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Everything about post-graduate fellowships takes time. Researching what fellowships exist, identifying organizations with which you want to work, writing your application, collecting application materials – it all takes time, so give yourself a lot of it. While many application deadlines are in the fall, there is not one "fellowship application season". Rather, application deadlines are throughout the calendar year. Therefore, the earlier you research fellowships of interest, the more time you have to work on your application and the stronger it will be.
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Conservatives are growing increasingly impatient with Donald Trump's recent publicity tour. Today, the free-market group Club for Growth fired the first major shot at the potential presidential candidate, pointing out that Trump's attempt to paint himself as a fiscal conservative is laughable.
"Donald Trump for President? You've got to be joking," said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola in a press release. "Donald Trump has advocated for massive tax increases that display a stunning lack of knowledge of how to create jobs.
The Club for Growth noted that Trump previously supported universal healthcare and is a major proponent of protectionism. He recently called for a 25 percent tax on Chinese imports and called for a trade-war with China.
"His love for a socialist-style universal health care system and his alarming obsession with protectionist policies are automatic disqualifiers among free-market conservatives," said Chocola. "This publicity stunt will sputter and disappear just as quickly as the 'The Apprentice' is losing viewers."
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Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Coordinates: 31°57′25″S 115°51′13″E / 31.95694°S 115.85361°E
The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre is a privately owned convention centre located in Perth, Western Australia.
The centre has a floor space of 16,000 square metres (172,223 sq ft) and can cater for 5,000 delegates.[1] It contains state-of-the-art technical facilities, six exhibition pavilions, a 2,500 seat tiered theatre,[2] banquet/ballrooms and 23 meeting rooms.[3]
Richard Court, the then Premier of Western Australia, announced in 2000 that a contract had been signed with Multiplex after five months of negotiations. Construction was to commence in June 2001 and the Centre was to be completed in late 2003.[4]
Built by Multiplex at a cost of A$225 million[1] and officially opened in August 2004 by the Hon Dr Geoff Gallop, MLA, Premier of Western Australia, its construction was extremely controversial, owing to an overblown budget and an unprepossessing external appearance. It has been described as a "Soviet-era mausoleum" and a "giant grey cockroach",[5] as well as a white elephant whose financial viability has been questionable.[6] However, it made it possible for Perth to host the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM),[7] with heads of state and official delegates of more than 50 member countries.
The centre is between Mounts Bay Road and the Mitchell Freeway off-ramp, with the Elizabeth Quay development adjacent to the east of the complex.
It is WA's only purpose-built convention centre and can cater for functions of up to 5000 delegates. The project was aimed at attracting major conventions to Perth, with the State's tourism and hospitality industries in mind.
The centre has two public lifts, one travelling from the underground car park, through level one, concluding at level two; the other from level two to level three.
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- ^ a b "Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre - WA, Australasia". Brookfield Multiplex. 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre". City of Perth. 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre at Citysearch Perth
- ^ "Green light given to Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre and Perth Stadium". Government of Western Australia. 28 November 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ There's a white elephant in the room – wabusinessnew.com.au. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Govt receives Perth convention centre report - abc.net.au. Published 22 November 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Venue at CHOGM 2001, Perth. Accessed 20 January 2012.
- ^ "HIA Perth Home Show". exhibitions&eventsaustralia. 2014. Retrieved January 2014.
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CALDWELL, Texas - With the clock ticking on the start of another school year, Caldwell ISD officials say there may not be enough time to clean up the mold found inside the elementary school before the first bell rings.
Caldwell board members planned to announce the company they're contracting with to get the mold cleaned out of the school at Tuesday night's meeting, but cleanup has yet to begin.
Caldwell ISD Superintendent Dr. Timothy Cuff said the holdup isn't because they've been idle during the Summer months. He said between the district and the lawyers, the road to cleanup is a long one.
"It's just amazing at how much paperwork there has to be," said Cuff. "And believe me, I've been frustrated too with the whole system. But everybody has to make sure that everything is in place, because, when the job is done, we want it done right."
Mold was discovered in some of the school classrooms in March. It was determined to be non toxic, but some of the students had complained of headaches and unexplained rashes. The school was shut down before the school year ended, and students were moved to area churches.
The school is on a suspended foundation. Cuff said over time, water collected underneath the foundation and some of it seeped through tiny cracks in the floor, causing the mold issue.
"Now, what we'll be doing is extracting the water out through dehumidifiers, and keeping it pretty dry under there," said Cuff.
Cuff hoped the process of cleanup and renovation would be completed by the start of this school year, but now he has his doubts.
"Can I one hundred percent guarantee it? I can't. I wish I could," said Cuff.
Cuff said the remediation, or cleaning process, is phase one. Phase two will cover any renovations that need to be made. The school board will announce a contract with a different company for phase two at next Tuesday's meeting.
Cuff said their plan B involves housing students at the same area churches for one to two weeks while the process is completed.
The total cost for cleanup and renovation will run about $1 million. Most or all of that money will come from a $5.7 million bond passed by voters in May.
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WWII Medal of Honor Recipients
WWII Medal of Honor Recipients
Rudolph B. Davila
Barney Hajiro
Mikio Hasemoto
Joe Hayashi
Shizuya Hayashi
Daniel K. Inouye
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A battery gun position was bombed and shelled by the enemy until one gun was put out of commission and all the cannoneers were killed or wounded. Sgt. Calugas, a mess sergeant of another battery, voluntarily and without orders ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the gun position. There he organized a volunteer squad, which placed the gun back in commission and fired effectively against the enemy, although the position remained under constant and heavy Japanese artillery fire.
