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- Kirk H. Sowell said...
It is ironic, is it not, that just recently the United Nations passed a resolution condemning Holocaust denial, and also encouraging member states to educate their publics about the issue? What many in the West do not realize is that Holocaust denial is quite widespread in the Muslim world.
More interesting, I thought, was the different way in which Al-Jazeera spun the news on the English and Arabic versions of its cite. The English version deemphasizes Ahmadinejad's denial, suggesting that he only raised the issue, but then contains an explicit statement recognizing the Holocaust for what it was. The Arabic version, by contrast, references the Holocaust once but doesn't repeat the detailed historical point in the English version, but then goes on to detail Ahmadinejad's denial. The Arabic version isn't factually inaccurate, but the issue was certainly framed for the viewers.
This is my post on Ahmadinejad's madness. It compares the two versions.
- Turin said...
What??? When are you people gonna stop saying that anti-zionism is anti-semitism?
Do Arabs who are anti-zionists hate themselves then?
- Turin said...
This article is BS. There are around 25,000 jews in Iran, and they are protected under the Iranian Constitution.If Ahmadinejad wanted to kill all the Jews, wouldn't it be easier to start with those close at hand? Iran has the largest jewish community in the muslim countries.
- Turin said...
"Israel should be wipped off the map" Ja ja what mistranslation does lol
Here you have someone writing an article based on a mistranslation.
It turns out Middle East Media Research Institute made the translation, which is owned by who?
Meyrav Wurmser and Yigal Carmon.Two right- wing Jews. Looked them up.
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Naruto x Tifa
Author's Note
For those of you who aren't aware. I have been going to other fanfiction sites. My second main one is deviantart. This is just one of the stories that can be made if you a paid point comission. So yeah, you can donate points on Deviantart and you can have the story you want created or you can use the points to have me update a particular story. My ID story on the site is free to join my group NarutoandBeauties. I need more staff and artists as well.
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Why did he never listen to his mind when it cried out, 'it's a trap!' He would have thought he would have learned by now, but he didn't. A sigh escaped the young man's lips as the sound of his sandals echoed across the path. The bags that he was carrying in his hand weren't heavy, but it was more of the feeling of being a pack mule then anything. They nestled against his six pack, that strained against his black shirt that highlighted his ripped figure. Over the past few years the spiky haired blond had been training in improving his physical strength, making sure he always stayed in physical shape for whatever incident would occur. He shrugged his shoulders slightly as his dark orange jacket fell slightly from his shoulders.
Naruto missed the days where the rays of the sun would easily glide over his tan skin. Though he missed the sights of nature he used to enjoy, he definitely didn't mind the site before him. That of the leather skirted clad backside of his companion. "You're such a hopeless pervert!" the woman before him stated in an accusatory. Her tone was more teasing then angry.
"What can I say? You know how to catch a guy's attention." He cheekily answered. Said one turned and quickly rolled her fingers through his whiskers.
"You're lucky it's your birthday." She merely responded, continuing her teasing tone. "You really don't want to spoil your appetite by eating desert first do you?" she asked, as she pressed her body against his. And if one had a killer body like Tifa's, especially with those rather large breasts of hers, even the most studious of males wouldn't be able to help their biological reactions. A laugh escaped her lips as the blond's cheek flushed red.
"Curse you, you nefarious minx." Naruto grumbled as they made their way back to the bar. Naruto continued stealing glances at her other infamous trait, her long legs. Tifa was wearing her usual sleeveless white tank top that showed off her mid-riff along with her black miniskirt with a belt and suspenders. She was also donning her usual red and black gloves.
When they got home, Naruto was directed to leave the bags on the counter and to come back in a few hours. She had long given up on throwing a surprise birthday party for Naruto that simply wasn't something that was possible. A great deal of time passed as Tifa hummed a happy tune. The scent of a baking cake filled the area. The cake would be more than enough for everyone that would arrive. She knew for a fact that Denzel and Marlene, their adoptive children, would also be pleased. After all, her loved ones just couldn't say no to a slice of Tifa's homemade cake. It was rather quiet, thanks to Naruto taking the kids out to play. It was rare she would find some time to herself between the kids, Naruto, the bar, and odd-jobs to earn money on the side.
Tifa checked the oven, and after a quick skim estimated it would take another fifteen to twenty minutes before it was done. She closed the door and stepped back only for a pair of arms to wrap itself around her waist. A smile formed on Tifa's face as she leaned against his strong chest. "I thought I told you to come back in at least three hours."
"You said go away for a few hours. You never specified."
"Where are the kids?" she asked as the blond nestled his nose against her neck.
"They're with Kurama. Don't worry, they're okay. Cake smells nice by the way." He said after inhaling the scent. "Chocolate hopefully?"
"Of course. "
Naruto made an approving hum in response of the question as he moved his head to kiss below Tifa's hair. The brunette's small hairs on the back of her neck stood up as the hot breath glazed across her skin. "Naruto stop…" she softly mewed. Her plea was half-hearted as he brought her closer to him. "I need to keep an eye on the cake."
"It'll be okay." One of his hands began softly stroking her stomach. "Besides, I know I'm not the only one enjoying this," he continued as he flicked his tongue along her ear lobe. A content moan escaped Tifa's lips though she wasn't going to subside to Naruto so easily.
She began grinding her behind against Naruto's pelvis causing him to sharply exhale. She could feel his cock pressing against her right butt cheek. Tifa knew she could elicit a response out of the blond rather easily. She was far from vain, preferring to help people and work on her martial arts skill then focus on prettier herself, but she wasn't ignorant to the fact she had a killer body, something she took advantage of quiet a few times.
