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This hotel is situated just north of the centre of Amsterdam within walking distance of all the city's famous sights. The hotel is easily accessible both by car as well as by public transport. It is just 10 minutes drive from the city centre and the railway station is 1.
5 km away. There is a free shuttle service into the city centre available to guests. Due to construction the IJ-tunnel will be closed from 6th of July until 3rd of September 2012. Therefore the shuttle bus will drive to the ferryboat (which is located at the back of Central Station). The air-conditioned city hotel comprises a total of 266 rooms of which 2 are suites. Facilities include a foyer area, a lounge bar and 12 conference rooms offering a capacity of 4 to 200 persons. All of the conference rooms offer a warm and relaxed atmosphere and are equipped with air conditioning as well as ISDN connections. The large windows mean that 10 of the conference rooms enjoy a great deal of natural light. The colonial-style 'Travellers' restaurant offers an array of dishes and guests are also able to enjoy pleasant and relaxing moments in 'Williams' bar. Moreover, 24-hour room and laundry services are available, as are a shoe shine service, a vending and ice machine and a car park offering complimentary parking for up to 200 cars. The rooms and suites each come with an en suite bathroom, a toiletries kit, a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, cable TV, pay TV, Internet/ WLAN access and a fridge. Individually regulated heating and air conditioning come as standard and all are equipped with ironing equipment and a safe. A choice of pillows are available (firm, soft, feather). Guests may make use of the in-house gym. Guests may select their breakfast from an ample buffet; the evening meal may be taken à la carte.
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Lauderdale County Schools held its annual convocation for teachers and administrators Monday morning.
It's an annual event to discuss goals for the district and get people excited about the new school year.
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Vick said the convocation has the added benefit of being a reunion of sorts for district employees who have not interacted for about three months.
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Massage May Be Best Approach for Back Pain
"There are treatments for back pain that extend beyond traditional Western medicine," says Hirt. "If you don't find help through traditional practices, there are now scientifically documented benefits for massage. You might even consider using massage therapy first-line because there aren't any side effects. ... Hopefully, by seeing these kinds of studies, insurance companies will step forward and pay for this kind of massage, seeing that it will actually reduce costs, reduce pain, and get people back to work sooner and with fewer side effects."
But massage isn't the only option for back pain.
Chiropractor Ralph Templeton, DC, agrees that massage therapy is important for fast relief of back pain but says that it does not get to the root of the problem. At his clinic, they use chiropractic manipulation and also offer other supportive care to alleviate discomfort while the back heals, including massage and medication. Templeton is chairman of the board of directors of the Georgia Chiropractic Association.
For those having trouble getting rid of back pain, Hirt recommends trying several things together for optimum benefit, like massage, medication, and acupuncture. By working with a healthcare practitioner experienced in treating back pain, you can find the best combination of available therapies based on your individual problem.
If you'd like to visit a massage therapist for back pain, heed the advice of Marlene Cohen, a nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. She is the owner of Health to the Third Power, located in Falls Church, Va., a suburb of Washington. She sees all kinds of back-pain sufferers, and Anne Kanter is one of her satisfied customers.
Kanter first started seeing Cohen for tight muscles in her upper back but soon learned that massage therapy could also help her recurring lower back problems. She sees Cohen about twice a month and also comes in for a visit if she feels the familiar twinges and muscles knot that are typical harbingers of more severe muscle pain.
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I am a woman. A woman who happens to enjoy sports. And while it's not often that I'll go to a sports bar to take in a Lions or Tigers or Red Wings game, it's been known to happen. Generally, the only thing at a sports bar that will irritate me while watching a game is the overly enthusiastic bros at the giant table who yell and high-five each other every time something even remotely positive happens. "The Lions didn't score a touchdown, but no one fumbled the ball! High five, bro!" *everyone slaps hands while I roll my eyes so hard it gives me a migraine*
That being said, I find no reason for there to be a sports bar that caters specifically to women, especially when it's done the way this new bar in New York City is. What way is that exactly? The wrong way.


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Medical Marijuana Makes It To Florida's Ballot AgainVoters will get another chance to decide whether to allow medical marijuana in Florida after backers of a proposed constitutional amendment finished submitting enough valid petition signatures to get on the November ballot.
