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Saudi supercomputer cracks list of 10 most powerful systems
Written By: Chuck Bednar
Published Date: July 14, 2015 Last Edited: July 14, 2015
Emily Bills
A machine built and stationed in the Middle East has cracked the list of the 10 most powerful supercomputers on the planet for the first time ever, while a Chinese system topped the list for the fifth straight year, officials at the Top 500 List project have announced.
Based at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) in Saudi Arabia, the Shaheen II (or Peregrine Falcon II) is a Cray XC40 computer capable with a number-crunching capacity of 5.536 petaflops, according to BBC News. It finished seventh on this year's Top 500, making it the highest-ranked Middle Eastern system in the 22-year history of the rankings.
Located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, the Shaheen II uses 200,000 processors arranged in more than 6,000 nodes, and boasts 17.6 petabytes of storage and 790 terabytes of main memory, the British media outlet added. The supercomputer is being used for research projects, turbulence modeling in engines, measuring atmospheric dynamics, and studying renewable energy grids.
The Shaheen II is the only new entry in the latest version of the Top 10 supercomputer list, the organization behind the rankings explained in a press release. Each of the nine other highest-ranked devices were installed in 2011 or 2012, a low turnover level that Top 500 said reflects a slowing technology trend first observed back in 2008.
China's Tianhe-2, DOE's Titan ranked 1-2 on the new list
Topping the list for the fifth straight time was China's Tianhe-2, which according to Top 500 led all supercomputers with a peak performance of 33.86 petaflops on the Linpack benchmark across 16,000 nodes. One petaflop is equal to approximately one quadrillion calculations per second.
Finishing in second place was Titan, a Cray XK7 system installed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Titan was the top US-based system, as well as one of the most energy-efficient supercomputers on the list, and achieved a measurement of 17.5 petaflops.
The US remained the top country in terms of overall representation on the list, with 233 of the 500 computers on the rankings being American – an increase from 231 six months ago, but down from 265 on the November 2013 list. The number of European systems rose from 130 to 141 and the number of Asian systems fell from 120 to 108.
The total combined performance of all 500 systems increased to 363 petaflops, compared to 309 petaflops last November and 274 Pflop/s one year ago, and the number of supercomputers with performance greater than one petaflop increased from 50 last November to 68 on the current list. Ninety-eight percent of the systems use processors with six or more cores, they added.
In terms of manufacturers, HP placed the most computers on the Top 500 list, as their machines comprised 35.6 percent of the list (178 systems). IBM had 11 systems (22.2 percent on the list) and Cray was in third place with 71 systems (14.2 percent). The No. 500 computer on the current list recorded a performance of 153.6 teraflops, up from 133.7 teraflops six months ago.
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Can You Hear Me Now (Charles Manson)?
BUSTED: a few days ago, Charles Manson was caught red-handed calling a bunch of people in California, New Jersey, Florida and British Columbia — on a cellphone, an item not allowed in his prison.
First, may I congratulate the California State Prison at Corcoran for having better cell phone service than I have at my home. But then again, perhaps Manson has to stand in a certain corner of his cell just like I often have to do on my back yard deck.
In California, the prisoners caught with cellphones, and there are many, get a simple reprimand. I think they should get a Verizon "can-you-hear-me-now" commercial.
Reach Out and Touch Someone?
"Marlin Marynik and Manson have got "the cell phone blues..."
We have now, at least. figured out who he's been calling in Canada. His name is Marlin M. Marynick, a self-described registered psychiatric nurse who works with violent criminals and the mentally ill where he lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Manson and Marynick been absolutely chatting up a blue storm for years. Marynick, in fact, will be plugging his new book this week, "Manson Now," a result of some prison meetings and a lot of apparent telephonitis.
According to his Facebook page, Marynick, 43, describes his religious views as a "Voi Vodian." Now don't get nervous, Voi Vodians are devotees of Quebec's best known heavy metal group, Voivod. Their fans are sort of "deadheads" of the north.
At least in early interviews, Marynick seems to go over the same old, same old Manson time warp — the drugs, the destruction of the environment, his bad mother. No one is under any spells anymore, although I suspect (by the autograph seen on his photo above) they may have a hell an opportunity to get a Manson memorabilia business going.
I first met Charles Manson in 1981, when I booked and produced his first television interview. He'd recently become eligible for parole and this was the first time we got to see him since his conviction on murder charges related to the vicious slaying of actress Sharon Tate and her friends, plus Rosemary and Leno LaBianca just twelve years before. In the photo (l) that's Fox's Roger Ailes back then when he was executive producer of NBC's Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder . I had been on the job, my first network staff producing job, for only about ten days.
In Snyder's interview, Manson ranted, rambled, at times refused to sit in the chair and eerily twisted his microphone wire when asked about his role in tying up the LaBiancas before his friends killed them.
Since then, it seems every news anchor has interviewed Manson — Diane Sawyer, Geraldo Rivera, Charlie Rose, and more. The spectacle never changes.
For years he's had a variety of public forums, having once disclosed he'd be a "no-show" at his parole hearing because he was busy setting up a website. So, that Manson had a cellphone is not exactly a reason to give your California kids a bodyguard. As all of us have seen first hand over the years, he's too mentally ill to mastermind getting a shirt that fits, or an extra hour in the sun to lose that yellow-grey prison pallor.
But the real reason for concern may be this: according to the Times, guards confiscated 1,400 cell phones in prison in 2007. The number jumped to 6,995 in 2009 and is now at 8,675 this year. What masterful tool other than a cell phone does one need today to continue criminal activity?
In the meantime, Charles, for old times sake, don't call me, call Verizon.
Fascinating history! You can really write! Here's wishing you success with this blog. Maybe one of the news services or internet sites like AP or Yahoo will pick it up.


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Pastor Arrested — Free Speech Violated by Jackson Mississippi Police
"This is a hate crime — hatred of God, His word and His law." — Rev. Flip Benham, Operation Save America
JACKSON, Miss., April 17, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — A Pastor preaching on the public sidewalk at the corner in front of All Women's Health has just been arrested by Jackson Police while he was preaching. The preacher, Chet Gallagher (photo) from Las Vegas, was called over by police in the middle of his preaching. He asked that they come to him unless he was under arrest and at that time they said he was under arrest. When asked what the charges were the police refused to answer. Other pastors are now trying to discover why he was arrested and cannot even locate where police have taken him.
The Operation Save America, States of Refuge Campaign has been in Jackson hoping that the will of the people of Mississippi will prevail and Mississippi will become the first abortion-free state in America. The local churches of Jackson have joined OSA in having church on the sidewalk near the killing place. It is amazing that this happened on April 17, the day before the Mississippi Health Department was originally scheduled to close down this illegal clinic for violation of Mississippi Law. US District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan extended an injunction he issued several months ago to block the State of Mississippi from shutting down forever this dangerous clinic.
"When the Church of Jesus Christ comes out of her walls to join us in defending the innocent, oppression increases." Rev. Flip Benham, Operation Save America. This is a hate crime — hatred of God, His word and His law.
"…all who hate me love death." Proverbs 8:36.
The people of Mississippi elected a governor and a legislature determined to free their state of the blood of the innocent but the renegade courts and Jackson police are determined to counter their wishes.
