic Analysis of Nanoparticle Size Selective Fractionation Using Gas-Expanded Liquids[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A thermodynamic model was developed for the size-selective fractionation of ligand-stabilized nanoparticles by a CO2 gas-expanded liquid precipitation process. The tunable solvent strength of gas-expanded liquids, via CO2 pressurization, results in an effective method to fractionate nanoparticles, based on the size-dependent dispersibility of the particles. Specifically, the thermodynamic model is used to estimate the size of dodecanethiol-capped Ag nanoparticles that can be dispersed at a given CO2 pressure by equating the total interparticle interaction energy to the Boltzmann threshold stabilization energy (−3/2kBT). The ligand−solvent interaction is found to have the greatest impact on the total interaction energy. This model illustrates that the entire length of the ligand is not accessible to the solvent, and three phenomenological model variations were developed to vary the ligand−solvent interaction.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research - IND ENG CHEM RES. 01/2008; 47(3).
Article: Investigation of the ability of a silica "seed" layer to improve the thermal and aqueous immersion stability of alkylsilane monolayers on silicon oxide surfaces[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Previously, a "seed" layer has been demonstrated to improve the thermal and immersion stability of organosilane films deposited on titanium nitride and aluminum substrates through the creation of a highly hydroxylated surface favorable for organosilane surface reaction. In order to determine if a similar silica seed layer can improve the stability of similar monolayers deposited on surfaces that are favorable for organosilane surface modification in their native state, the thermal and aqueous immersion stability of various alkylsilane molecular films on clean silicon oxide surfaces and on silicon oxide surfaces treated with the silica seed layer have been investigated. Contact angle, ellipsometry and atomic force microscopy are employed to monitor samples treated with various alkylsilane monolayers as they are subjected to elevated temperatures and aqueous immersion. Nearly identical trends in contact angle and ellipsometric data demonstrate that the silica seed layer does not improve the thermal and aqueous immersion stability of alkylsilane films on silicon oxide surfaces. Furthermore, this study demonstrates the importance of collecting both contact angle and ellipsometric data during immersion experiments, as reliance on contact angle data alone may lead to faulty conclusions regarding film stability.Thin Solid Films 01/2008; 516(21):7538-7546. · 1.87 Impact Factor
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