Though with the way her heart beat was increasing, it seemed like it was backfiring in this occasion. Tifa suddenly found herself spun around as Naruto claimed her lips. She responded by wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing back. His tongue playfully brushed against her top lip until she parted her mouth. He pressed her into the counter as their tongues battled for dominance.
Naruto kisses were usual hungry with a taste of saltiness. It was a strange sensation but also powerful. It was a rather stark contrast to her taste of strawberries and wild flowers or at least what Naruto would describe her taste as. Suddenly the smell of something burning caught their attention.
"Damnit!" they both thought, lightly panting. They detangled from their passionate embrace as Tifa went and removed the cake from the often. Now to wait a few minutes for it to cool off so the icing could be applied.
At that moment Tifa felt Naruto's hand grope her. She supposed icing the cake could wait until later. Right now another source of heat needed her attention.
Chapter End
Mainly a fanservice story I wanted to write for my enjoyment and the enjoyment of others. Because the only decent FF7 x Naruto story features Naruto x Aerith. There is one or two that has more than one cross, but they don't update regularly nor have the stories made any leeway. The stories that annoy me the most are those with over 40,000 words or ten chapters and the supposed pairing don't even know the other person exists.
I understand there are stories with no pairing. People thing the romance always has to be central for us pairing writers or readers. It's not. Just don't bring focus or shoehorn in a pairing if it's not going to get any focus or development. It's especially annoying in stories where out of the chapters, half is focused on OCs with egregious plot points that are hastily solved at the end of whatever canon arcs the writer is in instead of spending time developing and focusing on the canon characters beyond canon development. Say what you will, but I at least try to add substance and information to the canon characters or background.
Anyway I do have three stories planned in mind.
FF7 X Naruto novelization with a Naruto x Tifa romance.
An Alternate Universe Naruto x Tifa pairing.
And another oneshot.
With that in mind, hope you guys enjoy this new stuff I'm putting out.
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|Jun 21, 1977
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|Jun 16, 1975
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|Jun 16, 1975
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|Elwood L. Strebel
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|Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
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This invention relates to lyotropic nematic compositions and to sheet materials particularly transparent webs coated with said materials in such a fashion that the webs are birefringent. It further relates to methods for coating transparent webs with said lyotropic nematic materials at substantially uniform thicknesses and to retardant sheet materials produced by said process.
Isotropy is the state of having uniform properties in all directions and anisotropy is the state of having different properties in different directions. It has been found that the surface of glass as well as of many other materials can be made anisotropic by orientation procedures which are collectively termed rubbing. The orientation is evoked not by mere random rubbing but by deliberate unidirectional rubbing using particular pads and materials. Such procedures are set out by Dreyer, U.S. Pat. No. 2,400,877, as well as by H. Zocher and K. Coper in Zeitschrift der physikalischen Chemie, Vol. 132, page 295 et seq.( 1928). Thus, it was shown by Zocher et al. that the anisotropy of a rubbed glass surface could be detected by application of thin layers of methylene blue which when viewed with plane polarized light was seen to be oriented so that the coating was dichroic, that is, different colors in different directions. Such results have been found for numerous dyes when aqueous solutions are evaporated, J. F. Dreyer, Journal de physique Vol. 30, page C4-114 to C4-116 (1969 ).
Particularly if such dichroic films are substantially colorless in one direction they can be used as analyzers for plane polarized light. Further, if absorption is sufficiently strong in the other direction, they can be used to provide polarized light from unpolarized light as has been shown in several patents. Particular use of an oriented substrate is provided by Dreyer, U.S. Pat. No. 2,400,877, herein incorporated by reference for the extensive disclosure of the preparation and use of such substrates and the coating thereof. It is also there described how advantage can be taken of the properties of many dyestuffs to go through a nematic state and how orientation of that state can be preserved by careful evaporation and diffusion of a solution. Further use of dichroic nematic dyestuffs is described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,481,830 and 2,544,659.
General, useful papers and comments on liquid crystals are contained in the Discussion held by the Faraday Society on Apr. 24 and 25, 1933, and published in a series of papers in Volume 29 of the transactions of that society, pages 881-1085 (1933). A more recent review is provided by V. A. Usol'tseva and I. G. Chistyakov, (in translation) Russian Chemical Reviews Vol. 32, No. 9, page 495-509 (September, 1963) which includes an extensive bibliography.
For purposes of increasing the contrast of cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays, it is advantageous to use a retarder which retards one component of a beam of light with respect to the component at right angles thereto. Such a retarder provides circularly polarized light from plane polarized light. A retarder which results in retardation of one quarter wavelength, λ/4, is often known as a quarter wave plate. Such plates are used in microscopy to accentuate polarization colors when weakly birefringent materials are examined between crossed Nicol prisms. It is also possible to provide retarders which correspond to more or less than a quarter wavelength.
It was suggested by Dreyer in U.S. Pat. No. 2,400,877 (paragraph bridging pages 2 to 3) that nematic materials which were non-polarizing could be employed in wave or fractional wave plates. However, it does not appear that any of the materials available at that time permitted reducing this concept to practice. Although the term "non-polarizing" does not appear to have been defined, it appears to refer to materials which are insufficiently strongly dichroic to provide substantially complete absorption of one component of light passing through them. This now suggests that retarders could be made from weakly colored or colorless nematic materials. Materials available to Dreyer such as 10-bromophenanthrene-3(or 6)-sulfonic acid become smectic before finally becoming dry and are therefore not applicable.
