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Complaint Review: The Tax Club
- The Tax Club
350 Fifth Ave, Ste #6015
New York, New York
United States of America
- Phone: 866-840-1829
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The Tax Club Tax Club ripoff, dishonest, improper tax advice, keeps adding charges. New York New York
I would like to join forces in a Class Action Law Suite against The Tax Club.
I believe they are dishonest, sell services that are not needed, and give improper and illegal tax advice.
My involvement with The Tax Club began at the end of 2006 when I began real estate investing to earn extra income. This is a home business in addition to a regular full-time job.
They told me they would help me set up my company, prepare my personal and business tax returns, provide tax planning assistance, and answer questions throughout the year. The cost was supposedly $2018. There is no end to their fees.
I was contacted by another company that prepared the forms and did the submission for the corporation and they wanted another $1,295.
I had already spent a lot of money before I had established a company, and The Tax Club representative told me that I could not deduct any of those expenses unless I set up an S-Corp.
Although I live in California, they told me it was more advantageous to set up the corporation in Nevada. He also told me that I would not have to pay California Franchise taxes. Wrong.
I was told by a California tax expert that if I do any business in California, I will have to pay taxes to both California and Nevada. What kind of a tax savings is this?
Daniel from the Tax Club recently told me to gather all of my expenses for 2006 (Jan-Dec) because they were going to deduct them, or a portion thereof, as a partnership.
Wait a minute! If I can deduct prior expenses under a partnership, then why did I need to set up a corporation?
The Tax Club called me yet again and informed me that I had to track all of my time and pay myself to conform to IRS regulations. They wanted $2,400 / year for this service. Their rate to prepare payroll and payroll taxes for 1 individual is outrageous. I said no.
And just when you think they are through taking your money, you find another charge of $37.50 on your credit card. Enough is enough. I want a refund for illegal and unnecessary advice that has cost me $3,600.50.
Barbara Bakersfield, California
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I don't know. Is that the best headline. Rifftrax.com's Bill Corbett? And it's his real Twitter account, I guess, it's just that it's written in a character other than Bill. Heckler4Truth is an adaptation of a play Bill wrote ten years ago. But now it's on Twitter, 140 characters or less at a time. Here's Bill reading from it.
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No. 3) Order 2006 and, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), shall come into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This article and articles 3(1), (3), (4) and (5) and 5(4), (5) and (6) shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.
(3) Article 2, so far as it relates to functions under the 1988 Act and the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005(1), and article 3(2) shall come into force twenty one days after the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No. 2) Order 2006(2) is laid before Parliament.
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Welcome! The purpose of this page is to provide a brief introduction to Otsuka America, and provide information on current career opportunities with us.
Otsuka America, Inc. is the US holding company of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan.
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wikiHow to Work Out if You Still Love Your Ex
Although you may be history in terms of being together, there may be little feelings needling away at you that you still hold a flame for your ex. If you're concerned that you may still love your ex and need to understand these feelings as part of working through the end of the relationship, this article will provide some suggestions that will help to guide you.
1Consider whether you're still sneaking looks at your ex's social media account. If so, is this because you're curious what he or she is up to or you're longing for a sight of his or her face again? If it's just because you want to feel superior, that's not love but if it's because you still wish to see the person again, it's possible that you still feel some love for your ex.
- You might also be wanting to see whether your ex makes any mention of you on the account. However, this can lead to you feeling more confused, and is not a good reason to be checking your ex's social media accounts.
2Talk to someone you trust. This might be a parent, a friend or even a counselor. Explain how you are still feeling about your ex and ask for their opinion on whether or not these feelings seem like love or something else, such as confusion, despair or an unwillingness to let go. It can help to have someone else as a sounding board, as your own emotions are probably very mixed up.
3Write in your journal or in a notebook. Write out all the feelings that you have. Continue writing about this in the coming week, each day teasing apart your feelings and letting the writing take you to conclusions that you feel sum up what you're truly feeling. By the end of the week, you may find that the writing exercise has helped to clarify your feelings and will help you to determine whether or not you are still experiencing love towards your ex.
4See your ex again. This is risky because you might feel a range of emotions, and not just love. You could feel angry, confused, disappointed and vexed to see your ex again. However, if you have spent some time apart from one another, it might also help you to clarify whether or not you still feel love, or whether it's truly over and done with.
5Give it time. Best of all is to not over-question your feelings but to let things unfold as they will. Time heals and gives a good sense of perspective. It is important to give yourself the space to heal, regather your senses and really be able to get a handle on what has happened, rather than assuming that you're still in love.
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As an elementary principal, I saw the need for after school programs and housed them at our school. I was always so impressed that the director never gave up with all the challenges not only at my school but in all the distrcts and schools she tried to cover. The demand on her time continues to be overwhelming. Fortunately, she can deligate and the people that volunteer and work for her donate much of their time and energies to keep the programs going. There were teachers who didn't want to be bothered with the program, administrators seeing it as another load to carry, difficulty with having to always move equipment around, shortage of supplies and coping with very diversified programs were a few of the many challenges. The founding managing director has kept up the struggle to maintain her vision for 30 years.
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personally seeing a person with a vision carry out a very challenging mission for 25 years.
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extremely dedicated and gave much of their time to fullfill a community need goal.
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The 2nd Bomb Wing made its first live run with a new addition to the aging bomber.
With constant upgrades bringing the more than 60 year-old bomber into the 21st century, the addition of the sniper pod gives the B-52H Stratofortress better integration with ground forces and laser-guided bombs for precision strike capability.
"This flight was the first time that the 2nd BW has used the sniper pod with live ordinance like the LGB," said Capt. Ryan Allen, a 20th Bomb Squadron radar navigation instructor. "This pod gives a faster response time to our targets. What would normally take me 30 to 40 button presses in five minutes, now only takes me a few seconds to actually target and drop munitions."
This new capability also allows the aircrew to coordinate with ground forces in a new way that is beneficial to their safety and planning.
"With the pod we can integrate with the guys on the ground and let them see what we see. This way we are on the same page," Allen said. "It also gives us a greater visibility range over that of the previous one."
With technology constantly moving forward this new pod gives its own set of challenges to the B-52.
"The way the pod can interact with our avionics system is state of the art," Allen said. "Most of the systems had to be radically improved to give us total interaction between the new and old."
With constant improvements on the aging plane, the 2nd Bomb Wing continues its mission of providing global deterrence -- anywhere and anytime.
by Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland
2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs
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Ideally situated just steps from Jemaa El Fna Square, Bahia Palace and the most iconic Marrakech sights, Riad Signature offers a smart choice for the modern traveler. The superior location offers perfect calm and easy access. Riad Signature has 9 beautiful rooms and suites, which reflect the hotel's Moroccan design. Each room offers air conditioning, bathroom with shower or bathtub, WiFi. Some rooms have a patio, a balcony or a private terrace. Moroccan lounge that can be transformed into projection room. Terrace with bar, barbecue, sunbathing area, swimming pool. 9 bedrooms = a rare accommodation capacity in the medina, ideal for groups of 15 to 20 people (maximum 22 people)


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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk was cremated Monday after a four-day royal funeral.
