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Monthly Archive for March, 2008
Chevrolet beats Toyota in truck design awards
While Toyota vehicles have the best overall design, Chevrolet's trucks are superior when it comes to interior and exterior design, according to the 2008 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards. Kelley Blue Book, the company best known for providing used vehicle valuations, announced the award winners at the media preview of the New York International […] [Read More]
NuStar Energy completes big buy
There's a party going on over at the Loop 1604 headquarters of NuStar Energy LP. The partnership today acquired two asphalt refineries from Citgo Asphalt Refining Co. for $450 million, along with inventory worth $360 million. And San Antonio gains another Fortune 500 company, as the acquisition will vault NuStar onto the list for the […] [Read More]
Calling all future export leaders
If your company wants to break into the world of exporting or boost its exporting prowess, the City of San Antonio wants to hear from you. The city's International Affairs department is accepting applications for the 2008 San Antonio Export Leaders Program. The program offers training with industry experts and the opportunity to participate in […] [Read More]
More March Madness
If you've got March Madness, there's only one cure. More basketball. And Time Warner Cable's willing to help out with that. San Antonio's dominant cable carrier is one of 11 video providers that will be delivering on-demand CBS Sports video of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. CBS is producing customized highlights of the […] [Read More]
To close or not to close? and when? Those are the questions surrounding Clear Channel buyout
Sixteen months after it was announced, San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s private equity buyout has yet to close. The hold-up: either the banks financing the deal or the private equity firms making the purchase, according to today's Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed sources, Matthew Karnitschnig writes that banks are blaming private equity buyers Bain […] [Read More]
Free Trade Alliance announces "virtual" trade mission
If you've ever wished you could be in two places at once, you could soon have your chance – well sort of, anyway. At next month's Canton Fair, an import/export event in Guangzhou, China, the Free Trade Alliance San Antonio is offering Alamo City companies the chance to engage in what they call a "virtual […] [Read More]
Broadway Bank hires vice president
Broadway Bank named Lance Greenfield its new vice president of marketing communications. In addition to managing the bank's Website he will design marketing plans and coordinate all advertising campaigns, communications and special events. Greenfield has 15 years of experience in advertising, marketing and communications and most recently worked as an account manager and copywriter for […] [Read More]
USAA gives to local firefighters
USAA and the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. are giving $56,000 to the San Antonio Fire Department for the purchase of eight thermal imaging cameras. The cameras can help locate victims in fires and detect hot spots inside walls. They'll be presenting a check tomorrow at City Hall. — Meena Thiruvengadam [Read More]
It's all about networking
Look, we know it's chump change compared to some of the other sizable contracts AT&T has landed lately, but it does ring up seven figures. The San Antonio-based phone giant has won a $3.2 million networking services contract with Integra Bank, a top financial services provider in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio. Under the five-year […] [Read More]
SpawGlass gets help from Canadians, eh?
CMiC, a Toronto, Can.-based provider of software solutions to the architectural, engineering and construction industry, announced an agreement with Selma-based SpawGlass, a major general contractor, construction manager, design/builder and civil contractor."We were using multiple databases for the same data and lacked collaboration between accounting and operations," said Bobby Friedel, vice president of finance and administration […] [Read More]
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Fantasy Come True
Written by Gregory / Jul 31, 2008
The kids were asleep, and it was time for my wife and I to go to bed. I was in bed, reading a book when my wife Vickie came out of the bathroom. She had on a white see threw nightie. I almost dropped my book when I saw her. Her tan breast looked great, and her pink nipples were hard as rocks. She turned around to show me her beautiful hart shaped ass. She was so sexy that I almost forgot why I was mad at her. She came to the bed and I couldn't help but welcome her in. She kissed me deeply, and rubbed her big breast on my chest. She pushed me down on the bed and started kissing me from the neck down to my very hard cock. I felt her lips on my cock, and then that warm feeling of my cock going into her mouth. She sucked my cock for awhile and then kissed her way back up to my lips before she grabbed my cock to put it in her wet pussy. She was wild as she fucked my Cock.
"Is this what you want me to do", she asked? "Yes, it feels very good", I replied. "Would you want me to this to another man's cock", she asked? "Yes! I know you would like to have two cocks right now, wouldn't you", I ask? " YES, I want two cocks. One in my pussy and one in my ass at the same time", she said.
She reached under the pillow and pulled out one of her dildos and handed it to me. I put the dildo to her ass and pushed til I felt it go in. I slowly fucked her ass til she was comfortable with it. "Yes, that's what I want. Two cocks fucking me at the same time. I wish I had another for my mouth, too", she said. I felt her tighten up and she started to cum. She shook all over. She laid on me for a few moments, and then said, " I want you to cum in my mouth, as she kissed her way back down my chest to my cock.
She loves to suck my cock, and is a very good cocksucker. She kissed my shaft and then made her way to the head of my cock. It didn't take long before I filled her mouth with my cum. "MMMMM", she said as she swallowed my cum. "I love cum so much", she said with a smile. We soon fell asleep, and thank god it's Friday.
At work the next day, my wife called to ask me if I would like to go to the casino's for the weekend. I said sure why not. She said she knew I would say yes, and she had already took care of everything. After she hung up the phone I thought to myself. Yesterday I was mad at her because she spent A lot of money at the mall, and today I agreed to go to Mississippi casino's for the week end. Wow, she is good at smoothing things over. She called once more at 4:30 before I got off at 5, and asked me to stop and pickup a few bottles of wine on the way home. She added that the kids where at her mom's and she had already packed and was ready to go. I stopped and got the wine, and when I got home, Vickie was waiting for me at the door. She had on a white cut off shirt that barely covered her big round breast, and some black biking pants, that really fit her ass good. For a forty four year old woman she was very sexy. I changed and put the bags in my BMW, and Vickie asked me to let the top down. I did, and off we went.
The casinos were two hours away, and when we got on hwy 55, I set the cruse on 80mph. I noticed Vickie's shirt was blowing in the wind and every now and then her nipples would pop out. We were almost to Memphis when a trucker blew his horn at us. I looked at Vickie and saw her shirt had blown over her titties. She pulled it down and said,"OOPS". I just smiled. We got on hwy 61, and it was kinda bad looking part of town. Vickie ask me to stop at a store, and when I pointed out I didn't think it looked safe, she said it'll be OK. So, I stopped at a BP and we went inside, and there were only black people in the store. Vickie got us a drink and I noticed all the black men were staring at my blond wife. She noticed too, and her nipples were pointing out as we paid for our drinks. As we walked out the door one man said to me, "she is a fine woman". I smiled, and said," yes, I'm lucky to have her".
When we got on the hwy again, I ask Vickie if she liked all those men looking at her? "Yes, can't you tell", she said as she raised up her shirt to show me how hard her nipples were. We were coming up on a 18 wheeler, and Vickie ask " pull up beside him, I want to show him my titties" As we were pulling up to him I could see in his mirror, he was black. I slowed down when we were beside him, and Vickie laid back in her seat, and looked up at him and smiled as she slowly pulled up her shirt. I thought the trucker was going to run off the road. When he got control of his rig, we road beside him for a few miles, and Vickie played with her titties, and her nipples. She was having a good time. The trucker was enjoying the show too, because I could tell he was jacking off to my wife's show.
It was 8:20 when we got to our room and unpacked. Vickie pulled off her shirt and pants, and said she was going to take a bath. I called room service for a bucket of ice, and soon there was a knock on the door. I went to it, and as I opened the door, my wife stepped out of the bathroom. She had on her robe, but it was hanging open. Her big round breast were exposed. It was an older black man, in his 50's, and I saw the look on his face, and turned to see my wife walking toward the bed. Vickie then noticed the black man walking toward the table, and at first she tried to cover up, but she saw me smiling. As I was getting his tip, I looked at my wife. She looked so beautiful sitting on the bed, and she looked me dead in the eyes and licked her full lips. My biggest fantasy was to watch her suck off another man, and I could see in her eyes that she was going to make my fantasy come true. So, I faked it like I didn't have any cash, and I turn to the older black man, and said," I guess I'll have to catch you later on the tip".
