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WINTER PARK – Muddy boots, big smiles, crazy costumes and lots of laughter: these are just a few of the highlights found at the annual Winter Park Resort Spring Splash celebration.
Regardless of the weather, folks turn out in droves to brave the obstacle course on Larry Sale trail and chilly waters of the Splash pool, listen to great music and reflect on the season. The vibe of Splash is relaxed and casual, and in anticipation of the fun to be had, many businesses close or limit hours on the day of Splash so employees and owners may join in the festivities. As we look forward to another closing weekend, I can't help but wonder: where and how did Spring Splash come about?
Officially, the first year of Spring Splash was 1968. However, the event's roots reach further back in history. Spring Splash as it exists today originates from an event called Geländesplash (Gelände is the German word for terrain).
"Prior to 1968, Geländesplash was held informally and sporadically in the spring. It was a weekend event that included a beer chugging contest, dual slalom race, t-shirt contest, and splash race," explains Steve Hurlbert, public relations and communications manager for Winter Park Resort. "For the first few years, the event was actually known as Geländesplash until the name was changed to Spring Splash in the late 1970's or early 1980's."
Splash has taken on many different incarnations through the years. However, the basic premise, a celebration of spring, has remained unchanged. "As in the inaugural Spring Splash, participants don costumes and descend through an obstacle course before plunging into an icy pond. It continues to be one of our most popular and eagerly awaited events each season," says Hurlbert.
This season marks the 45th annual Spring Splash, and what originated as a day of celebration has evolved into a weekend-long affair. Winter Park Resort teamed up with the Winter Park and Fraser Chamber of Commerce to kick closing weekend festivities up a notch. April 19-21 marks the first annual Springtopia festival, a free two-day music and skiing/ snowboarding bash.
"Spring Splash continues to be an organic event," states Hurlbert. "The way it looks today will likely be different than what it looks like five years from now."
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Two people were killed and a deputy was hurt after a Los Angeles Sheriff's Department patrol car collided with an SUV, officials said.
The collision between the patrol car and Ford Explorer happened about 4:30 p.m. near 17th Street East and Avenue R in Palmdale, said California Highway Patrol Capt. Gretchen Jacobs.
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The Ford Explorer had four people inside when it spun out of control. The driver and front passenger were hurt, but a man and woman in the backseat were thrown from the SUV and killed, officials said.
The deputy was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The woman's family were screaming and crying as they mourned their loss.
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atavist - Mar 16, 2008 10:29 amswiss arete
Easy route, climbed with Yannick and Kevin on a beautiful July day.
bighornmonkey - Feb 13, 2008 7:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007Done...
Did this route twice....fun!
Shirley Lam - Jan 30, 2008 10:07 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007Shorter than expected...
but maybe it was because we did Moon Goddess on Temple Crag the day before.
glahhg - Aug 27, 2007 3:36 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007Swiss Arete
About 4.5 pitches of rock after getting established on the arete. Nice summit!
Deb - Jul 6, 2007 3:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007Easy Fun
Beautifully warm day to be on a mountain, especially fine Sierra granite! Really fun easy climb, but awful short; simul-climbed all but 1 1/2 pitches. Thanks to hubby for leading, the altitude and my ovaries sapped my endurance.
Augie Medina - Oct 11, 2006 9:25 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2001Swiss Arete
My first multi-pitch climb. I was the second all the way being a newbie to trad climbing. We got a late start and, after 3 pitches, the decision was made to retreat because of the late hour. I do remember that "step around" on an exposed ledge; it was a little intimidating even knowing there was protection above me. Following the step around there was an open book and, after that, the climbing got much easier. But as I say, we didn't make the summit. We rapped off onto the L-Shaped Couloir.
jsorber - Sep 8, 2006 5:19 am Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006Swiss Arete
Great climb with a great friend and some excelent assistance. This was my first Alpine rock climb. Awesome! My favorite moment would have to be the step over. I got a little scetched on the rappels down. Wow. What a great time.
Desert Solitaire - Aug 10, 2006 10:46 am Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2006Highly Recommended
Great climb with Brian E. Lots of soft snow beginning late morning this time of the season - the soft snow and deep postholing on the descent was probably the only thing mildly unpleasant on the trip. Else, great peak, great route, great company. See trip report.
mjrangel - Jul 18, 2006 6:51 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006Swiss Arete
My first technical rock route! Four of us climbed together. Two leaders and two followers. A couple of mountain rescue guys from Bishop did the lead climbing and my good friend jsorber cleaned the route. Climbing with a pack full of axes and getting the ropes crossed made things a bit difficult at times. And that "Step Around Move" was very intimidating! I took a fall on the headwall that followed when I was unable to unclip the rope as it was snaged undernieth jsorbers rope while the take was too strong. This was fine after John reached me at the headwall and got some slack on his rope so that I could get around it. After five pitches we reached the simmit and our leader found us a good rapel station but it was difficult to avoid rock fall at the lower end of our last rapel. Glisading the L-Saped snow field turned out to be really fun but my ass was burning the whole way down.
The mixed terrain made things interesting and very enjoyable and the view from the summit was finest view in the Sierra that I have ever seen.
mekwise - Jul 10, 2006 9:31 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006Swiss Arete
Super sweet alpine rock climb on mostly great Sierra granite. About 6 pitches of mostly easy rock climbing. Step around move not so bad, chimneys that follow...interesting.
