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Police released the sketch of a man who raped two teenage girls in Wilton Manors.
It happened in the 800 block of NE 26th Street on Jan. 7.
Police say the man was talking with the two girls, hoped a fence, and then raped them.
The man is described as 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 to 170 pounds. He had blue or green eyes and short, brown hair.
Police say the man may have had a tattoo on his left shoulder and a gunshot scar on his right shoulder.
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call police at 954-390-2165.

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The Tennessee Titans are off to a 3-1 start under first-time head coach Mike Munchak. Are they for real? The Titans have had the good fortune of facing the Jaguars, Broncos and Browns this season – all teams that run a bland 4-3 and suffer from a dire lack of weapons in the passing game. The Titans did, however, defeat a Ravens team that humiliated the Steelers in Week 1.
Which brings us to the next question: how are the Steelers right now? They're 2-2 but have looked hardly "Steeler-like". Ben Roethlisberger (sprained foot) is expected to play Sunday, but James Harrison (fractured orbital bone) is out. How serious of a test do the Steelers pose to this minimally tested Titans club?
Here are five keys of the matchup.
Run powers struggling
1. Titans run offense
The natural assumption is that Chris Johnson held out for virtually all of training camp and has therefore been rusty early in the season. An examination of the film reveals that ... this is exactly the case.
Johnson has not shown his usual initial quickness or burst out of the backfield. He's had a tendency to stop his feet at the first sign of trouble, which is why he's not creating his own space. These issues were apparent even in his 101-yard performance against the Browns last week.
The fourth-year running back is not the lone culprit for Tennessee's anemic ground game. Interior linemen Eugene Amano, Leroy Harris and Jake Scott have been inconsistent at times, and right tackle David Stewart seems to have lost a bit of the power that once backed-up his nastiness.
Also, fullback Quinn Johnson is no Ahmard Hall. Hall's return from suspension this week will be most welcomed – he has great feel and recognition in this Titans offense.
2. Steelers run defense
It ranks 22nd and has looked downright feeble in both losses this season (Week 1 at Baltimore, Week 4 at Houston). The Ravens and Texans both feature a stretch zone rushing attack, which the Steelers have been uncharacteristically poor at defending. James Harrison, coming off back surgery, has not played with the same physicality as past years.
He's out this game; replacement Lawrence Timmons has superb athleticism but, as a run defender, he's better equipped for his customary inside position, where he can chase down ball-carriers in either direction. This week, Timmons will have to be an edge-setting outside 'backer, and against arguably the game's steadiest left tackle in Michael Roos.
There's too much history of success to think the Steelers run defense will continue to struggle (though the film through four weeks has often supported the wide-held notion that the Steelers are getting old fast). They have the ultimate X-factor in Troy Polamalu, but the real key to turning things around is at defensive end.
The Steelers' secret to success is that they've always had incredibly active ends who can create chaos in the trenches and allow the linebackers to play downhill. But those ends – Aaron Smith and Brett Keisel, who's been out the past two weeks with a strained PCL – along with stalwart nose tackle Casey Hampton are also well into their thirties.
Creating big plays: natural vs. manufactured
3. Steelers passing offense (natural)
The Steelers are a pass-first team. It's been that way for several years now. And it will remain that way as long as Mike Wallace is around. The third-year sensation is the most lethal big-play receiving threat in the game today. He's DeSean Jackson only with a longer stride.
The Steelers have done an excellent job of designing their route combinations around Wallace. His lifting of the safety is often what allows Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown to get open in the 18-25-yard range. But not everything about Pittsburgh's passing attack is done through design.
There's a lot of natural talent driving the force. Much of the production comes from Ben Roethlisberger's incredible ability to not only extend the play, but make accurate throws downfield off that extension (there isn't a better off-balance, improvisational passer in all of football).
The key to stymying Big Ben's improve is to get to him with multiple pass-rushers. It's hard enough getting just one pass-rusher to a quarterback, but the Steelers' offensive line is porous right now. The Texans swarmed Roethlisberger by blitzing inside, which crowded his sight lines (thus making him break down earlier than usual) and forced shaky offensive tackles Trai Essex and Marcus Gilbert to work one-on-one.
4. Titans passing offense (manufactured)
A bulk of Matt Hasselbeck's passing yards have stemmed from big plays that were well-crafted and called against the perfect defensive look (the best of many examples: receiver Damian Williams setting a pick against Cleveland's man coverage that left Nate Washington wide open for a 57-yard game).
These kinds of plays are fine – it's what good coaching and preparation are all about – but they can only carry you so far. At some point, you need a threat like Mike Wallace to build around. The Titans had such a threat before Kenny Britt tore his ACL.
5. Injuries impacting outcome
If the Titans can't find their run game, they're in trouble. The Steelers, even without James Harrison, have a far stronger pass-rush than the Jaguars, Broncos or Browns. The Titans handled the Ravens' potent pass-rush well in Week 2, but they were able to build their aerial attack around Britt. Britt's replacement, Nate Washington, isn't that type of receiver – especially against a top-tier cover corner like Ike Taylor.
Running the ball could be equally important for the Steelers. With Roethlisberger less than 100 percent and the front five hurting, Pittsburgh's best bet might be to challenge the Titans inside. Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey has been outstanding against the run, but center Maurkice Pouncey has the technical aptitude to temper Casey's raw power. On Pouncey's left, guard Chris Kemoeatu is arguably the best pulling blocker in the game. The Steelers should relish opportunities to get him on finesse middle linebacker Barrett Ruud.
Of course, putting a dent in Pittsburgh's ground game is the fact that Rashard Mendenhall left last week's contest with a hamstring injury. Isaac Redman, the spotlight could be on you.
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Green Bay Packers defensive end Datone Jones goes through drills Sunday. / H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette Media
Injury report
New injuries: CB Tramon Williams (knee).
Still out: WR Sederrik Cunningham (wrist), WR Charles Johnson (knee), WR Kevin Dorsey (lower body). RB DuJuan Harris (knee), S Sean Richardson (neck), CB Casey Hayward (hamstring), CB Davon House (illness), S Chaz Powell (foot), OL JC Tretter (ankle), DL Mike Neal (abdominal), OT Derek Sherrod (leg), DL Jerel Worthy (knee).
Returned: LB Jamari Lattimore (illness).
The Green Bay Packers used their first-round draft pick this year on Datone Jones in part because they viewed him as a versatile defensive end who could play in any package and on any down.
So far, theres been nothing to suggest he wont excel in any and all roles. But where they could get the most out of him, at least initially, is in their subpackages.
During a practice that was heavy on third-down plays, Jones on Sunday made for a strong sidekick to defensive tackle B.J. Raji in the nickel and dime packages. That twosome was paired together regularly during team periods in the first full pads practice of the summer.