It is an aim and object of this invention to provide a retarder and compositions for use therein in which orientation is effected by means of an oriented surface such as rubbed glass. Other aims and objects will become evident herein elsewhere.
In accordance with the above and other aims and objects of the invention, a new class of lyotropic mesomorphic, or liquid crystalline, compositions has been found, the members of which can be applied to oriented substrates such as rubbed glass to give anisotropic films which retard one component of a light beam over the other component. The structures of these compounds are not known with certainty and, in fact, several structures may be represented among the compositions of the invention. The compositions are triazine derivatives produced from cyanuric halide, most conveniently the chloride, by successive (1) reaction with two molar proportions of a carboxy-substituted amino-aromatic compound to replace halogens of the cyanuric halide, (2) reaction of the third halogen to form a quaternary group, e.g., reaction with pyridine, and then (3) the compositions are put into solutions, by formation of ammonium salts or salts of other such bases.
The present compositions are 1,3-bis( carboxy aromatic amino) triazine 5-pyridinium base complexes and the ammonium salts thereof which latter are lyotropic mesomorphs which means that they exhibit mesomorphic properties when solvated or dissolved within certain limits. Such behavior is observed with some soaps of fatty acids. The preferred materials are lyotropic nematic mesomorphs which is that as mesomorphs they display the properties of nematic phases rather than smectic or cholesteric phases. The surprising feature of these compounds is that, when the mesomorphic solutions oriented by the substrate are dried so as to avoid ebullition or other disturbance, the residual film is anisotropic although no longer mesomorphic. Furthermore, because of the peculiarities of the present compositions, the film is negatively birefringent so that retardation of substantially the same extent is observed as the sheet is inclined along the axis of orientation of the substrate. The residue may also be described as vitreous or resinous. It is relatively resistant to wiping with a dry cloth and can be heated moderately with only slight if any loss in anisotropy. It is rather resinous or varnish-like and may be said to have a frozen anisotropy or memory of orientation. By normal illumination, the film is unnoticeable and substantially colorless. It may be sufficiently thin that it will exhibit interference colors. Slight residual color of the film may usually be discharged when the film is heated above about 150�-200� C. without greatly changing the birefringence or anisotropy.
The preferred compositions of the invention are obtained by reacting cyanuric chloride with two moles of amino-benzoic acid, more preferably para-aminobenzoic acid, followed by reaction with one mole of pyridine base and solution in about 10-15% aqueous ammonium hydroxide to a concentration of about 35-60 g/l. This solution is applied to a rubbed oriented surface in an amount of about 1 cc per 35-45 cm2 of surface and evaporated to give a coating about 0.44 μ thickness. It is convenient to apply the requisite amount of solution to the upper edge of a vertically disposed oriented substrate and permit it to be distributed by gravity. Operative under conditions which minimize evaporation during spreading of the solution assist in providing uniformity of the coating. The coated substrate is then removed to conditions which assure evporation of solvent without disturbance. The residue is found to be an oriented birefringent film.
Films of about 0.40 to 0.65 μ thickness provide retardations of from about 65� to 120� . Films of greater thickness may have some tendency to be less oriented as the distance from the oriented surface of the substrate increases and it generally is preferred to have coatings of from about 0.1 to 5 μ in thickness.
Other carboxyl-substituted aromatic amines which can be employed and give birefringent films from dilute ammonium hydroxide solution include, but are not limited to: ##STR1##
In some instances, the pyridine can be replaced by other pyridine bases such as 3 or 4-methylpyridine. Other chlorinated heterocyclic compounds are not contemplated.
The best mode of practicing the invention is illustrated by the following examples in which parts of solids are by weight and temperatures are in � C.
A slurry is prepared from 246.6 g (1.8 mole) p-aminobenzoic acid in 1 liter water, and solutions of 95.4 (0.9 mole) anhydrous sodium carbonate in 690 ml. water and 110.7 g (0.6 mole) cyanuric chloride in 460 ml. acetone.
A 4000 ml. breaker is placed in a large metallic container on a high wattage hot plate. To the beaker is added 1000 ml. of water and to the container is added sufficient ice to reach a level equal to that of the water in the beaker. The contents of the beaker are stirred vigorously and the slurry of p-aminobenzoic acid is added. When the temperature of the suspension has dropped to 5�-10� C., the acetone solution of cyanuric chloride and 460 ml. of the sodium carbonate solution are added simultaneously from two graduated 500 ml. addition funnels over a period of 50-60 minutes. The flow of the sodium carbonate solution is started after approximately 25 ml. of acetone solution has been added and further addition is regulated to prevent the pH of the suspension from exceeding 7. Following the completion of the addition of the solutions, the ice water is siphoned out and replaced with warm water and the hot plate is turned on. The suspension is heated with stirring to approximately 85�-90� C. over about 2 hours thereby expelling acetone. During the warming process, the remaining 230 ml. of sodium carbonate is added in 25 ml. aliquots periodically, at such a rate that the pH does not exceed about 7.0 Supplementary stirring may be required. The suspension gradually becomes extremely thick and it is heated for 45 minutes following the addition of the last aliquot of sodium carbonate solution. One liter of boiling water is stirred into the suspension and the hot suspension is filtered by suction. The filter cake is collected, broken up, and resuspended in two liters of boiling water and filtered by suction as before. The filter cake is again broken up and suspended in 3 liters of boiling acetone as 4 to 5 portions using 600 to 700 ml. of boiling acetone each time. The product is collected from the hot acetone suspension by suction filtration and air dried to constant weight at 110�-120� C. The yield is 218 g. Mass spectral data are in agreement with the structure for 1,3-bis(carboxyphenylamino)-5-chlorotriazine: ##STR2##
This material should be free from p-aminobenzoic acid. A thin layer chromatogram (TLC) on Eastman Chromatogram Sheet 13254 -- cellulose with fluorescent indicator can be used to detect p-aminobenzoic acid. A sample is dissolved in water by adding 10% alkali metal hydroxide dropwise until solution is complete and this solution is spotted on the TLC plate beside known p-aminobenzoic acid (spotted from acetone solution). The chromatogram is eluted with 4:1 methanol -- concentrated ammonium hydroxide solution. If p-aminobenzoic acid is found to be present, it is removed by another wash with boiling acetone.
