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Current's Joel Hyatt on Why He Stepped Back Into CEO Role
Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt spoke to Ad Week about why he replaced Mark Rosenthal as the channel's CEO. Hyatt hired Rosenthal to add more entertainment programming, but with the hiring of Keith Olbermann, the channel decided to move toward news, commentary and information.
"Mark had a hugely successful career [as president and COO] at MTV," Hyatt told Adweek. "But, you know, MTV is an entertainment network, and we now made the clear strategic decision to become a news network. And we're a small company. There's not a lot of room at the top for a lot of leaders. It was very amicable. It was going to be very crowded at the top. "
With the hiring of former CNN DC bureau chief David Bohrman earlier this week, Hyatt and Current are trying to prove they belong in this game.
- Keith Olbermann: Current TV Co-Founder And Former VP Al Gore Was a 'Clod'
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LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11)—Police are trying to untangle the mystery around a missing child, who -- they suspect -- turned up in a shallow grave in his parents' backyard.
The twisted tale began Wednesday with a routine visit from Suffolk County Child Protective Services to the Hallock Street home of Robert Rodriguez and Heather Kowalczik in Farmingdale. Social workers were there to check up on the couple's 6-year-old, autistic son, Alex, who one neighbor said had been in the hospital for a few weeks.
Child services contacted its counterpart in Middletown, N.Y., which led to an agent contacting the local state police barracks; authorities there then put in a call to state troopers on Long Island. Meanwhile, police say another chat with Kowalczik raised red flags, leading them to start digging in the backyard of the two-story home.
According to investigators, police became even more alarmed Friday when Robbie was a no-show at school, which lead to authorities issuing an amber alert. Turns out the child was with his father, who had not been living with the family. Rodriguez -- an attorney in tow -- was taken to the state police barracks for questioning, where, authorities say, he refused to answer questions. They also have questions -- lots of them, for Kowalczik.
Then on Saturday, police made the sad discovery: a shallow grave a litte more than three-feet deep containing human remains, which they suspect are Justin's. Investigators believe the body has been there since July 2010, and are now looking at the case as a "suspicious death," possibly a homicide.
They won't know for sure what they're dealing with until the Medical Examiner determines the cause of death.

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Good staying power and amazing color selection, but much too heavy for me. I prefer the sheerer stuff, I suppose.
I bought this in shade "nude"/HL854, after seeing it used in a FOTD on here. Nude is a pinkish-beige shade that is about the same color as my lips, just a slight bit darker. This lipstick is not hugely moisturizing (slippery/greasy), but it is not dry and matte either. I find the consistency to be perfect--soft and comfortable! I think this has a slight sugary smell, but it is really hard to detect, hence the "I think". This looks good on its own, with a balm underneath, or with a gloss on top. The color stays true as the day progresses and it doesn't turn my lips fushia underneath! The case is a minimalist silvertone that does not look cheap. This is by far better than any drugstore lipstick I have tried. About $5 at Sally Beauty Supply.
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Hands down, best lipstick! This stuff does NOT chap my lips (a huge prob for me) or goop on me... This stays nice and luscious for atleast 4 hours before slowly fading away (and it fades away nice too). I find my lips look plump and soft with this lipstick. Also, I find there is a great selection of colors. This totally beats any high end lipstick I've tried before. I will definitely be purchasing more colors!. Oh, and two more great things? The price ($5 at Ulta) and they have testers to try your color before you buy!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
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If I ever finished a lipstick I would repurchase this.I chose Cocoa Glow-a pretty reddish brown that wears nicely.It is a perfect match for Rimmel Tirasimu liner.A great shade for fall and winter for warm tones and a great color with a light eye to balance it out.These can be found at Sally Beauty Supply for around $5 USD.
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i buy this in pure red herbal. it has actually become my signature red color. it stays on for HOURS without looking bad or dried out. it also has a nice smooth texture. not to mention the amazing smell! i will buy this again and again and again...
I first purchased this lipstick during my trip to Longs in Hawaii. I was excited to discover that back on mainland I could find the product at Nordstrom Rack. This is probably my fave l/s of all time. I love the sparkle or diamond line that they have of this herbal lipstick. It is probably one of the only sparkle lipsticks that does NOT dry out the lips (does make them tingle a bit). Also it makes them appear fuller. There are several colors to choose from, many of them are just beautiful (and unique). They run about 6 US which is kind of expensive considering the cheesey packaging, but the product is well worth the price.
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Toyota Auris Touring Sports estate
Price £16,045 - £23,990
- Efficient hybrid engine
- Lots of luggage space
- Comfortable ride
- Noisy automatic gearbox
- Rear seats are a little cramped
- Not much fun to drive
At a glance
- The greenest
- Icon 1.8 VVT-i E-CVT 5dr £21,745
- The cheapest
- Active 1.33 Dual VVT-i 5dr £16,045
- The fastest
- Excel 1.6 V-Matic 5dr £21,350
- Top of the range
- Excel 1.8 VVT-i E-CVT 5dr £23,990
"Clever hybrid technology means the Toyota Auris Touring Sports is a really economical and practical estate car."
The Toyota Auris Touring Sports estate is the Japanese manufacturer's rival for estate cars like the Skoda Octavia estate and Ford Focus estate. The new shape means the Touring Sports is very practical, with plenty of load space especially with the rear seats folded flat. The car is available with a hybrid engine, which uses a petrol engine with an electric motor to boost efficiency. This model is in the lowest company car tax bracket and qualifies for free road tax – making it an attractive proposition for fleet buyers. There are four specifications available, Active, Icon, Sport and Excel, and a choice of four engines – the hybrid 1.8-litre petrol/electric, 1.6-litre and 1.33-litre petrols and a 1.4-litre diesel. It's not the best looking small estate, especially on the inside, but it's still a practical and dependable load-carrying car.
MPG, running costs & CO2
Hybrid model is very cheap to run, but diesel is impressive too
The hybrid model is the standout version for running costs, with emissions of just 85g/km on cars with 15-inch wheels and 92g/km on models with 17-inch wheels. That means tax is free and company car tax is very low, which when combined with economy of 70mpg, means the Auris Touring Sports is a very cheap estate car to run. Since the hybrid car also has fewer moving parts than other models, maintenance costs are kept low as well. The 1.4-litre diesel engine is economical too, getting 67mpg, while the petrol engines all manage over 45mpg. However, they aren't really powerful enough and will struggle to get good fuel economy when carrying heavy items.
Engines, drive & performance
Don't be fooled, it's not as sporty as the name suggests
The name Touring Sports suggests that this version of the Auris might be a fun car to drive, but in reality it's not nearly as good as some of its rivals like the Ford Focus estate or the Volkswagen Golf estate. The steering is too light and the car rolls in the corners, while the small petrol engine is a bit slow. That said, you feel a bit more involved in the driving process as it comes with a manual gearbox rather than the noisy CVT automatic in the Hybrid.
Interior & comfort
Comfortable ride, but interior is a bit dull
The car is very quiet on the motorway, although that's somewhat compromised by the CVT automatic gearbox that causes the engine to drone at high speeds. Around town the hybrid model is very quiet indeed and while the interior is drab and uninteresting the car does offer a comfortable ride. The rear seats are quite cramped, however, so it's not the most comfortable place for taller passengers on long journeys.
