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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Fold-Flat Thin Bike
Fair Companies have released a new video in which Graham explains the thinking behind the Thin Bike.
Basically consisting of a lightweight, full-size bike frame with foldable pedals and a quick release, fold-flat handlebar mechanism, none of this is exactly rocket science. It's just a clever approach to identifying and reducing the sticking points that make regular bikes harder to carry and more of a pain to store.
The addition of a grease-free carbon drive is also a nice touch given that the bike is designed for carrying up and down stairs and on mass transit. After all, most folks don't like to get too dirty.
All-in-all a nice bike and another great video from Fair Companies. Check out @kirstendirksen and @faircompanies for more great videos, and while you are at it, why not follow Graham Hill and find out what he's cooking up next too?
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I'm posting this here because I made the CD sleeves (out of paper). It's a pretty simple project but I'm proud of it :X
I'm one of the few who still doesn't own an MP3 player and I wanted to make a Summer mix. I thought it would be nice to make one for a few friends (even if they have an MP3 player already) Gifts are always fun anway, right?
Here are the CD covers:
Here is the back with the song list:
And here are the CDs themselves. I just colored a label with markers:
Just wanted to add the other ones that I've made :

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"]Rudolf Schenker launched Scorpions in 1965 in Hannover, Germany. In 1969, Schenker's younger brother Michael (guitars) joined the band along with vocalist Klaus Meine (until then, Rudolf performed double duty as a guitarist and lead vocalist). Lothar Heimberg and Wolfgang Dziony filled out the lineup, and in 1972 the band released its first LP, "Lonesome Crow", on RCA Records. During the "Lonesome Crow" tour, Michael Schenker was offered the lead guitar position in UFO; he accepted and quit the band. Ulrich Roth, the lead guitarist for the German band Dawn Road, filled in for Schenker on the remainder of the tour. The departure of Michael Schenker, however, led to the breakup of Scorpions. Rudolf Schenker opted to join Dawn Road, which up to this point consisted of Roth, Francis Buchholz (bass guitar), Achim Kirschning (keyboards) and Jurgen Rosenthal (drums). Roth and Buchholz convinced Rudolf Schenker to invite Klaus Meine to join the band, which was now renamed Scorpions because it was well-known in the German rock scene and they had already released an album under that name, even though only Schenker and Meine remained from the "Lonesome Crow" lineup.
The new lineup released "Fly To The Rainbow" (1974), which outsold "Lonesome Crow" and contained the fan favorite "Speedy's Coming". After the release of this album Kirschning decided to leave the band and Rosenthal had to leave Scorpions as he was drafted into the army; he was replaced by Rudy Lenners. Their third album, "In Trance", marked the beginning of a long collaboration with producer Dieter Dierks. "Virgin Killer" (1976) followed with its controversial cover (a naked prepubescent girl covered with broken glass); the album was success with critics. In 1977 Lenners was replaced with Herman Rarebell, and the band released their fifth studio album, "Taken By Force". Scorpions toured Japan in support of the album; Roth, however, was not satisfied with the artistic direction of the band and left after the Japanese tour. The live double LP "Tokyo Tapes" was released in 1978; it was released in the U.S. and Europe in 1979, 6 months after its release in Japan. In mid-1978, the band recruited new guitarist Matthias Jabs after auditioning 140 guitarists to replace Roth. Scorpions then left RCA Records for Mercury Records, releasing their first album for the label, "Lovedrive", on February 25, 1979, an album that contained 3 songs featuring Michael Schenker, who had briefly rejoined Scorpions after being fired by UFO for alcohol abuse. The album peaked at #55 on the U.S. Billboard album chart, and was eventually certified gold, making it their most commercially successful LP in the United States up to that point, and some critics consider it to be the pinnacle of their career. It cemented the Scorpion formula mixing rockers with melodic ballads, and it also contained today's featured single: "Is There Anybody There?" b/w "Another Piece Of Meat".
"Is There Anybody There?" starts off with with a laid-back reggae beat established with a four-note riff (D/C/B/E), played the first time with a clean, funky sound, and the second time with distortion (to accompany Meine's dreamy "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah" vocals). The guitar riff accompanying the verses contains only 2 chords (Bm/A); the riff on the chorus adds two additional chords (G/D). The lyrics seem unusually eclectic for a heavy metal song: "Open my mind let me find new vibrations/Tell me the way I must take to reach my destination/And a place where I can stay/Where is the love of my life couldn't find her". Although the lyrics are awkward at some points, I found the idea of drawing an analogy of someone separated from his significant other as akin to being "lost in the ocean" and "in the darkness of these days" to be a compelling one. Although the song doesn't really fit into either of the band's traditional categories (it's essentially an easy-going mid-tempo song; it's not really a rocker or a ballad), it's a worthy addition to their catalog, and it's a reggae-influenced song released around the time that a lot of pop music sported a reggae influence (e.g. The Police, The Specials). And Meine's vocals give the song an ethereal quality, even if the sound doesn't quite transport you into another world.
The B-side, "Another Piece Of Meat", is a pretty straightforward Scorpions rocker. While the band was altering its sound somewhat with this album to sound more contemporary (emulating newer bands such as Van Halen), I don't think that "Another Piece Of Meat" would be out-of-place on any of their RCA-era LPs. The song is driven by a simple four-chord riff, and the lyrics – about a wanton woman ("She said: "Hey, let's go, don't put on a show/You're just another piece/Another piece of meat") makes it a much more prototypical heavy-metal material than the A-side. [If that's not enough, the girl in the song has a fetish for violence: "Violence really turned her on, oh no/She was screaming for more blood". Thus we get both sex and violence injected into the lyrical content.] There's an energetic guitar solo about halfway through the song, and this is one of the tracks in which Scorpions reaped the benefits of having no less than 3 guitarists, since Michael Schenker plays guitar (along with Rudolf Schenker and Francis Buchholz) on this track (he would play guitar on two other tracks on the album, "Coast To Coast" and "Lovedrive"). Although Schenker would once again leave the band, the guitar pyrotechnics on this track are intriguing enough to make you wonder what might have been if he had stayed.
This single (catalog #: HAR 5185) was, as far as I know, only issued in the U.K. "Is There Anybody There?" was also issued as a single in Germany, but with "Can't Get Enough" as the B-side. I couldn't find any evidence of a U.S. release for this one. I did locate a picture of the U.K. single, albeit a white-label promotional copy, pictured here. It has the same picture as the cover of the "Lovedrive" LP (only in black and white), only with the "Scorpions" logo in big print across the top instead of in small print in the upper left corner. This single was a hit in the U.K., peaking at #39 in the charts (the LP peaked at #36 in the U.K. and #11 in Germany).
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Scorpions performing Is There Anybody There? on West German TV in 1979
Scorpions performing Is There Anybody There? live in 1979
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Miley Cyrus finally gave her reaction to Harry Styles dressing in her VMAs costume for Halloween. Find out what Miley said about Harry's look--and the part of her costume she offered him!
Miley Cyrus has finally weighed in on Harry Styles' choice of Halloween costume--as he dressed up like Miley at the VMAs for a recent party.
In a new interview with Ryan Seacrest, Miley said that she was a big fan of Harry's costume choice, no small feat since VMA Miley costumes were everywhere this season.
