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Hello Kitty Town Land, Johor, Malaysia
Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park is the latest theme park attraction in Asia as at end of 2012. The 60,000 sq feet indoor facility will comprise of Sanrio Hello Kitty Town, The Little Big Club and Lat's Place, this indoor theme park is in the state of Johor, Malaysia. The Little Big Club is designed around HIT Entertainment's popular characters namely Thomas & Friends™, Bob the Builder™, Angelina Ballerina™; Barney & Friends™ and Pingu™. Lat's Place is a themed family restaurant of the popular local cartoonist, Lat. At a later date, the 300-room Traders Hotel, managed by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts group will be opened. There will be a 100,000 sq. ft. of retail space of shopping to complement the full day of entertainment activity at the themepark.
Sanrio Hello Kitty Town is a themepark is located in Nusujaya within Iskandar in Johor, Malaysia. Hello Kitty Town in Johor, Malaysia will be the first Sanrio Hello Kitty Theme Park outside of Japan. The cartoon character is highly popular in Asia.
The four storey entertainment centre in Puteri Harbor will host walk-through attractions, play structures, various interactive activities and a Hello Kitty-themed rides.
Among the main attractions available here are :
- Black Wonder – a hi-tech interactive themed experience
- Kitty House – an iconic Hello Kitty house complete with living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
- The "Purrfect" stage - An area for live performance where Hello Kitty, My Melody, Little Twin Stars among others will be featured.
At the Wishful Studio, visitors can enjoy jewelry making, costume dress up at the photo studio and visit the nail salon to decorate their nails with Sanrio characters nail art. For a memorable experience, make your own Hello Kitty doll at the doll factory or make your own Hello Kitty shaped cookie at Cookie Studio.
Friendship Land is a playground with tea cup rides and with opportunities for phot-taking with Hello Kitty and friends. This is where children can celebrate birthday with Hello Kitty at Apple and Strawberry Party Rooms.
From Hello Kitty, hop over the to the next 2 levels of the complex to visit Little Big Club, to mingle with popular TV characters : Thomas & Friends™, Bob the Builder™, Angelina Ballerina™; Barney & Friends™ and Pingu™.
Hello Kitty Show Times
Weekday Schedule @ level 1 :
|10am to 10.30am
|Meet & Greet Hello Kitty & Dear Danile
|Hello Kitty Entrance
|11am to 11.30am
|Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Photo Opportunity
|12pm to 12.30pm
|Mini Show - Hello Kitty Heartful Journey
|Purfect Stage
|1pm to 1.30pm
|Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Photo Opportunity
|2pm to 2.30pm
|Meet & Greet Batz Maru & Mr. Melody
|Purfect Stage
|3pm to 3.30pm
|Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Photo Opportunity
|4pm to 4.30pm
|Parade - Happy Carnival
|Parade Route & Purfect Stage
Weekend & Public Holiday Scedule @ level 1 :
|10am to 10.30am
|Meet & Greet Hello Kitty & Dear Danile
|Hello Kitty Entrance
|11am to 11.30am
|Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Photo Opportunity
|11.30am to 12pm
|Parade - Happy Carnival
|Purfect Stage
|12.30pm to 1pm
|Mini Show - Hello Kitty Heartful Journey
|1.30pm to 2pm
|Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel Photo Opportunity
|Purfect Stage
|3pm to 3.30pm
|Mini Show - Hello Kitty Heartful Journey
|4pm to 4.30pm
|Parade - Happy Carnival
|Parade Route & Purfect Stage
Transport to Hello Kitty Land Town in Nusajaya in Iskandar, Johor, Malaysia
How do you get there? You can choose to drive on your own, else you can hire Porter Xpress door-to-door private & personalised transport service. If you travel in a group, then we can arrange a cozy aircon deluxe passenger van or MPV. With our convenient service, you can have us pick you up ay airport, your residence, office, hotel or airport, anywhere in Singapore. Vehicle hire with driver for hours or full day is also available - ideal if you want to visit other parts of Johor Bahru for shopping or food.
Ticket Pass Prices (Non-Malaysians) :
- Sanrio Hello Kitty Town : RM75 per adult or child
- The Little Big Club : RM75 per adult or child
- 2 Park Pass : RM110 per adult or child
Hello Kitty Town opening hours
- Monday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm
- Closed on Tuesday except during school holiday and public holiday
Full Day of Fun
For a full day or 2 of fun, ask for our extended service to take you to Legoland malaysia and for shopping at Johor Premium Outlet and other malls namely, KSL City Mall and Danga City Mall. Before heading back to Singapore, have us stop for you to have dinner of authentic Malaysian local food or inexpensive seafood at restaurant.
For enquiry on private transport to and from Hello Kitty Land Malaysia, please drop us an email here. Provide us your pickup details, along information on the number of pax, so we can arrange an appropriate vehicle to take you to and from Singapore to Premium Outlet Johor. You will not be disappointed with our transport rates at comparable service - hassle free, door-to-door private transport service ! You specify the pickup time and address you like - at your convenience !
Hotels near Legoland Malaysia
Thistle Hotel : Located in the hear of Johor Bahru city area, it is about 25 mins drive from Hello Kitty Land Town Thempark
Legoland Hotel : Located at Nusajaya, Johor, it will be the 4th LEGOLAND Hotel in the world and the first in Asia to be completed by 2014.
Tune Hotel : Located at Danga Bay, Johor, is it about 20 minutes drive from Legoland.
Pulai Spring Resort : A golf country club and resort, it offer accommodationin hotel style.
Puteri Pacific Hotel : Located in JB city, it is about 35 mins drive from Legoland Malaysia
Zon Regency Hotel : Lcoated in JB city and near the border to Singapore, it is 40 mins drive from Legoland


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Fashion experts have analysed the evolution of Catherine's streamlined silhouette and sleek sense of style she portrays today.
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Gaia is the planet on which Final Fantasy VII takes place. The planet is portrayed as a living being, and the Lifestream its blood and spirit.
One of the first Dungeons & Dragons fantasy universes ever created.
The region explored in the third generation of Pokémon. Hoenn was designed from the get-go to have 50% land and 50% water, a first for the series, in order to follow the story or Groudon and Kyogre.
Hollow Bastion is an important location in the Kingdom Hearts series.
The Setting for the second generation of Pokemon (Gold, Silver, Crystal). This region is home to 100 new and exclusive Pokemon that did not appear in the original Versions. This is also the setting of Pokemon anime seasons 3-5.
The region explored in the first generation of Pokémon adventures.
A large Greek mountain where the very early Olympic games started, it was also believed that the Greek/Roman gods 'lived' at the very top of the mountain.
A central shopping point in Persona 3. The player can buy weapons, armor, or other items available in the stores around the mall.
The island where Gekkoukan High is built on. Where most of the important events happen in the game.
Pride Lands from Disney's "The Lion King" is a playable world in the movie tie-in of the same name and in Kingdom Hearts II.
The state in which Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place; it includes three main cities based on real locations, as well as several smaller towns and other landmarks.
Sinnoh is the region in which players play in the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum games and is the setting of Pokemon anime seasons 10-13.
The Mushroom Kingdom is the fanciful world where many of Mario's adventures take place. The kingdom also hosted various sporting events like Mario Kart racing, tennis, and golf.
Traverse Town is a haven for those who have had their world destroyed by the Heartless. The town acts as a central hub for Kingdom Hearts.
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In response to softlaw2's comment:
Keeping him out for 9 games vs losing another full year of control is probably the smart move here.
Add to it that the kid has yet to play AAA ball and I think the answer is obvious.
Let him get his hacks in at Pawtucket then bring him up to aclimate him to the big leagues for next season.
Who knows, as often as Ellsbury seems to be able to injure himself, JBJ may get a lot of ML playing time this year.
Chris, you seem to be doing nothing more than repeating buzz phrases like "control", and spouting out the reflex company line. There is no "control", it's called arbitration award. Bradley's arbitration award, in 7 years vs. his market for one year of FA is something that you don't have a clue about. Ellsbury's getting nearly 10 million a year from arbitration awards. The notion that the Red Sox need to focus less on the best line-up for winning as many of the first or any 9 baseball games during the first half of the season, just to bean count on what would amount to 5 or 10M speculative costs 7 years from now, that's utterly incompetent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the notion that a couple more weeks of AAA, because he hasn't done AAA yet, is lazy bugaboo! Lebron James didn't play college basketball.