Practicality & boot space
Estate body shape is very practical and the boot is huge
The Auris Touring Sports can't beat the VW Golf estate and Skoda Octavia estate for space with the seats up, but as the seats fold properly flat the load space for big items opens up to a huge 1,658 litres. Even if you opt for the hybrid, boot space remains the same as the batteries are mounted below the rear seats rather than taking up valuable boot room. Useful underfloor storage adds to the practicality as well, and the cubbies around you are a good size, including the generous glovebox. The loading lip on the boot is nice and low, too, so putting in heavy items is easier than on the standard Auris hatchback.
Reliability & safety
Toyota is famed for its reliability and the Auris should be no different
Toyota has a good reputation for reliability, coming in ninth in the 2013 Auto Express Driver Power customer satisfaction survey for manufacturers, with a decent service from dealers as well. The Touring Sports uses many of the same parts as the standard Auris, as well as the popular Toyota Prius and Lexus CT 200h, all of which have proven reliable in the past. The Touring Sports also has extra reinforcement in the rear to make sure it is stiff enough, which means that it got a full five-star rating in the Euro NCAP crash safety tests.
Price, value for money & options
Good for company car buyers thanks to low CO2 emissions
The Auris Touring Sports' unique selling point is the availability of a hybrid version, which is very economical and falls in the lowest company car tax band, so is likely to be popular with these buyers. Toyota estimates that 4,000 out of the 18,000 Auris models it sells in the UK each year will be the estate version, with around 70 per cent of the estates going to fleet buyers. In terms of value for money, the cheaper Touring Sports models look good on paper, but aren't really strong enough to carry loads – meaning you'll need to go for one of the more expensive engines if you want decent performance and economy. Overall, therefore, it's quite expensive to buy.


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8 Low-Beta Stocks for a Market Correction
5. Calavo Growers (CVGW) procures and markets avocados and other perishable commodities, and prepares and distributes processed avocado products. It offers a range of fresh and processed food products globally to food distributors, producers, wholesalers, supermarkets, and restaurants. The stock has a beta of 0.61
During the first quarter of 2011, net sales rose 36% to $91.3 million from $67.3 million, driven by increased sales of Mexican- and California-sourced avocados. The sales increase was partially offset by decreased sales from Chilean-sourced avocados, pineapples, as well as tomatoes. Net income inched up to $2.31 million from $2.27 million. Earnings per share remained flat at 16 cents.
The company recently signed an acquisition agreement for Renaissance Food Group, a closely-held fresh food company that produces, markets and distributes nationally a portfolio of healthy, premium lifestyle products for consumers via the retail channel. The acquired entity's 2011 revenue is expected to exceed $100 million.Of the four analysts covering the stock, 50% recommend a buy and the remaining rate it a hold. There are no sell ratings. On average, analysts estimate 32.5% upside to $29 in value from current levels.
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Roman Augustoviz spends Minnesota's winters covering college hockey, specifically the Gophers, and other University of Minnesota sports. During the summer, he writes about the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, with a dose of U sports sprinkled in. Follow him on Twitter @RomanStrib.
What a great college hockey doublehead today on TV. Two WCHA rivals -- the Gophers and North Dakota -- knock heads at the Xcel Energy Center.
If you are coming to the game and go in the wrong door, you will be surrounded by motorcycles. The Donnie Smith Bike Show is next door in the same complex. Lots of chrome, denim, tatoos, beards and wheels.
In the X there will be lots of big hits, cheers, and emotion at the end. One team is going to be very happy. One very sad. And it's a pretty even matchup. Gophers hold a 3-2 lead in season series, but Sioux won two of last three games.
Other game on TV matches UMD, the defending national champion, and Boston College, which won the title two years ago. Both know what it takes to get to the Frozen Four and what to do when they get there.
Here is the TV lineup for today:
Sunday's second-round games
Boston University vs. Gophers in West, 2 p.m. ... ESPNU (tape delay)
North Dakota vs. Gophers in West, 4:30 p.m. ... ESPNU
Boston College vs. Minnesota Duluth in Northeast, 7 p.m. ... ESPNU
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Semifinals on Thursday, April 5
Union (East champion) vs. Ferris State (Midwest champion), 3:30 p.m. ... ESPNU
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Raven Industries Reports Fiscal 2013 Second-Quarter Results
Said Rykhus, "We continue to see solid, sustainable growth in the energy and agricultural markets. Deliveries of geomembrane films for environmental protection were particularly strong in the second quarter, stemming from a reservoir project in Ohio. We anticipate that geomembrane films will be a rising part of our market mix for this division, due to the critical need to protect water and other environmental resources.
"Within Engineered Films we're enhancing margins and profitability through improved operating efficiencies and a more aggressive pricing strategy. While plant utilization rates continue to rise according to plan, we do have extrusion capacity to further grow this business—which we intend to do through R&D investments in new growth opportunities as well as enhancements to our existing product line," Rykhus concluded.
Strength Abroad Drives Applied Technology
Sales in the company's Applied Technology Division grew 13 percent to $40.1 million, versus $35.4 million last year—a second-quarter record. Operating income was down 2 percent, to $12.9 million from $13.2 million. The bottom-line decrease was due to relatively higher sales of lower-margin products and higher investment in research, marketing and product development.As previously disclosed, Raven realigned its Electronic Systems Division in the quarter. Approximately 75 percent of Electronic Systems' sales went to Aerostar in the fiscal second quarter and the balance to Applied Technology. All sales and operating income amounts reflect the realignment. Said Rykhus, "International sales remained strong in the second fiscal quarter, particularly in Brazil and Canada, and comprised 27 percent of the division's revenues. As nations evolve their agricultural practices, they're rapidly adopting Raven's advanced guided steering systems that enhance farm yields and reduce operating costs. Domestically, we remain in a strong agricultural market, tempered by the ongoing drought conditions. Sales of guided steering systems, field computers and, in particular, application controls, reflect that strength."
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Hey guys I was thinking along the lines of these: What sort of questions do you ask in your technical interviews?
Can you explain to me what DNS is and why active directory needs it?
Can you tell me about the 7 layers of the OSI model and a bit about each one?
Can you tell me about RAID?
Can you tell me about Active directory?
What are GPOs and OU's?
Tell me about your current I.T. experience?
How do you prioritise your workload?
What is WEP/WPA?
The domain is unavailable what do you do?
What is terminal services?
What is server clustering?
What does tracert do?
What post is it?
I.T. Technician
Whats the url for edugeek?
How do you think I like my coffee made?
What is SQL Server, and on that note to you pronounce it Ess Kew Ell or Sequel?
Point at all the Routers and switchs in this room if there are any (whilst pretending not to look at an air con unit or general beige box) >
Blimey, both jobs i didnt get asked anything like that. They'll probably just want to make sure you're not a complete numpty.
Probably, that you are comfortable around hardware ,network and general maintainence. Unfortunately in my first job i wasnt allowed near the servers apart from backups so i'm sure it'll depend on the NM.
The 1st tests their guessing ability and diplomacy (ie do you tell a large person that you think they like the type to have 6 sugars)
the 2nd tests how quickly you'll want to stab them with a pen
the 3rd gets rid of the people who don't know what they are doing or have a week long CompuTeach qualification who will pick up visual clues of you trying not to look at the air con to say "THAT'S ONE!" with a big smug look on their face (this has happened)
I thought the aircon was a ISDN switch router?
