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DATA NOT FOUND - Kaki King
When / Wednesday - Friday, Nov 13 - 15 @ 8pm
Where / The Black Box
Multimedia concert by visionary guitarist and composer
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "a genre unto herself," guitarist, composer, and performance artist Kaki King presents DATA NOT FOUND — an immersive audiovisual journey featuring new music, projection mapping, and a host of new performative tools.
"Watching Kaki King perform is like seeing guitar-playing for the first time. With both hands curling over her instrument's neck, she hammers, plucks, strums, drums, and slaps at frets, strings, and body. The effect is of sculpting rather than of playing music." – New York Magazine
Humans have been collecting data since the dawn of time, but in today's world, data collection is not limited to academic study and record-keeping: it is omnipresent, powerful and increasingly controversial. How are we harnessing this power? How should we harness this power?
DATA NOT FOUND explores a broad range of contemporary issues, including artificial intelligence, the natural world, "big data" and personal empowerment, using her guitar as her proverbial magnifying glass. With direction by Annie Dorsen, whose works explore the intersection of algorithms and live performance,_ DATA NOT FOUND_ is an ongoing investigation and collaboration between a talented cast of performers, contributors, and researchers.
DATA NOT FOUND is a joint co-commission made possible by the The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi; International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven, CT; the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech; ARTS@TECH at Georgia Tech; and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Developmental support provided by MASS MoCA. Technical support provided by POTION Design. Co-Producers: Greg Kastelman and Vickie Starr.
Common logic dictates you don't shake a bottle before opening it … but something incredible happened when composer Kaki King and data designer Giorgia Lupi were brought together in such a way, tasked with designing a multi-sensory "Celebration of Mastery" for the 2017 Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège. Introduced by mutual friend and esteemed design technologist John Maeda, Kaki and Giorgia saw in each other a mirror image, separated by their disparate disciplines.
The creative process can be augmented in bold and creative ways when data informs how we live our lives. But more importantly, how we live our lives also informs our understanding of data. The passion that was sparked between Kaki and Giorgia soon lead to other collaborations, including A Dialogue Between Four Hands, presented at Design Indaba 2017, and Bruises, a creative response to the turmoil in Kaki's life when her daughter was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disease, presented at the STIR conference in February 2018. Determined to continue this investigation, Kaki and Giorgia are teaming up with trusted artistic collaborators from Kaki's last multimedia 'fait accompli', The Neck is a Bridge to the Body, including Max Bernstein (video and animation), and Creative Producers Greg Kastelman and Vickie Starr, to develop Data Not Found.
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "a genre unto herself," composer and guitarist Kaki King has released 8 albums over the past 13 years. She has presented her work in prestigious arts centers around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, MoMA, LACMA and The Met. She has created music for numerous film and TV soundtracks, including 'August Rush' and Sean Penn's 'Into the Wild', for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.
Kaki's previous multimedia work, The Neck is a Bridge to the Bod", has been touring internationally since 2015, including performances throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Turkey, Japan and Brazil. In addition to her own solo work, Kaki has collaborated with the string quartet ETHEL, and recently recorded "Live at Berklee" with a chamber ensemble, commissioned by the Berklee School of Music.
Annie Dorsen is a director and writer whose works explore the intersection of algorithms and live performance. Her most recent project,_ The Slow Room,_ premiered at Performance Space New York in Fall 2018. Previous projects, including The Great Outdoors (2017), Y_esterday Tomorrow_ (2015), A Piece of Work (2013) and Hello Hi There (2010), have been widely presented in the US and internationally. The script of_ A Piece of Work_ was published by Ugly Duckling Presse. Annie has also contributed essays for The Drama Review, Theatre Magazine, Etcetera, Frakcija, and Performing Arts Journal (PAJ). She is the co-creator of the 2008 Broadway Musical Passing Strange, which she also directed. In addition to awards for Passing Strange, Annie received a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2016 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists Award, the 2014 Herb Alpert Award for the Arts in Theater, and a 2008 OBIE Award. She is a Visiting Professor in Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago.
Max Bernstein received his BA in Media Study with a concentration in film and video production, from the University at Buffalo, and an MFA in film production and studio art from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked as a technical artist with the Wooster Group, a video and sound designer for Michelle Ellsworth, the Flinching Eye Collective, a contributing artist for You and Me, one half of Outlier, a video artist for Friends Of The Tank, and a life long multinstrumentalist, a member of Eupana, composer, and sound engineer at Tribal Studio. Bernstein's personal works combine elements of cinema, theater, sculpture, performance, and new media, often-exploring contemporary notions of representation and phenomenology through experimental narrative and technology. His media, performances, and installations have been exhibited internationally at such diverse venues as Albright Knox Art Gallery, The Denver Art Museum, The New School, Tucson MOCA, AS220, WNDX festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Vox Populi Gallery, CentralTrak Dallas, the Biennial of the Americas, and possibly the side of a building in your neighborhood. Bernstein has taught film history and production at the University of Colorado Boulder, and video art at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. He is also Kaki King's video engineer and touring partner.
Giorgia Lupi is an information designer, artist, and author. Data is her tool, medium, and material to tell stories. With her practice, she creates visual languages to represent data to make them more contextual, engaging, and human.
Giorgia co-founded Accurat, a data-driven design firm with offices in Milan and New York where she is the Creative Director. After receiving her master's in Architecture, she earned a PhD in Design at Politecnico di Milano. She is co-author of Dear Data, an aspirational hand drawn data visualization book available in bookshops in the US (Princeton Architectural Press) and UK (Penguin Random House UK). Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, where in 2017 she was commissioned to create an original site-specific art piece. Her TED TALK on her Humanistic approach to Data has over one million views.
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iPhone in India
Apple is ready to start making iPhones in India - at a price
The Cupertino, California-based company is scheduled to meet with officials in New Delhi next week to discuss the prospects for setting up manufacturing facilities.Bloomberg | January 20, 2017, 15:41 IST
By Saritha Rai
Apple is willing to start making iPhones in India, but it wants a big helping hand from Narendra Modi's government first.
The Cupertino, California-based company is scheduled to meet with officials in New Delhi next week to discuss the prospects for setting up manufacturing facilities in the country this year.
Apple, the most valuable company on Earth, is asking for a long list of financial concessions from India, one of the poorest countries. Among the requests, the company is seeking a 15-year tax holiday on imports of components and equipment, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
"We would like Apple to set up base in India," Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister for information technology said on Wednesday, without disclosing the company's negotiating stance.
Apple wants to boost business in India as the country of 1.3 billion becomes the fastest-growing smartphone market and sales flatten in the U.S. and China. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook visited the country for the first time in May as he sought government approval for Apple to open its own stores.
India has insisted that Apple, like any single-brand retailer, source 30% of its components locally, though the country is relaxing those rules so technology companies can operate stores for three years before meeting that requirement.
Still, Apple wants more. The company has sent a list of requests ahead of its Jan. 25 meeting with officials from several government departments, including Electronics and Commerce, the person said, asking not to be named because the matter is private.
Apple is also asking for a waiver on customs duties for new and used equipment brought into India. The Indian Express newspaper reported Apple wants full exemption from duties on raw materials, components and capital equipment. Apple won't insist on getting everything on its wish list, the person said. Apple didn't respond to requests for comment.
The company doesn't manufacture devices itself, but rather partners with contract manufacturers to handle the capital intensive demands of building factories and hiring staff. One surprise in India is that Apple plans to partner with Taiwan's Wistron rather than Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., its usual manufacturing source, according to the person.
Assembly of iPhones could start at Wistron's existing facility in the suburbs of Bangalore, the person said. The work may be expanded to other suppliers including Hon Hai later, depending on demand, the person said.
Apple and India's officials have met several times amid a prolific exchange of correspondence, but next week's meeting will be crucial. If the government gives in to Apple's demands, it may have to offer similar incentives to other global brands, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Xiaomi Corp.
"Historically, the government has given no such concessions to any other company and there is no room in the policy to do so," said Anshul Gupta, the Mumbai-based research director at Gartner Inc. "What Apple is asking for is outside the trend so it will be interesting to see how the government looks at it."
India isn't the only country pressing Apple for local manufacturing. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to see iPhones made in Apple's home market, part of a broader push to get companies to keep or create manufacturing jobs. Hon Hai has said that it is in preliminary discussions to broaden its investment in the U.S.
Prime Minister Modi wants companies to make products in the country as part of his "Make in India" policy, aimed at reaping the benefits that come from manufacturing facilities and jobs. His administration doesn't want technology companies to sell products and take advantage of its vast consumer base without making their own capital investments.
Despite its global success, Apple is a minor player in India, largely because its phones are too expensive for local consumers. Apple holds about 2% of the market in a country where about 500 million smartphones are expected to be sold in the next few years. Samsung Electronics and local player Micromax Informatics are the leaders, thanks largely to their low-cost devices.
For Apple, setting up manufacturing and retailing facilities could make the devices cheaper and help fuel growth. Cook has said Apple is just "scratching the surface" in India.
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Man charged with murder in Parma Heights double stabbing
Updated: Jul. 03, 2017, 2:29 p.m. |
Published: Jul. 03, 2017, 1:29 p.m.
Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A man released from prison in April is charged in connection with the fatal stabbings of a man and woman found dead in a home more than a month after they were killed.
Thomas Knuff, 42, charged with two counts of aggravated murder. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday in Parma Municipal Court.
Knuff stabbed John Mann, 65, and Regina Capobianco, 50, on May 11 at Mann's home in the 6200 block of Nelwood Road, near Ackley Road, according to court records. He stabbed both in the neck and shoulder, records say.
Parma Heights police found the bodies June 21 they were asked to search the home after Capobianco was reported missing in Stark County.
Court records do not list a motive in the killings. Parma Heights police will give an update on the case at an 11 a.m. news conference.
Knuff was released from prison April 1 after serving more than 15 years in prison for a string of break-ins in Parma, Parma Heights and Middleburg Heights and robberies in Garfield Heights during a four-month stretch between June and October 2001.
In one case, he robbed someone at an ATM with a gun and in another he robbed a convenience store clerk with a box cutter.
He is on post-prison release supervision by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority, according to prison records.
He also has several other prior convictions for breaking and entering.
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Before going to see the challenges Nirmala Sitharaman could face, look up her early life.
Nirmala Sitharaman succeeded Arun Jaitley by becoming the Defense Minister of India on 3rd September 2017. Before the Cabinet Reshuffle, Arun Jaitley held the portfolio of Ministry of Defense besides the Finance Ministry. She will be the 2nd woman defense minister after Indira Gandhi, and the first woman to hold the full fledged portfolio of the Defense Ministry.
This move surprised many political spectators who had never witnessed an oath – taking of a woman for the portfolio of Defense.
Sitharaman was born on 18th August 1959 in Madurai. She did her graduation from Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirapalli and Post Graduation in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She gave her PhD dissertation on the topic of Indo – European Textile Trade.
Her first stint with politics was when she was appointed as a member of the National Commission of Women in 2003 under the governance of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Her brief tenure there ended in 2005, after which she joined Bhartiya Janata Party in 2006. Her hard work, knowledge, and intellect were such that she was made the BJP Spokesperson in 2010.
On May 26, 2014, Nirmala Sitharaman took the oath as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) Commerce and Industry under the cabinet of Narendra Modi. Prior to the Cabinet Reshuffle, she was assigned the task to handle the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Sitaraman was reckoned to be the most logical and intellectual orator when she worked as a spokesperson for BJP. Sitaraman would now be the second woman in the hallowed group of Cabinet Committee on Security besides Sushma Swaraj.
She is one of the founding directors of a school in Hyderabad named Pranava. After taking up her role as the minister of commerce Nirmala Sitharaman was consistently putting up India's views at the WTO.
Considering the fact that both eastern and western fronts are on high alert, this role will be challenging for the new defense minister. But, she will have bigger challenges of gender discrimination and attracting FDI. After long legal battles for equality, women still constitute a miniscule minority. Overall, there are just about 3,500 women among the 62,000 officers in the almost 14-lakh strong armed forces. From a poor natural defense production sector to lack of higher defense management reforms, Nirmala Sitharaman will have to tackle them all. The collusive China-Pakistan threat will also be one of the biggest challenges that Sitaraman will have to face as the terrorists have been launching a series of audacious attacks on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.
In the past few years, India has indulged in many conflicts with its neighborhood country Pakistan. On 18th September 2016, the Indian Army Brigade headquarters at Uri was attacked by militants resulting in the death of 19 soldiers. The attack was driven due to the killing of Hizbal Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an attack with the Indian Army, resulting in a state of extreme unrest in Kashmir that prevailed for two months. Ten days after the attack, India retaliated by carrying out a military raid in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir targeting launch pads along the Line Of Control.
The terrorist attack on 2nd January 2016 in Pathankot Air Force Station was also condemned by the Indian government. This particular attack led to a breakdown in the India – Pakistan relations.
China is another neighbor country which has been in conflict in India, every now and then. Doklam is an area that lies between Tibet's Chumbi Valley to the north, Bhutan's Ha Valley to the east and India's Sikkim state to the west. It has been shown as part of Bhutan in the maps of Bhutan since 1961, but China also claims it. Even after many rounds of border negotiation between Bhutan and China, the dispute is yet to be resolved. The area is strategically important for all the three countries.
Indo-China Standoff at Doklam was started at 16 June 2017. China started construction of a road in Doklam, breaking the status quo, which is claimed by China and India's ally Bhutan.
In Pre-June agreements, they decided for a status-quo at Doklam. But the Chinese government broke the status quo, and as Bhutan is the biggest strategic ally & protectorate country of India, Indian Forces went to Doklam on behalf of Bhutan. This was considered to be aggravating into a war. But before the state of war could arise, both the countries took back their troops from the area of Doklam on 28th August 2017.
As she boldly takes up this role, Sitharaman faces a huge challenge of making the Indian armed forces "fit for war".
