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People can often "misunderestimate" just how hard it is to be a "very stable genius" all the time. So it is with Trump, battling hyperventilating and relentless media unencumbered by the truth that are out to destroy him.
For the few of us who write political humor op-eds, he provides more satire material in one day than No-Drama-Obama did in a year. Here's just this week's material:
You know the material is flowing fast and furiously when porn star Stormy Daniels, it is reported, took $130,000 in hush money from a president and it does not make the front page of most papers.
Then there was a fire at the Clinton home in Chappaqua, New York, around the time there seemed to be an actual DOJ investigation into the Clinton Crime Family Foundation. The fire was probably started by all the paper shredders running at the same time. But not to worry, Democrats: I have it on good authority that the fire was confined to Hillary's bedroom, so Bill was never in peril.
Then Trump had a very nice, televised meeting with Democrats and Republicans trying to come to some mutual agreement on immigration and DACA. It was a glimpse of the president's willingness to work with Democrats on important issues. Trump was cool, measured, reasonable and in command, which drove the media nuts. PMS-NBC and CNN were so upset they are making a case, quoting unnamed sources, that Trump colluded with Dale Carnegie.
The president said of the "Dreamers," illegals here under DACA so they can study at our colleges, that he wanted legislation addressing their status. Trump later summed up what many wonder about our immigration policy, "Why do we take so many from s---hole countries?" Then Dicky Durbin double-crossed him and went to the press about a confidential meeting. No wonder nothing gets done in D.C.
Trump gets into a dust-up with Lil-Kim Jong-un over whose nuclear button is bigger. Trump punctuates the fight by saying that at least his nuke button works. Hawaii is then panicked when its government mistakenly sends out a distress message that they are being nuked. The Hawaii state employee responsible was given the most severe punishment a state employee can get — reassignment to a similar position at full pay.
So, with all the incompetence of government (especially North Korea's), Kim Jong-un could push a button thinking he is ordering office supplies and we end up in an all-out nuclear war — all this about the same time that South Korea hosts the Winter Olympics, perhaps to be renamed the Nuclear Winter Olympics.
Then, we have the Dems' perpetual plan to heal the racial divide on MLK Day the same way they always have — by calling anyone who disagrees with them "racist." MLK would be a RINO by today's standards. Black Caucus members are also boycotting Trump's State of the Union Speech.
Trump says he does not want them to attend anyway and is "choosing" not to invite, much the same way I "chose" not to attend my high school prom with our homecoming queen.
A libertarian op-ed humorist and award-winning author, Ron is a frequent guest on CNN. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or @RonaldHart on Twitter.


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inspiration David Hockney
Photographing Annie Leibovitz While She Is Photographing Hockney, 1982
Robert Littman Floating In a Pool, 1982
David Hockney was born on July 9, 1937, in Bradford, England. As a young child, Hockney also developed an obsession with opera when he first saw the Carl Rosa opera company's production of La Bohème. In 1948, David Hockney won a scholarship to the Bradford Grammar School, one of the best schools in the country. Here he enjoyed his art classes most and thus decided that he wanted to become an artist. In 1953, Hockney finally enrolled in the College of Art and began painting with oils, his medium of choice for most of his life.
In the eighties, Hockney turned to photo collage. Using a Polaroid camera, Hockney would assemble collages of photos that he would take as quickly as possible. Hockney was fascinated with the idea of seeing things through a window frame. This medium allowed him to see things in a whole new fashion. In the nineties, Hockney continued to experiment with rising technologies. He used a color laser copier in some of his works and reproduced some of his paintings.

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Creativity and sustainable apparel retail models: does consumers' tendency for creative choice counter-conformity matter in sustainability
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Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line within the Global Clothing and Textiles Industry
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationships between consumer's tendency for creative choice counter-conformity TCCC with the acceptance of new sustainable apparel retail models, including sale of redesigned clothing, clothing repair-alteration, renting, swapping, and style consultancy services, in addition to determining the role of demographics in the relationships. Three major hypotheses were developed to address these relationships. An online survey was conducted with 431 females in the United States. A series of multiple regression analyses and multi-group Chi square difference tests were employed to test the proposed hypotheses. The results indicate TCCC has a positive influence on the intention to adopt all five of the sustainable retail models, and the demographics, including age, income and education significantly moderate the relationships between TCCC and the adoption of new sustainable retail models. The study emphasizes the role of creative expression in potential sustainable apparel purchasing behavior and provides strategies used to promote retailing models that are requisite to sustainability.
KeywordsSustainability Creative choice counter-conformity Redesigned clothing Repair-alteration Clothing renting Clothing swapping Style consultancy services Download fulltext PDF
Autor: Chunmin Lang - Cosette M. Armstrong - Chuanlan Liu
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An extensive exercise designed to test the disaster response system across the nation is occurring this week and more than 300 personnel from 21 Midlands area agencies and nine hospitals plan to participate.
The National Disaster Medical System exercise began Monday with the scenario of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake near Memphis that results in 2,300 fatalities and 56,000 injured. The Army's Federal Coordinating Center from Fort Jackson and the South Carolina Forestry Commission are managing the local effort which would handle a number of the casualties. State Forestry Commission Public Information Officer Scott Hawkins says personnel in the Midlands swung into action Tuesday morning.
As part of the exercise, the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission hangar at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport is being used as an emergency hospital for a portion of the casualties from the fictional earthquake.
Hawkins says the Midlands was chosen as an integral part of the exercise because of the critical services provided by Fort Jackson and the South Carolina Forestry Commission. He says the exercise brings together federal, state, and local jurisdictions to improve communications and create future joint operating procedures to respond to an actual national disaster. Hawkins says, even though the earthquake for this particular exercise is fictitious, it gives agencies a chance to test, critique, and enhance the overall emergency response system. With the existence of the New Madrid Fault in the central U.S., an earthquake occurring in that region is not that farfetched.
AUDIO: Hawkins says the exercise is being held in real time until its conclusion Friday (1:53)


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Today this is simple, these are the countries I never want to go to, and it's simple because most of them are in the one continent! All full of war, blood shed and hatred. Not to mention rapes, assault and aids. I better add India in too then!
AFRICA except for Egypt and Morocco
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Ceuta, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melilla, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Ugandam, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
THE MIDDLE EAST which consists of 15 more countries.
Yemen, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, Syria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Bahrain, Iran and Gaza Strip


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Welcome to The Robert MacNeil Report guide at TV Tome.
On October 20 1975 a new evening television news program first broadcasted weeknights on PBS in the United States. Unlike most other evening newscasts in the country, it is an hour in length. The program runs longer segments than most other news outlets in the U.S., with in-depth coverage of the subjects involved. The NewsHour avoids the use of sound bites, playing back extended portions of news conferences and holding interviews that last several minutes. The program was initially hosted by Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, but MacNeil left the spotlight in 1995. The show continues to be produced by their joint production company, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. Broadcast History
MacNeil and Lehrer had covered the United States Senate Watergate hearings for PBS starting in 1973, which led to an Emmy Award. This recognition helped them as they worked to create "The Robert MacNeil Report" with Jim Lehrer as a half-hour local news
Just a day after Jimmy Carter's inaguration, he followed through on a contentious campaign promise, granting a presidential pardon to those who had avoided the draft during the Vietnam war by either not registering or traveling abroad.


