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An oriented thermoplastic elastomer film having reduced permeability and improved fatigue resistance comprising a dynamically vulcanized polymer blend of (A) a halogenated isobutylene elastomer and (B) polyamide, the film is produced by casting or blowing the above polymer blend under the condition such that a shear rate at a die lip for casting or blowing is regulated to control the molecular arrangement in the film, whereby the planar birefringence (PBR) of the resultant film becomes greater or equal to 0.002 and a production process of the same.
1. A process for producing an oriented thermoplastic elastomer film having reduced oxygen permeability and improved fatigue resistance and a planar birefringence (PBR) value defined by: PBR=[(n1+n2/2)−n3 wherein n1, n2 and n3 are refractive indices along the machine direction, the transverse direction, and the film normal direction, respectively, of equal to or greater than 0.002, by means of dynamic vulcanization of a blend of (A) a halogenated isobutylene elastomer and (B) polyamide, comprising:
i) pretreating the isobutylene elastomer with zinc oxide;
ii) pelletizing the thus treated isobutylene elastomer;
iii) subsequently mixing the pelletized isobutylene elastomer with the polyamide under dynamic vulcanization conditions to produce a polymer mixture; and
iv) casting or extrusion blowing said polymer mixture under conditions of a shear rate to control the molecular arrangement of the polyamide in the film to obtain said film.
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This application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 10/548,064 filed Jun. 6, 2006, which in is the US National Stage of PCT/US03/06560, filed Mar. 6, 2003, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to an oriented thermoplastic elastomer film having reduced permeability and improved fatigue resistance and also to a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer film composition with enhanced planar orientation for reduction in gas permeability and a process for producing a pneumatic tire using the same.
EP722850B1 disclosed a low-permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition that is superior as a gas-barrier layer in pneumatic tires. This thermoplastic composition comprises a low-permeability thermoplastic matrix such as polyamides or blends of polyamides, in which a low-permeability rubber such as brominated poly(isobutylene-co-p-methylstyrene) (i.e., or BIMS) is dispersed. Subsequently, in both EP857761A1 and EP969039A1, viscosity ratio between the thermoplastic matrix and the rubber dispersion was specified in order to achieve phase continuity in thermoplastic and fine rubber dispersions. Criticality of smaller rubber dispersions was recognized in EP969039A1 in these thermoplastic elastomers for delivering acceptable durability especially for their usage as innerliners in pneumatic tires.
Further improvement in impermeability of these low-permeability thermoplastic elastomers could be achieved by imposing planar orientation. In WO 0214410, introduction of orientation into a thermoplastic elastomer film for property enhancement and for permeability reduction was disclosed conceptually. No experimental data were provided in this patent application. Further, the process specified in this application involves bi-axial orientation of cast film through drafting, tentering, and heatsetting by assuming the film in discussion has the strain hardening characteristics and suitable stretching dynamics. In the present invention, the planar orientation in a thermoplastic elastomer cast film is imposed simply by the film casting and/or film blowing process and film blowing for the improvement in film properties. This thermoplastic elastomer film does not have the suitable stretching dynamics for it to be oriented by a sequential bi-axial orientation process.
The objects of the present invention are to provide an oriented thermoplastic elastomer film having a reduced gas permeability and improved fatigue resistance and also to provide a method of preparing the same.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an oriented thermoplastic elastomer film having reduced permeability and improved fatigue resistance comprising a dynamically vulcanized polymer blend of (A) a halogenated isobutylene elastomer and (B) polyamide, the film is produced by casting or blowing the above polymer blend under the condition such that a shear rate at a die lip for casting or blowing is regulated to control the molecular arrangement in the film, whereby the planar birefringence (PBR) of the resultant film becomes greater or equal to 0.002, preferably the PBR is 0.004 or more.
In this specification and in the claims which follow, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
The present invention relates to an oriented thermoplastic elastomer film having reduced permeability and improved fatigue resistance and to a method of preparing the same.
More particular, the present invention relates to film casting and blowing processes for producing a thermoplastic elastomer film with enhanced planar orientation and a process for producing a pneumatic tire using the same.
The preferred planar birefringence of the oriented thermoplastic elastomer film is greater or equal to 0.002. The orientation could be imposed by either increasing wind-up speed during casting and blowing or increasing the blow-up ratio during film blowing.
The present invention will be better understood from the description set forth below with reference to the accompanying drawing of
The thermoplastic elastomer composition is a blend of a halogenated isobutylene elastomer and a polyamide, which is subjected to dynamic vulcanization.
The term "dynamic vulcanization" is used herein to connote a vulcanization process in which the engineering resin and a vulcanizable elastomer are vulcanized under conditions of high shear. As a result, the vulcanizable elastomer is simultaneously crosslinked and dispersed as fine particles of a "micro gel" within the engineering resin matrix.
Dynamic vulcanization is effected by mixing the ingredients at a temperature which is at or above the curing temperature of the elastomer in equipment such as roll mills, Banbury� mixers, continuous mixers, kneaders or mixing extruders, e.g., twin screw extruders. The unique characteristic of the dynamically cured compositions is that, notwithstanding the fact that the elastomer component may be fully cured, the compositions can be processed and reprocessed by conventional rubber processing techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, etc. Scrap or flashing can be salvaged and reprocessed.