State Moves Forward With Medical Pot Despite ChallengesDespite mounting license challenges, Florida health officials are holding to a deadline for the state's first medical marijuana businesses to seek permission to begin growing non-euphoric cannabis.
Broward Reaches Unanimous Vote To Lower Pot Possession PenaltyBroward County has approved an ordinance Tuesday to reduce the penalty for pot possession to a civil fine.
State Panel Prepares To Move Forward With Medical PotState health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida's first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida's new medical-marijuana industry off the ground.
Hallandale Beach Commissioners Pass Pot LawHallandale Beach Commissioners approved a law to issue tickets for marijuana offenses.
Tallahassee Insiders Take Aim At Pot LicenseInfluential Tallahassee insiders --- and a former lawmaker who is the grandson of one of Florida's most-renowned citrus barons --- have banded together with the owner of an abortion clinic to get in on the ground floor of the state's burgeoning medical-marijuana industry.
Rejected Medical Pot Applications Likely To Be ChallengedEven before selecting five nurseries to become Florida's first legal pot producers, Department of Health officials will face a challenge from at least one grower whose application was tossed out because it was late.
Nurseries Seek Piece Of New Pot IndustryFlorida health officials say they've received 28 applications for firms wanting to cultivate and distribute non-euphoric cannabis.
Broward Teacher Admits Role In Smuggling 667 Pounds Of PotA 39-year-old Broward preschool teacher is no longer working with students after she admitted to being part of a conspiracy that smuggled massive amounts of pot into Palm Beach County.
New Twist In State Senate: Cannabis For CaninesThree-year-old Dinah is the latest face joining the entourage pushing for medical marijuana in Florida, arriving on the scene just as the Senate is poised to broaden the state's non-euphoric cannabis law approved last year.
Frustrated Senators Push Pot FixCiting frustration with delays in getting non-euphoric cannabis to patients, a Florida Senate panel Thursday pushed forward a revised attempt to create a regulatory framework for the pot industry but did not include changes sought by black farmers who complain they would be shut out of the industry.
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CANFIELD — The Mahoning Operating a Vehicle Impaired Task Force will have a sobriety checkpoint Saturday in Mahoning County to deter and intercept impaired drivers.
Specific details of the checkpoint location have not been disclosed. Saturation patrols will also be conducted throughout the weekend.
Assisting in the patrols will be officials from the Mahoning County OVI Task Force, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and Ohio Department of Transportation.
If these checkpoints are so great the location needs to be disclosed ahead of time. All aspects of government work best when the "sun" shines in and there is full disclosure to the public.
have to say i agree with you youngstownborn. what is the point of having them if they let the drunk drivers know where they are.
These checkpoints are a ruse and are simply un-American. Probable cause folks... mean anything to you? How about freedom? Free from unwarranted searches and seizures? Any of this ringing a bell? Those who would trade their freedom for security get neither and lose both.
And if the interest is OVI, then why are they checking and arresting for other violations? If the checkpoint screened for OVI and OVI alone and could arrest for only OVI I may be more convinced. But that is not what happens, is it.
You guys are simply dumb for supporting these things.
+1, WilliamSwinger. How many arrests for DUI do they actually make on the typical operation? Two or three, literally. And another half dozen seat belt violations, and a handful of other miscellaneous offenses. When you consider how much it costs for the 20 or so cops, who are on overtime, to be there, it's not a very good return for the money. Take those same cops and have them drive up and down the main drags where DUIs have been caught in relatively high concentrations in the past, and other known problem areas, and I'll bet they make 10 times the arrests for DUI.
If they take ONE dui driver off the streets it's worth every penny they spend on it. For that ONE dui driver might kill YOU or YOUR FAMILY or a INNOCENT DRIVER/FAMILY/CHILD. Just might save a life if that means anything to you's.
Neither Youngstown Born or Dawn have a clue as to the personal liberty these checkpoints infringe upon.. This is the United States
not Nazi Germany where innocent people should not be stopped for merely driving down the road. Have the police patrol the roads instead and stop those who exhibit signs of intoxication.
