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Money has been called both the root of all evil and the thing that makes the world go 'round.
Love it or hate it, an entrepreneurial business can't live without it.
I've mentioned my initiative Grow America in the past — the program I've launched with partners to provide resources for entrepreneurs. We've been running these programs for the past year in Utah, and we're ready to advance nationwide.
As I've mentioned before, America's risk-taking entrepreneurs strengthen our economy by serving as our most efficient and powerful supplier of jobs. Over the past 30 years, in fact, entrepreneurs who followed their dreams and invited others to help them are responsible for the creation of 40 million American jobs. This is one of the primary reasons I'm giving away much of the money I've made through the years. I'm giving back, and I'm giving a significant piece of this money to the next generation of passionate entrepreneurs, to empower them to do and build things beyond our dreams.
In my view, this is what money is for: to sustain and improve people's lives. I have profound faith in the entrepreneurs of this country, and I believe they will undoubtedly outdo earlier generations of brave business builders if we can allow them to thrive.
So today I'm pleased to invite you to take advantage of all of the first-class funding, marketing, mentoring and networking resources available through Grow America, because I cannot sleep until I've done everything in my power to put Americans back to work. With my team, I've also engaged a number of large corporations who are excited about this initiative.
We will put Americans back to work by supporting the people who have the ability to create jobs: passionate and optimistic entrepreneurs. If you're reading, I hope you're one of them. If you're not an entrepreneur, please take this invitation as an opportunity to share the news with an entrepreneurial friend. Grow America provides the following resources free of charge to entrepreneurs:
Money: Compete for no-strings-attached cash awards in dynamic online business competitions.
Marketing: Vet your ideas and products with the crowd in a vibrant online community of people who are actively seeking to support the next big thing.
Mentoring: Learn practical lessons and get advice from the brightest minds in the business world.
Networking: Collaborate with like-minded leaders and find potential partners who can help you take your business to the next level.
Are you ready to get growing? Whether you are starting a new business, planning to expand or are still looking for ideas and inspiration, I invite you to visit GrowAm.com and to join us in creating the new businesses and the new jobs our economy needs. I also invite you to consider entering our first 2013 business competition, which we are conducting entirely online. Here are the details:
The Innovative Product Competition began Jan. 28 and ends Feb. 26, 2013. It is open to entrepreneurs over age 18 who have an innovative product to sell (or at least an idea for an innovative product). Once you enter your product in the competition, share it with your family, friends and community. Every vote and share will help to get you closer to winning a portion of the $35,000 prize ($20,000 will go to first place, $10,000 to second place and $5,000 for third). There will be other surprise awards and interim opportunities as well. We will name the top 50 participants as finalists, which should be tremendously helpful in advancing your ideas among funding sources of every kind. Expert judges will judge the finalists, and Grow America will award the cash on Feb. 26 to the winners. So bring your most innovative products and product ideas forward at Grow America and let the competition begin.
To review or enter the competition, go here. Do you have more questions? As always you can reach me here, via my personal website at www.AlanEHall.com, or via @AskAlanEHall. You can reach Grow America on Twitter at @GrowAmerica as well.
Alan E. Hall is a co-founding managing director of Mercato Partners, a regionally focused growth capital investment firm. He founded Grow Utah Ventures, is the founder of MarketStar Corp. and is chairman of the Utah Technology Council.
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Check out my bestselling book on habits, Superhuman by Habit. .
Let's be honest: My blog is pretty cool. It's not nearly as popular at Boingboing, Tuckermax, or that weird housewife who writes about her kids, but I have a pretty steady readership who all post comments and get something out of the site. Since I started around a year ago, I've averaged 1200 unique readers a day (half of that is thanks to huge spikes from digg and such). My blog hasn't made me rich, but I've probably made a few thousand dollars, which is a nice side effect. More importantly it's made me a much better writer, and has helped me chronicle the past year of my life.
What I'm saying is this : I can't help you build the next Engadget or WWTDD, but I can help you get started to building a moderately popular blog.
First you need decent hosting and Wordpress. Don't mess with blogger - no one reads blogger blogs because they all look the same and don't have cool plugins that you need. I know you can customize it and all, but stop arguing and do it my way.
During my second year at college, I thought that investing was easy. I read about options, paper traded for a few months, and then solicited my friends for investments. Many of them invested in my hedge fund - "The H Fund", which I started with a friend. In total we had $26k, which was quite a lot considering how young we were.
The fund survived for a few months, even being profitable for a short amount of time. In the end, though, we lost all of the money. Luckily I have awesome friends who understood the risk, and no one was mad. Still - I learned my lessons and stayed out of the stock market for years.
For some reason or another I started reading about Warren Buffet. For those that don't know, he is the second richest man in the US, with a worth of over 40 billion. What makes him exceptional is that he is the only person on the top 100 richest people list who made his money through investing.
Like most kids I used to delight in waking up at the crack of dawn to unwrap the mountain of presents under the tree. With shreds of paper covering the living room I'd run upstairs to call my friends and compare our hauls.
One Christmas, maybe when I was in high school or so, my parents asked what I wanted for Christmas. For no good reason, I felt different.
I mentioned the idea a few times in the past, and people seemed to like the idea of having forums here. I do too, so here they are.
The forums should make things a lot more interactive around these parts. You can ask for advice, post your own stories and tips, or just chat with all the other cool BTYB readers. With your help, I'm going to make it into the only forum on the internet dedicated to living an awesome life.
I'll be checking the forum several times a day, and probably posting every day too. Stories that are too short (or that I'm too short on time for) will also go there. So help me get some momentum by registering for an account and posting something interesting!
Right now I'm sitting on my couch enjoying the aroma of onions and garlic cooking in olive oil. On another burner is a giant pot full of vegetables. Next to it is a skillet with roasting eggplants. To the side of the stove is a cutting board with even more chopped vegetables. What's going on?
On Friday I'm heading up to Massachusetts to be with my family for Christmas. I go every six months and see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. The one problem is that it's very difficult to eat healthy while traveling, especially during the season of many fine home cooked meals. My family is Italian, and thus most meals are a healthy salad coupled with an unhealthy pasta dish.
I get back to my building and reach into my back pocket. I dig for the fob that opens the front door, but can't find it. Each pocket gets patted in anticipation of the familiar key-jingle noise, but I don't hear it.
I wait for someone else to come into the building and I take the elevator up. There are two sliding glass doors that lead from the living room to the patio, and I sometimes leave one unlocked by accident. Hopeful, I shuffle to the first door and try it. Locked. I look inside and see the glow of my bedroom lights.
It's November, which wouldn't mean much in Austin if it weren't for the cold front we're dealing with. I move on to the next door, and it's also locked.
