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I saw the following poster and thought it was pretty interesting.
Well, Atheism makes as much sense to me as Christianity.
What's Christianity teach us?
God throws the first two people out into the cold because they ate an apple he told them not to.
Then when people turn bad he drowns the lot of the scumbags except for Noah and his sons (one of whom he banishes because he saw his dad naked), but then everything gets fixed when God sends his son to earth and has him get himself crucified to save the children of the two people God threw out of Paradise in the first place.
But only if they give up their pagan faiths and convert to a religion created by Paul, a former persecutor of the followers of Jesus.
Holy Virgin Mother of God, is this any more sensible than atheism?
I mean God makes more sense than Christianity.
Don't care very much for his "Old Man" though, He and I have had our disagreements and subsequently agreed to a non-aggression treaty.
Great post, good humor in the absurdity of extremes. R&R ;-)
Let me offer you a suggestion - make of it what you will - any time you'd like to know about atheism, ask an atheist. Believe it or not, we who are atheists really do know more about it than non-atheists.
In this context, there is no meaningful distinction between pushy evangelical fundamentalists and non-believers. Both obsess over any beliefs different than theirs. Both validate their perspectives on God by invalidating any perspectives that deviate.
Furthermore, both serve up their perspectives without ever being asked.
Moreover, it's useless in every sense.
It's my experience that one's religious self identifcation reveals NOTHING about a person's decency or righteousness.
Don't believe me?
Jerry Falwell and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Both Baptists.
John Kerry and Rick Santorum. Both Catholic.
Eric Cantor and Bernie Sanders. Both Jews.
Stalin and Andrei Sakharov (one of the worthiest of all Nobel Peace Prize laureates). Both atheists.
I've known righteous, compassionate, honest accepting people from every imaginable religious perspective, from the hardcore atheist to the most devout Christian, and everything in between.
As such, would any God who would turn from such people would be worthy of worship.
If you happen to believe in God, would the Almighty really be worthy of worship if He [sic] was the petty sectarian so many people insist He is?
It was, I will acknowledge, my introduction to Laing...so it was a first love.
The "introduction" by the way, came as part of an awareness expansion seminar (something similar to EST) that I participated in many years ago. It was one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had.
I hope you ask Sky some of the questions he wants to be asked. The answers should be fun.
I have seen the Bird of Paradise and I shall never be the same again ...
One glimpse is all we need. I think I saw Jesus, when I was small, but it might have been the baker.
The life I am trying to live is the me that is trying to live it.
Thanks, John.
Agree with jmac about Christ.
Laing was a genius who cut through the dangerous psychological mystification of authoritarian professional judgementalism. Knots was great. Great poetry. Laing one of the few especially then who recognized the toxic MATRIX. Schizo society/family, etc.
I always liked the expression to us believers, "If you are not feeling close to God at the moment, who do you think moved?"
best, libby
Mainly, his message was about love, which is in the Old Testament.
I think it is mentioned in there...although you gotta wade through a lot of very hard-love stuff to get at it.
The god of the "Old Testament" was not one to spare the rod, so to speak.
One learns and thinks a lot reading you, John.
And this found googling Einstein and God:
'I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.'
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I've often suspected that the murder of John Lennon was tangentially precipitous to the repetition of his iconic, counterculture anthem, Imagine. Wherein the ubiquitous 'message' was to imagine nothing to kill or die for. Obviously the psychosis of the assassin had other cruel aspirations, but my point is that the status quo only takes so much before it reacts. If we must have organized belief systems, they ought to be taught better, before the ironically named 'golden rule' melts to oblivion.
Tick tock goes the doomsday clock.
No, I wasn't. I just noticed that the gist of the post seemed to be "There was atheism, and Christianity came along" and I was being a wiseass and saying that something else came along before Christianity that's still here and that carries less of the baggage John is alluding to.
I've spoken to an awful lot of evangelical atheists.
Which is to say that, in my experience, atheism often seeks converts.
I won't comment on atheism as a belief system except to say one thing:
I have known many atheists who BELIEVE there are no gods...and who proudly proclaim and assert that there are no gods.
Obviously not all atheists do that. But for anyone to suggest that atheism is without "belief"...hasn't a clue about atheism...even if that person is an atheist.
Don't try to convince anyone else to believe what you believe?
Why do some people who believe in a God assert that the atheists LACK of belief in a god is itself a belief?
I do not know of anybody who does that…and I certainly do not.
But SOME atheist state that they believe there are no gods.
That is a belief.
I have a sneaking suspicion that they are using this as an attempt to lower the credibility of atheists to the level of religious people.
No need to lower it. For the atheist who have beliefs that there are no gods…it is already low enough.
They seem to be saying "Yes, religious people believe in something even though their is no proof. But atheists BELIEVE there is no god, so they are just as bad."
And some atheists do…and they are just as "bad."
That sort of logic doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
"That sort of logic" is just a straw man creation. Of course it doesn't stand up to logic…so why create the straw man?
You don't have to believe that you DON'T believe in something -- if you don't believe it, you just plain don't believe it! That's all there is to it.
Fine…for the atheists who go that route. But for the many who go a different route, they still have to answer for their beliefs.
Wanna talk about it?
OK, Frank, so you say that most atheists just plain don't believe in a God, but that there is a certain subset of atheists whose lack of belief somehow IS a belief?
I have not said anything of that sort, Spencer.
Just quote what I actually said rather than trying (rather unsuccessfully) to paraphrase my comments…and comment on what I actually wrote.
I'm not sure I want to try to untangle that bag of worms.