In a preferred embodiment the halogenated isobutylene elastomer component include copolymers of isobutylene and para-alkylstyrene, such as described in European Patent Application 0 344 021. The copolymers preferably have a substantially homogeneous compositional distribution. Preferred alkyl groups for the para-alkyl styrene moiety include alkyl groups having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, primary haloalkyl, secondary haloalkyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof. A preferred copolymer comprises isobutylene and para-methylstyrene.
Suitable halogenated isobutylene elastomer components include copolymers (such as brominated isobutylene-paramethylstyrene copolymers) having a number average molecular weight Mn of at least about 25,000, preferably at least about 50,000, preferably at least about 75,000, preferably at least about 100,000, preferably at least about 150,000. The copolymers may also have a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), i.e., Mw/Mn of less than about 6, preferably less than about 4, more preferably less than about 2.5, most preferably less than about 2.0. In another embodiment, suitable halogenated isobutylene elastomer components include copolymers (such as brominated isobutylene-paramethylstyrene copolymers) having a Mooney viscosity (1+4) at 125� C. (as measured by ASTM D 1646-99) of 25 or more, preferably 30 or more, more preferably 40 or more.
Preferred brominated copolymers of isobutylene and para-methylstyrene include those having 5 to 12 weight % para-methylstyrene, 0.3 to 1.8 mol % brominated para-methylstyrene, and a Mooney viscosity of 30 to 65(1+4) at 125� C. (as measured by ASTM D 1646-99).
The halogenated isobutylene elastomer component (A) according to the present invention can be prepared from isobutylene and about 0.5 to 25% by weight, preferably about 2 to 20% by weight, based upon the total amount of the comonomers, of p-alkylstyrene, preferably p-methylstyrene, followed by the halogenation. The content of the halogen (e.g., Br and/or Cl, preferably Br) is preferably less than about 10% by weight, more preferably about 0.1 to about 7% by weight, based upon the total amount of the copolymer.
The copolymerization can be carried out in a known manner as described in, for example, European Patent Publication No. EP-34402/A published Nov. 29, 1989 and the halogenation can be carried out in a known method as described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,548,995.
The halogenated isobutylene elastomer preferably has the number-average molecular weight (
The polyamides usable in the present invention are thermoplastic polyamides (nylons) comprise crystalline or resinous, high molecular weight solid polymers including copolymers and terpolymers having recurring amide units within the polymer chain. Polyamides may be prepared by polymerization of one or more epsilon lactams such as caprolactam, pyrrolidione, lauryllactam and aminoundecanoic lactam, or amino acid, or by condensation of dibasic acids and diamines. Both fiber-forming and molding grade nylons are suitable. Examples of such polyamides are polycaprolactam (Nylon 6), polylauryllactam (Nylon 12), polyhexamethyleneadipamide (Nylon 66), polyhexamethyleneazelamide (Nylon 69), polyhexamethylenesebacamide (Nylon 610), polyhexamethyleneisophthalamide (Nylon 6 IP), Nylon 612, Nylon 46, Nylon MXD 6, Nylon 6/66 and the condensation product of 11-amino-undecanoic acid (Nylon 11). Additional examples of satisfactory polyamides (especially those having a softening point below 275� C.) are described in Kirk-Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, v. 10, page 919, and Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Vol. 10, pages 392-414. Commercially available thermoplastic polyamides may be advantageously used in the practice of this invention, with linear crystalline polyamides having a softening point or melting point between 160� C.-230� C. being preferred.
The amounts of the elastomer (A) and the polyamide (B) usable in the present invention is preferably 95 to 25 parts by weight and 5 to 75 parts by weight, more Preferably 90 to 25 parts by weight and 10 to 75 parts by weight, respectively, provided that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight.
The elastomer composition according to the present invention may contain, in addition to the above-mentioned essential ingredients, a vulcanization or cross-linking agent, a vulcanization or cross-linking accelerator, various types of oils, an antiaging agent, reinforcing agent, plasticizer, softening agent, or other various additives generally mixed into general rubbers. The compounds are mixed and vulcanized by general methods to make the composition which may then be used for vulcanization or cross-linking. The amounts of these additives added may be made the amounts generally added in the past so long as they do not run counter to the object of the present invention.
The present invention will now be further illustrated by, but is by no means limited to, the following Examples.
The following commercially available products were used for the components employed in the Examples.
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3. Anti-block Agent for Rubber Pelletization
The Test Methods Used for Evaluation of the Examples and Comparative Examples were as Follows
A) Measuring Volume Average Equivalent Dispersion Diameter and Number Average Equivalent Dispersion Diameter
Tapping phase AFM was applied to evaluate dispersion sizes and size distributions in these films. All film samples were cryo-faced at −150� C. using a Reichert cryogenic microtome with diamond knives. Faced samples were stored in a desiccator under flowing dry nitrogen to be warmed up to ambient temperatures without moisture. Samples were run within 24 hours after cryo-facing using an AFM (DI-3000, Digital Instrument) in tapping mode with a rectangular 225-μm silicon cantilever. All tapping phase AFM micrographs were converted to TIFF format and processed using PHOTOSHOP (Adobe Systems) for image enhancement. All image measurements were performed using a commercial image process tool kit (Reindeer Games) as an attachment to PHOTOSHOP. Results of image measurements were written into text files for subsequent data processing by EXCEL (Microsoft). The number average dispersion diameter Dn is calculated as:
D1 is the equivalent diameter of individual dispersion and n1 is the number of the dispersion with an equivalent diameter of D1. The volume average dispersion diameter Dv is expressed as:
B) Tensile Fatigue Cycles
Film and a carcass compound were laminated together with an adhesive and cured at 190� C. for 10 min. A JIS No. 2 dumbbell shape was then punched out and used for durability test at −20� C. at 6.67 Hz and 40% strain.