My blonde wife stood up and walked over and let the rob fall open, but her titties held it closed. He could not only see the out line of her titties,but he could see her pussy. He looked her up and down, and smiled. She said," I might can give you a tip, if you want". He just stood there and had a nerves look on his face. " I've always wanted to suck a big black cock", she said. He didn't say a word. My wife put her hand on his cock and rubbed it. "Oh my god, it's big",she moaned. I could tell she was turned on by this, too. "Please let me suck your black cock, I won't let any cum get on your pants", she said. She dropped to her knees, and started to unbuckle his belt. When his pants were undone they fell to the floor, and his cock sprang ed out. "OOOHH YYEESS", I heard her moan. His cock was very black, and my wife didn't waste anytime. She put his black cock in her mouth and sucked as hard as she could. I went behind her and pulled off her robe. I couldn't believe my beautiful blonde haired wife was sucking a big black cock. My cock was hard as a rock and I got behind her, and put my cock in her pussy. Man, it was wet. I fucked her as she was enjoying sucking the black cock in her mouth. She pulled his cock out of her mouth and said, "I want you to cum for me. Cum in my mouth. I want to taste your cum". He started to fuck her mouth and soon came. She held his cock in her mouth and sucked till all of his cum was out. She kelp sucking, and I couldn't last any longer and I came too. He pulled his cock out of her mouth, and pulled up his pants, and left. We didn't hear him say a word, as he left. I turned Vickie over and fucked her on the floor. She had cum on both side of her mouth. I ask her if she liked sucking his cock, and drinking his cum. She moaned, "YYEESS, I love sucking his big black cock. His cum tasted ssooo good. I want to suck more black cocks for you". We both came again.
We stayed in our room and fucked for the rest of the night, but I will write about rest of weekend later.
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Ariel Fishburn in Tampa, Florida
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Matthew McConaughey with Amy Taubin at Film Society of Lincoln Center. Photo by Julie Cunnah
Matthew McConaughey said he had some lucky breaks early in his acting career, but it was his love of the work and process of creating films that has produced success. The Oscar-nominated star of Dallas Buyers Club joined critic Amy Taubin for a discussion of the film, in which he plays real-life Texas ruffian Ron Woodruff, who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1985 and went outside the medical establishment to obtain medication for himself and a burgeoning clientele of HIV sufferers.
"What I've learned now is process, process, process. If you're getting into this business because you want certain results, you have to get into something else," said McConaughey in one of Film Society's ongoing Free Talks. "The actual work and creation [has to be enjoyable] or you have to do something else."
Part of that process for Dallas was famously losing over 45 pounds in order to physically portray Woodruff, who is given a death sentence by his doctors after learning he has a full blown case of a disease that had scant hope for effective treatment at the time. The role of Woodruff had come across McConaughey's desk after being passed over by studios and at least one other potential leading man. Even after producers decided to go the indie route, money was a challenge. McConaughey had already lost most of the weight and, suddenly, production seemed in jeopardy weeks before shooting. The project was resuscitated, but despite the physical challenges of the role, McConaughey said that he'd do it again.
"If the role is right, I'd [lose weight again]," he said. "This was not an eccentric affected choice, it was something I needed to do. It was definitely part of the wonderful adventure I had."
McConaughey said that Dallas Buyers Club may have benefitted from going the indie route, adding that, had a studio put up financing, it might have been tempted to give a Hollywood twist of redemption in order to make Woodruff more palatable to a mass audience.
"If this had been a Hollywood studio film, they would have re-written act three and Ron Woodruff would have had to turn and say, 'I'm sorry for my bigoted homophobic ways,' and the version of the 'bourgeois blues' would have come out," said McConaughey. "But I said if you keep him this way, the humanity of this guy will slowly reveal itself—the crusader would reveal itself."
During the hour-long conversation, McConaughey recalled his first break, which lead to a role in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1992), saying, "I went to the right bar and met the right guy who was in town casting a film and he asked if i had done any acting before…" The actor headed west and landed a few more roles and later starred in Joel Schumacher's studio thriller A Time To Kill with Sandra Bullock and Samuel L. Jackson. He has since taken on both indies and studio fare, intermittently, including The Paperboy, Mud and Magic Mike in the past couple years. This year he had a small role in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street during a very memorable foul-mouthed lunch with Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Jordan Belfort. McConaughey noted that one line from Wolf writer Terence Winter's script inspired insight into his character's psyche: "He said the secret of life is 'hookers and cocaine,' so you know there's no ceiling on this guy's vernacular."
Touching on his recent television work playing Rust Cohle in True Detective, the actor said he's been following the series at the same pace as viewers and not quite sure what will happen beyond that, though he's finished shooting the first eight episodes of the HBO series. "I made it and I've read the script, but I'm not even sure where this thing is going," he said. "I thought, 'is this going to be boring because I've been doing the same thing for six weeks? But I thought to myself, 'if you hold your line, McConaughey, the crash will come.'"
Ron Woodruff, however, didn't have time for patience and that is what McConaughey sees was the man's lifeline: "If this guy hadn't been such a son of a bitch, he wouldn't have lived for seven years. Rage, like no emotion, gets more done [and] causes more movement. And that's what this guy had because he was so damn mad."


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I've saved my progress as Gratuitous effects.psd, so-called because I may have gone a little bit overboard where the layer effects are concerned, but I like the way the result looks. Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and zoom out a little bit here, and in this exercise, we're going to talk about that I that we saw a moment ago. I'm going to go ahead and collapse my fx list associated with 365 here inside the Layers panel, scroll down and turn on that info layer right there, and we have what is ultimately a scalable vector-based shape layer here inside of Photoshop, so I'm going to click on that layer to make it active.
And then just so I could show you how very scalable it is, because check this out: if I zoom in on it, at 100%, it looks really great, but if I zoom in past to 100%, this goes for my vector-based shape layers and live editable text inside of Photoshop. Notice at 200% I'm starting to see bigger pixels, and I'll just keep zooming in, let's say to 500% right here, and you can see a bunch of big chunky pixels along the edge of these 'vectors'. Well, that's not the way it works inside of Illustrator.
If you've ever been in Illustrator, or InDesign or one of these other vector-based programs, as you zoom in on your graphic, the information resolves at the resolution of your screen, in other words you're always seeing super-smooth outlines. Whereas inside of Photoshop, regardless of the composition of the layer, you don't see anything but big chunky pixels after 100%. That's just the way Photoshop chooses to show you things. So I'm going to press Ctrl+1, Command+1 on the Mac to zoom back out to the 100% view size. However, were I to go the Edit menu and choose the Free Transform command which is your one-stop command for scaling and rotating a layer, you can also press Ctrl+T or Command+T on the Mac.
Then as I scale this layer, and I'll just scale the heck out of it, let's say, notice that I invoked an auto scroll there. Already I have scaled the layer by 488.47%. I'm going to turn on that chain, and let's send it to something ridiculous like 856.93%. I'm just making this up, and then press the Enter key a couple of times in order to apply that modification, even though I applied an odd-scaling value, and this would interpolate and make a mess out of a pixel-based image layer.
We have a beautiful smooth outline. Thanks to the fact that I'm working from a vector-based shape, which is represented by this vector mask that's assigned to the solid color layer here inside the Layers panel. So the same thing applies when you're editing text as well. Whether you decide to scale your text by changing the type size, the way we did in an earlier exercise, or you scale the text using the Free Transform command, the way we did just now, you're going to get super-smooth results.
I'll go ahead and press Ctrl+Z or Command+Z on the Mac. All right, so how do you create what's known as the custom shape layer here inside Photoshop? The great thing here is Photoshop offers a shape tool that you don't find in the other programs. It's a shape tool that draws any old shape. So you can draw hearts right out of the gate whereas you have to draw them manually inside of Illustrator, for example, and a bunch of other shapes as well, and here's how you do it. You go down here to the first of the shape tools, which, by default, is going to be your Rectangle tool.
So click and hold on whatever occupant of the slot under the Arrow tool you see, and then you'll notice that you have a Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool etcetera, so the Ellipse tool allows you to draw ovals and circles; the Polygon tool allows you to draw regular polygons like pentagons and octagons and all that jazz; triangles as well, so three-sided shapes, as well as regular stars like your five-pointed stars, your six-pointed stars, and so on. You have a Line tool that allows you to draw either basic straight lines, or you can draw lines with arrowheads at the ends of them, and then you have the Custom Shape tool, which is what I'm going to show you now.