Me neither. Not sure why you invented that stuff in the first place.
Maybe you could write up a detailed explanation of how that works and post it on your blog?
Try dealing with what I have written here before getting into even more detailed matters.
I'm just responding to what has been written here, John. If you would prefer that I take the conversation elsewhere...just tell me.
We certainly can do it here…in a thread actually titled: ATHEISM. In fact, it makes sense to do it here.
Quote anything I said with which you take issue; tell me why you disagree…and I will initiate a response.
This will further John's thread.
Judaism already does that. We don't seek converts.
The problem I have with your take is that I've seen too many atheists (like Bill Maher) try to convert people with religion to atheism, which is an oddly religious behavior. Jews don"t seek converts, but many atheists do? That's why I talk about atheistic evangelism.
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Hoping that in the afterlife he'll have a hit.
The Evangelical Christian Hopes Misery Ends
After he Croaks. Kicks Bucket.
Priest has Bible under armpit.
Black Bible stink High Heavin'
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Dear Kosher Rabbi refuses:
To take morphine to dull pain.
Dying Atheist explains Mystery.
He Preaches Why He Optimist.
I always enjoy the Hope that:
After death - in afterlife - basil,
lox, double-yoke duck eggs, rye-
bread, and good cooks. No kooks.
Beheading people with a portable guillotine is " a bit extreme"?
hmmm? Well yes. I see your point.
I see you are still making that inaccurate general characterization.
Perhaps you should return to our discussion.
We can Hear the Many Various Views.
Various Views. It Makes a Wild World.
This Post got me to be Pondering Beliefs.
It's Better Than being a Quiet Mannequin.
I read The 'Style' Section in he Wash/Post.
Spring cause the Human Spring Sap to Flow.
I have been Trying to Be more Quiet. Hushed.
To Stop the Mind seems to Be a Great Teacher.
I Live in the Mountains. Spring Peeper Inspire.
I'll often Play Gentle Music and Listen to Birds.
My Salvation Comes From Shutting my Mouth.
I Seriously Believe The Mind needs Quiet Rest.
Nature Soothes. Nature Heals. It Replenishes.
I need to Rid my Psyche of Sad Images. Thought.
If Mind is Flooded with Sorrow I Die Premature.
This is just Seems to Work, Personally, for me.
epic is well worth the time and so-called energy. And of course
Vonnegut (sp) top to bottom for those with an inkling toward modernism. Such dissertation might be:
>Conundrum of Freedom
Of course, every religion gets to make its own rules/laws as to who is and who is not a _____.
In Judaism, it's sufficient to be born to a Jewish woman (and in the case of voluntary conversion) -- Kosh is right -- there is no missionizing in Judaism. Evan as to converts, no convert must pledge to a belief in God; s/he studies, usually attends shul after conversion, observes holidays, but there's no policing of belief.
Of course, every religion gets to make its own rules/laws as to who is and who is not a _____.
In Judaism, it's sufficient to be born to a Jewish woman (and in the case of voluntary conversion) -- Kosh is right -- there is no missionizing in Judaism. Evan as to converts, no convert must pledge to a belief in God; s/he studies, usually attends shul after conversion, observes holidays, but there's no policing of belief.
Jonathan, this bit of reasoning was a bit disingenuous.
I am an American because I was born to American parents in America. But that has nothing to do with any religion or non-religion on my part.
Your comment dealt with your ethnicity and the cultural aspect of your being a Jew. But there is a religious aspect to Judaism…and far from being without any "belief" component…it has as many as any other religion. In fact, the "belief" structure of the ancient Jews are the reason we have all the rest of what has been referred to here as "this nonsense."
(I do not think of it as "nonsense"...and I stand on what I have said about it.)
Soon, I Plan to Hook-Up a computer in my Home Hut.
Youth in Farm Guest House will Be Computer Tutors.
This need, in my opinion, some quality Attention. Serious.
I guess we - Sure Enough - Be Evolving in A Vast Universe.
When Not at a Home it's Not Easy to Read, Pause, Sctatch.
Home is more suitable for rereads. It's Fun to Ponder Life.
"God makes more sense than Christianity"
atheism you sum up well.
nothing . but. well somehow something.
something from nothing!!
(that does NOT compute with me.)
I must reluctantly agree with art james.
I don't like doing so, for it only fuels his uncanny poetic fire,
of which I am envious..
"we - Sure Enough - Be Evolving in A Vast Universe.
When Not at a Home it's Not Easy to Read, Pause, Sctatch.
Home is more suitable for rereads. It's Fun to Ponder Life."
Rifling out a modest check (I hope you don't bounce) to the
Ronald McDonald House et al because I am. [A dear friend's
dau is triumphant vs. a rare cancer and my friend speaks highly of the gratis accomodations available to afflicted families].
thread, J.G.!
I will tell you a few things about Reform Judaism, my branch. You already know that no branch seeks converts, among other things because, to the extent we bother with the afterlife at all, we don't believe you have to be Jewish to get into Heaven.
Torah, our central document, is not treated by us as if all of it is factual history. The questions of historical validity are mainly beside the point - we study it (along with a lot of other writings and rabbinic commentary on all of it) to puzzle out what ethical lessons we can draw from it. That approach, of heavy analysis, of questioning, of anything but blind obedience, leads to moral imperatives. Reform Judaism in particular is heavily social action-based. If I had to guess, I'd say that the approach is actually more critical than the document, and you'd have to become more familiar with the approach to really understand what I mean. The way we define it is that it's our responsibility to work on repairing the world.
