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President Obama's second inaugural last month sent liberal hearts aflutter with talk of climate change, gun control, and gay rights, and a robust defense of the social safety net.
Expect no less a progressive call to action in his State of the Union address Tuesday night (9 p.m. Eastern), with special emphasis on the core challenge of Mr. Obama's presidency – job creation and building the middle class, administration officials say.
"He will focus on the proposals that are necessary to help the middle class grow and help the economy grow," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday.
Mr. Carney declined to lay out specifics, but the outlines have been widely reported. The president will talk about the need for investment in infrastructure and education, aimed at boosting manufacturing and training workers for jobs in that sector. He will also continue his promotion of sustainable energy, a topic that got its own paragraph in his inaugural speech.
Obama will also repeat his plea to avoid the deep, automatic federal spending cuts known as the "sequester" that are due to take effect March 1. Any notion that Obama will back away from his recent aggressive posture toward the Republicans seems unlikely.
"He won the election, and he's got to claim whatever mandate he can for the positions he openly ran on and the commitments he made," says Thomas Hollihan, a professor of communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
The economy is No. 1, says Mr. Hollihan, because Obama will be judged in large part on the basis of what happens with job creation and growth, especially going into the midterm elections. Immigration reform is critical, because of the large Latino vote Obama received – a segment of the electorate that may not turn out for the Democrats in such large numbers again if they don't feel the president has done everything he can to deliver for them.
Gun violence will give this year's State of the Union (SOTU) address its emotional core, nearly two months after the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., that shocked the president and the nation. Democratic members of Congress are bringing some two dozen guests who have been touched by gun violence. The parents of Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago teenager who was shot and killed last month, will join first lady Michelle Obama for the speech.
And in a move that threatens to take the gun theme in an off-key direction, rocker Ted Nugent will be joining Rep. Steve Stockman (R) of Texas for the speech. Last year, Mr. Nugent was investigated (and cleared) by the Secret Service after comments he made at a National Rifle Association convention.
Obama is expected to repeat his call for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, though the gun-control measure with the best chance of passage is one calling for universal background checks on gun buyers.
But the economy and budget deficit are expected to take center stage during Obama's speech, his fifth annual address to a joint session of Congress. The most urgent matter is the sequester; if it takes effect, Obama says, it will devastate the economy.
The president last week called on Congress to pass a short-term package of spending cuts and tax hikes to buy some time for continued negotiation on a larger deal. Obama says he is willing to give on some aspects of entitlement programs as part of a grand bargain. For example, he is willing to reduce the annual cost-of-living increases for Social Security, Carney said Monday, as long as it is part of a comprehensive package that includes increased tax revenues. But Obama has ruled out raising the eligibility age for Medicare.
It's not clear if Obama will lay out more of his views on entitlement reform Tuesday night. But in general, he is not expected to offer much beyond a perfunctory nod to bipartisanship, in keeping with the less-than-conciliatory tone of his second inaugural.
In his weekly video address last weekend, Obama made clear whom he believes deserves blame for the sequester battle.
"The current Republican plan puts the burden of avoiding those cuts mainly on seniors and middle-class families," Obama said. "They would rather ask more from the vast majority of Americans and put our recovery at risk than close even a single tax loophole that benefits the wealthy."
For now, public opinion works in Obama's favor. His job approval rating remains above water – in the low 50s – compared with the congressional Republicans' abysmal public ratings. But positive job approval ratings are a tool, and not an end unto themselves. Generally, State of the Union addresses have almost no effect on public attitudes toward the president, says Democratic pollster Mark Mellman.
"This speech can't be about ripping loose and getting everything off his chest," says Mr. Mellman. "The most important goal of the speech is to help get something done. It's an opportunity to move some action forward in Congress."
After the State of the Union, Obama will continue his campaign-style efforts to promote his agenda. On Wednesday, he heads to Ashville, N.C., Thursday to Atlanta, and Friday to Chicago.
Obama will "discuss proposals, unveiled in the speech, that focus on strengthening the economy for the middle class and those striving to get there," Carney said in a statement Sunday announcing the president's travel plans.


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I do wish I could grow a beard, but my genes do not permit me to attempt it.
Haha, no Arystarcus, that isn't me. That is Abouna Saaman St. Anthony, he is a monk-priest that helps run a parish in the U.K. The reason I used his picture, though, is I thought his beard was awesome as well.
In fact, the facial hair in my avatar is about as good as it gets.
How I wish I could grow a massive beard!
... stubble & 5 o'clock shadow, sexy
That's what my wife thinks as well. I actually shave my entire head (except for goatee) but now only twice a week so I have the "stubble" more days than not. (However, I did have to let the goatee get a little scraggly when I played Herr Drosselmeyer in my wife's production of THE NUTCRACKER last month)
One of the reasons I could never marry a priest... stubble & 5 o'clock shadow, sexy (I'll even allow a well trimed jaw hugging beard), full out ZZ Top beard, yuck.
Of course the main reason is the fact that priests cannot get married (watcha gonna do if the guy you do marry gets a calling to the priesthood later on?)
