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One of America's bestselling authors delivers a story about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern town, single mother Denise Holton's car skids off the road. The young mom is with her four-year-old son Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not find Kyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, the connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others.
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With over 95 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. His novels include twelve #1 "New York Times" bestsellers, and all his books, including "Three Weeks with My Brother," the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been "New York Times" and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Nine of Nicholas Sparks's novels-"The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in""Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, " and "Message in a Bottle"-were also adapted into major motion pictures with "The Longest Ride" coming in Spring 2015. In 2011, he established the Nicholas Sparks Foundation to inspire and transform students' lives through education, curriculum development, and life-changing international experiences. To learn more, go to www.NicholasSparksFoundation.org. The author lives in North Carolina with his wife and family. You can visit him at www.NicholasSparks.com.


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Around 6:30 baby and I take a warm bubble bath together. By 7 we're in pjs and read Goodnight Moon. Then I nurse for about 15 min, till hubby brings up a bottle of 4 oz pumped milk. He drinks that and is asleep in his crib by 7:30.
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Bath at 6:30 with ODD. PJs and a book with ODD, then ODD and DH head to her room to put her to bed (she's 2 1/2). LO and I stay in our bedroom and I swaddle him with one arm out, feed him, and lay him down drowsy, usually around 7:15 or 7:30. However, LO has been in a bit of a sleep funk lately--he rolled over in his swaddle a few days ago so we want him to sleep in his sleep sack but he wakes up immediately and won't go back to sleep if he's put down unswaddled. It sucks.
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Leaving Eva by Jennifer Sivec was a good book. That being said it was hard to read at times because of what it deals with and what happens during the story. This is the first story I have read by Jennifer and I would consider reading more because she is a great author but books like this one are so hard for me to read because of my childhood. For some people this book could be a trigger so I would be aware of that if you had rough childhoods. It is also amazing when and author can make a person truly understand what happens in certain situations with their writing. This books takes you through so many emotions it is crazy but good all at the same time. If you love books that seem like they actually could have happened than I would for sure recommend this book to you.
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There is a secret pain lurking within all of us, waiting to consume us if we allow it.
On the outside, Brynn Michael seems to be living the perfect life. She's a successful businesswoman married to a handsome and devoted husband. But nobody, not even her husband and childhood sweetheart, Adam, knows the true depth of Brynn's horror. Abandoned on the side of the road by her young drug addicted mother, then abused by her adoptive father, teenage Brynn turns to the only solace she can find in the sharp end of a razor. She spends her lifetime hiding the scars, both physical and emotional, until she has no choice but to face what she has been running from her entire life.
Brynn must figure out a way to confront her past or risk losing Adam, the only true love she's ever known, forever. But in spite of it all, Brynn may not have the ultimate choice, as the past eventually seeks her out.
Leaving Eva is the heartrending story of one woman's battle to overcome her tragic childhood and the abandonment and abuse that haunt her. Caution: Eva's story is contains graphic violence, strong language, drug abuse, domestic abuse, and child abuse.
In this dramatically dark novel, Jennifer Sivec, author of women's fiction, delves into the selfishness and depravity of human nature, and begs you to question whether happiness can ever truly be attained once you have been deeply scarred.
About The Author
Women's fiction writer, Jennifer Sivec, has always found an escape in books and beautiful stories. In writing, she has discovered refuge and sanctity her entire life, which quiets the chaos while giving her perspective and peace of mind. She finds inspiration in the balance of beauty and tragedy, which is something she has experienced personally.
Jennifer was born in Seoul, Korea and then abandoned at a very young age. At the age of three, she was adopted and has lived in Ohio for most of her life. She is married to her best friend, Jeff, and together they share two incredible, funny boys.
Jennifer is the author of The Eva Series and the standalone novel, I Run to You. Leaving Eva is her first complete work and was originally released in April of 2013. Losing Eva is the sequel and continuation of Eva's heartbreakingly beautiful story. The Eva series is an intense journey into abandonment, abuse, alcoholism, and cutting, with numerous twists and turns that will keep the reader holding their breath until the very end.
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Blogs - Eco-Journeyhttp://www.pcusa.org/blogs/eco-journey/2015-06-30T08:31:10-04:00Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)email@example.com://www.pcusa.org/Latest Eco-Journey posts.One Earth! One Family! Celebrations on Papal Encyclical2015-06-30T08:31:10-04:00Rebecca Barnes/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/30/one-earth-one-family-solidarity-celebrations-papal/http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/30/one-earth-one-family-solidarity-celebrations-papal/
June 30, 2015

Last Sunday, in appreciation of the papal encyclical on the environment, local churches rang bells while other people of faith gathered in Rome for a global march. These efforts came under an umbrella called "One Earth! One Family!" and came from diverse people.

Members of Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church (IL), a PCUSA certified Earth Care Congregation, gathered to ring their church bell Sunday.

The folks at Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian (IL) ringing the bell to celebrate One Earth! One Family! (photo: Rick Johnson)

Meanwhile, Presbyterian minister Neddy Astudillo and others gathered in Rome for a solidarity march. See photos of the One Earth One Family march.

 Gender, Race, Environment: Ecowomanism2015-06-26T09:41:17-04:00Rebecca Barnes/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/26/gender-race-environment-and-religious-ethics-eco-w/http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/26/gender-race-environment-and-religious-ethics-eco-w/
A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris

June 26, 2015

In a summer where Pope Francis has released a papal encyclical on the environment, where racial injustice is rampant in the United States, and as women leaders are acting as key agents of change for justice movements, it is important to recognize the connections between interlocking justice concerns of environmental justice, racial justice, and gender justice. Below, PC(USA) Environmental Ministries associate Rev. Rebecca Barnes converses with Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris. They invite local communities and congregations to explore conversations about intersecting justice concerns, locally and globally.

Could you share what "ecowomanism" is?

Ecowomanism centers the voices and perspectives of women from African descent as they engage earth justice. Drawing upon African cosmology these perspectives understand the earth as sacred. There is a connection between humans, the divine realm, and the earth. This worldview guides ethical decision-making, community relationships, and understandings of health and welfare. Showing care and love for the earth are ways in which beings can live out principles of mutuality, reciprocity, and equality in relationships; human to human, and human to non-human.

How does gender relate to an environmental ethic?

The connection between women and the earth is often seen as both empowering and paradoxical. Because of the hierarchical dualisms that function normatively in Christian and Western thought (i.e. spirit vs. body, male vs. female, heaven vs. earth), there are many ways in which the feminine has been devalued within the tradition. At the same time, the connection that women have with the earth has often been celebrated. For example, a parallel is often drawn between an image of a woman as creator, (creative producer of ideas, thoughts, ethical systems, agency, communities, children, adopted children, space, food) and the earth as a "mother" who also creates.