It is not faith-based in a conventional sense. Faith is not imperative. In fact, how you treat others is blatantly more important than faith is, all through Judaism, not just the Reform branch. Judaism is also more based on right and wrong than on reward and punishment.
Another thing to understand about Judaism in general is that it is probably history's most successful system per capita at producing activist humanists. That is a very desirable outcome, even to atheists.
Judaism is, if I can use my own definition that I'm not at all sure is widely shared, a people that can be joined through its religion (and left through conversion out). That makes the membership question a little strange, because religion is one face of the package, though not everyone who is Jewish practices anything religious at all.
In any case, I don't think there's an advantage to me, even an ethical one, of leaving Judaism to join atheism. We have our own ways of teaching what's important and, in our case, what's important isn't superstition. If identification with the group makes us more committed to the ethical standards of the group, so be it.


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Rebuild Flames already
It goes without saying, deal bouwmeester now. Get the best deal you can for him, a couple picks, a prospect and a pick, the important thing is to clear his cap space. He is a minute muncher but he provides little offence and is not that good defensively either. Now it is time to trade Iggy and Kipper. I know this means a rebuild that the flames clearly don't want, but here are the reasons:
1. The flames are not going to win anything with these two still here, they're simply not good enough around them.
2. Their asset value is dropping every year, get something good now, before it is too late If either has a really poor start to this season, or gets injured, their asset value becomes close to nil.
3. If Iginla truly does want to stay and finish his career in Calgary, then I question his true desire to win, and if winning is not that important do we really want him wearing the "C"? He was consistently the most invisible player on the Flames on most nights last season, especially down the stretch when they really needed their leader to lead.
4. Sven Bartchi is ready to take the mantle of "star player"
5. Start the rebuild now, or wait for another 2-3 years and begin it then. Which would you choose?
Over the last 19 games he had 19 points man I wish he would show up more often :laugh: leave troll
Do we really need another one of these threads? The organization has made it obvious there will be no rebuild! Watch the season play out
Only on hf do I need read this junk. Go back to the main board little troll.
Rebuilding may seem like a good option, but trust me watching it take place is very painful. Give the flames another year or two before considering a rebuild.
I really wish HFBoards wouldn't allow rookie users to create threads.
The most important thing is to clear his cap space? This is where any reasonable person stops reading. Why the desperate need to clear Bouw for cap space NOW... what are we going to use it on? I don't think you thought that out very well. Cap space in itself is completely useless.
That being said if you can deal Bouwmeester for the right package it could be beneficial. Just don't trade him for the sake of cap space! That's just idiotic.
Other laughable parts of your proposal: Iginla and Kipper becoming "nil" as mid-season trade bait, Iginla being "consistently the most invisible player on the team most nights", a 19 year-old with 5 games under his belt being ready as a star player.
Glad you're not the GM. We'd have traded everyone for whatever draft picks we could assemble and be ready for playoff action in 2019, if that.
How about Iginla to the caps for wilson, johannson, and a conditional 1st ( the condition being that wash makes the finals and if not they get a 2nd).
I love how everyone thinks in the new NHL if a team doesn't make the playoffs, rebuild. Any issues, rebuild. The arena runs out of beer, rebuild.
Detroit, ask them about their rebuild. oh wait.
Oh goodie...
This thread again.
@ DP@666, no mention of Janko?
Johanesson is their current RW, and he can play center and is young and improving by leaps and bounds.
Wilson is their 1st round pick from this year that has power forward written all over him.
I'm not even a caps fan and I think there is no way they accept the trade, they essentially give up a proven 2nd liner with more upside still and 2 first round picks.
You have to look at it from both sides of the coin, why would the caps accept this deal? As it currently stands given the Nash trade, I would not trade Iginla, the time has past for him to give us back a superstar player already.
The problem with the idea of the full-out rebuild for teams like Oilers or Flames is that they are not Flyers or Rangers who can sign top free agents every summer, which basically leaves little alternative to 4-5 years of basement dwelling with no guaranteed reward down the road.
Oilers got a bit "lucky" with three straight 1st overall picks due to an insane amount of injuries in some of these years, but the Flames could well end up with 3 picks in let's say 3-10 range (let's say 3d, 8th and 5th overall). Is it reasonable to expect that in 5 years' time Bartschi and the rough equivalent of Gudbrandson, Couturier, Rielly will form the core that is substantially better than Kiprussof, Iginla, Bouwmeester in the present? I don't the expectation is very reasonable.
Tomorrowjm I'm assuming you had a fun time on NHL 12?
The Flames are rebuilding - thing is most people just don't realize it (or are simply ignorant) because it's happening on the fly, and their best players haven't been moved out for spare parts. For those not paying attention, this upcoming season will be year four of the rebuild.
Year 1 (2009-10): Hire assistant GM Jay Feaster. Revamp scouting department; increase number of eastern and US scouts. Implement PUCKS system.
Year 2 (2010-11): Fire Darryl Sutter. Promote Jay Feaster to interim (then permanent) GM. Undo some of Sutter's damage. Acquire youth via trade (Butler, Byron, Horak, Stempniak). Begin a trend of drafting smart, skilled players instead of beefy plugs (Baertschi, Granlund, Gaudreau)
Year 3 (2011-12): Hired assistant GM John Weisbrod. Fired Head Coach Brent Sutter (finally) and hired Bob Hartley. Continued with drafting players with skill (Jankowski). From last year to this year, the team's average age has dropped two years - from around 29.7 (according to CBC) to 27.7 (QuantHockey).