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The Orioles' pitchers and catchers have reported to Sarasota, and their first organized workout begins today at noon.
In today's Sun, you can read about the Orioles' plan for Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman; the promise derived from Nolan Reimold, Tsuyoshi Wada and Brian Roberts returning to the field; and Peter Schmuck's take on Dan Duquette's quiet offseason.
If you've already waded through all of that, here's what some of the national outlets are writing about the Orioles:
--- General manager turned ESPN Insider Jim Bowden ranked the offseasons of each team in baseball, and he's in the large camp that feels the O's didn't do nearly enough. (NOTE: Insider account needed for the full story.)
Bowden ranks the Orioles' offseason 28th of 30 teams, ahead of just the Colorado Rockies and whatever is left of the Miami Marlins.
Here's what he has to say about the O's:
The Orioles had a very quiet offseason marked by signing Duquette and manager Buck Showalter to long-term deals. They increased their payroll by approximately $20 million because of arbitration. But this left Duquette very little room to maneuver. A team that went from 93 losses in 2011 to 93 wins in 2012 did very little to continue the momentum.
If you were wondering, he has Toronto atop the list and the LA teams close behind.
--- Speaking of Duquette, Grantland's Jonah Keri spent 10 minutes with the EVP.
Not much new ground covered here, but Duquette gives a pretty strong shout-out to the Baltimore fan base at the end:
The fans really got behind us, especially in August, September, and October — the playoff game against the Yankees was terrific. We're a hard-working, lunch-pail club. That's who we are. That's who the city is.
--- The Sporting News has a story by Susan Slusser (also a San Francisco Chronicle writer) about how the Orioles and Oakland A's hope to tap into last season's magic.
In it, A's GM Billy Beane says he can see the Orioles replicating their success.
"There's no reason they can't do what they did again," Beane says. "I can't imagine they won't, especially when they have some other young players coming. … I look at them as a team that will get better. I view Baltimore's rise as great for baseball."
--- Finally, since I know how much you enjoy uniform news, this video interview with Duquette from Tuesday includes a few shots of the Orioles out on the field wearing the new batting practice cap.
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v. i. - To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves. 2
v. i. - To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. 2
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n. - A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops. 2
n. - That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. 2
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It is likely that Kenwood got its name from the company that developed the 95-acre subdivision that became the neighborhood. The developer chose a convenient location to attract discriminating residents. Located on Minneapolis' west side, the neighborhood's boundaries are defined by Cedar Lake Park on the west and north, Kenwood Parkway on the north, West Lake of the Isles on the east, and Kenilworth Place and Lake of the Isles to the south. Kenwood shares Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake with Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood. The neighborhood contains many open spaces including these two lakes, trails, parks and playgrounds. Cedar Lake Trail parallels the Burlington Northern tracks on the north. Kenilworth Trail runs from north to south and is part of the Chain of Lakes byway. The Kenwood trail ends at the Grand Rounds trail that partly follows the shores of Lake of the Isles. Kenwood's parks attract skaters in winter, and walkers and joggers use the nearly three miles of trails around Lake of the Isles year-round.
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LITTLE ROCK — While critics of last week's U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage raise cries of judicial activism, the Arkansas Supreme Court is working on ways to improve public understanding of the role the court system plays in government.
Chief Justice Jim Hannah says he and the other justices are developing plans for an outreach campaign to engage Arkansans in a conversation about the judicial system's function as one of the three branches of government, along with the executive and legislative branches.
"All the polls we've seen (show) there's a lack of understanding of the population about the three branches of government and about government in general. We feel this outreach is very, very important," Hannah said in an interview with the Arkansas News Bureau.
"It's so important to not only the judiciary but all three branches of government that the people understand and appreciate how this government works and functions," he said. "We can't function in the judiciary, and the two other branches can't function either, unless you have the support and the confidence and trust of the people."
Many lack an understanding of basic concepts such as the separation of powers, and that lack of understanding "crosses all lines," reaching even into the offices of state legislators, he said.
"You do see from time to time some legislation that's proposed which undermines the judiciary and violates the separation of powers and the rule of law," Hannah said.
He declined to name any examples, but one proposal that likely caught his eye during this year's legislative session was a proposed constitutional amendment by Sen. Eddie Joe Williams, R-Cabot, that would have stripped the state Supreme Court of its authority to set rules for pleading, practice and procedures and would have given that authority to the Legislature. The measure was not referred to a vote of the people.
Williams said Friday that the Legislature had authority over rules for pleading, practice and procedures prior to the adoption of Amendment 80 in 2000, so his proposal simply would have restored a power the Legislature previously held.
In 2009, the state Supreme Court partially struck down the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003, commonly known as the state's tort reform law, ruling that in capping awards the law infringed upon the court's authority. Williams said the Legislature must take back the power to set rules for pleading, practice and procedures "in order to do significant tort reform."
"I understand there are three branches of government and we need to keep them separate, but we make the laws and they just interpret them. As long as they don't overstep those bounds, we have great separation," Williams said.
