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This application is a continuation application of and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/455,629, filed on Jun. 6, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,821,337, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/732,013, filed on Dec. 8, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,576,291, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This invention was made with government support under Contract No. DMR-98-08941 from the National Science Foundation. The government may have certain rights in the invention.
The invention relates to methods of manufacturing a nanocrystallite.
Nanocrystallites having small diameters can have properties intermediate between molecular and bulk forms of matter. For example, nanocrystallites based on semiconductor materials having small diameters can exhibit quantum confinement of both the electron and hole in all three dimensions, which leads to an increase in the effective band gap of the material with decreasing crystallite size. Consequently, both the optical absorption and emission of nanocrystallites shift to the blue (i.e., to higher energies) as the size of the crystallites decreases.
Methods of preparing monodisperse semiconductor nanocrystallites include pyrolysis of organometallic reagents, such as dimethyl cadmium, injected into a hot, coordinating solvent. This permits discrete nucleation and results in the controlled growth of macroscopic quantities of nanocrystallites. Organometallic reagents can be expensive, dangerous and difficult to handle.
The invention features methods of manufacturing a nanocrystallite. The nanocrystallite has a diameter of less than 150 Å. The nanocrystallite can be a member of a population of nanocrystallites having a narrow size distribution. The nanocrystallite can be a sphere, rod, disk, or other shape. The nanocrystallite can include a core of a semiconductor material. The core can have an overcoating on a surface of the core. The overcoating can be a semiconductor material having a composition different from the composition of the core. Semiconducting nanocrystallites can photoluminesce and can have high emission quantum efficiencies. The method forms the nanocrystallite from an M-containing salt. The nanocrystallite can include a core having the formula MX, where M is cadmium, zinc, magnesium, mercury, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, or mixtures thereof, and X is oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, or mixtures thereof. The M-containing salt can be the source of M in the nanocrystallite. An X-containing compound can be the source of the X in the nanocrystallite.
The M-containing salt can be a safe, inexpensive starting material for manufacturing a nanocrystallite relative to typical organometallic reagents which can be air sensitive, pyrophoric, or volatile. The M-containing salt is not air sensitive, is not pyrophoric, and is not volatile relative to organometallic reagents.
In one aspect, the invention features a method of manufacturing a nanocrystallite. The method includes contacting a metal, M, or an M-containing salt, and a reducing agent to form an M-containing precursor, M being Cd, Zn, Mg, Hg, Al, Ga, In or Tl. The M-containing precursor is contacted with an X donor, X being O, S, Se, Te, N, P, As, or Sb. The mixture is then heated in the presence of an amine to form the nanocrystallite. In certain embodiments, heating can take place in the presence of a coordinating solvent.
In another aspect, the invention features a method of manufacturing a nanocrystallite including contacting a metal, M, or an M-containing salt, and a reducing agent to form an M-containing precursor, contacting the M-containing precursor with an X donor, and heating the mixture to form the nanocrystallite. In certain embodiments, heating can take place in the presence of a coordinating solvent.
In another aspect, the invention features a method of manufacturing a nanocrystallite including contacting a metal, M, or an M-containing salt, an amine, and an X donor, and heating the mixture to form the nanocrystallite.
In yet another aspect, the invention features a method of overcoating a core nanocrystallite. The method includes contacting a core nanocrystallite population with an M-containing salt, an X donor, and an amine, and forming an overcoating having the formula MX on a surface of the core. In certain embodiments, a coordinating solvent can be present.
The amine can be a primary amine, for example, a C8–C20 alkyl amine. The reducing agent can be a mild reducing agent capable of reducing the M of the M-containing salt. Suitable reducing agents include a 1,2-diol or an aldehyde. The 1,2-diol can be a C6–C20 alkyl diol. The aldehyde can be a C6–C20 aldehyde.
The M-containing salt can include a halide, carboxylate, carbonate, hydroxide, or diketonate. The X donor can include a phosphine chalcogenide, a bis(silyl)chalcogenide, dioxygen, an ammonium salt, or a tris(silyl)pnictide.
The nanocrystallite can photoluminesce with a quantum efficiency of at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, and more preferably at least 40%. The nanocrystallite can have a particle size (e.g., average diameter when the nanocrystallite is spheroidal) in the range of about 20 Å to about 125 Å. The nanocrystallite can be a member of a substantially monodisperse core population. The population can emit light in a spectral range of no greater than about 75 nm at full width at half max (FWHM), preferably 60 nm FWHM, more preferably 40 nm FWHM, and most preferably 30 nm FWHM. The population can exhibit less than a 15% rms deviation in diameter of the nanocrystallites, preferably less than 10%, more preferably less than 5%.
The method can include monitoring the size distribution of a population including of the nanocrystallite, lowering the temperature of the mixture in response to a spreading of the size distribution, or increasing the temperature of the mixture in response to when monitoring indicates growth appears to stop. The method can also include exposing the nanocrystallite to a compound having affinity for a surface of the nanocrystallite.
The method can include forming an overcoating of a semiconductor material on a surface of the nanocrystallite. The semiconductor material can be a group II–VI, III–V or IV semiconductor, such as, for example, ZnO, ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, CdO, CdS, CdSe, CdTe, MgO, MgS, MgSe, MgTe, HgO, HgS, HgSe, HgTe, AlN, AlP, AlAs, AlSb, GaN, GaP, GaAs, GaSb, InN, InP, InAs, InSb, TlN, TIP, TlAs, TlSb, or mixtures thereof.
The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and from the claims.
The method of manufacturing a nanocrystallite is a colloidal growth process. Colloidal growth occurs by rapidly injecting an M-containing salt and an X donor into a hot coordinating solvent including an amine. The injection produces a nucleus that can be grown in a controlled manner to form a nanocrystallite. The reaction mixture can be gently heated to grow and anneal the nanocrystallite. Both the average size and the size distribution of the nanocrystallites in a sample are dependent on the growth temperature. The growth temperature necessary to maintain steady growth increases with increasing average crystal size. The nanocrystallite is a member of a population of nanocrystallites. As a result of the discrete nucleation and controlled growth, the population of nanocrystallites obtained has a narrow, monodisperse distribution of diameters. The monodisperse distribution of diameters can also be referred to as a size. The process of controlled growth and annealing of the nanocrystallites in the coordinating solvent that follows nucleation can also result in uniform surface derivatization and regular core structures. As the size distribution sharpens, the temperature can be raised to maintain steady growth. By adding more M-containing salt or X donor, the growth period can be shortened.
The M-containing salt is a non-organometallic compound, e.g., a compound free of metal-carbon bonds. M is cadmium, zinc, magnesium, mercury, aluminum, gallium, indium or thallium. The M-containing salt can be a metal halide, metal carboxylate, metal carbonate, metal hydroxide, or metal diketonate, such as a metal acetylacetonate. The M-containing salt is less expensive and safer to use than organometallic compounds, such as metal alkyls. For example, the M-containing salts are stable in air, whereas metal alkyls a generally unstable in air. M-containing salts such as 2,4-pentanedionate (i.e., acetylacetonate (acac)), halide, carboxylate, hydroxide, or carbonate salts are stable in air and allow nanocrystallites to be manufactured under less rigorous conditions than corresponding metal alkyls.
Suitable M-containing salts include cadmium acetylacetonate, cadmium iodide, cadmium bromide, cadmium hydroxide, cadmium carbonate, cadmium acetate, zinc acetylacetonate, zinc iodide, zinc bromide, zinc hydroxide, zinc carbonate, zinc acetate, magnesium acetylacetonate, magnesium iodide, magnesium bromide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate, magnesium acetate, mercury acetylacetonate, mercury iodide, mercury bromide, mercury hydroxide, mercury carbonate, mercury acetate, aluminum acetylacetonate, aluminum iodide, aluminum bromide, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum carbonate, aluminum acetate, gallium acetylacetonate, gallium iodide, gallium bromide, gallium hydroxide, gallium carbonate, gallium acetate, indium acetylacetonate, indium iodide, indium bromide, indium hydroxide, indium carbonate, indium acetate, thallium acetylacetonate, thallium iodide, thallium bromide, thallium hydroxide, thallium carbonate, or thallium acetate.
