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Badja Djola is an American film actor. His alternate name was Badja Medu Djola. Who is known for Mississippi Burning (1988), The Hurricane (1999) and The Last Boy Scout (1991). During his carries he was appeared in 47 films & TV shows. His best role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy's cellmate in the movie Penitentiary. He was born on April 9, 1948 at New York City, New York, U.S. His birth name was Bernard Bradley. He was died of a heart attack on January 8, 2005 (age 56) in Los Angeles, California, USA. African-American character actor, often seen in tough or villainous roles. Was a former dancer.
Badja Djola Personal Information/Biography:
Name: Badja Djola
Full Name: Badja Medu Djola
Born Name: Bernard Bradley
Born (Date of Birth): April 9, 1948
Born Place: New York City, New York, U.S
Aged: 56
Died: January 8, 2005
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African-American
Star Sign: Aries
Best Known for: As Leon Isaac Kennedy's Climate in the movie Penitentiary.
Claim to Fame: Agent Monk In Mississippi Burning(1988).
Badja Djola Height Weight Body Statistics & Measurements:
Badja Djola Height: Not Known
Badja Djola Weight: Not Known
Badja Djola Hair Color: Black
Skin Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Badja Djola Body Type: Normal
Badja Djola Filmography:
2005: Back in the day
2005: Slipdream
2001: Night at The Golden Eagle
2001: The Lone Gunmen
2001: The Fugitive
2000: The Prince of Air
2000: Lost in The Pershing Point Hotel
1999: The Hurricane
1999: Deterrence
1998: Chicago Hope
1998: Butter
1998: Brooklyn South
1998: The Players Club
1998: Gunshy
1998: Born Free
1997: The Last Don
1997: Millennium
1997: First Time Felon
1997: The Brave
1997: NYPD Blue
1997: Rosewood
1997: Nash Bridges
1996: Heaven's Prisoners
1995: The X-Files
1994: Knight Rider 2010
1993-1994: Roc(TV Siries)
1993: Who's the Man?
1993: Marked for Murder(TV Movie)
1992: Eddie Presley
1992: The Waterdance
1991: Christmas on Division Street(TV Movie)
1991: The Last Boy Scout
1991: The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage(TV Series)
1991: A Rage in Hardlem
1990: Wiseguy(TV Series)
1990: B.L.Stryker(TV Series)
1989: An Innocent Man
1988: Mississippi Burning
1988: The Serpent and the Rainbow
1987: Spenser:For Hire(TV Series)
1985: The Lightship
1984: The Lonely Guy
1982: Tales of the Gold Monkey(TV Series)
1982: Night Shift
1979: Penitentiary
1979: The Main Event
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Huronia Stallions varsity football team improves to 5-1; earns first-round playoff bye
Members of the Huronia Stallions varsity football team are shown with alumni and lifetime achievement award winners. SUBMITTED
The Huronia Stallions varsity football team improved to 5-1 on the season with a 29-14 victory over their rivals from Sudbury.
The Stallions faced an 11-0 deficit after conceding two safeties and yielding a touchdown.
The Stallions scored a touchdown with under one minute to go in the first half to end a rocky opening half on a high note.
The game saw both teams commit several costly turnovers before the Stallions took control.
Head coach Martino DiSabatino said after the game that the key to the victory was the team coming away with points on two successful field-goal attempts by kicker Michael Tomcyzk when the game could have went either way.
With the score at 22-14, the Stallions iced the victory on a spectacular 70-yard touchdown catch and run by wide receiver Brandon Longstreet.
After the game, Longstreet described his emotions after scoring the game-clinching touchdown in the team's 25th-anniversary celebration game.
"It's pretty surreal," he said. "After it felt a little dreamy."
Longstreet also described the team's slow start early in the game.
"You know, we did a little bit of daydreaming, but then we got our stuff together and pulled out a really big 'W' going into the postseason," Longstreet said.
Quarterback Justin Winn, who finished 3-for-3 for 102 yards passing, connected on the touchdown pass to Longstreet and also threw another score to receiver Cameron Hoekstra, who finished with three receptions for 52 yards.
Quarterback Brandon Hyrncek also threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Jaylen Cooper.
Justin Janicki was the team's leading rusher with seven carries for 78 yards.
On defence, free safety Christian Hutter-Coppin had four tackles and an interception. Mitchell Stadynk and Jack Malo also had interceptions.
Derek Addy and Justin Defaria had quarterback sacks to round out the defensive highlights.
The Stallions have earned a first-round bye in the playoffs and will host a playoff game in two weeks.
The Huronia Stallions junior varsity team defeated Sudbury, 52-26, to finish the regular season with a 4-2 record.
The Stallions built a 14-7 lead in the first quarter and then broke the game open in the second as they took a 35-14 lead.
The Stallions offence was led by fullback Michael Cassano, who had three touchdowns in a gritty performance.
Running backs Matt Koufis and Preston Howard also played well with Koufis also scoring a touchdown.
Quarterback Daniel Hawthorne demonstrated continued growth with another strong game, which saw him throw three touchdown passes to add to the five that he threw the week before.
Receiver Will McCullouch caught two touchdowns and also booted a field goal.
Fellow receiver Brayden Harkness caught the other touchdown pass.
Young receiver Lucas Janicki is also coming along with strong performances as the season progresses.
Defensively, Lucas Smith had several key tackles and defensive back Liam McCarthy had an impact game.
Linebacker Jonah Leichner continues to impress the coaching staff with his hard work and enthusiasm for the game.
The Stallions will open the playoffs by hosting the 0-5-1 Vaughan Rebels on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Barrie Community Sports Complex in Midhurst.
The Stallions defeated Vaughan, 45-12, early in the season.
The Huronia Stallions bantam football team lost its regular-season finale, 33-0, to the North Halton Crimson Tide to fall to 2-4 on the season.
The Stallions did earn a home playoff game this Sunday at 1 p.m. against the 0-6 Toronto Jr. Argos at the Barrie Community Sports Complex in Midhurst.
The Stallions defeated Toronto, 27-0, earlier in the season.
Jason Romisher is the media and recruiting co-ordinator for the Huronia Stallions.
The Huronia Stallions have honoured six recipients with lifetime achievement awards.
Rocco DiSabitino: coach (5 years), support staff (20 years)
Jason Romisher: player (3 years), coach (12 years), media relations (7 years)
Chris Forde: player (1 year), coach (13 years to present)
Greg Van Bolderen: player (5 years), coach (8 years)
Jeff Hale: coach (16 years to present)
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|Mar 22, 1988
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|Dec 23, 1985
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|Jun 26, 1984
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|Tsutomu Kito, Norikazu Nakasuji, Takashi Kataoka, Hiroshi Inagaki, Yutaka Shibahashi, Nobuaki Matsunami
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|Pilot Ink Co., Ltd.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to a reversible temperature-indicating composition, and in particular to such a composition composed as a main ingredient of one or more compounds selected from the ester group having a certain particular range of ΔT value (melting point--clouding point) and characterized by an extremely narrow hysteresis margin in the color density-temperature curve.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The conventional reversible temperature-indicating compositions include those materials utilizing the thermochromatic properties of metallic complex salts such as Ag2 Hg2 I4 and Cu2 HgI4. Another traditional example is cholesterol liquid crystal.