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In Congo there are many people who both seek protection from curses as well as a doctor to place curses upon others. Most magical workers in Congo will practice both, but if you are suspected of cursing others it can be dangerous as they will try to retalite physically or spiritually. As Africa is the home of many branches of magic and spells this makes sense. There are many potent curses flying about.
A few years ago my father Tata Remi and I were in the Ishango region where he is from. We visited our village and afterwards went to stay with relatives in the nearby city of Goma. We planned to stay for two months to help run a small market store owned by one of my cousins. During this time we stayed in the house of my cousin and woke very early each morning to make the trip to the center of the town and open the store by foot. Every morning we also had to suffer the abuse of a particularly evil neighbor of my cousin.
I do not know exactly why the hostility began but every morning this neighbor would come outside, shout abuses and demand that my cousin leave. My cousin explained that this all began when he started dating a girl years ago that his neighbor fancied. My cousin is very Christian and never responded to the insults and abuses from the neighbor. This made the neighbor bolder and my cousin explained that it had been that way for many years.
When my father and I arrived in Goma we were able to help my cousin reopen the store. I beleive this enranged the neighbor further or he just didn't like seeing the family of the man that he hated. My cousin began to feel sick and my father, knowing the symptoms, soon after discovered the curse. We even found the items used in the curse (hair, blood, and a dead animal of some type wrapped in black string) buried directly behind a tree in the yard of my cousin. My cousin was very fortunate because my father was able to remove the curse almost immediately before it could do damage.
After two days my cousin was at full health again and we continued making our trip to open the store. We found more magical items on the property of my cousin. It was very obvious the neighbor was trying to curse him further. Then one day as we set foot outside the door my cousin shouted. We all looked down and his foot was cut wide open on a big piece of glass. The neighbor had broken many glass bottles and thrown nails right outside the front door so that we would injure ourselves.
I was outraged and so was my cousin. My father was much more calm. We begged my father to respond and he refused to cast a curse on the neighbor for what he had done. Then after three days he suddenly relented and said he would. We performed the ritual together that night and followed each day for seven days as my father instructed. The next day was very calm and we did not see anything at all from the neighbor. The day after that something would happen that would change my life and the way I looked at the power of our ancestors in the spirit world.
This was the day that Mt. Nyiragongo erupted nearby the city of Goma. We were all suddenly forced to flee town. The lava from Mt. Nyiragongo destroyed thousands of houses and ruined a large part of the city. This included the neighbor that was my cousins. It was impossible to return to the city for many weeks. When we finally returned we found most of the neighborhood destroyed.
Out of the twenty or thirty houses in the old neighborhood that were not destroyed or damaged too badly to live in again there was only the house of my cousin and three other houses. One belonged to a close friend of my cousin and the other belonged to a local doctor in the area. The house of the troublesome neighbor was completely destroyed and we never saw from him again. This may have been coincidence that the volcano erupted exactly when it did, but that it destroyed the neighbor's house was very powerful for me. The ritual that we had used had invoked Nsasi, in Voodoo better known as Shango, who controls fire and volcanoes. Nsasi, or Shango, is also very strongly associated with our Ishango village and the region that we were travelling at the time.
The area of Ishango where my father is from is very old spiritually. From this area (and many other places in Africa) originate wells of magical power. These often flow from similar sources of natural water. One of these is the Semliki river; it is this river in Ishango that is one of the many sources of the Nile. The waters from this river are well known all over Africa to hold properties that can both heal and harm.
There are many who practice forms of Egyptian magic and sorcery that utilize the potent waters of the Nile river to form curses. There was one such individual who was a close friend of my father Tata Remi. He had an agreement with my father that my father would withdraw and stabilize water directly from the Semliki river and send it to him in Egypt. This was used to make the spells even stronger, as the water here is much more pure than the Nile further down in Egypt (being a source of the Nile itself).
One day this man told my father that he wouldn't need any more water from the Semliki from him. There was no hostility or bad feelings according to Tata Remi. But he did relate to me that he felt at unease and that he was sure he would see this man again.
Chance Meeting at the Semliki
It is very common all over the world for football teams to enlist the help of magick and rituals to help them win. This is especially true in our home country of Congo. All of the football teams from the national Diables Rouges of the DNC down to the local level enlist the help of sorcerers and doctors to win. My father Tata Remi has himself helped over a dozen football teams. Some want spells to win, attack the other team or even protect themselves from other sorcerers.
Many months later my father did meet this man - in Ishango at the Semliki river. He and my father exchanged greetings and were very happy to see each other. They withdrew water together and prepared it for the use in rituals. My father, for a healing ritual, and his friend for a curse. They made plans to prepare a meal together and discuss old times.
During the meal my father's friend confided that he was preparing the water for a very special task. This is why he had come all the way to Congo from Egypt. It was not an ordinary curse, but one that he was required to do on another spell caster. It had to be as powerful as possible to work. The other spiritual doctor would certainly have protection. He wanted to know if my father would help.
My father agreed without haste to help his friend curse this other practitioner. This was required of him due to his vows of loyalty. My father also knew of the other sorcerer and his reputation as a particularly evil and wicked man. They would make preparations to complete the rituals during the next half moon. They would need all of the time up to that day to purify themsleves.
Purification is extremely important when casting the strongest of curses, because without a pure soul and heart the sorcerer or spell caster may be in danger. My father was well aware of this but tragically his friend was not. For seven days prior to casting the spell it was imperative to go without any food - only water and fruit juice is allowed. My father followed this portion of the ritual very strictly and his friend did not.
The curse they were using is a ritual that lasts for two days and must be completed without sleep. It was far too stressful for my father's friend because he had not strictly followed the purification rituals. During the casting of the curse my father's friend had a heart attack. Tata Remi was able to quickly bring his friend to a local doctor. My father's friend did not die, but was incapacitated and unable to complete the ritual. Tata Remi thankfully was unharmed. They would later complete the curse successfully, but this time following the reglas of African magick more strictly.


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Srrrrsly girls, living under a rock is where I've been. Why didn't anyone tell me how amazingly delicious this beverage is? Here I am, spending all my grocery money on Starbucks crack (aka Black Tea Lemonade w/1 splenda, hold the syrup), when I could have headed to my local grocery store and gotten these bad boys:
Sweet Leaf Tea
98 cents is what I spent and it tastes pretty identical to my Sbucks order. I pay about $3.95 for a venti size of BTL. If you like the Black Tea Lemonade at Sbucks, I HIGHLY recommend doing your wallet a favor, and switching to these. Plus, its all organic (That never really matters to me, but it sounds nice). Anywhoot, had to share!
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It's feels queasy and disgusting when you have a man staring and commenting dirty at a lady. I sometimes wonder why? I always told my father that both man and woman are structured differently according to the laws of Nature. And this does not provide a reason to do so. I'm sure that every woman has been victim to this terrible habit many times.
I felt sick today. Damn!!


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Internal polling always showed a tight race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) in the Virginia governor's race, Democratic National Committee Communications Director Mo Elleithee argued in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.
"Ken Cuccinelli made this race in Virginia a referendum on Obamacare. Democrats made this a referendum on the tea party's extremism and the government shutdown. We won," Elleithee said. "And let's be very clear because I know there's been a lot of chatter about whether or not there's been a tightening of the race as a result of the Cuccinelli focus of Obamacare — there was no tightening of the race. The internal polling of the campaign showed from the summer remarkably consistent that the race was anywhere from 2 to 4 points."
Elleithee's comments came a day after McAuliffe very narrowly eked out a victory over Cuccinelli in the race. Polling ahead of election night suggested McAuliffe would enjoy a much wider margin of victory.
"No one, and I think anyone that I talk to and I think most people on this call would agree, did we ever believe these double-digit margins," Elleithee continued. "This was always going to be a close race and it ended up remarkably consistent with what the campaign's internal polling showed. So there was no narrowing of the race."
Elleithee stressed that polls did not tighten because, as Cuccinelli argued, in the last few days the campaing focused more on the rocky Obamacare rollout.
"But let's focus on Obamcare. It was not the vote motivator that the Republicans want everyone to believe it was," Elleithee said. "According to exit polls, 27 percent of Virginians said that healthcare was their top issue and the candidates were nearly split even on that. Twenty percent of folks said that the issue of a woman's right to choose was their top issue. Terry McAuliffe won those voters by about 40 points. It is not the vote motivator or it's not as toxic as they want people to believe and in fact if you look at it I think people's overwhelming opposition to the repeal movement is going to continue to blow back and hurt the other side. Why? These guys took it to the most extreme lengths. They took it to shutdown and that people are upset with. And I think you're going to see candidates across the country, on the Republican side, struggling with that next year."


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I love printables!
It's been a while since I've posted some of my favorites!
Last year's Fall Printables post is one my highest pinned posts.
So, here a few more of my favorite printables. Combined with last years post and you now have over 30 printables to choose from!
As with all of my printable posts, please pull the original copy from the link provided. These ladies work hard and deserve 100% of the credit!


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RICHLAND TOWNSHIP — P.J. Piccirillo said the book on the Allegheny region is missing pages. Rich in history, culture, conflict and beauty, this area is, in fact, poor only in literary tradition.
"I'm trying to make a claim that something should exist by pointing out that it doesn't," he said to a small crowd gathered at the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College on Thursday.
Piccirillo, a noted author and educator, was speaking as part of the Outdoor Heritage Month programming organized by the Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team and sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.
"I think a case can be made for making this a recognized literary canon," he said. "We should have publishers committed to this region and conferences of Allegheny writers."