Alkyl is a branched or unbranched saturated hydrocarbon group of 1 to 100 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 30 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, octyl, decyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, eicosyl, tetracosyl and the like, as well as cycloalkyl groups such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and the like. Optionally, an alkyl can contain 1 to 6 linkages selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, -M- and —NR— where R is hydrogen, or C1–C8 alkyl or lower alkenyl.
Prior to combining the M-containing salt with the X donor, the M-containing salt can be contacted with a coordinating solvent and a 1,2-diol or an aldehyde to form an M-containing precursor. The 1,2-diol or aldehyde can facilitate reaction between the M-containing salt and the X donor and improve the growth process and the quality of the nanocrystallite obtained in the process. The 1,2-diol or aldehyde can be a C6–C20 1,2-diol or a C6–C20 aldehyde. A suitable 1,2-diol is 1,2-hexadecanediol and a suitable aldehyde is dodecanal.
The X donor is a compound capable of reacting with the M-containing salt to form a material with the general formula MX. Typically, the X donor is a chalcogenide donor or a pnictide donor, such as a phosphine chalcogenide, a bis(silyl)chalcogenide, dioxygen, an ammonium salt, or a tris(silyl)pnictide. Suitable X donors include dioxygen, bis(trimethylsilyl)selenide ((TMS)2Se), trialkyl phosphine selenides such as (tri-n-octylphosphine)selenide (TOPSe) or (tri-n-butylphosphine)selenide (TBPSe), trialkyl phosphine tellurides such as (tri-n-octylphosphine)telluride (TOPTe) or hexapropylphosphorustriamide telluride (HPPTTe), bis(trimethylsilyl)telluride ((TMS)2Te), sulfur, bis(trimethylsilyl)sulfide ((TMS)2S), a trialkyl phosphine sulfide such as (tri-n-octylphosphine)sulfide (TOPS), tris(dimethylamino)arsine, an ammonium salt such as an ammonium halide (e.g., NH4Cl), tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphide ((TMS)3P), tris(trimethylsilyl)arsenide ((TMS)3As), or tris(trimethylsilyl)antimonide ((TMS)3Sb).
The coordinating solvent can help control the growth of the nanocrystallite. The coordinating solvent is a compound having a donor lone pair that, for example, has a lone electron pair available to coordinate to a surface of the growing nanocrystallite. Solvent coordination can stabilize the growing nanocrystallite. Typical coordinating solvents include alkyl phosphines and alkyl phosphine oxides, however, other coordinating solvents, such as pyridines, furans, and amines may also be suitable for the nanocrystallite production. Examples of suitable coordinating solvents include tri-n-octyl phosphine (TOP) and tri-n-octyl phosphine oxide (TOPO). Technical grade TOPO can be used.
The nanocrystallite manufactured from an M-containing salt grows in a controlled manner when the coordinating solvent includes an amine. Preferably, the coordinating solvent is a mixture of the amine and an alkyl phosphine oxide in a mole ratio of 10:90, more preferably 30:70 and most preferably 50:50. The combined solvent can decrease size dispersion and can improve photoluminescence quantum yield of the nanocrystallite.
The amine in the coordinating solvent contributes to the quality of the nanocrystallite obtained from the M-containing salt and X donor. The preferred amine is a primary alkyl amine, such as a C2–C20 alkyl amine, preferably a C8–C18 alkyl amine. One suitable amine for combining with tri-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) is 1-hexadecylamine in a 50:50 mole ratio. When the 1,2-diol or aldehyde and the amine are used in combination with the M-containing salt to form a population of nanocrystallites, the photoluminescence quantum efficiency and the distribution of nanocrystallite sizes are improved in comparison to nanocrystallites manufactured without the 1,2-diol or aldehyde or the amine.
Size distribution during the growth stage of the reaction can be estimated by monitoring the absorption line widths of the particles. Modification of the reaction temperature in response to changes in the absorption spectrum of the particles allows the maintenance of a sharp particle size distribution during growth. Reactants can be added to the nucleation solution during crystal growth to grow larger crystals. By stopping growth at a particular nanocrystallite average diameter and choosing the proper composition of the semiconducting material, the emission spectra of the nanocrystallites can be tuned continuously over the wavelength range of 400 nm to 800 nm. The nanocrystallite has a diameter of less than 150 Å. A population of nanocrystallites has average diameters in the range of 20 Å to 125 Å.
Nanocrystallites composed of semiconductor material can be illuminated with a light source at an absorption wavelength to cause an emission occurs at an emission wavelength, the emission having a frequency that corresponds to the band gap of the quantum confined semiconductor material. The band gap is a function of the size of the nanocrystallite. The narrow size distribution of a population of nanocrystallites can result in emission of light in a narrow spectral range. Spectral emissions in a narrow range of no greater than about 75 nm, preferably 60 nm, more preferably 40 nm, and most preferably 30 nm full width at half max (FWHM) can be observed. The breadth of the photoluminescence decreases as the dispersity of nanocrystallite diameters decreases.
The particle size distribution can be further refined by size selective precipitation with a poor solvent for the nanocrystallites, such as methanol/butanol as described in U.S. application Ser. No. 08/969,302, incorporated herein by reference. For example, nanocrystallites can be dispersed in a solution of 10% butanol in hexane. Methanol can be added dropwise to this stirring solution until opalescence persists. Separation of supernatant and flocculate by centrifugation produces a precipitate enriched with the largest crystallites in the sample. This procedure can be repeated until no further sharpening of the optical absorption spectrum is noted. Size-selective precipitation can be carried out in a variety of solvent/nonsolvent pairs, including pyridine/hexane and chloroform/methanol. The size-selected nanocrystallite population can have no more than a 15% RMS deviation from mean diameter, preferably 10% RMS deviation or less, and more preferably 5% RMS deviation or less.
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) can provide information about the size, shape, and distribution of the nanocrystallite population. Powder x-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns can provided the most complete information regarding the type and quality of the crystal structure of the nanocrystallites. Estimates of size were also possible since particle diameter is inversely related, via the X-ray coherence length, to the peak width. For example, the diameter of the nanocrystallite can be measured directly by transmission electron microscopy or estimated from x-ray diffraction data using, for example, the Scherrer equation. It also can be estimated from the UV/Vis absorption spectrum.
The method can also be used to overcoat a core semiconductor material. Overcoating can improve the emission quantum efficiency of the core. Semiconductor band offsets determine which potential shell materials provide energy barriers for both the electron and hole. For example, ZnS, ZnSe or CdS overcoatings can be grown on CdSe or CdTe nanocrystallites. An overcoating process is described in U.S. application Ser. No. 08/969,302, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The overcoating can be grown by the method including contacting a core with a mixture including an M-containing salt and the X donor in the presence of an amine. By adjusting the temperature of the reaction mixture during overcoating and monitoring the absorption spectrum of the core, overcoated materials having high emission quantum efficiencies and narrow size distributions can be obtained.
The outer surface of the nanocrystallite includes an organic layer derived from the coordinating solvent used during the growth process. The surface can be modified by repeated exposure to an excess of a competing coordinating group. For example, a dispersion of the capped nanocrystallite can be treated with a coordinating organic compound, such as pyridine, to produce crystallites which dispersed readily in pyridine, methanol, and aromatics but no longer dispersed in aliphatic solvents. Such a surface exchange process can be carried out with any compound capable of coordinating to or bonding with the outer surface of the nanocrystallite, including, for example, phosphines, thiols, amines and phosphates. The nanocrystallite can be exposed to short chain polymers which exhibit an affinity for the surface and which terminate in a moiety having an affinity for the suspension or dispersion medium. Such affinity improves the stability of the suspension and discourages flocculation of the nanocrystallite.