Driving is NOT a right protected by the constitution. The police do need probable cause or permission to search a vehicle, but if the driver is impaired that opens the door for the state to search and impound the vehicle.
hey rikking, why dont you try reading my post first before you bring my name up? i never said i support the checkpoints, i said its stupid to say where they are
Please island mike that argument is made by people that don't have anything better to argue.
Is walking down the street a right??
should you be subject to a stop and frisk wheneve you leave the house?
Find the impaired drivers by how they drive. Don't stop innocent people under the guise of a checkpoint.
The solution is simple: don't drink and drive or get a designated driver.
Driving is a privilege, not a right. If you plan on drinking and driving and get caught up in a checkpoint, stands to reason you will lose your privilege. Now if the cops kick your ass because you are a beligerent drunk, then yes, maybe your rights would be violated.


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If I have 100 client PCs in my dept, and I want to install the VM (foo) on each client, and also manage the remote VM instances of (foo). How can I accompish this? Let's assume that the client machines are running Windows7, and have the vmplayer app installed on the box.
I'm looking to do the following kinds of actions regarding the remote client machines: -Update the foo VM/image with new updated copies -Make sure that every VM "foo" has the same user, but a unique passwd -Monitor the traffic/status of each client VM "foo" oin each client -Start/Stop each client VN "foo" from the master console -Etc...
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Mitsubishi Tanabe to Recall Drugs as Factory Probed
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. said it will recall 2 million shots of three injected drugs made at a factory in Japan after an employee failed to test the medicines properly to ensure they met quality controls.
Mitsubishi Tanabe said it hasn't received any reports of health issues resulting from the affected drugs. The recall starts today, the Osaka, western Japan-based company said in a statement.
Shares of Mitsubishi Tanabe fell as much as 7.4 percent after the Asahi newspaper reported earlier today that the company sold drugs without proper testing. The recall would be at least the second in two years for the drugmaker, which removed a blood-plasma product from the market in March 2009 because of manipulated data.
"We will investigate the incident thoroughly to resolve the problem, and make it our top priority to regain the public's confidence," President Michihiro Tsuchiya said at a briefing in Tokyo, where he apologized for the quality-control failure.
A male employee in his 40s at a plant in Ashikaga city, north of Tokyo, failed to complete some quality-control tests, Takashi Tanaka, head of Mitsubishi Tanabe's factory unit, said at the briefing. The worker has been replaced and production at the factory continues, he said.
Mitsubishi Tanabe lost 5.5 percent to 1,326 yen at the 3 p.m. close in Tokyo trading, the most since Nov. 12, 2009. About 6.3 million shares were traded, more than five times the daily average in the past year.
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The drugs being recalled are Liple, used to unblock blood vessels, Limethason for rheumatoid arthritis, and Pazucross, an antibacterial medicine, Mitsubishi Tanabe said.
The medicines generate combined annual revenue of 9.6 billion yen ($117 million), said the company, whose sales fell 2.4 percent to 404.7 billion yen in the year ended March 31.
Mitsubishi Tanabe said it will provide the impact on its earnings as soon as possible. The drugmaker is scheduled to report results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 on Jan. 28.


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Howard "Blue-Moon" Cortez, 74, a native and resident of Kraemer, died Friday, April 20, 2007.
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He is survived by his wife, Nazie Cortez; three sons, Alan Cortez, Murphy Cortez and Kelly Cortez; two daughters, Karen Bellanger and Laura Granier; two sisters, Vida Martinez and Marian Granier; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
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Cathodoluminescence spectroscopy of epitaxial-lateral-overgrown nonpolar (11-20) and semipolar (11-22) GaN in relation to microstructural characterization101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2740361View Description Hide Description
Low temperature spatially resolved cathodoluminescence was carried out on GaN films grown by the epitaxial-lateral-overgrowth (ELO) technique with the nonpolar (11-20) and the semipolar (11-22) orientations on - and -sapphires, respectively. Defect related optical transitions were identified and their localization was correlated to different regions of ELO. The sample microstructure was further investigated by plan-view and cross-section transmission electron microscopies. It is shown that the defect related emissions are mainly localized in the seed of the samples, but different defects occur as well in the wings, especially in the case of nonpolar GaN. The structural defect densities are lowest in the overgrown wings of semipolar GaN. In particular, the [0001] wing region of semipolar ELO-GaN is almost defect-free with a cathodoluminescencespectrum dominated by the GaN band-edge emission at .