Management will actually go on the PR crusade to defend a move like this, which can't be defended because it's a big market team who spends a fortune on toilet seats and gets no points for a bureaucratic hypocritical bean counting move like this!
I notice this guy is acting as of Bradley on the roster means that he'll be a bench OF'er because Ellsbury is in CF? What! If the Red Sox management is so stupid that they don't start Bradley in LF, they are more incompetent than I though. Gomes and Nava or Sweeney or Carp, Red Sox fans should boycott if they make a move like that.
It's real simple. 7 years from now, if Bradley is still around and fit and playing well in MLB as a starter, it's a grain of sand on a beach for the Red Sox to spend on the difference in the arbitration award and first free agent year for Bradley, Jr. If they don't like him enough to sign him to a FA contract, they don't need to be doing this stupid nonsense they are doing with Ellsbury. They need to trade him before it gets to this nonsense.
The best lineup to give the Red Sox the best chance to win any set of 9 games during the first half of the season to see if they want to become a minor league exhibition team like last year's 2nd half or not, the best lineup since they refuse to trade Ellsbury is:
Bradley LF (reamins to be seen but gets on base and has speed)
Ellsbury CF (hits LP and RP very similarly)
Shane RF (hits LHP decently because he's not really a switchhitter)
Gomes should be the 4th OF'er, Nava should be the 5th OF'er/backup 1st base.
Gomes and Nava should DH until Ortiz comes off the DL.
Bradley gives the team charisma, excitement, the leadership of a proven championship player, and it gives them a very strong, overall, defensive OF. Better to have Shane's v. LP starting than Gomes.
Gomes is the perfect pinch hitter bat, once Ortiz comes back. If the game is late, and they trail and they need the long ball, Gomes is perfect guy to pinch hit for everyone in the lineup except for Middlebrooks Pedroia and Napoli. Unless someone is red hot in those situations, Gomes should pinch hit for Ellsbury or Bradley or the SS and catcher slot.
Gomes should play the OF as little as possible. Sweeney should be waived and assigned to the minors if he clears waivers, and there is a good chance he will.
The last place I want this kid to play is back in the minor leagues!


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The Texas Farm Bureau's political arm, AGFUND, declined to endorse either Gov. Rick Perry or Bill White at its July meeting on Wednesday.
The Farm Bureau has never endorsed a Democratic candidate for governor before.
Gene Hall, a spokesman for the bureau, said AGFUND board members wanted to get more input from the various bureau districts before making their decision. AGFUND won't meet again to discuss a potential endorsement until Sept. 20.
"They don't feel any sense of urgency to make that decision now," Hall said.
Bob Stein, a Rice University political science professor, said the Trans-Texas Corridor has hurt Perry in rural communities, especially in East Texas.
"I'm sure there is a big fight in the Farm Bureau about endorsing him," Stein said. "[Perry's] hoping for a draw, for no endorsement. That's how bad things have gotten for him."
As the summer wears on and the rhetoric heats up, Perry and White are attempting to position themselves for a final push in the fall.
Both The Washington Post's "The Fix" and The Cook Political Report, a Washington political newsletter that tracks congressional and gubernatorial races, said the Texas governor's race is a toss-up.
"'A toss-up' is a little generous," Stein said, pointing out that Texas is a Republican state and 2010 seems like a Republican year. "This is still Rick Perry's election to lose."
As the summer season winds down and the campaigns gear up for the fall, ubiquitious campaign commercials have started to hit the air.
The White campaign started running an ad focusing on White's biography on San Antonio television Tuesday. The Back to Basics Political Action Committee has also put an ad up, attacking Perry's decision to mandate teenage girls receive the HPV vaccine.
"They're starting early because Bill White's name recognition is only about 60-70 percent," Stein said. He said that outside of Houston, White is best known for the city's effective response to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike.
The key to winning voters in the fall will be the messages and themes the campaigns use to frame the issues for voters.
"The White campaign has struck a theme on competence and fresh ideas," Stein said. "There's some reason to believe that when the voters find out that Perry has been in office for 10 years, that's going to work against Perry."
One White campaign spokeswoman said the framing for the fall would come down to whether voters buy the Democratic campaign mantra that Perry is in it for himself.
Perry campaign spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said the campaign is happy where it is.
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If Sarah Selecky Comes to Whistler in the Fall were a Sarah Selecky short story, then:
• There is a 50% chance that the character Sarah Selecky would sleep with someone inappropriate,
• Everyone in the story would drink too much wine,
• Someone would be involved in a pyramid sales scheme, and
• The supporting characters would be conflicted about procreation (generally in favour of it) and parenthood (not quite so sure). *
(*based on a completely unscientific analysis of Selecky's Commonwealth Book Prize and Giller Prize nominated collection of stories, This Cake is for the Party (and not meant in any way to reflect on the moral fibre of the real life Sarah Selecky.))
If Sarah Selecky Is Really Coming to Whistler This Fall to Be Our Writer-in-Residence were a piece of creative non-fiction or literary journalism, or even straight-up facts-with-no-flourishes-journalism, then:
• Selecky would be the 6th writer-in-residence in 5 years to take up residence in Whistler's Station House on Alta Lake,
• She would be most likely to find traces of her predecessors on the bookshelf of the house, as it is not imagined that Brian Brett (2010), Wayne Grady (2009), Merilyn Simonds (2009), Canada Jane Dorsey (2008) or Paulette Bourgeois (2007) would have written their names on the back of the washroom door.
• She would be the first guest author whose Writer-in-Residence program would be supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
• She would be working with 12 students on manuscripts of their choice, but they will need to enrol by August 12 by contacting Stella Harvey at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Codemasters has consulted its Delphic oracle, and the publisher today bears news that Rise of the Argonauts is set for release this fall. Reimagining the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts, the action role-playing game is being developed for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
The game tells the story of King Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece in an attempt to revive his assassinated queen. The tale will find Jason helming the Argo along with a handful of helpful heroes serving as his Argonauts, including Hercules, Atalanta, Pan, and Achilles.
Rise of the Argonauts will combine a real-time combat system featuring team combos, parries, and on-the-fly weapon switching with RPG elements like upgradeable weapons and branching story arcs. It has not yet been rated, but Codemasters is promising "brutal, lethal combat" in the game, complete with finishing moves.
Rise of the Argonauts is being developed by Liquid Entertainment, which has previously worked on The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, and Desperate Housewives.


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Dip in to scour the latest Deadline Day titbits...
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Slick as shit off a hot shovel through butter…
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Yet it took them 1.5 dodgy penalties to get 3 points?
Yes, we do practice this little bit in training
I love them, there's nothing you can do against the love you have for your favorite team :-/
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Quite frankly the type of beautiful football I wanna see in the Prem. Awesome .gifs for Christmas!
Pft. Who do they think they are? Liverpool?
Arteta's and Cazorla's are classy whilst Wilshere's is blatantly a mis-control :D
Too bad the point of the game is to score more goals than the other team. I'm getting tired of Arsenal slowly passing the ball around. Score a damned goal if you're so good!
Classy from Wilshere. The pass of the move right at the end.


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How to Dress Like a Ballet Dancer
Have you ever wanted to incorporate dance into your everyday outfits? Here is where you can learn what to do, and what not to do.
1Get appropriate headgear. You can make a tight bun, which always looks nice, but if you want a dance look that's more relaxed, you can have a ponytail with a cute headband. Sometimes, using hair ribbons or barrettes from past costumes can look really cute.Ad
2Wear a ballet top. You can wear a form fitting tee shirt or tank with a sweater, or if you're going to a dance class you can wear a leotard with a flirty shrug. Some girls also like to wear a ballet warm-up sweater (they have tons at discountdance.com) with a lacy cami. Also, if you attend, or have ever attended, dance competitions, the tee shirts they sell there (like at Fire & Ice or USTD) look really good over a cami.
3Look for lengthy leg coverage. Anything that elongates the legs is good. Good jeans, or a nice denim mini. Wearing leg warmers with a skirt also looks really cute, if you know how to do it. Don't wear funky-patterned legwarmers with a funky skirt. Aim for simple, like solid-colored leg warmers with a denim miniskirt.
