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Oakland County proposes plan to provide care for under- or uninsured residents
By Ingrid Kelley
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - Oakland County has announced a new plan to give residents better access to health care.
"There are neighborhoods in Pontiac where the life expectancy is only 66 years old," said David Coulter, Oakland County executive. "Or in Southfield where it is only 72. While a neighborhood in Troy, just 10 miles away, has an average life expectancy of 86."
Oakland County offers access to better health care
Oakland County is working on erasing disparities in medical care with residents who don't have medical coverage or are underinsured.
Oakland County is working on erasing disparities in medical care where nearly 230,000 residents don't have medical coverage or are underinsured.
"We have opportunity, and I would say even a responsibility, to do better," Coulter said.
It is called Oakland Health 360, a partnership between Oakland County and other agencies like Honor Community Health, that will work together to provide a one-stop shop for medical services at the county's health care centers in Southfield and Pontiac.
"By going where patients are, all residents - regardless of ability to pay - will be able to access a wide range of services and expertise," said Debbie Benson, Honor Community Health.
"The services we (will include) are primary care services with family medicine, behavioral health, family planning services, dental services," said Kathy Forzley, Oakland County Health and Human Services.
You can also get help to apply for social service benefits.
"For emergency assistance such as food, utilities, and emergency rent assistance," said Forzley.
This Pontiac mom who will benefit from the initiative calls it a game changer. "A 100 percent convenient for us," she said.
The initiative will be implemented in several phases and will have to be approved by County Commissioners.
As for funding, it could cost up to $4 million for the first three years to get everything in place.
"After those initial ramp-up costs are completed, we believe the program will be sustainable without additional tax payer support after three years," Coulter said.
Coulter also used Monday's announcement to give a preview to his State of the County Address
"You're going to hear Wednesday the theme of my State of the County is working together," he said. "I think this is a perfect example of how we are going to model Oakland County government functions moving forward."


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Q: Firebase Rules to set read/write on specific property I am storing a data set of homeless/emergency shelters in firebase. All the data should be read: true, and write: false except for OCCUPANCY property which I would like to be write: true. I have been trying a couple of things based on other stack overflow posts (including: this post using $other) but have not been able to make it work. I was hopeful the following code would work, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
{
 "rules": {
     ".read": true,
        "locations": {
            "$location": {
                OCCUPANCY": {
                    ".read": true,
                    ".write": true
                    },
                $other": {
                    ".read": true,
                    ".write": false
                    }
                }
       }
    }
}

I have run this in the firebase simulator and it seems to work as required, however on the website it consoles Uncaught (in promise) Error: PERMISSION_DENIED: Permission denied

THE PROBLEM: The code sending the update to firebase was also updating two other parameters. If part of the update does not permission to write all of it fails.
THE SOLUTION: Update firebase rules to allow write for those parameters, remove redundant read statements from nested parameters (as suggested below).
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   "rules": {
       ".read": true,
       "locations": {
            "$location": {
                "OCCUPANCY": {
                    ".write": true
                    },
                "time": {
                    ".write": true
                    },
                "updated": {
                    ".write": true
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                    "$other": {
                    ".write": false
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                }
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        }
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IRex Technologies' iLiad E-reader will be able to download books, newspapers and podcasts, but the device isn't just a reader. The electronic paper-like screen will also allow users to write and draw. De Tijd, a Belgian newspaper, is testing the e-paper devices with small groups of readers on a trial basis.
One group being targeted by e-paper gadget makers is urban commuters, who could download newspapers with the devices. Other potential user groups are schools, which could use the readers to replace schoolbooks, and professionals, who could use them in the field.
The Sony Reader, an eBook device with electronic-ink technology created by E Ink. The lightweight reader, while only the size of a closed paperback, comes with a cover to mimic the board and spine of an actual book.
The Sony Reader will be available this summer through 200 Borders stores, 30 Sony Style stories and Sony Style.com. It will retail for between $299 and $399.
A handful of readers may finally fulfill hopes of an e-paper revolution, making newspapers and books accessible anywhere.


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Angels Of Light – We Are Him – VINYL LP
Repress 2022
Categories Young God, LP, Angels Of Light, Folk/Blues/Jazz Tags Folk/Blues/Jazz, Angels Of Light
On his sixth and arguably most engaging album as Angels of Light, former Swan Michael Gira seems more empowered and commanding than he has in a decade. Akron/Family help by providing the basic tracks, plus new friends or longtime collaborators Larkin Grimm, David Garland, and Bill Rieflin also collaborate.
A year ago, writing for Perfect Sound Forever, Brian Hell buried himself in a series of questions about lyrics with Michael Gira. The Angels of Light Sing "Other People"– the fifth album from Gira's prime project since Swans' end in 1997– had just been released. The most telling question and answer refer to "Simon Is Stronger Than Us", a playful song with Akron/Family, then Gira's backing band, teasing his broad baritone with yelps for harmonies. Hell inquired if the line "And Francis did that, too, though Francis drawed London and made no excuse" was a reference to Irish painter Francis Bacon: "Well yes, I am referring to Francis Bacon there, very astute of you," the singer replied.
Of course Gira would reference Bacon, call him by name even: Articulating with screams, something Bacon specialized in while painting, has been paramount to Gira's aesthetic for a quarter century now. On We Are Him– his sixth and arguably most engaging album as Angels of Light– he lands some of the best of those complete releases. Gira seems more empowered and commanding than he has in a decade, the emotions he's conveying coming in huge fits that, like Bacon's, are as powerful as they are draining. He's backed by one of the most impressive guest lists of the year (Akron/Family providing the basic tracks, plus new friends or longtime collaborators Larkin Grimm, David Garland, and Bill Rieflin), but one must understand that this is Gira's album. He lets it all out and wastes little time: Four seconds into the colossal opening track, "Black River Song", for instance, a thick electric bass knock pumps against every heavy drum hit and compacted guitar sinew: "Black river runs/ beneath this ground/ Black river flows forever/ But he makes no sound." The chorus– some variation of the series, "Fading, growing, breathing, flowing," sung by Gira and female voices– is sinister, challenging and almost sexy.
A track later, a rocking-chair rhythm moans beneath Gira's snarl. He's rarely sounded this foreboding: Prodded by a scathing, raw violin drone and a daring chorus of sirens, it's an escalating dirge for the collapse of society, full of floods, blood and mouths too stupid to scream. Beneath an electric guitar twitter, heavy drums and furious strings on "My Brother's Man", Gira hands down these imprecations: "I walk through the thick black mud. I walk with my brother's blood. I see with my brother's eye. I scream at my brother's sky." Swans, anyone?
But this record isn't so simple. "My Brother's Man" notes that the brother is capable of murder and so is Gira. But it embraces the relationship, vowing to crush god "in my fucking hand" for the sake of fraternal legacy. It's protective, triumphant. The subsequent "This Is Not Here"– a dark duet with Gira's wife, Siobhan Duffy– offers the lovers choices and endings: Will the world steal the sun, or will the lovers touch the light? "Will you dream that we breathe?" It's not about anger or fatalism. In 1984, Gira screamed about burning and eating hearts on "Raping a Slave"; in 1995, he sang about supplication to God while witnessing the fragility of the world during "Our Love Lies". We Are Him is a near-perfect, totally committed summation hammering at the same unresolved archetypes from someone who's now a father.
That's not to say that this album is without its share of misses, or at least the occasional artistic anomie that has, by now, become a requisite of Gira's work. Those songs aren't better left unsung: "Goodbye Mary Lou" has a purpose, its rhythm an uneasy country twitter that leaves Gira little room to do much but say exactly what he's feeling. The first verse ends "Mary Lou, I renounce you"; the second, "Mary Lou, fuck you"; and in closing, the indiscretions of young anger that have been boiling for a lifetime come crashing down with a wink: "Oh Mary Lou, I forgive you."
We Are Him is ultimately about getting by, about trying to survive with a family and a faith at a time when "the dogs…howl as the street fills with blood." Gira, at 53, continues to evolve, to challenge himself, to question his beliefs. As long as he does that, every song won't roar like the perfect first two tracks of We Are Him or have the brilliant gospel insistence of the title track. The slight, charming chamber pop he tries won't always work as it does on "Sunflower's Here to Stay", a song that pushes for persistence. Luckily, doing otherwise has never been an option for Gira.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10533-we-are-him/
A1 Black River Song 3:11
A2 Promise Of Water 5:27
A3 The Man We Left Behind 5:46
A4 My Brother's Man 4:12
B1 Not Here / Not Now 5:39
B2 Joseph's Song 4:03
B3 We Are Him 4:09
B4 Sometimes I Dream I'm Hurting You 6:25
C1 Sunflower's Here To Stay 3:00
C2 Good Bye Mary Lou 3:04
C3 The Visitor 4:32
C4 Star Chaser 5:50
D1 I Pity The Poor Immigrant 3:57
D2 The Provider 6:55
D3 One For Hope 3:01
D4 Come For My Woman 5:16
Folk/Blues/Jazz
Frank Zappa – Waka / Jawaka - VINYL LP
Black Heart Procession - The Spell - VINYL LP
Calexico - Spoke - VINYL LP
John Coltrane – Blue Train (180gr) - VINYL LP
Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo - VINYL LP
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois - VINYL 2LP
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty - VINYL 2-LP
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - LP
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss - VINYL 2-LP
Les Yeux De La Tête - Mosca Violenta - CD