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Grafted polysilanes useful as photoinitiators and process for preparing same
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October 16, 1998
Clarson; Stephen J.
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Goldslager; Barry
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Three Bond Co., Ltd.
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Kirk-Othmer: Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, vol. 20, 3rd ed., p. 930, 1982..
Grafted-polysilanes with a greater efficiency for the photoinitiation of vinyl type resins are provided. These grafted polysilanes which include both grafted cyclic polysilanes and grafted networked polysilanes have variable composition and length molecular chains grafted onto the silane backbone which aid in the solubility in vinyl type resins.
What is claimed is:
1. A grafted-networked polysilane obtained by grafting a nucleophile, which is selected from the group consisting of silanol terminated and vinyl terminatedpolyorganosiloxanes, onto a networked polysilane having one or more hydrogen or halogen atoms wherein the polysilane is produced using a Wurtz reaction or a metallocene reaction in an inert solvent.
2. A process for producing a grafted-networked polysilane which comprises the steps of:
a. producing a networked polysilane by either a Wurtz reaction of an organosilicon dihalide with a molten alkali metal in an inert solvent or a dehydrogenative coupling of a silane using a metallocene catalyst; and
b. grafting a nucleophile which is selected from the group consisting of alcohols, silanol terminated and vinyl terminated polyorganosiloxanes, on the networked polysilane.
3. The process of claim 2, wherein the nucleophile is a vinyl terminated polyorganosiloxane.
The present invention relates to silicon-containing polymers, especially grafted polysilanes useful as photoinitiators having enhanced photoinitiation properties for vinyl type resins and a process for preparing them.
A lot of organic compounds which generate radicals upon exposure to, for example, ultraviolet light are known as photoinitiators for vinyl type resins. Among them are included polymeric ones, including not only those having advantages such asbeing superior in the compatibility with vinyl type resins with which they are to be combined, but also those generating only small amounts of radicals and those poor in the compatibility with resins to be crosslinked using them. Thus, a new type ofphotoinitiators are desired inevitably.
Further, polyorganosiloxanes and acrylic resins are in wide use as adhesives and potting agents for electronic devices and components. Many of them are of the type which undergoes crosslinking upon exposure to light, and photoinitiators suitablefor them are keenly desired.
It is an object of the present invention to provide novel silicon-containing polymers useful as a new type of photoinitiators, as well as precursors thereof and a process for preparing them.
The present inventors succeeded in the preparation of grafted polysilanes which possess enhanced photoinitiation properties for vinyl type resins.
The novel grafted polysilanes which include both grafted cyclic polysilanes and grafted networked polysilanes may have various grafted chains on the silane backbone. The chains to be grafted on the silane backbone can be selected widely fromthose having various compositions and molecular lengths so as to have a good compatibility with a particular vinyl type resin.
The grafted polysilane of the present invention is produced by firstly producing a polysilane by utilizing either a Wultz reaction or a metallocene reaction, and then grafting a grafting compound onto the polysilane by utilizing either ahydrosilation reaction, a condensation reaction or a catalysis reaction.
In the present invention, the term "polymer" is used in the sense of including both oligomer and polymer.
FIG. 1 shows a Bio-Rad FTIR test result of the product obtained in Example 2.
FIG. 2 shows a GPC test result of the product obtained in Example 2.
FIG. 3 shows a UV test result of the product obtained in Example 2.
FIG. 4 is a UV test result of the product obtained in Example 5.
Reference will first be made to the preparation of the polysilanes.
Networked Polysilanes:
A networked polysilane is formed by using either a Wurtz reaction or a metallocene catalysis. In the Wurtz reaction, the networked polysilane is formed from the condensation of organosilicon dihalide with a molten alkali metal in an inertsolvent such as toluene. The following is example of this reaction: ##STR1##
where R.sub.1 is a non-reactive substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, preferably C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl group, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl group or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 aryl group, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, hexyl, octyl orphenyl. Other groups may be used as R.sub.1 so far their reaction with liquid alkali metal is very small. R.sub.2 can be a hydrogen or a halogen such as chlorine or bromine. In the network polysilane formed, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 aresubstituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon groups such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, hexyl, octyl or phenyl as before. Also other groups are possible as long as they are not reactive with liquid alkali as before, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10,R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 can be each independently hydrogen or halide group such as chlorine or bromine.
In the metallocene catalysis, the networked polysilane is formed by subjecting a hydrogen silane monomer to a dehydrogenative coupling with use of a metallocene catalyst.
Metallocene catalysts are widely known as polymerization catalysts for olefins. They can be derived from Group 4-6 metals. One of the most effective metallocene catalysts for the dehydrogenative coupling of silanes to form polysilanes isdibutylzirconocene, though other dihydrocarbyl zirconocenes may be preferably used. Examples of the hydrocarbyl group include methylethyl and propyl.
The catalyst can be synthesized by the reaction of one equivalent of zirconocene dichloride with two equivalents of n-butyllithium, followed by the addition of the silane in situ. The ratio of silane to the zirconocene catalyst is about 100:1 ona mole basis.
The following is an example of the synthesis reaction of the zirconocene catalyst: ##STR2##
As mentioned above, once the catalyst is synthesized, the silane can be added in situ to form the networked polysilane
The following is an example of this reaction: ##STR3##
where R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.15, R.sub.16 and R.sub.17 can be each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, hexyl or octyl, an alkenyl group such as vinyl, allyl or hexenyl, or an aryl groupsuch as phenyl.
Cyclic polysilanes:
A cyclic polysilane can also be formed by using either a metallocene catalysis or a Wurtz reaction as in the production of the networked polysilane. The main difference in the production of the cyclic polysilane from the production of thenetwork polysilane is that the reactions are preferably conducted under quasi-infinite dilution. It is known that under dilution, intramolecular coupling is favored over intermolecular coupling and can be used to increase the percentage of cyclicsformed. The first method to produce the cyclic polysilane (usually oligomers) is the Wurtz reaction. In the Wurtz reaction, as stated above, the polysilane is formed by the condensation reaction of a organosilicon dihalide monomer with liquid alkali inan inert solvent under high dilution.
The following is an example of this reaction. ##STR4##
where R.sub.18, R.sub.19, R.sub.20, R.sub.21, R.sub.22, R.sub.23 and R.sub.24 can be each independently an alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, hexyl or octyl, or an aryl group such as phenyl. Other groups can be used as the aboveR.sub.18 -R.sub.24 so far as they have a low reactivity toward liquid alkali metal. In this reaction, the most stable cyclics (5, 6 and 7 membered rings) are formed as the major product. Although other cyclics would be formed, there concentration wouldbe low due to their ring strain or low odds of formation. Using the Jacobson-Stockmeyer equation, the amount of cyclic polysilane formed can be calculated.
The second method to produce the cyclic silane is the metallocene catalysis. The preferable metallocene catalysts and conditions are almost the same as in the production of the networked polysilane. The difference is that once the catalyst isformed, it should be diluted to bring about (quasi-infinite dilution) with an inert solvent such as toluene to promote intramolecular dehydrogenative coupling as opposed to intermolecular dehydrogenative coupling. Once the catalyst is formed, the silanemonomer is added in situ to form the cyclic polysilane (usually oligomer).
The following is an example of this reaction: ##STR5##
where R.sub.25 through R.sub.38 can be each independently hydrogen, a halide such as chlorine or bromine, or substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group such as C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl group, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cyclo alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.12alkenyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 aryl group. At least one of the R groups must be a hydrogen or halide to facilitate the grafting reaction.
Grafting Reactions on the Networked or Cyclic Polysilanes:
Once the cyclic or networked polysilane is formed, the grafting reaction is started as the second step. The grafting reaction can be done by several different methods preferably dependent on the unreactive substituent(s) located on the exteriorof the polysilane molecule. When using Wurtz reaction to produce the networked polysilane and no end capping agent is used, the exterior of the network itself is covered with reactive groups such as halide or hydrogen, or both, depending on the startingmaterial used. If the reactive groups are halides such as chlorine, then a nucleophilic reaction can be used to graft various different molecules that have reactive nucleophiles. If the outer reactive groups are hydrogens and a nucleophile is used inthe grafting step (hydrogens are only slowly displaced by nucleophiles), the hydrogens can be displaced and then replaced with halide atoms such as chlorine. This step involves the dissolving of the hydride terminated, cyclic or networked polysilaneinto a chlorinating compound such as carbontetrachloride. A brominating compound such as carbontetrabromide can also be used. When carbon tetrachloride is left by itself or irradiated with ultraviolet light, it generates chlorine radicals which in turnattack the polysilane backbone and displaces the hydrogen atoms. The displaced hydrogen atoms are then replaced with chlorine atoms from the solvent. This step can be carried out efficiently enough and very little degradation of the polysilane backboneoccurs. The following is an examples of this reaction: ##STR6##
where R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 have been previously defined.
Once the chlorinated network silanes have been produced, the nucleophilic reactions can be performed. Many different types of nucleophiles such as amines, alcohols, carbanions, alkoxides, silanol terminated polyorganosiloxanes and vinylterminated polyorganosiloxanes can be used in the reaction. The only constraint of the nucleophiles used is that they do not degrade the silane backbone to any significant extent. The following is an example of this reaction: ##STR7##
where R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 have been defined previously. A typical example is a chlorinated network poly(phenylsilane) with silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane.
In this reaction, two equivalents of silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane is reacted with one equivalent of reactive chlorine atoms on the polysilane at high dilution. The stoichiometry and high dilution is used to keep crosslinkingsuppressed. The grafting of the cyclic silane follows the same procedure as the networked polysilane. ##STR8##
where the silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane is defined as:
HOPDMSOH is equivalent to ##STR9##
A second method for the grafting of side chains onto networked or cyclic polysilane which has hydrogens as the exterior atoms involves the use of a hydrosilation reaction between a hydrogen and a molecule which has one or more reactive alkenylgroups such as vinyl, allyl, hexenyl, etc. bonded thereto. This hydrosilation reaction involves the use of an addition catalyst such as a platinum based catalyst. Useful platinum based catalysts include platinum metal, a platinum-octanol complex(Lamorrow's catalyst) described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,743,377, a platinum-vinyl group-containing a disiloxane complex (Carlsted's catalyst) described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,814,730, a platinum-vinyl group-containing cyclosiloxane complex (Ashbee's catalyst)described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,288,345, and a platinum-phosphite complex. The amount of catalyst to be used is preferably in the range from 1 to 5,000 ppm relative to the reactive vinyl group. The following is an example of this reaction: ##STR10##
where R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 have been previously defined. A typical example of this reaction involves the reaction between two equivalences of vinyl groups on vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane and one equivalence of reactivehydrogens on a networked poly(phenylsilane). Again the grafting of the cyclic polysilanes follow the same procedure as the network polysilane. ##STR11##
where R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 where previously defined and the vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane is defined as:
CH.sub.2.dbd.CHPDMSCH.dbd.CH.sub.2 is equivalent to ##STR12##
The grafted polysilanes thus produced are used as excellent photoinitiators for vinyl resins, especially for active (meth)acryl systems because they can be tailored to individual systems by grafting appropriate chains onto the initiator backbone. A case in point is the photoinitiation of unsaturated group-containing polyorganosiloxanes. A conventional addition polymerization type silicone is represented by the general formula (A):
where R.sup.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, with R.sup.1 corresponding to at least two substituents in one molecule being ethylenically unsaturated groups, e.g. alkenyl groups, bonded to different silicon atoms,and a is a number in the range from 1.8 to 2.3. As examples of R.sup.1 are mentioned alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, hexyl, and octyl, alkenyl groups such as vinyl, allyl, and hevenyl, aryl groups such as phenyl, and substituted hydrocarbongroups such 3,3,3-triflouropropyl. It is preferred that the number of carbon atoms in the substituent be up to 10. As mentioned above, at least two Si bonded alkenyl groups are present in one molecule. The polyorganosiloxane in question may be of amolecular structure having a straight chain or branched siloxane framework. The degree of polymerization is not specially limited, but usually having a viscosity at 25.degree. C. in the range of 1 to 1,000,000 cPs. A grafted-networked-polysilane fromabove is compatible with this system. For example, poly(dimethylsiloxane)-grafted-networked poly(phenylsilane) with the grafted polysiloxane chain long enough to solubilize the polysilane into the system can be provided according to the presentinvention. The presence of the polysiloxane group contributes to improvement in the solubility to the unsaturated group-containing polyorganosiloxanes and the improvement in the physical characteristics of the resulting cured products. The degree ofpolymerization of the polysilane is not specially limited. When an addition catalyst such as the various platinum catalysts is also added, and irradiated with an appropriate radiation, these products form crosslinked polymers which are not soluble incommon organic solvents.
Example 1
Synthesis of a Networked Poly(phenylsilane)
To a 250 ml round bottom flask fitted with a condenser, an addition funnel, and a septum was added 40 ml of dried toluene and purged with an atmosphere of nitrogen. The toluene was dried by refluxing the toluene over sodium with benzophenone asan indicator until a dark purple color ensued (about one hour). The toluene was then distilled over, with the first 10 ml being discarded and used immediately. To the flask was added 9.61 ml of a 30 weight % sodium dispersion in toluene (ACROS,24326.0000 with a density of 0.9000) and then the flask was placed in an ultrasonicator. To the addition funnel was added 8.25 ml of phenyldichlorosilane (Gelest, SIP6725.0 with a density of 1.2115) which was then added very slowly to the sonicatingtoluene mixture over a 1 hour period. After the addition of the chlorosilane was completed, the mixture was then allowed to continue sonicating for another 14 hours. The sample turned a dark purple during the reaction. Afterwards, to the flask wasadded 25 ml of ethanol (slowly) to destroy any residual sodium that might be left and the sample was then washed with 3.times.200 ml of water at which time the dark purple color disappeared. The organic layer was then precipitated in methanol and themethanol removed in vacuo. The sample was then dried to completion in a vacuum oven set at 80.degree. C. for 3 days. A viscous oily material remained. This material was then dissolved in deuterated chloroform and ran on a Bruker AC250 250 MHzNMR. From the NMR the ratio of the phenyl hydrogens (peak centered around 7.1 ppm) to the Si hydrogens (peak centered around 4.3 ppm) is 9.79:1. With the silicon peak at 4.3 ppm it can be deduced that there is a very low amount of cyclics in this material. The ratio of phenyl hydrogens to silicon hydrogens should be in the range of 2.5:1 to 5:1 for linear polymers (2.5:1 for dimer up to 5:1 for infinite molecular weight polymer). This is indicative that some of the hydrogens have participated in the Wurtzreaction and has caused some networking of this material. The peaks at around 2.3 ppm is from residual toluene and the peaks around 1.5 ppm and 1.2 ppm are due to residual water and hydrocarbons that has gotten into the system or was leftover from thereaction. This sample was also tested on a Waters GPC, Gel Permeation Chromatography, and shows that with respect to polystyrene standards the number average molecular weight, Mn, to be 1298.9, the weight average molecular weight, Mw, to be 2133.6, anda polydispersity index of 1.642.
Example 2
To a round bottom flask fitted with a condenser was added 20 ml of dried toluene (refluxed over sodium for one hour with benzophenone as an indicator, and then distilled over with the first 10 ml being discarded. The round bottom flask was thenput in an ambient oil bath that sat atop of a magnetic stirrer/hotplate. To this flask was added 0.3133 grams of zirconocene dichloride (Boulder Scientific Company, BSC-153-0136) and was allowed to stir until the zirconocene had gone into solution. After going into solution, 1.34 ml of n-butyllithium in hexane (Cyprus Foote Mineral Company, 1.6M in hexane) was added to the solution and allowed to stir overnight (about 14 hours). After the fourteen hours, 5 ml of phenylsilane (Gelest, SIP6750.0)was added to the above solution and the sample was heated to reflux overnight. After the reaction was complete, the solution was allowed to cool to room temperature where it was then filtered through a 3 cm.times.9 cm column of Floricil (Adrich,28,870-5) with hot toluene to remove the salts. The eluent was then rotavaped to remove the toluene from the sample and then put in a vacuum oven set at 50.degree. C. for 24 hours to remove any residual toluene. About 3.6 grams of a viscous, oilymaterial was yielded to give an 83% yield of poly(phenylsilane). A small amount of this sample was dissolved up in deuterated chloroform and tested on a Bruker AC250 250 MHz NMR. The ratio of phenyl hydrogens (peak centered around 7.2 ppm) to that ofthe silicon hydrogens (peak centered around 4.8 ppm) is 9.35:1. With the ratio of phenyl hydrogens to silicon hydrogens being a maximum of 5:1 for both cyclic and linear poly(phenylsilane), it can be seen that there is a large amount of networking inthis poly(phenylsilane) sample. Again the other peaks at 2.3 ppm, 1.5 ppm, 1.2 ppm have been previously defined above. The IR of the sample was also taken on a Bio-Rad FTIR (see FIG. 1). The IR confirms that the sample is poly(phenylsilane) but thepeak of most interest is the peak located at 2095.2 cm.sup.-1, which is the Si-H stretch and which can be used to monitor many different reactions involving silicon hydrogens. A small sample was also dissolved up in toluene and run on a Waters GPC (seeFIG. 2). The GPC gave, with respect to polystyrene standards, a Mn of 501.4, a Mw of 673.5, and a poly-dispersity index of 1.34. The ultraviolet absorption of the networked poly(phenylsilane) was also taken (see FIG. 3).
Example 3
Synthesis of Grafted Polysilane
To a 250 ml round bottom flask was added 2.5 grams of a previously made networked poly(phenylsilane) that has hydrides as outer substituents on the network. To this flask was added 100 ml of carbontetrachloride and allowed to stir until thepolysilane went into solution. The sample was then illuminated with ultraviolet light (365 nm from a 4 watt bulb UV bulb for about 60 seconds). The sample was then covered in tin foil and allowed to stir for 24 hours). The sample was then rotavaped toremove the carbontetrachloride and put in a vacuum oven set at ambient temperature to remove the residual carbontetrachloride. A light brown precipitate was recovered. The ratio of phenyl hydrogens to silicon hydrogens of both the before and afterchlorination samples were monitored by NMR to see if the reaction was complete. The phenyl hydrogens to silicon hydrogens ratio was 7.4:1, and the ratio after the chlorination reaction was 29.6:1 which leads to the conclusion that the reaction has gonevery well. If the sample was illuminated with more light and allowed to stir for a longer time, the reaction would have gone to completion. It is important that when chlorinating a sample that the polysilane backbone is not degraded by any significantamount. With this in mind, the above sample was tested both before and after the chlorination step was performed on a Waters GPC. The sample before the chlorination step gave a Mn of 804.69 and after the chlorination step gave a Mn of 876.62 indicatingno degradation of the chain while chlorinating.
Example 4
Grafting of Silanol Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane on a Chlorinated Networked Poly(phenylsilane)
A sample of chlorinated networked Polyphenylsilane was produced in the same manner as above. The chlorination reaction was monitored by IR both before and after chlorination until the Si-H stretch had almost disappeared and the chlorinationprocess complete. To a 250 ml round bottom flask was added 250 ml of toluene, 24.58 grams of silanol terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) that had a molecular weight of around 550 g/mol (Gelest, DMSS12, 4.70 grams of the chlorinated networkedPoly(phenylsilane), and about 50 ml of a pH=7 buffered solution made from sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. This sample was then stirred until their was no more bubbling and then allowed to stir for another hour. The organic layer was thenseparated using a separatory funnel and then dried using magnesium sulfate. The sample was then filtered to remove the sulfate and the solvent was removed by a rotavap. The sample was then put in a vacuum oven set at ambient temperature to remove theresidual solvent. This sample was then tested on a Bruker AC250 250 MHz NMR. In comparing the silicone methyl peak (peak centered around 0 ppm) to the silanol hydrogen peak (centered around 1.9 ppm), the NMR shows that basically half of the silanolshave reacted giving silanol terminated polydimethylsioxane-graft-network poly(phenylsilane), the desired product.
Example 5
Grafting of Vinyl Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane and Reactive Hydrogen on a Networked Poly(phenylsilane)
To a 250 ml round bottom flask fitted with a condenser was added 4.0 grams of a networked poly(phenylsilane) with a phenyl hydrogen to silicon hydrogen ratio of 8.2:1 ratio, 100 ml of dried toluene (dried by the previous methods), 17.78 ml ofvinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane (Gelest, DMSV05, molecular weight of 733.3 g/mol as determined by NMR, and 200 .mu.l of a platinum catalyst (Gelest, SIP 6830.0, platinum-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane complex (3-3.5% platinum concentration)). Thisreaction system was then refluxed and stirred until the Si-H stretch had disappeared as monitored by FTIR. The sample was then rotavaped to remove the solvent and then put in a vacuum oven set at 40.degree. C. to remove any residual solvent. This lefta viscous oil, the polydimethylsiloxane-graft-networked poly(phenylsilane). This sample was then dissolved in deuterated chloroform and tested on a Bruker AC250 250 MHz NMR. The NMR shows that the reacted material is the desired product. The UVspectra of the grafted-networked-poly(phenylsilane) (see FIG. 4) shows that UV absorbance has not changed when compared to the ungrafted networked poly(phenylsilane).
Example 6
By using the grafted polysilanes obtained in the above Examples, photocurable compositions were prepared and the properties as a photoiniator were tested. The results are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 FORMULATIONS Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 PS 444 5.0 5.0 4.0 IBX 4.0 Complex 0.1 DMS-V25 Complex 1.0 DMS-V21 Complex Penta 1.0 0.3 0.2 DMS-V41 4.0 SIP 6830.0 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 Compatibility yes yes yes yes yes Curabilityyes yes yes yes yes UV time to 30 30 30 30 30 cure sec. sec. sec. sec. sec. State of Cure Rubbery Rubbery Rubbery Rubbery Brittle PS 444: Vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, 5,000 cSt IBX: Isobornyl acrylate Complex DMS-V25: Vinyl terminatedpolydimethylsiloxane-graft-networked poly(phenylsilane), 17,200 g/mol Complex DMS-V21: Vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane-graft-networked poly(phenylsilane), 9,400 g/mol Complex Penta: Vinylpentamethyldisiloxane-graft-networked poly(phenylsilane) DMS-V41: Vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, 62,700 g/mol SIP 6830.0: Pt. Catalyst
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We have decided to enlist the help of
the charming Geoffrey Bradfield
for our living room since it remains
a dull blank slate…
Geoffrey Bradfield is "the billionaire's designer," dear ones!
The KING of functional opulence.
The GODFATHER of interiors.
The millenial modern MACDADDY of
high brow style.
He is not making his way
to the ghetto just yet.
Not that there's anything wrong with ghetto living.
Hush now.
Allow us to dream on planet michele.
Dream the DEAN of American design
will see our blogdiggity post and feel
compelled to make ours a Cinderella story.
A charity case for a basket case, if you will.
He may have a soft spot for basketcases.
I read an interview with Bradfield,
and his sense of humor is refreshingly intact.
How to make a room look like a million bucks?
This I know.
The designer loves museum quality
contemporary art and New York
(note the cityscape wall coverings).
Bradfield's New York townhouse
the most casual GB space I could spot in googledom
Can't wait to get these non-billionaire paws
on his forthcoming book
21st Century Palace
and share its dreamy deliciousness with you.
Bon weekend!
Peace to you right where you are.


