Flourite Dark is a specially fracted stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any freshwater aquarium environment. Flourite Dark is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. Flourite Dark is not chemically coated or treated and will not alter the pH of the water. Flourite Dark is good for the life of the aquarium and need not be replaced.
To determine the number of bags required for your aquarium, please note that each bag (7 kg, 15.4 lbs) occupies a volume of approximately 5,500 cm3 (325 cu. in.). To determine your desired volume multiply tank width by length by desired depth.
Although it is pre-washed, because Flourite Dark is a natural product, it may become dusty in transit and require rinsing before use to remove any residual dust.
Flourite Red is a specially fracted stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any freshwater aquarium environment. Flourite Red is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. Flourite Red is not chemically coated or treated and will not alter the pH of the water. Flourite Red is good for the life of the aquarium and need not be replaced.
To determine the number of bags required for your aquarium, please note that each bag (7 kg, 15.4 lbs) occupies a volume of approximately 7,000 cm3 (425 cu. in.). To determine your desired volume multiply tank width by length by desired depth. This bag is sufficient for about a 5 cm (2 inch) deep bed in a typical 40 L (10 gallon) tank.
Although it is pre-washed, because Flourite Red is a natural product, it may become dusty in transit and require rinsing before use to remove any residual dust.
Flourite Black is a specially fracted stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any freshwater aquarium environment. Flourite Black is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. Flourite Black is not chemically coated or treated and will not alter the pH of the water. Flourite Black is good for the life of the aquarium and need not be replaced.
Although it is pre-washed, because Flourite Black is a natural product, it may become dusty in transit and require rinsing before use to remove any residual dust.
Flourite Black Sand is a specially fracted stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any freshwater aquarium environment. Flourite Black Sand is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. Flourite Black Sand is not chemically coated or treated and will not alter the pH of the water. Flourite Black Sand is good for the life of the aquarium and need not be replaced.
To determine the number of bags required for your aquarium, please note that each bag (7 kg, 15.4 lbs) occupies a volume of approximately 5,500 cm3 (320 cu. in.). To determine your desired volume multiply tank width by length by desired depth.
Although it is pre-washed, because Flourite Black Sand is a natural product, it may become dusty in transit and require rinsing before use to remove any residual dust.
Flourite is a specially fracted stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any freshwater aquarium environment. Flourite is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. Flourite is not chemically coated or treated and will not alter the pH of the water. Flourite is good for the life of the aquarium and need not be replaced.
Although it is pre-washed, because Flourite is a natural product, it may become dusty in transit and require rinsing before use to remove any residual dust.
Onyx Sand is a naturally dark gray sand that perfectly complements and enhances the appearance of any aquarium. It provides not only iron and other minerals but supports optimal KH levels for freshwater planted aquariums. Being carbonate rich, Onyx Sand provides an advantage to any plants able to utilize bicarbonates. Although ideally suited to planted aquaria, it may be used in any aquarium environment. Onyx Sand is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. Onyx Sand is not chemically coated or treated but does have a slight buffering capacity that may raise pH by 0.1 - 0.5 pH units (depending on source water characteristics). Onyx Sand is good for the life of the aquarium and need not be replaced.
To determine the number of bags required for your aquarium, please note that each bag (7 kg, 15.4 lbs) occupies a volume of approximately 4,250 cm3 (260 cu. in.). To determine your desired volume multiply tank width by length by desired depth. This bag is sufficient for about a 3.5 cm (1.5 inch) deep bed in a typical 40 L (10 US gallon) tank.
Although it is pre-washed, because Onyx Sand is a natural product, it may become dusty in transit and require rinsing before use to remove any residual dust.


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I haven't made this for a very long time… I really need to get this back into our weekly menu!
I always use a NUTRIBULLET to mix my curry paste but you could mix this together in a bowl.. I always prepare my paste to marinate the chicken at least 2 hours before but it is much better if you can leave overnight.
Used diced skinless chicken breast.
Add 6 TBSP of natural fat free yoghurt, tikka spice, ginger, paprika, cumin, basil, garlic, salt and pepper into a bowl or blender, Mix until a paste is formed.
Add uncooked chicken and allow to marinate for as least 2 hours.Heat pan and coat well with frylight as the yogurt can cause it to stick.
Heat the chicken until cooked through and add onion.
Add the tin of chopped tomatoes and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
Allow to simmer for a further 5 minutes and then serve with rice or syn free chips..
I really hope you enjoy as much as we do.. Any comments welcomed.


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Heinrich ("Heinz") Kammerahl (* 15. März 1893 in Wesermünde; † 17. Mai 1971) war ein deutscher Politiker (SPD/SED) und Gewerkschafter.

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Kammerahl, Sohn eines Hafenarbeiters, erlernte nach einer achtjährigen Volksschulausbildung den Beruf des Klempners und Installateurs. 1913 trat er der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands (SPD) und dem Deutschen Metallarbeiter-Verband (DMV) bei. Von 1914 bis 1918 war er Soldat im Ersten Weltkrieg.

Zwischen 1918 und 1933 übte Kammerahl zahlreiche wichtige politische und gewerkschaftliche Funktionen aus. Er war Unterbezirksvorsitzender der USPD für Bremerhaven, ab 1924 – als Nachfolger von Heinrich Jensen – Unterparteisekretär der SPD Unterweser, Bürgervorsteher in Lehe und in Wesermünde sowie zwei Jahre Betriebsratsmitglied beim Norddeutschen Lloyd und ADGB-Vorsitzender in Bremerhaven. Kammerahl war auch Führer des Reichsbanners Schwarz-Rot-Gold in Wesermünde und Mitglied der Arbeiterwohlfahrt.

Nach der "Machtergreifung" der Nationalsozialisten beteiligte sich Kammerahl am antifaschistischen Widerstand. Am 3. März 1933, zwei Tage vor der Reichstagswahl, nahm er an einem Demonstrationszug von SPD und KPD gegen den Faschismus von Bremerhaven nach Lehe teil. Auf dem Leher Neumarkt hielt er seine letzte große Rede gegen den Faschismus. "Mit dem Stimmzettel werden wir sie besiegen", rief er aus. Kammerahl wurde am 2. Mai 1933 im Rahmen der Zerschlagung der Gewerkschaften verhaftet und bis 1936 in sogenannter "Schutzhaft" festgehalten. Nach seiner Entlassung stand er zeitweilig unter Polizeiaufsicht. 1944 wurde er erneut verhaftet und in das KZ Sachsenhausen verschleppt.

Nach der Befreiung war Kammerahl zunächst Bürgermeister in Gölsdorf und Seyda (Sachsen-Anhalt) bzw. SPD-Parteisekretär des Unterbezirkes Wittenberg-Zerbst und danach bis April 1946 in Bernburg. 1946 wurde er Mitglied der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED). Von April bis Dezember 1946 fungierte Kammerahl als Erster Vorsitzender des SED-Kreisvorstandes Bernburg, ab Dezember 1946 als Erster Vorsitzender des SED-Bezirksvorstandes Halle-Merseburg und 1948/49 als Erster Vorsitzender der SED-Kreisleitung Halle-Merseburg. Im Sommer 1949 war er kurzzeitig Zweiter Sekretär der SED-Stadtleitung Halle (Saale), besuchte er anschließend die Parteischule in Kleinmachnow. 1950 war er kurze Zeit im SED-Landesvorstand tätig. Von 1950 bis August 1951 war er Erster Sekretär des Landesvorstandes der Nationalen Front in Sachsen-Anhalt. 1946 wurde Kammerahl in den Landtag von Sachsen-Anhalt gewählt, dem er bis 1950 angehörte. Er wirkte dort im Geschäftsordnungsausschuss und im Sozialpolitischen Ausschuss mit. Später war er Mitarbeiter der SED-Bezirkszeitung "Freiheit". Als solcher wurde er 1963 mit dem Vaterländischen Verdienstorden in Silber ausgezeichnet.

