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Man Must Recognize Natural Law or Perish
Message Posted May 14, 2008
pope Benedict XVI said on May 10, 2008 that natural law "deserves to be recognized as the source inspiring the relationship between a married couple in their responsibility to generate children. The transmission of life is inscribed in nature and its laws stand as an unwritten norm to which everyone must refer."1
The Holy Father referred to the crisis of the family when he said there has been "a notable drop in the number of marriages and an astonishing increase in divorces." He told Hungarian bishops visiting the Vatican, "You have rightly criticized public recognition of abominable unions," speaking of perverse de facto marriage unions.
We must ask ourselves with Our Lady coming for almost 28 years, is Our Lady coming because natural law is blatantly violated and the world cannot continue without self destructing? Sixty years ago:
6 million Jews were exterminated
20 million Russians were exterminated
10 million Christians were exterminated
1,900 Catholic priests were exterminated
The UK has banned the teaching of the Holocaust because the above facts may offend Muslims. Iran is claiming the Holocaust is a myth. General Eisenhower upon finding the victims of the death camps ordered Germans in the surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps to see what they turned the other way not to see. Eisenhower even ordered them to bury the dead. He ordered photographers to document the human extermination and to record eye witness accounts because he knew somewhere down the road, history would say it never happened. Our Lady said:
"…pray…so that the dream that your fathers had may be fulfilled…"
In the book Dreams of My Father, presidential candidate, Barack Obama wrote, "I ceased to advertise my mother's race (she was white) at the age of 12 or 13 when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."
Why so much hate? Where is the love, where are the real dreams of our fathers that Our Lady spoke of? Instead, all has turned to hate. Hate denies truth and attempts to make what is a lie, truth, and truth a lie. We live in a reversed culture, a reversed world. This symptom of a diseased world is why God now sends Our Lady to the earth. Never in the history of the world has the denial of history, the denial of sin as in the present, the rewriting of truth, the attempts to reverse natural law to unnatural law ever ultimately prevailed. All of these perversions of truth are on the brink of being corrected. It is through natural law, formed by the Creator, by which we are governed. Natural law has never, nor will it ever be permanently reversed. In that truth we can take consolation. Thus, however, destruction of untruth will come only after an ugly clash in which hatred will peak in its evil and ingenuity, but be finally crushed and defeated by love, only love. The same love which defeated hatred in the coliseums and courts of the Roman Empire, transforming it into the Christian Roman Empire. Our Lady said,
"…I want you to love all men with my love, both the good and the bad. Only that way will love conquer the world…"
Whether the battle ground is within yourself, right in your own home, your school, work, church, or in the culture, we are in a time of a great reckoning; a difficult time. Don't give up, don't give in; let your only instrument be love, for you can obtain everything through love.
"…with love, one obtains everything…"
"…dear children, in the place where you live, act with love. Let your only instrument always be love. By love turn everything into good which satan desires to destroy and possess…"
1. Vatican Information Services
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Marybeth Albert
Washing dishes from a water spiker while camping I was reminded by my dad that although I thought I was roughing it, he told me that thousands of people living today would be so grateful to have water piped into a campsite. Thank you Friend of Medjugorie for reminding me to thank God for the many things I take for granted. May God bless all fathers, the ones still with us and those in Heaven on this most special day.
Anthony Grabowski
God bless the soul of Papa Tony. Friend of Medugorje, God's peace to you and your family as well.


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You ought to now feel far more confident when it comes to getting the laptop computer you need. Learn what you can about laptops. The best thing to do when you need a laptop is to focus on your budget and your needs so that you're able to get the best laptop for you.


The design of the Lauf Grit is based around eliminating all "moving parts", and therefore, friction and maintenance. The monocoque carbon fiber structure delivers incredible strength, and the test-fork we have in our lab has already been "shocked" over 1 million times, without showing any signs of wear and tear. That equals more grinding than you'll manage to cram into at least 5 years of action!
The springs on the Lauf Grit are made of military spec S2 glassfiber that is extremely tough on hits and flexible in the direction of the travel. The springs have been "shocked" in our test lab over 1.500.000 times reaching 22mm amplitude every time.
The Lauf Grit has 30mm of travel with progressive spring rate. This means that the further the fork compresses the springs become stiffer. This helps keeping the fork from bottoming without sacrificing small bump compliance.
The Lauf forks are designed to maintain the lightness and reliability of rigid forks, while offering absorption and traction in small bumps that conventional suspension forks can't match. The stiction and high unsprung weight of conventional suspension forks make them unable to keep up with high-speed input as brilliantly as the Lauf Grit.


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Offscreen Activities
R12 – Pansit interviews Brisket
Luz shares a pleasant afternoon eating icecream and window-shopping with Drake, and has such a good time she offers to make it a regular hangout. She sweet-talks a vendor into letting them both have samples of every flavour. She thinks her favourite is honeycomb.
Brisa accepts the sparring match with enthusiasm, and doesn't hold back. Afterwards, she sends a care package to her friend's house, including a handwritten thank-you note. In it, Brisa tells Vix that she's a good friend, and that Brisa is proud of her.
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Saltriv has one last sparring match with Brisa. They lose quickly, but they give it their all nonetheless. At the end of it, they tell Brisa that it was fun, and that they hope they can meet again someday.
Eternal Shadows: A human-turned-Oshawott ensnares himself in his own web of lies, while his new Chikorita and Charmander companions struggle with issues of their own. A tale of deceit, keeping secrets, downward spirals, and holding on despite everything.
A Way To Reunite: After saving the world, a human and their partner long to see each other again, even if the laws of reality prohibit it.
Bench's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Drabbles: A collection of PMD drabbles, each 100 words long. Formerly just "A Cold, Bitter Future".
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Brisa thanks Saltriv for all their help in their time on Cibus, and wishes them luck back home with everything to come for them and their friends. She jokes that she enjoyed kicking their ass, but they're at their best on a team. Keep a steady heart, kid. Yer friends need you.
Brisa meets with Icetales to thank him for everything he's done for the team, and for him humouring her Colo matchup requests. The team wouldn't have been nearly as effective without his support, his bravery, and his unyielding endurance. Good luck back home with yer shitty pa, fella. You'll be alright.
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As the final hours neared and everyone prepared themselves to return to their original worlds, Icetales remembered the last conversation he had with his sister Seventh at Spirits' Edge…
"…So, thou art considering defying our father, Tenth."
"Yes. This is what must be done. I must do it to save our people and the other kingdoms from his wrath."
"Hm. A half-blood as a monarch of Borealis… This is such an undesirable outcome."
"It is still far better than keeping him on the throne, so that he start a senseless war and spill innocent blood. I shall not let that happen. I… am ready for the task."
"…Very well. So, thou will be returning to our world at this moment? I have left the notes as that fire demon asked me, so that thou will not forget what thou must do."
"Much appreciated. But… No. Not yet. I must run a few last errands before departure…"
After taking a deep breath and readying his heart and mind, Icetales strode toward the exit of his temporary house. He stared at it for a while, as if trying to get some remaining memento that will not last, and with a heavy heart he closed the door…
Final Tango with Cynthian
It felt a tad strange to be wearing those robes after not wearing anything other than his ribbon for months, but Icetales had to admit that Cynthian had done a superb job with their attires.
They found a private spot by the lake, with the moon reflected on the clear water. The two spent a few minutes talking about their goals back home, as if to make sure that they could carry a piece of those words with them. Cynthian told him to hold his head high, and face his father with all he got.
"I have faith in you, Icetales."
With his heart brimming with reassurance, Icetales invited her to one last dance, so that they would end everything with joy, not sadness.
Yes, a quadruped dancing with a biped brought some challenges, but it was still such a lovely moment, with a soft music playing in the background. Body against body, feeling each other's heart beating against their respective chests, and finally an embrace.
"We shall see each other again someday, my love…"
Reading by the Lakeside with Saltriv
Ah, yes. The lake was surely Icetales' favorite spot, and he was delighted to see Saltriv there, enjoying some sunrays.
The two conversed for a while, with Saltriv talking about their desire to write books someday, and Icetales humored them with some books he had written during his time in his world. Stories of legends, myths and folklore from his world; tales of hope and self-sacrifice; books of arcane witchcraft from other dimensions.
After reading some notes together, Saltriv gave one last hug to Icetales with their vines, and Icetales reciprocated that by wrapping his tails.
"Good luck with thy goal, Saltriv. I am sure thou will accomplish great things!"
Hearts of Battle and Darkness, ft Brisa and Owen
Icetales wasn't too surprised to see them hanging out by the training room, ready to spar for one last time. It sure brought back memories of when the two taught him the first tricks to become a proper battler.
How much things had changed, indeed.
