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The Royal Hideaway is a member of exclusive hospitality consortium Leading Hotels of the World, and as such is one of the most luxurious properties in the area. It features upscale rooms with high-end amenities, a full-service spa with great treatments, several pools, and the best food around. The beautiful grounds, overall sophisticated vibe, adults-only policy, and beautiful beachfront location a short drive from shopping on Playa's Fifth Avenue make it one of the most attractive options for couples in Playacar.
The Grand Velas -- set on over 80 acres of mangroves that meet a postcard-perfect beach of white sand and turquoise waters -- is one of Riviera Maya's most sophisticated properties. It features 491 top-notch suites spread out in three different buildings (two family-friendly, one adults-only), all with their own stunning pool complexes, gyms, and restaurants. The property is so huge guests will need to take a three-minute shuttle ride from the farthest building to the beach, but the hotel's spotless service, outstanding food, luxurious spa, and wonderful amenities make it a great pick for discerning (and well-heeled) travelers.
As one might expect from the ultra-luxurious Banyan Tree brand, the Banyan Tree Mayakoba is one of Playa del Carmen's most sought after resorts. All of the 164 villas feature sleek Asian-inspired decor and Mexican textiles -- as well as walk-in showers, plunge pools, walled-in grass lawns, patios with hammocks, outdoor bathtubs, and fully stocked bars. The grounds, white-sand beach, and lagoon-like pool blend seamlessly with the surrounding nature. When you consider the high-end spa, plethora of outdoor activities -- such as golf, snorkeling, and eco tours -- and the fantastic dining, it's very hard to find anything wrong with this property. Only the Rosewood Mayakoba can compare, but the rooms are arguably a little nicer here -- though Rosewood has the superior spa.
Rosewood Mayakoba is a gorgeous, peaceful retreat within the resort community of Playa Del Carmen, set on a mile-long stretch of beach. Though it features an extensive children's program, the resort largely attracts couples with its serene atmosphere, upscale restaurants, and spa. The 128 suites feature attractive contemporary decor -- picture clean lines, white walls, and rich woods -- as well as high-tech amenities and private outdoor plunge pools. They have an open-air vibe, with many floor-to-ceiling windows, and the overwater lagoon suites have swim-up access. Plus, suites include freebies such as Wi-Fi, fresh fruit, and bottled water. Seaweed debris along the beach keeps the Rosewood from being flawless (although they diligently attempt to keep it clean by sending staffers to rake it away), but otherwise this hotel is top-notch -- for guests willing to pay top dollar. Some may prefer the rooms at the Banyan Tree, but the spa is nicer here.
Few properties in Riviera Maya offer the level of privacy the Fairmont Mayakoba does. The 401 contemporary rooms are set amid tropical forests and lagoons, and feature modern amenities, upscale bathrooms with glass-enclosed showers and separate jetted tubs, and nice views, either of the lagoons, the forests, or the ocean. Granted, sprawling grounds mean guests will need a golf cart or one of the BMW bikes the hotels provides to move around. Property highlights include a high-end spa, a number of dining options, five attractive pools -- including a 10,000 square-foot main pool, a kiddy pool, and an adults-only pool -- and a great location on a white-sand beach a few minutes north of Playa del Carmen. However, it's not an all-inclusive resort and there are a few pesky fees.
The Palace offers a high-end all-inclusive experience on a gorgeous stretch of white-sand beach 15 minutes south of Playa del Carmen. It's the smallest, newest and most upscale of the three properties in the Barcelo complex, with 756 beautiful rooms surrounded by gorgeous pools and manicured grounds. All rooms are Junior Suites or Suites with pretty bathrooms featuring separate showers and tubs. There's a lot for everyone here, from couples to families to groups, but those who want to party will have to walk to the hotel's sister properties next door, and non-Club Premium guests should expect to pay for Wi-Fi.
This adults-only resort lives up to the Excellence name, offering the standard amenities of the luxury chain: multiple attractive pools, numerous dining options, dozens of activities, and a solid spa with beachside treatment huts. The abundance of marble and columns throughout the property might be a bit too ostentatious for some, but it's definitely impressive -- as are the rooms. The rooms feature Jacuzzis and open bathrooms, which shouldn't be a problem for most visitors choosing an adults-only resort. All have terraces or balconies, and a gorgeous stretch of beach is right outside the door.
With a minimum guest age of 18, anyone looking for a romantic getaway can book the 433-room Secrets Silversands Riviera without fear of rambunctious kids or noisy families. The spacious, clean rooms and suites have crisp, modern decor with flat-screen TVs (though no iPod docks) -- but be on notice that the Swim-out Suites are actually a short walk and then swim out. The beach is smaller and rockier than many hotels in Cancun, but the incredible pools that sprawl the entire property offer ample swimming space (think lazy river meets infinity pool). Just don't plan on venturing out too much: The hotel has a fairly remote location -- which is a perk if you want to avoid the tourist-party mecca of the Hotel Zone.
The former estate of an Italian duchess, the ultra-luxurious Esencia oozes Mediterranean elegance and style. With just 29 rooms spread over 50 acres, the property feels intimate and exclusive, and shows a thorough attention to detail in everything from the services to the decor. Upscale, contemporary rooms are housed in two-story buildings set amid lush tropical grounds, and feature lots of high-end amenities, including pre-loaded iPods, Molton Brown toiletries, and in some, even private plunge pools. The gorgeous spa, excellent restaurant, and relaxing pools with ocean views are highlights.
The El Dorado Royale is an adults-only resort with a whopping 450 acres of tropical jungle along the Riviera Maya. There are 13 pools in total -- an important aspect, as the ocean bottom is too rocky for most to enjoy. The resort calls itself a "gourmet" all-inclusive, and offers a dizzying array of restaurants (all with dress codes), as well as bars, nightlife, spa treatments, and on-site activities. There are three total sister properties in this area, and the Royale is the most basic -- though rooms still feel luxurious with balconies or terraces, walk-in showers, whirlpool tubs, bathrobes, and stocked minibars. The resort is attached to the newer Casitas section which has additional amenities such as outdoor showers and private plunge pools.
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Its versatility easily allows it to be an ingredient in many different recipes, where it gives creamy goodness or a mushroom flavor to our favorite comfort foods like casseroles and Alfredo sauces. It can also be used straight from the can as a topping or gravy, which has affectionately earned it the name "America's Béchamel." Today, there are also healthier versions of the soup available, for those who want rich flavor without the calories.
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However you choose to use it, we've selected our favorite recipes that include this retro soup as an essential ingredient to create a list of hearty and homey dishes that you can cook at home
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Slow-Cooked Chicken Breast with Mushroom & Rosemary Sauce
This is a super simple dish yet it's fancy enough to serve to company. They don't need to know that you threw it all in the Crock-Pot before work. Try serving this over buttered parsley egg noodles and a side of broccolini.