Mike N - Jul 9, 2006 9:01 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006Mt Sill Swiss Arete
Approached from camp at the moraine below Mt Gailey. Camp to camp took almost 9 hours. Had trouble finding the descent and rap stations. Take care getting through Glacier Notch as there are loose rocks. Generally not steep, just loose. L-couloir is fine. Scramble up the 4th class to low 5th class rock to gain arete. We did this just around where there seems to be a snow band across the rock. It is very steep 4th class and you would not want to slip. We actually roped up the last 20 feet or so to get on the arete itself from where we were. Then several more pitches to the summit. The step-around move is not bad. I would say the several chimneys are worse 5.7-5.8 range with some loose holds. Nothing too steep except for these chimneys. Lots of high step/mantle moves. I would call it a little harder than the stated 5.6 because of a handful of harder moves in chimneys, etc.
To find descent...from the summit look towards ridge to Polemonium and find easiest way down. There will be a man-made "bivy site"/shelter under a rock that you may pass before finding a small sandy area. Keep going a little more and there is a larger broken up sandy area with a cairn on the ridge. You will be about 100 feet below summit. Walk up to the ridge and look down. This will look like 3rd to 4th class scrambling and will not be a steep face. Apex peak will be at about "1-o'clock". Go down about 50-60 feet and start looking below you or to the right. If you find the easiest line you will find yourself on top of the North Couloir, where there may be some snow. There will be a rap station above and to the right which will seem hard to get to. There are then 2 other rap stations with good slings that will get you to the lowest traverse. The traverse will have you go up just a little and head to a point between a tall rock and the slope itself. Just over this is the L-couloir.
virginiapine - Jul 5, 2006 9:59 pm Date Climbed: Jun 22, 1997Solo
A grand day soloing the Arete. No rope along so climbed a 5.8 crack just below and right of the 'step-around' move in order to avoid that exposure. Downclimbed the couloir on the NW side of Apex Pk in order to have more fun in the snow than just retracing my steps. Saw in the register that Conrad Anker & Galen Rowell had climbed "Dead Larry's Pillar" (5.10) on the E. Face the previous month - hard men! We all miss Galen...


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Operating the ESR setup is relatively simple, as long as you obey the following steps. However, there are some essential things to do and a few things not to do, respectively. Comply with this guidelines:
Operating the ESR setup is relatively simple, as long as you obey the following steps. However, there are some essential things to do and a few things not to do, respectively. Comply with this guidelines:
===Starting the machine===
===Starting the machine===
Revision as of 17:24, 3 December 2014
- 1 Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Project
- 2 Physical background
- 3 Experimental setup
- 4 Operating instructions
- 5 ESR measurements
- 6 Desired and future ESR setup
Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Project
Electron Spin Resonance is a phenomenon, useful for the investigation of materials which contain unpaired spins. Those are caused by various sources. One are not completely filled atomic shells, however, the more interesting ESR signals arise from different circumstances combined in the term defect. For instance, a important one is impurities of semiconductors or isolators which can trap electron or holes. Therefore this measuring technique is very powerful evaluation of material properties and is used in lots of research fields in physics, chemistry and biology.
Physical background
As the term Electron Spin Resonance already implies, the most essential part of the entire topic is the Spin, an intrinsic angular momentum of the electron. In an atom most of the electron are paired regarding spin. That is, each electron has a partner with an opposite spin, creating a zero net spin. Depending on the electron configuration of an atom or one step above in molecules and solids respectively, it is possible that there are a few or even many single electrons, being up to material.
Generally the magnetic moment of an electron is given by
where is the Bohr's magneton and the magnetogyric ratio, for a free electron it is . This quantity is a measure for the quantitative relation of an angular momentum and its corresponding magnetic momentum. The latter formula includes the orbital angular momentum as well. With ESR it is only possible to detect and investigate the spin component of the total magnetic moment. Hence, in the further deviation we will look at the pure magnetic moment originating from the spin .
If the spin and its magnetic moment is placed in a externally applied magnetic field, the magnetic moment of the spin starts to precess around the axis of the magnetic field due to the torque
As always in Quantum Physics the chosen axis of the magnetic field points in direction.
In general, the energy of a magnetic moment is defined as
The magnetic moment is related to the spin , which is a so called Quantum Vector with special properties:
- Absolute value:
- Projection onto the z-axis:
Incidentally, those two quantities are the best way to distinguish the state of the electron, because only their operator commute and hence, are measurable at the same time. For instance, it is not possible to measure two of the three Cartesian components of the spin vector simultaneously.
The equation for the energy of the electron's spin in an applied magnetic field contains a dot product between the magnetic moment and the B-field:
It may seem to complicate the situation, but actually it simplifies it a lot. We have chosen our magnetic field to point into the direction. Since the spin is characterized by the projection onto the axis, depicted by the Quantum number , the dot product cancels to
Bohr's magneton and the magnetogyric ratio are both natural constants at this point. If a external magnetic field is applied (positive value, because we picked the orientation of our coordinate system in such a way), the electron's energy is reduced or raised, depending whether is negative or positive, respectively. The original single energy state, which we still get out of the equation for , is split into two different energy states. Moreover, the energy difference
is proportional to the strength of the applied magnetic field. Therefore that difference can be tuned very precisely by the experimental setup, which is very important for the latter detection of the ESR signal.
