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6 Busted Over AK47 Rifle Deal
The police have arrested six suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal AK 47 rifle transactions.
The suspects were named as Alhassan Jamah, Bashiru Salifu, Kassim Aninga, Mohammed Asako, Salifu James and Ibrahim Mohammed.
A statement signed by the Director General in charge of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Kwesi Ofori, indicated that the suspects were arrested on December 3, 2021.
First arrest
According to the statement, Jamah was the first to be arrested by the National Operations Directorate Highway Patrol team during a stop-and-search operation near Osino in the Eastern Region.
When Jamah was arrested on board a Bawku-bound Yutong bus, an AK 47 rifle with 12 rounds of ammunition was found hidden in his travelling bag.
Later, an intelligence-led operation led to the arrest of the remaining five suspects.
The statement said the six suspects were currently in police custody, assisting with investigations.
It said the Police Administration commended the Police Highway Patrol team for its vigilance and hard work.
"We also thank the passengers on board that vehicle for their cooperation and understanding during the operation," it said.
Furthermore, it said the Police Administration assured the public of the commitment of the Police Service to work to safeguard public safety.
Asantehene's advice
The arrests came two days after the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, had urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, to ensure that all illegal firearms were retrieved from civilians.
Speaking when the IGP paid a courtesy call on him at the Manhyia Palace last Wednesday, December 1, 2021, the Asantehene said there was no doubt about the fact that many illegal weapons had found their way into communities, stressing that in order to ensure absolute peace in the country, no arms should be in the wrong hands.
"It's your responsibility to protect lives and properties in this country," he had reminded the IGP.
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What kind of ownership and democratic control?
Rob Sewell takes up some of the 'new' ideas that have been put forward on the left regarding alternative forms of ownership and control. What we need is a socialist plan of production and workers' power.
Monday this week marked the first national 'Stephen Lawrence Day', commemorating the tragic murder that lifted the lid on the racism within British capitalist society and its institutions. To see real change, we need to fight capitalism.
As Brexit stalls, Tory MPs are openly plotting to remove their leader. Voters are deserting the party in favour of Nigel Farage's new outfit. This Conservative collapse is setting the scene for Corbyn's Labour to come to power.
The terrorist bombings of churches in Sri Lanka are a barbaric atrocity. Only united class struggle can provide a way forward.
The fire that partly destroyed Notre Dame is a tragedy for anyone who cherishes the cultural, artistic and architectural achievements of humanity. To protect our past, we need to fight for a socialist future.
Ben Gliniecki reviews Arthur Miller's dramatic play about the corrosive effect of the profit system on social ties and family bonds.
Delegates to the CWU policy conference this Sunday will be discussing an important motion calling for Labour to restore Clause 4 - the party's commitment to public ownership. We urge all delegates to support this resolution.
Outsourced catering staff in the PCS union are fighting for decent pay and demanding to be brought back in-house. Coordinated action across the trade unions is needed to end outsourcing and the scandal of low pay.
NUS caught in a downward spiral - we need a fighting union!
The bulk of the time at this year's NUS conference was spent discussing how to save the union from financial ruin. The only way forward is to transform the union with fighting leadership and bold socialist policies.
Recent events in Brunei, a dictatorship propped up by British imperialism, have once again demonstrated how the liberal values of the capitalist class are nothing more than a facade.


Topic 30: It is generally believed that education is of vital importance to individual development and the well-being of societies. What should education consist of to fulfill both these functions?
Education is one of the largest items of government spending. It is regarded as the pathway to economic prosperity, an instrument for combating unemployment and the driving force behind scientific and technological advance. Given the importance of education for individuals and society, its scope, constituents and configuration have long been the subject of research, studies and discussion.
Theoretically, a student is expected to acquire knowledge of a specific subject or profession at school, but throughout the learning process, education should focus on the development of their skills. A successful school leaver should show exceptional abilities to acquire, organize, interpret, evaluate and communicate information when graduate. Similarly, a proficient learner should meanwhile be a resource coordinator and user, proficient in identifying useful resources (such as information and capital) with speed and utilizing them to the full advantage. A qualified student should also possess some other skills, such as problem solving and critical thinking, which are essential not only for their further education but also for their careers later in life.
When students become knowledgeable and resourceful, they should be equipped with competence that would enhance the transition from school to work. An excellent learner is admittedly important to society, but more important is his or her productivity. Education should absorb new substances and embrace new concepts in order for students to keep in touch with community and have full knowledge of the needs of community. Besides, a school should facilitate the progress of students in every practical field and give them opportunities to try new tasks and take on new roles. By enhancing their hands-on skills and job-related skills, schools can foster students' and society's future development and prosperity.
When enhancing learners' academic excellence and professionalism, education cannot overlook learners' physical and psychological well-being. In this fast-changing and competitive society, many people are not in good form in coping with stress and health problems. Encouraging students to reduce stress and develop good health habits is therefore important. Sports, for example, function effectively as a health facilitator and as a good stress reducer. These extracurricular activities can be combined with academic activities to boost students' mental health and learning outcomes.
To conclude, today's students are expected to be versatile, productive and healthy individuals when they finish schooling. With society becoming more specialized and economies demanding more skills, students should focus on both theoretical and practical aspects of education. They should lay a stress on physical activities as well.


