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Innsbrook event designed to boost skills, prospects
The answer is: Prospective employees and potential employers.
The question is: Who stands to benefit from the super-sized board game being held in Innsbrook this month?
On Jan. 26, a former corporate sales trainer who lost her job is bringing a unique game to The Virginia Employment Transition Center.
In the 18 months since her former company folded, Kay Taylor of Glen Allen has developed "Winning the Training Game," an oversized board game and interactive corporate training tool useful for team building and polishing skills.
Judges for the game will be hiring managers, recruiters and senior leaders from Richmond-area companies – and the players will be job-hunters hoping to catch their eye.
Posing such open-ended questions as "What are three ways to calm down an angry customer?" or "Give two examples of how might you establish rapport during a networking event," the game provides participants with the opportunity to stand out as an individual -- while engaging players on teams so that no one is on the spot.
The game resembles a resume come to life, says Taylor, as judges observe how people interact with others and think on their feet.
"When you're unemployed, you want to make yourself stand out from the masses," says Taylor. "As an employer, you want to see something beyond a resume to help you determine if that person is a good fit for your business."
'Jeopardy' for job-hunters
The game, which includes a large tabletop board, oversized dice, playing pieces, play money and question cards, is played with up to 12 people working together in teams. The judges run the game, ask the questions, and award game dollars for answers; the team with the most dollars at the end wins.
Based on Taylor's 20 years of sales training experience, the game was designed as a tool for teaching sales skills to professionals. By teaching professionals how to handle objections, stay motivated and work in teams to reach goals, the game helps hone their communication skills and build confidence at the same time.
Taylor says she got the idea for the game from her own practice of using game-show-style experiences in corporate training.
"When I did a day of training," she says, "I ended the day with something fun, such as my own version of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' or 'Jeopardy.'"
The Jan. 26 event will also include a networking hour at which attendees can mingle and share their contact information with the local business and government leaders who will act as judges.
Among the organizations sponsoring the Taylor event is Career Prospectors, an organization that helps job seekers and students navigate career transition. Founded in 2002 by Charlie Wood, president of Attributes For Success, the all-volunteer group has more than 1,000 members who attend weekly meetings and learn from presentations by community leaders, recruiters, career coaches and business owners.
"Hundreds of those members have found jobs," says Wood, "yet they remain in the network to support other job seekers with information, contacts, leads, and job postings."
With core program topics that include networking, self-marketing, elevator pitches, staying positive and helping others, the Career Prospectors group is not only well-suited as a sponsor of the Kay Taylor event, but as a "pre-season" warm-up venue. At a December meeting of the group, the program featured a preparation class that allowed job-seekers to play practice rounds of "Winning the Training Game" and benefit from expert critiques prior to "the big game."
"A critical benefit," says Wood of the group, "is the support and encouragement we provide each other throughout the job search."
As one member notes on the website, networking is not just about collecting contacts; it's also about garnering that valuable but oft-overlooked bonus of positive feedback.
"The Career Prospectors group helped me to get a shot in the arm," wrote the member, "right when I needed it."
Going global?
With any luck, the Jan. 26 event will also provide a shot in the arm for local job-seekers and employers – not to mention another successful showcase of a game that appears to be on the path to international recognition.
After market testing her game, Taylor launched it last spring at a gathering of the American Society for Training and Development – and sold the sample before she left the site.
Now she has customized the 130-question game for business-to-business, automotive, insurance, distribution, real estate and customer service niches, and is marketing the game internationally. The set also includes 30 blank cards so that individual businesses can write their own questions and answers and create a specialized training tool.
What's more, Taylor has applied for the Donald Trump television show, "The Apprentice" – and even though she missed the deadline for consideration for the recent season, Trump producers have shown interest and are still in touch.
If a recent board game event held at the Jobs Assistance Ministry is any indication, local job-hunters will meet with success as well. The JAM event in August resulted in three direct hires, in addition to abundant opportunities for prospective hires to interact with employers, both at the meeting and afterwards.
At any rate, says Taylor, the Innsbrook game show event is sure to be fun, lively, and educational.
"People get really caught up in the game and their energy comes through."
The "Winning the Training Game" networking event, sponsored jointly by R. Rushton Paul Consulting, LLC and Career Prospectors, JAM, Virginia Career Network, the Henrico Employment Transition Center, and Kay Taylor, will take place from 4 - 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Virginia Employment Transition Center at 4060 Innslake Drive. The event is free and open to all, but participants MUST register in advance with a participating group (Career Prospectors, The Virginia Employment Transition Center at Innsbrook, St. Michaels-Jobs Assistance Ministry, Capital Area Workforce Center or Virginia Career Network) to take part in the live event. Registration is also available at meetup.com/Employment-Transition-Center-at-Innsbrook or by calling Kevin Dumville at 366-2610.
Career Prospectors meets Tuesday mornings at Three Chopt Presbyterian Church, 9315 Three Chopt Road. There is no cost to join or attend. Meetings begin with coffee and networking at 7:30 a.m. and programs run from 8 - 9:30 a.m. For information call Charlie Wood at 360-0335 or visit career-prospectors.com.
For information about Kay Taylor visit http://winningthesellinggame.com .
Holman student named Miss Va. Coed Junior Teen
Holman Middle School student Victoria Nguyen recently was named Miss Virginia American Coed Junior Teen after competing in the Miss Virginia American Coed pageant in Williamsburg. She was the youngest competitor in her division. Nguyen now will advance to represent Virginia at the 2015 Miss American Junior Teen Pageant at Walt Disney World in Florida in November. > Read more.
Companion Extraordinaire to honor veterans May 14
Companion Extraordinaire Home Care and Skilled Services will be honoring veterans and current military members May 14 at 11 a.m. The event will take place at 5311 Lakeside Avenue.
Companion Extraordinaire dedicated a hall in its new Lakeside office as a "Wall of Honor" and will be presenting 13 military service men and women with certificates as well as placing their service photos on the wall.
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Henrico student among 3 vying for national $10,000 scholarship
Public vote open through Friday to select winner
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Henrico resident Haley Malloy is one of three national finalists for a $10,000 scholarship, whose winner will be determined by the vote of the public.
Malloy is a finalist for The Goddard School Anthony A. Martino Scholarship, which is open annually to any high school junior or senior who graduated from a Goddard School pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program. Applicants are evaluated based upon the work ethic and perseverance they have demonstrated – two key characteristics of Martino, the founder of the Goddard School franchise system. > Read more.
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More than monkey business
Disneynature's 'Monkey Kingdom' is its strongest yet
"Did you know monkeys could swim?" asks Tina Fey in Monkey Kingdom. While she's asking, a toque macaque (a two foot-long monkey with red-white fur and great hair) breast-strokes under the surface of a pond, yanking out lily pad flowers by her teeth and dragging them ashore to munch later.