For typical laboratory B-fields the energy difference ranges in the microwave photon band, if you convert the energy to wavelength or rather frequency. This is the point, where the name of the entire phenomenon originates. Namely, if one irradiates the unpaired spin, which normally sits in the lower energy state (due to general energy minimization of nature), with the correct frequency, the energy gets absorbed, combined with a transition to the upper level. In this case, the energy of the photons match exactly the energy difference between both states. Physicist call this situation Electron Spin Resonance.
In formula language the following becomes true:
where is Planck's constant and the frequency of the incident light.
Other than the magnetogyric ratio are all quantities either natural constants or measured values. Above I claimed that this value is a natural constant, too. Well, technically it is one, however, depends on the material and its compounds and especially spin stucture. Taking the previous equation as well as transferring it to an expression for the magnetogyric ratio
yields material properties with regard to the spin configuration. For example, the comparison to the definite value of a free electron is an good indicator for various substances' features.
Experimental setup
An ESR setup can vary by its looks and equipment used, but there are many common elements between them. A microwave source is incident to a sample within a resonance cavity, which is flanked by magnets perpendicular to the light source. Our setup housed these elements in a single machine, the magnet bridge, but allowed control using another machine, the main console.
Theoretical setup
The magnet bridge is where the resonance happens, and as a result is the most important machine of the two. It houses the electromagnets, klystron, and allows control of the frequency of light and attenuation of that light. The microwave source is generated by a klystron, which passes the light through waveguides, to various parts of the system. A simple diagram is shown, with a more detailed view shown in the [desired and future ESR setup] section. The connection to the main console is omitted in the diagram, as it's intended to be eliminated from the system eventually. For now, the main console serves a handful of purposes.
The main console is responsible to set the magnetic field and magnetic sweep range and time, along with demodulating the signal from the magnet bridge. The demodulator on this console allows setting a time constant for the demodulation, along with a post-amplifier for the signal. At one point in time, it allowed use of an XY-recorder, but that function has since been removed.
Actual setup
Knowing the theoretical assembly, it is much easier to understand the actual machine with its numerous devices, knobs and dials. The following pictures depict the ESR system that is available in the Advanced Project Laboratory.
Real devices are displayed by red arrows, operating knobs, dial and switches are indicated by blue arrows.
Magnet bridge
This table will explain the function of each part.
|Function of all experimental parts
|produces microwave radiation, which becomes incident to the sample in the cavity
|attenuates the power of the radiation from the klystron; unit is decibel
|Frequency dial
|controls frequency of the radiation coming from the klystron roughly, the real set value around the resonance case is controlled by the AFC
|Detector current
|indicates the total power of the reflected microwaves
|AFC voltage
|Automated Frequency Control, holds the klystron frequency stable firstly, secondly adjusts it continously
|Modulation coils
|create the 100 kHz alternating B-field that is required due to the detector technique as a Lock-In-amplifier
|controls amount of radiation going into the cavity, largely used to assist finding resonance of the cavity
Main console
For concrete illustration of the main control panel review this table.
|Function of all experimental parts
|Main B-field - DC B-field
|sets the initial magnetic field, before the sweep, that is, the starting strength of the B-field sweep
|amplifies the detection signal to expose by noise hidden real signal
|Modulation amplitude - AC B-field
|regulates the amplitude of the 100 kHz current sent to the modulation coils
|Signal filter
|functions as a low pass filter for resolution purposes
|Pen level
|provides a voltage offset going to the recorder/data acquisition
|Side scan panel
|tunes the time parameters reglating to the sweep settings
Miscellaneous other useful information about various parts
Helpful and beneficial information about all the different and numerous components:
|Multitudinous components of the magnet bridge
|verified to function properly revealed by nice exponential dependence, like one expects for a decibel based scale
|Frequency dial
|hard to read, suggested to crouch down and read the meter head on
|Detector current
|does not go to zero, but minimum is at about 40
|AFC voltage
|works only in vicinity of the resonance, otherwise crazy
|Modulation coils
|Function of devices of main control panel
|not sure whether it works alright, maybe facilitating drift as well
|Modulation amplitude
|seems that great set values enhance signal drift
|Signal filter
|there are more knob position (20) than numbers written around it (16), although, the numbers might be the time of a low pass filter
|Pen level
|seems to drift slowly, depending on the Gain value up or down
|Side scan panel
|sweep actually is driven mechanically through the old data plotting pen type thing on the horizontal panel, there is a mechanism below that board
Operating instructions
Operating the ESR setup is relatively simple, as long as you obey the following steps. However, there are some essential things to do and a few things not to do, respectively. Review the tabel of the recent section as well: Comply with this guidelines:
Starting the machine
- Turn on the water cooling system to a decent flow rate. It is not necessary open the outlet lever entirely. In fact, that will cause quite a high pressure in the supply hose, perhaps leading to subtle damage. Moreover, longruns have shown that the outflow does not get warmer at all, even after hours at a quite high magnetic field strength.
- Check else is shut down:
- Switch at the back of the magnet bridge, which hosts the klystron and the detector.
- Mode switch on the front panel is set to standby.
- Magnetic field set value is zero.
- Enable power switch on the lower left corner of the main console.
- Clean your sample and place it inside the tube, made for holding the sample between the two magnet poles.
- Change mode first to turn and then to operate. Wait for a while (up to one minute). Dial the frequency once in a while and see whether the two scales AFC output and detector current respond. When they react to changes, set the AFC to zero. The frequency of the klystron equates the resonance frequency of the cavity now.
- Adjust the Iris height by screwing the stick in or rather out. The aim is to minimize the detector current which correspond to the total power of reflected microwaves (The past has shown that the height ranges at approximately 3-4 rotations from closed entirely).