C) Oxygen Permeability by Mocon
The oxygen permeation measurements were done using a Mocon OX-TRAN 2/61 permeability tester at 60� C.
D) Principal Refractive Indices by Metricon
Three principal refractive indices were measured using Metricon with an operating wavelength of 632.8 nm. Planar birefringence, PBR, and average refractive index, n, are calculated by
Here, n1, n2, and n3 are refractive indices along the machine direction, the transverse direction, and the film normal direction, respectively.
BIMS was pre-compounded with curatives in a Banbury internal mixer and pelletized with the anti-block agent prior to its mixing with Nylon. Mixing and dynamic vulcanization of Nylon and BIMS were done in a twin-screw extruder at about 230� C. These mixes were then cast or blown into films. 2″ diameter disks were punched out from these films and conditioned in a vacuum oven at 60� C. overnight prior to the permeability measurements. Oxygen permeation values of these-films at 60� C. were measured using a Mocon OX-TRAN 2/61 permeability tester. Principal refractive indices along the three principal directions of these films were determined using a Metricon prism-coupling device. The operation wavelength was 632.8 nm generated by a low-power He—Ne laser. Using the three principal refractive indices, the average refractive index could be calculated as:
In Examples 1-8, Nylon 1 matrix with the addition of plasticizer and compatibilzer was used as shown in Table 1. Nylon 1 matrix with plasticizer has its viscosity closely match with that of BIMS. MBTS is a cure retarder and DM16D is a viscosity enhancer. Both can react with benzylic bromine of BIMS and affect its reactive compatibilization with Nylon. Because of the this interfacial bonding modification between BIMS and Nylon with MBTS and DM16D, Nylon orientation during film casting or blowing could be affected. As shown in Table 1, reduction in cast film thickness through the increase in wind-up speed with the same cast die results in an increase in planar orientation and a corresponding reduction in permeability. Although the permeability of the blown films could not be measured due to film surface adhesive, a reduction in film thickness through the increase in windup speed without changes in die or in blowup ratio, again, leads to an increase in planar orientation. The addition of MBTS and DM16D leads to a reduction in orientation. Overall, there is a strong correlation between PBR and permeability. Since we are using the same Nylon matrix for all films listed in Table 1, the average refractive index, which represent the density or the crystallinity in Nylon, remains constant. The results are plotted in
In Examples 9 to 13, Nylon 1 matrix was used but without the plasticizer and compatibilizer. 6PPD could be a curative at the mixing temperature of 230� C. by crosslinking BIMS through benzylic bromines and, hence, removing them from reactive compatibilization. DM16D is a viscosity enhancer for BIMS that also react with benzylic bromine of BIMS. This modification of the interfacial bonding with the usage of DM16D and 6PPD could significantly lower the planar orientation and raise the film permeability as shown in Table 2. The results are shown in
In Examples 14-19, Nylon 2 matrix, without N11 and without plasticizer, was used. In blending with Nylon 2, viscosity modifier, such as DM16D and 6PPD, is required to provide good viscosity matching and fine BIMS rubber dispersions. The concentration used for the anti-blocking agents listed in Table 3 is 0.5 to 1 phr. As indicated in Table 3, using ZnO as the anti-blocking agent could significantly affect the orientation. This anti-blocking agent may act as curative and, hence, remove benzylic bromines from BIMS for its reactive compatibilization with Nylon. A large removal of benzylic bromines from BIMS could lower the interfacial bonding between the Nylon and BIMS dispersions and reduce the ability of the film manufacturing process to orient Nylon. However, overall correlation between PBR and permeability holds. The even higher refractive index value as compared with that in Table 2 is the result of the N6/66 matrix used. The results are also shown in
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Kinker was obviously all right, though. He came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and got the Wolves to go down in order to secure the win.
"He did what we expect of him," Brumfield said. "He knows what his job is in that situation and he came in and executed."
Spring Valley, which was down 2-0 after an inning and a half, had leads of 4-2, 6-4 and 6-5 before Ballangee's blast.
The Timberwolves got strong hitting from Greg Herbert, who went 3-4 with a double and three RBI, and Kaleb Frye, who hit two doubles and also knocked in three runs.
"They kept us in the game," Hensley said.
The second game in the series takes place Saturday evening at 6 p.m.
"We have to keep our mind-set, they've got a great program and right now they're two and one against us on the year," Brumfield said. "So these kids have to come back ready to play ball or they're going to get win number three."
Hensley said his team, too, has to be in the right frame of mind to come back against Midland.
"These guys are still down on themselves from strikeouts or balls they booted five games ago," Hensley said. "They've got to correct that. Tomorrow's do-or-die. If you aren't ready to play, stay at the house. We've got six or seven seniors here, how can you not want to play tomorrow?"
Adkins (3), Hayes, Kinker and Elkins; Radcliffe (5), Meade and Frye, Radcliffe
Hitting: (CM) Ballangee HR, RBI, Cantebury 3-3, 2B, RBI; (SV) Herbert 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI, Frye 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, Wellman 2-4.


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Eric Stephen of True Blue LA finds out that A.J. Ellis probably doesn't think he'll be hitting second.