Recombination dynamics in ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with Si-doped multiple quantum well active regions101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2736312View Description Hide Description
Ultraviolet (UV)light-emitting diodes with multiple quantum well active regions, doped in the barriers with different Si doping levels, show a sharp near-band edge emission line (UVluminescence). Some samples have a broad subband gap emission band centered at about 500 nm (green luminescence) in addition to the near-band edge emission. The electroluminescence intensities of the UV and green emission line are studied as a function of the injection current. For the sample grown on the AlN substrate under optimized growth conditions, the UVluminescence intensity increases linearly with the injection current, following a power law with an exponent of 1.0, while the green luminescence intensity increases sublinearly with the injection current. On the contrary, the samples grown on the sapphire substrate show a superlinear (to the power of 2.0) and linear (to the power of 1.0) dependence on the injection current for the UV and green luminescence, respectively. A theoretical model is proposed to explain the relationship between the luminescence intensities and the injection current. The results obtained from the model are in excellent agreement with the experimental results. The model provides a method to evaluate the dominant recombination process by measuring the exponent of the power-law dependence.
Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of neodymium doped lead chloride101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2738418View Description Hide Description
The crystal growth and infrared spectroscopic properties of Nddopedlead chloride are reported. Lead halide based materials have recently emerged as laser hosts with low maximum phonon energies. In this work, crystals were grown by a self-seeded Bridgman technique. Following optical pumping at 750 and , exhibited several infrared (IR) emission lines between 800 and as well as a broad mid-IR band centered at . It was found that for concentrations larger than , the mid-IR emission is predominantly due to the transition . From a Judd-Ofelt analysis, the radiative quantum efficiency of the emission was determined to be . The multiphonon decay rates of several closely spaced transitions were modeled using the well known energy-gap law and the host dependent parameters and were determined to be and , respectively. The obtained energy-gap law parameters were subsequently used to describe the temperature dependence of the mid-IR emission lifetime for a range from .
Accurate evaluation of nonlinear absorption coefficients in InAs, InSb, and HgCdTe alloys101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2718874View Description Hide Description
We present a full band structure calculation of temperature- and wavelength-dependent two-photon absorption(TPA) coefficients and free carrier absorption (FCA) cross sections in InAs,InSb, and alloys. The wavelength dependence of the TPA coefficients agrees well with a widely used analytical expression. However, the magnitudes of the TPA coefficients obtained here are smaller by a factor of 1.2–2.5 than the analytical values. In addition, the TPA coefficient is found to depend sensitively on the photoexcitedcarrier density in small gap materials. The FCA is found to arise predominantly from hole absorption. The FCA cross section is found to be independent of the carrier density, but is strongly dependent on the temperature. The calculated TPA, FCA coefficients, and lifetimes are fitted to closed-form expressions and are used in solving the rate equations to obtain the transmitted pump and probe intensities as functions of incident intensity and sample thickness. The calculated pump transmission and time-dependent probe transmission in InAs agree very well with the measured values.
Imaging properties of a metallic photonic crystal101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2737771View Description Hide Description
Imaging effects in metallicphotonic crystals (PCs) are examined theoretically based on the finite difference time-domain method. The analysis shows that, in metallic PC-based systems, far-field images do form at the opposite side of the PC "lens" and more importantly, follow the rule of geometric optics with respect to the changes in the source position as a direct proof of negative refraction. However, the comparison of ideal left-handed media with a metallic PC suggests that the focusing effect in the PC based system is different from that of the ideal left-handed media in many aspects, due to the inhomogeneous nature of the PC. Particularly, strong dependence on the individual geometry as well as the frequency in the PC-based system renders the effective index sensitive to the variations and potentially limits its application as a superlens.