Sitharaman's stretch as the minister of state, commerce and industry will be useful towards unlocking the potential of defense manufacturing in India to create jobs and bring in foreign investment which is a positive sign.
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Scotland assistant coach Gregor Townsend insists the 40-man World Cup training squad have it all to play for ahead of the final decision over who will travel to New Zealand as part of their final 30-man party.
The Scottish national side endured a torrid Six Nations campaign finishing fifth and winning just one game. However, they used the opportunity to rotate their half-backs and centres in a bid to find the perfect combination ahead of the World Cup. Andy Robinson has recently stated he already knows 25 of the 30 players going on the plane to New Zealand but at scrum-half, Robinson still has a key decision to make over who starts against Romania on September 10.
Gloucester's scrum-half Rory Lawson started four of the five Six Nations games but with British & Irish Lion Chris Cusiter back in the fold and 71-cap Mike Blair banging at the door, Lawson is by no means certain of his place in the starting XV. "Everyone knows the squad will be cut down so no one is guaranteed their place or know they are going," Townsend said. "As coaches we do know our core group but the players have trained very hard and are all desperate to get in that final 30.
"We have more inter-squad training and two very important games against Ireland and Italy so players will have a chance to put their hand up there. We were pleased with a lot of aspects of the Six Nations. Some of the attack play was great and it was where we wanted to be.
"Cusiter missed out through injury but he's back close to 100% so we have another quality scrum-half in the mix so it's a good situation to be in with everyone pushing as hard as they can to get in that starting line-up."
While the scrum-half berth is still up for grabs, the two centre spots are also still available. Sean Lamont made a late charge for the World Cup centre berth impressing against Ireland, England and France during the Six Nations. "We have changed our centres this year," Townsend said. "Lamont moved into the centre for the last three games and was great there - a revelation - so that's added another player to the mix.
"Graeme Morrison has been great in the past but missed the past Six Nations through injury. The likes of Max Evans, Joe Ansbro and Nick de Luca mean we have quality players there and they know they have to play well to keep their position in the team and must fight to get into the side."
Townsend, who played the last of his 82 Tests for Scotland against Australia in the 2003 World Cup, is looking for his centres to "express themselves." Townsend believes the law interpretations, which he perceives to favour the attacking side, will pay dividends for those sides that are keen on taking risks. "We want the outside backs to express themselves," Townsend said. "If you can beat a man and find space and offload or cause a line break then the new law interpretation will make it hard for the defence to stop you whether it's three points or a try.
"It's great watching the likes of Sonny Bill Williams causing damage out there. I think players over the last year, because of the new law interpretations, have taken more risks. This is due to the fact that they know they won't get isolated in support as the tackler has to let them go meaning you should keep the ball for another phase at least."
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Justia Patents US Patent for Method of manufacture of a gold diffused thyristor Patent (Patent # 4,066,484)
Method of manufacture of a gold diffused thyristor
Sep 24, 1975 - General Electric
Disclosed is a thyristor and a method for the manufacture thereof. An auxiliary dopant, such as gold, is diffused into the cathode emitter region and the area immediately therearound. The auxiliary dopant is selected from among those known to stimulate charge carrier recombination. Consequently charge carrier recombination in the vicinity of the cathode emitter is enhanced and rapid turnoff of the device is promoted. Both SCR and triac embodiments are disclosed.
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This invention relates to thyristors and, more particularly to gold doped fast turnoff thyristors.
Since their introduction, thyristors have become more popular as circuit designers have continued to employ them in new and different ways. As new applications for thyristors are developed, greater emphasis is placed on improving the performance of the devices under demanding conditions of operation. Different applications require that the emphasis be placed on different characteristics of the device. For example, some potential applications will become commerically feasible only if the cost of the thyristors can be reduced. Other applications require that the devices be able to withstand higher reverse voltages or that they switch from a conductive to a nonconductive state more rapidly. Thus, the device designer is faced with a multifaceted problem.
One of the principal concerns of the device designer is the interrelationship among the various device characteristics. For example, it is known that if gold is diffused into the interior of a thyristor, the minority carrier lifetime is decreased and thus turnoff time is reduced. However, the effect of the gold diffusion step on the cost of the device must be considered. Further, heavy blanket gold doping increases thyristor leakage current. Yet, in an effort to simplify and reduce the number of manufacturing steps, gold diffused thyristors have generally been manufactured with a blanket gold diffusion process. Consequently, excessive leakage current is sometimes a problem in gold diffused thyristors. Processes for localized gold diffusion have been developed. See, for example, U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 405,489, filed on Oct. 11, 1973, in the name of Richard W. Kennedy, et al, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,941,625. However, these processes frequently necessitated the addition of several manufacturing steps so that, while thyristors with good electrical characteristics were provided, cost sometimes became a problem.
It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a thyristor that possesses the rapid turnoff capability characteristic of gold doped devices yet is less expensive and exhibits a smaller leakage current than heretofore known gold doped devices. It is also an object of this invention to provide a method for making the subject thyristor.
This invention is characterized by a gold doped fast turnoff thyristor and a method for the manufacture thereof. Conventional semiconductor processsing steps are employed through the diffusion of the cathode emitter layer. Following diffusion of the cathode emitter layer, the diffusion mask is left in place and an auxiliary dopant that stimulates carrier recombination is diffused into the semiconductor body. Utilization of the cathode emitter mask insures that the auxiliary dopant diffuses only into the cathode emitter and the area therearound, where it is most effective in enhancing fast turnoff characteristics but does not contribute substantially to excess leakage current. Furthermore, utilization of a preexisting mask minimizes the cost involved in the gold doping process. Both gold diffused fast turnoff triacs and SCRs can readily be made by substantially the same methods.
These and other features and objects of the present invention will become more apparent upon a perusal of the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is an elevation view of a silicon wafer such as is utilized in the practice of the subject invention;
FIGS. 2 and 3 show intermediate processing stages encountered when practicing the subject invention;
FIG. 4 is a sectional elevation view of a gold diffused fast turnoff semiconductor controlled rectifier fabricated in accordance with the teachings herein;
FIG. 5 is an elevation view illustrating an intermediate processing stage when utilizing the subject method to fabricate a triac; and
FIG. 6 is a sectional elevation view of a gold diffused fast turnoff triac fabricated in accordance with the teachings herein.
Referring first to FIG. 1 there is shown a silicon wafer 21 defining two substantially parallel major surfaces 22 and 23. The wafer 21 is doped with a selected impurity such that it exhibits a selected conductivity type. For example, assume that the wafer 21 is doped with phosphorus to be of N-type conductivity. Selection of wafer thickness is within the ability of those skilled in the art and will depend on specific processes to be employed, voltage desired, etc., but will generally be in the range of 8-12 mils.
Referring now to FIG. 2, the next processing step is illustrated. A dopant is diffused from each of the major surfaces 22 and 23 to form layers 24 and 25 of the opposite, in this example P, type conductivity. The dopant can be boron, gallium or aluminum and a proper depth will be reached in approximately 30 hours at about 1250.degree. C. A layer 26 of N-type conductivity remains in the center of the wafer 21.
Referring next to FIG. 3, the subsequent processing step is illustrated. A mask 27, such as an oxide mask, is applied on the major surface 22. A second mask or layer of oxide 28 is also applied or grown on the major surface 23. An opening 29 is defined by the mask 27. The opening 29 is depicted in FIG. 3 as the right two-thirds of the surface 22 and it will be referred to as a cathode emitter opening 29 inasmuch as it exposes the region of the surface 22 that will be adjacent the cathode emitter layer of the SCR to be made.
A cathode emitter dopant, such as arsenic or antimony, is applied to the exposed portions of the major surface 22 through the cathode emitter mask 27 and is driven partially through the layer 24 to form an N-type cathode emitter layer 31 as illustrated in FIG. 4. Phosphorus should not be used inasmuch as it will getter the auxiliary dopant that is to be applied later. The diffusion process for the cathode emitter includes a predeposition of about 1/2 hour at 1050.degree. and a drive of about 10 hours at 1250.degree. C. During the drive portion of the diffusion, a thin oxide layer may be formed over the cathode emitter 31 on the major surface 22. If that occurs, the oxide layer is next removed. Removal of the thin oxide layer leaves the mask 27 substantially unaffected inasmuch as the oxide layer is several orders of magnitude thinner than the mask.
Following removal of this thin oxide layer, an auxiliary dopant is diffused through the cathode emitter opening 29. The auxiliary dopant stimulates carrier recombination. For example, gold or platinum can be used.
If gold is selected as the auxiliary dopant, it can be diffused at a temperature of from 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. for a time of from 15 to 120 minutes. The time and temperature is selected to insure that the gold permeates the cathode emitter region 31 and the area immediately therearound. However, it is desirable to prevent the gold from diffusing too far from the cathode emitter to prevent undesirably high leakage currents.
Following the diffusion of the auxiliary dopant in the cathode emitter layer 31, any desired passivation steps are taken and contacts are applied after so much of the masks 27 and 28 as necessary are removed. The contacts will generally include a cathode contact 32, a gate contact 33, and an anode contact 34.
The device illustrated in FIG. 4 will be recognized by those skilled in the art as a semiconductor controlled rectifier. The difference between the device depicted in FIG. 4 and a conventional gold diffused SCR is that by the present invention the gold is selectively diffused only into the vicinity of cathode emitter region 31 utilizing the original cathode emitter mask 27.
The present invention is also useful for providing gold diffused fast turnoff triacs. In order to make a triac, the aforementioned processing, through the step illustrated in FIG. 2, is followed. Then, a different masking configuration is used. A triac masking configuration is illustrated in FIG. 5. A first cathode emitter mask 41 outlines what appear to be two cathode emitter openings 42 on the upper major surface 21. In reality, the openings 42 can comprise a single U-shaped opening. The connecting portion is not shown in the cross section illustrated in FIG. 5. On the lower surface 23, a second cathode emitter mask 43 outlines a second cathode emitter opening 44. Also defined on the lower major surface 23 is a gate opening 45.
An N-type dopant, such as arsenic or antimony, is deposited in the openings 42, 44, and 45. The deposition can be carried out, for example, for 1/2 hour at approximately 1050.degree. C. Following the dopant deposition, a drive step is performed. Drive can be accomplished at approximately 1250.degree. C. for approximately 10 hours. As a result of this diffusion, a cathode emitter layer 46, a second cathode emitter layer 47, and a gate region 48 are formed as illustrated in FIG. 6. The five-layer structure illustrated in FIG. 6 will be recognized by those skilled in the art as one form of triac.
Following the N diffusion, any oxide layer that has grown in the openings 42, 44, and 45 is removed. Next, an auxiliary dopant, such as gold, is diffused into the cathode emitters 46 and 47 and the gate region 48. The gold diffusion can be carried out at a temperature of approximately 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. for approximately 15 to 120 minutes. The time and temperature of the gold diffusion should be selected so that the gold permeates the cathode emitter layers 46 and 47 and enters the area therearound.
The gate region 48 can be masked during the gold diffusion process if it is desired that the gate remain gold free. In some instances, an oxide may be formed during the arsenic or antimony diffusion that in itself will be sufficient to exclude an adequate amount of gold from the gate region.
Following the gold diffusion, passivants, if any, and contacts are applied by conventional methods. For example, a main terminal two contact 49 is applied to the upper surface 22 and a main terminal one contact 51 is applied to a portion of the lower surface 23 as illustrated in FIG. 6. A gate contact 52 is applied as shown.
Consequently, it will be appreciated that there has been disclosed a method for manufacturing gold diffused fast turnoff triacs and SCRs which involves only an inexpensive change from current manufacturing techniques. Specifically, a cost saving is provided when practicing the present method inasmuch as a preexisting cathode emitter mask is utilized for gold diffusion. Further, since no appreciable amount of gold reaches the interior N layer 26, leakage current is not appreciably increased.
In view of the foregoing, many modifications and variations of the present invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art. For example, while the SCR and triac illustrated above have been shown as individual devices manufactured in a semiconductor wafer, it will be appreciated that a plurality of small devices can easily be formed simultaneously in a single wafer while still utilizing the teachings herein. Furthermore, other dopants and diffusion cycles will readily be discerned. Consequently, it is expected that the invention will be limited only by the following claims.
1. In a method of making a thyristor utilizing a diffusion mask in the formation, at a first temperature, of a cathode emitter characterized by an impurity type selected from the group consisting of arsenic and antimony, the improvement consisting of the step of diffusing, at a second temperature lower than the said first temperature, essentially only into said cathode emitter and the area therearound, using said diffusion mask, an auxiliary dopant to reduce the carrier lifetime in said cathode emitter while maintaining the carrier lifetime in the remainder of said device.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein said auxiliary dopant is gold and said second temperature is between about 800.degree. and 900.degree. C.
3. A method according to claim 2 said thyristor is a semiconductor controlled rectifier.
4. A method according to claim 2 wherein said thyristor is a triac comprising two cathode emitters, and wherein each of said two cathode emitters is doped with gold.
5. A method of making a thyristor comprising the steps of:
providing a semiconductor wafer having two substantially parallel major surfaces and exhibiting a selected conductivity type;
diffusing into said wafer, from each of said major surfaces, a dopant such that a layer of the opposite conductivity type is provided adjacent each of said major surfaces;
applying a mask to one of said major surfaces, said mask defining a cathode emitter opening that defines and leaves exposed the surface of a cathode emitter;
diffusing into said wafer, through said cathode emitter opening, at a first temperature, a cathode emitter dopant selected from the group consisting of arsenic and antimony to form a cathode emitter of said selected conductivity type; and
diffusing into said wafer, at a second temperature lower than said first temperature, through said cathode emitter opening, an auxiliary dopant that permeates essentially only said cathode emitter and enters the area immediately therearound, said auxiliary dopant being for stimulating carrier recombination essentially only in said cathode emitter and the area therearound without affecting the remainder of the device.
6. A method according to claim 5 wherein said thyristor is a triac and a mask defining a cathode emitter is formed on each of said major surfaces a cathode emitter is formed adjacent each of said major surfaces and said auxiliary dopant is diffused into each of said cathode emitters.
7. A method according to claim 5 wherein said auxiliary dopant is gold and said mask is an oxide mask.
8. A method according to claim 5 wherein said gold is diffused at a temperature in the range of 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. for a time of 15 to 120 minutes.
3317359 May 1967 Engbert
3440113 April 1969 Wolley
3625781 December 1971 Joshi et al.
3645808 February 1972 Kamiyama et al.
Date of Patent: Jan 3, 1978
Assignee: General Electric Company (Auburn, NY)
Inventor: Joseph Moyson (Union Springs, NY)
Primary Examiner: G. Ozaki
Attorneys: R. J. Mooney, S. B. Salai
International Classification: H01L 2122;