Hannah said the outreach initiative will kick off with a meeting of judicial organizations in September. Other projects he has in mind include creating a speakers' bureau of lawyers and judges to address civic groups; holding town hall meetings on the role of the judiciary; holding a "law school for the media;" inviting legislators to spend a day shadowing a judge; having a group of lawyers and judges meet with gubernatorial candidates to discuss their concerns; and getting judges involved in the orientation process for income legislators.
He said he hopes to see all of the above realized over an 18-month period, but he also would like to see some of the projects continue indefinitely. There are no plans to ask for any additional funding for the initiative, he said.
In past years the state Supreme Court has launched various projects aimed at increasing public understanding of how the court works, including the Appeals on Wheels program, in which the justices make occasional trips to cities outside of Little Rock to hear oral arguments, and the live streaming of video of oral arguments by the Supreme Court and the state Court of Appeals.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Robert Brown, who advocated strongly for both of those projects, said any new effort to help the public understand the role of the judicial branch is "all to the good."
"We want people to understand our system of government. It's that simple," said Brown, who also has advocated for live streaming of U.S. Supreme Court hearings.
Would having cameras in the courtroom for trials also help to educate the public? That is a trickier question, according to Hannah and Brown.
Arkansas trial judges currently have discretion over whether to allow cameras in their courtrooms, but if any party to a case objects, cameras must be barred.
"The arguments you have about them becoming actors, the lawyers and what have you, as opposed to trying their case, I understand that argument," Hannah said.
Brown said objections could be raised to having cameras at a trial because "it's a distraction, maybe. It may be just the type of case it is. It may be something that involves an issue that … might be more sensitive."
While Hannah and the other sitting justices focus on educating the public about the judicial branch's role, public debate is raging over whether the U.S. Supreme Court acted appropriately in several recent decisions — including Wednesday's decision striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which barred federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, called the ruling a "liberal activist decision." Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said the court "attacked our Constitution."
Terri Beiner, who teaches constitutional law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, said in fact the court was fulfilling its constitutional role.
"The federal government is a government of limited powers. Congress is one of the branches that have limited powers, and if they exceed those powers it is generally the courts that step in and tell them they have. It is one of the primary roles of the United States Supreme Court, and that's what they did in the DOMA case," she said.
Beiner said the principle of separation of powers applies in both state and federal government and is "basic civics."
"But I also think it's the kind of thing people forget when they are no longer in ninth grade and are no longer taking civics," she said.


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The long arm of a crane towered above the old brick structure, a wrecking ball dangling below from a cable. A crowd of about 100 looked on, counting down.
A machinery operator pulled a lever and the ball fell with a crash, signaling the end of a long, often frightful chapter of Maryland history.
Workers from Berg Demolition Inc. had bashed a hole in the roof of the Maryland House of Correction, the notoriously violent prison Gov. Martin O'Malley ordered closed in 2007 after two guards were stabbed, one fatally. The teardown of the 134-year-old building, which stood empty for more than six years, had begun.
To many on the scene, the moment brought a sense of closure, if not elation.
"This had to happen," said Howard Lyles, a retired corrections official who served as the prison's warden during the early 1980s. "The building was completely outmoded. It was too expensive to operate. I mean, what else were you going to do with it?"
For decades, everyone from corrections officers to politicians had agreed the Jessup prison — which was designed in the mid-1800s for petty offenders and opened on Jan. 1, 1879 — lacked even the basic design elements that make modern houses of correction safe.
In that regard, it resembled the Baltimore City Detention Center, the city jail where a corruption scandal that came to light last year is still in the spotlight amid calls for the jail's replacement.
That facility, which dates to 1858, features the same dark corners, crooked passageways and multitiered hallways that make it hard for guards to monitor inmates and for wardens to monitor staff.
Corrections officials said those shortcomings, typical of that era's prison design, played a significant role in the long history of violence and other problems at the House of Correction and made it easier for corrupt activities to flourish at the city jail.
Last month, a state legislative commission endorsed a $533 million plan to raze the Baltimore facility and build a new one based on modern principles.
"I'd be 100 percent for that idea," said John Wolfe, a state warden who oversees the Jessup Correctional Institution adjacent to the House of Correction. "The problems at both places are similar. The way they were laid [out] just doesn't promote best correctional practices or safety for inmates or staff."
If the proposal for the city facility ever comes to fruition, planners say, officials could do worse than to pattern their work after the deconstruction of the House of Correction, a prison long known by its more colorful nickname: "Old Cut."
Those involved in the project say the approach they've taken could serve as a model for officials across the country dealing with similarly antiquated facilities.
Though the state presented Friday's wrecking-ball event as a milestone — Maryland's corrections chief Gregg Hershberger briefly addressed reporters, and prison officials gave what was likely the last guided tour of its interior — the deconstruction began months ago.
Following a plan devised by then-corrections chief Gary Maynard, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services teamed up with the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to involve inmates at other Jessup prisons in disassembling the prison's interior.
The goals were to salvage as much of the building's internal fixtures and materials as possible for recycling purposes and to offer the inmates marketable construction skills.