However, these materials have been found universally unacceptable in practical application because of the following problems.
(1) Metallic complex salts poses a rather very wide margin of hysteresis, that is, do not provide the decoloring effect in reversal at the precise temperature range that previously developes color. This hysteretically instable fluctuation have disqualified them for suitable application in temperature-indicating instruments such as thermometer.
(2) The metallic complex salts and cholesteric liquid crystal are very limited in selecting available chromatic varieties. In the industrial applications of metallic complex salts, only two versions of reversible color change are available, from yellow to orange and red to black. As for cholesterol liquid crystal, practical use is limited almost to color change reversibly brown to or from green and green to or from blue, due to an optical reaction.
(3) These conventional materials suffer a considerable limitation in processing, for example, liquid crystal display. A cholesterol liquid crystal reversible temperature indicating material requires the incorporation of a black substrate layer to insure proper coloring by optical reaction which adds extra manufacturing cost. Further, since it must be kept in completely sealed condition to protect against undesired effects of moisture and humidity, considerable limitations are imposed on only storage and transport but also practical application. Metallic complex salts possess a grave limitation on preparing the matrix through which the material is uniformly distributed. PG,4
The present invention has been proposed, therefore, to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.
It is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a reversible temperature indicating material with a desirably narrow range of hysteresis (ΔH) enough to be suitable as a temperature indicating material for thermometers.
Another objective of this invention is to provide such a material which exhibits a wide range of chromatic varieties.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide such a material with minimum limitation on industrial preparation.
According to the present invention there is to provide a reversible temperature-indicating composition comprising:
(A) an electron-donating chromatic organic compound selected from the group consisting of diaryl phthalides, indolyl phthalides, polyaryl carbinols, leuco auramines, aryl auramines, acyl auramines, Rhodamine B lactams, indolines, spiropyrans, and fluorans;
(B) a compound selected from the group consisting of phenolic compounds having 6 to 49 carbon atoms, metal salts of the phenolic compounds, aromatic carboxylic acids having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, aliphatic carboxylic acids having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, metal salts of carboxylic acids having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, acidic phosphoric esters having 1 to 44 carbon atoms, metal salts of the acidic phosphoric esters and triazole compounds having 2 to 24 carbon atoms; and
(C) an ester compound, said components (A), (B), and (C) being present in a weight ratio in the range of 1:0.1 to 50:1 to 800 and being in a form of homogeneous fused mixture, wherein said component (C) is selected from following compounds having ΔT value [melting point (° C.)-clouding point (° C.)] in the range of 3° C. or less: a branched alkyl ester and arylalkyl ester of straight-chain saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid and an alkyl ester of aliphatic carboxylic acid having double bond(s), branched alkyl group, hydroxyl group, carbonyl group or halogen atom in the carbon chain.
FIG. 1 graphically illustrates a relationship between change in a color density and temperature plotted to indicate the hysteresis characteristic of a thermosensitive temperature indicating material employing the reversible temperature indicating composition according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 graphically illustrates a similar relationship indicating the hysteresis characteristic of the prior known reversible temperature-indicating material;
In the graphs of FIGS. 1 and 2, temperature is taken on the axis of abscissa while the axis of ordinate is scaled for color density, in which the signs mean as follows:
T1, T1 ': temperature level at which complete coloring takes place.
T2, T2 ': transit range of temperature.
T3, T3 ': temperature level at which complete decoloring takes place.
C1 C2, C1 'C2 ': difference of color density at the same temperature level between coloring and decoloring processes.
ΔH, ΔH': hysteresis margin
FIG. 3 is a scatter diagram plotted to illustrate the correlation of hysteresis margin ΔH (° C.), taken along the axis of ordinate, with different values of ΔT (° C.), taken along the axis of abscissa, of the ester compound in the reversible temperature indicating composition according to the present invention.
These and other objectives are achieved by the addition of one or more compounds selected from the ester group having a certain particular range of ΔT value as main ingredient so that the resultant prepared compound provides a desired level of ΔH.
The inventors attribute the present invention to the hitherto entirely unknown discovery, as a result of extensive analytical research into the thermally coloring characteristic of reversible temperature indicating compositions, that the deviation of the point of decoloring from the coloring point of temperature or the hysteresis margin (ΔH) has a close correlation with the ΔT value (ΔT=melting point-clouding point) of the ingredients contained in the composition selected from the ester groups.
The reversible temperature indicating composition in accordance with the present invention is a homogenous compatible material composed as required main ingredients (A) an organic coloring electron donative compound, (B) a compound selected from the group consisting of phenolic compounds, metal salts of the phenolic compounds, aromatic carboxylic acids, aliphatic carboxyl acids having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, metal salts of carboxylic acids, acidic phosphoric esters, metal salts of the acidic phosphoric esters, and 1,2,3-triazole compounds, and (C) one or more compounds selected from the ester group having ΔT value (melting point-clouding point) in the temperature range of 3° C. or less.
In the composition, ingredients (A), (B) and (C) are mixed into a desired ratio that is determined according to the kind of hue and the developing and decoloring temperature. The desired color, color density, and decoloring temperature of the reversible temperature indicating composition are variously obtained by selective combination of these components (A), (B) and (C), which have function for determining hue, color density and color/decoloring temperature respectively.
The present invention is specifically characterized by the inclusion of the aforesaid compounds as the main required ingredients, component (C). As the component (C), any ester compound may be applicable, provided that its ΔT value (defined as ΔT, temperature in degree centrigrade =melting point-clouding point) is not greater than 3° C., more preferably 2.5° C., regardless of the molecular weight of the ester or whatever function group or substituent other than the ester radical or ester radical may be contained. The inclusion of one or more such ester compounds, it has been proved, can provide a desired variety of temperature indicating characteristic at the temperature range of approximately -80° C. to +100° C. in the reversible temperature indicating composition.
The gist of the present invention is based on the discovery that the ΔT value of the esters contained as compound (C) has a close relationship with the hysteresis margin (ΔH) of the temperature indicating composition, and, in particular, that, when the ΔT value of the combination of these ester compounds is not higher than 3° C., the reversible temperature indicating composition has a desirably minimum hysteresis margin.
FIG. 3 illustrates graphically a relationship between the ΔT value of the ester compounds as component (C) and the ΔH range of the composition. Study on FIG. 3 obviously disclose a close correlation between ΔT value and ΔH margin. Further study tells that, when the ester compounds have a ΔT value of not greater than 3° C. as well, the resultant reversible temperature-indicating composition has a desirably minimum ΔH margin.