What Should You Do if Your Back Was Injured in a Car Accident?
If you've suffered any sort of back injury during a motor vehicle accident you must seek medical attention immediately. The spine is fairly complex and there's much that can go wrong. Do not leave your doctor without fully understanding their medical diagnosis and the plan for treatment.
Cars are massive pieces of metal capable of traveling at high rates of speed. The human body, especially the spinal column, is not designed to withstand the sudden movement and force experienced in a car accident. Although there have been major automotive safety advancements in recent years, there is simply little that can be done to fully protect the passenger from the brute force of a car crash.
The most common types of car accident related injuries are back and neck injuries. Thousands of car accident victims seek medical attention each day to treat their back injuries, but few people truly understand what their injuries are and how detrimental they can be if left undiagnosed and untreated. Many doctors, even the good ones, simply do not have the time to educate their patients about the injuries they are being treated for. In this article, Miami car accident attorney Prosper Shaked explains some of the most common types of accident-related back injuries and conditions in terms that you will understand so that you are better prepared to overcome them.
Muscles – The back muscles are bundles of fibrous soft tissue that support the spine while helping your body move around in all directions.
Tendons – The tendons are strong cords of connective tissue that attach your backbones to your back muscles.
Ligaments – The ligaments are elastic strings of connective tissue that work to stabilize the spinal column, protect the intervertebral discs, and link the vertebrae together.
Intervertebral Discs – Each vertebra in your spine is separated by a cushion like disc called an intervertebral disc. These discs prevent the vertebrae from grinding into one another while serving as shock absorbers. Each of these "shock absorbers" is composed of a tough fibrous material surrounding an inner core made of a soft gel-like substance. The inner core is called the nucleus pulposus. Both the outside shell and inner core of the disc contain a significant amount of water and must remain extremely well hydrated and flexible to work properly.
The spine (the backbone) contains exactly 33 bones called vertebrae that interlock and stack on top of each other to form the spinal column. Each vertebra contains a hole at its center through which the spinal cord passes while shielded by the hard bone surrounding it. The small wing-shaped bones projecting from the right and left side of each vertebra are called the transverse process. The vertebrae are classified by which of the 5 regions of the spinal column they are located.
Cervical Region – Also known as your neck. The vertebrae in this region, the cervical vertebrae, are numbered C1 through C7. The C1 vertebra, commonly referred to as the atlas, is located at the highest point of your neck, where it supports your entire head.
Thoracic Region – The region of your back immediately below your neck makes up your mid back. There are twelve thoracic vertebrae numbered T1 through T12.
Lumbar Region – This is your lower back. The vertebrae in this region, the lumbar vertebrae, are numbered L1 through L5.
Sacral Region – The sacrum is the triangular-shaped bone that falls in between the bottom of the lumbar region and the top of the coccyx region. The vertebrae in this region, the sacral vertebrae, are numbered S1 through S5.
Coccyx Region – This area of your back is commonly referred to as the tailbone. The 4 vertebrae in this region are known as the coccygeal vertebrae.
The facet joints are the points where each vertebra connects to one another. Each vertebra has two sets of two joints, four joints in total. Each vertebra is connected to the vertebra immediately on top of it by the two superior facet joints, while it is connected to the vertebra immediately below it by the two inferior facet joints.
These joints work together with the intevebral discs to strengthen the spine and allow for lubricated, smooth, and controlled movement. The facet joints prevent the spine from extending too far in any particular direction. These joints are part of the reason you cannot bend over backward.
Sacroiliac Joint – Unlike facet joints, the sacroiliac joint is not very flexible and does not move very much. The sacroiliac joint connects the sacrum to your hips. Your body depends on this joint to support your entire bodyweight while standing in an upright position.
Radiculopathy describes irritation of the spinal nerves. The feeling of pain comes as the result of abnormal pressure on your spinal nerves. Radiculopathy is often diagnosed alongside many types of spinal injuries that come as the result of automobile accidents like facet and sacroiliac joint syndrome, disc herniation, spine fractures, stenosis, sprains, and strains. These types of injuries cause movements and displacements in your spine that apply abnormal pressure to your nerves.
Compression Fracture –the most common type of spinal fracture and often cause the vertebra bone to collapse in height.
Burst Fracture – this is a much more severe type of compression fracture where brute force crushes the vertebra and spreads bone matter in all directions. This type of fracture is especially dangerous because the bone fragments can spread toward and damage the spinal cord leading to neurologic injuries like paralysis.
Flexion Distraction Fracture – also called seatbelt fracture or chance fracture, this type of fracture most commonly occurs when the passenger's body is violently thrown forward while retrained by a lap seatbelt. There is a lower chance of suffering a flexion-distraction fracture when properly wearing a seatbelt with shoulder restraint.
Transverse Process Fracture –this is simply a fracture of one or more the boney projections from the right or left side of the vertebrae. This type of fracture is not as dangerous as the others because it does not injure the spinal cord or nerves.
Dislocation Fracture – occurs when the vertebra shifts off the adjacent vertebra. Simply put, this happens when two or more of your vertebra come out of place. For the vertebra to come out of place the soft tissue joints that help to hold the vertebrae together must also break or tear. This type of fracture can be very severe and often causes serious damage to the nerves and spinal cord.
The word "herniate" literally means to bulge or stick out. Herniated discs, also called ruptured or slipped discs by some physicians occurs when the tough fibrous outer shell of your disc breaks down and allows the inner core gel-like substance to push out. The pain you feel as the result of a herniated disc depends on how much of the gel-like inner core pushes out of the shell and presses onto the spinal nerves near it. Generally, the larger the tear the in the disc, the more space there is for the inner core to push out and press on your nerves and the more pain you will experience.
Pain stemming from injuries to your facet joints is often classified as facet joint syndrome or facet joint dysfunction. Facet joint injuries are often caused by high impact car accidents that tear, displace, and inflame the joints. These injuries, often confused with disc injuries, can be incredibly painful due to the high concentration of spinal nerves at the joints.
Other terms your physician may use to describe an injury to the sacroiliac join include SI joint inflammation, SI joint syndrome, SI joint inflammation or SI joint strain. Because the sacroiliac joint is so strong and hardly ever moves, it is not as prone to injuries as other joints in your body. However, the impact of a car accident can strain the ligaments around the sacroiliac joint and lead to excessive and unwanted motion and "play" in the joints.
Acquired spinal stenosis occurs when your spinal canal is narrowed as the result of traumatic and sudden impact. As discussed above, your spinal canal is the passageway through which your spinal cord and nerves travel down your spine. The impact from the car accident can narrow this passageway applying pressure onto the spinal cord and the nerves. This applied pressure can lead to extreme discomfort and chronic pain.
You suffer a back sprain as the result of a car accident when the abrupt movement stretches or tears one or more of the ligaments that hold together your joints. Back sprains often coincide with facet joint injuries.
You suffer a back strain as the result of a car accident when the force of the crash causes an irregular movement in your back that stretches or tears one or more of the muscles in your back. While a sprain describes a stretch or tear of a ligament, a strain describes the stretch or tear of a muscle.
If you are experiencing back pain or have suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury after an auto accident, truck accident or motorcycle accident it is important that you obtain an accurate diagnosis of your condition and a clear path to healing. The Law Offices of Prosper Shaked works around the clock to make sure that each of our clients receives the most effective medical treatment for their injuries. Your primary concern should be to employ the very best medical professionals and personal injury attorneys to help you fully recover and seek the compensation you deserve. Most importantly, you need a personal injury attorney who understands what you are going through. Call attorney Prosper Shaked today (305) 690-0244 for a free and confidential consultation.