- Align the height of the sample inside the tube. The sample is sitting in the center of cavity and hence has an effect on the resonance frequency of the cavity. For the measurement later on, it is very desirable to reduce it to a minimum. The sample pipe is put into the holder tube by a little ring, which prevents it from falling into the tube. Carefully change the position of the ring and always put the sample pipe back and see where the AFC stops. You want the AFC to be as left as possible. This step is really sensitive. Normally the AFC changes just by pulling the sample pipe out and inserting it back, without sliding the ring. Even rotating the sample interacts with the AFC, especially when the material is not distributed uniformly at the very bottom of the pipe. That is the case for materials other than liquids and powders, for instance little solid plates.
- Check the Iris again (optional)
- Chose a value for Gain: Too low leads to inability to distinguish whether whether there is a signal or not; Too high values correlate tot a lot of crazy noise; Good starting value: 100 - 1000
- Chose your Modulation Amplitude: Too small choice will not excite any transitions; Too great values are related to unnecessary broadening of the absorption wiggle, for better resolution this area should be as narrow as possible; Good starting value: 1 - 4
- Set the Signal Filter: Too little choices will let a lot of useless signal pass; Too high values will lead to a cut-off of the desired signal; Good starting value: position 4 - 10
- Select your Scan Time: Longer enhances resolution later on and too short disable the opportunity to detect the transition (however, it depend also on the magnetic field scan range); But longer is not always good, especially when your setup shows a drift in any of the other components: Good starting value: 1 minute
- Set the magnetic field start value and the sweep interval.
- Press the start knob on the horizontal board of the main console, right to the old data plotting mechanism.
Changing sample
- You may shut down the magnetic field first.
- Switch the mode from operate to tune (on the magnet bridge).
- Replace the sample. Do not forget to clean it.
- Repeat steps 5 to 11 of the list above.
Shutting down
- Power off the magnetic field.
- Switch the mode from operate to tune (on the magnet bridge). Afterwards spin the know even more to standby mode.
- Take your sample out of the cavity and store or shelf it.
- Disable magnet bridge by switch at the back.
- Press main power switch on the main control panel.
- Close water supply.
ESR measurements
We have a bunch of samples, which are supposed to be responsive to ESR. Unfortunately none of them, except two, are labeled or named. In the entire process of working on this project we tested numerous samples of this set. Most of them did not show any signal within the whole magnetic field scan range, however, at this point our skills on at which dial to chose which value was really limited. We tried to tune and optimize the quantities though, and dedicated quite a lot of time to consistency and the attempt to repeat ESR spectra with different materials. We investigated about 10 different samples, again with the new Lock-In setup as well, but we could not find any resonance with those materials.
DPPH (Sample #1)
The strongest signal shows DPPH, the organic chemical compound 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl. The absorbance of the incident microwave irradiation is really strong, such that the various parameters of the entire experiment loose their importance. As long as reasonable values for the numerous setting are chosen, one can find the strength of the magnetic field, where the dip in the by the cavity reflected power occurs - even when the magnetic field gets scanned kind of fast. Therefore, it's the perfect sample for the beginning and for ESR learners, because you receive a response for regulations far off the optimum. Moreover, always when something is changed at the experimental setup and it seems that it does not work appropriately any more, it is the sample to verify any issues, misalignment and damage.
One of our nicest DPPH spectrum is shown below. The figure depicts the linear sweep of the magnetic field strength as well, related to the sweep voltage:
This spectrum is taken with the original main console as central controlling panel (future plans are to bypass this entire part) and the digital oscilloscope on the laptop, using the data acquisition board from Measurement Computing. The concrete set values were
- Frequency (exterior wavecounter): 9.2437 GHz
- Attenuation: 20 dB
- Iris (rotation from closed completely): 3.75
- B field start: 3290 G
- B field delta: 40 G
- Scan time: 1 min
- Signal filter: position 7
- Modulation amplitude: 4 G
- Gain: 1000
The characteristic wiggle crosses the imaginary baseline (constant offset of all data points) at 3313.6 G. Given that result, the magnetogyric ratio would be 1.99, which deviates by a lot from the set value of approximately 2.0036. Although, the measuring error is really hugh, considering various sources like the slow frequency drift, correctness of the B-field set point, ... among others.
Incidentally, the sweep voltage is very important to find the actual start and end point of the sweep at this stage, because it is directly coupled to the mechanical sweep mechanism. One can use the trigger, but there is still a delay between the impulse and the real start of cycle.
ZnS (Sample #8)
In fact this sample not only contains inorganic ZnS (zinc sulfide), but it form a layer on a Silicon wafer. Since Silicon forms a perfect lattice, in theory, all that is observed ESR respond should originate from the ZnS coat. Though, everybody knows that practically there are no perfect crystals in nature. Hence, it is possible that signals arise as well from impurities in the Silicon lattice.
In fact, the exact magnetic field strength of this sample, we found by first looking up, where it should appear approximately. It is much weaker and therefore the influence of the experiment parameters are much more sensitive. If you are off the right setting by quite a lot, you will not obtain a clear spectrum. And due to the constant self-evolvement of the old setup, which was build, with all likelihood, decades ago, it is really tough to repeat one beautiful right away.