Turns out monkeys can swim. And slide down telephone poles. And do the thing from Flashdance where you bring down a cascade of water on your head and shake it off in slow-motion.
All will happen in Monkey Kingdom, the eighth film in nine years from Disneynature, Disney's wildlife documentary outlet. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
Relax this holiday weekend with Fridays Uncorked at Southern Season – taste wines from the Roman Empire! Or at James River Cellars who is hosting "Experience Virginia" – sample Virginia wine, beer, cider and mead. And what goes better with wine than strawberries – an annual tradition in Varina, the Gallmeyer Farms' Strawberry Fields Festival is tomorrow. Other fun happenings this weekend include: "A Little Princess" at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen; weekly dance at American Legion Post 125; and National Theatre Live's "Man and Superman" at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
CAT Theatre announces 2015-16 schedule, new partnership
Final performance of 2015 season – 'Quartet' – starts this week
CAT Theatre's final show of its 51st season – Quartet by Ronald Harwood – will open May 22 and run through June 6. It will be the show's Richmond-area premiere.
The theatre also announced its four-show schedule for its 52nd season, which will begin in October and continue into June 2016, and announced a new partnership with The Bifocals Theatre Project, an outreach program into senior communities in the Richmond region. > Read more.
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I highly recommend them to EVERYONE!! It has really struck me what a "white bread" existence I've lived as I read these stories - so rich in culture.
They are an exercise of the tongue, of the mind, and of the spirit. They entertain way beyond just a simple bed time story. You can picture the cities, the towns, the people. Just when you think the story a bit to complex for a child, the child chimes in with their own interpretation making these stories even more complex, but in an enriching and entrancing way.
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The eclectic jam/funk band Bullfrog has played over a hundred live shows a year since their 1994 inception. Their experience was apparent as they presented a flawless performance to an enthusiastic crowd at the Abbey Pub in Chicago on Wednesday. Not only was their mind-blowing set more incredible than I would have imagined, but I was also blessed with a pleasant surprise as the opening band turned out to be Drums and Tuba.
From what I had heard the lineup was supposed to include a pre-show DJ, some sort of opening act, and then Bullfrog. Talk about an understatement! As we walked through the doors of the Abbey we knew instantly that we had underestimated the evening's entertainment as we spotted Koala at home behind the turntables. If you haven't gotten out to see this kid spin, I highly suggest you do so the next time he's in your area. He blends elements of hip-hop, jazz, drum and bass, and just about every other genre into a smooth and delicious treat for your ears. You don't get to go on tour with Radiohead or Money Mark by being an average DJ. Koala is one of the few that truly represent turntablism as an art form.
The transition from DJ to opening act was just like Koala had slipped on a new record as Drums and Tuba went from sound checking over the mix and directly into their performance. This dynamic trio consists of Tony Nazero on the drums, Brian Wolff on tuba and trumpet, and Neal McKeeby on the electric guitar(s). These guys really set it off with their unique blend of sounds and effects and got the crowd bobbing immediately with their contagious energy. They were all over the place with some serious funk, a bit of powerful rock, and a nice touch of a slower spacey vibe, all combining to give the crowd a little taste of everything.
What made this band so interesting and fun to listen to, as well as watch, was the way they turned three instruments into an orchestra of sounds. Nazero kept the group going with some rather impressive percussion while McKeeby and Wolff tweaked their various instruments into doing things that one could only dream of. How often have you seen a phat bass line laid down with a funky tuba loop? Or someone playing two guitars at the same time? A seemingly infinite supply of effects kept the music fresh and brought real depth to the band's sound.
By the time Drums and Tuba were wrapping up their set the Abbey had really filled up with a sizeable crowd that really seemed to be enjoying the show. The group ended their set with a climactic and awe-inspiring final number, "Clashing" that pushed the crowd over the edge. These guys really gave an energetic and incredible performance that was truly entertaining and they definitely got things heated up for the headliner.
While Bullfrog went about setting up their equipment the crowd was treated to yet another Kid Koala set. As I was trying to figure out where I had heard the beat he was playing I heard some one behind me ask, "Isn't that 'Shout' by Tears for Fears?" I told you this guy was all over the place. Koala kept the crowd warm with his turntable stylings for a bit longer and then the Bullfrog experience commenced.
Even at the first look at the band, you could tell that you were in for a real treat. There was a drum kit as well as an additional percussion setup, bass, electric guitar, and of course Koala's three-turntable arrangement. With all this, we were virtually guaranteed an interesting and multidimensional sound.
The band, consisting of Mark Robertson (guitar/vocals), Peter Santiago (bass), Joanna Peters (percussion/vocals), Massimo Sansalone (drums), James Sobers (MC), and Kid Koala (turntables) really got the crowd moving with their unique blend of funk, hip hop, and just all out jams. The music had a rather distinct hip hop feel that was stimulated by both Sobers' rhyming and Koala's turntable skills, but often mingled with touches of reggae or latin grooves and of course that funky and rather addictive improv vibe.
If the instrumentation provided by the band wasn't enough to entertain the crowd by itself, then the addition of Sobers' clever and poignant rhymes really sealed the deal. The song "Reverse Psychology" for example, urged the nearly frenzied crowd to "put your hands down," to no avail, as they were just too into the music. In addition to Sobers, the complementing vocals of Robertson and Peters really gave the show an added dimension that gave Bullfrog a truly unique and distinct sound.
The percussion team of Peters and Sansalone worked as if under the control of a single being and came together to set a spectacular rhythmic tone as the rest of the band worked their magic. Koala provided the band with a unique feel with a DJ performance in concert with a great live band. The masterful lead guitar work by Robertson and funky bass stylings of Santiago provided the crowd with a jaw-dropping performance that made the evening's musical treat a memorable one.
During one particularly funky instrumental jam session the ecstatic Sobers claimed, "That's that funk right there." My sentiments exactly. I hope to catch Bullfrog again as soon as possible and I found myself leaving with a copy of their new album just in case it isn't soon enough.


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Peggy Noonan Paints The 'Tea Party' As 'Spontaneous' - Downplays Beck As 'Shiny Object'
Peggy Noonan did her best to try to portray the "Tea Party" movement as some kind of leaderless, spontaneous, grass roots movement on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS. She also really didn't want anyone to pay any attention to, as fellow panelist Charles Postel pointed out, the influence of Fox News and Glenn Beck have had in promoting the astroturf movement.
Noonan also tried selling the fantasy that this movement which is fueling the anger of the most extreme in the right wing base is somehow going to appeal to "centrists." Noonan knows full well that this movement has been co-opted by big business interests, that it's nothing but an effort to re-brand the Republican Party and that they're pushing the party further to the right.