Approximately 3,000 people in attendance bowed and the nation observed a moment of silence as King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath lit the funeral pyre, the Phnom Penh Post reported.
Tens of thousands of people filled the streets surrounding the crematorium and royal palace to observe as much of the ceremony as they could, officials said.
The king and queen mother will spend the next two days traveling the Mekong River to spread some of the former king's ashes. The remainder of the ashes will be placed in a diamond urn, which will be stored at the royal palace, the Post reported.
Sihanouk was crowned king as a teenager in 1941. He abdicated in 2004, making way for his son to become king. He died Oct. 15 in Beijing of a heart attack at the age of 89.


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I have one...thought of starting a thread showing it off...but it's just the same as most everybody elses. STOCK AND ROCKING!
I am SUPER happy with mine...unbox, built (kindof a pain if you want to get every lead tucked inside the frame) and fly HARD. Takes about 1 flight to get it absolutely as perfect as it'll ever get with the stock components.
It just works and keeps on working. No mods needed at all...couldn't say a bad thing about it. I am flying it on 25c batts and even they do fine...heard alot of rumors that it needed state of the art batts to perform (because of the stock high HS i'd say it was) but it flies just fine on 25c's too. Probably a little easier to do things like four point tic tocs etc... on better batts but i'm managing for now.
Motor does get hot though...but i stopped caring.
I was kinda surprised that i can only get the gain up to 30 or something before it starts wagging...but again..it's just a figure. I haven't ever been able to make the tail do anything other then go where you pointed it. Backwards flight is so much fun to do when the tail is perfectly staying where it's supposed to. I actually think my 450 has done more miles upside down backwards then upright!!
I also had some issues landing in long grass that had just been cut. The tail eats up all the grass and it gets completely stuck in the mechanism. I even had the grass that was stuck melt a little of the tail control piece that slides over the tailshaft BUT the gears have never failed and i have yet to replace anything.
I now fly of a big piece of cardboard but one time the carboard curled because of wind and the tail ate a big piece of cardboard. Again..no harm to the geartrain.
here's mine! flasher 450 pro
Seems so, I guess it's not fair to lump them all together since their are viable / reliable variants out there (EXI and CopterX comes to mind).
Align isn't exactly the creme de la creme to begin with on some designs and if your basing your product on a copy well it better be darn perfect.
I went down that path with my X400 , replace this part, upgrade that part, sure it was fun but expensive. I also spent a great deal of time tinkering with my Hornet X3D which was a killer setup if you were willing to spend the 3 months to get it to that point.
These days I don't have the time to tinker, the silly thing better work out of the box without upgrading and I think for that Align does a great job of providing a out of the box working package for the novice like myself.
I helped a buddy with his.
Only complaint was the motor got really hot. He ordered a 450M or something like that.
He's putting it into a scale body (yes, why is he doing that?).
flew nice. I was suprised that it flew so stable w/o flybar weights, but we put flybar weights on it anyway since he's gonna put it in a scale body.
He followed the manual and did everything himself. I did not like the way that the ESC was tucked into the frame and we could not disconnect the motor wires when I wanted to take some Pitch measurements. I don't see how the ESC will get airflow.
Tail was really smooth. I like the built in chinese weights and the slopfree tail.
I'm one of the "Cloners" but I respect the 450 Pro. Nice heli if you got the funds.
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Oh, this was fun--especially the candy-cane striping around each one! I'd say clear, but with a chance of (fun)precipitation!
Well, thank you Ms Wendy... I'm not sure why... but who needs a reason for friends to visit??
This is a rather cool puzzle, Mandy. I'm not sure why....but it is. hehehe
Thanks you whatnauts, I happy you like the all.
Octomom, thank you for visiting, I could have guessed you would prefer clear, your own puzzles are always beautifully clear and colourful:~}
Lesley, that does sound fun, I've never even been to a dog show, only ever watched on TV!!
I still go to shows, but not with a dog. I do more judging and stewarding these days. It's still nice to be at a show.
Definitely clear. Clear, bright and gorgeous!
I'm glad I don't have to choose - all four are lovely.
Do you breed dogs, Lesley? or still take any dogs to shows?
He was a wonderful Basset and did a lot of winning in the show ring. When he was born he was almost all white but with little patches of pale lemon and so I called him called Carthill Cloudy.
LOL Thanks Lesley, what a wonderful name for him - I bet he was cute!!!
Mandy - I once had a Basset Hound called Cloudy. He was lemon and white though!
Kirsten, thank you for letting me know.... if we were talking about skies there would be no contest.... LOL!!!
I couldn't find the voting button, Mandy, so I'm just going to type my answer here: CLEAR. I know, I know, boring aren't I? Oh, well. I like what I like. LOL
Thanks for the fun. :)))
Mandy - what a great fun puzzle! Very interesting design.
Thanks Barb, I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed it. :~}
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After vomiting three times onstage during a performance in Spain last weekend, Lady Gaga disappointed thousands of fans at her Fame fragrance launch bash in London. She arrived to the party one hour late in a golden carriage pulled by two stunning black horses with feathers on their heads.
Thousands of her fans stood outside hoping to meet her or having their photo taken with her, but she only posed for a few photographers and didn't greet any of the fans who had waited for hours to meet her. The fans booed loudly as she quickly went into the store to have tea with 75 lucky competition winners.
She later tweeted, "I'm overwhelmed by the thousands in London who came to Harrods. I only wish I could've taken pictures with each of u. Thank u so much for coming."


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(1) The Field of the Invention
This invention relates to adhesives. More precisely this invention relates to improved reactive fluid adhesives and activators for such adhesives.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Polymerizable compositions are known which are believed to cure or harden by free radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated components of the composition. Reactive fluid adhesive compositions for example are known which cure at room temperature by addition polymerization of monomeric components to provide adhesive bonds between surfaces of various different materials. Reactive fluid adhesive compositions intended to cure between opaque, impervious, or other materials to form an adhesive bond may comprise one or more polymerizable acrylate or methacrylate ester monomers, a source of free radicals such as a peroxide, hydroperoxide, per ester or per acid, and an activator for interaction with the source of free radicals to initiate polymerization of the monomers at room temperature. The source of free radicals and the activator may be stored separate from each other before use of the adhesive. One of them may be incorporated in admixture with the monomers during storage, so that the reactive fluid adhesive composition includes two parts. The composition cures to form an adhesive bond when the two parts are brought together in absence of oxygen.
In one particularly convenient method of using reactive fluid adhesives, one part of the composition comprising the activator is applied to a surface to be bonded in the manner of a primer before the application of the other part of the composition comprising the polymerizable monomers and source of free radicals. This method allows the use of the adhesive composition without having to mix the two parts prior to application. The activator is conveniently one which can be used in non-stoichiometric quantities with respect to the monomers.