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7th Infantry, was honored for heroism on May 28, 1944, near Artena, Italy. During the offensive that broke through the German mountain strongholds surrounding the Anzio beachhead, (then staff sergeant) Davila risked death to provide heavy weapons support for a beleaguered rifle company.
Caught on an exposed hillside by heavy fire from a well-entrenched enemy force, his machine gunners were reluctant to risk putting their guns into action.
Davila crawled 50 yards to the nearest enemy machine gun nest and opened fire on the enemy from the kneeling position, ignoring return fire that struck his tripod and passed between his legs. Ordering a gunner to take over, he crawled forward to a vantage point and directed fire with hand and arm signals until both hostile machine guns were silenced.
Bringing his three remaining machine guns into action, he drove the enemy back 200 yards. Though wounded in the leg, he dashed to a burning tank and engaged a second enemy force from its turret. Dismounting, he advanced 130 yards in short rushes, crawled 20 yards and charged into an enemy-held house and eliminated the five defenders with a hand grenade and rifle fire. Climbing to the attic, he straddled a large shell hole in the wall and opened fire on the enemy. Although the walls of the house were crumbling, he continued to fire until he had destroyed two more machine guns.
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Made an uphill charge against heavy fire in the forests of eastern France remains legendary even among his battle-hardened comrades.
His was among many outstanding acts of bravery during the famous battle to rescue the 'Lost Battalion' (the Texas National Guard 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment), which had been encircled by the enemy and was in imminent danger of annihilation. In that fearful engagement, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team suffered about 800 casualties to save 211 Texans — four Nisei soldiers killed or wounded for each fellow soldier saved.
Hajiro was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor on Oct. 19, 22 and 29, 1944, near Bruyeres and Biffontaine, France.
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100th Infantry Battalion — Distinguished himself on Nov. 29, 1943, near Cerasuolo, Italy. About 40 enemy soldiers armed with machine guns, machine pistols, rifles and grenades attacked the left flank of his platoon. When two enemy machine gunners advanced on him, Hasemoto, an automatic rifleman, challenged them, firing four magazines before his weapon was hit and damaged. He ran 10 yards to the rear, secured another automatic rifle and continued to fire until his weapon jammed.
Hasemoto and his squad leader had killed about 20 enemy soldiers. Hasemoto ran through a barrage of enemy machine gun fire to pick up an M-1 rifle. He and the squad leader killed 10 more enemy soldiers. With only three enemy left, the two GIs charged forward, killed one, wounded another and captured the third. The next day, Hasemoto was killed while repelling an enemy attack.
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442nd Regimental Combat Team — Was presented the Medal of Honor for gallantry on April 20 and 22, 1945, near Tendola, Italy. Ordered to attack a strongly defended hill that commanded all approaches to the village of Tendola, Hayashi led his men to a point within 75 yards of enemy positions before they were
detected and fired upon. After dragging his wounded comrades to safety, he returned alone and exposed himself to small arms fire in order to direct and adjust mortar fire against hostile emplacements.
Boldly attacking the hill with the remaining men of his squad, Hayashi attained his objective and discovered that the mortars had neutralized three machine guns, killed 27 and wounded many others.
While attacking Tendola two days later, Hayashi maneuvered his squad up a steep terraced hill to within 100 yards of the enemy. Crawling under intense fire to a hostile machine gun position, he threw a grenade, killing one enemy soldier and forcing the other members of the gun crew to surrender.
Seeing four enemy machine guns firing on his platoon, he knocked out one nest with a grenade and engaged a second, killing four enemy soldiers and forcing the rest to flee. Attempting to pursue the enemy, Hayashi was mortally wounded by a burst of machine pistol fire.
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100th Infantry Battalion — Was cited for heroism on Nov. 29, 1943, near Cerasuolo, Italy. During a flank assault on high ground held by the enemy, he rose alone in the face of grenade, rifle and machine gun fire. Firing his automatic rifle from the hip, he charged an enemy machine gun, killing seven enemy in the nest and two more as they fled. The platoon then advanced about 200 yards when an enemy anti-aircraft gun opened fire on the men. Hayashi returned fire, killing nine enemy soldiers, capturing four and forcing the others to flee.
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Now a U.S. senator, was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism on April 21, 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Inouye directed his platoon through a hail of automatic weapons and small arms fire to capture an artillery and mortar post and brought his men to within 40 yards of the hostile force. The enemy, emplaced in bunkers and rock formations, halted the advance with crossfire from three machine guns.
Inouye boldly crawled up the treacherous slope to within five yards of the nearest machine gun and hurled two grenades, destroying it. Before the enemy could retaliate, he stood up and neutralized a second machine gun nest with submachine gun fire.
Although wounded by a sniper's bullet, he continued to engage other hostile positions at close range until an exploding grenade shattered his right arm. Despite intense pain, he refused evacuation and continued to direct his platoon until enemy resistance was broken and his men were again deployed in defensive positions.
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BEAUMONT – Head coach David Wong considered Thursday's match with Sam Houston State to be a must-win, and his Lamar women's tennis team responded in kind, taking home a 4-3 victory over the visiting Bearkats at Thompson Family Tennis Center.
"It was a little too close for comfort, but we needed to get a win," Wong said. "We had a chance to get the doubles point, but we came back in singles. I've seen a lot of improvement, but there are still some things that we need to work on. We're working very hard to get into the Southland Tournament and be prepared to compete."
With the win, LU improved to 3-5 in Southland play and 6-11 overall. SHSU dropped to 1-5 and 3-8, respectively.
After letting a tight doubles point slip away, four Lady Cardinals bounced back with straight-sets victories in singles to secure the match. Carolina Masó and Alicia Porte were dominating at the second and third positions, respectively. Masó snapped a four-match skid with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Imke Jagau, and Porte broke a five-match losing streak by beating Kayla Stevenson 6-2, 6-1. The duo was also impressive in doubles, beating the team of Jagau and Stevenson 8-3.