What: Pastor arrested
Where: "Jackson Women's Health" Abortion Clinic, 2903 North State St. Jackson, Mississippi
When: April 17, 2013 – 2PM local time
Contact: Flip Benham or Dr. Pat McEwen, 321-431-3962; www.Operationsaveamerica.org
Posted by deaconjohn1987 in PRO-LIFE, Religious Freedom
Heroic News: "Freeze dried egg powder coming to an IVF clinic near you?" plus 4 more
Freeze dried egg powder coming to an IVF clinic near you?
NYU website encourages students to have sex in campus Catholic Center
Running for her baby's life
Pro-life flash mob hits Budapest
Change Sex, Change the World
Until now women who wanted to preserve their eggs until the alarm rings on their reproductive clock had to freeze their eggs and store them at an IVF clinic.
The blog of New York University published an article encouraging students to go to the Catholic Center – in order to have sex on campus.
The gynecologist told me that I needed to have an abortion because I already had three children, and one of them has special needs. The doctor said to me, "Don't you understand that this unborn child could have Down syndrome too?"
Dozens of young Hungarian pro-lifers broke out in song and dance in the middle of Budapest's main square last Thursday to support the "One of Us" campaign to protect life from conception across Europe.
"When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it changed the world. The Torah's prohibition of non-marital sex quite simply made the creation of Western civilization possible."
Posted by deaconjohn1987 in PRO-LIFE, Pro-Life News, Religious Freedom
OCare Back in Court; BDF at the Ivy Leagues and in the Wash Times
• Obamacare Back in Court!
• Ivy League; Surrogacy Case
• WashTimes: The High Cost of Free Contraceptives
Obamacare Back in Court!
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a comprehensive challenge to Obamacare's individual and employer mandates in light of actions the Obama administration has taken since the Court's designation of the individual mandate penalty as a "tax." The case is Liberty University v. Geithner, which will be argued before the U.S. Fourth Circuit by our friends at Liberty Council on May 16.
On March 7, Bioethics Defense Fund filed a key amicus brief on behalf of 281 Members of Legatus and the Catholic Medical Association, laying out exactly how the "Abortion Premium Mandate" and the "HHS Abortifacient Drug Mandate" invalidate the Individual Mandate as an unconstitutional "tax on pro-life conscience." Read a copy of our amicus brief at http://www.bdfund.org/uploads/file_626.pdf
Ivy League; Surrogacy Case
BDF President Nikolas Nikas is teaching young leaders to use a natural law approach to analyze life issues, with recent speaking events at Ivy League Dartmouth College and Boston's Northeastern Law Center.
On the litigation front is a notable case in which lead counsel consulted with Nikas. It illustrates why the practice of "wombs for rent" objectifies both the surrogate and the baby, who in this case was abandoned as damaged goods by the biological parents who ordered the surrogate mother to abort the less than physically perfect baby. From CNN's "Surrogate Offered $10,000 to Abort Baby:"
"I told them that they had chosen me to carry and protect this child, and that was exactly what I was going to do," Kelley said. "I told them it wasn't their decision to play God."
– Contact BDF for model language on how to make surrogacy contracts illegal in your state: info@bdfund.org.
WashTimes: The High Cost of Free Contraceptives
The Washington Times last week ran an opinion piece co-authored by BDF's Dorinda Bordlee about how the HHS Mandate not only violates religious liberty with mandates of life-ending drug coverage, but also endangers the health of women. From "The High Cost of Free Contraceptives:"
Take this quiz: What well-known family of drugs (a) is classified by the World Health Organization as "Group 1: Carcinogenic to Humans" and (b) provides "tremendous health benefits for women." If you answered "combined oral contraceptives," you are well-qualified to work for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Read more . . .
Cardinal Bergoglio: "Abortion is Never a Solution"
Before he was Pope Francis, Cardinal Bergoglio said, "Abortion is never a solution. We listen, support, and understand[] . . . to save two lives . . ."
Together, we are hope in action . . . together, we can be their voice.
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Posted by deaconjohn1987 in Pro-Life News, Religious Freedom
Heroic News: "Babies Are Murdered Here" plus 4 more
Babies Are Murdered Here
Queing up for same sex 'marriage'
Breaking: North Dakota passes first state personhood amendment in US history
China Admits to the Greatest Slaughter in Human History
A chromosome changed my life
Approximately fifty pro-life Christians are surrounding a popular abortion facility in Mission Hills, California today to expose and reprove its participation in the nation's murder of unborn children.
With Thermos bottles, sleeping bags and a few good books, about a dozen people lined up Friday to be among the first to attend oral arguments at the US Supreme Court on gay 'marriage.'
Today, the North Dakota House of Representatives has passed the first personhood amendment in the United States, 57-35. SCR 4009 states, "the inalienable right to life of every human being at any stage of development must be recognized and protected."
The Chinese government recently admitted that over the last four decades the country has aborted 336 million unborn children, many of them forcibly.
"Cooper's birth came with the harsh reality check of a condition called Trisomy 21 better known as Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a condition where a person carries a third copy of the twenty-first chromosome. And that tiny little chromosome caused a shockwave in our lives."
The March for Marriage is Next Week! Here's How to Prepare!
The historic March for Marriage is almost upon us, but there's still time to reach out to our friends and family and ask them to join us on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 26.
You've no doubt seen that the mainstream media has focused intensely on marriage as a political issue as of late in attempts to divide the public. This March for Marriage is an opportunity like never before to show that the American people stand for marriage, for the rights of children to experience the love of both a mother and a father, and for the rights of voters not to have marriage redefined by out of control legislatures, activist judges, and those pushing an ideological agenda.
But your help is needed in this effort.
Please support our efforts to defend the sanctity of marriage with your generous donation of $3, $25, or $50 today.
Here's what you can do today to help make the March a historic success:
Organize a group to the March by planning a bus to Washington, D.C….
Create a Facebook "event" page that you and your local friends can share and invite people to join – this is a great way to begin getting people committed to joining a bus!
See if a local church or pro-family organization can help defray the cost of the trip, and contact the March for Marriage bus coordination team for help planning by sending an email to marriagemarch@nationformarriage.org.
Organizers of the March for Marriage are asking attendees to wear specific colors: Men = Blue; Women = Red; Children = White.
Mobilize and engage your local community in support of the Marriage March…
Post the Marriage March flier – available in English and Spanish – on a local community bulletin board and pass it out to your family and friends or at your place of worship.
Download more great resources from www.MarriageMarch.org and send your friends to the page to find out more about the March and how they can participate.
Socialize our positive pro-family message by spreading this exciting news…
Use the social sharing buttons above to post this message to Facebook, on Twitter, or to forward via email to your contacts.
Read the March for Marriage talking points so you know how to share this message in a positive and upbeat way in conversation with friends and co-workers.
Pray in a group or on your own that marriage and religious freedom are protected…
If you can't join us physically, please join us spiritually in prayer on March 26 that the Supreme Court will uphold marriage between one man and one woman.
Gather together at your local church or with a community group to pray that hearts will be touched, and marriage and religious freedom will be defended.
Your help is crucial to the success of this important endeavor. This is our time toMarch for Marriage, to stand up for the sacred institution of marriage as a covenant between one man and one woman, and for the rights of future generations to share in this beautiful and time-honored institution. The stakes are just too high to sit on the sidelines.
With all of us doing our part, we will prevail – for marriage, for family, for God and country.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Father Shenan J. Boquet
President, Human Life International
P.S. An event like this always takes an investment of resources-of time, energy and money-to ensure a resounding success that will have an impact for generations to come. Please consider making a generous donation todayand standing with us as we make history!