As I do in my current school, I will ask them to stop what their doing. (usually when it only affects I.T. equipment). If fails the best way is to get the nearest teacher. It depends on the circumstance. e.g. If there is a fight you attack the children with the nearest bat!!
what did I get asked..erm..
"My machine won't power up - what would be your course of action?"
"We have a virus, widespread infection. What actions would you recommend we take and what do you feel you could do to help us resolve the issue?"
"Backups. We do THIS right now. What do you feel we could do differently/extra?"
"What would you do in situation "x" if you were working in a room and a child confronted you in an aggressive manner?"
More generalised stuff...even though I've done the courses and got the experience, if anyone asked me about the OSI model, it'd be a resounding "hell if I know, give me a sec to look on the net and refresh myself".
Stuff like that can be checked as and when - more generalised stuff about day to day running and whatever is I would say more vital.
If you asked me today about..say..AD, I wouldn't be much use. If you asked me about Ghosting, universal images, devcon and it's uses and HAL issues re:dual core laptops, or vmware, hypervisors etc, I could go into annoying detail, but it's not essential for day to day running.
If it's for a tech, make sure they can do the day to day generalities, some in-depth in important areas, I'd say maybe, and make sure they're willing to learn and be self motivating, and not a constant "clinger".
We'll be employing someone soon to do basic helpdesk and "joey" work here when we go over to fire up the new site - this is the sort of thing we'll ask them. They'll stay here and fix things, run the helpdesk and so on, we'll be over there with GSM link for mail, and mobile contact if needed.
Also, if they ask (as I did) "What car alarm do I need?", don't judge them harshly.. The head cracked up.
Who would you help 1st?
Head cant print a report off.
That first - keep the boss happy.
Student comes to you and cant logon.
"what message do you get?" Change PW to 123456, get child to try it on a VM, if it works, send them off with a note to teacher saying "YOU have a password changer - for training, see me".
ICT teacher is having issues with a memory stick that constantly reboots a machine.
Tell him to move away from the system, bring stick to me and I'll test it, DO NOT fiddle any further.
How would you deal with a student, if he/she was to <insert something that might happen>
If staff are nearby, call for help. If not, look for CCTV. If none in range, grip keyboard in preparation. Try to strike conversation with child.
I was put up the wall by my throat on my first day..that was fun. He got to the door before I launched the little scrote. Funnily enough, we got on great after that.. Also had to break up a fair few fights in my time...always fun.
"My machine won't power up - what would be your course of action?"
1) Check the plug!! and other cables
2) Smell for burning
3) Listen for beeps
4) Check hard drive (any nice clunky sounds)
5) Check each component, see if seated properly/cables
6) Flash CMOS etc etc
"We have a virus, widespread infection. What actions would you recommend we take and what do you feel you could do to help us resolve the issue?"
Well we had this when I was I.T. support at a company I used to work at. Ended up loosing us many thousands of pounds, due to downtime.
1) First would be to use the admin console on said virus software and draw up a list where those problems are.
2) Disconnect from network and run client virus scanners on individual machines
3) Isolate where the problem is from e.g. Email attachment
4) Find virus on the web if you can and manually get rid of it, if possible. e.g. Through registry.
5) Check everything works in the future/ e.g. Your spam filters/definitions are updated. Your latest OS versions are downloaded
"Backups. We do THIS right now. What do you feel we could do differently/extra?"
1) Clustering?
2) RAID 5 instead of 0/1
3) Change type of backup/ differential/full/ calendar of backups - make more efficient if needed
"What would you do in situation "x" if you were working in a room and a child confronted you in an aggressive manner?"
1) I would ask them to calm down
2) Not atagonise the situation/person
3) The last thing is to get aggressive yourself, remain calm and walkaway and get a high ranking staff member
4) "Lets take this outside son" - 15 years of judo and 6 years weight lifting always helps
TBH as I do, I always slyly try to keep SMT happy, keeps you in their good books. Unless of course a poor childs education is suffering.
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Not so much questions, but what I want to find out via the interview. There'll probably be a short written and practical test as well.
1) Can you do what you claim to be able to? If you've stated you know "x" inside out, be prepared to prove it.
2) Can you learn on your feet?
3) In addition to what the job requires and what you have demonstrated your understanding of, what else do you know that would be useful?
5) Are you prepared to admit when you don't know something?
6) Are you personable? Could I work with you without harbouring a desire to throw you out the window?
7) Are you likely to get on with the staff and kids? Since you'll be the buffer between me and them, if they're avoiding talking to you and instead bothering me, you're not much use to me.
8) What do the kids think of you?
Bear in mind that I don't necessarily expect you to know the answers to everything asked, but I do expect you to have a go at them.
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Yes good stuff there. I haven't lied on my application form. Some of the aspects will need to be highlighted though. Yes to all the others. My current school loves me so much they like to ring me at home for suspect Microsoft office serials or when I am in bed on my day off. The "internet" is down again - SWGFL!! Usually its due to some idiot driving into some kit.
I forgot one...when I was working in 2 primaries, I was requested by name to go to a 3rd and meet the head..so I did.
Interview conducted with him kneeling on the floor sorting out a rats nest of cables.
"We've just been rebuilt after a fire. We have 50 PCs and 1 server, and need someone to look after it all. It's Windows NT4. Ever used it?"
"No...although Win95/98 I have a lot of diddling with.."
"Capital! It looks about the same to me. If you can work one, I think you should be OK for the other. The company that did the setup will come in for a day and give you basic training, and they have a support number too..if you want the job, it's yours.."
That was a fun job..on me tod, in the building at midnight some nights, NT4 Server/NT4 WS, P2 server, P1 workstations, Avantis CDServes, and a 20 CD stacker tower. Plus user account setup, mail and web setup and software installation/hacking about to get it on NT4..ahh, memories of regedit, perms settings and sheer bloodymindedness, Cyrix CPUs, and "100x" CDroms..
THAT was a learning curve..straight from college to that. Then here with XP/2003, and now the new building with ESX3i/Novell/SuSE/2003/2008/XP/Vista (delete as and when they decide what we'll have), plus the building control/management systems, AV matrices, Wind turbines, ground source heating etc etc etc etc...
Learning on your feet is the best way, I have to say..it's going to be a hell of a year - we've got to be fully conversant in the basics at least before staff come in.
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CSDL Home I ICDAR 2003 Proceedings Seventh International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
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Adnan El-Nasan , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sriharsha Veeramachaneni , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
George Nagy , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
We propose further improvement of a handwriting recognition method that avoids segmentation while able to recognize words that were never seen before in handwritten form. This method is based on the fact that few pairs of English words share exactly the same set of letter bigrams and even fewer share longer n-grams. The lexical n-gram matches between every word in a lexicon and a set of reference words can be precomputed. A position-based match function then detects the matches between the handwritten signal of a query word and each reference word. We show that with a reasonable set of reference words, the recognition of lexicon words exceeds 90%.