Icetales was quick to request one last training session, so that he could get ready to face his father. Owen had an interesting idea: trying to replicate the Chaos Scythe by bending a Protect and empowering it with flames.
After all, Icetales had to be ready to fight a scythe-wielding demon, so why not train with another scythe-wielding demon?
Hours passed, with Icetales cutting through fire and electricity with his dark powers. The darkness that was going to destroy other darkness… He felt his spirit shining despite all of that, and his heart became stronger and sturdier with each passing minute.
He felt… ready.
But of course, the two had some final encouraging words…
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At hearing this, Icetales smirked and wagged his tails. "I shall. Many thanks for everything, you two. I would not have come this far without your help and friendship… I wish you both all the best with your future endeavors, too."
Demonic Foxes Meet
That hybrid between a Giratina and a Zoroark — Kora, right? — seemed particularly interested in both Icetales and Petram, for two different reasons. Icetales was somewhat weirded out by the antics of the Zoroark, while Petram found him hilarious.
They showed off their respective demonic powers and talked a bit about their respective worlds, before parting for destinations unknown.
Talking About Legends with Koamaru
Ah, yes. The library was such a nostalgic place, and Icetales found it amusing that some of the books he had written were already exposed on the shelves.
In fact, it seemed that Koamaru had a couple of them in his stash of books, and Icetales approached his young friend.
They talked about their missions back home, and Icetales once more reminded him that he would cheer for Koamaru, even if his mind were to forget everything. In exchange, Koamaru thanked the fox for all the words of encouragement, and wished him best of luck with his family and father.
They shared one last hug, fur brushing fur, and traded one last moment with some fresh tea.
Tea Party with Mellow
Of course, Icetales had plenty of tea to share, and what better way than to have some Teatime with Mellow?
The two enjoyed some nice tea together, and Icetales wished her best of luck with her job and activities back home.
They shared one last hug and went to their respective ways… and the Ninetales froze when he found out that all his money was gone.
"Well, I'll be darned…"
Stargazing with Bahamut and Celeste
It was always a pleasure to look at the stars with Celeste, and Icetales was pleased to have managed to find Bahamut and look at the stars together. Sure, Bahamut was the same old dragon with a pragmatic point of view, but Icetales appreciated that, anyway.
Celeste… Well, there were still the weird feelings that they had never fully tackled, but it is not like they had time to work on them anymore — soon, they would forget everything.
Icetales could almost swear that Bahamut was thinking that they should better take a room for themselves or something. He had no way to tell, however.
Still, despite the awkward atmosphere, it was a pleasant time for him.
[to be continued]
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Nate and Rocky go to visit Chip to see what he's up to. Any new projects? Nate wonders whether he found any inspiration from all the moon nonsense or the pocket universe--anything he might be able to study further. He thanks Chip for his help in their investigations over the past few months.
The two of them also head up the hill to see Pop and Cola. Rocky wants to thank Pop again for fixing his psychic link with him earlier and for giving him his special power to pull in people from other worlds. It was super helpful! Nate thanks Pop as well, although he clearly would rather not revisit the time he came to Destiny Tower with a request for its arceus. Rocky wants to say hi to Cola, too. He wants to know what Cola's going to be up to, now that the danger to Cibus has passed. He hopes they can play together, too! Rocky thinks it's going to be fun to watch Cola grow up and learn how to be a god.
Nate has Rocky leave a note for Karat. He says it was too bad that no one on Team Spectrum wound up getting the chance to fight him before they had to leave, but he hopes Karat will have the chance to get out and battle a bit in the future anyhow. Maybe Diyem or Maple would make a good opponent for him. Nate wishes Karat and Deoxys luck with the regeneration, and Rocky says he's sorry about that once again.
They go to visit Blacklight Mewtwo at Diyem's house, where he definitely isn't staying. They want to see how he's doing, and Rocky brings him a Karat action figure and a book of children's adventure stories. He says he hopes they can hang out once Team Spectrum leaves Cibus--maybe he'd like to come with him and Mia to travel and see the world? He's curious whether Blacklight Mewtwo's thought about coming up with a name for himself, too. Nate tries to pet Toast. He may leave a note thanking Diyem as well. Perhaps a picture that he drew...?
They make sure to say goodbye to Silver and his team as well. Nate's curious about Silver's plans from here. He's planning to return to the human world, isn't he? Nate wishes him luck and expresses hope that he won't have to worry about Giovanni in the future. He also has gifts for Silver's team, a few berries for each of them in their favorite flavors.
The day before everyone is scheduled to leave, Nate invites Buffet out to lunch at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Rocky tries to match whatever Buffet takes, and Nate mostly just snags things from Rocky's plate when the familiar isn't paying attention. Nate thanks Buffet for all he's done to help Team Spectrum, and wishes him a long life and a long period of peace on Cibus.
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On Team Spectrum's final evening in Cibus, Cabot and Pleo take on the Curry Bowl Challenge alongside Kate and Melanie.
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Any new projects? Nate wonders whether he found any inspiration from all the moon nonsense or the pocket universe--anything he might be able to study further. He thanks Chip for his help in their investigations over the past few months.
Chip says that he has no new projects, and the world, for now, can carry on with inventing things without him. He was going to take a few months off and relax with his father, Reshiram.
Rocky wants to say hi to Cola, too. He wants to know what Cola's going to be up to, now that the danger to Cibus has passed. He hopes they can play together, too! Rocky thinks it's going to be fun to watch Cola grow up and learn how to be a god.
Cola seems eager to get to training in an era of peace, saying that if things go well, he'd be able to 'eat Pop' in only a few centuries! Pop chuckled at this, not looking nervous at all, and said that such a thing would be the natural progression of two halves of the same soul. In the end, they would have to become alike enough to recombine nicely, so long as neither of them are killed, which would force the process. In the end, it was a long ways away. Cibus would know entire eras where they had two gods watching over them.
Unexpectedly, Karat appeared before Rocky the moment the note was left behind. He looked the same as before, a horrid amalgamation, but it also looked like he had a few trinkets from DV with him. He wasn't much for talking, but Rocky was able to discern that he indeed returned to Destiny Village, even if he prefers the quiet of the forest. He has a home. And his fans were still there for him. Even after so many generations in Cibus, it still surprises him how accepting the world is toward a being like him.
He seemed to be okay. When Deoxys would regenerate could be a matter of decades... but Karat didn't seem to be all that upset. Deoxys didn't, either. What an odd couple.
Blacklight Mewtwo had a taste for battle, and so did some of the Void spirits within him, so that worked out nicely. He wasn't stable enough to battle in public yet, but progress was progress, and the Overseers had whole itineraries already in development for him.
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It was difficult--not so much for the Void Eternas--but in the end, a few new pictures were added to the wall of fame... Some legacies were truly more staggering than others.
They make sure to say goodbye to Silver and his team as well. Nate's curious about Silver's plans from here. He's planning to return to the human world, isn't he?
Silver remarked that he and Red were set to go back home. Dialga and Palkia's efforts, together, allowed them safe passage to the moment they'd left their world, without interfering with any "causality" issues, as Dialga phrased it. Apparently the world was far away enough that it worked out.
Silver asked Palkia where Giovanni had gone, and whatever answer was given, it was satisfying, and he didn't press. Despite everything, he was at peace with it. "Though," Silver said, "with some luck, maybe I can tap into this body when I need it. Who knows? ...Ugh. Cibus' hope is rubbing off on me. I need to get out of here, fast."
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Saltriv gives Diyem their journal as a parting gift, and says that they've truly grown to trust him.
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After everything was said and done, Owen went for one last gauntlet to meet everyone on Team Spectrum, including their Void Eternas, just to chat, see how they were, and any last words they might have had. He spent a particular amount of time with Bahamut, who would have been most affected by this, for one last meditation session. He talked with Bahamut about memories; how he had so many that were sealed away, while Bahamut started with so many that turned out to be irrelevant. But, they were still important, weren't they?
After everything, Owen offered to give Bahamut a hug. Regardless of whether he accepted or not, he also remarked that Cal might want similar things, and to humor her--or find someone who would--if she ever felt lonely.
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Bahamut's attempt at hugging Owen led to him jabbing the charizard's with one of his chest spikes. There may or may not have been a Morning Sun required after that...
Brisa meets with Cabot and Kate for a final sparring match, more for fun than competition, and cap it off with a round of drinks. As they talk, the three of them are sure that their void eternas will remain friends with them gone, and perhaps have much the same experience they just did in years to come.
Brisa swings round the Miracle Matters' accomodation at the Guild and says a few goodbyes to those she met. She has a small sparring match with Danithan in his zeraora form, just so she can have personally fought every other zeraora on the planet. Ben gets a hug, because he's a good boy. Aria gets a kiss on the cheek, because she's not the only striker gal who can put people off their guard. Owen gets one last assurance that though the future may hold challenges, he's strong and brave enough to meet them, and he already knows it.
