text: The Boy Commandos wiki last edited by mcgregorp on 01/24/14 03:59PM View full history Captain "Rip" Carter led four young boys through-out war torn Europe during World War II. The young boys were Alfy Twidgett, Andre Chavard, Daniel "Brooklyn" Turpin, and Jan Haasan.One one mission they would run into a person who would become an archenemy, Agent Axis. Agent Axis was known as "the vengeful arm of Heinrich Himmler", would later be unmasked as a beautiful woman.They would go stateside and join forces with the Guardian and the original Newsboy Legion to take down Boss Moxie and Agent Axis.The boys would be interchanged during the war. A boy named Tex would join when Alfy went off to college and a boy named Percy Clearwater would stand-in for Andre. The group stayed together through their teens and separated when they reached adulthood."Rip" Carter went career in the military and reached the rank of General. Andre Chavard would become the commander of the spy agency for France, Department Gamma. Alfy Twidgett formed Statistical Occurrences Limited, a specialized insurance agency, dealing with super hero or super villain involvement along with paranormal forces that may be involved. Jan Haasan became a professor for the Strategic Studiesin the Hague. Dan Turpin would join the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit.The Boy Commandos would have one adventure together minus Turpin. They ran into a European industrialist named Klaus Cornelius who had disbanded Europe's super hero team the Global Guardians and was attempting to ressurrect Agent Axis.It is unknown if the resurrection failed, though Klaus did have a small run-in with the Power Company.The boy's Commandos roster consists of Rip carter, Alfy, Percy, Tex, Andre, and Brooklyn.


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Judging by Tim Tebow's much- hyped Super Bowl ad, "choose life" remains conservatives' favorite abortion shibboleth. But really, the phrase better captures the stakes in the Great Budget Wars of 2010.
Plagued by deficits, communities everywhere must now decide between tax reform and public spending cuts — between economic life and death. And thanks to two Western bellwether states, we know what each choice means.
Choosing death means mimicking Colorado Springs — a Republican red tattoo on Colorado's purple heart.
As a venue for political experiments, the sprawling GOP enclave is as pristine a conservative laboratory as you'll find in America. The city has garnered contemporary notoriety for domiciling right-wing groups like Focus on the Family and infecting the world with viruses like Douglas Bruce — the father of draconian initiatives that seek to prohibit governments from raising levies.
When the Tea Party movement's anti-tax activists refer to the abstract concept of conservative purity, we can turn to a microcosm like the Springs for a good example of what such purity looks like in practice.
Thanks to the city's rejection of tax increases — and, thus, depleted municipal revenues — The Denver Post reports that "more than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark; the city is dumping firefighting jobs, a vice team, burglary investigators, beat cops; water cutbacks mean most parks will be dead . . . recreation centers, indoor and outdoor pools [and] museums will close for good; buses no longer run on evenings and weekends; [and] the city won't pay for any street paving."
Meanwhile, the Colorado Springs Gazette uncovered tent ghettos of newly homeless residents and the city's social services are being reduced — all as fat cats aim to punish what remains of a middle class.
This is what Reaganites have always meant when they've talked of a "shining city on a hill." They envision a dystopia whose anti-tax fires incinerate social fabric faster than James Dobson can say "family values" — a place like Colorado Springs that is starting to reek of economic death.
Choosing life, by contrast, means doing what Colorado's governor and state legislature are doing by temporarily suspending corporate tax exemptions and raising revenue for job-sustaining schools and infrastructure. Even more dramatically, it means doing what voters in Oregon did last week.
As deficits threatened their education and public health systems, Oregonians confronted two ballot initiatives — one modestly raising taxes on annual income above $250,000, another hiking the state's $10 minimum corporate income tax.
Despite these measures exempting 97 percent of taxpayers, conservatives waged a vicious opposition campaign, trotting out billionaire Nike CEO Phil Knight as their celebrity spokesperson. But this time, the right's greed-is-good mantra failed. In a swing state that had killed every similar initiative since the 1930s, voters backed the tax increases — and chose economic life.
No matter where we live, this same choice will soon face us all in some form. It is a choice embodied in President Obama's pragmatic initiative to end his predecessor's high-income tax breaks, a choice for which future local and federal elections will serve as proxies.
Inevitably, anti-tax zealots will attempt to obscure what this choice is about — but the choice is now crystal clear. Tax reform or draconian cuts, life or death — the decision is ours.

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SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will host a benefit spaghetti supper on Saturday, April 13, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Sugar Grove Community House, 141 Main St. in Sugar Grove.
Spaghetti with a homemade spaghetti sauce, garlic bread, lettuce salad, and a variety of desserts and beverages will spotlight this dinner. Free will donations will be used to support the Sugar Grove United Methodist youth ministries.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Wade Miley pitched seven sharp innings, John McDonald drove in the first run with a bunt single and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 Sunday. Miley (5-1) limited the Royals to five hits while throwing 99 pitches. The rookie walked two and struck out three, sending Kansas City to its 17th loss in 22 home games this season. David Hernandez and J.J. Putz each pitched an inning to finish off the shutout. Putz earned his ninth save in 11 opportunities. Jeff Francoeur had four of Kansas City's seven hits to match his career high. It was Francoeur's 10th four-hit game and first since Aug. 23, 2011, at Toronto. Paul Goldschmidt led off the Diamondbacks fifth with a double, stopped at third on Aaron Hill's single and scored on McDonald's bunt single that first baseman Eric Hosmer failed to field cleanly. Right-hander Nate Adcock (0-2), just recalled from Triple-A Omaha and making his first start of the season, held Arizona to five hits and...
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ST. LOUIS - JANUARY 3: Quarterback Alex Smith #11 of the San Francisco 49ers looks to pass the ball during the game against the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome on January 3, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri. The 49ers beat the Rams 28-6. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
(Eds: With AP Photos.) By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer San Francisco 49ers fans are no longer booing Alex Smith and calling for his backup. ''Seems like a long time ago, longer than two years ago, for sure,'' Smith said Wednesday when reminded of some of those lower points in his career. Things are going so well these days the quarterback got the chance to meet President Barack Obama this week - and the president had been keeping tabs on his team's progress to boot. ''Very cool,'' Smith said. ''Huge honor, I mean the president of the United States. It's one of those things when you're a kid, yeah, maybe meet the president. Talked ball the whole time.'' That special encounter came after Smith threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the San Francisco Giants' Game 1 of the NL division series against Cincinnati on Saturday night. Life is good, all right. And to think the 49ers briefly considered adding Peyton Manning to the mix this spring, even though coach Jim Harbaugh has d...
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Female impersonation need say nothing about sexual identity, but it has for a long time been almost an institutionalized aspect of gay male culture.
Although sparse in images documenting the gay community, pre-Stonewall gay male photography blurs the boundaries between art, erotica, and social history.