Literatur
 Handbuch des Landtages Sachsen-Anhalt. Halle (Saale) 1947, S. 218.
 Martin Broszat et al. (Hrsg.): SBZ-Handbuch: Staatliche Verwaltungen, Parteien, gesellschaftliche Organisationen und ihre Führungskräfte in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone Deutschlands 1945–1949. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München 1990, ISBN 3-486-55261-9, S. 942.
 Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. 1945–1990. Band 1: Abendroth – Lyr. K. G. Saur, München 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2, S. 373.
 Arndt Groß: Kammerahl, Heinrich (Heinz) (1893–1971), Deutscher Metallarbeiterverband, ADGB. In: Siegfried Mielke, Stefan Heinz (Hrsg.): Gewerkschafter in den Konzentrationslagern Oranienburg und Sachsenhausen. Band 1. Metropal, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89468-268-X, S. 209.
 Christina Trittel: Die Abgeordneten des ersten Landtages von Sachsen-Anhalt 1946–1950. Vom Scheitern demokratischer Hoffnung. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-444-7, S. 59f.

Weblinks
 IG Metall Bremerhaven, Webseite zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung in Bremerhaven .

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Person (Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus)
Häftling im KZ Sachsenhausen
Landtagsabgeordneter (Sachsen-Anhalt 1946–1952)
SPD-Mitglied
USPD-Mitglied
SED-Mitglied
Politiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Träger des Vaterländischen Verdienstordens in Silber
Deutscher
Geboren 1893
Gestorben 1971
Mann

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Cypriot small White Painted bowl (MBA): Middle Bronze Age II -III: 1800 - 1725 BC
A small White Painted III - IV Ware handmade bowl from the Middle Bronze age, perhaps a small eating and drinking bowl like the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Red Polished examples, except here slightly flattened, with an in-turning upper half and out-turned lip. There is a hole in each side so it can be hung up. The introduction of White Painted Ware II has been taken to define the start of the Middle Bronze Age. However the parallel groups of lines in the lower part of the bowl, converging towards the middle, suggest a late date slightly suggestive of the converging bands of LBA White Slip Ware.
Only a small proportion of the goods in Middle Cypriot I-II graves were painted. White Painted Ware tends to be associated with high status tombs which also contain bronze items. However by the end of the Middle Bronze Age white painted ware had become dominant. In general wavy lines suggest an origin in the Karpass peninsular, while decoration in the East is generally linear and the West geometrical and the central area geometrical rows . The decoration of the bottom of the bowl suggests the converging bands of White Slip Ware milk bowls of the LBA.
However there is something about its completely unstained appearance which worries me, even though there is a little wear of the paint in places. The lip shape is unusual, though I have seen one a bit similar and it would more normally have had a handle. Could this be a fake made in Cyprus in the early 1960s?.
(Collection General-Surgeon Dr. Josef Mayer-Riefenthaler, Vienna. Acquired in Cyprus in the late 1950s or 1965-66, during his deployment as UN soldier)
Cypriot small White Painted bowl (MBA) Middle Bronze Age II -III: 1800 - 1725 BC

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The image of the American trailblazer, bravely forging a path into the unknown, fades to a ghostly image in the bright lights of modern American glitz.
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Memes are so much easier than anything like actually "reading".
But even though some of my friends read a lot, they generally read only those articles that merely reinforce their previous opinions, their "truth". When reading articles they disagreed with – found very uncomfortable to read – they flatly rejected them or, most often, ridiculed them. When put to the task of clarifying the points they found objectionable, the response was usually "all of it".
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When the assault occurred on the alt-right speaker Richard Spencer, the internet exploded with "Punch a Nazi".
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It was humorous to watch. Even if it gave me an uneasy feeling. It reminded me of a period in history when, after the death of Lincoln, anyone who said something bad about the late President was liable to be shot dead. And there were many killings "claimed" to have been for this reason although no investigation was done.
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Is this a by-product of our education system?
The strict enforcement of "only one correct answer" thinking leads to a society that can no longer think.
And neither Bill Gates' questionable agenda in that regard or the leadership of Secretary DeVos seems to be working toward any relief to the growing problem.
The result will be more and more enlarged comfort zones, people incapable of robust thinking, polarization of ideas, and inability to find their way around a negotiation.
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Where are the trailblazers from whom we sprang?
And from where sprang these…?