Defensive coordinator Dom Capers spent most of last season searching for someone to pair Raji with when he went to his two-linemen looks. Mike Neal, Mike Daniels and even Ryan Pickett took turns in that role, but none provided the kind of consistent pass rush Capers wanted. While Raji had an otherwise solid season, he often faced double teams from interior linemen and failed to record a sack after combining for 9½ in his first two seasons combined.
I didnt know he was that quick, Jones said of the 6-foot-2, 337-pound Raji. Hes a very quick guy, so the coaches brought me in and put me in the nickel with him so we can get after it. Hes a guy who can rush the quarterback. I can rush the quarterback, so I feel like we can get after it a little bit.
Jones had an impressive first day in pads.
I thought Datone looked very good, very comfortable, coach Mike McCarthy said. Hes in good shape, and I thought he had a good first day just from what I saw.
The 6-4, 285-pound Jones showed off his power during some of the team periods, when he got some push as a pass rusher, and then used his speed to smoke first-year center Garth Gerhart in the one-on-one pass rushing/pass blocking drill. He also beat another backup linemen, Andrew Datko, in the drill and had a respectable showing against starting guard T.J. Lang.
Hes a guy that just going against him all throughout the offseason and the last couple of days, hes a guy thats got a lot of quickness to him, a lot of speed, Lang said. Today was the first day that us as linemen could really feel the power of our opponents, and he got under me a couple of times and showed some power. Hes a guy that looks like hes got enough talent to rush the passer, but hes also got enough strength to hold up in the running game.
Jones cashes in
The contract Jones signed on the eve of training camp last week included a signing bonus of $3,992,072.
With guaranteed money totaling $6,259,336, most of the four-year, $7,716,600 deal is guaranteed, according to a source with access to NFL Players Association salary information.
With a base salary of $405,000 as a rookie, Jones will receive more than half of the total value of the contract this season. His 2013 pay, which includes his signing bonus and base salary, will be $4,397,072.
Jones remaining base salaries are: $755,755 in 2014, $1,106,509 in 2015 and $1 million in 2016. The only other bonus money in the deal is a $457,246 roster bonus due in 2016.
With Jones signing bonus prorated over the four years for salary cap purposes, he never has a cap number higher than $2.455 million. His cap number this season is $1.403 million.
Crosby's approach
If you hear Mason Crosby repeat one word this summer, it probably will be free as in thinking free and swinging free.
Coming off the worst season of his six-year career, the last thing the Packers kicker wanted to do was make things more complicated. So he didnt beat ball after ball. He didnt dwell on the 12 misses in a 24-kick stretch late in the season. Surely, there were fundamental flaws he and special teams coach Shawn Slocum worked to correct, but hes also focusing more on the mental aspect of things.
I just kept everything simple, Crosby said. Just see the ball, see my target and hit it to that. I feel good about my mindset coming into camp here, and I just have to keep applying it every time I go out on the field.
My mindset is just being free and swinging free and going through the ball and just allowing it to do what it does.
But converting an NFL-low 63.6 percent of his field goals last season has put Crosby in a training camp competition for the first time since 2007. The Packers signed first-year free agent Giorgio Tavecchio. In one field goal session so far, Tavecchio gained a slight edge. He went 5-for-6, while Crosby went 4-for-6 during a kicking period on the first day of camp. Crosby missed from 50 and 53, while Tavecchio missed from 53. Both also made 53-yarders.
Coach Mike McCarthy plans to kick them every other day, but Sundays kickoff period counted for their most recent work. There was no field goal kicking.
Its nice how the camp sets up, Crosby said. It gives us every other day and in between we can work on stuff we need to and then go out and compete and have fun doing what we get to do.
Extra points
■ With cornerback Tramon Williams dropping out of practice with what McCarthy described as a bothersome knee, rookie Micah Hyde worked with the No. 1 defense in the final team periods.
I dont know the details of it, but his knee was bothering him, McCarthy said. We held him there halfway through practice.
■ Though rookie receivers Kevin Dorsey (lower body) and Charles Johnson (knee) remained out, McCarthy said, Im told its not a serious nature for both of them.
■ Today is a players day off as mandated in the collective bargaining agreement after the third day of practice.


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Gemini (May 21-June 21). Your power won't grow from shunning the parts of you that you don't like.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). One person may spark your good mood, but you keep the flames alive even after this person has left.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). There are moments in which you can't see the point in drawing a conclusion.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may have picked up an inaccurate belief along the way. Put it to the test.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Just as the wind moves stagnant energy outside, new influences move the stagnant energy of the mind.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You'll be even more sensitive to the energetic reality around you.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There are many risks around you now that are not worth taking.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). So much negativity can be cleared away by cleaning up the environment of your thoughts and home.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Much of the action you take now is driven by the spirit of cooperation.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You aspire to telling the truth, but your compassion may influence you to take a softer approach.
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Pearl's Evan Osborne tackles Jackson Prep running back Hamel McGraw duirng the Bright Lights football game at Pearl. Osborne has committed to the University of Southern Mississippi / Keith Warren
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Name Pos. Ht. Wt. School (City)
Devin Farrior, OL, 6-4, 285, Wayne County High (Waynesboro)
Frederick Moore, OL, 6-5, 325, Jones County Junior College (Heidelberg)
Calvin C.J." Perry, LB, 6-2, 225, Bessemer Academy (Bessemer, Ala.)
Verbal commitments
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Dylan Bradley, DT, 6-1, 255, Noxubee County High (Macon)
James Cox, WR, 6-0, 190, Northridge High (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
James Davis, OL, 6-4, 280, Murrah High (Jackson)
Branton Lee, WR, 5-8, 163, North Florida Christian High (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Jamal Lucas, LB, 6-0, 205, Hoover High (Hoover, Ala.)
Evan Osborne, S, 6-4, 200, Pearl High (Pearl)
Ja'Boree Poole, DE, 6-3, 240, Brookhaven High (Monticello)
JaMarcus Revies, WR/DB, 5-11, 175, Petal High School (Petal)
Draper Riley, TE, 6-3, 245, West Jefferson High (Harvey, La.)
Jonathan Wilson, DE, 6-6, 263, Salem High (Tylertown)
Among the dozens of tasks confronting Todd Monken after assuming duties as head football coach at Southern Miss was reconnecting with recruits who had verbally committed and remained in the plans of the new regime.
In the case of some of Mississippis more highly-regarded high school prospects, mission accomplished.
Four high school players who suited up for Mississippi in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic still intend to sign letter-of-intents with the Golden Eagles on Feb. 6, and a fifth who USM had been recruiting committed after a visit from Monken.
One of those, offensive lineman Devin Farrior of Waynesboro, is expected to enroll at USM next week and take part in spring drills after graduating early from Wayne County High.