4Find sweet footwear. You should wear some shoes like athletic tennis shoes or flats. Also, socks should be low cut.
5Add the extras, like some jewelry with the word "dance" or ballet slippers.Ad
We could really use your help!
- Be careful if you wear tutus over jeans or leggings you may get strange looks.
- Wear pastel colours and try to squeeze a little black in.
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Have you seen the video of the Golden Eagle as it tries to snatch a kid in Montreal? It's an incredible video that's been viewed more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours. It's also fake. The internet community was skeptical of the viral video when it was released, but it looks like… Read more »


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Vertica 5.0 Software Release
Vertica 5.0 brings a host of new features to the Vertica Analytics Platform, delivering greater analytical power, cloud enablement, availability and ease of use to the analytic marketplace:
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Here is a list of the major new features included in the Vertica 5.0 release:
- Software Development Kit. Vertica 5.0 provides users, developers and partners with a robust SDK to write custom methods for analyzing data directly in the Vertica database. Users can implement MapReduce and other user-defined functions through standard SQL queries.
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- Performance Improvements. Extending Vertica's lead in real-time analytics for real-world applications, Vertica 5.0 delivers performance enhancements throughout the Vertica Analytics Platform in areas such as subqueries, database statistics, lifecycle management, query optimization, data resegmentation and join filtering.
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- Elasticity and Cluster Cloning. Vertica 5.0 delivers enhanced elasticity features that enable dynamic expansion and contraction of clusters over 20x faster in every deployment scenario – cloud, virtual and physical – allowing users to quickly create additional capacity as needed. In addition, Vertica 5.0 offers full cluster cloning capabilities for on-demand creation of Vertica databases for any workload with auto-sizing and auto-tuning across different topologies and physical designs. This allows users to quickly spin off subsets of their databases for analytical sandboxes or focused analysis of complex data.


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Baraclude (entecavir), a new oral drug developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb, recently approved by the European Commission for treatment of chronic hepatitis B viral (HBV) infections, is expected to become available in a few months in some countries of the EU, the Middle East and Africa.
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11 Jul 06
The FDA has approved Tibotec and Johnson & Johnson's HIV drug Prezista, enabling it to join Boehringer Ingelheim's recently launched Aptivus as one of just two second-generation protease inhibitors currently available. However, competition will be fierce as both drugs target similar patients in a crowded market where small differences in marketing approaches could impact hugely on sales.
10 Jul 06
ROCHE is set to file for a new indication for its oral, targeted cancer drug Xeloda® following impressive new data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference (ASCO).
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09 Jul 06
Pharmaceutical companies are renowned for exhaustive pages of regulatory reports and documentation procedures. An enormous amount of effort goes into creating and maintaining these documentations, usually by people for whom it is only a small part of their job.
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Todays Headlines from across the DailyUpdates network (July 7th, 2006) - In today's edition we highlight Biomarin's development of the novel antihypertensive 6R-BH4 and new research describing a promising molecular target for future sepsis therapeutics.
05 Jul 06
Todays Headlines from across the DailyUpdates network (from DailyUpdates 5th July)- Although press releases are quite thin on the ground today because of the July 4th holiday in the US, Abiogen have released important information regarding the start of phase 2 testing of the company's anxiolytic, ABIO 08/01. In addition we feature a review describing a potentially groundbreaking drug delivery technology. This technology harnesses protein transduction domains (PTDs), endogenous peptide sequences
05 Jul 06
A recent Department of Health study showed that healthcare associated infection (HCAI) affects 8 per cent of acute admissions to hospitals. These infections can delay discharge home by up to 11 days. For the NHS in England this represents a loss of 3.6 million bed days, with a projected cost of £1 billion a year.
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29 Jun 06
The leading pharmaceutical companies have historically focused on developing small molecules to drive their bottom line growth. However, this is set to change, with around 60% of revenue growth for 'Big Pharma' companies forecast to come from biologic products. In fact by 2010, annual sales of biologics will have increased by $26 billion, compared to a $13 billion increase for small molecules.
27 Jun 06
Todays Headlines from across the DailyUpdates network - Today we feature news from Vasogen on their candidate treatment of chronic heart failure plus new data from Johnson & Johnson on a new integrin antagonist that may underly a future treatment of asthma
27 Jun 06
While the number of individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) is set to grow only minimally in next two decades, the condition still represents a key health risk, for both society and the individual. For example, MDD is a leading cause of disability and under-diagnosis remains a problem. Furthermore, the leading classes of MDD drugs have been linked to increased suicidality.
21 Jun 06
Todays Headlines from across the DailyUpdates network (20th June, 2006): We highlight research from Merck who are developing a novel approach to anxiety and news from ArQule on their oncology candidate
20 Jun 06
Todays Headlines from across the DailyUpdates network (19th June - 2006): Today we feature over 60 breaking journal articles including our featured study discussing the development of a new antibody being developed for HIV-1. In addition we highlight news from Micromet on their antibody therapy for the treatment of NHL
19 Jun 06
Cell Therapeutics has announced positive phase III data for Xyotax in non-small cell lung cancer, with the drug significantly increasing survival in pre-menopausal female patients with high estrogen levels. However, with such a limited patient population, Xyotax will struggle to compete with Sanofi-Aventis' Taxotere, Eli Lilly's Gemzar and genericized paclitaxel in cost-constrained markets.
19 Jun 06
In today's edition of DailyUpdates we report on CD40:CD40L. Traditionally a target for autoimmune/transplant therapeutics, we highlight a study supporting the development of blockers of CD40:CD40L as candidate treatments of Alzheimer's disease. We also highlight a new oncology candidate in development by Lorus
16 Jun 06
In today's edition of DailyUpdates we headline with news from CuraGen and TopoTarget on a new trial evaluating the combination of an HDAC inhibitor an cis-retinoid acid. In addition we highlight research from Wyeth suggesting a new approach to depression
14 Jun 06
Data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Atlanta this month suggest that administering the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor Erbitux (cetuximab) fortnightly rather than weekly in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is a feasible option. Another study probing whether scaling up the dose, to the point where patients experience the significant rash linked to long survival, achieves a better response, shows high doses are well tolerated.
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12 Jun 06
Today's edition highlights news from Metabolex announcing the initiation of a Phase 2/3 trial of a novel insulin sensitizer, metaglidasen. In addition we discuss research published by Advanced Life Sciences who are making exciting breakthroughs moving towards the treatment of HIV Tuberculosis co-infection which has become a global catastrophe.
10 Jun 06
Breakthroughs in our understanding of the Ubiquitin system are increasingly being routed towards clinical applications. Targeting Ubiquitin for Drug Discovery and Development conference has assembled leaders from industrial and academic research to discuss the state of the art and prospects for the future. With the FDA approval and commercialization of Velcade, scientists are now beginning to see the potential of this ever expanding science. New therapeutic targets are being explored and implica
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Today we report on the FDA approval of Merck's HPV vaccine, the first such vaccine to be approved in the US; and a candidate treatment for various cardiovascular diseases
08 Jun 06
DailyUpdates 2nd June: In today's edition of DailyUpdates we highlight exciting new data on the potential use of the antihypertensive, losartan as a modulator of insulin release and production and hence a directly acting therapeutic for the treatment of diabetes. This supplements additional beneficial activity resulting from blood pressure control. In addition we report on European approval of Thelin, Encysive's candidate for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension
08 Jun 06
Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability in the US, and is estimated to be the eighth most common cause of disability worldwide, with around 89 million adults in the seven major markets having a form of symptomatic osteoarthritis. OA therefore offers an attractive commercial target. However, relatively low disease awareness and Cox-2s controversy have curbed the market's potential so far.