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【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は、複数の被処理基板を収納した基板カセットを供給し、処理済み基板を基板カセットに収納して回収する方式の真空処理装置に関する。 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention [relates] supplies a plurality of substrates cassette housing a substrate to be processed, a vacuum processing apparatus of a system for recovering and storing the processed substrate to the substrate cassette .
従来の真空処理装置の一例を示すものとして、例えば、特開昭60−74531号公報に開示された装置がある。 As showing an example of a conventional vacuum processing apparatus, for example, there is disclosed apparatus in JP 60-74531.
収納される。 It is housed. 以下同様にして1枚ずつ処理を行い、最後の基板が取出し側基板カセットに収納された後基板カセットを回収する。 Performs processing one by one In the same manner, the last substrate is recovered substrate cassette after being received in extraction side substrate cassette.
あるいは、場合によっては導入室を介さずに直接真空処理室に基板を搬入してもよく、そのような真空処理装置の例としては、例えば、特開昭55−162231号公報に開示された装置などがあげられる。 Alternatively, in some cases may be carrying a substrate directly vacuum processing chamber without passing through the inlet chamber, the examples of such a vacuum processing apparatus, for example, the device disclosed in JP-A-55-162231 and the like.
また、半導体製造工程におけるウェーハの搬送処理に際し、ウェーハやウェーハカセットに付着するゴミなどにより汚染が生じるのを防ぐために考案された搬送装置として、例えば、特開昭63−273331号公報に開示された装置がある。 Also, upon conveying process of a wafer in a semiconductor manufacturing process, as a transport device designed to prevent the contamination caused by dust adhering to the wafer or wafer cassette, for example, disclosed in JP-A-63-273331 equipment there is. 本例においては、ウェーハを処理する際にカセット内からウェーハを搬送したり、カセット内にウェーハを収納などする場合に、カセットを設置するステージを固定し、かつ搬送アーム側を上下及び回転、直進自在になすとともに、その駆動部をカバー内部に収納することにより、目的を達成している。 In the present example, or transport the wafers from the cassette when processing wafers, in the case of such housing the wafers in the cassette, fixing the stage to install the cassette, and vertically and rotates the transfer arm side, straight with freely formed, by accommodating the driving unit inside the cover, we have achieved the objective.
処理済みのウェーハを未処理時に収容されていた元の位置に搬入する装置が開示されている。 Apparatus for loading a processed wafer to the original position that has been housed in the raw time is disclosed.
近年、半導体素子をはじめとする電子デバイスに対する微細化、高集積化、高密度の要求はますます高まる一方であり、歩留まり向上を阻害するパーティクル発生の最大要因である人間を、生産環境から排除する動きが強まりつつある。 Recently, miniaturization for electronic devices including semiconductor devices, higher integration, higher density of the request is in one of ever increasing, the human is the largest cause of particle generation that inhibits the yield improvement, to eliminate from the production environment there is a growing movement. こうした生産現場では、従来人間に依存していた各装置間、生産ラインの製品の移動や、装置への未処理基板の投入/回収作業などを搬送ロボットによって行う方式が採用されており、生産装置側にも搬送ロボットとのインターフェイスを備えることが求められている。 In such production sites, among the devices it relied on conventional human movement and product production line, and loading / recovery operations unprocessed substrates are scheme employed to carry out the transfer robot to the device, the production device also on the side provided with the interface between the transfer robot is required.
カセットで1単位、あるいは逆に1カセット中に複数の製品単位が混在するといった場合も有り、ユーザーの使い方に応じて、フレキシブルに対応できる生産装置が求められている。 One unit cassette, or there may such multiple product unit in one cassette conversely are mixed, depending on the user's usage, the production apparatus has been required to accommodate flexible.
以上のような環境の変化を踏まえて前記従来技術を見ると、上記第1の従来例においては、製品単位が複数のカセットで構成されているような場合には、これに対応してロード/アンロード両側に複数のカセット移動機構を設ける必要が有り、構造の複雑化、コストアップの問題が顕著なものとなる。 Looking at the prior art in light of changes in the environment as described above, in the first conventional example, when such product unit is composed of a plurality of cassettes, corresponding to the load / it is necessary to provide a plurality of cassette moving mechanisms unload sides, complication of the structure, is cost problem becomes remarkable. また、カセット内に収納された基板は、未処理/処理済みにかかわらず、一枚の基板を出し入れする毎に全基板が移動する必要があり、ゴミの発生、付着という問題が避けらないものとなっている。 The substrate housed in the cassette, regardless of the raw / treated, must all substrate moves every time and out of one substrate, generation of dust, that there is no al avoids the problem that adhesion It has become.
次の空カセットが設置されるまでは新たな投入を待つか、あるいは新たに投入した基板の処理進行を中断して待つ必要が生じるという不都合が生じていた。 Or until the next empty cassette is installed waits for a new on, or disadvantageously is necessary to wait to interrupt the new process progress charged the substrate had occurred.
カセット内のウェーハに対するランダムアクセスを可能とし、処理済みのウェーハを未処理時に収容されていた元の位置に搬入できるようにして上記の問題点を解決しているが、生産ラインの自動化に対応した装置間或いは工程間の搬送ロボットとの取り合いについては何等配慮がなされていない。 To allow random access to the wafers in the cassette, but as the processed wafer can be conveyed to the original position that has been housed in the raw time solves the problems described above, corresponding to the automation of the production line It has not been anything like considerations for competition for the transport robot between devices or between steps. 例えば、 本従来装置においては、複数のカセットを装置に投入する場合には、カセットを上下二段或いはそれ以上にセットする必要があり、ライン側の搬送ロボットに複雑な動作を要求する上、下側にセットされたカセットは上側のカセットを回収した後でなければ事実上回収不可能であり、複数のカセットを投入しても装置のデッドタイム(カセット交換のための不稼働時間)が大きいという欠点がある。 For example, in the conventional apparatus, when turning on the plurality of cassettes in the apparatus, it is necessary to set the cassette in the upper and lower stages or more, over that require complex operation to transfer robot line side, the lower the cassette set on the side is practically impossible recovered only after the recovery of the upper cassette (downtime for cassette replacement) dead time be charged multiple cassette unit that is large there is a drawback.
高い生産効率と高い製品歩留まりを実現する真空処理装置を提供することにある。 It is to provide a vacuum processing apparatus for realizing high production efficiency and high product yield.
本発明は、上記の目的を達成するために、大気圧雰囲気中に、複数の被処理基板を収納した基板カセットを略水平の平面上に複数個設置し、それぞれの基板カセットは上下方向2位置の静止位置を有するようにするとともに、被処理基板の搬出及び収納は前記上下2位置の静止位置のいずれか一方のみで行うようにした。 The present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in an atmospheric pressure, a plurality placed a plurality of substrates cassette housing a substrate to be processed on a substantially horizontal plane, each of the substrate cassette vertical 2 position together to have a rest position, it is out and storage of the substrate was performed in only one of the rest position of the upper and lower positions.
本発明においては、大気圧雰囲気中に、複数の被処理基板を収納した基板カセットを略水平の平面上に複数個設置し、それぞれの基板カセットは上下方向2位置の静止位置を有するようにするとともに、被処理基板の搬出及び収納は前記上下2位置の静止位置のいずれか一方のみで行うようになすことにより、生産ラインの自動化への対応が容易で、かつゴミの発生などによる製品の汚染を低減でき、高い生産効率と高い製品歩留まりを実現する真空処理装置を提供する。 In the present invention, in an atmospheric pressure, a plurality set up a substrate cassette housing a plurality of substrates to be processed on a substantially horizontal plane, each of the substrate cassette to have a stationary vertical position 2 position together, by the discharge and storage of the substrate which forms so as to perform only either one of the stationary position of the upper and lower positions, is easy to respond to automation of production lines, and contamination of the product by such generation of dust the can be reduced, to provide a vacuum processing apparatus for realizing high production efficiency and high product yield.
以下、本発明の一実施例を第1図及び第2図により説明する。 Hereinafter will be described by FIGS. 1 and 2 an embodiment of the present invention.
第1図は、本発明による真空処理装置の、半導体ウェーハに対するドライエッチング処理を行う装置への応用を示す図であり、第2図は、その平面図である。 Figure 1 is a vacuum processing apparatus according to the present invention, is a diagram showing an application of the apparatus for performing dry etching for the semiconductor wafer, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.
アンロードロック室6とカセット1a、1bとの間でウェーハを授受するための搬送装置13から構成されている。 Unload lock chamber 6 and the cassettes 1a, and a transport device 13 for transferring wafers to and from 1b.
装置の動作としては、まず、未処理のウェーハを収納したカセット1a、1bがストッカから装置へとロボット又はオペレータにより供給され、カセット台2a、2bに載置される。 The operation of the device, first, the cassette 1a housing the unprocessed wafer, 1b are supplied by a robot or an operator to the apparatus from the stocker, the cassette stage 2a, is placed 2b. この時カセット台2a、2bは略水平な同一平面上にあるため、カセットの供給動作を単純化することが可能であり、生産ラインと自動化への対応が容易である。 At this time the cassette stage 2a, 2b because that is on substantially the same horizontal plane, it is possible to simplify the supply operation of the cassette, the corresponding is easy to production lines and automation.
12a、12bを境にして仕切りを設け、カセット台2a、2bとそこに載置されたカセット1a、1b及び搬送装置13のみを清浄度の高いクリーンルーム側に置き、残りの部分は清浄度の低いメインテナンスルーム側に置くことができる。 12a, a partition is provided in the boundary 12b, cassette tables 2a, 2b and there placed on cassette 1a, placed 1b and carrier 13 only in the high clean room side of cleanliness, rest low cleanliness it can be placed in the maintenance room side. ロードロック室5は、隔離弁12aを閉じた後、排気装置3により所定の圧力まで真空排気され、次いで隔離弁12bが開放されてウェーハ20はエッチング室11へ搬送され、試料台8上に載置される。 The load lock chamber 5, after closing the isolation valves 12a, is evacuated to a predetermined pressure by the exhaust system 3, then isolation valve 12b is opened by the wafer 20 is conveyed into the etching chamber 11, placing on the sample stage 8 It is location.
装置は常に連続的に稼働可能である。 The device is always continuously up and running.
(又は上方に設けた退避位置101)に退避させる。 (Or retracted position 101 provided above) is retracted to. 退避位置へのカセット1bの移動は、通常のカセットエレベータで使用されるようなピッチ動作が不要であるため、退避開始からもとの位置への復帰までを迅速に行うことができ、搬送装置13によるカセット1bへのアクセスにほとんど影響を与えること無く作業を行うことができる。 The movement of the cassette 1b to the retracted position, the pitch operation as used in a conventional cassette elevator is not required, it can be performed rapidly to return to the original position from the retreat start, carrier 13 little effect on the access to the cassette 1b by it is possible to perform the work without give.
以上説明したように、本発明によれは、ロボットによる基板カセットの投入/回収が容易に行え、且つ連続的に処理が可能なため生産ラインの自動化への対応が容易にできるという効果が有る。 As described above, according to the present invention, the input / recovery of the substrate cassette by the robot is easily performed, and corresponds there is an effect that it easily to continuous processing automated production line for possible. また、個々のウェーハは処理に必要な最低限の移動をするにとどめられるため、ゴミの発生を押さえることができ高い製品歩留まりを実現できるという効果が有る。 Further, the individual wafers because they are kept to the moving minimum necessary for processing, there is an effect that can realize a high product yield can be suppressed the occurrence of dust.
位置の静止位置のいずれか一方のみで行うことを特徴とする真空処理装置。 Vacuum processing apparatus and performs only one of the rest position of the position.
【請求項2】処理済み基板を未処理時に収納されていた元の位置に搬入する第1請求項記載の真空処理装置。 2. A vacuum processing apparatus of the first claim, wherein the loading the processed substrate to the original position that has been housed in the raw time.
【請求項3】前記被処理基板が一枚ずつ搬送及び処理される第1請求項又は第2請求項記載の真空処理装置。 Wherein the vacuum processing apparatus of the first aspect or the second aspect, wherein the substrate to be processed is conveyed and processed one by one.
【請求項4】前記ロードロック室内に複数の基板を収納可能とした第3請求項記載の真空処理装置。 4. The vacuum processing apparatus of the third claim, wherein the enabling accommodating a plurality of substrates in the load lock chamber.