In a 800 ml. beaker in a hot water bath heated by a hot plate and equipped with a mechanical stirrer is placed 450 ml. of anhydrous pyridine. When the temperature of the pyridine reaches 70� C., 150 g. of the product of Example 1 is added with stirring. The temperature is increased to 85� over 1 hour while the suspension is stirred vigorously. After 1 hour, the solid is collected by suction filtration. The beaker is rinsed with ice cold pyridine and washings are added to the filter cake. The filter cake is further washed with ice cold pyridine so that a total of about 150 ml. is used in all. The filter cake is sucked as dry as possible, then broken up in a large tray and air dried at room temperature for 20 hours. The yield is about 200 to 210 g. of pyridinium comples which is believed on the basis of nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and other data to be 1,3-bis(p-carboxyphenylamino)triazine-5-pyridinium chloride and to have the structure: ##STR3##
The crude material is somewhat purified by solution and reprecipitation, i.e., by fractional precipitation. It is apparently simultaneously converted to the quaternary hydroxide or an hydroxylated pyridyl compound.
To a suspension of 20 g. of the crude solid of Example 2 in 500 ml. of water are added 7.0 ml. of concentrated ammonium hydroxide with stirring. After stirring for 10 minutes, any undissolved material is separated by suction filtration and discarded.
The solution is placed in a beaker equipped for vigorous stirring and with the electrodes of a pH meter just below the surface of the solution. The pH of the stirred solution is followed as a 10% hydrochloric acid solution is added slowly. When the pH has stabilized at 7.5-8.0, the mixture is stirred for 10-15 minutes. The large liquid crystalline globules which form gradually break up releasing acid and there is a tendency for the pH to drift to below 7. More hydrochloric acid is added slowly in approximately 0.5 to 2 ml. aliquots until pH 6 is reached. Rapid stirring is continued for 5 minutes. If the pH remains at 6 and there appear to be no more large globules, the deeply colored precipitate is collected by suction filtration. If there are still globules larger than 3 mm. in diameter, stirring is continued for about 15 minutes before filtration.
The suspension is filtered using hardened filter paper and 18.5 cm. or larger Buchner funnels. The filter paper tends to become clogged and may have to be changed frequently. A spatula is used to scrape the dark red material off the filter paper. This is referred to as polymeric additive and is dried and used below. It appears to be of a polymeric nature and to be formed particularly in the substantial absence of water during the quaternization step. The recurring units as indicated by mass spectral data are believed to be: ##STR4##
The filtrate above should be orange. If it is still dark red, the above procedure is repeated. The pH is again monitored with a pH meter and 10% hydrochloric acid added slowly. When the pH stabilizes around 5.7 after stirring for 5 minutes, any fine orange precipitate is collected as above. The filtrate should be deep yellow to slightly orange and the pH should not be above 5.7 or 5.8.
The yellow to slightly orange solution is further acidified gradually and a bright yellow precipitate forms. Precipitation is essentially complete at pH 5.1. It is advisable to stir for a few minutes to be sure the pH does not begin to rise. The yellow pyridinium compound, which is solid, is collected by suction filtration. It is not as gelatinous as the previous materials and filtration is more rapid.
The filtrate should be colorless. If it is still yellow, the acidification step is repeated.
The yellow filter cake is sucked as dry as possible, removed and broken up and suspended in acetone. The acetone suspension is filtered, the yellow filter cake is broken up and air dried. The structure is believed to be either of the following pyridinium complexes: ##STR5## or possibly a mixture on the basis of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and absence of chlorides in sodium fusion. It will be evident that an internal salt is also possible.
The procedure of quaternization Example 2 is repeated using product of Example 1 containing about 5-10% water (or adding 5-10% of water to dry product) and a crude pyridinium complex is obtained which is not fractionally precipitated but is used directly (42 g) to make a dilute solution in 1000 ml. water and 14.3 ml. concentrated (18%) ammonium hydroxide. The suspension is stirred for 5 to 10 minutes, filtered to remove any undissolved material and to it is added a small amount (2.3 ml. of 10% solution) of an aqueous solution of a nonionic surfactant such as the propylene oxidepropylene glycol polyol of molecular weight 8700 available commerically as Pluronic F-68. The solution thus contains about 0.02% of added surfactant which constitutes about 0.5% of solutes. This solution of lyotropic nematic composition is used as described in Example 6 below for coating oriented substrates. It will be apparent that the presence of chloride ion which is not here removed will be immaterial in the coating solution as the same cation may be present as shown by the pyridinium hydroxide of Example 3.
The products obtained above in Example 3 by fractional precipitation are recombined in proportions of about 40 parts of the purified light yellow pyridinium complex and 2 parts of the polymeric additive first precipitated. The coating solution is prepared as described above in 1000 ml. water. The solution contains 0.2% polymeric additive constituting 5% of solutes. This appears to be an illustration of the enhancement of nematic behavior by impurities noted in U.S. Pat. No. 2,400,877. The color is not sufficient to make the residual nematic layer appear dichroic. This solution is also applied as described below in Example 6. Other materials which are used in place of the above polymeric additive include glycerine, 2-amino-ethanol and ammonium salts of 10-undecenoic acid, oleic acid or lauric acid. These are used in about the same amounts, i.e. about 0.5 to 10% the amount of lyotropic mesomorph, and the resulting solutions are also applied as below to give birefringent sheet materials.
