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The method for metallizing the surface of dielectric materials according to the invention comprises a first step wherein a metal powder, the size of the grains of which is comprised between 10 and 5000 nm, is deposited and then incorporated into the surface of the dielectric material. In a second step of the method, the dielectric material which is so impregnated with metal, is immersed into an autocatalytic bath to coat the impregnated zones of the material with a layer of the metal contained in the bath in a thickness which is proportional to the immersion time. This method enables to metallize materials such as oxides, polymers and composites containing these oxides and/or these polymers. The characteristics of the metal deposits are controlled, on the one hand, by the type of metal, and the size and the geometry of the metal powder grains and, on the other hand, by the type and the structure of the dielectric materials coated with these deposits.
1. A method for metallizing a dielectric surface of a dielectric material comprising:
providing a dielectric material having a surface;
impregnating a first metal in powder form having a grain size of between about 10 nm and 5000 nm into the surface of the dielectric material to form a plurality of metal impregnated zones on the surface of the dielectric material; and
immersing the dielectric material impregnated with the metal powder into an autocatalytic bath containing a second source of metal and forming a metal layer on the impregnated zones on the surface of the dielectric material.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal source of the autocatalytic bath contains the same metal as the metal powder impregnated into the surface of the dielectric material.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal source of the autocatalytic bath contains a different metal from the metal of the powder impregnated into the surface of the dielectric material.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the surface is impregnated with the metal powder by combining the metal powder with a liquid having a volatile portion to form a suspension; coating the surface of the dielectric material with the suspension; and permitting the volatile portion of the suspension to evaporate.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the liquid containing the metal powder is a liquid capable of chemically corroding the surface of the dielectric material.
6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the surface of the dielectric material is irradiated by a laser beam after the volatile portion of the suspension has evaporated.
7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the surface of the dielectric material is exposed to micro-waves after the volatile portion of the suspension has evaporated.
8. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the dielectric material is transparent to laser radiation and has a first surface impregnated with the metal powder and a second surface and including the steps of contacting the first surface of the dielectric material with the liquid suspension; and irradiating the metal powder impregnated in the first surface of the dielectric material by passing a laser beam through the second surface of the dielectric material.
9. The method as claimed in claim 4, including the step of imbedding the metal powder into the surface of the dielectric material by applying a force with a stamp or punch to the surface of the dielectric material impregnated with the metal powder.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the punch or stamp has a surface which is heated to a sufficient temperature so that the metal powder impregnated in the dielectric surface is melted by the punch or stamp.
11. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the dielectric material has a first flat surface and a second flat surface and is transparent to laser radiation, and including the steps of: providing a contact member having a flat surface; contacting the first flat surface of the dielectric material impregnated with the metal powder with the surface of the contact member; and irradiating the first flat surface of the dielectric material by passing radiation through the second flat surface of the dielectric material so that the metal powder impregnated onto the first flat surface of the dielectric material is transferred onto the surface of the contact member.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the contact member is a dielectric material.
13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the contact member is not a dielectric material.
14. The method as claimed in claim 1, further including the steps of engraving the surface of the dielectric material to form grooves on the surface prior to impregnating the surface of the dielectric material with the metal powder.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the surface of the dielectric material is mechanically engraved to form grooves for receiving the metal powder by contacting the surface of the dielectric material with a tool in a predetermined path on the dielectric surface.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the metal powder has a grain size of less than 100 nm.
17. The method as claimed in claims 15, wherein the surface of the dielectric material having the metal powder disposed within the grooves formed by engraving is exposed to heat prior to immersion of the dielectric material into the autocatalytic bath.
18. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the dielectric surface is engraved by a laser beam to form grooves to receive the metal powder.
19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the metal powder has a grain size of less than 100 nm.
20. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the grooves on the surface of the dielectric material for receiving the metal powder are limited by the lateral dimensions of the means for engraving the surface of the dielectric material.
21. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal powder is derived from a metal or an alloy selected from the group consisting of Ni, Cu, Ni-Co, Ni-Cu, Ni-Fe, Ni-Re, Ni-Co-Re, Ni-W, Co-W, Ni-Co-W, Co-Zn, Co-Fe, Co-Re, Cu-Co, Co-Mo, Co-Mn, Ag, Au, Pd, Pt, Sn, Cr, Cd, Fe, and Pb.
22. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the process of impregnating, immersing and coating is repeated a plurality of times and wherein at least one of the plurality of times the metal or alloy is different so that a plurality of interconnected tracks is formed on the dielectric surface.
23. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal powder has a grain diameter in the range of about 100 nm to 5000 nm.
24. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal powder has a grain diameter in the range of about 10 nm to 100 nm.
25. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of refractory dielectric oxides, polymers, polymer alloys, composites of refractory dielectric oxides, composites of polymers and composites of polymer alloys.
26. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of a monocrystal, a polycrystal, a powder, a glass, a fiber, and a film deposited onto a metal or insulator substrate.
27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the powder has a variable grain size.
28. The method of claim 26, wherein the powder has a uniform grain size.
The methods for metallizing surfaces described in this invention are a) mainly characterized by the use of metal powders as initial metallization agents for these surfaces and, secondly, b) by different techniques allowing to integrate, in a chemical, thermal or mechanical way, these powders into the surface, or over a small depth, of materials which are moreover difficult to metallize, such as for example the electric insulators (ceramics, glasses, plastics). Optionally, this initial metallization can be confined to reduced zones of these surfaces by irradiating by means of a laser beam displaced over the surfaces. Independent of the integration technique of the used powders, which allows to realize the initial metallization of the surfaces, these surfaces are subsequently coated, only in the initially metallized zones, with a metal layer having a variable thickness upto several hundreds micrometers by using the known electrolysis methods for depositing metals onto metal or metallized substrates (with or without electric polarization of the substrate with respect to the electrolysis bath).