In all, 120 inmates — all of them scheduled for release within three years — have taken part in gutting the interior.
Backed by a $150,000 grant from the Abell Foundation, the prisoners gained training and state certification in a dozen different trades, including asbestos abatement and lead paint removal.
The deconstruction is the largest-ever project of Public Safety Works, an "inmate restorative justice" program within the corrections department that features as many as 400 inmates a day performing meaningful jobs to pay society back, said Mark Vernarelli, a department spokesman.
"We started this deconstruction from the inside and worked our way out," said David Bezanson, an assistant corrections secretary, who runs capital projects for the department.
Sending repurposed equipment to other Maryland jails saved the state's taxpayers more than $300,000, Vernarelli said. By offering tons of copper, brass, stainless steel and other materials for recycling, planners also cut about $4 million off the original cost estimate of $10 million.
The whole project, officials said, cost about $4.5 million. There are no specific plans for the site.
Jessup residents were glad an obsolete prison was being razed — and that planners were wasting no resources.
"We have a request in for some of the bricks so we can build signs saying 'Welcome to Jessup,' " said Dana Herbert, secretary of the Jessup Improvement Association.
An afternoon wind whipped through a yard next to the prison as the crane, all 45 tons of it, hoisted the wrecking ball, bringing it down again and again onto the roof of the jail's oldest corridors.
It slowly widened the hole, eventually toppling the white balustrade below the roofline and sending it into a growing pile of rubble. The crowd held cellphones aloft to record the occasion.
As David Thrower, a 33-year-old inmate from Frederick, saw the walls begin to topple, he smiled.
He had helped remove the copper piping and brass fittings from within that wing, getting hazmat certification in the process. He said he looks forward to working in the hazmat field when he's released next year.
"It's nice to look up and see the fruits of your labors," he said.


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Don't you think May is the best month?
Spring. Warmth. Growth. New life. We honor our mothers. We honor our Mother. It even squeezes in a day to honor St. Joseph. And, OK, it might be my birth-month.
But seriously, May — with all of its budding potential — is a natural time to be full of life and full of joy.
And if there's one thing that we've learned from Pope Francis in his 14 months as pontiff, it's that Christian joy is essential to both evangelization and growth in faith.
In an address to seminarians and novices last July, the pope said:
"Do not be afraid to show the joy of having answered the Lord's call, of having responded to his choice of love, and of bearing witness to his Gospel in service to the Church. And joy, true joy, is contagious; it is infectious ... it impels one forward."
Pope Francis was speaking to young men preparing for the priesthood, but his words are meant for all of us — including himself.
If there's one thing that's evident about Pope Francis, it's that he is living out his time as pontiff with a joyful spirit. And people are noticing.
In a recent article in Parade, which quoted several "stars" as they shared their thoughts on Pope Francis, Notre Dame alumnus and former daytime TV host Regis Philbin said: "Pope Francis's vigor, his happiness, his ability to mix with the people ... his warmth shines through."
I think most of us can agree that, when it comes to talent, Regis knows of what he speaks.
Of course, Francis isn't the first pope to encourage a joyful Christian attitude. Just look at the Church's two newest saints: Popes St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II. John Paul II was known for his big smile and even bigger charisma, and John XXIII — for lack of a better phrase — was kind of a riot.
His joy-filled nature came across through his public ministry, but its deeper roots can be found in his autobiography, "Journal of a Soul."
During his seminary years, John XXIII struggled not with questions of his vocation, but with holiness. He liked to joke around, to hang out in the kitchen and talk. He liked to laugh and to be social.
At the end of the day, Angelo Roncalli would journal, picking apart his behaviors.
Was he being holy enough? Was he focused enough during prayer? Was he spending his time wisely?
For years, his journal entries indicated that his answer to those questions was a resounding, "No!" But through reflection, introspection and hard work, he eventually struck a successful balance between being prayerful and being social — and he attained a joyful holiness.
This is the joy exhibited by Pope Francis, and it's the joy we are all called to. What better time to start than right now, in this very merry month of May?
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Handbook for Cleaning for Semiconductor Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications
Handbook for Cleaning for Semiconductor Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications
ISBN: 978-1-118-09951-3 April 2011 590 Pages
DescriptionThis comprehensive volume provides an in-depth discussion of the fundamentals of cleaning and surface conditioning of semiconductor applications such as high-k/metal gate cleaning, copper/low-k cleaning, high dose implant stripping, and silicon and SiGe passivation. The theory and fundamental physics associated with wet etching and wet cleaning is reviewed, plus the surface and colloidal aspects of wet processing. Formulation development practices and methodology are presented along with the applications for preventing copper corrosion, cleaning aluminum lines, and other sensitive layers. This is a must-have reference for any engineer or manager associated with using or supplying cleaning and contamination free technologies for semiconductor manufacturing.
From the Reviews...