Any method for activating or orienting the surface may be employed provide only that it is so applied that anisotropy is achieved. The following procedure is found to be fully satisfactory. Further description is to be found in U.S. Pat. No. 2,400,877.
The rubbing composition is prepared by mixing thoroughly 250 ml. of water with about 290 (� 10 g.) of 0.62 μ average diameter zirconium oxide such as TAM Zirox B available from Tam Division of National Lead Industries and about 37 (� 2 g.) of technical grade calcium carbonate. To the thoroughly mixed thin paste is added 1.25 ml. of dibutylamine phosphate (available as Monsanto D. P. solution) which causes a slight effervescence.
The surface of the substrate to be rubbed or activated must be thoroughly clean and free from dirt, grease, etc. Glass substrates are washed with a detergent solution and rinsed.
A rubbing tool is used which is conveniently a straight wooden stick about 5 cm. square and at least as long as the width of the substrate. It is usually wrapped with polyurethane foam to a thickness of about 5 to 10 mm. but other such materials can be used.
The substrate surface is oriented by first applying the rubbing composition to both the surface and the rubbing tool and then stroking the substrate about 10 times in one direction. The rubbing tool is rinsed and two fresh surfaces of the tool are then used to stroke the surface, once with each surface of the tool. The substrate is rinsed with water to remove all traces of rubbing compound but taking care not to touch or otherwise disturb the oriented surface. The back of the substrate may be sponged off.
The oriented surface and the reverse of the substrate are rinsed with distilled or deionized water and the coating composition of the invention is applied by flowing from a liquid dispenser to a thickness of about 1 ml. per 40 to 50 cm2 on the oriented substrate and dried. During the drying of the solution, as the solute becomes more concentrated, the residue shows nematic properties which are oriented by the substrate. The dried film retains the anisotropy of the nematic phase although it itself is not mesomorphic but may be described as an anisotropic vitreous or resinous coating. Retardation of about 90� is determined for the film which is about 0.45 μ thick.
Similar birefringent films are formed using 4-propyl pyridine or 3 or 4-picoline instead of pyridine for quaternization and others by using ortho- or meta-aminobenzoic acid instead of p-aminobenzoic acid and applying solutions of the quaternized carboxyphenylamino triazines to oriented glass substrates. These films are found to give retardation of about 90�.
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|Sep 16, 1960
|Dec 31, 1963
|Ici Ltd
|Dyestuffs having an azo, anthraquinone, and phthalocyanine chromophoric group and a triazine or pyrimidine ring carrying a quaternary ammonium salt substituent
|Apr 12, 1973
|Feb 18, 1975
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|Jun 3, 2003
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|Mar 2, 2004
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|Polarizer constructions and display devices exhibiting unique color effects
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|3M Innovative Properties Company
|Polarizer constructions and display devices exhibiting unique color effects
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Stamina VariantsThe following is a variation on the standard ICONS calculation of Stamina (based on Strength + Willpower) that may better suit certain styles of play.
Ability TallyRather than having a Stamina score, characters mark Stamina damage suffered from attacks against three of their abilities: Strength, Willpower, and one ability of their choice (from the remaining four of Prowess, Coordination, Intellect, and Awareness). Damage may be distributed amongst the three abilities as desired and has no effect on the ability's in-game use. When allocated damage equals or exceeds an ability, the character in unconscious.
Example: Atomic Roach has Strength 8, Willpower 6, and chooses his Coordination 5 for his third damage ability. He can take a total of 16 points of Stamina damage, dividing it up amongst his various abilities, before any one of them accumulates damage that equals or exceeds its level. The 17th point of damage will bring one of his tallies up to that threshold, rendering him unconscious.
This approach to Stamina allows for a number of different variations:
- Certain attacks (such as surprise attacks, or the first attack in a conflict) have their damage applied to just one ability, without dividing it up. This results in quicker knock-outs in those circumstances.
- Certain maneuvers may allow attackers to choose to target an ability for damage (again, going for a faster KO).
- Damage applied against different abilities may have different consequences (see ICONS Team-Up for discussion of consequences). Damage applies to Strength may result in physical injuries, while damage applies to Willpower causes self-doubt, depression, or a loss of fighting spirit.
- There's a lot of variability with the third ability. It does not even have to be an ability, it could also be a power level instead. The ability chosen may represent something about the character's fighting style.
- Strength and Willpower don't need to be fixed; it could be based on any three ability levels, although this level of variability will tend to see more characters with nearly the same Stamina levels, as the tendency will be to choose the character's three highest levels as often as possible.
- If a damage tally equal to or high than any one ability results in unconsciousness, a tally higher than two abilities may result in serious or lasting injury, and a tally higher than three could result in death!


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There is an expression in my native language that goes "Don't try to give birth to a bicycle". It usually encourages someone to use a solution that has already been found, or to refrain from making some trivial process overly complicated. I'm familiar with the canonical "Don't re-invent the wheel", but I don't find it particularly funny.
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I'd normally say KISS ("Keep it simple, stupid!"), where you're advising someone not to overengineer a solution.
In some contexts, "Softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey" may be appropriate. It's usually used to mean Don't alarm {your quarry}, but it wouldn't seem unreasonable to me if you said it to a colleague when you meant We can solve this problem by doing something inconspicuous that won't require us to seek approval from the boss (in the UK, Don't make a song and dance about it.)