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Who Invented The Method Of Interferometry?
Albert Michelson is an American Physicists who made researches on dividing the light into waves and again combining them. For this process he even found a method Interferometry. It is with the help of this method only, the area of planets in the space is calculated. Albert Michelson was born in December 1852 in Prussia. When he is at the age of two years, his family shifted to America. In the 1873, Albert became a graduate and worked in American Navy. After that he taught the Physics and Chemical sciences. It is during that time, Albert showed a lot of interest in the research of light. The idea he got into his mind is " With how much speed the light can travel?" With the available instruments of that time, Albert has calculated the speed of the light.
Later on, Albert worked as a Head for the Department of Physical sciences. Then Albert became the First head of the department for the Chicago University in the year 1892. Albert is the first American who bagged the Nobel Prize for Physical sciences in the year 1970. Albert who can be placed in the list of the greatest people who paved the way for advanced knowledge is left from this world on May 9, 1931 in California.
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When Google started doing its own hardware, a lot of us not too secretly hoped that we'd see some Google-branded wearables. Google already has the base operating system – Wear OS – and we've seen many manufacturers have a go at creating the killer watch.
We saw rumours about the Pixel Watch come and go, and then Google dashed our hopes confirming there wasn't one coming any time soon.
If new job listings are anything to go by – and they could be in this case – that might be about to change.
Considering Google really isn't in the wearable space at the moment, this listing may indicate a strong desire to change that. The company currently sells Pixel Buds (if by sell you mean "has available for sale"), but they're far from a raging success. A good idea poorly executed, Google's Wearables need a shot in the arm.
There is a second listing for a 'Wearables Design Manager', but the description is far less concrete. One might assume that this position would be fleshed out once a VP is hired.
Technically speaking, Pixel Buds is a wearable device.
So is Google Glass, a wearable that Google still has big plans for.


CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Concerned that Iran may be building nuclear weapons, some in Congress are pressing the U.S. to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities or help Israel do it. However, economists warn that even the threat of war is hurting economic recovery.
Economist Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, blames the standoff in the world's most important oil-producing region for driving up the price of crude. Any conflict there would probably have a terrible impact on the frail European economies, which in turn could damage what is still weak growth in the U.S., he warns.
"We're only growing one point 1.8 percent this year. The threats against Iran, the threat of war, could easily tip the U.S. economy into recession."
Gas in West Virginia is averaging around $3.90 a gallon, seven to 10 cents above the national average.
Economists point to numerous factors behind the price of gasoline, including a bottleneck at refineries and the exporting of gas to Europe. But Weisbrot says the threat of war is the single reason crude oil has gone up $6 to $10 a barrel since the beginning of the year. And, he says, since it's a global market, drilling or building pipelines here would not make much difference.
"Any kind of oil production here or in Canada would have very little impact. What we're looking at, really, has nothing to do with whether the President wants to drill anywhere or build a pipeline."
He says the European economies are in an even more vulnerable situation than the U.S. economy, and a new crisis there could easily spread across the Atlantic.
"It could tip the U.S. economy into recession; Europe is already in recession. And Europe is more fragile, as well, because of the financial problem."
Estimates vary widely on how far Iran may be from producing nuclear weapons, and it is unclear if that is even the regime's intention. Most experts agree that Israel already has nuclear weapons, although that government refuses to confirm or deny it.