I've mentioned before that I have become a vegan. It's now had such an impact on my life that I'm going to write a whole post explaining why on earth I'd become a vegan, and why I'll be a vegan for life.
First, I should say that the term "vegan" isn't great. It's usually associated with freakshows who are so against killing animals that they won't wear leather. While I'm not going to frequent cockfights or go hunting, I have no problem with animals being killed. I like leather stuff, and animals dying is part of life with or without humans.
Another problem with the term "vegan" is that many vegans eat an unhealthy diet. They cut out meat, but don't add vegetables in their place, so they tend to eat a lot of refined grains. Doing that is more unhealthy than just eating meat.
The Legend of the Sparkly Hat
Anyone who has seen me in real life, seen pictures, or realized that the awesome cartoon at the top of this page is me, knows that I wear a sparkly hat almost all the time.
One day I a friend called to see if I wanted to check out "First Thursday". It's a monthly event here in Austin where the stores on South Congress stay open late and serve beer. Since none of them have a liquor license, they give away the alcohol for free.
Yeah, so I forgot to mention that I'm on a cruise so there won't be any posts for a week. The upside is that I have a criminal amount of free time, so I'm going to whip out a few posts for posting later.
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We arrived at our cabin and the default arrangement is the worst possible. I would break out MS Paint and show you, but it's really not that important. We skipped the "mandatory safety drill" to pass beds over each other in the tiny room and totally rearranged the room. I may have found my passion - I'm totally awesome at rearranging cruise cabins.
My keen interest in online security and privacy has recently blossomed into a full on obsession. Some may say it's because I'm eccentric and weird, but it's at least partly because of the crazy new laws going down in this country. There is an excellent chance that all of your e-mails and IM conversations are at the very least being analyzed and logged. I doubt anyone actually reads them, but you never know.
The common argument against online privacy measures is "if you have nothing to hide, why do you care?". True, I'm not some criminal mastermind, but it's not unreasonable for people to think that I am. Many people in real life think that I'm a drug dealer for some reason. The forums that I visit to read about privacy concerns are often hot beds for credit card scammers. I think credit card scamming is retarded and would never do it, but I'd hate to be accused of being guilty by association.
There are also a lot of people sniffing traffic. The average internet user doesn't realize that it's not particularly difficult to intercept traffic on the internet - especially if you're using a wireless or shared connection. Encrypted communication can be intercepted, but not decoded - making it useless.


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The appointment of Russell McMurry as Georgia's roads chief turned a few heads last week.
The consultant helping the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Hall County area's lead transportation planning agency, is set to give an MPO committee a status report this morning on the 2040 plan update.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is planning changes next week to Ga. 11/U.S. 19/U.S. 129 in downtown Blairsville.
State Sen. Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, said he believes there's about $200 million squirreled away in the state's general fund that can help boost transportation.
A fourth public meeting on Hall County's update of its 2040 transportation plan has been postponed.
Traffic is being routed onto newly rebuilt lanes of Ga. 347 from Interstate 985 to west of Hog Mountain Road in South Hall County.
In giving motorists some holiday relief, the Georgia Department of Transportation plans to suspend construction-related lane closures on all interstates and major state routes from 5 a.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Dec. 28.
Fixing McEver Road's pavement woes is taking longer than Hall County officials expected.
Gainesville has begun the process to move water lines on U.S. 129/Athens Highway, which the Georgia Department of Transportation has targeted for widening.
Traffic has been flowing since late September on Ga. 347/Lanier Islands Parkway between Interstate 985 and McEver Road in Flowery Branch, but some minor work, or "punch list" items still could take place.
The Georgia Department of Transportation has set public meetings on planned roundabouts at two intersections in Lumpkin County.
A group of top Hall County elected leaders gets its chance to weigh in on a preliminary list of road projects in a long-range transportation plan.
Traffic will be affected today as workers get busy making the new Clarks Bridge at Lake Lanier a complete structure.
The Cleveland Bypass is now slated for an April 30 completion, with the Tucker-based contractor facing fines for missing the original July 31 deadline.
Some work is starting on improvements, including a traffic light, at Ramsey Road and Ga. 365 in northeast Hall County.
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The big news this week is the back-firing of HP's acquisition of British software company Autonomy last year. HP paid a whopping $11.1B to acquire Autonomy even when it's CFO was against the deal. HP took a charge of $8.8B citing accounting improprieties done by Autonomy to inflate company value. Of course the question is how come HP scrutiny did not see that before making the big decision to acquire. This all happened under the last CEO Leo Apotheker, even though current CEO Meg Whitman voted for it as a board member.
We have seen a few other acquisitions gone wrong during last few years. HP leads the list with two others – Palm and EDS. Palm was acquired in 2010 for $1.2B to get HP into the hand-held smart device business. But that did not work. The EDS acquisition in 2008 at $13.9B was aimed at competing against IBM's Global Services. Now HP has taken $8B charge and there is rumor of a potential sale of that unit.
Microsoft acquired eQuantive in 2007 for $6.3B, but took a write-down of $6.2B in 2011. Cisco acquired Pure Digital (makers of the Flip Video Camcorder) for $590M for reasons unclear (get into consumer electronic business, far away from its core networking gears). It closed that business last year.
eBay acquired Skype under Meg Whitman's watch in 2005 for $3.3B. Somehow that goal of combining client's voice to its core auction business did not pan out. Finally eBay sold that unit to SIlver Lake partners for $1.9B. Last year Microsoft bought Skype for $8.9B!
IBM and Oracle on the other hand, seem to have acquired several companies successfully adding to their growth in business and scope. The trick lies in the strategy group looking carefully as to why such a move makes sense and how to blend the acquired product and technology to its existing fabric. HP now blames its chief technology guy Shane Robison who was instrumental in the Autonomy decision. But both Apotheker and Robison are gone from HP.
Shareholders of these public companies are an unhappy lot as the write downs affect the stock value, as seen this week in HP's stock price.
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Wow that's so beautiful! I'm almost ashamed to place my entry.
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Międzyrzec Podlaski Ghetto
|Międzyrzec Ghetto
Commemorative plaque at the Main Square in the Old Town district of Międzyrzec, marking the place where Jews were first assembled for deportation to Treblinka and Majdanek death camps in 1942
north of Majdanek concentration camp
|Międzyrzec Podlaski, German-occupied Poland
|Incident type
|Imprisonment, mass shooting, forced labor, starvation, deportations to death camps
|Nazi SS, Orpo police battalions
|20,000 Jews
The Międzyrzec Podlaski Ghetto was one of the World War II ghettos established by Nazi Germany for the local Jewish population of Międzyrzec Podlaski in the semi-colonial General Government territory of occupied Poland. The ghetto was liquidated in stages between 1942 and 1943 as part of the Final Solution, with all Jews either killed on the spot in mass shooting actions or deported to Treblinka and Majdanek death camps.
