|Publication number||US7724349 B2|
|Application number||US 11/797,358|
|Publication date||May 25, 2010|
|Filing date||May 2, 2007|
|Priority date||May 2, 2007|
|Also published as||US20080273188|
|Publication number||11797358, 797358, US 7724349 B2, US 7724349B2, US-B2-7724349, US7724349 B2, US7724349B2|
|Inventors||Wouter Anthon Soer, Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Niels Machiel Driessen, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Johannes Christiaan Leonardus Franken, Olav Waldemar Vladimir Frijns, Derek Jan Wilfred Klunder|
|Original Assignee||Asml Netherlands B.V.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (6), Non-Patent Citations (1), Classifications (10), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a device arranged to measure a quantity relating to radiation, a radiation source that includes such a device, and a lithographic apparatus that includes such a radiation source.
A lithographic apparatus is a machine that applies a desired pattern onto a substrate, usually onto a target portion of the substrate. A lithographic apparatus can be used, for example, in the manufacture of integrated circuits (ICs). In that instance, a patterning device, which is alternatively referred to as a mask or a reticle, may be used to generate a circuit pattern to be formed on an individual layer of the IC. This pattern can be transferred onto a target portion (e.g. comprising part of, one, or several dies) on a substrate (e.g. a silicon wafer). Transfer of the pattern is typically via imaging onto a layer of radiation-sensitive material (resist) provided on the substrate. In general, a single substrate will contain a network of adjacent target portions that are successively patterned. Known lithographic apparatus include so-called steppers, in which each target portion is irradiated by exposing an entire pattern onto the target portion at one time, and so-called scanners, in which each target portion is irradiated by scanning the pattern through a radiation beam in a given direction (the “scanning”-direction) while synchronously scanning the substrate parallel or anti-parallel to this direction. It is also possible to transfer the pattern from the patterning device to the substrate by imprinting the pattern onto the substrate.
In order to be able to project small patterns onto the substrate, radiation is used having a wavelength which is within the so-called extreme ultraviolet (EUV) range which is electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength typically between 5 nm and 40 nm. In addition to EUV radiation, EUV radiation sources generate contaminant material that may be harmful for both the optics, the sensors configured to measure a quantity relating to the radiation and the working environment in which the lithographic process is carried out. Such is especially the case for EUV sources operating via a laser-induced plasma. Hence, in lithography in which EUV radiation is used for projecting patterns onto the substrate, a desire exists to limit the contamination of the optical system that is arranged to condition the beams of radiation coming from the EUV source, as well as the aforementioned sensors.
It has been proposed to arrange a screen to protect the sensor from incoming particles emitted from the source. However, such a screen may be positioned between the source and the sensor, thereby blocking the radiation from the sensor.
In order to allow radiation to reach the sensor it has been proposed that a mirror is provided, the mirror being configured to redirect extreme ultraviolet radiation emitted by the source and passing the screen, to the sensor.
It is desirable to provide a device in which the sensor is protected against incoming particles while radiation is allowed to reach the sensor.
According to an aspect, there is provided a device arranged to measure a quantity relating to radiation. The device comprises a sensor configured to measure the quantity, a screen arranged to protect the sensor from incoming particles emitted from a source configured to emit extreme ultraviolet radiation, and a mirror configured to redirect extreme ultraviolet radiation emitted by the source, past the screen, to the sensor.
According to another aspect, there is provided a radiation source configured to emit extreme ultraviolet radiation. The radiation source comprises a device arranged to measure a quantity relating to radiation. The device comprises a sensor configured to measure the quantity, a screen arranged to protect the sensor from incoming particles emitted from a source configured to emit extreme ultraviolet radiation, and a mirror configured to redirect extreme ultraviolet radiation emitted by the source, past the screen, to the sensor.
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a lithographic apparatus comprising an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, and a support constructed to support a patterning device. The patterning device is capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam. The apparatus also includes a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a device arranged to measure a quantity relating to radiation. The device comprises a sensor configured to measure the quantity, a screen arranged to protect the sensor from incoming particles emitted from a radiation source configured to emit extreme ultraviolet radiation, and a mirror configured to redirect extreme ultraviolet radiation emitted by the source, past the screen, to the sensor.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a mirror comprising a reflective layer. The reflective layer comprises a liquid metal which is a gallium alloy.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings in which corresponding reference symbols indicate corresponding parts, and in which:
The illumination system may include various types of optical components, such as refractive, reflective, magnetic, electromagnetic, electrostatic or other types of optical components, or any combination thereof, for directing, shaping, or controlling radiation.
The support structure supports, i.e. bears the weight of, the patterning device. It holds the patterning device in a manner that depends on the orientation of the patterning device, the design of the lithographic apparatus, and other conditions, such as for example whether or not the patterning device is held in a vacuum environment. The support structure can use mechanical, vacuum, electrostatic or other clamping techniques to hold the patterning device. The support structure may be a frame or a table, for example, which may be fixed or movable as required. The support structure may ensure that the patterning device is at a desired position, for example with respect to the projection system. Any use of the terms “reticle” or “mask” herein may be considered synonymous with the more general term “patterning device.”
The term “patterning device” used herein should be broadly interpreted as referring to any device that can be used to impart a radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section such as to create a pattern in a target portion of the substrate. It should be noted that the pattern imparted to the radiation beam may not exactly correspond to the desired pattern in the target portion of the substrate, for example if the pattern includes phase-shifting features or so called assist features. Generally, the pattern imparted to the radiation beam will correspond to a particular functional layer in a device being created in the target portion, such as an integrated circuit.
The patterning device may be transmissive or reflective. Examples of patterning devices include masks, programmable mirror arrays, and programmable LCD panels. Masks are well known in lithography, and include mask types such as binary, alternating phase-shift, and attenuated phase-shift, as well as various hybrid mask types. An example of a programmable mirror array employs a matrix arrangement of small mirrors, each of which can be individually tilted so as to reflect an incoming radiation beam in different directions. The tilted mirrors impart a pattern in a radiation beam which is reflected by the mirror matrix.
The term “projection system” used herein should be broadly interpreted as encompassing any type of projection system, including refractive, reflective, catadioptric, magnetic, electromagnetic and electrostatic optical systems, or any combination thereof, as appropriate for the exposure radiation being used, or for other factors such as the use of an immersion liquid or the use of a vacuum. Any use of the term “projection lens” herein may be considered as synonymous with the more general term “projection system”.
As here depicted, the apparatus is of a reflective type (e.g. employing a reflective mask). Alternatively, the apparatus may be of a transmissive type (e.g. employing a transmissive mask).
The lithographic apparatus may be of a type having two (dual stage) or more substrate tables (and/or two or more mask tables). In such “multiple stage” machines the additional tables may be used in parallel, or preparatory steps may be carried out on one or more tables while one or more other tables are being used for exposure.