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British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party won a resounding victory in the May 7 National Elections. In fact, his "Tories" surprised everyone by gaining enough seats in Parliament to "form a government", without the help of any coalition parties. But personally, I believe that all eyes remain fixed on Scotland.
Over the years, Scotland has held a number of non-binding referendums, which were basically used to check the public sentiment of Scots as to whether to seek independence from the much larger United Kingdom (Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). With each vote, the Independence sentiment has gained more support; however, the various British Prime Ministers have granted more and more autonomy in order to keep Scotland in the fold.
The Scottish National Party now holds 56, of the 59, Scottish seats in the UK Parliament. That shifting political wind might even be more onerous for the Conservative Party as SNP–which jumped from just six seats previously in Westminster–has vehemently espoused Scottish Independence. Besides , many are now wondering how long Nicola Sturgeon will bide her time before, once again, holding an Independence Referendum. Some might also question whether this movement might portend similar rumblings in Northern Ireland or Wales.
Scotland might make a go of Independence, since it is roughly the same size as Ireland: 5.3 million population and a GDP of $216 billion, as compared to the Irish population of 4.6 million and $218 billion GDP. Scotland would have to form a close working economic and defense relationship with UK, however, as well as its full cooperation in unbundling their two countries–that is, if Scottish Independence is ever realized.
But, Northern Ireland and Wales, at least in my opinion, are much too small to go solo. Northern Ireland has a population of 1.8 million and a GDP of approximately just $24 billion, and Wales has a population of 3.0 million, with a GDP of $30 billion. Those regions pale when compared to the $216 billion GDP of Scotland.
NOTE: Spain would almost certainly Veto any newly-independent breakaway nations from joining the European Union. It is currently trying to resist–actually ignore–the separatist demands of its own potential breakaway province–Catalonia, which is its most economically productive region..