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Small cap share tips: Cape, Cohort, Wynnstay
Our regular review of the latest developments and hottest tips in the exciting world of the Alternative Investment Market is written by analysts at the UK's leading authority on fast-growing companies, Growth Company Investor.
Cape earns earnings upgrade
Following a positive 'pre-close' update, energy sector support services star Cape has earned earnings upgrades from analysts. Cape said calendar 2007 final figures, set for release in March, will beat City forecasts with record levels of business seen in the first half of last year having continued in the second half.
Significant sales growth was seen across all regions last year – Cape's main markets are the UK, the Middle East, the CIS, the Far East and Australasia – and three recent Australian acquisitions made positive contributions to the figures. Affirmations regarding management's firm focus on cash and a prediction regarding a 'sustained period of strong organic growth' buoyed the share price.
Cape, whose fortunes have been restored under respected chief executive Martin May, offers growth twinned with good defensive characteristics. Global energy demand is growing and Cape's energy-producing clients need to extend the life of assets. Its large customers are increasingly looking to outsource non-core services and work with safe suppliers. The blue-collar services Cape provides aren't sexy, but they are essential, ranging from access scaffolding, insulation and fire protection to specialist cleaning.
Francesca Raleigh at Numis Securities has selected Cape as one of her small-cap tips for 2008. Setting a 366p target price for the shares, she has upgraded her 2007 forecast earnings figure by 10% to 23p, from pre-tax profits of £33.5m, following the upbeat trading update.
For 2008, investors should at least expect profits progression to £42.9m and 25.5p of earnings, although those numbers are likely to receive further upgrades once full-year results are confirmed. Trading on modest prospective multiples of 10.9 and 9.8, Cape is a strong buy.
Share price – 248p
Ticker – CIU
Market Cap – £282.89m
Recommendation – Strong buy
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Cohort winning friends
Cohort, floated on Aim in March 2006 at 123p, is a cash-generative and dividend-paying counter on a consolidation mission in the fragmented defence technical services market. Offering technical advice and services to clients including BAE Systems and the MoD, recent interims to October caught the eye, even though the second half-year is stronger.
Pre-tax profits were lifted 42% to £1.5m, on revenues up 55% to £20.9m, with original business SCS posting 30% sales growth to £12.7m, though flat profits at SCS reflected programme 'slippage' and investment spend. Contributing £8.2m to turnover and £900,000 of operating profit was maiden acquisition MASS, a defence and aerospace systems house bought in August 2006 for up to £13m with skills in managed services, electronic warfare and secure communications.
Meanwhile, systems engineering and software business SEA, acquired on 31 October for a maximum £25.4m, operates mainly in the defence sector yet also boasts divisions focused on the space, transport and offshore sectors. SEA boosted the group order book by £13.7m to £56.1m, of which almost £23m is deliverable in the stronger second half. The acquisition means that Cohort has reached a degree of critical mass, leaving it well placed to win bigger contracts both domestically and in export markets.
For April 2008, analysts see profits growing from £3.2m to £5.6m, with earnings rising to 11.9p (8.9p), placing the shares on a fairly undemanding forward multiple of 13.5. Cash generative, dividend paying (the interim dividend was increased by 12.5% to 0.45p) and on an intriguing consolidation mission, Cohort could prove a winner in the long term.
Share price – 160.5p
Market Cap – £64.89m
Ticker – CHRT
Recommendation – Buy
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Wynnstay wins Hatton's hand
Agricultural sector consolidator Wynnstay Group has acquired specialist distributor John Hatton (for an initial £237,000) in a deal complementing the £2.4m 2006 takeover of Glasson. Lancaster-based like Glasson, John Hatton distributes animal health products, feed and supplements as well as dairy hygiene products. The deal boosts the group's market share in a key livestock region.
A 'rural retailer', Wynnstay is keen on increasing its presence in the country stores market. It has outlets in Wales and England's border counties and is hoping to improve returns at its acquisitions. In December, another two stores, selling 'agricultural requisites', gardening, equine and pet products, and clothing to farmers and other rural dwellers, were acquired.
Towards the end of 2007, Wynnstay managed to farm £1.28m from institutional investors at 260p in a funding move to help finance further deals as well as organic growth. Though Wynnstay has encountered challenges within its markets, it's nicely balanced spread of businesses have enabled its financials to progress. Pre-tax profits of £1.96m were cultivated for the half to April '07, representing a rise of 39%, on near-53% sales growth to £79.9m, with Glasson performing 'excellently'. The interim dividend was raised from 1.75p to 1.875p, with net assets increasing to £26.83m (£24.45m).
Shares in Wynnstay, a robust concern offering progressive dividends and a valuation underpinned by net assets, are worth holding.
Ticker – WYN
Recommendation – Hold
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (UNI) India and China have moved yet closer in fostering friendlier relations -- especially those pertaining to meetings between their respective Armed Forces -- with a border meet held for the first time in the Lohit Valley of Arunachal Pradesh.
Border meetings between Armed Forces personnel of the two neighbours have traditionally been held at Chushul in Ladakh, Nathu La in Sikkim and Bumla in the Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh.
On Saturday last, it was for the first time that a border meet took place in Area Kibithu, in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh -- marking yet another milestone in the growing relationship and military exchanges between the Armed Forces of the two countries which less than 45 years ago fought a border war and later observed coolth to each other for at least a quarter of a century.
The meeting in the Lohit Valley -- which discussed modalities of conduct of troops of both armies along the border -- was held ''with due pomp and ceremony'' in an area close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The Chinese delegation, led by Col Li Shi Zhong, consisted of six officers besides military photographers and support staff. The Indian side was headed by Brig AK Bardalai.
According to an official spokesperson here, the meeting and exchanges were characterised by ''great warmth and bonhomie''.
Personnel of the Indian Army had gone to ''considerable length to create a very hospitable ambience'' in what is otherwise an area with few facilities in the vicinity, the spokesperson said.


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Zinc is a great material for both the environment and the longevity of a building. It is very malleable, meeting basically every architectural demand and has been used by architects for over 160 years. Zinc provides solutions that less flexible materials cannot, creating freedom of expression in designing the roof and cladding of a building. Due to its flexibility, Zinc allows for interesting corners and angles in a variety of shapes. In terms of its environmental impact, Zinc is non-toxic, durable, 100% recyclable and requires less energy to make than any other material.


With the arrival of Spring, weddings, baptisms and communions fill up our calendars. Finding the right model for these events is just one more task to add to our regular list of daily activities.
In our new Spring - Summer 2015 collection, you will find the chicest dresses to wear on the most formal occasions, for which respect for the established dress code is essential.
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Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has reigned over her queendom for 65 years, surpassing her great-granny Victoria's record reign of 63 years. That's a long time, to state the blatantly obvious. Best wishes to her.
Her milestone coincides with the U.S. airing, on PBS, of Victoria, a glossy, well-done series that tells the story of the teenage queen whose name defined an era. With the adorable Jenna Coleman as Victoria, the hunky Tom Waites as her cousin-husband, and the dark, brooding Rufus Sewell as her prime minister….if that's what he was, wink, wink….it's well worth watching. Love the dresses, love the stiff uniforms on the princes, love the castles, the palaces, and peeking below stairs at the servants. And candles! Never thought about how many candles it would have taken to illuminate an 1840s ballroom! Hope they had fire insurance.
So the darling, sparkling Jenna/Victoria and the hot-hot-hot Tom/Albert have just married and with the other beautiful people, will now live more or less happily ever after, she beautiful, he dashing.
Well, Jenna, of course, doesn't look much like Victoria, really. We've seen the photographs.
And I was reminded of an essay my wonderful son Mike wrote in middle school, starring Queen Victoria.
I always used to say Mike would have been a good Quaker: social barriers do not exist for him. And as for honesty? It was the only policy he knew.
Had to give him that. She was no Jenna Coleman, for sure.
Mike told the truth, right?
Yes, I snickered. And I suggested he should focus the paper more on history and less on the physical limitations of this venerable woman. I don't remember the outcome, except that it turned out fine.
Happy Jubilee, Elizabeth II. You're better looking than your great-great granny.
But not as cute as Jenna, sorry.
Shame on me, I have not posted in more than a year! No excuses, no reasons. I don't know why, that's the truth. I hope to join the April Blogging A to Z Challenge again, so I have to get back into writing condition. This post will not be a good example!
So I'm limbering up my iPad one finger typing skills until I can get the good people at Apple on the phone and upgrade both browser and operating system in my elderly but lovable laptop. That could be a post in itself. I won't include how many curses I call down on electronics while it happens, promise.
This is a practice run, just dipping timidly back into the hows and whys and logistics of this blogging thing. Truth to tell, I'd forgotten how much fun this is!
To paraphrase a movie line…….I'm baaaaaaaack! Let me know who's out there! See you all more often!
It's one of the oldest wind instruments in history. My grandfather and great grandfather played one. It's sometimes called a "sweet potato" because of its shape.
The ocarina dates back more than 12,000 years. Its flutey, high-pitched, haunting sound is found particularly in the Chinese, Aztec, and Mayan cultures.
It can be found in other examples of music, too, since it is not too difficult to make or play an ocarina. American folk music often includes the "sweet potato" as an accompaniment to songs and the German gemshorn is a direct descendant of the ocarina.
In a fascinating combination of Twenty First technology meets ancient musical instrument, the video gaming giant Nintendo in 1998 created the hit game The Legend of Zelda, The Ocarina of Time.
My 11 year old grandson is an avid Legend of Zelda player and he introduced me to The Ocarina of Time. Big surprise to him that I knew what an ocarina was! He thought it was a cool new Nintendo thing. Teachable moment: there's not much new in the world, my boy.
In The Ocarina of Time, the player takes Link, the hero, through the Land of Hyrule on a quest to keep evil King Ganondorf from seizing the Treforce, a sacred relic. He uses the Ocarina of Time to travel through time.
Music plays an important role in the game. To progress, players must learn to play and perform several songs on an ocarina. The game has created renewed interest in the instrument and melded ancient history with the world of video gaming.
I will never figure out the game. It's very complicated and takes a long time to learn and play. The graphics are amazing, though, and to watch a real player at the controls is impressive.
But the idea of incorporating something as simple as a 12,000 year old wind instrument into something as technical as a video game just makes me think. Maybe the world is not lost entirely to technology. Not when we can take the old and make it new again.
I am a night owl. Always have been, even when I have been forced to rise early. I rose, but I did not shine.
Nothing against sunshine and light and all that. There's just something about the deep, dark, middle of the night that intrigues me and draws me in.
It's a whole different world. Different sounds, different sights, different world view. Night seduces you and makes you part of it.
I think I inherited my night owl tendencies from growing up in the city. The neighborhood was never entirely asleep and especially during those hot, muggy, un-air conditioned summer nights, the nights that wrap around you like a damp towel……..you could sit outside til dawn, if you wanted.
Outside the city, there's nothing so mind boggling as sitting on a starlit beach gazing at The Milky Way. Who are we? Why are we here?
I love the solitude, the empty streets, the dark windows, the bright moon, the stillness of the night. The night creatures, the crickets, frogs, foxes, owls. I like it in the rain. I like it in the snow, the wind, the heat, the cold. It's mine.
Early risers have that certain air of superiority sometimes that makes me shake my head. "Oh, what a gorgeous sunrise this morning! Too bad you didn't see it." I chuckle. I saw it…….just before I went to bed!
Night belongs to you. You can be alone in it. You can make it your own. It's glorious. Step out there and grab it.
Ya gotta laugh. If you don't laugh you will become old before your time. If you laugh, you will never be old!
There are so many ways to laugh, from the smug chuckle to the tear-inducing, out of control, belly laugh. You can cyber-laugh: LOL. You can graphic laugh: 😋. But there's always something going on somewhere that is a laugh-er of a situation. Even if it only rates an Angry Sneer (see chart). Politics, for example, could be a treasure trove for that kind of laugh.
This little chart (below) shows various laughs and where they originate in the body. It's not a human body but you get the idea. I can say that personally, I have laughed most of the laughs listed, though I'm not sure about the "Sign of the Apocalypse" laugh. Was that like when my friend's husband was explaining about murders and football in play she and I were going to and we were actually going to The Calamari Sisters? Because, wow, that almost had us til we realized he was confused, not us.
I don't have a favorite laugh unless it's the "Oh, dear, I shouldn't be laughing in this situation" laugh that makes your belly hurt and you can't show that you're laughing and you cry. You know, like when the dinner theatre lead singer flattens the first few bars of The Sound of Music to a pulp and your wine glass is empty.
You can laugh at people once in awhile, but always try to laugh with them as a rule. Again, politics can skew this concept but, as a rule, yes, be nice.
You can laugh til you cry (see above), you can laugh to keep from crying, you can laugh til you wish you wore Depends, you can laugh at the ironic, at the absurd, at the incomprehensible, at the just plain funny. Are you laughing yet?
How do you laugh best? Doesn't matter. Just do it. You'll feel good.