The nanocrystallites can be suitable for a variety of applications, including those disclosed in copending and commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/156,863, filed Sep. 18, 1998, Ser. No. 09/160,454, filed Sep. 24, 1998, Ser. No. 09/160,458, filed Sep. 24, 1998, and Ser. No. 09/350,956, filed Jul. 9, 1999, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. For example, the nanocrystallites can be used in optoelectronic devices including electroluminescent devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) or alternating current thin film electroluminescent devices (ACTFELDs).
Synthesis of Nanocrystallites
All reactions were done under a dry argon atmosphere. Tri-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) was obtained from Strem. Tri-octylphosphine (TOP) was obtained from Fluka, 1-hexadecylamine was obtained from Aldrich, and cadmium 2,4-pentanedionate (cadmium acetylacetonate, Cd(acac)2) was obtained from Alfa. Other starting materials were obtained from Aldrich.
A Cd precursor mixture was prepared by combining 8 mL (18 mmol) of tri-octyl phosphine (TOP), 427.4 mg (1.38 mmol) of Cd(acac)2, and 792.6 mg (3.07 mmol) of 1,2-hexadecanediol. The mixture was degassed at 100 millitorr and purged with dry argon three times. The mixture was then stirred at 100° C. for 90 minutes resulting in a waxy gel. The Cd precursor was cooled to room temperature.
A 1M stock solution of trioctylphosphine selenide (TOPSe) was prepared by dissolving 0.1 mol of selenium shot in 100 mL of TOP under a dry argon atmosphere. 2 mL of one molar TOPSe in TOP were stirred into the Cd precursor mixture and the combination of materials was loaded into a syringe under dry argon.
9.25 g (24 mmol) of tri-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and 5.75 g (24 mmol) of 1-hexadecylamine were dried and degassed at 160° C. and 60 millitorr for two hours with stirring in a three-neck round-bottom flask. The atmosphere of the flask was backfilled with dry argon at one atmosphere and the temperature of the molten reaction solvent was increased from 160° C. to 360° C. The reaction mixture in the syringe was quickly injected into the stirring solvent, and the heat was temporarily removed. The temperature dropped to 265° C. Heat was then added to increase the temperature to 275° C. for controlled growth of the CdSe nanocrystallites.
Periodically, aliquots of the reaction solution were removed through a septum via syringe and diluted in hexane for visible absorption spectral analysis of the nanocrystallite growth. Once the target nanocrystallite size was obtained, the temperature of the reaction solution was lowered to 100° C. and the growth solution was stirred overnight.
The synthetic procedure yielded CdSe nanocrystallites using cadmium iodide, cadmium bromide, cadmium carbonate, cadmium acetate, or cadmium hydroxide as the Cd-containing starting material. When cadmium metal was used as the Cd-containing starting material, the Cd precursor material was prepared by combining the cadmium metal, TOP and 1,2-hexadecanediol until the metal dissolved. The precursor solution was then combined with the TOPSe stock solution and was stirred for 12 hours at 100° C. This solution was then combined with the coordinating solvent to grow the nanocrystallites.
Absorption and Photoluminescence Spectra of Nanocrystallites
The absorption spectrum was taken with a Hewlett Packard Model 8453 Ultraviolet-Visible (UV/Vis) Spectrometer. The emission spectrum was taken with a SPEX 1680 0.22 m Double Spectrometer, using rhodamine 590 in methanol as a quantum efficiency reference.
The average diameter of the CdSe nanocrystallites was estimated from the UV/Vis absorption spectrum to be roughly 38 Å after growth. Resolution of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd features of the absorption spectrum indicates that the size distribution of the nanocrystallites was relatively narrow, less than 5% RMS deviation. The quantum efficiency of the CdSe nanocrystallite emission when irradiated with 500 nm light was 10.25%±0.75%.
A number of embodiments of the invention have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, the methods and products described herein primarily related to methods of preparing cadmium selenide or zinc sulfide materials. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these methods can be extended to other metal chalcogenide and pnictide materials. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.


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Posted 14 April 2010 - 08:47 AM
For me its a tie between 2 epsiodes of GH when they investigated the Queen mary and the Blue Lady episode
Queen Mary: That would have been insane evidence with the sheet being pulled off the bed but someone pulled a cruddy move and faked it.
Blue Lady: Who sets up fake evidence like that with out telling the investigators and laughs about it during reveal thats just wrong.
Posted 14 April 2010 - 12:35 PM
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Posted 21 April 2010 - 09:12 AM
I actually thought that both of those were pretty good - because having clients faking events is actually something that is encountered. (Plus watching Jason grind his teeth as Grant politely informed the guy about all of his fakery was a definite plus on the entertainment side.)
I have to agree that these were entertaining and eduacational. I am glad they made and aired these episodes to show the general public what can happen at times when you go investigate places.
Edited by grimshawl, 21 April 2010 - 09:12 AM.
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Posted 23 June 2010 - 08:31 AM
Almost from the very beginning you could see where they were going with the show. They preferred to go with a National Enquirer angle for the episode rather than at least TRY to stay serious.
I really expected more from NG.
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Posted 15 July 2010 - 10:39 PM
To me, this is evidence that we might be ghosts to them, as they are ghosts to us. This stuck out for me because I never thought of ghosts that way before and I wish they would've looked into it some more.
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Posted 16 July 2010 - 01:28 PM
I guess we are all on parallel planes of existence, at times the planes gets interchanged......
Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above
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Ah, a Witch in October!
It's kind of like being...a Turkey at Thanksgiving! It's the time when we, as Witches, are most often cast into the public eye. The media, which have been more than happy to pretend we don't exist all year long, come out of the wood work clambering to jump on the Halloween bandwagon with some article or documentary that includes an interview with a "real" Witch. Unfortunately, the media has little, if any, interest in discovering what those of us who refer to ourselves as Witches are really about, unless of course, there happens to be some kind of ritualistic murder, grave desecration or equally heinous crime. Then we may be suspect, but it's usually the Satanists who get the blame! No, in my humble opinion, their primary interest lies in finding the one person who is willing to step out of the proverbial broom closet into the spotlight, and whom most closely resembles the Hollywood "Witch" stereotype. And, find them they do! Unfortunately, despite our attempts to reassure the general population otherwise, this only serves to confirm what has been suspected about us all along...that we are part of the lunatic fringe!
I gotta be honest though, we do attract our share of crazies or those seekers who are simply interested in Witchcraft or Wicca for its "cool" factor. And, we Witches do all sorts of interesting things, don't we? We dance under the full moon, cast Circles with sharp, pointy knives, go through tons of incense and attend amazing clothing optional festivals! It is pretty cool, actually! Sadly however, many of these path seekers have little in the way of actual experience or knowledge of our historical background. And while it may be fun to "dress the part", unless you really know your Craft, the last thing you want to do is publicly discuss an already misunderstood practice with those people who are more interested in, "what kind of broom do you ride?".
So what do they really do in October, those Witches? Well, I'm sure like most people, many of us will do the usual stuff one does on Halloween,.rifle through our kid's Trick or Treat bags for the best candy, watch scary movies or perhaps, attend a Halloween party or two.
Many of us however, will also be celebrating the Festival of Samhain. Samhain, pronounced, "sow-un", is the Wiccan Sabbat honoring our beloved ancestors and those Witches of good character who have gone on before us. It's said to be the time when the veil between the Worlds is most thin.
You might find us sitting before a crackling fire, under a beautiful crescent moon, the scent of incense carried on the night's breeze. Fallen leaves swirl around us, as we huddle close, keeping each other warm. Gazing across the Circle, we look into the many beautiful faces of those friends who have become Clan. A steady drumbeat echoes the sound of their voices, the flames illuminating their tears, as they chant the names of those loved ones who have since crossed the veil.
I know that for some, this might sound like a strange practice. Yet, every Sunday millions of Christians attend religious services in which they reenact Christ's Last Supper. They are invited to receive the Holy Eucharist and partake in the "body and blood of Christ". Now, if by some quirk of fate you've never heard of Christ or this practice within the Christian mass, it does sound a lot like cross between Sanguine Vampirism and Cannibalism. And yet, it is an acceptable religious practice in our society. For Christians around the World this is just a normal part of their religious beliefs. Of course, we are familiar with Jesus Christ and understand that it's neither of these things, but is symbolic of taking Deity into one's self. It's a beautiful sacrament, but no more so than the Wiccan "Great Rite", the symbolic sacred marriage of the God and Goddess.