Adnan El-Nasan, Sriharsha Veeramachaneni, George Nagy, "Handwriting Recognition Using Position Sensitive Letter N-Gram Matching", ICDAR, 2003, Proceedings Seventh International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Proceedings Seventh International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition 2003, pp. 577, doi:10.1109/ICDAR.2003.1227730


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Moab (Greek Μωάβ ; Arabic مؤاب, Assyrian "Mu'aba", "Ma'ba", "Ma'ab" ; Egyptian "Mu'ab") is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west. The Moabites were an historical people, whose existence is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel. Their capital was Dibon, located next to the modern Jordanian town of Dhiban. Etymology: The etymology of the word is uncertain. The earliest gloss is found in the Septuagint which explains the name, in obvious allusion to the account of Moab's parentage, as ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου. Other etymologies which have been proposed regard it as a corruption of "seed of a father," or as a participial form from "to desire," thus connoting "the ... Read more about Moab on Wikipedia


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Elizabeth's Story and her Miracle Mentor/Sponsor
This is Elizabeth's life story written my her on a 4paged sheet of paper. This is one of the most painful life challenges faced by the rural African girls.
"My name is Elizabeth, I was born on February 18, 1993.
When I was young, I lived with both of my parents in Mukono District, then they shifted to Tororo district when I was 8 years old. They left me in the hands of my grandmother in Mukono to help her with work because she was old and also a widow.
My grandmother mistreated me; beating me, shouting at me, denying me food. She was often drunk, same with my uncles. Whenever my grandmother and uncles were drunk, they would fight with knives, pangas and sometimes they would burn down their houses. The home just became miserable.
My grangmother would also not allow me to go to school because she said I would get pregnant while at school, she also said girls are not supposed to go to school, they are supposed to get married. Because I was very young, I followed her advise.
Between 2004 and 2006 my breasts started to come and my grandmother thought I was mature enough to get married. I had to escape away from her. I started to sleep in the bush. My meal was Jack fruits and sugar canes. I was exposed to dangerous animals in the bush including mosquitoes but I had no option, I did not want to get married.
When living in the bush, my legs and hands began to burst like roasted cassava. I was so thin and bonny. People were laughing at me and wondering what I was suffering from. Most of them thought I was suffering from leprosy, syphilis, and little children used to call me a ghost. I started to ask myself why I was born. "why can't I just die and leave this world?"
I fell in the well 5 times, good people pulled me out all these times.
Those years were years of only difficulties.
The message about my suffering reached my parents in Tororo, the neighbors asked them why they were leaving me to die - my mother told me later.
My parents picked me and took me to Tororo in October 2007. I was so so happy!
I thought I was going to find Happiness with my parents and live with them forever as a child. When I reached home, my sisters and brothers never liked me, they also called a ghost. Even my parents never showed me love like they did to the rest of my sisters and brothers.
There in Tororo, my mother was everything, she worked hard to get food for us. Most times we dug in people's gardens to get money to buy food at home. My father was a drunkard all the time.
I started schooling in primary five in 2008 but my father never provided me with anything. Also when I came home in Tororo, I found when both of my parents were not cooperating. They would fight and quarrel so often.
So my mother divorced, she went to Iganga district with my 3 sisters and brothers. Our father also left us and returned to Mukono district in 2010. He left me and my two sisters. One of my sisters got married same year. I was then left with my younger sister.
My class teacher fixed me in an Organization that was providing me with scholastic materials until I completed my Primary Leaving Examinations. While I was at school, I would dig for people in order to get some food from them while I went to school.
After the examination, I went to do a house maid job in order to raise money to buy my requirements for secondary education, I suffered a lot in this job as well. I was doing a lot of work. I left my sister alone at home, she was also just digging for people in order to get food.
Our father then returned from Mukono with a second wife in 2011. He picked me from where I was working and returned me home. It was the climax of our suffering.
I escaped from home in 2012 and started living with a stranger after my father was forcing me to get married. He would beat me and quarrel with me daily that I should get married.
The stranger who allowed me to stay in her house is an old woman who also accepted to educate me. while educating me, I have to work every day before walking 8 miles to and from school.
After a year, she was not able to educate me. Here I am without education. I need help from you and Pearl Community Empowerment Foundation."
Through the Rural Girl Child Mentorship (RGCM Uganda) project and Pearl Community Empowerment Foundation (PCE Foundation) Elizabeth found a mentor and a sponsor this week! She - Martha sent funds for Elizabeth's education for the entire year, 2014!
"I do believe education is the only weapon to break poverty. Education will make better this world. I like the one to one of RGCM, I hope many people trust RGCM too and help to the people who really need it. Education is the future, education is everything" Martha
"I am sure she will give me much more joy back than what I am offering her." continued Martha
Elizabeth does not know yet that she has got a mentor and a sponsor, she will be so glad hearing this news.
This is the best opportunity Elizabeth is getting in life ever; her life will never be the same, her future will be brighter and far better than her yesterday!
To-date RGCM Uganda and PCE Foundation supports 68 girls (including Elizabeth) in Secondary and Tertiary levels of education.
Several girls with similar stories are seeking our support even this 2014. If you would like to sponsor and mentor a rural Ugandan girl in Secondary and University levels of education, please contact us at email@example.com.
Follow our facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/RGCMUganda
Find out more about the mentorship and sponsorship on our website at: http://pce-foundation.org/howtomentor.jsp.htm
I am super happy!
Poor Elizabeth -- God is your shield.
May the hands that bless Elizabeth be blessed 100 times over.
Thank you Martha, thank you sis Bea -- RGCM, for sparking change in the lives of needy girls.
I am super happy!
Sending love to you all, from Cameroon
Nakinti B. Nofuru
2013 VOF Correspondent
Reporter for Global Press Institute
Bamenda - Cameroon
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Congratulations, Elizabeth!
Thank you, Beatrice, for telling Elizabeth's story and for connecting her with Martha. Elizabeth is on the right path now!


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Today, Lange shares this experience with others in the yurt she and her husband built in the meadow adjoining their home. Inside this yurt is a 15-foot circular pool filled with 4 feet of warm water. Once they have waded in, clients can strap on narrow floatation devices to assist Lange as she guides them through the water. As she performs the massage, Lange gently strikes Tibetan singing bowls drifting alongside her in the water, creating a soundscape to further soothe the senses.
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Articles and methods for forming thin film flakes and replicated coatings having preselected optical properties. The articles generally comprise a flexible web of material and an optical coating formed on one surface of the web. Web materials having the characteristic of being soluble in a preselected liquid enable production of optical paint and optical paint flakes by dissolving the web away from the coating in a container of the liquid and enable the production of replicated optical coating by securing the coating to a substrate and then dissolving the web away from the coating.
1. A collection of optical paint flakes adapted to be added to a liquid medium for producing a predetermined optical response to radiation incident on a surface of a solidified version of said medium, said collection of flakes being produced by forming a symmetrical optical multilayer structure on a flexible web of material which is soluble in at least one predetermined liquid, immersing said flexible web of material with said optical multilayer structure thereon in said predetermined liquid to produce a suspension of individual flakes of said optical multilayer structure in the resulting solution, and separating said flakes from said solution, said symmetrical optical multilayer structure comprising a first optical coating structure formed in an inverted manner on said web, an opaque layer of reflecting material formed on said first optical coating structure, and a second optical coating structure formed in a non-inverted manner on said opaque layer and having the same optical coating design as said first optical coating structure, whereby said flakes have the same optical response to incident radiation regardless of which of said first and second optical coating structures is facing said incident radiation.
