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|C-H activation of hydrocarbons by tungsten alkylidene and related complexes
|Adams, Craig S.
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|Thermolysis of Cp*W(NO)(CH₂C₆H₅)(CH₂CMe₃) (2) in various solvents generates neopentane and benzylidene Cp*W(NO)(=CHC₆H₅) (B) in situ. Complex B activates the C-H bonds of alkane solvents to yield alkene or allyl hydride complexes, and activates arene solvents to yield aryl or benzyl derivatives. The basic mechanistic features of the formation and reactivity of B, and the scope of B's activation chemistry are very similar to those of the previously-studied neopentylidene Cp*W(NO)(=CHCMe₃) (A) derived from Cp*W(NO)(CH₂CMe₃)₂ (1). However, the product distributions derived from the activation of substituted arenes by B are more abundant in the aryl products over the benzyl products than those obtained from A (toluene, p>xylene). Likewise, the aryl regioisomer distributions obtained from B favour the meta isomer over other isomers, more so than those obtained from A (α,α,α-trifluorotoluene, toluene). The mechanism of the thermal chemistry of 1 and 2 is re-examined for the possible involvement of hydrocarbon intermediates in the formation of the activation products. The observation of H/D scrambling in Cp*W(NO)(CD₂CMe₃)₂ (1-d₄) prior to neopentane elimination indicates that hydrocarbon intermediates do exist on the reaction coordinate. The near-unity values of the KIEs measured for benzene, tetramethylsilane and mesitylene indicate that the key step in the C-H activation of these substrates is coordination to the metal center, rather than substrate C-H bond scission. An in-depth experimental and theoretical investigation of the activation of toluene reveals that the aryl vs benzyl product distributions are controlled by the relative energetics of substrate coordination in two different fashions to the metal center. In contrast, the aryl regioselectivity is controlled by the relative energies of the aryl products. The product distributions obtained from the activation of other substituted arenes are controlled by these same factors, but with variations that depend on the substrate and the alkylidene complex utilized. The alkylidene systems can potentially be used to convert alkanes into homoallylic alcohols, via the allyl hydride products of C-H activation. Strategies for developing related Cp'M(NO)-based systems (Cp' = Cp or Cp*; M = Mo, W) are also described, along with preliminary investigations into the activation chemistry derived from CpMo(NO)(CD₂CMe₃)₂ and Cp*W(NO)(CH₂CMe₃)(η³-l,l-Me₂-C₃H₃).
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|25 Feb 1991
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|Yasunori Yokomichi, Shinichi Tada, Hitoshi Nishino, Kenji Seki
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The present invention relates to a solid state and conductive polymer composition used for battery, electrochromic device, condenser, sensor and the like.
Solid electrolytes containing host polymers produced by adding poly(ethylene oxide) (side chain) to poly(ethylenimine) (backbone) as well as generally used liquid electrolytes are proposed as a electrochemical element used for battery, electrochromic device, condenser, sensor and the like (see Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-136409).
The solid electrolytes are capable of solving problems derived from liquid electrolytes, such as undermining of reliability due to leakage of liquid and the difficulty of treating electrolyte in the process of processing and production. However, ionic conductivity of the solid electrolytes is not enough.
The object of the invention is to provide a solid state and conductive polymer composition having high ion conductivity.
The present inventors have conducted extensive research considering the above-mentioned problems of prior art and found that the compositions exerting the desired effect can be obtained by using poly(ethylenimine) as a backbone and combining an oligo- or poly-(ethylene oxide) side chain with the backbone via a joining group having diurethane structure.
The invention relates to a solid state and conductive polymer composition comprising a host copolymer shown in the general formula: ##STR2## wherein n is an integer in the range of 3 to 1×107, m is an integer in the range of 3 to 100, R is --C6 H3 (CH3)--or --(CH2)1 --(1 is an integer in the range of 1 to 10), A is hydrogen atom or side chain and the mole fraction of PEO units in the copolymer is not less than 5% and a supporting electrolyte containing at least one of acids or salts consisting of alkali metal salt, alkaline earth metal salt, ammonium salt and transition-metal salt, a supporting electrolyte being admixed in an amount in the range of 0.1 to 400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the host copolymer.
In the specification, "solid state" means both solid material and paste-like material.
Known poly(ethylenimine)s are widely used as a backbone of the host copolymer of the invention, for example, straight-chain and highly crystallizable poly(ethylenimine) synthesized from 2-oxazolines can be used. The molecular weight of poly(ethylenimine) used is preferably in the range of 500 to 10000.
Known poly(ethylene oxide)s (hereinafter referred to as "PEO") are widely used as a side chain of the host copolymer used in the invention, the polymerization degrees of PEO chain used being 3 to 100. When the PEO is monomer or dimer, obtained film is hard, and ionic conductivity of the film become undermined. When the PEO is more than 100 of polymerization degree, film shape is good, however, ionic conductivity of the film become undermined. The mole fraction of PEO units in the host copolymer is at least 5% to the host copolymer, preferably 60 to 100%. When the mole fraction of PEO units in the host copolymer is less than 5%, obtained film is hard and ionic conductivity of the film become undermined.