An expression that has similar meaning:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it


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St. John The Divine Orthodox Church Welcomes You!
Faces of St. John The Divine
A Note From Fr. Constantine
As of September the 26th 2015, St. John the Divine Church passed a major milestone: it celebrated its 100th birthday! I am in the fortunate position of being the priest while this Church crosses the 100-year line that all the many, many, faithful and clergy before me earned with their blood, sweat, and tears!
You see a hundred years ago a group of faithful Orthodox Christians, took a risk and bought a piece of land adjacent to the Ford plant, where most of them worked. So much has changed since then, but that vision of those faithful founders has not changed but survived, planting Orthodoxy in Windsor.
There's a remarkable picture of a group of men, hand digging out the church hall. It is remarkable because all they had were shovels, pick-axes and wheelbarrows. Their great physical effort proved their faith that they believed this church was here to stay!
I have often said that I wish the church walls could talk what stories would be told: of marriages-baptisms-more marriages and funerals. I like to reflect on all the holiness, ie. all the Paschas, all the Divine Liturgies, all the times bread and wine became the Body and Blood of Christ! All the rejoicing, all the celebrations as well as all the heartaches and sorrow, all the lives that this church has changed, and all the souls that received salvation and how the vision of Orthodoxy of those first faithful, survived.
But its ethnic diversity was also its vulnerability for it had continual attrition as whole ethnic groups left to form their own churches. St. John is the Mother Orthodox Church of Windsor.
Interestingly, the diversity of people which once caused its attrition is now St. John's strength for we attract mixed marriages where one spouse speaks only English, enquirers to Orthodoxy and many who simply attend to worship God and not practice their ethnic heritage.
I wonder if those founders in 1915 thought about the possibility of this day, 100 years in the future. They built a sturdy church for often contractors who have worked on it have noted that St. John could serve as a tornado shelter with its 18 inch thick walls and a roof that could support the weight of elephants. In other words, it is built to last.
But that is what contractors see, but what I see is the steadfast faith of followers of Christ Jesus, in this church community both then and now, that made it last because throughout the past 100 years the faithful have survived.
So you see why I feel so privileged, on the 100th anniversary, enjoying this history making day in the life of St. John the Divine Orthodox Church, for so many faithful, who went before me made this day possible.
But at the same time, I can picture many people who are now contributing their time, talents, and treasure with that same resilience, a faithful vision, so it would not just survive but thrive! So as I thought about this 100th birthday I am encouraged by what the next 100 years will bring?
I pray that the Holy Trinity will continue to bless the faithful of St. John the Divine, so that, our Orthodox faith, the vision that was born 100 years ago in Windsor, will be passed on to many more generations to come!


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Tricked Out for Halloween: 13 Must-See SPOOKtacular Details at Disneyland ResortDisney Sisters
The Disney Parks go through many transformations every year. It's really incredible to think about how much things are always changing. By far, one of our very favorite makeovers is the one that happens each fall — it's called Halloween Time. Right after school starts and fall begins, Disneyland transforms into a Spooktacular wonderland. If you've never been, you know that Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort is awesome! Hundreds of pumpkins are placed throughout the parks. Sweet treats of the season are available at every cafe. Beware of Disney villains who freely roam the parks. Get a pirate makeover, go trick or treating at Disneyland, and view the Halloween Screams Firework Show! Come see how the Happiest Place on Earth becomes the Spookiest Place on Earth, going on now through October 31.
What is your favorite part of Disneyland's transformation? We're "dying" to know![collection type='slideshow' style='classic']
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Released: Mar 01st, 2005
Running Time: 133
Director: Martin Del Toro
Company: Colossal Entertainment
Cast: Benjamin Brat, Sammie Rhodes, Michelle B., Trina Michaels, Trinity (I), Ice LaFox, Dani Woodward, Brett Rockman, Kelly Kline, Dominica Leoni, Tyla Wynn, Shy Love, Sascha, Talon (I), Magnum (I), Others
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
Hard-edge section, despite the middle-of-the-road-looking box cover.
Doesn't quite have the ring of 2 Chicks and a Dick, does it? Guess that one is taken already. No matter. This one features one hell of a female cast paired off with single dudes in five well-energized threeways.
Check out some of these cunt couplings, will ya? Shy Love and Michelle B., and Sammie Rhodes and Ice LaFox, to name just two. Director Martin Del Toro likes the girls to semi-fist each other's faces to start each scene, and to scum swap to end 'em, but goes light on the butt fucking.
Pre-noms: Best All-Sex Title.


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It seems like you have the best advice so far. As long as the engine is running smoothly, there should be no other problems.
1) Correct your mileage calculation- use the method BCZX3 suggested.
2) The ECU reset shouldn't be done without doing the A/F reset at the same time. This requires you to idle the engine in P or N for 5 minutes after it is dropped out of high idle mode. When the test is finished, the idle will drop slightly. With her short driving- it might not have reset the A/F yet. I'd go out and start the car and let it idle for 7 mins exactly- TIMED. You can use the electronic odometer trick to see if the idle drops slightly after 6 mins or so. That will indicate it's done. I'd expect idle to be around 1100 for a car that has not passed this test, and 800 (IIRC) for an AT in N. It might be lower, but that is not bad unless the idle is extremely low in gear- like 500.
3) I didn't see mileage, or engine. We've gathered it's an AT, but we need to know the engine. Mileage is important also because if you're approaching 130k+ or so, and the timing belt has not been replaced, that would explain some of the issues.