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Otso Gold Corp.
Otso Gold Corp., a BC-based mining company focused on acquiring and developing prime resource assets such as gold and copper in safe harbour jurisdictions, was placed in receivership on an interim basis on January 14, on application by the company's largest creditor, Pandion Mine Finance, owed approximately $31 million. At the time, the company was subject to CCAA proceedings, having sought protection after the company's former CEO and others were discovered to have allegedly committed embezzlement and fraud in connection with the company's assets. Pandion brought a receivership application, arguing that, among other things, the CCAA proceedings were eroding Pandion's collateral. The company opposed, arguing that, among other things, Pandion had not delivered notice under s. 244 of the BIA and that, as a consequence, was only entitled to the appointment of an interim receiver under s. 47 of the BIA. The company also argued that the amount of Pandion's debt was not as claimed. The Court granted the interim receivership order, which is to remain in force until the release of the reasons for decision on the receivership application. Deloitte was appointed interim receiver. Counsel is Farris for the company, BLG for the interim receiver and Cassels for Pandion. By Dina Milivojevic
Community Marine Concepts Ltd., Victoria International Marina Ltd., Eternaland Yuheng Investment Holding Ltd., and 0736657 B.C. Ltd.
Community Marine Concepts Ltd., Victoria International Marina Ltd., Eternaland Yuheng Investment Holding Ltd., and 0736657 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver Island, British Columbia based companies, were placed in receivership on December 13, on application by the Bank of Nova Scotia. The Bank provided the companies with a non-revolving term loan in the principal amount of $17,080,000 to provide bridge financing for the construction of a luxury yacht center in Victoria Harbour on Vancouver Island known as the Victoria International Marina. As at August 2021, when the petition was initially filed, the companies had been in default of their payment obligations for 15 months and remained indebted to the Bank in the amount of approximately $15.5 million, excluding fees and interest. The receivership order was granted on November 1 and provided that the companies would automatically be placed in receivership on December 13 unless the debt to the Bank was repaid in full prior to that date. Alvarez and Marsal was appointed receiver. Counsel is Blakes for the Bank and Crystal Law for the companies.
Otso Gold Corp. (TSX-V:OTSO)
Otso Gold Corp. (TSX-V:OTSO) and certain related entities obtained protection under the CCAA on December 3. The companies are engaged in mineral exploration and development, focused on acquiring and developing prime resource assets, such as gold and copper, in safe harbour jurisdictions. Their primary business pertains to the development of the Laiva Gold Project in Norther Ostrobothnia, Finland (the "Otso Gold Mine"). Otso also owns a 49% interest in a Copper Creek porphyry copper gold exploration project situated in the golden triangle in British Columbia. The companies' largest creditor is Pandion Mine Finance, which has advanced a total principal amount of $32,600,000 USD to the companies between 2017 and 2020. As at December 7, 2021 (when the loan is due), the amount owing to Pandion inclusive of principal and interest will be $25,875,000 USD. Until November 2021, the companies were managed by Lionsbridge Capital Pty Ltd., and the majority of Otso's directors and officers were Lionsbridge nominees. As a result of various concerns relating to Lionsbridge's management, A&M was appointed to provide restructuring services to the companies on November 24. Shortly thereafter, Lionsbridge's principals resigned and purported to terminate the management agreement. The companies also discovered that, among other things, Lionsbridge's office at the Otso Gold Mine had been completely emptied and Otso's computers and files had been removed; there were unaccounted for charges on Otso's credit card; and one of the companies had sold approximately $740,000 of gold which was paid for by wire transfer, but the funds are allegedly missing from Otso's bank accounts. Based on the above, an Otso executive made contact with Finnish border control services to report possible criminal activity, and, according to the company, Finnish authorities have apprehended one of the principals and placed him into custody. Deloitte was appointed monitor. Counsel is Farris for the companies, BLG for the monitor and Cassels for Pandion.
Portliving Farms (3624 Parkview) Investments Inc. and various related entities
Portliving Farms (3624 Parkview) Investments Inc. and various related entities, the owners of the Beachside Motel, the Sunny Beach Motel and the Waterfront Inn in Penticton, British Columbia, had a receiver appointed on November 29, on application by Prospera Credit Union, owed approximately $4.99 million. The Bowra Group was appointed receiver. Counsel is BHL Vancouver for the receiver.
Trident Processes Inc.
Trident Processes Inc., an Abbotsford, BC-based provider of sludge treatment, resource recovery and wastewater treatment solutions, had a receiver appointed on October 28, on application by Export Development Canada, owed US$2.6 million. Trident has two subsidiaries in the US and has active operations in both Canada and the US. Pursuant to a forbearance agreement entered into on March 11, 2021, EDC agreed to forbear from enforcing its debt until May 14, 2021. During the forbearance period, an independent business review was conducted and identified potential improper payments being made to the company's shareholders. Since the forbearance agreement expired in May 2021, Trident has not made any payment, reporting or other communications to EDC. In September 2021, the lawyer who maintains Trident's corporate records indicated that one of Trident's subsidiaries in the US was sold. PwC was appointed receiver. Counsel is Gowling (WLG) for EDC and Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP for the receiver.
Halo Metrics Inc.
Halo Metrics Inc., a Richmond, British Columbia-based reseller of technology, products, and services for retail security and merchandising operating out of leased premises in Mississauga, Ontario, filed an assignment in bankruptcy on October 8, 2021, listing assets of approximately $1.4 million and liabilities of approximately $2.9 million. The Bowra Group is the bankruptcy trustee.
Alcan Fluid Disposal Ltd.
Alcan Fluid Disposal Ltd., a Prince George, British Columbia-based oil and gas company which operated two wells for the purpose of wastewater disposal, filed an assignment in bankruptcy on September 27, listing over $2 million in debts, including approximately $130,000 for estimated reclamation costs. The company has not been an operating entity for approximately 10 years before the filing. MNP is the bankruptcy trustee.
Premium Liquid Labs Inc.
Premium Liquid Labs Inc., a Burnaby, British Columbia-based manufacturer of electronic cigarette liquids under the Premium Labs was placed into bankruptcy on September 17, on application by EsmokerCanada Inc., owed approximately $2.6 million. BDO is the bankruptcy trustee. Harper Grey is counsel for the applicant.
Plus Products Inc.
Plus Products Inc., a Vancouver, British Columbia-based parent company of a branded cannabis-infused edible manufacturing enterprise (the "Plus Group"), obtained CCAA protection on September 13. The company itself has limited assets and operations, but is the Plus Group's primary vehicle for raising debt and equity in the capital markets. It is a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol "PLUS" and the OTC Market Group in the US under the symbol "PLPFT". The operating subsidiaries hold licences that permit them to manufacture, distribute and sell the Plus Group's products in California and Nevada. The Plus Group has significant funds on hand - likely sufficient to continue operating in the ordinary course until about February 2022. However, there is currently no expectation that the Plus Group will be able to generate sufficient revenue or raise additional funds to make the interest payments due under certain unsecured convertible debentures or to continue to meet its liabilities beyond that date. PwC was appointed monitor. Counsel is Blakes for the monitor and Fasken for the company.
Skyline 2 Productions Inc.
Skyline 2 Productions Inc., an Ontario and BC-based film production company that produced the series "Ed Quinn Vs.", was placed in interim receivership on August 17 on application by The Forest Road Company ("FRC"), owed aaproximately $1.4 million (USD) pursuant to a loan which is secured by both a GSA and the assignment of certain tax credits. FRC had agreed to advance the loan on the basis that the company was entitled to and would receive tax credits from the British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit and Canadian Federal Production Services Tax Credit. In accordance with the terms of the loan, the company assigned the tax credits and their proceeds to FRC. The loan has now come due and the company has failed to repay the loan. Furthermore, despite the fact that the tax credits and their proceeds were assigned to FRC, the company has failed to provide any information regarding the status of the tax credit proceeds to FRC. As a result of the company's various breaches and defaults under the terms of the loan and the lack of cooperation from its management, FRC has lost trust and confidence in the company. MNP was appointed interim receiver. Miller Thomson is counsel to the applicant.