Three others, Petal receiver/defensive back JaMarcus Revies, Brookhaven defensive end JaBoree Poole and Pearl safety Evan Osborne remained in USMs corner after hearing from Monken.
Its his full intention to sign with Southern Miss, Brookhaven coach Tommy Clopton said of Poole. He did real well on his last ACT, and everything looks good. He should be all ready to go.
A fifth Mississippi all-star, Noxubee County defensive tackle Dylan Bradley, committed to the Golden Eagles after a visit from Monken.
Southern was never out of the picture, but after he and his parents visited, (Bradley) made up his mind, Noxubee County coach Tyrone Shorter said. I asked him, Why did you decide to go with Southern? and he said, Because they want me.
Shorter said Mississippi State had been in contact with Bradley, and Memphis had been a primary suitor. But USMs pitch was persuasive.
His mind was set on the SEC for a while, but he hears the talk, how he might be a little too short, or little too this, Shorter said. So, youre in on him, then youre not, so you start to wonder where you are with someone.
Dylans a smart kid, and Coach Monken said, We want you to play for us. Hes really excited about it.
Verbal commitments are non-binding, so USM will have to wait until Signing Day to finally find out who will be among its Class of 2013.
But indications seem to be that the recruits that Monken and his staff concluded would fit in with the new offensive and defensive schemes have retained their interest in USM.
I would be surprised, really surprised, if he signed anywhere else, I really would, because hes a kid who would fit in really, really well there, Pearl coach John Perry said of Osborne. Hes talked with (Monken) and he says thats where hes going.
Recruiting coordinator Steve Buckley said USM could sign as many as 26 players, with one of the scholarships counting back to last year.
USM signed Jones County Junior College offensive lineman Fredrick Moore in the early-signing period, and Bessemer (Ala.) Academy linebacker C.J. Perry is expected to join Farrior by enrolling next week and practicing this spring.
With 10 verbal commitments, USM has half its class on the hook.
Buckley said USM was looking at both junior college and high school players as possible prospects.
Were looking at every possible situation, Buckely said. Everythings still open for us. Coach Monken is very open to looking for any kid who can help us and loves to play.


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Both activities offer the gratifying sense that we're getting somewhere, fitness-wise. We know that at some point, the plans must turn into sweaty action, but that's for some undefined "later."
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This post says it all for me. I've always liked him, but never felt lou gave him the respect he deserved. No neids=no cup.
He is one of only four Devils that have three rings with the team. I fully appreciate much more since he left. I don't blame him for moving on as he would have been forever be judged in a Devils uniform in the shadow of Stevens. Winning with Anaheim solidified his greatness.
I hold the Devils core four of Stevens, Nieds, Dano and Rafi in the same esteem I hold Savard, Robinson, Lapointe, Bouchard as the greatest defense core in league history.
Nieds was a great Devil and the team loved him (I still remember Big Jim McKenzie crushing Domi in their first visit to NJ after his cheapshot in the playoffs).
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Married actress Jenna Elfman was left red-faced during a love scene with her "Accidentally On Purpose" co-star Jon Foster. It turns out she enjoyed kissing him so much that she forgot her lines.
The comedy tells the story of a couple coming to terms with raising a child conceived during a one-night stand. Wonderwall publisher BermanBraun also produces the CBS Show "Accidentally on Purpose."
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The actress, who is married to actor Bodhi Elfman, admits she was entranced during an onscreen lip lock, and she was shocked by how good it made her feel.
She says, "My husband and I are (sexually) active, so it's not like I'm not getting that at home. But for some reason it felt really good kissing my co-star, and I've been kissing leading men for a long time so it's not anything new. I was totally enjoying how it was feeling and completely forgot my lines."
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Elfman admits she was so traumatized by the revelation that she now questions her acting ability.
She adds, "The moment I realized I forgot my lines because I was enjoying kissing my co-star, I couldn't believe it. I pride myself on being a (professional). That was the most humiliating thing."
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Authorities say nearly 4 inches of rain has fallen in parts of northwest Georgia, leading to flooding and road closures.
Emergency management directors in Dade and Walker counties said minor flooding was occurring in their counties. The National Weather Service reports that several creeks and small streams in the northwest part of the state have overflowed their banks and parts of roads near the waterways are flooded and closed to traffic.
Forecasters say an additional 1 to 1.5 inches of rain is possible in northwest Georgia through Tuesday evening.
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The Future Mazda RX-7 Will Be Called RX-9
Mazda is currently working on a coupe, called RX-9, which will take the chassis of the future RX-5 and the rotary engine RENESIS 16X, willing to offer more than 300 HP.
Mazda is currently working to a new sporty model, positioned above the popular MX-5.From the first information it seems that the Japanese develop a descendant of the old RX-7, removed from production in 2002.
The coupe, which will take place of RX-8, will be developed on a modified chassis of the future MX-5, which will allow it to weigh about 2756 pounds, rather than for a car that could have over 300 HP.
Under the hood will be the new generation rotary engine 16X RENESIS, which the Mazda engineers are currently working. The unit will be aided by a super charge system, able to improve the resources and the performance.
Currently Mazda weigh two propulsion solutions for the future coupe, which will probably be called RX9. It is about a conventional configuration, on gasoline and a hydrogen one, which would not have to worry about emission rules.
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Republican leaders told Wisconsinites on Saturday that while they're working to reshape the party's image, they will stay true to conservative values such as slashing tax rates and keeping government small.
Top Republicans, including Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan were among about 1,000 GOP members to convene at the Patriot Center in Rothschild for the state party's annual convention. Many of those GOP leaders expressed their desire to attract minorities, especially Latinos, to the party, connect with younger voters ...


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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine municipalities are responding to Gov. Paul LePage's invitation to come up with their own ideas to balance the state budget without suspending revenue sharing.
In a letter to the governor Tuesday, the bipartisan Mayors' Coalition representing a dozen Maine cities says the $6.3 billion budget proposed by LePage would result in significant property tax increases for Maine residents and businesses.
The mayors suggest as an option suspending income tax cuts that were enacted last session, which would avoid a $350 million drain on state revenues. The mayors say it's a revenue loss the state cannot afford now.
The coalition also suggests a temporary sales tax increase from 5 percent to 6 percent, combined with a lodging tax increase, and comprehensive tax reform to balance sales, income and property taxes.
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About 270 soldiers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, stand in formation as they prepare to be released to their loved ones during a welcome-home ceremony Feb. 3 at Fort Riley, Kan. About 350 soldiers from the "Dragon" Brigade returned to Fort Riley in two groups this weekend, and more are expected this month as the brigade wraps up its nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. (Sgt. Scott Lamberson / Army)
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The Army is on a pace to lose several thousand more soldiers than its drawdown goal by the end of this fiscal year.