I asked catcher A.J. Ellis whether or not he could hit second in the lineup, and he joked, "I could be at the top, I could steal some bags." But Ellis then noted he isn't really concerned with where he hits in the batting order. "One of the last things on my mind right now is batting order. I just want to see my name somewhere in the lineup," Ellis said. "My value to the team is getting on base and helping to turn the lineup over, so hopefully guys like Matt [Kemp] and Andre [Ethier] can get as many at-bats as they can get."
Sort of reading between the lines, but he seems to politely scoff at the idea, which is a bit shitty, because he might actually be better at #1 or #2 than Dee Gordon or Mark Ellis if they get on at the same rate as 2011.
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The Mid-South Rally for the Wounded Warrior Project made a check presentation of $25,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project for the 2012 fundraising year.
The group in its second year of working with local wounded warriors increased the donation from last year's $10,000.
"The weather did not cooperate with us this year. Through the dedicated hard work of our all volunteer group we still increased our donation and more importantly the awareness of the struggles these brave men and women endure," said Dave Marek co-founder of the MSRWWP and owner of the Recycle Biker Shop in Collierville.
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Image: Western-backed terrorists have driven out most religious and ethnic minorities, leaving Syria's ancient churches all but abandoned. Those who remain, live a life of perpetual fear and uncertainty. While the UN grandstands, claiming the refugee crisis is the result of the Syrian government, The Atlantic reported that some 300,000 Syrian Christians have fled the country, apparently from areas held not by the Syrian government, but by Western-backed sectarian terrorists.
Fighting for "Democracy"
We were first told that the so-called "rebels" were fighting for "democracy." As the West began to acknowledge that the "rebels" were in fact sectarian extremists, the narrative shifted to simply, "fighting to oust Assad." However, entire battles have been fought not between the Western-backed terrorists and the Syrian Army, but rather between the terrorists and local tribes, Kurdish militias, and virtually anyone who attempts to oppose the invading militants, many of whom are foreigners.
In Reuters' "Rebels battle with tribesmen over oil in Syria's east," the narrative of "pro-democracy" "freedom fighters" crumbles entirely:
Islamist rebels are clashing with tribesmen in eastern Syria as struggles over the region's oil facilities break out in the power vacuum left by civil war, activists said on Saturday.
One dispute over a stolen oil truck in the town of Masrib in the province of Deir al-Zor, which borders Iraq, set off a battle between tribesmen and fighters from the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda linked rebel group, which left 37 killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The fighting, which started in late March and lasted 10 days, was part of a new pattern of conflict between tribal groups and the Nusra Front, said a report from the Observatory, a British-based group which opposes Syria's government and draws information from a network of activists in the country.
Despite quoting the discredited "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights," the Reuters report backs not only independent geopolitical analysis from the past two years, but the narrative put forth by the Syrian government itself. That al-Nusra is fighting in Syria, that it constitutes the most prominent armed front in the conflict, and that it is guilty of an increasingly long list of atrocities is a universally accepted fact. The only point of contention put forth by the West is whether or not the opposition consists entirely of sectarian extremists, or if there are indeed "secular" fighters in any significant quantity amongst the opposition. In eastern Syria, at any rate, it appears Al Qaeda's al-Nusra is the sole "opposition."
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Masrib tribesmen called for help from Assad's forces against Nusra, according to the Observatory and a fighter with the Islamist group.
What is being described is collective punishment of the variety used by the Nazis against the people it invaded and attempted to subjugate. The fate of territory under terrorist control in eastern Syria portends the fate of greater Syria should the government fall to what is clearly a pillaging sectarian tyranny.Nusra responded by blowing up 30 houses after the battle, in which 17 rebels were killed, at least four of them foreigners, the fighter said on Skype.
Not only are the "rebels" not fighting for "democracy," they are not even fighting the Syrian government. Instead they are fighting to pillage the oil from a region they invaded and are currently occupying. What's worse is that the EU is attempting to lift sanctions on Syrian oil, specifically so these occupying sectarian extremists can further fund and expand their campaign. Reuters reports:
The incentive for disputes over lucrative resources may be increased by plans by the European Union to lift an embargo on Syrian oil, which would make it easier to sell.What of Syria's Christians?
The EU said this week it wants to allow Syria's opposition to sell crude in an effort to tilt the balance of power towards the rebels, who are outgunned by Assad's fighter planes and long range missiles.
APR's article, "Syria's Christian Minority Lives in Fear of Kidnapping and Street Battles," gives us updated insight to the plight of Syria's Christian population, who had lived in fellowship with Muslims, Druze, and Kurds until the Western-fueled sectarian bloodbath triggered in 2011.
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Prior to the conflict, many saw Ras al-Ayn as a beacon of tolerance between Muslims and Christians. Residents say that they there is still a camaraderie among the citizens that live there, but that problems arise from those fighting who don't live in the city, be they FSA, YPG [Kurdish militia known as the Popular Defense Forces], or Islamists.The article describes the fighting, with "rebel" militants invading Ras al-Ayn. The Syrian military and Kurdish militias (referred to in the article as YPG), were pushed out of areas where the militants then established a foothold. Devastation by fighting, rampant crime, and sectarian violence caused some 65% of the population to flee the city - solving the mystery of just who is driving the refugee crisis - ironically the same refugee crisis the UN and the West have attempted to use as justification to further fund, arm, and aid the terrorists.