So, go ahead and select the Custom Shape tool, and then I'm going to go ahead and zoom in on my image here so that I can see it up close in personal, and I can see this I. We might draw something just right above it here. Notice that the Custom Shape tool looks like a kind of globy sea star, and what you do after you select that tool, you can decide what shape you're going to draw by selecting a shape from the Shape list right there, and by default it's this arrow, which is a little repetitive if you ask me because you have a lot more control over arrowheads when you're using this Line tool, as I'll show you later.
Click this down-pointing arrowhead to reveal a list of all the custom shapes you can draw. Now you might look at this and say, ooh, big deal, what a big huge list that is. Not, it's just a handful of these rinky-dink shapes. I mean, really, do I want to draw an envelope or a dog paw or one of these things? Well, you have a much longer list to choose from here. I'm going to go ahead and expand this panel, so we can see all the shapes that are about to unfurl in front of us. Click this right-pointing arrowhead, drop down to this option All.
So, don't worry about any of the other ones because they're all included inside of All, just click OK to wipe out the current list and add the All list, which is this big list right here. Now there's a ton of shapes to choose from, including that Information i, which is the one I used in order to create that info layer and this little Campfire, et cetera. I'm going to go ahead and grab the Fleur-De-Lis. That's my favorite. And then in order to hide the list after you've selected your desired shape, press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac, and then decide what color you want to use.
I'm going to go ahead and click of this Color Swatch, just for the sake of variety here I'll select a shade of green, like 95 degrees for the Hue value. Otherwise, I'll leave the values the same as is. Click OK. And now I drag with this Fleur-De-Lis drawing tool that I've created here, and it can either be very wide, or it can be tall and narrow, or I can press and hold the Shift key as I draw, in order to maintain the original proportions of that shape. And then as soon as I release, notice I get a solid color layer once again, which is identical to the kind of layer you create by dropping down to this black-white icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, clicking on it and choosing Solid Color.
That will create a Solid Color layer as well. It won't have a vector-base the way this one does, but it will be filled with color. And then if you change your mind about what that color value is, you just double-click on that Color Swatch thumbnail. That brings up the Color Picker dialog box. You dial in a new color such as 55 for a shade of yellow. I take the Saturation value all the way to 100, the Brightness to 100 as well. Click OK. We're still operating inside of this vector mask outline, which happens to be in the shape of a Fleur-De-Lis.
That was originally drawn with the Pen tool. So somebody out there drew with the Pen tool, then they decide to include that among their list of custom shapes, and now you can draw that shape anytime you like. I'll go ahead and call this layer fleur, let's say, and then press the Enter key, the Return key on the Mac, and we now have a Fleur-De-Lis that I can scale to any size I like. So that's the basics of using a custom shape inside of Photoshop, and then of course you can go ahead and Alt+Drag - that would be an Option+Drag on the Mac - those fx from the 365 layer if you want to, onto the fleur layer, then you're styling that layer as well.
So layer styles are equally applicable to pixel-based layers, editable text layers, vector-base shape layers, and a whole variety of other layers inside of Photoshop. All right, so anyway, that's the way it looks. I could turn off the mask in order to hide that gray outline, which is a nonprinting outline. So it's just there in case you want to edit your points and control handles and so on, and we'll discuss how that works when we examine the Pen tool in the mastery portion of this series. For now, I'm just going to turn off this fleur layer, and I'm going to turn off the info layer as well, zoom out a little bit so we can see our real progress so far.
Just one more thing to be done where 365 is concerned; I need to modify the space between the characters because they're too far apart at this type size, using Kerning and Tracking, stay tuned.
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Casey Rule, singing here with the Melismatics, Lehigh's oldest mixed a cappella ensemble, pursues his passions for music and computer science in the IDEAS program.
When Casey Rule '11 walks into a job interview, he tells prospective employers about his university experience in a simple way.
"I tell them I have a B.S. degree in IDEAS," Rule said. "That always gets a laugh, and I think it helps them remember me. Then I explain what the program is actually about, and you can tell immediately that they're interested."
During his time at Lehigh, Rule was able to pursue his two passions—music and computer science—by enrolling in the Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) program.
Administered by the College of Arts and Sciences and the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the four-year honors program allows students to get a bachelor's degree with concentrations in both colleges.
Growing up, Rule was always interested in a multitude of fields.
"I wasn't one of those kids who always knew what job he wanted since the age of five," Rule said. "I wanted to do everything, and honestly I still do. The IDEAS program definitely appealed to me. It isn't focused so much on specific concentrations but rather on different ways of thinking and how to integrate those ways of thinking."Creative engineers, analytical musicians
With help from IDEAS advisers in both colleges, Rule built a program of study that allowed him to gain depth and breadth in fields as diverse as music composition and computer engineering. But it wasn't as simple as pursuing a double major.
"It was about integrating the engineering, analytical side of thinking with the arts-and-science, creative side of thinking," Rule said.
"Anyone in engineering can tell you that there is a lot of creativity involved, and anyone in arts and science can tell you that there is a lot of analysis and convention involved.
"I learned how to take advantage of that overlap and how to thrive in that overlap."
The program, while rigorous, also afforded Rule the flexibility to participate in extracurricular activities—such as the Lehigh University Melismatics, the Lehigh University Choir and the Martindale Student Associates Program—that augmented the integrated courses he was taking.A powerful tool
Now, with his IDEAS degree in hand, Rule sees a horizon full of opportunity. He is employed by Suntex, where he is helping to develop the company's online math education program, First in Math. He is continuing to work on his IDEAS senior project, an online music program, and is thinking about pursuing a master's degree in music composition.
One day, he hopes to combine his music and computer science backgrounds by creating music education and composition software for students.
He is confident his IDEAS degree will help him go far.
"IDEAS represents what is happening in the world today," Rule said. "You no longer study one field and then apply all of your knowledge toward that one isolated field. Today, employers are looking for individuals who can bring together multiple fields and utilize different ways of thinking.
"That's what IDEAS is about. It fosters the mentality that what you're learning in engineering classes isn't just for engineering and what you're learning in arts and science classes isn't just for arts and science.
"It's the integration that's really powerful."
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Coal company to lay off 156 workers in Utah, Ill.
ST. LOUIS -- A coal producer owned by a longtime critic of President Barack Obama's energy policies will lay off nearly 160 workers at Illinois and Utah mines, blaming the freshly re-elected president for a "war on coal."
Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp. said in a statement supplied Friday to The Associated Press that it would give pink slips to 102 workers at its West Ridge Mine in Utah and 54 at its underground mine in the southern Illinois town of Galatia. Both mines are run by Murray Energy subsidiaries.
Murray did not specify when layoffs will take place or the total number of workers at each affected site. The company refused an email interview request, saying only that "unfortunately, we will be forced to make even more layoffs, none of which we want."
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When the big question of What Do Women Want? is asked, or more particularly, the question, What do Women Want from a Career in Science? the answer often involves all of the above, and almost always, something more:
"Research shows that young women pursue careers in science for more altruistic reasons than young men," said chemist Anne Kern, assistant professor in science education, curriculum and instruction at the University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene, and co-author of, "Attracting High School Females to the College of Science," a study to be published in the journal, The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast (MME) later this year.
Kern co-authored the article with David Newcombe, microbiologist and assistant professor in environmental science, also at the University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene. Loosely using the guidelines outlined in the MME article, the duo created a science experience to meet the distinctive needs of young women.
"In a word, young women want meaning," said Kern. "They want their scientific work to have meaning. They want the science they do to have applications that solve real world problems."
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the Sheraton Washington Hotel in the Truman Room at 1:30 p.m. (EDT). The
schedule change has been made to accomodate media desiring to attend this brief
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Galveston Movement Symposium highlighted Texas' Jewish immigrants' stories
America is the land of the free, yet for immigrants, coming here involved some costs.
Posted: September 3, 2009
Dr. Stuart Rockoff
The Galveston Movement Symposium, held on Sept. 10-11, 2009 at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, explored those costs in scholarly papers, presentations by story-tellers, and lively conversations among the descendants of those who came to America via the island city.
The event was planned by Dr. Suzanne Seriff of the Department of Anthropology and hosted by Dr. Robert Abzug, History Department member and director of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, and The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Scholars, fiction writers, public health experts, filmmakers, and family storytellers came to explore the dramatic tales of thousands of Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe who managed to enter this country not through the "golden door" of Ellis Island, but through the southern gateway of Galveston, Texas between 1907 and 1914.