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Agric experts seek review of research council budget
Taiwo Ojoye
Friday Olokor
Stakeholders have advocated proper funding of agricultural research to achieve breakthrough in the nation's food production and industrial growth.
Speaking in Abuja during the third national stakeholders' forum with the theme, "Making agricultural research work for end-users", they also called for a review of the budget of Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria for meaningful research in the sector.
The event was organised by the Agricultural Policy Research Network, led by a researcher/consultant in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension at the University of Port Harcourt, Dr. Anthony Onoja, in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute, Nigeria.
According to the experts, agricultural research also generates technologies and knowledge that will impact on productivity through more efficient utilisation of inputs, stimulates economic activities in the agricultural sector/industries and contribute to multiple goals that would lead to social benefits in Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary of ARCN, Prof. Baba Yusuf Abubakar, said the highest of $393.9m was total agricultural research spending in 2011.
According to him, Agricultural Research for Development, remains the main driver of productivity growth in agriculture.
Abubakar also affirmed the need for government to further stimulate private sector investment in agricultural research while still playing its major role at the same time in order to overcome food shortages in the country.
He said, "Increasing agricultural research investment would lead to agricultural productivity and productivity growth in the long run. The main driver of future growth in agricultural productivity is today's investment in R4D. Significant decline in the rate of agricultural productivity growth in developing countries could be attributed to underinvestment in researches that promote productivity."
Abubakar hinted that Brazil's dedication and deliberate efforts in building research capacity must have contributed to significant improvement in the quality of researchers in the EMBRAPA system.
''Low levels of investment in agricultural R4D in developing countries are attributable to significant failures in R4D markets and institutional efficiencies, particularly the difficulty of preventing the resale of seed and the inability of innovators to capture their returns on R4D investments", he added.


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Q: Passing data type argument for feature selection in mlr package I have just started to experiment with mlr package and I love the ease of training models and all other things that it can do.
However, I am stuck at the feature selection section which is the last part of this code. What I intend to do is apply variance method to generateFilterValuesData() and I know variance can only be applied to numeric values and thus I am trying to explore if there is an inbuilt parameter that can allow the data to subsetted by data type and the function can then be applied to the task below.
library(data.table)
library(dplyr)
library(mlr)

data(BreastCancer, package = "mlbench")
df = BreastCancer

df$Id = NULL #unimportant feature
names(df) <- tolower(names(df))

cols = c(1:5)
df[,cols] = sapply(cols, function(x){df[,x] = as.integer(df[,x])})
glimpse(df)

classif.task= makeClassifTask(id = 'BreastCancer',data = df,
                              target = 'class')
#task is created
classif.task

#imputation
imp = impute(classif.task,cols = list(bare.nuclei = imputeMode()))

#feature importance
feature.imp = generateFilterValuesData(task = imp$task,
                          method = c('variance'))

A: You can do this with subsetTask, e.g.
subsetTask(iris.task, sapply(getTaskData(iris.task), is.numeric))


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package com.zhiji.phonemall.ui.category;

import com.zhiji.phonemall.base.BasePresenter;
import com.zhiji.phonemall.data.DataManager;
import com.zhiji.phonemall.ui.category.CategoryMvpPresenter;
import com.zhiji.phonemall.ui.category.CategoryMvpView;
import com.zhiji.phonemall.utils.LogUtil;
import com.zhiji.phonemall.utils.rx.SchedulerProvider;
import io.reactivex.disposables.CompositeDisposable;
import javax.inject.Inject;

/**
 * <pre>
 *     author : llj
 *     time   : 2017/08/03
 *     desc   :
 * </pre>
 */
public class CategoryPresenter<V extends CategoryMvpView> extends BasePresenter<V>implements
    CategoryMvpPresenter<V> {

  @Inject
  public CategoryPresenter(DataManager dataManager,
      CompositeDisposable compositeDisposable,
      SchedulerProvider schedulerProvider) {
    super(dataManager, compositeDisposable, schedulerProvider);
  }

  @Override
  public void requestCategoryData() {
    LogUtil.d("TAG","请求到分类数据啦!");
  }
}


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When ginger is present, cells of cancer attack each other, which is called autophagy. While the ginger is considered as a great natural medicine for those people who go through chemotherapy, it eases nausea, people who have cancer can use it in large amounts and as much as they like.
Another research showed ginger's abilities in the fight against ovaries cancer. Ginger prevents growth and increases the excretion of angiogenic factors in ovaries cancer cells. The use of dietetic supplements, such as ginger, has a potential in treatment and prevention of ovaries cancer.
Nutritive values of ginger, as experts state, are large, it has an analgesic, sedative, antipyretic, and antibacterial effect. With a consummation of ginger, you can treat gastrointestinal disorders that were caused by pregnancy.
Ginger doesn't have side effects, for example, sleepiness which can appear with the consummation of pharmaceutical drugs. It reveals digestion, works against gasses and cramps in the body. You can use ginger to improve your appetite.
It can be used as a prevention against infectious diseases because it's antiseptic and destroys microorganisms. Ginger has shown to be a helpful solution to any throat problems; it eases inflammation and pain. It has anti – inflammatory effect, which can be related to many other diseases, for example on arthritis. When you take ginger, it will reduce the pain, swelling, and stiffness and it will improve better motion of your joints.
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If you want to lose weight, then this is an excellent grocery for you, ginger increases the metabolism and helps you lose a healthy amount of weight and doesn't damage your health in that process.
There isn't any limitation when the usage of ginger is in order. You can use it as much as you like, as a spice, as juice, or tea, on food and in drinks. Ginger has a unique spicy – sore taste and smells of lemon. You can buy it in any store, as a root in natural shape or as a power. This ingredient will awaken all your senses and leave you wanting more.


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Ubah Jama has served families and children in the St. Paul Public School District for 18 years. She has worked in a variety of roles helping immigrant families understand the educational system and make cultural adaptations in order for their children to be successful. In 2009, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Concordia University and became a licensed teacher for kindergarten through the sixth grade.
Ubah married Hussein Samatar in 1994, and they have four children. They worked together to form the African Development Corporation, and helped that organization grow until his death, from cancer, in 2013. Since his death, she continued her commitment to ADC, and has served on its board.
She has been an active parent volunteer in the Minneapolis Public Schools for more than fifteen years, and has served the community in many other ways. She served on the Site Leadership Team at Seward Montessori School, and has been a volunteer for Portland Place Homeowners Association, Abu-Bakr Mosque, and Brian Coyle Community Center.
She is fluent in English, Somali, and Arabic.


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Walmart executive ascended through the ranks
Gremlyn Bradley-Waddell
Special for The Republic | azcentral.com
Growing up in Arkansas, Paula Ginnett did what a lot folks are expected to do: She got a job with Walmart Stores, Inc., the retail powerhouse that hails from the state.
"It was going to be the job to get me through college," she says, noting that this year marks her 25th anniversary with the company. "And I can't really remember not having Walmart in my life, as a shopper."
Ginnett started as cashier and ascended through the ranks while earning her political science degree. She entered the company's management program, and became an assistant manager and co-manager in a few markets in and out of the state before heading back to the corporate office.
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From there, she was off to the Northwest as a district manager before heading back to Arkansas. She worked in merchandising before being named vice president of store planning for the real estate division.
"That's one of the cool things about Walmart," she says. "There's really every job you can imagine throughout the organization, so you really have the opportunity to move around."
Today, she's the Phoenix-based vice president and regional general manager for Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, charged with aligning the company's local operations. In that role, Ginnett ensures the 164 stores she oversees are run well, engages the 50,000 Walmart associates within those stores and sees that the stores' customers are served properly. Her day-to-day routine differs, but she spends a lot of time in many different Walmart stores, always focused on improvement.
"I think I learn something every day," she says. "I like to say you have to be a student of the business. The thing about retail is that it's ever-changing and evolving. There is no Step 1. There may be some guidelines and parameters, but the environmental factors — like shopping patterns — are constantly evolving."
Ginnett is thrilled about a new Walmart Supercenter opening in the Valley near Chandler Fashion Center, which will also offer a grocery pickup service the company has successfully piloted in five other cities.
"We're going to have the rollout of the grocery pickup at a few stores in Chandler, Mesa and Scottsdale, but the goal is to expand this service within the market," Ginnett says.
If there's one thing Ginnett loves most about her career, it would probably be the sense of pride she gets from enabling others and helping them grow, while creating a high-performing team of associates and a work environment in which all can thrive.
"I think growing the business means growing your people," she says.