Given the historic stigma around making, circulating, and possessing overtly homoerotic images, the visual arts have been especially important for providing a socially sanctioned arena for depicting the naked male body and suggesting homoerotic desire.
Independent films that aggressively assert homosexual identity and queer culture, the New Queer Cinema can be seen as the culmination of several developments in American cinema.
Renowned photographer, teacher, critic, editor, and curator, Minor White created some of the most interesting photographs of male nudes of the second half of the twentieth century, but did not exhibit them for fear of scandal.
The first international fashion superstar, Halston dressed and befriended some of America's most glamorous women.
An artistic movement that grew out of Dadaism and flourished in Europe shortly after World War I, Surrealism embraced the idea that art was an expression of the subconscious.
Film, stage, and television actor Paul Winfield was openly gay in his private life, but maintained public silence about his homosexuality.
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announced on March 13, 2012 that beginning June 15, 2012, same-sex couples will be allowed to marry both at City Hall and in the Church of Denmark. The announcement puts Denmark on track to become the eleventh country to permit same-sex marriage nation-wide.
In October, Thorning-Schmidt's newly formed coalition government declared that it would move to legalize same-sex marriage this year. The announcement on March 13 comes after a period of negotiation with officials of the Church of Denmark, who have resisted previous attempts to pass legislation permitting same-sex marriage. As a result of the negotiations, the new law will allow individual priests to decline to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies.
With polls showing about 76% of Danes in favor of permitting same-sex marriage in church, the legislation is expected to pass Parliament easily.
In 1989, Denmark became the first country in the world to permit same-sex civil unions, known as registered partnerships. The registered partnerships convey all the financial benefits and civil rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples, but it bars church ceremonies and the use of the term marriage (though most Danes colloquially refer to same-sex partnerships as marriages).
In 1997, the Church of Denmark began permitting the blessing of same-sex partnerships. Many priests have violated the registered partnership law by blessing the partners at city halls. However, church officials have consistently opposed legislation authorizing same-sex church weddings.
Like many of the Nordic state churches, the Church of Denmark is rooted in Lutheranism. In the face of the populace's widespread skepticism about religion and religious beliefs, the Scandinavian churches see themselves as "folk churches." From this perspective, dogma is less important than inclusiveness on the basis of ancestry and nationality. Hence, these churches make no distinctions on the basis of sexual orientation in membership and are vague on such questions as to whether homosexual acts are sinful.
Although the Church of Denmark ordains openly gay and lesbian clergy and welcomes the full participation of homosexuals in ecclesiastical life, its official position is that marriage is God's framework for the relationship between a man and a woman, and that this framework is separate from the choice of same-sex couples to live with each other in responsible community approved by society, i.e., in a registered partnership.
Although the bishops of the Church resisted developing new rituals for blessing same-sex partnerships, they agreed that couples who wished a non-ritualized recognition in church of their registered partnership should be accommodated. In such cases, the minister, after seeking advice from his bishop, has the power to decide whether to perform the blessing.
Seven of the Church's 11 bishops have approved a "recommended scheme for church blessing of registered partnerships" for use in their dioceses, while four bishops have declined to do so, leaving the kind of blessing to the discretion of individual priests. It is believed that about 30% of priests decline to perform church blessings of same-sex partnerships.
Most of the priests who oppose blessing same-sex partnerships reside in traditionally conservative rural areas and in central West Jutland (the former Ringkjøbing Amt) and on Bornholm. Most priests in other areas tend to be liberal.
According to the Copenhagen Post, at a press conference on March 13, Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt, who in October 2011 became Denmark's first female Prime Minister, said that "We have looked at two laws that will provide the gay and lesbian community the opportunity to get married in the church and at city hall. . . . I firmly believe that this is a natural step to take in a modern society like Denmark."
"The law will go into effect on June 15, so already this summer we'll see the first gays and lesbians getting married in Danish churches," she added.
Thorning-Schmidt specified that it would be up to individual priests to decide whether or not they will wed gay and lesbian couples. Per Bucholdt Andreasen, chairman of the Priests Association said that he expected that about 70% of the association's 2,000 priests will be willing to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies.
When Denmark's legislation to permit same-sex marriage goes into effect, Denmark will join the following countries in embracing marriage equality nation-wide: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, and Sweden. Other countries, including Brazil, Mexico, and the United States permit same-sex marriage in particular cities, provinces, or states.
The Copenhagen Post's Christian Wenande reports that there may be a slight hitch in the proceedings.
There is a possibility that if couples who have already entered into civil partnerships wish to wed in the church, they may first have to nullify their existing union.
That possibility annoys sales director Stig Elling, who is planning on walking down the aisle on June 15.
"The word divorce carries negative connotations, and legally it could have consequences in case something happens to one of us during the six months it takes to process the divorce and remarry," Elling, who is in a civil partnership, told a reporter from Kristeligt Dagblad.
In the video below, made on the eve of the September 2011 election, Danes speak about the prospect of electing their first female Prime Minister.
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Disclosed herein is a temperature monitoring system including a circuit board and a thermochromic coating covering at least a portion of the circuit board, wherein the thermochromic coating is capable of indicating a temperature gradient on the circuit board. The thermochromic coating may comprise a color forming leuco dye, an activator, and optionally a deprotecting agent.
1. A system comprising:
a circuit board; and
a thermochromic coating covering at least a portion of the circuit board,
wherein the thermochromic coating indicates areas of increased temperature on the circuit board; and
wherein the thermochromic coating comprises
a color forming leuco dye; and
an activator having at least one acid group, wherein the thermochromic coating is a matrix and the activator and the leuco dye are substantially uniformly distributed in the matrix in separate phases.
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applying a coating to a substrate, the coating comprising
a color forming leuco dye; and
an activator having at least one acid group;
operating electrical devices mounted on the substrate; and
identifying areas of increased thermal activity based on color changes of the coating, wherein the leuco dye and the activator are substantially uniformly distributed in a matrix in separate phases.
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a substrate;
a plurality of electrical components mounted on the substrate; and
a thermochromic coating on the substrate, wherein the thermochromic coating comprises a color forming leuco dye and an activator having at least one acid group, wherein the thermochromic coating is a matrix and the activator and the leuco dye are substantially uniformly distributed in the matrix in separate phases.
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Thermal image analysis may be used to identify electronic components with abnormal thermal characteristics, as well as to verify that components are operating within their specifications. For proven circuit designs, abnormal thermal characteristics are indicative of integrated circuit (IC) failure or board artwork defects. In new designs, thermal image analysis can be used to locate underspecified components or poorly designed ventilation.
Thermal image analysis may require the use of sophisticated hardware. The hardware, however, may be too sophisticated and cumbersome for use in every situation that may be encountered in the field by a field engineer. Thus, there remains a need for improvements in thermal analysis of electronic devices.