Her take on Harry's outfit (hair done up, tongue out, foam finger and shorty shorts?)?
She told Ryan, "I think Harry might have been one of my favorites. Those shorts were very revealing. Much more revealing and aggressive than my costume--I'm just saying."
Miley said she even offered Harry her foam finger.
As for her VMA look being the big Halloween costume of the year, she said, "That definitely says something, if it's something that people will look at it and know it's that memorable. I think that's really crazy and it's cool."
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Colorado is one of the hubs for Parkour and Freerunning in the USA
Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) April 23, 2015
Join 2013 Red Bull Art of Motion Champion, Cory DeMeyers and #1 ranked Youtube video blogger, Jesse La Flair, as they make their 10th stop in Colorado on their month-long North American adventure promoting parkour and freerunning, and inspiring a new generation of extreme athletes. On Friday April 24th, their "Off the Edge" tour will take them to Boulder, Colorado where they will host a screening of their documentary, "From Here to There" at the AMC Westminster Promenade 24, followed by a day long jam at APEX Movement Parkour Academy in Boulder with fellow freerunners and fans. Joining them are some of the top parkour professionals in the world including multiple Red Bull Art of Motion Champion Jason Paul from Germany and Team Farang founder Anan Anwar from Thailand.
"Colorado is one of the hubs for Parkour and Freerunning in the USA" explains La Flair. "We have a lot of friends here who are part of and regularly train at APEX. Ryan Ford, his group and his gyms have been have been a huge part of the freerunning community, not only up here, but nationwide. They host regular competitions and have one of the best training programs for certifying coaches. They do anything possible to promote the sport, which is why we're here. This is what the Off The Edge Tour is all about - community, friendship and a passion for parkour and freerunning."
Jesse and Cory are both members of pioneering American parkour and freerunning team, Tempest, based in Los Angeles, California. Tempest was one of the first groups to open gyms in the United States, recognizing early on the potential for growth of the discipline. La Flair and DeMeyers are just the latest Youtube sensations from the team which spawned a successful business and careers for its members in the Hollywood film industry.
"Our tour's goal is not only to spread awareness about parkour and freerunning to a new generation, but to also make businesses and companies aware that we are more than a viable sponsorship vehicle for their message," explain DeMeyers. "We find it hard to comprehend that parkour and freerunning videos are some of the most viewed content on social media, and have been for years. We have proven we are not a fad. We are here to stay. There are even talks of Olympics and X-Games competitions, yet our events and athletes are still struggling to find a few dollars. We are here to change this."
The "Off the Edge" Tour bus will arrive in Boulder on Friday April 24th, 2015. La Flair and DeMeyers, along with fellow athletes will be screening their documentary "From Here to There", following La Flair and DeMeyer's European adventures leading to their podium victory at the 2013 Red Bull Art of Motion in Santorini Greece will be held at AMC Westminster Promenade 24 from 11am to 12:20pm (10655 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CO, US, 80020). Seats for the screening will sell out. The Jam will be held at APEX Movement Boulder from 2pm-5pm (3850 Frontier Ave Suite 250, Boulder, Colorado 80301). Admission to the jam is open to the public and will be $30 paid at the door ($15 with proof of FH2TDoc Ticket Purchase).
For more information on the Jam and Screening for Boulder, click Tinyurl.com/GoingOTEBoulder
About Off The Edge:
The Off The Edge World Tour is the world's Largest Freerunning & Parkour tour. OTE was designed to be an interactive event that not only provides an engaging and exciting experience for its attendees, but also will continue to reach millions across the internet with its inspiring Youtube series. To find out more visit http://offtheedgeworldtour.com/ or follow them on https://www.facebook.com/GoingOTE and Instagram- @GoingOTE
About From Here to There:
From Here to There is a documentary about friendship, freerunning and following your dreams. Jump into the lives of professional freerunners and best friends Jesse La Flair and Cory DeMeyers as they travel the globe and overcome the hardships of chasing their dreams in the fastest growing action sport in the world.
To find out more visit http://fromheretotherestore.com/ or follow them on https://www.facebook.com/fromheretotheredoc/timeline and Instagram- @fh2tdoc
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I decided to focus on my programming, sampling, recording and production skills rather than songwriting. As a matter of fact, all the songs were written in the course of an evening. All in all, I'm content with the result. Expect loads more music (other things maybe idk) in the coming year.
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COMEDK UGT Counselling 2016
COMEDK UGT Counselling 2016 is conducting for admission in different Medical/Engineering courses. Admission will be based on the rank or score card of student. COMEDK UGT 2nd round Counselling is going to be conducted between 19th July to 29th July, 2016. So candidates who are eligible for 2nd round counselling can check their counselling result on official website. 1st round of COMEDK UGT counselling has been conducted between 28th June to 12th July, 2016. COMEDK UGT 2016 counselling conducts everyday from 8:30 AM to 5:45 PM. In a day there will 7 sessions conduct. Counselling date and session for the candidates will vary on basis their rank in examination. Participating candidates can check online status of counselling. In this article we will discuss about counselling procedure, seat allotment etc.
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Name of Organization: Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK).
Exam Name: COMEDK UGT
Course Offered: Medical/Engineering
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All those students who are going to participate in counselling process can read about counselling procedure below. Here we are discussing counselling procedure step wise step:
1. Documents Verification: All participating candidates will have to go through documents verification, so students are advised to keep ready following documents for verification.
- Admit card/HAll ticket of NEET UG 2016
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International Energy Governance
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Rafael Leal-Arcas, Andrew Filis and Ehab S. Abu Gosh
Chapter 3: Trade, environment, and energy: implications for the conservation of oil resources
Rafael Leal-Arcas, Andrew Filis and Ehab S. Abu Gosh
The environmental significance of natural resources was explicitly recognized in the multilateral trade agreements with the establishment of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947.The GATT contained the general exception in its Article XX(g) justifying measures which, although deemed to be in violation of the GATT rules, aimed at conserving 'exhaustible natural resources'. Since the creation of the GATT 1947, this exception has remained a central one, and still is in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO), created in 1995. The tension between trade and environment, including issues of exhaustible natural resources, has comprised an essential controversy within several important GATT and WTO decisions. Importantly, neither the GATT nor the WTO agreements have defined the exact meaning and scope of the phrase 'exhaustible natural resources'. Various decisions were held pertinent to the protection of exhaustible natural resources, where different forms of natural resources were involved and a variety of interpretations and analytical approaches were utilized.
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Keri Anne Payne camp makes waves as rival eyes Games return
British Swimming will question the eligibility of Keri-Anne Payne's biggest rival, the Russian Olympic champion whose retirement had been announced, to defend her Games ten-kilometre marathon title in London next year.
Larisa Ilchenko, 23, the most decorated woman in open water, pipped Payne to gold in Beijing and has hinted at a comeback, but has not been drug-tested since July of last year before her retirement was reported widely in March.
However, after Ilchenko told Novosti, Russia's state news agency, that she did "not exclude the possibility that I will prepare for the next Games", Fina, the sport's governing body, said: "She never officially announced her retirement to Fina." That means no farewell papers were lodged with the federation.