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The Media Research Center reports that over the past week, the main stream media has spent 17 times as many broadcast minutes discussing, dissecting and analyzing the political ramifications of the Gov. Chris Christies' bridge scandal as they have discussing, dissecting and analyzing the President Obama's IRS scandal. Think about that for a moment.
There's absolutely no doubt that Christies' top political advisors launched a petty political attack again the Mayor of Fort Lee (for not supporting Christie) and that the lane closures that resulted at the George Washington Bridge inconvenienced thousands for a period of three days. It was wrong, stupid, and an prima facie example of why (even at the state level) government should be reigned in and its power reduced.
But contrast the bridge scandal to the IRS scandal (or for that matter the Benghazi scandal). Because of stonewalling by the Obama administration and studied disinterest by his trained hamsters in the media, the administration has gotten away with the political targeting of large numbers of American citizens, not at the entrance of the GWB, but across the nation. In a nixonesque move, the Obama administration targeted its opponents using the full power of the IRS, forcing them to expend time and money needlessly and reducing their ability to raise funds during the last presidential campaign. That wasn't petty, it was criminal. But if you'd like petty, consider that Obama shut down outdoor national monuments during a 17 percent shutdown of the Federal government solely to increase public discomfort.
Instead of holding a full news conference addressing the IRS scandal (as Christie did less than a week after the story broke), Barack Obama stonewalled. Instead of owning up to responsibility for the actions of the IRS (as Christie did less than a week after the bridge story broke), Barack Obama was largely silent. Instead of firing those responsible (as Christie did less than a week after the story broke), Barack Obama punted, allows miscreants to retire with full pension. Instead of directly and publicly apologizing for the actions of his administration (as Christie did less than a week after the story broke) Barack Obama obfuscated. An interesting study in contrasting styles of leadership.
The media will keep digging gleefully into the bridge scandal, hoping to find more juicy tidbits. It's disgusting but not the least bit surprising that the same level of media interest has not been evidenced by a true scandal with national, not local ramification.
The "bridge" vs. the "IRS." You decide which scandal deserves more national attention. The ask why the ratio of coverage is 17:1.
Update (1/13/2014):
In coverage that is so over-the-top that it's literally become a laughing matter, the media has decided that a local "traffic holocaust" precipitated by the petty and stupid actions of the administration of Chris Christie is a perfect way to metaphorically assassinate a potential challenger of their newly chosen One — Hillary Rodham Clinton. Following the media's anti-Mitt Romney playbook, they may very well have succeeded.
Derek Hunter comments in a hilarious take on the recent main stream media coverage:
To CNN, thank you! Your wall-to-wall coverage in this time of national tragedy has been second to none. The courage you've shown in uncluttering your airwaves of the "phony scandals" you've been covering [very, very sparingly] over the past five years so we could know more and more and more about this is commendable ...
To the rest of the mainstream media, you too have shown courage in our time of need. When the three national network newscasts spent more time on the New Jersey traffic holocaust in 24 hours than the Internal Revenue Service targeting and intimidating American citizens over their political beliefs since July 1 by a factor of 44, I knew justice finally had come to America.
To Lois Lerner, wow. The word "hero" is thrown around a lot these days, but rarely is it so fitting. The way you refused to let the nation be distracted by hearing why you ordered the IRS to target political opponents of the president of the United States … it's like, it's like … it's like it was you yourself standing in front of that tank in Tiananmen Square. And when you courageously went on a four-month paid leave before retiring with full benefits and pension rather than speaking or resigning will be taught in elementary schools well into the next millennium.
To Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department, your leadership in launching a possible criminal investigation into the driving delays in New Jersey brought a tear to my eye. I only hope your efforts to uncover the cause of this brake pad genocide does not distract you from the important work of reading journalists' emails and persecuting potential "leakers." And I hope against hope this avalanche of idling didn't delay delivery of any of the thousands of yet-unaccounted-for guns you forced gun stores to sell to Mexican drug cartels, then almost immediately lost track of. It's "fast and furious," not "traffic jam and furious," right?
To Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Ty Woods, nice try. Sure, you waited eight hours for help that didn't come and wasn't even sent. You begged for months for more security, but you were ignored because you weren't causing people to move slowly across a bridge. Your continued attempts to distract attention from real issues facing Americans, such as getting home late from work, have failed as badly as your attempt to disrupt President Obama from getting sleep the night before a big fundraiser and campaign event in Las Vegas. If you wanted people to care, you shouldn't have gotten yourselves murdered while your repeated pleas for help were ignored by President Obama and Hillary Clinton. You should have driven at a snail's pace into New York, preferably in a Prius.
Perfectly said. It seems that the only way to combat the Obama's trained media hamsters is with the ridicule they so richly deserve.
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Sensory copyright – the smell of success and the taste of failure
Can copyright stop the copycats?
Human senses are fundamental to everyday life; it therefore naturally follows that there is significant commercial value to be gained through appealing to these senses, so as to create an association with a brand or certain product in the mind of consumers. In the same regard, it seems logical that intellectual property protection should also extend its arm if a sensory perception adopts a commercial quality.
Sensory marketing plays on the subconscious to cause a positive response, which can be utilised for commercial gain. Shoppers consider the smell which greets them in an Abercrombie & Fitch store – which is the same regardless of which store they visit – to be as much a part of their brand identity as their moose logo.
In the case of Kecofa v Lancôme, the Dutch High Court held that copyright could subsist in the smell of a perfume, because it was original and perceptible through the sense of smell. Netherlands cheese producer Levola Hengelo BV attempted to push the boundary of sensory copyright even further when they brought an action against Smilde Foods on the grounds copyright protection in the taste of their spreadable cheese.
In the Netherlands, as in the UK, Copyright protection subsists upon creation of an original work. A 'work' is defined as an "author's own intellectual creation", which has considerable scope for interpretation. The Dutch court referred the following question to the CJEU to clarify the scope of a 'work': "Does EU law preclude the taste of a food product - as the author's own intellectual creation - being granted copyright protection?".
Levola Hengelo, C-310/17
Whilst the development of a pleasant tasting spreadable cheese would involve the author's (in this case a chef's) own intellectual creation, the CJEU held that the taste of cheese cannot be defined with enough precision or objectivity to be afforded copyright protection, stating:
" [...] for there to be a 'work' [...], the subject matter protected by copyright must be expressed in a manner which makes it identifiable with sufficient precision and objectivity, even though that expression is not necessarily in permanent form".
"The taste of a food product cannot, however, be pinned down with precision and objectivity. Unlike, for example, a literary, pictorial, cinematographic or musical work, which is a precise and objective form of expression, the taste of a food product will be identified essentially on the basis of taste sensations and experiences, which are subjective and variable since they depend, inter alia, on factors particular to the person tasting the product concerned, such as age, food preferences and consumption habits, as well as on the environment or context in which the product is consumed".
This judgement calls into question the previous decisions upholding copyright protection in the smell of a perfume, as these too must be subjective and depend on the environment in which they are experienced. We await further decisions of the national courts to see how they will now interpret the CJEU's judgement in this case in relation works involving smell.
