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My well-established gripe is that original live music provision in Ipswich is always overlooked when this town gets money for arts development. I know the reason is that bands are like little self-contained islands, in that they don't naturally work together to get things done for the collective good. Bands are very friendly and helpful with each other, and mutual support within the Ipswich music scene is the crucial glue that binds it together, but bands have always lacked the consistent 'one voice' approach to the curators of cash that organisations like (for example) the Ipswich hospital band can present.
So what's the answer? Well we need either a dedicated soul who will co-ordinate all us loser-musicians (possible I guess), or we need someone at the council with enough vision and passion to take one the task of setting up something along the lines of Norwich or Colchester Arts Centre, but sadly I don't think that's going to happen. It's harsh truth, but one that must be acknowledged that lack of public money has always held back musicians in Ipswich. There are some GREAT pubs to play in here in Ipswich, but commercial pressures can sometimes be an unhelpful influence (and just plain daunting) to anyone wishing to break out of the practise room and into the live music arena.
Ipswich Caribbean Association, the event sold out quickly.
You may wonder I'm talking in terms of public money instead of private, and the reason is that alarmingly setting up the mid-size live music venue (like Norwich or Colchester Arts Centre) that Ipswich desperately needs is unlikely (at first) to be a profitable venture. Good arts funding isn't about making a buck, it's about inspiring and facilitating something admittedly intangible but unquestionably positive for a very large group of people.
So while projects like the recently announced Ipswich arts 'hub' are an outstandingly positive move forward for Ipswich arts, I don't think anyone playing original music should get too excited just yet. But hey, if you want to be the person who takes on the challenge of setting up an Arts centre style venue then I'll do everything I can to help you, in fact I think if someone were brave enough to stand up and be a figurehead for this campaign then he or she would be pleasantly surprised when they looked over their shoulder and saw just how many people were stood behind them backing them up. | 32233933 |
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My specializations are in UI and accessibility on iOS, but I know how to make Core Data do its magic with web-based APIs, and sync and store large amounts of data for offline use.
As of July 2017, I'm at Climate Corporation. Previously, I was at Black Pixel, Planning Center Online, and the American Bar Association.
I'm not currently available for projects, but talk to Black Pixel if you need something built for iOS, tvOS, or macOS. They're a stellar team, and they do excellent work.
I am the UI specialist on the FieldView Cab app for iPad. Layers of custom view controllers with their own presentation controllers are able to manage large amounts of information, and custom controls maintained observers to live data from a USB/Bluetooth MFI device.
I worked on the Planning Center Services app, the Music Stand app, as well as their Projector app.
The apps share a library of code, which I created and maintained - OAuth, NSURLConnection categories, and Core Data enhancements. For instance, my mastery of Core Data allows these apps to load 10,000 objects in the "Songs" and "People" tabs in less than 3 seconds, without blocking the UI or causing merge problems.
This was an early app, making use of Core Data... and mass-importing data from the client's database using SQLite (to allow them to change data easily in updates).
Managed and built new functionality on this fast-paced news and magazine site, powered by ExpressionEngine. Then, when the iPhone was released, built a newsreader which pulled the latest feed from the site.
Long ago, early in my Objective-C days (around 2005), I helped kick-start this open-source project. We parsed the iTunes XML database (I wrote the first iteration of this), monitored changes in Movies and Music folders, and displayed a panel like the iWork apps. Any app could use this code to allow drag-and-drop from iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, and Safari. It's exploded into something bigger since then - Flickr, Aperture, and more.
I have a passion for helping others learn.
A Core Data parsing example - I'm encouraging other iOS developers to write their own code for parsing JSON and applying it to Core Data objects (with NSOperationQueue or GCD), rather than using large libraries. Learn how to build it, so you can understand and debug it. | 105517263 |
The 27" (67.5cm) beveled link Empire Purse Chain in antique silver is more chunky than our Classic Purse Chain line. Like the classic line of chains, the Empire chain has a timeless quality that makes it the perfect choice to use with Noni gunmetal purse frames that have built-in loops. To turn clutches into handbags, or handbags into shoulder bags, use the lobster claw ends to clip onto built-in loops so any bag can turn into a shoulder bag. Clip two 27" (67.5cm) chains together, and you can make even the tiniest purse a cross body bag.
"CHANEL" the Empire Chain with leather cord, ribbon, or mae a 2-stitch I-cord that is longer than what you think you will need by about 12" (30cm). Finish off your cord and place in a small lingerie bag to felt. Felt to a good density. Next, thread through the chain. In all of these cases, the end should be wrapped around the bottom of the last chain link, folded back onto itself, and sewn in place with sewing thread. | 163729552 |
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Avalon Trail, New Buffalo, MI 49117 (MLS# 18056157) is a Lots/Land property with a lot size of 0.2342 acres. Avalon Trail is currently listed for $89,900 and was received on November 24, 2018. Want to learn more about Avalon Trail? Do you have questions about finding other Lots/Land real estate for sale in New Buffalo? You can browse all New Buffalo real estate or contact a Coldwell Banker agent to request more information. | 19354189 |
"Beyond the green door" loved these words. I think it is more than a simple poem, MOV. It cradles Human Nature in Mother Nature's arms and shows how our species is self-recycling.
Thank you, Shawn. Your kind words mean a lot.
Nature reaches out, she whispers,never shout - so true and profound.
Very nice. Like a very light stroke of the brush, this piece.
This is so soft and lovely. Sometimes simple poems have great impact. Well done!
This has a nice, joyous feel to it. Thank you for linking up. Please remember to come back and vote!
Sentimentally sweet, and so well done!
I hope you don't reference to the film "the green door"... a great poem all the same.. sweet and sentimental.
This is beautiful. Nature's ways are usually subtle.
"...she whispers, never shouts..." This is a beautiful concept. Great piece! | 310323849 |
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The present invention relates to a reversible thermosensitive recording medium in which coloring images may be formed and erased reversibly based on color-developing reactions between electron-donating coloring compounds and electron-accepting compounds contained of a reversible thermosensitive coloring composition by controlling applied thermal energies.
Thermosensitive recording media which utilize reactions between electron-donating coloring compounds (hereinafter, sometimes referred as "coloring agent" or "leuco dye") and electron-accepting compounds (hereinafter, sometimes referred as "color developer" .) have been well-known, and have been broadly utilized as output papers of facsimiles, word processors and scientific instrumentation apparatuses, with an advance of office automation, and nowadays in magnetic thermosensitive cards such as a pre-paid card and point card. From an environmental issue, these conventional recording media in practical use are under pressure to review their use and are required to be recycled, and to be used in less amount; however, recorded images cannot be erased because of irreversible coloring, and thus cannot be used repeatedly. In addition, new information is written only to non-recorded portion, and therefore the total areas capable of being recorded are limited. Thus, under the current situation, the amount of information to be recorded is reduced or a new card is issued when area to be recorded is fully occupied. Against the backdrop of waste problem or problem of deforestation, development of reversible thermosensitive recording medium which is rewritable many times had been desired.
From theses demands, various kinds of reversible thermosensitive recording media have been proposed. For example, there has been disclosed a reversible thermosensitive recording medium which is a kind of those using polymer, in which physical change, i.e., transparent and white opaque is utilized (see Patent Literatures 1 and 2). Alternatively, there has been disclosed a reversible thermosensitive recording medium which is a kind of those using a dye, in which chemical change is newly utilized. Specifically, for example, gallic acid is used in combination with phloroglucinol as a color developer (see, for example, Patent Literature 3). Such compounds as phenolphthalein and thymolphtalein are used as a color developer (see, for example, Patent Literature 4). Homogeneous mixed solution composed of coloring agent, color developer, and carboxylic acid ester are contained in a recording layer (see, for example, Patent Literatures 5, 6, and 7). Ascorbic acid derivatives are used as a color developer (see, for example, Patent Literature 8). Salts of bis (hydroxyphenyl) acetic acid or gallic acid and higher aliphatic amine are used as a color developer (see, for example, Patent Literatures 9 and 10).
Further, in Patent Literature 11, the present inventors have proposed a reversible thermosensitive coloring composition and thermosensitive recording medium using this composition for a recording layer. In the reversible thermosensitive coloring composition, an organic phosphorus compound, fatty carbonyl acid compound, or phenol compound each containing a long-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group as a color developer is combined with a leuco dye as a coloring agent, thereby allowing coloring and erasing easily depending on the heating and cooling condition. The coloring state and erasing state can be stably maintained at normal temperature and in addition, developing and erasing can be repeated. And then, Patent Literatures 12 and 13 disclose use of a phenol compound containing a long-chain fatty hydrocarbon group which compound has a specific structure.
However, in actual use, even though used in a broad range of environments, extending from low temperature and low humidity to high temperature and high humidity, there is the problem that erasure failure can easily occur at low temperature and low humidity and color development failure may occur at high temperature and high humidity, so there are not always satisfactory results.
Further, in Patent Literature 14, it is described that the addition of a specific inorganic pigment to an intermediate layer or a protective layer results in excellent moisture-proof shelf life. However, the reality is that any improvement of erasure failure at low temperature and low humidity and color development failure at high temperature and high humidity due to repetitive erasure and printing in an environment of actual use has yet to be accomplished.
In addition, in recent years, high speed and miniaturization of printers have been in demand, and even with reversible thermosensitive recording materials, the modification from a type in which erasure is performed by a ceramic heater to another type in which erasure is performed by a thermal head has become obvious, and high speed erasure is desired.
The present invention is a selective invention concerned with an improved reversible thermosensitive recording medium in which erasure failure at low temperature and low humidity and the color development failure at high temperature and high humidity due to the repetitive erasure and printing in an environment of actual use, which have conventionally been problems, have been improved; stable quality can be provided; and high speed erasure can also be realized.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a reversible thermosensitive recording medium in which humidity does not affect color optical density and erasing optical density; high contrast is excellent; the occurrence of dents to the recording medium and the density change due to the repetitive use are less; durability is excellent; wherein it is also possible to perform erasure by a thermal head; and high speed erasure is excellent.
The present inventors considered that in reversible color developing and erasing phenomenon of the composition which comprises the coloring agent and color developer, balance between ability of the color developer having a long-chain aliphatic group to develop the coloring agent and the cohesive property between molecules, is important. As a result of investigating compounds with a variety of structures, they have found that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by using phenol compound having a specific structure as the color developer, further by including a compound with a specific functional group as an erasure promoter.
where, in the formula (1), 'n' represents an integer of 1 to 3 and 'X' represents a divalent group containing either N atoms or O atoms, 'R1' represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 2 or more carbon atoms, which may have a substituents, and 'R2' represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms.
Preferably, 'R1' is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 16 carbon atoms and 'R2' is aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 14 carbon atoms in the general formula (1).
Preferably, 'X' in the general formula (1) is a urea group.
Preferably, the reversible thermosensitive recording layer contains a resin being in the cross-linking state.
Preferably, the resin contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer has 70 (KOHmg/g) or more of hydroxyl value.
Preferably, the resin contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is acrylic polyol resin.
Preferably, the gel fraction of the resin is 30 % or more.
Preferably, the medium comprises a compound having a secondary amide group as an erasure promoter.
Preferably, the medium additionally comprises another erasure promoter having at least one of-NHCO― group and ―OCONH― group in a molecule.
where, in the formulae, R1, R2, and R4 represent linear alkyl group, branched alkyl group or unsaturated alkyl group having 7 to 22 carbon atoms, R3 represents a divalent functional group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R5 represents a trivalent functional group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
Preferably, a protective layer for protecting the thermosensitive recording layer is provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and the protective layer contains a resin in the cross-linking state.
In another aspect of the present invention, a member which comprises an information-memorizing part and a reversible displaying part may be provided, and the reversible thermosensitive recording mediums described above constitutes the reversible displaying part.
Preferably, the member comprising the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part is any one of a card, a disc, a disc cartridge and a tape cassette.
In another aspect of the present invention, a reversible thermosensitive recording label may be provided, the reversible thermosensitive recording medium described above constitutes the label, and the label comprises an adhesive layer or a tacky layer, which is provided on a surface of the support opposite the reversible thermosensitive recording layer.
Preferably, the reversible thermosensitive recording label described above is used for the reversible displaying part of the members described above.
In still another aspect of the present invention, an image processing method for forming and/or erasing an image on/from a reversible thermosensitive recording layer by heating the reversible thermosensitive recording layer may be provided, and at least one of the reversible thermosensitive recording mediums described above, the reversible thermosensitive recording label described above, or the members described above is used.
Preferably, the image is formed on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer using a thermal head.
Preferably, the image is erased using a thermal head or a ceramic heater.
In still another aspect of the present invention, an image processing apparatus which comprises an image forming and/or erasing unit may be provided, and at least one of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium described above, the reversible thermosensitive recording label described above, and the members comprising the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part described above is mounted in the image processing apparatus.
Preferably, the image forming unit is a thermal head.
Preferably, the image erasing unit is at least one of a thermal head and a ceramic heater.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the color developing and erasing property in an example of the reversible thermosensitive coloring composition according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram exemplifying a configuration, in which a reversible thermosensitive recording label is affixed to an MD disc cartridge.
FIG. 3 is a diagram exemplifying a configuration, in which a reversible thermosensitive recording label is affixed to a CD-RW.
FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying a configuration, in which a reversible thermosensitive recording label is employed on a video cassette as a display label.
FIG. 5 schematically exemplifies an image-processing apparatus according to the invention.
With a conventional reversible thermosensitive recording medium using a color developer, when erasure or printing is performed in an environment at high temperature and high humidity, there is a problem that the color optical density decreases. The reversible thermosensitive recording medium is capable of forming the relatively coloring state and the relatively erasing state depending on the heating temperature and/or the cooling rate after heating, and in the case that the cooling rate is rapid, the coloring state can be formed, and in the case that the cooling rate is gradual, the erasing state can be formed. Therefore, the image formation in a high temperature environment easily shifts to the gradual cooling condition, so the color optical density easily decreases. Further, in the environment at high temperature and high humidity, excess water molecules migrate to within the reversible thermosensitive recording medium and establish a hydrogen bond with the color developer, causing the inhibition of the ring opening of leuco dye, and the color optical density additionally decreases. Therefore, with the conventional reversible thermosensitive recording medium, even though 0.8 or more of color optical density and 0.15 or less of erasing optical density can be obtained at normal temperature and normal humidity, the color optical density becomes less than 0.8 in an environment of high temperature and high humidity, so a stable color development image cannot be obtained.
where 'm' in the formula indicates a number from 10 to 16, and 'n' indicates a number from 7 to 13.
In other words, even if repetitive erasure and printing from/into the reversible thermosensitive recording medium using the color developer expressed by the general formula (1) or more preferably using the compound expressed by the general formula (9) in an environment of a temperature of 35°C or around 35°C and at a relative humidity of from 70% to 90%, a reversible thermosensitive recording medium in which there is no difference in the color optical density when erasure and printing are performed in an environment of normal temperature and normal humidity; at which no erasure failure will also occur; and in which the contrast is excellent, can be obtained. In other words, the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention has at least performance with 0.80 or more of color optical density and 0.15 or less of erasure of optical density when printing is performed in an environment at 35°C ± 2°C and at relative humidity of from 70% to 90%.