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Campaigners claim breast cancer-abortion link
Pro-life campaigners claimed this week that the link between abortion and breast cancer has been established 'beyond reasonable doubt'. Jack Scarisbrick, chairman of LIFE, said: "It is now impossible for doctors to authorise abortions on the grounds that it would be better for the health of the mother to have an abortion than to continue the pregnancy, as we now know so much more about the damage abortion does to women's physical and mental health. Some 90% of abortions are done on that ground." He was speaking yesterday at a press conference for Abortion and other Pregnancy-Related Risk Factors in Female Breast Cancer, a study by actuary, Patrick Carroll of the Population and Pension Research Institute. According to the study, by the end of 2001, at least 22,000 women in England and Wales could have developed breast cancer as a direct result of abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act. It is estimated that as mortality rate for the disease is about 25% at least 5500 women could have or will die as a direct result of the abortions. In a statement, LIFE said: 'Unless there is major progress in diagnosis and treatment of the disease and unless there is a dramatic reduction in hospital waiting-lists, we predict that by 2023 over 360,000 women in England and Wales may have developed breast cancer directly attributable to abortion. Most of their abortions have already taken place.' The study comes a month after it was revealed that breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common British cancer, news greeted with 'bafflement' by cancer charities. LIFE said that breast cancer rates for women aged 60 to 79 have been rising steadily at about 2% per annum from 1972, the first full year of national cancer registration, to the mid 80s. From the mid-1980s, while breast cancer rates for older women remained steady, rates for younger women surged. "Carroll has shown that none of the other well-known, major risk factors, except declining fertility, can be invoked. We therefore conclude that the Abortion Act 1967 has been a substantial independent cause of the fast rise in breast cancer incidence rates among women aged 45 to 59 in the period 1987-97," LIFE said. Delyth Morgan, chief executive of Breakthrough Breast Cancer dismissed the study. She said: "This study appears to play on the fears of women with breast cancer, who have had an abortion in the past and women facing the difficult decision of abortion in the future. Both are among the most traumatic experiences that any woman might have to go through. We have grave doubts about the value of this study and its findings. Making women feel guilty is unnecessary and cruel. Breast cancer should not be used as a political football when women's health is the most important thing." Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at the Cancer Research Campaign said: "I was not surprised by the study but I was surprised by the lack of epidemiological expertise involved in putting it together. I thought it was misleading. Breast cancer is a complex area with multiple risk factors and the evidence at the moment is insufficient to justify warning women about the impact of induced abortion. I think studies on particular sub-groups who might be more susceptible to risks of induced abortion might be of some value. "If the risks of induced abortion were shown to be high, to the satisfaction of the academic community, one would need to advise women of it and one would want to," she added.


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|Oct 30, 2001
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|Mar 9, 2000
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|Aug 20, 1998
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|Manny Kin F. Ma, Brian Shirley
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|Micron Technology, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (10), Classifications (19), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/137,779, filed Aug. 20, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,078,538, issued Jun. 20, 2000.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to integrated memory circuits and, more specifically, to techniques for limiting bleed current in row-to-column shorts within dynamic random access memory array circuitry.
2. State of the Art
Integrated circuit technology has come a long way, from a few random transistors fabricated on a single die to extremely complex and dense microprocessing units and random access memory devices currently available. Memory circuits, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM) arrays, have increased in complexity and density over time. With such increased density and complexity, it is very likely that one or more shorts will occur between a word line (generally referred to as a "row" within the array) and a digit line (generally referred to as a "column" within the array).
A row-to-column short typically is a point defect that shorts together a particular row line to a perpendicular digit line. Such a defect generally ruins the integrity of both the row and column. Spare rows and spare columns are created within the DRAM array in combination with address redirection circuitry in order to substitute functional spare rows and columns for those that are shorted—at least to the extent that shorted rows and columns do not exceed the number of spare rows and columns. Even though this on-chip redundancy allows for the repair of a DRAM integrated circuit device, it is important to note that the shorted columns and rows are not disconnected from the array circuitry. The shorted columns and rows are merely no longer addressed by the array's address decode circuitry. Disconnection of the shorted rows and columns from the array circuitry is impractical—if not impossible—with presently available technology due to the small interword line and interdigit line pitch used to fabricate DRAM arrays. Schemes for implementing row and column redundancy in DRAM arrays are well known in the art, and it is not necessary to further detail these structures at this time.
The repair of row to column shorts through redirected addressing does not eliminate the presence of shorts within the array, nor does it eliminate the potential for biased voltage pull down with the attendant problems of excessive standby current, read/write operations resulting in invalid data and possible damage to cell capacitors within the array. For example, one serious problem is that of an increase in the quiescent standby current because of a defect in the circuit. In standby mode, all the row lines are actively held to ground, while the digits are ideally held to an intermediate supply also known as DVC2(Vcc/2), in anticipation of a new access. The row-to-column short therefore acts to short DVC2 to ground, giving a much higher standby current than is otherwise necessary or desired.
Since such short defects cannot be eradicated entirely, large DRAM arrays have resorted to the use of "bleeder" circuits, which act to limit the amount of supply current that actively holds a digit line to DVC2. A schematic example of a low-current bleeder device used in the prior art is depicted in drawing FIGS. 1A and 1B, where drawing FIG. 1A is the schematic electronic diagram while drawing FIG. 1B is a schematic typography of a fabricated memory array. Two, or more, NMOS transistors 10 accompany an equilibrating polysilicon gate transistor 12 to provide a bias level to Vcc volts. Transistors 10 and 12 operate in conjunction with equilibration to ensure that the digit line pair remains at the prescribed voltage for sensing. Patent digit lines D and D* are a complementary pair that is at Vcc and ground equilibrate to Vcc/2 volts. The bias devices ensure that this occurs and also guarantee that the digit lines remain at Vcc/2, despite leakage paths that would otherwise discharge them. A current limiting device 14 is placed in series between the shared node 16, which is a polysilicon gate tied to VCC, and DVC2 bias voltage generator bus 18 (also known as Vcc/2). Current limiting device 14 is a long length (long L), low-current bleeder device 14 that limits the amount of supply current by actively holding the digit line to DVC2. For this example, the row line, which is held low in tRP for the time necessary to precharge the row because the row is shorted with the column, leaks some current through the transistor 12 when the equilibrate line is held high during tRP. Typically, current limiting device 14 limits the current of a row-column short to approximately 10 microamperes (μA), which is substantially under the standby current specifications.
As DRAM array sizes grow, however, row-to-column shorts become more prevalent. As such, there is a desire to reduce this current even further to yield dice with a substantial number of row/column shorts and to keep the quiescent standby current in a more tightly controlled range. Unfortunately, the dimensions of current limiting device 14 limit the amount of current that can be reduced and the row-to-column shorts cause current limiting device 14 to operate in a high-current mode. Accordingly, what is needed is a memory array current limiting circuit that reduces the amount of current drawn even further without necessarily having to reduce the size of the bleeder transistor.
According to the present invention, a DRAM memory array is disclosed that uses a current limiting circuit employing current feedback to clamp the current flow to levels lower than were previously possible. The current limiting circuit comprises a long length, depletion mode transistor that has its gate voltage reduced when row-to-column shorts exist to limit the bleed current. An alternative embodiment uses a P-channel FET in series with the depletion mode transistor and has its gate tied to a negative supply and passes current until both digit lines approach approximately 0.3 Volts.