Ghetto history[edit]
At the end of September 1939, following the Soviet invasion of Poland, the Red Army conquered the city of Międzyrzec Podlaski. At the beginning of October, the Soviet Union surrendered the city to Germany as part of the Hitler-Stalin Pact. Following the exchange, approximately 2,000 of the city's Jews left for the Soviet-occupied zone. The Germans set up a transfer ghetto in the city, holding up to 20,000 Jewish prisoners at its peak. On August 25–26, 1942 some 11,000–12,000 Jews were rounded up by German Ordnungspolizei amid gunfire and screams and loaded onto Holocaust trains to Treblinka extermination camp.[1]
The next mass extermination action took place around October and November 1942.[1] "Strip-search" of young Jewish women was introduced by Oberleutnant Hartwig Gnade before executions dubbed "mopping up" actions. His first sergeant later said: "I must say that First Lieutenant Gnade gave me the impression that the entire business afforded him a great deal of pleasure."[2] The wave of mass killings lasting non-stop for several days were conducted by the Trawniki battalion of about 350 to 400 men, while the Germans from the parallel Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the Ordnungspolizei from Hamburg dealt with unruly crowds of thousands of ghetto inhabitants.[1]
On the seventeenth of July 1943, the ghetto was liquidated, with all remaining Jews deported to Treblinka and Majdanek death camps; at which time the last 160–200 residents were shot, and the city was officially declared free of Jews. Fewer than 1% of the Jewish population of the city survived the German occupation.
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- ^ a b c Browning, Christopher R. (1998) [1992]. "Arrival in Poland" (PDF FILE, DIRECT DOWNLOAD 7.91 MB COMPLETE). Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. Penguin Books. pp. 80–93. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
Also: PDF cache archived by WebCite.
- ^ Browning 1998, pp. 106–108.
- Christopher R. Browning (1998). Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (AMAZON.CO, KINDLE BOOK: LOOK INSIDE). Harper Perennial; reprint edition April 24, 1998. ISBN 0060995068.
- Ghetto's history and liquidation, by Mezritch.org
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How to avoid this problem? The writeObject method is final so I can't override it, do I have to save manually (reading all the ArrayList's and saving it's elements one per one) the object, or there is a chance to manage writeObject method to work?
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The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.Ratings Breakdown: 3 Hold Rating(s), 5 Buy Rating(s)Consensus Rating:Buy (Score: 2.63)Consensus Price Target: $29.50 (24.89% upside) Current Analysts' Coverage Summary for Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ:TRMB) Show: All Ratings For This Stock Only the Most Recent Rating From Each Brokerage DateFirmActionRatingPrice TargetActions6/12/2015Piper JaffrayReiterated RatingOverweight$30.00 -> $28.00 3/19/2015Goldman SachsInitiated CoverageNeutral$29.00 2/11/2015JPMorgan Chase & Co.Lower Price TargetOverweight$32.00 -> $31.00 2/11/2015Dougherty & CoLower Price TargetBuy$32.00 -> $28.00 2/9/2015William BlairReiterated RatingBuy 1/28/2015Boenning ScattergoodInitiated CoverageNeutral 1/7/2015Robert W. BairdDowngradeOutperform -> Neutral$33.00 -> $29.00 10/31/2014MKM PartnersLower Price TargetBuy$39.00 -> $32.00 5/12/2014Ned Davis ResearchUpgradeSell -> Neutral 1/6/2014Craig HallumDowngradeBuy -> Hold 12/16/2013Janney Montgomery ScottReiterated RatingFair Value$35.00 -> $40.00 11/12/2013Pacific CrestInitiated CoverageBuy -> Hold$37.00 -> $60.00 10/28/2013Needham & Company LLCDowngradeBuy -> Hold 8/1/2013Lazard Capital MarketsBoost Price TargetBuy$31.00 -> $32.00 (Data available from 7/4/2013 forward) Earnings History for Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ:TRMB)DateQuarterConsensus EstimateActual EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueRelease LinkConference CallActions4/30/2015Q115$0.30$0.28$595.51 million$582.60 millionViewListen 2/10/2015Q414$0.29$0.29$574.95 million$563.80 millionViewN/A 10/30/2014Q314$0.38$0.33$603.80 million$584.80 millionViewN/A 8/5/2014Q214$0.40$0.45$621.23 million$642.20 millionViewListen 5/6/2014Q114$0.42$0.39$618.20 million$604.70 millionViewListen 2/11/2014Q413$0.37$0.43$567.38 million$599.20 millionViewListen 10/31/2013Q313$0.36$0.39$559.07 million$556.50 millionViewN/A 7/30/2013Q2 2013$0.37$0.38$574.19 million$576.30 millionViewN/A 4/30/2013Q1 2013$0.37$0.38$578.32 million$556.10 millionViewN/A 2/5/2013Q4 2012$0.55$0.57$505.27 million$515.50 millionViewN/A 11/1/2012Q312$0.62$0.68$494.28 million$504.80 millionViewN/A 8/1/2012$0.70$0.72ViewN/A 5/3/2012$0.62$0.68ViewN/A 2/2/2012$0.48$0.54ViewN/A 11/1/2011$0.49$0.52ViewN/A 8/2/2011$0.52$0.60ViewN/A 4/28/2011$0.49$0.50ViewN/A 2/3/2011$0.35$0.46ViewN/A (Data available from 1/1/2011 forward) Dividend History for Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ:TRMB)No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com Insider Trading History for Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ:TRMB)Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionActions6/3/2015James A KirklandVPSell24,274$23.82$578,206.68 3/2/2015Ulf J JohanssonDirectorSell30,000$26.30$789,000.00 12/4/2014James A KirklandVPSell2,800$28.48$79,744.00 10/29/2014Bryn FosburghVPSell1,709$30.81$52,654.29 9/5/2014James A KirklandVPSell3,600$32.84$118,224.00 9/4/2014John B GoodrichDirectorSell67,000$33.20$2,224,400.00 9/3/2014John B GoodrichDirectorSell55,000$33.24$1,828,200.00 3/7/2014Steven BerglundCEOSell9,000$39.50$355,500.00 3/6/2014William HartDirectorSell6,000$40.00$240,000.00 3/5/2014Mark HarringtonVPSell49,436$40.00$1,977,440.00 3/5/2014William HartDirectorSell16,000$39.69$635,040.00 2/25/2014Chris GibsonVPSell22,372$38.07$851,702.04 2/19/2014William HartDirectorSell6,000$37.86$227,160.00 2/14/2014William HartDirectorSell6,000$37.02$222,120.00 2/12/2014James VenezianoVPSell24,641$35.06$863,913.46 1/6/2014Jurgen KliemVPSell51,200$33.81$1,731,072.00 12/31/2013James VenezianoVPSell5,359$35.00$187,565.00 12/5/2013Jurgen KliemVPSell49,018$32.00$1,568,576.00 11/25/2013William HartDirectorSell10,000$32.19$321,900.00 11/12/2013James KirklandVPSell25,226$32.00$807,232.00 11/7/2013Steven BerglundCEOSell60,000$31.25$1,875,000.00 11/4/2013Chris GibsonVPSell83,000$32.68$2,712,440.00 11/1/2013Julie A ShepardVPSell40,800$32.60$1,330,080.00 8/28/2013James KirklandVPSell13,000$25.00$325,000.00 8/5/2013Steven BerglundCEOSell100,000$27.63$2,763,000.00 5/28/2013Rajat BahriCFOSell3,834$27.84$106,738.56 5/20/2013Rajat BahriCFOSell3,500$29.25$102,375.00 5/17/2013James A KirklandVPSell11,400$29.09$331,626.00 5/16/2013Rajat BahriCFOSell353,500$29.20$10,322,200.00 5/16/2013Steven W