How does race relate to an environmental ethic?

Within African American communities, historically both women and men carried vast amounts of agricultural knowledge within their beings. This is an important aspect of African American Environmental History and Ecowomanism.

It is the work of social activists, civil rights and grassroots organizations such as the National Council of Negro Women and the NAACP wherein we find a deep commitment to earth justice and attention to environmental health disparities. For decades, these organizations and more have been educating about the impact of Climate Change in global communities, the root of cancer producing toxins lying "dormant" in neighborhood water sources, and have publically endorsed support of EPA efforts to implement the Clean Air Act.

In the 21st century, a majority of members in African American faith communities are women. This means that many who will be actively, living out the faith through forms of spiritual activism, social and earth justice activism are likely to be women. In North America it has often been the women in African American churches who have recognized, analyzed and strategized how to protect their communities, and protest environmental racism.

How are women oppressed in ways that the earth has also been oppressed?

Noting the complexities of hierarchal dualisms and the paradoxes already mentioned, it is true that the same logic of domination at work in the enslavement of African women in the United States is the same logic of domination at work when we think about environmental degradation.

Womanist theologian Delores Williams, makes this point in an article entitled, "Sin, Nature and Black Women's Bodies" wherein she documents how African enslaved women's bodies were used for breeding. They were raped, sexually violated, and impregnated, some being forced to give birth to multiple sets of children during the course of one lifetime. (Some slave narratives record enslaved women giving birth to more than 24 children.) Williams suggest there is a striking parallel between the logic at work here and the process of strip-mining that can dangerously impact a mountains' ability to produce or reproduce coal. Just as the sacred womb of a woman is traumatized by rape, so too is the womb of a mountain traumatized by an act of earth violence.

There is a connection between the suffering of women and the suffering of the earth. There is a connection between the logic that allows for these oppressions to take place in human and non-human (earth) community. Tracing that connection, (in this case) in the logic that purports racial superiority and gender oppression to the logic that insists the earth be controlled and dominated, is a part of the work of Ecowomanism. When we look towards solutions in the form of racial justice and gender justice we are also simultaneously looking for solutions for earth justice.

What is part of your "earth story" or eco-memory?

Uncovering one's eco-memory is the first step of an ecowomanist method. Essentially this invites you to reflect upon your own relationship with the earth and to recall a story from your childhood, or your life since in which you experienced a connection to nature. My eco-memory dates back to before I was born. I am a descendent of African American sharecroppers who migrated from Mississippi to Dearfield, Colorado during the Great Migration. In order to escape the death-dealing atmosphere of the Jim and Jane Crow Era, my grandparents sacrificed; leaving their home and family to help establish a community. Dearfield as was one of the first all Black settlements in the U.S. While the farming community did not last long (1910-1920) my own eco-heritage includes the courage of grandparents who brought with them deep agricultural knowledge about how to respect, honor and work with southern soil. Just as important however is their genius in having to learn how to cultivate those gifts of knowledge to work with, respect, and honor the rocky soil of Colorado. Making a way out of no way, and partnering with the earth, I believe that a part of my eco-story is also the eco-story of millions of African Americans whose ancestors also joined the Great Migration.

Dr. Melanie L. Harris is Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas where she teaches in the areas of Christian Social Ethics, Womanist Religious Thought, African American Literature and Religion, and Media and Religion. Author of the book Gifts of Virtue: Alice Walker and Womanist Ethics. Dr. Harris's scholarship provides insight into ethical theory and by uplifting the moral practices and values of women.

 Papal Encyclical2015-06-23T10:50:13-04:00Rebecca Barnes/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/23/papal-encyclical/http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/23/papal-encyclical/
June 23, 2015

On Thursday June 18, Pope Francis released the long-anticipated papal encyclical on the environment. In this profound pastoral statement, Pope Francis affirmed all creatures as beloved by God, the interconnection of environmental, economic and social systems, and our human responsibility to care for the world around us. Presbyterian General Assemblies have passed many environmental resolutions on caring for God's creation, acting on everything from water and land use to energy and climate change, while congregations, church institutions, and individual Presbyterians are committed to earth care as part of daily discipleship. PC(USA) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons said in response to the papal encyclical, "We celebrate the faithful witness and words of Pope Francis today as he encourages responsible, loving care for God's creation in the release of his papal encyclical Laudato Si'. We affirm its echo of the great St. Francis' reverence for nature. At the same time, we join the Pope in the urgency of truth-telling: we humans are largely responsible for global warming and we have to find ways to reverse track. The Pope is calling us all to environmental conversion: may we together find the immense moral and spiritual energy that the world powers have been lacking so far."

Read full PC(USA) statement on the papal encyclical.

Sign a petition in support of the encyclical, created by Catholic Climate Covenant.

Make some noise for creation, in support of the encyclical.

Click here to find multiple news and other articles related to the papal encyclical.

Read about creation care ministry in congregations.

Learn ways to take action on climate.

 PCUSA Welcomes Papal Encyclical2015-06-23T09:31:23-04:00Rebecca Barnes/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/23/pcusa-welcomes-papal-encyclical/http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/23/pcusa-welcomes-papal-encyclical/
June 23, 2015

Last week, Pope Francis released the long-awaited papal encyclical on the environment. In response, PC(USA) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons posted this affirmation of Pope Francis' message.

http://www.pcusa.org/news/2015/6/18/presbyterian-church-us-welcomes-papal-encyclical/

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) welcomes the release of Pope Francis' papal encyclical Laudato Sii

June 18, 2015

We celebrate the faithful witness and words of Pope Francis today as he encourages responsible, loving care for God's creation in the release of his papal encyclical Laudato Sii. We affirm its echo of the great St. Francis' reverence for nature. At the same time, we join the Pope in the urgency of truth-telling: we humans are largely responsible for global warming and we have to find ways to reverse track. The Pope is calling us all to environmental conversion: may we together find the immense moral and spiritual energy that the world powers have been lacking so far.

This is a great day to remember our call to protect the earth and to care for brothers and sisters around the world. Indeed we praise God for ongoing reminders of our human vocation as stewards of God's good earth. We cannot separate the health of people from the health of the whole creation.

In the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), we are greatly concerned about environmental degradation. Climate disruption in particular is a threat to this and future generations and to God's creation....