Anna Spengler kept up her recent form, winning a third straight match, defeating Isabella Costa 6-3, 6-4 on line six, and Dariya Dashutina won for a third time in four matches with a 7-5, 6-2 decision against Olivia Battye at the top spot.
In other singles matches, Natalie Petaia beat Katya Lapayeva 4-6, 7-6, 12-10, and Karen Martinez handed Hanna Elfving a 6-3, 6-4 loss.
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A polyester resin composition is calendered to produce a film or a sheet. The polyester resin composition is a polyester having a crystallization half time from a molten state of at least 5 minutes combined with an additive for preventing sticking of the polyester to calendering rolls.
1. A polyester resin composition for calendering, comprising
(a) a polyester comprising
(i) 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues as an acid component, and
(ii) 12 to 31 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues and 69 to 88 mole % of ethylene glycol residues as a glycol component; and
(b) an additive selected from the group consisting of metal salts of organic acids, fatty acids or esters thereof, and glycerol monostearate in an amount sufficient to prevent the polyester from sticking to calender rolls.
2. The polyester resin composition according to
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9. A process for manufacturing a polyester film or sheet, comprising
introducing a polyester resin composition in pellet, powder, or molten form between at least two adjacent calender rolls,
wherein the polyester resin composition comprises
(a) a polyester comprising
(i) 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues as an acid component, and
(ii) 12 to 31 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues and 69 to 88 mole % of ethylene glycol residues as a glycol component; and
(b) an additive selected from the group consisting of metal salts of organic acids, fatty acids or esters thereof, and glycerol monostearate in an amount sufficient to prevent the polyester from sticking to the calender rolls.
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19. A calendered film or sheet made from a polyester resin composition comprising
(a) a polyester comprising
(i) 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues as an acid component, and
(ii) 12 to 31 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues and 69 to 88 mole % of ethylene glycol residues as a glycol component; and
(b) an additive selected from the group consisting of metal salts of organic acids, fatty acids or esters thereof, and glycerol monostearate in an amount sufficient to prevent the polyester from sticking to calender rolls.
20. The calendered film or sheet according to
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/000,773 filed Dec. 1, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,729,123, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/284,615 filed Oct. 31, 2002 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,846,440); which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/576,425 filed May 22, 2000 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,551,699); which is a division of application Ser. No. 09/258,365 filed Feb. 26, 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,068,910); which claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/078,290 filed Mar. 17, 1998.
This invention relates to the manufacture of film and sheet utilizing calendering processes, and more particularly to the use of polyesters in such calendering processes.
Calendering is an economic and highly efficient means to produce film and sheet from plastics such as plasticized and rigid poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) compositions. The films and sheets usually have a thickness ranging from about 2 mils (0.05 mm) to about 45 mils (1.14 mm). They are readily thermoformed into various shapes and are used for a wide variety of packaging applications. Calendered PVC film or sheet can be used in a wide range of applications including pool liners, graphic arts, transaction cards, security cards, veneers, wall coverings, book bindings, folders, floor tiles and products which are printed or decorated or laminated in a secondary operation.
Japan Application No. Heisei 7-197213 (1995) to E. Nishimura et al. and European Patent Application 0 744 439 A1 (1996) to Y. Azuma et al. disclose the state of the art with regard to polypropylene resin compositions used in calendering processes.
In a typical calendering process line, the plastic resin is blended with specific ingredients such as stabilizers to prevent thermal degradation; modifiers for clarity, heat stability or opacity characteristics; pigments; lubricants and processing aids; anti-static agents; UV inhibitors; and flame retardants. The mixed ingredients are plasticized in a kneader or extruder. Through heat, shear and pressure, the dry powders are fused to form a homogeneous, molten material. The extruder feeds the molten material in a continuous process to the top of the calendering section of the calendering line in between first and second heated calender rolls. Typically, four rolls are used to form three nips or gaps. The rolls are configured in an "L" shape or an inverted "L" shape. The rolls vary in size to accommodate different film widths. The rolls have separate temperature and speed controls. The material proceeds through the nip between the first two rolls, referred to as the feed nip. The rolls rotate in opposite directions to help spread the material across the width of the rolls. The material winds between the first and second, second and third, third and fourth rolls, etc. The gap between rolls decreases in thickness between each of the rolls so that the material is thinned between the sets of rolls as it proceeds. After passing through the calender section, the material moves through another series of rolls where it is stretched and gradually cooled forming a film or sheet. The cooled material is then wound into master rolls. General descriptions of calendering processes are disclosed in Jim Butschli, Packaging World, p. 26-28, June 1997 and W. V. Titow, PVC Technology, 4th Edition, pp 803-848 (1984), Elsevier Publishing Co., both incorporated herein by reference.
Although PVC compositions are by far the largest segment of the calendered film and sheet business, small amounts of other thermoplastic polymers such as thermoplastic rubbers, certain polyurethanes, talc-filled polypropylene, acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene terpolymers (ABS resins) and chlorinated polyethylene are sometimes processed by calendering methods. Attempts to calender polyester polymers such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) or poly(1,4-butylene terephthalate) (PBT) have not been successful. For example, PET polymers with inherent viscosity values of about 0.6 dL/g have insufficient melt strength to perform properly on the calendering rolls. Also when the polyester is fed to the rolls at typical processing temperatures of 160� C. to 180� C., the PET polymer crystallizes causing a non-homogeneous mass which is unsuitable for further processing. The non-homogeneous mass causes undesirable high forces on the calender bearings. The tendency of polyester polymers to hydrolyze during processing in the molten or semi-molten state on rolls open to ambient conditions is also a concern. Typical PET polymers without the inclusion of process lubricants or internal release additives, also have a tendency to stick to the calendering rolls at typical processing temperatures.
