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Transport through a strongly coupled graphene quantum dot in perpendicular magnetic field
© Güttinger et al; licensee Springer. 2011
Received: 2 September 2010
Accepted: 24 March 2011
Published: 24 March 2011
We present transport measurements on a strongly coupled graphene quantum dot in a perpendicular magnetic field. The device consists of an etched single-layer graphene flake with two narrow constrictions separating a 140 nm diameter island from source and drain graphene contacts. Lateral graphene gates are used to electrostatically tune the device. Measurements of Coulomb resonances, including constriction resonances and Coulomb diamonds prove the functionality of the graphene quantum dot with a charging energy of approximately 4.5 meV. We show the evolution of Coulomb resonances as a function of perpendicular magnetic field, which provides indications of the formation of the graphene specific 0th Landau level. Finally, we demonstrate that the complex pattern superimposing the quantum dot energy spectra is due to the formation of additional localized states with increasing magnetic field.
Graphene [1, 2], a two-dimensional solid consisting of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice has a number of unique electronic properties [3], such as the gapless linear dispersion, and the unique Landau level (LL) spectrum [4, 5]. The low atomic weight of carbon and the low nuclear spin concentration, arising from the ≈99% natural abundance of 12C, promises weak spin orbit and hyperfine coupling. This makes graphene a promising material for spintronic devices [6, 7] and spinqubit based quantum computation [8–11]. Additionaly, the strong suppression of electron backscattering [4, 5] makes it interesting for future high mobility nanoelectronic applications in general [12, 13]. Advances in fabricating graphene nanostructures have helped to overcome intrinsic difficulties in (i) creating tunneling barriers and (ii) confining electrons in bulk graphene, where transport is dominated by Klein tunneling-related phenomena [14, 15]. Along this route, graphene nanoribbons [16–22] and quantum dots [23–30] have been fabricated. Coulomb blockade [23–25], quantum confinement effects [26–28] and charge detection [29] have been reported. Moreover, graphene nanostructures may allow to investigate phenomena related to massless Dirac Fermions in confined dimensions [24, 31–36]. In general, the investigation of signatures of graphene-specific properties in quantum dots is of interest to understand the addition spectra, the spin states and dynamics of confined graphene quasi-particles.
Here, we report on tunneling spectroscopy (i.e. transport) measurements on a 140-nm graphene quantum dot with open barriers, which can be tuned by a number of lateral graphene gates [37]. In contrast to the measurements reported in Ref. [27] the more open dot in the present investigation enables us to observe Coulomb peaks with higher conductance and the larger dot size reduces the magnetic field required to see graphene specific signatures in the spectra. We characterize the graphene quantum dot device focusing on the quantum dot Coulomb resonances which can be distinguished from additional resonances present in the graphene tunneling barriers. We discuss the evolution of a number of Coulomb resonances in the vicinity of the charge neutrality point in a perpendicular magnetic field from the low-field regime to the regime where Landau levels are expected to form. In particular, we investigate the device characteristics at elevated perpendicular magnetic fields, where we observe the formation of multiple-dots giving rise to (highly reproducible) complex patterns in the addition spectra.
Device fabrication
The fabrication process of the presented graphene nano-device is based on the mechanical exfoliation of (natural) graphite by adhesive tapes [24, 25, 28]. The substrate material consists of highly doped silicon (Si++) bulk material covered with 295 nm of silicon oxide (SiO2), where thickness (and roughness) of the SiO2 top layer is crucial for the Raman [38] and scanning force microscope based identification of single-layer graphene flakes. Standard photolithography followed by metallization and liftoff is used to pattern arrays of reference alignment markers on the substrate which are later used to re-identify the locations of individual graphene flakes on the chip and to align further processing patterns. The graphene flakes are structured to submicron dimensions by electron beam lithography (EBL) and reactive ion etching based techniques to fulfill the nanodevice design requirement. After etching and removing the residual resist, the graphene nanostructures are contacted by an additional EBL step, followed by metallization and lift-off.
All measurements have been performed at a base temperature of T = 1.8 K in a variable temperature cryostat. We have measured the two-terminal conductance through the graphene quantum dot device by applying a symmetric DC bias voltage V b while measuring the source-drain current through the quantum dot with a noise level below 10 fA. For differential conductance measurements a small AC bias, V b,ac = 100 μ V has been superimposed on V b and the differential conductance has been measured with lock-in techniques at a frequency of 76 Hz.