The compound expressed by the general formula (9) contains urea groups in the structure, and because of its hydrogen-bonding capacity, the compound has interaction with water molecules. Further, the color developer expressed by the general formula (9) demonstrates a reversible function by generating a state change between the coloring state and the erasing state depending on the thermal effect, and it is believed that the state change at this time is contributed by the molecular association capacity utilizing the hydrogen-bonding capacity of the urea groups. Therefore, in an environment in which the relative humidity is high; in other words, in an environment in which many water molecules exist, in the color developer, both the hydrogen bond between the urea groups contained in the color developer and the other hydrogen bond to the water molecules occur, it can be considered that this is a cause for the loss of balance between the coloring state and the erasing state so as to cause color development failure.
Therefore, in the color developer expressed by the general formula (9), the diminishment of the interaction with the water molecules is required for excellent color development in an environment of high relative humidity. The inventors have studied the status of the interaction with the water molecules by variously changing the magnitude of 'm' and 'n' in the general formula (9), and have found that, in the case where 'm' is smaller than 10, interaction with the water molecules is great, but if 'm' is over 10, the interaction with the water molecules becomes smaller. In addition, the inventors have found that in the case that 'n' is greater than 13, interaction with the water molecules is great, but if 'n' is 13 or less, the interaction with the water molecules becomes smaller. In other words, the color developer expressed by the general formula (9) enables the adjustment of the effect of the water molecules by the adjustment of'm' and 'n'. As a result, it is possible to obtain the reversible thermosensitive recording medium that even if repetitive erasure and printing are performed in an environment with a temperature of 35°C and at relative humidity of from 70% to 90%, there is no difference in the color optical density when erasure and printing are performed in an environment of normal temperature and normal humidity; no erasure failure will occur; and the contrast is excellent. This is a phenomenon not discovered from the conventional knowledge but a phenomenon discovered by the present inventors for the first time.
In the meantime, another phenomenon has been confirmed where, in the case that 'm' is over 16 and in the case that 'n' is smaller than 7, it is possible to maintain small interaction with the water molecules, but the erasure characteristics are remarkably deteriorated; therefore, a preferable range of 'm' is from 10 to 16, and the preferable range of 'n' is from 7 to 13.
Furthermore, the detailed mechanism of this phenomenon has not been completely explained. However, it is obvious that the moisture absorption characteristic of the color developer compound affects the phenomenon.
The reversible thermosensitive color developing composition of the present invention is characterized by using a phenol compound expressed by the above-mentioned general formula (1) as an electron-accepting compound. In the above-mentioned general formula (1), the aliphatic hydrocarbon group can be a linear chain or branching, and it can also have an unsaturated bond. The substituents attached to the hydrocarbon group include the hydroxyl group, the halogen atom and the alkoxy group. If the sum of the number of carbons in R1 and R2 is 7 or less, the stability of color development and the erasability are deteriorated, so it is preferable that the number of carbon atoms be 8 or more, and more preferably that it be 11 or more.
Preferable examples of R1 are shown in the following Table 1.
Among them, -(CH2)q- is especially preferred. In formulae, each of q, q', q", and q'" represents integer which fulfill the carbon number of the above-mentioned R1 or R2.
Preferable examples of R2 are shown in the following Table 2.
Among them, -(CH2)q-CH3 is especially preferred. In formulae, each of q, q', q", and q"' is the same as described above.
'X' indicates a divalent group containing either N atoms or O atoms, preferably a divalent group having at least one or more group shown in the following Table 3. Examples of such divalent group are shown in Table 4. Among them, a divalent group shown in Table 5 is preferred.
More specific examples of phenol compound are shown below. In Table 6, examples of the compounds are represented by general formulae. Specific examples of the compounds represented by the general formulae in Table 6 are shown in Tables 7 and 8. Examples of compound represented by another general formula in Table 6 may be similarly shown. However, the phenol compound used in the present invention is not limited to these compounds.
Among the compounds shown in Tables 7 and 8, the compounds in which 'm' is from 5 to 11 and 'n-1' is from 8 to 13 are preferred, if showing it according to the general formulae in Table 6. Especially preferable compounds are shown below.
The reversible thermosensitive recording mediums in the case of using the compound provided as the above-mentioned especially preferable compounds as a color developer all demonstrate 1.00 or more of color optical density and 0.14 or less of the erasing optical density when printing in a high temperature and high humidity environment (at 35°C and 85% RH), which performance is substantially the same as that printed at normal temperature and normal humidity. Hence, it demonstrates extremely excellent performance, unseen in the prior art.
As the erasure promoter used in the present invention, using a secondary amide group as expressed by the following general formula results in excellent erasure characteristic.
In the formulae, R36 to R40 indicate a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent, and R36 and R37 can form a ring, and the ring to be formed can be via a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. In addition, as an example of a hydrocarbon group preferably used for R36 to R40, and that can have a substituent, it can be only a normal chain or branching, and it can be via -O-, -S-, -CO- or ― COO― group. Further, it can have an aromatic ring or an aliphatic ring.
Preferable examples of the erasure promoter used in the present invention are provided in Table 9 as shown below. However, the erasure promoter compound used in the present invention is not limited to these compounds.
In Table 9, n, n', n", n"', n"" indicate an integer of 0 to 21. However, all need not be 5 or less.
Further, the erasure promoter used in the present invention may have one or more associative group as show in Table 10.
Preferable examples of the erasure promoter used in the present invention are provided in Table 11. However, the erasure promoter used in the present invention is not limited to these compounds. In Table 11, 'X' indicates the above-mentioned associative group. n, n', n", n"', n"" indicate an integer of 0 to 21, however, all need not be 5 or less.
Specific examples of the erasure promoter are shown in Table 12. However, the erasure promoter used in the present invention is not limited to these compounds.
In addition, it has been found to be possible to induce an intermolecular interaction between an erasure promoting compound and a color developer and to remarkably accelerate the erasure rate in the process of forming the erasing state by simultaneously using the color developer with the above-mentioned characteristics and a compound having at least one or more -NHCO- group and -OCONH- group in a molecule as an erasure promoter.
where, in formulae, R1, R2, and R4 represent linear alkyl group, branched alkyl group or unsaturated alkyl group having 7 to 22 carbon atoms. R3 represents a divalent functional group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. R5 represents a trivalent functional group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
Preferable examples of R1, R2, and R4 include heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, stearyl, behenyl, and oleyl groups. Preferable examples of R3 include methylene, ethylene, propylene, buthylene, heptamethylene, hexamethylene, octamethylene, -C3H6OC3H6-, -C2H4OC2H4-, and -C2H4OC2H4OC2H4- groups. Preferable examples of R5 are provided in Table 13 as shown below.
C11H23CONHC12H25, C15H31CONHC16H33, C17H35CONHC18H37, C17H35CONHC18H35, C21H41CONHC18H37, C15H31CONHC18H37, C17H35CONHCH2HNOCC17H35, C11H23CONHCH2HNOCC11H23, C7H15CONHC2H4HNOCC17H35, C9H19CONHC2H4HNOCC9H19, C11H23CONHC2H4HNOCC11H23, C17H35CONHC2H4HNOCC17H35, (CH3)2CHC14H35CONHC2H4HNOCC14H35(CH3)2, C21H43CONHC2H4HNOCC21H43, C17H35CONHC6H12HNOCC17H35, C21H43CONHC6H12HNOCC21H43, C17H33CONHCH2HNOCC17H33, C17H33CONHC2H4HNOCC17H33, C21H41CONHC2H4HNOCC21H41, C17H33CONHC6H12HNOCC17H33, C8H17NHCOC2H4CONHC18H37, C10H21NHCOC2H4CONHC10H21, C12H25NHCOC2H4CONHC12H25, C18H37NHCOC2H4CONHC18H37, C21H43NHOCC2H4CONHC21H43, C18H37NHOCC6H12CONHC18H37, C18H35NHCOC4H8CONHC18H35, C18H35NHCOC8H16CONHC18H35, C12H25OCONHC18H37, C13H27OCONHC18H37, C16H33OCONHC18H37, C18H37OCONHC18H37, C21H43OCONHC18H37, C12H25OCONHC16H33, C13H27OCONHC16H33, C16H33OCONHC16H33, C18H37OCONHC16H33, C21H43OCONHC16H33, C12H25OCONHC14H29, C13H27OCONHC14H29, C16H33OCONHC14H29, C18H37OCONHC14H29, C22H45OCONHC14H29, C12H25OCONHC12H37, C13H27OCONHC12H37, C16H33OCONHC12H37, C18H37OCONHC12H37, C21H43OCONHC12H37, C22H45OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC2H4OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC3H6OCONHC18H37, c18H37NHcOOC4H8OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC6H12OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC8H16OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC2H4OC2H4OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC3H6OC3H6OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC12H24OCONHC18H37, C18H37NHCOOC2H4OC2H4OC2H4OCONHC18H37, C16H33NHCOOC2H4OCONHC16H33, C16H33NHCOOC3H6OCONHC16H33, C16H33NHCOOC4H8OCONHC16H33, C16H33NHCOOC6H12OCONHC16H33, C16H33NHCOOC8H16OCONHC16H33, C18H37OCOHNC6H12NHCOOC18H37, C16H33OCOHNC6H12NHCOOC16H33, C14H29OCOHNC6H12NHCOOC14H29, C12H25OCOHNC6H12NHCOOC12H25, C10H21OCOHNC6H12NHCOOC10H21, C8H17OCOHNC6H12NHCOOC8H17.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention will be described in more detail below.
Examples of the binder resin used for forming the reversible thermosensitive recording layer include polyvinyl chloride resins, polyvinyl acetate resins, vinylchloride-vinylacetate copolymers, ethylcellulose resins, polystyrene resins, styrene copolymers, phenoxy resins, polyester resins, aromatic polyester resins, polyurethane resins, polycarbonate resins, polyester acrylate resins, polyester methacrylate, acrylic asid copolymers, maleic acid copolymers, polyvinylalcohol resins, modified polyvinylalcohol resins, hydroxylethylcellulose resins, carboxymethylcellulose resins, and starch.
These binder resins serve to prevent the deviation of the respective materials in the composition due to heating for the recording erasures thereby to maintain the uniformly dispersed condition. Accordingly, the binder resin is preferred to be highly heat-resistant. For example, the binder resin may be crosslinked by means of heating, ultra-violet irradiation, electron beam and the like.
Spesific examples of the resin in crosslinking state to be used in the present invention include resins having a group reactive with a crosslinker, such as acrylpolyol resins, polyesterpolyol resins, polyurethanepolyol resins, phenoxy resins, polyvinylbutyral resins, celluloseacetate propionate resins, and celluloseacetate butyrate resins, and also the other copolymer resins between a monomer having a group reactive with a crosslinker and another monomer. However, the resin used in the present invention is not limited to these compounds.
In addition, in the present invention, it is preferable that resin with 70 (KOH mg/g) or more of hydroxyl value be contained (used at beginning), and as the resin with 70 (KOH mg/g) or more of hydroxyl value, acrylic polyol resin, polyester polyol resin or polyurethane polyol resin can be used, and because the color development stability is especially excellent and the erasability is excellent, the acrylic polyol resin is preferably used. The hydroxyl value is 70 (KOH mg/g) or more, and more preferably 90 (KOH mg/g) or more. Since the magnitude of the hydroxyl value affects crosslinking density, it affects the resistance to chemicals and the properties of a coating. The present inventors have found that when the hydroxyl value is 70 (KOH mg/g) or more, the durability, surface hardness of the coating and cracking resistance are improved. Whether or not a resin with 70 (KOH mg/g) or more of hydroxyl value is used in the reversible thermosensitive recording material can be checked by analyzing the quantity of remaining hydroxyl group or the quantity of ether linkage.
The property of the acrylpolyol resin is different depending on its structure. Examples of the monomer having hydroxyl group include hydroxyethylacrylate (HEA), hydroxypropylacrylate (HPA), 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA), 2-hydroxypropylmethacrylate (HPMA), 2-hydroxybutylmonoacrylate (2-HBA), and 1,4-hydroxybutylmonoacrylate (1-HBA). Particularly, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate is preferably used, in light of superior cracking resistance and durability of the coating in the case of using a monomer having primary hydroxyl group.
The curing agent used in the present invention may be selected from conventional isocyanate compounds, amine compounds, phenol compounds, epoxy compounds and the like. Among these compounds, isocyanate compound is preferably used. The isocyanate compound used in this embodiment may be selected from various derivatives of isocyanate monomer such as urethane-modified, allophanate-modified, isocyanurate-modified, buret-modified, and carbodiimide-modified compounds, and blockedisocyanate compounds. Examples of the isocyanate monomer, which may yield the above-noted modified compounds, include tolylenediisocyanate (TDI), 4,4'-diphenylmethanediisocyanate (MDI), xylylenediisocyanate (XDI), naphthylenediisocyanate (NDI), paraphenylenediisocyanate (PPDI), tetramethylxylylenediisocyanate (TMXDI), hexamethylenediisocyanate (HDI), dicyclohexylmethanediisocyanate (HMDI), isophoronediisocyanate (IPDI), lysinediisocyanate (LDI), isopropylidenebis(4-cyclohexylisocyanate) (IPC), cyclohexyldiisocyanate (CHDI), and tolidinediisocyanate (TODI). However, the curing agent used in the present invention is not limited to these compounds.
As the crosslinking promoter, a catalyst may be employed which is utilized in general for such reaction. Examples of the crosslinking promoter include tertiary amines such as 1,4-diaza-bicyclo(2,2,2)octane, and metal compounds such as organic tin compounds. Further, all of the introduced curing agent may not necessarily react for the crosslinking. That is, the curing agent may be remained in unreacted condition. Such crosslinking reaction may progress with time; therefore, the presence of unreacted curing agent does not indicate that the crosslinking reaction has not progress at all, nor suggests that the crosslinked resins do not exist, even if the unreacted curing agent is detected. Further, an immersion test of polymer into a solvent with a high solubility may be employed for distinguishing whether or not the polymer of the invention is in crosslinked condition. That is, the non-crosslinked polymer cannot remain in the solute since such polymer dissolves into the solvent, an analysis may be properly carried out for examining the existence of the polymer in the solute. When the polymer is not detected in the solute, the polymer is recognized to be in a non-crosslinked condition, and the polymer may be distinguished from the crosslinked polymer. In this specification, "gel fraction" is employed.
The above-noted "gel fraction" means the percentage of the gel yielded in a condition that the resin solute comes to lose the independent mobility in the solvent due to the interaction for flocking into a solidified gel. Preferably, the gel fraction of the resin is 30 % or more, more preferably 50 % or more, still more preferably 70 % or more, and 80 % or more is particularly preferred. Lower gel fraction represents lower repeating durability; therefore in order to enhance the gel fraction, a curable resin, which is curable by means of heating, exposure to UV irradiation or electron beam and the like, may be incorporated into the resin, alternatively the resin itself may be crosslinked by such means.
The gel fraction may be determined as follows: a piece of coating is peeled from the support to weigh the initial mass. Then the coating is nipped between wire nets of #400 mesh and immersed into a solvent, in which the pre-crosslinking resin being soluble, for 24 hours. The coating is dried under vacuum, then the mass after the drying is measured.
In the calculation of the gel fraction by the equation, the mass of the organic substances, having a lower molecular mass, but of the resin ingredients in the thermosensitive layer is to be eliminated. When the mass of the organic substances having a lower molecular mass is not definite, the gel fraction may be obtained by an observation of the resin cross-section by means of TEM or SEM and by measuring the area ratio of the resin and organic substances having a lower molecular mass; and from the area ratio and the respective specific gravity, the mass of the organic substances having a lower molecular mass may be obtained.