Belgian Malinois dogs are arguably the most active US dog breed.
The gravity-defying pup that is floating above this text is a member of the most active dog breed in America.
That's according to data shared exclusively with Business Insider by Whistle, a company that makes a GPS and activity-tracking dog collar.
We asked Whistle to help us suss out the most active dog breeds and least active dog breeds in the US, and the company analyzed data from its roughly 150,000 "smart collar" users.
The Belgian Malinois came out as top dog for the most active breed on a daily basis among nearly 100 breeds listed in Whistle's database.
According to the American Belgian Malinois Club, the dog emerged in the 19th century from one of four varieties of herding shepherds.
The club says that its poster breed is "not your typical dog" and requires a lot of mental and physical battery-draining: "Without intensive and long-term training, Malinois will create their own activities — and those activities can be destructive."
The typical Belgian Malinois gets outside and moves around an average of 102 minutes 52 seconds per day, according to Whistle's data. If you walk a dog three times per day, then that's less than 34 minutes 17 seconds per walk.
But one of the most active Belgian Malinois with a Whistle smart collar averaged 323 minutes 35 seconds of activity per day. That's more than five hours of nonstop movement.
Like all data, however, Whistle's set has limitations.
A Whistle GPS collar on a pit-bull mix.
For one, dogs under 10 pounds are not well represented since the GPS collar is usually too big for them. So toy breeds could be more active, but Whistle's data wouldn't necessarily reveal that.
Further, the data includes dogs that were active for only more than 14 days in a row. This improves data reliability, but it also weeds out otherwise active — or very lazy— dogs whose owners forgot to consistently use the device, let the collar's battery die, or prematurely canceled their $9.99-a-month subscription, among other reasons.
Also, Business Insider's testing of a Whistle GPS collar loaned to us by the company showed that it does not record indoor activity — or any activity too close to a base station that "talks" to the collar. It also couldn't accurately log intensity, including the difference between walking and running.
Practically, this means that a fierce game of tug or running around in circles on a bed doesn't usually count toward active time. A gallop at full speed also doesn't "count" more in the data than a leisurely stroll.
Most importantly, correlation isn't necessarily causation. Owners who are very active may gravitate toward breeds like the Belgian Malinois, instead of the breeds being super active themselves.
The truth probably rests — or leaps and bounds — somewhere in between.