A look at the thinning of the ranks:
End strength
Original estimate
Beginning fiscal 2013: 551,000
Beginning fiscal 2014: 542,000
Fiscal 2015: 520,000
Fiscal 2017: 490,000
Projected now
Beginning fiscal 2014: 530,000
It's getting harder and harder to stay in the Army.
The Army is cutting its ranks more quickly than expected as it works toward its eventual goal of 490,000 active-duty soldiers.
In addition to natural attrition, most of the reductions the Army will make this year will come from two places: Officials project as many as 15,000 soldiers could be booted for misconduct or not meeting the required standards, such as physical fitness and weight control.
The Army also estimates it will separate as many as 11,000 active-duty soldiers who have been backlogged in the military's disability evaluation system.
By Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2013, the Army expects end strength to be about 12,000 lower than originally projected in the drawdown plan.
Army officials project the service will reach an end strength of 530,000, down from 551,000 at the beginning of the fiscal year. The original estimate was 542,000.
"We expect to be lower than the 542,000, which was the projected end strength number for the end of FY13," Lt. Gen. Howard Bromberg, the Army's deputy chief of staff for personnel (G-1) told Army Times. "This is due in part to the faster-than-expected attrition resulting from the improvements and streamlining of the disability evaluation process and continued higher rate of adverse losses."
The goal is to shrink the active Army to 520,000 by the end of 2014 and reach 490,000 by the end of fiscal 2017.
Exactly how far the Army will shrink remains an open question. For today, the brass has settled on 490,000, but they admit it might go lower.
"We're in discussion of what the right end strength is," Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said at the Army War College on April 15. "We'll look at that based on budget. I'm not going to stand here and tell you that I believe that five years from now the Army end strength is going to be 490,000 active. And I'm also here to tell you it's not going to be 350,000 because that is not enough."
The Army's master drawdown plan projects 24,000 involuntary separations and early retirements for enlisted soldiers, and 7,000 officers, by Sept. 30, 2017.
This includes the Selective Early Retirement Board scheduled for August to consider senior colonels and lieutenant colonels in the basic branches for possible involuntary early retirement.
This year, the Army notes the "significant" number of soldiers who will be separated for misconduct or failing to meet the Army's standards.
"We have seen an increase in administrative separations, such as [physical fitness test] failures and overweight [soldiers]," Bromberg said.
The Army also has seen a large jump in the number of soldiers moving through the Integrated Disability Evaluation System.
The 11,000 soldiers "are in the final stages of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System, and once they get that, they will be out of the Army within 120 days," Bromberg said. "That's huge. My prediction is that those soldiers will be out of the Army by September."
Toughening of standards
During the first three months of fiscal 2013, about 3,900 soldiers were separated for physical training test or weight control failures, misconduct, unsatisfactory performance, court-martial and other reasons, said Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler.
"That's pretty significant," he said. "I'm proud of the fact that our soldiers, our leaders, are being engaged in this and taking action."
These numbers are the result of an almost two-year emphasis on standards and discipline, following the Army Profession Campaign, which looked at what it meant to be a profession and for soldiers to be professionals, Chandler said.
And if the separations continue at the current rate, Chandler estimates as many as 15,000 soldiers who don't meet standards could be out of the Army by the end of this fiscal year.
"I've put a lot of emphasis on standards and discipline and to see ourselves and focus on what the [Army] profession truly means," he said. "I'm repeatedly trying to deliver that message across the force. If we're supposed to be the best, why do we tolerate mediocrity in the force?"
In fiscal 2012, about 78,000 soldiers left the active Army. This included soldiers who retired or completed their terms of service.
It also included about 6,700 soldiers who were separated for misconduct, about 1,200 for PT test failures and about 1,800 for failing to control their weight, according to numbers provided by the Army G-1.
On average, about 70,000 enlisted active-duty soldiers leave the Army every year for various reasons, including natural attrition.
The Profession Campaign caused the Army to "take a look at ourselves," Chandler said.
"We have had soldiers who have not been meeting the standards or have habitual PT test failures and weight control issues," he said. "If the soldier was unable or unwilling to meet the standard, we had a duty to separate them."
Chandler emphasized that every soldier who faces separation is given ample opportunity to be rehabilitated or work toward meeting the Army's standards. For example, a soldier who's flagged as being overweight is given the opportunity to see a nutritionist and time to implement a workout plan to lose weight.
"We're not in the business of kicking people out just to kick them out," he said. "It's about enforcing the standards we have, holding soldiers accountable and providing the opportunity to get better."
In addition, soldiers understand what's required of them, and they are responsible for meeting the Army's standards, Chandler said.
"There are certain things everyone must be able to do," he said. "If you're not able to do that, we have a way to rehabilitate you, but if you are unable or unwilling to do that, we're obligated to separate you from the service."
The Army is a standards-based organization, Chandler said, and its soldiers must always be ready to answer the nation's call.
"Every single person contributes to the Army's readiness," he said.
Chandler said he's seeing results — not just separations — from the renewed emphasis on standards.
"I think it's having an impact on soldiers' understanding and complying on the individual level," he said. "And those who want to stay who aren't quite meeting the standards are doing all they can do to meet the requirements."
Chandler said he's proud of the Army's soldiers, and he is confident the Army will remain strong after the drawdown.
"We're going to reduce the size of the Army because the American people, through Congress, have directed it," he said. "Our people and their dedication to standards and discipline, and their commitment, that's going to see us through this."
Subtraction via IDES
The Army has about 28,000 wounded, ill or injured soldiers in the Integrated Disability Evaluation System.
Almost 14,500 of them — 11,000 active, 2,100 National Guard, and 1,300 Army Reserve — are in the final three stages of the IDES process, said Brig. Gen. Lewis Boone, director of the Army Physical Disability Agency.
These soldiers could be done and separated from the Army by the end of the fiscal year "if all goes well and nothing gets slowed down," he said. "That is a significant number."
About 36 percent of the soldiers in IDES have a combat-related condition, officials said.
First launched in 2007, IDES combined the separate Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Department systems into one and was intended to make the evaluation process simpler and quicker for troops who have medical conditions that call into question their ability to serve, particularly in their military occupational specialty, Boone said.
Working with VA, "we've made strides in reducing barriers in communication, faster decisions [and] timelier benefits delivery," Boone said.
"Soldiers now receive benefits a lot sooner than any other time before," he said. "It used to take about 240 days or so; it's now in the neighborhood of 75 to 80 days" from the time a soldier is separated or retired.
However, there remains a massive backlog and an evaluation system that is still taking longer than the Defense Department intended, Boone said.
"We've got a population in the Army of about 28,000 soldiers in the system, and that number has grown over time," he said. "It's a consequence of a couple different factors, not the least of which we've been engaged in two long wars. When IDES was implemented, the process was so basic that we did not have the people or capacity to actually support it. As a consequence, the number of people grew and grew over time."