You can read the transcript for the entire two segments here. Below are the portions highlighting Noonan's hackery.
ZAKARIA: Peggy, what do you think? Is this a garden variety --
PEGGY NOONAN, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: I think --
ZAKARIA: -- conservative movement? Something more?
NOONAN: I think it is conservative, but it has potential appeal to centrists. I think it has some of the -- the Tea Party has some of the style and -- and spirit, if you will, of classic populist movements. It is anti-establishment, it is anti-elite, it is broad, it is spontaneous, it is still evolving. It is not something that is set.
It is not part of the Republican Party. It is a critique of and challenge to that party, and we'll see how that goes, how that relationship plays out as the Tea Party evolves.
But I -- I think it's very much within American tradition, and I also think it is where the energy is on the political scene right now.
ZAKARIA: So Bob, when does something that we would call modern populism -- in other words, not going all the way back, but when does populism as we would understand it begin in the modern -- in the modern era?
ROBERT CARO, AUTHOR, THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON: It's not only the when, but where. You know, populism started 48 miles north of Lyndon Johnson's hometown, Johnson City, in the depths of the -- the Texas Hill Country.
When you think of populism today, you say Lyndon Johnson's grandfather ran for the legislature on the populist ticket. His father didn't -- was a Democrat, but he was a true populist, who said to Lyndon Johnson, the job of government is to help people cordon the tentacles of circumstance.
That's what populism wanted. Populism was for social justice, where government's stepping in to help people fighting forces too big for them to fight themselves.
So when I watch the Tea Party today, try to appropriate the tag of populism, you really think that's really at odds with American history.
ZAKARIA: So Charles, would you agree with that? That the populist movement, in its essence, has really a kind of movement of -- of people wanting government involvement?
CHARLES POSTEL, AUTHOR, THE POPULIST VISION: I -- I agree with that, very much so. This is a good description. It was -- the epicenter was Central Texas back in the 1880s and '90s. Poor farmers wanted to use government to make a better life for themselves. They wanted to use government to make a better life for poor people, and that's the --
ZAKARIA: So what --
POSTEL: That was what it was about.
ZAKARIA: So what is the Tea Party?
POSTEL: The Tea Party is a conservative movement, not a populist movement. It's a conservative movement that doesn't think the government should make a better life for poor people, for -- for the common person.
ZAKARIA: Peggy, what do you think? Why is the energy there?
NOONAN: Because they feel, I think -- I mean, I spend a lot of time talking to and e-mailing with folks who were involved in various places in the Tea Party. They're so diverse in their thinking and some of them talk about the tenth amendment or some of them talk about this.
But the one thing that they have in common, and if they stick with this I think they will be very attractive in the future to centrist voters and thinkers. The one thing they have in common is that they are making a kind of economic protest against the federal government in Washington.
They're saying you are too big. You demand too much. You are changing the shape of too many things. You're regulating too much, and all of this promises to be bad for our country in the future.
But it's economic issues that they talk about.
I think, as they evolve, if they become involved in other issues, it may not be so attractive to centrists. But I think if they stay where they are and look to their knitting, it will move forward and be something very interesting and full of implication.
ZAKARIA: Bob?
CARO: Well, you know, Peggy, you're -- you're perfectly right. It's economic interests they're talking about. The interests they're not talking about is social justice.
The whole idea of populism is that government must step in to help people fighting forces that are too large for them to help fight themselves. Who would say, in the interest of -- if you talk to the populist leaders and you said 39 or 40 million Americans don't have health insurance today, who in the original populist movement would not say then it's the job of government to step in and do that?
That's the terrible thing that's been lost in this debate. The whole history, the whole fight, you might say, for social justice in America is sort of being left out of this discussion of the Tea Party Movement.
NOONAN: Bob, are we confusing populism and the populist tradition with progressivism and the progressivist tradition?
I don't hear anybody in the Tea Party saying do away with Social Security.
POSTEL: (INAUDIBLE). Everywhere.
NOONAN: All right.
POSTEL: Everywhere.
NOONAN: In every movement there are some people. They --
POSTEL: No, no.
NOONAN: They are absolutely not saying Social Security should not exist.
POSTEL: They are (ph).
NOONAN: They are saying reform the entitlements. They are saying change the way it's set up, and they are seeing --
POSTEL: This is what you would like them to say.
NOONAN: It is what they are saying, and saying to me.
Now, they may be saying something different to you, but it is a nation of 305 million people. You are describing something that I'm not seeing, and so it leaves me confused.
This is a broad -- the Tea Party Movement is broad and evolving. Nobody's in charge of it. Nobody's telling it what to think.
POSTEL: The Tea Party Movement is a very well-organized, very disciplined movement, in my view. It has very important centers of power. The role of FOX News, Glenn Beck, is very important in this. It's not -- he's not just a -- a figure. He's just not one of the figures. He is a very important mover and shaker in the Tea Party Movement.
And what I'm describing is the stuff about -- about --
BROOKHISER: Free press. Terrible.
POSTEL: I'm all for the free press, but this --
BROOKHISER: They're not (ph) having an effect.
POSTEL: I'm all -- I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, but we should recognize that the -- that the -- that the FOX machine plays a fundamental role in the organization of the Tea Parties. And Glenn Beck is one of these people who's saying that -- that Obama is leading us -- or is a socialist, and leading us to --
BROOKHISER: The National Review Institute --
NOONAN: Charles, I think it's more interesting than that.
BROOKHISER: So the National Review Institute took a -- a poll about the Tea Party and -- and related phenomena, and of the respondents who said they had been to Tea Parties, one-fifth of them said they voted for Obama.
ZAKARIA: We have to break the discussion. We will be back to have more on the Tea Party, more on American politics, left, right and center.
ZAKARIA: So if Obama were a middle aged white man do you think there's many people would be saying he's taken the country away from me, he's -- he's not an American, things like that?
POSTEL: Well, I -- I think that my own view is that if Hillary Clinton were president, we would have -- we would have the same billionaires funding protest movements against her that we have against Obama. The Coke Brothers were just as passionate against Clinton as they are against Obama, and we would be, if she had pushed health insurance, we would be having the same cries of socialist dictatorship that we have today.
I don't think there's a difference. There's no question that the Tea Party is tapping into racist -- racist feelings.
BROOKHISER: (INAUDIBLE) because it's an important part of it.
ZAKARIA: Peggy, race?
NOONAN: I don't think that's what this is about. I think the Tea Party Movement is about a crisis in America and an attempt by people to deal with it in a way that is not driven by parties but is driven by individuals who are connecting through the internet, through various ways, and trying to move the ball forward in a way that they think is commonsensical and right. I think it begins with a sense of crisis, not with race.