Certain known amine-aldehyde reaction products effective as activators in reactive fluid adhesive compositions are liquid materials having a certain degree of toxicity and offensive smell. In view of the increased emphasis on using non-toxic materials, adhesive compositions comprising an activator system having a more acceptable level of toxicity and smell has become particularly desirable. In providing such adhesive compositions, solid materials have been considered. However, solid activators remain present in the bond in their solid form and this feature is not desirable in adhesives of commercially acceptable performance characteristics. Additionally, amine aldehyde reaction products preferred for use as activators in the past have led to cured adhesive bonds which tend to discolor significantly under the influence of light. Any discoloration can be a disadvantage in adhesive bonds which are visible, for example in bonds between glass and other translucent or transparent materials. The present invention is addressed to the outstanding problems in the art discussed above and presents to the art novel improved adhesive compositions comprising activator materials of particularly desirable improved performance characteristics.
The improved adhesive compositions of the present invention are curable at ambient temperature to form adhesive bonds between opaque, impervious, substrates for example without external application of heat, light or other radiation. The novel, improved adhesive compositions comprise polymerizable acrylic or methacrylic acid esters, a source of free radicals, and an activator comprising an organic material which is easily derived from the readily available leuco sulphuric ester of an indigo or thioindigo dye.
Essentially, activators useful in adhesive compositions of this invention comprise an organic material having in its molecule a moiety or a structural portion shown as FORM 1 below and which can be converted to FORM 2 below. ##STR1## where:
X represents a nitrogen or sulfur in the five-membered ring
Y represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring system
Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heterocylic ring system and,
R represents the same or different substituent which under adhesive forming conditions and in the presence of free radicals can provide a structure of FORM 2.
Particularly preferred activators include a moiety shown as FORM 1A below: ##STR2## where X, Y and R are as defined before. The structure of FORM 1 and FORM 1A includes position isomers. For Example a position isomer of FORM 1A is as follows: ##STR3## From the above, activators of this invention comprise a five membered ring including a sulphur or nitrogen atom which ring is linked to a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring system of the molecule. The sulfur or nitrogen atom is linked to a first carbon atom C1 of the five membered ring and C1 is linked to a second carbon atom of C2 the five membered ring. C1 is also linked to a third carbon atom C3 which is not a member of the five membered ring but is a member of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heterocyclic ring system. The structure is such that the bond between the first and third carbon atoms is a single valence bond. Substituent R is positioned on the second carbon atom C2 and a substituent R is also positioned on a fourth carbon atom C4 which is a member of the second mentioned aromatic or heterocyclic ring system and linked to the third carbon atom C3. R can be the same or different substituent providing the capability for the organic material to undergo conversion under adhesive bondforming conditions in the presence of the source of free radicals to a diketo form (FORM 2) in which each R has been converted to ═0 and the bond between the first and third carbon atoms has been converted to a double valence bond.
Formerly referred to as "indigosols", the leuco sulphuric esters providing activators of this invention are also referred to as "solubilized indigoid vat colors" and leuco vat dyestuffs. They are marketed as their sodium salts under various names including "Indigosol" and "Anthrasol".
Preferred activator compounds of the general class referred to include materials derived from the dyestuffs Anthrasol 04B, Anthrasolorange HR, Anthrasolgrau IBL, Anthrasolrosa IR extra, Anthrasolblau AGG, and Anthrasoldruckschwarz. Each of these dyestuffs can be regarded as characterized by a conjugated double bond system common to two ring systems one or both of which is a five membered heterocyclic ring including a nitrogen or sulphur atom. These preferred materials are further characterized in that the aforementioned heterocyclic or aromatic rings are each themselves linked through two carbon atoms of the ring to aromatic rings, at least one of which is a substituted aromatic ring or an element of a substituted ring system. These commercially available dyestuffs are believed to be in the form of the sodium salts of the sulphuric acid ester of their leuco form, and for the purposes of the present invention are converted into a form (hereafter referred to as the active form) in which, in acidic medium (provided by the monomers) they are activators useful in the present invention. It is believed that in the active form the ester groups have been converted to hydroxyl groups, which are oxidizable in acid medium in the presence of a generator of free radicals for example a peroxide, to yield free radicals as shown schematically in Table 2 with respect to Anthrasol 04B.
The preferred activators are solids soluble to an acceptable extent in volatile organic solvent for application to a substrate. They are regarded as odorless, non-toxic materials, and in conjunction with acrylic and methacrylic acid ester monomers and a source of free radicals yield at room temperature adhesive bonds of good strength and performance between opaque impervious substrates of various materials. Adhesive bonds formed with these activator compounds between translucent or transparent materials are also of good strength and performance. While a pale coloring due to the dyestuff may be observed, the adhesive bonds do not become progressively discolored under the influence of light to the same degree as bonds formed by use of activators based on amine-aldehyde reaction products.
The source of free radicals and the activator are stored in separate containers prior to use. Preferably the source of free radicals is included with the polymerizable monomers in a first or adhesive part of the adhesive composition together with inhibitors and stored in polyethylene bottles including a significant quantity of atmospheric oxygen in order to maintain stability of the first part. The activator is preferably stored as a solution in organic solvent to provide a second or activator composition part of the adhesive composition. Preferably the activator composition is stored in dark-colored bottles or in a light impervious aerosol container.
As will be apparent, the activator composition is not required to be mixed in stoichiometric quantities with the adhesive part of the composition. In use, the activator composition and adhesive part of the composition may be mixed together just prior to use, or the activator composition may be applied to one or both substrates and the polymerizable composition later applied to the activator on the substrate. The activator composition preferably comprises sufficient organic solvent so that the activator composition may be readily applied to the substrate such as by brushing to provide a very thin solid deposit after evaporation of the solvent. Alternatively, the activator composition may be packaged with a propellant in an aerosol container from which required quantities may be readily dispensed. Additional materials may be included in the activator composition as required. For example, film forming polymeric material or liquid polymerizable monomer for example a methacrylate ester monomer such as 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate or trimethylol propane trimethacrylate or a mixture thereof to aid in achieving the required deposit on the substrate.
The activator composition may conveniently comprise up to 5% by weight of the selected organic activator compound in an organic solvent such as acetone or methanol. These activator compositions are effective in the presence of a source of free radicals to bring about cure of polymerizable adhesive compositions comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds. The time required to bring about setting of the composition is comparatively short, and may be reduced further by inclusion in the activator composition of certain sulphur-containing or transition metal compounds. By the expression "transition metal", we mean a metal which is capable of more than one stable valence state and which is capable of forming complexes such as complexes vanadium chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper. For rapid setting, mixtures of these materials can be employed. For example, a mixture of 0.1 to 1% by weight of the solution of sulphur-containing compound and 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of the solution of transition metal compound can be employed. The preferred materials are soluble in commonly used organic solvents.