In Figure 1b we show the conductance G qd as a function of back gate voltage at low bias (V b = 200 μ V) highlighting the strong suppression of the conductance around the charge neutrality point (-5 < V bg < 3 V) due to the so-called transport gap [19–22]. Here we tune transport from the hole to the electron regime, as illustrated by the left and the right inset in Figure 1b. The large number of resonances with amplitudes in the range of up to 0.1 e 2/h inside the gap region may be due to both, (i) resonances in the graphene constrictions acting as tunneling barriers [4] (and thus being mainly responsible for the large extension of this transport gap) and (ii) Coulomb resonances of the quantum dot itself (see also examples of Coulomb diamonds in Figure 1c). At room temperature these resonances disappear and a conductance value of 0.76 e 2/h is measured at V bg = 0 V.
Coulomb blockade measurements at B= 0 T
Corresponding Coulomb diamond measurements [39], that is, measurements of the differential conductance as a function of bias voltage V b and V bg (i.e. V rg = -0.57·V bg - 1.59 V) have been performed along the (diagonal) solid gray line in Figure 2 and are shown in Figure 1c. From the extent of these diamonds in bias direction we estimate the average charging energy of the graphene quantum dot to be E c = 4.5 meV, which is in reasonable agreement with the size of the graphene quantum dot [23, 25, 26]. Moreover, we observe faint strongly broadened lines outside the diamonds running parallel to their edges, as indicated by arrows in Figure 1c. The extracted energy difference of roughly 1 meV is reasonable for electronic excited states in this system [26].
Coulomb resonances as a function of a perpendicular magnetic field
In order to demonstrate the reproducibility of these complex patterns we show an up (Figure 3c) and a down (Figure 3d) sweep of the very same B - V bg parameter space. These two measurements, have different resolution and thus different sweep rates in both the B and V bg direction. However, all the individual features are highly reproducible (but hard to understand) despite the fact that we find some small hysteresis in magnetic field for B < 3 T (see white arrows in Figure 3c, d). The origin of the complex patterns shown in Figure 3 can be understood when having a closer look at charge stability diagrams (such as Figure 2) for different magnetic fields.
We interpret the magnetic field dependence in the following way. At low but increasing magnetic field we see in almost all measurements an increase of the conductance through the dot (see, e.g. Figure 3). Assuming diffusive boundary scattering such a conductance onset in magnetic field occurs due to reduced backscattering [41] and has been observed in other measurements on graphene nanoribbons [42, 43]. The maximum conductance is reached around B ≈ 1.5 T corresponding to a magnetic length nm in rough agreement with the size of the constrictions. As the magnetic field is further increased the complex pattern with many crossings starts to emerge, attributed to the formation of additional quantum dots around the right constriction with strong coupling to the original dot. The formation of such localized puddles is understood as a consequence of the increased magnetic confinement where ℓB is getting smaller than the extension of potential valleys induced by disorder.
In summary, we have presented detailed studies of transport through an open and larger graphene quantum dot (compared to Ref. [27]) in the vicinity of the charge neutrality point as a function of perpendicular magnetic field. The evolution of Coulomb resonances in a magnetic field showed the signatures of Landau level formation in the quantum dot. Indications for the crossing of filling factor ν = 2 are obtained by the observation of kinks in spectral lines before bending towards the charge neutrality point. However, the observation is disturbed by the formation of a pronounced additional localized state at high magnetic fields in the vicinity of the right constriction. Although the use of open constrictions enhances the visibility of the Coulomb peaks and reduces the transport-gap region, emerging pronounced parasitic localized states make the analysis very difficult. For a further in-depth analysis of the addition spectra around the electron-hole crossover, it is hence beneficial to minimize the amount of disorder and to use clearly defined constrictions. These should be thin compared to the dot diameter to get different energy scales for quantum dot resonances and constriction resonances, which are easy to distinguish. However, the constrictions need to be wide enough to enable conductance measurements around the electron-hole crossover without a charge detector.
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The authors wish to thank F. Libisch, P. Studerus, C. Barengo, F. Molitor and S. Schnez for help and discussions. Support by the ETH FIRST Lab, the Swiss National Science Foundation and NCCR nanoscience are gratefully acknowledged.
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Zanthoxylum hirsutum Buckley
Texas Hercules' club, Texas prickly ash, Limetone prickly ash, Toothache tree, Tickle-tongue, Tingle-tongue
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The airlines have started charging separately for everything from shipping your luggage to getting a better place in line. Maybe it's time for distributors to look at a similar "unbundling" strategy.