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Posted by deaconjohn1987 in Religious Freedom, Spirituality
Bishop Rebukes Catholic Insurance Provider
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E-Mail: PRondeau@all.org
BISHOP REBUKES 'CATHOLIC ' INSURANCE PROVIDER FOR COMPLYING WITH OBAMACARE.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Catholic bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has taken actionagainst Catholic insurance agency Avera Health Plans because the company chose to cover contraception so that it would be in compliance with Obamacare. Bishop Paul Swain said the action of Avera Health Plans has created "public scandal," because its practices are "inconsistent with Church teaching." Judie Brown, president of American Life League, the oldest Catholic prolife group in the nation, issued this statement:
"This nation's moral decline is astounding not only because it has been a relatively swift slide, but more importantly because Catholics have taken leading roles in bringing about the decline. Vice President. Biden has supported every major effort to protect and expand abortion in America. Nancy Pelosi, Catholic congresswoman, has worked doggedly to expand abortion, contraception, sterilization, and militant homosexual "rights" in America.
The actions of others like Ted Kennedy, Kathleen Sebelius and Andrew Cuomo are equally egregious and yet there has been silence from the Bishops. Had their Bishops had the mettle to take a public stand to correct these anti-Catholic "Catholics" then, Bishop Paul Swain would not have to rebuke the insurance provider to the Diocese of Sioux Falls because Obamacare would never have come to pass in its current form.
We have launched a Prayer and Fast campaign to strengthen our bishops that they may all act with the conviction and public courage displayed by His Excellency Bishop Paul Swain in defense of Catholic teaching and religious freedom.
Media inquiries, please contact Paul E. Rondeau at 540.659.4171 or E-MAIL.
American Life League, cofounded by Judie Brown in 1979, is the oldest national Catholic pro-life education and advocacy organization in the United States. For more information, please visithttp://www.ALL.org.
Posted by deaconjohn1987 in Religious Freedom
Beckwith Electric Company, Inc, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new form of tyranny and religious persecution—the HHS Mandate.
His Ancestors Escaped Religious Persecution in 1626; Yesterday He Filed a Federal Lawsuit to Escape Religious Persecution—Under the HHS Mandate
Thomas Beckwith's ancestors, enduring the hardships of a storm tossed ocean voyage, landed on American shores in 1626 to escape religious persecution from England. One hundred and fifty years later, one of his ancestors, as a member of the Connecticut militia, fought against the tyrannical British king in the Revolutionary War. Yesterday, Thomas Beckwith, a devout Southern Baptist, and his family-owned Beckwith Electric Company, Inc, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new form of tyranny and religious persecution—the HHS Mandate.
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced Tuesday, March 12, 2013, it filed a 48-page federal lawsuit in a Florida Federal District Court against the Obama Administration challenging the HHS Mandate. TMLC's Erin Mersino is lead counsel in the case. She is assisted by local co-counsel Paul Pizzo and Scott Richards of the Tampa firm of Fowler, White and Boggs.
Click here to read the Federal Lawsuit.
Thomas Beckwith is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, a Southern Baptist congregation located in Largo, Florida. Beckwith Electric founded in 1967 by his parents has 168 full-time employees and provides micro-processor-based technology that protects and controls giant power system generators, transformers, and power lines, and protects the interconnection of alternative energy. The Company also provides energy-saving Volt/VAr optimization strategies and the automation of Conservation Voltage Reduction.
In his management of Beckwith Electric, Thomas Beckwith strives to "lead the company under God's direction and by God's principles." His Faith prompted a business model that includes generous employee benefits, including: medical insurance, pharmacy, dental insurance, vision insurance, group life insurance, voluntary group life insurance, short term disability, long term disability, long term care insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Emergency Travel Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Profit Sharing, Educational Assistance, Due Time (Paid Time Off), 8 Paid Holidays, and a free-of charge membership at the L.A. Fitness Gym.
The Company also provides a chaplain for those employees who may be facing difficult issues of bereavement, marriage, children, finances, addictions, elder care, and other types of crises. Chaplains visit Plaintiff Beckwith Electric Co., Inc. on a weekly basis to build caring relationships with the employees.
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, called the HHS Mandate "outrageous." According to Land, the Southern Baptist Convention, with more than 16 million members in the United States, "share[s] the concern of our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters."
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), by which Beckwith is informed, protects the sanctity of life. According to the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission the Mandate is a threat to religious freedom. The commission stated that, "Government cannot be allowed to tell people of faith when they can live out the values of their faith and when they cannot. We must not render to government what is God's."
Should Mr. Beckwith refuse to comply with the HHS Mandate, in addition to the yearly fine of $2,000 per employee amounting to $336,000 per year, the Company could also be charged with violations of the Internal Revenue Code amounting to $100 per employee per day each year totaling over $6 million in fines per year.
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center commented, "By promulgating the HHS Mandate, the Federal Government intentionally declared war on people of Faith. The Law Center is privileged to represent Thomas Beckwith, a man who not only states what his Christian Faith stands for, but takes action to defend it."
The first paragraph of the lawsuit succinctly sets forth the nature of the case: "This is a case about religious freedom. Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father of our country, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and our third president, when describing the construct of our Constitution proclaimed, 'No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.'"
Thomas Beckwith believes that life begins at the moment of conception. His deeply held religious convictions disallow him from providing for, participating in, pay for, training others to engage in, or otherwise supporting emergency contraception, abortion, abortifacients, and any drugs, devices, and service that are designed to kill innocent human life because such activities are sinful and immoral.
The purpose of the lawsuit is to permanently block the implementation of the HHS Mandate requiring employers and individuals to obtain insurance coverage for emergency contraception, abortion, abortifacients, and any drugs, devices, and service that are capable of killing innocent human life.
Named as Defendants in the lawsuit are Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; Seth D. Harris, Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor; Jack Lew, Secretary of the Department of Treasury; and their respective departments.
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A burly father-of-three performed some dainty ballet moves while holding his daughter's hand after she suffered stage fright during a performance.
Hilarious footage shows Marc Daniels rush to help his youngster at Hamilton City Hall in Bermuda on May 29 during a dress rehearsal for her first ever dance recital.
The self-employed barrister can be seen pirouetting and gracefully balancing on one leg beside his two-year-old daughter Bella as parents and teachers giggled.
A talented multi-tasker, Mr Daniels managed to perform his elegant moves while clutching his youngest daughter Suri under one of his arms.
He had been summoned to the wings to calm Bella down. She had began to sob uncontrollably after stepping out on stage.
'Bella was very emotional and needed hugs from her daddy,' said Mr Daniels.
'Despite having a tantrum, I can tell she wanted to stay on stage and I didn't want to discourage her before the big performance by making her be the only one to come off.
'I walked on holding Suri and stood next to her, trying to help build her confidence - I told her I loved her and that she's an amazing dancer.
'I asked if she wanted to dance with daddy and she nodded, so I thought I'd join in.
Spinning in circles and pointing his toes like a pro, the doting dad was just a tutu away from being a fully-fledged member of In Motion School of Dance.
And Mr Daniel's impressive display of agility did not go unnoticed among his work colleagues.
'Jurors, police officers and members of the prosecution have even been giving me twirls and plies as a token of appreciation for the video,' he said.
He isn't ruling out a career change.
'Before having the girls I don't think I'd ever attempted any ballet moves before, but now everyone in Bermuda knows me for my toe-pointing,' he said.


I don't know what it is, things just go wrong when I'm traveling home from conventions. Getting out there is generally fine, but once it's time to head back, every thing go es wo nky. This little bus mishap is probably the worst yet.