For retailers wanting to maintain exclusivity in their products, the possibility of relying on copyright protection in the fight against 'look/smell/taste alike' products would be a welcome addition to their IP right arsenal. In such cases the act of copying is often obvious, with the 'infringing' product's entire purpose being to imitate the original, but other forms of IP protection such as registered trade marks and design rights may not be enough to put a stop to the offending use. We have seen it prove impossible for owners to obtain protection for an olfactory mark as an EUTM, despite valiant attempts, making the possibility of copyright protection in sensory works even more appealing.
Whilst the CJEU may have concluded in this case that the taste of a food product is not able to be sufficiently 'pinned down' to constitute a work which is subject to copyright protection, other sensory works may still be able to be defined with sufficient precision to benefit from copyright. The challenge is now for owners and their lawyers to define the 'work' to make the most of this right.
Do I have a sensory work that results a competitive advantage and is likely to be copied?
Can I identify the precise nature of the sensory work and will it be perceived the same by all?
Do I have evidence of the creation of the work?
If you are able to answer yes to the above questions, then you may be able to rely on the additional benefits of copyright protection in the fight against copycats.
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Having recently graduated with a law degree from the University of Sheffield, Suzan has joined HGF as a Trainee Trade Mark Attorney in our Birmingham office.
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Another fun stop we had in Vietnam was Huế, the former imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Huế filled this roll until 1945 when the emperor abdicated in favor of Ho Chi Mihn's revolutionary government. It's situated on the Perfume river, with the old city and historical citadel on the north side of the river and the new city on the south side. It's a walkable city, but because of the heat you might want to take the cyclo offers (a three-wheel bicycle taxi) up now and then.
The way to Hue was interesting in itself, as we decided to rent a cab and drive over the Hải Vân Pass, an approximately 21 km long mountain pass between Da Nang and Hue, on National Route 1A. Historically, the pass was a physical division between the kingdoms of Champa and Đại Việt. There is also a much shorter route through the Hai Van Tunnel, a mere 6 km drive, but in taking that you would miss amazing landscape and views from above the clouds. As the name of the pass suggests (it literally means " Pass of the ocean clouds"), there was a lot of haze around, but we were still amazed by what we saw. The pictures do not do it justice.
When we got to Huế, we found out that we were lucky enough to have picked our stay there during the Huế Festival, which happens every other year. This meant there were a load of people in town and many many events going on.
The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the local heritage of Huế and also celebrate cultural differences. This is done through a number of public events of various size. There were art displays, music performances, fashion shows and an imperial night at the citadel where, for one night, they revive the courtly presence that was here when the emperor was around. We were so fortunate to be here for the festival.
We really enjoyed the Ao Dai fashion show. The Ao Dai is a traditional Vietnamese outfit with a split skirt over pants.
We also really enjoyed how they lit the Trường Tiền bridge up with fire. They placed many buckets with a torch in each along the bridge and at night would light them. People could walk across the bridge while it was lit up. There were art displays and some photography along the bridge as well. It was quite beautiful.
One of the main attractions to Huế is the old citadel. This is the complex where the emperor ruled from. Unfortunately this area was hit hard in the American war. The city was invaded during and held the Tet offensive. It was during this time that the majority of the damage was done to the citadel. In the beginning it was attempted to refrain from destroying the citadel, but eventually the high casualties caused the decision to bomb more aggressively. The effect of this today is that much of the citadel is an abstract idea instead of real buildings you can visit. Some of the core buildings have been going through restoration, so you can get a feel for what this citadel used to be like. Some interesting aspects of this citadel are the photographs they have from when the last emperor was around. This showed the respect and interaction of the emperor and the court and gave some insight into the time. These are placed at key areas near where the events happened or where the photo was taken so you can get a sense of the life that was there.
Another big attraction for the Huế area are the tombs of the Nguyễn emperors. These resting grounds were built during the lives of the emperors and used while they were alive. Most have large gardens, water features, private and public spaces, along with the eventual tomb. They were places the emperor could go to get a bit of relaxation while they were still alive. One had buildings for all his concubines and a theater created where they would put on plays for entertainment. Another had a large fishing pond, where the emperor liked to go to be by himself or treat a special dignitary.
During these visits we learned something interesting about Vietnamese tastes. Many people find goatees very appealing. During our walks through the city and around the tombs I was approached so people could get pictures with me and my goatee. At first we were confused. One group of men, 30 to 40 in age, came up to us and were very gregarious about the goatee. One man even played with it, making motions like he was eating it. 8| That was a big shock. A very very shy woman of 18 or so followed us through a tomb until her friend finally pushed her towards us so she could have her picture taken with the goatee. We asked at the hotel and we were told 'of course, to us it's very attractive. It's very beautiful. Most Vietnamese men couldn't grow a beard like this and for the ones who could it would take many years. It's something they would want to have'. I've never had my goatee called beautiful before.
I really enjoyed these pictures and all the blog! Why didn't you get a picture of the goatee lovers?!
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Time-Resolved Radio Frequency Conductivity (TRRFC) Studies of Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Aqueous Semiconductor Suspensions
Herrmann, Hartmut and Martin, Scot T. and Hoffmann, Michael R. (1995) Time-Resolved Radio Frequency Conductivity (TRRFC) Studies of Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Aqueous Semiconductor Suspensions. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 99 (45). pp. 16641-16645. ISSN 0022-3654. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150810-083411057
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The time-resolved radio-frequency conductivity (TRRFC) method provides a useful tool for in situ measurements of charge carrier dynamics in aqueous suspensions of semiconductor particles. In this report, the effects of pH on surface states of ZnO and the effects of hole scavengers (2-propanol) are examined. The experimental results are interpreted in terms of surface mediated recombination processes, in which holes are trapped in a fast process by surficial sites on the ZnO. Recombination rates appear to be governed by the reaction rate of electrons with surface-trap sites. At higher pH (i.e., pH 12), electrostatic repulsion due to a negatively charged ZnO surface leads to slower surface recombination rates compared to lower pH (Le., pH 7) conditions. Addition of a hole scavenger significantly decreases the absolute charge-carrier concentration as detected by TRRFC. This decrease is attributed to the loss of trapped surface holes or surface-bound OH due to oxidation of the hole scavenger. When 2-propanol is used as a solvent, the holes react in a fast step with the solvent at the semiconductor interface within the time resolution of the experiment. The observed TRRFC signal is then due to electrons which are thought to be predominantly transferred to dissolved oxygen (O_2) leading to the formation of hydroperoxyl radicals (HO_2) and subsequently hydrogen peroxide (H_2O_2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/j100045a025 DOI Article
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Herrmann, Hartmut 0000-0001-7044-2101
© 1995 American Chemical Society. Received: November 15, 1994; In Final Form: July 25, 1995. The authors are grateful for the loan of radiofrequency components from Prof. N.S. Lewis, the help of Prof D. P. Weitekamp's group (especially John Marohn) with radio frequency components, and the use of the excimer laser by Prof. G. A. Blake. Financial support for this project is provided by the Advanced Research Project Agency (AFWA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) {NAV 5 HFMNN0001492J1901). We are grateful to Drs. Ira Skumick and Harold Guard for their generous support and encouragement. S.T.M. is supported by a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. H.H. wishes to thank NATO and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) for support. We thank the reviewers of this paper for their stimulating comments.
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Time-Resolved Radio Frequency Conductivity (TRRFC) Studies of Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Aqueous Semiconductor Suspensions Hartmut Herrmann, Scot T. Martin, and Michael R. Hoffmann The Journal of Physical Chemistry 1995 99 (45), 16641-16645 DOI: 10.1021/j100045a025