2. In a method for producing a paint having preselected optical properties when applied to a surface, the steps of:
(a) forming an optical coating structure on a flexible web of material which is soluble in a predetermined liquid; and
(b) immersing said web in said predetermined liquid to dissolve said web and produce a multiplicity of optical paint flakes each having said optical coating structure.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein prior to the step of immersing said web is performed the step of shredding said web into smaller pieces.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
(c) separating said flakes from the resulting solution; and
(d) adding said separated flakes to a preselected liquid paint medium.
5. In a method for producing optical paint flakes adapted to be added to a liquid medium for producing a predetermined optical response to radiation incident on a solidified version of said medium, the steps of:
(a) forming an optical coating structure on a flexible web of material which is soluble in at least one predetermined liquid;
(b) immersing said flexible web with said optical coating structure thereon in said predetermined liquid to produce a suspension of individual flakes of said optical coating structure in the resulting solution; and
(c) separating said individual flakes from said resulting solution.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
(d) treating said flakes to remove residual amounts of said resulting solution; and
(e) drying said treated flakes.
7. In a method for producing thin flakes of material, the steps of:
(a) forming a thin layer of a preselected material on a web of material which is soluble in a preselected liquid;
(b) immersing said web in said preselected liquid to produce a suspension of individual flakes of said preselected material in the resulting solution; and
(c) separating said thin flakes of material from said resulting solution.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 108,004 filed Dec. 28, 1979, now abandoned.
This invention relates generally to articles and methods for forming thin film flakes and coatings and, more specifically, to articles and methods for forming thin film flakes and coatings having preselected optical properties.
The optical coating art generally involves the placement of an article to be coated in a vacuum coating chamber and evaporating one or more layers of optical coating material sequentially onto at least one surface of the article. For products which require a high performance optical coating, there is no substitute for direct coating of the article in the vacuum chamber. However, high performance optical coatings are not always required and modestly performing optical coatings are entirely satisfactory for some products. In connection with such product applications it is often inconvenient or impossible to directly apply the optical coating to the article in a vacuum coating chamber. In some instances the manufacture of an article is reluctant to interrupt his manufacturing process to send the article to a specialty optical coating company. In other instances the configuration of the article may make direct coating difficult, the product may be too large to fit into the vacuum chamber, or the material of the substrate on which the optical coating is to be formed may be incompatible with the environment in the vacuum chamber. Finally, the manufacturer of the article may want to selectively coat only a small portion of the article, such as when a decorative ink is to be applied only to a portion of a greeting card.
The known prior art provides no practical approach to forming optical paint flakes or a suspension of optical paint flakes in a paint vehicle wherein the optical paint flakes constitute individual flakes of a previously formed optical coating. Attempts to chip or scrape an optical coating from a substrate generally result in destroying the structure of the coating and this approach is also unsatisfactory from a cost standpoint. Optical paint pigments are available in the form of small platelets of mica on which thin coatings of titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide are formed. While these pigments are capable of providing certain optical paint effects such as selective color reflection, saturated colors are currently not available utilizing that technology and the range of optical coating effects which can be achieved is very limited.
It is known in the art to provide replicated optical coatings by forming an inverted optical coating structure on a rigid master substrate which is first coated with a release agent and then transferring the optical coating to a second substrate. This approach still requires the direct coating of the master substrate in a vacuum chamber. It is also known in the art to provide replicated optical coatings by forming an inverted optical coating on a flexible web of material such as cellulose acetate or polyester coated with a heat activated release agent and then hot stamping the coating onto a substrate. In some instances, the use of the required release agent on the master substrate or carrier web causes a highly stressed optical coating to curl away from the substrate before it can be transferred to the second substrate.
It is an object of this invention to provide improved optical paint and optical paint flakes.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an article which is adapted to be selectively utilized in the production of optical paint, optical paint flakes and replicated optical coatings.
It is a further object of this invention to provide improved methods for producing optical paint and optical paint flakes.
It is a further object of this invention to provide improved methods for forming a replicated optical coating.
One aspect of this invention features an article adapted to be utilized in the production of optical paint, optical paint flakes, and replicated optical coatings. The article comprises of a flexible web and an optical coating formed on one surface of the web. The web has the characteristic of solubility when immersed in a preselected liquid.
In accordance with an other aspect, this invention features an article adapted to be utilized in the production of optical paint and optical paint flakes wherein the optical coating is formed on one surface of a web which is soluble in a preselected liquid and is a symmetrical optical multilayer structure such that the optical performance of the optical coating is the same for radiation incident thereon from both directions. This symmetrical optical multilayer structure may be either a symmetrical stack of transparent dielectric layers or transparent dielectric and semitransparent metallic layers, or it may comprise a pair of optical substructures formed on each side of an opaque layer of reflecting material, the bottom optical substructure being inverted and the top non-inverted.
Another aspect of this invention features an article adapted to be utilized to form an optical coating on a preselected substrate wherein the article comprises a flexible web of preselected material and an optical coating formed in an inverted fashion on one surface of the web. The optical coating is adapted to be secured to the substrate, and the preselected material of the web is adapted to be thereafter separated from the optical coating by dissolution in a preselected material.
Another aspect of this invention features improved method steps for producing a paint having preselected optical properties when applied to a surface. The steps comprise forming an optical coating structure on a flexible web of material which is soluble in predetermined liquid and then immersing the web in a predetermined liquid to dissolve the web and produce a multiplicity of optical paint flakes each having the optical coating structure. An alternative aspect of the invention features additional steps of separating the flakes from the resulting solution and adding the separated flakes to a preselected liquid paint medium.
Another aspect of this invention features a method for forming a replicated optical coating structure on a surface of a substrate which involves the steps of forming an inverted version of the optical coating structure on a flexible web of material, securing at least a portion of the optical coating structure to the surface of the substrate, and then dissolving the flexible web of material from the optical coating structure, leaving the optical coating structure adhered to the substrate surface.
This invention has the advantage of enabling for the first time the production of flakes of an optical coating which can be utilized in substantially replicating the coating and its optical performance by applying a paint medium containing the optical flakes to the surface of an article. This invention also has the advantage of providing an article which can be easily utilized by a manufacturer of an article to replicate an optical coating simply by gluing the optical coating on the flexible web to the surface of the article and then removing the web by dissolution. This avoids the manufacturer having to send his article to another location or company for the application of the optical coating. The invention enables production of dichroic paint utilizing a symmetrical optical multilayer which yields strongly saturated colors. This dichroic paint may be used in decorative coatings, decorative inks and decorative plastics.
This invention also has the advantage of enabling the production of optical coatings which produce either a hot mirror or cold mirror optical performance. Hot and cold mirrors are utilized to separate heat and light in the spectrum of radiation incident thereon. The optical coatings produced by the optical paint in accordance with this invention may readily be used in non-imaging applications of hot and cold mirrors and other edge filter type coatings.
This invention also enables the production of a selective solar absorber paint by utilizing known optical coating structures having a selective solar absorbing characteristic. Such a paint is readily applied to appropriate control surfaces in a passive solar energy system. The thermal emittance characteristics of the paint will generally not be as good as the coating itself since it will be strongly influenced by the infrared absorption spectra of the paint vehicle itself.