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Broccoli Alfredo Recipe
An elegant pasta dinner comes together with the help of Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Click here to see the Broccoli Alfredo Recipe
Broccoli Cheez-It Souffle
This recipe proves that all you need is a little imagination. For this casserole, Cheez-Its serve as a crunchy, cheesy crust to a creamy broccoli filling.
Click here to see the Broccoli Cheez-It Souffle
Paula Deen's Chicken Divan Made Healthy
Paula Deen's classic Chicken Divan recipe is revised into a healthier yet still delicious dish.
Click here to see the Paula Deen's Chicken Divan Made Healthy Recipe
Cheesey Scalloped Potatoes (pictured above)
This is pure comfort food, and so easy to make. If you are making the casserole ahead of time, be sure to rinse the potatoes in cold water to prevent them from turning color.
Cooking spray
6 medium baking potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
2 cups shredded low-fat Cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper
One 10 ¾ ounce-can cream of mushroom soup
½ cup water
Rinse the sliced potatoes in cold water to prevent browning. Pat dry with paper towels.
Place a layer of potatoes in the bottom of the baking dish, sprinkle with, onion, cheese, salt, and pepper. Continue layering the potatoes, onion, cheese, and seasonings in this way, ending with a layer of cheese.
Mix the soup and the water in a small bowl and pour over the casserole. (At this point you can cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Add 5-10 minutes to the baking time.)
Bake for 1 ½-2 hours, or until the potatoes are tender.
Recipe Details
Servings: 6
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I went down to the Quilt Festival in Long Beach on Saturday.
I had a great time, but I have to say… we modern quilters are just not in the least represented there. At least not in what's for sale… 450 booths and I spotted ONE YARD of Heather Ross. IN THE WHOLE PLACE! And it was HUGE.
Forgive the lousy photo but you're looking at a convention center full of fabric – with only one yard of Heather Ross mixed in.
What do you all think? Do they not know we exist? Do we not go to these events enough for it to be financially worth it to vendors who do sell our style of stuff? This is an interesting topic for me seeing as clearly we are the next generation of quilters. Why aren't they trying to appeal to us more? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
But I shouldn't complain because I still scored with the loot and had a blast digging through all the bins and bins and bins of fabric! I got a lot that I've never seen before. There are pros to being exposed to the enormous quilting world you don't know (read: the non-internet based one!). And there were deals to be had… prices varied a lot, but overall, after searching through the place forever, I found some beautiful stuff.
Fat quarters:
Yup! A bit of Flea Market Fancy!
The half yard and up bits:
The red Mingle was the only colorway I didn't have and wanted. And while you would think the fabric crazed ladies would be fighting me for it at $7.00 a yard… nope! That was one of the good things about no one else in the place having my taste!
And I mean lil' cowboys?!? How could I not…
Aside from the frenzied fabric shopping, there were some really beautiful quilts on display. Mostly very traditional, but also some that weren't at all. I apologize for these horrid photos but I just had my little not so great camera… I linked to the artist's site if I could find one.
Castle Wall by Trudy Kleinstein. My close ups of this came out fuzzy (found one here) but every tiny little "stone" you see is appliqued on there!! Amazing!
Leaves of Grass by Betty Amador – One of the handful of improv. pieced quilts.
Hospital Rising by Ginny Eckley
Red Owls by Karen Peirce
Overall I had a great time, but it sure did make me feel like they don't know that all of us modern quilters are out here… Here's hopin' that changes soon!


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Repeating chemical structure unit of
|Physical Properties
|Density (ρ)
|1.20–1.22 g/cm3
|Abbe number (V)
|Refractive index (n)
|Limiting oxygen index
|Water absorption – Equilibrium(ASTM)
|Water absorption – over 24 hours
|Radiation resistance
|Ultraviolet (1-380nm) resistance
|Mechanical Properties
|Young's modulus (E)
|2.0–2.4 GPa
|Tensile strength (σt)
|55–75 MPa
|Compressive strength (σc)
|>80 MPa
|Elongation (ε) @ break
|Poisson's ratio (ν)
|Hardness – Rockwell
|Izod impact strength
|600–850 J/m
|Notch test
|20–35 kJ/m2
|Abrasive resistance – ASTM D1044
|10–15 mg/1000 cycles
|Coefficient of friction (μ)
|Speed of sound
|2270 m/s
|Thermal Properties
|Melting temperature (Tm)
|Glass transition temperature(Tg)
|Heat deflection temperature – 10 kN (Vicat B)citation needed
|Heat deflection temperature – 0.45 MPa
|Heat deflection temperature – 1.8 MPa
|Upper working temperature
|Lower working temperature
|Linear thermal expansion coefficient (α)
|Specific heat capacity (c)
|1.2–1.3 kJ/(kg·K)
|Thermal conductivity (k) @ 23 °C
|0.19–0.22 W/(m·K)
|Thermal diffusivity (a) @ 25 °C
|0.144 mm²/s3
|Electrical Properties
|Dielectric constant (εr) @ 1 MHz
|Permittivity (ε) @ 1 MHz
|2.568 × 10−11 F/m
|Relative permeability (μr) @ 1 MHz
|Permeability (μ) @ 1 MHz
|1.089(2) μN/A2
|Dielectric strength
|15–67 kV/mm
|Dissipation factor @ 1 MHz
|Surface resistivity
|1015 Ω/sq
|Volume resistivity (ρ)
|1012–1014 Ω·m
|Near to Short-wave Infrared Transmittance Spectrum
|Chemical Resistance
|Acids – concentrated
|Acids – dilute
|Aromatic hydrocarbons
|Greases & Oils
|Halogenated Hydrocarbons
|Gas permeation @ 20 °C
|10 – 25 cm3·mm/(m2·day·Bar)
|70 – 130 cm3·mm/(m2·day·Bar)
|Carbon dioxide
|400 – 800 cm3·mm/(m2·day·Bar)
|Water vapour
|1–2 gram·mm/(m2·day) @ 85%–0% RH gradient
|Economic Properties
|2.6 – 2.8 €/kg4
Polycarbonates (PC), known by the trademarked names Lexan, Makrolon, Makroclear and others, are a particular group of thermoplastic polymers. They are easily worked, molded, and thermoformed. Because of these properties, polycarbonates find many applications. Polycarbonates do not have a unique resin identification code and are identified as Other, 7. Items made from polycarbonate can contain the precursor monomer bisphenol A (BPA).
- 1 Structure
- 2 Production
- 3 Properties and processing
- 4 Applications
- 5 Manufacturers and brands
- 6 History
- 7 Potential hazards in food contact applications
- 8 Bioremediation
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Polycarbonates received their name because they are polymers containing carbonate groups (–O–(C=O)–O–). Most polycarbonates of commercial interest are derived from rigid monomers. A balance of useful features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering plastics.