Continue reading PCUSA statement on papal encyclical

 Articles on Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment2015-06-23T09:18:45-04:00Rebecca Barnes/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/23/articles-pope-francis-encyclical-environment/http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/eco-journey/2015/6/23/articles-pope-francis-encyclical-environment/
June 23, 2015

Great thanks to the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, pulling together a long and helpful list of articles about Pope Francis' encyclical!

You can read the encyclical on the Vatican site:
http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

There are a number of resources on the Forum site (fore.yale.edu) to provide you more information on the encyclical, including "Frequently Asked Questions on the Papal Encyclical," a video recording and transcript of the Yale panel discussion entitled "Pope Francis and the Environment: Why His New Climate Encyclical Matters," and news articles that address the encyclical.
Background:

On June 18, the Vatican officially released the encyclical -- a letter sent by the Pope that is addressed to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. The Pope also extended this call to action to all people around the world. This is a crucial moment in the religion and ecology movement, as this is the first encyclical in the history of the Church to address environmental concerns. In the encyclical, Pope Francis declared climate change and environmental protection as related moral, social, and ecological issues. This teaching document could serve as a motivating force for the over one billion Catholics of the world and many other people of spiritual and environmental conviction. The encyclical will undoubtedly bring much needed global attention and focus to these issues.

For recent news articles, visit: http://fore.yale.edu/news/

For the archive of past news articles, visit: http://fore.yale.edu/publications/massmedia