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The Beginning of the End of The Ethiopian Aliyah
A woman kisses her loved one, quite possibly for the very first time; photo by Offer Dahan. (from a previous Aliyah flight; courtesy The Jewish Agency).
With a charter flight of approximately 240 Olim from Ethiopia, half of them children, scheduled to arrive in Israel tomorrow, the Ethiopian Aliyah will begin to wind down. The flight, the first under Operation Dove's Wings, was organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel pursuant to the July government decision to increase the rate of Ethiopian Aliyah in order to complete the immigration of the remainder of the Falash Mura to Israel.
The Jewish Agency's Ibim Absorption Center located in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council will be reopened and approximately 600 of the Falash Mura will be accomodated to house the new arrivals. In order to facilitate the reopening, the Jewish Agency raised 12 million NIS in addition to five and a half million NIS invested by the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption.
Operation Dove's Wings is expected to be completed by October 2013, with the immigration of the remainder of the eligible Falash Mura, who have been waiting in Gondar.


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After some 60-years keeping aquariums I'm quite familiar with Murphy's law - what will go wrong, will, and at the most inconvenient time - and that I have corals now for close to 30-years attest to the fact that have had some success at anticipating what can go wrong: backup systems, generators, etc. In the long run however, Murphy will always find ways to get you with something the aquarist never anticipated. Two weeks ago when I was visiting friends in Cleveland I got a phone call around noon from my son saying, "Dad I have bad news: the house is on fire. I'm across the street and there are 6 fire trucks and the fireman are in the basement where the reef tank is." Fortunately, my son was home.
After the fireman left I asked my son, if possible, to try to get the main circulation pump running by using an extension card. He was able to do this, if he hadn't the entire reef tank's animals would have died of oxygen depletion. It was touch and go because two surgeon fish did die. Everything else connected to the system was shut down.
The first thing I did was to dump about 2 lbs of carbon into the system, after that I got both skimmers working - together they process about 3000-gallons/hour. Now it was about 3AM, and some of the fish started to come out of hiding. While I was doing all of this I felt that the situation was hopeless - how could the animals not be poisoned by burn plastic and toxic metal from the burnt fixture. Around 4AM I took a break and looked in the mirror, and discovered that I looked like someone who worked in a coal mine, but was somewhat encouraged because the fish and corals were actually looking better. By noon of the next day, life in the reef tank appeared almost normal.
A few days ago the Insurance company sent down an expert to try to ascertain how the fire started. He carefully examined the burnt plastic, especially the fluorescent fixture, which by now was almost unrecognizable. He eventually came to the conclusion that one of the ballasts either shorted or overheated and went on fire. Something he noticed also was that the filtration room was extremely humid - it was very humid, hazy, and hot in Portland at the time if the incident. In fact, the walls and floor of the filtration room were wet, and there was even drops of water on some of the wiring. Whether this excessive moisture shorted the ballast, or it overheated was not possible to ascertain.
I'm still not sure how to handle this potential danger - a dehumidifier, air conditioner, different wiring or circuit breakers. Maybe some of our readers have suggestions. One thing is all too clear: this is a potentially dangerous matter. If no one were home the house could well have burnt down.