Further, when the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is provided on the support on which the other layers such as a protective layer are laminated, or when another layer is provided between the support and the thermosensitive layer, the gel fraction may be similarly determined such that the layer thicknesses of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer and the other layer are measured through the observation using TEM or SEM, the depth corresponding to the thicknesses of the other layers are shaved off, thereby the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is exposed and peeled off, then the above-noted way may be applied similarly.
Further, when a protective layer formed of UV curable resin etc. exists on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, the thickness equivalent to the protective layer as well as small depth of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer should be shaved so as to reduce the inclusion of the protective layer as little as possible and to prevent the influence on the obtainable gel fraction.
Examples of the leuco dyes used in the present invention are provided below. However, the leuco dyes used in the invention is not limited to these dyes. These may be used alone or in combination.
The coloring agent used in the invention may include conventional leuco dyes other than the above-noted fluoran and azaphthalide compounds, which may be used alone or in combination. Examples of the coloring agent are shown below.
For the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention, additives for the purpose of improving and controlling the coating characteristic and the color developing and erasing characteristics of a recording layer can be used, if necessary. These additives include, for example, a surfactant, a conductant agent, filler, an antioxidant, an optical stabilizer and a color developing stabilizer.
For the ratio of the coloring agent to the color developer, although the appropriate range is changed according to the combination of the compounds to be used, when the coloring agent is 1 according to the mole ratio, the color developer is within the range of 0.1 to 20, and preferably within the range of 0.2 to 10. Even if the color developer is lower or over this range, the density of coloring state decreases, becoming a problem. Further, it is preferable that the ratio of the erasure promoter be within the range of 0.1% by mass to 300% by mass relative to the color developer, and it is more preferable that the ratio be within the range of 3% by mass to 100% by mass. Further, the coloring agent and the color developer can be used by being internally contained in a microcapsule. Concerning the ratio of the color development element to the resin in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, it is preferable that when the color development element is 1, that the resin be within the range of 0.1 to 10, and if the resin is contained in an amount lower than this range, the thermal strength of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer becomes insufficient, and if it is contained in excess of this range, there is the problem that the color optical density decreases.
Formation of the recording layer may use a coating solution which is prepared by evenly mixing-dispersing a mixture made of the developing agent, the coloring agent, the various additives, the curing agent, the resin in crosslinking state, and the coating solvent which are described above.
Specific examples of the solvent used for preparing the coating solution include water; alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, methyl isocarbinol; ketones such as acetone, 2-butanone, ethyl amyl ketone, diacetone alcohol, isophorone, cyclohexanone, and the like; amides such as N,N-dimethyl formamide, N,N-dimethyl acetamide, and the like; ethers such as diethyl ether, isopropyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran, and the like; glycol ethers such as 2-methoxy ethanol, 2-ethoxy ethanol, 2-butoxy ethanol, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and the like; glycol ether acetates such as 2-methoxy ethyl acetate, 2-ethoxy ethyl acetate, 2-butoxy ethyl acetate, and the like; esters such as methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, isobutyl acetate, amyl acetate, ethyl lactate, ethylene carbonate, and the like; aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, xylene, and the like; aliphatic hydrocarbons such as hexane, heptane, iso-octane, cyclohexane, and the like; halogenated hydrocarbons such as methylene chloride, 1,2-dichloro ethane, dichloro propane, chloro benzene, and the like; sulfoxides such as dimethyl sulfoxide, and the like; pyrrolidone such as N-methyl -2-pyrrolidone, N-octyl-2-pyrrolidone; and the like.
Preparing the coating solution can be carried out by using known coating solution-dispersing unit such as paint shaker, ball mill, attritor, three-roll mill, Keddy mill, sand mill, dynomill, colloid mill and the like. Dispersing each material in the solvent by using the above coating solution-dispersing unit is allowed, or dispersing each material alone in the solvent and mixing is also allowed. Moreover, heating-dissolving, followed by a rapid quenching or an annealing (slow cooling), and followed by depositing is allowed.
The coating method for forming the recording layer is not limited, examples thereof including those known in the art such as blade coating, wire bar coating, spray coating, air knife coating, bead coating, curtain coating, gravure coating, kiss coating, reverse roll coating, dip coating, die coating, and the like.
As a support of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention, paper, a resin film, a PET film, synthetic paper, metal foil, glass and a complex of these can be provided, and anything is applicable if it can hold a recording layer. Further, a material with necessary thickness can be used individually or by being attached together. In other words, a support with an optional thickness of from approximately several µm to approximately several mm is used. Further, a magnetic recording layer may be provided on the same side of the support as the reversible thermosensitive recording layer and/or on the opposite side. Further, the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention can be attached to other medium via a tacky layer or the like. Alternatively, a back coat layer is provided on one surface of the support, such as a PET film; and a peel-off layer used for the thermal transfer ribbon is provided on a surface of the support opposite to the back coat layer; a thermosensitive recording layer of the present invention is provided on the peel-off layer; and a resin layer that can be transferred to a paper, a resin film or a PET film is further provided on the thermosensitive recording layer to thereby be transferred to a paper, a resin film or a PET film. The reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention may be processed to be in a sheet-state or card-state, and the configuration can be processed to be an optional one, or printing processing can be applied to the medium surface. Further, the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention can simultaneously use a non-reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and the color development tone of each recording layer can be the same or different in this case.
In drying and/or curing method for the recording layer, the curing processing is performed after coating and drying, if necessary. Thermal treatment can be performed at a comparatively high temperature for a short time using a high temperature bath, or it can be performed at a comparatively low temperature for an extended time. As a specific condition for a crosslinking reaction, it is preferable to heat for 1 minute to 150 hours at a temperature of approximately 30°C to 130°C in relation to the aspect of reactivity. It is more preferable to heat for 2 minutes to 120 hours at a temperature of 40°C to 100°C. Further, since productivity is considered to be important in manufacturing, it is difficult to take time until the crosslinking is sufficiently completed. Therefore, the crosslinking process can be established separately from the drying process. As a condition for the crosslinking process, it is preferable to heat for 2 minutes to 120 hours at a temperature of 40°C to 100°C.
It is preferable that the film thickness of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer be in the range of 1µm to 20 µm, and it is more preferable that it be in the range of 3 µm to 15 µm.
For the improvement of adhesiveness between the reversible thermosensitive recording layer and the protective layer, the prevention of the deterioration of the recording layer due to the coating of the protective layer, and the prevention of the additive contained in the protective layer from shifting to the recording layer or the prevention of the additive contained in the recording layer from shifting to the protective layer; an intermediate layer can be provided between both layers. It is preferable that the film thickness of the intermediate layer be in the range of 0.1 µm to 20 µm, and it is more preferable to be in the range of 0.3 µm to 10 µm. For a solvent used for the coating solution of the intermediate layer, a dispersing device of the coating solution, a binder, the coating method and drying and/or curing method, the well-known method, solvent and devices used for the above-mentioned recording layer can be used.
In forming the protective layer, it is preferable that the thickness of the protective layer be in the range of 0.1 µm to 20 µm, and it is more preferable to be in the range of 0.3 µm to 10 µm. For the solvent used for the coating solution of the protective layer, a dispersing device of the coating, a binder, a coating method and a drying and curing method, the well-known method, solvent and devices used for the above-mentioned recording layer can be used.
Other filler, which has no ultraviolet ray absorbing performance or ultraviolet ray shielding performance, can be added to the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, the intermediate layer, and the protective layer. The fillers contain inorganic fillers and organic fillers summarily. Examples of the inorganic filler include, for example, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, anhydrous silicic acid, hydrous silicic acid, hydrous aluminum silicate, hydrous calcium silicate, alumina, iron oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, chromium oxide, manganese oxide, silica, talc, and mica. Examples of the organic filler include silicone resins, cellulose resins, epoxy resins, nylon resins, phenol resins, polyurethane resins, urea resins, melamine resins, polyester resins, polycarbonate resins; styrene resins such as styrene, polystyrene, polystyrene-isoprene copolymer and styrene-vinylbenzene copolymer; acryl resins such as vinylidenechloride acryl, acrylurethane and ethyleneacryl; polyethylene resins; formaldehyde resins such as benzoguanamineformaldehyde and melamineformaldehyde; polymethylmethacrylate resins and vinyl chloride resins. In the present invention, these fillers may be used alone or in combination. When using a plurality of fillers, there is not particular limitation on the combination way of inorganic and organic filler. The shape of the filler may be sphere, granular, platelet or needle and the like. The content of filler in the protective layer is 5% by volume to 50% by volume.
The lubricant can be added to the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, the intermediate layer, and the protective layer. Specific examples of the lubricant include synthetic wax such as ester wax, paraffin wax and polyethylene wax; vegetable wax such as hardened castor oil; animal wax such as hardened beef tallow; higher alcohol such as stearyl alcohol and behenyl alcohol; higher fatty acid such as margaric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, and behenolic acid; higher fatty acid ester such as fatty acid ester of sorbitan; amide such as stearic acid amide, oleic acid amide, lauric acid amide, ethylenebisstearicamide, methylenebisstearicamide, methylolstearicacidamide. Content of the lubricant in the layer is 0.1% by volume to 95% by volume, more preferably 1% by volume to 75% by volume.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention can form the relatively coloring state and the relatively erasing state depending on the heating temperature and/or the cooling rate after heating. The basic color developing and erasing phenomenon of the composition composed of the coloring agent and the color developer used in the present invention will be explained as follows. Fig. 1 shows the relationship between the color optical density and the temperature of the recording medium. When the recording medium is heated from the initial erasing state (A), the recording medium comes to the melted coloring state (B), through an occurrence of coloring at the temperature T1 at which the melting starts. When cooled rapidly from the melted coloring state (B), it can be cooled to room temperature while still in the coloring state, thereby a fixed coloring state (C) is induced. Whether or not this coloring state can be obtained depends upon the cooling rate from the melted state, and the erasing appears when the temperature gradually decreases, and the initial erasing state (A) or relatively low density than rapid cooling coloring state (C) is induced. On the other hand, when heated again from the rapid cooling coloring state (C), erasing occurs at a lower temperature T2 than the coloring temperature (D to E), and when cooled from the temperature, resulting in the initial erasing state (A). The actual coloring temperature and erasing temperature may vary with the combination of the color developer and the coloring agent to be used, so these may be selected depending on the purpose. Further, the density in the melted coloring state and the color optical density upon rapid cooling may not necessarily coincide with each other, and they are different from each other in some cases.
In the recording medium of the present invention, the coloring state (C) obtained by rapidly cooling from the melted state is a state where the color developer and the coloring agent are combined such that they may react through molecular contact, and the coloring state is often solid state. In this state, the color developer and the coloring agent are cohered to represent a color development. It is believed that the color development is stabilized due to the formation of a cohesive structure. In the meantime, in the erasing state, both are in phase separation. It is believed that the molecules of at least one of the compounds are assembled to form a domain or are crystallized, and that the cohesion or the crystallization results in the separation of the coloring agent and the color developer and they are stabilized. With the present invention, in many cases, the phase separation of the coloring agent and the color developer and also the crystallization of the color developer results in complete erasure. In erasure due to the gradual cooling from the melted state and the erasure due to the heating from the coloring state as shown in Fig. 1, the cohesive structure is changed depending on this temperature in both cases, resulting in the phase separation and/or the crystallization of the color developer.
The reversible thermosensitive recording label of the present invention is formed by providing at least on of an adhesive layer or a tacky layer on the surface of the support opposite the thermosensitive layer, the support constituting the reversible thermosensitive recording medium. This reversible thermosensitive recording label includes a label having an adhesive layer or a tacky layer (non-peel-off sheet type) and another label having a peel-off sheet under the adhesive layer or tacky layer (peel-off sheet type), and as a material of the adhesive layer, a hot melt type is normally used.
For the material of the adhesive layer or the tacky layer, use may be made of generally used materials. Example of the material include, but are not limited to, urea resins, melamine resins, phenolic resins, epoxy resins, polyvinyl acetate resins, vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymers, ethylenevinyl acetate copolymers, acrylic resins, polyvinyl ether resins, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers, polystyrene resins, polyester resins, polyurethane resins, polyamide resins, chlorinated polyolefin resins, polyvinyl butyral resins, acrylic ester copolymers, methacrylic ester copolymers, natural rubber, cyanoacrylate resins, silicone resins.
Next, the member that has the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part will be explained. The reversible display part is composed of the thermosensitive layer constituting the above-mentioned reversible thermosensitive recording medium.
The member comprising the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part may be classified in the following three types.
(1) A part of the member comprising the information-memorizing part is utilized as a support of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium, and the thermosensitive layer is disposed on the support directly.
(2) A thermosensitive layer is disposed separately on a support to form a reversible thermosensitive recording medium, and the support is adhered to the member comprising the information-memorizing part.
(3) The above-mentioned reversible thermosensitive recording label is adhered to the member comprising the information-memorizing part with adhesive layer or tacky layer.
In these cases of (1) to (3), the position of the disposed information-memorizing part may be the surface of the support of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium opposite the thermosensitive layer, between the support and the thermosensitive layer, or on a part of the thermosensitive layer, provided that the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part are designed to perform their functions.
Examples of the member comprising the information-memorizing part include, but are not particularly limited to, a card, a disc, a disc cartridge and a tape cassette in general. Specifically, examples of the member include a thicker card such as IC card and optical card; disc cartridge containing an information-rewritable disc such as flexible disk, optical magnetic disc (MD) and DVD-RAM; disc in which disc cartridge is not utilized, e.g. CD-RW; overwrite type disc such as CD-R; optical information recording medium with phase-changing recording material (CD-RW); and video cassette. Further, the member comprising the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part may exhibit remarkably increased availability as compared with the card without utilizing the reversible thermosensitive recording medium. That is, in case of card for example, the owner of the card can confirm the information only by viewing the card without a particular device through displaying on the thermosensitive layer a part of the information memorized in the information-memorizing part.
The information-memorizing part may be properly selected depending on the application without particular limitations, provided that the necessary information may be recorded, for example, a magnetic recording, contact type IC, non-contact type IC, and optical memory are exemplified. The magnetic recording layer may be formed by coating on a support a coating material comprising ordinary metallic compounds used in the art such as iron oxide, barium ferrite etc. and vinylchloride resins, urethane resins, nylon resins etc., otherwise by vapor deposition, spattering etc. using the metallic compounds without using resins. Further, the thermosensitive recording layer of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium for displaying may be employed for the memorizing part in a form of barcode, two dimensional code and the like.
As an example of using the reversible thermosensitive recording label in the above-mentioned (3), in the case of a thicker support having attendant difficulties in coating the surface with the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, such as a vinyl chloride card with magnetic stripe; an adhesive layer or a tacky layer can be provided on the surface entirely or partially This enables improving the convenience of this medium, such as the display of the partial information stored in the magnetism.
This reversible thermosensitive recording label on which the adhesive layer or the tacky layer is provided can be applied not only to the above-mentioned vinyl chloride card with magnetic stripe but also to a thicker card, such as an IC card or optical card.
The reversible thermosensitive recording label may be an alternative to a displaying label on a disc cartridge containing information-rewritable disc such as flexible disc, MD and DVD-RAM. FIG. 2 exemplifies the reversible thermosensitive recording label affixed to MD disc cartridge. Further, in a case of disc without disc cartridge such as CD-RW, the reversible thermosensitive recording label may be directly affixed to the disc, or the reversible thermosensitive recording layer may be directly disposed on the disc. In this case, such application is allowable that the displayed content is automatically altered depending the alternation of the memorized content.