Thermal loading of laser induced plasma shockwaves on thin films in nanoparticle removal101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2738376View Description Hide Description
Damage concerns, such as substrate/film material alterations, damage, and delamination of thin films, have become a central problem in sub-100 nm particle removal applications. In the laser induced plasma (LIP) removal technique both LIP shockwave and radiation heating are potential sources of thermomechanical damage. The specific objective of current study is to conduct a computational investigation of the LIP shockwave effect on the thermoelastic response of a thin chromium (Cr) film deposited on a quartz substrate and to identify the conditions leading to the onset of plastic film deformations. The experimentally characterized shockwave pressure and temperature (approximated from gas dynamic relations) were prescribed as boundary conditions in the computational analysis. From the shockwave arrival times for different travel distances, the shockwave radius as well as the velocity were obtained as a function of the shockwave propagation time. Radial (and circumferential) stresses, caused by thermal expansion of the Cr film, were most dominant and, hence, of damage concern. It is determined that the resultant temperature rise utilizing a 1064 nm Nd:yttrium-aluminum-garnet(YAG) laser (450 mJ) due to the film-shockwave interactions was not sufficiently high to initiate film and/or substrate damage. No material alteration/damage of the Cr film is predicted due to the temperature and pressure of LIP shockwaves at the firing distance of 2 mm, with a high strain rate gain factor of two (minimum), though damage was observed experimentally for 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser at the pulse energy of 370 mJ. Reported results indicate that the leading cause of observed thin film damage during nanoparticle removal is almost certainly radiation heating from the LIP core.
Comprehensive analysis and optimal design of top-emitting organic light-emitting devices101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2739220View Description Hide Description
We present an accurate analysis of light emission in top-emitting organic light-emitting devices (TOLEDs) by explicitly considering the Purcell effect. TOLEDs are optimized separately for maximum zero-degree luminance, maximum electroluminescence(EL) efficiency, and wide viewing angle with high EL efficiency. For fluorescent material with an internal quantum efficiency of 0.25, the maximum zero-degree luminance and EL efficiency can be achieved by locating the emitters around the first antinode of the microcavity while for phosphorescent material with , the maximum zero-degree luminance and EL efficiency are around the second antinode. Through relaxing the efficiency by 10%–20%, the angular intensity distribution can be even better than the Lambertian distribution; meanwhile, the color shows only a small variation over an angle range of 150°. Our results, which are in good agreement with experiments, show that the Purcell effect on TOLED performances is significant and should be carefully examined in studying TOLEDs.
Topology optimization of waveguide bends with wide, flat bandwidth in air-bridge-type photonic crystal slabs101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2739317View Description Hide Description
We employed the topologyoptimization (TO) method to improve the transmission bandwidth of waveguide bends in air-bridge-type, two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs. We experimentally confirmed that bend loss at longer wavelengths in the vicinity of the band edge was suppressed by using TO. The optimized bends showed good performance, comparable to that of straight waveguides.
Characterization of mixed laser crystals101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2743876View Description Hide Description
A series of laser crystals was grown by the Czochralski method. The thermal properties, including the average linear thermal expansion coefficients, thermal diffusion coefficients, specific heats, and thermal conductivities, of the mixed crystals were obtained. The material constants for the thermal stress resistance figure were calculated and showed that the thermal fracture limits of the mixed crystals should be comparable with that of . The polarizationabsorption spectra from were measured at room temperature and the absorption cross sections at were calculated. Using the Judd-Ofelt theory, the theoretical radiative lifetimes were calculated and compared with the experimental results. Continuous wave laser performances were achieved with the mixed crystals at the wavelength of when they were pumped by a laser diode. Thermal, optical, and laser properties have shown variation as a function of and proved that the mixed crystals are good laser materials.
Bichromatic laser emission from dipyrromethene dyes incorporated into solid polymeric media101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2743879View Description Hide Description
Bichromatic laser emission from dipyrromethene-based solid-state dye lasers is reported. The dependence of this dual emission on different factors and its origin and causes are discussed in the light of different models proposed in the literature. Our experimental results indicate that the long-wavelength emission can be explained in terms of reabsorption/reemission effects and inhomogeneous broadening of the transition. The short-wavelength emission corresponds to the usual transition and dominates at low dye concentration.