Conventional processing of polyesters into film or sheet involves extruding a polyester melt through a manifold of a flat die. Manual or automatic die lip adjustment is used to control thickness across a web of material. Water-cooled chill rolls are used to quench the molten web and impart a smooth surface finish. A typical die extrusion process is shown in
Thus, there exists a need in the art for an efficient and economic process to manufacture polyester films and sheets as an alternative to extrusion processes. Accordingly, it is to the provision of such that the present invention is primarily directed.
A polyester resin composition for calendering comprises a polyester having a crystallization half time from a molten state of at least 5 minutes and an additive for preventing sticking of the polyester to calendering rolls. In another embodiment of the invention, a process for preparing a film or a sheet comprises the step of calendering such polyester resin composition.
Certain amorphous or semi-crystalline polyester resin compositions are unexpectedly capable of being calendered using conventional calendering processes to produce uniform films and sheets. The polyester resin compositions comprise a polyester having a crystallization half time from a molten state of about 5 minutes and an additive for preventing sticking to calendering rolls. The films and sheets typically have a thickness in the range of about 2 mils (0.05 mm) to about 80 mils (2 mm).
Polyesters useful in the practice of this invention include polyesters having a crystallization half time from a molten state of at least about 5 minutes, preferably about 12 minutes. The term "polyesters" as used herein is meant to include copolyesters. Amorphous polyesters are preferred because of their having a crystallization half time of infinity. Desired crystallization kinetics from the melt may also be achieved by adding polymeric additives or by altering the molecular weight characteristics of the polymer. An especially useful technique is to blend amorphous or very slow crystallizing polyester with the base polyester.
Crystallization half times as defined by the present invention are measured using a Perkin-Elmer Model DSC-2 differential scanning calorimeter. Each sample of 15.0 mg is sealed in an aluminum pan and heated to 290� C. at a rate of about 320� C./min for 2 minutes. The sample is then cooled immediately to the predetermined isothermal crystallization temperature at a rate of about 320� C./minute in the presence of helium. The crystallization half time is determined as the time span from reaching the isothermal crystallization temperature to the point of a crystallization peak on the DSC curve.
Preferred polyesters comprise (i) at least 80 mole percent of a diacid residue component selected from terephthalic acid, naphthalene-dicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, isophthalic acid or mixtures thereof and (ii) at least 80 mole percent of a diol residue component selected from diols containing 2 to about 10 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof. The diacid residue component is based on 100 mole percent, and the diol residue component is based on 100 mole percent.
For the diacid residue component, any of the various isomers of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid or mixtures of isomers may be used, but the 1,4, 1,5-, 2,6-, and 2,7- isomers are preferred. Also, cis, trans, or cis/trans isomer mixtures of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid may be used. Sulfoisophthalic acid may also be used. The diacid residue component may be modified with minor amounts of up to about 20 mole percent of other diacids containing about 4 to about 40 carbon atoms and include succinic acid, glutaric acid, azelaic acid, adipic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, dimer acid and the like.
For the diol residue component, the preferred diols include ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and mixtures thereof. More preferably, the diol residue component is from about 10 to 100 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and from about 90 to 0 mole percent ethylene glycol. The diol residue component may also be modified with up to about 20 mole percent of other diols. Suitable modifying diols include 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol, propylene glycol, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and the like.
The inherent viscosity (I.V.) of useful polyesters generally range from about 0.4 to about 1.5 dL/g, preferably about 0.6 to about 1.2 dL/g. I.V. as used herein refers to inherent viscosity determinations made at 25� C. using 0.25 gram of polymer per 100 mL of a solvent composed of 60 weight percent phenol and 40 weight percent tetrachloroethane.
The amorphous polyesters are made by melt phase techniques well known in the art. The semicrystalline polyesters may be made by a combination of melt phase and solid phase poly-condensation procedures also well known in the art.
In addition to the polyester, the polyester resin composition for calendering also includes an additive that prevents the polyester from sticking to the calendering rolls. The amount of additive used in the polyester resin composition is typically about 0.01 to 10 weight percent based on the total weight percent of the polyester resin composition. The optimum amount of additive used is determined by factors well known in the art and considers variations in equipment, material, process conditions, and material film thickness.
Additives suitable for use in the present invention are well known in the calendering art and include internal lubricants, slip agents or mixtures thereof. Examples of such additives include fatty acid amides such as erucylamide and stearamide; metal salts of organic acids such as calcium stearate and zinc stearate; fatty acids and esters such as stearic acid, oleic acid, and palmitic acid; hydrocarbon waxes such as paraffin wax, polyethylene waxes, and polypropylene waxes; chemically modified polyolefin waxes; ester waxes such as carnauba; glycerol mono- and di-stearates; talc; and acrylic copolymers (for example, PARALOID K175 available from Rohm & Haas). Antiblock and denest aids such as microcrystalline silica and erucylamide are also frequently used.
Conventional oxidative stabilizers may also be used with polyesters of the present invention to prevent oxidative degradation during processing of the molten or semi-molten material on the rolls. Suitable stabilizers include esters such as distearyl thiodipropionate or dilauryl thiodipropionate; phenolic stabilizers such as IRGANOX 1010 available from Ciba-Geigy AG, ETHANOX 330 available from Ethyl Corporation, and butylated hydroxytoluene; and phosphorus containing stabilizers such as IRGAFOS available from Ciba-Geigy AG and WESTON stabilizers available from GE Specialty Chemicals. These stabilizers may be used alone or in combinations.