The lithographic apparatus may also be of a type wherein at least a portion of the substrate may be covered by a liquid having a relatively high refractive index, e.g. water, so as to fill a space between the projection system and the substrate. An immersion liquid may also be applied to other spaces in the lithographic apparatus, for example, between the mask and the projection system. Immersion techniques are well known in the art for increasing the numerical aperture of projection systems. The term “immersion” as used herein does not mean that a structure, such as a substrate, must be submerged in liquid, but rather only means that liquid is located between the projection system and the substrate during exposure.
The illuminator IL may comprise an adjuster for adjusting the angular intensity distribution of the radiation beam. Generally, at least the outer and/or inner radial extent (commonly referred to as σ-outer and σ-inner, respectively) of the intensity distribution in a pupil plane of the illuminator can be adjusted. In addition, the illuminator IL may comprise various other components, such as an integrator and a condenser. The illuminator may be used to condition the radiation beam, to have a desired uniformity and intensity distribution in its cross-section.
The radiation beam B is incident on the patterning device (e.g., mask MA), which is held on the support structure (e.g., mask table MT), and is patterned by the patterning device. Having traversed the mask MA, the radiation beam B passes through the projection system PS, which focuses the beam onto a target portion C of the substrate W. With the aid of the second positioner PW and position sensor IF2 (e.g. an interferometric device, linear encoder or capacitive sensor), the substrate table WT can be moved accurately, e.g. so as to position different target portions C in the path of the radiation beam B. Similarly, the first positioner PM and another position sensor IF1 can be used to accurately position the mask MA with respect to the path of the radiation beam B, e.g. after mechanical retrieval from a mask library, or during a scan. In general, movement of the mask table MT may be realized with the aid of a long-stroke module (coarse positioning) and a short-stroke module (fine positioning), which form part of the first positioner PM. Similarly, movement of the substrate table WT may be realized using a long-stroke module and a short-stroke module, which form part of the second positioner PW. In the case of a stepper (as opposed to a scanner) the mask table MT may be connected to a short-stroke actuator only, or may be fixed. Mask MA and substrate W may be aligned using mask alignment marks M1, M2 and substrate alignment marks P1, P2. Although the substrate alignment marks as illustrated occupy dedicated target portions, they may be located in spaces between target portions (these are known as scribe-lane alignment marks). Similarly, in situations in which more than one die is provided on the mask MA, the mask alignment marks may be located between the dies.
The depicted apparatus could be used in at least one of the following modes:
1. In step mode, the mask table MT and the substrate table WT are kept essentially stationary, while an entire pattern imparted to the radiation beam is projected onto a target portion C at one time (i.e. a single static exposure). The substrate table WT is then shifted in the X and/or Y direction so that a different target portion C can be exposed. In step mode, the maximum size of the exposure field limits the size of the target portion C imaged in a single static exposure.
2. In scan mode, the mask table MT and the substrate table WT are scanned synchronously while a pattern imparted to the radiation beam is projected onto a target portion C (i.e. a single dynamic exposure). The velocity and direction of the substrate table WT relative to the mask table MT may be determined by the (de-)magnification and image reversal characteristics of the projection system PS. In scan mode, the maximum size of the exposure field limits the width (in the non-scanning direction) of the target portion in a single dynamic exposure, whereas the length of the scanning motion determines the height (in the scanning direction) of the target portion.
3. In another mode, the mask table MT is kept essentially stationary holding a programmable patterning device, and the substrate table WT is moved or scanned while a pattern imparted to the radiation beam is projected onto a target portion C. In this mode, generally a pulsed radiation source is employed and the programmable patterning device is updated as required after each movement of the substrate table WT or in between successive radiation pulses during a scan. This mode of operation can be readily applied to maskless lithography that utilizes programmable patterning device, such as a programmable mirror array of a type as referred to above.
Combinations and/or variations on the above described modes of use or entirely different modes of use may also be employed.
The mirror 6 comprises a reservoir 8 containing a reflective layer 10, the reflective layer 10 comprising material which is selected to be a liquid when the source is in operation. A suitable liquid may be tin. Another suitable material may be a gallium alloy, such as galinstan which is a eutectic alloy of gallium, indium and tin. Typically, in alloys containing gallium, indium and tin, the composition may be selected such that the alloy has a melting point below room temperature. This enables the use of the alloy as the liquid reflective layer 10 of the mirror 6 at a wide temperature range as compared with tin. Particularly, it eliminates the need for external heating of components that would normally have a temperature below the melting point of tin.
Moreover, alloys comprising gallium, such as the aforementioned galinstan, generally have good reflective properties for extreme ultraviolet radiation. Particularly, an alloy having about 63.3% gallium, 23.3% indium and 13.4% tin in atomic percentages has been found to be suitable to reflect extreme ultraviolet radiation.
Furthermore, such alloys have been found to be very suitable for absorbing particles emitted by the radiation source SO, especially if a significant portion of these particles are tin particles. An alloy having about 81.3% gallium and about 18.7% indium in atomic percentages has been found to be particularly suitable to absorb tin until the alloy comprises about 72.2% gallium, about 16.6% indium and about 11.2% tin in atomic percentages. Since the reflective layer 10 comprises a liquid, it will absorb any deposited microparticles while maintaining a low surface roughness.
Optionally, the device 1 comprises a filter 12 and a further screen 14 provided with a pinhole 16 through which radiation is transmitted to propagate to the filter 12 ultimately to the sensor 2 (
As can also be seen in
The mirror 6 of the device 1 of
Although specific reference may be made in this text to the use of lithographic apparatus in the manufacture of ICs, it should be understood that the lithographic apparatus described herein may have other applications, such as the manufacture of integrated optical systems, guidance and detection patterns for magnetic domain memories, flat-panel displays, liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), thin-film magnetic heads, etc. The skilled artisan will appreciate that, in the context of such alternative applications, any use of the terms “wafer” or “die” herein may be considered as synonymous with the more general terms “substrate” or “target portion”, respectively. The substrate referred to herein may be processed, before or after exposure, in for example a track (a tool that typically applies a layer of resist to a substrate and develops the exposed resist), a metrology tool and/or an inspection tool. Where applicable, the disclosure herein may be applied to such and other substrate processing tools. Further, the substrate may be processed more than once, for example in order to create a multi-layer IC, so that the term substrate used herein may also refer to a substrate that already contains multiple processed layers.
Although specific reference may have been made above to the use of embodiments of the invention in the context of optical lithography, it will be appreciated that the invention may be used in other applications, for example imprint lithography, and where the context allows, is not limited to optical lithography. In imprint lithography a topography in a patterning device defines the pattern created on a substrate. The topography of the patterning device may be pressed into a layer of resist supplied to the substrate whereupon the resist is cured by applying electromagnetic radiation, heat, pressure or a combination thereof. The patterning device is moved out of the resist leaving a pattern in it after the resist is cured.