Interesting trivia: the Flames' third second round pick in two years is more 2nd rounders than Darryl Sutter picked in six years.
Year four (2012-13): Acquire scoring punch in Denis Wideman & Jiri Hudler. Roman Cervenka also expected to add help up front. For the first time since Dion Phaneuf, it looks like a player from the WHL will crack the big club on opening night (Baertschi). A handful of AHL players (Aliu, Nemisz, Reinhart) also have a legitimate shot of cracking the lineup full-time as well, at the expense of some veterans (Stajan, Jackman) - which would be unheard of during Sutter's reign.
Also of note - the Flames tried the scorched earth rebuild before. It failed miserably, but not necessarily because of a lack of effort; more like a lack of commitment. It was marketed as "The Young Guns" campaign. As a fan, I hope never to have to go through that again, and I can't blame the owners - who also want to avoid that at all costs. However, had the Flames owners & fans been a bit more patient during that process (nobody was after basically ten years of failure) our top line could have been St. Louis (bought out) - Savard (traded for fighting with coach who was fired a week later) - Iginla (was almost Todd Harvey)...
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August 2010 Volume XXVIII, Number 3 President's Message Dear Members and Friends: I hope you are enjoying our warm summer weather. Or perhaps you are trying to Keep Cool. Speaking of ―cool,‖ I thought that our planning session at my house on July 12 was really ―Cool.‖ The following is a brief summary of that event. We reviewed and slightly adjusted the tentative budget. (Members have received a copy from Bess. The budget will be on the agenda at the August business meeting.) Our ―Break Out Groups‖ came up with some great suggestions. (Some of which will need to be discussed and/or voted on at future meetings.) Group Suggestion Club-to-Club A committee will make a final suggestion to the membership at the October business meeting. Dis. Adv. Women & Children Suggested a slight adjustment in the budget. Cynthia's Bequest Suggested a $500 scholarship be awarded to a hearing impaired student of the Fremont Union High School District. New Ideas Suggested: Some night meetings be tried to bring in new members. (will be addressed in a needs survey) Underwriting the baskets for Hats Off. Investigation of student club. (High school or Community College) Other items that were discussed: Barbara Rogers (Ways & Means) will conduct a needs/likes survey in September. She will be working with a committee to determine how to use the Generous Vermont House stay provided by Susan Dortch. We would like our Quota Friends to join us at any of our meetings and/or our activities. Please let Gail Jensen know if you would like to come to firstname.lastname@example.com by the Monday before our meetings (2nd & 4th Thursdays). Looking forward to a fun and productive year of service. barbara DELIVERING POSSIBILITIES August 2010 QI of Cupertino, Inc Volume XXVIII, Number 3 CONVENTION IMPRESSIONS … Bess Whitaker shares – The Quota International Convention in Vancouver was really good. The weather was perfect, and the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel was very nice; it is the same hotel in which I stayed 30 years ago at my very first Convention!—upgraded, of course. It was fun to see the ―girls‖ I see at every Convention, especially the Past International Presidents that I know. The theme was very clever, I though—O-lympics, and the awards were given by two Quotarians dressed in togas with wreaths in their hair presenting gold medals! The by-laws were passed with some discussion in which Barbara Rogers and I participated. I wanted to be sure that the We Share Foundation investments would stay intact so that interest would be earned, and I was assured the investments would not be used. We will share with you at the Aug. 12 meeting how International plans to pay for the computer upgrades anticipated to bring QI into the 21st century. Thanks for sending me as your delegate. The 2012 Convention will be in Hawaii! Hope more of us can go. Barbara Rogers shares – This year's O'lympic Convention was structured around Cynthia D'Amour's theme, Charge Into Your Future. Cynthia did, indeed live up to her star billing, and through three days, she and President-elect Gwenn Jackson inspired us to revitalize ourselves, our clubs, and all of Quota International. President Rosemary Hannie moderated the business sessions which included lots of reports. The three which really stood out for me were the very-informative Governors' Seminar, the By- laws session, and District 41 Governor Lynne Piad's Power-Point presentation on the 16 projects in Club-to- Club World Service. The formalities all were very well done, as always: the Opening Ceremonies with the Procession of Flags from the Quota countries, the awards given by the O-lympic Torch Bearers with Bess Whitaker receiving one, and the Installation of Officers and Directors, starting with the District Governors and Lt. Governors walking down the center aisle and onto the stage, followed by all of Quota's elected officers. Liz Tadman looked beautiful for the occasion, and I was privileged, as District Secretary, to accompany her in Governor Donna Austin's absence. Following Installation, we enjoyed a wonderful dinner, with the musical entertainment chosen by newly-installed President Gwenn Jackson. The camaraderie was splendid—I flew up with QI of Alameda-Oakland's Shirlee Dolan, roomed and flew back with Bess Whitaker, we 6 from District 12 shared dinner with Frances and Ed Cheshire. QI of Glen Innes, and 6 Quotarians from Candlewood Valley and New Haven CN, Bess and I lunched with Barbara Cumming and Wendy Peterson, QI of Rotorua—our Friendship Club, and I saw friends and made new acquaintances. The Dinner Cruise on the 4th was pleasant, well attended and with good food, but no patriotic spirit was evidenced at all! All the items went well that Liz and I took up from District 12 and from our Cupertino club for the Silent Auction which was very capably organized by PIP Toddy Silkman. I learned a lot at Convention and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now, I, too, hope to attend Convention 2012 in Hawaii, along with many other Cupertino Quotarians. On a more somber note, District 41 Governor Lynne Piad on