""This handbook will be a valuable resource for many academic libraries. Many engineering librarians who work with a variety of programs (including, but not limited to Materials Engineering) should include this work in their collection. My recommendation is to add this work to any collection that serves a campus with a materials/manufacturing/electrical/computer engineering programs and campuses with departments of physics and/or chemistry with large graduate-level enrollment.""
—Randy Wallace, Department Head, Discovery Park Library, University of North Texas
Part 1: Fundamentals.
1. Surface and Colloidal Chemical Aspects of Wet Cleaning (Srtni Raghavan, Manish Keswani, and Nandini Venkataraman).
1.1 Introduction to Surface Chemical Aspects of Cleaning.
1.2 Chemistry of Solid-Water Interface.
1.3 Particulate Contamination: Theory and Measurements.
1.4 Influence of Surface Electrical Charges on Metal Ion Adsorption.
1.5 Wettability of Surfaces.
1.6 High Aspect Ratio Cleaning: Narrow Structures.
1.7 Surface Tension Gradient: Application to Drying.
1.8 Summary.
2. The Chemistry of Wet Cleaning (D. Martin Knotter).
2.1 Introduction to Aqueous Cleaning.
2.2 Overview of Aqueous Cleaning Processes.
2.3 The SC-1 Clean or APM.
2.4 The SC-2 clean or HPM.
2.5 Sulfuric Acid-Hydrogen Peroxide Mixture.
2.6 Hydrofluoric Acid.
The Chemistry of Wet Etching (D. Martin Knotter).
3.1 Introduction and Overview.
3.2 Silicon Dioxide Etching.
3.3 Silicon Etching.
3.4 Silicon Nitride Etching.
4. Surface Phenomena: Rinsing and Drying (Karen A. Reinhardt, Richard F. Reidy, and John A. Marsella).
4.1 The Surface Phenomena of Rinsing and Drying.
4.2 Overview of Rinsing.
4.3 Overview of Drying.
5. Fundamental Design of Chemical Formulations (Robert J. Rovito, Michael B. Korzenski, Ping Jiang, and Karen A. Reinhardt).
5.1 Introduction and Overview.
5.2 Historical Development of Formulations for the Integrated Circuit Industry.
5.3 Mechanism of Stripping, Cleaning, and Particle Removal.
5.4 Components and Additives in Chemical Formulations.
5.5 Creating Chemical Formulations.
5.6 Environmental, Safety, and Health Aspects.
Filtering, Recirculating, Reuse, and Recycling of Chemicals (Barry Gotlinsky, Kevin T. Pate, and Donald C. Grant).
6.1 Overview of Wet Chemical Contamination Control 193
6.2 Bulk Chemical Distribution for Wet Cleaning Tools.
6.3 Chemical Distribution, Filtering, and Recirculation.
6.4 Contamination Control Metrology.
6.5 Effects of Contamination.
6.6 Filtration.
6.7 Chemical Blending, Recycling, and Reuse.
6.8 Summary.
Part 2: Applications.
7. Cleaning Challenges of High-K/Metal Gate Structures (Muhammad M. Hussain, Denis Shamiryan, Vasile Paraschiv, Kenichi Sano, and Karen A. Reinhardt).
7.1 Introduction and Overview of High-k/Metal Gate Surface Preparation.
7.2 Surface Preparation and Cleaning.
7.3 Wet Film Removal.
7.4 High-K Removal.
7.5 Resist Stripping and Residue Removal.
High Dose Implant Stripping (Karen A. Reinhardt and Michael B. Korzenski).
8.1 Introduction and Overview of High Dose Implant Stripping.
8.2 High Dose Implant Cleaning and Stripping Processes.
8.3 Plasma Processing.
8.4 Wet Processing.
8.5 Other Processing.
Aluminum Interconnect Cleaning and Drying (David J. Maloney).
9.1 Introduction to Aluminum Interconnect Cleaning.
9.2 Source of Post-Etch Residues Requiring Wet Cleaning.
9.3 Chemistry Considerations for Cleans Following Etching.
9.4 Rinsing/Drying and Equipment Considerations.
9.5 Alternative and Emerging Cleaning Technologies.
10. Low-k/CU Cleaning and Drying (Karen A. Reinhardt, Richard F. Reidy, and Jerome Daviot).
10.1 Introduction and Overview.
10.2 Stripping and Post-etch Residue Removal.
10.3 Pore Sealing and Plasma Damage Repair.
10.4 Post-chemical Mechanical Polishing Cleaning.
11. Corrosion and Passivation of Copper (Darryl W. Peters).
11.1 Introduction and Overview 395
11.2 Copper Corrosion.
11.3 Copper Corrosion Inhibitors.
11.4 Copper Cleaning Formulations.
12. Germanium Surface Conditioning and Passivation (Sonja Sioncke, Yves J. Chabal, and Martin M. Frank).
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Germanium Cleaning.