It is industrially particularly most desirable to metallize the surface of dielectric materials which are moreover electric insulators. In order to be efficient and industrially workable, this metallization must produce very adherent films, irrespective of their thickness, onto any dielectric substrate and irrespective of the state of its surface (polished, rough, crystallized or amorphous). The application of metallization is found in metallurgy; hardening of surfaces and abrasion resistance; electronics; interconnection of hybride circuits; optics; metallization of mirrors; chemistry; passivation to chemical agents. The most interesting materials include; alumina, silica, ferrites, polymers and any composite of these materials.
The most important difficulty for metallizing these materials is caused by their chemical nature. Indeed, they are composed of atoms which are interconnected by very strong covalent or ionic bonds. Due to these bonds on their surface, any foreign atom which is depositied thereon is linked in this way to this surface only by dipolar forces, which are therefore relatively weak with respect to the intrinsic interatomic forces at the surface of the substrate. This physisorbtion is generally responsible for the low adherence of the films obtained by vacuum evaporation, in particular onto a dielectric substrate.
The adherence of the metal films can be increased in two ways: a) by increasing the effective contact surface between the film and the substrate; or b) by modifying the chemistry of the film/substrate interface. The first way is of a structural nature. It consists in making the surface of the substrate rough prior to the deposit (in a conventional way) of a metal film. The second way (or chimisorption) implies the formation of strong bonds between the surface atoms, on the one hand, and the foreign atoms which are deposited thereon, on the other hand. In accordance with these two ways, the deposition of the film is followed by a heat treatment of the film/substrate combination in order to improve the homogeneity of the interface. This heat treatment is practically impossible to perform onto plastics.
Any metallization process comprises a metal source and an energy source. Amongst the various used techniques, the cathodic sputtering deposition allows to obtain the best adherence onto an insulating substrate. Unless use is made of a mask, this technique can however not be used for realizing very strongly limited deposits or deposits which are reproduced in a too small number. Recently, a new process has been developed which consists in using a metal-organic compound condensed in thin film onto the surface to be metallized. This film is irradiated by means of a laser beam to decompose the compound. When the volatile portion of the metal-organic molecule is eliminated from the surface, the metal on liberated by the decomposition, remains on this surface. In this way, the surface is partially metallized. It can then be coated with a thick metal film through a conventional electrolysis. This process presents the drawback that the metal-organic film has to be applied in advance, which is difficult to perform when the surface to be coated is not flat or has a very jagged geometry. It means also a supplementary step with respect to all the other film deposition methods. For treating this film, use can be made of an Ar+ ion laser or an excimer laser.
The method which is the subject of the present invention brings about an important progress with respect to the existing methods for metallizing the surfaces of electrically insulating materials which are thermally refractory or which have, on the contrary, a small heat capacity and a small thermal diffusivity. The metal source is directly a powder of the metal that is to be applied onto the surface. This metal can be easily applied onto the surface as a liquid solution, and not by vacuum evaporation. The treatment of this same metal deposit is realized in open air, advantageously by excimer laser irradiation but also in other less expensive ways, in particular in a thermal way in an open oven (in particular a micro wave oven). The laser treatment offers the possibility to treat the film discretely by scanning the (either or not previously focalized) laser beam according to the known optical techniques. Finally, the method allows to metallize a surface with any metal, in so far as the latter can be prepared in the form of a powder, having advantageously a grain size smaller than 100 nm. The whole of these characteristics can be extended to very diverse materials such as glasses and plastics, without any particular adaptation. The method is therefore a universal method for these materials, in contrast to the other methods. Bringing it into practice is extremely simplified which allows to automize the method at very low cost with respect to the other methods for a very superior effectiveness as to the adherence.
The method described in this invention consists in using, as a metal source, a powder composed of grains having a variable size, comprised between 10 and 5000 nm, preferably between 20 and 100 nm, and an energy source represented by a laser beam, preferably an excimer laser beam. In a first step, the metal powder is introduced into a volatile liquid, such as for example chloroform, so as to form a suspension. This suspension can then be applied by dabbing with a pad or in any other way onto the surface to be coated. The piece to be metallized can further also be immersed totally into the suspension and then removed into the air. After separating the volatile material (by evaporation), the metal particles remain fixed onto the surface of the substrate in the shape of a solid film. Irradiating with the laser beam therefore serves two objectives: a) processing the substrate, either thermally (ion laser, for example), or by irradiating at an appropriate wavelength, or by ablation (excimer laser), and b) transferring energy to the metal particles in order to allow them to migrate inside the substrate.
According to the type of the substrate, one selects the laser radiation which enables the best optical coupling with this substrate. This coupling can be brought about thermally (with an ion laser working in the visible) via the transfer of photonic energy onto the impurity sites or faults in the ceramics (alumina, silica, composite) or electronically (with an excimer laser working in the ultraviolet) by exciting valence electrons. In the latter case, the choice of the emission wavelength of the excimer laser depends on the optical absorption threshold of the irradiated material, for example 193 nm for quartz. As will be shown in the different application examples which are described hereinafter, the method is particularly well adapted to polymer materials which have a small heat capacity (degradation at a temperature lower than 300� C.) and a small thermal diffusivity, such as for example polycarbonate which can be very advantageously irradiated at 308 or 248 nm. It enables also to engrave and to metallize successively and with the same geometry "hard" dielectrics (quarts, alumina) by integrating into these materials upto a depth which can reach 1 mm, thick, very adherent metal tracks (˜0.5 mm) which can meet very high specifications.
Finally, the type of dielectric substrate ("hard" or "soft") determines the choice of the size of the metal grains of the used powder. This choice allows in particular a very dense "coating" of the irradiated zones, so that a first metal layer which is very adherent to the substrate is obtained. In particular, as the duration of the pulses of an excimer laser does not exceed 30 nsec, the optical coupling of this laser beam with a polymer can be chosen so as to induce either ablation, crystallization, cross-linking or melting of the plastic, and simultaneously, a very intense coupling, in any situation, with the metal particles. These particles are brought in this way to a high temperature for a very short time during which they penetrate into a polymer matrix undergoing transformation. This penetration presents a gradient over several microns in the polymer, forming in this way a very effective metal attachment layer without carbonisation of the polymer material. As it will be shown in the given examples, this method is not specific to one metal but is applicable to any metal as long as it is used in a powder form.