A PEO side chain can be introduced according to the following method. A desired solid state host copolymer is obtained by reacting a monomethylether derivative of PEO in an amount equimolar with a diisocyanate derivative in an aprotic solvent, such as dimethylsulfoxide and the like and further reacting the obtained product with poly(ethylenimine). As an isocyanate derivative, both aromatic isocyanates, such as toluene-2,4-diisocyanate and aliphatic isocyanates, such as hexane-1,6-diisocyanate can be used, said diisocyanates being preferably used in an amount of 0.9 to 1 mole per 1 mole of the PEO, reaction time being preferably 2 to 5 hours, reaction temperature being preferably 20° to 40° C. Further, the amount of poly(ethylenimine) used is preferably 1 to 5 mole to PEO.
A supporting electrolyte mixed with a host copolymer contains at least one substance of the group consisting of alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, ammonium salts, transition metal salts and solid acids, specifically solid state salts or solid state acids consisting of the anion part and cation part shown below are exemplified: organic acids, such as p-toluenesulfonate, acetate and oxalate and inorganic acids, such as phosphate, perchlorate, thiocyanate, tetrafluoroborate, trifluoromethane sulfonate, hexafluorophosphate, trifluoroacetate, sulfate, halogen atoms, such as fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom and iodine atom and nitrate are exemplified as the anion part. Alkali metal, such as lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and the like, alkaline earth metal, such as magnesium, calcium, barium, strontium and the like, quaternary ammonium salts, such as ammonium, tetraethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium and the like, proton, transition metal, such as zinc copper and the like are exemplified as the cation part.
The supporting electrolyte is mixed with the host copolymer in an amount of 0.1 to 400 parts by weight, preferably 10 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the host copolymer. When the amount of supporting electrolyte is not more than 0.1 part by weight, ionic conductivity of the composition become undermined due to decrease of the number of carrier ion. When the amount of supporting electrolyte is more than 400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the host copolymer, the obtained film become hard and ionic conductivity of the film become undermined.
As a process for preparing a solid state and conductive polymer composition, exemplified are the process to dissolve the host copolymer and the supporting electrolyte in a solvent, being capable of dissolving both the supporting electrolyte and the host copolymer, such as acetonitrile, chloroform, methanol, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide and the like, followed by casting, or the process to homogenously admix the host copolymer with the supporting electrolyte without solvent, followed by dissolving the supporting electrolyte at temperature fusing the host copolymer.
The solid state and conductive polymer composition obtained by the above method has, detailedly shown in one of the following examples, high ionic conductivity(σ), i.e., about 1×10-3 to 1×10-8 S/cm at room temperature. The value is superior compared to the value of solid electrolyte recently noted at room temperature, the present composition is useful as an electrochemical element such as battery, electrochromic device, condenser, sensor and the like.
The present composition can solve the problems of liquid leakage and of handling the electrolyte on processing and production due to the electrolyte being liquid, and the present invention makes it possible to easily produce the electrochemical element.
Further, the solid composition of the invention has useful qualities, i.e., satisfactory processability of formed film, flexibility and satisfactory adhesion property to electrode at room temperature in addition to high ionic conductivity.
Examples and comparative examples, are shown to describe the invention in more detail.
A example of a synthetic pathway of the present solid state and conductive polymer composition are shown below.
The backbone, i.e., poly(ethylenimine) was synthesized by hydrolizing a poly-N-acetylethylenimine obtained by living polymerization of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline produced by Aldrich Chemical Company (see Macromolecules, 8, 390 (1975)). Specifically, methyl p-toluenesulfonate was used as an initiator of polymerization in an amount 1/30 in a molar ratio to 2-methyl-2-oxazoline, and the reaction mixture was refluxed in acetonitrile for 8 hours under an inert gas atmosphere. Finish of the reaction was determined by gas chromatography. The straight-chain poly(ethylenimine) (the polymerization degree =about 30), i.e., backbone was obtained by preparing water solution of poly-N-acetylethylenimine (average molecular weight =about 1300, the average polymerization degree =about 30) obtained above in a concentration of about 100 g/1, adding sodium hydroxide to the solution in a concentration of 100 g/1 and refluxing the mixture overnight.