Other features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from a consideration of the detailed description set forth below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1A is a fragmented elevational view of an article in accordance with this invention adapted to be utilized in the production of optical paint, optical paint flakes, and replicated coatings.
FIG. 1B depicts a solution containing a dispersion of optical paint flakes in accordance with this invention.
FIG. 1C is a fragmented cross-sectional view of an optical paint layer formed on the surface of an article and containing optical paint flakes in accordance with this invention.
FIG. 1D is a fragmented elevational view showing one step in e production of a replicated optical coating in accordance with this invention.
FIG. 1E is a fragmented elevational view of a replicated optical coating in accordance with this invention.
FIGS. 1F and 1G depict the steps of adhering an optical coating to a substrate with a hot stamping process.
FIGS. 2A-2D depict the steps in the formation of a replicated optical coating in accordance with this invention on a curved surface of an article.
FIGS. 3A-3E are fragmented cross-sectional views of alternative exemplary embodiments of articles in accordance with this invention which are adapted to be utilized in the production of optical paint, optical paint flakes, and replicated optical coatings.
FIG. 4 is a process flow chart depicting various sequences of method steps for producing optical paint, optical paint flakes, and replicated optical coatings in accordance with this invention.
FIG. 1A depicts an article 5 in accordance with this invention which is adapted to be utilized in the production of optical paint, optical paint flakes, and replicated optical coatings. Article 5 basically comprises a flexible web 10 and an optical coating 20 formed on a surface 11 of the flexible web and will, for convenience, be called a coated web. As will be discussed in more detail below, optical coating 20 may take various forms depending on the desired optical performance of the optical paint, optical paint flakes, or replicated optical coating to be produced from coated web 5. Flexible web 10 comprises a material which is soluble when immersed in a preselected liquid.
FIGS. 1B and 1C depict the utilization of the coated web 5 of FIG. 1A in the formation of optical paint for application to the surface of an article. For purposes of producing optical paint flakes or optical paint, coated web 5 utilizes a web 10 of a material which is soluble in a predetermined liquid. For example, web 10 may comprise a film of polyvinyl alcohol which is soluble in water. Other web materials which are water soluble and may also be utilized in this application are polyethylene oxide and methyl-hydroxy-propyl cellulose. In addition acrylic plastic materials such as polymethyl methacrylate which are soluble in organic solvents such as acetone or methyl ethyl ketone may be employed. FIG. 1B depicts a dispersion of optical paint flakes 21 in a solution 30. Each of the individual optical paint flakes 21 comprises a small segment of optical coating 20 shown in FIG. 1A. These flakes are formed as optical coating 20 breaks into small pieces when the support of web 10 is removed. The size of the flakes depends upon the stress in optical coating 20, the materials and layer thicknesses and the degree of any agitation or grinding of the syrup-like solution in which they are suspended. The solution 30 comprises a mixture of the chemical substance of web 10 and the solvent in which that material is dissolved. In some instances this resulting solution containing a dispersion of the optical flakes 21 may be utilized directly as an optical paint. In other instances the composition of the paint may be altered by the addition of other chemicals in order to produce a paint of desired characteristics. This invention is not restricted to any particular paint formulation and any formulation which results in a layer of paint sufficiently transparent to permit the optical paint flakes to perform their function can be utilized.
As an alternative to utilizing the solution 30 of the material of the web 10 and the liquid in which web 10 is dissolved directly as a part of the paint vehicle, the optical flakes 21 may be separated from solution 30 and then utilized as optical paint pigments. For example, the separated optical paint flakes can be added to another liquid paint vehicle to form an optical paint of desired characteristics. Another alternative is to incorporate the optical paint flakes in a plastic material which may then be cast, molded or extruded into a final article.
FIG. 1C depicts an optical paint layer 40 applied of the surface of an article 50. Optical paint layer 40 comprises a paint vehicle 41 which generally has a transparent characteristic so that radiation incident on the surface of the paint layer 40 can reach the individual optical flakes 21 dispersed in the paint vehicle 41. As depicted in FIG. 1C the layer of optical paint 40 will generally have one or more layers of optical paint flakes 21 lying near the surface of the paint layer with individual flakes overlapping each other. The concentration of optical paint flakes 21 in paint vehicle 41 will determine the number of layers of flakes and the degree of coverage of the substrate. In the case of opaque flakes, no change in performance will be produced after the substrate surface is fully covered with flakes; but for all dielectric coatings and semitransparent metal-dielectric coatings, increased flake concentration resulting in multiple overlapping layers of flakes may improve performance. The individual flakes will be of a variety of sizes and shapes but will generally lie parallel to each other due to surface tension in the paint vehicle. Generally, the original spectral characteristics of the optical coating 20 formed on web 10 (FIG. 1A) will be retained in the final paint film 40. The final optical characteristics of the paint film 40 will be determined by the optical characteristics of the paint vehicle 41 together with those of the optical paint flakes. Accordingly, color dyes and other materials may be added to the liquid paint vehicle to alter the overall optical performances of paint film 40.
FIGS. 1D and 1E depict the utilization of coated web 5 of FIG. 1A in the formation of a replicated optical coating. FIG. 1D shows coated web 5 cemented with a thin layer of adhesive 55 to surface 51 of another article 50. This structure would generally be produced by putting a small quantity of the adhesive of layer 55 on surface 51 of article 50, laying the coated web 5 on surface 51 with optical coating 20 in contact with the adhesive material of layer 55 and then utilizing a flat plate such as plate 60 to press coated web 5 against the adhesive material to spread it into a uniform thin layer 55. Once the adhesive material 55 has cured, the web 10 may be separated from optical coating 20, leaving optical coating 20 adhered to surface 51 of article 50 as depicted in FIG. 1E.
The dissolution of web 10 from optical coating 20 after it has been cemented to surface 51 can be accomplished in two alternative ways. Dissolution of web 10 can be accomplished by immersing the article 50 in a liquid which dissolves web 10, or the surface of article 50 can be flushed with solvent to gradually dissolve the web 10 away from the optical coating 20.
As depicted in FIG. 1E, optical coating 20 is likely to have a cracked appearance either due to the handling of coated web 5 prior to cementing it to the surface of article 50 or due to the stresses to which optical coating 20 is subjected in the process of being pressed into adhesive layer 55. On the other hand, careful handling of coated web 5, together with careful spreading of the adhesive 55 prior to pressing the coated web 5 into it, may enable a crack-free replicated optical coating 20 to be produced. In general, however, coated web 5 will have its principal utility in non-imaging applications in which the appearance of the final optical coating is immaterial and sufficient optical performance is attainable even with cracks in the coating.
FIGS. 1F and 1G depict the formation of a section 20A of an optical coating on a substrate 50 utilizing a well-known hot stamping process in which a heated die 65 is utilized to press the coating 20 into contact with a plastic surface to cause it to adhere. The soluble web 10 may then be dissolved away, leaving the adhered section of the coating. Additional details of a hot stamping process generally may be found on pages 440-445 of the Modern Plastics Encyclopedia, 1979-1980.