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07 Jun 06
DailyUpdates 7th June: ASCO is finished for this year now but not before Gloucester Pharmaceuticals managed to counter yesterday's news from Merck with clinical data on their own HDAC inhibitor. Together this means that the two most advanced HDAC inhibitors are progressing nicely towards the market and soon, we hope, cancer patients will be offered another option. Also today we report on Pfizer's very early stage serotonin 5-HT receptor ligands, a class that is emerging from the arena of IBS to
05 Jun 06
(The American Society of Clinical Oncology) now in full swing, cancer is not surprisingly the focus of today's news section and out of the 20 or so press releases featured we highlight and announcement by Cell Genesys describing the development of their GVAX vaccine for the treatment of CML. In their phase 2 trial the company reports that a complete molecular response is seen in 25% of patients whose treatment included GVAX - this compares to historical data of about 10% in patients not receivin
02 Jun 06
Psychiatrists attending this year's Annual Psychiatric Association meeting heard new findings from the controversial CATIE (Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness) programme. New data suggest an older typical antipsychotic drug is more cost effective and has the same cognitive benefits as newer atypical drugs. Previous results suggested the older first generation drug is equally effective and well-tolerated clinically, compared to newer atypicals but the study design was m
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31 May 06
DailyUpdates 26th May, 2006: As our daily trip around the drug discovery world continues we hit Friday with some revealing information on sepsis and new phase 3 data on Wyeth's antidepressant desvenlafaxine. Read on for more about these highlight on visit today's edition of DailyUpdates for more on these advances or any of the other 50+ items featured today
31 May 06
EntreMed has initiated a phase II trial of Panzem in combination with Genentech's Avastin in carcinoid cancer. The trial will examine how the therapy fares against potential rivals and its possible use in other tumor types. With the blockbuster Avastin possessing the potential to significantly raise the profile of Panzem, the study will prove crucial for EntreMed's lead pipeline drug candidate.
30 May 06
DailyUpdates 30th May: As the drug discovery sector returns after various public holidays around the world, we too return with another edition of DailyUpdates. Amongst the 60 or so features today, we highlight work at Kane Biotech conducted in an attempt to reduce the major problem of catheter infection, plus news on the development of a liposomal candidate designed to deliver the active metabolite of Camptosar to colorectal cancer tumors. Summaries of this work are provided below - today's edit
26 May 06
Although ventricular and atrial fibrillation represent the most common cardiac arrhymias and are associated with amongst the highest rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, treatment options are suboptimal. New opportunities are however approaching the market, notably Cardiome's RSD1235, paving the way for development by others.
26 May 06
DailyUpdates 25th May, 2006: Today both featured items from DailyUpdates focus on autoimmune disease and remarkably neither are biologics. The first, a press release from Synta announces the advancement of an IL-12/IL-23 inhibitor in development for rheumatoid arthritis and IBD; the second is a review of potassium channels as targets for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
24 May 06
DailyUpdates 24th May, 2006: With the threat of influenza hanging over our heads on a seemingly continuous basis, improving the ability to rapidly and accurately identify patients infected with influenza and furthermore the strain of virus remains paramount. Today we feature research from CombiMatrix concerning their activities in this area. We also headline news coming out of Denmark's Genmab announcing the advance of HuMax-CD20, the company's CD20 monoclonal, into the clinic for the treatment
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BOONVILLE - Tuesday night's Lady Rams' season opener against Surry Central had a middle school feel to it.
No, the game was not played down the road at Starmount Middle. But instead, seven players from the dominant middle school squad the past two years were suited up for the varsity Rams to open the 2012-13 season.
Morgan Randleman, Darion Dobson, Miracle Walters, Sabrina Beatriz, Alisha Baity, Ashley Johnson and Bralyn Hampton - who only lost one game together during their two-year run in middle school - joined Guilford College prospect Heaven Walters, a varsity role-player from last year in Whitney Pardue and senior newcomer Emily Pack at the varsity level.
The revamped Rams, coached by first-year skipper Doug Chilton, fell behind early to an experienced Surry Central squad and dropped their opener 83-49 Tuesday night.
"It tells us a lot of what we have to come back and work on," Chilton said. "We knew going in that we were very young and very inexperienced and that we were going to make a lot of mistakes in not knowing how to handle situations. We now know what to come work on a little harder."
Chilton pointed to defense and rebounding, specifically.
"Defense. If you give up 83 points, you better work on defense," he said, laughing. "But a lot of that was giving up offensive rebounds. We've been working on blocking out and rebounding, but young kids don't know just how physical they need to be to get position and push people around to keep the other team from getting the rebound. That's a big part."
Heaven Walters, who signed her letter of intent to play for Guilford earlier this month, scored the opening points of the game on a layup following a steal. But from then on, it was all Surry Central.
The Lady Golden Eagles reeled off 11-straight points and grabbed a 21-8 lead after one quarter of play. That lead grew out to 45-18 at the halftime horn.
Starmount settled its nerves at halftime and came out strong in the second half.
Miracle Walters drilled a three to open the third quarter as the Lady Rams began knocking down shots, eventually out-scoring Central 19-18 in the frame, achieving one of Chilton's silver-lining goals.
"I told the kids at halftime that what we wanted to do was come out and out-score them in a quarter. Take it one quarter at a time. And we outscored them 19-18 in the third quarter," he explained.
With the game was out of reach, the Lady Rams racked up 31 points in the second half alone, which Chilton took as a big positive note from the game.
"We scored 31 points in the second half and if you put two halves like that together, that's 62 points. If you upgrade your defense and you start blocking out, you start winning ballgames," he said. "We just have to be very patient with them and let them grow and learn a little bit. We know we're going to take our lumps. But that aspect, that we came out and scored 31 points in the second half, is real positive for us."
Heaven Walters led the way for the Rams, scoring 19 points on the night, while Hampton added 11. Miracle Walters pitched in with seven points with Pardue tacking on five.
"I think Heaven started being a leader tonight," Chilton said. "She wasn't real sure what she was supposed to do. I gave her a lot of freedom on the court of running set plays and she started to do that and started to get everybody involved at different times. And then she took over a few times and took it hard to the basket and fouled. She's going to have to be the one to be the leader."
Starmount returns to the court next week with back-to-back games against West Wilkes and North Surry on Tuesday and Wednesday in Boonville.
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There are as many filters as there are pumps in the water garden industry. 3 basic needs are present when trying to filter your water garden:
1. A pump is required for any filter so you must protect the inlet of your pump from plugging up, this is sort of pre filtering of large debris. It it usually involves a screen of some sort on the intake of your pump. For some small (5' x 8' x 2' deep) ponds a bottom filter is about all that is required for filtration. This filter connects to a pump in the bottom of your pond.
2. Skimmers are probably the only real innovation in the water garden industry to date. All skimmer boxes today are made of plastic, a concern here in the freezing north country, and in hot climates where plastic can take on its own shape in the mid day sun. We believe that most water gardens benefit from skimming as this is where most debris first enters the pond ecosystem.
Today's skimmer boxes can accommodate a submersible pump or a plumbed suction line from an external pump. These units go in the ground behind your liner outside of the pond. They have a leaf basket and a filter matt which keeps the pump clean and free of debris.
3. Water is moved from the pump to some sort of filter container or vessel. These can be complex systems of media that must be cleaned periodically, or as simple as what many refer to as a bog, or bio filter. These filters from size; the larger, the better to some extent. We find bog filters to be very easy to care for. They require only a few hours per year to maintain, and they are essentially plants filters and mature into very pretty gardens in and of themselves.
Most "kits" sold today come with a waterfall filter. This has its use in very limited spaces, but not in an easy care garden. They must be cleaned frequently and are also vulnerable to freezing and hot temperature movement.


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Crystal Palace defender could make shock comeback against Chelsea
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CRYSTAL Palace defender Dean Moxey may feature against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday following a scan on his hamstring.
The left-back was replaced by Adrian Mariappa after 25 minutes against Cardiff City last weekend.
The former Exeter City man had a scan on Monday to assess the damage, but thankfully it's not a long-term worry for the Eagles.
"It's not too bad, the hamstring," Keith Millen told the Advertiser.
"We did the right thing bringing him off last Saturday.
"There is minimal damage, which is good. We won't risk it but it's not torn, not a long-term thing.
"The worst case is he'll miss this weekend, but he has got a chance. We just need to see how he is."
If Moxey does miss out, he'll certainly be available for the game against Newcastle United on Saturday, December 21.
Joel Ward may switch to left-back against Jose Mourinho's men, allowing Adrian Mariappa to come in on the right side of the defence.
However, Tony Pulis does have a fully fit Jonathan Parr available to come in at left-back too.