Equimolecular quantity of polyethyleneglycol monomethylether (product of Aldrich Chemical Company; average molecular weight 550; average polymerization degree 11.8) and toluene-2,4-diisocyanate was added in dimethylsulfoxide as a solvent, the reaction mixture being stirred overnight under an inert gas atmosphere at room temperature. Dimethylsulfoxide solution of the desired host copolymer was obtained by removing unreacted toluene-2,4-diisocyanate from the reaction mixture with distillation under reduced pressure, followed by adding dimethylsulfoxide in an amount 10 times as much weight as the residue, adding said poly(ethylenimine) (polymerization degree =about 30) in an equimolecular amount of the polyethylenglycol monomethylether, and refluxing the mixture overnight. A host copolymer was obtained by removing dimethylsulfoxide from the solution with distillation under reduced pressure, dissolving the residue in acetonitrile and reprecipitating the mixture with diethylether. The result of elemental analysis shows that the host copolymer has the mole fraction of PEO units in the copolymer of 64%. The desired solid state and conductive polymer composition was prepared by casting with the addition of lithium perchlo to the host copolymer until the concentration of lithium perchlorate reaching 18.6% by weight in the composition and drying the composition for 2 days at room temperature and for further 2 days at 50° C. in vacuum.
As a physical characteristics of the solid state and conductive polymer composition thus obtained, glass transition temperature and ionic conductivity(σ) were determined. Glass transition temperature was -42.3° C. determined with DSC 202 (product of Seiko Electronics Industry Company Limited).
Ionic conductivity (σ) was evaluated by Cole-Cole Plot obtained by determining complex impedance in the range of 10 Hz to 1 MHz with Solartron 1260 IMPEDANCE/GAIN-PHASE ANALYZER. Temperature dependence of ionic conductivity is shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1______________________________________temperature 1000/T σ(°C.) (10-3 K-1) (S/cm) Log(σ(S/cm))______________________________________80.0 2.83 1.1E-2 -2.070.0 2.92 6.0E-3 -2.261.5 2.99 3.0E-3 -2.550.0 3.10 1.4E-3 -2.941.0 3.19 5.6E-4 -3.331.0 3.29 2.0E-4 -3.725.0 3.36 1.1E-4 -4.08.0 3.56 1.2E-5 -4.93.6 3.62 5.6E-6 -5.32.7 3.63 4.8E-6 -5.3______________________________________
Table 1 shows that the composition of the invention has high ion conductivity, i.e., 1×10-4 S/cm at room temperature.
Glass transition temperature and ionic conductivity of the host copolymer prepared in example I were determined with change of the amount of lithium perchlorate admixed, i.e., salt concentration (% by weight) up and down. The result is shown in table 2 with the result of example 1 (salt concentration: 18.6% by weight).
TABLE 2______________________________________Lithium perchlorate content and physical property values______________________________________salt concentration (wt %) 22.9 18.6 14.9Ionic conductivity (S/cm) 1 × 10-5 1 × 10-4 1 × 10-5Glass transition -34.4 -42.3 -44.1temperature(°C.)______________________________________
To determine the influence of molecular weight of a side chain, the backbones, i.e., polymerization degree =30, 50 and 100 of ethylenimine was obtained according to the method of example 1 except that the amount of methyl p-toluene sulfonate used was altered at 1/30, 1/50 and 1/100 in a molar ratio to 2-methyl-2-oxazoline, and the poly-N-acetylethylenimines (polymerization degree =30, 50 and 100) obtained were hydrolyzed in the same manner as example 1. As a side chain, two kinds of polyethyleneglycol monomethylether (product of Aldrich Chemical Company; average molecular weight 550, average polymerization degree 11.8; and average molecular weight 350, average polymerization degree 7.2) were reacted with the three kinds of the backbone respectively. The following Table 3 shows 6 kinds of obtained host copolymer I to VI.
TABLE 3______________________________________Kinds of host copolymer using 2,4-diisocyanic acid tolyene PEI PEG ##STR3## ##STR4## ##STR5##______________________________________ ##STR6## I III V ##STR7## II*.sup.) IV VI______________________________________ *.sup.) host copolymer prepared in example 1
Solid state and conductive polymer compositions were obtained by adding lithium perchlorate in an amount of 19% by weight to the 6 kinds of host copolymer and casting the dissolved mixture from acetonitrile. Ionic conductivity of the compositions were determined, the result being shown in table 4 below with mole fraction of PEO units in the copolymer.
TABLE 4______________________________________host copolymer I II III IV V VI______________________________________mole fraction of 72 64 65 62 63 59PEO units in thecopolymer (X %)ionic conductivity 5E-4 1E-4 1E-4 5E-5 1E-4 3E-5(S/cm)______________________________________
Solid state and conductive polymer composition was obtained as shown in example 3 except that film casting was conducted in dimethylsulfoxide in place of aoetonitrile when 19% by weight of lithium perchlorate was admixed. Ionic conductivity of the obtaind composition was 1×10-3 S/cm.
Solid state and conductive polymer compositions were prepared as shown in example 3 except that solid acid, i.e., p-toluenesulfonic acid or ortho-phosphoric acid was used in place of lithium perchlorate as an admixed salt. Mixing of solid acid was conducted by grinding and admixing the host copolymer in agate mortar with the solid acid and then drying the mixture overnight at 70° C. under vacuum. The compositions containing solid acid absorb moisture on standing in contact with air for one day, and ionic conductivity of the compositions after standing became higher than the compositions before standing.