Brisa makes a small stop at Sword and Shield's place, to congratulate them on doing their duty and wishing them well with whatever they decide for their future. And she's got hugs for them if they want them, too.
Brisa's last will and testament leaves much of her substantial wealth to reconstruction charities and combat sport scholarships. After working her ass off all year as an exceptional fighter and living frugally, she amassed quite an amount! A portion is also left as a trust fund for the void eternas.
After making a donation to Colo upkeep, she accepts an offer for a new advanced combat training annex in the DV Colosseum to be named after her, on the condition it in fact be the Brisa, Astrid & Starr Battle School.
There are rumours in Team Spectrum fangroups that an anonymously published romance novela is the work of Luxray Brisket, but it is never proven. Its style uses an oddly archaic lexical register, and it tells the story of warriors from different worlds who are separated by time and space but for precious, fleeting interactions, which nonetheless change them and their lives for the better.
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After the final Colo match, but before the final goodbye, Brisa and Astrid, at last, get to go flying together. (And, after the high air proves chilling, cuddle for warmth.)
You don't have to have the right words. Y'don't have to say anythin' at all. What matters is that here an' now, t'gether, we're happy.
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Three Chicago ad agency executives die in car crash
By Haley Velasco-26 October 2016 18:14pm
Three Chicago advertising executives were killed in Milwaukee early Saturday. In a hit-and-run accident, the women's Uber was crashed into by an SUV who had run a red light, according to police.
The three women — Ashley Sawatzke, 30, a former Energy BBDO employee who moved to Leo Burnett over the summer, Amy Taylor, 32, an account director at Energy BBDO; and Lindsey Cohen, 35, an account supervisor at Energy BBDO — were killed, according to Ad Age.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Sawatzke and Taylor suffered head injuries and were pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities said that Cohen was taken to the hospital but was declared dead from blunt force injuries to her abdomen.
The newspaper reported that the suspected driver of the 2015 Lexus R350 SUV fled the scene, but later turned himself into Milwaukee police on Monday.
"We are absolutely devastated by the loss of these three incredible, exuberant young women who were taken from us far too soon. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones at this tragic moment. The grief of their absence is felt deeply across our Energy BBDO family," Energy BBDO President and CEO Tonise Paul said in a statement.
The three women had worked together at Energy BBDO in Chicago, a firm that works with brands such as Quaker, 5 Gum, Raid and Altoids. They worked in account management, supporting national advertising campaigns on household-name brands, according to Ad Age.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic news of Ashley Sawatzke's passing. She was a valued and loved member of the Leo Burnett family. Our thoughts and prayers are with her friends and family at this time," a Leo Burnett spokesperson said in a statement.
The Uber driver, Tim Snyder, is reported to be recovering from injuries that the authorities are considering not life-threatening, at a local hospital.
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Young entrepreneur takes love of alternative milk to market (and beyond)
By Ashiah Scharaga
Arielle Danan smiles with her fresh almond milk in downtown Chico, where she first stared selling the product in 2012.
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga
Beber Almondmilk:
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From the day Arielle Danan first learned how to make almond milk, she was hooked. That was in 2011, a year Danan spent traveling abroad after graduating from Chico High, working on organic farms and learning about sustainable agriculture in northern Israel and other countries. She made a lot of almond milk—she just couldn't get enough. "I remember all the other volunteers and workers at the farm having to kind of stop me at some point and remind me that the almonds were communal because I was just using them all the time," she recalled.
Danan brought her newfound obsession home with her when she returned to the States, where she started making fresh, organic almond milk in her kitchen for friends and family. It didn't take long to realize that she had access to the resources she needed to start marketing and selling her product—after all, she was living in the "almond capital of the world."
In December 2012, Danan started making small batches of milk to sell at Chico's Saturday farmers' market. She named her company Beber after the Spanish word for "to drink." Each week, she sold out and made a point to bring a bigger batch the following week. "I think the farmers' market was really the gateway for us, because we were able to start on a really small scale," Danan said. It was the perfect way to support small incremental growth without a large start-up investment. Six years later, with the help of her longtime production manager, Ade Porter, Beber Almondmilk is sold at 11 farmers' markets and in about three dozen grocery stores between Chico and the Bay Area—including Chico Natural Foods, New Earth Market (in Chico and Yuba City) and S&S Produce.
At 25 years old, Danan is only getting started. Her vision for Beber Almondmilk includes full West Coast distribution in regional grocery stores and coffee shops. She plans to move her business from Hamilton City to a spot in Chico next spring. That location, which is three times bigger, will allow her to expand her product line (honey vanilla, chocolate, lavender and "pure" almond milk) to include yogurt, ice cream and coffee drinks. She remains focused on California for the time being, however, and with good reason: "The nature of our product is that it's fresh and that's what makes it so special. So, my priority is the quality of the product first. I'm not willing to compromise quality for national distribution."
"I love the product that I make and I love the people that I work with and the work that I get to do, but what keeps me going through all the late nights and early mornings is the fact that I like problem-solving," she said. "I like a challenge."
Local-food advocate creates her own line of flavorful seasonings.


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Justia Patents Contacting With -n=c=x-containing Reactant And With Additional Organic Reactant Containing A Hydroxyl Or Amine Group Or Polymer ThereofUS Patent Application for Modular system for coating plastics Patent Application (Application #20030105230)
Modular system for coating plastics
The invention relates to a modular system for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics comprising the following component modules:
[0001] The invention relates to a modular system comprising various component modules for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics and to a process for the production of coating compositions using this modular system. The modular system and the process may be used in vehicle and industrial coating, in particular in vehicle repair coating.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
[0002] In vehicle construction, in addition to the usual metals, increased use is also being made of plastics for various vehicle parts and attachments, such as for example external mirror casings, bumpers, spoilers, trim strips etc. The plastics used are, for example, polyolefins, such as polypropylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, ABS (acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers), polyamide, polymer blends prepared from the stated plastics and glass fibre reinforced plastics. However, when coating plastics parts, problems with adhesion to the substrate occur to a greater or lesser degree depending upon the plastic used. Non-polar plastics, such as for example polypropylene, require adhesion-promoting pretreatment and/or specially developed adhesion primers in order to be coatable at all.
[0003] In order to achieve optimum adhesion results on various plastics substrates, adhesion-promoting coating compositions, known as adhesion primers, tailored to the particular plastic have been developed and these are applied as the first layer on the plastics surface where they are intended to ensure adhesion of the complete coating structure to the plastic. So that the product range required for this purpose may be limited in size on economic grounds, the industry has already changed over to developing "general purpose" products which achieve at least adequate adhesion on all plastics substrates which may, in principle, be coated.
[0004] Such general purpose adhesion primers are described, for example, in DE-A-44 05 148 (U.S. Pat. No. 5,523,336). The adhesion primers described in said document are waterborne coating compositions and contain water-dilutable self-emulsifying epoxy resins and chlorinated polyolefins.
[0005] However, the generally satisfactory overall level of properties achievable with these general purpose products does not always adequately meet the specifications placed upon coating products, for example by automotive manufacturers.
[0006] In particular in vehicle coating and vehicle repair coating, there is accordingly a need for coating compositions for coating plastics, which compositions on the one hand exhibit good, general purpose adhesion to the various plastics substrates and simultaneously meet the automotive industry's specifications with regard to the overall range of properties. The coating compositions should thus achieve good to very good results in a series of specific tests, such as the condensed water test, breakdown test, stone impact test, steam jet test, crosscut test, alternating temperature test.
SUMMERY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The present invention provides a modular system comprising individual constituent modules, which system, by the combination of various module units, permits the production of coating compositions with good adhesion which meet the particular requirements placed upon them and thus satisfies the above-stated need.
[0008] The invention relates to a modular system for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics comprising the following component modules:
[0009] A) at least one base module containing at least one binder, extenders and/or pigments, optionally together with conventional coating additives, water and/or organic solvents,
[0010] B) at least one adhesion module containing at least one adhesion-promoting component optionally together with binders, conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water,
[0011] C) at least one elasticity module containing at least one elasticising component optionally together with conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water and
[0012] D) at least one binder module containing at least one binder optionally together with additives, organic solvents and/or water.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0013] The modular system according to the invention may additionally contain further modules. The further modules which may be present comprise, for example
[0014] E) at least one crosslinking agent module containing at least one crosslinking agent optionally together with conventional coating additives, organic solvents and/or water.