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Master Fic List
Canon/Granada - Granada and canon are extremely close, so they are used more or less interchangeably for my material. When I imagine Sherlock Holmes, it's Jeremy Brett I'm seeing. You'll find a large amount of UST and angst here, be aware. Organized newest to oldest.
- The Adventure of the Bridegroom's Photograph - (AO3) - ~6600 words, PG, written for inamac for the Spring 2015 acd_holmesfest exchange.
There is more than one secret to be revealed when a young man comes to Holmes and Watson with a keepsake and a question.
- Readers - (AO3) - ~2700 words, G, written for stellinia for the Autumn 2014 acd_holmesfest exchange.
In the retirement years, when Watson is "beyond my ken" as Holmes describes it, the author struggles to maintain connection with his readers.
- Until Then - (AO3) - ~3500 words, PG, written for capt_facepalm for the Spring 2014 acd_holmesfest exchange.
When waiting for the return of a friend, keeping a token of friendship is the key to holding on.
- The Continuity of Empires - (AO3) - ~1450 words, PG, written for rabidsamfan for the Autumn 2013 acd_holmesfest exchange, as part of a fic collection called Head to Toe with tweedisgood and methylviolet10b
Two years before the events of His Last Bow, Sherlock Holmes has unexpected illustrious visitors one morning. A case of international proportions stands in the balance, but Holmes takes his work seriously. All of his work.
- The One Fixed Point - (AO3) - ~7000 words, PG-13, angst, discussion of death and drugs, ACD canon-esque fantastical elements, written for colebaltblue for the Autumn 2013 acd_holmesfest exchange
Long into retirement and after yet another extended absence, Sherlock Holmes comes to visit a convalescent Watson with an unexpected question and a most unusual offer.
- Home - (AO3) - ~2400 words, PG-13, canonical death
Just after the events of the Adventure of the Empty House, Sherlock Holmes looks to return his life to the way he left it.
- Climb and Fall - (AO3) - ~800 words, PG-13, angst, canonical death
After Moriarty's demise at Reichenbach, Holmes risks his life to end his life only to find himself haunted by the dead and the living once he succeeds.
- Kindling - (AO3) - ~1550 words, NC-17, angst, UST, voyeurism without consent.
If the existence of a lover for Watson was obvious and unsurprising, discovering Watson's newfound partner was in fact a man came as a bolt of lightning from the open sky.
- Three Minutes and Forty-Two Seconds - (AO3) - ~550 words, PG-13, violence, injury, angst.
Lestrade's telegram was just six words long, but those six words were enough to send Holmes running for the door.
- The Land of the Living - (AO3) - ~5800 words, NC-17, angst, suicide ideation.
Empty House AU. Watson recognizes Holmes in his bookseller's disguise, but this isn't the first time he has seen him since returning from Reichenbach Falls. He's determined to ensure that this is the last time, however.
- Night on the Train - (AO3) - ~1000 words, R, angst, very dark subject matter.
He knows the flavor of failure, but he never gets used to its taste.
- Returning - (AO3) - ~1400 words, PG, angst, written for a prompt from the great rat_chan, based on the Granada telling of The Final Problem.
Post-Reichenbach, Watson returns to their rooms at 221B to discover what remains and what is missing.
- Steam - (AO3) - ~1800 words, PG, UST, some H/C, written for kmeme prompt.
Holmes and Watson see things quite differently and yet precisely the same when Holmes is burned during a case.
- Adagio for Violin - (AO3) - ~860 words, PG-13, UST, angst.
The violin is a conduit, his form of expression for what cannot be said.
- The Weapon of Choice - (AO3) - ~280 words, R, horror, dark, ficlet, written for kmeme prompt, Devil's Foot AU.
This was an experiment. This was a mistake.
- Later. After. - (AO3) - ~660 words, G, fluff, written for kmeme prompt.
His exhausting work is its own reward, but Holmes finds having a companion has benefits as well.
- Syncopated - (AO3) - ~1200 words, NC-17, UST.
Holmes steals Watson's stethoscope but doesn't quite get what he wants.
Elementary - Another new Holmes fandom to explore.
- Interludes in Winter - (AO3) - ~900 words, G, UST
It - she - sneaks up on him, a little at a time, despite himself.
BBC - Just starting to dip my toes into BBC.
- Uncontrolled Variables - (AO3) - ~2000 words, PG-13, self-harm, violence, hurt/comfort, written for this prompt about Sherlock's experiment with John and the fear drug in the laboratory in the episode The Hounds of Baskerville:
John reacts very badly to the drug. Maybe he's allergic, or maybe his PTSD is a factor. He flashes back to Afghanistan or has some kind of full-blown Devil's Foot hallucination: something that makes Sherlock feel guilty for (he believes) exposing John to it.
- Matter - ~170 words, PG-13, dark. For prompt: AU, John makes a bargain with a demon or the devil. In exchange for his own soul Sherlock will be resurrected from the grave.
Movie-verse - Not much to find here as of yet. Perhaps more in the future...?
- His Non-Native Tongue - (AO3) - ~400 words, NC-17, PWP, ficlet, written for kmeme prompt.
It's not a language Watson understands, but the meaning comes through regardless.
Drabbles and 221s - Experiments and challenge entries
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Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cookby Joe Yonan
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A collection of eclectic vegetarian and vegan recipes for singles as well as lone vegetarians in meat-eating households, from the beloved Washington Post editor and author of Serve Yourself.
An increasing number of Americans are turning to plant-based diets, both for their health and the economic benefits. And for many, they are the only one in their household who has made the change--making it the perfect time for this book of vegetarian, flexitarian, and vegan recipes specifically sized for single portions. In addition to 80 delectable and satisfying recipes, Eat Your Vegetables features essays on moving beyond mock meat and the evolution of vegetarian restaurants, as well as economical tips for shopping for, storing, and reusing ingredients.
"As more and more people embrace vegetable-heavy diets, the need for a primer on these wildly varying foods is great. Yonan, the Washington Post's Cooking for One columnist and author of Serve Yourself, comes at the subject from the solitary perspective, showing how to cook flavorful and healthy nonmeat meals that serve one. Yonan starts off with an excellent chapter that both novices and experienced cooks will find useful: how to store and use up extra ingredients, including herbs, avocado, citrus, celery, and beans. He offers fresh options on salads, such as cold spicy ramen noodles with tofu and kimchi; kale and mango niçoise; and Asian bean and barley salad. Sandwiches and soups also get a makeover: recipes include curried mushroom bean burgers; vegan sloppy joes; and green gumbo. Spinach enchiladas; sweet potato galette with mushrooms and kale; and chicken-fried cauliflower with miso-onion gravy offer appetizing alternatives to standard vegetarian meals. Desserts seem to be an afterthought in most vegetable cookbooks, but Yonan doesn't disappoint with his faux tart with instant lemon-ginger pudding and one-peach crisp with cardamom and honey. Recipes are designed to feed one but are easily doubled or can serve nicely as a side dish if desired. The greatly appealing dishes in this collection open up a whole new culinary world for veggie lovers. Agent: Lisa Ekus, the Lisa Ekus Group." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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JOE YONAN is the food and travel editor for the Washington Post, where he writes regular features, including the monthly "Cooking for One" column that inspired his first book. On leave from the paper in 2012 to learn homesteading on a family farm, he will return in 2013. Yonan has won awards for writing and editing from the James Beard Foundation, the Association of Food Journalists, and the Society of American Travel Writers, and his work has been featured three times in the Best Food Writing anthology.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Book
Storing and Using Up Extra Ingredients
Chapter 1
Salads and Dressings
Asian Bean and Barley Salad
Perfect Poached Egg
Cold Spicy Ramen Noodles with Tofu
and Kimchi
Curried Broccoli and Warm Israeli
Couscous Salad
Kale and Mango Niçoise Salad
Sidebar: massaging kale • 22
Lime Ginger Vinaigrette
Spicy Kale Salad with Miso-Mushroom
Lemon Chile Vinaigrette
Smoky Cabbage and Noodles with
Glazed Tempeh
Tomato, Beet, and Peach Stacks
Walnut Oregano Vinaigrette
Basil Goddess Dressing