The History Department was well represented. Dr. Stuart Rockoff, a 2000 graduate of the department's Ph.D. program, gave the keynote address. Rockoff is currently director of the history department at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life and the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in Jackson, Miss.
He discussed various aspects of the Galveston Plan devised by philanthropist Jacob Schiff, who wished to disperse new immigrants beyond the already crowded tenement neighborhoods of New York. John McKiernan-Gonzalez, a professor in the department, delivered a paper on the role of public health in immigration.
A capacity audience of 115 registrants participated through the day and a half of lectures, panels, entertainments, and meals. It marked not only a fine conference that brought together academics and members of the broader community, but also a model for collaboration between units of the university and such public institutions as the Bullock History Museum.
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Sept. 29, 2007
WORCESTER, Mass. - Goalkeeper Thomas Booth (Patchogue, N.Y.) made four saves as Holy Cross played to a 0-0 double overtime tie against Colgate in its first Patriot League game.
Opportunities to score came during the first 90 minutes as Holy Cross recorded six shots on goal while the Raiders had four. Colgate made one shot on goal during the first overtime while both teams had one in the second overtime.
Both teams made strong efforts to score during their corner kicks with Holy Cross recording five and Colgate notching four, but came up scoreless every time.
Booth recorded his fourth season and career shutout while Raiders' goalkeeper David Cappuccio made six saves and recorded his fourth shutout of the season.
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HCDC to host candlelight vigil as King tribute
January 7, 2013
The Holmes Cultural Diversity Center is constantly coordinating culturally enlightening and educational programs for faculty, staff, students and the university community. To commemorate and honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, the center will host a Candlelight Vigil on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m., in the Junction.
The vigil will include musical salutes by MSU's Black Voices Choir and the Doss Family Singers, a tribute by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., and a keynote address on "Upholding the Legacy" by Dr. Michael Williams, assistant professor of history. In the event of rain or extreme cold, the event will take place in the Foster Ballroom of the Colvard Student Union.


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Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Donizetti, Rachmaninoff & Brahms
Kevin Rhodes, Music Director and Conductor
Alexander Ghindin, Piano
66th Season, 2009-2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Review by Donna Bailey-Thompson
Pre-concert talk
Anticipation of an exciting and melodic evening filled the lobby with music lovers waiting for the doors to open for the pre-concert talk. When Maestro Kevin Rhodes walked onto the stage (to warm applause), he was in synch with the audience's expectations of being "wrapped in the bosom of romantic 19th century virtuosity." Rachmaninoff's virtuosity is obvious whereas "Brahms is not necessarily associated with virtuosity because his is compositional virtuosity. He gets inside the notes." Rhodes mentioned that some speculate Brahms composed his Symphony No. 2 based upon its first four notes. (From other pre-concert talks, we've learned that Tchaikovsky was also a four-note composer.) Rhodes spoke of Brahms' tricky ability to take those four notes and turn them upside down. Right side up, the four notes are reminiscent of Stephen Foster's Beautiful Dreamer - but only as far as Beautiful Dream: the "er" torpedoes the idea that Foster borrowed from Brahms.
More is known about nineteen-year-old Rachmaninoff's inspiration for his, truly, first piano concerto. Rhodes told the audience (the orchestra seats were almost full) that the model young Sergei chose was Grieg's only concerto. Good choice!
About the opening selection, Italian born Donizetti's Roberto Devereau Overture, Rhodes described the "incredibly inventive" composer as creating 19th century jazz via Germany and Austria. Inspiration for the opera came from the historical bodice-ripping intrigue within the Court of Elizabeth I and her affair with Robert, Earl of Essex, who was executed. In the 1939 movie, Bette Davis and Errol Flynn starred. Rhodes mentioned that Beverly Sills said that she "loved doing this opera because I'm Bette Davis in high notes."
The concert
With three loud, sharp full orchestra chords, Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) overture seizes the audience's attention followed by a variation of what we know as My Country, Tis of Thee/God Save the Queen. At times the familiar tune labored at dirge speed, at others it minced like a Mozart minuet. Eventually the music foretold the churning drama within the opera. The tempo quickened, the turmoil mounted, and so did the volume. As Conductor Rhodes' arms urged the musicians to ever increasing fortissimo, he was, like the Hokey Pokey says, putting his whole self in, and so was the orchestra. He was the picture of a man who loves what he's doing.
As Rhodes and guest pianist Alexander Ghindin approached center stage, Rhodes in tails and Ghindin in a tailored tunic, I wondered what level of music would this duo generate and would Ghindin live up to the hype? The short answers: Music: Enveloping. Hype: Richly deserved.
From the beginning and throughout Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1, in F-Sharp minor, the orchestra glistened or carried emotions to the next level while the pianist created one sand painting after another, letting grains glide through his fingers. Rhodes was in charge throughout - the focused conductor and the supportive host. Similarly, Ghindin was in charge of his domain, confident, in tune with his instrument. His ripplings were crystal clear - every note, regardless of speed. The clarity of his playing was refreshing, from pianissimo to fortissimo, embracing, but never artificially sentimental. His technique was astounding: his music flowed, galloped, meandered appropriately like a stream, always in control, disciplined but suitably expressive. He covered the keyboard, sweeping forays to pluck a chord or begin a glissando. The electrifying finale suggested that Grieg's influence was very much alive. Whether ferocious or retiring, there was nothing watery or muddied about Ghindin's notes. His deportment did not distract from the fine music freed by his fingers. His playing complemented Rachmaninoff's score.
Brahms' Symphony No. 2, in D Major opening is quiet, serene. The "beautiful dream-er" notes are easy to recognize. At one point, Rhodes elicited the sound he wanted by cajoling the musicians, almost literally pulling the properly modulated music out of them. By the third movement, my notes included phrases of "Galloping horses; who will win? Neither." The program notes state that at the symphony's 1877 premiere in Vienna, "the ebullient third movement had to be repeated at the insistence of the enthusiastic audience." I wonder if anything like that has ever happened in this country.
The final movement gathered and released more and more excitement, ending on a high. The audience stood. Shouts of "Bravo!" rang out. Rhodes and the SSO had performed well, they had given the audience a respite from whatever they needed a respite from and done so beautifully.
Overheard, an enthusiastic concertgoer stating, "They're better than the Boston Symphony!"
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COLLEGE STATION - A female suspect tried running from police Saturday with two small children in her vehicle, which she rammed into another car.
Around 2:00 p.m., College Station Police Department responded to the area of Longmire Dr. and Brothers Blvd. for a theft in progress at the Walmart there.
That's when they learned that 26-year-old Chelsea Farrow from College Station was their suspect and on the run with items she'd taken from the store
While attempting to flee the scene in a U-Haul, police say Farrow rammed another vehicle that had been backing out of a parking space and blocking her path and continued to flee the scene.
Police say they followed Farrow down Longmire, where the police report says she turned hard onto a pair of streets before jumping a curb near the intersection of Hilltop and Airline. Farrow, after reportedly telling police she had just come from the U-Haul rental store, was taken into custody for Endangering a Child, Theft, and for damaging another vehicle.
Officers learned Farrow had two children, ages three and five, in the vehicle. They were not believed to be wearing seat belts, and there were no child safety seats.
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? Helen Walker, director of the Gulf Coast Community Federal Credit Union in Gulfport, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Walker has been a volunteer of the credit union for more than 35 years. She has served in every position on the board of directors, including numerous years as chairwoman. Walker, who retired from the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System in 2004, is a lifelong resident of Gulfport.
? Charles Marshall of Clinton, chairman of Mississippi Farm Bureau Employees Federal Credit Union in Jackson, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. He began serving on the employees credit union supervisory committee in 1976. He has served as president since 1980, helping to grow the credit union from $400,000 to nearly $13 million in assets.


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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2000 Pay is still important to service members, but troops also consider educational opportunities and a desire for more family time in their deliberations whether to stay in the military.
Navy Vice Adm. Patricia Tracey, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy, noted military pay remains an important retention factor, especially in today's all-volunteer force, which includes growing numbers of service members with families.