ZAKARIA: And do you think -- when you look at this -- this moment that the country is moving left, moving right, ideologically where are we? And the obvious sense is that the conventional wisdom is Obama moved too far left and this produced a reaction.
POSTEL: Well, I think there's no question that -- that when you look at Obama's approval ratings, one thing we need to add into it is a lot of disapproval come from people on the left who doesn't -- who don't think he did enough, the public option, closing Guantanamo, the war in Afghanistan, there are many people who are discontent with Obama.
ZAKARIA: But they're not voting. Nobody's voting for the Tea Parties and Republicans -
POSTEL: But we haven't had -
ZAKARIA: -- because Obama wasn't too far left.
POSTEL: But we haven't had an election yet. So -- but when you look at the opinion polls of disapproval that's part of the disapproval opinion polls. The other side of it is, there's the Tea Parties have had an enormous microphone and whatever you say about it, having the most powerful cable network behind them is a tremendous microphone and -
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Free speech. It gets -
POSTEL: Like all the time, man.
NOONAN: But I've got to tell you every time --
ZAKARIA: (INAUDIBLE) to be the -- the most powerful cable network, you mean the second most powerful cable network.
POSTEL: Whatever it is.
NOONAN: Guys, every time the left gets obsessed with FOX News, I know they're starting to lose. Get your mind off that. Talk to the Tea Party. Get out there with the folks, not just the people who e- mail you and declare themselves to be John Birch Society members, but forget that stuff.
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Hello, you record Samuel Hutton of Grant co KY as buried in Clark's Creek cemetery. I have record of his wife's burial but have no evidence that Samuel is there. Yes I would like to believe but wonder if you have a source for your record. Thanks for any help. Jeanette at email@example.com
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Having searched up and down Clarks Creek Road I only found 1 Cemetery and that was at the Church. I searched Clarks Creek Baptist Church Cemetery and could not find the Millers; Betsy J , Pallistine, & Louisa Jane. An old relative took pictures of their graves stones which I posted, Kentucky records show they are buried at Clarks Creek however I cannot find the cemetery. Can you help me locate were they are buried?
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Leo Wilson Dietz as you have it as Leo Dietz is duplication. I entered a more detailed regarding my father entry.
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There are two Samples' Cemeteries in Shelby County. One in the Bagdad area and the other in Waddy area. If I am reading the death certificates correctly it says Harrisonville as their place of residence. This is in the Waddy area. You have placed the request in the Samples Family Cemetery located in Bagdad area. Both cemeteries are listed in the Shelby County Cemetery book but sorry to say George nor Amanda are listed as being buried in either one of them. The Samples Cemetery (in the Waddy area) does show there were 12 graves marked by fieldstones in a survey made in 1979. I suspect your requests would be part of these 12. I will continue to look through the book to see if I can find them anywhere else.
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Thanks. I guess we are cousins through the Kelley/Sam's. Do know who found the pictures of Joseph Kelley/Permelia/Wm Coleman Sams ? Did you find them? You sent me the grave sites of Wm and Lucinda Kelly Sam's about 15 yrs ago. Vivian
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It seems there are two George Angels buried at KY Veterans Cemetery North. You posted a grave marker photo in the memorial of George Raybourne Angel (SSG, US Army, Vietnam), but the marker is for George W. Angell, Jr.(S1, USN, World War II).
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Episode PremiereFebruary 24, 2014
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The reunited Stonehaven Pack (well, minus Logan) gets a call from Daniel Santos. He wants to meet. Knowing that he killed their friend Dennis Stillwell and gouged out his eyes, the Pack are more than happy - but plan on ambushing Santos. Clay and Elena wait in hiding at the designated meeting spot while Jeremy and Tonio travel there, but are sidelined when they find a woman lying unconscious on the side of the road. Good Samaritan Jeremy stops and attends to her, but it's a set up! The woman stabs Jeremy, while Santos and Thomas LeBlanc, the creepy psycho that was turned into a wolf (remember he was the focus of Episode #4), rush out. Tonio is seriously injured before LeBlanc, Santos and the woman retreat, thanks to Clay's arrival on the scene.
The Pack brings the wouned Tonio and Jeremy back to Stately Stonehaven Manor, where Jeremy is in bad shape, but will recover. Tonio, however, is another story. He dies, but not before whispering something to his son Nick which touches the latter (and for which he says "thank you"). Hmm...wonder what it is?
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We cannot do so, more is the pity. That would prevent the use of the game in various countries which have elected to ban said symbol.
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We cannot do so, more is the pity. That would prevent the use of the game in various countries which have elected to ban said symbol.
Isn't planned, but one never knows.
We really need maps with realistic sloping and hillocks. Or at least a more convincing desert with some features.
Pepsi purchases Korea for the world's largest bottling plant, only to realize that Coca Cola controls oversea water transportation under the guise of managing a precious common resource. As a result, Pepsi decides to go into military domination.
Well, now that you've written off the next ten months I'm sure everybody will stop trying.
You need to pick up a modified bf2.exe and substitute it for the original one. I can't remember where it is.
If you leave I will make you suffer. :3 No, but seriously...
Hey, you posted on the Spring: 1944 game page with merely the text "dead".
I just wanted to inform you that we are not at all dead. :D We haven't had a major release for a while but we build testing releases every week or so. Anyway, have a good evening.
The project is not at all dead. Is that what you meant?
My thoughts exactly.
We haven't gotten to that point in discussion of the Pacific front.
Well, I can test whenever I'm on and free.
This mod just keeps getting better and better! When the Spring: 1944 team gets tired of world war two, we usually take a break and play some Project Reality. It is good to see the continued maintenance of and addition to an already excellent experience!
Though we do miss the Chechens. :3
Well, thank you for your response, that was much more useful than the initial one. We will, of course, continue to improve the graphics of the game - it is true that while vehicles, tanks and aircraft look good, infantry do not, and with standard camera use in conjunction with the standard game modes, you'll be looking at infantry from a downward angle often.
Sean, I'm sorry I disappeared after offering map help, it seems I am over my head with various responsibilities. I will be willing to help in less intensive ways, small things here and there or testing, and I can assist on maps, particularly testing and heightmaps, but at the moment I can't commit to anything significant.
Thanks for your comment on Spring 1944. We are indeed still actively developing the game, and I would like to know what you believe should be improved.
You made a comment to the effect that Spring: 1944 did not live up to your expectations, but you did not elaborate. If you have the time, I would love to hear what expectations were not met and what you would like to see.
What is wrong? Explain the problem you are having.
Well, I did want some kind of response so we could improve the game.
That seems like a roundabout way to do it, but thank you.