Sulphur compounds for use in activator compositions according to the invention include for example organic thiols, organic disulphides and organic sulphur compounds including also nitrogen in their molecule. Suitable organic thiols (RSH) include dodecylmercaptan, octylmercaptan, phenyldimercaptan and thioglycolic acid. Suitable organic disulphides (R-S-S-R') include phenyldisulphide. Suitable organic compounds also including nitrogen in their molecule include thioacetamide, tetramethylthiouramdisulphide, thiocarbanilide, thiourea, 1-allyl-2-thiourea, 2-mercaptothiazoline, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole.
Transition metal compounds for use in activator compositions according to the invention include compounds including the metal as a chelated compound for example with a β-diketone or ethylene or propylene diamine, or as a compound of an organic acid or alcohol for example naphenates (e.g. of cobalt, nickel, manganese), octoates (e.g. of copper), hexoates and propionates (e.g. of iron). Preferred materials are acetyl acetonates of vanadium, copper, cobalt and iron.
Polymerizable materials for use in adhesive compositions according to the invention comprise monomers polymerizable by free radical mechanism and preferably comprise one or more acrylate or methacrylate groups per molecule. These materials include the diacrylates and dimethacrylates of mono, di, tri and tetraethylene glycol, tri methacryalates from trihydric alcohols for example trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, hydroxy and glycidyl terminated compounds of acrylic and methacrylic acid for example 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate and reaction products of these latter having preferably two or more acrylate or methacrylate terminal groups for example those derived from 2-hydroxy propyl methacrylate and pyromellitic acid dianhydride, and acrylates and methacrylates derived from epoxy resins, and mixtures thereof. Polymers, for example butadiene acrylonitrile, and polymethyl methacrylate may also be included in the adhesive part together with adhesion promoters, acrylic or methacrylic acid, and normal additives for adhesive compositions if desired.
Acrylates and methacrylates preferred for use in the adhesive compositions are tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, glycidylmethacrylate, and a diacrylate derived from an epoxy resin, and mixtures of two or more thereof.
Inhibitors (e.g. hydroquinone or 2,6,di-t-butyl-4-methyl-phenol) are generally included in the adhesive part to inhibit spurious polymerization of the monomers.
The source of free radicals is maintained separated from the activator composition prior to polymerization and is preferably incorporated in the first (adhesive) part of the composition. Suitable sources of free radicals include organic peroxides (including hydroperoxides) perester and peracids. Preferred materials are cumene hydroperoxide and 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di-(t-butyl-peroxy)-hexane.
Manners of making and using the invention as well as the advantages to be derived from the practice of the inventin will be better appreciated by reference to the following Examples. These Examples are presented to illustrate the invention and not to limit it.
Each of the adhesive compositions referred to in the following Examples was in two parts. A first or adhesive part comprises one or more polymerizable materials comprising one or more acrylate or methacrylate groups per molecule, and a source of free radicals. A second or activator composition part comprises an activator capable of cooperating with the source of free radicals to bring about curing of the adhesive with exclusion of oxygen to bond impervious substrates together without external application of heat or actinic radiation.
First parts of adhesive composition, fluid at 20° C. were made up using ingredients in amounts by weight as shown in Table I.
TABLE I______________________________________ First Part Of Adhesive No.Component 1 2 3______________________________________Tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate 32 -- --Trimethylol propane trimethacrylate 20 15 302-Hydroxypropyl methacrylate 30 35 35Diacrylate (A) derived from -- 30.3 15.3an epoxy resinGlycidyl methacrylate -- 3 3Acrylic acid 10 7 7Pyromellitic acid dianhydride -- 1.5 1.5Butadiene acrylonitrile rubber (B) 5 -- --Butadiene acrylonitrile rubber (C) -- 5 5Cumene hydroperoxide 3 3 3Hydroquinone 0.1 -- --2.6-di-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol -- 0.2 0.2 100.1 100.0 100.0______________________________________
The diacrylate (A) used was a reaction product of acrylic acid and an epoxy resin (from epichlorhydrin and bisphenol A having an epoxide equivalent weight of 182 to 194 and a viscosity at 25° C. of 100 to 150 poise) in a molar ratio of 2:1. The reaction product is believed to comprise a significant amount of difunctional material comprising two functional acrylate groups per molecule.
The butadiene acrylonitrile rubber (B) used was Perbunan N3807NS supplied by Bayer AG. The butadiene acrylonitrile rubber (C) used was Hycar 1401H80 supplied by Goodrich Company.
These first parts of adhesive compositions were made up by dissolving the rubber in a mixture of the di- and tri- methacrylate monomers, the 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate and the inhibitor. The rubber (C) can be dissolved in this mixture directly at 75° C. The rubber (B) however must first be dissolved in methylene chloride and this solution mixed with the mixture of di- and tri- methacrylate monomers, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate and inhibitor, and then the methylene chloride removed under vacuum. The pyromellitic acid dianhydride was added to the mixture including the rubber and this mixture heated to 80° C. for two hours in order to obtain a reaction product from the dianhydride and 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate molecules. Finally, after the mixture had cooled to room temperature, the glycidyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, and cumene hydroperoxide, were added.
Various activator compositions were made up by dissolving various leuco vat dyestuffs supplied under the name Anthrasol in methanol as solvent. The precipitate formed (presumed to be sodium sulphate) was filtered off and the remaining solution, including the active form, used in the following tests. Structural formulae believed to show the Active Form of these dyestuff materials in the solution, and an Oxidized Form of the Active Form produced in reaction with a hydroperoxide to yield free radicals and water are shown in Tables 2 and 3. It will be apparent that each of these Active Forms consists of an organic material comprising in its molecule a five membered ring including a sulphur or nitrogen atom which ring is linked to a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring system. The sulfur or nitrogen atom is linked to a first carbon atom of the five membered ring and the first carbon atoms is linked to a second carbon atom of the five membered ring. The first carbon atom is also linked to a third carbon atom which is not a member of the five membered ring but is a member of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heterocyclic ring system. The structure is such that the bond between the first and third carbon atoms is a single valence bond. Substituent R is positioned on the second carbon atom and a substituent R is also positioned on a fourth carbon atom which is a member of the second mentioned aromatic or heterocyclic ring system and linked to the third carbon atom. R can be the same or different substituent providing the capability for the organic material to undergo conversion under adhesive bond-forming conditions in the presence of the source of free radicals to diketo form in which each R has been converted to ═0 and the bond between the first and third carbon atoms has been converted to a double valence bond. In Tables 2 to 8, the active forms I to VI are derived from Anthrasol materials as follows:
______________________________________Active Form No. Derived from______________________________________I Anthrasol 04BII Anthrasolorange HRIII Anthrasolgrau IBLIV Anthrasolrosa IR ExtraV Anthrasol Blau GGVI Anthrasoldruckschwarz IGR______________________________________
In Examples 1 to 4 the solutions were made up using 1% by weight in the solution of the selected Anthrasol materials. In the solutions of Example 2, 0.5% by weight of selected organic sulphur compounds were used in addition to the Anthrasol materials. In the solutions of Example 3, 0.1% by weight of transition metal compound were used in addition to the Anthrasol material. In the solutions of Example 4, 0.5% by weight organic sulphur compound and 0.1% by weight of a transition metal compound, were used in addition to the Anthrasol material. Ingredients of the activator compositions are shown in Tables 4, 5, 6, and 7.