Across the Defense Department, there are about 35,000 troops in the IDES process — about 28,000 from the Army, 3,000 from the Air Force, 1,800 from the Navy and 2,600 from the Marine Corps.
Boone estimates it'll take about two years to reduce the backlog, which includes soldiers who have been in the system for more than 600 days.
The goal is to have IDES completed in 295 days. However, the Army — and VA, along with the other services — is averaging a little more than 400 days, said Boone and Danny Pummill, director of the VA's Veterans Benefits Administration/Department of Defense Program Office.
VA has come under fire for a general backlog for all benefits claims and long processing times, including by Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Marine veteran and California Republican.
In an April 10 piece in The Washington Post, Hunter and Pete Hegseth, chief executive of Concerned Veterans for America and an Army veteran, blasted VA's "dysfunction."
"Veterans are not getting the service they deserve," they wrote, adding VA is projected to soon hit 1 million unprocessed benefits claims, about 600,000 of which are more than 125 days old.
Pummill, speaking specifically about IDES, acknowledged "we have some issues here," but asserted VA is working to clear the backlog and improve its services.
"The only goal is to make sure the service members in the IDES process get through [it] in the best manner possible that takes care of them and their families as quickly as we can," Pummill said. "Before we had the IDES process, we literally had to wait for a service member to leave [the service] and once they were out they would apply for their veterans benefits."
IDES allows troops to stay in uniform and receive their pay and benefits while they undergo their required medical processing, Pummill said.
"We do have some glitches because it's a new system," he said. "I think that's all of our growing pains, and we're working through them well. We've come a long way since we've started, but we've got a long way to go."
VA has increased the number of employees who process Army IDES ratings from 29 to 137, Pummill said.
"That's still not enough," he said. "Also, when we see surges from the Army, we're sending teams to help them out."
The employees who do the ratings are "our brain surgeons inside our VA system," Pummill said.
"They are our smartest, our most detailed, our most technically talented people," he said. "It takes them a lot of time, a lot of research. We're talking about a soldier and his family, and we're talking about the rest of their lives."
It also takes about two years to properly train someone to fill a rating job, Pummill said.
VA isn't authorized to hire more people for those jobs, Pummill said, but he hopes VA's new Veterans Benefits Management System, a fully automated system for processing claims, will help speed up claims processing across the board for all veterans.
"We're rolling it out across the country, and when that comes fully online, sometime this summer, we believe we'll be able to do more with less raters," Pummill said.
As the Army and VA work down the backlog of soldiers in the IDES process, Boone said he believes the Army can reach the 295-day goal.
Even now, in five different phases of IDES, the Army is meeting the DoD standard, he said. That means at least 70 percent of the cases are being run through a phase within the recommended amount of time.
"We have some optimism," Boone said. "But we also have some cases that are very, very far over 400 days, and we've made them a priority."
The Army also expects to reduce the amount of time a soldier has to wait to receive VA benefits, said Col. Daniel Cassidy, who is one of Boone's deputies.
"One of the things we set out to do in IDES is to eliminate or reduce the time soldiers, after they're separated, had to wait for VA benefits," he said. "One of the things we've been able to do was reduce that time from 240 days down to about 79 days.
"I think, by the end of this year, if not sooner, we'll have that down to about 30 days, the fastest allowable by law. That's really what we set out to do with the IDES."
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Could it be that things are made to appear complicated on purpose so special interest groups can confuse and deceive us?
In reality there is only one economic system and that is capitalism. You see, there are only two kinds of goods, there are consumer goods, and there are capital goods. Consumer goods are anything you consume to provide for your lifestyle. Capital goods are those things you use to produce consumer goods. Capital goods are spears, fish hooks, a hammer and saw, machines, money, raw material or land.
The only difference lies in who controls the capital goods. In a government of, for and by the people, the people all have the right to acquire and use capital goods. In government of, for and by special interest groups, only a select few control the capital goods. This is always control by the criminal element of society. Stealing your right to acquire and use capital goods to produce consumer goods is criminal and I believe God does not condemn people to an eternal hell but he provides for people to condemn themselves to an eternal hell. But if they repent and change their ways and seek forgiveness he will forgive them and grant them eternal bliss. It is up to each to choose.
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Sunday Dose of Cute: We Get the Hint
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Now, that's funny.ReplyDelete
look at that cute pink tongue :)ReplyDelete
.::He appears to be giving you Stink-Eye as he licks the tarp. Too funny, Gus !~!::.ReplyDelete
Irresistibly cute! Nothing like licking an empty dish, I always say! Works wonders!ReplyDelete
Is there anything more pitiful than a treat-deprived donkey? So cute and so funny!ReplyDelete
What a cute tongue!ReplyDelete
And oh those ears !!!ReplyDelete
I love the donkeys! They have such wonderful personalities!ReplyDelete
My cat does that too! They somehow seem to make it so pitiful: "I haven't eaten in days." Gotta love the critters.ReplyDelete
Aw, he wants a treat.ReplyDelete
one of my cats does it, too. First, she sits in front of her food bowl, and then she licks the empty bowl. Makes me feel really guilty.ReplyDelete
Hi Farm Girl, I'm in the process of ordering some books on raising different livestock. Do you have a recommendation for a good Donkey book? And what do you think about them as guardians? I know you have dogs that guard the sheep. ThanksReplyDelete
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Thanks for all the fun comments. :)
Hi Heidi,
Some donkeys can be excellent livestock guardians. I have a friend whose donkeys won't even let the family dog into their pasture. While we were hoping our donkeys would help protect the sheep from coyotes, they don't seem to be that kind of donkey. ;) Fortunately Daisy and Marta, our livestock guardian dogs, are doing an excellent job of keeping away all predators.
As for donkey books, we've been enjoying a new book from Hobby Farms called Donkeys: Small Scale Donkey Keeping. It has lots of helpful information, especially for beginning donkey owners, and is a bargain from amazon.com for just $8.94.
Another good book is The Donkey Companion: Selecting, Training, Breeding, Enjoying & Caring for Donkeys.
You can also find some good information on The American Donkey and Mule Society's website, LoveLongears.com.
No matter whether they do any guarding or not, I definitely recommend bringing donkeys into your life. They're low maintenance and lots of fun to have around. I didn't know anything about them when we acquired Donkey Doodle Dandy, and now I can't imagine life without them. :)
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WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin is replacing its top aeronautics executive, the company announced Monday, continuing the top-level turnover that has occurred under new CEO Marillyn Hewson.
Larry Lawson will retire April 5. His replacement in the role of executive vice president, Aeronautics, will be Orlando Carvalho.
The company also announced the appointment of Lorraine Martin as vice president and general manager of the F-35 Lightning II program. Both Carvalho and Martin will begin their roles immediately, though Lawson will stay on through the next three weeks to help the transition.