July 18 shared – Time flew so fast yet so slow here in the Philippines as Typhoon Conson, or 'Basyang,' hit July 13, just 4 days after my daughter and I got home from a beautiful Quota experience at Convention 2010 in Vancouver. Metro Manila was hardest hit without appropriate warning—trees and billboards crashed down on power lines, shutting down the Luzon grid. The beams of a collapsed crane brought down by the typhoon put Metro Manila into darkness for 4 days, incommunicado. The worst is that the water supply also is affected. Now after a couple of days, electrical power is restored and cleanup has begun. To think that last year I reported on the back-to-back typhoons that occurred in Luzon right before the West Area Meeting in Reno Oct. 24- 27 which District 41 attended for the fist time! You really never know what's going to happen next! DELIVERING POSSIBLILITES 2 August 2010 QI of Cupertino, Inc Volume XXVIII, Number 3 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN VANCOUVER, Courtesy of Liz Tadman … District 12 Lt. Governor Liz Tadman, QI of Mountain View/Los Altos; Past International President Toddy Silkman, QI of Kent Valley WA; and District 12 Secretary Barbara Rogers, QI of Cupertino The District 12 and 41 attendees watching the Opening Ceremonies—Front row, L-R: QI of Cupertino Barbara Rogers and Bess Whitaker and QI of Alameda-Oakland Shirlee Dolan. 2nd row: QI of Mountain View/Los Altos Liz Tadman, Robby Jorgenson and Pat Figueroa, and QI of Iloilo Evelyn Erta—the balloon says West is the Best. DELIVERING POSSIBLILITES 3 August 2010 QI of Cupertino, Inc Volume XXVIII, Number 3 Photo Courtesy of Dist. 41 Lt. Gov. Emilie Simon, Photos here and below, Courtesy of Robby Jorgenson, QI of Manila South QI of Mountain View/Los Altos Dist. 41 Gov. Lynne Piad, QI of Paranaque, center, holding Bess Whitaker receiving a gold medal for her donation to the Philippine Flag at the Parade of Flags at the Quota's Legacy Society from O-lympic Torch Bearer Dist. 40 start of the Opening Ceremonies Lt. Gov. Darlene Chafee, QI of Thuringowa QLD Australia Seated: President-elect Gwenn Jackson, Standing: QI of Atascadero Kathy Johnson, QI of Cupertino Bess QI of Monroe LA Whitaker, and President Rosemary Hannie, QI of Baton Rouge LA DELIVERING POSSIBLILITES 4 August 2010 QI of Cupertino, Inc Volume XXVIII, Number 3 QI OF CUPERTINO'S SERVICE GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS, 1996-2010 … 1996-97: Adult Independence Development Center, California School for the Deaf, Cupertino Historical Society Museum, Cupertino Union School District (CUSD), Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) Teens with Tots Program, Monta Vista High School (MVHS) Hearing Impaired Program, Oster School, San Francisco Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Kimba Fund, Sproul Ranch Deaf Kids Kamp, and Quota International (QI) World Service Funds—Club-to-Club: New Delhi Home for Abandoned and Destitute Women. 1997-98: Cupertino Community Services (CCS) and CUSD. 1998-99: Adult and Child Guidance Center, California School for the Deaf, CCS, CUSD, Lyndale Deaf Program, MVHS Hearing Impaired Program, The Morgan Center, and Silicon Valley Independent Living Center. 1999-00: CCS, CUSD, Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf (JWPOSD), Lyndale Deaf Program, The Morgan Center, Northwest WMCA, San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program, Silicon Valley Independent Living Center, and Sproul Ranch Deaf Kids Kamp. 2000-01: American Cancer Society, CCS, CUSD, FUHSD Teens with Tots Program, JWPOSD, The Morgan Center, QI World Service Funds—Club-to-Club to Suriname, QI World Service Funds—We Share Foundation for 10 local Quota Club honorees, San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program, and Silicon Valley Independent Living Center. 2001-02: CCS, CUSD, Northwest YMCA, Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE), San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program, and Social Advocates for Youth. 2002-03: No Service Grants awarded. 2003-04: San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program. 2004-05: California School for the Deaf, CCS, JWPOSD, and San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program. 2005-06: CCS, JWPOSD, and San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program. 2006-07: CCS, JWPOSD, PACE, San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program, and Sproul Ranch Deaf Kids Kamp. 2007-08: CUSD, JWPOSD, PACE, Sproul Ranch Deaf Kids Kamp, Support Network for Battered Women, and West Valley Community Services (WVCS—formerly Cupertino Community Services). 2008-09: CUSD, Deaf Kids Kamp, JWPOSD, Support Network for Battered Women, and WVCS. 2009-10: CUSD, Deaf Kids Kamp, Hearing Dog Program, JWPOSD, Support Network for Battered Women, WVCS. SERVICE GRANT AWARDS, given June 24, 2010, Courtesy Mary-Ann Wallace … L-R: Susan Austin with Duchess from the Hearing Dog Program; Kathy Berger from the Cupertino Union School District; Tracy Scandlyn from Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf; Laura Chyo from Support Network; Jean Blackburn who's our Cupertino Quota Service Director; and Michelle Ma from West Valley Community Services. Not pictured: Deaf Kids Kamp representative. Service Committee: Chair Jean Blackburn and members Fran Curaming, Mary-Ann Wallace, and April Winchester. DELIVERING POSSIBLILITES 5 August 2010 QI of Cupertino, Inc Volume XXVIII, Number 3 PLANNING AHEAD … Our November 11 Meeting Project: assembling bags for the Battered Women's Shelter and $15-$20 Christmas gifts for young children and girls of all ages who stay there with their mothers. The July-Aug. back-to-school sales are an opportunity to purchase items to fill the bags when we meet: For Children: Drawing papers, ruled file paper, art paints, glue, markers, poster board, colored pencils, + sharpeners, stockers, modeling clay, DVDs of recent kid movies, model kits, beading kits, sketchbooks and coloring books, educational workbooks, and books for kids in Spanish. For Babies: Pacifiers, dishes, cups, spoons, bibs, diapers, wipes, rash cream, soap and shampoo, towels, safety items, and baby toys. Personal Care: Hair accessories, deodorants, dental floss, soap, hairspray, first aid kits, curling irons, hats, scarves and/or gloves. Other Items: Blank journals (adults or kids), pocket planners, pens, backpacks, disposable