The setting time of various adhesive-activator combinations at standard room temperature (23° C.+2° C.) and humidity fo about 50% was determined on glass plate substrates. The glass was solvent wiped, and a thin layer of the activator applied to one of the surfaces to be bonded and the solvent allowed to evaporate. First Part Of Adhesive No. 1 of Table 1 was applied as a thin layer and the glass plates pressed together in partially overlapping relation with the adhesive between them, and with air excluded from the adhesive composition by pressing the substrate firmly together. The bonds were tested by pulling the glass plates apart by hand. When this could no longer be done, the adhesive was regarded as set. The shortest time after which the bonds could not be opened manually was recorded as the setting time. The results are shown in Tables 4, 5, 6 and 7 below. It was observed that the time within which the activators retained their activating ability after application to the surface was of the order of two hours.
TABLE 4______________________________________Results of Example 1 - setting timeActivator containing active formNo. Setting Time______________________________________I 1 to 11/2 hoursII 1 to 11/2 hoursIII 1 to 11/2 hoursIV 1 to 11/2 hoursV 1 to 11/2 hoursVI 50 minutes______________________________________
TABLE 5______________________________________Results of Example 2 - setting timeSulphur-containing Active form No.compound I III V VI______________________________________Dodecylmercaptan 50 min. 25 min. 90 min. 30 min.Thioglycolicacid 3 min. 4 min. 10 min. 7 min.Tetramethyl-thiuramdisulphide 6 hours 6 hours 6 hours 6 hoursThiocarbanilide 15 min. 15 min. 15 min. 15 min.Allylthiourea 4.5 min. 3.5 min. 2.5 min. 5 min.2,5-dimercapto-1,2,4-thiadiazol 16 min. 11 min. 23 min. 21 min.2-mercapto-benzthiazol 21/2 hrs. 1 hour 2 hours 11/2 hrs.______________________________________
TABLE 6______________________________________Results of Example 3 - setting time Transition Metal Compound Va (III) Cu (II) acetylacetonate acetylacetonateActive form: 0.1% in methanol 0.1% in methanol______________________________________I 11 min. 75 min.III 14 min. 30 min.V 9 min. 70 min.VI 7 min. 28 min.______________________________________
TABLE 7__________________________________________________________________________Results of Example 4 - setting time Organic sulphur compound and transition metal compound 0.5% allyl thiourea 0.5% thioglycolic acid 0.5% thiocarbanilide +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1%Active form Va--AcAc Cu--AcAc Va--AcAc Cu--AcAc Va--AcAc Cu--AcAc__________________________________________________________________________I 20 sec. 11/4 min. 30 sec. 131/2 min. 45 sec. 11/2 min.III 20 sec. 11/4 min. 30 sec. 15 min. 45 sec. 1 min.V 20 sec. 11/2 min. 30 sec. 13 min. 45 sec. 2 min.VI 20 sec. 11/2 min. 30 sec. 11 min. 45 sec. 11/2 min.__________________________________________________________________________ (Va--AcAc means Vanadium III acetyl (Cu--AcAc means Copper II acetylacetonate)
From the results of Examples 1 to 4 it can be seen that a setting time of less than two hours at room temperature of the First Part of Adhesive No. 1 of Table 1 and activator combination can be achieved with the selected dyestuff derivatives. Further it can be seen that setting times at room temperature can be reduced by inclusion of selected sulphur compounds or transition metal compounds alone or in combination. Thus by appropriate selection of materials, setting times at room temperature of a few seconds or several minutes or even hours may be achieved.
It should be noted that the setting times were measured on glass substrates in order that the comparison between various combinations of adhesive part and activator part should not be unduly influenced by possible catalytic effect of the substrate surface on the curing reaction. In practice, these adhesive compositions are required to be capable of use to give satisfactory adhesive bonds by curing at room temperature in bonds using any of a variety of substrate materials some of which (e.g. steel, copper, brass and stanless steel) are likely to have a significant effect in reducing the setting time and some of which (e.g. chromium, zinc and tin) are likely to have less effect or even no significant effect (e.g. pvc) on the setting time.
A further factor requiring consideration is the desirability for the adhesive compositions to be capable of use and performance with various impervious, opaque or transparent materials without additional use of externally applied heat, light or other curing treatment under a variety of normal ambient temperature conditions ranging at least from about 5° C. to 30° C.
In order to examine the strength of adhesive bonds formed using adhesive compositions according to the invention, First Part of Adhesive No. 2 and No. 3 of Table 1were used in conjunction with two selected activator compositions to bond various substrates at standard room conditions (23° C.+2° C., and about 50% RH). The amounts of ingredients used in the selected activator compositions are shown in Table 8 in parts by weight.
TABLE 8______________________________________ Activator CompositionsComponent (a) (b)______________________________________Anthrasol Blau AGG 1.5 1.52-hydroxypropyl methacrylate 1.5 3.0Trimethylol propanetrimethacrylate 1.5 --Allyl thiourea 1.5 1.5Vanadium (IV) oxide-acetyl acetonate 0.3 --Acetyl acetone 0.3 --Methanol 93.4 94.0 100.0 100.0______________________________________
These activator compositions were made by dissolving the Anthrasol Blau AGG in the methanol, with agitation and then allowing the mixture to stand at room temperature for 2 hours. The precipitate was removed, and then the remaining components were added to the solution with stirring. The solutions were charged into dark colored glass bottles having a screw cap with a brush fixed to the inside of the cap.
The setting time on glass at room temperature was determined with many samples in the manner set out above, using First Part of Adhesive No. 1 and No. 2 of Table I together withe example activator compositions (a) and (b). The ranges of results are shown in Table II.
Sample bonds were prepared and subjected to tests to determine tensile shear strength, peel strength and impact strength of the bonds. The sample bonds were prepared in the following way, using substrate materials prepared as shown in Table 9. Pairs of coupons of the prepared substrates 100 mm ×25.4 mm were brushed with the activator solution and allowed to dry, the solution leaving a thin layer of activator compound on each coupon weighing about 5 to 10 mg. per square centimeter. The First Pair of Adhesive was applied to only one of the coupons, and the pair of coupons aligned and pressed together to exclude air and to provide an overlap of 12.7 mm with the adhesive between the overlapped portions in a layer approximately 0.1 mm thick.