[0015] The conventional coating additives optionally present in modules A), C), D) and E) should exclude adhesion promoters for coating plastics as these adhesion promoters are present separately in the adhesion module B). Modules are taken to be storage-stable, separately storable units from which finished coating compositions may be produced by suitable combination or which themselves constitute a finished coating composition. By combining various modules A) to E) it is possible to obtain coating compositions having properties tailored to the specific requirements of each plastic. The modules may be supplied to the user for example in the form of a kit, for example in suitable containers such as canisters, cans or bottles.
[0016] The modular system according to the invention may be used for the production of aqueous or solvent-based coating compositions.
[0017] Waterborne or solvent-based modules adapted to the particular intended application must accordingly then be prepared.
[0018] The base module A) is a preparation which contains at least one binder, extenders and/or pigments, optionally together with conventional coating additives, water and/or organic solvents. The base module preferably contains:
[0019] A1) 10 to 25 wt-% of at least one binder,
[0020] A2) 25-40 wt-% of at least one pigment and/or extender and optionally
[0021] A3) 0.5-5 wt-% of at least one conventional coating additive and/or
[0022] A4) 30-60 wt-% of at least one organic solvent and/or water, wherein the weight percentages relate to solids content and the sum of weight percentages of A1) to A4) is 100 wt-%.
[0023] Conventional film-forming binders, as are known to the person skilled in the art for the production of coating compositions, in particular in the vehicle coating sector, may be used as component AI) in the base module A). The binders may be water-dilutable or solvent-based binders. If a waterborne modular system is to be prepared, water-dilutable binders are used, while if a solvent-based modular system is to be prepared, solvent-based binders are generally used. Conventional water-dilutable or solvent-based polyurethanes, poly(meth)acrylates, polyesters, alkyd resins and epoxy resins may be considered for this purpose. The binders may be physically drying, but crosslinkable binders equipped with suitable functional groups are preferably used. When selecting the functional groups or when selecting the crosslinking agent, care must be taken to ensure that the only binder/crosslinking agent systems selected are those which do not require excessively high crosslinking temperatures, as, due to the temperature-sensitivity of the substrates, temperatures in excess of 100° C. should be avoided in plastics coating. In the case of use in vehicle repair coating, binder/crosslinking agent systems should be selected which are suitable for the curing temperatures conventional in repair coating, for example of 20-80° C., preferably of 20-60° C.
[0024] In the case of water-dilutable binders, the binders conventionally contain ionic groups or groups capable of forming ions and/or nonionic groups in order to achieve sufficient water dilutability. Groups capable of forming anions which may be considered are for example carboxyl, phosphoric acid and sulfonic acid groups. Groups capable of forming cations which may be considered are for example primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups or onium groups, such as quaternary ammonium, phosphonium and/or tertiary sulfonium groups. The ionic groups are then neutralised with suitable bases or acids. Examples of suitable nonionic groups are alkylene oxide groups, such as ethylene oxide and propylene oxide groups. Alternatively or in addition to modifying the binders with the stated ionic and/or nonionic groups, it is possible to achieve water dilutability of the binders by means of external emulsifiers.
[0025] Examples of crosslinkable functional groups present in the binders A1) are hydroxyl, isocyanate, acetoacetyl, olefinically unsaturated groups, such as (meth)acryloyl groups, epoxy, carboxyl and amino groups. The binders A1) preferably contain hydroxyl groups as crosslinkable functional groups.
[0026] Binders containing hydroxyl groups which may be used individually or in combination are, for example, polyurethanes, polyesters and poly(meth)acrylates. These resins generally have a hydroxyl value of 20 to 250 mg of KOH/g and may optionally additionally be modified. Hydroxy-functional poly(meth)acrylates are preferably used, particularly preferably poly(meth)acrylate resins having hydroxyl values of for example 80 to 200 mg of KOH/g, acid values of 0-150 mg of KOH/g, preferably of 0-100 mg of KOH/g and amine values of 0-150 mg of KOH/g, preferably of 0-100 mg of KOH/g. The acid value and/or amine value must be adjusted so as to ensure sufficient water dilutability of the poly(meth)acrylate resins. The hydroxy-functional poly(meth)acrylate resins have a preferred number average molecular weight Mn of 1000-20000, particularly preferably of 1000-10000.
[0027] (Meth)acrylate und (meth)acrylic should be understood here and hereinafter to mean acrylate and/or methacrylate, and acrylic and/or methacrylic.
[0028] The preferably usable poly(meth)acrylate resins containing hydroxyl groups are produced by free-radical polymerisation of olefinically unsaturated monomers.
[0029] Free-radically polymerisable monomers which may be considered are virtually any olefinically unsaturated monomers as are usual in free-radical polymerisation. In addition to hydroxy-functional unsaturated monomers, the monomers may comprise unsaturated monomers with further functional groups, for example carboxyl groups or glycidyl groups, together with conventional unsaturated monomers without further functional groups.
[0030] Suitable olefinically unsaturated monomers with hydroxyl groups are, for example, hydroxyalkyl esters of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids with primary or secondary hydroxyl groups. Preferred hydroxyalkyl esters are those of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with aliphatic diols having 2-20 C atoms. Examples of such hydroxyalkyl esters with a primary hydroxyl group are hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxyamyl (meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol mono(meth)acrylate, hydroxyhexyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxyoctyl (meth)acrylate. Examples of hydroxyalkyl esters with a secondary hydroxyl group are 2-hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate, 3-hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate. It is, however, also possible to use the corresponding esters of other unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as for example of crotonic acid or isocrotonic acid.
[0031] Another group of OH-functional, unsaturated monomers comprises hydroxyalkylamides of unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as for example of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and fumaric acid. Examples of these are N-hydroxyethylmethacrylic acid amide, N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide or N-hydroxyalkylfumaric acid mono- or diamide. Further suitable compounds are also reaction products prepared from 1 mol of hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and 2 mol of a lactone, preferably epsilon-caprolactone, and addition products of (meth)acrylic acid and glycidyl esters of saturated monocarboxylic acids, which are branched in alpha position and have 5-15 C atoms per molecule, preferably addition products with glycidyl esters of saturated alpha,alpha-dialkylalkane monocarboxylic acids with 5-13, preferably 9-11 C atoms per molecule, for example glycidyl esters of versatic acid.
[0032] Other unsaturated compounds containing hydroxyl groups are allyl alcohol, monovinyl ethers of polyalcohols, especially of diols such as for example the monovinyl ether of ethylene glycol or butanediol, allyl ethers or esters containing hydroxyl groups such as 2,3-dihydroxypropyl monoallyl ether, trimethylolpropane monoallyl ether or 2,3-dihydroxypropanoic acid allyl ester and glycerol mono(meth)acrylate.
[0033] Particularly suitable compounds are hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate and hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate.
[0034] Further comonomers which may be used are unsaturated monomers without further functional groups. Examples of these are esters of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated monocarboxylic acids with aliphatic monohydric branched or unbranched and cyclic alcohols having 1-20 C atoms. These preferably comprise esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. Examples of esters with aliphatic alcohols are methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, tert.-butyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, lauryl acrylate, stearyl acrylate and the corresponding methacrylates. Examples of esters with cyclic alcohols are cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, trimethylcyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, 4-tert.-butylcyclohexyl (meth)acrylate and isobornyl (meth)acrylate.
[0035] Further unsaturated monomers are, for example, vinyl aromatic monomers such as styrene, alpha-methylstyrene and vinyl esters, such as vinyl acetate or vinyl esters of monocarboxylic acids which are branched in alpha position and have 5-15 C atoms per molecule, preferably vinyl esters of saturated alpha,alpha-dialkylalkane monocarboxylic acids having 5-13, preferably 9-11 C atoms per molecule. Ethylenically polyunsaturated monomers may, however, also be used. These are monomers having at least 2 free-radically polymerisable double bonds. Examples of these are divinylbenzene, 1,4-butanediol diacrylate, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, neopentyl glycol dimethacrylate, glycerol dimethacrylate. A proportion of monomers containing carboxyl groups and/or amino groups may also be incorporated by polymerisation. Examples of monomers containing carboxyl groups are &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as for example acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid and semi-esters of maleic and fumaric acid. Suitable amine-functional monomers are &ohgr;-di(C1-C4) alkylamino (C1-C18)alkyl (meth)acrylates and (meth)acrylamides. Examples are N(N,N-diethylaminopropyl) (meth)acrylamide, N(N,N-dimethylaminopropyl) (meth)acrylamide, N(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl) (meth)acrylamide, N-methylaminopropyl (meth)acrylamide, N-ethylaminopropyl (meth)acrylamide, N,N-diethylaminopropyl (meth)acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate, N-methylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate, N-ethylaminopropyl (meth)acrylate.
[0036] The individual monomers are here used in quantities such that the desired hydroxyl and optionally acid or amine values are obtained.