Table 5 below shows ionic conductivity of the compositions soon after drying under vacuum and after standing for 1 day in contact with air at room temperature.
TABLE 5______________________________________ p-toluenesulfonicsolid acid acid ortho-H3PO4______________________________________acid concentration (wt %) 31 61 45ionic conductivity 1E-8 1E-6 1E-5soon after drying (S/cm)ionic conductivity 1E-5 1E-4 --after standing in air (S/cm)______________________________________
Solid state and conductive polymer compositions were prepared as shown in example 3 except that bivalent transition metal salts, i.e., zinc chloride and zinc sulfate were used as a salt admixed in place of lithium perchlorate. Mixing of the host copolymer obtained in example 1 and the transition metal salt was conducted by grinding the mixture and then drying the composition at 70° C. under vacuum overnight. The values of ionic conductivity of the composition obtained are shown in table 6 below.
TABLE 6______________________________________salt zinc sulfate zinc chloride______________________________________salt concentration (wt %) 56 39 24 53 23ionic conductivity (S/cm) 5E-8 3E-8 1E-8 1E-7 1E-8______________________________________
In the process for preparing the host copolymer of example 1, host copolymer of low addition rate of side chain was synthesized as shown in example 1 except that the reaction time was shortened to introduce the PEO side chain, and that the desired support was separated from the composition of high addition rate by utilizing solubility in dimethylsulfoxide. Four kinds of solid state and conductive polymer compositions were prepared by admixing the obtained host copolymer with a 19% by weight of lithium perchlorate respectively and casting of the mixture after dissolving the mixture in acetonitrile or dimethylsulfoxide respectively. Ionic conductivity of the compositions were determined. The result is shown in table 7 below comparing with the result of example 3.
TABLE 7______________________________________host copolymer II*) V*)______________________________________mole fraction of PEO units 21 33 29in the copolymer (X %)ionic conductivity 1E-8 1E-5 1E-5obtained by castingfrom acetonitrile (S/cm)ionic conductivity 1E-7 5E-5 1E-6obtained by castingfrom DMSO (S/cm)______________________________________ *)same mark as shown in example 3
The host copolymer was obtained as shown in example 1 except that hexane-1,6-diisocyanate was used in place of toluene-2,4-diisocyanate. The desired solid state and conductive polymer composition was obtained by adding a 20% by weight of lithium perchlorate to the host copolymer thus obtained and casting of the mixture after dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide. Ionic conductivity of the composition of room temperature was 1×10-7 S/cm.
The present compositions were obtained according to the method for preparing solid state and conductive polymer composition as shown in example 1 except that supporting electrolytes shown in table 8 below were used in place of lithium perchlorate. The amount of the supporting electrolyte used was about 20% by weight respectively. Ionic conductivity of the composition obtained were shown in table 8 below.
TABLE 8______________________________________supporting electrolyte ionic conductivity (S/cm)______________________________________sodium acetate 2 × 10-8sodium oxalate 2 × 10-8sodium thiocyanate 3 × 10-5sodium tetrafluoroborate 5 × 10-5sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate 8 × 10-6sodium hexafluorophosphate 7 × 10-6sodium trifluoroacetate 8 × 10-6sodium sulfate 5 × 10-7sodium nitrate 5 × 10-7potassium bromide 7 × 10-6potassium iodide 9 × 10-7cecium bromide 5 × 10-7magnesium chloride 3 × 10-7calcium nitrate 8 × 10-8strontium nitrate 2 × 10-8tetrabutylammonium perchlorate 8 × 10-6tetraethylammonium perchlorate 8 × 10-6ammonium sulfate 5 × 10-7polyvinylsulfonic acid 5 × 10-6______________________________________
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Okie-dokie…you're an SMB owner and you've learned over the past few years that Google+ has some "weight" – some "heft" when it comes to your website's rankings in google web search. Good. That's a basic all of us SEO practitioners would agree.
You've also learned that besides your own Google+ page for your business, there's the added need to post, often and with pix and on topics in your own channel and yes, on a very regular basis. Good. Nother marketing strategy to have under your SMB belt!
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Canuck Net Neutrality: Yes Please!!!
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So…what is 'net neutrality' and why would I post on this today?
Here's what you gotta know, that "Net neutrality, also called open Internet, is a principle that Internet networks are equally available to all types of legal content generators. Internet service providers (ISPs), mostly large cable or telephone companies, would be prohibited from discriminating against content by blocking or slowing transmission speeds and seeking payments in exchange for faster lanes of their Internet networks, a practice called "paid prioritization."
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LOCAL Search Resources: URLs that Count!