Thus, calculating the ΔT value of any given composition contained ester compounds can predict the ΔH range of the composition. This eliminates the conventional inconvenience in which computation of the ΔH range has to be done after the compositions are actually prepared.
These ester compounds listed above as having individually or in combination a desired ΔT value can be easily combined from extremely extensive varieties of acids and alcohols as materials, from which various kinds of ester compounds can be prepared including the one with low ΔT values. The present invention select from them those in the ΔT range of 3° C. or less for various practical purposes.
The ratio of each ingredient in the composition varies depending on the desired color density, the coloring temperature, the mode of color change, and the kinds of the contained compounds. However, our study has discovered that the composition can most likely provide a desired characteristic from the combination comprising 1 part of component (A), 0.1 to 50, and more preferably 0.5 to 20 parts of component (B), and 1 to 800 and more preferably 5 to 200 parts of component (C), all values by weight ratio.
Each of components (A), (B) and (C) can offer two or more kinds of compounds selected from each group to be properly mixed so as to prepare the composition of this invention. Two or more compounds can be mixed from each of the ingredients (A), (B) and (C), provided that the amount of each being within the specified range. The composition may also contain proper amounts of antioxidants, ultraviolet light absorbents, solubilizers, thinners, and/or intensifiers.
In addition, the composition of this invention permits to and an auxiliary agents such as alcohols, amides, ketones, and/or sulfides, if required, so long as they do not affect the hysteresis characteristic of the contained ester compounds (C). It is important to note, however, that these additives tend to expand the hysteresis range, if their total ratio by weight exceed 50% of the ester compounds. Accordingly, it is preferably to limit their inclusion below this limit.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the reversible temperature indicating composition of the present invention shows a very narrow range of hysteresis to changes of temperature, taken along the axis of abscissa, repeating coloring and decoloring as temperature changes. Referring to the curve of FIG. 1, the sign A indicates the point of complete decoloration while the sing B the point of full coloring, at temperature T3 and T1, respectively. The signs C1 and C2 are respectively curve portions plotted to indicate their transient ranges of color density gradient in coloring and decoloring processed. ΔH is the hysteresis margin at midpoint in the transient ranges indicating how the color strength on the increase of temperature differs from that on the decrease at the same level of temperature T2. It follows accordingly that the closer the curve portions C1 and C2, the narrower the hysteresis margin insuring the more precise temperature indication.
Further, it has been proved as a result of the experiments that the content of ester compounds as the compound (C) with the ΔT value of not greater than 3° C. enables the resulting reversible temperature indicating composition provide a desirably smaller ΔH margin of less than 3° C., insuring a mono-temperature mono-state condition satisfactory enough from the standpoint of visibility of reading. The still better conditions are provided if the ΔT value is not higher than 2.5° C.
FIG. 2 indicates the temperature-to-color density curve plotted to indicate the typical ΔH margin in the prior known reversible temperature indicating material. It is obvious from the study on the Figure that the material is not applicable for accurate temperature indication since the color density thereof shows distinctively different two conditions at the temperature within a color changeable region. Those conventional materials normally contains organic compounds with the ΔT value ranging about 3° C. to about 8° C. as component (C) expanding the hysteresis margin ΔH, which departing them from the desired accurate temperature indicating characteristic assured by a mono-temperature mono-state condition.
The components (A), (B) and (C) will be described in great detail.
The electron-donating chromatic organic compound (A) may be selected from the group of diaryl phthalides, polyaryl carbinols, leuco auramines, acyl auramines, aryl auramines, Rhodamine B lactams, indolines, spiropyrans, fluorans and the like.
The compounds classified in this group are exampled as follows:
Crystal violet lactone, malachite green lactone, Michler's hydrol, crystal violet carbinol, malachite green carbinol, N-(2,3-dichlorophenyl) leuco auramine, N-benzoyl auramine, Rhodamine B lactams, N-acetyl auramine, N-phenyl auramine, 2-(phenyl iminoethylidene)-3,3-dimethyl indoline, N-3,3-trimethlindolinobenzospiropyran, 8-methoxy-N-3,3-trimethylindolinobenzospiropyran, 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-chlorofluoran, 3-dimethylamino-7-methoxyfluoran, 3-diethylamino-6-benzyloxyfluoran, 1,2-benz-6-diethylfluoran, 3,6-di-p-toluidino-4,5-dimethylfluoran-phenylhydrazide-γ-lactam, 3-amino-5-methylfluoran, 2-methyl-3-amino-6,7-dimethylfluoran, 2,3-butylene-6-di-n-butylamino fluoran, 3-diethylamino-7-anilinofluoran, 3-diethylamino-7-(p-toluidino) fluoran, 7-acetoamino-3-diethylamino fluoran, 2-bromo-6-cyclohexylamino fluoran, and 2,7-dichloro-3-methyl-6-n-butylamino fluoran and the like.
The allowable compounds as the component (B) may be selected from the following groups (a) through (b).
(a) The group of phenolic hydroxides, both monophenolic and polyphenolic compounds, including the substituted phenols with alkyl, aryl, acyl and alkoxycarbonyl groups and halogen atom.
Following are the examples of these groups.
Tert-butylphenol, nonylphenol, dodecyl phenol, styrenated phenols, 2,2-methylene-bis(4-methyl-6-tertbutylphenol), α-naphthol, β-naphthol, hydroquinon monomethylether, quaiacol, eugenol, p-chlorophenol, p-bromophenol, o-chlorophenol, o-bromophenol, o-phenyl phenol, p-(p-chlorophenyl)-phenol, o-(o-chlorophenyl)phenol, p-methyl hydroxybenzoate, p-ethyl hydroxybenzoate, p-propyl benzoate, p-butyl hydroxybenzoate, p-octyl hydroxybenzoate, p-dodecyl hydroxybenzoate, 3-iso-propyl catechol, p-tert-butyl catechol, 4,4-methylene diphenol, 4,4-thio-bis(6-tert-butyl-3-methylphenol), 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane, 4,4-butylydene-bis(6-tertbutyl-3-methylphenol), bisphenol A, bisphenol S, 1,2-dioxynaphthalene, chloro-catechol, bromocatechol, 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenon, phenol phthalein, o-cresol phthalein, methyl protocatechuate, ethyl protocatechuate, propyl protocatechuate, octyl protocatechuate, dodecyl protocatechuate, 2,4,6-trioxymethyl benzene, 2,3,4-trioxyethyl benzene, methly gallicate, ethyl gallicate, propyl gallicate, butyl gallicate, hexyl gallicate, octyl gallicate, dodecyl gallicate, cetyl gallicate, stearyl gallicate, 2,3,5-trioxynaphthalein, tannic acid, phenol resins and the like.
(b) The group of metal salts of the phenolic hydroxides, the metal being any selected from the group composed of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, zinc, zirconium, aluminium, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, tin, copper, iron, vanadium, titanium, lead, molybdenum and the like.