FIG. 3 exemplifies the reversible thermosensitive recording label affixed to CD-RW.
In the reversible thermosensitive recording label of the invention, the recording label is affixed on a write-once disc such as CD-R, then a part of the memorized information in the CD-R may be rewritten and displayed.
Further, the recording label of the present invention may be used for a display label of a video cassette, as shown in Fig. 4.
As a method to provide a thermal reversible recording function on a thicker card, a disc cartridge or a disc, other than the above-mentioned method to attach the reversible thermosensitive recording label, a method to directly coat these discs with the reversible thermosensitive recording layer and another method in which the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is formed on a separate support in advance and the thermosensitive recording layer is transferred onto a thicker card, a disc cartridge or a disc are available.
In the case of transferring, an adhesive layer or a tacky layer, such as a hot melt type, can be provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer.
In the case of attaching the reversible thermosensitive recording label or providing the reversible thermosensitive recording layer on an inflexible material, such as a thicker card, a disc, a disc cartridge or a tape cassette, it is preferable to provide an elastic layer or sheet to be a cushion between the inflexible support and label or the reversible thermosensitive recording layer to improve the contact-ability with a thermal head and to uniformly form an image.
The present invention further provides an image processing method characterized by forming and/or erasing an image due to heating using at least one of the above-mentioned reversible thermosensitive recording medium, the above-mentioned member having the information-memorizing part and the above-mentioned label, and also provides an image processing apparatus characterized by having at least one of the above-mentioned reversible thermosensitive recording medium, the above-mentioned member having the information-memorizing part and the above-mentioned label, and by forming and/or erasing an image due to heating.
For image forming, the image recording unit which is capable of partially heating the medium, such as thermal head, laser irradiation apparatus and the like may be used. For the image erasing, the image erasing unit may be selected from a hot stamp, ceramic heater, heat roller, hot blow, thermal head, laser irradiation apparatus and the like. Among these, the ceramic heater is preferred. By means of the ceramic heater, the apparatus may be miniaturized, the erasing state may be stabilized, and images with high contrast may be obtained. The operating temperature of the ceramic heater is preferably 100 °C or more, more preferably 110 °C or more, most preferably 115 °C or more, for example.
By means of the thermal head, the apparatus may be minitualized still, in addition, the electric power consumption may be saved, and the power supply may be replaced to a battery-operated handy type. Further, the performance of image forming and erasing may be combined into one thermal head, thereby the apparatus may be minitualized still more. In the case that the recording and erasing are achieved with one thermal head, once the prior images are erased entirely, then new images may be recorded; alternatively an overwrite type may be provided in which the individual image is erased all at once at variable energy level and new images are recorded. In the overwrite type, the total period for recording and erasing is relatively short, resulting in the speed-up of the recording.
In the case that the reversible thermosensitive recording card with the reversible thermosensitive layer and information-memorizing part is utilized, the reading unit and rewriting unit for the memories in the information-memorizing part are included in the above-noted apparatus.
FIG. 5 exemplifies an image-processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 5 schematically shows an example in the case of erasing the image by means of the ceramic heater and forming the image by means of thermal head.
In the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 5, the information memorized in the magnetic recording layer of the recording medium is read by means of the magnetic head initially. Then, heating by means of the ceramic heater erases the images recorded in the reversible thermosensitive layer. Further, the new information processed based on the information read by the magnetic head is recorded in the reversible thermosensitive layer by means of the thermal head. Thereafter, the information in the magnetic recording layer is replaced to the new information.
In the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 5, the reversible thermosensitive recording medium, the magnetic recording layer being provided on the opposite side of the thermosensitive layer, is conveyed along the conveying root shown by back-forth arrows or conveyed in the reverse direction along the conveying root in the image processing apparatus.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium is subjected to magnetic recording or erasing in the magnetic recording layer between the magnetic head 34 and the conveying roller 40, and subjected to a heat treatment for erasing images between the ceramic heater 38 and the conveying roller 40, and then images are formed between the thermal head 53 and conveying roller 47, thereafter discharged out of the apparatus. By the way, the rewriting of the magnetic recording may be before or after the image erasing by means of the ceramic heater. In addition, the recording medium is conveyed reversibly after passing between the ceramic heater 38 and conveying roller 40, or after passing between the thermal head 53 and conveying roller 47, if necessary. The duplicated heat treatment by means of ceramic heater 38, and the duplicated printing by means of thermal head 53 may be applied in some instances.
The invention will be described in more detail below with reference to examples. Wherever "parts" or "%" are mentioned in the following examples, they are based on mass.
The above compositions were pulverized and dispersed by means of a ball mill into particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 µm to 3 µm. The coating solution for the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is prepared with the dispersing solution thus obtained.
The coating solution for the recording layer with the above-mentioned composition was coated onto a white PET film with a magnetic layer with approximately 250 µm of thickness (manufactured by DAINIPPON INK AND CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED) using a wire bar, and after drying the white PET film at 115°C for 1 minute, it was heated at 60°C for 36 hours, and the reversible thermosensitive recording layer with approximately 11.0 µm of film thickness was formed. The gel fraction of the resin of the thermosensitive recording layer was approximately 92%.
The reversible thermosensitive recording layer was formed in the same manner with Example 1, except that the above-mentioned dispersing solution for the reversible thermosensitive recording layer was used instead of the dispersing solution which was used in Example 1. The gel fraction of the resin of the thermosensitive recording layer was approximately 89%.
Further, the following coating solution for the protective layer was coated on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer by means of a wire bar, and then passed with conveying velocity of 12 m/minute under the ultraviolet ray lamp of irradiation energy 80 W/cm to cure the coating, thereby a protective layer about 3 µm thick was provided. Thus the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention was prepared.
The reversible thermosensitive recording layer was formed in the same manner with Example 1, except that the above-mentioned dispersing solution for the reversible thermosensitive recording layer was used instead of the dispersing solution which was used in Example 1. The gel fraction of the resin of the thermosensitive recording layer was approximately 89%. Further, the protective layer was provided in the same manner with Example 4.
The reversible thermosensitive recording layer was formed in the same manner with Example 1, except the above. The gel fraction of the resin of the thermosensitive recording layer was approximately 89%.
Further, the following coating solution for the intermediate layer was coated on the recording layer by means of a wire bar, dried at 90 °C for 1 minute, followed by heating at 60 °C for 1 hour, thereby an intermediate layer with about 2 µm thick was provided.
Further, the protective layer was provided on the intermediate layer in the same manner with Example 4.
Further, the intermediate layer and the protective layer were provided in the same manner with Example 6.
With the use of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer of Example 7, the intermediate layer and the protective layer were provided on the recording layer in the same manner with Example 6.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium was formed in the same manner with Example 1, except that 8 parts of the color developer represented by the following structure was used.
Each gel fraction of the resins of the thermosensitive recording layers of the comparative examples 1 to 3 was 80% or more.
Printing was performed on the recording medium produced as mentioned above by a thermal head with 8 dots/mm at 13.3 V of voltage and at 1.2 msec of pulse width using a thermosensitive printer manufactured by Okura Electric Co., Ltd. Erasure was performed under the condition at 110 °C for 1 second using a heat gradient tester manufactured by Toyo Seiki Seisaku-Sho, Ltd. Then, the optical density at this printed portion, the erased portion and a background portion was measured using Macbeth densitometer RD-914. Printing and erasure were performed into/from this recording medium in an environment at normal temperature and normal humidity (22°C, 60% RH) and at high temperature and high humidity (35°C, 85% RH).
Rank 1: The image portion was in the excellent coloring state, and no dent was also observed.
Rank 3: The color development at the image portion was uneven, and dent also occurred.
Rank 4: The coloring state at the image portion was extremely poor, and dent drastically occurred.
The results are shown in Table 15.
Concerning Examples 1 to 12, humidity does not affect printing and erasure under all environmental conditions, and the color optical density and the erasing optical density are stable. Further, concerning the durability test, the diminishment of the printing density and the rise of erasing optical density were hardly observed, and it was in the excellent condition without dent.
The following compositions were pulverized and dispersed by means of a ball mill into particles having an average particle diameter of about 1 µm to 4 µm.
To the dispersing solution thus obtained, 10 parts of adduct-type hexamethylenediisocyanate 75 % solution in ethyl acetate (COLONATE HL, by NIPPON URETHANE K.K.) was added and stirred well to prepare a coating liquid for recording layer. Then the resulting coating solution for recording layer with the above-mentioned composition was coated on a white PET film (manufactured by DAINIPPON INK AND CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED) with a magnetic layer with about 250 µm thick by means of a wire bar, dried at 115 °C for 1 minute, followed by heating at 60 °C for 36 hours, thereby a reversible thermosensitive recording layer about 11.0 µm thick was provided. The gel fraction of the resin of the thermosensitive recording layer was approximately 90%.
The coating solution for the intermediate layer with the following composition was coated on the resulting recording layer by means of a wire bar, was dried at 90 °C for 1 minute, followed by heating at 60 °C for 2 hours, thereby a recording layer about 2 µm thick was provided. Further, the coating solution for protective layer with the following composition was coated on the intermediate layer by means of a wire bar, was passed with conveying velocity of 12 m/minute under the UV ray lamp of irradiation energy 80 W/cm to cure the coating, thereby a protective layer about 3 µm thick was provided, and thus the reversible thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention was prepared.
The reversible thermosensitive recording media were prepared in the same manner with Example 13, except of using the erase promoter compounds with the structure shown in Table 16.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium was prepared in the same manner with Example 13, except of using 8 parts of the color developer represented by the following structure.
Printing and erasure were performed into/from the recording medium produced as mentioned above at the following evaluation condition using by a thermosensitive printing simulator manufactured by Yashiro Ltd. with an edge type thermal head EUX-ET8A9AS1 (resistance value: 1152 ohm) manufactured by Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. Then, the optical density at the printed portion, the erased portion and the background portion were measured using Macbeth densitometer RD-914.
Printing and erasure were performed into/from this recording medium in an environment at normal temperature and normal humidity (22°C, 60% RH) and at high temperature and high humidity (35°C, 85% RH).
The results are shown in Table 17.
As evident from the detailed concrete descriptions given above, the present invention can provide a reversible thermosensitive recording medium in which humidity does not affect color optical density and erasing optical density; high contrast is excellent; the occurrence of dents to the recording medium and the density change due to the repetitive use are less; durability is excellent. Further, the invention can provide a reversible thermosensitive recording medium, wherein it is possible to perform erasure by a thermal head; and high speed erasure is excellent.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to claim 1, wherein 'R1' is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 16 carbon atoms and 'R2' is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 14 carbon atoms in the general formula (1).
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 'X' in the general formula (1) is a urea group.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer contains a resin being in the cross-linking state.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the resin contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer has 70 (KOHmg/g) or more of hydroxyl value.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 4 and 5, wherein the resin contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is acrylic polyol resin.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a gel fraction of the resin is 30 % or more.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a compound having a secondary amide group is comprised as an erasure promoter.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein another erasure promoter having at least one of -NHCO- group and -OCONH- group in a molecule is additionally comprised.
The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein a protective layer for protecting the thermosensitive recording layer is provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and the protective layer comprises a resin in the cross-linking state.
wherein the reversible displaying part comprises the reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
The member according to claim 12, wherein the member comprising the information-memorizing part and the reversible displaying part is any one of a card, a disc, a disc cartridge and a tape cassette.
at least one of an adhesive layer and a tacky layer, which is provided on a surface of the support opposite the reversible thermosensitive recording layer.
The member according to any one of claims 12 and 13, wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording label according to claim14 is used for the reversible displaying part.
wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is at least one of the reversible thermosensitive recording layers of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any of claims 1 to 11, the reversible thermosensitive recording label according to claim 14, and the member according to any of claims 12, 13 and 15.
The image processing method according to claim 16, wherein the image is formed on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer using a thermal head.
The image processing method according to claim 16, wherein the image is erased using a thermal head or a ceramic heater.
wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is at least one of the reversible thermosensitive layers of the reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to any of claims 1 to 11, the reversible thermosensitive recording label according to claim 14, and the member according to any of claims 12, 13 and 15.
wherein the image forming unit is a thermal head.
wherein the image erasing unit is at least one of a thermal head and a ceramic heater. | 13976656 |
Although I frown at others when they let themselves get walked all over at work it seems that I let it happen to myself every 2 days or so.
I just don't know how to stop it from happening either.
Fresh farm milk isn't like the stuff you buy in the stores either, it actually has a nice taste to it. Plus every batch can taste a little different.
I'm SO grateful those days are over. | 16474085 |
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, develops medicines for common disorders of the central nervous system. The company's lead program focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is characterized by chronic disability, inadequate treatment options, high utilization of healthcare services, and economic burden. Its lead product candidate includes TNX-102 SL, a cyclobenzaprine HCl sublingual tablet, a Phase III clinical stage for the treatment of PTSD; and Phase II clinical stage for the treatment of military-related PTSD. The company also develops TNX-301, a fixed dose combination drug product that contains disulfiram and selegiline for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, as well as biodefense development programs for protection from smallpox virus and radiation injury. Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York. | 89087300 |
When I heard that The Patio on Lamont was opening another location, my first thought was: Uh oh. While The Patio had earned a reputation as “trendy” and “cool” while serving surprisingly sophisticated food for Pacific Beach, what works in Pacific Beach is hardly a blueprint for success in Mission Hills. And if capturing that “it” vibe once is difficult, doing so a second time is even more so.
But The Patio on Goldfinch (4020 Goldfinch St.) has managed to make much of what worked in P.B. work better in Mission Hills. The design looks familiar. From the trademark patio, the contemporary feel and not one but two living walls, the Goldfinch version is not so much a knock-off of the original as a variation on a theme.
Beyond specific holdovers from Lamont, the new menu retains a tangible pan-global vibe and farm-to-table ethos. But with pan-global easily sliding into “fusion” and farm-to-table having long-since slouched into meaninglessness, does this new Patio succeed because of or despitethose things?
The Patio’s version of fish tacos, for example, is not remotely like the San Diego classic; rather, it’s Hawaiian ahi poke in fried wonton skins. It’s also delicious. The fresh fish and cleanly fried wontons look like an old-school hard taco. The garnishes of pickled ginger and wasabi seem a bit gratuitous, but pickled cucumbers atop the fish worked on multiple levels, and the dish’s textural contrasts are fun.
Another of the Patio’s small bites highlights the question of whether the restaurant is succeeding because of or despite the menu. Flavored hummus is cliché. I know that because I can get stuff bearing that description (but not necessarily the flavor to go with it) in the supermarket. The Patio’s hummus trio offers roasted red pepper, white bean with bacon and serrano-cilantro versions. It’s well-executed, if not adventurous, and very clearly (a) hummus, (b) flavorful and (c) enjoyable.
The Chop Chop Salad, another holdover from Lamont, is more interesting. It reads, visually, as anything but a salad. Ring-molded chopped romaine, bacon, avocado and tomato sit at one end of a Russian dressing swipe topped with onion rings. It looks impossibly dense and appears to contain far more avocado than it actually does—a bit of trickery in a satisfying lunch salad.