Sesame Miso Vinaigrette
Sour Plum Vinaigrette
Essay: Forget the Clock, Remember Your Food • 34
Chapter 2
Sandwiches and Soups
Curried Mushroom Bean Burgers
Sloppy Vegan Joe
Grilled Kimcheese
Grilled Almond Butter and Dried Plum Sandwich
Sidebar: more nut butter and dried fruit sandwich ideas
Grilled Mushroom, Poblano, and Cheese Sandwich
Tofu, Grilled Cabbage, and Poblano
Tapenade Sandwich
Grilled Greens, Chickpea, and Peppadew Sandwich
Ricotta, Zucchini, and Radicchio Sandwich
Juicy Bella
Kale and Caramelized Onion Quesadilla
Indonesian Tofu and Egg Wraps
Minty Pea Soup with Pea and Feta Toast
Cool, Spicy Mango Yogurt Soup
Green Gumbo
Sidebar: vegetable stock
Creamy Green Gazpacho
Celery Soup with Apple and Blue Cheese
Bean and Poblano Soup with Cinnamon
Carrot and Ginger Soup with Quick-
Pickled Beet
Bean and Israeli Couscous Soup
Essay: Should We Stop Mocking Mock Meat?
Chapter 3
Baking, Roasting,
and Broiling
Baby Eggplant Parm
Cheesy Greens and Rice Gratin
Asparagus with Romesco Blanco
Oyster Mushroom and Corn Tart
Sidebar: more savory tart ideas
Roasted Cauliflower and Green Beans with
Chipotle Sauce
Chickpea Pancake with Broccoli and
Eggplant Puree
Spinach Enchiladas
Roasted Sweet Potato with Coconut,
Dates, and Walnuts
Sidebar: more roasted sweet potato ideas
Sweet Potato Galette with Mushrooms and Kale
Pomegranate-Glazed Eggplant
Profile: The farmer goes to market
Chapter 4
On the Stovetop
Fusilli with Corn Sauce
Pasta with Squash and Miso
Spaghetti with Root-to-Leaf Radish
Risotto with Greens and Zucchini
Spicy Basil Tofu Fried Rice
Pepper-Crusted Tofu with Broccoli Stir-Fry
Sweet Potato, Kimchi, and Greens Hash
Chicken-Fried Cauliflower with
Miso-Onion Gravy
Enfrijoladas with Egg, Avocado, and Onion
Sidebar: grind your own
Potato and Bean Tostadas with Avocado
Green Onion Salsa
Steamed Eggplant with Miso-Tomato Sauce
Szechuan-Style Tofu and Shiitake Stir-Fry
Thai-Style Kabocha Squash and Tofu Curry
Tomato-Braised Green Beans and New Potatoes
Essay: When Paradise Gets Paved
Chapter 5
Faux Tart with Instant Lemon Ginger
Summer Berry "Tart" in a Jar
Sidebar: more ideas for tarts in jars
One-Peach Crisp with Cardamom and Honey
Carl's Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
Blueberry Ginger Smoothie
Sidebar: more smoothie ideas
Blueberry Wine Refrigerator Jam
Essay: the vegetarian restaurant grows up
Chapter 6
Kimchi Deviled Eggs
Ottoman Eggplant Dip
Poblano Tapenade
Smoky Bean and Roasted Garlic Dip
Whipped Ricotta
Essay: the politics of cooking
Chapter 7
Recipes for the Fridge,
Freezer, and Pantry
Almond and Coconut Granola with Ginger
and Cherries
Cabbage Kimchi
Grilled Cabbage
Caramelized Onions
Perfectly Creamy Hard-Cooked Egg
Chile Oil
Marinated and Baked Tofu
Sidebar: a vacuum shortcut
Quick-Pickled Golden Raisins
Hearty Greens
Pot of Beans
Tomato Sauce with a Kick
Quick Pot of Brown Rice
Summer Succotash
Sidebar: cutting corn kernels
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NEW ORLEANS - JANUARY 24: (L-R) Jonathan Vilma #51, Jeremy Shockey #88 and Darren Sharper #42 of the New Orleans Saints celebrate with the George S. Halas trophy after the Saints won 31-28 in overtime against the Minnesota Vikings during the NFC Championship Game at the Louisiana Superdome on January 24, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
You know Dennis, right? The mud farmer on our editorial staff who is never around? Well, it appears Darren Sharper's retirement stoked the creative fire...as he just sent me this email/post. Enjoy.Shining Path...Fading Tunnel. Post this please….preferably with a cool photo of him in his Tribe days. I've done little to no editing, so post with caution… Clicks. [I chose to barely edit this, because honestly I have no idea what parts Dennis actually wrote, and what parts he just copied and pasted from other sources. Kinda like our college days.] Former Saints safety and five-time Pro Bowl selection Darren Sharper plans to retire. Just about to turn 36 in November, Sharper got a workout with the Broncos in September but there wasn't much interest in him around the league. The Redskins scheduled a workout but canceled when Sharper parked in owner Dan Snyder's reserved space. A member of the NFL's All-Decade team for the 2000s, it is likely that he follows through on his plan. Sharp...
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A silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive release laminate having a support coated on at least one side with a silicone release layer, and over the release layer, a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive. The release force required to separate the adhesive from the release layer is less than about 200 grams per inch, and preferably less than 100 grams. The release layer is a silicone release polymer having a high degree of cross-linking formed from at least one prepolymer having a viscosity below about 1000 centipoises at 25° C.
1. An article comprising
a support having a release on at least one side, and a pressure sensitive alkylarylpolysiloxane adhesive over the release;
said release comprising the cross-linked reaction product of (a) a polysiloxane prepolymer having two or more reactive vinyl groups and (b) a polysiloxane prepolymer having more than two reactive hydrogen groups, said release prepolymers having a viscosity below about 1000 centipoises at 25° C.
2. An article as defined in claim 1 wherein the cross-linked reaction product is formed from a mixture of polysiloxane prepolymers having a viscosity below about 600 centipoises at 25° C.
3. An article as defined in claim 1 wherein two of the vinyl groups occupy terminal positions.
4. An article as defined in claim 2 wherein the viscosity is about 300 centipoises or below at 25° C.
5. An article as defined in claim 1 wherein the cross-linked reaction product is produced using a catalyst of a noble metal complex.
6. An article as defined in claim 5 wherein the noble metal complex is of the platinum group including platinum and rhodium.
7. An article as defined in claim 6 wherein the viscosity is 100 cps. or below.
8. The method of producing a pressure sensitive alkylarylpolysiloxane adhesive with a silicone release comprising the steps of
(a) forming on at least one side of a support a release which is a continuous cross-linked and inert reaction product of a polysiloxane prepolymer having two or more reactive vinyl groups and a polysiloxane prepolymer having more than two reactive hydrogen groups, said release prepolymers having a viscosity below about 1000 centipoises at 25° C.
(b) applying a pressure sensitive alkylarylpolysiloxane adhesive over said release.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the cross-linked and inert reaction product is produced using a catalyst of a noble metal complex.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the noble metal complex is of the platinum group including platinum and rhodium.
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 099,265, filed on Feb. 20, 1980; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 058,983 filed on July 10, 1979; and a continuation of Ser. No. 969,254 filed on Dec. 13, 1978 and a continuation of Ser. No. 759,154 filed Jan. 13, 1977 and a continuation in part of Ser. No. 558,324 filed Mar. 14, 1975 which in turn is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 538,588 filed Jan. 6, 1975, all now abandoned.
Pressure-sensitive adhesives are well known and are in substantial commercial use to secure tapes, labels, or other articles to receiving surfaces. Such adhesives can be attached to a variety of materials by means of pressure. Tapes coated with adhesive on both sides are used to join two articles together. Pressure-sensitive adhesives are generally based on elastomeric polymers such as natural or synthetic rubbers and, as is well known in the art, can be compounded with extenders, plasticizers, tackifiers and other materials to provide specifically desired properties. Examples of such materials and their use is shown in numerous prior art patents, including U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,085,903; 3,246,049; 3,356,635; 3,501,365; and 3,532,652.