The article would continue by describing life for those who remain, who appear to be barricaded in what might be described as a ghetto:
In an article written for a Christian Orthodox website, Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Eusthathius Matta Roham called the Islamists, without naming Jabhat specifically, a great threat to the lives of Syrian Christians in Ras al-Ayn. He also praised the YPG for rooting out the rebels and protecting the Christian neighborhood.Despite this damning indictment, the Atlantic piece is also filled with attempts to downplay what is clearly a catastrophic sectarian conflict, spawning atrocities and a humanitarian crisis. Such a blood bath was warned against as early as 2007, where Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the New Yorker that the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel were purposefully planning to unleash sectarian extremists in Syria to overthrow the government. While the West now claims the rise of Al Qaeda is an unintended coincidence, Hersh reported in the 2007 article, "The Redirection," that:
Like many other Christians interviewed, a 24-year-old Christian named Diana refuses to answer questions about the specific armed factions. "We don't know about the fighting groups. All we want is the fighting to stop," she said. "My home has been destroyed, everyone has left."
I asked her who she was scared of. "Everyone," she replied. "My future is gone."
Previously she had studied in Aleppo, but she rarely leaves her neighborhood now.
Of particular concern to the Christians is kidnapping, which only some would admit seems specifically targeted at Christians.
To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has cooperated with Saudi Arabia's government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.Hersh quoted former CIA agent Robert Baer, who warned about the dangers of fueling sectarian extremists:
Robert Baer, a former longtime C.I.A. agent in Lebanon, has been a severe critic of Hezbollah and has warned of its links to Iranian-sponsored terrorism. But now, he told me, "we've got Sunni Arabs preparing for cataclysmic conflict, and we will need somebody to protect the Christians in Lebanon. It used to be the French and the United States who would do it, and now it's going to be Nasrallah and the Shiites.While Baer's comments were in regards to Lebanon, the conflict in neighboring Syria has turned out to be just as "cataclysmic," with Syria's Christians and other minorities in equal or greater peril.
Clearly, Western-backed terrorists are not just fighting the "Assad regime," they are fighting anyone opposed to their sectarian ideology which is both hardly "democratic," and hardly anything to do with "freedom." Predictably, unthinkable atrocities are being carried out in a wave of violence and subjugation that is leaving a broken society everywhere it sweeps through. Through the destruction of physical infrastructure, the crumbling of Syria's institutions, and the extermination or driving out of Syria's minorities, what the West backs as "regime change," is in reality calculated sectarian genocide.
In terrorist-controlled territory, we see a vignette of the "future Syria" the West imagines - one not unlike the now dysfunctional, decimated Libya, or the totalitarian regimes of Tunisia and Egypt, both ruled by the sectarian crypto-terrorist Muslim Brotherhood.
These are purposefully imposed nightmares couched behind "humanitarian concern" and "democracy promotion." It is clear that in areas the Western media claim are devoid of government troops, abuse, atrocities, tyranny, humanitarian catastrophe, and despair only increase. The rationale made by the West to continue fueling this conflict and extend this state of chaos across the entire country, poses to the rest of the world a moral imperative to not only condemn this conspiracy against the Syrian people, but to oppose it and ensure that it utterly fails.
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The Eagles won 3-2 in Churubusco, with victories in both doubles matches and No. 3 singles.
The No. 1 doubles team of Brandon Wormcastle and Landon Person won 6-1, 6-0 over Cougars Jared Estep and Devon Barr. Andrew Biddle and Brian Murphy of the No. 2 doubles team defeated Central Noble's Colton Conrad and Caleb Harlan in a match that went to three sets.
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How to File Divorce in Georgia
If you are a resident of Georgia and ready to get a divorce, but are not sure how to go about it, follow the steps below to file your divorce and get the process started.
1Determine if you are eligible to file for divorce in Georgia. In order to be eligible to file for divorce in Georgia, you or your spouse must have lived within the state for at least the previous six (6) months. If you are stationed on a military base in Georgia, you may file for divorce if you have been there for at least the previous one (1) year [1].Ad
2Decide what your grounds for divorce are. When filing for a divorce, in Georgia, the filing party must state the grounds for the divorce. When choosing your grounds, keep in mind that you will have to prove to the Court that the ground exists. The state offers thirteen (13) grounds for divorce. They are:
- The marriage is irretrievably broken. This is a no-fault ground for divorce in Georgia. It means that one or both parties believe the marriage is over and the parties can no longer live together as husband and wife. This is the most common ground for divorce in Georgia [2], as it does not require the parties the blame one another for the breakdown of the marriage.
- Intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity. This means that the parties are too closely related to have married to begin with. For example, if first cousins were to marry one another. This is a little used ground for divorce in Georgia.
- Mental incapacity at the time of the marriage. Mental incapacity at the time of marriage means that one or both of the parties was not, at the time the parties were married, mentally capable of consenting to a marriage, such as a person under a Court ordered Guardianship.
- Impotency at the time of the marriage. A fault ground for divorce, impotency at the time of the marriage means that one of the parties was impotent at the time the parties married one another.
- Force, menace, duress, or fraud in obtaining the marriage. To choose this ground for divorce, the menace or duress must rise to a level above a mere threat to leave the relationship if a marriage does not occur.
- Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, at the time of the marriage, unknown to the husband. This means that the wife was pregnant when the parties married and the husband was unaware of either the pregnancy, or the fact that he was not the father of the child.
- Adultery of either of the parties after marriage.
- Willful and continued desertion by either of the parties for the term of one year.
- The conviction of either party for an offense involving moral turpitude, under which he is sentenced to imprisonment in a penal institution for a term of two years or longer. Moral turpitude refers to conduct that shocks the conscience, such as rape, murder, and kidnapping [3].