Disclosed herein is a temperature monitoring system. Some of the exemplary embodiments may comprise a circuit board and a thermochromic coating covering at least a portion of the circuit board, wherein the thermochromic coating indicates areas of increased temperature on the circuit board. The thermochromic coating may comprise a color forming leuco dye, an activator, and a deprotecting agent. The thermochromic coating also may comprise a color forming leuco dye and an activator carried in different phases in a matrix.
For a detailed description of embodiments of the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings in which:
Certain terms are used throughout the following description and claims to refer to particular system components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, companies may refer to components by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function. In the following discussion and in the claims, the terms "including" and "comprising" are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean "including, but not limited to . . . ."
The term "thermochromic" refers to a device or substance that exhibits thermally induced color change. The color change may be permanent (irreversible) or reversible.
As used herein, the term "color forming composition" comprises a leuco dye, an activator having a protection leaving group, and a deprotecting agent. These three components can work together, upon exposure to heat, to provide color to the leuco dye. Additionally, the color forming composition in combination with "liquid carrier" forms a "coating composition."
As used herein, "leuco dye" refers to a dye which, prior to development, is in a leuco form which is substantially colorless or white, and which reacts with an activator upon exposure to energy in the form of heat or light to form a colored dye. The color-altering phenomenon may be due to a chemical change, such as through oxidation, resulting from heat exposure. The term "color" can be any change in visible absorbance that occurs upon leuco dye development, for example development of black, white, and other colors.
The term "protection leaving group" refers to any moiety which can be used to block the reaction of a functional group and which can be removed, as desired, to expose or deprotect a functional group of an activator. Protection leaving groups can be non-reactive with respect to other components of the color forming composition. Thus, the protection leaving group may not comprise reactive groups which react outside of the protecting and deprotecting mechanism described in more detail below.
The term "activator" refers to a compound that is reactive with leuco dyes. In some embodiments, the activator is reactive with the leuco dyes upon introduction of energy in the form of light and/or heat.
The term "protected activator" refers to the combination of an activator and a protection leaving group which may be attached to the functional group(s) of the activator. In other embodiments, the activator is reactive with the leuco dyes in the absence of externally supplied energy.
The term "deprotecting agent" refers to a compound which reacts with the protection leaving group to expose a functional group of an activator for reaction with a leuco dye. Deprotecting agents can be sensitive to exposure to a predetermined amount of energy in the form of heat or light.
As used herein, "developing" or "development" refers to the interaction or reaction of a leuco dye with an activator to produce a visible composition having a desired color.
As used herein, "liquid carrier" and "binder" are interchangeable and refer to any liquid or solid material capable of forming a matrix with the color forming composition. For example, the term "spin-coatable composition" may comprise a liquid carrier having various components dissolved or dispersed therein. In some embodiments, the spin-coatable composition can comprise a color forming composition in a liquid carrier. Coating compositions can be spin-coatable in one embodiment, or can be configured for other application methods as well e.g., printing such as offset, inkjet, gravure, or roller coating.
As used herein, "protonic acid" refers to an acid, which ionizes in aqueous solution to liberate hydrogen ions. Protonic acids may comprise, but are not limited to, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and/or fluoric acid.
The following discussion is directed to various embodiments of the invention. The embodiments disclosed should not be interpreted, or otherwise used, as limiting the scope of the disclosure. In addition, one skilled in the art will understand that the following description has broad application, and the discussion of any embodiment is meant only to be exemplary of that embodiment, and not intended to intimate that the scope of the disclosure is limited to that embodiment.
Embodiments of the present invention comprise thermochromic coatings on substrates or surfaces such as electronic circuit boards. The coatings identify areas of localized (usually increased) temperature variation on the surface. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the thermochromic coating may comprise one or more color forming compositions and a liquid carrier. The color forming composition may comprise a leuco dye, a protected activator, and a deprotecting agent. The protected activators may comprise an activator having at least one acid group and a protection leaving group chemically attached to the at least one acid group. Upon application of energy in the form of heat or light, the protection leaving group reacts with the deprotecting agent, thereby exposing the functional acid group(s) of the activator. The unprotected activator can then react with the leuco dye to form a colored dye.
Other embodiments comprise a multiple phase coating in which one of a leuco dye and an activator is dissolved in a matrix and the other is present in the matrix as undissolved particles. Upon the application of heat (i.e., by an overheating circuit), the undissolved particles begin to melt and react with the dissolved compound to change color.
Other embodiments may include multiple color formers having different properties (e.g. different glass transition temperatures or different melting temperatures) such that an observer can tell the degree of overheating by observing the type of color change that occurs.
The following examples illustrate several mechanisms for protecting an acid activator. Phenolic and catechol activators can be protected by acylation and condensation reactions with an acyl chloride, acyl anhydride, or activated ester (e.g., succinimidyl ester). Such acylation and condensation reactions can be performed in the presence of a base, such as NaOH, or by heating. Alternatively, the reaction can be performed by mixing an amine such as triethyl amine with a dipolar aprotic solvent (e.g., acetonitrile or dioxane) followed by an aqueous work up (addition of water and subsequent extraction of the protected activator using ether) or evaporation and purification.
More specifically, the activators employed in some embodiments can contain various functional groups (e.g., hydroxy, thio and amine groups), which act as a Lewis acid. After the protection leaving group reacts with the functional group, the resulting protected activator can be an ester, ether, sulfonate, carbonate, carbamate, or phosphinate. Several specific protected activators comprise trifluoroacetate, 2-trimethylsilyl ethyl ester, t-butyl ester, p-nitrobenzyl ester, nitrobutyl ester, and trichloroethyl ester.
Examples of acidic materials that can be used as activators in embodiments of the present invention comprise phenols, carboxylic acids, cyclic sulfonamides, protonic acids, and compounds having a pKa of less than about 7.0, and mixtures thereof. Phenolic and carboxylic activators may comprise boric acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, stearic acid, gallic acid, salicylic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, o-hydroxybenzoic acid, m-hydroxybenzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-p-toluic acid, 3,5-xylenol, thymol, p-t-butylphenyl, 4-hydroxyphenoxide, methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxyacetophenone, a-naphthol, naphthols, catechol, resorcin, hydroquinone, 4-t-octylcatechol, 4,4′-butylidenephenol, 2,2′-dihydroxydiphenyl, 2,2′-methylenebis (4-methyl-6-t-butyl-phenol), 2,2′-bis(4′-hydroxyphenyl) propane, 4,4′-isopropylidenebis(2-t-butylphenol), 4,4′-secbutylidenediphenol, pyrogallol, phloroglucine, phlorogluocinocarboxylic acid, 4-phenylphenol, 2,2′-methylenebis(4-chlorophenyl), 4,4′-isopropylidenediphenol, 4,4′-isopropylidenebis(2-chlorophenol), 4,4′-isopropylidenebis(2-methylphenol), 4,4′-ethylenebis(2-methylphenol), 4,4′-thiobis(6-t-butyl-3-methylphenol), bisphenol A and its derivatives (such as 4,4′-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A), 4-4′-cyclohexylidenediphenol, p,p′-(1-methyl-n-hexylidene) diphenol, 1,7-di(4-hydroxyphenylthio)-3,5-dioxaheptane), 4-hydroxybenzoic esters, 4-hydroxyphthalic diesters, phthalic monoesters, bis(hydroxyphenyl)sulfides, 4-hydroxyarylsulfones, 4-hydroxyphenylarylsulfonates, 1,3-di[2-(hydroxyphenyl)-2-propylbenzenes, 1,3-dihydroxy-6(a,a-dimethylbenzyl)benzene, resorcinols, hydroxybenzoyloxybenzoic esters, bisphenolsulfones, bis-(3-allyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone (TG-SA), bisphenolsulfonic acids, 2,4-dihydroxy-benzophenones, novolac type phenolic resins, polyphenols, saccharin, 4-hydroxy-acetophenone, p-phenylphenol, benzyl-p-hydroxy-benzoate (benzalparaben), 2,2-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl) propane, p-tert-butylphenol, 2,4-dihydroxy-benzophenone, and p-benzylphenol.