More impressive is the abalone picatta, a seafood play on the Italian veal classic. Atop a sun-dried-tomato mash with roasted string beans, the lemon-caper beurre blanc sauce plays off the richness of the panko-breaded abalone discs. The abalone seemed slightly tough, but the flavor combination was enough to carry the dish.
Without a doubt, though, my favorite dish was the grilled sardines with an arrabiata sauce (think spicy tomato) on ciabatta with lightly dressed arugula. This is not a dish for everyone: Sardines have a bit of the “fishy” flavor that’s so off-putting to the pescaphobes among us. But grilling brings out their inherent sweetness, and while the arrabiata might not be necessary for the fish (a squeeze of lemon does it), it soaks wonderfully into the grilled ciabatta.
The sardine dish, perhaps, explains the appeal of chef John Medall’s food. Global? Yes. Farm-to-table? Yeah. But, ultimately, it’s all about what needs to be on the plate and where it should go. And on Goldfinch, Medall seems to have captured lightning in a bottle—again. | 24981225 |
The Practice Quality Improvement Program at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is a shared vision with a focus on implementing quality improvement (QI) initiatives within the medical center and bridging sustained improvements in the delivery of care to the practicing pediatric community.
Connecticut Children’s is a Portfolio Sponsor in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Portfolio Program. Connecticut Children’s evaluates its own QI projects against ABP standards for Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Physicians who participate in Connecticut Children’s portfolio projects and meet ABP completion requirements will receive credit for the Performance in Practice component of MOC (Part 4). Those who participate are also eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Why participate in Connecticut Children’s Practice Quality Improvement Program?
Physicians have a lot to balance: maintaining licensure and certifications, managing the practice, getting reimbursed for services, all while providing quality patient care. It can be challenging to find the time, support, and infrastructure to implement a Quality Improvement project. The Connecticut Children’s Practice Quality Improvement Program has taken this to heart; we work hard to simplify the process and provide support along the way.
If our current projects do not pertain to your professional goals or practice, please contact us. Since we are an MOC Part 4 portfolio sponsor approved by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), we can develop and approve our own MOC projects against ABP standards.
Our hope is that, with our support, you can implement data-driven, continuous quality improvement that is helpful in your daily activities and becomes a valuable part of your practice’s culture.
Learn more about Connecticut Children’s Practice Quality Improvement Program or for more information, contact the Connecticut Children’s Practice Quality Improvement Program by calling 860.837.6930 or emailing us. | 14541591 |
POMONA – The scene has replayed itself countless times in the minds of friends, loved ones and law-enforcement officers.
California Highway Patrol Officer Thomas Steiner, 35, heading to his car after testifying in a traffic case at Pomona Superior Court, pauses at a crosswalk as a red Nissan Sentra approaches.
The car slows to a stop. Valentino Mitchell Arenas, 16, steps out, his grandfather’s gun in hand. He takes aim and, shouting a gang slogan, fires at least three rounds. One hits the officer in the head.
The shooting, two years ago today, shocked the community and has since come to be seen as a watershed moment in Pomona’s struggle against gang violence.
For relatives of Steiner, the past two years have been spent learning to live with a void, coping with emotions that sneak up in quiet moments. Slowly, they are coming to terms with what for so long seemed surreal, said Julie Sparks, Steiner’s sister.
The randomness of the killing has made it particularly difficult to recover from.
Arenas, who pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence at the California Institution for Men in Chino, told police he wanted to kill a policeman to impress a local street gang.
It could have been anyone wearing a uniform.
In Steiner, he chose a family man and five-year veteran of the CHP’s Santa Fe Springs division. The Cal Poly Pomona graduate loved Camaros, Ohio State football and spending time with his son and stepson.
Two years after the killing, family members are trying to put the tragic events of that day behind them.
Steiner’s widow, Heidi, who declined through her father-in-law to be interviewed, is still having a difficult time coping with her husband’s death, Ron Steiner said. The couple’s son, Bryan, 5, is in preschool and still talks about his father, he said.
Sparks, Steiner’s sister, said it has been heartbreaking to see her nephew and her own youngest child, who is about six months older, deal with death at such a young age.
“Every time it rains we’re out there looking for Uncle Tom’s rainbow,” she said.
For her part, Sparks said she has slowly come to accept her brother’s passing and no longer thinks about it regularly. Still, there are times when she gets a sudden urge to give him a call, momentarily forgetting he is gone.
Family gatherings during the holidays feel incomplete, she said. And the time around his birthday, when the family traditionally made Presidents Day weekend trips to Big Bear, is especially rough.
But on the whole, things have gotten better since the court system dealt with his killer.
Arenas, apprehended fewer than 12 hours after the shooting, at first pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges, claiming he ought to face a lesser charge because he was high on methamphetamine at the time of the shooting.
He changed his plea in December 2004, realizing that doing so was his only chance of getting out of prison at some point. Nonetheless, after an emotional sentencing hearing on March 10, 2005, a judge gave him life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Ron Steiner, who said he has no words left for his son’s killer, is satisfied that justice has been served, he said.
Arenas’ aunt, Cecelia Arenas, said the situation is tragic all the way around.
Her nephew, whom she hasn’t seen or spoken with since the sentencing, wasted his future because of what he did, she said.
In the two years since the shooting, steps have been taken to ensure Steiner’s memory lives on.
A custom motorcycle designed in his honor was unveiled to the public last May, shortly after the one-year anniversary of his death. The CHP Memorial Chopper is used by the California Association of Highway Patrolmen to raise money for gang awareness and make appearances at anti-gang events.
The state Assembly, after waiting the mandatory 18 months, agreed in January to rename a portion of the Pomona (60) Freeway in Steiner’s memory. The stretch through Pomona from Phillips Ranch Road to Reservoir Street, where the officer frequently patrolled, will be known as CHP Officer Thomas J. Steiner Memorial Highway.
Family members said they hope Steiner’s death will have a lasting impact on Pomona’s efforts to curb gang violence.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the community responded with outrage, demanding safer streets. Two years later, the city is awaiting the completion of its Youth and Families Master Plan – a blueprint for addressing the risk factors that lure children into gangs.
Steiner’s father and sister said they will continue to pay close attention to Pomona’s efforts to steer young people away from gangs. | 297155215 |
In 1980, many supermarkets switched from using paper bags to plastic since the plastic (polyethylene) bags are less expensive. Because many customers complained, grocery stores now give a choice between paper and plastic. Some shoppers choose paper assuming it is an environmentally better alternative. But is this the case?
In a comparison of the two types of grocery bags, Franklin Associates* concluded that the manufacture of plastic bags produced considerably less air pollution, water borne wastes, and industrial solid-waste than the manufacture of paper. Because plastic bags are lighter, they also produce less post-consumer solid waste, taking up less space in landfills. Researchers found that plastic sacks have these advantages even when grocery store clerks pack less in each bag, thereby using 1.5 or 2 times as many plastic bags to pack the same groceries as paper.
Energy-wise, it is a tie. Plastic bags required slightly less energy to manufacture at a use rate of 1.5 to 1 compared with paper and more energy at a use rate of 2 to 1. Paper bags are better because they are made from wood, a renewable resource, while plastic bags are made from petroleum. Also paper grocery bags are recycled at a higher rate and are reused more frequently, since many home kitchen trash containers are designed with paper grocery bags in mind.
In the end, it is a toss-up whether paper or plastic grocery bags are better for the environment. The important thing is to reuse paper and plastic bags over and over. Best still is to bring your own cloth bags or ask store clerks to hand you easily transportable items without bags.
* Brower, Michael & Leon, Warren (1999) The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices - Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists, Three Rivers Press, New York, p. 132-133. | 318836409 |
The Cyber-Duck team was thrilled to win a UX UK Award for the ‘Best Transactional Experience’ for our work with mydlc! Rewarding those who take pride in offering the best possible experience for users, UX UK even made the project a finalist for a further award, the ‘Best Effect on Business Goals’. Our win showcases the success of mydlc, a bespoke customer payment portal that simplifies a complex transaction to great effect for their users.
The User Experience (UX) UK Awards is the only scheme to celebrate agencies that excel in user-focused digital design, rewarding projects that create the best experiences for the end user. Following comprehensive review with lengthy criteria, the distinguished panel of judges even determines the categories that best fit each entry. So, the original shortlist was undivided by award category, leaving both the finalists and winners a complete surprise for the night—which made it even more exciting.
The team was thrilled to win this award for our work with dlc, the UK’s leading independent debt recovery firm. They needed a powerful, bespoke customer payment portal, where users could easily manage and pay towards their debt online. Following dlc’s customer-centric ethos, we were passionate about providing a highly personalised, user-friendly experience to improve what can be a tricky situation. This inspired the portal’s name, mydlc.
Drawing on meticulous research, the needs of dlc’s audience were at the forefront of each design and development decision, checked with real user testing. Of course, the transaction experience was the key to this project—UX UK attributed our win to offering a “simple service for a complex problem”. Focused on empowering the user, mydlc offers as many simple, effective options to resolve debt as possible: from making quick payments (without even creating an account) to returning personalised payment or settlement plans, making users feel secure about repayment over a longer period. Using a responsive web design (RWD), mydlc is optimised for display and performance across devices.
The mydlc portal has achieved some great results, recognised by our second achievement as UX UK finalists for the ‘Best Effect on Business Goals’, such as a roughly 75% rise in online transactions for the first seven months.
Catching up with the best UX creatives in a great atmosphere at Microsoft’s contemporary offices, we were happy to see our winning work for mydlc alongside the likes of BBC Sport, Nationwide, Tesco and WaterAid. We had a fantastic time and congratulate all the other winners and nominees—it’s great to see focused award schemes that reward the value of good UX. | 152277159 |
This article is about the explosive Ranged weapon. For the hunter creature, see Carnivorous chinchompa.
For the red skillchompa, see Crimson skillchompa.
Even more volatile than its vegetarian counterpart.
Red chinchompas are multi-target stackable Ranged thrown weapons requiring level 55 to use. They can be obtained by box trapping carnivorous chinchompas in the Feldip Hunter area.
They can hit up to 9 targets in a 3x3 area. They cannot be picked up again from the ground after being thrown and Ava's devices (attractor, accumulator, alerter) do not return them. Red chinchompas still multi-target when using abilities and abilities will not consume them.
Inherently multi-target abilities (such as Ricochet and Bombardment) are unaffected. While Unload is a multi-hitting ability (it hits all targets standing on the same square), it will deal area damage with chinchompas. Sacrifice will deal area damage, but would only heal according to the damage taken by the main target. Damage over time effects will be applied to all targets initially in the area. Tuska's Wrath will deal full damage to all targets hit. Shadow Tendrils hit a single random target in the 3x3 area instead of the original target when used with chinchompas. Onslaught will drain adrenaline for every target hit, and when all adrenaline is drained the user starts to take damage equal to 25% of the damage done to all targets.
Unlike mechanised chinchompas, when a player dies outside of the wilderness with red chinchompas either equipped or in their inventory, they are always kept.
If attempting to release more than four chinchompas a confirmation message will pop up.
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Brickscape is a six week residency program that culminates in a public exhibition. Eight to twelve artists are selected each year to create temporary, site-specific installation art pieces in a vacant historical space in downtown Charleston, WV, with a different historical location chosen each year. Each artist is designated an area in the space in which to create their installation, with 24 hour access. At the end of the residency, the space will open to the public and the completed installation pieces will be on display for a month-long exhibition. Artists who live more than an hour away are required to reside in Charleston for the entire duration of the residency. Free housing is provided by members of the community who make their guest rooms or apartments available. Artists working in all mediums are encouraged to apply. Previous experience creating installation artworks is not required. Socially engaged or process-based artists who don’t identify with any particular medium are also eligible and encouraged to apply. Preference is given to proposals that provide an immersive or interactive environment accessible to a diverse audience. In addition, we prefer proposals for temporary, site-specific works, which are designed solely for the space in which they are created.
The proposed artwork should respond to the history and culture of the chosen location or the surrounding community of Charleston as well as the physical environment of the space in which the work will be created. Images of the space along with a brief history of the building and its past occupants can be found on our LOCATION page, while resources to help with research for ideas & proposals can be found on our RESOURCES page.
The residency culminates in a public exhibition of the artists' work designed specifically for and within the space in which it’s created. The exhibition remains open for one month after the residency’s end, with an opening reception and several other events taking place as part of Charleston’s annual arts & cultural festival, FestivALL. Artists are required to attend the first two days of the exhibition's opening and may make arrangements for departing Charleston on the following day (see timeline below.) Deinstallation occurs immediately following the exhibition’s closing. For out-of-state artists whose artworks are perishable, residency staff will deinstall and dispose of all materials. However, if items or materials are to be salvaged from an installation, the artist is responsible for deinstallation and all shipping arrangements. All in-state artists are required to disentail their own artworks.
A jury of art professionals award acceptance to eight to twelve artists. Artists are chosen based on the quality of past work, strength of proposal & artist statement, and past accomplishments. Visit our JURORS page to see who’s jurying this year’s program.
Brickscape awards a $700 stipend to each artist to cover all material and travel costs. Out-of-town artists are provided with housing. All meals and local transportation are the responsibility of the artist. Artists are encouraged to bring their own modes of transportation, but it is not required.
Artists who live more than an hour away are required to reside in Charleston for the entire duration of the residency. Free housing is provided by members of the community who make their guest rooms or apartments available. In most cases, artists will be provided a private room with shared access to a bathroom, kitchen amenities and living area. Artists staying with hosts may ship supplies to the host’s address before the start of the residency.
Unfortunately, we have decided to cancel Brickscape this year. After having several spaces fall through, Brickscape, Festivall Art Fairs and Charleston Office of Public Art made significant final efforts to find something, but to no avail. Our needs are very specific and not always easy to find. We try to find vacant historical spaces for artists to create in, but also require plumbing and electricity. Many spaces we looked at were either lacking the necessary utilities or currently undergoing renovations that would exceed beyond our start date. We met with a lot of great people who wanted to host us but whose spaces were not going to be ready on time. On the bright side, it is because of this year’s efforts that we should have several options for next year’s program. We’ll make every effort possible to secure next year’s location before the call to artists is announced. We apologize to all those artists who started preparing applications, patiently awaiting a location announcement. We hope those who were planning to apply will reconsider doing so for next year’s program.
All applications submitted by February 28th will be reviewed by a jury of art professionals. To Apply, please email the following to [email protected] and pay the $15 application fee via the link provided below.
ALL application materials must be submitted in one PDF document no larger than 20 MB.
8-10 images of recent artwork with accompanying title, media, dimensions and date created. A short description of each work is optional. There is no required size or resolution for images other than that they should be of good quality, clearly depict your artwork and fit together with all other documents in a single PDF under 20 MB.
A description of your proposed project (300 word max). Proposals may consist of a general idea of how you are interested in working in the space and responding to the environment, or they may contain a more detailed description of a specific project. The less experience you have with site-specific installation art, the more it is encouraged that your proposal be detailed and specific. If you're proposing work for a specific area, please download the image of the area from our LOCATION page and include it in your document below the proposal. Proposals should mention specific aspects of local history or culture that will inspire your work at the Residency. | 16804520 |
According TO The Independent- The SEC on Tuesday made 30 percent share holding mandatory for sponsors,directors and promoters of publicly listed company.The SEC spokesperson,Md Saifur Rahman said the commission would unveil on Wednesday the much-talked about incentive package prepared to rejuvenate the bearish market.