Honestly, with a 2.9 mile drive, I'd only expect about 21-23 mpg, and yes, as Iminhell suggested, you might be experiencing fuel degradation. If nothing else, I'd give some Sta-Bil a shot- make sure you get the gas type not diesel. Finally- your fuel filter is due for a change. Yes I know, way under the 20k mark, but I do recommend that as 20-30k or 1 year. I change the wife's yearly, she puts about 10k per year on the van. It will be dirty.
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I have funky hours at work where sometimes I don't get out of work until 7pm. I've gotten into the routine where I eat dinner when I get home. Sometimes dinner isn't ready until 8pm. Is it ok to eat dinner and then go to bed an hour later? I know you need to wait like 3 hours for your body to digest the food when your not pregnant but I didn't know if it was the same rule? It's just so hard to stay awake 2-3 hours after eating dinner if I didn't get a nap in that day and I eat dinner later.
6.5 weeks pregnant - is it ok to eat a decent size meal and then go to bed?
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Eat whenever you want. If you have heartburn you might need to reevaluate eating then laying down but other than that it doesn't matter!
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Eat when you want or can and go to bed when you need to (when you're tired or it's bedtime). I've never heard that you have to wait awhile to go to bed after eating, that just seems odd to me.
Anywho, go ahead!
Lately, Im hungry a whole lot so I just eat when I eat. It's hard to sit and eat an entire meal because I'll feel full before I finish but then get hungry again shortly after. I eat before bedtime if I'm hungry. If I'm hungry theres a reason!
Thanks for the comments, I feel better about the idea of eating and then going to bed shortly after.
Heck I have a snack right before bed, like less than 30 minutes, I don't think I've ever waited 3 hours before going to bed after eating.
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Ed Miliband, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, will ask lawmakers to vote next week on a motion saying that pay at all British banks is out of control and urging curbs from any institution benefiting from an implicit government guarantee.
While the vote in the House of Commons on Feb. 7 won't be binding on the government or any bank, Miliband has succeeded before in using Parliament to express public outrage. In July, News Corp. dropped its bid for the remainder of British Sky Broadcasting Plc before a debate called by the Labour leader, and on Jan. 29, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester said he'd give up his bonus after Miliband called for a vote on it.
"The kind of huge bonuses which have caused such controversy recently should not be handed out for just doing your job," Miliband said in a speech in London today. "Too many are getting bonuses which are too big, too often."
Miliband argued that even though lenders such as Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc weren't bailed out by the state in 2008 like RBS and Lloyds Banking Group Plc, they're still benefiting from unspoken government backing and should behave accordingly. He said that voters expect them to exhibit restraint in a time of austerity.
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"The consequences of the financial crisis are felt every time a library closes, every time a school can't afford a new book, and every time a policeman or policewoman is taken off the beat," Miliband said.
"The lesson of this week is to recognize the wider environment in which banks are operating," he said. "People who did not cause the financial crisis are paying the price. Too many of those who did cause the financial crisis are not."
As banks enter their bonus season, they've been on the receiving end of a public backlash. Two days after Hester waived his bonus, his predecessor, Fred Goodwin, was stripped of the knighthood he'd been awarded in 2004 for "services to banking" because of his role in RBS's downfall.
Miliband praised RBS Chairman Philip Hampton for turning down a 1.4 million-pound ($2.2 million) stock award. Hampton said today the lender had failed to grasp how people in Britain would view the bonus awarded to Hester.
"It is true we underestimated the scale of the public reaction," Hampton told the "Today" program on BBC Radio 4. He said that bankers' pay had been "high for too long" in general, though it was now falling. He added that Hester's compensation wasn't excessive relative to other senior bankers.
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There will be two Livonia Public Schools millage RENEWALS on the August 5, 2014 primary election ballot. To learn about the proposals, which entail NO INCREASE in the tax rate, click on the following documents.
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"I said to my soul be still, and wait without hope; for hope would be hope of the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet fath. But the faith, and the love, and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: so the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing."
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."
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NBA disappointed by NBA Live cancellation, "assured" next release will contain "standards of excellence"
NBA Live 13 may have been cancelled, but the NBA has said it will continue to "work together" with EA on the series as it always has, according to NBA marketing communications VP John Acunto.
Speaking with Joystiq, Acunto said the NBA continues to have "a great relationship with EA," and while it is disappointed over the cancellation of NBA Live 13, the firm has been "assured by EA that the next release of NBA LIVE will meet our mutual standards of excellence."
EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson announced in September the game had been cancelled after much deliberation, noting the game had not met the firm's "high expectations."
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I began an inquiry in May 2011 because of alleged improprieties regarding procurement, contracting, bidding and violation of state statutes. This started with a simple FOIA violation and was precipitated by a commission member making an untruthful statement to a reporter for the sole purpose of discrediting me.
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The 35-year-old are old team-mates from their time at Preston, winning the Division Two (now League One) title together in 2000.
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I love it. I love the way he says I love it. I heart youtube.
Thank you, for attending to my JT news needs. The rest of Seattle can get their hipster indie news from Line Out. I count on the Slog to cater to my no-brow musical tastes.
I hope this Humphrey guy doesn't become the new music editor.
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I made a mistake of switching the wordpress URL to a different directory and then messed around with mySQL.
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Here's the situation:
I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 dual booting on one 120gb ssd.
I recently purchased a 240gb ssd and wanted to migrate both of those partitions to this new one.
I used Gparted in Ubuntu to do most of the work, making sure to update GRUB.