12.3 Surface Passivation and Gate Stack Interface Preparation.
13. Wafer Reclaim (Michael B. Korzenski and Ping Jiang).
13.1 Introduction to Wafer Reclaim.
13.2 Introduction to Silicon Manufacturing for Semiconductor Applications.
13.3 Energy Requirements for Silicon Wafer Manufacturing.
13.4 Test Wafer Usage and Wafer Reclaim.
13.5 Requirements for Wafer Reclaim and Recycle.
13.6 Wafer Reclaim Options.
13.7 Types of Wafer Reclaim Processes.
13.8 Formulated Reclaim Solutions.
14. Direct Wafer Bonding Surface Conditioning (Hubert Moriceau, Yannick C. Le Tiec, Frank Fournel, Ludovic F. L. Ecarnot, Sébastien L. E. Kerdilès, Daniel Delprat, and Christophe Maleville).
14.1 Introduction and Overview of Bonding.
14.2 Planarization and Smoothing Prior to Bonding.
14.3 Wet Cleaning and Surface Conditioning Processing.
14.4 Dry Surface Conditioning Processing.
14.5 Thermal Treatments and Annealing.
14.6 Conductive Bonding.
Part 3: New Directions.
15. Novel Analytical Methods for Cleaning Evaluation (Chris M. Sparks and Alain C. Diebold).
15.1 Introduction.
15.2 Novel Analytical Methods.
15.3 Recent Advances in Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy Analysis.
15.4 Advances in Vapor Phase Analysis.
15.5 Trace Metal Contamination on the Edge and Bevel of a Wafer.
15.6 Kelvin Probe Technologies.
15.7 Novel Applications of Electron Spectroscopy Techniques.
15.8 Novel X-ray Spectroscopy Techniques.
15.9 Electrochemical Sensors.
15.10 Summary.
16. Stripping and Cleaning for Advanced Photolithography Applications (John A. Marsella, Dana L. Durham, and Leslie D. Molnar).
16.1 Introduction to Advance Stripping Applications.
16.2 Historical Background.
16.3 Recent Trends for Photoresist Stripping and Post-etch Residue Removal.
16.4 Single Wafer Tools.
16.5 Wetting in Small Dimensions and Cleaning Challenges.
16.6 Environmental Health and Safety.
16.7 The Future of Advanced Photoresist Stripping and Cleaning.


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This Isn't Mig Alley, Mr. Bertorelli
"Military aircraft operating inside MOAs are exempt from the FARs prohibiting the rest of us from performing aerobatic flight in proximity to federal airways and, surprise, they tend to maneuver aggressively in all dimensions."Nothing in AFI 11-202 Vol. 3, or in CFR 14 Part 91.303, allows pilots to perform acrobatics near a federal airway. In fact MOAs are specifically designed to deconflict with federal airways. So as long as the F-16 remained in the MOA, there could have been no conflict with any IFR aircraft. I'm not sure what his point is anyway, since this incident was with a VFR aircraft. In fact the only two flight rules that AF pilots are allowed to break in an MOA are the speed restriction below 10,000 feet and turning off exterior lighting for Lights Out Training (only in designated MOAs with a proper NOTAM in advance). But the FAA has addressed these operations over the years and has properly mitigated any safety impact in the MOA charting process described in FAA Order 7400.2.
"Even if you operate near the edge of a MOA, you're at risk. 'Spill outs' of high-speed military traffic beyond the confines of a MOA aren't uncommon and what's your TCAS going to do with a target descending vertically through your 12 o'clock at 10,000 FPM? The easy way not to have to find out is to avoid active MOAs in the first place -- by a wide margin."Avoiding a MOA is certainly an option. And today TCAS complicates this issue with VFR aircraft. But the best course of action isn't to run away, thereby agreeing that it's the military's airspace, allowing it to be treated as a Restricted Area. The action should be to educate yourself by checking out the MOA schedule and status while flight planning, announcing yourself on the radio, and requesting ATC services. The FAA mitigates the VFR operations issue in their rules for establishing MOAs by providing for an equivalent level of safety. In the case of Alaska, that equivalent level applied to the Interior MOAs near Fairbanks includes the Special Use Airspace Information Service (SUAIS), hailed by General Aviation as a success in improving all aviators' situational awareness. The MOAs are indeed so large that it is impractical to fly around them in some cases. Google it for more information. It's a good thing.
"Or, if you happen to get jumped by an F-16, you could always substitute bravado for utter lack of defensive panache. You've still got your radio and, since F-16s have VHF, key up and say something like, 'Hey buddy, if I had 500 more knots, another bag of gas, hard points, a couple of Sidewinders and pulse-Doppler radar, I'd teach you a lesson.' "As I would do face-to-face with the clown who just did this to me. I'm afraid it would be ugly. A fellow instructor showed incredibly poor flight discipline one day with me as his wingman. In the debrief, I informed him that I wouldn't fly against or with him any longer. Our flight commander supported this. A year after I departed, he killed a trainee in a mishap attributed to yet another display of poor discipline. They call 'em "bad apples" for a reason.