Lawson's retirement after 26 years with the company marks the fourth high-profile retirement since Hewson took over at the start of the year.
In January, Rick Ambrose replaced Joanne Maguire as executive vice president, Space Systems, while Sondra Barbour replaced Linda Gooden as head of the Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) business.
That same month, Lockheed announced that F-35 program head Tom Burbage would retire at the end of March, although no successor was appointed until today's announcement that Martin would take over.
Lawson is leaving after less than a year on the job, having been appointed in April 2012. He previously managed a number of programs for the company, most notably the F-22 Raptor program, which he managed from 2004-2010.
"I'd like to thank Larry for the many contributions he's made to our success in his 26 years of dedicated service," Hewson wrote in today's statement. "He has had a distinguished career at Lockheed Martin and we wish him the best in his retirement."
"Orlando and Lorraine are impressive leaders who have consistently demonstrated their ability to build strong customer relationships, successfully manage complex programs, and inspire our teams," Hewson wrote. "These appointments are examples of our deep bench of talent and demonstrate the value of our robust succession planning efforts."
Both Carvalho and Martin come from Lockheed's F-35 team, working together to develop the most expensive program in DoD history.
They enter their new roles at a point when tensions among Lockheed, DoD and the international partners on the program are running high. In recent weeks, U.S. Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, has been openly critical of Lockheed for what he says are failures to adequately reduce costs.
Last Tuesday, Bogdan told a group of reporters that he intended to trim the size of the JPO team, and that he expected Lockheed and engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney to do the same.


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McDonald's expands test flight for chicken wings
The world's biggest hamburger chain is set to expand its test of chicken wings to Chicago this week, after a successful run in Atlanta last year. The wings are expected to be sold in three, five or 10 pieces with prices likely starting at $3, according to Lynne Collier, an analyst with Sterne Agee.
A spokeswoman for McDonald's confirmed the test in Chicago would start this week but said there weren't any plans yet to bring the wings to other cities. Fast-food chains typically test items in select markets before taking them national. But for McDonald's, which has 14,000 U.S. locations, adding chicken wings to the permanent lineup could be tricky.
Prices for chicken wings have been climbing over the past year, reflecting an increase in the number of restaurants serving them, said David Harvey, an agriculture economist who specializes in poultry and eggs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In December, the cost of wings in the wholesale market in the Northeast was 26 percent higher than a year ago. Wings sold for $1.90 a pound that month, compared with $1.30 a pound for boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
And prices could continue to climb with demand remaining high.
Rather than becoming a permanent part of the menu, McDonald's could offer the dish for a limited time; the chain has said it plans to ramp up the frequency of such special offers as a way to give customers more variety. But whether it will offer "Mighty Wings" even on a limited-time basis will likely depend on McDonald's ability to get wings at reasonable prices, said Collier, the analyst with Sterne Agee.
The test comes amid intensifying competition for McDonald's, which for years had outperformed rivals such as Burger King and Wendy's with a steady stream of new menu items, such as snack wraps, fruit smoothies and specialty coffee drinks. But now Burger King and Wendy's are working to revamp their images and menus.
This past spring, Burger King launched its biggest ever menu expansion to include its own snack wraps, fruit smoothies and specialty coffee drinks. And last week, the Miami-based chain even introduced chicken nuggets that more closely resemble McNuggets, replacing the chicken tenders it previously sold.
In addition, McDonald's is facing competition from newer chains such as Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and Panera Bread Co., which serve higher-quality food for slightly higher prices. In October, McDonald's said a key sales figure dropped for the first time in nearly a decade. The figure rebounded in November after McDonald's said it would return to emphasizing its Dollar Menu to lure price-conscious diners.
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Hey True Blood fans -
I'm here from BBC America to let you guys know that Season 2 of the hit series Being Human is starting Saturday, July 24 at 10/9c. For those who may not know, Being Human is a smart, supernatural drama about three twenty-somethings and their secret double lives – as a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost – as they struggle to live "normal" lives despite their strange situations and be part of the everyday world around them. If you like True Blood, be sure to catch this season of Being Human - it's truly one of the most interesting and unique shows on-air.
And if you've never seen Being Human – don't worry! Season 1 will be available on DVD July 20, so you'll be able to catch up just in time for the start of all the Season 2 action. Keep up to date with all the latest at the official site and make sure to tune-in on July 24, right after the season finale of Doctor Who. We can't wait to hear what you think!
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Young & Rubicam, one of the worlds leading marketing communications companies, with a global network of 163 agencies in 81 countries around the world, recently commissioned Marco Tempest to create a special viral video to promote widespread awareness on behalf of Y&R's client - the United Nations. Marco created the video entitled "Just Stand Up" for this campaign. "Stand Up" is the message Marco incorporates into an innovative magic video to communicate awareness for the Unitied Nation's Millennium Campaign for the Environment. Launched in 2000, The Millennium Campaign for the Environment is a worldwide effort towards creating a sustainable global environment and eradicating global poverty. Marco created a brand new illusion for the campaign, shot using just his camera phone. The videos are a part of Tempest's popular series "Phonecam Magic," which has scored record viewings on viral video sites Youtube, Google Video, iTunes and others. In the series, Tempest challenges himself to create completely new and unique magic on video using nothing more than raw footage shot on his cellphone camera. No editing or post-production "Hollywood Effects" are allowed. Y&R will post this video live throughout its worldwide media channels as of today.
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Next week, historic St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at 627 McKinley Ave. NW will remember the man who brought Catholicism to Stark County.
Next week, historic St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at 627 McKinley Ave. NW will remember the man who brought Catholicism to Stark County.
The life and death of John Shorb Sr. illustrates the contributions Catholics have made to the Canton, says the Rev. Ronald Klingler, parish pastor.
Klingler will celebrate commemorative Masses next Saturday and on
July 24, the anniversary of Shorb's death in 1824.
Shorb died following an accident while building the original St. John's, the city's first brick church. He was 66.
Prior to that, the native of Zweibrücken, Rheinpfalz, Germany, and his family hosted the city's first Catholic Mass in 1817. They frequently were celebrated under an oak tree on the Shorb farm at present-day Fifth and High streets NW.
Remnants of that tree eventually were transformed into a "Presidential Chair," which is housed in St. John's today.
"John Shorb and (city founder) Bezaleel Wells had an affinity for trees," Klingler said, "which is why downtown's streets were named after trees."
In addition to Cherry and Walnut avenues, Cleveland Avenue was once called Poplar Street. Plum Street became McKinley Avenue following the president's assassination in 1901.
Klingler noted that the tie between nature and God's relationship with mankind is a recurring theme, from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden to the lumber used to make a crucifix upon which Jesus died.
"We're using God's creation to embrace God's glory, which was our reason for building God's church," Klingler said.