For all the various production schemes of this preliminar metal attachment layer, the so coated substrates are immersed then in an electrolysis bath without polarization (i.e. "electroless") in order to increase the thickness of the previously deposited metal film. This second deposit takes place solely in the previously metallized (i.e. irradiated) zones.
Several forms of the method presented in this invention are described in the following examples which relate to the metallization of glasses or plastics. These examples are not limitative and can be extended to other dielectric materials without departing from the general principles described hereinabove.
A glass substrate is coated with a metal film by spinning. The used suspension is composed of chloroform containing a suspended metal powder. After evaporation of the volatile liquid, the glass is coated with a discontinuous deposit of metal grains (of copper, for example) having an average diameter of 80 nm, and then exposed to a laser beam. Two laser types have been used: a. A+ ion laser (wave length=514 nm). The metal film absorbs the laser light and its temperature increases. Consequently, the glass substrate is heated up itself and this localised heating of the substrate generates a mechanical stress in this substrate which results in the formation of microcracks on its surface. These cracks capture the metal particles which migrate in this way towards the inside of the glass substrate. Typically, the used laser power is 4 W, and the diameter of the beam at the impact onto the glass is 200 μm. The beam is displaced at 1 mm/sec over the surface. The method produces metallized bands of copper (copper powder having a diameter of 80 nm) onto the glass surface, with a penetration comprised between 1 and 5 μm. b. KrF excimer laser (wavelength=248 μm). The optical absorption takes place at the same time on the metal grains and on the glass. For an energy density near 1 J/cm2, the laser irradiation results in that the metal powder of copper (diameter=80 nm) is impressed into the glass. This impression is inhomogeneous here, the irradiation is accompagnied by the formation of a "plume" of material emitted by the film in the beam axis. At a higher energy level, on observes only ablation of material and at a lower energy level, no impression is obtained.
A film is prepared onto a quartz plate in the same way as in Example 1. The glass substrate is applied against this plate or is disposed at a very small distance from the latter. The metal film on quartz is placed on the side of the glass substrate. The quartz plate is then irradiated, through a mask, on the side not coated by the film. Due to this irradiation, the metal on the opposite face of the quartz is emitted towards the glass substrate which is coated in this way with a film, the geometry of which corresponds exactly to the one of the mask. Thereupon, this film is autocatalytically coated with a thicker film of a metal which is either identical or not to the first deposited metal.
A glass plate having a thickness which can reach up to several millimeters is irradiated in advance by means of an excimer laser working at a wavelength of 248 nm. Microcracks are produced on its surface in a very dense network extending onto a depth of 300 nm within the glass for an energy of 1 J/mm2. After repeated irradiation by a train of superimposed pulses onto the same irradiated zone, these cracks are multiplied. At the end of about 100 pulses, a groove is cut within the glass over a depth of some micrometers. The inner surface of this groove is coated with cracks having a width of about 50 to 100 nm. A suspension of metal powder in chloroform, the grains of which have a diameter comparable to the dimension of the cracks (here for example 80 nm) is then spreaded over the glass. The metal particles become encrusted in these cracks where they are trapped, whereas the particles deposited outside the grooves are easily eliminated by rubbing with a fabric or with a flat equipment since they are weakly bonded to the glass. The piece of glass is then immersed into a chemical plating solution containing nickel ions, the composition of which is known per se. These ions condense then in the grooves, in contact with the metal particles previously encrusted into these grooves. Adjacent or mutually crossing grooves can be filled in this way with different metals. To this end, a first groove is coated with a ribbon of nickel. As nickel is catalytically active with respect to a metal deposit of Cu, this Ni ribbon has to be electrically insulated. This is realized by immersing the glass piece into a chloroform solution where an amount of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is dissolved in advance. The piece is withdrawn from the solution and the chloroform is evaporated so that a layer of PMMA remains (having a thickness which can be in the range of 5 to 20 μm). A second groove is then engraved into the glass in such a manner that it intercepts the first groove. This groove is engraved by irradiating the surface covered by PMMA by means of an excimer beam working at 248 nm, which ablates the PMMA and the glass thereunder in the irradiated zone. The second groove is then impregnated with a suspension containing a Cu powder (diameter of the grains=30 nm). After immersion into an electrolytic solution containing copper ions, this second groove is then occupied by a copper ribbon which intercepts the first nickel ribbon. The PMMA enables here to avoid any copper deposit outside the zones irradiated during the second irradiation. The remaining PMMA is then eliminated from the surface by immersing the piece into a bath of a specific solvent for PMMA (chloroform or acetone). In this way, there is produced a Cu-Ni thermocouple engraved on the glass plate and the active surface of which corresponds to the superposition zone of the two ribbons of Ni and Cu respectively. This zone has a surface which is only limited by the size of the excimer laser beam used for the engraving. It can have a dimension comprised between 50 and 500 μm.
When these two ribbons are exactly superimposed, a supplementary laser or thermal treatment allows also to prepare thick linear deposits of alloy.
Use is made of a copper powder, with a grain average diameter of 80 nm. A suspension of this powder is prepared in a vessel containing chloroform and powder in an amount of 1 cm3 powder for 50 cm3 chloroform. The particles agglomerate together in the shape of balls having a diameter in the range of some tens of micrometers. In order to eliminate these agglomerates, the vessel containing the suspension is partially immersed into an ultrasonic bath. After a few seconds of immersion, the dispersion of the particles is maximum and the agglomerates have disappeared. A fraction of the suspension is then taken and subsequently distributed over the surface of a piece of PBT which is maintained horizontally. The piece can also be immersed into the suspension and then removed. After evaporation of the chloroform, a thin metal layer is then fixed weakly to the surface of the PBT. This surface is irradiated thereafter with a Ar+ laser beam swept over the surface after being focalized to reach a power density of about 0.3 W/cm2 at the impact onto the surface. During the irradiation, the metal particles heat up and the surface layer of the polymer melts over a depth of some micrometers. These particles diffuse over this depth, which allows to impregnate the polymer very strongly with the metal of the initial suspension.