It is worth noting that as an indie game developer myself, I've experienced the fact that people tend not to read readme.txt, or indeed, any text files included with a release. They seem to prefer formatting, or at least a default manual. Just a suggestion for the future - bloody things take forever to put together.
Huh. I don't seem able to name or save custom variants. Otherwise, appears to be a worthy successor. Can't wait for multiplayer, already have three people lined up to play with.
Well, there are a few smaller insular groups who don't play with others - Finns, Brazilians, Ex-Military Americans. Otherwise, there is a general population of about eighty regularly active players, though at the present time, fewer are online than usual. Most games are 2v2 or 3v3, but if you want 1v1, there are plenty of competent opponents. European, North American and Australian for the most part.
Enjoy the game when you can.
Humorously, some of us never played C&C, and certainly it was not taken into account in development. We mentioned C&C and Supreme Commander in the topic because people bring them up for the sake of comparison - this game predates Supreme Commander, and a few minutes of play will reveal the C&C relationship as... quite limited in scope.
In one on one, the first few encounters tend to define the game, but rushing is not a particularly effective method of achieving victory. The supply system generally gives an edge to the defender, the fear system makes spreading troops a good idea, but spreading also reduces your immediate firepower. Terrain plays a pretty heavy role as well.
If you would like to see tactical intelligence denial, flanking, suppressive fire, points of defense and infiltration all in the average four or six player game, 1944 offers that. It certainly is not perfectly realistic, but as we all know, reality is not really as enjoyable as we are lead to believe.
It is under continual development, and we are adding features. What in particular would you like to see "improved"?
What in particular did you have a problem with? The lack of single player campaigns and the limited selection of realistic maps are both noted, and we hope to improve the situation in the future.
The problem might be the version of Spring, AI support was broken in an earlier release. Update to the newest version of the engine available at the Spring site.
Well, you can, but thus far, few game sound engineers have managed to mix them in such a way that the lyrical content does not interfere.
The Pre-M test releases are accessible through links in the topic of our channel on the Spring lobby, and they get regular play, so don't be a stranger!
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Rs 2-3/litre rise on the cards, as KMF profits dip.
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Bangalore, Jan. 28
Milk prices in Karnataka are slated to rise by Rs 2-3 a litre, with the State Government accepting a request to this effect from the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). KMF has been asked to prepare a detailed proposal.
Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, the Minister for Cooperation, Mr Laxman S. Savadi, said the KMF had mooted the proposal in the wake of reduction in its profits. At present, Nandini milk is priced between Rs 16 and Rs 22 a litre, depending on the fat content.
Mr Savadi said the hike was unavoidable as producers were burdened by rising production costs, which make dairy farming unviable. The benefit of the price hike would be shared between the farmers and the KMF at the ratio 70:30. Of the 14 milk unions in the State, the profits of Gulbarga and Belgaum district milk unions declined sharply, the Minister said.
The price of Nandini milk was last hiked by Rs 2 a litre in November 2007. KMF's attempts to increase prices were stalled last year by the Government, which instead announced Rs 2 a litre as incentive for farmers.
Sources said milk procurement by the KMF has registered a sharp decline in the last three weeks owing to shortage of fodder and water , particularly in districts of Bangalore, Kolar and Shimoga.
Milk procurement by the KMF increased 14 per cent to an average of 36.71 lakh litres a day in April-December 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, when average procurement a day was 32.11 lakh litres.
Currently, the procurement is about 33.54 lakh litres a day, about 11 per cent lower than the average procurement in April-December 2009. A KMF official said such a decline is "normal, after a period of drought".
KMF officials say the State can manage the situation because Karnataka has been milk-surplus since 1996. They claim that the State has "excess production" of 5.46 lakh litres of milk a day despite the recent decline in procurement.


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What's New
Vancouver Writer's Fest
I am thrilled to be moderating two events at the VWF this October.
Event #34 Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 10:00am to 11:30am SECRETS AND LIES with Marthe Jocelyn, Mariko Tamaki and Robert Paul Weston.
Event #68 Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 10:30am to noon THE GERM OF AN IDEA with Lee Henderson, Nancy Lee and Tom Rachman.
For information and tickets go to Vancouver Writers Fest.
Wordfest in Calgary
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 8pm at Festival Hall, I will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Hector Tobar. We will be talking about Deep Dark Down, his riveting story of the 33 men who spent 69 days trapped more than 2000 feet underground in Chile's San Jose Mine in 2010. For more information and tickets go to Wordfest.
A new YA novel in the works!
In September 2013 I was in Ukraine to research a new YA historical novel set in Odessa. As events in Ukraine develop the novel gets longer more complicated .
CNFC 2015 Conference - Victoria, B.C. April 24-26
This fantastic group of writers will be meeting for the 11th Annual CNFC Conference in Victoria in April 2015. Learn more about how we support creative nonfiction writers here.
LOST: A MEMOIR plays in Montreal
Persephone Productions in Montreal, directed by Christopher Moore and featuring Karine Dion in the role of Cathy. The theatre will tour to four venues starting April 5 at John Abbott, April 12 in St. Lambert, April 13 and 14 at Victoria Hall in Westmount, then April 19-21 LEspace 401, Berri.
KARMA shortlisted for the White Pine Award
The Forest of Reading® is Canada's largest recreational reading program! This initiative of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) offers eight reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. The Forest® helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators. More than 250,000 readers participate annually from their School and/or Public Library. All Ontarians/Canadians are invited to participate via their local public library, school library, or individually.
Read the entire list here.
LOST: A MEMOIR — Drama
Finalist for a 2012 Governor General's Award
The Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the annual literary honour, has announced the nominees for the Governor General's Awards. Read the full list here.
Read why Calgary is the new hot bed for Canadian drama by Calgary Herald writer Stephen Hunt
What else I've been doing ….