The terms “radiation” and “beam” used herein encompass all types of electromagnetic radiation, including ultraviolet (UV) radiation (e.g. having a wavelength of or about 365, 355, 248, 193, 157 or 126 nm) and extreme ultra-violet (EUV) radiation (e.g. having a wavelength in the range of 5-20 nm), as well as particle beams, such as ion beams or electron beams.
The term “lens”, where the context allows, may refer to any one or combination of various types of optical components, including refractive, reflective, magnetic, electromagnetic and electrostatic optical components.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be appreciated that the invention may be practiced otherwise than as described. For example, the invention may take the form of a computer program containing one or more sequences of machine-readable instructions describing a method as disclosed above, or a data storage medium (e.g. semiconductor memory, magnetic or optical disk) having such a computer program stored therein.
The descriptions above are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. Thus, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the invention as described without departing from the scope of the claims set out below.
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|U.S. Classification||355/53, 355/67|
|International Classification||G03B27/54, G03B27/42|
|Cooperative Classification||G03F7/70558, G03F7/70916, G03F7/7085|
|European Classification||G03F7/70L4B, G03F7/70P8B, G03F7/70P4|
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - A few south Georgia lawmakers and the people they represent discussed new legislation Thursday evening.
Albany State Representatives Winfred dukes and Darrel Ealum and Senator Freddie Powell Sims attended a forum at the Albany Civil Rights Institute.
Constituents expressed concerns about issues such as healthcare, education and the state budget.
"What are we going to do to better fund our local schools," said Representative Ealum. "How are we going to get money down to our schools that really need it most."
"There's a little bit of consternation coming from a lot of the folk," said Senator Sims. "because they're just not sure about what's going to happen in the coming year."
The lawmakers said they try to be as open as they can be with the people they serve.
The General Assembly session opens January 9th.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- One day you're marveling that Rory McIlroy is only 21.
The next day you, and he, are cruelly reminded: He's only 21.
As McIlroy slid from the doorstep of a major championship right off the leaderboard and into the creeks and underbrush that once claimed Greg Norman, he looked at times like a disheveled high school freshman, shirttail out and stranded without a ride.
He led this Masters by four strokes when he came to Augusta National early Sunday afternoon, his mind preoccupied by a televised rugby match between Ulster and Northhampton. It was 12:15 p.m. and his manager, Chubby Chandler, smiled. "He definitely hasn't showered yet," Chandler said.
He had made three bogeys in three days, no double bogeys, no three-putts, no signal that he would be a victim to that Sunday bacillus that has infected the old, young and middle-aged as the sun goes low in the Georgia evening.
Then he went out and shot 80, worst round in the field Sunday. And that's with pars in the final three holes. On a day when only 11 players shot 74 or higher.
And it was a grotesque 80. It included a four-putt on the 12th green, although by then the rest of the field had broken away like a peloton, with Charl Schwartzel eventually becoming the first man to birdie the final four holes and win a Masters, at 14-under-par.
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McIlroy's approach shot on the first hole found an awkward spot and doomed him to bogey. He barely salvaged par on the amiable par-5 second hole. He missed a short par putt on the fifth. He missed a short birdie putt on the third. He did birdie the seventh and got to the turn at 11-under-par for the tournament, and in first, although Tiger Woods was leading the pursuing traffic jam.
"I really felt like I had a chance then, even though I'd had trouble on the greens," McIlroy said.
The chance disappeared on the 10th hole, the same one that seemed to bring Norman underwater all those times.
It is difficult to describe how horrid McIlroy's tee shot was on the 10th. It clipped a tree and wound up in the area of two white cabins. On the tee he asked if he were out of bounds, which he wasn't, but there are no green jackets in that vicinity.
"I'm pretty sure nobody has been over in those cabins before," he said when it was over, finding it funny himself.
"I just got my swing going a little quick and hit it too far left. And then I tried to get a little too cute."
McIlroy pitched out in the fairway and then steered his third shot left of the green near more trees. When he bounced his next shot off another tree -- yes, bark is worse than bite at Augusta National -- he was sentenced to a triple-bogey eight, and now he was two strokes back.
Another botched short putt at 11 and his four-putt on 12, in which he temporarily lost his attention span, pretty much did it. On the 13th tee he whacked his drive dead left and into a stream that branches off Rae's Creek.
At that point he leaned on the shaft of his driver, shook his head, and looked up morosely, and you wanted to summon a taxi.
But you can't tap out, and you can't call for the trainer, and McIlroy had five and a half holes to go.
When he got to 18, Schwartzel had already won. A large crowd still waited, as others went home or headed to the practice green for the champion's ceremony.
McIlroy came out of the scorer's hut and talked comfortably, until a Masters official curtailed the interview. McIlroy then walked toward the clubhouse, where a gathering of members and guests on the balcony was waiting for him and applauded and cheered as if McIlroy had done what everyone assumed he would.
The Masters is like that. Evisceration with a smile. After all, they want you to go through this next year.
McIlroy got to the locker room and fished out a putter and a wedge, carrying his shoes with his other hand. He was composed, but bewildered.
He didn't know why he didn't have his touch on the greens anymore. "But you can't be second-guessing yourself on these greens, especially with the speed," he said.
A sickly putter cannot be quarantined from the other clubs in the bag. McIlroy missed seven greens Sunday. He had missed 11 in the three previous rounds.
But if you want to talk about being 21 years old, McIlroy will go along.
"It's really inexperience," he said. "It's Sunday at a major. It's the first time I've been in this position. It isn't the first time a round like this has happened to me. It won't be the last. It's going to take a few weeks to get over this but I think I'll learn something from it. I'll have a lot more chances. Maybe it will be a character-building experience."
Just a few hours earlier it had been so different.
Chandler talked of the need to establish "life after Tiger" in golf, and was already talking about Saturday being the "key round" of McIlroy's victory. A rugby friend had texted McIlroy, who has been faithfully building himself in the gym, and told him, "You're actually looking athletic out there. And I think you've even got a little gun [bicep]."
But Eugene Fayne, the president of the Irish Golf Union, sat nearby and heard Irish writers talk of McIlroy "finishing the circle" of an Irish slam, with former PGA and British Open champ Padraig Harrington and current U.S. Open champ Graeme McDowell.
"Let's not be printing the T-shirts just yet," Fayne said.
McIlroy will now go to Atlanta at 5 p.m., according to plan, and fly to London and then Kuala Lumpur for another tournament Thursday.
If nothing else this was a vivid poster for the global nature of golf, with players from five continents slugging it out. Incredibly, four Europeans finished ahead of McIlroy.