After a long fight with the experiment setup and plenty of praying, we finally could measure a very nice spectrum of ZnS, how it is supposed to be:
The ZnS spectrum was recorded not with the laptop oscilloscope, but with a normal external oscilloscope, which facilitate data export onto a flash drive. With the run on the laptop oscilloscope we noticed a high constant voltage intercept, which prevented us from zooming in deep enough by changing the volts per division. At one point the curve was simply off range. We utilized the original main console for this material, too. The scan values were
- Frequency (exterior wavecounter): n.a.
- Attenuation: 16 dB
- Iris (rotation from closed completely): 3.5
- B field start: 3375 G
- B field delta: 400 G
- Scan time: 1 min
- Signal filter: position 10
- Modulation amplitude: 40 G
- Gain: 320
By the way, technically ZnS should also have a so called side bands on both sides next to the main ESR peak. It can be the case that we can see them in the diagram above at about 3440 G and 3740 G. It is simply not possible to verify that they are symmetrically distributed aside from the main wiggle, the graph is not clear enough. It is worth to spend some time on this later on, tough.
ZnS (Sample #9)
After numerous measurements of ZnS sample #8 we regognized that there is a little part of scotch take on it. And since we had another tube indicating that it contains the material ZnS, we tried to verify it with sample #9. At this point we already bypassed the old internal Lock-In by an exterior one. Therefore it was a test of that part at the same time.
Again, this sample it tough to deal with, because the resonance is quite weak and the manners of the old main console:
As alreday mentioned above, this time we used the external Lock-In, but displayed the signal on the external oscilloscope, which we utilized for storing data as well. The scan values were
- Frequency (exterior wavecounter): 9,23216 GHz
- Attenuation: 16 dB
- Iris (rotation from closed completely): 3.75
- B field start: 3400 G
- B field delta: 400 G
- Scan time: 1 min
- Signal filter: bypassed
- Gain: bypassed
- Modulation amplitude: 40 G
- Lock-In - Sensitivity: 10 mV
- Lock-In - Time constant: 1 s
- Lock-In - AC Gain: 10 dB
Be aware of the somewhat different B-field axis: It is shifted by 25 G. Given that and a normal error both graphs are identical, regarding the main wiggle. Although, we did not reveal the two side dips, which seemed fairly consistent for the previous sample.
Desired and future ESR setup
Unreliability of the old setup
Basically, the only part, which work perfectly are magnets, both the big and powerful DC's and the small AC's, the klystron for the microwaves, the attenuator as well as the detector. At least so far there was not a simple moment were we experienced something to pass out or anything else, not as the main console, which freaks out once in a while. Because of that happens more and more often, the urgent task is to understand what essential control signals are sent to the magnet bridge. We encountered various strange moments from a spontaneous tremendous magnetic field offset, which mysteriously was gone after minutes, to a complete strike, where a scan could not be started any more. Those incidents certainly affected the magnet bridge, too. This part did not response any more or was weird in another way. Essentially every time such an occurrence happened, it was definitely not due to an operator, came just out of the blue. Hence, we could not determine the reason, all attempts to distinguish the origin were a dead end. The sole solution that worked as shutting down all the devices and wait. The time after the machine surprisingly decided to function again was completely random. I can be just the fact to be power off and turned on again, however, also half an hour.
Schematic composition of the new setup
The future plan with the whole project is to replace as many old modules as fast as possible, preferably, all of the controlling parts, likely step by step. In consequence of the reasons above, preferably, we want to control each step in the data processing as well as in the magnet circuitry by external and much newer machines. The precision and resolution of essentially any modern device is better than the internally installed into the main control panel of decades ago. There following schematic displays the essential basic parts of ESR:
The blue devices are the ones that are kept from the original machine, although some of them are now regulated by exterior equipment. The green devices are the mentioned external controllers. The red arrows correspond to the communication between all the various devices.
Most of it should be performed pretty easily, however, the alignment such that all the numerous parts function together properly and do not irritate one another can be quite a challenge. At this point there is basically only one thing that prevents fast progress on the hardware section. The klystron or maybe even the entire magnet bridge does not respond to operating it without turning on the main console. Perhaps there is some essential communication among the two big experimental machines, which enables the klystron and the detector, respectively. Once that is resolved and there is an idea how to manipulate that or provide it externally, there should nothing be in the way to build the ESR setup like in the diagram.


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Behind the scenes, FIFA takes an active role in helping develop football throughout the world, implementing programmes to benefit the beautiful game in all its forms, from youth football to women's football, futsal and beach soccer.
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I wanted to experience playing abroad, and to test myself against the best. I fitted in perfectly, and I was really impressed by how well the club looked after me.
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*Have you considered a role in grassroots development? How could you see yourself getting involved? *I still have a few more years ahead of me [as a player] before I start planning for the future. However, I think that whatever I do next will be closely linked to women's football – from grassroots to the highest level.
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Latest Leaders – October 2012
It was an eventful October, with the Giants claiming their second World Series title in three years to cap off another memorable Postseason. Your October 2012 Latest Leaders came up big in the clutch as well. It was fitting that SF Giants Photos topped the Pro Blogs, while Tigers beat writer Jason Beck claimed bragging rights in the MLB.com Beat Writer Division. MLB.com Blogs mainstay Red State Blue State bowed out in style with yet another strong showing, while the next generation of blogs like Giants Fan Carm and Punky G. made their debuts.