Also, you have to understand: the scheduled departure time for this trip was 11:30 PM. Tack two and a half hours onto THAT... AND the ten hour drive once we finally got on the road. Yeah... Monday really sucked.


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Those who came to the Iowa County courthouse Tuesday to testify on Irvin (Dana) Beal's behalf would not be shocked if he walked on water. Beal has that affect on those he has helped.
But the fact the 64 year old Beal was transporting 180 pounds of medium grade marijuana through Wisconsin when his 1997 Chevrolet Astro van was stopped last January 6 for expired registration, missing bumper and cracked tail light couldn't let him walk out of the courthouse a free man.
Instead, Circuit Judge Robert P. Van De Hey sentenced Beal to five years in prison, 2 1/2 under incarceration and 2 1/2 under extended supervision.
Van De Hey also gave Beal credit for time served (267 days) and granted eligibility for early release. That is a better deal than the four years prison and four years extended supervision asked for by assistant DA Timothy Helmberger. It is a way better deal than the 15 years and $50,000 fine that is the maximum allowed by law.
Van De Hey reminded the crowded courtroom that while the passionate testimony offered by people from as far away as New Zealand, California, New York and Minnesota made valid points, he was forced to make a ruling that includes prison time.
"We are a country of laws," he said. "People have acknowledged his deeds but it is not fair to give him a free pass especially with that much marijuana on board. He has committed the offense and now must be held accountable."
"I have no problem with medical marijuana," Van De Hey said. "But I have to keep in mind the 180 pounds he had in his vehicle."
"I don't make the laws but I have to enforce the laws as they are written," he said.
This will be Beals's sixth conviction. He was convicted of drug related offenses in 1971, 1987, 1993 and 2006. He was on probation for an arrest in Nebraska when his vehicle was stopped in Iowa County.
Beal testified prior to sentencing and told the judge he would not do that particular thing again.
"I am too old," he said. "I need a different job."
He said he was taking the marijuana to be used for medical purposes in Michigan, New York and Washington, DC where it is legal.
"Would law enforcement be upset if I was moving medical marijuana to where it was legal?" he asked.
A woman from New Zealand told the court how Beal had come to her country to help set up clinics and with the use of ibogaine, a drug that cures heroin addiction. Ibogaine is not legal in the United States.
"If you put Dana away his work will stop," she said. "He has helped a lot of human beings in New Zealand and was planning to do the same in Australia. He is an expert and has paid for those who need treatment. This will all stop if he goes away. Help save our people from drug abuse."
Ed Rosenthal came from California to testify.
"I have known Dana for 30 plus years," he said. "Dana saves lives. He is not a drug dealer. You talk community service? Dana has put in 30 years of community service. Don't be part of a system where a person is jailed for his efforts."
Rabbi Issac Freese from Brooklyn said he has known Beal for 20 years and only knows good about him.
"He helped us open a medical co-op. He sacrificed himself. He lost money. He went ahead and did it anyway, not for himself but so people could get the help they need."
"Dana is needed today by the people he has helped. He has given them shelter, relief and a trusting heart."
A former meth addict credited Beal with getting her sober.
"Dana helped me get treatment," she said. "Now I am sober and have a beautiful four year old daughter."
Manhattan attorney Doug Green called Beal a champion of medical marijuana and ibogaine.
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It sounds like you are off to a good start planning your Walt Disney World vacation. You have your resort hotel, your flights, and you have purchased a Disney Dining Plan. Let me tell you what I suggest you do next.
If you are within 180 days off your check-in date, I suggest that you start looking at Walt Disney World restaurants at which to make reservations. Your dining plan will cover one table service meal per day, and that is about what I like to make in reservations. This way, I know that once per day, my family will get to sit down for an hour or two, take a break, and enjoy a nice meal. We are big fans of late lunch or early dinner in a theme park. We also sometimes like to have a table service meal at night at a resort hotel, after we have gone back to our resort hotel and freshened up a bit. For Disney Dining, you can either use the restaurant website to make reservations, or you can call Disney Dining at 407-WDW-DINE (407-939-3463).
Because you have a Disney Dining Plan, I assume that you are staying at a Walt Disney World resort hotel. This means that you will be able to make Disney FastPass+ selections 60 days ahead of your check-in date. The Disney FastPass+ system will allow you to experience some attractions each day with shortened wait times. You can make these using your My Disney Experience account. You must have Disney theme park tickets linked in this account to make your Disney FastPass+ selections.
I would love to help you plan more Jayne; however, I am limited in the amount of space that I have to answer. Please do write back if you have any further questions!


The Eclipse Series pieces are a physical reminder that even in our darkest times the sun is shining somewhere. This piece and the Original Eclipse have bubbles rising up which also remind me of being submerged in water. I often feel submerged in my feelings when I am depressed. Looking up to the bubbles rising is a reminder that there is a way out. The Eclipse Series was born of a conversation about mental health in 2014 in what was the Lullaby Links Chatter group on Facebook. The group has now changes to include Lullaby Links' sibling brand, Fancy Fidget, and is called LLaFF & Chat. We would love to have you as part of the community there.
All of the eclipse pieces are mixed metal with the sun in gold. The Eclipse Mini has a small round wire (unhammered) circle of 24K gold symbolizing the sun which sometimes hangs behind and sometimes in front of a rough silver moon shape. The moons are each formed of silver scraps with a bumpy texture and each is unique.
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Q: Conjugate in $S_n$ do not imply conjugate in its subgroup.
$(12)(34)$ and $(13)(24)$ are conjugate in $S_4$, but they are not conjugate in $\mathbf V_4$, the Klein four group, since $\mathbf V_4$ is abelian.

I know that
$\alpha ,\beta \in S_n , \alpha \text{ and } \beta \text{ are conjugate in $S_n$}\iff$ $\alpha$ and $\beta$ have the same   number of $r$-cycles.
But I'm confused that why $(12)(34)$ and $(13)(24)$ do not have the  same number of $2$-cycles in $\mathbf V_4$.
Thanks for helping.

A: This is a good question. The point is that two elements are conjugate in $S_{n}$ if and only if they have the same cycle structure (same number of $r$ cycles for all $r$) but this property does not apply to subgroups of $S_{n}$. Conjugation in the permutation group corresponds to a relabelling of the objects being permuted (like change of basis in vector spaces). All permutations are in $S_{n}$ so all relabellings are possible. But in subsets of $S_{n}$ some relabellings may not be available and so elements with the same cycle structure may not be conjugate.

A: The definition is that $a,b\in G$ are conjugated in $G$ if and only if there is some $g\in G$ such that $b=gag^{-1}$. In specific instances of $G$ this condition may be equivalent to other conditions which, outside of the specific context, are not equivalent to being conjugate. For instance, in an abelian group, two elements are conjugate if and only if they are equal.

A: For a slightly different example, the $3$-cycles (123) and (124) are (of course) conjugate in $S_4$ but not conjugate in the alternating group $A_4$, since the conjugating maps between (123) and (124) are odd permutations.

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Home Politics Time to Chew on These State Senate Fundraising Figures
Time to Chew on These State Senate Fundraising Figures
Embattled state Sen. James N. Mathias Jr. (D) has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his reelection. File photo
The state Senate's two most vulnerable incumbents are not going down without a fight – or without a very robust campaign war chest.
The latest campaign finance reports, which cover fundraising and expenditures between Aug. 22 and Oct. 21, show that the eight most competitive state Senate races are each costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Why are these races attracting so much money?