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Q: How can I have multiple filters on my data in React? I am having trouble having multiple filters on my list of data in react. Currently I have one filter working which is only returning the list item if the city of the data matches the filter city, but how can I simultaneously filter the price, city, and also search all together ?
here is my component
            import React, { Component } from 'react'
            import ListingStreamItem from './ListingStreamItem'
            import zipcodes from 'zipcodes'
            class Home extends Component {
                constructor(props) {
                    super(props)
                    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this)
                    this.state = {
                        visitor_city: '',

                    }
                }
                componentDidMount() {
                    const _this = this;
                    $.get("https://ipinfo.io", function(response) {
                        console.log(response.city, response.country);
                        _this.setState({
                            visitor_city: response.city
                        })
                    }, "jsonp");

                }
                handleChange(e) {
                    this.setState({
                        [e.target.name] : e.target.value
                    })
                }
                render(){

                    const user = this.props.user !== null ? true : false
                    const listings = this.props.listings == null ? 'There are no listings available at this time' : Object.keys(this.props.listings).reverse().map((key) => {
                        var areEqual = this.state.visitor_city.toUpperCase() === this.props.listings[key].city.toUpperCase();

                        if (areEqual) {
                            return (

                                    <ListingStreamItem
                                        id={key}
                                        title={this.props.listings[key].title}
                                        desc={this.props.listings[key].description}
                                        price={this.props.listings[key].price}
                                        zipcode={this.props.listings[key].zipcode}
                                        images={this.props.listings[key].listingimages}
                                    />

                            )
                        }
                    })
                    return(

                        <select name="visitor_city" onChange={this.handleChange}>
                            <option value="orlando">Orlando </option>
                            <option value="new york city">New York City</option>
                        </select>

Or Zip Code

                        <input type='number' min="0" name='miles_from_zip' placeholder="miles" value={this.state.miles_from_zip} />
                        <input type='text' name="zipcode" placeholder="from zip" value={this.state.zipcode} />
                        <button>Filter </button>

                            {listings}

                    )
                }
            }

            export default Home

A: Why can't you just do another if inside your map (this is the simple solution assuming your price filter is also in state):
const listings = this.props.listings == null ? 'There are no listings available at this time' : Object.keys(this.props.listings).reverse().map(key => {
    let {visitor_city, price} = this.state;
    let listing = this.props.listings[key];

    if (visitor_city.toUpperCase() === listing.city.toUpperCase()
        && (!price || price === listing.price)
    ) {
        return (
        ...
        )
    }
})

A cleaner option might be to look at the Array.prototype.filter function:

The filter() method creates a new array with all elements that pass the test implemented by the provided function.

var words = ["spray", "limit", "elite", "exuberant", "destruction", "present"];

var longWords = words.filter(word => word.length > 6);

// Filtered array longWords is ["exuberant", "destruction", "present"]

So in your scenario perhaps you could do something like:
Object.keys(this.props.listings).reverse().filter(key => {
    let {visitor_city, price} = this.state;
    let listing = this.props.listings[key];

    return visitor_city.toUpperCase() === listing.city.toUpperCase()
        && (!price || price === listing.price)
}).map(key => {
    ...
})

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Michael Oliver: Fed has Damaged Markets and Its Credibility
Tom welcomes Michael Oliver back from Momentum Structural Analysis. Michael discusses where we are in the bear market and how much longer it could last. He believes the next lows will set the tone for the bear market. Continued weakness in the Nasdaq is very bearish for broader equities, and since last June, there has been a lot of sideways chop in the S&P. A sell-off after the next high is certainly a possibility, and we should expect more volatility in markets this year.
The opposite is true of silver and gold, as the Fed is likely to become concerned about problems in the financial sector. Janet Yellen has commented on the lack of liquidity in the bond markets, and though 30-year bonds are in rally mode, Michael is skeptical that rates have peaked. A decline in bonds with rising yields seems likely. There is also pressure on the Fed which could lead to its demise in a few years.
We've seen a lot of paper assets decline in the past year, while gold and commodities have held up well. Consumer credit is skyrocketing, along with persistent inflation that is hitting families hard. Repossessions and mortgage failures are likely. If there is a new wave up in commodities, it will only further erode confidence in our leaders.
Silver's spread has broken out and is doing quite well in percentage terms; Michael compares gold's historic moves with today's, noting historically it's not unusual for gold to have eight-fold moves in a few years. He thinks the same could happen with silver and doesn't rule out $200 silver. He believes Bitcoin has been beaten up enough and will move sideways for some time.
Uranium has also been holding up well compared with pullbacks in oil and natural gas.
0:30 – Bear Market Thoughts
5:45 – S&P, Gold & Silver
7:50 – Rate Hikes & Fed
12:08 – Dollar Confidence
14:50 – Fed's Options & Impact
20:53 – Inflation & Commodities
28:38 – Blame The Fed?
34:23 – Energy & Investors
37:28 – Gold Strength & Silver
45:10 – Bitcoin Reliability
48:32 – Thoughts on Uranium
51:02 – Expect a Volatile 2023
The bear market and how much longer it could last.
Gold and silver have been performing opposite to the bear market.
An eight-fold move in gold is possible and has occurred historically.
The Fed could soon reach a confidence crisis when its policies fail to work.
Website: http://www.olivermsa.com/
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Free Report email: michaeloliver@olivermsa.com
Email MSA above, and they will send you this week's report for free, which covers many of the topics from this interview.
J. Michael Oliver entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton's International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park. He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton's Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX.
In the 1980s, Mike began to develop his proprietary momentum-based method of technical analysis. He learned early on that orthodox price chart technical analysis left many unanswered questions and too often deceived those who trusted in price chart breakouts, support/resistance, and so forth.
In 1987 Mike technically anticipated and caught the Crash. It was then that he decided to develop his structural momentum tools into a full analytic methodology.
In 1992, the Financial VP and head of Wachovia Bank's Trust Department asked Mike to provide soft dollar research to Wachovia. Within a year, Mike shifted from brokerage to full-time technical analysis. He is also the author of The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism.


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Q: Printing values from different threads using wait and notify I have three threads ThreadA, ThreadB and ThreadC printing values A, B and C respectively in loop.I want output to be like A,B,C and then again A, B and C till loops are executing in threads.I want to write this sample program using wait and notify. Below code is printing the desired output but sometimes I am just seeing "A" in output, I am not able to figure out the case.
public class ThreadOrder {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Object lockAB = new Object();
        Object lockBC = new Object();
        Object lockCA = new Object();

        Thread threadA = new Thread(new ThreadOrder().new ThreadA(lockAB, lockCA));
        Thread threadB = new Thread(new ThreadOrder().new ThreadB(lockAB, lockBC));
        Thread threadC = new Thread(new ThreadOrder().new ThreadC(lockBC, lockCA));

        threadA.start();
        threadB.start();
        threadC.start();
    }

    class ThreadA implements Runnable {
        Object lockAB;
        Object lockCA;

        public ThreadA(Object lockAB, Object lockCA) {
            this.lockAB = lockAB;
            this.lockCA = lockCA;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            for(int i=0; i<3; i++) {
                if(i!=0) {
                    try {
                        synchronized (lockCA) {
                            lockCA.wait();
                        }
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
                System.out.println("A");
                synchronized (lockAB) {
                    lockAB.notify();
                }
            }
        }

    }

    class ThreadB implements Runnable {
        Object lockAB;
        Object lockBC;

        public ThreadB(Object lockAB, Object lockBC) {
            this.lockAB = lockAB;
            this.lockBC = lockBC;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            for(int i=0; i<3; i++) {
                try {
                    synchronized (lockAB) {
                        lockAB.wait();
                    }
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                System.out.println("B");
                synchronized (lockBC) {
                    lockBC.notify();
                }
            }
        }