FIG. 1A and 1B are schematic diagrams of a prior art current limiting circuit used in a DRAM array;
FIGS. 2A and 2B schematic diagrams of a current limiting circuit using current feedback for use in a DRAM array according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 depicts a schematic diagram of an alternative current limiting circuit for use in a DRAM array according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a graph diagram of the bleed current versus digit line voltage under row-to-column shorting;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an electronic system incorporating the DRAM according to the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is a diagram of a semiconductor wafer incorporating the DRAM of the present invention.
Illustrated in drawing FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram depicting a low-current array current limiting or bleeder circuit 20 according to the present invention. Bleeder circuit 20 is intended to be used in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device found within a computer system. Although the present invention will be described with respect to this embodiment, which includes a DRAM device, it will be understood by those having skill in the field of this invention that the present invention includes within its scope any electronic device, including a processor device having cache memory.
An example of an exemplary DRAM circuit in which the present invention is incorporated is found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,552,739, entitled Integrated Circuit Power Supply Having Piece-Wise Linearity, herein incorporated by reference for all purposes, as well as in U.S. Pat. No. 5,235,550, entitled Method for Maintaining Optimum Biasing Voltage and Standby Current Levels in a DRAM Array Having Repaired Row to Column Shorts, also herein incorporated by reference for all purposes. U.S. Pat. No. 5,235,550 further depicts how a current limiting circuit may be incorporated into a memory circuit, such as a DRAM array.
Illustrated in drawing FIG. 2A, a plurality of digit line pairs (D1—D1*, D2—D2*, D3—D3*, and D4—D4*) is shown with its equilibrate circuitry. Node 22 is a local node shared with all common nodes of each set of equilibrate transistors (Q1A-Q1C, Q2A-Q2C, Q3A-Q3C, and Q4A-Q4C). A current limiting device 24 is placed in series between shared node 22 and the Vcc/2, also referred to as DVC2, voltage generator bus 26. This arrangement is repeated throughout the array, so that in the event of a row-to-column short within one or more of the digit lines of a particular digit line pair, only that pair will be affected. The current limiting device 24 incorporates a long length (long l), depletion mode transistor 28 having its gate tied to the column lines (D and D*) while the drain is tied to DVC2. In this configuration, the gate voltage is reduced under row-to-column short conditions in such a manner as to limit the bleeder current IDS, or the drain-to-source current. Further, bleeder circuit 20 utilizes current feedback to limit the current flow from the row-to-column short. This arrangement also provides for a much lower IDS bleed current for a given transistor dimension. In this example, the bleeder current IDS is limited to 1 microA.
Illustrated in drawing FIG. 2B is a surface view of a memory array layout in a semiconductor substrate such as silicon. Bleeder circuit 20 conforms to the schematic diagram of 2A. Datalines D and D* are metal leads. A voltage generator bus 26 is an N+semiconductor layer tied to the DVC2. Further, each transistor QN has its polysilicon gate tied to an equilibrate line. Next, the long depletion mode device 28 is formed of a polysilicon gate that is coupled using a short metal strap 29 that ties the gate to its drain.
Although a single current limiting device could conceivably be used for each digit line pair, this increases the cost of the die having such architecture, as the high number of current limiting devices required for such an architecture would significantly increase die size. On the other hand, all column pairs isolated from the bias voltage generator bus by a single current limiting device will be shorted to Vss if a row-to-column short exists on any of the digit lines among those column pairs. Hence, the tied column pairs must be replaced as a unit if any one or more of the digit lines among the tied column pairs is shorted to a word line. This constraint places a practical limit on the total number of digit line pairs associated with a single current limiting device. Typically, one or two column pairs will be tied to one current limiting device, although any number may be connected to a current limiting device.
Illustrated in drawing FIG. 3 is an alternative embodiment of a current limiting circuit according to the present invention. The redundancy shown in drawing FIGS. 2A and 2B has been eliminated merely for the sake of clarity. A low-current array bleeder circuit 30 is provided that uses a similar feedback arrangement or current limiting device 24 as that found in drawing FIGS. 2A and 2B, but further includes a second switch 32 connected to transistor 28. Switch 32 is a P-channel MOSFET having its gate tied to a negative supply voltage (Vbb). Switch 32 passes current in a row-to-column short mode until both digit and digit* lines (D, D*) approach approximately 3.0 V. At this voltage level, IDS becomes 0 A and no current flows. Illustrated in drawing FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating the effect of using bleeder circuit 20 or 30 according to the present invention. At a voltage level DV2, the voltage on D line causes the current to stop flowing. As the voltage decreases on D line, the bleeder current begins to flow until such a time as the voltage reaches approximately 0.2-0.3 V. At that time, the bleeder current ceases to flow or is now at 0.0 A.
Illustrated in drawing FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a computer system 50. Computer system 50 includes an input device 52, such as a keyboard, an output device 54, such as a video monitor, and a storage device 56, all coupled to a conventional processor 58. The computer system 50 further includes a memory device, such as a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device 60, coupled to processor 58. DRAM device 60 incorporates either embodiment of memory cells shown respectively in drawing FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 3. Although DRAM is the memory of discussion, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention includes other memory devices such as read only memory, cache memory, and video RAM.
As shown in drawing FIG. 6, a DRAM device 60 that includes the DRAM portion 20 or 30 of FIG. 2 or 3, respectively, is fabricated on the surface of a semiconductor wafer 62. The wafer 62 may comprise a sliced wafer of silicon, or may comprise any one of a wide variety of substrates, including, for example, a Silicon-on-Sapphire (SOS) substrate, a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) substrate, or a Silicon-on-Glass (SOG) substrate.
While the present invention has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments, it is not so limited, and those of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize and appreciate that many additions, deletions and modifications to the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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|Filing date
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|May 16, 1991
|Aug 10, 1993
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Method for maintaining optimum biasing voltage and standby current levels in a DRAM array having repaired row-to-column shorts
|Nov 15, 1995
|Sep 3, 1996
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Integrated circuit power supply having piecewise linearity
|Jun 26, 1995
|Sep 17, 1996
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Power-up circuit responsive to supply voltage transients with signal delay
|Nov 14, 1996
|Mar 24, 1998
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Method and circuit for rapidly equilibrating paired digit lines of a memory device during testing
|Aug 1, 1996
|Mar 31, 1998
|Micron Technology Corporation
|Shared pull-up and selection circuitry for programmable cells such as antifuse cells
|Dec 23, 1997
|Nov 9, 1999
|Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
|Circuit and method for controlling bit line for a semiconductor memory device
|Citing Patent
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|Aug 21, 2001
|Apr 29, 2003
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Methods and apparatus for reducing decoder area
|Jul 25, 2002
|Sep 23, 2003
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Apparatus for reducing bleed currents within a DRAM array having row-to-column shorts
|Jul 22, 2002
|Oct 7, 2003
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for reducing bleed currents within a DRAM array having row-to-column shorts
|Aug 29, 2002
|Mar 23, 2004
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Reducing digit equilibrate current during self-refresh mode
|Jul 19, 2002
|May 25, 2004
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for reducing gate-induced diode leakage in semiconductor devices
|Aug 11, 2003
|May 3, 2005
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Apparatus for reducing bleed currents within a DRAM array having row-to-column shorts
|Jan 30, 2004
|Sep 20, 2005
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Reducing digit equilibrate current during self-refresh mode
|Jul 19, 2002
|Jan 22, 2004
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for reducing gate-induced diode leakage in semiconductor devices
|Aug 11, 2003
|Feb 19, 2004
|Ma Manny Kin F.