Latest Leaders ranked by page views from Oct. 1-31:
1. SF Giants Photos
2. Baseball Nerd
3. Better Off Red
4. Curly W Live
5. Brandon and Brandon
6. MLB.com Fantasy 411
7. John & Cait…Plus Nine
8. Ben's Biz Blog
9. Ben Rouse's Brewers Mission 162
10. So I Married A Baseball Player…
11. 45 Miles From Fenway
12. Dodgers Photog Blog
13. From the Corner of Edgar & Dave
14. MLB.com Blogs Central (lol)
15. White Shark
16. Cubs Vine Line Blog
18. TribeVibe
19. Phillies Insider
20. Cooperstown Chatter
21. Our Game
22. Around the Horn in KC
23. B3: Big, Bald and Beautiful
24. Newberg Report
25. Justice4U
26. MLB Urban Youth Academy
27. The Dash Board
28. CastroTurf
29. Obviously, You're Not a Golfer
30. Comerica Park, 48201
31. My Serendipitous Life as a Baseball Wife
32. Desde el Desierto
33. MiLB.com's PROSPECTive Blog
34. Rattler Radio
35. The Sprouting News
36. Clubhouse Confidential
37. Wild Things
38. Diamond Dollar$
39. BTF Today
40. Homestand Blog by Yankees Magazine
41. 'Riders Insider Blog
42. 'Cats Corner
43. It's All Relative
44. Bloomberg Sports
45. Padres hispanos
46. Baseball Books
47. From the Booth with Steve Stewart
48. From the Nest
49. Yard Work
50. Ozzie Speaks
1. The Baseball Collector
2. Red State Blue State
3. The AustralianBaseballDigest
4. Beisbol 007
5. Cook & Sons' Baseball Adventures
6. The Baseball Haven
7. Rockpile Rant
8. mlbblogger
9. Pinstripe Birthdays
10. The Brewer Nation
11. A's Farm
12. Three Up, Three Down
13. La Pagina de Tony Menendez
14. Phillies Phollowers
15. 9 Inning Know It All
16. Observing Baseball
17. The Ballpark Guide
18. The Unbiased MLB Fan
19. Rockin' Redlegs
20. Crzblue's Dodger Blue World
21. More Splash Hits
22. Born on Third
23. I'm Not A Headline Guy…
24. TheCutoffMan
25. Bleacher Boy
26. Ballparks on a Budget
27. Where Everyone's a Giant
28. The Yankee Dinosaur
29. DYNASTY League Baseball from designer of Pursue the Pennant
30. 7000 Coliseum Way
31. Minoring In Baseball
32. This is a very simple game…
33. Collection of Baseball
34. The Rays Rant
35. Reds Country
36. Cream City Cables
37. For Love of the Braves
38. The 'Stros Bros
39. Los bigleaguers
40. gojays
41. eltubeyero22
42. Battling Bucs
43. Fish Fry
44. Bjarkman's Latino and Cuban League Baseball History Page
45. Rox Addict
46. One Strike Away…Twice!
47. All Things Pirates: Breaking down the Buccos
48. BrokeMets
49. Giants Fan Carm
50. Punky G. (G stands for Giants!)
1. Beck's Blog
2. Bombers Beat
3. Muskat Ramblings
4. Mark My Word
5. The Zo Zone
6. Postcards From Elysian Fields
7. Bowman's Blog
8. Britt's Bird Watch
9. By Gosh, It's Langosch
10. Gonzo and 'The Show'
11. Brownie Points
12. North of the Border
13. Mariners Musings
14. Tag's Lines
15. Major Lee-ague
16. Mets Cetera
17. The Fish Pond
18. Major League Bastian
19. Brew Beat
20. Change for a Nickel
Reminder: Blogs only can be tracked for this list if they use an MLB theme. If you switch to a different WordPress.com theme for a day or two during that month, those page views will not be included for these purposes because they cannot be recorded by MLB.com.
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I thought I was going to have a higher number for October but I got 20! Great! Thanks Mark! I was wondering if you were going to skip October.


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INTERPOL and 29 of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have joined forces in an initiative to battle counterfeit drugs. INTERPOL announced the creation of the Pharmaceutical Crime Programme to further build on the work of its Medical Product Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC) unit. The program is funded by $5.9 million (EUR $4.5 million) from pharmaceutical industry partners.
According to a press release the program will focus on the prevention of all types of pharmaceutical crime, including branded and generic drug counterfeiting as well as the identification and dismantling of organized crime networks linked to drug counterfeiting.
"Both brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals are susceptible to counterfeiting, putting patient lives at risk," said Haruo Naito, president and CEO of Eisai, in the release. "This is why we have joined our colleagues across
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The markets of magazine and newspaper printing firms are undergoing significant changes, reflecting on-going transformations in the customers they serve.
Some of the changes have been under way for 2 decades with traditional printing companies morphing into printing service companies offering more profitable value-added services and products. These included high-end specialized printing capabilities and services, database printing, and wide-ranging distribution services. At the same time, the increasing number of magazine titles, accompanied by lower average press runs, pushed the companies toward higher efficiency and acquisition of presses and systems designed for lower press runs.
In this environment, many printers could not effectively compete and consolidation began creating large regional players in the industry.
Shorter-term trends have also played havoc with the printing industry by killing off some magazine and newspaper titles, lowering the average number of pages printed because of advertising reductions, and by decreasing demand for catalog printing by mail order companies.
These changes created excess capacity and financial problems for many printers, opening the way for private equity firms to purchase trouble companies, restructure their operations, and consolidate the industry even further. Walstead Investments, for example, bought the St. Ives Group, Southern Print and Wyndeham in the UK to do just that.