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Okay, I know what you're thinking….what do I mean by "URLs that Count" and the answer this time is pretty easy – I thought I'd list here a short master list of URLs that you can use to click-on, drop-by, read-from and get some of the most current & up-to-date LOCAL search knowledge to help out your own SMB site.
It's all about knowledge, eh! That is, if you've a query or question, then think about where you'll go to learn what to consider as honest advice on that channel. Got a query on your NAP when you've got 4 offices?
Got a query as to what keywords can help a biz get better LOCAL search rankings? Got a query as to fixing old duplicate pages in Google+? The list of issues I would add can be long…but there are some great resource URLs you can use to get at least a pointer on where to go to get help.
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Citation Search: How to Find out Where to List?
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Okay, you've got an SMB site, it's local in it's marketing circumstances and you want to know more about "citations" as your google reasearch has told you they're important. If that might descibe you and your current stage of learning how to Canadian SEO your own site, then this post is for you, eh!
Here's what I'm talking about today – that if you wish to get some search engine ranking notice and resulting traction, then you've got to learn about Citations – what they are, where to find the ones that count and what to do when do find same.
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FabFriday: A Single Infographic for eCommerce
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Not often I think about SEO for eCommerce sites as we don't have such a client right now – but when I ran into this huge, long scroller this week I knew I'd have to blog on same.
Located here on www.e-commerceplatforms.com, it's entitled "The Ultimate, Epic Guide to Create a Successful Online Business in 2015″ and it as I said is quite a long well done graphic that says it all – least as far as I'm concerned!
Not that it's about SEO only – it's not at all. In fact it's a compendinium of the top 20 items to strategize upon, to help you get your own eCommerce site up and running and making you revenues.
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Is SEO Easier than You Might Imagine?
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That's a great question, I answered from the dais at a recent Seminar I was giving entitled "SEO 101″ and yet truly, I had no easy answer to give to the over 150 folks seated in front of me. And if you think about it, you'll understand, eh!
SEO is tough. It's like trying to hit a target that gets moved after you've taken your best shot at same – Google for instance says it changes it's algo approximately 500+ times annually – or at least say 1.5 times a day. And we SEO practitioners try to stay abreast of what's not only working now – but will work for our clients tomorrow and the day after that one and the day after that one…well, you get the picture, right?
So when an SMB owner stood up at that SEO 101 Seminar and asked point blank, if SEO was easy enough to learn on his own I really didn't know what to say. Why is that?
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FabFriday: A Favour over at Kickstarter?
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Okay, as you all know, I usuallly post on Fridays with the fab Infographics that I've found and saved the URLs for to help all you SMB owners get help in your own SEO Campaigns. Usually.
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Almost dug out completely…..gosh what a country, this Canuckland, eh!
FabFriday is our Infographics Day, eh!
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Not to say by the way that your site MUST be mobile friendly at least if not RD (responsive design) built, but that's an argument for other posts….
Today being Friday I've listed here some of the best Infographics we've found recently for your own SMB SEO DIY campaigns…how's that for a string of Canadian SEO acronyms, eh!
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SEO Podcasts: A New Way to Learn SEO!
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You need to be able to drill down and down and down so deep, that you see/hear/suffer interruptions with a big fat HEY….you're involved in what you're doing for clients and everything else gets left way way behind.
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FabFriday Is Infographics Day, eh!
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Been a great week again, got some testing results from the mid December Penguin updates back and yup, our clients are still fine. Got some feedback too from a local client on their own standings after we "silo-ed" their services for satellite offices too, and that worked out well as well.
So today, I thought would be a short one, but I found a couple of interesting items that you too would be good to click on to learn more – and when I say "you" I mean any SMB owner out there who might be interested in getting some SEO traction but at this point doesn't have a road-map all done.
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Need Infographic Development Sources?
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Infographics work when it comes to SEO. That is, using a well developed/designed Infographic to show what you're talking about can help any SMB owner to get some great incoming back links and by default some great rankings too.
I don't think there's anyone who would disagree on that point yet I see over and over many marketing/SEO/business blogs that take 10,000 words to try to describe something that a simple Infographic would have done much better.
So I thought today I'd list some great Infographic development firms you might consider if you think you'd like to look into this idea…
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FabFriday: On Something Else…
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To those of you readers who drop by on a Friday to see what I've found to share in the SEO world, you can tune in next week if you'd like as today I have something else to talk about – science fiction!
Yup. Love it. Have read the masters in same for more than 55 years. And yes, my own second novel is out there right now at an Agent's looking to find a home.
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Post-Launch SEO Thinking Can Be Too Late!
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You've worked hard – damn hard and long to help your web design company come up with the best possible new "look & feel" for your new website. You've done you due diligence on the latest in design principles and strategic thinking on what technology to use and how to use it to feature what you want to be the hands-down #1 site in your channel.