BerglundCEOSell80,000$29.16$2,332,800.00 2/14/2013Steven W BerglundCEOSell70,000$61.57$4,309,900.00 11/12/2012Mark A HarringtonVPSell38,343$52.70$2,020,676.10 11/8/2012Steven W BerglundCEOSell55,000$52.09$2,864,950.00 8/8/2012Julie A ShepardVPSell1,000$46.50$46,500.00 (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) About Trimble Navigation Limited Trimble Navigation Limited is a technology solutions company. The Company's technological capabilities span the design, development and integration of hardware, software and communications systems. The Company's business segments include: Engineering and Construction, offers planning, design, construction operation, and maintenance of civil infrastructure; Field Solutions, provides guidance and positioning systems, automated application systems and information management solutions; Mobile Solutions, provides hardware and software applications for managing mobile work, mobile workers, and mobile assets, and Advanced Devices, product lines include Embedded Technologies, Timing, Applanix, Trimble Outdoors, Military and Advanced Systems, and ThingMagic businesses. In addition, the Company offers the TILOS software. TILOS software merges both the location and the schedule into one combined time and distance graphical view that changes dynamically as conditions change. 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HOUSTON -- Shaquille O'Neal is still seething about Stan Van Gundy criticizing him for allegedly flopping, even after the Orlando coach apologized.
"Don't play with me," O'Neal said Friday morning, where the Suns were preparing to play Yao Ming and the Rockets in the evening. "Seriously, don't play with me. Like I said earlier, I don't like front-runners. I think he used the wrong choice of words. Flopping means that, hey, Shaq does that all the time. The rules say, you take it in the middle, you've got to fall back. And that's what I did."
The Flop Flap started Tuesday night, when Shaq and the Phoenix Suns played the Magic in Orlando. Dwight Howard made a spin move in the third quarter, O'Neal fell trying to draw an offensive foul, and Howard easily dunked.
Afterward, Van Gundy said he was "shocked and very disappointed" that O'Neal would resort to such a tactic. O'Neal fired back, calling his former coach in Miami "a front-runner" and "a master of panic."
Van Gundy said he was sorry Thursday and jokingly called Shaq "a very sensitive guy."
Although Shaq said Friday the spat with Van Gundy was finished as far as he was concerned, he still wanted to have the final word.
"It was a cheap shot," O'Neal said of Van Gundy's original barb. "They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that.
"It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me."
Van Gundy and O'Neal have developed an icy relationship since Shaq went to play for Van Gundy in Miami for the 2004-05 season. The Heat won 59 games that season, but it ended with a loss to Detroit. After the game, O'Neal said he didn't get the ball enough.
O'Neal said he and the 7-foot-6 Yao should be the ones complaining about players who flop. O'Neal said smaller players often get the benefit of the doubt from referees when they try to guard them.
"Flopping has become a big concern, but I just take it as a sign of ultimate respect," O'Neal said. "[A player thinks], 'I can't guard you. I'm just going to fall down and cry to the refs.' Most of the time, the ref believes it.
"It's always David and Goliath," O'Neal added. "The little man always gets it. Their thing is, 'You're big and strong, you can take it.' But my point is, a pinch feels the same to me as it feels to you. Like I always try to tell you referees: You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn't matter if a guy is bigger and stronger."
Yao complained about the officiating after he fouled out of Wednesday's 101-94 loss in Utah. His sixth foul came after he collided with Ronnie Brewer with 1:23 left in the game.
Yao agreed with O'Neal that referees seem to have a double standard.
"I know for the rest of the players and the rest of the referees, they don't face us every night," Yao said. "We face those rules every night. That makes us feel different."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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The Administrative Staff College of India launched a 24-week "Certificate Programme in Business Management" for the Officers of Armed Forces in its Bella Vista campus in Hyderabad on June 8, 2015.
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CIPS celebrates 5th Foundation Day on 21st May
The 'Centre for Innovations in Public Systems' (CIPS) celebrated its 5th Foundation Day on 21st May 2015 at ASCI Campus, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. About 200 participants from various parts of the country attended the programme.
Mr. Ravi Kant, Director General, ASCI, addressed IPS Trainee Officers at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy on 16th May.
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Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Telangana Chief Minister, formally launched the "Swachh Telangana, Swachh Hyderabad" campaign at HICC (Hyderabad International Convention Centre) on 6th May in the presence of the Cabinet, IAS, IPS, IFS and other officers. The objective is to accomplish clean and green Hyderabad with cooperation and participation of the people and making it as the People's Program.
The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) conducted a two-day Orientation Programme for the elected representatives of the 'Telangana Rastra Samithi' on May 2 & 3 in verdant environs of Nagarjunsagar, situated about 150 kilometers from Hyderabad. Over 100 delegates including MPs, Ministers, MLAs and MLCs, under the direct supervision of the Chief Minister Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao, attended the sessions with rapt attention on wide range of issues.
Mr. Ravi Kant took charge as Director General, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 1st March, 2015
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A project, titled ''Capacity Building Initiative in the Competition Area under Trade Development Programme in India," sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union to India, has been awarded to a consortium of which ASCI is the lead partner.
ASCI-DST workshop on "STI for Make in India" in New Delhi
ASCI wins "The Best PR Manager Award-2015"
With a solemn undertaking that cleanliness is only next to Godliness, we, at Administrative Staff College of India, launched 'Swachh ASCI Abhiyan' in our Bella Vista campus in Hyderabad, on 31st March, 2015. Though the concluding ceremony would be formally held in our College Park Campus (CPC) in Banjara Hills on 2nd April at 5 pm, the faculty and staff took an oath to continue the mission forever with zeal and dedication.