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LAS VEGAS -- The aftermarket, like the trucking industry at large, has been in a bit of a slump the last six or seven months, and Stu MacKay, president of MacKay & Co., thinks it will continue for at least a little while
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LAS VEGAS -- Meritor launched two new product series, Meritor AllFit and Meritor Green, with new all-makes shock absorbers the first in the Meritor AllFit line
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LAS VEGAS -- Rick Dauch, president and CEO of Accuride, has fielded a lot of questions -- or perhaps accusations would be a better word -- from distributors who want to know why his promises to support the aftermarket are any different from those of a string of executives befor
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As HDT's editors cover Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2013 in Las Vegas this week, watch for a special HDAW issue of the Aftermarket Journal newsletter, as well as coverage on Twitter and Facebook
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Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2013, being held this week in Las Vegas, has yielded record-breaking exhibitor and distributor registration numbers, as well as a larger-than-expected group of registrants for the new SOLD! (Service Opportunities and Learning Day) program, marking an overall growth of 10% in the size of the conference over last year
Three years from now, you'll see a new API diesel engine oil-service category, designed to help meet federal greenhouse gas/fuel economy standards, which have a final phase-in date set for model year 2018 trucks.
Tags: Under The Hood, API, Oils, Chevron, Shell
Now, owners of any brand of vehicle lift can add Spotline to the bay, thanks to a new retrofit kit that makes the laser spotting guide compatible with most in-ground and surface lifts
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The Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association has joined two other trade associations in filing a friend of the court brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing the right of a patent holder to impose post-sale restrictions on the use of its patented products.
Tags: Issues, APRA, Parts, Aftermarket
The Original Gabriel announced that it is now distributing its Fleetline and GasSLX products directly to heavy-duty aftermarket suppliers and distributors
The latest revision to the way the federal government assesses fleet safety and compliance will mean the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC just got more important than ever
Tags: Issues, CSA, Aftermarket, Compliance
December 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
By Jim Park
For years, some fleets have turned to synthetic engine oils for easier starts in cold-weather climates and to help them extend oil drain intervals. But if that's the only selling point you're using for synthetic lubes, it may be time for some consumer education
Tags: Managing the Shop, Engine Oil, Maintenance, Aftermarket, API, Lubricants
By Jim Park, Equipment Editor
Your customers are going to be seeing a lot more of that ubiquitous yellow engine-shaped icon on their dashboard with the latest model trucks.
Tags: Managing the Shop, EPA, Diagnostics
'People continue to sell as if they were in a quaint Norman Rockwell painting. That no longer works like it used to." Instead, says Rich Farrell, president of Tangent Knowledge Systems and author of the book "Selling has Nothing to do with Selling," a salesperson should play the role of a "change agent" rather than the more typical product-centric transactional approach
Tags: Business, Sales, Aftermarket
The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association and MacKay & Company have announced the participants for the Heavy Duty Supplier panel, one of the three Industry Expert Discussion Panels to take place as part of the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue conference
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One of your customers gets sued when his truck is involved in a fatal crash. Faulty brake parts are blamed. Before you know it, you get dragged into court because you sold it to him. You may say, "I didn't make it! I didn't know it wasn't safe!" The answer from the courts may well be, "You should have.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Almost 100 truck technicians from across the Rush Truck Centers dealer chain are gathered in San Antonio, Texas, this week to test their skill levels against their peers
Tags: Managing the Shop, Dealers, Rush
November 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
By Jim Park, Equipment Editor, and Tom Berg, Senior Editor
You don't have to go far to find a fleet having trouble with engines, spelling opportunities for aftermarket parts and service. In its 2012 U.S. Heavy-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study, J.D. Power and Associates found 46% of owners of one-model-year-old engines experienced some type of engine-related problem, up from 42% in 2011
Tags: Managing the Shop, Engines
There's been a lot of attention paid lately to engine problems driven by new, more complex equipment developed to meet emissions regulations. Sometimes the most basic systems get overlooked because they aren't part of the new technology-driven dynamic.
Aftermarket truck and trailer parts distributor FleetPride has been sold to U.S.-based TPG Capital, one of the largest private equity investment firms globally, for more than $1 billion
Tags: Business, Aftermarket, FleetPride, Parts
When the Massachusetts state Legislature passed the nation's first right to repair law earlier this year, it excluded vehicles over 10,000 pounds. Last week, state voters overwhelmingly approved a different version of the law, which includes all motor vehicles sold in the state
The Truck Frame and Axle Repair Association has decided to make Wade & Partners the management team to lead the association, effective immediately.