(c) The group of aromatic carboxylic acids and aliphatic carboxylic acids having 2 to 5 carbon atoms consisting of maleic acid, fumaric acid, benzoic acid, toluic acid, p-tert-butyl benzoate, chlorobenzoate, bromobenzoate, ethoxy benzoate, gallic acid, naphthoic acid, phthalic acid, naphthalein-dicarboxylic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid and the like.
(d) The group of metal salts of carboxylic acids, both monocarboxylic and polycarboxylic. Following are the examples of this group:
Acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearinic acid, isostearinic acid, behenic acid, crotonic acid, olenic acid, elaidinic acid, linoliec acid, linoleinic acid, monochloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid, monofluoroacetic acid, glycollic acid, hydroxy propionic acid, hydroxy butyric acid, ricinolic acid, 12-hydroxyl stearic acid, lactic acid, pyruvic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, adipic acid, sebacic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, valeric acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, naphthenic acid, benzoic acid, toluic acid, phenyl acetic acid, p-tert-butyl benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, chlorobenzoic acid, bromobenzoic acid, ethoxybenzoic acid, mandelic acid, protocatechuic acid, vanillinic acid, resorcinic acid, dioxybenzoic acid, dioxychlorobenzoic acid, gallic acid, naphthoic acid, hydroxy naphthoic acid, phthalic acid, monoethylester phthalate, naphthalein-dicarboxylic acid, monoethylester naphthalein dicarboxylic acid, trimellitic acid, and pyromellitic acid (as metal salts of carboxylic acids, the metal being any selected from the group of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, zinc, zirconium, aluminum, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, tin, copper, iron, vanadium, titanium, lead, molybdenum and the like).
(e) The group of alkyl esters, branched alkyl esters, alkenyl esters, alkynyl esters, cycloalkyl esters, and aryl esters of acidic phosphoric compounds and their derivatives. Both monoesters and diesters, or their combinations (acidic phosphates), are as exemplified below:
Methyl acid phosphate, ethyl acid phosphate, n-propyl acid phosphate, n-butyl acid phospate, 2-ethylhexyl acid phosphate, n-octyl acid phosphate, isodecyl acid phosphate, n-decyl acid phosphate, lauryl acid phosphate, myristyl acid phosphate, cetyl acid phosphate, stearyl acid phosphate, decocyl acid phosphate, oleyl acid phosphate, 2-chloroethyl acid phosphate, 2,3-dibromo-2,3-dichloro-propyl acid phosphate, dichloropropyl acid phosphate, cyclohexyl acid phosphate, phenyl acid phosphate, o-tolyl acid phosphate, 2,3-xylyl acid phosphate, p-cumenyl acid phosphate, mesityl acid phosphate, 1-naphtyl acid phosphate, 2-naphtyl acid phosphate, 1-anthryl acid phosphate, benzyl acid phosphate, phenethyl acid phosphate, styryl acid phosphate, cinnamyl acid phosphate, trityl acid phosphate, phenylmethyl phosphate, phenylethyl phosphate, phenyl n-propyl phosphate, phenyl n-butyl phosphate, phenyl n-octyl phosphate, phenyllauryl phosphate, phenylcyclohexyl phosphate, phenyl(2,3-xylyl) phosphate, cyclohexylstearyl phosphate, cyclohexylcetyl phosphate, dimethyl phosphate, diethyl phosphate, di-n-propyl phosphate, di-n-butyl phosphate, di-n-hexyl phosphate, di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate, di-n-decyl phosphate, dilauryl phosphate, dimyristyl phosphate, dicetyl phosphate, distearyl phosphate, dibehenyl phosphate, diphenyl phosphate, dicyclohexyl phosphate, di-o-tryl phosphate, bis(triphenylmethyl) phosphate, bis(diphenylmethyl) phosphate, di(2,3-xylyl) phosphate, dibenzyl phosphate, di(1-naphtyl) phosphate and the like.
(f) The group of metal salts of the above group (e), the metal being any selected from the category of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, zinc, zirconium, aluminum, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, tin, copper, iron, vanadium, titanium, lead, molybdenum and the like.
(g) The triazole compounds that include 1,2,3triazole, 4(5)-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole, 5(6)-methyl-1,2,3benzotriazole, 5-chloro-1,2.3-benzotriazole, 7-nitro-1,2,3-benzotriazole, 4-benzoylamino-1,2,3-benzotriazole, 4-hydroxy-1,2,3-benzotriazole, naphtho-1,2,3-triazole, 5,5'-bis(1,2,3-benzotriazole), 1,2,3-benzotriazole-4sulfooctyamide and the like.
The component (C) may be selected from the followings:
That group of the ester compounds having ΔT in the range under 3° C. that include a branched alkyl ester and arylalkyl ester of straight chain saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid and an alkyl ester of aliphatic carboxylic acid having double bond(s), branched alkyl group, hydroxyl group, carbonyl group, or halogen atom in the carbon chain. The examples of such ester compounds include:
2-ethylhexyl acetate, 2-ethylhexyl behenate, 2-ethylhexyl myristate, 2-ethylhexyl caprate, 3,5,5-trimethylhexyl laurate, 3,5,5-trimethylhexyl myristate, 3,5,5-trimethylhexyl palmitate, 2-methylbutyl caproate, 2-methylbutyl caprylate, 2-methylbutyl caprate, 1-ethylpropyl palmitate, 1-ethylpropyl stearate, 1-ethylpropyl behenate, 1-ethylhexyl laurate, 1-ethylhexyl myristate, 1-ethylhexyl palmitate, 2-methylbenzyl caproate, 2-methylbenzyl caprylate, 2-methylbenzyl caprate, 2-methylbenzyl laurate, 3-methylbutyl stearate, 3-methylbutyl behenate, 1-methylheptyl stearate, 1-methylheptyl behenate, 1-ethylpentyl caproate, 1-ethylpentyl palmitate, 1-methylpropyl stearate, 1-methyloctyl stearate, 1-methylhexyl stearate, 1,1-dimethylpropyl laurate, 1-methylpentyl caprate, 2-methylhexyl stearate, 3-phenylpropyl stearate, 2-methylhexyl behenate, 3,7-dimethyloctyl laurate, 3,7-dimethyloctyl myristate, 3,7-dimethyloctyl palmitate, 3,7-dimethyloctyl stearate, 3,7-dimethyloctyl behenate, n-butyl erucate, 3,7-dimethyloctyl erucate, isostearyl erucate, stearyl isostearate, cetyl isostearate, 2-methylpentyl 12-hydroxystearate, 2-ethylhexyl 18-bromostearate, isostearyl 2-Keto myristate, 2-ethylhexyl 2-fluorostearate, stearyl oleinate, behenyl oleinate, stearyl linolate, behenyl linolate and the like.
In practical application, the reversible temperature indicating composition according to the present invention may be used in a pulverized or molten state. However, it may more efficiently be handled in a microcapsule. Capsulation can be done in any known method such as coacervation, interfacial polymerization, in situ polymerization, spray drying or the like.