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The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) celebrated Women's Day at its Bella Vista campus on 12th March (8th March was Sunday) with participation of more than 100 employees, who took part in various competitions like quiz, antakshri, witty games and sports. The ASCI's Gender Committee members Dr. Dimple Grover, Dr. Sutanuka Dev Roy, Mrs. Farida Hussain and Mrs. Usha Rani organised the show with a lot of enthusiasm.


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I'm with The Fix.Yesterday's special election in Florida's heavily Democratic 19th Congressional District does not amount to a referendum on health care politics, post passage. It's a very heavily Dem district, House races are fundamentally different from Senate races, Democrats had a good candidate and made sure not to repeat the tactical mistakes that led them to miss the rise of Scott Brown, and ... well, maybe there is SOMETHING to be said about health care here.
A Not-So-Very Special Election
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Close to stores, restaurants and the event we came for. Staff was very friendly and polite. Room was clean and spacious. Good value
Some people staying at the hotel didn't seem to have any consideration for others - screaming in the halls, slamming doors late at night and early in the morning. Front desk was notified but nothing was done. Bland breakfast. Bad coffee.
The Night Staff Mgr. was friendly and excellent.
It was a place to sleep, other than that, nothing
I reserved a room with a king size bed and they gave me a room with two queen size beds. They had no king size rooms left even though I reserved. air conditioning/heating unit didn't work at all, outlets coming out of the wall, hotel was very noisy
The room was very clean, with 2 comfortable queen size beds. It was right next to walmart which was convient cause I left home in a hurry and forgot to pack toothbrushes.
I personally haven't had goodluck with this chain of hotels in past and it isn't a 2 or 2 1/2 star motel. Its more like a 1 star like motel 6, just the basic's. Not to say it was bad, it met all our basic needs, didn't have breakfast so cant rate it.
It was close to my event
I rented two rooms I got one on the first floor and the other in the 2nd floor the beds need to be way better I could feel the coils
Clean and very good price
No elevator if staying on 2nd floor
Comfortable beds, spacious room, decent breakfast. Staff was very accommodating in request to change rooms after we checked in due to strong stale smoke odor in non smoking room. Would return when in this area again.
Elevator was very slow. Security lock on door was broken. Had to change rooms because of strong stale smoke odor in non smoking room. Kids running up and down hall at night being disruptive and noisy. Same kids that came to the breakfast area bare footed.
Great value and good location, stayed multiple times always good.
The room was fine.
The breakfast was not so fine. Only one waffle maker for a lot people. Not much variety in food.
Very nice staff, made sure we were happy!!
It was all good.
The price was perfect. Room was big.
Only thing was my access card didn't work all the time. On Sat. Night I rang the bell for service and had to wait a half hour to get some one help me.
The front desk was very friendly.
Nothing to say bad.
The staff was friendly and accommodating. I needed dairy for my medical needs; they got it. No questions asked. The room was spacious.
Everything was good.
Friendly clean and overall great
There are no security cameras on the sides of the building and three vehicles were broken into.. including ours. Cost us 500 to replace two windows on our truck.
It was the least costly hotel available. The shower was hot and had great water pressure. Also, the pillow was more comfortable than it seemed like it would be at first. Oh, and it was nice and quiet, didn't even hear my neighbors.
Cleanliness was lacking. The sheets had weird red droplet stains, probably wine. I tell myself it was wine. The air had a dinginess to it. The carpet was sticky in places. I tell myself that too was wine. The fridge looked disgusting, I was afraid to open it.
My room was clean, the staff were very nice. Also the breakfast items were good. The gym was also nice. Overall I was satisfied
I had very little amount of towels, and the elevator didn't work for one day.
Location and easy access to freeway
Friendly staff and so very helpful
Trouble with the key cards. Kept having to have them re-keyed.
Faucet in tub hard to turn. TV was very hard to operate and the little black thing kept falling off the TV. No creme rinse.
Friendliness of staff
Breakfast ending at 9 am
The standard room was much larger than typical hotel rooms with separate space for desk/couch and small kitchen area. Bed was very comfortable.
Our particular room was right next to lobby, breakfast area and elevator so the noise level was higher than I would prefer.
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Breakfeast and also had a very clean area
Good price - clean
Lobby and staff was wonderful
The beds were a little broke down ( mattress wise) but overall a good night stay
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The Red Sox offense remains mired in a profound slump. Yet that doesn't mean the team shouldn't be able to win.
At a time when the team has been scratching its collective head while trying to puzzle through how to generate more consistent runs, the Sox have gotten the strong pitching performances needed to weather the proverbial storm. After all, teams can win even in the absence of offensive consistency -- particularly in April, when runs are scarce across the game -- with tremendous run prevention.
Case in point: the Royals. Kansas City has been even more offensively challenged than the Sox, averaging just 3.47 runs per game, a tick below the Sox' average of 3.53 runs per contest. Yet the Royals have been winning despite that struggle, forging an 8-7 record, while the Sox now find themselves in last place in the AL East with a 7-10 mark following their 8-4 loss to the Orioles on Friday.
Why? Though both offenses have struggled in similar fashions, and both have enjoyed strong pitching performances, there's a considerable distinction between the two teams that helps to explain why their records feature an early-season spread.
The Royals are among the best defensive teams in baseball to date. The Red Sox -- in the absence of right fielder Shane Victorino and third baseman Will Middlebrooks -- are among the worst.
Friday highlighted the Sox' defensive limitations. While John Lackey was charged with six runs on 10 hits, he didn't give up a ton of hard contact. He allowed eight singles and two doubles.
"They hit a number of ground balls that found some holes," manager John Farrell grimaced after the fact.
Groundball after groundball resulted in hits, whether of the infield variety or those that found holes. A fifth inning, two-out, run-scoring single to right, for instance, looked like a routine play -- or at least a ball that could have been knocked down -- but bounded under the glove of first baseman Mike Carp and into right field for what was ruled an RBI single that opened the door to a pair of runs in the inning. A number of grounders up the middle or in the hole between short and third base also represented bad contact that ended in hits. Daniel Nava couldn't make a clean play on a double down the right field line, staying back on a ball that Victorino might attack in order to prevent the runner from first from being able to score on the play and the batter from advancing to second. Call-up Brock Holt showed quick reactions while playing third, though a line drive in the fifth got past him in part because he is simply much smaller than Middlebrooks, and so his well-timed leap could not extend as far as a ball that the 6-foot-5 Middlebrooks likely could have reached with relative ease.