Shorb brought his family to Canton from Baltimore in 1807, when the city was a year old. He established the city's first grocery store at the southwest corner of Second Street and Market Avenue S and later became president of Farmer's Bank, the city's first.
Klingler said Shorb recruited Catholics from Maryland and Pennsylvania. His wife, Catharine, was native of Niederbronn, Alsace.
In 1823, Bishop Edward Fenwick, who celebrated the first Mass in Canton, gave permission to build a church on five acres of land donated by the Shorbs.
The first St. John's was completed in 1824. The Rev. John Hill was the first resident pastor. A small iron cross that adorned the first church is still on display at the present church.
Masses at St. John's were conducted in English. Neighboring St. Peter's was established in 1845 by German Catholics, who wanted to worship in their native language.
No photograph of the original St. John's exists, but Klingler commissioned local artist Tom Franta to do a watercolor painting of the building in 1999.
The current St. John's was completed in 1872. It was designed by Renwick & Kiely architects of Brooklyn, N.Y., who also designed
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On its 150th anniversary in 1974, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Shorbs are buried on the grounds of the church.
Three special Masses will commemorate John Shorb Sr., who is credited with bringing Catholicism to Stark County. The Masses next weekend are at 4 p.m. Saturday and at 8 and 10:30 a.m. on July 24 at St. John's the Baptist Catholic Church.
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The photovoltaic (PV) performance of flexible inverted organic solar cells (IOSCs) with an active layer consisting of a blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6, 6]-phenyl C61-butlyric acid methyl ester was investigated by varying the thicknesses of ZnO seed layers and introducing ZnO nanorods (NRs). A ZnO seed layer or ZnO NRs grown on the seed layer were used as an electron transport layer and pathway to optimize PV performance. ZnO seed layers were deposited using spin coating at 3,000 rpm for 30 s onto indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated polyethersulphone (PES) substrates. The ZnO NRs were grown using an aqueous solution method at a low temperature (90°C). The optimized device with ZnO NRs exhibited a threefold increase in PV performance compared with that of a device consisting of a ZnO seed layer without ZnO NRs. Flexible IOSCs fabricated using ZnO NRs with improved PV performance may pave the way for the development of PV devices with larger interface areas for effective exciton dissociation and continuous carrier transport paths.
Keywords:Inverted organic solar cells; ZnO nanorods; Electron transport layer; Photovoltaic; Short circuit current density
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been widely investigated in the past decade due to their numerous potential advantages including relatively inexpensive and light-weight materials, compatibility with flexible plastic substrates, and ease of fabrication [1-3]. However, the short exciton-diffusion length and inefficient exciton dissociation in a polymeric matrix of OSCs results in low quantum efficiency, which limits their use in many potential applications [4,5]. Moreover, the lifetimes of OSC devices are short, and thus careful encapsulation strategies should be developed for use in practical working environments [6-8]. For the efficient dissociation of excitons, a bulk hetero-junction (BHJ) blend of donors and acceptors is generally used, leading to nanoscale morphology and facilitating charge transport in interpenetrating networks [8-10].
In the conventional structure of an OSC based on BHJ, indium tin oxide (ITO) modified with p-type poly(3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene):(polystyrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS) is used as an anode [11]. However, PEDOT:PSS is an acidic water-based solution, which causes interface instability in the photoactive layer and corrosion of the ITO [11,12]. To improve the interface stability and prevent device degradation, an alternative is to use as an inverted configuration [13], with ITO serving as the cathode and a high work function metal as the anode. It should be pointed out that only modified ITO can serve as the cathode for electron extraction, and thus the functional layers for modifying ITO mainly focus on metal oxides. ZnO is one of the applicable functional metal oxides for use in this application due to its high electron mobility and high degree of transparency in the visible wavelength range. Moreover, its crystal structure allows it to be grown anisotropically, making possible the production of highly efficient OSCs based on vertically oriented ZnO nanorods (NRs) for use as continuous electron transport pathways [14,15].
Herein, we report a dramatic increase in the power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of flexible inverted OSCs (IOSCs) fabricated with ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layers acting as direct electron transport pathways. This method involves the growth of ZnO NRs via an aqueous solution route at the low temperature of 90°C. This is a simple and effective process for improving the PCE of IOSCs. Compared with ZnO seed layer-based IOSCs, the PCE of the IOSCs fabricated with ZnO NRs was increased by approximately threefold using simulated air mass (AM) 1.5 global full-sun (1.5G, 100 mW/cm2) illumination. This work suggests a method to fabricate efficient photovoltaic (PV) devices with larger interface areas for effective exciton dissociation area and optimum continuous carrier transport paths, which should be useful for future applications.
Experimental Section
We first prepared a ZnO seed solution using zinc acetate dihydrate [Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O] as a source and ethanol as a solvent. Briefly, zinc acetate dihydrate (final concentration 30 mM) was stirred for 30 min in ethanol at 60°C. ZnO seed layers were then deposited using spin coating at 3,000 rpm for 30 s onto ITO-coated polyethersulphone (PES) substrates. Spin coating was repeated between 12 and 18 times in order to control ZnO seed layer thickness and density. The deposited seed layers were thermally treated at 150°C for 10 min after each deposition. After seed layer formation, the substrates were maintained in a solution consisting of deionized water, 25 mM zinc nitrate hexahydrate [Zn(NO3)2·6H2O], and 25 mM hexamethylenetetramine [C6H12N4] (HMT) for 30 min at 90°C to prepare the ZnO NRs.
We prepared a P3HT: PCBM-blended solution for active layer deposition using spin coating at 2,000 rpm for 120 s. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) were dissolved in chlorobenzene at a weight ratio of 1:1 for 1 day, resulting in a P3HT:PCBM blend. After annealing an active layer for 30 min at 150°C, a 20-nm-thick MoOx electron blocking layer and a 100-nm Au layer were deposited via thermal evaporation through a shadow mask.
The structure of the IOSCs consisted of Au/MoOx/P3HT:PCBM/ZnO, a NR/ZNO seed layer, and ITO/PES stacked from bottom to top. Investigation into surface morphology and thickness was carried out using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). PV performance was evaluated by measuring short circuit current density (Jsc), open circuit voltage (Voc), fill factor (FF), power conversion efficiency (PCE) and series resistance(Rs) using a solar simulator under AM 1.5G conditions (100 mW/cm2).
Results and Discussion
The cross-sectional FE-SEM images depicted in Fig. 1 show the typical surface morphologies of the ZnO NRs grown on (a) 12 times, (b) 15 times, (c) 18 times deposited ZnO seed layers using spin coating. The thickness of the ZnO seed layer was increased by repeating the spin coating process. The ZnO seed layers were porous and consisted of nanoparticles with a typical diameter of 5 nm. The thicknesses of the seed layers were 115, 130, and 145 nm after 12, 15, and 18 spin coating depositions, respectively. The ZnO NRs were vertically arrayed on the ZnO seed layer with a typical diameter of 30 nm and a length of 250 nm.