After irradiation, the piece of PBT is immersed in an ultrasonic water bath for 5 minutes, so that the metal particles which are weakly fixed onto the non-irradiated surface of the piece of PBT, are detached. The so-collected particles can be re-used again for coating another piece by the hereinabove described method.
After the cleaning in the ultrasonic bath, the piece is then immersed into a chemical plating solution having the following composition (for 1 l water):
______________________________________ CuSO4 25 to 35 g NaOH 30 to 40 g Na2 CO3 20 to 30 g EDTA 80 to 90 g Formol 20 to 25 ml.______________________________________
A metal deposit of copper is developed then starting from (and around) the metal particles integrated into the surface of the PBT during the first part of the method. The deposit rate is in the range of 10 μm/hour. The same result is obtained on a glass plate with a laser power density of 1 W/cm2.
In contrast with example 4, the suspension of the metal powder is performed here in a solvent which is specific to the polymer to be metallized.
In order to metallize the surface of a piece of polycarbonate, a suspension of zinc powder (average size of the metal particles: 10 μm) is prepared in DMPhA, according to a variable proportion. The DMPhA containing the powder is then spread out over the surface of the polycarbonate. Before the solvent is completely evaporated, the surface is etched and the zinc particles are integrated in this way near the surface. The so-treated piece is next immersed into the following solution (for 1 l water):
______________________________________ NiCl2 30 g NaH2 PO2 10 g NaCH3 COO 10 g.______________________________________
The temperature of the solution is brought to 95� C. and the deposit rate of nickel is in the range of 10 to 50 μm/hour over the whole surface impregnated previously with zinc powder.
A suspension containing a metal powder is prepared according to the method described in example 4. This suspension is applied onto the surface of a piece of whatever polymer, either by dabbing with a pad through a mask applied onto the piece, or by applying with the tip of a felt-tip pen impregnated with the suspension. The so-prepared piece is placed in a micro-wave oven giving 500 to 800 W, during a period varying from seconds to minutes. Only the metal particles pick up the radiation emitted by the oven and heat up consequently. The polymer substrate melts locally in contact with the particles which diffuse in this way deep into the polymer. The average penetration depth of the particles into the polymer is directly proportional to the residence time of the piece in the oven kept at a fixed working power. This depth depends also on the size of the particles: it increases with the diameter of the particles. After the treatment in the oven, an "electroless" deposit is performed.
In this way, a polycarbonate piece can for example by metallized with a copper powder having a diameter of 80 nm.
The metal powder is deposited onto a polymer substrate as in example 4. Next, the totallity or a portion of the metal layer, which is weakly adherent to the polymer, is treated by a hot tool applied onto this surface. This makes the metal particles to penetrate into the substrate over the whole contact surface.
After hot pressing, the treated piece is immersed in an ultrasonic bath to eliminate the particles which are not treated by the hot pressing from the piece. This piece is then immersed in an "electroless" bath to produce a metal deposit only in the zones of the piece which were previously impregnated at a high temperature with metal powder.
In this way, a sheet of PA 6.6 (any thickness) is metallized with a Cu powder (having a particle diameter of 80 nm), followed by an "electroless" deposit of nickel or copper. The particular embodiment of the invention described in this example is well adapted to a continuous assembly line metallization of a plastic sheet according to a track having a width comprised between 50 μm and 1 mm.
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The U.S. Census Bureau released a report Wednesday on preliminary data for 2007 birth rates in the United States. Among the statistics, as my colleague Kiki Bradley reported on Heritage's Foundry, is the fact that we've reached a new high, or rather a new low: 39.7 percent of babies born in 2007 in America were born to unmarried women.
Not entirely coincidentally, the Guardian, on the same day in Britain, ran "A Portrait of 21st-Century Poverty." This was basically the same story it ran about child poverty last June, and, indeed, the same story it has been running for decades. That's not to say that it's not heart-wrenching. The victim — of an uncaring and hateful society, of course — is always a single mother, usually with more than one child, young, not obviously irresponsible, poorly educated, and not too angry in a way that would alienate readers. Her emotions consist of fear for the future of her children, and a vague wistful sense that she and they deserve better. This victim, Louise, checked every box.
And you know what? They do deserve better. But as painful as these stories are, they are not quite tragic. Tragedy requires its protagonist to have no real choice in the matter: Othello had to be Othello. But the Guardian's victims did have choices. In this case, Louise left school at the age of 18 with "only a handful of Es, Fs and Gs at GCSE." In the British system, those are bad grades. She left school because she got pregnant, though she claims this wasn't irresponsible because the man she was dating at the time had a job. He left her and she says she never wants a man in her life again, though the relationship didn't end fast enough to prevent another child — a son — from arriving three years later. Now she is 24 years old, with two children, no skills, no money, with no eligible man ever likely to materialize, and she barely scrapes by on a multitude of welfare payments. She's nonjudgmental about the women she knows who sell drugs or steal to support their children.
Of course, there is a tragic element. Louise's own mother was single and — according to her — entirely uneducated. The tenement she lives in, though just like thousands of others across Britain, is vile, and the schools are dreadful, because no good teacher wants to work in an environment where most of the homes are broken and neither the children nor the parent — usually only one — place any value on education. In a phrase that, more than any other, sums up Britain's poor, Louise "take[s] life as it comes." Since her life is a sad testimony to the fact that, until her already meager income and circumstances were drastically reduced, she never planned ahead, she is probably right.
Now she is genuinely stuck, and her children will turn out like her, unless they are very lucky. No amount of government funding can remedy this, because what are lacking are moral and educational, not financial, resources. She would have been far, far better off in a traditional two-parent family, with a strong and rigorous school system, going to church, and being surrounded by a culture that taught her a duty to herself and society and taught her to improve herself and to provide for her own needs, that dependency was a sin, that failing to plan ahead was a form of dependency, and that she should have children only after marriage and only when she and her husband had the financial wherewithal to raise them in reasonable surroundings.
What is so hard about that? What is wrong about it? Why is it cruel? Is it not in every way a more fulfilling, happier, self-directed, and liberal mode of life than the one she chose — and, of course, had chosen for her by the last 40 years of liberalism, under which the nonjudgmentalism was elevated into a religion and the breakdown of the family proceeded apace?