FIGS. 2A-2D depict the formation of a replicated optical coating on a curved surface of article 70 utilizing coated web 5. The approach generally involves a matched mold technique in which the article 70 to be coated is one of the molds and the cylindrical mold 80 is the matching mold. Since coated web 5 is flexible it can be bent to conform to the surface of article 70. The process of replicating the optical coating starts with the placement of a layer of an epoxy adhesive 75 or other adhesive material on surface 71 of article 70. Then coated web 5 is placed in contact with the small amount of adhesive 75 and the complimentary mold 80 is utilized to press coated web 5 into conformity with the configuration of surface 71 while simultaneously spreading the adhesive 75 into a uniform thin layer. Thereafter, the adhesive material 75 is cured, the complimentary mold 80 is removed and then web 10 is separated from optical coating 20. Separation of web 10 from optical coating 20 can be performed be dissolving web 10 away from optical coating 20 or by simply peeling it away after the adhesive has cured. These approaches are discussed in more detail above and need not be repeated here.
It should thus be apparent that the coated web 5 depicted in FIG. 1A can be utilized in a variety of ways to produce modestly performing optical coatings. Individual sheets or rolls of coated web 5 depicted in FIG. 1A can be produced. These individual sheets or rolls of the coated web 5 may then be transformed into optical paint to be utilized in coating articles at another facility. The manufacturer of an article which requires a modestly performing optical coating need not interrupt his production process to ship the article to another company for application of the coating. Instead, optical paint containing the optical paint flakes produced from coated web 5 in FIG. 1A may be applied directly by the manufacturer to his own product.
Similarly, coated web 5 can be supplied to manufacturers who wish to provide replicated optical coating such as depicted in FIGS. 1E, 1G and 2D. The individual sheets or rolls of the coated web may be cut or stamped to a desired shape and then utilized in the manner depicted in FIGS. 1D and 1E or FIGS. 2A through 2D to form replicated optical coatings. This approach also avoids having to send the articles to an optical coating facility, thereby making the overall manufacturing of a particular article more efficient and less costly.
FIGS. 3A-3E depict exemplary types of optical coatings which may be utilized as optical coating 20 on coated web 5 in FIG. 1A in order to provide a particular optical performance. FIG. 3A depicts a dielectric stack 120 formed on flexible web 110. Dielectric stack 120 comprises alternate layers of a low refractive index material L1-L5 and a high refractive index material H1-H4. A wide variety of low and high index materials known in the art could be used in this optical multilayer. Exemplary combinations are zinc sulfide with magnesium fluoride and titanium dioxide with silicon dioxide. A variety of other dielectric materials could also be used, such as germanium silicon, indium oxide and silicon monoxide. The design of this dielectric stack may be expressed as follows: (L/2 H L/2)4, where L and H designate a quarterwave optical thickness of the low and high index layers, respectively, such that L/2 represents an eighthwave optical thickness of the low index layer. As depicted in FIG. 3A the resulting dielectric stack starts with a layer of low index material L1 which has an eighthwave optical thickness followed by a quarterwave high index layer and then a quarterwave low index layer comprising two eighthwave layers. By forming the optical multilayer 120 with this design and centered at an optical wavelength of 650 to 670 nanometers, a short wave-pass filter is produced. A short wave-pass filter is also known as a hot mirror since it has high reflectance for wavelengths longer than 600 nanometers and thus readily transmits visible light but reflects incident infrared radiation.
A cold mirror can be produced utilizing the same dielectric stack design centered at a wavelength of about 500 nanometers. An optical coating according to this design will transmit the infrared portion of the spectrum of incident radiation and reflect the visible light incident thereon.
Optical coating 120, when transformed into optical paint chips, can thus be utilized to produce certain types of hot mirrors, cold mirrors, or other selective reflectors. In addition flakes of optical coating 120 could be utilized as dichroic paint flakes, although the reflective colors are unsaturated. Since the optical coating 120 is symmetrical, it can be utilized either in the formation of optical paint flakes or in the formation of replicated optical coatings.
FIGS. 3B and 3D depict optical coatings 140 and 140A which have the property of selective solar absorption. The optical coatings 140 and 140A generally characterize the different approach that is preferably taken in forming an optical coating structure to be utilized in the production of optical paint flakes and an optical coating structure which will be utilized in forming a replicated optical coating. As shown in FIG. 3B optical coating 140 comprises a symmetrical optical multilayer comprising cermet layers 141 and 143 formed on opposite sides of a central layer of reflecting material 142. Each of the cermet layers 141 and 143 have a graded ceramic-to-metal ratio but the grading of layer 141 is the inverse of the grading of layer 143. Thus the percentage of metal in cermet layer 141 is greater at the top portion of the layer adjacent the metal reflecting layer 141 whereas in cermet layer 143 the higher metal ratio portion is the lower portion adjacent reflecting layer 142. It will thus be appreciated that the performance of optical coating 140 is the same regardless of whether radiation is incident on layer 143 or layer 141. This is preferable in the production of optical paint flakes since obviously the optical paint flakes may end up being oriented either right side up or upside down in the final paint film. The utilization of a cermet layer formed on metal reflecting layers to provide selective solar absorption is known. In a co-pending application of H. Gurev entitled SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBER AND STRUCTURE INCORPORATING THE SAME, Ser. No. 86,076, filed on Oct. 18, 1979, exemplary materials and approaches to forming cermet layers which may be utilized as layers 141 and 142 are set forth. Portions of the Gurev application dealing with formation of cermet layers are incorporated herein by reference. The Gurev application also discloses an interference type of optical coating which produces selective solar absorption and which could be used in this application.
Optical coating 140A depicted in FIG. 3D comprises simply a single cermet layer 141 on web 110 with a layer 141 of reflecting metal formed on top of cermet layer 141. Optical coating 140A is thus preferred for use in formation of a replicated optical coating due to the inverted structure thereof. In other words, in the final optical coating formed by cementing optical coating 140A to another surface, the cermet layer will then be exposed to incident radiation.
FIGS. 3C and 3E depict optical coatings 160 and 160A which may be utilized to produce strongly dichroic optical effects. Optical coating 160 is a symmetrical design comprising thin, semi-opaque metal layer 161 formed on web 110 followed in sequence by a dielectric layer 162, a metal reflecting layer 163, another layer of dielectric material 164 and a final thin, semi-opaque metal layer 165. The metal and dielectric layers 161 and 162 form an optical coating substructure which is an inverted version of the optical coating substructure comprising layers 164 and 165. Each of the thin metal layers 161 and 165 comprise a nominal five nanometer thick layer of chromium. Each of the layers 162 and 164 are formed from a dielectric material such as silicon dioxide to a halfwave optical thickness at a particular design wavelength. Metal reflecting layer 163 may comprise a layer of aluminum formed to a thickness of about 300 nanometers. While a layer of reflecting metal of greater thickness could be utilized, it is believed that a thinner layer is preferable to minimize the stress in this layer which, if too great, can cause the optical paint flakes later produced to curl at the edges and degrade the optical performance of the optical paint. A variety of other materials could be utilized in place of those specifically set forth above. For example, instead of using chromium for the thin metal layers 161 and 165 materials such as nickel and Inconel could also be utilized. Instead of silicon dioxide for the dielectric layers 161 and 164 materials such as magnesium fluoride and aluminum oxide could also be used. Finally, instead of aluminium as the metal reflecting layer 163 materials such as gold, copper and silver could be used for this purpose.