The main polycarbonate material is produced by the reaction of bisphenol A (BPA) and phosgene COCl
2. The overall reaction can be written as follows:
The first step of the synthesis involves treatment of bisphenol A with sodium hydroxide, which deprotonates the hydroxyl groups of the bisphenol A.5
- (HOC6H4)2CMe2 + 2 NaOH → Na2(OC6H4)2CMe2 + 2 H2O
The diphenoxide (2(NaOC6H4)2CMe2) reacts with phosgene to give a chloroformate, which subsequently is attacked by another phenoxide. The net reaction from the diphenoxide is:
- Na2(OC6H4)2CMe2 + COCl2 → 1/n [OC(OC6H4)2CMe2n + 2 NaCl
In this way, approximately one billion kilograms of polycarbonate is produced annually. Many other diols have been tested in place of bisphenol A, e.g. 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexane and dihydroxybenzophenone. The cyclohexane is used as a comonomer to suppress crystallisation tendency of the BPA-derived product. Tetrabromobisphenol A is used to enhance fire resistance. Tetramethylcyclobutanediol has been developed as a replacement for BPA.5
An alternative route to polycarbonates entails transesterification from BPA and diphenyl carbonate:
- (HOC6H4)2CMe2 + (C6H5O)2CO → 1/n [OC(OC6H4)2CMe2n + 2 C6H5OH
The diphenyl carbonate was derived in part from carbon monoxide, this route being greener than the phosgene method.5
Properties and processing
Polycarbonate is a durable material. Although it has high impact-resistance, it has low scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses and polycarbonate exterior automotive components. The characteristics of polycarbonate are quite like those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), but polycarbonate is stronger and usable over a greater temperature range. Polycarbonate is highly transparent to visible light, with better light transmission than many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of about 147 °C (297 °F),6 so it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 155 °C (311 °F).1 Tools must be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and stress-free products. Low molecular mass grades are easier to mold than higher grades, but their strength is lower as a result. The toughest grades have the highest molecular mass, but are much more difficult to process.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large plastic deformations without cracking or breaking. As a result, it can be processed and formed at room temperature using sheet metal techniques, such as bending on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, heating may not be necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are needed, which cannot be made from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, which is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, is brittle and cannot be bent at room temperature.
Main transformation techniques for polycarbonate resins:
- extrusion into tubes, rods and other profiles including multiwall
- extrusion with cylinders (calenders) into sheets (0.5–20 mm (0.020–0.787 in)) and films (below 1 mm (0.039 in)), which can be used directly or manufactured into other shapes using thermoforming or secondary fabrication techniques, such as bending, drilling, routing, laser cutting etc.
- injection molding into ready articles
Electronic components
Polycarbonate is mainly used for electronic applications that capitalize on its collective safety features. Being a good electrical insulator and having heat-resistant and flame-retardant properties, it is used in various products associated with electrical and telecommunications hardware. It can also serve as a dielectric in high-stability capacitors.5 However, commercial manufacture of polycarbonate capacitors mostly stopped after sole manufacturer Bayer AG stopped making capacitor-grade polycarbonate film at the end of year 2000.78
Construction materials
The second largest consumer of polycarbonates is the construction industry, e.g. for domelights, flat or curved glazing, and sound walls.
Data storage
A major application of polycarbonate is the production of Compact Discs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs. These discs are produced by injection molding polycarbonate into a mold cavity that has on one side a metal stamper containing a negative image of the disc data, while the other mold side is a mirrored surface. Typical products of sheet/film production include applications in advertisement (signs, displays, poster protection).5
Automotive, aircraft, and security components
In the automotive industry, injection-molded polycarbonate can produce very smooth surfaces that make it well-suited for sputter deposition or evaporation deposition of aluminium without the need for a base-coat. Decorative bezels and optical reflectors are commonly made of polycarbonate. Due to its low weight and high impact resistance, polycarbonate is the dominant material for making automotive headlamp lenses. However, automotive headlamps require outer surface coatings because of its low scratch resistance and susceptibility to ultra violet degradation (yellowing). The use of polycarbonate in automotive applications is limited to low stress applications. Stress from fasteners, plastic welding and molding render polycarbonate susceptible to stress corrosion cracking when it comes in contact with certain accelerants such as salt water and plastisol.
It can be laminated to make bullet-proof "glass", although "bullet-resistant" is more accurate for the thinner windows, such as are used in bullet-resistant windows in automobiles. The thicker barriers of transparent plastic used in teller's windows and barriers in banks are also polycarbonate.
So-called "theft-proof" large plastic packaging for smaller items, which cannot be opened by hand, is uniformly made from polycarbonate.
The cockpit canopy of the F-22 Raptor jet fighter is made from a piece of high optical quality polycarbonate, and is the largest piece of its type formed in the world.910
South African security companies have launched the 'transparent burglar bar' under a variety of retail names, made from polycarbonate.11
Niche applications
Polycarbonate, being a versatile material with attractive processing and physical properties, has attracted myriad smaller applications. The use of injection molded drinking bottles, glasses and food containers is common, but the use of BPA in the manufacture of polycarbonate has stirred serious controversy (see Potential hazards in food contact applications), leading to development and use of "BPA-free" plastics in various formulations.
Polycarbonate is commonly used in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant viewing and lighting applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require much higher impact-resistance. Polycarbonate lenses also protect the eye from UV light. Many kinds of lenses are manufactured from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming goggles and SCUBA masks, and safety glasses/goggles/visors including visors in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are commonly made of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.
The light weight of polycarbonate as opposed to glass has led to development of electronic display screens that replace glass with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink and some LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies generally still require glass for its higher melting temperature and its ability to be etched in finer detail.
As more and more governments are restricting the use of glass in pubs and clubs12 due to the increased incidence of glassings, polycarbonate glasses13 are becoming popular for serving alcohol because of their strength, durability, and glass-like feel.
Other miscellaneous items include durable, lightweight luggage, MP3/digital audio player cases, ocarinas, computer cases, riot shields, instrument panels, tealight candle containers and blender jars. Many toys and hobby items are made from polycarbonate parts, e.g. fins, gyro mounts, and flybar locks for use with radio-controlled helicopters.14
For use in applications exposed to weathering or UV-radiation, a special surface treatment is needed. This either can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Polycarbonate is also used as a printing substrate for nameplate and other forms of industrial grade under printed products. The polycarbonate provides a barrier to wear, the elements, and fading.
Medical applications
Many polycarbonate grades are used in medical applications and comply with both ISO 10993-1 and USP Class VI standards (occasionally referred to as PC-ISO). Class VI is the most stringent of the six USP ratings. These grades can be sterilized using steam at 120 °C, gamma radiation, or by the ethylene oxide (EtO) method.15 However, scientific research indicates possible problems with biocompatibility. Dow Chemical strictly limits all its plastics with regard to medical applications.1617
Some major smartphone manufacturers use polycarbonate. Nokia has used polycarbonate in their phones starting with the N9's unibody case in 2011. This practice continues with various phones in the Lumia series. Samsung has started using polycarbonate with Galaxy S III's battery cover in 2012. This practice continues with various phones in the Galaxy series. Apple has started using polycarbonate with iPhone 5c's unibody case in 2013.