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97 Exhibit 101. Satisfaction of Research Objectives by the Recommended Modeling System. Research Objective Degree Accomplished By Proposed Model System 1. Produce updated chapter on multimodal LOS Draft chapter, sample problems, and software analysis for urban streets for Highway Capacity engine delivered to panel in June 2007 and to Manual. Produce sample problems. Produce Highway Capacity Committee in July 2007. Final software engine. Report delivered February 2008. 2. Establish a scientific basis for evaluating level The research has established a measurable of service as a function of traveler satisfaction. definition of level of service and a reproducible method for measuring it. The model system is based on video labs and field surveys conducted in several cities in the United States. 3. Create a consistent set of modal LOS models The uniform definition of LOS used in the models allowing for comparison of degrees of modal provides a consistent basis for comparing levels of traveler satisfaction across of modes. service across modes. 4. Provide a multimodal LOS system that takes The multimodal LOS system takes into account the into account interactions among modes in the impacts of autos, buses, bicycles, and pedestrians urban street environment. on the perceived LOS for each mode. Many cross- modal factors are taken into account directly, others are incorporated indirectly. Explicit numerical methodologies do not yet exist for incorporating the indirect effects into the LOS models, but the "hooks" are in place in the LOS models for future incorporation of new methods for estimating the indirect effects. 5. Create a multimodal LOS system that is The LOS system is applicable to arterials and applicable to arterials and major collectors major collectors. 6. Create a multimodal LOS system that The multimodal LOS system concept allows the addresses all vehicle and pedestrian movements. consideration of all movements by vehicles and pedestrians. The LOS models themselves have been implemented primarily for through travel along the arterial or collector. The pedestrian model, in addition, incorporates mid-block crossing. 7. Create a multimodal LOS system that can be The LOS system can be applied to peaks shorter used to evaluate micro-peaks (less than 15 than 15 minutes; however, the models that minutes). implement that system are designed for 15 minute peaks. 8. Incorporate safety and economic aspects only Safety and economic effects have not been insofar as they influence perceptions of LOS. explicitly included or excluded from the LOS models. Laboratory and field survey participants were allowed to consider any aspect of the service provided in determining their perceived levels of service. 9. Overcome the nine limitation of the HCM listed a. The presence or lack of parking is included in in Chapter 15 of the HCM. the bicycle and pedestrian LOS models. It indirectly affects the auto and transit LOS models. b. Driveway density and access control is included in the bicycle LOS model. c. Short lane additions and drops are not explicitly included in any of the LOS models. d. The impacts of road gradients are not included in the currently proposed LOS models, but could be added. e. Capacity constraints between intersections are taken into account to the extent they affect stops by autos or delay bus service. f. Two-way left turn lanes and medians are not explicitly included in the LOS models but can indirectly affect auto and bus LOS by reducing stops, or increasing bus speeds. g. High percentage turning movements explicitly affect pedestrian LOS. They indirectly affect auto and bus LOS. h. Multi-block queues will cause problems for the auto LOS model, which considers only stops. Under the recommended model, a single stop for a long queue gives better auto LOS than multiple stops for several short queues. i. Cross street congestion blocking through traffic will indirectly affect auto and bus LOS and will directly impact pedestrian LOS.


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2006 The military has been able to fill its ranks without sacrificing quality, DoD's top personnel official told reporters yesterday.
David S. C. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said all active-duty components met their recruiting goals in June for the 13th month in a row. He said the reserve components also did well, with all but the Navy Reserve making their recruiting goals.
All told, DoD recruits about 300,000 servicemembers in all components each year. Chu called the fact that the department can fill the ranks of the volunteer force a testament to young peoples' desire to serve. "I think it's an antidote to those who question the willingness of young Americans to put someone else before themselves, to put some larger cause first," he said. "It's an antidote to that skepticism about youth and its values to see these numbers and to see their performance in the field."
More than 60 percent of the recruits came from the top half of mental aptitude categories. More than 90 percent have a high school diploma, which is the best indicator that recruits will stay through their first enlistment, officials said.
Chu said he is not disturbed by the increase in the number of "category 4" personnel joining the Army. These recruits score in the lowest category of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery of tests.
The Army recruits no more than 4 percent of its force from this category, meeting the DoD benchmark, explained Doug Smith, public affairs officer for U.S. Army Recruiting Command. For many years, the Army had a self-imposed 2-percent limit, he said, but raised it to 4 percent in 2005.
This stands in sharp contrast to the late 1970s, when as many as 45 percent of Army recruits could be drawn from category 4. Congress imposed a cap of 25 percent of new recruits in that category in fiscal 1981, then lowered the ceiling to 20 percent in fiscal 1983, according to Bob Clark, DoD's assistant director for accessions policy.
Chu called DoD's 4 percent level appropriate to the needs of the military and said no one is looking to change the recruiting standards that have served the military so well. "The standards have not changed. They are not going to change," he said. "We aim for the department as a whole to have 90 percent of our new recruits ... be high school diploma graduates. We aim to have 60 percent score in the upper half of the mental distribution." And the department will insist on high moral standards, he said.
"Quality pays off" in a varied range of ways, Chu said. "Quality pays off in ability to deal with difficult situations. Quality pays off in ingenuity in solving problems. Quality pays off in figuring out ... 'what did the lieutenant mean by those orders anyway?'"
The task now is to continue progress in the months ahead, he said. "Obviously, recruiting is a bit like watching a high-wire performer," Chu said. "It's wonderful that we have done well so far, but there's always the challenge of tomorrow.
"So this is a business where you can never lose your focus, you can never stop concentrating on the next challenge," he said.
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The colored data storage media comprises a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of about 85% or less, at a readback laser wavelength, when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate (disk). Alternatively, the storage media comprises: a substrate comprising a fluorescent colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a fluorescent color emission wavelength which is not equal to the readback laser wavelength.
1. A colored data storage media, comprising:
a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of about 70% to about 85% at a readback laser wavelength when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate.
2. The storage media of
3. The storage media of
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11. A colored data storage media, comprising:
a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of about 85% or less at a readback laser wavelength when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate; and
wherein the substrate further comprises visual effects selected from the group consisting of glass, metal, titanium dioxide, mica, angular metamerism materials, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing visual effects.
12. The storage media of
13. The storage media of
14. The storage media of
15. A colored data storage media, comprising:
a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of about 85% or less at a readback laser wavelength when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate; and
wherein the colorant further comprises a fluorescent material having a fluorescent color emission wavelength which is not equal to the readback laser wavelength.
16. The storage media of
17. The storage media of
18. The storage media of
19. A colored data storage media, comprising:
a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of about 85% or less at a readback laser wavelength when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate; and
wherein the plastic is polycarbonate, and the polycarbonate comprises structural units of the formula (I):
in which at least about 60 percent of the total number of R1 groups are aromatic organic radicals and the balance are aliphatic, alicyclic, or aromatic radicals.
20. The storage media of
21. A colored data storage media, comprising:
a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of about 85% or less at a readback laser wavelength when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate; and
wherein Ra and Rb each, independently, represent a halogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; p and q are each independently integers from 0 to 4; and Xa represents one of the groups of formula (IV):
wherein Rc and Rd each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent linear or cyclic hydrocarbon group and Re is a divalent hydrocarbon group.
22. The storage media of
23. A colored data storage media, comprising:
a substrate comprising a fluorescent colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a fluorescent color emission wavelength which is not equal to the readback laser wavelength and has a transmissivity of about 70% to about 90% at the laser readback wavelength.
24. The storage media of
25. The storage media of
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wherein Ra and Rb each, independently, represent a halogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; p and q are each independently integers from 0 to 4; and Xa represents one of the groups of formula (IV):
wherein Rc and Rd each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent linear or cyclic hydrocarbon group and Rc is a divalent hydrocarbon group.
32. The storage media of
33. The storage media of
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This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/236,434, filed on Sep. 29, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to data storage media, and especially relates to fluorescent, plastic data storage media.
Optical, magnetic and magneto-optic media are primary sources of high performance storage technology which enables high storage capacity coupled with a reasonable price per megabyte of storage. Use of optical media has become widespread in audio, video, and computer data applications in such formats as compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD) including multi-layer structures like DVD-5, DVD-9, and multi-sided formats such as DVD-10, and DVD-18, magneto-optical disk (MO), and other write-once and rewritable formats such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM. In these and other formats, data are encoded onto a substrate into a digital data series. In pre-recorded media, such as CD, the data are typically pits and grooves formed on the surface of a plastic substrate through a method such as injection molding, stamping or the like.