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LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow to co-host MTV VMAs – Music News
LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow are to co-host the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
The trio of hip-hop heavyweights will emcee the show at the Prudential Center in New Jersey on 28 August.
"The 2022 VMAs will be a night of exciting moments and major performances – and with such a night comes a need for someone to help usher in all those big events," a spokesperson announced. "Luckily this year, the show boasts three such talents. LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow will all be on hand to emcee the VMAs and announce the biggest moments of the night."
In addition, Harlow is set to debut his first solo VMA performance on the main stage during the event, while Minaj will be honoured with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and perform live at the show for the first time since 2018.
LL Cool J was the first-ever rapper to receive the Vanguard Award back in 1997.
Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid, and Panic! At The Disco have also been confirmed to perform during the ceremony.
Bob Dylan Museum Opening in Tulsa – Billboard
Canada's Music Biz Returns From Pandemic (Inside Track) – Billboard
The Judds' Best Songs: Critic's Picks – Billboard
Will.i.am to Join 'American Idol' as Guest Mentor On Mother's Day – Billboard


Maryland State Senator Cory McCray took time out of his schedule to visit IND today. As an accessible and accountable legislator, Senator McCray is committed to finding and implementing solutions that will strengthen communities and public education. Senator McCray's quote, "I believe in the power of communities to work together for meaningful change" inspires us all to get involved for the sake of our future.
Thank you, Senator, for seeing how proud, dedicated and committed IND is to educating future leaders in our communities.


iPhone- What do you want in a new update?
Discussion in 'iPhone' started by Ruehasa, Oct 30, 2008.
The iPhone according to this website is approaching the end of a cycle, so what features are you looking for in the future iPhone, I think it will be announced at macworld in january then released in summer time.
- 3.0 software, with google earth bulit in, no app store ****, new itunes store that can be accessed without wifi, java and flash support for the browser, option to keep music videos keep playing even when exiting the ipod app, multi-style option for the springboard, better network connection, and finally ability to have more than 7 pages of apps.
- one piece aluminum build, lol not gonna ever happen!
Where have you heard of this anti-fingerprint covering?
Man, how many threads are there on this now? I lost count.
I thought there is a sticky for this?
I want it to print money.
i want it to clean and refill my coffee maker every night.
honestly i want cut and paste, simply because it will make viewmymessage actually doable on the iphone. I dont want MMS cuz i do not want to have to pay any more than my bill already is.
video recording would be nice, and since its already done by jailbreaking this should be a no brainer.
Actually, I wonder how many people would not care about cut and paste anymore if they added MMS (no "viewmymessage.com problems anymore).
Voice Caller ID! In the winter, if I'm walking with my iPhone and listening to music, I'd like it to tell me who's calling without me having to spend an hour creating custom ringtones.
Better Bluetooth connectivity. It'd be awesome to be able to snyc via BT, use BT headphones, etc.
Actually, I don't care about MMS, although I do believe it's a feature that should be there.
I care a lot though, about copy & paste, mainly for posting links online, and in email.
Shouldn't this be in..." Let's compile a list of features/upgrades/fixes for future SOFTWARE updates".?
No, because this is for hardware and software!


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FourC named as one of Mid-Norway's most exciting start-ups
Trondheim (4 March 2015): FourC AS has been named as one of nine most exciting start-ups in Mid-Norway by DIGS.
"It's really inspiring that our work with innovative solutions for the IoT and distributed systems is beginning to be noticed", said Tor Rune Skoglund, FourC CEO.
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Apple's executives announced that the next Mac Pro was going to feature modularity, most likely to help users upgrade components seamlessly for maximum performance. There was also a rumor stating that the company was going to roll out an external display that would be touting an 8K resolution, but it looks like you guys are going to be the first to witness both products early thanks to the latest concept. The creative guys put their hands to work and produced some brilliant results, as you will soon find out.
Apple's external display shows a slew of Thunderbolt 3 ports (we are under the assumption that its Thunderbolt 3 since we're living in 2017 and its slowly but surely becoming a readily available port in modern-day machines), which can be used for a variety of things, ranging from attaching peripherals, to transferring data and hooking up another display to extend the total screen real estate for the ultimate productivity setup.
While we are definitely excited to see what Apple has in store for the public if it is working on its external display, the real crown jewel is definitely going to be the Mac Pro. Apple has not detailed what sort of modularity it will be touting, but if it is the same way PC builders assemble their parts to put together a machine, then it will definitely be a godsend for millions of future Mac Pro enthusiasts.
As you can see in the images courtesy of CURVED, the modular Mac Pro also comes with its own Thunderbolt 3 ports and a variety of other inputs where the I/O is present. However, the form factor is extremely small, making it smaller than the 2013 Mac Pro. However, both sides of the machine can be opened, revealing key components such as the RAM, SSD storage and most surprisingly, a desktop-grade NVIDIA GPU that's surprisingly labeled under the 'GeForce GTX' brand.
Since this machine is going to be sold under the workstation category, we were hoping that this concept put a little more attention to detail because firstly, Apple does not use SATA-based solid state drives, but PCIe-based ones and the GeForce GTX GPU should have been replaced with a Quadro processor instead.
Regardless we hope that Apple takes some pointers from this concept and releases a similar product to the masses.