Manufacturers and brands
|Chi Mei
|VMI Plastic Pvt. Ltd.
|SUNLITE™ Sheets
Polycarbonate was developed in 1953 in the U.S. and Germany. In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a GE scientist, Daniel W. Fox inadvertently discovered PC while working on a wire-coating material. According to accounts, he left for home and came back the following day to find that the coating had set into a hard, transparent material. That marked the beginning of Lexan polycarbonate.
Meanwhile, in Germany, Hermann Schnell discovered polycarbonate at Bayer's main lab in Uerdingen, Germany at a time when the company was searching for ways to advance its technology. Schnell's find marked the start of the company's Makrolon polycarbonate.
Potential hazards in food contact applications
The use of polycarbonate containers for the purpose of food storage is controversial. The basis of this controversy is their hydrolysis (degradation by water, often referred to as leaching) occurring at high temperature, releases bisphenol A:
- 1/n [OC(OC6H4)2CMe2n + H2O → (HOC6H4)2CMe2 + CO2
More than 100 studies have explored the bioactivity of bisphenol A derived from polycarbonates. Bisphenol A appeared to be released from polycarbonate animal cages into water at room temperature and it may have been responsible for enlargement of the reproductive organs of female mice.18 However, the animal cages used in the research were fabricated from industrial grade polycarbonate, rather than FDA food grade polycarbonate.
An analysis of the literature on bisphenol A leachate low-dose effects by vom Saal and Hughes published in August 2005 seems to have found a suggestive correlation between the source of funding and the conclusion drawn. Industry funded studies tend to find no significant effects whereas government funded studies tend to find significant effects.19
Sodium hypochlorite bleach and other alkali cleaners catalyze the release of the bisphenol A from polycarbonate containers.2021 A chemical compatibility chart shows that polycarbonate is incompatible with ammonia and acetone because it dissolves in their presence.22 Alcohol is one recommended organic solvent for cleaning grease and oils from polycarbonate.
A species of fungus found in Belize, Geotrichum candidum, has been found to consume the polycarbonate found in CDs.23
See also
- ^ a b "Polycarbonate". city plastics. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ^ M. Parvin and J. G. Williams (1975). "The effect of temperature on the fracture of polycarbonate". Journal of Materials Science 10 (11): 1883. doi:10.1007/BF00754478.
- ^ J. Blumm, A. Lindemann (2003/2007). "Characterization of the thermophysical properties of molten polymers and liquids using the flash technique". High Temperatures-High Pressures. 35/36 (6): 627. doi:10.1068/htjr144.
- ^ CES Edupack 2010, Polycarbonate (PC) specs sheet
- ^ a b c d e Volker Serini "Polycarbonates" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2000. doi:10.1002/14356007.a21_207
- ^ Answers to Common Questions about Bayer Polycarbonate Resins
- ^ Film Capacitors
- ^ Wima (capacitor manufacturer) on discontinuation of polycarbonate capacitors and recommended substitutes.
- ^ Egress technicians keep raptor pilots covered. Pacaf.af.mil. Retrieved on 2011-02-26.
- ^ F-22 Cockpit. Globalsecurity.org (2008-01-21). Retrieved on 2011-02-26.
- ^ [1]. Retrieved on 2012-06-28.
- ^ http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/alcohol_restrictions_for_violent_venues.asp, http://www.olgr.qld.gov.au/industry/liquor_compliance/glass_bans/index.shtml
- ^ http://polysafe.com.au/
- ^ Hobby Applications of Polycarbonate
- ^ Medical Applications of Polycarbonate
- ^ "Dow Plastics Medical Application Policy".
- ^ "Makrolon Polycarbonate Biocompatibility Grades".
- ^ Howdeshell, KL; Peterman PH, Judy BM, Taylor JA, Orazio CE, Ruhlen RL, Vom Saal FS, Welshons WV (2003). "Bisphenol A is released from used polycarbonate animal cages into water at room temperature". Environmental Health Perspectives 111 (9): 1180–7. doi:10.1289/ehp.5993. PMC 1241572. PMID 12842771. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
- ^ vom Saal FS, Hughes C (2005). "An extensive new literature concerning low-dose effects of bisphenol A shows the need for a new risk assessment". Environ. Health Perspect. 113 (8): 926–33. doi:10.1289/ehp.7713. PMC 1280330. PMID 16079060.
- ^ Hunt, PA; Kara E. Koehler, Martha Susiarjo, Craig A. Hodges, Arlene Ilagan, Robert C. Voigt, Sally Thomas, Brian F. Thomas and Terry J. Hassold (2003). "Bisphenol A Exposure Causes Meiotic Aneuploidy in the Female Mouse". Current Biology 13 (7): 546–553. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00189-1. PMID 12676084.
- ^ Koehler, KE; Robert C. Voigt, Sally Thomas, Bruce Lamb, Cheryl Urban, Terry Hassold, and Patricia A. Hunt (2003). "When disaster strikes: rethinking caging materials". Lab Animal 32 (4): 24–27. doi:10.1038/laban0403-24. PMID 19753748.
- ^ Premium Twinwall and Triplewall Polycarbonate Sheet by Verolite
- ^ "Fungus eats CD". Nature. 2001.
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Report: Cleveland Cavaliers will draft Florida guard Bradley Beal if available
The Cleveland Cavaliers will draft Florida guard Bradley Beal if he lasts until the fourth pick of the NBA Draft, reports Hoopsworld.com's Alex Kennedy in a tweet.
"There's no way Beal slips out of the top four," said one league source. The Cleveland Cavaliers will draft him if he's available at four.—
Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 19, 2012
Reports in the lead up to the draft should always be taken with a grain of salt, as teams use misdirection to conceal their true intentions. Previous reports had Cleveland targeting North Carolina's Harrison Barnes with the fourth pick.
Beal may not last until the fourth pick, either. While Kentucky's Anthony Davis will almost certainly go No. 1 to the New Orleans Hornets, the Charlotte Bobcats and Washington Wizards could go numerous ways with the second and third picks. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist could go to either team. Charlotte recently has been linked to Kansas forward Thomas Robinson.
Kennedy also reports on Twitter that teams interested in Beal are looking to move ahead of Cleveland to land the guard.
If the Cavaliers do land Beal, he would fit well alongside point guard Kyrie Irving, last year's No. 1 overall pick and the league's Rookie of the Year. The backcourt could provide the foundation for the Cavaliers for years to come.


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Criminal offenses such as drug use and sexual misconduct — what the Board of Education now terms "Class 4 offenses" — are punishable only by expulsion or placement in alternative school, after the board's vote at a Thursday meeting.
"I want our code of conduct to be something that's easily understood by our students," said Superintendent Jon Paul Campbell.
Before the change, the school's code of conduct contained just three violation classifications. The changes were requested by new Jacksonville High School Principal Rick Carter and recommended by Campbell.
"It will be clearly defined as to what is accepted and what is not accepted," Carter said.
"Without safety and security of schools, it's hard for education to go on," Carter said. "I believe in disciplined, orderly environments."