Tags: Business, Associations
October 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
HDA Truck Pride has signed a multi-year joint agreement with HDX Services and GCommerce to automate the Purchase Order to Invoice process between its members, HDA Truck Pride headquarters, and its vendor and end-user partners
Tags: Technology
Investcorp is selling heavy-duty truck and trailer parts retailer FleetPride Inc. to global investment firm TPG. FleetPride, based in The Woodlands, Texas, was established in 1999 as a result of the merger of Quality Distribution Service Partners and HDA Parts System Inc. It was bought by Bahrain-based Investcorp in 2006.
As medium-duty truck engine technology advances, more complicated repairs lead to more unscheduled downtime, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study
By Jim Beach, Contributing Editor
Cloud computing has been getting a lot of attention in the information technology space. Before you put your head in the cloud, though, there are some things you should understand about the concept of cloud computing
What are some of the most common weaknesses of aftermarket parts sales staff, and how can you work to correct them? Find out in this Q&A with Chuck Udell, senior partner of Essential Action Design Group, Leawood, Kan., management consultants specializing in heavy-duty and automotive aftermarket operations
Tags: Business
September 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
What do a pregnant woman from Maryland, a 48-year-old man from Ontario, and a driver in Seattle have in common? They are all victims of truck wheel-off incidents - a truck wheel flew off on the highway and struck their vehicles, in one case fatally
If you have customers who think a filter's a filter, you've got an opportunity to educate them about why today's high-tech engines need a correspondingly sophisticated filtration system. For instance, take the plunger out of a fuel injector from one of today's diesel engines and hold it in your hand. The warmth of your hand will make the metal expand so you can't get the plunger back inside the barrel
By Gary McCoy, Guest Columnist
Everybody talks about being "green" in their business practices, and consumers often say they want to buy "green" products. But the disparity between talk and action is often wide
When a driver pulls a truck into a service shop for a repair, scheduled or not, a service writer must bring together a lot of information before a work order can be generated. At the bare minimum,
As sophisticated electronics move from the engine to other parts of the truck, such as multiplexed dashboards, antilock brakes, stability and traction control and transmissions that talk to the engine, it becomes an ever more challenging tas
By Commentary Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief
At a time when the independent parts and service provider is faced with increasing competition from industry consolidation, cheap overseas parts and online ordering, how do you compete
A few three-martini lunches and a hunting trip won't hurt your chances of keeping a good customer, but it will take more than a few perks to keep today's fleets coming back
June 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
A decade ago, selling truck parts was mostly a face-to-face (or least voice-to-voice) business. Distributors used outside salespeople to call on fleets, independent repair shops or other service providers to build typical sales relationships
The heavy-duty aftermarket's been a busy place the past year as customers played catch-up on purchasing and maintenance after delaying both during the recession. That growth is slowing, however, which may make it a perfect time to consider branching out into new markets, new product lines and new endeavors
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief and Jim Park, Contributing Editor
There are three kinds of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. The recent recession culled many owner-operators from the latter category
By Jim Park, Contributing Editor
With 514,000 carriers running 9 million trucks and buses to contend with, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has had to develop a more effective way of tracking safety violations. It's called CSA, short for "Compliance, Safety, Accountability.
May 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
The recession has been good for some aftermarket parts and service providers, but others took a bit of a thrashing between 2008 and 2011. Many cash-strapped fleets decided to keep trucks in service longer, which meant an increase in parts sales and service opportunities
By Genevieve Conti, Assistant Editor
Superior Distributors in Elmwood Park, N.J., has come a long way since its start in the trunk of founder Howard Klein's '62 Falcon station wagon in 1962.
January 2012, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
Each year, I spend some time chatting with some of the nation's top truck dealers, those nominated for the Truck Dealer of the Year award from American Truck Dealers association and sister publication Heavy Duty Trucking
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Everyone is always looking for a competitive advantage, one that will take them over the top. Well, your search can stop, at least for today. Spend your time looking into the Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations
It's a rare heavy-duty service shop or parts warehouse/distributor that doesn't use some kind of computer software in its operation. It might be as simple as an accounting package such as QuickBooks, or as complex as a full-feature
Last year, Midwest Wheel celebrated its 100th anniversary under a fourth-generation owner. Betts Spring is in its sixth generation and just promoted a sixth-generation Betts family member to vice president. But many more small businesses peris
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Kennedy was pissed because there he was, speaking in favor of the extremely righteous cause of bringing an end to the Afghan war, and where was "the media?" Off covering Eric Massa's tickle terror. Leaving aside the fact that the media is only as sex scandal-obsessed as the American public itself, he has a point! Plus this rant against the media got him way more coverage than he would have gotten just ranting against the war in Afghanistan itself. (That old thing, YAWN). The media: always ready to offer wall-to-wall coverage of any story about the media. We really are the worst.