The reversible temperature indicating composition according to this invention in the form of microcapsules can be applied in quite the same manner as in conventional practice in plastics, rubber materials or other surfaces or as printing ink, paint, pen ink or spraying material.
The composition and microcapsules contained thereof according to this invention will be described in concrete examples. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention should not be limited to the examples given.
In the examples, electron-donating chromatic organic compounds to be mixed into the composition are referred to in abbreviated form as CFs followed by a different number (e.g., CF-1, CF-2, and so on). Their respective identifications are listed together later in the specification, represented by chemical constitution.
In addition, determination of melting and clouding points, on both of which the ΔT value was calculated, was performed using melting point measuring apparatus as a type of automatically measuring variation of transmittance of a sample in terms of temperature.
The melting point was taken as the level of temperature at which the sample reached completely molten state. Every value in the obtained test data is the mean of 3 measured samples.
Further, determination of the ΔH was based on the difference of color densities (represented by C1 and C2 in FIG. 1) at the same temperature T2, using a color-difference meter.
A mixture composes of 2 g of CF-1, 6 g of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxphenyl)pentane, and 50 g of 3,5,5-trimethylhexyl stearate was heated until it melted into a homogenous state and capsulated by known coacervation process into microcapsules containing the reversible temperature indicating composition of this invention. 50 g of the microcapsules thus produced was uniformly dispersed into a vehicle which comprises 80 g of water, 200 g of copolymerized ethylene-vinyl acetate emulsion (negatively charged, 4.5 to 5.5 in pH, 2,000 cps in viscosity at 30° C., and 50% in solid content) and 10 g of sodium alginate. With the resultant product, the 50 micron thick film of polyester was screen printed, and the printed area was laminated with a 12 micron thick polyester film to obtain a temperature indicating material. The printed film was then cooled to 2° C. until fully colored in magenta, and left to stand at a temperature of 8° C., a mid point in the transitive zone of coloring gradient (or the range between T1 and T3 in FIG. 1). A color density of the film showed C2 under the above condition. Subsequently, the film was heated to 20° C., a completely fading temperature, followed by cooling and maintaining it at 8° C., wherein a color density showed C1. Both were then measured for lightness in terms of value of color. C1 was 7.2 while C2 was 6.6. They looked to the eye just as suggested by their values.
The procedure was repeated with similar samples and their value of color determined. The results obtained were substantially same as above.
The ΔT value of the 3,5,5-trimethyhexyl stearate was 1.5° C.
The ΔH value of the reversible temperature indicating composition was 2.3° C.
A mixture of 5 g of CF-2, 12 g of paracumylphenol, and 100 g of 2-methylhexyl palmitate was heated until it melted into a homogenous state, and capsulated by known interfacial polymerization method into microcapsules containing the reversible temperature indicating composition. Then 80 g of the microcapsules thus produced was uniformly dispersed into a vertical consisting of 200 g of polymerized ester acrylate emulsion (negatively charged, 4 in pH, under 150 cps in viscosity, and 31% in solid content), 4 g of sodium alginate, and 0.5 g of cross-linking agent. With the resultant product, the cotton cloth was printed and then cooled at -20° C. until the pattern colored to green. Then, the printed cloth was left to stand at a temperature of -12° C., a level in the transitive zone of coloring gradient, wherein a color density showed C2. Then said cloth was exposed to a varying temperature from 20° C., the level at which the print was supposed to completely decolor, to -12° C. and maintained it at -12° C., wherein a color density showed C1. Similarly, a lightness of both C1 and C2 were measured in terms of color value and gave 7.2 and 6.6, respectively, although they looked almost equally clear to the eyes. The procedure was repeated with similar samples and their color value measured. The results gave substantially the same readings as above.
The ΔT value of the 2-methylhexyl palmitate 1.4° C.
The ΔH value of the reversible temperature indicating composition 2.1° C.
A mixture consisting of 6 g of CF-3, 18 g of a zinc salt of bisphenol A, 40 g of 3-methylbutyl behenate, and 60 g of 2-methylbutyl behenate was heated until it melted into a homogenous state, and then capsulated by known spray drying method into microcapsules containing the reversible temperature indicating composition of this invention. Then, 80 g of the microcapsules thus produced was dispersed into a vehicle consisting of 20 g of copolymerized styrene-maleinic acid anhydride, 5 g of 25% aqueous ammonium solution, and 0.5 g of antifoaming agent to give an aqueous photogravure ink.
With the ink thus produced, the 20 micron thick synthetic paper of polystyrene was printed by photogravure method and then coated with a thin film of styrene resin over the printed surface to give a temperature indicating label. The resultant label was immersed into a vessel of water heated at 50° C. until the print got completely decolored, and then left immersed in a vessel of water heated at 38° C., a level in the transistive zone of coloring gradient wherein a color density showed C1. Subsequently, the label was left to stand and cooled to at a room temperature once, followed by heating and maintaining at 38° C., wherein a color density showed C2. Comparison gave almost no difference of color strength between two parts C1 and C2.
The ΔT value of the 3-methylbutyl behenate 1.4° C.
The ΔT value of 2-methylbutyl behenate 2.9° C.
The ΔH value of the reversible temperature indicating composition 2.8° C.
In addition, following the preparation method of Example 1, the different versions of reversible temperature indicating composition were prepared and tested. The results, together with the measured values of ΔT and ΔH, are presented in the Table.
TABLE__________________________________________________________________________ Temperature (°C.) Color at Color at ΔT ΔH below aboveExampleReversible temperature indicating composition value of value of coloring coloringNo. Component (A) Component (B) Component (C) component (C) composition temperature temperature__________________________________________________________________________4 CF-4 (6 g) 5-nitro-1,2,3- 2-ethylhexyl 2.0 3.0 -30 benzotriazole (15 g) caprate (100 g) Vermilion Decolored5 CF-5 (4 g) p-octylphenol (20 g) 1-ethylpropyl 2.3 3.0 42 behenate (100 g) Pink Decolored6 CF-6 (2 g) Bis(4-hydroxy- Stearyl erucate 1.9 2.5 38 phenyl) sulfon (5 g) (100 g) Black Decolored7 CF-7 (6 g) 2,3-xylylacid 3-phenyl propyl 1.5 2.0 18 phosphate (15 g) stearate (100 g) Dark red Decolored8 CF-8 (8 g) 4-hydroxyl- DL-2-methylbutyl 2.4 3.8 15 stearyl bonzoate (16 g) stearate (100 g) Orange Decolored__________________________________________________________________________
The electron-donating chromatic organic compounds represented in code in the examples are as follows:
CF-1: 3-diethylamino-7,8-benzofluoran
CF-2: 6'-(diethylamino)-2'-[cyclohexyl(phenylmethyl)amino]-spiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H), 9'-(9H)xanthen]-3-one
CF-3: 2'-[(4-n-butylphenyl)amino]-3'-methyl-6'- (diethylamino)-spiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen]-3-one
CF-4: 3-diethylamino-5-methyl-7-dibenzyl-aminofluoran
CF-5: 3,3'-bis(1-ethyl-2-methyl-1H-indol-3- )-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone
CF-6: 6'-(cyclohexylmethylamino)-3'-methyl-2'-(phenylamino)-spiro]isobenzofuran-1(3H), 9-(9H)xanthen]-3-one
CF-7: 2'-[bis(phenylmethyl)amino]-3'-methyl-6'-(diethylamino)-spiro]isobenzofuran-1(3H), 9'-(9H)xanthen]-3-one
CF-8: 3-chlor-6-cyclohexylaminofluoran
It will be clear from the above description that the present invention provides a improved reversible temperature indicating composition capable of coloring in a wide variety of hues at desired different levels of temperature. Particularly, the composition of this invention has an extremely marked advantage which has hitherto been unobtainable with conventional reversible temperature recording materials, that is can color at or very close the temperature it decolors. Further, it can perform with enhanced response to exhibit very close levels of color strength, whether on the increase or decrease of temperature. Further, with conventional compositions, the hysteresis range (ΔH), a factor that determines the temperature indication performance, can only be computed on the finished product. However, the present invention permits pre-preparation estimation of this hysteresis value based on determination of the ΔT value, defined as melting point-clouding point=ΔT, of the contained ester compounds, a main component for the composition, thus, the hysteresis range can be controlled depending on the purposes for which the prepared product is applied. This contributes to enhancing the efficiency of production. Further, there are numerous ester compounds with ΔT values in the effective range, combination can provide a variety of versions of the reversible temperature indicating composition with different response temperature.