Because such adhesives are tacky, it is customary to cover their exposed surface(s) temporarily and removably with a release layer, typically a non-tacky silicone polymer, for handling, storage and dispensing. Such products include label stock in which the label base or support is bonded to the adhesive and the exposed adhesive surface covered with a silicone release coated paper or film; spirally wound tapes comprising a film or paper support having one surface bonded to the adhesive, with the exposed adhesive surface being in contact with a release layer carried either by the opposite side of the same support or by a separate interleaving support; and spirally wound transfer tapes wherein the support is coated on both sides with release layers, one of which is overcoated with the adhesive. The adhesive can be initially formed either directly to the support surface or to the release surface. The latter is necessary for transfer tapes having release coatings on both sides of the support. Consistently low uniform release forces between the adhesive and release layer are more difficult to obtain when the adhesive is solidified from a liquid in contact with the release layer surface. The term "laminate" as used herein refers to a structure having at least one support, temporary or permanent, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and at least one release layer in surface contact with the adhesive, whether or not other layers such as a second release layer or a second support are also present.
Elastomeric, pressure-sensitive silicone adhesives have been known for some time and have attractive properties, particularly a large range of temperatures, both high and low, to which they can be exposed, chemical stability, and good adhesion to a variety of materials. However, such silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives adhere with high tenacity to conventional release surfaces, such that conventional release papers often tear before releasing, and their use has been limited generally to application without a release layer or to tapes of plastic films strong enough to withstand the considerable release forces required to unwind the spiral tape. Ridged release surfaces to reduce the contact area have also been employed with limited success and increased expense.
Objects of the present invention include provision of a silicone polymer pressure-sensitive adhesive laminate with a release layer of silicone release polymer which is readily releasible for use, both immediately after preparation and for extended storage periods thereafter; silicone adhesive laminate structures which can be releasably separated with stripping or release forces generally comparable with non-silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive laminates heretofore known; and silicone pressure-sensitive laminate structures which permit the use of existing pressure-sensitive application techniques and equipment.
Silicone release resins are sold as essentially linear polymers or prepolymers in liquid form, with and without solvents, for coating onto paper, film or other support. After coating, they are cured, typically by heat and catalyst, to form solid, non-tacky, cross-linked polymers in situ. These linear prepolymer resins are believed to be formed from chlorosilanes and to consist predominantly of repeating units of the structure ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or hydrocarbon radicals principally lower alkyl groups and most typically methyl. The degree of polymerization is such as to produce a liquid linear prepolymer material with no significant cross linkage. While liquids are preferred and used commercially, higher molecular weight wax-like solids could be substituted where sufficient solvent or heat is practical to provide fluidity for coating without premature curing. It is believed that presently known silicone linear release prepolymers consist of at least 95 percent repeating units of the above structure with reactive end groups, but that small quantities of other modifying units may be present, if desired. Such release materials are described, for example in an article by Alvin E. Bey, entitled "New Developments in Silicone Release Coatings for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives", in the October, 1972 issue of Adhesives Age, pages 29-32.
In accordance with the present invention, it has been found that silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives can be contacted with release layers comprising selected removable silicone release polymers, stored for extended periods, and removed for use when needed with equipment and forces generally comparable to those heretofore employed with rubber and acrylic-based adhesives. These advantages are obtained by employing a silicone release polymer which is highly cross-linked. The degree of cross-linking can be conveniently measured by the absorption of solvent, the greater the degree of cross-linking, the less the absorption of solvent. Silicone release polymers are sufficiently cross-linked for use with the laminates of the present invention if they absorb less than about 200% of their cured weight of the solvent heptane, when measured as follows. A sample of the liquid coating material catalyzed for curing is placed in a container from which it can be removed after curing, for example a small laboratory weighing dish of aluminum foil. Inert solvent, if present, is then removed and the liquid fully cured. A sufficient sample should be used to provide a cured thickness of about one fourth inch. The cured sample is then removed, weighed, and immersed in heptane for a period sufficient for the sample to reach substantially constant weight. The sample is then removed from the heptane, the surface dried by blotting and the sample reweighed. The increase in weight represents the amount of heptane absorbed. When measured by this technique, it has been found that conventional silicone release polymers will absorb about 600% or more of their original weight and that the increase in weight often continues well beyond 24 hours. Preferred materials according to the present invention usually attain substantially constant weight within twenty-four hours.
The release mechanism is not well understood. However, it has been previously theorized, for example in the article by Bey cited above, that it involves a low polarity surface of low surface tension, highly flexible polymer chains, incompatibility of release surface with dissimilar adhesive polymers in contact therewith, and that the degree of cross-linking affects the release forces obtained. However, such theories have not led to successful release laminates for silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives. Surprisingly, and in accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that if the degree of cross-linking is substantially increased over prior practice, low release value laminates with silicone adhesives can be obtained even though the flexibility of the release polymer is reduced and the polymeric materials in contact have substantial similarity.
A variety of chemical means are known for obtaining a high cross-link density. For example, a high degree of functionality can be provided on the polysiloxane prepolymer, for example silicon-bonded hydrogen or vinyl substituents, which are polymerized and cross-linked with polyfunctional cross-linking agents. Additive reactions between unsaturated hydrocarbon groups such as vinyl or the like and silicon-bonded hydrogens are preferred. The unsaturated hydrocarbon groups may be provided as reactive groups on a polysiloxane prepolymer, as in Example VI hereinafter, or in a hydrocarbon molecule, preferably of low molecular weight, as in Example I. It is also preferred that polysiloxane prepolymers be employed all or a majority of which are of low molecular weight, preferably having a Brookfield viscosity at 25° C. below about 1000 centipoises, corresponding to a molecular weight below about 25,000. Such lower molecular weight prepolymers are believed to minimize steric problems in attaining a highly cross-linked structure. The total liquid coating prepolymer composition, absent inert solvent, preferably has a viscosity below about 1000 centipoises and most preferably considerably less.
It is preferred that the silicone release layers of the present invention be formed from reactive polysiloxane prepolymer compositions having a substantial content of silicon-bonded hydrogen substituents sufficient to provide an IR absorption ratio from base line of Si-H absorption at about 4.5 to 4.8 microns, to C-H absorption at about 3.0 to 3.5 microns, above about 0.4. Such silicon-bonded hydrogen containing prepolymers can comprise the major component, as in Examples I-V, which can be highly cross-linked with co-reactive silanes or small multivinyl containing cross-linking agents or similar reactive unsaturated compound such as dicyclopentadiene, or, as illustrated in Example VI, can be employed to cross-link with other co-reactive polysiloxane prepolymers having sufficient co-reactive substituents, preferably vinyl groups, to provide a siloxane copolymer having a high degree of cross-linking. Catalysts for the above reactions are known and are exemplified in the Examples.
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FIG. 1 is an infrared (IR) spectrographic absorption chart for silicone release resin prepolymer No. 4280 of the General Electric Company;