[0037] The preferred hydroxy-functional poly(meth)acrylates may be used in combination with further hydroxy-functional resins, for example hydroxy-functional polyesters and/or hydroxy-functional polyurethanes.
[0038] Conventional organic or inorganic colour-imparting pigments and/or extenders as are known to the person skilled in the art for the production of coating compositions, in particular in the vehicle coating sector, may be considered as component A2) in the base module. Examples of pigments are titanium dioxide, micronised titanium dioxide, iron oxide pigments, carbon black, azo pigments, phthalocyanine pigments, quinacridone and pyrrolopyrrole pigments. Examples of extenders are silicon dioxide, aluminium silicate, aluminium oxide, barium sulfate and talcum.
[0039] Conventional coating additives may be present in the base module as component A3). The additives comprise the conventional additives usable in the coating sector, in particular in fillers and primers. Examples of such additives are levelling agents, for example based on (meth)acrylic homopolymers or silicone oils, anticratering agents, antifoaming agents, catalysts, dispersing agents, thickeners and emulsifiers.
[0040] Organic solvents and/or water may be present in the base module as component A4). Organic solvents comprise conventional coating solvents. These may originate from the production of the binders and/or are added separately. Examples of such solvents are mono- or polyhydric alcohols, for example propanol, butanol, hexanol; glycol ethers or esters, for example butyl glycol, butyl diglycol, diethylene glycol dialkyl ethers, dipropylene glycol dialkyl ethers, ethyl glycol acetate, butyl glycol acetate, butyl diglycol acetate, esters, such as for example butyl acetate, isobutyl acetate, amyl acetate, glycols, for example ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and oligomers thereof, N-methylpyrrolidone, and ketones, for example methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, cyclohexanone; aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbons, for example toluene, xylene, or linear or branched aliphatic C6-C12 hydrocarbons. In the case of a modular system for the production of aqueous coating compositions, if organic solvents are necessary, it is preferred to use water-miscible organic solvents.
[0041] The base module A) generally has a weight ratio of extenders and pigments to binders of preferably 1.6:1-3.0:1, particularly preferably of 1.7:1-2.7:1.
[0042] The base module A) is preferably used in combination with at least one further module, i.e. the base module A) is first combined with at least one of the above-stated modules to yield a finished coating composition. Due to its comparatively high extender/pigment:binder ratio, the base module A) is not ideally suited for use directly as a finished coating composition, in particular as a primer.
[0043] One possible embodiment of the invention involves additionally preparing a second base module with a lower extender/pigment:binder ratio than described above. This base module which may optionally be present in addition to the actual base module A) may be designated base module AII). Base module AII) preferably exhibits a pigment/extender:binder ratio of 1.2:1-1.6:1. Due to its composition, in particular its pigment/extender:binder ratio, base module AII) is suitable and is also in particular intended for direct use as a finished coating composition without being combined with further modules, with the exception of the crosslinking agent module E).
[0044] The adhesion module B) is a preparation which contains at least one adhesion-promoting component optionally together with at least one binder, conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water.
[0045] The adhesion-promoting component comprises those adhesion-promoting or adhesion-improving compounds which are known to the person skilled in the art for the formulation in particular of adhesion primers for coating plastics. Widely used adhesion-promoting components, known in brief as adhesion additives, comprise, for example, chlorinated polyolefins, such as for example chlorinated polyethylene, chlorinated polypropylene, chlorinated polyethylene/polypropylene copolymers or mixtures thereof. The chlorinated polyolefins generally exhibit a degree of chlorination of 15-45 wt-% and may assume the form of a powder, a solution in organic solvents or an aqueous dispersion. The chlorinated polyolefins may, for example, assume the form of a solution in hydrocarbons, preferably aromatic hydrocarbons. The solids content of solutions of chlorinated polyolefins may be, for example, 18-60 wt-%. The stated products are known to the person skilled in the art and are commercially available, for example from Eastman. Chlorinated polyolefins may also be used as an aqueous dispersion, obtainable for example under the trade name Trapylen 6950 W (Tramaco). Non-chlorinated products may furthermore also be used as adhesion promoters, for example the product Eastman AP 440-1 (25% in xylene, Eastman).
[0046] The adhesion module B) may also contain a portion of binder. The binders may here comprise those binders as have already been described above in the description of the base module A). If the adhesion module B) contains binders, they preferably comprise the same binders as were also selected for the base module A).
[0047] The adhesion module B) may also contain organic solvents and/or water together with further conventional coating additives and/or extenders. The organic solvents, further conventional coating additives and extenders comprise those as have already been stated above in the description of the base module A).
[0048] According to a preferred embodiment, the adhesion module B) contains binders in addition to the adhesion additive. Such binders here preferably comprise at least one of the binders which are also used in the base module A). The weight ratio of adhesion additive to binder in the adhesion module may, for example, be 0.4:1-1:3 (solid to solid).
[0049] The adhesion module B) is used as an additional component for the production of corresponding coating compositions. In the context of the modular system according to the invention, it is generally used when non-polar plastics which are known to be difficult to coat, such as for example polyolefins such as polypropylene or ethylene/propylene copolymers, are to be coated.
[0050] The elasticity module C) is a preparation which contains at least one elasticising component optionally together with conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water. The elasticising component comprises those binders and/or additives having an elasticising action, as are known to the person skilled in the art for the formulation of elastic coating compositions, in particular for coating plastics. Highly elastic polyesters and/or polyurethanes may be used as the elasticising component. Elastic polyesters and polyurethanes are those based on (cyclo)aliphatic linear or slightly branched unsaturated polyesters and polyurethanes. Elastic polyesters may be prepared for example of unsaturated (cyclo)aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and unsaturated (cyclo)aliphatic diols. Examples for suitable (cyclo)aliphatic dicarboxylic acids are hexahydrophthalic acid, cyclohexane-1,2- and -1,4-dicarboxylic acid, sebacic acid and adipic acid. Where they exist, the corresponding acid anhydrides may also be used. Examples for suitable (cyclo)aliphatic diols are 1,2-ethanediole, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,10-decanediol, cyclohexanediol, cyclohexanedimethanol. Trifunctional carboxylic acids or trifunctional polyols can be used to prepare slightly branched polyesters, for example trimethylol propane. Suitable polyesters have for example a hydroxyl value of 50 to 250, preferably of 60 to 200 mg KOH/g and a number average molecular mass of 500 to 3000, preferably 500 to 2000.
[0051] Elastic unsaturated polyurethanes may be prepared for example of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates, for example hexamethylene diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, and unsaturated (cyclo)aliphatic diols. Examples for suitable (cyclo)aliphatic diols are 1,2-ethanediole, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,10-decanediol, cyclohexanediol, cyclohexanedimethanol. The polyurethanes may also be functionalised, for example, with hydroxyl groups. They may have hydroxyl values of 50-250 mg of KOH/g.
[0052] The elastic resins may be used in a water-reducible or solvent-based form or they are free of water and organic solvents. Water-reducible resins contain ionic groups, for example acid groups, or nonionic groups in order to achieve sufficient water dilutability. Such highly elastic resins are known to the person skilled in the art. They are also commercially available, for example under the names Bayhydrol PT 241 (Bayer, aqueous polyester/polyurethane dispersion) or Desmophen 670 (Bayer, polyester containing hydroxyl groups, solvent-free). Preferably as elasticising component are used elastic resins based on (cyclo)aliphatic linear or slightly branched hydroxy-functional polyesters.
[0053] The organic solvents, conventional coating additives and extenders comprise those as have already been stated above in the description of the base module A).
[0054] The elasticity module C) is used as an additional component for the production of corresponding coating compositions. In the context of the modular system according to the invention, it is generally used when particular elasticity of the coating composition is required, for example when highly flexible plastics, for example plasticised PVC or PVC foils, are to be coated.
[0055] The binder module D) is a preparation which contains at least one binder, optionally together with conventional coating additives, water and/or organic solvents.
[0056] The binder module D) contains at least one water-dilutable or solvent-based binder. The binders here comprise those binders as have already been described above in the description of the base module A). The same binders as were also selected for the base module A) are preferably used in the binder module D). The binders indicated as preferred in the description of the base module A) are also used as preferred binders in the binder module D).
[0057] The binder module D) is combined with at least one of the other modules to yield a finished coating composition. Since, by virtue of its composition, the binder module D) is substantially used as a "let-down" component, it is preferably combined with the base module A) to yield a finished coating composition.
[0058] In addition to the modules A) to D) described above, the modular system according to the invention may additionally also contain at least one crosslinking agent module E).