- Habitual intoxication. This means frequent and excessive consumption of alcohol [4].
- Cruel treatment, which shall consist of the willful infliction of pain, bodily or mental, upon the complaining party, such as reasonably justifies apprehension of danger to life, limb, or health.
- Incurable mental illness. In order to choose this as your ground for divorce, your spouse must have been adjudged mentally ill by a Court, or have been certified as mentally ill by two (2) physicians and been institutionalized or under treatment for the mental illness for at least two (2) years.
- Habitual drug addiction. Habitual drug addiction occurs when a party is frequently and excessively using any type of drug which causes intoxication, whether legal, illegal, prescription, or non-prescription.
3Determine which Court is the appropriate Court to file your divorce. A divorce in Georgia should be filed in the Superior Court in the county in which the non-filing party resides. For example, if you are filing the divorce and you live in Calhoun County and your spouse lives in Baker County, you should file the divorce in Baker County. If you and your spouse agree, however, you may file in either party's county of residence.
4Obtain the proper forms. Check with your County Clerk or use the these free forms provided by eDivorcePapers. Not all filers, or Petitioners, will need to file all of the forms. If you are unsure if you need to file a form, check with the Court Clerk. If you fail to file any required forms, the Clerk should be able to tell you what forms are missing. Some of the forms that most parties will need to file include:
- Petition for Divorce. This is the document that gets a divorce started. All filers will need to file the Petition for Divorce.
- Domestic Relations Case Filing Information Form. All filers should complete and file this form, which acts a coversheet for the Petition for Divorce.
- Marriage Settlement Agreement. Parties who have reached an agreement and wish to avoid a hearing should file this form.
- Final Judgment and Decree. All parties will need to file a final judgment and decree after the Court has heard all of the evidence and any required waiting periods have passed.
- Domestic Relations Case Final Disposition Form. All filers will need to complete and file this form with the Final Judgment and Decree.
- Report of Divorce. This is a Health Department form that must be filed by all divorcing parties at the time the Final Judgment and Decree is filed.
5Complete your forms. Complete your forms by typing or printing neatly in black ink. Be sure to provide all of the requested information. If you are unsure what information, a particular form is requesting, check with the Court Clerk, an attorney, or a legal document preparation service for assistance.
6File your divorce forms with the Court. To file your divorce you will need to take your original forms, copies, and a filing fee to the Court Clerk's office. Call ahead to be sure that you have the proper number of copies of each form and the correct filing fee. You should also check to see what forms of payment the Court accepts. Generally, payment must be in cash or certified funds.
7Serve your spouse. After you have filed your forms with the Court, you will need to provide your spouse with a copy of everything you filed. This is called 'serving' your spouse. In Georgia, you have a few choices for how to serve your spouse, these include:
- By Sheriff. The Sheriff's Department in the County where your spouse resides can serve him or her for a small fee. Check with the Clerk of the Court or the Sheriff's office for the amount of the fee.
- Using a Process Server. If you prefer, you may pay a private process server to deliver your divorce documents to your spouse.
- Personally. If you and your spouse get along, you may provide him or her with the divorce documents yourself and have him or her to sign a waiver of notice and acknowledgment of service to file with the Court [5].
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Sources and Citations
- ↑ http://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-19/chapter-5/19-5-2/
- ↑ http://www.kgfamilylaw.com/Divorce/Grounds-for-Divorce.shtml
- ↑ http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/moral-turpitude/
- ↑ http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/habitual-drunkenness/
- ↑ http://www.divorcesupport.com/divorce/Georgia-Uncontested-Divorce-3575.html
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Nassau, the capital of the 700-island chain of the Bahamas, is a popular port of call on Caribbean and Bahamas cruise itineraries departing from Florida ports. It is easily explored independently on foot or via horse-drawn carriage tours, as the cruise ship pier, Prince George Wharf, is steps from downtown and the starting point of the horse drawn carriages.
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Contrary to popular belief, a minority of CIOs report directly to their CEO today, and in most cases, it's not even preferable.
There is no "one size fits all" solution to deciding whether the CIO should report to the CEO. The combination of factors will be unique to the firm and the individuals.
CIOs who report to CEOs do so as a result of specific organisational design needs, not generic role entitlement.
Gartner's annual large-scale survey of CIOs in larger organisations shows that most CIOs do not report to the CEO.
This year's survey found that globally, a minority of CIOs (38 percent) report directly to their CEO today.
This situation has remained remarkably consistent over the period in which this question has been part of the annual survey.
The Asia Pacific survey results are similar. Forty percent of CIOs in this region report to the CEO, 14 percent to the CFO, 16 percent to the COO and a significant 30 percent state that they report to the ubiquitous "other".
Gartner is often asked whether the CIO should report to the CEO.
There is no simple answer or magic formula. Each situation must be determined according to the particular circumstances of the organization and the individuals concerned.
Some CIOs may aspire to a CEO reporting line as a way to get more visibility for IT and attention to key decisions about its utilisation.
In that case, a seat at the operating committee table or membership of the strategic planning committee may suffice.
A direct-line reporting relationship of CIO to CEO suggests more frequent contact, a pair working on specific business problems, trust building or personal development is required.
However, it's not preferable that CIOs report to CEOs in all cases or by default.
Even if a CIO performs his or her operating role very effectively, a direct reporting line is not an entitlement.
CEOs will usually be advised by their boards not to let their personal span of control (total number of direct reports) become too broad.