Queen Elizabeth High School in Calgary - Karma and the Narrative Poem
Wordsworth Summer Camp for Writers at Bragg Creek - Imaginary Beings, the mythical beasts we love
Wordsworth Summer Camp for Writers at Bragg Creek - The Horror, don't walk alone after this class
Alexandra Writer's Centre in Calgary - Creative Nonfiction in Theanna Bischoff's class
Wordsworth Summer Camp for Writers at Bragg Creek - The Art of the Haibun, a 17th Century Japanese Literary Form
YouthWrite at Camp Chief Hector - The Hero's Journey, based on the work of Joseph Campbell
Laurier Heights Junior High School in Edmonton - How to Write Fast and Furious
Gordon Graydon High School in Mississauga - Turning Personal Experience into Fiction
Dunbarton High School in Pickering - The Real Story Behind the Writing of Karma
An Evening of Tales and Legends from Sarees in Toronto - the Saree Motif in Karma
The Northern YABS Tour in Bonnyville and Cold Lake, Alberta - Poetry and Landscape
Currently Reading
- Deep Dark Down by Hector Tobar
- Blues for Zoey by Robert Paul Weston
- What We Hide by Marthe Jocelyn
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
- The Age by Nancy Lee
- The Road Narrows As You Go by Lee Henderson
- The Rise & Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman
- anything by Dionne Brand - currently At the Full and Change of the Moon
Books to watch for
- The Broken Hours by Jacqueline Baker
- Who by Fire by Fred Stenson
My Bio:
Cathy Ostlere writes fiction, cnf, dramas and screenplays. Her nonfiction essays have been shortlisted for National Magazine Awards, Western Magazine Awards, CBC Literary Awards, and Event and Prism creative nonfiction prizes. Her first book, Lost, was shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Creative Non-fiction Award. Cathy co-adapted Lost into a full-length play, Lost: A Memoir, finalist for the 2012 Governor General Literary Awards. Her novel-in-verse, Karma, has received many national distinctions including a 2012 Alberta Literary Award and a finalist for the 2012 City of Calgarys W.O. Mitchell Award. Cathy is the current President of the Creative Nonfiction Collective (CNFC) Society.
My Books:
October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi is gunned down by two Sikh bodyguards. The murder sparks riots in Delhi and for three days Sikh families are targeted and killed in retribution for the Prime Ministers death. It is into this chaos that fifteen-year-old Maya and her Sikh father, Amar, arrive from their home in Canada.
Learn more about the real history of the 1984 riots: bbc.co.uk
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No matter where in the world David is - Australia or China or England - he always calls home on his birthday. But in September of 1995, our family waits in vain for a birthday call that never comes. I leave my home in Calgary to search for my brother and his girlfriend Sarah, last seen on their boat the Mugwump, en route from Ireland to Madeira.
LOST - the play
The dramatic one-woman show, based on my book. Finalist for a 2012 Governor General's Literary Award.
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A multi-layer organic, top-surface, semiconducting dielectric overcoat, having a selected time constant permits electric field charge and dissipation at a selected rate to facilitate particulate material movement over an underlying electrode grid. The coating may be made from a first layer including an oxidant, and a second layer thereover which omits said oxidant. Each layer may further include a compound including a polymer such as bisphenol A polycarbonate, and a charge transport molecule such as m-TBD. A planarized, wear resistant, chemically stable surface, with minimized inter-electrode build-up are also provided by the overcoat.
1. An organic top-surface coating for a particulate transport electrode grid, comprising:
a first organic coating layer located over said particulate transport electrode grid, said first organic coating layer comprising:
a polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polyvinylcarbazole, or cellulose acetate butyrate;
a charge transport agent selected from the group consisting of m-TBD, p-TBD, TM-TBD, or dihydroxy m-TBD;
an oxidant selected from the group consisting of (di-tert-butylphenyl) iodonium hexafluoroarsenate, or cation salts of TM-TBD together with silver trifluoroacetate; and
a second organic coating layer, in physical contact with and overlaying said first organic coating layer, said second organic coating layer comprising:
a polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polyvinylcarbazole, or cellulose acetate butyrate; and
a charge transport agent selected from the group consisting of m-TBD, p-TBD, TM-TBD, or dihydroxy m-TBD;
wherein said top surface coating has a time constant, a dielectric constant, and a resistivity, said time constant, determined by the product of the dielectric constant and the resistivity, being between 1 microsecond and 100 microseconds.
2. The organic coating of claim 1, wherein said time constant is between 50 and 100 microseconds.
3. The organic coating of claim 2, wherein said dielectric constant is between 4 and 12, and further wherein said resistivity is between 1�1010 and 1�1011 ohm-centimeters.
4. The organic coating of claim 1, wherein said polymer is bisphenol A polycarbonate.
5. The organic coating of claim 1, wherein said organic coating is polished so as to have a smooth and planarized upper surface.
The present invention is related to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 09/163,893, 09/164,124, 09/164,250, 09/163,808, 09/163,765, 09/163,839, 09/163,954, 09/163,924, 09/163,904, 09/163,999, 09/163,664, 09/163,518, 09/164,104, issued U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,717,986, 5,893,015, 5,968,674 and 5,853,906, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/128,160, each of the above being incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the field of overcoat materials, and more specifically relates to overcoat materials functioning as relaxation coatings applied on electrode grids.
There are known or proposed systems for electrostatically agitating or moving fine particulate materials, such as marking material (e.g., toner) and the like. One such system is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/163,839, in which a grid of small and closely spaced electrodes are connected to a driver circuit such that a phased d.c. travelling electrostatic wave is established along the grid. Charged particulate material is transported by the electrostatic wave in a desired direction, at a desired velocity. Other such systems cause marking material particles to be agitated from a surface so as to be proximate a receiving surface such as a photoreceptor.
It is known to encapsulate electronic devices, such as integrated circuits, in protective coatings. Such coatings may provide physical protection from scratches, and a moisture barrier between the devices and the ambient environment. However, such materials are generally not used as top-surface dielectrics. Furthermore, such insulation and passivation layers typically have very high resistivities to avoid possible electrical shorts between covered leads.
We have discovered that there are a variety of criteria which overcoats for virtually all electrode grids of the type described above should address. First, it is desirable to provide a planarized surface over which the particulate material may reside or travel. Such a surface eliminates the problem of particulate material becoming trapped between the electrodes. Second, it is desirable to provide a material over the electrodes to provide rapid charge dissipation at a selected time constant. Third, arcing between electrodes must be prevented. Fourth, it is desirable that the overcoat provide a degree of wear resistance, especially in the case of marking material transport. Finally, it is important that such a layer be chemically stable. That is, the layer material must not react with the particulate material nor change characteristics in the presence of the operating environment. However, no known material to date has been able optimize each of these desired attributes.
The present invention is a novel multi-layer coating, for application over e.g. an electrode grid, addressing the shortfalls of the prior art. The coating comprises at least first and second organic polymer layers, deposited over the metal electrodes of an electrode grid, protecting the metal electrodes from being affected by chemical, mechanical, and electrical environments. Arcing between electrodes is eliminated by the coating, which does not break down in the high voltage regime typically employed by particulate material moving grids (e.g., in the range of 400 volts or more). Forming the coating sufficiently thick to allow establishing a planar surface eliminates the accumulation of particulate material interstitially between electrodes.
The coating is a top-surface (that is, not sandwiched between layers) semiconducting dielectric, having a selected time constant to permit electric field charge and dissipation at a selected rate to permit particulate material agitation or movement over an underlying electrode grid.