Sometimes the melt viscosity and the melt strength of the polyester are insufficient for suitable processing on the calendering equipment. In these cases, the use of a melt strength enhancer is desirable such as by the addition of small amounts (about 0.1 to about 2.0 mole %) of a branching agent to the polyesters either during their initial preparation or during subsequent blending or feeding procedures prior to reaching the calendering equipment. Suitable branching agents include multifunctional acids or glycols such as trimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride, pyromellitic dianhydride, trimethylolpropane, glycerol, pentaerythritol, citric acid, tartaric acid, 3-hydroxyglutaric acid and the like. These branching agents may be added directly to the polyester or blended with the polyester in the form of a concentrate as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,654,347 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,696,176. It is also possible to use agents such as sulfoisophthalic acid to increase the melt strength of the polyester to a desirable level.
In addition to the additives described above, other additives typically used with polymers may be used as desired. These include plasticizers, dyes, colorants, pigments, fillers, matting agents, antiblocking agents, antistatic agents, chopped fibers, glass, impact modifiers, flame retardants, carbon black, talc, TiO2 and the like.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a process for preparing a film or sheet comprises the step of calendering the polyester resin composition described above. Conventional calendering processes and equipment are utilized to calender the polyester resin composition. Calenders having at least two adjacent heated rolls are suitable for processing the polyester resin composition, which is introduced between the two rolls in pellet, powder or molten form. The rolls may be in series or have a "L", an inverted "L", or a "Z" configuration. Typical processing temperatures for the rolls will generally range from about 130� C. to about 250� C., preferably about 140� C. to about 190� C. Predrying the polyester resin composition or venting excess moisture during processing is preferred to prevent polymer degradation by hydrolysis.
With reference to
The resulting film or sheet 28 made from the polyester resin composition of the present invention has a uniform thickness that is produced by passing the polyester resin composition through the compressive nips between the heated rolls. In effect, the polyester resin composition is squeezed between the nips which separates the rolls. Each successive nip between the calendering rolls reduces in opening size to obtain the final film or sheet gauge.
With reference to
The present invention of calendering a polyester resin composition has some significant advantages over extrusion of polyesters as a method of film or sheet production. One significant advantage is the retention of inherent viscosity after calendering as compared to prior to calendering. As evident by the data in Table 2, the inherent viscosity of the polyester resin composition is retained at greater than 90 percent, more preferably 95 percent.
Other advantages include high production rates, good thickness control and suitability for long, continuous production runs. For example, modern PVC calendering processes, which would be analogous to the polyester calendering processes of the present invention, produce outputs in excess of 3000 kg/hr and sheets having a thickness tolerance of +/−2% on 0.25 mm thick sheet. The sheets can have widths greater than 2500 mm. This compares quite favorably over a typical sheet extruder for producing polyester film or sheet. The typical extusion process has outputs of 500 to 750 kg/hr, has a thickness tolerance of +/−5% for a 0.25 mm thick sheet and provides a sheet width of 1000 mm. The improved consistency of films or sheets made using the calendering process allows for less set up time and less heating and cycle process adjustments during secondary forming operations. Economic advantages are also evident in terms of conversion cost per kg of sheet achieved by the high output calender processes over extrusion processes.
The present invention thus provides films and sheets made by calendering the polyester resin composition which have an excellent appearance and can be used in a wide range of decorative and packaging applications. The films and sheets are readily thermoformed into various shapes for specific packaging applications for both food and non-food products. They may be printed with a wide variety of inks and may be laminated either in-line or off-line with fabrics or other plastic films or sheets. Some specific end uses would include, graphic arts, transaction cards, security cards, veneers, wall coverings, book bindings, folders and the like.
This invention can be further illustrated by the following examples of preferred embodiments thereof, although it will be understood that these examples are included merely for purposes of illustration and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention unless otherwise specifically indicated.
Polyester compositions A and B are predried at 65� C. for 12 hours in a dehumidified dryer and compounded with various additives as listed in Table 1, using a 30 mm Werner Pfleiderer 40:1 L/D co-rotating twin screw compounding extruder.
The extruded compositions are then re-dried at 65� C. for 8 hrs and sealed in metal lined bags to prevent moisture absorption. The compositions are then calendered into films having a thickness of 0.2 mm using an automated measuring roll mill available from Dr. Collin Gmbh of Ebersberg, Germany at a set roll temperature of 165� C. Bearing force exerted on the rolls, roll torque, calenderability, weight average molecular weight, and polymer crystallinity are measured and summarized in Table 2 and
Examples 1-7 demonstrated the feasibility of calendering polyesters. Polyester A was an amorphous polyester having a crystallization half time of infinity. Polyester B has a crystallization half time of less than 5 minutes and was not readily calendered.
Using the compounding procedure of Ex. 1, a polyester containing an acid component of 100 mole % terephthalic acid and a glycol component of 12 mole % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and 88 mole % ethylene glycol (I.V. of 0.74) was compounded with 1.0 weight % zinc stearate and 1.0 weight % MYVEROL 1806. The material was heated to its molten state of 260� C. and then transferred to a hot roll mill calender. The copolyester was calendered through compressive nips on the calender rolls to a final sheet thickness of 0.65 mm. This example demonstrated the feasibility of calendering a polyester having a crystallization half time of 12 minutes.
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Australia: All Too Hard seeks third straight Grade 1 win in Australian Guineas
All Too Hard, a 4-year-old Australian-bred colt who is a half-brother to the unbeaten star sprinter Black Caviar, can win his third Group 1 of 2013 in Saturday's $515,000 Australian Guineas at Flemington Racecourse.
While All Too Hard will be a heavy favorite, he has not scared away the competition. The one-mile Guineas has drawn 17 entries, although the field will be limited to 16 starters.