In some embodiments, the activator is a phenol compound. More particularly, the activator may be a bisphenol such as TG-SA. Further, the activator compound may be a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, stearic acid, gallic acid, salicylic acid, ascorbic acid, and mixtures thereof.
Protection Leaving Groups
As mentioned above, the functional groups of the activators are protected by a protection leaving group. In one aspect, the protection leaving group provides a mechanism for protecting the acid functional group of the activator. If the functional group of the activator is a hydroxy group, suitable protecting groups may comprise, for example, esters, sulfonates, ethers, phosphinates, carbonates, carbamates (i.e., esters of carbamic acid), and mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, the protection leaving group is an acyl group.
A variety of ethers can be used as protection leaving groups (e.g., silyl ethers, alkyl ethers, aromatic ethers, and mixtures thereof). Several non-limiting examples of ethers suitable for use comprise methyl ether, 2-methoxyethoxymethyl ether (MEM), cyclohexyl ether, o-nitrobenzyl ether, 9-anthryl ether, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, tetrahydrothiofuranyl, 2-(phenylselenyl)ethyl ether, benzyloxymethyl ethers, methoxyethoxymethyl ethers, 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl ether, methylthiomethyl ether, phenylthiomethyl ether, 2,2-dichloro-1,1-difluoroethyl ether, tetrahydropyranyl, phenacyl, phenylacetyl, propargyl, p-bromophenacyl, cyclopropylmethyl ether, allyl ether, isopropyl ether, t-butyl ether, benzyl ether, 2,6-dimethylbenzyl ether, 4-methoxybenzyl ether, o-nitrobenzyl ether, 2-bromoethyl ether, 2,6-dichlorobenzyl ether, 4-(dimethylaminocarbonyl)benzyl ether, 9-anthrymethyl ether, 4-picolyl ether, heptafluoro-p-tolyl ether, tetrafluoro-4-pyridyl ether, silyl ethers (e.g., trimethylsilyl, t-butyldimethylsilyl, t-butyidiphenylsilyl, tribenzylsilyl, triisopropylsilyl, isopropyldimethylsilyl, 2-trimethylsilyl, 2-(trimethylsilyl) ethoxymethyl (SEM) ether, and mixtures thereof.
Several examples of esters suitable for use comprise formate ester, acetate ester, isobutyrate ester, levulinate ester, pivaloate ester, aryl pivaloate esters, aryl methanesulfonate esters, adamantoate ester, benzoate ester, 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoate (mesitoate) ester, 2-trimethyl silyl ester, 2-trimethylsilyl ethyl ester, t-butyl ester, p-nitrobenzyl ester, nitrobutyl ester, trichloroethyl ester, any alkyl branched or aryl substituted ester, 9-fluorenecarboxylate, xanthene-carboxylate, and mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, the protection leaving group can be formate, acetate, isobutyrate, levulinate, pivaloate, and mixtures thereof.
Several examples of carbonates and carbamates suitable for use comprise 2,2,2-trichloroethyl carbonate, vinyl carbonate, benzyl carbonate, methyl carbonate, p-nitrophenyl carbonate, p-nitrobenzyl carbonate, S-benzyl thiocarbonate, N-phenylcarbamate, 1-adamantyl carbonate, t-butyl carbonate, 4-methylsulfinylbenzyl, 2,4-dimethylbenzyl, 2,4-dimethylpent-3-yl, aryl carbamates, methyl carbamate, benzyl carbamate, cyclic borates and carbonates, and mixtures thereof.
Several examples of phosphinates suitable for use comprise dimethylphosphinyl, dimethylthiophosphinyl, dimethylphosphinothioyl, diphenylphosphothioyl, and mixtures thereof.
Several examples of sulfonates suitable for use comprise methanesulfonate, toluenesulfonate, 2-formylbenzenesulfonate, and mixtures thereof.
Exemplary protecting groups for hydroxyl functional groups of activators comprise t-butyloxycarbonyl, allyloxycarbonyl, benzyloxycarbonyl, o-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl, and trifluoroacetate.
The color forming compositions of embodiments of the present invention may comprise from about 6% to about 45% by weight of protected activator. In other embodiments, the protected activator can be present from about 20% and about 40% by weight. In a further detailed aspect, the protected activator can be present at from about 25% to about 38% by weight.
Deprotecting Agents
A deprotecting agent can also be included in the color forming composition and may be configured to remove the protection leaving group upon application of heat. The deprotecting agent may provide a mechanism for removing the protection leaving groups via a chemical reaction. The chemistry of some protection leaving groups does not always require a separate deprotecting agent. In some instances, the protection leaving group can be removed by the addition of heat, however, use of deprotecting agents are considered to improve the stability and development of the leuco dyes.
Deprotecting agents suitable for use may comprise amines, for example, alpha-hydroxy amines, primary amines and secondary amines. In some embodiments the deprotecting agent may be valoneol, prolinol, 2-hydroxy-1-amino-propanol, 2-amino-3-phenyl-1-propanol, (R)-(−)-2-phenyl glycinol, 2-amino-phenylethanol, 1-naphthylethyl amine, 1-aminonaphthalene, morpholin, and the like. In other embodiments, the deprotecting agent can be 2-hydroxy-1-amino-propanol. In yet other embodiments, suitable deprotecting agents may comprise amines such as those melting between 35� C. to 175� C. including 2-amino-3-phenyl-1-propanol, (R)-(−)-2-phenyl glycinol, 2-amino-phenylethanol, or such as those boiling between 80� C. and 310� C. including 1-naphthyl ethyl amine, 1-aminonaphthalene, morpholin, etc.