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Monday, December 17, 2007
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Monday, December 03, 2007
Murphy's Law of Sewing
It never fails that anything that can go wrong will inevitably happen when you are sewing late at night, on a project that is not yours! This reminds me of Murphy's Law of Sewing. At one time or another I have experienced all of these and you probably have too! Talk back to us! Leave a comment or email us about your Murphy's Law of Sewing moment(s).
Murphy's Laws of Sewing
Fusible interfacings always fuse to the iron.
The serger only eats the customer's garment.
If you need 6 buttons, you will find 5 in your button box.
The seam you meant to rip out is invariably the other one.
When you are in a hurry, the needle eye is always too small.
The fabric you forgot to pre-shrink will always shrink the most.
The pattern you wanted to make again will have one key piece missing.
If you drop something out of your sewing basket, it will be your box of pins--with the cover off.
When the construction process is going well, the bobbin thread runs out.
The magnitude of the goof is in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.
Your lost needle will be found by your son, husband or brother-in-law while walking around barefoot.
Facings tend to be sewn to the wrong side. (Opposite sides attract.)
Collar points don't match and you've trimmed all the seams.
The iron never scorches the garment until its final pressing
Pants seams always rip where they are the most noticeable.
The steam iron only burps rusty water on light silk fabric.
The sewing machine light usually burns out on Sunday.
Pinking shears get dull just by looking at them.
Gathering threads always break in the middle.
The scissors cut easiest past the buttonhole.
I also have a great tip to share with you. I have several bobbins, well actually all of my bobbins are partially filled with thread that is never the color I need to match the project that I am working on. While working on a muslin I decided to use my partially filled bobbins and found that was a great way to empty them and make good use of the thread. Since it is just a muslin the threads do not have to match the fabric.
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Almost all areas in the world have their own distinct alcohol. For Japan, one such alcohol would certainly be sake/nihonshu, or in other words, Japanese liquor.
Basic information
Nihonshu is a traditional Japanese alcohol made from fermented rice, made mostly in northern Japan. It is made under strict conditions by professional toji (Nihonshu makers) to achieve the flavor of their dreams. Nihonshu can be enjoyed in various temperatures from 5 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius. Drinking it hot is known as atsukan, drinking it cold is hiya/reishu. Similar to wine, nihonshu's flavor changes with age, so you can enjoy different flavors even with the same brand.
Generally, alcohol is likely to have an image of being unhealthy. That does not always apply to nihonshu. It is said to enhance blood circulation, and to relax stiff areas of your body. However, please be aware that drinking too much is not recommended. If you don't like drinking it, enjoy it another way by taking a nihonshu bath! Just adding two or three cups of nihonshu into a filled bathtub will warm you to the core of your body.
Now, why not go outside and grab a Nihonshu of your own?