The Communique on Prospectus and Certificate of Issue (the "Communique") has been published in the Official Gazette dated June 22, 2013 and numbered 28685.
The Communiqué provides certain flexibilities to the issuers by allowing the prospectus which will be prepared for issuance of capital markets instruments or trading on stock exchange thereof to consist of either a single document or multiple documents.
The Communiqué mandates that a certificate of issue shall be prepared and approved if the capital market instruments are issued without a public offering or the issuance will take place abroad or for all kinds of issuance of capital market instruments where the issuers do not prepare a prospectus or publish an announcement.
The exemptions from the requirement to prepare a prospectus and cases where the issuers would not be required to prepare a prospectus are re-regulated in compliance with the EU regulations. In this respect, the Communiqué provides new exemptions from the prospectus requirement in the following cases: (i) the public offering is intended for investors who purchase capital market instruments worth at least TRY 250,000 per investor and (ii) public offering of capital markets instruments with a minimum nominal value of TRY 250,000. Additionally, except for the initial public offerings, the Capital Markets Board ("CMB") may grant an exemption from the prospectus requirement if the total sale price of the capital markets instruments to be publicly offered is below TRY 5,000,000.
The Communiqué provides that the prospectus prepared by publicly held companies shall include either an annual financial statement subject to independent audit or if necessary a semi-annual interim financial statement subject to limited audit. Also, the interim financial statements which have not been subject to independent or limited audit should be excluded from the prospectus.
The Communiqué regulates that the prospectus shall be valid for all issuances during a period of one year commencing on its publication date provided that the prospectus is always kept up to date. Moreover, the certificate of issue shall be valid for all issuances to be performed within one year commencing on the date of approval of the certificate of issue by the CMB.
Finally, the Communiqué provides that it is possible to issue capital market instruments which do not grant equity rights more than one within the same year, through a prospectus prepared in accordance with a maximum five year offering program prepared by the banks and approved by their general assemblies.


As part of my training for a vocation in New Testament studies, I have been attempting to gain some proficiency in New Testament textual criticism. To that end I have constructed a list of the manuscripts used in the UBS5 (= NA28) Greek NT by corpus according to century, with a summary of the most important witnesses to the major text types concluding each. My goal was to create a document that I could use to help me evaluate the witnesses to the various variants in the NT. You can access it here. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for its improvement!


Whats up guys? How is sale shopping going on? Yesterday I went to visit the Ralph Lauren Denim & Supply and ran into these first two shorts. Both had 40% discount. And finally I've found shorts that suit my posture! I am really into the American one. However, the second shorts suits my holiday to Mykonos, Greece, perfectly! I cannot wait to enjoy the sun, beach and cocktails. At last, not in sale unfortunately, I have bought an polkadot shorts from Abercrombie. Normally Abercrombie & Fitch is not the brand I would go for, however, I saw this one and fell in love! What is your favorite? Let me know!
WANT the first pair of shorts !! Great blog by the way - you have a new stalker!
the second one are awesome!
I really like all of them, but the first ones are my favourites!


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Unilever steps up climate crisis fight with US$1.1bn investment fund
The British-Dutch multinational has pledged to achieve Net Zero emissions from all its products by 2039
15 Jun 2020 --- Unilever is investing €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) in a fund over ten years that will tackle climate change projects. The British-Dutch multinational has pledged to reduce to net zero greenhouse gas emissions from all its products by 2039, more than a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement deadline. Unilever says the new range of measures and commitments are designed to improve the health of the planet by stepping up action to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, preserving resources for future generations.
Unilever will collaborate with a new generation of farmers and smallholders, driving programs to protect and restore forests, soil and biodiversity, as well as work with governments and other organizations to improve access to water for communities in water-stressed areas.
Unilever's brands will collectively invest €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) in a new dedicated Climate & Nature Fund, to be used over the next ten years on projects likely to include landscape restoration, reforestation, carbon sequestration, wildlife protection and water preservation.
The new initiatives will build on the work that is already underway, such as Ben & Jerry's initiative to reduce GHG emissions from dairy farms; Seventh Generation advocating for clean energy for all; and Knorr supporting farmers to grow food more sustainably.
"While the world is dealing with the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and grappling with serious issues of inequality, we can't let ourselves forget that the climate crisis is still a threat to all of us," says Alan Jope, Unilever CEO.
"Climate change, nature degradation, biodiversity decline, water scarcity – all these issues are interconnected, and we must address them all simultaneously. In doing so, we must also recognize that the climate crisis is not only an environmental emergency; it also has a terrible impact on lives and livelihoods. We, therefore, have a responsibility to help tackle the crisis: as a business, and through direct action by our brands."
Unilever's existing science-based targets are: to have no carbon emissions from its operations and to halve the GHG footprint of its products across the value chain, by 2030. In response to the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, the British-Dutch multinational is additionally committing to net zero emissions from all its products by 2039 – from the sourcing of the materials used, up to the point of sale of Unilever products in the store.
To achieve this goal 11 years ahead of the 2050 Paris Agreement deadline, Unilever must work jointly with our partners across our value chain, to collectively drive lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Unilever says it will, therefore, prioritize building partnerships with its suppliers who have set and committed to their own science-based targets.
"We believe that transparency about carbon footprint will be an accelerator in the global race to zero emissions, and it is our ambition to communicate the carbon footprint of every product we sell. To do this, we will set up a system for our suppliers to declare, on each invoice, the carbon footprint of the goods and services provided; and we will create partnerships with other businesses and organizations to standardize data collection, sharing and communication," says Unilever.
"The race to zero must be a collective effort, and business alone cannot drive the transition at the speed that is required. We call on all governments to set ambitious net-zero targets, as well as short term emissions reduction targets, supported with enabling policy frameworks such as carbon pricing."
Unilever has been working with sustainable sourcing practices for over a decade. Eighty-nine percent of its forest-related commodities are certified as sustainably sourced to globally recognized standards. However, to end deforestation, Unilever stresses that higher standards are needed. "This means that we need to have visibility on exact sourcing locations, and no longer rely on the mass balance system, which does not allow for accurate verification of deforestation-free when sourcing derivatives of our commodities," it says.
Achieving a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023
To do this, Unilever will increase traceability and transparency by using emerging digital technologies – such as satellite monitoring, geolocation tracking and blockchain – accelerating smallholder inclusion and changing its approach to derivates sourcing.
"We are also committed to working with the industry, NGOs and governments, to look beyond forests, peatlands and tropical rainforests, and to protect other important areas of high conservation value and high carbon stock which are under threat of conversion to arable land, with potentially devastating impact on the natural habitats," continues the company.
In addition to continuing to drive sustainable sourcing and an end to deforestation, Unilever is setting out to help regenerate nature: increasing local biodiversity, restoring soil health, and preserving water conservation and access. To do this, we will empower a new generation of farmers and smallholders who are committed to protecting and regenerating their farm environment. Initiatives that we will drive include securing legal land rights, access to finance and financial inclusion, and development of restorative practices. This integrated approach will improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and give them leverage to drive the regeneration of nature.
Unilever is also introducing a pioneering Regenerative Agriculture Code for all its suppliers. The new code will build on our existing Sustainable Agriculture Code, which is widely recognized as being best-in-class in the industry, and it will include details on farming practices that help rebuild critical resources.
Unilever will also step up direct efforts to preserve water. Already, 40 percent of the world's population is affected by water scarcity, and more than 2.1 billion people consume unsafe drinking water. Unilever will implement water stewardship programs for local communities in 100 locations by 2030.
Unilever will also join the 2030 Water Resources Group, a multi-stakeholder platform hosted by the World Bank, to contribute to transformative change and building resilience in water management in key water-stressed markets, such as India, Brazil, South Africa, Vietnam and Indonesia.
To further protect water resources, Unilever also aims to make its product formulations biodegradable by 2030, to minimize their impact on water and the aquatic ecosystems. Although some of the ingredients that Unilever currently uses have no viable biodegradable alternatives, the company will work with partners to drive innovation and find solutions.
"Our collective responsibility in tackling the climate crisis is to drive an absolute reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, not simply focus on offsetting – and we have the scale and determination to make it happen. But this is not enough. If we want to have a healthy planet long into the future, we must also look after nature: forests, soil biodiversity and water ecosystems," says Marc Engel, Unilever Chief Supply Chain Officer.
"In most parts of the world, the economic and social inclusion of farmers and smallholders in sustainable agricultural production is the single most important driver of change for halting deforestation, restoring forests and helping regenerate nature. In the end, they are the stewards of the land. We must, therefore, empower and work with a new generation of farmers and smallholders in order to make a step change in regenerating nature."
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Q: Insert data to SQL Azure from android application through Azure Mobile Service I have two types of tables under azure Mobile Service:
Type A : Azure Mobile Service for "Existing Database" (Without creating a new for Mobile Service).
To use existing database , I created a SCHEMA and associated the tables from existing DB to it using following:
CREATE SCHEMA my_new_service;
ALTER SCHEMA my_new_service TRANSFER dbo.Subject;
Type B :  Azure Mobile Service by creating a new table for service.
I created a sample android application to RETRIEVE the table data and works fine in both the cases!
Now when I am trying to insert row into the table in type B table, it gets inserted successfully
But in case of Type A,I get an exception as : com.microsoft.windowsazure.mobileservices.MobileServiceException: {"code":400,"error":"Error: Bad request."}
Any Help Appreciated : I have checked for permissions for both the tables and are same.