Asked, in that unsuspecting morning, what those flights would be like, Chandler smiled and said, "The first one will have a lot of drinking and the second will have a lot of sleeping."
The sleeping part might come hard for Rory McIlroy, but you saw his calm eyes afterward and you wondered just how many sorrows he really had to drown.
After all, he's just 21.


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The 3rd Congress of International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements in Asia (IFOAM Asia) was held last September 16-21, 2018, hosted by the Philippine Government through its Local Government Unit of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur in Mindanao.
ONE BIG FAMILY ON INNOVATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY was the central theme for the four organic events that were held simultaneously with the Organic Asia Congress – the ALGOA (Asian Local Governments for Organic Agriculture) Forum; the Asian Organic Rice Conference and the 5th OFIA (Organic Farming Innovation Award) Summit. The emphases of the theme was One Big Asian Family of diverse culture with similar values anchored on the shared foundational principles of sustainable organic agriculture development among Asian Nations, to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
More than 150 foreign delegates from 24 countries and areas all over the world together with 1,000 national delegates from all over the Philippines witnessed the largest organic event in Asia for this year. Different stakeholders shared their best practices in sustainable agriculture development and institutionalized the mechanisms to enhance cooperation for the Organic Food Systems and Consumption in Asian Region.
Among the delegates from the Philippines was the Life bank Foundation Inc. (LBF) represented by Mr. Nicanor Perlas and Ms. Digna Ruth Daliva who actively participated in the Organic Agriculture Congress, ALGOA Forum and the Asian Organic Rice Conference. Mr. Perlas, member of Board of Trustees of Life bank Foundation, provided a lecture on sustainable agriculture with the delegates from Asian Local Governments for Organic Agriculture (ALGOA). A wonderful insight was shared by Ms. Davida , expressing that all the conferences presented vast ideas, philosophies, new technologies, innovations and best practices in organic agriculture, how she wished that this body of knowledge will be channeled to our farmers to further empower and capacitate them.
The Organic Asian Congress is an annual event organized by IFOAM Asia with the support of local governments in Asia. It is an annual gathering of IFOAM Asia affiliates (including ALGOA members) and their partners in Asia to bring together the major stakeholders to discuss issues and challenges facing the organic sector and to come up with positive and pro-active solutions for the development of organic agriculture in the region.

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You can use System Manager to modify the volume name for a data protection (DP) volume. If the source volume does not have storage efficiency enabled, you might want to enable storage efficiency only on the destination volume.
About this task
You cannot modify storage efficiency on a mirror DP volume.
- Expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
- In the navigation pane, select the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM), and then click .
- Select the data protection volume for which you want to edit the properties, and then click Edit.
- In the Edit Data Protection Volume dialog box, modify the volume name.
- Select Enable Storage Efficiency.
If storage efficiency is already enabled on the volume, then the check box is selected by default.
- Optional: Click the Advanced tab, and then select the caching policy that you want to assign to the volume.
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Jewish leaders in the UK have condemned the “unacceptable” scenes of violence and aggression at the Western Wall yesterday, saying it “does no credit to the Jewish people” as a whole.
Their sharp reaction followed scenes of clashes in Jerusalem between Charedi Jews and Jewish women whose right to egalitarian worship at the Kotel was agreed by the Israeli government earlier this year.
Board of Deputies’ President Jonathan Arkush said: “The undignified and sometimes violent scenes at Judaism’s holiest site do no credit to the Jewish people as a whole.”
He added: “The Israeli Government came to a very positive, historic compromise in January. This should be implemented with all due haste and all sides should respect the agreement.”
Senior Reform Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner said: “As our holiest site, the Kotel must be welcoming to all Jews. It is unacceptable that this non-violent protest was met with such a forceful response.”
She added: “The clashes demonstrate the urgent need for a space for pluralist and egalitarian prayer at the Kotel, guaranteed and protected by Israeli law.”
Protesters carrying Torah scrolls to the women’s section on Wednesday morning were met with pushing and shoving by Charedi worshipers who called then “Nazis,” “goy” (a derogatory term for Gentiles) and “whores”.
The scrolls were carried into the women’s section for use during the Women of the Wall’s monthly prayer service at the Wall as part of a protest march against restrictions on egalitarian worship at the site led by leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements from Israel and the United States.
Among the estimated 100 marchers were Rabbi Steven Wernick, chief executive officer of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Reform movement’s Israel Religious Action Center.
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation has prevented women from bringing Torah scrolls into the women’s section. The Women of the Wall group has held its monthly Rosh Chodesh prayer for the new Hebrew month in the women’s section for more than 25 years.
The Charedi protesters tried to prevent the marchers from bringing the scrolls to the women’s side of the Western Wall plaza. One photo showed a black-clad Charedi woman punching a worshipper from Women of the Wall.
Protesters, many of whom were young boys, also blew loud whistles to disrupt the service and shouted epithets at the women.
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The Scarlets travel to Aironi for their fifth away fixture in the Magners League knowing they will need to retain the intensity of last weekend’s performance against league leaders Munster to secure victory out in Northern Italy.
There are only four changes to the Scarlets starting line-up to face Aironi, with powerful former Wallaby no8 David Lyons back from injury and taking the captain’s armband, Nick Reynolds replacing winger Lee Williams (minor shoulder injury) and Tavis Knoyle back from the Wales camp, starting at scrum-half. Ben Morgan who has impressed recently with strong performances at no8 for the Scarlets moves to flanker.
Scarlets starting XV v Aironi, Stadio Zaffanella, Saturday 27thNovember kick-off 7.05pm: Daniel Evans, Morgan Stoddart, Gareth Maule, Regan King, Nick Reynolds, Rhys Priestland, Tavis Knoyle, Iestyn Thomas, Ken Owens, Peter Edwards, Lou Reed, Dominic Day, Ben Morgan, Johnathan Edwards, David Lyons (capt).
Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Phil John, Simon Gardner, Damian Welch, Jonny Fa’amatuainu, Martin Roberts, Dan Newton, Scott Williams.
Scarlets Defence Coach Simon Easterby said: “It was a big disappointment to us not to have won out in Munster last weekend and to lose by only one point, it’s a game we should have won – that’s not to take away from the effort that the players put in, but you just can’t afford to concede soft tries like that and not take your chances.
“We’ve been really pleased with the performance in our pack and despite the injuries and international call-ups in recent games, we’ve had good set-piece play in both scrum and line-out and the forwards are giving our attack plenty to work with at the moment which is a real positive.
“We may have beaten Aironi at home last time out but that was early in the season and we won’t be taking too much from that. The team knows it will have to perform at the same level of intensity that we put into the Munster game, to concentrate and be clinical for the full 80 minutes.”