This is partly because, to be effective in the role, the CEO must also spend so much of his or her personal time looking outward from the firm to investors, customers and business partners. So, the CIO role must justify its occupancy of a direct reporting line.
Some specific situations where a direct reporting line may be warranted include:
If there are good reasons like these, there may be cause for the CIO to be considered for a direct reporting relationship to the CEO.
If none of these situations apply, the case is likely to be weak.
We expect the CEO reporting proportion to grow, modestly, and recommend that the CEO should review the CIO's reporting line biennially, at least.
Mark Raskino is a vice president and Gartner Fellow in the Executive Leadership and Innovation group of Gartner Research.
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Here are the complete details of Sachin Tendulkar's hundreds in Test cricket arranged in chronological order:
1. 119 not out (225 minutes, 189 balls, 17 fours, 62.96 strike rate) in the fourth innings v England at Manchester on August 14, 1990: Brief score (England - 519 & 320 for 4 declared; India - 432 & 343 for 6), match drawn. Chasing a victory target of 408, India were precariously placed at 109 for four when Tendulkar walked in. With defeat written all over the place, the little master played a gem of an innings to remain unbeaten till the end. In the company of two all-rounders Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar, he guided India to safety and in the process registered his maiden hundred. At the age of 17 years and 112 days, he became the youngest Indian and second youngest in the world to score a test ton. With this innings coming in the last essay, he began his illustrious career of playing under pressure.
2. 148 not out (298 minutes, 213 balls, 14 fours, 69.48 strike rate) in the second innings v Australia at Sydney on January 5, 1992: Brief score (Australia - 313 & 173 for 8; India - 483), match drawn. On a turning track and replying to home team's first innings score of 313, India were 201 for four when Tendulkar joined his Mumbai compatriot and opener Ravi Shastri. The duo were associated in 196-run stand for the fifth wicket as Tendulkar went to play yet another classic innings and remained unbeaten with 148 runs to his credit. His mature and fluent knock lasted almost five hours as he became the youngest man to score a test century in Australia at the age of 18 years and 256 days.
3. 114 (228 minutes, 161 balls, 16 fours, 70.80 strike rate) in the second innings v Australia at Perth on February 3, 1992: Brief score (Australia - 346 & 367 for 6 declared; India - 272 & 141), India lost by 300 runs. Regarded by many as one of Tendulkar's best three-figure innings in test cricket. India's bedrock was a captivating 114 from Tendulkar from 161 deliveries with 16 hits to the boundaries, the bulk of them from square cuts. He came in at 69 for two and was ninth out at 240, after almost four hours at the crease, and a record ninth-wicket stand for India against Australia, of 81, with Kiran More. On the third morning, as he ran out of partners, he scored his second fifty from 55 balls. However, his innings failed to prevent India from losing the game by a huge margin of 300 runs.
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Image: Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar acknowledges the cheers of the crowd as he reaches his century.


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Even as a young boy I often wondered how everything that existed came into being. I thought if the universe had a beginning then something must have brought the universe into existence. And that something, it seemed to me, must have been God. This is the essence of the first-cause argument for the existence of God, also referred to as the cosmological argument.
The premise is that everything that begins to exist must have a cause. So if you go back in time far enough you will find the first cause—and that cause will be Creator God. Actually this argument has three premises:
1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore the universe has a cause.
The first premise works from the simple logic that something now exists (our universe) and that something cannot spring from nothing. It's true that the combination of things can produce new things—for instance, two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen equals water—but that is not something coming out of nothing. The conclusion then is that whatever begins to exist has a cause—and the universe did indeed begin to exist.
The last premise builds on the previous two: the universe has a cause. The question then arises, "Who caused the cause?" We can derive our answer from the origins of time, space, and matter. It is logical to conclude that since time, space, and matter did not exist before the beginning of the universe, then the "cause" of the universe had to be timeless, spaceless, and immaterial. Further, this "cause" could not be physical or subject to natural law, since that would presuppose that its existence involved time, space, and matter. These, taken together, lead us to conclude that this timeless, spaceless, immaterial "cause" was God.
The first-cause argument is a strong one. In a nutshell, since the universe had a beginning, then something or someone had to cause it. And that someone was God. This may not get us all the way to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but it does rule out atheism as a plausible explanation for the origin of the universe.
This chapter originally appeared in 77 FAQs About God and the Bible by Sean McDowell and Josh McDowell (2012). Used by permission from Harvest House Publishers.


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DeVoe's big night leads Shelby by Chase
Sometimes one player can make all the difference. Shelby's Gabe DeVoe proved that by scoring 36 points, which wound up being the margin of victory for the Golden Lions, 87-51, over Chase (5-11, 1-9 SMAC)
"You take DeVoe off the floor and we played even with them," said Chase head coach Joe Jessen. "He's just such a talent. He was hitting them from out at the volleyball line. There's not much you can do about that. I still think we need to play better defense though to be competitive."
Shelby jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but Daniel Freeman tried to keep his team in the game with a reverse layup. Moments later Tyrell Boykins canned a 3, but the Trojans could not stop Gabe DeVoe, The senior torched the nets for 22 first quarter points as Shelby led 34-10.
Freeman opened the second quarter with a bucket for Chase as they settled down and stayed with Shelby for most of the quarter. Midway through the frame, the Golden Lions were leading the period 11-8. The visitors then went on another long run before Caleb Lancaster went on a personal 5-0 run and Malik Young hit a 3 at the halftime buzzer to cut the deficit to 57-26.