You've spent money – real money on new content creation and getting all those ducks in a row not to mention the whole hunt for someone to manage the site for your firm on a day-to-day basis. Your checklist is about done.
You've got the launch announcements all ready to go out, with invites to local politicans and your town's "movers & shakers" to come to see what you've created and you're ready for the world to wake-up to a real industry channel leader….so you're done, right? And what is to follow are those tons and tons of new site visitors who turn into leads…and then customers, right?
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It's FabFriday Infographics Day!
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Back in the saddle means among other things, back into the normal ebb/flow of client based business and for us here at KKT INTERACTIVE Inc., that means generating real live leads for our client sites. A large part of that is yes, the discovery and development of Infographics to aid our SEO/SEM client programs and that means keeping your "ear to the ground" when it comes to new infographic memes.
So…when we find same, we archive the URLs and then review them on our Monday mgmt Skype calls with staff/contractors and this week due to the recent Holiday season, we had a ton of same. Oh – writing a set of .NET scripts to go out and bot in new Infographic URLs wasn't hard it's just the drill-down into the folders of same that takes the time, by the way….
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SEO in 2015: Opportunity Knocks!
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Well, it was a heck of a holiday season, but we're "back in the saddle" again and thinking that one of the first things to consider for any SMB owner in 2015 – is SEO itself and what that means for your site.
Search engine optimization can mean a lot of things to a lot of owners of online businessess – but to begin talking about this whole area one must remember that what I mean by same is meant to matter for the SMB owner who knows how to value his business and how to measure an ROI on any marketing dollars spent.
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Banque Saudi Fransi , the lender part-owned by Credit Agricole, reported a 2-percent decline in quarterly profits on Monday, missing forecasts, due to higher operational costs.
The bank made second-quarter net profit of 757 million riyals ($201.9 million) in the three months to June 30, down from 773 million riyals in the same period a year earlier.
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Try the mixed berry waffle w/ Nutella gelato - so yummy!
Love watching the sunsets from here plus there are fire pits at night. Try the strawberry rhubarb pops in the summer
Even in the fog, still one of my favorite places in San Diego
Great place for Taco Tuesday - $1.25 for carne asada and adobada tacos
Eat in to save $$. Try the El Fuego:Spicy tuna, crab, tuna, avocado, jalapeño and fire sauce aka Sriracha goodness.
The Tonkotsu ramen w/ pork belly is a hit or miss for me, but extra points for having great music and N64 systems so I can whoop dat ass in Mario Kart
Great spot for those chilly nights - try the 'Belly of the Beast' if you're feeling beefy
Try the Kobe beef sliders w/ garlic Parmesan fries for brunch.
It's Taco Tuesday everyday with their $0.99 fish tacos! The pulpo taco is also a solid choice.
Four cheese grilled cheese sandwich with a side of tomato fennel soup and french fries.
Best açaí bowl in San Diego. Yeah, I said it.
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The market is not forgetting the insider selling stuff, that is why this strong market has moved in great numbers for companies that are no where near the growth of Kors yet Kors just rocks along 55 -59 and will do it until management shows the market all the great things outlined in this board. This has been dead money for three months and will continue until earnings.
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Tim Jeffries '85 served as the senior deputy of the Colorado Flood Recovery Task Force for Governor John Hickenlooper (D) of Colorado in fall 2013. Tim was reappointed to the Arizona Commerce Authority by House Speaker Andy Tobin (R) in summer 2014. And Tim also serves on the Crime and Child Safety Subcommittee of the Transition Committee for Governor-Elect Doug Ducey (R) of Arizona.
Rev. Dr. Laura (Boltz) Holck '85 has been called to served as senior pastor at Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Cross in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She shares the position with her spouse, Rev. Dr. Philip Holck.
Charlotte Hart '85 got married in January of 2014, and in September moved back to hometown Long Beach, California after 10 years in Scottsdale, Arizona. With three kids in college now, she and her new husband, Marshall Waller, live together and no longer comute 800 miles a week! When not working on their home remodel or charitable caues, Charlotte consults part-time as a marketing strategist specializing in business development. As the reunion nears, she is exhorting classmates and all alumni to bolster SCU's endowment. Examining her alma mater's giving statistics compared to the colleges her kids were accepted to (comprable size schools) was eye-opening, so she joined the reunion committee to spread the word!
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Todd Goolkasian '85 writes, "Maureen Goolkasian '85 and I are looking forward to seeing everyone at the 30th reunion!"
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Andrew Byrne '85, M.S. '89 is married and currently living in Oregon, where he works for an engineering firm focusing on thermally efficient hexagonal structures. He avidly pursues outdoor activities and has climbed a number of the tallest 200 peaks in North and Central America. He also collects beach bottle glass from some of the lowest-elevation coastline in the Northern Pacific basin and hopes to follow in his uncle's footsteps and retire to Humbolt County and open a marine bottle glass museum.