The Scarlets are currently sitting in second position in the Magners League on 25 points and have won five of their eight encounters in the Magners League with two away wins against Cardiff Blues and Newport Gwent Dragons. The Scarlets beat Aironi when they last met in mid-September at Parc y Scarlets, recording with a season’s best score line (49-10) and six tries on their home soil.
Scarlets Head Coach Nigel Davies added: “We are now a performance side and we have to win games – we let a golden opportunity slip away from us last weekend and a win we probably deserved.
“We’ll be going to Aironi to win a game of rugby and if we maintain the intensity we gave last weekend throughout the game, we should do well. We’re pushing our standards and expectations on from last season and competition is really building here. A good example is the competition in our back row at the moment – the guys know they have to perform to get the shirt.
“Aironi have a number of quality individuals in their team and when you break their team down, there’s plenty of danger in there. They haven’t got a foothold in their games so far but they’ve got new faces coming in and that will give a different perspective and slant on things. That’s why it is important that we approach this game in the right frame of mind.”


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So I knew that I only had a 30 round magazine for the AR, which meant that I had to make a trip to my favorite gun shop! Guns Galore in Fenton Michigan is one of the state's biggest firearm shops with a great variety of ammunition along with magazines, which is just what I needed! I gave them a quick call and they had a 5 round magazine in stock, so away I went!
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New Bushmaster 5 Round .223 Magazine
Once I got home I compared the two clips to one another, just for kicks you can see the difference between the two in the photo below.
30 Round Magazine & 5 Round Magazine
When choosing ammunition for my coyote hunt, I came across a good deal on some Winchester Ballistic Silvertip .223 55 grain varmint rounds. They match what I have been shooting at the range so these should work very nice on an unsuspecting coyote that happens to get too close!
Winchester Ballistic Silvertip .223
We are heading north this Saturday for a one day hunt on our deer property. After a few emails and quick call I found out that the yotes have been cruising the property with regularity here in the last week or so. Hopefully we can get the drop on a few of them while we are there, I will report back with our results if we have anything good to report.
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Stand time: 2-3 hours
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1) Lotus root 740g peeled and rinsed, 2/3 tsp salt;
2) 10g dry black fungus, soaked for 3 hours and rinsed, ¼ tsp salt;
3) 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns, 1 tbsp finely chopped green onion, 1 tsp minced ginger root;
4) 1.5 tsp balsamic vinegar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp hot pepper relish , 1/4 tsp chicken broth mix, 1 tbsp chili oil.
1: Cut lotus root in half and slice finely (Picture 1). Boil water in a large pot. Put in half sliced lotus root (Picture 2) and cook for 30 minutes. Remove and soak the slices in cold water (Picture 3). Repeat for the other half lotus root. Add 2/3 tsp salt and mix well (Picture5). Chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
2: Cook soaked black fungus for 3-5 minutes (Picture 4), then rinse under cold water. Drain water, add ¼ tsp salt and mix well (Picture 6). Chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
4: Transfer cooked green onion, ginger and oil to chilled lotus root slices. Add chilled black fungus and all ingredients of Ingredient 4) (Picture 9). Gently toss before serving.


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The Chinese ADS proton Linac injector I composed of an electron cyclotron resonance ion source, a low-energy beam transport line, a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, a medium-energy beam transport (MEBT) line, a superconducting section and beam dump with design goal to achieve CW proton beam with beam current 10 mA and energy gain around 10 MeV. In order to maintain the stability of the RF system, to compensate for the beam load effect and to provide the GUI required for the operation of the RF power system, we have established a LLRF control system.
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THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER
Trump vs. Everyone; Reporter, Photographer Shot & Killed on Air In Virginia; ABC News Receives Faxed Manifesto. Aired 4-4:30p ET
Aired August 26, 2015 - 16:00 ET
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JOHN BERMAN, CNN GUEST HOST: Two journalists executed on live TV.
I'm John Berman, and this is THE LEAD.
The national lead, a TV news team murdered by a former co-worker, Alison Parker and Adam Ward cut down during a live broadcast, crumpling to the ground as the camera rolled. The killer later took his own life, but not before uploading a video of his crimes to Twitter. And someone claiming to be the killer faxed a manifesto calling today's carnage a proportional response to the church massacre in Charleston.
She wanted to start a life with her on-air boyfriend. He had planned to move away and follow his fiancee to New York City, two lives cut so short, today remembered by their loved ones.
Plus, our politics lead. Is there anyone out there Donald Trump won't take on? In short, no. Trump turns his Iowa news conference into a battle royal with the nation's most powerful Latino newsman. Now Trump's campaign manager is here talking to us.
Welcome to THE LEAD. I'm John Berman, in for Jake Tapper today.
Let me give you brief updates on the markets. The markets closing up today more than 600 points, 619 points, gaining back a lot of what has been lost over the last few days. That will be some relief for investors, but right now our national lead.
It was the kind of feel had good people folks around Roanoke counted on them for, a live shot with a Chamber of Commerce official about a tourism hot spot. Alison Parker and Adam Ward were on assignment this morning for WDBJ reporting from Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Virginia.
Ward's girlfriend, a producer for the same station, was in the control room. Parker was live on the air when a gunman fired and then fired again and again. You hear at least eight shots before the broadcast cuts back to the anchor desk. Both Parker and Marks (sic) were leader.
The woman they were interviewing was wounded. The camera captured it all as Marks' (sic) fiancee watched. And on TV for a fraction of a second, that camera caught a clear picture of the man responsible. The man dressed head to toe in black, knew his two victims. Virginia authorities identified the killer as Vester L. Flanagan, known also as Bryce Williams.
He had worked for that TV station. And his Twitter page lays out in fewer than 140 characters at a time his apparent motive for committing these murders. And even worse, he posted videos of the crime. Flanagan later took his own life.
"NEW DAY" anchor Chris Cuomo, my friend, is live in Roanoke, Virginia. He begins our coverage.
Chris, we will get to the killer in just a moment. But you're standing outside that TV station where Alison Parker and Adam Ward worked. Tell us the scene there right now.
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, as is often the case, the less time spent on the motivations probably the better here.
As you see behind us, makeshift memorial under the shade tree, balloons, flowers, but mostly there are tears and there is shock. So many of the people who have come by here are people who work at WDBJ. This is a true news family here. So many of them are just locals in this tight community who are coming up with the same questions we have heard too many times in two many different places.
Why did this happen? Why these two people? There are answers, but none of them are good, none of them justify this, and none of them make it anything but wrong. This started early this morning at just a regular run-of-the-mill live shot for two young aspiring journalists who by every account represented all the best that WDBJ had to offer.
We know their names now, 24-year-old Alison Parker, 27-year-old Adam Ward. They were doing a story about the 50th anniversary of a reservoir in and a recreation area. They were interviewing 61-year- old Vicki Gardner, a member of the local Chamber of Commerce there.