That momentum was short lived as DeVoe scored seven quick points coming out of the locker room. The Trojans continued to fight as Young found his stroke from the outside, hitting two 3s. He also found Lancaster on a backdoor play, but Chase still trailed 74-37 going into the final quarter.
Despite the score, the fourth quarter was full of highlights for Chase. Tyrese McSwain had a pair of buckets while Brandon Hill also scratched the scorebook.
It was Freeman, however, who brought the crowd to its feet as he threw the ball the length of the court as the final buzzer sounded. It banked off the backboard and fell through the net to provide the final tally.
DeVoe led all scorers with 36 points while Young had 16 for Chase.
SHS^34 23 17 13 SEmD 87
CHS^10 16 11 14 SEmD 51
Leading Scorers:
SHS - G. DeVoe 36 points
CHS - M. Young 16 points
Thomas Jefferson 70, Cherryville 66
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It'd have to be "The Kentucky Fried Movie" for me & my then date.
Depends on the person.
Antichrist and Salo, for sure, but Trouble Every Day would make for a very paranoid second date.
Antichrist was the first movie I ever saw on a date. I'm not joking. I wanted to see the film and I told my date beforehand that it was probably going to be explicit and disturbing. She didn't have a problem with that. So we went and we both enjoyed it.
Alejandro Jodorowsky's movies are not the best choice.
Alejandro Jodorowsky's movies are not the best choice.
When I was 15 I took a girl to see The Gremlins, very romantic…haha.
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Like in that movie…? Where Leslie Nielsen came out of cinema and just watched Platoon.
Not a very good one…
I took someone to Irreversible on our first Valentine's Day after about two weeks of going out and ended up marrying her. Not quite a first date, I know, but that pretty much sealed it for me!
i know a guy that took a girl to see Tromeo and Juliet on a first date.
surprised he got a call back.
@ Napalm Geez, I know it's none of my business but were you guys in the mood for sex after watching it? That film is the equivalent of a million cold showers. At least that's the effect it had on me.
Well, depending on what girl you take.
Schindler's List?
In the Realm of the Senses.
Triple bill with The Piano Teacher, The Brown Bunny, and Crash ('96), in that order.
My only date thus far was when I asked a girl to see "Barney's Version." Now, that's tame compared to what most of you name, but I guess it didn't help when I was laughing at the vulgarity, or the scenes with Paul Giamatti directing pornographic Canadian soap operas.
Antichrist, Hostel or maybe Braindead…..
Depends on the girl.
Unless she's a cinephile, even worse than violent ones are strange, difficult ones. Show her a violent film she'll think you're being selfishly male. Show her an incomprehensible film she'll think you're trying to make her feel stupid and inferior.
"Things" (1989).
Rather the worst movie in all possible situations/places/times.
But if we take into account only movies that are at least bearable to watch, I think that "Black Devil Doll from Hell" is my ultimate pick for avoiding the unwanted relationship.
Sweet Movie.
This is not a good date movie…
This is not a good date movie…
I had two first dates watching "Shadow of the Vampire". I fell asleep both times and pretty much ruined my chance of any action. Later it became one of my favorite movies.
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Event 40966
Hi, I am getting the following errors in the events 40966 with task category as "none".
this happens at least every 5 min and because of the amount of errors i get 3310 as well.
i have looked online but i cannot find anything that is close to this error.
The error is as follows:
A program fault has raised an exception.
Exception: Year, Month, and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.
Type: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Command Line: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe -a \\.\pipe\iisipmcb92fa69-0aed-4f19-b05e-983df8330e47 -v "v2.0" -l "webengine4.dll" -h "C:\inetpub\temp\apppools\EnterpriseVaultAppPool.config" -w "" -m 1 -t 20 -ap "EnterpriseVaultAppPool"
Application Domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/EnterpriseVault-1-129409315437795520
Process Id: 4308
Thread Id: 10168
Stack Trace: at System.DateTime.DateToTicks(Int32 year, Int32 month, Int32 day)
at System.DateTime..ctor(Int32 year, Int32 month, Int32 day, Int32 hour, Int32 minute, Int32 second, Int32 millisecond)
at DesktopClientCacheWeb.GetSlotWithServer.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs args)
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Hey Mohawk Marvin ,
We are currently on Ev 9.0, Win 2008 x64 and archiving from Exch 2007.
I have 2 Ev mailbox servers and i got the error on both but after applying this Technote http://clientui-kb.symantec.com/kb/index?page=content&id=TECH74885&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US i only get the above error on 1 of them.
Any Ideas
After troubleshooting for a while i found that it was a Vault Cache issue from 1 user, I reset the vault cache and the error dissapeared.
For some reason the client was sending a date and time value in an incorrect format. We had a similar problem in 8.0 SP2 but it was fixed in SP3. I can only speculate that it was some sort of environmental glitch on a particular PC (I couldn't see any indication that other PC's were having the same issue in the IIS logs). To identify affected PC's in the future (if this occurs again) search the IIS log for a call to GetSlotWithServer.aspx ending in a 500 (internal server error) code as per the example below:
POST /EnterpriseVault/GetSlotWithServer.aspx - 80 DOMAIN\Username <IP address> EnterpriseVaultOutlookExt-V184.108.40.2065 500 0 0 125
If you cross-reference these errors with the time of the 40966 error message you should be able to determine which PC is affected.
One thing to be aware of is that the 40966 error message is very generic in Enterprise Vault. The detail of this event should contain the error below if it relates to this issue:
Exception: Year, Month, and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime


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