[0059] The crosslinking agent module E) is a preparation which contains one or more crosslinking agents optionally together with organic solvents, water and/or conventional coating additives. Crosslinking agents should here be taken to be any compounds which are capable of entering into a chemical crosslinking reaction with at least one of the binders present in the modules A) to D). The nature of the crosslinking agent depends upon the nature and the functionality of the binders in the various modules A) to D). Compounds having hydroxyl, isocyanate, acetoacetyl, olefinically unsaturated groups, such as (meth)acryloyl groups, epoxy, carboxyl and amino groups, may be considered as crosslinking agents. Compounds with isocyanate groups, in particular with free isocyanate groups, are preferably used in accordance with the preferred functionality of the binders used in modules A) to D).
[0060] Compounds with isocyanate groups are, for example, any organic polyisocyanates with aliphatically, cycloaliphatically, araliphatically and/or aromatically bound free isocyanate groups. The polyisocyanates are liquid at room temperature or liquefied by the addition of organic solvents. The polyisocyanates generally have a viscosity at 23° C. of from 1 to 6000 mPas, preferably of above 5 and below 3000 mPas.
[0061] The polyisocyanates are preferably polyisocyanates or polyisocyanate mixtures with an average NCO functionality of 1.5 to 5, preferably of 2 to 3.
[0062] Particularly suitable are, for example, "coating polyisocyanates" based on hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane (IPDI) and/or bis(isocyanatocyclohexyl)methane and per se known derivatives of these diisocyanates having biuret, allophanate, urethane and/or isocyanurate groups. Sterically hindered polyisocyanates, such as for example 1,1,6,6-tetramethylhexamethylene diisocyanate, 1,5-dibutylpentamethyl diisocyanate, p- or m-tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate and the corresponding hydrogenated homologues, are also highly suitable. These diisocyanates may also be reacted in a suitable manner to yield more highly functional compounds, for example by trimerisation or by reaction with water or trimethylolpropane.
[0063] Aromatic polyisocyanates are also suitable. Examples of these are polyisocyanates based on 2,4-diisocyanatotoluene or the mixtures thereof with 2,6-diisocyanatotoluene or based on 4,4′-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane and the trimerisation products thereof.
[0064] Further crosslinking agents usable in the crosslinking agent module E) are polyepoxides, for example aromatic epoxides based on bisphenol A, but also glycidyl-functional polymers such as for example glycidyl-functional poly(meth)acrylates. Blocked polyamines, for example poly- and/or diamines blocked with ketones or aldehydes are also suitable as crosslinking agents, as are carboxy-functional polyesters, polyurethanes and/or poly(meth)acrylates and polyfunctional carboxylic acids.
[0065] The equivalent ratio of the reactive functional groups of the binders in modules A) to D) to the complementarily reactive functional groups of the crosslinking agents in the module E) may preferably be 1:4-4:1, particularly preferably 1:2-2:1.
[0066] As a general rule, if a waterborne modular system is to be prepared, the individual modules contain water and optionally small quantities of organic solvents. If a solvent-based modular system is to be prepared, the individual modules contain organic solvents.
[0067] In general, when producing coating compositions using the modular system according to the invention, the coating composition A) is combined as required with at least one of modules B) to D) and optionally with module E). Only the base module AII) may preferably be used as a module by itself because it is already a finished coating composition and, in appropriate applications, does not need to be complemented by other modules. However, in the presence of crosslinkable binders, the base module AII) may be combined with the crosslinking agent module E).
[0068] The base module A) may, for example, be combined with the adhesion module B). This is generally case if it is desired to achieve the greatest possible versatility of the coating compositions produced with the modular system with regard to adhesion to the plastics substrate. Using the adhesion module is intended to ensure at least satisfactory adhesion onto all normally coatable plastics. This combination may moreover be used with good adhesion results for coating non-polar polyolefin substrates, for example polypropylene substrates.
[0069] The base module A) may furthermore, for example, be combined with the elasticity module C). This is generally the case if highly flexible plastics, for example plasticised PVC, PVC foil or flexible polyurethane foams, are to be coated.
[0070] The base module A) may furthermore, for example, be combined with the binder module D). This is generally the case if rigid plastics, such as glass fibre reinforced unsaturated polyesters, rigid polyurethane integral foams and solvent-sensitive plastics, such as ABS (acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers) and polycarbonate are to be coated.
[0071] If necessary, the base module A) may also, for example, be combined as required with the adhesion module B) and the elasticity module C).
[0072] If modules A) to D) contain crosslinkable binders, the crosslinking agent module E) may generally be used for crosslinking.
[0073] The invention also relates to a process for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics using the modular system described above.
[0074] Coating compositions are produced using the modular system according to the invention by mixing together the individual modules which are stored as finished units. The mixing ratio of the individual modules relative to one another may here vary within relatively broad limits and is tailored to particular requirements. The mixing ratio of the individual modules may here be adjusted, for example, by volume, as is usual for example in repair paint shops. The modules may be stored in containers such as cans, canisters or bottles. The required proportions by volume may be added, for example, by means of measuring vessels provided with an appropriate graduated scale or advantageously by means of cone-top bottles or container closures provided with an appropriate graduated scale. Once added, the individual modules are vigorously mixed together. Organic solvents and/or water may optionally also be used to establish the required viscosity prior to application. It must be noted when using two-component binder/crosslinking agent systems, for example OH-functional binders and polyisocyanate crosslinking agents, that the crosslinking agent module E) may be mixed in only shortly before application.
[0075] Coating compositions produced using the modular system according to the invention are in particular used as primers or priming fillers for coating plastics. They are applied conventionally, preferably by spraying, onto the plastics substrates. The coatings are applied, for example, to a final dry film thickness of approx. 20-50 &mgr;m. Curing of the resultant coatings, optionally after a flash-off phase, proceeds preferably at temperatures of room temperature to 100° C., for example at 20 to 80° C., preferably at 20 to 60° C.
[0076] The primers may be overcoated with any desired conventional coating composition. They may, for example, be overcoated with conventional top coats. The topcoats may comprise single layer topcoats, for example based on two-component hydroxyacrylate/polyisocyanate systems, or conventional base coat/clear coat structures. The clear coats, but in particular single layer top coats, may optionally contain texture additives to achieve a textured surface. The primers may also be overcoated with conventional filler coating compositions before being topcoated. Overcoating may, in general, be performed with solvent-based or waterborne coating compositions.
[0077] Coating compositions produced using the modular system according to the invention may in particular be used as primers or priming fillers for coating plastics in vehicle and industrial coating operations. The modular system according to the invention is, however, in particular suitable for use in vehicle repair coating, for example in a paint shop. Using a limited inventory of module units, the system permits the efficient production of coating compositions for plastics coating which cover a wide range of applications without requiring a large product range to be held in stock and which meet the specified quality requirements for different grades of plastics.
[0078] The following Examples are intended to illustrate the invention in greater detail.
[0079] 1. Production of Module Units
[0080] Module units of the composition stated below were produced: 1 Base Adhesion Module A Module B Constituent wt- % wt- % Water-dilutable amino- and hydroxy-functional 45.0 47.0 methacrylate resin, 30% in water, prepared according to U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,434, example 1 N-Methylpyrrolidone 1.0 1.0 Solvesso 150 (organic solvent) 2.0 2.0 Kristalloel 30 (organic solvent) 2.0 2.0 Conventional commercial hydroxy-functional 4.0 — elastic polyester, solvent-free (Desmophen 670, Bayer) Deionised water 9.0 8.0 Conventional commercial defoamer (Agitan 315) 0.6 0.6 Conventional commercial dispersant (sodium 0.4 0.4 salt of a naphthalenesulfonic acid condensation product, Metolat FC 530) Barium sulfate 5.0 3.0 Aluminium hydrosilicate 17.0 11.0 Titanium dioxide 14.0 10.0 Chlorinated polyolefin, 40% in xylene — 15.0 (CPO 343-1, Eastman) Pigment/extender:binder ratio 2.1:1 (solid:solid) Chlorinated polyolefin:binder ratio (solid:solid) — 0.4:1 Elasticity module C: conventional commercial hydroxy- functional elastic polyester, solvent-free (Desmophen 670, Bayer) Binder module D: water-dilutable amino- and hydroxy- functional methacrylate resin, 30% in water, prepared according to U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,434, example 1 Crosslinking agent module E: −75 wt- % of an aliphatic polyisocyanate/solvent-free (Bayhydur 3100, Bayer) −25 wt- % methoxypropyl acetate
[0081] 2. Production of Primers
[0082] Primers 1-3 of the composition stated below were produced from the module units produced above.
[0083] Primer 1:
[0084] 4 parts by volume of base module A were mixed with 1 part by volume of binder module D. The resultant mixture was then vigorously mixed in a 4:1 ratio by volume with the crosslinking agent module E. Deionised water was then added in a proportion of 15 vol. % relative to the entire mixture and mixed in.