    }

    class ThreadC implements Runnable {
        Object lockBC;
        Object lockCA;

        public ThreadC(Object lockBC, Object lockCA) {
            this.lockBC = lockBC;
            this.lockCA = lockCA;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            for(int i=0; i<3; i++) {
                try {
                    synchronized (lockBC) {
                        lockBC.wait();
                    }
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                System.out.println("C");
                synchronized (lockCA) {
                    lockCA.notify();
                }
            }
        }

    }
}

A: You call wait, but you haven't tested if there's anything to wait for. You call notify, but you haven't changed anything that you would need to notify another thread about. You have all these synchronized methods, but no shared state for the synchronization to protect.
Nothing in your code makes any sense and it seems that you fundamentally don't understand what the wait/notify mechanism does. The wait function allows a thread to wait for some shared state to change, and the notify function allows one thread to tell others that some shared state has changed. But there has to be some shared state because the wait/notify mechanism (unlike a lock or sempahore) is internally stateless.
You should probably have some shared state protected by the synchronization. It should encode which thread should go next. If you need to print, but the shared state says it's not your turn, then you have something to wait for. When you print and make it some other thread's turn to print next, then you have something to notify other threads about.

A: Consider creating a ring of threads connected to one another by blocking queues.  Then you can pass a token around the ring.  Each thread waits to receive the token, prints its output, passes the token on to the next thread in the ring, and goes back to waiting.

A: package com.test.algorithms;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Queue;

public class PrintInOrder {

    private static Integer[] a = { 1, 1, 1 };
    private static Integer[] b = { 2, 2, 2 };
    private static Integer[] c = { 3, 3, 3 };
    private static Integer[] d = { 4, 4, 4 };

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

        QueueOrder q1 = null;
        QueueOrder q2 = null;
        QueueOrder q3 = null;
        QueueOrder q4 = null;

        q1 = new QueueOrder(a);
        q2 = new QueueOrder(b);
        q3 = new QueueOrder(c);
        q4 = new QueueOrder(d);

        q1.setChild(q2);

        q2.setChild(q3);

        q3.setChild(q4);

        q4.setChild(q1);

        Thread t1 = new Thread(q1);
        Thread t2 = new Thread(q2);
        Thread t3 = new Thread(q3);
        Thread t4 = new Thread(q4);

        t1.start();
        t2.start();
        t3.start();
        t4.start();

        QueueOrder q = q1;

        while (!q.queue.isEmpty()) {

            synchronized (q) {
                if (!q.isPrinted) {
                    q.notify();
                    q.wait();
                }
            }
            q = q.child;
        }

        t1.join();
        t2.join();
        t3.join();
        t4.join();

    }

}

class QueueOrder implements Runnable {

    Integer[] arr;
    QueueOrder child;
    Queue<Integer> queue = new LinkedList<>();
    boolean isPrinted = false;

    QueueOrder(Integer[] arr) {
        this.arr = arr;
        queue.addAll(Arrays.asList(arr));
    }

    public QueueOrder getChild() {
        return child;
    }

    public void setChild(QueueOrder child) {
        this.child = child;
    }

    public void run() {

        while (!this.queue.isEmpty()) {

            synchronized (this) {
                if (!this.isPrinted) {
                    try {
                        this.wait();
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }

            System.out.print("**" + this.queue.poll());
            this.isPrinted = false;
            synchronized (this) {
                this.notify();
            }

        }
    }
}

A: package com.test.algorithms;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Queue;

public class PrintInOrder1 {

    private static Integer[] a = { 1, 1, 1 };
    private static Integer[] b = { 2, 2, 2 };
    private static Integer[] c = { 3, 3, 3 };
    private static Integer[] d = { 4, 4, 4 };

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

        QueueOrder1 q1 = null;
        QueueOrder1 q2 = null;
        QueueOrder1 q3 = null;
        QueueOrder1 q4 = null;

        q1 = new QueueOrder1(a);
        q2 = new QueueOrder1(b);
        q3 = new QueueOrder1(c);
        q4 = new QueueOrder1(d);

        q1.setChild(q2);
        q1.isPrinted = true;

        q2.setChild(q3);

        q3.setChild(q4);

        q4.setChild(q1);

        Thread t1 = new Thread(q1);
        Thread t2 = new Thread(q2);
        Thread t3 = new Thread(q3);
        Thread t4 = new Thread(q4);

        t1.start();
        t2.start();
        t3.start();
        t4.start();

        t1.join();
        t2.join();
        t3.join();
        t4.join();

    }

}

class QueueOrder1 implements Runnable {

    Integer[] arr;
    QueueOrder1 child;
    Queue<Integer> queue = new LinkedList<>();
    boolean isPrinted = false;

    QueueOrder1(Integer[] arr) {
        this.arr = arr;
        queue.addAll(Arrays.asList(arr));
    }

    public QueueOrder1 getChild() {
        return child;
    }

    public void setChild(QueueOrder1 child) {
        this.child = child;
    }

    public void run() {

        while (!this.queue.isEmpty()) {

            synchronized (this) {
                if (!this.isPrinted) {
                    try {
                        this.wait();
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }

            System.out.print("**" + this.queue.poll());
            this.isPrinted = false;
            synchronized (this.child) {
                if(!this.child.isPrinted) {
                    this.child.notify();
                }
            }

        }
    }
}


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Huttig é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Arkansas, no Condado de Union.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 731 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 717, um decréscimo de 14 (-1.9%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
8,0 km², dos quais 7,7 km² cobertos por terra e 0,3 km² cobertos por água. Huttig localiza-se a aproximadamente 25 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 32 km ao redor de Huttig.

Ligações externas

Cidades do Arkansas

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SNAFU!: Is the US Army's Next Generation Combat Vehicle becoming the reborn FCS?
Is the US Army's Next Generation Combat Vehicle becoming the reborn FCS?
Thanks to Iron V for the link!
The U.S. Army is implementing a significant change to its Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) program. A new expanded structure was unveiled during a breakout session at last week's 2018 Maneuver Warfighter Conference, held at the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Ft. Benning, Georgia.
In a briefing hosted by Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Army's NGCV Cross Functional Team, attendees learned that the NGCV program is taking a new direction, expanding beyond the manned and unmanned platform elements that had been incorporated previously in the NGCV portfolio to encompass a broader spectrum of both current and notional systems.
The briefing noted that final decisions on the Abrams Replacement effort will be based on an upcoming study analysis.
The NGCV program changes, which were reportedly approved by service leadership last Tuesday (Sept. 11), were briefed to the conference audience on Thursday Sept. 13.
I'm all for a family of vehicles but dang! This seems like they're doing a modified FCS rerun. Yeah they aren't trying to slam a self propelled howitzer onto the program...they're not trying to make wheeled vehicles one of the variants but you get the idea.
What has me spinning is the Abrams Replacement part.
I know the Israelis are trying to push a light next gen replacement for the Merkava but unless the tech changes drastically it's already looking like a bridge too far.
It's kinda depressing to see the Army biting on that craziness. We'll see what we'll see. Confidence is not high but hopefully they've thought this thru.
Still. A Bradley, M-113, MPF and Abrams replacement in one? That's a BIG push!