The deprotecting agent can be present at any concentration that is sufficient to react with enough protection leaving groups to allow a visible color change in the leuco dye. The concentration of deprotecting agent can be, for example, tailored to affect the speed and degree of the reaction upon exposure to heat. However, the deprotecting agent to activator molar ratio can be from about 10:1 to about 1:4, and more particularly may be from about 1:1 to about 1:2.
Leuco Dyes
Substantially any leuco dye may be used to form the compositions of the various embodiments. Suitable leuco dyes may comprise fluorans, phthalides, amino-triarylmethanes, aminoxanthenes, aminothioxanthenes, amino-9,10-dihydro-acridines, aminophenoxazines, aminophenothiazines, aminodihydrophenazines, aminodiphenylmethanes, aminohydrocinnamic acids (cyanoethanes, leuco methines) and corresponding esters, 2(p-hydroxyphenyl)4,5-diphenylimidazoles, indanones, leuco indamines, hydrozines, leuco indigoid dyes, amino-2,3-dihydroanthraquinones, tetrahalo-p,p′-biphenols, 2(p-hydroxyphenyl)-4,5-diphenylimidazoles, phenethylanilines, and mixtures thereof.
In some embodiments, the leuco dye can be a fluoran, phthalide, aminotriarylmethane, or mixture thereof. Several examples of suitable fluoran based leuco dyes comprise 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-(N-ethyl-p-toluidino)-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-(N-ethyl-N-isoamylamino)-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-(o,p-dimethylanilino)fluorane, 3-pyrrolidino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-piperidino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-(N-cyclohexyl-N-methylamino)-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-diethylamino-7-(m-trifluoromethylanilino) fluorane, 3-dibutylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluorane, 3-diethylamino-6-chloro-7-anilinofluorane, 3-dibutylamino-7-(o-chloroanilino)fluorane, 3-diethylamino-7-(o-chloroanilino)fluorane, 3-di-n-pentylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran, 3-di-n-butylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran, 3-(n-ethyl-n-isopenty-lamino)-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran, 3-pyrrolidino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran, 1(3H)-isobenzofuranone, 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-3,3-bis[2-[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethenyl], and mixtures thereof. Aminotriarylmethane leuco dyes can also be used, for example, tris(N,N-dimethylaminophenyl) methane (LCV); deutero-tris(N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)methane (D-LCV); tris(N,N-diethylamino-phenyl) methane (LECV); deutero-tris(4-diethylaminolphenyl) methane (D-LECV); tris(N,N-di-n-propylaminophenyl) methane (LPCV); tris(N,N-di-n-butylamino-phenyl) methane (LBCV); bis(4-diethylaminophenyl)-(4-diethylamino-2-methyl-phenyl) methane (LV-1); bis(4-diethylamino-2-methylphenyl)-(4-diethylamino-phenyl) methane (LV-2); tris(4-diethylamino-2-methylphenyl) methane (LV-3); deutero-bis(4-diethylaminophenyl)-(4-diethylamino-2-methylphenyl) methane (D-LV-1); deutero-bis(4-diethylamino-2-methylphenyl)(4-diethylaminophenyl) methane (D-LV-2); bis(4-diethylamino-2-methylphenyl)(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) methane (LB-8); aminotriarylmethane leuco dyes having different alkyl substituents bonded to the amino moieties wherein each alkyl group is independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl; and aminotriaryl methane leuco dyes with any of the preceding named structures that are further substituted with one or more alkyl groups on the aryl rings wherein the latter alkyl groups are independently selected from C1-C3 alkyl. Additional examples of thermochromic materials may include Spiro compounds.
Upon heat-induced oxidation, protonation, and/or ring-opening (in the presence of the unprotected activator) leuco dyes can form dyes having a variety of optical characteristics. The color forming composition of at least some embodiments may comprise at least about 3% by weight of leuco dye, and in more detail, can be present at from about 4% and about 20% by weight. These ranges are only exemplary and other weight ranges can be used, depending on the desired image characteristics and other considerations.
Liquid Carrier
Liquid carriers or binders suitable for use in some embodiments of the present invention comprise materials capable of forming a matrix with the color forming composition. Suitable liquid carriers comprise solvents and surfactants that are compatible with a particular leuco dye and other ingredients chosen for use. For example, suitable solvents may be selected from the group consisting of low-melting fatty acids, amides and alcohols. Low-melting is herein defined as melting at 110� C. or lower. In some embodiments, the solvent may comprise a hydrophobic, non-volatile solvent.
Suitable binders may comprise polymeric materials such as polyacrylate from monomers and oligomers, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl pyrrolidines, polyethylenes, polyphenols or polyphenolic esters, polyurethanes, acrylic polymers, and mixtures thereof.
In some embodiments, the color forming composition can be prepared in solution, using a substantially transparent or translucent liquid carrier. The activator can be admixed within the solution or coated onto the substrate either before or after the solution is coated thereon.
In order to provide desirable color forming properties, various factors such as viscosity and solids content can be considered. The color forming compositions of some embodiments may have less than about 10% by weight of solids. For example, in one aspect, the solids content of a spin-coatable coating composition can be about 7% by weight.
Matrix Components
In some embodiments in which an activator and a color former (e.g., leuco dye) are held in separate phases in a matrix, the matrix, by way of example only, may be a UV curable lacquer such as acrylate derivatives, oligomers and monomers, with or without a photo package. A photo package may include a light absorbing species which initiates reactions for curing the lacquer, such as, by way of example only, benzophenone derivatives, free radical polymerization monomers and pre-polymers such as thioxanethane derivatives, anthraquinone derivatives, acetophenones and benzoine ether types. An example of a lacquer or matrix may include Nor-Cote CDG000 (a mixture of UV curable acrylate monomers and oligomers) (available from Nor-Cote Int'l. Inc., Crawfordsville, Ind.) which contains a hydroxyl ketone photoinitiator and organic solvent acrylates (e.g., methyl methacrylate, hexyl methacrylate, beta-phenoxy ethyl acrylate and hexamethylene acrylate). Other lacquers may include acrylated polyester oligomers such as CN293 and CN294 (available from Sartomer Co., Exton, Pa.).
Optional Ingredients
It can sometimes be desirable to add a plasticizer to improve coating flexibility, durability, and coating performance. Plasticizers can be either solid or liquid plasticizers. If the color forming composition and/or absorber is applied in multiple layers, the plasticizer and binder can be included in any of the individual liquid carriers.
Stabilizing agents can also be included in the color forming compositions, or in an adjacent layer. Several examples of suitable stabilizing agents may comprise a polyhydroxybenzophenone, hydroxylamine, triarylimidazole, hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole, and mixtures thereof.