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POP Rework
As board densities on consumer-oriented handheld devices continue to get greater board designers are relying on the Z dimension in order to get more functionality in less space. This is being accomplished by Package on Package constructions whereby area array devices are placed on upon the next in order to marry together CPU and memory in some cases adding a co-processor to the mix. These packages tend to be high IO count, fine pitch very thin packages.
The challenges of reworking such a construction are several. Due to the thin size of the substrates these packages are prone to warping under the thermal stresses of the reflow cycle. In addition, they are difficult to inspect as their stacked nature makes it challenging to "see" via XRAY simple problems such as shorts. To add a further challenge many times these packages are underfilled meaning the removal of the device closest to the PCB has a high likelihood of being damaged upon removal.
BEST has been meeting many of these challenges to solve these issues related to POP rework by working closely with:
- Materials suppliers
- Device manufacturers
- Rework equipment suppliers
This has allowed our clients, the user community to benefit by BEST having process knowledge and experience with POP rework.
Our equipment set is up to the task. We have BGA rework systems which allow us to non contact scavenge, we have dispensing robots which allow us to dispense paste on odd-shaped land patterns typically found on one piece soldered to the board shields. Our XRAY and AOI systems are fully capable of being tools to diagnose and troubleshoot process problems. BEST can quickly build BGA reballing performs in house when devices need to be removed and replaced. We even have in house dye and pry and cross sectioning capabilities for process development.
Most importantly we have a dedicated, knowledgeable and IPC certified staff to help navigate through the various challenges of POP rework. They have been working on BGAs for 10+ years and are constantly being challenged by our clients to come up with new processes for POP rework.


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This week in my women's community group we are talking about strength's and weaknesses. Why does society tell us not to talk about our strengths? Like if we do it is bragging or we are being prideful. Why does everyone so focus on their weaknesses? I have so many weaknesses it would take me days to fill up this blog. But when I try and look at my strength's it is like I have to really grasp or ponder for a long while what they really are.
So in honor of Get Real Mondays I am going to try and list some of my weaknesses and strengths.
weaknesses-laziness when it comes to housework, lack of discipline, easily distracted or hyperfocused on things, procrastination, boldness that can put others off.
strengths-Can adapt to anything, compassionate, outgoing, creative and loves people.
I used to think if I just worked on my weaknesses then I would be a better person, but as time has passed I have learned to play to my strengths since really God has given those strengths to me. And you know that there are other people out there that have immaculate homes, lead a very disciplined life, can focus without becoming addicted to something, that get things done in a reasonable time, and that can use a ton of tact while still being bold...that I don't have to be all those people. That if I had all of those things too that the world would be such a boring place.
That God made me who I am for a reason. He gave me adaptibility so that when change happens I just roll with the punches and not freak out. That when someone is hurting I can give them a shoulder to cry on. When God puts me in a situation that might be uneasy that I can handle it with a smile, or a laugh. That I can think outside the box on many issues. And when I am around people I gain so much more than when I am not.
So, what are you focused on? Strengths or weaknesses?