A: Solution Please check your Window Azure Log
The Error code  {"code":400,"error":"Error: Bad request."}  will come only when you  not provide the values correctly or the value which is not null constraint is not automatically generating .


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— 28th February 2014
A bird in a tree and the matchless Orinda
This charming little paper cut was found recently between the pages of a seventeenth-century volume of poems. Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs Katherine Philips: the matchless Orinda was published in 1669, five years after the death of the author from smallpox. Katherine Philips (1 Jan 1632 – 22 June 1664) was an early modern Anglo-Welsh poet, translator and woman of letters whose translations of Pierre Corneille's Pompee and Horace also appear in the volume with separate title pages. Orinda was the name she adopted as founder of the Society of Friendship, a group of literary friends who celebrated Platonic love and took pseudonyms from Classical literature.
An edition of the collected works of Katherine Philips is soon to be published by Oxford University Press, and we were contacted by the authors asking if we could find any evidence of ownership marks in our edition, during which search we found this delightful papercut. The work was given to Chetham's in 1870 as part of the Byrom Collection and the cut must therefore date from before this. Although Byrom himself was known to have had an interest in paper cutting, his work tended more towards silhouettes, and so it is possible that the cut is by a family member.


As many of you are aware, IAML (UK & Irl) will be holding their Annual Study Weekend this year, 12-14 April 2019 at the University of Leicester College Court. The Music Libraries Trust is pleased to award a limited number of bursaries to students and library staff who would like to attend the ASW. Priority is given to those who would otherwise be unable to attend and who have no other sources of funding. Both full and part bursaries are available, which include up to £70 for travel expenses.
More information about the conference can be found on the IAML (UK & Irl) website here.
Closing date for bursary applications is Thursday 3rd January 2019.
For more information and an application form, please visit the Music Libraries Trust website here or contact Megan Dyson MLT bursaries administrator at bursaries@musiclibrariestrust.org.


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UXO victims need livelihood support
Top priority should be given to creating new livelihood for victims of war-era unexploded ordnance (UXO) to help them return to normal life, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
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Hanoi (VNA) – Top priority should be given to creating new livelihood for victims of war-era unexploded ordnance (UXO) to help them return to normal life, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
Addressing the MoLISA-hosted workshop on June 22 on international cooperation in support for victims of wartime UXOs in Vietnam, Doan Huu Minh from the Department of Social Assistance noted that simple livelihoods like craft, sewing and breeding should be prioritized.
In addition, Vietnam needs to continue calling for support from international organisations to meet the victims' demand in healthcare, orthopedics and rehabilitation, Minh said.
International support is also needed in delivering consultation services and connecting the victims with local authorities who have social policies to assist those from difficult backgrounds, he stressed.
Secretary General of the Vietnam Association for Supporting UXO/Mine Action Efforts Phan Duc Tuan said most of the UXO victims are farmers and breadwinners living under difficult circumstances.
They are given support policies designed exclusively for the poor but they lack developmental skills and economic opportunities, he explained, pointing to their different backgrounds, occupations and labour skills.
These factors should be taken into account while designing livelihood support for them, he stressed.
Meanwhile, Luu Hong Son from the MoLISA underlined the significance of public communication in how to recognise UXO risks and provide first aid for the UXO victims as well as efforts of the government to cope with the UXO aftermaths.
Serif Bajric from the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) said the NPA has coordinated with the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre to implement a project for the management of UXO victim database in central Quang Tri province which is expected to aid relevant parties in planning and designing support for the victims.
The workshop shared information on support for UXO victims in the fields of healthcare, rehabilitation, public services and policymaking, discussed data collection on the victims, and sought to increase communication on how to cope with aftermaths of leftover mines and bombs in Vietnam.-VNA
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 28 inspected the Mai Son (Ninh Binh province)-National Highway 45 project, a section of the North-South Expressway.
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Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Justice has proposed the Ministry of Justice pilot the issuance of electronic civil status records instead of a paper version as part of efforts to enhance satisfaction with civil status registration.
Paris peace accords brings spring of freedom to nation: former Deputy PM
The signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam on January 27, 1973, had brought a special spring to the northern region, when for the first time in the resistance war there was no air-raid siren and no evacuation, former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan told Vietnam News Agency during a recent interview on the occasion of the agreement's 50th signing anniversary.
PM inspects construction of Ring Road No.4 in Hanoi capital region
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Traffic accidents fall during Tet holiday
As many as 152 traffic accidents occurred in the country during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, from January 20 to January 26, a year-on-year decrease of 12 cases, according to the Ministry of Transport.


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Why Wired is still putting out a print magazine in 2018
One year into the job, Editor in Chief Nick Thompson has thought a lot about the power of print — and what has to change.
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Nick Thompson has been Wired's editor in chief for just over a year now and he's started to make some changes — including a $20/year paywall on Wired.com that went live this morning.
(Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said $20/month.)
But Thompson, previously the editor of NewYorker.com and co-founder of The Atavist, isn't overeager to do everything differently. Case in point: He's convinced the medium of print magazines isn't going to disappear imminently.
"Will Wired still be putting out a magazine in 10 years? I don't know," Thompson said on the latest episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka. "Will Wired still be putting out a magazine in a year? Yeah, absolutely!"
A harder question is how to square the 25-year-old magazine's techno-utopian roots with the realities of what tech means to society in 2018.
"The founding principle of Wired was that it would be optimistic — change is good," Thompson said. "'We report from a country west of California called the future and it's awesome.' And I like that."
"You can't have a clear-eyed look at the effect of technology on society and completely believe that anymore, or at least I don't think you can," he added. "That's been a hard thing because it's not as though I'm a pessimist. In general, technology is definitely making the world a better place."
Wired's old slogan was "where the future is realized." These days, Thompson jokes, he wishes it were, "where the future is realized and the present is fixed.
You can listen to Recode Media on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Overcast or wherever you listen to podcasts.
On the new podcast, Thompson talked about the benefits of print, including the guaranteed delivery mechanism of the U.S. Postal Service, which brings Wired to 800,000 readers monthly.
"On the internet, if you get lucky, you can reach more than 800,000 people," he said. "But you can also put out really good stuff that's seen by nobody because it doesn't actually work in the algorithms."
But on a more abstract level, writers and editors do their work differently when they have the constraints of a physical magazine that has to be delivered on time, he added.
"There is something about the process of creating the magazine version of a story — being limited in time, because there's a real deadline, being limited in space because you have a certain number of pages, being limited in all the ways you're limited — that makes the stuff better, usually," Thompson said.
If you like this show, you should also sample our other podcasts:
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If you like what we're doing, please write a review on Apple Podcasts — and if you don't, just tweet-strafe Peter. Tune in next Thursday for another episode of Recode Media!