Every season will feature nights when a pitcher gets a bunch of bad contact but doesn't get the desired results as a result of bad luck, falling victim to the cuneiform-inscribed philosophy of hitting 'em where they ain't. But at a certain point, when such nights recur with great frequency, a problem exists. And the Red Sox appear to be moving quickly to the area of problematic defense. Injuries certainly have played into that.
The diminutive ensemble of Holt, Jonathan Herrera and Ryan Roberts has lacked the wingspan of Middlebrooks, thus opening up holes in the infield. The range deficiencies of the Sox at third base, in turn, have become even more impactful given that Xander Bogaerts hasn't been able to match the consistently excellent range demonstrated last year by Stephen Drew and Jose Iglesias. At times when Napoli has been absent from first base, Carp and Nava have represented a significant dropoff from the Sox' Gold Glove-caliber regular at the position.
The outfield isn't much better. Grady Sizemore wasn't showing the range or reads to stay in center, and he's now adjusting to life as a left fielder. With Sizemore in left, Nava and Jonny Gomes have represented a considerable dropoff in right from Victorino. When Sizemore was in center and flanked by Nava and Gomes, the Sox felt exposed in their outfield defense.
Defense served as a strength for the Sox last year. When the pitchers induced weak contact, plays unfolded behind them as if scripted. There was a predictability, reliability and stability to what would happen on the field once bat met ball.
No longer -- or at least not yet. With constantly changing alignments and personnel, the Red Sox haven't been able to provide stability when in the field.
It hasn't just been a matter of the Red Sox failing the defensive eye test. Statistics underscore that they've done a poor job of converting balls in play into outs. Defensive efficiency measures just that -- what percentage of balls hit into the field of play result in outs.
A year ago, the Red Sox were middle of the pack in the statistic, converting 69.6 percent of balls in play into outs (13th in the majors). This year, they're turning just 67.1 percent of balls in play into outs -- a mark that is tied with the defensively deficient Tigers for 24th in the majors. The Royals, meanwhile, have turned 71.8 percent of balls in play into outs, a mark that ranks sixth in the majors and surely plays a role in Kansas City's strong start that belies the fact that the team hasn't hit yet.
Now, help is undoubtedly on the way for the Sox. Victorino is expected to return next week. Middlebrooks may be back by next weekend or early the following week.
The Sox recognize the urgency of tighter defense, and so they seem almost certain to keep Jackie Bradley Jr. in center field and pair him with Victorino, a combination that should be at least the equal of the Victorino/Jacoby Ellsbury pairing. The return of Middlebrooks at third could also prove stabilizing.
But until those players are back, especially on nights when Napoli is not on the field, the Red Sox may have to suffer through more games like Friday's, where the results are simply ugly to witness. And at a time when the Sox' offense has yet to find any sort of rhythm, defense represents a shortcoming that the team can ill-afford.
The guys react to what Don Banks had to say and get into some more thoughts on Deflategate. Are McNally and Jastremski ever going to break their silence and give their side of the story? Price says yes ... eventually.
Don Banks talks with the NFL Sunday boys about his reaction to Brady's appeal, where we go from here and the NFL's motives and decisions throughout the process. He also gets into the Pats offseason so far and their weakness at CB. Don gives his take on the AFC East this year and how some of the Pats' rivals have improved.
Greg and Price discuss their thoughts on some of the reports that have leaked after Tuesday from Brady's appeal hearing. The boys talk about what the reaction will be if Brady decides to accept a 1-game suspension. Fans want a complete exoneration, but there's a good chance that they won't get that - how will they react? They also talk with Mike Petraglia and get his thought on the appeal and more.
How long will this rebuild take? How much money will it take to keep Bae Crowder? Are Draft Picks even worth anything? With the Danny Ainge not landing any big names in the draft, and unable to lure any big names in free agency, Sam and Ben discussed if the Celtics are doomed moving forward.
Sam is joined by Jared Weiss from The Garden Report and CLNS Radio to breakdown game 4 of Cavs-Warriors, preview game 5 on Sunday, and analyze the Celtics needs this off-season.
Greg Dickerson and John Tomase discuss the amazing season for the Celts and if they have any chance against Lebron and the Cleveland Cavs in a seven game series. If they do, HOW ... how do they get it done?
Joe & Dave talked to the Red Sox slugger, whose 7th-inning homer took the lead back for good in the win over the Astros at Fenway.
Joe & Dave talked to the Sox starter, who threw a much-needed complete game win against the Astros at Fenway Park.
Joe and Rob Bradford talk with Red Sox outfielder Alejandro De Aza about the Red Sox solid road trip and offensive outpouring in a win against Toronto.
Don Sweeney, who was hired as the Bruins general manager yesterday speaks with Dale and Holley about his new position and where the Bruins go from here.
The awesomely knowledgeable Fluto Shinzawa calls DJ, Naoko and Pete to talk about his thoughts on the future of the B's. He discusses his column from earlier this week on Cam Neely wanting to give Claude the ax earlier in the season but not getting the ok. Fluto shares his thoughts on Chiarelli's firing, the future for Claude and where the Bruins should go from here. He also gives his opinion on potential moves the team can make, who would fit in here, his thoughts on the NHL playoffs so far and more.
In the final hour of the "midseason finale" as DJ likes to call it, the crew discuss more about the future of the Bruins franchise, the possible power struggle in the front office and who should be the head coach going forward. They talk to intelligent and talented Fluto Shinzawa about all of these thing and more in an excellent interview, and finally, DJ says THANK YOU!
The great Ed Deveau joined us to discuss his retirement.
The guys discussed Rick Porcello getting another start.
The top stories of the day as recounted by Gary Tanguay.
The guys take a look at the list compiled by SI's Andy Benoit, which ranks the current NFL Quarterbacks. Patriots fans will be pleased to know that he put Tom Brady at the top.
The guys discuss some of the WORST moments in each of the 4 sports.
Ben Affleck is rumored to have been involved with "Wolf of Wall Street" star Margot Robie. Jared Fogle was raided by FBI on suspicions of Child Pornogrophy. A couple paid 100K to ensure their baby would be a BOY.
Nathans Hot Dog eating contest, Womens World Cup, and many many more...
The USWNT were redeemed by beating Japan at the World Cup. So we look back at some teams who redeemed themselves after losing to their nemesis.
In honor of the 4th of July holiday, guest hosts Rob Bradford and Andy Hart examine the four worst renditions of the Star Spangled Banner at sporting events.
WEEI Bruins Reporter D.J. Bean joins Mikey Adams and Lenny Megliola to talk about the signing of winger Matt Beleskey on the opening day of NHL free agency.
With 80 games played for the Red Sox, Mikey Adams wants midterm grades for several players. Also, after another Rick Porcello clunker in Toronto, callers and texters give unflattering Porcello Limericks. Lenny Megliola and Textress Lucy are along.