Composition dependent ultraviolet photoresponse in thin films101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2743887View Description Hide Description
thin films have been deposited on glass substrates by sol-gel process. The hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO is retained in the Mg-substituted films. From the photoresponse measurements, it is observed that both ZnO and substituted films are UV sensitive and with increasing Mg content, the sensitivity shifts toward the shorter wavelength side with a gradual decrease in magnitude. The UV-to-visible current ratio remains almost constant up to and thereafter decreases. The decay time for 90% photocurrent gradually decreases to less than for followed by an increase for higher values of . The decay time is faster than the growth time for all the substituted films. The change in the photoconductivity with Mg content is correlated to the microstructural change. A trap level, found to be involved in the photoconductivity, is located at below the conduction band. The photo-to-dark current ratio gradually decreases from three orders of magnitude to one order with the increase in the Mg content.
Multiple-channel mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator in periodically poled101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2743735View Description Hide Description
We report a compact all-solid-state mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator with wide tunability using periodically poled 5 mol % MgO-doped with a multiple-channel structure design and pumped by a compact diode-pump solid-state laser operating at . Wide tunability from 1.44 to at the signal beam wavelength and from 3.28 to at the idler beam wavelength was achieved by both varying the temperature and translating the crystal through the resonator and the pump beam with no realignment required. The tuning performance and its related factors were analyzed, and at the same time the output performance as well as the effect of mid-infrared absorption of idler beam was investigated.
Modeling the sequential electric field assisted diffusion into glass of two ion species101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2744474View Description Hide Description
The sequential electric field assisted diffusion of two ion species into glass is modeled in this work. Using standard assumptions, two coupled nonlinear drift-diffusion equations are derived for the ion concentration distributions. These equations are solved numerically for the case where the two ion species each have a lower mobility than the indigenous sodium ions in the glass. It is shown that stationary state distributions form if the final species injected into the glass is the less mobile of the two. Analytical expressions are derived for the stationary state distributions. A possible application in integrated optics involving and ion diffusion is considered.
Long-range surface plasmon-polariton waveguides and devices in lithium niobate101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2739300View Description Hide Description
Long-range surface plasmon-polariton waveguides and devices based on a thin narrow Au stripe buried in -cut claddings and designed for operation at free-space optical wavelengths near are described and discussed. Parallel or antiparallel crystal orientations for the claddings lead to phase modulation or intensity modulation via mode cutoff, respectively. Theoretical results are given for straight waveguides, curved waveguides, and Bragg gratings in symmetric claddings, and for straight waveguides in electro-optically induced asymmetric claddings. The main theoretical findings are that of attenuation (or less) is achievable using Au stripes of reasonable dimensions ( wide, thick), that low overlap losses to large and small modes are achievable for the same stripe thickness, that radii of curvature in the range of are required for stripes having a moderate confinement, that first order gratings having a reflectance of 0.9 and a bandwidth of are achievable and that they are electro-optically tunable over a range, and that an electro-optically induced index asymmetry of about is sufficient to cut off weakly confined modes. Structures were fabricated by direct wafer bonding and thinning to form the lithium niobate claddings. The measured optical insertion loss of long waveguides varied from , which are somewhat higher than theoretical expectations. Low frequency electro-optic mode cutoff measurements produced extinction ratios near and a linear transfer characteristic, thus demonstrating intensity modulation via this mechanism. The results suggest that bulk values for the optical and electro-optic properties of the claddings have been retained.
Absorption intensities and emission cross section of intermanifold transition of in nanocrystals101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2739301View Description Hide Description
The room temperature absorption intensities of transitions in synthesized nanocrystals have been analyzed using the Judd-Ofelt (J-O) model in order to obtain the phenomenological intensity parameters. The J-O intensity parameters are subsequently used to determine the radiative decay rates, radiative lifetimes, and branching ratios of the transitions from the upper multiplet manifolds to the corresponding lower-lying multiplet manifolds of . The emission cross section of the important intermanifold transition has been determined. The room temperature fluorescence lifetime of this transition in nanocrystals was measured. From the radiative lifetime determined from the J-O model and measured fluorescence lifetime, the quantum efficiency of this material was determined. The comparative study of ions suggests that synthesized nanocrystals could be an excellent alternative to single crystal for certain applications especially in the near infrared region.