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Radoslav Tomek and Levent KucukreisogluSlovakia sold 1.75 billion euros ($2.34 billion) of benchmark 10-year bonds as the eastern member in the 17-nation currency bloc boosted financing amid an economic slowdown.
The offering was priced to yield 122 basis points, or 1.22 percentage points, over the corresponding mid-swap rate, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That represents a 146 basis-point premium over similar-maturity German bunds, or 12 basis points above the spread for Poland.
Expansion in the export-oriented economy is set to slow as demand abroad has weakened while job cuts have eroded consumer spending. The government will probably collect 361 million euros less in taxes this year, the Finance Ministry said this month, after cutting its growth forecast to 1.2 percent from 2.1 percent.
"The budget picture isn't rosy and if the growth outlook worsens further it can be a problem, mainly in 2014," said Jaromir Sindel, an economist at Citigroup Inc. in Prague. "It makes sense for the government to hit the market early and increase its financing buffer."
Slovakia is rated A2, the fifth-lowest investment grade, by Moody's Investors Service. The extra yield investors demand to hold 10-year euro-denominated bonds by similarly ranked Poland instead of Germany's benchmark bund narrowed four basis points to 134 basis points today. Slovakia joined the euro-area currency bloc in 2009, while Poland has yet to adopt Europe's shared currency.
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The yield on the benchmark 2020 bond rose one basis point to 2.23 percent at 3:34 p.m. in Bratislava, Slovakia. The securities are yielding 115 basis points more than corresponding German notes.
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Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
I am thinking that the inflated passing stats will balance themselves out as we start getting into the colder weather and cameron starts leaning on rice more. Seems like his mo has been to air it out early season then put it more in rice's hands come nov/dec.
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Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
This is the $64,000 question.
In the past the team could lean on the ground game and solid defense, however, the defense this season almost necessitates an effective passing game.
If you look at the Pats, they play in inclement weather, but that doesn't prevent Brady from throwing the ball effectively. Same deal with Rodgers in GB.
I think that this season we will see Joe and the Ravens O continue to lean on the passing game, especially if Torrey continues to grow into one of the more dynamic receivers in the game. I also believe that an aspect of this year's passing attack that is being understated is how well Flacco is distributing the ball. Through the first 4 weeks, 5 WRs have caught balls; from 2008-2011, only 4 WRs had receptions in any given season.
Looking at the production from our number 3 receivers from 2008 through today, Jacoby Jones is well ahead of the pace set by his predecessors. He has caught 9 balls through the first 4 games, compared to Demetrius Williams' 13 total receptions in '08, Kelley Washington's 34 total receptions in '09, Houshmanzehdah's (sp) 30 total receptions in '10, and Lee Evans' 4 total receptions in '11. While Jones is on pace for 36 receptions this season (only 2 more than K.Wash's 34 in '09), Washington totaled only 431 yards for the season, while Jones has already accumulated 170 through 4 weeks, putting him on pace for over 600 yards total for the year.
Obviously projections rarely hold true as the season progresses, given injuries and other variables. However, the extent to which our number 3 receiver has been involved in the offense leads me to believe that what we are seeing is more than taking advantage of the weather and is instead indicative of an overall shift in both talent and philosophy for the offense. In other words, in past seasons, the potential for dynamic plays through the air was limited to one or two options while today, Torrey Smith, Ray Rice, and Jacoby Jones are all threats to score from anywhere on the field. For that reason, I fully expect the team to continue down the path they are on because retreating to a run first offense makes the team markedly worse because it limits their ability to score from anywhere, at any time.
Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
Well the offense is 22nd in 3rd downs. The second half of the Eagles game and throughout the Browns game the offense stalled and couldn't sustain legitimate drives which forced the defense to go right back on the field. That's why I made the thread that the offense cannot continue to go through long stretches where they can't string 1st downs. The offense needs to be more efficient (like start off with more higher completed throws to get Joe and everyone in rhythm or avoid going deep twice in one set of downs or avoid continuously going deep an entire first half when the offensive line is getting beat) and consistent so they aren't putting the D in difficult situations like they did 2 out of the 4 games and even in the entire first quarter of the Patriots game. Of course defenses are going to be able to stop them randomly during the game but the long stretches is the problem. The offense being able to stay on the field and the defense being able to get off the field will be huge going forward.