cameras, night lights, throws, greeting cards, and picture frames. Collected Toiletries: Items collected at hotels/motels while on vacation. Call Gail with questions/suggestions or any other information: 408-255-9463. Upcoming Events at San at San Francisco's DeYoung Museum, courtesy of April Winchester … Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from Van Gogh, Gaughin, Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist the Musée d'Orsay: May 22-Sept. 6, 2010 Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay: Sept. 25, 1910-Jan. 18, 2011 D i s c o u n t t i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e a t C o s t C o. QI of Cupertino Calendar, August-December, 2010 … Aug. 12 – Business Meeting, with Budget, Bess Whitaker & Convention Report, Bess and Barbara Rogers Aug. 26 – Program Meeting: District 12 Governor's Visit, Donna Austin Sept. 09 – Business Meeting, with Club Survey & VT Vacation Gift, Barbara Rogers Sept. 23 – Program Meeting: Challenges in Cupertino, Sheriff Laurie Smith -- TBA – Clothes Folding for the Navaho, Quarry Site, Gail Jensen Oct. 14 – Business Meeting, New Member Initiation, Inge Roberts & Club-to-Club project, Barbara Rogers Oct. 22-24 – West Area Meeting, Harrah's, Las Vegas NV Oct. 28 – Program Meeting: Cancer Relay for Life, Suzy Andrade Nov. 01 – Poinsettia Sales Begin, Barbara Nunes Nov. 11 – Business Meeting, 15 min. early for Battered Women's Shelter gifts & Holiday Staff Tips Dec. 06, approx. – Poinsettia Delivery, Barbara Nunes' garage Dec. 09 – Kiddies Holiday Shopping, J.C. Penney's, Liz Ambra DELIVERING POSSIBLILITES 6 August 2010 QI of Cupertino, Inc Volume XXVIII, Number 3 DID YOU KNOW … That we welcome Liz Tadman and Kris Wang as Friends of Quota? That they walked in the July 17 Relay for Life at De Anza as part of the team Flaming's Fighting for a Cure? And that Team Captain Debi Cheshire and her mother, Friend Ruby Elbogen, were very tired afterward but happy it was so successful? That we also acknowledge and thank Fran Curaming who worked so hard on the wonderful Historical Display for our Installation & 25th Anniversary? That Fran has been athletic all her life, and running for fun, and fitness, and health and dedicated to long-distance running for 5 years now? That she runs a minimum of 5-7 miles per day with one day a week for longer miles? That she prefers trail-running distances of 10-31 miles, and her maximum will be 50 miles in the Oct. 17 Nike Marathon? That Fran also mountain bikes and swims, and has time for all this since she doesn't like shopping or sitting and watching TV? And that her activity also connects her with people who may need her services as a sports chiropractor, and her current big project is to let everyone know that she's accepting new patients and training for the Nike Marathon? That Friend Barbara Lacerenza enjoys traveling extensively, most recently last Jan. on a wonderful trip to Antarctica—starting in Rio and Iguassu Falls and with many stops en route to the bottom of the world? And hat she and Gene Amarla have happily reconnected since school? That Friend Ragini Sangameswara now is working part-time for the Cupertino Historical Society as Office Manager and Graphic Artist? That Friend Liz Tadman says, ―Loved the Convention: met so many kind and like-minded people who want to help and discovered many ways to fundraise and be a Lazy Leader!‖ That after Convention, she and Frank drove north to Whistler for 2 great days where they enjoyed the fresh air, green everywhere, and glacier snow on the high peaks? That they hiked in the snow and rode different alpine devices—PEAK-2- PEAK, Gondola, ski-lift, and tram? And that it was fun walking and shopping in the ski village? That Bess Whitaker had a party for Ken's 97th birthday at Beau Se Jour Restaurant in Los Altos for 13 family and friends—even his grandson from VA drove out for the occasion! That Bess is flying to San Diego Aug. 7 for her grandson's baptism (Brent is 28 years old but has come back to his faith and wants to be baptized again)? That daughter Ruthann and her daughters Kim and Lani are driving up here for the rest of the week, visiting Raya and Baker in Ventura on the way, so Bess gets to travel back with them? And that she'll be back for our meeting on the 12th? That Jean and Gary Blackburn's son came from Idaho in July to attend an Interpretive Ranger Advisory Committee meeting and to visit with Mom and Dad—and also got to see his nephew? That they viewed the Tech Museum's Genghis Khan exhibit and San Jose Airport's open house? And that Jean will see her sister in Aug. during their family tour of the CA coast with the 2 grandchildren from Hawaii? That April and Brad Winchester left July 16 for his business trip to Washington DC, where they and daughter Caroline celebrated his birthday? That Caroline also met with the World Wild Life Fund and the Smithsonian to investigate job opportunities? And that en route home, April visits in OH to see her elderly aunt and uncle as well as her cousin, June, and in IL to see childhood friend Pam and go with her to Chicago's many museums, getting back home Aug. 2? That while enjoying A Taste of Compassion arranged by Sujatha Venkatraman, Barbara and Pat Rogers spotted a party which included Gail and Howard Jensen, Friend Nancy Newton, and Barbara Nunes entering Park Place restaurant to also dine and help support WVCS? That the 2 Barbaras, Nunes & Lacerenza, travel to Temecula the first of Aug. for a 3-day meeting of a Post-Secondary Accreditation Planning group to address the changes which add federal standards to the accreditation process? That schools now can offer students federal aid to complete their education? That Barbara Nunes is beginning work on her re-election campaign? That school opens Aug. 23? And that she's looking forward to exploring with our club members all the great ideas that came out of the Retreat? 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A method for preventing the hydration/solubilization of the protective oxide coating of a phosphor is described. The method involves coating of the oxide coated phosphor particles with a continuous hydrophobic coating. After the phosphor particles are coated with the continuous hydrophobic coating and the continuous hydrophobic coating cured, they are added to a water-based suspension and subsequently processed into a lamp.