The previous code of conduct gave administrators more leeway to decide how students would be disciplined. The school board could choose from among suspension, expulsion and placing students in an alternative school.
In other business Thursday, the board eliminated its policy that had forbidden close relatives from working in a supervisor/subordinate situation. The vote came moments before the board hired Shannon Carter, Rick Carter's wife, to serve as a counselor at Jacksonville High.
"We realized we would have to change that policy," Campbell said, adding that it is better to give the board more discretion in hiring. "I think it gives the board control on a case-by-case basis."
Before taking jobs at Jacksonville High the Carters worked with each other at Wellborn High School, where Shannon Carter was also a counselor.
"In this particular case, they have a proven track record of huge success together." Campbell said.
Campbell said he thinks the board did the right thing to keep the couple together because they were successful at Wellborn.
"If I didn't think it was the best thing for students, I wouldn't have made that recommendation," Campbell said. "He had to sell me on it."
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At an Exchange Club meeting Thursday Andy Green, director of enrollment management for JSU, said it's still too early to say how many students will show up for class next fall. Green emphasized the significance of STU 101, a class that is aimed at getting freshman students to return to campus for their sophomore years.
"What they're getting in that class can't be quantified in credit hours," Green said.
In the class, instructors explain which services such as counseling and financial aid are available to students. By explaining which services are available, Green said, JSU may be able to help students with issues that sometimes prompt them to leave.
"The response to STU 101 has been very positive," Green said. "This next year is when we're going to see the result."
That's because if the class was successful, JSU will see a higher retention rate among last year's freshmen class.
Green said the class is one of several steps the university is taking to encourage students to return to campus year after year. If successful in boosting retention rates, the university may inch ever closer to reaching its 10,000 enrollment goal.
He added that it's difficult to gauge how many students will be enrolled at JSU in the fall. He said that the university graduated 700 students this spring.
The loss of those students will be balanced, he said, by the roughly 1,300 freshman students he said he expects to see enroll at the institution at the start of the next school year.
Green also said that what is good for the university can also be good for the community.
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This is a wordy, rather boring one– sorry. We've been on vacation for the past week, and the words are pouring out. I kept trying to get to my blog, to send you Thanksgiving wishes and to let you know how thankful I am to your mothers for giving birth to you all. There was just no time.
When Amadeus' father died last January, we received a sympathy card from a friend. This is the age of loss, she wrote, and her words have stuck with me. Life is a numbers game. As time progresses, the odds change, and frankly, they suck. Our poker chips were piled high for a long time, but we're middle-aged now, and the stacks are gradually growing smaller– not just ours, but our friends and family members as well. It seems as though we receive sad news weekly– Facebook keeps us aware of the tragedies of every friend and acquaintance. "Please pray for my mother," a post will beseech, "My brother passed away peacefully last night," another will say. The Internet brings bad news at light speed, and we're more aware than ever of the depth and breadth of our loved ones' struggles. Blog friends tell heartbreaking tales of their losses, and every few days some website reports that yet another of our childhood idols has gone to Celebrity Heaven.
I've told you about Amadeus' heartaches– his brother died the August before last, five months later, his father. They were his only surviving nuclear family members, and sometimes his sorrow fills our airspace. Their memories, along with those of his mother and his son, cloud his mind and tear at his heart. He reads of musician friends who have traveled on– their past lifestyles and not-so-advanced ages remind him of his own wild past and his mortality. It reminds me too– I want at least twenty years with this guy, and preferably a hundred, but who knows how any of this will play out?
In the past year, my mother and one of her sisters had cancer scares; their youngest sister died last Spring. These are the women who helped paint the background of my life's canvas. I cherish their beauty and laughter, their enduring sense of humor and fun, their strength in overcoming a lifetime of obstacles with a grace I wish I possessed. Their husbands are part of this canvas too. My mother's no longer married, but my aunts have been with the same men forever, and I love them something fierce.
It all makes me feel a loss for something I haven't yet lost. The awareness that the people I love won't be around forever stays present. I want to hold them close and make them stay, but time and truth make it feel as though I'm holding their hands as they float toward the sky. I know that one day, our grip will break and they'll fly away, just as I will. Just as we all do.
In February, I contacted my little sister, my favorite and only sister, and said, "I'm yearning for a big family Thanksgiving this year, but our house is too small. Would you be willing to host it?" She talked it over with her husband, who thought it was a great idea. We thought that maybe twenty or so would show–our kids, our mother, maybe an aunt and uncle and a cousin or two. "Twenty people! Where will everyone sit?" my sister wondered. We sent Facebook invites and for months, we heard nothing. Then our aunt died. Some scary health reports from the remaining sisters followed. A few RSVP's rolled in, but they were marked, "Maybe."
We sent occasional reminders, but were a little disheartened by the lack of response. "We're still going to have fun," my sister and I assured each other. At the very least, she and her family and Amadeus and I would have a chance to be together, and that in itself was just fantastic.
Everyone in the family was hit hard by the loss of Aunt Millie*– of the fact that the four sisters weren't as indomitable as we'd always believed. The youngest was gone, the family landscape had changed and we were reminded that our wacky family structure is a temporary, shifting sort of gift. More RSVP's came. More "I'll be there's." A few variations of "Sam's coming with his new girlfriend and two or three of his kids and maybe his ex-wife."
In the end, there were forty of us, all gathered together, bursting the seams of my sister's Tennessee home. We traveled from Arizona, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Indiana and Arkansas. Young folks dominated, and we older ones were delighted. There were cousins galore, nieces and nephews we'd never met, a passel of squirmy new babies to step over as we made our way from the front porch to the kitchen to the deck out back. Every space was filled and jammed with joy. My brother-in-law cooked four turkeys, Amadeus baked pies from scratch, and my sister, niece and I made casseroles and other assorted side dishes. My rabbi bro brought his own, very Kosher food. Cousins and uncles (including Uncle Rabbi) played hackey sack and football in the yard, and the injuries were minor. I always look forward to our traditional Thanksgiving blowout evening, when we drink too much, reminisce and sloppily remind each other over and over again how much we love each other (followed by a spinning room and a massive hangover), but this year, the twenty-somethings ruled, and we geezers hung back and watched them make wonderful idiots of themselves as they chugged their evening beverages. Everyone got to meet Amadeus, and they talked and bonded and hugged him until I thought he might explode from the attention.
I brought Theo the Wonderdog® and my brother brought Zeke, his industrial-sized retriever. They hung out with my sister's dog, Bo, a huge South African Black Lab, who's a million and three years-old and on his last legs. This will be his last Thanksgiving, and the other dogs did their best to cheer him. My brother-in-law fed Theo so many turkey gizzards that the little Chihuahua became a medicine ball of immobility. He weaved around with a gizzard stuffed into his mouth, which made him look as though he had a perpetual, grayish-pink grin. At one point, we checked to make sure the gizzard wasn't lodged there permanently, but he was simply hoarding it for later, when he could wedge it into his fat stomach.