According to the SEC notification,sponsors &directors 8 holding less than 30 percent share in a company will have to acquire the rest of the stake within six months of the issuance of this notification.
My question here - is the step solve our present abnormal market?
i should say, it may be one of the tools to recover present tools. this 30% means, rest 70% is for the public. if i am right, it is a good initiative..
Abnormal market wouldn't create in a short period of time. To improve the present abnormal situation may have reconstitute some factors.
Some tools are obviously needed to improve present situation. Proper application of tools is also very important.
"According to The Independent- The SEC on Tuesday made 30 percent share holding mandatory for sponsors, directors and promoters of publicly listed company. The SEC spokesperson, Md Saifur Rahman said the commission would unveil on Wednesday the much-talked about incentive package prepared to rejuvenate the bearish market."
May be this tool will be helpful to decrease the uncertainty of share market and help to build a stable stock market.
The recent situation of our capital market is very much volatile. For that, the authority took some steps to prevent the volatile situation. For that, the SEC encourage and enforce the Directors of all listed company to buy at least 30% share of their company. I think, it have a great to run our capital market to a better position.
When i am writing this article, there are only 50 listed company directors who have the 30% share of their company. It is very bad.
Because, if they have not the shares of their company, they are not working for the betterment of their company. SEC gives them to buy minimum 30% shares of their company. It enforced the directors to do for the betterment of their company. For that, the company do her business very well for that the company pay the big profit to the general investors.
At last, i also add that, it creates the demand in our share market which can helps to get a good share market in our country.
I think what have SEC done & implied the initiative, this will go for a very short time. That means market will be recovered......but not for so long. | 353221810 |
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Who knew that women look so good in tuxedos? I love the way the jacket and pants look on this girl. The flower in the breast pocket is a nice touch too.
Rachel Zoe Tuxedo Suit.....Amazing! not practical for a new mom but this white suit is perfection!!!
Fall 2012 Couture Street Style: A tailored white suit like Anya Ziourova's is chic staple in the warm-weather months.
Angela Simmons wearing a black and white tuxedo-like ensemble by SuperTrash. The outfit is accented perfectly with gold jewelry.
Looks like Chanel to me. Black and white is ALWAYS classy! Round glasses perfectly match the outfits and attitude.
I don't know how to exactly pinpoint my obsession with Kate Moss but what I do know is that she is one of the Greatest Fashion icons and Mod.
Janet is wearing one of my favorite hairstyles for vacationing. Nothing quite like the sleek pony. Rock it girl!
Blake Lively in *A Simple Favor*.
i like this old fashioned black and white wedding look. the dress is great and so is the tux.
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Some say that Beech and Raytheon’s turboprop failed because it tried too much, too soon.
A FEW YEARS AGO, STARSHIP PILOT BOB BASS was flying at 31,000 feet over Kansas when he received a radio call from a U.S. Air Force jet that wanted to pull alongside. He looked out the window and saw a $2 billion B-2 bomber join up on his wing. The B-2 pilot was shooting photographs of Bass’ airplane.
Last summer Starship owner Bob Scherer and I landed in Phoenix, and as we taxied up to the terminal, a pair of excited line service workers pulled cameras out of their pockets and began snapping away. “This happens all the time,” Scherer said.
But the Starship was flying in turbulence from the outset. For an industry in which designs have traditionally evolved in gradual increments, the new turboprop was the loudest of thunderclaps and completely antithetical—bold, daring, and radically different. From the shape of its airframe, to the placement of its engines, to its carbon-fiber structure, to its digital avionics, almost nothing about this airplane was normal.
Bob Scherer flies serial number NC-51. (Beech serial numbers begin with two seemingly random letters, but some think NC signified “New Concept”; others think it was a play on the United Federation of Planets’ starship registration from “Star Trek.”) He thinks the Starship’s revolutionary design and price tag hurt early sales. “It wasn’t accepted at first because it was so radical,” he says. “Plus it was five million bucks, which is entry-level jet zone.” Scherer acquired his Starship from the Tyco Corporation in 1998 after seeing it listed in Trade-A-Plane, a thrice-monthly newspaper filled with ads for aircraft. A Starship on the market today would fetch about $2 million.
According to a personal account of the airplane’s development by former Beech chief executive Max Bleck (Starship History; www.aviatorservices.com/starship_history_1.htm), the company studied designs that ranged from the traditional to the radical, seeking an airplane that delivered jet-like performance at cheaper turboprop operating costs. Soon one design emerged, with aft-mounted pusher engines and a wing with vertical surfaces at each wingtip. It also had a large cabin, one of the King Air’s most appealing features, but its size would make it heavy. “The decision was made early on to build using composites for [their] favorable strength-to-weight ratio,” Bleck wrote. | 102218549 |
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Check out the map page I’ve just added to my website – it’s not perfect but I created it myself and am rather pleased!
Accessible Stansted – well done!
Travelling to Palma Mallorca with Hal we were interested to find out how accessible Stansted Airport was and the news is good – we were very impressed.
Special Assistance is located just inside the terminal building and the staff are welcoming and helpful. They accompanied us to check in (where there were a few perks for special travellers, such as free check in for hand luggage and no queues). Then they took us to security via the special assistance fast track which was super quick. Hal and his wheelchair were thoroughly searched, though I’m not a bit surprised as he is obviously a villain.
Isn’t it time for tea? We were booked on an 8pm flight so it was crucial that Hal had something to eat – he is extremely vocal when hungry and we wanted a peaceful flight. Roger spotted a Wetherspoons (it’s an instinctive thing) but it looked a bit full. We needn’t have worried. Scott and Julia went out of their way to accommodate us, cleared a table, brought us drinks and served Hal’s food, and did all they could to make us comfortable and relaxed. Hal scoffed his fish and chips with alacrity and my Gin Fizz was really rather good.
Getting onto the plane. This was no problem at all. Special assistance staff took us to the plane, a Heath Robinson contraption which delivers the food trolleys also delivered Hal. The worst bit was transferring Hal from his own wheelchair to the plane seat. However he survived the ordeal and apparently even enjoyed it. So for Hal it really is all about the journey!
Other useful things to know about Stansted Airport. There are two Changing Places toilets – one airside and one at arrivals. I cannot say how happy this makes me. We didn’t try them out but knowing that we can use them if we need to is great. And the car park buses are ramped and easily accessible. We travelled with Easyjet who tell me they transport 1400 disabled people each day, and they certainly did a good job looking after us. | 122569708 |
HOUSTON – Stages Repertory Theatre broke ground on The Gordy, a 67k-sf campus with three theaters.
The three performance areas will be the 251-seat Sterling Stage, 223-seat Arena Stage and a Warehouse Stage with flexible seating for up to 134 people.
The project site is at 800 Rosine St.
The Gordy will also have rehearsal studios, production shops and administrative offices, plus a pedestrian plaza with green space for outdoor events.
The development will open during the 2019-20 season.
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Although virtual reality is barely in evidence in the consumer marketplace, SMPTE deemed it important enough to devote the entire first day of its annual conference, held in Hollywood last week, to it.
As an assembly of film and television engineers, SMPTE is known for drilling down into technology, but that’s not all they did when examining virtual reality. One of the more interesting conversations posed the question: is VR a new art form? The panel discussion, moderated by Blackstar Engineering Chief Executive Andrew G. Setos (formerly Fox president of engineering), included game company Playful Corporation founder Paul Bettner; HBO Creative Lead for Digital Products Colin Foran; VFX artist Vicki Lau, Jaunt Studios Chief Executive Cliff Plumer (formerly CEO of Digital Domain and CTO of Lucasfilm); International Cinematographer Guild president Steven Poster, ASC; and 20th Century Fox Futurist Ted Schilowitz.
Plumer reminded attendees that, so far, technology companies and their demos have driven most of the VR content. “There has to be a creative side to help drive the technology,” he says. “That’s what will build an audience."
Schilowitz agreed. “We have our dancing shoes on at Fox,” he said. “We’re emerging out of the theoretical and putting these things into practice.” In addition to a VR demonstration based on the film Wild, Fox Innovation Lab with 20th Century Fox is about to launch a commercial VR experience based on The Martian.
A frame from the Wild VR experience created by Felix & Paul Studios for Fox Innovation Lab.
Shilowitz said viewers reported recalling the Wild VR experience as if it were their own memories. “You will believe you were there, that it happened to you,” he said. VR has the power to evoke empathy, several panelists said, and could also be used for documentaries and news coverage.
Samsung's Project Beyond 16-camera stereo VR rig.
Milk VR senior staff engineer Jeff Wilkinson and Samsung Electronics Tech Lead/Senior Director of Research Sajid Sadi talked about developing VR as background for building AR. Sajid showed all the camera prototypes that Samsung has developed over the years, finally unveiling Samsung Think Tank Team’s Project Beyond, a VR rig with 16 full HD cameras to capture stereoscopic 3D. | 85982291 |
I worked with Experience Columbus to create a sponsored blog post several months ago. That said, I’m writing this post just because I want to share more details about the Columbus, Ohio art scene. All opinions are still my own and also rely upon when I lived in Columbus, Ohio.
In 2016, Dan and I made it back to Ohio four times if you include our long weekend for New Year’s Eve. While I always try to get in some quality time with my besties who live in Columbus, I don’t always get the luxury of enjoying everything the city has to offer.
Like the Columbus, Ohio art scene.
But during my fall trip, I enjoyed a few luxurious days of playing tourist in my former home city. I soaked up as much art as I could during my two days of exploring the city. Some attractions I hadn’t visited since my intern days in 2011. Others were brand-new to me!
Whenever I visit the Columbus Museum of Art, I get distracted by all the interactive opportunities. While some are more geared towards children, many of the hands-on activities are fun for all ages.
One year I designed a temporary mosaic. I let my Kappa love fly with a fleur-de-lis in light blue and dark blue.
On my most recent visit, I created my own abstract collage inspired by a piece hanging in the collection.
Whether you have artistic younguns or just a young art-heart, you’ll find something to amuse you at the Columbus Museum of Art.
As a feminist, I particularly admire the museum’s initiatives and exhibitions to recognize women artists. I really hope to get back to Columbus to see the upcoming exhibition A Dangerous Woman: Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer. That is so obviously me. It opens February 10, 2017 and will stay on display until May 21, 2017.
Last March, the Columbus Museum of Art participated in #5womenartists, a national campaign to help people answer the question, “Can you name five women artists?” This took place during Women’s History Month.
As part of the campaign, the museum added more interactive lessons to select pieces of art. Throughout the museum, you can find prompts on the placards to call a phone number. You might hear either the artist herself or another prominent woman in the art world discuss that piece of art.
Check the website for holiday closures.
Columbus now has another small art museum, the Pizzuti Collection. I only visited this for the first time back in September.
The Pizzuti Collection is a 501( c)(3) nonprofit organization presenting temporary exhibitions of contemporary art from the collection of Ron and Ann Pizzuti. What started as a personal passion for the art itself has grown into a lifetime commitment of the Pizzuti’s to bring world-class art and artists to Columbus, helping to enhance the cultural fabric of our community for generations to come.
Housed in an historic building located in the Short North Arts District, the Pizzutis graciously restored and transformed the 18,000 square foot space into several beautiful light-filled galleries, a sculpture garden, and public resource library. Upon completion, the Pizzutis gifted the building to the Pizzuti Collection. Each season we present an exciting range of exhibitions drawn from a collection of paintings, sculpture, film, photography, drawings, and prints that has been ranked as one of the top in the world. We also offer educational programs, lectures, artist talks, and special events throughout the year.
Can a city have too much art? I don’t think so. The Pizzuti Collection definitely enhances the Columbus art scene.
During my visit, the exhibition was Cuban Forever Revisited. When the Pizzuti Collection first opened, their inaugural exhibition celebrated Cuban art. This inspired trips to Cuba and new Cuban art collections for other Columbus art collectors. While this new exhibition was a throwback to the original, it featured almost an entirely new collection of art.
Visions from India debuts on March 10, 2017 and will be up through October 28, 2017. The Pizzuti Collection will remain open during this transition, but some galleries may be closed.
Users of wheelchairs can enter the Pizzuti Collection via Russell Street. Please call 614-280-4004 for details.
I am my mother’s daughter. I love a good garden. Beautiful gardens are transitive works of art in and of themselves, changing from season to season or with just the whim of the wind. Garden art in Columbus, however, offers something for even the most traditional of art lovers.
I’ve only had the privilege of visiting the Franklin Park Conservatory twice. One day, I hope to spend many more hours there enjoying not just the Conservatory, but the surrounding grounds.
The Franklin Park Conservatory features several distinct garden sections.
The Conservatory also features a stunning collection of Dale Chihuly’s vibrant glass artwork. While the original exhibition was temporary, the popularity of Chihuly’s gorgeous glass inspired a private, non-profit group, Friends of the Conservatory, to purchase most of the pieces as a permanent collection for the Conservatory.
I have many fond memories of Columbus’s Topiary Park. It’s within walking distance of Kappa’s headquarters and museum, where I lived and worked for a summer. Libbi and I would go there to read and lay out.
When Dan and I still lived in Findlay, Kappa hosted a fantastic fundraiser called Wickets in Wonderland. They set up all sorts of fun Alice in Wonderland decorations in Topiary Park. Plus we played in a croquet tournament!
While I haven’t seen the famous painting itself, I have seen the study Seurat created before painting the full masterpiece.
Located at Town Street and Washington Avenue, this is a free park open daily from sunrise to sundown.
Hammond Harkins Gallery is a small art gallery in the Short North open free to the public. I greatly enjoyed discovering this quality art gallery during my Columbus visit back in September.
While I was there, Hammond Harkins Gallery featured an exhibition on Aminah Robinson’s art.
The current exhibition begins a year-long celebration of Hammond Harkins Gallery’s 20th anniversary. 3 Artists: Griffith, Hamilton, and Robinson pay tribute to the art gallery’s roots. When they first opened in 1997, their artists were Dennison Griffith, Paul Hamilton, and Aminah Robinson. This special exhibition features previously unseen works by Griffith and Robinson and new works by Paul Hamilton.
The Wexner Center for the Arts only includes a single art gallery, but the center also includes a cinema for independent films/documentaries/etc., a performing arts series, and public programs for the community.
While the traditional arts of sculpture and painting are amply represented, they’re given equal billing with weaving, metalwork, jewelry design, and furniture produced at the school.
While the gallery space is small, the Wexner Center makes good use of the space. I greatly enjoyed discovering the work of Black Mountain College.
The Wexner Center describes two upcoming exhibitions on their website. Both Sarah Oppenheimer: S-337473 and Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight debut February 4, 2017 and can be seen until April 16, 2017.
The galleries are also closed between exhibitions. Check the website for more details and holiday closures.
Located at the corner of High Street & 15th Street.
Considering how long I lived in Columbus, I cannot believe I only did Gallery Hop once. What is Gallery Hop, you ask?
The Short North is filled with art galleries (and amazing local restaurants). During the warmer months, they all band together one Saturday per month for Gallery Hop. Everything stays open until at least 10pm! (That’s late for art). Street performers and vendors also show up for the evening.
The Wexner Center for the Arts is just one venue for performing arts series in Columbus.
The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts lists six unique theatres on their website.
One of these is the historic Ohio Theatre, with its famous “Mighty Morton” Organ. During the summer, you can buy inexpensive tickets to classic films that play at the Ohio Theatre. An organist performs before and after the movie.