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On March 20, 2012, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released OSC Staff Notice 51-719 Emerging Markets Issuer Review (Notice). This review focused on issuers whose mind and management are largely outside of Canada and whose principal active operations are also outside of Canada in regions such as Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe (EM Issuers). The Notice reported on a review of 24 issuers listed on Canadian exchanges with significant business operations in emerging markets. This review was done in response to concerns that Canadian investors in these issuers may be exposed to "inappropriate risks" with the goal of identifying areas of concern and making recommendations to contribute to the protection of investors and strengthen the integrity of Canadian markets. The Notice focused on the adequacy of issuer disclosure and corporate governance practices, as well as the adequacy of the gatekeeper roles played by auditors, underwriters and exchanges in bringing these issuers to the market. In conducting its review, OSC staff contacted issuers, their advisors and organizations such as Canadian exchanges, the Canadian Public Accountability Board and other provincial securities regulators.
Key concerns identified by the OSC
The Notice identified four principal concerns:
- the level of EM Issuer governance and disclosure;
- the adequacy of the audit function for an EM Issuer's annual financial statements;
- the adequacy of the due diligence process conducted by underwriters in offerings of securities by EM Issuers; and
- the nature of the exchange listing approval process.
As a general comment, the OSC noted an overall concern with the apparent "form over substance" approach to compliance with applicable standards for disclosure, issuer governance, board oversight, audit practices and due diligence practices. The OSC expressed the view that the level of independent-mindedness applied by boards, auditors and underwriters in doing their jobs should have been more thorough.
Review of EM Issuers
The OSC conducted a review of the public disclosure records of the EM Issuers and examined information concerning the function of the EM Issuers' boards and audit committees and identified four key areas of concern:
- Corporate governance practices - in some cases it was found that the board had very little contact with senior management in the emerging market jurisdiction and that the extent of knowledge the board and audit committee had of the cultural and business practices of such jurisdictions was lacking. In some instances it appeared that board members were relying solely on members of management to provide an overview of key business documents that were in a foreign language.
- Corporate structures - complex corporate structures may increase the risk profile of an EM Issuer as these structures may impact the ability of the board to properly oversee management or understand the full extent of the issuer's operations and may be difficult to describe to investors in disclosure.
- Related Party Transactions – related party transactions may represent an increased risk for EM Issuers as they can be abusive if they only benefit the related party and not the issuer. The OSC noted concern in some instances about the extent and frequency of related party transactions and the processes that were in place to identify and approve such transactions.
- Risk Management and Internal Control – the OSC noted that board members should be sensitive to the unique risks associated with operations in emerging market jurisdictions. Board members must ensure they understand the political and cultural risks impacting the EM Issuer and assess those risks in the context of the EM jurisdiction. These risks include political factors, governmental policies that may affect legal rights and property ownership, conversion of currency and legal title to assets. Boards should be satisfied that management has put appropriate internal controls in place to manage such risks.
Review of Auditors
The Notice states that the OSC is concerned that auditors may not always be performing sufficient procedures necessary to understand and scrutinize the information provided to them by an issuer and/or foreign component auditor. The OSC noted four key deficiencies with respect to external auditors of EM Issuers:
- auditors must be more sceptical of representations from management and take independent measures to verify information received from management;
- auditors lack knowledge of the local legal environment and cultural and business practices and as such their analyses do not reflect local circumstances;
- auditors rely too heavily on foreign component auditors and in some instances the working paper files of these foreign component auditors were not made available or could not be removed from the foreign jurisdiction which could prevent regulators from reviewing files; and
- auditors' ability to communicate with management and examine documentation is impacted by language barriers and it was not clear how these issues were being addressed.
Review of Underwriters
The OSC noted that underwriters are uniquely placed to verify information regarding the issuer, its operations and management in prospectus offerings and listing applications and, in order to fulfill their role, should participate in the offering process with scepticism regarding management claims. The OSC noted the following concerns with respect to the role of underwriters:
- there are no explicit, standard requirements for the conduct of due diligence and as a result, the OSC noted that in some cases, risks that were identified were not always documented and if they were raised, there was little or no follow up recorded or evident in the due diligence materials;
- there is an insufficient level of professional scepticism and rigour in respect of red flags that were identified during due diligence such as unusual growth, financial metrics that were superior to industry average and significant reliance on government relationships or the founder/CEO that should have prompted further questioning by the underwriter;
- the due diligence information sometimes contained little documentation or discussion with respect to the risks associated with the EM Issuer's operations; and
- in general, the level of due diligence documentation by underwriters with respect to EM Issuers was found to be deficient and as a result, it was not always evident that the approvals process called for by the underwriters' own internal process was followed.
Review of Exchanges
Finally, the OSC considered the role of stock exchanges in protecting the integrity of Ontario's markets. The OSC examined EM Issuers who accessed the market through different methods, including, IPOs, direct listings or RTOs and did not identify any particular method of accessing the market as being specifically problematic. The OSC identified the following deficiencies in the procedures and policies of exchanges with respect to EM Issuers:
- there is no requirement for an EM Issuer to maintain a meaningful Canadian presence which could include having a combination of directors, key officers, employees, books and records and assets located in Canada;
- there is no public disclosure made where exchange discretion is exercised to waive certain listing requirements for a particular issuer; and
- there was concern noted regarding the amount of reliance exchanges place on the role of sponsors to conduct due diligence given that the terms of sponsorship reports are generally negotiated between the sponsor and issuer and the sponsor is paid a fee for this service.
Next Steps
The Notice notes that EM Issuers represent an important growth market for Canadian investments and the OSC states that it will continue to assess areas that require policy examination and reform. The Notice generally makes recommendations that call for the creation of guidance documents, best practices and increased vigilance by the various stakeholders. Some specific recommendations include:
- improving disclosure of foreign risk factors;
- potentially creating minimum Canadian director residency requirements or minimum language competency requirements for Canadian-resident board members in the applicable local language;
- establishing a consistent and transparent set of requirements for the conduct of due diligence by underwriters and developing best practices around the documentation of all aspect of an underwriter's due diligence; and
- reviewing the role of sponsors in bringing EM Issuers to market to ensure that there is adequate accountability placed on the sponsor and an appropriate level of transparency regarding the sponsor's due diligence.


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Actually, now that I think about it my eating hasn't been THAT bad today. I have had:
- the white of a hardboiled egg.
- a brownie that my darling son made.
- an Entemann's choc covered donut
- caesar salad with bacon bits
- another brownie that my darling son made.
- leftover buffalo chicken casserole (why yes, I DID make it twice in the same week, why do you ask?)
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New Girl is curing me from my allergy issues. Laughter is the best medicine, even if it pushes me into a coughing fit. I have one season left, and I'm rationing out the episodes.
I really hope I start feeling better by the time I go to the gym tomorrow. I don't want to slow down my training, but I'm not going to go in there hacking and getting everyone sick. New Girl, heal me now.
This taco soup is also healing my soul. I want to constantly consume it all day, every day. It's so easy, and basically calls for 6 ingredients in the fridge. I'm all about being easy.
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Time: 5 minutes Serves: 4
- 16 oz chicken broth (read ingredients for sugars or fillers)
- 1 lb. cooked ground beef
- 4 roma tomatoes, diced
- 2 yellow/ brown plantains, diced
- 2 avocados, diced
- cilantro, for garnish
- Heat up the broth until boiling, then reduce to simmer.
- While broth is heating up, divide the beef and plantains into 4 bowls. Heat up in the microwave at 1 minute increments until heated through.
- Add one tomato to each bowl. Distribute the broth evenly between the two bowls, drizzling over the ingredients.
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Missing Budget: Akpabio Didn't Intervene, Ita Enang Refutes
Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, on Saturday, denied that the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, mediated in the missing budget scandal involving him and the Nigerian Senate, so that he will be sacked from office.
It could be recalled that Ita Enang had made copies of the documents, different from the ones made by President Muhammadu Buhari on 22 December, 2015 and presented before a joint session of the National Assembly.
The Senate investigative committee reviewed that it had, in its possession, two versions of the 2016 appropriation bill which were from the President and Ita Enang.
When asked if the issue, in any way, affected his relationship with the president, as it has been widely published that the Sen. Godswill Akpabio, intervened on his behalf for him to remain in office, Ita Enang denied that such never happened.
"I'm very surprised at that, but I'm sure you remember that throughout the period of the budget question, I didn't speak because in the ethic of our job, as an appointee, you don't speak. I'm not aware that Sen. Akpabio pleaded on my behalf.
"I represent Mr. President at the legislature. I stand in the middle and I am a diplomat. My job is to make sure that the interests of both parties are protected and defended. I refused to speak so that I won't endure either of the fight and still keep maintaining a good relationship.
"I have a very good relationship with His Excellency, Mr. President. I was appointed by Mr. President and I'm doing the job of Mr. President. I've been working and I'm working with all the senators and members of the National Assembly.
"I represent the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and I'm not going to join any issue with any person because this is the ethic of my job. I'm not aware of anybody mediating on the issue.
"But by standard and everything, I refuse to speak because I maintain dignified and sometimes silence speaks lauder. I was appointed by Mr. President and I do not see what could have been a need for that intervention or anyhow."