Because after reelecting Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), Maryland Republicans have made flipping five Senate seats now held by Democrats their top priority for this election cycle. If the GOP succeeds in winning five extra seats, it will be almost impossible for the Senate to override Hogan's vetoes of Democratic legislation, assuming Hogan wins a second term.
The Senate battleground is largely being fought on territory favorable to the GOP. But Democrats – especially their incumbents – have been aggressive fundraisers.
The two most vulnerable Democrats, Sen. Katherine A. Klausmeier of Baltimore County and Lower Shore Sen. James N. Mathias Jr. – both of whom are being challenged by first-term Republican delegates – have each spent more than $200,000 in the past two months but still had more than $100,000 in their campaign accounts as of Oct. 21. Klausmeier raised $129,675 in the past two months, while Mathias took in $96,574.
Money may not save them: They are both running in districts where Hogan is expected to romp – and may have long coattails. But it sure has given these vulnerable incumbents an opportunity to try to tell voters that they aren't typical Annapolis Democrats.
Here is a summary of the recent fundraising in the eight most hotly-contested Senate races:
District 3 (Frederick County)
The money chase between another vulnerable Democrat, Sen. Ronald N. Young – whose career in local politics began in the 1970's – and businessman Craig Giangrande is about on par. Giangrande buttressed his campaign account with $29,000 in loans over the past two months — and $85,650 overall.
U.S. Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R) cut a $3,000 check to Giangrande during this fundraising period — bringing his total investment in the race to $5,000 — and his political action committee, Chesapeake PAC, added $6,000. Young got big checks from the political arms of two powerful unions, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ($6,000) and the Maryland State Education Association ($4,000). He also received $6,000 from wealthy congressional candidate David J. Trone (D), whose district overlaps with Young's.
The district, centered in the city of Frederick, is trending Democratic – a fact that could keep Young afloat despite Hogan's popularity.
Craig Giangrande (R)
Previous balance: $62,297
Receipts: $59,470
Expenditures: $46,350
Cash on hand: $75,417
Sen. Ronald N. Young (D)
District 8 (Baltimore County)
Democrats have to sink or swim on their own in this district, which takes in communities such as Perry Hall, Middle River and White Marsh, because their state and national leaders are not popular with the electorate. Klausmeier has been working hard to associate herself with Hogan – who in fact is strongly backing Miele. The district is also seeing a competitive House race.
Klausmeier is spending about $210,000 on TV advertising, according to campaign records. Miele is spending about $85,000.
Del. Christian J. Miele (R)
Previous balance: $162,556
Expenditures: $208,966
Sen. Katherine A. Klausmeier (D)
Receipts: $129,675
Cash on hand: $112,889
District 9 (Howard and Carroll counties)
This is the one district where Democrats think they have a chance of stealing a Republican-held Senate seat – though fundamentally the district may just be a little too conservative, even though Democrats are high on their nominee, Katie Fry Hester, an engineer and consultant on corporate sustainability.
Sen. Gail H. Bates (R)
Katie Fry Hester (D)
District 28 (Charles County)
This district wasn't expected to be competitive until accountant Arthur Ellis upset Senate Finance Chairman Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton in the Democratic primary. Republican leaders forced their little-known Senate nominee to withdraw and installed Bill Dotson, a businessman and the Charles County GOP chairman as their nominee.
The Ellis-Middleton primary was a racially charged affair, and Republicans are hoping that Middleton allies abandon the Democratic nominee and give Dotson a look. It could happen, though the district has a Democratic registration rate that tops 60 percent.
Dotson has been reluctant to self-fund in a major way; he dropped $25,000 of his own money into the campaign over the last two months. Ellis, on the other hand, loaned his campaign $128,000 since mid-August, and has chipped in $187,000 total.
Bill Dotson (R)
Arthur Ellis (D)
District 30 (Anne Arundel County)
Sarah Elfreth, a 30-year-old Democratic and civic activist, has generated lots of enthusiasm lately – as witnessed by the fact that she outraised the Republican, former Del. Ronald A. George, by a more than 3-1 margin in the past two months. She has gotten contributions in this period from several prominent Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Reps. Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin and John P. Sarbanes, Trone and former Rep. Thomas McMillen.
But George has been steadily raising money ever since he entered the race more than two years ago. In the past two months, George got $4,000 from Harris and $5,000 from his PAC, plus $6,000 from the Maryland Business for Responsible Government PAC.
George will be helped enormously by Hogan's popularity in his home district; Elfreth will be aided by a flurry of Democratic activity in that section of Anne Arundel County. Sen. John C. Astle (D) is retiring after 24 years in the Senate.
Ronald A. George (R)
Sarah Elfreth (D)
In the race to replace retiring Sen. James E. DeGrange (D), the Republican, Councilman John J. Grasso, has been racked by controversy after criticizing Muslims and immigrants on his Facebook page last month, and he raised just $7,212 since mid-August — $2,000 from the Presidential Coalition, an organization connected to the conservative national group Citizens United, which is headed by David Bossie, the Republican National Committeeman for Maryland.
The Democrat, Del. Pamela G. Beidle, has been a steady fundraiser throughout the cycle. In the most recent two-month period, she has received $4,500 from the AFL-CIO and $3,500 from the teachers' union.
Councilman John J. Grasso (R)
Receipts: $7,212
Del. Pamela G. Beidle (D)
District 38 (Lower Shore)
The political headwinds are at a gale force for Sen. James N. Mathias Jr. (D) in a district that Hogan won by 40 points and that President Trump carried by 28. But Mathias continues to vacuum up money and defy political odds. AFSCME recently cut the incumbent a $6,000 check, and he is spending about $140,000 on TV ads.
The Republican, Del. Mary Beth Carozza, has been no slouch on the fundraising front, either. MBRG dropped $6,000 on her behalf. Buckeye Patriot PAC, controlled by former U.S. Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio), contributed $5,000.
Del. Mary Beth Carozza (R)
Sen. James N. Mathias Jr. (D)
District 42 (Baltimore County)
In the view of most political professionals, this district, which runs from Towson to the Pennsylvania border and is currently held by Sen. James Brochin (D), who is leaving after a failed run for county executive, is likely to flip. But attorney Robert Leonard (D) is running an energetic campaign, and Republican Del. Christopher R. West and his wife just felt the need to invest an additional $100,000 into the race – bringing the family total to $382,000 for the election cycle.
Del. Christopher R. West (R)
Robert Leonard (D)
Expenditures: $1,810
arthur ellis
Bill Dotson
Chris West
christian miele
craig giangrande
David Bossie
David Hobson
Jim Brochin
Jim Mathias
john grasso
Kathy Klausmeier
katie fry hester
Mary Beth Carozza
Pam Beidle
robbie leonard
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Vitamin D Deficiency a Brain Disruptor
Megan Brooks
Vitamin D deficiency disrupts structural brain connectivity and harms learning and memory by destabilizing perineuronal nets (PNNs) that provide scaffolding for neurons, new research suggests.
PNNs are made of proteins and sugar molecules that form a strong, supportive mesh around certain neurons. In so doing, they stabilize the contacts these cells make with other neurons.
Thomas Burne, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, removed vitamin D from the diet of a group of healthy young adult mice, while a control group continued to receive vitamin D.
After 20 weeks, the vitamin D–deficient group showed a significant decline in the ability to remember and learn, compared with the control group.