Also, the composition according to this invention is capable of repeatedly marking and era ing at a fixed temperature. Thus, it can be embodied as a multia temperature indicator in which different versions of this composition are used to get colored in a different color at a different level of temperature. This invention may be applied in multi-color printing for printed patterns, drawn in two or more variations of the composition, capable of changing from one color to another with changes of temperature. Such a pattern can also be printed for fancy in T-shirts, ties, towels, gloves, training wears, blouses, skiing wears, for decoration or interesting effect in wall paper or pictures, or for temperature indication in packages or labels for contents subject to quality change by temperature. In addition, since the present invention features a very small value of hysteresis range (ΔH), application as a multicolor temperature indicator can provide far greater enhanced performance, compared with those conventional reversible temperature indicating composition with coarse hysteresis values, particularly for detailed reading within small temperature ranges, measuring accurately with a wide variety of hues. It will be appreciated that the present invention can contribute as a thermometer and other possible applications contribute to increasing industrial usefulness and convenience.
While the invention has been described in detail and with reference to specific embodiment thereof, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.
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February 13th, 2005, 09:54 AM #1
42 Deadly Ad Copy Sins That I've Made
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I have read thousands of ad copies online and offline
over my lifetime. I have read excellent ad copies that
made me b.uy right away and some that may have had
a decent product, but had a poor ad copy that turned
me away.
Now that I am in business, I have written some of my
own ad copies. Some of them have worked, some of
them have bombed. The key is to keep changing and
testing your ad copy, don't just write one and then
stop. I don't have a college degree in copywriting, but
I know to learn from the mistakes and n.ever give up.
Below I've made a l.ist of 42 deadly ad copy sins that
I've made over the years and that you can learn from:
-no compelling headline
-no believable testimonials
-no sub headlines
-no attractive benefits
-no features
-no strong guarantees
-no asking or answering questions
-no proof of benefits offered
-no contact information for questions
-no endorsements
-no conversational writing
-too long of sentences
-no deadline to order
-no f.ree trials
-spelling mistakes
-grammar mistakes
-too light of text
-too dark of background
-ad copy doesn't blend together
-no breaks in ad copy
-no bullets
-ad copy in all CAPS
-few ordering options
-no visual aids
-no comparison to competition
-no reminding of benefits or deadlines
-no information about your business
-no appealing adjectives
-no appealing phrases
-too large of text
-too small of text
-no emotional appeal
-too large of paragraphs
-no story telling
-no underlining or bolding of keywords
-too short of ad copy
-too long of ad copy
-no facts or case studies
-hard to understand jargon
-no f.ree bonuses
-too low of price
-too high of price
Don't get me wrong, not all 42 of my ad copy sins will
apply to each and every ad you write. It is just a l.ist
you can use in the future. If you currently have an ad
copy, compare it to the l.ist right now. Your ad copy
could make or break your sales.
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March 24th, 2005, 02:59 AM #2
Important: Classified Tips
Over the last 4 years we have found that these 13 tips can make the difference between good to moderate results and no results at all in online classified advertising.
1. Short precise ads work better. We have provided longer ads within the center, but that does not mean you need to place longer ads within them. All fields must be completed, but you can use the short ads in the longer fields.
2. Your goal should only be to get the client to the site for more information.
3. Use action words(i.e. Now, amazing, attractive, confidential, etc.). These words call the client to do something.
4. Make your product appear unique to all other product available(if any).
5. DO NOT try to sell your customer on your in the ad.
6. Spark an interest or curiosity in your advertisement.
7. Use the title to grab the interest, use the ad to spark curiosity.
8. You more than likely will not achieve good results from a product that is saturated on the Internet, or a product that is so obscure that it has no perceived value.
9. Online classifieds are different. The ads on the sites rotate. This means that you must post your ads regularly(this means a schedule is needed), and as in all advertising, you have one chance to grab the customer. There is so much information available on the web, you must strike and strike hard to get the customer.
10 Posting the same ad over and over and over in a row is called "SPAMMING". Spamming will get your ads banned from all sites and will get your account terminated from the AdSubmitter with no refund. In addition, our research has shown that clients that see the same ad many times in a row do not respond. No one likes a spammer.
11. Track and monitor your results. This is critical. If your ad does not attract results, change the ad with the next posting. Your frame of mind should be to learn through trial and error. Find the ads that work for your product alone. This is the main reason why the AdSubmitter exists
12. DO NOT try to make your product appear to good to be true. Leave out the hype. The Internet has grown and hype doe not really sell anymore. Just state the real facts.
13. DO NOT underestimate the power of having a schedule. Post the same ads every 5-7 days. No more, No less. This keeps your ads in front of the customer and avoids spamming.
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great advices, i just print them and placed them on the board!!!!
March 24th, 2005, 04:57 PM #4
Thanks for the great tips!
You mentioned:
-too low of price
-too high of price
What price testing methods do you like to use to maximize sales?
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They (piano) most likely don't do any such testing methods. The post is a copy paste from one of those Internet ebook things. The mailto link they posted contained a referral id.
Google "42 Deadly Ad Copy Sins". I found what was posted here dated back to 2000.