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Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
I think we will have a top 5 scoring defense in the end. Vick had a very good accuracy game and Brady is a beast. Cincinnati has an explosive o and the browns appear to have a lot of potential on o.
Scoring is up across the board, but I think the ravens have top 5 talent on defense and will be there when Suggs returns and the schede balances out a bit. KC should help bring the defensive numbers down a bit, and other defenses ranked above us will get lit up as well.
Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
Im not commenting either way, but its absolutely hilarious to me that back to back posts referenced the exact same stats and used them to support opposite conclusions. Just goes to show you can use statistics to argue anything you want sometimes
Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
Not really.
The first statement is accurate the second one is not.
For the second statement to be accurate, we would have to be about 23 or worse rank wise. Then we could say we have a "problem", that would be in the bottom 1/3 of the league.
13th is not a "problem" or anything to show a negative conclusion in the least bit.Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/thenflanalyst
Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
giving up lots of pass yards usually results in picks. Ravens have 4 which is tied for 13th in the league (5 teams have that many)
hopefully more picks down the road."Nothing stops these Baltimore Ravens. Beat them, injure them, shove them to the bottom of the standings, drag them into a hostile environment and mount a big lead, and they just keep trudging forward like nothing fazes them." (Bleacher Report)
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Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
Great research LukeDaniel.
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Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
The problem with "bend but don't break" defenses is that they tend to break at the worst possible time, e.g. a playoff game against a top 5 offense. The defense can't get off the field, they give up a bunch of points, and when they need a stop in the 4th quarter, they're too gassed to make it happen.
Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
imagine this "bend or don't break" defense against Manning in Denver with the thin air. Pressure from the front 4 has to get much better. We have 3 beasts up front btween Ngata, McPhee and Cody/Kemateu, they should be able to get more pressure. Until that changes, I don't see too much changing on the D's rankings with yards given up and getting off the field. Also, 6 rushing TD's in the first 4 games is not very Raven's D-like.....that needs to tighten up too.
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Re: Some stats at the quarter pole....dissecting what they mean
Those "beasts" main job isn't to get to the QB, that is the job of the OLB's/other blitzers off edge or up middle. The Dline responsibilities are more geared towards stopping the run, not getting sacks. They of course can push the pocket but again, getting to the QB is just icing on the cake referring to those guys you mentioned.
The bottom line is we are sending heavy pressure in spots just to get to the QB, leaving the secondary helpless in a lot of cases in man coverage situations.
I would bet without looking at the numbers that is where we are getting burned most, and why the secondary/pass defense numbers are what they are.
And that isn't changing anytime soon, due to Suggs being out. Just the way it is.
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A circular argument is also a logic flaw. Your premise shifts continually using the premise and point interchangably.
I have identified the logic flaws. As Ed Koch once said, "I can explain this to you, I can't understand it for you."
You are clearly skilled at using google. If you are unwilling to google logic fallacies, do not blame me for your lack of knowledge. And, I would appreciate if you ceased ridiculing those who do not share your opinion (ad hominem attack). BTW - just because I do not take your word as scripture, it does not mean I am suffering withdrawl.
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Wow this is shocking. Australia is becoming the new Pakistan in terms of sheer amount of off-ground stuff. Seems like Warner incident could've been the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. When CA was extremely critical of the incident and chided team leadership, Arthur was keen to downplay it and attribute it to Warner's naivety.
I can sense player resentment being a factor here. Warning signals to pup also this sacking imo.
Wondering if there should be an Argus conducted review of the Argus review now
tbf I don't have too many arguments with the Ashes squad, but the India schemozzle, the one day and t-20 selections and just baffling things Invers is often saying don't fill me with confidence. A clean out with him following Mickey out the door wouldn't really add to the chaos. Won't happen, but wouldn't be a bad move.
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Will say this once and then nothing else. Defamation laws quite clear in Aus.be careful.
all we gotta do is replace howard and sutherland with any one of ab tugga or tubby and we're set
We know that Sutherland is over there, and we know that Sutherland was pretty pissed off with the entire team and leadership hierarchy over the Warner thing, so that's not the worst theory tbh
Won't know before 9pm either way (and even then...)
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Saturday, January 04, 2014
Mary Wibberley
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I have a copy of her book, To Writers With Love and it sits side by side with 12 point guide! Such a loss now that she's gone xx
- 10:40 am
- Carolb said...
I remember meeting Mary when she gave a talk to our writers' club many years ago- she was a close friend of one of our Vice-Presidents.
She was a lovely lady, very straightforward and encouraging.
Very sad news. - 11:24 am
- Heather R. said...