Trained by John Hawkes, All Too Hard breaks from post 14 and was the 3-10 favorite in Australian future books as of Wednesday. Owned by the Vinery Stud Syndicate, All Too Hard has won 6 of 11 starts and is unbeaten in two Group 1 races over seven furlongs against older horses at Caulfield Racecourse this year – the C.F. Orr Stakes on Feb. 9 and the Futurity Stakes on Feb. 23.
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In 1897, 10 years after Pomona College formally opened its doors, The Student Life heralded joyful news with the headline - "$100,000, Pomona's First Endowment Secured." Thus was born the critical role philanthropy played, and continues to play, in securing the future of the College.
Today, 120 years later, the staff in the Office of Major Gifts works with alumni, parents and friends of the College who are as passionate about our mission as the earliest founders were and want to continue the tradition of giving with outright gifts of $100,000 or more. These "legacy" gifts establish endowments for student scholarships or provide departmental and research support funds. Major gifts can also directly support the College's efforts to build new facilities, revitalize existing ones, continue offering small classes with dedicated faculty and provide challenging opportunities for students to explore the world around them through internships and study abroad.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A potentially deadly fungus that has been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades grows on trees, a new study finds.
The team of scientists who published the research note that they were tipped off to the finding by a teen girl's science fair project.
The Cryptococcus gattii fungus triggers infections of the lungs and brains and is responsible for a full third of all AIDS-related deaths, the researchers noted. They found that three tree species -- Canary Island pine, Pohutukawa and American sweetgum -- harbor the fungus and are sources of human infection.
"Just as people who travel to South America are told to be careful about drinking the water, people who visit other areas like California, the Pacific Northwest and Oregon need to be aware that they are at risk for developing a fungal infection, especially if their immune system is compromised," study author Deborah Springer, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis at Duke University School of Medicine, said in a Duke news release.
However, she and her colleagues owe their discovery to a science fair project conducted by 13-year-old Elan Filler, who gathered tree and soil samples from areas around Los Angeles.
Elan is the daughter of Dr. Scott Filler, an infectious disease specialist the University of California, Los Angeles.
Elan sent samples of C. gattii to the researchers, who compared them with samples from HIV/AIDS patients with C. gatti infections. The samples from three of the tree species were nearly genetically identical to the samples from the patients.
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It's clear from the response to "Good Morning America's" series on the "Mommy Wars" that the decision to stay at home to raise children or continue working is a hot topic among parents, and the issues involved are numerous and complex.
In order to sift through all the different ideas "Good Morning America" recently invited several viewers to come to the Times Square Studio to share their opinions and to try to reach a consensus on the issue. The viewers were joined by three experts: "GMA" workplace contributor Tory Johnson, "O" Magazine contributor, life coach and social psychologist Martha Beck and Wendy Sachs, the author of "How She Really Does It: Secrets of Successful Stay-at Work Moms."
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Many moms felt very strongly about the issues at stake. Debbie Cureton said she thought it was vital that mothers be home for their young kids.
"I want women that have children -- and I'm going to get pounded for this -- but I want women that have children to raise them themselves. I have older children and I know it's fleeting, and the bottom line is I think moms should be there for those younger years."
Kimberly Abram agreed.
"I only get one chance with them (my children), to nurse them... to be there for them for those formative years," said Abram, who is a licensed attorney in New York and New Jersey but chose to leave the workforce to raise her children.
Shelly Winters, a single mom, said economic factors complicated the issue, however.
"The bottom line is that there are a lot of women in this society who cannot (stay home with their children), myself as one of them, and I don't want to be looked down upon or made to feel guilty about the fact that I have to go out into the workforce," Winters said.
Martha Beck said mothers need to stop letting others make them feel guilty for their decision to work or stay home.
"I think society is going to continue to be polarized on this," Beck said. "I think there will continue to be angry, judgmental minorities on each side. So what I'd like to say to individuals out there who are struggling with this is, 'don't wait for society [to] stop judging you. Stop judging yourself.' Get away by yourself and ask, 'How today can I love my children, love myself, love my life?'"
Mom Shani Binkowski agreed.
"I think the underlying thing that bothered me was seeing the ... pitting against each other," Binkowski said. "I have friends who have ended a friendship because of all the judgmental -- you know -- about the way they mother, and being home and not being home."
In the 1970s, Terri Hekker was a vocal advocate for the view that all mothers should stay home and raise their children. She even wrote a book about it -- "Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Glories of Being a Full-Time Housewife." But on her 40th wedding anniversary, Hekker's husband left her for a younger woman. And Hekker, who hadn't worked since her children were born, was left emotionally and financially blindsided.
"Most of us who are full-time homemakers [who wer] just supporting our husbands were left with nothing," Hekker said. "I mean the courts do not recognize a contribution to a marriage by a woman my age. I was 63."


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No one was injured in an officer-involved shooting that took place Thursday evening during a high-speed chase in Grand Rapids.
The Itasca County Sheriff's Office was involved in the chase in the Blackberry area at approximately 5:35 p.m., according to a press release. It started as a domestic assault call.
The sheriff's office requested assistance from the Grand Rapids Police Department with the pursuit, which went up to 100 miles per hour.
During the pursuit, the suspect vehicle tried to ram and run police cars and civilian vehicles off the road, according to Grand Rapids police.
When the vehicle entered Grand Rapids, a police officer fired a weapon at the vehicle. He has been identified as Officer William Saw, a 3 year veteran on the Grand Rapids police force. Authorities said no one was hit or injured.
The pursuit ended 10 miles south of Grand Rapids. The suspect was apprehended with help from the Minnesota State Patrol.
He is 17-years-old and from Grand Rapids. He now faces multiple felonies including: domestic assault, use of deadly force against a peace officer, and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle. Lesser charges include DWI and duty to drive with due.