If you are like me, you have given up on making a New Year's resolution because you never kept it beyond a few weeks. If you start it at all. Why is this true for many of us?
I am going to lose 40 lbs.
The resolutions usually focus on an aspect of ourselves we feel we need to change (fix). Usually something negative and in the past.
My resolutions never included a plan or a solution. They felt more like a test that I either passed or failed. I guess that is why they never happened. Isn't there a better word than resolution that could help us focus on the future and be positive?
How about intention? After all intentions are the things you "plan to do or achieve : an aim or purpose," as per the definition by Merriam-Webster. I think this fits much better and includes a purpose!
Intentions also allow for flexibility, are ongoing, can change as needed and focus on positive results. For example, I could intend to view exercise as a fun activity instead of a chore, look for something positive about each day and reduce my sugar intake by paying more attention to what I eat. Intentions are more about the journey instead of the destination.
However, you need to believe you can achieve your New Year's intention, or it is as worthless as a New Year's resolution. By keeping it simple and focusing on the bigger picture instead of a finite goal, you are more likely to get in touch with your feelings and desires. Remember intentions are not about failure or success, but the striving to be a better you.


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In the distance, there was sand, there was dust. There was love, there was lust.
Alas, it was all a mirage… This tale has brought us into the deep end, leaving us lost in time & space.
Iman Rizky has crafted this dreamy, dark mix full of emotions. He is our good friend from New York – blessing our channel for this edition of our HS podcast series. Iman Rizky has been a key part of the NY underground scene, bringing the burning man vibes and sharing the love.


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Madura Rasaratnam
Dr Madura Rasaratnam
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School of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of International Politics
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Madura Rasaratnam joined the Department of International Politics at City, University of London in 2016. She was previously a lecturer at the University of Kent, Canterbury and has also taught at the LSE and SOAS. Her research interests are situated in the areas of comparative politics, conflict, conflict management and international interventions with a regional focus on the countries of south Asia, specifically India and Sri Lanka.
Theories of ethnicity and nationalism
Theories of conflict, conflict management
Civil wars and interventions
Liberal peace-building
Indian politics and history
Sri Lankan politics and history
Rasaratnam, M. (2016). Tamils and the Nation India and Sri Lanka Compared. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-049832-0.
Rasaratnam, M. (2018). The politics of ethno-religious violence. In Wydra, H. and Thomassen, B. (Eds.), Handbook of Political Anthropology (pp. 423–440). Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MASS, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78347-900-9.
Kailash, K.K. and Rasaratnam, M. (2015). The Policy shaping Capacity of States: Publicly Funded Health Insurance in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In Tillin, L., Deshpande, R. and Kailash, K.K. (Eds.), Politics of Welfare Comparisons Across Indian States New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-946012-0.
Rasaratnam, M. and Malagodi, M. (2012). Eyes wide shut: Persistent conflict and liberal peace-building in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Conflict, Security and Development, 12(3), pp. 299–327. doi:10.1080/14678802.2012.703536 .
Rasaratnam, M. (2011). Political Identity of the British Tamil Diaspora: Implications for Engagement. UK: Berghof Peace Support and Center for Just Peace and Democracy.
IP1032 Introduction to Political Theory
IP1019 Emerging powers, Emerging Issues
IP 2037 Comparative Asian Politics
IP3035 Ethnicity and Nationalism: Global Comparisons
Online article
Reality Check: Sri Lanka's New Government. (2015). Hurst Blog
Radio programme
BBC Asian Network. BBC Asian Network British Tamils and the end of the war in Sri Lanka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08pncgd#play


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Athletes 'Have Lost Faith' In IOC And WADA
A powerful private letter signed by the hugely respected chairs of the IOC Athletes' Commission and the WADA athletes' committee, Claudia Bokel and Beckie Scott has been sent to the IOC's president, Thomas Bach, and his WADA counterpart, Sir Craig Reedie warning both that their "tried and tested procedures and safeguards have been proved inadequate".
The International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency have been accused of shattering the confidence of athletes across the globe in the letter. The strongly-worded letter urged both Reedie and Bach to do more to "fully discover the truth" about cheating in sport.
The letter is believed to be approved by over 20 athletes' groups across a number of sports and countries that represent thousands of athletes.
The Guardian reported that there are growing frustrations with Craig Reedie – who combines his role as the head of Wada with being a vice-president of the IOC – from within the anti-doping movement. Many are of the view the dual roles of Reedie at WADA and the IOC have created a conflict of interest as global sport decides what to do with athletes of Russia before the Olympics. It is also contended that Reedie "marginalized" Beckie Scott when she called for an investigation into other Russian sports and it is claimed that Reedie has treated her "abysmally".
The letter from Bokel and Scott was sent after the former head of the Moscow lab Grigory Rodchenkov claimed in the New York Times about the extent of the state-run doping program of Russia at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. Rodchenkov also claimed he supplied banned performance enhancing drugs to at least 15 medal winners and the tainted urine samples were substituted by the Russian security services with clean ones during the Games so their athletes passed doping tests. The letter reads we have received requests from hundreds of clean athletes imploring us to do more to ensure our sports are clean and that follow-up investigations are undertaken into other Russian sports and other nations named in the independent commission report. It was further added that no follow-up investigation was undertaken by WADA, the IOC remained silent on the issue, and not until the media yet again got involved have we seen further action.
An investigation into the claims made by Rodchenkov is being led by the respected law professor Richard McLaren and a report is due soon. Claudia Bokel and Beckie Scott remarked safeguards must be in place n a manner that is beyond reproach and restores some faith in the work of the anti-doping community. They write there have been procedures evaded, rules violated, samples destroyed and the Lausanne laboratory does not have a perfect record.
Sarah Konrad, the athlete representative on the US Olympic Committee, remarked events in the recent past had made athletes lose confidence in the WADA president. Sarah added the World Anti-Doping Agency has been very slow in responding to Russia but the McLaren report is really going to be the real test and added if it is as damning as we think it is going to be and WADA doesn't act on it then Reedie needs to be replaced.
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The city of Jackson has announced plans to open a new recreation center called Clark Sports and Recreation Complex. It will be located at East Deerwood Drive near the Jackson Civic Center. The expansion includes updates, additions, and renovations to the existing baseball stadium, as well as a concession stand, restroom facilities, additional parking, and stadium aesthetic improvements. The stadium will become part of the Jackson High School Baseball Program. 24 acres of property owned by the Clark family was purchased to make this expansion possible. Additional land will be used for park improvements and future projects. The Clark Sports and Recreation Complex is made possible through the efforts of The Jackson Area Baseball Association (JABA), the Southeast Missouri Medical Center, Inc., the Jackson R-2 School District, and the City of Jackson.