How sad. I think re-reading her work is a great way to show her tribute.
- 2:27 pm
- Caroline said...
What a lovely tribute to a lovely lady. I remember reading some of her books in the early 80's when I first became hooked on M&B. Caroline x
- 5:37 pm
- Anna Campbell said...
Oh, Kate, how sad. I can remember reading her avidly when I was a teenager. Thanks for that lovely tribute.
- 9:18 pm
- Kaelee said...
How sad. I will have to dig out one of her books. I'm sure I have some in the basement.
I love her definition of romance novels. I do need fantasy in my life. - 7:03 am
- Mary Preston said...
That is sad. I'm quite sure I have read her books over the years.
- 7:25 am
- Annie West said...
Kate, thanks so much for posting this. I've been an admirer of Mary Wibberly for years, and read a lot of her stories with great enjoyment. How sad that she's passed away. Thanks for sharing these quotes from her though. They made me smile.
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Shares in Cisco Systems fell as much as 10 per cent in after-hours trading after the world's biggest networking equipment maker by sales revealed on Wednesday that its profit margins had slumped on its push into new markets.
While Cisco has historically registered high gross margins in its primary router and switch businesses, the latest decreases appeared to confirm analysts' concerns that the company is expanding into too many new product lines, particularly in the consumer market and some products for corporate data centres, where competition is greater.
John Chambers, Cisco chief executive, stood firm on a call with analysts that the company's strategy of increasing its product line was on target, but he admitted that it had not managed the transition as well as it could have.
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Mr Chambers promised a review of the company's consumer business and said that he had set up a working group to investigate ways to boost margins.
Cisco said that in the three months to the end of January its gross profit margin fell to 62.4 per cent, from 65.6 per cent the year before.
It attributed most of the decline to lower prices from consumer products and a move to a new line of switches.
Despite the decline in margins, Cisco's overall revenues for the second quarter reached $10.4bn, above the $10.23bn that Wall Street had expected.
Pro forma earnings per share were also 2 cents higher than analysts' expectations, at 37 cents a share, down from 40 cents the year before.
Cisco executives continued to express caution about the outlook for sales to government buyers, but said that demand from corporate customers remained firm.
Signs of a slide in government purchases, particularly in Europe, caused a sharp drop in Cisco's shares three months ago.
Mr Chambers said that, despite short-term margin pressures, he was still confident about Cisco's long-term strategy.
However, he steered attention away from the frequently stated long-term growth targets of 12-17 per cent as he put the focus on short-term margins.
"A number of shareholders have asked us to focus on the quarter and the intermediate term, and that's what we're going to do," he told the Financial Times.
"We are in the middle of major product transitions," he said, adding that although Cisco believed its new switching products would succeed, it had seen pressure in the short term as it tried to ramp up sales, and overall revenues from switching declined by 7 per cent in the period.
He also blamed disappointing margins on difficulties in selling high-priced consumer products, with the Flip video camera falling short of expectations and consumer sales overall down 15 per cent.
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Prof. Massimo Pigliucci, of the Stonybrook Institute in New York,is a biologist and a philosopher who has published about a hundred technical papers and several books on evolutionary biology. He is a fellow of the American Associationfor the Advancement of Science, selected "for fundamental studies of genotype by environmental interactions and for public defense of evolutionary biology from pseudoscientific attack. "Massimo is also an atheist, and has published articles in Skeptical Enquirer, Philosophy Now, The Philosopher's Magazine and American Atheist Magazine.
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After a scoreless opening frame, rookie Tyler Biggs gave Toronto a 1-0 lead with his team shorthanded at 3:06 of the second period. Lake Erie responded when Mark Olver notched his first goal of the season on a powerplay at 16:25. Marlies captain Trevor Smith restored the one-goal lead with his team on the man advantage at 17:59 of the middle frame. Toronto jumped out to a 3-1 lead early in the third period when Trevor Smith tallied his third goal of the season. T.J. Brennan and Greg McKegg added empty net goals to secure the victory for Toronto.
The Marlies return to the ice on Saturday, October 12 when they welcome the St. John's IceCaps, AHL affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets, to Ricoh Coliseum. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m. Tickets are still available and can still be purchased by calling the team's ticket line at 416-597-PUCK (7825).
Toronto Goal Scorers: Tyler Biggs, Trevor Smith (2; GWG), T.J. Brennan, Greg McKegg
Lake Erie Goal Scorer(s): Mark Olver
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Economist Robert Kuttner visited AFL-CIO's book club earlier this week to discuss his forthcoming book, Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity Versus Possibility. In the book, Kuttner argues that policymakers are focused on the wrong kind of debt in making laws and attempting to fix the economy. Rather than a heavy emphasis on reducing the public debt, which leads to misguided policies of austerity, Kuttner says, reducing personal debt would go much further toward improving the economy and spurring job growth.