And, what about the practices of other mainstream religions. In Judaism, ritual circumcision is a practice that has been passed down from generation to generation. It is believed to be the first Commandment given to God by Abraham. "And on the 8th day he shall have his foreskin circumcised" (Leviticus 12:3). And, yet for those of the Jewish faith in our society, this is a perfectly acceptable practice as well. For someone unfamiliar however, it might very well be mistaken for the same type of genital mutilation that is common place in some Muslim countries.
Yet as Wiccans/Witches, if we were to engaged in something even remotely similar to that which is practiced by either faith, it would be perceived as something "evil". But…I digress.
For most of us however, being a Witch is not just cool, it's, well...life. And it's a life that includes not only beautiful moonlit rituals, but all those little mundane aspects that most people define as "normal". Getting kids off to school, food shopping, going to work...walking the dog. But, cleaning dog shiii..um, poop off one's shoe hardly ever gets ratings.
Most people aren't interested in "normal" anyway. Normal is boring! They want drama! They want scandal! They want to hear about all those things they just know we're doing behind closed Coven doors! Orgiastic rituals, devil worship and blood sacrifices! Oh My!!! Now that's entertainment, my friends! Sorry to disappoint, but personally, my life simply isn't that...um, entertaining.
So, why would any sane person refer to themselves by a name that strikes fear in the hearts of some and induces uncontrollable fits of laughter in others? Why would one subject themselves to those cocked head, quizzical expressions that our dogs oft times give us when they are trying really, really hard to figure out what the hell we're talking about? What would possibly compel a seemingly (And I said "seemingly") normal wife and mother living in the suburbs of New Jersey to declare herself a "Witch" and endure the stigma of 400 years worth of misconceptions?
In Darkness, Light!
This entry has been cross posted in part by C.L. Ross at http://clross.net/
Friday, October 8, 2010
The Joy of Being....
Ah, a Witch in October!
Posted by Tracy ~ The UnOfficial Witch of Ridgewood at 12:00 PM 6 comments
Monday, October 4, 2010
"Do Witches Go To Heaven?
Merry Meet Family and Friends!
So, now for some happy news! I recently had an article published on Witchvox! It was the first I'd submitted and was quite pleased that it had been accepted!
For those unfamiliar, Witchvox, also known as "The Witches' Voice" is a World-Wide Networking resource for well...Wiccans and Witches and Pagans! Oh My! So, if you're looking to connect with people of like minds, a group to practice with or events of interest that might be taking place in your area, this is the place you want to visit!
That being said, one of the perks of having an article published is that I've gotten some really great feedback via private email. One such email however, posed a moral and ethical dilemma for me, both as an occultist, as well as a parent.
The email came from a boy my son's age, who had a predicament of his own. He told me that he felt he had the "power" and wanted me to teach him to be a Witch. His great, great Grandmother was a White Witch and he wanted to be one too. Despite his desire however, he was afraid that God might not allow him into Heaven if he practiced Witchcraft. His question to me was, could he become a Witch and still go to Heaven? Seriously, I'm not making this up!
Ya gotta know, it was close to Midnight when I read his email. I wasn't sure if I was even awake enough to give him the answer that he needed or more importantly, the one that I felt was the most spiritually responsible. I sat there, half asleep, staring at his email and thinking, "Crap! This is really hard!"
My first instinct was to gush with excitment as I shared my passion for the Craft. I wanted him to know that I became interested in Witchcraft when I was much younger than his 14 years, and that even as a little girl, I wanted to be a Witch. I wanted to tell him that I would have gladly given up a place in Heaven, if it meant fulfilling my dream!
Then my maternal instinct kicked in and I just couldn't do it. Yes, all that would be true, but was it my responsibility? This kid had obviously been taught to believe in the Christian concept of Heaven and Hell and I wasn't about to negate the teachings of his parents and/or his Church. It saddened me, however, to hear that he was so fearful that the God he was taught to love was a vengeful God that would deny entry into Heaven if he were to follow his heart.
I began to recall my own humble beginnings and those dark nights of the soul when I questioned my Christian upbringing, which trust me, was hardly an "upbringing" at all. I found myself confused by the underlying sense of foreboding as I contemplated the possibility of betraying the beliefs that, although I felt no connection to, were all I'd ever known. I was reluctant to confess, even to myself, that I'd never been a Christian...really. And while I still had an affection for the person known as Jesus Christ, I couldn't claim to be a fan of some of his cheering section. After all, these were the very same people who kept assuring me that should I practice Witchcraft, not only would I lose my reservation in Heaven, but that I might consider dressing for a MUCH warmer climate! Yet, my heart beckoned and I followed, and for the first time in my life I understood why I'd questioned my faith. See, now I'm gushing!
So what words of wisdom did I impart on my little friend? Well, I told him that Witches read...a lot! And that most Witches spend years studying to learn to be Witches. I told him that the first step to being a Witch was learning as much as he could before deciding if being a Witch was really what he wanted to do. I explained that huge responsibility came with practicing Witchcraft, as we were always mindful that our actions were not causing harm to ourselves or others.
I told him, "I believe that the Gods judge you not by whether you call yourself a Witch, but by what's in your heart". I couldn't help but think how much anguish I would have been spared had someone said these words to me when I was trying to make my own choices.
And although I'm personally skeptical, I threw in the good ole' "Threefold Law". Somehow, I think his great, great, grandma would have wanted me to!
In Darkness, Light!
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WORCESTER — There's nothing much left inside the old Fire Alarm & Telegraph Building on Park Avenue but the emptiness of the two-story English Tudor Revival-style brick structure didn't stop the memories from coming back to Vito Ricciardi.
The 82-year-old Worcester resident was a city firefighter for a little over 32 years.
Though he primarily served his tour time at fire houses on Eastern Avenue and Waldo Street, West Boylston, and Cambridge streets, Mr. Ricciardi spent the summer of 1958 filling in for vacationing Fire Department personnel assigned to the dispatch center across from Elm Park.
"At one time, this really was the center of all Fire Department activities," said Mr. Ricciardi, who joined a small group of people on a recent tour of the long vacant facility. "This is where the calls came in."
Renovations are expected to begin shortly to convert the structure into a bank branch and space for community use.
"After years of worrying about its future, this historic building is going to have a new use," said Deborah Packard, executive director of Preservation Worcester, which has fought to keep the structure from being demolished.
The building was constructed in 1925 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
It's also been listed many times on Preservation Worcester's annual Most Endangered Structures List.
City Council, in the fall of 2011, transferred ownership of the 6,735 square foot building to Spencer Savings Bank.
Under the deal, the bank agreed to finance the rehabilitation of the building, with the exception of the area on the first floor that's been designated for use by the community.
Area foundations have promised to chip in about $275,000 to fix up the public portion, which will be managed by Preservation Worcester.
Officials estimate that the project will cost about $3.5 million.
Before its doors were shut in the late 1970s, the building was a beehive of activity.
At the time, many of the city's industrial giants were shutting down their operations as a result of the souring economy and the vacated mill and factory complexes quickly became the targets of arsonists.
Meanwhile, the flagging economy also took a toll on Worcester's housing stock, which was largely made up of aging three-deckers that were prone to fires because of needed upgrades to electrical and other utility systems.
"The people who worked here were always ready for any kind of emergency," said Mr. Ricciardi. "There was always something going on."
The building was closed in 1978 when dispatch operations were moved to the new police station at Lincoln Square.
The structure was never again fully utilized.
School Department maintenance equipment was kept on the first floor and records from the long defunct Worcester City Hospital were kept on the second.
For the most part, the doors to the center have been shuttered, but, on Wednesday they were opened up to a small group that included local preservationists.