With FOWLP adoption spreading from mobile/wireless and automotive to MEMS, RF SiP, and medical, a wealth of lucrative business opportunities exist for fan-out equipment and materials suppliers. According to Yole Développement analysis "Equipment and Materials for Fan-Out Packaging", the total FOWLP equipment market is expected to reach about US$694 million in 2021 at an impressive CAGR of 42.5% between 2015 and 2021.
However the challenges and market landscapes are very different from process step and the market is quite diversified. Yole Développement interviewed David Butler, EVP and General Manager of SPTS Technologies Ltd., an Orbotech company, about his vision of the market and company's solutions.
Yole Développement: Can you present SPTS and its solutions, in particular in the PVD activities?
David Butler: SPTS is a manufacturer of PVD, CVD and etch equipment for the semiconductor industry based in Newport, South Wales in the UK. We are a division of Orbotech, an Israeli maker of process and inspection equipment for the flat panel and PCB industries. SPTS are in the process of taking traditional Orbotech products (inkjet/3D printing and UV laser solutions) and introducing them to packaging applications. We have approximately 500 employees working worldwide.
Dielectric CVD: Our Delta® cluster systems grow SiO, SiN and SiON films primarily for the packaging, MEMS, RF and LED markets. We specialize in depositing PECVD films with low leakage, high breakdown strength at wafer temperatures of well less than 200 °C.
Plasma etch: Our Omega® and Mosaic® cluster systems serve the advanced packaging, MEMS, RF and LED markets. We are the market leaders for MEMS Si etching, and have extended that expertise to through Si vias (TSV), via reveal, Si thinning and more recently, plasma dicing.
Release etch: Our Primaxx™ systems are the MEMS market leaders in HF vapor phase removal of sacrificial silicon oxide, used to release silicon microstructures. Also for MEMS manufacturers, our Xactix™ systems use xenon difluoride to isotropically etch silicon.
Molecular Vapour Deposition (MVD®): MVD® deposits very thin, dense layers for uses such as wetting control in micro-fluidics (lab-on-a-chip, microplates), passivation on implantable devices, biocompatible surface coatings, and devices requiring functionalized surface coatings.
Inkjet/3D printing: Orbotech's digital additive printing solutions print UV curable acrylic materials, enabling solutions for a variety of applications. The systems can print on EMS, metals, PI, PBO, IC substrates and solder resist.
Via formation by laser: Orbotech's Emerald™ series laser via formation system cuts <30µm holes through polyimide lined vias in TSV wafer level packaging. It simultaneously drills up to eight areas through patented Multi-Path Technology™.
• Wafer front and backside metallization for power semiconductors.
• Barrier and seed layers for TSVs in 2.5 and 3D packaging using long throw PVD for modest aspect ratios, and ionized PVD for the deepest vias.
YD: What are the specific needs of Fan-Out packaging for equipment manufacturers? In PVD?
DB: The specific needs are no different from any wafer level packaging application; packaging companies using fan-out need low cost of ownership and high yield. The challenge for us is to continue to offer high quality films at low cost as materials and steps change. Fan-out (FO) processing presents a number of challenges to the equipment maker. In contrast to most other applications we undertake, the actual metal deposition is straightforward. The tricky part of fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) processing is the wafer itself, and the process steps you perform to ready it for successful metallization.
YD: Which technology trends do you see in PVD? We see different solutions in how to deal with degas, temperature and contamination. How does SPTS position themselves in that context?
• Multi-wafer degas in high vacuum. A fan-out wafer is a reconstituted substrate; the die are embedded within a wafer shaped epoxy-mold substrate. This epoxy, and the spin-on dielectrics applied later, contain a lot of moisture and other contaminants which must be removed before any metal is deposited, otherwise the RDL to pad contact will be compromised. Degassing wafers is a normal part of any PVD process: all PVD systems carry simple degas modules, relying on time and temperature to drive out moisture. But FO wafers have one particular twist – they do not tolerate high temperatures. The maximum temperature you can apply to a FO wafer is not much more than 130 °C. In a single wafer degas module at that temperature, you would need upwards of 30 minutes to adequately degas that wafer and that's far too slow. So we developed a multi-wafer degas module, MWD, that carries up to 75 wafers vertically stacked in a high vacuum oven. A single wafer can spend 30 to 40 minutes being degassed, but because all wafers are processed in parallel, there is a "dry" wafer ready to process every 60 to 90 seconds.
The MWD is connected to the high vacuum side of the system, and that's important. Pressure analysis of wafers degassed in vacuum and atmosphere show that when wafers are degassed on the atmospheric side, the vacuum recovery is slower and partial pressure of contaminating gases are higher.
• We use ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) technology for pre-clean. The pre-clean is probably the most critical step in the PVD process, where you clean the bond-pads with an Ar plasma. The goal is to create an atomically clean metal surface, to ensure a good metal to metal connection at the final deposition steps.
A pre-clean step is very normal for the vast majority of PVD processes, but you need to take more care with fan-out. The challenge is the organic based spin-on dielectric the packagers deposit on the top of the substrate. During the etch process, the "skin" on the dielectric is opened and it releases carbon monoxide. The CO will contaminate the bond pad, unless it is managed in the process – and that's why we use ICP technology. In an ICP chamber, the plasma is created with one source, and a low bias is applied to the wafer to attract the etching ions. Other sputter systems use a capacitively coupled reactor (CCP) for pre-cleaning, where the wafer electrode creates the plasma and attracts the etching ions. Bias on the wafer is around 10 x higher than in our ICP. As shown in figure 1, the amount of CO released by the wafer increases with bias voltage. In the SE-LTX module, our ICP approach is less contaminating.
• In-situ pasting in our SE-LTX module is more productive. Pasting inside the preclean module is a true back-end process, it is never seen in front-end fabs. Pasting refers to the practice of depositing material onto the chamber furniture, to "glue" potentially particle shedding layers. It's needed because back-end fabs use organic dielectrics, and over time, carbon rich deposits will build up on furniture inside the preclean module and will start to flake. Without regular pasting, the chamber will need a PM after much less than 1,000 wafers. Pasting also helps keep the background levels of contaminating carbon monoxide (CO) low. All PVD systems in advanced WLP lines use pasting in their preclean modules, however they do not paste in the same way.
Our main competitors use pasting wafers. These are a wafer shaped substrate (eg silicon, ceramic, Ti), coated with a metal layer, usually Aluminum. A number of them are stored in the front of the PVD system and at regular intervals, one is handled into the preclean module and a short etch step is performed to deposit a thin layer of the pasting metal onto the chamber furniture. The substrate is then transported back to the storage unit. The secondary purpose of a paste is to keep the CO levels low, and to be effective, it has to be performed frequently. In practice, in high volume production, our competitors have to do a paste every 7 to 12 production wafers. That's a heavy demand, and significantly reduces the theoretical production output.