"People don't come here to make money … there is something else that motivates people to serve," Tracey said during a Dec. 7 Pentagon interview. "But, it is [also] a married force." Military parents, like any others, want their children to have better opportunities than they had, she added. Officials note that surveys show that service members with 10 years of service usually stay for a career. These older service members are often married with children.
"Because we don't control how much we pay -- we have to convince Congress and others that we need pay raises -- it is easy to get behind on a pay table and not keep pace with what is happening in the private sector," she said.
Tracey said service members will get a 3.7 percent across- the-board pay hike effective Jan. 1 and targeted pay increases for members in E-5, E-6, and E-7 pay grades in July. She added that across-the-board raises scheduled for the next five years should also improve service member compensation.
"The pay raise this January and raises for each subsequent January up through 2005 are going to be [set] at a half- percent above the employment cost index, which should be above the inflation rate," Tracey said. "It should be a 'catch-up' kind of a raise."
Tracey said the July 1 raises for NCOs in pay grades E-5 to E-7 with eight to 24 years of service will increase their pay $30 to $60 a month. This is a start, she remarked, noting personnel officials are concerned that more needs to be done.
"It is a part of the pay scale that flattens out -- a place where retention is the most volatile and where we need to pay some specific attention," she said. The Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation will address this issue.
Senior DoD officials are taking other measures to retain qualified service members, who, Tracey said, are becoming more interested in continuing education programs and spending more time with their families.
"The Center for Naval Analysis did a study a couple of years ago in which it was confirmed that in-service, off- duty education was linked to higher retention rates," she said.
Secondly, Tracey said, DoD has recruited "a very, very high-quality force" at a time when more high school seniors are enrolling in college. Service member desire for higher education "is a natural part of the caliber of the people that we are recruiting," she added.
All the services are investing in increased educational and vocational training opportunities to satisfy service members' hunger for knowledge and college diplomas, Tracey said. The Army recently unveiled an initiative that harnesses information technology to offer online classes for soldiers. The Navy has formed partnerships with 16 colleges to offer distance learning degrees to sailors and Marines. The Air Force is working on a Federal Aviation Administration certification program for its aviation mechanics.
These education and training programs, Tracey remarked, are good for soldiers, Sailors, Marines, airmen -- and the services they represent.
"It is in our interests to keep a continuing education opportunity in front of our people, to keep them investing in themselves, because they gain cognitive skills that are important to us in a smaller force. That force is very busy, and doing a much wider variety of things than originally envisioned," she said.
Since its inception in 1973, the all-volunteer military has increasingly become a married force, Tracey noted. This has not only caused DoD to commit more resources to improve housing for both married and single service members, she said, but to find ways to allow often-deployed troops to have more time with their families.
Data and surveys suggest that people who are deployed "are among the highest-retained people that we have," Tracey said. However, "there is a limit to how often you can ask people to go and for how long," she added, noting that other surveys show retention declines with succeeding deployments, especially when they occur with little warning, or "back-to-back."
"Sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines like to do what they were trained to do. There is nothing inherently negative about being deployed," Tracey said. "But unexpected deployments, deployments that last an indefinite length of time, and deployments that come too close together are the biggest retention issues."
In the last decade, every service has worked at building predictability into deployments to enable service members to spend more time at home, she said.
"The Navy and Marine Corps, because they are (shipboard) deploying forces, have always had those kinds of systems," Tracey said. "The Army and Air Force are new to this and have done a pretty good job of getting rotational systems in place."
Tracey noted Congress has passed legislation requiring DoD to monitor and measure the time each service member spends away from home on deployments and training exercises. Guidelines call for a flag officer in a service member's chain of command to be made aware of deployments of 180 days or more out of a year. A three-star or higher has to approve deployments of more than 220 days out of a year. People deployed for 400 days in a 24-month period would be paid "high-deployment-per-diem" of $100 per day.
"We had been measuring the time spent on deployments and training in the aggregate by unit, but not by individual except in the Air Force," she said. "Now, every service has to measure it by individuals." DoD began collecting these data in October, Tracey said.
The object is to manage people's time so they don't break the time limits, not to avoid paying them $100 a day, she said. She estimated DoD will have enough time and data sometime in 2002 to know whether anyone crossed the deployment threshold.
Tracey reiterated that career military people often serve for reasons other than pay, yet compensation continues to be a retention factor in both good and bad economic times.
"Retention is not driven purely by when the economy is hot and when it is not," Tracey said. "It is a matter of needing to get the pay about right. Pay is not what really motivates people to stay, but on the other hand, you have to get pay right or people will leave because they can't afford to stay."


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Saturday, April 26th
Join BAYCAT (Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology) for the PREMIERE of their latest youth-produced Community Cinema film, Endangered: A Healthy Bayview for All. Endangered, created in partnership with the Metta Fund, asked four BAYCAT youth to tackle the question "What does a healthy Bayview look like?". BAYCAT will also screen several youth-produced shorts that focus on the strengths, hopes, and challenges of the Bayview community. A panel, moderated by BAYCAT CEO, Villy Wang, of Bayview leaders, youth media producers, and health professionals will follow to discuss the films, and the past, present and future of Bayview.
Free admission thanks to The Metta Fund, who are sponsoring the event and healthy snacks!
The Factory is a Bay Area Video Coalition's advanced video production collective for teenagers in the Bay Area. The Factory has been training young Bay Area filmmakers for ten years. Participants create professional-quality short films: documentaries, narratives, music videos, and public service announcements. This program emphasizes creative and political expression through a strong visual style, and promotes collaboration between Bay Area youth and the organizations and individuals in their community.


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How to layer your sweatshirt stylishly
When you are shopping for something comfortable and warm, don't forget to stock up on sweatshirts and hoodies. These fool proof garments can provide ultimate amount of comfort and warmth. The good news is that there are several ways to make sweatshirts work as a fashionable part of your wardrobe. All you need to do is let your creative juices flow!
- Layering is possibly the easiest way to make your sweatshirt look chic and fun. If it's a thin one, then just team it up with a trendy jacket to add a tinge of sportiness to it. Your ensemble can be experimented with several combinations. While a jacket looks fabulous, how about a pullover hoodie under a zip sweatshirt? Or a sweatshirt under a blazer? Or maybe with your collection of Henley shirts for men? The alternatives are immense, try what looks best!
- A zip up and dress combination looks hip too! I spotted a girl on campus the other day with a zip up sweatshirt teamed with an ultra girly dress. I loved the way she mixed the romantic with the athletic fashion. You can rock a similar look with ease too. A valuable tip in this case would be not to go overboard with mixing patterns. Personally, I would wear a patterned dress with a solid zip up or the other way round.
- Each of us has a special bond with our university sweatshirts. With a plethora of logos and a variety of colors, sometimes one tends to get lost. Not to forget that it is not one of the most stylish pieces of clothing as well. If you are going for a casual look while studying at the college library and want to rock a university sweatshirt you can do it without sacrificing each of your style points. You can team it up with a pair of well fitted jeans and a leopard print colored flats. You can also get creative by doing a DIY project to your favorite college black hooded sweatshirt.
So, what do you all think? Which look is your favorite? Go for it right away to look cool and chic!


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Virgil Lewis Ferrell, 72, of New Haven, formerly of Columbia City, passed away at 5:05 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at New Haven Care, New Haven.
Born Sept. 12, 1940, in Columbia City, he was the son of Wilbert L. and Henrietta (Boschet) Ferrell.
He attended Columbia City High School. Virgil spent most of his life in Whitley and Allen County and was a dedicated employee of South Side Gardens, Fort Wayne for 24 years.
Virgil will be lovingly remembered by his sister Bessie (Erville "Duke") Callison and many nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Alta I. Acres, 81, a former resident of Columbia City, died at 2:17 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in the North Woods Village in Kokomo.
She was born near Albion March 3, 1931, a daughter of Orson and Gladys Smith Moore. Her formative years were spent in the Rome City community and she completed her education in the Rome City High School.
WARSAW — Thursday was the sectional preliminary round for boys swimming, and Columbia City's squad will be hitting the pool at least one more time at sectional finals Saturday.
Swimmers had to place in the top 16 overall to qualify for Saturday and had to be in the top eight to make the championship heat. The 9-16 placers swim in the consolation heat.
OSSIAN — Indian Springs Middle School's wrestling team began its season with an undefeated record.