The sounds in that house! Laughter trickled in a constant stream, then roared like an ocean. Amadeus, my brother and brother-in-law played guitars as my son accompanied them on his harmonica. The chattering, happy voices of our extended family were a background symphony. The Baptist cousins mingled with the Jewish cousins, the Catholics and Methodists melded with the atheists. At Thanksgiving, there's no dividing line between rich and poor, Republican and Democrat, punker and pastor, the accomplished and the messy. Bonnie, a cousin I hadn't seen in over three decades, arrived with her five children. She's Aunt Millie's daughter, and for years she's struggled with addictions and demons and prison time. But there she was, clean and sober, gorgeous and happy, connecting with everyone and proudly introducing us to her kids and her new fiancé. They'd trekked from the hills of Virginia to be with us. Aunt Millie had been their rock– she'd helped them through their traumatic childhoods, raised them while their mom paid her Debt to Society and waited patiently while her daughter cleaned up her act. The children ranged in ages from about eleven to nineteen, and were initially shy. Everyone was aware of how much they'd been through, and we showered them with love and respect. I worried about her eldest son, Cody, a large, gentle, awkward guy who hardly spoke a word. He kept his head lowered and could barely meet our eyes.
Before we feasted, my mother finagled it so that Her Son the Rabbi led the prayer, then we all stuffed ourselves like human versions of Theo. No one hoarded food though– there was plenty for all. Wait- I take that back- my mom squirreled away three pieces of pie for herself and her gentleman friend, but someone found their stash and scarfed it down. My Aunt Cheryl passed around forty gift-wrapped, beribboned things, which looked like festive Tootsie Rolls. We all pulled the ends at once and discovered small treasures inside– riddles printed on rectangles, tiny toys, tissue paper crowns in bright, jeweled colors. We all felt like visiting royalty as we slipped on our new headgear.
That evening, the voices hummed more softly. My sister and brothers and I gathered on the front porch and performed our ritual, which involves the smoking of cigars and gentle discussions of the past, present and future. We began this tradition years ago, as a way to ensure that we had some sibling time during the madness of each family gathering. "Is everyone happy?" I asked, as we puffed away in the dark, rocking in rockers and swaying on the porch swing, and we all agreed that we were.
Later, some of the guys strummed guitars in the dark on that same front porch while others wandered upstairs to watch football. The philosophers drank beer and chatted on the deck. I was in the kitchen with a couple of nephews, when I heard the most beautiful sound coming from the living room. I went to investigate. Bonnie's son, Cody, the one I suspected may have been mute, was singing "The Rattlin' Bog," an old Irish folksong. His voice was strong and pure, and he started out slowly as he sang about the various things that existed in the bog– a tree, a twig, a leaf, a nest, an egg… With each verse, the tempo increased, as did the contents of that bog. I was mesmerized. I sat down beside him as he sang, and when he finished, I begged him to do another. His sisters and their mother sat on the stairs, his brother perched beside me on the arm of the sofa. They called out requests, and Cody happily obliged. These were old songs, folk songs from around the world, and his siblings joined in on a few of them. I felt as though I was being treated to a concert by a band of angels. Bonnie explained that the kids had all performed as a gospel quintet when they were small, traveling to various churches in the towns that surrounded their tiny Virginia home. Cody never outgrew his love of music, and sang in choirs and competitions until he graduated high school. He hadn't spoken two words since his arrival at my sister's, but once he was able to express himself in his own language (the language of music), he crept out of his shell. I was happy to discover that there was a nightingale hiding in that shell, and after his performance, he seemed to relax a bit. He even smiled once or twice. Later, he told me about the work he did in a window factory, and proudly confided that he helped pay for the van repairs that allowed his family to make the trip. What a sweetheart of a guy. What a family. We were all incredibly grateful that they'd come.
I watched my daughter as she gently helped her toddler navigate a sea of family members she'd never met, the same sea I helped her navigate twenty years ago. She's strong and smart and beautiful, and the fact that she and the Pea were in attendance meant the world to me. I haven't seen her smile so much in a long, long time. Next week, she leaves for boot camp, and I'm missing her already. But she was there, by golly, and it was fantastic. She and her cousins oohed and ahhed over each others' offspring– they cooed and cuddled, rocked them, passed them around and exchanged stories of their births.
Everything changes; life's a constant transition. Inevitably, there will be more deaths, but there are also new shoots sprouting from the family tree. We notice the wrinkles forming around our cousins' eyes, the aunts and uncles go back to their hotel rooms a little earlier than they used to. But we also feel babies' heartbeats, hear children's giggles and delight in their newness. For some of us, Thanksgiving was a reminder of the passage of time, and it made the time we shared sweeter. The ghosts of our ancestors loomed large. The absence of those we've lost was deeply felt, the impermanence of life apparent. But the love, affection and happiness that permeated my sister's house healed and energized all of us. This may be the Age of Loss, but it's also the Age of Appreciation. I don't think there was a person at the grownup table who wasn't deeply thankful for each person present.
On the drive home, Amadeus and I couldn't stop talking about the week– the hustle and bustle, the minor dramas, the hilarity, the abundance of kindness and the joyful moments. It all overwhelmed us, in a very good way. He smiled and told me that he'd been hugged more in the past week than he had in his entire life. "Well, that's a good thing," I told him. He'd better get used to it. He's family now.
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If you're betting that the Fed is about to stimulate the economy in a big way on Thursday, you may be in for a rude awakening.
So says, Stephen Stanley, Pierpont Securities Chief Economist.
Stanley thinks that the QE3 euphoria that's swept the Street after last Friday's jobs number is misguided. (Bulls believe the lackluster jobs data gives Ben Bernake a reason to act.)
However, Stanley argues that there are many other influences at play and when you add them up, the environment doesn't warrant Fed action.
1. In the past when the Fed has implemented QE, part of the action has been generated by the Fed's concern about asset prices. "This time around the market is at a 4-year high."
2. The case for spurring growth is weak. Except for jobs, most of the recent economic data has been strong, at least relatively.
3. Inflation expectations are quite a bit higher than at other times when the Fed has implement stimulus.
4. The Fed would step on Operation Twist. "They've pounded the table that extending Twist was a big deal," says Stanley.
5. The election plays a role. "The Fed is a campaign issue this year. It would be waving a red flag among conservatives if they do QE now."
All told, "This time the situation is very different," Stanley says on CNBC's Fast Money. "The market expects QE but the signs just aren't there."
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March Madness. For most (i.e. "ignorant") Americans, March Madness is about skipping work for a couple of days each week to watch college basketball all day on T.V.
For us "more refined" Americans, March Madness consists of watching ridiculously entertaining hockey games, preparing ourselves for the upcoming NHL playoffs and going for gold in out own fantasy hockey playoffs. Throw in some green beer and St. Patrick's Month and you're good to go.
Month? Um… right…well that's what it should be!