Fire officials said the second floor served as the actual dispatch center while vehicles, wires and equipment that were used to keep the system running were stored on the first floor.
The structure showed signs of aging and vandalism.
Some of the back windows were smashed and what little paint remained was peeling from the walls.
A couple of marble slabs that served in bathroom stalls were piled against each other, to be incorporated somehow into the renovation.
Much of the clutter that had filled the building had been removed to make way for the rehabilitation.
But some tokens of the building's past remained.
A heavy desk stood on the second floor where most of the work took place.
A file cabinet lay on top that contained index cards for each of the city's fire alarm boxes.
One card provided information about box No. 7841 at the old Sisters of Mercy Home Motherhouse on Barry Road. including when the device had been installed, its specific location, and its manufacturer.
A drawer contained maps detailing the underground wiring for the system.
In a back room downstairs, two boxes measuring about 5 feet by 6 feet that contained the circuitry for the boxes were attached to a wall.
A huge boiler stood nearby.
Fire Chief Gerard A. Dio said very few current department personnel remember working in the facility and he noted that the dispatch center had closed shortly before he got on the job.
"That was a long time ago," he said.
Chief Dio said that personnel in the old dispatch center didn't use radios to communicate information about a reporting box to the fire stations.
Rather, an individual looking to report a fire would use the telephone at a box station to call the center. Personnel would then punch codes into a tape system that would relay the fire information by wire to all stations.
"At the time, there was no use of radios and the person reporting the fire had to dial a special telephone number for the Fire Department," explained Chief Dio. "This was all before the (dial) 911 era began."
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2nd Maine regiment at Christmas, 1861Item 5202 info
Maine Historical Society
This photograph, the original of which is at the National Archives, shows the 2nd Maine regiment (1861-1863) encamped on Christmas day, 1861. The encampment was at Hall's Hill across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
The 2nd Maine was part of Martindale's Brigade of the Fifth Corps.
Christmas supplement announcement, Wiscasset, ca. 1872Item 20154 info
Maine Historical Society
A broadside announced the publication of the Seaside Oracle's Christmas supplement in about 1872.
Joseph Wood, a Wiscasset printer, published the newspaper from January 1869 until September 1876, when he moved it to Bath. He later became editor of the Maine Coast Cottager.
Santa Claus and his reindeer, Portland, 1926Item 18347 info
Maine Historical Society
The caption for this photo in the Saturday, December 11, 1926 Portland Evening Express read, "The Evening Express Santa Claus with his reindeer team will come to town Monday. A staff photographer today met the jovial saint some distance to the North and snapped his picture for the hundreds of Portland children who will soon see him."
Santa and his four reindeer drove up and down Congress Street in daytime hours once a day for a week to meet children and hear their Christmas wishes.
Santa and children, Portland, 1926Item 18346 info
Maine Historical Society
This photograph of Santa Claus and several children appeared in the Portland Evening Express on December 15, 1926 as part of a plea for readers to assist the Evening Express Christmas Happiness Campaign.
Portland letter carriers, December 1926Item 18343 info
Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Letter carriers from the Portland Post Office with their Christmas loads.
The carriers are, from left, George M. Fernald, William P. Prinn, John E. Reidy, and Arthur L. Huff.
Mail truck, Portland, 1926Item 20317 info
Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
A U.S. Post Office mail delivery truck, loaded with holiday mail at Christmas time in 1926 in Portland.
Santa Claus headquarters, Portland, 1926Item 18345 info
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Santa Claus headquarters, outside the Portland YWCA at 120 Free Street in Portland in 1926.
Portland Police officers help Santa, 1926Item 18348 info
Maine Historical Society
Portland Police officers, from left, Charles Dolan, Sgt. William F. Long, William Skerrett, and Thomas Bruns, help the Evening Express Christmas Happiness Campaign for needy children in Portland in 1926.
Baptist Church interior decorated for Christmas, Stockholm, c. 1935Item 20518 info
Stockholm Historical Society
View of interior of the Baptist Church in Stockholm decorated for Christmas.
Bar Harbor Fire Department toy collection, 1942Item 17219 info
Bar Harbor Fire Department
The Bar Harbor Fire Department collected refurbished toys to distribute at Christmastime.
Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950Item 9408 info
Presque Isle Fire Department
The photograph was taken in December in the early 1950s with both the Presque Isle Police and Fire stations decorated.
Christmas season on Market Square, Houlton, ca. 1954.Item 20724 info
Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Nighttime view of Market Square in Houlton lit for the holidays.
The Houlton and Temple theaters are visible. The 1951 Betty Grable movie, "Meet Me at the Show," was at the Houlton Theater.
White House Christmas Tree, Presque Isle, 1959Item 17350 info
Oakfield Historical Society
!n 1959, the first national Christmas tree to come from east of the Mississippi River was shipped from Presque Isle on two Bangor and Aroostook Railroad flat cars.
Seventy feet tall and weighing approximately three tons, the tree traveled to Washington by courtesy of the Bangor and Aroostook, Maine Central, Boston and Maine, Delaware and Hudson, and Pennsylvania railroads.
President Eisenhower lit the tree on the south lawn of the White House on December 23, 1959.
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's magazine, "Maine Line," v. 8 #1, pp. 9-10.
White House Christmas Tree from Maine, 1959Item 17346 info
Presque Isle Historical Society
Photograph shows a Christmas tree at the White House in Washington, D.C., that was obtained from the Alice Kimball property on the Parsons Road in Presque Isle. The 70-foot white pine was decorated with 3,800 lights.
Maine Farmers Exchange holiday potato bag, Presque Isle, ca. 1975Item 16062 info
Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Maine Farmers Exchange 10-pound holiday potato bag.
In the 1940s potato farmers started packaging their potatoes in distinctive bags. The wide variety of bags illustrates the strong interest in distinctive marketing efforts that is still evident today.
Giant wreath, Franklin, 1982Item 11448 info
Maine Historical Society
Workers Bruce Grass, left, and Joey Smith, right, at the Noyes Tree Farm in Franklin helped truck driver Marshall Pryce of Mattapoisette, Massachusetts, load a specially made 72-inch Christmas wreath onto his truck. The wreath was to be used by the New Bedford Library, Massachusetts, in a cable TV Mitch Miller sing-along Christmas program. The wreath was specially ordered by the New Bedford Institution of Savings for the library program.


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Also, 5 guys who were stuck in cafeteria for better part of a year would be near crazy, I'd think. I'm not sure why any of them would want to stay in prison. They damn sure would not be so neat looking...was the barber shop in there, too?
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Study Abroad office kicks off 'Taste of Culture' series
Adding a new program series to its event lineup this semester, the Office of Study Abroad is introducing students to worldly flavors every week.
A Taste of Culture gives students who are interested in studying abroad a chance to talk with students who have gone to their country or area of interest, as well as provide an opportunity for students to sample cuisine from that area.
The program is featured every Monday throughout the spring semester, from 4-5 p.m. in Ronan 344, said Amber Schneider, assistant director of Study Abroad.
"We're always trying to find new ways to get the word out to students about studying abroad, and the many benefits there are," she said. "Plus, we know that students generally take advantage of free food when it's offered."
Food from the United Kingdom was featured on Jan. 20, followed by the Netherlands on Jan. 27. Dishes from Denmark are next on the menu on Monday, Feb. 3.
Recent graduate Brittany Hild studied abroad in the Netherlands in the fall of 2012, and was delighted to be asked to come share her experience with other students.
"Studying abroad is definitely a worthwhile experience, and it's the best time to go when you're in college and you don't have any other obligations like full-time employment or financial responsibilities," Hild said. "It really broadens horizons, and you learn things that you wouldn't be able to get anywhere else. It's an invaluable experience that I wouldn't trade for the world, and I think it changes you for the better, and helps you see the world in a new lens."
Schneider said studying abroad is an excellent opportunity that she would advise all students to consider.
"It broadens your horizons, definitely, and opens your eyes to different people and backgrounds," she said.
It is also a great opportunity for self discovery and development, Schneider said, for many students who return to Central Michigan University with a new-found confidence and self reliance.