In Britain, the illegitimacy rate of the "Anglo-Saxons" is now just over 50%. That's only 10% ahead of the U.S. As Children's Minister Beverley Hughes admitted last summer, Britain is trying "to run up an escalator that's going down" in its war on child poverty. The only question the Guardian and Hughes need to answer is a simple one: why has spending so much money failed to make the down escalator go up? One look at the Census Bureau's statistics, or Louise, would answer it. It's not about money. It's about culture.


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8/28/12 1:48 PM by Billyz
he is a great person to advise vitor, they can watch.Yes Rashad lost but he also im sure since then thought of everything he could've done different along with the feeling of fighting Jones. "Well when he does I realized he hit me because of this" While it might be a back ward way of looking at it the input can be invaluable. he knows how hard a strike feels, he can guide and train Vitor to what to expect and react. Jones physical gifts are what make him unbelievably difficult to deal with more so than his undeniable skill. That reach is just game changing plain and simple. Vitor is one hell of a striker and south paw which makes it interesting training with great big strikers such as Alistair and Tyrone Spong. the issue is the unorthodox style of Jones is very different than the classic kick boxing style. Having Rashad there to give his insight about how it feels to be in there with him can make the differenceAll that being said.. Too big, too strong for Vitor and I see him getting put away. (which I fucking hate to even think about)Its going to take a tall long super striker cough cough A. Silva to be able to take the punishment on the ground and put jones out
8/28/12 1:19 PM by The Immortal
Evans is an excellent coach. Fighters will make amazing coaches in the future.
8/28/12 1:18 PM by SinCityHustler
Great choice by Belfort but I just don't see him having the tools to take out Jones. Even the flurry is difficult to set up given the distance Jones keeps with his kicks to the knee, front kicks, etc. I'll be pulling for Vitor but I'm expecting a 1 round beat down by Jones.
8/27/12 11:01 PM by mrgoodarmbar
totally agree. I just think that once these guys actually got into the clinch they realized how difficult Jones was. They've all gotten brutalized in the clinch..including the spinning elbow to Shogun. Jones a has a great clinch and fantastic elbows to go with his height advantage. I think they need to close the distance and get Jones moving backwards in the striking game, but don't close the distance into a clinch battle.
8/27/12 10:04 PM by disbeliever
Rashad had every tool to win, but did a horrible game plan like Rampage did. They both talked pre fight about not letting Jones stay outside and dictate, and they both ended up just sitting back and letting Jones pick them apart.Rashad is a good call as a coach imo. This is probably the best camp for Vitor to be at for this fight. Rashad trained with Jones, fought for 25 minutes with Jones, and knows exactly what NOT to do. He is also training with Overeem, which is awesome.If Vitor doesn't gas, and does what he is known to do, which is blitz the fuck out of Jones with his hand speed, while keeping his wits, and avoids the TD he can win. Just one flurry that lands even a decent shot will make Jones question things. If he allows Jones to get set on the outside and with TDs its a long painful night for Vitor
8/27/12 9:54 PM by Entreri
Rashad is a good coach. This should be interesting.
8/27/12 9:51 PM by ranier wolfcastle
its gota be hard to train for jj, since hes always got something new and unusual for each fight
8/27/12 9:50 PM by Haulport
"Everyone has a game plan until they get hit" - Mike Tyson
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Tags: SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA, EASTERN AFRICA, SEED FAIR, MOROBO, AGRICULTURE, FRANCE, RESOURCE PARTNERS, PHOTO STORY,
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FAO is stepping up its efforts to transform agriculture in South Sudan in 2012, boosting the number of seed fairs organized before the rainy season, expected to begin in April.
There are at least 13 seed fairs, during its third year of the initiative, funded by a 500 000 Euro grant from the French government. In 2011, there were just eight. The first in 2012 took place in Morobo county, in Central Equatoria state, on the southernmost tip of South Sudan.
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If you think you're done with church for any of these reasons, here's a challenge to prompt you to think differently. read more
7 Key Reasons Your Church Attendance May Be Declining
It could be many things, including these. read more
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It is highly unusual to hear church members say that they don't desire their churches to be obedient to the Great Commission. Indeed, it is common for the members of a pastor search committee to tell a prospective pastor that they are looking for a leader who will guide the church toward growth.
And most church members do desire to see their churches grow ... until the growth affects them. It is at that point they can become disillusioned and critical.
So what is it about growth that impacts some members negatively? Let me suggest seven reasons:
1. Loss of familiarity. When a church is growing, it becomes a different church over time. The difference is not necessarily good or bad, but it's not the same as it was in earlier years. Some church members grieve when they see their churches change. They miss "the good old days."
2. Loss of memories. I recently heard a poignant story from a lady whose church was demolishing the old worship center to build a new one to accommodate growth. She and her husband were married in the old worship center. She understandably grieved at the loss of that physical reminder of their wedding.
3. Loss of comfort. Growth can mean that the closest parking spots are no longer available. Growth can mean that the traffic flow in the parking lot is more difficult. Church members can feel that their creature comforts are compromised by growth.
4. Loss of power. New people in a church can mean that power bases are diluted. The growth can result in new influencers in the church. Some of the longer-tenured influencers may not like that.
5. Loss of perceived intimacy. It's a common response: "I used to know everyone in this church. I just don't feel as close to members as I once did." Indeed, growth can mean that all the members may not know each other as they did when the church was smaller.
6. Loss of worship style. New members and attendees might have different worship style preferences. They often influence church leaders to make changes. Existing members may resent these changes. They might also start worship wars.
7. Loss of worship time. Growth in the church may necessitate adding worship services or changing times of worship services. Some members may be frustrated that they have lost "their" worship time.
Obedience to the Great Commission often results in growth in the church. But growth in the church is not always received well by some members.
Some of these members have an attitude that the church is there to serve them and to cater to their needs. Healthy church members understand they are to be giving and sacrificial members of the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12). They will rejoice when more members join the fellowship, and when more people become believers in Christ.