In recordable and rewritable media, the data are encoded by laser, which illuminates an active data layer that undergoes a phase change, thus producing a series of highly-reflecting or non-reflective regions making up the data stream. In these formats, a laser beam first travels through a plastic substrate before reaching the data layer. At the data layer, the beam is either reflected or not, in accordance with the endcoded data. The laser light then travels back through the plastic and into an optical detector system where the data are interpreted.
It is well known in the art that, due to the sensitivity of the optical readout system, the amount of absorption of the light by the media should be minimized. Consequently, the plastic in the optical media is a colorless, transparent material having good birefringence properties, such as polycarbonate. Although media formats have been introduced which read data from the top-side of a substrate, the vast majority of playback systems are only compatible with media requiring the laser to travel through the substrate twice. Hence, the transparency to the laser is a requirement and colorless materials are typically used to maximize transparency at the laser wavelength.
The widespread use of colorless, transparent materials makes product differentiation difficult, except by costly printing methods on the top surface of the optical media. Furthermore, in the cases where printed decorations cover one entire surface of a disk, the covered surface is unusable for data storage.
What is needed in the art are colored plastic compositions for use as optical media.
The colored data storage media overcomes the above described drawbacks and deficiencies. In one embodiment, the media comprises: a substrate comprising colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a transmissivity of less than about 85% at a readback laser wavelength, when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored subtrate (disk).
In another embodiment, the media, comprises: a substrate comprising a fluorescent colorant and plastic, wherein the substrate has a fluorescent color emission wavelength which is not equal to the readback laser wavelength.
The present invention relates to data storage media, namely, colored optical data storage media and methods for making the same. In one embodiment, the colored media has, at the readback laser wavelength, a transmissivity of light of about 85% or less, with about 70% to about 85% preferred, about 75% to about 80% also preferred, and about 75% to about 85% especially preferred, when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate (disk). Alternatively, if fluorescent, the media preferably emits light at a wavelength which does not inhibit data retrieval. The fluorescent media can compromise a substrate which has a transmissivity, at the readback laser wavelength, exceeding 68%, with about 70% to about 95% preferred, about 70% to about 90% more preferred, and about 70% to about 85% especially preferred, when traversing a 1.2 mm thick substrate (disk).
Typically, these storage media can comprise a substrate comprising a plastic and a colorant which does not inhibit data retrieval. Generally, up to about 10 weight percent (wt %) colorant can be used, with up to about 5 wt % preferred, up to about 1 wt % colorant more preferred, and less than about 0.5 wt % or so colorant especially preferred, based upon the total weight of the substrate.
In theory, any plastic that exhibits appropriate properties and can be employed. However, the plastic should be capable of withstanding the subsequent processing parameters (e.g., application of subsequent layers) such as sputtering (i.e., temperatures up to and exceeding about 200� C. (typically up to or exceeding about 300� C.) for magnetic media, and temperatures of about room temperature (about 25� C.) up to about 150� C. for magneto-optic media). That is, it is desirable for the plastic to have sufficient thermal stability to prevent deformation during the deposition steps. For magnetic media, appropriate plastics include thermoplastics with glass transition temperatures greater than about 150� C., with greater than about 200� C. preferred (e.g., polyetherimides, polyetheretherketones, polysulfones, polyethersulfones, polyetherethersulfones, polyphenylene ethers, polyimides, high heat polycarbonates, etc.); with materials having glass transition temperatures greater than about 250� C. more preferred, such as polyetherimide in which sulfonedianiline or oxydianiline has been substituted for m-phenylenediamine, among others, as well as polyimides, such as Probimide (or the dry powder equivalent, Matrimid 5218, from Ciba Geigy Chemical); combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing plastics, and others.
Additionally, it is possible for thermosets to be used in the application provided the thermoset possess sufficient flow under the stamping conditions to permit formation of the desired surface features. As various applications may require polymers with different glass transition temperatures, it may be advantageous to be able to adjust the glass transition temperature of a plastic (homopolymer, copolymer, or blend) to achieve a film with the desired glass transition temperature. To this end, polymer blends, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,534,602 (to Lupinski and Cole, 1996), may be employed in the preparation of the coating solution. In this example, polymer blends provide, selectively, variable glass transition temperatures of about 190� C. to about 320� C.
Some possible examples of plastics include, but are not limited to, amorphous, crystalline and semi-crystalline thermoplastic materials: polyvinyl chloride, polyolefins (including, but not limited to, linear and cyclic polyolefins and including polyethylene, chlorinated polyethylene, polypropylene, and the like), polyesters (including, but not limited to, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polycyclohexylmethylene terephthalate, and the like), polyamides, polysulfones (including, but not limited to, hydrogenated polysulfones, and the like), polyimides, polyether imides, polyether sulfones, polyphenylene sulfides, polyether ketones, polyether ether ketones, ABS resins, polystyrenes (including, but not limited to, hydrogenated polystyrenes, syndiotactic and atactic polystyrenes, polycyclohexyl ethylene, styrene-co-acrylonitrile, styrene-co-maleic anhydride, and the like), polybutadiene, polyacrylates (including, but not limited to, polymethylmethacrylate, methyl methacrylate-polyimide copolymers, and the like), polyacrylonitrile, polyacetals, polycarbonates, polyphenylene ethers (including, but not limited to, those derived from 2,6-dimethylphenol and copolymers with 2,3,6-trimethylphenol, and the like), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, polyvinyl acetate, liquid crystal polymers, ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, aromatic polyesters, polyvinyl fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene chloride, Teflons, as well as thermosetting resins such as epoxy, phenolic, alkyds, polyester, polyimide, polyurethane, mineral filled silicone, bis-maleimides, cyanate esters, vinyl, and benzocyclobutene resins, in addition to blends, copolymers, mixtures, reaction products and composites comprising at least one of the foregoing plastics.
As used herein, the terms "polycarbonate", "polycarbonate composition", and "composition comprising aromatic carbonate chain units" includes compositions having structural units of the formula (I):
in which at least about 60 percent of the total number of R1 groups are aromatic organic radicals and the balance thereof are aliphatic, alicyclic, or aromatic radicals. Preferably, R1 is an aromatic organic radical and, more preferably, a radical of the formula (II):
wherein each of A1 and A2 is a monocyclic divalent aryl radical and Y1 is a bridging radical having one or two atoms which separate A1 from A2. In an exemplary embodiment, one atom separates A1 from A2. Illustrative, non-limiting examples of radicals of this type are —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —C(O)—, methylene, cyclohexyl-methylene, 2-[2,2,1]-bicycloheptylidene, ethylidene, isopropylidene, neopentylidene, cyclohexylidene, cyclopentadecylidene, cyclododecylidene, and adamantylidene. The bridging radical Y1 can be a hydrocarbon group or a saturated hydrocarbon group such as methylene, cyclohexylidene or isopropylidene.
Polycarbonates can be produced by the interfacial reaction of dihydroxy compounds in which only one atom separates A1 and A2. As used herein, the term "dihydroxy compound" includes, for example, bisphenol compounds having general formula (III) as follows:
wherein Ra and Rb each represent a halogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group and may be the same or different; p and q are each independently integers from 0 to 4; and Xa represents one of the groups of formula (IV):
wherein Rc and Rd each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent linear or cyclic hydrocarbon group and Re is a divalent hydrocarbon group.
Some illustrative, non-limiting examples of suitable dihydroxy compounds include dihydric phenols and the dihydroxy-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons disclosed by name or formula (generic or specific) in U.S. Pat. No. 4,217,438, which is incorporated herein by reference. A nonexclusive list of specific examples of the types of bisphenol compounds that may be represented by formula (III) includes the following: 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) methane; 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane; 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane (hereinafter "bisphenol A" or "BPA"); 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) butane; 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) octane; 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane; 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) n-butane; bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) phenylmethane; 2,2-bis(4-hydroxy-1-methylphenyl) propane; 1,1 -bis(4-hydroxy-t-butylphenyl) propane; bis(hydroxyaryl) alkanes such as 2,2-bis(4-hydroxy-3-bromophenyl) propane; 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) cyclopentane; and bis(hydroxyaryl) cycloalkanes such as 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) cyclohexane; and the like as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing.