|Apparatus for reducing bleed currents within a DRAM array having row-to-column shorts
|Jan 30, 2004
|Sep 23, 2004
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Reducing digit equilibrate current during self-refresh mode
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|365/189.06, 365/200, 365/203
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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A break in the Cornish fishing port is a must. Not only does it have fine food, a perfect setting and suberb beaches nearby, it's home to England's quirkiest tradition - the Obby Oss
Obby Oss festival
If you're lucky enough to be in Padstow on Mayday, you're in for a treat. Padstonians welcome in the month of May by parading through the town's narrow streets with accordions and drums following a man dressed as a horse (or an 'oss). The parade of the original "Old Oss" has been an annual occurrence since the 14th century – its followers dress in white with red ribbons and red headscarves.
Since the end of the Second World War a second Oss has joined the fun, collecting for charity and known as the "Peace Oss" – its followers wear white with blue trim.
The Old Oss leaves its "stables" at the Golden Lion pub at regular intervals for a gallop around town, as locals (and hundreds of camera-toting tourists) follow it and sing along to folk songs. Now and then the music will slow down and stop as the Oss "dies", only to be resurrected at chants of "Oss Oss Wee Oss!"
The best place to see the Oss is around the Maypole in Broad Street, which is beautifully decorated with bluebells, but beware – get too close and you risk getting a clip around the ear from the Oss's bin-lid-like head as it dances wildly!
It may sound a crazy tradition to outsiders, but Padstonians take it extremely seriously and even claim their Obby Oss once frightened off French invaders who thought it was the devil. Whether you'll agree is another thing, but I guarantee you'll not experience anything else like it. The atmosphere is electric in streets adorned with flags and lined with revellers here to have fun and see in the summer in style.
Pubs in Padstow are happy to serve you beer in plastic glasses and let you stroll around in search of the Oss, a simple enough task – just listen out for the beating drums.
A visit to Padstow at any time of year is just as rewarding. Here are my tips of what to see, do, eat and drink.
Ferry to Rock
Padstow is situated alongside the River Camel – the posh resort of Rock is a fifteen minute ferry ride across the Camel Estuary on the Black Tor Ferry (£3 return for adults, £2 return for children). Rock has a reputation for attracting affluent visitors – the Beckhams and Prince Harry have been spotted here, although we had to make do with Timothy Spall. A walk along the super-fine white sands of the Camel Estuary below Rock towards the river's mouth will give you great views of Padstow.
The sandy beaches of north Cornwall are amongst the best in the world. Newquay and Watergate Bay have vast swathes of sand, which can get crowded in summer. Closer to Padstow are Daymer Bay, Harlyn Bay and Polzeath, although it tends to get very windy here – great for surfers and kitesurfers.
Camel Trail
The Camel Trail is a popular 5-mile walking and cycling route along what used to be a railway line between Padstow and Wadebridge, running parallel to the Camel Estuary. Birdspotters will love it here – there's a colony of the rare heron, the little egret. There are several bike rental shops at the Wadebridge and Padstow ends of the trail - we got ours from Padstow Cycle Hire (South Quay; 01841 533533; www.padstowcyclehire.com) where mountain bikes cost £12 per day. The trail continues from Wadebridge to Bodmin if you're feeling energetic.
Jubilee Queen
This pleasure boat departs from Padstow for hourly cruises along the coastline and outlying islands for £5. The exact route will depend on the tide, but you'll almost always cross the dreaded Doom Bar – a sand bank in the estuary where the River Camel meets the Atlantic, which has caused many ship-wrecks.
If you fancy a bit of retail therapy, you can easily pick up a new wardrobe in Padstow, especially if surfer-chic is your thing. Animal, Anne's Cottage and White Stuff all have boutiques here, although my favourite is Gul (16 Duke Street; www.gul.com/stores/padstow) where I stocked up on shorts and T-shirts.
The influence of TV chef Rick Stein can be found all over Padstow, and has led to the town being dubbed Padstein. For those with the cash to splash, try his Seafood Restaurant (Riverside, 01841 532700; www.rickstein.com/the-seafood-restaurant) where starters average £15 and mains are around £30. Much more affordable is Stein's Fish and Chips (South Quay; www.rickstein.com/Steins-Fish-and-Chips) – a rare example of a chippy with a website, but for £6 and a fifteen minute queue, you'll get a box of the nicest fish and chips you'll ever have to take away.
Rick Stein specialises in seafood, but he's been keen to muscle in on the pasty market. Stein's Patisserie on Lanadwell Street sells cakes, pastries and good, peppery steak pasties for £2.70. But for my money (and that of my fiancee's Padstonian grandad), the best pasty in Padstow is sold at Choughs (3 The Strand; www.thechoughbakery.co.uk) where £2.80 will buy you a satisfying, meaty pasty.
Rock has its own brewery – Sharp's – which makes the excellent Doom Bar bitter and Chalky's Bite, a 6.8%-strength ale inspired by the great beers of Belgium and named after Rick Stein's dog. You can buy beer at factory prices, as well as beer T-shirts and memorabilia from Sharp's Brewery shop (Pityme Business Park, Rock; 01208 862121; Monday – Friday 9am-5.30pm). Padstow's pubs are small and friendly affairs with the Golden Lion and the London Inn in red Oss territory on Lanadwell Street, while the Old Ship (Mill Square; www.oldshiphotel-padstow.co.uk) is deep in the heart of blue Oss country, and is one of few pubs to serve the excellent Sharp's Orchard cider (4.5%).
Where to stay
The Golden Lion Inn (19 Lanadwell Street) acts as the stables for the Old Oss and is the best place to stay and soak up the atmosphere on Mayday. Book well in advance – there are just three rooms above the pub (£70 for a double room with breakfast).
The Metropole Hotel (a 4* hotel in Station Road) has doubles with breakfast from £99 and is the grandest building in Padstow with great views of the town and the Camel Estuary. It's also one of the only hotels in town with a car park, which is free for guests.
Top tip
The Obby Oss festivities are held on 1st May unless 1st May happens to be a Sunday – in which case the event is moved to the following day, Monday 2nd May. In 2011, 1st May is a Sunday, so the big day will be on 2nd May 2011. 1st May 2012 falls on a Tuesday.


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The Oscar-winning film director is taken into custody by Swiss police on a 31-year-old US arrest warrant.
Roman Polanski in Swiss custody
ZURICH // The director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police for possible extradition to the United States for a 31-year-old arrest warrant, authorities said today. Polanski was flying in to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival when he was apprehended yesterday at the airport, the Swiss Justice Ministry said in a statement. It said US authorities have sought the arrest of the 76-year-old around the world since 2005 after he pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. "There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming," the ministry spokesman Guido Balmer said. "That's why he was taken into custody." Balmer said the US would now be given time to make a formal extradition request. Polanski fled the US in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with the underage girl.