Other variations can also be implemented, including the adding of a non-leuco colorant to impart additional desired color to the image. For example, the use of an opacifier pigment or other non-leuco colorant can be used to provide background color to the substrate. The non-leuco colorants can be added to the color forming composition, as long as the development of the leuco dye is not prevented from at least some development due to the presence of the optional colorant. In other embodiments, if a colored background is desired that will remain independent of leuco dye development, an opacifier pigment, other pigment, and/or dye can be admixed in the carrier to impart the desired color. Examples of opacifiers may comprise calcium carbonate, and/or titanium dioxide.
Various additional components, such as lubricants, surfactants, and materials imparting moisture resistance, can also be added to provide mechanical protection to the color forming composition. Other overcoat compositions can also be used and are well known to those skilled in the art.
Referring now to
In production of coating composition 130, the color forming composition and liquid carrier may be melted together and cooled to yield a desired colored coating. The color forming composition may be encapsulated to protect the composition in subsequent applications (i.e., applying to substrate). Encapsulation may be performed by coacervation or interfacial polymerization. The color forming composition made in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may be sensitive such that switching of color occurs over a few degrees (e.g., 10 degrees or less) change in temperature. Microencapsulated inks available from American Thermal Instruments, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio and temptell inks available from Sherwood Technology Ltd. of Nottingham, England may be acceptable inks for use in some embodiments of the current invention. Variable switching of temperature may be achieved by choice of cosolvent. Additionally, the present compositions enjoy a wide choice of color including yellow, red, blue, green and black. In some embodiments, coating composition may indicate temperature increases for temperatures up to about 200� C. Further still, the coating composition may indicate whether a component's temperature is near a critical temperature or has or exceeded a critical temperature. For example, coating composition may indicate the glass transition temperature (Tg) of a printed circuit board by changing color at a temperature slightly lower than Tg.
Thermochromic coating composition 130 may be applied to the substrate 110 by any of a variety of methods, for example, flow coating, dipping and spraying. Flow coating may be accomplished by coaters such as a bar coater, a spin coater, a knife coater, a blade coater, a curtain coater, a gravure coater and a spray coater. The coating thickness (thickness before drying) may be approximately 1 mil to 10 mils and can optionally be set according to selection of the coating method. In some embodiments, the thermochromic coating composition may be applied to the top and/or bottom of a substrate prior to installation of the electronic components on the substrate. In yet other embodiments, the thermochromic coating may be applied after installation of the electronic components, for example, by spraying the thermochromic composition on the bottom of the substrate (with the electronic components on the top), or by spraying the thermochromic composition over the electronic components.
Still referring to
Application of the thermochromic coating composition (block 210), in some embodiments, takes place prior to installation of the electronic devices and components on the substrate. In alternative embodiments, the thermochromic coating composition may be applied after installation of the electronic components (e.g., on a back surface of the substrate).
Referring now to
One method of preparing a lacquer/dye/activator solution may be to dissolve the activator (e.g., bisphenol-A) into melted dibenzyl oxalate, cool and grind that mixture into a fine powder. The powder may then be dissolved in a UV curable lacquer (e.g., Nor-Cote CDG000). Then, a leuco dye (e.g., BK-400 with average particle size <5 μm) may be mixed into form a lacquer/activator/leuco dye solution. The solution may then be applied to the chip or IC and cured by UV lamp. If it is desired to control the temperature at which color change will occur, it may be desirable to include other components in the melted dibenzyl oxalate, e.g., m-terphenyl or alcohols melting between 50� C. and 80� C. By controlling the relative composition of the melt (i.e., the dibenzyl oxalate melt), it may be possible to control the temperature at which a color change occurs.
Referring now to
The following examples illustrate embodiments of the invention. However, it is to be understood that the following is only exemplary or illustrative of embodiments of the present invention. Numerous modifications and alternative compositions, methods, and systems may be devised without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, thermochromic compositions may be thermochromically reversible or irreversible (permanent). Additionally, when using thermochromically permanent compositions, the user may apply the composition to the substrate (e.g., circuit board) after manufacturing. Further, it is contemplated that compositions may be incorporated into components during manufacture including, but not limited to, solder mask and the circuit board itself.
A dispersion of fluoran dye BK400 (available from Nagase), Bisphenol A, Bisphenol S, and CDG000 UV curable matrix (available from Norcote Inc.) was prepared. The matrix contained hydroxy ketone as a photoinitiator and organic solvent acrylates (methyl methacrylate, hexyl methacrylate, beta-phenoxy ethyl acrtrylate, hexamethylene actrylate and solvents). The color forming dispersion was applied to a glass substrate and cured with UV radiation. The glass was heated at gradual temperature ramping. The color forming dispersion showed no change in color to 80� C., but showed a sharp color change at 140� C.
A dispersion of fluoran dye BK400 (available from Nagase), Bisphenol A, Bisphenol S, and CN 293 and CN 294 curable matrix (available from Sartomer) was prepared. The color forming dispersion was applied to a glass substrate and cured with UV radiation. The glass was heated at gradual temperature ramping. The color forming dispersion showed no change in color to 80� C., but showed a sharp color change at 140� C.
A dispersion of fluoran dye S-205, 2-hydroxy-1-amino-propanol, acetyl TG-SA, cellulose butyl acetate with the balance being methylethyl ketone was prepared. The color forming dispersion was applied to a glass substrate and cured with UV radiation. The glass was heated at gradual temperature ramping. Upon heating to approximately 120� C., the color forming dispersion developed intense color.
Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, it is believed that an acyl transfer reaction between an acyl protected phenol and an amine produced the intense color formation of Example 3. This reaction is illustrated in the following reaction scheme:
It is envisioned that the examples disclosed herein can be prepared using encapsulated inks.
Potentially, the ester amine reactivity may be tailored to react at specific temperatures, providing compositions as temperature-sensitive as desired, e.g., switching of color may occur over a few degrees (e.g., 10 degrees) change in temperature.
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Shot on a glorious Queensland winter day, while fishing from the nearby jetty. Military Jetty, Golden Beach. Shot with Canon EF-S 10-18 f/4.0 – 5.6 lens, ND1000 filter, and Radian.
Timelapse with the tip of Mt Warning peeking out from clouds.
Canon 60D today. Snapper Rocks looking across Rainbow Bay to Greenmount and sunset. Radian panning 30 degrees clockwise over 70 minutes & 1400 photos.
Shot today. Canon 450D. Rainbow Bay looking to Surfers.
Getting a couple of timelapse shoots in before the flowers drop. I reckon that they'll all be gone by next weekend.
Making the most of a day off – here is my setup for a dusk timelapse with the jacarandas in full bloom. Edit: looking gorgeous now:
Here is a preview image showing my setup at Circular Quay. Shooting with a 10mm (16mm equivalent) lens so should be interesting!
…life got busy… Hope you enjoy this still from a recent time lapse shoot at Ju Raku En – Japanese Gardens in Toowoomba
This frame shows my timelapse setup – see the lens barrel at left. Should turn out nicely thanks to the cooperative cargo ship :)
A couple of shots illustrating my setup for 2 short timelapses this morning.