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Repent, Dick CheneyMarch 07,2013WASHINGTON Dick Cheney certainly gives certainty a black eye.
In a documentary soon to appear on Showtime, The World According to Dick Cheney, Americas most powerful and destructive vice president woos history by growling yet again that he was right and everyone else was wrong.
R.J. Cutler, who has done documentaries on the Clinton campaign war room and Anna Wintours Vogue war paint room, now chronicles Cheneys war boom.
If I had to do it over again, the 72-year-old says chillingly of his reign of error, Id do it over in a minute.
Cheney, who came from a family of Wyoming Democrats, says his conservative bent was strengthened watching the anti-Vietnam War protests at the University of Wisconsin, where he was pursuing a doctorate and dodging the draft.
I can remember the mime troupe meeting there and the guys that ran around in white sheets with the entrails of pigs, dripping blood, he said. Maybe if hed paid more attention to the actual war, conducted with a phony casus belli in a country where we did not understand the culture, he wouldnt have propelled America into two more Vietnams.
The documentary doesnt get to the dark heart of the matter about the man with the new heart.
Did he change, after the shock to his body of so many heart procedures and the shock to his mind of 9/11? Or was he the same person, patiently playing the courtier, once code-named Backseat by the Secret Service, until he found the perfect oblivious frontman who would allow him to unleash his harebrained, dictatorial impulses?
Talking to Cutler in his deep headmasters monotone, Cheney dispenses with the fig leaf of we. He no longer feigns deference to W., whom he now disdains for favoring Condi over him in the second term and for not pardoning Cheneys Cheney, Scooter Libby.
I had a job to do, he said.
Continuing: I got on the telephone with the president, who was in Florida, and told him not to be at one location where we could both be taken out. Cheney kept W. flying aimlessly in the air on 9/11 while he and Lynn left on a helicopter for a secure undisclosed location, leaving Washington in a bleak, scared silence, with no one reassuring the nation in those first terrifying hours.
I gave the instructions that wed authorize our pilots to take it out, he says, referring to the jet headed to Washington that crashed in a Pennsylvania field. He adds: After Id given the order, it was pretty quiet. Everybody had heard it, and it was obviously a significant moment.
This guy makes Al Haig look like a shrinking violet.
When they testified together before the 9/11 Commission, W. and Cheney kept up a pretense that in a previous call, the president had authorized the vice president to give a shoot-down order if needed. But the commission found no documentary evidence for this call.
In his memoir, W. described feeling blindsided again and again. In this film, the blindsider is the eminence grise who was supposed to shore up the untested president. The documentary reveals the Iago lengths that Cheney went to in order to manipulate the unprepared junior Bush. Vice had learned turf fighting from a maniacal master of the art, his mentor Donald Rumsfeld.
When he was supposed to be vetting vice presidential candidates, Cheney was actually demanding so much material from them that there was always something to pick on. He filled W.s head with stories about conflicts between presidents and vice presidents sparked by the vice presidents ambition, while protesting that he himself did not want the job.
In an unorthodox move, he ran the transition, hiring all his people, including Bush seniors nemesis, Rummy, and sloughing off the Friends of George; then he gave himself an all-access pass.
He was always goosing up W.s insecurities so he could take advantage of them. To make his crazy and appallingly costly detour from Osama to Saddam, and cherry-pick his fake case for invading Iraq, he played on W.s fear of being lampooned as a wimp, as his father had been.
But after Vice kept W. out of the loop on the Justice Departments rebellion against Cheneys illegal warrantless domestic spying program, the relationship was ruptured. It was too late to rein in the feverish vice president, except to tell him he couldnt bomb a nuclear plant in the Syrian desert.
Condi was on the wrong side of all those issues, Cheney rumbled to Cutler.
Cheney still hearts waterboarding. Are you going to trade the lives of a number of people because you want to preserve your honor? he asked, his voice dripping with contempt.
I dont lie awake at night thinking, gee, what are they going to say about me? he sums up.
Theyre going to say you were a misguided powermonger who, in a paranoid spasm, led this nation into an unthinkable calamity. Sleep on that.
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Caught in despair.
Swinging on you.
Why should I care?
What should I do?
The moral of the story here.
I'm more relaxed.
Why can't you just listen here?
The greater, the better, the
With a little more anguish.
I'll be teething.
I'm not the greatest,
But I'll be the last one bleeding.
Come and get as I tear through
these gums.
Chomping you to bits.
Making me numb.
The taste of this.
May seem fun.
Stay a little longer.
I'm not finished with you yet.
Mistakes have been made by
either you or me.
What can I say?
We've got more to achieve.
We claw out our throats.
Pluck out our eyes.
Strangle and choke.
What a surprise.
We are no good.
But that doesn't stop it.
We know we should.
We know we should drop it.
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Protestors gathered today outside of the congressman's office inside the Paper Valley Hotel.
Protestors gathered today outside of the congressman's office inside the Paper Valley Hotel.
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"I believe you have been gravely misinformed regarding my intentions," Congressman Ribble said. "I believe we should pursue reasonable, bipartisan efforts to preserve and protect social security for both current seniors, as well as future generations."
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When a rainbow is painted across the sky
And the colors are still not quite dry,
Any passing bird or butterfly
Will, with wings outspread, come too close
And be brushed upon with vibrant dose.
They will carry these hues away with them
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Posted by Anonymous on 09/24/2013
The Yaya Tea Garden menu is made fresh on a daily basis, as well as having teas and shakes. They have an active service, and welcome anybody into their congenial, welcoming atmosphere.