For those of you that haven't seen the lanky522 account sweeping through the forum, I've been a huge fan of the site for some time now. With that said, I'm extremely excited about the opportunity I've been given to regularly highlight some statistics for you guys that are not often mentioned on other hockey WebPages around the internet.
It is therefore very unlikely that the information you see here will be known by your competitors in your fantasy league (unless they visit DobberHockey as well). Hopefully this monthly column will give all of you an edge over your opposition.
Well, enough jibber-jabber, onto the meat of the first official Leprechaun's Gold column!
***The following statistics are accurate up to and including Thursday's games, March 15th, 2007***
Joe Thornton averaged 1.33 penalty minutes a game through his career preceding the NHL lockout. Since then he has averaged 0.56 penalty minutes a game. Another quite interesting (and under the radar) tidbit about Thornton: He has yet to play a full NHL season in his career. Since 1998 when he entered the NHL, he's averaged 76.4 games played per season (excluding this current season).
Since January 1, 2007, Tomas Holmstrom has 20 goals, 12 of which are on the power play, and two hat tricks. Only Vince Lecavalier (25), and Dany Heatley (22) have more goals during that span. Holmstrom's 12 power play goals lead the league in that span, while Olli Jokinen and Bill Guerin are the only other players with 2 hat tricks since New Years Day.
San Jose has six forwards in their active lineup that were first round draft picks. Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, Bill Guerin, Mark Bell, Steve Bernier, Milan Michalek were all taken in the first round of their respective draft classes. These six guys have combined for 263 of San Jose's points this season.
Jarome Iginla has 497 faceoff wins since the start of the 2005 season. During those 141 games, he's averaged 3.52 faceoff wins per game, and a faceoff percentage of 54.1%. Not bad for a natural winger. However, when you compare Iginla's faceoff percentage during that span to Joe Sakic's 52.7%, Joe Thornton's 51.1%, and Mats Sundin's 54.5%; you see that Iginla's 54.1% isn't bad PERIOD.
Alexei Zhitnik has eight points in eight games since joining the Atlanta Thrashers. Interestingly, he only has two penalty minutes during that period. Since when does Zhitnik get more points than penalty minutes?
So far in two seasons with the Phoenix Coyotes, Wayne Gretzky has a record of 66-79-8 (140 points in the standings). In his first two seasons with the NHL Edmonton Oilers in 1979-80 and 1980-81, Gretzky had a record of 57-76-29(ties) for 143 points in the standings. Let's see if he can do for Phoenix as a coach what he did for Edmonton as a player.
Despite splitting time with Toskala much of the season, Evgeni Nabokov has seven shutouts this year. His shutout total is second only to Brodeur's (12). Nabokov has started 40 games this season while Brodeur has started 68.
Milan Hejduk has 28 points in 20 games since the February 1. Only Joe Thornton has more points in that span (with 30). Paul Stastny isn't the only one shining recently in Colorado.
Marc-Andre Bergeron has gotten a point on roughly every other goal the Islanders have scored in the month of March. He has nine points in seven games since March 1st. During that span, the Islanders have scored 20 times.
Alex Auld's record is 7-13-5 this season with the Florida Panthers. He has a save percentage is 88.8% and a GAA of 3.34. Roberto Luongo is 40-20-5 this season in Vancouver. Luongo has a save percentage of 91.9% and a GAA of 2.35. I can't imagine why Mike Keenan may have resigned!
In the 14 games since Ladislav Nagy left Phoenix, Shane Doan has had 13 points. Since arriving in Dallas, Nagy has just four points in 13 games. Perhaps Doan might be happy that Nagy's gone?
Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, Cammalleri, Huselius, Stastny, and Vanek have 217 goals and 317 assists (534 points) this season. The sheer magnitude of these guys' scoring is impressive, but when you take into account that ALL of their salaries combined for this year are $7.39 million (not including bonuses), it's that much more mind-boggling. By the way, Patrik Elias (21 goals, 44 assists, 65 points) makes $7.5 million this year.
After going pointless in his first two games as a Thrasher, Keith Tkachuk has seven points in his last six games. Interestingly, the Trashers have won six of eight since Tkachuk came to town.
Marc Savard has 180 penalty minutes since the start of the 2005 season. Even more impressive perhaps, are his 188 points during that time. He is currently on pace to break his single season best this season needing only six more points to tie the 97 point total he had last year. Who would've thought that he'd put up these numbers without Kovalchuk or Hossa? Five million dollars a year is cheap for a talent like his. He's come darn close to replacing what Boston lost in Thornton.
Shea Weber has 15 goals in only 127 shots this season. His 11.8% shooting percentage is the best among defenders who've scored more than 10 goals this season. He has three multi-goal games since Valentine's Day (February 14 for all you fantasy hockey bachelors).
Mikka Kiprusoff is has a 0-5 overtime record and a 2-4 record in shootouts this season. He has only made five shootout saves in those six shootout games. Last season Kiprusoff had a 2-4 overtime record and a 1-7 shootout record. He didn't make A SINGLE shootout save the ENTIRE season last year. Needless to say, Calgary needs to try and win all of their games in regulation.
Johan Holmqvist and Marc Denis (the two Tampa Bay goaltenders), have combined for a 10 and 1 shootout record this season. Not too bad… Vince Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis must have bailed them out a couple of times. Nope. The two goalies have been scored on a total of three times during those 11 shootouts, making 38 saves in the process. Their combined shootout save percentage is 92.5%.
Sidney Crosby was plus-15 through December 31st of this season. Since then, he has gone minus-7 in the past 33 games.
Wade Redden has 10 points in his last 10 games. He had one point in his first 10 games of the season. Hopefully, all you smart poolies snatched him when he was injured and sucking earlier this season.
Dion Phaneuf leads all defenders in power play goals during the past two seasons. He has 29 power play goals since 2005 (16 last year, 13 so far this year). He also has 178 penalty minutes during that span (93 last year, 85 so far this year). Hopefully I don't have to tell those of you in keeper leagues, which count defensive scoring, power play goals, and penalty minutes what this means.
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Atul told me about Metaplace a year or two ago, but I've only tried it out in recent months, and I want to tell you about it.
What's Metaplace? It's a flash game... except it's not really a game, and it's built to support multiple clients, of which Flash is only one. Um, let me start over.
It's an MMORPG, of sorts, but with all content including game mechanics being user-created. Or to look at it another way, it's a game-development platform with a social networking component. When you sign up for an account, you get a small chunk of virtual real-estate, where you can build whatever you want, plus there's a scripting language that lets you make interactive objects and impose game rules on your virtual space. So another way to look at it is that it's like Second Life, but with a Flash client that runs in your browser, more cartoony graphics, and more of a focus on making games rather than just hanging out.
Here's an interview in The Escapist (a great online gaming magazine, by the way) with Raph Koster, creator of Metaplace.
His big idea is that making a virtual world should be like having a blog - within easy reach of anyone with a good idea, freely hosted, easily interlinked with other virtual worlds or with other kinds of web pages, able to be embedded or integrated with other forms of web content. He says, "It's really the equivalent of Blogger, but for virtual worlds." He's sick of every MMORPG, and he's worked on several, having the same old gameplay, and he wants to open it up so that people can innovate.