[0086] 1 part by volume of base module A was mixed with 1 part by volume of adhesion module B. The resultant mixture was then vigorously mixed in a 4:1 ratio by volume with the crosslinking agent module E. Deionised water was then added in a proportion of 15 vol. % relative to the entire mixture and mixed in.
[0088] 22 parts by volume of base module A were mixed with 1 part by volume of elasticity module C. The resultant mixture was then vigorously mixed in a 4:1 ratio by volume with the crosslinking agent module E. Deionised water was then added in a proportion of 15 vol. % relative to the entire mixture and mixed in.
[0089] 3. Application of Primers 1-3
[0090] The primers produced above were each sprayed to a final dry film thickness of approx. 40 &mgr;m onto the plastics substrates stated below.
[0091] Primer 1: onto polycarbonate
[0092] Primer 2: onto polypropylene/ethylene/diene copolymers (PPEDM)
[0093] Primer 3: onto PVC foil.
[0094] After a flash-off phase of 10 minutes at room temperature, the coatings were each cured for 30 minutes at 60° C. The primer layers were then overcoated with a conventional commercial waterborne base coat (blue metallic Standohyd Basecoat, Standox GmbH) and conventional commercial clear coat (Standocryl-HS clear coat+30% elasticity additive+2-component HS curing agent, Standox GmbH) and cured for 30 minutes at 60° C.
[0095] Firmly adhering coatings having good surface appearance were obtained in each case. The Table below shows some selected coating results. 2 Type of test Specification Primer 1 Primer 2 Primer 3 Crosscut test DIN EN GT 0-1 GT 0-1 GT 0-1 ISO 2409 Adhesion scratch * K 1 K 1 K 1 test with pocket knife Steam jet test VW test VW 0 mm 0 mm 0 mm PV 1503 Stone impact test FORD BI 157- Rating 1 Rating 1 Rating 1 04 Bending test ** — — No Condensed water DIN 50017 test 240 h Blistering after 24 h DIN 53209 BL m 0/ BL m 0/ 0 BL m 0/ regeneration after g 0 g g 0 condensed water test * K1 = very good; K2 = good; K3 = adequate; K4 = unsatisfactory ** Mandrel bending: mandrel diameter 60 mm, cracking yes/no
1. Modular system for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics comprising the following component modules:
A) at least one base module containing at least one binder, extenders and/or pigments, optionally together with conventional coating additives, water and/or organic solvents,
B) at least one adhesion module containing at least one adhesion-promoting component optionally together conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water,
C) at least one elasticity module containing at least one elasticising component optionally together with conventional coating additives, extenders, organic solvents and/or water and
D) at least one binder module containing at least one binder optionally together with additives, organic solvents and/or water.
2. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein additionally at least one crosslinking agent module E) comprising at least one crosslinking agent optionally together with conventional coating additives, organic solvents and/or water is present.
3. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein poly(meth)acrylate, polyester and/or polyurethane resins comprising hydroxyl groups are present as binders in modules A) to D).
4. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein chlorinated polyolefins are used as the adhesion-promoting component in the adhesion module B).
5. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein elastic (cyclo)aliphatic linear or slightly branched unsaturated polyesters and/or polyurethanes are used as the elasticising component in the elasticity module C).
6. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein polyisocyanates with free isocyanate groups are present as the crosslinking agent in the crosslinking agent module E).
7. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a modular system for the production of primers for coating plastics.
8. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a modular system for the production of aqueous coating compositions for coating plastics.
9. Modular system according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a modular system for the production of solvent-based coating compositions for coating plastics.
10. Process for the production of coating compositions for coating plastics using the modular system according to claim 1.
11. Process according to claim 10, wherein it comprises a process for the production of primers for coating plastics.
12. Process according to claim 10, wherein it comprises a process for the production of coating compositions for vehicle coating.
13. Process according to claim 12, wherein it comprises a process for the production of coating compositions for vehicle repair coating.
Filed: Nov 27, 2001
Publication Date: Jun 5, 2003
Inventors: Udo Hellmann (Remscheid), Maria Weigel (Wuppertal)
Application Number: 09995384
Current U.S. Class: Contacting With -n=c=x-containing Reactant And With Additional Organic Reactant Containing A Hydroxyl Or Amine Group Or Polymer Thereof (525/131)
International Classification: C08F008/00;


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SSK by example. Make your Arts and Humanities research go standard
1. Marie Puren
Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (INRIA)
2. Laurent Romary
Centre Marc Bloch, Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (INRIA)
3. Lionel Tadjou
4. Charles Riondet
5. Dorian Seillier
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Arts and Humanities research has to address new challenges raised by the increasing amount of digital sources, contents and tools. New digital practices and protocols, new digital methodologies and services, new software and databases, offer a completely renewed framework for research, and encourage the emergence of a next generation of digitally-aware scholars.
Digital infrastructures, such as PARTHENOS, aim at supporting and accompanying the rise of this new generation of scholars by offering innovative solutions to connect digital tools and contents to Arts and Humanities researchers' needs. PARTHENOS has thus acknowledged the growing importance to develop a data-centered strategy for the management of scientific data (European Commission, 2010), and is currently developing the Standardization Survival Kit ("SSK") to help Arts and Humanities scholars understand the crucial role that proper data modelling and standards have to play in making digital contents sustainable, interoperable and reusable.
Accompanied by a live demo of the website
The beta-version of the website can be found here:
https://ssk-application.parthenos.d4science.org/ssk/#/scenarios
, the poster will be composed of three parts: introducing the Standardization Survival Kit or "SSK", using the SSK, customizing the SSK.
Even if it is not obvious that the Arts and Humanities would be well-suited to taking up the technological prerequisites of standardization, it is yet essential that standardization takes a crucial role in the management of Arts and Humanities data. In this framework, this poster will present the Standardization Survival Kit, an overlay platform dedicated to promote a wider use of standards within Arts and Humanities. This comprehensive interface aims at providing documentation and resources concerning standards (especially authoritative references for each standard such as sources, Standard Development Organizations), and at covering three types of activities related to the deployment and use of standards in the Arts and Humanities scholarship: documenting existing standards by providing reference materials, supporting the adoption of standards, and communicating with all Arts and Humanities research communities.
The SSK is designed as a comprehensive interface for guiding Arts and Humanities scholars through all available resources (collected within a dedicated Zotero library
https://www.zotero.org/groups/427927/parthenos-wp4
), on the basis of reference scenarios identified since the beginning of the project (PARTHENOS, 2016). The interface intends to provide a single entry point for both novice and advanced scholars in the domain of digital methods, so that they can have quick access to the information needed for managing digital content, or applying the appropriate method in a scholarly context. Users will be able to explore the platform according to their needs, thanks to precise research criteria: disciplines, standards, research activities and research objects. The poster will show how an Arts and Humanities scholar can navigate the Standardization Survival Kit website, by taking the example of an actual reference scenario. A live demo of the interface will also accompany the presentation, so that those interested in the poster will be able to search the website according to their needs.
To stress the importance of standards for Arts and Humanities scholarly work, let us take the example of a sociologist who is a novice in digital methods, but who wants to disseminate a collection of field survey data online, so that they could be used by other researchers in the long-term. By browsing in the SSK, she or he will find a standardized scenario that could be perfectly suited to her or his needs: "Encode and modelize field surveys for their online dissemination". The poster will follow this researcher exploring this reference scenario, and going through its nine steps
1. Obtain the informed consent of the participants, 2. Collect and Classify, 3. Select and digitize, 4. Anonymize, 5. Convert into sustainable formats, 6. Transcrive the interviews, 7. Add metadata, 8. Contextualize the research, 9. Disseminate and archive.
with the associated resources. Let us take some of the scenario's steps as examples:
the fourth step "Anonymize" offers a curated and up-to-date list of resources to help the researcher respect ethical practices and adopt proven techniques for anonymizing the collected data.
the second and sixth steps stress on the importance of using tested standard - such as EAD to "Collect and classify" the data, and TEI to "Transcribe the interviews" -, highlight the importance of proper data modelling before disseminating them, and give access to appropriate resources on the subject.
More advanced users will also be able to edit the scenarios themselves, by submitting new resources or adding new steps. They can also create new scenarios. The SSK scenarios and steps can be easily extended, reused and customized, thanks to their flexible data model in TEI
https://github.com/ParthenosWP4/SSK/spec
. A dedicated interface in the Standardization Survival Kit will enable users to make suggestions, automatically converted in TEI according to the appropriate schema. The poster will present this interface and the associated functionalities. And for those who will be eager to test it, a live demo will be provided.
Romary, L., Banski, P., Bowers, J., Degl'Innocenti, E., Ďurčo, M., Giacomi, R., Illmayer, K., et al. (2017).