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Douadia Bougherara & Laurent Piet, 2018. "On the role of probability weighting on WTP for crop insurance with and without yield skewness," CEE-M Working Papers 18-08, CEE-M, Universitiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro.
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#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;using Dos.Common;
using System.Web.Caching;
using Dos.Common;
using Dos.WeChat.Common;
using Dos.WeChat.Model;

namespace Dos.WeChat
{
    /// <summary>
    ///
    /// </summary>
    public class QrCodeHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// 创建二维码。
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="msg"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static QrCodeResult CreateTempQrCode(CreateQrCode msg)
        {
            var result = HttpHelper.Post<QrCodeResult>(new HttpParam()
            {
                Url = ApiList.QrcodeCreateUrl,
                PostParam = msg.ToJsonString(),
                GetParam = "access_token=" + TokenHelper.GetAccessToken()
            });
            return result;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 传入ExpireSeconds,ActionName,ActionInfo(sceneId)。获取临时二维码,返回二维码图片文件的服务器地址。
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="msg"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static Stream GetTempQrCode(CreateQrCode msg)
        {
            msg.ActionName = EnumHelper.QrCodeType.QR_SCENE.ToString();
            var result = HttpHelper.Post<QrCodeResult>(
                new HttpParam()
                {
                    Url =
                        ApiList.QrcodeCreateUrl,
                    PostParam = msg.ToJsonString(),
                    GetParam = "access_token=" + TokenHelper.GetAccessToken()
                });
            var url = ApiList.ShowQrcodeUrl + "?ticket=" + result.Ticket + "&access_token=" + TokenHelper.GetAccessToken();
            var stream = HttpHelper.GetStream(url);
            return stream;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 传入ActionName,ActionInfo(scene_id对应QR_LIMIT_SCENE,scene_str对应QR_LIMIT_STR_SCENE)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="msg"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static Stream GetEverQrCode(CreateQrCode msg)
        {
            msg.ActionName = EnumHelper.QrCodeType.QR_LIMIT_STR_SCENE.ToString();
            var result = HttpHelper.Post<QrCodeResult>(
                new HttpParam()
                {
                    Url =
                        ApiList.QrcodeCreateUrl,
                    PostParam = msg.ToJsonString(),
                    GetParam = "access_token=" + TokenHelper.GetAccessToken()
                });
            var url = ApiList.ShowQrcodeUrl + "?ticket=" + result.Ticket + "&access_token=" + TokenHelper.GetAccessToken();
            var stream = HttpHelper.GetStream(url);
            return stream;
        }
    }
}

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By Diogenes (articles ) | Feb 28, 2006
Newsweek scratches its reportorial scalp and tries to figure out why support for Roe v Wade is slipping. It seems too many folks, alas, are still hung up on the moral issues at stake:
The pro-life movement has done an effective job of showing that a fetus is not just a "blob of tissue," says Peg Johnston, who runs an abortion clinic in New York state. Her patients now talk about "'babies'" and "'killing'," she says. "At first I thought they were picking up the language from [anti-abortion protesters] outside. But then I started really tuning in to my patients, and I realized, 'She really feels that way'."
The possibility that people with qualms about killing might be right scarcely seems to register with the authors (Martha Brant and Evan Thomas). Their puzzlement is entirely concerned with the clinicians' difficulty of getting the clients to go through with it; they might be writing about how vets give shots to pets.
A growing number of clinics are coming up with coping strategies. At her Pittsburgh clinic, Claire Keyes encourages patients to write their feelings on a paper heart that she later tacks to the waiting-room wall. "I love you even though I know in my heart I can't keep you," reads one of about a thousand hearts, which have now overflowed into binders. Keyes gives each patient a polished semiprecious stone to imbue with whatever meaning she wants.
Nice, isn't it? Some dentists give kids a toy when they leave the chair as a reward; Keyes hands out a polished semiprecious stone as a keepsake for a homicide bravely endured. Does she remind her clients to floss daily?
The only perspective canvassed by the authors that they explicitly identify as Catholic is that of Ms. Kissling:
Frances Kissling, head of Catholics for a Free Choice, is pushing for "more honesty about ambiguity," as she puts it. "There is a deep-seated fear that if you address the moral issues, you're going to lose," says Kissling. "But we're losing anyway. It's only by addressing the moral issues that we'll get some relief on the political questions."
It's an unusual brand of "honesty" that is put forth, not for its own sake, but in order to halt a slide in favorable poll numbers. If nothing else, it can be said of pro-aborts that they are entirely consistent characters.
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"But we're losing anyway." Doggone right you are, ma'am. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.
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Educate Now is a non-profit education reform organization founded in 2008 and based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its founder is education reform advocate and former State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member Leslie Jacobs. Ms. Jacobs was a key architect of Louisiana's Recovery School District and is a former Orleans Parish School Board member.

The organization is chiefly focused on sustaining and enhancing the major transformation and reorganization of the previously failing public school system in New Orleans. Educate Now is a strong supporter of decentralized school administration, including the expansion of publicly funded charter schools, and performance metrics as major components of public school reform.

In addition to its advocacy role, Educate Now also serves as a source for information on school performance and education policy, with an emphasis on highlighting innovative and effective means for enhancing and facilitating school reform. Educate NOW! has become a useful tool that provides in-depth information regarding education such as school governance, facilities, academics and enrollment.  In addition to providing current news, the website also has an extensive archive of relative articles.

History
Educate Now began in October 2008 by founder Leslie Jacobs. In addition to Ms. Jacobs, Educate Now also boasts a diverse group of education, business and community leaders as an advisory board.

Stated Mission
Educate Now's self-described mission is to:
Provide current, comprehensive information on education reform in New Orleans
Lend programmatic support to educational reforms already underway in New Orleans
Advocate for decentralized, quality public schools for all students in New Orleans

Current operations
Educate Now provides up-to-date information regarding school performance, facilities planning and education policy. In addition, the website features commentary from Ms. Jacobs on performance results, policy and ongoing reform progress. A parents' guide to school choice and links to enrollment information for open-admission public schools throughout Louisiana is also available online and in PDF form.

In concert with serving as a convenient clearinghouse for Louisiana State-administered LEAP testing data, Educate Now publishes its own independent analysis of school performance scores and student test results. Membership to Educate Now is free and open to the public and provides the member with email newsletter updates, Ms. Jacobs' notebook commentary, and policy action alerts.

Advisory board
The current board consists of:
Arnold Baker, President - Baker Ready Mix and Building Materials
Matt Candler, CEO & Founder, 4.0 Schools
Mike Cowan, Executive Director - Common Good, Loyola University New Orleans
Daniel Davillier, Chairman - New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce
Nick Gross, Business Development Analyst - Greater New Orleans, Inc.
Kira Orange Jones, Executive Director - Greater New Orleans Teach for America
Shannon Jones, Executive Director - The Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives, Tulane University
Jay Lapeyre, Chairman – New Orleans Business Council & President of Laitram, LLC
Nash Molphus, Associate Director – The Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives, Tulane University
Dr. Brian Riedlinger, CEO – The School Leadership Center of Greater New Orleans
Caroline Roemer, Executive Director – The LA Public Charter School Association
Nolan V. Rollins, President – The Urban League of Greater New Orleans
Sarah Newell Usdin, Founder – New Schools for New Orleans
Gina Warner, Executive Director – Afterschool Partnership for Greater New Orleans

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Education in Louisiana
Charter schools in the United States


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Fernando Alonso was upbeat in Turkey today, but the former World Champion cautioned that it was still too early to say how successful Ferrari's latest updates have been.
Alonso lost some time with some problems, including a moment when he stopped before the pit entry and had to be pushed into the garage. He finished the day a modest 11th, while team mate Felipe Massa was sixth.
"It's difficult to evaluate right now because we just finished practice, but the car felt good. Felt OK this morning, felt OK this afternoon. We had some mechanical issues in my car, but nothing too worrying. So we'll see tomorrow.
"In terms of performance as I said it's difficult to evaluate after a Friday, you never know what the others are doing as well, but we did a step forward. We need to see how big it was.
"All the improvements we've brought here are aerodynamic parts, obviously what you feel in the car is a little bit more overall grip. If it's down to the tyres, to the improvements, to the track conditions, or everybody's feeling a good grip, we don't know. It's too early to say, but we'll wait for tomorrow. The target is to be fighting with them.
"I think Mercedes also improved a lot, they are quick. Renault I think also, they will also be competitive. So it's tough. I think two or three tenths, you can be fourth or fifth, or ninth, so we just need to make our best tomorrow. We need to take out the best of the car, the maximum potential we have, and be in front of all these people."
Alonso says he hasn't learned much about tyre wear, and especially the impact of Turn 8.
"I didn't complete enough laps to answer this question completely. We lost a bit of time in the garage with some problems in the car, and then I think I did only six or seven laps in the long runs.
"In those laps it felt OK, but it's a question mark after those laps what is going to happen to the tyres, and how the track will improve as well during the weekend, because it was the first laps on dry tyres for any category so far this weekend.
"We'll see after GP2, after GP3, and tomorrow's qualifying how the race goes. But there is no doubt that it's a stressful circuit for the tyres."
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