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The United States has urged President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi to adhere to the Arusha Accords by stepping down ahead the upcoming 26 June elections, after two terms in office.
This follows over a month of street violence, which has left more than 30 people dead and over 500 injured, in the aftermath of Burundi's ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy nominating Nkurunziza to stand for re-election.
Opposition leaders want Nkurunziza to withdraw his third-term bid, claiming it violates the country's constitution and the Arusha Accords, a peace deal that ended ethnic civil war and established the foundation for Burundi's post-conflict recovery in 2005.
On 2 June, the US said "the government of Burundi should adhere to the tenets of the Arusha Accords, to include the provisions on term limits.
"President Nkurunziza's decision to disregard the term limit provision of the Arusha Accords has destabilized Burundi and the sub-region, triggered violence, and endangered Burundi's economic well-being," John Kirby, a spokesperson for the Department of State, said in a statement.
The US said the Nkurunziza administration's "troubling actions" include severely restricting political space and press freedoms, violently disrupting political protests, pressuring the Constitutional Court and Electoral Commission, and reportedly using an armed ruling party youth militia to intimidate protesters and political opponents.
"[This] contradicts the basic principles of democratic governance and starkly contradicts President Nkurunziza's claim that he is dedicated to respecting the Arusha Accords and the rule of law," Kirby said.
The East African Community has echoed the US's calls for a postponement of the elections.
During a crisis meeting on 31 May, the East African leaders called on the government in Bujumbura to postpone elections by a period of more than a month and a half, demanded that "all parties stop violence and exercise restraint during this period", and ruled for an "urgent disarmament of all armed youth groups allied to political parties".
The state department said it also encourages the region to play a leadership role in resolving the crisis, and encourages high-level visits from Burundi's neighbours to Burundi to reiterate the importance of upholding the Arusha Agreement.
On 28 May, leaders of the opposition announced a boycott of the controversial legislative and municipal elections on 5 June and presidential elections on 26 June.
Nkurunziza's government, meanwhile, said it is happy to postpone the presidential elections until 26 July.


The Confederation of Philippine Jewellers Inc. has urged the Department of Trade and Industry to grant their request Supra Shoes for a $50,000 financial assistance for their participation in the Hong Kong Jewelry Fair, otherwise they would lose a huge opportunity if they cannot make it to the world s biggest jewelry fair. The CPJI has made a strong push for their request after President Arroyo signed Saturday the P1 billion Export Support Fund, which the President announced in September last year. At the 30 National Employers Conference last Wednesday in Manila Hotel, the President ordered the immediate release of P1 billion for the export fund. Ma. Luisa D.
Unson, PCIJ president, told reporters they have submitted their request to Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila to foot the $50,000 bill for rental booth of the 15 jewellers participation in the Hong Kong Jewellery Fair this coming September. But, according to Unson, the request has fallen into deaf ears. The CPJI is composed of 8 jewellers associations in the country. Unson said that they submitted the request to Favila, who is chairman of the Export Development Council, last February 10 when the EDC asked the different exporters associations to submit their project proposals for possible funding under the P1 billion Nike Free Run Australia ESF. The jewelers to formal Supra Shoes made request to Favila last March 23 and a follow-up letter last April 20 but until now, the DTI chief has not responded to their request yet. The deadline for the 50 percent downpayment for the rental booth is tomorrow, April 30, and we have not yet received a reply from Favila, Unson said.
Unson said the fair organizers have already extended the deadline to the Philippine delegation. At least 15 Filipino jewelers have signified their interest to participate in the fair. Failure to remit the downpayment would mean forfeiture of their 90 square meter exhibition space of the world s biggest jewellery fair. It is now an urgent matter because April 30, 2009 is the deadline set by the show organizers for confirmation and payment of the reserved booth spaces, she said. We have been following it up but EDC cannot even meet because they don t know where the fund is or who is going to shoulder it, she said. According to Unson, the answer she gets every time she followed up the request was not funds available yet. But, with the signing on Wednesday of the ESF by the President, the jewelers are hoping they may get their request finally. Local jewelers are eager to participate in the September jewelry fair in Hong Kong because of the good prospects it offers. It is the biggest jewelry fair in the world nike dunk canada and many buyers go there including Americans, Europeans, and Asians. Besides, the jewelers are taking advantage of the tax-free Hong Kong regime. This is our first time to participate in the event as an organization but if the government cannot help us then we are not going to participate, Unson said noting this is the first time that they asked for assistance under the P1 billion ESF. Unson could not quantify the potential loss if they cannot participate except to say it is a huge opportunity loss. In this time of crisis, you've got to be visible otherwise the buyers will just forget you, she said.


Forte is one of the three most powerful German Shepherds we have come across in the last ten years. And we see a lot of dog!
Forte is one of the three most powerful German Shepherds we have come across in the last ten years. And we see a lot of dog! His power is pure drive, it's extraordinary physical strength (bone crushing bite) as well as mental toughness. As a result Forte's nickname with his trainers is "The Beast". When it comes to Forte's obedience it is very similar to his protection. Whether he is heeling, being told to "sit", "down" or just about anything, it is done with speed, power and pizzazz. For such a large powerful dog Forte is quite laid back once inside the home. As one trainer pointed out after spending a weekend with her, Forte naturally knows when to simmer, but can be brought into a boil at a moments notice. We consider Forte among the once-in-a-lifetime type dogs.
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The Afterward
E.K. Johnston
"I love this book so very much."—Robin LaFevers, New York Times bestselling author of the His Fair Assassin trilogy
Romantic high fantasy from the bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka and Exit, Pursued by a Bear.
It's been a year since the mysterious godsgem cured Cadrium's king and ushered in what promised to be a new golden age. The heroes who brought home the gem are renowned in story and song, but for two fellows on the quest, peace and prosperity don't come easily.
Apprentice Knight Kalanthe Ironheart wasn't meant for heroism so early in life, and while she has no intention of giving up the notoriety she's earned, reputation doesn't pay her bills. Kalanthe may be forced to betray not her kingdom or her friends, but her own heart as she seeks a stable future for herself and those she loves.
Olsa Rhetsdaughter was never meant for heroism at all. Beggar and thief, she lived hand to mouth on the streets until fortune--or fate--pulled her into Kalanthe's orbit. And now she's reluctant to leave it. Even more alarmingly, her fame has made her profession difficult, and a choice between poverty and the noose isn't much of a choice at all.
Both girls think their paths are laid out, but the godsgem isn't quite done with them and that new golden age isn't a sure thing yet.
In a tale both sweepingly epic and intensely personal, Kalanthe and Olsa fight to maintain their newfound independence and to find their way back to each other.
Penguin Young Readers Group
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
cdizon , 05/17/2019
Solid concept but fairly okay execution
I think there's a lot to applaud in this book. For starters, this book's pretty sapphic. If you're looking for sapphic rep, this is it. However, this one's not your ordinary fantasy book. This one's more of a high fantasy but I have a few critiques (or what I didn't like so much in the story). The author's writing reminded me of a high fantasy novel, but don't be fooled by the cover. While it does look like the characters are going on a journey filled with action, this book's actually a queer (f/f) YA fantasy. The romance is good but sometimes I want a fast paced action packed novel and it just didn't meet my expectations (in this regard). It was okay though, I did like it but I'm not so sure if this is a favorite. My least favorite things about this book were all based on my own preferences. If you liked the things I mentioned above, then this book's (probably) for you!
More Books by E.K. Johnston
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
That Inevitable Victorian Thing
Aetherbound
O mie de nopți