Back in 2013, Dan and I saw Wicked at the Ohio Theatre! Columbus brings several Broadway shows each year.
Columbus even has its own professional ballet company, BalletMet!
If you enjoy the performing arts, Columbus boasts many options to enjoy.
One of the very first things I did in Columbus as an intern was visit the Columbus Arts Festival. It’s held every year in June.
The 2016 festival was actually the 55th Annual Columbus Arts Festival! That’s pretty cool!
All weekend long you can eat good food, enjoy live entertainment, and meet incredible artists showcasing their work. Plus there’s a family-friendly area to make your own art.
Did you know Columbus, Ohio art was so diverse and prolific?! Whether you’re an Ohio native or a weekend visitor, you can easily find art to admire all over the city.
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everyone on our closed development progress!
After taking some time to process and prioritize everything that we'd like to achieve during our closed development period, our team is excited to announce that we are aiming for the official release of Dappervolk to be within the first or second quarter of 2019!
As always, please keep in mind that this timeframe is subject to changes depending on any obstacles that we may encounter while developing some of our more complex new features. But rest assured, we will have more specific news and updates for everyone regarding our launch timeframe as we continue to make headway through our development projects - so stay tuned!
One of the major projects that we are currently working on for official launch is a brand new town to explore! This location will continue the storyline where many beta testers left off, departing from the sandy shores of Aviar Cove in search for exciting, new horizons - or perhaps, great new depths?
Our current work on this new town and its inhabitants will largely be kept as a surprise for players to unlock during official launch, so we won't be able to share any new sneak peeks with you - but if you're curious about our progress, we are currently in the process of finalizing the art assets and fleshing out the quest writing! What we can share, are some fun in-progress assets for other areas of the site that we are currently developing. For example, we will be expanding Peddler's Port with various new NPCs like the one below.
will be located in Peddler's Port alongside Pai.
Some of our most anticipated features for official launch are also some of our most coding-intensive projects thus far! Currently, our coders are hard at work transforming our design mockups for these features into fully functional parts of the site. Below are some of the major upcoming features that we're working on right now.
During our beta testing phase, you may have noticed that our "upcoming things" list was updated with a few bullet points dedicated to a new feature called Guilds! This system is designed to give users the ability to create and run their own public or private group, with built-in features such as a customizable theme and homepage, customizable ranks/permissions, a guild-only mini forum and live chat, guild events, and guild upgrade goals to work toward.
Since our last update, this feature has progressed through the concepting and UI design process, and onto the coding and refining stage! Our coders have made great progress thus far, so be sure to keep an eye out for more details on how this feature will be implemented into the game as we get closer to putting the finishing touches on this exciting project.
During beta testing, users got to experience our initial framework and first build for a feature called Adventure! Admittedly, this early iteration of the feature was designed as more of a functional test run of its newly built framework than a fully realized, fun game for players to experience - so we completely understood when many felt a bit disappointed by its beta testing debut.
However, thanks to all of the testing and input that we received from our beta testers, we are very excited to now be working on implementing and realizing the full range of ideas that we've been planning for this side scrolling mini-game styled feature!
for Adventure's new "active" mode.
Some new features that will be coming to Adventure are a variety of new default and unlockable sprite appearances, toggle-able active and passive game modes, better optimization, new regions to unlock, new Adventuring music, an encounters bar, and more!
By far, one of our most anticipated - and most ambitious - upcoming features is the introduction of customizable player homes into the world of Dappervolk!
Once unlocked, users will be able to decorate and arrange the contents of their homes on an easy to use grid-based system. Additionally, we plan to integrate a player's Adventure sprite into this feature, allowing you to freely hop throughout your home and even invite your friends over to chat in real-time! Each home will also include skills activities and crafting - but more details on this will be revealed in the future, as we are currently focusing on building the framework for this feature and refining the artistic direction that we'd like to take for the massive amount of assets that it will require.
Please note that, while we regard housing as one of our most important new features, the sheer amount of technical considerations and graphic assets that it will take to produce this feature is something that we do not want to underestimate during development. Because of this, there is a possibility that housing may not be completely ready for release at the time of official launch. Nevertheless, we are extremely excited about the feature and can't wait to share more about it with you as we progress further through development!
It wouldn't be a complete update without some news on our upcoming mini game plans and gameplay music, right? Because we plan to officially launch Dappervolk with a brand new town, a new mini game will also be released via the Playground alongside that town! Additionally, we also plan to have some amazing new music to go long with the new mini game, as well as our Adventure expansion.
Interested in listening to our existing Dappervolk music?
Visit our talented composer's Dappervolk page over on Bandcamp!
Over the holidays, an unexpected hard drive failure occurred on the main desktop of our lead artist and project manager, Quis. Thankfully, we keep regular data backups on external drives, so no files or progress were lost in the process. She has since invested in a new desktop to replace this older device, but some technical issues with the new build have delayed her ability to switch over. This is expected to be resolved soon, with the only major impact being on her ability to continue progress on the content that we have set aside for streams.
We'll be sure to update everyone when our art development streams resume. Nevertheless, it is full steam ahead into the new year!
We hope everyone had a great holiday & start to the new year.
You may have noticed that the site went down right as the event was completed by the userbase. A pretty significant error came up while the site was trying to distribute prizes to all participants, forcing the site to go into error mode.
For the moment, we have brought the site back up in maintenance mode to investigate the issue and try to resolve it. We're currently unsure of how long it will take to fix this, but we will be sure to update everyone when we get a better idea of what exactly went wrong. As always, thank you for your patience! | 182317738 |
@touyoko_com made a pilgrimage to Inami, Nanto, Toyama Prefecture for the ED.
We get some useful data points from Shiori near the beginning of the episode, as Yoshino grapples with the idea of trying to sell 1,000 boxes of manjū, a traditional Japanese confection. Manoyama receives 30,000 tourism visitors each year and has a population of 50,000. They didn’t have to search far to find that number, the population of Nanto (南砺), Toyama Prefecture is 50,660 (2016 October). I looked, but wasn’t able to dig up tourism numbers for Nanto.
The concrete arched bridge is inspired by a similar one (Google Street View) over a canal that feeds Sakuragaike (桜ヶ池), near the P.A.Works studio in Tatenohara-Higashi, Nanto.
As mentioned last week, the shopping street in the anime is not a copy of, but is believed to be a reference to the Higashimachi Shōtenkai (東町商店会) in Fukumitsu, Nanto.
When Yoshino proposes to make a new website to promote the product, the staff at the tourism board acknowledge that their web marketing skills are limited and they would need to hire a designer.
Yoshino and Shiori meet with Sanae, a web designer who moved to Manoyama from Tokyo. They settle on a simple website, though there is no discussion of concurrent marketing through social media or other channels.
Images and copy are harvested from existing web and print material.
In later conversation, Yoshino finds it difficult to accept Sanae’s opinion that being located in Tokyo is not the only path to finding or creating work opportunities. Yoshino reasserts that Tokyo is the economic center and must be full of opportunities, though she has only a vague idea of what they might be. Sanae offers the guidance that, with the right attitude, opportunities can be created wherever you are. I anticipate this will be one of the key themes Sakura Quest will reiterate over its run.
The website goes live, but doesn’t generate much traffic.
Though they are ultimately unsuccessful in selling the manjū, as they tear into boxes to eat them in consolation they realize it’s actually well made. Shiori tells them that all of the ingredients are locally sourced in Manoyama. Though pure conjecture, I think this may be a hint of a future tourism promotion strategy for the city. Farm-to-fork and local specialty foodstuffs are very active areas of regional tourism promotion in Japan.
@ye_bi_su made a pilgrimage to Kyoto for Episode 2.
@Surwill compiled a Street View tour of locations in Kyoto for Episode 1.
Anitama, a Chinese language anime news site, published a pilgrimage to Kyoto for Episode 1.
Eizan Electric Railway (press release) announced the details of its official marketing collaboration for Uchōten Kazoku 2, which include train wrappings, changing headmarks, promotional material in stations, commemorative tickets and post cards.
Location identification for the OP is a work-in-progress. I’ve been able to figure out many, but not all of the long list of places that appear.
North end of the Teramachi Kyōgoku Shōtengai (寺町京極商店街), at the intersection of Sanjō-dōri (三条通) and Teramachi-dōri (寺町通). The restaurant in the background is Mishima-tei (三嶋亭), which was the model for one of the Friday Fellows meetings in the first season.
The director’s name in bonfires on the mountain is a nod to Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火).
This intersection and bridge are above a portion of the Lake Biwa Canal (琵琶湖疎水) just to the southeast of Miidera Station (三井寺駅) in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture. The bridge appears to have a name, but I can’t make out the kanji from street view. This is the first location in Shiga to have appeared in the anime adaptation of Uchōten Kazoku.
Ebisu notes that he found tobidashibōya (飛び出し坊や) that looked like this in the neighborhood.
@touyoko_com made a pilgrimage to Wakō, Saitama Prefecture for Episode 1.
The OP sends mixed signals. There are trains and a station that are clearly in or inspired by those in Japan, but there are also many images that include Western-style architecture. None have been identified as of the time of writing.
The view from the window tables at this branch of Gusto doesn’t quite look like this, but it’s not entirely fiction. Platform 1-2 at Wakōshi Station is a bit further away, oriented at 45 degrees to the restaurant, and seen through a gas station parking lot.
Kawagoe Keizai Shimbun published an article introducing the explicit use of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture as the setting of Tsuki ga Kirei.
@touyoko_com made a pilgrimage to Shinjuku 3-chōme, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo Metropolis for Episode 2.
The animate Kawagoe shop blog published a pilgrimage to Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture for Episode 1 and invites fans to visit the city.
Tōyō Keizai published an article about leading efforts by the Keihan Electric Railway and its subsidiary Eizan Electric Railway to use marketing collaborations with anime productions to engage fans, increase awareness of railway assets associated with shows, and drive passenger use.
Shizuoka Shimbun published an article about a photo contest and exhibition of photos taken of Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture submitted by fans of Love Live! Sunshine!! The exhibition will be held in the city until May 7.
@DIME published an article about anime-induced tourism to Hida and Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture for Kimi no Na wa. and Koe no Katachi, respectively.
@626shin (post) and @kbt_tigers1985 (post) published reports from cherry blossom viewing at Nishigishi Station in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, an annual tradition among fans of Hanasaku Iroha. The station is used as a model in the setting of the anime. At the end of festivities, attendees conducted a thorough litter cleanup of the station and surrounding area. Shin also photographed blossoms and Haniro train wrappings at Noto-Kashima Station.
@touyoko_com made a pilgrimage to Adachi Ward and Iidabashi, Chiyoda Ward (all Tokyo Metropolis) for Eromanga Sensei Episode 2.
@anime_pq (post) and @ssslocation (gallery) made pilgrimages to Kichijoji, Inokashira Park and Ikebukuro (all Tokyo Metropolis) for Re:CREATORS Episode 2.
@ssslocation made a pilgrimage to Tachikawa, Tokyo Metropolis for Frame Arms Girl OP, ED, Episode 1 and Episode 2.
@ssslocation made a pilgrimage to Tokyo locations for Kakuchō Shōjo-kei Trinary OP and Episode 1.
@Nagatoyukito5 made a pilgrimage to Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture for Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon.
@SSEBTBM883 made a pilgrimage (updated post) to Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture for Gabriel DropOut Episode 9.
@dotproducer made a pilgrimage to Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture for Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-hen.
@darkflame_esper made a pilgrimage to Kusastsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture for Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai.
@darkflame_esper made a pilgrimage to Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture for Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki.
@11922911Rinngo made a pilgrimage to Hamura, Tokyo Metropolis for Clannad.
@tesra1141 made a pilgrimage to Nakano, Nakano Ward, Tokyo Metropolis for Dennō Coil. | 317439603 |
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that was yesterday... and get this! it snowed in the valley tonight!!!!! and it's still snowing! the snow is a reminder to me that God's love is unfailing, and it's not always gonna be rain and hail.... wow! i had a terrible weekend, and last nigt we broke the news to the girls that our laurel ridge family is separating.... it was sad... it was really hard, we all cried, and then we had a slumber party, and all slept in the living room in front of the fireplace..... it was a really great end to such a sad night.... and this morning abby and i decided we weren't going to let these kids or ourselves be depressed all day, so we declared december 13 "don't bend your knees day"... wow! we had so much fun! i don't think the 8 of us have laughed so much in one day the whole time we've been here! so tomorrow is "double speak day" and wednesday is "don't use your thumbs day"..... we're gonna make it through this, and we're gonna use the gift of laughter that God gave us to do it..... i still have all the same prayer needs, and i'm still struggling with anger, but i'll never forget that in my darkest hours, God sent snow to the valley.... and even though people don't always follow His will for their lives, even when it's as clear as daylight, and clearly laid out in the scriptures, He is unfailing, and works for the good of those who love Him.... what an awesome God!
thank you all for your love and support! they all say "never say never" but i will definitely NEVER forget how wonderful you all are and how much you've done for me!!! and i have no hesitation in using that word! i hope i get to see as many of you as i can this Christmas! i said i wasn't gonna send another e-mail, but apparently i lied...... and who knows what the next 4 days hold for me... wow, i feel like i've bombarded y'all with emails the last 2 weeks! this is crazy! (i'm being a yenta....) i love y'all!!
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NEW YORK – With the November 6 mid-term elections just one day away, candidates are still knocking on doors and sending out text messages asking for voters’ support and hoping for a high voter turnout.
In this year’s elections there are many Greek-American candidates running for key positions. Overall, on November 6, at least 25 Greek-American candidates or candidates of Greek descent, are up for election to Congress or for state and local offices, and senior positions, including the candidate for the Supreme Court of New York, in the 10th District, Judge Helen Voutsinas.
Certainly not everyone has the same power: Some are incumbents, well-known to the voters, running for re-election, while others are entering the political arena for the first time.
Also, some are in a very advantageous position according to the polls while some are battling against the odds hoping to overcome the polls and gain a winning percentage.
The National Herald has compiled the Greek-American candidates and calls on all the Greek-American organizations and the expatriate community to think “Greek” and consider supporting these candidates if they are running in your state.
For the U.S. House of Representatives there are typically eight Greek-American candidates running across the country, six of whom are likely to be elected or re-elected, as the case may be.
In the 12th District, Republican Congressman Gus Bilirakis, is running for re-election.
By maintaining good relations with U.S. President Donald Trump, and by acting decisively on national issues, Bilirakis is considered to be one of the most important candidates, although this election may be more difficult this time: On the one hand, the traditional “wear and tear” of mid-term elections, the party of the current President, and, on the other hand, the strong candidacy of Democratic Chris Hunter.
In the 13th District, third-generation Greek-American lawyer Charlie Christ, a Democrat, is running for reelection and is the frontrunner in the race.
A former adviser to George W. Bush, Republican Michael Waltz, is of Greek descent and running in Florida’s 6th District.
Among the Democrats, John Sarbanes is up for reelection in the 3rd District of Maryland and Dina Titus is running for reelection the 1st District of Nevada.
A promising new candidate is Chris Pappas in the 1st District of New Hampshire whose election would raise the number of Greek-American Representatives in Congress.
Also among the Greek-American candidates, Anthony Pappas, in the 14th District of New York, Republican candidate against Alessandra Ocazio-Cortez who shocked the Democrats by beating incumbent Joe Crowley in the primary election.
Ultimately, the Republicans withdrew their support from Pappas but his name for technical reasons is still on the ballot as the Republican candidate.