FIG. 2 is an IR spectrographic absorption chart for silicone release prepolymer SS4281C of the General Electric Company;
FIG. 3 is an IR spectrographic absorption chart for silicone release prepolymer No. 4191 of the General Electric Company;
FIG. 4 is an IR spectrographic absorption chart for silicone release prepolymer No. X2-7018 of the Dow Corning Corporation;
FIG. 5 is an IR spectrographic absorption chart for silicone release prepolymer No. X2-7016 of the Dow Corning Corporation;
FIG. 6 is an IR spectrographic absorption chart for silicone release prepolymer No. 23/30 of the Dow Corning Corporation; and,
FIG. 7 is an IR spectrographic absorption chart for silicon release prepolymer EP 6396 of the Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
These IR absorption spectrographs were prepared by placing a cast film, free of solvent, in or on a sodium chloride capacillary cell or plate, cells being used for lower viscosity materials where too little is retained on a plate (FIGS. 2, 4, 5 and 7) and plates for higher viscosity materials (FIGS. 1, 3 and 6), and the runs performed on an INFRACORD prism IR spectrophotometer. The cast film should be of a thickness such that both absorption peaks herein described, when present, fall within about the 0.2 to 0.7 absorption regions.
Referring to FIG. 7, the ratio of absorption at 4.5 to 4.8 microns, from base line to the absorption at 3.0 to 3.5 microns was measured as follows. The first peak absorption was read to be 0.72 at 3.4 microns. At 3.4 microns the base line was estimated to be 0.05 by straight line extrapolation across the absorption peak as indicated by the broken line. The absorption at 3.4 microns was therefore determined to be 0.67 (0.72 minus 0.05). Similarly the second absorption peak was read to be 0.29 at 4.6 microns and the base line estimated to be 0.015. This absorption at 4.6 microns was therefore 0.275 (0.29 minus 0.015). The ratio was therefore 0.275 divided by 0.67 or 0.41.
IR ratios from FIGS. 1-7 were calculated as indicated above and are listed in the following TABLE I.
TABLE I______________________________________Absorption at: 4.5-4.8 3.0-3.5 RATIO______________________________________FIG. 1 -- 0.19 --FIG. 2 0.65 0.43 1.51FIG. 3 0.05 0.20 0.25FIG. 4 -- 0.47 --FIG. 5 0.45 0.43 1.03FIG. 6 0.17 0.72 0.24FIG. 7 0.275 0.67 0.41______________________________________
As sold commercially and recommended for use by the suppliers, the prepolymers of FIGS. 1 and 2 and also of FIGS. 4 and 5 are mixed in the proportion of 10 weight parts of the first material to 1 weight part of the second material and coated with or without solvent and cured to form release layers. The materials of FIGS. 3 and 6 are conventional solvent coating release materials, cured with catalyst and small quantities of reactive silanes as recommended by the suppliers. The material of FIG. 7 is a solventless coating material cured with added platinic acid catalyst containing dicyclopentadiene as recommended by the supplier.
When such materials are coated onto densified release paper, cured, and laminated to conventional rubber or acrylic-based pressure-sensitive adhesives, good stable release forces are generally obtained for solvent applied release layers in the range of 16 to 40 grams per inch of width at slow speed and 40 to 100 grams per inch of width at high speed, measured as more fully explained in Example 1 below.
The coatings applied without solvents generally give about one-half these values. However, when laminated to silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesives, especially after a few days of storage, conventional release sheets often tear before release is obtained. Also, the tack or adhesion of the silicone adhesives is sometimes diminished, believed to be due to retention of release polymer on the surface of the adhesive.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are given in the following examples.
A conventional 4-pound per ream (250,000 square inches) super calendered densified Kraft release carrier paper was coated as follows. Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Ayrshire, Scotland, (ICI) silicone-release polymer EP 6396, having a viscosity of about 70 centipoises, was mixed with ICI catalyst EP 6439 (platinic acid type and containing dicyclopentadiene) in the weight ratio of 1.5 parts catalyst to 100 parts resin and placed in the pan of an offset gravure coating apparatus. EP 6396 is believed to be predominately silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane having a viscosity of 60 to 100 centipoises at 25° C., in combination with a minor proportion of polymethylhydrogensiloxane having a viscosity of about 25 centipoises at 25° C. The gravure roll, partially immersed in the pan, was a 150 line per inch engraved steel roll employed with a rubber transfer roll operated at a roll speed ratio of 1 to 1.
The release carrier paper was fed over the transfer roll by means of a steel drive roll, the paper being fed between the nip formed by the rubber transfer roll and the steel drive roll, at a speed six times as great as the linear speed of the surface of the transfer roll, to provide a smooth, uniform coating of about 0.3 pounds coating per ream (250,000 square inches). The coating was then passed into a hot air oven and cured for 7 seconds at 395° F. The second or reverse side was then similarly coated and cured such that the first side was again heated for 7 seconds at 395° F.
Release paper coated as above described was then coated on the first, twice heated side, by drawing the paper under a shimmed steel bar with 1.0 to 1.5 mils thickness of silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive (after drying and curing). The adhesive employed was SR 574 obtained from the General Electric Company and catalyzed as recommended by General Electric with 1.5% by weight of equal weight parts of dichlorobenzoyl peroxide and silicone oil or dibutyl phthalate. The coating was cured at 300° F. for 2 minutes. The cured adhesive was covered with a 0.002 inch thick strip of Mylar polyester film and compressive force of about 400 pounds per inch applied for 8 minutes.
Slow speed release between the silicone adhesive and silicone release surface was measured with an Instron tester, Model TM. In the slow speed test, a sample 1/2 inch wide by six inches long was stripped at 90° and at 12 inches per minute and the release measured. This procedure is a modification of TLMI Adhesion Test No. VII-LD, modified for release measurement by securing the sample to be tested with two-sided adhesive tape to a rigid plate with release layer and its carrier exposed, removal of release layer initiated, and the sample clamped in the jaws of the tester. For high speed stripping, the test was conducted on a TLMI tester, samples 1 inch by 6 inches were stripped at 600 inches per minute and at 180°, following TLMI release test method VIII-LD270. Stripping or release forces typically measured were, after the indicated storage time following preparation of the laminate, as follows, storage being at standard conditions (room temperature and atmospheric pressure);
______________________________________Storage Time Release Force, Grams______________________________________LOW SPEEDZero 9-16 grams24 hours 14-24 grams 1 week 15-25 gramsHIGH SPEEDZero 25-30 grams24 hours 25-30 grams 1 week 25-50 grams______________________________________
Ten grams of ICI release prepolymer EP6396 was dissolved in 87 grams of heptane. To this solution was added one (1.0) c.c. of a 40% by weight solution of triacetoxy methyl silane in toluene, and 0.5 grams of di-N-butyl tin dioctoate, a known silicone catalyst. This mixture was coated using a Number 4 Mayer rod onto a film of Mylar polyester, dried and cured in an oven for 20 seconds at 275° F. When overcoated with General Electric SR574 silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive, laminated and tested, all as set forth in Example I, low release values immediately and after storage for one week were obtained.
Example II, when coated on untreated paper did not give low release values. However, if the paper is provided with a suitable barrier coating, e.g. a conventional cured silicone release coating such as the materials of FIG. 3 or 6, paper can be used as the support.
General Electric experimental pressure-sensitive adhesive No. 404-333 was substituted for adhesive SR574 in Example I and laminated and tested as therein described. Similar release values were obtained.
As further examples IV and V, either of the prepolymers of FIGS. 2 and 5, each having the high IR absorption ratio herein defined, can be used when suitably cured with catalyst such as the catalyst of Example I. Improved release properties for silicone adhesives are obtained.