The brains of the vitamin D–deficient mice showed a pronounced reduction in PNNs in the hippocampus, a brain region crucial to memory and learning. There was also a pronounced reduction in both the number and strength of connections between neurons in the hippocampus. Vitamin D deficiency had no apparent impact on hippocampal volume.
The study was published online February 2 in Brain Structure and Function.
Bad Connection
"Intriguingly, the right side of the hippocampus was more affected by vitamin D deficiency than the left side," Burne said in a news release.
Loss of function in this area may contribute to severe memory deficits and a distorted perception of reality, hallmarks of schizophrenia, he noted. About 70% of people with schizophrenia have insufficient vitamin D, and schizophrenia patients also tend to have more disruption in the right side of their hippocampus, he added.
In a second paper, published online February 19 in Trends in Neuroscience, Burne and colleagues propose that adequate (normal) vitamin D levels prevent certain enzymes from breaking down PNNs, but when vitamin D levels drop, these enzymes become unchecked and begin to degrade PNNs.
"As neurons in the hippocampus lose their supportive perineuronal nets, they may have trouble maintaining connections, and this ultimately leads to a loss of cognitive function," said Burne.
The new findings support "converging evidence" from human and animal studies that show an association between vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment, the researchers conclude.
This research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council and a University of Queensland International PhD Scholarship to one of the investigators. The authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Brain Struct Funct. Published online February 2, 2019. Abstract
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Expanded Chinese economic interests and the higher priority given to maritime interests are driving People's Liberation Army (PLA) efforts to develop power projection capabilities.
The reorganization of the Chinese military in late 2015 explicitly sought to give the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the theater commands responsibility for conducting operations and to relegate the services to force-building. However, the services are trying to maintain operational responsibilities, including for overseas operations.
The precise division of responsibilities and coordination mechanisms between the CMC, which controls nuclear weapons and likely other strategic capabilities, and the theater commands, which control ground, naval, air, and conventional missile forces, remains unclear, especially for large, high-intensity combat operations.
Existing command and control mechanisms are workable for now, but are likely to prove inadequate if PLA overseas operations become larger, require joint forces, last for extended periods of time, or occur in nonpermissive environments where deployed forces face significant threats from hostile state or nonstate actors.


This is a great Central Coquitlam location for you and your family. Quiet streets with an extensive list of options for activities like Mundy Park with trails, Spani Pool, Coquitlam Library, Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex, Centennial Activity Centre are all only minutes away.
This home has been carefully maintained and has lots to offer from the original hardwood floors (under the carpet) to a full basement. There is gas fireplace in the living room and downstairs rec room. Separate dining room plus a family sized kitchen, Three bedrooms & two baths upstairs and the master ensuite is large enough for a shower to be added.
The fourth bedroom is downstairs. Half the basement is unfinished with a separate entry and roughed in plumbing to meet your future needs. The large sundeck, 375 square feet, overlooks your private landscaped backyard. Recent updates include the roof, furnace and hot water tank. Most of the windows have been replaced.


It's never easy, particularly in a universe with such diversity in skin tones and body type to tell what clothes might look good on you. What we've compiled here are some basic guidelines for getting a look that will suit you. It's not foolproof, and requires some judgment, but it's far better than just guessing.
Color is not as simple as some people would like to make it. Color is generally made up of three different attributes: Hue, Value, and Intensity.
Hue is what most people think of when they think of color. It's the difference between red and blue, green and yellow, etc. The Hue is probably the first question you'll want to answer when picking a color.
Value is how light or dark the chosen color is. For instance, red itself can range from a dark maroon to a light pink while still being technically "red."
Intensity is probably the hardest of the concepts to understand. It's probably easiest to think of all colors as starting with a generic grey and adding more color through the entire range until the color is pure at its highest intensity. Lower Intensities will make a color look more grey or washed out at times.
This is probably the Red most people are after, but it's also one of the hardest to make and the least likely for someone to be able to do. It's Red Hue, Medium Value, and High Intensity. This is actually the same Hue of Red that we had before, only we've reduced the Value on it a great deal to get a darker Red. This is the same Hue and Value of Red as found in the first box, but the Intensity has been greatly lowered, resulting in a more washed out look. Once again, the same Red with the Value raised to nearly white, giving us a nice pink.
So what color goes with purple skin?
Matching the variety of skin tones in our universe is at times a challenge, and it's far too tempting to simply reduce everything to black or white and not be bothered with having to match things, but that's a very limited way to dress, and at best looks unimaginative.
But how does one begin to choose colors? First we need to understand how colors relate to each other.
Ok, now that we've established that, let's talk about secondary colors. The secondary colors are the ones that are made by mixing the primary colors that they border on. For instance, mixing blue and red produces purple, and mixing red and yellow gives us orange.
Now that we know what a color wheel is, how can it help us pick colors to wear? There are two more types of relationships that we need to know about before we start putting together an outfit. The first of these is the relationship between Analogous colors. Perhaps the best way to remember this is through a simple story about three neighbors, Ann, Al, and Gus. Since these three live next to each other, it's inevitable that they become good friends. Since they're good friends, they look good together in a group. But it's just not the same if one of them isn't there for some reason, so they almost always are seen together. Also, Al seems to be the leader of the group, and so any time you see them together you're probably going to see more of Al than the other two. In the same way, any three consecutive colors on the wheel will work pretty well together, provided that all three are present in some way. So if you're a Twi'lek with purple skin and want to have a two tone outfit made, consider using a red and a blue together. It also usually a good idea to ensure that the majority of the outfit is the middle color of the three. So for an outfit that covers most of your body, a blue with green trim might work very well.
Complimentary colors follow that age old cantina wisdom that opposites attract. Colors that are directly opposite from each other are called complimentary colors. They generally also look very good together, and are well suited for two tone outfits for those with skin colors that don't occur on the wheel, like white, black or browns, or even for single tone outfits for more adventurous skin Values. So our purple skinned Twi'lek could do very well in a yellow single color outfit.
So what happens if my skin isn't actually a strong, intense middle Value of purple, but more of a less intense light purple? Simply adjust the other colors in a similar way and go with a pale blue and pink outfit, or perhaps a pale yellow dress. Sometimes doing precisely the opposite, that is, going with a darker color on lighter skin, can work well, but results will vary.
But...what about my black duster?
So you still want to wear black, eh? /sigh. Ok, you can do that with most any skin color, but realize that pure black or pure white outfits generally tend to look pretty boring. Adding just a little variation can really vitalize an outfit. (Greys don't count as variation in this sense, I'm afraid...) Experiment with adding a dash of red, green, or maybe a blue. I think you'll be pleased with the results.
Hope this is helpful, but remember that it's intended only as a beginning for people with no clue how to work out colors. There are many, many other combinations that can work, and the best way to find them is to try them and see. Trust your instincts. If an outfit looks just a little "off" to you, chances are that it is, even if you can't put a finger on why.


We equipped Liebherr with electrical equipment for a total of 3 production halls for the production and development of maritime cranes.
We built 8 medium and low voltage switchgears, mounted on 2,000 m cable trays and processed approximately 25,000 m cable.
Building and communications and data technology, hall lighting and fire alarm systems are part of our scope of service at Liebherr.


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The event is semi formal to dressy casual. .So please look sharp!!!
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EDMUND D EDELMAN CHILDREN'S COURT - MONTEREY PARK, CA -- After six months of negotiating and guiding my client through the process of counseling and reunification services, he was finally reunited with his children, and granted unsupervised visitation with his children.