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NO REF!!! this was originally to my dad, but he hates it and thinks the robot completely ruined it..... anyway, This is actually the setting of my cartoon, if you remember my //collide// drawing.IF YOU DONT LIKE THE ROBOT THEN SCREW. YOU. XD (jk)
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The robot doesn't ruin it at all- in fact- it makes the drawing more interesting and cute! I absolutely adore the amethyst sky sky in the background and the reflections in the water. I love the lights in the buildings and all of the details. 5/5&fav.
this is amazing. the detail is very good..and i just love the robot lol. i dont see wat ur dad was getting at but whatev. 5/5 =]
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This is amazing! and I don't know about your pops but I think the robot is what makes the picture more interesting :)


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Don't take this the wrong way. Shows like "Seinfeld" and "Friends" are some of the most legendary comedies in television history. They were huge hits featuring classic moments starring funny people. They elevated audience expectations for sitcoms in many great ways. In one sense, however, they started an unfortuate TV trend that has been considered hip for nearly 20 years now – the art of the snark.
You know that style of comedy. It's where the main characters are supposed to be friends, but they spend so much time putting each other down, it's hard to see how they'd ever hang out together in real life. Sometimes the snarkiness can be pretty funny, but it got pretty tough there for a while to find comedies about people who treated each other the way you treat your own friends, family and co-workers. Lately, however, a few shows seem intent on bring back Nice TV.
A handful of comedies have come along the past couple of years that have proven it's okay to have characters who are quirky and friends/family who have some fun at their expense. However, those jokes don't need to be mean-spirited. Here's a tribute to those shows because, as Frank Burns once said on "M*A*S*H," one of TV's nicest series ever, "It's nice to be nice to the nice.
It's very easy to turn workplace comedies like this one into Snark City, since there's always one or two people in every office worth talking a little trash about at lunch. And at first, it seemed like this show existed to make fun of impossibly optimistic deputy parks director Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her collection of offbeat officemates. However, every episode always seems to find the positives in everyone's personality rather than simply mocking their quirkiness.
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Sure, Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) are not always the kindest to their three children. But, whether it's Frankie feeling guilty that she prayed for her daughter's cross-country team to be disbanded or the kids griping that their parents have taken control of their TV viewing, the Hecks come across as one of the closest families on the small screen. Just picture the last time you yelled at your kids for not turning the lights out when leaving a room, and still took them out for ice cream, and you get the idea.
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There is one sure way to tell a nice comedy from a snarky one. How often do you see a scene in an episode and say, "That happened to me today!" or "I'm going to have to use that line tomorrow"? The more you do that, the more it means the show is reflecting real life. Which means it's more relatable and, therefore, nicer. As anyone who has ever watched "Modern Family" with their kids knows, you make both of those comments about every 90 seconds when it's on.
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It can't be easy to find niceness in a series where the main character (Lucas Neff) sleeps with a serial killer, then takes care of their baby when she dies in the electric chair. However, the relationship he has with his parents (Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt) seems so genuinely close that anyone without offspring from an executed killer can be jealous. One of the nicest, and funniest, moments of the past TV season was when Neff learned Dillahunt liked to scare him every Halloween just so he'd go running to get a comforting hug from dear old dad.
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Using a database (or any product) very effectively often has little or not translation into working on the guts of the product.
However, knowing how to use a product effectively is one of the keys to writing useful documentation.
If he is stuck in a part time position then he is probably does not show any initiative. Showing some initiative should be the first step and trying to pursue full time status.
Is it just me or doesn't going through all the hassle of trying to unionize his store show some serious initiative?
Not saying he's a model employee, but there aren't too many people who try to organize unions because it's easy.
You say there's no optimal command style solution to health care...
The trouble with applying market economics to health care like this is that markets achieve maximum efficiency through consumers acting as -rational- actors seeking to maximize value. When it comes to health care, people are not terribly rational and not terribly good as assigning value.
Sometimes, it's a matter of information. (Turns out, there might be something in that decade of schooling for doctors.) Sometimes, it's a matter of emotion... I mean, what wouldn't you pay to save your life? What about your arm? Or your vision? (I'd pay damn near anything... I'm just glad I live somewhere where I won't be paying personally.)
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Title: Road Construction
- McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
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