The director of such classic films as Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby has asked a US appeals court in California to overturn a judges' refusal to throw out his case. He claims misconduct by the now-deceased judge who had arranged a plea bargain and then reneged on it. The Swiss statement said Polanski was officially in "provisional detention for extradition," but added that he would not be transferred to US authorities until all proceedings are completed. Polanski can contest his detention and any extradition decision in the Swiss courts, it said. Polanski has lived in France for the past three decades, where his career has continued to flourish. He received a directing Oscar in absentia for the 2002 movie The Pianist. He was not extradited from France because his crime was not covered under the US's treaties with the country. In France, the culture minister Frederic Mitterrand said he was "dumbfounded" by Polanski's arrest and added that he "strongly regrets that a new ordeal is being inflicted on someone who has already experienced so many of them".
Mr Mitterrand's ministry said today in a statement that he is in contact with the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, "who is following the case with great attention and shares the minister's hope that the situation can be quickly resolved". Festival organisers said Polanski's detention had caused "shock and dismay," but that they would go ahead with today's planned retrospective of the director's work. The Swiss Directors Association sharply criticised authorities for what it deemed "not only a grotesque farce of justice, but also an immense cultural scandal". *AP


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ROME, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia new chief executive Marco Patuano has told a meeting of trade unions he will present a new business plan at a board meeting on November 7, a union official who was present said on Friday.
Giorgio Serao, Fistel-Cisl union leader, also said a decision on the future of the company's South American units Tim Partecipacoes and Telecom Argentina will be outlined under the new plan.
According to Serao, Patuano told unions that Telecom Italia's plan to spin off its Italian fixed-line network will depend on decisions by communications regulator Agcom and the government.
Patuano was named CEO on Thursday after longstanding executive chairman Franco Bernabe resigned over a strategy clash with shareholders, raising expectations of possible asset sales. (Reporting By Alberto Sisto, writing by Danilo Masoni, editing by Isla Binnie)


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How To Make Oven Glove
Now that summer is finally here it is time to dust off the barbecue and here is the perfect accompaniment to keep the barbecue chef free from accidental burns and looking good!
The finished gauntlet glove is 7″ wide by 14″ long. To make your own gauntlet oven glove you will you need the following ;
- 0.5m Marcelle fabric in charcoal
- 0.5m Savanna fabric in cloud blue
- 0.5m wadding
- 0.5m insulated wadding
- 0.25m plain fabric for binding
You will also need a walking foot for the sewing machine to quilt the layers of the glove and a compass to create the curved edges.
Step 1 – Cutting the fabric
From each of the 0.5m fabrics and wadding cut the following ;
- 1 rectangle 14.5″ x 7.5″
- 1 rectangle 11.5″ x 7.5″
- 1 rectangle 12.5″ x 7.5″
From the plain fabric for binding cut 2 strips 2.5″ x WOF (width of fabric), then subcut these into the following ;
- 1 strip 2.5″ x 28″
- 1 strip 2.5″ x 23″
- 1 strip 2.5″ x 4″
- 2 strips 2.5″ x 7.5″
Step 2 – Quilting the fabric
Layer up the matching rectangles in the following order ;
- Top - Marcelle fabric right side up
- Second- Insulated wadding shiny side up
- Third - Wadding
- Bottom – Savanna fabric right side down
Baste the layers together with curved basting pins or large basting stitches. Using your walking foot quilt the layers together. (I quilted randomly spaced straight lines to echo the design of the fabric. I alternated the direction of the stitching to reduce any bunching of the fabric too.)
Trim the quilted rectangle to 7.25″ width. Using a compass, measure and mark a 3.75″ half circle at the top end of the quilted rectangle. Cut away the fabric beyond the marked line. Set aside.
Repeat the above steps for the 7.5″ x 11.5″ rectangle.
Quilt the remaining 7.5″ x 12.5″ rectangle as before. Using the compass measure and mark a 3.75″ half circle at both ends of the rectangle. Cut away the fabric beyond the marked lines as before.
Step 3 – Constructing the glove tongue
Measure and mark 7.5″ from the top of one curved edge at each side of the double-curved piece. Lay the trimmed 7.25″ x 14.5″ glove piece right side down and matching the curved edges layer the double-curved glove piece on top right sides up. The marked edges will be furthest from the top edge. With a 0.25″ seam allowance, stitch from one mark to the other around the top curved edge.
Fold the unstitched portion of the 14.5″ glove piece back. With the lining sides together match the second curved edge of the double-curved glove piece with the curved edge of the 11.5″ glove piece. Pin and stitch around the curved edge starting and finishing at the marks again.
Step 4 – Constructing the glove
Fold the 2.5″ x 7.5″ strips in half lengthways. Press. Open out the strips and fold the lengthways raw edges in to the centre fold. Enclosing the bottom raw edge of the glove in the folded binding, pin and stitch the binding across the bottom edges of the glove. Fold the shorter curved edge towards the longer curved edge and stitch down each side of the glove from the point where the seams are marked.
Step 5 – Binding the glove
Fold the 2.5″ x 23″ binding strip in half lengthways and press. Leaving a 1″ tail that will be enclosed later, matching the raw edges pin and stitch the binding strip around the exterior of the glove starting and stopping at the marks made in Step 3 above.
Fold the binding strip over to the inner edge of the glove and stitch to secure. Fold the short ends of the 2.5″ x 28″ binding strip in by 0.25″ and press. Fold the strip in half lengthways and press. Matching the raw edges as before, and matching the folded edge with the bound bottom edge of the glove, pin the binding to the sides and curved edge of the shorter curve. Stitch from the bottom edge to where you marked previously. Lock stitch or backstitch to secure the binding. Remove the glove from your sewing machine and fold back the glove part bound in the previous step. Stitch the binding strip around the curve to the opposite marked point. Lockstitch or backstitch to secure. Remove from the machine, fold the glove back out of the way of the needle again and stitch to the second bottom edge. Fold the binding over and stitch as before, stopping and starting at the point where the arm of the glove meets the inner tongue.
Step 6 – Attaching the hanging loop
Fold in the short ends of the 2.5″ x 4″ strip as before. Fold the strip in half lengthways and press, open out and fold the raw edges in to the centre fold and press. Stitch along each long side of the strip with a 0.125″ seam allowance. Fold the stitched strip in half widthways. Stitching in a box formation attach the hanging loop to the corner of the gauntlet glove.
Set the coals alight and get ready to enjoy dining in the sunshine! If you like this and would like to see more of my projects you will find me posting on my stitching, travels and life in general at Celtic Thistle Stitches


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My favorite and the second best middleweight (160 lbs.) champion, next to Carlos Monzon, that I have seen in the past half century (50 years) in boxing is Marvin Hagler (62-3-2 / 52 by KO).
The greatest middleweight and "pound for pound" boxer EVER was Sugar Ray Robinson.
A southpaw, Hagler threw a lead right hand jab that was absolutely and unbelievably devastating. His round one with Thomas Hearns and round six with John Mugabi were highlight reels for every boxing fan.