When you create a Metaplace account, you get a virtual home world with its own URL, and you can link people straight to it or you can embed it in another web page. Every object in your world has a unique URL too - like, there's a URL for 'this here chair'. I'm not sure exactly what that's for, but it shows a very forward-thinking design sense: at some point, as Metaplace interoperability with the web, continues to advance, there will be a use for this. And that chair itself could be rendered using images that are linked in from third-party sites. You can import images from anywhere to use as sprites or surface textrues, and even import 3-d models from the Google Sketchup warehouse. You can embed YouTube videos in your virtual world. You can sell objects that you create for virtual cash in a marketplace and buy objects made by others.
Also very forward-thinking is the Metaplace terms of service. An excerpt:
Rights of World Creators
4. Own their intellectual property.
5. Create and destroy their own world at their discretion with no liability to Metaplace or users.
6. To be the sovereign power of their created worlds and subject to rights reserved by others to have full power and authority in their created worlds.
7. Earn and extract economic value from created worlds.
etc. Seriously, go read that thing. It reads like an artifact that fell out of a time warp from some future epoch where wars have been fought over the rights of virtual citizens. Read it and contemplate the possibilities alluded to by the enumerated rights and enumerated responsibilities of world creators and world users.
OK, OK, so idea-wise, Metaplace is all very cool and exciting and ambitious. But is it good? Is it fun? Is it worth getting invovled with? Does it live up to its lofty ambitions?
After playing around with it for a while, I have to reluctantly answer 'not yet'. There's a lot of potential, but the current implementation is kinda... crummy. Everything is slow, laggy, and buggy, there are glaring interface flaws, may features don't work at all, and it's hard to find documentation on how to make your world do stuff. I still haven't been able to get friend requests to work, and one time a buggy script attached to a monster truck statue in the main hub area teleported me off to the edge of the world, on the wrong side of an invisible fence, and there was no way to get back in until I found an admin who could hand-edit my entry in the user database.
I've only found a few worlds that are even attempting to have any semblance of gameplay, and those are barely functional or playable - more proofs-of-concept than anything you would want to play for fun. And a lot of the worlds are... well, like this:
The whole thing is still in beta, and everybody who's on there so far seems to be in the 'just trying it out' stage. So maybe in a year it'll be awesome; or maybe it'll be abandoned. Who knows?
Thus far, I've been using it mainly as a way to chat with Aleksa. Her hearing aid makes it hard for her to use a phone, and she gets bored easily with text chat. But Metaplace gives us something to do together, which gives us something to talk about. So Metaplace is helping me be a big brother, which is cool. But I could do that with any random online game - I'm not making use of the features that make Metaplace unique.
If you ever want to meet me on there, my username is Jono_X and my world is here, though there's not much there yet - the few times I've worked on it, I've just been trying to figure out the scripting language (a Lua variant) that's used to program behaviors into world objects. If I manage to make something interesting (perhaps a point-and-click adventure game) I'll let you know.
Interesting how they prevent you from making a vulgar world name: they just tell you it's already taken. Unfortunately, they decided to be very strict, because you cannot create "hellodolly1" (hell) or "cockfighting" or "pussycatland" or "assumptionville."
It's not that well done, either. The first thing I tried to do was create an object, and then I went to "search for a picture on Yahoo!" to make it. I tried to pick a soccer ball, but the "Select This Image" option was off my screen and I couldn't scroll down. Half the stuff was off my screen and half the time I couldn't see anything. It's also really slow.
Basically it looks like a flash version of Gaia. The demographic for this stuff is 10-13 year olds.
Oh yeah, these things. There's a few these days I believe, all of which suck, usually for the reasons listed above.
Honestly, the ones that take the 2D approach like this I really don't see the point to. If you have the capacity to take this toolset and do something interesting with it, you can just as easily do something interesting from scratch. Or you're like one day of studying an easy language away anyway.
Personally, I once took a harrowing journey into the pit of darkness that is Second Life to devise whether it actually worked as a game design tool, and was shocked to find that it actually really did. A number of groups of crazy weirdos have MMORPGized it through the truly fascinating method of locally attaching free floating game mechanics to objects. It's kind of like Laser Tag really. You attach an invisible little doodad to your character, which adds a hit box, tracks HP, restricts you from flying around, disables running if you deplete a stamina gauge, and even gets into the fancy territory of tracking whether you're below sea level or how high you fall from. Then people just make various swords and bows and such with attack animations and a little code packet to send to the hit boxes on contact with how much damage they do. It's particularly impressive on the long range front, since without any extra coding effort on your own behalf, you can take advantage of the stupid amount of physics simulation always running in the background and have arrows effected by wind currents and such.
So tada. You've got a real basic world building tool kid, and modular individually wrapped game mechanics. It's a crazy versatile setup you can do some really impressive things with. The catch, of course, is that it's frelling Second Life, so what actually gets done is creepy Gor LARPing where all this elaborate design effort just serves as the preamble to depraved sex slave fantasies. Plus, you know, it's frelling Second Life, so even without the creepy people you've got the insanely resource intensive horror of 80,000 poly count haircuts where each strand of hair has a different stiffness value.
I have a big ol' manifesto on how to approach the concept right somewhere around here in my pipe dream file I think. Much screening is involved.
Requires me to set up an account to view. That's a huge barrier to entry that already makes it non bloglike.
It's weird, because what they got so far really doesn't seem to match up with the rhetoric they use to describe their Big Plan. The Big Plan, which is what got me interested, is to make building an online game / virtual world as easy as blogging... but what they got so far is Yet Another Dorky Flash-Based Non-Game Avatar Chat Thing which looks, as Stephen says, like it's aimed at 10-13 year olds, that has a hard-to-use scripting language bolted on. The technology behind the scenes might be amazing, but we're not seeing any of that yet.
Some of what they've got makes sense as a basis to build on as they work towards their Big Plan, but some things... like the virtual money and experience systems, and buying clothes for your avatar? which don't really affect anything... why are they in there? "Just because everybody else has them"? Not a good enough reason.
I oughta see if I can find the guys behind Metaplace and give them a good talking-to in person. It's not so far-fetched; we have people from internet startups visiting Mozilla to give talks all the time.
Oh dear gods! Actually poking at this thing is hideous! I mean, it's an example of something which kind of inherently sucks across the board, but even by THOSE low standards it blows. I had my entire screen blocked out because the close this annoying popup window button wasn't loading in. Second Life may be the most hideous thing imaginable, but at least they acknowledge that graphics are spotty about loading and give you grey spheres where visible things should be. This is a big pile of nothing with atrocious load times and an interface I'm inclined to describe as non-functioning. I am impressed.
I was also apparently hit on by like 5 people in as many minutes, which is rather impressive what with not even going to any sort of public hub or doing any appearance editing.


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