March 24th, 2005, 09:00 PM #6
Wow, Thanks Kellie....my bad
It did look kind of generic.....no details
I also just noticed: Posts:1
That should have been a tip off to me....Duh
March 25th, 2005, 10:10 AM #7
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Action words, by their nature, need to be verbs.
buy/try/register/sign up/click/apply
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Thread: if statment in sql query
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Unanswered: if statment in sql query
I am building and application in Access 2002 .adp on top of SQL Server 2000. When I used the .mdb format I was able to write if statments in my query columns that look something like this:
TotalAmt: iif(Total>0,Total,0)
How do I do this in the column of the queries view I have of SQL in the .adp?
I am thinking I can't use "iif" statments but rather "case" statments?
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You may get more Joy in the SQL Server Board...Matt the Hat says: "what!?"
A child of five could understand this! Fetch me a child of five!
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In UK Crazy by Gnarls Barkley was in the top 5 hits.
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- The United States Department of Homeland Security reveals that it plans to reallocate anti-terrorism funding to cities across the nation. Funding to New York City and Washington, D.C. is cut, while funding in cities such as Omaha, Nebraska and Los Angeles, California increases. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office calls the report's statement that there are no ampquotnational monuments or iconsampquot in New York City ampquotoutrageous.ampquot (NYT)
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Brooklyn Bridge, Someone asks on Twitter, "Brooklyn Bridge closed to traffic and pedestrian paths; cops refuse to say why why? Well, it is also closed to traffic in both directions, apparently there are two suspicious packages, a in each direction! . Now the bridge is reopened, the suspicious packages were … flashlights leukemia foot.
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As many of you know, I don't have a great deal of time for Arduino – I cannot tell you how many months I wasted on those daft cheap Ethernet boards for them which never really worked reliably no matter what I did – so I probably have a mental block by now.
However, there can be no arguing that a board costing £1.28 inc. postage has to be worth at least a second look. The picture below shows where this all fits into the scheme of things…
And so it was today, I'd just finished putting some polishing touches on the I2c code, fresh from having gotten the BMP280 working – and I was looking at A/D boards to add to the arsenal when I remembered that Arduinos have A/D in… not stunningly high definition but good enough for checking batteries and light levels etc.
At that point, mid-coffee I remembered I'd bought one of these little critters from AliExpress. Be careful – not all of these bring A4 and A5 out, some have micro-usb connectors, others don't. Some have 3v3 regulators, some don't. I find the most useful ones just have the FTDI connector on them and no USB – but then I have FTDI connectors coming out of my ears.
For the purposes of this item – a 3v3 regulator is not needed as presumably if you're fastening I2c devices to the ESP8266, you'll feed 3v3 to the whole lot. Anyway, use whichever suits you best. I'm also assuming pullups are in place – the Arduino has pullups but I doubt they are strong enough.
SO – the point of this is – it is quite easy to make an Arduino into an I2c slave – so for £1.28 you can make a port extender, more inputs, some analog inputs, PWM outputs – just about anything really as long as whatever it is doing doesn't take up any time as the board needs to respond to I2c commands quickly. I have a MUCH more powerful device on the way from China with lots more pins etc. but for now, the humble Chinese Nano gets the job.
The simple WIRE library with a little code turns the Nano or similar into a device – I've chosen to make it DEVICE 9 by default – don't REALLY want to use up ports making that programmable but then because the board has EEPROM I've made a hopefully reliable method to store the device number in EEPROM!
In the simplest example, sending I2c commands to this device from the home control software discussed elsewhere in this blog – let's say to turn output 13 on…
And indeed that was the very first command I made it respond to as an I2c slave – mainly because on these boards, port 13 has a LED attached to it!!!
Clearly turning it off would be:
Or how about reading the state of input 10?
So here I've chosen to create the command nano – command 1 is set ports (2 is read ports)… port is 13, last parameter is 1 or 0 for on or off. Immediately we have a port expander with several useful ports. For ease, the software I put into the Nano checks to see if the port has already been setup correctly and does that if not – hence avoiding annoying setup code at the ESP end.
With the simplest code and assuming A4 is used as the SCL and A5 is used as SDA, you end up with a "nano i2c peripheral" able to offer (if you get the right board offering A0-A7):
- 6 8-bit PWM channels
- 6 8-bit ANALOG inputs
- 6 DIGITAL INPUTS or OUTPUTS
i.e. ALL of that. You could instead choose to have 18 general purpose I/O lines etc.
I'm sure it would not take most of you too long to figure out ALL SORTS of other configurations but for the sake of this project and this board example– there are ports 2-21 where Arduino A0 is 14. Now, if your board DOES have A6 and A7, note that they can ONLY be used as analog inputs – they cannot be used as ordinary inputs OR outputs – that's just a simple feature of the board, not the software.
The point being – they are SO cheap and with this code make good general purpose I2c peripherals – you have to ask yourself – in some cases, why you would use anything else!
So before we start – this will only work for short strings or series of numbers with the standard WIRE library for Arduino – see the blog where I learned the hard way this weekend that WIRE has a 32 byte incoming buffer AND a 32 byte transfer buffer and if you try to send more than that – the Arduino crashes – I've updated my WIRE to 128 bytes (so that's 192 bytes more than before ) and it is working a treat with long strings – the reason I want that is because though you won't see it in this basic code, I'm now working on running QTECH 160*120 displays in the Arduino peripheral.
I've updated the code and here is the current state of affairs – evolving rapidly, for the Nano - expect this to change – again - this time tomorrow it will no doubt have changed - again.


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Cannot start Win7 in AHCI mode when multiple drives are connected
Hi, I'm working with a new PC build that uses a 60 GB SSD for its boot drive, and which is also reusing some "old" SATA HDDs for storage.
At the time I installed Windows 7 Ult 64, I had only a new SSD plugged in, and the bios was set to AHCI mode. The installation went fine and I was able to boot into Windows afterwards without issue.
Then, I connected a WD Caviar Black SATA HDD to use as storage, with the SSD being the boot drive. With both of them connected, Windows will not get past the Starting Windows screen.
I made this video of the program before I understood that it was a drive controller issue: Startup problem - YouTube
In it, you can see that Windows boots fine in AHCI mode with just the SSD plugged in, but that when the backup SATA drive is also connected it doesn't get past the Starting Windows screen.
For the record, this Caviar Black HDD was my previous boot OS, and it also has a Win7 install on it (which I've renamed the base folder of), but it is not booting from that HDD. Also, I have tried the same thing with other "old" SATA HDDs that do not have any previous Windows install on them, and the result is the same thing which is shown in the video.
I do not understand why, and don't know what to do about it. All help is appreciated, thank you!
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|11 Nov 2011
Have you scoured the BIOS for any other setting relating to AHCI? I seem to recall at least 2 different settings for it on my ASUS motherboard. Also look for any settings that might relate to hard drives, bootup, anything like that. How much of the BIOS did you change from its original settings?
Also, have you gone to the motherboard's manufacturer and installed every last driver for your version of windows? I found this, but it seems like a short list (considering some of these were for different versions of windows)
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|12 Nov 2011
Hi, and thanks for the reply. I have the latest BIOS version installed, and I changed almost nothing in my BIOS from stock settings. I basically just set up the boot order, and switched AHCI to IDE when Windows refused to boot in AHCI with multiple drives connected. I installed the mobo drivers that came on the CD included with the mobo.
