A process for the catalytic coupling of cyclic hydrocarbons with a functionalizing reagent under thermal conditions to functionalize the cyclic hydrocarbon at its secondary or aromatic CH site. The packaged microphone also has a flexible substrate having a first portion within the interior chamber, and a second portion, extending from the interior chamber, having at least two sets of pads. The device can be utilized with disposable loading units configured to apply linear rows of staples measuring from about 15 mm in length to about 60 mm in length and can be used to fire disposable loading units containing surgical clips and individual staples. The controller groups the robotic joints into task-specific robotic subsystems, and synchronizes motion of different subsystems during execution of the various subtasks of the cooperative work task. The first transducer is mechanically isolated from the second transducer. Another example is that an operator can use the dynamic subscriber profile when selecting commercial offers to his own subscribers e.