About the only bright spot for the printing industry has been that many newspapers have now decided to outsource printing—increasing the number of customers in that segment for the short term, at least. Even some large newspapers that had given up commercial printing decades ago have changed the size capacity and flexibility of their presses to gain more production options and they are now offering printing services to other publishers and advertising service firms.
The consolidation has allowed big players to grow bigger. Donnelley has expanded by acquiring firms across North America. Quad/Graphics has moved into Europe and Latin America. The German publisher Guner & Jahr acquired Brown Printing in the US and Prisma Presse in France.
The current economy is limiting the ability of these firms to push up prices, but one can expect that to occur when better times return and capacity utilization increases.


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Chris Brown Releases 'Fine China' Single, Debuts Video
It's hardly a secret that Chris Brown borrows a lot of his musical inspiration from Michael Jackson-- thankfully, he uses it well, adding to the icon's legacy.
As Breezy prepares for the upcoming release of his 'X' album, the singer returns to the sound that made him famous in the first place on the lead single 'Fine China.'
The track, produced by Roccstar and PK, has a sort of zippy, synth-heavy sound -- making it perfect for the club. Brown sounds as smooth as ever, easily taking on the vibe of the track without letting the busy production outshine his voice.
The crooner told MTV News, "It's comparing a woman to how priceless and delicate she is. This song is more of a chivalry kind of record, being more of a gentleman, taking that approach of catering to the woman, having more of that love element."
The 'Forever' creator implemented that idea in front of the cameras as well when he directed the video for the track, which dropped early Monday morning (April 1).
The visual starts off with an Asian girl being scolded by her father for hanging out with 'that thug.' His complaints fall on deaf ears though as Breezy pulls up to the house in his flashy sportscar. The girl runs out to join Chris in dancing the night away, but of course that isn't the last of the drama either of them will have to deal with for the evening.
There's a lot of dancing. And fighting. And dance fighting. It's sort of hokey but for those of us who grew up on MJ, it makes perfect sense why Brown would go in this direction for the video.
Plus, why shouldn't he bust a move in every other scene? The multi-talented singer and dancer still hasn't lost a step.
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Grains finished mixed with soybeans leading the way higher. November soybeans finished 23 ½ cents higher at $14.47, December corn 3 cents higher at $7.70, and December wheat down 2 cents at $7.95.
Soybeans continue their rally on dry weather concerns and continued technical strength after breaching a major trading range they have been stuck in. If weather remains dry we could see much of the bullish attention switch to soybeans as carryout concerns start increasing.
Today's crop conditions report was "bullish" again with declines in the ratings for both corn and soybeans. We could see some strength on the overnight session from these numbers.
Crop Progress:
Corn August 29th 5 year average
Dough 88% 85%
Dented 53% 54%
Mature 9% 11%
Condition: Down 3% from last week at 54% good-excellent
Soybeans August 29th 5 year average
Setting pods 93% 94%
Dropping Leaves 2% 6%
Condition: Down 2% from last week at 57% good-excellent
I have included a chart of December corn with that shows the next trendline resistance level around $7.86. With all of the crop downgrades recently the market seems to be targeting the all-time high around $8 for corn. With corn and soybeans trying to ration demand, we can see short covering also take us higher. Ultimately high prices can be an "end" to high prices if we ration enough demand, but with supply still in question the market seems to want to stay supported. We want to stay in sustainable positions and stay well hedged at these levels. Soybean calls are still a good way to get upside protection in this market. If you are expecting bushels over and on top of your guarantee level and want to look at protecting these prices we have strategies available. Please give your broker a call.
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Forget the bar of soap at Windsor High School. The school's going after your wallet when you swear, and the price of profanity is over $100.
As of Monday, dropping a prohibited 4-letter word gets a student a ticket from the cops, according to a memo Principal Russell Sills sent home to parents:
Students who use profanity directed toward a teacher, toward another student in class or during a verbal altercation in the hallway or cafeteria will receive a Windsor Police ticket for Creating a Public Disturbance. The fine for this offense is $103.00. Failure to pay the fine will result in a court appearance.
Sills cast his new policy as an attempt to push back against the profanity students are exposed to in the media. He also wrote that he hoped students would learn to "think before they speak."
The campaign gets mixed review from students. "I don't have $103. That's too much. We've got enough problems already. I can't even afford lunch," junior Tyshawn Hicks told the Hartford Courant.
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"Snake-bit" Colorado not about to give up, coach says
BOULDER — Minutes after Colorado's fourth consecutive loss Thursday night, Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle said he was not about to hang his head.
And he didn't want his team to do that either.
"Our guys can't let this get them down," Boyle said.
Colorado (9-9, 2-4 Pac-12) lost a "heart breaker," as Boyle put it, when Washington junior guard Andrew Andrews bagged a 15-foot jump shot in the final second for a 52-50 Huskies victory in front of 9,653 at the Coors Events Center.
The winning play was set up after Colorado sophomore guard Jaron Hopkins lost control of the ball and committed a turnover near the basket with 34 seconds remaining.
Colorado, which was expected to be a contender this season in the Pac-12 standings, once again couldn't play with a full deck. Junior center Josh Scott (back spasms) missed his third consecutive game, and junior forward Xavier Johnson was serving a one-game suspension by the team for an off-court issue after having missed the two prior games with an ankle sprain.
Making matters worse Thursday night, the team's top scorer and other member of CU's "big three," senior guard Askia Booker, sat out 11 minutes of the first half with foul trouble and never found a rhythm. He hit just 2-of-13 from the field and finished with five points, almost a dozen below his season average.