An amazing fact is that, in 67 professional fights and not counting the slip in the Juan Roldan fight, Hagler was never knocked down, let alone, knocked out.
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We hope you all had a fabulous holiday season, and that 2016 is off to a great start! This year, one of our goals at Children's Dentistry was to start a quarterly (tooth) newsletter! Our newsletter should include some important information to help further educate parents on how to care for their children's teeth, as well as upcoming and past events, news, contests and fun information about our office. Let us know what you think…
We are excited to announce Dr. Jerry Udelson has acquired a second pediatric dental practice called Elmhurst Dentistry for Kids. Dr. Michael Ewers, a pediatric dentist in Elmhurst has retired and kindly allowed his practice to be retained by Dr. Udelson. The new location is 311 York St. Elmhurst, IL 60126. We look forward to continuing to provide a fantastic dental experience to children of Forest Park and now…Elmhurst. Come check us out! Grand opening to be announced soon.
Children's Dentistry Announces Record Breaking Candy Buy Back
For the past five years, Children's Dentistry has been leading an anti-decay, charity-based movement titled Annual Candy Buy Back. Trick-or-Treaters bring their candy confections to Children's Dentistry in Forest Park and receive $1 per pound (up to 10 pounds). Dr. Jerry is redefining the phrase "put your money where your mouth is." At the event, children are invited to write notes of encouragement and cheer to our troops, which are included and sent with the sweet treats to troops here and overseas.
This year was a record breaking one for Children's Dentistry!! A collection and donation was made of over 700 pounds of candy. Entire schools banded together to make donations and include notes of thankfulness to our soldiers and service men and women all over the world. A local school, St. Vincent of River Forest, donated 161 pounds of candy! The very exhausted teachers hauled in the coveted confections in laundry baskets and garbage bags. Julian Junior High in Oak Park also contributed with a large candy donation. Most touching, were the homemade cards and well wishes. It was obvious the kids put in a lot of time and effort into making our soldiers feel appreciated. GREAT JOB KIDS!!!
Dental Health Month
How would you like the tooth fairy to visit your school, organization or library? This February, in honor of Dental Health Month, Children's Dentistry is offering free presentations on proper dental hygiene in a kid friendly, interactive way. Each child attending the presentation will receive a goodie bag with dental items discussed in the presentation. Do you know a school, library or group who might be interested in scheduling? Contact us at email@example.com for more details.
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Johnny N, our October Winner, was awarded4 weeks of classes at My Gym of River Forest
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Name our Newsletter…Give us your best, most clever title. The winning entry will receive a SoniCare toothbrush ($45.00 value) and bragging rights!Email your entries to email@example.com. Contest ends April 1st.
A Tale of Superhero Sealants
Sealants? What are those and how will my child benefit?
Dental sealants act as a Superhero shield to prevent cavities. They are applied to the chewing surfaces of the back teeth (premolars and molars) where evil doer decay most often occurs. Brushing and flossing help remove food and plaque from smooth surfaces of teeth. But toothbrush bristles cannot always reach to the back teeth and into the depressions and groves to extract the foes of food and plaque. Sealants protect these vulnerable areas by "sealing out" the bad guys.
Superhero Sealants are easy as they are painted onto the tooth enamel, where it bonds directly to the tooth and hardens. This shield of resin bonds into the depressions and grooves (pits and fissures) of the chewing surfaces of back teeth. The sealant acts as a barrier, protecting enamel from plaque and acids. As long as the Superhero Sealant remains intact, the tooth surface will be protected from decay. Sealants hold up well under the force of normal chewing and may last several years before a reapplication is needed. During your regular dental visits, your dentist will check the condition of the Superhero Sealants and reapply them when necessary.
A little expense early in the life of teeth can save hundreds of dollars, pain and extra visits to the dentist. Ask your dentist about this tooth saving, Superhero procedure today!
Q: What does a dentist call his X-ray pictures?A: Tooth "pics" of course!
Crunchy fruit and veggies – like apples, pears, celery, and carrots – are excellent for your teeth in two ways. The crisp texture acts as a detergent on teeth, wiping away bacteria that can cause plaque. Plus, these foods require a lot of chewing, which increases the production of bacteria-neutralizing saliva! Try out some dipping sauces for apple slices…be creative…peanut butter, sugar free chocolate or caramel sauce, or even yogurt with sprinkles. Try our recipe below:
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Q. Norman Berry, of Norco, wrote asking us to shed some light on what he believes is a common, frustrating problem and a source of road rage.
He wants to know what the law is regarding freeway drivers who wait until the last moment possible to change into an exit lane – thus avoiding the wait.
Berry said this happens regularly in Corona on the southbound 15 Freeway transitioning to the westbound 91 Freeway, as well as most afternoons on the northbound 241 approaching the eastbound 91 interchange west of Corona.
"I have seen road-rage incidents at this interchange because the people who are cutting believe that they have the right to do solane," said Berry. He asked, "Are the people that waited in line obligated to allow the others to cut in? Is there any plan to help this situation … by our law enforcement agencies or are we doomed to vehicular anarchy?"
A. We're not sure this recurring traffic problem has reached the level of vehicular anarchy just yet.
Legally, there isn't any law that says a driver has to enter the exit lane within a certain distance. There's also no law that says the drivers who have waited in line to exit are obligated to let someone cut in at the last minute.
Common sense and the need to be a courteous driver go a long way toward remedying this situation.
Sometimes, drivers make an honest mistake and may not realize they need to get over so close to an exit.
In that case, Riverside California Highway Patrol Sgt. Sylvia Vargas recommends just letting them in.
"It's one car, big deal. Why are you fighting to keep one vehicle out?" Vargas said.
It works both ways, though. Vargas also said drivers should look ahead, plan ahead and consider traffic conditions in front of them so they can see when they need to get over.
"Have a high visual horizon. If you see traffic is slowing, get over," she said. "It all comes down to common courtesy."
Michael Soubirous, a retired California Highway Patrol lieutenant who spent 29 years with the CHP, agreed.
He observed, "There is no way to fully legislate the human out of human nature. Some people don't care or respect others. Can you change them? Probably not. You never know the state of mind of the other driver. Are they drunk, drugged, armed, prone to violence? Is it worth getting into a confrontation? OK, so you let one, two, 10 cars in. Does it really matter in the big picture scheme of things?"
Vargas said CHP officers do enforce violations if someone is impeding traffic or creating a hazard. Drivers who are cutting across medians or double-yellow lines could be cited for a traffic violation, she said.
Vargas added, "We can avoid so many violations if we had so many more courteous drivers. It's common courtesy on both parts. We also need to train new drivers, our children. … Go through these rules with them so we build better habits from the foundation. We need to remember those new drivers."
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Geoffrey Boylan, a 39-year-old former high school football coach, and wife Duanne Denise Boylan, 37, were charged with providing alcohol to minors on Wednesday. Furthermore, Duanne is facing a charge of permitting underaged teens to drink alcohol at the party that took place on March 3rd — an incident that Geoffrey blamed his teen daughter after realizing the potential consequences.
"I did not (have a party)," Boylan told the Record-Eagle in March. "There was a party that my child had."
Hannah Boylan, 18, is also facing charges for both crimes.