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Marriage equality plebiscite: campaign ads run by third parties won't need to be true
Coalition concedes it can't control messages from groups not receiving government funds and refuses to rule out voluntary plebiscite if Labor blocks compulsory option
Marriage equality advocates march in Sydney's annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on 5 March 2016. The Labor party leader Bill Shorten has opposed a same-sex marriage plebiscite, warning of the 'emotional torment of a teenager grappling with their sexual identity'. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Paul Karp
@Paul_Karp
Tue 13 Sep 2016 02.20 EDT
The federal government has released details of its marriage equality plebiscite that have raised concerns third-party groups will be free to run advertisements without any restraint on the nature or truth of their messages.
The government has also refused to rule out a voluntary plebiscite or a parliamentary vote if Labor blocked its preferred compulsory marriage equality plebiscite.
On Tuesday the attorney general, George Brandis, and the special minister of state, Scott Ryan, announced the plebiscite would be held on 11 February and would ask Australians: "Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to be married?"
Cabinet approves $15m public funding for same-sex marriage plebiscite
The government will give $7.5m for both the yes and no cases and the plebiscite's result will not automatically bind parliamentarians who will then need to amend the Marriage Act, two details that are likely to ensure Labor blocks it.
The yes and no cases will be administered by two committees of 10 people: five parliamentarians, two from the government, two from the opposition and one crossbencher; and five citizens.
The committees can take donations, but they will only be tax deductible up to a cap of $1,500.
Ryan said the service delivery and coordination committee of cabinet would ensure advertisements run by the official yes and no committees do not infringe on standards.
In further comments to Sky News, Ryan that he thought all official ads would need to be truthful to pass the committee's scrutiny and meet commercial TV standards.
But he conceded opinions would be allowed. "I have faith advocates on both sides will act in good faith," he said.
But in the press conference the special minister of state conceded the government didn't have the power to legislate for advertising standards from groups not receiving public funds or those without charitable status.
"That is a matter for the television networks," he said. However, TV stations would need to provide opportunities for both sides of the debate to advertise.
Asked to categorically rule out a parliamentary vote if Labor blocked the plebiscite, Malcolm Turnbull said the plebiscite plan was "exactly what we took to the election … to give every Australian a say".
Turnbull said the proposed plebiscite was "very carefully considered" and would "enable everyone to have a say in a thoroughly fair manner".
"Our job as the government, as parliamentarians today, is not to try to tip the table one way or another, we want it to be an absolutely fair, civil contest but both sides feel they've had a fair go."
He said that opposition leader, Bill Shorten, was now "the only person that stands in the way of Australians having a vote on this issue".
Shorten still shows every sign of intending to block the plebiscite, warning on Tuesday of the "emotional torment of a teenager grappling with their sexual identity" which would be exacerbated by a campaign, and accusing Turnbull of "giving in to bullies" in his party by granting public funding.
Despite some speculation Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young may waive the plebiscite through, on Tuesday she confirmed she would vote against it, along with Liberal senator Dean Smith who said he would abstain or cross the floor.
If Labor blocks the plebiscite, the government can run a plebiscite without legislation, but participation would be voluntary.
Asked to rule out a voluntary plebiscite, Ryan and Brandis said the compulsory vote was the way the government proposes to deal with the issue.
Brandis and Ryan said the official result of the plebiscite would be determined by whether the yes or no case received a majority nationwide.
But Ryan said the Australian Electoral Commission will report results by polling place, division and state – a feature which may give room to government MPs to vote according to the result in their state or electorate.
MPs open new front against Turnbull over same-sex marriage plebiscite funding
The Western Australian senator Chris Back confirmed on Monday he would vote according to his state's vote and encouraged others to do the same.
Labor and the Greens used question time on Tuesday to warn that conservative groups would oppose changing the Marriage Act with arguments that said there was "something wrong" with families with gay parents.
On Monday, the prime minister renewed the government's attack on Labor for opposing the plebiscite, claiming Shorten "demeans the Australian people" by warning the campaign could be harmful.
But on Tuesday Guardian Australia revealed a group of five Anglican bishops had written to the prime minister with similar concerns that a plebiscite would result in "harmful, derogatory and damaging discourse, dividing communities and causing deep pain to our LGBTI brothers and sisters".
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Q: Sending bash commands to an open terminal buffer in emacs I've been trying to improve my emacs life lately, and one thing I've done is make use of projectile and perspective to organize my buffers sensibly.
As part of this I wrote an elisp function to open up (or return to) a named ansi-term buffer that is project-specific. This allows me to quickly drop into a bash terminal for the project I'm currently looking at.
What I have been having trouble finding out after plumbing the interwebs is whether or not it is possible to send bash commands to an open ansi-term buffer from within emacs. Specifically, I'm trying to make sure the ansi-term buffer cds to the correct project root directory when it's first opened. This requires grabbing context from the projectile package first, so it's not something I can plop into my .bashrc.
Ideally I would be able to write an elisp function that:
1) selects an ansi-term buffer by name (since I can have one open with a unique name for every project)
2) sends and executes a command in that buffer
Is there any way to do this?
EDIT
Final solution for anyone who is interested:
(defun visit-project-term-buffer ()
  "Create or visit a terminal buffer."
  (interactive)
  (if (not (get-buffer (persp-ansi-buffer-name)))
  (progn
    (split-window-sensibly (selected-window))
    (other-window 1)
    (ansi-term (getenv "SHELL"))
    (rename-buffer (persp-ansi-buffer-name))
    (end-of-buffer)
    (insert (format "cd %s" (projectile-project-root)))
    (term-send-input))
(switch-to-buffer-other-window (persp-ansi-buffer-name))))

A: Does this work for you? It switches to a buffer named *terminal* and runs echo hello:
(defun my-echo ()
  (interactive)
  (switch-to-buffer "*terminal*")
  (end-of-buffer)
  (insert "echo hello")
  (term-send-input))

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Q: Как лучше оформить набор констант в C++? Имеется набор констант, представляющих собой смещения в каком-то файле. Эти смещения фиксированы. И имеют разброс от 0 до 0x1FFFFFF. Как бы их максимально удобным способом представить в исходном коде? Код будет с классами. И, соответственно, пространство имен тоже захламлять не хочется.
Варианты на выбор:

*

*Макроопределения при помощи define. Плохо, что слов нет.

*const в нужном количестве. Возможно внутри какого-то отдельного namespace - хорошо, но кажется весьма муторным набирать их в нужном количестве.

*enum. Тут проблема в том, что константы будут идти не подряд. И опять же получается не очень удобно.

Конечно, можно еще сделать структуру с выравниваем =1 и внутрь нее запихать нужное количество переменных и массивов. Но это совсем не ООП получается. И что будет в случае, если формат файла поменяется (добавится хвостик)? Некрасиво короче.
Что я забыл или упустил?

A: Мне кажется разумным вариант с константами в unnamed неймспейсе. Попробую аргументировать:

*

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Значения каких-то там файловых offset'ов являются деталью реализации, поэтому нет необходимости предоставлять к ним какой-то доступ извне.