1. A phosphor process comprising the following steps:
Step 1 - coating phosphor particles having a continuous alumina coating with a continuous hydrophobic coating, said continuous hydrophobic coating consisting essentially of an acrylic polymer;
Step 2 - heating the product from step 1 at a temperature and for a period sufficient to cure said continuous hydrophobic coating;
Step 3 - adding the product from step 2 to a water based suspension, said water based suspension comprising water and a polyethylene-oxide as a binder;
Step 4 - coating an inside surface of a lamp with the product of step 3;
Step 5 - lehring the product from step 4 at a temperature sufficient to remove said hydrophobic coating from said phosphor particles having a continuous alumina coating; and
Step 6 - processing the product from step 5 into a lamp.
2. A phosphor process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said phosphor particles comprise particles of manganese activated zinc silicate phosphor.
This invention relates to a method of treating a phosphor. More particularly, this invention relates to a method of treating a coated phosphor.
In the fabrication of fluorescent lamps, a phosphor layer is coated on the interior surface of a glass lamp envelope using a paint-like suspension of phosphor powder. Although the composition of the suspension varies from manufacturer-to-manufacturer, the composition usually includes, in addition to the phosphor, a film forming binder, solvent(s) for the binder, and if necessary surfactants, defoamers and wetting agents. Most non-phosphor components of the coating suspension interfere with efficient lamp operation and longevity, and must be removed by pyrolysis in a manufacturing step known as "lehring". Another inorganic, non-fluorescent, component of the coating suspension is a submicron particle sized material, such as silicic acid or alumina, which helps bind the phosphor to the glass after the "lehr" process has removed the organics. Butler in his book, Fluorescent Lamp Phosphors, Technology and Theory, Penn State University Press (1980), gives a rather complete description of lamp coating technology and its evolution from the nitrocellulose and ethylcellulose-type lacquers to the newer polymeric binders that employ water as the solvent in place of the environmentally objectionable and flammable organic compounds. Depending on the chemical composition of the phosphor and method of preparation, phosphors may exhibit some differences in performance depending on whether they are deposited from organic-based suspension or from water-based suspension systems. Usually these differences are not significant unless the phosphor has a tendency to react chemically with one of the suspension components.
A variety of technologies have been described recently, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,585,673, that permit the coating of phosphor particles with a thin film of a refractory oxide. This film can be made from a choice of different refractory oxides. Some of these, particularly Al2 O3 and Y2 O3, have been found effective in protecting the phosphor against processes that cause lumen depreciation in fluorescent lamps. One example of such a protective coating, is that described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,585,673, in which the phosphor particles were coated with Al2 O3 by pyrolizing an aluminum alkyl in a fluidized bed of phosphor powder. Experimental fluorescent lamps employing such coated phosphors, particularly those using Zn2 SiO4 :Mn (Willemite) have shown significant improvements in lumen maintenance relative to lamps employing uncoated phosphors. Lamp test data also indicate that Al2 O3 coated Zn2 SiO4 :Mn phosphors (ACPs) perform equally well with regard to luminance and lumen maintenance when applied to the lamp envelope from freshly prepared organic or water-based suspensions. If, however, the ACP is applied from a water-based suspension that has been held-over for several days before use, the beneficial effects associated with the oxide coating are lost. This presents an obstacle to the commercialization of lamps based on the coated phosphor technology. Government regulations have already eliminated the use of organic-based phosphor suspensions in many parts of the world, and reintroduction and/or expansion of this old technology is therefore not a viable option. Moreover, the use of only freshly prepared water-based phosphor suspensions is precluded by the short useful life of these suspensions and by the cost of dumping the large volumes of aged material that would be generated in a modern automated lamp manufacturing facility. Therefore, it is desirous to provide a method which will improve the useful life of water-based phosphor suspensions which presently ave poor hold-over characteristics.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a new and improved phosphor process comprises the following steps:
Step 1 - Phosphor particles having a protective coating are coated with a continuous hydrophobic coating.
Step 2 - The product from step 1 was heated at a temperature and for a period sufficient to cure said continuous hydrophobic coating.
Step 3 - The product from step 2 is added to a water-based suspension.
Step 4 - The produce from step 3 is coated on the inside surface of a lamp.
Step 5 - The produce of step 4 is "lehred" at a temperature sufficient to remove said hydrophobic continuous coating from said phosphor particles having a protective coating; and
Step 6 - The produce from step 5 is processed into a lamp.