And during that live shot, which wasn't courting any type of danger, this was supposed to be easy, and it was being done well until this 41-year-old murderer walked up with the most evil of designs. And he has his motivations and he has his manifesto, and none of them matter.
What we know about these two young people was that they were at the beginning of their lives in every way you can calculate. They were new to the business, and doing well, and they were new to being a team and they were doing well. They were both engaged to be married, Alison to an anchor here, Chris Hurst, and Adam to a producer here, Marissa (sic) Ott.
And the story gets even more painful at this point because Ott was in the control room during this live shot when this all unfolded. And they were thinking about their lives, and they were doing all of the right things when all of the wrong things were done to them.
This gunman again has his motivations, says he got his gun after Charleston, said he had ideas about racism that were directed toward him. What we know is that he was an employee here. He had a reputation for being difficult. He was dismissed in a way that the news manager said was the hardest one he had ever dealt with. The police had to be involved.
And now, to be sure, John, two lives are lost for absolutely no good reason. And the families of the Parkers, the Wards, the Otts, and the Hursts and this news family are bearing the brunt of this pain.
BERMAN: They sure are. Young, hungry, but joyful journalists, the way we all should be. Chris Cuomo in Roanoke, we're going to check in with you again in just a short bit.
But, first, Brian Todd is in Moneta, Virginia, where this shocking scene played out.
Brian, late out the timeline of this morning's events.
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, residents here are still trying to wrap their minds around what happened here this morning
Lay out the scene for you behind me. This is the Bridgewater Plaza shopping center. This is where the shooting occurred here in Moneta early this morning. The shooter, Vester Flanagan, died at a hospital in Northern Virginia a couple of hours ago of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authorities tell us they had tracked his whereabouts using his cell phone after the shooting. He had driven nearly 200 miles after ambushing two journalists from a station where he used to work.
TODD (voice-over): The entire incident live on the air, reporter Alison Parker and her cameraman, Adam Ward, shot dead.
JEFF MARKS, GENERAL MANAGER, WDBJ: It is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined, through the help of the police and our own employees, that Alison and Adam died this morning.
TODD: The shooter is Vester L. Flanagan, a former reporter at the station whose on-air name was Bryce Williams. He was fired from WDBJ two years ago.
Flanagan apparently shot himself in a confrontation with police on a Virginia highway.
MARKS: We had an unhappy former employee, but this happens, and usually they move on.
TODD: Shortly after the shooting, a series of tweets linked to an account until his on-air name said this -- quote -- "Alison made racist comments. EEOC filed a report. They hired her after that?" Adam went to H.R. on me after working with me one time."
And then this -- quote -- "I filmed the shooting. See Facebook." WDBJ station manager Jeff Marks confirmed a claim was made to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but the claim was dismissed. He told CNN he doesn't know why Flanagan attacked victims Parker and Ward.
MARKS: I can't figure out any connection with those people, who are among the kindest, nicest people who worked here. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that.
ALISON PARKER, WDBJ REPORTER: We have got all of the information.
TODD: Twenty-four-year-old Alison Parker was a reporter for the station for just about a year, a recent graduate of James Madison University. Adam Ward, 27, was a cameraman and a graduate of Virginia Tech. The two worked as a team.
PARKER: Hey, everyone. I'm Alison Parker. Photojournalist Adam Ward and I are putting the final touches on our special report.
TODD: Both were in relationships with other colleagues at the station. Parker was dating station anchor Chris Hurst. Ward was engaged to Melissa Ott, who is a producer for WDBJ's morning show. She was in the control room when this happened. The two were preparing to move, and today reportedly was scheduled to be Ott's last day at WDBJ.
MARKS: I cannot tell you how much they were loved, Alison and Adam, by the WDBJ-7 team. Our hearts are broken.
TODD: Now, how did Vester Flanagan know where to find those two journalists? Investigators say they are still looking into that.
This scene behind me still an active crime scene, and the investigation continues this afternoon, John.
BERMAN: All right, Brian Todd in Moneta, Virginia, thank you so much.
Authorities are digging into Vester Flanagan's past. He was known as Bryce Williams during his TV career.
CNN reporter Evan Perez has been working his sources.
Evan, what are you learning about this man and his possible motive from this 23-page manifesto of sorts received by ABC News?
EVAN PEREZ, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: That's right, John.
The gunman in today's shooting is believed to have sent a 23-page rambling suicide letter claiming he was a human powder keg, angry about racial grievances for years. The letter is believed to be from Vester Flanagan using his on-air name, Bryce Williams.
It arrived by fax this morning at ABC News. The letter says in part, we will show it on the screen -- it says -- quote -- "Yes, it will sound like I'm angry. I am. And I have every right to be, but when I leave this earth, the only emotion I want to feel is peace."
The letter writer expresses admiration for other mass shooters, including the ones at Virginia Tech and Columbine High School. But his final motivation was the June Charleston church massacre. In that shooting, nine people were at a Bible study at a historic African- American church, and they were gunned down by a white gunman.
The letter says, in part -- quote -- "The church shooting was the tipping point, but my anger has been building steadily. I have been a human powder keg for a while, just waiting to go boom."
Now, John, in recent weeks, someone using the name Bryce Williams has been calling ABC News to ask for the fax number. And today at 8:26 a.m., that fax arrived at ABC from someone named Bryce Williams. About 10:00 a.m., more than three hours after the shooting, someone identifying himself as Bryce called to say that he had shot two people and that he said that police were after him.
BERMAN: Interesting, Evan.
Key point in that timeline, the fax arrived well after, an hour-and-a- half or so, after the shooting took place.
PEREZ: That's right.
BERMAN: All right, Evan Perez, thank you so much.
Investigators are trying to trace every move that gunman made, trying to understand why he would want to take these two young lives. We're going to speak about how they're developing the idea of a motive next.
But, first, Wall Street surging into positive territory after straight six days of losses, big losses. There you see it right there. The Dow was up 619 points. That's the biggest one-day point gain since 2008. We will be right back.
[16:15:19] BERMAN: All right. Welcome back to THE LEAD.
You are looking at live pictures outside WDBJ. That is the station that lost two of its employees this morning while that whole city, so many viewers were watching.
More now in our national lead, these awful moments, just the worst you can imagine on WDBJ this morning.
Alison Parker, a reporter, Adam Ward, a photographer, shot and killed in the middle of an on-air report. The shooter, kind of an angry former employee of the station, but so many now asking the basic question if it can be answered at all -- why? Why did this happen?
I want to bring in former senior FBI profiler Mary Ellen O'Toole. Also with us is James Alan Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University and the author of the book "The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder".