Danny's early thoughts on Celtics drafting Terry Rozier at the 16th pick
Dino, Sausage and Curtis recap their holiday weekends.
Ben, Russ & Alex discuss the Revs continued downfall & argue over The Mighty Ducks movie franchise
Ken Laird and Ryan Hannable are joined by special guests Mike Mutnansky of the Red Sox Radio Network and Red Sox minor league hitting coordinator Tim Hyers to talk Sox prospects. What do the struggles of Rusney Castillo and Rick Porcello in the majors mean? Also, the international signing period begins July 2, looking back at past Latin American signings. And June selections for affiliate players of the month
Greg Dickerson is joined by Super Bowl champ Steve DeOssie who presents the theory that Roger Goodell actually wants Tom Brady to appeal his suspension in court... and to win. Also, the guys defend themselves when a caller describes them as Patriots 'homers'.More from this show
Dino, Gary and Bradford discussed their holiday weekend.More from this show
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To produce heat-resistant carbon or graphite-fiber reinforced composite members having improved strength and uniformity, the fibers are coated with a dilute solution or emulsion of a hardenable resin, dried to remove the solvent, and laid out in porous layers. The layers are subsequently impregnated with tar pitch and heated to 900°C so as to carbonize the resin and the tar pitch. The composite members, which consist of a carbon matrix with reinforcing fibers of carbon or graphite, are especially suited for components which are simultaneously stressed thermally and mechanically, such as heat shields, casting molds, crucibles and the like.
1. Method of producing heat-resistant, fiber-reinforced composite members which comprises coating fibers formed of a substance selected from the group consisting of carbon and graphite first with a substance selected from the group consisting of a dilute solution of hardenable resin and an emulsion of hardenable resin dispersed in a liquid, drying the coated fibers so as to remove, respectively, the solvent or the liquid therefrom, laying out the fibers in layers, curing the layers at 120° to 180° C whereby said fibers are surrounded by a firmly adhering layer of said resin, then impregnating the fiber layers with tar pitch and heating the tar pitch-impregnated fiber layers to a temperature above 800°C to carbonize the tar pitch and the resin.
2. Method according to claim 1 wherein the solution is an ethanol solution of 1 to 20% by weight of resin.
3. Method according to claim 1 wherein the coating resin is phenol formaldehyde or furane resin.
4. Method according to claim 1 wherein the emulsion is an aqueous resin emulsion.
5. Method according to claim 1 wherein the impregnating tar pitch is a coal-tar pitch.
6. Method according to claim 1 wherein the fiber content of the composite members is from 30 to 70% by volume.
The invention relates to a method of producing heat-resistant, fiber-reinforced composite members.
To produce heat-resistant form bodies or moldings, it has been known heretofore to form mixtures of granular or powdered carbon-containing solids, such as petroleum and pitch coke, graphite and carbon black as well as binding agents such as tar pitch and synthetic resins, for example, in extrusion or die or stamping presses or by other forming processes and, subsequently to heat them to temperatures of about 1000°C or more to carbonize the binding agent. Such carbon bodies have excellent heat resistance in a non-oxidizing atmosphere and outstanding mechanical properties, especially since the tensile strength and the modulus of elasticity increase with temperature.
For some fields of use, however, such as in aeronautical and space technology, for example, the relatively low strength and particularly the fracture characteristic thereof, which resembles that of brittle materials, are a disadvantage. This characteristic is fundamentally unchanged by impregnating carbon bodies with tar pitch, synthetic resins or pyrocarbon, and the strength increased by the impregnations is offset by the greater weight of the moldings, that is disadvantageous for many uses.
The ultimate strength of carbon bodies is mainly determined by the solids used, and it is to be expected that by processing largely faultfree solids, such as fibers or whiskers, for example, which can in addition be embedded with suitable orientation into the moldings, a considerable increase in the strength and uniformity of the bodies can be obtained. Greater improvements in the strength and rigidity of the bodies will naturally be attainable only if the binding agent coke matrix adheres firmly to the embedded fibers, and applied stresses can be transmitted to the fibers.
From U.S. Pat. No. 3,462,289 to C. W. Rohl, et al., it is known to produce fiber-reinforced carbon members by mixing carbon fibers with a binding agent consisting of synthetic resins, molding the mixture and, thereafter, heating it so as to carbonize the binding agent. Since the binding agent shrinks during the carbonizing phase and separates partially or completely from the surface of the fiber, the carbon fibers are bonded only very loosely with the coke matrix. Under mechanical load, the fibers barely absorb the stresses, and the strength of the member is determined almost completely by the strength of the coke matrix. French Pat. No. 1,476,157 therefore provides for impregnating the moldings with pyrocarbon after carbonizing. For this purpose, carbon-containing gases are passed at temperatures between 800° and 900°C over the moldings, at the outer and inner surfaces of which, carbon is deposited through decomposition of the hydrocarbons. The disadvantage of this method is that pyrocarbon is preferentially precipitated in the outer zones of the molding and the deposits thereof impede the gas exchange with the center of the member and finally prevent it altogether. The resulting drop in density and strength from the outside to the inside can be prevented only by costly control of the reaction conditions.
From German Published Non-Prosecuted Patent Application DDS No. 1,571,390, it is known to form carbon or graphite fibers, without a binder, into a member of predetermined shape, then to subject the member to reduced pressure, and, thereafter, to impregnate the member with a binder under pressure. The binder is then cured similarly under pressure, and is carbonized by heating in a protective gas atmosphere. The member is then impregnated, cured and carbonized at least once more. To anchor the fibers in the coke matrix completely, however, about six such cycles are necessary, which creates a considerable technical expenditure.
A further disadvantage of the heretofore known methods of producing fiber reinforced composite members is that the reinforcing fibers are initially covered with a closed resin film, so that shrinkage stresses produced during the carbonizing step are completely transmitted to the fibers, until finally the coke layer that is formed breaks off. Since very high peak stresses are produced, damage to the fibers, for instance through the fracture of individual filaments, is unavoidable.
It is accordingly an object of the invention to avoid the foregoing difficulties and disadvantages of the heretofore known methods and to provide a method of producing heat-resistant composite members that have great strength and uniformity.
With the foregoing and other objects in view, there is provided in accordance with the invention, a method of producing heat-resistant, fiber-reinforced composite members, which comprise coating ceramic fibers, such as carbon or graphite fibers with a dilute solution or emulsion of a hardenable resin, drying the coated fibers so as to remove the solvent or the closed phase, respectively by heating, laying out the fibers out in layers, heating the layers to 120° to 180°C so as to cure the resin impregnating the fiber layers with a tar pitch, and heating the tar pitch-impregnated fiber layers to about 900°C to carbonize the resin and the tar pitch. By a "closed phase" is meant the coherent phase of an emulsion, such as water, for example, wherein a second phase, such as resin, for example, is dispersed.