It is also possible to employ polycarbonates resulting from the polymerization of two or more different dihydric phenols or a copolymer of a dihydric phenol with a glycol or with a hydroxy- or acid-terminated polyester or with a dibasic acid or with a hydroxy acid or with an aliphatic diacid in the event a carbonate copolymer rather than a homopolymer is desired for use. Generally, useful aliphatic diacids have from 2 to about 40 carbons. A preferred aliphatic diacid is dodecandioic acid. Polyarylates and polyester-carbonate resins or their blends can also be employed. Branched polycarbonates are also useful, as well as blends of linear polycarbonate and a branched polycarbonate. The branched polycarbonates may be prepared by adding a branching agent during polymerization.
These branching agents are well known and may comprise polyfunctional organic compounds containing at least three functional groups which may be hydroxyl, carboxyl, carboxylic anhydride, haloformyl and mixtures comprising at least one of the foregoing. Specific examples include trimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride, trimellitic trichloride, tris-p-hydroxy phenyl ethane, isatin-bis-phenol, tris-phenol TC (1,3,5-tris((p-hydroxyphenyl)isopropyl)benzene), tris-phenol PA (4(4(1,1-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)-ethyl) alpha,alpha-dimethyl benzyl)phenol), 4-chloroformyl phthalic anhydride, trimesic acid and benzophenone tetracarboxylic acid, and the like. The branching agents may be added at a level of about 0.05 to about 2.0 weight percent. Branching agents and procedures for making branched polycarbonates are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,635,895 and 4,001,184 which are incorporated by reference. All types of polycarbonate end groups are herein contemplated.
Preferred polycarbonates are based on bisphenol A, in which each of A1 and A2 is p-phenylene and Y1 is isopropylidene. Preferably, the weight average molecular weight of the polycarbonate is about 5,000 to about 100,000, more preferably about 10,000 to about 65,000, and most preferably about 15,000 to about 35,000.
In monitoring and evaluating polycarbonate synthesis, it is of particular interest to determine the concentration of Fries product present in the polycarbonate. As noted, the generation of significant Fries product can lead to polymer branching, resulting in uncontrollable melt behavior. As used herein, the terms "Fries" and "Fries product" denote a repeating unit in polycarbonate having the formula (V):
wherein Xa is a bivalent radical as described in connection with Formula (III) supra.
The polycarbonate composition may also include various additives ordinarily incorporated in resin compositions of this type. Such additives are, for example, fillers or reinforcing agents; heat stabilizers; antioxidants; light stabilizers; plasticizers; antistatic agents; mold releasing agents; additional resins; blowing agents; and the like, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing additives. Examples of fillers or reinforcing agents include glass fibers, asbestos, carbon fibers, silica, talc and calcium carbonate. Examples of heat stabilizers include triphenyl phosphite, tris-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)phosphite, tris-(mixed mono-and di-nonylphenyl)phosphite, dimethylbenene phosphonate and trimethyl phosphate. Examples of antioxidants include octadecyl-3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, and pentaerythrityl-tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate]. Examples of light stabilizers include 2-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(2-hydroxy-5-tert-octylphenyl)-benzotriazole and 2-hydroxy-4-n-octoxy benzophenone. Examples of plasticizers include dioctyl-4,5-epoxy-hexahydrophthalate, tris-(octoxycarbonylethyl)isocyanurate, tristearin and epoxidized soybean oil. Examples of the antistatic agent include glycerol monostearate, sodium stearyl sulfonate, and sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate. Examples of mold releasing agents include stearyl stearate, beeswax, montan wax and paraffin wax. Examples of other resins include but are not limited to polypropylene, polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, and polyphenylene oxide. Combinations of any of the foregoing additives may be used. Such additives may be mixed at a suitable time during the mixing of the components for forming the composition.
The color is imparted to the substrate with a colorant (e.g., dye, pigment, or the like). The amount and type of colorant is chosen to avoid producing a substrate having contaminants (i.e., by-products) which produce data readout errors, and to attain the desired color, while controlling transmissivity, at the readback laser wavelength, to greater than about 68%, when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate (disk). Contrary to conventional belief, the substrate may be fluorescent, that is, emit light at a particular wavelength. In this embodiment, the colorant is a fluorescent material which has a fluorescent color emission wavelength which is not equal to the readback laser wavelength, and preferably different by at least about 10 nanometers (nm) (i.e., higher or lower) than the readback laser wavelength, with a difference of about 15 nm or greater preferred, and about 20 nm or greater especially preferred. Here it is further preferred that the substrate have a transmissivity at the readback laser frequency, of greater than about 70% when traversing a 1.2 mm thick colored substrate (disk).
Some possible fluorescent colorants include:
Further color or design may be imparted to the substrate via a decorative layer which does not comprise an absorption percentage limitation. The decorative layer, which is disposed on a side of the disk opposite a data storage layer or in between data storage layers which are read from opposite sides of the disk, can be any color or design, such as a design which optionally includes sparkle, i.e., visual effects which scatter the incident light (such as glass or metal (in the form of flakes, chips, particles, powder, and the like, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing forms, with flakes preferred), titanium dioxide (TiO2), mica, fiberglass, angular metamerism materials such as, ChromaFlair Gold/Silver 080, ChromaFlair Cyan/Purple 230 (commercially available from Flex Products, Santa Rosa, Calif.), among other materials, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing visual effects.
In addition to the plastic and colorant, the composition may optionally include various additives ordinarily incorporated in resin compositions of this type. Such additives may include antioxidants, heat stabilizers, anti-static agents (tetra alkylammonium benzene sulfonate salts, tetra alkylphosphonium benzene sulfonate salts, and the like), mold releasing agents (pentaerythritol tetrastearate; glycerol monstearate, and the like), and the like, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing. For example, the substrate can comprise about 0.01 to about 0.1 wt % of a heat stabilizer; about 0.01 to about 0.2 wt % of an antistatic agent; and about 0.1 to about 1 wt % of a mold releasing agent; based upon the total weight of the substrate.
Some possible antioxidants include, for example, organophosphites, e.g., tris(nonyl-phenyl)phosphite, tris(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl)phosphite, bis(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, distearyl pentaerythritol diphosphite and the like; alkylated monophenols, polyphenols and alkylated reaction products of polyphenols with dienes, such as, for example, tetrakis[methylene(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamate)]methane, 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamate octadecyl, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl phosphite, and the like; butylated reaction products of para-cresol and dicyclopentadiene; alkylated hydroquinones; hydroxylated thiodiphenyl ethers; alkylidene-bisphenols; benzyl compounds; esters of beta-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propionic acid with monohydric or polyhydric alcohols; esters of beta-(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-3-methylphenyl)-propionic acid with monohydric or polyhydric alcohols; esters of thioalkyl or thioaryl compounds, such as, for example, distearylthiopropionate, dilaurylthiopropionate, ditridecylthiodipropionate, and the like; amides of beta-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propionic acid; and the like, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing.
Other potential additives which may be employed comprise: UV absorbers; stabilizers such as light and thermal stabilizers (e.g., acidic phosphorous-based compounds); hindered phenols; zinc oxide and/or zinc sulfide particles; lubricants (mineral oil, and the like), plasticizers, dyes (quinines, azobenzenes, and the like); among others, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing additives.
In order to aide in the processing of the plastic, particularly polycarbonate, catalyst(s) may also be employed, namely in the extruder or other mixing device. The catalyst typically assists in controlling the viscosity of the resulting material. Possible catalysts include tetraalkylammonium hydroxide, tetraalkylphosphonium hydroxide and the like, with diethyldimethylammonium hydroxide and tetrabutylphosphonium hydroxide preferred. The catalyst(s) can be employed alone or in combination with quenchers such as acids, such as phosphoric acid, and the like. Additionally, water may be injected into the polymer melt during compounding and removed as water vapor through a vent to remove residual volatile compounds.
Data storage media can be produced by first forming the plastic using a conventional reaction vessel capable of adequately mixing various precursors, such as a single or twin screw extruder, kneader, blender, or the like. The precursors can either be premixed with the colorant (e.g., in a pellet, powder, and/or liquid form) and simultaneously fed through a hopper into the extruder, or the colorant can be optionally added in the feed throat or through an alternate injection port of the injection molding machine or other molding.