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|12 Nov 2011
So the BIOS install was successful? It is usually best to have the most recent mobo drivers installed (manufacturer's website) but I don't think that is the problem here.
You have only 4* internal SATA ports right, and those are 2.0, not 3.0?
EDIT** I just looked it up, and yes, you have all 2.0, not 3.0.
let me research some more
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|12 Nov 2011
I would say try going back to IDE, I don't think you will suffer any noticeable performance hit. And you could always go back. I would use this as a last resort just because i favor AHCI. But be careful. Someone messed with his system and when he switched from ahci to ide, he got an error that wouldn't let him boot. You could create a disk image on another drive perhaps and do things to safe guard your data in the event this happens (although you said you cannot boot into windows at all if you connect another drive, right?
Alright, do this. Make sure you have all important windows updates (well, forget about that malicious download tool thing, not important right now). Run sfc /scannow through a cmd prompt
You sure you have all drivers downloaded from that cd?
you don't have a non-working sata cable you are using do you? have you switched cables?
What I am most curious about is the benefit of AHCI for an SSD with a 3Gbps SATA II connection. I know all SSDs benefit from AHCI, but I am not sure how much quicker it would be without a SATA III connection.
You know, I've played with the boot order before, and it messed things up. Be careful there. Don't change the boot order of HDDs and SSDs (if you have, change it back exactly as it was, you may need to have connected all HDDs and SSDs that you have connected up to this point, and then go into BIOS and change it all back to the original). You can reset the BIOS (look it up on google if you don't know how, and before windows boots again, set it back to AHCI if you want to try and keep it).
You should be able to change boot device priority which is hard drive first, usb second, cd third, or however you like. That is of no consequence
PS, I appologize for my rambling, but I was trying to think through how to solve your case and just typed according to my thinking, hopefully something makes sense
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|12 Nov 2011
So the BIOS install was successful? It is usually best to have the most recent mobo drivers installed (manufacturer's website) but I don't think that is the problem here.
You have only 4* internal SATA ports right, and those are 2.0, not 3.0?
EDIT** I just looked it up, and yes, you have all 2.0, not 3.0.
let me research some more
And you might have checked up a different mobo or an earlier version, but my mobo is an Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1, and it has four SATA3 ports and four SATA2 ports. My SSD is plugged into an Intel SATA3 port, while my 3 SATA HDDs are plugged into SATA2 ports.
I just bought a new Caviar Green 2 TB drive for storage, and I'm going to remove 2 of the storage drives I currently have in the PC. I'll see if Windows boots with just the SSD and the Caviar Green drive installed. In the end, though, I'll have the SSD as boot drive, a Caviar Black as app/game drive, and the Caviar Green as storage/backup, so those 3 in combo will need to run on whatever setting, hopefully AHCI. As it is now, I know that the SSD will boot Windows in AHCI if only it's installed, but that when the Caviar Black is also installed, and the BIOS is set to AHCI, it will hang on the Starting Windows screen.
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|12 Nov 2011
Oh, your system specs say that you have evga. You should update it (my signature has everything you need in that area). I can possibly help yu further after you've done this. You have the correct drivers right? if you have 64bit windows 7, you have 64 bit drivers...
Follow this tutorial and make sure everything is set right in your setup: AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
Can you boot with a "newer" drive hooked up to your computer with AHCI enabled? I don't know how old your "older" drives are
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|12 Nov 2011
Oh, sorry about the profile specs, I've updated them now. Yes, I've checked the registry and the key value is set to 0 for AHCI mode. I just got a Caviar Green 2TB drive, so I'll see if it boots into Win7 with just the SSD and the CG installed. My "older" drives range from 3 - 5 years old, with the Caviar Black being around maybe 3 years. I can't recall if I bought it when I built my last PC (3 years ago), or if I bought it later. It's possibly newer than that, maybe 1.5 - 2 years old.
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|12 Nov 2011
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W7 Ultimate SP1, LM18.2 MATE, W10 Home, #All 64 bit
Are your connectors (power and data) and sockets OK?
Have you tried using different SATA sockets and cables?
I had a problem with a dodgy connection to my one of my DVD drives.
I couldn't boot my machine because of it.
I only discovered it, because the drive light didn't come on (when the PC rebooted).
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Happy Easter everyone! We made it through the Easter marathon looking pretty good! As part of the choir, Eddie and Cyndi sang at the Easter Eve service Saturday night, and two services on Easter morning. Easter is the one day each year that there is music at the 8 am service at our church (Trinity Episcopal, Belleville). Usually we only sing at the 10 am. This year Eddie also played alto flute in a trio with two other musicians. It was a nice touch for Easter.
Anyway. We all made it through 2 services and breakfast looking presentable enough for a family picture. So here it is.
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The need for employees to find a way to cover healthcare costs is certainly not a new problem. Before the NHS, workers had to find a way to provide for themselves and their families in times of sickness and ill health. It was out of this necessity that the idea of health cash plans was originally formulated.
In 1948, the launch of the NHS meant that worries over paying for GP visits, operations and hospital care were largely taken away. However, rather than heralding the death of the health cash plan, providers were able to evolve to provide additional support during hospital stays and periods of ill health.
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There's a real desire for more innovative solutions as employers want to improve their duty of care and look after the health and wellbeing of their employees. Health cash plans are once again rising to the challenge and continually evolving to meet the changing needs of employers and employees. What's next? Watch this space!
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The submission for abstracts is now closed. We have received a very high number of abstracts for consideration at the conference. For reasons on why abstracts are accepted or rejected, please see here.
The 2017 conference will convene speaking and 20|20 panel discussions, program rooms, exhibitors, and regular panel discussions, focused on the overall conference theme: "Connecting the City; People, Density & Infrastructure." After a plenary session each morning, up to ten parallel speaking tracks will operate.
CTBUH members of all disciplines interested in presenting at the event are encouraged to submit an abstract using the on-line portal by the 17 March 2017 deadline, showing how their proposed presentation will address the conference theme and synopsis. All abstracts will be subject to review before acceptance into the conference program. NOTE: No paper substantiations will be required for the 2017 conference – only abstract submissions.
Please also note that competition for oral presentations at the conference will be extremely high. Reasons some abstracts have been rejected in past years can be seen here.
For each accepted presentation, one presenter will be eligible to register for the conference at the subsidized presenter registration rate.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
NOTE: All presenters at the 2017 Conference must be CTBUH members at either the organizational or individual level. To see if your company is already an organizational member of the CTBUH, see the full list here.
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I love me some modern invites with clean lines and square corners, but I so swoon over a classic wedding invitation. And, when you pair letterpress with gorgeous calligraphy, you get invitation heaven.
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1:57 pm on August 4th, 2010
Hellooooooo gorgeous. Love calligraphy. Love letterpress. LOVE THIS.