The invention is based upon the perception that layers of diluted resin or resin emulsions applied by spraying, brushing or immersing on ceramic fibers or whiskers exhibit excellent adhesion and do not separate from the fiber surface during curing and carbonizing. Since the thickness of the resin films, which is about 1 to 2μm, is very slight and adjacent fibers are furthermore interlinked only at a limited number of points, only low stresses that are harmless to the fibers are produced during carbonizing and fissures and similar faults are avoided. The fibers which are partially covered with resin coke are embedded in a matrix consisting of coked tar pitch, the brittleness of which is less than that of resin coke, so that the probability of the formation of cracks in the matrix is primarily reduced. The tar pitch coke, in turn, forms a strong bond with the resin coke.
To produce composite members in accordance with the method of the invention, fibers or whiskers that are thermally stable at the carbonizing and application temperature and do not react or react only to a limited extent with the binder phase, are best suited. Graphite fibers and carbon fibers which are used in the form of staple fibers, strings, ribbons, endless filaments or as a mixture of endless filaments and staple fibers, as well as carbon and graphite whiskers, are preferred.
To coat the ceramic fibers, any resin which can be diluted and carbonized is suitable, such as, for example, phenol formaldehyde resin, melamine resin, epoxy resin and furane resin, to which hardening catalysts can be added optionally in a conventional manner. According to the invention, the resins are used in the form of dilute solutions, ethanol solutions containing 1 to 20% by weight of resin being particularly advantageous. According to a further mode of the method of the invention, aqueous resin emulsions the resin content of which is advantageously 1 to 20% by weight, are applied to the fibers.
To coat the filaments with synthetic resin, for example, endless filaments are drawn through a bath filled with a synthetic resin solution, or staple fibers are sprayed with a synthetic-resin solution. After excess solution has drained off, the fibers are laid out in a mold in layers and optionally compressed so that the fiber content is 30 to 70% by volume.
To cure the resin, the members are then heated to about 120° to 180°C, in accordance with the invention. Application of the pressure greater than atmospheric is generally unnecessary, but the curing can be performed in a conventional manner in autoclaves at pressures of 2 to 10 kp/cm2 (kiloponds per square centimeter).
After the curing treatment, the fiber is surrounded by a firmly adhering resin layer. The bond between the individual fibers is loose, however, and numberous substantially cylindrical pores extend parallel to the fibers. These pores are filled with tar pitch in a subsequent impregnating treatment. Suitable impregnating agents are, for example, coal tar pitch with a softening point according to Kraemer-Sarnow of between 300° and 80°C or mixtures of very high-viscosity coal tar pitches with thinning agents, such as anthracene oil, for example. The impregnated members are then heated in an inert atmosphere, such as nitrogen, the rare gases, or carbon monoxide, for example, optionally under pressure, to a temperature above 800°C so as to carbonize the resin and the tar pitch.
The composite members produced in accordance with the method of the invention have a three-phase structure. Predominantly parallel-disposed reinforcing fibers are surrounded by a thin layer consisting of relatively brittle resin coke, and are embedded in a soft matrix of tar pitch coke. Through this construction, good bonding of the fibers that are not damaged by shrinkage stresses and, consequently, the extensive transmission of external stresses through the matrix to the reinforcing fibers are achieved. The composite members produced in accordance with the method of the invention exhibit great uniformity for relatively low densities and great strength. The composite members are highly resistant to thermal shock treatment and, due to their rigidity, are particularly well suited for thermally and mechanically stressed components such as heat shields and rocket nose cones, for example. They can also be used to advantage for casting molds and crucibles, for pipes and channels for transporting melts or reactive liquids, and for chemical apparatus.
Hereinafter, the invention will be described in the form of examples.
Carbon yarn or thread which had the following properties:
Rupture strength -- 16.4 × 103 kp/cm2Modulus of elasticity -- 1.6 × 106 kp/cm2Density -- 1.72 g/cm3
was pulled continuously through a trough containing a 10% solution of phenol formaldehyde resin in ethaneol, and the solvent was largely removed by storing the yarn at temperatures between 20° and 30°C. The carbon yarn was then cut into sections of equal length, which were placed in parallel orientation in a mold and compressed into a member having a fiber content of 60% by volume. The molding pressure was about 3 kp/cm2
To cure the phenol formaldehyde resin the composite body was subsequently heated in an oven for 30 minutes at 100°C and for another 30 minutes at 150°C. The member was impregnated with a coal tar pitch, having a softening point of 75°C, and was placed for this purpose in an autoclave, having a pressure which was first reduced to about 0.3 kp/cm2 and, after adding the pitch, was increased to about 2 kp/cm2. The exposure time was about 30 minutes.
The impregnated member was then heated in a nitrogen atmosphere in a muffle furnace with a temperature gradient of about 15°C/hour to 900°C.
The carbonized composite member had the following properties:
Bending strength -- 810 kp/cm2Modulus of elasticity -- 0.56 × 106 kp/cm2Density -- 0.82 g/cm3
The carbon twine or yarn aforedescribed in Example 1 was pulled continuously through a 15% phenol formaldehyde resin emulsion in a water-ethanol mixture with a mixing ratio of 2 parts water to 1 part of ethanol and, as further described in Example 1, was cut up after being dried at about 60°C, placed in molds, cured, impregnated and carbonized. The properties of the composite member were as follows::
Bending strength -- 1030 kp/cm2Modulus of elasticity -- 0.66 × 106 kp/cm2Density -- 1.07 g/cm3
A graphite yarn or thread with a breaking or rupture strength of 16 × 103 kp/cm2 and a modulus of elasticity of 2.0 × 106 kp/cm2 was pulled through a 6% emulsion of phenolic resin in water, dried at about 80°C, then cut into sections of equal length and, thereafter, placed in a mold and compressed. The fiber content was about 65% by volume. The subsequent process steps were the same as those described above in Example 1. The finished composite member had the following properties:
Bending strength -- 1070 kp/cm2Modulus of elasticity -- 0.67 × 106 kp/cm2Density -- 1.12 g/cm3
Carbon staple fibers with a length of 2 cm were sprayed with a solution of 20% furfuryl alcohol in ethanol, the solvent was removed by storing at about 50°C, and the sprayed staple fibers were then placed in a mold. The staple fibers which were disposed approximately paralled with the aid of a stream of air were then compressed into a member with a fiber content of about 40% by volume and subsequently processed further as aforedescribed in Example 1.
The properties of the composite member were as follows:
Bending strength -- 630 kp/cm2Modulus of elasticity -- 0.52 × 106 kp/cm2Density -- 0.65 g/cm3
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