Have you experienced the phenomenon of anti-growth members in your church? How did it manifest itself? I look forward to hearing from you.
Thom Rainer is the president of LifeWay Christian Resources. For the original article, visit thomrainer.com. read more
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Welcome to this Friday's episode of the RopeofSilicon Radio Show as Laremy and I are joined by Kevin Jagernauth from The Playlist to review The Amazing Spider-Man 2, along with that Laremy and I review Locke starring Tom Hardy, discuss some thoughts on advice for young film critics, answer your questions, play some games and yes, another dramatic reading, this time of a young adult adaptation synopsis.
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As always, I have broken down this episode on a minute-by-minute basis if you would like to skip ahead and below I have featured the information on how to download the podcast, find us on iTunes or merely just listen in your browser.
- 00:00-00:54 - Introduction
- 00:55-8:04 - Show notes and nonsense
- 8:05-9:03 - [Listener Question] How worried are you about alienating those that can't pay/won't pay for the premium podcast episodes [andyluvsfilms]
- 9:04-10:24 - [Listener Comment] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in New Hampshire [Casey Wittner]
- 10:25-11:05 - "The Simpsons" Lego Episode
- 11:06-12:08 - Box-Office Challenge Update (chart below)
- 12:09-18:57 - Blockbuster Breakdowns (source)
- 18:58-29:35 - "How to be a Critic" article from RogerEbert.com [via Disco Paco]
- 29:36-51:27 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review (read Brad's review here)
- 51:28-1:00:55 - Locke review (read Brad's review here)
- 1:00:56-1:02:17 - [Listener Question] Do you guys check out marketing for films after you've seen them, either out of curiosity or to see how good/bad it is? [Corbin]
- 1:02:18-1:03:38 - [Listener Question] Would you rather see in film industry implode within the next few years or see it go in the direction as it is going? [JN Films]
- 1:03:39-1:05:28 - [Listener Question] Obviously some articles and reviews are going to generate a lot of comments from your readers (Star Wars casting, superhero reviews, etc). Can you remember an article or review where you were genuinely shocked by the amount or type of response you received? [StephanieB]
- 1:05:29-1:07:02 - [Listener Question] Why are you so down on Gone Girl, guys (I include you, Laremy, because you agree with Brad for everything Oscar-related)? It seems like one you guys would jump all over, given Fincher and the amazing book (seriously great book), so I'm confused as to why you haven't. [Corbin]
- 1:07:03-1:13:42 - Over / Under
- 40% RT score for Blended [Magill Foote]
- 30 total minutes of screen time 'Godzilla' gets [Laremy]
- 15 years until another female directed film crosses $1 billion worldwide [StephanieB]
- 15 people listening to the first premium podcast at the time it airs [robotsrule]
- 2.5 offspring of Brad or Laremy produce in the next 10 years [Almostfilmcritic]
- 1.5 big league games 'Million Dollar Arm' shows the protagonists playing in [Laremy]
- $100 million 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Opening Weekend [Laremy]
- 1:13:43-1:16:47 - Buy or Sell
- A post credit scene from Godzilla will reveal something about a DNA sample or some incubated eggs [andyluvsfilms]
- Disney releases a live action film for each of their princesses or the corresponding villains. [StephanieB]
- X-Men: Days of Future Past will out-gross The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [Magill Foote]
- Another Star Wars property besides the main movie franchise will get a movie before the new trilogy concludes - for example, the animated Clone Wars cartoon, the Ewoks franchise, etc. [Magill Foote]
- A movie released before October 1st will be nominated for Best Picture. [Almostfilmcritic]
- 1:16:48-1:19:09 - Playing the Percentages
- % chance Reven8e is still played regularly at the Brevet household [Corbin]
- % chance US reaches the second round of the 2014 World Cup [Almostfilmcritic]
- % chance either Solo, Skywalker or Leia is killed off in the next three films [andyluvsfilms]
- % chance 'Neighbors' is in the top 3 highest grossing comedies of 2014. [Laremy]
- 1:19:10-1:23:15 - A dramatic reading
- 1:23:16-1:25:01 - #GoodTweets
- 1:25:02-1:27:02 - Closing
Finally, I do have one quick request. If you could give us a review on iTunes it would be greatly appreciated.
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Summer 2014 Box-Office Draft
Brad vs. Laremy
|Laremy's Picks
|Current Total
|A Million Ways to Die in the West
|May 30
|Edge of Tomorrow
|Jun 6
|22 Jump Street
|Jun 13
|Think Like a Man Too
|Jun 20
|Step Up All In
|Jun 25
|Transformers: Age of Extinction
|Jun 27
|Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
|Jul 11
|The Purge: Anarchy
|Jul 18
|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
|Aug 8
|Aug 8
|The Expendables 3
|Aug 15
|Brad's Picks
|Current Total
|The Amazing Spider-Man 2
|May 2
|May 9
|May 16
|X-Men: Days of Future Past
|May 23
|May 30
|The Fault in Our Stars
|Jun 6
|How to Train Your Dragon 2
|Jun 13
|Planes: Fire and Rescue
|Jul 18
|Sex Tape
|Jul 25
|Jupiter Ascending
|Jul 25
|Guardians of the Galaxy
|Aug 1
The Summer 2014 Movie Box-Office Draft competition involved both Brad and Laremy "drafting" ten films each in hopes of scoring the largest net total by taking a film's worldwide gross subtracting two-and-a-half-times the reported budget. The film must be released in May through August 2014. The draft took place on April 29, 2014 during the RopeofSilicon Podcast which you can listen to right here.
Listed above is all the most recent data as of this post. Budgetary information is not necessarily accurate and will most likely not be accurate until closer to or after each film's release.
The outro music on this episode is Clint Mansell's "In the Wall Side 2" courtesy of Death Waltz Recording Company.