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Leadership at 3 AM
It was the inestimable Shelby Foote who said about General US Grant that "Grant the general had many qualities but he had a thing that's very necessary for a great general. He had what they call "four o'clock in the morning courage." You could wake him up at four o'clock in the morning and tell him they had just turned his right flank and he would be as cool as a cucumber."
Perhaps this is the root of the recent flurry of comments as to what this or that potential president would do in response to a '3 AM phone call.' But, as might be expected when everything seems to be compressed into 30 second news bursts, the recent discussion doesn't always seem to get to the heart of the matter.
First, it is important to remember what is the real issue; as pointed out by Shelby Foote, the issue is whether you remain clear and cogent when you are threatened with doom – literal or figurative. You are sound asleep, you believed all was well when you went to sleep, and now the enemy (however conceived) has turned your flank, is running up behind you and may well have you at their sword points. The enemy may be physical, psychological, fiscal, whatever. But if the 'enemy' continues, your way of life is going to change dramatically, and for the worst. The thing your army, your side, needs now is your calm judgment about what to do to save them from ruin. GEN Grant had experienced moments when it looked like his army would collapse, and he had not shown fear and his judgment had not failed him.
The modern equivalent of that, from a national perspective, would be some sort of indication that the United States was about to be attacked or was being attacked. Since the days of Lincoln this has happened only twice: the Cuban Missile Crisis and September 11th. In both cases the President performed well.* Both Presidents had had some experience to fall back on: in the case of Kennedy he had combat experience that told him to make an accurate assessment first, do what you can to make it better, try not to do anything to make it worse, and if possible, 'buy' some time while you assess the situation and conduct some planning. Bush had not had a similar experience to Kennedy, but Bush had his years as governor of Texas to fall back on, which provided the proper degree of trust in the process of being the executive of a large, well established organization, in this case the well groomed process that surrounds the President as Commander-in-Chief, and he moved to a position where he knew he could get accurate information and make a considered decision.
Every President will, of course, benefit from the large, well trained and very well equipped organization that exists around the Office of the President. It is a fair statement that a President, any President, will have enough support that it would be difficult for him or her to make a truly stupid decision at '3 AM.' But, there are some points that we can learn from considering the leader of any organization that is surprised and threatened with doom, whether it is a nation, an army or a private organization. Looking at great leaders in times of crisis lessons do emerge and are of value, even if we never are fated to lead a nation during her darkest hour.
Always remember that you are the leader. When no one can see you, you are the leader, when you are in the bathroom you are the leader. (This is the real weight of leadership ('it's lonely at the top') and any leader who hasn't felt it is shirking his duties.) So, when they 'call you at 3 AM' your response will be echoed throughout the organization. If you are calm and sure, they will be as well. If you let panic enter your voice, that too will get around. It is essential that those around you understand that they can, in fact, ALWAYS count on you to be the leader when they need it, not when you simply want to lead.
Prepared – Good leaders are always prepared. That is because they spend a great deal of time thinking ahead, exercising their brains, working out possible courses of action. This is true whether you are the President of the United States of the President of John Doe, Inc. If you have nothing else to do, think through various situations and work out basic steps you would take if that situation were to develop. You will never encounter exact copies of your plans in the real world, but, the more you think and exercise and plan, the more likely you are to have a framework that you have considered. Machiavelli considered it to be the duty of a Prince to look at each piece of terrain and think about how to defend it, and how to attack it, and to do so continually. The Prince's number one responsibility was to defend his city, and to not prepare for it was a disgrace. His right duty was to spend much of his time considering how to defend the city and what would be needed to properly do so.**
Confident – the leader's response in the dark of the early morning sends a signal to every single person in the organization –whether you believe it or not. Calm leaders are infectious, and so are worrisome ones.*** Teach yourself to be calm. In the movies we often see leaders of various stripes engaging in high drama, even yelling and grabbing people. It makes for good theater. It also makes for lousy leadership. When things get bad, good leaders are calm, quiet and considered.****
Experienced – Experience teaches that the situation is rarely as bad as it seems and it is rarely exactly what the first reports detail. Nervous leaders often will cycle between not making decisions at all and making decisions in a hasty and uninformed manner. Experience teaches that the best thing to do sometimes is simply 'wind the clock.'*****
Experience as a leader under stress does not guarantee that you will make good decisions. But lack of experience will certainly ensure a spotty performance at best until you have accumulated some experience.
* Pearl Harbor doesn't qualify for several reasons: it was not the United States proper at the time, but a territory; there was certainty that the Japanese could not invade the United States itself, and their was a certain intellectual acceptance that the US and Japan were going to be at war soon; Pearl Harbor was a tactical surprise, but Roosevelt certainly didn't fear for the loss of the United States itself. Nevertheless, his handling of the crisis in the days immediately following December 7th was brilliant.
** This is why President's and their immediate staff should participate in various war games – not because they are war mongers, but because it is both necessary that they understand what US forces can and cannot do, and because they need to be prepared for whatever might happen, and there is no better way to do this then 'gaming.' Corporations and other private organizations that are interested in their organizations surviving in the event of a catastrophe, (what now falls under the catch-all 'Continuity Of Operations' or COOP) should also be engaged in planning and exercises. Stockholders should demand it off their Board of Directors.
*** Churchill is perhaps the paragon of a great leader continually performing well under great stress. With his nation fighting alone against the Nazis and the Axis Powers for nearly a year he never showed anything but complete confidence that the UK would, in the end, be victorious, no matter what the reports might show. He extended this confidence to the issue of the '3AM phone call,' instructing his staff not to wake him unless England were actually invaded. Throughout all of World War II Churchill was only woken a couple of times, no matter how dire things might be around the world.
**** Taking a lesson from several great leaders I worked for, I made a general rule for all situations: you can raise your voice under four circumstances – 1) the building is on fire; 2) someone is shooting at you – specifically; 3) you are having a baby; 4) you win the lottery. Other than that, shouting is of only negative value – it makes the situation worse.
One of the lessons taught in flight training is that, when things look bad in the airplane, and you are not sure what to do, wind the clock (many aircraft, even the most modern, have wind-up clocks in the instrument panel, for a number of reasons). What this forces you to do is concentrate on a specific action for a few seconds, which should both calm you down and allow the situation to become a bit more clear, and prevents you from doing something really stupid while you recover your wits.


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Talking about the weather has always been a good ice breaker, especially for us farmers and wilderness dwellers. Living 3000 feet up provides for extreme temperature changes, even in summer. Its like a climatic mood swing. We went from 95 in the day to 60 last night. This keeps you on your toes and ready for anything. This is good for the gardens in the day and fruit orchards at night. We'll see what the fall harvest brings. Time to start gathering firewood. Get the canner ready for peaches, tomatoes, applesauce.
I am looking forward to seeing what comes of this page. I am new to the blog world. My inspiration will come from working with herbs and plants in the garden and in the wild among other things, that keep me off-line. But, i am also highly inspired by what people share about their experiences with food as well. I hope to begin to maintain a regular check-in here. Talk to you again soon!


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Pyramid Solitaire Saga excited to see it happen (it really is one of the best games of solitaire you'll find), but we're still left scratching our heads. What took so long? According to King's PR Manager Sarah Georgiakakis, a lot of time was invested in making this one as good a fit for mobile as their other Saga experiences.
"We have spent time making the game more bite-sized (easy to play anytime, anywhere, on any device, with player progress synchronized across mobile and Facebook), while taking care to preserve the gameplay that makes this Solitaire experience so compelling," Geogiakakis told Gamezebo. "We've also worked on other elements, including a refresh of the visuals and the social experience, as well as adding a layer of strategic gameplay with the Save Stash that allows you to save a card for later. With these improvements we hope to deliver mobile players the most fun and engaging Solitaire experience available for the platform."
To live up to that goal might prove a challenge. King has some stiff competition in Big Fish Games' Fairway Solitaire Blast. But then again, the one lament we had in our review was that it wasn't Pyramid Solitaire Saga.
We've had a chance to go hands on with the mobile build of King's Pyramid Solitaire Saga, and definitely like what we see. They've decided to go with a "portrait mode only" presentation, which might at first seem silly, but allows players to enjoy the game while using just one hand. Dragon Quest VIII took a similarly surprising move and was all the better for it.
The only advantage that we can see to the Facebook version is a visual one. Some of the game's graphics have been downscaled in the mobile release – sacrificed not for technical reasons, I'd think, but to provide a cleaner presentation on the smaller screen. It makes sense, but I still can't help but prefer Facebook's Egyptian playing field to the casino-table green of the mobile game.
As it was in 2012, Pyramid Solitaire Saga is well worth a play today – especially now that it fits in your pocket.


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Friday, February 11, 2011
sweet candy boxes
What a fantastic evening we had making these Valentine candy boxes! I came across this super sweet project last year & tagged it in my special tutorial folder. I was so glad I found it again because it was a lovely little project, perfect for little hands! I absolutely love spending creative time with my kiddos. Not only do I love creating side by side together, but I adore watching them light up with their own ideas and how proud they are of what they make. We used a combination of our own paper patterns we created in illustrator & some of these wonderful ones in red & pink shades (which if you are into cool patterns it's a must for your bookshelf!). Here they are! Are you working on any fun Valentine's Day projects? I'd love to hear about them! ~xo
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so so pretty.. just something about pretty pink and red and white together.. aaaaah!ReplyDelete
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I just wanted to drop you a wee note to say thank you so much for nominating my flower garlands for the handmade olympics! I found out this morning that they have made it to the final voting stage, eeeek! I'm so excited and you have totally helped make my day... :)
Wishing you the most fabulous day possible, thanks again... :)
Emma, x
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