Boyle said his players were were both sad and angry in the locker room following the game. But he told them they also should view it as a positive, considering they had a chance to defeat a talented Huskies squad (14-4, 3-3) while being shorthanded.
"We didn't take care of the ball well enough (12 turnovers against Washington's 2-3 zone) and we didn't shoot well enough (31.7 percent) to beat that team," Boyle said. "But I liked our guy's fight. I liked our effort.
"We have to bear defeat without losing heart," Boyle added. "That's what this group is being tested with. We're being tested. Our toughness is being tested. Our mental fortitude is being tested. We have to come tomorrow and practice and continue to improve."
Colorado hosts Washington State at 6 p.m. Saturday.
CU's top four scorers Thursday night are all sophomores, led by Hopkins (11 points) and forward Wesley Gordon, who recorded a double-double with 10 points and a career-best 17 rebounds.
"I think you're seeing some guys grow up and get some experience," Boyle said. "That's going to help us in the long run. But in the short run, it's no fun."
Colorado has reached the NCAA Tournament three consecutive years so being .500 at this stage is not what anybody envisioned. Boyle said his team is handling the adversity as well as could be expected.
"You see how they're playing; there's no quit in them," Boyle said. "We're just coming up a little bit short. We're a little snakebit right now. We have to learn and we have to improve. That's what we have to focus on."


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Money manager Stephen Leed says companies building off-campus housing defy the troubles in the residential housing market.
By focusing on companies that are helping Japan come back from the earthquake and tsunami, you may be able to turn a profit.
An investing psychologist says putting money into companies helping with recovery after tragic events shouldn?t make you feel guilty.
Home values haven't rebounded from the recession, leading some economists to fear a continued economic downturn.
Manufacturers of consumer staples, like P&G and Coca Cola, may offer investment opportunity for risk-averse investors.


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Taking a Closer Look at Independent Living
By Patti Shea , January 30, 2012 11:57 AM
Editor's note: This is fourth in a series of posts by guest blogger Michelle Seitzer.
If you've been following this series, you now have an overview of the basic levels of senior care and housing, a guide to knowing when and how to initiate a conversation about options, and tips on how to search for the best senior care. Today's post will explore the independent living category of care in greater detail.
Now more than just a concept, independent living is a distinct category of senior housing that is adding new options all the time.
A few of the current venues classified as independent living available today are:
- 55+/active adult communities
- urban villages/NORCs (naturally occurring retirement communities),
- multigenerational communities.
Also emerging are a host of niche communities; some serve LGBT older adults, others cater to the unique needs and preferences of Asian-American seniors, and still others promote lifelong learning, offering residents the opportunity to attend college classes.
Such diversity makes it difficult to generalize what services you'll find in each setting. However, most offer:
- Transportation options, either through public transit or a community-furnished service.
- Basic housekeeping services.
- Limited healthcare/personal care services, particularly if it is part of a continuing care retirement community.
- A variety of meal plans.
- Social programs for engagement, which may be resident-run or coordinated by a full-time employee hired by the community.
All of these are typically charged a la carte or rolled into the monthly rent. The style and layout of living space varies too, ranging from spacious apartments to efficiency suites to condos, studios, cottages, and more.
- Who qualifies for independent living? Each community may have specific guidelines about age and health status but, on the whole, any older adult who can live without assistance qualifies (though many allow you to bring in private duty home care or other ancillary services should the need arise).
- How do you pay for it? Most are private pay only, which means residents pay out of pocket, via long term care insurance policies, proceeds from home sales, retirement/pension plans, or other means. Medicare does not cover independent living costs. (AARP has a great long-term care calculator where you can do a side-by-side comparison of housing options in all states plus the District of Columbia)
- Who provides care and services? In this housing category, staff members include the social director, management team (i.e. CEO, marketing personnel, comptroller, etc.), and those within the housekeeping, transportation, and dining departments. If healthcare is offered, care providers must be certified or licensed in accordance with state regulations.
- Who licenses this level of care? Because most providers do not offer healthcare services, they often do not have to be licensed by a state or federal agency (though some choose to be accredited privately). However, government-subsidized housing options, like HUD senior housing, may have certain regulatory requirements.
- Where do you find independent living options? Check out Eldercare.gov or the senior information section on HUD.gov.
In the next post: Learn more about the assisted living category of care. Here's the Closer Look series to date:
- Week 1: Housing Choices: Find the Right Home for You or Your Loved One
- Week 2: Starting the Search for Care: When and How
- Week 3: How to Choose the Best Care and Housing Provider
Editor's Notes: Michelle Seitzer has blogged for the senior living search site SeniorsforLiving.com since 2008, and is the co-moderator of #ElderCareChat, a bi-monthly Twitter-facilitated discussion group for family and professional caregivers passionate about quality senior care.


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I admit becoming softer as I, myself age and unfortunately both canine and human losses become more frequent.
I thought a little humor may lighten this thread.
As I was posting my recent additions, and am not terribly good on the computer, I was distracted.
I heard one of the dogs, as I typed, chewing on something, but as our house is pretty dog proof and the dogs well behaved, did not check what was happening.
After hitting, the final submit, I looked down, and one of my dogs had chewed a new sports shoe. I laughing said, as he gaily delivered the wrecked shoe, I am going to kill you. Dogs do brighten our lives without even trying.


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