The Eagles faced New Haven and Norwell Wednesday night in a triple dual, topping Norwell by a decisive 72-15 score and beating New Haven by default.
The Bulldogs only brought seven grapplers.
Picking up wins against New Haven were: A.J. Chapin, Matt Wright, Seth Rosen, Jake Elkins and Jackson Wilcoxson.
COLUMBIA CITY — A South Whitley man accused of sexual misconduct with a minor has entered an alibi defense.
Timothy J. Swihart, 19, is accused of having sex on two occasions with a 14-year-old girl. His attorney, Jeff Arnold, entered an alibi defense for Swihart in Whitley County Circuit Court Monday.
A continuance was also granted, with pre-trial proceedings set to resume March 11.
Swihart was accused of having sex with the alleged victim Oct. 31 and Nov. 22.
Columbia City High School's Science Olympiad team recently finished its season at the regional competition at Goshen College. The team competed in 23 different events and placed fifth overall.
Pictured working with a Bunsen burner are, from left, Aakash Patel, Richelle Menzie and Tanner Daniel, all seniors on the team.
The squad is led by CCHS science teacher Andy Weaver. For a photo of the entire team, see Page A3 of today's paper.
Editor's note: The following is the first of a two-part series on the special education services at Whitko Community School Corporation.
PIERCETON — Whitko Community School Corporation is delivering improved education to students in need of special attention.
Donna Lehman, director of Special Services at WCSC, knows students experience a better future when given every chance to succeed in school.
"I want our students to be able to move forward confidently," said Lehman. "I want them to be able to contribute to our community."
Columbia City's Police Department expressed its gratitude to an Allen County family this week.
The Wentland family found CCPD K9 Stryker, who went missing for nearly 24 hours in January after he got out of his kennel, approximately eight miles away.
Pictured, from left, CCPD K9 handler Tim Pittenger, CCPD Chief Tim Longenbaugh, Arani Wentland, Rylen Wentlant, Tanner Wentland, Emily Wentland and Brian Wentland.
Ned S. Byall, 84, of Columbia City, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.
Born in Whitley County, Ned graduated from Jefferson Center School. He served in the U.S. Army and went to Radio School in Fort Benning, Ga. He was with the 1st Cavalry Ski Patrol during the Korean War and was stationed in Hokkaido, Japan.
Ned, along with his wife, Delores, operated the family farm with the help of their son, Brent. He was a member of Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, Fort Wayne.
Indian Springs Middle School hosted a swim meet Tuesday night. Pictured above, Eagle Maggie Vandersaul swims the butterfly.
Results and more photos from Tuesday's meet will appear in The Post & Mail as they become available.


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WORCESTER, Mass. - Junior Katelyn Hartnett (Danvers, Mass.) has been named the AT&T Crusader of the Week, for competition from February 28-March 6. Hartnett was the top finisher for the Holy Cross women's track and field at last weekend's ECAC Indoor Championship, held at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Boston, Mass.
At the ECAC Championship, Hartnett finished in seventh place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.67. Hartnett broke her own school record in the event, bettering her old mark of 2:12.49 which she had set at the 2010 Patriot League Outdoor Championship.
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The Astros' bullpen hasn't been perfect during recent games. Closer Jose Veras gave up a crucial ninth-inning run to Colorado on Tuesday in a 2-1 home loss and allowed a three-run, go-ahead homer to Oakland's Chris Young on Friday. Factor in that the Astros' bullpen holds the worst ERA (4.82) in the majors, and the […] [Read More]
Former Astros outfielder Rick Ankiel signs with Mets
DETROIT – Rick Ankiel has found a new home. The former Astros rightfielder signed a major-league contract Monday with the New York Mets and will be in the lineup against the St.Louis Cardinals. "I'm elated for Rick," Astros manager Bo Porter said Monday before a game against the Tigers. Ankiel, 33, was released by the […] [Read More]
Rick Ankiel released by Astros
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The invention relates to the use of agglomerates of silicic acid having an average agglomerate size of 0.5 to 50 μm, containing primary particles of silicic acid having an average particle size of 1 to 100 nm and serving as filler in dental materials on the basis of ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers. This reinforcing filler is practically colorless and can be blended in considerable quantity into the polymerizable monomer material especially mono-functional and di-functional as well as polyfunctional esters of the acrylic acid and the methacrylic acid and yields a satisfactorily processable plastically deformable paste. If necessary, the agglomerated silicic acid is used together with non-agglomerated micro-fine silicic acid of an average particle size of 1 to 100 nm. The shaped bodies obtained after the curing of the polymerizable material with the fillers show superior compressive strength, low thermal expansion, high colour stability and low water absorption, and moreover can be finished to high luster. The agglomerated fillers provided according to the invention are generally suitable for tooth filling preparations and tooth restoration materials as well as for the production of artificial teeth.
1. A dental material comprising a polymerizable monomer and an inorganic filler, said filler comprising agglomerates of silicic acid having an average agglomerate size of 0.5 to 50 μm, said agglomerates comprising primary particles of silicic acid having an average particle size of 1 to 100 nm.
2. A dental material according to claim 1, wherein the average agglomerate size of said agglomerates is 1 to 10 μm.
3. A dental material according to claim 1, further comprising non-agglomerated, micro-fine silicic acid having an average particle size of 1 to 100 nm.
4. A dental material according to claim 3, wherein said non-agglomerated silicic acid has an average particle size of 5 to 50 nm.
5. A dental material according to claim 3, wherein said non-agglomerated silicic acid comprises 0.5 to 40% by weight of the total material.
6. A dental material according to claim 5, wherein said non-agglomerated silicic acid comprises 2 to 30% by weight of the total material.
7. A dental material according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic filler comprises 10 to 80% by weight of the total material.
8. A dental material according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic filler comprises 30 to 80% by weight of the total material.
9. A dental material according to claim 8, wherein said inorganic filler comprises 50 to 70% by weight of the total material.
10. A dental material according to claim 1, wherein said polymerizable monomer comprises a mono-functional, di-functional or poly-functional derivative of acrylic or methacrylic acid.
11. A dental material according to claim 10, wherein said derivative is an ester.
12. A dental material according to claim 1, wherein the average agglomerate size of said agglomerates is about 5 μm and the average particle size of said primary particles is about 40 nm.
13. A dental material according to claim 1, wherein the average agglomerate size of said agglomerates is about 6 μm and the average particle size of said primary particles is about 40 nm.
14. A cured, shaped body prepared from a dental material as claimed in claim 1.
15. A dental filling material according to claim 1, wherein said agglomerates of silicic acid are silanized.
16. A dental filling material according to claim 3, wherein said non-agglomerated, micro-fine silicic acid is silanized.
As it is known from the U.S. Pat. No. 3,066,112, to the hardenable dental materials on the basis of ethylenically unsaturated, polymerizable monomers of which especially the mono-functional and di-functional as well as poly-functional esters of the acrylic acid and methacrylic acid have achieved considerable practical use, higher amounts of inoganic fillers are added for the reduction of the shrinkage during polymerization, decrease of the thermal expansion coefficient and increase of hardness of the obtained polymerisates. The fraction of inert inorganic fillers can amount up to more than 80% of the total material in such dental permanent filling materials. As fillers e.g. quartz, quartz glass or silicate glasses like lithiumaluminium silicate or barium silicate glass are used as fine powder. The particle sizes of these fillers are within the range of 1 μm to approximately 100 μm, the average particle diameter being generally in the magnitude of approximately 10 μm.
Disadvantageous upon use of these fillers is the fact that the dental materials produced therefrom do not yet have a satisfying abrasion resistance and have surface roughness upon utilisation as tooth fillings. Due to the mediocre abrasion resistance, the tooth filling materials could not be used with the mentioned fillers in the molar field where the amalgam fillings are still predominant despite the toxicologically critical mercury.
The surface roughness of the mentioned materials leads additionally to problems upon use in the anterior tooth area since the depositing of dental plaque is promoted, thereby causing discolorations as well as marginal secondary caries.