Posted by Ashley on 01/21/2012
I go to M.S.131, so sometimes me and my friends head to Yaya's. I love the drinks and the food there. It looks like a mini Japanese Restaurant. I am so happy that they come with the small ones now! The price seems a little pricy but the drinks and the food are really yummy. I would defintely recommend this to everyone because everyone should definetly come! :)
Posted by Victoria F on 01/19/2011
I been going to Yaya when they were located in their old location in Hester street and I been a loyal customer since. Yaya offer a combination of delicious Japanese food with a mixture of unique teas that most places in chinatown don't offer. I love the Salmon rice ball and the Takoyaki which I always get with Lychee Jasmine Green tea. I hang around Chinatown and LES a lot and this is one of my favorite places that I go to at least once a week when I want to have great authentic tea with good food.
Posted by Sonia on 08/30/2009
I had been coming to Yaya for a long time and I love the variety of food, from the Japanese Style sandwich to the Onigiri (Rice Ball). I also must order the Lychee white tea (In Ice) which always is make fresh while I wait. I have recommended Yaya to many of my friends and they all have been back for sure. If your are looking for a cute spot to have some spectacular fresh tea with a combination of Japanese Food that wont hurt your wallet than Yaya is the place.
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lavender latte is awesome. Staff is friendly, food is consistent (chicken mushroom soup). Prices are great.
Posted by Overall ellent on 08/05/2008
I randomly walked into Yaya's Tea House one day and ordered the Japanese Style Sandwich. Already, I thought the name of it sounded interesting and once I took a bite into it, it was actually good. From then on, I always ate at Yaya's when I was in the neighborhood. The people there is also really nice too. Overall, I would recommend Yaya's Tea House. The prices of the food is pretty cheap too.


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I haven't been shopping in a while, but I was able to justify my purchases for two reasons. One, it was for work. And two, I still had the gift card my seester gave me for my birthday. I only got three things and two of those three were primarily for work. Boring, right? WRONG! Okay, so the work pants weren't the most exciting, but they were "elegant red" and I couldn't pass them up.
Today I ditched the standard "professional" look, but still didn't opt for jeans. I was feeling more than confident in my new dark heather gray maxi skirt from Victoria's Secret, new StyleMint Lincoln T in Royal Blue, and my black Isaac Mizrahi for Target booties. With my hair in a low side ponytail, I grabbed a few accessories and headed out the door...I was really quite pleased with the final product. I wish I had a complete head-to-toe photo, but these choppy ones will just have to do!
It's so much fun to switch it up a bit from the daily denim. I'm fairly certain I haven't worn a maxi skirt since jr. high when it probably wasn't "cool" to do so, but I was just feeling the vibe with this one. Not to mention that I was told that my "ass looks great" in it. Seriously. Not a bad way to start a Tuesday.


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[This is a followup to my 2008 post on Flash performance over RDP.]
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is being released to the masses today, and the graphics improvements Microsoft picked up when they bought Calista are now released as RemoteFX. This RDP 7.1 update should provide better display performance for those forced by a cruel and uncaring universe to make Adobe Flash available over RDP over broadband. One hopes.
The most effective course of action remains to block Flash advertisements at the proxy server (squid + adzapper, or Privoxy), and require the user to enable Flash when needed. If the Flash file (.swf, say) is blocked, multiply all your performance hits by 0 — there's nothing to transfer or optimize. Block all the junk you don't need.
IE7Pro has worked well on 2003, but it doesn't work properly on 2008R2, and development is closed (and stagnated?). It shouldn't be so difficult….
Globally Disable and Enable Flash
Toggle Flash is an IE plug-in that toggles Flash (clear enough).
Changing a registry entry is all that's required to enable and disable Flash. (see below)
Possibly, on terminal server login, disable Flash. User must explicitly re-enable it.
Powershell (scripting out loud….)
<# flashwatch.ps1 Enable flash. Hang around a while and after 15 minutes or so, keep an eye on Internet Explorer. If IE isn't running, disable Flash again.todo: make sure only one copy of this script is running per user.#> function flash-disable { $RegKey ="HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}" Set-ItemProperty -path $RegKey -name Flags -value 1 } function flash-enable { $RegKey ="HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}" Set-ItemProperty -path $RegKey -name Flags -value 0 } flash-enable sleep -s 900 $keeprunning = $true while ($keeprunning) { if ((Get-Process "iexplore" -ea SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null){ flash-disable $keeprunning = $false } else { sleep -s 60 } }
A timestamp would be better. Enable -> write timestamp. Have periodic job check if time is expired (New-Timespan), and disable Flash after. Powershell is awkward. It's odd when Perl is easier….
Limit Flash to Specific Domains
IE 8 – per-site ActiveX Control
Per-Site ActiveX Controls
How to Disable Adobe Flash Animations for All but White-Listed Sites in Internet Explorer 8
regedit /s flash_allow.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
The user can just say "run on all sites" so you may have to regularly remove
Problems with Per-Site ActiveX Controls
- Annoying information bar which is IMPOSSIBLE TO SHUT UP.
- User can just add all sites.
- Setting is per-user setting, so it's a PIA to restrict to specific machines (GP loopback).
IE 9 – ActiveX Filtering
IE 9 (currently at RC) is set to include ActiveX Filtering, enabling you to restrict ActiveX controls to certain domains. But it's apparently global. You can restrict or allow all ActiveX controls on certain sites, but you can't restrict individual controls. It would be desirable to be able to restrict the Flash plug-in to youtube.com, or to restrict AlternaTIFF to designated sites. Being able to specify these per machine would be better yet. This looks passably adequate.
"Sites you have not approved cannot run these controls, and the browser will not show prominent notifications prompting you to install or enable them." Hallelujah, Brother.
How To Manage Your Internet Explorer 9 ActiveX Filtering Exceptions
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