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Если по каким-то причинам несколько разных классов должны иметь доступ к этим константам, то можно использовать поименованный неймспейс типа detail или же изменить код таким образом, чтобы использование констант было локализовано в одном из них. Второй вариант в этом случае кажется предпочтительнее.

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Такое решение лучше, чем enum, поскольку идеологически enum служит для поименованного представления некоторого набора уникальных значений. Если речь идет про offset'ы в файле, то у вас, скорее всего, нет строгой гарантии этой самой уникальности, поэтому использование enum может запутать будущего читателя кода.

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Не очень понятна ваша фраза про "муторность набирания". Код вида const unsigned int kInitialFileOffset = 25 субъективно выглядит не слишком сложным для набора :)

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Если посмотреть исходный код более-менее известных проектов, то, например, авторы Chromium используют именно такой подход:
namespace {

// If the remaining session time falls below this threshold, the user should be
// informed that the session is about to expire.
const int kExpiringSoonThresholdInSeconds = 5 * 60;  // 5 minutes.

// Color in which the remaining session time is normally shown.
const SkColor kRemainingTimeColor = SK_ColorWHITE;
// Color in which the remaining session time is shown when it is expiring soon.
const SkColor kRemainingTimeExpiringSoonColor = SK_ColorRED;

A: я за вариант с структурой. Правда не объязательно делать одну большую, а разбить на логические составляющие. Эти структуры могут быть приватными членами класса.

Но это совсем не ООП получается.

Как Вы думаете, 100500 строк, в которых разобраться сложно, много констант или 2-3 чтения структур. А ещё скорость...
Я думаю, что это нормальный ООП.

И что будет в случае, если формат файла поменяется (добавится хвостик)?

У Вас файл будет меняться регулярно? плохо. Но если чтение будет разбито на несколько логических структур, то просто либо заменить одну или добавить ещё одну. И всех делов.
A: Вообще, константы, определяемые где-либо или разбросанные по неймспейсу( что еще хуже ) - плохой стиль. Вероятно, вы могли наткнуться на эту статью. Посмотрите пятый пункт, в котором рекомендуется заменять константы функциями, возвращающими некое статическое значение. Функции, конечно же можно логически объединить в класс или структуру и даже сделать их статическими( в логическом пространстве ).
Например, такое определение:
MAX_ITERATIONS = 25

Может быть заменено на подобное:
int getMaxIterations()
{
  return 25;
}

A: Я бы использовал enum, который также может быть приватным членом класса.
Расширить enum будет не трудно на мой взгляд, например:
enum Offset
{
    Field1 = 0x00000003,
    Field2 = 0x0000000a,
    Reserved = Field2+1
};

Такая практика часто встречается, например в библиотеке Qt.