Spectral analysis of synthesized nanocrystalline aggregates of101(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2739316View Description Hide Description
The absorption and fluorescence spectra of nanocrystalline aggregates of doped with are reported between and room temperature. The nanocrystalline particles were synthesized from a homogenous solution of the metal ions and urea at elevated temperatures in order to control the precipitation of the mixed hydroxides by a slow uniform reaction throughout the solution. The morphology of the calcinated materials revealed uniformly spherical aggregates or less depending on the ratio of the metal ions in the initial solution. Spectra obtained from these particles were analyzed in detail for the crystal-field splitting of the multiplet manifolds of including the ground-statemanifold, and excited manifolds, , , , , , and . Fluorescence lifetimes and results from an analysis of the intensities of manifold-to-manifold transitions are also reported. The sharp-line absorption and emission spectra are comparable to spectra reported earlier for grown as large single crystals by a flame fusion method. The results described in the present study suggest that the simple, inexpensive method of preparation that is reported will lead to further investigation of these nanocrystals for their optical properties, especially in the near infrared region of the spectrum.


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The film is directed by television director David Parisot (who directed shows such as "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Monk", "ER" and many other series) and is based on a story by David Howard and a screenplay co-written with Ric McElvin ("Men in Black II" , "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" and "Addicted to Love", etc.).
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- 12 oz. Challah or Hawaiian Sweet Bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
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[Nitrous oxide] was used on 30 September 1846 for painless tooth extraction upon patient Eben Frost by American dentist William Thomas Green Morton. Horace Wells Connecticut, a travelling dentist, had demonstrated it the previous year 1845, at Massachusetts General Hospital. Wells made a mistake, in choosing a particularly sturdy male volunteer, and the patient suffered considerable pain. This lost the colourful Wells any support. Later the patient told Wells he screamed in shock and not in pain.
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In December of 1846, Wells printed the results of his studies in anesthesia, but his ostracism by the Boston medical profession had left him an emotionally crippled man. He continued to experiment—on himself—with a variety of gases, including nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform. These vapor inhalations strongly affected him emotionally, and he deteriorated mentally. In New York City in 1848, he sniffed chloroform, went berserk, and threw acid on the clothes of a prostitute. Jailed for this offense, Wells committed suicide by slashing an artery in his leg.


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Book your room at Marriott's Summit Watch
Get an overview of this hotelSki-in/ski-out condo with an indoor pool
Located in the mountains, this ski-in/ski-out condo in Downtown Park City is within a 15-minute walk of Kimball Art Center and Park City Mountain Resort and close to winter sports such as cross-country skiing and skiing lessons. Deer Valley Resort is 1.4 mi (2.3 km) away.
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In addition to an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, Marriott's Summit Watch provides ski-in/ski-out access and a spa tub. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center. This ski condo also offers a 24-hour fitness center, a children's club, and barbecue grills. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
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The international oil shipping services provider, which paid Bretta Tanker Holdings $15.1 million in the second quarter of 2016, saw profits for the first half of 2016 slip 11.3 percent year-over-year to $153.7 million.
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Sprint Nexus S 4G Found in the Wild by Android Community
We're here at CTIA 2011 where our pals over at Android Community seem to have fallen face first into a few "spy" photos of the Sprint Nexus S. They're noting that this phone appears to be virtually indistinguishable from the original Nexus S in every way save for a few tiny details (in the hardware, of course.) Inside the back of the phone, that is, under the battery cover, there's a noticeably absent partner that'd normally be riding along, the SIM card. A tiny adjustment of plastic and a bit less metal here and there and poof! It's a brand new phone.