Enrico Viale MBA '86 has been appointed president of Endesa Chile, the largest electric utility company in that country, by the company's board of directors. Enrico Viale was the global director of the Enel Group's Generation line of business. He is a civil engineer with specialization in hydraulic engineering from Polytechnic University of Turin and has an MBA from the University of Santa Clara Business School. He has also taken training courses at Politecnico di Milano University and at MIT. He began his career in 1986 in the Italian energy company GIE, in various capacities in the area of finance, to join Enel in 2003 as Country Manager for Southeastern Europe. Subsequently, he served as of 2008 to date as Enel's COO in Russia and as CEO of the OJSC subsidiary in that country.
Jayshree Ullal M.S. '86 was ranked 30th in Forbes' first list of "America's Top 50 Most Successful, Self-made Women," as measured by her net worth: $470 million. According to the magazine, "to be eligible for this list, women had to have substantially made their own fortunes. In cases where they started businesses with, and still share with, their husbands, we've assigned them half of that combined wealth."
Thomas H. Smolich, S.J., M.Div. '86 will become the international director of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Rome on November 1, 2015. Prior to this assignment, he had been president of the Jesuit Conference of the United States from 2006-2014.
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Bob Lassalle-Klein '74, M.Div '86 is on sabbatical at Santa Clara University this year (2014-15) and is chair of Religious Studies and Prof of Religion and Philosophy at Holy Names University. He is a co-founder of and began his family with Lynn at the Oakland Catholic Worker, which serves immigrant families. They have three wonderfulchildren, Kate Lassalle-Klein '16 (21), Rose (19, Seattle U sophomore), and Peter (16, sophomore SJND high school). Bob did his dissertation with Jon Sobrino and just published Blood and Ink: Ignacio Ellacuría, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America (2014), which Orbis Books calls "the definitive account," and Kevin Burke describes as, "sweeping in its scope, unsettling in its political and historical implications, and profound in its theological depth." Bob is currently finishing The Spiritual Writings of Jon Sobrino (Orbis) and beginning work on Jesus the Immigrant: Contextual Christology and the Signs of the Times. He has done three edited volumes on Contextual Christology (Orbis 2011); The Galilean Jesus (Special Issue of Theological Studies 2009); and The Thought of Ignacio Ellacuría (with Kevin Burke, S.J., 2006). He serves on the board for the Instituto Hispano of the Jesuit School of Theology; as a consultant for the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries at Santa Clara University, and has daughters who participated this summer in university-sponsored service projects in El Salvador and Ghana. Kate has just finished six weeks working with Sr. Peggy O'Neill at the Centro Arte y Paz in Suchitoto supported by a Jean Donovan Fellowship from the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at Santa Clara.
Mike Kourey MBA '86 is now CFO of Medallia, a customer experience management company. With more than 20 years of financial operating and audit committee experience with both startups and large technology enterprises, Kourey brings extensive hands-on expertise in leading financial strategy and execution for high-growth companies.
Prior, Kourey was a partner at Khosla Ventures, where he worked closely with RingCentral to guide the company through its successful initial public offering. Kourey has also held a number of operational finance leadership roles – including serving as CFO of Polycom, where he started as the seventh employee and helped grow the business to over $1.5 billion in annual revenues.
Kourey also serves on the board of directors at RingCentral and various private companies and previously served on the boards and audit committees of Aruba Networks and Riverbed Technology.
Rob Jensen '86 and Diana Jensen '88 own Testarossa Winery, in Los Gatos, which is housed in the beautiful old Novitiate Winery founded by the Jesuits of then-Santa Clara College in the late 19th century.
Testarossa (Italian for "red head") was the nickname given Rob as a young university student in Italy. Rob, a fourth generation Northern Californian, developed a passion for winemaking: its past, present, and future through extensive travel to Europe's great wine growing areas, combined with living in Italy during his university days. Although Rob's degree is in electrical engineering, with a minor in Italian language and culture, he has studied grape growing, winemaking and chemistry at the renowned School of Viticulture and Oenology at UC Davis. During Rob's nearly twenty-year high-tech career he held several sales and marketing positions in pre- and post-IPO companies in Silicon Valley. Rob's technical background, love of the arts, and business experience made it a natural for him to dive headlong into the wine business, an industry that is equal parts science and art.
Kathryn Kane '82, J.D. '86 writes, "This fall, I will retire as a deputy county counsel, Office of County Counsel, County of Santa Clara. I have been a hearing, trial, and appellate counsel in the Child Dependency Unit for more than 25 years. I will forever be grateful for this amazing career opportunity."
Jack DeStories '86 and Rosie DeStories '87 are principals at Fairfield Auction, Connecticut's leading auctioneer of antiques and fine art. Jack has been a collector since childhood. Before graduating from high school, he was a nationally known collector of baseball cards. He has been estimating, cataloging, and marketing antique auctions full-time since 1990. Jack has been certified as an expert witness in his field by the Bridgeport Superior Court and has donated his expertise to dozens of antique appraisal events across New England benefiting various schools, churches, museums, and historical societies.