Before I got rid of my old partitions, I could reach my new Windows 7 partition (F:) via GRUB > Windows dual boot screen> select the newer partition, and then I was on my F: drive.
So "great", I thought, "I can reach my new partitions, now I can clean out the old drive". After doing that, and updating GRUB, I now get hung up on "Preparing your desktop..." for about 2 minutes and come to a completely blank desktop. I've only been able to open Task Manager via Ctrl+Shift+Esc so far, or Ctrl+Alt+Del
My best guess is after the migration, my new settings didn't get changed over to point to my user profiles on my new partition, and were still pointing to my old one. Maybe it's BCDedit file getting confused.
Anyway, I'm not sure how to go about fixing it. I can access the entire drive via Ubuntu (I'm on a stick drive right now), but when I go to boot from it, I'm running into the aforementioned problems.
Does anyone know what I should be looking at or how to fix this?
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CANOGA PARK, Calif. - Wicked Pictures contract director Brad Armstrong, a multiple AVN Award winner, will release his 100th movie, Fallen, Sept. 30.
It's about a fallen angel, played by Wicked contract star Jessica Drake, who's been banished from heaven. Also in the cast are Alektra Blue, Randy Spears, Jenna Haze, Shyla Stylez, Jada Fire, Gianna Lynn, Ryder Skye, Eric Masterson and Barrett Blade.
Armstrong sees Fallen as a milestone in his career. "It is very special to me, not only because it's a great movie, probably one of the best I've ever done, but because it's the 'Big 100.' Who knew when I started directing for Wicked that I'd be here some 14 years later, and that I'd reach this plateau?"
He gives ample credit to Wicked's president and owner, Steve Orenstein. "It's been an honor to work with Steve for all these years, and to have the total creative control that he has allowed."
Orenstein in turn observes, "Brad has been a major creative force within the company for well over a decade. I don't believe there has been another director who consistently delivers the quality and quantity that he does. He has been shooting 10 movies a year for us that all deserve accolades."
Armstrong's movies for Wicked include big-budget story-line features such as Conquest, Flashpoint, Euphoria, Coming Home and Manhunters, and elegant all-sex collections like FUCK and The Craving.
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HP c410 Photosmart printer - new black cartridge stopped printing[ Edited ]
09-23-2011 01:13 PM - edited 09-23-2011 01:19 PM
I have a new "double sized" black cartreidge in my HP c410 and it stopped working.
The sheets ome out of the printer with the other colors, but not black.
The control panel indicates the blank ink is FULL.
I put the printer into the head-cleaning routine and that didn't help.
I am frustrated.
Please advise how to get this printer printing.
Re: HP c410 Photosmart printer - new black cartridge stopped printing[ Edited ]
09-23-2011 01:20 PM - last edited on 04-18-2016 02:29 PM by OscarFuentes
Hi Martin9,
I would recommend starting at solution six: step three of the following document:
As you already know it is not printing black, there is no need to print the PQ Diag page. Checking to make sure the cartridge is vented, and the Printhead Assembly is clean are the first things I would look at. You have already done the clean print head process, so no need to repeat.
Also, check within the printhead (where the black cartridge sits to be specific) for any debris or globs of ink.
Please try this and let me know if you are still unable to print in black.
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Re: HP c410 Photosmart printer - new black cartridge stopped printing
Hi, I've got the same issue and I am not quite sure I should clean anything (especially since I don't know what I would be allowed to clean).
I've replaced the coloured and the black photo ink beccause they were empty (strangely the printer didn't warn us, as it usually does, it just continued printing but without the colour).
The black ink is still half full, I checked with the qtip that the ink is not dried up (which would be hard to believe because we use that printer quite a lot) and I checked with a qtip if the receiver where the ink is being sucked in has ink too, which it does.
I let the ink heads clean several times, i printed several test and report pages. They all come out fine BUT without anything that's black, no text, no boxes, nothing. Just the coloured parts.
It's freaking me out and I haven't bought a new black ink cartridge because it's still half full and we only bought it recently and I don't see why I should throw out more money, they are expensive enough as they are. -.-
According to the sticker INSIDE the printer (next to the ink) it says it's a 410b though windows and the HP drivers recognise it as 410c. It's always done that, so no idea what's going wrong there.


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JOPLIN — Organizers with the Ozarks Public Television-KOZJ and Holiday Inn of Joplin's 23rd annual WineFeast 2012 are gearing up for the Sunday, Oct. 7 event, at the Joplin Holiday Inn, 3615 S. Range Line Rd.
Actually, there are two events that the public can participate in, the first is the Spotlight on Wine from 12:15-2 p.m. Tickets for that one is $60 per person in advance only, seating is limited. The second is WineFeast 2012 from 2:30-5 p.m., tickets are $25 in advance at area CBT locations or $35 the day of the event at Holiday Inn. You must be 21 years of age to attend.
"It is our largest event, it is our biggest fundraiser and that goes toward funding children's programming," said Norma Scott, director of development for KOZJ.
The Spotlight on Wine features exceptional wines and select foods. This is a special sit-down presentation and will provide a unique opportunity to taste and sample an array of highly allocated fine wine and specifically paired food.
"That is really a fun event, you come in and we present you with a complimentary glass," she said.
At the second event, WineFeast, participants will be able to sip and sample more than 100 wines from internationally known wineries, as well as many Missouri wineries including The White Rose, St. James, Stone Hill, Keltoi and Les Bourgeois. There will also be taste testing from some of the area's finest restaurants and caterers.
A silent auction with items such as wine baskets to household items and art will be auctioned off. Piano music by Ken Oglesby will be playing.
For more information, call KOZJ at 782-2226.
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