The extruder should be maintained at a sufficiently high temperature to melt the plastic precursors without causing decomposition thereof. For polycarbonate, for example, temperatures of about 220� C. to about 360� C. can be used, with about 260� C. to about 320� C. preferred. Similarly, the residence time in the extruder should be controlled to minimize decomposition. Residence times of up to about 2 minutes (min) or more can be employed, with up to about 1.5 min preferred, and up to about 1 min especially preferred. Prior to extrusion into the desired form (typically pellets, sheet, web, or the like, the mixture can optionally be filtered, such as by melt filtering and/or the use of a screen pack, or the like, to remove undesirable contaminants or decomposition products.
Once the plastic composition has been produced, it can be formed into the data storage media using various molding and/or processing techniques. Possible molding techniques include injection molding, film casting, extrusion, press molding, blow molding, stamping, and the like. Once the substrate has been produced, additional processing, such as electroplating, coating techniques (spin coating, spray coating, vapor deposition, screen printing, painting, dipping, and the like), lamination, sputtering, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing processing techniques, among others conventionally known in the art, may be employed to dispose desired layers on the colored substrate.
An example of a polycarbonate data storage media comprises an injection molded colored polycarbonate substrate which may optionally comprise a hollow (bubbles, cavity, and the like) or filled (metal, plastics, glass, ceramic, and the like, in various forms such as fibers, spheres, particles, and the like) core. Disposed on the substrate are various layers including: a data layer, dielectric layer(s), a reflective layer(s), and/or a protective layer, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing layers. These layers comprise conventional materials and are disposed in accordance with the type of media produced. For example, for a first surface media, the layers may be protective layer, dielectric layer, data storage layer, dielectric layer, and then the reflective layer disposed in contact with the substrate, with an optional decorative layer disposed on the opposite side of the substrate. Meanwhile, for an optical media, the layers may be optional decorative layer, protective layer, reflective layer, dielectric layer, and data storage layer, with a subsequent dielectric layer in contact with the substrate. It is understood that the form of the media is not limited to disk-shape, but may be any shape which can be accommodated in a readout device.
The data storage layer(s) may comprise any material capable of storing retrievable data, such as an optical layer, magnetic layer, or a magneto-optic layer. Typically the data layer has a thickness of up to about 600 Angstroms (Å) or so, with a thickness up to about 300 Å preferred. Possible data storage layers include, but are not limited to, oxides (such as silicone oxide), rare earth element—transition metal alloy, nickel, cobalt, chromium, tantalum, platinum, terbium, gadolinium, iron, boron, others, and alloys and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing, organic dye (e.g., cyanine or phthalocyanine type dyes), and inorganic phase change compounds (e.g., TeSeSn, InAgSb, and the like).
The protective layer(s), which protect against dust, oils, and other contaminants, can have a thickness of greater than about 100 microns (μ) to less than about 10 Å, with a thickness of about 300 Å or less preferred in some embodiments, and a thickness of about 100 Å or less especially preferred. The thickness of the protective layer(s) is usually determined, at least in part, by the type of read/write mechanism employed, e.g., magnetic, optic, or magneto-optic. Possible protective layers include anti-corrosive materials such as gold, silver, nitrides (e.g., silicon nitrides and aluminum nitrides, among others), carbides (e.g., silicon carbide and others), oxides (e.g., silicon dioxide and others), polymeric materials (e.g., polyacrylates or polycarbonates), carbon film (diamond, diamond-like carbon, and the like), among others, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing.
The dielectric layer(s), which are disposed on one or both sides of the data storage layer and are often employed as heat controllers, can typically have a thickness of up to or exceeding about 1,000 Å and as low as about 200 Å or less. Possible dielectric layers include nitrides (e.g., silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, and others); oxides (e.g., aluminum oxide); carbides (e.g., silicon carbide); and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing materials, among other materials compatible within the environment and preferably not reactive with the surrounding layers.
The reflective layer(s) should have a sufficient thickness to reflect a sufficient amount of energy (e.g., light) to enable data retrieval. Typically the reflective layer(s) can have a thickness of up to about 700 Å or so, with a thickness of about 300 Å to about 600 Å generally preferred. Possible reflective layers include any material capable of reflecting the particular energy field, including metals (e.g., aluminum, silver, gold, titanium, and alloys and mixtures comprising at least one of the foregoing metals, and others).
In addition to the data storage layer(s), dielectric layer(s), protective layer(s) and reflective layer(s), other layers can be employed such as lubrication layer and others. Useful lubricants include fluoro compounds, especially fluoro oils and greases, and the like.
The following examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention and not to limit the scope hereof.
Colored pellets were prepared by mixing low viscosity polycarbonate resin powder (melt flow at 250� C. of 11 grams per 10 minutes (ASTM-D1238); molecular weight of about 17,700 grams per mole (g/mol) measured on GPC) with colorants specified in the Table. Formulations also included mold release agent (0.02 wt % glycerol monostearate) and Doverphos (S-9228); Bis(2,4-dicumylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphate antioxidant at 0.02 wt %). The blends were melted in a 30 millimeter (mm) twin-screw extruder, passed through a die, cooled, and pelletized.
Resulting pellets were injection molded into 1.2 mm thick compact disk substrates using a Krauss Maffei 80/190� C. Marathon Series, CD Liner, w/Non-Open Mold. Processing conditions as follows: Barrel Zone Temperature of about 250 to about 330� C.; Mold Temperatures set to 45� C.; Injection Speed Profile of about 20 millimeters per second (mm/s) to about 65 mm/s, 4 stages; Holding Pressure profile of about 150 bar to about 550 bar, 5 stages; Holding Pressure Time of about 0.05 to about 0.25 seconds, 5 stages; Cooling Time set for 2.5 seconds; Clamp Tonnage set for 400 kN; Injection pressure set at 1795 bar; Injection Position Profile of about 17.0 mm to about 4.5 mm, 4 stages. The resulting disks were tested for Block Error Rate on a CD Associates SL100 optical tester. Block Error Rate (BLER) is a measure of the number of blocks of data that have at least one occurrence of erroneous data. BLER is the combination of E11+E21+E31+E12+E22+E32 errors. A Block Error Rate below about 220 pulses is typically required in industry, with below 100 preferred, and below 50 especially preferred.
Pellets were also injection molded into 1.2 mm thick colored substrate (disk) and placed in spectrophotometer to determine the absorbance at 780 nanometers (nm), (i.e., the wavelength of the optical disk tester. If the disc is not readable by the tester an error message is given such as: "Unable to Retrieve VTOC (1FB)". Which means that the tester could not establish the "Volume Table of Contents", this information shows the layout of the program material on the disc.
An alternative technique for product differentiation, colored disks, however, have not been used for optical media substrates due to absorption of the laser light, which interferes with data readout. Furthermore, the use of optical effects, such as fluorescence, in optical media substrates has not been done because fluorescence, in which light of a given color is absorbed and re-emitted at a different color, has not been tried because fluorescent emissions may interfere with the laser readout system. Other visual effects that may scatter an incident laser beam have similarly not been explored because, until recently, optical media consisted of 1-layer substrates, such as those in CD. Recently, the advent of DVD includes a second substrate layer which may be used for decorative purposes except in cases of multi-sided media. The use of inorganic fillers such as glass flake to produce visual effects may also alter rheological properties of a thermoplastic resin making it difficult to produce optical media substrates from such compositions.
Use of color or other visual effects in optical media substrates provides a way to differentiate brands of optical media. This differentiation can be used for increased appeal in the market, brand recognition, and can help avoid problems with unwanted duplication of data. Colored substrates can also provide an advantage of wavelength selectivity that cannot be obtained with colorless materials.
Data storage media substrates comprising visual effects have not previously been produced due to the significant adverse effect on rheology imparted by the visual effects. Previously, decorative labels would be glued to a surface of the substrate. In contrast, the substrates described herein can comprise the visual effects as part of the substrate, i.e., a molded layer disposed on one side of the substrate. Alternatively, the visual effects can be disposed between two substrates with reflective and data layers disposed between the visual effects and the substrate, optionally, adhesives can be used for bonding. These visual effects could be employed for numerous purposes including product differentiation, decoration, anti-piracy, and the like.
While preferred embodiments have been shown and described, various modifications and substitutions may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the present invention has been described by way of illustrations and not limitation.
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