Our SE-LTX module uses in-situ pasting – while the production wafer is etching, the chamber furniture is being pasted at the same time. That's far more productive, and because it pastes every run, it is far more effective at keeping the CO levels low and that means Rc is lower and more repeatable. Depending on the nature of the polyimide coating, we might use a pasting wafer but very infrequently, perhaps at 800 to 1,000 wafer intervals.
In-situ pasting as employed in our SE-LTX preclean module is a more productive and efficient way of keeping particles in control, and Rc low and stable.
YD: Numerous types of Fan-Out packaging exist. How does SPTS handle this variety?
DB: Fundamental differences at the wafer level like die face-up or face-down is of no consequence to the PVD step. For the interconnect process, the challenge of different FO types comes down to amount of degassing and warpage, and we can manage that within the process window of our Sigma®.
YD: How do you see the Fan-Out packaging market growth in the future? How will it impact the equipment investment?
DB: I am very optimistic for the FOWLP market. We saw the first spike in fan-out production last year when TSMC went into volume. I think this year will see only a modest increase in FO capacity, mainly because suppliers of traditional packages have cut costs to try and preserve their share. However, I think from 2018 onwards, we will see another spike in FO adoption because costs will have dropped and performance risen. The biggest growth will be in the high density sector, as other application processor companies move onto FO format. I see the recent news of Qualcomm and Mediatek moving to TSMC for their 7nm production as a positive signal for the next phase of FO investments. Another interesting battle for share will be in high performance computing (HPC), where high density fan-out will start to overlap with 2.5D. I expect for many applications, HDFO will win out.
YD: Panel for Fan-Out packaging is the new hot topic in the industry to reduce cost. Do you see a market appearing there? Does SPTS address that?
DB: SPTS does not address panel fan-out. We made the decision two years ago to focus on wafer level FO, and I still believe that was the right decision for us. Orbotech, our parent company, takes a different view and is very much engaged with the panel developers. Orbotech is a supplier of equipment to the flat panel and PCB markets, so panel format packaging is a natural home for them.
I can see a market for panel for low density FO applications; perhaps 10/10 um line/space at best with 1 RDL layer. Codec devices are one example that could be served by a panel FO provider.
High density FO, which will be the volume market in years to come will be made on wafers, not panel. I came to that conclusion some 3 years ago, and I have not changed my mind since. The challenges of high density packaging on panels are many; warpage, particles, shorts & open defects, multi interconnect levels. Further, the economics of panel FO is a tough sell too, because of the enormous capacity offered by a single line running 500x500mm panels. While I can see the first one into production having some success, I would be concerned that the second line will not find enough product to keep busy.
For an equipment vendor, making a brand new system for panel packaging is a risky venture. Aside from the fact that there is no standard substrate size, if you assume a reasonable adoption of panel format FO, then there would be only a handful of production equipment needed to satisfy the world's demand. Very tough for an equipment make to make money at those sort of selling figures.
YD: What can we expect over the next 3 years from SPTS ?
DB: In packaging, we will expand our market share position across our product lines, and will add to our product portfolio. I expect business to grow in all the segments we serve, including TSV, which will finally become significant as HPC applications emerge in the fields of AI and machine learning. Plasma dicing will become an established method of singulating die, and will be the best way of separating devices made on very thin silicon. We will also see significant adoption of plasma dicing into the non-Si space: GaAs, GaN, perhaps even InP. Demand for WLP on 200mm to grow, as costs drop to near parity with wire-bonding.
Outside of packaging, RF will surge again as 5G comes on line, meaning strong growth for GaAs PA suppliers and BAW/SAW filter manufacturers. After a soft 18 months or so, MEMS will get a new boost of life from sectors outside of phones; automotive, IoT, BioMEMS. Low voltage piezoMEMS will become important for microphone arrays in personal/intelligent assistants, and for wearables. Autonomous cars will need inertial sensors with even greater accuracy, putting new demands on plasma sources.
Power semiconductors will continue to grow quickly, driven by electric vehicles, energy saving initiatives at a national level, and renewables. I think more power manufacturers will move their designs to 300mm, a transition that plays to some of our core strengths.
David Butler currently serves as Executive Vice President and General Manager at SPTS Technologies with overall responsibility of product management and marketing of SPTS's portfolio of industry leading etch and deposition process solutions and executive relationships with SPTS's customers. Previously, David served as VP of product and corporate marketing, overseeing all marketing efforts for SPTS's full range of PVD, Etch, CVD, and thermal products. With more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor capital equipment and related industries, David first joined Electrotech in 1988 as a Senior Process Engineer, then moved to Product Marketing for Electrotech's PVD products. In 2004, he assumed the role of Director of Marketing for the PVD/Etch/CVD products at Trikon, becoming Vice President of Marketing for the three product lines at Aviza Technology following the merger of Aviza and Trikon.
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Evo Santoni started Dickinson Homes from the desire to build a better home. That goal has been met since 1970 by continued improvement and commitment, passed down generation to generation. Dickinson Homes is the leading designer and builder of custom modular homes in Michigan, Wisconsin & Eastern Minnesota by pushing what modular can do and expanding the green, sustainable & energy efficiency benefits.
Evo Santoni starts Dickinson Homes in Kingsford, Michigan.
2nd Generation. Evo's sons, Paul & Albert, join the business.
First modular commercial project completed.
5th (and final) Expansion of the Kingsford, MI plant is completed.
Mackinaw Island home completed. The 1st Dickinson Home but not the last built on the island using barges to transport the modules across Lake Michigan.
Dickinson Expands into Hybrid Log Home construction.
3rd Generation. Albert's sons, Mario & Anthony, join the business.
New Model Village & Design Center open in Iron Mountain, MI.
Industrial buildings for Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Canadian home completed. This marks the 1st Dickinson Home built in another country.
Dickinson Homes celebrates 40 years in business!
Dickinson Homes expands into building beautiful tiny houses and cabins.
Could this little guy be Dickinson Homes' 4th generation? In May 2011 and July 2012 Mario's son Gino and Anthony's son Marco are born.