Tensile shear strength of sample bonds was determined at 23° C. (in Newtons per square millimeter) 24 hours after forming the sample bonds; the bonds being aged at b 23° C. An Instron machine set to tear the bonds apart at 1 mm per minute was used. The force required is recorded in Table 10.
Peel strength of sample bonds aged at 23° C. for 24 hours was determined at 23° C. using a 90° peel angle and a separation rate of 30 mm per minute. The force required to initiate separation of the bonds is recorded in Table II as "initial", and the force required to continue separation of the bonds is recorded in Table II as "peel".
Impact strength of sample bonds was determined at 23° C. by an impact pendulum according to ASTM-D 950-72. The overlapping area was one square inch. The samples were aged for 24 hours at 23° C. before testing. The results are shown in N.cm/cm2 in Table II.
For many purposes in adhesive work tensile shear strength results of about 4 N/mm2 or more are regarded as satisfactory, and it will be observed from Table 9 that values of this order can be achieved using adhesive compositions according to the present invention with several different materials appropriately prepared for bonding. The peel and impact test results show the adhesive compositions of the present invention are likely to be satisfactory for many purposes.
TABLE 9______________________________________Example 5Surfaces and preparation treatmentsSubstrate No. Material and Treatment______________________________________1 Mild steel; degreased and sand blasted.2 Mild steel; oily surface untreated.3 Mild steel; rinsed with acetone and dried.4 Aluminium; sand blasted.5 Aluminium; pickled and dried.6 Aluminium; rinsed with acetone and dried.7 Brass; sand blasted.8 Brass; rinsed with acetone and dried.9 Chromium plated steel; sand blasted10 Chromium plated steel; rinsed with acetone and dried11 Cadmium plated steel; rinsed with acetone and dried.12 Stainless steel; rinsed with acetone and dried.13 Tin plated steel; rinsed with acetone and dried.14 Zinc plated steel; sand blasted.15 Zinc plated steel; rinsed with acetone and dried.16 Copper; sand blasted.17 Copper; rinsed with acetone and dried.18 PVC; solvent wiped.19 Glass; solvent wiped.______________________________________
TABLE 10__________________________________________________________________________Example 5 - Tensile shear strength (N/mm.sup.2)ExamplefirstExamplepart ofactivator Substrate No.adhesivecomposition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19__________________________________________________________________________2 a 8.18 10.0 21.4 5.07 16.3 7.5 6.0 6.88 11.7 14.9 9.74 9.5 5.8 9.1 0.76 0.68 4.933 a 7.63 11.2 2.11 4.84 2.6 6.82 6.0 5.45 5.6 0.91 0.93 3.13__________________________________________________________________________
TABLE 11______________________________________Example 5 -- Setting time. Peel Strength Impact Strength. SettingExample Example Time Peel Strengthfirst part activator Substrate Substrate No. 3 Impact Strengthof compo- No. 19 (N/30mm) Substrate No. 1adhesive sition (seconds) Initial Peel (N · cm/cm.sup.2)______________________________________2 a 10 to 20 15.3 2.9 772 b 90 to 1803 a 10 to 20 4.9 2.5 293 b 90 to 180______________________________________
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I'm usually not a huge fan of earl greys because of the bergamot. From the bag, the tea smelled quiet nice, I got a light note of bergamot, but more fruity notes. When brewed it was ok. I could still smell a lot of fruity berries, but I couldn't taste too much of the berries and there was a light bergamot taste. Definitely an ok tea, but it loses a bit of rating because I don,t like bergamot.
EDIT: I tried this tea again. Dry notes, this tea smells awesome, it comes out very sweet. I don't notice any bergamot scent at all.
First steep: It comes out bitter and yucky unfortunately. That is probably why I didn't like it the first time. You taste a lot of bitterness from the leaves and a little bergamot. As it cools though, the taste comes out more sweet.
Second steep: I absolutely love the second steep, I can no longer taste the bergamot and it's lovely as a lighter black tea. As it cools, I got a really lovely sweet taste from the berries without the tartness, which is really nice.
Third steep: Still sweet, very little bitterness from the leaves! Love it as it cools.
I upped the rating by a lot just because the second and more steeps are amazing cooled. I would definitely serve this for the summer to my friends.


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The first time I ate lunch at Yatra Brasserie, the cool new Indian restaurant on Main Street, I was delighted to see an innovative "wrap" on the lunch menu. It sounded good, but the flour tortilla roll-up turned out to be stuffed with a sort of rectangular veggie burger that didn't do much for me or the two vegetarians I was eating with. They enthused effusively over the artichoke-heart curry, however, and I must agree it was both surprising and heavenly.
There is a section of the menu titled "High Protein, Low Carbohydrate, Grilled Tandoori Specialties." I am not on the Atkins diet, but an entrée called "Baby Lamb Chops" caught my eye. It featured a half-dozen tiny lamb chops with long, protruding bones. I ordered them medium rare. The chops were intriguingly flavored with a marinade of ginger, garlic and turmeric. They were so petite that I dispensed with the utensils and picked them up and ate them like lollipops, much to the chagrin of my vegetarian companions.
The second time I ate lunch at Yatra Brasserie, the place was packed and there was a 15-minute wait for a table. A hungry friend and I took a look at the dinner menu and decided to order the "Royal Feast" for two. It required 20 minutes' preparation time. Since we had to wait anyway, we figured we might as well. And sure enough, the spread was ready at about the same time as our table.
Yatra Brasserie
706 Main, 713-224-6700.
Lunch hours: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Dinner hours: 5:30 p.m. to 10: 30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Chicken curry burrito: $9
Black lentils: $9
Rogan josh: $14
Goan shrimp curry: $17
Royal Feast for two: $48
We were very impressed with the perfectly cooked tandoori prawns, cooked in the shell and crackling with a spicy marinade that stuck to the juicy shrimp meat. The lamb rogan josh, with its tender meat and strong aromas of spices (anise and cardamom?), was spectacular. Dal makni, a black lentil stew flavored with garlic, roasted cumin and cream, was one of the best dals I have ever had. The naan and raita were normal enough. The chicken tandoori and chicken tikka masala were properly prepared, though they seem like dull fare at an Indian restaurant as interesting as this one.
By my third lunch at Yatra, there were four wraps to choose from. They had been renamed "Los Burritos," and they comprised half of the midday "Express Menu." There were two vegetarian burritos "Tandoori Vegetable Kebab" stuffed with mashed-up grilled vegetables, and the "Panir Bhurjee," made of scrambled Indian cheese. I didn't try either one. Instead, my carnivorous lunchmate and I sampled a delightful lamb and sensational spicy chicken burrito.
The "Chicken Kadai" burrito was stuffed with hunks of red-tinted tandoori chicken in a spicy orange tomato sauce. It tasted like a chicken tikka masala taco. "Keema Matar," a ground lamb, green pea and tomato sauce stew, was rolled up in a wrap; it tasted like shepherd's pie filling on a taco. Both were served with a small pile of rice and a few scraps of salad. They were very tasty, though not much of a bargain at nine and ten bucks respectively. We were glad we ordered some saag paneer on the side, as one burrito wasn't much of a lunch.