Mary Ellen, let me start with you and let me make clear, we don't want to put more focus than we absolutely have to on this killer, to give him the attention he so obviously sought for whatever deranged reasons he has. But it is important to understand if there were signs that could have been seen, if there was something that could have been done. So, this man obviously had a problem with this station WDBJ. He was fired, he was disgruntled, at one point escorted from the building. They had security there locking down the building the day that he left.
That doesn't seem normal. That seems like something beyond just a disgruntled employee.
MARY ELLEN O'TOOLE, FBI PROFILER: Well, it certainly does and as more information becomes available about this individual, what they are going to find is that he had problem relationships with other people going back to his childhood. These problems are what result in what I call the injustice collector, and dangerous injustice collector, and that's someone who basically goes through life and they collect injustices from everybody. They perceive they're being put down, insulted, maligned by everyone they have contact with.
And their response, when they do respond, it's very disproportionate to the original putdown or insult that they think they've experienced.
BERMAN: And, Professor Fox, this man, this killer just didn't murder two people. He then filmed it and posted it himself. What kind of person hosts a murder video for the world to see? Proudly posting it on both Twitter and Facebook?
JAMES FOX, CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR: Yes. Well, it's important for him that we all summer he's not just some nut who went berserk, but he had a reason. These guys tend to see themselves as victims, victims of injustice.
He felt he was bullied, that he was a victim of racism, not just at this job, but at previous job. And it's important we all understand he was a good guy who was getting revenge, he was punishing those that harmed him.
So, it's important for him to broadcast that. He's not the first to send letters and videos. The live element of this, of course, is unusual.
BERMAN: You know, it's interesting, Mary Ellen, because he did two things in this manifesto that he sent to ABC News, this 23-page manifesto, sent by someone identifying themselves as this man. He references the Virginia Tech murders, sort of, you know, praising them, or at least praising the shooter. He also mentions Columbine, expressing administration for what went on there, but he said the impetus for this was Charleston, sort of a revenge for the church massacre.
O'TOOLE: Yes, and it's very typical that they will see an event like the shootings in Charleston, and that would be the impetus they'll use to precipitate all of this behavior, but it goes back much further than the Charleston shooting. It's very interesting that he's looking at and admire the Columbine shooters, as Jamie and I know, they're sort of the gold standards for people who engage in this behavior, and they were 20 years younger than he was.
But I think when investigators go to his home, they will see books and documents and writings where he has followed these cases, and he has made notes, and he's aspired to be like them.
BERMAN: Again -- go ahead.
FOX: You know, I know we don't want to glamorize, but let's not use the word "manifesto", lest he used it, which I don't believe he did. A manifesto is a pretty prominent document by someone of political importance. This is just a rambling letter. It's unfortunate we start to use this word "manifesto" over and over again, when, in fact, it's not.
[16:20:01] BERMAN: Fine. Great. I'm sold. I don't want to give it any more credit that it deserves.
BERMAN: I don't want to give it any more credit that it deserves.
BERMAN: But last question, Professor, he did this document and he posted all kinds of documentation and records on Facebook and Twitter. He obviously wanted to leave some record of this whole thing.
FOX: Yes, he wants his legacy to be positive. Again, in his mind he's the good guy, and he wants us all to understand that, and this is proof he's been mistreated, and he wanted revenge, and this was his day to do so.
BERMAN: Right, nutso.
FOX: We saw in the Virginia Tech shooting also, he -- the shooter said to NBC sent videos and all the sorts of documents. This is pretty common for killers to want to justify and document why it is they're going to do what we're doing.
BERMAN: Mary Ellen O'Toole, Professor James Fox, thank you both so much for being with us.
O'TOOLE: Thank you.
BERMAN: This gunman as we said, left behind a clear trail of this can. Even social media, forced to respond.
Plus, how TV stations across the country are reacting with their own on-air coverage.
Stay with us.
[16:25:31] BERMAN: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I'm John Berman, in for Jake Tapper.
And we continue to learn new details about the gunman who shot and killed two journalists while they were on the air this morning, and hours after the killing, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, he took the coward's way out -- those words from the TV station's general manager -- and he turned the gun on himself.
But the shooter, this killer, may have left behind a 23-page document giving us a glimpse into his psyche.
Let's bring in CNN's senior media correspondent and host of "RELIABLE SOURCES", Brian Stelter.
This document, 23 pages, it was faxed to ABC News --
BRIAN STELTER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA CORRESPONDENT: Yes.
BERMAN: -- and the timeline here is important.
STELTER: They say they received it an hour and a half after the shooting took place. They turned it over to law enforcement, about you they still have it, and how much has been released?
It does seem they have a copy. They have shared some details, for example, the killer describing how it was it is Charleston church shooting that for some reason really set him off, saying, "If you want a race war, I'll give you a race war."
We have seen basically about a page of highlights or low lights from this sick document. But ABC is reviewing the rest of it, may or may not share more in the hours to come.
BERMAN: Has law enforcement made clear whether or not they wanted any of it remain secret?
STELTER: They have not indicated that publicly, but they very may be saying that to ABC privately. I recall in Virginia Tech massacre happened, also in Virginia, NBC News was sent a manifesto by the gunman in that case, NBC was very careful about handling it, and worked with the authorities on that. I would expect the same is happening at ABC.
BERMAN: So, Brian, let's talk about this station, WDBJ, because they've been on the air. They've been on the air for a big chunk of the day. We saw a lot of their noon newscast as they were reporting on the news, eulogizing their colleagues, and working through this horror.
STELTER: Their performance has been extraordinary today, as they've had to cover their friends, cover their colleagues, cover their family. Television news is a nasty business sometimes. It's a competitive business. There's a lot of rivalries in TV news, even among local stations. But on a day like today, what we see is a large family all across the country. I've heard from journalists from many newsrooms, big and small, that are really shaken by this, not because they were personally affected, but because when you're on a live shot, especially in the morning hours, in a small town, you can feel quite vulnerable, and anybody can come up to you, usually innocently, to ask for an autograph, or to say hello, or be jokingly interrupting your live shot.
But the idea of that vulnerability of television news, it's something very exposed today, I think we see that and we're hearing that from other journalists as well, even anecdotally, some stations doing a few less live shots, not because they're concerned about actual security threats, but because some of their journalists are shaken up by this.
BERMAN: All right. Brian Stelter, thank you so much.
BERMAN: You know, we were just looking at live pictures of that station, WDBJ.
And the victims, they weren't just workers there inside that tight- knit community. They were friends. They were in serious relationships at two other people at that station.
We have a closer look at the lives of these victims and all they leave behind. That's next.


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It was with mixed feelings that I watched a brief episode of "Dragon's Den" on CBC last night. In this episode a British Columbia man introduced his company, Wealthy Schools.ca, to the panel of potential investors. His idea, currently endorsed by some 100 schools in his home province, is to bring a variety of "household items" to the list of previously banal products offered to schools to raise additional funds to enhance their ability to operate. Two "dragons" partnered and signed on to the project, elevating its initial value considerably.