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Relative Effect Potency Estimates of Dioxin-like Activity for Dioxins, Furans, and Dioxin-like PCBs in Adults Based on Two Thyroid Outcomes
ABSTRACT Background: Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) are an important component in the risk assessment of dioxin-like human exposures. At present, this concept is based mainly on in vivo animal experiments using oral dosage. Consequently, the current human TEFs derived from mammalian experiments are applicable only for exposure situations in which oral ingestion occurs. Nevertheless, these "intake" TEFs are commonly—but incorrectly—used by regulatory authorities to calculate "systemic" toxic equivalents (TEQs) based on human blood and tissue concentrations, which are used as biomarkers for either exposure or effect.
Objectives: We sought to determine relative effect potencies (REPs) for systemic human concentrations of dioxin-like mixture components using thyroid volume or serum free thyroxine (FT4) concentration as the outcomes of interest.
Methods: We used a benchmark concentration and a regression-based approach to compare the strength of association between each dioxin-like compound and the thyroid end points in 320 adults residing in an organochlorine-polluted area of eastern Slovakia.
Results: REPs calculated from thyroid volume and FT4 were similar. The regression coefficient (β)-derived REP data from thyroid volume and FT4 level were correlated with the World Health Organization (WHO) TEF values (Spearman r = 0.69, p = 0.01 and r = 0.62, p = 0.03, respectively). The calculated REPs were mostly within the minimum and maximum values for in vivo REPs derived by other investigators.
Conclusions: Our REPs calculated from thyroid end points realistically reflect human exposure scenarios because they are based on chronic, low-dose human exposures and on biomarkers reflecting body burden. Compared with previous results, our REPs suggest higher sensitivity to the effects of dioxin-like compounds.
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ABSTRACT: Recently the prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically across much of the world. Obesity, as a complex, multifactorial disease, and its health consequences probably result from the interplay of environmental, genetic, and behavioral factors. Several lines of evidence support the theory that obesity is programmed during early development and that environmental exposures can play a key role. We therefore hypothesize that the current epidemic might associated with the influence of chemical exposures upon genetically controlled developmental pathways, leading to metabolic disorders. Some environmental chemicals, such as PCBs and pesticide residues, are widespread in food, drinking water, soil, and they exert multiple effects including estrogenic on cellular processes; some have been shown to affect the development of obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. To bring these lines of evidence together and address an important health problem, this narrative review has been primarily designed to address PCBs exposures that have linked with human disease, obesity in particular, and to assess the effects of PCBs on gene expression in a highlyexposed population. The results strongly suggest that further research into the specific mechanisms of PCBs-associated diseases is warranted.Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 11/2014; 15(11):1058-68. DOI:10.2174/1389201015666141122203509 · 2.51 Impact Factor


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What are you most proud of? This purse actually turned out to look professional. I love that. Looks like I bought this at a high end boutique.
Just curious, I was wondering if you would be interested in selling it? I can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the most beautiful denim bag I've seen. Saw it on Pinterest and wondered where it came from. Great job! So creative!
This is amazing! I wish you would sell the pattern or lay it all out for us! I'm so intrigued by this.! I'm a quilter and trying to figure it out and cant loll.............OH please help with a pattern or sell it to me lol
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I needed this tea today.
I sabotaged myself so that I needed it. I couldn't sleep last night because I was worried about my interview today so I went to bed at 1, and read this fic about Lestrade/Mycroft that was surprisingly good (just not a pairing I'd put any thought into) and I ended up reading until 3:30 just to finish the damn thing, and then if had an angsty ending. (http://archiveofourown.org/works/446107, if anyone is interested)
Good thing there's a sequel?
K-Bear woke up right around then, so I got her back to bed, and then when she woke up at 7, I ended up cuddling her back to sleep so it was fitful for the last two hours. She kicks a lot and when I woke she had moved around so much that her feet were by my head. Little butt.
So I needed Tiger Tea to kick some sense into me. I think it worked. I think I had a good interview, but I didn't get to say as much as I wanted. I don't know if that means I was talking too much, she didn't like me, or if she just hadn't done a lot of interviews. Having sat on the other side of that table, I could see that third possibility, so I'll just hope for the best!
Ah, I had a similar night. Our kidlets must be close in age. Here's to hoping the interview went even better than it felt.
Our LO is 19 months. ;) How about yours?
Man, too bad I didn't know you when I was Burnaby. Seems like we've got a few things in common.
Ok – ANOTHER easy sipdown from VariaTEA. (70). I'm now exactly at the point where my current teas equals my expected incoming teas. :O
This tastes like fake banana – like the bananas in runts. Which, actually is pretty good. And once this cools the cocoa and walnut flavours show up.
Yeah, I could probably go for more of this. I like it more than Tealux's Chocolate Monkey.
Would you like me to send some more your way? People do not seem to be interested and though I don't hate it, I always imagine it would be so great given the smell and so I end up choosing something else.
So I made this at 9 as my last caffenated tea. Let's see if I can get to sleep before 1 or 2 tonight! I just haven't been able to shut my brain off the past few nights, but I've got an interview tomorrow at 10:30 and I need to be sharp. NEEEEEEED TO. I'm pretty pumped though. I can do this.
This is a decent cookie tea. It's not sweet enough to be dough, but the walnuts are rather nice. It's so freakin' expensive though so I wouldn't buy it ever again.
Hahah. Thanks guys! This is the place that did the pre-screening interview last week, and this is my "First In-Person" interview. First, eh? I could be doing this all month!
I like this, but I'm surprised at how strong the mate is, or how much it's affecting me. It's probably due in part to not sleeping enough last night (baby was up late and then I played Sim City til 3:30AM to wind down and lost track of time. Whoops). So I'm a little head-spinny after drinking this but I'm enjoying it!
I'll just be careful with it.
And another sipdown! I'm so excited for all the new teas that it's easy to work on moving some of the old!
This one was ok, but not my favourite. (73)
I've been making room! I was actually at 73 last week but VariaTEA bumped me up to 80. I'm so impatient for my new orders though… I guess the Amoda box might be the first delivery. Same with you?
Probably, unless the iHerb stuff gets here first. :D Then Verdant, then all my stuff with MissB, then Teavivre. Haha. MissB sure enabled me a lot. I both appreciate and fear her influence.