Yatra's Desi-Tex burritos may sound like the outer limits of fusion food, but in fact they are very similar to the Indo-Trinidadian wrap called a roti. In India, roti describes a thin, tortilla-like round of bread. But in Trinidad, it means a folded sandwich of that same Indian flatbread stuffed with your choice of fillings.
Years ago, while I was in Port of Spain researching a cookbook that never got published, I took a taxi to a restaurant called Patraj Roti that everyone assured me was the best on the island. I recall peeking through the windows to see the baker move the rounds of thin dough around on a massive griddle.
Then I went inside, walked up to the counter and ordered a goat curry-and-mango chutney roti. The lady who made the wraps folded the bread while I watched. It was an ingenious process. She incorporated a blob of mango chutney and huge ladle of curry into a folding pattern that resembled an origami project. When she was done, the whole thing was a perfect square of curry-stuffed bread with a delicious bubble of chutney in the top.
If Yatra made their own tortillas, "Los Burritos" would be almost as good as Trinidad's rotis.
On a recent weeknight, four of us had dinner at Yatra, and we had the restaurant pretty much to ourselves. Two of my dining companions, a Welsh couple named Elton and Emma, had lived in London for a while. Which makes them extremely discerning about Indian food.
Hearing their accent, Yatra's owner, a silver-haired gentleman with a goatee, encouraged them to depart from the menu, and the kitchen would whip up anything they wanted. "Anything?" they asked, giddily.
Well, anything we have the ingredients for, he demurred. Emma responded by asking for chicken bhuna, which proved to be no problem. It turned out to be a delightful curry made with a thick tomato sauce.
Elton wondered if he could get some dhansak. The owner apologized that it wasn't possible. Dhansak, a spice-studded pumpkin-and-lentil stew, is the traditional Sunday dish in the Bombay Parsi community, and it requires a full day of cooking time. The pumpkin and spices are slow-roasted in the oven before the stew is assembled.
"Call me a day in advance, and we will make dhansak for you," the owner promised.
Everyone at the table agreed that the "Goan Shrimp Curry" was the standout of the evening. A specialty of Goa, this curry is made with coconut milk and seasoned with mustard seed. But it was the huge, succulent Gulf shrimp that really made the dish shine. "I don't usually like coconut milk curries, but I love this one," Elton proclaimed.
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I also couldn't resist another order of the anise seed-scented lamb rogan josh, the fantastic black lentil stew and the curried artichoke hearts. We washed the richly spiced fare down with frosty Kingfisher Indian beers and talked about the Indian food in London and the "lad's night out" tradition of eating a late night-plate of Indian food after the pubs close.
We had such a pleasant evening, we decided to keep it going. After dinner, we went into a nearby bar and had another round.
Yatra means journey or pilgrimage in Hindi, and brasserie means brewery in French. So does Yatra Brasserie translate to "pub crawl?" I am not sure. But I guess it would be appropriate, given the restaurant's location on this bar-studded strip of Main Street and because the owners are building a bar and lounge in the adjoining storefront.
While the restaurant may be best known for its Indian-burrito lunch specials, I think Yatra Brasserie is also poised to become Houston's premier outpost of the British ale-and-Indian food tradition only with colder beer.


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Sounds like a good film doesn't it? Well, last week, Mark Zuckerberg et al, announced the next phase of Facebook development and focus at their F8 conference.
Whilst his stage presence still has a lot to be desired, the rich vein of social networking foresight and feature list is as thought leading as ever. Whilst Facebook can claim it's 750m (or whatever the number is this week) of signed up users, those users have generally been focused on social interactions. The show and tell of life. Updates, sharing pictures, engaging with lost contacts, far-flung family and the like. You know how you use Facebook.
Over time those interactions tried to branch into different categories. Bands and businesses created pages. Groups evolved. Apps became pandemic. Facebook contains a lot of folks and this attracts advertisers, attention seekers and information distributors.
However, the concept of the social graph is taking those interactions into the next level. The idea being that everyone has interactions in different circles (no Google pun intended there) and if you can leverage those interactions to aide decision making, your social interactions take on more importance.
For example. Take a simple purchase decision. If you could receive feedback, or a comment, or a like or some other direction from some one you trust, that will help you decide whether a product is good for you or not. The key to making those decision points work is the word TRUST. If the people in your social circles are providing that information, you are more likely to accept it.
Your social circle generally tends to contain people who have similar views, backgrounds, spending habits, favourite bands, political leanings and so on. Of course, there are bound to be people in there who's view you couldn't care less about, but you can't have everything.
That feedback is now available dynamically through the use of Facebook's social plugins. These copy and paste style pieces of HTML and Facebook mark-up, allow web owners to place interaction points on any on line content. The plugin then interacts asynchronously with Facebook and the current user viewing the web content to provide information such as whether anyone in your friends list has recommended, liked, commented or interacted in any way with the content.
Neat eh? Powerful certainly, and with the ease of use of the plug-ins and improved developer and platform support Facebook are now providing, they are seemingly moving into the territory of social platform provider.
The platform is the cloud was one organisations strap line a few years a go, I think that can now be updated to the social platform is the future of the web.


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Hutchinson Engineering in Kilrea, Co Londonderry will be focusing on markets including the Republic in a bid to boost sales.
The engineering company employs
32 people in making precision engineered components for other manufacturing businesses.
Over 90% of Hutchinson's components are either exported directly by the company or by its clients.
Increasing ExportsManaging director Mark Hutchinson, commenting on the new investment, said: "What we aim to achieve by this project is to increase exports of our own products and services directly to customers.
"This means finding new clients for our existing engineering services and especially for new and different products that we plan to develop over the next few years."
for latest business news in Northern Ireland visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk


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From Dealerscope:
A day after the Consumer Electronics Association announced that 4K TVs will be known as "Ultra High Definition," Sony announced its intention to continue using the 4K designation.
"Sony lauds the CEA's efforts to come up with a common language to describe the next generation high-definition technology," Sony spokeswoman Elizabeth Boukis told Dealerscope in an email. "However, to ensure clarity for consumers and delineate between today's and tomorrow's technology, Sony will continue to use the 4K moniker for its products and will market its future products as 4K ultra high-definition (4K UHD).
I for one thing Sony has a point here. Because, really, the vagueness of the CEA's "Ultra HD" designation make make sense now, but doesn't leave a lot of room for further resolution upgrades that we already know are in the pipes. If 4K is Ultra HD, what is 8K? Super-Dooper-Ultra-for-Realsies HD?
4K works as a marketing label. By now, the people who care know what it means, and the people who don't aren't going to be any more swayed by this anymore than people were swayed by the "True HD" label for 1080p.