But it's not just personal growth students stand to gain. Studying abroad can help students find a job, and add an excellent boost to a student's resume.
"Students nowadays are going out into a tough job market, and study abroad can help set them apart from other applicants," Schneider said. "Just by having that experience on your resume, you're already telling potential employers several things about yourself."
Studying abroad is a fun experience as well, Schneider added, and an opportunity to make life-long friends.
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Oil is creeping higher and higher on the fundamental belief that the Fed will not give the markets an excuse to believe that it is going to take away its stimulus today. Some blame the rising threat in Syria as another reason to be long, but really I think that this is more about the Fed than the ongoing conflict. Yes, the stakes have been raised in Syria, but Obama's "game changer" and risks are ruining that this conflict could escalate, but it is the funds that are being attracted to oil for more reasons.
If the Federal Reserve signals tapering sooner rather than later then it is risk-off and oil fall. The dollar will rally and fear that this will set off a massive drop in demand in emerging markets that have been riding the hot money from the Fed into an economic explosion. If the Federal Reserve signals that the tapering is way off into the future, then traders will drive oil higher and perhaps break oil out over $100. Oil also may take a look at inventory data as well after the American Petroleum Institute reported a 4.29 million drop in U.S. crude supply. Of course it was not as stunning as last week's massive reported increase in supply and really only gets the API back more in line with the Energy Information Administration. The EIA has stocks as of last week at 393.8 million barrels. The API had stocks at 396.3million barrels so if you subtract the 4.29 million barrels it puts supply at 392.01 million barrels, which would mean a drop of only 1.79 million barrels if the EIA agrees on the total number. As far as products go they reported a blah drop of 607,000 barrels of distillate and a boring increase of 19,800 barrels of gasoline.
Another factor to consider is demand from Japan. Dow Jones reports that "Asia's crude oil market is likely to benefit from peak summer demand and improving refining margins. Japan's crude oil stocks as of June 15 fall 6% on week to 15.74 million kiloliters; crude oil and condensate imports in May rise 0.7% on year to 16.7 million kiloliters, or 3.39 million bbl/day. Japan, which has two of 50 nuclear reactors online, has seen reduced power demand this year, curtailing demand for crude and fuel oil; more reactors may restart later this year so fossil fuel demand could fall further. Idemitsu Kosan said it plans to lower 3Q crude refining for the domestic market by 2% on year to 6.3 million kiloliters."


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Dorothy (Boyd) Johnson, 79
Dorothy (Boyd) Johnson, 79, resident of Medco Center, Franklin, Kentucky, passed away Monday, October 4, 2010 at the Medco Center.
Born on January 6, 1931 in Franklin, KY, she was the daughter of the late Prince Vineyard and Ruth Anglea Ausbrooks
She was a member of the Mitcheville, TN Church of Christ and owner of Boyd Reupholstery
Dorothy was the former wife of E. Gilbert Boyd, and grandmother of Spencer resident, Kimberly Clark, her first granddaughter.
Gilbert and Dorthy Boyd had 13 children and lived in Spencer, IN from 1964-68.
Ewing Gilbert Boyd passed away on April 2, 1998 in Portland, TN.
Billy Boyd, eldest son; and, Jeffrey Dale Boyd (son of Robert Dale) preceded her in death. And all are missed!
She was laid to rest on October 7, 2010 at Booker-Gilbert Funeral Home. Condolences were being taken at: www.bookergilbertfh.com.
Most of the children can be found on Facebook.
Survivors include seven daughters, Wanda Borgs of Flower Mound, Texas, Judy Brown of Portland, TN, Bonny Carrier of Franklin, KY, Betty Sodagar of Hagerstown, MD, Pam Foriest of Kingston Springs, TN, Dottie Zais of Bowling Green, KY, and Donna McMillin of Evansville, IN; five sons, Gilbert (Randy) Boyd of Bowling Green, KY, Mike Boyd of Plainfield, IN, and Robert (Dale) Boyd, Paul (Joey) Boyd, and Mark Boyd, all of Portland, TN; two sisters, Mary Vanetta of Portland, TN, and Martha While of Franklin, KY; 33 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren.
"She raised a village."
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Welcome Norfolk FansSubmitted by pete on March 29, 2007 - 17:28
Now that the new affiliation agreement between the Lightning and the Norfolk Admirals is in place, I want to take this opportunity to welcome Ads fans to Bolt Prospects. I've seen a lot of questions being asked around the internet about the Lightning's minor league system and their previous affiliations in the AHL. I would encourage anyone who has questions to poke around Bolt Prospects. Check the blog archives for stories and game reviews. And, by all means, feel free to register here at Bolt Prospects and talk to the growing community of Lightning fans.
For those wanting to know even more, I would recommend spending some time here on Bolt Prospects thumbing through the player profiles on the Prospects page. Bolt Prospects prides itself on having the most complete and most detailed Lightning prospect profiles on the internet and we're the only site on the web that conducts evaluations of a team's prospects three times a season, so we think we've developed a very valuable source of Lightning prospect information.
For those wanting to know where the Lightning minor league system is going, I think it's important to look at it's past. With that in mind, I would point you toward this article I wrote in May of 2003 prior to the Lightning's full affiliation with Springfield which details the team's history of minor league affiliations. Although I'm loathe to point any web traffic toward Hockeys Future, to my knowledge the article is the most complete history on the Lightning's minor league system.
Finally, for those looking for information about who the Lightning might be bringing into the system for next season's team, I would suggest taking a look at one of our prior blog posts here on Bolt Prospects which speculates on eight possible additions to the organization once the summer hits. While it is just speculation at this point, I think it's a decent starting point as a primer for the offseason to come. And, with the exception of one addendum I would make in that we have learned the Lightning are making a run at signing goaltender Vasily Koshechkin this summer, I think it's pretty complete.
In closing, I'd just like to add one thing about the Lightning organization and their minor league operation. A lot of negative things have been written about the Lightning's affiliation in Springfield over the past three years. Much of it is probably fair because although I honestly believe the Lightning's minor league system has improved greatly over that time period, especially in terms of their talent level, the results did not come in Springfield. But, while it is true to say the team's youngsters have underperformed over the past three years (especially this year), it's not true to say the Lightning don't care about their developmental system or about winning at the AHL level. Over the past three years Jay Feaster and the Lightning have invested heavily to acquire numerous veteran free agents to try and help the Falcons and in a proven winning coach in the AHL in Steve Stirling. We cannot promise that the transition to our organization and our system of play will be pain free and easy. Obviously it hasn't been over the past few years in Springfield. But, I can promise that the Lightning organization will always put forth an honest effort to make the Admirals a winner and to acheive the ultimate long term goal of winning championships at the AHL level.
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Norfolk Expected to Announce New Affiliate ThursdaySubmitted by chad on March 26, 2007 - 22:12
According to an article in tomorrow's Virginian Pilot, the Norfolk Admirals will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. Thursday at which they are expected to announce that the Tampa Bay Lightning will be their new NHL affiliate.
The Lightning will fill the void created last Monday when the Chicago Blackhawks, the Admirals' NHL partner for the past seven years, announced a 10-year AHL agreement with Rockford, Ill., beginning with the 2007-08 season.
Tampa Bay and Springfield (Mass.), the Lightning's current AHL affiliate, exercised an "out" clause and mutually agreed to terminate their deal with two years remaining. Springfield promptly agreed to a three-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers.
For more information, see: Admirals Expected to Affiliate with NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning
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News Conference 2:00 Thursday in Norfolk
There will be a news conference scheduled for 2:00 Thursday in Norfolk. Looks like we're getting married!
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No Prospect of the WeekSubmitted by pete on March 21, 2007 - 19:24
I've made the executive decision, in light of the Lightning and Falcons dissolving their affiliation agreement, to not name a Prospect of the Week for 3/12 through 3/18. I would instead like to use this opportunity to salute the Springfield Falcons' fans. Things may not have ended the way the Lightning and the Falcons had hoped, but there's no doubting the class of the Springfield fans and the role that Springfield has played in already putting 4 Lightning prospects full time into the NHL (Ranger, Artyukhin, Craig and Tarnasky).