We have investigated the degradation of Al2 O3 coated Zn2 SiO4 :Mn phosphors (ACPs), a coated willemite, in water as a function of the hold-over time, the time the water-based suspension is stored before it is used to coat a lamp such as a fluorescent lamp, a HID lamp etc. We also investigated a water-based suspension that uses polyethylene-oxide (Polyox - a product of Union Carbide Corp.) as the binder. In evaluating the hold-over problem with coated willemite, manganese activated zinc silicate phosphor, we have noticed that the Polyox coating solution is noticeably thicker (more viscous) after being held-over, than when it is fresh. When the held over coated phosphor suspension is coated on a glass slide (a thick coating) and is dried, the coating develops cracks. This cracking of the phosphor layer occurs only when the alumina coating is no longer providing protection for the phosphor. In other words, a suspension of a fresh alumina coated phosphor, or an uncoated phosphor, doesn't exhibit cracking. However, a held-over suspension of an alumina coated phosphor does produce cracked coatings. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the alumina coating comes off the phosphor and becomes a component of the suspension media and thereby causes a cracked phosphor layer.
Typically, during the investigation, suspensions of ACP were prepared and kept continuously agitated for periods of up to two months, with aliquots removed periodically for lamp tests. In the preliminary tests, the suspensions of ACP were coated on glass slides and evaluated in a demountable fluorescent lamp of approximate T-12 bore, operated at approximately 400 mA, and at an argon pressure from about 2-3 Torr. We have demonstrated that the light emitted by a coated phosphor deposited from the freshly prepared coating suspension remains almost constant for the duration of the test while that from the phosphor deposited from an aged suspension begins to drop from the instant the lamp was turned on. It was this almost catastrophic drop in lumen maintenance that made the demountable lamp an ideal vehicle in which to test ACP hold-over while minimizing both the time and quantity of material required for each evaluation.
These tests revealed that water is the principal agent in the destruction of the Al2 O3 coating and loss of the high lumen maintenance it affords. To protect the Al2 O3 coating, we applied a hydrophobic coating to the ACP from a solution containing a Latex such as B. F. Goodrich Hycar Acrylic Latex #26138. Such Latexes are colloidal dispersions of acrylic polymers in water. The polymer can be deposited on a substrate such as the surface of a phosphor particle, by destabilizing the colloid. Factors that promote destabilization include; small concentrations of polyvalent cations, significant and rapid changes in pH or temperature, and the addition of certain water-soluble solvents such as ketones, alcohols and esters. With our ACPs, colloid destabilization occurs on contact because the phosphor surface is a source of Al3+ ions. After the acrylic coating has been deposited, it must be cured by heating to a temperature 300� F. for about 30 minutes. Curing is a process by which reactive side groups on polymer chains are linked together. A detailed description of the application of a water-proof Acrylic polymer coating is given in Example #1.
The dispersant employed in the application of the water-proof coating was an aqueous solution containing 2.5 wt% of Union Carbide N3000 Polyox Resin. Although the use of the Polyox dispersant may not be essential, it was used because hydration/solvation of the oxide coating was found to proceed at a reduced rate in this material.
In the Acrylic coating process, 40 gms of ACP was dispersed in 120 ml of dispersant. To this was added a 40 ml aliquot of dispersant containing Goodrich Hycar Acrylic Latex #26138. The concentration of Latex was sufficient to provide a polymer coating amounting to 0.05 wt% of the phosphor. The Latex was destabilized upon contact with the phosphor as evidenced by the disappearance of the cloudiness associated with the colloidal dispersion. The polymer coated ACP was extracted from the dispersant by washing several times on a buchner funnel with distilled water, and then drying at 100� C. The dried powder was then further subjected to a heat treatment at 300�-340� F. for about 40 minutes in order to cross-link and detackify the polymer coating, that is to say to eliminate the sticky nature of the coating.
Polymer coated ACPs prepared in this way were incorporated in suspensions based on aqueous Polyox or water alone and evaluated in a demountable fluorescent lamp as described earlier. When pure water was used as the suspension medium, the polymer coated ACP showed no loss of efficiency after 5 days hold-over, while ACPs without the polymer coating degraded severly after only 3 days.
Fluorescent lamps which can be used in the instant invention can have the structure as shown, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,424,605; 3,424,606; 3,435,271; or 4,594,178; the FIGS. of which, and the portions of the specification corresponding thereto, are incorporated herein by reference to the extent necessary to complete this specification. Such fluorescent lamps hermetically sealed tubular glass envelope coated on its inside surface with the powdered phosphor coating in accordance with the present invention, which converts the ultra-violet energy of a mercury arc discharge established through the center of the tube into visible light as it is absorbed by the phosphor layer during operation of the lamp. The bases at each end of the tubular envelope support electrical leads which are electrically connected to electrodes at each end of the lamp. The spaced electrodes can be coated with electron-emission promoting materials, such as mixtures of oxides containing a barium oxide, to facilitate operation of the lamp. During operation, a mercury droplet maintained within the sealed envelope is vaporized thereby causing the characteristic mercury discharge. Except for the nature of the phosphor coating, which is the subject of the present invention, construction of the fluorescent lamp is conventional.
We have identified and evaluated a method of preserving the oxide coating on phosphors during hold-over in water-based suspensions. The hydrophobic protective coating prevents the hydration/solubilization of the protective coating oxide and extends, indefinitely, the useful life of the water-based suspensions of the coated phosphors.
While there has been shown and described what is at present considered the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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