The Corporate Governance Standards adopted by the board of directors require the board to make an annual determination regarding the independence of each of the company's directors and provide standards for making these determinations that are consistent with the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
As set forth in the company's Corporate Governance Standards, a director will be independent only if the board of directors determines, based on a consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, that the director has no material relationship with the company or any of its subsidiaries (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company or any of its subsidiaries). In assessing the materiality of a director's relationship with the company and each director's independence, the board must consider the issue of materiality not only from the standpoint of the director, but also from that of the persons or organizations with which the director has an affiliation and will consider whether the relationship represents a potential conflict of interest or otherwise interferes with the director's exercise of his or her independent judgment from management and the company. In assessing a director's independence, the board must also consider the director's ownership, or affiliation with the owner, of less than a controlling amount of voting securities of the company. The basis for the board's determination that a relationship is not material shall be disclosed in the company's annual proxy statement.
The director is, or has been within the last three years, an employee of the company or any of its subsidiaries, or an immediate family member of the director is, or has been within the last three years, an executive officer of the company (but employment as an interim executive officer will not disqualify a director from being considered independent following that employment).
The director has received, or has an immediate family member who has received, during any 12-month period within the last three years, more than $120,000 in direct compensation from the company or its subsidiaries, other than director and committee fees and pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service (provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service). Compensation received by a director for former service as an interim chairperson or CEO or other executive officer need not be considered in determining independence under this test. Compensation received by an immediate family member for service as an employee of the company (other than an executive officer) need not be considered in determining independence under this test.
(A) The director or an immediate family member of the director is a current partner of a firm that is the internal or external auditor of the company or any of its subsidiaries; (B) the director is a current employee of such a firm; (C) the director has an immediate family member who is a current employee of such a firm and who works on the company's or a subsidiary's audit; or (D) the director or an immediate family member was within the last three years (but is no longer) a partner or employee of such a firm and personally worked on the audit of the company or any of its subsidiaries within that time.
The director or an immediate family member of the director is, or has been within the last three years, employed as an executive officer of another company where any of the company's present executives at the same time serves or served on that company's compensation committee.
The director is a current employee, or an immediate family member of the director is a current executive officer, of a company that has made payments to, or received payments from, the company for property or services in an amount which, in any of the last three fiscal years, exceeded the greater of $1 million, or 2 percent of such other company's consolidated gross revenues. The look-back provision for this test applies solely to the financial relationship between the company and the director or immediate family member's current employer; the board need not consider former employment of the director or immediate family member. Contributions to tax-exempt organizations shall not be considered "payments" for purposes of this provision, but the company shall disclose in its annual proxy statement any such contributions it has made to any tax-exempt organization in which any independent director serves as an executive officer if, within the preceding three years, contributions in any single fiscal year exceeded the greater of $1 million, or 2 percent of that organization's consolidated gross revenues. In addition, the board must consider the materiality of any such relationship in making its determination of independence.
The director owns, or is affiliated with the owner of, a controlling amount of voting stock of the company.
The disqualification of one director from being independent pursuant to these provisions shall not automatically disqualify any other director on the board who is an immediate family member of such disqualified director, but the disqualification of an immediate family member shall be one of the facts and circumstances considered by the board in assessing such other director's independence.
the entering into of other compensatory arrangements with directors that may raise questions about their independence.
To assist in the board's determinations, each director has completed materials designed to identify any relationships that could affect the director's independence, and the general counsel/secretary of the company has conducted follow-up interviews with certain directors. On the basis of these materials and the standards described above, the board determined that each of the directors, except Joe A. Raver, is independent. Accordingly Joe A. Raver does not serve on the Audit, Compensation and Management Development or Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees of the board of directors.


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"Kiss" by Steve Berman from Second Thoughts: More Queer and Weird Stories (Lethe Press, 2008).
As with the last story, this one opens with two guys out in the desert, only Mike and Ryan aren't cowboys riding horses, they're college kids in a pickup truck, listening to a CD by a band called the Redcaps (a recurring element in the author's work). They're off to buy some weed from a guy named Carlos, to take back to a party. Ryan tries to scare Mike with whispered references to the mythic creature the chupacabra after they spy a tire-flattened rabbit baking in the desert heat.
At Carlos' trailer they chew some peyote buttons offered to them by their host, and of course things begin to get interesting. Ryan, who is the more attractive and adventurous of the two, accepts an offer from Carlos, to fool around. Mike wanders outside, and quickly becomes entranced by the landscape, which his hallucination transforms.
I like the way the sexual tension and foreboding of the story were echoed in the author's note, which depicts a bittersweet scene from his high school days. He's spending the night at the house of a friend to whom he's desperately attracted. They get high together, and the desire he feels for the other boy is palpable and suffocating.


LockerGoga hits Norse Hydro. Mirai botnet malware gets an update. The DHS is concerned about cybersecurity.
In today's podcast, we hear that an aluminum manufacturing giant in Norway has suffered a major ransomware attack. A new version of the Mirai botnet malware is targeting enterprise systems. The US Homeland Security Secretary says the private sector and the government in the United States need to work together against cyber threats. Europol has a new cyber incident response strategy. And cybersecurity executives say some vendors' marketing tactics are having a detrimental effect on the security industry. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ISC Stormcast Podcast on hardware security issues at the perimeter. Guest is Nathan Burke from Axonius, winners of the 2019 RSAC Innovation Sandbox competition.


Actor Allu Arjun points to a unique phenomenon in the Telugu film industry and says that here directors strive to portray heroes exactly the way their fans want to see them on the screen. He is confident his fans will like watching him in his forthcoming action movie Race Gurram.
"It is only in the Telugu industry, I have seen directors working extremely hard to portray star heroes the way their fans want to see them on the screen," Arjun told IANS.
"It's their hard work that has helped actors like me to survive in the industry and continue to be loved by fans," added the actor.
Talking about Race Gurram, he said that the film's director Surendar Reddy too follows the same trend.
"Surendar is also one of the directors who knows how to portray stars on the screen. I'm sure that my fans will love the way he has portrayed me in the film. My heartfelt gratitude to him for projecting me the way my fans would love to watch me," he added.
Race Gurram, which also features Shruti Haasan, Shaam, Ravi Kishan, Prakash Raj and Saloni Aswani in important roles, is headed for a summer release.


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The Transitional Housing Unit was responsible for implementation of the "Circles of Transformation: Listen, Learn, Process Issues of Transition" program at Chillicothe Correctional Center. With the help of community volunteers (facilitators), twelve women gather for two hours every Monday evening for 6 sessions. Every participant will have the opportunity to speak and to listen as hopes and concerns about release are shared.
We have also started a similar session for "Long Timers" (women with 15 to life sentences). The program is different in some respects because it focuses on issues of their lives in the institution.