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Sypek: It's OverSubmitted by pete on March 16, 2007 - 20:35
Credit to Bolt Prospects member Mark for bringing this up in comments...
Fran Sypek writes on the Springfield Republican blog that the Springfield Falcons have called a Monday press conference to announce the team is dissolving their affiliation with the Tampa Bay Lightning organization to form a new one with the Edmonton Oilers. Sypek speculates the press conference means the Lightning have finalized a deal with the Norfolk Admirals to be the Lightning's affiliate next season, given that a precondition of the out clause of the recent deal signed between the Lightning and Falcons was that the Lightning needed to have a deal in place with another franchise to nullify the contract.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Moisture levels in ginned cotton bales shouldn't be more than 7.5 percent, says a new recommendation by the National Cotton Council's Quality Task Force.
National Cotton Council Chairman Bobby Greene, a Courtland, Ala., ginner, is asking for prompt implementation of the bale moisture recommendation with the 2003 crop. "I encourage ginners to implement the Quality Task Force recommendation as quickly as possible with the 2003 crop, and not allow moisture content in baled lint to exceed 7.5 percent," he says.
The task force, which is chaired by Alabama producer Jimmy Sanford, met in Memphis to discuss issues related to U.S. cotton fiber quality.
After hearing reports on the latest moisture studies, the panel adopted the following: "As a precaution against undue risk of fiber degradation and until definitive research data can support a different level of moisture addition at the cotton gin, the National Cotton Council recommends that moisture levels of cotton bales at the gin not exceed a targeted level of approximately 7.5 percent."
This action follows earlier National Cotton Council policy, which instructed the organization to work with industry associations, and research and Extension organizations, including USDA, to: (1) immediately review existing literature to determine current knowledge of appropriate moisture levels in baled lint; (2) communicate that information to the cotton industry; and (3) encourage expedited research to determine optimum moisture levels in baled lint that will preserve fiber qualities and enhance spinning ability.
The task force also heard reports on loan premiums and discounts, fiber qualities of new cotton varieties, sticky cotton detection research status, new ginning technologies and their impact on fiber quality, research on short fiber and neps measurements, and continued efforts at reducing lint contamination.
USDA Agriculture Marketing Service officials provided reports on a number of initiatives, programs and procedures. They reviewed the current protocol for module averaging, in light of the NCC directors' policy adopted in August 2003 that urged USDA to discontinue the new practice of assigning the module average values to outlier bales. Outlier bales are outside USDA's established tolerance of the single bale test for length, strength, length uniformity and micronaire.
USDA told the task force that a decision had been made to return to the previous protocol that requires all module average outliers to retain their original single bale classification.


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By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Once an aspiring reporter, actress Lily Collins has swapped journalism for Hollywood, as she prepares to step into the spotlight with her biggest role to date: playing a heroine in a young adult franchise.
Collins, 24, the daughter of British singer Phil Collins, studied journalism at the University of Southern California but has been displaying her acting chops with films such as 2009's "The Blind Side" and 2012's "Mirror Mirror."
The actress takes a leading role as Clary Fray in the film adaptation of "City of Bones," in theaters on Wednesday, the first book in Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" young adult series. The film is set in present day Brooklyn, where Clary discovers a hidden fantasy world that changes her life.
Collins talked to Reuters about the pressure of being part of a young adult film series, the demands of an on-screen first kiss and being compared to Jennifer Lawrence.
Q: How much pressure did you feel portraying Clary in a film adaptation of a book series with such a large fan base?
A: I didn't realize how big the fandom was when I was cast because I wasn't social-network savvy, so when the news broke that I was cast, it felt like everything blew up ... I feel lucky to have had the experience of playing a character like Snow White (in "Mirror Mirror") where everyone had an opinion, and I was able to learn how to separate myself from public opinion.
Q: Clary has her entire world turned upside down in "City of Bones" as she finds out secrets about her mother and her life. Was it a challenge for you to convey her confusion?
A: As an actor that was what scared me the most, because in reality, identity crisis at that age is normal. Every young girl is going through this 'who am I' thing, and we're also hormonally crazy at that age, so you can react emotionally because you're angry, sad, frustrated, annoyed, upset. There are so many ways emotions can come out and different reasoning, so I had to make sure I didn't act it with one note, or at least I hope I didn't act it one note and make her a victim. She's not a victim, but she is vulnerable and confused.
Q: What did you and Jamie Campbell-Bower, who plays Jace, discuss about Clary and Jace's relationship?
A: I wanted to make sure Clary didn't come across as a girl that is defined by love, because I think we've seen that in franchises where it becomes all about the romance, and this is not a romance story. Of course there is unrequited love and forbidden love that's toyed with ... but I wanted to make sure it was very much like the Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy relationship where they finally found someone in each other that they combat with, and that's what they respect in one another.
Q: How challenging was Clary and Jace's first kiss scene?
A: It's great when you have someone opposite you who you get along with so well, you're both in the same boat where there's 40 people watching you and it's awkward ... it's not romantic! But then it looks extremely romantic when you see it because the setting and the emotion and music, and Jamie and I got along so well. It's lovely when you have someone going through it with you that is also on the same page as you. As a girl reading the books, it's the moment that you want to be perfect.
Q: "City of Bones" is part of a new wave of young adult films including "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent." How does Clary stand apart from Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss and Shailene Woodley's Tris?
A: It's amazing to be in the same sentence and category as young women like that because I love Jennifer, and I think Shailene is extremely talented, and even with Kristen (Stewart), even though the ("Twilight) series is finished now. There are so many types of young women heroines in everyday life, I think there's room for everyone, we all bring something different to the table ... There's a comedic undertone to our stories that is absent in the other ones I think, and Clary is part of that sassiness and part of that comedy. She is on a quest to save her mom and she doesn't let love define her, she's not victimized. She's a fighter, but she's normal too.
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By Lee Chyen Yee
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd is stepping up its overseas expansion in the smartphone business after enjoying solid growth at home in China, as the world's No.2 maker of personal computers seeks to offset slowing growth in the traditional PC sector.
Lenovo, also the second-biggest smartphone vendor in China, has begun selling smartphones in countries including Russia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, although analysts said it faced stiff competition from major players like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc.
In its October-to-December third quarter, Lenovo shipped 9.4 million phones, including 9 million smartphones, mainly in China, where its smartphone business turned profitable for the first time.
"For the rest of the emerging markets, we will continue to invest in the smartphone business to drive market share," Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo's chief executive, told a media briefing after announcing its best-ever quarterly profit. "When we have enough market share, we can shift to (focusing on) profitability."
The ThinkPad maker reported on Wednesday a quarterly profit of $204.9 million, up by a third from a year earlier. That beat the average estimate of $178.4 million in a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of 11 analysts, and exceeded its previous record of around $172 million in the three months that ended in December 2007.
In the third quarter, overall revenue grew 12 percent from a year earlier to $9.4 billion, but the bulk of that still came from its PC business.
Lenovo has rapidly gained market share in the PC sector on the back of acquisitions over the past few years. The company trails Hewlett Packard Co by a slim margin in PC shipments, according to technology research group IDC.
As PC demand growth slows, Lenovo has been diversifying into the mobile device sector to tap robust demand for smartphones and tablets, particularly at home in China, the world's biggest market for mobile phones and personal computers.
About a tenth of its third-quarter revenue came from its mobile internet and digital home (MIDH) business - mainly consisting of its smartphone sales in China, which jumped 77 percent to $998 million.
"In my opinion, Lenovo's strategy in mobile devices is that it will focus initially on the overseas markets that it's most familiar with and this includes emerging markets," Eve Jung, an analyst at Nomura Equity Research.
"However, it will face challenges in the sector as companies like Acer and Asustek roll out cheaper tablet PC models to aggressively target markets, such as China, which is Lenovo's traditional stronghold," she said.