"No one could reasonably argue that it's a good idea for military aircraft to aggressively intercept civil airplanes pour le sport, but on the other hand, that's what fighter pilots do and -- in an MOA -- you are on their turf. If part of your safety matrix depends on military pilots following guidelines not to do this sort of thing or if you expect commanding officers to smack the knuckles of those who do, good luck. You're gonna need it. All others should follow Mr. Aykroyd's advice."This is what military pilots do? It's their turf? Intercept unsuspecting, non-participating aircraft at close range? Hardly! We shouldn't condone this poor behavior and lack of judgment. I realize the investigation isn't complete and my conclusion may sound judgmental. Let's just see what comes of the investigation and what the commanders do with this pilot. If their investigation finds him guilty of inappropriate use of the aircraft, they would be smart to park his/her rear-end down for a month or two, assigning him the squadron's slow-leak tasks. If this is all that's done, the pilot will be lucky. You may see legal issues arise. Nothing in the CFRs allows for wanton disregard for remaining clear of other aircraft. The pilot elected to fly formation on an aircraft without prior arrangement (see 14 CFR 91.111 (b)), and that, to me, is a near mid-air collision. Doing it knowingly is a breach of in-flight discipline. What if the civilian had panicked and over-G'd his own aircraft in an attempt to get away? When I was an instructor, Air Training Command's guidance was clear: If we saw a VFR aircraft, we would remain "well clear." The VFR pilot had no idea what we were doing and we had no idea what he would do if we came near. If the F-16 pilot's commander condones the act and lets this go, it will increase the risk of future mishaps. Military pilots behave like their commanders. Weak leaders cause trouble. Look at what happened with the Fairchild AFB B-52 in 1994. That guy killed three comrades along with himself. And it's alleged the senior wing leadership knew they had a discipline problem, but took little if any action to stop it. Lt. Col. Clifton's views are mostly reasonable and passionate, as they should be. But both his views about the shadowing incident and equal-airspace-access are flawed. The Colonel admitted that even the fighters are VFR. Who has the right of way? Actually, I believe the FARs address this as well (91.115(d)). I agree with the need to train; I do not agree with his assertion that the fighters somehow have priority or a greater need for the airspace. In the FAA's eyes, the two VFR aircraft have equal access. And to answer Lt. Col. Clifton's questions, "Was it aggressive?" Yes, I agree it was aggressive. But why? Could it be intimidation? It was certainly stupid. And he asked, "Was it hazardous?" The answer is, actually, yes. What part of 14 CFR 91.111 don't you understand? This is essentially a violation of 14 CFR 91.13 as well! So, the USAF has bought itself some wonderful negative publicity. But publicity bought at what expense? I'm all for the military using as much readiness-training airspace as it demonstrates it needs. But I'm afraid that stunts like this increase the likelihood mishaps and of losing more airspace than the USAF might gain. Good job, boys! As good citizens, we all should cheer for our military and encourage their realistic training to maximum extent possible. Even though my ears are trashed, I still love the sound. They are, in fact, training to defend us. We (the public) give the military incredible responsibility flying very expensive machines. That comes with mature behavior as a necessary return obligation. Anything less is unacceptable. This was always taught by my commanders. Ultimately, they reminded us that we serve the American people. The author's attitude perpetuates an apparent discipline problem and reveals that he is participating in the military's larceny by asserting that MOAs are the military's exclusive domain, to be treated as Restricted Areas with other players remaining clear. The days of waving the flag to win arguments over airspace are over. Setting off a TCAS inadvertently is one thing. But joining up on a non-participant's wing is quite another. The pilot may not have been acting with any ill will. The fighter pilot was certainly acting with extremely poor judgment. People get killed that way, Mr. Bertorelli. I would not want to be this pilot right now. He should be in trouble. And for the record, the definition of a MOA is "Military Operations Area" not "military operating area." You probably got your information from the USAF, though, and that's unfortunate. Even Luke AFB's Midair Collision Avoidance Web site can't get it right! If you don't know the title of your training airspace, what's that show? It shows you don't respect it and take it for granted. For those of you who still think the military has priority VFR in a MOA, you need to read up on the FAA Orders establishing and using this airspace. You are severely misguided.
AFI 11-202 Vol 3, 5 April 2006 (excerpt)1.2. Compliance.
1.2.1. The PIC will ensure compliance with the following:
22.214.171.124. This AFI and MAJCOM guidance.
220.127.116.11. MDS-specific instructions and supplements.
126.96.36.199. The FARs when operating within the United States including the airspace overlying the waters out to 12 miles from the US coast, unless the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has excluded military operations.
184.108.40.206. ICAO SARPs in international airspace over the high seas, military mission permitting.
22.214.171.124. The specific rules of each individual nation as published in Flight Information Publications (FLIP) planning documents and the Foreign Clearance Guide (FCG). Theater commanders must ensure the contents of FLIP accurately indicate the rules of each nation within their area of responsibility that differ from this instruction.
184.108.40.206. ICAO SARPS when operating in a nation whose rules are not published.
126.96.36.199. Procedures and special notices in FLIP, Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs), aircraft technical orders, Air Force directives, MAJCOM directives, and Air Traffic Control (ATC) instructions.
... 1.3.4. FAR Exemptions and Authorizations. MAJCOMs will obtain FAA exemptions or authorizations only through HQ AFFSA.