Figure 1. FE-SEM images of ZnO NRs grown on a ZnO seed layer spin coated onto a PES substrate a 12 times, b 15 times, c and 18 times
We fabricated a series of devices with different ZnO seed layer thickness by controlling the number of spin coating depositions. To investigate the role of the ZnO NRs alone, we also fabricated IOSCs with ZnO NRs at the same ZnO seed layer positions. Figure 2 shows the schematic diagram of flexible IOSC and its energy band configuration. The ZnO NRs and seed layer acted as an electron transport layer, while the MoOx layer acted as a hole transport layer.
Figure 2. Device structure and energy diagram of IOSC with ZnO NRs
Fig. 3 shows the current density–voltage (J–V) characteristics for the solar cells fabricated with/without ZnO NRs by varying the ZnO seed layer thickness. Measurements were carried out under solar-simulated AM 1.5 G illumination with a 100 mW/cm2 light source. The Jsc, Voc, FF, and PCE derived from J–V curves are summarized in Table 1. We found that PV performance improved as seed layer thickness increased for the IOSCs fabricated with the ZnO seed layer, up to an optimum thickness of 130 nm. In IOSC structures, the electron transport layer is affected by injection of holes from the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of P3HT—4.8 eV to ITO—4.8 eV [16]. Therefore, to prevent contact between the active layer and the ITO electrode, the ZnO seed layer should exist as a stable compact film. However, the ZnO seed layer was a porous film consisting of nanoparticles and could not completely prevent contact between the organic active layer and the ITO electrode until it reached an optimized thickness. On the other hand, resistance of the seed layer increased with increasing thickness. As a result, the Jsc of the device increased up to the optimum film thickness, after which it began to decrease due to a larger series resistance, as shown in Fig. 3. Consequently, the PV performance of the device varied in the same way. Thus, an optimization process was necessary with respect to the thickness of the electron transport layer in order to prevent contact between the active layer and the ITO electrode with the lowest series resistance. We optimized the seed layer thickness to 130 nm, which allowed for the extraction of the maximum efficiency from the device. Furthermore, we studied the PV performances of IOSCs fabricated with a ZnO seed layer and with a ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layer.
Figure 3. Current density voltage (J–V) characteristic for solar cells under AM 1.5 G simulated solar illumination
Table 1. Summary of device performance
We also compared IOSCs with a ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layer with IOSCs consisting of a ZnO seed layer only. As summarized in Table 1, the PV performance of the IOSCs fabricated with a ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layer was improved about threefold compared with that of IOSCs fabricated with a ZnO seed layer. This substantial improvement in PV performance can be explained in two ways. First, improvement in PV performance was the result of an increased exciton dissociation interface area between ZnO and the active layer using ZnO NRs. The energy level diagram in Fig. 2 shows the position of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of ZnO at—4.2 eV [17], which suggests that electrons from P3HT with a LUMO of—2.7 eV [16] can be injected into the ZnO NRs. Therefore, a larger area between ZnO and the active layer is favorable for increased exciton diffusion and separation events. For IOSCs with a ZnO seed layer, the exciton dissociation interface between the ZnO seed layer and organic material was planar, and most of the photo generated excitons were unable to reach the interface. This resulted in a large recombination probability in locations distant from the interface due to low exciton-diffusion length. Conversely, for the IOSCs with a ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layer, upon filling the space between the ZnO NRs with organic materials, the exciton dissociation interface area was greatly increased, and most of the photogene rated excitons were able to reach the interface before recombination.
A second possible reason is a higher mobility of the ZnO NRs. High carrier mobility causes low series resistance (Rs), which increases the efficiencies of solar cells [18]. Because the series resistance in a solar cell contributes to the bulk conductivity of each of the functional layers and the contact resistance between them, and because high charge carrier mobility is beneficial to obtaining a low Rs[19], the lower Rs of the IOSCs with the ZnO NR/ZnO seed layer may reflect improved electron mobility. As demonstrated in previous studies [4,20], the carrier mobility of ZnO NR is several orders of magnitude larger than that of organic materials due to the occurrence of a hopping mechanism in the organic materials [21]. Therefore, we speculate that the dark current density in IOSCs with a ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layer as a direct pathway for photo-generated electrons was increased compared with that of IOSCs with a ZnO seed layer. Figure 4 shows the J–V curves obtained for the IOSCs with a ZnO NRs/ZnO seed layer and a ZnO seed layer under forward bias in the dark. The current density of the IOSCs fabricated with ZnO NRs was increased compared with that of IOSCs fabricated with a ZnO seed layer, providing additional evidence for the improvement in PV performance due to the introduction of ZnO NRs.
Figure 4. Dark current density voltage (J–V) curves for IOSCs
PV performance of flexible IOSCs with an active layer consisting of a blend of P3HT:PCBM was investigated by varying the thicknesses of ZnO seed layers and by introducing ZnO NRs. A ZnO seed layer or ZnO NRs grown on the seed layer were used as an electron transport layer and pathway to optimize PV performance. The optimized device with ZnO NRs exhibited a threefold increase in PV performance compared with that of a device consisting of a ZnO seed layer without ZnO NRs. The optimization of the electron transport layer in the present work is one of the most important aspects for further improvement on solar cell efficiency.
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0015035 and 2009-0077682) and also by the New & Renewable Energy of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Knowledge Economy (No. 2009T100100614).
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text: Where the presidential candidates stand on the issues Share this story email Share this story «Previous 3 of 13 Photos Next » « » GAY RIGHTS Obama: Supports legal recognition of same-sex marriage, a matter decided by states. Opposed that recognition in 2008 presidential campaign and in 2004 Senate campaign, while supporting the extension of legal rights and benefits to same-sex couples in civil unions. Achieved repeal of the military ban on openly gay members. Has not achieved repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages and affirms the right of states to refuse to recognize such marriages. Administration has ceased defending the law in court but it remains on the books. Romney: Opposes legal recognition of same-sex marriage and says it should be banned with a constitutional amendment, not left to states. "Marriage is not an activity that goes on within the walls of a state." Also opposes civil unions "if they are identical to marriage other than by name," but says states should be left to decide what rights and benefits should be allowed under those unions. Says certain domestic partnership benefits — largely unspecified — as well as hospital visitation rights are appropriate but "others are not." Says he would not seek to restore the ban on openly gay military members. In this June 24, 2012, photo provided by Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball guard and Olympic gold medalist, Augustus, right, and fiancee LaTaya Varner, left, participate as co-Grand Marshals in the Twin Cities Gay Pride Parade in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Courtesy Seimone Augustus)