Mike Arnold '86 will soon celebrate his 28th year with State Farm Insurance, where he is VP of Operations–Property and Casualty Claims. He and his wife, Valerie Bettencourt Arnold '87, have been married for 27 years and live in Bloomington, Ill. They have two daughters. Their youngest is a junior in high school while their oldest has returned to the Bay Area and is working full-time in Pleasanton upon graduating from college from North Carolina State University.
John Savage '87 is in his 11th season as UCLA's head coach. Savage helped UCLA reach college baseball's pinnacle in 2013, as the Bruins won their first-ever NCAA baseball title. Under his guidance, UCLA has advanced to the postseason in seven of the last nine seasons, hosting four consecutive NCAA Regionals from 2010 through 2013. He is currently the third longest-tenured head coach in UCLA baseball program history. UCLA has gone 349-254-1 under Savage the past 10 seasons. In seven trips to the postseason at UCLA, Savage has compiled a 32-14 record (.696 winning percentage), recording the most postseason victories of any head coach in program history. Read more of this stats on www.uclabruins.com.
Ron Mueller MBA '87 has started a freelance content marketing business (muellercopywriting.com) after retiring from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.
Julie Mar-Spinola J.D. '87 has been appointed Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Finjan Holdings Inc., a cybersecurity technology licensing company, Ms. Mar-Spinola has served as the company's VP, Legal Operations since February 3, 2014. In this expanded role, Ms. Mar-Spinola will have additional wide-ranging responsibilities, including building Finjan's intellectual property assets, overseeing the Company's Enforcement Program, including the licensing and litigation practice groups, as well as managing public policy, including Patent Reform.
Cathy de Lorimier '87, pastel artist, has joyfully returned to her home state of California after living out of state for the past 27 years. She and her husband Arthur de Lorimier '86, have moved to Sacramento to live close to family. Their daughter Julia de Lorimier '15 graduated this past Spring with a degree in Psycho-Biology and we are very proud of her accomplishments!
Cathy de Lorimier, pastel painter de Lorimier Fine Art www.deLorimierStudio.com
James P. Cramer '83, J.D. '87 has been appointed a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. The appointment was made by Gov. Jerry Brown '59. Cramer, 55, of Piedmont, has served as an assistant public defender at the Alameda County Public Defender's Office since 2004. He served as supervising legal research attorney at the Alameda County Superior Court from 2000 to 2004 and was general counsel and project manager at McGuire and Hester from 1996 to 2000. Cramer was an attorney at Cramer and Cramer (Robert '48 and Michael '78) from 1992 to 1996, after working as an associate in law firms between 1989 and 1992 and as a deputy district attorney at the Alameda County District Attorney's office from 1987 to 1989.
Ellen Arabian-Lee '87, J.D. '90 opened Arabian-Lee Law Corporation in Roseville, California, in April 2014.
Chuck Miller '85, J.D. '88 is business development nanager for American Pacific Mortgage in Walnut Creek. He is also the JV basketball coach at De La Salle High School in Concord. Chuck is currently serving on the SCU National Alumni Board as well as on the committee for the Class of '85 Grand Reunion coming up this fall. He is encouraging all his classmates to come to the reunion and looks forward to seeing them all there. Chuck is proud of his daughter, Samantha, who is attending George Washington University and his son, Charlie, who is a freshman at De La Salle High School. Chuck lives in Pleasant Hill.
Bruce Johnsen M.A. '88 writes: "Continuing to enjoy my work 'saving' family-owned businesses and partnerships."


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Exclusive: How Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Changed The Music Business
As significant a role as MTV played in the success of "Thriller," Epic also rolled out an unprecedented assault on radio. Before "Thriller," labels only promoted three or four singles for most albums. "I remember talking it over at marketing meetings, 'Should we put out another one?' " McCarrell says. "We didn't want to put out a single [unless] it could go top 10. As long as the promo guys thought we could, we kept putting them out."
"Dileo would make it perfectly clear," Warfield says. "'Fight and don't take no for an answer. Get this record on the radio.'"
During a 15-month period, Epic released seven of the nine tracks from "Thriller" as singles, and all landed in the top 10. Even more remarkable, between the release of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" and "Thriller," Epic's sister label Columbia put out "Say, Say, Say," a second duet between Jackson and McCartney featured on McCartney's "Pipes of Peace" album that went straight to No. 1 as well.
Ultimately, "Thriller" spent 122 weeks on the Billboard 200, leading Epic to one of its greatest periods of prosperity. Given the decline in album sales, the rise of digital downloads and the lack of an heir apparent to Jackson, it's unlikely another album will ever dominate radio, video or the collective consciousness the way "Thriller" did.
As Garland puts it, "We saw the top of the mountain with 'Thriller.'"