The Grand Traverse County Attorney's Office reported that the man is not expected to face sexual misconduct charges for the purported incidents involving an unidentified 16-year-old girl, indicating that "there weren't grounds for such a charge."
Prosecutor Bob Cooney said that although there are no current sexual assault charges against the lewd father, he will have to live with the moral repercussions of his behavior.
"There's a difference between something morally or ethically wrong and something that violates the law," Cooney stated. "Given the age difference and the circumstances, I can't condone what happened, but at the same time, it did not violate the law."
After news of the incident spread, District Superintendent Stephen Prissel verified that Boylan would not be returning to his coaching position at the school.
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CHANNEL 10 may pursue rugby league's Auckland Nines to build on the success of its summer ratings bonanza, cricket's T20 Big Bash League. The short form of rugby league made its debut last weekend with strong viewer figures on Fox Sports.
Ten's potential interest in the Nines could also be a tentative first step after the network's narrow failure to win the NRL's $1 billion TV rights contract 18 months ago.
Industry observers believe telecasts of the truncated version of league could ultimately provide the perfect preparation for a successful bid when the NRL's $1 billion overall rights deal with Nine and Fox Sports expires at the end of 2017.
Ten last broadcast rugby league some two decades ago, but has made strong moves in the sporting landscape in recent years.
The network boasts the BBL and V8s in its stable and is currently screening the Sochi Winter Olympics.
"Channel 10 only just missed out on rugby league a few years ago, and they aren't giving up," a source close to the network said. "They might not be able to get the whole rights until 2018, but they believe they can start with the Nines."
Fox Sports was the exclusive Australian broadcaster of the Nines, comfortably the most-watched event on subscription television last week.
Almost 180,000 people tuned in to Saturday's preliminary rounds across Australia, with the ratings lifting to 240,000 for Sunday's final.
Fox Sports chief executive Patrick Delany was unaware of Ten's possible interest last night, but maintained that his network held exclusive rights to cover the remaining four years of the current deal.
"I don't want to go into too much detail, but we have the exclusive rights," Delany said.
Although the ARLC did not green light the Nines until almost a year after the TV deal was announced, Delany confirmed the concept was catered for in his contract.
He declined to speculate whether Fox Sports would be open to on-selling the rights so that the tournament might be shown on free-to-air. The NRL also declined to clarify the Nines aspect of the TV deal.
Channel 10 head of sport David Barham confirmed the network would be interested in the tournament.
"We are looking at all sports," Barham said. "I think the Nines has distinct possibility for free-to-air television."
Even if the BBL and Nines schedules crossed over, the friendly time difference means the Nines would finish at 6pm, providing the perfect lead-in to the cricket's 7.30pm start.
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Apple had these funny and clever "Get a Mac" (aka. "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC") advertisements running from 2006 to 2009, staring Justin Long as "Mac" and John Hodgman as "PC". There are totally 66 TV episodes, 30-second long each (except #43 also comes a 90-second version).
The main arguments of the ads are: Mac is more secure, friendly and fun than PC (the same argument applies to Apple vs. Microsoft). Some of the arguments sound solid to me and some not, anyway, they are really fun to watch!
I've been trying to collect all the episodes for a while, I've got some of them but not all. Today I luckily found an article on adweek which summarizes all 66 episodes and with links to them on YouTube (this article was published in Jan 2010, aaarrrrghhhhh!)
As you may or may not know that YouTube is blocked in some countries (how shameless) so I uploaded the 66 episodes to Youku.com. Some of them are from a podcast on iTunes and others from YouTube (slightly lower quality).
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Course Description
The Basic Mixture Technician Training (BMT) course provides detailed, hands-on laboratory training to both experienced and inexperienced technicians for testing aggregates and asphalt mixtures. Instruction will cover the most current AASHTO and ASTM standards used in the Superpave mix design process. The course focuses on giving the students a thorough understanding of each test and related processes, while instructing students on the procedures and techniques which will maximize testing accuracy and repeatability. Students will receive training over the entire range of activities related to asphalt mix design and testing: aggregate sampling and batching, testing aggregate properties, mixing, short-term aging, compaction, and testing of both loose and compacted asphalt mixtures. Eighty percent (80%) of the course time will be spent in the laboratory, and the remaining twenty percent (20%) will be spent in classroom instruction. The class size is limited to six students to maximize each student's time with instructors while reviewing each test procedure.
This course is intended to complement the Asphalt Institute's Mix Design Training (MDT) course. While the BMT course focuses on the actual tests and laboratory processes involved in asphalt mix design performed by technicians, the MDT course focuses on how advanced technicians, designers, and/or engineers use laboratory and project information in the mix design process to create long-lasting asphalt mixtures.
Optional Certification Testing
The last afternoon is reserved for an optional written certification exam. The exam, which takes from two to three hours to complete on average, is designed to be challenging enough to allow only those students who have a good understanding of laboratory procedures to pass. Specifying agencies may accept the Asphalt Institute Basic Mixture Technician Training Certification, either in whole or in part, as meeting the requirements for certification for their agency. Prospective participants should verify the applicability of this certification with their local agency. The Asphalt Institute does not maintain a list of agencies that accept this certification.
Tuesday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (lunch provided)
Friday: 8:00 am – noon (exam optional)
Who Should Attend
This course primarily targets new technicians. Others who can benefit are, asphalt technologists, engineers, consultants, scientists, and technicians responsible for asphalt testing, materials approval, specification and quality control for pavements. Knowledge of the Superpave aggregate and mixture specifications is helpful but not required. The course will also benefit local and state materials and federal agency personnel, contractors, and university educators.
Tests Covered in Laboratory Portion of Course
|Aggregate Consensus Tests
Sampling Aggregate
AASHTO T2/ASTM D75Reducing Aggregate to Testing Size
AASHTO T248/ASTM C702Washed Sieve Analysis
AASHTO T11/ASTM C117Sieve Analysis of Aggregates
AASHTO T27/ASTM C136Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravity
AASHTO T85/ASTM C127Fine Aggregate Specific Gravity
AASHTO T84/ASTM C128Sand Equivalent Test
AASHTO T176/ASTM D2419Coarse Aggregate Angularity
AASHTO T335/ASTM D5821Fine Aggregate Angularity
AASHTO T304/C1252Flat & Elongated Particles
ASTM D4791Batching
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Preparation and Determination for Density of HMA Specimens by the Superpave Gyratory Compactor
AASHTO T312/ASTM D6925Reducing HMA to Testing Size
AASHTO R47Sampling HMA from the Field
AASHTO T168/ASTM D979Maximum Theoretical Specific Gravity of HMA
AASHTO T209/ASTM D2041Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted HMA
AASHTO T166/ASTM D2726Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted HMA – Corelok Method
AASHTO T331/ASTM D6752Method for Drying Specimens with the CoreDry
ASTM D7227Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures to Moisture-Induced Damage
Every person entering Laboratory space must wear safety glasses and a lab coat. Individuals who wear glasses must wear side shields. AI will supply required PPE, but welcomes students to bring their own PPE to ensure comfort and fit.
Fees, Registration, Dates & Seminar Location
The registration fee is $1,495 and includes a course material, optional exam, refreshments, and lunches. Early registration is recommended as the class is limited to 6 students.
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