2007-08-16 Assigned to KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC reassignment KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: HANDLIN, JR., DALE L.
Disclosed is an elastomeric hydrogenated block copolymer capable of being directly extruded or molded with a minimum of additives and having both high elasticity and low permanent set. The hydrogenated block copolymers have high melt flows allowing for ease in processing the hydrogenation block copolymers in melt processes such as extrusion and molding.
The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional patent application 60/549,570, filed Mar. 3, 2004, entitled Block Copolymers Having High Flow and High Elasticity.
This invention relates to hydrogenated anionic block copolymers of mono alkenyl arenes and conjugated dienes, and to articles made from such block copolymers. This invention particularly relates to hydrogenated block copolymers of styrene and butadiene or isoprene.
It is known in the art of preparing articles from polymers using injection molding, extrusion, and fiber spinning to use processing aids to reduce undesirable properties of the polymer being used. For example, fiber lubricants having excellent stability to smoking under conditions of use at elevated temperature in the mechanical and heat treatment operation subsequent to extrusion of the fiber, is disclosed in U.S. Patent Pat. No. 4,273,946 to Newkirk, et al.
The above referenced block copolymer and today's other conventional highly elastic block copolymers, while having many desirable properties, can be difficult to process, particularly in extrusion, molding and fiber spinning applications. For example, it is commonly practiced to use substantial amounts of polyolefins, extending oils, tackifying resin and waxes and/or other processing aids in order to extrude conventional block copolymers. These additives can be difficult to add, often lead to reductions in elastic properties and can cause undesirable processing problems such as smoking and die buildup. On the other hand, conventional block copolymers can be made with good processability, however their mechanical properties are so poor that they are not generally useful in molded and extruded articles. It would be desirable in the art of preparing molded, extruded, and spun articles from block copolymers to prepare such articles using a block copolymer that does not require as much or even any processing aids and yet has excellent elastic properties.
wherein S, E and E1 are as already defined; (h) subsequent to hydrogenation about 0-10% of the styrene double bonds have been hydrogenated and at least 80% of the conjugated diene double bonds have been hydrogenated; (i) the molecular weight of each of the S blocks is from 5,000 to 7,000 and (j) the melt index of the block copolymer is greater than or equal to 12 grams/10 minutes according to ASTM D1238 at 230° C. and 2.16 kg weight.
wherein S, E and E1 are as already defined; (h) subsequent to hydrogenation about 0-10% of the styrene double bonds have been hydrogenated and at least 80% of the conjugated diene double bonds have been hydrogenated; (i) the molecular weight of each of the S blocks is from 5,000 to 7,000; and wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer has a melt index greater than 50 and the hysteresis recovery is greater than 60%.
wherein S, E and E1 are as already defined; and (h) the molecular weight of each of the S blocks is from 5,000 to 7,000.
As used herein, the term "molecular weights" refers to the true molecular weight in g/mol of the polymer or block of the copolymer. The molecular weights referred to in this specification and claims can be measured with gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using polystyrene calibration standards, such as is done according to ASTM 3536. GPC is a well-known method wherein polymers are separated according to molecular size, the largest molecule eluting first. The chromatograph is calibrated using commercially available polystyrene molecular weight standards. The molecular weight of polymers measured using GPC so calibrated are styrene equivalent molecular weights. The styrene equivalent molecular weight may be converted to true molecular weight when the styrene content of the polymer and the vinyl content of the diene segments are known.
The detector used is preferably a combination ultraviolet and refractive index detector. The molecular weights expressed herein are measured at the peak of the GPC trace, converted to true molecular weights, and are commonly referred to as "peak molecular weights".
The block copolymers of the present invention are prepared by anionic polymerization of styrene and a diene selected from the group consisting of butadiene, isoprene and mixtures thereof. The polymerization is accomplished by contacting the styrene and diene monomers with an organoalkali metal compound in a suitable solvent at a temperature within the range from about −150° C. to about 300° C., preferably at a temperature within the range from about 0° C. to about 100° C. Particularly effective anionic polymerization initiators are organolithium compounds having the general formula RLin where R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, or alkyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n has a value from 1 to 4. Preferred initiators include n-butyl lithium and sec-butyl lithium. Methods for anionic polymerization are well known and can be found in such references as U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,039,593 and U.S. Reissue Patent No. Re 27,145.
In the practice of the present invention, the block copolymers are prepared so that they have from about 60 to about 85 mol percent vinyl in the E and/or E1 blocks priorto hydrogenation. In another embodiment, the block copolymers are prepared so that they have from about 65 to about 85 mol percent vinyl content. In still another embodiment, the block copolymers are prepared so that they have from about 70 to about 85 mol percent vinyl content. Another embodiment of the present invention includes block copolymers prepared so that they have from about 73 to about 83 mol percent vinyl content in the E and/or E1 blocks.
In one embodiment, the present invention is a hydrogenated block copolymer. The hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention are selectively hydrogenated using any of the several hydrogenation processes know in the art. For example, the hydrogenation may be accomplished using methods such as those taught, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,494,942; 3,634,594; 3,670,054; 3,700,633; and Re. 27,145, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Any hydrogenation method that is selective for the double bonds in the conjugated polydiene blocks, leaving the aromatic unsaturation in the polystyrene blocks substantially intact, can be used to prepare the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention.
In the practice of the present invention, the hydrogenated block copolymers have a hydrogenation degree greater than 80 percent. This means that more than from 80 percent of the conjugated diene double bonds in the E or E1 block has been hydrogenated from an alkene to an alkane. In one embodiment, the E or E1 block has a hydrogenation degree greater than about 90 percent. In another embodiment, the E or E1 block has a hydrogenation degree greater than about 95 percent.
In the practice of the present invention, the E blocks are a single polydiene block. These polydiene blocks can have molecular weights that range from about 40,000 to about 70,000. The E1 block is a polydiene block having a molecular weight range of from about 20,000 to about 35,000. In one embodiment, the molecular weight range of the E block is from about 45,000 to about 60,000, and the molecular weight range for each E1 block of a coupled block copolymer, prior to being coupled, is from about 22,500 to about 30,000.
wherein S, E and E1 are as previously defined. In one embodiment, the diblock level is less than 10 percent in another embodiment less than 8 percent. For example, where the structure of the hydrogenated block copolymer is (S-E1)2X, the block copolymer contains less than 10% of the S-E1 species. All percentages are by weight.
One characteristic of the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention is that they have a low order-disorder temperature. The order-disorder temperature (ODT) of the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention is typically less than about 250° C. Above 250° C. the polymer is more difficult to process although in certain instances for some applications ODT's greater than 250° C. can be utilized. One such instance is when the block copolymer is combined with other components to improve processing. Such other components may be thermoplastic polymers, oils, resins, waxes or the like. In one embodiment, the ODT is less than about 240° C. Preferably, the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have an ODT of from about 210° C. to about 240° C. This property can be important in some applications because when the ODT is below 210° C., the block copolymer may exhibit creep that is undesirably excessive or low strength. For purposes of the present invention, the order-disorder temperature is defined as the temperature above which a zero shear viscosity can be measured by capillary rheology or dynamic rheology.
For the purposes of the present invention, the term "melt index" is a measure of the melt flow of the polymer according ASTM D1238 at 230° C. and 2.16 kg weight. It is expressed in units of grams of polymer passing through a melt rheometer orifice in 10 minutes. The hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have a desirable high melt index allowing for easier processing than similar hydrogenated block copolymers that have higher melt indexes. In one embodiment, the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have a melt index of greater than or equal to 12. In another embodiment, the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have a melt index of greater than or equal to 20. In still another embodiment, the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have a melt index of greater than or equal to 40. Another embodiment of the present invention includes hydrogenated block copolymers having a melt index of from about 20 to about 100. Still another embodiment of the present invention includes hydrogenated block copolymers having a melt index of from about 50 to about 85.
While the hydrogenated copolymers of the present invention have such low order-disorder temperatures and high melt indexes that they can be used to prepare articles without using processing aids, it is sometimes desirable to use such aids and other additives. Exemplary of such additives are members selected from the group consisting of other block copolymers, olefin polymers, styrene polymers, tackifying resins, end block resins, polymer extending oils, waxes, fillers, reinforcements, lubricants, stabilizers, engineering thermoplastic resins, and mixtures thereof.
When the additive is an olefin polymer, exemplary polymers include, for example, ethylene homopolymers, ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymers, propylene homopolymers, propylene/alpha-olefin copolymers, high impact polypropylene, butylene homopolymers, butylene/alpha olefin copolymers, and other alpha olefin copolymers or interpolymers. Representative polyolefins include, for example, but are not limited to, substantially linear ethylene polymers, homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymers, heterogeneously branched linear ethylene polymers, including linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), ultra or very low density polyethylene (ULDPE or VLDPE), medium density polyethylene (MDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE) and high pressure low density polyethylene (LDPE). Other polymers included hereunder are ethylene/acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers, ethylene/methacrylic acid (EMAA) ionomers, ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers, ethylene/vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymers, ethylene/cyclic olefin copolymers, polypropylene homopolymers and copolymers, propylene/styrene copolymers, ethylene/propylene copolymers, polybutylene, ethylene carbon monoxide interpolymers (for example, ethylene/carbon monoxide (ECO) copolymer, ethylene/acrylic acid/carbon monoxide terpolymer and the like. Preferred are high clarity, soft olefin polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene copolymers, plastomers, elastomers and interpolymers. Examples include Affinity, Engage and Versify polymers from Dow Chemical and Exact and Vistamaxx polymers from Exxon Mobil. Still other polymers included hereunder are polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and blends of PVC with other materials.
The hydrogenated copolymers of the present invention can also be admixed with styrene polymers. Styrene polymers include, for example, crystal polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, medium impact polystyrene, styrene/acrylonitrile copolymers, styrene/acrylonitrile/butadiene (ABS) polymers, syndiotactic polystyrene and styrene/olefin copolymers. Representative styrene/olefin copolymers are substantially random ethylene/styrene or propylene/styrene copolymers, preferably containing at least 20 weight percent copolymerized styrene monomer. Also included are styrene-grafted polypropylene polymers, such as those offered under the trade name Interloy®, originally developed by Himont, Inc. (now Basell). The hydrogenated copolymers of the present invention can also be admixed with other block copolymers such as styrene-diene-styrene triblock, radial or star block polymers, styrene-diene diblock polymers, and the hydrogenated versions of these polymers. Examples of high vinyl polymers which may be used include Hybrar® from Kurraray and Dynaron from JSR.
For the purposes of the specification and claims of the present invention, the term "engineering thermoplastic resin" encompasses the various polymers found in the classes listed in Table A below, and further defined in U.S. Pat. No. 4,107,131, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
When additives are elastomeric polyethylene or polypropylene copolymers, examples include Affinity, Engage and Versify polymers from Dow Chemical and Exact and Vistamaxx polymers from Exxon Mobil.
While the above referenced additives can be used, it is often desirable to limit their use to avoid problems inherent therewith including but not limited to smoking, die build up, mold build up, area contamination, and the like. In one embodiment, the total concentration of additives present in an article prepared with a hydrogenated block copolymer of the present invention is from about 0.001 percent to about 25 percent by weight. In another embodiment the total concentration of additives present in an article prepared with a hydrogenated block copolymer of the present invention is from about 0.001 percent to about 10 percent by weight. In still another embodiment the total concentration of additives present in an article prepared with a hydrogenated block copolymer of the present invention is from about 0.001 percent to about 5 percent by weight. Another embodiment of the present invention includes one where the total concentration of additives present in an article prepared with a hydrogenated block copolymer of the present invention is from about 0.001 percent to about 1 percent by weight.
The hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have very elastic properties and yet also very high melt indexes. In one embodiment, the hydrogenated block copolymers of the present invention have a hysteresis recovery of greater than 50 percent and a permanent set of less than 20 percent on the first retraction cycle after elongation to 300 percent. For example, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is hydrogenated block copolymer having a melt index of greater than 50 and a hysteresis recovery of greater than 60 percent.
This embodiment is particularly useful for preparing an article selected from the group consisting of a film, tape, tube, strip, fiber, or filament made by direct extrusion capable of being used alone or in a laminate structure with a plurality of other layers; or a transparent, flexible part prepared by process selected from the group consisting of injection molding, slush molding, rotational molding, compression molding, and dipping.
These articles can be prepared, optionally including from 0.001 percent to 10 percent by weight of additives to enhance flow, stiffness or elasticity selected from a group including stabilizers, extender oil, waxes, tackifying resins, end block resins, surface modifiers and polyolefins. When present, the additive or additives can include a polyethylene or polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer. In one embodiment the polyethylene or polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer is a high clarity polypropylene copolymer that can be a polyethylene or polypropylene plastomer, elastomer or interpolymer.
A hydrogenated block copolymer is prepared by anionic polymerization of styrene and then butadiene in the presence of a microstructure control agent followed by coupling and then hydrogenation: a diblock polymer anion, S-B-Li, is prepared by charging 361 kg of cyclohexane and 16.7 kg, of styrene to a reactor. The reactor temperature was increased to about 40° C. Impurities were removed by adding small aliquots of s-butyllithium until the first evidence of color. 1,900 milliliters of a solution of an approximately 12% wt solution of s-butyllithium in cyclohexane was added, and the styrene was allowed to complete polymerization at about 60° C. The molecular weight of the polystyrene produced in this reaction was determined to be 6,400 by GPC. 320 g. of 1,2-diethoxypropane were added, and then 72.6 kg of butadiene were added at rates to allow the temperature to remain about 60° C. A sample collected at the end of the butadiene polymerization had a styrene content of 21.3% wt and a vinyl content of 69% basis 1H NMR and an overall molecular weight of 35,000 as determined by GPC. Following polymerization of the majority of the butadiene, 623 g. of isoprene was added. The isoprene was allowed to polymerize, and then 257 g of TESi was added, and the coupling reaction was allowed to proceed for 60 minutes at 60° C. Methanol (8.5 g, 0.1 mol per mol of Li) was added to terminate the reaction. The final product had a coupling efficiency of 91% and 72% of the coupled species were linear with the remaining 28 percent being 3-arm radial.
A sample of the polymer was hydrogenated to a residual olefin concentration of 0.09 meq/g in the presence of 20 ppm as [Co] of a solution of cobalt neodecanoate-aluminum triethyl catalyst (Al/Co=1.7 mol/mol). After hydrogenation under these conditions, the polymer remained 91% coupled. The catalyst was removed by washing with aqueous phosphoric acid, and the polymer was recovered via steam stripping, under conditions typical for hydrogenated polymers.
A hydrogenated block copolymer was prepared by anionic polymerization of styrene and then butadiene in the presence of a microstructure control agent followed by coupling then hydrogenation: a diblock polymer anion, S-B-Li, was prepared by charging 348 kg of cyclohexane and 26 kg, of styrene to a reactor. The reactor temperature was increased to about 40° C. Impurities were removed by adding small aliquots of s-butyllithium until the first evidence of color. 3,160 milliliters of a solution of an approximately 12% wt solution of s-butyllithium in cyclohexane was added, and the styrene was allowed to complete polymerization at about 60° C. The molecular weight of the polystyrene produced in this reaction was determined to be 6,200 by GPC. The temperature was maintained at 60° C., 450 g. of 1,2-diethoxypropane were added, and then 90 kg of butadiene were added at such a rate as to allow the temperature to remain about 60° C. A sample collected at the end of the butadiene polymerization had a styrene content of 22% wt and a vinyl content of 81% basis 1H NMR and an overall molecular weight of 30,200 as determined by GPC. The butadiene was allowed to polymerize, and then 363 g of TESi was added, and the coupling reaction was allowed to proceed for 60 minutes at 60° C. Methanol (15 g, 0.1 mol per mol of Li) was added to terminate the reaction. The final product had a coupling efficiency of 89% and 65% of the coupled species were linear with the remaining 35% being 3-arm radial.
A sample of the polymer was hydrogenated to a residual olefin concentration of 0.17 meq/g in the presence of 20 ppm Ni/solution of a Nickel octanoate-aluminum triethyl catalyst (Al/Ni=2.1 mol/mol). After hydrogenation under these conditions, the polymer was 89% coupled. The catalyst was removed by washing with aqueous phosphoric acid, and the polymer was recovered via steam stripping, under conditions typical for hydrogenated polymers.
Samples were taken so that the molecular weight of the styrene block and butadiene blocks could be determined. The amount of butadiene in the 1,2 configuration before hydrogenation and the coupling efficiency was also determined. The hydrogenated block copolymer was tested for melt flow and ODT. The results of the testing are displayed below in Table 1.
A hydrogenated block copolymer was prepared by anionic polymerization of styrene and then butadiene in the presence of a microstructure control agent followed by coupling then hydrogenation: a diblock polymer anion, S-B-Li, was prepared by charging 243 kg of cyclohexane and 20 kg, of styrene to a reactor. The reactor temperature was increased to about 40° C. Impurities were removed by adding small aliquots of s-butyllithium until the first evidence of color. 2,500 milliliters of a solution of an approximately 12% wt solution of s-butyllithium in cyclohexane was added, and the styrene was allowed to complete polymerization at about 60° C. The molecular weight of the polystyrene produced in this reaction was determined to be 6,100 by GPC. The temperature was maintained at 60° C., 210 g. of 1,2-diethoxypropane were added, and then 60 kg of butadiene were added at such a rate as to allow the temperature to remain about 60° C. A sample collected at the end of the butadiene polymerization had a styrene content of 22% wt and a vinyl content of 76% basis 1H NMR and an overall molecular weight of 27,700 as determined by GPC. The butadiene was allowed to polymerize, and then 243 g of TESi was added, and the coupling reaction was allowed to proceed for 60 minutes at 60° C. The final product had a coupling efficiency of 94% and 62% of the coupled species were linear with the remaining 38% being 3-arm radial.
The molecular weight values listed are true molecular weights determined using Gel Permation Chromatography and Polystyrene standards.
Examples 1-4 and Comparative Examples I to III showed that the molecular weight of the S block can have a significant effect on melting index and/or ODT.
Films were prepared from some of the polymers in Table 1 by adding 0.15% release agent and 0.02% Ethanox 330 stabilizer followed by extrusion on a Davis Standard cast film line at 230° C. Polymers 2 and 3 gave low extrusion pressures and formed smooth, clear films because of their high flow. Comparative example III formed rougher films with high extrusion backpressure. The tensile and hysteresis ies of these films measured in the direction of extrusion according to ASTM are shown in Table 2. All show excellent strength and elasticity, as demonstrated by the high first cycle recovery and low permanent set after elongation to 300%.
The polymer of Example 3 was compounded with a polypropylene copolymer with a melt flow of 30, Dow Chemical 6D43, a low molecular weight polypropylene homopolymer, Estaflex P1010 from Eastman Chemical, a hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin commercially available from Eastman Chemical as REGALREZ 1126 and a polystyrene commercially available from Nova Chemical as NOVA 555 in the proportions shown in Table 3 using a Brabender mixer at 220° C., the mixer running at about 65 RPM. The compounded hydrogenated copolymers were tested as above and the results are displayed below in Table 3.
Examples 9, 10 and 11 showed that polypropylene can be added to increase stiffness as shown by the modulus at 100 and 300% elongation, at the expense of hysteresis recovery. Example 12 showed that adding the less crystalline P1010 polypropylene decreases modulus as does the addition of tackifying resin Regalrez 1126. Combinations of tackifying resins and PS or PP can be used to increase flow or stiffness while maintaining clarity, however, the base polymer without modification retained a superior balance of properties compared to most of the compounds. This demonstrated the importance of making articles in a practical process using the neat polymer with a minimum amount of additives.
2. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the order-disorder temperature (ODT) of the block copolymer is less than 250° C.
3. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the styrene content of the block copolymer is from 15 percent to 24 weight percent.
4. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the vinyl content of the polydiene block is from 73 to 83 mol percent.
5. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the molecular weight each of the S blocks is from 5,800 to 6,600.
6. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the E block is a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of from 45,000 to 60,000, or the E1 block is two or more coupled polybutadiene blocks, each of the polybutadiene blocks, prior to being coupled, having a molecular weight of from 22,500 to 30,000.
7. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the block copolymer includes less than or equal to 10 percent lower molecular weight units having the general formula S-E or S-E1.
8. The block copolymer of claim 6 wherein the block copolymer includes less than or equal to 8 percent lower molecular weight units having the general formula S-E or S-E1.
9. The block copolymer of claim 1 wherein the structure of the hydrogenated block copolymer is (S-E1)nX where n is 2 to 4 and the block copolymer contains less than 10% of the S-E1 species.
11. The block copolymer of claim 1 having an order-disorder temperature of less than 240° C.
12. The block copolymer of claim 11 having an order-disorder temperature of from 210° C. to 240° C.
13. The block copolymer of claim 1 having a melt index of greater than or equal to 20.
14. The block copolymer of claim 13 having a melt index of greater than or equal to 40.
15. The block copolymer of claim 9 having a melt index of from 20 to 100.
16. The block copolymer of claim 15 having a melt index of from 50 to 85.
17. The block copolymer of claim 1 having a hysteresis recovery of greater than 50%, and a permanent set of less than 20% on the first retraction cycle after elongation to 300%.
18. The block copolymer of claim 1 having a melt index greater than 50 and the hysteresis recovery is greater than 60%.
19. An article selected from the group consisting of a: film, sheet, coating, band, strip, profile, molding, tube, foam, tape, fabric, thread, filament, ribbon, fiber, plurality of fibers and fibrous web; wherein the article is prepared using a hydrogenated block copolymer of claim 1.
20. The article of claim 19 wherein the article is formed in a process selected from the group consisting of injection molding, over molding, dipping, extrusion, roto-molding, slush molding, fiber spinning, film making, and foaming.
21. The article of claim 20 wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer additionally comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of olefin polymers, styrene polymers, tackifying resins, polymer extending oils, fillers, reinforcements, lubricants, engineering thermoplastic resins, and mixtures thereof.
22. The article of claim 21 wherein the additive is present in an amount of from 0.001 percent to 10 percent by weight.
23. The article of claim 22 therein the additive is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 5 percent by weight.
24. The article of claim 23 wherein the additive is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 1 percent by weight.
25. An article selected from the group consisting of a film, tape, strip, fiber, or filament made by direct extrusion capable of being used alone or in a laminate structure with a plurality of other layers; or a transparent, flexible part prepared by process selected from the group consisting of injection molding, slush molding, rotational molding, compression molding, and dipping; wherein the article is prepared using a hydrogenated block copolymer of claim 17.
26. The article of claim 25 additionally comprising from 0.001 percent to 10 percent by weight of additives to enhance flow, stiffness or elasticity selected from a group including stabilizers, extender oil, waxes, tackifying resins, end block resins, surface modifiers and polyolefins.
27. The article of claim 26 wherein the additive is a polyethylene or polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer.
28. The article of claim 27 wherein the polyethylene or polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer is a plastomer, elastomer or interpolymer.
29. The article of claim 26 wherein the polypropylene is a high clarity polypropylene copolymer.
(h) the molecular weight of each of the S blocks is from 5,000 to 7,000.
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Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland | Searching Collections | Subject: Drafts. Documents., Subject: Account books.
Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) and of his son Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1880), and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, American and West Indian Merchant in London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Account book of the Trustees of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780).