This case began as a domestic violence case where my client was accused of violence toward his wife, outside the presence of the children. It turns out that when she used the colloquial phrase "kicked her out" of the car, she didn't really mean that he physically kicked her, but the police tried to twist her words. However, each parent called the babysitter to keep the kids away from the other. Not knowing what to do, the babysitter went to the police station. Next thing my client knew, his children were being taken away, and he was being charged with domestic violence.
While the case was pending, the children were placed with their maternal grandparents. A few months ago, the children were returned to their mother, with monitored visits approved for my client. But today, the court awarded unmonitored visits and allowed my client to move back in with his wife, as was their wish.
With my assistance, the domestic violence case was never filed against my client, and the L.A. City Attorney's office declined to even file misdemeanor charges. However, the Department of Children and Family Services continued to pursue the custody case, insisting that my client was a danger to his children.
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Disclosed is a perfluoroelastomer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a perfluoroelastomer containing a cyano group as a crosslinkable group, 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of a bisamidoxime compound vulcanizing agent represented by the general formula: HON═C(NH2)--(CF2)n--C(NH2)═NOH (n: an integer of 1 to 10), and 0.005 to 0.3 parts by weight of a coloring agent with a melting point of 300° C. or above. This perfluoroelastomer composition provides a colored molded product that does not form blooms under high temperature conditions of 300° C. or above, and that can be effectively used, for example, as a sealing material for semiconductor manufacturing devices.
1. A perfluoroelastomer composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a perfluoroelastomer containing a cyano group as a crosslinkable group; 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of a bisamidoxime compound vulcanizing agent represented by the general formula: HON═C(CH2)--(CF2)n--C(NH2)═NOH wherein n is an integer of 1 to 10; and 0.005 to 0.3 parts by weight of a coloring agent with a melting point of 300.degree. C. or above.
2. The perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein the perfluoroelastomer has a copolymerization composition comprising: (A) 68 to 74 mol % of tetrafluoroethylene; (B) 30 to 24 mol % of perfluoro(lower alkyl vinyl ether) or prefluoro(lower alkoxy lower alkyl vinyl ether); and (C) 0.2 to 3.0 mol % of a perfluoro unsaturated nitrile compound; and wherein the perfluoroelastomer has a Mooney viscosity ML1+10 (212.degree. C.) of 70 to 115.
3. The perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, wherein the coloring agent with a melting point of 300.degree. C. or above is a metal element-free organic compound that does not decompose at 300.degree. C.
4. The perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 3, wherein the metal element-free organic compound coloring agent is quinacridone, coronene, perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide, or 4,4'-diamino-1,1'-bianthracene-9,9',10,10'-tetraone.
5. The perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1, which is free of a filler other than the coloring agent with a melting point of 300.degree. C. or above.
6. A colored molded product obtained by vulcanization molding of the perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 1.
7. The colored molded product according to claim 6, wherein the colored molded product is a colored sealing material.
8. The colored sealing material according to claim 7, which is used for plasma irradiation.
9. The colored sealing material according to claim 8, which is used for semiconductor manufacturing device.
10. A colored molded product obtained by vulcanization molding of the perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 2.
11. A colored molded product obtained by vulcanization molding of the perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 3.
12. A colored molded product obtained by vulcanization molding of the perfluoroelastomer composition according to claim 4.
13. A colored molded product obtained by vulcanization molding of the perfluoroelastomer composition according to 5.
14. The colored molded product according to claim 10, wherein the colored molded product is a colored sealing material.
15. The colored molded product according to claim 11, wherein the colored molded product is a colored sealing material.
16. The colored molded product according to claim 12, wherein the colored molded product is a colored sealing material.
17. The colored molded product according to claim 13, wherein the colored molded product is a colored sealing material.
18. The colored sealing material according to claim 14, which is used for plasma irradiation.
19. The colored sealing material according to claim 15, which is used for plasma irradiation.
20. The colored sealing material according to claim 16, which is used for plasma irradiation.
 The present invention relates to a perfluoroelastomer composition. More particularly, the present invention relates to a perfluoroelastomer composition that provides a colored perfluoroelastomer molded product having heat resistance under high temperature conditions of 300° C. or above.
 Fluorine-containing elastomers, such as fluorinated fluoroelastomers (e.g., a vinylidene fluoride [VdF]/hexafluoropropylene [HFP] copolymer and a VdF/HFP/tetrafluoroethylene [TFE] terpolymer) and perfluorinated perfluoroelastomers (e.g., a TFE/perfluoromethylvinylether [PMVE] copolymer) have excellent performance in terms of heat resistance, chemical resistance, etc., as compared to other rubbers. They are therefore widely used as molding materials for sealing materials, such as O rings, gaskets, and packing, in various industrial fields, including automobile industry.
 In particular, perfluoroelastomers, which are polymers comprising perfluoromonomers, such as TFE, HFP, and PMVE, have superior heat resistance and chemical resistance, as compared to other fluorine-containing elastomers than perfluoroelastomers; however, for semiconductor applications and some other applications, perfluoroelastomers are required to be used in an environment at 300° C., but their heat resistance is not sufficient for that environment. Furthermore, there may be limitations on the use of reinforcing materials and fillers, in terms of metal or contamination.
 (d) a triallyl isocyanurate polymer; the fluororubber composition being free of carbon black and a metal-containing filler. This fluororubber composition is supposed to provide a vulcanizate that has excellent vulcanizate physical properties. However, referring to the compression set resistance characteristics of the vulcanizates shown in the Examples of Patent Document 1 at 200° C. and the results of an air aging test at 250° C., it is hard to say that the vulcanizates have sufficient heat resistance at 300° C., which is required for semiconductor applications, etc.
 n: 1 to 10. However, it is difficult to use the compositions shown in the Examples of Patent Document 2 for some applications, such as applications for which high cleanness is required, because they contain carbon black as a reinforcing material. Moreover, from the compression set values of the compositions at 300° C. shown in the Examples, it is hard to consider that the compositions have sufficient heat resistance to withstand use at high temperatures.
 (C) 0.2 to 3.0 mol % of a perfluoro unsaturated nitrile compound; the composition also comprising the abovementioned bisamidoxime compound. This composition has the effect of providing a perfluoroelastomer vulcanizate that has not only excellent heat resistance, but also excellent plasma resistance, which is particularly important for semiconductor applications; however, the color of the resulting product is yellow to transparent light yellow, which tends to result in hue unevenness, thereby impairing the appearance of the product. Moreover, the composition has excellent normal-state physical properties at 300° C.; however, when the composition is continuously used at 300° C. for a long period of time, hue changes are more likely to occur.
 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of at least one member selected from the group consisting of an isoindolinone pigment, a quinacridone pigment, a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment, and an anthraquinone pigment; the fluorine-containing elastomer composition being capable of improving the plasma resistance of a vulcanized product of the composition. However, it is hard to say that the composition has sufficient heat resistance at around 250° C., as well as 300° C. or above.
 An object of the present invention is to provide a perfluoroelastomer composition providing a colored vulcanizate (a colored molded product) that does not form blooms under high temperature conditions of 300° C. or above, and that can be effectively used, for example, as a sealing material for semiconductor manufacturing devices.
 0.005 to 0.3 parts by weight of a coloring agent with a melting point of 300° C. or above.