Check out this piece of marketing brilliance/ insanity (I can't tell which it is) from Leica: http://petapixel.com/2014/04/24/boring-advertisment-youve-ever-seen/
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Me, taken by my "second shooter" Miss Ten at dusk today.
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Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Big Island Manta Ray Night Kayak and Snorkel Adventure. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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one word AWSOME!
I had a BLAST, and I didn't even see any Manta Rays! The whole kayaking and snorkeling aspects of this trip were enough for me!
this tour was definitely an adrenalin rush but an amazing experience. one with many memories and stories to tell.
Quite an experience! It was a little scary kayaking out in the night but our guide was really helpful. Unfortunately no mantas showed up but some wild dolphins were around so that was nice. We will probably try again when we revisit Hawaii.
What a wonderful experience seeing so many Manta Rays. What I liked about the tour company is they let you swim free. I would not of enjoyed being on a board or tied together. I did find it a bit uncomfortable not having a seat on the kayak. It was a little hard on the back kayaking just sitting on the plastic. I did find it well organized and had three people from the tour company with us. Had lots of Manta Rays and was glad I also had brought my own light. Loved the somersaults the Manta's did right under us. Recommended them to several others visitors on the Island that were staying at the same condo establishment I was at.
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It was a disappointment as they did not have but one light to attract mantas and we had to keep going over by the boats with stronger lights see a manta and then we got chased away by their group leader.
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I actually don't think Rita said anything to deserve the type of vitriol this newish Sugababes singer gave her. All she said was she was pleased she pulled out of Eurovision when she did. It might be that someone had a word with her and suggested that two similarly voiced singers would cancel each other out and would be left with those ghastly twins that came second or the Show tunes Welsh singer.
Jade Ewen should have risen above it or said something other than the childish response she gave. To say someone has slept her way to the position she's in is completely wrong. Especially coming from someone that is normal very comfortable wearing very little herself. It comes off as spite and jealousy really. Hope someone gives her some sound advice.
Rita stated that she walked away from the auditions because she didn't want to do it. Nothing about anyone 'having a word' with her. If that's what happened, then what she said is even worse because she talked about the audition people and her agent being worried about her/trying to get in touch with her. Not nice if she was making that up.
Jade probably shouldn't have made the comment about Rita sleeping her way to the top. However, that doesn't alter the fact that Rita was wrong to say what she did. Perhaps one day she'll realise how fickle showbusiness is and how naive and stupid she was to criticise others for their career choices.
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Highland Community College Western Center is open in Baileyville, KS to serve students in and around the Nemaha and Marshall County portions of Northeast Kansas. After receiving a Federal Title III grant to expand educational access to the area's rural communities, the HCC Western Center plans to serve traditional and non-traditional students alike. They may choose to live at home while pursuing a college degree. Even high school juniors and seniors can take advantage of our technical programs during the school day. Numerous Allied Health and general education courses leading to certificates and degrees are being offered. Opportunities in Precision Ag, Engineering Graphics, and Manufacturing Technology will follow.
We are accepting enrollment for the Fall 2015 semester in our four technical programs - Diesel Technology, Industrial Welding Technology, Medical Office Assistant, and Building Trades. For Fall 2015, we will be offering a Health Care Pathway which will include CNA, Medical Terminology; and courses in Manufacturing Technology to include OSHA 10 training, Precision Measurement, Blueprint Reading and Technical Math. Also, available is course work in the Human Services field and Early Childhood Education. Times for technical programs are: morning session - 8:00 a.m. to 11:07 a.m. and afternoon session - 12:00 p.m. and 3:07 p.m. Additionally, individual technical classes will be listed in the evening.
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Realizing their unique opportunity, the scientists quickly changed gears and within days were back on the beaches to reassess their study sites in the catastrophe's aftermath. They have returned many times since, diligently documenting the ecological recovery and long-term effects of the earthquake and tsunami on these coastlines, in both natural and human-altered settings.
The magnitude and direction of land-level change brought the greatest impact, drowning beaches especially where the tsunami exacerbated earthquake-induced subsidence and widening and flattening beaches where the earthquake brought uplift. The drowned beach areas suffered mortality of intertidal life; the widened beaches quickly saw the return of plants and animals that had vanished due to the effects of coastal armoring.
"With the study in California and our study here, we knew that building coastal defense structures, such as seawalls, decreases beach area, and that a seawall results in the decline of intertidal diversity," said lead author Eduardo Jaramillo, of Universidad Austral de Chile. "But after the earthquake, where significant continental uplift occurred, the beach area that had been lost due to coastal armoring has now been restored. And the re-colonization of the mobile beach fauna was under way just weeks after."
With responses varying so widely depending on land-level changes, mobility of flora and fauna, and shore type, the findings show not only that the interactions of extreme events with armored beaches can produce surprising ecological outcomes but also suggest that landscape alteration, including armoring, can leave lasting footprints in coastal ecosystems.
"When someone builds a seawall, not only is beach habitat covered up with the wall itself, but, over time, sand is lost in front of the wall until the
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Seven45 Studios Provides More Guitar Options on PowerGig.com as First Music Video Game Using Real Guitar as Controller Ships to Retail
Boston - October 21, 2010 - Seven45 Studios, the new video game publisher, developer and hardware manufacturer that is a sister company to musical instrument manufacturing giant First Act, has made a limited edition full-size guitar controller for Power Gig: Rise of the SixString available for purchase at PowerGig.com. Power Gig: Rise of the SixString is the first band videogame for which the guitar controller is a fully functioning six-string electric guitar. The game is now available at retail bundled with a real electric guitar, and gamers can now purchase additional full-size guitars for the game on PowerGig.com. The limited edition guitars available on the site are handmade at First Act's custom shop, and feature a single cutaway basswood body, humbucking pickup, and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, all for only $249.99. Power Gig: Rise of the SixString is now available for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system.
"Power Gig: Rise of the SixString allows everyone to elevate their band video game playing to a true rock 'n' roll experience," said Seven45 Studios Chairman and CEO, Bernard Chiu. "We wanted to give our players even more options to rock it real in the style most suited to them, so we have made available a new selection of handmade full-size guitars that anyone can pick up and play."
Power Gig: Rise of the SixString is the true evolution of the band videogame experience. Its genuine six string guitar functions as a wireless game controller, and features Seven45's proprietary technology that can distinguish and recognize gamers' input all along the guitar, making the guitars as easy to pick up and play as any other band game button controllers. The unique dual-functionality of the SixString allows for use in-game as well as with any standard guitar amplifier. In addition to traditional beat-matching that will be familiar to fans of the band game genre, Power Gig also introduces the option to switch on chording, which presents the added challenge of playing the game using chords that require specific finger placement on the neck. As players progress through the game, becoming more comfortable with a genuine guitar and challenging themselves to play real power chords, they will find the byproduct of playing the game is coming away from it with real-life guitar skills.
Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews Band and Kid Rock have each entered into exclusive agreements with Seven45 Studios to provide songs for Power Gig: Rise of the SixString. These deals mark the first time ever that songs from each of the three artists will appear as part of a music videogame. Additional songs were secured by multi-platinum artists John Mayer, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, and many others. Seven45 Studios also plans to continue building Power Gig's track list with continued downloadable content (DLC) after the game's release.
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Can't argue with the Fisher pick. It's about time the Cards admitted defeat on that one, sucked it up, and picked the best LT available to them.
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Can't argue with the Fisher pick. It's about time the Cards admitted defeat on that one, sucked it up, and picked the best LT available to them.
3-4 could be interesting, but I'm not sure if they have a NT on the roster. Obviously Suh and the other thug would be the two DEs, Ansah and Lewis as the OLBs.
The Cardinals need to walk away from this draft with the pieces to make Arians' offense work. They have the worst offensive line and QB situation in the league, so those are their top 2 needs. With Geno Smith off the board, the only real choice is Warmack or Fisher, but you take the LT over the G every day of the week. Taking Fisher would also allow the Cards to move Levi Brown inside to LG, which is a much better fit for his slow feet (I think he'll stay on the roster because they would lose more than they'd gain in cap dollars to release him.)
They'll have to address QB and pass rusher later in the draft.
I did not want to make this pick lol, went with Werner because i feel like he gives them more versatility. They can kick Odrick inside more on passing downs. Vernon has shown some upside as a pass rusher but you can never have enough pass rush and Wake is 31 years old.
Good pick Major Raven. TB needs to boost their secondary and particularly the CB position. I also like Rhodes, he's a big physical corner and think he'll fit in there
Thanks Run, I thought he would be a good fit there with Talib being traded to the Pats there was a need for a potential lockdown corner.
I was really hoping that Rhodes would slip for Carolina.
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If I was any GM and seen Jarvis fall that far, I'd be jumping up and down in the war room.
Taking a high-upside DE is almost never wrong. They really need to get a ton of pressure on Brady if they want to be major players in the AFC East. Even if Vernon works out (I was a big fan of him as well as out of Miami last year) they could move Werner inside to DT on passing downs or even move Wake into a Von Miller type of pass-rushing SAM.
I really like Richardson to the Cowboys. I personally think it's dumb switching the 4-3 becuase I think it's going to affect Ware in a negative way, but Richardson is an excellent building block in that formation
I think the Vaccaro to the Panthers pick is my fav of this draft so far. With Gamble gone they pretty much have nothing of note in the secondary and to get a hybrid safety they can use in a lot of different ways is huge.
I remember watching the Panthers get beat over the top so much last year and they had Haruki Nakamura starting at safety. He was just really over matched and out of his element.
All I could think was how badly they needed a safety.
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Sheldone Richardson is a perfect fit as the 3 technique in the Cowboys new 4 man front. They could then rotate the nose shade DTs between Josh Price-brent, and Ratcliffe, and Hatchett can play as the power LDE player on the other side. On paper it would be a nice looking front. The Cowboys still have holes at FS, CB, and weakside LB though.
There Panthers need help in the trenches, but luckily for them, the draft is stacked with DTs, they can wait and get good value later. They may as well take an elite prospect at safety which Kenny Vaccoro is (I actually think he's a better prospect than what Mark Barron was last year), as safety is a huge need for this team.
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A. Immediately shut down the plant regardless of the consequences.
B. Continue running the plant and take no further action.
C. Continue running the plant and take timely action to bring it into compliance with its air emission permit.
Jim Nortz is a compliance and ethics consultant and educator with Built on Ethics Advisory Services, a firm dedicated to helping organizations thrive by building sound internal controls and a strong ethical culture. He has served as a compliance officer for four multinational corporations and is a nationally recognized expert and thought leader in the field of business ethics and compliance.


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Bernhard Neumann
|Bernhard Neumann
15 October 1909
Berlin, Germany
|20 October 2002
(aged 93)
Canberra, Australia
|British and Australian
|Australian National University
University of Manchester
|Alma mater
|University of Berlin
University of Cambridge
|Doctoral advisor
|Issai Schur
Philip Hall
|Doctoral students
|Gilbert Baumslag
John Britton
László Kovács
Michael Newman
James Wiegold
|Known for
|Petr–Douglas–Neumann theorem
|Notable awards
|Adams Prize (1952)
Bernhard Hermann Neumann AC FRS[1] (15 October 1909 – 21 October 2002) was a German-born British-Australian mathematician who was one of the leading figures in group theory, greatly influencing the direction of the subject.[2][3]
Early life and education[edit]
He earned a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1935 and a Doctor of Science at the University of Manchester in 1954. His students included Gilbert Baumslag, László Kovács, Michael Newman, and James Wiegold. His wife, Hanna Neumann, and son, Peter M. Neumann, are also notable for their contributions to group theory.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1959.[1]
In 1994, Bernhard Neumann was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).[4] The Australian Mathematical Society awards a student prize named in his honour.[5]
The group-theoretic notion of HNN extension (where HNN stands for Higman–Neumann–Neumann) is named in (second) part after him.
- Assistant Lecturer, University College, Cardiff, 1937–40.
- Army Service, 1940–45.
- Lecturer, University College, Hull, (now University of Hull), 1946–48
- Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Manchester, 1948–61
- Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU, Canberra, 1962–74; Emeritus Professor, 1975–2002.
- Senior Research Fellow, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, 1975–77; Honorary Research Fellow, 1978–99.
- ^ a b Praeger, C. E. (2010). "Bernhard Hermann Neumann AC. 15 October 1909 -- 21 October 2002". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 56: 285. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2010.0002.
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Bernhard Neumann", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- ^ Bernhard Neumann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ It's an Honour: AC
- ^ http://www.austms.org.au/The+Bernhard+Neumann+Prize
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This information-packed volume opens with detailed descriptions of equipment--both the basics and tools for the more ambitious baker. All the standard baking ingredients are then explained, along with helpful tips on how to work with them. A handful of fundamental baking techniques follows, each one presented in an illuminating series of step-by-step photographs and text. Next come eight chapters filled with more than 130 recipes, ranging from everyday baking powder biscuits to celebratory layer cakes to elegant custard-filled eclairs. Each chapter introduction includes such information as how to choose the right baking pan, how ingredients work together, and what problems might arise and how to solve them. Some chapter openers also feature step-by-step photographs and text that explain techniques specific to the subject at hand, such as how to knead bread dough, how to frost a cake, or how to fold puff pastry. Many individual recipes include invaluable instructional photographs as well. A collection of favorite sauces, fillings, frostings, and glazes and a glossary complete this indispensable volume, leaving the reader fully prepared to heat up the oven and begin baking.
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