On the one hand, bringing products that all homes require repetitively and consistently, and not just the usual chocolate bars and greeting cards that have little to no "repeat value" as purchases and thereby as funding sources for schools, is ingenuous, and probably long overdue.
The individual making the "pitch" indicated that there was also a profit side to his venture, thereby convincing the dragons to engage.
On the other hand, the public purse, so strained (or should we say drained?) by such mounting costs as health care, social services, education and infrastructure, is unable to provide adequately, apparently, for the approximately 116,000 schools across the country. And that dismal landscape includes the revenue from the granting of licences for casinos to operate in most provinces and territories, sadly, too frequently on First Nations' reservations.
Would I purchase margarine and butter from a source donating 10% to the neighbourhood school? Probably.
Would I purchase the bread and peanut butter, the lasagna and vegetables for our diet, from a school supplier in order to move some dollars into the school council coffers? Again, probably.
Would I consider this a philanthropic gesture of which I might be proud....well...not so much.
Would I volunteer at the neighbourhood school to help launch this project? Probably, because I can see that schools needs have to be met using whatever resources are available (within obvious parameters of legality and ethics) and the local community's daily needs are one innovative route to those funds.
However, the larger question is what kind of society are we becoming, even with projects like Wealthy Schools?
Everyone knows that fundraising has become increasingly competitive, increasingly almost desperate, and that family budgets are growing strained, if not in many cases broken, through the combined forces of higher prices and lower wages, salaries, fees and benefits for too many workers.
Fifty years ago, as a member of student government at an Ontario university, I recall a discussion among council members over whether or not to endorse and engage in a fund raising initiative, for an outside charity, separate from the normal fees at the university, like athletic fees, book store costs, cafeteria costs, and housing costs. Naturally, university students' pocket books are not replete with excess cash, in most cases. And naturally, also, the university student body is a vineyard ripe for the picking of ready, available, articulate and often potentially committed volunteers eager, especially today, to pad their resume with philanthropic initiatives.
So there is a potentially rich resource ready to be tapped among the student body, while at the same time, we see, in such cities as Kingston, where this is being written, the local council having passed a resolution effectively eliminating the student body of Queen's University from the opportunity to vote for the local council and mayor candidates. The matter is being appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, for hopefully, a needed over-turning. Charities both need and welcome their student volunteers, as cities need to build bridges between their municipal operations and their campus colleagues, so that both benefit from the relationship, both formal and informal.
Long ago, in another life, I listened to the then Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, Stephen Lewis, addressing a group of OSSTF members in northern Ontario, on a professional development day. He lamented in his address, the reduction of education to two sets of numbers: how many dollars are being spent, and how many students are graduating.
Seemingly, in the intervening half-century, we have moved much closer to a world in which those numbers, and the numbers that support the reduction of the first and the increase in the second number respectively, have reduced even further the educational operation in Canada, to the objective analysis of how to achieve those goals, without considering the even more important and much more challenging task of "educating" the young people who inhabit our classrooms. They see individual competition at levels our generation could not have imagined; they see corporate largesse on their campuses to a degree we could and would never have anticipated. There is a significant difference between the "Metras" stadium, potentially named for the famed coach of the Western Mustang football team, and the TD stadium, its current public moniker and the difference is not merely in the size or number of the letters. Of course, the TD bank wants to sell bank accounts to every student attending Western, and all other campuses and of course, there is a considerable tax benefit for paying the fee to have their name on the football stadium. And, also, of course, the university benefits directly and immediately from the "donation"....
And, one has to wonder if too many of us, in too many educational institutions, have not succumbed to the "direct and immediate" seduction of the flow of instant cash, no matter the source or the long-term implications. Our students are not merely numbers to be exploited by campus career counsellors, or their corporate hiring agents. Yet, from all reports, our universities have become little more than vocational training schools, leaving the liberal arts, including the performing arts, on the sidelines.
In the course of that headlong pursuit of corporate dollars, have we not lost more than the "public" contribution to the development of those students? Have we potentially lost the perspective that we really are all in this together, and that such a phrase is not merely a political slogan.
Are we losing, or have we lost, the perspective that philanthropy benefits both donor and recipient, as well as the society and culture at large? Are we in danger of looking for, needing and developing only models that are based on profit, when their ultimate purpose is philanthropy?
Are we in danger of ceding to the profit motive the higher ground above and beyond the ground allotted to philanthropy? Perhaps....and while we wish "Wealthy Schools" success, we hope that public educators will not witness a further decline in their resources from the public purse, and thereby an even more dangerous decline in public participation in the education process, as money and the objective parameters swamp what have become "less aspirational" personal and community goals.

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The Canvas Café
If you've been searching for a London venue that is friendly, happy and welcoming, then head straight to The Canvas Café.
It's a creative venue in Shoreditch that lives up to it's name: their walls are a blank canvas for your thoughts, ideas, secrets and stories, and they’re open to everyone.
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Do you just take up space or make the world a better place?
On a friend’s Facebook page was posted a statement that everyone does the best they can. Not sure I believe that. I find that people do the best they are WILLING to do. What if you see a need for change in yourself or in external circumstances and do nothing about it, thinking that someone else will clean up the mess? Is that doing your best?
I find myself falling into judgmental mode when I observe capable adults expecting others to “do their dishes” (literally or figuratively), having an entitled “me first” or “me only” attitude, pushing past others, treating the earth as if it is their ashtray and other people’s right to breathe as secondary to their desire to smoke, harming people and/or animals, living for the moment, without considering the big picture, not being eco-conscious, justifying patterns of laziness, thinking that someone else will do their job for them.
My parents modeled volunteerism in the various communities in which they lived and into their 80s made a difference in the lives of all they touched. They believed in earning their keep on the planet and taught those values to my sister and me.
I am called to remember this quote:
To those whom much is given, much is expected. — John F. Kennedy, Uncommon Wisdom of John F. Kennedy: A Portrait in His Own Words
Musical inspiration comes from the folk group called Brother Sun in their song “What Must Be Done.”
Each of us has a calling to take inspired action to heal the wounds within ourselves and the fractured and fragmented places around us. Lately, I have been heartened by witnessing acts of kindness and love in the midst of all of the darkness that sometimes threatens to close in and overwhelm us. I have to believe that this inspiration exists in every human being, since we come from the Source of Love. I don’t just believe in miracles. I live them. I am one. So are you.
How would you live if you knew that about yourself?
Are you willing to be all in and put your heart and soul into creating a more peaceful planet? It happens one thought at a time, one act of love at a time, one commitment at a time. Make the day you were born more than just a number on a calendar; let it be a celebration of the instant you began to make a difference.
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