22.214.171.124. MAJCOMs will follow the procedures outlined in paragraph 1.3.3.
220.127.116.11. MAJCOM commanders may, for operations subject to the FARs only, unilaterally authorize deviation from air traffic rules without a waiver from HQ AFFSA or an exemption from the FAA, if it considers the deviation "essential to the defense of the United States" and there is no time to obtain approval from HQ AFFSA and the FAA. The MAJCOM will notify HQ AFFSA and the FAA (through HQ AFFSA) of its military intentions prior to deviating from the flight rules. The notice should be given at the earliest time practicable.
18.104.22.168. Any operations of Remotely Operated Aircraft (ROA) outside of Special Use Airspace (SUA) require an FAA Certificate of Operations (COA).
1.3.5. An ATC clearance is not authority to deviate from this instruction.
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When the Cardinals signed Kurt Warner back in 2005, he didn't have a lot of other interest across the NFL and probably had no other chance to start at quarterback.
That was at the forefront of Warner's memories Wednesday, when team president Michael Bidwill announced alongside Warner that the former Card would be the latest member of the franchise's Ring of Honor.
"One thing I always said to myself was when a team invested in me, that they get their investment's worth," Warner said. "Going into the Ring of Honor, hopefully that shows (the Cardinals) were happy with your investment."
That goes without saying. When Warner is inducted at halftime of the team's Sept. 8 regular-season opening Monday night game against the San Diego Chargers, it will be an almost inevitable result of a relatively brief but memorable and successful Cardinals' stint.
In just five seasons with the club, Warner quarterbacked the team to its lone Super Bowl
appearance, a near-miss loss to the Steelers. He piloted two NFC West division winners and helped compile a 4-2 postseason record. He set the NFL record for completion percentage in a game (in 2009 at Jacksonville).
"He made a lot of great contributions, he's all over the record book, he won back-to-back division titles, he got us to the Super Bowl," Bidwill said. "(But) it's not only the way he performed on the field and the class he performed on the field but also what he did off the field."
Warner is the 14th Cardinal inducted into the Ring of Honor. Cornerback Aeneas Williams was the last to go in, back in 2008.
Many thought Warner was done as an NFL starter after a one-year stint with the Giants in 2004, long removed from his spectacular and record-setting three-year arc leading the St. Louis Rams. Injuries and age seemingly caught up to him. Then the Cardinals, perpetually struggling, called in 2005.
"I felt it was another awesome spot to go, because a lot of people looked at the organization and said 'They'll never get to this point.' Everybody was looking at me and saying, 'He's never getting back to that point,' " Warner said. "I thought it would be a great marriage."
It was. In his five years, Warner played in 61 games for the Cards with 57 starts. He completed 65.1 percent of his passes, threw for 15,853 yards (fourth in team history and more than he threw for while playing in St. Louis for the Rams) with 100 touchdown passes and 59 interceptions.
Warner holds the franchise record for completion percentage (65.1) and passing rating (91.9), as well as 300-yard games (22) and consecutive games with a touchdown pass (22). Warner's 2008 season featured team records in attempts (598), completions (401), completion percentage (67.1), passing rating (96.9) and touchdown passes (30).
In six postseason games, Warner threw for 16 touchdowns and only four interceptions. He authored one of the greatest passing performances in NFL playoff history in his final appearance at University of Phoenix Stadium, with more touchdown passes (five) than incompletions (four) in the Cardinals' 51-45 wild card win over the Packers during the 2009 season. Warner was 29-for-33 for 379 yards in the game.
To think, Warner admittedly considered retirement during the 2006 season, after rookie Matt Leinart had taken the starting job for what looked like a permanent change. But Warner rallied back up the depth chart in
2007 to raise the Cardinals to their golden era since moving to Arizona during his final three seasons in the NFL.
"To finish my career at that level doing the things we did, I don't know if you could write it much better," Warner said.
Retirement, which came as a disappointment if not a surprise for many when Warner called it quits after the 2009 season, has suited Warner well. He does work for the NFL Network, spends time with his kids and works with a pair of charities – his First Things First Foundation and the supporting living community Treasure House, which Warner hopes will be finished out in Glendale by the end of the year.
There are times, Warner said, he thinks he'd love to come back and he admittedly feels he could still play. But he has no regrets of when he walked away.
"Physically I felt like I could still play," Warner said of that time in January, 2010. "Mentally, the strain on me, I didn't feel I could give what I needed to give to this team to keep us where we were."
Warner, for the first time, is also eligible for the Hall of Fame following this season. He believes what he has done in his career – even if his resume isn't quite as long as others – is worthy of induction, although Warner said he is "fully content either way."
He is already going into what serves as the Cardinals' hall of fame.
"For me, for my father, for the franchise," Bidwill said, "it's about making that permanent established Ring of Honor to honor those players who were the best of the best with the Cardinals."
- READ: Warner Says Goodbye
- WATCH: The Warner Legacy
- READ: Warner retirement aftermath
- READ: Warner and his potential Az hall call
- READ: Aeneas to enter Ring of Honor