Report on Standardization (Draft). Technical Report Inria https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01560563 (accessed 27 April 2018).
Romary, L., Degl'Innocenti, E., Illmayer, K., Joffres, A., Kraikamp, E., Larrousse, N., Ogrodniczuk, M., Puren, M., Riondet, C. and Seillier, D. (2016).
Standardization Survival Kit (Draft). Research Report Inria https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01513531 (accessed 27 April 2018).
SSK: Development of the Standardization Survival Kit. XSLT ParthenosWP4 https://github.com/ParthenosWP4/SSK (accessed 26 April 2018).
Riding the Wave. How Europe can gain from the rising tide of scientific data,
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Standard Survival Kit https://ssk-application.parthenos.d4science.org/ssk/#/ (accessed 26 April 2018b).
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"Puentes/Bridges"
Hosted at El Colegio de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
340 works by 859 authors indexed
Series: ADHO (13), EHD (4)
Keywords: arts and humanities interoperability research infrastructure standards
Topics: computer science english information architecture and modeling knowledge representation library & information science project design, organization, management standards and interoperability


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Waukesha: The media whitewash anti-white hate
By Bonnie Chernin
Anyone expecting to find extensive news coverage of the Darrell E. Brooks mass murders at the Waukesha Christmas parade can save his time. It's not there. The mainstream media are doing what they do best when the perpetrator is black and the victims are white. They don't report on it.
It's been one week since Darrell E. Brooks murdered six people and injured 48 others, and the search results don't lie. As of this writing, a Google news search using the term "Darrell E. Brooks" returned 1,160 results. The term "Kyle Rittenhouse" returned 155,000 results.
The media are burying the Darrell E. Brooks massacre of innocent people. But when an innocent man with a gun defends himself against his attackers, that's a big story.
Whatever headlines did show up for the first few days often stated that this was a "crash." On day one after the murders, the headline in the New York Daily News read: "Driver Darrell Brooks facing 5 counts of first-degree homicide for Wisconsin parade crash."
The most recent New York Times story I could find about the Waukesha mass murder was on November 25, on p. A16. It was all about bail reform, which seems to concern the Times editors more than the man responsible for the carnage.
On Thanksgiving Day, an Insider piece about Darrell E. Brooks's ex-girlfriend was republished, not on the Yahoo! news page, where it should appear, but on the Yahoo! entertainment page.
Liberals always demand more restrictions on firearms and insist that people don't kill people, but guns do. However, we just learned that when an individual with murderous intentions gets behind the wheel of an SUV, he can use it as a weapon and kill just as many innocent people as someone wielding a firearm. An accelerator can be an AK-47.
It's time for the media to assign blame to the killers rather than the weapons they use to commit deadly crimes. It is no coincidence that Brooks slammed his SUV into innocent people two days after the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. Brooks is a violent felon with ties to Black Lives Matter. He hates the police and President Trump. The video of the rampage clearly shows that Brooks was speeding and drove his SUV directly into the crowd. He was out for blood.
This horrific slaughter could have easily been prevented if judges had kept Darrell E. Brooks in prison. It could have been prevented if the media had stopped their relentless pursuit of Kyle Rittenhouse by labeling him as a white supremacist, which was a vicious lie that hopefully they will pay for in massive lawsuits.
There has been a surge in violent crime in major cities mostly run by Democrats, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, and Austin. No surprise. Democrats favor prison reform and restrictions on what police can and cannot do to stop violent crime.
Some of the deadliest mass murders in U.S. history were committed without guns and two of the worst were by arson. The Happy Land Social Club fire killed 87 people and was the largest mass murder in U.S. history. The often overlooked 1973 arson mass murder at the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans killed 32 people. And the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history did not involve guns.
Every year, people are killed in mass murders by axes, knives, bombs, and even SUVs and trucks. This is not meant to diminish the horrible death toll that comes from mass shootings by deranged people. However, it is important to keep some perspective. In the case of Darrell E. Brooks, he is a violent man who should have remained locked up in jail. It was liberal bail laws and not bullets that caused the Waukesha massacre. If someone wants to kill, he will find a way to do it, whether he owns firearms or not.
In 1999, Bonnie Chernin started the pro-life website Jews For Life and launched the Jewish Life League in 2017. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation.
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On October 16th, in the UTSC Library Makerspace (a free resource for staff, students, and faculty at the school), The Hub at UTSC held a start-up preparation event as part of its series of events leading up to the Pitch Competition!
Hub mentor, Luki Danu discussed different types of entrepreneurs (intrapreneur, side-preneur, freelancers), emphasizing that you should avoid becoming a "want-repreneur" – someone with a great idea that never takes action to make the dream happen. Luki gave tips on how to find a niche and make your product/service stand out from the competition. He really focused on the cultivation and refinement of entrepreneurial ideas and how to form those ideas into a concise business pitch.
The most important of these tips is that feedback is essential, so make sure you run it by as many people as possible! And don't forget that mentors and peers at The Hub more than happy to listen to your ideas and give feedback on anything pertaining to your entrepreneurial ambitions!
Gray Graffam, The Hub's Director, added that success is not an objective concept, as everyone has their own goals, and success is just a matter of reaching them. Gray also shared a great method for narrowing down a target market by imagining a person, giving them both physical and personal traits, and then finding out how many people like that are actually out there to buy your service – a research technique known as Persona Research.
A huge and somewhat tricky part of all this is research, fortunately the UofT Library is here to help. Sarah Shuja, the UTSC Entrepreneurial Resources Librarian, gave a brief explanation of what the library offers, including a seminar series which teaches how to access and evaluate industry reports, databases, and more, while adding to your co-curricular record.
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Dancing together at a salsa club is an exciting time. Couples have an opportunity to express their wild side to each other in a public venue. This is perfectly acceptable within the salsa world. The dance is performed to show off the sensual side of a relationship. For many new salsa dancers this is a thrilling way to express their inner self.
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He offers one to one counselling session working with each person allowing them to be able to become a fuller and richer person without all the issues we cary around with us all our lives. I have never known him to fail anyone. HIs main aim is to make sure each person feels safe and cared for as well as being made whole again.
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High Tech and Viniculture on Display During Tour of New Hampshire Women-Owned Businesses
By Office of Advocacy	 On Feb 5, 2014 0
On January 10, a group of intrepid New Englanders braved the weather (including a major highway closure due to ice and accidents) to join U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Acting SBA Administrator Jeanne Hulit for a roundtable discussion and business tour outside Manchester, New Hampshire. The day focused on women-owned businesses. While business owners' concerns were diverse and wide-ranging, a single common theme emerged—the very limited availability of microloans.
Following the roundtable, Regional Advocate Lynn Bromley joined Senator Shaheen, Acting Administrator Hulit, and other SBA officials for a tour of two small businesses owned by women.
First was LaBelle Winery, where the roundtable was held. Winery owner Amy Labelle was named New Hampshire's 2013 Woman Owned Small Business of the year, and for good reason. She and her husband, cellarmaster Cesar Arboleda, have grown their business from an idea 10 years ago to today's ambitious enterprise. The business now employs 45 people in a facility that includes a store, café, tasting room, and the large post-and-beam function hall where the roundtable took place.
Before moving to her new location, LaBelle was bottling 18,000 gallons a year. One year and 27 stainless steel tanks later, she is producing 30,000 gallons. And she hopes to expand further.
LaBelle spent $5.3 million dollars on the new winery, a sum she calls "terrifying." She calls her effort to secure financing a "study in persistence." She and her husband pitched their plans to five banks before successfully arranging financing.
The second stop on the tour was Ion Beam Milling, a precision manufacturer of high-tech thin film products. These include standard microwave circuits as well as custom products built for specific applications.
Gail Quagan and her husband Bob founded Ion Beam Milling in 1982. Gail (the businesswoman) and Bob (the scientist) grew their business from a small facility with one miller, one machine, and two employees to today's larger, modern facility with 13 full-time employees. CEO Jim Barrett now runs the day-to-day operations, Bob remains the chief science officer, and Gail the CFO.
As we were packing up to go, Barrett put in a plug for another local woman-owned business. Jim's wife, Claudia Barrett, is the founder of a home-based coffee roasting business, CQ Coffee Roasters. That business is in full swing too—and fast outgrowing its space.
Pictured: In the lab at Ion Beam Milling, one of the company's technicians explains their manufacturing process to the tour group. The group includes (from left) Ion Beam CEO Jim Barrett, Region I Administrator Seth Goodall, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Region I Advocate Lynn Bromley, and Acting SBA Administrator Jeanne Hulit.
—Lynn Bromley, Region I Advocate
Lynn Bromley is Office of Advocacy's regional advocate for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. You can reach her at lynn.bromley@sba.gov.
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