In smartphones, Lenovo will have to compete head-on not only with major global players, but also with Chinese rivals like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp, which are already among the top five smartphone players globally.
"Its strategy in diversifying into smartphones has proved quite successful in China, but it'll be quite difficult for Lenovo to be as successful as say, Samsung, in overseas markets," said Audrey Chiu, a manager at the investment and research division of Truswell Securities Investment Trust, which invests in Lenovo's shares.
Shares of Lenovo rose 36 percent in 2012, outpacing a 23 percent rise in the Hang Seng Index and beating rivals Hewlett Packard, Dell Inc and Acer Inc, whose stocks fell last year.
On Wednesday, Lenovo shares closed down 2.7 percent prior to the results announcement, compared with the Hang Seng's 0.7 percent rise.
(Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by Chris Gallagher)


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Asks Western New York Assembly colleagues to join him
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, called Thursday for the immediate resignation of Assemblyman Vito Lopez and for Sheldon Silver to step down as speaker of the Assembly after the release of a scathing JCOPE report detailing the sexual misconduct of Lopez toward several of his female staff.
"The recent findings contained in the JCOPE report on Vito Lopez are sickening and demand immediate action," Ceretto said. "I call on Vito Lopez to resign his Assembly seat today. No man who has a repeated history of sexual harassment is fit for public office. I am also urging Speaker Silver to step down because he enabled Lopez' behavior for years and did not do enough to protect the female staffers who worked for the former Brooklyn Democratic chairman.
"As the father of two daughters, I find the JCOPE report extremely disturbing and am truly saddened by the lack of action being taken to cleanup the Capitol and make it a safer work environment. That's why I am urging my Western New York Assembly colleagues to join me in a united call for accountability from Silver and Lopez. The first step toward sending the message to New York's women that sexual harassment will not be tolerated in the workplace is for Lopez to resign and Silver to step down, considering the roles they played in this horrifying scandal."


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Morning-after pill
Medically reviewed on June 8, 2018
The morning-after pill is a type of emergency birth control (contraception). The purpose of emergency contraception is to prevent pregnancy after a woman has had unprotected sex or after her birth control method has failed.
The morning-after pill is intended for back-up contraception only, not as a primary method of birth control. Morning-after pills contain either levonorgestrel (Plan B One-Step) or ulipristal acetate (ella).
Plan B One-Step is available over-the-counter without a prescription; ulipristal is available only with a prescription from your doctor or health care provider.
Plan B One-Step is a type of morning-after pill that can be used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. Plan B One-Step contains the hormone levonorgestrel — a progestin — which can prevent ovulation, block fertilization or keep a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.
Why it's done
Morning-after pills can help prevent pregnancy if you've had unprotected sex — whether you didn't use birth control, you missed a birth control pill, you were sexually assaulted or your method of birth control failed.
Morning-after pills do not end a pregnancy that has implanted. Depending on where you are in your menstrual cycle, morning-after pills may act by one or more of the following actions: delaying or preventing ovulation, blocking fertilization, or keeping a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. However, recent evidence strongly suggests that levonorgestrel doesn't keep a fertilized egg from implanting. It's not clear if the same is true for ella.
Keep in mind that the morning-after pill isn't the same as mifepristone (Mifeprex), also known as RU-486 or the abortion pill. This drug terminates an established pregnancy — one in which the fertilized egg has attached to the uterine wall and has already begun to develop.
Emergency contraception is an effective option for preventing pregnancy after unprotected sex, but it isn't as effective as other methods of contraception and isn't recommended for routine use. Also, the morning-after pill can fail even with correct use, and it offers no protection against sexually transmitted infections.
The morning-after pill isn't appropriate for everyone. Don't take a morning-after pill if:
- You're allergic to any component of the morning-after pill
- You're taking certain medications that may decrease the effectiveness of the morning-after pill, such as barbiturates or St. John's wort
- You know you're already pregnant
Also, if you're overweight or obese, there's some indication that the morning-after pill won't be as effective in preventing pregnancy as it is for normal-weight women.
In addition, make sure you're not pregnant before using ulipristal. The effects of ulipristal on a developing baby are unknown. However, if you're already pregnant when you take levonorgestrel, the treatment will simply be ineffective and won't harm the developing baby. Also, if you're breast-feeding, ulipristal isn't recommended.
Side effects of the morning-after pill typically last only a few days and may include:
- Nausea or vomiting
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Breast tenderness
- Bleeding between periods or heavier menstrual bleeding
- Lower abdominal pain or cramps
How you prepare
For maximum effectiveness, emergency contraception should be started as soon as possible after unprotected intercourse, and within 120 hours. You can take emergency contraceptive pills anytime during your menstrual cycle.
What you can expect
To use the morning-after pill:
- Follow the morning-after pill's instructions. If you use Plan B One-Step, take one Plan B One-Step pill as soon as possible and less than 72 hours after unprotected sex. If you use ella, take one ella pill as soon as possible and less than 120 hours after unprotected sex.
- If you vomit within two hours after taking the morning-after pill, contact your health care provider to discuss whether to repeat the dose.
- Don't have sex until you start another method of birth control. The morning-after pill doesn't offer lasting protection from pregnancy. If you have unprotected sex in the days and weeks after taking the morning-after pill, you're at risk of becoming pregnant. Be sure to begin using or resume use of birth control.
Using the morning-after pill may delay your period by up to one week after you normally expect it. If you don't get your period within three to four weeks of taking the morning-after pill, take a pregnancy test.
Normally, you don't need to follow up with your health care provider after using the morning-after pill. However, if you have bleeding or spotting that lasts longer than a week or develop severe lower abdominal pain three to five weeks after taking the morning-after pill, contact him or her. These may be signs or symptoms of a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy — when the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube.
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Revaluation pushes Nashua tax rate higherBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
November 13. 2013 10:00PM
NASHUA — Although the city's new tax rate has increased by more than 9 percent, about half of the homeowners in Nashua will not notice an increase in their property tax bills because of the recent citywide revaluation.
The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration has set the city's new tax rate at $23.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, which is up 9.35 percent from last year's tax rate of $21.49, or an increase of $2.01 per $1,000 of assessed valuation."Because it is a revaluation year though, it is hard to compare the rates. Everybody's bill is different," City Treasurer David Fredette said on Wednesday.
Mayor Donnalee Lozeau announced the new tax rate on Tuesday, also reminding city residents about the revaluation impacting the figures.
According to Lozeau, about 53 percent of local property owners will experience no increase in their tax bill.
"When revaluations decrease, the tax rate goes up," Fredette said. "That is how it works."
Still, he said, it is not necessarily accurate to compare last year's tax rate with the new tax rate because of the significant difference in property values. Without the revaluation, he said, the tax rate would have increased only about 2.5 percent.
"As you know, property values in general have declined due to changes in the economy. This is why revaluation is important — it serves to readjust the tax base to more accurately reflect what all properties are worth in the current market," Lozeau said in a recent letter to Nashua taxpayers. "With a property tax system, this is particularly important as it will ensure that all taxpayers are paying their fair share of the cost of those vital services that they expect from their local government."
The new tax rate is broken down into four separate sections — city, county, local schools and statewide schools.
The new city portion of the tax rate is up from $8.56 to $9.01, the county portion is up from $1.11 to $1.22, the local school portion is up from $9.39 to $10.72 and statewide school portion is up from $2.43 to $2.55.
According to the mayor, 53 percent of local taxpayers will see no increase or a decrease in their tax bill. About 21 percent of residents will see an increase of up to $200 in their tax bill, 16 percent will see an increase between $200 to $500 and 10 percent will see an increase of more than $500.
For a home assessed at $250,000 in Nashua, the new bill will be about $5,875 in property taxes under the revised tax rate. For a home assessed at that same figure in 2012, the bill was closer to $5,372.50, and in 2011 the bill was about $5,242.50 when the tax rate was $20.97.
Tax bills were mailed on Tuesday and are due on Dec. 17, according to Fredette, who said homeowners wishing to file an abatement have until March 1.