Continue Reading at [Dealerscope: Sony Will Keep 4K Name]


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IGN: Going back to the updates to the title – having seen the gun, it seems that so much is possible. There was talk – although it was tongue-in-cheek – of first person LittleBigPlanet. How far can you take the concept?
David Smith: There's a certain point where we'd want to stop transforming it, there's definitely some underlying rules that we wouldn't want to violate, but from there who knows? There's nothing off the table, so something as mad as a first person viewpoint – if you think of the way you create environments, that's a radical change. But if it's something that the community wanted, we'd totally listen to that. At the moment there's so much crazy stuff that we could do within this 2.5D context, we'd like to milk that more.
At this point in the interview, Alex gets up from his seat and walks to the other side of the room, leaving us feeling rather nervous. We've had some bad interviews before, but never had anyone walk out on us. He spends the next few minutes tinkering with the debug PlayStation 3 in the corner of the room.
Kareem Ettouney: There are more ideas than there is time and people. We've got enough IP holders interested, and so many ideas for enhancements, tools, expansions and gadgets that we'd literally need ten years. So we are going to pick our battles and pick our priorities. The point where we feel like we've exhausted all that is when we'd add a new engine or new viewpoint.
It appears we haven't lost him after all; having toyed with the camera in the debug mode of LittleBigPlanet, Alex gives us a taste of first person LittleBigPlanet, and it looks amazing.
Alex Evans: There's no reason why features like this could never make it.
The next few minutes are spent playing through part of a level from this new perspective and a few others as well, as we're witness to a Gears of War style third person view. Though the 2.5D levels of LittleBigPlanet understandably mean a first person mode is, for now, something of an eccentric proposition, it goes to show the versatility of the engine, and indeed the team at Media Molecule.
IGN: Given that you're such a small team, how long will support continue for LittleBigPlanet before you move on to your next project?
David Smith: It's about supporting the community, so it's whatever works. When we move onto different products, it's all about working out how to keep that community happy. So the decision we're making is tied into what the community wants. If they want something that's completely new and buy that on Blu-ray, then that's the right thing, if they want lots of downloads and upgrades then...
Alex Evans: I think what's going to keep it going is the online. People become rabid – you know how people love high scores, and achievements and trophies, they're really passionate about it and compare their gamerscores and trophy cabinets online. Take that and multiply by a trillion for people who've just spent twenty hours making a level. Fanboy's the wrong word, but the level of investment people have in their levels is massive, so it's something that's quite powerful for us. When we did the beta trial, we thought all the levels would suck, because the ones from our internal trials had sucked. But within 24 hours there were awesome levels, and suddenly we had to rethink and go, we should take all this content and put it in the game.
David Smith: There has to be a new word for these people. Because the word fanboy is for people on the sideline cheering – this is a game where you're actually making content yourself. What do you call that?
Kareem Ettouney: The creators, I think. Every level I've seen from the community is so much better than I could do.


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by Portfolio Grader | November 23, 2012 11:30 am
The ratings of three Electric Utilities stocks are down this week, according to the Portfolio Grader[1] database. Each of these rates a "D" ("sell") or "F" overall ("strong sell").
This week, Empire District Electric (NYSE:EDE[2]) falls to a D ("sell"), worse than last week's grade of C ("hold"). Empire District Electric generates, purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity. The stock price has fallen 8% over the past month, worse than the 3% decrease the S&P 500 has seen over the same period of time. To get an in-depth look at EDE, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of EDE stock[3].
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais-CEMIG (NYSE:CIG[4]) earns a D this week, falling from last week's grade of C. Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais is engaged in the electric power transmission business, which consists of transporting electric power from the facilities where it is generated to the distribution networks for delivery to end users. Share prices fell 11.7% over the past month. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of CIG stock[5].
UIL Holdings (NYSE:UIL[6]) gets weaker ratings this week as last week's C drops to a D. UIL Holdings transmits and delivers electricity to customers and distributes natural gas in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Wall Street appears to agree with the stock downgrade, with share prices dropping 5.8% over the past month. For a full analysis of UIL stock, visit Portfolio Grader[7].
Louis Navellier's proprietary Portfolio Grader[8] stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being "strong buy," and F being "strong sell." Explore the tool here[9].
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Yoga In Aruba
Yoga in Aruba is a relaxing and healthy way to enjoy your vacation. And the Aruban beaches, wonderful climate and cooling winds provide ideal conditions for yoga classes and yoga exercises on the beach. Especially in the cooler hours of the day, while enjoying a beautiful sunrise or sunset, it is wonderful to do your Yoga exercises.
Yoga is given in Aruba on the beach and other outdoor locations, sometimes followed by a relaxing walk on the beach. But there are also several yoga studios that offer yoga classes indoors with air conditioning.
Yoga Studios
Looking for a yoga center offering yoga classes, check out Prana Yoga and Happy Buddha Aruba. At Prana Yoga in downtown Oranjestad you can enjoy various yoga classes, including prenatal yoga, and wellness packages that also let you explore Aruba's natural beauty. At Happy Buddha Aruba, the Dutch yoga instructor Corinne Voermans gives various yoga classes including Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga. This yoga studio is located steps away from the high rise hotels in Palm Beach.
Yoga Packages
Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa offers special packages for a Caribbean yoga experience. Relax a week during your yoga vacation and follow yoga classes at Eagle Beach, where you look out over the widest beach of Aruba. During this yoga holiday in Aruba you will be welcomed and guided by experienced yoga instructors. Besides the physical effort and spiritual aspects during the yoga classes, you can also go here for Reiki, Vortex Healing, Prana Sage and Thai massage. For more information please visit Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa Wellness.
SUP Yoga
Island Yoga Studio, founded by yogagirl Rachel Brathen, offers SUP yoga classes by a team of highly experienced teachers. This unique form of yoga takes place on the water where you are on an extra wide surfboard, called Stand Up Paddle Board. Hence the name SUP yoga. The ocean in Aruba is perfect for SUP yoga since the water is generally very calm with little waves.


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I'm Amy, I have a four year old shih-tzu. We're from Colorado, but live in Florida. Just got my AS degree in Zoo Animal Technology, and going for my BS in Psychology so I can hopefully work with dolphins someday :-)
I hope to meet some fellow animal-lover friends here


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With a show as popular and profitable as this one, I don't see why they feel the need to recycle costume ideas and song choices. I didn't care for their song at all, but Tony's really stepping it up and Audrina's taking the challenge. Another strong week for them, and I think (like Kyle) she may upset some front runners. I don't know if I've seen Tony really put as much content into a routine in a long time, but it's not like he always gets the partners who can handle it.
And another reason Brooke makes Samantha look smart and witty-when Tony made the remark about waxing his legs if they didn't get straight 8s (who didn't see that coming ), and, after getting the one 7, Brooke said too bad we won't be seeing those sexy legs I remember back when Heather Mills took Jonathan to wax his chest. I wonder if they'll capture that on film.