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Authors of works of visual art also have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in Section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act.
According to Copyright Laws, the sale of art work does not mean the person who buys or commissions the art has the right to make copies of it, adapt it into another form, photograph it, or distribute the art work to the public. The artist owns the image rights and is protected under copyright law to be the only one to use, reproduce or sell the image. When you buy or commission an art work, you own the physical painting, not the image itself.
Artist retains all rights outlined in the 1976 Copyright Act.
The client may display the art work in a private location, such as home or personal office. The client may not display the art work in a public setting, such as a gallery or public collection, without expressed written permission from the artist.
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Innovation UK > News > Innovation UK Vol5-2 > County Durham - where science and technology grow
County Durham - where science and technology grow
County Durham's economic strategy recognises that innovation and knowledge-based investment are vital to future economic success.
County Durham?s economic strategy recognises that innovation and knowledge-based investment are vital to future economic success and that the County must create and sustain an infrastructure that encourages investment and R&D activity.
Promoting co-operation between universities and business; facilitating technology transfer; and providing space for business incubation are all part of the vision for one of the County?s flagship developments. As a focus for the commercialisation of the region?s innovation, providing an interface between universities and business, the North East Technology Park (NETPark) is making a major contribution to the economic prospects of County Durham and the north east. In a mature parkland setting at Sedgefield, NETPark is one of the UK?s fastest growing science, engineering and technology parks.
NETPark is being driven forward by County Durham Development Company (CDDC), which is encouraging the creation of an innovative, self-sustaining knowledgebased community throughout Durham.
NETPARK boasts: The NETPark Research Institute ? developed to bring Durham University?s world class strengths in research & development and Intellectual Property commercialisation to the park. Links to worldclass research in all five of the universities throughout the region is one of NETPark?s many strengths. The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) ? developed and managed by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), PETEC is the UK flagship centre for flexible electronics technology and has state-of-the-art facilities that allow companies to develop prototypes and products, while engaging with universities for collaborative research.
The centre will help to put NETPark and the County at the forefront of revolutionary technologies, poised to exploit a printable electronics market projected to be worth £30 billion by 2015, growing to £200 billion by 2025. The NETPark Incubator ? demand for the adaptable office and laboratory space in the first phase of the Incubator, which offers a total support package for young companies, was so great that it was fully occupied three years ahead of the predicted date. The newly expanded incubation facility at NETPark has more than doubled the space in which exciting new ventures can thrive. Building work has been completed and the 24,000 sq ft Incubator Phase 2 extension is now attracting tenants.
The Incubator is already home to some of the world?s most exciting technology companies:
Kromek ? digital X-ray and imaging technology with security and other applications;
ROAR Particles ? nanotechnology to enhance fingerprint detection;
ANTnano plc ? air handling and detection technology
Durham Mag Lev Ltd ? revolutionary aerodynamic testing of F1 and other cars.
These are just a selection of the companies that have found NETPark the ideal environment for business growth. Harnessing the north east?s intellectual power and world-class research strengths, it is providing a focal point for the commercialisation of cutting-edge research & development at the centre of a region that places science, engineering and technology at the heart of its economic strategy.
CDDC?s dedicated NETPark team ensures that companies have access to tailored business support that enables them to achieve their potential ? helping them to grow and compete with the best in the world. And there are further developments in the pipeline. Work is already underway on 3 new buildings, each of them capable of becoming the headquarters of a global technology company and ground and infrastructure works for the next stage of NETPark?s land development will see it increase from its present 13 hectares to 16 hectares.
To find out more about business opportunities
at NETPark, visit: www.uknetpark.net or contact
Catherine Johns, CDDC?s Director of
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County Durham Development Company (CDDC) is encouraging innovation and strategic investment in the county on behalf of Durham County Council
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Denison MR, Perlman S. Translation and processing of mouse hepatitis virus virion RNA in a cell-free system. Journal of virology. 1986 Oct;60(60). 12-8. PMID: 3018279 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC253896
The first event after infection with mouse hepatitis virus strain A59 (MHV-A59) is presumed to be the synthesis of an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from the input genomic RNA. The synthesis and processing of this putative polymerase protein was studied in a cell-free translation system utilizing 60S RNA from MHV-A59 virions. The polypeptide products of this reaction included two major species of 220 and 28 kilodaltons. Kinetics experiments indicated that both p220 and p28 appeared after 60 min of incubation and that protein p28 was synthesized initially as the N-terminal portion of a larger precursor protein. When the cell-free translation products were labeled with N-formyl[35S]methionyl-tRNAi, p28 was the predominant radioactive product, confirming its N-terminal location within a precursor protein. Translation in the presence of the protease inhibitors leupeptin and ZnCl2 resulted in the disappearance of p28 and p220 and the appearance of a new protein, p250. This product, which approached the maximal size predicted for a protein synthesized from genomic RNA, was not routinely detected in the absence of inhibitors even under conditions which optimized the translation reaction for elongation of proteins. Subsequent chelation of ZnCl2 resulted in the partial cleavage of the precursor protein and the reappearance of p28. One-dimensional peptide mapping with Staphylococcus aureus V-8 protease confirmed the precursor-product relationship of p250 and p28. The results show that MHV virion RNA, like many other viral RNAs, is translated into a large polyprotein, which is cleaved soon after synthesis into smaller, presumably functional proteins. This is in marked contrast to the synthesis of other MHV proteins, in which minimal proteolytic processing occurs.


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# load solution data file as list of NumPy arrays
inp = open('heat1D.txt').readlines()
data = []
for line in inp:
    data.append(np.array(str.split(line), dtype=np.double))

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