In the 3rd District of Arkansas, the Greek-American teacher Michael Kalagias is a contender for Congress, with the support of the Libertarian Party.
In the Senate, the eyes are on the Republican candidate Leah Papachristou Vukmir, daughter of Greek immigrants and an active member of the Greek Orthodox Church, running in Wisconsin against her Democratic rival, Tammy Baldwin.
Elected for years as State Senator without ever being a favorite, Papachristo-Vukmir hopes to overcome the unfavorable predictions of polls that show Baldwin in the lead.
However, she strongly supports President Trump and that may or may not affect her chances.
Less well-known, Demetri Theodoropoulos of the Green Party is running in Delaware, though the odds are not on his side.
The November 6th elections, however, are not only about the Federal elections but also the States.
The top nomination for the Greek community is that of Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis in California, with the former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary running for the position of Lt. Governor.
For the same post, but in Connecticut, Susan Bysiewicz is a candidate with roots in Greece and Poland.
The former U.S. Rep. Zack Space (Ohio) and Kathy Kramedas McGuinness (Delaware) are running for the Auditor’s post in their respective states.
In Illinois, Erika Harold, who is of Greek, German and English origin on her father’s side; and on her mother’s side, both Native-American and African-American, is running for Attorney General of the state.
In California, Konstantinos Roditis aims to be elected State Controller.
In the New York State the head of the Democratic majority, Michael Gianaris is running for reelection, while Andrew Gounardes is running for the first time.
In the State Assembly, Democrat Aravella Simotas is running for reelection and James Skoufis for the first time.
On the Republican side, incumbent Nicole Malliotakis is also up for reelection.
Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis is running for reelection as well, while in Ohio State Representative Jim Trakas is running for the State Senate.
In Connecticut, Eleni Kavros DeGraw is on the ballot for the State Representative in the 17th District.
Finally, in Illinois’ Cook County, the incumbent Maria Pappas is the only candidate for Treasurer, a position she has held since 1998.
Just Being Greek is not a VOTE, being good is….This isn’t Greece time to vote for quality not party line, or ethnic lines here….may the BETTER person win.
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Rabia Terri Harris is an essayist, editor, peace activist, public intellectual, practicing chaplain, and freelance theologian. Born to a Christian mother and Jewish father, Ms. Harris embraced Islam in 1978. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, her graduate degree in Middle Eastern languages and cultures from Columbia University, and Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary. She studies at Suleymaniya Library in Istanbul, Turkey, on a Fulbright grant to investigate unpublished manuscripts attributed to the controversial mystical philospher Muhyiddin Ibn’Arabi. She has published translations of several key medieval Arabic spiritual text. Ms. Harris has served for over 15 years as a contributor and editor of Fellowship Magazine, the bimonthly publication on the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an international, interfaith peace and justice group founded at the outbreak of World War I. She is the founder and director of the Muslim Peace Fellowship, an influential forum for progressive Muslim thought and the first organization specifically devoted to the theory and practice of authentically Islamic active nonviolence. In this latter role she edits an international newsletter and regularly addresses church, school, and organizational groups on a variety of Islamic issues. She is the Resident Elder at Dar Anwar as-Salam, the Muslim component of the Community of Living Traditions, a tripartite Abrahamic residential peace community located in Stony Point, New York. Ms. Harris is a senior member of the Jerrahi Order, a 300-year-old Muslim Religious sodality headquartered in Istanbul. She is also among the organizers of a new venture in Islamic pastoral care; the Muslim Chaplains Association.
Dr. Mubarak Awad is the founder of Nonviolence International, which works to promote nonviolent social change and peace education with various organizations and movements across the globe; the National Youth Advocacy Program, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to at-risk youth and their families; and the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence in Jerusalem where he was born. He was deported by the Israeli Supreme Court in 1988 after being jailed for organizing activities involving nonviolent civil disobedience. Dr. Awad earned his Doctorate in psychology from the International Graduate School, a Masters in education from St. Francis University, and a Bachelors in social work and sociology from Bluffton University. He serves as an adjunct professor at the American University since 1989 teaching on methods and theory of nonviolence.
Dr. Abu-Bader is a Professor of Social Work at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is also the chairperson of the Research Sequence. Dr. Abu-Bader received his Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1998 and his Masters in Social Work from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN in 1994. In 2015-16 he served as a Visiting Professor of Social Work at Qatar University Department of Social Sciences.
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Dr. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s MA Program in Conflict Resolution. She has also served as Assistant Professor in the field of Peace and Conflict Resolution at the School of International Service at American University, Washington D.C. Dr. Kadayifci-Orellana has also worked at United States Institute of Peace on projects related to Iraq. She received her PhD from American University’s School of International Service in Washington DC in 2002 with a Master’s degree in Conflict Analysis from University of Kent in Canterbury, England. In addition to teaching, lecturing and publishing extensively in the fields of “gender and peace”, ‘theories of peace,’ ‘religion and peace building,’ ‘cross-cultural conflict resolution and mediation’, ‘interfaith and intra-faith dialogues’ ‘peacebuilding and development’, ‘Islamic sources of conflict resolution’, and ‘Muslim peace building actors in Africa and the Balkans’, among others, Dr. Kadayifci-Orellana has facilitated dialogues and conflict resolution workshops between Israelis and Palestinians, worked with indigenous community leaders from North and Latin America, conducted Islamic conflict resolution training workshops to imams and Muslim youth leaders in the United States, organized and participated in interfaith and intra-Muslim dialogues, and organized and participated in the first American-Muslim Delegation to Iran in November 2007. | 261342310 |
After spending countless years in a futile search for true love, Froggie finally decided to give up his quest. He jumped onto his twig throne and gazed out across his long neglected frog kingdom. For the first time in his life, his mind wasn't occupied with the nagging yearning for that elusive flame of love. He felt lighter and more peaceful than he had in a long time. Suddenly, without warning, the most perfect true love was dangled inches from his face. "Wouldn't you know it", Froggie grumbled, "it always shows up when you stop searching for it." So much for Froggie's peaceful solitude. Medium: ink and acrylic on paper. | 152061107 |
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So glad you went Kate! And had a good time and came back with great memories. Happy belated birthday by the way. | 212815154 |
Nine down, three to go.
Democratic Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe is filling out his Cabinet, announcing Thursday that Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore will serve another term and former Hampton Mayor Molly Joseph Ward will take over as secretary of natural resources.
"Growing our agriculture and forestry industries responsibly and protecting our natural and historic resources are critical to supporting our tourism industry and ensuring our economic sustainability, and I am confident that Todd and Molly are the best people to get that job done,'' McAuliffe said.
Haymore is third holdover from Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell's Cabinet, joining finance chief Ric Brown and health secretary Bill Hazel. The other six appointees have strong Democratic backgrounds.
Only three Cabinet positions remain to be filled: commerce and trade, veterans affairs and homeland security, and education.
Ward resigned last September after five years as Hampton's mayor to take a job as President Barack Obama's liaison with municipal leaders across the country. She previously served six years as Hampton treasurer.
McAuliffe credited Ward with leading the effort to preserve Fort Monroe as a national landmark and advocating creation of a conservation easement for Buckroe Beach.
"I have a lifelong passion for the natural and historic resources of Virginia, so this is a dream come true,'' Ward said at a news conference.
The executive director of the Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club said that as the former mayor of a coastal city, Ward is well aware of the effects of climate change on sea levels.
"Being from Hampton, she also understands the importance of the Chesapeake Bay to the economy and quality of life of Virginians,'' the environmental organization's Glen Besa said.
Haymore served as commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine. McAuliffe said McDonnell thought so highly of Haymore's performance that he not only kept him, but promoted him to his current position.
"I didn't have a promotion for Todd because the only bigger job would be my job,'' McAuliffe said. | 233770858 |
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Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group responsible for the deaths of more than 10,000 people, is about to have to contend with a new force, as forces from Chad and Niger opened a new front in the regional military fight by sending army vehicles full of soldiers into the northeast border of Nigeria. Help couldn’t come soon enough, Boko Haram has been fighting a nearly 6-year insurgency against the Nigerian government, and on Saturday declared their allegiance to the extremist Islamic State group in the Middle East. “They are bandits and criminals who have nothing to do with religion,” said Chadian Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue. Witnesses noted roughly 200 military vehicles crossing into Nigeria on Saturday. Cameroon’s minister of defense, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o, said troops from Nigeria and Chad would fight Boko Haram while soldiers from Cameroon and Niger would guard their borders to prevent the militants from escaping. The world will be waiting for news on whether the new forces will have any impact on stopping Boko Haram. | 80508166 |
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Please notify us in writing in advance of your upcoming audit. If for some reason your auditor isn’t satisfied with the assessment tools and believes rectifications are required, contact us on the day so we can provide additional guidance on the application of the tool and if possible discuss with the auditor. If the auditor still isn’t satisfied, provide us with a copy of the official audit report as it relates to this training resource. We’ll be happy to complete the recommended rectifications required to comply with the auditor’s feedback within 21 business days.
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Bharti Airtel Walkin Drive | Field Engineer Jobs in Chennai | 14th and 15th December 2017. Bharti Airtel has released official notification for Field Engineer positions. Interested contenders can check the Required details, Job description and profile for accurate information. Aspirants who had qualified Diploma, BCA, ITI, B.Sc are only eligible to attend Bharati Airtel Walkin in Chennai 2017.
Bharti Airtel has mentioned that only Male Candidates are preferable and kindly ignore if contenders don’t have a bike. Aspirants are advised to check Bharti Airtel Test Pattern as well as Bharti Airtel Model Papers so that they can prepare confidently and can easily crack the Recruitment of Bharti Airtel.
To get qualify in the Bharti Airtel interview process the aspirants are advised to check the Bharti Airtel Syllabus and Bharti Airtel Interview Questions to crack the interview. If any of the candidates secure good marks in the selection process those contenders will be selected for the position which they have applied in the company. To know more details about Bharti Airtel Careers keep on visiting All India Jobs for fast and current updates.
Involve into Configuring, Monitoring & Troubleshooting of Networks.
LAN, WAN, WLAN Installation & Configuration.
Understand about DSL, Broadband, Router, and IP Protocols.
Analytical skills to analyze customer technical faults for corrective actions.
Coordination with cross functional teams CSD, NOC, ISP to provide faster resolutions.
Cross function coordination for delivery.
Education Diploma, BBA, BCA, BE, ITI (No Arrears).
Must have – Bike with DL.
Exp Fresher both are welcome.
Basic knowledge of (MDF, Pillar and Sub-pillar).
Knowledge about WI-FI & Modem Configuration.
Driving KPI as per defined Targets.
Carry an updated CV and please manage sufficient time for Interview.
Kindly Ignore, if you don’t have Bike and Driving Licence.
BE, B.Tech are not eligible.
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company. Headquartered in New Delhi, India. In India, the Bharti Airtel company’s product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, fixed line services, mobile commerce, IPTV, DTH, high speed DSL broadband, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. It attains operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Bharti Airtel had over 331 million customers at the end of June 2015. The company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.
Aspirants can attend Bharti Airtel Walkins in Chennai on 14th and 15th December 2017. In this post we have updated latest information regarding Bharti Airtel Recruitment Drive. So candidates can check out all the data carefully.
Landmark: Behind Olympia Tech Park, near Maruti service Center.
This page will give clear information about Bharti Airtel Recruitment. If this Job suit, you can attend directly at the above mentioned venue. For more updates regarding IT Jobs candidates can visit Freshers Jobs frequently and bookmark this page. | 178104032 |
Having been in post as Head of Clayesmore for a year, Jo Thomson is enjoying the blend of challenge, adventure and fun that the school is famous for. She is also keen to build on its friendly family ethos so that children can develop freely in an atmosphere of kindness and trust at this co-ed school in the heart of the rolling Dorset countryside at Iwerne Minster.
It’s the feeling that develops from being able to learn and grow in an environment of trust and kindness. We encourage everyone to believe in themselves and ‘have a go’ without fear of failure or judgement. This means that pupils can discover their talents and passions, which in turn instils confidence. Being willing to embrace challenge and risk means that our pupils discover that they can achieve more than they ever thought possible: both in and out of the classroom. To me, that’s the Clayesmore spirit and that’s what the business of education is all about.
He was an educator and visionary who held true to his belief in the transformative power of education to provide redemption and hope for boys for whom previous educational experiences had often resulted in failure. A man ahead of his time, he understood fully that a ‘good education’ was about far more than the process of filling empty vessels with knowledge, and that ethos remains true today.
You describe your education as holistic in its approach?
We work hard to instil the values and attitudes which will transfer across intellectual, moral, physical and spiritual boundaries. Whether it’s in the classroom, on the sports field, in the dining hall or in the theatre, we teach our pupils to be ambitious, optimistic, intellectually curious and responsible. We don’t just pay lip service to the idea of ‘developing the whole person’: at Clayesmore, it’s in the DNA!
How do you create that home away from home for boarders?
Boarding life closely resembles the atmosphere of a busy, happy family. 60% of pupils board in one of our five houses, each of which is run by a team of House Staff, Matrons and Tutors. Pupils are guided, supported and protected with care appropriate to their age, which means they can get on with the business of learning, doing and simply being. Full boarding means that pupils can take part in a vast range of extra curricular activities. This might be playing the bagpipes, photography or astronomy, or the opportunity to spend some additional time playing sport: everyone’s passion is different so we endeavour to keep the opportunities and options flowing.
The 24/7 nature of the job means that work and homelife are closely interwoven and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It helps having a husband who’s also a teacher, and children in the system, too! Having said all that, the generous holidays are when we tend to collapse, catch our breath and regenerate.
The privilege that comes from watching children develop into mature, sensible and thoughtful young adults who will go on to make a contribution and a difference to the world around them. I can’t think of anything more fulfilling than that. | 308790464 |
Jack Nicklaus was in Detroit to help raise nearly $3.3 million through this year’s Turning Point Invitational pro-am and dinner held at the historic Country Club of Detroit to benefit Cornerstone Schools. The organization is dedicated to educating thousands of students in Detroit through one independent and four charter schools. The Golden Bear headlined a field of golf greats to further their mission. | 30511497 |
Please note: There is a single login per IAS Service for the hub.
For some general guidance on the Reporting Hub and logging on please see this overview.
The data sheets on the reporting hub replace the spreadsheets and emails we used to send round to collate all this info. On each visit you can update as much or as little as you wish, and you will be able to download the info you have submitted. We will send out reminders if there are any specific deadlines relating to any of these reports. | 5260910 |
You can only add so many additional pieces before it makes your AV rack look like a horror movie.... it was time to clean it up!
You know it’s that delicious when you have to have a slice before you take the picture! 📸 Tonight we celebrate 🎉 Easter 🐣 in our own Del’s fashion by enjoying our family share feature giving you all the fixings including the option of this tasty chicken and bbq sauce pizza 🍕 that’s light and leaves you wanting more!
Shortwave Infrared curing CQuartz Finest Reserve ceramic coating for the highest level of protection and gloss available that will last many, many years. 💎 For when the best is demanded, there's simply no alternative to the worlds most exclusive ceramic protection for your vehicle - Finest Reserve. | 12732193 |
The dream of the free internet, powered by, and uplifting to "the people" remains alive and well. Thank goodness for Google, and companies that are willing to do what others find insane: turn the whole ownership model on it's head and put data in the hands of the people. Things like this give a person hope. | 104637826 |
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