In general, the coating is comprised of a first, lower layer including a polymeric binder (e.g., a polycarbonate such as MAKROLON 3108, a bisphenol A polycarbonate available from Bayer Polymers Division), a charge transport molecule (e.g., N,N'-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N'-diphenyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4"-diamine, also known as m-TBD), a chemical dopant (e.g., oxidant), and solvents (e.g., methylene chloride, 1,1,2-trichloroethane) to dissolve the aforesaid chemicals. A second, upper layer includes similar materials, with the exception that the chemical dopant is eliminated.
According to one embodiment, one or both of the layers comprise a combination, inter alia, of MAKROLON 3108, a bisphenol A polycarbonate m-TBD, and the solvents methylene chloride and 1,1,2-trichloroethane. According to another embodiment, one or both of the layers are a combination, inter alia, of MAKROLON 3108, a bisphenol A polycarbonate m-TBD, the solvents methylene chloride and 1,1,2-trichloroethane, and (di-tert-butylphenyl)iodonium hexafluoroarsenate. Still another embodiment, one or both of the layers are a combination, inter alia, of MAKROLON 3108, a bisphenol A polycarbonate m-TBD, the solvents methylene chloride and 1,1,2-trichloroethane, and a cation salt of TM-TBD (tetramethyl-TBD) together with silver trifluoroacetate. One method of application is use of a low pressure, high volume spray gun to spray coat to a desired thickness, for example between about 10-40 μm per layer. The overall coating thickness is a function of the electrode thickness, and should be sufficient to provide a planar surface.
However, since one application of the present invention may be a coating overlying a flexible substrate, in such an application a thick coating (e.g., a combined thickness of 50 μm or more) may crack when the electrode substrate is bent to conform to a particular shape. The thinner the electrode, the thinner the required coating, and the easier the polishing procedure. And, the thinner the electrode, the easier it is to achieve planarization. However, thickness will be a function of the desired application.
Following drying, the spray coated electrode grid is polished to produce a smooth, planar surface. One of many known polishing techniques is employed, such as polishing with successively finer abrasives.
The time constant of the coating (again, both layers taken together), as determined by the product of the dielectric constant and the resistivity of the layers, is preferably between 1-100 microseconds (ms) although time constants up to 1 second may be achieved by the present invention. Within this range of time constants, particulate material may be either agitated to a desired height or moved from electrode to electrode, across a grid of electrodes at a speed about 1 to 2 meters per second (m/s). However, in the case of a particle moving grid, the larger the time constant, the slower the speed of movement of the particulate material across the electrode grid. The bulk resistivity of the coating is preferably between 1�109 and 1�1012 ohm�centimeters (Ω�cm). The dielectric constant of the coating should be in the range of 4 to 12.
Thus, the present invention and its various embodiments provide numerous advantages discussed above, as well as additional advantages which will be described in further detail below.
A more complete appreciation of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained and understood by referring to the following detailed description and the accompanying drawing. The drawing, briefly described below, is not to scale.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional illustration of a grid-type particulate particle mover having a multi-layer overcoat thereon according to the present invention.
In the following detailed description, numeric ranges are provided for various aspects of the embodiments described, such as pressures, temperatures, thicknesses, voltage, frequency, etc. These recited ranges are to be treated as examples only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims hereof. In addition, a number of materials are identified as suitable for various facets of the embodiments, such as for marking materials, layer materials, etc. These recited materials are also to be treated as exemplary, and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims hereof.
With reference now to FIG. 1, there is shown therein in cross-section one embodiment 10 of a grid of electrodes 14 formed on a substrate 12. Embodiment 10 is an example of a marking material particle mover, but it should be recognized that the function of the underlying grid does not limit the scope of the present invention. The present invention is applicable over grids serving other functions (not shown) such as particle agitation, etc.
Overlying the grid of electrodes 14 is a first organic overcoat layer 15 according to the present invention. Overlying the first overcoat layer 15 is second organic overcoat layer 16. Other layers (not shown) may form a part of an embodiment of the type shown in FIG. 1, such as interface layers, electrical interconnection layers, etc. In addition, the geometry of an embodiment may vary from that shown in FIG. 1 (although not shown herein). For example electrodes may be formed to have a different profile and thickness, and may be formed in differing locations on the substrate. In any case, a traveling electrostatic wave produced by means not shown causes particulate material 18 to travel from electrode to electrode in the direction of arrow A.
Electrodes 14 are typically constructed of copper, for example 10-25 microns thick, although they may be formed of other materials. A common process for the formation of electrodes 14 is by wet chemical etching of a photolithographically defined copper electrode pattern on Kapton (polyimide film), a common practice in the art of flexible circuit. Two important criteria for the overcoat of the present invention are that (1) the process used to form it not negatively affect the electrodes or substrate, and (2) that the material from which it is formed not negatively interact with the electrodes or the substrate.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, first layer 15 is formed of a solution consisting of a polymer such as MAKROLON 3108, a bisphenol A polycarbonate (3.14 wt. %), a charge transport agent such as m-TBD (1.70 wt. %), an oxidant such as cation salts of TM-TBD (0.78 wt. % with respect to m-TBD) and silver trifluoroacetate (0.83 wt. % to m-TBD), and a solvent such as methylene chloride(56.7 wt. %), and 1,1,2-trichloroethane (38.4 wt. %). It should be noted, however, that the cation salts may range from 0.25 wt. % to 2.5 wt. % with respect to m-TBD, and silver trifluoroacetate may range from 0.25 wt. % to 2.6 wt. % with respect to m-TBD, while the other components remain as stated.
In general, the polymer for such a solution may be selected from the group comprising a polycarbonate (e.g., MAKROLON 3108, 3208, 5705, or PCZ 200, 400), a polyvinylcarbazole, or cellulose acetate butyrate. Also the charge transport agent for such a solution may be selected from the group comprising m-TBD, p-TBD, TM-TBD, and dihydroxy m-TBD. In addition to or in place of methylene chloride and 1,1,2-trichloroethane, a number of other solvents may be employed.
A particle mover electrode grid (for example 25 μm thick copper electrodes with 75 μm electrode width and spacing on a 50 μm thick polyimide film) is cleaned by submicron aluminum oxide slurry, then neutralized with very diluted hydrochloric acid (about 0.1%, or equivalent acidic solution) and to remove any oxidized layer on the metal electrodes. A de-ionized water rinse is the next step. As an indication that no contamination is left on the electrode grid, the grid should be wettable by the DI water rinse. The uncoated electrode grid is air-blow dried and then dried in an oven at 40� C. for 10 to 15 minutes.