A mixture of one part by weight Q-2-7045 was mixed with ten parts Q-2-7044, obtained from the Dow Corning Corporation, and the mixture substituted for the ICI material specified in Example I. Q-2-7044 is understood to be a polysiloxane having a plurality of reactive vinyl substituents attached to its silicone atoms, a viscosity of about 300 centipoises, and a molecular weight of about 15,000, corresponding to a degree of polymerization of about 200. It also contains a platinum catalyst. Q-2-7045 is understood to be approximately 60% by weight Q-2-7044 and 40% of a polymethylhydrogensiloxane of low molecular weight, understood to have a degree of polymerization of about 40 units and having an IR ratio as herein defined substantially greater than 0.4, the reactive hydrogen substituents cross-linking with the vinyl groups of the prepolymers of Q-2-7044. The material was coated, cured, and tested as stated in Example I, except that the rubber transfer roll and the steel drive roll were driven at the same speed which was greater than the surface speed of the gravure roll by ten percent or more, and a coating weight between one and two pounds per ream was applied. Similar results were obtained.
Examples I and VI are preferred, Example VI being most preferred because of its current availability. It is also preferred to use a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive containing an appreciable number of essentially inert substituents other than methyl, for example phenyl groups, as disclosed for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,857,356 and 3,839,075. Such groups may be provided, for example, by incorporating in the polymer monomer units of phenyl-methyl siloxane. Inclusion of "M" and "Q" units as described in the above patents is also preferred. The amount of such "M" and "Q" units can be varied to vary the tack of the resulting adhesives.
In each of the above Examples, the pressure-sensitive laminates described consisted of a support layer of Mylar film or tape, one surface of a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive layer adhered to one surface of the film, a cured, highly cross-linked silicone release polymer layer removably adhered to the other surface of the adhesive layer, and a release paper carrier adhered to the release layer on the side opposite the adhesive. The adhesive can be readily stored, handled, dispensed and applied in this form. To form a spirally-wound tape, the silicone release layer would be applied to the side of the Mylar opposite the adhesive and no separate carrier sheet would be needed. For a transfer tape, both sides of the Mylar or other support would be coated with a release layer. It should be noted that low release values were obtained even though the adhesive was applied and cured directly on the release surface.
Each of the above Examples provides the high degree of cross-linking herein disclosed. In all of the foregoing Examples polysiloxane prepolymers having a plurality of silicon-bonded hydrogen substituents were cross-linked together with compounds having a plurality of vinyl, hydroxyl or ester groups co-reactive with the hydrogen substituents. These prepolymers are believed to have substantially the following structure: ##STR2## wherein R' is lower alkyl, preferably methyl, R is partially or entirely hydrogen and the balance if any is lower alkyl, and X is below about 350 and preferably less, such low molecular weights providing a Brookfield viscosity at 25° C. below about 1000 centipoises and preferably less. Such prepolymers are believed to be substantially homopolymers of methylhydrogensiloxan wherein X is about 40 or copolymers thereof with dimethylsiloxane wherein X is greater than 40 but preferably below about 350.
The above prepolymers, suitable catalyzed, are copolymerized and highly cross-linked together by cross-linking with materials having a plurality of groups co-reactive with the hydrogen substituents. In the Examples, the following cross-linking materials were employed:
(1) dicyclopentadiene and/or silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane--Examples I, III, IV and V
(2) methyl-triacetoxy silane--Example II
(3) polysiloxane prepolymers having a plurality of vinyl substituents--Example VI
The polysiloxanes of (3) above are believed to have substantially the following formula: ##STR3## wherein R' is lower alkyl, principally methyl, R" is a mixture of vinyl and lower alkyl groups and Y is below about 350.
The polysiloxanes employed should comprise the major portion of the coating composition. Where hydrocarbon cross-linking agents such as dicyclopentadiene are used, they are preferably small and used in limited amounts sufficient to provide a highly cross-linked silicone. Where co-reactive polysiloxane prepolymers are employed the ratio may vary considerably provided sufficient quantities of each reactive group are employed to produce a dense, highly cross-linked silicone. Thus in Example VI a minor portion of silicon-bonded hydrogen-containing prepolymer is employed where it has a substantial number of reactive hydrogen substituents. Undue stoichiometric excess of unreacted silicon-bonded hydrogen substituents is preferably avoided.
It is also known that hydroxyl and alkoxy groups are co-reactive with silicon-bonded hydrogen polysiloxane substituents.
Cure of the release coatings of this invention should be carried substantially to completion, i.e. until stable, low release values are obtained. A minimum of free reactive groups at the surface is considered desirable. Substantially complete cure can be achieved by using sufficient heat and time, e.g. from about 7 to about 28 seconds at 395° F. or higher. Infra-red heaters can usefully be employed at the end of the cure cycle, for example to raise the coating temperature momentarily to about 500° F. Alternatively, where too high release values are initially obtained, improvement can sometimes be provided by chemically converting free surface reactive groups to more inert groups. For example, free surface Si-H groups may be treated with reactive silanes free of such groups, such as a gas phase exposure to a mixture of trichloro-methyl-silane and dichloro-dimethyl silane for 5 seconds at 225° F., or a liquid treatment with a 3% by weight solution of trimethoxymethyl silane in heptane, with di-N-butyl tin diacetate as catalyst, followed by drying. Curing with sufficient heat is preferred.
Control of moisture during cure may also be important in obtaining low release values, especially for low coating weights. Ambient moisture in the drying and curing air has not been a problem and reasonable care in excluding contamination or condensation of water in the coating prepolymer mixture is sufficient. However, excess moisture in the carrier paper, where used, can cause problems, and it is preferred that the paper have a moisture content by weight of about 4% or less. Pre-drying can be employed, if necessary.
Good coating technique should be employed. Sufficient coating material should be applied to obtain a smooth uniform coating preferably between about 0.2 and 2.0 pounds of cured release coating per ream (250,000 square inches). Higher coating weights between about 1.0 and 2.0 pounds per ream are preferred. These coating weights are used for normal support surfaces having a good hold-out surface. Higher amounts may be required when the liquid release materials are applied to more porous surfaces to compensate for absorption into the support.
High speed release forces are often more important than low speed release because of the common use of high speed applicating equipment. High speed release forces less than about 200 grams per inch of width are preferred, forces less than about 100 grams more preferred, and about 50 grams or less per inch of width most preferred. On information and belief, such low values were not obtainable in consistent commercial practice prior to the discovery herein disclosed, especially where the adhesive coating is formed directly on the release surface. Low release values are particularly important where paper is used as a carrier due to its limited strength, and where high speed applicating equipment is used.
It should be understood that the foregoing description is for the purpose of illustration only and that the invention includes all modifications and equivalents within the scope of the appended claims.
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28th: S1 In the Hands of the Prophets
29th: S2 Necessary Evil
30th: S1 Captive Pursuit
31st: S3 Defiant
32nd: S6 The Magnificent Ferengi
33rd: S7 The Siege of AR-558
34th: S4 Our Man Bashir
35th: S1 Progress
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