From the DE-OS No. 24 03 211, there is known that very finely divided fillers, like micro-fine silicic acid (silicon dioxide gel) or aluminium oxide, having particle sizes within the range of 5-700 nm, yield well-polishable shaped bodies after curing of the dental material produced therewith. As can be seen from the articles of R. Schafer in "Dental Echo", Vol. 49, 136 (1979) and A. Groβ in "Chemie in unserer Zeit", 13th Annual Set, page 142 (1979), no workable pastes having high contents of fillers as required for the dental application in the dental practice can be obtained with these micro-fine fillers which have a very large specific surface. It has been shown that upon blending of the micro-fine silicic acid, e.g. of the pyrolitically produced silicon dioxide gel, into the liquid monomer, a thickening of this monomer to a honey-like, stringy and adhesive mass is firstly obtained and then is suddenly converted into a bittle mass upon continuous addition of silicic acid which mass finally dissolves in a freely flowing powder. Thus, only masses of salve-like or powdery consistency can be produced. In these references, it is now pointed out that the micro-fine filler shall be firstly premixed and prepolymerised with a polymerizable monomer. The solid product so obtained is crushed and finely ground. This pulverized splinter polymerisate is then used as actual filler in the hardenable dental material.
In this manner, however, very high fractions of inorganic fillers are not achievable in the dental materials since, according to this known method the splinter polymerisate to be incorporated in the monomer consists considerably of organic substance, already.
Therefore, upon utilisation of this filler, a higher thermal expansion coefficient must be accepted thereby partly compensating the aspired advantage of having a high filler fraction within the polymerizable dental material. In case the filling material and the tooth substance have a considerably different thermal expansion coefficient, the so-called "pump effect" is obtained caused by the change of temperature e.g. by ingestion. Through the formed marginal gap, bacteria can penetrate and lead to secondary caries or to damages of the pulp in deep cavities. In addition, the micro-fine silicic acid must be mixed very intensively with the monomer fluid during the production of the pre-polyfmerisate in order to achieve a uniform coating of the particles of the silicon dioxide powder with the hardenable monomer. The cold-hardening monomer preparations are hardly suitable due to the relatively rapid course of polymerization. Therefore, the method of the hot-polymerization must be used. The relatively high temperatures obtained therewith lead, however, to discolorations since the curing shall occur rather intensively in order to obtain a hard and brittle filling material which is easily pulverable. Due to this more or less considerably yellowish colored pre-polymerisate powder, it is difficult to obtain dental materials in light coloring and to secure a uniform colour adjustment during the technical production. Although the micro-fine, pyrogenic silicic acid has been treated with silanising agents to improve the adhesion of the inorganic fillers with the polymer thereby obtaining a certain agglomeration of the powder particles, these fillers, however, have merely a rather poor hardness, since these agglomerates are not hard and resistant because the cohesion by the silanising agents is not stable. Upon incorporation of these agglomerates into the monomer preparation, a renewed division occurs, and again only salve-like or powdery products are obtained.
From the DE-OS No. 14 67 437, relatively stable agglomerated silicic acids are known; their advantageous utilisation for the special requirements of dental materials is, however, in no way disclosed since only the application as delustrant for lacquer is described.
Therefore, it is the object of the invention to find a new reinforcing filler for dental materials essentially consisting of inorganic material which filler is practically colourless and can be blended in considerable quantity into the polymerizable monomer materials. In this connection, pastes shall be obtained which are plastically deformable in an easy way which pastes yield to well polishable shaped bodies of low thermal expansion coefficient and high abrasion resistance after the curing practically without shrinking.
According to the invention, this is achieved by using an inorganic filler in form of agglomerate of silicic acid having an average particle size of 0.5-50 μm, preferable 1-10 μm, which filler consists of primary particles of silicic acid having an average particle size of 1-100 nm. If necessary, the granular material can contain additional inorganic, oxidic constituents as e.g. aluminium oxide or boron oxide.
On the one hand the agglomerate material must be so stable that a redivision does not occur during the processing with the monomers and on the other hand should be hard to such a degree only that the shaped bodies are still polishable after polymerizing. The hardness of the filler can be adjusted in the course of the subsequently described method of production by the duration and especially by the temperature of the final annealing; therewith the suitable range of temperature amounts from approximately 600° C. up to more than 1200° C. Naturally, the temperature and annealing period must be adjusted to the respective combination silica gel/oxidic binding agent in order to achieve the desired values of hardness. This can be determined by the expert through simple tests.
The agglomerates of silicic acid can be produced with or without binding agent in different ways. For a cohesion of the primary particles with silicon dioxide, a method is suitable in which the micro-fine silicic acid which is obtained through precipitation or preferably through pyrogenic steps and whose particle size can amount between 1 to 100 nm, preferably between 5 to 50 nm, is premixed with a water glass solution, the mixture being then acidified, the mass being dried and slowly heated up to more than 600° C. Afterwards, it is washed with water thereby removing soluble fractions. After drying, the agglomerated material so obtained is adjusted to the requested granular size by milling and screening, if necessary.
In similar manner, a cohesion and stable agglomerating to an inorganic agglomerated material of silicic acid can be achieved which is suitable as filler by using a boric acid solution or alcoholic aluminium alcoholate solution. While the aluminium compounds cause the agglomeration probably through the formation of the binding agent aluminium oxide, the boron compounds obviously have primarily a catalytic effect for the cohesion of the primary particles within the agglomerated material, wherein the major part of the formed boron oxide is volatilized during the step of annealing without influencing the stability of the agglomerate. Although it was known from the DE-OS No. 27 16 225, to impregnate precipitated silicic acid with boric acid; the silicic acid serving as catalyst support for the boron oxide and as filler for organopolysiloxanes which are used as so-called bouncing putties.
This state of art, however, could thus not give any suggestion for the advantageous use for the special requirements of dental materials of this agglomerated material of silicic acid bound by boric acid.
According to another suitable method of production, the raw material is premixed with silicon tetrachloride and then is hydrolysed in moist atmosphere or by addition of water. The mixture obtained is slowly heated up to more than 600° C. wherein the hydrochloric acid formed evaporates. Afterwards, residual HCl is washed out and the requested agglomerate size is adjusted through milling and screening.
This method can be combined in such a manner that silicon tetrachloride is added to the mixture of the primery silicic acid and water glass. The further processing is then performed as described by drying and heating and subsequent washing out of soluble constituents as e.g. alkalichloride.
According to a further advantageous manner of production, the micro-fine silicic acid is premixed with organo-silicon compounds which preferably contain a plymerizable residue. If necessary, a polymerization catalyst in conventional concentration is added and the mixture is polymerized e.g. under action of heat. Afterwards, the mixture is slowly heated on air until the organic constituents are burned, and finally brought up to more than 600° C. After cooling down, the requested agglomerate size can be obtained through milling and screening.
Suitable organosilicon compounds are e.g.: vinyl trichlorosilane, vinyl trimethoxysilane, allyldimethylchlorosilane, γ-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, β-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)-ethyl-trimethoxysilane and γ-glycideoxypropyltrimethoxysilane. Even longer annealing of the micro-fine silicic acids above 800° C. leads to useful agglomerated materials without any binding additives.
The agglomerated material of silicic acid according to the invention can be easily mixed with the liquid polymerizable monomers. In this connection, the mono-functional, di-functional or polyfunctional derivates of the acrylic acid of methacrylic acid have proven useful as monomers, especially the esters. In advantageous manner, the filler according to the invention is used together with a fraction of non-agglomerated, micro-fine silicic acid of a particle size of 1-100 nm, preferably of 5-50 nm for adjustment of the consistency and for prevention of separation. Relative to the total material, the fraction of the material of the non-agglomerated silicic acid can be between 0.5 and 40%, preferably between 2-30% by weight.
The inorganic fraction of filler in the dental materials according to the invention shall amount as usually between 10 and 80%, preferably between 30 and 80% and especially preferably between 50 and 70% relative to the total material.
Prior to its application the agglomerated material of silica gel can be silanized to improve the cohesion with the polymer e.g. by treatment with trimethoxy-(3-methacryloxypropyl)-silane. For dental use, known organic or inorganic pigments and/or opacifiers are usually added to the material for matching to the natural teeth. As hardening catalysts i.a. organic peroxides like dibenzoyl peroxide, or azo-compounds like azo-bis-iso-butyronitrile can be used in these preparations. The redox systems, as e.g. dibenzoyl peroxide/N,N-bis-2-hydroxyethylxylidine or dibenzoyl-peroxide/barbituric acid derivates which redox systems are suitable for the cold hardening of vinyl-unsaturated monomers, are also appropriate.