Using a low pressure, high volume spray gun, the electrode grid is spray coated with the first layer coating solution under a fume hood to obtain a coating thickness of between 10 and 40 μm. The coated electrode grid is next air-dried under a fume hood for 10 to 15 minutes, then placed in an oven at 40� C. for 2 hours. The grid is then placed in a vacuum oven operating at about 4.5 Torr, purging with nitrogen. The grid is baked inside the vacuum oven through a drying cycle of 2 hrs at 40� C., one hour at 50� C. and 2 hours at 65� C. The purpose of the series of drying steps is to minimize rapid outgassing of solvents from the coating, to in turn minimize any bubble formation in the dried coating layer.
After drying, the first layer organic coating is polished using successively finer diamond polishing compounds. For example, a starting compound may have a particle size of 6 μm particles, then a compound of 3 μm particles, then 1 μm particles to produce a smooth surface. With sufficient initial thickness of the first overcoat layer, a planar surface may thereby obtained. However, planarization at this stage is not required in every case, as the second layer, to be applied over the first layer, may be sufficiently thick that polishing of said second layer may provide the desired planar uppermost surface.
The time constant of the first layer organic film should range from about 1 ms to about 100 ms. The ultimate thickness of the first layer will depend on the electrode metal thickness. For 25 μm thick metal electrodes, an overcoat layer thickness on the order of 30 to 35 μm before polishing will suffice. During the polishing process approximately 5 μm of the coating would be polished off.
Thus, the first layer organic overcoat may be tailored to have a resistivity on the order of between 1�109 and 1�1011 Ω-cm. This is significantly lower than the resistivity of a typical insulation or passivation layer, which would be on the order of 1014 to 1016 Ω-cm. The time constant (τ) for the overcoat is related to the resistivity (ρ) and the dielectric constant (.di-elect cons.), as:
τ=ρ�.di-elect cons.
A desired time constant for the proper establishment then dissipation of an electric field for particulate transport at a reasonable speed (1 to 2 m/s) is in the range of 1-100 ms. However, time constants up to, for example 1 second, are contemplated hereby, with the consequent reduction in particulate material transport speed. Indeed, a desired transport speed may be obtained by properly selecting the time constant of the layer (i.e., adjusting the resistivity) and selecting the optimal operating conditions such as voltage and frequency.
In the present embodiment, the desired resistivity of first layer 15 may be obtained by controlling either one or both of the concentrations (wt. %) of the oxidant or m-TBD in the coating composition. The first layer 15 may be tailored to have a resistivity on the order of between 1�109 and 1�1011 Ω-cm, and preferably between 1�109 Ω-cm and 1�1010 Ω-cm, or even between 1�109 Ω-cm and 5�109 Ω-cm.
As an alternative first layer, the solution may be comprised of Makrolon 3108 (2.90 wt. %), m-TBD (1.94 wt. %), (di-tert-butylphenyl)iodonium hexafluoroarsenate (0.235 wt. % with respect to m-TBD), methylene chloride (56.8 wt. %), and 1,1,2-trichloroethane (38.4 wt. %). However, the oxidant (di-tert-butylphenyl)iodonium hexafluoroarsenate may vary from 0.2 wt. % to 2.0 wt. % with respect to m-TBD, while the remaining components would have the proportions indicated. The preparation and application process is essentially as described above, with the exception that 2 minutes of exposure to UV radiation is required to obtain semiconductive properties of the layer. The resulting characteristics of the first layer according to this embodiment are substantially as stated above.
It has been observed, however, that the coating of this example appears to be a dynamic chemical system. Reactions altering the system characteristics may be initiated in-situ, producing polymer chain fragmentation which could be responsible for cracking and crazing. These changes may also directly impact the electrical properties of the system. Experimental results from a stress-aged film (samples being placed in a humidity chamber at 50� C. and 80-100% relative humidity for 24 days) showed losses in molecular weight and emergence of new peaks in the oligomeric region containing both charge transport molecule cation radicals and polymer fragments. This signals that chemical changes occurred in the system. Application of second layer 16 over this embodiment of first layer 15 serves to protect the first layer 15 from the effects of exposure to the environment, and at least partially stabilizes the system.
According to one embodiment of the second layer of a coating according to the present invention, a solution consisting of a polymer such as 18.8 grams (about 3.1 wt. %) of MAKROLON 3108 (bisphenol A polycarbonate), a charge transport agent such as 10.2 grams of m-TBD (1.7 wt. %) in 340 grams (about 56.8 wt. %) of methylene chloride and 230 grams (about 38.4 wt. %) of 1,1,2-trichloroethane is prepared. In general, the polymer may be selected from the group comprising a polycarbonate (e.g., MAKROLON 3108, 3208, 5705, or PCZ 200, 400), a polyvinylcarbazole, or cellulose acetate butyrate. Also the charge transport agent may be selected from the group comprising m-TBD, p-TBD, TM-TBD, and dihydroxy m-TBD. In addition to or in place of methylene chloride and 1,1,2-trichloroethane, a number of other solvents may be employed. Importantly, the oxidant material is omitted from this second layer solution. The resistivity of the second layer is controllable by varying the weight percentage of m-TBD (or equivalent).
The preparation and application process of second layer 16 is essentially as described above for first layer 15. The second layer solution is spray coated over the dried, polished, then cleaned first organic layer. The spray and drying conditions are essentially as previously stated, with the ultimate thickness of the second organic coating layer being in the range of 10-40 μm. Again, the second layer organic coating is polished using successively finer polishing compounds. With sufficient initial thickness of the second layer, a planarized upper surface 20 may be obtained.
A meaningful velocity of toner movement is 1 to 2 m/s at operating conditions such as 500 volt and 1.2 KHz frequency. Within a desired range of time constants, the velocity of toner movement is also a function of operating voltage and frequency. As a rule of thumb, the higher the voltage and frequency, the faster the velocity of toner movement. Resistivity and dielectric constant of the first and second layers together determine the time constant.
The resistivity of the second layer 16 is in the range of 1�1010 and 1�1012, with a dielectric constant of between 4 and 12. A target resistivity of the combined, multi-layer organic overcoat between 1�109 and 1�1011 Ω�cm, and a dielectric constant of between 4 and 12 are thus obtainable, and may produce time constants in the range of 1-100 ms, which may produce a velocity of toner movement well within the required range of 1 to 2 m/s.
While the present invention has been discussed in terms of embodiments focussing on the combination of bisphenol A polycarbonate, m-TBD, methylene chloride, and 1,1,2-trichloroethane, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various embodiments of a multi-layer organic coating for a particulate marking material transport device are contemplated herein. Furthermore, while embodiments described and alluded to herein are capable of providing an adequate overcoat for devices including electrode grids, such as particulate marking material movers, the present invention is not limited to marking material or particle movement, but may find applicability in a variety of other environments requiring an overcoat. Thus, it should be appreciated that the description herein is merely illustrative, and should not be read to limit the scope of the invention nor the claims hereof.
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