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Version of Record online: 24 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01791.x
© 2012 The Author(s). Evolution© 2012 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
Volume 67, Issue 2, pages 368–377, February 2013
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Shah, P., Fitzpatrick, B. M. and Fordyce, J. A. (2013), A PARAMETRIC METHOD FOR ASSESSING DIVERSIFICATION-RATE VARIATION IN PHYLOGENETIC TREES. Evolution, 67: 368–377. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01791.x
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- Issue online: 28 JAN 2013
- Version of Record online: 24 SEP 2012
- Accepted manuscript online: 3 SEP 2012 12:05PM EST
- Received June 24, 2011 Accepted August 7, 2012 Data Archived: Dryad doi:10.5061/dryad.8h350
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- diversification rate;
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Phylogenetic hypotheses are frequently used to examine variation in rates of diversification across the history of a group. Patterns of diversification-rate variation can be used to infer underlying ecological and evolutionary processes responsible for patterns of cladogenesis. Most existing methods examine rate variation through time. Methods for examining differences in diversification among groups are more limited. Here, we present a new method, parametric rate comparison (PRC), that explicitly compares diversification rates among lineages in a tree using a variety of standard statistical distributions. PRC can identify subclades of the tree where diversification rates are at variance with the remainder of the tree. A randomization test can be used to evaluate how often such variance would appear by chance alone. The method also allows for comparison of diversification rate among a priori defined groups. Further, the application of the PRC method is not restricted to monophyletic groups. We examined the performance of PRC using simulated data, which showed that PRC has acceptable false-positive rates and statistical power to detect rate variation. We apply the PRC method to the well-studied radiation of North American Plethodon salamanders, and support the inference that the large-bodied Plethodon glutinosus clade has a higher historical rate of diversification compared to other Plethodon salamanders.


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It was one of dozens of photographs taken of everyday heroes helping those severely injured by two explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday.
Photographer Kenshin Okubo, of Boston University's independent student newspaper The Daily Free Press, had captured an image of a woman supporting the head of a barely conscious man while another man tended to his injuries.
The caption didn't identify those in the photo, but to some in eastern Connecticut, they were recognizable as Montville Police Officer Karen Moorehead and State Trooper Jeffrey Meninno.
Moorehead and Meninno had attended the Patriots' Day Red Sox game at Fenway Park. When the game was over, they decided to watch the end of the marathon.
As they walked toward the 26-mile marker and the finish line, the first bomb went off.
"What do you make of that?" Moorehead asked.
"Whatever it is, it's not good," Meninno said.
Moorehead said the runners just stopped, uncertain what to do. Then, Moorehead said, about 10 seconds later, a second bomb went off.
Meninno said they were in the "smoke" of the second bomb, noting that that was how close they were.
And that is when they saw the carnage.
Meninno said he jumped over the barrier and told a Boston police officer that he was a Connecticut state trooper and that Moorehead was a police officer and both had emergency medical training. The officer gave them clearance to proceed. That's when they encountered the man in the photo.
His name, Moorehead learned, is Jared. He staggered into the middle of the road with his pants shredded by the blast.
He sustained serious burn injuries to his legs and hand. His facial hair was burned off, she said.
"He was still on fire," Meninno said. "We had to put him out before we could treat him."
Moorehead said she held Jared's head to help keep his airway open while Meninno tended to his injuries.
At some point, Moorehead said Jared stopped breathing, and she had to reposition him to get him to breathe again.
Meninno said very little help was available near the second bomb blast site, as medical personnel were near the site of the first blast.
As an ambulance approached, two children were rushed to them — one who was severely burned and the other who had lost a leg in the blast.
"We put the kids in the ambulance first because we knew they were far worse off," Moorehead said. "We had to triage the injured."
Moorehead said they had limited medical supplies and had to ask for knives from nearby officers to cut the clothes off the victims. They were able to get medical gauze-like wraps and gloves from an ambulance.
She used a scarf as a tourniquet to stop the blood that was "pouring" from a woman's hip area. She said the injury looked like a bullet wound.
Another tourniquet was applied to woman who had also sustained a leg injury in the calf area.
"We worked great as a team and did what we could do to help them survive," Moorehead said.
Meninno said they treated at least 10 victims. They were forced to leave the scene when a police dog got a "hit" on a third suspicious bag.
"We were literally stacking people in ambulances," he said. "It was the bloodiest scene I've ever seen. It was like a movie. It was that strange."
Both downplayed the heroism of helping the injured even when it was still unclear whether there were more bombs in the area.
"I saw Jared and no one was helping him," Moorehead said. "I knew I had to help."
Meninno added that any trained professional would have done the same thing.
"We didn't do anything special," Meninno said. "We helped people who needed it."
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Our trade school project is temporarily slowed a bit by the devastation of the ebola outbreak, but will be needed all the more due to it. Our goal is to get the finances in place so that when the outbreak is over, the project will quickly move forward.