Dielectric coating 160A shown in FIG. 3D is similar in design to dielectric 160 in FIG. 3C but without the optical multilayer substructure comprising the layers 164 and 165. Thus the optical coating 160A is preferred for use in forming replicated optical coatings where an inverted optical coating substructure alone is required.
Specific examples of optical coatings having deep green and purple hues, respectively, were made utilizing the design of coating 160 shown in FIG. 3C. The deep green coating was made utilizing a halfwave silicon dioxide layer at a wavelength of 515 nanometers. This produces an optical coating with a fourth order reflectance maxima at 515 nanometers. A narrow band reflectance spike with about ninety percent reflectance at the 515 nanometer wavelength results with nearly zero reflectance at nearby wave lengths. Although second and sixth order reflectance maxima occur in the near infrared region and the short wavelength blue regions, the coating still produces a very saturated green color. Due to the low refractive index (1.46) of the halfwave silicon dioxide layer and its high order, a large amount of color shift occurs with changes in the viewing angle of the coating. At a viewing angle of about 45 degrees, the fourth order peak shifts into the blue region, and the second order peak shifts downscale into the red, leaving a low reflectance in the 515 nanometer green region. Accordingly, the apparent color of the coating changes from a deep green to a purple as the angle of viewing increases.
A second example of optical coating design 160 shown in FIG. 3C was constructed with a silicon dioxide halfwave layer at about 450 nanometers. This coating had a fourth order reflectance peak in the red part of the spectrum and a sixth order peak in the blue part of the spectrum which produced a deep purple color when viewed at normal incidence. When viewed at larger angles, the fourth order peak moved into the green region with low reflectance in the blue and red. This causes the apparent color of the coating to shift from purple to green at large viewing angles. A number of other colors may be produced simply by modifying the design thickness of the halfwave silicon dioxide layer.
The dichroic paint effects of the optical paint chips produced in accordance with this invention can be combined with certain dye colors added to the suspension of these flakes in a paint medium in order to produce other colors with other color-shifting effects. In addition, the dichroic paint flakes produced in accordance with the design of FIG. 3C may be incorporated with other matching or contrasting standard paint pigments to achieve other color effects. The techniques for mixing paint pigments and obtaining various effects thereby are well known in the paint industry and need not be discussed in detail here.
FIG. 4 depicts a sequence of method steps which may be performed in order to produce optical paint, optical paint flakes, and replicated optical coatings in accordance with this invention. In each case, the method generally starts with Step I involving the formation of an optical coating, typically an optical multilayer structure, on a flexible web of soluble material. Exemplary optical coatings were formed on 3 mil thick sheets of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol resin obtained from the MONO-SOL Division of Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., (407 County Line Road, Gary, Ind. 46403). In particular, type 1-000 film in sheets approximately ten inches square were utilized.
After Step I, the process either follows Branch A, if optical paint or optical paint flakes are to be produced, or Branch B, if a replicated optical coating is to be produced. Consider first the steps in Branch A. Step IIA is an optional step of shredding the flexible web into strips. In an exemplary process, the sheets of polyvinyl alcohol film were chopped into one-quarter-by-one-inch strips in order to reduce the size of the web so that it could be readily dissolved in a smaller container. This step is optional since, obviously, the web can be dissolved in any size container.
The next step, Step IIIA, is to dissolve the web in a predetermined solvent. In an exemplary process, the shredded strips of the web were dissolved in a flask containing fifty cubic centimeters of water at a temperature of 160� F.
After Step IIIA, the process follows either Branch A, if optical paint is to be produced, or Branch B, if optical paint flakes are to be produced. Consider first the steps of Branch A1. The next step, designated Step IVA1 is an optional one of adding additional chemicals to produce a final paint vehicle. In an exemplary process, Step IVA1 involves adding a surfactant material together with a cross-linking resin material and a catalyst. In the exemplary process, two drops of Merpol surfactant were added together with 0.5 grams of Beetle 60 urea resin (from American Cyanamid) to the dissolved web material in the flask. The polyvinyl alcohol film dissolved rapidly in the flask and the overall mixture was stirred at the 160� temperature for about one-half hour. Then the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. Thereafter, one drop of Cycat 4040 catalyst was added and the mixture was stirred for fifteen more minutes.
The next step, Step VA1, is to coat an article with the paint vehicle containing the optical flakes. In the exemplary process, the resulting paint solution was painted onto glass plates, paper file cards, wooden tongue depressors, and small metal articles, and the paint coating was allowed to dry for three or four hours.
Step VIA1 involves curing the paint film. For some paint vehicles the paint film cures as it dries and no further processing is necessary. In the exemplary process, the resulting paint films were baked at about 250� F. for 20 minutes. This baking promotes a chemical reaction causing a crosslinking of the polyvinyl acetate resin and the urea resin, producing a resulting film which is generally insoluble. Good adhesion and good coverage of the resulting paint film was obtained on the porous substrates. On glass and metal materials, the adhesion and coverage were not as good but could readily be improved through the use of initial primer coats or different paint formulations.
Consider now Branch A2 involving steps to produce optical paint flakes. Step IVA2 involves separating the optical paint flakes from the solution in which they are dispersed. This can be performed by centrifuging the dispersed flakes. Step VA2 is an optional step of treating the flakes to remove any residual solution. This step need not be performed if the residual solution on the flakes is not detrimental to performance of the final product. This step can be accomplished simply by washing the polyvinyl alcohol resin or other solution off of the optical paint flakes and then drying the flakes either at room temperature or by heating.
Having collected the optical paint flakes, they can now be added to another liquid paint or ink vehicle as Step VIA2a, or the flakes may be added to a plastic resin material as in Step VIA2b. Following Step VIA2a, Step VIIA2a involves applying the paint or ink vehicle to a surface and permitting it to dry. Following Step VIA2b, Step VIIA2b involves molding or extruding a final plastic product containing the paint flakes.
Consider now the steps in Branch B for forming a replicated optical coating. The second step, Step IIB, comprises securing the optical coating to a substrate with an adhesive material or with a hot stamping process. In an exemplary process, a glass plate having dimensions approximately two inches by two inches by 1/16 inch was utilized as the substrate. A few drops of Nordland type 61 UV-cure cement were deposited on one surface of the glass plate. A piece of polyvinyl alcohol web with an optical coating thereon was pressed into the cement with the optical coating side down, and a second glass plate was pressed against the back of the polyvinyl alcohol film to flatten the piece of web and to spread the cement into a thin layer. This part was then subjected to ultraviolet light to cure the cement.
The third step in Branch B, Step IIIB, generally involves the dissolution of the web away from the optical coating. In an exemplary process, the substrate with the optical coating and polyvinyl alcohol film cemented thereto was immersed in boiling water for ten minutes to dissolve the web. A small amount of Merpol surfactant was added to the water to promote dissolution of the film. This approach successfully removed a polyvinyl alcohol film from an optical multilayer coating which involved a top layer of chrome cemented to a glass surface.
The above descriptions of certain articles and methods according to this invention are given by way of example only and it should be understood that numerous modifications could be made therein by persons of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. It should be understood that a wide variety of types of optical coatings could be employed.
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A free air-combat confrontation drill between an aviation detachment equipped with several fighters assigned by the aviation unit under the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and a troop unit under the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) will be conducted, the first of its kind in the history of aviation troops of the PLAN and the PLAAF, according to the leading organ of the PLAN on August 18, 2014.
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