Hahaha. Well at least you guys could split orders. Splitting 2-way is pretty easy to manage and still saves you guys a bit. :)
Oh but none of it is split. I just added things on to orders she was already placing. I'm getting 4×2oz of teas, plus 3 from Mandala. I think that's it.
At least the ones I sent you were sample sizes so they shouldn't be too hard to sipdown if you were determined enough to do so. And MissB is really quite the tea enabler – I placed a Red Tea Leaf order partly due to her influence.
Heh. I love being an enabler! :) Only one package is in Blaine ready for pickup, and zero have arrived at my house yet (like one from Europe I'm chomping at the bit for…) As soon as I have them, I'll definitely be enabling a bit more. ;)
I made two cups of SoHo today and dumped both. The first was really flat and awful, so I thought I'd make it again with better results. Well – it was marginally better.
But THIS cup has renewed my faith in H&S teas. I made it super strong and poured into 250ml of milk and frothed it up. YES. I love it.
Oh no! I think we are the opposite in our love of Harney teas because SoHo is my favorite and I just can't seem to get this one to work for me.
Well when I first bought then I loved all of them. It's only since I moved to ON that they seemed flat. I was worried that maybe the move did something, but you seemed happy with the ones I passed on, and now this one tastes fine, so Idk what's going on.
Maybe Florence needs a little milk?
Do you have a brita? I find it's making a huge difference, even though the water here is super soft. There's just so much chlorine. I miss the aquifer water we had when I was growing up!
Yeah we had a Brita jug, but now we have the filter that goes directly on the tap. I need to make sure I'm always filling my kettle with that water instead of the tap water. (I get impatient? But once I finally get a nice variable temp water I've proimsed to not put tap water in it. :P)
Cavo, I ended up bringing your box with me. It traveled back to Markham haha. Anyways, I will probably drink one of the Harney teas at some point this weekend and if I taste a difference I will let you know because then it might actually be the water.
And another matcha gone! (74) This time I had it with hot water, as usually intended. It's more bitter than I'm used to when I drink it in milk, and the chocolate isn't quite as stand-out-ish, but it's still a little creamy and sweet.
I would definitely restock this.
This is a tasty oolong, but not one I'd re-stock from Teavana as it's much cheaper elsewhere. (I'd probably try Teavivre instead!)
But, I thought I'd finish up this sample as it was nearly 6 months old, and it was an easy sipdown! (75!)
Thanks for Teavivre hint! My husband loves this stuff but I just can't bring myself to pay that for it.
To be honest, I can't really remember. I do know that I generally like a lot of Teavivre's teas, and that they have very reasonable prices/shipping costs. You could try a few samples from them for fairly cheap. Also, sometimes you can contact them and request samples so long as you do a review here afterwards!
Mmmmmm… this is a lovely Butiki tea to end my evening with! I'm just on the 2nd of my two planned Supernatural episodes, drinking this, and knitting some silly mitts for my poor cold kid.
Then I'll start my GoT Winter is Coming scarf! :D
I found out today that I was the lucky winner of the Butiki contest! I'm so stoked. I picked the blue bird jar because I'm a sucker for birds, and now I'm drinking Butiki tea to celebrate! I've only got one cup of this left, and one cup of Caramel Vanilla Assam and then I'm totally cleaned out until my order arrives. That'll be… odd.
VariaTEA! were you the one that got me started on that damn show? argh! i've been trying to remember who it it my head!!!!
Congrats! Please post a picture when you're done with your GoT Winter is Coming scarf (and your jar). :)
Well so far Season 2 is MUCH better than one. I hope that means they just get better. :)
And CrowKettle – if I manage to pull off this scarf I'll probably spam pics everywhere. :P
OMG. I'm just watching S2 E15, and this episode is cracked. This is ridiculous. I didn't realize Supernatural was on purpose funny.
Don't do it… It's full of pain and sadness :( But in all seriousness, it's really good, I'm just bitter over last night's episode.
Hahaha Roswell, it really hit you hard. It will be okay.
And Cavo, I think in the first season they were trying to make it more a drama but the seasons for sure get funnier as they progress. Just wait for Castiel. Also I like to watch bloopers and cast interviews on YouTube because the cast is honestly hilarious and love each other so much. It's adorable.
And it's time for this one again! I only steeped it two minutes, yet it still smells sharp and bold. It tastes great too. I'll try and resteep it at least once before moving onto another cup. (Sadly I am awful for not re-steeping multiple times…)
And now that I've read all your logs and contributed my own, it's off to the job board!
And… not to ravelry. (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/cavocorax)
:( I just finished knitting scarves for my daughter and my nephew and am out of projects at the moment and it's making me mental! I need to be working on something but I don't have any inspiration at the moment. Part of me thinks I should teach myself crochet so I have more options, while I ALSO think I should keep on knitting so I get better at that!
Riiiiigh. Job board? Ok then. I'll be back in an hour or so. :P
Probably not the sort of things I'm capable of making! Some of those projects out there are so awesome!
I made this a while back. Super fun and surprisingly easy: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/gruurly/dwarven-battle-bonnet-2
MissB – that looks cool, but also scarily complicated! And is that you on Ravelry? Cuz if so, I'll follow you. :P
Veronica – knitting is pretty fun, based on what I've done so far, but it seems like crochet is more flexible because of how you connect the stitches? IDK. I like the idea of making toys with crochet.
I think I'm going to attempt this awesome Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming scarf as my next project: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winter-is-coming-scarf I just picked up some black and some light grey yarn from Walmart to see how I do. J thinks I should make our buddy a House Stark toque instead – I'm considering it if I can find an easy pattern! #noob
Anyway, if you guys are on ravelry, here's my profile if you want to follow.
Cavo, that scarf looks awesome! My brother is totally into the books, but isn't really a scarf-wearer… so if you find a toque pattern, let me know. :)
I didn't, sadly. :( I think you could make your own using this: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stark-sigil-game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire but I'm not at that skill level where I can combine those two things. :P
Yep, that's me! :) It was really easy. I thought it was more than I could handle to be frank – I have yet to conquer anything with multiple colors. If you can knit in the round, do basic cables, and cast off, you can definitely make it. It only took me a week from start to finish too, and that shocked me.


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