 A perfluoroelastomer colored molded product obtained by vulcanization molding of the perfluoroelastomer composition of the present invention does not undergo discoloration or form blooms under high temperature conditions of 300° C. or above, and has excellent heat resistance. Therefore, the perfluoroelastomer colored molded product can be effectively used, for example, as a sealing material for semiconductor manufacturing devices, for plasma irradiation.
 (C) 0.2 to 3.0 mol % of a perfluoro unsaturated nitrile compound; and the perfluoroelastomer preferably has a Mooney viscosity ML1+10(121° C.) of 70 to 115.
 When the copolymerization ratio of tetrafluoroethylene as the component (A) is lower than this range, heat resistance is inferior, and adhesion to silicon, metal, silica glass, etc., increases. In contrast, when the copolymerization ratio of tetrafluoroethylene as the component (A) is greater than this range, the resulting copolymer behaves likes a resin, rather than an elastomer, thus degrading sealing performance and reducing processability.
 When the copolymerization ratio of perfluoro(lower alkyl vinyl ether) or perfluoro(lower alkoxy lower alkyl vinyl ether) as the component (B) is lower than this range, the copolymerization ratio of tetrafluoroethylene is relatively higher, and the resulting copolymer becomes a resin-like state, significantly degrading sealing performance. On the other hand, when the copolymerization ratio of the component (B) is greater than this range, particularly adhesion is remarkably deteriorated.
Among these examples, those wherein CnF2n+1is CF3 are particularly preferably used.
 The amount of copolymerization of the perfluoro unsaturated nitrile compound as the component (C) is 0.2 to 3.0 mol %, preferably 0.5 to 2.0 mol %, which is required as a crosslinkable group.
 The copolymerization reaction using these monomers is generally carried out in the following manner: Water, a fluorine-containing emulsifier (e.g., ammonium perfluorooctanoate), and a buffer (e.g., potassium dihydrogen phosphate) are charged in a stainless steel autoclave. Thereafter, tetrafluoroethylene, perfluoro(lower alkyl vinyl ether) or perfluoro(lower alkoxy lower alkyl vinyl ether), and a perfluoro unsaturated nitrile compound are charged, and the temperature is raised to about 50 to 80° C. Then, a redox initiator composed of a radical generator (e.g., ammonium persulfate) and a reducing agent (e.g., sodium sulfite) is added. The reaction pressure is preferably maintained at about 0.75 to 0.85 MPa. Accordingly, in order to increase the pressure in the reactor that decreases with the progress of the reaction, it is preferable to perform the reaction while adding a mixture of these three monomers in batches.
 The perfluoroelastomer terpolymer comprising the above components as essential components can be copolymerized with other fluorinated olefins, various vinyl compounds, etc., in an amount that does not inhibit the copolymerization reaction and that does not impair vulcanizate physical properties (about 20 mol % or less). Examples of other fluorinated olefins include vinylidene fluoride, monofluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene, trifluoropropylene, pentafluoropropylene, hexafluoropropylene, hexafluoroisobutylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, and dichlorodifluoroethylene. Examples of vinyl compounds include ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, isobutylene, methyl vinyl ether, ethyl vinyl ether, butyl vinyl ether, cyclohexyl vinyl ether, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and trifluorostyrene.
as described in Patent Document 2, mentioned above, in an amount of 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, preferably 0.5 to 2 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the perfluoroelastomer.
 The perfluoroelastomer containing a cyano group is further mixed with a coloring agent in an amount of 0.005 to 0.3 parts by weight, preferably 0.01 to 0.2 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the perfluoroelastomer. When the amount of coloring agent used is less than this range, the coloring effect may be insufficient, depending on the type of coloring agent. In contrast, when the amount of coloring agent used is greater than this range, the coloring agent, depending on its type, may be slightly sublimated, thereby leading to vaporization of a very small amount of coloring agent even at a temperature below the melting point. Consequently, the vulcanized molded product used at 300° C. may undergo slight color fading, and undesirable contamination may occur in the oven during oven vulcanization for the production of the vulcanized molded product. Patent Document 4 discloses a fluorine-containing elastomer composition comprising, as a compound having plasma antiaging effects, at least one member selected from the group consisting of an isoindolinone pigment, a quinacridone pigment, a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment, and an anthraquinone pigment. However, such a pigment is used in an amount of 0.5 to 20 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the fluorine-containing elastomer. Thus, the amount of pigment used in Patent Document 4 is higher than the upper limit of the amount of coloring agent specified in the present invention.
 Since the coloring agent is intended to be used in an environment in which heat resistance at 300° C. or above is required (e.g., for semiconductor applications), a metal element-free organic compound that does not decompose at 300° C. is used. An organic compound having a melting point of 300° C. or above is preferably used, in terms of preventing bleed out from the vulcanized molded product or preventing vaporization. Examples of such organic compounds include quinacridone (melting point: 390° C.), coronene (melting point: 428° C.), perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide (melting point: 310 to 320° C.), and 4,4'-diamino-1,1'-bianthracene-9,9',10,10'-tetraone (melting point: 356° C.). In particular, coronene is preferably used.
 The preparation of the perfluoroelastomer composition comprising the above essential components is performed by kneading with two-rolls, or the like, at about 30 to 60° C. The crosslinking of the composition is performed by heating at about 100 to 250° C. for about 1 to 120 minutes. When the composition is subjected to secondary vulcanization, it is performed in an inert gas atmosphere, such as nitrogen gas, at about 150 to 280° C. In that case, it is preferable to perform oven vulcanization along with a gradual temperature increase, as described in Examples below.
 The following describes the present invention with reference to Examples.
 Left at 90° C. for 4 hours.
 Temperature was raised from 90° C. to 204° C. over 6 hours.
 Left at 204° C. for 18 hours.
 Temperature was raised from 204° C. to 288° C. over 6 hours.
 Left at 288° C. for 18 hours.
 In Example 1, the same amount of coronene (melting point: 428° C.) was used in place of quinacridone.
 In Example 1, the same amount of a copolymer having a composition comprising TFE, PMVE, and CPeVE (69.0/29.7/1.3 mol %) [perfluoroelastomer B] was used in place of the perfluoroelastomer A.
 In Example 2, the amount of coronene was changed to 0.02 parts by weight.
 In Example 2, the amount of coronene was changed to 0.2 parts by weight.
 In Example 1, quinacridone was not used.
 In Example 1, the same amount of N,N'-dimethylquinacridone (melting point: 286° C.) was used in place of quinacridone.
 In Example 1, the same amount of perylene (melting point: 276° C.) was used in place of quinacridone.
 In Example 1, the amount of quinacridone was changed to 0.4 parts by weight. Undesirable contamination was observed in the oven during oven vulcanization.
 The vulcanized molded products obtained in the Examples and Comparative Examples above were subjected to the measurement of normal-state physical properties, the measurement of compression set, the evaluation of color transfer, the observation of product color (change), a plasma irradiation test, and an outgas test.
 Compression set: ASTM Method B; The compression set of a P-24 O ring was measured at 275° C., 300° C., or 315° C., for 70 hours.
 Color transfer: Coloring of the mold after the measurement of compression set (at 300° C. for 70 hours) was visually evaluated.
 Product color (change): The product color before and after the measurement of compression set (at 300° C. for 70 hours) was visually observed.
 Plasma irradiation test (rate of weight loss): RBH3030 (produced by ULVAC, Inc.) was used.
 Outgas test: TDS (produced by GERSTEL K. K.) was used.
 The total amount of outgas was measured while the temperature was raised at 15° C./min from 40° C. to 320° C.
 The following table shows the obtained results.