As hardening catalysts, also substances can be employed, which initiate the polymerization after irradiation with UV-light or visible light as e.g. benzoinalkylethers, benzilmonoketales or aliphatic and aromatic 1,2-diketone compounds wherein the photopolymerization can be accelerated in a manner known per se through addition of activators like amines or organic phosphites.
After curing the polymerizable materials with the fillers according to the invention, the compressive strength of the shaped bodies is up to more than 20% higher than upon usage of fillers according to the state of art. The compressive strength amounts in the photopolymerisates up to more than 450 MPa instead of approximately 350 MPa. Moreover, the positive properties of the quartz filled shaped bodies, namely low thermal expansion, high colour stability, low water absorption are combined with the positive properties of the pre-known shaped bodies produced with micro-fine silicic acid, with regard to the polishing ability, in one material without obtaining any disadvantages. It could not be expected that through the usage of mechanically relatively stable agglomerates from the micro-fine silica gels and possibly purely inorganic binding agent as filler, in combination with polymerizable monomers, paste-like dental materials are obtained which have good consistency despite a high fraction of filler and are finishable to high luster after curing.
The agglomerated filler according to the invention is generally suitable for tooth restoration compositions, and thus not only for tooth filling preparations but also for such purposes for which such materials are usually used advantageously, e.g. for production of crowns, bridges, veneers and alike prosthetic dental appliances and also for the production of artificial teeth.
The quantity of silica gel as mentioned below is kneaded into 100 g filtered soda water glass (approximately 39° Baume) and the mixture is adjusted to pH 5-6 with concentrated hydrochloric acid. Through addition of methanol, a kneadable consistency is obtained. After kneading for two hours, the methanol is removed at 60° C. and 200 torr and dried through heating at 120° C. Then, it is brought slowly to 800° C., the cooled product is ground and freed from soluble content of alkali by washing with water. Through repeated drying at 120° C., a pulverant filler is obtained (average agglomerate size approximately 5 μm).
______________________________________ primary silica gel average specific particle mode of surface diameter quantityNumber of product production (m2 /g) (nm) (g)______________________________________1 pyrogenic 50 40 602 pyrogenic 380 7 253 precipitated 110 28 60______________________________________
A saturated, aqueous solution of boric acid is produced by decanting from the bottom sediments at approximately 78° C. In 468 g of this solution, 1400 g pyrogenic silicic acid (specific surface 50 m2 /g, average particle diameter 40 nm) are introduced under stirring at a temperature of above 80° C. during approximately 2 hours. Subsequently, it is stirred for 30 minutes and then the water is removed in the vacuum. The solid substance is dried at 120° C. and slowly heated up to 800° C. After milling in a ball mill, the obtained powder is extracted with water until the wash water is free of boron. Subsequently the filler is dried at 120° C. in the vacuum.
The average agglomerate size of the filler is approximately 4 μm.
For production of the pastes, there are kneaded:
(A) 249.0 g of agglomerated silicic acid coloured tooth-like (average particle size 5 μm, average primary particle size 40 nm, binding agent SiO2, <63 μm, silanized) and
33.0 g pyrogenic, non-agglomerated, silanized silica gel with a solution of
1.5 g N,N-bis-hydroxy-ethyl-3,5-di-t-butyl-aniline in 122.5 g 2,2-bis[p-(γ-hydroxy-propoxy-)phenyl]-propane dimethacrylate and
31.0 g bis-GMA
(B) 287.0 g of the silanized agglomerated silicic acid used in paste A) and
42.0 g pyrogenic, non-agglomerated, silanised silica gel with a solution of
4.0 g p-chlorobenzoylperoxide in 200.0 g 2,2-bis[p-(γ-hydroxy-propoxy-)phenyl]-propane dimethacrylate and
40.0 g bis-GMA
By mixing equal parts of both pastes, a plastic mass is obtained which can be introduced and shaped easily in conventionally prepared tooth cavities. Approximately 2 minutes after mixing, the hardening starts which ends after approximately 3.5 minutes. The abrasion resistant filling can be finished to high luster by conventional dental procedures. The linear thermal expansion coefficient of the cured material is 45×10-6 K-1.
A solution is prepared of:
20.0 g bis-hydroxymethyl-tricyclo[184.108.40.206.2,6 ]-decane-di-methacrylate (stabilised with 200 ppm p-methoxyphenol and 200 ppm jonol)
120.0 mg benzildimethylketale and
100.0 mg didecyl-phenyl-phosphite
Furthermore, a powder mixture is prepared of
14.0 g silanized agglomerated silicic acid according to the invention (average particle size 6 μm, average primary particle size 40 nm, binding agent B2 O3, <63 μm) coloured tooth-like
10.0 g silanized, non-agglomerated, pyrogenic silica gel and
2.0 g finely pulverized calciumfluoride.
10.5 g of the solution and 18 g of the powder mixture are kneaded to a homogenous tooth filling material. After an exposure time of 20 sec. with a conventional UV-irradiation equipment (UVIOLITE, Firma ESPE) with an output of 70 mW the material is cured in a layer thickness of approximately 3 mm. The abrasion-resistant material is finishable to high luster and has a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 45×10-6 K-1 :
The compressive strength is 400 MPa measured at exposed test samples of 2×2×4 mm after storage under water at 36° C. for 24 hours.
In a mixture of
14.0 g bis-hydroxymethyl-tricyclo[220.127.116.11.2,6 ]-decane-diacrylate (stabilised with 200 ppm-p-methoxyphenol and 200 ppm jonol)
6.0 g bis-GMA
9.0 g silanized, pyrogenic silicic acid (specific surface 50 m2 /g)
0.3 g methyl-diethanolamine-dimethacrylate and
0.03 g camphor quinone
a quantity of commercial silicic acids on the one hand and of agglomerated material according to the invention on the basis of these silicic acids on the other hand is introduced which quantity is determined by preliminary tests to result in a paste like material. The test samples obtained after exposure with a commercial dental irradiation equipment emitting visible light (ELIPAR-equipment, Firma ESPE) show the physical properties listed in the following table.
__________________________________________________________________________SILICIC ACID Inorganic average Surface Thermal Flexural fraction particle Workable as hardness expansion strength [% of totaltype size [nm] agglomerated tooth filling [MPa] [K-1 ] [MPa] material] REMARKS__________________________________________________________________________pyrogenic 40 no no 128 62 × 10-6 65 58 Commercial (stringy) product "AEROSIL OX50" Firma DEGUSSApyrogenic 40 yes good 202 52 × 10-6 85 60pyrogenic 7 no no 160 78 × 10-6 72 32 Commercial (stringy) product "AEROSIL 380" Firma DEGUSSApyrogenic 7 yes good 255 46 × 10-6 93 68precipi- 8 no no 132 102 × 10-6 81 22 Commericaltated (stringy) product "FK310" Firma DEGUSSAprecipi- 8 yes good 191 48 × 10-6 114 70tated__________________________________________________________________________
Only the use of the agglomerated silicic acids according to the invention yields pastes which can be processed as tooth fillings. The surface hardness of the polymerisates is increased to more than 50%, the thermal expansion is decreased about 15-50%, the flexural strength is increased to more than 30%.
The physical data of filling A (according to the invention, example 3) are compared with the commercial preparations B, C and D, whose basis are the following fillers:
B--glass powder, average particle size approximately 10 μm (Adaptic Radiopaque, Johnson & Johnson)
C--glass powder, average particle size approximately 10 μm mixed with micro-fine silicic acid (Miradapt, Johnson & Johnson)
D--polymer covered micro-fine silicic acid, average particle size approximately 40 nm (Silar, 3M Co.)
______________________________________Preparation A B C D______________________________________Compressive strength 370 240 320 290[MPa]Flexural strength 80 65 85 50[MPa]Stability of colour superior good good poorPolishability superior bad poor.sup.⊕ superior______________________________________ .sup.⊕ = only with special grinding instruments
The tooth filling A according to the invention combines the advantageous properties of conventional materials with the glass fillers (preparation B) as well as with the polymer covered micro-fine silicic acids (preparation D); this result is not achieved by the mere mixture of both filler types (preparation C).
Only the material according to the invention is polishable together with high compressive strength and flexural strength and has superior colour stability.
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